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REESE runs around fight end, escapes two tacklel
players and heads for the goal line Friday night
the Bronchos' defeat of the White Deer Bucks. Clarendon
]Press Photo by Richard Allen]
ie & Clyde story a
ex-con reveals
films have tried to reveal, Bonnie and
at all. They were just a couple of bums who
to seek their fortunes in the city and decided to
crime or two together. And from that, they became
in crime but not lovers.
hfformation came from a neighborhood kid who grew up
And he turned out to be a crook Just like
lltwn, a reformed dope.addict and prisen.bird, who is
Sunday night at First Baptist Church in Clarendon, told
the real truths about Bonnie and Clyde Friday In an
with The Clarendon Press.
got together to go to Dallas so that Bonnie
! a boytMend and Clyde could find a girlfriend," Brown
portray them as JevetlJiiffl/aPs net
were Just partners in crime."
was in Jail with Clyde Barrow at age 1S, and hung
two famous criminals through his teen years.
was a homosexual and Bonnie was a dollar
Brown said. "They had nothing in common but the
committed."
"They spent night after night in the ar, not
! to clean up or even find a bed to sleep in. Clyde was one
drivers I ever knew. He knew every back road In
Oklahoma. They were qnite a pair."
has tried to make these two criminals
But they were Just a couple of hard-core crlmhuds.
should know bow horrible they really were."
anless Wedding
folks of Clarendon may or may not know, a very
organization has lately come into being and been
THE DONLEY COUNTY" LIVING HISTORY
by name. As you may have guessed, our aim Is
and Doniey County history to life with an
The Athens Ampltheatre In April and a revival
ROOST SAGA in June 1974.
a long story, we are starting early with plans for,
and, as a fund-raising scheme, we have
stage A WOMANLESS WEDDINGft It wm be very
and more fun than a barrel of monkias for the
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i
l MILS. Jack Brown leek at a hook he wcote temall abeut
dope addict and criminal. Brown was an inmate with
A! Capone, machine Gun Kelley and Birdman,
t laved by God and now tolls his story to young people
eountzy. He is In Clarendon to speak at the First
Sunday night [tonight] at 7:30 p.m. [Press Photo]
Clarendon, Donlo]/ Count, Texas
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LYNN FLOYD is tackled by two White Deer players during
Friday night's game. Floyd was among the sophomores who saw
action after the Brones ran up a big score on the Bucks. Floyd
Sunday, September 16, 1973 Volume II, No. 22
II II IIIII I II
Broncs beat White Deer, 42.0
Offense, defense resemb/e
last year's State Team
by Dean Singleton
WHITE DEER--Clarendon's Bronchos romped and stomped
and galloped and ran here Friday night, displaying their old
traits of state football quality, and came up victors over the
White Deer Bucks, 42-0, in a game that saw Clarendon do
everything right and White Deer do everything wrong.
Coach Clyde Noonkester's Bronchos could have run the score
up to 100 points if he had so desired. The Broncs got off to a
quick 35-0 lead, and Noonkester sent in his second string, then
his third string, then started looking up in the stands for some
freshmen or junior high players to keep the score somewhere in
the respectable range.
But even his sophomore crew outplayed the hapless Bucks,
who normally play a close competitive ballgame. Actually, the
Bucks did show some poise at times, but after getting behind so
had, there just wasn't much left to shoot for.
and his sophomore teammates made an Impressive showing
Friday night after the first-stringers retired. Clarendon won the
game, 42-0. [Press Photo by Richard Allen]
The Bronchos looked much like that same team that advanced
to the state finals last year, exhibiting speed, power and crafty
plays on offense, and tough, aggressive defense that couldn't
have been matched by anybody on this certain night.
The offense generated just over 500 yards in total offense, and
the defense, using everybody on the bench from first to third
strings, held the Bucks to only 118 yards total offense, 29 yards
in the first half.
Everybody on the team got a chance to play. Noonkester
pulled his first squad out early in the second period, and sent
them back only when the Bucks got close to scoring.
The entire team played an aggressive ballgame. Even the
inexperienced sophomores moved in to hit hard on defense and
strive hard on offense. It was a night when everything went
right.
Kenneth Reese saw a lot Of time at quarterback, and he looked
very impressive and threatening to the opposing team. Starting
quarterback Randy Croslin was superb, but Noonkester wanted a
look at Reese in the signal-calling spot, and the look he got was
most pleasing.
The Brenes got started with the scoring early in the game.
White Deer won the toss, but could make only 7 yards in the first
series. They punted to Kenneth Reese on the 40, and he returned
to the Buck 47. On the first play from scrimmage, Ke41
took the handoff from Croslin and broke through the line for a
47-yard touchdown run. Kilag's kick was good, and it was 7-0//
with 9:56 remaining in the first period.
White Deer got the ball on their 6 after a long King kickoff.
After gaining 3 yards and being dropped for a 4-yard loss,
quarterback Buddy Cummins fumbled on a handoff, and
Clarendon's Wayne Hardin recovered the ball in the end zone for
a touchdown. King's kick was good, and it was 14-0 with 8:28 left
in the first period.
The Bucks took the ball on the kickoff, but had another
unsuccessful series, thanks to big defensive efforts by Hardin,
Johnny Gerner and others. On a fourth down punt, Clarendon
took the ball at the 50. Croslin ran off tackle for 4 yards, then
Reese took the ball and galloped 46 yards for a touchdown. The
kick was good, and it was 21-0 with 6:05 left in the opening
stanza.
period. Stan Shelton had intercepted a White Deer pass on the
Buck 28. Reese ran for S, Croslin hit for 6, then Reese picked up
7, King ran for 2, Reese for 3, then Reese ran around right end
for a touchdown. The kick was good, and it was 28.0 with 7:32
left in the half.
By this time, most of the subs were in the game and doing a
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Minnesota doctor looking at Clarendon
Dr. Dale LaTonn, 38, a medical doctor from Warrad,
Minnesota, flew to Clarendon Friday to meet with hospital board
members and look at Clarendon and the medical facilities.
Dr. LaTonn had visited with board members earlier, and
decided to come back for a second look. He told members that
after talking with Dr. R. L. (Rip) Gilkey, who plans to move to
Clarendon to take over the practice of Dr. George W. Smith, he
decided he was interested in looking further at Clarendon.
Dr. LaTonn was scheduled to meet with board members again
Saturday at 5 p.m.
The Minnesota doctor said that he talked with Dr. Gilkey twice
after visiting here last. He said he received encouragement from
Dr. Gilkey about moving to Clarendon.
Dr. Gilkey plans to open his office at the Adair Clinic on
September 24. Dr. George W. Smith spent his last day at the
clinic Friday, and will begin work soon with the Veterans
Administration in Amarillo.
Dr. Gilkey talked with The Clarendon Press Friday afternoon,
and stated that he had talked with Dr. LaTonn. He said he'told
Dr. LaTonn that there is a need for at least 2 doctors in
Clarendon, and that he would be happy to help him or any other
reliable doctor "all I can."
Dr. Gilkey told The Press, "I'm not coming to Clarendon with
the idea of opening the hospital. At such time when the hospital
is open with other physicians, I will put my patients in the
hospital."
"I plan to practice at Adair Clinic, and when and if the hospital
board gets their problems solved, I will consider practicing at the
hospital," he said.
Dr. Gilkey said that he would use the Medical Center nursing
home as soon as he arrives.
As far as Dr. LaTonn or any other doctor is concerned, Gilkey
said, "1 will work with anyone, if he's a good doctor and
reliable."
Dr. Gilkey will practice on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 24 and
25, then will move here on Oct. 1 to begin his full-time practice.
He and his wife, Jane, have purchased the Clyde Hudson home.
"We're looking forward to being back in Clarendon,"
Gilkey said.
Gilkey practiced here from 1959 to 1969 before moving to
Waxahachie.
ISN'T IT A SHAME that two-dollar bills were discontinued?
They come in so handy these days for buying a dollar's worth of
anything.
by DEAN SINGLETON
Jack Brown ran off with a carnival when he was 13 years old
and living in Dallas. And the day he left with that carnival was
the day he walked into a life of crime--crime worse than most any
man has ever known. For Jack Brown entered a world of dope.
And dope sent him into a world of crime and crime lead him to
jail.
"Marijuana was just small stuff. We didn't even consider it
dope. It vas when I got off on heroin that my problems began,"
Brown told The Clarendon Press in an exclusive ifiterview
Friday.
Brown said he committed all kinds of crime during his teen
years, a time when he ran around with such friends as Bonnie
and Clyde prior to their hay-day in crime.
But it was at age 20 that he was first sent to prison after
robbing a bank in Tyler. He was convicted and sent to
Leavenworth Federal Prison.
While at Leavenworth, Brown was involved in a riot in which
several prisoners were killed. He was blamed for some of the
deaths, although he had little to do with it, and transferred to
Alcatraz, where the worst of the criminals were kept.
It was Alcatraz where he prisoned with such famous gangsters
as A! Capone, Machine Gun Kelley and the Birdman of Alcatraz.
"I shaved AI Capone's head just before he died," Brown
recalls. "He was on his death bed, but he was still the same
man, until he finally lost his mind just before death."
What kind of man was AI Capone?
"He was a beligerant, harsh-talking man who thought he
knew everything because he had $40 million. He was a bad
character."
On the contrary, Machine Gun Kelley was "one of the nicest
men I ever knew" after he finally settled down in prison and
realized he was there to stay.
"Kelley read good books and had good manners when I knew
him," Brown recalled.
Brown later wag transferred to Leavenworth again, then was
sent to Lexington because of his heavy drug problem. He soon
was parolled, but was sent back because he got on dope again
and committed some more crimes.
He was sentenced to 40 years in Oklahoma prison, but was
paroiled in 10 years after a hard fight for freedom.
But he wasn't out long. He got into a poker game, "played
some crooked poker," and got a knife stabbed clear through him.
"I got a knife, stabbed that silly fool 20 times, and he still
wouldn't die," Brown recalls. With this; he was sentenced to
die in the electric chair. He stayed on death row for four years,
but never was executed. He spent 15 years in San Quenton, and
it was reported at that time that he had committed 5,000 crimes.
Brown received a pardon from Gov. Pat Brown, and was
released 12 years ago.
"My baby daughter and wife brought me to the Lord," Brown
states. "Gay Nell (his daughter) persuaded me to go to church,
and before long God saved my soul. It's been wonderful ever
since."
Brown's wife, Pearl, was a Christian all through Brown's life
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of crime. They married i , a year after she was named Miss
Texas. All during the time Brown was on the run away from the
law, Pearl kept their home together.
"It was the hands of God that kept us together," she Said.
"Religion finally saved him."
Since that time, Brown has travelled nationwide, telling of his
life and how God saved him and made a new man out of him. He
speaks to young persons everywhere, and talks to 500,000 young .
people each year, telling them the evils of dope. And they
respond to his truthful story.
A movie was made 10 years ago which described the life of
Jack Brown. The movie, entitled "The Man With the Golden
Arm," starred Frank Sinatra and was a big hi movie. Another
movie is presently being made about Brown's life.
Brown revealed his story in a book, "Monkey Off My Back."
m which he describes in detail his life's story.
The book described his life on the cover, in brief:
A biting flamboyant character. He was a junkie, con-man,
convict and killer.
Jack has spent more time in prisons than most people have on
their jobs. Jack was a con-man who had to "earn" tons of money
to support his drug habit...but the trail of easy money always led
back to the same place--stone walls, iron bars. guards.
Sure, Jack knew men of underworld infamy--"Machin¢ Gun
Kelley," AI Capone, the "Bird man of Alcatraz," and all. But
they didn't help him. Jack was in and out of hospitals and
penitentaries like they had revolving doors. But they didn't help
either.
Jack's story of prison life is unbelievable-of beatings, fights,
riots, rotten guards, murders, immoralities of eyeD'
description--but the real story is in the way he escaped all this.
All because of'a wife, a family, a God...all who refused to give up
on him.
Jack's story is a big one. He'll tell it at First Baptist Church
Sunday night (tonight) at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to
attend.
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