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Local Voters Okay Sales Tax
THE WYLIE NEWS
Devoted To The Best Interest Of Wylie Since 1947
VOLUME TWENTY-ONE: NO. 44
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1969
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"In The Spring Thoughts Turn To .
And
enjoying
some of the recent warm sunny days this area has been having make it enticing for ail of us, even old news-
papermen. The wooded areas left in this section have a special appeal to residents at this seasoo of the year,
and we recommend a stroll to lift'your spirits.
Highway 78 To Get Repairs;
Other Improvements Listed
Interschoiastic Leaguers
Say, "Color Us Blue"
Students from Wylie High
School returned from
Farmersville Tuesday
with an armload of "Blue
Ribbons" won at the Inter-
scholastic League Dis-
trict meet.
All Interschoiastic Lea-
gue events are entered by
students willing to give of
•\their free time and energy
'to bring a spark of pride
into the school. There
were thirteen literary and
academic events open to
the students. Of these,
twelve were entered and
first place ribbons were
won in eleven events.
Second place was won in
three.
In this day of the "new
generation , one of which
tne adults often easily
condemn, it gives you a
feeling of priae for these
young people and for the
school.
The work was not accom-
lished overnight. High
chool Principal, L. H.
Linker called the teachers
together several months
ago to tell each the impor-
tance of getting behind the
students to prepare them
for each event. To some
teachers, this endeavor
may have seemed too
much with the day already
filled with work. But, as
the days slipped by the
teachers had only to feed
the hungry appetite of stu-
dents who were eager to
enter any event open to
them. In fact, with limi-
tations placed on the
events by U.I.L. rules,
many students were told
they couldn't enter.
Students reported that
each time the burden
seemed a little heavy, Mr.
Linker was always there
urging them on. The
efforts of the teachers and
students paid off Tuesday.
In this district, students
were challenged in typing,
shorthand, number sense,
ready writing and spell-
ing. No school in this dis-
trict sent representatives
in the other events.
The following students
participated in Tuesdays
events:
Ready Writing: Francis
Barrett, 1st place; Lanny
Ward, 2nd place.
S
place
: Geretta Still, 2nd
Typing: Jean Leverett, 1st
place and Danny Lloyd,
2nd place.
Shorthand: Teresa Hart,
1st place and Deborah
Selby, 2nd place.
Number sense: Jean
Leverett, 1st place.
These students won 1st
place honors with no oppo-
sition:
Poetry Interp
Diane Smith and
Bally.
retation:
Kenneth
Persuasive speaking:
Sherry Housewright and
David Barrett.
Informative Speaking:
Pam Chaney and Danny
Lloyd.
Prose Reading: Frances
Barrett and Wylle Dykes.
Debate: Jill Rogers and
Alan Leverett.
Journalism: Sherry
Housewright and Diane
Smith.
Science: Jerry Smith,
Danny Torrence, Rich.
Burnett.
Capt. Moore Is
Speaker For
Graduation
Captain Daniel D. Moore;
Administration Officer of
the Great Lakes Naval
HospitaL, addressed Ser-
vice School Command
graduates recently,
according to word
received here.
Capt. Moore's subject
was "The Salient and Car-
dinal Points of Leader-
ship" In which he
emphasized the neces-
sity of communication
relative to successful
leadership.
The administrative offi-
cer is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Moore, Sr.
of Wylie. He enlisted in
the Navy in 1935 and has
since advanced through
nune enlisted rates to his
present position.
His wife is the former
Katie M. Housewright,
who Is also a Wylle native;
The students will now go
to the Regional Meet to be
held In Denton on April
18, where competition Is
expected to be tough. The
teachers sponsoring the
events are: Mrs. Lois
Jones, Mrs. BUlle Sue
Barnes, Miss Ruby Copus,
Mr. Davis, Mr. Hall, and
Mrs. Barbara Mackey.
-The Lonely Heart
New Faces Due On Council
And School Board
Following Saturday Election
what is better than a walk in the woods, especially when Mother Nature begins to adorn her creation
with the first bu'ls and blossoms of the Spring season? The above couple appear to be
it immensely, and
Scholz Student
Teaching During
Spring Semester
Ronald A. Scholz of Wylie
is among some 716 North
Texas State University
students serving as stu-
dent teachers in Dallas-
Fort Worth-Denton area
schools during the spring
semester.
Some are teaching in area
schools all day for eight
weeks and others are
training half a day for
16 weeks. A third group
will spend all day of the
last eight weeks of this
semester.
An estimated 1,200 NTSU
students are expected to
participate in the teacher-
training program during
the 1968-69 school year,
according to Dr. C. M.
Clarke, director of teac-
her education.
Scholz, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Scholz, Route
1, Wylie, is teaching
typing at Piano Hign
Scnool. He Is a member
of Phi Kappa Theta, men's
national social fraternity,
and Phi Beta Lambda,
national business society.
Final PTA Meet
Scheduled
A contract for improve-
ments and repairs to
State Highway 78 have
been awarded by the Texas
Highway Department,
according to announce-
ment made this week.
The work will be under the
supervision of District
Engineer John Keller.
Robertson Construction
Co. of Dallas was awarded
the contract for hot
asphaltlc concrete pave-
ment and seal shoulders
on Highway 78 from the
Dallas County line through
Wylie to State Highway
205. The distance involved
is 8.3 miles.
T. A. Smith of Dallas Is
the Highway Department
engineer in charge of the
project which is expected
to be completed within the
next 60 days.
A number of other con-
tracts involving roads in
Collin County nave been
awarded ana they are
listed as follows;
FM 428: From Denton-
Collln County line to FM
Road 455.
FM 2551: From FM Road
2170 to FM Road 544 In
Murphy.
FM 2170: From US 75 In
Allen to FM Road 2551.
FM 2170: From FM Road
2551 to FM Road 1378.
FM 1138; From FM Road
6 to Collin-Rockwall
County line.
FM 1777: From FM Road
6 to SH 66.
FM 6: From SH 78 to
Collin-Hunt County line.
FM 546: From US 75 to FM
Road 982.
FM 455: From 4.1 miles
east of SH 289 to FM
Road 543 in Weston.
FM 455: From US 75 In
Anna to FM Road 543.
April 10
The Wylle P.T.A. will hold
Its final meeting of the
year April 10 at 7:30p.m.
in the elementary school
cafetorium.
Officers for the coming
school year will be
installed by Mrs. Bonnie
Martin. Other business
will include presentation
of $200 to the proposed
Wylle Public Librarv.
In one of the closest elec-
tions in both the history
of the city and school
district, voters chose to
put new faces on both
governing boards in Sat-
urday's balloting.
In the school district, no
trustees were seeking
re-election, thus the two
winners will represent
new blood for that board.
In the City, two new faces
will be present on the
Council as four places
were to be filled in Satur-
day's voting.
Curtis Hale led the ticket
in the school board race,
polling 172 votes, followed
closely by all the other
four candidates. Dr. T.M.
Trimble, who has served
a couple of terms on the
board in the past, cap-
tured the other spot.
WSCS Annual
Meeting Set For
Piano April 15
The Dallas - McKinney
District Women's Society
of Christian Service will
hold their first annual
meeting at First United
Methodist Church in Piano
on April 15. Opening ses-
sion will begin at 10:00
a.m. with nursery pro-
vided.
The local president, Mrs.
J. C. Carpenter and dis-
trict president, Mrs.
Nathan Eldridge are both
anxious for each local
society to be well repre-
sented at the meeting.
The main speaker for the
day will be Mrs. George
V. Matzel of Tulsa, Okla.,
from Womens Division
and member of South Cen-
tral Jurisdiction-Guild.
The meeting will adjourn
at 2:15 p.m.
The school vote was as
follows:
Curtis Hale: 172.
T.M. Trimble; 162.
DeWayne Boyd: 157.
Carl D. Ward: 157.
Russ Ellis: 107.
School trustees are
elected for three-year
terms. Holdover board
members are Stan Rogers,
Bill Davis, W. D. Strick-
land, Ab Harrison and
Harold Leverett.
In the City race it was
an even closer story. Ken
Mauk, who was running
unopposed for the one
year term, won handily.
It was for the two-year
term, where three were to
be elected, where the
close race developed. The
city vote was as follows:
For City Council)
( One - year term )
Ken Mauk: 312.
For City Council:
( Two - year term )
William E. Martin; 204
John Addicks: 184.
Don R. Thomas: 184.
Charles Klledge: 176.
R. R. Kreymer: 174.
In Commerce
J. D. Chaney, Supt. of
Schools here, was in
Commerce Wednesday to
attend the spring meeting
of the East Texas Study
Council at East Texas
State University. "Edu-
cation in Transition" was
the theme of the meeting
which was attended by a
number of area super-
intendents.
Recent guests in the home
of Mrs. S. G. Allison were
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Biggs
of Dallas ; Mrs. waiter
Bellmyer of Garland; Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Biggs of
Lucas; Rev. and Mrs.
Wilson Estes of Abilene;
and Mrs. Sue Blair and
son, Curtis of Houston.
Thus Mauk and Martin,
both of whom were seek-
ing re-election, will be
joined by Thomas and
Addicks to form the new
Council along with Mayor
R. J. Hall and Harry
Tibbals, whose terms
have another year to run.
City Councilmen are
elected for two-year
terms. This year's excep-
tion in the matter of the
one-year term race was
due to the fact a Council-
man resigned in the
middle of nis term and
the vacancy was being
filled.
In the sales tax proposal,
also on Saturday's ballot,
local voters were more
pronounced in their ver-
dict. They favored the idea
by a resounding margin ol
202 FOR to 11 5AGAINST.
The one-cent city sales
plan had gained the
support of a number of
business and civic
leaders. T he W ylie ( ham-
be r of Comnerce
endorsed the proposal
enthusiastically and the
Jaycees indicated their
support by holding a
"Meet Your Candidate"
program. All City Coun-
cilmen and other city offi-
cials expressed favorable
viewpoints only with the
exception of only one.
In addition, The Wylie
News had long advocated
the plan for the city and
editorially supported the
idea and gave columns
of space promoting the
idea for the past few
weeks.
The one-cent city levy
will go into effect on July
The tax will be collected
through the State Comp-
troller's office and
remitted to the city on a
quarterly basis with the
city receiving its first
check sometime in Octo-
ber of this year.
According to reports, the
fish are biting at Lake
Lavon.
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