The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1988 Page: 1 of 6
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Vol. 93, No. 7-6 Pages
Thursday June 23, 1988
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Chief rescinds resignation
Garwin Baugh, Alto Fire Chief,
announced Tuesday to the Alto
Herald that he has decided to rescind
his resignation which was to become
effective July 1. “I have been called
by so many people and have people
come by asking that I not leave my
job, that I have made this decision,”
said Baugh. Baugh noted that since
the volunteer fire fighters voted him
into his position, they are the ones
which he should contact on this
resignation, along with the people of
this community both rural and in
town. “Not the City Council or the
Mayor, they did not appoint me. I was
elected by the fire fighters them-
selves,” said Baugh. “I have no com-
plaints from the people in or out of the
city limits. The thing that I feel is un
fair about the City is that they do not
pull their fair share! ’ ’
Baugh reiterated that the City had
only bought certain things for the fire
department. “The city pumper, the
little white truck, the cement floor < in
the fire station itself), the shell of the
building, the land, six helmets, six
coats, and six pairs of boots. That is
all! All the other equipment you see,
we have purchased with donations
received from the people of Alto!”
said Baugh.
Baugh also announced that
donations have been received now in
the amount of $20,000 for the special
emergency vehicle.
Donations in the amount of $20,000
have now been received by the F'ire
Department to completely pay for
the special emergency vehicle that
has been wanted by the AVFD for
some time. “The vehicle will be
equipped with equipment for safe-
guarding operating personnel;
equipment for safe-guarding ac-
cident victims; supplies for hazard
control activities; supplies and
equipment for warning signals and
lighting; hand tools for gaining ac-
cess and disentanglement
operations; long handle tools for
gaining acess and disentanglement;
equipment for lifting, lowering and
pulling; power tools; equipment for
immobilizing and transferring in-
jured persons and several other
miscellaneous items. Take for in-
stance that wreck the other day
There were three persons involved
but because the City ambuiance
Revival services
to begin June 26
Sovereign Grace Baptist Church,
Loop 343. Rusk, announces Special
Revival Services featuring ‘Old
Time Baptist Preaching’ with
Evangelist, Harold Brunson. Ser-
vices June 26 will be at 11 a m. and 6
p.m Monday, June 27 through Wed-
nesday, June 29, services will begin
at 7:30 p.m. nightly Pastor Wayne
Thompson invites everyone to come
and worship with the members of
Soverign Grace.
could only hold two, the other patient
had to wait to be transported If we
had had the emergency vehicle in
operation, this would have been
avoided,” explains Baugh.
Concerning the key rate for Alto,
the State inspectors were in Alto last
week to do a complete check of
equipment, man power, etc. “We
were passed by the State, they ap-
proved all equipment,” said Baugh
“We will lie notified of the new key
rate within a month.” A report must
be sent in every month and another
report every three months in regards
to personnel training, number of fires
attended. To keepa good key rate, the
Fire Department must have 24
trained personnel which must attend
a certain amount of fires per month,
must have a certain amount of
training per month and at least two
fire drills a months. "This is gover-
ned by both state and federal con-
trol, 'said Baugh.
When asked who would be sent to
the Fire School at Texas A&M, Baugh
stated that Sharon Hooper, Tommy
Smith, Kenny Walley and Jimmy
Peacock will be attending fire
prevention classes which will give a
five percent cut on the overall key
rate for Alto
GENE AND POLLY HAYES, left and middle photo respectively,
are shown handing a check for $ 1,000 from Exxon Corporation
to Mayor R A Wallace, right. The Exxon Company sent the
check for presentation by Mr. Hayes, who is retired from Exxon
in Houston, to the new Alto Emergency Ambulance to help
defray purchase costs of the vehicle. "Exxon Company, U.S.A.,
is pleased to make this grant as part of its Volunteer In-
volvement Fund Program, one of several conducted by Exxon’s
domestic affiliates to encourage volunteerism by employees
and annuitants. Exxon sincerely appreciates the participation
of its employees and annuitants in civic and community af-
fairs.” wrote David Scott, Jr., Public Affairs Department,
Exxon. -staff photo
jail savings predicted, says planner
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Rescue unit wanted by AVFD
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Construction costs for the new
Cherokee County jail should run
about $150,000 below budget, Jail
Planner Cury Adams of Creative
Environmental Concepts of Lufkin
told commissioners Monday mor-
ning
Bids were accepted from Tyler
Restaurant Supply for $35,933 for the
kitchen equipment Completion date
oil tiidt project is expected in 60
days. No payment will be made until
completion, as the firm did not in-
clude a performance bond in its bid
package Heart of Texas Food
Equipment of Waco was the only
other bidder on the kitchen equip-
ment, with a price of $36,000
ISD board president forfeits position
Alto School Board President Kim
Scott resigned at the Thursday
evening board meeting. Following
his resignation, the board approved
the employment of Scott ’s sister-m-
BRIEFS
Men’s breakfast slated
Falvey Memorial United
Methodist Church in Wells announ-
ces the men’s breakfast meeting for
7 p.m. Sunday in the fellowship hall.
“Pal” .Iordan and James Weather
ford will do the cooking and Larry
Bailey will bring the program.
Donations received
Gene and Polly Hayes received a
donation from Exxon Corporation for
the Alto Emergency Ambulance
Donations were also received from
Mr. and Mrs C. A. Singletary; Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Wallace in memory
of C. C. Wallace; and Connie Knott
this past week
Holcomb reunion set
The Holcomb Family will hold its
91st annual reunion July 9 and 10 at
the Cold Springs Methodist Church
and Pavilion, according to Mrs Otha
Holcomb Harrison, Alto Mrs.
Harrison stated that 300 cards were
sent out to relatives all over the state.
“We are expecting a big crowd that
weekend,” she said.
Baugh family meets
The Baugh Reunion will be held
July 8, 9 and 10 on “Baugh Hill”
behind the O.B. Body Shop. “This is
the first reunion we have held in
years. We are certainly looking for-
ward to it,’’said Garwin Baugh, Alto
Church service July 2
The regular monthly meeting of
Faith, Hope & Charity will be at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, July 2 at Cold
Springs Church. Barbara Lott will
speak and minister. Everyone is ex
tended a special invitation to attend
this time of worshipand praise
law, Carol Dowling, as elementary
school teacher for the second grade
In other personnel matters, the
board approved the employment of
Susan Pruitt of Nacogdoches as
Spanish and English teacher No ac-
tion was taken on employment of a
new coach.
During a re-organization of the
board, Freddy Johnson was elected
president and Joe Crain as vice
president. No plans were made con-
cerning the appointment of a
replacement for Scott on the board.
In other matters, the board ap-
proved issuance of two time warran-
ts at $24,000 each to be applied on the
$52,079 payment to Duplichain for
school renovation work Interest is
set bv lawat lOpercent
The board authorized Superinten-
dent John Cook to see if the old
scoreboard at the football field can
be repaired. He said he has talked
with several persons about donating
a new scoreboard and possibly
someone might make this con-
tribution to the district.
Terry Westmoreland of Knowles
and Associates of Tyler presented
an update of construction work at
the school. The science lab is the
only part of the recent construction
at the high >;hool that has not been
substantially completed Work on
the science lab is progressing
slowly,” he said.
Of that portion that is substan
tially ready for use, a number of
items still are not completed The
Falvey names
guest preacher
G. Franklin Weeks Jr of Lufkin
will be guest preacher for the 11 a m.
worship service Sunday at Falvey
Memorial United Methodist Church
in Wells James Weatherford will be
worship leader.
Mr Weatherford is a local church
leader and Mr Weeks is a member
of the team of trained lay speakers
of the Nacogdoches District. He is
also a member of Angelina County’s
mother church, Ryan's Chapel. The
public is invited, and a blessing will
be in store for everyone.
district is holding out $41,000 of the
payment until everything is finished
and accepted by the district.
Low bidder for air conditioning
ductwork at the school is
Youngblood Mechanical of Car-
thage Bid is in the amount of $7,800
The bid was accepted and com-
pletion is set for within 30 days.
The board discussed purchase of
student athletic insurance, but no
action was taken. Cost to the district
for all sports would run between
$7,500 and $8,000. The insurance will
not pay for students who are covered
with another policy.
Board members discussed
renovation of the football field the
possible construction ot a new press
house. Cook said it is not advisable to
construct a new press box until after
the district purchases new seats.
Cost cf renovation of the stadium
would run some $25,(XX). This would
include taking out the 330 seats and
replacing them with 550 aluminum
seats The press box is built atop the
stadium seats and if the board is
planning to construct new seats that
should be done before the press box
is built, he reported to the board He
said the press box could be patched
up for use this year.
Bid for concrete paving for the
parking lot and drive from berry-
C) of Rusk was accepted Berry -
Clay’s bid was for $38,600 (Jniy otner
bid was from L Richardson and
Sons of Lufkin for $49,900
Slaughter-Waak Interiors of
Lufkin was the lone bidder for
flooring That bid was $8,362
In another matter, the com
missioners heard a request from
Alto Mayor R A Wallace concerning
additional contributions for the fire
department Wallace said that total
expenses for the Alto Fire Depar-
tment for the period of Sept 1982
through March 1988 has been
$101,620.73. Only 27 percent of the
total fires were within the city limits
and the other 73 percent were out-
side the city The City of Alto finan-
Wells ISD okays policy
Wells ISD trustees passed an At-
Risk policy w hen they met in regular
session last Thursday night. The At-
Risk program is required to be in
place by September 1, 1988, and is
designed for siuuenis wnu aie
having scholastic problems and who
are likely to be drop-outs Superin-
tendent Victoria Williams explained
that the program would help the
school in identification of these
students
Board members unanimously
passed a policy concerning career
ladder pertaining to teacher
Grant eligibility restored
by OEDP for county
Cherokee County is again eligible
for grunt funds from the federal Of
fice of Economic Development and
Planning. The OEDP informed the
county of its eligibility restoration
this week, said Cherokee County
Judge Emmett Whitehead
“The county lost its eligibility
years ago, along with a lot of other
counties in East Texas,” Judge
Whitehead said “This eligibility
gives us access to about $31 million in
grant funds W'lthout proof of
eligibility, we couldn’t even apply for
any of these funds.”
Securing eligibility was the work of
the newly created Cherokee County
Overall Economic Development
Committee, headed by Sissy Austin
of Jacksonville, chairman Jack
White, county extension agent of
Rusk and secretary of the OED
committee for Cherokee County, was
in charge of putting together the
paperwork necessary for the ap
plication. A spokesperson in his office
said a thick packet of information
was submitted to the Economic
Development Administration
regional office in Austin and to the
Governor’s office
The Cherokee County OED com-
mittee will be responsible for over
seeing any grant applications under
the program, Judge Whitehead said
Industrial Foundations, local Cham-
bers of Commerce and cities may
directly approach the committee for
assistance
“A lot of other counties would like
to have their eligibility restored,”
Judge Whitehead commented. “We
really appreciate the hard work done
by our Cherokee County committee
in getting us eligible This resource
will be of great benefit toour county.”
eligibility, assignment and main-
tenance First readings were held on
policies pertaining to the superinten-
dent's contract, employment
requirements and restrictions, ap
aiaaia Oi iCaChcrs for C arccr laid
der, health requirements and ser-
vices, student awards and scholar-
ships, student discipline-expulsions
and academic achievement
A five-year maintenance
agreement with IBM was passed
dealing with maintenance of the
computer system in operation at the
school
Dr. Williams reported that the lun-
chroom operated in the red the past
school year and that a solution to the
problem was being sought
Following an executive session,
trustees issued a contract to Marie
Hill as an elementary teacher
Clean-lip day
slated at Wells
Saturday is clean-up day at Wells
and all citizens of the city are being
asked to participate in the program
which is sponsor I'd by the newly for-
med Wells Chamber of Commerce
Beautification Committee Chair
person Lyndia Austin urges in
dividuals to adopt an area around
their property and to mow it, pick up
and plant shrubs and flowers
Chamber of Commerce President
Tillie Young said that trash pick up
would be available if bags are put .it
the curb
Participants are asked to meet at 8
a m at the City Park to help with
beautifying public properties The\
should bring a sack lunch
ced some72 percent or $73,647.93 and
the county financed 28 percent of
$27,972 76
Wallace presented a break-down
of the number of fires for each year
In 1983, there were 11 fire calls
within the city and 56 rural fires; in
1984, firemen answered 16 city calls
and 58 rural fires, in 1985, 26 city
fires and 52 rural fire calls were an-
swered; in 1986, some 20 city calls
and 39 rural calls were made; in
1987,22 city fire calls were made and
some 56 rural calls answered Total
for January through May of 1988
showed 15 city calls and 36 rural
calls.
“We need some help in solving this
problem If you can’t help with
money maybe you can give us some
advice on what we can do,” he told
commissioners
Wallace reported to the court that
he knew the county probably would
be unable to help at this time, but
wanted members to be aware of the
problem before budget time
"We have so many problems, like
the waste water problem and then
the fire department thinks that it
should haveall the money,” Wallace
said He told commissioners that the
fire chief had resigned and he had
contacted the attorney general’s of-
fic*? Concerning the matter
Laying of underground cable in
Precinct 4 was approved The com-
missioners accepted county maps
for Precinct 2 and revisions for
Precinct 3.
WELLS CITY EMPLOYEE
Jacquelyn Chapmon, right, ad-
mires the flowers at Austin’s In-
surance. Lyndia Austin, chair-
person of Wells Chamber of
Commerce Beautification Com
mittee (left) potted the plants as
an example of beautification in
the city Citizens are urged to
clean up and landscape Satur
day
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