The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1987 Page: 3 of 12
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City Council Considers Plumbing Ordinance
Groom City Council met
last Tuesday night discuss-
ing the need for a plumb-
ing ordinance in the City.
The new ordinance to be
read at the next council
meeting, will include requir-
ed inspections of all new
connections, specifications
for sizes of pipe and
: Lane Recliner
Wall Saver Reg. $359°
$24700
: Ben Craft
Rocker Recliner Reg. $349°
$23700
: Ben Craft Recliner
$17500
Reg. $2450
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9-9710
: Craftsman Tools
• 2 hp 7 % Circular Saw
1V2 hp Router
2/5 hp 3/8 in. drill
KR Hand Riviter Set
Fuller Screw driver Sets
Habachi, B.B.Q. Tools, or Tie Rack
BOTTOM DOLLAR
New& Used Furniture
: & Variety
: Hwy. 287 E. 226-4835
.Claude, Tx. P
: fittings. Separate trenches
must be made for electri-
cal, sewer and water lines.
Several houses in town cur-
rently have two or more lines
running in the same trench.
The gas company will also
be consulted to insure that
requirements in the ordi-
Z nance are in compliance with
A: safety regulations of the
2 : company. All gas lines will
d • have to be inspected by the
• • local company before city
Ay Z approval will be given.
" • Bill Stephens, who heads
J : his own consulting firm, met
• with the council concerning
g : insurance coverage. He ex-
i : plained the tort reform bill
2 : just passed by the legisla-
s : ture saying that it should
P • benefit the City with afford-
J : able rates for liability in-
surance coverage. He
aymaster
suggested the City consult
local agents for bids on most
coverage but that TML
coverage would remain the
best for liability purposes.
Sheri Daws of Skellytown
was approved to serve an
unexpired term on the
Appraisal District Board.
Council members took a
look at the budget for 1988
before approving the bills
for the Month of May.
Sales Tax Rebates
Ambulance Service
Groom Ambulance service
made four calls during the
past week.
Monday night, Orial Riley
of Fritch was taken to the
Borger hospital by atten-
dants John Homen and Lynn
Pool. Mrs. Riley was visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Merrick when she began to
experience heart problems.
Sunday,
attendants
Sales tax rebates continue answered a call two miles
to be on the downward trend east of the Tower where a
throughout the state accord- truck had wrecked. One
ing to the latest report from person was taken to
Comptroller Bob Bullock. Amarillo with a broken hand
Payments are down six and lacerations. Another
percent in the State compar- rider in the truck refused
ed to payments made last
June. The report represents
sales made in April.
Groom showed a 7 per-
cent decrease while other
cities in Carson County were
down by 18 percent in Pan-
handle, 23 percent in Skelly-
town and White Deer had a
modest .70 percent
decrease. County wide sales
were off 14 percent.
treatment.
Saturday a travler on 1-40
suffering an apparant heart
attack was taken to Amarillo
as was Johny Byrd who
suffered a cut on the leg.
THE GROOM NEWS—Page 3
Thursday, June 18,1987
BLACKWELL
Continued from Page 1
Funeral services were
pending at press time.
Survivors include his wife;
- one son, Guy Lynn Black-
well; two daughters Lanna
Brown and Jani Britten, 7
grandchildren and 4 great-
grandchildren. .
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Water Well
Service
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Aeromotor Windmills
Phone 248-7411
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The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1987, newspaper, June 18, 1987; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1706473/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.