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By MARSHALL DAY
The less some people know the
more eager they are to tell you
about it.
Sam Goldwyn, the movie
producer, used to mangle the
English language so badly that his
malaprops and mixed metaphors
came to known as Goldwynisms.
Some of them have become
classics and here they are:
“A verbal contract isn’t worth
the paper it’s printed on.”
“Every Tom, Dick and Harry is
named William.”
“Now, gentleman, listen slow-
ly-”
“For your information, I would
like to ask a question.”
“Include me out.”
“Don’t talk to me while I’m
interrupting.”
“I may not always be right, but
I’m never wrong.”
Once again the Sentinel is
offering some free advertising to
school-aged youngsters who want
to find themselves a job for the
summer.
As in the past, we are letting
any student place a classified ad
in the paper, limited up to 15
words, about what types of work
they are willing to do during the
summer vacation.
We’ve already gotten a couple
of youngsters who have placed
their ads and word has not really
gotten out yet.
Because of the tremendous
response we’ve had from the
youngsters, in the past, we’re
going the same again. The ads will
run every issue from now through
the Aug. 21 issue. The only
stipulation we are carrying, as in
the past, is.that the student come
in personally and place the ad.
Much wisdom can be crowded
into but four words:
In God we trust.
This, too shall pass.
Live and let live.
Still waters run deep.
Bad news travels fast.
Love laughs at locksmiths.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Charity begins at home.
Politics make strange bedfel-
lows.
Nothing ventured, nothing gain-
ed.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Temperature
reaches
Seminole received its first
taste of 100-degree weather
Thursday afternoon when
temperatures soared to 101
degrees, according to local
weather watcher John Mof-
fatt.
Breaking the 100-degree
barrier came some 16 days
before the official first day
of summer which falls on
June 21.
But, the real scorcher
came Friday afternoon
when the temperature soa-
red to a hot 105 degrees.
The temperature had
shown signs of surpassing
the 100-degree mark since
last Saturday when it
climbed to 98. It was also 98
degrees last Tuesday.
On Monday and Wednes-
day of last week, the
temperature was a high of
97 with 96 being the high last
Sunday.
Temperatures remained
in the middle 60s during the
evenings throughout the
week. The low was 65 on
Wednesday with the high
being 68 early Friday
morning. .7
County, city, school
Local boards plan meetings for this week
Three local boards-Gaines
County Commissioners, Seminole
City Council and Seminole
Independent School District board
of trustees have posted agendas
and will hold their regular
monthly meetings this week.
The county commissioners will
meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the
commissioners' courtroom at the
Gaines County Courthouse in
Seminole.
The commissioners will:
-Review the auditor’s monthly
report as well as reports from
various other county organiza-
tions.
-Meet with a delegation from
the Town West Addition.
-Open bids on several pieces of
equipment, including
dump
trucks for Precinct 1, a motor
grader for Precinct 2 and a
back-end ripper for Precinct 4.
-Discuss a travel request from
County Auditor Mary Baldwin for
her office personnel to attend a
computer school.
--Review the contract of Russell
Hill as the fixed base operator at
the Gaines County Airpoflj|
-Meet with Sheriff Ed |pich to
discuss parttime help, f
-Meet with members of the
Gaines County Bar Association to
discuss the County Law Library.
The commissioners, added a
supplemental agenda late Friday
afternoon to include the discus-
sion of the Elm Grove subdivision.
The city council will hold their
regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m.
Monday at City Hall. But, prior to
the meeting, the aldermen will
convene at City Hall at 6 p.m. to
conduct a work session on the
1980-81 budget.
Under old business, the council
will consider information in
regard to a vendor’s ordinance in
the city limits and receive
information in regard to the Cable
TV Co.’s proposed rate increase.
The council will also consider
the date of July 25 for the city
employees’ banquet, conduct a
public hearing on revenue sharing
and consider a request by June
Alread for an ice cream permit.
In other business, the council
will set the tax rate, approve the
1980-81 budget, appoint a master
plan citizens advisory * group,
consider lease on parking area
north of City Hall, consider
approval of a subdivision request
by Bill Curry, hold an election for
a mayor pro-tern, consider a
contract with the Gaines County
Tax Appraisal District, study
some recommendations by the
plumbing Board.
The council wiH also hold an
executive session in regard to a
land acquisition. "
The school board will meet at 8
p.m. Tuesday in the board room at
the school administration build-
ing.
The board will cover a 13-item
agenda which includes:
-Consider appointment of a
textbook custodian.
-Consider changes to regula-
tions and policies of the board of
trustees.
-Consider several items for the
1980-81 school year, including
setting the price of lunch tickets,
discussion the plan to support the
vocational education program
and considering contracts with
Education Service Center for
media services and data proces-
sing services*
-Discuss computer instruction.
-Conduct a budget study on the
Gaines County Appraisal Board’s
budget and the SISD budget for
the 1980-81 school year, including
salaries.
-Consider a request for authori-
zation to advertise for the sale df
obsolete lockers, equipment and
furniture.
-Discuss admission to football
games.
-Consider a request for the.
purchase of some gymnastic
equipment.
-Receive the cafeteria report
and summer government report
and hold and executive session to
discuss personnel.
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VOL 73
SEMINOLE (GAINES CpUNTY) TEXAS SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1980
(USPS 489 400) 12 PAGES (plus insert)
NO. 63
First National names three new directors
Briscoe, Jenkins, Sanders
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Don* Long, president of First
National Bank in Seminole,
announced the appointment of
three local men to the bank’s
advisory board of directors
Thursday morning.
Named to the board were three
long-time residents of Seminole.
The are Mike Jenkins, Hilbern
Briscoe and Don Sanders.
Long said that the appointment
would go into effect immediately.
He added that the three new
directors were elected at last
month’s board meeting.
‘‘We are extremely proud to add
these three men to our board. I
think that they will make a fine
addition,” Long said.
Board chairman Marion Bow-
ers echoed Long’s sentiments,
stating, ‘‘We’re real pleased to
make this announcement. I think
all they can do is strengthen the
board.1’
All three of the new directors
are involved in the farming
business, but have other outside
business interests.
Jenkins has lived in Seminole
since 1963 while both Briscoe and
Sanders moved here in 1964.
Speaking for the new directors,
Sanders said, ‘‘It’s a great honor
to be elected to the bank’s board.
We have a growing community
and a growing bank and I’m proud
to be associated with it.”
Long also stated that the bank is
in the process of finalizing plans
for their permanent building and
added that the board hopes to
start construction late this
summer.
Besides Bowers and the three
new directors, other members of
the First National Bank’s board
are. Long, secretary Joe McGill,
Bill Oswalt, Athen Lowrie, Robert
Jameson and Dorothy Robertson.
New directors
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Don Long, seated, president of First National Bank of Seminole,
and marion Bowers, second from right, chairman of the board of
directors have announced the addition of three new advisory
directors. Standing with Bowers are, from left, Hilbern Briscoe,
Don Sanders and Mike Jenkins. Long made the announcement
Thursday morning. (Sentinel Photo)
Commissioners agree
to buy mobile home
J-P sets Elam’s bond at $30,000
Justice of the Peace Lorine
Basham followed a recommenda-
tion by District Attorney Joe
Smith and set bond at $30,000 for
Paul Elam of Seminole after
Elam was charged on six counts
of involuntary manslaughter
following a massive two-car,
head-on collision last Sunday.
Elam, 21, the lone survivor in
the tragic accident which local
law enforcement officials termed
as the worst auto wreck in Gaines
County history, was releasedfrom
Sheriff Ed Welch.
He appeared before Mrs.
Basham around 5 p.m. that same
day and his bond was set. He was
later released after posting the
$30,000 bond--$5,000 for each
charge. •----:—
The case now goes before the
. Gaines County grand jury on June
16, according to Smith.
The accident occurred shortly
before 3 a.m. last Sunday
approximately four miles east of
Seminole on U.S. Highway 180.
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180 when he crossed the center
stripe which left him traveling
east in the westbound lane. The
driver of the other car, Chester A.
Young, 22, one of the six persons
killed, turned to his left to possibly
avoid a collision and Elam
swerved to his right, thus forcing
the two cars to collide head-on.
Others who perished in the
wreck were Young’s wife, Thyra
Lee Young, 25; Vivian Loraine
Lemmons, 22 and her son, Hernon
O’Neal Lemmons, 5; and Clifton
The Gaines County Commis-
sioners approved the purchase of
a new mobile home in tthe amount
of $26,310 from Mustang Mobile
Homes of Lubbock during an
emergency meeting of the court
In another special session last
Monday, the commissioners had
agreed to advertise for the
purchase of a new or used mobile
home, but after meeting with
County Attorney Joe McGill, it
was discovered that in an
emergency situation the county
does not have to advertise for bids
or take bids.
The mobile home was purchas-
ed to -replace the county-owned
home of county employee Joe Roy
Tamez which was destroyed by
home is located just inside the
“It will be sometime next week
before we
i to tear down the house. We
insurance company,” said County
Judge Max Townsend. ‘‘We have
received unofficial word that it
was totaled.”
Sentinel offers
youth free ads
The Seminole Sentinel will once
again offer free classified
advertising to students who are
seeking summer employment,
according to Publisher Marshall
Day.
The annual offering will be
made only to those students \t
come by the Sentinel office
person to place their ad. The 1
can be run a# many times as
student wishes, up to At' “
ads will be limited to 1
Students who wish to
any number of items
babysitting, yard work,
or what
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