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VOLUME 76, NUMBER 50
WEST, TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1967
$3.50 Per Year — 10c Per Copy
Barton, Former Trojan Ace,
Pitches For Baylor Cubs
By Ernie Makovy
“The batter stands at the
plate. Full count. Runners on
first and third; two out. Barton
winds. . . fires. Strike three!
Another strike out for Barton
and down go the Eagles. No runs,
one hit, no errors. And now we
go into the bottom, of the sixth,
with the score. .
This, a familiar account to
many of the fans who saw him
pitch as a Trojan, is now an
account that will be heard for
years to come at Dutton Park,
home of the Baylor Bears. Be-
fore Barton hangs up his spikes
and heads for higher achieve-
ments, many golden memories
will live with him of those high
school and college feats.
The name Freddy Barton will
live a long time at West High
School. Here, for four years, he
practically rewrote the record
book in football, basketball, and
baseball. As a result, the latter
has paved his way t othe South-
west Conference Baylor Bears.
A three-year all-district selec-
tion in football, Barton last year
took over the reins of the Tro-
jan pitching staff when Thomas
Hutyra graduated. For three
years Barton worked as Huty-
ra’s understudy in Coach Ronald
Holzmann’s pitching rotation,
and now he was given his
chance to take over. However,
determination and the will to
win were part of Barton as he
“Miss West”
To Be Elected
At C-C Barbecue
Misses Jackie Knapp, Dolores
Debbendener, and JoAnn Hynek
are candidates for the title of
"Miss West” at the annual
West Chamber of Commerce
Barbecue to be held Saturday,
April 15 at the West High School
Cafeteria. The event will begin
at 6 p.m. Serving will be from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Miss Knapp, the daughter of
Mrs. Helen Knapp of West, is a
senior student at West High
School. Miss Debbendener is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Debbendener of Leroy and is a
senior student at West High.
Miss Hynek’s parents are Mr.
Residential
Cancer Crusade
To Be April 18
Mrs. George Kacir, chairman
of the house-to-house campaign
for the American Cancer Cru-
sade in West, announces that
the drive will be on Tuesday,
April 18. Volunteers will begin
collecting donations about 5
p. m. West residents are asked to
have their porch lights burning
and their dogs penned.
All ladies who can do so are
asked to volunteer to collect in
this most worthwhile campaign.
Miss Celesta Barton, chair-
man for the business collection,
is conducting her campaign this
week. She is being assisted by
Mrs. Jim Greene. Alvin Payne
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FREDDY BARTON
120 Area Boys
Sign Up For
Summer Baseball
The West Little Boys League
ment at City Hall Tuesday at 8
p. m. There were 13 members
present at the meeting.
President of the League, C. W.
Cernosek reported that 120 boys
Signed up this year for baseball
in West.
In a breakdown, 90 of the 120
will play in the Little League,
16 in the Pony League and 14
in the PeeWee League. A mo-
tion was made and passed to
have two PeeWee teams this
year instead of one like in the
summer of 1966.
From the 90 Little League
players, 32 of them are not now-
associated with any team.
Try outs for the 32 boys nine
years of age that are not mem-
bers of any team in the Little
League will meet on Saturday,
April 15th, at the West High
School Field from 2 to 5 p. m.
In case of bad weather pro-
hibiting the try outs on that
date, it would be held the fol-
lowing Saturday, April 22.
.The next meeting ol the man-
agers and league officials will
be held the following Tuesday
after the try outs by the 32 boys.
It will be at the West City Hall
at 8 p. m.
With a total of 120 boys reg-
istered to play ball and only
13 persons who attended the
Tuesday meeting, it is hoped
that more people will take an
interest and attend the next one
held, either on the 18th or 25th
of April, depending on when the
try outs are conducted.
At this time the managers will
draft the 32 boys to the teams.
Penelope High School.
i Those attending the Barbecue
went on to pitch and hit the wjj[ j,e entitled to one vote each.
Trojans to a 13-1 record.
It was Barton’s .511 batting
average and 8-1 pitching record
that did much to bring them to
the regional play-offs. As game
time approached, Barton stood
; near the Trojan dugout, solem-
ly looking over the Granbury Pi-
rate batters taking batting prac-
tice.
Granbury brought a 20-3,
hard - hitting team to the finals,
and the game was rated as a
toss-up. Barton just smiled and
calmly strode to the mound
when the umpire yelled, “Play
ball!”
Two hours later, Barton had
completed his last game as a
Trojan hurler. And he did it in
fine style too. He struck out 11
Pirates and gave up only two
hits, both singles in a shaky
third inning.
A couple of weeks later, Bar-
ton put his name on the dotted
line of a Baylor baseball scholar-
ship. Now he is doing his best
for Baylor with the game that
put him there. With golden me-
mories of his high school days
behind him, he now sets out to
relive these days—this time as
a Baylor Bear.
As a student Freddy excels
too. At graduation he received
a $100 scholarship grant from
the West Kiwanis Club. He main-
tained a four-year average of
93.78 and ranked third in his
class of 97. He was a member of
the National Honor Society,
president of the senior class,
class, named student of the year
for 1966 and various other hon-
ors.
Freddy began his baseball ca-
reer in 1959 with the West Lit-
tle League pitching- several no-
and Mrs^Johnnie^Hynek^of Pe- has ^ appointed ^ advisor to
no ope anc s le is a s the American Cancer Society
Crusade for West.
Mrs. Kacir has named the
three area captains who will be
in charge of the different sec-
The girl receiving the highest
number of votes will be named tions of the City. Mrs. Alvin Hla-
i'
“Miss West.”
Jerome J. Lednicky, Jr. presi-
dent of the West Chamber of
Commerce, will be master of
ceremonies. Ernest Bezdek serv-
es as general chairman for the
event. Jim Park is in charge of
the “Miss West” contest. Other
Chamber members serve on , ,, ,
various committees for the ranks M one of the leading kil-
function.
venka will be In charge of the
north section of West; Mrs. A.
J. Muska Jr. will organize the
south side and Mrs. Jerome J.
Lednicky Sr. will serve as cap-
tain for the area east of the
railroad tracks.
The disease of cancer still
Entertainment for the eve-
ning will be provided by Leo
Miller at the piano. He will play
Czech and popular musical se-
lections.
Tickets for the barbecue are
$1.50 for adults and $1.00 for
children 12 and under. The
menu will include barbecued
beef and sausage, potato salad,
pinto beans, onions, pickles,
homemade bread, and iced tea.
Advance tickets for the bar-
becue may be purchased at both
banks or may be obtained from
Chamber members.
lers in our society. Please give
generously to this worthy orga-
nization and help in the re-
search which will eventually find
a complete cure for cancer.
hitters and with many strike- ! Doskocil.
Services Held
Tuesday For
Mrs. J. P. Cinek
Mrs. Joseph Cinek, 77, of Rt.
1, West, died at 2:45 p.m. Sun-
day in West Rest Haven.
Requiem mass was celebrated
at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in St.
Mary’s Catholic Church of the
Assumption in West with Rev.
Raymond Brezna as celebrant.
Burial was in St. Mary’s Ceme-
tery.
Rosary was recited at 8 p.m.
Monday in Kotch Funeral Home
Chapel in West by Rev. George
Tours Farmers
Attend Talks
In Washington
Edward Fodsednik, Albert
Weinberger, and Felix Mynar,
Tours farmers were among 90
Central Texas cotton farmers
who flew to Washington, D.C.
Tuesday to join other cot-
ton farmers from throughout
the nation to protest recent U.S.
Department of Agriculture reg-
ulations regarding cotton.
The Texas group was head-
led by Texas Farmers Union
President Jay Naman of Waco.
A series of conferences with
Agriculture Secretary Orville
Freeman and other USDA of-
ficials plus senators and con-
gressmen is planned.
On Thursday the group will
meet for a session at 4 p.m. with
Cong. W. R. (Bobi Poage of Wa-
co, chairman of the House Agri-
culture Committee.
The group returned Thursday
night.
outs to his credit. He then ad-
vanced to Pony League and then
to Senior Teenage League.
On Deans List
Wesley James Sulak, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley J. Sulak of
West, compiled an outstanding
academic record at Texas Chiro-
practic College in Pasadena and
has been invited to join Omega
Psi, national honorary society of
students earning a 3.5 or better
grade average.
Appointment to the college
Dean’s List is also awarded to
all students qualifying for
Omega Psi, according to Dr.
William D. Harper, president.
Kiwanis Light Bulb Sale April 10
Mrs. Cinek was born at Tours
and lived in the Tours and West
area all her life.
She was a member of St.
Mary’s Catholic Church of the
Assumption, St. Mary’s Altar-
Rosary Society and KJZT. Lodge
No. 11 in West.
Mr. and Mrs. Cinek would
have celebrated their 60th wed-
ding anniversary in May.
Survivors are her husband; |
three sons, Alfonse Cinek, Ervin
Cinek and Robert Lee Cinek, all
of West; five daughters, Mrs.
Hattie Sulak and Mrs. Irene
Pustejovsky, both of Fort
Worth, Mrs. Ida Dolezal and
Mrs. Willa Mae Adamcik, both
of West, and Mrs. Vlasta Rejcek
of Dallas; 16 grandchildren and
14 great-grandchildren.
Relative Of
Westites Dies
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School graduating students. The sale will begin at 5 p.m.
day, April 10, 1967, so please have your $2 ready.
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Mon-
i Funeral services for Ronnie
Lee Davis, 18, of Dallas were
held at 3 p.m. Saturday in
Kemp. Burial was in Shiloh
Cemetery at Kemp.
Young Davis died in Parkland
Hospital in Dallas after having
been involved in a three-car
accident.
He was the great-nephew of
Mrs. C. W. Talley, Sr. and Mr.
Mansel Conner, both of West.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Davis of Dallas. Other
survivors include one brother
and one sister and grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Bruce Davis of Kemp.
Those from West attending
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs.
Talley, Mrs. LaVetra Nichols,
and Mrs. Mansel Conner.
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Fennell
Held Saturday
Mrs. Eddie Alice Fennel, 65,
of West died at 10:15 a.m.
Thursday, March 30, in the
West Rest Haven after a six-
month illness.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in
the West Church of Christ.
Minister Weldon Wells officiat-
ed, assisted by Minister R. A.
Hartsell. Burial was in Greeney
Cemetery near West.
Mrs. Fennel was born in Mc-
Lennan County and had lived
in the West area all her life.
She had lived in West since 1949.
She married Bill Fennel in
Waco in 1933. She was a mem-
ber of the West Church of
Christ.
Survivors are her husband;
one son, C. Edward Kirkpat-
rick of Dallas; one daughter,
Mrs. Frankie Collins of Sacra-
mento, Calif.; two brothers,
Wade Scott of West and Claude
Scott of Arlington; six grand-
children and two great-grand-
children.
Aderhold Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
WEST POSTAL
RECEIPTS GAIN
Postmaster R. J. Hruska an-
nounced that the receipts of the
West Post Office for the quarter
beginning Dec. 31, 1966 and end-
ing March 24, 1967 were $10,-
285.84 and for the same quarter
last year $9,680.08, a gain of ap-
proximately 6 per cent.
CITY RESIDENTS SHOW INTEREST IN ELECTION
481 Votes Polled Tuesday In West To Re-Elect
Mayor Holasek, Commissioners Zatopek and Kellner
Mayor Jos. F. Holasek and
City Commissioners Elo Zatopek
and Frank W. Kellner, Jr„ were
re-elected to their posts in a
city-wide election Tuesday, April
4. A total of 481 votes were cast.
449 votes were cast for Mayor
Holasek; Zatopek received 299
votes and Kellner polled 296
votes in the commissioner
Scouts To Pick
Up Discards
For Goodwill
Local, County, College School Board
Trustees Named In Saturday’s Election
Local Races Uncontested
Richard C. Griffin, Explorer
Post Advisor for Post 319 and
West High School agriculture
teacher, heads the 1967 T. B.
Wilson District of the Heart O’ j
Texas Council, Boy Scouts of j
America for discards of Ghol-
son and West.
Griffin has organized the
Scouts for the drive and the
Goodwill bags will be picked up I ter^w WwVsdtMrBoard
Alfred, E. Gerik and Dr. Walt-
er J. Mellgren were unopposed
in their bid as trustees for the
West Independent School Dis-
trict. Two hundred and sixteen
votes were cast in the election
also held Saturday at West City
Hail.
Mr. Gerik and Dr. Mellgren
will now begin serving their sec-
| members.
on April 8.
Any resident who has large |
discards please call Griffin in , Mr. R. Wendorf was re-elect-
West at HI 6-5602 and he will ed the McLennan County
arrange to have it picked up.
This is a good turn project the
Scouts are doing for Goodwill
Industries.
School Board in the election
held April 1. Mr. Wendorf was
unopposed for his bid as trus-
James Connally Technical Institute Is
Opportunity For Learning Trades
The James Connally Tech-
nical Institute of Texas, situat-
ed on the sprawling 2,100-acre
James Connally Air Force Base
on the northeast fringe of Waco
Roman Srubar
Named Officer
In Local Corp.
Roman Srubar, 45, was re-
cently elected to the office of
secretary-treasurer by the board
of directors of Texas Grain
Storage, Inc., a local corpora-
tion that buys, sells, and stores
milo.
A graduate of Abbott High
School, Srubar grew up in Hill
County and graduated from Hill
Junior College. During World
War II he attained the rank of
sergeant in the U. S. Army, serv-
in the European theater.
In addition to holding his new
office, Srubar is the assistant
accountant at West Flour Mill,
Inc., where he has worked since
1953.
Mr. Srubar and his wife,
Rosemary, have three children,
Susan, 10; David, 8,; and Pat-
rick, 4. They live on South
Marable Street in West.
West C off
Monthly Awards
The West Chamber of Com-
merce will present an “Award
of the Month” to an individual
or organization in the City each
month.
Purpose of the Award is to
recognize individuals or organi-
zations that have made contri-
butions to the City of West by
improving the appearance of
their business or acts that they
have performed which benefit
West citizens.
Frank Nemec serves as chair-
man of this project.
YOUNG’S GROCERY
INSTALLS NEW,
MODERN FACILITIES
Young’s Grocery located in
Elm Mott has completed enlarg-
ing and remodeling their store
to better serve their patrons.
New shelving and lighting has
been installed along with many
new self-service produce, meat,
and frozen food boxes. The
store now features a much wid-
er selection of merchandise.
FIRST AID COURSE
TO BEGIN MONDAY
A First Aid Course will begin
at Kotch Funeral Home Chapel
on Monday, April 10 from 7 to
9 p.m. Another session will be
held Wednesday of next week.
Professor William Widner of
Baylor University will be in-
structor for the course.
is geared to the demands of
Texas’ labor market. The
school’s objective is to provide
skilled workers and technicians
for industry and to offer a per-
manent, comfortable living to
those who want it.
“This is not a place for ne’er-
do-wells,” says Dr. Roy Dugger,
director of Connally Tech. “It is
not a Job Corps camp, nor is it
the ‘MIT of the South.’ But if
a man is determined to earn a
comfortable living wage, then
this is the place for him.”
Conceived by Gov. John Con-
nally on April 6, 1965, and de-
livered by the Legislature April
23 of that year, Connally Tech
is still just an infant.
Dugger is quick to point out
that the state-supported vo-
cational school beyond the high
school level is nothing new.
Texas simply has lagged behind
other states.
Connecticut, for example, has
a vocational school within a
half-hour’s drive of every resi-
dent in the state. North Caro-
lina has 21 technical institu-
See CONNALLY TECH, Page 8
Frank Kellner,
Local Realtor,
Is Honored
The Texas Real Estate Asso-
ciation announced today that
Frank W. Kellner, Jr„ of West,
Texas, has been designated as
a Certified Master Broker.
Nena Jones, President of the
Waco Board of Realtors has
said that the designation Certi-
fied Master Broker and Certified
Master Salesman have been
awarded to 506 Texas Realtors
and Associates who have com-
pleted the required courses of
intensive real estate study pre-
sented by the Real Estate Insti-
tute of the Texas Real Estate As-
sociation. It was the purpose of
these people to increase their
level of professional competency
through study in order that they
can better serve the interests of
those buying and selling real
estate.
During the course of the
three, week-long meetings that
Mr. Kellner attended, he heard
many nationally known real es-
tate specialists present a wealth
of information that will be ben-
eficial to both him and the pu-
blic. Upon the completion of
each of the three weeks, Mr.
Kellner had to satisfactorily
complete an exacting three hour
written examination before be-
coming eligible to receive the
designation of Certified Master
Broker. ____,
tee for Commissioner’s Precinct
3, West
There were also 216 ballots
cast in this election.
race. Nick A. Morris, write-in j fifth terms. Commissioner Kel-
candidate, had 243 votes to his j lner will serve his second elect-
credit. ed term. He was first named to
Mayor Holasek and Commis- the Council to fill an unex-
sioner Zatopek will serve their pired term.
In 1959 when Holasek and
Zatopek were first elected, a
record-breaking 750 votes were
cast. Three candidates had filed
for mayor and five men were
vieing for the two commission-
er posts. The late E. L. Barton
was elected to the other com-
missioner seat.
In 1965 another large vote of
705 ballots were cast at which
time Holasek and Zatopek were
re-elected. Frank Kellner, Jr.,
received the second-highest
number of votes for his first
elected term. There was also
opposition in the mayor’s race.
The main interest created in
Tuesday’s election was the
write-in campaign by Nick Mor-
ris. His unsuccessful bid for city
commissioner was only 54 votes
shy of being elected.
Election judge for the city
balloting was Louis Kramr.
Clerks were Mrs. George Kacir,
and Mr. R. Wendorf.
Hill County Elections
DR. G. W. HENDERSON In Hlllsb°ro L B- E*avis was
elected mayor, defeating m-
Dr. George W. Henderson of cumbent LaVerne Jobe and for-
West, and Mrs. John B. Faulk- mer county judge Hugh Phillips,
ner of Waco were elected trus- E. M. Griffin defeated incum-
tees of McLennan County Col- I bent Mark Butler for Ward 3
lege in a county-wide vote held Alderman. Sterling Conditt was
Saturday, April 1. Dr. Hender- I re-elected to Ward 1 alderman
received 1,821 votes and without opposition.
In Penelope, Archie Green
was unopposed for mayor. In-
cumbent alderman Earl Jones
was re-elected and Jeff Prikryl
was elected alderman for his
Mrs. Faulkner polled 2,362 votes.
The other two candidates,
Carl E. Rogers Jr., and Henry
D. Iglehart were received 1,406
and 849 votes respectively.
Two hundred and sixteen bal- , IncUmbent Tom Wolf
lots were cast in West. Dr. Hen- .
derson received 204, Mrs. Faulk-laf Wl11* were defeaL-
ner, 131 votes;' Rogers 24, and ecL
10 votes were cast for Iglehart.
The McLennan Community
College trustee vote was the
only Saturday election which
involved opposition. The in-
cumbent local and county school
board candidates were unop-
posed.
Dr, Henderson, staff dentist
at Veterans Administration Hos-
pital in Waco is one of the ori-
ginal seven trustees elected by
county voters when the junior rj0/^ ''I^krwhYtney',“ wUI
college district was created m competc fQr the ttUe of Misi
the fall of 1985 He will now me ^ whitn£y .n ^ mh a„_
seiving as, • nual pageant to be held Satur-
Mrs. Faulkner is a former
president of the League of
Women Voters in Waco and is
active in Waco civic and wom-
en's activities. She was elected to
her first term as trustee.
Other trustees on the board
are Henry Griffin, Mrs. Ed
Ware, Bob Sheehy, and W. Earl
Harrison. The board will soon
name a seventh trustee to re-
place R. K. Moore, who recent-
ly resigned.
Dr. Wilbur Ball is president
of McLennan Community Col-
lege.
Miss Knapp To
Represent West
In Beauty Contest
Miss Jackie Knapp, 18-year-
old daughter of Mrs. Helen
Knapp of West and reigning Ju-
Dr. McGonagill
Gives Talk
For Kiwanians
Dr. Pat McGonagill, local op-
tometrist, was featured speak-
er at the weekly luncheon of the
West Kiwanis Club held Wed-
nesday at West Elementary
Cafetorium.
Dr. McGonagill gave a talk on 1
the advantages of wearing con- ■
tact lenses. He said that contact
lenses are not a new thing. In
the 1500s Leonardo De Vinci
put the first ideas of this inven- j
tion into writing. Through the
years the idea has become a
reality. In the 1940s the first
plastic contacts were introduc-
ed. Since then plastic lens have
become standard. The early lens
covered most of the eyeball
whereas today’s lens cover on-
ly the cornea. The use of con-
tacts by children with near-
sightedness can prevent the
worsening of such conditions.
The light bulb sale is sched-
uled for Monday, April 10 from
5 to 8 p.m.
The door prize donated by
Jim Park was won by Ron
Holzmann.
MISS JACKIE KNAPP
day, April 8 at 8 p. m. at Clif-
ton’s Bettis Auditorium. She is
being sponsored by the West
Chamber of Commerce.
Jackie will crown the new win-
ner in the junior division at the
contest to be held Friday, April
7 at 8 p. m. in Clifton.
A senior student at West High
School. Jackie is also a contest-
ant for the title of “Miss West”
in the contest to be held at the
annual Chamber of Commerce
barbecue on Saturday, April 15.
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