Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1989 Page: 5 of 18
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Drought Dominated Some Areas,
Prosperity Reigned In Others
HENKEL SQUARE in Round Top is nationally recognized as an
authentic restoration of Anglo-American and Gcrman-American
19th century culture. The magnificent assemblage of furniture,
coverlets, stoneware, utensils, tools and implements comprises
one of the finest collections of the decorative arts of this period in
the nation. The village was settled by the hardy colonists of
Stephen F. Austin; they were required to build, craft and grow
their every necessity Henkel Square_is._ open, for tours daily.
Tourism Division, TX Dept, of Commerce Photo
Jon. 26-Mar. 3—13th
Texas Opera Theater
Stateside Tour. Each
year, young professional
opera singers and
musicians perform in many
small towns where opera
is rarely available as
well as large cities,
gaining career experience
along the way. The
nation's largest touring
opera company travels
throughout Texas
Hansel and Gretel.
will be
performed in Tomball,
Nacogdoches, Texarkana,
Tahlequah (OK), Palacios,
Eagle Pass, Temple,
Austin, Midland, El Paso,
Lawton (OK), Longview,
Leesville (LA), Port
Arthur, Galveston and
Shreveport (l A):
Schedule and dates from
Texas Opera Theater, API
Louisiana #720, Houston
77002 (713/546-0290).
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice Public Notice
STATE OF TEXAS
TO: QUINTEN LEE
LOGAN
GREETINGS:
"YOU ARE HEREBY
COMMANDED to appear
and answer before the Hon-
orable District Court, 354th
Judicial District, Rains
County, Texas, at the Court-
house of said county in Em-
ory, Texas, at or before 10
o’clock a.m. of the Monday
next after the expiraMon of 20
days from the date of service
of this citation, then and
there to answer the petition
of Audie Lynn Gilbreath and
Debra Jeanette Gilbreath,
Petitioners, filed in said
Court on the 22nd day of De-
cember, 1988, against Quin-
ten Lee Logan, Respondent,
and said suit being number
5760 on the docket of said
Court, and entitled "In The
Interest of Arron Melvin Lo-
gan, A Child,” the nature of
which suit is a request to ter-
minate the parent-child rela-
tionship and adoption of a
step-child. Said child was
born on the 31st day of Octo-
ber, 1980, in Dallas County,
Texas.
“The Court has authority
in this suit to enter any judg-
ment or decree in the child’s
best interest which will be
binding upon you, including
the termination of the par-
ent-child relationship and
consenting to the child’s
adoption.
"Issued and given under
my hand and seal of said
Court at Emoryy Texas,-this
the 20th day of January,
1989.”----—---------
MARY SHEPPARD
Clerk of the
District Court of
Rains County, Texas
by: HELEN CLIFTON
Deputy
Notice of Bids
REQUEST FOR BIDS ON
TEXAS HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION
Sealed proposals for con-
structing 171.737 miles of
seal coat on various limits of
SH 66, FM 499, SH 11, SH
34, US 69, FM 36, FM 118,
FM 513, FM 2068, FM 2642,
’ FM 2194, SH 19, FM 515,
FM 35, FM 2946, FM 514
and FM 47 in Hunt and
Rains Counties covered by
CPM 9-6 28, CPM 9-22-1,
CPM 9-8-21,1 PM 2139-4-11,
CPM 83-1-22,CPM 173-7-31,
CPM 173-6-25, CPM 202-5-
27, CPM 642-1-10, CPM
542-2-6, CPM 642-3-11,
CPM 726-1-14, CPM 768-2-
10, CPM 1849-1-5, CPM
1849-2-2, CPM 1097-4-4,
CPM 2658-1-33, CPM 2247-
3- 4, CPM 2247-4-4, CPM
198-10-14, CPM 3238-1-4,
CPM 771-1-7, CPM 1849-3-
11, CPM 771-1-8,CPM 2275-
4- 5, CPM 725-3-7, CPM
770-1-10 and CPM 9-7-26
will be received at the State
Department of Highways and
—Pubttu~Tnmsportatloir, Aus-
tin, until 1:00 p.m. February
7, 1989, and then publicly
opened and read.
Plans and specifications in-
cluding minimum wage rates
as provided by Law are avail-
able for inspection at the of-
fice of Henry Black, Resident
Engineer, Greenville, Texas,
and at the State Department
of Highways and Public
Transportation, Austin,
Texas. Bidding proposals are
to be requested from the
Construction Division, D. C.
Greer State Highway
Building, 11th and Brazos
Streets, Austin, Texas 78701.
Plans are available through
commercial printers in Aus-
tin, Texas, at the expense of
the bidder.
Usual rights reserved.
NOTICE OF INTENTION
TO ISSUE CITY OF
EMORY, TEXAS,
CERTIFICATES OF
OBLIGATION
TAKE NOTICE that the
City Council of the City of
Emory, Texas, shall convene
at 7:00 o’clock p.rn. on the
14th day of February, 1989,
at its regular meeting place at
the City Hall, 121 North
Texas, Emory, Texas, and,
during such meeting, the Ci-
ty Council will consider the
passage ol an ordinance au-
thorizing the issuance of cer-
tificates of obligation in an
amount not to exceed $70,000
for the purpose of paying
contractual obligations to be
incurred for (i) the construc-
tion of improvements and ex-
tensions to the City’s com-
bined Waterworks and Sani-
tary Sewer System, including
wastewater treatment plant
improvements, and (ii) pro-
fessional services rendered in
connection therewith, such
certificates to be payable
from ad valorem taxes and a
lien on and pledge of the net
revenues derived from the
operation of the City’s com-
bined Waterworks and Sani-
tary Sewer System. The cer-
tificates are to be issued, and
this notice is given, under
and pursuant to the provi-
sions of V.T.C.A., Local
Government Code, Subchap-
ter C of Chapter 271.
JUDY RANSOM
City Secretary
City of Emory, Texas
2-2
Legal Notice
Alba-Golden ISD will ac-
cept sealed bids for the con-
struction of a student park-
ing lot. Bids solicited are for
either Asphaltic Paving or
Portland Cement Concrete
Paving.
Bid specifications may be
obtained by contacting Alba-
Golden ISD superintendent’s
office, telephone (214)
768-2301 or 214-765-2334, or
write Alba-Golden ISD, Rt. 2
Box 212-H, Alba, Texas
75410.
Sealed bids must be re-
ceived In the office of the
superintendent by 4:00 p.rn.
February 9, 1989, in order to
be considered. Alba-Golden
ISD Trustees reserve the
right to reject any or all bids
received. 2-2
Bid Notice
Bids for the renovation of
the Rains County Court-
house will be received by the
Commissioners’ Court of
Rains County at the County
Judge’s Office until 10:00
a.m. March 27, 1989, and
then publicly opened and
read.
Details of the work to be
performed, specifications,
materials and incidentals
shall be obtained from the
County Judge, Beginning
date and estimated comple-
tion of work date shall be
specified.
The bid shall be for a lump
sum amount to be paid on the
completion and acceptance of
all the work to be performed
for all materials, labor and
Advertisement
for Bids
Project: Wastewater
Treatment Facilities Im-
provements - Phase I
Owner: City of Emory,
Rains County, Texas
Separate sealed bids for
general construction con-
tract(s) for force main and
gravity sewer bypass piping
with appurtenances around
two existing lagoons will be
received by the Honorable
Mayor and City Council of
the City of Emory, Rains
County, Texas, at the City
Hall until 4:00 p.rn. Febru-
ary 15, 1989, and then pub-
licly opened and read aloud.
Information for Bidders,
Form of Bid, Form of Con-
tract, Plans, Specifications,
and Forms of Bid Bond, Per-
formance and Payment
Bonds and other Contract
Documents may be examined
at the following places:
City of Emory, City Hall,
P.O. Box 272, Emory, Texas
75440.
Havter Engineering, Inc.,
4445 SE Loop 286, Paris,
Texas 75460. Tel: (214)
785-Q303.
Texas Contractor, 2510
National Drive, Garland,
Texas 75041.
Dodge Reports, Inc., 3800
Paluxy Drive, Suite 403,
Tyler, Texas 75703; and 1111
West Mockingbird Lane,
Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas
75247.
Copies of Contract Docu-
ments may be obtained from
Havter Engineering, Inc., at
the above address upon pay-
ment of $45.00 for each set.
$15.00 of the payment shall
be refunded for each set of
Contract Documents re-
turned in good condition to
the ENGINEER within 30
days after the date bids are
received. Persons not return-
ing the documents within this
limit shall forfeit their re-
fund.
The OWNER reserves the
right to waive any informali-
ties or to reject any or all
bids.
Each bidder must deposit
with his bid, security in the
amount, form and subject to
the conditions provided in
the Information for Bidders.
All bids submitted shall be
good for 90 calendar days
after the actual dale of the
opening thereof.
Dated:
Januarv 19, 1989
CITY OF EMORY
Bill Hart, Mavor
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Many Texas farmers and
ranchers will remember 19f’8
as the year of the "big
drought." But. more impor-
tantly, it was a year of
contrasts—one that boasted
large doses of both "good and
bad."
The drought would have
been even more devastating
had it not been for reasonably
good soil moisture over much
of the state at the start of the
crop season. Sparse rainfall
during the growing season im-
pacted heavily on crop and
forage production in many
areas, and those dry conditions
continued through the year.
As 1988 drew to a close,
rainfall deficits were promi-
nent in many locations, par-
ticularly in southern,
southwestern, central, eastern
and coastal regions. Some
locations logged amounts nt
rain that were only 40 to 50
percent of normal. A good ex
ample was College Station,
which annually receives just
over 39 inches of rain. It came
up more than 21 inches short
for 1988
Drought Only Part Of S, ,ry
The drought was only part of
Texas' agricultural history in
1988. Strangely enough, while
the traditionally high-rainfall
areas were suffering, the nor-
mally arid areas of western
Texas and the plains were hav-
ing a rare year of surplus rain.
Amarillo, for example,
finished the year with about 6
inches more rain than its yearly
average Plainview logged
more than 7 inches of above
normal rain while Fort
Stockton and El Paso had
"wet" years with rainfall of
about .3 inches above average.
With that kind of scenario
for the state, 1988 tested the
mettle of most farmers and ran-
chers. Crop planting got off on
schedule in most areas
although some farmers waited
for rain to plant. In many
southern counties, though,
those rains never came and
crops languished. Some corn
and sorghum did not yield
enough to pay for harvesting
costs, so farmers cut the crops
for hay or silage or turned their
fields over to cattle to salvage
the remnants.
Green Grazing for Cattle
In a few cases, withered
crops provided the only
"green" grazing that cattle
had during the course of the
year. Others had to be satisfied
with prickly pear once ran-
chers burned off the thorns.
This lack of forage on pastures
and ranges in many areas
caused sizeable reductions in
cattle herds and also limited
hay production.
Because of extremely short
PUBLIC
NOTICE
Notice of Bids
In compliance with the
laws governing the selection
of County Depository , notice
is hereby given that bids will
be received on Monday, Feb-
ruary 13, 1989, for Deposi-
tory of County and School
Funds for the ensuing two
years.
County depository may be
selected on basis of bids to be
submitted on or before the
above date and it is to be fur-
ther known that the Commis-
sioners' Court reserves the
right to accept or reject any
and all bids at the discretion
of said Court.
B. 1). CHISM
County Judge
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hay supplies in many coun-
tries, the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service initiated a
weekly report to monitor the
volume of "for sale" hay on a
county-by-county basis to help
hay-deficit producers.
Generally, enough hay was
produced in Texas to meet
demands, but distribution
proved to be a major concern.
Hay surpluses abounded in
many western areas as well as
in some north central and
northeastern counties.
As far as crop production is
concerned, yields as a whole
were only slightly off average
levels Of course, averages can
be misleading—and certainly
were in 1988. Some crops in
South Texas yielded next to
nothing while bumper yields
were the norm over much of
western Texas and the plains.
Somewhat higher market
prices took some of the pain
away from farmers who ex-
perienced low yields although
cotton prices were down some
due to large supplies Also,
participation in government
programs provided farmers
some security.
READ IT
The Leader has a Business
Review of Rains County busi-
nesses this week,and cal! your
attention to be sure and read it.
Not all businesses were able
to be contacted this week for
the review. The Leader ex-
pects to carry another page re-
view. !f we missed you and
you would like to be on the
next one. call us 473-2653.
RUNS
COUNTY
LEADER
Emory, Tix&i Thursday,
January 26, 1980 Pago S
Emory Drive-In
Grocery
473-2144
Fishing Tackle
Minnows - Worms
Shrimp - Etc.
Southern Maid Donuts
16-os. Pepsi 49c
2-Liter Pepsi * 119 12-pk *3.49
16 oz. Dr. Pepper 51c each
2-Liter Dr. Pepper 1.45 Coke * 119
16 os. R€ 6 7-Up 45* ea.
1/2-lb. Shelled Pecans s1.25
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too!
This year the Rains County Leader will print
a special Valentine Love Line Section featuring
word ads, display ads and pictures of your
sweetheart, relatives, friends, teacher, etc.
However...everyone’s "Little Darling" may
not be the two-legged variety...some have
four legs, fur, or even feathers!
This year the Leader will include pet
photographs with the pet’s name and owner’s
name for all you “Animal Lovers."
Thursday, Feb. 9th
Deadline is Feb. 3rd
rj If you would like to see your pet in this
O section, mail or bring to the Rains County
^ Leader office a photograph of your pet (black
W and white or color) for $10.00.
^ NAME:_
M ADDRESS:
~ PHONE:__
PET'S NAME:_
jg TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED:
MAIL TO:
RAINS COUNTY LEADER
P. O. Box 127
Emorv, TX 75440
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Announcing money-saving
news for State Farm drivers
50 and over.
State Farm Mutual policyholders 50
and over who have no unmarried
drivers under 25 in their household
will now be getting a break on the
cost of their car insurance.
If vou're 50 or over, call and see if
you qualify. 473.2553
WAYNE
MELTON
Jt
Like a good neighbor. State Farm is there.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Home Ottice Bloomington Himois
Office Houni 8i00*5t00 Monday-Friday
117 N. Tax&a, P.O. Box 368, Emory, TX 75440
Let Our Banking Team Help
incidentals required to satis-
ictorily complete the work.
The Commissioners’ Court
reserves the right to evaluate
and accept or reject any or
all bids.
B. D. CHISM
County Judge
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Each depositor tnauradto -100 000
FDIC
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bank
NATIONAL BANK
EMORY, TEXAS
Alba Branch
214/765-2920
LOBBY:
Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.in.-2 p.rn.
EQUAL HOUSING
LENDER
Two Convenient Locations
Emory
214/473-2611
Friday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. & 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
MOTOB BANK:
Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
LOBBY:
Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. & 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
MOTOR BANK:
Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1989, newspaper, January 26, 1989; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765720/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.