The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1969 Page: 4 of 8
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best regards
........— Bv Maurine Werst —
Tuesday night art students Our students are taught to
of Lucio Orozco decided to become aware and analyze
continue classes after Christ- 1 since grade school nowadays,
mas, going on as usual. ! When did we learn to become
The cost for new students introspective and analyze our-
is determined by the number j selves, our problems and those
enrolled. J of our community in a posi-
First discussion centered on 'tive attitude?
the weather, and considering ^ Most of us were self taught,
how regularly he could be S°me of us will never learn,
SPANISH CLASSES
START NOV. 12
A group of townspeople de
termmed to learn convei&a
tional Spanish have worked
out details to get started next
Wednesday evening, Nov. 12,
at 7:30 in the Art Studio
downtown.
Fee is $30 for 24 lessons and
instructors will be Jimmy
Martin and Daniel Mendez.
See these men or Louise Mat-
thews to join the classes.
Wedding Plans Told [Hints for the
For Big Lake Couple Homemakers .
THE BIG LAKE (TEXAS) WILDCAT
November 6, 1969
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Thompson announce the com-
ing marriage of their daugh-
ter, Linda Diane, and Daniel
Aubrey Edwards January 24.
The prospective bridegroom
here when icy highways come
in those months. However he
enjoys the classes, giving so
much of himself, and the
students have formed such
camaraderie they hate to give
up this new found relation-
ship and the fun they’ve dis-
covered in developing this
wonderful relaxing talent.
Now those interested in
taking Spanish lessons have
again registered and will start
in learning conversational
language November 12. They
will meet downtown in the
art studio, paying art students
some rent on the building,
and Jimmy Martin and Dan-
iel Mendez will teact. Classes
will be limited to 25 and the
cost is 24 lessons for $30. They
meet at 7:30 p.m.
Register now with Louise
Matthews, secretary, or Jim-
my or Daniel. This class is the
“hard core” element of stu-
dents who had registered for
Spanish lessons in the adult
ed classes so beautifully work-
ed out by Bill Wright through
the Chamber of Commerce,
which, upon his resignation,
had no one to replace him to
carry through.
These students are purpose- j
ful, determined to carry
through, and they’ve finally
made this good arrangement.
* * * *
AGAIN WE REMIND THE
PUBLIC THAT THE ONE
WAY TO KEEP CURRENT is
to keep in touch with the
youth of the communty. I’m
curious to know just how
many self-centered parents
or take the wonderful oppor-
tunities afforded us in this
small community. The major-
ity resent change in being
forced to become aware, or
any change.
This same majority is indig-
nant over criticism and lack
of response of our youth. This
is credit due us, until we learn
to keep informed of youthful
needs and problems, until we
show respect for their talents
learned and practiced at a
much earlier age. Learned
through responsibilites they
have assumed in high school.
This particular hot air type
soapbox writing was brought
on by a friend telling of how
she really didn’t enjoy George
M, the Broadway play pre-
sented in Dallas this fall. It
was too modern, too much
flitting around.
It really was impossible for
her to enjoy it. She doesn’t
keep current with the youth
and times, except with gossip,
in the year 1969.
More hot, humid air has
surrounded yours truly in
these past few weeks of re-
organizing our Chamber of
Commerce.
Are we going the same old
route with the armchair spe-
cialists, the officers who meet,
and meet, and meet, then
await the ending of their term,
of office.
There’s been no less than
20 interested people asking
that question in this office
with a wait and see attitude,
justifiably so.
Directors and the newly ap-
and those supposedly smart pointed Industrial Board are
leaders of the Reagan County
community will bestir them-
selves enough to see the as-
sembly program of Masque
and Wig players in the high
school auditorium next Tues-
day morning. It’s free! So
many spend that much time
over the coffee cups at about
that same time, getting into
more trouble by talking too
much, so why not attend?
One despises preaching and
platitudes by the layman.
However, yours truly suc-
cumbs to the temptation once
again to remind her limited
number of readers that the
average grown-up is full of
hot-air when it comes to dis-
cussing our present youth and
preparing a wholesome com-
munity in which they wish
them to remain. In order to
build a better community,
yourself up from beside
platform that’s been
;„ed out from under you
cm years ago. For a good cell
stretcher, start informing
yourself merely through high
school activities, and this
doesn’t mean just football
games where you have the
opportunity for spectator
coaching.
INVESTMENT BROKER
COMES SAT. TO TALK
Bill Andrew, financial en-
gineer for Merrill Lynch, Pier-
ce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. of
Fort Worth, will speak in Big
Lake Saturday, Nov. 8 at the
request of a group of local
women interested in an in-
vestment club.
All women of the area are
invited to appear at 67 Steak
House Saturday morning at 10
o’clock, stay as long as pos-
sible as an informal discus-
sion on investing in stocks
and bonds may continue
throughout the day.
Mr. Andrew is a graduate
of A&M who majored in in-
vesting and finance. He lives
in Fort Worth, with a family
of two teenage boys and he
has worked for Merrill Lynch
for 12 years.
He brings charts and pic-
tures and will discuss invest-
ing, from building real estate
to stocks and bonds in the
market.
Even though uninterested
in an investment club the
open informal discussion will
prove worthwhile. National
statistics show that 92 percent
of women left widows with
insurance and other assets
spend the whole amount in
two years without making a
single worthwhile investment
for the future.
The purpose of the meeting
is toward organizing a group
of women to study, and be-
come knowledgeable about
handling finances.
Linda Diane Thompson
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey Edwards.
The ceremony will take
place at 7 o’clock on a Satur-
day in First United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Travis
McNair offeiating.
By Mrs. Lou Jeffers
County HD Agent
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Environment and heredity.
Which plays the top role in a
child’s personality develop-
ment?
They cannot be separated,
says Jennie Hitching, family
life education specialist for
the Texas Agricultural Exten-
sion Service. They closely in-
tertwine and influence each
other.
Heredity determines the
potential that can be develop-
ed; environment determines
how or even whether this
potential is developed.
Because of the wide variety
of inherited traits and en-
vironment, each child grows
in a unique way.
Even within the same fam-
ily, two children usually grow
and develop at different
speeds, the specialists adds.
Even before birth, environ-
ment is an important factor,
says Miss Hitching. From the
day of conception, each child
brings his own potential into
an environment uniquely his
own.
For more information about
a child’s development, ask
Diane is a freshman student j y°ur county home demonstra-
at Southwest Texas State
University and her fiance a
freshman in Baylor Univer-
sity. Both will transfer to An-
gelo State University at mid-
tion agent for a copy of “Your
Child - An Individual”, a new
fact sheet by Miss Hitching.
Jennie Hitching and Janie
Fleisher worked in Upton
MRS. GLASSSCOCK GIVES
20TH CENTURY PROGRAM
meeting and we had the
luncheon meeting Tuesday.
We sat there thinking of the
time spent in meeting and to
our knowledge there’s been
four people in Big Lake inter-
ested enough to make trips,
some at their own expense, to
attend workshops to qualify Heritage Past and Fu-
themselves to learn the true lexas Heutage’ Fast ana
The last October meeting
for Twentieth Century Club
was a program study on Age-
less Struggle for Freedom
given by Mrs. W. A. Glasscock.
Mrs. Ellis Mills told of our
function of a Chamber of
Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce
was first initiated by a group
of businessmen, retail merch-
ants and professional men
dependent on the town for a
livelihood. The goal is for
continual inprovement toward
a growing progressive com-
munity that attracts other
business, expert merchandis-
ing of our established attrac-
tions and instilling commun-
ity pride in our townspeople.
Will the armchair special-
ist prevail as in the past or
will we have more to bestir
themselves to listen and act
on the advice of those who’ve
taken the trouble to inquire,
learn through their profes-
sional connections and
through Chamber workshops?
WE’RE STILL OPTIMISTIC
though!
LURLYNE KIMSEY’S
NEPHEW CRITICAL
The 26 year old son of the
manager of a Rodeway Inn
in Amarillo was shot and crit-
ically wounded about 10:30
p.m. Saturday when he inter-
rupted an armed robber at
the motel.
He was Guy Day, an opti-
cian, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles P. Guy, grandson of
Guy Sowell and Mrs. Lasca
Sowell, former Reagan Coun-
tites. His three aunts, Mrs.
Lurlyne Kimsey, Norma San-
ders and Mrs. Roy Simmons
live in Big Lake. Mrs. Kimsey
states that he remains in a
critical condition since sur-
gery Saturday night.
The shooting occured when
young Guy, who was in an
adjoining apartment to the
motel office watching televi-
sion with his family, went to
the office door when he heard
screams.
The bandit, described as a
negro man possibly in his 30’s,
fled after the shots were fired.
The man is still being sought
throughout the city and area.
Mrs. Daphine Burditt, clerk,
was on the telephone talking
when the bandit entered, she
screamed and she doesn’t
recall how many shots were
fired at Guy as he stood in
in the open doorway. The
motel money had been remov-
ed earlier and the bandit got
no more than $75.
NOVEMBER USHERS IN
SECOND FALL FREEZE
A low of 29 degrees and a
high of 68 degrees was record-
ed in this first week of Nov-
ember with Saturday, Sunday
and Monday nights recording
freezing temperatures.
A .05 inch of rain fell Sun-
day and a trace of moisture
recorded for Monday.
ture.
Roll Call was our Trek to
Texas, and the meeting was
opened by the Pledge to the
Texas flag.
A report on the Western
District TFWC in Marfa Oct.
21-22 was given by those at-
tending, Mmes. Paul Jacobs,
Frank Sandel, A. B. Hayes
and W. E. McCracken.
Mrs. A. B. Hayes hosted the
club in her home and guests
included Mrs. Clyde Thrall
and Mrs. P. A. Witcher.
BETHEL BAPTISTS SET
BROTHERHOOD MEETING
This coming Sunday at 6:30
a. m. Bethel Baptist Brother-
hood meets for a breakfast
and study at the church.
The adult training union
class has begun a study of I
John with the Rev. Bud Good-
win leading discussion.
T. L. Reed, class
semester and continue study County with Mrs. Lou Jeffers,
toward a dgree. j Upton - Reagan Co. H. D. A.,
___| Monday, November 3.
Plans were made lo leach
MRS. CHILDS MAKES j child development to Mothers
NEW OWLS BANNER j Df pre-school children in Mc-
Another project of the Rea- Camey- one day each month‘
gan County Pep Club has been
completed.
Mrs. R. A. Childs volunteer-
ed to remake the Owls Ban-
ner, the huge one under which
the Owls football squad enters
the playing field each game,
and she used scraps from the
Pep Club uniforms that were
given her.
Then Sunshine Laundry do-
nated time in pressing the
banner to perfection for the
Pep Club’s use. These enthu-
siastic Owls supporters are
grateful to both Mrs. Childs
and Sunshine Laundry for
their cooperation and graci-
ousness.
Girls donating their materi-
al included Elaine Lewis,
Becky Kohutek, Sylvia Mar-
tinez, Leatha Watson, Debbie „, „ , „
Steen. Nita Curry. Olvida Mfyor Duesing. Blan
Subia, Mary Jane Jenkins, i ®ent0‘V secr,e,trary’ and City
Elizabeth Jenkins, Patti Hen- ?“un“^en E' Tcle““f ■
derson and Mrs. JoAlice Poeh- Bo°ts
ler er, Jesse Clement and Troy
_ White attend the Texas
Municipalities League Con-
vention in San Antonio begin-
ning Monday. Registration is
Sunday afternoon and most |
plan to go Saturday, stopping
by Austin to see Baylor and
Texas University play, then
go on. Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs.
Clement and Mrs. White have
plans to go also.
Ben McMillan, manager of
the local Western Wireline
Division, has accepted a gen-
eral managership with Slick
Line Tool Company, based in
Lafayette, La. and will report
there November 15 to assume
duties.
McMillan has been associat-
ed with Western Company for
eight years, transferring from
Hobbs, N. M. to Big Lake in
January, 1968. They purchas-
ed a home at 1101 9th Street.
Both have been active in
church and community af-
fairs. He is president of Big
Lake Grade PTA and Mrs.
McMillan an active member
of Twentieth Century Club.
MRS. TOMMY ARCHER
RECORDS LESS WEIGHT
In Reagan TOPS meeting
Monday night eighteen mem-
bers weighed in and Mrs.
Tommy Archer recorded three
pounds as the most weight
loss for the week.
In the month of October,
63 and 3/4 pounds total
weight loss for membership
was recorded and a 16 1/2 lbs.
gain recorded. The club meets
each Monday night in Rebec-
ca Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Hermit Spiser
entertain deer hunters this
director, opening date of the season,
invites adults of the commun- {They are their son Joe of Ar-
ity to join in this Bible dis-
cussion held at 6 o’clock each
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Asa Jacobs learned
Monday of the arrival of a
nephew, Michael Eugene,
born Nov. 3 to her sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Don Curry of Fort
Worth. Mrs. Curry is the for-
mer Cricket Gordon who has
visited in Big Lake quite fre-
quently through the years.
The new father is on leave
from military service and this
next week end the new family
will come to Big Lake and go
on to Lubbock to visit his par-
ents before he returns to base.
Local people attending Pio-
neer Day in Midland last week
included Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Jacobs, Ike Chaffin and Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Boone, all
making the trip together for
the day of visiting with their
former co-workers.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mr. Tom Aly
wishes to say thank you to all
the folks for every expression
of kindness and sympathy
during the days while he was
hospitalized and at his pass-
ing.
lington, and longtime friends
in Grand Praire, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Kildow, now of Dallas.
The Spiser’s daughter Mrs.
O. B. Briggs of Temple, is also
coming and Mrs. Spiser will
return home with her Sunday
for a visit.
HOW'S YOUR
CREDIT?
We’ll be happy to answer
your questions on the
importance of a good
credit record.
Call us or stop in for a
personal interview.
CREDIT BUREAU
of Big Lake
1005 Sixth St.
Phone 884-2662
BARBECUE
Nov. 8th - Starting at 11:00 A.M.
I. M. E. CHURCH
Comer of Mississippi and Wolters
$1,50 Per Lb. or $1.25 Per Plate
FOR YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS
PHONE 884-2622
J. 0. LUSBY INSURANCE
AGENCY
FIRE
OFFICE IN TOMMY HAYES BUILDING
- WINDSTORM - AUTOMOBILE - CASUALTY
UNCLE SAM’S
SELECTIVE SERVICE
Q—Mj friend and I regist-
ered at the local draft board
last week. Afterward my
friend told me his fatner is on
the draft board. What about
a father deciding on drafting
his own son?
A—The father is disquali-
fied from participating in any
local board actions concerning
his son. The regulations pro-
vide that no member of a
local board shall act on any
case of any man who is his
first cousin or closer relation,
either by blood, marriage, or
adoption.
Q—I was a full-time college
student until recently when
my doctor hospitalized me for
what he said might be several
months. May I keep my II-S
student classification since I
plan to re-enter college on my
recovery?
A—No. You should inform
your local board at once that
you are no longer in school.
When you re-enter college
you may again request a H-S,
if you are pursuing a full-time
course of study.
Q--My neighbor’s son, an
outstanding athlete, has not
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is not physically qualified.
How do you explain this?
A—The Selective Service
System does not set the
standards for military induc-
tion or make the determina-
tion of whether a. registrant
is qualified and acceptable to
the Armed Forces. This deter-
mination is made by the Arm-
ed Forces at the Armed Forces
Examining and Entrance Sta-
tions, under standards pre-
scribed by the Secretary of
Defense.
State Bank No. 2038
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
REAGAN STATE BANK
of Big Lake in the State of Texas and Domestic Sub-
sidiaries at the close of business on October 21, 1969.
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks..............$ 1,264,623.23
U. S. Treasury securities ................ 624,546.80
Securities of other U. S. Government
agencies and corporations .......... 245,093.75
Obligations of States and political
subdivisions ....................... 368,650.00
Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to resell 2,300,000.00
Other loans ........................... 430,403.05
Bank premises, furniture and fixtures,
and other assets representing bank
premises .......................... 39,488.12
Other assets............................ 35,699.73
TOTAL ASSETS ........................ 5,308,504.68
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partner-
ships, and corporations..............
Time and savings deposits of individuals,
partnerships, and corporations......
Deposits of United States Government ...
Deposits of States and political subdivi-
sions ..............................
Deposits of commercial banks ...........
Certified and officers’ checks, etc.......
TOTAL DEPOSITS .......... $4,859,547.78
(a) Total demand deposits. .$2,965,392.75
(b) Total time and savings
deposits ............ $1,894,155.03
Other liabilities .......................
2,878,550.94
1,771,774.65
35,123.04
122,380.38
4,813.14
46,016.92
888.71
TOTAL LIABILITIES .................. 4,859,547.78
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Common stock - total par value........
(No. shares authorized...... 20,000)
(No. shares outstanding____ 20,000)
Surplus ...............................
Undivided profits ......................
Reserve for contingencies and other
capital reserves ....................
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
TOTAL LIABILITIES, RESERVES,
AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS . .
MEMORANDA
Average of total deposits for the 15
calendar days ending with call date
Average of total loans for the 15
calendar days ending with call date
Unearned discount on instalment loans
included in total capital accounts
200,000.00
150,000.00
63,593.09
35,363.81
448,956.90
5,308,504.68
4,712,123.90
493,661.70
10,704.41
I, Robbie Ferguson, Jr., Cashier, of the above-nam-
ed bank, do solemnly swear that this report of condi-
tion is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Correct—Attest: Robbie Ferguson, Jr.
Shankle Bloxom Lacy D. Way
Sam Mann John L. Wright, Jr., M. D.
Mrs. N. W. Hickman Ernest O’Hearn, Jr.
Directors
State of Texas, County of Reagan, ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day
of October, 1969, and I hereby certify that I am an of-
ficer or director of this bank.
Iva Jean Davis, Notary Public.
My commission expires June 1, 1971.
(SEAL)
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1969, newspaper, November 6, 1969; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615145/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.