The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1972 Page: 1 of 8
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WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS
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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1972
Growing Pains:
Local Industry Has Major
Expansion Program Underway
Belinda Doyal
Carrie Green
Kim Elledge
Mike Spencer
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Thought for the Week: "When I was young [ observed
that nine out of every ten things I did were failures,
so I did ten times more work." - George Bernard
Shaw.
;'s finally completed gin-
p. That's right! He finished
Roddy Groves tells us he'
ning of the 1971 cotton crop.
up, in fact, on the 29th day of February, and at the
same time, the farmers in South Texas were under-
way with the planting of their 1972 crop.
LaDonna Adams
Andy Woolard
February Rain
Below Normal
Slate White Elephant Sale
Local Students To
Participate In County
Spelling Bee March 18
February
area was
in the Wylie
deficient by a
big margin in the matter
of rainfall.
A Spelling Bee sponsored
by the Dallas Morning
News and coordinated by
County Superintendent
Leroy G. Richardson, will
be held in the McKinney
Junior High School Audi-
torium on March 18, be-
ginning at 9;00 a.m., in
which students from sev-
eral Collin County Schools
will participate.
The public is welcome to
attend.
The winners of the county
contest will take part in
The Dallas Morning News
Spelling Meet at the
WFAA-TV Studios, Sat-
urday April 29. It will
again be televised on
Channel 8.
The judges for the Collin
County Spelling Bee are
as follows; Mrs. Estelle
Spurgin, Route 2, Mc-
Kinney, and Mrs. Nelle
Fineout, 1004 18th Place,
Piano.
Students from 16 schools
in the county will take
part in the Bee, inclu-
ding the following from
Wylie;
First Place; Belinda
Doyal, Grade 7, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Doyal.
Second Place; Carrie
Green, Grade 8, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Green.
Third Place; LaDonna
Adams, Grade 7, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo
Adams.
Fourth Place; Mike
Spencer Grade 6, son of
Mr. ana Mrs. Robert
Spencer.
Fifth Place; Kim El -
ledge, Grade 7, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Elledge.
Sixth Place; Andy Wool-
ard, Grade 6, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Wool-
ard.
In and interview with the
spelling teachers, Vir-
ginia Rogers and Jayne
Chapman, they wished to
congratulate the winners
and express their thanks
to all the students who
participated in the Spell-
ing Bee contest.
According to Glen Dan-
iel, local statistician, a
total of only 0.32 inches
fell here for the 29-day
period/
This is in contrast to a
normal average for the
month of February of 3.12
inches. A total of 1.92
inches was received in
February last year.
re-
Members of the Wylie
Lions Club are planning
another of their famous
"White Elephant ' sales
for Saturday, March 25,
officials have announced.
The sale will be held in
the lobby of the First
State Bank.
Club President Stan Bar-
tel announced appoint-
ment of Dick Sewell,
William Martin and
Thomas Maynard as co-
chairmen of the event.
General committee mem-
bers will include Sid
Rogers, Ken Nail, John
Daugherty, Cecil Hackler,
Glen Housewright, Billy
Wooley, Raymond Posey,
Gary Roddy, Frank Ed-
wards, Bill Davis, Wel-
don Hume, Melvin Douth-
itt and "Doc" Smith.
Proceeds from the sale
will go toward numerous
civic and community bet-
terment projectsof the
club.
Hours of the sale and
final details will be an-
nounced at a later date.
Precipitation was
corded here on only four
days for the month just
past. It rained 0.01 on
Feb. 1; 0.03 on Feb. 6;
0.19 on the 11th; and
0.09 on Feb. 13. January
rainfall for this year was
less than an inch.
Thus, it looks the begin-
ning of a repeat (or
worse) of last year when(
moisture was greatly de-
ficient for the first few
months of the year. How-
ever, the last few months
of the year saw the pic-
ture change and 1971
ended up slightly above the
normal average.
Clifford Carpenter Elected
To Board Of Hospital Group
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The Weather
i
Warmer and windy. Partly
cloudy with cooler fore-
cast.
Things must be running pretty smoothly in both the
City and School judging from the small number of
candidates in running for places on the respective
governing bodies. We have seen the times of late
when over a dozen candidates would be in the school
trustee races and almost that number in the city.
Not so this time! Mayor Hackler drew no opposition
in the city and only three men are running for two
seats on the council. School voters will ballot this
year for the first time on Places. Dr. Dick Sewell
filed for Place One and no one dared take him on.
There are four who hope to capture the Place Two
spot. We don't look for a hot election this year in
either entity as it takes controversial issues to drum
up a big vote and such issues seem to be missing.
We'll just wait and seel
Congratulations go to a trio of fellows who have
done a fantastic job with a company they started
four years ago. We refer to Don Hughes, Jerry
Buchanan and Joe Edge. They had the idea of pooling
their resources and starting an extrusion die tooling
Industry here In Wylie In the rear of one of our
buildings. Now, four years later, they are doing
business with ten aluminum firms, including a cus-
tomer in Mexico; have added ten employees to where
they now have a total of thirteen; and are expanding
into a brand new building at a brand new location.
It's a fine success story for four guys who had an
idea; who wanted to own their own business; and
who were not afraid to work long, hard hours to
make a dream become a reality. It's a "Home-
grown" industry! It's a solid operation and one of
which this or any town can well be proud. We salute
the B.E.&H. Extrusion, Inc. Wideawake Wylie is
proud to have you as a substantial segment of our
growing economy.
Best wishes go with Charles Birdsong who has an-
nounced he will accept the head coaching job at
Abernathy, a Class-AA high school in West Texas.
Birdsong completed two successful seasons as head
football coach here where his Class-A Pirates com-
piled a record of 19 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie, and
that's pretty good football in anybody's league. The
1971 season saw his team capture the bl-district
championship. He is moving into a position which
should further his career which at this stage of the
game appears to be pretty bright.
Reservoir elevation at Lake Lavon dipped to 471.86-ft,,
which Is slightly below the 472-ft. normal mark. Jan-
uary and February saw little rainfall (see story this
week) and this is responsible. Last year saw little
rain the early part and 1972 is off to a much drier
start. A good soaking rain is badly needed In this
area.
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Public Library?
I iling Light:
Candidates Limited In
City And School Races
Long lists of ambitious
candidates failed to ma-
terialize in both city and
school races this year
as reported following last
week s filing deadlines.
Two places In the School
Board race drew only five
candidates and one can-
didate in Place One drew
no opposition.
The Incumbent Mayor
drew no opposition while
three hopefuls in the race
are vielng for two spots
on the City Council.
The election is scheduled
for April 1 at the local
Fire Station.
Dr. Dick Sewell filed for
Place One on the School
Board and drew no oppo-
sition.
For Place Two on the
School Board the following
will be on the ballot: Wil-
liam E. Martin, Curtis
Hale, Mrs. Bob Hubenthal
and Buddy Minyard. Hale
is seeking re-election to
the board. Dr. T. M.
Trimble, whose term is
expiring, did not ask re-
election.
This is the first time that
voters will ballot on se-
parate places in the school
election.
In the city, Mayor Cecil
Hackler will be running
unopposed for a second
two-year term.
Two City Council places
are up for grabs. The
terms of R. C. Dodd and
Ken Mauk are expiring.
Mr. Dodd, who has been
serving as Mayor Pro
Tern, is asking re-
election for a second term
while Mr. Mauk declined
to run. Others filing for
the Council include Jerry
Don Christopher and Earl
Taylor.
Prior to the election The
News will carry more de-
tailed information on
those candidates who have
filed in both city and
school.
Clifford Carpenter, vice
chairman of the Board of
Governors of Collin Me-
morial Hospital in Mc-
Kinney, has been elected
a director of the Texas
Association of Hospital
Governing Boards.
Mr. Carpenter, a Far-
mersville resident, has
served continuously as a
member of the Collin Me-
morial board since his
appointment early In 1958.
One hundred and eighty
Hal lei To Benefit
Heard Museum
The Heard Natural
Science Museum and
Wild life Sanctuary will
benefit from the proceeds
of a ballet performance to
be given by students of
Nikita Talin, S.M.U. ar-
tist-in-residence. The
performance will be held
in the auditorium of Mc-
Kinney High School at 8:00
p.m. on Saturday, March
18. Admission will be
$2.50 for adults, $1.00
for children. Tickets are
being distributed by mem-
bers of the museum's
Board of Directors, or
they may be purchased
from the museum, Rt. 2,
McKinney 75069; tele-
phone 542-3012.
hospital trustees and ad-
ministrators from across
the State attended the
Texas Association of Hos-
pital Governing Boards
Annual Seminar. The me-
Annual Seminar. The
meeting was held in
Austin.
During the Seminar, the
Association held its an-
nual business meeting
where officers for the
1972-73 term were elec-
ted.
The officers are: Presi-
dent - John Blair,
Kountze; Vice Presi-
dent - J. B. Jarratt,
Wichita Falls; Secretary-
Sam Reeves, Sweetwater;
Board Members - Billy
Sam Fambro, Breck-
enridge; Robert F. Mc-
Garvey, Ballinger; Wes-
ley Moeller, San Antonio;
Vernon G. Garrett, Hous-
ton and Clifford Carpen-
ter, Farmersville. Mem-
bers Emeritus - Hulon
Black, Austin; Mclver
Furman, M. D., Corpus
Christi and Wright Mat-
thews, Palestine.
All of the recently elected
officers, with the excep-
tion of Mr. Carpenter,
were re-elected.
Officers will be installed
at the Association's Con-
vention, May 21 in Fort
Worth. The Association
will be meeting concur-
rently with the Texas
Hospital Association.
Wylie continues to be a
choice location for new in-
dustry as well as a popu-
lar proving ground for
existing industry, and an-
nouncement this week of
a major expansion pro-
gram for a "homegrown"
firm is evidence of
of the latter fact.
Officials of the B.E.&H.
Extrusion, Inc. have an-
nounced construction
plans for a new building
which will approximately
triple their present ope-
rating space.
Work is underway on a
structural steel building
to be located in the Cooper
Industrial Park, between
the Santa Fe and the Cot-
tonbelt Railroads and
parallel to State High-
way 78. Located on an
acre of land, the new
building will have 5,400
square feet of floor space.
Completion date is expec-
ted to be around April 1
and the firm plans to move
into its new location
around April 15.
B.E.&H. Extrusion began
operations here in March
of 1968 as a partnership
composed of James L.
(Don) Hughes, Jerry D.
Buchanan and Joe H.Edge
as principals.
These three fellows be-
gan operation in a small
space at the corner of
Oak and Ballard Streets
where they have seen the
firm grow from its ori-
ginal three employees to
a present total of thir-
teen. They estimate with
the new facilities that they
will be employing as many
as twenty by the end of
the year.
partnership later
;d <
The
formed a corporation and
officers include Hughes
as president; Buchanan is
vice president; and Edge
serves as secretary-
treasurer.
The company specializes
in extrusion die tooling
for the aluminum Indus-
try and presently does
business with and for ten
firms, including one in
Monterrey, Mexico.
All three officials, in an
interview this week, were
elated over their new fa-
cilities and with heir
growth prospects in gene-
ral. "We are well pleased
with our growth record
to date," they indicated,
"and are optimistic over
prospects after we get into
our new space."
Highway Maps Available
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Laekland
Training
Airman Ronald David Rat-
cliff, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Rtcliff of 324 S.
Fourth Stree, Wylie, has
completed his U.S. Air
Force Basic Training at
the Air Training Com-
mand's Lackland AFB,
Texas.
He has been assigned to
Sheppard AFB, Texas, for
training as a musician.
Airman Ratcliff, a 1966
raduate of Wylie High
chool received a B.M *
degree from Abilene
Christian College.
Aeeident Report
For February
During the month of Feb-
ruary the Texas Highway
Patrol investigated 24
motor vehicle accidents
on Collin County rural
roads. Of these 1 was
a fatal accidents In which
1 person died, 8 were
Ciersonal Injury accidents
n which 15 persons were
Injured and 15 property
damage accidents.
To date 1 person lias died,
33 have been injured In
43 motor vehicle acci-
dents on Collin County
rural roads in 1972.
Gleaming new str.2.;heri
of Interstate highways,
more miles of four-lane
divided facilir 3S, several
new lakes and a new Na-
tional park make this,
year's 1972 Official High-
way Travel Map b?r>er
than ever.
The free map, published
by tha Ttxua Hi^wny
Department, is a peren-
nial favorite with Texas
motorists. Projections
for 1972 call for distri-
bution as high ay L 4 mil-
lion.
This year's map includes
the addition of Lake Fair-
field in Freestone County
and Decker Lake in Travis
County. Lake Palestine,
located in Henderson,
Smith, Cherokee and An-
derson Counties, has been
on the map for several
years.
years. This year, how-
ever, the water impound-
ment has been enlarged
considerable.
stru tij i, r j'ur i n nt
and iproveme i 7 any
lypis 'lig'.way facili-
ties in the State-main-
tained system.
The publication shows that
about 130 miles of In-
terstate highways have
been added to the State's
highway network. Texas
now has 2,922 miles of
Interstate system is com-
plete, Texas will have
3,176 mile5 of IH routes.
The map that sev-
eral important gaps In
the State's Interstate sy-
stem hav'3 i<e.'i lot 'J
The-o Include:
A 40-mlle segment of IH
30 between Mount Pleas-
ant and New Boston, com-
pleting IH 30 between Dal-
las and Texarkana.
A 32-mile segment of IH
between Streetman and
Buffalo, completing IH 45
between Dallas and Gal-
veston.
segments of IH 20 be-
tween Abilene and Fort
Worth.
The '72 map shows that
some 265 miles of divided
highway? have be.n nd-
ded to the State system.
This gives Texas 5,695
miles of four-lane di-
vided highways are an im-
portant safety measure In
an effort to cut down on
head-on accidents.
The new map will reflect
a new U. S. Highway 380
designation from Green-
ville in Hunt County, west-
ward to near Old Glory
in Stonewall County. In
addition, the map will
show the new boundaries
of the Guadalupe Moun-
tain National Park lo-
cated in Hudspeth and Cul-
berson Counties.
Visitors will find expert
assistance in planning
travels in Texas at 11
tourist information bu-
reaus operated by the
The new map reflects con- Ten-mile and 31-mile (Continued On Page 4)
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