The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. [78], No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1976 Page: 1 of 8
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1976
NUMBER 18
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Sewer Bonds
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oral signed easments for the
new sewer line and hopes to
have all of the necessary
documents prior to the Feb.
24 hearing of the Water
Quality Board.
The city has no funds for
easements and is asking
property owners involved to
donate the easement to the
city.
Sanger Independent Sch-
ool District has agreed to
give the city $20,000 toward
cost of the project.
Engineers estimate
NAMED TO NORTH TEXAS HONOR
BAND Seven members of the Sanger High
School Band were named to the North Texas
Honor Band with two others chosen as
alternates during competition last Saturday.
Pictured are front row, I. to r. D’Lene Kerby,
13th clarinet; Carol Parsons, 11th clarinet;
CL’NY
Polly Madden, 5th French horn; Sheryl
Anthony, 6th clarinet; Missy Cole, 6th
French horn. Back row, Tod Harris, 4th tuba;
Troyce Wilson, 2nd. alternate trumpet;
Lanny Hendricks, 1st. alternate trombone;
Lee Hardy, 5th clarinet.
VFW Makes
Donations
Sanger Veteran’s of For-
eign Wars Post 10375 has
made several donations in
recent weeks.
The local post made
monetary donations to the
Sanger Fire Department
and the Girl Scouts and
donated an American flag to
the Elementary School.
Post commander is Jimmy
Kirby.
Jan. Building
Permits Total
$649,500
The City of Sanger has
issued only two building
permits this month, but they
almost total the amount
issued last year for a record
amount.
The two permits issued in
January total $6'49,500,
compared with $1.1 million
during the entire year last
year.
City officials said one of
the permits was for
construction of a new high
school while the other was
for a new home.
The permit for the high
school was for $625,000,
while the house totaled
$24,500.
Forty eight new homes
were constructed in Sanger
last year at a cost of $1.06
million.
Sanger Students Named To
North Texas Honor Band
Nine members of the
Sanger High School band
were named to the North
Texas Honor Band in
competition held last Sat-
urday in Pilot Point.
Sanger band director Pat
Crawford said he was proud
of the fact that Sanger
placed that many in the
honor band as there were
over 300 participants in the
contest.
Students tried out for the
band using material that had
been given them previously.
Next Saturday, members
of the North Texas Honor
Band will go to North Texas
State University in Denton
for an all day clinic and then
Saturday night will present
a concert for the public.
The concert will be held in
the NTSU Music Building on
Avenue C and will begin at 7
p.m.
Sanger students named to
the honor band are Lee
Hardy, 5th clarinet; Sheryl
Anthony, 6th clarinet; Carol
Parsons, 11th clarinet;
D’Lene Kerby, 13th clarinet;
Polly Madden, 5th French
horn; Missy Cole, 6th
French horn; Tod Harris,
4th tuba; Lanny Hendricks,
1st. alternate trombone;
Troyce Wilson, 2nd. alter
nate trumpet.
$1 Million for
Aubrey Lake
President Ford has in-,
eluded $1 million in his pro-
posed 1976 budget for the
Aubrey Lake Reservoir
project.
U. S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen
praised the President’s
action this week and said he
would work to insure that
Congress appropriates the
amount of money needed to
meet the area’s needs.
Aubrey Reservoir will be
located on the Elm Fork of
the Trinity River between
Sanger and Aubrey. The
multi purpose project is
aimed at providing flood
control, water supply, water
quality control, recreation,
fish and wildlife for the area.
“Water supply is this
North Texas area’s most
pressing need,” Bentsen
said, “and its water supply
planning for the future is
based on completion of the
Aubrey Reservoir project
by 1980.”
The Texas Water Rights
Commission has yet to
determine who will get the
water from the 55,000 acre
reservoir, which will cover
School Board
Structural Changes
The School Board made
several structural changes
in the new Sanger High
School building during a
special meeting here Mon
day night.
The board agreed to put a
wood flooring in the gym
nasium instead of the syn-
thetic surface as had been
proposed by the architect.
Additional cost for the wood
flooring is $2,084.
The board also changed
inside walls from four inch
block to six inch block at a
cost of $2,000. A tile con
tractor said the six inch
Mock would provide a much
stronger wall.
The board turned down
clocks in each classroom,
four additional basketball
goals for the gymnasium,
appliances for the home
making room and carpeting
in classrooms.
Bids will be taken on new
cafeteria tables for the high
school, middle school and
elementary school. Superin
tendent Emmett Baker said
the tables would cost about
$12,000.
Baker said the tables
would fold up and could be
rolled from the lunch room
area so it could be used as a
play area in inclement wea-
ther.
In final action, the board
approved a contract with
architect Gerald Stone for
the design of four additional
classrooms at the elemen-
tary school and for a new
administration building.
The administration build
ing will include space for a
board meeting room as well
as space for Plan A
personnel.
The board also opened
bids on new kitchen
equipment. Awarding of a
contract was delayed until
the architect could review
the bids to assure they met
specifications.
Lions Club
To Disban
In Sanger
Sanger Lions Club mem-
bers have decided to disban
and organize a new service
club to be known as Sanger
Service Club.
An organizational meeting
of the group will be held at 7
p.m. Feb. 9 in the City
Council chambers.
John Cundiff, spokesman
lor the group, said anyone
interested in becoming a
member is invited to attend.
Cu nd iff said the Lions
Club took money from
Sanger while the new club
will use its funds strictly in
the Sanger area.
portions of Denton
Cooke Counties.
The commission spent five
days last week hearing
testimony from Denton,
Dallas and other area cities,
including Sanger, over
rights to the water.
Denton and Dallas are co-
sponsors of the reservoir.
The City of Dallas threw a
new wrinkle into the project
by telling the commission
that only 21.9 million gallas
per day could be pumped
from the reservoir because
Dallas had rights to all other
water in the river.
It had been estimated
prior to the hearing that 78.1
million gallons per day could
be used from the reservoir.
Dallas was granted water
rights on Elm Fork in 1914.
The waters of Aubrey
Reservoir will be within four
miles of the Sanger City
limits. Farm Road 455
between Sanger and Pilot
Point will be re-routed,
probably down r Willow
Street and across
proposed dam, which
southwest of Aubrey.
Of City
The Texas Water Devel-
opment Board last Tuesday
gave its stamp of approval to
purchase of $165,000 worth
of Sanger revenue bonds.
The bond money, which
will carry an interest rate of
5.5 per cent, will be used to
construct a wrap around
sewer line from the site of
the new high school to
existing sewer facilities near
First Baptist Church.
City Secretary Ed Moore
said final approval of the
purchase must come from
the state Water Quality
Control Board, which will
meet on Feb. 24.
City Council ordered en-
gineers to commence sur-
veying the proposed line,
which will run west of Inter
state Hwy. 35 to a point near
Clear Creek. The line is
expected to open a large
area of land west of the
highway for potential de-
velopment.
Moore* has received sev-
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City Election
Set For
April 3
Sanger voters will elect
two members of the City
Council and a mayor in
balloting set for April 3.
City Secretary Ed Moore
said this week that the
election would be held in the
City Hall. Polls will be open
from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. with
Aaron Yeatts serving as
election judge.
Jack Hall and Bill Enlow
are the two councilmen
whose terms expire, along
with Mayor Ken Cornell.
None has stated whether he
will seek re-election.
Deadline for filing for a
position on the ballot is
March 3.
Absentee ballots may be
requested by mail beginning
Feb. 3 and persons desiring
to vote absentee in person
may do so at the City Hall
beginning on March 15.
Absentee voting ends
March 30 and all absentee
ballots returned by mail
must be received by April 1.
Moore said the city would
provide 12 partitions for the
election to allow voters to
cast their ballots in private
booths. In addition, the
election judge’s area will be
screened from the voting
area.
Persons desiring to seek
election to one of the city
offices must be a U. S.
citizen, at least 18 years of
age by April 4, have resided
in Texas 12 months and 6
months in the city. The
candidates for mayor must
have resided in the city for
at least 12 months.
Applications for candi-
dates are available at the
City Hall.
total project
$194,000.
Financial Advisor Dan
Almon had suggested the
city sell its bonds to the
state due to the low interest
rate. He said bonds on the*
open market would sell
about two per cent higher —
around 7.5 per cent.
Money received from the
state will not be a grant. It
must be repaid from
revenue generated by the
city sewer system.
Bonds for the
were voted during
election held in 1973.
Moore said the city hopes
to have the* line completed
by the opening of school this
fall.
John Cundiff, vice presi-
dent of the First National
Bank, was elected president
of the Sanger Chamber of
Commerce during a lunch-
eon meeting here Monday.
Other officers named for
the new year are Ed Moore,
vice president; Sue Cook,
secretary; and Wynema
Schertz, treasurer.
The new officers will
assume their duties follow
ing the annual banquet,
which is set for Feb. 7 in the
Sanger High School auditor-
ium.
Humorist Don Newbury
will be principal speaker for
the banquet, which begins at
7:30 p.m.
Tickets for the annual
banquet went on sale here
last week. They are $5 each
and may be purchased from
any chamber director, the
First National Bank or at the
Sanger Courier.
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Cole, Ralph. The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. [78], No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1976, newspaper, January 29, 1976; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1282267/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sanger Public Library.