The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 7, 1982 Page: 1 of 14
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Eje Coleman Bemoerat-^otce
(USPS 121-100)
Council Authorizes
Light Plant Study
An electrical engineer consult-
ant will be employed by t|ie City of
Coleman to make a study of the
municipal power plant, to deter-
mine the reliability and ade-
quacy of the plant on a long term
basis in the interest of seeing that
the plant is capable of generating
the City’s electrical needs in the
future.
That action was taken at the
Council meeting the past Thursday
afternoon. The City Manager was
instructed to begin immediately in
securing names of electrical engine-
ers to consider for the study.
In other action, the Council
awarded lease contract to J. A.
Howard for 10.64 acres of farming
purposes, located near the Ceme-
tery. Two bids were submitted.
Bids were received for shelving
and accessories for the library, and
action was deferred for study and
recommendation by the Library
Planning Commission.
Ordinance No. 834 was passed
on second and final reading updat-
ing the weed, grass, rubbish and
trash ordinance, to bring it into
compliance with current law.
The Council passed on second and
final reading Ordinance No. 835
adopting the standard code for
elimination or repair of unsafe
buildings.
Ed Crouch of Congrol Man-i
agement Group, Dallas, was
employed as an insurance consul-
tant to examine and update the
City’s insurance program. The con-
tract extends to December 31,1982.
Loyd Hopper of Coleman TV
Cable Company was present to give
a progress report concern-
ing improvements to the microwave
system for Coleman.
BLUECAT HEAD COACH RANDY SMITH is the
center of attention during a sideline time out at
Hufford Field last Friday night. Smith's head
coaching debut was a successful one as the
Bluecats whitewashed the Early Longhorns,
27-0. Taking a water break while getting
instructions were Wilson Jones (66), Bobby
Brooks (65), Vince Hubbard (80), and Eric
Brannon (64). Defensive coordinator Jimmy
Taylor is to the right of Smith. The Cats
amassed over 400 yards total offense while
yielding but 132. They travel to Winters Friday
night for "game two" of the 1982 season.
(Staff Photo)
Library City-County
Fund Drive Launched
Appeals Court Denies
Stacy Dam Re-hearing
The 3rd Court of Appeals in
Austin has denied a rehearing of its
decision upholding the Stacy re-
servoir permit granted to the-Colo- ‘
rado River Municipal Water
District.
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The Lower Colorado Rive?.,Auth-
ority, principal opponent of the
permit, and other parties to the suit
have 30 days in which to file for
appeal to the Texas Supreme Court
if they desire. Indications are that
the appeal will be filed.
In its decision, the 3rd Court held
that unused water was considered
as unappropriated water, subject to
rights of prior permitees. LCRA
argued that the Colorado River
could^, not sustain the proposed
Stacy Lake 25 miles southeast of
Ballinger without adversely affect-
ing the Highland Lakes.
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0. H. Ivie, general manager of
CRMWD, said that the District
naturally was pleased with the
latest development but that officials
are adopting a wait-and-see stance.
The Texas Water Commission
issued a permit to the District in
June 1980 after the longest and
most expensive water hearing on
record in the state. It has been
under contest in the courts since
that time. Stacy reservoir would
impound 455,000 acre feet of water
with an annual calculated yield of
113,000 ac. ft. *
Fiesta Art Show Rules And
Regulations Are Announced
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Entries are now being accepted in
the Chamber office for the Art Show
held in conjunction with the Fiesta
de la Paloma, Saturday, September
25th.
Rules and regulations follow:
1. Entries accepted from 7-9 p.m.,
Friday, September 24th, and also
from 8-9 a.m., Saturday, September.
25th. Entries may be picked up from
5-7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25. En-
tries will not be released before this
time. A night watchman will be pro-
vided, but the Chamber will not be
responsible for any damages or
theft. All paintings must be checked
in and out by one of the committee.
2. All entries must be creative,
original works of the exhibitor.
3. No articles can be over 5 years
old.
4. All pictures must be framed
and wired for hanging.
5. Only one entry in each cate-
gory. Example: One oil, one water-
color, one pencil and one sculpture.
6. The exhibitor’s name and age
division must appear on the back of
the entry and any name on the front
must be concealed until after judg-
ing.
7. Judging will be from 10 a.m. to
Directors Are Re-elected
For Telephone Cooperative
Tom Kingsbery, Glen Copeland
and Grady Mclver were re-elected
as directors for Coleman County
Telephone Cooperative, Inc. at the
Saturday, August 28, membership
meeting. A large crowd attended
the annual meeting which was held
at the Santa Anna athletic stadium.
Members attending the meeting
cast ballots for the directors who
will serve three years. Kingsbery is
currently serving as president of
the group.; Mclver is vice president;
and Copeland is secretary.
Manager Thomas , Wristen
reviewed the annual financial report
and gave information concerning
additional updating of the telephone
system that covers most of the rural
area of Coleman County. Danny
Kellar was introduced to the group.
He assumed the position of assistant
manager on September 1.
The Board of Directors of the
Cooperative will meet in regular
session Thursday, September 16, to
elect officers. Other directors are
Jerry Allen of Leaday, Leroy Will-
iams of Burkett, Toppy Beaver of
Talpa and Glen Scarborough of the
Shields community.
12 noon and art work may be viewed
by the public beginning at noon
Saturday. No one will be allowed in
the exhibit area until the judging is
completed.
8. Sculpture includes works in
clay, wood, metal and stone. No
ceramics, please!
9. Judges will not award a prize to
any unworthy exhibit, whether
there is competition or not.
10. If any painting has won a
ribbon at the Fiesta de la Paloma, it
cannot be entered for judging again.
11. First, second and third place
ribbons in each category in each age
diviswn will be awarded.
Divisions: 1. Professional; 2.
Amateur.
Categories: 1. Oil and acrylic; 2.
Watercolor; 3. Pen and Ink or
Pencil; 4. Sculpture.
Age Divisions: Intermediate: 4th,
5th, 6th and 7th grades; High
School: 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th
grades; Adult.
Best of Show: A plaque and $50
cash will be awarded to the overall
winner in the Amateur division and
a gold cup and $50 cash will be
awarded to the overall winner in the
Professional division.
The second phase of the fund
drive for developing the Safeway
Grocery building into a new home
for the library, gets undedway this
week, with Ruth Dodson as chair-
man of the City-County Division.
Fund drive chairman Dr. M. D.
Mann has announced the appoint-
ment of Mrs. Dodson to head this
part of the drive which will include
contacting citizens in Coleman and
Coleman County.
Mrs. Dodson is a member of the
Friends of the Library, sponsors of
the fund drive, and currently serves
as adult program committee chair-
man. Her work with Friends
includes supervising the books plac-
ed at both nursing homes and at the
Senior Center, and presenting pro-
grams of interest - such as films - to
groups of older adults. She retired
as principal of Santa Anna Elemen-
tary School in 1980. She is a member
of First Baptist Church where she is
head of the nominating committee
and works with pre-school children
in Sunday School. She is a member
of the Mutual Improvement Club,
Coleman County Retired Teachers
and Delta Kappa Gamma.
A first mail-out to residents in the
City of Coleman will include a letter
explaining the drive, and a card to
fill out to send with check or pledge
to Library Building Fund, Box 898.
Baptist Ass'n.
Meet Set Here
The regular meeting of the Cole-
man County Baptist Association will
be held Tuesday, September 14, at
the First Baptist Church, Coleman.
The meeting will begin with
supper at 6:00 p.m. followed by an
Executive Board meeting at 6:30
p.m. The program will begin at 7:00
p.m.
The emphasis for the program
will be the Sunday School, involving
four different areas: there will be a
mini pastor/director workshop; a
small-church-at-work seminar; a
Sunday School outreach workshop;
and age group conferences.
Roger Hammonds, Minister of
Education, First Baptist Church,
Coleman, is the general director of
the Conference. The public is in-
vited to attend.
Coleman. There will be no door-to-
door campaign in this drive. Mrs.
Dodson states that she will be
appointing a committee to help with
the mailing, and naming persons in
County communities to represent
the drive in their home area.
The fund drive which began the
first week in August has been well
supported. Architect's plans are
now posted in the window at the
new library site, and interested
persons are invited to stop by and
take a look.
Mrs. Dodson states, “We antici-
pate continued support from the
people in the weeks to come, and
gifts in all amounts - small or large -
will be welcome.” Persons who wish
to make a pledge to be paid at a
later date may indicate this on the
campaign card.
RUTHDODSON
Football Contest Is Discontinued
To readers who have possibly
been awaiting appearance of the
newspaper’s annual Football Con-
gest, the publishers have made the
decision to discontinue the feature,
due to declining interest and parti-
cipation.
The contest has been published
annually for some two decades, but
participation has gradually
dwindled, and for the time being at
least, the feature will be dropped.
Flea Market Interest Rises
Flea Market enthusiasts from all
over the state have started making
reservations in the Flea Market
area of the Fiesta de la Paloma
(Dove Festival) to be held at the
Coleman Rodeo Grounds, Saturday,
September 25.
A space of 20' x 30’ may be
reserved by sending $6.00 to the
Coleman Chamber of Commerce, P.
O. Box 796, Colemaq, Texas 76834.
This is an ideal time for school,
church and organizational groups to
have a garage sale and earn money
needed for projects.
Dealers must provide their own
shade and display tables. Flea
Market hours will be 8 a.m. through
8 p.m. Chairman of this project will
be John Chaney.
Fiesta Group To Be On TV
The Fiesta de la Paloma (Dove
Festival) attracts a large number of
participants each year. A major
reason for this is th,e extensive
advance advertising coordinated by
the Chamber of Commerce office
and the advertising committee co-
chairmen Stan Brudney and Don
Harmes.
Chamber representatives will be
making the following television
appearances: • .
“Pat Atteberry Show” - Monday,
September 13th at 5:00 p.m.; Wed-
nesday, September 22nd, at 5:00
p.m., Channel 8, KCTV-TV.
“West Texas This Week” - Satur-
day, September 18th, at 5:30 p.m.,
Channel 9, KRBC-TV.
“Comment” - Saturday, Septem-
ber 18th, at 10:15 p.m., Channel 9,
KRBC-TV.
“Mid-day with Kay” - Tuesday,
September 21st, at 12:15 p.m.,
Channel 9, KRBC-TV.
Coleman Group Attends
36th Division Reunion
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Nine former members of Old
Company B of World War Two
fame, along with their wives, were
in Houston over the weekend to
attend a reunion of the 36th Divi-
sion.
There are two groups that make
up old Company. B, 142nd Infantry,
the eastern, and western. Both
groups were present at the reunion.
The Coleman group departed
here Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m.
from the Courthouse. They return-
ed Sunday.
Pictured from left, front row, Mr.
Sanders of Ballinger (Co. C member
who traveled with the Coleman
group), H. F. Fenton, Woodrow
Baxter, I. V. Moore, Ira Calhoon,
Bill Busick, Doc Moore, Ed Greaves,
George Cloud, K. 0. Pitner and Carl
Stewart. Stewarf did not make the
trip but was present to see the
group off. In back are Mmes. <
Fenton, Baxter, Moore, Calhoon,
Musick, Greaves, Moore, Cloud and
Pitner. K. O. Pitner is from Snyder
and was a Company B member
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