The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 14, 1974 Page: 1 of 10
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THIS WEEK
May 14-20
Tuesday, May 14,1974 Allen, Texas
Vol. 4, No. 46.
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ALL EYES seem to be fixed on the judges as winners are announced for the fair's dog show. But
Droopy Boatef the Basset owned by the Dean Boates, could care less. He won the "longest ears"
Work in Collin County is included in
the 1974 Texas Farm to Market Road
Program approved recently by the
Texas Highway Commission.
A Dallas radio station will be
coordinating efforts to find summer
jobs for students and will be working
closely with the Texas Employment
Commission.
Ferguson states that the Texas
Employment Commission is also
gearing to try to place the Vietnam
veterans who will be leaving the
service during 1974.
Plans for the fiscal year 1975 call
for the McKinney office to place 1,345
individuals in employment within the
county. The office will emphasize the
placement of the rural applicant.
Ferguson says approximately 450 out
C. R. (Chena) Gilstrap, athletic
director of the University of Texas at
Arlington, will be featured speaker at
the annual Quarterback Club All
Sports Banquet Friday.
The banquet will begin at 7:30 p.m.
at the Allen High School Gym. The
annual event honors all high school
students who participate in the
“People seem to have learned to
deal with the energy crisis,” states
Ferguson. He relates that there has
been increased labor demands despite
the cutbacks initiated by the effects
of the energy crisis last October and
November.
Ferguson says that during the next
three months both employment and
unemployment are expected to record
large seasonal increases.
He says his office as well as the
other offices across the state are in
the process of getting both high
school and college students registered
with the Texas Employment Com-
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New construction in the program
accounts for 173 miles.
Of that total, 154.1 miles are newly
designated roads. These new roads
include 106.4 miles which are on rural
mail routes and 104.5 miles which are
school bus routes.
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mission in order to get geared for the of the projected 1,345 are expected to
summer months. he rural applicants.
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holiday for students as previously
planned.
Final examinations will be held on
May 28 and May 29 and students will
pick up report cards on Friday, May
31.
Junior High School graduation will
be on May 30 and high school
graduation will be on May 31.
In other business the school board:
o set a meeting of the board of
equalization for June 21. Members of
the board are Don Brazeal, Ken
Posey, T.H. Ereckson and alternate
Don Rodenbaugh;
o authorized an expenditure of $395
to install a wind screen on the south
end of the tennis court; and
o okayed the purchase of a new 72
passenger school bus.
All 7 members of the board were
present at the meeting.
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Shop, Sample Shop, Ron Brock,
Fairview Nursery, Holt’s Mobil
Service, Pioneer Studios, Dairy
Queen, Tiki Beauty Shop, Glenn &
Reed Conoco, Joyce Pesnell, Woody’s
Superette, Carol’s Corner and Fran’s
Coiffures.
Tickets are being sold by the 4th,
5th and 6th grades and by Mrs.
Martha Tepera (542-5991) and Mrs.
Carol Crowder (‘442-5993).
8th grade names
honor graduates
Honor graduates for the eighth
grade have been announced.
Peggy Herbold is valedictorian of
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grade teacher; Kay Hopper, speech dismissal of classes for several days,
instructor; and Bob Carroll, custo- Under the new schedule, Monday,
dian. May 27 (Memorial Day), will not be a
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completion in September. Also
included in the project is “crowning”
of the future football field so sodding
Vicky Truesdell is class saluta-
torian with a 97.05 average.
Other top honor students include:
Eddie Lynge, 96.88; Darren Giles,
96.32; Susan Seely, 96.24; Kim
Kimzey, 96.04; Donna Purdom, 95.70;
Beverly Cooksey, 95.60; Lisa Mc-
Makin, 95.46; Clay Robertson, 95.07;
Cheryl Collins, 94.83; Libby Smith-
wick, 94.44; Debbie Decatur, 94.43;
Randy Johnson, 94.25; Kathy Strick-
land, 94.22; Toni Hedgcoxe, 94.02;
Debbie Burnside, 93.44; Gary Roden-
baugh, 92.96; Jim Arnold, 92.60; Susie
Allen, 92.13; Melinda Snider, 91.53;
Latrice Yancey, 91.20; Curtis Baxter,
90.78; William Prince, 90.61; Rose-
mary Thomason, 90,27; Vicki Vaug-
han, 90.11; and Ricky McElyea, 90.09.
eve.
Ward Paxton was re-elected presi-
dent of the board at the meeting.
Leland McJunkins was elected
vice-president and Jerry Carson was
chosen as secretary.
The Monday meeting included the
canvassing of the school board
election results which saw Howard
Snider and James Kerr win 3-year
terms to the board. Snider and Kerr
was officially “sworn in” at the
meeting.
Resignations of 3 school employees
also was on the agenda. Leaving the
system are Margaret McMahon, 6th
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DEEP STRATEGY had no place in the fair's domino tournament, strictly a "fun" event. Players
(from left) are Doyle Williams, Max Vaughan, Jim Eaton and J.M. Vaughan. Winning team
consisted of Melvin Gant and Fred Petway. J.M. Vaughan won the singles event.
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the class with an average of 98.17. ated projects totaling 392.8 miles.
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Economy looks bright
for Collin County area
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Collin County should enjoy a good
economic period for the remainder of
1974.
So says John Ferguson, manager of
the Texas Employment Commission
district which serves Collin County.
Ferguson said the sound economic
and employment pictures here is one
of the nation’s bright spots.
According to Ferguson, his office
placed 1,202 workers with Collin
County employers last year. Present-
ly there are 600 available applicants
in the files with 30-50 job openings for
various skills.
June runoff set
for county judge
A June 1 runoff between the top two
vote-getters in the race for County
Judge has been scheduled.
A. B. (Gus) Dabney led incumbent
W. G. (Bill) Proctor in the
Democratic Primary election by 2,834
votes to 2,435.
But Elliott Know, who previously
had withdrawn from the race, still
had his name on the ballot. And the
McKinney attorney polled 1,638 votes
in the county-wide race, forcing the
runoff.
Dabney, owner of the Bean Kettle
Restaurant in McKinney, is making
his first run for political office.
Proctor, owner of Proctor Motor
Company, a used car dealership, has
served one term as county judge.
Winner of the Dabney-Proctor
runoff will face Republican chal-
lenger Nathan White Jr. in the
November general election.
Only 1 other county race will be
involved in the June 1 runoff. That is
the battle for Precinct 2 Com-
missioner, which involves a portion of
the Allen area west of the city.
W. C. (Bay) Sellers led a slate of 5
candidates for that Democratic
nomination with 747 votes. His closest
challenger and runoff opponent is
Raymond Jenkins, the incumbent.
Others in that race were Lloyd
Wilson with 345 votes, Buddy Newton
with 299 votes and Tom Jones with
127 votes.
Winner of the nomination will face
Republican Larry Dunn in November.
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WELCOME TO THE WORLD Travis Bullard's heifer seems to be saying to her
new calf, born at the Allen Community Fair. Based on his first glimpse of the
world, the young animal must feel this is a busy place. (photo by Randy Henry)
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FM 982 South from FM 546.
The work will be under the
supervision of James M. Huffman,
Supervising Resident Engineer, Mc-
Kinney.
Across the State, the program
includes work on 565.9 miles at an
estimated cost of $21.4 million.
Projects in the program were
proposed by counties in consultations
with district engineers of the Texas
Highway Department. The FM
program is a partnership effort
between the counties and the
Highway Department providing for
construction and maintenance.
Texas now has some 40 thousand
miles of paved Farm and Ranch to
Market Roads, probably the most
highly developed system of secondary
roads in the nation.
Originally conceived to get the
farmer out of the mud, the FM
system provides all-weather roads for
agriculture in the state. Now, FM
roads also serve many recreational
areas in the state as well as providing
access for new industrial de-
velopment in many smaller cities and
towns.
The 1974 program provides addi-
tional financing for previously initi-
Hired by the system Monday were
Barbara Owens, elementary teacher;
Necia Simkins, speech; Celia Clay-
comb, Spanish and English; Janie
Litchford, physical education; and
Doyle Williams, part-time custodian.
Another recent addition to the staff
is Charles Barton, who will direct the
Allen High School Band next term.
Barton comes to Allen from Thomas
Jefferson High School in Dallas, a
Class AAAA school, where he was
director. He replaces Howard Ro-
bertson, who has resigned to enter
private business.
The school calendar for the
remainder of the term also was
officially changed due to illness
during the semester which caused
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K Lovejoy residents have a big day
E ahead Saturday with the Mayday-
V Playday set for the McKinney Pinto
F Riding Club Arena in Lovejoy from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
On the agenda are a raffle,
refreshments, a bake sale, country
music, games and races.
Lovejoy students will compete in
races and field events. Students in
A grades kindergarten through sixth
will take part.
Included will be a girls and boys
40-yard dash, leap frog, egg race,
sack race, chinning, broad jump,
La soccer kick, football toss, softball
i toss, 75-yard dash, 225-yard relay,
9 three-legged race and 2 tug-of-war
■ events.
F Admission is free and all proceeds
from the event will go to help Lovejoy
retain its school system.
Funds will be raised by offering
tickets to the drawing. Most of the
. t prizes were donated by Allen
businesses.
Sponsors are Decatur Exxon, Allen
Lumber Company, Rodenbaugh TV,
Jim Brannon’s Cowboy Insiders
I Newsletter, Cha Lynn’s Beauty Shop,
Moon’s Garage in Allen, Chaney’s
Dairyway, C&M Food Mart, Allen
an Flower & Gift Shop, Toga Beauty
■ Shop, Bean Kettle, Uland Egg Farm,
■ Hallmark, Bonanza, Loving Care
B Nursery, Allen Barber Shop, La
I Fiesta Fashions, Marie’s Hair Fas-
■ hions, Royal Drive In, Mother Earth
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report quiet month
Volunteer firemen had a “quiet”
month in April.
Fire Chief Ron Gentry reports only
4 calls were made by the department.
Of these, 1 was a trash fire, 1 a car
fire, 1 a gasoline spill and 1 a mutual
aid. There were no injuries or major
losses in any of the fires.
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the area—at their regular meeting
last Monday. The track will be built
on a portion of the 1612 acres
purchased recently just east of the
high school.
“This will be a first-class track,”
says Supt. D.L. Rountree, “and
hopefully in 1976 we will build a new
football field at the site.”
Work on the track is due to begin
this month and is scheduled for
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athletic program. This year, 125 took
part in AHS athletics.
Gilstrap, a graduate of the
Univesity of Texas at Austin, became
football coach and athletic director at
UTA in 1953, holding both positions
through the 1965 season.
His record at UTA was 85 wins, 40
losses and 3 ties. His career mark is
165-88-8.
Gilstrap is the recipient of six
Coach-of-the-year awards by Texas
Sportswriters, and the American
Football Coaches Association. In 1966
Gilstrap received the Distinguished
Service Award from the Texas High
School Coaches Association and in
1969 he received a Distinguished
American Award from the National
Football Foundation and Hall of
Fame.
In 1973 he was named an Honorary
Alumnus by the UTA Alumni
Association.
The banquet will be catered by
Ernies Bar-B-Que of Greenville.
Tickets are on sale now at C&M Food
Mart, the High School, and by
members of the Quarterback Club.
Ticket prices are $2.25. Cut-off date
for purchasing tickets is Wednesday,
May 15.
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Camper, Buddy & Camper, Pat. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 14, 1974, newspaper, May 14, 1974; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1416287/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.