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Volume 47
Rochester, Haskell County, Texas 79544, Thursday, January 9, 1969
10c Per Copy
Number 40
Entire Area Would Suffer
Schoolmen Study Governor’s
Education Committee Report
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Superintendents from Knox,
Haskell, and Stonewall Counties
met in Rule December 17,1968,
to discuss the Governor’s Com-
mittee on Public School Edu-
cation Report and the possible
effect on the area schools. Be-
cause the group did not have
the supplement to the report
which includes the Bartlett
market value study and the
map showing the proposed dis-
trict realignment, it was de-
cided that it would be pre-
mature to take a position with
regard to the report. The group
plans to develop ideas for pro-
cedure to inform the patrons of
the various districts of the
effects of the study and pro-
posed new school law.
The group agreed to meet
in Knox City January 6, by
which time they would have
the supplement.
The group met again Monday,
January 6, in Knox City. There
were twenty-three administra-
tors, board members, and other
school people present.
As the group now interprets
the recommendations, there
would be one school system
in Knox County, one school
system in Haskell County and
one school system in Stone-
wall County. Each school sys-
tem would be served by one
county-wide school board and
one administrative staff.
The local tax changes in the
form of local fund assignment
after statewide equalization and
proposed school improvements
programs would amount to
$62,000 in Knox County , $58,000
in Haskell County, and $106,000
in Stonewall County next year
alone. Over the next ten years
the cost in local fund assign-
ment will increase to a point
that Knox County will pay
$256,000 more each year, Has-
m
kell County will pay $226,000
more each year and Stonewall
County will pay $462,000 more
or a lesser amount that would
be needed to have a Minimum
Foundation Program. Stonewall
County would become a Budget
Ballanced School and would not
receive any state funds except
per capita funds. Also the con-
Farm Bureau
Membership
County Drive
Farm Bureau membership
workers will be calling on their
fellow farmers and ranchers all
across the county, as well as
the state, to help boost mem-
bership in the state’s largest
farm organization.
Governor John Connally, in
one of his last official acts,
designated the week of Jan.
13-18 as “Farm Bureau Mem-
bership Week’’ in Texas and
urged Texans to cooperate in
the recognition and observance
of this week.
Farm Bureau works for ag-
riculture through Legislation,
Marketing, Economic Services,
Youth Programs and Local Af-
fairs. If you want to be a part
of the action, join the Farm
Bureau and work to promote
your stake in agriculture.
A statewide membership re-
port meeting will be held Jan.
22 in Austin in conjunction with
the TFB’s legislative confer-
ence, County president, mem-
nei'ship and legislative com-
mittee chairmen are invited to
attend.
*****
HOSPITALIZED
S. S. Hook was hospitalized
Tuesday morning at Knox Coun-
ty Hospital with a bad case of
flu. He was very ill.
*****
Terry Faulkner of BigSpring
spent from Thursday until Mon-
day with his grandmother, Mrs.
W. D. Penman and Uncle Bob.
** * **
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wolsch
and family visited over the
weekend with his sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Pee Wee Heike in
Abilene.
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solidation would require each
existing school district to as-
sume each other’s indebted-
ness. The indebtedness varies
from district to district and
this causes an inequitable sit-
uation between communities
which have a high indebtedness
and those who have little or
no indebtedness.
The group feels that the above
parts of the committee recom-
mendations will hurt the ma-
jority of communities involved
by the eventual loss of their
schools and will hurt the en-
tire area by the greatly in-
creased taxation.
The superintendents of the
various schools will be at-
tending the Texas Education
Agency School Administrators
Advisory Conference of Edu-
cation in Austin the week of
January 8, 9, 10, and expect
to hear Governor-elect Pres-
ton Smith express his views
and attend work group meet-
ings relating to the Implemen-
tation of the Recommendations
of the Governor’s Committee
on Education. Upon their return,
the superintendents will meet
in Weinert, January 15, to make
final plans for area or com-
munity meetings to inform the
public of the details of. the
committee’s recommendations.
Local Resident’s Brother, Ed
Hester, Buried At Halkell Sun.
BENNY ARCHER
1966 graduate of Dallas
Institute of Mortuary Science
Benny Archer
Buys Funeral
Home Interest
ROCHESTER - Elliston Fu-
neral Home of Seymour, owned
and operated by Bill Elliston
since 1961 will now be known
as Elliston-Archer Funeral
Home. Elliston announced re-
cently the sale of interest to
Benny Archer who has been em-
ployed by Elliston since 1967.
Mr. Archer is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Archer of
Rochester. He is a graduate of
Rochester HighSchool. He mar-
ried the former LindaGrinstead
of Rochester, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Grinstead, who
also is a Rochester graduate.
They have been living in Sey-
mour since 1967.
ROCHESTER - Funeral ser- eld ?r oj
Jes v^-re held fry Ed Hester, ‘.-,0.’
at 3 p.m. Sunday at First
Presbyterian Church in Haskell
with Dr. Harry Sarles, pastor,
officiating.
Burial was in Willow Ceme-
tery under direction of Holden-
McCauley Funeral Home.
Mr. Hester, 58, Haskell area
farmer and rancher and civic
leader, was dead on arrival at
Haskell Memorial Hospital at
2:15 p.m. Friday. He was a
brother to Floyd (Bobby) Hester
of Rochester.
Born July 17, 1910, in
Rochester, he married Juanita
Medley, Dec. 19, 1934, at Has-
kell.
Mr. Hester was a member and
LAELA FAIZ SALMAN
Laela Salman
Pledges H-SU
Cowgirls
Laela Faye Salman has re-
cently completed a six week's
pledging program for Cowgirls
at Hardin-Simmons University
in Abilene. At the end of the six
weeks was a formal initiation
followed by a banquet.
The president of the organ-
ization is Pearl Rodriquez.
Cowgirls is a service or-
ganization which serves at most
school functions and at all the
H-SU home basketball games.
Miss Salman is the daughter
of Mrs. Frank Salman of
Rochester, and a 1968 graduate
of Rochester High School. She
attended classes last summer
and this fall and at the end of
this semester will be classi-
fied as a sophomore.
*****
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. S.
Hook during the Christmas holi-
days were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Hook, Sol and Myra of Loving-
ton, N. M.; Mr. and Mrs. George
Hook, Thomas and Beth Ann of
Eagle Pass; Dr. and Mrs. H. E.
Charles and Lynn of El Paso;
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Tidwell of
Greer, South Carolina; and Mr.
and Mrs. Faye Wilson, Marlin,
Jim and Jeff of Abilene.
*****
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hagle of
Brownsville are visiting Mrs.
Cecil Whitt and Mr. and Mrs.
Jalea Glover and Janis.
Speech Class To Present
Two One-Act Plays Jan. 16
RULE — The Rule High School
Speech class will present “A
Night With the Maxwell Fam-
ily” when they present two one-
act plays “Wilbur’s Wild Night”
and “The Life of the Party” —
both Maxwell family plays, on
Thursday night, January 16, in
the High School Auditorium.
Each play will have a dif-
ferent cast, with all members
of the speech class participat-
ing. James Anderson will be
Master of Ceremonies. Cast
members will be: Charlotte A1
lison, Donny Barbee, Benson
Bagley, Gary Casey, Rudy Cas-
ey, Rhonda Carroll, Shelia
Chambers, Delle Davis, Sherry
Gann, Diana Longoria, Cindy
Pittcock, Bobby Denison, Don
Saffel, Tommy Stryker, Sam-
Harold Woods
Recipient Of
Color TV Set
RULE - Harold Woods, Rule
pharmacist, was recipient of a
color television set given away
at a drawing held at the Recre-
ation Club New Year’s Eve
dance at 10:30 p.m.
/ *****
Carolyn, Betty and Glenda
Stanfield of Lubbock spent
Christmas week with Mrs. Nel-
lie Stanfield and Nelda Sue.
*****
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Cude and
children of Carlsbad, N. M. vis-
ited Mrs. W. L. Glover and
other relatives during Christ-
mas.
mie Simpson, Kenny Tanner,
Kay Smith, Robert Louis, Rich-
ard Cornelius and Menda Beard.
Curtain time will be 7:30. A
small admission will be
charged.
*****
Funeral For
Husie Earl
‘ Held Saturday
RULE - Husie Earl, a long-
time resident of Rule, died about
5:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, in
Haskell Memorial Hospital af-
ter a lengthy illness.
Funeral was held Saturday at
2 p.m. in the West Bethel Bap-
tist Church. The Rev. Cooper,
pastor, officiated. Burial was in
Rule Cemetery under direction
of Pinkard Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife,
Lillian.
*****
Dinner guests on Sunday be-
fore Christmas with Mr. and
Mrs. William Greenwood and
family were Mr. and Mrs.
James Harris Jr., and family
of Eastland; Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Finley and Eddie of Sweetwater;
Miss Earline Finley and fiance
of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Howard and family, Phil Gauntt
and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Cald-
well and family all of Roches-
ter; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brisco
and Missi of Haskell and Terry
Joe Mathis of Rule.
*****
Mike Lisle became victim of
the three day measles during the
holidays. Many others here are
presently sick with the flu.
irst Presbyterian
JIC v-Hs, iw&rked.
with the Boy Scouts in Haskell
for a number of years, and
served for a number of years on
the board of directors of Has-
kell Memorial Hospital. He also
served a number of terms on
the Haskell Independent School
Board.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Hester was serving as a di-
rector of Haskell County Cotton
Warehouse and Compress. He
was also a member of the Has-
kell Rotary Club. He was pre-
ceded in death by parents, one
sister and one brother.
Survivors include his wife of
the home; two daughters, Mrs.
W. H. (Bettye)McBroom of Has-
kell and Mrs. Jimmy (Janice)
Browning of Haskell; two sons,
Ed Jr. of Fort Ord, California,
and Medley Eugene of Haskell;
five sisters, Mrs. Mary Sue
Wilson and Mrs. Joe Ed (Betty
Jo) Parsons, both of Fort Worth,
Mrs. Joe (Ollie) Ash of Cran-
fills Gap, Mrs. Calvin (Mollie)
Frierson of San Angelo and
Mrs. T. C. (Flossie) Walker
of Haskell; two brothers, Ira
of Haskell and Floyd (Bobby)
Hester of Rochester and 8
grandchildren.
*****
Burleson Family
Has Reunion
ROCHESTER - Spending New
Year's Day in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Angelo Pisasale, Deb-
ra and Mickeal were: J. E.
Burleson, Mrs. Fannie Bieber,
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Burleson
and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dab-
ney all of Rochester; R. C.
Burleson of Stamford; Mrs. Do-
cia Culpepper, Henry Culpep-
per, Don and David, and Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Burleson, Elec-
tra; Mrs. J. W. Medford, and
Mrs. G. L. McDonald and Gary
Lee, Wichita Falls; Mrs. M. B.
Wyatt, Anson; and Raymond
Paul Slatter of Emory.
The six surviving children
of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Burleson present were Mrs.
Docia Culpepper, 78; Mrs. Fan-
nie Bieber, 71, J. E. Burleson,
76, Mrs. Lena Dabney, 82;
Leonard Burleson, 74 and Rufus
Burleson, 67. They enjoyed a
very enjoyable day since it
had been some time since all of
them were together.
*****
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Michael
and children of Odessa visited
Mrs. I. E. Alvis and Mr. and
Mrs. John Ben Glover and chil-
dren, Sunday.
*****
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Oliver and
David of Fort Worth visited
Henry Perry over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs.
Love To Be At
Baptist Church
ROCHESTER - Mr. and Mrs.
Charles P. Love, Missionaries
to Guyana, Africa will be guests
of the First Baptist, Church in
Rochester, January 12. ^
The work of the Missionaries
is always of interest to every-
one. Pray for their work and
come and share some of their
experiences with the Baptists,
says Rev. Fred Garvin, pastor.
The Loves have five children,
three girls and two boys. Mrs.
Love is the former Mary Eliza-
beth Leech of Abilene.
Bro. Love will speak on mis-
sions in the morning service
and he and his wife will show
slides of their work in the eve-
ning service.
*****
Reid Chosen
In Cast Of
Four Plays
ROCHESTER - Nicky Reid
was recently selected to be in
the cast of four one-act plays
to be presented on the West
Texas State University cam-
pus.
The four plays will be pre-
sented January 11, at the Buf-
falo Masquer Drama Workshop.
The workshop is open to all
people interested in prepar-
ing one-act plays for UIL com-
petition. There will be demon-
strations, lectures, and seven
plays given on that day.
The four plays which Reid
will be in are, “The Mouse-
trap Play”, “The Happy Jour-
ney to Camden and Trenton,”
Falling of the * Afcple,”
and “Of Poems, Youth, and
Spring.”
Reid, who is president of the
Buffalo Masquers Drama Or-
ganization, will also act as host
and Master of Ceremonies for
the day’s proceedings.
He is a Sophomore Art Major
at West Texas State University,
a member of the Symphonic
Band, and a member of Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia National mu-
sic fraternity. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Manford Reid of
Rochester,
*****
Rule School
To Serve
Breakfast
RULE - The Rule School will
start a Breakfast program Mon-
day, January 13. The lunchroom
will be opened from 8 a.m. un-
til 8:30 a.m. each school day to
serve breakfast to those stu-
dents who wish to be served.
The cost will be 15? per day.
The breakfast menu will con-
sist of fruit or fruit juice, toast,
milk or cereals and eggs.
The students will go directly
to the lunchroom for their
breakfast and no breakfast will
be served after 8:30.
Since some students come to
school without breakfast be-
cause of lack of time before
they come to school, serving of
breakfast at school could be
helpful in starting the student
off to a good day’s work in
school.
*****
Second Sunday
Singing Jan. 12
ROCHESTER - The second
Sunday singing will be held at
the Rochester American Legion
Hall, Sunday, January ^begin-
ning at 2 p.m. According to
Pete Tanner this will be a big
affair and everyone here and
away, as well, are invited to
come and enjoy good singing
and fellowship.
Several out-of-town groups
have been invited and will be on
hand to give the visitors a good
time in singing. It doesn’t mat-
ter if you sing or not, just hop
on over to Rochester and listen
and before long you will
probably be joining in. Everyone
invited.
*****
CALL IN YOUR NEWS
Steerettes Win Consolation At
Hamlin, Boys Lose To Throck.
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ROCHESTER - The Roches-
ter girls’ basketball team won
consolation in the Hamlin Bas-
ketball tournament this past
weekend. The first game with
Anson found the Steerettes on
the short end of the score when
Anson defeated them 56-42.
This naturally sent them to the
consolation bracket. Saturday
morning they defeated McCaul-
ley 52-29 and Saturday after-
noon in the final game for con-
solation they drove over the
Haskell Maidens 63-46.
Cinda Shirley, Rochester
guard was selected to the all-
tournament team along with
Cherie Well, Lueders-Avoca;
Thelma James, Anson; Mary
McCaleb, Anson; Mary Cork,
Hamlin; Joyce Watts, Lueders-
Avoca; JoReen Moore and Ver-
donna Hays of Aspermont.
The Rochester Steers were
entered in the tournament at
Throckmorton. In the first game
they were defeated by New-
castle, 53-46. Friday afternoon
the Steers took a win over the
Throckmorton Purple 46-45.
Saturday night they tackled the
Throckmorton Gold team and
were defeated 38-36. All the
games were hard games and
the boys played good ball but
came out on the short end of
the score when it counted most.
There was no all-tournament
team selected.
The Steers and Steerettes
both played Old Glory in an-
other District game, Tuesday
night. Friday night, January
10, both teams will be host to
the teams from Weinert at 7
p.m. January 14, the Rochester
teams will be host to the Ben-
jamin teams, here.
The rest of the games for
both teams will be district
games as both teams have en-
tered all the tournaments they
can enter for this season.
*****
Mrs. Ella Mosley and Mrs.
W. L. (Delma) Glover attended
the funeral at Haskell of Bill
Lees last Thursday.
*****
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Carroll and
Betty Jayne of Hale Center vis-
ited Mrs. W. L. Glover, Thurs-
day.
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Michaels Gives Book Review
To Abilene Woman's Club
ALL-TOURNAMENT in one or more tournaments which
the Rochester Steers have played in is Robert Slaughter
who is shown with the trophy he won on the all-tournament
team at Rule. The Rochester Basketball boys have entered
three tournaments this year and at only one tournament
was the all-tournament boys’ team named. Robert was
named to this honored group. Throckmorton and O’Brien
did not name an all-tournament boys’ team. Robert is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Slaughter, Sr.
(ROCHESTER) THREE GAMES’ all tournament teams nam-
ed found, Sherry Tibbets (right) with her trophy, from the
Rule Girls’ all-tournament team, and Wanda Strickland
(left) with her trophy from the Haskell all-tournament team
and Cinda Sherley (center with two of her three trophies
which she earned at the Haskell. Rule and Hamlin all-
toumament teams. Cinda is a guard, while the other “vJo
are forwards. Cinda and Sherry are seniors and Wanda is
a junior. The girls were only entered in three tournaments
this season.
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H. L. (Lynn) Martin Dies
Following Long Illness
RULE — Horace Leon (Lynn)
Martin, 65, Rule church leader,
died at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, De-
ROCHESTER - Benny
Michaels, of Abilene, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Michaels ofRo-
and Mrs. J. W. Michaels of
Rochester cited the importance
of Nutrition in a recent book re-
view held in Abilene for the
Modern Living Department at
Abilene Woman’s Club Friday
morning.
According to Mr. Michaels
when he reviewed the book,
“Let's Get Well” by nutri-
tionist Adelle Davis, proper
diet, including essential vita-
m
mins, can make a difference
about how you feel.
Michaels said a government
report showed about 50 percent
of U.S. families were deficient
in one or more vitamins; in
10-20 years they would be 75
percent deficient, he added.
A majority of cases handled
by doctors deal with people not
eating sensibly, he said.
The book contains clinical
examples of vitamin therapy
See Michaels Gives, Page 2
cember 31, in Haskell Memorial
Hospital following a lengthy ill-
ness.
Funeral was held at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday at First United Meth-
odist Church with the Rev. Man-
uel Reynolds, pastor, officiat-
ing, assisted by the Rev. Mike
Herrington, pastor of First
Baptist Church. Burial was in
Stamford cemetery under di-
rection of Pinkard Funeral
Home.
Born Feb. 3, 1903, in Mer-
idean, Miss., he moved to Kop-
perl, Texas with his parents at
the age of 10 and to Rule in
1921. He was a farmer. He mar-
ried Gladys Hines December 23,
1933, in Rule. He was a mem-
ber and steward of First United
Methodist Church here.
Survivors include his wife;
See Lynn Martin, Page 2
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REVIEWS BOOKS — Benny Michaels shows Mrs. Stanley Carmichael, center,
and Mrs. H. T. Beaty the book, “Let’s Get Well,” by Adelle Davis. Michaels re-
viewed the book for the Modern Living Department at Abilene Woman’s Club
Friday morning. Mrs. Carmichael and Mrs. Beaty were guests. (Staff photo by
Don Blakley , Abilene Reporter-News).
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