The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1976 Page: 1 of 6
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The
Howe Enterprise
THURSDAY MARCH 18, 1976
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A TREE GROWS ntbers of Mrs. Earl King’s the left, Kathy Abernathy, Norman Mutchler, David
fourth grade class at Howe Middle School chipped in for Walsh, Valarie Everett and Coline Calfee. With them are
their class Bicentennial project and bought an ornamental Middle School Principal Donal Gilstrap and their teacher,
plum tree for Howe’s new Bicentennial Park. Represent- Mrs. King,
ing the class members in the planting ceremony are, from
Board to Get School
Addition at Bargain
The low bid on Howe’s pro-
posed high school additions
came in much lower than ex-
pected this week, and for
awhile it appeared there may
have been an error—but by
mid-veek it appeared that the
school system will get the new
additions at the stated figure.
N.R. Langford Construction
Co. of Howe submitted a low
bid some $20,000 under the
next lowest bid, then raised
the possibility that there may
have been a mistake which
would preclude the signing of
a contract.
But by Tuesday, Langford
told the Howe Enterprise that
he had rechecked his figures,
and although he had found
one fairly substantial error,
“I’m going to sign the con-
tract for the figure I gave and
build the buildings.”
Meanwhile the school board
had called a meeting with
Langford and the architect for
7 p.m. Thursday to try to
arrive at a solution to what
appeared to be a major prob-
lem. However, it now appears
that the meeting may merely
be he ;d to sign the contract.
L mgford, one of eight bid-
dtrs on the school project;
submitted a low bid of
$148,610.77 for a classroom
aodition to the high school, a
band hall to be added to the
cafetorium building and an
addition to the field house.
The other seven bids pn the
project ranged from a low of
$168,500 to a high of $221,995.
The total cost of the project
had been originally estimated
at $175,000.
After the bids were opened at
Monday’s special meeting of
the board, the board met
briefly in executive session to
study them, and came back to
report that it had voted to
accept Langford’s low bid.
The Langford bid would pro-
vide the additions to the high
school and the cafetorium for
$16.67 per square foot and the
field house addition at $10.30
per square foot.
After the board had an-
nounced its decision, however,
Langford told them that
“there evidently has been a
mistake.’'’ He ,asked for time
to restudy his figures, and if a
misvake was found, he said he
was prepared to forfeit his
bond if the board would not
allow an ajustment.
“I wanted to get low on this
project but not that low,” he
told the board. “There is too
much stretch between these
bids, and all of the bidders are
using pretty much the same
subcontractors. If feel like
there’s a mistake.”
The board took no action on
his request tor a delay or
adjustment, but noted that it
would be about four days be-
fore the contract could be
drawn up for Langford’s sig-
nature. “Until the time comes
that you don’t sign a contract
we don’t officially have a prob-
lem,” said one board member.
Langford said he could re-
check his figures in the mean-
time.
Tuesday, Langford told The
Enterprise that he had found
an error of about $7,000 in his
bid, but since that is about the
same amount as the bid bond
he would have to forfeit if he
did not go through with the
job, there would be no advan-
tage in not signing the con-
tract.
“I feel like the school ought
to get the benefit of it,” he
said.
Langford, who has done all of
the construction work on the
school complex in recent
years, said that in the past
when he has come in with bids
well below other contractors
he knew going in where his
big savings were. “J5ut this
time I didn’t,” he said.
Langford’s bid estimates con-
struction at about 180 days.
This means the buildings
probably will not be ready for
use when school opens in
August,-but they should be
ready sometime in October.
The classroom addition, to be
constructed at the west end of
the present high school build-
ing, will provide for four large
classrooms, a teacher’s work
area, nurse station, counseling
room and a student area.
The bids included tile floor
covering in the classroom ad-
dition but does not include
floor covering in the band hall.
Board members said after
accepting the Langford bid
that they felt there would be
enough money remaining for
furnishings, floor covering,
and other accessories, plus
sidewalks and drives.
Architect Bill Lightfoot told
the board that the eight con-
tractors who bid on the project
represented the largest num-
ber of bidders on any singe
project he had put up for bids
since the mid-1950s.
Lone Star to Accept
City’s Rate Offer —
But Not for Long
Lone Star Gas apparently will
accept Howe’s offer to grant
an 11 per cent increase in
rates, but the city can expect
shortly another/Kfequest for
“the balance” of the 37 per
cent increase the company re-
quested last month.
City Council is scheduled to
act Thursday night on a se-
cond reading of an ordinance
granting an 11 per cent in-
crease, thus making the in-
crease law. A spokesman for
Lone Star said this week that if
the 11 per cent ordinance
passes on second reading,
“the company will accept it
and start billing at the higher
rate. But we would have to
come back to city council to try
to recover the balance of the
increase we requested.”
The spokesman would rot
say how soon the new rate
request would be, but indi-
cated it probably would be
a very short time.
Lone Star made its first rate
request to city council last
August for an 11 per cent
increase. Council changed its
position several lmes, but
never approved it on a second
reading.
Then, last month, Lone Star
came back with a ruling from
the Railroad Commission that
it was due and 8 per cent
return, which, the company
claimed, amounted to a 37 per
cent increase for Howe.
Council offered the original
11.
Also at Thursday night’s
meeting a representative of
General Telephone Co. has
agreed to provide Council with
the information it has request-
ed regarding upgrading of
telephone service, included
telephone service, including
extended area dialing, one-
plus dialing, touchtone dialing
and other improvements.
Council, which finally agreed
to passing the company’s re-
quest for a 27 per cent rate
increase on first reading, stat-
ed that it would not approve a
second reading unless the
company furnished the infor-
mation on improvement of ser-
vice.
In another matter scheduled
to come before council tonight,
the group will consider a
requestion by Howe State
Bank to use a dead-end alley
in its expansion to the south of
the present building. No struc-
ture would be built on the
alley right-of-way.
Schools Go
Outside
For Coach
Howe school trustees have
announced that they will take
applications until April 15 for
the head coaching job at Howe
High School.
The post, which has been
occupied for the past 12 years
by Norman Dickey, will be
vacated by Dickey at the end
of this summer when Dickey
moves into a counseling job
with the Grayson County
school system.
Supt. Glen Mitchell said that
following the board’s decision
Monday night he sent out
applications to some six per-
sons who have called or writ-
ten to inquire about the job.
Meanwhile, Howe’s two as-
sistant coaches, Rick Clements
and Eddie Brister, said they
do not plan to seek the posi-
tion of head coach.
“Since neither man plans to
apply.” Mitchell said Tues-
day, “the board will go out
side the system to seek a new
head coach.”
In other action at its meeting
Monday, the board decided to
provide for students needing
special education facilities by
either providing the needed
services under a cooperative
program with 11 other schools
■ in the co-op apea, or else pay
the tuition of the students to a
special education program in
Sherman.
The change in board policy is
necessitated by the fact that
Sherman schools have indi-
cated that they plan to begin
charging tuition to resi-
dent students next year. The
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Tenna With Her Grand Champion—Fifi
What’s Fate of Fifi
After Final Trophy?
The Cecil Matthews family of
Howe may soon be in for a
problem.
What do you do with a 1400-
pound pet steer once it has
won all the trophies and rib-
bons around—and ,your
daughter says she doesn’t
want to sell it?
Somehow, as you talk to the
Matthews you get the feeling
that daughter, Tenna’s wishes
are going to prevail. She has
dubbed her Cbarbiais-cross
steer “Fifi” and keeps it in a
pen in the back yard. The
steer got out the other day and
visited the Baptist church. . .
and in Howe assigning a Bap-
tist to the sale lot might not
make good politics.
But for the time being Tenna
doesn't iyive to worry about
the steer' being put up for
sale—even though the likeli-
hood is that it would bring top
dollar.
Fifi was named grand champ-
ion steer of alKbreeds last
weekend at the annual North
Central Texas Fat Stock
Show in McKinney, and is
scheduled for the Lov Lake
Show in early April before any
decision has to be made on
Fifi’s fate.
At McKinney, Fifi was
chosen top steer from among
150 steers from eight counties.
^I^wa^Terma^s^^texgenenc^
at showing a steer irt a major
show.
Tenna is a sophomore at
Sherman High School and rep-
resented the Sherman Future
Farmers of America in the
show. The steer, which is
one-year and five months old,
weighed 1220 pounds for the
show.
Besides being picked as
grand champion of the show,
it also was picked as champion
of the heavyweight Charolais
class and Charolais breed
champion.
It was purchased from James
Clark of Caddo Mills, and
Tenna has been raising it
since September. _
Howe Youths Place at McKinney
but could go as high as $550
per year, Supt. Mitchell told
the Howe board members.
At present, three families in
the Howe district are sending
children with handicaps to
Sherman schools, because the
only available special educa-
tion facilities are located
there.
The board decided that its
first desire is to provide the
needed educational service
under a cooperative program.
Then, if it cannot be provided
in that manner, the tuition will
be paid to Sherman.
Russell Melton of Howe won
the breed champion award for
showing the top Hampshire in
the swine division, and Steve
Sasser won the reserve
champion award in the Suffolk
lamb class at the North Cen-
tral Texas Fat Stock Show in
McKinney Saturday.
Melton and Sasser’s entries
topped the awards won by
Flowe FFA members entered
in the show.
The McKinney show was the
first major event for the FFA
this year leading to the Loy
Lake Show next month.
Just prior to that, on April 3,
the local show will be held.
The full list of Howe’s entries
and their finishes last Satur-
day at McKinney:
LAMBS
Steve Sasser, reserve champ-
ion Suffolk, 4th place Dorsett;
Mike McPherson, 6th, Suffolk;
Johnny Jones, 2nd. Dorsett;
Phillip Schneider, 3rd, Hamp-
shire.
SWINE
Russell Melton, Hampshire
breed champion; 3rd, cross-
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PIT Mil E IN HOWE? No, it’s not a strip mine, but it is in Howe. The hole, about 15 feet
deep, is located at the site of the new well on Rt. 902 west of U.S. Hwy 75, and it is for a new
200,000- gt lion water storage tank in connection with the well project. Work orders were issued
this week 'or the well, the storage tank and the lines. The project, costing more than $300,000,
will be c 9F. ipleted and in ''-deration in about a year, officials estimate.
bred; Phillip Norris, 3rd, Dur-
oc; Bobby Boatman, did not
place, Hampshire.
STEERS ^
Robert-Saltzman, 5th here-
ford, 9th Angus cross; Peggy
Melton, 8th Angus; Ken Hel-
vey, 4th, Angus; Rickey Brin-
lee, 4th, Angus cross; Susie
King, 5th, Charolais & cross;
Joe Freeman, 10th Exotic-
cross; Mike Hall, 7th, Exotic- *
cross, 6th, Angus; Glen Culp,
2nd, Charolais & cross; Jill
Culp, 6th, Charolais & cross;
Randy Matthews, 3rd, Here-
ford. (Matthews was Howe
4-H entry but showed with
Howe FFA.)
Neighbors Plan
Opposition
To Apartments
A group of residents of the
Bean and Tutt street area of
Howe has asked for time on
Thursday night’s City Council
igenda to speak in opposition
to the latest apartment pro-
posal by Cadar Perkins.
Perkins, who presented a re-
vised plan at the last city
rouncil meeting in which he
proposed to construct five 8-
unit apartment buildings on a
four-acre plot east of the U.S.
, 75 access road, is scheduled to
appear before council also for
a decision on his plan.
Last month, councilmen ask-
ed for more time to study
Perkins’ plan.
The new proposal would
screen the apartment area
Tom the residential area to
the east, and there also would
be no direct access. The only
access to and from the apart-
ments would be via the U.S.
75 access road.
An earlier proposal by Per-
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