The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1979 Page: 1 of 8
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Devoted To The Best Interest Of Wylie Since 1947
Wylie, Collin County, Texas
Volume 31:lssue 29
Thursday, January 4, 1979
Father McDonnell Appointed
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* Pastor Of St. Anthony’s
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The Rev. Fr. Edward
McDonnell has been assig-
ned to St.Anthony's Parish
here as pastor and adminis-
trator. effective December 3,
it has been announced by
Bishop Thomas Tschoepe of
the Diocese of Dallas.
Fr. McDonnell has been
serving as Associate Pastor
here since May 1 of 1978. Our
Lady of the Lake Parish in
Rockwall, which for the past
several months has been a
Mission out of St. Anthony's
here, has been established
into a parish and the Rev. Fr.
Albert Cuschierri has been
named pastor of that parish.
McDonnell served as a Priest
in that area before going to
the West Coast where he
served for nine years in the
Los Angeles area and nine
years in the San Francisco
area before coming to Wylie.
Since he came here St.
Anthony’s Parish has exper-
ienced considerable growth.
An extra Sunday Mass has
been installed, a sizeable
increase has been noted in
CCD classes, and numerous
improvements have been
made to the church facilities.
He resides at the Church
Rectory on North Ballard
Street adjacent to the church.
FROM OUR NOTES: (Many long past due)
Congratulations to Jim Taylor. He’s been
made manager of the newly created Texas
Power and Light Co. Plano district......A five
game football playoff season, fun that it was,
also created problems. It placed additional
pressure on our news staff, but thanks to the
excellent help from Pat Gollahon and Steve
Barrett, we thought we came through in pretty
good style. Gollahon gave our readers great
coverage, so good, in tact, we’ve already
promoted her from cub status to top of the
line, and Barrett produced the best photo
coverage we’ve seen. See this week’s News
for some additional shots and a few others will
follow......And before we leave football, a
couple of teams we played deserve special
mention. We refer to Bowie and Childress,
both of whom could be champions with no
apologies. They had great teams, played it
hard and it was a shame that somebody had to
lose......Officiating in the playoff games was
excellent and the TIL is to be commended for
the way they handled the situation......One
more thing: Those Wylie fans have to be
commended. They were loyal to the end and
evidenced great sportsmanship......Commend
a group of citizens for planning an excellent
Christmas parade in view of uncertainties
about the date due to the playoff conflicts. But
things worked out and the event can be
termed a success!......The Square Trunk off to
a good start. It features antiques and is a
pleasant place to browse......Visitors to Lake
Lavon through November are just shy of the
two and one-half million mark. Quite a record
but we predict that 1979 will be greater and
especially so if runoff rainfall will fill the
reservoir to capacity......NTMW officials
planning an extensive enlargement program
beginning early in 1979. Financing
arrangements are currently underway......
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A native of Chicago, Fr.
Lavon Reservoir Basketball
Ends Year In
Seed Of Runoff
The Lavon Reservoir ended
1978 in need of runoff rainfall
to increase the lake's
storage.
The U.S. Engineers reported
that elevation at the lake was
481.25-ft. as of the December
28 reading. Almost without
exception over the past
several months the reservoir
elevation has decreased in
the face of a sustained
drouth, or at least in the
absence of meaningful runoff
rainfall in the watershed.
The new normal elevation of
the lake is 492-ft., a point
which has not been reached
since enlargement was com-
pleted some three years ago.
The December 28 reading
showed storage at 259.600
acre-ft.
The North Texas Municipal
Water District, which has
rights to the lake's capacity,
had a record-breaking year in
1978 in treating and pumping
water to its member cities
and customers.
CHILI SUFFER
The American Agriculture
Movement will sponsor a
Chili Supper January 6, 1979
at the Wylie Cotton Gin from
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
There will be live entertain-
ment, guest speakers, and all
you can eat for only $3.50 per
person.
League
Sign Ups
It's time for all 3rd through
bth grade boys and girls to
play basketball again! WSA
Basketball sign ups will be
Thursday, January 4 at the
Wylie Middle School from
6:30 to 9:00 p.m. The cost is
$8.00 per child.
WSA Basketball is a totally
Wylie League with 3rd-4th
grade girls group, 5th-6th
grade girls group and the
same age groups for boys. All
practices and games will be
held in the Wylie Middle
School Gym on Saturdays
only
If anyone is interested in
helping coach, working in the
program. >r referring, please
contact Nicky Rhodes, 442 -
2438. or Bud Brewster,
442-2456.
Home Burns
Sunday Eve
The spacious country home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Housewright was completely
destroyed by fire about 7
p.ri. on New Year's Eve. The
couple had returned from a
weekend trip about 4 p.m.
Sunday, and were alerted by
passersby that the roof was in
total flames. The home and
contents were a total loss.
Origin of the fire was
undetermined.
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City’s New Fire Truck
Wylie’s new lire truck is pictured above. It is a new 1978 Chevrolet equipped with a 750 GPM
pumper. Purchased from Sunfire Apparatus & Equipment Co., the new unit replaces the 1947
GMC. Members of the Volunteer Department are: Danny Allen, Lester Gaylor, Jr., Kenneth
Sells, Jeff Moore, Michael Beesinger, Truman Beesinger, Jimmy L. Lew is, Danny Clark. Harold
Montgomery, Phil Knight, Roger Meier, Ben Sells, Larry Allen, Mike Rawling, W.C. Allen,
John Housewright, John Pendergrass, A.B. Simmons, Bill Story, Mike Young, Bob Camp, Jim
Welk, and Tom Fassett
Community Returns To
Normalcy After Football
Fever, Holiday Season
THANKS, PIRATES!
(An Editorial)
The pace in Wideawake
Wylie has slowed a bit! Oh, it
hasn't stopped by any
manner of means. Just
slowed a bit following what
were hectic times between
Thanksgiving and on through
New Year’s!
Consider this: The 1978 edition of the Wylie Pirates captured their
third consecutive district championship without losing a game. In
order, they eliminated tine teams like Midlothian in the bi-district;
squeaked by Bowie in a thriller to win the regional; outclassed
Pittsburg to capture the quarterfinals; managed once again to edge
Childress to win the semifinals; and were finally replaced as state
champions by a line Sealy eleven. They had a classy offense and an
awesome defense which made all this possible, playing the kind of
exciting football fans like and which produces winners.
Congratulations once again are in order! Three district championships
in a row, one state championship and a runnerup on a three-year
period have made us the envy of football teams all over the state. All
these have come as a result of a combination of many things. First, an
excellent coaching staff has had the ability to get the most out of a fine
group of young men. Smart, able coaches have developed smart, able
football players. Then, the program has had the support and
cooperation of the school administration, the line school band, and the
backing of hundreds and hundreds of loyal fans.
Wideawake Wylie has been the recipient of much fine publicity over
the past three years because of our athletic prowess and finesse. These
Wylie Pirates and this fine Wylie Band both have gained recognition
for their leadership qualities and their reputation as winnfers. Of such
are great communities made. We’re fortunate to have the ingredients
to insure a line community in which to live.
The News salutes all who have had a part in the success of this year’s
effort. The team's record is an inspiration for all of us. Let us put the
same kind of will and determination to work in our business and civic
endeavors throughout this New Year.
Ice Storm
Does Damage
The season’s worst ice storm in thirty years
left damages running into the tens of
thousands of dollars over the New Year’s
weekend in Wylie and surrounding area.
Wylieites awoke Sunday morning to find a
heavy coating of ice on trees and shrubbery in
somewhat of a freak storm. Temperatures had
dipped Saturday night to the 30-degree mark,
and with a steady light rain had heavily coated
trees and shrubs without icing the streets.
As a result, tree limbs had broken under the
impact, closing streets in some areas of the
city; falling on parked autos in other sections;
and generally doing untold damages to
beautiful trees throughout the area.
Temperatures hovered in the upper twenties
Sunday until about 8 p.m. when a heavy sleet
storm coated streets and roads, and by
Monday morning the temperatures stood at
the D -degree mark, making travel extremely
hazardous.
Clearing skies late Monday caused a drastic
dip in temperatures bv early Tuesday which
still saw heavy ice coatings. A wanning trend
with some thawing was due to take over some
time Tuesday.
Longtime area residents proclaimed it the
worst ice storm since 1949. At that time, the
city was without electric service for a four-day
period. However, over the weekend, certain
sections of the city, as well as the rural area,
were without electricity and telephone service
for hours due to lines being broken, primarily,
by falling tree limbs.
It will be several days, maybe weeks, before
an accurate assessment of damages sustained
from the storm will be available.
Update
Nine-degree temperature
and icy streets faced
Wylieites Tuesday morning.
However, the sun was
shining and skies were clear
with the mercury expected to
climb to the upper twenties
by mid-afternoon. Local
schools, w hich were to return
Tuesday following the holi-
days, dismissed classes for
the dav.
4-H Retreat
"The Texas 4-H Center near
Brownwood is the place, and
January 13 and 14 are the
dates for a 4-H Teen Leader
and Advisor Retreat," Jon R.
Green. Collin County Assis-
tant Extension Agent points
out. He adds that this
weekend training will include
lots of fun-filled and
action-packed learning activ-
ities for 4-H teen and adult
leaders who work with
younger 4-H members.
For further information and
registration details, those
interested in participating
should contact the assistant
county extension agent's
office located at 203 West
Louisiana. McKinney or
phone 214-542-4413.
Quarterback
Club
The Wvlic Quarterback Club
w ill not have another meeting
until 7:30. January 4. at the
high school. At this meeting,
the nominating committee
will place the names before
the club of prospective
officers for the new year.
You see, in case you haven't
heard, those Wylie Pirates
were engaged in another
struggle to maintain, or
retain, their state football
championship title, and that
took some time, like five
playoff games that went all
the way to two days before
Christmas.
And a bit of traveling was
involved, like two trips to
Mesquite, one to Greenville,
one to Vernon, and finally to
Waco.
While all this was taking
place, Wylieites were sup-
posed to mix in their
Christmas shopping, get
ready for a couple of big
holiday weekends, including
New Year's, and maintain
business, hoseholds. plus
any emergencies which
might arise.
But they did it! And all
survived!
Now that the rush is over,
things are slowly getting
back to the set routines.
Business firms on Tuesday of
this week settled back to
opening and closing at their
usual times. Classes were
resumed at all local schools
following the traditional
holiday break. Offices and
plants are back on their
five-day schedules. And
farmers and cattlemen report
they still need rain.
Amidst the slower pace,
business and civic leaders are
beginning to take a look at
the next twelve months.
Cautious optimism seems to
be the prevailing atitude of
most business leaders. The
past year was a good one,
locally, and all are hopeful
that the growth can continue
for the coming year. C. of C
officials report that work on
improvements to FM-544
should get underway before
too many months have
elapsed.
All would agree that the
hustle and bustle of a year's
end, with a football team
used to winning thrown in,
has its good points and no
one would trade, still the
somewhat slower pace of a
brand new January is most
welcome. It's back to the
daily grind to get things in
shape for another exciting
year's end.
Navy Fireman
McGuire
Navy Fireman Anthony E.
McGuire, son of Art and
Mary McGuire of 302 Third
St.. Wylie, Texas, has
completed the Basic Boiler
Technician Course. During
the course at the Naval
Training Center, Great
Lakes, students received
instruction in the use of hand
tools, the operation and
maintenance of shipboard
pumps, and the operation of
boilers and other engineering
machinery. In addition, they
were introduced to the types
of engineering duty watches
that Boiler Technicians stand
aboard ships. He joined the
Navy in December 1978
NOTICE
All Flay off Fu tures in this
issue were taken b\ Staff
Photographer Steve Barrett.
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