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THURSDAY, May 5, 1977
THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, COTTLE COUNTY, TEXAS
NO. 10
E 71
Rider List Growing Local Men Perfect Weather, Good
For Bike - A - hon named in
Award Book
Crowds Greet Slow Pitch
amblin
ar type of thing
over, and to me
?
a;
ible to stand it,
□
VFW Auxiliary
minded persons
ving Social Sec-
To Meet
NOT, under any
Thursday
IN
Track Team, Fans
April Rain
State - Bound
Totals 3.15
IK-
West Texas Assemblies
Auditions
Round Up
New Pastor
Jamboree May 12
Valley View
1 ,
nior Citizens will
£
Stam
nner
day Wifi1
saying that Coach Davis (last
year’s coach) trained them, and
should have the credit. But
the girls say they couldn’t have
come this far without Parker’s
kind words, encouragement, and
They will be accompanied by
their proud coach...who has en-
FREEDOM
OF THE PRESS
LO
46
46
60
60
55
57
56
PRE.
T
hibited the cotton from being
moved from Paducah.
LE
ASHED
I LB.
CTN.
. write anyone a
them cash. Soc-
ly bad because
.re most effected
KEI
lies
National Music Week will be
observed by the 1923 Study Club
in the Sanctuary of the First
Christian Church on Thursday,
May 5th, at 4:00 p.m.
Advanced, piano and organ
students of Mrs. W. Q. Rich-
ards, Mrs. Harold Maxey, Mr.
Gerald Monson, Mrs. Clifford
Graves and Mrs. T. J. Richards
will present the program.
The public is cordially invited
to hear these talented students.
4-day Four-County
May 12 when
will begin at 9a.m.
nity Room. Every-
sme to bring a cov-
T the luncheon and
mem.l Security 6
certain amount for each mile
the rider is able to complete.
Hopefully more sponsors will
be contacted this week to insure
that each participant will have
at least one sponsor to ride
for during the afternoon.
Those businesses and indivi-
duals having already agreed to
help by sponsoring a rider and
pledging one dollar a mile are:
Tidmore Floral
Tidmore & Son Body Shop
Dr. Jim Bratton
Barbara’s House of Beauty
Love Jewelry
Bigham Pharmacy
M. E. Moses
Petro Fuels
Isbell Drug
Norris Furniture
Those pledging fifty cents a
mile are the following:
Western Auto
Parker Saddlery
Joyce Burton
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Park
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Don Brooks
Whites Auto
Paducah Parts
Ronnie’s
events for Class A schools will
be on Saturday.
Nodia will be joined by
Teresa, Ann and Sharmaforthe
440 Relay; change Ann for Cyn-
thia for the 880, and run the
220 dash, while Teresa will run
the 100 yd. dash. Ann and Cyn-
thia will act as alternates for
any event necessary.
Pony League
Planned For
Summer^ 77
, sed to be calling
Ain ANOT give them
At......
—88 h and half-asleep,
M kitchen and cook
E N1l half asleep, sit
30 C
CT.•
BOX
gedadami an elderly lady
"one call from a
2“ 20 qidly calling from
jrity office. The
Athat her Supple-
— (• Ay income was in
■ “ eQiing out, and that
1V (Mve would be by to
■ * F \ B that day to talk
sit.
WVUMRepresentative"'
, , he told her “In
K-FR0ZENTour SSI, you are
mm m mo give me a check
AE AA 125." The poor
E8 AA lving any better,
E “ MFA Bolank check ---
The Paducah Headstart pro-
gram will hold a. Headstart
Roundup Day at Dunbar Acti-
vity Center on Tuesday, May 10,
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
The purpose of the “Round-
up” is to verify family income
and get a list of prospective
Headstart students for the Sep-
tember session.
Prospective students for the
September session need to be
four years old before Sept. 1,
1977, or will be five and not
be able to attend Kindergarten.
Proof of age of child will be
needed.
Children who are to attend
the September session will be
selected by a policy committee,
to a limit of 20 students.
The Board of Advisors for the
Outstanding Young Men of Am-
erica Awards Program an-
nounced today that the follow-
ing men have been selected
On the slim shoulders of five
young PHS women, ride the
State Championship hopes of
Cottle County this weekend. But
these five pairs of shoulders
are very capable indeed, and by
se Or Mo
INCOME TAXES OWED
A proof of claim filed by the
Internal Revenue Service infed-
eral bankruptcy court at Lub-
bock indicates Vaughan Nowlin
and his wife owe $923,043.77
in unpaid income taxes and
interest.
Bankrupt Nowlin and wife Joy
owe the federal government
more than $535, 000 in income
taxes for the fiscal period end-
Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post
#7528 will have their regular
meeting Thursday, May 5, at
7:30 p.m. in the VFW Building.
Officers will be installed at
this time. All members are
urged to be present.
mfrom Cottle,Har-
Erd and Wilbarger
■ present the en-
gthe big day were
■ne local group met
5 1ts regular lunch-
■ by the following
ymes. Clyde Smith,
this time next week, the orange caring, as well as his training,
sign on the courthouse square
could very easily read...State Taking five events to the state
Track Champs...1976 AND 1977. meet, Paducah’s fleet-footed
females will repeat in several
A1
Ana
low minimums which rose to 60
degrees on the 28th and 29th
at the 6 a.m. observation.
Temperature averages are
72.3-degree maximu and 47.4
minimum in comparision to
February’s 70.4-degree maxi-
mum and 37.1-degree mini-
mum.
floors, and steel fence sur- -,nMerd0,
roundings the ball park. The
g 5 *—
praised his
strained the cotton companies
from removing cotton from the
compress warehouse in Pad-
ucah until the case could be
tried.
Iwas probably the . First State Bank of Childress
the whole night, and four of the cotton com-
could really get panies will remain as de-
deeping; relaxed fendants, according to the court
— ’ Farmers of the Paducah area,
Plans are in their final stages
for the Cystic Fibrosis Bike-
A-Thon to be held here May
14th at 1:00 p.m. The Bike-
A-Thon Route will have a start-
ing point at Goodwin Jr. High
parking lot where participants
will register, then continue out
City Well Road to a point marked
at Valley View. The course will
be six miles long and a rider
may ride it as many times as
he or she is able. The route
will be well supervised to insure
the safety and well being of each
rider. It is not necessary to
complete the entire six miles,
to participate for every mile
a rider can peddle will be help-
ful whether it is one or 21.
Fantastic prizes consisting of
a Three-Speed Bike to the first
place rider who peddles the
most miles during the course of
the afternoon will be awarded.
Twenty three local piano pu-
pils from the Class of Gerald
M. Monson, Jr., 1300 7th NW,
Childress have registered as
candidates for membership in
the National Fraternity of Stu-
dent Musicians, sponsored by
the National Guild of Piano
Teachers, Teacher Division of
The American College of Musi-
cians, of which their teacher is
a member. This group of young
piano hobbyists are playing in
the National Piano Playing
Auditions, Vernon, this week.
A Pony League baseball pro- Names of local entrants are:
gram is being considered for Gillian Allen, Travis Allen, Jill
this summer in Paducah, Bratton, Delisa Brooks, Callie
according to Jim Farquhar. Clark, Shera Gibbs, Stacey
Anyone interested in helping Gibbs, Lisa Hajek, Karen
sponsor this program or wish- Heatly, Che’rei Holley, Nicole
ing to play in the Pony League Holley, Robyn Jeter, Lezlea
age group (14-16) should con- McClendon, Tammy Owens,
tact Farquhar, or Charles Boyd Daleca Pope, Kam Pope, Dai-
at the Wildlife Refuge, before sha Porter, Trisha Staggs, Jody
the end of school. Farquhar’s Taylor, Diane Thaxton, Kristie
number is 492-3612 days, or Thompson, Nancy Thompson,
after 5 p.m. 492-3392. and Kathye Widmer.
couraged and
“girls” and “no father could
be prouder of them than Coach
Parker,” one mother said.
Parker himself will take no
credit for the girls’ success,
Program On
Fine Arts
At Church
igCh. 5the other
। m m m mum nlunity Forum the
EE | I | fl representative,
\ M b “related an inci-
J l I Emred in our area,
1 “ • “ther one of those
seem to be a
other claims that Nowlin
received the cotton from the
farmers in exchange of alleged
worthless checks, then de-
livered the cotton to the cotton
companies by use of the ware-
house receipts.
Said checks were supposedly
not paid because of insufficient
funds in the Nowlin Cotton Com -
pany account. In the meantime,
Nowlin reportedly delivered the
cotton through the warehouse
receipts to the cotton com-
panies.
Bovina is the closest conten- x
der for the crown, experts say. Before April came to a close
“They are right in our hip Paducah had received 3.15
pocket” one mother speculated, inches of official rainfall with
“but I think we have what it 1,46 inches the greatest amount
takes, and there are a lot of to descend in any 24-hour
good Paducah boosters who period, , . , ,, ,
think the same way.” This brings the total for the
About 60 faithful boosters year to 4.38 inches, just .45
plan to make the trip to the of an inch less then that re-
capitol city this weekend to sup- ceived to this time in 1976.
port the Dragonettes in their In those four months, January
try at the championship. had a trace, February .14,
Trophies, news clippings and March .40 and April 5.29 inches,
accounts of track meets won Currently the precipitation
this year fill the window of was more evenly distributed
with .53 for January, 1.22 in
February, .48 for March and
3.15 in April.
Maximum temperatures for
house Company where it is being personally owes $657,108.89 in
held by Judge Balch’s order taxes and interest for the tax
secured by a $1,500 bond. period in question, according to
Following the court action, the document.
the defendant cotton companies in addition, the government
and the bank filed pleas of claims Mrs. Nowlin owes $265,
privilege which asked that each 934.88 in taxes and interest for
case be transferred to the the same period.
courts of their residence. (See NOWLIN Page 3)
Ug
e
Bro. Jesse Little has
accepted the pastorage of the
Valleyview Baptist Church.
Bro. Little is a Wayland Col-
lege student, who, with his wife
Linda and two young sons, live
in Tulia, Texas.
All members are urged to
give him your support and en-
couragement - as members, no
less is your duty.
Visitors are always welcome
at any or all services. Sunday
School Bible Study at 10 a.m.,
followed by 11 a.m. worship
hour and evening service be-
gins at 5 p.m.
for Tomorrow.” Each year,
the WM groups in each of the
churches erect a display using
the Council theme, and these
are set up in the tabernacle
at the noon hour, where a panel
of judges selects those two
which they judge to be most
unique, and which most appro-
priately relate to the theme of
the Council. The Paducah WM
group was awarded a second
place ribbon for their display
at the meeting.
“We feel very grateful that
the judges selected our display
as the second best in the en-
tire district, since we were
competing with much larger
churches,” said one lady.
Speaker for the occasion was
Mrs. ElvaHoover, national sec-
retary for the Department of
Women’s Ministries, from
Springfield, Missouri.
Attending from Paducah were
r Beef
6 0
The cotton is allegedly stored ing Aug. 31, 1975, alone, the
in the warehouse of the local claim contends.
Panhandle Compress and Ware- The IRS alleges that Nowlin
Ollie Reed, Lucie Mae Sossa-
man, I. D. Gilbert, B. Fulton,
W. Q. Rasbury, Bunia Swisler,
Josie Moore, H. P. Putney,
Willie Henderson, Pearl Maj-
ors, Christine Thaxton, W. T.
Goodgame, Pearl Isbell, Car-
men Keith, John McGee, Mr.
and Mrs. Acie Tucker, and
J. G. Ford.
Visitors were the Rev. and
Mrs. Henry Salley, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Reed, Mrs. Norma
Johnson, Mrs. Robert (Ruby)
Rogers of Walnut Creek, Calif.,
Miss Iona Tucker, Mrs. John
Trantham and son, David
Manley.
The five Hrls who will make which they won last year. The
the journeyto Austin Thursday 240,880 relz, long umP
are a little nervous, under- a reneats of 1as+ verE wins
standably...but proud to be re- ae ePeats ° -ast yea S"ins:
presenting theirschoolandcity. Winning the regional meet at West Texas Utilities office
what they say Hiev can bring Odessa two weeks ago, the girls building, and make quite an im-
"nat they say they can... bring qualified in five events, with pressive display. Of all the
home another crown this year, either first or second places, events entered by the Paducah
AA A 1 / A T 1 1 i Eleven events were entered at fems, they have won first place the month just ended ranged
I if ((e VAe A t I Ji ri nock Seniors, Nodia Vaughn vet- Odessa, and Paducah’s girls in each one except the first one, from .62 degrees recorded on
" - l ----- eran runner and long jump re- placed in each one, but only the in which they won second place. the first day to a high of 85 on
cord setter; her teammates first two placings are eligible Paducah is proud of its track the 28th and 29th.
The West Texas District Rev. and Mrs. Freddie Stice, Teresa Wright, Sharma Smith, 'or state. team and wishes the girls Good . Readings 0fn35edegrees on
Council of the Assemblies of Mrs. Merle Bradford, Mrs. Ann Luedtke, and freshman Luck all the way. April 1, 5th and 6th were the
God met in annual session at ..Homer Hobbs and Mrs. Clyde Cynthia Vaughn (Nodia’s sister) First event for the Dragon-
the church headquarters in Lub- Tucker. are in good shape and “ rarin” ettes will be Friday, when field ppe A
bock on April 26 through 28. Rev. and Mrs. Jesse Vela, to go, events get underway. Nodia will H an) (yIBI(
The opening day of the Council pastors of the Spanish Assembly compete in the long Jump Fri-
was devoted to the Women’s of God, also attended the closing They will be accompanied by day , afternoon. All running
Ministries of the 126 churches service on Thursday night.
which make up the West Texas
District. The theme of the ladies — AA c+. — +
meeting was “Remember LLOdUSldIU
Yesterday, Live Today, Look
the 100th District Court at Chil- Judge Balch overruled the
dress by Judge Robert Mont- pleas and each was appealed to
gomery of Memphis. the Amarillo appeallant court
MaThonhengwettohiledharann ;Xoran nunctionitnatdproe State Crown Hope On Delicate Shoulders
Cl
Va “S something that
h A k en deducted from
! E 9 ) ^id you do not need Chief Justice James A. Ellis
E ■ial Security ad- in 7th Court of Civil Appeals
"o keep your SSI at Amarillo Friday reversed
I. Ask your own the decision in the case of 31
1 to explain how it farmers of Cottle and King
counties filed against Vaughan
should come to B. Nowlin of Childress and five
epresenting him- large cotton firms located
elf) as a Social throughout Texas.
sentative,askfor Today, Thursday, is the last
fication or better day for creditors to file claims
toll free number against Nowlin in the federal
ffice, Enterprise bankruptcy court of Lubbock,
sk them if some- At 10 a.m. Friday a hearing is
to be held on objections to
Nowlin’s being discharged from
k. “ his debts.
E**** The ruling by the Amarillo
aylight Savings court filed here Monday calls
to Pet thp Let for each case to be returned
—5 to the defendant’s respective
counties of residence for trial.
Dates for these trials are to
be set.
~propped up on one This action removes the tem-
wmmemgg across the table porary injunction ordered last
1 “eepy-eyed face of year by District Judge R. J.
nd if we both don’t (Judson) Balch of Seymour in
sleep before we the 50th Judicial District Court
» ^we’re doing pretty of Cottle County which re-
■ fB IA I Eg off to work, and
AiEdaay.sleepy and
last hour (we
to sleep) before
AC
n s
NdVy Acomfortable,.and
“vhen the ol body who recieved a total of more
mdy to slumber, off that $375,240.83, according to
and we slaves plaintiff’s original petition, in
< hit ‘em again, alleged worthless checks drawn
gime I really begin by Nowlin on the Childress bank,
1 is late at night... have been attempting to have
about bedtime," the court compel the defendants
it will be early to either honor said checks or
e to get up again, return the cotton.
In‛t sleep for any- The case against the First
it! State Bank will be heard in
CT
NJcah To Host Four
AsThetatPaducahrnShynt, Pitsh eS, tournevhRhichcone
for inclusion in the 1977 edition here round the clock Thurs- sistedof 47 games) were. First
of OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN day thru Sunday afternoon, was place - Pumpers of Wichita
OF AMERICA. judged a huge success, and Falls; Second place - Lubbock ±1-
Richard E. Archer, Jr., Box the city was happily surprised Lumberjacks; Third - Hereford "
96, Paducah, TX 79248; to welcome about 300 extra Mr. Burgers; and Fourth -
James William Goodwin, Rt. persons over the weekend as Amarillo Mr. Burgers. Troph-
1 Box 234, Paducah, TX 79248; ballplayers and their families ies. were presented to each
Troy LaVern Patton 715 W. flooded into town. individual on all winning teams.
Virginia Street, Floydada TX* Freddie Crumpler, grounds All profit from the tourma-
79235. ’ ’ chairman and vice chairman ment goes back into improve-
The Outstanding Young Men of the Slow Pitch Association, ments on the field...both that
g- -8 --8 —e— , involving an already completed and future
of America Program is co- Sad -4 teams, involving ap- ■ L njAnneg Heent im
Snonsored bv IInitedgtAtes Tav proximately 12 players each, projects Planned, Recent im- rma
sponsored by united States jay- wives and families the provements include new steel "
cees and numerous other uel wlves and mmles, tne d00+s with concrete
umpires and other guests wire dugouts "an concrete m
organizations throughout the quickly filled available motel
nation. accommodations, spread tents - -
In every community there are and campers throughout the light pole which was destroyed
young men working diligently to park and football field, and recently by high winds, was
make their cities, as well as even saw some players sleeping replaced by the Association, and
Second place rider will receive Mr. and Mrs. Joe Don Brooks their country, better places in in the VFW building overnight., “that little project hasn’t been
a $25.00 Savings Bond donated Whites Auto which to live. These men, hav- He said 3 000 to 3 500 per- completely paid for yet,”
by the First National Bank and Paducah Parts ing distinguished themselves in sons attended the four-day tour- Crumpler stated. . “
the third place rider will also Ronnie’s one or more fields of endeavor, nament, the first of its kind “However, we received sev- . g
receive a $25.00 Savings Bond Powell Office Supply are outstanding and deserve to ever held in Paducah. “We eral donations from people at % -rgcg
donated by Leon Fletcher of City Other donations and help have be recognized for their achieve- were surprised...but * happy the field during the tournament, “
Cleaners. Every rider who been received from G. F. Giv- ments. The criteria for selec- about it ” he said*"’ when they saw and commented cD--AGIRAFVIIIMRFRACKS
raises $25.00 or more will re- ens, 10 a mile, Wilkenson tion include a man’s voluntary 5 ’ on how nice the ballpark is WICHITAEA--SPUMPE
ceive a Cystic Fibrosis T-Shirt. Texaco, $10 donation; West service to community, profes- pancake breakfast was ser- now, and how much work has as slow pitch association tournament gets unde w Y»
Many sponsors have already Texas Utilities, $10 donation; sional leadership, academic ved at the Jaycee hut both Sat- been done on field and grounds”
agreed to help by supporting an Kenneth Bragg, $2 donation; and achievement, business ad- urday and Sunday mornings to he said.
individual rider by pledging a Mrs. Bob Scott, $2 donation, vancement, players families and guests. thusiasm; the players, fans, Fox and Sandra Skinner; and
He expressed appreciation and other members of the Tournament committee, Jim
A NAWT In ( A Gp The 24 teams included four for those persons making do- association for their help in Porter, Jim and Kathy
---------- --- from Paducah, and one from nations to the Association and akj L, -Ant a Farquhar,
t -a y•• • M King county. 19 other teams... Jaycees, and at the same time, ™enf th tournament a
Judge Reverses Decision,ks.m
.4 , Umpires were Air Force per- to the ball park fund, may do so
- -a • sonnel from Altus AFB, Okla., by contacting any Jaycee. ‛ Chairman of the tournament
EP -c I -A 1 --- A-- Aw and the tournament was “sane- was Jerry Pate Long; vice
06) V (, —9 EEE I UEEGEEK)EA tioned”, which means the games Crumpler, on behalf of the chairman and grounds chair-
' I were played strictly by Soft- Association.,, thanked everyone man, Freddie and Hollis
ball Slow Pitch Affiliation rules, for their cooperation and en- Crumpler; Finance, Herman
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