The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 13, 1984 Page: 3 of 16
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Coleman, Texas, March 13, 1984
FAST DRAW
Be leery of the politician
who must draw attention
to his honesty: He’s just
trying to divert your at-
tention from something
else.
Coleman Democrat-Voice <
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Each Tuesday At
208 West Pecan
Coleman, Torn 76834
Any erroneous reflection
igxm the character of any
person or firm appearing in
these columns will be gladly
and promptly corrected upon
calling the attention of the
management to the article in
question. Second-class postage
paid at Coleman, Texas 76834.
Publishers: Roy Autry, Jr.,
Milton Autry.
Review established 1888;
acquired 1899; News estab-
lished 1907; acquired 1913;
Voice established 1881; Demo-
crat established 1897; consoli-
dated 1909.
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COLEMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
Page 3-A
Katt Thindads
Second At Iraan
A scaled down version of don to finish behind host
the Coleman Blue Katt Iraan. Iraan bagged 126
track team took its show to points while Ozona and
Iraan last Saturday and Kermit finished third and
finished second in the fourth with 82 ahd 80
meet. Coach Barbara Cox’s points, respectively,
gals racked up 95 points in The Katts managed
their initial 1984 competi- their “Avis” effort despite
__;_ the fact they did not run in
_ _ the relays. The sprinters
No. Coleman °”the ^ went °n. •
« , • , TTrarrr ski“g ^‘P durin* ,Prin«
Bapt is t WMU
Has Meeting Ume* were not that good
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mitchell
Archie Mitchells
To Be Honored
Mr. and Mrs. Archie
(Lula Mae) Mitchell will be
honored with an open
house on Sunday, March
18, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
at their home at 1116
Culbertson Street, Cole-
man. The Mitchells will be
celebrating their 57th wed-
ding anniversary.
Friends and relatives
The W.M.U. of North
Coleman Baptist Church
met on Monday and Tues-
day at 6:30 p.m. in the
fellowship hall of the
church for the Week of
Prayer program for Home
Missions.
Scripture for the Week
of Prayer was taken from
Isaiah. Mary Anderson led
the opening prayer for the
missionaries listed on the
prayer calender. Mrs.
Jerry Steffey read the
minutes of the last meet-
ing. Mrs. Bill Wood led the
program, “Vision and
Frontiers”.
Those present were
Janet Horton, Mary An-
derson, Bonnie Jameson,
Cora Lee Evans, Mrs.
Floyd Donica, Mrs. John
Hamilton, Mrs. Bill Rob-
ne riAJ
a time
5.
Notice
We Will
are invited to come by and er^8' ^rs' Thlteh Ganges,
visit. The Mitchells re- Ma^ie Wood' Mrs- BU1
quest “No gifts, please". Wood and Mrs- Jerry Stef‘
Hosting the afternoon *e7v
activities will be the . e group was dismiss-
couple’s sons, grandchil- ed *n Prayer by Mrs. Bill
dren and great grandchil- Wood.
dren.
Re-Open for Business
Wednesday, March 14
Open from 9-2
Wheat Oil Co.
Beer Lover's
Specials
Budweiser
12 Pk.
12 oz.
6 Packs -12 oz.-Plus tax
MeisterBrau.....$1.85
6 Pad 12 oz. Cans
Coke............$1.89
Machos &
Medium Coke
Jifi Conoco no.2
214 E. Walnut Coleman, Texa;
Aviation Club
Makes Plans
For Fly-In
The Coleman Area Avia-
tion Club met in regular
session at Coleman Muni-
cipal Airport Thursday,
March 8 at 7 p.m.
The meeting was called
to order by Jeff Justice,
president. Roy Gardner led
the opening prayer.
The secretary-treasurer
read the minutes of the last
meeting and the financial
report, which were accept-
ed as read. A report was
made on the possibility of a
cross wind runway and
other airport improve-
ments.
Plans for the 3rd Annual
Fly-In Breakfast and Air
Show are being formulat
ed. The event is scheduled
for Saturday, June 23, at
the Coleman Airport. All
proceeds and donations
from this event will go to
West Texas Rehab Center
in Abilene.
A new member was wel
corned into the club. Regu
lar meeting time for the
club is the second Thurs-
day in each, month at 7 p.m.
at the Coleman Airport,
with the next meeting
being April 12. Visitors
and new members are al
ways welcome.
Legal
TALPA-CENTENNIAL
I.S.D. BOARD OF
TRUSTEES ELECTION
APRIL 7,1984
The polling places will be
Talpa-Centennial High
School Library and Talpa-
Centennial Elementary
School Cafeteria from 7:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Absentee
voting from March 19 to
April 3 at Talpa-Centennial
High School from 8:00 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Absentee vot-
ing by mail, contact War-
ren McCarson, Box 278,
Talpa, Texas 76882. Candi-
dates are: Place I, Victor
Cardinas, Mike Priddy,
and Diana Ozmun; Place II,
Bill Baker and Nina Kel-
sey. D44-Cl7c.
ELECTION NOTICE
Trustee election for
Mozelle Independent
School District is set for
Saturday, April 7, 1984, at
the Mozelle Homemaking
Cottage, with voting hours
from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Absentee voting will begin
March 19 and continue
through April 3,1984, with
ballots at the school office.
Board of Trustees
D44c.
To the
Voters
of Coleman
IH y n a ni e in
Ronnie Jeffreys
and I am a candidate for
North Ward
Councilman
RING BELL
You’d spend all your
time knocking other peo-
ple, too. if you weren’t able
to ring the bell.
•if
1
I am 40 years old and have been a resident of Coleman County all my
life, except ttie time spent attending Sul Rom University and the three
years aerving my country in the Vietnam conflict. My wife, the former
Judy Knowles, and I have two children, Kelly age 13. and Kim age 11.1
am a, licensed laboratory technician and have ranching and fanning
interests in the Glen Cove and Talpa area. I am an active member of the
Concho Baptist Church.
I own my home in the City of Coleman and am concerned about the
welfare of all of the people in Coleman.
I would appreciate your support and vote April 7. #
Ronnie Jeffreys
Pol. Adv. paid by Ronnie Jeffreys, Coleman. Texas
NOTICE OF APPLICA
TION FOR FLUID INJEC-
TION WELL PERMIT
Altex Oil Corporation,
1660 17th St., Ste. 300,
Denver, Colorado 80202
has applied to the Railroad
Commission of Texas fog a
permit to inject fluid into a
formation which is produc
tive of oil or gas.
The applicant proposes
to inject fluid into the
Gardner Sandstone Sealy
Smith, Well Number 8-2.
The proposed injection
well is located 4.3 miles NE
of Novice, Texas in the
Coker Field in Coleman
County. Fluid will be in-
jected into strata in the
subsurface depth interval
from 3300 to 3306 feet.
Legal Authority: Chap
ter 27 of the Texas Water
Code, as amended, Title 3
of the Natural Resources
Code, as amended, and the
Statewide Rules of the Oil
and Gas Division of the
Railroad Commission of
Texas.
Requests hr a public
hearing from persona who
can show they are adver
sely affected, or requests
for further information
concerning any aspect of
the application should be
submitted in writing, with-
in fifteen days of publica-
tion, to the Underground
injection Control Section,
Oil and Gas Division. Rail-
road Commission ofTexaa,
Drawer 12967, Capitol Sta-
tion, Austin. Texas 78711
(Telephone 512/4451373).
, D44e.
due to the inclement
weather conditions but she
was most satisfied with her
girls effort.
Sophomore Kim Wright
took first place finishes in
the long jump (15’ 6‘A”)
and 100 meters (13.63)
while teammate junior Me-
lisha Mason captured the
triple jump event with an
effort of 33’ 8lA". Mason
also took first in the 100
meter hurdles with a
of 16.64.
Susan McCreight
a Coleman High School
record in the 3200 meter
run with a time of 12:40.66
.... she took second in
the event.
Other events, particip-
ants, and places included:
Shot-Cecilia Ramirez, 6th;
Former Local
Woman Has
100th Birthday
Mrs. Edna Mankins of
Ontario, California, for-
merly of Coleman County,
celebrated her 100th birth-
day on February 21.
The honoree was born to
Byrl and Rachell Ethridge
on February 21, 1884, in
Mills County, Texas. She
recalls that in the same
year “Harry Truman was
born, Grover Cleveland
conducted a successful
campaign for presidency,
and the first long distance
phone call was made from
New York to Boston". She
is the sole survivor of 13 J
children in her family. On
June 6, 1903, she married
John L. Mankins. To this
union was born nine chil-
dren, all still living. Five
daughters live in Ontario
and one in Arizona. Her
three sons all live in Texas,
Green lives in Mullin, Dee
and Earl in Coleman. She
also has 17 grandchildren,
35 great-grandchildren,
and 3 great-great-grand-
children. One grandson,
Donald Mankins, was kill-
ed in an automobile acci-
dent last year.
Mr. and Mrs. Mankins
and family came to Cole-
man County in November,
1928. She was a home-
maker and Mr. Mankins
was engaged in farming
and ranching until retire
ment in 1945 when they
moved to Ontario. After
her husband's death in
1952, she lived alone in her
Ontario home until three
years ago when she moved
to the Bella Vista Nursing
Home due to ill health.
She is partially blind and
has difficulty recognizing
relatives.
Mrs. Mankins and her
family living in Ontario
were joined there in a
birthday celebration by
her son, Earl Mankins of
Coleman; her grandson,
Ronnie Mankins of Amar-
illo; a granddaughter and
her husband, Dr. and Mrs.
Sam Thompson of Austin;
and a great-grand-
daughter, Mary Thompson
of Austin.
Tal-Cen Srs.
BTmB Games
Set Thursday
Talpa-Centennial Sen-
iors are sponsoring basket-
ball games Thursday night,
March 15, beginning at 6
p.m. at Centennial Ele-
mentary School.
Tal-Cen senior girls will
play an Outsiders team,
and senior boys will play
Outsiders. Elementary
teams will play during
half-times of the two
games.
Concession stands will
offer hamburgers, pie,
drinks and homemade ice
cream. Proceeds will go for
the senior trip fund.
High Jump - Keri Watson,
4th; 3200 meter run -
Veronica Diaz, 6th, 14:10.-
15; 800 meter dash - Gloria
Seballos, 3rd, 2:39.47 ...
Becky Dalton, 4th, 2:40.02
... Marianne Crosby, 8th,
2:48.78; 100 meter hurdles
- Marianne Crosby, 4th,
18.45; 100 meter dash •
Melisha Mason, 6th, 14.44;
400 meter dash - Gloria
Seballos, 6th, 69.44 and
Kim Wright 7th; 200 meter
dash - Kim Wright, 2nd,
28.22 and Melisha Mason,
3rd, 29.09; and Becky Dal-
ton, 2nd, 6:03.47 in the
1600 meter run.
1984 KATT 8CHEDULE
March 17..........Brady
March 23.....Brownwood
March 24...........Cisco
March 30......Comanche
April 6........Comanche
Chiekeu
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tprilie, 17......Regional
(Odessa)
May 3-5 —State (Austin)
Jimmy Taylor's Bluecat
thinclads were slated to
participate in the Bulldog
Relays at Stamford last
Saturday but heavy rains
cancelled the meet.
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