The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1988 Page: 1 of 8
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The Alto Herald
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Vol. 92, No. 37
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The Wells News TV Views
Site of Texas'
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Thursday, January 2 1, 1988
8 Pages
Auditions set Jan. 21
for ‘On Golden Pond'
The Cherokee Civic Theatre will
audition at 7 p m Thursday, Jan. 21
and at 10 a m. Saturday, Jan. 23 in
the hospitality room of the Husk
Federal Savings and Loan, 620 Nor
th Henderson, Husk, for its third
production of the current season
“On Golden Fond,’’ a contemporary
adult drama, directed by Moss
Hassell, has been selected
Six roles will be filled. They in-
clude Norman Thayer Jr., a retired
college professor in his late 60s or
early 70s; his wife, Ethyl, the same
age; their daughter Chelsa Thayer
Wayne, between 30and 40; Bill Hay,
a dentist about the same age; his
son, Billy Hay, 13 years old; and
Charley Morton, a postman in his
late 30s.
The play, which became a popular
movie starring the late Henry Fon-
da, Katherine Hepburn and Jane
Fonda, was first shown on Broad-
way in February of 1979 starring Ar-
thur Kantor and Greer Garson It
has become a well-loved classic on
the American theater scene
Marcelette Broussard, current
civic theater president, says that the
theater group welcomes anyone to
the auditions not only to try out for
speaking parts, but to participate in
scene construction, lighting, make
up and the many other activities that
are necessary to mount a stage
production She also says that
tickets will be $5 for the production
which will run from March 3 through
6 Slides will be available at James
Holcomb’s office just west of the
Cherokee Theatre in Husk
Register to win Contract renewed
Doug Bradford of Alto is heading a
group of concerned Alto citizens in
getting local people registered to
vote.
Volunteers will man a booth at
Pearman Motor Co. to offer ap
plication forms to obtain voter
registration cards.
This is a combined effort of Alto
people who are coming together to
see that everyone is eligible to vote
in the March 8 Super Tuesday
Primary elections. “We are dealing
with a particular party. Our concern
is that everyone has a voice in the
upcoming elections. The March 8
primary is a time when people will
make their party choices from the
lowest level office to the president of
the United States, ’ ’ Bradford says.
Application forms for voter
registration cards are available at
the booth The postage free cards can
be dropped in the mail by those
registering. Registration is free.
Upon receipt the lax office will mail
a certified registration card to the
voter.
Application must be postmarked
by Feb. 7 to allow participation in the
March 8 primaries
“We are concerned in getting
everyone involved in government.
We want all registered to vote and
we want everyone to vote in this and
every election. We live in a great
country and not every citizen of the
world has a right and privilege to
vote as we do here in the United
States,” Bradford said.
Contract for Alto ISD Superinten-
dent John Cook was renewed for one
year at the Thursday evening
meeting of the Alto school board.
Members of the board issued a
statement to the press that the vote
tor contract renewai was unanimous
and that the board is 100 percent
behind Cook in his endeavors to lead
the district.
In another personnel matter, the
board authorized Cook to continue
using personnel as needed in the
elementary office aide position.
The board will provide briefs from
meetings to be included in the school
paper
A change order to use epoxy paint
for enamel in renovation work at the
schools The capacity for a sewer lift
station was increased from 60
gallons per minute to 100 gallons per
minute to allow for expansion.
The district’s career ladder policy
was approved at the meeting One
new bus will be ordered and an old
bus will be sent to the Coffield Unit
near Palestine for complete
renovation.
Kenneth Lynn was employed as
district auditor for another year
A closet will be converted into
a restroom at the elementary school
to be used by school faculty
Order and notice ot election tor
May 7 were approved Mary Clem
Williams was appointed absentee
clerk and Mary Bice is election
judge.
A document for the school coun-
selor to follow as approved to help in
getting ready for an accreditation
visit.
THE ALTO DAIRY QUEEN is now under new management as Daniel Goodson takes over the managerial
position as of Jan. 1. The managers, assistants, and employees that will "treat you right" are, from left bark
row, Goodson; Brenda Reggie, Elsie Phillips, Mike Kirkpatrick and Kevin Fletcher. Front row, from left, are
Sha’ Goodson; Colleen Fitts, Stephanie Kirkpatrick, assistant manager; Pauline Curry, night manager; and
Pete Roberts, kneeling in front. The entire staff invites you to visit today. (see related story inside this issue).
staff photo
TSR announces 14th season
The calendar on the wall may
reflect that it is still wintertime in
East Texas, but it is just a "Hop,
BRIEFS
Quarterback ( lub to meet
The Alto Quarterback Club will
hold a special business meeting at 7
pm Thursday, Jan 21 in the South
western Electric building The
public is welcome toattend
Cubs slate litter pickup
The Cubs of Pack 10f> will meet at 9
a m , Sal Jan. 23 at the A Frank
Smith Methodist (,’hurch to clean Id
ter from llwy 21 east, weather per
mitting
Ambulance update
During the week ol Jan II and
Jan 15, Alio Emergency Ambulan
co received donations from Gean
Hager, Join and Gary Hagai and
Glenda Davis in memor y of I'eggye
Rice A donation was received from
Mrs f leoSmglelar y also
skip, and jump unlii spring, anu
preparations are underway to begin
taxing reservations for the 1388
season at the Texas State Railroad
Supt Curtis Pruett announced
today that reservations will be taken
lor the popular steam train rides,
beginning Monday, Feb 1 He said
reservation phones will be manned
from 8 a m lo5p m seven days per
week to handle reservations and to
provide information.
The actual runs will kick off on
Saturday, March 19, tying m with
Palestine’s 75th annual Dogwood
Festival
The ancient steamers will depart
from the TSHH’s depots near Rusk
and Palestine at ll a m Saturday
and Sundays and return at 3 p m
The four hour trip includes a one
hour layover for lunch, noted Pruett
Passengers may obtain sandwiches
and other food items from the con
cessionairc, or bring a picnic lunch,
headded.
The Palest'O'* festival and the
opening of the train season annually
coincides with the approximate
beginning of the blooming of the
dogwood trees and other spring
blooms However, Pruett commen-
ted that “Mother Nature" deter-
mines when the trees reach full
bloom
The steam powered trains ply the
25-mile length of track between the
two cities, following the steel bands
that originally were laid in 1896
Thus, the round trip is 50 miles long,
cutting through the piney woods of
East Texas A key |Himt is the 1,100-
foot bridge that spans the Neches
River
Because the trains are very
popular, Pruett recommends ad-
vance reservations “We certainly
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Alios Friendship Club circled
new officers in December Officers
for 198)1 are John Nicklr, president,
B on ii i e Nicklr,
serretary/freasiirer and Dixie
Do 1 e a 1 e i re poi lei /pi og i a in
chair man
The Club will meet a I G |> in Thill
sday, Jan 21 in the I,ion’s ( lub
Building Covered dish Mip|iei will
begin at 6 10 p in with a tniisii al
program billowing The ptogiam
will be presented l»v Ellon IVgurs
and Paul Miuggait Everyone is in
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vi" *f r r* f
Wells ISD Irustccs gave Superm
lerident Michael Moehler a Hirer
year contract at I line regular moil
Ihly boaid inert mg Iasi Thursday
night The ninlinn, which passed
unanimously, called for a $2,000 an
nual increase in salary Dr Mochlei
has been with the district for two
years and pieviously worked for Ii
ving ISI)
The board voted unanimously In
rehii e I he firm ol ( ala me,
Innebarger and Graham lo colled
deliii(|iienl taxes and also lo join an
asbestos abatement err op in ilea I mg
with any asbestos found in building
inalerials used previously at the
school
Gingei Bailey, representing the
1988 Wells Bile* alien yealbook,
ps e.jss.ed por ch.ol III III hv Ibe
board, and trustees voted lo lake a
one pagend
Trustees directed the supermini
dent lo inform Knowles Architects.
Tyler, that the high school construe
lion project is on hold uni11 Blither
not ice
The board will meet January III
foi a retreat IoCedar Springs where
Trustee Larry Bailey will host a
Board w orkshop on I ill lire direct ions
ol I he school
In iiilornialioii.il reports, Di
Moehler said the dales lor high
school graduation is Friday, May at
7 p m and eighth grade graduation
will be Monday. May JOal 6 .top in
The second senieslei attendance
period loi slate Binding purposes
will lie Felti ii.it v I > through Man Ii
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Wells council fills vacancy
Reba Vaughn was sworn in as a
member of the Wells City Council
Monday night. Mrs. Vaughn is the
sister-in-law of City Councilman E.L.
Vaughn She has resided in Wells for
2'y years and formerly lived in
California She fills the seat for-
merly held by Danny Colbert, who
resigned because his job now
prevents his serving on the council
Councilman Dwayne Bynum
discussed the use of purchase orders
on all items bought by the city. An
agreement was reached by council
members on the issuance of pur-
chase orders
One item not on the agenda was
passed by council members. They
voted to install a guard light at City
Hall Cost will be about $8 a month.
Cost of repairs to the front end of the
red city fire truck will be sought
In old business, Bill Morton made
a motion to hire one of the applicants
for the policeman's job The motion
died for lack of a second
Repairs to the water well are pen-
ding until information needed by
Griffith Associates is completed by
the city
Riley Sossman received
unanimous permission to have a
sewer line dug by the city at a cost of
$25 per hour.
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Wells ISD superintendent given
three-year contract renewal hy board
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In employee reports, City
Policeman Frank Thomason gave
the December report as follows: 36
calls, seven arrests, 28 tickets, four
warnings, 1,243 miles traveled. He
said that new tickets were being
printed for the department
Water Superintendent Tony
McKnight reported that the packing
at the bottom of the water tank is
leaking and he was instructed to
contact the firm that previously
repaired the tank He also reported
that there had been some problems
with the lift station
Following an executive session
council members voted to increase
the salary of Steve Wist 1 . $2 j ■ ■
hour. Voting against that motion
was Morton The city also agreed to
pay for schooling and expenses for
McKnight to get his “C cer-
tification
Court purchases battery
Cherokee County Commissioners
approved the expenditure Monday
morning of $745.34 lo purchase a
back-up battery for the county's
telephone system.
Phones in the county sheriff's
department and other county oil ices
were out during the ice storm that
plagued the county earlier this mon-
th.
The battery will be purchased
from Executone and will offer
emergency service for two to four
hours
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In another matter, Commissioner
Billy McCutcheon agreed to blade
dow n the grass along the shoulder of
Cherokee County Airport runw ay
Commissioners accepted a re-plat
of Lots 6 and 7, Block A in the Oak
Point Subdivision on Lake Jackson
ville. approved a pipeline crossing
in Precinct 4 for Pennzoil and ap-
proved the laying of underground
cables along county roads in Precin-
ct 3
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1988, newspaper, January 21, 1988; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1098629/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.