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Broncos on schedule for a great year
Last year was a great year for the Bronco football team, and this year’s team is looking for things to go just as well or better as they continue with their pre-season practices.
According to head coach Gary Jack, the kids are tending to business and working hard.
“Things are going well for us,” Jack said. “Our Midnight Madness went well with about two to three hundred people in attendance. Things look very promising with about 45 kids on the team. The older kids look good and the younger kids are doing a great job.”
The Broncos will have a scrimmage at Bronco Stadium Saturday, August 14, at 10:00 a.m. against Nazareth to get a feel of how things are going.
“The scrimmage will tell us where we are at and what we need to get ready for,” Jack said.
The Bronco Boosters will be hosting Meet the Broncos Tuesday, August 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Bronco Stadium.
The Bronco football team and high school cross country teams will be introduced at this time. All Bronco fans are encouraged to attend and show their support for all Bronoco and Lady Bronco athletes.
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Services for Betty Stewart
Services for Betty Stewart, 75, of Memphis, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 31, 2010, at the First Baptist Church in Memphis with Rev. Daniel Downey, officiating and Dr. O.K. Bowen, assisting. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Hughs Funeral Home of Memphis, TX.
Betty passed away Friday, July 23, 2010, in Amarillo.
Betty was born March 17, 1935 in Hall County, TX to the late Mr. Robert Stewart and Mrs. Zettie (Weatherford) Stewart. She was a 1953 graduate of Memphis High School. While she was in high school she attended the Baptist General Convention in Waco, TX where she was asked to accompany the vocalist as well as the congregational music. She received her music degree in 1957 from Hardin-Simmons University. Betty worked in the public school system as a music instructor before retiring with 32 years. She taught in various towns such as Snyder, TX; Odessa, TX; Clarendon, TX; Darrouzett, TX and Hale Center, TX where she retired. Then she became an instructor for Clarendon College for several years. In 1989 she received her Master of Arts in Music Education from West Texas A & M University. She served as organist for the First United Methodist church in Clarendon, TX for several years. Bettye taught private voice and piano lessons for 50 plus years. She was a director of the Renaissance ladies vocal group in Memphis, TX. Betty was a member of the First Baptist Church where she served as pianist from age 12 and was later elected as church pianist. She was also a member of the Music Committee.
She was preceded in death by her niece, Alecia Stewart.
She is survived by her sister, Bobbie Stewart of Memphis, TX; her brother, Jim Stewart and wife Judy of Memphis, TX; three nephews, Brad Stewart and wife Jill of Lubbock, TX; Clay Stewart of Memphis, TX; Doug Stewart of New York, NY; her great-nephew, Stetson James Stewart of Lubbock, TX; her great-niece, Laci Kae of Lubbock, TX.
The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church Music Department, P.O. Box 726, Memphis, TX 79245.
Herman Wayne Vinson
Herman Wayne Vinson, 66, died July 29, 2010, in Pampa.
Memorial services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 31, 2010, at the First Baptist Church in Pampa, with Dr. Johnny Funderburg, pastor, officiating. Private burial followed in Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
Mr. Vinson was born January 9, 1944 in Amarillo to Herman and Irene Vinson. He graduated from Clarendon High School in 1962, and attended West Texas State University where he graduated in 1967 with a Bachelors of Science Degree and later a Masters of Education Degree in 1971. Herman began his teaching career in O’Donnell where he taught for two years. He then moved to Pampa where he met his wife, Jana Cole. Herman and Jana were married on July 9, 1971 in Hereford and recently celebrated their 39th anniversary. In 1974, they moved to Childress where Herman was a counselor for the Childress ISD for 10 years. Herman, Jana and their two daughters, Shelley and Kelley, moved back to Pampa where he was the Middle School counselor for 22 years. In addition, he taught classes at Clarendon Junior College, in both the Childress and Pampa branches. Herman retired in 2006 and started a new chapter in his life. He and Jana traveled extensively with family and friends throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
Herman was involved in many professional organizations. He enjoyed delivering Meals on Wheels. He took pride in working with the CASA organization. He served as deacon, Sunday school teacher, and devoted member of First Baptist Church in Pampa. He served on the board of the Pampa Youth and Community Center for many years.
Herman enjoyed sports of all kinds. He loved attending many of the Big 12 sporting events. He enjoyed watching West Texas A&M games, as well as many of the Pampa ISD sporting events.
Above all, he enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Herman was a devoted and Godly husband, father, Paw-Paw, brother, and friend. Herman was known for his fun sense of humor, his easygoing demeanor, and his unique way of telling a joke. He will be greatly missed by all who loved him.
Survivors include his wife, Jana Vinson of the home; two daughters, Shelley Vinson of New York City, New York, and Kelley Simpson and husband Nick of Dalhart; two granddaughters: Taylor Simpson and Claire Simpson, both of Dalhart; two sisters, Barbara Bobbitt and husband Buddy of Memphis, and Ava Ontiveros and husband Cecil of Springlake; three brothers, Bobby Vinson and wife Charlene and Eddie Vinson, all of Amarillo, and Garey Vinson and wife Georganna of Clarendon, his mother-in-law: Marguerite Cole of Hereford; brother-in-law: Bill Cole and wife Cindy of Hereford, two sisters-in-law: Beverly Paetzold and husband John of Amarillo, and Cheryl Ramey and husband George of Yukon, Oklahoma; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Herman was preceded in death by his parents; and his father-in-law, Floyd Cole.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to CASA of the High Plains, 315 N. Ballard, Pampa, Texas 79065, Pampa Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 939, Pampa, Texas 79066-0939, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Phase 1 Clinical Trials, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030, or First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 621, Pampa, Texas 79066-0621.
Like New Again
An abandoned chair lay by a dumpster in the alley. Abused, broken and regarded as junk, it waited the arrival of the Clarendon city trash truck.
But then Wayne Tubbs entered the scene. After looking the chair over, he picked it up and carried it back to his workshop, where it became one of the many pieces of old furniture he reconstructs to look brand new.
“That was about six years ago, and we still have that chair today in our upstairs bathroom,” said Patsy Tubbs, Wayne’s wife. “He’s redone a lot of the furniture in our household, and for many other people as well. I call him the Chairman of Clarendon.”
Wayne said that his inspiration to begin fixing furniture came from his grandfather.
“I used to help my grandpa, Earl Berry, in Carrizozo, New Mexico, fix stuff in the late 40s and early 50s,” Wayne said. “Back then they didn’t have any money, so they had to make just about everything they had. He did all kinds of work as a blacksmith and carpenter, and he even made windmill towers out of wood. He was a jack of all trades.”
Wayne started repairing and refinishing furniture for people in 1996, after he retired from his position as superintendent over El Paso Natural Gas Company.
“I’ve been working with furniture all my life, but it became a hobby after I retired,” Wayne said.
“We were living in Roswell, New Mexico, at the time, and there was a lady there who had a warehouse full of antiques. She wanted her stuff fixed, so I started working for her, mainly on rebuilding chairs and tables, until I moved to Clarendon in 2003.”
His work did not stop there though. Since he moved to Clarendon, Wayne has rarely had an empty workshop or any idle time.
“I’ve done work on a roll-top desk, tables and chairs for the Saints Roost Museum; redone doors for the Clarendon Schools; rebuilt stairs and made stair railing for the First United Methodist Church; did quite a bit of work for Poor Boys Antique Shop; built the box that held Kevin Johnston’s spurs that were presented to George W. Bush; and I make picture frames for Patsy’s paintings,” Wayne said. “I also do a lot of work for many other local customers.”
One of his local customers is Virginia Patten.
“Wayne refinished a slant top desk that’s in my office, and it was a piece of junk,” she said. “It was my grandparents’ desk from the late 1800s, and my parents used it at The Grocery Store. He saw it and said he could fix it, and now it’s one beautiful piece of furniture. As a trademark, he even left one of my father’s cigarette burns on it. It’s worth millions to me. If my house were on fire, I would get that desk out.”
He has also done numerous pieces for Fredie Jo Moreman.
“Wayne is an artist in his trade,” Moreman said. “He is very thorough and detailed in his work. There’s not many people anymore who can do woodwork like him. I’ve been pleased with everything he’s done for me.”
To ensure that the furniture looks as good or better than its original condition, Wayne refinishes and repairs the old fashioned way, which he said is “still the best.”
“I use a lot of tools that people used years and years ago, in fact I still use some of my grandfather’s tools,” Wayne said. “I make a lot of my own tools as well. Most of the old furniture I do by hand without the use of power tools or strippers with harsh acid.”
Wayne and Patsy figure that he has worked on thousands of pieces of furniture throughout the years.
“When people bring furniture to me that’s in pieces, I see it like a puzzle and I enjoy reconstructing it,” he said
Wayne’s workshop continues to be full of old furniture awaiting an extreme makeover as more customers bring in “junk,” but pick up works of art.
“I love seeing the furniture before and after he gets done working on it because it’s always such a drastic change,” Patsy said. “He continues to amaze me and each of his customers with his endless talents in woodworking.”
Trucker avoids serious injury during Friday rollover
A California man escaped injury during a single freightliner rollover that occurred July 29 about two miles west of Clarendon.
According to Department of Public Safety Trooper Chad Simpson, Jose Quinones, age 50, from Long Beach, Calif., was traveling northwest bound on US 287 at 7:59 a.m. in the inside lane, and the outside lane was closed and barricaded with construction barrels.
The left wheels of the freightliner traveled off the roadway and into the muddy center median, and the left wheels dug into the mud, pulling the freightliner into the center median. Quinones overcorrected while steering to the right, sliding the freightliner sideways across the northwest bound lanes of US 287 and rolling onto its left side into the north ditch.
Perry Harrision of Bismarck, Illinois, told the Enterprise that he witnessed the accident.
“He got into that construction area and lost control,” Harrison said. “I’ve never seen anything like it before in my life.”
In order to free Quinones from the vehicle, the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department had to cut him out. Simpson said Quinones suffered no injuries, and no citations were issued.
Responding to this accident were DPS, Donley County Sheriff’s Office, Associated Ambulance Authority, Clarendon VFD, and the Texas Department of Transportation.
State honors the Tate Place
Former site of Old Settlers Reunion in same family for 102 years.
The Tate Place northeast of Hedley was one of 91 farms and ranches to be recognized by the state this summer for having been operated by the same family for more than 100 years.
Working the land has been a family tradition for generations of Texans. To honor this longstanding Texas custom, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples has recognized 91 farms and ranches, spanning 66 Texas counties, at the 35th Annual Family Land Heritage (FLH) ceremony.
The ceremony, which was held in the Senate Chamber at the Texas State Capitol, recognized families who have kept their farms and ranches in continuous agricultural production for 100 years or more.
“The families we honor today continue their ancestors’ legacies of nurturing and caring for the land,” Commissioner Staples said. “They truly represent the dreams of the pioneers who entered the Texas frontier and built the family farms and ranches that endure to this day. I congratulate these families for making Texas a leader in agriculture.”
T.B. Tate, born in North Carolina, settled in central Texas, and then moved to Indian Territory in search of a Chickasaw allotment. After learning there was no Indian land, he followed friends to Donley County and acquired the Tate Place in 1908. He and his wife, Mary Jane Gibson Tate, reared 12 children: Will, Mary, Carlos, Margaret, Caroline, Estella, Martha, Agnes, Thomas, Zack, John, Lilla and Ervin. Thomas died in his home on the Tate Place in 1923 and is buried in Rowe Cemetery at Hedley along with his wife and three of his children.
Thomas Zack and his brother, John Morgan, acquired the Tate Place after their father’s will was probated in 1925 and continued to raise cotton and grain. John rented another place which he eventually purchased and sold his portion of the Tate Place to his brother, Thomas Zack in 1947. Tom and his wife Myrtle reared their children on the home place: Orval Winfred, Tommy Dean and Juan Nell.
Both sons served in World War II and died within nine months of each other in 1960 and 1961. They are buried at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley.
In 1968, Tom and Myrtle Tate sold the Tate Place to their only surviving child, Juan Nell Tate Carson. Juan Nell and her husband, Billy Don Carson continue to raise cattle and grain. They have two children, Patricia Susan Carson Cosby and Thomas Clark Carson.
Tom Tate loved the good earth. He farmed his land, the land that belonged to his father, and tended his orchards and crops with the greatest care and energy. Very few weeds escaped the wrath of his hoe, honed knife-blade thin through constant use and sharpening. He plowed, pruned, weeded, transplanted hundreds or tree spouts and watered them by carrying five gallon buckets of water sometimes a quarter mile or further. He made the old home place veritable garden spot.
Tom Tate was laid to rest in the old Rowe Cemetery on Sunday, October 14, 1979. Ironically, his death and burial occurred on the very weekend of Hedley’s Annual Cotton Festival, the event that merged with the Old Settler’s Reunion held originally on the Tate Place.
To date, TDA has recognized more than 4,400 properties in 236 counties across Texas. Since the FLH program was started, Fayette County has had 145 family operations recognized, the most out of any county. This is the first year the FLH program recognized landowners in Lamb County.
Cowboy poet and entertainer Red Steagall performed at the ceremony. Ron Oliveira, KEYE TV news anchor, served as master of ceremonies.
To view the complete list of FLH properties honored this year, visit www.TexasAgriculture.gov and click on the Family Land Heritage link.
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