The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1972 Page: 1 of 6
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THURSDAY, MARCH 16,1972
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• NUMBER 24
SANGER, DENTON COUNTY. TEXAS 76266
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VALLEY VIEW THIRD GRADE ECOLOGY BUFFS - Completing an ecology project and receiving
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Absentee balloting in both the
city and school elections is un-
derway and will continue until
March 27. ' •
Persons who vote absentee
must plan to be out of the city
on the day of the election, April
1.
Sanger residents will elect
a mayor and twocouncilmenand
two members of the school
board will be elected.
Cecil Jones, retired manager
of Enderby Gas, is opposing
Mayor Ken Cornell in the city
election, while Guy Bennett is
seeking to unseat either Bill
Enlow or Jack Hall.
In the school election, Mrs.
Glenna Krueger filed against
incumbents Neal Odom and 0.
W. Davis Jr.
Council seats are for two-
year terms while the school
board terms are three years.
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Fights Litter Problem
The third grade class at
Valley View School has com-
pleted requirements to become
members of the Weekly Reader
Earth Patrol.
To become an Earth Patrol
member, the group had to decide
on an environmental project,
get a high school group to spon-
sor them and then complete the
project.
The class members^ under
the direction of their teacher,
Mrs. Glenda Vowell, and their
sponsors, the seventh grade
class at Valley View Highschool
have planted a tree, cleaned
up litter and painted litter bar-
rels for use on the school ground.
The seventh graders helped
the younger class and in addi-
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tion they wrote poems about
pollution and litter for a bulle-
tin board display in the third
grade room. ‘
Some of the poems went like
this “Roses are red, violets
are blue, I hate litter and so
should you’’ or ‘‘Oh, bury me
not in a junky prairie, uhere
the junk is so high, I can barely
see.’’ Another one is “We
hate litter, we hate pollution,
we are going to get busy, and
find a solution.’’
One inspired seventh grader
wrote words to the tune of
“Streets of Laredo”. “As I
walked out in the street of
Valley View" As I walked out
in Valley View one day, I spied
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Eighteen members of the San-
ger Chapter of the Future Far-
mers of America received FFA
Foundation awards at the organi-
zation’s annual banquet Tuesday
night.
During ceremonies in the old
gymnasium at the high school,
FFA member Vaughn McCoy
presented certificates and pins
to Jimmy Harris for outstanding
achievement in crop production,
David Crider for dairy produc-
tion, Dwayne Lyons for live-
stock production, Danny Spindle
for farm mechanics, Quintin
Nichols for farm shop and Randy
Sons and Robert McCuistion
for soil and water management.
Also receiving awards were
Rick Johnson for poultry pro-
duction, Ray Testa for farm
improvements, Kim Bell for
home improvements, Alan Po-
wers and Dwayne Reed for farm
safety, Ricky Powell for public
speaking, Rex Ramsey for horti-
culture, Roy Colston for placing
processing, and Vaughn McCoy
for farm electrical achievement.
Jack Armstrong won the Star
Greenhand award and Bobby
Bentley was named Star Chapter
Farmer. The greenhand and
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HONORARY CHAPTER FARMER DEGREES - FFA sponsor Nellan Cook (far left) watches as
FFA president Ricky Powell presents Sanger Bank vice-president Bod McLaughlin with an
honorary degree. Waiting to receive his degree is high school principal Dale Robbins. To the
right is school superintendent Herbert Arledge who also received an honorary degree and Mrs.
EASTER VACATION
FOR STUDENTS
Sanger School Superintendent
Herbert Arledge announced this
week that Easter vacation for
the Sanger School would be
from March 27 through March
31.
Both schools will dismiss
classes at 3 p.m. Friday, March
24, and will resume classes at
the regular time Monday, .April
.3.
Arledge said there had been
some misunderstanding as to
when the actual Easter holidays
were. Some of the school
calendars are in error.
Sanger schools have not had
to close any time this yeai' due
to bad weather or a lot of
sickenss according to the
superintendent’s office, so San-
ger students will be allowed
to take a full week for Easter
holidays.
trying to gather data that has so
long been needed, according
to a spokesman from the local
department. «
s It is hoped that the business-
men will be able to give the
firemen a few short minutes
to develop a Master Fire Pro-
tection Plan.
NOTE BURNING
AT FIRST BAPTIST
A “Note-Burning” cere-
mony will be part of the re-
gular service at the First
Baptist Church of Sanger,
Sunday morning, March 19.
A $75,000 indebtedness was
paid off a year early due to
an accelerated bond retire-
ment program.
The First Baptist Church
is presently in a building pro-
gram with a view to additional
construction in the near future.
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star farmer awards are grant-
ed to the freshman and upper
class FFA member respective-
ly, that displays the greatest
achievement in all areas of
farming and FFA.
In addition to the FFA foun-
dation awards, three honorary
chapter farmer awards were
given to Bob McLaughlin, Vice
President of the First National
Bank of Sanger, Herbert Ar-
ledge, Superintendent of Schools,
and Dale Robbins, principal of
the high school. Honorary de-
grees are awarded to business
or school personnel who help
promote FFA during the year. .
. A special award was given to
Mrs. Jesse Sons for her help
to the local chapter. Mrs.
Sons does not qualify for an
honorary chapter farmer a ward
under the FFA’s constitution,
but the young men wanted to
give her special recognition
for her unending service to the
young men in the community.
Gifts were presented to Mar-
cia Edwards and Dilana Caru-
thers^co-sweethearts. of the
local cnapter.
“We would like to recognize
a couple of ladies that add a
touch of beauty to this bunch
of ugly guys,” FFA President
Ricky Powell said in presenting
the two girls.,
Carl Sadau showed slides of
his recent trip to Europe and
the Holy Land for the 61 mem-
bers and guests. The slides
showed, ancient religious and
domestic ruins in Amsterdan,
DISPLAY SHOWER
TO BE HELD FOR
FIRE VICTIMS
A “Come and Go” display
shower will be held for the
Billy George family from 4
p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 16.
The George home was com-
pletely destroyed by fire last
Friday night and all of their
possessions were lost.
Friends and neighbors are
invited to attend the shower at
the Truitt Scalf home located
across from the Garland Red-
ing Ranch in the Gribble
Springs community.
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FUTURE FARMERS FOUNDATION AWARDS - These members received awards at the annual
FFA banquet held this week. Seated, left to right, David Crider, Dwayne Lyons, Jimmy Harris
and Ray Testa. Standing, left to right, Danny Spindle, Vaughn McCoy, Roy Colston, Rick Johnson,
Bobby Bentley. Rex Ramsey, Jack Armstrong, Dwayne Reed, Randy Sons, Robert McCuistion, Alan
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Jerusalem, Palestine, Germany,
Athens, Corinth, Cairo and
many other places.
Dave Morse, senior FF/
member, played the guitar and
sang “Help Me Make It Through
the Night” and “I Can’t Help It
If I’m Still in Love .Vith You”,
two country and western songs
by recording star Kri$ Kris-
tofferson and the late'VHank
Williams respectively.
“This is the first time I’ve
ever done anything like this
alone and I’m kinda’ nervous,”
Morse said before starting.
Tommy’s Catering Service
provided roast beef, mashed
potatoes, green beans and pie
for the affair.
MASTER FIRE
PLAN FORMED
BY FIREMEN
Sanger firemen plan to visit
the various business establish-
ments in Sanger within the next
few weeks to form the basis of
a new fire protection plan.
The purpose of the visits is
to gather information that will
be of value to the Fire Dept,
should its service ever be need-
ed by the owner.
The firemen will not be mak-
ing investigations for fire
ordinances but will be only._____
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18 FFA Awards Given
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73rd Year
Earth PatroD badges were these third graders. (Left to right, kneeling) Keela Myers, Danny
Windle, Melinda Stephenson, Mark Hobbs, Alton Doughty, Bryant Hobbs, Johnny Hinchey and
Mitchell Carson. (Standing, left to right) Deanna Drake, Terry Rauschuber, Vanessa Jones, Paul
Nehib, Chana Vowell, Shelly Langston, Ellen Pembroke, Scotty Southard and James Maxwell.
Standing, left to right is third grade teacher, Mrs. Glenda Vowell, seventh graders, Cindy
Fickling, Danny Gaines, Donna Iden, Rita Whittington, Cindy Calabrese, Charlotte Ford, Orville
Aycox, Lana Bryant and Rocky Ford and seventh grade teacher Mrs.Nina Windle.
Valley View Class
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Cole, Ralph. The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1972, newspaper, March 16, 1972; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1282795/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sanger Public Library.