Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1981 Page: 1 of 20
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The Coleman Police Depart-
ment is asking that no bicycles
be ridden on the sidewalks in
downtown Coleman.
With school beginning soon,
students will be cycling more
and the danger to pedestrians
will be on the increase. So let’s
protect our promenading public
by riding bicycles in the
streets, obeying all traffic laws.
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cracy is an excellent sip that
the theory is working in prac-
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FILTRATION PLANT CLARIFIER will be located in the
area being prepared above. The pit has been
excavated and the bottom is being leveled and
rolled. When the excavation is ready concrete will
Santa Anna School
Will Begin Friday
With registration completed
Tuesday and Wednesday,
Santa Anna students will re-
turn to classes Friday, August
21, for the 1981-82 school year,
announces Supt. E. C. Smith.
Faculty members were at
Early Monday and Tuesday for
in-service training and partici-
pated in a workday at school
yesterday.
Twenty-eight boys reported
for football practice the past
week. The first scrimmap
session is set for Friday of this
week with Baird at the Moun-
taineer Stadium at 6:30 p.m. On
August 28 the team will host a
scrimmage with Early.
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be poured. Equipment is on hand ready for
installation. It is anticipated that the filtration
plant project will be completed in time for the peak
use next summer. (Staff Photo)
Darla Barker
Heads Junior
C-C Directors
The Junior Directors of the
Coleman Chamber of Com-
merce met Monday night at the
Pizza Hut to elect officers for
the upcoming school year. Mary
Briggs, junior director sponsor,
was present for the meeting.
Darla Barker, a CHS senior
this year, was elected presi-
dent. Other officers selected
were: Nicky Adame, vice-
president; Amy Jones, secre-
tary: and Nancy Burroughs,
reporter. Carrie Hale and Jill
May were chosen as delegates.
The junior directors discuss- Coleman
ed plans for the year to include
activities for the September
Fiesta and a specific project at
the City Park ... a miniature
golf course.
Darla is the daughter of Mr.
"New Blue" Scrimmage
At De Leon Friday Night
Editor’s Quote Book
Education is the ability
to listen to almost anything
without losing your temper
or your self-confidence.
—Robert Frost
The Coleman Bluecat football
team will get its first taste of
competition this season when
the gridders travel to DeLeon
Friday night to engage the
Bearkats in a scrimmage
matchup. The JVs see action at
6:30 p.m.... the varsity play-
ers do battle at 8.
Heach coach Jerry Windham
reports he has had 61 athletes
practicing the past two weeks.
The Cats’ boss man, beginning
his fifth season, says he will
take a good look at everyone,
trying to fit personnel in slots.
“We have a lot of talent to work
with this year so we’ll be
placing men in different posi-
tions to come up with the right
combination”, said Windham.
The Cat coaching staff has
been very pleased with near
perfect attendance during pre-
season practices and excellent
morale. It appears everyone in
camp is excited about the
prospects of the upcoming cam-
paign. So much so that a new athletes. The Bearkats are corn-
slogan has been coined for the ing off a 5-5, 1980 grid cam-
year ... “New Blue Football” paign. They return seven offen-
... .And brand spanking new sive and six defensive starters
uniforms will be worn by the from last year’s club. One of the
Cats when they take the field at returnees is tackle Jeff Fields
Early on September 4th. who is 6-3, 275 pounds.
DeLeon, a classy scrimmage After preping against
foe from District 10-AA, is DeLeon, the Cats will face San
expecting the same kind of Saba in a home front scrim-
improved season from their mage next Friday, Aug. 28th.
County Tennis Singles Event
Coleman County Tennis As- eligible for play. Fees will be
sociation is sponsoring a singles $3.00 each for Association rtierri-
tennis tournament for men and bers and $6.00 for non-mem-
women Saturday, August 29, bers. Entries may be turned in
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and Sunday, August 30. Play
will begin at 8:00 a.m. and
continue until 5:00 p.m. Satur-
day. Sunday play will begin at
2:00 p.m. and continue until
finished.
There will be three divisions,
A, B, and C with men and
women 18 years of age or older
to Beck Knox at The Trading
Post, telephone 915-625-4950.
Deadline for entering is 5:00
p.m. Friday, August 28.
Players must furnish their
own balls. Balls will be for sale
by the Association at $2.75 per
can. A 20-minute waiting period
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Telephone Cooperative
Annual Meet Saturday
The annual meeting of mem-
bers of the Coleman County
Telephone Cooperative will be
held at the Santa Anna football
stadium Saturday, August 22,
at 8:30 p.m. In case of bad
weather the meeting will be
moved to the high school audi-
torium.
Registration and enter-
tainment will start at 7:30 and
continue until the business
meeting at 8:30. Entertainment
will be by “Stampede.”
Officers will make reports,
and four directors will be
elected. Candidates for direc-
tors include: Leroy Williams
and Ivan T. Clark for Burkett
area, Jerry Allen and Gary
Bouldin for Mozelle area,
Wayne Bray and Glen Scar-
borough for Rockwood area,
and Toppy Beaver and Mrs. T.
L. Pond for Valera area.
There will be door prizes for
all members and free cold
drinks will be served. Members
are urged to attend and visitors
are welcome.
Officers include Tom Kings-
bery, president; Grady Mclver,
vice-president; and Glen Cope-
land, secretary - treasurer.
Thomas Wristen is cooperative
manager. Directors other than
Kingsbery, Mclver and Cope-
land are Leroy Williams, Jerry
Allen, Wayne Bray and Toppy
Beaver.
School Budget And
Tax Rate Approved
In session Tuesday night,
trustees of the Coleman Inde-
pendent School District ap-
proved the 1981-82 school bud-
get at $2,152,276.00 with a tax
rate of $1.15.
Of the tax rate, 95c will go
toward maintenance and opera-
tion and 20c will be used for
bonded indebtedness.
All property for the coming
year will be assessed at 100
Koulovatos, Huntsman
Country Club Chomps
percent of value. Since 1968 the
school has been assessing at 50
percent of value.
In other action, the board
elected Mrs. Yuna Burkett as a
special education resource
teacher for Coleman Junior
High School and gave tentative
approval to an exemption of
semester tests policy for stu- n y
dents at Coleman High School. Bradley JOUeS
Selected Best
BRAD JONES
SAE Pledge
DARLA BARKER
and Mrs. Lewis Barker Jr. of
Chris Koulovatos and Gloria
Huntsman are the new club golf
champions at Coleman Country
Club, following the member-
ship tournament there the past
weekend.
Koulovatos won the men’s
championship flight with 154
strokes on 36 holes of play. Tied
for second, with 157, were
Brett Autry and Charles
Shepherd and Autry won the
Off To College
Column Begins
Colleges are beginning the
fall semester during the next
few weeks. The newspaper is
publishing a back-to-school col-
umn for Coleman County stu-
dents who are attending college
or vocational schools.
Students or their parents are
invited to call or write the
paper, listing college, major,
class, high school attended with
year of graduation, and
parents.
Bradley JoneS, sophomore at
Texas Tech University, left
Sunday, August 16, for the
playoff on the third extra hole. Sigma Alpha Epsilon national
Trophies were .^warded leadership conference at North-
through three places in all western University in Evans-
flights for the men. town, Illinois. The trip is a
Gloria Huntsman won the
women’s championship flight
with a score of 161. Kay George
was second at 197. In the
President’s flight for women,
played for nine holes, Jamie
Bell was winner with 83
strokes, Paulette Connelly was
second with 86, Jennifer Bird-
well was third with 89, Linda
Lawrence also had 89. Trophies
were awarded in all places
listed.
In the men’s first flight, Stan
Hartman and Charles Wetsel
tied at 157 and Hartman won
the playoff. Rob Cheaney was
third at 162.
In the men’s second flight,
Neal Oakes was winner with
166. Charles Kilborn was
second with 167 and Gary
Payne was third with 169.
In the men’s third flight,
Marty Donham was winner
with a 173. Mike Wetsel was
second with 174 and Freddy
Garner was third with 175.
result of being selected Best
Pledge of SAE fraternity at
Texas Tech. Traveling with him
is Scott Haggard of Kermit who
is SAE pledge president.
The conference is sponsor-
ed by the SAE founding chap-
ter at Northwestern Univ. Brad
will be initiated into full mem-
bership by the national presi-
dent during the activities.
Brad is a 1980 graduate of
Coleman High School and is the
son of Ross and Mariana Jones.
Annuals Here
Coleman High School year-
books for the 1980-81 year are
now ready for distribution.
They may be picked up at the
high school between 4:30 and
6:00 p.m. Friday, August 21.
Neil Starnes, Annual Sponsor,
reminds students to bring their
receipts when they come to
pick up their annuals.
WAYNE CRTS
Service Medal
Awarded To
Wayne Crye
The Meritorious Service
Medal was awarded Sunday in
Abilene to Sgt. 1st Class John
Wayne Crye of Route 1, Cole-
man, who retired recently after
more than 20 years of Army
Reserve and Texas National
Guard service.
It marked the first time in
more than 15 years that an
enlisted member of the 490th
Civil Affairs Company has won
the medal, Lt. Col. Fred Kihl-
berg, 490th commander, noted
during the presentation cere-
monies. Crye served the Abi-
lene-based Army Reserve unit
as supply sergeant from March
1968 until his retirement in
January.
In the award, signed by
Secretary of the Army John 0.
Marsh Jr„ Crye was recognized
for "exceptional service and
professional competence” dur-
ing his 13 years as supply
sergeant. Crye previously ser-
ved in the National Guard in
Coleman.
In civilian life, Crye is super-
visor of postal operations at
Coleman. A 1957 graduate of
Coleman High School, he and
his wife, Ginger, have three
daughters.
New Band
Director At
Santa Anna
Denice Waltrip, a native of
Roswell, New Mexico, has been
hired as band director for the
Santa Anna schools for the
1981-82 year. Miss Waltrip is a
graduate of McMurry College
and served as band director at
Knox City the past year.
The Santa Anna band pro-
gram includes children from
fourth grade through high
school. Herbert Seale was
director the past year but
resigned to take a job with an
oil company.
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BLUECAT LINE COACHES RANDY SMITH and first year assistant progress thus far, citing excellent attitude and effort Improved
Mike Cranfill are getting a birds eye view of their linemen blocking size of linemen is visibly apparent in the above photo The Cats
in the trenches during a practice session at Hufford Field this past will scrimmage DeLeon Friday night at Bearkat Stadium Varsity
week. Smith and Cranfill have been pleased with their linemen's action begins at 8 p.m. (Staff Photo) 7
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