The Ingleside Index (Ingleside, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1984 Page: 2 of 20
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THE INGLESIDE INDEX
Thursday, Saptambar 77, 1984
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Meetings in Ingleside Therefore my
observations go beyond that of a
Dear Mr Fischer:
It is not the purpose of this com-
ment to pick an argument with your
associate's report on last week s In
gleside City Council Meeting, which I
could not attend
ner
This is in the best interest of all in
or
\ number of citizens of Ingleside
have taken on the job of love and
pride to improve the looks of In-
gleside
Ingleside's City Manager Del
Lewis, Mrs Clayton Roth, Mr I H
Perry, Mr Al Bergen, and many
more too numerous to name took lit-
tle money and did wonders
I for one say thank you to the In-
gleside Garden Club and the In-
gleside Improvement Committee for
what they have done
I drove by the new City Hall and
frankly, I think the pipe looks good It
is an improvement over what it did
look like
I then drove by your place of
employment and it too showed that
you could care less for the beautifica
tion of Ingleside
Ms Matthews, why not join in the
beautification of Ingleside and quit
running it down Ingleside has had
too many people to do nothing but run
it down in the past So why not get on
the band wagon and help Ingleside to
go forward
Laura Simank
Associate Editor
Tim Fischer
Editor
South Texas
Press Association
Award Winner
1983
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CO
AUSTIN — The Governor last
week launched the major overhaul
of the public school system by ap-
pointing a new membership of the
State Board of Education.
But still unanswered is the ques-
ernment.
While Gov. Mark White was nam-
ing his IS appointees to replace the
27-member elected board that was
dismantled under the reforms, Texas
Comptroller Bob Bullock was pre-
dicting that state revenues will be
at least $200 million short of what
is needed to maintain services in
1986-87.
Bullock said state legislators won't
be able to approve even a no-growth
budget, if his estimates are correct.
And if the Legislature wants to ex-
pand state services to make up for
Tax Hike Necessary?
The situation will become compli-
cated if oil prices slump and reduce
Texas production, or, as one law-
maker added, if the federal courts
order more vast expenditures in the
state prison or mental health sys-
tems.
If future revenues don't come in,
then the Lone Star State, which has
enjoyed budget surpluses for years,
will have to indeed bite the bullet
and face a second tax hike, because
the rainy day money has already
been spent, much of it on the educa-
tion reforms enacted in the Gov-
ernor's special session this summer.
remind passersby that White has
reneged on one campaign pledge
of "no more taxes."
Two tax hikes, one on the heels
Land Blds
Texas Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro released a list of 80 tracts of
state land that have been authorized
for resale to the highest bidder by
the Veterans Land Board.
Mauro is offering terms of nine
and one-quarter percent to veterans
and 11 percent to non-veterans on a
30-year assumable fixed rate loan.
A public reading of the bids will
be held Oct. 17 after the bids close
at 10 a.m.
September 17, 1984
Ingleside Index
P () Box 550
Ingleside. Texas 78362
Dear Edilbr
After reading Ms Matthews letter
in the Index of September 13. 1084. I
felt that I must respond to her letter
1 have lived in Ingleside for the
past 17 years and I have watched In-
gleside grow In the last few years,
Ingleside has taken on a new look
Art Henderson
P O Box 179
Ingleside, Texas
P. O. Drawer EEE — Aransas Pass, Texas 78336
Phone Aransas Paas 758-5381 or Ingleside 778-7824
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Staff Photographer
at the castle, disguised in foliage to
the dismay of some Contention grew
as the nights grew longer with the
onset of winter
"ingle gate' continued with pa-
tient eyes watching for the next
chapter to unfold It did. in time.
Accusations flew between honest
folk, the powers and the onlookers.
No one was innocent and Prudence
had fled Information was guarded,
even denied at times
Prudence sought, in the cover of
darkness, assistance with the Wise
One He spoke, but only briefly, and
with a smile
When the Good Technical Elves ar-
rived one day to rid the castle and
dungeon of pests, news of "Ingle
gate” spread throughout the land
What next'’’’ the villagers cried
With their homes threatened from
the onslaught of alien dangers, their
lips parched with dust and but little
murky moisture to whet the
children's brows, the villagers sat
and waited
No shillings in their pockets, their
cottages dark and cold, they waited
And Prudence, now basking in the
Carribbean sun with snorkel and
whiskey sour in hand, cried, ‘‘What
the heck "
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Mail your opinions to: Index
Letters, P.O. Drawer EEE,
Aransas Pass, TX 78336
Short Takes
• Senator John Tower says he will
participate in, or perhaps lead, a fili-
buster to block passage of the
Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill.
• State Sen. Bill Sarpolius plans to
introduce legislation to raise the
drinking age to 21.
• Comptroller Bob Bullock says
the tax bill passed during the special
session covers parking meters, so
cities will be required to collect and
remit the tax.
• The Department of Public Safe-
ty says Texas' crime rate dropped
3.7 percent for the first half of
1984.
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A train SAFETY committee has
been formed in the city of Ingleside
since the train collided with the truck
on Sunray Rd and many people had
commented that they had had near
misses with the train
The committee is trying to draw
the attention of the state agencies to
our plight It is impossible for anyone
to make a point with the state if there
is no community support
We have asked that the people of
our community who have had a nar-
row escape or a near miss respond If
you had such a problem, PLEASE
take a moment of your time and
write a short statement about what
happened to you
Take it to the INGLESIDE
POLICE STATION or to the FIRST
NATIONAL BANK of INGLESIDE.
HAVE IT NOTARIZED (it is free)
and drop it in the mail to P.O.
Drawer 340, Ingleside, TX 78362
If you know of someone from out of
town who had a bad experience,
please write and ask them to send a
notarized statement.
If we sit idly by and allow these
problems to continue when there is
something that we can do to try to
keep someone from being maimed or
killed, then are we any the less guilty
than the driver or the train engineer
who is involved in the accident.
Do you have a guarantee that the
next person who is hit by a train will
not be you or someone that you love?
Signal lights can not be had unless
we get together and work for them A
few minutes of your time could save
a life, maybe your life.
I would like to thank the Index for
showing concern over this problem
and your continued support of our
community problems is certainly ap-
preciated
Sincerely,
Liz Smith
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HIGHLIGHTS
By LyndoN Wiliams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
It was a dark and dreary night
Villians were lurking behind every
shadow in the tiny coastal burg What
would happen next?
The young Prudence, innocent and
pure, had been enlisted in the cloak
and dagger schemes in what is refer-
red to in the annals of local lore as
"Ingle-gate "
It started on a warm, sunny day
when everyone was cheerful and gay,
not "gay" but happy none the less In
the park of all places
Under the live oaks, one could hear
"Hail to the Chief" in the background
and view two men conversing One
was secretly taping the conversation
with a tape recorder neatly conceal-
ed in his trousers
There were rumors of closed
meetings throughout that summer,
but no one knew time or place "What
for?” queried innocent Prudence in
quest for justice and truth
'"Because,"’ was the answer in the
whispering wind
A terrible drought plagued the
townsfolk and the opposing forces
joined together for a time They were
able to fend off the terrible foe at the
mud flats, then resumed their cloak
and dagger struggle for power
Anti-vehicle devices were erected
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It is a sad day at St. Francis Ken-
nels, Jocie Belle Warren Wall, age 94,
passed away yesterday She was of
another generation She was my
wife's mother and she was a real
Texas lady
Jocie, called Nannie, by her family
came from pioneer stock Her mo-
ther and father came to Texas in a
covered wagon way back in the
1800’s. Nannie was tough-mentally
and physically She raised six girls
and one boy by herself after her hus-
band died at an early age In spite of
the death of her son in 1979, and the
usual tribulatons of life, she lived for
94 years
I used to think worry would kill a
person Nannie worried about seven
children, 14 grandchildren and I
don’t know how many great-grand-
children I used to try to get Nannie
to eat a so called more balanced diet
She disregarded all of my learned ad-
vice and ate whatever she wanted
Who could argue with 90 plus
1 know that Nannie, as my mother
in law, sometimes felt like giving me
a good kick in the behind, but she
never did On a scale of 1 to 10, I
would rate her as a mother-in-law a
10 She was the only one I would let
baby sit with my daughter when she
was young
I’m still grateful for the books she
read for a course I was taking at
Baylor University In my last semes-
ter I got an eye infection and couldn't
read for about six weeks
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J. G. Richards and Richard P. Richards
Ownars and Publishars
John Bo wars
Advertising Manager
Larry Wittnabert
Contributing Editor
spectator or shall we rather say
visitor:
In the first place, the presiding of-
ficer, be he mayor, acting mayor or
chairman, has (he duly to see that the
business on the agenda is dispensed
This rather is an attempt to put the 5 of in a fair, efficient and timely man
conduct of public meetings in proper
perspective In the past 30 years 1
have presided over several hundred (he group, be they fellow citizens
meetings, some of them City Council members
As the folks attending the meeting
have diverse interests and a vast
variety of backgrounds, they will not
always be in agreement with the
panel (city council) or the presiding
officer (mayor)
It is their constitutional right to do
so in a brief and precise manner
While addressing the chair they
should restrict themselves to com
ments and suggestions pertaining to
the subject on the agenda that is be
ing discussed at that particular time
and not vent their personal likes or
dislikes
Nobody who has the floor at a
public meeting should be under the
impression that he or she can talk
without limit The presiding officer
owes it to all present that he is fair at
all times
This includes his duty to cut off the
Naw Board
With that thought no doubt in
mind, White named a new state
board with a strong business man-
agement background to make sure
the reforms don't falter.
He also maintained minority rep-
resentation on the new board, as he
said he would try to do.
The new membership has three
Hispanics, two blacks, and five wom-
en. Six members arc businessper-
sons, four are educators, three are
lawyers, one physician, one dentist.
Only two are holdovers from the
abolished elected bond.
Before the new board can take
action, it must receive clearance
from the U.S. Justice Department,
which approve* all election changes.
Sometime in the next session, the
appointees must be confirmed by
t >c Texas Senate.
amount of political flak that White
would surely catch on the '86 cam-
could not swallow another paign trail.
Even if taxes aren't raised again,
it remains to be seen whether the
new school reforms will be accepter »T«ta* Democrats re-elected Bob
I never heard Nannie really
“preach” about the rights and
wrongs of the world She was firm in
setting an example. She was a devout
Methodist and she didn't believe in
drinking, cursing, gambling and
such I am sure she would have been
shocked by what passes for enter
tainment in the movies of today
So there will be many people at her
funeral, many people will miss her
She will be thought of, spoken of, and
prayed for by her family We will all
miss her
On her winter visits with us, she
would sit by the window and watch
the dogs in class She knew them by
name and would ask me about them
The house dogs would wonder about
this stranger at first and then would
treat her as a child. Nannie loved
puppies and we would always let her
hold the puppies if there were any
around.
I guess Nannie loved babies more
than anyone, especially her grand
and great grandchildren They were
all beautiful in her eyes, each was a
perfect jewel in the human chain
I thank God for Nannie, for what
she has been to my daughter and to
all who knew her, but most of all I
thank Him for what she gave me
Forty years ago she gave me a rose-a
rose still beautiful-still precious-my
wife, Irene
Freedom, Love, Peace from St.
Francis Kennels
R H Peterson. Kennel Master
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P.O. Box 55* — Ingleside, Texas 78362
debate in order to protect the group
It is not necessary that the time limit
for remarks from the audience has to
be announced prior to the meeting
In the interest of brevity, I shall
refrain from an account of the many
valid reasons which may force the
presiding officer not only to restrict
the time limits but to force him to cut
off the debate and to declare a
speaker out of order
This is only part of effective rules
necessary to maintain a well
functioning democratic society
Shouldn't we in Ingleside be part of
it’
Sincerely,
Bill Schmidt
wither he would euppori another ble to the public—whether they will Slagle of Sherman to • third term
tarred this spring. like whal theyTiave paid for. •• P«rty chairman.
Pressure on White
The prospects of advocating an-
other tax increase, especially in the
manner in which he led the charge
for school reform, cannot be attrac-
tive to White, a Democrat, as he
thinks about re-election.
For some months now the state
__________________ ___ has been plastered with billboards
inflation and population increases, bought by the opposition party whfch
lawmaker* will need to come up with
aa additional $1.7 billion.
Speaker of the House Gib Lewi*
and a key committee chairman, Stan
Schlueter of Killeen, promptly vowed of another, could only double the
Io fight any new tax increase in the
coming session. explaining that tax-
payer* L- — -—
tax hike so soon after the record tax
bill this summer.
The Governor has not indicated
Then and Now
Schlueter, whose Ways and Mean*
Committee controls the gate for any
tax bill, summed up the prospects
this way:
_ ______________ ___ "Last time we had an issue (public
tion of whether another tax increase education reform) (hat the people
will be necessary to pay for those re- believed in. It had the two ingredi-
form* and other items in Texas gov- ents, necessity and public support.”
But the coming crunch, “the State
may come up with the necessity, but
you will not come up with political
support."
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