The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1968 Page: 6 of 8
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Liy Maurine Werst
Our oncoming week end
and Labor Day all over the
nation this particular holiday
week end is being observed by
both Australians and US cit-
izens in a similiar manner,
we presume. The two coun-
tries are the only ones who
have set aside such a day
honoring workers.
Labor Day was initiated in
1882 by the Knights of Labor,
an American organization led
by Samuel Gompers and to-
day Samuel would be pleased
beyond his wildest ambitions
to see how Labor has pro-
gressed.
Why the first Monday in
September was selected was-
n’t recorded in history but
Oregon was the first state to
pass that date as a legal
holiday.
As usual there will prob-
ably be a general exodus from
Big Lake as SCHOOL STARTS
TUESDAY at 8:30 a.m. We
hope to be on the golf course
and then have supper at the
club and visit with fellow
members.
We’re still trying to catch
up from work neglected by
our trip to California, and
really still trying to catch up
on news also. We sat at the
desk last week and forgot to
write about the rain we did
receive, but didn’t plan to
mention soaring tempera-
tures. And now this Tuesday
night, vVe have only humidity
to mention, still hoping for
some of the same rain that
has fallen in Rankin and Mc-
Camey. Cool mornings are the
only reminder that there will
be a fall season and that’s
forgotten by 11 a.m. However
in the past two weeks ther’s
been more stirring about of
people in town than usual.
Where our students attend
college is now becoming a
certainty with most parents,
our grade school children
know who will teach them
this year and new resolutions
are being made for a studious
year.
While summer softball
men’s teams are still playing,
these same men are counted
among those who are engros-
sed with our RCHS Owls
football team’s potential re-
cord in the district this year,
and they watch daily prac-
tice.
And the days end by watch-
ing the Democratic Conven-
tion for many of us. It’s a
revelation and those who
won’t watch it may let history
pass them by. Just think of
how it is covered by the TV
medium now. The delegates
themselves have carried small
sets into their seats to bet-
ter observe proceedings and
know what is happening.
That great tradition may
be abandoned after all the
fracas this week. Seeing and
hearing the different reac-
tions reminds us of a small
town meeting that gets cross-
wise. There are a few that
keep a goal in mind, despite
all the shennagins behind the
scenes, and there are the
quitters. We do sincerely hope
improvements are made in
our electoral systems and
those methods of choosing a
candidate. After this year the
wheels of progress should be
used. What are all those com-
puter and data processing
systems good for if not for
THE PEOPLE to elect their
president.
Hospital News
Sea Scouts Explore
Historical Locations
Last weekend, eight sailors
of Sea Scout Ship Prairie Dog
No. Ill camped out on the
Turner ranches north of
Best, and each earned the
“Historical Trail Award” for
participating in the rediscov-
ery of some early Reagan
County history.
James O. Turner is the
ship’s skipper.
The young explorers visited
with Mrs. John Patterson,
authority on much of early
Reagan County history, and
then visited the old Butter-
field Trail stage stop and pasf. weeic weere Mrs. R. E.
some frontier day graves on Beaty> Mrs Tommy Hayes>
her ranch. From there they gusie Love Mrs< Herman
located an early telegraph sjengenthaler, and Mrs. Juan
station situated on the James RamireZ) medical patients,
B. Turner ranch, and nearby! all of Big Lake; and ms
they found some interesting | Wendell Parker, medical pat-
old graves and tombstones j ient from Texon Surgery
They cleared off brush and patients dismissed were Tony
-ged with stone the graves'g Mrs sherman Hunt,
1 and Ted Miller, Jr., all of Big
Medical patients in Reagan
Memorial Hospital Wednesday
afternoon were Mrs. Zeither
Abies, Sterling City Route;
Bill Lewter and James K.
Sparks, both of Ozona; Geor-
ge Peters, Henry Ward, Dovie
O’Bryan, Cammie Louise
Paul, Raymond Shattuck,
Pete Meyers, Mrs. Bill Phillip,
George Hamlett and Eunice
Lindsey, all of Big Lake. Dar-
rell P. Waggoner and Chester
Stockwell, both of Big Lake,
were accident patients, and
Tommy Phillips of Big Lake
was a surgery patient.
Patients dismissed during
ea.
Order your Rubber Stamps
3oys participating who re- Lake
ceived the Historical Trail
Award were Bill Evridge,
"Boatswain; Charles Turner,
•Coxswain; Billy Hal Arnett, from The Big Lake Wildcat.
Yoeman; and Bill Ferguson,
Eddie Carter, John Conner
and Milton Gray, crew mem-
bers.
Crewman Eddie Carter is a
candidate for
rank in scouting, that of
Eagle. He will appear before
a Board of Review headed by
W. D. Hudson next Tuesday
night at the Scout Hut.
The ship invites boys ages
the highest j 14 through 16 to join and it
meets at the Scout Hut in
County Park every Tuesday
night at 7:00 p.m.
Starlight Lounge
Under New
Management
Redecorated
Claude & Lorene Routon
Bring your friends for friendly visiting
hours here.
Open 10 a. m. until 12 p. m. each day
T awan Maine
IWAWII IlklK ...
By Mrs. W. W. Whitehead
Recent guests in the H. L.
Adams’ home in Big Lake
were Lenora Satterfield of
Glen Dale, West Virginia and
Mrs. Alfretta Adams of Saint
Marys, West Virginia. Com-
ing from San Angelo to join
the group were Mr. and Mrs.
Raymer Doaks. The group of
six had fun sightseeing Villa
Acuna, Mexico and last week
attended the Ice Capades in
San Angelo.
They planned to embark
homeward August 30 with
short visits in Fort Worth and |
Dallas. In Fort Worth they
will be guests of the Mike
Adams family and in Dallas
they will visit the Howard
Kennedys.
Mrs. Roy Satterfield is re-
couperating from surgery un-
dergone August 21 at St.
John’s Hospital in San Ange-
lo.
R. R. Kerlin reports back to
M. D. Anderson Hospital Aug-
ust 28. Don’t know if he’ll he
an “in” or “out” patient. He
has trouble in his right ear.
Before leaving Cotton will
have observed his 69th birth-
day August 23. Happy Birth-
day and Good Luck always!
The Kerlin’s address in Hous-
ton: c/o T. G. Johnson. 8554
Glen Lock, Houston, Texas
77017.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob New-
brough and Bobby left Big
Lake last week for Norwalk,
California, their home for the
past 20 years. Bob grew up
here and was back in Texas
to be with his parents, the
Cliff Newbroughs of Big Lake
and his brother Danny of
NASA, Houston. The family
got together in the Danny
Newbrough home and had a
great time visiting and sight-
seeing, etc. for nearly a week.
They saw the San Jacinto
monument, Galveston Wall,
Astrodome, Astroworld and
NASA. This was the first re-
union for the family in sev-
eral years.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlon Keith of
Harrisville, West Virginia, a
nephew, stopped in Big Lake
last Wednesday for a visit
with the Cliff Newbroughs.
I received word Saturday
morning that my nephew
Jimmy Ward, 27, was killed
Friday night in an automobile
accident between Tuscon and
Douglas, Arizona. Funeral
services were held at 4 p.m.
Monday afternoon. He is sur-
vived by two small sons.
THE BIG LAKE (TEXAS) WILDCAT
bout a half a mile from Dong
Tam.
A copy of the paper submit-
ted to division headquarters
for an Army Commendation
Medal for McDaniel was en-
closed. The A.C.M. is the
Army’s fifth highest medal.
The paper listing the action
is as follows:
On 5 August, 1968, while
traveling on the canal pas-
sing through Long Thanh,
Republic of Viet Nam, Spec-
ialist Fourth Class Fielden F.
McDaniel distinguished him-
self in combat by putting
down a base of fire while in
the “Kill Zone” of an ambush
set up for a combined Airboat
Mrs. Carr Hosts
Clerks Thursday
The West Texas Association
of County and District Clerks
composed of thirteen counties
meets here at 1:00 p. m.
Thursday to talk over busi-
ness and work related to their
offices. Mrs. Hazel Carr, Rea-
gan County and District
Clerk, hosts the afternoon
session.
These counties having
clerks who handle both coun-
ty and district offices meet
about every four months for
trade talk and comparison of
duties. Clerks are attending
from Coke, Concho, Crockett,
Crane, Glasscock, Irion, Men-
ard, Schliecher, Kimbell, Sut-
ton, Sterling, Upton and Rea- I wait,
August 29, 1968
TWIT'S R FRIT
Fielden F. McDaniel
McDamd Recommended Far Commendation
In a letter
Mr. and Mrs.
of Big Lake,
Daniel noted
had run into
to his parents,
F. C. McDaniel
Fielden F. Mc-
that his outfit
an ambush a-
Specialist McDaniel immed-
iately signaled for his driver
to go to their aid. Specialist
McDaniel as the machine
gunner on Airboat “63” of the
First Airboat Platoon. Laying
down a base of fire to insure
fire superiority, McDaniel
helped secure the area for an-
other Airboat that picked up
a wounded man floundering
in the water. His firepower
also aided the escape of the
Boston Whaler, which, al-
though crippled, was still
capable of moving under its
own power. After the pickup
of the wounded man and his
removal from the area, Mc-
Daniel continued to lay down
a base of fire while his Air-
boat made repeated passes at
the shoreline. During this
time he was continously mov-
ing in and out of the “Kill
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-Boston Whaler operation, j Zone” of the ambush, which
When the lead Boston Whaler after the initial Claymore
was hit by a Claymore Mine blast was under small arms
set up on the canal bank, fire.
BOONES SEE SISTER
OFF TO LONDON, ENG.
for this twentieth reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Boone drove
on to Gatesville to visit with
their daughter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spring-
stun before coming home.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Boone
spent several days in Dallas
last week attending the new
car shows and while there,
saw Mrs. Boone’s sister, Mrs. |
T. E. Patrick of Midland off
on another leg of her journey j
to London, England. Mrs. Pa- j
trick has the honor of attend-
ing a club reunion named for
her, the Johnnie Patrick Club
of Kuwait, Arabia, which is
celebrating its 20th reunion ,
in London this year.
Mrs. Patrick’s husband, who
died in 1947, drilled the first
oil well in Kuwait for the Ku-
wait Oil Company in 1937, He
and Mrs. Patrick were among
the pioneers in the oil busi- j
ness in that Arab principal- i exPen5e catered,
ity.
While living in Kuwait,
Mrs. Patrick and four other
women formed a Kuwait
Women’s Club, which was
named in Mrs. Patrick’s hon-
or at the time of her hus-
band’s death. The club now
has some 250 members, is ac-
tive in civic projects in Ku-
and members work in
MIXED GOLF, SUPPER AT
GOLF CLUB LABOR DAY
Beginning at one o’clock,
Big Lake Golf Club members
may entertain their guests
and family by playing in mix-
ed golf foursomes and have
supper at 7:30 p.m. in the
clubhouse. It’s the annual
Holiday get together planned
for those members who stay
in town over the holiday
week end.
Supper is at the members’
Childs Begins Junior
Year At H. Payne
Don Childs, former Reagan
bounty High School football
oi-ar, started his third year of
football last Saturday at
Howard Payne College in
Brownwood. Don is a two-
year football letterman at
Howard Payne and reported
for practice along with 55
other candidates for the 1968
Yellow Jacket team.
Local Masonic Lodge
To Confer Degrees
Big Lake Lodge No. 1203,
A.F.&A.M., will confer several
M. M. degrees Saturday eve-
ning starting about 7:00 pun.
A guest of the Lodge that
evening will be Jim W.
Weatherby of Kerrville, a past
Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Texas.
Local Lodge officers who
were installed recently at the
James Cameron is the new i joint installation held at Pia-
head coach at Howard Payne
this year having moved up
from the assistant’s job after
Joe James resigned in July.
His assistants are Bobby Pet-
ers, offensive backs; Herman
Moore, offensive line; and
David Noble, defensive backs.
Howard Payne made its
best football showing in sev-
eral years last season with a
7-3 won and lost record and
is expected to have another
good year.
The H-P sports publicist
had this to say about team
members in part:
“Defensively, the Jackets
may also have the two best
linebackers around in Jim
Farrell, 6-0, 208, Duncanville
junior two-year letterman;
and Don Childs, 6-3, 229, jun-
ior two-year letterman from
Big Lake.”
Howard Payne season sche-
dule:
Sept. 14, Southeastern
Louisiana, there.
Sept. 21, Tarleton, home.
Sept. 28, A.C.C., there.
Oct. 5, Open.
Oct. 12, Sam Houston,
sano Encampment are H. H.
(Herb) Wood, worshipful
master; Glenn H. Preas, sen-
ior warden; Hamilton Scott,
junior warden; P. H. Coates,
treasurer; W. T. Mills, secre-
tary; J. E. Eastham, chaplain;
Fred Poehler, tiler; Tommy
R. Livingston, senior deacon;
Wayne Dolan, junior deacon;
George Peters, senior steward;
and Richard E. Conaway,
junior steward.
W. T. Mills, local Lodge
secretary, is currently serving
as Grand Junior Deacon of
the Grand Lodge of Texas,
having been installed in that
office last December at the
Grand Lodge meeting in
Waco.
Buy In Big Lake!
home.
Oct. 19, Southwest Texas,
there.
Oct. 26, Stephen F. Austin,
home.
Nov. 2, East Texas, there.
Nov. 9, Texas A&I, home.
Nov. 16, Sul Ross, there.
Nov. 23, McMurry, home.
gan counties. In this Thurs-
day session both Runnels
County and Pecos County
who have different county
and district clerks will join
them as scheduled business
this year will affect them
also.
They meet in the court-
room and the social hour will
be held in the expanded new
room north of Mrs. Carr’s of-
fice.
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the hospital and operate a j
I library and used clothing i
store. Proceeds from club pro-
! jects, according to Mrs. Pat-
i rick, are divided between the
1st. Dunston Veterans Hospital
i in England and the Houston,
| Texas Hospital for Deaf and
Dumb Children.
The club’s 10th anniversary
reunion in 1958, which Mrs.
Patrick also attended, was
held in Kuwait. Because of
| the number of club members
! now living in England, Lon-
don was selected as the site
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1968, newspaper, August 29, 1968; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615183/m1/6/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.