The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1988 Page: 3 of 8
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THURSDAY JANUARY 14, 1988—THEAI IOHfcRAl DOI Al IO, I HXAS—PAGF. I’HRH
Freedom theme for group’s party
The Super Seniors of Hilltop Bap-
llM Cliuicil liici jau. j in llic Cliapd
in the Gym for the first meeting of
the New Year of ’88 from 10 to 11 for
fellowship while drinking coffee and
hot punch. Upon entering the
beautifully decorated tables made
the people think of freedom.
The red streamers running
through the center of each of the five
long tables centered with the U.S.
Flags and multi-colored balloons
signified freedom. We Americans
are so bountifully blessed in so many
ways, but do we always appreciate
our Freedom and Thank our
Creator.
At each of the 65 place settings was
a slip of paper and a Hilltop Super
Senior pen-a New Year’s gift from
our leaders- Hubert and Virginia
Davis.
At 11, Bro. Bill Morgan led the
song, “We’re Having the Time of
Our Lives,” then everyone stood for
the song, “Deep and Wide” with all
hand gestures.
Hubert welcomed the visitors and
made comments upon Joe
Cruseturner's retirement. He com-
plimented the table decorations by
Babe Smith and Jessie Ash.
Gene Hayes gave a short talk upon
“Senior Citizens Doing Our Part” a
subject we all are interested in-he
stated "If anyone needed neipof any
kind to telephone him- and he would
provide that assistance.” He asked
woman’s name and a man's name be
u/riftpn In h*> “Valentine Sweethear-
ts” for the “Love Month” of
February. The names were collec-
ted and at the February meeting the
“Sweetheart " names will be given.
Then to the birthday Mother,
Elizabeth Milner, her daughters
Betty and Beverly Jo surprised her
with a large white “Happy Birthday
Mother” decorated cake with pink
rose buds centered with a live red
rose bud
Virginia recognized all January
birthday people asking them to
stand as the “Happy Birthday” song
was sung to them. The January
wedding couple Wells and Minnie
Wright were asked to stand as the
Wedding Anniversary song was
sung.
Virginia reminisced upon the
Houston trip to the Second Baptist
Church in December to see the
“Living Christmas Tree” with 350
people and the visit to the “Candy
Village’’ of Williamsburg She
stated that money had been given by
friends for Bro. Bill and Jo to go on
the Christian Cruise in May with 26
church members and friends.
Hubert read a humorous poem en-
titled: “The Proper Way to Pray.”
Bro. Bill expressed his heart-felt
gratitude for all the things-by all
people. He read a thought provoking
poem: “Just A Heartbeat from
Heaven.” He gave the prayer before
the covered dish dinner.
Polly Hayes, program chairper-
son, introduced the guest speaker,
Alto’s Mayor, It A Wallace He gave
that each Senior Citizen select a par-
tiici lu call at a certain selected time
each day and if the partner failed to
call the other person do the contac-
ting or go see the partner. In that
way no one will be in need of help
without receiving it. Two of the Sun-
day School Classes have been daily
contacting members for the past
year.
Virginia brought attention to the
piece of paper with the pen at each
place setting and asked that a
a skeletal outlining of things needed
In he done in f he city when he took of-
fice and of things done since he star
ted serving the people of Alto. His in
formative and enlightening talk was
thoroughly enjoyed by the group
Then he played the piano in his im
pressive and talented manner with
three “Ragtime” numbers which all
people enjoyed
Polly thanked our Mayor for the
informative talk and entertaining
piano numbers She announced that
there would be two fund raising
event for the Ambulance Fund First
there will be an Auction and if you
ha v e somethi ng to give please notify
her or a member of the Ambulance
Board. Then second there will be an
entertaining group from Bronson
Mo. to perform in the Alto School
Gym. There will be 500 tickets for
sale. The money will be donated to
the Ambulance Fund.
She asked for donations to the
Ambulance Fund from people who
have not made contributions. The
Ambulance belongs to the City of
Alto-not to the County--so it is the
responsibility of the people of Alto to
pay for it and Altonians have never
failed their “HomeTown.”
Bro Bill dismissed the group with
prayer.
The Super Seniors claim these out-
of town people as real members as
they have been with us numerous
times: Jack Kelly of Douglass, Fred
and Dorothy Frederickson of
Jacksonville; Ann Johnson and Jack
Hathaway and the gues speaker R A
Wallace.
Search
underway
for rural hero
JACKIE AND RITA HICKS ha ve placed a new sign showing the direc-
tion to their feed store this last week. The new Lone Star Feed and Fer-
tilizer sign with flicks Feed Mill at the top stands on the corner of llwv
21 and Front St. When the picture was taken, the sign was fringed with
lovely icicles as the temperatures dropped to below freezing.
-staff photo
The search is under way for the
rural hero for 1987, according to Ben
Bullard of Waco, president of the
Texas Farm and Ranch Safety
Council which presents the annual
rural heroism award.
The 1987 recipient will be announ-
ced Mai ch 7 at the 49th annual Texas
Southwestern Satety Conference
and Exposition to be held at the
Marriott Hotel in San Antonio.
Deadline for submitting 1987 entries
will be Feb. 15, 1988, Bullard said.
Send all nominations to Texas Farm
and Ranch Safety Council, Box 2689,
Artist visits students
gave him a thank-you and good-bye.
The class appreciated the visit from
Mr. Hendrick.
By K.C. CROSBY
A few weeks ago Mrs. Hendrick’s
language arts class read a story
about a girl who had an assignment
for her art class She didn't want to
bring it because she thought it was
ugly. She had to draw a picture of her
house
way to make the shadow. Last, he
shaded some sections in on the ap-
ple He shaded it first light and then
dark He showed us how to make lit-
tle strokes.
The class started to ask Mr Hen-
drick questions, like “What kind of
things do you draw'”’ “How do you
draw so good?” He gave the class
simple, understandable answers
He showed us some types of pencils
he draws with He show-ed us an
eraser that was like bubble gum, but
not sticky He gave someone the pic-
ture of the apple
When he started to leave, the class
tral Texas town. Mr. Burnim
received his award at Houston on
March 24, 1987 The 1985 and 1984
winners also received the
prestigious Carnegie Medal
Nominations should include a
written account of the incident and
the names, addresses and telephone
numbers of all persons involved.
Newspaper clippings and photos
should also accompany when
available, Bullard said Bullard is
associate director for safety and
health for the Texas Farm Bureau
Charles King, Ina Belle Felder,
Pearline Dunsmore. Mettie Findley,
Artie Cates, and Maudie Lindsey.
Several others participated at dif-
ferent times. Ir. our sports activity
we have among us two gentlemen,
George Wiggins and Charles King
who showed us some “fancy” shots
in basketball.
Music appreciation was shared
with several residents. Mayor R A
Wallace furnished our music to en-
joy for this activity. A few of our
ladies are busy as bees making an
afghan to t>e raffled off in thespring.
Mrs Niece Stewart and Margot
Clark for exercise Many residents
were concerned that the weather
condition would keep people in, but
everyone showed up Thanks for
your dedication.
Carriage Park has a new face,
Mrs Helen McQueen. Mrs.
McQueen moves here from San An-
tonio, Texas. She is the mother of Er-
nest McQueen of Alto. Welcome to
you, from all of us.
Time to close now I hope all of you
are well and keeping warm, through
our icy weather See you next week!
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AARP oilers brochure on tax relief
In the Deferral Program, eligible
homeowners receive a loan to pay
property taxes. The loan does not
have to be repaid until they die or
sell their homes.
“These programs can be of tre-
mendous benefit to older persons 1
hope that, as a result of AARP’s
educational efforts, many more
people will take advantage of them.
AARP wants to get this information
into the hands of those who will truly
benefit,” said Alice Korthauer of
Brenham, AARP's State Director
for Texas.
With more than 26 million mem-
bers, AARP is the nation’s largest
organization of Americans 50 and
older. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
organization which offers a wide
range of membership benefits,
legislative representation at the
federal and state levels, and
educational and community service
programs carried out through a
national network of volunteers and
local chapters. The association also
offers a variety of educational and
advocacy programs for older
workers, who make up one-fourth of
AARP’s membership.
For a free single copy of the
brochure, send a postcard to AARP
Fulfillment, D12737, 1909 K Street,
N.W., Washington, D C 20049.
The American Association of
Retired Persons AARP) is offering
older homeowners in Texas a free
brochure that explains state
programs designed to ease the bur-
den of the high cost of property
taxes.
In Texas, older homeowners can
get property tax relief through the
Homestead Exemptions and
Homestead Tax Deferral
Programs. Homestead Exemptions
exempt a portion of a home’s
assessed value from property tax
ation. Homeowners age 65 and over
can qualify for an exemption of at
least $15,000
Texas voter registration drive is begun
traditional voter registration groups
are next on the list “We re sending
our mailers to every employer we
can find. We also will reach groups
that have conducted voter
registration drives in the past-dike
the League of Women Voters, the
NAACP, labor unions and the major
political parties-to let them know
what we're doing and to enhance the
program.”
Voter '88 also will register Texans
at airports, hotels, bus stops,
restaurants, nursing homes and
schools
“Most students who are eligible to
votearenot registered,” Rains poin-
ted out. “I want the high school prin-
cipals and university presidents to
help us register eligible students
“When a graduating senior
receives his or her diploma, they
should also receive a voter
registration card Then when that
student decides where to live, they
turn in their card It’s a simple
process, but it takes cooperation and
support from the leaders in the ed
ucation community.”
Rains emphasized that Voter ’88 is
nonpartisan and is not designed to
help a specific candidate, party or
cause. “I'm not worrying about who
someone votes for, I just want to
make sure they vote,” Rains said.
“The stakes are too high in the 1988
elections Texans must get involved
so the candidates will respond
"Texas lags behind our sister
states like Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Louisiana in the percentage of
eligible voters who are registered.
Rains noted. “Texans are proud We
should show our pride by registering
tovoteand turning out at the poll
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Texas toast and creamy country gravy That's the one and only
Dairy Queen Country Basket So come on by for the Texas taste
that's just this side of heaven — now at a heavenly sale price1
Monday, January 18 thru
Sunday, January 31
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Rains said the support of the
business community is essential to
making Voter '88 work "The way to
register new voters is to catch them
at the workplace,” Rains said “Our
population is highly mobile. People
are constantly moving, and the
recent economic dislocations we've
seen have compounded the problem
It just makes sense to register
people where they spend the day- at
work
“We have commitments from
presidents and chief executive of-
ficers from the state's major em-
ployers,” the secretary said. “They
are on the program and are ready to
sign up a record number of new
voters ”
Rains said smaller businesses and
Secretary of State Jack Rains has
announced that his office has begun
an unprecedented voter registration
drive aimed at signing up one
million new Texans in 1988
“Leaders from the business
community are here today because
they believe as 1 do-it’s time to draw
the line," said Rains, the state s
chief elections officer
“With our new early primary
date-Super Tuesday -Texans have
a golden opportunity,” Rains said.
“We must force the presidential
candidates to make solid commit
ments on energy policy, distribution
of federal funds and other issues that
affect our economic climate and
quality of life
“Currently, Texas receives only
$1 for every $1 59 it sends to
Washington,” the secretary noted.
“That’s a bad deal and it must
changed. If we can get the attention of
the presidential candidates and for-
ce them to address this inequity, we
can reverse the trend and begin to
receive our fair share
Rains said the first wave of his
drive-dubbed Voter '88 is under
way The first wave emphasizes
registration in the workplace, and
the business leaders here in Austin
today along with countless others
across the state have pledged their
support for Voter '88
‘I've set out to register one
million new voters in 1988,” Rains
announced “If we are successful, it
will shatter all previous voter
registration records And I can
assure you it will get the attention of
th>* presidential candidates from
both parties "
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water It gets all of the moisture it
needs from desert roots and herbs
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Jack Frost, the imaginary sprite
who makes frost on trees and win
dows originated Norse mythology
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When she brought the picture to
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her art class that Saturday everyone
thought it was beautiful.
After the language arts class had
read the story, a few days later Mrs.
Hendrick had a surprise for us She
, had Mr. Ronnie Hendrick to visit us.
He showed us a few pictures he had
drawn with charcoal and pencil The
pictures were great. Later he
demonstrated a pencil drawing of an
Carria^
The first week of our new year was
exciting at Carriage Park Our new
activities brought many smiling
faces to the air. Attending exercise
the entire week was Mertie Brewer,
?e Park
The residents were proud to see
Bio Bill Morgan who brought chur-
ch services Wednesday, Mrs.
Thelma Shattuck for her stories, the
Volunteer Fire Department for
Bingo, the Jenny Harrison Circle for
To qualify for the honor, a can- \
didate must have performed a •
heroic act of human lifesaving
within Texas during 1987.
Preferably, it should be related to
farming and ranching, Bullard
noted.
The 1987 winner, Arzo Burnim,
junior high coach at Teague,
rescued Russell Keaton, 13, also of
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Second, he showed us how and which
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1988, newspaper, January 14, 1988; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1097990/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.