The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 25, 1978 Page: 3 of 16
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Colemon, Texas, July 25, 1978
COLEMAN DEMOCRAT'VOICE
Page 3 A
Rites Today
At 2 For
Jim Pinkard
,(■* <«
men!” is an integral part of ‘
good fari^i arid ranch business
management. He suggested » A /
that a safety plan be tailored to
fit a particular farm or rarich '&IM
operation.
The Texas Farm Bureau
Safety Department has tabula
ted farm fatalities for the past
ten years. Approximately 200 *'
deaths occur each year (not ’
including traffic! in well over
100 different counties. The r.Oitr
average annual breakdown for
the major causes of farm
fatalities is as follows; Firearms
33; Brownings 32; Fires and
James (Jim) Thomas
Pinkard, 90. died Sunday, July
23, 1978, at 11:30 p.m. in
Overall Morris Memorial Hos-
pital. Funeral services are
today (Tuesday), July 25, at 2
p.m. in. Stevens Memorial
Chapel with burial to follow in
Coleman City Cemetery under
direction of Stevens Funeral
Home. Rev. Leonard Kadde and
Paul Smith are officiating
ministers.
Born July 18, 1888, in
Covington. Texas, he
Layaway
Now for
Back to
1 * <r i1 School!
was
married on Nov. 6, 1907 in
Coleman County to Miss Myrtle
May Brown, who died April 7,
1971. He had lived in Coleman
since 1937 and was a member of
the First United Methodist
Church here. A retired oil field
worker, he was self employed
for many years at the Coleman
newspaper office in office
machine repair.
A number of nieces and
nephews survive.
Pallbearers "will be Terrell
Craves, Milton Autry, Oplin
Saunders, Fred Paddleford,
Charley Cordon and B. Maples:
SECOND PLACE WINNERS in the ljS-teom men's
invitational softboll tournament last weekend were
the Styx, 1 978 Coleman County softboll champions.
They are pictured above os follows: front center,
Michael Freeman; second row, Monty Coleman,
Johnny Burkey, J W Fulbright, Shawn Day, Charles
Cope, James Hail, Bruce Ransberger bock row
manager Barney Ransberger, Donnie Starnes Tim
Ehrler, Gary Payne, Bill Marcee Susie Ransberger
Jody Payne, Lloyd Adams, Tony Williams and Lynn
Morgan, The Styx lost to Bowie Lumber of
Brownwood in the finale 8-4
Big
Bells,
Flares,
Funeral For
Ray Caldwell
Held Sunday
mail is called priority mail. The best-is yet-to come
Packages weighing up to 70 all keep working together
pounds can be mailed.
Within a radius of 300 miles
of Coleman, priority packages
should be delivered the next
business day. With the excep
tion of a few distant areas,
there is second day service
within the U. S. for priority
packages.
Priority mail rates for a five
lb. package range from $2.72
for distances of up to 300 miles
to $4.83 to the most distant
cities.
For detailed rate informa
tion, customers can call the post
office at 6254315.
Letter Postage Less
For Additional Ounces
Ray Caldwell, 82, of Santa
Anna, a former Rockwood
resident, died Friday, July 211,
1978 at 9:30 a.m. in Rangti
Park Hospital after a lonjg
illness. Funeral services were
Sunday, July 23, at 4 p.m./in
Henderson Funeral Home
Chapel of Santa Anna.
Officiating ministers were
Rev. Gary Lawrence and Rev.
Don Morrison. Interment was
in Rockwood Cemetery under
the direction of Heniiferson'
Funeral Home of Santa Anna. ;
Born October 21*1895 in Bell
County, he was the son of
Lawrence and Georgia Box
Caldwell. He had been a
resident of Coleman County
since 1910; was a stock farmer
and truck driver, retiring iri
1967. He attended Rockwood
schools and was a member of
the Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of
Santa Anna; one daughter,
Mrs. Janice Sebesta of Arling
ton; five sons, Charles Caldwell
of Fairfield, California, Tal
madge Caldwell, Ardis Cald
well, Denny Caldwell, all of
Houston, and Dan Caldwell of
Austin; one sister, Mrs. Chloe
Epps of Houston; 12 grand
children; 7 great grandchil-
dren; and several nieces and
nephews.
' Grandsons served as pall
bearers.
Farm, Ranch
Safety Week
Is Proclaimed
Frigidaire
stamps,, they may. be used for
mailing large envelopes or
small packages weighing more
than one ounce.
Beyond 12 ounces, first-class
Many customers mailing
heavy envelopes are not aware
that postage is only 13 cents for
each additional over one ounce,-
Postmaster Terrell Graves said
today.
Spot checks of large enve
lopes deposited in the Coleman
Post Office indicate that fami
lies are often using two or more
15-cent stamps in mailing items
weighing over one ounce.
Postmaster Graves finds.
Postal rates effective May 29
call for 15 cents for one ounce or
less and 13 cents for each
additional ounce through 12
ounces.
Because many families have a
surplus of 13 cent stamps on
hand,, Postmaster Graves sug
gests that in addition to
matching them with two cent
•REFRIGERATORS
•FREEZERS
•WASHERS
•DRYERS
•LAUNDRY CENTERS
•DISH WASHERS
•ELECTRIC RANGES
•AIR CONDITIONERS
•COMPACTORS
•DISPOSERS
Soles & Factory Service
"WE TRADE'
County Judge W. W, (Pete)
Skelton, in a special proclama
tion, at the request of the
Coleman County Farm Bureau,
has designated July 25 31 as
Farm and Ranch Safety Week.
The theme for this year's obser
vance, "Manage to Prevent
Farm and Ranch Accidents",
marks the 35th annual obser
vance of National Farm Safety
Week. <
"Having our county proclam
ation is the best way we know
how to get this, important
safety message close to home",
said Victor Cardinas, Coleman
County Farm Bureau Presi
dent. Sponsored jointly by the
National Safety Council and U,
S. Department of Agriculture,
the observance emphasizes the
need for farm safety as a means
A Lot of Sweat
Persons who do vigorous
physical work or play and
sweat profusely may need
added sodium; the body loses
about 1,000 grams of sodium in
one quart of sweat, reports
Frances Reasonoyer, foods and
nutrition specialist with the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, The Texas A&M
University System.
On hot days with especially
hard work or play, up to seven
or eight quarts of sweat can be
lost per day, she adds.
ESTATE PLANNING
To ease some of the federal
estate tax bite, individuals may
want to consider annual gifts to
their heirs The amount given
during .one's lifetime will
reduce the size of an estate and
federal estate taxes on pro
pertv left to heirs, says an
economist with the Texas Agn
cultural Extension Service,
| West of Courthouse
Newspaper Ads Don't Cosf-They Pay!
DRESS LAY AWAY SALE FOR
Santa Anna
Youth Dies;
Rites Monday
Funeral services for Robert
I) Walker, 16, of Santa Anna
were held Monday, July 24, at
10 a.m. in the Henderson
Funeral Home Chapel at Santa
Anna. Rev. Don Hagan; pastor
of New Testament Holiness
Tabernacle of Bangs, officiated.
Burial was in the Fairview
Cemetery at Grosvenor.
Walker died Friday, July 21,
1978, at 4 p.m. in Duluth,
Minnesota, following a motor
cycle truck collision.
Born Oct. 12, 1961 in El
Centro, Calif., he was the son of
Mrs. Virginia Davies of Santa
Anna and Robert Walker of
Sacramento, Calif. A member
of the New Testament Holiness
Tabernacle at Bangs, he attend
ed Bangs schools through Jr.
High and had completed his
junior year in Santa Anna High
School at the time of his death.
Surviving are his parents;
two sisters. Julie and Kathy
Walker, both of Santa Anna;
his paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Johnson of
Grosvenor; maternal grand
mother, Mrs. lairene Young of
Tulare, Calif.; paternal great
grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Mor
ria of Tulare. Calif.
Henderson Funeral Home of
Santa Anna was in charge of
arrangements.
LAY-AWAY EARLY THIS
YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS!
Perrys has an excellent assortment of large toys Dolls, Tricycles,
Bicycles, Wagons, Desk Sets and many many other items ... Be
Wise Lay Away now while our selection is good!
Girls' Stylish Knee Socks
4 PAIRS FOR 2“
A variety of solid colored coble stitch knee hi
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sues 7-8’/j and 9-11.
SUPER DRESS SPECTACULAR
2 for Ml
2 for M3
Juvenile Girl* Sixes 4-6X Reg. 5.99-6.99
STATE SIXTH IN
POULTRY SALES
Texas remains the sixth
ranked state in poultry and egg
cash receipts, despite a slight
drop tn 1977. The slight decline
in receipts was due to lower
turkey production and some
what lower prices received for
eggs, say two poultry market
ing specialists' with the Texas
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice
Jr High Girts Sites 7 14 Reg 7.99
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The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 25, 1978, newspaper, July 25, 1978; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth751459/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.