Cats Claw (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1964 Page: 3 of 6
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March 26
Recently, in Mrs.
Ledbetter’s English IV
classes, the students
were asked to write a
short paper on
''cliches.” A cliche
is a time-worn idea or
expression. Any
approach could be tak-
en as to how cliches
were used in our
everyday language.
However, Darlene Cox
came up with a most
unusual and interest-
ing approach. She
wrote a story contain-
ing as many cliches as
she could think of.
Here it is’
Uncle Bazil was a
little ''hen-pecked"
man who "worked like _a
beaver.” His wife was
a "bull-headed” woman
and "stubborn as a
mule.” "Happy as a
lark,” Uncle Bazil
worked in his little
antique shop which was
as "pretty as a pic-
ture . "
One day in the mid-
dle of Spring Uncle
Bazil decided to "throw
off the yoke" of his
responsibilities and
"take a little spin
down town." He started
Mr. Harvill Receives
Science Scholarship
Scholarships spon-
sored by the National
Science Foundation are
offered to science and
mathematics teachers
by colleges through-
out the United States.
The scholarships are
for summer courses in
various subjects.
T.C.TJ. offers about
one hundred scholar-
ships to teachers of
this area. Mr. Har-
ville, h igh s chool
science teacher, was
fortunate enough to be
one of the teachers
selected to receive a
scholarship.
His course in chem-
istry will begin June
8, and will be for a
six-weeks’ period.
Archer City, Texas
off in his ’39 Chevy
which was "slow as
Christmas."
When Uncle Bazil
finally arrived down
town he found himself
in the middle of a
"rat race." Being
"blind as a bat,"' he
ran the first red
light he came to. Soon
he heard a siren be-
hind him and turning
"white as a ghost" he
pulled off the side of
the road. "’Well I’ll
be a monkey’s uncle, ’
if it isn’t old Bazil
himself," said the
policeman, walking up
to the car. The pol-
iceman and Uncle Bazil
were old friends, so
they decided to go
"paint up the tow n"
that night and "shake
a leg."
You can well .guess
the fit Uncle Bazil’s
wife threw when he
came in at two o’clock
the next morning. She
decided to take a
"bird's eye view" o f
the situation and poor
Uncle Bazil ended up
"in the dog house" for
a week.
MICHAEL FALL'S
ESSAY WINS
SECOND PRIZE
In an ess ay-writing con-
test, sponsored by the As-
sociation of American Phy-
sicians and Surgeons re-
cently, Michael Fall won
second prize for his essay
entitled "The Advantages
of Private Medical Care."
Two topics were given
for the students to write
on: "The Advantages of
the Free Enterprise System
Over Communism," and "The
Advantages of Private Medi-
cal Care." Six students
entered this contest ; only
one entered from A.C.H.S.
The first prize essay was
entitled "The Advantages
of the Free Enterprise Sys-
tem Over Communism," and
it was witten by a girl
from Megargel.
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.....JUNIOR PLAY
(continued on p.l)
Betty Shadduck, Mrs.
Morton's neice---Judy
McMurtry.
Kip Shadduck, Betty's
younger brother--Ray-
mond Frerich.
Jack Norwood, Betty’s
boyfriend--Danny Moore.
Horatious Xenophon
Hooley, a tramp--Richard
Threet.
Jane Woods, a cute
sirl about fourteen--
Dolores Schlabs.
Mrs. Victoria Har-
rington, a pompous
woman--Phyllis Wright.
Della Harrington,
Mrs. Harrington’s
daughter--Mazie John-
ston .
Miss Drusilla Dob-
bins, an old maid--
Janis Gaulden.
According to Mr.
McCown, rehearsals will
begin April 6. The
cast should have the
first act memorized by
that time. The play
will be presented on
April 2k•___
LEGIOn HALL GETS
"FACE L \ F T I nG"
It's really amazing
how an out-dated ban-
quet room can be changed
into a lovely modern
one. The Legion ban-
quet room, with its
open-ceiling rafters,
has been changed.
Everyone should make a
special effort to visit
the hall and see what
has been accomplished
by a hard-working Le-
gion and Auxiliary
group.
You wouldn't recog-
nize the place. A new
acoustic ceiling, wall
repainted, new cur-
tains, six new 8-foot
florescent light fix-
tures, colored wall
lights and the fire-
place cleaned up and
re-painted.
There have been so
many people who have
worked on this project;
Mrs. Bud Bledsoe,
chairman of the com-
mittee, has put forth
much effort on the
proj ect.
English IV Classes Write About Cliches
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Cats Claw (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1964, newspaper, March 26, 1964; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth836424/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.