The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1986 Page: 3 of 8
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Georgetown prepares
for Sesquicentennial
Festival
The Georgetown High School
Band, teh Sweet Adelines and local
Scout troops are just some of the area
groups taking part in Southwestern
University’s sesquicentennial festival
Sunday, March 2.
The Georgetown community is in-
vited to the campus that day for lots
of barbeque, music ranging from fid-
dling to barbershop harmony, some
horseshoe tossing and lots of visiting,
in honor of Texas Independence Day.
The haute cuisine of Texas-
barbecue brisket, chicken, pinto
beans, potato salad, cornbread,
cookies and brownies—will be served
buffet style from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
on the grounds between the Lois
Perkins Chapel and the Bishops
Memorial Union.
Seating will be available in the
Union and on the grounds, but, to
get the feel of a real Texas barbecue,
bring blankets.
Tickets may be purchased “at the
door” or though the University
Events office, 863-1483. Prices will
be announced later.
Attire is whatever you want to
wear, said University Events Director
Sharon Turman.
“We’ve had 150 years of history.
Anything’s appropriate-pioneer
costumes, church clothes, jeans,
boots...,’’she said.
As the school’s contribution to the
statewide ringing of the Bells of In-
dependence, a historic bell from SU’s
original building site will be moved
from the Mood Heritage Museum
outside, and rung at exactly noon. If
you want to tell your grandchildren
you played a role in the historical
ringing, feel free to bring your own
bell, Turman said.
For the more musically minded,
the award-winning Georgetown High
School Band takes the stage at the
Alma Thomas Theater at 2 p.m.
Barbershop harmony by the Sweet
Adelines, fiddling and banjo-playing
by SU music professor Dr. Anthony
Adessa and his wife Laurie Adessa,
and a Texas medley of song and
dance by the SU Delta Zeta sorority
at 4 p.m. tops the theater entertain-
ment.
In between the musical tributes will
be five to eight-minute orations by
the three finalists in SU’s annual
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speech contest. The topic? “The
Significance of the Texas Ses-
auicentennial.”
Throughout the day, games and
contests, ranging from the action-
packed three-legged races to checkers
and dominoes, will be offered.
Local Scout troops will provide
games for the younger Texans. Most
outdoor activities will take place bet-
ween the theater and the Union.
The Georgetown Heritage
Society’s exhibit, Evolution of Fami-
ly Life in Georgetown, will open the
day of the festival at the museum,
and will be on display for the public.
In the event of inclement
weather...well, that’s yet to be decid-
ed but Turman guarantees no
rain...probablv.
In checking with data from the Na-
tional Weather Service, she found
that for the last three years, the day
of March 2 was cloudy with lows in
the upper 50s and highs in the upper
70s. The wind blew a whopping 10 to
12 miles an hour from the south.
“Whatever the weather, we pro-
mise a fun-filled festival for Texans
of all ages,” she said.
The Body Politic
S. A
Katsurinis
The filing deadline for the
Republican and Democratic
primaries passed on Feb. 3 with many
incumbents drawing opposition. The
Democratic Gubernatorial Race finds
incumbent Governor Mark White
seeking his party’s nomination
against Dallas business-mart Andrew
Briscoe, a second cousin of former
Governor Dolph Briscoe. Other op-
ponents include A. Don Crowder of
McKinney who called White a
“nerd” and a “scumbag,”
unemployed Federal worker She la
Bilyeu of Corpus, Ron Slover, an
Amarillo oilman, and Bobby Locke
of San Antonio. Governor White is
expected to win with a strong majori-
ty, beating back Briscoe’s attempt to
secure rural, conservative votes. In
the Republican primary for Gover-
nor, former Governor Bill Clements
is considered to be leading both
former Congressmen Kent Hancc
and Tom Loeffler of Hunt, yet
analysists expect Hance and Loeffler
to gain on Clements as their name
identification improves. The
Lieutentant-Governor’s Democratic
primary finds popular incumbent Bill
Hobby to have drawn an opponent,
David Young of Austin; The
Lieutenant-Governor is not expected
to have any difficulty overcoming
Young’s challenge. Meanwhile, the
Republican primary finds 3 can-
didates vying to run against Hobby;
they are David Davidson of Gon-
zales, Aaron Bullock of Kingwood
and Virgil Mulanax, a District Judge
in Gilmer. The Republican for the
Attorney General’s office finds Roy
Barrera, District Judge from San An-
tonio and John Roach, District Judge
from Plano challenging former
Williamson County District Attorney
Ed Walsh for the privilege to face
Scandal-ridden Democratic incum-
bent Jim Mattox in November. Other
races worth noting are Agriculture
Commissioner, Democrat incumbent
Jim Hightower facing a challenge in
his party’s primary from Noel Cowl-
ing of Dublin. In the Republican
primary, Charles Trompler of
Malone is running against Bill
Powers who is Exec. Vice-President
of the Texas Poultry Federation.
There is also a hot race for Railroad
Commission. There are 4
Republicans, Ed Emmett of
Kingwood, Milton Fox of Houston,
John Thomas Henderson of Austin,
and Ralph Hoelscher of Miles. Ed
Emmett is currently the frontrunner.
The Democrats also have a peeked
race with conservative State Senator
John Sharp of Victoria facing Bill
McNaughton of Houston, John
Pouland of Dallas. Sam Ervin also of
Dallas. In State Supreme Court races
republicans are running for all four
places trying to break in to the all
Democrat body.
In the Democrat Primary White ap-
pointee Raul Gonzales faces a serious
challenge in his bid to become Texas’
first Hispanic elected to state-wide
office from Odessa Lawyer Jay Gib-
son.
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The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1986, newspaper, February 6, 1986; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth634502/m1/3/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Southwestern University.