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THE HOWE ENTERPRISE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1975
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NOT RAINING INSIDE?—A lonely tub in the southwest comer of the Howe High School
gymnasium gives mute testimony to the fact that it sometimes rains inside. The bucket is catching
the drops from the latest roof leak. Several other leaks which were dumping water on the playing
area of the gym have been repaired, but the new one has sprung up since then.
Briscoe Fund Request Could Mean
$24,000 for Howe School District
A proposal by Gov. Dolph
Briscoe for emergency legis-
lation granting another $80
million to local school districts
for the current year would
apparently mean a windfall of
between $18,000 and $24,000
to the Howe Independent
School District.
Briscoe made his request to
the legislature on Jan. 15.
The funds would be based on
average daily attendance fig-
ures and would apparently
mean between $32 and $40 per
student to districts across the
state. Howe had an ADA of
slightly over 600 last year.
The governor’s rfequest is a
stop-gap to plug the state’s
cricical school financing prob-
lem while the legislature
works out a major new school
financing plan.
At present there are four
plans before the legislature—
each based on the market
value of property, rather than
on a local economic index as in
the past.
The fight in the legislature
apparently will be between the
big and small school systems.
The big systems maintain they
are paying a disproportionate
share of school costs for the
poorer districts and want to
spread the load.
“Our board members are
watching with a great deal of
interest and some concern,’’
Supt. Glen Mitchell said this
week. “Whatever plan is
adopted, we want it to be fair
and just so far as we are
concerned.”
Until the impact locally of the
new financing plan is clare,
the Howe board, and many
others across the state, are
holding up on major new ex-
penditures.
Mitchell said that of the four
financing plans submitted to
the legislature, he personally
favors the one submitted by
the House Education Commit-
tee and authored by former
chairman Dan Kubiak. “It ap-
pears to be the best plan
overall on what will be pro-
vided to school systems in the
way of upgrading education,”
Mitchell said.
Other plans are those spon-
sored by the Texas Association
of School Boards, the Texas
State Teachers Association,
and Gov. Briscoe.
The TSTA plan calls for a
$10,000 minimum starting
wage for teachers and would
mean the average teacher
would receive $13,855.
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TOM BEAN ACTION—Gary Counts of the Tom Bean Tomcats grabs a rebound away from a
couple of opposing players during recent action at the Tom Bean high school gymnasium. The
undefeated Tomcats appear on their way to a district championship.
Looking on in the background is Clay Williams (25].
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B-Teams
Lose 3
In Week
Howe’s B-basketball teams
had a bad week during the
past week, losing three out of
three.
The girls lost Friday and
Tuesday to close out their
season with a 1-13 record.
The boys were supset Friday
in overtime by Pottsboro.
The girls, failing to score any
points in the first quarter,
came out 21-11 losers to Pilot
Point Tuesdday. Wendy Wal-
lis was high scorer for Howe
with 9. Debbie Riley had 2.
Friday they lost to Pottsboro,
28-13, with Wallice scoring 7,
Debbie Spegal 4 and Debbie
Riley 2.
The boys were leading Potts-
boro Friday by three poins
with 20 seconds remaining,
when a Pottsboro player was
fouled on a long shot that was
good. He made the free throw
and put the game into a tie.
Pottsbor won it, 36-32, in
overtime.
Tim Smitheart was high scor-
er for Howe with 11, followed
by John Faulkner with 10.
The boys have three games
remaining. They presently
have a 12-6 record for the
season.
School Bus
Repair Bill
Goes Up
The Howe school system has
just incurred a major repair
bill on one of its seven school
buses, promptingThe adminis-
tration to issue a memoran-
dum to all persons driving
buses to exercise additional
caution not to put undue strain
on the buses.
Supt. Glen Mitchell said the
schools have had to replace a
motor in the 1967 model bus at
a cost of between $600 and
$700. With the current state
transportation fund squeeze,
he said, the schools are going
to have to try to get as much
mileage out of each bus. as
possible and hold down repair
costs.
School transportation is paid
by the state, based on a for-
mula that has become some-
what outdated since the big
jump in gasoline prices during
the past year.
“I feel confident the legisla-
ture will adjust the formula,”
Mitchell said, “because under
the present formula many
school districts are hurting.”
The Howe district is to re-
ceive approximately $15,000
this year to cover salaries of
drivers, gasoline, maintenance
and the cost of new buses.
“The fund formula became a
real problem when gasoline
prices started up about a year
ago,” Mitchell said. But in
addition, he explained, there
have been other large coast
increases due to general infla-
tion. Two years ago, for in-
stance, the district paid $6,300
for a new bus, whereas this
year a new bus cost the dis-
trict $9,200.
“We still appear to be all
right for this year,” Mitchell
said, “but in another year I
foresee real problems unless
the legislature actis to change
the formula.”
BE A THRIFTY MOTORIST
Whether you’ve been driving
for 10 days or 10 years, if your
objective is saving money, know-
ing a few basics about how to
drive and maintain your car for
maximum energy and efficiency
is the key.
Drive easily. Fast starts are an
enormous strain on mechanical
parts. It has been estimated that
a single "blast off’ from a traffic
light costs ten cents in tire wear
alone, not to mention the cost in
general wear and tear.
Exercise your engine. The best
thing you can do for your car, be-
sides keeping good oil in it, is to
take it out on a highway once a
week for a good "exercise trip.”It
takes at least a 15 mile run for an
engine to get good and hot — and
heat is exactly what it needs to
sweat out those-acids and burn
out the ruinous deposits.
Howe Eighth Graders Place
Third in Junior Tournament
Howe’s two eighth grade
basketball teams won third
place trophies in the Howe
Junior High School Basket-
ball tournament last weekend,
winning in the first round,
losing the second, then com-
ing back Saturday to win.
The first place trophy in the
boys division was won by Ce-
lina. Second place went to Van
Alstyne, third to Howe, and
Tom Bean Juniors
Defeat Collinsville
The Tom Bean Junior High
basketball teams won both
games against Collinsville
Monday night. The girls won,
£0-18, in overtime with guard
Dana Emerick scoring the
vinning basket when she was
shifted to forward because the
orwards fouled out.
High scorer for the girls was
Terrie Vincent with 6, followed
by Sue Jones with 5, Sallie
Bruton 4, and Tammie Hill
with 3.
The boys won with a score of
33-19. T.D. Taylor scored 10
points.
The Tom Bean junior high
boys won the consolation tro-
phy in the Howe Tournament
last weekend.
They lost their opener on
Thursday to the Howe eighth
grade team, 33-18. Taylor led
the Tom Bean scoring with 10
points, followed by Jeff Trox-
tell with 8.
Friday they defeated Potts-
boro, 22-12, with Taylor scor-
ing 12, Richie Reynolds 4,
Troxtell 4 and Bill Burleson 2.
Saturday afternoon they won
the consolation trophy by
defeating Collinsville, 33-19.
Taylor had 11 points, Troxtell
8 and Darren Gracey 4.
The junior high girls lost*both
their games in the tourn-
ament. Thursday they fell to
Howe, 22-20 in overtime. Ter-
rie Vincent had 12 points and
Sallie Bruton 8. Friday they
were downed by Pottsboro, 24-
23. Sallie Bruton scored 9,
Terri Vincent 6, Tammie Hill
Sue Jone and Mary Wetzel, 2
each.
The junior high teams will
play at Blue Ridge Thursday
night.
the consolation trophy to Tom
Bean.
In the girls’ division, Van
Alstyne won first, Collinsville
second, Howe third, and Ce-
lina the consolation trophy.
Both of Howe’s seventh
grade teams, playing ohly
eighth graders, were eliminat-
ed early.
The seventh grade girls lost
to Celina, 23-18, on Thursday,
then fell to Collinsville on
Friday, 21-5.
The boys lost to Celina, 38-
18, on Thursday and Collins-
ville, 19-17, on Friday.
The eighth grade girls de-
feated Tom Bean, 21-20, in
overtime Thursday, lost to Van
Alstyne, 13-12, Friday, and
beat S&S Saturday.
The eighth grade boys de-
feated Tom Bean, 27-18, Thur-
sday, lost to Van Alstyne.,
16-15, on Friday and came
back Saturday to down S&S,
38-18.
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