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By DEAN SINGLETON
PANHANDLE-The Clarendon Brenehoo played championship
football for two qmurs here Friday night, but the awesome
Stinnett Rattlers played four quarters of tough, no-mlstake
football a•d the Bro•ehos fell to the Rattlers 22-12.
Approximately 4,000 anxlo•s fans watched the dash.
The Brenchoo opened the game wlth a 70-yacd, 9.minute drive
that ended in a touchdown and a big hope for the Bl-Distrkt win,
but the• the bad •ews came--Stinnett got a chance at It.
From there, Stinnett marched 73 yards in 7 minutes for a
touchdown, passed for 2 points and led the ballgame from then
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KENNETH REESE scampers acro the goal for one of Clarendon's two touchdowns Friday
night. Clarendon loot to Stinnett, 22-12 in BI-Dlstflct action. [Press Photo by Richard Allen]
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QUARTERBACK Randy Croslln tries to dodge Stinnett's toekle Mike Curry Fdday night to
gain extra yardage. [Press Photo by Richard Allen]
November 25, 1973
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AT THAT POINT, It looked like an eveniy-nmtched ballgame,
but the Brouchoo did what you Just can't do in a playoff
game--they made some mlstakoo. The first mistake was a bad
14-yard punt by Danny Monroe, which put the Rattlers on the
Clarendon 42-yard line. It took only 8 plays from there for the
Rattlers to make it 16-6.
The second mistake, on the next series, was a Randy
pass that feb into the hands of a Sflnnett defender. The Rattlers
scored after that mistake, and made the score 22-6.
THAT MADE it neeessury for Clarendon to play catch-•p
football. The Bronca haven't been able to play catch-up football
this year, and they eortalniy couldn't do It against that awesome
Rattler defense.
The odds were against the Bronehos when the second half
began, but that bunch of championship players came flghthtg
back in a big way, showing their fans that they were•'t whipped
until the final gun sounded. Coach Clyde Noonkooter replaced
Croslin at quarterback with Kenneth Reese for the second haft of
play. Croslin moved to the line In the ond half.
REESE DID a magnlficont Job of firing up the Brenehoo'
sputtering offense, as he led his team 85 yards for a touchdown
on their first possession of the seond haft. This tightened the
game up at 22-12, but the Sflnnett defense halted any thought of
another score.
You would have to hand It to Stinnett. They're a championship
team in every respect. Quarterback Dennis Cobb, an All-Stain
candidate, was superb in his signal-calling. His pmming was
effective when he needed it, but his running abilities were what
kept the team out in front. And the defense? it was a
championship effort by the Rattlers.
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ALL TRIPPED UP. Kenne4h Kbt8 Sees n Inw binw ham • ttltlee defenee man to halt .din
after he gained good ymiqe. King had a big night qpdnet Stinnett, although the Brones lost
the game. [Press Photo by Rieherd Allen]
TEAM EFFORT. This tackle of Stinnett's Dennls Cobb shows the temn dk#ayed by
the Clarendon defensive crew. Not many teams could have overcome this fearsome defense.
[Press Photo by Richard Alle•]
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By DEAN SINGLETON
IT IS SAID we are approaching a moneyless society. In that
some of us are ahead of our times.
THE NEW Dream Donut Shop, owned by Andy Schulze, has
caught on in its first week of business. Andy, who is well
as the Panhandle's best donut baker, reports that he's
donuts faster than he can make them. And everybody is
about how good they are. If you have time sometime, drop
and watch him make donuts. It's quite interesting.
It's a sure thing that area residents will be getting a little
now that the new donut shop is in town.
I VISITED RELATIVES in Wichita, Kansas, over the
holidays, and of course, ate too much turkey. My
is in the oil business in and around Wichita, in the
end of the business. He produces oil leases for about
different oil companies. I asked him how things were going
me that some of the companies he produces for had
o hold the oil he produces off the market in anticipation
a big increase in oil prices.
the oil shortage is brought on chiefly by oil companies holding
back production in lieu of higher prices. And, if the goings on in
"ichita Kansas, are any indication, that's where much of the
problem is.
These oil companies are producing their wells only at a
minimum. And then, the oil they're producing is being held off
the market while they wait for a higher price.
The oil shortage is caused because oil companies are trying to
blackmail the.American consumer into paying the oil company's
price for fuel. And, when you get down to it, we really don't have
much choice but to pay their price or walk.
Now, I don't want to make it look bad on the oil industry,
because I was raised to my 230 pounds on money from oil
companies. They have a side of this, too.
While in Wichita, I visited with the owner of a large oil
company. I know him well because my father worked for him for
many years. Jack told the oil company's side of the story, and he
had a point.
Ten years ago, oil companies received a 27% "depletion
allowance" from the government, meaning that an oil company
could write off much of the expense of drilling a "dry hole." If a
driller drilled and got an oil well, he could make some money. If
he got a dry hole, or a non-producing well, he could write off
much of the expense off his income tax and the money wouldn't
be totally wasted. It wasn't such a risk to drill for oil when you
could come out of it without a huge financial loss.
But, today, Congress has cut that depletion allowance, and if a
driller gets a dry hole, it's just his tough luck and he suffers the
ASCS working
on fuel crisis
in an effort to increase efficient distribution of middle distillate
fuels, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
(ASCS) is now working in cooperation with the Texas Railroad
Commission in handling request forms. The two agencies hope
that the agreement between state and federal agencies will
speed up the mandatory allocation to dealers and farmers.
One of the two forms available are Form OOG-PAP-20, to be
used by wholesale purchasers to request emergency allocation
for immediate use. "If the farmer has crops in the field and
cannot get fuel to bring them in, that is considered an
emergency," said John Stepp at the ASCS office. The other
form is OOG-PAP-17, which is used by purchasers of middle
distillate fuels in bulk supply to adjust their monthly allocation or
to receive a new allocation.
The ASCS office has the forms to fill out. and will verify needs
in emergency cases and in bulk supply situations if the Texas
Railroad Commission requests. Stepp emphasized that the ASCS
office did not have the power to get fuel immediately. "We
distribute the forms to the farmer, the farmer fills out the forms
and presents it to the dealer, who in turn sends the form on to the
supplier," Stepp said. It is then up to the supplier to send the
Some weeks back, 1 reported in this column my opinion that [Cont'd. on Page 8] fuel to the dealer if they can.
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Swinney likes ,life in Clarendon
By DAVID EVERMAN as the four, lane ldghway and a road from Hedley to McLean.
John Swinney Ires come a long way from Indlau Territory,
bhlch he wm peint out as his birthplace, saying that he "wasn't
trn in Oklahoma." He might admit to heing an "Okle" at
es, but he'll add the reservation that he was there before
51daboma was. One of Douley County's Cannmlsslors,
Wlnney came to Clarendon in 1918 from Wins County at the age
]q 25, after buying a boot repair and shoe shop. After a few
iears, he decided the shoe repair business wasn't the one for
], so he sold the shop and bought a farm, where he ndsed
|ttton, grain and cows for 2.5 years. The farm life got bad after
1t. t, he switched from the farm to the United States Poet
|[! and carried the Naylor Route for 22 years, retiring In 1968
" run for election as county conunlulunor, • post he had by
I votes in 1965. HIS son, Dalton, now carri the Naylor Route,
INC
Swlnney had first been deetod county commissioner In 1961,
td after IooIng In 1965 he ran again in 1969, winning the poet
l, thne. He de,boo his job as after roads, bridgoo,
, unty property and "other things too numerous to mention."
.j lt commi,leners also pay bms and listen to grlevanee at the
74-200 llular meeting on the mmmi Monday of each month. However,
'Whmey places as most Important during his tenure In oflico the
tving of county and city roads by the commissioners eonrt, sneh
"Douley County has done pretty well with market reads, but yon
have to work at it," he said.
Swhmey has dire wacnings for the next few years, however.
"Everything's changed in the past 2 or 3 years. The new
le#slatlon is #ving the counfloo hardhipe, taking away our fine
money. Tlds and other chensoo might emt the county f,000."
The Swhmeys have two sons, five grsndehlldreu and eight
great-grsndehildren. Then, the eldoot son, llve In Weldan
Springs Garden, Misesurl, and Balm liras In Clarendon.
Swinney married Orpha Gunn in 1913 in Wise County, after first
meeting her on s visit to his uncle. He says the first time he m
his future wlfe she was a 12-yenr old freckle.faced kld, but the
Swinneys wm eelebrsto their 61st anniversary on January S of
next year.
Swlnney Is presently a member of the Oddfellows and •
12-yeac member of the Linns Club. He is ales an ex-Mason, and
has been a member of the Methodist Church all of his life,
attending the First Methodist Church in Clarendon. His wife is •
member of the Rehekahs.
Swinney summed up life in Donley County by saying, "You've
never lived until you've lived in Clarendon."
JOHN SWlNNEY..."yo•'ve never Hved until you've lived In
Clarendon..."
ON PAPER, Clarendon led the ballgame. The Bronehoo ran a
total of 65 plays to only 60 for Stlnnett, and the Broncs outgalned
the Rattlers in total yards gained, Clarendon with 261 yards and
Sthmett with 242 yards. The Brenehoo made 17 first downs to
only 1S for Stinnett.
But Sthmett outplayed the Brouches when It counted, and
Stinnett gooson to the quarter.finuls next week.
Clarendon's running game, although it sputtered at tlm,
wasn't a bad effort. King #eked up 102 yards in 23 ean4es,
Reese gained 96 yards In 21 carrlee, Jerry Holland picked up 43
yards In 12 carries, Jehnny Gmer llalned IS yards tn 4 car',f,
and CrosIIn #eked up 4 yards In 2 canioo.
,Clarendon dominated the first qmu.ter of the baligame. The
Brenes took the opening klek on their own 30, and murehed 70
yards in 22 plays for the snore. The march was an amazing one,
with King, Reese and Holland ploVing for small lumps
yardage, and converting two fourth, down plays during the
9-minuto drive. King capped the touchdown drive with a 1-yurd
storing run. The idek was bobbled and blocked, but Clurendon
led 6-0 with 3 minutes on the elo.
Stlmtett,led by quarterbtek Cobb and rmming banks Rink
Hageistein and Mike Monden, took over the next serlee and
marched 75 yards in 16 plays for the score. Cobb capped the
drive with a 2.yard scuring run, and Hageistein made a run for 2
poInts, and it was 8-6 Stinnett.
CLARENDON COULDN'T move on the next series, and Danny
Monroe punted, but the ball went high and short, setting
Sthmett up at the Broncho 42. Six plays later, Cobb want over
from the 1 following a previnus 19-yard scamper, and it was 14-6.
A pass from Cobb to Charlle Hart made It 16-6.
On the next sedoo, Croslln went beck to threw on first dewn,
but found no receivers open, and loot 2 yards. One play later,
facing a third and 12, he threw the ball up in the air, and
Sthmett's defender caught It. Cobb hit Hart with a 33-yard pass,
and with 1:04 left In the half, Cobb ran 19 yards untouched for
the touchdown. A try for two failed, and It was 22-6 when the
buzzer rang.
THE BRONCHO defense, fired up from the dressIng room,
halted the Stinnett drive on the first series of the second half.
Quarterback Reeee led his team from his own 15 to paydirt In 14
plays. Good, long runs by King and Reees ldghiighted the drive,
longest run being a 21.yard stamper by Reeee ldmeslL Reeee
made the touchdown from 9 yards out. A try for 2 was not
successful, and it was 22-12, but a new bull_game for Clarendon.
But even though Stinnett couldn't score again, they ate up the
dock every time they got the bail. The Bronehoo got one more
good drive going, murehing from their own 20 down to the
Stinnett 1S, but a fumble gave the ball to Stlnnett and they ran
the deck out.
FOR CLARENDON, It was a gallant effort by a gallant bunch
of Bronchoo. It was a good year, an 8-3 year. And C_wh
Noonkester, his assistants, and most of all, his players, deserve
the prsles from every football fan around. But even though the
season ended Friday night, the Bronchos played hard until the
end.
Clarendon girl cagers
lose first outing
Clarendon High School's girls basketball team started the
season on an unhappy note Tuesday night, losing 55.43 to the
visiting Panhandle team. Leading the scoring for CHS was
Pearly Butler with 17 points. Also in double figures were Chris
Craft and Pare Mooring with 10 points, Camille Mann rounded
out scoring with 6 points.
ConeY, Doug Keeney was complimentary of the team, however,
noting that they hustled well and stayed in the game, although
down 35-26 at the half. He also had high words for Mattie Fields
and Talleen Litlefield on their defensive efforts.
Clarendon came out of the game injury free with the exception
of Pare Mooring, who"got her bell rung," according to Keeney.
The injury was not serious.
The girls B team also played Tuesday night, losing 58-10.
However, some of the B team girls had never played basketball
before in a game situation.
The girls travel to Groom Tuesday, November 27. The B team
plays at 5:30 and the Varsity plays at approximately 7:30.
