The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1982 Page: 1 of 4
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EXPLANATION! - Last week’s paper mentioned that
some stories were postponed due to “technical difficul-
ties.” Well, what that means is that the editor was on
vacation and the June 24 issue was printed a week ahead
of time so she could enjoy her trip and not have to worry
about getting a paper in the mail. You will probably note
that this week’s paper is bulging with news of the Howe
area. I just hope I can get it all in. If there is too much, it
will appear in next week’s paper. I should be caught up
by that time. (You should have seen the stack of mail I
had to go through Monday morning. Also I would like to
thank Anne Engel for opening the office for me for three
mornings last week and taking messages.)
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HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION - Last week
my family took a very nice vacation to Florida to visit my
husband’s grandmother. (She lives about 20 miles north
of Tampa.) As we were nearing the town where grandma
lives, we were watching for a particular mall to know
where to turn. We drove mile after mile and saw mall
after mall (several dozen before we found the one we
were looking for.) Instead of ten miles to go, it was ten
malls to go!
While in Florida, we drove over to Orlando and visited
the Walt Disney World Park. It is an extremely nice park
with lots to see and do. We took a picture of our kids with
Pinnochio and rode a lot of rides. We also saw several
shows - one was a film in a circle theater with a film
showing you the front, back, and sides as if you were
really traveling along.
We also picked up sea shells and waded in the Gulf of
Mexico. One afternoon we drove along the beach from St.
Petersburg north. It was difficult to see the beach much
because even on a narrow strip of land there are
apartments and condominiums and resorts. One interest-
ing thing we saw would put my son out of his lawn
mowing business. Instead of a nice green grassy lawn, a
lot tif homes have small rocks and pebbles as their yard
(front and back in some places). I kind of like to feel the
cool grass on my barefeet sometimes, don’t you?
On our return trip we drove through Arkansas and
visited with some friends just outside of Dardanelle on
the Arkansas River. We drove to the top of Mt. Nebo and
could see a lot of mighty pretty land. But after being
gone about ten days, it sure was nice to cross the Red
River just north of Denison and be back in Texas. I enjoy
sightseeing, but 1 don?t like living out of a suitcase!
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FIREWORKS INJURIES MAR FOURTH OF JULY -
Traffic fatality reports over the July 4 weekend generally
overshadow another category of accidents - fireworks.
Fourth of July and Christmas holidays are when most of
the estimated 6,000 to 7,000 fireworks injuries occur in
the United States each year, according to the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission. About 20 percent
of these are eye injuries, caused mainly by firecrackers
and bottle rockets.
In Texas last year, fireworks caused 72 reported eye
injuries, 48 of which involved bottle rockets. Last year
bottle rockets caused nine of the 12 reported cases of
fireworks blindness in Texas and 11 instances of partial
but permanent vision loss.
Many states through legislation have sharply curbed
fireworks, but Texas has not. Class C “Common’’
fireworks remain legal in Texas under federal law. These
include firecrackers not more than an inch and a half
long, sparklers, fountains, roman candles and bottle
rockets. “Local ordinances are not uniform and are often
poorly enforced,” said Dr. Richard D. Cunningham of
Temple.
Organizations including the American Academy of
Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Pedicatrics,
the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness and
the National Fire Protection agency have encouraged
enactment of strict regulations regarding the use of
fireworks.
“The injuries are unnecessary and preventable,’’
Cunningham added. “As citizens we should urge
strengthening of state and local fireworks regulations and
encourage better enforcement of enacted laws.”
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HOWE DO YOU DO IT? - That’s the name of a new
feature in the Howe Enterprise beginning this week. We
would like to know how “Howe” does things. We invite
readers to call or send in recipes, how-to-fix-it, poems,
sayings, whatever you would like to share with the
readers of the paper. We would also like to spotlight
hobbies or interesting occupations. Don’t be shy. Share
your ideas with all of Howe. We would also like to take
pictures when possible of hobby collections or projects.
Call 532-6012 today. (Home phone is 532-6476.)
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TP&L Granted
5.8 Increase
The Public Utility
Commission has issued a
final order granting Texas
Power & Light Company a
$72 million increase in
revenues which will mean
approximately 5.8 percent
increase in general revenues
According to Jo Ann
Thompson, TP&L Assistant
District Manager in
Sherman, the rate increase
will go into effect July 1. In
some cities, these rates will
be placed into effect under
bond in order to implement
new rates at the same time
throughout TP&L’s service
area.
Ms. Thompson said the
average annual residential
bill will incease about 9
percent as a direct result of
this rate increase, but
Thompson also said cus-
tomers’ bills will raise more
than 9 percent this summer
because of such things as
increased fuel costs and
increased usage.
Small commercial and
industrial customers will see
from these new rates a 2.4
percent increase. Larger
commercial and industrial
customers' revenues will
increase 3.7 percent and
municipal customers, 8 per-
cent. These percentages in-
clude the charge for fuel.
Cheese, Cheese, Cheese!
(Not to be sold or ex-
changed).
A quantity of process
cheese donated by USDA for
re-distribution has been con-
tracted and received by the
City of Howe and the Howe
SNAP Center.
The contract stipulates that
only non-profit organizations
are eligible to distribute the
cheese and enter into a
written agreement that the
contractor (SNAP) has a pro-
cedure for assuring the
cheese be distributed only
for household consumption
by needy persons (withing
the Howe Independent
School District) with no
charges of any kind, includ-
ing charges for handling and
distribution.
The agreement further
states that the criteria to be
used by the distributing con-
tractor (SNAP) is to be es-
tablished locally for its own
eligibility standards.
A mutual agreement by the
City of Howe and the con-
tractor (SNAP) agrees not to
discriminate on the basis of
race, color, creed, sex,
national origin or handicap.
It is further agreed that each
needy individual/household
be eligible to receive one 5
lb. box of cheese. Each in-
dividual will be responsible
to sign a regulation form
declaring their eligibility for
receiving USDA donated
cheese, which will be docu-
mented and kept on file for a
period of three years subject
to audit by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The commodity cheese will
be available to those eligible
each afternoon, beginning
Tuesday, July 6, from 3 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m., until the
supply is depleted.
Mini-bus transportation
will be provided for senior
citizens to pick up cheese on
Tuesday, July 6. Please call
the SNAP Center to make a
reservation.
Should you have a question,
call Nita Tolbert at Howe
SNAP Center, 532-6027.
Tom Bean Graduate
Named Honor Student
Carolyn Denise Freeman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Freeman of Tom Bean,
has received official notifica-
tion that she has been
named to the Society of Dis-
tinguished American High
School Students, a national
tribute to honor outstanding
students of the academic
year.
Miss Freeman is a May
graduate of TBHS and parti-
cipated in many activities
including the Pacesetters
drill team. She served as
lieutenant her sophomore
year, co-captain as a junior
and part of the senior year,
and as captain the remaind-
er of the senior year. She
earned the “Miss Pace-
setter” trophy award as a
lieutenant. She was a
member of FHA four years
and was a Beta Club mem-
ber three years. She was
secretary of the Drama Club
this year, also serving as
publicity chairman. She was
co-editor of the annual staff
and was a member of the
First Baptist Church choir.
She received the “Who’s
Who In Music” award with
membership in the 1982
Music Honors Program and
was also the recipient of the
“Outstanding Female Vocal-
ist" award plaque during
the TBHS choir presentation
of the recent Spring Concert
CAROLYN FREEMAN
’82.
She received the “Best
Actress” trophy award in
the UIL one-act play compe-
tition in District 14AA this
year for her perfromance of
Catherine Howard, one of
King Henry VIH’s wives in
“Enter A Queen.” She also
appeared in one of the lead-
ing roles as Lucy in "You’re
A Good Man, Charlie
Brown,” the spring musical
presented by the TBHS
drama department.
Miss Freeman has been
accepted at North Texas
State University at Denton
where she will begin classes
in the fall. She plans to work
toward her master degree in
English and drama and to
continue her studies in voice
Neal Baker Installed
President of Grayson
Genealogy Group
Neal A. Baker, Jr. was
installed as President of the
Grayson County, Texas,
Genealogical Society on
June 24. Other officers are:
Lois Gunn, 1st Vice Presi-
dent; Polly Statham. 2nd
Vice President; Dorothy
Banfield, 3rd Vice President;
Dorothy Chase, Recording
Secretary; Jacqueline
Vannoy, Corresponding Sec-
retary; Howard Harvey,
Treasurer; Max Shelton,
Historian; Ralph Renshaw,
Sr., Christine Birge,
Thelma Claunch and Mary
Thorn, Directors.
Neal Baker was born in Red
River County, Texas. He
attended public schools
there and in neighboring
Bowie County prior to enter-
ing military service.
He retired from the United
States Air Force after 20
years service in 1959 as a
Chief Warrant Officer. W-3.
He subsequently received a
BA degree from Southeas-
tern Oklahoma State Univer-
sity and MS degree from
East Texas State University.
He majored in history.
He taught at Avery High
School in Red River County,
The
at Kilgore College, and
moved to Denison in 1965 to
leach at Grayson County
College where he taught his-
tory and later served as
Director of Financial Aids
before retiring in 1979.
He is married to the former
Nina Croft of Avery, Texas.
They have three sons. Both
he and his wife have long
been interested in genealogy
and have been associated
with the society since its
inception.
Frontier Village
Open Sundays
Grayson County Frontier
Village at Loy Park is open
for guided tours on Sunday
afternoons at 2:00 p.m. The
first tour is scheduled at
2:00 and then on the hour
and half hour. The gates will
be closed at 4:30 p.m. in
order for tours to be com-
pleted by 5:00 p.m.
A new brochure of Frontier
Village is available at the
village and at the Denison
Chamber of Commerce.
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Thursday, July 1, 1982
Council Holds Routine Meeting
The Howe City Council met
Thursday, June 17, at 7 p.m.
with Mayor J.W. Reed pre-
siding. Council present were
Jack Floodas, Jim Huckaby,
Jack Berry, and Sam Haigis.
Jo Ann Thompson,
manager with TP&L, told
council she filed a bond on
June 16 for rate increase to
be effective July 1. The PUC
has since that time granted a
5.8 percent rate increase to
the company.
Joyce Petty and Sharon
Ellis of General Telephone
told the council they have
made copies of a recent
survey of phone service in
Howe and would be contact-
ing those with problems.
They said they wish to be on
the agenda for the next
council meeting for a follow
up on their survey.
Several ordinances which
had passed council previous-
ly were given a second
reading. City Administrator
Joe Fenton said it was the
policy of past councils to
have two readings.
Jean Norman asked council
to pass a resolution to make
the Howe Library eligible to
be a part of North East
Texas Library System. Coun-
cil approved the resolution.
Council tabled action on
acceptance of a street off
Hwy. 902 south to the Logan
Puckett residence.
Council reviewed letters
from attorney John Ellis and
from Bob Nevill of Video
Vision (Cable TV) concern-
ing extending cable to
Timbercreek. After some
discussion council moved to
drop the matter on a motion
by Floodas. The vote was 3
for and 1 opposed (Berry).
Council also tabled the
Grayson-Collin Coop rate
increase. Several residents
on Swanner Dr. are served
by the company which has
petitioned the PUC for the
rate increase.
Fenton reported to council
concerning road work on
Maple St. that has been
contracted out and work was
to have been started June
21.
Fenton also said part time
employees are being hired
for the summer from funds
in street and water depart-
ments. He plans an inten-
sive street repair project.
Council also discussed the
possibility of trading some
equipment or leasing other
equipment for the street
department. Council said
they needed more informa-
tion to make a decision.
Police Chief Ken Vickers
gave the following police
report for May 20-June 17:
Arrest - 8, tickets written -
13, warnings - 21, prowler
call - 5, theft reports - 3,
motorist assist - 5, police
dept, assist - 7, disturbance
calls - 5, vandalism report -
2, report of lost child - 1,
emergency message - 1,
cattle on highway - 4, burg-
lary - 3, and alarm-open
doors & windows - 2. During
each 24-hour period an
average of 116 miles
were patrolled.
Library Summer Program
1 he Howe Public Library
has announced its schedule
of activities for the Summer
Reading Program. Boys and
girls of all ages are en-
couraged to enroll. Those
who complete the require-
ments will be awarded a
certificate. The require-
are: 1. Read 10 books, 2.
Attend 3 Children’s Hour
programs, and 3. Complete
“Space Capers” game
booklet.
The summer program lasts
six weeks ending with an
awards party. The schedule
of events involves the regu-
larly scheduled Children’s
Hour which is held every
Wednesday from 2 to 3 p.m.
The following programs are
set:
July 7 - “Tricky Mickey,
the Master Magician”
Magic Show with Mickey
Blake.
July 14 - Coding and De-
coding Secret Messages;
story “The Secret Three”
Paula Boyd.
July 21 - “Walt Disney
Day” - 3 animated filmstrips
July 28 - “The Fuzzy
Caterpillar” Puppet Show
and Program, Rita Veale.
Aug. 4 - Songs That Tell
Stories, Jean Norman.
Aug. 11 - Awards Party and
Program.
All children are invited to
each of these programs to be
held Wednesdays from 2 to
3 p.m. at the Howe Library.
Sen. Farabee Wants To
Modify Insanity Defense
Film On Jonestown
DECEIVED, a new film
about the Jonestown,
Guyana, tragedy and other
religious cults, will be shown
at First Baptist Church
Youth Center on July 7 at
7:00 p.m.
Produced and directed by
award-winng film maker Dr.
Mel White, DECEIVED puts
the Jonestown, Guyana,
tragedy in proper perspec-
tive. In reality, this film is
not totally about Jonestown
- its focus is on the living,
not the dead.
Mel White spent four
.months documenting the
true stories of survivors and
ex-People’s Temple cultists,
learning step-by-step just
how James Jones deceived
them. Then he gives an
in-depth record of those
interviews with scenes of
Jones himself leading in
worship as well as the heart-
breaking attempt by a des-
perate father to rescue his
daughter from the cult.
The step-by-step explana-
tion by Jones’s victims of
how he tricked and enslaved
them is a warning beacon to
multitudes across the world
that imposters, crazies and
false Messiahs are lining up
to take Jones’s place both
inside and outside the
church.
DECEIVED doesn’t stop
with just a warning. It pro-
vides helpful Biblical guide-
lines which supplement the
visual impact of the film.
The 913 people who died in
Jonestown might,have lived
if they had seen a film like
DECEIVED and had
struggled with the questions
it raises and accepted its
Biblical guide-lines then
heeded its warnings.
Billy Zeoli, President of
Gospel Films, Inc. which is
releasing the film, said,
“For far too long Americans
have oversimplified the
problem and underplayed
the danger of the cults. This
new film by Mel White is a
practical means of preparing
people for battles ahead.”
Everyone is welcome to
attend.
Senator Ray Farabee of
Wichita Falls has announced
that he intends to introduce
legislation to modify the in-
sanity defense in the next
session of the Texas Legis-
lature.
“The public reaction to the
Hinckley case illustrates how
the defense, as it is some-
times used, undermines
public confidence in our
criminal justice system,”
said Farabee.
“Another controversial
example of the use of the
insanity defense recently
occurred here in Texas,”
Farabee related. “In Feb-
ruary, 1980, a woman in
Wichita Falls cut her 4-year-
old child’s heart out with a
knife. The mother was found
to be insane and committed
to Rusk and Wichita Falls
State Hospitals. Almost two
years to the day after her
child’s death, the woman
was released because the
hospital felt she was no
longer dangerous.”
“The average citizen has
difficulty believing that if
such a person was really
insane, that she could be
‘cured’ so quickly. Mental
health care is not yet a
precise science,” Farabee
said.
Farabee stated that “the
details of the legislation
have not been formulated,
but that several options are
available. Michigan adopted
a verdict of ‘guilty but
mentally ill” in 1976 as an
alternative to a finding of
insanity, and three other
states have followed suit.
Idaho recently abolished the
defense altogether. The
American Bar Association is
also working on a report on
this subject.”
Texas currently has a Men-
tal Health Code Task Force
to recommend changes in
Texas’ mental health laws.
“I have asked the Chairman
of the Task Force to include
the insanity defense in the
study,” said Farabee.
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Holiday
Several Howe businesses
will be closed Monday. July
5, for the Fourth of July
holiday. City Hall. SNAP,
Post Office and Howe State
Bank will be closed July 5.
PAPER CELEBRATION - Early in May someone
papered the house of Howe Band Director, E.E. Schenk.
The bands have been successful the last few years
winning contests, etc. and like to show off their joy with a
"paper celebration."
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