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VOLUME 48
The Archer County News
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ARCHER CITY, TEXAS SHORT GRASS RANCHING CAPITAL OF THE ITOil
SINGLE COPY 10c
Thursday, September 6, 1962
Number 36
THE WILDCATS—Here are the Archer City
Wildcats, who will iahe on strong Jjcksboro
Friday night in Jacksboro. On the front row,
ieff to right, are Danny Mali, manager. Danny
Fryor, Lannie Yeager, Roddy Oliver, Barney
Oliver, Donny Linscott, James Walsh, Mike
Stewart, Garland Burks, Ronnie Neison, Gary
Tepfer, Mickey Horany and Bobby Stone,
manager. Sack row, I. to r., are Coach Bobby
Ray, Jimmy ..’oone, Butch Hannah, James Pol-
lock, Billy Pitts, John Rutherford, Ray Bussey,
Ba.'ty Morrison, Matt Strange, Robert Tepfer,
Cci h Grady Graves and Ccach Bobby Rex-
rode. Not pictured are A. J. Morris, David
Wright, Jerry Alien and Donald Dorris.
Wildcats Test Jacksboro
In Tough Grid Opener
Tigers Are Rated
Second In State
Moore | firemen Host
District Meet
The Wildcats from Archer . Stewart and Morrison and twin
City will face a man-sized task: safety men are R. Oliver and
Friday night when they open the j Linscott.
1962 gridiron season
about
Archer Coim hj
by Virgil E. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brewer
recently enjoyed a five day visit
of their grandchildren from Bick-
nell, Ind., and had the oppor-
Firemen from throughout this] at the fire hall
area will convene in Archer City
by tackling
the highly rated Jacksboro Tigers
in their home lair.
Coach Grady Graves hopes his
Wildcats can put up a better
! performance against the Tigers
than they did last season when
i Jacksboro rolled to a 49-0 vic-
i tory, but the locals not only face
a school in a higher classifica-
tion, they face the team rated
I as second best in Class AA.
Jacksboro, loser of only one
game last season, is blessed with
and continue many returning starters. Things
Jacksboro still has such horses
as David Wheelis, who scored
two touchdowns, kicked a field
goal and made three extra points
against Archer City a year ago.
A large crowd is expected to
follow the Wildcats to Jacksboro
for the game. ,
District Forecast
tunity to show the youngsters Sunday for the semi-annual
some “real” Texas happenings, meeting of the West Texas Fire-
Doris Jean Brewer. 17, wasn't mens and Fire Marshals Associa-
too sold on the tall Texas tales, tion. .. ,
but her nine year-old brother. Registration tfor the one-day lead the invocation and Mayor
through 1 p m. The meeting will shape up fairly bad on paper for
officially begin at 1 p.ra. in the ■
district courtroom.
Rev. James McGinlay, pastor
1 of the First Baptist Church, will
Walter, immediately demanded program
to see a real cowboy after his -
arrival.
Waiter wanted to have his pic- j
ture taken with a cowboy so he
could show the folks back in
Indiana. Finally the Brewers
talked George Gaulden into pos- j
ing with the lad, after first suit-
ing Walter out in boots, spurs
and other western garb. Funeral
And that’s why they
calling George “Tex.”
will begin at 11 a.m. j L. D. Bailey will make the wel-
---j coming address. Response will be
j given by Foster Riehma- Oiney
* fire chief. ^
Featured speaker will be Bill
| Beck, fire chief of Sheppard Air
! Force Base.
New officers will be elected
j following Beck’s talk and a busi-
; ness session will follow.
Pumper races and water polo
Money Wilson
Dies Monday
services were held, - .
are now Wednesday at the First Metho- events wlU be6,n at 4 P m- and
, dist Church in Archer City for lhe Pubbc has been lnvited to
Miss Money Wilson. 75. who died a**e.nd these events. The public
at 7 p m. Mondav in Archer 15 also *nv‘ted *° attend the fire‘
WindtliorstStudents “V=
Miss Wilson was born in An-!^'^® ^or *be PubBc*
rio, t Ctn<i< flffiror< te^ope and came to Archer City
Alt'Ll I.IUNN A/1 I l Ctrl A wjth her father (he ,ate gan
Beginning this week and con )
the locals ' ' | tinuing through the football sea- I
Kickoff time is 8 p.m. SOn Jhe. News LwiU atte“»Pt to
The Wildcats didn’t let a lit- mat?h wlts w,th the bouncing
tie rain hamper them this week. Plgsk,n and make Predictions on
Coach Graves and Coaches Bob-jistrict 11-A.
by Rexrode and Bobby Ray sent! After dusting the ’ole crystal
their chargers through the usual j ball off we still find the picture
drills. a little hazy, but here goes!
Following Wednesday after- Crowell opens the season at
noon practice, Coach Graves an- Iowa Park but it will be a sad ,
nounced the following probable night for the Wildcats, too much John Ur&in i resident
starting offensive line-up: beef up front in the Iowa Park
Barry Morrison, 155, quarter- line Iowa Park over Crowell by Of Archer Hi Band
back; Donny Linscott, 140, left three touchdowns. | .
half; Mike Stewart, right half; Munday opens at Rochester, Jobn Crain has been elected
Gary Tepfer, 165, fullback; Rod- and should find it easy going, president of the Archer City
dy Oliver, 155, left end; Billy The Moguls will go on the field High School band.
Pitts, 163. left tackle; Robert with 15 returning lettermen andj New officers of the band were
Tepfer, 171, left guard; James should win by two TDs.
gut
TRI-CAPTAINS—Wildcat captains give readers a close-up view
of what they can look for Friday night in Jacksboro. From
left to right are Barney Oliver, Donny Linscott and James
Walsh. These are the boys who the coaching staff is depend-
ing on to provide leadership this season.
Enrollment Here
Shows Increase
Walsh
McGregor Heads
Hospital Board
The dass officers have been ,E°Mr,!" Ann'9 AbS'crom'’
sm 2tjsz'zs.'zs
For the freshmen they are. Methodist Church here. She ser-
Theresa Hajosky, president; Judy ved 0n the Board of Stewards
Lynn Wolf, vice president; Dianne and other offices
Hoffman, secretary; Darlene Mjss Wilson was a charter 0fflcers were elected by the
Meurer, treasurer; Leonard member of the Eastern star and ?PPon,‘ed Archer County
------— •--*-----J Hospital board Friday when they
held their first meeting.
Carter McGregor is president,
Don Small is vice president and
Coe Ellis is secretary.
Mrs. Dorothy Smitson met with
the board and officially resigned
as hospital administrator and
bookkeeper.
The board also accepted several
applications for the position of
administrator.
Schenk Jr., recreation leader; and a member of the Ever Readv
Janice Green student council rep- Sunday Schoo, Class ^ class
resentative. The room mother is bad adopted a young girl at the
Mrs. Ray Hoffman. Methodist Home in Waco and
The sophomore class officers the family requested memorials
are: Larry Berend, president; | be made to the Home.
Grady Schenk, vice-president; The longtime Archer City resi-
Lester Anderle, treasurer; Mary j dent was well traveled, having
Sue Brenneis, secretary; and Ar- been to most parts of the Uni-
lene Peysen, student council rep- ted States and Europe,
resentative. The sophomore room Services were held at 10 a.m.
mother is Mrs. A. R. Lindeman.
The juniors have selected Vir-
ginia Poirot, president; Royce
Humpert, vice president; Shirley
Horn, secretary; and Tommy
Hajovsky, treasurer. The room
mother is Mrs. J. P. Schrieber.
The senior officers are: Ray
Berend, president; Louis Teich-
man, vice president, Esther Wolf,
secretary; and Dale Wolf, treas-
urer. liie seniors chose Mrs.
Frank Vieth as room mother.
Holliday Tests
Throckmorton
Holliday journeys to Throck-
morton Friday to open the 1962
football season. The Eagles will
be slight favorites, but Throck-
morton, a Class B power, is giv
en an outside chance of pulling
an upset victory.
Holliday, rated as the favo-
rite in District 11-A and with
16 returning lettermen, includ-
ing seven seniors, has a wealth
of experience.
Stalwarts for the Eagles in-
clude Jimmy Pautsky, Leon Tice,
Charles Calligan. Ralph damp-
bell and Larry Finnell.
PICNIC PLANNED
The Bowman community organ-
ization are planning a basket pic-
nic at Week’s Park in Wichita
Falls, Tuesday. Sept. 11 from 5
to 7 p.m.
with the Rev. Kirk Beard, pastor,
and Rev. Lindley Vowell, former
pastor, officiating. Following the
services her body was sent to
Baylor University Medical Re-
search Center in Houston. Her
last wish was to donate her body
to research in an effort to find
a cure to the disease which
claimed her life.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Anna Abercrombie of Arch-
er City and Mrs. Clemmie Wells,
Quanah; three nieces, Mrs. Peg-
gy O’Toole of Atwater, Calif.,
Mrs. W. C. Young of Archer City
and Mrs. Lucille Mitchell of
Archer City; and four nephews,
E. W. Maxwell of Deer Park,
Ferrell Abercrombie of Dublin,1
George Abercrombie of Archer
City and Melvin Wells, Quanah.
Pallbearers were L. K. Hyer.
R. F. Burnett, J. M. Harris, Gra-
ham Purcell, Don Ikard. Roy
Heard and Duren Bell, all of
Archer City, and Wayne King
of Wichita Falls.
LOOK WHO’S
NEW
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lee York
are the parents of a son, David
Allen, born Friday, Aug. 24 in a
Wichita Falls hospital. David Al-
len* weighed seven ponds, 141
ounces at birth.
Paternal grandparents are Mr
and Mrs. Allen York of Archer
City and the maternal grand
mother is Mrs. Johnnie Taylor of
Los Angeles, Calif.
162,
168, center; A. J. Morris, Henrietta kicks off at New-
guard; John Ruther- castle and the sphere shows the
right
ford, 160, right tackle; and Bar- Bearcats winning by two TDs. Band Direetor Larry Colvin urg
ney Oliver, 165, right end.
The defensive line will be
made up of Ronnie Nelson, R.
Tepfer, Pitts, Rutherford and B.
Oliver. Linebackers are Morris
and G. Tepfer. Halfbacks are
Junior High School
Elect Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders have been elec-
ted by Junior High students for
the new school year. Each class
elected two girls.
Melba Burks and Vicki Perdue
are eighth grade cheerleaders;
Pat Holder and Carol Parsley,
seventh grade leaders and Bar-
bara Wylie and Belinda Hudson,
sixth grade.
The District favorites, Holli-■ ed the officers to “ ... do your
day, open at Throckmorton. The best and live up to your titles.”
STarap Out Polio Sunday
MASS POLIO IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
Archer City High School Gym — 11:30 a.m. — S p.m.
TYPE I VACCINE — SEPT. 16-23
TYPE III VACCINE — OCT. 21-28
TYPE II VACCINE — DEC. 2-9
List on this form (PLEASE PRINT) the names of ALL
persons in your household who will be immunized AT THE
SAME TIME.
Date
Household Address
City _
County
LAST NAME
PLEASE PRINT
FIRST NAME
INITIAL
AGE
I hereby state that I am the head of the household of the
persons listed above and I hereby request that Sabin oral
polio vaccine be administered to said above listed minors;
Signature _
Head of Household
Eagles will win in a close con-
test.
Chillicothe Eagles open on
their home field but will need
more than this to stay in pace
with Knox City. Chillicothe los-
ing by two TDs.
This leaves the hardest one
for last . . . the Wildcats step
out of their class this week when
they meet state-ranked Jacks-
boro. The ’Cats will meet defeat
in their first outing but will
raise the eyebrows of the
coaches in the District circuit.
School enrollment in Archer
City schools is higher this year
elected by band members Tues- tban *t was in 1961, Supt. A. C.
day for the 1962-63 school year, j Wallace announced this week.
Wallace reported enrollment
in both schools totaled 554 open-
ing day, compared with 535 at
the same time a year ago.
Four hundred and ten of the
Other officers are Ronnie
Wright, vice-president; Tina Hor-
any, secretary treasurer; Trecie students are in grades one
Trigg, librarian and Judy Crow through eight and 144 are in the
ley, reporter. top four grades.
Vet Opens Office
For Practice Here
Archie P. Andrews, doctor of
veterinary medicine, will open
his office in Archer City and be- 7.^""
gin practice here Sept. 10.
Andrews, son of Mrs. R. O.
Andrews Sr. of Archer City, grew
up on the Andrews ranch in
southern Archer County. He
1 graduated from Texas A&M Col-
lege in 1949 with a degree In
animal husbandry,
Noted Speaker Leads
Re vival Ser vices Here
On popular request the First Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn.
Baptist Church has secured the and Dr. Perry F. Webb, former
services of Rev. Homer Martinez pastor of the First Baptist Church
in a return engagement to con- in San Antonio, *have had Homer
duct revival services beginning Martinez in their churches and
Sunday, Sept. 9 and continuing commended him highly in the
through Sunday, Sept. 16. (field of evangelism.
Services will be held daily at Rev. Martinez was converted at
30 p.m. j the age of 5 in a Baptist mission
Homer Martinez at 32 years ol *n San Antonio. Twenty-five yean
age is a seasoned soldier in his Iater he preached in the same
field. He preached his fint ser- city in the First Baptist Church
mon as a boy of eleven in San to a combined live and television
Antonio. He started evangelistic J audience of 100,000 people,
travels at the age of 15, and in He is a graduate of a Louis-
the past 16 years has conducted ville. Kentucky high school and
He engaged in ranching until ,r"oreu lhan «» rfv‘val campaigns.
his induction in the Air Force
He has traveled from ocean to
Dr. Robert G. Lee, former pres-
ident of the Southern Baptist Con-
vention and pastor of Bellevue
degree in June 1961.
He was associated with Dr.
j Charles E. Deyhle in Clarendon
I until August when he moved
here.
He is a member of the Texas
Veterinary Medical Association
and the American Veterinary
Medical Association.
Andrews married the former
Louise Stowe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Stowe of Oiney.
Mrs. Andrews is a graduate med-;
ical technologist, obtaining her1
degree from Texas Women’s Uni-
versity. She did post graduate i
work in the department of path-
ology of Charity Hospital in New
Orleans and worked one year at
Wadley Blood Center in Dallas.
The Andrews have a 21-month
o>d son. Will Clark. They at
tend the Methodist Church.
The jurier high and “B”
*o:m ball games that were sched-
uled for aSturday night have been
called off. The games will be re-
scheduled at a later date.
HOMER MARTINEZ
Evangel let
from a college at Georgetown,
Ky. He also has received theo-
logical training at Southwestern
Seminary in Fort Worth.
During his college days, he
became the runner up two years
in a row in the Chicago Golden
Gloves Championship Boxing
Tournament. He was twice Ken-
tucky State champion.
Three of his most famous ser-
mons have been published by a
Florida press and made avail-
able during his meetings.
Homer Martinez is the father
of four children and the husband
of a wife who is very active in
the church nursery auu teaches
study courses.
Leading the singing during the
revival will be Oloin Massey,
Grapevine. Massey attended Bay-
lor University and was a member
of the Religious Hour Choir. Alao
attended North Texas State Uni-
versity and was a soloist for the
choir.
He has traveled with many out-
standing evangelists of the South-
ern Baotist Convention and has
hold over 20 meeting* with Angel
Martinez, brother of of Homer.
Rev James McGinlay, pastor,
cordial invites everyone to attend
outstanding men of God.
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Moore, Virgil E. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1962, newspaper, September 6, 1962; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709397/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.