The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1975 Page: 5 of 6
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THE HOWE ENTERPRISE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1975
PAGE FIVE
kids Korner—
by Ch
Leimey
Mr. and Mrs. Totem lived in
a nice little house nestled in
the hills just north of Howe.
They lived in the same house
for almost 60 years and were
very happy. Mr. Totem was 80
years yound and Mrs. Totem
was 79 years young. Their
little farm consisted of six
hound dogs, four rabbits and a
mule named Lenney.
Lenney was no ordinary
mule. He was half Shetland
pony and very, very tiny with
great big ears. He was reddish
brown and had a beautiful
mane that Mr. Totem combed
every day.
Mr. Totem loved to go to the
pasture and tug Lenney’s left
ear to let him know it was time
for them to go under their
favorite tree and have a nice
long talk. Lenney would stand
and listen with his great big
ears while Mr. Totem told him
stories of the old days in
Howe. Some days the two of
them would be together hours
enjoying each other’s com-
pany. Lenney had never been
made to do any work but he
enjoyed just being Mr. To-
tem’s pet. There were other
horses and mules in the near-
by pastures and Lenney would
sometimes wish he could run
and play with them. He knew
he looked different but being a
very faithful mule, he never
tried to leave the pasture. He
was a very happy mule.
Several days passed and Mr.
Totem didn’t show up for his
usual visits with Lenney. Len-
ney was worried and stood by
the pasture gate patiently
waiting day after day. It was
almost a week before Mr.
Totem finally showed up. Len-
ney became very excited and
pranced around to let Mr.
Totem know how happy he
was to see him, but Mr. Totem
had tears in his eyes and
Lenney knew that something
was wrong. Mr. Totem stroked
Lenney on the neck and tug-
ged his left year and their
started for their favorite spot.
It was a beautiful day but
instead of telling Lenney stor-
ies, Mr. Totem told him that
Mrs. Totem had passed away
that week and Lenney would
have to be sold. Lenney put
his head down and felt a
sinking feeling in his stomach.
That was not the only thing he
had to worry about, however.
During that week while he was
left alone, a large lump had
suddenly appeared on the side
of his nose. When Mr. Totem
saw the lump he became very
upset and left the pasture. It
didn’t take Mr. Totem long
to get in touch with Dr. Stew-
art and have him take a look at
poor Lenney’s nose. Dr. Stew-
art said that Lenney would
have to first have a shot and if
the lump didn’t go down in
tow or three days, he would
have to lance it.
Giving Lenney a shot was not
an easy task for Dr. Stewart.
He knew that mules were
smart enough not to jump
through barbed wire and the
best way to give Lenney his
shot was to back him into a
corner of the pasture. It took
both Mr. Totem and Dr. Stew-
art almost a half hour before
they finally cornered Lenney.
He would have kicked hat it
not been for Mr. Totem stand-
ing in back of him. When Dr.
Stewart finished, Lenney
quickly ran to the other end of
the pasture.
Dr. Stewart came with Mr.
Totem every day to check the
lump on poor Lenney’s nose,
but instead of going down it
was getting bigger. It was
decided that Lenney would
have to be put in the barn and
operated on.
To Be Continued
Two on Grayson Honor Roll
Two students from Howe—
Chester A. Cain III and Carol
Jo Yancey— were listed on the
all A honor roll at Grayson
College for the fall semester,
the college has announced.
A total of 113 students, each
taking at least 12 semester
hours, made A’s in all their
coursework to qualify , for the
honor roll.
“What’s the status of TP&L’s
nuclear power plant?”
A. Construction of the Comanche Peak Steam
Electric Station was begun recently at a site about five
miles north of Glen Rose in Somervell County.
Q. “How much land area will be involved?”
A. Approximately 8,500 acres. This will include a
3,200-acre lake adjoining the plant which will provide
cooling water for the plant.
Q. “When will TP&L customers start getting electric
power from the plant?”
A. The first of two 1,150,000-kilowatt units is
scheduled to go into operation in 1980 and the second
in 1982.
Q. “Will some other companies be getting power
from the plant?”
A. Yes. The plant will be jointly owned and utilized
by Texas Power & Light, Dallas Power & Light and
Texas Electric Service.
Q. “Why is a nuclear plant necessary?”
A. Rising costs and a shortage of future supplies of
natural gas and oil compel use of more economical
' and readily available fjuels for generating plants. Within
the next five years, TP&L will reduce its dependency
on gas and oil with plants designed and constructed
to burn lignite-coal. While it is anticipated that lignite
will continue to be an important fuel well beyond the
year 2000, the long-range solution t6 fuel problems
appears to lie in nuclear generating plants.
Q. “How safe will the plant be?”
A. The planning, construction and operation of the
Comanche Peak plant is subject to close examination
and rigid regulation by the Atomic Energy Commission
and other federal and state agencies. Devices and
procedures in the plant will guard against every
conceivable possibility which might endanger plant
employees or the general public. Today, there are
more than 50 nuclear generating units in the United
States and there has np>/'r bee:' a nuclear-related
injury to a commercial ri. ■clear'power plant worker c
member of the public.
TEXAS POWER & EIGHT COMPANY
A tax-paying, investor-owned electric utility
It’s Not Always Simple To Prove You Were Born
Defensive Driving
Course Offered
Grayson County College’s
Evening Division will offer a
course in Defensive Driving
Feb. 10 and Feb. 17 from 6-10
p.m., Gene Foster, evening
division director, announced
this week.
Offered in cooperation with
the Texas Safety Association,
the course is designed to pre-
vent traffic crashes through
better driving.
Satisfactory completion of the
course gives the principal op-
erator a 10 per cent reduction
on family automobile insur-
ance coverage on new and
renewal policies, effective
Something new has
been added to' the plastic
arts. Now empty plastic
bottles can be just as use-
ful as full ones. For in-
stance, you can turn those
little plastic pill bottles
with the child-proof tops
into safe pin and needle
holders or use them to
keep a desk neat!
* * *
An empty plastic jug
from a 1/2 gallon of milk
can become a terrific tote.
Just cut the side panels
into squares, punch holes
around their edges and join
them with yarn, says the
Plastic Bottle Institute.
* * *
With a little decoration,
and a slot, an empty plas-
tic bleach bottle or anti-
freeze jug can become a
toy bank for your young-
sters to put their pennies
in. Now that more things
than ever come in shatter-
proof plastic bottles, let
your imagination help you
create some fancy plastic
fancies.
within a period of 36 months
after the date of completion.
Tuition for the course is $10
per person. Persons wishing to
enroll should send their name,
address and the fee to Gene
Foster, Evening Division Di-
rector, Grayson County Col-
lege, 6101 Highway 691, Den-
ison, Tx., or by calling the
college after 1 p.m.
SHERMAN — Have you
ever asked yourself. “ How-
do I prove when I was
born?" At some time, each
of us will be faced with
finding the answer to this
question.
Gus Jones. district
manager of the Sherman
Social Security Office, said
proof of age will be required
for the following types of
benefits under social
security: retirement
benefits; wife's benefits at
age 62 or older; widow’s
benefits at age 60 or older,
or if applying as a disabled
widow, age 50 or older;
child’s benefits under age
18, student benefits age 18 to
22. or disabled child’s
benefits; and, disability
benefits if age 60 or age 55
and blind.
Jones said the best proof
of age is a birth record or
hospital record made during
the first five years of your
life. The next best record is
a church baptismal record
made before you were five
years old and showing your
date of birth and the date
recorded. Persons who have
never done so should check
with the County Clerk of the
county in which they were
born to see if their birth was
recorded. Contrary to
popular belief, such records
didn’t burn in courthouse
fires.
If you do not have a birth
of baptismal record, try to
obtain a record established
early in your life. Records
that might be available are:
a school record, a family
Bible, an insurance policy
which shows age or date of
birth, a State or Federal
census record, a marriage
record or a child’s birth
vertificate which shows
your age or date of birth, a
voting record, an em-
ployment record. a military
record, a passport, a
driver's license, or a
delayed birth certificate
made over five years ago.
According to Jones, the
time to start obtaining proof
of your age is now. If you
have your records available
when you apply for social
security benefits, your
check will not be delayed. If
you need help in finding out
what records are available
in your area, contact your
local social security office.
The Sherman Social
Security Office is located at
810 N. Travis. The telephone
number is 893-4301. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to
4:45 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except national
holidays.
A representative may be
contacted in Denison each
Friday ifiorning in Room 1
of the Doubt y Office
Building at 101 West
Woodard. His hours there
It was once believed that serpents cured, blindness with
fennel roots
are from 9:00 a.m. to noon
Bryan County, Oklahoma,
readers should contact their
social security office at 1020
Weisl Main. Durant. The
telephone number is 924-
8202.
WHY DRIVE?
Fill Your Home and
Auto Needs . . .
In Your Hometown
• Auto Supplies
• Sporting Goods *
• Lawn & Garden Suppl.ies
• Appliances
• Hardware
® Bicycles
Reed
J. W.
David King
Howe White Store
Westwood Plaza Phone 532-5564
Obituaries
John Eulas Hopper
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Flesher Chapel in
Van Alstyne for John Eulas
Hopper, 83, of Van Alstyne. -
He was the father of W.L.
Hopper of Howe.
Burial was in the Van Alstyne
Cemetery.
Mr. Hopper was born in Tom
Bean, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. W.H. Hopper. He
was a member of the Elmont
Baptist Chruch. He was mar-
ried July 29, 1912 to Ocie
Hood at Tom Bean.
Surviving, other than.his son
in Howe are three daughters,
Mrs. Kathryn Medcalf of At-
oka, Qkla., Mrs. DeLois Gain-
er, Broken Arrow, Okla., Mrs.
Melba Grider of Van Alstyne;
a son, J.D. Hopper of Van
Alstyne; 8 grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren; two sis-
ters, Mrs. Sally Burk of Anna
and Mrs. Willie Moran of
Denison; two brothers, Clint
and Dolphus Hopper, both of
Desert. \
FRESH BULK GARDEN SEED
TOMATO, ONION, CABBAGE PLANTS
Feed - Seed Insecticides
THE FARM — RANCH STORE
Van Alstyne, Texas Ph. 482-5292
DECOUPAGE PAINTS
CHENILLE
PLASTER ART
beads box purses |
The Oddity Shop I
Joyce Lewis, Owner 416 N. Walnut
PHONE 892-3914 SHERMAN, TEXAS
Business
Donut Chef I
6-5 p.m.
0
ired
torv
Monday thru Thursday
7 p.m. on Fridays
Open until 3 p.m. 1
Fielder Lumber
on Saturday
Hamburgers-
Fresh Donuts Daily 1
And Supply
Phone 482-6413
Everything To Build Anything
Owner: Earnest Phillips
Big Inventory
Van Alstyne
Close as your Phone
Discount Warehouse
FARM
“Penny Pinchers’Paradise
MACHINERY
Yes Sir,
AUCTION
We’re Howe Tax Payers!
In Van Alstyne
Sale Held Second
Wednesday Sept.
482-5576
through May
Highway 75 South
THE FAMILY STORE
Howe, Texas
G. E. Appliances
Catching Bros. 1
Citation Appliances
Furniture & Household Goods
Auctions, Inc. 1
One Stop Does It All
T. V. Repair,
fffWTffli |
Service On All
(ML
Appliances we sell.
Western Auto
FEED Mill 1
Assot.
Store
WHITE WRIGHT
Owner: E. L. Avent
ForVThe Best In
Van Alstyne
482-5440
FEEDS & SEEDS
Low Prices
Good Service
Phone 364-2489 |
Clinton’s Barber
Shop
Collins Freeway
Next to Exxon Station
CORDELL UhlEORM CEMTER
<£adies and QtyJens
White Swan Uniforms
Tiffiny Uniforms
205 W. HOUSTON STR.
SHERMAN, TEXAS 75090
• SUITS
• SKIRTS
• SLACKS
• BLOUSES
r SHOES
PHONE:
214 - 892-3931
Philco Televisions
Speed Queen Washers & Dryers
Walt Muenzler Tire Co.
611 N. Travis
Sherman, Texas 75090.
Phone: 893-0108
Goodwater Exxon
Open Sunday
Come and Shop At
Books and Things
Used Books and Misc.
Buy, Sell, Trade
Corner of Stevens & Hwy. 5
Where Van Alstyne Meets
482-5279
Van Alstyne, Texas
GIFTS-FURNITURE-HEATERS
Carpet and All
Home Appliances
Terms if Needed
Peveto Furniture Co.
112-114 West Lamar St. -- 893-8047
Shermah, Texas
DWAIN’S
PAINT & BOOT SHOP
Mb. i
BODY & FENDER
REPAIRS
FREE ESTIMATES
All Work Guranteed
Phone 532 ■ 6121 H&we
Enterprise
Phone 532-6012
McClure
Furniture
Invites you to Shop and
Compare our Quality and
Prices of
Name Brand Furniture
McClure Furniture
482-0111
108 S. Main
Van Alstyne
Everett
Plumbing
Company
.Water Heaters
.Fixture Replacement
•Water-Gas- Sewer
Line Replaced
.Electric Sewer Ser.
.Trenching Service
Specializing In
Repair; & Remodeling
ON CALL
24 Hours a Day
7 Days a Week
ALL WORK DONE
BY MASTER PLUMBER
Free
Estimates
Phone:892-8646
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