The Colony Courier (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1977 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 1. NO. 21
JANUARY 6, 1977
Phone 292-1570
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Judge sets Jan. 15
Incorporation election okayed
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The ordinance is similar to the one approved
Dec. 21 except a strip of F&J property west of
Highway 423 would be eliminated. Nearly four
square miles of property would be involved if
voters approve incorporation.
Bill Davis, attorney for the Colony Home-
owners Association’s Incorporation Committee,
told the council that it was imperative that the
measure be approved Tuesday night. That was
because Trammel had to order the election the
next day for Jan. 15 or it would be delayed
until April.
The next day a delegation carrying petitions
bearing 50 signatures went to see Trammel in
Denton. In the group were Linda Adams, chair-
person of the Incorporation Committee; Susan
Wilkerson, president of the Homeowners
Association; Luis Guerrero, Dick Weaver and
Davis.
Later Guerrero, happy over election approval,
said: “He (Trammel) is a beautiful man.”
Then election notices were posted three
When and where to vote
Following are the basic facts on the Jan. 15 incor-
poration election at the Colony:
—Polls will be open from 7 a.m. till 7 p.m. at the
Fire Station.
—Eligible voters are residents of the Colony for
six months who are registered to vote.
—Absentee voting will be conducted Jan. 11-14 at
the home of Linda Adams at 5021 Arbor Glen.
—Linda Adams will be election judge and Luis
Guerrero and Susan Wilkerson alternate judges.
Letters to editor welcomed
Letters to the editor of the Colony Courier are
invited.
However, letter writers are asked to limit then-
letters to 300 words or less because of space limi-
tations.
The editor reserves the right to edit letters for
space reasons.
Letters must be signed but the name of the
writer will be withheld on request.
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Homeowners face big choices
Colony homeowners have some important choices to make
when they elect officers Feb. 3.
That reminder came from Susan Wilkerson, president of the
Colony Homeowners Association.
Officers to be chosen for seven-month terms are president,
three vice presidents, secretary, treasurer and historian.
Residents seeking office should be prepared to put in a
great deal of time and work, Mrs. Wilkerson said. That would
include attending association and board meetings.
The secretary and treasurer could be expected to stay especially
busy. The secretary’s duties include taking accurate notes, typing
minutes of meetings, drafting letters and handling correspondence.
Association treasurer should have a basic knowledge of
accounting and bookkeeping principles, have a knowledge of tax
structure, be prepared to defend the figures in their books, and
prepare a financial statement each month.
Deadline for nominees to say they want to seek office is
Jan. 10. That can be done by calling association secretary
Janet Freeman at 370-1633.
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Voters in the Colony will go to the polls on
Jan. 15 and decide if they wish to incorporate
a city.
The election was approved Wednesday morning
by Denton County Judge Dan Trammel after the
Frisco City Council on Tuesday night unanimously
approved release of the Colony from its extra-
territorial jurisdiction if voters favored incorporation.
Frisco council members had okayed the incor-
poration election Dec. 21 and then the next
day Mayor Harold Bacchus vetoed the ordinance.
Bacchus said he vetoed the ordinance because it
was possibly illegal and that it violated some
provisions of an agreement Frisco worked out
with Fox & Jacobs, developers of the Colony,
in 1973.
Bacchus still opposed a revised ordinance at
the Tuesday council meeting, but Alder man John
Clanton said the council didn’t want to be
threatened with a veto and reminded the mayor
it could be overridden. The measure was then
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Photo tells story
A giant Christmas tree burning had been planned
by the Colony Volunteer Fire Department on New
Year’s Eve but it was postponed. The picture tells
why as snow and sleet covers the ground beneath
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places in the Colony.
About 20 Colony residents attended the
Tuesday night council meeting.
The agreement calls for Frisco to maintain
a five-foot strip of ETJ on the north and east
sides of the Colony.
Negotiations had gone smoothly between
Davis and Bob Roeder, Frisco city attorney,
on ETJ release before Bacchus’ veto.
The mayor said at the Tuesday council
meeting that he wanted no part in giving away
$41,000 and three acres of land that belong
to the citizens of Frisco. Bacchus had said
earlier that F&J had promised Frisco a three-
acre tract for a sewer plant and that $41,000
was still owed for checking plats for the
Colony Municipal Utilities District.
More than 1,000 families reside now in the
rapidly growing Colony. About 30,000 residents
are forecast in less than 10 years.
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BONFIRE POSTPONED
Fire tips
Homes
hold
hazards
By BILL FREEMAN
Colony Fire Marshal
During the coming year,
your Fire Department will
be making home inspections
in the Colony. The inspec-
tions will be on a voluntary
basis and will serve a dual
purpose by eliminating home
hazards and by helping your
department members increase
their experience in recogni-
zing these hazards.
At the first mention of
home fire inspections most
people hope that it means
somebody else besides them.
They don’t want to have to
clean up the storage closet,
straighten the garage, or
follow 'all those safety rules.
The point is that those are
the people that need an
inspection.
The Fire Department
members that carry out
these inspections are not
trying to catch people
doing something wrong or
show how much they know.
What they are doing is
taking their own time to
try to help the Colony by
helping everyone find fire
hazards and eliminate them.
A home fire inspection
is a confidential and personal
interview between you and
your Fire Department.
Please consider joining in
on this community project.
All it takes is some of
your time and a call to the
Fire Station when the inspec-
tions are announced.
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Blalock, Jack. The Colony Courier (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1977, newspaper, January 6, 1977; Little Elm, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1519770/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 The Colony Public Library.