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75059
Voi. XVIII, No. 5
™* Howe Enterprise
Your Home Town Newspaper
USPS 253240 Thursday, July 29, 1982
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Howe’s that...
JUDGE ROY BEAN, the “Law West of the Pecos,’ once
fined an unidentified corpse $40 for carrying a concealed
weapon.
The wily old judge had a reason -- he knew he’d have to
hire someone to bury the body. As one longtime Langtry
resident put it, “Roy Bean may have been a murderer
and a robber but he was a good man in his way.”
Texas Highways Magazine in its August issue cele-
brates the 100th anniversary of Roy Bean’s appointment
as Justice of the Peace of Precinct 6 of Pecos County with
a feature on the white-bearded old gentleman who
became a legend in his own time.
A companion piece, “Pecos Country,” provides this
month’s scenic delight, with photographs showing the
grandeur of the canyons along the Rio Grande and the
Pecos River in Judge Roy Bean country. In one scene that
readers will want to cut out and frame, an elusive
mountain lion slips out of the sunlit river cane to drink in
the Rio Grande.
The “Judge Roy Bean” issue of Texas Highways marks
the magazine’s debut on newsstands in major Texas
cities and selected areas outside the state. The maga-
zine already goes into the mailboxes of more than
225,000 subscribers, but it plans to make a few more
friends every month at selected bookstores, newsstands,
retail stores, and airports.
Some 37,000 copies of this monthly publication, pro-
duced by the State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation, will be distributed by 30 wholesalers in
Texas cities plus Chicago, New York, Oklahoma City,
Tulsa, and Carlsbad, New Mexico. The newsstand price
is $1.50.
Or you may subscribe for a year by sending a check for
$10 ($15 to foreign addresses) to Texas Highway
Magazine, Box 5016, Austin, TX 78763. Other features in
the August issue are the town of Salado and Billy Bob’s,
the world’s largest honky-tonk.
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WORKING MOMS - Your attitude about your work will
affect your children’s views. According to a specialist
with Texas A&M Extension Service, when mothers feel
good about their work outside the home, the effect on
their children is more likely to be1 positive.
V Three guidelines are suggested to help meet the needs
of families in which the mother works:
1) Mothers should share their work with the family.
Children who have some information about their mother’s
employment are more likely to understand it. Mothers
should talk about their jobs with the children and take
them to places of employment when feasible and
introducing them to the people “Mom works with.”
2) Mothers should consider the adjustments the children
must make. The whole family must adjust routines,
schedules and responsibilities. Most complaints from
children are: “We miss out on all the fun.” “We have
too many household responsibilities.” or “We miss not
having Mom at home when we return from school.”
Complaints can be avoided when mothers communicate
with children about routines and responsibilities. As the
children mature, they recognize the contribution they
make to the balance of home and work life.
3) Mothers should assure children of a primary interest
in them. To increase children’s sense of security, take
time to listen when they talk about the days activities and
about “just things.” Also, “be around” when possible.
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CORRECTION - Last week we gave the wrong figure for
calling to Sherman if a per call charge is assessed. The
correct figure should be 8c per minute instead of 20c per
minute. See article on City-of■•Howe’s EAS Survey for
more information.
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Physicals Set Up
For Athletes
High School Athletic Direc-
tor Buck Smith has set up a
time for physicals for both
male and female athletes
with Dr. Donald Boudreau of
Van Alstyne.
Any athlete who does not
have a physical date set up
with his or her own doctor
can go on Saturday, July 31,
to Dr. Boudreau’s office for
a physical. Female athletes
are scheduled for 8 a.m. to
9:30 a.m., and male athletes
from 9:30 a.m. on.
Each athlete is asked to
bring a physical form, a
urine speciman, and $10 for
the physical. A bus will
leave from the high school
gym at 7:45 a.m. for the
female athletes and at 9:15
a.m. for the male athletes.
Physical forms are available
from any of the coaches or
from the high school office.
1982 Football Schedule
The Howe Bulldogs will play two scrimmages: Aug. 20
at Aubrey. 6 p.m. and Aug. 27 Princeton at Howe 6 p.m.
Sept. 4 (Sat.)
Coppell (H)
8:00
Sept. 11 (Sat.) Royce City (T)
8:00
Sept. 17
Celina (T)
8:00
*Sept. 24
Anna (H)
7:30
♦Oct. 1
S&S (T)
7:30 1
♦Oct. 8
Farmersville (H)
7:30
♦Oct. 15
Pottsboro (T)
7:30
**Oct. 22
Tom Bean (H)
7:30
♦Oct. 29
Van Alstyne (T)
7:30 !
♦♦♦Nov. 5 \
Whitewright (H)
7:30 |
(*Districf.V
*Homecoming, ♦♦♦Parents’ Night)
TELEPHONE RATE INCREASE EXPLAINED
The Public Utility
Commission approved a
$46.8 million in new
revenues for General Tele-
phone Company of the
Southwest during final
hearings July 14 on the
company’s $110 million rate
filing.
Under the order Howe
customers will receive a
slight refund on rates that
were put into effect June 4.
The rate approved by PUC
for Howe one-party resi-
dence phones is $12.95 per
month. The bonded rate that
was put in effect June 4 was
for $13.10 so Howe cus-
tomers should receive a
refund of 15c. The business
rate for one-party which was
approved was $34.30, 30c
less than the bonded rate of
$34.60.
Refunds with interest will
be shown as credits on bills
in the next few months.
New charges were allowed
by the PUC for directory
assistance calls over 10 per
month and a late charge to
business customers for late
payment. (See related ar-
ticle for information on these
charges.)
E.L. “Buddy” Langley,
president of GTE, also
added an explanation on the
EAS charges for toll-free
calling between exchanges.
He said the PUC agreed
with the company’s proposal
to bill only customers who
have EAS for the additional
investments required to pro-
vide the service, and to show
those charges separately on
customer bills.
“Some customers have
misunderstood the change.
It ia a charge customers
have paid in the past; how-
ever, it was not formerly
shown as a separate charge
on their monthly bills,” he
explained.
New Charges For
Directory Assistance,
Late Payment
Two new charges will be in
effect beginning in August
for customers of General
Telephone. These changes
were approved by the Public
Utility Commission on July
14.
One charge will be 25-cents
for each call to directory
assistance after a 10-call per
month limit. The, other
charge involves a penalty for
late payment of bills for
business customers only.
Beginning August 1, GTE
customers in Texas will be
charged for calls to directory
assistance that exceed a 10-
call month limit.
“The increasing volume of
calls to directory assistance
is one factor that has made
local basic monthly rates
paid by all customers go up
in the past,” E.R. “Rad”
Richardson, operations
manager for the Sherman
area said. “With the
directory assistance
charging plan, the local rate
increases recently placed in
effect were less than what
they would have been with-
out directory assistance
charging.”
Richardson pointed out that
charging for calls to direc-
tory assistance exceeding a
10-call per month limit will
have little effect on the
majority of the company’s
customers, except to help
keep basic rates lower than
they would be without the
charge.
“Our studies have shown
that about 9 percent of the
total directory assistance
users make nearly half of all
calls to directory assistance,’
Richardson said.
“Under the previous
method, the cost of provid-
ing directory assistance was
spread among all customers,
regardless of whether they
use the service or not,” the
GTE company manager said.
“Customers formerly could
make an unlimited number
of calls to directory assis-
tance without paying a
separate charge.
“As a result, customers
who never use the service or
who used it very little were
paying just as much through
their local rates as the heavy
users for this service.
“Charging for excessive
use will transfer the costs to
those who use the service
extensively, resulting in
keeping basic local rates
lower than they would be
otherwise."
Each GTE customer will
have a 10-call per month per
line allowance without
charge. The caller can also
obtain a maximum of two
telephone numbers during
each call under the plan
approved by the PUC.
“We feel this will take care
of new listings and number
changes most customers will
need during the course of a
month,” the manager said.
“After the 10-call limit, a
25-eent charge per request
will be assessed.”
Calls for which no charge
would be assessed will be
those made from coin tele-
phones, from hospitals, by
certified handicapped
persons who cannot use a
telephone directory, and
calls for long-distance direc-
tory assistance which are
offset by a long-distance call
According to Richardson,
persons who are handi-
capped and cannot use a
telephone directory to look
up numbers should contact
the GTE office to be exempt
from this charge.
GTE business customers
who do not pay their tele-
phone bills on time will be
charged a late charge fee on
past due amounts effective
August 4.
This charge applies only to
business customers and will
be equal to 5 percent of the
delinquent amount. The late
charge will apply if the bill is
not paid by the due date
shown on the bill.
Richardson explained that
the late pay charge is
designed to place the costs
associated with collecting
past due business account
bills on those customers who
cause the costs.
Football
Practice
Two-a-day workout for high
school football athletes will
begin on August 9, accord-
ing to Coach Buck Smith.
The workouts will be from
7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and
again at 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. This will last until Fri-
day night. On Saturday, Aug
14 an intersquad scrimmage
and ice cream supper will be
held at the football field.
The scrimmage will begin at
7 p.m.
Football shoes will be on
sale starting Wednesday,
Aug. 4. at the field house.
Two types of shoes are avail-
able: Spot-Bilt rubber sole
for $20 and Spot-Bilt detach-
able cleat for $30. These
shoes are guaranteed and
will be replaced if they tear
up during the season.
“If their statement shows,
for example, a charge of
$7.90 for local service and
$5.50 for EAS, they would
still be paying the same total
of $13.40 if the rates were
not shown separately.”
He said EAS was estab-
lished prior to the
commission assuming juris-
diction over telephone rates.
It was made available when
the community of interest
was determined to include
one or more neighboring ex-
changes. The service was
established in response to
this public interest and local
rates were increased to
reflect the company’s
additional investment. The
City of Howe
EAS Survey
The following survey will
be in the City of Howe water
bills to be delivered the first
of August:
General Telephone Com-
pany has recently changed
its rate structure. One of
those changes made was to
separate the charge for local
telephone service (calling a
532-number) from the
charge for Extended Area
Service (calling Sherman
numbers). The old rate for
both services in Howe was
$8.50 per month. The new
rate for local service is $7.45
and the charge for EAS
service is $5.50 which makes
the monthly charge for a
residential telephone in
Howe $12.95.
Without EAS a call to
Sherman would cost 8c per
minute. This means you
could only talk to a party in
Sherman 68 times each
month for one minute or less
each time, or 27 times each
month for three minutes or
less, or 6 times per week for
three minutes or less each
time, or twice a month for 34
minutes each time, for the
same price you are paying to
have unlimited calls to
Sherman from Howe.
This charge for EAS could
be eliminated by making the
present EAS service no
longer available to anyone in
Howe and forcing everyone
to pay by the minute for all
of their calls from Howe to
Sherman and from Sherman
to Howe.
The Howe City Council
would like your opinion on
this matter. Please complete
the following questionnaire
and return it to the mail slot
at City Hall, 116 E. Haning
or PO Box 518, Howe, Texas
75059 before August 15,
1982.
Does your family use Ex-
tended Area Service now
and do you wish to continue
to be able to call Sherman
numbers as often as needed
for a single monthly rate.
---Yes, I often call
Sherman for more than 68
minutes each month.
---No, I seldom call
Sherman more than 68
minutes each month.
---No, I very seldom
call Sherman and I do not
want EAS at any price.
Please sign name and give
phone number.
Those who do not receive a
City of Howe water bill but
are on the Howe telephone
system are encouraged to fill
out a survey available at City
Hall or you may use this
form in the newspaper.
The Howe City Council will
use the results of the survey
to determine if customers of
the Howe telephone ex-
change wish to continue with
the EAS service.
service is not an optional
type of service; therefore, all
customers in an exchange
have the service, if it is
provided.
“When the state com-
mission was established, in-
vestments and expenses
were recovered statewide.
Customers in an exchange
without EAS paid the same
rate as customers in a city of
similar size who did have
EAS. This resulted in cus-
tomers without EAS paying
rates that helped recover the
costs of providing EAS to
those who had the service,"
he continued.
General Telephone sought
to have rates established
wherein customers with EAS
would pay the costs associa-
ted with this type of service
rather than all customers
statewide paying for those
costs.
“The revenues required for
juniors and/or seniors, and a
two-hour course for junior
and/or seniors.
Equipment has been pur-
chased to set up three work
stations with word processor
print outs. There will also be
one IBM electric typewriter
and 2 IBM correcting selec-
tric typewriters; five Texas
Instrument calculators; and
from Lanier three transcrib-
ing machines and one com-
bination dictating and trans-
cribing machine.
Mrs. Stewart added, “I’m
looking forward to teaching
this program. It is exciting
and will be a great opportun-
ity for Howe students and
the Howe community.”
local and EAS services were
known, as were the minutes
of use by customers for each
type of calling--local and
EAS. By basing rates on the
corresponding minutes of
use, we were able to deter-
mine what the local and EAS
rates should be.
“Since this was known, the
company felt it was in the
public interest for customers
to know what they are pay-
ing for the service.”
“COLD COOL AID” - was sold on the corner of Haning
and Bean last weekend by Brad Turner (in left box) and
Paul Landes (right). Also shown is customer and helper
Hank Scaggs. The boys were trying to earn money for a
go-cart. i
V.O.E. Students
Need To Sign Up
High school students who
want to participate in the
new V.O.E. (Vocational
Office Education) program
need to send a postcard to
Howe High School, PO Box
576, Howe, TX 75059. Both
the student and the parents
need to sign this card in
order for the student to be
enrolled.
Mrs. Pat Stewart, teacher
for the classes, asks that
students do not call the high
school. She said she will be
at the high school the second
week of August to answer
any questions.
Classes to be offered are a
one-hour course for sopho-
mores, a one-hour course for
Conservation Tillage
Fights Soil Erosion
Conservattion tillage
systems are many and
varied but they all have
three things in common,
according to John L. Kazda,
Conservation Agronomist
with the Soil Conservation
Service. Conservation tillage
systems reduce soil erosion,
conserve moisture and
reduce the use of fuel.
There are many different
types of systems going from
no tillage to three or four
tillage operations. Some are
developed for crop rotation
and others for continuous
single cropping. Still others
are for double cropping.
The most used systems in
North Texas today include
wheat-grain sorghum rota-
tions, continuous cropping of
wheat or grain sorghum, and
double cropping of wheat
and soybeans or wheat and
grain sorghum.
In 1981 Dub Davis of Bon-
ham double cropped grain
sorghum after wheat. After
harvesting 50 bushel wheat
he used a no-till planter and
seeded grain sorghum in the
stubble on June 19. One and
one-half quarts of Lorax and
one quart of MSMA was
used for weed control. The
grain sorghum was har-
vested in late October with a
4200 pound per acre average
yield.
These double crop systems
work in years of average or
above rainfall. A decision
has to be made at wheat
harvest time if a second crop
should be planted. A good
rule of thumb is to plant
when soil moisture is good
throughout the soil profile.
If you have a field that is
free of perennial weeds and
is not poorly drained and
want to try a conservation
tillage system, contact your
local SCS office.
Men’s Softball
Tournament Set
The Howe Youth Sports
League will sponsor a Men’s
Industrial Softball Tourna-
ment to raise money for a
new fence. The dates will be
Aug. 16-21.
Entry fee will be $65
payable to Howe Youth
Sports League, Box 214
Howe. The tournament will
Children’s
Hour
Children’s Hour at the
Howe Public Library con-
tinues each Wednesday
afternoon from 2-3 p.m.
Programs are:
Aug. 4 - Songs That Tell
Stories with Jean Norman
Aug. 11 - Awards Party and
Program.
The Library is open Mon-
day through Friday, 1-5 p.m.
and Saturdays, 9-11 a.m.
The phone number is 532-
6723.
Drill
Team
Camp
Twenty-one students from
Jowe High School joined
>ver 600 other Texas stu-
ients at a summer Drill
ream Camp held at East
rexas State University in
Commerce July 11-16.
Howe received a red ribbon
For their daily evaluations
md a blue ribbon for their
Final evaluation. Blue
ribbons were awarded for
superior efforts, red for
excellent, white for out-
standing and pink for honor-
able mention.
Special events during the
five-day camp included a
watermelon feast, an ice
cream party and a talent
show. Lesby Ray and Assoc-
iates were instructors for the
be limited to 16 teams with
15 men rosters. For more
information call Dan Horrell
at 532-5303 or Gary Engel at
532-6143.
Individual trophies for first,
second, third and fourth will
be given. Deadline for entry
is Aug. 11.
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Rideout, Lana. The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1982, newspaper, July 29, 1982; Howe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1015222/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .