The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. [78], No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1976 Page: 1 of 6
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SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS 76266
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NUMBER 48
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1976
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BLOOD DONORS-Sandra Smith and Joe
Hutto were two of the donors who showed up
for the Sanger Community Blood Drive
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Low Turnout
For Sanger
Blood Drive
The Sanger Community
blood drive wasn’t exactly a
howling success Saturday as
only 24 people showed up for
this worthwhile cause.
The blood drive, sponsored
by the Sanger Chamber of
Commerce, was to build a
blood supply for use by the
people of the Sanger area.
Only 20 pints of blood were
collected for this purpose.
In the past two drives held
in Sanger, a total of 72 pints
were collected and they
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Sec. of State Mark White
has announced that his office
is conducting a massive,
statewide voter registration
drive for this fall’s President
tial election.
A pilot registration drive
was conducted last spring,
White said, and it added
around 400,000 new voters
to the rolls in Texas.
“Last spring’s experience
convinced us we need to
enlarge our registration
efforts,” White said. “The
new Texas registration law
makes it easier than ever
before to vote in Texas, and
we are trying to make sure
every citizen is aware of that
fact.”
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18 month period since the
Sanger Community Blood
Bank was orginated.
Wadley Blood Center han-
dles donations of blood for
the Sanger fund and
donations may be made any
day at Wadley Blood Center
in Denton.
Donors who missed the
blood mobile here Saturday
may go to Wadley Blood
Center on 1-35 next to the
Ramada Inn in Denton.
Donating for the Sanger
Community Blood Bank
Saturday were John W.
Lambert, Benny Johnson,
David Garner, Jack Krue-
ger, John D. Springer, Tenia
Hoops, David Brewer, Joe
Hutto, Sandra Smith, Judy
Cole, H. V. Caraway, Glenna
Krueger, Ruby Reed, Greta
Miller, Franklin Smith, John
Knightstep, Thelma John-
son, Guy Bennett, Maribelle
Sims and Dale Moorehead.
Donors who were checked
and rejected for various
medical reasons were Fern
Hutto, James Hood, Dixie
Krueger and Sue Cook.
Baby Girl
Is Shot
Accidentally
A four-year-old Sanger
girl was shot in the leg by a
shotgun last Thursday while
riding in the back seat of a
car.
The girl, Paula Hender-
son, was taken to a Denton
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tions. In the last Presiden-
tial election, White said, 43
percent of voting-age Tex-
ans cast ballots.
“Clearly there is room for
improvement, and we hope
our drive will help,” White
said. “We hope every
eligible Texan will register
and vote.”
Saturday. Carefully watching them are staff
members from Wadley Blood Center in
Dallas.
Enrollment in Sanger Schools
Expected At All-Time High
is on a seven class schedule
with 45 minute periods while
the high school remains on a
six class schedule with 55
minute periods.
Principal Ridout said that
everybody seemed to be
making the best of a bad
situation and he was
confident that things could
continue until the new high
school was completed.
Jackie Kemp
Dies Of
were collected and they
Glinshnt Wound have been usedduring the
A 25-year-old Sanger man
died about 6 a.m. Monday
from a gunshot wound he
sustained earlier in the
morning on a Denton street.
The victim was identified
as Jackie Benard Kemp, son
of Mrs. Annie Gracie Ridge
of Sanger.
Denton police are holding
a 22-year-old woman in
county jail pending the filing
of murder charges.
Kemp was shot once in the
back with a .22 caliber pistol.
Denton Police said Kemp
was shot about 1:10 a.m.
while sitting in a car in the
500 block of Ruddell Street
in Denton.
A woman companion in
the car sustained a wound in
the lower right leg, police
said.
Officers said both victims
of the shooting were taken
to Flow Memorial Hospital,
where Kemp died about 6
a.m.
The woman, identified as
Kemp’s estranged wife, is
being held in lieu of $7,500
bond.
Funeral services for
Kemp will be held at 2 p.m.
today at Galilee Baptist
Church in Sanger.
Kemp was born Nov. 17,
1950, in Sanger and was
married to Janice Marie
Pitts on July 31, 1973, in
Denton. He was a Vietnam
war veteran and was an
employe of Brougham In-
dustries. ir
Kemp attended Denton
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would be made to furnish
the best service possible
without interruption.
Sanger had two rural
routes previously, but the
routes were combined about
10 years ago and a portion of
the area covered from here
went to Valley View.
Bridges said postal em
ployes would be glad to
assist anyone in making the
change from rental box to
rural route delivery.
“We are here to serve the
fine people of Sanger,” he
said.
Placement of the rural
type mailboxes in the city
must be in accordance with
accepted postal regulations.
To receive home delivery
of mail inside the city limits,
residents must make appli-
cation at the Post Office.
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F ree delivery of
inside
Limits will begin
Saturday for the first time,
Postmaster Benny Bridges
announced this week.
Beginning Saturday, San
ger will have two rural
routes — one outside the
city limits and one inside the*
city limits.
Johnnie Richardson will
continue to deliver Rural
Route 1, outside the city
limits, while James Ready
will handle Rural Route 2,
inside the city limits.
Bridges said residents of
the city will have curb-line
delivery service. Rural type
mailboxes must be placed at
the curb for delivery of mail.
Bridges said the Postal
Service is now taking
applications from anyone
interested in receiving mail
in front of or across the
street from their home.
Persons inside the city limits
must reside at least one
Less than a week after
classes started in the Sanger
schools, enrollment had
reached 806 with more new
students enrolling every
day.
Last year after one week of
school, there was a total
enrollment of 777.
Elementary School Princi-
pal Travis Underwood has
351 in his building.
Noting that a comparison of
last year’s enrollment with
the present couldn’t be
affected because of the
transfer of sixth grade
students to the middle
school, he said that enroll-
ment doesn’t usually reach a
peak until after the Labor
Day holiday. He already has
34 students enrolled who did
not attend Sanger school
last year not counting
kindergarten and early
childhood.
At the middle school, 455
students are crowded into a
building that administrators
figure should accomodate
300 to 350.
The crowded situation is
necessary because of the
delayed completion of the
new high school.
Middle School Principal
David Brewer said that he
had at least 25 students on
his rolls that had not
attended Sanger last year.
At the middle school
campus, grades 6 through 12
attend classes. Temporary
dividers have been con-
structed in the auditorium
and four classes are held
there.
High School Principal Jim
Ridout said he was very
pleased with the way the
students have adjusted to
the situation.
He said thd^older students
were placed in the tempo-
rary classrooms because he
felt they could adjust better
than the younger ones and
also when the high school is
completed, only the older
students will be disrupted.
To add to what could be
confusion without the care-
ful planning of the two
principals, the middle school
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fourth mile from the Post
Office to be eligible for home
delivery.
Bridges said growth in
both the city and rural areas
around Sanger made it
necessary to divide Richard
son’s rural route.
Some customers will
begin receiving their mail a
little earlier in the day than
usual when the change goes
into effect Saturday.
Addresses will change
also, Bridges said. Only five
persons presently on the
rural route will have the
same address.
Bridges said all customers
whose address changes
Saturday will be notified as
to their new address.
Bridges expects some
problems during the change
over but added every effort
Massive Voter Registration
Drive Slated For State
toll-free number in White’s
Austin office, he said. The
number, which is open
during business hours, is
800 292-9602.
On the local level, several
businesses around town
have a Deputy Registrar
who can register citizens to
vote, including, Sanger City
Hall, Joe Ashcraft’s Garage
and The Sanger Courier.
County residents may also
contact the County Tax
Assessor-Collector’s office in
Denton.
White noted that only 20
percent of voting-age Tex-
ans went to the polls in 1974,
which was an “off year”
involving no national elec-
Under the new registration
law, Texans need only fill
out a registration postcard
and mail it, White said,
adding that the registration
deadline for the November 2
election is October 1..
Registration applications
are available through county
tax assessors or by calling a
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FIRST DAY AT KINDERGARTEN-Jason first day in kindergarten
Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Jones, ------------------------o —
shakes hands with Mrs. Mary Bucklew on his Karen and several classmates.
Welcome Rain
Hits Area
A brief thunderstorm
^Monday night dumped only
.2 of an inch of moisture in
the Sanger area.
It was the first rainfall
since July 19, when only .1 of
an inch was recorded by
Riverside Chemical Com-
pany in Sanger.
Areas around Sanger
apparently received more
rain during the brief shower,
which was accompanied by a
violent electrical storm.
Northeast of Sanger
received about .4 of an inch
but the entire area didn’t
receive enough to do much
to break the current
drought.
The Sanger area has
recorded only four inches of
moisture since May.
The thunderstorm did
bring with it some cooler
night time temperatures.
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Cole, Ralph. The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. [78], No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1976, newspaper, August 26, 1976; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1283011/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sanger Public Library.