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THE SEALY NEWS
School Board of Trustees Acts on
Various Issues at June 9 Meeting
Serving the People of Seely end Austin County Since 1887
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Thunden June 18, 1981
94th Year of Publication - Number 13
SEALY, Austin County, TEXAS 77474
HARWELL INSTALLED LIONS PRESIDENT
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Three Bands Booked for Parade
Rolotod photos on pogos 5 and 6
Alien Harwell Installed President of
On Western Day September 19
Sealy Lions Club at Friday Banquet
4-H Fashion Revue Will be
Held at Community Center
YOUTH PROGRAM UNDERWAY
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Meeting Called for June 25 to
Organize PTA Group for Sealy
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Allen Harwell was installed
president of the Sealy Lions
of the Soaly Lions Club at Mason’s Korner
Friday night. Frank McRao, at right, is the
work with the maintenance de-
partment to help repair build-
ings and other maintenance
work. Superintendent Tom
Golson told the board that
Michael Vesely has indicated
he would not be interested in
employment with the school
district the coming school year.
He also reported that the sav-
ings on the operation of the
two buses equipped with LPG
fuel systems amounts to $1400.
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Mrs. Grace Holtkamp and
Mrs. Maggie Selman presented
to the board of the Sealy
Independent School District, a
report of the TABS tests and
explained them to the assembly
at the June 9 meeting. The
overall results are satisfactory.
The TABS results were pub-
lished in last week’s issue of
this paper.
Monroe Gonzalez and Stan-
ley Standlee were employed to
Sealy Lions Club is moving
ahead with its Sealy-bration
plans for Saturday, July 4.
Anyone interested in partici-
pating in this yearly celebra-
tion may contact Alan Schulke
or a Lions Club member
All in all, the Sealy-bration
is an old-fashioned festival
starting at noon and continu-
ing into the evening hours.
Visitors are to remember to
bring chain and perhaps para-
sols for additional shade. The
big tent will again be set up on
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Plans are continuing for the
annual Firemen's Frolic which
will be held on the traditional
third Thursday in July, this
being the 16th this year. Again,
all events will take place at
the Firemen’s Park.
Generally the same program
will be followed. Collections
are already invited for the
auction sale. Anyone with
items they wish to donate for
the auction may get in touch
with Billy Schavrda, Jerry
Janda or Jay Luedecke.
school system, Is now underway. Young-
sters may still register for the balance of
the six weeks program, at the gymna-
sium for a $2.00 total membership fee,
according to David Menaugh^ program
director. — News Photo
president, and Dovid Menaugh, director of the Sealy
Youth program sponsored by the local Rotary, check
day. Plates will be sold to go.
Tommy Vanek Orchestra
will play for dancing from 3:00
to 9:00 p.m., and an auction
sale of antiques and miscellan-
eous items will be held from
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
The hall is air-conditioned.
There will be entertainment for
everyone.
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man. Bob
invitations are being ex-
tended-to comtestants for the
annual Miss Frolic pageant.
The Sealy Volunteer Fire
Department urges the support
of the public in this one event
each year being promoted to
raise funds for the operation of
this department and to offer
continued fire protection.
Chief Robert Park and his
officers and members will
appreciate every cooperative
effort from the people of ‘this
and surrounding communities.
meeting are to study (1)
objectives of the PTA; (2)
actions being taken at the
local, state, and national levels
which af fect the education and
welfare of the students in our
schools; and (3) procedures for
organizing a local unit.
Supt. Thomas B. Golson
will chair the meeting.
Special guest and speaker
for the meeting will be Mrs.
Martha Jacobson of Galana
Park, president of District 11
PTA.
All who are interested in the
organization of a Sealy PTA
unit are urged to attend the
1:30 p.m. meeting on June
25th.
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soon In the background Around 125 boys and girls be-
tween the ages of 8 and 13 years began parficipation in
the various departments of the youth program Monday.
Activities will be held Mondays through Fridays from
9:00 e.m. to 12:00 noon for o ate weeks’ period.
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Millheim Harmonic Hall will
be the scene of a barbecue on
Sunday, June 21, an event
sponsored yearly on the third
Sunday in June. Choice beef,
pork and sausage will be served
on an “eat all you want and
serve yourself basis" from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. Food will be
available on the grounds all
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toys and girls who had not previously
registered were lined up, along with
those already signed up, to enter the
gymnasium Monday morning, where the
Soaly Rotary Youth program carried out
by the club in con/unetlon with the Soaly
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The vice president said that
$28.3 million in private line
increases are being requested
because those services also are
producing revenues signifi-
cantly below cost. “Just as
basic local service, private line
services are going to have to
cover more and more of their
cost!’ Roth said.
OPTIONAL StRViCtS INOttAUD
Roth said increases are being
sought in the optional
TouchTone and Custom Call-
ing services based on the
appropriate market price level.
The company is asking the
PUC to authorize a return of
17.1 percent on equity and
12.72 percent on the com-
pany’s total intrastate invest-
ment in Texas.
The rate increases would
produce an overall increase of
15.8 percent in intrastate
revenues.
A meeting to consider the
organization of a PTA for the
Sealy schools has been
scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on
Thursday, June 25, in the
Sealy school cafeteria.
The meeting is being called
as a result of a recent survey
conducted by the school. The
survey indicated that a number
of parents are interested in
again organizing a Parent-
Teacher Association in Sealy.
drill team will also be here as
last year.
In addition, floats and
decorated cars are being
invited to make this a colorful
event. Organizations should
give every consideration to
entering the parade, and those
with queens or representatives
ought to make plans now for
their entries. Parade time will
be 10 a.m.
Plans are moving along well
for Western Day, the second
such annual event staged here
by the Rotarians.
The Austin County 4-H
“Fashion Under the Big Top”
dress revue will be held on
Friday, June 26, at the W. E.
Hill Community Center in
Sealy. This is the climax for
4-H members enrolled in the
clothing project. 4-Hers from
throughout the county will
participate in a fashion show
and/or exhibit items they have
made. Recognition and awards
will be presented to outstand-
ing members for their
achievements.
Each entry will bring a salad
for the luncheon to be held in
conjunction with the fashion
revue.
Recordbooks along with the
4-Hers over all appearance
while modeling the garment
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the grounds for comfort from Club during a ceremony
the sun. following dinner at Mason’s
Civic and church organiza- Korner Friday night. He
tions take part in putting succeeds Frank McRae, who
together and providing conces- served in that office the past
sions and booths around the year.
park, and races and contests Leonard Stolarski is the vice
are held so that there is always president, and Kevin Dorotik,
something going on for second vice president. Alan
someone’s interest. Schulke is secretary. Also
Austin County Commis- In their noon hour tour of
sioners Court included a visit the Gordon Library, court
to Sealy in their schedule this members observed children
week, after tending to their participating in arts and crafts
court business in the court- and some listening to books
house Monday morning. They and programs by way of ear
made an inspection of the phones, in addition to other
former public library section in normal activities of a library,
the county building here, and During the session of court
tabled making a decision on earlier that day, members ack-
assigning the present unoccu- nowledged correspondence
pied space until next Monday’s from the Parks and Wildlife
meeting. Department which advised of
While here court members the renewal of gravel permit
visited the new Gordon 77-02 through June 14, 1982.
Library which opened last in routine reports, note was
week, some members of the made of 42 emergency ambu-
court not having seen it before, lance calls made, plus 10 rou-
“We are proud to have such a tine runs, in May of this year,
nice library in the county!’ was This report from Carl Nastou-
the comment of County Judge pil, ambulance systems direc-
LeRoy Grebe. He noted that tor, stated that Adam 1 made
what seemed to be a vast sup- 21 calls, Adam 2, 15 calls,
ply of books filling the shelves Adam 4, 5, and Adam 5, 5, for
in the former location, ap- a total of 52 calls.
peared small in numbers when Kelly Kaluza and Kim Vin-
spaced out over the large area ton from the Piney Creek
allowed for shelving books in Subdivision appeared before
the new building. See COMMISSIONERS. Poge 4
property, according to Lewis with membership in the Texas
Mattingly, council camping and National PT As. For many
chairman. years, Sealy had a very active
The woods along the creek, a PTA. It eventually became
small pond, a good water inactive due to lack of interest
wen, and lots of area tar and related circumstances.
See CAMP BROSIG, Page 4 Purposes of the June 25th
Ninety one acres of camping
property in Austin County
about six miles north of Sealy,
which was received as a gift
through the wills of Mr. and
| Mrs. Anton Broeig, will be
known as Camp Brosig.
Oner ship by the Sam
Houston Am Council Boy
Kuciemba, four year; Terry
Ashorn, Bill Blume, Wilbert
Kutra, and Aubrey Stuessel,
six years; Jodie Mazac, eight
years and Kenneth Stuessel,
nine years.
Harwell, McRae and Ray-
mond Abel were given
recognition for new member
enrollments. McRae, Harwell
and Kuciemba were honored
with Key member awards, for
the fact their new members
have held their membership for
one year and a day at this
point.
Leroy Zapalac was song
leader during the evening.
Terry Ashorn asked the
blessing before the meal was
served. Color slides from
Lions Club events the past year
were shown and provided an
entertaining interlude.
A representative committee
from the David Crockett
District, in which the camp is
located, will act with the
camping committee to ad-
minister the use of the
continuing quality telephone
service in Texas.
“The state is growing
rapidly. We have a corres-
ponding high demand for
telephone service. We’re meet-
ing that demand with a
construction budget of almost
$1.4 billion this year. Our
earnings must be at a level to
continue attracting the invest-
ment of dollars which allow us
to spend such large amounts
on Texas growth!'
Roth said that at current rate
levels, Southwestern Bell is
unable to earn even the return
authorized by the Public
Utility Comission. “The auth-
orized return of 10.82 percent
on our intrastate investment is
too low. We were earning only
8.49 percent for the period on
which our rate request is
based, ending March 31. An
increase is vital!’
Three bands are already
committed to participation in
the 1981 Western Day parade
scheduled by the Sealy Rotary
for Saturday, September 19.
Doyle McElroy, director of
the Sealy High School Band,
and Don Allphin, who directs
the junior high school band,
will be on hand with their
members to take part this year.
Jim Paul, director of the
Wharton County Junior Col-
lege Band, submitted his
written acceptance to be in the
parade, and it is hoped that the
Allen Harwell, center, was con-
gratulated by J. D. Divin, left, Installing
officer, after he was Installed president
and construction of the gar-
ment will be the basis for judg-
ing and scoring. Each member
will receive recognition.
Entries should be at the Hill
Center by 10 a.m. on June 26.
Judging will begin at 10:30
a.m., with the luncheon served
upon completion of judging.
The public is invited to
attend the modeling and
awards program which will
begin at 12:30 p.m. The
program is sponsored by the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service and the Texas A&M
University System and is open
to all people regardless of age,
socio-economic level, color,
sex, religion or national origin,
reminds Tammy Ellis, Austin
County Extension Agent.
John Havard. executive director of the Rotary Boys’
Club In Houston, Jim Barnett, Soaly Rotary Club vice-
installed were Stanley Stand-
lee, treasurer, Louis Ku-
ciemba, and Bob Moeller, tail
twisters, and Jodie Mazac,
Lion tamer.
Aubrey Stuessel and Ken
Fields are second year directors
and Everett Tomlinson and
Kenneth Stuessel, first year
directors.
J. D. Divin, of Wallis,
deputy district governor of
2S3, did the installing of the
officers, charging each officer
with the duties required in each
position.
Perfect attendance awards
were made to Ken Fields,
Alphonse Remmert, 1 year;
Allen Harwell, Victor Morris,
Stanley Standlee, and Leonard
Stolarski, two years; Frank
McRae, Bob Moeller, three
years; Wayne Ashom, Louis
Pointing out that local
telephone service is far from
paying its own way, South-
western Bell has proposed
significant increases in local
monthly rates for Texas
customers.
The company asked the
Public Utility Commission to
approve increases of $5.45 per
month for one-party residence
service, and increases up to
$14.40 per month for
one-party business service.
Basic party lines rates also
would increase.
Local increases make up
about 87 percent of the
company's total request for
$469.8 million in new rates.
In addition to local rates, the
company also asked for
increases in private line
services, TouchTone services,
and Custom Calling charges.
Also requested was implemen-
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tation of a new measured
service plan for local calling in
exchanges served by electronic
switching systems. The op-
tional plan would measure
each local call on the basis of
the distance, duration and time
of day. The present call
allowance plan, which counts
only the total number of calls,
would be continued to existing
customers.
No increases were proposed
for long distance, WATS, coin
calls. Directory Assistance
charges, telephone instru-
ments, terminal equipment,
one-time service connection
charges, or telephone answer-
ing services.
“Substantial local rate
increases are inevitable;’ said
Paul Roth, vice president
revenues and public affairs for
the company. “Local service is
priced well below cost. Rates
for the service must cover more
of the costs. The time is here
for local service to begin
standing on its own.
“Increases in local service
have not even kept pace with
increases in other goods and
services!’ Roth pointed out.
"In fact, the basic local rate in
several Texas cities and towns
today is less than in 1976!’ the
vice president added.
Roth said that continuing
exceptional growth in Texas,
inflation and changing econo-
mic and regulatory factors in
the telecommunications in-
dustry create the need for
increased rates.
"We have an intrastate
investment of almost $7 billion
in Texas" Roth said. "We
must be able to earn on that
investment at a level which will
attract the huge amounts of
capital necessary to provide
Pamela Cook was elected as
elementary teacher, and An-
thony Perkins as junior high
school coach. Resignations of
Marcello Garza, Jr., and
Cyrilla Ivey were accepted.
The building committee
reported several changes made
in plans for the new elementary
school. Preliminary plans for a
football field, concession stand
and rest rooms were discussed.
No changes were made in the
honor student policy reviewed
by the board and administra-
tion. The depository bid
received from Citizens State
Bank was accepted.
Supt. Golson reported the
preliminary information aver-
age daily attendance favors
picking up six additional per-
sonnel units for the 1981-82
school year. — -4
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The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1981, newspaper, June 18, 1981; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1558920/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.