Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 100, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 27, 1980 Page: 23 of 28
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"THE NEWS-TEtEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Sunday, April 27,1980—SECTION 3—3.
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f YOUR AUTO AND YOU
By DOYLE K. GETTER
Auto Column: My 1976 Buick
Century with 24,000 miles,
started bucking and stalling
and whatever after a recent
tuneup and sometimes almost
dies. Three mechanics can’t
find anything wrong. They’ve
done a lot of work but I still
have the problem. - MS.
KATHRYN M„ CONWAY,
Hampden, Mass.
Ms. Conway: The chances
are that one or more of the
vacuum hoses that go to the
various emission control
devices are not tight or one of
them has split. That could
easily happen in the course of a
tuneup.
Mr. Schick: The “vibration,”
1 presume,is caused by a rough
running engine. The mbst likely .
cause is a choke that is too rich
and, in,the warmup period, is
loading up. Ask your dealer to
check it.
Auto Column: Would putting
a four-barrel carbureter on a
1977 Chevrolet Impala with a
two-barrel 305 cubic inch V-8'J
engine increase the gas
mileage enough to make it
worth while? - JOHN C.
CHABA, Buffalo, N.Y.
Mr. Chaba: In the first place,
the valve train in an- engine
built for a four-barrel car-
buretor is different than the
valve train in an engine built
for a two-barrel carburetor.
And, if you did make the
switch, you would more likely
use more gas instead of less.
Auto Column: 1 have a new
1980 Chrysler LeBaron that
virbrates when started until the
engine warms up. Can you tell
me what is wrong? — HENRY
D. SCHICK, Deer Creek, 111.
Auto Column: My car is a
1973 Plymouth Gran Fury with
a 400 cubic inch V-8 engine. My
problem only happens when I
have to restart the engine while
it is still hot from previous use.
The car will not start until it
cools off. It appears that the
battery cannot supply the
starter with enough energy but
the battery has been replaced
and the problem is still there.
Nobodv has any idea what is
causing it. - MATTHEW F.
KOLPAK, Chicago, 111.
Mr. Kolpak: I don't think it is
an electrical problem unless
the air gap between the ar-
mature and field coils in the
starter narrows when a hot
engine causes the coils to ex-
pand. It sounds more like a
percolation condition «■ —
gasoline in the carburetor bowl
is boiling over into the intake
manifold when you stop the car
and engine heat builds up under
the hood. Waipage of the upper
air horn^on the carburetor
could be contributing to this
condition.
Questions for this column
should be addressed to Doyle K.
Getter, Auto Column, in care of
this newspaper.
COMMERCE - Vocational
Youth Leadership Day at East
Texas State University will
explore the topic “Northeast
Texas: jA Good Place for
Vocational Education Youth
Leaders To Live and Work.”
The Center for Vocational
Education at ETSU, under the
direction of Dr. Webb Jones,
head of vocational education,
will sponsore the program to
begin at 9:30 a.m. April 30
(Wednesday) in the Texas
Ballroom of the Sam Rayburn
Memorial Student Center.
Registration will begin at
9:30 a.m. in the foyer of the
third floor of the student center.
At 10 a.m. Dr. Billy G. Mur-
chison, vocational education
faculty at ETSU, will give the
welcome and introduce state
and area officers of all
vocational clubs in Texas.
Joe Fred Cox, history faculty
at ETSU, will speak at 10:30
a.m. on “Our Greates
Resource, The People of
Northeast Texas — Past and
Prospect.”
“Industry in Northeast Texas
- What It Will Offer,” will be
th topic of James Garner,
supervisor of personnel at Lone
Star Steel Co., at 11 a.m.
A luncheon for special guests
and speakers will begin at 11:30
a.m., the program will begin
again at 1:15 p.m. with speaker
Quentin Abernathy of Quentex
Corporation, addressing the
group on “Business in Nor-
theast Texas — Opportunities
Ahead."
Danny Collard, personnel
manager of Big Brown Steam
Electric Generating Plant, will
speak at 1:45 p.m. on “Energy
Resources in Northeast Texas
— What Our Coal Can Mean.”
“You and the Future,” is the
topic at 2:15 p.m. presented by
Mike Morrow, executive
director of the Association of
Texas Professional Educators
from San Antonio.
A tour of ETSU will be given
at 3 p.m. For more information
call the Center for Vocational
Education, ETSU, at 214-886-
5610.
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PAPERWEIGHTS
FOR THE
GRADUATE,.FATHER,
MOTHER, OR
SECRETARY ON
YOUR GIFT LIST
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Office Equipment
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Greener thumbs
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Search for a perfect lawn grass
By RONALD C. WOOLLEY
County Extension Agent
During late spring, lawn
grasi planting time, the
question is often asked, “What
is the perfect lawn grass to
plant?” There is no perfect
lawn grass. Every choice has
good and bas qualitites. A good
turf selection will depend on the
conditions of your lawn or the
conditions under which, the
grass must grow.
There are six basic per-
manent lawn grasses from
which to choose in North and
East Texas: St. Augustine,
which is popular on average-
size lawns is Derhaps best
known for its shade tolerance.
It is also know for its serious
insect and disease problems.
St. Augustine, which cannot be
planted from seed, demands
high maintenance with regard
to fertilization, . summer
watering, frequent mowing and
insect and disease control This
grass .will offeF the grower a
dark green turf of reasonably
fast growth and Coverage.
Floratam, a St. Augustine
hybrid, is now available yet.
risky in our area due to possible
cold damage.
Common Bermuda is
perhaps the most popular lawn
grass in North and East Texas.
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This grass, which may be
established from seed, is quick
and comparatively inexpensive
to establish; The major diad-
vantage of common bermuda is
its inability to grow in shade or
beneath trees. Bermuda grass
insect and disease problems
are not serious, yet its main-
tenance is high in regard to
fertilization, summer watering,
and control of the underground
runners in flower beds and
cultivated areas.
Hybrid Bermudas are high
maintenance grasses and are
relatively expensive to
establish as they cannot be
planted from seed. Hybrid
bermudas which are popular on
highly maintained gold greens
demand continual and exact
mo,wing,, fertilization and
summer watering. These
bermudas, which include U-3,
Texturf 10, Tifgreen, Tifway,
No-mow and .others, are slow to
establish compared to common
bermuda and are not recom-
. mended for the average gard-
ner.
Zoysia. another grass
selection for our area, cannot
be seeded, and is rather slow to
establish. It, too, like the hybrid
bermudas, is a fine-textured
grass which demands high
maintenance. Three types of
zoysias are used in Texas:
■;Zoysia Meyer,” "Emerald,”
and the very slow-growing-
"Midwest."
Centipede grass is very much
at home in the sandy, acid soils
of East and North Texas.
Compared to other lawn
grasses, this one demands the
least maintenance in that is
does not like high fertilization,
is heat tolerant, and has few
insect and disease problems,
Centiped will grow in partial or
filtered shade and may be
planted from seed. Seeding,
however, may result in eradic
germination, therefore, it is
test planted from vegetative
parts.
Carpet Grass, too, is a low
maintenance grass yet one that
lacks the beauty and polish of
other lawn grasses. It has no
major insects and .diseases yet
poor drought tolerance. Carpet
grass may be planted from
seed.
Regardless of the type lawn
grass the homeowner selects,
the .real success of the grass
will depend on proper planting
and 'care. Spring and early
summer is grass planting time.
Make a wise grass selection
based on your growing con-
ditions and the amount of time
you can -provide toward
maintenance.
The average dishwasher
uses 14 gallons Of hot water
per load
Aluminum
Cans
261
W« Will Buy
Wednesdays
10 a.m. 1 p.m.
Sulphur Springs.,
Spring-Village
Shopping Center
Frances Beggs
We also buy Copper, Brass & Lead
Scrap
Aluminum
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It wBsnt
my fault.'
See Us For All Your Insurance Needs
GALYEAN | ’'
,.y INSURANCE
ttmd AGENCY
Wayne Galyean
227 Connally
Wanda Galytan
885-6547
Youth leadership
day slated at ET
WAKE UP! ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT
THE SHAPE OUR COUNTY ROADS ARE IN?
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IF NOT...THEN YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T
DRIVENOVER THEM LATELY!
IF SO...THEN HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS
YOU MAY WANT TO ASK!
1. With over a million dollar balance of county funds in
savings accounts (as shown in the March 31, 1980,
report on the right), why can't we have better
county roads?
2. If these funds are not going to be used at this time
to improve our county roads, then why not at least
put these monies to better use in high interest
Certificates of Deposit like the city has done (as
shown in the April 3, 1980, report below), as
opposed to the minimal interest open savings
accounts that the county is presently using?
Is our tax money being used to the best interest of the
taxpayers?
Hopkins County Revenue Balances
As of March 31,1980
City of Sulphur Springs Certificates
of Deposit As Of April 1980
I Certificate
Number
Face
Amount
$144,000
100,000
490.000
5.000
5.000
100.000
11,800
24.000
16.000
212,000
150,000
■T.;—
Percent of
Interest
Totals $1,257,800
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Yearly Amount
of Interest
$17,280.00
12,000.00
58.000. 00
262.50
262.50
12.000. 00
678.50
1,260.00
920.00
* 25,440.00
18,000.00
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$146,903.50
Please, if you are a registered voter and concerned
about our county roads, help call a special election to
change our present road laws to the Unit System by
signing the petition on the right.
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Under the Unit system, the County Engineer would have
custody of All Road Money, and there would be no
precinct lines. Wouldn't this system better serve our
needs?
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Pol. Adv, paid lor by Dairyman For Battar Roads, Danial Jonai, P.O. Box 596,
S.S., Tx. 75412
County
Checking
Open Savings
%of
- Funds
Accounts
Accounts
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Interest
iCompoundad Quart artj)
Adult Probation
14,186.17
16,666.23
5.00
R & B No. 1
27,108.48
78.62
5.00
No. 2
42,676.78
16,777.86
5.00
No. 3
51,011.08
107,527.31
5.50
No. 4
68,295.48
86,620.21
5.00
General
20,000.13
509,381.04
5.50
Civic Center
2,777.97
725.53
5.00
Revenue Sharing
5,648.32
35,531.55
5.00
Law Library
1,799.13
4137.33
5.00
Clearing
8,999.09
-0-
Payroll
29,707.95
-0-
D.A. Grant
7,651.00
-0-
Contingency
633.36
•0-
R & B Special
4,940.08
531.57
5.00
Int. & Sinking
1,089.31
32,302.10
5.00
Co. Lateral Road
7,367.95
202,891.64
5.50
State Lateral Road
-0-
39,657.78
5.00
Juvenile Fund
2,362.66
-0-
Rev. Sh. No. 1
-0-
179.31
5.00
No. 2
-0-
34.07
5.00
No. 3
-0-
4,418.91
5.00
No. 4
-0-
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18,652.60
5.00
Totals
296,254.94
1,076,113.40
Please Fill Out, Clip, and Mail To: Box 596, Sulphur Spr-
ings, Texas 75482.
OPTIONAL COUNTY ROAD PETITION
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, WHO ARE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF HOPKINS COUNTY
HEREBY PETITION THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT FOR AN ELECTION PURSUANT TO
THE OPTIONAL COUNTY ROAD LAW OF 1947, VERNON’S ANN.CIV.ST.ART. 6716-1,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER HOPKINS COUNTY SHALL ADOPT
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT INCLUDING THE ADDRESS AND VOTER REGISTRA-
TION NUMBER OF EACH PERSON SIGNING THE PETITION.
ADDRESS
VOTER REGISTRATION NO.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 100, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 27, 1980, newspaper, April 27, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824638/m1/23/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.