WALKER, left, of the Clarendon Country Club board of
welcomes the new golf pro, Lendon White, to
Monday morning shortly after White bad signed a
White, who formerly has been the golf pro at Lake
Golf Club in Sweetwater, will be on the job in the
4ace pro Jim Terry, who is moving to Lubbock.
his wife have a son, age 13, and a daughter, age 8.
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istration deadline
for Nov. 6 vote
day for persons wishing to register to vote in the Nov. 6
constitutional amendment election will be Friday.
Clerk P. C. Messer said potential voters, including
18 years of age and older, may register to vote in the
County tax office.
may register after Friday, but may not vote in the
which sees at least one controversial amendment
for approval.
balloting begins for the election on Oct. 17 in the
office. The final day for those who have moved
precinct to another to transfer their voter registration is
four days prior to the election.
controversial amendment would raise legislators' salaries
,ear and call for annual sessions of the legislature.
amendments will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot.
first on the ballot will concern the hike in legislators'
and annual sessions and appropriations bills. The
protection of real property of a single
lnd provides that a homestead may not be abandoned
with consent of both spouses.
third on the ballot extends the $3000 ad valorem tax
to homesteads of unmarried adults. The fourth
airements for laws relating to creation of certain
and reclamation districts. The fifth on the ballot
counties and cities on the Gulf 6iI¢1"6i15'o issue
for construction of sea walls.
e sixth on the ballot is also a controversial amendment, one
has been criticized by county judges throughout the state.
amendment would give district courts concurrent
over probate matters.
seventh amendment provides for an additional $100
in bonds or obligations for the veterans' land fund. The
authorizes cities and towns to levy ad valorem taxes to pay
,al and interest on their general obligations. The ninth
ballot authorizes the legislature to exempt from taxes
property used by non-profit water supply corporations or
atives.
Homecoming activities set Friday at Clarendon High
The 1973-74 Clarendon High School Football Queen will be
crowned Friday afternoon at the pep rally for the
Clarendon-Wellington football game. The pep rally is 3:20
Friday afternoon at the high school gym. Both students and the
public are invited.
The Queen and her attendants are chosen by the football team
in a secret vote taken sometime during the week. The Queen will
be crowned by football captains Rodney Hicks and Jimmy Floyd,
with the help of one other senior boy.
The Queen will reign over all homecoming activities, and she
and her attendants will sit on the sidelines during the game.
The senior class, sponsored by Mrs. Bill Todd and high school
principal Mark Gunnels, will host a Homecoming dance
immediately after the game in the Broncho cafeteria. The dance
will last until 12!30 and all high school students and dates,
parents, teachers and other adults are welcome.
The band playing is an Amarillo-based group calling
themselves 'Sunshine.' The Senior class will furnish Cokes,
sandwiches, cookies, potato chips and dip as refreshments.
It can run up into a good deal of money to sponsor a dance like
this, with the band alone setting the seniors back $225, and the
senior class has been selling mums to finance the homecoming
activities. Small mums cost $3.00 and the large ones are $4:50.
The deadline for buying these flowers was yesterday afternoon,
but "exceptions will be made." The flowers will be delivered
Friday.
Tomorrow night's game will be Clarendon's first game in
defense of its District 2A title. The contest should be a tough
one, since Wellington's latest victory was over the Childress
team that ruined the Broncho opener. Kickoff time is at 7:30
p.m. at the high school stadium. Pregame activities start earlier,
so be sure to show up in plenty of time.
Clarendon, Donle/ County, Texas
Thursday, October 4, 1973
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Clarendon retail trade up 15o00
Retail trade Jumped by a whopping 15 per cent last quarter
over the same quarter last year, Indicating that times are
Itrosperous in Donley County.
The city of Clarendon received its one per cent portion of the
sales tax last week, a check for $8,078.41. A five per cent sales
tax is charged on all taxable products sold in Clarendon, with
four per cent going to the state and the remaining one per cent
going to the city.
The $8,078.41 figure was up $1,161.40 over the same quarter
the year before, which figures 15 per cent Increase. City officials
Bronchos to o
against
usually look for an increase of about $500 or five per nt to
seven per cent, but the 15 per cent increase was very unusual.
The figures, broken down, show that $800,078.41 of taxable
merchandise was sold In Clarendon during the throe-month
period, compared to $691,091 in sales over the ume period a
year ago, an increase of nearly $110,000 or about $55,000 a
month. This figure includes most Items sold In downtown
Clarendon, excluding most grocery Items and excluding
automobiles.
pen district
Wellington Friday
The Clarendon Bronchos will open district play Friday night
when they host the Wellington Skyrockets in a homecoming
game here at 7:30 p.m., but it doesn't look like a pushover by any
means.
District coaches woke up last Saturday morning to find the
district race was at least a three-way race when Wellington
overpowered Childress in a 14-8 victory Friday night. Childress
was heavily picked over Wellington, having beaten both
Clarendon and Memphis 13-0 in games earlier this season.
Childress beat Clarendon in the season's opener and beat
Memphis the following week.
Clarendon and Memphis were considered the two teams to
fight it out for the district crown, but Wellington's win over
Childress made the picture a little broader.
Clarendon ceaches, who spotted the game between the
Skyrockets and Childress, report that Wellington's team isn't
much different than the team that the Bronchos demolished a
year ago.
"But the attitude and agressiveness has totally changed,"
Coach Clyde Noonkester said.
He reported that the team has the winning attitude. They are
trained to believe they can beat anybody. And they showed this
in their astounding defeat of Childress last week.
"The new coach over there has the whole town hopping,"
Noonkester said. "They've got tremendous spirit on the teadl
and throughout the town."
The Skyrockets have a good running game, a good passing
game and a solid defense, Noonkester reported, and again,
they're aggressive. And they're alert.
"They'll play us a good bailgame," Noonkester reported. He
said that he hopes to have his team keyed up to meet the
enthusiasm of the Wellington players.
The Bronchos go into the game after having a week of rest
during an open date. The Broncs lost their season opener to
Childress after a game full of boo-boos, but came back to
demolish White Deer 42-0 and grind out at 21-7 victory over
tough Quanah. The Broncs have shown good poise in offense and
defense.
The Bronchos will suffer fom the loss of Kenneth Reese, who
is out with injuries.
"Reese is doubtful, and it's hard to lose a guy like him. He's
important on kickoffs, offense and defense."
Running back Jerry Holland, who has missed the last two
games with an ankle injury, is likely to start.
The Bronchos, after their last two victories, seem to have
jelled into a good, strong contending team, And they'll be picked
to beat the Skyrockets.
But the homecoming festivities aren't likely to be spoiled by a
boring game. It should be a competitive contest that keeps
everybody to the last gun.
KENNETH PRICE, left, receive, the oath of ofltce u County
Attorney for Donley County from county clerk P. C. Messer
Monday. Price was appointed to the post following the
resignation of Clyde Slavin. He officially took over the Job
Monday morning. [Press Photo]
Uniform drive
in full swing
The drive to raise money for
new uniforms for the Clarendon
High School Band is continuing
this week.
Members of the four-member
committee which is raising
$9,000 to buy the new uniforms
Children make bricks at theatre
In preparation for the Bicentennial celebration, Mrs. Norma
. Selvidge took a group of children to the Athens amphitheatre to
do something few people do nowadays--make bricks.
Mrs. Seividge explained that brick-making is something visual
for the kids. As she explained it, every child in Donley County
can make a brick and design it in his own way. The bricks will be
used in the construction of the amphitheater or bicentennial
building. Some of the designs the children usedwere paintings,
name, handprints and, in the case of nine-month-old Neal Price,
a footprint. The key thing about the brickmaking is that every
child make and design his own brick and this brick will be used in
building the bicentennial monuments.
The reasons for Saturday's excursion werd inquiries from both
Austin and Washington, D. C. Both capitols were curious about
.the brick-making project, which is unique to Donley County.
The children participating were Whitney Cosper, Rene
Cosper, Mark White, Kim White, Bonnie Bourns, Cara'Cornell,
Lourie Alexander, Stuart Fisher, Chad Selvidge, Shay Selvidge,
Neal Price, Kristen Walker, Doug Walker, Sherilyn Walker and
Jill Wallace.
reported this week that they are
a little behind in seeing
prospective donors, but pro-
mised to try to see these people
in the next week or two.
Members of the committee
are Fred Chamberlain, presi-
dent of Chamberlain Motor
Company; Carroll Knorpp,
president of Donley County
State Bank; Emmett O.
Simmons, president of the
Farmers State Bank and Trust
Company: and Melvin Boothe,
president of the Security State
Bank in Hedley.
Some 30 selected businesses
and individuals and organi-
zations will be asked to
contribute $300 each to raise the
money. The committee has
selected the most successful,
leading businesses and indi-
viduals to be included in the
community project. Each con-
cern selected will be asked in
the coming month to contribute
$300.
Some of these concerns have
been contacted and have
already given their contri-
butions. The rest will be
contacted soon.
If you're one of the selected
30, you'll be contacted soon.
Grand Jury
indicts four
Four indictments were re-
turned Monday in District Court
by the Donley County grand
jury, newly appointed this week.
The new grand jury includes
M. L. VanArsdel, foremau:
Jiggs Mann. Mrs. Betty
Morgan. Mrs. Willard Skelton,
John G. Freeman, Own
Johnson. Jerry Gage, Mrs.
Richard Tunnell. T. M.
CaleweU. Bobby Cole. Houston
D. Bell and Preston Grovcr.
Criminal cases were set for
October 29.
CHILDREN
MAKE
bricks with their own Imagination.
THESE CHILDREN
participated
in the brick making ceremonies
Saturday.
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