The Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 19, 1982 Page: 1 of 16
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Weekend
Saturday, June 19, 1982 • Cleveland, Jr. • 77327 • Vol. 63 ♦ No, SO
U.S.P.S. No. 117560
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16 PAGES
TH E C L EV EL A N D "11
■ Cleveland High
> W 7 A I W ■* I ( las* of 1928 holds
/\ I I \ / f || /> I 1 | I 53rd reunion with 18 preser
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ALF A Ei LIS
by (IN 1)1 MYERS
Staff Reporter
Alfa Ellis has a special
place in her heart for all the
Cleveland children she's
taught over the years
And they've got a spec-
ial place in their hearts for
her too
Ellis was the very first
teacher many Clevelandites
ever had As founder of the
first kindergarten she saw
many local children pass
through her doors
“I've taught whple
families of children from
here,” she says. “I never go'
out of town, even a long
distance, usually 1 meet
someone that I taught or 1
taught their children.’'
Ellis came to Cleve-
land from Louisiana in 1939.
She taught for a couple of
yeiars then paused to raise a
family a daughter and
three sons
But in 1951. duty called
her to return to teaching
“We didn’t have a kin-
dergarten here in Cleveland
and the parents decided
they’d like to have a kinder-
garten class." she recalls
‘‘1 had never taught kinder-
garten and didn’t have any
training in kindergarten
These friends wanted me to
try it and 1 said well, I would
for a year." She smiles ‘‘I
stayed 24 years ”
An agreement was
worked out with Cleveland
ISD whereby Ellis was al-
lowed to use a classroom on
the elementary school cam-
pus and parents paid tuition
to Ellis.
Thus Ellis began her
influence over Cleveland
children's lives.
When you’re a child's
first teacher, you’re really
special in his eyes.
“I had one child, his
grandmother asked him
how old 1 was,” Ellis .says
“He said, ‘Oh, I don't know.’
And she said, 'Well, is she
about your mother's age?’
He said, 'No! She's younger
than my mother!' And good-
ness, his mother could have
been my child.
‘""But that’s the way
they look at you. And oh,
See page 2A
Appraisal talks
set in Liberty
NEW CANCER SOCIETY LEADERS-The
new officers for the Cleveland Chapter of
the American Cancer Society were elect-
ad recently. They are, from left. President
Alma Deane Wright, Vice President
Newman Powers, Secretary Sue Gulledge
and Treasurer Madia Jones. (Photo by
Chip Perkins)
By-pass bids possible
by Spring ’83 if —
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THINGS TO COME-.-Usd your imagination
and you can see cars and trucks traveling
down the paved by pass four lane road
which is expected to be ready In 1985.
Crews are clearing out the brush and
trees, burning some of the brush and hop-
ing to be done by mid-July. This picture
was taken near Santa Fe tracks looking
north. (Photo by Russ Melvin).
boundaries for the shots for the
consulting engineers
“We will get the elevations
and profile of the grades through
our computers That won’t take
too long as we have our own
planes and can move them in
when needed."
The City of Cleveland is an
xious to get a copy of the plans
because they have a sewer and
drainage project planned for the
area and nothing can be done un-
til they see the exact route of the
by-pass and where the culverts
will be placed.
The city won’t make its
move until the final plans are
drawn as they do not want to
relocate any lines that they
might have to do if they went
now with the project.
Robert Barnhill, owner of
Barnhill Contractors of Crockett
who are doing the clearing work
under a sub-contract, agreed
that July 15 was the probable
date of completion.
"But if we can miss rain
like we encountered last night
Cont. on page 2A
by (’IM)I MY ERS
Staff Reporter
Taxpay* is who want a
hearing on their tax appraisals
must travel to Liberty this
year No hearirgs will be held
'..’i ( lex Hand
"This is required by
I a w." said Ch if. I*unp. who
with Dr Stan Jones X'isited
CAD Direotor' 1 ’hiI Is ing eafl-
ier this month "Its not that
it’s our choice it’s trot that it s
the district's choice.”
Dunn and Jone/ visited
the Central Appraisal District
as representatives o* Cleve
land ISD They report* d the
results of that meeting June 15
at the regular school board
meeting
Anyone who, wants a
hearing on their tax appra. al
must write aletter.to Liberty
and request a hearing * 5e
request must be in writing
The CAD will reply in writing,
setting a hearing date
Dunn stressed that these
regulations, though they will
inconvience many Cleveland
residents, are designated by
law, and were not created by
the appraisal district alone
He explained that ap
praisai nearmgs must be held
in L-i'xrty because- the lav
reqmres that all records have
to be. at the place of the
hearings Moving the records
to Cleveland for hearings
would not be practical
Dunn also reported that
city lots are being reevaluat-'
ed. All lots will not be evahiat
ed the same a problem with
last vear's appraisals
: iSL has received their
tax workbooks including tent- •
<ilixe tax rolls No final robs, to
be used in formulating budget -
wdl be ready until late s(j’n-
tner. or even early fall
Superintendent Charles
Barker ieported that the
school-, district expects to lose
about $9 million in property
\aluations since last y< ar be
cause of exemptions for home-
steading, over 65, and others
v *;,l r“ .» ■ hurl ar bad »
with .that* as some other dist-
ricts." Barker said.
The Board of Equalization
was sworn in last month and
should begin hearings soon
after taxpayers begin receiv-
ing preliminary appraisals.
This, according to the CAD
office in Liberty, will be "with-
in the next week or two,”.
Car dealer, wife
killed in air crash
Dale and Billie Hamby
and their pilot George Veteto
were killed Tuesday afternoon
when their plane crashed a
bout 14 miles southeast of
McAllister. Okla
Hamby was owner of
Monco Motors and left Conroe
Tuesday morning on a buying
trip to Tyler They then took
off for Tulsa to visit a relative
but ran into turbulent weather
and crashed, killing the Ham
bys and the pilot.
Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 10 a m at the
First Baptist Church in Conroe
and burial will be in Conroe
Hamby had been in busi-
ness since 1968 and had six
locations.: two in Conroe and
one each in Cleveland. Hunts-
ville. Lufkin and Tomball
Mr Hamby was past
president of the Conroe Noon
Lions Club, member of the
Conroe Chamber of Commerce
and on the Chamber’s adviso-
ry committee on aviation and
a former Air Traffic Controll-
er
The Hambys are sur
vived by a son, Warren Dale,
and a daughter, Mona. She is
survived by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Bill Wells, of Oklaho-
ma, and a brother, Danny
Wells, also of Oklahoma
Mr Veteto was a veteran
Cont. on page 2A
by Rl SS MELVIN
Managing Editor
If things work out as ex
peeled. it is possible 'that the
Texas Department of Highxvays
and Public Transportation will
have bids ready for the by pass
by next spring But that doesn't
mean they will be let .anyw here
near that time.
Ed Seymour, senior resi
dent engineer. State Department
of Highways, said that before the
bids can be let. al! utilities have
to be out of the way This is a
state policy, he ad^ed.
“There are two high power
ed lines at both ends of the pro
ject a,nd we have been notified
by the utility company that they
will need 40 weeks notice to do
the job. Seymour explained
The senior engineer added
there was one gas pipe line that
will also have to be moved or
laid deeper
Seymour said the cleaning
out work, which had been slowed
down by the spring rains, is now
about 60 percent completed. Mc-
Kinner and James of Waco,
Texas have promised it would be
clone by July 1
i don't believe that. With
the weather unpredictable, I be-
lieve it will be close to July 15,”
he said.
Seymour said that when the
clearing is completed, the state
will then move for aerial pho-
tographs so they can move
ahead to lay out the best route.
He said they will stake out the
Independence Dav
program completed
Janie Graham, Chairman
of the Special Projects Com
mittee of the * Chamber of
Commerce, states that a final
“planning meeting” of all the
organizations that are spon
soring this years celebration
will meet at the chamber
office on Thursday, June 24th
at noon.
A sandwich & chips
luncheon will be hosted by the
Chamber of Commerce in or-
der that those attending can
use their lunch-hour to attend
the meeting
The committee is asking
all area business firms to
promote the celebration and
their own business by flying
the American Flag, starting on
June 21st by decorating their
place of business with red-
white & blue colors, special
posters and displays & stream-
ers The committee also sug-
gests that retail merchants
stage Special Sales-Sidewalk
Sales — also commercial
Cont. on page 2A
Cake baking contest July 3
A cake baking contest
will be held July 3rd as part
of the Fourth Annual Great-
er Cleveland Independence
Day Celebration at Stancil
Park.
Open to anyohe of any
age, there will be three
categories: plain, iced and
decorated. The first place
winner in each category will
receive a 1100 check frdm
the Cleveland Chamber of
Commerce. First, second
and third place ribbons will
be awarded in each division.
There is a $2 entry fee,
payable at the Chamber
Office or by mail to Cham-
ber, P. O. Box 1733, Cleve-
land. Entry fee must be
received by 4 p m., July 1.
All entries must be
checked in at the Main
Exhibit building by B:30
• m. Saturday. July 3.
Cakes will be judged at 9
a.m.*
Cordelia Kirkham is
chairman of the cake ba-
king con test.
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Melvin, Russ. The Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 19, 1982, newspaper, June 19, 1982; Cleveland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1190251/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Austin Memorial Library.