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DR. E. DALE LaTONN, daughter Chfls and Mrs. LaTona arrived in Clarendon Thursday
night. Dr. LaTonn plans to open his dinlc at M Center on Nov. 12. [Press Photo]
Dr. LaTonn arrives
Dr. E. Dale LaTona and his family arrived in Clarendon
Thursday night after a 3-day journey from Warroad, Minnesota.
They moved into the Bob Myers house behind the Patching Club
House, and are getting settled this weekend.
Dr. LaTonn moved to Clarendon to begin practice at Medical
Center Clinic. He has been practicing medicine in Warroad,
Minn., for the past year and a half.
Dr. LaTonn's wife and 4-year-old daughter, Chris, and their
two dogs and their cat pulled into town late Thursday. Several
residents and college students helped get them moved into their
Clarendon home.
Dr. LaTona told The Press that he plans to go to Austin
Monday to apply for his Texas license, then he and his family will
travel to California for their vacation.
He plans to open his practice on Nov. 12 at Medical Center.
Dr. LaTonn, 38, was born in Wisconsin. He attended college in
Michigan, graduated from Medical School in California, and
practiced medicine in California for about 5 years before moving
to Minnesota. He had practiced in Minnesota for a year and a
half. He decided to move to Texas because the town he was in
was small, and his practice was not as big as he wanted.
Residents of Clarendon are certainly glad to welcome Dr.
LaTonn to the community.
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KENNETH KING breaks away on his way for one of Clarendon's three touchdowns Friday
night against Claude. Three wmm't enough, however, ms Claude beat the Bronehos, 29-19, in )
a major upset. [Press Photo by Richard Allen] dLC 7 $ /
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iarendon, Donlef Count, Texas i Sunda/, October 28, 1973 , r i ./01ume I, I No. 34
" zrillo company low bidder County's.' ' '00''-'first
Housing project bid awarded cotton br,ngs$442
h Plains Building Company of Amarillo was awarded the
Authority. The 20 units will be built for use by the low-income Hedloy's and Donley County's first bale of cotton of the 1973
to build the 20 units planned by the Clarendon Housing
r. Bids were opened Thursday afternoon, and High
had the low bid of $308,400. With seven alternates
from the bid, the High Plains bid was $298,740, the
bid by about $64,000.
The housing authority has $296,170 to spend on the project,
$2,500 less than the lowest bid with the alternates
Members of the board accepted the low bid by High
but explored ways to cut the bid so that it would fit the
of money available for the project. Several ways to cut
bid were discussed, including the use of city or county
)ment for some of the preliminary land work.
second bid totalled $372,.500. This bid was submitted by
Wright Lumber Co. of Altus, Oklahoma.W.C. Shelton
of Lawton, Oklahoma, submitted a bid of $376,000,
G. W. Hastings Construction Company gave the high bid of
for the project.
e homflng project is a 6-year-old dream of the Housing
elderly of Donley County.
The project began in 1967, and money was approved for the
project a year ago. But the government had not asked for bids,
and the program was stalled until mid-September, when bids
were called for.
The project is a program of the Housing and Urban
Development Department. Some 20 units will be built across
Clarendon to be rented by elderly persons. The people who
qualify to rcnt the units gill pay a small rent to the Itousin k
Authority.
Sites for the housing units include the site of the old
Shamburger Lumber Company, the old Baptist Curch location,
the Barrett property at Fourth and Ellerbe, the Reeves property
at Fourth and Taylor, and the old Miller property at the north
end of Main Street.
Construction is set to begin in 30 to 60 days from now.
Members of the housing authority include Dub Tyler, Homer
Estlack, Bill Todd, James Baln, Richard Tunnell and J. R.
Brandon.
Bi-Centennial for youth, too
youth of Donley County will have just as good an
to participate in the National Bi-Centennial
as the adults, thanks to a new phase of the
program planned for the county.
County was named this week as Texas' first
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County, and the county was praised as having the
ram for the Bi-Centennial in the state thus far. The
ies are being directed by the Donley County
History Commission, headed by Norma Selvidge.
ut as the adults plan for the nation's birthday, the youth
county want to play a part as well.
a sophomore English major at Clarendon College,
been named Youth Coordinator for all Bi-Centennial
and she announced this week the first youth project for
Celebratiou.
A Donley County Flag Contest will be staged by the DCLHC,
with the slogan for the youth being "A New Beginning."
In this first flag contest, youth ages kindergarten through the
8th grade will be urged to design a flag for Donley County. The
flag must be representative of Donley County, must be a
hand-drawing by the entrant, must be in color of some type, and
it must have something to do with the slogan, "A New
Beginning."
The winning flag will be chosen by a panel of 3 college and 3
high school students. The winning entry will be used as a pattern
for the official Donley County flag, which will be flown beside the
Texas and American flags at the Athens Amphitheatre and the
Centennial Building on Highway 287. The flying of the flags at
the amphitheatre will be much like the flying of the flags in
Shakespeare's days.
bumper cotton crop was ghmed Tuesday, October 23. The bale
was raised by J. A. [cotton] Eppars on the Ludle Franklin place
one mile east of Hadley. It was ginned by the West Texas Gin in
Hadley bee of charge.
W. B. [Nooldo] Wigglus Istho manager of the gin. From 2.$00
pounds of seed cotton, Eppers received a 690 pound bale of
cotton and 900 penada of ton seed.
The bale was sold under the contracted prico of $$ cont8 per
pound and brought $324.50. The cotton seed was sold to the
Hedley Wmt Texas Gin for $9$.00 s ton, bringing $42.75. The
bonus paid for the first bale of 1973 cotton by the Hadley IJans
Club was $75. The total mount reeelved by Mr. Eppars for
bale of cotton was $442.25. Tide was by far the moat money ever
received for a bale of cotton in Donley County.
District changes make
2A a lot tougher
District 2A, the scholatic UIL district which includes
Clarendon, lost a weak team and gained a tough one last week
during reorganization of the school districts of the region.
Valley High, the consolidated school with students from
Turkey and Quitaque, was moved out of district 2A. and pushed
back into Class B. Valley High has been very weak competition in
2A football during the first two years of the school's existence,
losing to all district opponents both years.
But the team replacing Valley High in the district may be a
spoiler for a lot of district football games.
Shamrock, which is presently leading District 2AA football,
will drop back to Class A and enter Class 2A, competing against
Clarendon, Memphis, Wheeler, Wellington, Silverton, McLean
and Claude.
Shamrock will likely put a stop to the usual 2-way battle for the
district crown which is always fought between Clarendon and
Memphis° It will be a 3-way battle next year, at least, since
Shamrock traditionally yields a tough team. The Irish are ranked
high in the state this year in AA ranks.
Action on the new school districts was taken last Monday
during meetings of the school officials.
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Many other activities will be planned for the youth of Donley
County by Miss Gattis. Activities suggested include a study of
Donley County history by talking to the old-timers of the area
and grandparents; visits to the old courthouse; a study of
early-day homes, a study of early ranches, early businessses;
early churches; a study of the plants and trees of Donley County;
a study of the wildlife; and a complete study of the history by
reading history books about the county.
A comPlete program will be directed by Miss Gattis for the
youth.
Pant Gattis is a native of Irving, Texas, but both her parents
are originally from Donley County. Her mother is the former
Mary Ann Lenders, and her grandmother is Bessie Landers. Her
father, Tommy Gattis, was reared in the Brice Community.
Miss Gattis has had many honors at Clarendon College. She is
president of Phi Theta Kappa, a reporter for the Spanish Club, a
reporter for the Bulldog Banner, a cheerleader, and an officer in
the Green Masque Club at CC. She was selected as a
representative to Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby's reception concerning the
Bi-Centennial.
So, youth of Donley County will get to play a complete role in
celebrating the country's 200th birthday.
Said Miss Gattis: "If America is trying to regain her strength,
she must rebuild at the grass roots, in small communities such as
ours. The new beginning could begin here in Donley County. Let
our children be the first."
Hedley Owls rolling
The Hedley Hlgh School Owl and Owlettes basketball teams
appear to be headed for another district championship. In the
season opener at Hedley Tuesday night with the Hartley High
School teams, the Hedley B boys, the Hedley girls and the
Hedley A team all won their games by good margins. The boys
are coached by Troy Lemley and the girls by Glen Holland. The
teams will be playing out of town next week, playing Adrian
High School there October 30 and Hartley there November 2.
Art showing today
The first public showing of a unique series of mosaic portraits
done by James B. Mason, who believes that these portraits are
the only ones of their kind in existence, will culminate today from
1:30 to 5:00 p.m. at the Farmers State Bank. The mosaics series,
of the first thirty-five presidents and two others, started
yesterday at 1:30.
Mason is a winner of the Texas Heritage Foundation's Gold
Medal and uses only natural coloreeLwood chips, which give the
truest color and are very durable compared to the use of canvas
and oils.
E. Shelby, the curator of the collection from Amarillo, will be
here today to explain the methods the artist used in constructing
these works.
The admission is $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for students. All
money collected will go to the Museum Committee to help
finance a proposed museum in the Forth Worth and Denver
depot owned by the committee.
Milo harvest soars
The ma's adio farmers have been bringing in their crops in
such quantity that the milo harvest is the biggest in 10 years.
So far this season, 7,396,000 pounds of milo has been brought
in, and for the past few days it has been coming at a rate of
600,000 to 700,000 pounds daily. Before the rush of the past few
days the elevator was receiving 400,000 to 500,000 pounds dally,
and with the recent influx milo has started to pile up.
A to Warehemm Manager Blackie Johnson, the only
explanation for the sudden increase in the crop is that it must
have been a good year. The quality of the grain is good and
farmers are receiving $3.90 per hundred.
The elevator is getting rid of most of the grain as it comes in,
most of it going to the Weeks and Bagwell elevator at Claude.
Broncs lose, 29-19
The Claude Mustangs came to play football Friday night, the
Clarendon Bronchos didn't, and the Mustangs pulled off one of
the biggest upsets of the year in District 2A, defeating Clarendon
29-19 before a crowd of unbelieving fans.
Claude's magnificent quarterback Greg Forbes picked the
Broncho defense apart while the Bronchos stood and looked in
disbelief. And when the Bronchos did get the football for
offensive purposes, it was 1-2-3 punt of 1-fumble-l-fumble.
The loss for Clarendon's Bronchos, who had their sights on a
return trip to the playoffs and not on a game with Claude, puts
the District 2A race in a 3-way tie, with Clarendon, Memphis and
Claude tied with 3-1 district records. If all three teams go
undefeated the rest of the season, the race would stay in a 3-way
tie and a coin toss would decide who would play in the playoffs. If
Clarendon and Memphis go undefeated and Claude loses a game
down the line, Clarendon would advance to the playoffs
undisputed, since the Broncs beat the Cyclones. So the entire
situation will remain in limbo until one of the three teams loses.
To stay in the race, Clarendon will have to win three more
games, And that will be a big assignment if they don't play any
better than they did Friday night.
The glory lure to go to Claude, however, as they did everything
right. Even broken plays turned to scores as nothing could go
wron.
"The best team won tonight," a very disappointed Clyde
Noonkester said after the game.
And that's the way it was. Even when the Brenchos got fired
up and made a touchdown, the Mustangs came rushing back for
another touchdown to keep the lead.
The Mustangs put together a total of 365 offensive yards, 168
through the air and 197 on the ground. Clarendon had only 183
total offensive yards, 159 rushing and 24 through the air. The
Mustangs more than doubled Clarendon in yards gained.
Claude ran 94 offensive plays, compared to only 49 for the
Bronchos. And that's another factor that told the story. The
Mustangs came to Clarendon and gave the Brones a good old
country licking. And oh did it hurt.
The Mustangs opened the scoring early in the ballgame when
Forbes threw a 49-yard bomb to Tony Stephenson. Coy Johnson
fouled up on the kick, then threw a pass for 2 and Claude led 8-0
with 5:43 showing in the first period.
Clarendon got the ball on the kick, but a quick fumble gave
Claude possession again on the Clarendon 38. This possession
didn't yield any points, and the Bronchos got the ball on their
own 5 after a punt. On the third play from scrimmage, the Broncs
fumbled and Claude got the ball on the Broncho 15. On fourth
down, a field goal was not good, and Clarendon got another crack
at it. Gaining no yardage, Clarendon punted to Claude on the
Mustang 34.
From there, Claude drove again. Ten plays later following a
26-yard pass from Forbes to Mike Campbell, Forbes ran in from
6 yards out untouched for the touchdown. Coy Johnson's kick
was good, and it was 15-0 Claude with a minute gone in the
second quarter.
Clarendon didn't make a single first down until minutes before
the half was over. David Lewis intercepted a Forbes pass on the
Clarendon 47 to set up the Bronchos' first touchdown drive. Two
good runs and 30 yards worth of penalties put the Broncs down
on the 1S, and from there Kenneth King broke loose for the
touchdown. King tried to run for two, but with no avail, and it
was 15-6 Claude at the half.
Clagenden took the second half kick. Jerry Holland took the
ball and returned it 75 yards to the Claude 25, but an offsides
penalty made the ball be kicked again. This time, King got it and
got it out to the Clarendon 32.
From there, King ran 13, then 7, then 4 yards. Quarterback
Randy Croslin ran for 8, King went for 5, and a 15-yard penalty
put the ball on the Claude 15. Croslin ran to the 8, and King
galloped over for the touchdown. King's kick was good, and it
was 15-13, the closest Carendon ever got.
Bat Claude came marching back. On the next series, the
Mustangs drove 65 yards in 10 plays for a touchdown. The snap
on the extra point try was broken, but the kicker threw the ball to
quarterback Forbes for a 2-point conversion, and it was 23-13.
On the kick to Clarendon, Holland took the ball and returned it
to the Claude 45, but fumbled the ball and Claude recovered.
Coach Noonkester thought the ball went out of bounds, and got a
1S-yard penalty against himself trying to argue the point with the
officials. Claude got the ball on the Clarendon 40 after the
penalty, drove to the 20 and Forbes hit Campbell with a 20-yard
pass in the end zone to make it 29-13.
King took the next kickoff and ran it to the Claude 35, and 11
plays later Croslin hit Stan Shelton in the end zone for the
touchdown. A try for 2 was no good, and it was 29-19.
The Broncs never bad a chance after that, and the rest of the
night was sad for Clarendon, but joyous for the town of Claude.
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