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FOR new line construction
REA Is Awarded
$718,000 Loan
Senator Ralph W. Yarborough
advised this newspaper by wire
yesterday that a loan in the
fclueen Contest
Slated By F-B
£lje Coleman ©emocrat-^otce
amount-of S’718,000 has been ap
proved for the Coleman County VOLUME 83
Electric Co-operative, by the De-
partment of Agriculture, for the
construction of new lines.
Included in the program, cov-
-NO. 52
DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, JUNE 2, 1964
2 SECTIONS—10 PAGES
The Young People’s Committee
of the Coleman County Farm
Bureau met in a called session
Thursday afternoon, May 28, to
make plans for the Queen’s Con-
test planned for July 26. Com-
mittees were appointed and
much interest is already being
shown.
This is a contest to select a
farm or ranch girl, a member of
a Farm Bureau family, and at
least 16 years of age by Sept. 1,
1964, to represent Coleman Coun-
ty in the District Contest to be
held later in the summer. Mrs.
James Hargett, Young People’s
Committee Chairman, will direct
the contest.
Ed Cumbie, District 7 Fieldman
of the Texas Farm Bureau, will
act as master of ceremonies.
ered by the loan, will be 110
miles of distribution lines, 15
miles of transmission lines and
20 miles of new tie lines. Con-
struction is already in progress
on the project, in the Coleman,
Runnels and Coneho county
area served by the co-operative.
C. L. Newton, manager, ad-
vises that this is a new 35-year
loan.
Man Found Depd
In Car East Of
S. A* Monday
Monday about 1:30 p. m„ the
office of Sheriff John Smith was
notified that a man had been
found dead in his car about four
miles east of Santa Anna, and
following an investigation it was,
reported that he evidently died
of a heart attack while driving
down the highway. His name is
WSjrfilTSUaTiafn. of San Angelo,
and he was driving a 1950 Dodge
pickup.
, , , ,. . . Sheriff Smith says the pickup
adult leaders, and three county ,eft ,he hjghway and went
through two fences: stopping in
I a ditch in a field, with the dead
' man still in the car. He was be-
4H Members Leave
For State Roundup
At College Station
BRADY CHAMPS TO BE HERE
Entries Coming In
For Golf Tourney
Entries are coming in for the j
annual invitation golf tourna- j
ment at Coleman Country Club,
which is to be held Friday, Sat-
urday and Sunday, June 5-7, and
a full field is expected by Fri-
day afternoon, when entry books
will close.
Nine 4-H Club members, six I
extension agents left Coleman
this morning for the 1964 State
4-H Roundup at College Station.
The Roundup will begin with
registration and a barbecue on
Tuesday. On Wednesday the 4-H
Club members will give their
demonstrations with the winners
being honored at a banquet that
night. The boys and girls will
compete against 4-H’ers from all
parts of the state in six different
contests. The members will also
attend and take part in recreat-
ional activities and a 4-H Career
Opportunity Fair. The group will
return to Coleman Thursday.
The Coleman County 4-H’ers
COLEMAN COUNTY SENIORS from
Talpa Centennial and Mozelle were at
Galveston early last week, on their annual
senior trip. They qre pictured here at the
Jack Tar Hoteh Pictured above is the
group from Talpa Centennial, left to right,
Lowell Fuller, James Maedgen, Annie Mc-
Ewen, sponsor Barney Popnoe, sponsor
Janie Popnce, Cvndie Newman, Richard
Baxter and Charles Allcorn. In the picture
below is the group from Mozelle, front
row, Douglas Tompkins, James Puckett,
Patsy Taylor, Becky Stewart, Billie Law-
rence, Judy McClellan, Gary Pittard and
Radford Taylor; back row, sponsor Ed
Burnam, sponsor Helen Burnam, Clayton
Seals, Duncan McCarty, Fred L. Cleven-
ger, Kenneth Allen. Bert Kinsey, Charles
Gaylor, Rickey George, sponsor D. Faye
Watkins, and sponsor Harroll Watkins.
Tournament chairman Fred
| White reports that Brady High
Sehool, state championship team
will be here to compete, as all
team members have indicated
they will be present. Included
arc Jimmy Criswell, Charles Dec-
ker, Paul Pries's,. Karlton Stef-
fens and Kurt Otte. Two men
from Brady, Korky Steffens and
Paul Huntington, have also ad-
vised that they will be present,
it is expected that other Brady
golfers will be on hand.
Three More Bible
Schools Here This
Week And Next
Three Churches, in addition to
those reported last week, have
plans made for Vacation Church
Schools for this week and next.
lieved to be
age.
about 55 years
Airplane-Auto
Have Collision
South Of Valera
This morning about 8:30, there
was a collision between an air-
plane and a car a few miles
have previously won first places ! south of Valera on FM Highway
in the county 4-H eliminations, j 306. according to a report by
and placed cither first or second Sheriff John Smith, but fortun-
in the district eliminations. ! ately no one was seriously in-
4-H’ers who are at the Round jured.
up are Nancy Taylor, Joe Pat
Hemphill. Debra Sparks, Cheryl,
Beck, Kay Reis, Cindy Beck,
Scott Beaver, Jack Horne and
Paul Beaver. Adult leaders ac-
companying them are Mrs Don
Taylor, Don Hart, Mrs. R. C.
Sparks, Mrs Hal Beck, and Mr
and Mrs. Toppy Beaver. Exten-
,sion agents Ray N. Sims, Gene
L. Dunbar and Roberta A. Wat-
ters also are with the group at
A&M.
Local organizations who are
paying part of the 4-H'crs’ ex-
pense to the Roundup are the
Coleman County Farm Bureau,
Kiwanis Club, Coleman County
Home Demonstration Council,
and the Coleman County State
Bank.
James W. Brown of Coleman
doing aerial spraying of
mesquites about 3 1/2 miles
south of Valera. He had just
landed for reloading, and was
taking off on another trip when
the collision oequred. Clyde
Duncan of Valera was driving
north, and evidently the two
men failed to see each other in
time to avoid a collision.
Defending champion JEddie
Smith will defend his title, and
is getting in practice rounds this
week. He was medalist at the
Breckenridge tournament the
past weekend and placed third
there.
Ryall Wilson Will
Receive Degree
Local club champion James
Lindsey stimulated considerable
interest Sunday afternoon, when
he fired two record scores, tour-
ing the 9-hole course in 31 -and
34, for a 65 on 18 holes. Both
the 31 for 9 holes and the 65 for
18 were new course records. He
was playing with Fred White,
Charles Shepherd and Duncan
Ryall Wilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Cobb, will receive a
i BS degree, in physics at the Uni-.
; versity of the South, Sewanee,
| Term,, in exercises there Sun-
day. June 7. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb
| and Carol Wilson will go to Se :
I wanee to attend the commence-
ment program «-nd Will go on to
visit the New York World Fair
and other- points in the East !
Young Wilson will attend grad-
uate,school next fall.
FIRST METHODIST
The vacation sehool at First
Methodist Church is in progress
this week with classes being held
from 9:00 through 11:00 a.m. each
day through Friday, June 5. Open
house will be held in all class-
rooms Sunday, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Director is Mrs, W F, Camp-
bell and teachers and their de-
partments are Mrs, Don Rhone,
and Mrs. ,J B Smith Jr., nursery;
Mrs. R. T. Caperton and Mrs.
Don Wilkinson, kindergarten;
Mrs. D.on Weaver and Mrs. W. K.
Woodard, primary; and Mrs. Hal
Woodward and Mrs. Bernice
Nichols, junior.
Mrs. James Hargett is direct-
ing the music and Mrs. Raiford
Barnett has charge of refresh-
ments.
TRINITY METHODIST
Leaders at Trinity Methodist
Church have planned a Vacation
Bible School for next week, June
8 through June 12, with classes
Cauley.
Qualifying rounds will be fir-
ed Friday, with match play on
Saturday and Sunday. All those
in the championship flight must
qualify here Friday, while others,
if they wish, may turn in quali-
fying scores.
Gray Mercantile
Included on the program will
| be a barbecue Friday night and
: dance Saturday night.
Brown’s plane had some dam-
ages to the propcllor and wings,
and Duncan’s ear was damaged
considerably, it is reported.
Brown was not injured, but Dun-
can had some head injuries, and
was taken to the hospital here
for checkup, and it is stated
that his injuries were minor.
H, L O'Bar Dies
In Abilene; Rites
Held Here Today
HOSPITAL SERIES
Level Of Medical Practice
In Coleman Is Rated High
By Dr. Wayne V. Ramsey
of Shoults, Ramsay A Ramsay
Radiologist Consultants
Abilene, Texas
The residents in and around
Coleman, Texas, are very for-
tunate in’ having a progressive,
co-operative group of Medical
Doctors who work closely in con-
junction with the Board of Di-
rectors and Administrator of
your hospital.
They have proven this on
many occasions and one example
of this effort to provide a con-
stantly improving medical ser-
vice to the citizens is in the x-
ray department. Through the
joint efforts of the hospital ad-
ministration and the local doc-
tors, first class equipment com-
bined with well trained radio-
graphic technicians, arc avail-
able at this hospital. This, in it-
self, represents a very important
accomplishment and would cer-
tainly be noteworthy if only
these steps had been taken. In
addition, a Radiologist comes to
Coleman regularly on a twice
weekly basis, for consultation
with the local Medical Staff,
concerning the interpretation of
the x-rays.
The importance of this may
be judged by the fact that most
communities of this size and
even larger are without the ser-
vices of a radiologist at all.
The usual routine, in regard
to x-ray diagnosis, would start
with your doctor, through his
clinical examination determining
the part of the body and the
manner in which it is to be stud-
ied by x-rays. As you are aware,
this is only one of many types
of procedures that are Hied in
arriving at a diagnosis. Follow-
ing the making of the x rays,
your doctor would institute
treatment based upon his clini-
cal evaluation, the x-ray studies
and other tests that he may need
for any particular individual
The Radiologist, on his visit,
would consult with your doctor,
concerning the interpretation of
the x-rays and possibly addition-
al studies that might be of val-
ue in arriving at a more exact
diagnosis.
In our experience, we have
had the opportunity of observing
the caliber and other aspects of
medical practice in many towns.
It is our opinion that the level
of medical practice in Coleman
is second to none. Certainly, you
are to be congratulated on an
excellent medical set-up. This,
in itself, does not imply that ail
phases of medical care can be
given here; obviously there are
some situations in which only
larger institutions can afford
the equipment and would have
the volume of work sufficient
to justify this expenditure.
Again, it has been our exper-
ience that the doctors in this
community do not hesitate to
recommend to their patients that
this type facility be utilized
when indicated.
Certainly, the above factors
have been taken into consider-
ation in your drive for an en-
largement of the Overall-Morris
Memorial Hospital. X ray diag-
nosis has played an important
role in the American heritage of
constantly improving medical
care, to where it has reached
the highest standard in the
world. The citizens of this area
can know that this important
aspect of medicine has not been
neglected and is up to date and
modem In this city.
H T. (Skipper) O'Bar, 86, died
at Hendrick Memorial Hospital
in Abilene at 1:30 a.m. Monday,
June 1, 1964 Funeral services
were held at Stevens Memorial
Chapel today (Tuesday) at 2:00
p.m. and burial was in Tuscola
Cemetery with Stevens Funeral
Home in charge of arrangemehts.
Officiating minister was Rev.
Lester O. Probst, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, and pall-
bearers were Clyde Thomas, R,
D. West, Louis Glasson and H.
F. Fenton Jr., all of Coleman;
Virgil Riddle, H. L. Riddle and
W. Z. Williams, all of Ovalo; and
I, N. Wilkinson of Tuscola.
Mr. O Bar, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. O’Bar, waS born
in Fayette County, Texas, Dec.
3, 1877. He was married at
Georgetown, Texas, Dee. 18, 1900
to Miss Fronia Dollar, who died
in August, 1957.
The O'Bars moved from Will-
iamson County to Taylor County,
Tuscola area, in 1900. He served
as county commissioner of Pre-
cinct 4, Taylor County three
terms and as Taylor County
sheriff from 1925 to 1931. They
moved from Taylor County to
Coleman in 1932 and he served
as chief of police here for a num-
ber of years. He was a member
of the First Baptist Church, the
Oddfellow Lodge and the Ma-
sonic Lodge.
Republicans Meet
And Make Plans
Campaign Program
Surviving him are one son, Ray
O'Bar of Lawn; one daughter,
Miss Fay O’Bar of Coleman; one
brother, Oscar O'Bar of Austin;
two sisters, Mrs. Georgia Steele
of Denison and Mrs. Tommie
Berryhill of Santa Rosa, Calif.;
two granddaughters, Miss Judy
OBar of Lawn and Mrs. Ann
Gill of Tuscola; and one great-
granddaughter, Miss Debra Kay
Giil of Tuscola.
Last Friday evening the Cole-
man County Republican leaders
met in the Coleman County
State Bank Club Room to plan
campaign operations, which will
start in high gear after the sec-
ond primary, this Saturday.
James Hargett, county chair-
man of the GOP committee, pre-
sided. Plans were made for a
fund drive to promote the state
and national' ticket. All county
Republicans, and■ friendV-will be
CADDIES NEEDED
White states that Jake Mc-
Creary will be in charge of cad-
dies for the tournament. A few
will be needed Friday morning,
with more needed Friday after-
noon, and during tournament
play Saturday and Sunday. It
is stressed that the boys need
to be of size to carry the golf
bags. Those interested should
contact McCreary when they ar-
rive at the club.
Is Burglarized
Gray Mercantile Co. was bur-
glarized Sunday night, and ac-
cording to the City Police, in-
vestigation is in progress. No
arrests have been made.
Entry was gained at the back
door, where a lock was broken
Items known missing include six
or seven transistor radios, one
record player and one typewrit-
er.
; each afternoon from 2:00 until
4:30.
Teachers include Mrs. Billy
Bartley, director; Mrs. Edgar
j Leonhard and Mrs. Waybum
: Mitchell, kindergarten; Mrs.
Raymond Bates and Mrs. Gyeten
i Goodwin, primary; and Mrs. W’el-
i ton Holt and Mrs. J. P. Richard-
' son, junior.
Faries Brothers
Activity tickets are now on
sale for the tournament, for
those who will not play in the
tournament, but wish to attend
the barbecue, the dance ancf
watch the golf matches. Mrs.
Fred White is selling the activity
tickets. The activity tickets are
‘S6, while the tournament entry
fee is $15.
Visit In Japan
Jerry • N. Faries, engineman
third class, USN, and Gerald B.
Faries, seaman, USN, sons of
Mrs. Vila Faries of 415 Depot St.,
Coleman, recently visited Yoko-
suka, Japan aboard the Navy es-
cort ship LSS Newell, operating
in the Far East with the Seventh
Fleet.
Newell is equipped with the
latest radar equipment to detect
the approach of enemy aircraft
from the West. She normally
patrols the North Pacific pro-
tecting against surprise attack.
Driver Examination
Schedule Listed
J. L. Bridges, driver examiner,
has announced a new schedule
of hours in the area he serves.
He will be in Coleman from
8 a. tp, to 5 p. m. Mondays and
from 8 a. m. to 12 noon Satur- -
days. He will be in Brownwood
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-
day, and will be in Ballinger
and Winters on Fridays.
His office here is in the Coun-
ty Agriculture building.
NEWSPAPER TO POST RETURNS
Election Saturday
The second primary will be
held Saturday, June 8, and both
Democratic and Republican vot-
ing boxes will he at the same
place as in the first primary.
The only local races are on
the Democratic ballot, where
there is a run-off in the commis-
sioner precincts one and three.
Democrats In Precirtct Two-and
Four .will have only the run-off
race for U. S. Congressman at
large. On the Republican ballot
there is only the run-off for the
senatorial nominee.
It, is expected that voting will
be brisk in Precincts One and
Three, while it may be light in
Precincts Two and Four, as far
as Democrats are concerned.
Results from the voting will
be tabulated at the newspaper
office, and results on the two
commissioner races will be post-
ed in front of the Chronicle and
Democrat-Voice office. Although
the results of the other race on
the Democratic ballot and of
the race on the Republican bal-
lot will not be posted out front
they will be called in to the Tex-
as Election Bureau for inclusion
in state-wide returns.
Absentee voting will close at
5 p.m. this afternoon and County
Clerk Lee Craig reports that at
press time 43 absentee votes h»d
given an opportunity- to contri-
bute to the finances needed for
the campaign.
Mr. Hargett says assistance
from Independents and Conser-
vatives in other parties, interest-
ed in the Republican program,
will be appreciated. It is hoped
to contact ail party members,
Hargett states, but if the finance
committee fails to contact all
the people they, are requested
to get in touch with him or the
finance chairman, R. A. Autry.
Jj is also stated that contribu-
tions may be deposited In any of
the county banks to the Coleman
County Republican Committee,
and deposit slips will be mailed
to the finance chairman. It is
urged that all monies be in dur-
ing the next few days, as it is
hoped to make a financial report
by June 9.
Following the business session
Friday night Mrs. Hargett served
refreshments, and games were
enjoyed-
Mr. Hargett states that the vot-
ing places for the second primary
election, will be in same locations
as in fftst primary, in Coleman
and Santa Anna. In Coleman
voting will be held in the Miller
& Miller building west of court-
house, and in Santa Anna at the
Public Library. Republicans
from all precincts will vote at
these two election places, as in
first primary.
Pittard Is Exchange Club
Boy Of Year" Selection
been cast.
VISITS HERE
Mr. and Mrs- James Barron
and children of Frankel City
visited her grandmother, Mrs
John Mitchell, Monday,
Adding to his already long list
of honors, Mozelle's Gary Pittard
has been selected as “Boy of the
Year’’ by the Exchange Club of
Coleman. The announcement was
made at the Monday noon meet-
ing of the club in Conger’s Club
Room, in which young Pittard
was introduced, along with his
father, Louis Pittard, and Mo-
zelle School Superintendent Har-
roll Watkins.
Club president, R. T. Caperton
presided for the meeting and in-
troduced the honored guests. The
award is presented annually to
the county's most outstanding
senior boy and is judged on a
point system that includes schol-
astics, leadership, sehool partici-
pation and athletics. Young Pit-
tard scored very high in the
point system, and his credentials
will he entered in the Exchange
Club’s contest for a possible
scholarship.
Among his many coveted hon-
ors, pittard was recently named
salutatorian of his graduating
class at Mozelle. He has been an
outstanding athlete in all sports
at Mozelle, gaining all-district
recognition in both football and
basketball; president of the Stu-
dent Council lor two years, as
well as holding various class of-
fices all through school.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Pittard of Gouldbusk, and
his mother teaches in the Mo-
zelle school system.
Pittard's present plans are to
attend Bayor University, where
he will join his brother, Knox,
who will be a jflnior student
there next fall. He also plans
to come out for the freshman
football team at Baylor. Brother
Knox is a member of the varsity
grid team there.
CONCHO BAPTIST
At Concho Baptist Church pre-
paration day will be held Fri-
day, June 5. and the Bible Sehool
will begin Monday, June 8, with
classes being held daily from 8:30
until 11:00 a m. Paul Smith, pas-
tor of the church, is director and
the Reapers Class will serve re-
freshments.
Teachers include Mrs. Joe
Crabb, nursery; Mrs. Ted Rowe
and Mmes. Henry Williams, Cur-
tis Alvey, Cora Lee Copeland,
| Bud LeSeur, Kenneth Mulanax,
’ L, C. Barkemeyer, Kenneth Grif-
fin, Ted Robin Jr., Roger White,
j Owen Myers, Sealy Bryan, two
year olds.
Mrs. Phil Oxford and Mmes.
Sid Cttllins, Arthur Poldraek,
Granvil Roberts, James Smith,
j E. B. Wilkerson, Winifred Briggs,
Clinton Laws, Wilma Priddy,
three year olds; Mrs. Jesse Shaw
and Mmes. Wilson Copeland,
Bud Griffin, Roy McClellan, Joe
Hammonds, Walter Graham,
Walter Smith, Wilburn Peden,
Jackie Jones, Roy McCorkle,
Doy Dority and Miss JoAnn
Crabb, beginners.
Mrs. Darrell Croft and Mmes.
Les Laws, Major Mulanax, Jack
Diamond. Mae Aaron, Dick Kart-
ing, Ben Arnold, Fred Knowles,
Sloan Wells, Alvin Smith, pri-
mary; Mrs. Sidney Burdick and
Mmes. Tex Robin, Frank Kad-
ing, Dub Scott, Dorothy Temple-
ton; Pete Cope. C. R. Dalton,
Gene Ferguson and Wilbur
Hooper, juniors.
Mrs. Paul Smith and Mmes.
Annie Blanton, Delma Johnson,
Jack Mills, Donald Moneyhttn,
Carl McAlister, Ed Greaves,
Charlie Jones, J. H. Byerly and
T. C. Hall, intermediate.
Fred Allen Gray
To Direct Bands
At Santa Anna
GARY PITTARO
Fred Allen Gray, graduate of
McMurry College, has been
chosen by Santa Anna Board of 1
Education to direct junior and
i senior bands there during the
next school year.
Mr, Gray, graduate of Gorman
High Sehool, was awarded a BS
in Music Education at McMurry
at the close of the spring semest-
er He was also named the Most
Valuable Boy of the McMurry
Band for the year 1903-84. He
I did his student teaching at Coop-
er High School In AbUese.
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