The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1979 Page: 1 of 12
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; sound” of Sanger’s three schools.
A Mr. Baker also reported that funds were limited for the
refurbishing of the Middle and Elementary schools so several
s members of the PT A graciously donated their time to repaint
the Middle School.
Painting work began Tuesday afternoon by a group headed
by local painter Billy Bounds.
‘ Lloyd Webb Named Pres"”
of Sports Asso.
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Groundbreaking May 30
iel, Mrs. Robby J. Lawson,
Mrs. Norman Cook. Mrs.
Paxton Gray. Mrs. M.D.
Knight, Mrs. Edwin Horst,
Mrs. John Nicholson, and
Mrs. H.D. Cooper.
All Sanger citizens are
urged to attend this affair
and show their appreciation
and support to the ladies of
the Wednesday Study Club
for their efforts in making
this worthy project possible.
Mark your calendar to be
at the city park May 30, 1979
at 3:00 p.m.
■ Bobbye Robison
* President
r Under threatening skies, over 85 concerned Sanger area
parents turned out Monday night for a meeting of the newly
formed Sanger PT A.
Mrs. Bobbye Robison was elected as President of the
organization, narrowly defeating Ann Kyle. Arietta Anthony
was named Vice President, Mary Forrest was elected
Secretary and Laurie Graham was elected Treasurer.
The group heard a report from Middle School Principal
Eddie Williams that most of the leaks had been repaired in the
„ A auditorium and Supt. Emmett Baker reported that the
building constructed in 1917 was the most “structurally
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Dear Editor:
Last week two articles
appeared in the Courier
commenting on the accom
plishments of the speech and
drama students at a recent
tournament in Richardson.
One small fact was inadver
tently omitted from each
article which adds consider
able value to the third place
in sweepstakes won by he
Sanger students.
Of the 16 schools entered
in the tournament, all hut
War Memorial
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Ground breaking cere
monies for the war memorial
are to be held in the city
park Wednesday, May 30,
1979, at 3:00 p.m. Mayor
Ralph Cole will be master of
ceremonies for this occasion
assisted by Glenna Krueger,
president of the chamber of
commerce.
The following members of
the Wednesday Study Club,
sponsor of the monument
project, will participate in
the ceremonies: Mrs. Donn
Nesbitt, Mrs. T.W. McDan
PTA. She was not elected President Monday night but she
will always have the satisfaction of almost single handedly
starting the Sanger PTA in 1979. She may have ruffled a few
feathers in doing it. but she believes in what she’s doing and
come hell or high water (we’ve had a lot of that, too) she was
determined to get it started.
There needs to be more people in this country who stand up
for what they believe in and see that it gets done. Anne Kyle
didnt lose she won.
Say Happy Birthday this week to Austin Watts and Bill
Davidson on the 19th, Brenda Kirby and Tommy Floyd on the
20th, Ronny Brockett on the 22nd, Mrs. harold Sadau and
Marc Tidwell on the 23rd, Norma Odum. James Patterson and
Saretha Riley on the 24th, Julie Odom on the 25th and
Herbert Harris on the 27th.
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Sanger Courier Publisher Roy Isernons is shown presenting a check for $250 which he donated
for paint to be used at the Sanger Middle School. Accepting the check is Mrs. Bobbye Robison,
new President of the PTA and looking on is Arietta Anthony, Vice President of the new
Sanger PTA Chapter.
Sanger were Class AAAA
schools from the metroplex
area.
The fact that Sanger was
the only Class A school
invited to the tournament
was in itself an accomplish
ment.
The third place finish
certainly reflects great
credit upon the participating
students and their instruc-
tor Mrs. Sunny Yeatts.
Sincerely yours,
Vern Hammett
Sanger City Council
Sets Speed Limits
in Northgate
The City Council Monday
light passed an ordinance
setting a speed limit of 20
miles per hour in Northgate
Subdivision. This was in
response to requests from a
number of residents along
8th street for the slower
speed limit.
In other action, Joe Lynn
Roeder appeared before the
council concerning the city’s
new truck route ordinance,
which prohibits vehicles
over 1 1/2 tons from
traveling on city streets
other than on specified truck
routes. Roeder suggested
that this ordinance favored
one or two trucking firms in
the city.
The resignation of Jerry
Jenkins from the Planning
and Zoning Commission was
Sanger PTA Names
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School custodians were busy Tuesday morning sweeping out over two inches of water that
accumulated over three classrooms at Sanger’s "vintage” Middle School. Portions of the
ceiling also fell in in the teacher's lounge, the hinchroon and the lobby of the school.
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Outstanding Students at Sanger High School in all subject matter areas are front row. left to
right: Carla Johnson. English; Christal Rhoades, Business; Lisa Ridout, Social Studies; Rachel
Thomas, VOE; Sharon Kerby. Helath, P.E.; Andrea Miller, Speech. Middle row, left to right:
Angela Hoops. Journalism; Selina Davis, Homemaking; Lance Cunningham. Art; Julie
Haisler, Math; Krissy Carsten, Foreign language; Curtis Amyx, Agriculture. Back row: Jim
Hardy, Band and Kevin Kemplin, Science.
accepted, and the prelimi
nary plot of Gateway
Addition was approved.
Jesse Coffey is developer of
Gateway Addition, which is
located at the intersection of
Ix>op 138 and Interstate
Highway 35.
In final business, prior to
adjournment, the council
agreed to purchase a new
mosquito fogging unit.
Wednesday, May 30, is
the date scheduled for
groundbreaking ceremonies
for the War Memorial in the
City Park.
Donn Nesbitt has re
painted trash barrels in the
City Park. Materials were
furnished by J. E. Swindle of
White Auto Store.
Well, since most of you have sent in your income tax forms
and have tried to forget all the days you worked for Uncle
Same maybe you would like a new report on where-'some of
your hard earned money has gone.
Recently American taxpayers have financed a host of
studies, including: $46,000 to determine the effects of scantily
clad women on Chicago taxi drivers. Now it takes a real idiot
to not know that answer. But why Chicago, 1 always found
Chicago taxicab drivers to be in too much of a hurry going
from O'Hare to the Loop to even know if their passengers had
clothes on.
The government has also spent $2,500 on why people cheat
on Arlington, Va. tennis courts. I can imagine some
Congressman who played tennis one day when he-should have
been at work was cheated in a tennis game. Arlington is
suburb of Washington D.C., so I imagine he raced back to his
office and asked for an investigation.
They also spent $2,500 to study why fat people prefer to
dine in “all you can eat” places rather than order from a menu.
My wife could have given them that answer.
They spent $3.4 million to encourage Americans to write
more letters. If they would have spent that $3.4 to lower the
costs of stamps more people might write letters.
To top it off the same folks spent $775,000 to study why the
3.4 million dollar program failed. That makes sense.
They spent $100,000 to learn why hermit crabs choose one
shell over another. The answer is simple, a hermit crab is a
single person and can be very particular. I’ve known quite a
few crabs and they always act funny.
Uncle Sam spent $45,000 to study “Chatterchats” and
“whistles” of California ground squirrels.
We spent $46,000 to study how long it takes to make
breakfast.
$2,630 was spent to study the sex life of the female Coasta
Rican cricket. I would like to see the results of that study.
We spent $25,000 to probe the effect on people of a picture
of an octopus in a barnyard. I would like to know the nut who
asked for that study and the other nuts who approved it.
We spent $27,000 to study why inmates want to escape
from prison. If they know how this country is going down the
drain, they might not want to escape.
the greatest expenditure of all is $500,000 spent to settle a
dispute between the Department of Interior and the
Department of Commerce on which cabinet branch should
have jurisdiction over sea turtles.
I'm sure the sea turtles have hired a lobbyist to protect
their interests. It's tough being a sea turtle, you could get
ped on.
In 1977, 500 Department of Justice employees were paid $5
million in overtime for logging 1.000 overtime hours each.
That’s 20 overtime hours a week per employee—assuming
they get two-week vacations. And they get a lot more than
two weeks.
Why not just hire 250 more employees, it would cost the
same?
Congressman "Tip" O’Neill pushed for and got an expensive
closed circuit TV system that broadcasts live coverage of
Congress floor proceedings available to commercial and public
television networks.
But he insisted that the TV cameras stay on fixed positions,
the speakers well, where speeches are delivered, the
Speakers chair, etc.
Obviously, he didn’t want any candid camerwork showing
our leaders dozing or behaving in less than statemanship
fashion.
During the 15 minutes allowed for roll call votes, "Tip" has
the cameras turned off. His reasoning is that lawmakers
change their minds during the voting period, and he doesn’t
want them embarassed by letting the voters see them vote.
So the next time you wonder where your tax money goes,
just think of the picture of the octopus in the barnyard. It
means that many areas of our government are strangling the
taxpayers- and the result is a lot of stuff that we have to
shovel up when it gets too deep.
It seems like that everytime I go to a meeting I run into
someone who comes up and says, "Hey, I’ve been wanting to
meet you, I read your column every week." When they do, I
instinctivally take one step backward because someday
someones going to swing. I do appreciate the good comments
and thankfully no one has ever told me that they agree 100
percent with what I say.
I would hate to meet the person who agrees with me 100
percent of the time. I don't even agree myself with what 1 say.
Especially a few hours after I’ve written whatever I was going
to say.
I guess my wife and I have gotten along all these year
because we agree on very little. We have the same birthday.
May 28. which is about the most we have in common.
I met my wife on a blind date and I asked her to marry
on that first date, and lucky for me she said "yes."
I guess what I’m trying to say is, I will always take the heat
and believe me I have, for what I say in my column. But my
views are not always those of my wife or the staff at the
Courier, so don’t take it out on them if you don't agree.
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I honestly believe the students of Sanger's schools have and
will gain a lot from the formation of the Sanger PTA. The
group contains a good mixture of Sanger's more established
citizens and many newcomers. A school board member
Monday night remarded to me that he didnt recognize half of
the folks in the audience.
The reason is at least half the folks are people who live
outside the city but are in the Sanger School district and do
care about where their kids so to school.
It was pretty apparent at Monday nights’ PTA Meeting
that our school administrators are doing too much of the
"janitor and maintenance” work around the schools. Eddie
Williams and Olen Underwood do entirely too much of the
repair work around their respective schools. I don’t think they
were hired to do maintenance work and I don't think they
should.
If the school system doesn't have the money, then we need
the PTA to do their share. And their share is to paint and
clean up the elementary and middle schools so the kids will
have a decent place to go to school in.
Hats off to Anne Kyle for her work in forming the SANGER
/, Grayi, F'rs, Paxton II
Sanger Sports Association
met May 17 and elected
officers. They are: presi
dent, Lloyd Webb: vice
president, Barry Heard;
secretary treasurer. Mar
tha Richie. Discussed were
projects for the coming year.
First to be instigated is the
Purple Pride school jacket.
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The Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1979, newspaper, May 24, 1979; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1282351/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sanger Public Library.