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Archer County News
Archer City, Texas 76351
12 PAGES
Farming, Ranching ,Da'rvin*», Oil and Industry
'THURSDAY APRIL 2, 198}
ISSUE 14
Election Polls
Open Saturday
AC School Board-City
Council Set Meetings
Rattlesnake Round-Up
Highlights Weekend Activities
Ejection day draws near for
city councilmcn and school
board officials, when polls
open at 7:00 a.m. April 4.
Polls will stay open until
7:00 p.m. that evening.
Archer City School Board
elections will be held at the
City Library with Charles
Hilbers and Bill Linscott
running for two positions
being vacated by John Bell
and Cecil Fletcher. Persons
may mark their ballots at the
City Hall for city council-
men. Wayland Abshier,
D.E. Bratt, George Camp-
bell joined by Jay O'Neal.
K^eth Culwell and Tom-
K fiillespie. are awaiting
the April 4 elections.
School board members
Durhl Caussey and Gene
Harmon are seeking re-
election and are opposed by
Bob Martin and Alice Bishop
Carver.
City Councilmen Jim Willis,
John Goforth and Jim
Virdell are also candidates
for re-election. Virdell will
be opposed by former city
employee Hershel McDaniel
for the place 5 position.
Voting boxes in the school
board election will be at
Bowman Community Build-
ing, Mary Carlton Judge;
Lakeside City municipal
building, Carolyn Wood,
results for 3 positions which judge; Dundee Methodist
Church, Peggy Debler,
are opened.
Windthorst voters can cast
their votes for both races at
the Windthorst High School.
Incumbents Connie Stein-
berger and Dave Meurer
have filed for the two
regular three year terms on
the school board. Kenny
Humpert is also seeking a
place on the board. Seeking
judge and Holliday school
building, Carol Parker,
judge.
City voters will cast ballots
in one box to be located in
the Holliday School Building
with Mrs. C.Y. Gorman,
judge.
Absentee voting for the
school district is in the
school tax office, with Jana
F\"d ■&££. =!£££? £2
Incumbents, Luts Carcano, ..
i^u^ Je^hman. and Emery La»egide Ci(y yoters ^
> Berend have filed for the councilmen in a
positions now open for d|y e,cak)n and yme for (wo
City Coundl in Windthorst p|tces on ,he Hol|iday
Scotland polls will be guard,
located at the KC Hall, in Running, uncontested in the
Scotland, where five candi- election are Kenneth
dates have filed for two Bullard, District 1; Mike
positions, including the Yancey, District 2; and Joe
mayor’s post which has been Whi|e a| )arge An
vacated by Get us Schenk. resjdents will vote for the
Albert Hilbers was the only counci|man.aI.iarge. Lake-
candidate to file that sjde Q(y £as| residents will
position. Incumbent city yo|e for f>istrjc, l, and
councilmcn Hugo Tetchman city West for
and Grady Schenk are Dis|ric) 2.
seeking re-election with
Mrs. Robert Baumer and
Robert Kr«hl.
Holliday voters will choose
two school board members
and three city councilmen in
The City Hall will hold the
ballot box for persons in
Megargel. Seven candidates
await the outcome of the
Megargel School Board,
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Pat Buerger has recently
been honored as Outstand-
ing Teacher for 1980-81, by
the Council for Exceptional
Children.
Mrs. Buerger covers four
counties, including Archer,
Toung, Baylor, and Throck-
morton counties. She Was
presented this award at the
Midwinter Conference at
Midwestern University, by«
Johnny Vaugh. director of
Rig Four Educational Coo-
perative.
She has taught school for
eight years, teaching one
year in Seymour, seven in
Oiney, and is presently
teaching in Archer City
School as a Resource
teacher, working with grad-
es 1-7.
A member okf Delta Kappa
Gamma, an Educational
organization for teachers,
Beta Sigma Chapter and
Council for Exceptional
Children, Pat has worked
with Region IX Educational
Service Center in designing
Project Guides and other
educational curriculum for
use in
with only three positions to
fill. Incumbents Henry
Cuba, E.H. Symanek and
The Board of Trustees of
the Archer City Independent
School District and the City
Council of Archer City will
both meet in special session
Monday, April 6, to canvass
The Thirteenth Annual
Chamber of Commerce
Rattlesnake-Round-Up will
get under way Friday at the
Chamber office in Archer
City. One p.m. is the
. beginning time for registra-
s^iontodtscussper^nnel; |k«s of*umers whic£ wUI
continue through Sunday at
As of press time, the
agenda of the school board
also includes an executive
Fred Knobloch are seeking the returns from the April 4
re-election for the school elections,
board with four new names The school board will also
on the list also eyeing their install new members and
positions. These include elect new officers.
Betty Pechacek, Bobby
Davis, Dorothy Mat us, and
Freddy Lee Tinney. Three
places are also open for city
councilmen, with only one
incumbent, Ed Pechacek,
filing for his old position,
and Edwin Malek and
Harold Word filing for the
other two positions. Jo Don
Livingston and Charles Otto
are vacating their positions.
Much of that discussion will
pertain to the filling of
vacancies created by recent
resignat ions.
Both of the meetings will
begin at 7 p.m.
S p.m.
The action shifts to the Jr.
Livestock Showbam Satur-
day morning for more
registration of hunters and
First Time Offenders
Given Probated Sentences
Two first-time offenders
received probated prison
sentences within the past
week.
James Davis pleaded guilty
MOnday in 97th District
Court to a charge of theft
over $10,000, a seconc
degree felony. District
Judge Frank Douthitt pro-
nounced sentence of ten (10)
years confinement in the
Texas Department of Cor-
rea ions - probated.
April Is Cancer Control Month
Pat Buerger Receives
eachers Award
Guy Besshger, President at the Archer County Chapter of the American Cancer Society,
Joined with Archer City Mayor Jack Moeller Wednesday In setting up Cancer Control Day
In Archer City. [See related atony on p. 10]
Davis, 32, of the FT. Worth
area, has no previous felony
con via ions and will serve
120 days ‘‘shock” probation
in the Texas State prison. A
bench warrant will be issued
upon the completion of
Davis' confinement, and he
will be returned to Archer
County by local authorities.
After a short court reappear-
ance, he will be placed
under the supervision of
probation authorities.
Davis’ charge stemmed
from the theft of three (3)
Fairbanks-Morse engines
from the Burk Royalty lease
in nonhem Archer County
on Marck 19, 1980. The
engines were recovered and
returned to Burk Royalty.
Two other individuals have
been indiaed concerning the
. JfiMica K,u ,Kev have
not yet been tried.
The other 97th Distria
Coun aaion occurred on
March 27. Raymond Lee
Smith, 20, of Megargel.
pleaded guilty to a charge of
attempted burglary and was
issued a five-year probated
prison sentence by Judge
Douthitt.
The charge was the result of
an attempted break-in of
Rose Grocery in Megargel
during the night of March
18, 1981. The burglary was
investigated by Archer
County deputies Rick Cam-
pos and Richard Langille.
Smith has been placed
under the probation super-
vision of Archer County
Probation Officer Gary
Beesinger.
the opening of the Snake Pit.
Professional handlers will
take to the pit to
demonstrate proper handl-
ing techniques, venom milk-
ing, and first aid praaices.
Bill Ransberger of Sweet-
water will be in charge of pit
aaivities. He will be
accompanied and assisted by
several members of the
Sweetwater Jaycees.
Snakes will be purchased
from registered hunters at
market price, and prizes will
also be awarded for the
longest snake, most pounds,
most rattlers, and shortest
snakes.
Guided tours will leave the
Showbam area both Satur-
day and Sunday afternoon.
Trophies will be given for
the longest, shortest and
most snakes found on tours,
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Archer City Volunteer Fire
Depan ment will again be in
charge of the concession
stand and will feature
cooked Rattlesnake sand-
wiches.
Admission to Round-Up will
be $1.00 for adults and SO
cents for children. Each
paid admission will be given
a ballot and will be entitled
to vote for the contestant of
their choice in both the
“Miss’' and “Little Miss”
of Archer County contests.
Twenty-six contestants have
entered the two competi-
tions. Their piaures and
other information can be
found on page six of the
“News”. The winners will
be crowned during the
Chamber of Commerce
banquet on Aprii 11 and will
represent the Chamber at
events and aaivities for one
year.
A round-robin slow pitch
softball tournament will also
get underway Saturday
morning at 8 a.m. Four
mens and four ladies teams
will compete throughout the
day at the ball park across
the street from the show-
bam. Trophies will be
presented about 10:30 p.m.
All proceeds from the
tournament will be donated
to the Archer City Kids
League Baseball Program.
For additonal information
about the Rattlesnake
Round-Up contaa the Cham-
ber of Commerce at
574-4212.
Archer City Lions
Present
“Zogi” Tonight
The Archer City Lions Club
are sponsoring the “ZOGI
REVUE’’ in a one-night
performance at the Archer
City High School Auditorium
Thursday (tonight) at 7:30
p.m. The Revue features an
amazing retinue of fabulous
acts and novelties for the
entire family. Special stage
settings are created for the
exciting, two-hour perfor-
mance. Three amazing feats
are headlined including the
“Cage of Vanishing Doves”
and the “Girl Sawed in
Half’. Negotions were still
underway Tuesday evening
with Archer City City
Manager L.B. “Buster”
Boren, Jr. in hopes of
enticing him to substitute for
the girl and “be sawed in
half’.
The Zogi revue has been
thrilling audiences of all
ages for over fifty years and
has been "headlined all over
the United States and
abroad. Tickets at the door
will sell for $3.50 for adults
and $2.50 for students.
Tickets at the door will sell
for S3.50 for adults and
$2.50 for students.
Proceeds from the revue
will be used by the Archer
City Lions for local “good-
will” projeas as well as to
support the Texas Lions
Camp for Crippled Children.
Assassination Attempt
Shocks Citizens
George Beaman-Grand Knight
The attempted assassina-
tion of President Ronald
Reagan Monday afternoon
caused area residents to
reaa with feelings of shock
and anger. Archer City,
City Manager L.B. Boren,
Jr., echoed his feelings of
many who came into the
“News” after the incident.
“I certainly hope that he
pulls through and recovers,”
Boren stated. “I have had
this strong feeling that he
won’t complete his full term,
but, maybe he will if he
survives this.”
Reports late Tuesday
indicated that the President
WEATHER
High Low
Tuesday
72
38
Wednesday
59
46
Thursday
74
48
Friday
79
48
Saturday
78
48
Sunday
79
44
"Monday
85
48
was recovering and in stable
condition after the surgery
for removal of the .22 caliber
slug which penetrated his
left side and lodged in his
lung.
Nursing Home
Rocks&Rolls
Rock & Roll Jamoree is on
the agenda, for April 14, at
the Archer Nursing Home,
starting at 1:00 and lasting
until 4:00 p.m.
There will be entertainment
fun, food and fellowship.
We ask for everyone to
sponsor a resident, with
proceeds going to the
American Heart Association.
Last year we raised over
$850.00. Help us to exceed
our goal, and have a great
time. We want everyone to
come join the fun.
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Two Wildcats
Named All Region
Ray Top Coach
Two players on the Archer
city Wildcat State semi-
finalist team were named to
the Region IIAA basketball
team announced by the
Texas Association of Basket-
ball Coaches eariler this
week. Senior Vernon Geis
and Junior Darryn Shear-
mire were both named to the
first team, and Bobby Ray
was named Region IIAA
Coach of the Year.
Joining the Wildcats on the
first unit were Mark Price of
Pnttsboro, Tracy Lyne of
Glen more, Billy Bryant of
Dublin, and Cris Odem of
Sanger.
Letters Must Be Signed
We have received several
letters to the Editor in the
special education paai fcw weeks which have
‘ been unsigned. I will
classrooms, and has also
served on area school _ubHsh only those letters
credit at ion committees. signed and bear a
She is married to Ben
Buerger and has three
children.
current address. The name
of the author of the letter
will be withheld if
ed. But, we must have a
signed letter for our files.
In order to be published,
letters to the editor must
also be in good taste and
may not contain offensive
language or statements
which could be considered
The Knights of Columbus,
Kettler Council 41824 .of
Windthorst hosted their
Annual Awards Night pro-
gram on Sunday, March 29,
1981.
George Beaman, Grand
Knight of Council #1824,
was this year's recipient of
the Knight of the Year
Award. Given annually, this
award is based upon
outstanding service given to
the council and to the
community, and the selec-
tion is done by members of
the Council. Beaman is
serving his first year as head
of the organization, but has
held numerous positions
previously. Beaman and his
wife Margaret, are the
parents of six children. He
fa Principal of Windthorst
High School, a position he
has held for the past ten
years.
HONORARY MEMBER
Awards were presented to
Lambert Ostermann and
^HONORARY LIFE awards
were given to Jake Horn,
Joe Schtoeder, Ben Grem-
minger. and Bill Pennartz.
Adolph Veitenheimer was
honored as a 25 year
member.
Past Grand Knight, Leroy
Anderle, was recognized,
and given an award for his
contributions to the Council.
Certificates of Appreciation
for help given to the Council
and Community were pre-
sented to three nuns. Sister
Noreen, Sister Grace, and
Sister Shelia. Other
recipients were Caroline
Anderle, Agnes Linde man,
Magdalene Berend, and
W.L. Lindeman.
Joseph Zotz, Director of
Council Activities was chair-
man of the event.
Presenting the program
were Leroy Anderle, Roy
Koetter. James E. Berend,
Floyd Humpert. Jerry Sch-
roeder, Louis Schroeder, Sr.,
Joe Schreiber and Howard
Neeb. Refreshment chair-
man was Kenny Berend.
ON TARGET
by Mike Lofapries
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