The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 237, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 29, 1977 Page: 1 of 30
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75th Yair
No. 237
Hereford, Taut, Sunday. May 29, 1977
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Coaching Trio To Resign At HHS . . 5 A
Moore Leaves Music Department . . 84
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By KERRIE STEIERT
Woman. Editor
lit iK-anaugher. better known here
as "Lee. " was named Pioneer of the Year
Saturday morning to chmai the annual
Mid-Plains Pioneer Das meeting at the
Bull Barn where approumatels MX) were
present
The pioneer award is presented
annually on the basis of letter
nominations^ many of which cited
Cocanaugher s "honesty and integrity."
He was presented an engraved plaque
from Budds Peeler, representing KPAN
Radio, which sponsors the award
Arriving here in 190' as a teenager.
Cocanaugher is now Mi and is disposing
of his famed cattle herd, which he began
amassing 50 years ago
When he came to this counts at the age
of 16. Hereford was a town of "board
sidewalks, unpaved streets and wooden
business buildings." according to his
letter nominating Cocanaugher Two
years after he armed, his father died and
he assumed the responsibility of helping
his mother with sis younger brothers and
a sister
The pioneer family lised in Four Mile
House a landmark two-storv house north
of the cits, when they first came to this
area from Collin Counts Lee married Isa
Williams m 1933
A longtime member of First Baptist
Church. Cocanaugher has been an active
supporter of the Cowgirl Hall of Fame.
Cal Fariey s Bos s Ranch 4 H and various
livestock organisations He also establi
shed scholarship funds for voung people
to continue their education
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Doctors continued to hold 2* of the
child..-n in a hospital in Assen for
treatment of rhe stomach ailment that
caused vomiting and diarrhea and led to
their release Unconfirmed reports said
they were "reasonable well '
Jhe rest of the children went home
after check-ups at an aid station
Psychiatrists and social workers, brought
in from all over Holland, were to stay with
them fur several dais to help the children
over their more than 96 hour ordeal
Two gunshots were heard at the tram
I ridav evening but there were no reports
of injuries Police speculated the firing
was another bid bv the seven terrorists,
including one women, to convince
authorities they are serious about their
threats to kill hostages if their demands
are not met
ASSEN. The Netherlands (API - South
Moluccan extremists kept their hold
on some 55 hostages Saturday aboard a
hijacked passenger tram m the Dutch
count nude a day after their comrades
freed 105 children from a besieged
schoolhouse nearby
Hundreds of Dutch troops and police,
backed by armored personnel carriers,
ringed the bright yellow commuter tram
halted since Monday morning in the
countryside in north Holland
In the village of Bovensmilde. about 10
miles south of the tram, sis eitremists
continued to hold three teachers and
Cocanaugher has been a member of
Hereford IOOF Lodge *476 for fifty years.
OTHER At ItVITlES held vesterdav in
conjunction with Pioneer Day included
the election of officers following a report
from Cecil Boyer, chairman of the
nominating committee Placed in office
were Bernard Roberson, president; Bill
Bradly. vice president.- and Mary Fraser,
secretary treasurer
Jimmie Allred presented awards to
several individuals in attendance H D
f ulpepper. 94. of Hereford was cited as
the oldest man present and Mrs Jessie
Boardman. 92. of King's Manor was the
oldest woman there. Travelling the
farthest distances in order to attend
Pioneer Day festivities were Bill Parker of
Palm Beach. Fla., crossing I.7S0 miles,
and Annabelle Sawyer Knopfl who came
I.STS miles from her home at Gilroy
Calif
Allred also introduced Alva Wtlson of
Truth or Consequences. N.M . who
was the first white male child born in
Deaf Smith County.
Argen Draper delivered the welcoming
address to the pioneers, whose response
was given by Barbars Buckner Ford
Mrs P B Sowell, president of this year's
celebration gave the treasurer's report
and minutes
Dr Dewitt Seago delivered tbe
invocation and Benny Womble presented
the Pledge of Allegiance Members of
Pioneer Study Club assisted with
registration of guests Membership dues
and greetings were under the direction of
Leta Kaul. Frank Ball. Nell Culpepper.
Martin Gilliland and A J Schroeter
complete recovers from a serious
disorder have greatened and now there
arr X rats unheard of in Wdls eartier
<U*%
During World War II. tor pun hated
Hereford * fir*t X ra* machine
When I tuned. there Mnh
thing as antibkMic* We p*t had wen few
mcdkinei '
Pnuenkima rawh treated now was
one of the greatest Idler* M) or 40 ican
M" W ilk wnnci* to the updating of the
pneumonia treatment hkipet aho to see a
cure for cancer
’’Yea. I hope su
biggest idler *’
emphatic grimace,
cmoie”’
W’iIIs. a batchelor the ha* been married
three time* hi* fir*t wife died tn l»M4
and hi* other two marriage* ended
through divorce) *av* he hasn't th*night
much about retirement plan*
T*e got a place at Fntch. a trailer
house near Lake Meredith I go up there a
lot I've even got a building lor ms boat
I did have a garden there but the hail
got it complete!* annhialated it I had
grape* and it knocked the grape* off the
grapevine
Hi* plan* won't include *itting around
or watching TV.
“I don’t like television he said
MarkU* W'elbv bore* me
In Tuesday Meeting
Hereford voung people between the
sges of |4 and 21 who are seeking
summer employ meni sre invited to meet
with Paul Catoe. director of the Summer
Youth Employment Program at 10 am
Tuesday at the oM Central Elementary
School gymnasium
The voung people must meet CETA
Guidehnes of income to be eligible for
employ ment
CETA routh personnel who are now
employed m the program should also
sttend the meeting
Johnson, a much younger family
practitioner calls Dr Wills out spo
ken "
"He'll cuss a patient out if they don't
du what he tells them He doesn t pull
any punches with hu patients He stoihe
point and I think he's very sincere." Dr
Johnson said adding that he might have
left Hereford if it weren I for Dr Wills
He lontinues to impress me It it
weren't foe him I'd probably have left a
long time ago when I was here in this
clinic bs mvself For one thing, he's been
vers helpful giving advice He s been
around and seen many things we've
never seen "
Dr Johnson has been at the dime since
IMPS He is a newcomer compared to Dr
Willy, who. along with two associates.
Dry L B Barnett and Millard Nobles,
opened the dime more than 30 years ago
"We built a building then reworked it
later into this building." said Dr Wills, a
resident of Hereford oft and on since
June. 1929
After he moved to Hereford for the first
time, he stayed seven months, couldn't
gel along With his partner, then moved to
Friona He returned tn 1935 and. except
for time spent in various medical schools,
internships and a locum tenens (filling in
for vacationing physicians) tour, he
slaved.
"So you W.wldn t really be having two
in the same year." Phillips said "And. if
vou wan until the following September
you would miss one year entirely "
In the end Coker volunteered to work
•>n the Bike A Thon for nest September,
pledging to make some changes tn prizes
to be awarded and Io work on getting tne
adult population more involved in the
event
In other business the board reelected
themselves as board members and
approved the addition of Margaret
London to the group. Officers for the neat
taw cnuMoa.iweaaA)
After 50 Years
Dr Wills was the physician tor Santa
Fe Railroad in Hereford for sears,
treating sick empires
In I9t>' and for a few years thereafter
he commuted from Hereford to k ega
"I opened an oflke in Vega I d Slav an
afternoor then some back to Hereford I
got tired of driving Then they ithe
Hereford Climci talked me into working
two days a week in Hereford
"I feel a little bit motivated not really
morally. to work here two davs a week to
try to help 'em out. I don t make calls h's
just an office practice -physical esaminat
ions and seeing sick people '
Thai isn't to say he doesn't miss the
things he used to do Like surgery
"I used to do lots of it (surgervi I
it. Anv doctor does if he's not doing
enough of it. It's jusi what you're taught
to do But now I wouldn t go back into
kt—I couldn t stand up to it physically "
Naturally, since his practice is now
limited, he doesn't make a lot of money
Bui money's one thing he doesn't miss
"The government gets every damn
cent I make I'm not doing this for the
money Thai's the God's truth And I
have no say-so about what fees are
charged here I charge what they tell me
to charge "
Medicine has come along way in 50
years Diagnosis and laboratory facilities
have vastly improved chances of
Moluccans Free School Children
reaffirmed Friday night the terrorists
would not be permitted to leave the
country with therr hostages
The Moluccans want the Dutch to press
then demand for independence for their
Pacific islands once called the Spice
Islands, which were merged into the
Indonesian republic in 1949 after
centuries of Dutch colonial rule About
40.000 Moluccans now live in The
Netherlands
Terrorists captured the schoolhouse
and grabbed the train in almost
simultaneous attacks Monday morning
Den Uyl told reporters Friday night
contacts with the gunmen have still not
reached the stage of negotiations
Earlier, the government said it would not
even discuss the demands until the
children were freed
^bb! 112. decorated the grave o< a deceeaed
veteran Sunday In honor of Memorial Dey
Monday The Hereford American Lagton and
dOCOfOtJld opprOKimn
•efy 250 grave* of deceeaed veteran, of oil wan.
Including throe from the Chrtl War. The gravea of
R.L. COCANAUGHER
.... Honored Saturday
Cocanaugher
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principal Eef van de Vliet in a single story
brick schoolhouse They freed 105
children, aged via to 12. and one teacher
on Fridas after about hall the youngsters
came down with a stomach ailment
As the standoff entered its seventh
day. there wav no sign the Dutch
government was willing to meet the
terrorists' demands
The South Moluccans have demanded
the release of 21 comrades jailed for
terrorist activities in The Netherlands and
a jumbo jet to take them all and a group
of hostages ■ to an undisclosed location.
Prime Minister Joop den Uyl
Cancer Crusade
Still Short Of Goal
The local American Cancer Society
Annual Crusade is nearing this year's
goal, but the total money collected is still
some kl.JOO short of the »I3.5OO goal
established by the local board of
directors
Joyce Lomas, chairman of this year's
crusade reported at the board s final
regular spring meeting Friday that the
crusade total so far is around SI2.2OO
Broken down into categories. Lomas
reported that S4.000 was collected in the
house io houve campaign, with i2.5OO
raised in the business drive. $900 in the
rural. S1.3S2 in special gifts, and
32.945.b2 in the Bike-A-Thon
"There are still a few business drive
juckets out. and we expect some more to
come in the special gifts category."
Lomas said. Added lo the above figures
is $450 donned as memorials, which
brings the crusade total to $12,147.62
The Bikc-A-Thon came up drastically
short of the $5,001) goal set for it. and
Bike-A-Thon chairman Jerry Coker
attributed a saturation j»oint of
fund raising drives at the same time to
the low figure
"Therefore. I suggest that we move lhe
Bike A Thon to September to get away
from some of the other drives." Coker
told lhe other directors
Discussion on Coker's suggestion
centered on the question of having two
Bike-A-Thonv in lhe same year, but
District ACS representative Lam Phillips
reminded the group that the ACS fiscal
year ends August 31.
Youth Employment
To Be Discugsed
He Still Doctors
■' fall sms
aging Editor
If Dt R R W(|ls trades in his
Methoscopr fqr t f,shlng rod in the
Mt-bto-dtotani future n s because his
Mbte* ha*c grown up
Not his own children, mind yuu. but lhe
"“ny resident of Hereford Dr Wills
broughi into the world
I couldn t begin to tell you how mam
people in Hereford I've delivered
There s a lot of them, sod Dr Willis
■'b vears oid and for 50 years a practicing
physKMn
I see people on the street that I
delivered and THEY have kids What
does it mean’ It makes me feel old
Dr Wills doesn't deliver babies these
days and vurgen hav become a thing of
the past for him He is m his office at
the Hereford Clinic two days a week- a
situation he calls semi retirement It
would be more than semi" if Hereford
had another doctor or two
"If they could get some more doctors
here I d quit I don't have to stay. I've
told 'em they could have his office anv
day they wanted it."
Dr Wills oftens talks in an irascible
manner but he isn't resentful Hereford,
he said, has been good to him and his
association with the Herclord Clinic is
one of mutual friendliness and respect.
An associate at the clinic Dr Howard
In Honor Of Deceased Veterans
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Sims, Paul. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 237, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 29, 1977, newspaper, May 29, 1977; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1347956/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.