Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 136, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 13, 1985 Page: 4 of 36
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the four
Southern
Palo Pinto General Hospital will
be taking its first Outreach Pro-
gram to Possuinn Kingdom Lake,
October 17th, 3-7:00 p.m. The pro-
gram, which consists of selected
screenings and educational infor-
mation, will be held in the Lion's
Club Building, located one-fourth
mile south of Parkroad 36.
The Possum Kingdom Pro-
gram is the first in a series of pro-
grams planned for different com-
munities throughout the county.
Dates and places will be announc-
ed later.
Ort. 17
Screenings planned for the first
program are: height, weight,
blood pressure, diabetes, and
pulmonary function testing
(PFT). A computer printout will
be provided with the PFT test. All
tests will be free, for this pro-
gram.
Sylvia Holton, R.N., Diana
Ranft, R.N., Mike Southern,
CRTT, and others of the hospital
staff will man the screenings as
well as being available to answer
questions. Ix>u Warren, Inservice
Education, is coordinating the
programs.
The programs will be evaluated
as the different communities are
visited. Suggestions are welcome.
For additonal information or sug-
Eitions, please call Lou Warren,
ucation, or Maicon Hawes,
Public Relations, 325-7891.
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John Gibson Sikes
Graveside services for John Gib-
son Sikes, 86, of Odessa, will be Mon-
day, October 14, at 4:00 p.m. in the
Graford Cemetery with Baum-
Carlock-Bumgardner in charge of ar-
rangements.
Mr. Sikes passed away October 10,
(Editor’s Note: Information for
this column released by authority of
patient or relative).
PALO PINTO GENERAL
Sunday, October 12
ADMISSIONS
daughter Aubra D’Amario,
Baltimore, Md ; 3 sisters, Luther
Mae Smith, Mineral Wells. Talma
Williams, Spingdale, Arkansas,
Billie Louise Quillen, Clarksville; 3
grandchildren and numerous nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers will be the members W
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
in a hospital in Odessa. He was born
March 25,1899 in Graford. He was 4
pumper at Amoco Oil Co.
Survivors are his wife, Opie Sikes,
Odessa; 1 daughter, Mrs. Roy F.
Melugin, Sherman; 1 brother, Henry
Sikes Graford; and 2 grandchildren.
DISMISSALS
Emilia Silva, Otis Nicholas, and
George Goatcher
There were 1 person admitted, and
3 people dismissed, requesting their
names not to be released to the
media.
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Pre-Need Arrangements
Burial Insurance
Since 1896
325-4422
302 W. Hubbard, Mineral Wells, Texai
Bertha Florene Brown
Funeral services for Bertha Florene
Brown, 68, of 500 S E 26th Avenue,
Mineral Wells, will be Sunday, Oc-
tober 13, at 2:30 p.m. in the Baum-
Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral
Chapel. Reverend Rusty Leavitt will
officiate. Burial will be in the
Woodland Park Cemetery with
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Brown passed away October
11, at 3:36 p.m. at her home in
Mineral Wells. She was born April 26,
1917 in Slaton, she was the daughter
of William J. Bellomy and Susie Ben-
nett. She and Wilburn E. (Charlie)
Brown were married October 23,1937
in StephviUe. She came to Mineral
Wells in 1968, she was a housewife
and a member of these orangization,
VFW Auxiliary, and has served as
President and Vice President of that
organization. MOCA Auxiliary and
American Legion Auxiliary, and she
was a member of the St Mark
Lutheran Church.
Survivors are her husband, Wilburn
E. (Charlie) Brown, Mineral Wells; 1
Olean Boyd
Funeral services are pending at
Mineral Wells Funeral Home for
Olean Boyd, 72, of Mineral Wells.
Mrs. Boyd passed away October 12
at her home in Mineral Wells. She
was born October 1, 1913 in Grand
Saline.
Choir Boosters
meet Tuesday
There will be a special business
meeting of the Mineral Wells Choir
Booster Club Tuesday night October
15, at 7 p.m. in the choir room at the
High school. At this time the point
system for the trip to Florida will be
discussed so all parents are urged to
attend for clarification on this mat-
ter. Also being discussed will be the
various activities and fund raisers
for this year. Again, all parents of
choir members are urged to attend.
OUTREACHERS - Mike Southern and Lou Warren,
two members of the Palo Pinto General Hospital staff,
Asians fastest growing segment in US
County revenue sharing
budget hearing Tuesday
also allocated part of the revenue
sharing budget to other agencies,
such as the Dunbar Neighborhood
Council and Soil and Water Conser
vation District.
Following the hearing, commis
sioners are expected to adopt the pro
posed budget, prepared by West anc
County Judge Norman Porter.
The regular court meeting
rescheduled for Tuesday because ol
the Columbus Day holiday on Mon
day, is set to begin at 1:30 p.m.
Three items on the agenda, besides
routine business are: Texas Assocla
tion of Counties (Appeal on the Busi
vs Viterna Cause); Jail Menders;
and George Nowak.
The Prudence Chapter *44 Order of
The Eastern Star will hold a regular
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.
14. It is the Chapters Birthday, and
Past Matrons and Patrons will be
honored.
Palo Pinto County commissioners
will hold a public hearing on the pro-
poned revenue sharing budget for
1986 at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Palo
Pinto County courthouse
Although the county is still uncer-
tain about the amount of funding that
will be received. County Auditor
Mickey West said the amount should
be either the same as last year, or 75
percent of last year’s allocation.
Among major items proposed to be
funded in the budget are the new
elevator for the courthouse, the coun-
ty computer system, jail repairs and
the microfiche system for the county
clerk’s office.
Commissioners have in the past
vited to meet the teachers and staff
at open house. Refreshments will be
served. A Banner will be awarded to
the homeroom with the highest
parent PTO membership.
The Palo Pinto County cour-
thouse will be closed Monday in
observance of Columbus Day.
Offices will reopen for business
at 8 a m. Tuesday, Oct. 15.
The Lee Intermediate School PTO
will meet on Monday, Oct. 14 at 7
p.m. in the school gym. After the
business meeting, parents are in-
News in a Nutshell
cent in 1960, " according to the projec-
tion.
From 3.5 million Asians counted in
1980, the study estimated the figure
has grown to 5.1 million today, a gain
of nearly 50 percent that “reaffirms
Asian-Americans* status as current-
ly the U.S.'s fastest growing minori-
ty.”
The 1980 Census counted 26.7
million blacks and 14.6 million
Hispanics, and although not increas-
ing at as high a rate as Asians, both
of those groups are also growing
faster than the national amerage.
war in Vietnam, coupled with heavy
immigration from the Philippines,
India and South Korea, resulted in a
141 percent jump in the nation’s
Asian population in the 1970s, accor-
ding to the study published by the in-
dependent Population Reference
Bureau.
At the turn of the century, just 15
years away, Asian-Americans could
total nearly 10 million, according to
the study “Asian-Americans:
Growth, Change and Diversity.”
By the year 2000, Asian-Americans
“will comprise almost 4 percent of
the U.S. population, up from 1.5 per-
■ WASHINGTON (AP) - Asians will
likely account for one out of every 25
Americana by the turn of the century,
with the country's fastest growing
minority heading for the 10 million
mark, a new private study reports.
The wave of Indochinese im-
migrants in the decade following the
Move over Eddie......
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What made him REAL mad was
finding out a wrecker service had
towed his car out to a wrecking
yard near the airport.
He again imposed on his friend
to take him out to the wrecker
yard where he was charged a 325
towing fee
Tobey’s income consists of a
retirement check from
years he worked for
Airway at Fort Wolters,
a social security check. To
860 is big money.
ordeal, Scott Tobey was
frustrated and disappointed.
There are laws that prohibit
persons not handicapped from
parking in the space zones provid-
ed for the handicapped, and the
MWPD has warned residents
through the media that the laws
would be inforced.
We suppose that this is what is
meant by ‘the letter of the law’.
We believe that in this case, the
JUST was ripped out of JUSTICE
... and that leaves ICE. That’s
cold treatment of a 79-year-old
senior citizen.
hospital’s new Outreach Program.
are Involved
(See
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