The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 58TH YEAR, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1975 Page: 1 of 19
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58th YEAR
The Archer County News
“SHORT GRASS RANCHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD’
SINGLE COPY 15c
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS 76351
THURSDAY, SEPT. 11,1975
NUMBER 37
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by James McCraln
Last Friday in Sacramento,
California, President Ford's
life was in jeopardy as a
would-be assassin pointed a
gun at him from a range of
about three feet.
This country was founded
upon freedom of speech and
the right of every individual
to express his or her feel-
ings. This is the privilege
that we in the United States
must continue to cherish and
defend. But at the same
time it does not give anyone
the right to attempt to take
the life of another because of
a difference of philosophies.
We have in the United
States the right to question,
discuss and change nonvio-
iently any law or philosophy
that we do not agree with.
Our laws are set up in such a
manner that we can appeal
through letter, personally, or
through our representatives
In congress, snythtng Hint
we personally or as a group
are opposed too.
No one baa the right to
i a pettMaa of hie HCo
the right to express
as he or she sees
best. This right is protected
by the Chrffl Rights Amend-
ment. Nevertheless, we
that will arise violently te
stop the public official from
carrying oet his Job.
As with every attempt to
assassinate, especially a
president, all kinds of sug-
gestions are made to prevent
future occurences. But
some of the statements that
have been made, particular-
ly with reference to Friday’s
event, really show poor
reasoning in this writer's
opinion.
Take for example the state-
ment that was carried on a
local radio station newscast.
Some politician with an ex-
treme amount of hindsight
stated that “The police
should have known that this
person would try something
like this because of her past
activities and associates. She
should have been under con-
stant surveilence while the
President was in Sacramen-
to.”
Now the surface this
might seem like a good sug-
gestion. But think of the
ramifications If this were to
be carried out.
Everytime a politician were
to go somewhere to speak to
a group of people, a thor-
ough investigation would
have to be made of every
individual permitted within a
two block area or at least in
rifle or cannon range (what-
ever distance that may be).
An investigation of their
political and social philoso-
phies must be researched.
For you never know how
they might react under a
given situation to the politi-
cians words or gestures.
Which would also necessi-
tate a complete psychiatric
examination of every person
in any crowd.
This, besides being grossly
impracticle would also de-
prive us of our individual
rights and freedom of ex-
pression. Somewhere along
the line a decision must be
made as to who is going to
be the big brother to watch
out for our well-bri-i’ politi-
cally and emotionally. 1 for
(Sue Just Thinking P.2]
Breath Of Life
Campaign Slated
TRAGEDY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT . . . Archer Department. The bouse was owned by Bill Merrie of
City Volunteer Fireman battle a house fire that totally Wichita Falls. A butane tank blew up during the heat of the
destroyed a vacation house beside Lake Klckapoo Friday fire. No one was Injured and Firemen were able to contain
morning about 12:30 a.m. No one was home at the time, the fire to the immediate area, protecting another nearby
Neighbors discovered the fire and called the Fire home. (News Staff Photo]
Hospital Answers Cost Debate
Debate about rising hospi-
tal costs too often tends to
be oversimplified by those
who merely compare figure*
on the Consumer Price In-
dex. Unfortunately, such an
approach does not take into
consideration the tremend-
ous improvements in the
quality of care today’s pa-
tients enjoy.
Since 1958, the price of a
loaf of bread has risen more
than 100 percent. During
this same period the nation-
wide average cost per day of
hospital care has risen more
than 500 percent.
Unlike a loaf of bread, the
price of which has simply
floated up and up with little
change except in the purch-
ase price, a day of hospital
care today in no way resem-
bles a day of hospital care
provided la 1958. It has
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vastly unproved.
For the most part, those
changes have come about
because of the demand by
the consumer for the high
quality care. At a time when
a loved one is ill or critically
injured, no care or service is
considered too expensive.
It is this increase in public
demand, the great technolo-
gical advances of recent
years, and Federal guide-
lines (i.e. Medicare, Medi-
caid) that have pushed cost
per patient day upward. In
answer to this demand and
in order to bring these ad-
vances to the patient’s bed-
side, there has come tre-
mendous growth in health
care services and facilities...
Homecoming
Highlights
by Hazel Mollis
Homecoming '75, Sept. 19
and 20, is only a week away,
and the homecoming com-
mittee members hope that
all local and many out-of-
town ex-students are plan-
ning to attend. We want
everyone to know that you
do not have to have
graduated from Archer City
High School in order to be a
member of the ex-students
organization. The homecom-
ing is for all ex-students; so,
if you ever attended Archer
City High School, come and
join us for the activities
planned for homecoming
weekend.
This year the classes of
the years ending with zero
and five will hold mini-
reunions, in the form of
Open House, from 3 to 4
p.m., Saturday, Sept. 20, in
12 Archer City homes as
follows:
OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE
1900-1920 (and all kudu-
•Ive years]: Betty Sur
Thurlkill, Ruth Meore and
Hazel Mullis, hostesses at
the Mullis home, 215 W.
Cherry.
1925: Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Lewis, hosts, 311
W. Main.
19301 Mrs. Margaret Elen
(Gowdy) Slack, hostess, 707
S. Center.
1935: Mrs. Opal (Baggett)
Lawson, hostess at the home
of Mrs. Guy Baggett, 301 S.
Ash.
hospital bills, and more im
portantly, greatly improved
quality of care.
Since 1940, the average life
expectancy of a newborn
child has increased by seven
years, and the likelihood of a
cancer patient being cured
has improved greatly. In
1925, it has been said, every
fourth patient undergoing
major surgery in a hospital
in the United States died.
1940: Mrs. Jane (Pittman)
Small, hostess, 1002 S. Ash.
1945: Mrs. Myrtle (Berry-
man) Bacon, hostess, 107 S.
Pear.
1950: Mrs. Earlene (Pear-
ston) Hulse, hostess, 410 W.
Plum.
1955: Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Linscott, hosts, 204 E.
Third.
1960: Mrs. Betty (Jansen)
Rowe, hostess at the home
of Mrs. Karen (Jansen) Fox,
506 N. Sycamore.
1965: Mrs. Teresa (Trigg)
Morrison, hostess, 207 W.
Chestnut.
1970: Mrs. Becky (Crow)
Schreiber, hostess at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Crow.
504 S. Sycamore.
1975: Jill Bledsoe, host-
ess, 108 South Street.
Ex-administration and
faculty members are invited
to attend these Open House
reunions.
The homecoming commit-
tee was saddened last week
by the news of the passing
of Di. Joe Cassel, Archer
City High School principal,
1950-1953. At the Home-
coming Program on Satur-
day night, ex-students and
others who wish will have
opportunity to contribute
toward a memorial gift for
our high school in memory
of Dr. Cassel.
The complete schedule for
all homecoming activities
will be included in next
week’s column.
Dr. Joe W. Cassel
Former Archer
High School
Principal Dios
Dr. Joe W. Cassel, 59,
assistant superintendent of
administration and planning
for the Irving Public Schools,
died Aug. 21 after a brief
illness. Funeral services
were held at the First United
Methodist Church in Irving
with the Rev. Terry Sam-
ples, nephew of Dr. Cassel,
officiating. Burial was in
Southland Memorial Park in
Grank Prairie.
The Irving schools were
dismissed for the services,
and flags at the schools were
flown at half mast.
Dr. Cassel was principal
of Archer City High School
from 1950 until 1953.
Survivors include his wife,
Mary Frances; one son, Alan
Cassel; one daughter, Joel-
len Cassel; his mother, Eva
Cassel of Grand Prairie; and
three sisters, Ruby Kiker of
Lubbock, Maudine O'Neal of
Richardson and bene Jones
of Dallas.
Mrs. Cassel and her
family reside at 714 Tangle-
wood Drive in Irving.
By 1970 this had dropped to
one out of every 100 pa-
tients.
Consider the number of
new services offered by hos-
pitals over the years. In
1960, according to the
American Hospital Associa-
tion, coronary care, inhala-
tion therapy and inpatient
renal dialysis units were
available at only a handful of
community hospitals. By
1972, more than 31 percent
had a coronary care unit, 65
percent offered inhalation
therapy and 11 percent off-
ered inpatient renal dialysis.
Archer Countj Hospital now
has cardiac monitoring and
inhalation therapy capability
thanks to donations to the
Memorial Fund.
New equipment, much of
which is automated and
miniaturized, is constantly
being perfected. No hospital
can own or operate all of it.
For not only can the price of
a piece of equipment run
into the hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars, but by the
time one piece of equipment
is paid for, it may already be
technologically obsolete due
to the rapid scientific
advances.
Many hospital laboratories
now can routinely rapidly
and accurately perform
batteries of tests upon each
patient admitted, thanks to
equipment advances. The
results of these examina-
tions may alert doctors to
A drive to provide bettor
equipment In the laboratory
is being contemplated.
Hospital cost have gone up,
and they will continue to go
up as long as the public de-
mands and indeed deserves,
the highest quality, most
technologically advanced
medical care. In the opinion
of most of us who have wit-
nessed the remarkable ad-
vances in medical and pa-
tient care, the health care
dollar is still the biggest
bargain on the market.
School Board
Has Mooting
The Archer City Indepen-
dent School District Board
met Monday night to con-
duct routine business. Board
members voted to cooperate
with the Region IX Drug and
Crime Prevention program.
They also derided to obtain
bids on cement curbing a
dirt track for Wildcat Sta-
dium.
Archer County Co-chair-
man for the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation have been
named for the 1975 Breath
of Life Campaign, according
to announcement by Mrs. H.
W. Hammontree, campaign
chairman.
Co-chairmen include Mrs.
J. T. Sheppard, Archer City;
Mrs. Wayne Belcher and
Mrs. Mike Parker, Holliday;
and the Rev. Cletus Post,
Scotland and Windthorst.
The campaign will get
underway Sunday in Scot-
land and Windthorst and
Monday in Archer City and
Holliday. Goal for Archer
County is 51,000.
“Volunteers will call on
their neighbors to ask help
in the fight for the millions
of children across the nation
who suffer from lung-
damaging diseases," Mrs.
Hammontree said.
“Our cause is a very
important one. Lung dis-
eases kill more children in
this nation than any other
disease except cancer,” said
Mfr^JriamnMntr**^JXy«k
genetic killer of children.”
she continued.
According to Mrs. Ham-
montree, contributions to
the annual Breath of Life
Campaign will help support
a national network of over
100 Cystic Fibrosis Centers,
research projects around the
world and various educa-
tional programs.
Cystic Fibrosis Centers,
most located at teaching
hospitals affiliated with
PA System
Purchased For
Scotlaad Park
A public address system
had been purchased for the
Scotland ball park, reported
Bernard Hilbers to the
Scotland City Council during
their regular monthly meet-
ing last week. Funds came
from the profits of 1975 July
4th picnic. The system will
be installed in time for next
year’s baseball season.
Deputy Sheriff Juel Col-
bert was present for a short
discussion with the council.
Colbert plans to meet
regularly in the future.
Mayor Grady Schenk
stated that some arrange-
ment would be attempted
with Archer City for
Scotland residents to use the
Archer City dump grounds.
No details or proposals have
been worked out at the
present time, hut Schenk
plans to approach the Archer
Gty Council on the subject
at their next meeting.
A change has been made
in the date for Scotland’s
regular council meeting.
Beginning in October, meet-
ings will be held on the first
Monday of each month.
leading medical schools and
universities, provide diag-
nosis. treatment and referral
to children suffering from
cystic fibrosis, asthma,
chronic bronchitis, bronchi-
ectasis, “childhood emphy-
sema" and recurrent pneu-
monia.
Children with gastrointes-
tinal disorders related to
C/F also receive similar
services at these centers. In
Texas, Cystic Fibrosis Cen-
ters are located in Dallas,
Houston. San Antonio and
El Paso.
“Through research, we
hope to find a cure and
control for cystic fibrosis,”
said Mrs. Hammontree.
“Another goal of the
research program is devel-
oping better methods of
treating children with all
lung-damaging diseases.”
Cystic fibrosis affects one
out of every 1,500 infants
born each year. Although
incurable, cystic fibrosis can
be effectively treated.
“Since the C/F Founda-
tion was established in 1955,
m treating children
with cystic fjbaesis, ’ ’ the
campaign chairman com-
mented. “At that time, most
children with this disease
died early in life. Today,
more than 50 per cent of
children with cystic fibrosis
live past their 18th birth-
days, and that's a beautiful
20th anniversary gift of
life."
Electric Rate Increase li#,s,H#"
Topic Of Thursday’s
City Council Meeting
Archer City Couhcilmen
will be asked tonight (Thurs-
day) for an increase in rates
according to Roy Alsup,
local manager for Texas
Electric Service Company.
Archer City residents enjoy
the second lowest rates in
Texas, second only to
Houston Power and Light
(HP&L). However, accord-
ing to Alsup, if the rate in-
crease is granted in Houston
as requested by HP&L, Ar-
cher City will experience the
lowest rate even with the
increase sought by TESCO.
A rate Increase of 9% la
being sought by TESCO.
Arcncf tiiy ituocaii wnotc
electric bill averages $15 per
month, will have an avenge
Increase of 5,1%. Small
■sen wSB have correspond-
ingly less Increase than
years 1975 through 1977,
more than the combined
total for the previous six
years. Most of this money
must be obtained in the
highly competitive money
market, where interest rates
are high and funds are
expected to be scarce",
reported Alsup.
Ton Cartlidge
Tom Cartlidge, state repre-
sentative, spoke to 31 mem-
bers of the Archer City Lions
Club and guests Tuesday
evening at the Lions Gub
building.
Cartlidge spoke on the Con-
stitutional Revisions, point-
ing out that voters will be
able to vote on each item
rather than the revision in
its entirety.
Wives and other special
guests were on hand for the
dinner meeting. Carl Beall.
Lions Gub President, presi-
ded.
na burn l.«% te 18.52%
fur seme users In Archer
CUy according te Alsup.
“The rate increase is being
sought for two main rea-
sons”, Alsup said. “We
have to build new plants and
the cost of borrowing money
to build, coupled with infla-
tion requires a larger return
on the investors money to
provide the funds for new
construction.
“The lignite (coal) plants
now in operation have
helped us to keep electric
bills low...far below the
national average and lower
than most cities in Texas.
But because these new
plants are expensive, we
must borrow large sums of
money. Our construction
program requires nearly
$500 million for the three
which wH he voted ms
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McCrain, James & McCrain, Jonni Hill. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 58TH YEAR, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1975, newspaper, September 11, 1975; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth714253/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.