Seminole News (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 27, 1969 Page: 1 of 23
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WOUNDED
In Viet Nam
The Junior High band, under the direction of Ray Lashaway, begins practice. In the background can be seen Sammie Robertson as he
helps the trombones. __
Wa
Army Sgt. Roy M.
Blackmon was wounded
in action in Vietnam two
weeks ago. Following
surgery, he was flown
to Tokyo, Japan. His
wife, Lynne, received a
call from him Saturday
night. Roy will be in the
U. S. soon- where he
will remain in a hospital
several months recuper-
ting.
MARVA
FREEMAN TO
ODESSA
'wiys/'T-'s'
le News
‘IVith malice toward none— With charity to all." Abraham Lincoln
CLANTONS GIN EIIHfP HR
Marva Freeman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Freeman has)
received a volleyball scholar-
ship and is enrolled at Odessa
Junior College for the fall
semester. Marva, a 1969
graduate of Seminole High was
active in volleyball all four
years of high school, being cap-
tain of the team her Junior year.
She made all district and was
voted the most valuable volley-
ball player her sophomore year.
Marva was also active with the
Powder-puff Football and ba s-
ketball games. She was Senior
track attendant.
Marva worked at T exas Instru-
ment in Dallas this summer
and said she enjoyed her work
very much but was ready for
the volleyball season to begin.
WHERE IT RAINED
W.H. Griffith-4 mi. N. - .75"
Leon Foote - 9 mi. E. 2 N. - 2"
Payne's Comer - . 2"
Lee Haller - 14 mi. S. - 1""
Raymond Golden-14 mi.E. -. 25"
Billy McConal -
8 mi. S. of Loop - 1"
Sawyer Flat - 1"
Seminole - . 2"
Vol.III Page 1 No.21 Pages 24 SEMINOLE, GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS lOy August 27, 1969 _
RAISE GIVEN TO SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
School Board Meets
In a 4| hour session the School Board okayed a 15<t per hour raise
for auxiliary employees last Monday night. The auxiliary employees
cover 11 secretaries, 15 custodians, 4 maintenance men, 1 farm care*
taker, 24 cafeteria workers, 2 bus mechanics, and 15 bus drivers.
For a 12 month employee this would mean $312, a bus driver $108,
for a total riase of $14, 274.00.
(2) In other school board action the 1969-70 school budget war
amended and trimmed $42, 935. 25. Some of the larger items left
out of the budget were 1 school bus, $6,000, 1 employee, $5,057,
1 band trip, $8,173 plus many smaller items.
(3) Bids were accepted for the furnishing of the milk for the school
from Bordens at 7<t for f pints and ice cream at $1. 35 per gallon.
This bid remained the same as last year.
(4) The gasoline contract was awarded to Gaines County Oil at
18. let per gallon. Five other companies bid.
(5) Bud Norris was employed as a bus driver; H. B. Patterson as a
driver for the activity bus.
(6) Disposal bids were rejected on the old band truck. ($301).
(7) The tennis program was discussed at length with Jerry Franklin,
coach, in attendance. In pointing out the things important to a
tennis program Coach Franklin mentioned two important phases -
those who wanted to play varsity tennis and those who wanted to
learn the game to carry into future life activity. He pointed out the
tournaments played in during the spring, the fall and the summer.
Also several underpriviliged children who needed help in outfitting
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Mr. and Mrs. John Clanton, on the right, are shown with their
granddaughter, Sandy Vickers, their daughter, Mrs. A. A. Vickers,
and their son, Johnny, after ginning their first bale of cotton.
NEW COMER
Neal Flathers; formerly a
vocational agriculture teacher
at Gruver, Texas is now an
assistant vice president of the
i Lubbock Production Credit
Association, and will be work-
ing in the Seminole office.
Flathers was employed with
the Giuver schools for seven
years. While in the teaching
field, he received his honorary
Lone Star Farmer's degree and
trained four state judging teams.
Flathers graduated from Perry-
ton High School in 1957. He
attended Tarleton State College,
where he was a member of the
"What do you do when the
gin's not ready and you have
the first bale of cotton?" asked
John Clanton, who lives 9 miles
south and one mile west of Sem-
inole. After trying Seminole,
Mr. Clanton tried Seagraves and
finally Loop and ginned Gaines
County's first bale of cotton.
The bale weighed 510 pounds,
producing 900 pounds of seed
, from a gross weight of 2,080
pounds. The bale was harvested
from 10 acres of dry land cotton
9 miles south and 1 mile west of
Seminole and was ginned last
Wednesday. The Coop Gin at
Loop, Texas is managed by Beit
Davis.
. **
-Plowboy's football team. He re-
ceived his B. S. degree from
^ Texas Tech University in Jan-
uary, 1962. While at Tech, he
was a member of the Tech live-
stock team. Neal and his wife,
Janice, reside at 1106 SW.Ave.
G. The couple have two child-
ren, Janeal, 11 years old, and
Clay, 8 yean old. They are
members of the United Meth-
odist Church.
Each brother had three brothers and three sisters
at the RAMSEY FAMILY REUNION held last Saturday
and Sunday in Seminole, The sisters were Mrs.
Ettie Hopper, Ft. Worth, Jewell Allen, Bakersfield,
Calif, and Bessie Allen, Mesa, Ariz. The brothers
were Charlie, Fayetteville, Ark.; Jesse, La mesa;
Anson, San Benito and J. B. of Gordon, Texas.
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Shelton, Madeline. Seminole News (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 27, 1969, newspaper, August 27, 1969; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth576959/m1/1/?q=El+Paso: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.