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VOLUME EIGHTY-FIVE SECD 408020
THE OLNEY (TEXAS) ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, MARCH 3,1994
NO. 9
Early Voting
Ends Friday
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HEADED FOR STATE-Leigh Furr, left, and Johnnie Melton qualified for
the state UIL solo contest earlier. Furr qualified with an oboe solo and Melton
qualified with a trumpet solo.
Council Passes First
Curfew Bill Reading
Olney city council passed the first
reading of a curfew ordinance during
their regular bi-monthly meeting Mon-
day night in city hall.
The curfew for minors ordinance was
announced at the last council meeting
and input from residents was requested.
During a discussion of the ordinance,
the council members said they had re-
ceived little negative talk about the
proposed measure and lot of support. It
was passed on the first reading, but a
second reading will be held March 14
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PENN POINT
Wednesday was a state holiday.
About the only ones in this part taking
the day off were employees of the
county. People who came to vote early
at city hall couldn’t because there
wasn’t anyone there due to the holiday.
Wednesday was Texas Independence
Day and after we tried to find out how
many people had taken advantage of
early voting, we asked several native
sons and/or daughters what holiday was
being celebrated. Some knew, but most
didn’t so we have to only assume that
Texas Independence Day ranks some-
where close to National Pickle Week as
far as celebrations are concerned is this
part of the state an^vay.
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Early voting ends Friday at 5 p.m. at
Olney City Hall in the Democratic and
Republican Primaries. You can vote in
either at city hall. The elections will be
held Tuesday, Mar.8 from 7 a.m to 7
p.m. There was a time that no Republi-
can Primary was held in the county, but Manufacturing and Olney Door and
(Continued On Back Page) Screen are planned for the afternoon.
and the ordinance will become effective
April 1.
Basically, the ordinance establishes
the curfew hours for youngsters 16 years
of age and under at 11 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday nights and midnight
on Friday and Saturday nights. The
curfew ends at 6 a.m. each morning. The
ordinance will effect the minor who
commits the offense, the parent or
guardian of a minor who commits the
offense or the owner, operator or em-
ployee of an establishment who allow a
minor to remain on the premises during
the curfew hours.
There are exceptions established and
offenders are not charged, only warned
the first two times violations are found.
Council tabled for further discussion
the contract between the city and the
Wichita Valley Water Supply corpora-
tion.
The council approved a proclamation
declaring March 13-19 as Older Worker
Week in Olney. They also approved a
resolution declaring April as Fair Hous-
ing Month in Olney.
City utility superintendent Ronnie
Stroud discussed sewer stoppages
which occur on a regular basis and asked
direction from the council. They told
Stroud to keep a record and if the stop-
pages continue to bill the business
which is causing the stoppage.
Ag Commissioner
Scheduled Visit
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Rick Perry will have a Town Hall Meet-
ing and coffee Friday, Mar. 11 in Olney.
The meeting will be held at Brazos Tele-
phone Cooperative meeting room start-
ing at 10 a.m. and is open to everyone in
the area.
Perry, who is from Haskell and was at
one time the state representative for this
area is serving his first term as Agricul-
ture Commissioner. Tours of DeLong
Early voting in the primary elections
will cease at 5 p.m. Friday both at Olney
City Hall and in the basement of the
courthouse in Graham. The primary
elections will be held Tuesday, Mar. 8
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the
state.
Voters in the Democratic Party pri-
mary in Precinct 11 (South Olney) will
vote at the fire station on East Hamilton
while those inPrecinct23 (North Olney)
will vote in the foyer of city hall on East
Main. Voters in Newcastle, Jean and
Loving will ballot in their usual places.
Persons desiring to vote in the Repub-
lican Party primary may do so in Olney
at the vehicle registration office located
in the back of Olney city hall. The other
Republican voting place is in Graham.
There is one contested race in Olney
and that is for Justice of the Peace Pre-
cinct 3. Five candidates seeking the
Democratic nomination. The candi-
dates include Stan Mahler, John R.
Meredith, A.W. “Bud” Montgomery,
Charles Rockenbaugh and Charles
“Jiggs” Stowe.
Voters in County commissioner Pre-
cinct 2 will decide between the incum-
bent John Charles Bullock and Patty
Sloan Key for the Democratic nomina-
tion.
Voters in county commissioner Pre-
cinct 4 have five candidates seeking that
post including the incumbent Stub
Green, John Hawkins, William Dale
Calhoun, Billy Ray Daily and Ronald
Eddleman.
In the event a runoff primary is neces-
sary, only those voters who balloted in
the March 8 primary or those who did
not vote in either primary can vote. In
other words, if the voter cast his ballot in
the Democratic primary, he can only
vote in the Democratic runoff. Voters
cannot cross party lines in the primaries.
Winners of each party nominations in
the primaries will face each other in the
November general elections.
By parties, the candidates for the
various offices includes:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor - Ann Richards and Gary
Espinosa
Lt. Governor - Bob Bullock
U.S. Senate - Michael A. Andrews,
Richard Fisher, Evelyn Lantz and Jim
Mattox
U.S. Representative - Charles Sten-
holm
State Treasurer - Martha Whitehead
and Grady Yarborough
Attorney General - Dan Morales
Comptroller - John Sharp
Railroad Commission - Jim E.
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ON THE SIDE-The Megargel school bus involved in an accident Wednesday morning west of Westover came to rest
on its right side. The four students and driver escaped out the rear door and no one was seriously injured. The bus was struck
from the rear by a pickup.
Only Minor Injuries In School
Bus-Pickup Wreck Wednesday
There were no serious injuries when a
pickup struck the rear of a Megargel
School bus early Wednesday morning
on Highway 114 just west of Westover.
Four children in the bus were treated and
released from Hamilton Hospital.
More seriously injured were the
driver of the pickup, Columbus Wil-
liams, Jr. and passenger Henry Hin-
shaw, both of Olney. They were taken to
the hospital in Seymour for x-rays.
Driver of the bus, Bruce Messimer of
Megargel was not injured.
According to investigating highway
Burned Body Identified;
Investigations Continue
Dallas County Medical Examiner’s
office identified the body of a man
whose body was discovered in a burned
pickup as that of Larry Carlton Green-
way, 37, who resided at 409 West
Edwards in Olney according to county
sheriff Carey Pettus.
According to the report, the man died
from smoke inhalation and thermal
bums, which are described as worse
BIC Banquet
Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the annual Board of Indus-
try and Commerce banquet are on sale
from any member of the BIC board or at
the BIC office. The banquet will be
Tuesday, Mar. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Olney
Civic Center.
Craig Knight, board president, said
the BIC is asking citizens to submit
nominations for Citizen of the Year
honors. Nominations should be mailed
or taken to the BIC office at 108 East
Main. Citizen of the Year will be named
during the banquet.
Ray Stone, humorist and speaker for
the Dallas Cowboys, will be the guest
speaker for the banquet.
than third-degree bums. Pettus said fire
officials are still attempting to deter-
mine the cause of the fire and his depart-
ment is investigating whether foul play
may have been involved in the death.
Events in the case began shortly after
midnight last Thursday morning when
Olney firemen were called to a pickup
on fire about four miles south of Olney
on the Orth Road. After extinguishing
the fire, which completely destroyed the
pickup, they discovered the body in the
cab.
Justice of the Peace Sam Furr, Jr. was
called to the scene and began making a
report on the death. His final findings
will be based on the medical examiner’s
report.
Pettus and several deputies were
called to the scene and the pickup and
body were impounded until later Thurs-
day morning when officers on the phone
with the medical examiner removed the
body. The body was then taken to the
medical examiner’s office. An officer
from the state fire marshal’s office ex-
amined the pickup in an attempt to deter-
mine how the fire started.
The pickup belonged to Troy Rogers
Drilling Company of Olney. Greenway
had worked for the drilling company
about 18 months.
PICKUP FIRE-Olney firemen were called to a pickup fire early last Thursday morning about four miles south on Orth
Road. When the flames were extinguished, a body was discovered inside. Identification of the body was made Tuesday
by the Dallas Medical Examiner as Larry Carlton Greenway of Olney.
patrol trooper Danny Wainscott of Sey-
mour, the bus was attempting a left turn
into a turnaround near the Westover
transformer station with four passen-
gers when the pickup struck it from the
rear. Wainscott said the pickup driver
told him the brakes failed the first time
he attempted to apply them.
Impact of the pickup to the bus,
knocked the bus to the southest, causing
it to turn over coming to rest on the right
side facing back to the north. Messimer
and the students got out of the bus
through the rear door.
Students involved in the wreck were
Tiffany Moss, Kelly Moss, Kelly Bums
and Crystal Stilwell.
Jurors Called To
Monday Duty
Some 120 county residents have been
summoned to possible jury duty in 90th
district court with judge C.J. Eden pre-
siding. Jurors have been called to report
at 9 a.m. Monday, Mar. 7.
Prospective jurors called include:
Olney - Bobby L. Reeves, Jim G.
Wilson, Jerry Keeter, Pamela Holt,
James W. Wiley, Jinnifer L. Parker,
Shannon T. Lewis, Donald R. Atkinson,
Ted Cotton, A.D. Kirby, Jackie Dunn,
Dianna K. Wardrip, Kirk G. Eady,
Blanch Mitchell, Janice D. Stanley,
Bruce K. Rushing, Arnold Koester,
Justin B. Williams, Jamie M. Millard,
Buena Horany, Kevin Smith, Virl Y.
Kimbro, Lois Bruton, Patricia Cottle
and Margaret Whitaker.
Newcastle - J.C. Lewis, Frank A.
Martinez, Marie Nickols, Susie A. Cere-
cedes, Peggy Reynolds, Ruth Ward and
Clyde R. Shook.
Bloodmobile Visit
Scheduled Mar. 17
Thursday, Mar. 17, is set for tne next
Olney bloodmobile.
The need for blood and blood prod-
ucts is an on-going problem, not just in
this region, but nation-wide. The de-
mand for donated blood increases and
donations seem to be on the decrease.
The bloodmobile hours for the March
visit will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Require-
ments for donors continue good health,
at least 110 pounds, and between the
ages of 17 and 72. (Regular donors can
continue until age 72.)
Lioness Club is local chairman for the
Bloodmobile. All those wishing to serve
in volunteer capacities may contact
Rosalie Kulhanek at 564- 5502 or leave
a message by calling 564-3259.
EDUCATION COMMISSIONER
WILL VISIT MONDAY
Texas Commissioner of Education
Lionel R. “Skip” Meno will tour the
Olney Elementary School at 10 a.m.
Monday. Olney Elementary is one of the
Public School Initiative (PSI) schools.
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Penn, David H. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1994, newspaper, March 3, 1994; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1132875/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.