Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1984 Page: 1 of 9
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Sanger Cou rier
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Sanger 4-H will meet
Monday, September 10
at 7:30 p.m. at the Sanger
Elementary School, for children
ages 9 through 19.
Thursday
September 6,1984
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birthplace on a July 4th, soon
after the turn of the century.
She attended the Good Hope
Country School, and then went
to Aubrey High School. Her
parents, the late Nannie Rue
Cherry and Jesse B. Cherry
were married in the Parvin
Community in the home in
which Nannie Rue had been
bom. The house still stands,
and is still owned by a member
of the family. Alma related a
humorous story about her
mother and father which was
typical of the era ■ having been
bora and reared in a strict
Presbyterian home, her mother
considered dancing very sinful.
Her father, a skilled and much
sought after square dance
caller started calling on Miss
Nannie Rue. When she was
sixteen and he was twenty-
three, they were married.
Questioning her mother about
how she could have married
one so identified with the sin of
dancing, her mother explained
to her that he was so handsome
that her objections to dancing
were simply swept away.
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The
Dangerous fumes
released from
overturned 18-wheeler
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Firemen wearing gas masks hurried to unload dangerous cargo from the
18-wheeler that overturned north of Sanger last Friday night.
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Saturday.
Widener said that a camper
cut back in front of his truck
which caused him to sideswipe
a car parked on the shoulder of
the freeway.
Widener denied allegations
that he had fallen asleep at the
wheel.
Widener told reporters that
he and his wife Alice had been
on the road for about
threehours and had stopped for
dinner shortly after crossing
the Texas-Oklahoma border.
The driver of the car that
was sideswiped was reported
to be Mary Davis of Henrietta.
Four other passengers in the
car were also treated. Reports
are that they were traveling to
Sanger to Friday nights
scrimmage between Henrietta
and Sanger which was to begin
at 6 p.m. The wreck occured at
5:30 p.m.
The Sanger Volunteer Fire
Department was praised by
Denny Day of Western
Emergency Service in Keller.
“They took the proper
“Enriching
the lives of
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Romines presented several recommendations to the
Council.
The major request asked that SPAN, who requested
use of the Center on Wednesdays, be denied that privilege
on the grounds that the Center could be used by the
community more.
SPAN currently uses the Center four days per week.
It Was noted «>»»— in it*
efforts, and notes the need for space. Romines asked that
a separate facility be located to handle the SPAN
program in the future.
The Council approved the Committee request to deny
SPAN the center’s use on Wednesdays. Also approved
was a once weekly two hour clinic use of the Center by the
WIC (Women, Children, and Infants) Program.
The Center Committee then asked for community
support in a workday for the Presbyterian Park Center.
In other matters, new police officer Ron Parkes was
introduced by Police Chief Benny Erwin. Parker comes to
Sanger from the Aubrey Security Force.
A letter to the Council from a representative of the
Daughters of American Revolution (DAR) resulted in the
approval of a constitutional week - September 17 marks
the actual date of the signing.
Mayor Armstrong will proclaim the week at a later
date.
Mayor Armstrong also reported to the Council on her
meeting of the legislative committee to the Texas
Municipal League.
The committee met in Austin, and considered issues to
be lobbied for or against by the TML at the next
legislative session.
The group voted to sponsor unilateral annexation
powers to all general law cities, and to support a water
resources package.
portion of Tract 62, H. Tierwester, from R-l (Single
Family) to LB (Local Business).
The property would be used by Schafer to erect a KOA
type of establishment.
The planning and zoning commission recommended
Council denial of the request, and a protest petition was
filed by concerned citizen*. f
Schafer was not present to defend his request, but
several neighbors spoke against it.
Resident Shirlene Wright said the business wouldn't
benefit the community, serving only to tourists.
Property devaluation was noted as a possibility by Bill
Rice.
The zoning change was denied by the Council, in
concurrence with the planning and zoning
recommendation.
In a second public hearing, the City budget was passed,
with no citizen input.
Three bids were opened and presented for consideration
to purchase a police car for 1985. The lowest bid was from
Hilz/Snider of Sanger for approximately nine thousand
dollars. The Council will review all bids and make its
decision at the next meeting.
Approximately five thousand was approved by the
Council as five percent of the cost for an electrical signal
at Willow Street and the Railroad crossing.
The final plat on Block 1, Lots 3,4 and 5 for Aneham
Investments was tabled before approval, until an
easement is shown on the plat, and it's shown that
utilities will tie only Bolivar Road.
A request from Trinity Chapel for a building prmit was
also tabled, until a plat can be presented to the Council
with details.
Community
purchased a garage from Earl
J‘Boots” Lewis, and Alma had
planned to pursue her nurses
training, but illness forced her
to abandon her studies for that
profession. On a trip to Denton
with the late Edna (Mrs. Lish)
LeGear to have their hair
coiffured, the Salon owner
offered her a job shampooing
and doing other odd jobs. Alma
found her nursing training to
be a great help in the beauty
profession, so in due time she
completed requirements for her
license, and borrowed $150.00
from her father for equipment
to set up her shop in the back
end of R.V. Duncan’s barber
shop. After four months of
operation, the customers were
so few and far between that she
decided to close. But on closing
day, customers literally flocked
in from Gainesville, Pilot
Point, and several other
localities. From then until her
retirement in 1974, the thought
of closing never entered her
mind again.
In 1928, she moved the shop
to it’s present location where it
owrfw P"”6”1
loyal Presbyterian. , For
twenty-five years she served as
an Elder and Clerk of the
Session for the local
congregation. Now she
continues to express her love
and concern for the residents of
Care Inn and her friends
elsewhere through phone calls
and personal visits enriching
her own mature years and the
lives of those whose lives she
touches.
Residents protest zoning change to Local Business
Several Utility Board recommendations were made at
Tuesday’s City Council meeting concerning electrical
employees.
Utility Board Chairman Herbert Arledge presented
recommendations.
The Mayor request dealt with the great necessity for
three personnel - a manager/foreman, and two Class B
lineman - to be hired in the takeover.
It was noted that the large job responsibilities would
require experienced, qualified personnel.
A second recommendation called for the Council to
gather a list for contract labor. The value of this was
noted in case of necessity.
Present service connect fees were viewed favorably by
the Board for the time being, until the situation can be
reviewed further.
The Council is currently considering such personnel
action in executive sessions.
In other business, several Sanger residents attended
the meeting to speak against a zoning change from single
family to local business.
A public hearing was conducted to consider Zoning
Petition Z-69 for Earl Schafer to change zoning on a west
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for many years thereafter,
Alma’s price for a shampoo
and set was 50 cents, and a
permanent was $1.75.
Reminiscing about Sanger,
Alma stated that when she
arrived here in 1920, there were
1,000 people, and a huge trade
territory of prosperous farms
and stock farms. The town had
three banks, three gins, three
dry good stores, three drug
stores, a jewelry store, a
bakery, and two picture
shows. She remembers that
gravel for the new highway,
(old 77) was hauled by horse
drawn wagons. The town had
trade days, or fourth Monday
as it was called, and the people
were so thick that you could
not stir them.
Like her mother, Alma has
always been a staunch and
Miss Alma Cherry mainstay of community
Shop, in the heart of the
downtown business district. In
retirement, her familiar profile,
shaded by her equally familiar
billed cap, has been a welcome
and cheering presence, as she
visits up and down the street
or sits on the benches visiting
and reminiscing with old
friends of long standing.
The Denton County
Community of Parvin, near
Good Hope, was Alma’s
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precautions, those guys knew
what they were doing.’’
Fifteen families were
evacuated from the Indian
Village trailer park about a
mile north of the accident.
The freeway was
immediately closed and the
area sealed off including the air
space over the accident site. A
helicopter from WFAA-TV
which answered a call from the
Sanger Courier was not
allowed to get under 10,000
feet or within five air miles fo
the accident site. Channel 8 did
make the accident its lead
story on the 10 p.m. newscast.
Traffic was backed up as far
as Gainesville to the north and
Lewisville to the south until
10:30 p.m.
Federal Aviation
Administrator Ralph Reeves
said that “this chemical is
dangerous and if any water hit
it an explosion could occur.
A member of the State
Highway Department said
that the truck was not marked
Every community of people,
large or small, has it’s “main-
stay,” “best loved,” and “best
known” citizen; one accepted
by both men and women as
their neighbor, their friend,
their advocate. “Old Timers”
in Sanger would undoubtedly
claim this honor for the one
and only Alma Cherry, who
spent forty-eight years of her
life as operator of her own
business, Cherry’s Beauty
/\n overturned 18-wheeler
caused the closing of a seven
mile stretch of 1-35 Friday
night. The 18-wheeler was
involved in a wreck with a
pickup camper, the driver lost
control and the van
overturned. The accident
occured one mile north of
Sanger and the Belz Road exit.
Sixteen persons were taken
to Westgate Hospital
precautionary measure
they inhaled the fumes,
toxic chemicals involved in the
accident were identified as
antimony trioxide and
diethylamine. The former is a
skin irritant and the latter is a
highly poisonous and
explosive.
Sanger volunteer firemen
Robert Holder, Danny Spindle,
Jeff McNeill and Craig
Waggoner were among those
taken to Westgate Hospital.
The driver of the 18-wheeler,
Andy Widener and his
passenger Alice Widener of
Fort Worth were listed in
satisfactory condition last
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