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TRIBUNE
PROGRESS
Serving Barlktt & Holland
Harllctl Texas 7051 1 Thursday October 21 1!)82
VOLUME !)7 NUMBER 1 1
817-527-1424 FIFTEEN CENTS
HOLLAND FIHK Mr and Mrs Joey Boylcss
and children lost everything in n recent fire five
miles west of Holland (see related article)
Fire Destroys Home
On Monday Oct. 11th a
hugh farm house belonging to
Doyle Gray of Dclton was
burned to the ground. The
house was being rented by
Mr and Mrs Joey Boylcss
and children. All of their
worldly goods were lost.
They had Just moved in the
Bartlett FFA
Elect Officers
Bartlett Chapter of Future
Farmers of America met
Friday October 8th to elect
officers for the 1982-83 school
year.
New officers include:
Da-
vid Kauitzsch president;
Amy Junkc vice-president;
Sam Pierce secretary; Ron-
nie Rafay treasurer; Ken-
neth Vrabel reporter; And-
rew Cortcz Sentinel; and
Ricky Quantanlllo Student
Advisor
Bartlett City
Council Hires
Chief of Police
Robert Bliton was hired as
Chief of Police for the City of
Bartlett when councllmcn
met Monday evening Oct.
18th for their regular month-
ly meeting.
A written report of all
activity in the police de-
partment was presented by
Chief of Police Robert Bliton.
Judge Marlin Henry gave
a report of all activity in his
department.
Utility Supt. Mike Wil-
liams reported that bis de-
partment has hung a 25 AMP
recloser installed primary
insulators on poles and
patched streets. He also
that brush has been
picked up water leaks have
been repaired and limbs have
been trimmed out of power
lines.
The City Council discussed
Dalhart Use
Friday before the fire. Cause
of the fire is believed to be in
the wiring It was reported.
The Boylcss were not at
home at the time of the fire.
The house was located about
five miles north of Holland on
Farm Market Road 1123.
Assisting the Holland
Fire Department
were Little River and Bclton.
The Holland Volunteer
Fire Department has started
a drive to help the Boylcss
family. They are still in need
of clothes for Mr. Boyless -his
shirt size is 14-14' and
pant size is 28 30. Mrs.
Boylcss is in need of blouses
size 38 pants size 36 and
dress size 14. They arc still in
need of clothes for the baby -size
12 months. All house hold
goods arc nlso needed. All
help will be greatly apprecia-
ted If you would like to
contribute please call Hol-
land Fire Chief Coleman
Benner or any of the Holland
Volunteer Firemen.
the purchase of a portable
test kit. The test kit will
enable the electric depart-
ment to test all electric
meters for accuracy and
defects. Following the dis-
cussion councilmen voted to
purchase the kit.
Councilmen voted to ac-
cept the $919000.00 budget
for the fiscal year ending
June 30 1982.
Mayor Bobby Hill read a
letter from MKT Railroad
Co. requesting the City of
Bartlett to participate in the
1983 Federal Railroad Signal
Program Councilmen voted
to apply for this program
and if approved MKT will
install crossarms at the Bel)
Street Crossing.
Balances in nil funds were
noted and approved and all
delinquent utility accounts
were noted.
Farmers Hear Brown Discuss Grain Shortage
About 20 Bartlett area
farmers were among the GO to
70 formers who gathered at
the Granger American
Legion last Friday October
IMMiTif Itff '1 II 1 1" h 'mJL' "WkS
IIMCTI I-T'I I MtMI 1CS About two doyen Bartlett
farmeis uw m hand .it the Granger American Legion
last Frid.n to meet with Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Pat Steglich Leaving Will-O-BeU
After 19 years and four
months Mrs Pat Steglich is
giving up her Job as adminis-
trator of Will-O'-Bell Nursing
Home in order to devote
more time to her husband
and family
Taking over the job will be
Mrs. Joyce Walker of Tem-
ple a licensed vocational
nurse and licensed nursing
home administrator
Mrs. Steglich said she will
miss most the patients and
employees who have become
. MMHttMBMBEIII S " "" " . - "--
WIU ()' HF.I I CIIXNOK A reception honoring Mrs Patricia Steglich
retiring administration of Will O Bell Im and to introduce Mrs Joyce
Walker the new administrator will he held this Sunday. October lA. at Will
t) Boll Friends of Will O' Bell are invited Mrs Steglich is pictured seated with
Mrs Walker on the left
Dalhart Isle Named
Outstanding Young Man
Dalhart Use of Jnrrell has
joined the elite list of those
named to Outstanding Young
Men In America.
Use Is employed as Soil
Conservation Technician
with the Little River-San
Gabriel Soil Conservation
District Office in Bartlett.
A 1966 graduate of Jarrell
High Schoo Use received a
B.A. Degree in Agricultural
Production & Management
from Southwest Texas State
University at San Marcos in
While going to school at
SWTSU he went to work for
15. to hear Texas Agriculture
Commissioner REagan V
Brown discuss shortages of
grain at the Grain Producers
warehouse In Granger and
her friends. And she confess-
es that despite her cool
business-like exterior she is
very tender-hearted inside.
That may be one reason why
once she decided to quit she
decided to carry it out as
quickly as possible.
She does not plan to get
bored but will have plenty to
keep her busy with her
family housekeeping paint-
ing crafts baking and
church activities
Mrs Steglich was with the
4T Ranches at Georgetown
and continued his employ-
ment there after graduation
until 1976. At 4T he was in
charge of half the cow herd
and was in charge of the
Ranch's show cattle from
1972 to 1976. This position
involved travel throughout
the United States.
Use went to work in the
construction industry prior to
his employment with the Soil
Conservation Service in 1980.
As Soil Conservation
Use handles all
engin
the Marek Brothers Gin and
Grain warehouse in Bartlett
Shortages were discovered
at the two grain facilities
during a routine inspection
Reagan Brown concerning the closing of Grain
Producers. Inc of Granger and Marek Brothers Grain of
Martlet!
nursing home from the
"1 applied for the job I
was cheap and they took
me" sho quipped.
It opened as a 48 bed
facility and has since grown
to GO beds. An activity room
was added five years ago.
Some 52 employees work at
Will-O'-Bell
One source of pride for
Mrs Steglich is the nursing
home's "superior" rating
eering for construction of
ponds terraces waterways
etc which the SCS does.
Use was a member of the
Southwest Texas Rodeo
Association while at SWTSU
and was named to DTA
agricultural honor society.
With wife Darlenc and
children Krlsty age 6 and
Jordan age 3 Use lives near
Jarrell and farms part-time
In addition to his farming
activities he likes to hunt in
his spare time.
Sro Outstanding Page 2)
on September 11 and the
Texas Department of Agric-
ulture officially took over the
grain recores and proprty of
V.Wk
ft'V
given by the state. Mrs.
Steglich points out that very
few nursing home's ever
achieve that rating and the
nursing home is full up and
has a long waiting list.
Her job has been a real
experience"; she says the
long waiting list and the good
financial condition of the
facility are a good indication
of how well she has handled
the job
Her husband Maurice
owner of Steglich Feed &
Farm Supply in Bartlett
gave her some good advice
on how to handle her "retire-
ment" "Lay on the couch
eat bon-bons and watch TV".
Those of us who know her
have doubts as to whether
that will come to pass.
Will O Bell
To Host
Reception
On Sunday October 24
1982 from 2 to 4 p.m. there
will be a reception honoring
Mrs. Patricia Steglich re-
tiring administrator of Will-O-Bell
Inc. and to introduce
Joyce Walker the new ad-
ministrator. The reception
will be in the activities room
of the nursing home.
Mrs Steglich has been
employed at Will-O-BeU for
nineteen years and four
months and is retiring in
order to spend more time
with her husband children
and grandchildren.
Mrs Walker is a native of;
Temple She is n licensed
vocational nurse as well as a
licensed nursing home ad-
ministrator and will begin
her official capacity as ad-
ministrator on November 1
1982
Friends of Will-O-BeU Inc.
are invited.
Wood Works For Re -
Frank
both warehouses on October
13.
Along with the farmers
were some two dozen
members of the news media
including three area tele-
visions stations. Also present
were a number of TDA
officials
The news Reagan Brown
had for the farmers was not
good
Basically the farmers fall
into three categories: 1)
those who had grain in gov-
ernment storage; 2) those
who had received warehouse
receipts for grain sold to the
facilities for which farmers
had not yet been paid or for
grain stored by farmers but
not under the government
loan program and 3) those
who had contracted their
grain with payment to be
made at a later date.
According to Brown the
Federal government was
to take the loss on the
grain stored in the govern-
ment loan program although
none of the TDA officials nor
Gordon Wiggers of the
Credit Corporation
who was also present would
guarantee that such an event
would happen.
Those in the second
category farmers with ware-
house receipts arc expected
to receive about half the
value of their grain although
it could be as low as 40
percent of the value accord-
ing to TDA estimates
Farmers in the third
category who had entered
into contracts would get
through TDA. According
to Brown in that case "the
company owes money not
grain" and "that will be a
civil matter between those
two parties "
Although some members
of the news media questioned
Browns political motives at
attending the meeting his
presence perhaps indicated
the seriousness of the situa-
tion. "In the 0 years I have
served as Commissioner of
Agriculture farmers have
not lost one dollar (due to the
financial difficulties of grain
dealers)" Brown said.
Brown was thwarted in his
bid for another term of
Agriculture Commissioner
when he lost the nomination
of the Democratic Party to
Jim Hightower In the Pri-
mary last May
Johnnie Rafay Jr. of
Bartlett is one farmer who
had contracted grain and
thus faces the possibility of
losing it all
He had tied up some
430000 worth of maize in-
cluding landlords' Shares a
few weeks before harvest
contracting it for January 15
at $4.50 per cwt.
"I'll make it" is all he will
say about losing the kind of
money it takes most of years
to accumulate if ever.
Charles Bielss one of the
younger farmers present of
Bartlett farms near Holland.
He has "a few hundred
dollars" involved in the
warehouse closing but he
added that his Dad Alfred
Bielss of Holland has a
sizeable amount contracted.
"He's established if it
had been me It would have
ruined me" he commented.
Victor Marek listed by
TDA as owner of Grain
A Wood
Producers Inc of Granger
and a partner in Marek
Brothers Gin & Grain in
Bartlett was present at the
Granger meeting accomp-
anied by his wife Modine and
Temple attorney Jon Bur-
rows. After the meeting a
number of farmers huddled
with Marek and his attorney
Latest figures released by
the Texas Department of
Agriculture indicate a bigger
shortage of grain than origi-
nally estimated.
At the Granger facility 60
per cent of the corn were
reported short.
Figures for the Bartlett
warehouse were given ns
76. 66 percent of the grain
sorghum and 84.21 per cent of
the wheat on the books
Sophomores
To Sponsor
Turkey Dinner
Sophomore Class of Bart-
lett High School will sponsor
a Turkey Dinner Saturday
October 23 at the Town Hall
in Bartlett. Serving hours
will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tickets arc on sale for
$3.00 in advance and $3.50 at
the door.
Plates to go will also be
available. Contact any mem-
ber of the Bartlett Sopho-
more class about tickets.
Bartlett CC
To Meet
Thursday
Bartlett Chamber of
will meet Thursday
October 21 at 12 noon at Lois
& Jerry's in Schwertner
All members arc urged to
attend.
Holland 4-H
To Meet
Tho Holland 4-H Chapter
will hold a meeting on
Oct. 25th at 7 p.m. in the
school cafctorium. All mem-
bers and visitors are encour-
aged to attend.
Operaland
Slates
Program
The Texas Operaland will
again present its monthly
program this coming Satur-
day October 23 in the
Town Hall.
All area musicians are
invited to come and perform.
This Saturdays program will
begin at 7 p.m. There will be
plenty of homemade food in
the concession. No admiss-
ion Operaland is planning on
having the talented Miss
Mary Jo Pierce from Cop-
peras Cove this Saturday.
She is only nine years old
and has sung in jamborees in
Texas Oklahoma Louisiana
with some big name stars. So
come out and visit and have a
good ole time.
Election
Democratic nominee
Frank A. Wood wishes to take
this opportunity to ask for
your vote for re-election on
Nov. 2. General Election to
the office of Justice of the
Peace Precinct 2 Bell Coun-
ty. He has served as your J P
for the past ten years. During
that time he has attended ten
Justice Courts of Instruction
from Southwest Texas State
University totaling 200 hours
of instruction which helps
him with the duties of this
office
Your vote and support for
his re
election is greatly apprec-
iated. (Paid Political
Advertisement By
Frank A. Wood
Rt 1 Holland Tx 76534)
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