The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1972 Page: 1 of 8
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SANGER, DENTON COUNT Y, TEXAS 76266
73rd Year
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1972
NUMBER 21
Board Slates
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ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF
PROPOSED NEW SANGER FIRST
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while the state is loaning the
city $52,000. The remaining
funds come from a bond issue
approved two years ago.
Sebastian said the -city might
secure additional federal funds
to construct outfall sewer lines
south of the sewage treatment
plant to old Hwy. 77. He
said the city must take advan-
tage of the federal funds now.
Under the proposal, the city
could receive $lb9,0G0 in
federal funds, allowing sewer
service from Nickerson Farms
to south of the city limits on
old Hwy. 77.
Sebastian said an additional
Two more candidates filed
Monday as candidates for the
Sanger City Council.
Jack Hall filed as a candi-
date for re-election and Guy
Bennett also put his application
on record.
The only other candidate to
file thus far is Bill Enlow,
who is seeking re-election.
Mayor Ken Cornell, whose
term expires this year, is ex-
pected to seek re-election, but
he has not yet filed for the
office.
Sanger residents will elect
two councilmen and a mayor
during balloting April 1. lead-
line for filing is 5 p.m. March 1.
Applications are available in
the City Hall.
AUSTIN - Tentative guide-
lines for changing the Texas
public school academic year
and curriculum from the cur-
rent semester to the new
quarter system were approv- •
ed last week by the State
Board of Education.
The quarter system, which
becomes mandatory in Septem-
ber, 1973, will be optional
during 1972-73 school year.
A number of school dis-
tricts are expected to pilot
test the new plan either with
selected schools or certain
groups of students beginning
next September, Texas Edu-
cational Agency officials said.
Guidelines which will incor-
porate results ofAhese pilot
programs into the statewide
format will be distributed to
all districts early in 1973.
Under the new system au-
thorized by the 62nd Legisla-
ture during its 1971 regular
session, Texas schools will be
required to divide their 180-
day school year into three
quarters instead of two semes-
ters. A school district may
also operate a fourth quarter
if it chooses, paying for the
extra time out of local tuition
charges or tax funds.
Most Texas districts are
expected to offer three quar-
ters of instruction, at least
duriner the first year. State
REGISTERATION
STILL OPEN TO
ELIGIBLE VOTERS
There is still time to register
to be eligible to vote in the city
and school elections on April 1.
March 1 is the last day to
register to be eligible to vote
in the April 1 elections accord-
ing to a spokesman from the
County Tax Assessor’s office.
However, voter registration
is open all year round and
voters need only to have re-
gistered at least thirty days
prior to the election they wish
to vote in. Once a person is
registered, that registration is
good for three years. And if
the registered voter votes in
an election during that time,
his registration is extended for
another year.
Any resident of Denton Coun-
ty may register to vote in •
Sanger at either the Sr
Courier office, Joe Asher
Garage, or McDaniel Grocery,
$100,000 in federal funds were
available to run the sewer lines
across Interstate 35. but this
would create an $80,000 debt •
for the city.
All of the work could be done,
Sebastian told the council, with-
out a bond issue and without
an increase in taxes.
Sebastian was instructed to
meet with federal officials to
secure complete details on the
proposal.
CHURCH WINDOWS
AVAILABLE FOR
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The art glass windows from
the United Methodist Church are
being made available for pur-
chase to local residents accord-
ing to a spokesman of the church.
He said that officers of the
church felt the windows should
be made available to Sanger
residents before being offered
for sale out of town.
The old church pews are also
available for sale.
The church is being razed and
a new church will be constructed
at the same location.
Anyone interested in either
the windows or the pews may
contact W.F. Schafer at 458-'
3517 or J.W. Bucklew. at 458-
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credit for fewer hours of in-
struction.
Detailed definitions in the
new guidelines will allow more
flexible scheduling of students
for individualized instruction,
continuous progress pro-
grams, and still .assure an
adequate number of hours for
class work, according to
Charles Nix, Texas Education
Agency associate commis-
sioner.
Nix, who heads the Agency’s
office of planning said a spe-
cial task force has spent some
800 man hours developing the
new guidelines.
“We have looked at the
results of quarter system or
other year-round school plans
from all sections of the coun-
try'in order to try to find the
best methods and avoid the
pitfalls,” Nix said.
“Members of our task force
included experienced pro-
fessionals from a number of
departments within the Texas
Education Agency. We have
also met with school adminis-
trators and teachers at major
conferences and at small in-
formal gatherings in all sec-
tions of the state in order to
get their viewpoints and
suggestions for implementing
the new plan.
The Sanger Independent
School District Board of 7 rus-
tees set March 6 to hold a
special called meeting for the
review and adoption of text-
books to be used during the
1972-73 school year.
Neal Odom, president of the
board, stressed that he would
like to see the public attend
this meeting. He said if the
people were made aware that
the special meeting is being
called for the benefit of the
people that it might eliminate
the problems about the adoption
of textbooks that the district
has had in the past.
The special meeting will be-
gin at 7:30 p.m.
In other business during the
regular meeting Monday night.
Herbert A Hedge was i
as superintendent and both prin-
cipals, Johfi D. Springer and
Dale Robbins, were rehired.
After a leni
was decided
Delinquent Notices Due
Delinquent taxpayers will re-
ceive i—’ J • ’ *•
from the City of Sanger.
City Secretary Jimmy Sebas-
tian told members of the City
Council Monday night that the
city had $3,554 in delinquent
taxes for the 1971 taxing year.
“Some taxpayers have other
taxes due,” Sebastian told the
council. “We may have to take
The treatment plant, which
would serve & city of 3,000
population, is being constructed
by the Can-Tex Corporation of
Mineral Wells.. It is a metal,
epoxy coated plant and will be
business Monday erected above ground.
The federal government will
supply $79,000 for the project,
• city’s new sewage treatment
reminders this month plant. The plant will be locat-
ed about 1,000 feet south of the
present plant and will cost about
$123,000.
Sebastian said a chain-link
fence ' would be constructed
around the area prior to installa-
tion of the new facility. He
said the 300,000 gallon plant
should be completed and in
stronger action at a later date.” operation by May.
Sebastian said the city would
bill taxpayers on March 1 for
delinquent taxes back to 1939.
J*axes for 1971 became de-
linquent on Jan. 31,-and began
drawing penalty and interest.
. In other I
night, Sebastian said workmen
had begun construction on the
Quarter System Ordered
funds allocated to districts
under the Foundation School
Program will cover only the
iisual 180 days of instruction
plus 10 days for teacher in-
service training. ‘
Texas high schools (grades
9-12) will have two options
in meeting accreditation
standards. They may grant
credit under the current
semester unit plan but extend
the instruction time spent
daily or weekly in* a course.
. \ Ctr, they may grant credit on
a quarter unit plan wldch
would, in effect, grant less
JAMES THOMAS
CHARGED WITH
HOWARD ROBBERY
A 32-year-old Sanger man
has been charged with burglary
in connection with the year-old
burglary of the Robert Howard
home near Sanger.
Sheriff Wylie Barnes said
James Thomas was charged in
Justice of the Peace Court with
the burglary and was free on
bond.
Barnes said several items
taken from the Howard home
have been recovered. He said
he expected two more arrests
within the near future in con-
nection with the Howard bur-
glary and several others.
Ralph Amyx. Amyx was rehired
by the board as basketball coach
by a 2 to 1 vote.
Coaches Ray Patterson, Tra-
vis Underwood and Joe Higgs
were rehired unanimously.
Mrs. Paula Hansen was hired
by the board to replace Mrs.
Ann West who resigned at the
end of the first semester. Mrs.
Hansen, who has a degree from
North Texas and taught last
year in Jacksonville, Florida,
has been filling the vacancy on
a temporary basis.
Mrs. Carol Knightstep was
hired as a teacher’s aid.
The board adopted a group
insurance plan from Blue Cross-
Blue Shield for the teachers
and administrators of Sanger
, High School. This plan will
rehired be at no expense to the school
district but the board must
approve any group participa-
________ tion plan according to Superin-
gthy discussion it tendent Arledge.
to eliminate the
position of Athletic Director
which is being held by Coach
SCHOOL ELECTION
FILING DEADLINE
IS MARCH FIRST
March 1 at 12 midnight is
the final date to file for posi-
tion of Trustee of the Sanger
Independent School District ac-
cording to Superintendent Her-
bert Arledge.
There are two seats open on
the Board of Trustees to be
filled at the April 1 election. .
To date, two applications have
been filed in the superinten-
dent’s office. Neal Odom has
filed for re-election. Mrs.
‘Glenna Krueger is the other
applicant.
O. W. Davis, Jr. and
hold expiring terms.
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Cole, Ralph. The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1972, newspaper, February 24, 1972; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1282301/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sanger Public Library.