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COURIER, January /0, 1980
EIGHTY FIRST YEAR, NO. 14
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The Sanger Indian girls
basketball team got off to a
slow start but turned on the
coal to defeat Aubrey 57 to
39 to keep their 1st place
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As each and every day passes it becomes increasingly clear '
that President Jimmy Carter must be replaced as our Chief
Executive. Each day I get the distinct impression that Carter
should be replaced now if Mondale were half way competent
then Carter should resign as President now, not in November.
Eyen my old boss, columnist William F. Buckley Jr. wrote
Monday in his syndicated column that “President Carter in
revelaing the pace at which he learns what most people have
known from time immemorial, reminds us that at the earliest
opportunity he should take time to catch up. One suggestion is
that he take a sabbatical; and then run again for the
presidency again, say in 1984. It will take at least until then
before we can rectify the damage done to the world by his
extraordinary blend of ignorance and naivete."
Buckley has half hit on the ignorance and incompetency of
our President. I remember very well the night Carter was
elected. I wis afraid of the results so I went to a basketball
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Multiple Problems Confront
City Council
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In All It’s Beauty — Truly a work of art.
The Indian girls led by
only 6 to 4 at the end of the
first quarter ad they seemed
to still be savoring their
victory last Friday over
Pilot Point.
In the second quarter
Sanger’s offense finally went
into high gear and they led
at halftime 25 to 15. The
second half was all Sanger
and Coach Steve Barthold
finally emptied the bench.
when |the house
declared' that
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I honestly believe that Russia did us a great favor by
invading Afghanistan. I feel sorry’for the people of that
country, but the Soviet invasion has opened the eyes of
America.
The Soviets had lulled us asleep we were beginning to
think that Howard Cosell was the greatest threat to America.
If the invasion had not happened we would probably have
had the SALT.f II agreement signed before Carter left
office which would lead to an even earlier grave for America.
Russia made a bad move because they have united the free
world and even Communist China together again.
I’m sorry Howard, now you’re Number 2 on the ‘.Most
hated" list, make that No. 3, that idiot in Iran is No. 2.
victorys of Carter. I remember that state results were called *
at each time out and the only cheers for Carter's victorys were
the Blacks.
Those Blacks, Mexican Americans, Liberals, and die heart
Democrats have now seen the fruits of their votes runaway
inflation that had been checked by Gerald Ford bailing out
Chrysler the giveaway of the Panama Canal the cancelling
of strategic bombers the loss of Cambodia, Iran and now
Afghanistan. I could go on and on. What has Carter
done nothing but make a bad situation worse. He tries but
he is an incompetent, honest President. Carter should have
stayed with the peanuts it fits.
I would like to commend the Denton Record Chronicle for
carrying, Buckley's complete column in its Monday's
edition the Dallas Morning News omited the part about
Carter's ignorance.
The Record Chronicle in Monday’s paper also had an
editorial calling for a get tough policy with the Iran mob. It's
good to see the Record Chronicle standing up instead of taking
a soft line like so many papers are doing.
I In case you didn’t read Buckley's column it told of a
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ABC’s Frank Reynolds. Carter advised Reynolds "that he had
learned more about^the Russians in the past week then he had
in the previous two and a half years before that.”
This is the Carter tjhat spoke at Notre Dame’s graduation in
1977 and spoke so scornfully about our "inordinate fear of
Communism."
This is the same Carter that kissed the Russian- premiers
cheek at the conclusion of the SALT II talks.
This is the same President Carter that was warned two
months ago by the powers of Afghanistan that they feared a
Russian invasion. Carter didn't believe it and didn't act
, accordingly.
What should Carter do? *•
1. Resign
His successor should:
1. Give Iran 24 hours notice to free the hostages or else we
will level their country.
2. Cut off all trade, cultural exchanges, etc. with Russia or
any of their satellite countries.
3. Put air bases in Israel.
4. Tell the OPEC countries enough is enough. We won't
stand for any more price increases.
5. Do away with the welfare program^ except help for
senior citizens, dependent children and the handicapped.
6. Double our military budget.
7. I^et American oil men have a free h.lnd to develop our
resources that are still in the ground.
8. Develop our natural resources: coal, oil shale and build
nuclear reactors whereever they are needed.
9. Tell the folks that don’t like American to "get the hell
out.”
This paper also welcomes any opinions on anything, we ask
that you sign your name and address, and we will omit it if you
desire.
for upkeep. The next item of
contention was brought up
by Attorney John L.
Sullivan, who questioned the
authority of pastor Burl
Richardson to sign an
agreement to pave. Mr.
Henderson promised to
ensure
had long
someday
dreamed
acquiring
house, and hated to see it
vacant and deteriorating.
Ijou is an electrical engineer
at General Dynamics in Fort
Worth and they were living
in Arlington. In January,
1978, after several months of
negotiations, they bought
the Wolters House and
then the fun began.
Faced with a deadline to
move the house[ the Wolters
winced
mover declared» that it
couldn't be done. It was too
large. So Lou and Helen tore
the roof and upper floor
down in sleet * and ice
(remember the winter of ’78)
and several weeks later, the
house was moved slowly up
Highway 156, through Krum
and Bolivar, to the hill west
of Sanger. /
The reconstruction was at
times particularly trying,
say the Wolters. They did a
great deal of the work
themselves, setting concrete
forms, scraping paint and
repainting, taping and bed
ding sheetrock, and cleaning
the mortar from old bricks.
They are particularly grate
ful to neighbors Ray and
Martha Holder for their
help, support and patience
during the rebuilding stage.
Wishing to retain as much
fo the original house as
possible, the Wolters mark
. j he rafters and replaced
vm m as they were, wlrn the
help of photographs. Only
the decking and roof on the
upper story are new. They
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If you drive west 'out of
Sanger on Highway 455,
you'll notice on the horizon
the Steeply roofed gables of
a turn of the century Texas
home. The stately white
house, surrounded by flow
ers and an ornamental iron
fence, surely looks as though
it has stood on the hill on
Sam Bfts Road for 75 years.
But' it wasn’t there two
years ago.
Ixiu and Helen Wolters
moved the house from the
Lewisville area to its
Kathy Knight led the
Indians with 17 points, I-.ee
Ann Galbreath had 15,
Rebecca Kesseler had 10,
Lisa Ridout had 6 and
Teresa McMillian 'had 3.
Knight had 11 rebounds.
Wendy Lambert led
Aubrey with 13, Lisa Looper
had 10 and Kathleen West
had 8.
The win brought Sanger’s
season record to 15 5 and
their district record to 2 0.
The Sanger Junior Var
sity girls team had their best
performance of the year
Tuesday night against
Aubrey as they outslugged
the Chaps 22 13.
Becky McWhorter scored
8 points and played a tough
game under the basket to
lead the JV girls.
Marsha Woody had
points and handled the ball
well.
Coach Bill McFarling
credited the girls poise as a
contributing factor in the
win, something that they
had lacked in earlier games.
Sanger's girls basketball
program looks in excellent
shape for the future.
Support
Sanger
Basketball
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Indian Boys Lose To Aubrey By 1
until the final three minutes
when Aubrey took the
lead Sanger regained the
lead but the Chaps hit the
winning basket with 4
seconds left.
Joe Darrell McWhorter
was Sanger’s high point man
with 18 points while Willie
Henderson had one of his
most productive nights with
17 points.
Odom had 10, Pettigrew 8,
Chambers 2, Hodges 2 and
Garner 2 for the Indians.
Sanger had numerous
opportunities to put the
game away but couldn't
make the free throws when
they counted.
Back to the
boards.
the large
room up
ing implemented, in the
process of what Mr. Wright
had termed “running Sanger
like a corporation".
All of these will increase
efficiency and reduce .the
chances of misuse.
Council approved
Wright’s bill.
Mr. Coker related the
necessity of going through
the Council before ap
proving variances to build
ers. Then came the most
complex and lengthy portion
of the meeting, a discussion
of J. W. Bucklew's con
struction on Freese Street.
Mr. Bucklew had presented
a plat delineating his plans
to pave another 25 feet of
the street to accomodate a
driveway to I Ait 8 across
from the Assembly of God
Church. Several problems
quickly arose, notably the
The multiple problems
surrounding construction on
Freesp Drive dominated the
meeting of the Sanger City
Council in its first session of
the year Monday night.
A range of personalities
Vigorously discussed num
erous topics in a session
lasting four hours. These
included the city audit,
variances on Freese Drive,
street signs, and the city’s
garbage dumping ground.
Mayor pro-tern John
Coker, in the absence of
Mayor Ralph Cole, called the
meeting to- order promptly
and City Secretary Mary Jo
Stover read the minutes of
the previous sessions. All
.disbursements were ap
proved as presented.
The first order of regular
business outlined the Sanger Planning and Zoning Com
mission's insistence that no
“half streets" would be
allowed in this plan. Mr.
Bucklew reminded the
members of the Church’s
agreement to pave the other
half of Freese Drive if he
lays one half. This extended
section encompasses the
projected driveway en
trance and ends before the
street terminates in a dirt
road. Another difficulty
involved the needed exten
sion of a sewer line
underneath the street in this
section. To have his variance
endorsed, Mr. Bucklew
promised to reinburse the
city for digging the trench
and laying the pipes. Future
work can be performed
developing this street if
■contractors want to. He will
to sign
to pave.
promised
that all relevant
documents will be modified
to indicate that Mr.
Richardson and the chair-
man of deacoihs were
authorized to sign agree
ments for the church. The
altered plat, including the
used the original interior
w<M>dworking and the gin
gerbread trim. The beautiful
stained glass front door was
saved, as were the old iron
fence and half dozen light
ning rods that topped the •
house. Even the bricks used
for the fireplace were
salvaged from the chimney
flues.
The ’• formerly enclosed
stairway was opened up and
turned around to rise from
the front entry. The use of
Victorian colors pale greens
and rose, with lots of white
helped preserve the early
century flavor of the
high-ceilinged, rooms.
Two rooms at the back of
the house could not be
moved. They had been part
of a pre-pivil War house in
which the .Fred Wolters
family had lived while the
new home was built, and
which later served as a
kitchen and laundry room.
This back portion of the
house (now a modern
kitchen and family room)
was completely replaced,
slightly larger and’ with
lowered floor and ceiling to
accommodate a game room
above it.
The A ceilinged game
room is one of the surprises
of the house. Also upstairs is
a sewing room and guest
room, yet to be finished.
The Wolters were striving
to make the house look as
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right where it is. And they
have succeeded!
The Sanger Indians,
riding high to an apparent
district championship were
dealt a severe blow Tuesday
night at the hands of the
Aubrey Chapparells. The
Chaps upset a heavily
favored Indian team 60 to 59
in Aubrey.
Most folks thought that
the Indians would run away
with the Chaps, but Sanger
couldn't handle a basic press
and couldn’t hit free throws.
Aubrey did handle the press
and did hit the free throws
and that was the difference.
Sanger led all the way
with Mr. Jesse Coffey's
switch to the use of gas in
his subdivision, the search
for housing and urban
development funds for
.water system improve
ments, and the installation
of a light pole across from
the Burrus Supermarket.
Water lines to the Gateway
addition have been laid by
Dickerson Construction
Company, who will’ be
responsible for maintaining
them, and endorsed as sound
by the engineering firm of
Schoelfield and Associates.
Finally, Mr. Henderson
proposed the closing of the
city’s garbage dump during
the morning to free the
employee for more product
ive work then. This meeting
was adjourned for a group
disgruntled by the lateness.
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| present site in April, 1978.
Helen says she had always
wanted to restore an old
home, but (his one was
really special Lou was born
in it.
The home was built in
1905 by Lou’s grandfather, a
carpenter who came to
Texas from Germany in
1887. ^Fred Wolters Sr.
purchased the lumber for
$990 in East Texas and had
it freighted to his farm in the
Round Grove Community,
i approximately three miles
south of Lewisville, where
he built his house.
The large house served
Lou’s grandparents well, as
I there were 13 children. Nine
■ boys slept in
dormitory like
" stairs,
k Lou’s parents took
£ the house in 1919 and lived
| there until 1936. ou was the
1 vounsest of six. children to
be born in the downstairs
’ bedroom which is
present living room.
Lou and Helen Wolters
The first order of regular
business outlined the Sanger
Electric System’s capital
improvements, which a-
mounted to $2285. Next,
came the audit of Sanger’s
finances by Mr. Tony
Wright. After exhaustive
scrutiny, Mr. Wright pre
sented a summary of the
city’s expenditures and
income. One point of
dissatisfaction among the
Council members revolved
around the inability to
determine exactly the value
of the electic plant. This
uncertainty occured because
of the loss or unavailability
of records relating to these
costs. Mr. Wright empha
sized that this disparity will
not significantly effect civic
operations and, with depre
ciation, will even itself out
after three years. In
addition, he laid out some
recommendations for more
efficient city functioning.
Some* of these improve
ments included the installs
tion of a locked box for night
utility deposits, use of time
cards for hourly employees,
elimination of the mayoral
signature stamp for checks,
locking away of narcotics
during the day, and
inventories of all items
owned by the city. City
Manager Lloyd Henderson
replied that all these
recommendations were be
street paving and sewer
construction, was approved
subject to the church’s
compliance with the paving K
agreement.
An old topic of business
emerged, as Mr. Coker
announced a proposed ordi-
nance to require builders to
install street lights in
between those at each end of
long roads. Such an incident
occured in the poorly lighted
Hillcrest §treet lighting.
This motion was approved.
Next Mr. Henderson asked
*that the municipal water
tower should be painted on
the exterior and that bids
should now be advertised
for. This motion also passed
unanimously. The little
known $10 fee for a license
to demolish building was ■
deleted by vote from the»city
ordinances because it had
not been enforced and might
discourage necessary level
ing of old structures.
The Sanger landfill fol
lowed in discussion, with
Mr. Henderson describing
the situation of out-of town
citizens leaving trash there.
The Council decided to erect
a boundary of people who
can make use of this free
service, based on residency
in the Sanger posted
district. Postmaster Benny
Bridges underscored the
feasibility of this plan.
Required as identification
will be a copy of a citizen’s
city utility bill.
City Judge Gene Hughes
in absentia had requested a
raise from $100 to $200 per
month in salary. Henry
Cooper and J. P. Hampton
urged trying to find another
dedicate his curb to the city judge for this salary, but Mr.
* Bridges pressed for careful
consideration of raising the
salary until another local
judge could be selected.
Cole would be a
logical interior judge. The
subject was deferred until
the next meeting, at which
time the search for a
candidate will continue if
Mr. Hughes refuses to
accept the old salary.
Miscellaneous subjects in
eluded the presentation of
new sign blades by Mr.
Donn Nesbitt, discontent
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I am proud to announce that the Courier has a new
basketball sports editor. I don’t know of anyone more
qualified to cover all the Sanger basketball games than former
co^ch Leslie Browning. Mr. Browning will be covering all the
games and will give his straight forth opinion of the Sanger
girls and boys quest for the district championship.
I have a feeling that both the boys and girls will win district
Say Happy Birthday on January 13th to Sanger's favorite
teacher, Greta Miller and Frank Smith’s boss, Mary Fran
Smith. Happy Birthdays are extended on the 16th to Bess
Ashley and Julie Kirby, on the 17^h to Dixie Krueger. Thelma
Johnson, John Springer’s boss varol Springer and Carla
Sadau.
Happy Anniversary on the 16th to Mr and Mrs. Frank
Smith and on the 17th to John and Carol Springer 1 wonder if
John knew that he was marrying Carol on her birthday?
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Our apologies to Pam Howard who was mistakenly
identified last week as Kim Davidson in the basketball trophy
picture. Sorry Pam. >
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