The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1972 Page: 4 of 9
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Area Holstein Cow Credited
With 100,000-Lbs. Output
Holstein-Friesian Associa-
tion of America has reported
a production milestone for a
Registered Holstein cow from
this area. The career producer
has been credited with over
46,500 quarts of milk produced
under official testing super-
vision.
Owner, Wilfred A. Hoff,
Windthorst, has been notified
that Altex Captain Tess 5446995
(VG) has produced 106,770 lbs.
of milk and 3,527 lbs. ofbutter-
fat in 2,869 days since becoming
two years of age.
Cows that stay in the herd
Miss Power Hosts
Delphian Members
The Delphian Club met April
18 in the home of Miss Ruby
Power with Mrs. Joe Shelton
serving as co-hostess.
Mrs. B. D. Ikard, president,
presided over the business ses-
sion. Mrs. E. W. McLaughlin,
program leader for the day, in-
troduced Mrs. John Linscott
who told of her trip to the Hill
Country. She pointed out many
beauties which Texas has to of-
fer tourists.
The meeting was dismissed
with members repeating the
club motto.
Those present included
Mmes. Gene Crutcher, C. F.
Fletcher, D. W. Gholson, R. L.
Hancock, J. T. Hulse, Bob Rat-
cliff, Bill Holder, R. D. Schlo-
mach, G. B. Purcell, Ikard,
Linscott, McLaughlin and the
hostesses, Miss Power and
Mrs. Shelton.
Personal
Mrs. John Gaumer and daugh-
ter, Julie, of Greenville, 111.,
are visiting with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peden and
Danny. They arrived April 14
and will return to their home
April 29. Mrs. Gaumer is the
former Charolette Peden.
longer and achieve high lifetime
production levels have proven to
be more profitable to dairymen.
Production performance of this
magnitude can be attributed to
good feeding and management
practices coupled with the bred-
in genetic ability of Registered
Holsteins.
High School
Honor Roll
Is Released
J. B. Adams, high school
principal, this week released
the names of high school stu-
dents making the honor roll.
They include:
A HONOR ROLL
Seniors - Patty Alexander and
Cindy Martin.
Sophomore - Leah Loftin.
Freshmen - Craig Loftin and
Cecelia Owen.
All A’s with only one B
Seniors - Nancy Gage and
Donna Hammontree.
Juniors - Carol Jentsch and
Randy Skinner.
Sophomore - Diane Abshier.
Freshman - Mark Adams.
B HONOR ROLL
Seniors - David Fall, Charles
Gaines, Diane Geis, Rhonda
Hoggins, Karen Luig, Lonnie
Maag, Carolyn Phillips and
Sherry Schaefer.
Juniors - Carol Hopkins, De-
Lane McGriff, Kandy McWhor-
ter, Kathleen Schlabs and Jo-
Ann Sheppard.
Sophomores - Lea Hornady
and Vicki MaxwelL
Freshmen - James Ash,
Sharon Garlington, Pam Martin
and Carol Stewart.
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"Fresh Air in Austin”
* Positive - Active Representative
VOTE FOR
ROBERT EDWARDS
FOR
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
53rd District
Qualified And Educated
For The Job
Atty. Gen. Crawford C. Mar-
tin jarred legislators with an
opinion that they are prohibited
from hiring not only their own
relatives but those of other law-
makers.
The opinion, requested by new
House Speaker Rayford Price,
thus declared illegal a long-
standing practice which, only
within the last few weeks, has
attracted widespread critical
attention.
Meanwhile, State Sen. David
Ratcliff of Stamford, whose
family hiring practices and son-
and-daughter job swapping with
another legislator triggered a
threatened investigation, said
he may resign.
More than 40 legislators
freely admit relatives were on
the state payroll during the last
five years. Many of the cases
involved nothing more than leg-
islators’ children working as
pages, but combined salaries of
the improperly-hired totalled
more than $120,000 since 1967.
Martin said an article of the
penal code forbids a member of
one house of the legislature
from hiring a relative of a mem-
ber of either house when the
employee is paid from public
funds.
With one state representative
indicted for allegedly using
state postage stamps to buy a
pickup truck and another known
to have leased furniture for his
state office from his own firm,
the House administration com-
mittee also proposed new limi-
tations on lawmakers’ expense
accounts.
No New Taxes
Gov. Preston Smith, in a
statewide campaign speech via
television, threatened to veto
any tax bill passed by the leg-
islature in special session this
summer.
“I will present a budget that
will require no new taxes, and
I will use every available au-
thority of the governor’s office
to insure that such a budget
is enacted by the Legislature,”
said Smith.
Smith claimed he is the only
candidate for governor who
‘‘can and will insure that taxes
will not be higher in 1973.”
Revenue-Sharing
Aids Counties
A federal re'^nue-sharing
bill approved by the U. S. House
Ways and Means Committee
last week would provide $202
million a year to Texas cities
and counties.
Allocation of the funds would
be retroactive to Jan. 1, 1972,
if the bill becomes law.
Enthusiasm of some city of-
ficials for the revenue-sharing
plan was dampened by an ap-
parent proviso that states par-
ticipating would have to adopt
state income taxes or receive
a lesser amount than those
which do levy taxes on income.
Drought Worse
A Texas climatologist re-
ported spring drought condi-
tions are getting worse over
most of Texas.
Agriculture Commissioner
John White said the drought
already has cost agricultural
producers hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars.
There was little rain any-
where except in North Central
Texas.
Climatologist Robert Orton
said there is a moderate drought
in the High Plains, North Cen-
tral Texas, East Texas, Trans-
Pecos, and the Edwards Pla-
teau.
Oil Allowable
Stays Up
The Texas oil production al-
lowable for May will stay at
100 per cent due to increasing
demands.
A Railroad Commission or-
der last week retained the April
maximum after major buyers of
crude asked for an increase in
output of 83,312 barrels a day
or a total for next month of
more than 3.6 million barrels.
Ten of the 16 big buyers re-
quested the same amount as
April. Five asked an increase
and only one said less oil is
needed.
The April 100 per cent figure
was the first wide-open allow-
able since 1948.
Careful study will be con-
tinued to prevent waste, Com-
mission Chairman Byron Tun-
nell said.
Tax Deadline
April 30 is a new tax deadline
for about 72,000 Texas employ-
ers.
Wage reports must be filed by
then with Texas Employment
Commission for purposes of un-
employment taxes during the
first quarter of 1972.
Employers have been notified
by mail and sent forms and in-
structions.
Reports must include wages
paid and names of employees,
along with taxes due. Employ-
ers brought under coverage
of the Texas Unemployment
Compensation Act are mainly
those who have one to four
employees. New employees re-
ceive a tax rate of one per
cent, which may scale down-
ward after two years depend-
ing on unemployment ex-
perience. Some non-profit,
charitable and educational or-
ganizations are subject only if
they have four or more workers.
'Salute To Agriculture’
To Honor Cong. Bob Price
iupport the
Society's
Archer County News—Thursday, April 27, 1972
NOTES,COMMENTS
Character is never estab-
lished in a single year.
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AG Opinions
A prohibition against a per-
son who holds any state or local
office of profit or trust from
serving as chairman or a mem-
ber of any political party exe-
cutive committee is unconsti-
tutional, Attorney General Mar-
tin held.
In other recent opinion,
Martin concluded:
County party executive com-
mittee or primary committee
members are not entitled
to compensation for expenses
of attending their official meet-
ing.
A justice of the peace may
order removal of a finger from a
dead body for identification pur-
poses, but only the county health
officer or a duly-licensed and
practicing physician trained in
pathology can do the amputation.
Mesquite Brush
Serves Purpose
The troublesome mesquite
trees that dot Texas rangeland
have at least one point in their
favor; they provide the most
palatable forage for livestock.
Many ranchers have noticed
through the years that cattle
often prefer the grass that
grows under herbicide-treated
mesquite to the grass in open
areas. John Brock, brush re-
searcher for Texas A&M Uni-
versity, has come up with some
interesting results of tests.
Better forage is not the only
advantage to the shaded grass.
It also serves as a source of
reseeding the open areas after
drouths or periods of close
grazing.
“Generally, the grass under
trees seems to be better be-
cause animals cannot trample
it as easily and also because
a better microclimate exists
under the mesquite canopy,"
Brock concludes.
“The better grass response
is probably due to more favor-
able soil-water relationships
under the trees,” he reports.
His conclusions centered
around the results of soil
samples taken from under mes-
quite trees and also from open
areas.
The soil texture was the same
and there was only a slight dif-
ference in soil nutrients. Soil
from under the trees was more
porous in the top six inches,
but the same at lower depths.
The big difference came in
water infiltration rates. Soil
from under the trees took water
four times as fast as soil from
open areas.
Be An Early Bird
The American Cancer Society
wants to spread the word that
early detection and prompt
treatment can save many lives
from cancer. Help the Ameri-
can Cancer Society fight cancer
with your check and have a
checkup yourself.
Paul Eggers, former Wichita
Falls civic leader and GOP
candidate for governor will em-
cee a ‘Salute to Agriculture*
honoring U. S. Congressman
Bob Price on Thursday, May 4.
Eggers, the GOP*s top vote
getter in the state of Texas now
practices law in Dallas fol-
lowing the 1968 election. He was
named General Counsel for the
Treasury Department by the
Nixon administration in 1969.
The Salute keynoted by Sec-
retary of Agriculture Earl Butz
marks the first visit by a Sec-
retary of Agriculture to this
district.
Prior to his appointment to
the cabinet in 1971 Secre-
tary Butz served as Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture and
was a member of the Board of
Directors of the Commodity
Credit Corporation. He has
traveled extensively in the in-
terest of agriculture serving as
chairman of the U. S. delega-
tion to the Food and Agricul-
ture Organization meeting in
Rome, Italy, in 1955 and 1956.
Congressman Price is a
member of the House Agricul-
ture Committee and holds mem-
bership on the sub-commit-
tee on Cotton and Livestock
and Grain. He has served as
a member of the Congressional
Task Force on Agriculture and
Rural Affairs.
Price said, “It is indeed an
honor to have leaders like Paul
Eggers and the nation’s number
one man in agriculture on hand
for this occasion.
“Secretary Butz has already
gone to bat for the people of
this district with his staunch
defense of the American farm-
er. His recent effort to throw
light on the true culprits and
the high cost of beef being pur-
chased by the American house-
wife are greatly appreciated by
the farming and ranching people
A newspaper, like a friend,
is missed when not avail-
able.
CONG. BOB PRICE
of Texas.”
Dinner will be served at 7:30
p.m. at the Wichita Falls Coun-
try Club and will be preceded
by a reception at 6:30. Butz’s
speech is salted for 7:45 p.m.
Tickets are priced at $50.00
and may be purchased from
George Graham, 3000 Harrison
in Wichita Falls, or from your
local county chairman.
* * * *
Everyone is an expert
when it comes to making
predictions.
* * * *
Be as anxious to help
others as you are to accept
favors.
* + * *
Whatever your job, there’s
always someone who can do
it better.
* * * *
People who accept invi-
tations should sometimes
send them out.
* * * *
Getting an early start is
just as important in life as
it is in racing.
* * * *
If you want to be highly
recommended let someone
else say the word.
* * * *
The trouble with luck is
thatitoften disappears when
you need it most.
Everyone Can Help
The conquest of cancer is
everyone’s business. Protect
yourself and your family with
annual health checkups, and
help others with a generous
check to the American Cancer
Society.
The researchers are making
new inroads constantly in the
battle to control cancer. Help
support their work. Give to the
American Cancer Society.
YOUR VOTE FOR
J. R. FRANKLIN
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
PRECINCT ONE
Will Be Appreciated!
I have been a resident of Holliday area
since 1923 and a veteran of WW n. I have
been self-employed in oil field tank truck
service since 1954 and prior employment
as a mechanic-welder.
I am married and have four children,
n ember of the Holliday Baptist Church, and
a member of the Holliday Independent
School Board for the past nine years. At
present I serve as school board secretary.
I feel that I an a capable candidate for
the job and, if elected, I will offer conser-
vative and conscientious service to the
people of precinct one. (P1 Pol ^
cer Society s programs of re-
search, education and service.
Your dollars will help speed the
day of victory over cancer.
Tern Are The Thing
The Pap test helped cut the
death rate from uterine cancer
in half in 30 years. Help spur
research on other tests for the
early detection of cancer. Give
generously to the American
Cancer Society.
“We want to wipe out cancer
in your lifetime,” says the Amer-
ican Cancer Society. The dol-
lars you give to the ACS can
help accomplish this.
IT REALLY MATTERS!
AN EXCERPT FROM:
For Governor: Ben Barnes
SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1972
FOR GOVERNOR, The Dallas News en-
dorses Ben Barnes of Comanche County who
rose from the obscurity of a peanut farm
to become, before 30, one of the nation’s
outstanding state officials.
It is significant that, while his opponents
have been discussing personalities, Barnes
has concentrated his campaign on the issues
involved in governing Texas. He has no'
indulged in petty criticism.
While attempts to tie him to the Sharps-
town scandal have failed, rumors continue
prompting this comment in one in-depth study
of his career: “How ironical it was, then,
that Barnes, who had worked for 12 years
in government and had trained himself speci-
fically for the governorship, might find that
the innuendos and guilt by association of
the scandal - although he was certainly
not centrally involved and although no charges
of any kind were filed against him - would
form the greatest threat yet to his remark-
able career.”
As lieutenant governor, he helped con-
ceive and push the strongest ethics bill
among the nation’s 50 states, only to see it
watered down by opponents. Long before
Sharpstown, he advocated reforms which
could help prevent these periodic indiscre-
tions.
In 1970 he was named by the National
Jaycees as one of the top 10 young men in
America. And in that same year he brought
himself and Texas unusual distinction by
being chosen president of the National Leg-
islative Conference - an organization at
legislative leaders in the 50 states.
His list of achievements is long. But
to the Texas voter, this single recommenda-
tion in The News* opinion is most impor-
tant: Ben Barnes more than any other can-
didate has the youth, the vigor, the talent,
the knowledgeability to lead this state in
the critical 1970s. He is not a status quo
man. He dreams and builds for a better
Texas.
AN EXCERPT FROM:
The Dallas Times Herald
APRIL 23, 1972
He has the knowledge, the experience
and the ability to lead Texas and its state
government out of the dismal morass of
scandal and petty bickering in which it now
finds Itself. And the sound and fury of a
bitterly fought campaign should not obscure
this fact.
There have been many attempts to tie
the lieutenant governor to the scandals that
have rocked Texas and shaken public con-
fidence in state government This is natural
in an electioo year, and it is normal if
unfortunate by-product of a political cam-
paign.
But it should be pointed out that every
agency and every concemeCTlndividual has
had all the opportunity necessary to provide
evidence of wrong-doing. The Department
at Justice has investigated. The Securities
and Exchange Commission has spent months
delving into masses of records. Federal
and state grand juries have convened, con-
sidered, acted and been dissolved.
The result has been not one shred of hard,
solid evidence to even remotely link LL
Gov. Barnes to any misdeed. All that is left
is rumor and innuendo, surely not enough
to offset a proven record of effective ser-
vice to the state and Its citizens.
(Pol Adv. paid by Archer County Friends
of Ben Barnes, Judy Wunsch, coordinator)
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Stults, Joe K. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1972, newspaper, April 27, 1972; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709423/m1/4/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.