The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1974 Page: 1 of 10
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THE WYLIE NEWS
Reception
To Honor
First In Parade Of Champions
Miss Judy Mathis, Director, and Joey Still, Drum Major, of the Wylie High School Classy Trashy
Marching Band were all smiles after winning first place in Class IV of the Parade of Champions at the
State Fair in Dallas last week. The local band was in competition with eight other groups in their class
and this marks the second year in a row they have captured top honors. Local business and civic leaders
this week are saluting the musical aggregation for so ably representing Wideawake Wylie. --News Staff
Photo by Bob Smith.
W \ lie-Harlaml
Officials Meet
Mayor Don Thomas and City
^Manager Dennis Woodard met
ith city officials of Garland
recently to discuss the
proposed annexation of Lake
Ray Hubbard by the City of
Dallas. During the meeting
various methods of coopera-
tion between the cities which
would enable each city to
obtain the desired results were
discussed. Dallas would like to
annex the lake as a water
supply for the city. Garland
presently has an electric power
transmission line annexation
across the lake which must be
released to enable Dallas to
annex the entire lake. Garland
city officials expressed con-
cern as to maintaining the
power line easement should
they dis-annex the strip
across the lake. The City of
Wylie has extra territorial
jurisdiction in the area which
must be relinquished to either
Garland or' Dallas to enable
those two cities to work out
their problems. It was
suggested that Dallas annex
the lake, while Garland annex
a 500 foot strip around the
northern end of Lake Rav
Hubbard and give assurances
to Wylie that Garland would
not try to annex any further
into the surrounding land.
This proposal is to be reviewed
by ’he various cities and their
attorneys prior to any final
decision.
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NaturaUx The Croud Was Excited
The crowd at the Cotton Bowl to see the Parade of Champions was excited
but none more so than Sherri Rogers and Wynde Miller, pictured above.
Hundreds of Wylieites made the trek to the Fair to cheer their favorite band
on to victory. The band performs at halftime during the Pirate football
games and always charms the spectators. --News Staff Photos by Bob Smith.
I loin cconi in<: Oucrn drowned
A happy pappy, Bill Chapman, is shown congratulating his
beautiful daughter, Pam, as she is announced Homecoming
Queen of Wylie High. Pam is also a Senior and Cheerleader.
(Photo by Steve Barrett)
ns
Congressman Jim Collins,
representative of the Wylie
area district, an Nathan White
Jr. of Plano candidate for
County Judge on the Republi-
can ticket, will be honored at a
coffee and reception this
Saturday, October 19 , from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m. in the home of
Dr. and Mrs. R.H. Sewell, one
and a half mile from Wylie at
the corner of Parker Road (FM
2514) and Amy Lane.
The public is invited to take
this opportunity to meet two of
the candidates in the upcom-
ing General Election of
November 5.
Hostesses for the occasion will
include Mrs. T.M. Trimble,
Mrs. Clyde Parker, Mrs.
Stuart Wallace, Mrs. Don
Combest and Mrs. Don Whitt.
WINNER OF TV GIVEAWAY
B.M. Alexander was the
winner of the TV Giveaway for
.he Little League Football
Teams last week
K.C. Swayze met with the
council to request the use of
water and sewer piping not
included in the city plumbing
code. After hearing evidence
as to the use l.u-i type material
the council granted a special
use permit to Mr. Sqayze as a
pilot project. The insfaliation
and reliability of the pipe is to
be checked to determine the
future use within the city of
similiar pipe.
A request for the extension of
water service outside the citv
limits was denied. The City
Council stated the City policy
that water and sewer service
outside the city would be
extended only to that land
annexed by Wylie as the
reason for denying the
request. The policy is to be
reviewed and updated at the
meeting during November
Mayor Thomas called for the
council to adjourn to a closed
session to discuss the
purchase of real estate. After
presentation of all details
concerning the purchase , the
Council decided not to buy the
property at the requested price
but to authorize the Mayor to
negotiate further and report at
the next meeting.
Bob Derrington Receives National
Award At Denver Meeting Oct. 8th
lt;illotin<i In IVojjrt
Absentee balloting for the
November 5th General Elec-
tion began Wednesday. Octo-
ber 16, and will last until
Friday, November 1. accord-
ing to County Clerk James
Webb.
Registered voters may cast
their votes ai the County
Clerks Office at McKinney in
the court house between the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
Robert E. (Bob) Derrington,
Manager of the Wastewater
Systems of the North Texas
Municipal Water District here,
has been awarded the Philip F.
Morgan medal, which recog-
nizes in-plant study and
solution of an operating
problem within a water
pollution control facility.
Mr. Derrington received the
national award at the banquet
of the 47th annual conference
of the Water Pollution Control
Federation held last week in
Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Derrington and the late
David H. Stevens selected in
recognition of their work at the
Richardson, Texas, waste-
water treatment facility, in the
over-5,000-population cate-
gory
The Phillip F. Morgan medal
was created in 1963 in memory
of Philip F. Morgan, who
served with distinction as
professor of sanitary engineer-
ing at the State University of
Iowa from 1948 to 1961. and
who was an outstanding
practical researcher with a
strong interest in wastewater
treatment plant operation.
Mr. Derrington has been the
manager of the wastewater
systems of the North Texas
Municipal Water District,
Wvlie, Texas, since 1972.
From 1961 to 1972 he was the
director of utilities for the City
of Richardson. Texas. During
the period of 1958 to 1961 he
was superintendent of public
works for Carrollton, Texas,
and from 1945 through 1958 he
was construction inspector for
Forrest and Cotton, Consult-
ing Engineers, Dallas, Texas.
While Mr. Derrington was the
director of utilities for
Richardson, Texas, the waste-
water treatment plant won five
first place aw ards, out of seven
years, for operation and
beautification of plant site
from the Texas State Depart-
ment of Health, during the
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(continued
page
Robert E. Derrington. 1974 recipient of the Philin F
medal of the Water Pollution Control Fed
accompanying story).
W added Named Hcnririrks To
To Position At
Water District
John Waddell, Jr. has been
named Administrative Officer
at the North Texas Municipal
Water District, effective Octo-
ber 9. The announcement was
made by Carl W. Riehn,
Executive Director.
Waddell, a resident of Plano,
was born and reared in
Longview. A graduate of
Texas A. and M. University,
he served in the U.S. Army
and was discharged with the
rank of Captain. From 1964 to
1973 he was employed by
Texas Power & Light Co., the
last four years of which he
served as manager of the
company's operations in Plano
and Wylie. Prior to that time
he served as an assistant
manager at Mesquite. For the
past two years he has been a
partner in a real estate land
development firm in the area.
The new official is married and
he and Mrs. Waddell have
three children.
\ ini Coilnt\
State Representative Bob
Hendricks will attend the
"Poor Man’s Barbeque”
sponsored by the Collin
County Democrats October
19th. at the Lemon Tree
Development four miles east
of Allen on State Highway
2170.
Representative Hendricks, one
of the most popular and
effective members of the
legislature, is a native of Collin
County. He has represented
Collin and Rockwall Counties
for the past four terms.
Hendricks has served on most
of the major committees of the
Texas House, and has passed
numerous local and state wide
bills beneficial to his district.
He is responsible for the
creation of the 199th District
Court, and also passed
legislation which made the
County Attorney of Collin
County a Criminal District
Attorney. This last piece of
(Continued on page 5)
City Council Has
October Meeting
The Wylie City Council met on
Octobers, 1974 for the regulai
monthly meeting. Carl Foster
appeared before the Council
representing the Church of
Christ to request the city
approve trading a street right
. of way for an equal amount of
church property. This was
requested to allow for
expansion of the church
parking lot. Councilmen
William Martin and Edward
Butler were appointed to meet
with the church board to work
out the exchange.
Three resolutions were ap-
proved after discussion of
each. The resolutions regu-
lated the use of city fire
equipment outside the city,
authorized the purchase of
police radios through the
North Central Texas Council of
Governments and designated
the First State Bank of Wylie
as the depository of city funds.
An ordinance regulating the
use of library property was
passed at the request of the
Library Board. The library has
numerous books which are
overdue and efforts to have
them returned have been
unsuccessful. The new ordi-
nance provides for a penality
of from five to twenty-five
dollars for failure to return the
books after proper notice.
A report on a mutual boundarv
between Wylie and Lucas was
given by Mayor Thomas and
Councilman Dwayne Boyd.
The Council approved the
boundary as presented and
authorized a contract be
written for review at the next
meeting. The mutual ooun-
dary between Wylie and
Parker was approved in
ordinance form after having
been agreed to during prior
meetings.
Several minor changes were
made in the fire fighting
contract between Wylie and
St. Paul. The area of
responsibility for each city was
detailed and some wording
was changed. The contract is
to be presented to St. Paul for
their approval.
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The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1974, newspaper, October 17, 1974; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713782/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith Public Library.