We’ve made it to another Christmas! Here’s hoping you and yours got a nice visit from Santa last night and the gifts you gave everyone were just what they wanted.
All over the world this morning, children are playing with their new toys while parents look on happily, breathe a sigh of relief, and visit by the Christmas tree before starting to work on today’s Christmas dinner and other activities.
Meanwhile, Santa and his reindeer are back at the North Pole. Santa got a kiss from Mrs. Santa Claus for a job well done and then took some antacids for his heartburn from all those cookies. After that, he went to bed, where he’ll sleep like a hibernating polar bear. The reindeer returned to the frozen tundra until they’re needed next year, and the elves are also taking a break. After a couple of days of well-deserved rest, they’ll start getting ready for a blowout New Year’s celebration. Life is good at the North Pole as well as everywhere else.
So, enjoy this time with family and friends, try not to eat or drink too much, and have a great day! Merry Christmas!
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PLOWGIRLS FALL TO FORSAN, 40-27
Here are the scores by quarters followed by the individual Plowgirl scoring:
Scores by quarters:
Forsan 16 25 34 40
Plowgirls 8 13 18 27
Individual Plowgirl scoring: Carson Greenwood 6, Riley Sheridan 6, Shauna McCambridge 4, Layla Herrera 4, Kaylea Perez 4, Cameron Greenwood.
The Plowgirls resume play at the Anson Tournament tomorrow.
The Plowboys played Merkel Friday, but there was some problem with getting the stats, which I was unable to obtain. The Plowboys will also resume play in the Anson Tournament this weekend.
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CITY TRASH PICKUP TOMORROW
City Manager Cody Thompson wants to remind Roscoe residents that trash pickup will be tomorrow as usual.
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PAT WATERS AT LUMBERYARD NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH
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| Pat Waters and the Chain Link Band |
Pat Waters is a regular in the Fort Worth-Dallas metroplex and surrounding area. He came to a music career relatively late in life, not buying his first guitar until he was twenty. Born and raised in Bridgeport, he went to college at North Texas and graduated with a degree in marketing. He and his uncle partnered up and now own an oil field construction company and a trucking company. He got his first gig by answering an ad in the Dallas Morning News and playing two songs in an opry house for $25 and, in doing so, found that music was something he wanted to pursue.
He considers himself a family man and homebody who takes his sons hunting and fishing. His music is traditional country, and his latest album is Sorry ‘Bout the Mess. Singles include “You Ain’t Never Been to Texas,” “Texas Tears and Mexican Beer,” and “Love You Back to Texas.”
If you haven’t been to the Lumberyard lately, you’ll also want to check out some of the new additions, including three pool tables, a foosball game, and some protective barriers outside to keep out the weather.
For reservations or more information, contact the Lumberyard at 325-766-2457.
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BURR FIRE AT GIN BRINGS FAMILIAR SMELL
The smoke from this burr fire at the gin west of town Friday afternoon could be seen for miles. That evening the wind changed and the smoke settled over Roscoe, imparting an old familiar smell to local folks who lived here back in the 1940s and '50s, when there were several gins in town.
It had been so long since I'd smelled it that at first I thought my house must be on fire somewhere, and I went outside and looked around just to make sure it wasn't. Then I recalled the smoke I'd seen that afternoon and realized that's what it must be.
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ROSCOE IN YEARS GONE BY: CHRISTMAS IN WARTIME
Editor’s note: Christmas in other years hasn’t always been as peaceful as the ones we enjoy now, as the following editorial from 1944 shows. The war’s intensity was at a peak as the Germans made one last great push at the Battle of the Bulge, while in the Pacific the Japanese fought desperately to hold on as the Americans drew ever closer to their homeland.
From the Roscoe Times, December 22, 1944.
ONE FRIEND TO ANOTHER
“As good a friend…as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the entire world”—A Christmas Carol.
These words of Charles Dickens express exactly what this newspaper tries to be to the people of this community.
Because it is during the season of Christmas that the true strength of friendships is most evident, we choose now as the time to express our resolve to continue to be worthy of the friendship you have shown us.
In turn, we wish for you the most Merry Christmas you have ever had. Despite the anxiety and worry which the war has brought to many of our homes the past year, we urge you to remember that the bells of Christmas were ringing long before the warriors of wrong rose up, and they will be ringing still when the scars of this generation’s conflict are healed and forgotten.
Make faith in such thought your closest companion during this Christmas season.
Let friendship and faith then keynote our Christmas this year.
With such solid foundations, our wish is certain to become a reality—MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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WEATHER REPORT: NICE FOR DECEMBER
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| Sunrise yesterday morning. |
Since Sunday, however, it’s been warmer, reaching 69° on Sunday, 70° Monday, and 71° yesterday. The mornings have been getting a little warmer from a low of 31° on Sunday to 37° Monday,and 47° yesterday. This morning’s low was also 47° and the high will reach 71° again this afternoon under partly cloudy skies. That’s not bad for Christmas Day, especially for those with new gifts that need outside use!
The rest of the week will be a bit cooler but not much, and travelers should have good road conditions. Highs will be in the sixties until Sunday when they return to the fifties and lows to the thirties. The meteorologists are predicting a 50% chance of thunderstorms on Friday, strong southwest winds on Saturday, and northwest winds and a drop in the high to 52° on Sunday.
No sleet, snow, or freezing weather is in the forecast, at least for the rest of this year.
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† RICHARD ERNEST ADAMS
Richard was born March 4, 1930, to Margaret and R.L. Adams in Roscoe. He was a graduate of Roscoe High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in education from McMurry College in Abilene. He served two years in the Army during the Korean War and for decades thereafter in the Army Reserve, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. His teaching career spanned more than thirty years as a social studies and history teacher with Lubbock I.S.D., teaching most of those years at Mackenzie Junior High, where he also coached track and football.
Richard was passionate about his family and his pets, and he was a life-long fitness enthusiast. He enjoyed travelling and sports, particularly track and field, having won the Texas high school state championship in the 440-yard dash, followed by success as a college track athlete. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Lubbock, where he occasionally taught Sunday School.
He was preceded in death by his son, Kurt Adams and is survived by his wife, Erika, to whom he was married for over 54 years; son, Grant Adams of Amarillo; grandchildren, Maggie, Olivia, and Olliver of Amarillo; and sisters, Mava Cooper, of Abilene, and Ann Lawrence of Houston.
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† RODNEY JAY WHORTON
Graveside services will be 2:00pm on Friday, December 27, at Roscoe Cemetery with Dr. Ron Klingsick officiating. A family and friends visitation will be tomorrow from 6-7:30pm at McCoy Funeral home in Sweetwater.
Rodney was born October 20, 1956, in Sweetwater to the late R. H. “Billy” Jr. and Thelma L. (Carter) Whorton. He was a graduate of Roscoe High School and attended Tarleton State University. Rodney was a past member of the Roscoe Boys Club under the leadership of George Parks. He lived in Roscoe most of his life and was a heavy equipment operator.
Rodney is survived by his daughter; Callie Mayes of Boston, Mass.; brother, Randy Whorton and wife Dena of Roscoe; sister, Mary Whorton Kinsey and husband Albert of Arp, Texas, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is also preceded in death by a brother; Richard Wayne Whorton, November 12, 1956.
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