The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 3, 1972 Page: 1 of 10
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Vol. 3, No. 12
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notices to be late
Gail Goodman (11) seems to be praying that
Mark Beaty (15) won’t drop an interception.
scored the touchdown, too, on a 3-yard
run.
Young people and drug addiction was
the topic of the Allen Jaycees meeting
Thursday and 3 young adults who deal
daily with the drug problem in Garland
were on the program.
The youths—all former drug ad-
dicts—are counselors for Truth House,
a controversial Garland establishment
where people under the influence of
drugs can come to “unwind” and talk
over their problems. The Truth House
is co-sponsored by the Garland Jaycees
and Mike Lewis, vice president of the
region, was in charge of the program.
The drug counselors agreed that
young people turn to drugs for 2
13 new families
added to Allen
Ground-breaking ceremonies for the
Heard Natural Science Museum’s
$219,000 expansion program were held
at the museum just north of Allen
Sunday.
Construction is scheduled to begin
next week and to be completed within
the next 6 months.
Last week’s rain helped a bit but the
Allen area is still far behind average
rainfall figures for the year.
Dr. Harold Laughlin, U.S. Weather
Bureau observer, notes that rainfall to
date is 12.79 inches for 1972. That’s
, almost 15 inches short of the normal for
the 9-month period.
September put the area even further
behind schedule. Rainfall for the 30-day
period was 2.04 inches. Normal is 3.99
inches.
Temperatures, however, were higher
than average for the month. Average
temperature in September, 1972, was 80
degrees. Normally, the September
average is 77 degrees.
Average high during the month was
91 degrees, or 1 degree higher than the
usual September average of 90 degrees.
69 degrees was the average low in
September, 1972, while 65 degrees is the
normal for September.
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13 new families moved to Allen
during September, according to water
deposit receipts issued by City
Secretary Bob Montgomery.
This brings the total number of new
families moving here since Jan. 1 to 143
or approximately 481 new residents.
Some 95 families (or 350 residents)
have moved, leaving Allen with a net
gain of some 131 new residents for the
9-month period.
Newcomers during September in-
clude :
B.L. Clifton, 504 Main.
J.E. Uberman, 909 Wandering Way.
Larry Davis, 918 Wandering Way.
Jim Cason, 910 Roaming Road.
Edgar McCullough, 306 St. Marys.
Mrs. Marion West, 401 Ola.
Elinor Quinlan, 706 Lake Highlands.
Sylvia Yancey, 202 Austin.
James Kindle, 903 Wandering Way.
Oleta Mortensen, 901 Wandering
Way.
Mrs. Albert Monroe, 108 Anna.
H.C. Taylor, No. 3 Stubbs.
Harold Walker, 205 Cedar.
January had 14 new families;
February, 17; March, 10; April, 10;
May, 22; June, 16; July, 17; and
August, 19.
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A strong second half performance
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beat the Howe Bulldogs 28-6.
This week, Van Alstyne is the
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an 8 p.m. Friday kickoff date.
An Allen area builder has been
awarded the highest honor for civic
contributions presented by the Home
and Apartment Builders Association of
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Charles West, president of West and
Browning, Inc., received the Hugh
Prather award from Dallas County
Judge Lew Sterrett Friday at the HAB’s
$ 30th annual banquet and installation of
officers at the Fairmont Hotel.
West and Browning are developers of
the High Meadows section of Allen and
Bravo Homes here.
West’s selection was made by a
blue-ribbon committee of Dallas are
government officials, and civic and
business leaders.
The selection committee was headed
by Charles Cullum, chairman of the
board of the Dallas Chamber of
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the toughest teams the Eagles will face
all season. They have been tabbed as
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Local residents will be receiving
their tax notices a few days later than
usual, according to Walter Curtis, tax
assessor-collector for the city and
school district.
Curtis generally has the forms in the
mail by Oct. 1 but changes in the
printing format has thrown him behind
schedule.
groups in the Richardson area.
Selection committeemen noted West’s
leadership in the Richardson YWCA
and Teen Power groups that work with
the city’s youth.
West’s concern for education of the
young was also cited by the committee,
including the builder’s service on the
Board of Trustees of the Richardson
Independent School District.
Active in the Richardson Chamber of
Commerce, West has served on a
number of committees, including a
stint as chairman of the group’s
Education Committee.
visitors have been recorded. The total
number of visitors during the five-year
period has been almost 65,000. The
museum and sanctuary were conceived
in 1964 with formation of the Bessie
Heard Foundation, a trust agreement
between Miss Heard and the First
National Bank in Dallas. Original land
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the public Oct. 1, 1967, and during its
first year approximately 7,000 visitors
viewed the exhibits and toured the
nature trails on the adjacent 266-acre
wildlife sanctuary. Popularity of the
facility has grown steadily, so that
during the past year almost 19,000
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In making the award, Sterrett said
the selection committee cited West’s
, work with community and civic youth
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Commerce and included James F.
Chambers, chairman of the board and
publisher of The Dallas Time Hearld;
Joe Dealey, publisher of the Dallas
Morning News; H.Grady Jordan,
president of the Dallas Board of
Realtors; Glynn Marsh, president of
the Dallas Mortgage Bankers As-
sociation; City Manager Scott McDon-
ald, Manuel Sanchez, Area Deputy
Director of HUD and Judge Sterrett.
The 37-year-old builder, president of
West & Browning, Inc., was nominated
for the award by the Richardson
Division of the HAB.
The award, which recognizes “per-
sonal participation and responsibility in
civic and community affairs,” was
named in honor of the late Hugh
Prather Sr., founding president of the
association.
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in the second quarter after he
intercepted a Bulldog pass. Roberts
also carried 3 yards for the score on a
dive play. Quarterback Mark Beaty
skirted right end for the 2 points,
putting favored Allen ahead 8-0.
Howe came back with a touchdown
on a 6 yard pass deep into the end zone.
They missed the extra points try and
the score was 8-6 at halftime.
The Eagles looked like a different
team the second half. Beaty shot 26
yards around end for Alien’s second
touchdown and added the 2 points on
another run.
Glen Hall then began his heroics with a
47-yard run to set up another score. He
co-favorites with Whitewright in their
district.
To defeat Van Alstyne, Allen will
need to forget about the first half at
Howe and play like they did in the
second half. A cold front hit Howe
Friday afternoon—and the Eagles were
almost as cold as the temperature
during the first half.
Jackie Roberts put the Eagles ahead
received the bulk of these permits.
MODA Homes was issued permits for
construction of homes at 903 Lake
Highlands, 810 Lake Highlands, 904
Lake Highlands and 903 Rivercrest.
Vivate Homes received 3 permits on
Lake Highlands Drive in Fountain
Park.
Others receiving permits in Fountain
Park included Don Jones (706 Lake
Highlands and 709 Rivercrest), Joe
Uselton (906 Lake Highlands and 914
Lake Highlands), D.A. Loveless (702
Lake Highlands and 705 Lake
Highlands) and Lavender Homes (807
Rivercrest).
Dan Strong received the other
building permit. His permit was issued
for a home at 607 N. Bush.
September was the second largest
month in history for number of building
permits issued in Allen.
25 permits for $408,000 of construction
were issued by City Secretary Bob
Montgomery. All were construction of
new homes with the exception of 1
permit issued for remodeling of the
Bolin Building (former Crawford and
Moseley Grocery store) downtown.
Cinderella Shoppe filed for the permit.
Jeff Pruitt of Command Homes
received the largest number of
permits. His 10 permits were issued
for new homes on the new Valley View
Drive in Hillside Village.
But 14 permits were issued in the
Fountain Park addition.
Two new builders on the Allen scene
Then Hall exploded for the Eagles
longest run of the season. He sped
around left end and outran the Bulldog
defense on a 65-yard run late in the
fourth quarter to end the scoring.
For his performance, Hall was
named the Eagles’ outstanding back by
a vote of the players. Ed Henderson
was cited as best lineman, mainly for
his blocking in the offensive line. ,
Head Coach Jim Clark also singled
out Billy Inkman, Mark Beaty, Gail
Goodman and Jackie Roberts for their
saves on defense.
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for the sanctuary was purchased in
1965 with additions in 1966 and a
donation of ten acres from Mrs. J.P.
Dowell and her daughter in 1971. The
museum was constructed during 1966
with additional exhibit areas remodeled
from storage and lobby space in 1968
and 1971.
Operation of the facility was put on a
community basis in 1969 with formation
of the Heard Natural Science Museum
and Wildlife Sanctuary Inc., a
non-profit corporation with a 30 member
board of directors. The corporation
owns and operates the facility largely
with funds received from the parent
foundation and also with an increas-
ingly larger proportion from public
support.
The growth of this support, efficient
handling of the trust funds, and recent
contributions from members of Miss
Heard’s family have made possible the
coming expansion of the museum
building. It is. anticipated that
additional public funds can be obtained
to assist with furnishing the expanded
facilities.
Additions will be constructed at both
ends of the present museum building,
more than doubling the existing floor
area from 7,000 to 14,200 sq. ft. At one
end will be a large meeting room
complete with service kitchen, a
library and staff offices. At the other
end will be expanded exhibit halls
including art galleries, sea shell
exhibits, a rock and mineral hall, and
an art storage and laboratory room.
Students get break
School students will get a break
Monday.
No classes will be held because
Monday classes will be dismissed
throughout the Allen school system for
State Fair of Texas Day, according to
D.L. Rountree, superintendent.
Tickets will be available for students
at the school. Rountree says.
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reasons: to get recognition from their
friends and to get recognition from
home.
“Cure” for both of these causes is
“love,” Lewis said.
The counselors said 80-90 per cent of
Garland high school students have tried
drugs. Recently a first grade student
was caught injecting drugs into her
arm at school. Still, one of the top
school administrators was quoted
recently as saying “we don’t have a
drug problem in Garland.”
“Drugs are easier to get than beer,”
said John, one of the counselors.
“When you’re under 18 you have to find
an adult who will stoop low enough to
buy beer for you. Getting drugs are
much easier. If you know how to look,
you can find them on nearly every
street corner. John cited examples
where strangers came to town and
were able to purchase drugs on the
street within minutes of their arrivals.
In addition to the disastrous effects of
drug usage, the counselors cited what
is likely to happen to someone caught
smoking marijuana, for example. “55
percent of those caught go to jail their
first offense,” said Jim, another
counselor. Since this is a felony, the
offender can no longer vote and can get
no professional license. He has a jail
record, just like a murderer or other
felon.
Purpose of Truth House is to cut
down on the demand for drugs.
Each of the counselors is a reformed
drug addict who has learned the
pitfalls of taking drugs. They “speak
the language” of the drug taker and,
like Alcoholics Anonymous, help them
to kick the habit.
Each of the counselors is a
“longhair.” They are closely screened
before they are put to work at the
Truth House.
Lavon sets vote
to incorporate
Collin County may be getting another
new city.
An application for incorporation of
the city of Lavon was okayed Monday
by the county commissioners court. An
election will be held there Nov. 11.
Lavon is located between Farmers-
ville and Wylie on the eastern banks of
Lake Lavon.
The commissioners also approved a
memlorial to the late W.E. Garner, the
commissioner who died during the
summer while in office. He was
commissioner of Precinct 3, a post now
being held by his wife.
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