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FRIDAY, JASVARY 1, 196H
PAGE 4 : : : EDITORIALS AND FEATVRES : : : : THE DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE : :
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be 40 per cent if you wait to
Yesteryear
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bers and Galveston County
adjoining it The 'tract is too
be grateful to the fire chief
I hope the next time any-
one that is tempted to burn
trash when a high wind is
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the Dentoh Record-Chronicle
about the county grudging-
Farm Road 1171 rights of
way was brought before the
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THE
WORLD
TODAY
one from the County Court
of Denton County before the
public statement
.leased
The morning of this first day
of the year saw a hum of ac-
board
The board, felt that the
publicity from this article .
was misleading and unfair
in that the board had not
had an opportunity to di-
• cuss this matter with' any;
L H
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Revere
Hercwies
Mpimes a
year, and my home was in
its path, and a high north-
west wind was blowing. My
home would have burned and
and every building on the
place, including two more
homes, and my neighbors'
homes, if it had not been
for the alertness and fast
work of the Denton Fire De-
partment and neighbors
that called them.
Also the ones passing by
and one workman working
nearby named Don My late
husband served as a fire-
man in the Denton Fire
Department when he was a
Gcers
MRWK- Arnond
Judas
Bivebesre
— ious cackling of a hen after
laying an egg is wonderful
Good news, too
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Abranam Lincoih • E
Davie Q 8
It is the desire of the
board of the Denton County
Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
to cooperate with all local
agencies to promote the
general welfare of all con-
cerned. i:
C R Haggard
Board President
Denton County Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
Fort Bend County will be run- ought to be reduced.
ning out next March 1 It took Sadler sucked on his jawful
two, or three sessions of the of snuff, spit, sagely into his
board with attorneys for Champ- spittoon, and replied, poker-
1- -- 33- —, — faced; ■
you how very much we ad-
mire. respect, love and ap- •
predate your — and our-
newspaper boy, Tom Knox
Sincerely,
Mrs WG Powell
1008 Emtry Drive
Minlefidittfi
To The Editor
The directors of Denton
County Electric Coop-
erative, Inc . met Dec 19.
1964, in their regular meet- ;
ing. The article in the Mon-
day. Dec 14, 1964. issue of
I „ set me a-quiver. The cries
Boren-Stewart, wholesale gro- of. sassy bluejays though
To The Editor:
Thursday morning. I step-
ped out in my yard and saw ,
a high flame of fire coming showed it
Boy. there is no sweeter
soundin the land than a man
picking and singing .'Sewa-
nee River' and Susanna on
’ an old banjo
The stirring calls of bob-
whiter gat sundown always
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GROCERY FIRM
PLANNING OlTLET
JAN. 1, 1925
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ton Boy Scouts were recently
honored al a recognition ban-
quet in Fort Worth They were
;Sterling Smith, James Boswell
Don Gammon. Phil Speagle,
Karl Jackson Warren Jack-
son Jimmy Don Barber and
John Strensland.
blowing will think twice
tivity in county court as new-' It gives me great pleasure
ly-elected county officers took to write this letter to tell
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south on an early November
morning The whoof w hoof
art art of hounds running
, a coyote at night is a de-
lightful and -never-to-be-for-
gotten sound
The friendly neighing of
horses at dawn, the hilar-
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portance of a fireman’s
job until I had this horrible
experience, and I shall ever
To the Editor:
Some sounds are frighten-
ing. some soothing and some
stirring Here are some
sounds I like The honk
bonk bonk of geese flying
Oliver Wenor
erd Taft; head tinesman
A'C Demons- L ocrezia 1
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Then, opening their treasures, na Maybe something that hap- Home delivery by meilI(must be paid in advance) Denton land adioining
m an - e.uuBu.s- . they offered him gifts, gold and pened in 1967 wouN him $1.50 per monthasinpervearper **' elsewhere in the United Stat
trawincenseksnd myrrh ‘Mat here sense of “response' and n 1 MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS
action he had at 21 He knew .. , TICE TO PUBII - Any erroneous reflection upon the character
PRAYER: Our heavenly Fa- better reputation or standing 9f any firm, individual or corpration will,
then we thank Thee for Thv Hivht.miM-mtL.i9ladly be corrected upon being called to the publishers attention,
ypet kL for ...phg-eg-dy ,H el0oked. at.thepeoplinrthefhe publishers are not responsible for copy omissions, typographical
great love for us expressed by bus; the tall, the short, the fat. errors or any unintentional errors that occur other than to correct
Thy gift of Thy Son We pray the skinny They all knew ' ‘ - —-----" ‘ "
that the love we have for Him ter, too They didn't seem
may find expression in all our worrying He shook "himself (------ - „o... ... .. .
giving in His name and for "That’s enough of this stuff," he Hted exclusively’to yse forpubliation of mt local news printed in
IHis sake. Amen. mid. "Let's get going.’ ■ “his. newspaper as well as ail AP.ews disnatches.
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And so. the Devil exhorted his men: "If we re to.
win this match, you . . . Must play dirty, but just
be sure The referee can't catch you
So elbows, fists and knees were used . By the
Devil’s men that day . And the game became a
deadly struggle Instead of a form of play . .
But breaking the rules can boomerang . As the
. Demons learned that day . . They found the truth
of an old saying Crime does not pay When
Mussolini pounded his fist in George Wash-
ington’s face The Father of Our Country took
. . . The brutal blow with grace ... David called
for Santa Claus . To thunder through the line . .
And Washington blocked Mussolini As Santa
ton with 12 points Eight Den--
THE LINEUPS
SAINTS Pos oenQNs
Roben .E -ee L E. Merod - ■
Danie L. r. SWM
■ Joshe L a. *i hi hi* ।
c) St Peter C. Luemer lei
George Washingten R G Nero
. , matters greatly/
(But the sampalan stuck in his W tinncwthepparrners,toumkptnat
Ait of m"eirasninaay. Sadler first suggested extending royalty a sixth on shallow pro-
goVer, and promising deeper bays for new leasing so that they needed, to keep an
n an n, wung. Darwin Kirk of Sunray said eighth on shallow zones.
It didn't quicken his blood, such a move would stop them But Sadler stood hitched, say-
that’s for sure. He felt all along from. exploring other zones : ing they had already agreed on
the returns were in before the since they couldn't recover their’the depth figure. Finally Kirk
-count began, and the polls investment in the seven years agreed, and outlined the offer
_ ________ .... .. remaining on their old all-zones as Sadler had outlined it earlier,
across a pasture that 'cat- • He got on the bus. Jampacked lease But Sunray would be You makerihe Offer, and wr
tie had not grazed for a - - - - — "in-m- —— “"C-j-i
their positions. Sworn into ser-
vice were Woodrow Bays and
Mmes Bess Lynch, Gladys J.
-Smith and Theta Parker The
new year was ushered into
.Denton with very little excite-
ment or celebration Practically
the only evidence of activity-
occurred. around midnight as
crowds gathered around the
theaters to attend midnight
movies The V S Army ad-
vanced six miles deeper into the
southern flank of the German
bulge today
FIRST BABY RORN
seeN AFJER 12
JAN. 1, 1955
The year of 1957 was just 57
minutes old when Denton’s first
baby of the year was born in
Flow Memorial Hospital She is
Dineshia Evon Duncan, • daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs Arnett
Duncan, 1118 E Oak The baby
weighed eight pounds. 12 ounc-
es at birth A head-on car
crash that killed four persons
near Waco pushed the Texas
holiday violent death total to
158 The Denton Broncos won
third place in the Denison Cage
Tournament with a 67-61 win
over Bonham James Shelton
was high-point man for Den-
n Theooore Rocsevei heerieaders Saim Jim
Borgie
His courtesy, integrity
thoughtfulness, efficiency
and dependability are unsur-
passed it has been wonder-
ful to watch him grow from
such a small boy toward
manhood He is such a fine
gentleman in every way. I
have never heard anyone on
our block say anything’ but
praise for him. We wanted
you and all the ones who
read this to know that we
think he is a fine representa-
tive of your wonderful Den-
ton Record-Chronicle
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The Year School Land Board A Champ
By JAMES MARLOW By BOB HILL
hear this quiet discussion be.
Associated Press News Analyst Austin Bureau [tween Sadler. Fox, Larry Tem-
j WASHINGTON (AP) - The, AUSTIN — U oil companies ple, who was sitting in for
(little guy, any little guy going,have any expert horse traders Gov. John Connally, and Jack
home this New Year’s Eve, felt on their legal staffs, they’d bet- Giberson, chief clerk for the
.[so calm it was unnatural. Ater assign them to handle ne-Land Office. The Sunray people
whole year gone without a great gotiations with the School Land returned, and Kirk made the
fear or a. great disaster. He Board offer. It was for a cash pay.
wasn t used to it. Because that agency-has a ment of $130,960, royalty to in-
It wouldn't last, he thought, as champion haggler at Its head crease to one " sixth 00 zones
he bustled along, like heading in. the person of Land Commis- deeper than those present.) be-
l into a new century So-he sioner Jerry Sadler. ing produced, and to remain
I slowed down, asking himself That conclusion is possible af- at one-eighth on present pro-
I -whar« ", ,, 7, ter watching the board which duction and all shallower zones
"WhatsstherushiIs„just.an-handles the leasing of public, ’^e can t go with you on that
other year coming up. Is that school lands negotiate two lease one-eighth ’Sadler said -What
extensions and a possible sale about a sixth on all new hori-
: He didn't know. He had seen of a lease on the bed of Eastzons, deep or shallow, and the
too many years to be sure. Bay Bayou, which is the present production to remain
He remembered this same boundary’ between Chambers ah.an eighth1t, 1971, and then
night last year, going home. He and Galveston Counties. 8°„0 «
was dragging then, not bustling. Under a law passed last year, Kirk first agreed to a sixth
| with the Dallas thing still on his oll companies holding 25 - year on 2 ones n ot presently produc-
mind, spoiling everything for leases are privileged to extend ing but ,had to talk to Ernest
him. even hislense of life., i them to the life of production. Potter about the switch to a six
under conditions to be set by in 1971 - Potter said that the of-
•HAPPINESS CANCELED' the School Land Board. fer gives the Board half the
In 196 L, , in N, Champlin Oil & Refining Co minerals expected to be there
vemb^ taftertha dayin.)owas «« of those. Its lease on after 1971 in cash, and 11 "f-
tW rsomene, tremembbrenga tract of state riverbed in alty were raised, then the cash
President Kennedy, had said
officially: "Happiness is can-
celed for the rest of the year ”
but no anxious faces. They were willing to consider paying one accept it" Sadler said
like him the undisturbed Any sixth royalty on new zones, if "Consider thej offer made,"
shooting in 1964 was far off in the Board would let them contin-Potter said
the Congo or Vietnam. Anyue present production at one Consider the offer accept-
shouting .was far off, too, in the eighth royalty, .until 1971 and cd. Sadler replied, and the
Soviet Union or Red China or then raise royalty to one-sixth deed was done
some place Sadler replied that many Next the Board took up a
The bus lurched and the peo-ithings could., happen, between matter where it, rather than-.
pie tilted but their expression now.and 1971 so maybe it the oil companies was over the
didn't change Here at home thewoud be better to wad until barrel. It involved an unleased
country was living high. Most about. 1970 to act on the ap- section of the old East Bay
people, that is. Not everybody. Plication for extension This Bayou channel which is the
though He read about millions softened % as Sadler knew boundary ime between Cham-
who weren't. ,it would. Kirk replied that un- bers and Galveston County.
: ' der those conditions, Sunray just Placid Oil Company and John
NEVER SAW THEM couldn't afford to do any deep- Mecom own the producing leases
| He never really saw them. if the
They’lived in a different part of
That’s the way the game was played With the
Demons scorning rules But ere the duel was
o’er they learned . That cheating is for fools . .
Stalin twisted David’s leg . . But on the next play
. . . HercUles arranged that . The Saints should
, have their say He went roaring through right
tackle . . Turning Stalin flips . . .And the unla-
merited Russian Ball bounced off his hips ...
The game moved on No score was made Would
the band of Evil® prevail? . . Could the Heavenly
Group emerge in front'’ Could they conquer de-
spite travail’’
The clouds trembled, the spectators roared . . ,
As Virtue battled Sin The issue actually was long
decided There could be no doubt who would
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president of the Clara Barton When 1 hear a band play
Memorial Foundation, will be Dixie, my feet start moving
a guest in Denton this week n1 throw my hat in the air
She will speak to the Denton and sing hurrah hurrah
Red Cross The American Dixie Land There is no
Association for the Advance-
ment of Science has proposed
that a 13-month year be origi-
nated with each month starting
on a Sunday. The 13th month
would be known as Sol.
VET OFFICERS
TAKE POSITIONS
JAN 1, 1945
narrow to get drilling permits
zemr zmee-srss
them because his routine was the buyer is supposed to make two, agreed they would sue to
home-t-bus-to-office- to-bus-to- the first offer Why don : you-all prevent drilling if someone
home make us one?" else leased it. . - '
He didn’t have much money TheiSunraydelegation went But if the tract . were put up
himself. But at least he could nto Sadlersprivate office The under terms requiring pooling,
send his kids through school 04 rdeconfe rred, , and agreed be willing to pay
and the fire fighting men. Long ago, and he didn’t know ’ f they would take $130,960 $51,000, the amount of back roy-
‘ ----- how. he had developed a habit a figure based on the Sunray alty to 1962, and a sixth royalty
'of not thinking about the ones reserve figures as checked out ion part and a twelfth royalty
who couldn’t bY the Boards engineers, with on part.
This bothered him a little, but the, advance, bonus discounted . After an hour of theisame " 1
before he starts a fire. I not much because he was at 3 percent inters a year kind of Sadler hoss - trading,
was so thankful that night wrapped p in his garden, nd insteadsofs.percentas the deal was struck. The tract
that I still had a home to the car and the family and aed by Sunray plus the normal will be offered under restrlc- -
rest'in. thousand things every day .minimum1 bonus on leases lions that would all bt require 1 ]
I hone mv letter will re- What things? He was glad he . unitization, as an addendum to ■
mind others to think of oth- was asking himself the question ______ sunray PeoP e 1 not the February 2 lease sale.
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twenty With a show of tackling might
From that point on the game produced . . A
never-ending roar As history's greatest football
teams . Fought without a score . Once, David
saw his chance . And passed to Robert ELee
. . . But Judas spilled him with a tackle ... On the
Demons'twenty-three . . Paul Revere skirted end
. . But couldnt get a yard . .. And Hercules was .
helpless As he rammed into left guard. The
same was true of the Internals They could not
mount an attack Which would give full range
to the scheming of Their madman quarterback.
Hitler ranted. Hitler raved . , And Lucifer did
the same . . And in the huddle, they conceived ...
A plot to win the game . . ."Time out!" the Devil
cried aloud . And gathered his team around ... I
“Now listen carefully, men." he said . . "Their
weakness'! have found They play it fair, these
sissy guys So we will play it foul They'll turn
the other cheek instead ’ Of letting out a howl.’’ I
. win:.)' ' ' -
The clock sped on the referee stood . . Ready
to fire the gun Did the. Saints have a touchdown
play to call? ;. There was time for only one ...
, rDavid called on Paul Revere . . "Run faster than
you rode That time you warned of Redcoats . . .
Coming down the road! Race along, into the
clear Then turn and look to me And the
ball I’ll drop into your hands And we’ll have
victory’”
St Peter snapped the ball and David . . . Faked
a handoff neatly Turned and looked for Paul
Revere Rut Paul was out—completely . .. Herod
had socked Paul Revere Right at the scrimmage
line On the chin, and knocked him cold . . .
Cold orr the twenty-nine There was nothing to
do but run f<>!.it now ■’ David darted like:
wind When he shot past Benedict Arnold .
There arose a deafening din The cheers, they
rent the atmosphere As David eased by Blue-
beard He passed the twenty, stiff-armed Luci-
fer And the goal line now he neared Judas
had a shot at him But David left him reaching
and Goering shortly lay outstretched . Like
a supplicant, beseeching .
Now Goliath, his ancient foe . . Stood square in
David’s path A great and strong and deadly man
Given to mighty wrath . . But he reckoned not
with David’s speed And found himself appalled
... As the slingshot king hastened past And
left him there sprawled Across the goal line
David raced And the score was six to zero .
Joshua tried the conversion But it was blocked
. by Nero ,
No matter. David’s run had won ‘. And the Saint-
ly Scribes wrote his name A thousand times
’ in their reports Of the Sky Bowl Football Gme
.. David was the star, no doubt But their stories
oft repeated That a duel ’tween Good and Evil
. . Must end with Evil defeated So remember,
little football player Whatever be your name . . .
Play it Right like the winners did . . In the Sky
Football Game
The year before that the Cu- lin, but when the discussions
ban missiles gave him the were finished. Champlin had --------:-----------------
ACSMI ' creeps. Not just the danger agreed to pay a 15,000 cash that cash,, because we’re pret
51. 3.. They made him feel more than bonus, to increase oil royalty ty close together on cash ”
wir /Aoge rAueg, ,A0ce n., g;cce iy uoniM N Adi- WiA KIuc • ever that the world was getting from 26 to 30 per cent, and to This was the under,statemeh’'
IF WORT -OM5> <O WOR>, PEA 1 -659 H WO--P BEA "A-MNT* nuttier The wwld he grew up in increflSe gas royalty from one of the year They were right to
a i wasnitlike that, or so he told eighth to one sixth The lease gather op the cash Sadler con-:
■ : min- - . himself. has already .brought over 51,• tinued.
mi gp z J WT •ea And the year before that there 000,000 in royalty to the Perman- You might be running a risk
I M E« m 6a rI miwcy %%/ wom I-M was the Berlin wall, and the en: School Fund where, as Sad- on that The state royalty rate
■ II I 7 | ■ (4 fl I fl; I 2 VV. fl ll k" most always something, but this ler puts it, the politicians can'tis one sixthnow. but it might
- *T*- v ■-W: year practically nothing except get it to spend it be 40 per cent if you wait to
the presidential campaign. Was Next at bat was Sunray DX 1971, We'll make a trade with
that right'’ He tried to remem- Oil Company, holders of seven you on 'ail bays at one sixth af-
ber. . . . leases in the Mustang Island ter 1971.".
mp, 46. ;o0, and Redfish Reef Fields in Cor- The Sunray delegation of law.
Hphernwnsthe inomefnxcut. pus Christi Bay. The situa-yers. engineers, fiscal officers
remembered he didn’t "undepetionwas outlined, and a Sunray and'executives went out of the
ond » - nN mil .10 ( spokesman suggested that new room and talked again As the y
was “T complicated. He'd find sfudiesput thenet worth came back in. Potter said
out later when he was doing his reserves a t $75,000, and asked . Our feet hur t. You ‘re holding
tax return it could wait that royalty be continued at them to the fire too much ‘
"" 1 " one eighth. ' . Then Potter said it would
STUCK IN HIS HEAD Board Member Wilson Fox of complicate
sweeter sound this side of
Heaven than gospel singers
singing "Jordan's Stormy
Banks and "Sweet By and
By.”
Here s a big hand for good
sounds
H L. Harrell
Argyle
•\’pu'shov
To the Editor •
settled on The Sky Bowl Football Game.”
Every cloud was occupied Before the kickoff
came . And even on the stars . . The story was
the same . . They, were hanging from the comets
. . . And sneaking in on thermals . . As Heaven’s
mighty team . Kicked off to the internals .
Bluebeard gathered in the ball . But his gain.
One New 1 ears Day. the Lord ws watching
.. . The scenes on Earth below He noticed that,
come rain or sleet . Or sun or heavy snow ...
Throughout the land the occupation Of the peo- i
pie was the same They watched or else they
played in . What they called a football game ...
The sport appealed to the Heavenly Ruler ... It
seemed like a lot of fun 'So a match was arranged
between His fprees . . And those of the Hellish !
One .
Both sides insisted the game be played. , Upon ' ’
a neutral site But where would be the battle-
ground For this historic fight? . . . Below the
clouds, above the earth . . . That was the idealspot..
... Where the weather favored neither side . . And r
advantage, each had not . . For such an epic con-
test .. There had to-be a name .. . Eventually, they
Sounds
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