The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1968 Page: 4 of 8
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| best regards
By M&urine Werst
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS
DAVE POWLEY AT PTA
Canada celebrated its
Thanksgiving- Day this Mon-
day, Oct. 14, and Big Lake
celebrates its Hallowfeen
Thursday, Oct. 31. Not that
the two days are similar, I
just mention that tidbit as a
passing thought as I don’t
really recall when we cele-
brate our Thanksgiving since
Roosevelt tried to change it. j
We always tried to keep it the
last Thursday of the month
and I do think most of the j
nation has gone back to that
date.
October’s flowers are calen-
dulas and cosmos which are
blooming over the nation now
but I don’t know anyone in
Big Lake who has them.
This month’s birthstone is |
the opal and the tourmaline.
Unacquainted with that last
gem, I looked it up to learn
that it is a complex silicate,
usually black, but sometimes
blue, green, red, brown or,
colorless. When transparent
and cut, it is suppose to make j
a gem of great beauty. That |
must be the stone used in
many costume jewelry.
* * * *
Marilyn McReavy played
her first game in Mexico City
Olympics Sunday and some
read where the Japanese
team won. However, Maurine
McReavy, her mother, ex-
plained that • points are won
in each game, so that the
team piling^, up the highest
points in round robin play
are the Olympic Volleyball
Champs. This group of volley-
ball players has beaten the
Japanese team before so don’t
be discouraged.
The McReavy’s don’t have
a schedule and they actually
don’t know when the US team
plays, they’ll just have to de-
pend on news broadcasts as
hearing from Marilyn is now
uncertain, considering the
flow of mail that will come
from Mexico City. They last
heard from her just before
she boarded the plane at
Denver, Mexico bound.
♦ * * *
We were puzzled over the
description of Kenneth Wyatt
as a public speaker that a
writer from San Angelo
Standard Times gave and af-
ter hearing him Tuesday
night we understand.
He was sheer idiocy with a
potent message. If you came
to be entertained, you were,
and the audience responded
at different times as the
zaniness of his style affect-
ed them.
His point about having the
right attitude in your com-
munity was well taken by the
audience. They’d listen a-
while, then bang, the unaf-
fected youthfulness of his an-
tics in mimicry and those
side comments engulfed them
in hilarity again.
Personally we came back to
work that evening refreshed
at the thought of a man with
his background delivering a
speech in such a ridiculous
style. It brought us back to
junior high and high school
days when all had that irre-
pressible talent. Can’t you
remember, or you too bogged
down nowadays?????
Texon News . . .
Dave Powley, Texas Educa- By Mrs. W. W. Whitehead
j 1 .'ll*. A ryonrnvv /"•owenlf nr>f 4n
„J ,7.....; • ,, i l*»y ana Bill, Miller el
Guidance Counseling for 44 ^ were ,n Midland last
counties drew a near capacity Saturd Th were guests ot
PTA audience last Thursday |thc Russell M1Uers at sky
afternoon with many fathers |Hlgh olrls Ranch. It was a
present. [pleasant day away from
He stressed that more en- bQme
couragement would be better
for the child than discipline
and that a misbehaving child
is an unhappy child. He talk-
ed on Living With Discipline
for the home and for the
child.
Joe Green, instructor of
remedial reading, introduced
Mr. Powley.
Myrlin Marcum, minister of
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Young of
Azel, Texas are guests of the
S. J. Warriners. Mrs. Young
is a sister of Mrs. Warriners.
Both couples are retired and
are having a great time in
retirement. They were guests
of the W. L. Starrs of Big
i Lake Wednesday for lunch
and during the afternoon..
Mr. and Mrs. R. Will Hoard
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"Dance rfqatK
WALTZ THROUGH WASHDAY
A GIFT FROM YOUR
'WALTZ THROUGH WASHDAY'
DEALER AND WTU
I '!«•*•*
All you need to do is see a demonstration of
a new automatic electric dryer or combina-
tion at a local "Waltz” dealer or WTU and
the free stamps are yours!
FREE WIRING
Norma! 220-volt—to WTU residential
customers who buy an electric dryer
or combination from a local dealer.
WestTexas Utilities
Company
Equal
^Opportunity
an Investor
owned company I
Big Lake Church of Christ, and three gons Ieft Big
gave the devotional, empha- Tuesday for Big Spring
sizing the value of enjoying wbere they wju ^ guests of
working, giving of yourself to Mrg Hoard>s mother ms
your work that helps your Rosser before burning to
family and others in the way ush SpringS) 0kla. They
that God intended. were gUests of the W. C. Diez
Entertainment was proyid- f of Big Bonnie is
cd by Flo Dar ing School of niece Qf Mrg Diez and grew
Dance and included the fol-1 ^ Texon ghe &nd Mrs
lowing performers. w. L. Starr (Cissy Warriner)
T7PIre-s^°ol: Julie *illler’!had a nice visit. They were
Vicki Williams, Kim Pe ry j neighbors and girlhood pals
and Robin BecknelL Acroba-|and always enjoyed being tQ_
tic. Janet Jackson, Tap Kim j her Mr Hoard is being
Conaway and Laurie Schnee- | transferred to jennings, Kan.
mann Modern free-style. j in the near future_ He is an
Lynn Weatherby and Lucille, Qf Continental Oil
Hooker; Tap: Jana Martin; ^
Ballet: Vicki Richmond and
Janet Jackson; Finale: Lisa „ „ . ,
Conaway, Sharie Perry, Jill Mrs- Jack Vai1, _,surg^a!
Schneemann, Penny Poynor nurse at Reagan Memorial
and Brandi Becknell. (Hospital, attended the three
Mrs. Bill Midkiff led busi- day Symposium of Operating
ness in which she reminded. R°om Nurses hosted by San
members that October 19 is Antonio Nurses at Sheraton
the birthday of Texas Con- ®an Antonio Motor Inn Frld-
gress of Parents and Teach- day through Sunday. Lectures
ers. PTA meeting were voted noted physicians and sur-
to be included on the Band: Se°ns included Immediate
Calendar. Mrs. James Carter I Post-Surgical Prosthetic Fit-
is chairman of the Halloween ;ting of Amputees, Harrington
Carnival that is Halloween |Instrumentation in the treat-
night at the Little League ment of Scoliosis and Rigid
Field. Room mothers were Compression Osteosynthesis,
assigned special booths which
were discussed.
Mrs. Prule Garrett’s second
grade room received special
recognition for having more
parents present for the meet-
ing.
First grade room mothers
were hostesses.
Officers of PTA this year
serving with Mrs. Midkiff are
Mrs. Wade Jones, first vice-
president; Mrs. Tommy Liv-
ingston, second vice-presi-
dent Mrs. Bill Dolan secretary
and Mrs. Johnnie Weatherby,
treasurer.
ALEXANDER CAMPAIGNS
HERE MONDAY, OCT. 21
W. J. (Jack) Alexander,
Republican candidate for Con-
gress from the 21st District,
will bring his campaign here
Monday, October 21. He will
meet with friends and sup-
porters at Jesse’s Sirloin
House from 4:00 till 8:00 p.m.
in an informal gathering.
RCHS PIPELINE ...
By Claudia Townsend
JL Ctlit. UUDUt 44
Our “OWLS” kinda blasted
the hair off those Ft. Stock-
ton Panthers - huhv If it
wasn’t “Newsome on the
tackle” it was “Browder with
the ball’. And “WOW!” —
George Wright looked great
when he went across the goal
line for two touchdowns.
Those are just three of the
greatest guysN in RCHS who
make up our football team,
and let me “reassure” you
that each one of ’em has
what it takes to “sock it to”
any team around, and yeh!
that’s what they plan to do!
Just don’t you fans forget
that they need your support
more than you think they do,
and more especially during
the district games which are
starting next week. We want
STATE so much, and there
are no doubts that we’ve got
the material, so don’t ever
hesitate to stand up for the
“OWLS”—they won’t ever sit
down on you.
Candidates for homecom-
ing were elected Tuesday in
2nd and 4th period Senior
Government classes. All girls
were nominated, and by the
method of preferential vote,
three girls were chosen as
candidates for the 1968
Homecoming Queen. These
girls are: Claudia Townsend,
Susan Barlow, and Judy Pow-
ell. The Homecoming Queen
will be elected by secret bal-
lot by the entire student body
and will be announced on
November 1, when the Owls
meet and smash the Ozona
Lions. Everybody get ready
for this game, ’cause it’s go-
ing to be real pretty! Good
Luck Girls!
Also selected at this time
Tuesday was candidates for
DAR Good Citizen. These
(HK KIG LAKE (TEXAS) WILDCAT
October 17, 1968
girls, Judy Powell, Diane to Crane, they’re raring to
Thompson, and Kathy Green, j scare the Ozona Lions this
are each In nomination and [Thursday night at Ozona. If
one will be selected by the j you haven’t got anything to
faculty as the one to go either! do, get yourself ready and go
to San Ange]o or Eldorado j watch ’em heat the T.lons.
This is a very high honor to| Tomorrow, when the Owls
receive, and these girls are to:meet the san Angelo Bobcats,
be commended. I the band has prepared along
Thanks, Band Parents, for
the great attendance at Band
Parents’ meeting this last
Monday night. You’ll find
that if you attend these meet-
with the Junior High Band, a
patriotic show that will be
really great.
Tell your neighbor and any-
body else you see to start get-
ings, you’ll learn what’s goin’Iting excited about tomorrow
on with the band. So, make night, 'cause the Owls are
it a real effort to not forget gonna beat, and I do mean
BAND PARENTS. [B-E-A-T the Bobcats!
Although the B-Team lost See ya next week!
TIRES TUBES
BATTERIES
ACCESSORIES
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Phone 884-2022
Corner 2nd and California Big Lake, Texas
Big Lake Lodge No. 1203,
A. F. & A. M.
Stated Meeting
Second Tuesday
of each month
W. T. Mills, Sec.
H. H. (Herb) Wood, W. M.
FOR YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS
PHONE 884-2622
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AGENCY
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|g WAKE UP THE LAND OFFICE!
El£CT Millard K.
NEPTUNE
Land Commissioner
“Let’s make state government ef-
ficient and responsive — starting
with the Veteran’s Land Program!”
Paid Political Advertisement
Texans For NEPTUNE J. W. Hargrove, Chairman
Big Lake game hunters
Dale Calley, E. R. Brown and
Clayton Henderson left Fri-
day for two weeks in Idaho
where they hope to bag either
elk, antelope or bear, or all
three. Sam Douglas who goes
later on, reports that he’d
heard from friends that two
inches of snow was on the
eastern slopes of the moun- j
tains in southern Idaho mak-
ing hunting now interesting.
These hunters plan to go on
to an area north of Yosemite
Park in the latter part of
their trip.
WE BUY USED FURNITURE
or Anything of Value.
The Davis Company
Phone 884-2663
VETERANS
LAND BOARD
SALE
The Veterans Land Board
will receive sealed bids at the
General Land Office, Austin,
Texas, until 11:00 o'clock
A.M., November 19, 1968,
for the sale of 65 tracts of
land. There will be *32 tracts
offered to eligible Texas vet-
erans only in Brown, Callahan,
Cameron, Clay, Dickens,
Gaines, Guadalupe, Hidalgo,
Hunt, Jasper, La Salle, Lib-
erty, Milam, Potter, Rains,
Randall, Reeves, Yoakum and
Zavalla Counties. There will
be 33 tracts offered to non-
veterans and eligible Texas
veterans in Cameron, Dimmit,
Hidalgo, Maverick and New-
ton Counties.
Tracts may be financed
through the Veterans Land
Board. 'For information and
listing of tracts write to:
JERRY SADLER
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
Chairman of tha Vatarans Land 8oard
Austin, Taxai 71701
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Any age, any number of children accompanied by a parent will
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ONE complimentary color portrait will be given to each family as
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DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY
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who wish them.
This is our way of saying 'Come in to see us.' If you are one of our
many regular customers, this is a Thank You' for your patronage.
Incidentally we believe these color portraits to be something really
special. These are beautifully posed portraits — not snapshots, so
dress the children colorfully.
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Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18th 8> 19th
HOURS — 10:00 A.M. — 7:00 P.M.
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1968, newspaper, October 17, 1968; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth615195/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.