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JUNIOR FAVORITES at Coleman High School are Mary
Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mills, and Joe Gil-
lespie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Gillespie. They will be
featured in the high school annual. (Photos by Hugh
Capps Studip).
PUBLIC INVITED
County National Guardsmen
will have their annual general
inspection at the Coleman Arm-
ory this Wednesday night, Dec.
2 The formal inspection of the
members of Company A will be-
gin at 8:00 p m and ail interested
local citizens are urged and in-
Public Invited
To Program By
Medical Auxiliary
| VOLUME 84—NO. 26
Scrap Paper
Drive Saturday
Exchange Club members will
canvass the entire town here
Saturday in their scrap news-
paper drive, and request the co-
operation ol' the public in this
fund-raising project.
Many persons have been sav-
ing their old newspapers for the
club’s drive, and it is emphasiz-
ed that the newspapers are the
only form of paper desirable.
The drive will start at 8:00
o’clock Saturday morning, and
club members and high school
boys, who will aid in the pro-
ject, will assemble at the south-
west corner of the R. T. Caper-
I ton Chevroiet-Cadillac lot on
i Commercial. Several pickup
trucks will be used and the group
I will be divided, into teams to
vited to attend. j work a11 sections of thc city-
An officer representing thc In-1 Thoso wllh newspapers to give
spector General, Fourth U. S. t0 tho drive arc requested to
Army, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex- j stack them 011 lhe‘r front porch
as, will be present for this in- or sidewalk and they will be pick-
spection. An inspection of admin-j ed up as the teams come by.
istrative records, supply, armory' ^ anyone is missed by the
and facilities will begin at 1:00 drive lhcy can Phone the Caper-
p.m., with the inspection of thc t(>n Company and j pick-up crew
unit members to be held at the1””" f”’ nun,,- n,„
night time session,-beginning at
DEMOCRAT-VOICE. COLEMAN. TEXAS, DECEMBER 1, 1964
2 SECTIONS—10 PAGES
Guard Inspection
Wednesday Night
(will be dispatched to gather thc
paper.
8:00 p.m.
The rating received in this in-
spection, along with the results
of the unit's annual property in-
I ventory, and summer camp rat-
I ings, are the deciding points in
The Coleman County Medical how a National Guard unit is
Auxiliary will hold a meeting rated. With this in mind, local
open to the general public Thurs- officials are seeking to make thc , er,nte.”af": _ 1 Grounds has second six weeks period at Jun- j
day evening. Dec. 3, beginning at best rating possible. ‘ scnt
Tal-Cen Thanks
Coleman People
Talpa Centennial School Sup-
GIFTS ARE INVITED
THE CHRISTMAS TREE on the Court-
house lawn was put in place yesterday by
City crews, having been donated by E. L.
Miller. The above picture was taken while
City personnel were still making the tree
secure. Latch in the afternoon and evening,
members of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
decorated the tree, a project they have
carried out for the past several years.
Junior High Honor
Roll Is Announced
ijii
iAi ! .
7:30 p.m. in Conger's Club Room. |
Members of the Auxiliary are i
Mmes It. F Kemper, J. D. Duke,
F. M Burke, John Murrell, W.
1. Jennings, .1 C. Young, M. E. :
Weaver and R. R. Lovclady.
Special guest speaker will he :
Mr. Shelley Smith, administra-
tor of West Texas Rehabilitation j
Center, Abilene. Mr. Smith will
lecture ,on "Dyslexia, Specific!
James West Gets
Commendation
After Robbery
Honor roll students for the'GRADE 8
. . ... ____ , Group 1: Mitzi Horne, Debra
to this newspaper a letter jor High School arc announced Jordan, David Skelton. Bruce
of thanks and appreciation for j today by Principal Charles King. Terry, Karen Cullins, Pam Wood,
tlie use of the football field here Each grade is divided into I Connie Young, Sandic Elliott; i
for the hi district football game three groups. Group one includes i O’Lenc Stone,
the past Thursday night, and i those making all A s. group two, Group.2: Mickey Bartley, Sarah
thanks all who assisted in any j all A’s, except for one B: and Hunter, Steve Poklraek, Mike
way. 1 he letter follows: j group three, two or more A's and Griffith, Richard Throgmorton,
“Die Talpa Centennial School, no grade below B. [Donna Hail, Clarese Walker, Su-1
thc football team, thc pep squad GRADE 6 san MeHorse, Debbie Johnson,
and the fans would like to ex-I G Donnlc Wood T Charles Richardson,
press our appreciation to each • r.oil Vrtuin Group 3: Susio Bunt. Patsy
GRADE 6
Group 1: Donnie Wood, Terry
, .. , , , , . .. .Kent, Gail Erwin, Cathy Leon-
-- ..... ......- James West, 21-year old son of fd' y°u that helped work thei,*^ Ryan Ann Campb(,„
Language Disability’’ which af- Mr. and Mrs. James West of *ame’ Everything possible was | ifichie Cullins, Beth Fultz, Kath-
fects. tu some degree,' L5 per cent I Coleman, received- a eommenda- donc to niake us feel welcome , erjnp Kerr Bill Burke Ann Aut-
. » ■ ^ - rin/l in UaIi-« nr fi’lik fUn rfs m ' *
Cheer Fund
At $224.50
First gifts to the Firemen’s
Christmas Cheer Fund are re-
ported today, totaling $224.50,
representing a good start on the
goal of $1,250.
Firemen will use the money
to purchase food to go into Cheer 1
Baskets to be delivered to needy
homes in Coleman just before
! Christmas. Firemen are now re-
pairing toys which will also go
into baskets going to homes with
small children.
Gifts to the Cheer Fund are
invited, and these gifts may be :
! mailed to the firemen, left at
the fire station, handed to any |
: fireman or left at cither of the
j Coleman banks.
- The firemen report that they
j could still use some good toys
j which4 need little or ho repair.
These should be brought to the
-fire station.
f Gifts received for the Cheer
j Fund include the following;
j Mutual Improvement
club................ ...........s io.oo
| Beta Sigma Phi 15.00
j J. L. Laws ____,..L_______ 5.00 j
Perrv^ Bros ~ 5 0o! In a recent election at Mozelle
, Mr & Mrs.’ Henry Stuart' 2 00 ^*“ f A the
I Downtown Sunday School j Mozcl‘e Fu’ure Farmcrs "f
I rica chose Miss Sharron McCarty
! Class .......“ 150 00 as chaptefr sweetheart for this
MISS SHARRON McCARTY
Future Farmers
At Mozelle High
Elect Sweetheart
: JRB Super Market
| Exchange Club
10.00
25.00
year. She will represent Mozelle
in the district sweetheart con-
test.
Miss McCarty, daughter of Mr.
Cope, Teddy Kay White, Paula j
Wilson, Tony Berry, Cindy Mc-
Clure, Rickey Smith. Doris Med-
PAUL GLASSON
Labor Survey
Office Open Tonite
At Legion Building
of all children. Dyslexia is a tion and $25 reward, following
newly discovered disability in a holdup at the Davis Super
which research is now being Market in Fort Worth thc past
made. Following the lecture, a 1 Wednesday night, where he
question and answer period will serves as assistant manager,
he conducted. West received the commenda-
All teachers and educators arc tion and award for holding thc
especially invited and urged to ’ robbery Joss to a minimum
attend this educational and in-. According to an account in thc
formative session. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the
robber, a young negro, told West,
"better not move or I’ll kill you,”
after opening thc office door,
leveling a chrome-plated small
| caliber revolver at West and de-
i manding the cash.
The gunman told West to have
a clerk get more money from
! a cash register, and escaped with
The Texas Employment Com-1 an unknown amount of silver
mission s Coleman County Labor an(i bills.
Survey office will be open to- j _•__
night from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Night sessions are . scheduled
to permit people who are oc-
cupied during regular office
hours, 8:00 a m. to 5:00 p.m., an
opportunity to participate. The
temporary office is loeated at
204 East Pecan, in the American
Legion Building. -
The TEC, in addition to the
above hours, will maintain an
office from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
in Santa Anna in tne Lions Club
Building oil Monday and Wed-
nesday of each week.
Sunday Collision
Damages Cars;
No One Injured
a - s “o esr^nk I
lh°, nCo'cr", DSChri “ ! Sony Mary Martin N^i Knox, ha">. Betty Cardenas.
and the School Board for making stan| Howard, Susie Day.--:-
the school facilities available to Group 2. Karl Craig, Pam Hfc ■ Cotton Hubbard
us' „ , Pcr. Charles Vanpelt, Will
"Ue also want to thank the | rcll UcIlene Berry, Ricky Ruvs |/W Doq*
newspapers and radio station for Teri-v Brown Beckv Hoi '
the publicity given the game.” | ZgJoriZ ’ ‘ Beer Drive-lfl
Group 3: Bryan Henderson, Jamcs T (CottoB) Hubbard.
Judy Kemp, Judy Kay Kenney, who was associated with the
Larry Glasson, Nancy Alexand
Paul Glasson Gets
A&M Scholarship
Paul Glasson, son of Mr. and
VISIT IN BAYTOWN
Mr, and Mrs. Marlin Thomp-i and Mrs. E. V McCarty of Mo-
1 son spent the holidays at Bay- zelle, is a senior at Mozelle High
town with her sister and hus-; School. She is also FHA par-
band. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Caver.' liamentarian, football sweetheart
They were accompanied by her j and a member of the basketball
I brother, Loyd Beall of Lubbock.: team and the annual staff.
Local News Briefs
Band Boosters
To Meet Tonight
band hall. All parents of Junior Hail, Donna chambers, Gary
Mrs. Vance Close visited in f Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Spurlock
Mrs. Louis Glasson of Coleman,; Andrews over the holidays with spent Thanksgiving Day in
; is one of '17 students who re- her daughter and husband, Mr.' Brownwood with Mr. and Mrs.
cently received Opportunity and Mrs. Edward Feeler. , Joe Floyd Morris and Rev. and
Awards scholarships at A&M j - Mrs. Clifton Weathers and fam-
L'niversity. I Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Boatright «»y.
A 1.164 graduate of Coleman had as Thanksgiving guests their| -
..ou.j, uia.-i.-xjn, uum-jr ™vMiiu- Gray Mere Co until the recent and rcc'P'cnt of lbt' ^ BS Science daughters and families, Rev. and Anita Morris, student at North
er, William Barkemeyer, Karen j firc which temporarily put themlC ub stholarshlp’ Glasson ,s a Mrs. S. A. Mask and sons of San : Texas University, was a holiday
Briggs, Lexia Matthews, Vickie j out of buslnpss hag now an. freshman pre-yetennary medi-. Antonjo and Mrs. wiley Might, guest in the home of her mother,
cine student at A&M.
High and High School band
members are urged to be present.
Sunday, Nov. 29, there was an
No Serious Loss
In Sunday Fire
Sunday, Nov. 29, thc Coleman
Fire Department was called to
Carnes, Paula Boyle.
GRADE 7
Group 1: Billy Don Jones, John
Petty McMinn, Rem Templeton,
Root Beer Drive-In at 2112 S.
Commercial, and has assumed
scholar-
James. Karen and Kenneth of: Mrs. Lucille Morris.
ships have been given to 156;
A&M freshmen this year The:
Eldorado.
Miss Louise Thompson visited
in Midland over thc weekend
operation of the business. His u,. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Fowler and' ... , ‘ ... . ., ,
............... in .u„ s«... Progiam is sponsored by the; ....— ..... .............. with Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lind-
la Billings, Jack Crockett. Ann | occupancy, it is stated.
(he Drew Crain home at 13051 Holland, Marilyn Marrs, Melissa I Mr. Hubbard will be assisted
Llano, where a fire was report- ] Straach, Eddie Knight, Cynthia | in the operation of the K-N
ed. It' seems there was a short-' Mayo, Mike Moore. j Drive-In by Mrs. Hubbard, he
ago in the electrical wiring, but ! Group 2: Don Marines, Jim Me- [states. They purchased the busi-
very little damage was done! Mr. ■ Anally, Hollis McClellan, Joel | ness from James Olsen, and he
auto collision at corner of N. j o,-ajn js a fireman and had thc Martin, Susan Pedcn, David Bar- |las not . announced his future
Neelies and Post Streets, with I blaze under control when - the clay' Ann Davis, Vickie Myers, I plans,
total of about $250.00 to the cars, j fir(, trucks arrived it Is slated >Harcn Sims, Jean Wheat, Daryl------------
former partner in the Gray Mer 'A.^ociafion" oT Former cbi'drcn 'Tcre bolida/ vis‘tors , SCy and family.
Srn’d for at ^ Students and various foundat- j ^ caTl'
£TvJ2r*!£ iSsisS irz, SSHJs: sa'sHrss- ssst
Linda Probst. Mike Bledsoe, Car- as the building is ready for, ’ ’ Gouldbusk and Rockwood.
but no personal injuries of con-1 Monday night a Chevrolet car
sequence, according to thc City ()Wn(.d by C. M. Holdridge of
F’olice. ^an Angei0i parked near the Mc-
Jessie Lee Fairies, driving a I Kec Cleaners on Commercial,
1956 Ford, and Fred Smith, driv-! caught fire, and considerable
ing a 1957 Ford were the parti- j damage was done before it was
cipants, it is reported.
controlled, it is reported.
Bonus Days Ahead
With Hot Specials
Coleman’s first “Bonus Days” i Area shoppers are urged to
will be held Friday and Satur- [ watch for the unusual prices In
day and will feature a large i the Chronicle Thursday, and to
number of ridiculously ,low ! be sure and save the paper. The
Boyle, Brenda Smith, Paula Hag
ler, Peggy Jones, Jamie Hubbard, MpprGCiaTIOn rlOm
Group 3: Jerri Lynn Davis,! p . » /■*/..**_
Larry Jones, Linda Jones, Tom- 00110, V7 WQIT6
my White, Terry Goree, Vicky Supt. W T. Graves has re-
Alexander, David Bailey, Salva- ceived letters of thanks and ap-
j dor Andrade, Hannah Brown, predation from the superinten-
I Donna Clark, Patricia Diaz, Deb- dents of Baird and Goldthwatc,
i hie Griffin, Joe Hollingsworth, following the recent bi-district
Vicky Watson, Shirley Young, game here between the two
Rena Ragsdale, Phil Chambers, > teams.
Sharon Barnett, Pamela Pold- The officials cited the excel-
rack, Mary Miller, Patricia Shaw, lent handling of the game by
Tommy Needham, Holland Les- local people, and expressed
ter. i thanks for the use of the field, j
REV. BEN JOHNSON
MISS VIRGINIA AOIAN
Virginia Adian
Mokes Who's Who
Miss Virginia Adian, daughter
of Mrs. Lena Adian of Coleman,
has been named to Who’s Who
in American Universities and
Colleges, necording to an an-
nouncement by Dr. \V. O. Beas-
ley, director of student life at
HardinSimmons University
Miss Adian, a 1961 graduate of
Coleman iligh School, is a senior
at HSU.
"Bonus Days" number will ap-
pear at the top of the front
prices to the holders of news-
papers with matching numbers.
In addition to the special | page
"Bonus Days," many other items I -:-
are specially priced for the week- ;
end, available to everyone. ; F_R DirprtorS
Each copy of the Chronicle, |
published Thursday of this week,
Will bear a number at the top
of the front page. Merchants will
have numbers posted in their
store on one or more bonus buys.
Those with matching numbers
may buy thc items at the ex-
tremely low prices.
According to the rules of the
merchant promotion), the num-
bers will be posted in the store,
and not in the window, and the
numbers will not be given over
the telephone.
To Meet Thursday
A combined meeting for Nov-
ember and December of the
Directors of Coleman County
Farm Bureau will be held Thurs-
day night, Dec. 3 at 7:00 p.m. at
the Recreational Building, Cole-
man Rodeo Grounds. All mem-
bers and Visitors are welcome.
Barbecue will be furnished.
Those who come are asked to
bring a salad, a sweet, or a vege- !
table.
Visiting during the holidays in
the home of Mr, and Mrs. A. A.
Jarrell were their granddaughter,
Miss Linda Webb, student at
. Texas Christian University, and
Y isiting with Mr. and Mrs. T- thcir daughtcr and family, Mr.
A. Wynn over thc weekend were and Mrs Clll Slack and cindy
Mr and Mrs, Joe Wynn of I.ub Qdcssi,
bock, Hcrschcl Wynn of Coman- _____
chc, Mr, and Mrs. \ ernon Five j\]r and Mrs. Gordon Pearce,
ash and son of Abilene, and Mr. Rfmnj0 a„d Jerry, Lt. and Mrs.
and Mrs. Aaron Avants of V\ hon. [)onnje n0n spent thc weekend
in Sherman with their son and
Visiting during the holidays brother and his family, Mr. and
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Bill Pearce and Timmy.
Tom DeArmon were Mr. and They were accompanied by ano-
Mrs. Oscar DeArmon and Tom ther brother, Richard Pearce of
my of Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Grand Prairie.
Wilburn Woodard and Gregory ---
of Coleman, and Miss Dorinda j Mr and Mrs. C. If. Douglas
Woodard and Bud Coursey. stu- had as guests during the holiday
dents at thc University of Texas weekend her nephew and niece,
—-- j Mr. and Mrs. A. I). McDonald
Hubert Welch, student at Tex 1 of Texaco, New Mexico.
as University, spent the week ’ —r--
; end with his grandmother, Mrs. Recent visitors in the home of
Fannie Bevills, and his aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Moore were
| Betty Cherry. i Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Stewart of
-- | Blackwell, Bo Stewart of San
Guests of Mrs. W. T. Smith! Francisco, , California. Mr. and
Friday and Saturday were Mrs. i Mrs. Ernest Gober of McCamey,
Yrthur Edwards and William of] ■ —........—: ..........
Port Arthur. Saturday guests
Revival Scheduled
At Central Baptist
Rev Ben 1)> Johnson, assistant were Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Smith
pastor of Tabernacle Baptist of Lubbock.
Church in Lubbock, will be j , -
speaker at all services at Cen Mrs. (toss Kates of San Antonio
tral Baptist Church Sunday, De-j and Mr. and Mrf.
ixited du
- Mt-s. W.
A. S. Bowers
during the
T. Bow-
ccmbcr 6, an<j will remain tojof Kermit vii
conduct revival services there1 weekend with
J each ev ening Of next week. ers and Cora.
Johnson, father of Hay Don i . ——
* Johnson of Coleman, has been Mr. and Mrs. Glen Chambers
j in the ministry for more than 4() and children of Ft. Worth spent
years. In that time he has help- 'the holiday weekend with her
ed to organize 21 churches.
Three Go For
Physical Exams
Three young men from Cole-
man County were members of a
group sent today for physical
examinations by the local Selec-
tive Service Board. ,
STUDENTS HONORED:
For the Coleman meeting he
will be assisted by Gaylnn Me-
I Clellan, song leader; Billie Jean
...........| _______| Benjamin J. Scott, age 18, son
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hal Mr. and Mrs. J. E Scott and
a 1964 graduate of " * "
mon.
Mrs. D. M. Roberts and son.
Hobby Woodward and
| Woodard, organist; and Mrs. Wayne, of Farmington, New
CHS STUDENTS HONORED: Hobby Woodward and [Wayne Jenkins, pianist Prayer j Mexico, are Waiting her paints,
Ellen Crain, Coleman High School seniors, were honored* Wn
last week by being named “Boy and Girl of the Month.” ’wogrshjp Kervt£es at 7:00. Roberts They camed h»me with
The Exchange Club of Coleman and the Business and \ Th(, l>astor o( ,hp church. Rev. her sister, Mrs. Loyd Hopper,
Professional Women’s Club sponsors the award. (Photos ; Bob Henson, invites the public and Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, who
by Hugh Capps Studio). , I to attend all services. visited them for several days.
High School, was
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