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THE WYLIE NEWS
Devoted. To The Best Interest Of Wylie Since 1947
Welcome To
Wideawake Wylii
VOLUME TWENTY-ONE: NO. 11
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS
Price: 10$
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1968
What Do The Young Fry Do In The Summer Months?
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They Dress Up, Don Purse, And Go For A Ride
And these two unidentified young ladies are much in the social whirl in Wideawike Wylie as yoj canp'.ainly
see! Even though the bag may be borrowed from her mother, it furnishes that extra "something which
completes the costumo. And the young Miss at the wheel of the sports car seems dead set on arriving at her
destination on time. It's all part of the Summer Fun Season hereabouts and the younger set play a most impor-
tant role. (News staff photo oy Bob Smith)
Lamb To Teach At Sul Ross
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Supt. of Schools Charles
L. Lamb has resigned his
position here to accept
an assistant professor-
ship at Sul Ross State
College in Alpine, Texas.
He will teach sch.tol
administration courses in
his new position.
Mr.
who is com-
Charles L. Lamb
Womanless
Wedding To
Be Presented
The teens who belong to
the Pirate's Nook mem-
bership will present a
Womanless Wedding on
August 16 at 8:00 p.m.
Admission will be adults,
$1.00 and children, 50C.
The performance will be
In the cafetorlum.
Please plan to attend and
enjoy an evening of fun.
Lions Meeting
Set For Tonight
At 7 o'Clock
The Wylle Lions wtll
gather tonight (Thursday)
For their regular meeting.
The dinner meeting will
get underway at 7 o clock
at the Methodist Annex.
President Ken Nail this
week ijrj nt membsrs to
keep the" date and time In
mind and requested them
to be present.
leting his fourth year as
uperintendent of the
Wylie Schools, will
receive an earned Doctor
of Philosophy in Education
Administration and Bio-
logy from East Texas
State University August
23. He took his Bachelor
of Science and Master of
Science degrees from
Baylor University in 1953
and 1954, respectively.
Dissertation for his doc-
torate was written on
"Professionalism in the
Superintendency as Per-
ceived by Selected
Superintendents and
School Board Presidents
in Texas Public Schools."
This ends 14 yea rs of work
in the Texas Public
Schools which started in
1954 as Principal of Pene-
lope High School for 1
year, 3 years at Sonora
High School as chemistry
teacher, 2 years as High
School Principle and
chemistry teacher at
Chillicotne High School, 3
years as Superintendent
of Schools, Kelton Inde-
pendent School District,
1 year as Superintendent
of Schools, Witharral
Independent School Dis-
trict and currently com-
leting the 4th year as
uperintendent of Schools,
Wylle Independent School
District.
He belongs to Texas State
Teachers Association,
National Education Asso-
ciation, Texas Associa-
tion of School Adminis-
trators, Texas Associa-
tion of School Boards,
Beta Tau Chapter of Beta
Beta Beta Biological
Society, Phi Delta Kappa,
Doctoral Club of East
Texas State University,
Lions Club, Scottish Rite,
Dallas; East Fork Lodge,
Wylle; East I e .as School
Study Council.
Offices held while in
public school include
President, Hardeman
County Teachers' Asso-
ciation; President of
Wheeler County Teac-
hers' Association;
Delegate to the State
Texas State Teachers'
Association Convention In
1961. 62, 63, 64.
He is listed in Who's Who
in American Education in
1963-64 and also listed in
Who's Who in the South
and Southwest in 1967-68.
Mr. Lamb received
science scholarships
from three universities;
Baylor University, 1958;
Howard Payne College,
1959; Stephen F. Austin
College, 1961 to do special
work in the field of biology
and chemistry.
Since 1959 Mr. Lam!: has
had numerous articles and
papers printed in various
educational magazines.
Clear Lake
Homecoming
August 18
The Clear Lake Home-
coming will be held August
18th at the Baptist
Encampment.
Everyone is invited to
come and bring lunch and
visit with old friends.
Cooler Here
Over Weekend
Saturday, hottest day of
the year, (101 degrees)
gave way to light showers
and cooler temperatures
Sunday, Monday and Tues-
day.
Collin County Will Enroll Early
This report contains
information supplied by
Jeff Christie, Collin Co.
B.I.G. Entomologist.
BOLL WEEVIL Medium to
heavy Infestations of boll
weevils have been found
throughout Collin County.
Fields with the largest
populations are heavy
enough to cause damage
to small bolls. In this
situation control mea-
surss should be initiated
to protect these young
bolls.
BOLL WORM Boll Worm
populations are continuing
to increase in the county.
In several fields infesta-
tions are large enough to
warrant control mea-
sures. When one is consi-
dering starting control
measures he should give
careful thought to the yield
potential ana to the benefi-
cial insects.
JEFF CHRISTIE Collin
County B.I.G Entomolo-
gist will continue to hold
the usual insect educa-
tional meetings as
scheduled through August
16th.
SORGHUM MIDGE Sor-
ghum midge has been
found in large numbers In
the late planted grain sor-
ghum Fields of late
blooming grain sorghum
are still in danger from
attacking sorghum midge.
Careful wacch and proper
control should oe carried
out if necessary.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Gallagher of Ft. Worth
visited relatives here
Sunday.
Maize Harvest
Opens Here
Harvest of the 1968 maize
crop got underway the past
few days with reports of
excellent yields.
R. V. Groves, owner of
Wylie Grain Co., stated
Monday that his firm had
purchased over one
million pounds of the crop.
He reported yeilds runn-
ing from 3,500 to a top
of 5.400 pounds per acre.
Anything in the neighbor-
hood of a 4,000 pound per
acre yield is considered
as very good.
A heavy acreage is to be
found in the Wylie area.
Price being paid the early
part of the week was $1.60
per hundred, according to
Groves, who buys over a
wide area in South Collin
County and in the north-
east section of Dallas
County.
Farmers were hopeful of
fair skies to aid harvest
of the crop.
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck
Elledge have had as their
guest for i.he past few
days, Chuck's morher and
father. Mr. and Mrs. J.E.
Elledge and nephew, Mike
.Elledge, from Marshall,
111. Also, Chuck's sister,
Phyllis, from Shelbyville,
Illinois. Daughter Kim
returned home with her
grandparents after spend-
ing several weeks in
Illinois visiting with
relatives.
The first and second
grades of the Hartmc-n
Elementary School will be
pre-enrolle4 according to
announcement released by
P.M. Akin, principal o'
the school.
Enrollment for 1st and
2nd grade pupils will be
conducted from 8:30 a.m.
until 12 noon, Wednesday
and Thursday, August
and 22 at the R. F. Hart-
man Elementary School.
If
Mr. Akin stressed that
parents of these youngs-
ters give particular atten-
tion to the following
special instructions;
The first grade pupils will
need birth certificate,
immunization records
showing smallpox, and
diptheria and tetanus, or
agree to take these shots
wnen given by School
County Health Nurse.
Those children who
attended pre-school and
have had this information
recorded when enrolled,
will not need to present
birth certificates again.
Second grade pupils
attending the Wylie school
for the first time should
present school records
from school attended last
year Both 1st and 2nd
graders will be assigned
to Home Room sections,
given a list of school
supplies needed, and other
information when
en lolled.
The early enrollment for
the first two grades elimi-
nate much confusion on
the regular opening day of
school, officials said.
Or Play Cowboy And Horses
V, Vv-t.
And that s exactly what these two Wylle lads are doing to kill time during the hot summer months. In the above
photo Bryan Page, 5, plays the role of the horse while Kyle Craighead, 4, relishes the role of the Cowboy. What
Setter way Is there for two growing youngsters to get their exercise and let off steam than this? (News staff
photo by Bob Smith)
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