The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1966 Page: 2 of 6
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best regards
By Maurlne Went
A Happy New Year to all,
rad we believe it will be just
that.
There are several new pro-
jects In the making now that
will be of interest to women
mt the county, and we hope
that the readers will note the
time and place to register to
take advantage of a particu-
lar class of instruction, one
they have secretly wished to
explore but haven’t taken
advantage of the opportun-
ity before.
In this New Year In Big
take you may work with your
Reagan County Home Dem-
wnstration Agent and glean
knowledge she has prepared
herself to pass on to you.
In the yearbook her sched-
rrads—A Pre-Planning meet-
ing for semi-tailoring In Big
take January 21; A pre-plan-
ning meeting for basic cloth-
ing construction January 24.
Then. In February a pre-plan-
ning meeting for upholstering
ki Reagan County, February
13;. ..v ,
By the way, the thought
(expressed in the yearbook
for January is "An un-organ-
wed mind is the Devil’s Work-
shop'*, and one for February,
TToo much sun makes desert”,
and the other is "Minds are
Ike parachutes, they function
•nly when they are open.”
Quite a bit of Interest has
keen expressed In the up-
holstering instruction and
arrangements are now in pro-
cess as to where it might be
housed. All those who are
interested should write a note
to Mrs. Jeffers as the size of
the work space required for
chair or divan must be consi-
dered. Register by post card
with your H. D. Agent, Mrs.
Lou Jeffers, in Rankin, and be
sure to attend the pre-plan-
ning meeting. Your mater-
ials must be ordered, and
that’s where her first instruc-
tion will be of help. You also
ntay want advice on what
type material to purchase for
that certain piece of furniture,
and the weight or grade mat-
erial, not counting the advice
on measuring for it in order
to save money.
There are also art classes
you may join for interest.
Mrs. Tommy Reed has offered
lessons since October and an-
other group will get underway
the latter part of January.
There are Olrl Scouts hop-
ing for leadership and there
are 4-H Club girls awaiting
leadership and instruction for
their different classes.
Do you wonder why I men-
tion all of these things to do?
Well, for one, it’s purely self-
ish. It’s a pep talk to myself
about gettng into more out-
side affairs, to be with differ-
ent pepole other than busi-
ness. It’s easy to stay at home
and watch the little dots
blossom into another western
or comedy situation, and
that’s what I’m fighting.
I also came across another
quote to help and it Is, “The
educated, unthinking man ti
inferior to a thinking, unedu-
cated man”.
No matter what we attempt
this year, outside the home,
we can educate ourselves
further. For the women, it
may be in taking a Brownie
or Girl Scout Troop to a 4-H
Club class of Instruction
where we’ll receive far more
than the effort required as we
work with those alert Inquir-
ing minds, or it may be in
learning a new household art
to further the comfort and
beauty of our home.
Junior High Owis
Defeat Rankin
Coach Phil Haynes’ Reagan
County Junior High Owls de-
feated the Rankin Junior
High Red Devils here Monday
night in two games.
The 8th Grade Owls won
their game by a 46-22 score.
Joe Barnes was high point
man for the Owls with 15
points, followed by Sammy
Goodloe with 11 points and
Pam Douglas with 10.
In the 7th Grade game the
Owls were winners by 34-24.
Daniel Mendez was high man
for the Owls with 12 points.
Next game for the Junior
Owls is Monday night in
Sonora.
Mr. and Mrs. Hermit Spiser
have had as their company
over the past week their
friend from Menard, Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Greene, Mrs. Spi-
ser’s aunt, Mrs. Roy Wyatt
and Mr. Wyatt of San Angelo
and her nephew, Mr. and Mrs.
Billy C. Mikeska and their
five children of Van Horn,
Texas. Their son, Joe, who
was a Christmas holiday
guest in their home, has
accepted employment with
Bill Hooker’s Texaco Ser/ ce
and will come to Big Lake to
live with his parents by Janu-
ary 15.
Reagan Youths Enter
U. S. Army Jan. 18
Beavers, Richard Miles, Bill
BEST SELLERS
List of Best Sellers avail-
able at the Reagan County
Library, complied from the
New York Herald Tribune.
FICTION
Those Who Love, by Irving
Stone
Up the Down Staircase, by
Bel Kaufman
Sarkham, by William J.
Lederer and Eugene Burdick
Kennedy, by Theodore Sor-
enson
The Source, by James A.
Mlchener. A pageant of Israel
Big Lake Art Guild,
Painting As A Hobby
A Big Lake Art Guild is now
in progress of being formed
this month by those interest-
ed in painting as a hobby. A
suitable location is needed
where the prospective artists
may leave their materials and
have a place to be centered,
allowing freedom of hours
before and after Instruction.
The Rev. Walt Schaeffer,
minister of the First Presby-
terian Church, proposed two
hour class period when the
local group forms.
Those interested are asked
to meet Thursday evening at
7:30, January 27, in the First
Presbyterian Church. At this
time more concrete plans can
be made regarding the num-
ber interested and the space
required to accomodate them.
For those in the commun-
ity Interested in learning a
new hobby, with painting as
yet untried, the following
article, concerning the med-
ium of oils, has been written
by Rev. Schaeffer. It was
submitted with the thought
of giving the timid beginner
food for thought In carrying
out an unexpressed desire.
• • •
PAINTING AS A HOBBY
The objectve of an artist Is
to share a meaningful insight,
mood or experience with
others through the medium
of painting. The approach of
the hobby will permit infor-
mality but the fundamental
The town of North East Is
in the extreme northwest
corner of Pennsylvania.
be explored
These are painting proced-
ures, textures, edges, creat-
ing light and shade and con-
trol of value and color for a
complete painting
Pigments In oil offer the
beginner versatility, ease of
correction, and a soft brill-
iance adapted to all kinds of
subject matter such as land-
scape, portrait and still life.
It offers the correct use of
the tools and their care, the
different brushes and pall-,
ette knife, the canvas and
other surfaces. Lastly, the oils
offer the learning of color
dimension; hue, value, and
proportion, composition and
color mixing.
All this is learned by exper-
ience after they have been
brought to the attention of
the budding artist.
Art, like music, or architec-
ture, must be practiced, it
cannot be taught. A singer
cannot be given a glorious,
voice but a teacher can teach
a man to sing. In painting!
there is no excuse for poor)
technical performance.
In good art the results do
rot have to be “explained”.
While a camera does not have
an "Idea” about the subject
reflected upon Its lens, It Is
this “Idea’ or "feel” which Is
the UN-teachable part of art
and the artist. A native gift,
yes, but style and method be-
comes the artist signature.
Beauty of method comes of
experience. In a physical
sense it is like an electric
current. We feel it, we use it,
we know how to harness It
but we do not know what it
Is.
Nor does a picture rest on
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January 6, I960
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beauty alone. It should be a‘sky?
creation, a "leaving out” and Modem art? A picture Is a
"putting in”. How does an
artist make a cloud float,
work of art, and not because
1* Is modem or ancient, bat
give weight to a solid form,' because It is a sincere expres-
make a tree reach for the slon of human feeling.
(Childress. All have received
favorable physical exams for
Six Reagan County youthsj BMVic® with the exception of
leave for Abilene Jan. 18 with' Childress, who will be re-ex
the starting point designated |nmined on Jan- 13. He will
Farr, Billy Bolen and Tommy i from the caveman to the
' present.
The Looking Glass War, by
John Le Carre
Don’t Stop the Carnival, by
Herman Wouk. The Carib-
McCamey, in the first lap of j SrouP ff he
a trip entering service in the. Passes-
United States Army. These -
include Jackie Aly, Jimmie AUXILIARY OF FIRE
------DEPT. HELPS BOYS RANCH
Johnny James Love, son of ***“ °'thfe
H. T. Love, arrived Tuesday' F,f Lake Volunteer Fire Dept.
. „ .... ... . . ... TT_ voted a donation to the West
for a visit with his family. He
is in the US Naval Air Service, Ile BoyS, *?cn 1 lts f t
formerly stationed at the Al-
ameda Air Station in Califor-
atnia. He reports to Memphis,
Tennessee January 26 where
he is to attend an aviation
administration school for 14
meeting of the new year
They made the gift in mem-
ory of Diane Box and Tommy
Franklin who died last year.
Meeting January 4, the
group also decided to take
advantage of a first aid
weeks at the Naval Air Tech- course being offered by Coy
meal Command. His 22 day (Bird of San Angelo. Fire De-
leave will include a trip to
Kansas to see his brother
Howard and family and to
rr ;ana to see his grand-
ad er.ts and their relatives.
' "ing for a four year per-
inr* Love's remaining service
i» two years and two months.
partment members and those
of the auxilliary will form a
class to learn the first aid
course. Instruction will pro-
bably get started the latter
part of the month.
Classified Ads Oe* lesults!
bean adventures of a Broad-
way press agent.
Night of Camp David, by
Fletcher Knebel. A political
thriller about a paranoiac j
president.
The Man With The Golden
Gun, by Ian Fleming
GENERAL
The Making of the Presi-
dent 1964, by Theodore H.
White. Detailed account of
the 1964 election.
Is Paris Burning?, by Larry
Collins & Dominique Lapierre.
The day Paris was liberated1
from the Nazis. j
The Oxford History of the
American People, by Samuel
Eliot Morison. A highly per-
sonal view of American his-
tory.
Sixpence in Her Shoe, by
Phyllis McGinley. Reflections
on housewifery.
My Shadow Ran Fast, by
Bill Sands. The autoblogra-
I phy of an ex-convict.
JANUARY
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Published Every Thursday In Big Lake, The County Seat of
Reagan County, Texas (76932)
Entered as second-class matter January 2,1926, at the post
office at Big Lake, Texas, under the Act of Congress of
March 3. 1879.
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J. L. Werst, Jr.......................Editor and Publisher
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1966, newspaper, January 6, 1966; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth657337/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.