The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1987 Page: 8 of 8
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PAG)1. EIGHT—THE ALTO HERALD OF ALTO. TEXAS—THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1987
| gen R0y | Bowman announces candidacy
will not run again
State Senator Roy Blake (D-
Nacogdoches) has announced that
he will not be a candidate for re-
election to the Texas Senate next
year.
Although 17 months still remain in
his present term, Blake explained
that he wanted the people in his
district to have ample time to decide
who will replace him. Also, several
It.
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Sen. Roy Blake
House members have expressed an
interest in serving in the Senate, so
there needs to be adequate time to
consider their replacement should
they run.
Senator Blake has served in the
Senate since winning a special elec-
tion in 1978. He was previously elec
led to three terms in the Texas
-House. He is presently President
Pro Tempore of the Senate, and ser-
ies as acting Governor when the
Governor and Lt. Governor are out
if the state. He is Chairman of the
‘administration Committee, Vice
Chairman of the State Affairs and
•lules Commutes, and is a member
if the Finance Committee and
Economic Development Commit-
ee. He is a member of the Executive
i Committee of the Texas Legislative
Council and serves on the State
1 'reservation Board.
Senator Blake represents
J. natorial District 3 consisting of
t ie counties of Anderson, Angelina,
i nerokee, Hardin, Jasper, Mon
t tomery (part), Nacogdoches,
Is ewton, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San
ugustine, San Jacinto, Shelby and
T /ler.
Bob Bowman of Lufkin said today
he plans to become a candidate for
the Texas Senate position being
vacated by Senator Roy Blake of
Nacogdoches.
Bowman, 51, is the president of
Bob Bowman & Associates, an East
Texas marketing and public
relations agency at Lufkin. He is
also the author of 11 books on East
Texas folklore and history and has
been active in East Texas civic and
political affairs for more than 25
years.
“Roy Blake has provided an era of
effective representation for District
3, and my only purpose in running
for the Senate position would be to
continue ihai kind u! service is ths
peopleof East Texas,“hesaid. '
Bowman said he plans to conduct
“an aggressive campaign designed
to reach every voter in District 3."
The district includes Anderson,
Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin,
Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton,
Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine,
San Jacinto, Shelby and Tyler coun-
ties and a part of Montgomery coun-
ty
Bowman, a native of Anderson
County who spent his boyhood in
Diboll in Angelina County, is curren-
tly a member of the Texas Capitol
Centennial Commission, which will
be responsible for next year’s 100th
anniversary celebration of the state
rapitol building in Austin.
He is also a former member ot we
Texas Sesquicentennial Com-
mission in Austin, former chairman
of the Texas Committee for the
Humanities, also in Austin, former
chairman of the Angelina and
Neches River Authority in East
Texas, former chairman of the
board of Angelina College at Lufkin,
and former president of the East
Texas Historical Association at
Nacogdoches.
He presently serves as the
managing trustee for the
Pineywoods Foundation of Lufkin,
trustee for the East Texas Boy Scout
Foundation at Tyler, director of the
United Wav in Lufkin, and trustee
for Memorial Medical Center of
East Texas, also At Lufkin. He is also
a member of the Kiwanis Club.
In 1983, he was named “East
Texan of the Year” by the Deep East
Texas Council of Governments for
civic contributions to East Texas
and in 1985 he was honored by the
EastTexas Historical Association
with the Ralph Steen Award for
historical contributions to the
region. He received in 1966 an Out-
standing Alumni Award at Tyler
Junior College, where he graduated
in 1908.
Bowman is also a former editor,
writer and bureau chief for The
Lufkin Daily News, The Houston
Chronicle and tyler Courier-Times
Telegraph.
He and his wife, Doris, a former
educator and teacher, have been
married 30 years. They have two
sons, Neil, 28, and Jimmy, 25.
Bob Bowman
Commissioners to work
on budget at workshop
Cherokee County Commissioners
will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17
to begin their budget workshops for
the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
County Tax Assessor Collector Lin-
da Beard met with the court at the
Monday morning session to present
information concerning the county’s
effective tax rate. She said the total
1987 effective rate is 38.4133 cents
per $100 valuation The 1986 tax rate
is 32.3 cents per $100 valuation. The
38.4133 cents rate will include
revenue for payment for indigent
health care and 5 cents for interest
and sinking fund to begin pay off for
bonds to construct a new Cherokee
County Jail.
Mrs. Beard said the General Fund
gross roll totals $1,295,079,830.
Exemptions are $400,667,860 leaving
certified taxable values of
$894,411,970. After the addition of
$3,662,980 for intangibles and
$2,034,547 rolling stock and sub-
traction of $3,862,800 for protest, a
general fund balance of $896,246,697
is left. The lateral road fund totals
$882,908,147
Taking the 3 percent increase over
the effective rate, the tax increase
could go up to 39.5656 cents and with
the 8 percent increase, the rate
would be 41 4863cents.
In another matter, Midge John-
ston and Carolyn Jackson of the
Texas Commission on Alcohol &
Drug Abuse met with the
commissioners to ask that their next
year fund be increased from $1,000
to $1,500 The East Texas Council
serves some 11 East Texas counties.
The council is available for coun-
seling education and support . There
is an 800 number and persons with
problems can call them.
Hay Davis, coordinator tor the
Cherokee County Airport and the
County Emergency Management
Coordinator, discussed a survey of
the airport that he has conducted.
The commissioners approved ex-
penses for him to a'tend a seminar in
Waco Aug 11-13.
Davis explained that the radar
beeper license at the airport has ex-
pired last November The AA had
inspected the airport last fall and
determined that grass was growing
around the runway He said it would
Cheerleader
mini camp slated
The Alto Varsity high school
cheerleaders will sponsor a Mini
Cheerleader Camp on Saturday,
Aug. 15 from 8 a m. to 12 noon. Girls
who will be in Kindergarten through
sixth grades for the 1987 88 school
year are eligible to attend. Cost is $10
per girl.
The participants will be taught
cheers, chants, and pyramids.
On that same Saturday evening,
Aug. 15, the participants will per-
form at the "Meet the Sting’’
scrimmage Each girl should wear
something that is black/gold/white
and be at the football field at 5:15
p.m.
The 1987-88 cheerleaders are
looking forward to the camp and
urge area "mini" cheerleaders to
participate.
Just Home Folks
Mr and Mrs. Sam S. Wood retur
ned to their home in Denver, Colo.
Thursday after several days here
with relatives and friends They
were here to attend the funeral ser
vice for Charles Wood, Sam’s
brother
take some $302 to take care of that
problem. He also expressed a need
for a platform to use in changing
lights at the airport. Expense of
changing beacon light bulbs was
discussed The bulbs are $80 each
and last about six weeks He said
that the lights could be changed to
another type and after the change
would be somewhat cheaper as the
bulbs cost only $55 each.
County Judge Emmett Whitehead
said he had received a proposal from
the Cherokee Medical Center to
provide indigent health care The
court will ask lor a bid from Nan
Travis to determine which is the
most economical
DANIEL CATES, son of Dan and Vivian Cates of Alto, is shown
receiving a $50 savings bond from Bobby Sowell, owner of SAK. Mr.
Cates read 18 books for a total of 1,708 points on his test scores. Mr.
Cates, who will be in the eleventh grade Inis year, read more books
than anyone else in the tenth grade at Alto High School.
City goals adopted
The objectives of the City of Alto for the period April 1987 through
April 1989, adopted by the City Counci! Monday evening, are:
1. To improve the relations among the mayor, the city council, the
fire department and all employees of the City of Alto.
2. To repair or replace all fire plugs that do not work properly.
3. To put water cut-off valves on each section of town so that all city
water does not have to be cut off when it is necessary to turn off the
water supply for repairs.
4 To widen and repair Maggie Session Street.
5. To widen and repair Cooper Street (2 blocks only;
6. Top repair the sewer plant so that it will meet state requirements.
7 To apply for sewer line grant so that all major problems with the
existing sewer lines can be repaired or replaced
8. To repair or replace old gas meters and water meters.
9. To have all homes in the city limits connected to the city sewer
system.
10. To clean out all clogged city drains.
11 To work toward getting a Bill’s Dollar Store to locate in Alto.
12 To work toward making Alto a much cleaner town than it is
today.
13. To collect enough money to pay for the new ambulance.
14. To work to have rules and reguiaiiuuh foi the operation of the
ambulance.
15. To encourage the placing of street numbers on all houses in the
city limits.
16. To prepare a personnel policy for the city employees and
regulations for elected officials.
An addendum to the list suggested trying to get some type of
baseball complex for the Alto Little League arid the Alto Pony League.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Estelle White
Funeral for Mrs. Estell White, 84,
of Alto was at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
8 in New Hope Baptist Church in Alto
with the Rev. T. J. Bagley of-
ficiating.
Burial was in the New Hope Com-
munity Cemetery under direction of
Community Funeral Home of
Jacksonville.
Mrs. White died Tuesday in a
Jacksonville hospital after a brief
illness. She was a native of Houston
County and was a member of New
Hope Baptist Church and Goodwill
Chapter No. 274, Order of the
Eastern Star.
She is survived by a gran-
ddaughter and grandson-in-law,
Mildred and John Gowens of Daiia.s,
seven great grandchildren; four
great great grandchildicfi, and two
nieces.
Grandsons served as pallbearers.
Deacons of New Hope Baptist
Church served as honorary
pallbearers.
Notice of 1987 Effective Tax Rate for
CITY OF WELLS
The puApon of tliii notice Li to infoAm i/ou about uoua taxei. The 1917
elective, tax Aate ii a tax Ante that would levy the iame amount of op
eAating taxei the taxing unit levied fait. yeaA on pAopeAty taxei in both
yeaAi, ptm the amount the imLt needi to pay ceAtain tong teAm debti thii
yeaA. The Aate ii cafcutated ai |{offoio4.
1986 Maintenance 6 OpeAatiom tax levy:
lea taxei levied to Aecoup I9S5 appAaital A oil eAAoAi
and ad jin Orient A foA to it value i
EQUALS ad/uited I9S6 Maintenance 6 OpeAatiom levy:
1987 Total Tax Baie:
Lea adjuitmenti foA value of new pAopeAty:
EQUALS ad/uited 1917 Tax Baiei
The ad/uited 1916 levy divided by the ad/uited (987
tax baie and multiplied by 100 equali the effective
maintenance 6 opeAationi tax A ate:
Plui Aate to coAAect foA appAaiiat. a oil eA-AoAt:
Pin} late needed to \v\y debti S obfagat icni <
19S7 EFFECTIVE TAX PATE:
27,! it
$
27,508
$ 9,059,030
$ 117,860
| 1,941
< .30765 /IOC
$ o noo
/inn
i
1987 eddea-ttve tax Aate:
The maximum Aate the goveAning body
can adopt without pubtei/u ng noticei
and holding a beating in
1 he maxumim Aate the goveAning b !y
can adopt befoie taxpayen can initiate
Aollback petitioni in
$ ,30765 pel $100 of value
$ ,31687 pe\ $100 of value
$ . 33226 peA $100 of value
Thii notice containi a AummaAy of the catculationi uied to deteAmine thiA
yeaA' i e ffecXive tax Aate. Vou con .inspect tlie full calculate cm at the.
CheAokee County AppAaiAal OiitAict office.
SCHEPULE A: UnencumbeAed Fund Balancei
ThiA taxing unit eitimatei that the following balancei will be left in
the unit'i accounts at the end of the fiical yeaA. Theie ba.lancei axe.
not encumbeAed by a coAAeiponding debt obligation.
Type of Fund Balance
GcneAal Fund_______-0-
SCUEVULF R: 1987 Pebti Paid FAom PAopeAty Taxei
Tliis taxing unit estimates that the unit wilt pay the following amounti
out of pAopeAty tax Aevenuei foA long-teAm debti that aae iecuied by
pAopeAty taxei.
Pii ncipat oA Ot he A
PeicAipt.ion ContAact Payment Interest Amounts Total
of Pel it to be Paid to be Pa.id to be Paid Payment
Total Amount PequiAed faA 1987 Debt SeAvice:
l ess Amount T not Will Be. Paid I nom Fundi t<ited in
Schedule A:
Total To Be I’asrt fnom rnopeAly Taxei Th:i
Amount Added in Anticipillion That the Unit Will Collect
Only go % its Taxes in 1987:
Total Debt Tax Levy:
■0-
Award given at Library
Rocka's Super Market
Sale August 1.1 - 16, 1987
ByLENELLCARTER
As you probably know the
Congress and the President
proclaimed 1987 as “The Year of the
Reader’’ with the aim of restoring
the act of reading to a place of pre-
eminence. Our patrons in Wells and
the surrounding communities are
doing their part in carrying out this
program. During the month of July
we checked out 567 library books.
Our Summer Reading Program
was a big success, with an average
attendance of seventeen children
each session. Mrs. Jeri Cartwright
was in charge of the Program this
year and her readers were: Fran
Hopper, Connie Moehler, Nannette
Chapman, Bettie Pounds, Renee
Sullivan, Susan Burke and Rita
Doss. We do appreciate the wonder-
ful job they did and thank each one
very much.
Certificates of Participation have
already been issued to the following
children, indicating that they read
ten or more books on their reading
level: Timmy Bartlett, Matt Hop
per, Rhanda Hopper, Laura Doss,
Shelly Doss, Kim Olson, Earl Olson,
Crystal Jacobs, Josh Dew, Kristin
Dew, Jill McKnight, Veronica Car-
twright, Leah Cartwright, Aca Ra
Hartless, Michelle Littleton. April
McBride and Amy Durham Others
will have tnrough August 23th *n
complete their Reading Log to
receive a Certificate
Memorials made to the Library
during the past two months are as
follows:
In memory of Mrs. Ruth Arnold
by: Mr. and Mrs. Garlin Wimberly,
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Polk, Mr. and
Mrs. Ferril Hicks, and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Huggins.
Mr. and Mrs Garlin Wimberly in
memory of:
Mr. DeLoach Stanford and Mr.
Terry Holman.
Mr. and Mrs C. D. Sessions in
memory of; Mr. Felton King and
Thelma Jeanes Smith
Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Burns in
memory of: Clifford Sessions
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Sessions in
memory of Homer Sessions, Clifford
Sessions, Leonard Lee Cherry
Mr and Mrs William Sessions,
Brothers and Sisters in memory of
Clifford Sessions
Mrs. Gertrude King in memory of
Lolas and Leonard Lee Cherry
In memory of Mr Tommie J Lott
by Miss Bonnie Warner and Mrs.
Norma Sha mess
The Sessions Reunion in memory
of Mrs. Mattie Sessions, Mr Homer
Sessions, Mr Peyton Sullivan, Mr
Clifford Sessions and Mr Leonard
Lee Cherry.
The Sessions Reunion in HONOR
of John Fllx'rl Wilson. Jenny Lvnn
Marlin, Frank Binford, JanieSchotz
and Family, Amanda Kay Sessions.
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1987, newspaper, August 13, 1987; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1098803/m1/8/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.