Congratulations to Jimmy Floyd
named to the Panhandle Superstar team. Clarendon's certainl
very proud of these two outstanding athletes.
Diamonds seem to be the "in" Christmas present this year.
Belinda Tanner got a diamond ring from Tommy Hill. Debbie
Robertson got some diamond earrings from Danny Holland.
Tracy Cagle got some diamond earrings from Ted Tyler. Laura
Holland received a diamond necklace from Scott Hamilton.
Johnny Gerner gave Tami Douthit a diamond ring. Pat Trout
received a diamond ring from Mike Leeper, but it is not an
ordinary "diamond ring." Jean Brandes received the same type
of diamond ring as Pat's from Jerry Holland. All of the girls were
excited, but Pat and Jean seemed more "hysterical" than the
rest. (I wonder how "Zales" felt?)
Well, when school is out, it's certainly hard to find out news. I
guess this week's column will just have to be short. Until next
year ....
Happy New YearI[
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corrected upon being brought to the attention of the publisher.
The Press prints the news as it happens, and not as it wants it to
happen.
Last Monday night the personnel of the Greenbelt Water
Authority had their Christmas par/y at the club. Twenty attended
this gala occasion.
Wednesday night a large crowd participated in "Family
Night." The Christmas buffet, prepared by Mrs. Buckley, was
really good and everybody enjoyed the fun and games.
Thursday noon the Duplicate Bridge Club met at the
clubhouse for luncheon and cards. Julia Beck was the hostess
and the high pointers were Nell Barnhill in first place and Avis
Benson in second.
The families of the city of Clarendon held their Christmas
party last Thursday night at the club and all reported a very
enjoyable evening.
The Men's Golf Association and "Pro" Lendon have just
about completed the remodeling of the pro shop. The new
Astro-Turf carpet looks great and we hope that it will withstand
the golfers cleats.
Please make your New Year's party reservations with Fern as
the clubhouse right away. It's going to be lots of fun and you can
start the New Year off right with black-eyed peas and roast pig
for breakfast.
Byerlys have a son
Mr. and Mrs. George Byedy of Burlesen, former residents of
Clarendon, are the proud parents of a baby boy, Marcus Aaron
Byedy, who was bern December 12. The new baby weighed 8
pounds and 7 ounces, and is cortain to be a future basketball
player.
George was head basketball coach here until last summer, and
Pat was employed by West Texas Utilities.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Emott, Dean, Mary Kay and Sam of
Grapevine visited Saturday with her uncle; Mr. and Mrs. E.V.
Quattlebaum.
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I want to wish this country a Happy New Year--a much happier
one than it has had the past one[ And I want to wish all of you
likewise [
Things have looked pretty grim nationally most of 1973, but I
just can't believe they are going to stay that way foreverl
If I know Americans, we shall slap back at our misfortunes
with all wv got. With Christmas just past and the New Year
coming up, we just have to feel a revival of our spirits, take a
refreshed view and stop being fearful. We shall brace ourselves
for the rigors ahead and arm ourselves with the necessary
courage to solve our problems. It may take us awhile, but we
shall accomplish our goals. I believe that[
I think we may look with renewed confidence toward better
things for this country in the next year. I don't have to tell you
I'm no economist and no expert on political diagnosis, but don't
you feel that the furor in Washington has caused us to
re-evaluate the priorities we've been holding?
Do you feel with me that a trend has begun to reverse the
centralization of power; that Congress has begun to awaken to its
responsibilities; that our system of checks and balances is
WORKING?
We wish we could clear away the smokescreen of diversionary
tactics so we could see what's really going on, but perhaps we
are better off to trust the powers that be to the Lord since they
are ordained of Him.
If we condemn dishonesty in our leaders, we may well
ourselves whether we have the innocence to cast the first
If we do enough soul searching, we just may regain some of
Christian concepts that made this country great. They will
any country great because they make great menl
If this maze of sad national events has made us more
of our responsibilities as citizens, if our legislators see
to function in closer adherence to the intent of the
because of it, if it turns us back toward God and His way, then i
is worth all the pain and we shall see the hand of God
and using evil men to accomplish good for us.
We may have lost faith in some of the men in high
surely we have not lost faith in our system. It isn't perfect, but t
still works better than any other. We have a great deal more
fear from the breakdown of moral fiber out in the boondock.,
of the misdeeds of the relative handful of government
who have disappointed us.
Everybody on Capital Hill is playing Adam: "Look, HE did
not M EI" And nobody believes anybody any morel How
recognize the truth if it ever comes out?
But let us make every effort to be positive in thought
action, and may we all look earnestly and confidently to
future, having faith in the God of the universe.
Happy New Year to as everyone!
What happened Christmas,t?
Sunday dinner was held in the home of Mrs. D.T. Smailwood.
Attending were Mr. and Mrs. J.G. McAnear, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Todd, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie McAnear, Todd and Jennifer, all of
Clarendon, and Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Cross, Billy Cross and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Robinson, all of Denton. Gifts were exchanged
Sunday night.
Visiting with Mrs. Carl Adams during the holidays were her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Butch Lane of Amarillo and her
granddaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Woody of Oklahoma City,
Okla., and their two sons, Alex and Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Adldns spent Christmas Day in Amarillo
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hal Riley.
Visiting their parents over the holidays were Mrs. Ann Karnes
and family of Amarillo, the Charlie Slavins of Houston and the
Pat Slavins of San Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Strndley and son Brad of Chicago, Illinois,
Jean and Loyd Richardson of Odessa, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Page and their four daughters of lreford were Christmas
guests of the Ira Page family.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Lowe and family of Columbia,
Missouri, spent the holidays with his mother, Mrs. Walter Lowe,
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Spradling of Hedley.
Jim Swift Jr. spent the holiday with his sister, Mrs. Em
Simmons, and then visited with his mother, Mrs. J.D. Swift
Amarillo.
Mr. and Mrs. BronMe MeNabb of Waco visited over
Christmas holidays with her parents and brother, Mr. and
Emmett O. Simmons and Jem.
Mr. and Mrs. Darell Harper and Alan spent part of
Christmas holiday in Brownwood visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Karens, Sheilia and Kris. On Christmas Day both
traveled to San Angelo to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Dean
and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Harper and Shell.
Mr. and Mrs. John White celebrated their 50th
anniversary at the home of their son, Mr. and Mrs.
Their son, Mr. and Mrs. J.F. White and children from
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Deaton of Amarillo and Mrs. Della
also attended.
Judge and Mrs. Billy Chrlstal spent the Christmas
with their daughter, Mrs. John Boone, in Canyon.
Visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Payne were
Eda Wallin of Levelland, Mr. and Mrs. Ike O'Neal, Mr.
Alfred McNabb of Amarillo and Mrs. G. C. Murphy of
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