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the Nocona News
By EDGAR R. HAYS
Volume Sixty-Nine
Single Copy 10c
Nocona, Montague County, Texas
Thursday, February 21, 1974
Number Thirty-Nine
$13,324,000 Per Year Is Cost To
Nocona High FFA Chapter
Operate County Passenger Cars
Marks National FFA Week
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Pasture and Livestock Seminar
Will Be Held Here March 12-19
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Debbie Baker Wins First and
Second In Area OEA Contests
Suzan Cardwell
Contracts Will Be Let On Four More
Gets Scholarship
To Baylor Law
Illness Causes Absences
Buys Registered
In Nocona Schools
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Texas Farm Bureau Opposes
Restrictions On Farm Exports
Ticket Sales Lag For
Chamber Banquet
ident is Leon Fenoglio, the sweetheart is Connie Cheshier,
and the advisors are Glenn Ferguson and Carl Bullinger.
NOCONA HIGH OEA won honors at the area meeting in Fort Worth last week. Holding
the plaques won are, from left, Debbie Newland, Connie Cheshier and Debbie Baker.
FROM THE
EDITOR’S
PEN . . .
that serious.
Montague County travelers
will have to pay higher prices
in some areas for the gas they
buy as well as for their other
smaller debris basins was
first estimated at $1,200,000,
Mr. Simmons said, but it will
probably run some higher than
that now.
Work is due to be com-
pleted within 281 calendar days
after the notice to proceed
is given, it was explained.
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balance of trade for the first
time since 1970.
"Because of the importance
of our overseas markets, the
Texas Farm Bureau strongly
urges that President and Con-
gress resist any effortstore-
strict farm exports."
-er" R.L. Dalrymple, agronomist.
Noble Foundation, Ardmore,
in 1971.
On the basis of the findings
Montague County vacationers
must be prepared for a daily
budget of $52 to cover the es-
sentials for two people.
Assumed is that they will
average 300 miles per day and
will get 13 miles to the gallon
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it seems to us that ours has ___
SSES Farmers Creek Watershed Structures
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bar-
nett and Leilani of Bogato,
Texas were weekend guests
of Mrs. W. D. Barnett.
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NOCONA HIGH SCHOOL FFA Chapter has 101 active
members and is observing National FFA Week. Pres-
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The new F&M bank is a
thing of beauty. While visit-
ing there Tuesday we casual-
ly inquired if the interest rate
had gone up to help pay for all
the improvements. We didn’t
get a straight out answer on
the subject but no doubt we will
have occasion soon to find out
about the interest rate — if
our credit is still good.
Milking Shorthorn
Otis J. Howard, Nocona, has
purchased a 2-year-old bull,
Clayside Advancer 349756,
from Elmer Von Tungeln,
Verden, Okla.
The new animal is a reg-
istered Milking Shorthorn and
the record of the transfer of
ownership has been made by
the American Milking Short-
horn Society at Springfield,
Missouri.
Think you have troubles? ing vacation plans." He indi-
Not as much as the little boy cated that the situation is not
who was so ugly his mother
had to tie a T-bone steak a-
round his neck to get the dogs
to play with him.
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on the losing side. Anyway of gas.
Judy Mallett, "Miss Texas"
will visit our city on Friday
evening, March 1st. Not only
is she an extremely attractive
and beautiful young woman but
she has outstanding talent. She
plays the "fiddle” like no-
body’s business. Coming with
her will be "The Bluegrass
Group", a group of singers
who will add much to the
The influenze-type illness
which has been sweeping
across the country struck the
Nocona schools starting last
Thursday and absences have
been high since then but the
local school has not dismissed
as yet.
A total of 160 were absent
Tuesday of this week from all
three schools, according t a
report from HighSchool Prin-
cipal Coleman Stanfield. The
absences Monday were about
the same and Wednesday was
expected to be the same.
"We will not dismiss unless
The move to put all nation-
al holidays on Monday is for
the birds. We much rather
they would be on Friday since
a week that starts on Tues-
day is pretty will shot any-
way.
Two Pecan Growers
Win In Regional
Two pecan growers who won
places in the North Texas &
Southern Oklahoma Pecan
Show here have also won in
the regional pecan show in
Fort Worth.
Eugene Parr of Nocona won
third place in the regional
with his Mohawk entry and
Edwin K. Johnson of Munday
won third place with his West-
ern variety.
With only 10 days left before
the Nocona Chamber of Com-
merce annual banquet, ticket
sales are dragging somewhat.
Chairman John Gibbs indicat-
ed Tuesday. Only about 150
tickets have been sold thus
far and Chamber officials hope
for an attendance of at least
400.
Officials emphasized that
everyone is welcome to attend
the banquet and that it is not
confined to Chamber members
and their guests.
The program will include
the presentation of the out-
standing citizens for the year,
and the entertainment will be
furnished by Miss Judy Mallet,
"Miss Texas” for 1973, and
her Bluegrass Group, a sing-
ing aggregation which adds
to her program. Miss Mallett
is an outstanding "fiddler”
and will present a good part of
the program.
Plates are $5.00 each and
this includes a good meal cat-
ered by Vance Godbey of Fort
Worth.
Tickets may be obtained at
both the local banks, both
drug stores, the Chamber of-
fice, The Nocona News, Ben
Franklin Store, Kids Duds,
the city office or from any
director of the Chamber.
WACO—The Texas Farm
Bureau is urging the Presi-
dent and Congress to resist
any efforts to place restrict-
ions on farm exports.
A resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors this week
and sent to the President and
members of the Texas dele-
gation in Congress states that
"agricultural exports are ab-
solutely essential to farmers
and ranchers and are vitally
important to the nation as a
whole.”
The resolution said that
"embargoes placed on any
commoditites are invitations
to economic disaster.”
Text of the resolution con-
tinues:
"Loss of our farm export
market would force us to cut
production by one-fifth. Thou-
sands of rural people would
flock to cities. Workers in
industries related to agricul-
ture would flood the labor
market looking for jobs.
"On the other hand, if we
can maintain our strong ex-
ports market all segments of
the economy will reap the
benefits.
"Full production, which is
dependent upon exports, en-
ables us to cut per unit costs.
This is reflected in lower
prices in supermarkets and
clothing stores. The con-
sumer is the ultimate and
major beneficiary. Full Pro-
duction in agruculture assures
jobs in businesses related to
agriculture. Nearly 40 per-
cent of our work force is in-
volved directly or Indirectly
in agriculture.
"Farm exports are a prin-
cipal source of this Nation’s
foreign exchange, and have
helped give us a favorable
A Pasture and Livestock
Seminar will be held at No-
cona Community Center Tues-
day, March 12 and also on
Tuesday, March 19, it was
announced this week. Spon-
sors will be Community Pub-
lic Service Company, Farm-
ers & Merchants National
Bank and the Texas Agri-
cultural Extension Service.
Objects of the seminar is
to provide information on pas-
ture management for beef cat-
tle producers, it was explain-
ed. Specific guidelines will
be given on new grasses, man-
agement of established range-
land and supplemental feeds.
On March 12, the chairman
for the meeting, starting at
7 p.m., will be Richard Bailey,
vice-president of Farmers &
Merchants National Bank. The
speakers and their subjects
include:
7:30 A Look at Grasses,
Nocona High School Future
Farmers of America Chapter
has 101 active members on its
roll, and is one of the larg-
est chapters in this area, ac-
cording to information from
Glenn Ferguson, chapter advi-
sor. Carl Bullinger is also
an advisor for the local chap-
ter. It is by far the largest
student organization in Nocona
High School.
The Chapter is this week
marking National FFA Week.
The special event was pro-
claimed by Mayor E.J. John-
son as February 17-23.
The membership consists of
young men who are currently
enrolled in vocational agri-
culture in Nocona High School
or who have completed all the
vocational agriculture offered
by the school.
The years activities for the
chapter begin in July with the
state convention. Last year
the convention was held at
Fort Worth and two members
of the Nocona High chapter
received the Lone Star Farm-
er degrees. They were Tommy
Fenoglio and Leon Fenoglio.
Leon was further honored by
being selected as the Star
Lone Star Farmer from Area
V and also the Star Crop
Production award winner for
the State of Texas.
Leadership training is one
of the major facets of,FFA
and the Nocona Chpater en-
tered six teams in the Tex-
ome District contests at
Gainesville in October. The
local farm radio team won
first place and the farm skills
teams, junior and senior, won
third. Other teams partici-
pating were the junior and
senior chapter conducting
teams and the FFA quiz team.
The farm radio team repre-
sented the district at the Area
V contest and placed third.
The American Farmer De-
gree represents the highest
achievement possible for an
FFA member and this year
Richard Fenoglio became the
first Nocona High member
in history to achieve this co-
veted honor. He and his ad-
visor, Mr. Ferguson, attend-
ed the national convention in
Kansas City in October at
which time Richard was pre-
sented the Key of an Ameri-
can Farmer.
Each young man enrolled in
production vocational agricul-
ture must have a supervised
project program, either live-
stock or crop. Many of the
boys feed out show calves
and pigs for the county pro-
ject show and for the larger
state shows. Several boys
have already exhibited their
stock at state shows.
Most of the members will
be showing their calves at the
county project show in Bowie
in March and some will be
showing pigs.
At present many members
of the local chapter are study-
ing and preparing for the
Spring judging contests com-
ing in March and April. The
first contest will be meat judg-
ing March 28 in Wichita Falls
followed by the land and range
judging April 2nd in Gaines-
ville and Jacksboro. Also
livestock, dairy, poultry, land
and range area contests will
be held in April at Commerce.
Nocona FFA Chapter will
have a representative at the
House Beef Calf Scramble this
year during the stock show
and rodeo. He is Jeff Taylor,
a freshman.
Officers of the local chapter
are Leon Fenoglio, president;
Tommy Fenoglio, vice-presi-
dent; Steve Fenoglio, secre-
tary; Jerry Dan Davis; trea-
surer; Kevin Haralson, re-
porter; David Whitecotton,
sentinel; Dana Haralson, par-
liamentarian; Connie Chester,
chapter and district sweet-
heart; Glenn Ferguson and
Carl Bullinger, vocationalag-
riculture teachers and chapter
advisors.
Contracts will be let soon sned area lies between No-
on the construction of four cona and Saint Jo and these
more projects in the Farmers sites are all closer to Saint
Creek Watershed program, Jo.
District Conservationist John Estimated cost of the four
Simmons said this week. The projects is between $212,500
program, which has been un- to $262,500. Work is expect-
derway for some time, has ed to begin in May. Major
seen the completion of six items in the project includes
small derbis basin projects clearing 12.5 acres of land,
and one large floodwater re- clearing and grubbing 9.5
tarding structure. acres, excavating 119,160 cu.
The bids, which will be re- yards; placing and rolling em-
ceived at the First National bankment 233,950 cu. yards;
Bank in Temple until 2 p. m. drain fill, graded, 545 cu.
on March 18, 1974, will call yards; salvaging and placing
for the completion of two de- topsoil, 28,960 cu. yards; 133.7
bris basins, one on the Neal cu. yards of concrete; 5,998
Thompson place and the other lbs. steel bars, 9,505 lineal
on the Hubert Harwood place, feet of barbed wire fencing,
and also two floodwater re- diversions, and other minor
tarding structures, one on the details.
W. E. Scott place and the other Total cost of theentirepro-
on the R. E. Thompson place, gram of the 10 large retard-
The Farmers Creek water- ing structures and the 24
program. All this happens NEW YORK .. To what ex-
at the Nocona Chamber of tent will the shortage of gas-
Commerce banquet. Everyone oline affect the vacation plans
is invited to attend. It is of Montague County residents?
for the public and you should With many local families
get your tickets right away, contemplating automobile
The cost is $5.00 per plate trips this summer to various
which includes a delicious parts of the country, the fear
meal catered by Vance Godbey that they might be stranded
and associates. We hope that somewhere along the route is
at least 400 area people will uppermost in their minds.
attend and that’s about all the According to an official of
room we will have. So hurry the American Automobile
and get those tickets. They Association, J. Kay Aldous,
may be secured at the banks, "there are some localized
drug stores, Chamber office, shortages of gasoline and
The Nocona News, or from any there will be more, but the
director of the Chamber. driver should not be intimi-
eee dated to the point of abandon-
needs. Inflation has left its
mark.
According to a report just
released by the AAA, their
costs for food, lodging and re-
creational activities will be
about 13 percent higher than
they were two years ago, when
a similar survey was made.
The net effect, for two per-
sons traveling together, is that
they will have to spend about
Miss Suzan Cardwell
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Cardwell, Nocona, re-
ceived a scholarship to Baylor
Law School at Waco, Feb-
ruary 9, the morning of her
wedding day.
She graduated from Univ-
ersity of Texas at Arlington
in January and will receive
her degree with the spring
graduating class since there is
no graduation exercise at mid-
term. She was one of 1225
taking the entrance exam to
law school. Only 60 could
be accepted, 25 of this total
being from out of state; 25
Baylor undergraduates, leav-
ing only 10 others eligible.
Miss Cardwell was one of the
10. Eligibility was on grades
and recommendations from
prior school and practicing
lawyers.
down as follows: $19 for over-
night accomodations, $18 for
meals and snacks, $10 for gas
and oil and $5 for tips and
miscellaneous.
In connection with its report
on vacation costs, the AAA
has also issued new figues on
the annual expenses involved
in car ownership and op-
eration.
It finds that the average car
in the popular-price range
driven 10,000 miles a year,
costs $1,647, equivalent to 16.5
cents per mile.
Included are such fixed
costs as insurance, deprecia-
tion and license fees, totaling
$1,172, or $3.21 per day
whether the car is used or
not.
The variable costs — for
gas, oil, tires and main-
tenance — total $475 for the
10,000 miles, or 4.75 cents
a mile.
Applied to Montague County
and the 8,090 passenger cars
in the local area, the overall
cost is about $13,324,000 a
year.
the absence rate gets higher,”
Mr. Stanfield said. "We are
hoping that the illness will
start subsiding now, and we
can get back to normal.”
North Ward was the hard-
est hit with 90 out Monday
and about 85 out Tuesday.
Prairie Valley Schools dis-
missed last Friday and was
out Monday and Tuesday but
started school again Wednes-
day.
At Montague, school has not
been affected a great deal
by illness and has continued
to operate without interrup-
tion.
Pete Butts told us that the
fire down in Frank Griffith’s
work hpuse was caused by
Frank overworking and getting
too hot. On the other hand
another friend of Franks
swore that Frank was trying
to burn up all those old golf
score cards which showed him
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Miss Debbie Baker, a sen- Nocona High School OEA president and treasurer. The
ior in Nocona HighSchool, won was well represented by: other officers will be elected
first place in the Job Appli- Debbie Baker, Treva by the east and middle dist-
cation contest and second Carminati, Connie Cheshier, ricts.
HOME FROM INDIANA
ruary,5.and.16 ptith ewhe ing for the contest which began after an 18-day trip to West
aton Hotel in Fort Worth, at 1:00 p.m. that afternoon. Lafayette, Indiana. They went
Miss Baker will represent More than 600 students from to help their daughter, Dixie
thnaareaasawellastthesMt. the East district competed in move from Lousiana State
meeting in Austin on April 21 contests which were held University, New Orleans, La.,
me tn n US. non APu on 1116 campus of Tarrant to Purdue University where
5th andtssthesThealoaniha County Junior College. she has accepted a new po-
ter Activities Manual placed and cooperative students. sition. They stayed a week
fourth in the contest. The Nordis Manley and Debbie with her and visited relatives
manual was prepared by the Baker were voting delegates in Lexington, Kentucky and
laboratory and cooperative at the conference and parti- Topeka, Kansas before re -
students. cipated in election of the new turning home.
No one had filed for any
local office Wednesday morn-
ing, according to a check by
The News. Elections are
coming up for school trustee,
city council, and the hospital
board. Rumors have it that
most of the incumbents will
file for re-election but noth-
ing is on paper as yet.
Deadline for filing for the
various offices is one month
before the election, that dead-
line date being March 6th.
8:15 Why Soil Test and Fer-
tilize, George W. Sultemeir,
area agronomist, special pro-
ject, Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, Renner, Tex-
as.
8:35 Hay Quality Means Dol-
lars, Donald J. Dorsett, area
agronomist, special project,
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, Renner, Texas.
9:00 Panel, Questions and
Answers.
For the March 19 meeting,
also starting at 7 p.m., Bobby
McCorkle, of the Community
Public Service office in Fort
Worth, will be the chairman.
The program includes:
7:30 Feeders and the Feed-
lot, Wendell Mayo, Manager,
Clayco, Petrolia, Texas.
8:00 Supplemental Feeding,
Dr. Dennis White, Area Live-
stock Specialist, Texas Agri-
cultural Extension Service,
Vernon, Texas.
8:20 Crossbreeding, Dr.
Dennis White.
8:45 Panel, Questions and
Answers.
The public is invited and
there is no admission charge.
the damage was not bad and
Frank’s golf cart is ready
to go again.
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Our national politics is
largely a fight between the
conservatives and the lib-
erals. The conservatives, of
course, are those who wish
to keep things on somewhat
an even keel, maintain our
traditional free enterprise,
give our citizens a chance to
make their own lives and fu-
tures through their own en-
deavors, and who stand for in-
dividual freedom so long as
that freedom doesn’t interfere
with other peoples rights. On
the other hand the liberals are
those who wish to establish
a socialistic "cradle-to-the
grave” government with all
power centered in big govern-
ment, taking your money from
you and giving you back part
of it for being good. They
want strict government con-
trols on almost everything.
This Editor is a conservative
politically and proud of it.
Also we are proud that our
representative in Congress,
Omar Burleson, is a conser-
vative. His voting record in
Congress bears that out. Sen-
ator John Tower from Texas
is also a conservative and
stands for good sound govern-
ment and policies that we
think will be best for the
nation. But not so with our
junior Senator, Mr. Lloyd
Bentsen. He got elected on a
conservative platform, but
like our esteemed late presi-
dent, Mr. Lyndon Johnson,
once he got the office he drift-
ed considerably to the lefthand
and now he pleases the radical
ADA organization much too
much to please his constitu-
ents. We predict when Mr.
Bentsen’s time comes to run
again, he will find a lot of
opposition.
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A friend of ours says he
has read so much about the
terrible effects of smoking
that he has decided to give
up reading.
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It makes us wonder. We
have always heard that a
democracy is a government
of laws rather than a govern-
ment of men. In late years
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of interpreting the law into
one of changing the law to
suit their own tastes and view-
points. That, to us, is a
government of men.
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The pretty young thing came
slamming into her apartment
after a blind date and an-
nounced to her roommate,
"Boy, what a character! I
had to slap his face three
times this evening.”
The roommate inquired,
"Why? What did he do?"
"Nothing,” she muttered,
"I slapped him to see if he
was awake."
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