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The Archer County News
VOLUME 48
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS
SHORT GRASS RANCHING CAPITAL OF THE W ORLD SINGLE COPY 10c
Thursday, August 30, 1962
I Pape One
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A representative of the Social
Security administration will be
in Archer City at the courthouse
Tuesday, Sept. 4 from 9 a m. un-
til noon.
School Begins
Here Friday
Number 35
' JP
John Bailey Lasater of Archer
City was among the 450 students
awarded bachelor’s and master’s
degrees at East Texas State Col-
lege Aug. 24, Lasater, son of Gor-
don Elmore, earned his BS de-
gree.
Students in grades one through
eight will register for school here
Friday and all grades will report
for regular classes Tuesday.
Supt. A. C. Wallace said stu-
dents in the first eight grades
will report to their schools at 9
a m. Friday. They will be assign-
High school students who fail-
ed to register here last spring
have been asked to do so before
Friday at the principal's office.
A representative of the Texas
Game and Fish Commission will
be at the courthouse in Archer
City on Friday, Aug. 31, to sell
the new Shooting Preserve Li-
cense. The license expire Aug.
31 of each year and must be re-
placed.
A license is required of any
landowner leasing land for hunt-
ing purposes for pay. Acts 1959,
56th Legislature.
Candidates Get
Filing Refund
From Democrats
Archer County political candi-
dates will receive a 10 percent
refund on their filing fees from
the County Democratic Execu-
r'lfu tive Conmittee.
~Sox seats for the Archer City. ,
Wildcat football game- met Friday in
available for both ends of the Horany s .iw ufuee in Archer
stadium. Tickets may be pur- j City and decided on
chased at the superintendent’s
office.
The American Legion and the
Auxiliary will hold a joint meet-
ing, Thursday. Sept. 6 at 8:00
p.m. at the Legion Hall. Pur-
pose of the meeting is to assign
committees and work on details
for the coming Legion year.
American Legion commander,
Jimmy Horany, has asked every-
one to be present for this meet-
ing.
A Coke party will be held at
8 pm. Tuesday in the high school
cafeteria at which time school
yearbooks will be distributed to
high school students. All stu-
dents eligible to receive the an-
nuals have been asked to attend.
Junior high coach, Bobby Ray,
has asked that all junior high
football players be present at
the high school gym Saturday at
9 a.m. Uniforms and equipment
will be issued at this session.
the refund.
Committee members also voted
to send $150 to the State Demo-
cratic office for the county’s 1962
financial quota.
G. T. Brown was selected by
secret ballot to have his name
placed on the Nov. 6 ballot for
justice of the peace, Precinct 2,
Holliday. Weldon Gibson has re-
signed that post.
The resignation of Duren Bell
as precinct 17 chairman was also
accepted. Otis Davis was appoint-
ed to fill that position.
Leslie B. Finnell, county chair-
man, presided over the meeting
and other members attending
were Mrs. E. A. Maag, Loyd Snid-
er, John Simek, Duren Bell, Guy
Baggett, Cecil Mankins, Blake
Campbell, Mrs. G. K. Rucker,
William Schlabs, Frank Schroe
der and Betty Sue Thurlkill.
ed to grades and will remain in
school until about noon. Buses
| will make their regular runs that
day.
High school students register-
ed at the end of school last year.
Any student who will start here
this year who has not registered
! should do so before Tuesday.
Classes will begin Tuesday at
8:30 for grades five through 12
1 and at 8:40 for the first four
grades. Grades one and two will
be dismissed at 3 p.m. and all
j other grades will be dismissed at
3:35 p.m.
Wallace predicted this year's
; enrollment would be about 540
i or 550.
A teacher’s workshop was held
at the local schools Wednesday
and a number of new faculty
members were introduced.
Four new teachers that were
added to the school faculty are
Bobby Ray, basketball and junior
high football coach; William L.
Wildey, firth through fifth grade
music; John Lambert will teach
in high school; and Mrs. John
Fall, Spanish and English.
Important dates in this year’s
school calendar include these:
Nov. 22-23—Thanksgiving holi-
days.
Dec. 21-Jan. 2—Christmas holi-
days.
April 12-15—Easter holidays.
May 23-24—Final exams.
May 26—Baccalaureate.
May 31—Commencement.
Courthouse Gets
State Medallion
The first Historical Building
Medallion for Archer County
has been awarded for the Arch-
er County courthouse in Arch-
er City, Tom Medders of Wich-
ita Falls, member of the Texas
State Historical Survey Com-
mittee announced.
Twenty-Six New
Knights Initiated
A seven-year-old boy, Ronnie
Willett, received emergency treat-
ment this week after being shot increaseti their membership
,h. shoulder with JPJW
Windthorst Knights of Colum-
by another boy. A
partment spokesman said Ronnie
was not seriously injured, but
said his wound could easily have
been more severe.
Parents of children were urged
to take more caution in allowing
their children to play with such
weapons.
candidates Sun-
day. The day’s activities began
with the Knight’s attending High j
Mass and receiving Holy Com-
munion at St. Mary’s Catholic j
Church.
After mass, breakfast was ser-j
ved at the K of C Hall.
Initiation arrangements were |
made by Grand Knight Henry
Roewe and District Deputy Ben
Schroeder with the assistance of,
all the officers and Knights. The
confering officers were Charles
Kaler, state secretary, and Herb
Manning, state advocate,
in a scrimmage Knights were present from
afternoon with Electra, Fort Worth, Rhineland,
Seymour, Scotland, Wichita Falls
and Windthorst.
Dutch lunch was served to
Cancer Society
Board Hears Talk
Lynn Crawford, state staff mem
ber of the American Cancer Soc-
iety, spoke Monday night at a
meeting of the Archer County
Unit.
Board members met in the
Lions Club building at 7:30 p.m.
with R. A. Killian, county presi-
dent, presiding.
Crawford explained the import;
ance of county organization and
explained the functions of the
various officers.
Present were Killian, Carolyn
Kreiter, Tommy Jones, Monte
Moore, and Mmes. H. C. Lyles,
W. R. Kreiter, Fied Reeves, Lu-
cille Mosely, Joel Robertson and
Cecil Holmes.
Coach Grady Graves is still
putting the Wildcats through
two-a-day drills in preparation
for the season opener with
Jacksboro next Friday night at
Jacksboro. The ’Cats took on
Throckmorton
game Monday
both teams pushing across two
TDs. From comments received on
the scrimmage the 'Cats are cap-
able of giving the state’s top- m0re than 200 Knights and their
rated Tigers a rough time.
wives.
Two Precincts
Are Abolished
Two voting precincts were abol-
ished by Archer County com-
missioners when they met Mon-
day.
Geraldine and West Fork will
no longer have voting precincts.
Geraldine voters will go to the
polls at Mankins in the future
and West Fork voters will come
to Archer City.
The county still has 15 voting
boxes.
Three Are Named
To Hospital Board
Th m.rthniKP i« marfA nf Three more new members of Judge Holder said he had been] He asked if she was going to
c “ Jv the Archer County Hospital board instructed by the Commissioners get that position back, and was
SS2TSUSSJSutirtof direetors were appointed th,s Court to do what he believed told that would 56 up t0 the new
th f _nH week by county commissioners, best for the hospital and he was board,
was me center oi Dusmess ana The appointrnents fiiled the six convinced that the move was nec Joe Schroeder complained of
culture in the community. member board essary. too much “gossip” and indicated
Texas Historical Building New members named this week The Megargel board member that he believed news stories con-
Medallions are awarded for are Don sman, who will serve out explained Mrs. Smitson, who had cerning the hospital carried in
structures deemed worthy of the unexpired term of J. D. Pow- been the hospital’s bookkeeper. The Archer County News were in
preservation by the State of eij untn April 1, 1963; Carter was hired on a three month trial bad taste and not constructive.
Texas because of historical, McGregor, who will serve out the basis with the understanding that Commissioners, in naming the
architectural or cultural sig- unexpired term of H. S. Pank if either she or the board was new board, urged the group to
nificance. hurst of Holliday; and Coe Ellis, unhappy at the end of that per organize as soon as possible and
Over 220 medallions have who takes Graham B. Purcell’s iod that she could have her old get to work on the problem of
been awarded structures over place on the board. job back. hiring a new' administrator,
the state. Those receiving the Commissioners last week nam-
award have been the John ed Melvin Neely to replace Dr.
Nance Garner Home in Uvalde, Richard Schlomach on the board i(Jlir Heritage’ Is L)olj)hl(in Clllb
the Alamo, Sam Houston Home, and William Schlabs of Scotland ^ *
Sam Rayburn Home, and the to replace Joe Schroeder of Wind- i 'ri £ \T r't 1. \S
Republic of the Rio Grande thorst. That leaves Robert Harmel StllCiy 1 iieilie TOr .\CIV (All 0 tear
Building in Laredo. of Megargel as the only hold-
The Medallions are of cast over member. I “Our Heritage," supported by The local officers include
aluminum with Swedish steel Commissioners Monday met the Scripture, “ . . . yea, I have Mmes. J. W. Sturgeon, president;
effect. Red, white and blue with board members to discuss a goodly heritage,” Ps. 16:6. will H. D. Bryant, vice-president;
stars and the words “State His- the situation, but little was ac- be the course of study for the Cecil W. Fletcher, critic; Joe
torical Survey Committee’’ en- complished. Both J. D. Powell Delphian Club for the 1962-63 Stults. reporter; and J P. Horany,
and Graham Purcell denied they club year. historian.
resigned the board. They told The club will observe National Federation Department chair-
commissioners County Judge Bill Art Week in November with a men are Mmes. R. L. Hancock,
Holder came to them and told program on art with Mrs. R. O. conservation; R O. Andrews,
them the Commissioners Court Andrews as leader. Public School council of : iternational clubs;
had decided it would be best to wyi be noted in March as Bill Holder, education; Don Ikard,
have a new board of directors. members are urged to cooperate fine arts; R. D. Schlomach, home
Purcell complained that the with the local school in its ob- life; B. D Ikard, international
Court had listened to complaints servance. affairs; John Bell, public affairs;
circle a raised map of Texas.
Jesse Brewer
Escapes Injury
In Electra Fire
of hospital employees and a “dis-
gruntled doctor,” but didn’t give
hospital board members an op-
Special observances
be concluded with a musical
. . .. guest day to recognize national
portunity to appear before them. musjc wea|jc j„ May. Visiting ate the beginning of the club year
He Jever com' artists for the guest day will in- with a coffee at 9:30 a.m. in the
elude Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Key home of Mrs Howard Bryant,
Jesse Brewer, pioneer resident
of Archer City, was taken to the
Taylor Nursing Home, Inc., 1501
FM Road 369, in Wichita Falls
Saturday after an overnight stay
with a daughter, Mrs. Seigel Du-
•« -■JS - ■—M
happily greets friends who visit ed. MctasKUi ot uanas.
will and Graham Purcell, Texas herit-
age.
The Delphian Club will initi-
plained to the Board.’
Harmel asked why Mrs.
Doro-
of Olney at the organ and piano, with the incoming officers. Mmes.
thy Smitson was relieved of her and voca[ soloists Mmes. Joe Eus- Sturgeon. Fletcher and Bryant
him.
Jesse, seems to have a bit of the
cat-with-nine-lives luck, accord-
ing to Mrs. Dugan. Last March
3, Jesse was hit and critically in-
jured by an auto as he was mak-
ing his early morning trek to
town from his daughter’s house.
Following hospitalization and
treatment here for those injuries,
he was taken by Archer City am
Mrs. Pearston
Buried Monday
Club projects will center on
the task of completing the pro-
motion of re painting street signs
and numbering houses, but will
include sponsoring a float in next
summer’s rodeo parade, a Sam-
pler Tea and other causes.
Special programs will include
a Federation program Oct. 9 with
Dove Season
Ooens Saturday
Mourning dove season opens in
the North Zone in Texas Satur-
day and in Archer County doves
Mrs. Virgie L. Pearston, a resi- Mrs. Grover C\ Johnson of W ich-
dent of Archer City for 47 years, ita Falls. TFWC Santa Rosa Dis-
bulance March 30 to Hillcrest passed away Sunday morning in trict president, as guest speaker;
Haven Nursing Home in Electra the Archer County hospital. an Americanism Day program are exiremeiy spouea.
for residency. En route back to Funeral services were held Oct. 16, which will be a bool. James Dowell, conservation ot-
Archer City, the ambulance was Monday at 3 p.m at the First review, “Backstairs at the White ficer with the Game and Fish
totally demolished in a wreck. Racist rhurrh with Rev James House.” by Lilli Rogers Parks, Commission, reported the spotted
Brewer was still a resident of McGinlay. pastor officiating. Ray given by Mrs. Virgil Seay; a condition in Archer County He
Hillcrest Haven when a flaming Maxwell assisted in the services. Christmas program Dec. 18 host- said some hunters would have
butane truck crashed into the interment was in the Archer City ed by Mrs. J. P. Horany; and a good luck and others probably
home Friday morning, causing a cemetery Texas Day program March 5 with woldn t find any birds at all.
near holocast that claimed the Mrs Pearston was bom Dec Mrs. Bill Holder as leader Shooting hours will be from 12
lives of four patients. Jesse, other 22 1894 in Arnold, Tex. Two members of the local club noon to sunset. Shotguns must be
than being somewhat ‘’shook,” survivors include one daughter, are members of the Santa Rosa plugged permanently to three-
was uninjured. Mrs J Thomas Hulse of Archer District Board. Both women arc shell capacity and may not be
Making his residency at the city. tj,ree brothers, W. W. Seig working in the public affairs de- larger than 10 gauge
Taylor home more pleasant is the jer ’Qf celeste, Tex., Jim A. Seig- partment, with Mrs. J. W. Stur- The daily bag limit this year
fact that another daughter, Mrs. | jer 0f Archer City and Alvis Seig- geon being chairman of the Sta- is 12 and the possession limit is
Hoot Glenn, is a nurse there and jer 0f Ronawa, Okla.; two sisters, tus of Women Division and Mrs. 24. Dove season ends Oct. 30
sees him every day. _
Oral Sabine Polio Can
BeTaken By Everyone
Adults of any age group can
safely take the oral Sabine polio
vaccine which will be available
here Sept 16, Dr. Richard Schlo-
mach, couniy health officer, ex-
plained today.
Dr. Schlomach pointed out that
the vaccine does not have any bad 1
effects, even on persons suffer-
ing from other diseases. Even dia-
betics can safely take the vac-
cine he said, but if they prefer
they may take it in a water solu-
tion instead of on sugar cubes.
The Archer County clinic will,
be held at the high school gym-
nasium from noon to 5 p.m. Sun-
day, Sept. 16.
Dr. Schlomach explained that
the local mass program needs to
pay for itself since the vaccine
must be purchased. He explained I
that the vaccine will be available i
to all, regardless of ability to pay,
but urged all who can to con-
tribute 25e or more.
“While there has been a dram-
atic decline in the number of
paralytic polio,” Dr. Schlomach
said, “the disease is not yet de-
feated. In the United States, there
were more than 1500 cases of
polio in 1961. More than 800 of
these suffered either death or
some sort of paralysis from the
disease.
“The Sabin vaccine may be the
final answer to the fight against
this dreaded disease. The vac-
cine is easy to administer _no
injection; it provides rapid action
breaks the chain of transmission
— in about a week, and it helps
by stimulating intestinal resis-
tance to future infection.
“Recent licensing of the Type
III vaccine,” he added, “means
that the possibility of wiping out
polio as a threat to our children
or to their parents is closer than
ever before. We have the tools.
Now it’s up to the community
to use them.”
Polio is caused by any one of
the three types of virus. The
government last year licensed an
oral vaccine against Types I and
Q and recently granted a license
for distribution of oral vaccine
against Type HI. All three of the
oral vaccines were developed by
Dr. Albert B. Sabin of the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati School of Medi-
cine.
Citizens Believe
In Paying Taxes
Archer County citizens be-
lieve in paying their taxes.
Courthouse records show
that ad valorem tax payments
in the county have averaged
better than 97 percent in the
past few years. In both 1957
and 1956 payments averaged
97.4 percent, in 1959 they
were 97.3 percent, in 1960
they were 97.2 and in 1961
96A.
Only one bad thing. Tha
payment trend is going down.
I Hospital Report j
Patients Admitted
Janet Stubbs, Bobbie Meyer,
Nelda Murray, Louis Posey, Iris
Gillam, Lucille Wilson, Michael
Ray and George Gaulden, all of
Archer City; G. R. Tatum of Iowa
Park; Darrell Schenk of Scotland
and Clara Breeze of Windthorst.
Holdover Patients
Thomas Schenk of Scotland,
Lula Williams of Windthorst and
Money Wilson and Rachel Boul-
cher of Archer City.
Patients Dismissed
Janet Stubbs and baby, Bobbie
Meyer and baby and Louis Posey.!
all of Archer City; and Clara j
Breeze and baby of Windthorst.
Mrs. Lucy Haigood of Henrietta, Don Ikard being chairman of Law Dowell had some good news for
and Mrs G. W. Thomas of Mid- Observance and Crime Preven- hunters, too He reported a good
west City Okla.; two grandchil- tion—Juvenile Deiiquency Divi- crop of quail in the county.
' dren, Jasper Hulse and Tommy sion. -
Hulse, both of Archer City; and Officers and Federation De-
one uncle, Lemuel Price of Ark- partment chairmen will partici-j Thursday and Friday guests in
edelphia. Ark. P«te in a district workshop in the Kenneth Triplett home were
Palbearers were W. D. Pace, Crowell Oct. 23. where methods his nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Monte Moore, G. M. Strawn, J. M. will be taught and members will Tell and family of Gulf Port,
Darr, L. D Bailey and Herman be made aware of changes made Miss. Teel was a resident of Arch-
Lewis by the new administration. er City for a few months in 1958.
County Budget Reflects Lower
Spending; Tax Rate Unchanged
Archer County Commissioners
Monday approved a budget for
the coming year of $487,171.05.
The budget is $17,162.14 lower
than this year’s estimated expen-
ditures and $19,574.48 below ac-
tual expenditures during 1961.
The budget is based on esti-
mated county valuations of $18
million, which is a decrease in
county valuations of £600.000
from the preceding year. The tax
levy will remain unchanged at
$1.25 per $100 of assessed valua-
tion.
A breakdown of the tax
rates
looks like this:
Jury Fund
02
Road and Bridge
.18
Road and Bridge
(Special) —__________
.15
General ..............
.44
Permanent Improv. .. _.
.00
Fire Truck Maint.........
.00
Special Ad Valorem_____
.30
Hospital Bond Sinking ...
.16
Despite the fact that this is the
lowest budget approved by the
county in several years, county
income will still not meet total
expenditures, the budget indi-
cates. Lower county valuations
can be blamed for that. Total in-
come for the year is estimated at
$461,49056, or $25,670.49 less
than expenditures of $487,171.05.
Of all county receipts, the larg-
| est amount is expected to come
from ad valorem taxes. Collec-
tions are estimated at $218250,
based on 97 percent collection of
the roll. An additional $6,650 is
expected to be collected in de-
linquent taxes. Other receipts are
listed at $236,590.56. This in-
cludes such things as trial fees,
fines, rent of equipment, lateral
road funds, etc. Auto registra-
tions, which are estimated to
bring in about $82,000, rank
highest in revenue builders in
! this field.
Expenditures include: Jury
fund, $6,500; road and bridge
funds. $258,190.06; general fund,
$77,959; permanent improvement
fund, $5,550; officers salary fund,
$26,429.99: interest and sinking
fund, $26,000; and special ad-
valorem and library, $56,542.
All county funds will begin the
year in the black and still have
balances at the end of the year,
the budget reveals. The jury fund
will begin the year with a bal-
ance of $6,796 and end with a
balance of $4,136. The road and
bridge fund’s beginning and end-
ing balances will be $99,567 and
$73,376. The general fund will in-
crease its balance from $22,384 to
333.455 and the interest and sink-
ing funds will increase from $10,-
617 to $15,337
Balance in the permanent im-
provement fund will drop from
$8 065 to $2 515. The officers sal-
arv fund will dip from $6,105 to
$1465 and the special ad valorem
and library fund will drop from
$3,937 to $1,507.
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Moore, Virgil E. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1962, newspaper, August 30, 1962; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709078/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.