The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 78, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 28, 1975 Page: 2 of 47
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The Hertford Brand, Hertford, Texas, Sunday, September 28, 1975
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HISD Program Serves Many Migrant Students
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only property owners to vote in bond
elections as dictated by general law.
magazine on the various innovations
being introduced to better serve real
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Officers are currently investigating the
theft of a CB radio from a vehicle
belonging to Wayne Word of Rt. 3. The
car was parked at the Hereford High
School parking lot. The radio was valued
at S138.
A former Hereford resident has been
arrested in Denison and charged on
three counts of felony theft over $200. He
will be returned to Deaf Smith County
early this week, according to Sheriff
Travis McPherson.
Donald Hah. 34, was transferred to
The Deaf Smith County Crops tour
drew a large turnout of interested
farmers and businessmen this week, and
farm editor Jim Steiert has a good report
on the event in today's paper. Some light
moisture helped some of the crops
recently, but vehicles were covered with
dust after the tour.
Letter To
The Editor
in those few extreme situations where
a child is particularly needy and requires
medical or dental services or additional
clothing, regular school nurses make a
determination regarding whether the
child is a needy case.
The majority of the staff are teachers or
teachers’ aides, McCreary said. There is
also a counselor involved in the migrant
program, a nurse, two nurse's aides, a
record clerk, two secretaries, three
community aides, a social worker, two
bus drivers, and two custodians.
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Burglars took approximately $60 in
cash from a box at Stan Fry Sheet Metal
Tuesday night. Police have a suspect in
the burglary.
A truck tire valued at $175 was stolen
from a truck parked at the Holiday Inn
here Tuesday. Bolt cutters were used to
cut a chain holding the tire in place.
who assist Abalos make home visits to
migrant families, assist the school in
obtaining necessary signatures on forms,
take migrant children to doctors and
dentists when necessary, and in general
act as an arm of the school reaching into
the community.
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An instrumental program for migrant
students emphasizing oral language
development and reading skills is in
operation in the Hereford Independent
School District, which serves one of the
largest migrant groups in Texas outside
the Rio Grande Valley.
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“ I CAN’T STRESS ENOUGH
importance of soil tests. Although we do
have large nitrogen carryovers in fields
some years, it's important to realize that
you can't coast a year on all soils without
putting anything on them. For optimum
results, a farmer must know just what he
needs and make it available to his crops."
he concluded.
The crops tour was sponsored by the
Deaf Smith County Crops Committee.
allegedly sold a number of cemetery
headstones locally, but never delivered
the stones.
City police have arrested one suspect
and have a warrant for the arrest of a
second in connection with the incident of
vandalism which occurred at a local
residence over the weekend. A window
was shot out in the incident and a dog was
also shot.
Services for I
Terry of Las Cruet
was the 22-year-
David Terry of 61
held Saturday
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Entered as oecond elams merer at the poet ohm in
Heretord, Texas under the act of Manti l 1807,
Second Maa postag paM at Merefora, Dat Immi
County, Tawa.
Ed McCreary, director of federal
programs for HISD, said that the migrant
program here has a total budget of
approximately $600,000. The program is
federally funded, he said.
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ABOUT M FEB CENT of the $600,000
budgeted here for the migrant program
goes for payroll costs, he said, with 11 per
cent being spent for supplies and
materials and only one per cent for
medical services, dental services. and
clothing.
EDITOR DAVE Reynolds at Stratford
wrote an article about CB radios and
pointed out the many good uses for the
communications. A week later, however,
he pointed out that they could cause some
embarrassment.
Seems he was driving around town on
Sunday evening and picked up a
conversation with One Big Time on his
CB. McReynolds asked One Big Time
what he was doing, and he replied that he
was sitting in front of the First Baptist
Church waiting on his wife.
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JIM VALENTINE TOLD the tour
members that Deaf Smith County farmers
are "working with some of the most
fertile soils in the world.” He explained
that farmers could probably cut down on
the amounts of nitrogen they apply in
some years, due to a large carryover, and
encouraged farmers to conduct soil tests
before applying fertilizers.
Valentine also spoke on the importance
of trace minerals to corn.
Growers should be aware that corn
can get into zinc deficiency, especially
where corn acreage is expanding as it is
here. Zinc is the only micro nutrient to be
concerned with in this county with corn."
he said.
The scientist explained that some zinc
can be obtained through application of
Very Importer
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Melvin Jayroe. the former president of
the Hereford Board of Realtors, this week
was named to head an important
committee for the Texas Association of
Realtors, Multiple Listing Service.
Making the appointment recently at a
meeting in Austin was Frank Nix of
Waco, the president elect of TAR, a
30.000 member organization.
Nix, in making the appointment, said
that he "expects the MLS Committee,
under the leadership of Jayroe, to assist
Boards of Realtors in every area of the
state with any problems arising in the
operation of the service, and I know that
this TAR committee will also be busy
helping boards to establish MLS
organizations.
Jayroe and his committee also are
expected to hold a special workshop in
TAR's January meeting and at the June
convention next year in San Antonio."
Jayroe states that his committee
members are also responsible to write
articles for the TEXAS REALTOR
lecdlot manure, but the iron content of
manure is much higher.
Valentine pointed out that 10 tons of
feedlot manure contains about 260
pounds of nitrogen, half of which is
available to the first sorghum crop, and
240 pounds of phosphorus. He reported
that an ideal time to apply manure is right
after corn or sorghum harvest. and
incorporation should be done quickly.
Gene Latham, Hale County entomologist reviews data on a test on
greenbug-resistant hybrid grain sorghum during a stop at the
Claude McGowen farm on the Deaf Smith County Crops Tour
Thursday afternoon. A large number of local farmers took part in the
tour, getting information to help them make the most of their farm
Inputs.
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PROPOSITION 7 is a catch-all for all;
general provisions not included else -
where. Of significance here is an;
inter-basin water transfer statement. ’
Water may be taken from one basin to
another provided a 50-year supply exists;
for the people by the source basin. This;
can be circumvented if water is brought;
in from outside the state equal to the;
amount below the 50-year supply,
Clayton said this would provide water*
for West Texas without leaving other
areas high and dry.
In the final Proposition, 8, dealing with
amendments, the only changes are no;
limits placed on number articles to be
amended, no provision on catling a
limited or unlimited constitutional;
convention, and no requirement of asking;
voters every 30 years whether or not to:
call a constitutional convention
Clayton said the revision vote comes at;
an important time in our history "when;
we are getting ready to celebrate the:
200th anniversary of our nation's birth." :
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As director of federal programs for the
local school district, McCreary spends
about 70 per cent of his time
administering the migrant program. Mal
Manchee, as instructional administrator,
devotes about 80 per cent of his time to
the migrant program. Paul Abalos also
Migrant students are those students from
families which moved into the school
district so that the student's parent or
guardian could be employed in
agriculture or a related processing
activity, he explained.
More than 90 per cent of the migrant
students enrolled in programs here are
from Mexican-American families, he
said, but there are some Anglo and black
migrant students as well.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS four year
old kindergarten program is entirely for
migrant children, McCreary said This
kindergarten program is 100 per cent
funded by the migrant budget.
The primary responsibility of the
Parent Involvement Office, which Abalos
beads, is community-school relations,
McCreary said. The community aides
Sherman following hia arrest
Dennison, according to McPherson.
According to McPherson. I
county could create or do away with
offices as needed and the people could
even give ordinance power to a county
commissioners court. This is included in
Proposition 6 on the ballot.
Homerule will be granted cities of
1.500 persons or more instead of previous
limitation of 5,000 persons provided the
local government proposition passes.
Clayton said he was discussing only
new provisions and not those similar in
both the old and new documents. The
only section totally the same, is the Bill of
Rights.
He explained that articles 2, 3 and 4 of
the old existing constitution were lumped
together in the first proposition because
all affected each other and were more
appropriate in the same section. These
deal respectively with separation of
powers, the legislature and the executive
branch. The second article remains the
same.
Differences outlined in the legislative
article include annual sessions with
90-day sessions on odd numbered years,
organizational and veto sessions, if
needed, creation of single member
districts, and a Salary Compensation
Commission which would be a nine
member body to recommend changes in
legislator's salaries and allowances.
He said the value of annual sessions is
that agencies will be encouraged "not to
pad budgets." since yearly expenses can
more easily be forcast than biennial
budgets. "This should cut down on the
$2 billion debt the state has presently
incurred.”
AT THE JOHN HAMILTON FARM,
fourth stop on the tour, sunflower
harvesting operations were observed.
Dr. Frank Petr reported that some
volunteer problems may occur with
sunflowers, but farmers can allow them
to sprout and kill them with cultivation, or
kill them with chemicals including 2-4D
or atrazine. Petr warned farmers not to
plant sunflowers on ground which has
been treated with atrazine.
Tour members viewed a corn
production demonstration on the Don
Shipley farm, where the importance of
plant populations and planting speeds
were discussed. Farmers were told that a
plant population which is too large
contributes to barren ears, while a plant
population which is too thin fails to utilize
the production potential present in the
field and may lead to weed problems.
Final stop on the tour was the Raymond
Schlabs farm where a demonstration on
corn fertilization with feedlot manure and
commercial fertilizer was viewed.
of vandalism at the Antonio Romero
home at 122 Ave. A. A window was
reportedly shot out with a BB gun at the
residence
spends about 80 per cent of the time he
works for the school district as parent
involvement director of the migrant
program
Several of the teachers’ aides who work
in the migrant program work with regular
classroom teachers who have a high
concentration of migrants in their classes.
These teachers' aides assist mainly in
the instruction of reading and
mathematics.
Services were h
for Robert Alanzo
a pioneer resident
at 206 McKinley.
Mr. Fullwood d
in Deaf Smith Get
after a short
automotive electr
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man with family in
lived here ever sin
He married the
Mae Fenton in I
preceded him in d
1974.
Survivors inclu
Ralph R. of Palo A
Edward F. of M
three daughters.
Worthan. 204 N.
Mildred Walser of
Mrs. T.R. Slay of
brothers, Walter
both of Kerrville
Mrs. Virgil Keith
II grandchildre
grandchildren; an
great grandchild.
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IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH,
changes would occur as follows:
inclusion of the Commissioner of
Agriculture as a part of the executive
branch, expiration of all terms of agency
boards and commissions from Feb.
I-May 1 in odd numbered years,
limitation of the governor's service to two
consecutive four-year terms, termination
of all state agencies every 10 years and a
shift of fiscal control from the legislature
to the governor.
"It may seem awkward to have
agencies terminate every 10 years, but it
would require them to come up for review
because a bill would have to be passed to
continue them,” he said.
The judiciary falls under provision 2
and reorganizes state court into a
"unified court system.” This should
alleviate the presently heavy court
dockets and weed out the courts which
are not carrying their full load. Clayton
said. Among its supporters are the State
Bar Association and Texas Criminal
Justice System.
Provision 3 deals with voting and
election qualifications Changes include
the right of the legislature to add further
restrictions on granting voting rights to
felons who have their full debt to society
it is presently given automatically
Also, the new constitution would allow
(SPO-For residents of Deaf Smith
County, the cost of getting sick has
skyrocketed in the last few years.
Their bills for medical and dental
services, for hospital and nursing care,
for prescription drugs and other health
needs have climbed to an all-time high.
And, even though most of their bills in
the past year were absorbed by the
Government or by private health
insurance—$2 out of every S3 being taken
care of in that way—the remaining
one-third, which they had to pay
themselves, amounted to more than ever.
The facts and figures relating to health
care throughout the United States are
detailed in reports made by the
Department of Health. Education and
Welfare, by the Conference Board and
others.
In Deaf Smith County's regional area,
based on their latest findings, the
average estimated out-of-pocket costs in
the past fiscal year came to
approximately $148 per capita. This is
exclusive of their premium payments for
insurance.
By way of comparison, the average was
$149 per capita in the United States as a
whole
For specific individuals, the health bills
ranged from well above average to well
below. They varied from area to area and
from family to family.
Age makes a difference—a big
difference—in a person's health care bill.
During the past year, the over-65
population had out-of-pocket expenses
averaging $415 per capita as against $117
for the rest of the population.
The overall average. $149, is broken
down by HEW to $34 for physicians. $25
for dentists. $20 for hospital care. $39 for
drugs and sundries and $31 for other
requirements, such as home nursing
care, eyeglasses and the like.
These averages lump together all
The amount of income earned by the
2 family of a youth really has nothing to do
2 with the classification of a student as a
migrant student, McCreary said.
THE BILINGUAL EDUCATION PRO-
GRAM in the Hereford school system is
primarily a state program, and begins
with five-year-old kindergarten students.
But the bilingual program for
four-year-old kindergarten students is
federally funded, according to McCreary
McCreary said that the migrants are
given achievement tests at the end of
each year, and are also tested when they
begin the school year. Generally
speaking, he said, most migrant students
make more than a month's progress for
each month they spend in school in the
areas of English, reading, and
mathematics, he said.
The Hereford district is among 29
Texas school districts which were
recently awarded a pilot program for tests
designed to trace the classroom progress
of migrant children enrolled in
elementary school.
The assessment effort will be under the
direction of National Evaluation Systems,
a Massachusetts firm which was one of
five firms which submitted proposals to
the Texas Education Agency.
The testing program is designed to
pinpoint both the progress and the
problems of Spanish-speaking migrant
children, and is based on the idea that
migrant youth probably spend less time
in school than most children.
The school district averages about
1,200 migrant students at a time,
McCreary said, but about 2,000 migrant
students go through the school system
each year.
One of the most important features of
teh migrant program here involves the
annual summer school for migrant youth
enrolled in kindergarten through the
sixth grade. Originally the summer
school is continued at Tierra Blanca
Elementary School. Last summer, about
700 students were enrolled in the summer
school.
Prior to school and during the year,
teachers involved in the migrant program
receive special in-service training.
All of the language development and
reading teachers who teach students
whose English language ability is limited
are assisted by bilingual aides, McCreary
said. All of the teachers' aides in the
migrant program are bilingual
OBT went on to remark about how long
she would be in the church before
leaving. Well, much to Big time's
surprise, the public address system in the
church picked up his transmission and
boomed his end of the conversation all
over the church!
It seems Big Tune's wife got out of the
church much quicker than he anticipated.
Needless to report, says McReynolds,
One Big Time was severely chastised for
his conversation on the radio.
people, including those who had big
expenditures and those who had none at
all.
The total out-of-pocket cost to Deaf
Smith County residents for health
services in the past year, based upon the
estimated regional figures, comes to
approximately $3,167,000.
For the nation as a whole, health care
amounted to over $104 billion in 1974, a
10.6 per cent increase over 1973.
"THERE WAS NO SMUT problem on
the High Plains for several years, but we
do have a smut problem building in some
areas al this time We saw 33 per cent
infestation in some fields near Plainview,
and this simply means a 33 per cent loss
in yields. Through nurseries in test plots
where smut appears, we're able to
identify the problem and deal with it,"
commented the scientist.
Berry also pointed out that head smut
is appeanng in corn, with 33-35 per cent
infestation appearing in some fields as
close as 30 miles south of Hereford.
Latham spoke on the greenbug-
resistant sorghum and told tour members
that the new hybrid will yield comparably
with hybrids in its same maturity class,
although it won’t yield with a full season
hybrid.
"The plants aren't immune to
greenbugs, but they are tolerant to the
toxin which the greenbug injects while
feeding," he said.
Dear Editor:
Have just read the Goals for Progress
report and since I could not be at the
public hearing, felt the need to express
my views through you.
I commend the dedication and hard
work of all involved and think it is
important that we do have guide lines to
follow for the future.
This country was founded on the
capitalistic system, which allowed people
to produce., expand, and create
additional jobs by enlarging their
operations, without the burden of excess
taxation. With the continuation of
increased welfare, food stamps,
unemployment payments, and many
other similiar programs, we are
strangling the capitalistic system through
excess taxation to support these
programs. I am concerned that there was
not a recommendation to return to our
bask system nor a desire for a taxation
system that would be more equal to all.
Why can't we have our local
governments and school system operate
more efficiently rather than continue to
increase their cost per unit? In this day of
computers and modern techniques, we
should be able to increase efficiency.
Instead of creating new governmental
positions, we should be eliminating or
decreasing them. Maybe stiffer
penalities for crimes would be a better
approach than creating more judicial
courts.
I’m not against progress but I feel that
we should perhaps adopt some of our
forefathers philosphy that was adminis-
tered 200 years ago. We live in a great
nation and a greater community, but we
must be concerned enough to preserve it.
EDUCATION IS DESCRIBED in
proposition 4. It provides for equal
education to all individuals but lets school
boards to provide enrichment programs.
"It maintains the autonomy of local
school boards and addresses itself to the
questions raised by the Rodriquez case,
(it argued equal education wasn't
provided in Texas)," he said.
All state institutions of higher learning
also would be required to submit annual
needs assessments for state funding and
each of the universities are now included
in the constitution for a share of the
Permanent University Fund, whkh was
before only guaranteed for the Texas
A&M University and University of Texas
systems.
"Now we come to the toughy—the
finance propsition.” Clayton noted.
It sets a uniform standards and
procedures for appraising property at
market value in each county. All property
would go on tax rolls at the same value.
"If we had this (in present
constitution), the Hereford Independent
School District and Deaf Smith County
wouldn’t have been rooked," Clayton
emphasized. According to a bill already
passed and effective if the finance
provision is voted in, all property will be
appraised by the income per acre
approach. This will be done over a five
year running average with a 10 per cent
capitalization rate, which could not
exceed market value.
"This is a separate formula for farm
and ranch land and is a break for the
farmer and rancher, " he said. Also in the
proposition is a new procedure to correct,
equalizations through the courts.
Another major provision change is
having the legislature approve the state’s;
debt ceiling.
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