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The
Howe Enterprise
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1977
VOL. XIII
’JIM ECHOES'
.mming
The Pork
d
Reliable rumor from the Post Office has it that L.M.
Harmon, lately the mayor of Dorchester, is negotiating
for a seaside villa in California where he will retire with
the rest of the ousted politicians. Before the deal can be
closed, through, there is a stipulation in the deed he has
to take golf lessons. Dick, Spiro and Jerry need to make it
a foursome.
BEGINNING TODAY
WEEKLY MENUS
FOR SNAP CENTER PROGRAM
See Page 6
I was walking down Haning Street toward the overpass
when I happened tb overtake thi ieilow in the 10-gallon
Stetson and diamond-studded boots walking along with a
“Down With Carter” sign.
I immediately, recognized him as Senator Fogbarrel
who was defeated for re-election in 1954 but has been too
urunk ever since to realize it.
“What’s your problem, Senator?” I asked. “I thought
you were a Carter man through and through.”
“That was before the dirty goatroper went and tried to
kill my dam on the creek above Super-S,” he said. “He
claims that the other.89 senators and I who are getting
dams built are wasting money and he’s going to put a
stop to it all. But look what happened. Just last week the
'floods washed all that mud down onto Super-S parking lot
and with my dam' it wouldn’t have happened.”
“But Senator,” I replied. “Wouldn’t a dam on the
creek above Super-S be expensive? I mean the city could
probably buy a bulldozer that worked and scrape the mud
off cheaper than it could build a dam.”
The senator snorted. “A mere hundred million dol-
lars,” he shouted. “Why that’s only a drop in the bucket
when you consider all the money we spend every year to
prop up that.commie DeGaulle in France.”
“DeGaulle has been dead for 10 years, Senator,” I
replied. “And I don’t think I ever heard him called a
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commie before.”
“Well, he was something...not one of us. And sneaky,
tfio. I’ll bet he’s not dead. Watch out on Easter Sunday.”
* “Anyway,” he continued, “That’s not the point. It’s
gotten to where a politician can’t even spend a few billion
a year on dams so he can keep voters happy. This Carter
fellow acts like that money is his or sofhething.”
“But he says we don’t need them. They are just
porkbarrelling, boondoggles to keep the politicians in
power,” I replied.
“Them’s fightin’ words, son,” the Senator shouted as
he hopped on a pork barrel and drew the .45 he carries at
his side. “Take 'em back or I’ll ...” He never finished.
He got dizzy and fell to the ground.
“As the attendants hauled him to the ambulance he
regained partial consciousness. “Just think,” he mumbl-
ed. “All of south Howe will be a lake—Fogbarrel Lake,
that is—and for a mere hundred million.
“And look at the benefits it will bring...why next year I
can introduce a bill in congress to spend $200 million
more relocating all the people whose homes the lake
flooded. If that Carter fellow will just stay out of my
business.”
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Mrs. E.E. Clark Tries on Easter Bonnet
A!l the Frills Upon It
Howe’s first annual Easter
Parade—“Sixty-Plus” style—
will be held between 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Friday.at the SNAP
(Senior Citizens) Center.
Mrs. Juanita Tolbert, site
manager of the center, issued
an invitation to “all ladies
having reached the youthful
age of sixty-plus to vie of the
coveted title of ‘Mo‘ t Beauti-
ful Sixty-Plus” by .lOquently
parading her Easter bonnett
and finery.”
She said the only require-
ment is for the candidates to
be present in their most “un-
usual” attire, which can be
, their newest or oldest outfit.
The winner will be selected
by votes cast by each senior
citizen' present at the center
that day for the regular SNAP
meal. Prizes will be awarded
to the winner and runner-up.
Winners will be announced
after lunch.
Mrs. Tolbert also announced
that SNAP has begun giving
special recognition and award
to the senior citizens with 100
per cent attendance at the
regular Monday-Wednesday-
Friday meals and activities.
Those honored for perfect at-
tendance in March are Mrs.
* H. (Shellie) Bost and Mrs.
John (Etta) Williams.
Sign To Be Erected at School
After a number of years of
waiting, "working, and saving,
the Student Council at Howe
High School is going to get a
large sign at the school on
which upcoming events can be
advertised.
Principal L.H. Linker told the
school board Monday the sign
will be about 6-by-10 feet, will
contain a bulldog emblem and
will be white with movable
black lettering.
The student councils for a
number of years have been
raising money for the sign,
and this year, the $700 goal
was reached. The sign has
been ordered and is expected
to be delivered before the end
of the school year, he said.
Linker said the students want
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CHURCH GOES UP—Workmen are shown framing
e educational building portion of the new First
-d Methodist Church in Howe. The $135,000 struc-
which is being built on Highway 5 in North Howe,
will include sanctuary and educational building and is
expected to be completed by mid-summer. Akins Con-
struction Co. of Van Alstyne is the general contractor on
the project.
to place the sign at the front of
the school in a spot where it
will be visible from King
Street and also to cars going
around the front of the school.
Board members suggested
that the matter be left up to
the students and administra-
tion. Since the students raised
the money they should have
the major decision in the
placement.
The board also asked Supt.
Glen Mitchell to prepare a
letter of commendation to the
present and past Student
Councils for their efforts in
getting the sign.
In an unrelated matter, Link-
er reported to the board that
the school is studying a sched-
ule next yeat whereby the
girls’ drill team and band
practice would both be held
during the fifth period, thus
leaving the sixth period free
for girls to practice basketball.
This, he said, would permit
girls basketball practice 't<
begin at the first of the school
year, as requested by Coach
Blackie Wade.
By putting drill team and
band practice together, it
would pose little problem, he
said, since the two organiza-
tions work together much of
the time, anyway.
This year, drill team and
girls’ basketball was schedul-
ed the same period, which
prevented most of the girls
from beginning basketball
practice at the first of the
year.
Roberts Wins
Re-Election Bid
By Big Margin
City of Howe voters mostly
stayed at home last Saturday,
but those who did show up at
the polls gave solid endorse-
ment to Mayor Dwain Roberts.
Roberts, who was receiving
his first head-to-head chal-
lenge as mayor, received 127
votes to only 41 for his oppon-
ent, Bobby Starnes.
Starnes had sought to base
his campaign on a contention
that Roberts was not providing
enough leadership in fighting
against increases in utility
rates, but apparently the issue
did not catch fire with the
voters.
Thus, Roberts, who owns
Dwain’s Paint and Body Shop,
will return for his second full
term as mayor. He also served
slightly more than a year of
the unexpired term of Ray
Houston in 1974-75.
Two incumbent councilmen,
R.L. Cate and N.D. Moses,
were unopposed and received
146 and 152 votes respectively
in Saturday’s city election.
An extremely light turnout of
only 169 persons showed up at
the polls.
For city council, one per-
JAMES W. STEWART
Stewart Wins
In Dorchester
James W. Stewart, who has
resided in Dorchester for two
years, was the upset winner
last Saturday over incumbent
Mayor L.M. Harmon. Stewart
won by one vote, 22-21.
He is employed by Texas In-
struments in Sherman, and
also was a candidate in Satur-
day’s Howe School Board elec-
tion, but ran' fourth, -
Harmon has been mayor of
Dorchester since it was incorp-
orated in 1972 and was a
leader in establishing the new
water system in 1975. Wh,en it
opened, the system contained
185 meters and now has more
than 200. A recently authoriz-
ed booster station will increase
the number to 400.
Also in Saturday’s election
Ernest Bennett was returned
to council with 39 write-in
votes, and Don Ferrer obtain-
ed the other council seat with
14 write-in votes.
School Vote
The official vote totals in
. Saturday’s election for two
places on the Howe Indepen-
dent School District Board of
Trustees:
Howe Dorch. Total
Powell 134 29 163
Bledsoe 115 20 135
Stewart 28 17 45
Bearden 97 7 104
Write-ins: David Catching, 1;
Lela Nolen, 2; Curtis Sim-
mons, 1; Bill Wardlaw, 1.
SOn—Garry Frantz-—received
a write-in vote. It was the only
write-in vote cast in the ele-
ction.
Roberts^ Cate and Moses will
take their oath of office for the
next two years following the
official canvass of the vote at
the April 20 council election.
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DWAIN ROBERTS
N.D. MOSES
R.L. CATE
School Be
Picks Norman
As President
Jack. Norman, a Dorchester
area farmer and veteran mem-
ber of the Howe School Board,
was elected president of the
board for the next year at the
board’s annual organizational
meeting Monday night.
Norman, who is beginning
his sixth year on the board,
replaces Ray Bledsoe as presi-
dent. Bledsoe and William
Powell were re-elected to the
board by Howe Independent
School District Voters in Satur-
day’s school elections.
This will be Norman’s third
term as president of the
board. He served in that
capacity during the 1974-75
year and the 1975-76 year.
In the board voting Monday
night, it took two ballots for
Norman to emerge the winner.
He, Leon Williams and Bled-
soejivere all nominated, and
on the first ballot Norman and
Williams tied with three votes
each and Bledsoe received
one. On the second ballot—
a runoff between Norman and
Williams—Norman got'the
extra vote for a 4-3 victory.
Leon Thornhill was elected
vice president, and Williams
was elected secretary.
The election of officers by
board members followed by
two days the general election
in which four persons sought
two seats on the board.
Powell, who was completing
his first term on the board led
the ticket with 163 votes, and
Blesdsoe finished second with
135. Jimmy Bearden of Howe
had 104 votes and James W.
Stewart of Dorchester had 45.
A total of only 231 votes was
cast—193‘nn Howe and 38 im
Dorchester—which was re--
garded as an extremely light
■ turnout. It was less than half
the number who voted in the
1976 school elections.
JACK NORMAN
RAY BLEDSOE
WILLIAM POW
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