The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1987 Page: 1 of 8
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Alto High School 1987
Homecoming
The Alto Herald
and The Wells News ’N Views
Vol. 92, No. 22
Thursday, October 8, 1987 8 Pages Alto, Texas ;
Alto to meet Lovelady
now is absolutely stop all the silly
mistakes. We're shoot in’ ourselves
in the foot. I can't explain why we re
making them, so many errors, no
one feels worse than the people tnat
make them, but feeling bad
doesn’t change the result. If we can
play with the Fairfield game effort,
we’ve got a good chance in District
The entire team effort was good,
but the improved punting of Weldon
Richards was outstanding Weldon's
turning into a weapon when we get
thesnaptnhim
The injury situation seems to be
coming around just as District play
Alto City Council
to meet Monday
The Alto City Council will meet for
its regular monthly session at 5:30
p.m., Monday, Oct. 12.
The meeting is open to the public
and the Council welcomes commen-
ts from concerned city residents
who are duly recognized, says the
mayor
starts. Kevin Pope returned Friday
and How ard Richards played the en-
tire game, Kyle Griffith was forced
to sit out last Friday with a problem
knee but hopefully will be ready by
Lovelady. No serious or lasting in-
juries came out of the Fairfield
game.
We re ready to get back to schools
our size for a while. Outside of
Lovelady s record, it's hard to tell
very much about them We’ve got
two films and a scouting report and
they've had a different QB arid dil
ferent offensive formation in each
film I know they’ve still got players
coming out in the fourth week of
school so they're kina of hard to
predict They’re like us in a way,
they 're ready to put the non-district
behind them. Right now, we re both
undefeated in District play
Game lime is 7:30 Friday in Alto.
The 7th. 8th and JY will do battle in
Lovelady with the 7th starting at 5
p.m , followed by the 8th at 6 p.m.
and the J V at 7:30p.m.
Let’s have a big crowd and a lot of
support for the Sting Friday and get
District off to a bang '
Workers prepare for Fair
THE ALTO MEAN STING MUSIC MACHINE performed “Friends” with soloist Nathan Bryan, center during
halftime activities Friday night. Band director, Jon Lawles, has brought out the military style for this year's
band, complete with flag corp. Teresa Bryan, standing on podium with back to camera, is the Music Machine’s
drum major. The band performed in front of five judges at Plano East Invitational Marching Contest. One
judged stated, “The Alto Band does a lot of things well! It's amazing the sound these 11* kids can put out! “
photo by Marcia Garza
By COACH JIM FITZHUGH
The Fairfield Eagles came to Alto
last Friday and walked off with a 36-
0 win. It was the second lopsided loss
in a rowr for the Sting On first glance
you could say, “Ho hum, another San
Augustine,” but to those who saw
both games the defenses were ob
vious.
Number one, Fairfield was a far
superior group to San Augustine. If
personnel was matched across the
11 different positions, San Augustine
probably wouldn’t have but 1 or 2
players who could play for Fairfield.
Number two, and most important,
the outgunned Yellowjackets who
played hard the entire game in the
face of tremendous odds. I think it
was pretty obvious to all concerned
Fairfield was a large talented,
tough team
I said last week we needed to
establish a level of effort that w ould
allow us to compete in and for
District. If we will play as haru the
rest of the year as we did Friday the
level was 0,K What we’ve got to do
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Volunteers are gearing up for the
eleventh annual Alto Country Fair
settobeginat 10a.in Friday,Oct. 16
and close at 5 pm. Sunday, Oct 18
According to Fair Committee
President Gene Crosby, volunteers
are needed for registering the
judged exhibits between 1 and 6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 15 in the Lions Club
Building.
Additional volunteer help is
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Alto Area
News Briefs
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Donations reported
During the period of Sept 21
through Oct. 1, the Alto Emergency
Ambulance received donations from
the following:
Fidelis S.S Class (Muitop Baptist
Church); Mr. and Mrs Kermit Sut
ton, Mr and Mrs T W. Kellum ; and
Mr and Mrs. H. A Marshall.
Membership stands at 303. Our
sincere, thanks to all who have given
for the worthy cause!
Mt. Zion homecoming slated
The annual Mt Zion homecoming
for church and cemetery will lie held
at 10a m.,Saturday, Oct. 10.
Bring a basket lunch and enjoy the
day with friends and neighbors
Benefit bake sale set
A bake sale is slated for 10:30 a. rn.,
Oct. 10 in front of Boyd's Pharmacy
in Alto.
The bake sale, which is sponsored
by Mary Ann Davis, is to help in
research for victims of Cystic
Fibrosis (C.F.) All proceeds will go
toC.F. Foundation.
Trailblazers to meet
The A Frank Smith United
Methodist Church's Trailblazers
will meet for fellowship at 9 am,
Thursday, Oct. 8
The program, which oegins at 11
a m., will be presented by Pat and
Tom Haddock of Rusk
"They are very active in the Rusk
civic theater,” says Mrs Madeline
Danheim Immediately following
the program, a covered dish lun-
cheon will beset veil
The public is invited to this
fellowship
needed during the fair to help
register the hundreds of visitors who
will be viewing the exhibits in the
Lions Club from 10 to 5 on Friday and
Saturday and from 1 to 5 on Sunday
Each year the City of Alto doubles its
population when more than 2,000
visitorsattend the fair
For the first time since the fair
originated, there will be a poster in
the Lions Club building showing
where the various Open Air Market
booths will he located. The booths
are set up along the downtown Alto
sidewalks and extend to Cooper
Street (across from the post office).
The space set aside for the vendors
who need electricity is near The Alto
Herald building (this is the only
place where electricity is
available).
In past years when there were
empty buildings in downtown Alto,
some vendors were able to use those
spaces However, as the town has
seen a fine upturn in the downtown
area those vacant buildings have
been made into viable businesses
One new area that will be used for
ten booth spaces for the first time is
the Dr. Hill building next to the
Country Kettle. This has been
bought by Toby Sartain, according
to the fair president, and he has
made it available for use during the
AltoCountry Fair.
Some of the Open Air Market
booths will feature such items as
quilts, dolls, ceramics, needlework,
fabric and lace collars, w'ooden toys,
oil paintings, clocks, and a
newcomer this year are the Alto Boy
Scouts. Their booths will consist of
baked goodies and they will also be
giving demonstrations of “what the
Boy Scouts do.” They will be located
near the Otasco building.
The final deadline for registering
for the booths or the judged exhibits
is Oct. 8 (today!). For information
please call Mrs. Crosby at < 409) 858-
3281
Addition for elementary
on WISD Board agenda H5I * •
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An addition to the Wells Elemen-
tary will he one topic of discussion
when the Wells ISI) meets in regular
session Oct. 15.
Dr Michael Moehler, superinten-
dent, said that the addition would
house a library and three
classrooms as well as an office com-
plex for the principal, school
secretary and health clinic. Two
small instructional areas and rest
room facilities also would be in-
cluded
Beginning in the fall of 1988, third
and fourth grades will come under
the state mandate to limit classes to
Wells school activities
include student paper
By DIANA SPEER
Wells Reporter
Congratulations to Amy Nixdorf
and her fine staff on the first issue of
the Huccnneer Schooner for this
school year.
The seven page p iper is available
free at several businesses in the
area. Look for the light yellow
publication when you are in town.
This issue’s lead story quotes
Superintendent Dr Michael
Moehler on enrollment figures
They have increased at the school
from 301 last May to 315 in Septem-
ber of 1987
Junior High cheerleaders were
named They are Tammy Hodges.
Patricia Hodges, Jennifer Chap
mon, Jana O'Quinn, Misti Birdweil,
Jill Grubbs, Mandy Glover,
Stephanie Mettlen, Shana Bailey
and Deanna ReNelleCarter.
Also named »re members of the
Junior High Basketball teams They
are Jennifer C’hapmon, Chrystal
22 students. Moehler said that was a
factor in going with an addition to
elementary rather than adding on
the junior high school.
“The board is aware that there are
construction needs at the high
school, but the primary need at this
time is on the elementary level,” he
said.
A special meeting to discuss the
elementary needs will be held on
Monday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m at the high
school. The regular meeting on Oct
15 will also begin at 7 p.m Thepublic
is invited to attend any or all
meetings of the Wells ISD board of
trustees.
Booker, Mandy Glover, Sonya
Thompson, Shenita McCalister,
Stacie Jackson, Stephanie Mettlen,
Jill Grubbs, Tommie Seymore,
Shana Bailey and Christina Jones.
Boys are jason Adams, Lawrence
Jones, Mickey Johnson, Greg
Williams, Anthony Cottrell, Heath
McCarty, Ca:,ey Moore, Tyrone
Davis, Jerry McKnight and Mike
Carver.
Included in the monthly
publication is a school calendar for
October and school lunch menus for
the month.
Classified ads are available for $3
per column inch
Editors are Mary Jackson and
Cynthia Thompson, senior high;
Sharon Brown, junior high, Ginger
Bailey, elementary school; Tamela
Calhoun, academics; Cynthia
Thompson, sports, Derek Seymore
and Stacy Rogers, organizations
and pnotograpners, ami Dinitr
Pierce, advertising
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not THE REFEREE!!! In the picture above the Alto Yelloja. k< t-
seem to be after the ref instead of the Fairfield Eagles l his
packed game ended in an uneven score 36-0. Fairfield. Coac >
zhugh said “If we play as hard against lovelady. u “rst (
game, as we did against Fairfield, there w ill be nostoppinu u*
photo by Marcia <•..
DO WE HAVE SPIRIT? YES! There I* no wav around It., with these six lovely l»di< s Irudii > t> ■
Y?!!s«Jacket Cheerleader* ire from left Deanna Dupllchaln Mllson Bavs DarvI llend< u ks An
I.Isa Keslnger andStephanle Lewis photo by Marcia Garin
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1987, newspaper, October 8, 1987; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1097917/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.