The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 20, 1974 Page: 2 of 8
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Library Lines
By Hester Cross
About one thousand books
were checked out last month
from the Taft Public Library.
One, a best seller, is worth
your looking thru the many
pictures as well as reading
portions aloud to young or
adult listeners
‘ America”, by Alistair
Cooke is a keen book at our
country by an experienced
newsman who has traveled
throughout the many states. He
began reading about and
meeting Americans before he -
became a naturalized citizen
some 40 years ago
There are dangers ahead,
Mr Cooke feels, because of our
preoccupation with luxury,
youth, and violence. He also
feels there are hopes ahead in
bur basic institutions that were
set up to function for a widely
Varying people.
The book is good preparation
for celebrating America’s
200th birthday in 1976
Two “quickies” (about 250
pages) are finding many
readers. One is “The Day No
Pigs Would Die", by Robert
Peck. It is a sharply written
story of a young boy on a
Vermont farm when a family’s
life style depended on each
member's effort..
The other is “Sadie Shapiro’s
Knitting Book” by Robert
Kimmel Smith, which is a view
of life in a home for senior
citizens. It hits the funny bone
even though it’s overdrawn.
Sadie is in her 70’s and not
about to vegetate She knits one
day. and jogs the next
(wearing a hand-knit jump
suit). A male admirer says, “I
first saw Sadie when she was
jogging. She doesn't jiggle any
place!’’
A third one conies to mind
also - “In One Era and Out ihe
Other" by Sam Levenson
which has much good sense
underneath the wit. Mrs
Virgie Roberts gave a
delightful review >f this one to
a group of women recently
There is no charge for a
library card, its use can bring
hours of pleasure
The library is open Tuesday
and Friday 2-5 p.m., and
Wednesday and Thursday 2-9
p.m
lifters To The Editor
Dear Sir:
It seems that every time
bureaucracy strikes there is
harm done. The Happy Time
school in Taft the most recent.
According to the law of the
land, if the case goes to court
the judge who enforces the
closure will be as guilty as H
FT W which made the unjust
and un-American rules. Each
day communism strikes closer
home. Our Baptist minister
recently told of a Catholic
priest saying in one of his
seminary classes, “I fear for
American schools - they are
God-less.” With one leg tied up
I can guess that the
technicality that closes up
"Happy Time” is something of
no consequence. No protest
would have been made if the
children had been taught
atheism, sex experimentation
or evolution.
My guess is that an in-
vestigator may have taught
the little ones praying - that is
the crime. That is what sent
many young people to their
doom and Brother Roloff to
jasl. My uncle, deceased,
Congressman Cleveland
Bailey, who was tailed “Mr.
Education’’ viewed, with alarm
what the Supreme Court and
H.E.W was doing to education
The Taft Science Fair will be
held this Saturday in the THS
halls Students from all the
schools in the Taft ISD were
invited
The Drama class will present
a one-act play Friday morning
for the THS student body The
play. Knight of the Buroing
Nestle, will be entered in the
UILContest in Sinton on March
26
Cheerleader practice will
start Monday at 4:15 in the THS
gym Twenty one girls have
signed up to try out.
Judges will narrow the group
to 10 finalists on April 1 An
assembly will be held on the
second so the student body can
vote for the six of the ten
finalists for Ihe 1974-75
cheerleaders
The Girls' Volleyball team
will compete in the District 15
3A tournament in Sinton this
weekend.
The Taft FFA is currently
working on a project. They are
building concrete benches for
the school
Any Junior or Senior who
wishes to take an un-
derclassman or a v isitor to the
prom must pay $4.00 to Helen
Medina today.
Due to an error four people
were left off the honor roll Iasi
week Becky Krieg made the
superintendent's, and Vickie
Dukes. Betty Fichblall, and
Andy Rodriguez made ihe
Principal’s
Prom pictures will be taken
at the Prom. They will only be
available from 8:00-9:00
The price will be $5.00 for two
5” x 7” and four billfold size
pictures and they will be in
color.
Se'/eral Taft High students
came home from the Gregory-
Portland art show as winners.
They were Cheryl Flory, Diane
Mutnme, Bev Bowman, and
Ernest Garcia
Congratulations to the THS
Junior Varsity track team.
They took first place in the
Gregory-Portland Relays, last
weekend The Varsity track
team will travel to Refugio this
.Saturday to compete.
The Seniors got their in-
vitations to the prom this week.
The invitations were late in
arriving.
Monday during activity
period the nominees for
student offices made speeches
and accepted their
nominations.
Yesterday during activity
period and lunch the students
in the United States, which he
called "sabotage”. What they
have done to school systems
right in this area brings to pass
what Uncle Cleve said would
happen, that the districts
would become bankrupt
through un-American forced
busing and other bureaucratic
rules. In Corpus Christi, my
niece’s husband, George Kirk,
has been vilified because he
was forced to use food stamps
to supplement his salary
because the system is drained
of money and threatened with
stoppage of funds
Ileien Stephens Greer
Rayside, Texas
78340
School
Calendar
Approved
Mr. and Mrs J B. Smart
returned recently from a three-
week trip to Alabama due to
the death of Mr. Smart's sister
Mr and Mrs. F E. Baker of
Benton Harbor. Mich , are
visiting Mr and Mrs J. B.
Smart.
Weekend guests of Mr, and
Mrs. H. D. Smith were Mary
Louise Smith of Houston and
Don Wylie of Alto Loma. Cory
Smith of Houston is spending a
week with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs, H D. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray
and Mrs Rebecca Hawkins
visited Mrs. Keith Speed
Friday night in a Corpus
Christi hospital.
Cecil Hawkins of Portland
visited the Charles Ray family
Wednesday night and Saturday
morning.
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home, and vour work?
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voted
Rene Gonzales was elected
President in the election. Sonia
Peralto was chosen Vice
President. Mary Galindo will
be the Treasurer and Melanie
Taylor is the new
Corresponding Secretary
The Los Graduantes of '75
are raffling off tickets for an
Easter Basket The tickets are
15 cents each or 2 for 25 cents
The Science Club took a trip
to Ihe Welder Wildlife Refuge
Monday They left ai 12:15 and
returned about 5:00
Parann’s pulpit
Sex. as a subject of public discourse, was repressed in
Victorian England The words used today in songs on the
radio, the pictures on boxes of laundry soap, the scenes on
prime lime TV. would have been considered scandalous and
‘•dirty” to strait laced Victorians
For a woman to allow even her ankle to be exposed was a
terrible shame, women were arrested for appearing at a
public beach in a bathing suit (covering both knees and
elbows); and a pregnant woman, even though married,
would not lei herself be seen on the streets Times sure have
changed'
Some say times have changed for the best. hut some may
long for the “good old days " For good or ill. one thing is for
sure: The subject of sex is not repressed in America today.
The subject of Death is. Americans really don't know
how to handle death realistically The expression passed
away” is used in place of •died", morticians use make up to
create the illusion that death has not occurred, children are
taught by TV that actors who die will return next week, and a
patient with terminal disease is neglected by his doctors, lied
to by his family, and depressed by his minister.
Even to talk of death honestly is considered morbid The
subject of Death is taboo to Americans as the subject of sex
was to Victorians.
And this is precisely where Ihe Christian message has its
greatest impact The God who loves us did not leave us to die
but sent His Son whose death ended the threat of death on our
lives once and for all
This life is NOT ail there is (as our TV commercials tell
usi This life is but a prelude to the greater life that is to
come and that message of w hat God has done for us in Jesus
is impossible to repress
Rev. John Strange
First Presbyterian Church of Taft
Spring is my favorite time of
(he year. 1 guess I picked up
Ihe love of nature from my
pioneer mother who liked all
limes of Ihe year, but
especially spring This was her
favorite time of the year to
write about The little one
about rain appeared in one of
her columns on a spring day
not unlike Ihe ones we nave
been having recently
•Rain to make the gardens
grow.
Rain to make the rivers flow
Rain that's cool and sweet and
clean,
Rain to give green leaves a
sheen
Ram to beautify and bless
Like the touch of love's caress.
Rain that comes and cAmes
again
lake the peace that follows
l>ain
Computer Didn't
Compute; More
On Honor Roll
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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Puzzle Solved
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The Taft Independent School
District Board of Trustees
approved the school calendar
for next calendar year last
night
There will be five students'
holidays while the teachers
have scheduled in-service
training or work days, one day
off for Labor Day, two for
Thanksgiving, 16 for Christ
mas. and four for Easter
Otherwise, it is the usual 180
school days for students
August 26 is ihe first day of
school following the summer
break, and commencements
will be May 30. 1975
Teachers report to work
August 19, and go home for the
summer Ihe same day the
students do
After the computer did its
thing, some of the scholastic
averages of Taft High School
students were done by hand,
and three more students were
discovered to have made the
Superintendent’s Honor Roll
Nine more students were
added to the Principal’s Honor
Roll, bringing the total for the
fourth six-week grading period
to ten on the Superintendent's
list, and 35 on the Principal's
roster
Betty Threadgill, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. T D, Threadgill.
earned all A's, as did Rene
Gonzales, son of Mr and Mrs
Pedro Gonzales, and Becky
Krieg, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Harold Krieg. Miss
Threadgill is a senior, Gon
zales a junior, and Miss Krieg
is a sophomore.
Seniors added to the Prin-
cipal's Honor Roll were Betty
Eichblatt, John Johnston,
Peggy Hill, Barbara Mitchell,
Maria Molina, and Andy
Rodriguez
Junior Christy Ford and
sophomores Robin Ingram and
Patti McNamee also made no
more than two B's with the
remainder A's. the
requirement for inclusion in
the Principal's Honor Roll.
ACROSS
1. G.I. grub
5. Gratiua
tinri izift
11. Libertine
12. Visigoth
kina
13. Prici-
paid
14. ■•-— for
Ser
grants’
:2 w<is !
15. Mai ill-
16. Dubbin's
tresses
17. Endure
19. Between
quirt and
quo
22. Verdi
Mrs Rebecca Hawkins was a
guest in the home of Mr and
Mrs. Charles Hay from
Wednesday to Saturday
opera
24. Froth
25. Menu
item in
Nome.'
(2 wds.)
27. Finished
2k. Home-
steader
29. Man's
nickname
39. Lessen
31. Joie de
vivre
32. Cornell's
color
35. Kind of
acid
.38. Tiny hit
39. Princess
Grace’s
home
46. First rate
41. Type
writer
part
42. Streetcar
in Blighty
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midnight
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7. Defeat
at chess
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silkworm
9. Margin
10. Winning
card
16. Intellect
18. Max or
Buddy
19. Situated
behind
20. Roue
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21. Esau's
grandson
22. Black
23. Talk
wildly
24. Partner
of loose
26. Raw-
boned
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Kram-
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DOUBLE-HEADER WEEKEND
FRIDAY NIGHT
FEATURING THE
frozen
Another sure sign of spring is
Bud Thielens blue bonnet
patch which gets bigger by the
year Bud's house at 322 Tutt
should be on everyone's
walking tour it is well worth a
look
My mother also liked to write
about blue bonnets and one of
her favorites incorporated an
old tale that she picked up from
her rural folks Old timers
lielieved that blue bonnets
grew on a field or hillside until
such time that they t
the soil and then nW*
another held
The last verae of it,,.
Hit likf* thit *
went like this:
And when their
finished.
nicy muffle each biu» I*,
A nr) CiXitr nliu. i ™
And seek other b«T«'
sides
That man
bread ”
might itQ jj
USE n.AMIFiEfc
209 S. Racbal
Sinton, Texas
GLENN S. BURK
OPTOMETRIST
Never grumble at the rain
Though it spoils your choicest
grain
In His love, the Father gives
Rain to everything that lives
The first rain that hit the
area last week left some fields
a bit dry. but after a couple
more days of soaking rams
smiles around the coffee shops
have been 100 per cent Oran
Sides even grumbled just a bit
Now the weeds will grow
But then in- thought better and
smiled and 'lowed as how just
let 'em grow."
With the rain practically
everything has siaried to green
up Mv wild mustang grape
vine started putting out this
past weekend and once it
starts. I figure the danger of
another had cold spell is just
afwut past Everyone has their
sure fire foreteller of spring
and the mustang grape is mine
I don't ever recall seeing it get
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Francis, Otis L. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 20, 1974, newspaper, March 20, 1974; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth749233/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Taft Public Library.