The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1978 Page: 1 of 10
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Y’all come!
Sincerely,
Emmett R. Baker,
Superintendent
looks of Sanger. The present
owners are not breaking any
ordinances by not tearing it
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Indians Open
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Needless to say this writer was a little “hacked off’ when all
three networks decided to carry Sunday’s coronation of Pope
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Sanger is getting two new industries—Applause Inc. will
probably soon open a new plant in town. If they can get
enough workers. See the ad in the classified section if you’re
interested.
Howard Ashcraft, a local citizen, will soon announce a new
plastic manufacturing firm in Sanger. The equipment is here
now and from what I hear, Howard is looking for a building
The burned out building
at the corner of 3rd and
Cherry Streets in Sanger
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Senator John Tower and Democrat Krueger continue to run
a spirited contest for that office. The latest polls show them
running neck and neck.
Krueger is of course charging that Tower is a "silent
senator”. I remember it was Tower who helped talk to death
the liberal attempt to repeal right to work laws and the Labor
Reform Act. Kru«ger voted for it in the Houee and was
strongly for it until it was violently opposed by Texas voters.
Krueger is sort of silent himself; he shows only a 38 percent
attendance record in House sessions. He’s evidently been out
campaigning for Towers job instead of taking care of the job
he’s got.
I wish I had a dime for every press release this paper has
received from Krueger. If I did, I would be a rich man.
Krueger’s office turns out tons and tons of “garbage" that no
one ever uses.
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As a direct result of
injrviews several months
ago sponsored by the Sanger
Chamber of Commerce
through a Labor Survey,
Sanger has been chosen as
the site of a new industry.
Applause Incorporated.
Applause, Inc., manufac
turies better ladies dresses,
and tecently was the
recipient of the Coveted
Bambi Award for excellence.
At the present. Applause,
Inc. is negotiating with a
Sanger property owner for a
plant. They are already
ordering equipment to begin
starting up the plant.
The industry will initially
employ 75 people and hope
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A lot of folks think that the post office unions should go
ahead and go on strike and let someone else do tb»*ir job. I for
one don’t feel that way since a postal strike for three days or
more would cripple this country.
If they let the National Guard deliver the mail then I doubt
if the regular post office could recover in two or three years if
ever. I don’t love the post office, but I don’t see any better
alternative right now.
Speaking of post offices—I don’t know the Krum
postmaster but I was amazed when I sent a letter to the Clay
Pot Eatery in Krum without an address and it came hack
“address unknown”. Krum is growing but I can’t believe that
it’s getting so big that their post office couldn’t figure that one
out.
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seventeen years or older or
those out of school for one
year may attend classes.
For information, call
Greta Miller at 458 7476 or
726 3627.
The Sanger Indians open
the 1978 football season with
a Friday night encounter
against a strong Southlake
Carroll team.
Carroll is expected to be
one of Sanger’s most
formidable foes for the
season. Carroll is led by
All State candidate, Brian
Smith. Smith ran for over
1,200 yards last year from
his tailback slot.
There will be an organiza
tional meeting of all those
interested in the GED
(General Equivalency Di-
ploma) and ABE (Adult
Basic Education) programs.
The meeting will be held
on Monday, September 18,
at 7 p.m. in the Sanger High
School Library.
Any persons
Belated happy birthday on the 1st to Eric Johnson, Chad
)iepenhorst and Clifton Hardaway on the 2nd, Kim Klein on
he 3rd. Happy birthday on the 4th to Jesse Boyd and Mrs.
tay Herd and Randy Kesseler on the 7th. Kendra Pirkle
ibserves a birthday on the 8th, Eliott Eggert, Darlene Cole
ind Jimmy Forrest on the 9th, and Mrs. Jessie Boyd on the
Oth. Terry Lee Forrest has a birthday on the 12th.
A lot of folks have anniversaries, or I should say had them:
dr. and Mrs. Clyde Romines on the 1st, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
dorgan on the 3rd, the Gene Hughes on the 4th, the Bill
Switzers and the Jerry Ashcrafts on the 5th, and the Vern
{ammetts on the 7th.
I forgot to mention a program you should not miss. Channel
13 will show a repeat of "Harry Truman Plainspeaking”
Thursday night, September 7th at 10 p.m. It is an
outstanding program.
In this program an actor who looks amazingly like Harry
Truman speaks of General McArthur and Dwight Eisenhower
in tones that I have never heard. (
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THE LABOR DAY JERRY LEWIS TELETHON GOT A BOOST from some interprizing
young citizens of Sanger. The above group collected $225 going door to door in Sanger.
Pictured left to right, front row are: Bo Cooper, Jeff Edgar and Aubrea Anderson. Back row:
Cary Cooper, Helen Anderson, Ginny Cooper, and Stacy Edgar.
Speaking of tv, Channel 8 started a great new program this
week entitled “PM Magazine” at 6:30 p.m. each night. Hats off
to Channel 8 for bringing us a little more than the stupid game
shows that usually hit the air at 6:30 each night.
“PM Magazine” is a very expensive show with some 14 full
time staffers working only on that show. I would imagine their
budget for such a show could hit $100,000 a month. Don’t feel
sorry for Channel 8 because they have to spend all that
money. The tv stations in Dallas are making unbelievable
profits. Stations have to report their earnings to the FCC and
1977 profit results just released, show some astronomical
figures for the Dallas Fort Worth market.
The four VHF stations, 4-5-8 and 11 showed 1977 sales of
$67 million dollars and a profit of $36,253,000 before taxes. Of
the four stations Channel 8 is the runaway leader in ratings
and revenue. I would estimate Channel 8’s revenue to be
about $22 million, Channel 4 $17 million and Channel 5 $16
million with Channel 11 getting the remaining $12 million.
Channel 8 is the only home owned station, having been
purchased in 1950 by the Belo Corporation, (they own the
Dallas Morning News) for $400,000
Channel 5 is owned by the Lin Corporation, a major radio
and tv group that spends very few bucks into local
programming. Channel 4 is owned by the Los Angeles Times
and they have really slipped since being bought out by that
group.
I think tv is here to stay, especially when advertisers pay
up to $1,500 for a thirty second spot on the nightly 10 PM
news on Channel 8.
Congratulations to Channel 8 for spending some of that
money—let’s hope that Channel 4 and 5 decide to do
something imaginative.
Why do the networks do it? Well the answer is they are
scared of criticism from the Catholic television audience,
especially in such big cities as New York and Baltimore. 1
doubt if any Catholics would protest, but television stations
are supposed to be “in the public interest” and they sure don’t
want such a group to raise heck the next time the stations
come up for renewal of their license.
Television stations as well as radio stations must obtain a
new license every three years from the F.C.C., which is the
government "watchdog” agency for communications. One
protest can tie up a license renewal for months and often has
resulted in the station losing their license which means
without a license they cannot operate.
Sunday’s telecasts of the ceremony should have been only
on ABC since they don’t have football and would have nothing
to cancel. Of course, the other two nets probably thought they
would lose some ratings if only ABC carried the coronation. So
we wound up with the same program on all three nets.
Lions Club President Glen
Wilson has announced that
the next meeting of the
Sanger civic club will be
Tuesday September 12th at
6.30 PM at the High School
cafeteria
Sanger school teachers
will turn cooks Saturday as
the school district sponsors
its annual community pan
cake breakfast.
Supt. Emmett Baker said
all residents of the district
are invited to attend the free
breakfast, which will be held
from 7 AM until 10:30 AM at
the Elementary School
cafeteria.
The annual community
breakfast has become one of
the most successful of all
projects in the area.
Baker said the menu
would consist of pancakes,
sausage, milk, orange juice
and coffee and those
attending may eat all they
want.
The meal is free to the
public and Baker urges all
residents of the district to
attend. Almost 800 attended
the event last year.
Lions Club
Dear Parents, Students
and Friends of the Sanger
ScHbol District: The School
(Board, Administrators, and
Faculty join me in inviting
you, your children, your
guests, and your friends to
■attend our Annual Commun
ity Breakfast to be held
Saturday, September 9, in
rthe Elementary School
‘cafeteria. We will beirin
serving at 7:00 A.M. and will
serve until 10:30 A.M. Our
.menu will consist of
pancakes, sausage, milk,
orange juice, and coffee and
we invite you to eat all you
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I sure wish another Harry Truman would come on the
scene. This country needs someone in Washington who speaks
the truth. The sayings on the show are Truman’s exact words
and I remember the occasion well when he spoke of
campaigning from the back of the Truman train when he ran
for re election. As a youngster I remember seeing Truman
when he stopped in Gainesville on his way to Oklahoma and
then to Independence, Missouri to wind up his campaign
Truman said that his campaign was out of money when his
train reached Oklahoma but he somehow scraped up enough
money to proceed on to Missouri. Truman would not take
large campaign contributions. Fm sure that either candidate
for governor of Texas in the upcoming election will spend
more money than Turman did when he ran for President.
site.
I look for Sanger to gain 5 7 new manufacturing plants in
the next two years. Industry is coming to Sanger—a lot of
folks are moving to Sanger also since school enrollment is
really up. What we need is more retail stores in town to keep
- *■; local dollars home.
The Sanger Sports Ass-
ociation meeting will be held
at 7:30 PM.
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showing our appreciation to
you for what you have done
and what we know you will
continue to do to make this
school one we can all be
proud of.
Please allow us the
privilege of serving you and
yours breakfast. Where else,
but here in Sanger, can you
get a sumptuous breakfast
like this one without having
to pay for it.
Join the crowd on
Saturday, September 9th to
be a part of the fun that will
be enjoyed by all
attend.
Lemon
By Roy Lemons Publisher
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This breakfast is jointly
sponsored by the Board of
Trustees of the Sanger
Independent School District,
its administrators, and
faculty . as a means of
The Indians are coming off
tremendous scrimmage
win against 2A Frisco last
Friday night.
The Indians scored four
times in the scrimmage and
did not permit Frisco to
cross the Indian goal line. It
was Sanger’s best showing
of the year.
It was a rainy night in
Frisco but Joey Higgs
passed to Jim Bob Ready for
one touchdown and Benny
Chambers for another TD.
Benny Chambers scored
two other touchdowns to
lead the Indian attact.
It was a sweet win for
Sanger since Frisco was
coached by former Sanger
great Larry Tidwell
Sanger head coach Wayne
Taylor stated "that the
Indians showed tremendous
improvement and hustle and
showed tremendous desire."
THE 1978 CHEROKEE CHARMERS are twenty-two strong this year as they are preparing
for the upcoming football season. First row (1 to r) are Co-Captain, Sharon Spindle; Captain,
Kamey Ledbetter; and Lieutenant, Marla Tidwell. Second row: Keri Ridout, Tonya Norman,
Julie Miller, Janet Bridges, Mary Huston, and Mary Ann Escobedo. Third row: Tana Watts,
Carrie Mask, DeAnn Graham, Jennifer Webb, Zina Ashby, and Tona Waide. Fourth row:
Cary Cooper, Janie Ledbetter, Kelly Davidson, Sponsor, Pam Day, Carolyn Coffey, Tonya
Forsythe, and Rene Fangman.
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COURIER
79TH YEAR - NUMBER 47 SEPTEMBER 7, 1978 ______Serving KRUM and SANGER_________________TEN PAGES IN ONE SECTION
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. emjplayeys, ADPlaU9e< oper
ates three direct production
facilities currently in the
Northeast Texas area.
Richard Marcus is Presi-
dent of the firm and will be
in Sanger this week to
discuss future plans along
with other top members of
the company.
All persons who inter-
viewed previously are here-
by notified that now is the
time to come in for actual job
interviews. For those who
have not already filled in an
application, one is provided
in this week’s paper. Fill it in
and take it with you for the
job interview.
plus theres always the
possibility that a kid could
be trapped under the loose
rafters. How about
Sanger ISD
Accepts
Applications
Supt. Emmett Baker of
Sanger has announced that
they are accepting applicat
ions for custodians, teachers
aides and maintenance
employees under a state
financed program of the
Migrant Affairs office.
The positions are avail-
able to any one in the Sanger
area who qualifies under the
poverty income guidelines
as defined by the state office
of Migrant Affairs.,
To qualify a person must
have spent at least 25 days
out of the last 52 weeks in
farm related work. A head of
a family unit of six persons
For example, a head of a
household supporting a
family of six may qualify if
they made less than $8,240
last year if they were a
nonfarm family. A farm
family with a household of 6
persons may qualify if they
made less than $6,990.
Anyone interested in the
position should contact Supt.
Emmett Baker._______■
Indian defense.
Game time is 8 PM AT
Baker Field.
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