The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1993 Page: 1 of 12
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Lindale resident ends life
LINDALE SCHOOL
NOTES
The teachers of our school
are glad to donate their ser-
vices to the teaching of any
people in this vicinity who are
not able to read or write in
night school. If you know of
someone who should take ad-
vantage of this, please tell him
of it. Tuition absolutely free.
This offer is made in answer to
an appeal to teachers through-
out the entire state. A meet-
ingwas held last Tuesday night
to discuss this matter and go
into organization of the work.
MEET THE EAGLES ’ night at Lindale High School brought forth a huge
crowd greeted by cheerleaders, majorettes, and the LHS band. (See more
photos on Page 9.)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Lindale: The
City and Its History is a continuing
historicalfeature about Lindale and
the surrounding area. Thefallowing
information was taken from the
March 20, 1930 edition of The
Lindale News and Reporter. Area
citizens are welcome to contribute
to this public service by contacting
The Lindale Times office.
tax rate, to be set later this year,
would probably be the same as
last year's, or $1.33 per $100 valu-
ation.
The board waived vocational
certification requirements for
April Coker, teacher of the at-risk
program, and Donna Liebbe, a
new health care teacher.
They also waived the sched-
uled format of the September 27
staff development day. The pri-
mary and intermediate schools will
hold parent conferences that day,
and the high school and junior
high will have curriculum align-
ment.
Following their executive ses-
sion, the board hired half-day pre-
kindergarten teacher Donna
Norris, and Penni Jordan, a half-
day aide for the LHS computer
lab.
hike of five miles. Those who
have the greatest number of
points at the end of the school
term will be awarded letters.
The names of those who have
been going on these hikes are
as follows: Louise Mack, Berter
Morris, Joyce Wall, Rachel Hitt,
Daisy Howard, Dora Frances
Mallory, Juanita Penny, Mamie
Darden, Annie Fae Flewellen,
Bobbie Mallory, Imogene
Whisenhunt, Elisabeth Davis,
Agnes Sullivan, Jewel Harvey,
Bernice Caudle, Cleo Tucker,
Ruth Vickery, Estelle Ingram,
Era Mae Starnes, Sadie Byrne
Eagerton, Lois Brown, Myrle
Gimble, Lois Gimble, Miss Self
and Miss Sparkman. Helen
Odom accompanied them as a
guest on the last hike.
Alfred Tidwell, 71, of Lindale
died Friday, Aug. 20, at his resi-
dence on FM 16 after a self-in-
flicted gunshot wound to the head.
"We can not determine exactly
why he did it," Justice of the Peace
James Cowart of Precinct 5 said,
"but it is hard to determine what a
man may do when he is by him-
self."
Cowart said that Tidwell was
discovered at his residence ap-
CORRECTIONS FOR LAST
WEEK’S HONOR ROLL
Through a mistake of
some kind Marie Pierson was
left off the honor roll for the
sixth grade and Dorothy
Russell for the first grade.
We are sorry that we made
this mistake and are glad to
correct it.
proximately 10 a.m. Saturday and
that based on evidence the death
may have occured between 8 p.m.
and 10 p.m. on Friday.
"Friends said he seem to be in a
normal state," Cowart said. "It's
possible things may have just piled
up on him."
Cowart said that Tidwell, a past
employee of Hide-A-Way Lake
golf course, had been a widower
for about one and a half years.
CHAPEL EXERCISE
Chapel exercises were held
Monday morning. Mr. Jones
led two songs. He then com-
mented on the results of the
literary events of the Interscho-
lastic League which was held
last Friday night and Saturday.
He announced the following
winners:
Senior Girls Declamation—
Arline Crook, first place.
Praising his years of contribu-
tion to the Lindale Independent
School District, the LISD Board
of Trustees Monday night granted
a request from Hubert A. "Butch"
Almany to change his duties be-
cause of health reasons, accord-
ing to Superintendent George V.
Williford.
"I am grateful to the superin-
tendent, school board and my fel-
low band directors for their
understanding and help in making
this change," Almany said. "For
health reasons I had no choice but
to relinquish the marching and
other duties of the head director."
It kind of tugs at your heart
strings to give it up," Almany told
the Times. "This begins my 19th
year at Lindale and my 30th year
in the school business.
Almany also said, "We are very
fortunate to have a teacher and
director of Mr. Young's caliber to
take the high school head posi-
tion. I am looking forward to con-
tinuing to work with all of our
THE TIMES TURNS TWO! The staff of The Lindale Times is celebrating
its two-year-old birthday and is gearing up for its third year of operation.
Staff members are (L-R) Loren Blackburn, Anita Sheppard, Joanna
Tucker, Janna Casstevens, and Marsha Millikin.
Bands.
Young began his teaching ca-
reer in Lindale in 1977 after gradu-
ating from SFASU. He served as
junior high band director and jazz
band director at that time.
From 1978-1986 he served in
the Lufkin, Humble and Nacog-
doches school districts. He re-
turned to Lindale in 1986 as eighth
(See ALMANY.. .Page 9)
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
HIKING CLUB
The high school girls met
with Misses Sparkman and Self
about three weeks ago for the
purpose of organizing a hik-
ing club. Quite a few of the
high school girls became mem-
bers. The hikes are made
about once a week in the after-
noon after school hours. The
girls go out different direc-
tions from town each time.
Points are counted for hiking.
Five points are given for one
JAMES YOUNG
LHS Head Band Director
and earned numerous first place
honors at the Tyler Rose Festival,
Smokey Mountain Music Festi-
val, Dogwood Arts Festival,
SeaRamaFestival and AstroWorld
Festival. In addition his bands have
thrilled and entertained thousands
of fans as they played and per-
formed at LHS football games and
spring concerts.
Almany is a graduate of Na-
cogdoches High School and re-
ceived his bachelor's and master’s
degrees from Stephen F. Austin
State University. He was inducted
into the SFA Band Director Hall
of Fame in 1988 and received the
Distinguished Alumni Award
from SFA in 1990.
Earlier this year, Almany was
honored as the Outstanding Mu-
sic Alumnus by the department of
music at SFA. He has also been
named Teacher of the Year by
KTBB radio and the Trane com-
pany and received the Kinzie
Award of Excellence. In 1986, the
newly constructed band hall was
dedicated in his honor and named
the Hubert A. Almany Band Hall.
Almany has also served as the
president of the SFA Band Alumni
Association and the National As-
Senior Spelling—Era Mae
Starnes and Rachel Hitt, first
place.
Essay—Elizabeth Currie,
first place.
Extemporaneous Speak-
ing—Helen Rodgers*, sec-
ond place.
Mr. Armstrong made an
appeal to the pupils bothjun-
iors and seniors for the track
meet which is to be held two
weeks from now. Lindale
hopes to win all around class
B championship for the
country—an honor which
Bullard has held for several
years.
BY JANNA CASSTEVENS
School events in the Twenties
and Thirties were headline-grab-
bers, much as they are today.
Since many people were not
able to complete high school due
to the prevailing economic con-
ditions of the time, a high school
diploma was the equivalent then
of a bachelor’s degree from col-
lege today, and regarded as a
symbol of high social status.
The following selections are
examples of typical Depression
Era school news here in Lindale.
The grammatical, punctuational,
and spelling inconsistencies have
been left in to preserve the style
of the time period.
*Helen Rodgers Casstevens is the
grandmother of Janna Casstevens,
and sister of the late J.T. Rodgers of
Lindale. She is a retired special edu-
cation teacher for the Greenville In-
dependent School District, and still
resides in Greenville, Texas. She has
four children, seven grandchildren,
and one great-grandchild.
[I ^Resident
Lindale, TX 75771
HUBERT A. "BUTCH” ALMANY hands the head band director's
baton to Jim Young as Almany becomes Lindale's director of fine arts,
band students. I know that under
Mr. Young's leadership the
Lindale band will be even better."
"Mr. Almany has given more
than 100 percent of his talent and
efforts to this district and has made
the Lindale band program one of
the finest programs in the nation,"
Williford said.
The board recognized Almany's
contributions to the young people
Your Hometown News
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26,1993
Board says yes to
$20 million budget
BY ANITA SHEPPARD
Lindale board members ap-
proved the 1993-94 budget of
$20.6 million in a called public
hearing meeting at the Velma
Penny Intermediate Library Mon-
day, August 23.
With all members present, the
board unanimously approved the
budget which includes a teacher
and staff salary increase of 2.2%
above last year's budget ($7.9 mil-
lion in '92-93) to $8.1 proposed
for this year's budget.
The board's meeting had been
scheduled the same night as Meet
the Eagles at Lindale High School,
so the audience at the meeting just
included a few teachers and ad-
ministrators.
The board also accepted the
final budget amendments for the
1992-93 budget which included
$4,000 to help defray costs of
$8,000 for graphic calculators for
a mandated Algebra I test to be
given at the end of the year. $4,000
of the total will be provided from
technology money previously ap-
proved, and the district will seek
grants to meet the $8,000 bill for
the 150 special calculators.
Superintendent George
Williford told the board that the
Almany named fine arts director
Young heads up Lindale band
of Lindale and named him as Di-
rector of Fine Arts for the entire
LISD, Williford said.
In his new capacity, Almany
will continue to work with the
bands and coordinate the band,
choir, elementary music, art,
speech and drama programs in
grades K-12.
James Young was named as
head band director following the
board’s approval of Almany's re-
quest for reassignment.
"Seventeen years ago I came to
Lindale to begin my teaching ca-
reer and work with Mr. Butch
Almany, one of the most respected
people in the field of instrumental
music," Young said. "After mov-
ing to other positions, my wife,
Terry, and I returned to Lindale
with two goals; that of educating
our daughter Melanie and work-
ing again with my dear friend, Mr.
Almany."
"The Lindale band has a long
tradition of outstanding bands. I
am very excited and honored that
the Lindale ISD, administration
and Mr. Almany have expressed
confidence in my ability to live up sodation of Military Marching
to the tradition of excellence here
in Lindale," Young said.
Almany has been a band direc-
tor in Texas public schools for 29
years, 18 of them in the position of
head band director in Lindale.
While at Lindale, his bands earned
17 consecutive UIL Sweepstakes
Awards, received the Tom Haney
award for outstanding music from
the National Association of Mili-
tary Marching Bands (NAMMB)
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Sheppard, Anita. The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1993, newspaper, August 26, 1993; Lindale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1207654/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith County Historical Society.