The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1987 Page: 1 of 6
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Jridy G. Singletary
Rt. 1 . Box 16k
Jito, Tdxcis 75925
Per Issue
The Alto Herald
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«nd The Wells News TV Views
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Vol.92No. 27
Thursday, November 12, 1987
6 Pages
WELLS VARSITY CHEERLEADERS are preparing a special
routine for the Nov. 17 basketball game versus Apple Springs. The
routine will be done to the recording "Lost in Emotion.” Cheerleaders
are, left to right, back row, Anna Gulledge, Kendra Rosenberger and
Jeanna Hopper. Front, Tammy Crick, Janna Gulledge, Tracie
Bailey, Michelle Williams and Dana McKnight. staffphoto
Historical photo copying
slated in county sessions
Council raises workers
In a move to establish an archive
of photographs of historical
significance to Cherokee County, the
Cherokee County Historical Com-
mission will stage the first of two
sessions for copying such
photographs Saturday, Nov. 21 in
the meeting room of the Cherokee
County Electric Co-op on US 69 north
in Rusk, according to Project
Chairman Grady C. Singletary.
The second session for copying
such photographs will be Dec 5 in
the auditorium of the Jacksonville
Public Library.
The Rusk photograph copying
session will begin at 9 a.m. and will
continue through 5 p.m. The session
m Jacksonville will begin at 10 a.m.
and will continue through 5 p. m
Members of the historical com-
mission will staff the copying cen-
ters on both days to receive the old
photographs, record the infor-
mation pertaining to them, and
then return the photographs to their
owners immediately after they are
copied. The actual copying
procedure will take only a few
minutes and will not damage the
original photographs, the chairman
said.
Since a project of this type was
conducted in Alto last year, a
copying session has not been
scheduled there Persons in the Aito
area who did not get such
photographs copied then can take
them to Rusk or Jacksonville for
copying, the chairman explained
As complete as possible a collection
is desired
No fee will be charged to persons
who let the historical commission
copy their historic photographs, but
anyone desiring a print of such a
photograph can order one from the
Commission for $3 for the 5x7-inch
sue or *4 for the BxlO-inch There is
BRIEFS
AISD Board to hold meeting
The Alto Independent School
District Board of Education will
hold its regular monthly meeting at
7 30 p m tonight, Nov 12, in the Alto
High School Library. The public is
welcome toattend
I railhlazers program planned
Thursday, Nov 12 the
Trailbla/.ers of A Frank Smith
United Methodist Church will meet
for their regular monthly meeting
The program will tie given by Inez
S[H ars A variety program is plan
ned
Come early lor fellowship and
games
I filiations given to Alto Innd
As of Friday, Nov 11, the Alio
Emergency Ambulance received
dona t ions from t tie lol low mg
Jake and Mary I *ai kei ,
< ormie Knott,
and Anonymous
Me ml mi atop stayed the same
no obligation for anyone to purchase
a new print, Singletary stressed.
The old photographs will be copied
on the spot and returned to the
owners immediately so that they
can return them to their albums or
files. Prints of the photographs for
the archives will be made from the
copy negatives.
Photographs desired for copying
must be not less than 50 years old
and must be black and white or sepia
(brown-toned). Colored
photographs cannot be copied
Members of the Cherokee County
Commissioners Court canvassed the
Nov 3 General Constitutional Elec-
tion returns at their Monday mor-
ning meetings.
During the Monday meeting,
members of the court authorized the
payment of longevity pay for Evelyn
Wilcox, health unit employee The
county is reimbursed for her salary
by the state, but the county is
required to pay for all fringe
benefits. The longevity pay will
come from the health unit’s existing
budget and the county is not to pay
any additional funds during the
The Alto Yellowjackets completed
the 1987 football season last Friday
in Alto with a 41-0 loss to Groveton.
The Jackets ended the year with a 4
6 record
"The year was disappointing to all
concerned but when the injury
situation is figured in, it probably
wasn’t all that bad,” said Alto Head
Coach Jim Fitzhugh “We never got
settled into positions because of
having to shift around to fill in for in-
juries We had five starters missing
that started in Mabank last week
That’s almost half of our starting
unit We had down spells, but I think
as a whole the team played hard
most of the year I am positive, we
were emotionally ready to give a
good effort in Groveton but we got
behind so fast, it was hard to stay up
I am proud of our team, they faced a
lot of adversity injuries, bad
breaks, etc , during the year I am
positive, we grew up a lot as a
team "
"Groveton scored on their first
I tins- (Missessions and I tie outcome
was never in doubt We wanted to
run at them and try to control the
ball," continued the Coach,
"however, without Mike Kiclinr
dson, we were limited m what we
could do passing It was just a lough
night |’ii like to thank the fans that
tiling with the team through the
year I’ve told our team tough I lilies
don’t last, lull lough |M*ople do The
same things hold true Im the fans
When the going’s lough, you can tell
who voin friends are, and it’s sure
good In have some' "
The I’nacli |M>mled out the play ol
Paul Dixon, John!Sim I It, Kevin l*n|ie
Bids for a much needed backhoe
was one of the topics discussed at
Monday night’s Alto City Council
meeting. All councilpersons were
present with the exception of Dixie
Dolcater. Mayor R A Wallace han-
ded all unopened bids to councilman
Buell Rogers to open and read.
Phil Martin from Bennett Equip-
ment Company, Tyler, submitted a
bid for a large case 580K at a
delivery price of $28,825 and a
smaller Case 480E with delivery
price set at $24,998. An additional
$800 was bid for a ditch cleaning
bucket attachment. These backhoes
had a one year warranty on all parts
and a two-year drive train warran-
ty-
Charlie Brown of Harold Mar-
chinery Company, Lufkin, submit-
ted bids on a large John Deere 310 C
at a delivery cost of $25,100 and a
smaller John Deere 210C at a
delivery cost of $23,000. And ad-
ditional $850 was the verbal bid for a
ditch cleaning bucket. The John
Deere warranty includes six months
100 per cent replacement on any
defective parts and a two year drive
train warranty.
The Council, under a motion by
Bobbie Holcomb, voted
unanimously to purchase the John
Deere 210C which was decided by
city workers, Terry Black, Ronnie
Tyer and Johnny Pate was the size
needed for all city work
Brown then showed Mayor
Wallace and the Council, the John
Deere Credit Corporation options
for municipalities which has 7 per-
cent interest and a no penalty
clause for early pay off. Councilman
Buell Rogers made a motion to ac-
current budget year, according to
action of the court
Carl Skillern of Jacksonville
discussed the county’s leasing of
copying machine with members of
the commissioners court He said he
had known that the purchase of
copying machines had been put out
to bid.
County Judge Emmett Whitehead
told Skillern that the copying
machine in the district clerk’s office
had gone out. Copying work for that
office was being done on the copier in
the county clerk's office. After the
copier in the county clerk’s office
and Darryl Richardson as con-
sistent in the game He also praised
the offense as having played and
blocked well on a "tough, speedy”
Indian defense
Alto will have thirteen seniors
graduating this year Due to small
cept the three year lease agreement
and the motion carried
unanimously. Brown stated that the
new John Deere Loader would be
delivered Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Next, order of business by the
Council, was tlie approval uf a gram
application in which the city of Alto
would receive $237,000 to curb, gut-
ter and pave Maggie Sessions
went out, something had to be done
to provide copying service for attor-
neys preparing for the Kitchens
murder trial, Whitehead said
A copier firm from Palestine
brought over two copiers in about
one hour, the judge reported at the
meeting
Bids had been sought prior to
budget approval, but the matter was
tabled at the time of the adoption of
the county budget, County Clerk
Fairy Upshaw said
Chuck Haynes of Exxon Corp met
with the commissioners to discuss a
county road of Southwest Properties
class size, seven juniors and seven
sophomores will be returning next
year. Next year's team will feature
a large number of sophomores out of
a class of 34 freshmen
“Good Luck. Jackets and Thanks
for ‘hangin’ tough,”’ concluded the
Coach.
Street, Dickey St. and Ahern St In
order to receive the grant, the City
must sponsor $42,000 in order to get
the$237,000. The Mayor stated that
in order to receive the grant without
a percentage rate, Alto would have
ndu to have yo percent low income on
each of the streets mentioned. Only
62 percent were considered low in-
come therefore he recommended to
across the Exxon right-of-way He
said his firm’s engineers had
requested that Southwest Proper-
ties put casing over the pipelines,
but nothing had been done He repor-
ted to the court that his attorneys
were writing a letter Monday giving
Southwest Properties two weeks
to do something about the casings
Carl Roddy met with the court to
ask for assistance in controlling
dumping on his roadway He said he
lives on the old Rusk Gallatin Road
and dumping is frequent on
his property t he court granted him
permission to construct a fence
ciiuiig the side of tlic ioauway.
Representatives from the health
unit will be asked to go through the
garbage and see if they can locate a
name of the person dumping there.
In another matter, the resignation
of A J Cavazos as election judge for
box 17 wasaccepted.
The court authorized E L DeFoor
and members of Euclid Lodge No 45
to ask the Grand Lodge of Texas to
lay a cornerstone at the new
Cherokee County Jail
The appointment of Jack White as
the Council to put up the 20 percent
($42,000) to help get the grant. Coun-
cilman Marshall Bynum asked, "If
we do not get the grant, will we have
to pay out the $42,000 anyway?"
"Definitely no," stated City Ad
mmistrator Maty Clem Williams,
"Only if we are approved will the
money be touched. ’ ’
See *CITY COUNCIL, P. 2
emergency management coor-
dinator was approved at the
meeting. White’s salary was set at
$150 per month. Judge Whitehead
said he was working on a contract
with CAP for rent for use of county
office space That rent is to bring in
around $250 per month. If this rent
contract is formulated, White will
get another $50 for use of his equip-
ment The other $200 will go into a
fund to finance emergency
management services
In other matters, members of the
court approved the installation of a
pipeline by the Powell Gas Pipeline
COniony aiuiijt, County load i igili uf
way in Precinct 4 and the laying of
an underground cable along a coun
ty road in Precinct l
Members voted to use county per-
sonnel, equipment and supplies in
filling up old abandoned w ater w ells
whenever necessary
Council votes
to replace
missing signs
Wells City Council voted to
replace 11 missing stop signs and
other street signs during its regular
monthly meeting last Monday night
All members, except absent alder
man Danny Colbert, voted for the
replacement which totals $484 65
Council members agreed that better
installation of the signs would be
used to deter the stealing of those
signs
Councilmen voted to table until
the next meeting the suk leave
policy and the hand! ig of stray
dogs
\ \\ ater line w ill tv extended to the
Goodvvm home on the old Forest
Road Work on that line will Ivv
this W ivk
\ vacuum cleaner will be put
eliasod for the City Hall instead ot
using employ oes v aeuums
Conned memlvrs v otod on County
\ppr.usal dinvtors and \ otod to pav
all bills
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