The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 64, Ed. 1 Monday, February 27, 1984 Page: 45 of 100
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Monday, February 27, 1984 — ALLEN AMERICAN — Page 3E
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The store’s hours are 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. Monday through Fri-
day, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday
and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Allen Municipal Annex
One Butler Circle
mation on each customer, in-
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Computerization has made
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Allens water
Department Personnel
repairing water main
forcement and planning and
zoning.
Staff departments include
PAID and Blue Shield.
Prior to coming to Wal-Mart
in November of 1978, Stinton
worked as a clinic pharmacist in
Madison, Wis.
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Allen City Council
Joe Farmer
Mayor Pro Tem
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recreation board, the library
board, the zoning board of ad-
justment and the sign control
board.
Anyone interested in serving
on one of these boards or com-
missions should contact the ci-
ty secretary for further infor-
mation.
The operational departments
of the city include the police
department; fire department;
library; parks and recreation
department; fire marshall’s of-
fice; water and sewer depart-
ment; department of communi-
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the administrative functions of
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council are Mickey Pierson,
mayor; Joe Farmer, mayor pro utility collections, tax, finance,
tem; and council members Jim city secretary and city
McClure, Rex Womack, Don manager.
Rodenbaugh, G. Ward Paxton With bond funds authorized
and Dennis Offutt. by voters in 1979, the city is in-
The Allen City Council has volved in numerous construc-
established five city boards and tion projects.
commissions and makes ap- Projects completed in 1983 in-
pointments to them twice a elude the Service Center/City
year. Those boards and commis- Hall Annex on Butler Circle,
sions are the planning and zon- which houses city offices and
ing commission, the parks and provides storage areas and a
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garage area to maintain city
equipment; road repair to Allen
Heights Drive and Jupiter
Road; replacement of the
Jupiter Road bridge with a
four—lane bridge; and the ac-
quisition of 50 acres of land to
be developed as Ford Park.
Projects initiated in 1984 in-
clude the study which recom-
mended the realignment of
Main Street through downtown
Allen, construction of Rolling
Hills Park, updating the city’s
master plan and selling bonds
to begin the development of
Ford Park.
Several programs and ser-
vices recently established in the
city include a police reserve
force, neighborhood crime
watch program, a Friends
group and children’s storytime
for the library, and the senior
citizens group.
Building upon the foundation
and the spirit of the early set-
tlers, the citizens of Allen con-
tinue to strive for a well
developed community by
establishing goals for the 1980s,
while still maintaining the
traditions of their community’s
heritage.
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dable establishment that has In turn, this information can
the capability of calling up be drawn upon by the
prescriptions, either by customers for filling out tax
prescription number or the pa- returns, filing insurance claims
tient’s name, with a touch of a or for general reference, such as
button. when a prescription is lost.
Fred Stinton, a 1975 Wal-Mart Pharmacy offers a
graduate of the University of complete line of pharmaceutical
Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, products, including a wide
has served as the store’s phar- selection of nutritional snacks,
macist for the past five-plus vitamins and Rexall and Mason
years. brand products.
According to Stinton, the , The pharmacy also honors all
pharmacy’s computer, allows third party medical plans, in-
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The city of Allen has a
population of approximately
a 11,000 and is one of the fastest
growing cities in the
Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.
Allen came into existence in
the 1870s with the extension of
the railroad and the granting of
free land by the Republic of
Texas to encourage settlement.
In 1953 Allen incorporated
and adoppted the mayor — coun-
Ocil form of government.
In 1979 voters adopted the
Home Rule Charter and
established the coun-
cil-manager form of govern-
ment for the city. The city coun-
cil consists of a mayor and six
council members.
Presently serving on the
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Herman, Jim. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 64, Ed. 1 Monday, February 27, 1984, newspaper, February 27, 1984; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1459674/m1/45/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.