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West vs.
Copperas Cove
Friday, Oct. 9
Trojan Field
VOLUME 74, NUMBER 24
WEST, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1964
$3.50 Per YEAR — XOc Per COPY
Bond Election For Needed School
Improvements Set For October 24
After receiving an election
petition signed by 50 qualified
voters of the school district, the
West School Board has set Sat-
urday, Oct. 24, as the date for
the election seeking approval of
a $275,000 bond issue for im-
provements and additional con-
struction at the West High
School plant.
Mazanec as presiding election
judge and Frank Hlavaty as
election judge. Polls will be open
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election
clerks will be Mrs. Emil Blahuta,
Mrs. George Kacir, Mrs. Joe Po-
lasek, and Ed Janek. To be
eligible to vote in the election, a
person must be a resident of the
West Independent School Dis-
The election will be held atjtrict, must have a poll tax re-
the West City Hall with Joe Iccipt, or exemption, and must be
City of West To Be Honored At
State Fair of Texas on Sunday
A day of fun and adventure
will be experienced by residents
of. West and surrounding com-
munities when they attend West
Day at the State Fair of Tex-
as on Sunday, Oct. 11. A spe-
cial invitation has been ex-
tended to Westites to attend
the Day's activities. Special
programs will be held through-
out the day. This is the third
year that West has been so hon-
ored at the State Fair, which is
sponsored by the West Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Miss JoAnn Sparks, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Sparks,
has been selected to represent
the City as “Miss West.” She
will be the guest of honor at a
luncheon to be held in the
White and Gold Pavilion Tent at
the Fair. Others who will attend
the luncheon are her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Archer,
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Henderson,
Mayor Jos. F. Holasek, and Dr.
and Mrs. Albert L. Ford
' Miss Sparks is a senior stu-
dent at West High School where
she is a member of National
Honor Society, Annual Staff,
FHA, pep squad, and serves as
cheerleader. She has won many
honors as a member of the
Trojanette basketball team in-
cluding All-State Forward, Out-
standing Player at Avalon for
two years, Baylor All-Tourna-
ment Team for three years and
Bynum All-Tournament Team
for one year. She was also most
popular freshman girl, sopho-
more class treasurer, and foot-
ball sweetheart nominee for two
years.
West Day activities will in-
clude a parade at 6:30 p.m. with
Miss West as the highlight.
Mayor Holasek will also be fea-
tured in the parade. The West
High School Trojan Band will
march in the parade as well as
The City of West display will
be located in Booth 47 in the
Varied Industries Building. On
exhibit will be products of West
industries including B. I. Cotton
Mill, Lorch Manufacturing Co,
Nemecek Biros. Market, Horn
Mop Co., West Flour Mill, Inc.,
West Chemical and Fertilizer,
Central Texas Development Co
and Cechoslovak Publishing Co.
Also featured will be an agricul-
tural products display designed
by Mr. O. L. Nedbalek, West
High School Agriculture teacher.
A ham, donated by Nemecek
Bros. Market will be given away
upon completion of registration.
The West Booth will open at
9 a.m. Mrs, G. W. Henderson is
chairman of the West display.
Others who wiltl man the booth
are Dr. G. W. Henderson, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward R. Archer, Mr.
and Mrs. John E, Popp, Dr. and
Mrs. Albert L. Ford, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Ward, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Tobola Jr., Misses Bar-
bara Henderson and Evelyn Ma-
tula, and Mr. O. L. Nedbalek
and two FFA students.
The American-Czech Festival
will also, be held next Sunday in
conjunction with West Day.
Members of the Junior KJZT
and Junior CDA will perform
Czech dances in native Czecho-
slovakian costumes during the
Festival Czech programs will be
held throughout the day in-
cluding Czech musical selec-
tions, gymnastics, and other at-
tractions.
Czech foods including klobase
sandwiches, kolaches, and other
pastries, and numerous articles
incluling Czech phonograph
records and other items will be
on sale.
Make plans now to attend the
West Day and American - Czech
Festival Day at the State Fair
Sunday, Oct. 11. There will be
entertainment for young and
a school property tax payer.
Absentee voting will begin
immediately in the school tax
office with Ben Sulak, school
secretary, in charge. The of-
fice will be open each day, Mon-
day through Friday from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Absentee voting will
end at 5 p.m. on Oct. 20.
The bond election has been
called to secure funds to provide
classrooms and other facilities
needed at West High School.
The School Board has approved
a four-point building program
which they believe will enable
the school system to provide a
first class high school program
for the children of the district
for at least the next ten years.
The plan calls for addition of a
classroom wing to the east side
of the present building, remod-
eling of the present gymnasium
to a building witli six class-
rooms and an enlarged cafeteria
and auditorium , and building
a new .gymnasium with two
playing courts for PE classes
and one for contest use. The
gymnasium will also have two
classrooms enabling the system
to teach physical education and
health according to accredita-
tion requirements set up by the
Texas Education Agency and
the Southern Association of
High Schools and College,
Czechoslovak
Day Proclaimed
By Gov. Connally
Governor John F. Connally
has issued a Proclamation de-
claring Sunday, Oct. 11, 1964,
as Czechoslovak Day throughout
the State of Texas. A special ob-
will be held at the | falls
present a concert at the Mobil1 old and you will enjoy visiting
Stage at noon. with old friends.
servance
State Fair of Texas with the
main program starting in the
Coliseum at 11 a.m. The pro-
gram will consist of music, folk
dancing, singing and gymnas-
tics.
Tire Pastry Contest and the
showing of the National Cos-
tumes will be a part of a social
in the Bandshell in the after-
noon. The social starts at 1:30
p.m.
The full text of the Procla-
mation of the Governor reads as
follows:
“Czechoslovak Day at the
State Fair of Texas is tradition-
ally celebrated to highlight the
(lontrti,buttons of Czechoslovak
immigrants to the development
of our Nation.
“Beginning with the year 1840
and continuing into this cen-
tury, there was a continuous
stream of Czechoslovak immi-
grants flowing from Galveston
into Central and South Texas.
They built many fine farming
communities and as the urban-
ization of Texas progressed,
large numbers moved into all
major cities, where they have
Fire Prevention
Week Oct. 4-10
Observed In West
Fire Prevention Week is be-
ing observed throughout the na-
tion this week, Oct. 4-10. This is
the 42nd anniversary of Fire
Prevention Week which always
in the week which in-
the anniversary
Chicago Fire in
These plans have been studied j constituted a hard-working and
carefully by the school board
and school administrators and
they have found that building
a new gym and converting the
present gym into a cafeteria,
enlarged dining area center for
student life and still gaining
space for six classrooms, is far
more economical than trying to
enlarge and remodel the present
gym to fill these many needs.
Approval of the bond issue
will necessitate an increase in
school tax rate from $1.40 per
$100 of assessed property to,
$1.75 per $100. No general raise
in the values at which property
is assessed for school tax pur-
poses is planned by the board.
The new tax rate, if approved
by the voters, will not become
effective until 1965.
A study of tax rates in all Mc-
Lennan County school districts
reveals that West has at pres-
ent the lowest rate in the
county.
successful element of these
communities
"Texans of Czechoslovak des-
cent have maintained a number
of fraternal, social and gym-
nastic organizations throughout
the state with particular em-
phasis on youth.
“It is fitting that the people
of Texas recognize the achieve-
ments of these outstanding
citizens. Therefore, I, as Govern-
or of Texas, do hereby designate
Sunday, Oct. 11, 1964, as Czech-
oslovak Day in Texas.’--
Marlene’s Flower
Shop Under New
Management
Ronnie Pustejovsky
a broken ankle and Edward
Chudej suffered two broken fin-
gers while playing football for
St. Mary’s Mustangs in the
.game between St. Mary’s and
Reieher of Waco.
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Mrs. Herman Jarrett under-
went surgery recently in a Hills-
boro hospital.
Marlene Barton’s Flower Shop
has been sold, and is now under
the management of Mrs. Irene
received , Jezek. The flower shop will be
known as the House of Flowers
and Gifts.
Columbus Club Dedication, Picnic to be Sunday
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COLUMBUS CLUB OFFICERS and DIRECTORS — Dedication of the New- West Columbus Club
auxiliary building will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11 during the first annual picnic. Pic-
tured above is the building with the officers and directors in the foreground. They are, left to
right, John Popp of Waco, chairman of the Club picnic; Henry Lednicky, Grand Knight of the
West Knights of Columbus; Willie F. Snokhou’, vice-president of the West Columbus Club
A. R. Havel, Director of the Club, and Jerry Cocek, president of West Columbus Club.
eludes Oct. 9,
of the Great
1871.
The observance began in 1911
as Fire Prevention Day at the
suggestion of the Fire Marshals
Association of North America,
now a section of the National
Fire Protection Association. Fire
Prevention Week was first of-
ficially proclaimed in 1922 both
in the United States and Can-
ada.
Despite all fire safety efforts,
11,800 persons died in fires last
year, 70,000 more were injured,
and property dollar losses from
fire increased to a new high of
$1,405,558,000. However, without
fire prevention efforts, losses
might be three times their cur
rent size, says the National
Board of Fire Underwriters.
In West we have been fortu-
nate in that we have suffered
no major fire losses during the
past year. West Fire Marsha!
Frank J. Hlavaty commends the
residents of West and surround-
ing communities for their co-
operation in the fire preven-
tion effort. During the week fire
drills have been held at all
schools and Mr. Hlavaty gave a
brief talk at each school empha-
sizing the necessity of fire
prevention.
Mr. Hlavaty urges all home
owners to take time to check
their homes for any fire haz-
ards. Here is a partial check-
list; cracked chimney, rubbish
in attic or storage room, over-
loaded electric circuits, or rub-
bish in garage.
Funeral Services
Wednesday For
Mrs. Kofnovec
Mrs. Mary Kofnovec, 71, of
West died at 7 p.m. Sunday at
the home of a son, Frank Kof-
novec of Route 2, Abbott.
Funeral services were held at
9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Mary’s
Church of the Assumption in
West, Rev. Emilian Foltyn offi-
ciated, burial was in St. Mary’s
Cemetery at West.
Rosary was recited at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in Kotch Funeral
Home Chapel in West.
Mrs. Kofnovec was born in
Poland and came to the United
States with her parents when
West Sewer Plant
Completion Set
For January 1
West’s new sewage treatment
plant is nearing completion.
The only remaining item of
construction is the control
building, which will be of brick
and will house sewage pumps, a
chlorinator and lavatory facili-
ties, with space for a small con-
trol laboratory. However, the
plant will not be capable of op-
eration until several items of
equipment are received, install-
ed and made ready for opera-
tion.
The entire design of the plant
has been approved by the Texas
State Department of Health. As
computed according to State
West Trojans Crush Connally
25-0 In Homecoming Victory
Although Hurricane Hilda did
not arrive in West and the
homecoming game last Friday
night was played in ideal foot-
ball weather, the chances are
good that following the 25-0
walloping from an aggressive
Trojan team several hard-fight-
ing Connally Cadets felt as if
they had been in a monstrous
storm.
Everyone wants to “knock off”
the champ and Connally was no
exception. The Cadets came to
West determined to win and it
was not until the first of the
second quarter that most of the
3,000 fans were able to cheer
when Gerik passed from the 32
Health Department standards, i yard line to Wesley Sulak who
the plant will have capacity to |went over for the TD. Gerik's
treat the sewage from a popula- ; kick was good, and the Tro-
Mrs. Jezek states that a com-
plete line of gifts will be added
as soon as possible. An outstand-
ing service will be 24-hour. 7-
day-a-week answering service
in order to take care of orders
at any time.
Mrs. Jezek cordially invites
you to call upon her at any time I she was three years old. They
you are in need of floral ar- i settled in the Granger area,
rangements, either fresh or ar
The West Columbus Club will
sponsor its first annual picnic
on Sunday, Oct. 11, 1964, at
their new auxiliary building
and grounds located one mile
north of West on the old Dallas
I Highway.
The new building will be dedi-
| cated at ceremonies beginning
at 11:00 a.m. followed by a
t, barbecued chicken dinner to be
® -served from 11:15 a.m. until ?
1 Plates arc $1.00 for adults and
'X 50c for children. Barbecue-to-
I go will also be available. The
| public is cordially invited to at-
H tend.
* Games and entertainment
Ml will begin at 1:00 p.m. with ac-
Sltivities for young and old. Mer-
chants from West and other
Cen-Tex towns have donated
hundreds of outstanding items,
which will be auctioned during
the afternoon.
The Columbus Club building
is of brick construction which
was built by the members on a
voluntary basis. Materials were
furnished by Kolacek-Coleman
Lumber Co. Mr. James Hodge
was the bricklayer. This will be
the official opening of the
Club, which is a part of the
Knights of Columbus organiza-
tion.
The 44x30 foot building has
been designed as a temporary
meeting place for the club with
plans for expansion
future. The present building
is equipped with furniture and
restroom facitities. Curbing has
been placed around the struc-
ture which is surrounded by a
grove of trees. The club owns
14 acres of wooded land
West Columbus Club received
its charter at the end of last
year and work was begun to
erect the building.
Officers of the Club are Jerry
Cocek, president: Willie F. Snok-
hous, vice-president; and Louis
Wernet Sr., secretary-treasurer.
Directors are A. R, Havel, Ernest
Zahirniak, Edw. L. Deiterman,
and A. R. Sulak; John Popp of
Waco is picnic chairman and
tificial flowers or pot plants.
The location of the flower shop
and the telephone number re-
main the same. The shop is lo-
cated at 206 W. Oak St.
Mrs. Bill Sord
Last Rites Held
Sun. In Crawford
Mrs. Martha Louise Barnard
Sord, 40. died in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, at 1:30 a.m. last
Friday. She was a native ;of
Crawford. Her husband, Mr. Bill
Sord, is a former West resident
and the son of Mrs. D. S. Sord
of West.
Funeral services were held at
Crawford Baptist Church at 4
p.m. Sunday. Burial was in
Crawford Cemetery. Rev. Jerry
Walters officiated.
Mrs. Sord was born in Craw-
ford. She graduated from Craw-
ford High School. She married
Bill Sord of West in Ei Paso in
1942. She was a graduate of
Providence School of Nursing
and a member of the Baptist
Church. She had lived in New
Mexico' for three years.
Survivors include her husband
of Albuquerque, N. M.; one
daughter, Lou Ann Sord and one
son. Stanley Sord both of Al-
buquerque; her mother1, Mrs.
Johnnie Barnard of Crawford; a
sister, Mrs. O. M. Brown of
Houston; two brothers, P. R.
Barnard of Grand Prairie and
Jack Barnard of San Francisco,
in the will be in charge of the auction. Calif.
Later they moved to Kaufman.
Mrs. Kofnovec had lived in the
West area since 1946.
She was a member of St.
Mary’s Church of the Assump-
tion here and of the Altar So-
ciety. She also was a member
of SPJST Lodge No. 15C.
Her husband, Frank Kofnovec,
died in 1959.
Survivors include five sons,
Frank S. Kofnovec of Route 2,
Abbott, Anton Kofnovec of Dal-
las, John Kofnovec of West,
Robert G. Kofnovec of Sunny-
vale, Calif., Willie C. Kofnovec
of Santa Clara, Calif.; two
daughters, Mrs. Mary White of
Richard-:on. Mrs. Frances Bauer
of Santa Ana, Calif.; two sis-
ters, Mrs. Frances Meyer and
Mrs. Julie B. Bloomingcamper,
both of Pilot Point; a brother,
John Krasucky of Weimar; 22
grandchildren.
Kiwanis Pancake
Supper Tuesday
Tire annual Kiwanis Pancake
Supper will be held Tuesday,
Oct. 13 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the West Elementary School
Cafetorium.
Tickets are 75c for adults, 50c
for children or $1.50 per fam-
ily. Proceeds for the supper will
be used for the underprivileged
boys’ and girls’ fund. Tickets
may be obtained from any Ki-
wanis Club member or the Boy
Scouts.
Mr. E. W. plasek Sr., general
chairman of the project, ex-
tends a cordial invitation to res-
idents of West and surround-
ing communities to attend
tion of 5,000 or the equivalent
thereof.
The plant is being constructed
on the site of the old plant, on
which the first portion was con-
structed in 1930 and subsequent- j
ly added to. The use of the ex- |
isting site avoids the cost of I
additional land, new outfall
sewers and allows the utiliza- '
tion of the existing oxidation
ponds in the new plant at a
saving of at least $25,000.00
The plant will employ up-to-
date treatment processes and
will consistently discharge treat-
ed sewage which is entirely in-
offensive. presenting no health
hazard. Odors from the plant
will be negligible except on the
grounds of the plant itself, and
these will be slight.
The base construction price of
the plant is $144,900.00, but the
final cost may be a few dollars
more or less, depending on the
final quantities of excavation,
etc., as required by conditions
encountered during construc-
tion which cannot be entirely
foreseen. Of this cost the Fed-
eral Government, through the
United States Public Health
Service and the Texas State De-
partment of Health, will con-
tribute $50,580.00 in the form of
a cash payment to the City.
West is thus able to provide
modern sewage treatment fa-
cilities for a greatly increas-
ed population at a cost much
less than would otherwise be
the case.
Tile new plant should be com-
plete and set for initial opera-
tion as of Jan. 1, 1965, unless
there is further delay in de-
livery of mechanical equipment.
In the W.P.A. days, prior to
1940, the City of West acquired
easements from the downstream
owners for discharge of the ef-
fluent with provisions in each of
such easements that the City
was not required to maintain
such easements. The improve-
ments being made will clear the
effluent. It is hoped that some
farmers downstream will im-
pound the water and use it for
irrigation purposes. The Tehu-
acana Watershed District has
fully endorsed this project.
Lawson Howard
Is Member Of
Aggie Squad
Lawson Howard, 1963 grad-
uate of West High School, is a
member of Texas A. and M.
University’s football team. He
plays left end on the second of-
fensive unit.
In the Texas Tech-Aggie game
he caught two passes for a total
of 31 yards. One of the passes
was for A. and M.’s second
touchdown.
While quarterback of the West
Trojans he was named to the
All-District team, Super CenTex
and Dub King’s Cen-Tex team.
Lawson is the son of Mrs. M.
E. Howard of Gholson. As a
sophomore at A. and M. he car-
ries a 19-hour study load and is
majoring in Aerospace Engi-
neering.
ST. MARY'S P-TA
TO MEET MONDAY
St. Mary’s P-TA will hold its
regular monthly meeting Mon-
day at 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s
Hall.
Mr. Dawson Warren of Sci-
ence Research Assn., Inc., will
present a program on the new
mathematics being taught
St. Mary's School.
All parents are urged to
tend. The program wiH be
lightening to th6 group.
was
jans led 7-0.
Statistically the Trojans led
all the way, making 10 first
downs to the Cadets’ 5 in the
first half; 23 to 10 during the
game. The Trojans made 233
yards rushing to Connally's 65
and completed 5 of 9 passes for
88 yards, while Connally com-
pleted 6 of 28 passes for 61
yards. Total rushing and pass-
ing showed Connally with 126
yards, while the Trojans com-
piled 321 yards. The Trojans
intercepted three passes to Con-
nally’s one; punted once for 35
yards, while Connally punted
five times for an average of 35
yards per punt. The Trojans
lost one fumble and Connally
none, and Connally was pen-
alized seven times for a total
of 70 yards while West drew two
penalties for 30 yards.
See TROJANS, Page 2
Miss Louise Conner
Named Football Sweetheart
Miss Louise Conner was crowned football sweetheart and pre-
sented a bouquet of red roses by Superintendent M. F. Kruse dur-
ing half-time homecoming ceremonies last Friday night. Gary
Johnson was her escort.
Other sweetheart nominees and their escorts were Rose Ann
Scott and Pat Wolf; JoAnn Sparks and Larry Kaska. Miss Carol
Willig, 1963 football sweetheart, escorted by Jerry Sparks, repre-
sented the ex-students.
Mi:s Conner and the other nominees were saluted by the
majorettes as they walked off the field to a waiting red convert-
ible. The homecoming party drove around the field as the band
played “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.”
Trojans Face Bulldogs Tonight
A record number of West fans
are expected to attend the game
tonight, Friday, Oct. 9 when the
Trojans meet the Cooperas Cove
Bulldogs on Trojan Field in the
second district tilt of the sea-
son. Trojan boosters are pleased
with a 25-0 Trojan victory at
the Homecoming game defeat-
ing Connally.
As each Friday for the next
six weeks rolls around, the Tro-
jans will have to be at their
best for each team in the dis-
trict will be seeking an upset
over our highly-rated team. I _ .
The Troians’ district schedule but thc Trojans will be fired up
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is set up as follows: Copperas
hard with quite a bit of speed,
185-!b. quarterback Louis De-
wald and 165-lb. right halfback
Larry McMaster.
The Bulldog forward wall av-
erages 165 pounds per man with
linemen Ronnie Savage and
Ricky Rose at the helm. The
Trojan line averages 170 pounds.
The Copperas Cove eleven have
shown marked improvement
each week, gaining strength
and experience with each game.
Tonight they will be on the re-
bound after their loss to Marlin
Cove, here: Oct. 16 — Mexia,
there; Oct. 23, McGregor, here;
Oct. 30, Marlin, there; Nov. 6,
Teague, here; and Nov. 13, Hills-
boro, there.
With each game West will im- | Bulldogs have everything to
prove and at the same time the igajn and nothing to lose where-
opponents will be sharpening as Trojans will have to fight
in an effort to defend their
undefeated record and with the
district championship as their
main goal.
As far as the psychological
advantage in tonight’s game the
their attack to take the West
team. As was indicated by the
Connally Cadets last Friday
night, they came on with a
strong attack and it took pre-
sident effort by the Trojans
to defeat the Cadets.
Copperas Cove will invade
West tonight with victory in
mind despite their no win-four
loss season record. They were
defeated in their first district
game last week 35-14 by the
Marlin Bulldogs. Other losses
came at the hands of Round
Rock, Hamilton, and George-
town.
The Bulldogs will be fired up
and eager to add a win to their
record standings much the same
as the Cadets last week.
The Bulldogs have 15 return-
ing lettermen from their Class
A championship team last year,
having joined the ranks of AA
competition this season. They
feature a wide-open type of of-
to maintain their status. It
would be a feather in their cap
to upset the Trojans, the No. 1
team in the district.
Coach Carlile states that the
Trojans played a fine game last
week, having improved their
line blocking and pass defense
since the beginning of the sea-
son. The whole team played a
steady game, but the Cadets
have a fine ball club with lots
of spirit. Although the Cadets
were never able to score, they
kept playing hard right up to
the final whistle.
Going all out to see that the
Trojans weren’t toppled from
their first spot in the district
ratings, was David Scott who
gained 111 yards in 22 carries,
most of which were right
through the middle of the Con-
nally line. Key blocking for
Scott and the entire offensive
backfield was provided by John-
fensc with 165-lb. halfback Nick ny Bajer, Curtis Humphrey,
Church as the outstanding
backfield man. Church is prob-
at ably the best running back in
District 12-AA.
Rounding out the Bulldog
backfield will be 210-lb. full-
at-
en-
Danny Allen, A1 Cocek and
Richard Matus.
On pass defense Joe Lednicky
deserves praise for intercepting
two Cadet aerials, especially
since he was defending against
back Ron Lightfoot who runs towering Larry tscheuburg
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