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THE SINGING BEEBE FAMILY is pedorming nighdy at the
Assembly of God Church here. They wm pe00o00m at 7 p.m.
Thursday and Friday nights, Sunday morning and it 6:30 p.m.
Sunday night. Members of the group are the Rev. J.F. Beebe,
Ricky Sharp, Randy Beebe and Rite Sharp. The group is
performing songs from their long.play record album. [Press
Photo]
ement announced
announce the engagement of their daughter Cynthia
to Monty Ryan Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Hillls of
Texas. Miss Hummel is a graduate of Clarendon
School. Mr. Reed graduated from Clarendon High Seheel
Juulor College. Mr. Reed Is employed
Manufacturing of Lubbock, Texas. The wedding wm
in February.
ement announced
Hommel00 tea
November 20, 1973, the country home of the Gene
was the scene of a tea, announcing the engagement
approaching marriage of Cynthia Ann Hommel to Monty R.
on February 9, 1974.
the guests were Mrs. Gene Hommel, Cynthia
Mrs. Chauncey Hommel, mother of the bride-to-be
Mrs. Don Hillis, mother of the groom.
Todd Knorpp presided at the register.
was covered in a hand crocheted cloth, made by the
e's great-grandmother. A silver eperngene holding an
ement of carnations and glads, in shades of pink, carried
)ride's chosen colors. All table appointments were silver.
fat the silver service were Misses Debbie Robertson
Trout.
for the tea were Mrs. Gene Hommel and Mrs.
Moore, sister-in-law and aunt, respectively of the
Letter to Editor
Singleton,
The Clarendon Press, November 25, 1973. "We will
print views of anybody if they will send us a letter with
name signed to it." Here is my letter.
of your "Shooting The Breeze columns you have
people "i6iots," and expressed your opinions on how to
all of our lroblems. Such as your column of November 25,
us take a look at the following quote from the above
I'd rather pay a higher price for fuel than spend
time driving 50 mph and wasting time on the road. To
fie, time is money, because they're paid for their time
employers."
if there is aay of us that would enjoy driving at a
speed of 50 mph. But what you printed is one of the
selfish self-centered things I have ever seen printed.
seem to insinuate that money will cure all,. and eyed
maybe it will for those that have it, but how about looking
igh the knot-hole to the other side of the fence.
you know it or not there are a group of people
in Donley County, and through-out this nation, that has
lited income. 1 am speaking of the elderly, disabled, lower
sick, etc. Many of these people are already working on a
that is so stretched and strained that another tug could
a severe backlash.
should know the automobile is a very essential item for
Even the people mentioned must have ways to see
buy groceries, clothes, etc. What would happen to
advertisers if these people were unable to purchase any of
advertised?
:aused the crises, it is here and we must face it,
dread to see the outcome if everyone takes the attitude you
Rodney Hammons
Clarendon, Texas
Bu I ldogs open
loop play
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far, with two starters (Herman Brown and Junior Siegeler)
missing games. "This is one of the things that have kept us from
jelling into a good basketball team, the fact that we've had
several key players out in the early part of the season. I think
they are all well enough now to play, and hopefully we can get
something established," Hedden said.
After Tuesday night's game, the Bulldogs had a season total of
395 rebounds, with Pride responsible for 138 of them, giving him
an average of 17 rebounds per game. Other rebounding totals for
the season are Junior Siegeler with 68, Davey Graham with 42,
Brent Sherrod with 39, Herman Brown with 36, Evander Ford
with 35, Archie Hughes with 17, Steve Amerine with 9, Joe
Evans with 5 and Richard Wiley with 4. Season point total for the
Bulldogs is 545 points, with the leading scorer being Pride with
112 points. Ford is second with 97 points, Siegeler has 88 points,
Brown has 62 points, Graham has 61 points and Hughes has 60
points. Joe Evans has 19 points, Amerine has 10 points and
Wiley has 8 points.
The Bulldogs will need YOUr support tonight when they take
on the team from Western Texas Junior College. Before the
holidays, Western Texas beat Cisco, the team that handed the
Bulldogs a 52-46 loss in the Ranger tournament. It should be a
good game, so be there tonight at 7:30 in the Clarendon
fieldhouse.
The Clarendon Press, November 29, Page 3
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HEY ED, GIVE US A SHORT
BLAST !
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BULLDOG EVANDER FORD Jumps high in the air with a shot as
teammate Davey Graham looks on. Action was in Tuesday
night's game with West Texas State. [Press Photo by Richard
Allen]
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Claude- Goodnight •
Friday night, November 23 the 1973 football season ended for the year s first fire drill But it turned out to be a short pep rally
the Clarendon Bronchos. The Stinnett Rattlers beat the Broncs in 'for the Brortchos. Randy Croslin even "volunteered" to give a
Thanksgiving is over for 1973 and now it's time to begin
preparing for the Christmas season.
The Bernie Bensons had Thanksgiving dinner in Clarendon
with Mr. and Mrs. Ioyd Benson and Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Martin, Kelly and Lisa. Mrs. Martin is Bernie's sister and they
are from Plano.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Clark, Darrell and Angle of Denver.
Colorado. Herby Croweil of Amarillo, Walter Crowell of Fort
Worth and Mike Crowell of Claude gathered at the home of
Claire and George Croweil for the holidays. They all celebrated
Thanksgiving, two birthdays and Christmas.
Wednesday evening, Mark and Judy White of Canyon had
supper with her parents, Dorothy and Luther Brown, and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sanders. Thursday, the
Browns had Thanksgiving dinner with Luther's family in
Amarillo.
Mrs. Tracy Patterson is now vacationing at home with the
mumps.
Johnny and Peggy Kennedy spent Thanksgiving day with
Jerry and Betty Jordan and boys and Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Kennedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sesser and Bryan of Plainview spent the
holidays visiting her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Huges. Mae
Johnson of Canyon, Mrs. Hughes' mother, also was present.
Charles Grumke had a Thanksgiving supper Thursday evening
with Miss Cindy Burke and her family in Amarillo. Grace
Grumke visited with Charles Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. B. D. Loveday is in room 239, Highland General Hospital
in Pampa at this writing.
Miss Pat Heckman and Ricky Arnold of Silverton were wed
last Saturday evening. Congratulationst
Everyone is invited to attend the wedding of Miss Rita Rogers
and Richard Hinton Saturday, December 1 in the Boys Ranch
Chapel.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Olmstead of Frederick, Oklahoma, and
Mr. and Mrs. Don Olmstead of Lindsay, Oklahoma, spent
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lowrance, Deena, Lynna
and Stan.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Marsh and girls spent Thanksgiving day
in Dumas at the home of Mrs. C. G. Bernard. Mrs. Marsh's
sister, Wilma Armstrong, daughters Jobeth and Judy of Hobbs,
New Mexico, also accompanied the Marsh family to Dumas.
Spending Thanksgiving with Ola Mae and Herman Moore
were Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Cherry of Roposville and Mr. and
Mrs. Haskell Srygiey.,
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Kristof and W. J. Ripple of Deanville
spent the holidays visiting with Janice and Larry Ripple and
Donna.
Susie and Mike McKinzie of Amarillo and Mr. and Mrs. Oran
Reed of Gruver had Thanksgiving dinner with Joe and Lexa
Stephenson and sons.
The Gerald Woods bad Thanksgiving turkey with the Bill
Pittmans of Amarillo and had Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Wood.
Thanksgiving for R. G. and Otha Eddleman was spent in
Bryan with their daughter's family, Karen and Phil Sandlin and
Craig. They also attended the Texas A & M Aggies vs.
University of Texas Longhorns football game.
The Rex Bagwell family had Thanksgiving with Earl and Sue
GiUiam and Ethel Gilliam.
Jan and Edwin Campbell of Lubbock were holiday guests of
Leroy and Jan Campbell. Brandon Vincent of Corpus Christi is
spending eight to ten days visiting his" grandparents, Leroy and
Jan. Dianne Campbell spent her holiday vacation in Enid,
Oklahoma, and Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dorothy and Luther Brown and Joan and Raymond Conrad
attended the Caprock vs. Hereford football game in Dick Bivins
Stadium last week.,
Lexa Stephenson is now working at the Medical Center.
Cheryl Hundley is now in Chicago, Illinois, attending the 52nd
National 4-H Congress. She is sponsored by Kerr Glass
Company.
Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Crain, Mrs. L.S. Newberry and Fred
Longbine visited with Mrs. Retta Hubbard Tuesday of this week.
They all dined at Mrs. Bromley's in Clarendon.
Hope your Thanksgiving was happy!
GED exam set here
The G;E.D. Exam (High School Equivalency) will be given on
Saturday the 15th of December, 1973 at Clarendon College,
Clarendon, Texas. The tests will begin at 8:00 a.m. in room 102
in the College Administration Building. It will take
approximately ten hours to complete the exam. Cost of the exam
will be S13.00 payable at the time of the examination.
Anyone interested in taking the test should contact Beryl
Clinton, Leonard Selvidge or Floyd Guinn at the College before
the 10th of December, 1973. To contact by phone, call 874-3571
or you may contact the college by writing Box 968, Clarendon,
Texas 79226.
theIbi-district play-off game in Panhandle by a score of 22-12.
'The game was truly an exciting one. The Bronchos out-played
Stinnett in almost everything--except the number of points
scored, of course. And that's what counts! The Broncs kept the
ball for almost the whole first quarter. The second quarter beat
us, though. The Rattlers scored all of their touchdowns in the
first half. The Bronchos did not allow Stinnett to score at all in
the second half. So, as you can see, it was some game. Naturally,
the Broncho fans were a little disappointed at the outcome of the
game, but the ".hurt" soon passed over. We realize that
Clarendon once again had the #1 team in district 2A, and that our
district was represented as well as it could have been
represented. For 10 seniors, Friday night was their last game.
These ten seniors were all outstanding players for our great
team. They are: Gary Shields, Kenneth Reese. Stan Shelton.
Jerry Holland, Johnny Gerner, Scott Martin, Donnie Putman,
Tommy Hill, Rodney Hicks and Jimmy Floyd. And. of course, we
couldn't have been successful without the other members of the
team. Congratulations to the 1973 Bronchos and to the Coaches.
Congratulations are also in order for the 1st and 2nd all district
teams. Kenneth King, Jimmy Floyd and Danny Monroe made
1st team offense. Jimmy Floyd made 1st team defense. Scott
Martin and Rodney Hicks made 2nd team• offense. Wayne
Hardin and Tommy Hill made 2nd team defense.
Wednesday afternoon, November 21, the students of CHS had
short pep talk. And an amusing one at that. Then, Friday
afternoon there was a send-off for the Broncs. It was very
spirited--and there was really a lot of excitement as Jean and
Shauna rolled the victory Bell right into Johnny's carl Accidents
do happen. I guess. Speaking of the Victory Bell. i would like to
take this opportunity to thank Mr. Tanner for taking it to the
game. It surely would have been a dull game without our beiHt
Donna Odom became Mrs. Joe Thomas over the Thanksgiving
holidays. They etjoyed a honeymoon in Red River, New Mexico.
The Thomas' are residing here in Clarendon.
Shauna (and Jean) received surprises last Monday. It was
Shauna's birthday and she received 13 red roses--12 of them
from New Jersey. It wasn't Jean's birthday, but she received one
red rose as a "token of appreciation."
Terry Saye received a surprise last weekend, too. Tim gave her
a beautiful birthday-Christmas-wedding gift--all in one. She was
very pleased.
The Bronchettes started their 1973-74 basketball season last
week against Panhandle. The B-team Bronchettes also played.
Congratulations to both, teams--and Pare, you had better be
more careful from now on! The Bronchos and Bronchettes played
Groom Tuesday. The next game for both teams will be Monday
against Lakeview. Good Luck!
TODAY'S MORAL DILEMMA moral dilemma at the doors of our schools, courts and churches.
One of our national leaders recently discussed the moral
decline of our nation in a television interview. He brought the
problem right back home: the failure to "train up a child in the
way he ought to go" [Prey. 22:6]. He laid the blame for today's
CC Beauty Pageant
planned December 4
Clarendon College will hold its annual Beamy Pageant on
December 4. The annual affair, sponsored by the Student Senate
of the college will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Harned Sisters Fine
Arts Center.
Participants are selected from nominations received from each
club on campus. Names are placed on ballots in each category
and elected by the college student body. One male and female
are selected from each category for the awards.
The categories that will be awarded are Best Dressed. Most
Dependable, Most'Western, Most School Spirit, Mr. and Miss
Clarendon College, Most Congenial, Most Athletic, Freshman
Favorites, Sophomore Favorites, and Most Beautiful and Most
Handsome.
The Pageant is open to the public. A formal dance .in the
Clarendon College Cafeteria will follow the Beauty Pageant.
Cotton activity steady
Western Region cotton market activity remained at about the
same level as a week ago, according to the Agricultural
Marketing Service, USDA. Demand continued strong for most
qualities of current ginnings with lengths of staple 31 and longer.
Demand was weak for shorter qualities. Merchants and shippers
actively sought cotton to fill previous commitments. Dqmestic
mills purchased small lots for fill-in purposes. Foreign inquiries,
particularly European, increased. Although growers were
delivering the bulk of current ginnings against previous
commitments, supplies of "free" cotton were increasing. Spot
cotton prices were lower toward the last of the week. Growers in
some locations began to reject bid prices. Harvesting efforts
continued to make good progress over most of the Western
Region. Some Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico locations
received frost during the week. Harvesting has passed peak
rates in California and Arizona. Growers were second-picking.
Some California gins were in the process of ginning previously
ricked seed cotton. Some South and Central Texas fields were
dry enough to resume harvest or begin to prepare for the next
crop. Harvesting was increasing on the Texas Plains and in
Oklahoma.
Booster
Club time
The Broncho Booster Club meeting day has been changed
from Tueeday to Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. starting this week.
He said that the schools and institutions of learning in our local
communities do not teach moral concepts. He mentioned the
decision of the courts to completely separate learning from the
moral foundation of the Bible. We expect a person to grow up
knowing that he should not lie cheat, or steal; but never teach
him this in our public institutions. How can a child expect to
grow up with a strong moral fiber when we don't team him the
Ten Commandments in a class room? Even morality must be
learned.
Have we legislated the moral foundation of the Bible out of our
learning process? Are we justified in imparting knowledge and
learning on the wisdom of strong moral concepts? Has our
system of government, with all of its good qualities, in order4o
protect the seared conscience of a few who don't believe in God.
laid the foundation for the moral corruption of our society?
The story is told about a preacher who was discussing this
point with a local business man. The business man was arguing
against the validity of the moral code of the Bible. To get his
point across the preachdr picked out the best pair of shoes in the
house, stuck them under his arm, and headed for the door. The
business man said. "Preacher. that's stealing," Whereupon. the
minister replied. "Who said it is stealing?"
If you do away with God's moral law. God's code 6f moral
rightness, you have no basis for morality. If God never said,
"Thou shalt not steal," then what makes stealing wrong? If God
never said. "Thou shah not kill,'" then what makes murder
wrong? If God never said, "Thou shalt not bare false witness
(lie)," then what makes lying wrong?
How can today's youth learn what is right and wrong if the
moral guidelines have been taken from their books, their
lessons, their schools, or their homes? The result is well
educated persons with low moral standards.
The Jewish historian closed out the historical account of the
Israelite people,in the Book of Judges with these words: "hi
those days ... every man did that which was flight in his own
eyes" [Judges 21:25]. The highest moral standard, the historian
was saying, was right as it was interpreted by each man. This
period was called the Dark Ages of Israel's history.
Right and wrong must be interpreted from the viewpoint of
God's law, not man's. Corruption begins when men lay aside
GOd's moral law to follow what is right or wrong as they see it.
How do you know what is right or wrong? God says:
"Thou sludt have no other gods before me;
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image;
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in val
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy...slx days
thou labor...;
Honor thy father Md thy mother that thy days may be
long upon the land ...;
Thou shalt not commit adultery;
Thou shall not Idii;
Thou ahalt not steal;
Thou shalt not bear false witness;
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; thy meighb'a
wife; manservant; maidservant; nor his ox ... aur
anything that is thy neighbor's" [Exodus 20:1-171.
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