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SUNDAY, FEB. 3, 1980
SEMINOLE GAINES COUNTY) TEXAS
16 PAGES
(USPS 489-400)
VOL. 73
I&crofilm Cemter, Inc*
P.0. Box .45436-20^3 Empire Center
Wlas, rex. 75235
By MARSHALL DAY
A careful driver is the fella who
has made the last payment on his
car.
We don’t know who the author is
nr whprp wp pirkpri tip thp
following, but it is a message that
every American ought to study.
“It took a great deal of courage
for more than a hundred people to
cram themselves aboard a small
sailing vessel and set out across
the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean
in search of a new and free
homeland.
“It took untold courage to tell
the King of England and his
mighty armies that America
wanted no part of his tyranny. It
took even more courage to back
up those words in battle.
“It took folks with stout hearts
to leave the relative comfort of the
already settled areas along the
eastern seaboard and venture into
the interior of this land and to face
the hardships of settling an
untamed wilderness.
“The incredible courage dis-
played by the pioneers that rode
Conestoga wagons across the
western mountains was worth
emulating.
“Men of great courage went to
war to protect our borders as the
growth of this nation was
progressing.
“No faint hearts were to be
found among those who first tilled
soil of the midwest, those who
grazed cattle in the great western
rangelands or those who sought
the Treasures of the earth in gold,
silver, copper and other mines.
“The timid were not among
those who fought the disease and
the jungle of the Panamanian
Isthmus to build that canal that
was so needed.
“And then came the wars of the
20th century. The weak and afraid
were not the brave and bold men
and women who gave their lives
that others might be free.
“When World War II was
declared, the nation as a whole
threw its personal cautions to the
winds. Industry and government
met the challenge and this
Country survived its greatest test.
“Through the Fifties and Sixties
people of great vision continued to
face the challenge of meeting the
requirements of a highly mobile,
industrialized and energy-depend-
ent society.
“But as the Sixties progressed,
there came concern, and rightful-
ly so, for our environment and for
the safety of the population of the
world.
- “But that concern became an
obsession and a Vehicle by which
those, who feared virtually
everything could halt those who
would continue to meet the needs
if the rest of the natiori.
- ‘“Stop Nuclear Power’, ‘Save*
|he Lousewart’, ‘No More Dams’,
‘Return to the Wilderness’ are just
a few of the slogans that have
been the watchwords for the timid
and of those who would have us
return to the horse and buggy and
to the oil lamp.
“Somewhere along the road the
united population of this country
became a divided citizenry with a
vocal and faint-hearted folks
ipting to drag the rest of us
nto the darkness because they
i’t want to take the one In
90,000,000 chance of something
going wrong with a nuclear
reactor or they want to return the
face of this planet to a pristine
condition.
“We recognize the need for
cleaner air and for consideration
of the safety of the population. We
also recognize the fact that
requirements for energy continue
to grow. Last year the United
States consumed nearly 80 quads
=z|f energy, energy of all kinds. A
quad Is one quadrillion BTU’s. To
Jut it another way one quad is
{qual to about 46 million
megawatt generators for one year
and this country’s energy require-
ments last year was 80 times that,
it will be much more than that this
is a physical, mathematical
See and Paga* 1 M
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Bale count inches toward 200.
The Gaines County cotton crop
moved to within inches of the
200,000 bale mark last week when
county gins produced another
12,558 bales, running the season
total to 196,884.
The bitter cold, along with rain,
freezing rain and snow, over the
past several days has slowed
ginning tremendously, but some
gins plan to complete what they
have left in the next few days.
Others plans.^ to remain in
operation at leasf three weeks to a
month.1
The latest bale count, taken
Friday, compares to 118,590
compared to the exact same day
one year ago and 147,500 one week
later.
Prices paid growers for 1979
crop cotton continued to advance
last week, according to Paul R.
Dickson, area director for the
USDA’s High Plains Cotton
Division.
Mixed lots of mostly grades 42
and higher, staples 30 to 32 and
mike 27-32 sold for 49.50 to 51.50
cents per pound.
Demand was good during the
past week and growers offered
Cotton freely in a :tive trading.
High Plains classing offices
graded 113,815 samples during the
week ending Jan. 24. This brought
the total classed for the season to
2,253,392 samples which compares
to about 1,700,000 samples had the
same time one year ago.
Grade 32 to 23 per cent and
grade 42 at 42 per cent were the
predominant grades during the
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ruck
week.
Staple 30 accounted for 28 per
cent, staple 31 was 42 per cent and f
staple 32 amounted to 19 per cent.
Micronaire 30-32 was 30 per cent,
27-29 showed 43 per cent and mi
26 and below accounted for 12
cent of the samples classed.
The average breaking strengt
was 84,000 pounds per square
inch. y
Gins paid growers $95 to $1
per ton for cottonseed.
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8 •year- o m in
voman dies in wrec
Safety officers were called
to the scene-approximately
of Semi-
JuHanfHinojosa ,
708 Northwest 2nd, Street
A 68-year-old Seminole
woman was killed late
noon when the
oa*TI' Juliana
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here On Texas Highway 214.
Department of Public See tragedy Page 2
Merchants to feature
‘Good Neighbor Days’
One killed
Juliana Hinojosa Martinez, 68, of Seminole was killed in a
two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon just north of here on Texas
Highway 214. Mrs. Martinez died instantly after her pickup was
broadsided and pushed nearly 235 feet by a Mack truck
(Sentinel Photo)
“Good Neighbor Days” is the
theme under which Seminole
businessmen are welcoming your
visit to their shops and business
offices this week.
Reliability, dependability and
In Andrews Tuesday night
SBA schedules disaster meeting
The Small Business Admin-
istration (SBA) has scheduled a
meeting on its disaster loan
program for farmers, ranchers
and other people in agricultural-
related businesses in several
surrounding counties?
Besides Gaines, the meeting is
for farmers in Andrews, Martin,
Dawson, Winkler, Ector and
Midland Counties.
The meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday night in the county
agenfs conference room at the
Andrews Countv Ccwrthouse^ in
Andrews.
Vernon Weaver, administrator
of the SBA, declared Andrews
County a disaster area because of
dry weather and heavy front that
occurred on July 20, 1979;
November 1, 3, 11, 12, 13 and 15,
19979; and high winds that
Filing deadline nears for election
No new faces have hopped on
the political bandwagon locally as
the filing deadline for all
county-wide offices is Monday.
Incumbent Joe Smith has not
Filed in the district attorney’s
race.
The Democratic and Republi-
printed in last Thursday’s edition
of the Sentinel that Aryain had
filed for a spot on the school
board, but that was not the case as
Anyone who wishes to seek a can primaries are scheduled for he-dtdHlefor re-election to the — from otter anurcjs
occurred on September 15, 1979
and November 15, 1979.
The adjacent counties of
Martin, Gaines, Dawson, Winkler,
Ector and Midland are also
eligible for disaster benefits
offered by the SBA under the
same declaration.
Gaines and other West Texas
counties were also declared
disaster areas last fall after three
pummeling hailstorms in late
August.
The SBA loans' carry low
interest rates and are long term.
The loans are available at either
five per cent or 7% per cent
interest, depending upon the
applicant’s ability to obtain credit
* “ —' gad nro
position as sheriff, county
attorney, county tax assessor-
collector, commissioner or dis-
trict attorney have ijntil Monday
to file with Democratic Party
Chairman Delbert Warren.
^ Don Braly of Loop announced
his candidacy for county sheriff
several weeks ago and will oppose
incumbent Ed Welch, who is
seeking his fourth term as sheriff,
for the position.
And, in another county precinct
battle, Otis Johnson plans to seek
a post on the commissioners’
court as he will oppose Precinct 3
Commissioner Lester Eflcson. ~ -
County Tax Assessor-Collector
Johnnie Stanley, County Attorney
Joe McGill and Precinct l
. Commissioner Travis Bagley
have also announced their
intentions to seek re-election.
May 3 with a ruh-off election, if it
proves necessary, set for June 7.
The I960 general election will
follow Tuesday, Nov. 4.
The local elections—city, school
and hospital—has had three
candidates enter the political
picture.
There are three seats, including
that of Mayor Bob Clark, open on
the Seminole Gty Council, four on
the hospital board aVid two on the
Seminole Independent School
Seminole Indepe
District board of fa
trustee!.
The biggest splash has come in
the council race where Mayor Bob
Clark announced recently that he
wilflffifTteek s' fourth term as
mayor.
However, local CPA Mickey
Ray has filed for the mayor’s
chair and Jamiel “Dink” Aryain
will seek another term on the
council. (It was ^ accidentally
city council.)
Ray Garrett, an incumbent, did
file for re-election to the school
board while another incumbent, :
Dr. E. M. Wright, has not reached
a decision on seeking re-election.
The Seminole Hospital District
board will have the seats of
Delbert Warren, Hylton Nolen,
Linda Birdwell and Ken Willis
expiring in April. I ^
Administrator Larry Turpen
said that one candidate *had
completed the necessary require-
ments to file for the hospital
board, but he had not had a
chance to verify the signatures on
the^petition as yet.
The local elcaSBhs, 3# well as a.
$1 million revenue bond package
to upgrade the city’s water and
sewer systems, have been
scheduled for Saturday, April 5,
with the filing deadline March 5.
repayable depending on the
ability of the applicant.
Up to half of the loan may be
used for 1979 operating debt
repayment with the balance to be-
used for crop production this year.
The'applicant may borrow only
up to the amount of actual loss as
verified by the county Agricultur-
al Stabilization & Conservation
Service (ASCS) office and loans
approved by other agencies
cannot be duplicated.
Loan ^applications must Be
submitted by April 10 on physical
losses and by July 10 on economic
injury disaster loans to agricult-
ural-related businesses suffering
losses Because of the disaster.
Orena Crosno, a loan TSfBcer
with SBA, will explain the disaster
loan program and will distribute
applications for the loans at the
Tuesday night meeting.
trust are the basic needs for all
business transactions and you will
find these here in Seminole
because you are doing business
with friends and neighbors.
There is no frustration here;
you can buy with confidence for
all your family and personal
needs knowing that Seminole
businessman is trustworthy and
that he values your friendship as
well as your patronage.
You can trust your local
merchant to provide the highest
quality produets or services at the
fairest and most reasonable
prices.
When you shop here in
Seminole, you are met with
friendliness and courtesy.
The shopkeepers and their
See campaign Page 2
Construction
figures climb S
The City of Seminole issued nine
building permits, vajued at
$113,036, during the month of
January which was $12,936 more.
than Hie same period one year ago
when the city went on a
record-setting binge, according to
the monthly-figures released by
Code Enforcement Officer Pete
Williams.
One year ago, the city issued 10
permits for a total construction
cost of $106,100 while in December
1978, Seminole’s three permits ; (
totaled $300.
The bulk of January’s figure iffi
came from two commercial
buildings which were valued at
$55,000 and one single family
residence at $50,000.
The remaining $8,036 was from
alteration* or additions to four
homes in Seminole.
During the month, the city also
issued li electrical p<
another five plumbing
There were also permits I
for two mobile homes, a<
to Williams’ report.
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Day, Marshall. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 27, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 3, 1980, newspaper, February 3, 1980; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1128149/m1/1/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.