Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1979 Page: 1 of 15
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Spillage from Ixtoc I, a
PEMEX oil well in the Bay of
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STINGER ETTES - The Stephenville High School Stingerettes go
through a final practice in preparation for their trip to Mineral
Wells tonight. The drill team and the SHS Band will be per-’
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TSU department head named
The new Tarleton depart-
ment head has taught in the
High Island, Dallas, and
Galveston Independent School
Districts. She hat, also been a
part-time instructor at North
Texas State University.
Prior to coming to Tarleton
. she was a graduate assistant
and administrative assistant
at Texas Women's University.
From May 1978 until June
1979, Ms. Thiem was editor of
the $600,000 Home Economics
Competency Based Project
for beginning teachers of
Vocational Home Economics
for Northeast Texas.
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Brown tops PCA meet
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Reagan Brown will .top the
guest list at Saturday's Stephenville Production Credit
Association annual stockholder meeting at Stepehenville High.
Registration begins at 10 a,m. with the association’s business
Session and a catered meal following.
Brown has been the state's highest agriculture official since
1977, when then-Gov. Dolph Briscoe appointed Brown to the
position. In 1978, Brown was elected to the post during the general
elections.
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She has received Educational
Personnel Development
Scholarships two years and
last spring was awarded a
State Doctoral Fellowship.
Ms. Thiem is a member of
the Texas and American
Home Economics Associa-
tions, American Vocational
Association, and Southern
Association for Children
Under Six. She has served as
reporter for the Denton
Association for the Education
of Young People.
Ms. Thiem is the daughter of
Richard and Dolly Thiem, 1521
Avenue C., Galveston.
Jamail told The Associated
Press,“Since the governor of
this state has refused to
represent the people of Texas,
somebody had to. I filed the
of a giant oil sprtl that swept suit to force some people’s
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Joe Jamail. who has won
millions of dollars in’damages
for clients during the past few
years, named the defendants'
in the federal court cfass.. . thapL .100^jniies.:_jof Texasl
action as PEMEX, the
Mexican od ijionopoly. and
SEDCO, a firm founded by
Texas Gov. Bifl Clements
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MORNING RITUAL- Ann Jangkracsang begins each morning by
. forming the ingredients for wonton soup, one of the Thai Chinese
Food Express specialties. The new restaurant, located next to the
Majestic Theater in downtown Stephenville, serves Chinese food.
(E-T Staff Photo by Peggye Swenson i
HOUSTON - AP - A Houston
attorney has filed a $155
million lawsuit on behalf of a
group of fishermen who claim
hciv'v lost mono v Imx *h
Cross Timbers Basin - Partly cloudy and clear
through Saturday. High Friday near 80. Low
Saturday lower 50s. High Saturday lower 80s.
Winds northeasterly 10-15 miles per hour.
High Thursday 86. Friday morning low 62.
beaches and sent oil slicks
over a wide area where Gulf of
Mexico fishermen harvest
shrimp, oysters and crab.
The couple came to the United States from Banckok, Thailand I
in 1972. At. the time Saym was going to school at Mississippi
University for Women in Columbus, Miss. She holds a Master's
Degree in Early Childhood Education Although she was well
versed in written English, she has difficulty with the spoken
language. "1 have to translate everything spoken into Thai and 1
sometimes cannot answer quickly ." She learned to read and write
English in schools in Bangkok which assisted her education in the
United States.
Somchoak received his Master's Degree in business marketing ■
at Farcy Dickinson in New Jersey. The couple lived in the New
York City area for six years and worked at a Chinese restaurant I
there. j
T love to cook.’ Sayin said. “We wanted to get into business for
ourselves but we didn't want to be in a big city. When we found
Stephenville it was perfect. Small town. Nice people." She pointed ,
out that in the crush of getting the business ready to open they r I
didn’t have time to do the type of advertising campaign that they
would have liked. They say the acceptance by the people of the I
area and word of mouth advertising is working beautifully.
When the couple arrived In the Stephenville area in May they
couldn't find a place to purchase the items necessary fpr their
original Oriental recipes "We bought everything from a supplier
in New York. ’Sayin said. “We knew where they were located and
that we could afford it. Somchak hauled everything down from
New York in a U-Haul including foodstuffs and equipment. It took
the three of them to get it installed working long hours to get it •
Thai-Chinese restaurant fills the bill
When Somchoak Soon-Anan and his wife, Sayin visiffed a cousin
in Dublin last year they knew they had found what they were
looking for. The couple recently opened the Thai Chinese Food
Express at 192 N. Belnap in Stephenville
“We were looking for a small town with friendly people,"Sayin
said. “We couldn’thave picked a better place.
Sayin and her cousin Ann Jagkracsang begin cooking every
morning at 9 a.m. to get ready for their opening at 10:30. They
specialize in Thai and Chinese dishes for consumption at their
location or to go. , ...
Sayin's English is not the best, she says, but her winning smile'
and courtesy say more than all the words of~the world can ex-
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perfect It was a lot of work, but satisfying when we could open
for business," Sayin said
All recipes are the ones she learned as a young girl m Thailand
Without fresh ingredients and fresh preparation the would lose
r their goodness, she indicated. Sayin and Ann begin the day get-
ting the ingredients for the Won Ton soup prepared and forming
egg rolls. Once the items att finished in the tiny kitchen at the
——. location they are transfered to a steam table at the serving area
to be kept hot for their customers.
The first daughter of the Soon-Anan house is a 20-month old
charmer called Pinly^ She neja constant companion with her
parents in the restaurant and is learning the business from the
ground up "She isn't old enough for pre-school yet,"Sayin
said,"but we love to have her hear and be able to share our work
with her." Her flashing black eyes miss nothing as she watches
the preparation qf dishes for the constant menu. \
^We aretrying to make oux food avaialble to more people who
enjoy Oriental cooking,"Sayin said. The constant menu offers
four combination plates that include such items as spare ribs,
fried Wontons and shrimp toast Other items included on the
menu are Chicken Chow Mein, Pork Fried Rice, Shrimp Fried
Rice, I .omen, and Pepper Steak
Saturday, here, 2:30 p.m.
bination of production and fair profits from Texas farmers and
ranchers and to improve the quality of life and economic stability
of rural communities,” PCA president James Pettit said of
Brown.
The election of two directors of the association will be the main
business item of the annual meeting. Nominees are incumbents
Jerry I^ughlin and Fred Klutts with L.E. Adams and Ray Iin-
damood challenging.
Over 400 members and guests are expected to attend the annual
meeting. Door prizes will be given away at the meeting.
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forming at the halftime of the Jackets game with Mineral Weils.
Game time is 8 p.m. (E-TStaff Photo by Mary Anne Yarbrough)
PEMEX officials refused to
comment on the oil suit.
Clements is in Moscow on a
sight-seeing tour and not
available for comment
Dublin's First Congregational Methodist
Church missionary ladies yard sale, 613 E.
Blackjack.
Saturday
Annual stockholders meeting, Stephenville
Production Credit Association, Stephenville
High, 10 a.m.
Meeting, National Association of Retired
Federal Employees, Farm Bureau office,
10:30a.m.
Dance, Flutterwheels, Tarleton Student
Center, 8 p.m. ~~
Coke party, American Association of
University -Women, Stephenville High
homemaking department, 10 a.m.
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Dolly T. Thiem, a native of
Galveston, has been appointed
head of the Department of
Home Economics at Tarleton
State University effective
Sept. 1.
Ms. Thiem is a graduate of
Ball High School in Galveston
and received a B.S. degree in
home economics from Lamar
University in 1967. She holds a
M.S. Degree in Child Develop-
ment from Texas Women’s
University, and expects to
complete work on her Ph.D. in
Child Development-
Vocational-Technical in
December.
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Although their location is small, it's enough for the trio at r
present We couldn't have picked a better location Stephenville
and the people are so nice that we know we ll do well as members '
at this community t
One thing that Sayin says is ilnusualsafter six years listening to
the accents of New York, the southern drawls of Texas are
refreshing. “People even SO’und friendlier."
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Texans play Sul Ross^ fBrown to attend PGA
see story below
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Jackets play Rams
. tonight, Mineral Wells,.8 p.m.
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The well has pumped more
than 2 million barrels of oilr
into the Gulf since it ruptured
in early June. Efforts still are
underway to seal the runaway
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Clements, Texas'- first .hrrnait sa+d==~i am
Republican governor in more representing this group of
than 100 years, placed Tus - fishermen who have suffered
interest in SEDCO in trust and,
disassociated himself from
- the nii|lti-millii'p dollar firm
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The Dallas-based company
had leased an offshore ng to
the Mexican government. It
was this rig that collapsed.
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Doggett, Denver. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1979, newspaper, September 14, 1979; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284472/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.