The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1971 Page: 1 of 6
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CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED FOR 71 YEARS
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1971
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SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS 76266
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COUNCIL WILL
PURCHASE NEW
STREET SIGNS
TURN CLOCKS
BACK HOUR
THIS WEEKEND
Area residents will lose an
hour of sleep this weekend as
savings time takes
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The money would be used
to finance engineering studies.
In other business, Harold
Bacchus, mayor of Frisco, was
elected president of the asso-
ciation., Mayor George Hllz of
Pilot Point was elected vice
president and G.L. Phillips was
named secretary-treasurer.
The three officers, along with
Little Elm representative
Chuck Bradley, were named to
the executive committee to re-
view the engineering firms’pro-
posals.
The group will hold its next
meeting at 7:30 p.m. May 20
in Pilot Point National Bank.
The City Council voted Mon-
day night to purchase new street
marker signs for sections of
the city.
The signs will be placed in
new additions and in older sec-
tions of town where the street
markers are missing.
Mayor Ken Cornell said the
city could order the signs
through Denton and secure them
at a lower cost.
SLOW, GENTLE
RAIN FALLS ON
SANGER AREA
A slow, gentle rain fell in
the Sanger area over the week-
end and another shower came
early Tuesday but area far-
mers say they still need mois-
ture. , -
The more than two inches
of moisture will assure far-
mers of a crop, however.
Some areas received just
over an inch of rain, but the
City of Sanger reported slight-
ly more than two inches.
The rain soaked dry fields
and will aid area small grain
crops.
The Sanger area had received
only 3.1 inches of rainsincethe
first of the year and only .4
of an'inch since the first of
March. Normal rainfall is
around 10 inches.
Many oat crops in the area
had headed prior to the rains
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This would almost double
the number of customers now
served by the Sanger exchange.
U.S. Sen. John Tower, R-
Tex., announced approval of
the loan through the Rural Elec-
trification Administration.
Tower said the funds would
provide one and four-party dial
service and other improve-
ments in Alvord, Krum and
Sanger.
The company recently re-
quested and secured rate in-
creases in the three exchanges
to provide the base necessary
for securing the loan.
The Sanger School Board vot-
ed unanimously Monday night
to hire the firm of Southwest
Appraisal Inc. of Dallas for the
purpose of re-evaluating and
equalizing property values in
the Sanger Independent School
District.
The board also approved to
officially proceed with plans to
rearrange the existing athletic
field which includes new lightn-
ing and some new bleachers.
The plan also calls for a cinder
track to be constructed around
the football field but this will
be completed at a later date.
Southwest Appraisal Inc. sub-
mitted a contract of $10,500
for the entire equalization pro-
gram. The board felt that this
was a resonable bid for the
amount of work that needed to
be done.
Appraisers will begin work
in the Sanger atea around
August 1 and will be completed
in time to prepare the 1972
should be used on the athletic
program at this time. Odom
said this would provide room
for future growth of the athletic
program and should be consider-
ed a capital improvement rather
than as an expense for athletics.
James Lyons said he con-
sidered it an investment which
would pay for itself with in-
creased attendance since the
plans call for additional park-
ing facilities and adequate rest-
rooms.
In other business the board
accepted a check for $700 from
a representative of the Sanger
Band Booster Club to help pay
for the band overlays and hats
which were ordered for the band
this year.
The school board and the Band
Booster Club had agreed last
spring to share the cost of the
uniforms for the band.
City Secretary Named
The plan would include such
items as projected sewer and
drainage needs, water expan-
sion and streets.
Action on that proposal also
was delayed until a later meet-
ing. , ,
Cornell named commissioner
duties during the meeting.They
included Henry Cooper, streets;
Bill Gentle, water, and sewer;
Jack Hall, city sanitation; Mrs.
Eulalia McDaniel, parks; and
Bill Enlow, Fire Department.
FFA PROJECT SHOW IS HELD HERE
(See story on Page 6)
is given each year to an out-
standing Senior who has ex-
celled in at least two sports,
has maintained a good scholas-
tic record and is active in at
least one other school organiza-
tion.
W. O. Echols, superintendent
of schools in Gainesville, was
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Small
Members of the Small Cities
Association of Denton and Collin
Counties approved feasibility
studies Thursday on three area
wide programs.
They include a solid waste
disposal system, an area water
supply and a long range pro-
gram to create a central sewage
processing plant.
In a meeting at Little Elm,
members of the association
agreed to ask engineering firms
to submit written bids for pre-
liminary studies on the three
programs.
Representatives from eight
cities, including Sanger and
Pilot Point, attended the meet-
ing.
The Small Cities Association
is concerned with solid waste
disposal since only Pilot Point,
Jimmy Sebastian, 31, a native
of Sanger was named city sec-
retary during a meeting of the
City Council Monday night.
Sebastian assumed his new
duties Tuesday. He replaces W.
F. Schafer, who resigned.
“The City of Sangqr is worth
working for.” Sebastian told
the council shortly after he was
hired for the position. “Sanger
is going to grow... the re’s no
doubt about it. The city needs
someone to do the leg work and
I’m willing to do it.”
Sebastian told the council he
felt he could secuie numerous
state and federal funds for city
programs.
“If I can’t make my salary
five times over than you should
get rid of me,” he said.
Sebastian has been working
in the budget department of
Tejyas Instruments and is fami-
liar with a number of state and
federal programs available for
clues.
He said he felt the city’s water
and sewer problems were
among the most important at
the present time.
The city has been working for
three years to secure a federal
grant for construction of new
sewer treatment facilities. A
new road block has been thrown
in the way of that program,
however.
Mayor Ken Cornell said he
had been informed the statenow
questioned the type construc-
tion the city planned. Both the
state and federal governments
had previously approved the
plan.
Four persons applied for the
daylight
effect.
Before you go to bed Satur-
day night, turn your clock ahead
one hour. Next fall, you will
gain back the hour as clocks
are rolled back.
Daylight savings time takes
effect on the last Sunday in
April.
tax rolls.
President Neal Odom said
that the purpose of this pro-
gram was to re-evaluate and
equalize property values now
instead of waiting until a later
date when emergency measures
might have to be taken due to
a sudden sharp increase in stu-
dent enrollment.
Vic Cole said “Sanger has
growing pains now. In a couple
of years it could be even worse.”
The work on the football field
which will begin immediately
will be done mostly by volunteer
work. County Commissioner
Bill Switzer’s aid has been
enlisted by the board to move
the dirt and fill in around the
field. .
The cost of the lighting and
other construction will be be-
tween $5,000 and $8,000. The
variance will depend on how
much of the labor is voluntary.
Superintendent Herbert Ar-
ledge said when work on the
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Board to Hire Re-evaluation Firm
field was completed Sanger
would have the facilities to be a
3A school as far as athletics
were concerned.
Members voiced concern as
to whether this amount of money
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RECEIVES STEPHEN BAKER AWARD - Larry Tidwell, left
was named recipient of the annual Stephen Baker Award
here Saturday night. Pictured with Tidwell is former all pro
tackle Forest Gregg, center, and Jerry McCuistion, winner
of the award last year.
LARRY TIDWELL IS NAMED WINNER OF
STEPHEN BAKER AWARD SATURDAY
Larry Tidwell was named
recipient of the Stephen Eaker
Award at the annual Sanger Ath-
letic* Banquet held Saturday
night in the high school gym-
nasium.
Forest Greg, former Green
Bay Packer tackle, was the
main speaker at the affair spon-
RECEIVES SHOWMANSHIP AWARD - Danny Spindle is shown
above after he received the showmanship award during the
annual Sanger High School FFA project show last Thursday.
Pictured with Spindle is Miss Darlene Forrest, FFA sweet-
heart. For more pictures and complete results of the show,
turn to Page 6 of today’s Courier.
THE SANGER COURIER
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Aubrey and Celina currently
have sanitary land fill opera-
tions.
Little Elm trucks its trash
to Denton while other cities
in, the association, including
Sanger, are forced to burn trash.
Ronald Freeman of the State
Health Department told the
group that present state law will
eventually stop the burning of
all trash. He said there are
numerous complaints about
pollution in the area.
The association has been
successful in securing legisla-
tion forming the Collin-Denton
County Water and Sanitation
District, which has the power
to sell bonds or borrow money.
Association members agreed
their city councils would con-
sider a proposal to add a charge
city secretary’s post.
Sebastian.- is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Sebastian of
Sanger.
In other business, council-
man Bill Gentle questioned the
city’s need for a \vater well.
Schafer had told the council
the city would need a new well
before this summer.
“Summer is about here,”
Gentle told the council. “We
need to look at the water situa-
tion.”
Cornell said there was some
question whether the city could
afford another well, but said
it would have to be drilled.
“It could get pretty serious
around here this summer,” he
said.
Sebastian is expected to look
into the situation and report
back to the council.
The city started a program
of rationing water last summer
due to a severe dry period.
City pumps remained in opera-
tion about 23 hours per day to
keep up with the demand.
One of the first problems to
confront Sebastian will be sal-
aries.
Chief of Police Bill Carter
appeared before the council to.
seek a pay raise.
He said he would like a $50
per month raise as soon as
possible. He said patrolman
Jerry Mitchell also had re-
quested a raise.
Action on the pay increase
was delayed until Sebastian had
time to study the proposal.
Cornell read a letter from an
engineering firm offering to do
I a lower cost. Four persons applied for the a city plan for Sanger for $4,900. ' *
Cities Assn. Approves Studies
of 10 cents per utility meter seven cities during the months
to each of the meters in the of May, June and July.
CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY GETS
$1.1 MILLION LOAN FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Central Telephone Company
received approval this week of
a $1,104,000 loan for expansion
of facilities in the Alvord, Krum
and Sanger exchanges.
Central Manager Bryan Good -
ger said the company would
spend $584,000 in the Sanger
exchange to provide current
needs and additional facilities
for the next five to ten years.
Goodger said the capital ex-
penditures would include funds
for central office equipment,
new lines and services to an
estimated 701 new customers.
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sored by the Sanger Sports
Association.
Greg said he used the same
approach to life and football,
simple and old fashioned.
He said everyone must know
the “mechanics of the game”
to succeed. He cited modesty
and humility as traits which
were almost becoming a lost
art among professional athletes.
“There is not an easy way
out”, Greg said, *‘Not in sports
and not in life.”
Tidwell’s award came at the
end of the evening following a
banquet dinner and introduction
of aH the Sanger athletes by
the coaches.
Jerry McCuistion, winner of
last year’s Stephen Eaker
Award, presented the trophy to
Tidwell.
The Stephen Baker Award,
founded in 1966 in memory of
the Sanger student who died in
1964 during football scrimage,
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Cole, Ralph. The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1971, newspaper, April 22, 1971; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1283031/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sanger Public Library.