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MozelleStock Show
Barbecue Set Friday
Per Copy—10c
Sales Tax—1c
TOTAL
11
The annual Mozelle Livestock
Show and Barbecue will be held
Friday, Jan, 5, announces Sher-
wood Downey, secretary of the
Mozelle Stock Show Association.
Judging of livestock will be-
’in at 10 a.m. with Harold
ragg of Talpa serving as
idge. About 60 fat lambs, 35
commercial lambs, five fat
calves and five market swine
are expected.
The FHA and 4-H girls will
also have exhibits on display
in the gymnasium. These will
be judged. Following judging
there will be a short program
in the gymnasium, just prior
to the free barbecue at noon.
Workshop Tonight
For Square Dancers
Raymond Calley of Brady
will be caller and conductor of
a Square Dance Workshop to-
night, Tuesday, at 8 p.m. in the
Cobb Community Center.
Th,e workshop is being spon-
sored by Coleman County
Swinging Stars Square Dance
Club.
All members of the club are
urged to attend.
PQLLY GEORGE
Degree Awarded
To Miss George
By Texas Tech
Miss Tolly George, daughter
of Walter George of Coleman,
received her Bachelor of Arts
degree in English during Dec.
commencement at Texas Tech
University in Lubbock.
With a minor in journalism,
she holds a secondary teaching
certification, and will be employ-
ed by Pharr-San Juan-Alamo In-
dependent. School District in
south Texas.
Rites Pending For
Mrs. Wooldridge
Hites for Mrs. Lottie Woold-
ridge of Coleman will be held
Wednesday (time pending) ac-
cording to Stevens Funeral
Home. '
She died at 9:40 p.m. yester-
day, Monday, Jan. 1, 1973, in
Overall-Morris Memorial Hos-
pital.
Mrs. Wooldridge was a mem-
ber of St. Mark's Episcopal
Church. Among her survivors
are several nieces and nep-
hews.
Telephone Tax
Is Reduced By
One Percent
Telephone customers may not-
ice a one per cent decrease' in
their telephone bills in Jan-
uary.
The reduction is the first
scheduled step to eliminate the
’ Federal Excise Tax paid by tele-
phone customers and collected
by telephone companies on tele-
phone service, reducing it from
10 per cent to 9 per cent dur-
ing 1973.
The government agreed in
1971 to continue the tax thro-
ugh 1972 and then reduce- it
one per cent annually for 10
years until eliminated.
The Federal Telephone Excise
Tax was first passed as a “tem-
porary" tax during the Korean
conflict in 1953. It was an easy
lax to assess, even easier for
the government to collect since
telephone companies did the
collecting for the government
free of charge.
Despite continuing efforts to
remove the tax, felt by many
to be unfair, it has continued
since the end of the Korean
conflict.
The tax is levied on both
local telephone service and on
long distance calls.
Newman Sisters Are Top
Winners At Santa Anna
SANTA ANNA: Susan and
Elaine Newman all but swept
the sheep competition at the
Santa Anna 4-H and FFA Stock
Show- and Youth Fair Saturday^
The two sisters, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Newman of
Santa Anna, exhibited the cham-
pion finewool and crossbred
sheep as well as taking reserve
champion medium wool, cross-
bred and Southdown honors.
Hank Wise, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Wise of RockWood, ex-
hibited the champion medium
wool and Southdown as well as
reserve champion finewooU-”—
Johnny Salazar took the
champion swine honors with his
first place heavy weight. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Salazar of Santa Anna. Reserve
champion honors went to Cline
Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Smith of Santa Anna.,
In the steer competition, Ran-
dy Long, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rex Mahan Jr. of Santa Anna,
exhibited the champion animal.
His sister, De Aun, had the
champion and reserve champion
heifers.
The reserve champion steer
was shown by Ronnie Daniel,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Quinton
Daniel of Santa Anna.
SWINE
Lightweight: 1. Cline Smith;
2. Ronnie Daniel; 3. Steve Beal.
Medium-weight: 1. Cline
Smith; Ronnie Daniel; 3, Ben-
nie Guerrero.
Heavy-weight: 1. Johnny Sala-
zar; 2. Cline Smith; 3. Sonya
Smith.
Champion: Johnny Salazar;
reserve champion: Cline Smith.
CATTLE
Heifers: 1. and 2. De Aun
Long.
Champion and reserve cham-
pions: De Aun Long.
Angus: 1. Randy Long; 2. Du-
ane Aldridge; 3. David Horner.
Hereford: 1. Ronnie Daniel; 2.
and 5. David Horner; 3. Hank
Wise.
Champion steer: Randy Long;
reserve champion: Ronnie Dan-
iel.
SHEEP
. Light-weigfit fine wool: 1. and
2. Hank Wise; 3. Susan Newman.
Heavy-weight: 1. Susan New-
man; 2. and 3. Hank Wise.
Champion finewool: Susan
Newman; reserve champion:
Hank Wise.
Pen of three finewool: 1. and
2. Hank Wise; 3. Susan Newman.
Medium wool: 1. Hank Wise;
2. and 3. Susan Newman.
Champion medium wool: Hank
Wise; reserve champion: Susan
Newman.
Pen of three medium wool: 1.
Susan Newman; 2. Hank Wise.
Light-weight cross: 1. Susan
Newman^ 2. Hank Wise; 3.
Elaine Newman.
Heavy-weight cross: 1. and 2.
Elaine Newman; 3. Hank Wise.
Crossbred champion and re-
serve champion: Elaine Newman.
Southdown: 1. Hank Wise; 2.
and 3. Elaine Newman.
Champion Southdown: Hank
Wise; reserve champion: Elaine
Newman.
®he Coleman ®emocrat-#otce
VOLUME 92—NO. 32
DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 2, 1973
TWO SECTIONS—12 PAGE8
Before Council Thursday
Gas Co. Seeks
Rate Increase
ACTION UNDER THE BOARDS at Ho-
ward Payne College tournament Friday
ni ght, as_ I he. Eiuecate-4eff*ated'‘t^aTH)m a
"55P5T for Division One title. No. 33, the
big Coahoma center, is shown taking a
■ rebound foLlqwing a Bluecat shot. Cats in
the picture are Rene Payne, No. 54; Larry
Adian, No.
..Konn&HWaLksgHTT^oTTST'
and Ricky McKee, whose number does not
show. Randy Warrick was out of the
picture to the right, at his defensive guard
position.
Cats Win HPC Tourney
It wasn't easy, but the Blue-
cats won their division in the
Howard Payne Tournament, held
the past week with finals Fri-
day night. ,
The Cats won their first game
over McCarriey, 43 to 37, then
ran into the Comanche Indians
and nearly got scalped, escaping
with a 50 to 47 victory after hav-
ing been downed by eight points
midway of the fourth quarter.
The Comanche win put the
Cats in the finals against Coa-
homa, a team which had down-
ed them in overtime in the Colo-
rado City tournament. Play
started badly for the Cats,
when they couldn't even make
an easy crip shot, and found
themselves trailing 14-5 at the
end of the first quarter. They
rallied in the second quarter
though and edged ahead of Coa-
homa 22-21 at halftime.
The third quarter was nip and
tuck, and when that period end-
ed the Cats still had a one point
lead, 36-35. With two and one-
half minutes to go, they were
still ahead by one, 50-49. They
then took a three point lead, but
with 29 seconds left1 Coahoma
narrowed the gap to one point
again. With time running out
Coahoma got the ball and stall-
ed to allow time for one shot.
They took that shot and missed
and the clock ran out before
they could get the ball again.-
Thus the Bluecats won the
championship trophy by a one
point margin, 52-51. Last year
they lost in the finals to Bal-
linger by one point.
Scoring for Coleman in the
championship game \ycrc: Larry
Adian, 3-2-8; Randy Warrick, 1-0-
Mayor Hap Aston
Seeks Re-election
Mayor Hap Aston has filed
for re-election, according to
word this morning from City
Hall. Chief of Police Boyd Dun-
can has also filed, after an-
nouncing this intention the
past week.
Members of the Council with
terms expiring this year include
Mrs. Mattie B. Rogers of East
Ward and George Robey of
West Ward.
City election will be on April
3, with filing deadline 31 days
prior to election.
iopes For Wet Year In 1973
72 Rainfall Below Average
2; Rone Payne, 5-2-12; Kenneth
Jackson, 4-4-9; and Ricky Mc-
Kee, 10-1-21.
Adian and Payne were named
to the all-tournament team.
Scoring in the Comanche ga
game follows: Adian, 4-0-8;
Payne,. 5-1-11; McKee, 4-0-8;
Warrick, 5 2-11; Jackson, 1-9-11.
Following the HPC tourna-
ment the Cats hosted De Leon
here Saturday night, winning
73 to 44, with excellent balance
in scoring, as follows: Adian, 4-
4-12; Payne. 4-1-9; McKee, 6-1-13;
Welch, 6-0-12; Dossey, 0-2-2;
Isaacs, 0-2-2.
The Junior Varsity won over
De Leon 67 to 40.
CLYDE HERE FRIDAY
Next game on tap for the
Bluecats will be the district
opener with Clyde here Friday
night. There will also be a girls
game, which will ‘follow the jun-
ior varsity game, just ahead of
the varsity match.
SINGERS TO MEET
The Gospel Singers Group
will meet at 7:00 o’clock this
evening in the Clubroom of
Coleman County Electric Co-
operative. Everyone is invited.
Re-entry Slated
On Wildcat Test
South Of Valera
MIDCO Oil. & Gas Co. of Mid-
land filed application to re-enter
to 2,150 feet, the old total depth,
at an abandoned wildcat two
miles south of Valera in Cole-
man County.
It is No. 1 Allen Heirs, locat-
ed on a 73 1/2 acre lease. Drill-
site is 898 feet from the north
and 330 feet from the east lines
of the west-half of Section 67,
Block 1, GH&H Survey. v
Site is also 898 feet from the
north and 330 feet from the
east lines of Subdivision 37.
Located two miles northeast
of production, th’e. venture was
plugged in 1959 at 2.150'feet as
John' L. Hada Jr. No. 1 Allen
Heirs.
A representative of Lone Star
Gas Company will appear be-
fore the City Council here
Thursday afternoon concerning
the fuel adjustment clause of
the present natural gas con-
tract for residential and com-
mercial users.
City. Manager Roy McCorkle
explains that the action by Lone
Star Gas Company,-if approved,
will result in increases in rates
for both residential and com-
mercial users in Coleman. He
expects that the Council will
hear the request and then de-
lay action for study.
Other items onJ the agenda
for the Thursday meeting in-
clude appointment of two mem-
bers to the Library Board and
.appouiUiWitU,.....-of.....a.......B»asd
Equalization, plus the amend-
ment of budget to include plan-
ning use of the Revenue Shar-
ing funds. McCorkie’s report
will complete the session.
Youth's Condition
Remains Serious
After Shooting
Billy Beeson, 17, who appar-
ently shot himself accidentally
while hunting near Novice Fri-
day, remained in serious condi-
tion Monday at Hendrick Mem-
orial Hospital.
Although a hospital spokes-
man said the youth’s condition
was “much improved", he re-
mained in the intensive care
unit where he was placed fol-
lowing surgery for the removal
of a bullet from his abdomen
Saturday night.
Beeson, who was alone at th#
time he was wounded, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Beeson
of Abernathy in Hale County. He
was rushed to the hospital in
Abilene from Coleman County
by members of his family.
BUTCH MOORE
Butch Moore To
Get BS Degree
Butch Moore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. 1. V. Moore, has recently
cbmpleted requirements for a
Bachelor of Arts and Science
Degree in Psychology from
West Texas State University in
Canyon, and will receive his de-
gree at the commencement exer-
cises in May. •
Butch is a member of Alpha
Tau Omega Fraternity and is
currently employed by the City
of Canyon as Assistant City
Mahager.
News Briefs
Mr. and Mrs. Carter M. Dib-
rell and sons, Carter Jr. and
Sam of Brenham spent Christ-
mas with Mrs, Carter M. Dibrell
of Echo, The Dibrells are former
Coleman residents. Mr. Dibrell
has taught Vocational Agricul-
ture in Brenham High School
for 14 1 2 years.
Visiting in the J. R. Eudy
home last week were Mrs. J. R.
Erwin of Ranger and her three
granddaughters from San An-
tonio.
Weekend visitors with Mrs.
______________ere_J)r. and
Mrs, M. L. Denman of Fort
Worth and Mrs. Barbara Rush of
Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Stubble-
field of Miami, Florida, and
| Misa, Ronald and Carmen Stub-
i blefield of El Paso returned to
their homes today after a
holiday visit with‘ Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Stubblefield.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hackney
spent Christmas with his sisters
and their husbands, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Allen, Mr. and
i Mrs. Eugene McNamara; and an-
other sister, Mrs. Helen Wil-
liams, all of Waco.
RETURNS HOME
Mrs. B. E. Davis has returned
from a holiday visit with her
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. James Conger of Fort
Worth and her son and his fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young
and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Charles-
worth and children of Arlington.
Also visiting in the Conger
home were their daughter and
her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Adelong of Boulder, Colorado.
Son-In-Law Of
Coleman Woman
ADC Graduate
NOVATO, Calif.: U. S. Air!
Force Technical Sergeant Sam-
uel R Williams, whose wife j
Jerry Lynn, is the daughter of ]
Mrs. C. J. Rush, 200 E. Mes- j
quite St:, Coleman, has graduat-
ed from the Aerospace Defense
Command's (ApC) Noncommis-
sioned Officer Academy at
Hamilton AFB, Calif.
Sgt. Williams, who received
advanced military leadership
and management training, is an
aerospace system inspection
j technician at Ent AFB, Colo.
' He is a member of ADC which ;
! protects the U. S. against hos- !
1 tile aircraft and missiles.
Th# sergeant has completed j
1 a tour of combat duty in Y'iet-
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Byerly vis-
ited in Hawley Sunday with her
sister, Mrs. Lois Clark, and her
niece and her husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Donnelley.
Visiting several days last week
with Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Byerly
were Glynda Byerly of San An-
tonio and Mrs. Madeline Pitts of
San Marcos.
Holiday visitors in the home of
Mrs. Lorena Nixon were Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Smedley of Kansas
City, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Evans
and boys of Columbus, and Mr.
and Mrs, Cecil G. Preas and
Heather of Odessa. ,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fenton ac-
companied Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Pittard to Dublin Saturday to ■
attend memorial services for
Walter Boatright
nam. He attended Camden
(Ark.) High School.
Welcome Subscribers
Rainfall for the Coleman sta-
tion < in 1972 totaled 21.25 inch-
es, well below the annual aver-
age of 26.82 inches, according
to figures released this morn-
ing by Mrs. Joe C. Stevens, of-
cial weather observer.
The problems with 1972 were
the early and late months. Jan-
uary, February and March tot-
als came to only 84, while No-
vember and December totaled
.47. In between wasn’t so bad:
April 2.37; May 4.25; June 2.98;
July 1.60; August 2.84, Septem-
ber 2.97 and October 2.93.
The past four years reflect
an up and down pattern—wet
one year and^ry the next,
which provides *timism for a
wet year in 1973. The year !0§9
was wet with 34.48 inches, fol-
lowed by 19.34 in 1970, wet
again in 1971 with 31.61 inches
and dry again in 1972 with
21.25 inches.
Light moisture fell the first
two days in th6 new year,
which is indicative of the re-
turn to a' wet cycle, and the
farmers and ranchers of Cole-
man County say “let It come."
MRS. EDDIE MONROE AND SHELLEY RENE
Born This Morning
'First Baby Is Here
First baby to be born at
Overall-Morris Memorial Hos-
pital in the new year arrived
this morning at 5:15 a.m., dau-
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie
Monroe of Coleman. She has
been named Shelley Rene and
weighs six pounds,
Grandparents arc Mr. and
I Mrs. John Monroe of Tuscola,
formerly of Coleman, and Carl
Faubion of Coleman. This- is
the second child for the Mon"
roes. They also Rave a five year
old boy.
Both mother and baby were
! doing well at the hospital this
| morning.
Mrs. Bill Sanderson, Coleman
Tom C. Crews, Coleman
L. R. Williams, Abilene
N. O. Williams, Goldthwaitc
Marie E. Britton, Valera
Leona Nixon, Coleman
L. B. Gassiot, Valera
M. ’ M. Mulanax, Valera
Mrs. Beth James, Valera
Maurice Gassiot, Valera
Arnold Allcorn, Talpa
O. S. Sikes, Talpa
Roy Kerbow, Gouldbusk
Perry Dawson, Gouldbusk
N. W. Whitt, Coleman
Olin B. Smith, Wichita Falls
Jerri Davis, Houston
Mrs. Orene Rice, Coleman
J. G. Parker, Coleman
Robert S. See, Coleman
H. D. Bozeman, Coleman
Mrs. W. E. Kirkindoll, Lawn
Sam Sprinkles, Novice
Airs. W. C. Gay, Coleman
Johnny Bryson, Voss
Mrs. Vernon Baird, Coleman
T. A. Elliott, Coleman
Mrs. Lee Mow, Clifton, Arizona
Ann LeMay, Coleman
Bennie Porter, Coleman
Bennie Lawrence Porter,
Big Spring*
C. R. Dalton Jr., Coleman
B. L. McGee, Coleman
T. C. Hart, Coleman
Lottie Cozart, Santa Anna
Geo. P. Murray, Leaday
Mary Ola Milligan, Coleman
Dale Smith, Santa Anna
W. B. Bludworth, Cross Plains
J. A. Rodgers, Burkett
Max Gaines, Euless
U. S. Brannon, Santa Anna
Cleo Thompson, Coleman
E. W. (Dub) Brown, Burkett
Ida Edington, Coleman
Geo. C. Pearce, Dallas 1
G. J. Gilliam, Coleman
Ara Huey, Sweetwater
Kathryn Cravens, Burkett
James Richards, Novice
Mac Anderson, Leander
C. R. Saverance, Novice
Gay B. Hipsher, Santa Anna
Wilton McKinney, Coleman
Billy Jack Wilson, Gouldbusk
Wayne G. Sikes, Midland
Charles J. Williams, Novice
Odessa Martin. Talpa
Henry Davis, Coleman
Tom Todd, Santa Anna
Billy Bartley, Coleman
Jesse Hayn.es, Coleman
A. B. Neff, Coleman
Harry Moore, Houston
D. L. May,
San Luis Obispo, California
Roy Freeman, Coleman
Lester Murray, Doole
A. N. Ryan, Coleman
Wililam R. Newsom, M.D.,
Thousand Oaks, California
Mrs. Mjlton Baty, Novice
Ben Thomas Hart, San Antonio
James Tisdale, Coleman
Grady Mclver, Trickham
Mrs. J. W, Tabor, Santa Anna
Charlie Rae, Gopldbusk
Effje Goad, Coleman
T. N. Scott, Coleman
Eli Rozzlle, Bangs
Mack Hambright, Coleman
Paulin# Ransbarger, Voss
T. C. Hall, Coleman
Gray Taylor, Brownwood
G. W. Wilson. Coleman
Lee Moore, Santa Anna
R. C, Smith, Santa Anna
Sherwood Downey, Fisk
! Creed WilLiams, Coleman
Mrs. Quinn Harris, Burkett
1 Joe D. Carnes, Coleman
Floyd Morris, Santa Anna
! J. R. Willis Jr., Goldsboro
Jack Minatra, Austin
D. W. Hindman, Coleman
! Susannah O. Turner, Valera
R. W. Turner, Brownwood
i Richard J. Smith, Santa Anna
i Joe Trammell, Novice.
! Jim Skelton, Santa Anna
R. L. Freeman, Brady
George Steward, Gouldbusk
Bill Stephenson, Leaday
Hardy Rose, Lawn
Edna Robins, Coleman
C. H. Edington, Burkett
Zoella McKissack, Talpa
Mrs. Richard Kelley, Coleiman /
James E. Webb, Burkett
,). M. Stewardson,
Santa Anna
j Grace Wilson, Gouldbusk
Jimmy Hemphill, Coleman
A. F. Terrell, Gouldbusk
Leland Martin, Gouldbusk
Wayne Shelton, Plains
James Sluder, Rockwall
Perry Bourland, Coleman
Margaret Young, Burkett
W. M. Wheat, Santa Anna
A1 Petrohe, Miami, Florida
Ruth Row, Gouldbusk
Truitt Mitchell, Mineral Weils
Mrs. ike Stephenson, Leaday
Lonnie Stephenson, Leaday
Mrs. Eula Hunter, Burkett
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Riley,
Cross Plains
Raymond Jennings, Burkett,
Gil Helms, Burkett
Roy D. Young, Burkett
Yuna V. Burkett,
Jo Davee, Burkett
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