The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 141, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 14, 1981 Page: 1 of 16
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A director election will be
held during the meeting and
producers will hear a report
concerning research on sugar
beets from Dr. Steve Winter,
researcher at the USDA
facility at Bushland.
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Fairy tales for grownups: A nostalgic look at a list of 1975
prices.
Board members approved
a psoposal by the Kidney
Foundation to test all elemen-
tary children for kidney
disease.
Arney reported that school
principals and medical doc-
tors are in favor of the tests,
but that a large margin of er-
ror exists in test results.
Arney said doctors should
decide if a child needs further
testing or treatment, and doc-
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Edelmon served as a direc-
tor of Girlstown USA for 10
years. He served four years
as chairman of the local soil
and conservation committee
and 12 years as trustee of the
High Plains Research Foun-
dation. He also served 12
years as a director of Plains
Cotton Growers and was a
director of the Texas Corn
Growers Association.
By DENISE SMITH
Staff Writer
Georgia Sparks, an active
participant of the steering
committee for the Miss
Hereford Pageant in plann-
ing. selecting judges and the
physical labor involved, was
cited as 'Woman of the
Year" last night during the
annua) Chamber of Com-
merce Women s Division in-
stallation banquet at the
Hereford Country Club
Highlighting the dinner
meeting, attended by approx-
imately 60 Women's Division
members and the Chamber
board of directors, the special
presentation was made by
last year's recipient. Virginia
Adams
dent’s former school.
Holder will also vote for
sending two schools to
district play-offs in football,
baseball, basketball and
volleyball.
He said that although he is
against the proposal now
because of Hereford’s five-
member district, he believes
that re-districting will thrust
Hereford into a ten-team
district, and the new rule
would give the school an ad-
vantage.
The proposal would become
effective in the 1982-83 school
year.
The addition of gymnastics,
soccer and wrestling to UIL
programs will be voted
against by Holder who said
that there are enough sports
in the program already.
Holder also supports
changing the starting date of
basketball season from Oc-
tober 15 to November 1 to
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He married Ruth Officer in
1929 at laibbock. He was a
1929 graduate of Texas Tech.
He was a member of the Sixth
Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife:
a son, Von of Friona: a
daughter. Jan Edelmon of
McLean, Va ; a sister, Mrs.
Mildred Williams of Mesa.
Artz.; two brothers, Grady
Edelmon of Muleshoe and
Claude Edelmon of Dumas;
and four grandchildren.
The family requests that
memorials be in the form of
contributions to Girlstown
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Congratulations to Georgia Sparks on being selected as
Woman of the Year by the Women's Division of the Deaf
Smith County Chamber of Commerce. Georgia is one of our , get underway at 2 p.m. at the
favorite people, and she has given much of her time and
talents to community improvement and progress
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We attended a "roast" for Charles Duvall Monday night,
and the Northwest Elementary principal is either a very nice
fellow or his associates were afraid to say anything very bad
The "barbs" aimed at the Administrator of the Year were
very mild.
About the worse thing that was said Is that Duvall is a Bum
Phillips look-alike Well, some of his friends did tell some
whoppers about Duvall's hunting and fishing trips!
We’re not going to repeat the story about how many phea-
sant he shot on one hunting excursion!
Congratulations to Duvall...it's quite an honor to be
selected as one of the top school administrators in the state
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The Whiteface Booster Club, under the leadership of Bob
Josserand, is attempting to widen its scope of activities and
take a more active interest in all sports Football has tradi-
tionally been the primary interest of the club.
The boosters will name a Fan of the Week during district
basketball season and recognize the individual at home
games. This project gets underway next week when the
Whiteface girls open district play here against Monterey
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Miss America 1980, Cheryl Prewitt, will be the guest
speaker and entertainer for the annual chamber banquet
here Feb 5 We happened to catch an appearance by Miss
Prewitt on the 700 club on television the other night, and it
was very interesting
Miss Prewitt was in an auto accident when she was 11
years old. and it resulted in facial h erations and a crushed
leg She had more than 100 stitches.in her face, but has never
had plastic surgery.
On the television program. Miss Prewitt gave a Christian
testimony of her miraculous recovery from the accident. One
leg was shorter than the other after the accident, and she
credited the healing power of God for her recovery The
former Miss America also sang several songs, and we look
forward to hearing her in Hereford!
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That feller on Tierra Blanca Creek says most of us are in-
clined to measure our achievements by what others haven't
done
‘Agri-Man of Year
To bei Cited by Brand
Smith County ASCS executive
director, Justok^’McBride,
county agent. Jess Robinson,
FFA and Hereford Young
Farmers advisor, Tom Cunn-
ingham. district conserva-
tionist with the Soil Conserva-
tion Service here, and Jim
Steiert, Brand managing
editor.
will
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The award recognizes a
local resident for achieve-
ment in farming and ran-
ching enterprises, support
and aid to the area's
agribusiness industry gnd
participation in community
affairs.
Past winners of the award
include Charles Schlabs, Jim
Perrin and Carl Kleuskens.
Texas Commissioner of
Agriculture Reagan Brown
will be the featured speaker
for Saturday night's banquet.
The Bluegrass Band head-
ed by Dale Winders of Dim-
mitt. will also provide enter-
tainment.
The annual business
meeting of the T-NMSBGA
will precede the banquet on
Friday afternoon.
Activities are scheduled to
the door at a cost of $7.50
>fg|owtrs for 1980 will
oe recognized by the
Grower's Association Satur-
day night.
The Ag Man of the Year is
selected by a committee of
local agriculture officials in-
cutting John Fuston, Deaf
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American. Echevarria said.
Hereford's bilingual
(See RULING, Page 2)
participation in athletics at a
new school, but the proposed ________ t____
rule will allow participation if the two sports more easily
a certificate of non- ____1 „ ________
recruitment is sent by the stu- lengthy" season.
General committee reports
were heard by the board.
New buses are expected
next month, and Jim Arney
reported that Larry Wartes
would compile more informa-
tion on size and numbers of
new buses still needed by the
system.
The Hereford Brand >
salute Deaf-aSndttd£olbil
"man of the Ye$|r in
Agriculture" Saturday dur-
ing the annual Texas-New
Mexico Sugar Beet Growers
Association banquet
The banquet is scheduled
for 7 p.m. at the Bull Bam
with tickets to be available at
h
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and teacher's aides are
Mexican-American-about
five are non-Mexican-
FRIONA - W.L. "Preach”
Edelmon, 75, a prominent
Panner County farmer and
former Friona mayor and
school superintendent, was
killed Tuesday when his
pickup collided with a truck
five miles west of Friona on
FM-3140
Services are pending with
Parsons-Ellis Funeral Home
here.
Investigating officers said
the driver of the truck, Ver-
non Redwine of Brownfield,
was not injured. Edelmon
was pronounced dead at the
scene.
Edelmon served as mayor
of Friona from 1966 to 1970.
He was named Friona's Man
of the Year in 1967. He had
served as superintendent of
Springlake schools before
moving to Friena and peas
superintendent in Frtdna
from 1937 to 1941.
A charter member and first
president Of Friona lions
(Tub, Edelmon served as
I Jons International District
Governor in 1966-67 He was
cafeteria program that pro-
vides free and reduced lun-
ches to low-income families.
The state has reduced the
reimbursement per meal by
2.5 cents, and the school
system may need to raise the
price of reduced meals from
10 to 20 cents.
This would affect the
school’s food program by
abort. $1500 per month, and
"it may be a struggle to finish
the school year with current
funds," Wartes said.
Proposed University In-
terscholastic League rule
changes were discussed by
board members, and
Superintendent Holder will
cast Hereford’s designated
vote on the basis of "what is
best for our situation."
After discussion with Don
Cumpton, athletic director,
Holder decided to vote for
elimination of the present
transfer rule which is
"litigated seven or eight
times a year and is a waste of
money."
The present rule prevents
senior transfer students from
Focus of Meet
By JIM STEIERT
Managing Editor
AMARILLO - Cutting pum-
ping costs and getting the
most for every gallon of
water brought to the surface
were major points of em-
phasis during the High Plains
Irrigation Conference con-
ducted at the Texas A4M
Research and Extension
Center here Tuesday.
A number of Extension
specialists plus irrigation
farmers from across the
Panhandle and represen-
tatives of a Hereford-based
well drilling firm exchanged
ideas on production costs .^ef-
ficiency and how to improve
that elusive characteristic
during the course of the
meeting.
With the ever-rising cost of
energy the prevailing con-
cern on the minds of irriga-
tion producers in this area,
one spokesman at Tuesday's
session quipped, “I have a
solution to our farm pro-
blems. If you don’t have an oil
well, get one.”
Wayne Keese, Extension
agricultural engineer from
College Station explained to
the large gathering of
agriculturalists on hand for
the morning session that
fanners must now concen-
trate on reducing the cost of
water per unit and must also
use the least amount of water
practical.
He provided those in atten-
dance with formulas for
figuring acre inches of water
application during an irriga-
tion.
"We need to know what
we’ve applied and wel’U be in
a better position to make in-
Friday
Hereford students will en-
joy a three-day weekend
beginning Friday as classes
are dismissed for an in-
service training day
throughout the school
system.
While students will not be
required to attend classes
Friday, it will be work as
usual for teachers and ad-
ministrators as^ they go
through the in-service func-
tion.
Inside Today
Ann Landers ..............3
Classifieds ............14,15
Farm ....................11
Newspaper Bible ..........9
Society ..................3.5
Sports...................4.7
Television..................4
Comics ....................4
Bilingual Education Strong
Ophelia Echevarria, bilingual education director
of Hereford schools, said Hereford schools are
far ahead of state requirements for bilingual
education and meet new federal demands.
Hereford’s program extends from kindergarten
through twelfth grade and is staffed by 28 bil-
ingual teachers and classroom aides. (Brand
photo by Chert Want.)
telligent decisions,
Keese.
Keese stunned the gather-
ing by explaining the terrific
water demands that were be-
ing placed on irrigation
systems by the thirsty com
crop during the blistering
summer of 1980.
"Many com crops were us-
ing up to a half-inch of water
per day and you need 1,523
gallons of water per minute
flowing into a pivot to meet
that rate. Since most of you
aren't able to pump that kind
of water I think this explains £
why you had a hard time W
keeping up in the summer of
1980. If you didn’t have good r -
subsoil moisture storage you
had a terrible time keeping
up," said Keese.
Jack Musick, research
agricultural engineer at the
USDA center at Bushland
commented on managing row
irrigation for maximum pro-
fit.
He pointed to trials with
reduced planting and irriga-
tion patterns as well as with
alternate-row irrigation pat-
terns, explaining that the
trials were being conducted
to help identify production
potential associated with
reduced irrigation aimed at
controlling irrigation costs
and maintaining profit using
furrow irrigation.
"I'm not sure we really
want to reduce water on corn
through alternate row irriga-
tion because you can get into
a stress situation and serious-
ly reduce yields,” said
Musick.
Dr. Ray Sammons, Exten-
sion economist tackled the
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‘Woman of the Year' >
Holding a bouquet of red roses and a silver engraved cup, “Woman of the
Year” Georgia Sparks is seen at the conclusion of Tuesday evening’s in-
stallation banquet, held by the Chamber Women’s Division. Standing
with her is her husband, Bub Sparks. Mrs. Sparks was presented this cita-
tion by Virginia Adams, last year’s ‘Woman of the Year.’
Hereford Bilingual System
By CHER! WARD
Staff Writer
Hereford schools will not be
affected by a federal judge's
ruling that the state of Texas
must provide equal education
for all Spanish-speaking
students within the next six
years.
' “We're already pretty
much in compliance,"
Ophelia Echevarria, bil-
ingual education director for
Hereford schools, said Tues-
day.
State law now requires
classes for Mexican-
American students not profi-
cient in English through the
third grade: Hereford schools
extend this program to en-
compass all grade levels
No total dollar estimate
was available for the cost of
the entire bilingual program,
Echevarria said, but an
estimate of $420,000 was com-
piled from different sources.
State funds provide $25 per
year for supplies and
materials for students up to
third grade, and the federally
funded Title VII program for
grades four through six pro-
vides another $68,000
The remainder of the $ 42
million figure is paid out as
salaries to teachers, aides
and directors of the program
based on an average salary of
$12,000 per year for each of 28
teachers
Most bilingual educators
.____________Serving Hustlin' Hereford, Deaf Smith County
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School Board Gives Approval
To Tax District Contract
By CHERI WARD
Staff Writer
School board members ap-
proved a $110,000 contract
with the county tax appraisal
district and extended the
superintendent’s contract for
another year at their monthly
meeting on Tuesday.
Superintendent Harrell
Holder told the board that
Hereford schools were "in
step with federal
regulations,” and the effect
of a federal judge's ruling re-
quiring equal education for
all Mexican-American
students would be
"minimal." >
Enrollment in Hereford
schools has dropped by 64
students since January of
1980 and by 44 students since
December of 1980.
Board members expressed
concern that the average dai-
ly attendance could be low
enough to cause loss of state
funding, but Assistant
Superintendent I^rry Wartes
dispelled that worry.
Wartes did report on a
potential difficulty within the
Georgia Sparks
Woman of Year
In making the announce-
ment. Mrs Adams cited Mrs
Sparks on her making the Bi-
Centennial Celebration a few
years ago "a real success."
Mrs Sparks was the
unanimous choice of a secret
committee appointed by
Womens Division president
Frances Berry
Since her arrival in
Hereford and Deaf Smith
County in 1944 from Central
Texas, the recipient has mar-
ried and raised a family of
four boys.
Mrs. Sparks served the
Women's Division as its
president inl976, has been on
various committees, and has
been working with the
Cowgirl Hall of Fame
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Mrs. Sparks was cited for
spending many hours work-
ing for her church in its Sun-
day School and Kindergarten
She is a charter member of
I-a Madre Mia Study Club.
Tuesday evening's banquet
was called to order by
Frances Berry, acting in her
final capacities as 1980 presi-
dent of the Chamber Women
Carrell Ann Simmons offered
the invocation
Sherry Hoover, Woman of
the Yea/' in 1977, incor-
porated the theme of "Work-
ing Hands" in the instal’atio*
of officers for 1981 k ducted
were Betty Gilbert, presi-
dent; Carolyn Canon, vice
president:-Shirley Wilson,
(See WOMAN, Page 2)
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Steiert, Jim. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 141, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 14, 1981, newspaper, January 14, 1981; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1348255/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.