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The Bogata News
The Owe Newspaper in the World Most Interested In Bogata
FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Rivercrest Exes
Set Home-Coming
October 20 - 21
Officials of the Rivercrest High
School Exes Association are ex-
tending invitation to all former
exes of Talco and Bogata High
Schools to attend the second an-
nual Home-Coming activities this
year on Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 20-21.
Plans are underway to make
thsi homecoming the biggest and
best ever held.
A letter has been sent to all
exes whose addresses were avail-
able and anyone having address
of any ex-student is requested
to submit names as soon as possi-
ble to the officers. Advance re-
servations are requested Con-
tact Ruth Leggett in Bogata or
Rosalee Adams in Talco, with
checks mad payable to Rivercrest
Rebel Ex-Students Association
for the event.
Activities are slated to get un-
derway with registration at 9 a.
m. on Friday, Oct. 20, with an
assembly program and pep rally
following. Refreshments will be
served in the Home Economics
room.
Friday night is the Rivercrest-
Cooper football game at 7:30 at
Rebel Stadium. A reception will
follow the game at Bogata Com-
munity Center.
Saturday’s activities will be a
banquet at 7:30 p. m. and dance
at 9 p. m. at the Holiday Inn in
Mt. Pleasant. Music will be
furnished by the Billy McKnight
Combo.
Officers arc Bobby Adams,
Talco, pres.; Jerry Clemmons,
Jerry Hutson, Earl Hawkins, and
Ralph Cawley, vice pres.; Ruth
Leggett and Rosalee Adams, sec.;
and Gayle Mankins and Lois
Jean Jones, asst. sec.
Dues are $1.00 per ex-student,
banquet tickets, 2.50 per plate,
and dance tickets, -4.00 per cou-
ple or $3.00 per single.
Rivercrest High
School Menu
October 23 - 27
MONDAY
Meat loaf-catsup, green beans,
stewed potatoes, corn bread, ap-
ple cobbler, Vi pt. milk.
TUESDAY
Oven barbecued chicken, cole
slaw, purple hull peas, hot rolls,.,
raisin turnovers, Vc pt. milk.
WEDNESDAY
Chopped beef sandwiches,
green salad, cream of tomato
soup, doughnuts, Va pt. milk.
THURSDAY
Turkey - dressing and giblet
gravy, English peas, candied car-
rots, cranberry sauce, hot rolls,
plain cookies, Vfe pt. milk.
FRIDAY
Hamburger patties, mustard -
mayonnaise, lettuce - tomatoes,
seasoned beans, potato chips, on-
ions - pickles, ice cream, Vz pt.
milk.
Local People In
R. R. Co. Hospital
Report from Red River Coun-
ty Hospital for the week ending
at noon Tuesday, October 10, in-
cluded names of following Bo-
gata people:
Admitted: Sallie M. Edwards,
Nannie B. Walker, Pearla Wil-
kinson, Nelda Christopher, Eula
Fatton.
Dismissed: James Gaddis, Ma-
mie Brewer, D. C. Thomas, C.
R. Wilson, George L. Smith, El-
don Chaloner, Mamie DeBerry,
Willie Martin, Roy . Glenn
Skaggs, Sharon Sue Whitten,
Billy M. Forester, H. E. Bryson.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyce Williams
and children of Mesquite, spent
the week end with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wood Armstrong
at Bogata, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Williams at Pine Branch.
BOGATA, RED RIVER, COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 1967
Mt. Vernon Beats
Rivercrest, 12-0
The Mount Vernon Tigers us-
ed an aerial attack Saturday
night to cut' down the River-
crest Rebels, 12-0 at Mt. Vernon
in a District 15-AA contest. It
was homecoming for Mount Ver-
non and the first conference
game for both clubs.
The Tigers scored in the first
period on a 37-yard pass from
Countryman to Lawrence. A
pass for extra points failed.
The two teams played even
the next two periods with River-
crest coming close to tying it,
or moving ahead in the third
period when the Rebels drove
from their own 41 to the Mount
Vernon 11 before running out
of downs. This was the Rebels’
only penetration of the night.
Mount Vernon came back in
the fourth period with its sec-
ond touchdown on a 10 yard pass
from Countryman to Lowery
and again failed on the extra
point try.
Mt. Vernon had a statistical
edge on the Rebels with 12 first
downs to Rivercrest’s eight, and
racking up 97 yards rushing and
131 passing to the Rebels’ 53
and 85, and completing seven of
15 passes to Rivercrest’s 6 of 21.
The Rivercrest Rebels will be at
home Friday night to host Coop-
er in another conference engage-
ment.
ZIP CODE NO. 75417
NUMBER T
YHT Program On
Physical Fitness
Thirteen members of the Tal-
eo-Bogata Chapter of Young-
Homemakers of Texas partici-
pated in a program on Physical
Fitness during the regular meet-
ing held at Rivercrest High
School on Thursday night.
Mrs. Kenneth Pirtle, Health
and Physical Education teacher,
directed the program which con-
sisted of exercises to improve
posture and general physical fit-
ness. The group also participat-
ed in several group relays in-
volving exercise.
During the business meeting it
was decided to enter a decorated
car in the Christmas parade and
to sponsor a basketball game in
the near future. Plans to spon-
sor a First-Aid Course next
spring were confirmed. Coffee
and cold drinks were served by
the hostesses, Mrs. Galen Legate
and Mrs. Marcus Allums.
The next program, on Nov. 21,
will be “Christmas Preparations”
by Miss Judy Gosnell, Home Ser-
vice Adviser for Community Pub-
lic Service Co.
Young married women in the
Talco-Bogata School District are
invited to become members of
this organization.
Pharmacy Students
Make Senior Trip
Bill Buckman and 120 other
senior students at Southwestern
College of Pharmacy at Weath-
erford, Okla., have returned from
a senior trip to Chicago, 111., De-
troit and Kalamazoo, Mich., and
Canada. During the trip, they
visited some of the larger phar-
maceutical and biological re-
search plants and laboratories—
Parke, Davis Company and the
Upjohn Company. Buckman re-
ported the trip enjoyable and ed-
ucational.
A two-car mishap at Blossom
about 5:15 Wednesday afternoon
of last week caused minor dam-
age and slight injuries to one
person, according to Highway
Patrolman James Wray. Mrs.
Stanley Cox, Blossom, a passen-
ger in one of the cars, was treat-
ed and released at a Paris hos-
pital for a cut on the forehead.
She returned to the hospital
that night for further treatment
and tests. Mrs. Cox is the dau-
ghter of Mrs. T. F. Benningfield,
Bogata.
CARNIVAL
AT BOGATA
Saturday, Oct. 21st
2 p. m. to 10 p. m.
on parking lot east side Main
Street.
Register for Free Gifts
BENEFIT BOGATA
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
Mrs. Roden Dies
Saturday Morn.
Mrs. John J. Roden, Rt. 1, An-
nona, died in Red River County
Hospital, Saturday at 10:30 a. m.
She was born at Boxelder, May
19, 1894, daughter of W. T. and
Columbia (Davis) Peek.
The funeral in Boxelder Meth-
odist Church where Mrs. Roden
was a member, was held Sunday
at 3 p. m., with burial in Gilliam
Cemetery.
Mrs. Roden was married May
15, 1916 at Avery, and Mr.Roden
survives, besides six children:
John B. Roden, Waco; Leo Ro-
den, Dallas; W. T. Roden, Gar-
land; Harold Roden, Pasadena j
Mrs. Joe Pipe, Boxelder, and
Mrs. Ernest Wartham, Clarks-
ville;
Also 16 grandchildren; a bro-
. ther, Ed Reek, Fort Worth, and
♦hree sisters, Mrs. Will Kelley,
Cuthand; Mrs. W. J. Bold,
Shreveport, La., and Mrs. Sudie
Porter, Houston.
Titus Co. Eligible
For Water Loan
Austin. — Texas Water De-
velopment Board Monday decid-
ed that the Titus County Fresh
Water Supply District 1 was eli-
gible to apply for a $2,250,000
ioan to pay its share of the Titus
County dam and reservoir near
Mt. Pleasant. The formal appli-
cation for the loan will be acted
upon later. The Water Develop-
ment Board also will be asked to
pay the remaining $10 million
cost of the project, receiving in
return five-sixths of the water
storage capacity.
LOCAL NEWS
Thundershowers Sunday after-
noon and night left 3 V2 inches of
moisture at Bogata.
Mr .and Mrs. Virgjl Faulkner
of Goldsmith, visited relatives
here recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott of
Dallas, visited Mr. and J^rs.
Britt Lassiter Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Garmon
had as Thursday luncheon
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Weldon
Moore of Austin.
Visiting Mrs. Jewell Summers
Sunday were Mrs. Peggy Hop-
kins of Mt. Pleasant, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Stratton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Whitten
spent last week with friends and
relatives in Dallas and attended
the Fair.
Mrs. Mable Peyton Dunklin of
Shreveport, La., Mrs. Katherine
Peyton Cockrill, visited friends
in Bogata Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Acker
of .Fort Worth, were week end
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Finch.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Dodd and
Jackie, Mr.' and Mrs. Jack Couch
were guests at a supper in home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Couch,
Oct. 18, honoring his birthday.
C. F. (Chick) Kennedy under-
went heart surgery in Dallas the
first of this week and was re-
ported getting along satisfactor-
ily Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Watter3
have ordered a subscription to
The Bogata News as a birthday
gift for their son, Harold Wat-
ters of Duncanville. He observ-
ed the anniversary Oct. 17.
Mrs. Ann Liles and son, Tom-
my of Irving, were week end
guests of her narents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Wicks. Also visit-
ing the Wicks recently was their
son, Don Wicks of Irving.
Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Turner
were in Dallas Sunday to visit
his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Tru-
man Turner. Pleas attended
services at the Second Baptist
Church, where Rev. Blake Duna-
gan, former Bogata Baptist min-
ister, is pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Watters
spent Sunday and Sunday night
with their son, Harold Watters
in Duncanville, helping him get
settled in his new home. His
wife is in Minneapolis, Minn.,
with her two sisters while their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Eckert are attending a conven-
tion in Miami, Fla.
Austin. — A multi-million-dol-
lar Texas tidelands case once
more is before the highest court
in the land. It involves 57,000
acres of oil-rich offshore terri-
tory.
Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin
and his aides have presented the
state’s arguments to the U. S.
Supreme Court.
Key question is whether Texas
coastline includes its jetties as
part of the permanent harbor
system. Jetties in question are
at Port Isabel, Port Mansfield,
Port Aransas, Mttagorda, Free-
port, Galveston and Sabine Pass.
They extend as far as four and
a half miles into the Gulf of
Mexico.
Decision for Texas would add
four and a half miles to the three
marine leagues (10.35) offshoro
boundaries allowed by the federal
submerged lands act of 1953.
New case is the latest round in
legal exchanges dating back to
1950 Then the Supreme Court
held that the federal government
had paramount rights over sub-
merged lands. Later the sub-
merged lands act reversed the de-
cision and granted Texas title to
all lands reaching three marine
leagues into the Gulf.
Present controversy arose when
the Texas School Land Board ad-
vertised a lease sale of mineral
rights under a 1965 Supreme
Court decision which established
the California coastline as in-
cluding ‘.outermost permanent
habor works that form an, inte-
gral part of the harbor system.”
U. S. Government filed an in-
junction to prevent Texas from
leasing, contending that the Tex-
as. shoreline was defined by the
1845 annexation agreement under
which the state joined the union.
Texas claims jetties are a part
of the permanent harbor system
and to determine where the
shoreline was in 1845 would be
impossible.
POLITICAL POT BOILS —
Political pot continues to boil at
the state capitol:
As expected, 29-year-old House
Speaker Ben Barnes announced
for lieutenant governor. He said
his move should not be interpret-
ed as a tipoff to Gov, John Ccn-
nallv’s plans. He stated that he
would run as an independent,
with no “ticket’’ affiliation with
.Connally or anyone else. Barnes
immediately opened his statewide
campaign headquarters in Austin.
Governor John Connally left
for Canada and the National
Governor’s Conference in the'
Virgin Islands without revealing
his decision as to retiring or
running for a fourth term. .
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith al-
ready is campaigning for gover-
nor. He predicts that Governor
Connally will not run for an un-
precedented fourth term and sub-
mits as evidence Connally’s 1962
pledge not to do so.
Former Atty. Gen. Waggoner
Carr called on all three — Con-
nally, Smith and Barnes — to
run for re-election. In a letter
to Connally he said he may run
for governor if Connally doesn’t
or for lieutenant governor if the
governor seeks a fourth term.
Supreme Court races continue
to draw increasing attention. De-
Raptist Circle
Installs Officers
Lou Solum Circle met at the
Baptist Church Educational
Building Monday night with Mrs.
Hobert Bell, hostess. Mrs. James
Barnes, program chairman, pre-
sented the program from Royal
Service, entitled Modern Buddh-
ism in the USA. Mrs. Vera Gro-
gan read the names of the mis-
sionaries from the prayer calen-
dar. Mrs. Richard Ward led in
prayer for these missionaries.
At the conclusion of the pro-
gram Mrs. Bell, outgoing chair-
man,, conducted the installation
service for the new officers for
the coming year, using as her
theme Women of the Bible. The
following officers were installed:
Mrs. Vera Grogan, chairman;
Mrs. Richard Ward, vice chair-
man; Mrs. Leon Huddleston, see.-
treas.; Mrs. James Barnes, pro-
gram chairman; Mrs. Hobert
Bell, prayer chairman; Mrs. Paul-
ine Hutson and Mrs. Bill White,
Mission in Action; Mrs. Glen
White, Mission Study; Mrs. Bill
Cody, reporter.
Mrs. Vera Grogan closed the
service with the prayer of dedi-
cation. During the social hour
the hostess served refreshments.
Next meeting will be Nov. 20 at
the home of Mrs. Bill White.
Mr .and Mrs. Leonard Harden
of Kilgore, spent Sunday with
his rtiflther, Mrs. R. L. Harden.
Vmrt*
dared candidates are Houston
District Judge Sears McGee, Tex-
arkana Court of Civil Appeals
Associate Justice Matt Davis';
Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals
, Chief Justice James G. Denton
and Austin District Judge Tom
Reavley.
WATER BOARD MEETS —
Texas Water Development Board
met here Monday to review a
variety of loan eligibility mat-
ters and a bond ordinance.
Titus County Fresh Water sup-
ply District No. 1 is seeking eli-
gibility finding for a $2,200,000
loan to pay it:, share of the cost
of the Titus County Dam and
Reservoir near Mt. Pleasant.
COURTS SPEAK — A propos-
ed state constitutional ' amend-
ment to wipe out the poll tax as
a voting requirement and require
annual voter registration is
headed for a U. S. Supreme
Court test.
State Supreme Court declined
to alter an earlier ruling that an
election which approved the
amendment last November should
stand.
AFL-CIO challenged the out-
come of the vote, contending that
voters did not realize that an
annual registration feature was
involved. Union promises to take
the case to Washington.
Texas high court agreed to re-
view the case of four Houston
lawyers who contend that free
legal service to tjie poor, under
the War on Poverty, program
unfairly deprives attorneys of
fees. Court of Civil Appeals had
upheld the district court’s sum-
mary judgment against the group.
Court of Criminal Appeals af-
firmed the 99-year prison sen-
tence assessed Goliad rancher
Shaper Taylor on charges of
killing his 38-year-old former
‘ girlfriend” and her elderly hus-
band.
Austin District Judge Mace
Thurman Jr. is presiding over
the court of inquiry here to look
into allegations of malpractice
by home improvement contractors
and their agents.
VOTER REGISTRATION —
Texas Secretary of State John L.
Hill is warning persons who are
60 years of age or older and live
outside cities of 10,000 or more
population that this year, for the
first time, they must register to
vote.
Hill said that a special provis-
ion has been made for such per-
sons to register duping the per-
iod October 1 to January 31, 1968
at the county tax office or, by
mail tb the county tax assessor
collector.
ATTORNEY GENERAL RUL-
ES — A county tax assessor-col-
lector is not authorized to accept
applications for voter registra-
tion certificates mailed or deliv-
ered to him by some one other
than the applicant . . or the
husband, wife, father, mother,son
or daughter of an applicant. Atty.
Gen. Crawford Martin advised
Secretary of State John L. Hill
of the opinion.
Martin also ruled that bonds
voted in a Sherman County elec-
tion, held before creation of the
Texhoma Memorial Hospital Dis-
trict, will not become obligations
of the district.
TWO NAMED JR. MEMBERS
AMERICAN HEREFORD ASSO.
Danny and Jill Wheeler, Rt. 2,
Deport, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Wheeler of Cunningham,have
been named to junior member-
ship on the American Hereford
Association, the world’s largest
purebred registry organization,
with headquarters in Kansas City,
Mo. One hundred-one junior
Hereford breeders were placed on
the Association’s official roster
recently. The Association main-
tains active accounts for more
than 60,000 breeders of registered
Herefords over the nation.
AREA MEN ISSUED
MEMBERSHIP APHA
James and W. H. Montgom-
ery, Rt. 1, Deport and A. L,
Buckman of Bogata are among
more than 500 Polled Hereford
breeders throughout the United
States who were issued life
memberships in the American
Polled Hereford Association dur-
ing September.
A new site for a Little League
baseball field was also discussed ,
Nineteen members were present
for the bi-monthly meeting.
Mrs. Lena Tindall of Sylves-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Rakes
of Albuquerqoe, N. M., have re-
turned home after a week with
their sister. Mrs. Rubie Bell and
other relatives.
Odie L. Essary
Dies After Illness
Odie Lee Essary, 71, of De-
port, died at 5:45 p. m. Saturday
in a Paris hospital. He had been
ib ill health a long time. Fu-
neral service Monday at 11 a. m.
was held in Grant Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. Paul Campbell,
Baptist minister of Paris, for-
merly of Deport, and Rev. James
- Westbrook, Deport Methodist
minister, officiating. Interment
was in Highland Cemetery at
Depoit.
Deceased, the son of Anderson
Franklin and Ellen Goad Essary,
was born at Shady Grove on
Aug. 8, 1896. He was married
on Oct. 10, 1963 to Mrs. Ella
May Delafield.
Surviving besides his wife are
a brother, Henry Essary of Pat-
tonville, a sister, Mrs. R. T.
(Pick) Anderson of Deport, and
a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Frank Ma-
lone. Elmer Sparks, Austin
Sparks, Ulyus Anderson, Harley
Ik Byous and Norris Lee Rags-
dill.
Bogata PTA Hears
Mrs. Agnes Leggett
Bogata PTA met Thursday,
Oct. 12, in the school library.Mrs.
Agnes Leggett spoke to the
group on The Purpose of Special
Education.
Mrs. Barbara Davenport, pres-
ident, announced that Mrs. Inez
Hinson would be chairman . of
the basketball tournament, with
Mrs. Sue Sulsas, Mrs. Glenda
Williams, assistants.
Cotton Harvest
Delayed By Rain
Rain during the week end de-
layed harvesting of the cotta*
crop which was just-getting' un-
derway. Rain began falling Sun-
oay afternoon and continued
most of the night. Measured at
Deport on the official rain gauge-
was 2.39 inches, according to
Jack Nixon. Other areas report-
ed heavier' precipitation, some
unofficial gauges measuring up
to 3 */2 inches.
A total cf 290 bales were gin-
ned thru Saturday by Depcrt'a
three gins. They were Black-
land Prairie 187 bales, Deport
Co-Op 55, and Home Gin 48 bales.
Seed was quoted at the open-
ing figure of $56 a ton.
Harvesting is expected to b«
resumed as soon as fields are
dried out enough for mechanical
pickers to operate.
County Members
Invited To TSHSC
Mrs. Lucile Fly, chairman
the Red River County Historical.
Survey Committee as well as aft
members of the county cannik».
tee have been invited to repo»»
sent their county at the 1967 >*
r.ual Meeting of the Texas State'
Historical Survey Committee
and the Texas Historical Founda-
tion, its private affiliate. The*
meeting will be held at the
Moody Convention Center ia*
Galveston, Oct. 26 thru 28. The
joint membership of the two or-
ganizations totals more than
3,000 members in 254 county com-
mittees.
Grandson Local
Lady In AF Raid
Maj. John L. Picket of* Gilmer,
took part Sunday in an Air Force
raid that destroyed seven mili-
tary structures and five water
supply craft, 18 miles northwest
of Dong Hoi, military reports
said Monday.
Maj. Picket is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Picket of Gil-
mer, and grandson of Mrs. Stella
Davidson of Bogata.
BUDDY LAWSON NEW
MANAGER COM. HOUSE
Curtis Wilkinson, who has been
manager of the Community
House for several years, has re-
signed and Buddy Lawson has
accepted the job. Anyone wish-
ing to use the Community House
in the future is asked to contact
Mr. Lawson.
Mrs. Erik Myklebost and chil-
dren and Linda and Rodney Pet-
tit of Dallas, spent the week end
with their parents and grandmo-
ther, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pettit,
Mrs. Hattie Butler.
Dr. Brooks Spears
At LVN Meeting*
E. E. Brooks, M. D., spoke bo
the Licensed Vocational Nurses
of Division No. 7 at their regtt-
lar monthly meeting held in tb*
Red River Haven Nursing Home.
Bogata, Monday, Oct. 2. Ha
topic was “The Patient in Trac-
tion.”
Plans were discussed for thr
November meeting which will be
a noon luncheon at the English
community house Nov. 6 wittt
the business session beginning
at 10:30 a. m.
Refreshments were served ba-
the nurses of the nursing home
to twelve members and four vin-
itors.
yisitors in the Arthur Jen*
r.ings home Friday were Mr. and
Mrs. Marlin Keaton of Slatma.
The Jennings had as Sundag
guests their daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Temple of Longview.
Mrs. Temple is able to get abonb
on crutches after sustaining &
broken ankle in a car wreck laafc
July.
Have You Seen The
♦
New 1968 CARS ?
buy one
Finance it here
First National Bank
IN BOGATA
OFFICERS:
GAYLORD H. McCLUER,
Chairman of the Board
REBECCA H. HARVEY,
President
B. A. LEGGETT,
Sr. Vice President
NEIL ROZELL,
Vice President
ANN BARNARD,
Cashier
NEVA BURNS,
Asst. Cashier
MARY CANFIELD,
Bookkeeper
JOAN BARNETT
Bookkeeper
DIRECTORS:
GAYLORD H. McCLUER
REBECCA H. HARVEY
B. A. LEGGETT
MRS. BYRON BLACK
SAM BARN ARB
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