Clarendon Live

The Clarendon Enterprise - Spreading the word since 1878.

Morgan Wheatly

Hedley students go to MASH camp

by Leave a Comment

Three Hedley students were recently chosen to attend MASH Camp, sponsored by Panhandle AHEC. Scottie Jo Rodriguez, Austin Adams, and Sierra Wheatly were three of sixteen students from the Texas Panhandle who attended the first session.

Hedley students Scottie Jo Rodriguez, Austin Adams, and Sierra Wheatly attended the first session of MASH Camp sponsored by Panhandle AHEC. Enterprise Photo / Kari Lindsey

 MASH Camp is designed for students in grades 9-12 who think they might be interested in the medical field as a career. They went to Amarillo Dental Hygiene, Quail Creek Surgical Hospital, BSA Radiology, Valmed Pharmacy, Pampa Regional Medical Center, MVP Big Animal Clinic, and the Nursing Simulation Lab at WTAMU.

Tammy Stamps, HCP Coordinator from AHEC commented, “We try to give the campers the opportunity to see different careers in the medical field, so if they think they might be interested in something, it will either confirm the decision or change it! The Campers get to see surgeries and do a lot of hands on activities. Many of our Campers come back year after year and later become Volunteers for the camp.”

Blown away

by Leave a Comment

The awning on the south side of the Clarendon Community Center was flipped over onto the building’s roof during the storm that hit the city last Thursday. Many sections of the metal roof of the awning were found scattered on the north side of the building. Enterprise Photo / Roger Estlack

Lights out!

by Leave a Comment

Downed transmission poles east of Clarendon plunged the city into darkness about 10 p.m. last Thursday night as high winds followed a heavy thunderstorm. AEP / Southwestern Electric Power Co. spokesman Tony Barley said an insulator on the city’s backup feed from Jericho failed cutting off power from that direction, and crews were being dispatched to fix that when they saw the flash from this wreck. Power was restored to the city after 2 a.m., but several Greenbelt Rural Electric Cooperative customers remained without power until Saturday afternoon since the downed lines connect with the cooperative’s substation outside the city. Enterprise PHoto / Roger Estlack

Spectacular!

by Leave a Comment

The sky seems to explode on the western horizon as the sun sets on Clarendon following a thunderstorm that rolled through the city last Thursday evening, June 14. The picture looks up US 287 from Country Bloomers Flowers & Gifts. Enterprise Photo / Anndria Newhouse

Patricia Ann Archuleta

by Leave a Comment

Patricia Ann Archuleta, 61, died June 16, 2012, in Amarillo.

Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at the First United Methodist Church of Clarendon with Rev. Lloyd Stice, pastor, Pastor Donna Johnston, Pastoral Care, First United Methodist Church, and Pierre Moranza, KMMI Ministries, officiating. Services were under the direction of Brooks Funeral Directors.

Patricia Ann Archuleta

Patricia Ann Archuleta was born on May 7, 1951 in Amarillo to George and Alma Tomberlin Hughes. She was a 1969 graduate of Amarillo High School and received her Bachelor of Science degree from St. Mary’s of the Plains.

She was a basic EMT and was pursuing her intermediate EMT license. She married Daniel “Archie” Archuleta in April of 1979. Patricia was a school teacher, a beautician, and taught cosmetology. She was an avid quilter and seamstress and owned Stitch by Design in Clarendon.

She worked as the Dispatcher / Jailer for Donley County Sheriff’s Office and was the secretary for First United Methodist Church of Clarendon and the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce. She volunteered in numerous ministries including Kairos Outside, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Clarendon, the Red Cross, and many other organizations.

Patricia was preceded in death by her husband on February 26, 2002, by her parents, a brother, George “Skeeter” Hughes, a half sister, Louise Payne, and a brother-in-law, Jack Holt.

Survivors include her son, Jason Archuleta and wife, Amy, of Amarillo; two grandchildren, Rylan and Kasen Archuleta; two sisters, Corky Holt, of Beaumont, Texas, and Sue Carney and husband, Mike, of Rogers, AR; and a host of friends and family.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Kairos Outside, Amarillo & Panhandle Region, PO Box 51012, Amarillo, TX 79159, Clarendon EMS, PO Box 1240, Clarendon, TX 79226, or First United Methodist Church of Clarendon, PO Box 157, Clarendon, TX 79226.

Dorothy Helms Grady

by Leave a Comment

Dorothy Helms Grady, 85, Died Saturday, June 16, 2012, in Clarendon, Texas

Services were held on Monday, June 18, 2012, in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Rev. Eddy Helms, Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Tulia and her son, officiating.

Services were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Dorothy was born February 27, 1927, in McKinney to John William and Pearl Laird Boswell. She married John Warren “J.W.” Helms on August 2, 1941 in Hollis, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on April 14, 1991. She later married Ralph Grady on January 3, 1993 in Clarendon.

He preceded her in death on December 3, 2006. She had been a resident of Donley County since 1948, was a homemaker, and a member of the First Nazarene Church in Clarendon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a son, Roy Lee Helms; 3 brothers and a sister.

She is survived by two sons, Larry Helms and wife Lura of Clarendon and Eddy Helms and wife Joburta of Tulia; a daughter, Leveta Klinnert and husband Roddy of Amarillo; a daughter in law, Barbara Helms of Clarendon; 11 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; and 16 great great grandchildren.

The family request memorials be sent to a favorite charity.

Services set for longtime civic leader Lowe

by Leave a Comment

Services for longtime Clarendon attorney and civic leader William J. Lowe will be held June 21 at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Lance Wood officiating.

Bill Lowe

Lowe died at the age of 85 in Amarillo on Monday, June 21, 2012.

Services are under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors, and internment will be in Clarendon’s Citizens Cemetery.

Lowe is remembered by his family and friends as a man of integrity and patience. He was a Christian gentleman, whose words were always wise and kind. He came from a generation of men whose commitment to his community and family are unparalleled in today’s world.

In about 1915, Lilac and Sam W. Lowe, moved from Goodnight to Clarendon, a town they considered a good place to live. Bill Lowe was born on June 20, 1926, and his family life was characterized by his parents’ love for each other and for him, following the loss of his two siblings. Bill graduated salutatorian of Clarendon High School, while simultaneously completing his college freshman courses.

He completed his freshman year of law school while still an undergraduate senior earning a degree in Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Texas. At the age of 22, he earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University. Bill returned to Clarendon awaiting a job with the IRS. In the summer of 1948, he married Clarendon native Helen Porter, his high school sweetheart.

Bill offered to help his father-in-law Judge Ralph Porter with his law practice the summer after he and Helen married. He always said that, “Somehow, he never left.” During his first year with Judge Porter, he earned $150 per month, and he remarked that he thought times could not be better. The Porters and the Lowes experienced many happy years in Clarendon, especially after the birth of Bill and Helen’s children, Cindy, Will, and Sam.

Bill had a distinguished history as civic leader, church leader, and attorney. Beginning in 1957, he served for eight years as the elected County Attorney of Donley County in addition to practicing law. He also served for 25 years as City Attorney for the City of Clarendon. He served eight years on the Amarillo Area Foundation, and was instrumental in establishing Greenbelt Water Authority and served as its general council and Board secretary continuously until the time of his death. He was a stockholder in The Donley County State Bank.

He was a member of the Lions Club in Clarendon for 63 years and had served as its President. As Executor of the Harned Sisters Memorial Endowment, Lowe facilitated the original financial foundation for the present Clarendon College campus. A strong supporter of the college, he served on the Clarendon College Foundation Board for many years.

A member of the First Baptist Church, Bill was a deacon and taught Sunday school for over 25 years. He served as Sunday School Superintendent for 20 years as well. Bill served on the Statewide Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas for eight years. His life was characterized by his deep and mature faith as he walked with Christ.

Bill practiced law in Clarendon for more than 63 years. Many of his clients were the third generation of the original families. For more than 50 years, he has held the highest legal and professional rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a highly regarded legal directory. He served for a number of years as president of the 100th Judicial District Bar Association. In 1989, Bill was nominated and accepted as a Fellow in the prestigious Texas Bar Association. In all of his work and civic life, he strived to perfect every project he undertook.

His busy life included many other interests as well. He owned land and operated several irrigated farms. As a hobbyist, he made clocks; collected Western art, Tiffany antique belt buckles, gemstones, barbed wire, and arrowheads; and, most recently, designed cactus gardens.

Following the death of his wife, Helen, he married Lynn Blackburn Lowe in 2006. Each of them had three children, all of whom were extremely compatible.

Lowe was preceded in death by his wife, Helen; a brother, George; a sister, Sammie Jo; and a son, William Douglas Lowe.

He is survived by his wife, Lynn; a daughter, Cindy Barnett and husband Ben of Dallas; two sons, Will Lowe and wife Sandy of Houston, and Sam Lowe of Amarillo; and three grandchildren, Callie, Lila, and Emory Lowe

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening, June 20, from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

The family suggests memorials be to the First Baptist Church, PO Box 944, Clarendon, Texas 79226.

Aldermen tap Waldrop as new city judge

by Leave a Comment

The Clarendon Board of Aldermen named Tommy Waldrop as the city’s new municipal judge during a called meeting Monday night.

Waldrop, a retired school administrator with several years of experience in Shamrock schools, began his duties on Tuesday morning and will soon set hours for his office inside City Hall.

Waldrop succeeds Municipal Judge Bob Watson who resigned last month due to health reasons.

Also Monday night, city leaders tapped new Alderman Abby Patten to serve as Clarendon’s Mayor Pro-tem, which is a one-year appointment.

The board also approved a resolution declaring sidewalks along Kearney Street downtown as being out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and hazardous as part of a grant application for a downtown revitalization grant.

Aldermen voted 3-2 to authorize KSA Engineers to prepare CAD drawings of streets to be improved under a bond election approved by voters last month. City Administrator Lambert Little said he expects that work will cost a maximum of $4,000.

In other city news, during the board’s regular meeting last Tuesday, June 12, aldermen rescinded a motion from the previous meeting to hold regular meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month and instead approved Ordinance 402 calling for regular meetings to be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays. Alderman Terry Noble said didn’t see the need for two regular meetings per month now that the city has an administrator, but Alderman Tommy Hill said he felt two meetings would let the board keep up with city business better. Ordinance 402 was approved, 3-1.

Resolutions were approved to apply for two separate grants that would provide funds for additional sewer line replacements and for downtown sidewalk improvements.

The board accepted Alderman Noble’s resignation from the Clarendon Economic Development Board and named Alderman Patten to serve the remainder of his term.

The board approved $3,500 from the Hotel Occupancy Tax for the Clarendon Arts Festival as requested by Les Beaux Arts Club.

Conatser quits post at Hedley

by 1 Comment

Hedley City Secretary Jason Conatser unexpectedly resigned during a called meeting of the Board of Aldermen last Thursday, June 14.

Conatser told the Enterprise that the time was just right for him to leave City Hall.

“I’ve decided, with my family, that it was time to step down and move on,” Conatser said.

Alderman Tonya Metcalf said she couldn’t speak much about what happened at the meeting since most of it was held in closed session, but she did say she had not been expecting Conatser to resign.

“He just said it was in his best interests and the city’s,” she said.

Conatser’s resignation will become effective on July 1. Hedley aldermen will meet again this Thursday, June 21, at 7 p.m. to discuss the position.

Conatser has been employed with the City of Hedley about one month short of two years. He was hired in July 2010 to succeed Randy Shaw, who had held the position for almost 19 years before he and both of Hedley’s other employees resigned.

Verified by MonsterInsights