The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1981 Page: 2 of 10
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A Point of View
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Wanted: Dump Site
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Stop and think for just a minute. Ask
yourself...
...how would you feel if a dump was
placed 1 12 miles from your post office and
main downtown area?
...or how would you like having the gar
bage trucks with all their smell and mess
coming down your street0
...what would be your reaction if you
thought your water well was going to be
contaminated soon?
If you think you’d be madder than a wet
hen, then you know just how the citizens of
Gallatin feel about the county’s sanitary
landfill site near their community
Think about your feelings and reactions
and th»'n consider the sides in the con-
troversy.
The road to Gallatin passes through
rolling hills and over small streams,
through woods and forests, past pastures
and fields. It's a lovely road for a Sunday af-
ternoon drive-except for passing the full-to-
overflowing Kusk City Dump.
Each day (iallatin residents driving to
work or school and back have had to pass
the Kusk dump with trash hanging on the
fences and blowing over the ‘ields. Each
day. they have had to pass the smell and see
the piles of trash left at the dump.
It’s not that the City of Kusk public works
department employees haven’t be *n doing
a good job or even a better job than could be
expected. It’s just that the nature of the
beast <a dump) is to be dirty and smelly-
this particular beast is stuffed.
Because Jacksonville, like Kusk. has a
dump that is overflowing, there >s an urgent
need for alternatives. The county intends to
step into the garbage business and provide
those alternatives-for all of the county.
With that viewpoint in mind-that the
county has to help and intends to provide
substitute places for the disposal of gar-
bage-the logical outcome is that there will
have to be landfills somewhere in Cherokee
County.
Sure, no one wants a garbage dump near
their property. Sure. ALL of Cherokee
County is beautiful beyond description with
the kind of beauty that transcends grey
miserable days and remains touchingly
beautiful no matter what time or season of
• the year.
Still, there are going to have to be dumps,
simply and plainly. We can and do fully un-
derstand the position of the people of
Gallatin. They don’t want a landfill near
their homes any more than we would want a
landfill near our homes-and they are
fighting the placement of the landfill with
arguments and suits.
Yet, man is a trashy animal. Where there
is man. there will be trash. And the county
is trying to provide safe, adequate places
for the disposal of its residents’ garbage.
Safeguards are being followed, the site is
monitored by the Texas Department of
Health and every intention is that the
sanitary landfill site be iust that--sanitary,
without danger to anyone.
The issues are not resolved and will not be
resolved, probably, until all the court cases
are decided In the meantime, consider the
sides for yourself.
Ya know, it s not really fun catching
the feds in mistakes It actually
makes ya kinda mad cause your
government is supposed to do things
right
bike, for instance, the Selective
Service folks telling the post offices
not to say anything about how the
draft registration is going
Yup. that’s just what they have
dene. Both the postmasters in Rusk
and Alto have been informed by the
selective service guys to say nothing
about the registration drive other
than that
smoothly."
In our book, that’s prior restraint on
the free desemination of the news-
which is against the first con-
stitutional amendment protection of
the freedom of speech, press and
association.
But. beyond that, that’s telling the
poor postal workers to 1 > either tell a
lie or 2 • keep your traps shut.
And. for the selective service folks,
it's bad publicity, at least in our part
of the country ka*
Here's something to consider since
the minimum wage was increased 25:
cents beginning Jan. 1:
The U S. Chamber of Commerce
says that for every 20 percent in-
crease in the minimum wage, 880,000
job opportunities are lost-either
because exisiting jobs are abolished
or through the failure of new job op-
portunities to present themselves.
And. the Chamber says, the
minimum wage has increased by 46
percent since 1977.
Rankings. Speeding and Miles
The newsletter from the Texas
Good Roads/Transportation
Association < TGR/TA» has several in
teresting tidbits of information worth
passing along
Texas has become the third ranked
state in the nation, moving ahead of
Pennsylvania, with 14.1 million
residents, according to The Dallas
Morning News as quoted by the
TGR/TA newsletter. The Dallas news
story says that the new census puts
Houston. Dallas and San Antonio in
the top ten listings of cities in the
nation. In fact. Dallas beat out
Baltimore this year for the seventh
place position with a population of
901.450 compared to 782,320 for
Baltimore, down from 844,401 Along
that same line. Baltimore is only 24
persons ahead of San Antonio, accor-
ding to The News
Meanwhile, the State of Texas will
not lose $7 million in federal highway
Kissin’ Kuzzins
funds because her residents fail to
comply with the 55 mile per hour
federal speed limit, the TGR/TA
newsletter says. Federal officials
have come up with a new method for
calculating compliance with the law
which allows for a five mile per hour
(mph i error in speedometer readings.
Texas had a 34 percent compliance
rate, short of the 40 percent federal
requirement But the five mph
tolerance leeway brings Texas up to 43
percent Thus, the state will not lose
the five percent penalty the feds were
placing on U S funds to those states
whose drivers were not in compliance
with the law.
And finally, a pamphlet offered by
the Texas Department of Highways
and Public Transportation says that
the state has two-and-one-half times
more miles of oil and gas pipelines
than road miles on the state highway
system The booklet, "Texas Facts ."
is free from the highway department.
Groats? Who’s That?
What do you say to someone from
out of Texas when they catch you in a
really Texas-sized joke?
Take the following example, clipped
from a Baton Rouge, La., Morning
Advocate column by Smiley Anders:
OF GROATS AND GRITS. We have
lots of festivals here in Louisiana but
nothing resembling the one I got a
news release about Tuesday It's the
"Third Annual Oatmeal Festival”
held in Bertram and Oatmeal, Texas
(It’s so big it takes TWO towns?).
Presiding over the festivities were
Mr. Groaty Oats (I checked and
discovered that "groats” are hulled
and broken fragments of grain, larger
than grits) and Ms. Bag of Oats. From
the photos of the reigning royalty at
the Oatmeal Festival. I’d guess they
were judged on personality and not
beauty.
Got any suggestions9 How does
"aw, go eat your groats" strike you9
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CAROLYN ERICSON
1614 REDBUD STREET
N ACOGDOCHES. TEXAS 75961
I wish to contact descendants of
William H. DRISKILL, b Todd Co..
Ky. 31 July 1834, son of James
DRISKILL and wife Martha ACOCK
William moved with parents from
Kenturcky to P .k Co., Mo , then in
1854 to Linn Co., Kansas He then
removed to Grayson Co., Texas where
in I860 he resided in the household of
Ransom E. ELLIOTT (What
relationship?) William DRISKILL
and Mary HELVEY were united in
marriage ca April or May 1875. This
union was blessed with the following
known children: Ella, b. 1876; Kim-
mie. b. 1878; Nannie, b. 1882; Annie, b
1883, Will, b. 1885, John b 1888;
Charley, b. 1891; Elbert b. 1893; Man-
da. 1895; and Lester b 1898.
William J. DRISKILL b. 1885, d 26
December 1943 at Sherman and his
survivors included children: Mrs.
D C. SMITH, Miss Billie DRISKILL,
Mrs. R.P CRUMP and Miss Eloise
DRISKILL. Brothers: John. Albert,
Charlie and Lester; sisters, Amanda
uiAnn dcommitt^t
»» OV/L/ UIIU mi o. tvui mu mxj * * .
I have no information on any of the
other children of William and Mary
DRISKILL. Any information on this
family will be greatly appreciated
and I will be happy to exchange in-
formation
Vivian Driskill, Box 412, Pleasan-
ton, Ks. 66075.
Mrs Driskill tells us that the Linn
Co Historical and Genalogical
Society is in the process of publishing
their first "Kin in Linn" quarterly.
The first (Fall) quarterly will be
ready for mailing in October Items
included will cover early Linn Co , Ks.
history and citizens., early
marriages, obituaries, family recor-
ds. queries (free to members), car-
toons and classified advertisements.
Subscription rates are $6.00 for 1 year
Ads for 15c word Membership in the
Historical/Genealogical Society is
$2 00 per year.
For more information write to
Vivian Driskill, Box 412, Pleasanton, ;
Ks 66075
Need any additional data for these
GREENWOODS Lewis Bartlee
GREENWOOD, born 28 March 1875,
Republic Co., Kansas; married
probably in Norton, Kansas to Annie
WOODS He died in Omaha, Neb. 1960
Children: Paul, George, Hazel,
Leona, Dorothy and Pearl. Children
probably not in order of birth -and any ;
or all lived in Dallas, Texas. Lewis'
parents were John Ira and Mary Ellen •
"Molly (BELDEN) GREENWOOD of
Norton, Kansas
K.P Darling. 1018 Blodgett St ,
Houston, Texas 77004
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Don t Just Go To Church;
Learn From It
Some people go to Church, it’s true,
As part of their routines;
An automatic thing to do.
As though thev were machines.
Now every Sunday, there thev are.
So friends will see them there;
Arriving in a shinv car.
With brand new clothes to wear.
But being there is all for nought,
With value much in doubt;
Unless we give some sober thought
To what it's all about.
So help it* benefits increase
By keeping faith in view.
And learn that inner joy and peace
That Church can bnng to you.
•Gloria Nowak
A. Frank Smith United Methodist
Rev. Wm. Jenkins
Alto Church of Christ
Steven Klein
Church of Christ, Hwy. 69 North
J. P. Fields
Church of Christ, Wells
Cecil Stringer
The Church By Christ Jesus
Anzie Schanfish
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
John R. Grubbs
Cold Springs LJnited Methodist
Rev. Calvin Dickey
First Assembly of God
Rev. J. J. Anderson
First Christ Holy Sanctified
Mother B. B. Watts
Falvey Methodist, Wells
Rev. John B. Rozell
First Baptist, Alto
Rev. Gene Kendrick
First Baptist, Wells
Elder Mathew McBrvde
First Pentecostal
Rev. Clayton McClendon
Forest Baptist Church
Rev. Earle E.Cummings
Lynches Chapel
Rev. Calvin Dickey
Missionary Baptist, Alto
Mt. Zion United Methodist
Rev.Odis Bryan
New Hope Baptist Church
Rev. T. J. Bagley
Old Palestine
Rev. Marion Huckaby
Pollok Baptist
St. Thomas Chapel A.M.E., Alto
R. L. Ellis
Sweet Union
Rev. J. T. Hart
Wells Chapel
Rev. Cleo Kirkland
Williams Chapel A.M.E., Alto
Rev. R. L. Ellis
Weches Primitive Baptist
Elder Octor Motley
Pearman Chevrolet Co.
Alto, Texas
SESCO
Southwestern Electric Service Company
Alto, Texas
Lyons Butane Gas Co.
Alto, Texas
First State Bank
Member F.D.I.C.
Wells, Texas
South-Side Auto
Alto, Texas
Wells Nursing Home
(We Care)
Wells, Texas
Alto Telephone Co.
Alto, Texas
Alto Butane Co.
Alto, Texas
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Wells, Texas
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1981, newspaper, January 22, 1981; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844092/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.