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Vol. 108 No. 7
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By
WIL MA PE TRUSEK
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Thursday, April 20,1995
To correct a blooper in last week's news, be it
recorded here that little Breanne Burttschell is the
great grand daughter of Alice Reichardt of Cat Spring
Alice Burttschell is her grandmother
I hope your Easter was a very pleasant one with
I riends and kin by your side I he weather w as nice and
no one's Faster bonnet or new dress got sprinkled on
Crowds at services were very good, attesting that peo-
ple do recognize the significance ot the season
Winston I ipp has joined the ranks of the retirees He
retired in January from Sealy Precision alter 13 years
of employment there Prior to that he was with WKM
18 years and worked for Sowa Machine for nine years
He say s he is glad to be relieved of schedules and pres-
sures, and is enjoying his retirement He keeps busy
with cattle and fixing fences on the property which he
and Jackie own
Traffic began to stack up on Highway 36 when a
large truck carrying round hay bales could not go
through the underpass one day early last week T he
| bales were too high and the truck could not clear the | |
| passageway He must have backed out and turned |
1 around he was not there an hour later
Louis Novosad was showing a line mess of catfish
he had hooked in a local area tank Monday afternoon/ 1 |
of last week T hese, he said, were his Good Friday fish
. There were four nice ones weighing from two to 5 1/2 |
pounds
Oscar and LaVonn Schier of Houston, former resi-
dents of this city, stopped to have lunch in town during
one ot their trips to Sealy to attend to their property and
to business
Syl Polasek recently received a 50 year membership
| pin from the Wallis American Legion Post i
Congratulations'
Florence Rossler attended a bridal shower for
Victoria Giammalva, her granddaughter, m Houston
April 8. Victoria will be married June 10 in Houston
Doris and Marion Hannah of Fisher, Illinois, arrived
Thursday noon, April 6, to visit with Everett and Ila
Mae T omlinson in Cat Spring They were on their way
home from a Tip of Texas winter at Pharr, and left Cat
Spring Monday on their homeward trek Clinton and
| Jeannie Tomlinson were in from Austin, too, and also
visited his grandparents, Alvin and Goldie Dittert.
It's a little late, but it's happy birthday to Father 1
Bernard Snock, who observed his 64th on April I I
St Mary's Altar Society baked 360 mini loaves of
bread to distribute to parishioners at Maundy Thursday
worship services at the church in Frydek, so said
Charlene Sowa, president T his is an annual project,
and everyone who attends the services receives bread
to take home
Mr. and Mrs Paul Johnson of Covington visited with
Jim and Deanna Creekmore when they were in town
on the week-end of April 8 and 9. They had come for
the cattle sale at Port City Stockyards, which he attend-
ed, and she came to town to the Airing of the Quilts.
Justin Eschenburg, a junior accounting major, is a
recipient of the Wood-Yagar Scholarship from Sam
Houston State University He is the son of Gene and
Filothea Eschenburg of the Frydek community
Joyce Johnston and her daughter, Nancy of Houston,
left Monday around noon for a week’s visit with their
son and brother, David Johnston, his wife, Jeannie and
their son, Samuel, on the Island of Guadalupe in the
Caribbean, where David and Jeannie are involved in
mission work
Leroy and Sylvia Hauerland are back from a round
table trip to London where they spent a week Leroy
had earned the trip through Southern Farm Bureau Life
Insurance. They left April 6 and returned a week later
The Hauerlands saw the changing of the guards at
Buckingham Palace. Warwick Castle, Herrod's, the
largest and oldest department store in London;
Bramley, where Washington and Robert E Lee came
from and where Washington's Coat ot Arms was pre-
sented; Piccadilly Circus, Stratford on Avon where
they visited the homes of Shakespeare and Anne 1
Hathaway; Westminster Abbey, and attended several
theaters They stayed at the Hilton on Park Lane in
London
Earline Goebel, Waldine Jones, Joyce Johnston,
Toby Jones and children. Katy and John, and Edwin
and Joy Schiller and daughter Donna of Houston at
tended a reunion of the Leshikar-Schiller families at
Firemen's Hall in New Ulm on April 8 The reunion
highlight was a visit from Frantisek Silar, from the
Czech Republic, his son, Petr Silar, the mayor of
Letohrad, and his grandson. David Silar This is the
original form of the Schiller name
When Edwin and Joy Schiller were in the Czech
Republic in recent years, Frantisek Silar gave them a
tour of the Cermna region They visited the house
where Edwin's grandfather, Jan, was born and they had
supper with another Silar family while there Jan (John)
Schiller lived in the Frydek community until 1937.
Mr and Mrs Edward Forst of Houston and their
guest, her mother, Jaroslava Havlice from North Czech,
Ustin Labem, visited Margaret Brast Easter Sunday
The lady from the Czech Republic particularly enjoyed
the visit here since Margaret could communicate with
her in the Czech language
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B&PW Park dedication set Saturday
Little League parade at 9 a.m.; Mayor Reinbeck to officiate during 9:30 a.m. ceremony
Saturday s dedication of the renovated and
expanded B& PW Park will be held in a ceremony
beginning at 9 <0 a m with Mayor Betty
Reinbeck as mistress of ceremonies, according to
Joe Burttschell. I ittle 1 cague president
A parade of the gill and boy ballplayers
through town al 9 a in will lead out to the park
for the formal program which will be held on the
front field near the W 1 Hill Community Center
Games by boys and girls will begin at 10 a in
Developed with a large grant from the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department, the park now has
five lighted baseball fields, a basketball court,
Iwo tennis courts, a logging trail, a picnic area
with a pavilion, a retention lake with a pier and
two paved parking lots, plus other renovations
Jones Finke. Inc had the contract with the city
loi the development of the park
The public is invited to see the parade and to
attend the dedication program
B&PW Park dates back to the early 1950s, and
w as developed on a small scale for boys to have a
place to participate in Little I eague games I ater
activities included girls as well
The first sizeable sum of money to be dedicated
to the park was in the amount of $1500 which a
local lady won lot the Sealy Business and
Professional Women's Club on a Houston televi-
sion show Willie Jo McMichael hit the bull's eye
at a show called Darts for Dough on Channel 2
and won the prize money
B&PW Club members worked in developing
the area into a park, both physically and lunar
cially through fund raisers, holding cake sale
and other events
city in the 1980s
A tract ot 7 3
The park was turner
Cemetery Assoctati
in June ot 1954 to
club turned the park ON
1985
There are now 32 be
400 youngsters, who
the
s Was deeded by the Scaly
to the Sealy B&PW Club
the little league park 1 he
the City 1 Sealy in
Ys and girls teams, some
will enjoy this outdoor
sport in I he spring and summer months This pro
gram also involves many coaches, commissioners,
supporters and sponsors
Olher citi/ens will enjoy the picnic, logging,
and other facilities throughout the year
City council adopts resolution W
opposing collective bargaining
Having gone through the preliminaries, the Sealy City
Council, acting on the first order ot business on the
agenda in their meeting April 12, adopted a resolution
opposing collective bargaining
Council heard from a number ot citizens in relation to
the mobile home park regulations Robert Richter was
spoke man lor a delegation from the Gebhardt Acres area
coming before the city governmental body in opposition
to the establishing of a trailer park by Tony Tsounakas
in that community The permit lot a previously existing
unit on the property when Tsounakas acquired it, was
approved, but the permit for the additional new unit
recently added was revoked by the council.
Richter said he had no problem with the one original
mobile unit being on the Tsounakas property, but he
would with the additional one
Tony said he has complied with present mobile home
See COUNCIL Page 2
A TREASURED MOMENT — The Austin County Comets’ Special Olympics team records memorable moments
during competition Pictured above is one of them The Comets will be participating and giving it their all this
Friday and Saturday at the Special Olympics Track & Field Meet in College Station/Bryan Pictures of past
achievements are included on Page 11 of this issue
Sealy’s share of sales
tax rebates takes big
26% increase in April
Scaly’s share of the monthly sales tax rebate payments showed a consul
erable jump compared to the April 1994 payment
This month’s payment of $33,199.05 indicates a 26.63 percent hike from
the $26,216.38 the city received for the same period last year
"Employment in Texas continues to grow, rising by 4.3 percent since this
time last year to stand at 7 9 million jobs, the fifth new all time high in as
many months," said State Comptroller John Sharp last Friday as he deliv-
cred a total of $123.6 million in April sales tax rebates to 1,073 cities and
III counties.
“As employment goes, so goes consumer confidence. Following the lead
of rising employment numbers, statewide April sales tax rebates are up 9
percent compared to April of 1994," added Sharp
Texas cities received $112.4 million in local sales tax rebates for April,
10 2 percent more than the $101.90 million in payments one year ago'
County rebates were $11.2 million, 1.6 percent under the $11 4 million
payments of April 1994.
This month’s sales tax rebates include local sales taxes collected in
February and reported by businesses filing monthly tax returns in March
Bellville and San Felipe also followed the statewide trend with increases:
Bellville's share for April is $16,720.38, a 2.85 percent increase over the
See SALES TAX Page 2
300 attends Sunday Easter
sunrise service at SFA Park
By WILMA PETRUSEK
It was Faster morning, and the Christian world arose
to worship the resurrected Ford Services unfolded in
the early hours ot the day in some places, and contin-
ued at later hours in others Churches recorded fine
attendances
More than 300 hundred men, women ami children
assembled in front of Austin's monument in Stephen F
Austin State Park at San Felipe at 7 a.m to hear the
message of the empty tomb in word and song at a com
munity service The proclamation of "He lives"
renewed in each listener the promise of eternal life
People began to gather early, even as Florence Boyd
who arranged the program, and her co-workers fi
nalized the set up for the service Flowers were
arranged on a large cross near the entrance gate to add
glory to the scene, by the dimness of the cloudy morn
ing. It was a pleasant morning, warm and without rain,
and a time to be moved by the spirit of the occasion
Four members of the Sealy High School band, who
had prepared for the service under the direction of Don
Allphin, played the instrumental prelude to open the
55th annual caster sunrise service Florence Boyd was
See EASTER’s, Page 2
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April 27 issue is final one for
free political announcements
Politicians are reminded that next week is the last
time they can get a campaign announcement without
cost in The Scaly News All publicity and campaign
promotion will have to be published in paid advertise-
ments after the April 27 issue
Anyone wanting to make their initial announcement
must come into the office by noon on Monday
SISD receives a favorable interest rate
on sale of $3.5 million in building bonds
By FRANK ‘BO’ KRAMPITZ
Sealy LSD trustees and administration got
some good news, financially speaking, at
the April 1 1 board meeting.
The main event was the opening of bids
for the sale of $3 5 million in building
bonds And the good news was the very
favorable interest rate offered by the win
ning bidder
When Peter Fisher and Moss Fetzer ot
Moroney Beissner & Co . the district's
financial adviser finished opening the II
proposals, it was determined that Prudential
Securities, Inc. offered an interest rate most
beneficial to the district.
Prudential bid an effective rate ol 5.5378
percent over the 20 year term of the securi-
ties Calculated in actual interest cost, the
figure comes to $2,141,287 for the $3 5 mil-
lion issue. The next lowest was 5 5493 per-
cent; the highest, 5.7322.
Fisher, who had predicted at the March 7
meeting when the sale was authorized that
the bonds would cost 5.80 5.85 percent, "if
sold today," said the favorable interest rate
was a direct result of the district's financial
condition
"They sold like Triple A bonds," he said,
and added, "About the only thing the rating
companies commented on, adversely, was
that 28 percent of the district's tax base is
concentrated in the top four taxpayers,
Stewart & Stevenson, Gull States Toyota.
Willamette Industties and Acme Brick Co.
Proceeds from the bond sale are ear-
marked for Phase II of the district's con
struction program which will include a high
school and vocational building and a trans
portation and maintenance center
Plans and architectural drawings lor the
high school section are coming along on
schedule and could be ready for bidding in
May. Superintendent Tom Golson told the
board "He (the architect) says the building
will cost $2 3 million (it's budgeted for $2.0
million), and we still say it's going to cost
$2.0 million." Golson added
T he board got into a long discussion on a
policy matter proposed by trustee Robert
Kent As stated on the agenda, the policy, if
See BOARD Page 2
A SPECIAL DUET FOR EASTER — Ken and Catherine Mullen sang a duet. "Jesus Built a Bridge," at the Sunday
morning Easter sunrise service at the Stephen F Austin State Park at San Felipe where a crowd of more than 300
worshippers gathered at 7 a m to greet the Easter morn Rev Mullen is pastor of Sealy Pentecostal Church of
God — News Photo by Wilma Petrusek
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