Little Elm Tide (Little Elm, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 22, Ed. 1 Monday, March 24, 1975 Page: 2 of 12
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Wo-
op-
The Marketplace
UTILE ELM TIDE
AREA REPORTERS
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GERRI O’BRIEN REALTY
382-2403
365-2364
382-0812
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Olivia Marion.
Connie Niemi
Candi Root....
JACK BLALOCK
Editor and Publisher
Little Elm
The Colony
Eastvale
MARY BLALOCK
Office Manager
(Classified ads in the Marketplace are 6 cents a word;plus 10
cents where advertisers must be billed. Phone ^92-1314)
Entered at the post office at Little Elm, Denton
County, Texas, as second class mail.
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, reput-
ation, or standing of any firm, individual, or corporat-
ion will gladly be corrected upon being called to the
editor's attention.
Postmaster: Send form 3579.
through the Farmers Home Administration but it
uld take about 18 months.
Late last week Price had no apparent write-in
HELP WANTED:
We need a Qualified Beautician at Gift ‘N‘ Gab if you would
like to work at a nice shop and if you are good and depend-
able call me at 292-1816 Barbara McWilliams.
COLLIN COUNTY TV—We service all makes & models. Color
specialists. All work guaranteed. We buy and sell used TVs.
Phone 377-9661 or 377-9223 or 377-3429.
LITTLE ELM TIDE MARCH 24, 1975
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Parker warns on electric rates
BOX 446 LITTLE ELM TEXAS 75068
PHONE (214) 292-1314
Published Twice Monthly by Tide Enterprises, Inc.
Second- Class postage paid at Little Elm Post Office
SUBSCRIPTION RA TE $2.50 per year.
Buy. Sell or Trade anything of Value. Tomato Plants
10 cents each. LEWIS RENTAL Phone 377-9946.
2 OWNER FINANCING —Six 1 acre lots overlooking 2
= lake, 3 miles Denton. Only $750.00 down. 5
mm "
FOR SALE-1972 Mercury Comet great condition
new tires, 27,000 miles-Asking $1895 Call 292-1003
position in his write-in campaign.
Handbills were circulated last week backing Price’s
write-in campaign. They were “Paid for by the co-
mmittee to elect Harold V. Price. Olivia Marion, ch-
airwoman.”
NEWCOMER HOSTESS— We are looking for a well-groom-
ed, serious—minded person with a car to visit newcomer fa-
milies. If you live in Little Elm or Frisco areas call for appo-
intment. (214) 828-6464.
gas for resale within the state.”
The Little Elm Area CofC has joined the Blackout
Committee in its efforts to lower the cost of electri-
city. The chamber is in the process of contacting oth-
er Chambers of Commerce within the area served by
the Brazos Electric Power Co-op seeking their help
in the battle against high electric bills.
Brazos generates electricity that is distributed by De-
nton County Co-op and 18 other co-ops in the Bra-
zos system.
Residents of the Little Elm area protested the hi-
gh cost of electricity for 24 hours March 7-8 by cu-
rbing their electricity use in a “blackout” that was
estimated at being 90 per cent effective. Some area re-
sidents had reported monthly electric bills above $400
because of a fuel adjustment charge that is automatic-
ally passed along to co-op customers.
The blackout brought attention to Little Elm across
the United States and some foreign nations. Denton
Co-op aided the protest by cutting off street lights
in the area at no charge.
Chamber members who met with the Blackout Co-
mmittee on March 19 to plan further efforts were
Larry Smith, CofC president; Roy Taylor, Roger Cook,
Pat Patrick and Louise Steele.
Meeting Friday with Parker were Cook, Patrick, Ms
Steele and Blackout Committee members Charles Rodgers,
Clyde T. McWilliams, and Jack Blalock.
Natural gas is regulated in interstate commerce by a
federal agency at a price of 51 cents per thousand cub-
ic feet. But it is unregulated in intrastate commerce in Texas
because the state has no regulatory commission."
The unregulated wellhead price in Texas is in excess
of three times the regulated interstate price.
Price write-in mayor candidate
Price said. He cited the need for a bank and a large
grocery market in Little Elm.
Price did not file before the deadline. He cites as reasons
that he had little time to spend with his family,disputes wit-
hin the council and if the mayor’s job is done pro-
perly it requires much time.
The mayor is optimistic that progress will be made
on obtaining a sewer system. Efforts so far have been
aimed at getting a $700,000 system with 75 per cent
paid by the federal government. But Little Elm is far
down on the Texas Water Quality Board’s priority list.
Price is examining two alternatives. He said at a
City Council meeting March 20 that he had gone to a
bonding company and found that the city could get
money at 5% per cent interest.
The mayor said that the city could finance a more
modest sewer system costing about $300,000 and let
contracts in July. By taking this route other “funding
would come easier” to expand it, Price said.
“It’s the only thing I can see in a couple of
years,” he said. Price also had explored getting funds
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Blalock, Jack. Little Elm Tide (Little Elm, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 22, Ed. 1 Monday, March 24, 1975, newspaper, March 24, 1975; Little Elm, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1520505/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Colony Public Library.