The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1972 Page: 1 of 6
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1972
SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS 76266
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BOY SCOUTS
TO HAVE
BOTTLE DRIVE
c Sanger Boy Scouts will
conduct a house-to-house
drive Saturday, Aug. 26, tn
search of soft drink bottles.
Scoutmaster Ron Low-
rance said the troop was in-
terested in securing bottles
with deposits. He said funds
raised from the collection
of bottles would be used
for Boy Scout activities.
Persons who would like
to donate bottles to the Scouts
should call Lowrance at 458-
3145.
NEW PRINCIPAL - Bynum
Smith is the new Sanger High
School principal. He comes
to Sanger from St. Jo where
he was principal . He Is mar-
ried and has three boys and
a girl, two of them in school
here.
out this week in shorts. With
the starting of school Fri-
day, however, the work will
be harder with thecrewdon-
ning full uniforms for con-
tact.
Workouts are being held
at 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. this
week, but the regular school
hours will limit them to
afternoon sessions.
Patterson is in lais first
year as head coach of the
Indians. He replaced Ralph
Amyx, who will spend full-
time this year as head basket-
ball coach.
RESERVE TICKETS
GO ON SALE HERE
Sanger superintendent
Herbert Arledge announced
today that season reserve
seat tickets for the Sanger
Indian football games are on
sale now.
Tickets may be purchased
at the superintendent’s of-
fice at the high school and
will sell for $7.50 each.
General admission tickets
purchased at the game are
$1.50 each. There will be
five home games with the
first home game against
How on September 22.
The first football game is
scheduled for September 8
at Whitesboro.
and Tuesday of tins week
with more expected as people
return from vacation ami
new residents get settled.
I'he seventh grade class
at Sanger has the largest
enrollment with 54 while the
eighth grade is close with
51. I he ninth and eleventh
grade each show an enroll-
ment of 42, the tenth grade
has 40 and there are 29
seniors enrolled up to date.
PEE-WEE F.B. ORGANIZATIONAL
MEETING TONIGHT AT SCHOOL
Oct. 2, Carrollton (2), Here
Oct. 14, Springtown, There
Oct. 21, Northwest, There
Oct. 28, Argyle, Here
Gateway to
The Golden
T dangle
lifting Over Fifty Dollars.
Also 3 for Robbery by
Assault, 1 for Enticing A
Minor Into A Room To Com-
mit Aggrevated Assault, 1
for Attempted Burglary, 1
for Fraudulent Use of Credit
Card, 1 for Carrying A Pro-
hibited Weapon By An Ex-
Convict, 1 for Assault On A
Minor Child Under 14, 2
for Breaking and Entering
and Automobile, 1 for Joy-
riding Over The Value of
$200, 1 for Assault With a
Prohibited Weapon, 3 for
Assault With Intent To Mur-
der, 1 for Assault With A
Prohibited Weapon, 3 for
Assault With Intent Td Mur-
der; 1 for Theft By Bailee,
1 for Malicious Mischief
Over The Value of Fifty
Dollars.
Thirty-five hopefuls re-
ported for football workouts
at Sanger High School this
week, including 11 lettermen
from last year.
Coach Ray Patterson has
been running the 1972 Indians
through two-a-day workouts
this week, but the real train-
ing begins Friday when pads
are donned.
Sanger should be stronger
this year than the 5-4-1 team
of last season.
In addition to the 11 re-
turning lettermen, the In-
dians have the services of
Lindy Carr, a hard running
back who played on the B-
Team last season.
Carr was not eligible to
play on the varsity last sea-
son due to a move from Bowie.
’ Returning lettermen in-
clude quarterback James
Reed, who guided the In-
dians through the 10 game
schedule last season.
Other lettermen back for
another year are Bobby Bent-
ley, Dwayne Lyon, Randy
Sons, Jesse Doggett, Robert
McCuistion, Dwight Lester.
Bruce Anthony and Robert
Testa.
Captains for tb° Indians
will be Carr, Ree< and Dog-
gett, who is a junior.
The Indians have been go-
ing through two-a-day work-
DRUG PROGRAM
TO BE HELD ON
FOOTBALL FIELD
An area wide program on
drugs and their harm will
be given in Sanger Monday,
August 28, at the Sanger
football field at 8 p.m.
Wyatt Sawyer of Fort
Worth will be the speaker.
In case of rain the program
will be held in the newSanger
gymnasium.
in salary. How'ever, no
actual figures for salary
have been discussed with
any of the applicants.
Sebastian was named city
secretary alter W.F.Schafer
resigned in early 1971. He
has overseen construction of
the new sewage facility and
the installation of a 100,000
gallon ground water storage
tank along with installation
of a new water well for the
city.
for the city secretary’s post
here Monday night and pro-
bably will make a final selec-
tion early next week.
In an executive session
Monday night, the council
w’ent through a dozen applica-
tions for the position left
vacant by the recent resigna-
tion of Jimmy Sebastian.
Sebastian, who served as
city secretary for the past
year, is still residing in
Sanger and plans to enter
private enterprise.
Mayor Ken Cornell said
the council probably would
EIGHTY-FOUR PER CENT INCREASE
IN COUNTY. FELONY CONVICTIONS
An 84 per cent increase
in Felony convictions in Den-
ton County for the first seven
months of 1972 over the like
1971 period was announced
by District and County Attor-
ney John Law'hon today. The
latest of these convictions
was the 5 1 4 year prison
sentence assessed Wednes-
day against William Jay Bar-
nes of Argyle for Theft by
False Pretext Over Fifty
Dollars involving the passing
of a series of hot checks.
During the last two years,
comparing 1972 to date with
the first seven months of
1970, Felony convictions
have increased 181 percent.
Law'hon expressed plea-
sure with the hard work of
his staff. He said that this
along with the cooperation
of other law enforcement
agencies has made the large
conviction increase possible.
188 Felony convictions for
1972 include: 52 for Posses-
sion, 32 for Burglary. 18
for Theft Over Fifty, 18 for
Forgery, 5 for Cattle Theft,
11 for Theft By False Pre-
text Over Fifty Dollars, 10
for Sale of Drugs. 8 for
DWI Subsequent, 3 for Re-
ceiving and Concealing
Stolen Property, 3 for Fail-
ure to Stop And Render Aid,
5 for Rape, 2 for Murder
Without Malice, 4 for Shop-
School children in the
Sanger and Krum school dis-
tricts will start back to
school Friday, August 18.
Regular classes will be
MISS FLAME
RUNNERS-UP
RECEIVE PRIZE
First runner up and second
runner up in the Sanger Fire
Department’s Miss Flame
contest will receive prizes
as well as Miss Flame It
was announced today by a
spokesman for the fire de-
partment.
Contestants for Miss
Flame must have their appli-
cations tn to the fire depart-
ment by noon Saturday, Aug.
26. Drawing for sponsors
All! be done at that time.
Several Sanger merchants
have indicated they would
serve as sponsors for a Miss
Flame contestant but only
three applications have been
received for Miss Flame.
To be eligible for the Miss
Flame contest, girls must
live in the Sanger fire area
and must be between the ages
of 13 and 19.
Prizes for Miss Flame
will include a one hundred
dollar scholarship from the
fire department and an 11 x
14 colored portrait donated
by Homer Belcher. The
runners-up prizes have not
been determined yet,-
Miss Flame is determin-
ed by the amount ofjmoney
each girl collects arid votes
are calculated at the rate
of 100 votes per dollar.
Proceeds from the contest
are used to finance new equip-
ment for the fire department.
Thirty-Five Report
Third, fourth, fifth and
sixth grade boys who would
like to play pee-wee football
are asked to meet Thursday,
Aug. 18 (tonight), at Sanger
Elementary Schobl at 7 p.m.
for an organizational meet-
ing.
The pee-wee football pro-
gram was introduced in San-
ger some years ago but this
is the first time it has been
available to the third and
fourth grade boys.
Parents must accompany
the boys as insurance, per-
mission slips and uniforms
must be discussed according
to Glen C. Wilson who is
co-ordinating the program
in Sanger.
Wilson, along with Wendell
Thomas, will coach the fifth
and sixth grade team and
they are looking for volun-
teers for the younger boys.
During the 1971 season,
under the coaching of Wil-
son and Thomas, Sanger’s
fifth and sixth grade team
won the championship of the
North Texas Central Pee-
Wee Football League. They
were undefeated for the sea-
son.
The opening game for both
the fifth and sixth grade
team and the third and fourth
grade team is Sept. 2 so
Wilson urged all interested
boys and their parents to
attend this meeting tonight.
Other teams in the league
are Aledo, Newark, Coppell,
Pilot Point, Carrollton (two
teams), Springtown, North-
west and Argyle.
A schedule of the games
is as follows-.
Sept. 2, Aledo, Here.
Sept. 9, Newark, Here.
Sept. 16, Coppell, Here.
Sept. 21, Pilot Point, There.
Sept. 30, Carrollton (1),
There
Again Here Friday
held, buses will run and the
cafeterias will be open tn
both schools.
Classes at both ot the
Sanger schools begin at 8.30
a.m. aud~di.sini.ss at 3 p.m.
while the Krum schools will
begin at 8;20 a.in. and dis-
miss at 2;45 p.m.
Some other area schools
will be starting later and
some have all ready begun
regular classes. Valley
View schools startl'd Tues-
day, August 15, and Slidell
classes will begin Thursday,
August 24.
Sanger schools are headed
by Superintendent, Herbert/
Arledge, high school prlnrt-
pal Bynum Smith and ele-
mentary principal (). T.
Underwood.
Mac Vincent is superin-
tendent of the Krum schools.
Tip Hall is high school prin-
cipal and Benny Ennis is
elementary principal.
At the Slidell school Jim-
my Horn is superintendent
and Charles Kromer is prin-
cipal.
J im Fickling is superinten-
dent at Valley View schools
and Herman Taylor is high
school principal.
According to Sanger prin-
cipal, 258 students enrolled
in the Sanger junior high and
senior high school Monday
RAIN FAILS
TO RELIEVE
DROUGHT
More than an inch of rain
fell in the Sanger area last
week, but did little to relieve
the drought conditions.
Parts of the rural area
received more than that
amount.
The rainfall brings total
for the year to 14 inches,
about two inches less than
the amount received at this
time a year ago.
Sanger reported 1.1
inches of rain last week and
a trace this week, while
Pilot Point reported slightly
more than 4 inches.
Last week’s rain was the
first since June, when 3.7
inches were recorded. Only
.2 of an inch fell in July.
Normal rainfall for this
area is around 38 inches.
City Secretary Monday
The City Council narrow-^ make a final selection for
CRAFT WINNERS — Winners in the Arts and Crafts Project Show held Saturday in Sanger
and sponsored by the C-C-Ettes are, left to right, Carolyn Coffey, Sammae Seiph, Debbie
Norman, Tami Self, Randy Ashcraft, Joiin Coffey, Steven Coffey and Robert Ashcraft.
ed the field to four candidates^ the post next Monday night.
‘•At least I hope we can,'’
he said this week.
Sebastian left the position
Friday. He remained after
deciding to resign two
months ago to see the city’s
new sewage treatment plant
finished.
That plant now has been
finished and will be placed
in operation within the near
future.
Cornell said the city re-
ceived a number of applica-
tions for the position which
pays around $10,000 per year
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Cole, Ralph. The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1972, newspaper, August 17, 1972; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1282538/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sanger Public Library.