The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1973 Page: 1 of 8
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THE WYLIE NEWS
N< voted To The Best Interests Of Wylie Since 1947
Volume p.5; Number 28
Wylie, Collin County, Texas
Thursday, January 4, 1973
Start Of 1973 Finds Dirt Flying In Numerous
Construction Projects In Wylie Area
"C'A
m
The Excavating
Thought for the Week;
on a small salary if .
trying to keep it a secret.
"It isn't so hard to live
jjou don't spend too much
ODDS and ENDS: ' Twas a grand and glorious
holiday! Two of cm, in fetct ! And one of the
things which helped to make it so was the weather.
It was great throughout Christmas and maybe slipped
a bit over New Year's but still magnificent. We
were thankful! Wylie teachers and students
back in the groove Tuesday morning after a long
respite from the arduous chores This month
will see a new slate of officials take over in Austin
at the state government level. A new Governor, new
Lt. Governor, new Speaker of the House and a new
Attorney General will give a "new look' to our
legislative and administrative processes. Look for
an orderly transition Roland Boyd, well
known Collin County attorney, has been re-elected
to the board and executive committee of the North
Texas Commission. In addition, he's a vice pre-
sident of the organization promoting the 8- county
metroplex area Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Smith of Washington, D.C. here during the holidays
to check on Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Lillian
Corzine And a couple of other natives here
for the holidays included John R. Parr from Oregon
and Wiley Housewright from Florida. Incidentally,
they all got together by accident in the lobby of the
First State Bank for the first time to see each
other in 25 years Football was the order
of the day over the past weekend, but we know more
than a few who are delighted that the season is
on the wane The local school's program of
self-evaluation sounds interesting. Here's hoping
they take a real objective look. One area which
could, ,do with upgrading has to do with better
utilization of school facilities
Rental Housing
Survey Underway
Thru The News
A rental housing survey
is being conducted here
and readers of The News
are invited to participate.
You are asked to fill out
the survey form to
be found in the advertis-
ing columns of this paper
and return to Box 369,
Wylie, Texas 75098.
Questions being asked are
designed to indicate in-
terest in a rental housing
project for Wylie and to
determine if such a pro-
ject is practical. Tnere
is no obligation of any
kind connected with fill-
ing out the form.
Rental properties have
been very scarce over the
past several years and
a number of people have
expressed interest in a
rental project.
Interested parties are
urged to cooperate by
filling out the form and
mailing.
Lake Elevation
Elevation at Lake Lavon
stood at 468.80-ft. as of
December 28, final read-
ing of the year. Storage
was 110,700 acre ft. Tne
reservoir is considerably
below its normal elevation
of 472-ft.
[tig One Continues
The one big construction project here, the Lavon
Dam modification , continues as evidenced by the
above picture by Bob Smith of The News staff.
Height of the dam is being raised and the spillway
is being re-designed.
City Gets Increase
In E. P. A. Grant
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WeafAer
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Wylie weather was great
for the New Year's week-
end, but Tuesday found
cloudy skies witl\ drizzle.
Temperature was at 40
degrees.
Congressman Ray Ro-
berts notified The News
bv telephone last Friday
afternoon that the En-
vironmental Protection
Agency had increased its
grant to the City of Wy-
lie in the amount of
$34,920.00.
The grant will be ap-
plied to the contract which
calls for modifications
and additions to the ex-
isting wastewater treat-
ment facilities. This work
is currently underway.
The increase in the grant
agreement will be for-
It takes a lot of machinery and man-hours to install new sewer lines for the
City of Wylie and it starts with the excavating for the hugh pipes. Above may
be seen a portion of .the work which continues underway here, all a part of
keeping the dirt flying for progress in Wideawake Wylie.
Lions To Meet
Thursday Ni« lil
First meeting of the new
year for the Wylie Lions
Club is scheduled for to-
night (Thursday ) at 7
o'clock at the Methodist
Church Education Build-
ing.
Members are requested
to keep the date and time
in mind for the dinner
meeting.
Welcome
To Wylie!
This week only two fa-
milies moved into our
midst.
The News would like to
join forces with the town
of Wylie in welcoming:
Gene F'oster-214 Stone
Mack Boles-419 S. 1st
PERSONAlS
Mrs. Rebecca Douthitt had
as guests this last week
Mrs. Myra Lee McNitz-
ky, her niece and chil-
dren, Laurje and Howard.
Mrs. McNitzky had taken
her and Dr. Adam Mc-
Nitzky's daughter, Judy,
to Dallas where she per-
formed in the Cotton Bowl
as a Kilgore Rangerette.
Mrs. McNitzky is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Peters who formerly
owned the Variey Store
here.
View From The Cab
Banner Year Looms
warded to the City this
week or within tne next
few days, according to
Cong. Roberts.
The grant program waste-
water treatment work
construction has been set
at $413,500.00Workonthe
plant, together with sewer
line extensions, is expec-
ted to be complete in May
of this year, says City
officials.
The existing grant is
$192,500.00. By adding
this $34,920.00, the total
grant will be $227,420.OQ
A check of construction
activity underway in the
Wylie area leads one to
safely say that the New
Year is off to a dirt fly-
ing start.
And if a preview of things
to come is any Indication
the pace will continue(and
maybe even increase )
throughout the coming
twelve months.
That was the outlook this
week as Wylieites bade
goodbye to the Old Year
and enthusiastically
greeted a brand new 1973.
Chief project in the im-
mediate area of course,
continues to be the Lake
Lavon project. Numerous
contracts are under way
at the present time, in-
cluding the main task of
raising the dam and re-
designing of the flood-
gates, but important in
the overall work load and
currently underway are
contracts to re-locate
highways and roads, rail-
road re-location , and
installation of a number
of new recreation areas
around the soon-to-be-
enlarged reservoir.
The Lavon project is ex-
pected to be completed
early in 1975 and will see
a new lake enlarged from
the present 100,000 acre
ft. of water conservation
storage to one storing
360,000 acre - ft.
On the heels of this
huge local project comes
the North Texas Munici-
pal Water District which
Water District
Board Approves
Equipment Bid
The directors of the North
Texas Municipal Water
District okayed the low bid
on the pump, motor and
switchgear to be installed
at the Lucas booster sta-
tion at Its meeting last
Thursday here.
The Allis Chalmers Cor-
poration submitted the low
bid of $33,210.00. One
other bid was submitted.
Work is expected to get
underway at an early date
officials indicated.
almost constantly has
been in an expansion pro-
gram. a 35-million gallon
per day addition to the
local district's treatment
plant was completed early
in 1972, and directors of
the body In November
okayed a $4 - million con-
tract for another major
expansion to start early
in 1973. Continued rapid
growth of the area has
kept the district active to
provide adequate water
supplies.
The City of Wylie has two
contracts underway to
provide an enlarged
wastewater treatment
plant and the installation
of new sewer transmis-
sion lines to serve the
growing municipality .
May has been set as the
completion date for these
two much - needed pro-
jects.
Another major building
project just getting
started is a new
sanctuary and other im-
pxovements for the city's
First Baptist C h u r c h.
This projects is expected
to run considerably in ex-
cess of $200,000 and will
require most of the year
to finish. Remodeling ex-
isting facilities ana ex-
pansion of the church's
education rooms are
included in the contract.
Two new industries for
the city are under con-
struction as the New
Year begins. Rino Steel
Is moving this week in-
to their new 7,200 sq.-ft.
structure on a five-acre
plot, and Nortex Nursery
is underway on a 42,000
ft. greenhouse located on
a 55-acre tract within the
city limits.
Another good year is an-
ticipated in residential
construction. Although the
pace has slowed over the
past three months a check
with builders indicates
that they expect 1973 to
be as good or even better
than the past year.
Meanwhile, activity is
reported in commercial
expansion. At least one
or two new businesses
are on the planning boards
and may be announced be-
fore the end of January.
Yes, the dirt is flying !
Wideawake Wylie gives
promise of living up to
its name across the
coming twelve months.
General Telephone Seeks
Rate Hike In Area Cities
And supervising the entire operation is this unidentified worker pictured in the
cab of one of the hugh machines. Needless to say, he's a well experienced "hard
hat" who's currently doing his part to keep the Wylie dirt flying as the community
starts 1973 on the way to progress. (News Staff Pnotos by Bob Smith ).
General Telephone Com-
pany has announced its
intent to seek rate hikes
in a number of Dallas
area cities , including
Wylie. L. Gray Beck,
president of the company,
outlined the plans at a
press conference held
Wednesday of last week
in Dallas.
Cities involved, in addi-
tion to Wylie, include Car-
rollton, Garland, Irving,
Lewisville, Piano ana
Rowlett. A request for
the price increase was
filed last week with the
Price Commission.
The metro service rates,
as proposed for Wylie ,
would include an increase
for one party residential
from $8.60 per month to
$11.30 per month.
Other hikes would be as
follows: One-party busi-
ness from $ 20.70 to
$ 29.95; residential two-
party from $6.25 to
$9.60; four - party from
$6.00 to $8.50; and rural
residential four - party
from $6.95 to $11.30.
The current metro rates
went into effect here Oc-
tober 16, 1971.
Information released by
Beck at the press
conference showed that to-
tal telephones served
through Wylie increased
by 49.4 percent from
December 31, 1969 ,
through November 30,
1972. A total of 2,268
phones were in service
here as of the November
30, 1972 date.
The company has sched-
uled a meeting with of-
ficials from the various
cities affected for January
9 at 7 p.m. in the Royal
Coach Inn in Dallas to
further discuss plans for
the Increase.
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The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1973, newspaper, January 4, 1973; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342121/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith Public Library.