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4 THE SEALY NEWS Thursday, May 20,1993
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ever asked our soldiers to tolerate. Not only the climate, but the nature of the
enemy and also the fact that they didn't have a world of support from the people
at home affected the outcome.”
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Sounds of
helicopter blades
whirring and
whipping the
wind still ring a
distinct bell in
my memory
bank after some
20-odd years.
on
ain Stree
trooper on the ground;
Pabst Blue Ribbon, no Freedom
of Choice overseas, and Pepsi were
popular drinks for the “juicers”
while the “dopers" cottoned to co-
caine and nose hits when not suck-
— Gen. William C. Westmoreland, Ret.
A Vietnam has been depicted fic-
tionally in film and novels. A little
history of the war has been written
also.
But, in the main, what the
American public has seen on the
screen has come from the mind of a
scriptwriter and special effects.
With heroes like Rambo and
Braddock battling cadres of
“Charlie” single-handedly.
In the true-life movie in my
mind, Vietnam was:
An early morning flight out of
Travis Air Force Base with a John
D. MacDonald novel as company.
Flag-waving and patriotism and a
big send-off was relegated to the
Ration cards were issued for es-
sentials like beer and smokes — for
those wanting the exotic and hard to
get, they relied on the lucrative
“black market," which was bounti-
ful;
It was grilling stolen t-bone
steaks on the shore of the South
It’s your decision
We're a week away from graduation, and hundreds of high school se-
niors are anticipating getting their diplomas — some to continue their
education, some to go to work or marriage, and some just glad to get out
of school.
No matter what route they take, it will be a totally new road and an un-
foreseen experience. For each young man and young woman it will be
something aew. For some it will mean leaving home, for others get-
ung out on their own. For others it will mean more books and an
opening for greater knowledge. •»
All. however, will be wise if they continue to learn. Recalling the
words of one college educator, young people need to learn and keep
aware of the many fast changes in technology. It will take that knowl-
edge to know what’s happening and how to accept and progress in these
times.
Only those who accept that challenge can move ahead and become an
active pan of these changes.
Whatever their decision, may they look to their success with a de-
termined mind and faith.
Good luck. Graduates of 1993.
Sports Editor Darkioom
Technician.....
PlantPersonnel
7,1971. Once the silver ship
leveled out and the “Smoking”
lamp was lit 1 retreated into the la-
trine. To strip myself of army
green, the basic color of my
wardrobe for the past 19 months,
and clad my body in comfortable
civilian clothes.
The Class A uniform was stuffed
into my duffel bag. Where other
military items of apparel, along
with combat boots, were stored. I
left the duffel bag in the plane’s toi-
let.
Looking back on it now I rea-
soned that I changed clothes on
board so that I would be as incon-
spicuous as possible once the plane
landed.
There was little pride in being a
Vietnam vet then because of the
temper of the time — the Vietnam
War, not at all conventional, was
alien to even Americans at home.
To many, even in 1993, twenty
years after it ended, it still is.
Even though there’s writing “on
the wall" that’s cause for weeping.
A Memorial Day will be observed
Monday.
With my heart hitting at double-
time I’ll take a private break and
take the time to conjure up
memories of some of the men I
shared a part of my personal life
with on strange soil.
Cronk was over there. So were
Million, Bradley, Cochran, Jamison
and Lee, a staff sergeant that played
a mean guitar. We were a tight lit-
tle group, though we did go by last
names. First names were too famil-
iar should one of us wind up in a
body bag. Some of ’em did. So not
all casualty counts were assified.
Nor will they be as men and
women of the military continue to
serve.
God bless ’em, down the road...
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SEALY, TEXAS 77474 0480
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“The troops who served there (Vietnam) did what the country asked them to tracer fire lent some security to the
do and did it admirably under the most difficult circumstances that our country
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Vietnam was not always living
in fear of “Charlie” or a “Zapper,”
because the war between the
“juicers” and “dopers” saw bailies
brought on by paranoia among their
ranks, too;
Discipline was lax at some gar-
den spots and anarchy among the
ranks existed as witnessed by the
“fragging” of 90-day wonders
(Second Looies) by disgruntled
non-com “grunts”;
At some base camps casual Black
Power salutes were more prevalent
than traditional military ones at at-
OUTSTANDING SERVICE
Allan “Cap” Hillboldt, at left, presented to Everett and Ila Mae Tomlinson, the
outstanding community service award at the Austin County Soil and Water
San would favor Gf No. 1 for a
price;
When the “short-timer’s calendar”
was finally colored in it was still a
13-hour flight out of Cam Ranh
Bay to freedom, with a short lay-
over in Tokyo, before the “Big
Bird” settled down for good in “The
World” at Sea-Tac Interational
(Seattle-Tacoma) in Washington
state.
A On Oct. 6,19711 rode a bus
from Fort Lewis to Sea-Tac to
await a final commercial flight to
Love Field in Dallas.
In Class A uniform, I settled my
seat in a seat in the airport lobby.
The coat was unbuttoned and the tie
pulled loose. It was 11 p.m. and
my plane wasn’t due to depart until
6 something in the a.m. the next
day.
Tired, but thankful for my home-
coming, I dozed off in blissful sleep •
to drcam of pleasant and pleasing
things. Such as the inoffensive
smell of coffee brewing and hot
soapy showers only to be abruptly
awakened by a pair of MPs walking
a beat One of ’em had slapped my
knee with his nightstick. Fairly
firmly. To get my attention.
I was 26 years old back then,
when I was relishing my return, and
the military policeman, possibly 20
at the most, ordered, ’Get that uni-
form straight, soldier. And sit up.
No sleeping in the lobby. You
want an Article 15?”
In no uncertain terms and with
choice words that can’t be printed in
a family newspaper I told the MP
where he could place that night-
stick.
After all, what could the U.S.
Army do to me? Send me to ’Nam.
Hell, I’d done my time there.
A in the air over the U.S.A. and
homeward bound for good on Oct
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Regarding other construction and improvement pro-
jects. the board approved purchase of aluminum seat-
ing in the amount of $21,505 for the visitor side
bleachers at the football field (school personnel will do
the work), and went along with the request for an ex-
tension from the tennis court contractor who has been
hampered by bad weather.
Superintendent Tom Golson reported that the
coaches have moved out of the field house and that the
renovation work will begin soon. A change in plans
there call for replacement of the south and west walls
with cinder blocks.
And in a final construction-related move, the board
authorized advertising for bids for road construction in
the vicinity of Selman Elementary and Eagle Lake
Roads. Bids will be opened May 25 at 2 p.m.
In the personnel department, the board accepted
resignations submitted by special education teacher
Jan Canalas, and Susie Renehart. Lydia Guajardo was
hired for cosmetology.
The question of participation in graduation cere-
monies by seniors who have not passed all parts of the
TAAS exit level tests was resolved by allowing those
who have completed all required credits for graduation
to “walk” through the ceremonies. They will not, how-
ever, receive diplomas until TAAS tests are mastered.
Regarding the impact of a cut-off of state funds if
the legislature doesn’t act by June 1, Golson told the
board that the school could stay afloat until Aug. 31.
After that, he said, there’s a $1 million building re-
serve fund that could be used to start school in the fall.
Depending upon how it all works out, the 1993-94
school calendar approved Tuesday calls for classes to
begin Aug. 18 and end May 27.
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made.
The project would be very
costly, and, according to Linde-
mann, not a feasible one, His trip
to France in connection with DE-
RAIL, an organization offering
the bullet train, revealed to him
numerous reasons for his opposi-
tion.
J.D. Sartwelle was master of
ceremonies for the annual ban-
Crime Stoppers
Type of offense: Burglary of a
building
Austin County Crime Stoppers
will pay up to $1,000.00 reward
for information leading to the ar-
rest and indictment of person or
persons involved in the commis-
sion of this crime. Your identity
will remain anonymous, no one
will know your name!
Between the dates of March 15
and March 19 someone entered a
building located at 434 Piney
Creek Road Bellville and took the
following property:
1. A go cart
2. A radio flyer wagon
Anyone having information
about this crime should contact
Crime Stoppers by dialing 865-
2949. If the call is long distance,
call collect.
Austin County Crime Stoppers
will pay up to a $1,000.00 reward
for information leading to the ar-
rest and indictment of any person
or persons involved in any felony
crime. Austin County Crime
Stoppers may be contacted by di-
aling (409) 865-2949.
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quet. Scaly Mayor Betty Rein-
beck welcomed the large gather-
ing.
Banquet sponsors were the fi-
nancial organizations of the Restaurant report heard in a long time. Maybe you saw them on die the kitchen anymore,
county, Austin County State Bank Good news — If you like authentic German The Eyes of Texas TV program a month or so We got the bad news from Jeanette, his wife,
of Bellville and Scaly, Citizens cooking and happen to be in the Georgetown ago. They were also at the Maifest in Brenham when we were there last Friday night. The place
State Bank of Scaly, First Na- area, then head out to Walburg and the Walburg this year, is for sale, if anybody’s interested,
tional Bank of Bellville, Industry Restaurant. Like the Dujka Brothers who are so popular Saturday, May 22 will be their last night.
State Bank and New Ulm Branch, The menu features specialties like sauerbraten, around here, the Walburg Boys have a back-up Good news — Looks like the weather will be
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mcinecke, In- weinerschnitzel and a dozen or so more German music system that along with their accordion and easing off to where Tony can make some head-
dustry Telephone Company, dishes that are hard to spell and pronounce but guitar makes you believe you're listening to a 10- way with his new restaurant. He told us the other
Coastal Banc Savings Associa- man do they taste good. piece band. day that it rained so much on his lot that a
lion, Guaranty Federal Land Bank, They also serve beef, chicken (huhnerbrust) The bier garten is under a big tent or you can Hamms beer can floated out from under the
and Federal Land Bank, and fish with a German twist. The pork sit outside under the trees. They have an outside building.
Alvin Schulz announced the (schwcincbratcn) comes from the nearby Charlie bar and you can buy sandwiches and bratwurst. The rain doesn’t have anything to do with this
winners of the poster contest. All Pate pig farm, and like Joe Filipp used to say And it's all free! find. but he was showing off a Southern Select
were students from the West End about his barbecue, “It’s tender like ice cream.” Walburg is on FM 972. Take the 135 exit off beer long-neck that he found in between the
Elementary School. Winners The extra added attraction here is the IH-35 a few miles north of Georgetown. But call walls while doing some renovation in preparation
were: Michelle Rath, 3rd place, Bicrgartcn which features the Walburg Boys dur- 512/863-8440 before you go to be sure the for the new place.
Randi Abke, 2nd place, and Lytle ing the summer and into the fall until the weather Walburg Boys will be playing. If you're interested, Tony has corralled a cou-
Warrcn, first place. They were gets too cold to be outside. Bad news — Well folks, it looks like Our pie of us to help with a big champagne demoli-
among 84 entries. Ronnie Tipplet, a native of Munich, Germany, Place, the Cat Spring version of Cheers, will be tion party just before the old building goes down.
Helmer Dahl of Hulls provided and Mary Jagodensky, from Wisconsin, put on closing for good this time. Gilbert Kollatschny is Should be fun to reminisce over the old Club
music for the occasion. a show of music and yodeling like you haven’t having some health problems and just can’t han- , Rendezvous days.
111 Main Street P. 0. Drawer 480
Pealing off comforting layers of
civilian life back here in “The
World” to remind me of the time I
did time during a tour and a half in
Entered as second class mail matter in the post Vietnam,
office at Sealy, Texas under the Act of Congress A strange little conflict in a
2fMarch3. 1897 Second-class postage paid at strange little country that was
... ____ tabbed “The Living Room War” for
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING those on the home front. Glued in
SULY PUBLICATIONS, Inc. front of TV sets to sight in on the past (World War I and II) and the fu- tention;
subscription PRICE: \n Austin County, action. But for the 2.6 million men lure (Persian Gulf) but not for the
$16.00 pej year, outside Austin County, in and women, and myself, of a mili- Vietnam era trooper.
Texysar2t-ooperyear,outsideTexas,825.00 tary bent that served “in-country” An extra $60 bucks monthly in
NOTICES OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS during its long run it was 35 "live" MPC (Military Payment
should be mailed to The Sealy Newt, Inc., as we cared for it to be. Certificate) script designated
T. Q. Drawer 4SO,Sealy,Texat 77474 0480 Initially, America’s involvement “hazardous duty pay” and wasn’t
Earl Luedecke in Indochina was of an “advisory” that a high price to pay from Uncle
.Jim Grimes nature. When 35 men arrived in Sam’s pocketbook;
Wilmanetrusek Vietnam Aug. 3, 1950. From there in the boonics, where the average China Sea during a deserved break
Caronyndrimmt it escalated into mortar, rocket and age of the “grunt” was 19, were and scarfing up c- and k-rations
Gritfin artillery fire that was not at all pimple-faced kids scared and stoned while knee-deep in the Big Muddy
“friendly.” Firefights were common and some that went about the bust- of the Mekong Delta;
Herbert Kollatschny as a cause for casualties and ness to seeing to it that they’d live Battles took place and bodies
Cindy Oliver “Charlie” as a sniper chalked up his up to the title of a popular song of were bagged at obscure place names
Clauda-anecek body count loo. the time — We Gotta Get Out of —tongue-twisters for a Texan —
--------------—------------ Until March 29,1973 when the This Place, like Binh Gia and Ap Bac and Nam
TheNew welcome‘gpregsionugfalvie" last U.S. troops pulled out. On a regular basis, and not from Dong and Dien Bien Phu;
briefa-possibleanarasubjecil"condemsa. During the course of “The Living the quinine tablets one took to ward For those in wont of a “round-
tun They mum induct tigmiurt and mid Room War" America racked up off malaria, incoming mortars at 2 eyed” woman it was looking for-
maiingaddrep.Pueudopzmandiniriaj, wU some somber statistics. As 58,183 in the morning would wake up the ward to an RAR in Australia, but
received, umpusddNeidduauienscan U.S. soldiers were killed: 47,356 in want to when it came to survival; “in-country” if they sought com
mot be Smut m letters TO hostile action; 10,795 non-combat. Puff, the Magic Dragon and panionship it was as close at hand
THE news. ill Mu* Strum, PO Druitt Another 153,362 were hospitalized “Spooky” showing off and circling as the nearest laundry in Saigon,
y, Smiy, Tam 77474. from wounds. a perimeter in the sky at night with Nah Trang, Dak To. Where Mama-
their own period of time from the ries," Bob Hope. sinking my teeth into one of them
past. Scenes from his U.S. troops How do Mrs. John Abell and soon if my diet will allow.
shows, scenes from his movies, Mrs. Tony Tsounakas keep their I’m missing those cheerful
and the songs he sang brought meringue pies peaked so high? smiles and friendly waves from
back memories. It was a beautiful They are as much a treat to look at the people who pass my office
90th birthday given in his honor as they are to cat. The ladies are window on Main this week, I’ve a
and shared by the many, many great pie makers, without a doubt, little “forced vacation” but I hope
viewers who remember the enter- And their other pies are equally as to be back soon. 1 miss my office
tainer. “Thanks for the memo- • good. I’m looking forward to callers, too.
Trustees award roofing bids
CONTINUED from Pago 1
decision about having a speaker came from the seniors
themselves who were considering the length of the
program. The board’s decision Tuesday night in effect
put the ball back in their court; they can invite a
speaker if the majority of the class wants one.
Mason Marek is the newest Trustees also awarded the contract to construct the
member in the family of James addition to Selman Elementary School to Chappell
and Cindy Marek of Wallis. He Hill Construction of Brenham, the low bidder.
made his grand entry into this Chappell Hill bid $2,710,000 but the final contract
world at a weight of seven pounds price will be subject to modifications in material costs
and seven ounces. Mason is the and bid alternatives.
brother of Michaela and Myles The next low bidder was Construction Ltd at
Marek and grandson of Ann and $2,717,000. Rogers Constructors submitted the high
Alvin Marek of Wallis and Irvin bid of $2,938,000.
and Aline Chrumchol of Wharton. The project budget was tentative estimated at S3
Congratulations all! million.
Best wishes to Mary Sue Kirk- Bids to repair 10 roofs damaged during a recent hail
Patrick, who had a short hospital storm were awarded to four contractors who submitted
stay last weekend. the lowest proposals. Jim Creekmore and Derral’s
The new city emblem makes an Construction of Scaly were among those chosen.
imposing background on the wall Total contract price for the repairs amounted to
behind the council seals in the $50,474. The school's insurance company had ap-
chamber meeting room. It was Io - proved repairs not to exceed $84,000.
cally made and you’ll learn more Other roofs — Administration Building, High
about it when the city arranges a School Library and Junior High School — requiring
special dedication program. general maintenance repairs were included in the same
Ray Krenek is renovating his round of bidding.
building at the corner of Main and Solar Foam Insulation Co., and Industrial Roofing
Meyer in downtown Scaly, with and Insulation submitted the lowest bids totaling
anticipation of future new tenants. $30,291. Reviewing other roofs. Maintenance
Anyone watching the Bob Hope Superintendent Terry Ashorn told the board that the
birthday party on television last second story part of the high school is the only build-
week must have reminisced about ing in the complex left with a substandard roof.
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