The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. [78], No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1976 Page: 1 of 8
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The City of Sanger will
receive its official Bicenten
nial flag and certificates
within the next two months.
Gene Brownrigg, execu-
tive director of the Ameri-
can Revolution Bicentennial
Commission of Texas, said
the flag would be presented
by the state organization
should the city desire such a
ceremony.
Brownrigg said the cere-
mony was optional with
cities this year since most
wanted to begin flying the
flag immediately.
Ralph Cole is chairman of
the Sanger Bicentennial
Committee, which has a
number of activities planned
for this year.
Electric System
pays Carr.
The inspection fee made
the Brazos bid about $2317
less than the bid received
from Gill.
WARM WEATHER, AN INVITING POOL
AND PRETTY GIRLS Above average
temperatures have tempted many people to
start their tan early. Holly and Colleen
Cries of “We wuz robbed”
could be heard in the City of
Gainesville this week after
the Texas Water Rights
Commission agreed last
Thursday to grant rights to
Aubrey Reservoir to Denton
and Dallas.
Gainesville City Attorney
Bill Harris said the commis-
sion “has sold itself out to
Dallas.”
In a hearing in Austin, the
Water Rights Commission
granted rights to the
proposed Aubrey Reservoir
to Denton provided the city
would agree to furnish
water to outside cities.
Dallas Attorney James
Wilson said the city (Dallas)
would have to charge an
adequate rate to cover the
costs of such service.
The City of Sanger and six
other small cities in Denton
and Collin Counties had
requested water rights to
the proposed reservoir,
which is slated to be
constructed between Sanger
and Pilot Point.
Sanger apparently will be
able to purchase water from
Dallas or Denton in the
future, but the price may be
prohibitive.
U. S. Rep. Ray Roberts
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for water rights apparently
will now have to negotiate
contracts with either Dallas
or Denton to purchase water
from the reservoir.
Sanger’s water wells are
expected to continue handl-
ing the population here until
the year 2000. The city’s
water comes from wells
drilled into the Trinity
Sands.
The Trinity has been
dropping on the average of
three feet per year but
dropped 10 feet last year
due to the drought condi-
tions in the area.
Dallas has filed for 74 per
cent of the water from
Aubrey while Denton asked
for 26 per cent. Denton
currently purchases some of
its water from Dallas.
purchases of land for land
sites of wells and stand
pipes, $6,622.66: Engineers
Allgeier, Martin & Associ-
ates of Dallas, $97,400.11.
Members of the Board of
Directors of Bolivar Water
Supply are Luginbyhl,
president; E.O. Jordan, vice-
president; Richard Muir,
secretary treasurer; 0. W.
Davis, Jr., Johnny Richard
son, W. W. Klein, A. A.
Millar, James Fortenberry,
Boyd Sons.
Brazos Electric Low Bidder
On New Distribution Line
Brazos Electric Power
Cooperative, Inc., of Waco
was low bidder this week on
construction of a new
distribution line in Sanger.
The new line will be con-
structed from a proposeo
substation west of Inter
state Hwy. 35 to near the
Sanger South Subdivision.
Lindon Carr, superinten
dent of Sanger Electric
System, said the line would
provide electrical service for
the new Sanger High School.
Cost of providing that
service was $10,315.
Total bid price submitted
by Brazos was $37,393, less
than $2 cheaper than a bid
presented by Gill Electric of
Henrietta. Gill’s bid was
$37,395.
The contract for construc-
tion was awarded during a
special meeting of the City
Council Monday morning.
Brazos
included a
inspection
project, but Carr said he
would inspect the construe
tion.
This
questions
members
plan.
Roberts is chairman of the
House Committee which
approves all water projects
in the nation.
Spring Has
Arrived
In Sanger
Spring officially started
this week and spring-like
weather has prevailed in the
area.
Sanger school students
have the week off from
studies for spring break and
many of them have taken
advantage of the soft, warm
air for fishing, hunting,
hiking, horseback riding or
just plain loafing around.
The light rain which fell
Wednesday put a damper on
many outside activities but
farmers were overjoyed to
see the moisture. Home
gardeners too, were happy
to see the wet stuff fall on
their carefully tended gar-
dens.
Many Sanger residents are
beautifying their yards
while taking advantage of
the warm shirt sleeve
weather and in spite of
mother’s warning “You can’t
go barefoot until May 1”,
many youngsters are pulling
off shoes and socks to wiggle
their toes in the warm dirt.
With spring in the air and
the students free from
school work, this has got to
be one of the best weeks of
the year.
Shelton, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gray
Shelton were perfectly willing to pose beside
the pool while sunbathing but declined the
offer of a dip in the pool.
Bolivar Water Supply to
Increase Service Here
Bolivar Water Supply will
increase its service capa-
bilities to 1,000 customers if
an additional $300,000 grant-
loan from FHA is approved.
The original loan-grant in
the amount of $1,910,000.00
was closed on Marcji 22. The
original plan calleoTdf‘ three
phases of work to be done on
the expansion of Bolivar
Water but due to inflation,
only two phases of the work
was completed.
The additional $300,000 will
enable the work to be
completed and more cus-
tomers can be served as
orignally planned.
Bolivar Water Supply
currently services 650 cus-
tomers and has over 200
miles of line. With the
completion of phase three,
the line could serve at least
1,000.
W. C. Luginbyhl, presi
dent, said there are 200
applications on file now for
water service and anyone
who is on the proposed
phase three line is urged to
get their application in
quickly as FHA has assured
officers of the board of
directors that the supple
mental loan will be pro
cessed soon.
Land owners who would
like to be included on the
final phase should contact
Bolivar Water manager
Cecil Snellgrove at the
Sanger office. The phone
number is 458 3931.
Luginbyhl said the original
loan-grant in the amount of
$1,910,000 took three years
to process and then a year
was needed to complete the
work after the loan was
passed.
Luginbyhl gave the follow-
ing breakdown of expen-
entered a $25,000 contract
with the University of
Texas at Arlington to take
traffic safety directly to the
people.
Sanger will be one of the
72 cities of 4,000 or less in
Denton, Cooke, Johnson and
Tarrant Counties that C. W.
(Andy) Anderson, research
associate in UTA’s Institute
of Urban Studies will visit.
Under this community
impact program, he will visit
with local leaders and ask
that a liasion person be
appointed. After the prob-
lems have been identified,
Anderson will make sugges-
tions and will develop a
comprehensive traffic plan
for each community.
These plans will be brought
together in a four-county
plan. “One community might
need something as simple as
a bicycle safety program, to
move a traffic light or put up
a stop sign. Another might
not have a strong enough
police force or might need
more training for its police
officers,
plained.
He received his
engineering degree
UTA, worked for more
two years as traffic safety
coordinator for Cleburne
and later in preliminary road
work design for the state
traffic department.
“The beauty of this plan,”
says Anderson, “is that we
solve problems identified at
the level where they’re
happening."
Larry Todd, education
officer with the Governor’s
Office of Traffic Safety, says
the governor is especially
enthusiastic about the Uni-
versity input. “We think we
have a winning combination
with the community and the
Univesity expertise."
Other area towns that
Anderson has either visited
or will work with in the
future are Lindsay, Pilot
Point, Aubrey and Krum.
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ditures of the original
grant loan of $1,910,000:
Interest to FHA, $68,956.60;
Area Inspector, $12,093.65;
Attorney Fees, $15,500.00;
C.L. Cannon Construction
Company, $750,829.91 for
completing section II, phase
1; Thompson Construction
Company, $451,562.29 for
completion of Section II,
Phase 2; Myres Drilling Co.,
$67,337.65; J Co Company,
$439,632.39 installing pump
stations and stand pipes;
Aubrey Reservoir Rights Go
To Denton and Dallas
The Texas Water Rights
Commission will file its
reports in Austin during a
meeting on April 22.
That’s when Gainesville
Mayor Glenn Loch said that
city would be present to
issue a statement on
proposed reservoir.
Aubrey Reservoir covers
parts of Denton and Cooke
Counties, but is located
mainly in Denton County.
Gainesville is seeking
7,000 acre feet of water in
the lake.
Congress has appropriat-
ed more than $2 million to
begin preliminary work on
the reservoir. Some core
sampling has been done in
the area which some day will
be the dam site.
Small cities which applied
Sanger To Be Part Of
UTA Study on Traffic Proble
Believing that “small town
traffic problems can’t be
solved in Washington or
Austin.” the Governor’s
Office of Traffic Safety has
Absentee
Voting Ends
apparently used his political Next Tuesday
Absentee voting in both
the eity and school elections
ends next Tuesday.
The elections are schedul-
ed for April 3. **
Six persons are seeking
three positions on the City
Council, while the same
number are looking for a
place on the School Board.
Two councilmen filed for
relection this year. They are
Jack Hall and Bill Enlow.
Others seeking the office of
councilman are ..Gerald
Jenkins, John W. Coker and
Bruce Anthony.
Ralph Cole is unopposed
in the mayor’s race although
a write in has been
mentioned.
Glenn C. Wilson is
unopposed in Place 1 on the
School Board.
Seeking the Place 2
position are Bruce Hirschi
and Eddie Romines.
Jesse Coffey is the only
incumbent in this year’s
School Board elections. He is
opposed in Place 3 by Carl
Sadau and Nelva Higgs.
Bobby Ready, who held
Place 2 on the board, and
Ralph Cole, in Place 1, did
not seek reelection.
The city election will be
held in the City Hall while
the School Board election
will be at the High School.
Absentee polls are at Joe
Ashcraft Garage for the
school and in the City Hall
for the city.
No one has voted absentee
in either the school or city
elections thus far. One mail
application has been receiv-
ed in both elections, officials
said.
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Cole, Ralph. The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. [78], No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1976, newspaper, March 25, 1976; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1281957/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sanger Public Library.