The Houston Herald from Houston, Missouri • Page 1

1 Homecoming Excitement As "Big Game" Nears 3 Bowling Alley Plans Revealed By Developers I- i OUSTOH, If you like pretty girls, parades, football or just enjoy excitement, you won't want to miss Houston Homecoming activities here tomorrow (Friday Before the Houston Tigers attack the West Plains Ziz- zers in a 7:30 p.m. football game, they will have been encouraged by a late morning pep rally at the high school and a downtown' parade at 1:15 p.m. featuring floats by school groups and community organizations. Prizes of 810. $7,50 and $5 will go to winning school floats; S10 and S7.50 to non-school floats; $5 and 2 to the winning bicycle ent- Buses will run regular routes at an earlier hour 2 be an all-automatic pin operation.

Bates attended the Licking Schools, moving from that It's been a year of commercial development in Houston and that trend received another boost this 1957. He week with the announcement community 100th Year No. 15 September 29, 1977 Houston, Missouri will feature the Halftiir HHS mai married to the former Shirley Driesel. who went to school at Houston. The couple has three children and the family's tentative plans are to move here in early band, inn- ing floats id the crowning Friday's Homecoming Schedule Pep Rally 11:45 a.m.

Downtown Parade 1:15 p.m. Homecoming Game 7:30 p.m. Queen Coronation Halftime Parade of Winning Floats Halftime Alumni Reception After game H.S. Dance 10:30 p.m. of Homecoming queen.

Alumni will sign a guest book at a reception held in their honor at the gymnasium immediately after the game. Refreshments, a choral presentation, and time for visiting will follow. The evening will culminate for high school students with a dance at 10:30 p.m. Z'ZJ Tigers Have Homecoming Incentive To Produce Friday Night Upset j. im t-.

i 2 the differenct between a tie and victory. Kyle Belshe, junior running back, tallied on a first half pass reception from liler, who scored Houston's other TD on a three-yard plunge in the final quarter. Thayer set up a second quarter touchdown with a blocked punt and then passed for another in quarter number four. Houston was its own worst enemy, surrendering the ball on three fumble turnovers, two just nine yards away from Thay- Wesl Plains had its game against Willow wrapped up in the first half last week. The final score was 34-15 but Seals played his reserves the second half.

In other SCA games Mountain Grove stopped Salem, 17-8. and Ava remained undefeated, whipping Liberty 28-7. Other pairings this week involving SCA teams: Liberty at Salem. Cabool at Thayer. Willow Springs at Moun- doubtful participant this week with an ankle injury.

But his replacement, sophomore Barry Miller, turned in a good performance and left Tiger followers talking about possible good things to come. Neither of Houston's TDs was followed by a conversion and the absence of Smith's kicking foot probably spelled Flower Sales Finance Event Mums go on sale at Houston's football homecoming here tomorrow night. Proceeds from sale of the flowers will be used by the student council to help defray costs incurred in staging the 30th annual event. Student council members say they will be selling the large, white mums at the gate for a dollar each. In anticipation of a big spectator turnout that appears here perennially for homecoming football games, the student The sport is football.

The game is here Friday night. The opponent is West Plains. The incentive is homecoming. That's the way it stacks up for the Big Red's "biggie" of the season, an encounter with the defending South Central Association champions. The Zizzers' fortunes haven't been all that ausp-cious this season, two wins and two losses, but then neither have Houston's.

The Bengals came away from Thayer last week with a 12-12 tie in a contest coach Ron Richardson described as "the hardest hitting game we've been in so far this season." Houston's ledger stands at 1-2-1. West Plains has lost to Mountain Home, and Mountain Grove while defeating Salem and Willow Springs. The team is piloted by Art Seals, a veteran of 22 years in the coaching ranks. Against Thayer the Bengals were without the services of senior quarterback Stan Smith, listed as a HOMECOMING ROYALTY One of these Houston High School homecoming queen semi-finalists will be crowned during halftime at Friday night's Tiger-West Plains football game. From left: Linda Sutton, sophomore; Brenda Richardson, junior; Deanna Merckling and Shirley Schuster, seniors; Peggy Page, junior; Sandra Karr, sophomore.

Test Reason For Coming council has purchased .50 City Urges Residents To Post House Numbers construction is to begin on a 10-lane bowling alley here. Located on a nine-acre tract under development at U.S. 63 and Route B. the recreational facility will be operated by Donald Bates, a native of Licking who has lived at Eureka, near St. Louis, for the past 22 years.

Bates says he hopes to have the bowling alley in operation by mid-December. A building 60 140 feet will house the business. It will be the second structure erected at that site by Neil Fogle, developer of a complex that eventually will include four buildings. Installation of fixtures is nearing completion in a 100 foot square building in which Fogle plans to open a business known as Houston Farm and Home sometime next month. The firm will handle tractor parts, farm supplies and hardware.

The bowling alley building will extend east of the existing structure with 140 feet of front footage facing Route B. Construction time on the metal building is estimated at six weeks, says Fogle, and its erection is under contract to the Construction Co. of Pomona. "We plan to install a facility that Houston and Texas County will be proud of," commented Bates in a telephone interview. He indicated the 10-lane setup will Arson Case Advances To Circuit Court Texas County law enforcement officials, proud of their rec en tly -occupied, new jail, took exception to Jerry lee Collins' apparent attempt to set it on fire.

The 18-year-old Yukon resident appeared at a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Houston on a charge of arson in connection with the September 4 incident. Collins is accused of using a burning piece of mattress to set fire to the ceiling of his cell. At the time he was being held on a car theft charge. Bound over for trial in Texas County Circuit Court, Collins' bond was lowered from 125,000 to tl 0.000 by Magistrate Judge Tracey Storey of Pulaski County, who presided in the absence of Judge Deann Smith, who is on vacation. At another preliminary hearing Tuesday, Ricky Lee Mart in dale, 18, Cabool, appeared before Judge Storey, who took the case under ad-viseme nt.

Martindale, charged with leaving the scene of an accident, allegedly was behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck and killed Rick McCoy Stewart several weeks ago on a night when scores of youths had gathered for a party at a spot known as Flat Rocks on the Uttle Piney River, west of Houston. Prosecuting Attorney John Beeler said briefs in the case will be filed over the next 20 days. Guns Stolen As many as 14 guns possibly were stolen during the daylight hours Monday from the residence of Shannon H. Ferguson, who lives eight miles west of Licking, according to Sheriff Andy Lee Johnson. The sheriff said no one was home and entry was gained through a window.

Opposition There are many residents in Houston without house numbers and city officials are requesting that residents place numbers on them as soon as possible. Postmen, policemen, utility workers and visitors are having a difficult time find ing where persons live, city officials say. Often in moving or painting, numbers are removed and new owners never get them replaced. For those who don't know their house number, a call to city hall will supply the information. Volleyball Girls Win First Trophy The first tournament hardware ever captured by a Houston girls' volleyball team was won in a tournament Saturday at Springfield Kick a poo.

Girls volleyball is in its fourth season here. Coach Debbie Hodge said it was a grueling day for her squad that saw action in nine games. The Tigerettes defeated Waynesville and South Glendale, lost to Will-ard and ten downed Glen dale again for third spot in the tourney. Other schools in the eight-team field included Raytown South, Kickapoo, Seneca and Ava. In play here last Thursday the team downed Thayer 6-15.

15-2. 15-4. The varsity beat Thayer in two straight sets, 15-13 and 15-7. City Secures Options On Tennis Court Sites Siren Blast When you hear sirens Tuesday don't do anything. It only a drill, a statewide test of the civil defense warning system in which Houston will partici- That announcement comes from Fire Chief Don Burch and Warren Gobble, local civil defense coordinator.

Outdoor sirens will be sounded October 4. Houston has four of them, one located in each quadrant of the city. A message received at the Texas County Sheriff's Office will trigger the exercise here. Burch said. The warning message, which also goes to nine other western states, will inform the recipients that a "Checkerboard" exercise is in progress.

If it were an actual attack warning, hopefully residents here would seek cover in the best protected location in or near their homes or place of work. "There's still some confusion over our sirens," says Burch. "A storm alert alarm is a long, continuous tone from the sirens. For an attack alert, the sirens' tone is an 'up and down' pitch." The City of Houston has secured options to purchase two parcels of land adjacent to the swimming pool park in order to construct three double tennis courts. The property, a 100 105 foot strip owned by Fred Walker and a 100X100 foot parcel owned by Edith King, will be used providing matching federal outdoor recreational funds are re- r-1 ceived.

According to city clerk Joyce Campbell, the city council should know sometime in October if funds are available. Included in the plan is restoration of a ballpark near the pool which the city will lease from the Houston Schools. Presently the only tennis court located in Houston is on school property and was constructed many years ago by the Lions Club. Acquisition of the tennis court site and application for the federal grant have been handled by the Houston Park Board. Difficult To Identify It seems The Houston Newspapers were doomed from the "If you have to ask to know what a Zizzer is, then you'll never know." After making several inquiries around Houston as to the definition of a Zizzer, the official name of West Plains' athletic teams, and coming up with a lot of blank stares, we decided to go straight to the source.

A very helpful secretary in the West Plains superintendent's office had no idea what a Zizzer was but secured this story for us: According to high school teacher Jean Davidson, her husband's great aunt created a Zizzer. Around the early 1900s a certain English teacher, Phoebe Davidson, exclaimed when looking at a yearbook, annual or some type of literary publication, "Oh, isn't that a Zizzer!" And, folks, that's where it all began. If you don't believe this story, you might try finding out for yourself. However, Webster's is no help at all, and West Plains has no mascot so you can't aee one. Besides that, everyone knows (at least we do now), "if you have to ask to know what 8 Zizzer ia, then you'll never know." Fire Call Lightning believed the possible cause of a fire Friday morning that destroyed the Claude Pettijohn residence at Elk Creek.

The structure, formerly the old Elk Creek School, had been renovated. Drivers Education Course: No Interest-No Program School Calendar, A-2 'Extension Club History, A-6 Courthouse News, B-l TV Listings, C-2 Hospital Notes, C-2 at a cost of $56, are taught by two driver education instructors, Raymond McCleary and Ron Richardson. The classes meet after school hours and on Saturdays, last 10 weeks and include 30 hours of classroom instruction as well as actual driving experience. The course is open to anyone who is over fifteen and one half years old. "It looks like we won't have a Driver Education class this fall unless we find 20 students soon who want the course." Police Chief George Foley said Monday.

Applications for driver training are being taken either at city hall or the high school office until October 8, but Foley said he had received no registrations yet. Classes, oflered by the city ALL EARS Headset earphones in place, third grader Gay la Friend "listens" to a story on a visit to the Houston Schools' elementary library. A look into a new approach in exploring library material appears on page C-4..