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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1984, ALBANY, TEXAS 76430
THE ALBANY NEWS
The Albany News
Since 1875
Oldest journalistic venture west of the Brazos
Editor/Publisher
Donnie A. Lucas
Managing Editor
Mellnda L. Lucas
Composition
Susan Sanders
Staff Reporter
Donna Barranger
Office Assistant
Tammi Halbert
Moran Correspondent
Audrey Brooks
editorial
Register to vote
Shackelford County residents, along with
other citizens from across the state and the
nation will soon have the responsibility and
privilege to voice their opinions in the up-
coming Presidential, Congressional, Sena-
torial and state elections. That is, if they are
registered to vote.
Registering to vote is perhaps the only
American freedom and benefit that is more
abused through apathy than voting itself.
The deadline to register in order to vote
in the important November 6, General Elec-
tion is October 5.
To be eligible to vote in Texas, you have
to be 18 years old (although you can register
30 days before your eighteenth birthday), be
mentally competent and never have been
convicted of a felony. Even new residents to
the state or people that move from one coun
ty to another within the state can vote 30
days after they register.
The process is simple. You can either
register in person at the County Tax
Collector-Assessor's office located in the
courthouse, request that a registration form
be mailed to you or even use the form
printed in this week's edition of the News.
One new requirement involved in
registering, either for the first time or when
reapplying, is an accurate physical descrip-
tion of your residence. You can no longer use
P.O. box numbers or rural route numbers. A
street address or description of where you
live must be included on the form.
Voters may also find election officials
becoming more strict about presenting their
voter's registration card when voting. In the
past voters have legally been allowed to
vote without their cards as long as their
names are on the official list of registered
voters. According to voter registration of
ficials in the courthouse this practice is now
being discouraged and voters may find it
harder to mark their ballots without a card.
If you have misplaced your current blue
voter's registration card, which you should
have received after the first of the year, go
in person to the Tax Collector-Assessor's of
fice in the courthouse and apply for a
duplicate. Duplicates will not be sent
through the mail.
Exercise your right to vote by registering
before the deadline and follow through with
a trip to polls on November 6. Voting is too
precious a gift to be neglected.
policy
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ponderings by pat
By Pat Jones
We hear a lot about a "10," the per-
fect woman. I don't believe that any
one woman (not even Bo Derek) would
be a "10" to everybody. I've met a lot of
women of all ages, from all over the
country and I've enjoyed visiting with
most of them. Among them, my candi-
date for a "10" is Jo Murray, Mrs. Bill
Murray, from Austin.
Why do I pick Jo for my idea of a
"perfect" woman? Let me count the
many ways.
I've been on hunting trips with her.
She carries her own equipment, makes
a clean kill, dresses out the animal or
birds she's downed, and then she cooks
the game to perfection.
I haven't fished with her, but I have
watched her prepare the trout she'd
caught for our groups' campfire dinner.
She unhesitatingly placed into the
smoking h*t skillet a fish of such pro-
Eortions that if I had caught it, I'd have
ad it stuffed and mounted on a promi
nent wall in my house.
She is a great companion and she
fets along with men and women alike,
he is ageless and with her, 1 see no
"generation gap." She is unpreten
tious. With all this, you also get a terri-
fic looking woman. Jo is tan and blonde.
She wears the appropriate hat, boots,
and outdoor apparel comfortably. The
next night, at a formal dinner dance,
she will be equally at ease in a halter
dress of solid sequins, hair gleaming,
and the belle of the ball.
She has grown children and grand
children. They love to be with her. And
why not? She is an endless source of
fun as well as being knowledgeable in
many areas..
Jo is a great person to be with
around the campfire. Late at night,
when we spin tales, Jo can keep us roll
ing with laughter. I'd like to share one
of her adventures with you.
Jo, her husband Bill, and their son
Bill, Jr. were heading to Wyoming to
set up camp for the annual antelope
season. They had their car, pulling a
trailer, plus the Jeep following. When
they got to the Interstate Highway
that crosses Wyoming from east to
west, they pulled onto the access road
to change drivers. Bill, Jr. who'd been
driving the Jeep, was going to turn it
over to Jo while he took a nap in the
back seat of the car his dad was driv
ing. The three stood chatting and
stretching their legs before continuing.
Jo told the two men that she was going
to the bathroom of the trailer. They
nodded and waved. She thought they
heard her.
Just as Jo got iijto the tiny cubicle in
the trailer, she. was thrown off balance
by the forward movement of the vehi
cle. She realized they thought she was
behind them in the Jeep. Swaying with
the movement of the trailer, Jo rushed
to its front window to try to get her
husband's or son's attention. Nothing
doing. She saw her son's head disap-
pear in the back seat as he laid down
for a nap. Husband Bill was intent on
his driving.
Jo decided to try through other mo-
torists to gain Bill's attention. She
opened the door of the trailer and
waved frantically to cars behind her.
They waved back in friendly fashion
and passed on the other side. She
jerked the door's curtain loose and
waved it as she precariously hung out
the door. She shouted loudly. People
passing stared at Jo, as if she were in-
sane, but no one signalled to Bill. Jo be-
gan to wonder what would happen to
the Jeep, fast receding behind them, its
motor still idling.
About 30 miles down the road, Bill
pulled onto the access road again and
turned to his son, napping in the back
seat. He said, "I haven't seen your
mother behind us in some time. I won
der where she is?" Bill, Jr. said, as he
pulled himself to a sitting position,
"Well, Dad, that lobks like her with her
face pressed against your car window."
Bill spun around to see the angriest Jo
he'd ever seen. Bill, innocent, couldn't
make heads nor tails of what Jo was do
ing there, without the Jeep.
When Jo was finally coherent and
Bill understood that she had not been
running along beside him, they re
traced their path, hoping to find the
Jeep where it had been left. It was still
there And so was a highway patrolman,
writing a ticket.
It is true that many things that
aren't funny at the time become hilari
ous later. So by the time the three Mur
rays arrived back at the scene of the
crime, the whole situation had become
very, humorous. Convulsed with laugh
ter, they stumbled over each other, at
tempting to explain the Jeep's aban
donment to the officer. He was not
amused and continued to write the tic
ket, which he presented to them.
Somewhat subdued, the Murrays
watched the patrol car fade into the
distance. Jo spoke, "Now, I'm going in
to the trailer to finish what I started.
Don't drive off again!"
She disappeared into the trailer and
Bill and their son walked back to the
front car. Bill realized that in his ex
citement, he'd stopped the car and left
it in neutral. He said, "I'd better put
this thing in park because if it rolls
with your mother in there, she'll al
ways think 1 did it on purpose."
Bill got in the car and moved the
gear shift from neutral to park and
when he did, the car and trailer gave
one mighty lurch. Jo came boiling out
of the trailer, ready for battle. It never
came, for they all burst into laughter
again.
Now, that I think about it, Jo may be
a "20."
be our guest
ITIONS
Texas Prase Association.
By Richard Middlebrook
Well, here it is again. Football sea
son and hot dog time.
I am a hot dog nut. It doesn't take a
football game to get me to eat one, but
that ia the time wnen they are the best.
I've eaten them at baseball games,
track meets, movies and just walking
down the street. I think I would be
tempted to try one at a chili cookoff.
Part of the joy of eating hot dogs
comes from the fact that yuu never
know what you are going to get? A hot
dog is a hot dog you say? Wroagl The
dogs come boiled, fried, baked, slit and
baked with cheese inside them,failed,
steamed and (for all I know) pictol^d* I
even got one once that was ttnrae of
sausage. A hot link at that. . m)
Then comes the trimmings. First
comes the bun. Will it be commercial
paste or feather lite bread? What is
worse than a gooH dog in a bad bun?
Then comes the mustard. There are
several different flavors of mustard,
too. And finally comes the most impor
tant ingredient of all — the chili. I have
yet to see two people make chili alike. 1
don't care if it is made from a can of
Wolf Brand it will still turn out differ
ent, depending on the cook. With home
made chili, the variables are impossible
to calculate. With all this room for er
ror, how can it be said that a hot dog is
just a hot dog? And I haven't even men
tioned the relish. That opens up a
whole new |>all game.
For a long time I couldn't eat hot
dogs in public. While I was losing my
teeth and having them replaced, I had
to use a knife and fork. However, I am
back on the track again having partial
ly learned how to use my dentures. I'll
be out there again this year searching
for that perfect blend of all the ingredi
ents of the "Perfect Hot dog."
If you see me struggling to take a
bite don't knock it. I will be enjoying
every minute of it.
Rubber Stamps
Seals * Pricers
Self Inking Stamps
Door & Desk Signs Lapel Pins
4 Day Service On Moat Ordara
Albany Now*
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capitol update
By John Tower
U.S. Senator for Texas
School has started again recently,
and America's attention is focused up
on increasing the quality of education
in our classrooms. We must decide
whether to allow our schools to decline
further or to restore them to the insti
tutions of educational excellence they
once were.
The President's National Commis
sion on Exci^lence in Education de
scribed the declining condition of
America's educational system as a "ris
ing tide of mediocrity." For the past 20
years, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores
have steadily declined and functional il
literacy has increased. When President
Reagan took office. 13 percent of all
17year«lds were functionally iljiter
ate.
Lack of a quality education for our
children has threatened the competi
tiveness of U.S. industry and the job
prospects for many of our young peo
pie. The future will be even more com
petitive as we advance into a highly
technical age. Mathematical and scien
tific skills are particularly important in-
this context, yet students are not re
ceiving this education in many of our
classrooms.
1 believe a national Commitment to
educational reform is needed to return
excellence to our schools. And this is
beginning to occur.
Recently, Americans have drawn to
gether to meet the rising tide of med)
ocrity with a tidal wave of school re
forms, many of which were recom
mended by the President's Commission
on Education. At least 36 states have
raised high school graduation require
ments and 11 states have lengthened
school days or years. Incentive pay pr<
grams to reward better teachers are in
place or under consideration in 30
states.
The proposed 116.5 billion Depart
ment of Education budget for 1985 is
the largest in history. Any federal
funds directed at education should be
targeted to programs proven effective
such as Head Start, a preschool pro
gram for children of low income fami
lies. In 1985, Head Start will serve
429,000 children, 63,000 more than in
1980.
Block grant spending also is efficient
use of federal funds. These grants are
expected to increase 50 percent, giving,
local education authorities even more
flexibility to meet particular needs.
President Reagan supports efforts to
return control of our schools to parents
and local officials. This is the first step
in returning to basic values, basic tra
ditions and basic good sense in the
classroom.
Texans always have been concerned
with quality education for our children.
Public education was listed as one of
the grievances, in the Texas Declara
tion of Independence from Mexico. In
1836, President M B. Lamar stressed
to the Congress of the Republic of Tex
as the need for public education. He ad
vocated reserving public lands for
schools, a step that was taken with the
1876 Texas Constitution. In fact, La
mar is known in Texas as the "Father
of Education."
Asa Texan and former teacher, I be
lieve President Reagan's leadership
has done much to focus the national at
ten tion upon bettering our educational
system. We cannot afford to give the
future leaders of America a second
rate education.
Community Calendar
SEPT. 27
SEPT.28
SEPT.29
OCT. I
OCT. 2
OCT. 5
OCT. 6
OCT. 8
OCT. 10
OCT. 12
OCT. 13
OCT. 15
OCT. 16
OCT. 17
OCT. 20
Nutrition Program Meal Youth Center, 11 30 am
Lions Club Luncheon - Longhorn, 12 noon
Mental Health Clinic Depot, 1 -4:30 pm
7th grade Cubs vs. Jim Ned (scrimmage) - here, 5 pm
8th grade Cubs vs. Jim Ned - here, 5:30 pm
JV Lions vs. Jim Ned - here, 7 pm
Chamber of Commerce Luncheon - Ft. Griffin Gen.
Mdse. , 12 noon (Speaker - Terry Harlow)
Community Action Program - Depot, 10 am-3 pm
Pep Rally - AHS Auditorium, 3:25 pm
Lions vs. Jim Ned - there, 7:30 pm
Cross Country Meet Abilene
Ladies VFO Auxiliary Meeting - City Hall, 7 pm
Alpha Omicron Mu - Netta Hart's home
Xi Chi Pi - Beverley Solters' home
Ladies Golf Assn. • Golf Course, 9 am
Little League Assn. Meeting • NSES Cafeteria, 6 pm
PTO Meeting - NSES Cafeteria, 7 pm
Deadline to register for General Election
Sidewalk Fair - Downtown Albany
County Commissioners Court ■ Courthouse, 9 am
School Board - Supt.'s Office, 7:30 pm
City Council - City Hall, 5:30 pm
13 AHS Homecoming
Homecoming Golf Scramble - Golf Course, 1 pm
Hospital Board - Board Room, 1 pm
AARP Meeting • first Christian Church, 6:30 pm
Social Security Representative • City Hall, 1:30 pm
Old Jail Art Center Gala Opening
The First National
Bank of Albany
Mambar FDIC *
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