Plains Library Box i|.1 9 Ploins,TX 79355 The Plains Pride Plains, Yoakum County, Texas VOLUME 2 NUMBER 37 ____ DECEMBER 14, 1986 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS ' - Second Annual ‘Lighting’ Pronounced Big Success Some 250 to 300 persons attended Dallas Brewer in turning on the tree the second annual Christmas Tree lights. Other lights were then turned Lighting in Pioneer Plaza Wednes­ on to the echos of “ ohs” and day evening, Dec. 3. “ ahs” . The event got underway at 5:30 Plains Lions assisted in serving p.m. with selections by Plains High hot chocolate and coffee in the School Band under direction of Bill Volunteer Fire Station following the Stickler. Welcome was spoken by program. Mayor T.J. Miller. Members of Fine Arts Club led by Cynthia Blair, sang three songs. The Rev. Ken Horn of First Baptist Band Concert Church, delivered a Christmas message and led a prayer. Slated Wednesday “ Rudolph, the Red Nosed CROWD DEPARTS for hot chocolate and coffee, served in the Plains Reindeer” and “ Jingle Bells” were A Christmas Concert will be Volunteer Fire Station, following the second annual “ tree lighting” held in sung by members of the 4-H Club, presented by the bands of Plains Pioneer Plaza Park, Wednesday evening. led by David Kight. Schools Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 6 Santa arrived via the Plains p.m. in the high school auditorium. Volunteer Fire Truck at 5:55. Admission is free. ‘Operation Christmas Card’ Members of Yoakum County Child Performing special Christmas Welfare Board were there making music will be the Fifth Grade, photographs of the children vyith Junior High and High School Funds To Aid Cemetery . Santa. Bands. Bill Stickler will direct. Contributions are being accepted greetings to local friends and loved The jolly gentleman from the Everyone in the community is in­ for Operation Christmas Card. ones should contact Mrs. Robert North Pole assisted judge-elect vited to attend the one hour concert. |i Sponsored by Plains Dirt Gardeners Young, project chairman. Garden Club, the annual project benefits Plains Cemetery. Names of contributors will be car­ Love Fund Established Persons wishing to make con­ ried in a special greeting in the Dec. tributions in lieu of mailing 21 Plains Pride. For Small Cancer Victim J & R Cafe, Car Wash A Love Fund has been established has insurance, the love fund is to at Plains State Bank for Sam Dom­ help with additional expenses incur­ Under New Ownership inguez Jr., second grade student in red by the illness. The young boy Plains Elementary School. Son of has weekly treatments plus an over­ J & R Cafe and Cowboy Car Ronney Dossey of Seminole and Alice and Sam Dominguez Sr., the night stay in the hospital once each Wash are now under new ownership Brenda O’Neal of Dallas. little boy is being treated as an out­ month. and management. Ken Wilson and Wilson states, “ Billie has a patient at Lubbock’s Hodges Billie O’Neal have purchased the friendly personality and is a hard Cancer Center of Methodist Persons wishing to contribute, cafe from Jean Stobbs who has worker. She’ll be making decisions Hospital. may leave their monetary gifts at moved to Odessa. Wilson also owns for the cafe and I’ll be getting to Though the Dominguez family Plains State Bank. and operates Plains Shamrock Sta­ taste the food while running the tion. business part of it.” . A resident of Yoakum County 37 J & R Cafe is open from 6 a.m. to years, Mrs. O’Neal will be in charge 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. Mondays of the cafe; Wilson will be handling through Fridays. Saturday hours the business segment of the cafe, as will be determined by customer de­ well as operating the car wash and mand. Breakfast is served anytime. station. Phone number of the cafe is J & R Cafe will be specializing in 456-8001. home style cooking. Cold weather Dorthy Weir and Sherry Nelson specials are being offered including are employed at the cafe. chili and beans and cornbread. New equipment has been installed Fridays will be special fish nights. at Cowboy Car Wash. Constant Flo A new menu is being prepared. gas water heaters, the latest in hot Comments and suggestions are water heaters, have been added. The welcomed. car wash also features Hi- Mrs. O’Neal worked nine years at Performance Super Foaming Yoakum County Hospital and four Systems. and a half years in the telephone of­ Open 24 hours a day, charge for a fice. She has also worked at Sun­ three minute 20 second wash is 75 shine Inn and was employed at the cents. A more convenient “ five Shamrock Station two years prior to minute” vacuum is also 75 cents. her present management of J & R Wilson notes that his Shamrock UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT - These ladies will be the regular staff Cafe. business is a self-serve gas station, employed at J & R Cafe. Left to right, they are Dorthy Weir, Sherry Nelson She is the mother of three offering high quality gasolines, with and Billie O’Neal. Mrs. O’Neal and Ken Wilson have purchased the cafe children, Jerry Dossey of Porter, clean restrooms available. from Jean Stobbs, who is now a resident of Odessa. .1 . i.-.'-.'J '■>' J ii • PAGE 2, DECEMBER 14, 1986, THE PLAINS PRIDE THE PLAINS PRIDE Commissioners’ Joe & Debbie Alcorta - Publisher/Editor Court The Plains Pride (USPS 757-130) is published weekly at 716 Main Street, Commissioners Court of Yoakum Olton, Lamb County, TX 79064. Second County met in regular session Mon- Class Permit paid at Olton, TX 79064. day. All members were present. POSTMASTER: Send address changes The November Tax Assessor- to THE PLAINS PRIDE, P.O. BOX 774, Collector’s report of taxes collected OLTON, TEXAS 79064-0774. was approved. Any erroneous reflection upon the character or stan* Acceptance of a bid from Denver ding of any person or firm appearing In this paper will gladly and promptly be corrected, upon being called City Independent School District ac- ^ x to the attention of the management. cepted in last week’s special session j ► for the precinct four dump truck as —YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES— rescinded because two other bids , Yoakum County & Surrounding Coun­ HONORED AT SPC LUNCHEON as API scholarship recipients were were in the post office but had not ties, tax included ...................................... $15 ' Elsewhere, tax included ........................ $16 Traci Nance and Billy Bob Anderson. Not pictured, but also receiving the been picked up. Other bids were scholarship was Paul Kennedy. $2,525 from J.R. Slentz and $1,286.10 from Big E Enterprises. South Plains API Presents The high bid from Slentz was ac­ Plains Youngsters cepted. Bids were opened from Mustang Compete In Show Scholarship Donation Country Chevrolet Inc. for $8,269.09 for a 1987 Chevrolet SIO Plains youngsters competed last Members of the scholarship com­ hope to be a small part of your pickup and $6,985.91 for a 1987 weekend in the District 4-H Food mittee of the South Plains Chapter education because we know it plays Dodge D50 pickup and Brunken Show on the Texas Tech University of the American Petroleum Institute a large role in the success of our Chevrolet for $15,746.90 for two campus. have presented South Plains College country.” SIO pickups. Participating were Chase with a $10,000 scholarship contribu­ Miller presented the $10,000 Mustang Country’s bid for the Clanahan, son of Mr. and Mrs. tion to fund API scholarships for check to Dr. Marvin Baker, SPC Dodge pickup was accepted. Other N.C. Clanahan; Jennifer Earnest, the 1987-88 school year. president. This latest contribution bids were tabled until next week. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie The contribution came during the brings the API’s contribution total Only one bid was received for Earnest; Stacey and Amy Jones, College’s API Scholarship Recogni­ to SPC to $131,000. The South crushed caliche for Precinct 3. children of Mr. and Mrs. Gary tion Luncheon Wednesday where 26 Plains Chapter began providing the Western Pavers bid of $12,000 for Jones; Johnny Don Davis, son of SPC students were honored as reci­ college scholarship funds in 1970. 5,333.34 yards of caliche was ac- H^*.*^* Mr. and Mrs. Terry Davis; JoLena pients of the scholarship. The API Scholarship at South cepted. I Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. “ We recognize a quality product Plains College benefits students ma­ A motion at the Nov. 24 meeting ► Ty Earl Powell and Raecene and in you students,’’ said Charlie joring in engineering areas and to advertise to issue warrants to pay ^ Billy Robertson, children of Olivia Miller, co-chairman of the API’s selected vocational programs. for x-ray equipment was rescinded. ^ Robertson. scholarship committee. “ And we Recipients of the scholarship Hospital Administrator Ed from Plains were Traci Nance, elec­ Rodgers and architect Walter Pate trical engineering; Billy Bob Ander­ of Midland discussed the architect’s City Of Plains To Observe son, petroleum technology; and working of plans for the new Paul Kennedy, chemical engineer­ hospital. The matter was tabled for National Awareness Week ing. one week. City Council members and Mayor blem, Dec. 15 through Dec. 21 has ■ T.J. Miller are asking residents of been proclaimed “ National Drunk Plains to be particularly inindful of & Drugged Driving Awareness the problem of drunk and drugged Week” . T driving. In conjunction with na­ Mayor Miller recently issued the tional attention on the critical pro- following proclamation: PROCLAMATION Ml CITY OF - i PLAINS, TEXAS “National Drunk & Drugged Driving Awareness Week” WHEREAS, traffic crashes cause more violent deaths in the United States than any other cause, over 50,000 in 1980, and WHEREAS, traffic crashes also play a substantial role in serious injuries, causing most of the new cases of epilepsy and paraplegia in the United States each year; and WHEREAS, between 45 and 55 percent of fatally injured drivers have alcohol concentrations in their blood above the legal limit, and this figure rises to 55 to 65 percent in single­ vehicle crashes; and WHEREAS, the total societal cost of drunk driving has been estimated to be as high as $25 billion a year, which does not in­ “ WHAT IS THIS STUFF?” asks 20-month-old Brandon Carey, son of clude the human suffering that can never be measured; and Cheryl Carey and grandson of Mr.