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Page 2 - Section A, CLEVELAND ADVOCATE, Friday, December 23, 1983
GENERAL NEWS
Locals
Coat. From Front Page
State
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Santa
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determined by the driving pub-
lic,” he said.
^American Heart
'Association
‘‘The motoring public should
be prepared to contend with the
weather, light, road, traffic and
vehicle conditions. However,
the main causes of traffic ac-
cidents will be drivers who
drink and drive, speed over the
limit, and driver fatigue,” he
emphasized.
fiscal year.
The property is needed for a
clear zone easement as a part of
the expansion of the airport
runway to 5,000 feet.
T.A. Boothe, grant coor-
dinator, said Federal Aviation
Agency officals have said they
purchase price will be included
in the 90 percent grant expected •
to be issued in 1984.
Santa took the time to talk to
Bill via radio telephone. He
agreed to give hourly position
reports which KJCH will
broadcast all day Saturday,
until is arrival at Cleveland
Airport.
Cleveland ■> Aviation is
‘‘Statewide traffic fatalities
are now about 12 percent below
the number for the same period
last year. We are hopefid this
trend will continue downward
for the remainder of the year.
tie day. Drug companies have
L pven a large amount of
[ medicines for the clinic.
I Malaria and parasites are
| what Dr. Barnett expects to
| encounter primarily. He and the
| nurses will participate in other
activities as they are able.
Dr. Jones and Mark will check
teeth and teach oral hygiene.
Dr. Jones has been reading
about what to expect in Hon-
duras was well as talking to
another dentist who has been
there.
From that information, he
said he expects to treat and pull
many decayed teeth. Mark will
teach oral hygiene since he
speaks Spanish. They will give
out tooth paste and tooth
brushes.
The craftsmen will erect a
, bolding for the mission in
Guimas. The women and young
people will teach Vacation Bible
School for the children. Their
work and the tent revival will be
in the village of Sanquin which
is the center of Griffin’s mission
work.
All the members of the group
are eagerly anticipating the
trip, although none expect
anything but the most primitive
conditions and dire poverty. The
■are taking their own bedding
and a lot of their own food which
they will have to cook. Much of
what they take will be left for
the Hondurans.
The element of danger does
not appear to concern them
much, nor does the lack of in-
door plumbing.
They have been told to expect
to be received with eagerness
and openness.
Dr. Jones says he wants to go
and get back to report his finds
to the residents of Cleveland.
Joe Brady said he wants to see
what contributions to missions
through his church are ac-
complishing. He wants to bring
his church first-hand in-
formation on mission needs.
Each said they hope to make a
good impression on the Hon-
durans. Everyone interviewed
concurred with Larry Weaver
that the trip will be more
beneficial to them, Cleveland
and First Baptist Church than
the Hondurans.
The church leadership plans
to make this jaunt an annual
affair. ,
Cleveland City Council ap-
proved the purchase of 5.2 acres
of land across Hwy 105 from
Cleveland Airport Tuesday
night. ■
Sabine Investments agreied to
accept a letter of credit for
$6,500, a 20 percent down
payment, to be paid on Oct. 1,
1984 because the city had not
budgeted the purchase in this
preparing to roll out the red
carpet as are several groups
from the Cleveland area.
Santa will leave in his special
Santamobile for the homes of
Cleveland children to personally
deliver toys.
City purchases land
for runway expansion
State reps support Bryant bill
by GARRY MATLOW
Advocate Reporter •»
While congressmen Charles
Wilson and John Bryant work
toward a compromise Texas
Wilderness Bill, a group of state
legislators have jumped into the
fray on the side of Bryant.
Five members of the House
Environmental Affairs Commit-
tee last week endorsed the Bry-
ant bill setting aside 10 areas in
East Texas National Forests
totaling 65,000 acres as wilder-
ness.
Several environmental groups
endorsed the bill when it was
introduced in August by U.S.
Rep. John Bryant, D-Dallas. At
the same time, they condemned
the U.S. Forest Service for
clearcutting mixed forests and
replanting in pine.
Bryant’s bill drew the wrath
of U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson, D-
Lufkin, who accused Bryant of
horning in on his 16-county dis-
trict, which includes Cleveland.
Wilson said supporters of the
wilderness bill don’t understand
it would mean the removal of all
man-made facilities, such as
roads, campgrounds, sanitary
facilities and nature trails. He
introduced his own bill calling
for 9,000 acres to be declared as
wilderness, the acreage recom-
mended by the Forest Service.
In response to backlash from
Bryant supporters in the Texas
delegation to Washington, Wil-
son began negotiating with Bry-
ant on a compromise settle-
ment.
Wilson said last week that he
and. Bryant had found agree-
ment on setting aside three
large tracts of approximately
20,000 acres each instead of 10
smaller tracts.
“If we’re going to have wil-
derness, let’s have large tracts
that will really be wilderness,”
he said. Wilson said he still
doubts that anyone will really
use the land for recreation
without facilities.
The state representatives
endorsing the Bryant bill Dec.
15 are environmental affairs
committee chairman Fred Ag-
nich, R-Dallas; D. Barry Con-
nelly, R-Houston; Debra Dan-
burg, D-Houston; XE1 Franco
I^ee, D-Houston; and Frank Col-
lazo, D-Port Arthur.
Rep. Allen Hightower, D-
Huntsville, whose district in-
cludes San Jacinto County, is
also on Agnich’s committee but
didn’t sign the joint release.
The legislators said the wil-
derness bill ‘‘will provide
diverse wildlife habitat and
good hunting areas — all at no
acquisition cost to the state or
the federal government, since
the areas are already public-
land.’’
‘‘All available timber stands
within our four East Texas Na-
tional Forests that do not
receive wilderness designation
are scheduled for clearcutting
and mostly conversion to pine
farms by the U.S. Forest Ser-
vice within the next 50 years,”
the legislators said.
"It's time East Texas joined
the rest of the nation in setting
aside prime examples of our
natural ecosystems as wilder-,
ness.”
Wilson defended the work of
the Forest Service in his
quarterly newsletter mailed t
constituents this week.
"Hundreds of thousands of
people depend on our East
Texas National Forests for their
primary recreation and liveli-
hood,” Wilson said. "They
depend on National Forests
that, until the Forest Service ac-
quired the land in the 1930s, did
not exist.
"Those who are pointing to
the Forest Service and anyone
who supports their judgment as
villains should realize that the
forest land supposedly being
‘ruined’ was mostly barren 60
years ago,” he said.
“Proper management has
given the people of East Texas
the beauty they enjoy today.”
Wilson said wilderness
proponents are "thoughtful, un-
selfish, Well-meaning people.”
He added, however, that turning
10 percent of his district's Na-
tional Forests into wilderness is
“economically unsound and will
deprive many of the use of
necessary and desirable paries
facilities." "
NEW BUILDING — Members of the Greater Cleveland Chamber of Com-
merce celebrate the opening of the new Cranford Office Supplies building on
College Street with the traditional ribbon cutting ceremony. Joel M. Newman
and his son Rodney Newman purchased the business in January 1983 and built
a new store two doors down from the old one, across from First Bank and
Trust. Cranford Office Supplies employees are Oscar Boehm, Willie Mae
Stewart, Doris Nelson and Betty Orr. (Photoby Diana Hall)
Appraiser
resigns
Bo Robinson, chief appraiser
for the Liberty County Central
Appraisal District, resigned last
week for health reasons.
Robinson, 61, who suffered a
stroke Sept. 21, had served as
chief appraiser for a year.
Before that he was a long-tinu*
tax official with the Dayton
Independent School District.
Floyd Wheeler of Tarkington,
chairman of the appraisal
board, praised Robinson’s work.
“He has done an excellent job
while I've served on the. board,”
Wheeler said. “We’re’going to
misshim.’’
Wheeler said L.E. Robinson,
who was named* after chief 1
appraiser after Bo Robjjison’s’
stroke, would continue t6 serve
in that position.
“We’ll wait until the new
board is sworn in (in January)
before any decisions are made,"
he said.
Area Deaths Retlirni^ Yule sifts
FANNIE TURNER
Fannie Turner, 94. of
Cleveland died Dec. 16 in an
Arizona hospital. Mrs. Turner
was a lifetime resident of the
Cleveland area and a member
of Cleveland Church of Christ.
Funeral services were held
Dec. 20 in the Pace^Stancil
Funeral Home Chapel with Carl
Mullins officiating. Burial was
in Bear Creek Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, I^ee Turner; sons,
Chester and Ixiuie Turner. She
is survived by sons, R.B. Turner
of Odessa, Roscoe Buckalew of
Conroe; daughters, Grace Orr
of Cleveland, Elsie Pruitt of Ft.
Smith, Ark., Odessa Swinney of
lakeside, Az.; brother, I-ee
Mcllvain of Cleveland; sisters,
Leia Everitt and Lula Cruse,
both of Cleveland; 11 grand-
children and 21 great-
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J.D. May,
W.T. Riggs, Marvin Reaves,
Delmus Partain. Jimmie Neal
and John R. Munn.
LENORD CRIPPENS
Lenord L. Crippens, 63, of
Cleveland died Dec.17 at his
residence. He was bom in
Coleman County in August 1920
and was. a 43-year resident of
the Cleveland area and a
member of VFW Post 1839 in
Cleveland.
Funeral services were held
Dec. 19 in the Pace-Stancil
Chapel with Rev. Melvin
Holifield officiating and burial
was in Squires Cemetery.
He is sruvived by son, Johnny
Crippens of Cleveland;
brothers, Loyd , Crippens of
Jacinto City and George
Crippens of Cleveland; sisters.
Wilma Mc&nith of Grandbury,
Geneva Mize of Cleveland,
Pallbearers were ftomer Lay,
Joe Tracy, R.G. Lester, Wes
Brown and Jesse Norris.
PATRICIA DANIEL
Patrica C.’ Daniel, 48, of
Pasadena died Dec 18 in a
Pasadena hospital. She was
born Aug. 13, 1935 to Tommy
and Mamie Cockran in Cold-
spring.
Services were held Dec. 21 in
First Baptist Church in Cold-
spring with Rev. Don Shannon
officiating. Burial • was in
Cockran Cemetery.
Survivors include her
husband, Billy Daniel of
Pasadena; son, William George
Daniel of Pasadeha; brother,
I^eon Cockran of Coldspring;
sister, Katherine Patrick of
Coldspring and nephews, I^irry
Cockran of Pasadena and Jim
Cockran of Trinity.
Pallbearers were Bud Hollis,
Lewis Woodruff, Kenneth Street
and Bran Street.
WANDA BEASLEY
Wanda Beasley, 65, of Kil-
gore, died in a Kilgore hospital
on Dec. 14. Graveside services
were held Saturday in Kilgore
City Cemetery with Rev. I^eslie
D. Thurston officiating.
She was bom in Oil Hill, Kan.
on Oct. 27, 1918 and moved to
Overton in 1931. She was a
member of the First Church of
God.
Survivors include her
husband, Leroy Beasley of
Overton; two sons, Eldred N.
Heavell of Overton, William T.
Cox of Waukegin, Ill; six sisters,
Mrs. B L Lilly of Midland, Mrs.
C.L. White of Kilgore, Mrs.
Allen T. Holland of Kilgore;
Mrs. Gerry Gilley of Longview;
Mrs. Alton Vines of Cleveland
and Mrs. R.B. Reynolds of
Cleveland.
has specie
Are all your holiday gifts
“just perfect’’ this year? If not,
what do you do with that broken
toy, clothes that don’t fit and
two brand-new waffle irons?
Your success in returning
gifts will depend on the type of
complaint and store policy, says
a T^xas A&M University Agri-
cultural Extension Service
home economist.
Consumers have the right to
have their complaints resolved
when merchandise is faulty or
does not perform correctly, said
Nancy Granovsky, a family
resource management
specialist.
If a retailer or manufacturer
won't replace faulty merchan-
dise, consumers have recourse
through the manufacturer, the
Better Business Bureau, the
attorney general’s office or
consumer action panels, she
said.
But if the gift doesn’t fit, is the
wrong color or doesn’t suit your
tastes, there are fewer options.
“Return policies are voluntar-
ily offered by merchants as a
convenience to their
customers,” Granovsky said.
“Returning goods depends on
good will, especially if the mer-
chandise is not defective or
misrepresented.”
Consumers should not expect
return policies to be the same at
every store, she said. For
example, a liberal return policy
may be one of the services you
pay for by shopping at higher-
priced stores.
According to Granovsky,
retailers commonly use four
kinds of return procedures :
v An exchange allows
customers to substitute their
gift for another of the same
type. Exchanges are often
possible if there is-a problem
with size, style, color or some
other feature of the item.
• In a return for credit, the
customer’s account is credited
with the amount paid for the
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merchandise. If the customer
doesn’t have an account at the
store, a credit slip that may be
applied to the purchase of
another item is given.
• A refund means that the
store will return the customer’s
money, but usually only if the
merchandise is returned in new
condition within a specified
period of time. Most stores will
require a sales slip as proof of
purchase.
• For larger items such as
appliances and furniture, many
stores will set forth their return®
policy in a sales contract. Con-
sumers need to read this^portion
of the contract carefully Before
signing an agreement to pur-
chase the merchandise.
When buying gifts, always
check the returrypolicies of the
•store and save your sales slips,
Granovsky said.
Be certain about the items you
buy on sale, since they typically
don’t qualify for return, she
aaded.
Consumers can save time and
embarrassment by returning
gifts they receive only if the
merchandise was never used, or
\ its initial use revealed a defect,
’ Granovsky said.
Even then, you may have to
keep the merchandise if you
have no sales slip or are unable
to meet the store’s return
requirements.
Tax office
tells hours
Although the children are out
of school for the Christmas
holidays, the Cleveland In-
dependent School District will
be open on an abbreviated
S<Nert week the office will be
"open from 8 a m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Dec. M-M.
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