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rodeo queen
The Nocona Jaycees are
seeking contestants for the
Nocona Rodeo Queen to be
crowned Thursday. July 14 on
the opening night of the rodeo.
Contestants must be resi-
dents of Montague County,
between the ages of 14 and 21
and must have a horse to ride
in the grand entry as well as
site 14 miles north of Nocona.
Jim Putnam of Wichita Falls
staked No. 1 on 67.5 acres of
Tucker lease, 2.022 feet from
west and 1.066 feet from south
lines of G. Nichols survey,
A-571. Planned depth is 1,700
feet at site 14 miles north of
Nocona.
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The annual fireworks at
Lake Nocona will again be part
of the July 4 celebration. The
fireworks will start around
dark and will last about 45
minutes to one hour.
Some of the best seats will
be at the Jaycee park where
the Lions Club will offer
refreshments. A large crowd is
expected to gather around the
lake to Nocona Hills. Oak
Shores and Harlow's Resort as
well as many boats out on the
lake itself.
Weekly" and Editor Publisher
Stanley Frank.
He says the Beef Develop-
ment Task Force is good tor
cattlemen, and we figure he
knows what he is talking
about.
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TEMPERATURES
High Low
YMCA sponsored swimming lessons at the Nocona swimming 10-day course. All age groups, from tiny tots to adults, took
pool are winding up this week in the final five days of the part in the classes.
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Drillers in Montague County
completed one well and staked
six new locations, according
to reports filed with the Texas
Railroad Commission.
Expando Oil Co. of Wichita
Falls completed No. 1 on 320
acres of Brashear lease. 667
A permit application for a
proposed new sewage treat-
ment plant for Nocona will be
considered in a public hearing
scheduled by the Texas Water
Quality Board for July 6. The
hearing will be held in room
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Dr. Narong Chalothorn.
M.D. will move into town
tomorrow according to Hospi-
tal Administrator Johnny
Richardson.
Dr. Chalothorn will set up
his office in the Nocona
Medical Facilities. Inc., build-
ing at Park and Croxton
Streets.
His arrival will culminate a
two year search for a new
doctor to practice in Nocona.
New officer* and director* of the Nocona Rotary Club were installed at Tuesday’s meeting at
Rotary Hall. New officers and directors are, [L-R] President Mac Stroud, Director R. B.
Stout, Director Ernest J. “Peewee" Haralson, Director Jim L. Keck, Secretary-Treasurer
Jerry Woods, Director Jim Shannon and Past President and incoming Vice President Edward
Garrett.
New doctor arrives July 1
Find will be held. Mrs. Glen
Ferguson of Nocona is general
chairman of the evening’s
entertainment. Mrs. Joe
Carminati Jr. of Montague will
direct the Queen’s Contest.
The Talent Find is under the
direction of Mrs. Olin Merritt
of Forestburg. Anyone interes-
ted in either contest is asked to
contact Mrs. Homer Bell in the
County Farm Bureau office in
Montague or anyone of the
chairmen.
Rules for both contests are
similar. Queen contestants
must be a daughter or a sister
of a Farm Bureau member.
She must be single and
between ages 16-22, as of
Sept. 1,1977. The Talent Find,
open to both male and female
contestants, has the same age
limits. Although the act may
have more than one person,
only two members of the
winning act will receive and
expense-paid trip to other
contests.
Deadline for Queen contest
entries is July 11.
Montague County winner in
both Queen and Talent
contests will enter the district
contests to be held later this
summer. District winners will
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sferendum
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at 6:30 pm
The Saturday park program
will present Jerry Lewis in
"The Bellboy" beginning at
6:30 p.m. As of press time, the
music portion of the evening's
entertainment was undeter-
mined.
country-style picnic.
Following supper, the
Queen’s Contest and Talent
public good but contends that
it is not for public purposes.
If the city believes it is in the
right, it must pursue the case
with a formal hearing.
Nocona
Montague County Farm
Bureau’s annual picnic will be
held on the courthouse lawn at
Montague on Tuesday night,
July 19, County President
Howard Sledge has an-
nounced. Also on tap for the
■evening's entertainment will
be the annual Farm Bureau
Queen Contest and Talent
Find, Sledge added. Activities
will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the
picnic.
All county Farm Bureau
members are invited to attend
this “triple header" evening
meal and program. Sledge
said. Barbecue beef will be
furnished by the Farm Bureau,
and each family is asked to
bring other dishes of food to
lease. Planned depth is 5.000
feet at site 4.5 miles
south-southeast of Ringgold.
Acting on a tip, law
enforcement officials teamed
Up and captured a long sought
fugitive at a Nocona motel
Friday evening.
J. W. Brumley, wanted on
warrants in at least two states
for forgery and check
enhancement, was arrested at
the Sands Motel by Texas
Ranger Bill Girth and Clay
County Sheriff Jake Bogard.
Girth and Bogard were
assisted by Nocona Officer Ray
Clevinger and the Clay County
chief deputy.
According to Officer Cleven-
ger, the Nocona Police
Department was notified by
radio that Girth was on his way
to Nocona and needed
preliminary move to give him a
chance to show probable injury
to Dr. Keever. The Hearing
tomorrow will decide whether
there exists a probable right to
prevent the paving.
The non-profit medical
group had asked for the help
from the city because "We
want you to help us and help
the people of Nocona. It will
also help the hospital...pay it's
way.”
assistance from local officers.
Bogard and his deputy were
with Girth when he arrived at
about 7:15 p.m. Friday. The
officers went to the motel and
placed two men at either end
Gayle Backstrom, former of the building.
Women's Editor for the Sun Girth and Bogard checked at
Journal Newspapers of Lans- the desk and found out
ing, III., has joined the staff of Brumley’s room. They remov-
the Nocona News as Associate ed all outward signs of law
Editor. . _ _ enforcement officials and
A native Texan, Gayle has checked into the room next to
spent the last seven years in Brumely’s, Clevenger said.
Dolton, Ill., a suburb of When Brumley left his
Chicago. While there she room, the two officers made
received her bachelor of arts the arrest
degree in communications and Brumley was taken to city
master of arts in literature hall where bond of $25,000
from Governors State Univers- was set by Justice of the Peace
ity; Robert Fenoglio. The fugitive
Before her association with was transferred to Wichita
the tri-weekly community Sun Falls.
Journal, Gayle free lanced for Brumley has been sought by
several years as a writer-pho- Texas Rangers since January,
tographer. Both skills will be
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In another note on the Beef
Referendum, the “Livestock
Weekly” reports that 275,000
cattlemen, including 42,000
Texans, have registered for
the referendum.
The Texans outnumber
cattlemen from other states by
a wide margin. The only state
that comes close to the number
in Texas is Kansas, with
24,000 voters registered.
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The Weather
and in turn
Yes” vote in the
1.80 On Thursday, July 14, they
16.70 will be judged as they ride in
18.50 the parade. Judging will be
15.75 made on personality, looks and
aa horsemanship.
District Court Judge Marvin
London has granted a
temporary restraining order
against the use of Nocona city
funds to pave the parking lot at
the new medical clinic at Park
and Croxton streets.
Judge London granted the
temporary order after the
attorney for Dr. Charles
Keever filed the request last
week.
Spokesmen for the non-pro-
fit Nocona Medical Facilities,
Inc. approached the city
council at the June 14 meeting
and asked them for assistance
in paving the lot.
The Texas Department of Jack McGaughey, attorney
Public Safety's Region 5 will for Dr. Keever, explained that
have all available uniformed the request for a temporary
officers on patrol during the restraining order was a
Office hours have not been U.S. since 1971. He served a
scheduled but the facilities four-year residency at St.
phone number will be Francis Hospital. Pittsburgh
825-3269. and has licenses in four states.
The office should be open including Texas.
July 7 for patients. The staff He will conduct general
hired for the medical facilities practice as well as OB-GYN
will meet with the new doctor which is his specialty. He is a
Saturday. member of the American
Dr. Chalothorn, 31, is Medical Association and is
married and has two children, certified by the American
He is a native of Bangkok, Board of Obstetrics and
Thailand and has been in the Gynecology.
Six wells staked, one completed
private corporation.
Jimmy Jack Biffle of According to McGaughey,
Muenster staked No. 4 on the results depend on the
106.5 acres of C. T. Grimes definition of “public pur-
lease. 2.850 feet from north pose." He states that Dr.
and 990 feet from west lines of Keever is not taking a stand on
L. Ramey survey. Planned whether or not the action of
depth is 3,990 feet at drillsite paving the lot would be for the
six miles north of Saint Jo.
e t 174m
feet from west and 467 feet Bowie staked wildcat No. 1 on
from north lines of block 2836. 160 acres of Lee Winingham
TE&L survey. Well flowed 51 lease. 4.100 feet from north
barrels of 42G oil and 375,000 and 2.200 feet from east lines
cubic feet of gas from pay of section 11. Jack CSL survey,
depth of 6.010-266 feet at site abstract 390. Planned depth is
five miles northwest of Bowie, 6.300 feet at site five miles
Ratcliff Operating Co. of west of Stoneburg.
Wilson E. Speir. Director of holiday travel. Traffic fatalities
the Texas Department of will be counted by the DPS
Public Safety, reported today throughout the Fourth of July
that the DPS Statistical period.
Services estimates a large These totals will be
number of persons will die in announced three times daily in
traffic accidents during the order to keep safety upper-
upcoming Fourth of July most in lhc minds of the
holiday. drivers.
Speir said, "Deaths so far Major C.W. Bell. DPS
during 1977 are running Region 5 Commander of
higher than expected due to Lubbock, said. Most traffic
excessive use of alcohol and accidents are made more
speed." tragic by the fact that they
could have been avoided. Too
“Operation Motorcide" is often the best driver lets his
designed to focus attention on attention wander, and the
the added dangers of death in result is a fatal accident."
, « a "40/#%
618 of the Stephen F. Austin
Building in Austin beginning
at 9 a.m.
The city was issued an “7
enforcement order last year
because of overloading at the
At the same time, the
spokesman, Weldon Cowan,
requested the city council
waive an $800 paving lien that
now stands against the
property. The council refused
to act on that request but did
approve the use of city funds
for the paving project.
The action by Dr. Keever
and his attorney is based on
two articles of Texas law
concerning the use of tax
revenues for public purposes
and the donation of public
money to an individual or
Farm Bureau sets SEx
.T e• Heirs lease. 3.500 feet from
courthouse piclic
- feet at site 4.5 miles northwest
then compete in state contests. of Montague.
State winrers will receive
expense-paid trips to the 1978 c I .... -
A . Supreme Drilling Co. of
American Farm Bureau Con- .... . ,,
u . . Abilene, lex., staked No. 1 on
vention in Ho iston and later a „ ,,
five-day trip to Washington, 343 acresMcGaughey
D.C. and Williamsburg, VA., lease. 1.750feet from west and
as well as other awards. . 1.869 feet from south lines of
Other committee members C harles ( hacon survey. A-143.
working on the picnic plans Planned depth is 1.500 feet at
and contests include Mr. and
Mrs. William Fenoglio, Mr.
and Mrs. Emext Haralson,
Mrs. J.B. Tidwell, Mrs. Ross
Littell, Mrs. Ray Fenoglio.
Mrs. Howard Sledge, and
Mrs. Melvin Fenoglio.
Board to
consider
permit
spread on tables for the
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McCommons Oil Co. of
Dallas staked No. 3 on 249
acres of Mary K. Shields C
lease. 1,787 feet front west and
467 feet from south lines of
brought to use with the
Nocona News.
The addition of Gayle to the
News staff will free Carolyn
Hollingsworth from editorial
responsibilities so she can
assume the handling of the
production department.
Carolyn Hollingsworth will
continue some of her writing
duties, including her weekly
cooking column "Stirring It
Up.”
74 the opening parade Thursday.
71 Interested girls should
76 contact Tommy Belcher,
72 825-6565 or Dwayne Fenoglio,
75 825-6567. Deadline is July 8.
78 The entrants will meet at the
75 rodeo arena at 8 p.m. July 12
when they will be interviewed.
A Nocona man is being held
in the Montague County jail
under $12,000 bond after he
was charged with the early
morning rape of a 34-year-old
Nocona woman Sunday.
Anthony Richard Brown, 22,
was arrested at his apartment
on Fannin street at 9:30 a.m.
June 26 and charged with
aggravated rape.
Police Chief Robert Stovall
and officer Sam Williams
made the arrest working off a
description of the attacker
provided by the victim.
According to the city police,
Brown is alleged to have
broken in the victim's
apartment between 1:30 and 2
a.m. Sunday, taken an
eight-inch butcher knife from a
kitchen cabinet and awakened
the woman.
He then allegedly held the
knife at the victim’s throat,
raped the woman, tied her to
the bed and ran from the
apartment.
Police dispatchers received
two calls on the attack, the
first coming at 2:05 a.m. That
call reported only a break-in at
the victim’s apartment. The
second call is logged in at City
Hall at 2:12 a.m.
The second caller reported
the rape, but noted that two
city officers were then arriving
at the scene.
Bond on the rape charge
was set by Justice of the Peace
Robert Fenoglio. Other char-
ges against Brown are pending
further investigation.
BY DEL HOLLINGSWORTH
The upcoming voting in the
Beef Development Task Force
Referendum set for balloting
July 5 through 15 has garnered
quite a bit of support from the
222 Montague County produc-
ers who registered to vote
As in any question, there
are two sides, and fears about
the proposed beef program
have spawned a little
opposition among some of the
county cattlemen.
While only a few people
have come out and advocated a
“No” in the referendum,
there is a certain queasyness
about a new “regulatory
body” that might cost the beef
producers extra money.
Several of these people who
expressed these fears pointed
to an article in the "Livestock
Weekly” outlining the opposi-
tion to "Yes" votes by a group
called the “Texas Research
and Information Committee on
the Beef Referendum.”
That article elaborated on
several points raised by the
committee, including the
allegation that a “Yes" vote
would in effect stop lobbying
by cattlemen.
I admit that the article
created a stir in the News
office. We have been
supporting the concept advan-
ced by the Pzef Development
Task Force and a "Yes" vote
in the balloting, but we had
not heard the opposition point
of view.
After studying the article at
some length, I called the editor
of the Livestock Weekly” and
discussed the matter with him.
Stanley Frank was helpful in
clearing the air and undoing
some of the confusion
surrounding the opposition.
He said his publication had
printed the article on the
Texas Research and Informa-
tion Committee on the Beef
Referendum" because he, as
with any reputable publisher,
is bound by his duty to present
both sides of a question.
He was quick to add that
while he had done that duty,
he had also done some
investigating into the commit-
tee and its membership.
It is merely a handful of
people, backed by other
dubious organizations, who
have been opposing the Beef
Referendum based on spuri-
ous arguments and quotations
from the enabling legislation
taken out of context.
To put it bluntly, Frank said
the arguments don't hold
water. The “Livestock
Weekly" intends to respond to
the charges made by the
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South Plant. The order
requires Nocona to complete r
construction of a new
treatment plant by October 31,
1978. However, some equip-
ment in the existing plant will
be incorporated into the new
facility. The new plant is
designed to meet treatment
needs of the service area for 20
years, with treated wastewater
going to Crooked Branch, then
to Salt Creek and then into the
Red River.
Larry Soward. an attorney
for the TWQB. will conduct
the hearing for the Board.
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