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BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS (76932), SEPTEMBER 28, 1972
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NUMBER 39
Sales Tax Figure For
City Of Big Lake In
'Quarter Is $5,355.29
l In a letter received Wednes-
I day by James W. Barnes, City
I Secretary for the City of Big
* l^ke, sales tax figures were
' -''Iinnounced by State Comp-
f troller Robert S. Calvert. Big
I Lake will get $5, 355.29 for
; the second quarter of the year.
;• Barnes said this was higher
, than projected and would mean
£ more in revenue to the City of
I'Vig Lake than had been hoped
' for.
This period, the second
L quarter of April, May and
| June, was the first revenue die
i City has received from the T',j
I city sales tax since it went into
I effect here on April 1.
I Other West Texas cities gen-
erally showed gains over simi-
5 periods last year.
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October 1-7 Named
4-H Week In Texas
Governor Preston Smith lias
{^reclaimed the week of Octo-
ber 1-7 as "4-H week in Tex-
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Parade Will Kick Off
Homecoming Activities
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Whitehead's Sister
Dies In Georgetown
Mrs. C.C. Raney, 6G, of
ji Georgetown, sistjer of Warren
I Whitehead and E.L. White -
head, died at 3:30 a.m. Tues-
day, Sept. 26, in a George-
town Hospital. Funeral ser-
J vices were held at 2 p.m.
I Wednesday afternoon in a Bap-
V^.ist Church with Davis Funeral
If Home directing. Burial was
in Rest Haven Memorial Gar-
dens near Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs. E.L. White-
I head had gone on to George-
town earlier dais week and
I Warren Whitehead left early
L Wednesday.
The sister had made a visit
t& West Texas about dais time
last year and shortly thereafter
had suffered a stroke.
Survivors include the hus-
band, the two brothers here
and two other brothers, J.B.
Whitehead of Lockney and
Wayne Whitehead of George-
town.
Fred Fellows, left, of Big
Fork, Montana, and Joe Bee-
ler, right, of Sedona, Arizona,
will combine their artistic and
roping talents at the OS Ranch
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Cowboys And Artists
Combine Talents For
W. Tex. Boys Ranch
POST, TEXAS--The top
five 1972 national money win-
ners in steer roping will be in
the 32-roper invited field who
will match skills for a $15, 000
jackpot near here Sunday after-
noon, Oct. 1, in the second
annual O.S. Ranch Steer Rop-
ing.
They are Allen Keller of
Olathe, Colo., current leader
with $7,412 in earnings in
Rodeo Cowboy Association
sanctioned events, John Miller
of Pawhuska, Okla., Roy
Thompson of Tulia, Walter
Arnold of Silverton and Olin
Young of Peralta, N.M.
rive others in the "top 20"
steer ropers also are in the
field.
Biggest money winner com-
peting, however, will be Ron-
nye Sewalt of Chico, ranked
fiftli nationally in calf roping
with $13, 355.
The steer roping will climax
a weekend of competitive rop-
ing with calf roping and team
roping planned Saturday, Sept.
30, for area ropers.
Added this fall to the roping
--all for the benefit of West
Texas Boys Ranch at San Ange-
lo--is the O.S. Ranch Art Ex-
hibit in which paintings and
sculptures of 30 of the top cow-
boy and western artists will be
offered for exhibit and sale in
the historic O.S. ranch house,
Steer Roping and Art Exhibit
September 30th, and October
1st. While their paintings and
sculpture are on display in the
OS Ranch Headquarters along
with 28 other Cowboy and Wes- as handy with a rope as they
tern Artists, Fellows and Beeler are with a brush. The events
will be competing in the team will benefit West Texas Boys
roping in the OS Arena some Ranch.
300 yards away. Both men are
8th Grade Owls sheep Fie|d Day
Swamp Sonora 38-6 Set Af A&M Center
Theme cr this year’s obser-
vance is "A New Day--A New
Way."
According to the proclamation vhich has been restored for the
issued by Smith, "The 1972 >ccasion.
theme expresses the thrust of Many of the exhibiting art-
today’s 4-H program as it helps ists plan to attend the weekend
prepare young people to become events and at least two of
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better citizens in our changing
world."
The proclamation continues,
"Texas 4-H members working
witli educational lcarn-by-
doing projects apply the latest
research and scientific infor-
.Vfiation to their work, keeping
records, arranging exhibits and
giving demonstrations to pass
the information to others.
"The leadership and citizen-
ship training wliich 4-H mem-
bers receive in this program
>"is a valuable asset to our state
and to our democratic way of
life."
4-H continues to expand
into new program areas and is
designed to meet the needs
and interests of all youngsters
-^between the ages of 9 and 19,
7»ii.ts out County Extension
Agent E.O. Nevills.
A total of 120 boys and girls
are currently enrolled in 4-H
in Reagan County. However,
many more are eligible to
participate and Nevills encour-
ages these youth to ask their
friends about 4-H or to visit
^ the county Extension office.
4-H is a part of the educa-
tional program of the Texas
them, Fred Fellows of Big Fork,
Mont., and Joe Beller of Se-
dona, Ariz., will compete in
die team roping Saturday.
A beef barbecue will be
served both days at the Ranch
for art and roping fans, several
thousand of whom are expected.
Mrs. John Patterson has been
moved to a private room at
Odessa Medical Center where
she was transferred several
weeks ago. She remains in a
coma and relatives are stay-
ing nearby.
Reagan County Junior High
8th Grade Owls swamped the
Sonora Broncos 8th Graders,
38-6, here last Thursday even-
ing for their second win of the
season.
The Owls had a big first
quarter, ringing up 24 points,
then added 8 more in die
second quarter and 6 in the
third as reserve took over play
in the third and fourth quar-
ters.
Ob Bill Magruder got the
Owls on the scoreboard with a
3 yard quarterback sneak, and
added 2 more points on the
conversion on another quarter-
back keeper.
The second Owl TD came
on a pass from Magruder to
David Burns covering 20 yards.
Magruder ran over the 2-point
conversion.
Next came a pass intercep-
tion by Mitch Kiser, with a
55 yard return for the third
Owl TD. Magruder again
carried over for the 2-point
conversion to put the Owls
ahead 24-0 at the end of the
first quarter.
In the second quarter, Ma-
gruder hit Burns again with a
25 yard aerial for the Owls
fourth TD. Mitch Reed scor-
ed the 2-point conversion on
a pitch-out from Magruder to
make the score, 32-0.
Sonora scored in the third
quarter on a fourth down 12-
yard pass play. The extra
point try failed.
The Owls last TD came on
a 45-yard pass play from Reed
tt) Magruder. The extra point
try failed.
There was no scoring in the
fourth quarter.
Score by quarters:
Owls 24 8 6 0 - 38
Sonora 0060-6
The 7th Grade Owls lost
their game to Sonora, 22-0.
The Jr. Owls travel to Ozona
today for two games, the 7th
Grade at 5:30 p.m., and the
8th Grade at 6:30 p.m.
Agricultural Extension Service
of Texas A&M University and
is directed at the local level
by county Extension agents.
Volunteer adult leaders and
other local citizens assist with
the program.
Several special programs
and activities are planned dur-
ing 4-11 Week to recognize
4-H’ers, their parents, friends
and supporters. Everyone is
encouraged to participate to
learn more about 4-H--the
action-oriented, learning-by-
doing youth organization.
SAN ANGELO.- Discussions
on improving production ef-
ficiency in sheep will high-
light the Sheep Field Day,
October 3, at the Texas A&M
University Agricultural Re-
search and Extension Center
at San Angelo.
The day-long event will
begin at 9:30 a.m. with a
welcome by Dr. Carl Men-
zies, resident director of
research and professor with the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Allen Turner, district agent
with the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, will serve
as master of ceremonies.
Lead-off speaker will be Dr.
Gary Smith, associate pro-
fessor with the Texas A&M
Department of Animal Science,
who will discuss Marketing of
heavier lambs.
Dr. Maurice Shelton, pro-
fessor in sheep and goat gene-
tics with the Experiment Sta-
tion at the A&M Center, will
talk on maximizing the repro-
ductive performance of range
fine-wool ewes and will also
discuss breeding, culling and
selecting animals for improved
reproduction.
The mating vigor of rams
and raising more lambs by
artificial rearing and prevent-
ing perinatal mortality will be
discussed by Dr. C.F. Parker
with the Ohio Agricultural
Research and Development
Center.
Jack Groff of Kerrville, Ex-
tension sheep and goat special-
ist, will present information
on the feasibility of shearing
sheep twice a year.
Menzies will lead off the
afternoon session with a dis-
cussion on multiple lambing.
A joint discussion on raising
sheep in confinement by Roger
Blackmon, Coleman County
Extension agent, and Hershel
Wilson, a sheep producer, will
conclude the program.
Activities of the Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers Associa
tion will be discussed prior to
the noon luncheon by John Car-
gile of San Angelo, president
of the association.
Field day visitors will also
have an opportunity to inspect
exhibits which will include
Rainfall Past Week
Totals 1.78 Inches
Rainfall here last Thursday
and Friday totaled 1.78 inches
to bring the September total ________
to 3.88 inches. Rainfall ending performance tested Suffolk
at 8:00 a.m. Thursday was
1.68 according to the U.S.
Post Office gauge. It rained
. 10 of an inch after 8:00 a.m.
which was shown in the next
morning's reading.
This brought the rainfall in
Big Lake for the year up to
17.44 inches as of Sept. 27.
Low temperature reading
during the past week was 52
degrees on Sept. 22 and Sept.
23. The high was 88 degrees
on Tuesday.
rams, crossbred ewes and
methods of pregnancy diagnosis
in sheep.
The field day is open to the
public. All Reagan County
sheep producers are urged to
attend.
Mrs. Linda Wilson and son
Derek of Dallas are visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
vil Maxie this week.
Annual County Golf
Tourney Oct. 7-8
Dates for the annual men's
County Golf Tournament at
the Big Lake Country Club
course have been set for Satur-
day and Sunday, October 7
and 8. Anyone who is a resi-
dent of Reagan County, whe-
ther a member of the local
club or not, is eligible to enter.
Entry fee is $5.00. Golfers
will play 18 holes Saturday and
18 holes Sunday. Flights will
be determined after Saturday's
play. Last year’s winner was
J.D. Poage.
H.O. Allen is Greens Com-
mittee chairman which is in
charge of the tournament.
Also on the same dates,
Oct. 7-8, the Big Lake Wo-
men's Golf Association is hold-
ing a women’s County Tourna-
ment. Any woman resident of
the county is invited to parti-
cipate. Entry fee is $3.00.
Women golfers will play 18
holes on Saturday and 18 holes
Sunday. The golfer with the
low score for both days without
her handicap will have her
name enscribed on the trophy.
Golf balls will be given for
first, second, and third place
winners with handicap used in
the scoring.
Mrs. Blan Benton,golf chair-
man, announced that women's
handicaps for club members
will be figured on the Calla-
way system from now on. A
meeting of the women’s golf
club was held Tuesday with
12 present. The club now has
15 active golfers.
It was decided to change
Ladies Day to Saturdays at
2:00 p.m. with 18 holes of
play. Mrs. Johnny Brandon is
golf co-chairman.
The Women’s Golf Associa-
tion is sponsoring a covered
dish supper Saturday evening,
Oct. 7. Each woman golfer
is asked to bring a covered
dish, and the wife of each man
in the men’s torunament is also
asked to bring a covered dish
and all join in the fellowship.
Old Granddad Golf
Tourney Here Sunday
The annual Old Granddad
Golf Tournament will be held
here Sunday, Oct. 1, at the
Big Lake Country Club, ac-
cording to H.O. Allen, greens
committee chairman.
Tee-off time will be at
1:30 p.m. Entry fee is $5.00.
Granddads will play 18 holes,
and handicaps will be used.
Anyone who is a granddad is
eligible to enter.
Clyde Parry was last year's
winner.
First place prize will be an
ice chest, donated by the Old
Granddad Distilling Co.,
through Ike Chaffin's Package
Store of Big Lake.
Sonora Broncos
Edge Owls 24 - 20
A late touchdown with 27
seconds remaining on the clock
gave the Sonora Broncos a 24-
20 win over the Reagan County
Owls last Friday night in Son-
ora. The Owls led in first
downs 21 to 16 and in total
yardage 320 to 220.
Sonora counted first on a
42 yard drive in 11 plays with
3;10 left in the first quarter.
Qb Mark Rousselot carried over
the middle from L yard out.
A 15 yard personal foul pen-
alty against the Owls had a
deciding factor in the drive.
Henry Mata's placekick was
good for the extra point.
Midway in the second quart-
er the Owls drove 68 yards in
13 plays with Qb Ken Stout
sneaking over the middle from
the Sonora 1 yard line. Love's
extra point run try failed. Owl
wingback John Smith set up the
touchdown with a 29-yard run
to the Bronco 1.
Sonora took the kickoff on
their own 47. Four passes
gained 17 yards to the Owl 36.
Scatback Steve Street raced
36 yards on the next play to
put Sonora ahead 13-6. Mata
added the extra point to make
it 14-6 with 1:17 left in the
first half.
In the third quarter the Owls
tied the score following a 71
yard drive, climaxed by John
Smith's 23 yard run around die
left end. Stout passed to
Smith for the 2 point conver-
sion. Jimmy Love, Johnny
Hickman and Smitii alternated
in carrying the ball, witli one
pass completed from Stout to
Steve Bird. The TD came
witii 2 minutes left in the per-
iod .
To start the fourth quarter,
Sonora drove to the Owls’ 17
yard line, aided by Bruce
Owls Meet Braves
In Non-District Tilt
Reagan County Owls play
die Iraan Braves here Friday
night in their annual home-
coming game. Kickoff time
is 8:00 p.m. The game will
be preceded by the crowning
of the I lomecoming Queen so
fans will want to get there a
little earlier than usual for
this event, which will start
about 7:40.
The Braves have played two
games, losing to Me Carney
38-0 in their opener and last
Friday to Eldorado 42-8.
Dan Hall, Iraan's 160-lb.
senior quarterback, runs the
team offensively. Rudy Gal-
indo, 150-lb. junior halfback,
is his chief running assistant.
Ross Wortham, 195-lb junior,
is the Braves' best defensive
man, playing linebacker.
Marshall Alldredge, 185-lb.
senior end, is also outstanding
for the Braves.
The Owls came out of the
Sonora game in good shape
physically. However, in shop
class Monday, Lonnie earner
sliced the end of two fingers
off his right hand in a joiner.
He will be out of action about
diree weeks. Garner was look-
ing good as offensive fullback
and defensive halfback. It is
hoped he can return to contact
play by the time the Owls
start district Oct. 20.
Other Owls who are coming
along real well are Marshall
Gray and Joe Reynolds, defen-
sive tackles. They will likely
see a lot of action tonight
against Iraan to gain exper-
ience and help relieve first
team regulars Mike Jones and
Mark Kohutek.
Starters against the Braves
will be as follows:
Offense - Ken Stout, quar-
terback; Johnny Hickman, full-
back; Jimmy Love, tailback;
wingback; David
Kerbows 39 yard run, in 7 plays. J°^n Smit^>
miccp/nn a f^ld anal * Ward. Center= SteVe
guards;
Mata missed on a field goal
try but the OwTs drew a half
the distance to the goal pen-
alty to put the ball on the 8i
yard line. This time Mata
made the field goal to put
Sonora ahead 17-14 with 10:47
left in the game.
The Owls took the kickoff on
their own 23 and drove to the
Sonora 16. Then the Owls
drew a 5 yard illegal procedure
penalty and on the next play
lost the ball to Sonora on a
pass interception by Eddie
Alexander on the Sonora 26.
The Owls recovered a Sonora
fumble on the next play on the
Bronco 21 yard line.
Smith and Love gained 5
yards and Stout passed to Bird
for 7 more and a first down on
the Bronco 9. Johnny Hick-
man hit right tackle for a 9
yard touchdown run to put the
Owls ahead 20-17 with 3:48
left in the game.
The Owls drew a 15 yard
penalty on the kickoff to give
the Broncos the ball on their
own 45. Rousselot gained 20
yards, then Sonora had a 15
yard penalty. Street gained
5, Rousselot ran for 10 and the
Owls drew a 15 yard personal
foul penalty to give the Broncos
the ball on the Owl 20. Rous-
selot gained 1, then Bruce
Kerbow carried for 5, 8, 3, 0,
and finally 3 yards for the TD.
Mata’s placekick was good for
the extra point to put the Bron-
cos ahead 24-20. The clock
showed 27 seconds left in the
game.
The Owls tried 3 straight
passes after the kickoff, con-
necting on one for 12 yards.
Stout to Rusty Owens to move
the ball to their own 45 yard
line as time ran out.
Statistics
OWLS BRONCOS
21 1st Downs 1G
221 Yards Rushing 173
99 Yards Passing 47
17 Passes Attempted 13
8 Passes Completed 5
and Mark Kohutek,
Marvin Baker and Mike Jones,
tackles; Steve Bird and Rusty
Owens, ends.
Defense - Steve George and
David Tarvin, ends; Mike
Jones and Mark Kohutek,
tackles; David Ward, middle
guard; Steve Bird and Marvin
Baker, linebackers; Jimmy
Love and Johnny Hickman,
halfbacks; Ken Stout, rover;
and John Smith, safety.
A parade tomorrow (Friday;
at 3:00 p.m. kicks off Rea-
gan County High School Home-
coming events. The parade
will form in front of the Rea-
gan County Courthouse on
Plaza Avenue.
The parade will go south to
Frst Street, turn right one
block to Main Street, proceed
north on Main and stop in front
of Glasscock Chevrolet Co. for
a short pep rally. The parade
will then proceed north to
Sixth and turn west to Texas
and stop in front of the Reagan
County Junior High for a pep
rally and disband after the pep
rally.
The parade will include
floats by the Sophomore Class,
the Junior Class, the Senior
Class, the Student Council,
and the Pep Club. The RCHS
Band will lead the parade
followed by the homecoming
duchesses and homecoming
queen candidates.
Crowning of the homecom-
ing queen will take place pre-
ceding the Reagan County Owls
and Iraan Braves football game.
This years' duchesses in-
clude Jana Martin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Martin,
representing the freshman
class; Carrie Orr, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Orr, re-
presenting the sophomore
class; and Janet Guess, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Guess, representing the junior
class. These duchesses were
elected by their classes to
serve in the queen's court.
Homecoming Queen candi-
dates, all members of the
senior class, are Cheryl Mc-
Kinney, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R.L. McKinney; Dena
Puckett, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A.W. Puckett; and Shauna
White, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom White.
Following the football game
a Homecoming dance will be
held at the Youth Center, spon-
sored by the Reagan County
Lions Club, for RCHS students
and ex-students.
V. L. Porter Rites
Held In San Angelo
Funeral services for V.L.
Porter, 79, of Barnhart, were
held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in
San Angelo at Johnson's Fun-
eral Home Chapel. Burial
was in Fairmount Cemetery.
Mr. Porter died at 7:25
p.m. Sunday in the Shannon
Hospital in San Angelo after
a long illness.
He was bom Dec. 26, 1892
in Fayetteville, Ala. and was
married to Virginia Hinde
Dec. 15, 1926 in Big Lake.
He had lived in Barnhart the
past 60 years.
Survivors include his wife;
a daughter, Mrs. Robert E.
Black of Midkiff; five sons,
Owen Porter of Nucla, Colo.,
Ellis Porter of Midland, Ger-
ald Porter of Fort Stockton,
James Porter and Preston L.
Porter, both of El Paso; two
sisters, Mrs. Realy Belk of
Columbus, Miss, and Mrs.
Vivian Nelson of Opaloosa,
Ala.; four brothers, Virgil
Porter of Lampasas, Vandiver
Porter and Vernon Porter of
Opaloosa, Ala. and Vanoy
Porter of Birmingham, Ala.,
and 12 grandchildren.
Passes Intercep By
Fumbles Lost
Punts, Avg.
Penalties, Yds.
Tour Of Experiment
Station Set Oct. 13
A tour of the Barnhart Range
Experiment Station will be
held at 1;00 p.m., Friday,
Oct. 13, sponsored by the Mid-
dle Concho Soil & Water Con-
servation District. The tour
is sponsored in conjunction
with the Texas A&M Experi-
ment Station and County Agents
E.O. Nevills of Reagan Coun-
ty, Allen Belk of Irion County,
and Dub Day of Upton County.
The Middle Concho district
will also hold an election for
ZOne 4 District Director. Zone
4 includes the south half of
Irion County, Barnhart and
Mertzon.
Of primary interest to those
attending will be animal yield
weights from different grazing
systems including high intensity
short frequency grazing system.
Bill Carr of Midland, Univ-
sity of Texas Land Agent, and
Dr. Charlie Fisher, brush re-
search director and other Tex-
as A&M personnel along with
Dr. Leo Merrell and staff will
be attending. They will pre-
sent the program and answer
questions.
The public is invited to
attend
Lions Program Today
By MH & MR Center
San Angelo Center for MH
& MR will present the pro-
gram today at the regular
meeting of the Reagan County
Lions Club at noon.
The program will cover var-
ious programs for mental
health being conducted at the
San Angelo Center. Mrs. Paul
Jacobs is local representative
of the center.
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