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they are gone. They vanish long the business has been in
without a trace, taking applica-. the area, if they are registered
tion and registration fees and with the Secretary of State and
was more than 1,000 beneath
Texas’ all-time record traffic
death count of 4,701 in 1981.”
HANKS to cooperative weather and
hard work, construction is nearing
Bernard Spurgin in the Lovejoy
Community. He was a retired
supervisor from the DuPont
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prised about half the present
state of Ohio. The local officers
provided for the county includ-
ed a sheriff, coroner, treasurer,
recorder of deeds, probate judge
and justices of the county court
of quarter sessions and common
pleas. Actually, local govern-
ment had begun in the territory
some three months earlier when
a group of veteran officers and
soldiers of the Revolutionary
War settled at the site of
Adelphia on April 7, 1788. The
community promulgated laws
for its governance by nailing
them to an oak tree for public
inspection and information.
This community shortly after
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leaving no way to take action
against them.
“I see two principal reasons
for this saving of lives,” Adams
said. “When the safety belt law
went into effect Sept. 1, 1985,
we began noticing a monthly
drop in fatalities. •
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A little more expensive... but worth it.
Church of Fairview on Highway 5.Pho to
by David Krier.
if any complaints have been
registered against them.
Remember, once they leave
the area, you will not be able to
new books for the new library,
according to Betty Matthews,
chairman for the Task Force for
the Community Education Ad-
visory Council.
The grant is a one-time award
from the J. Frank Dobie foun-
dation.
The library had to present a
written statement as to why
they thought they desreved the
grant, according Matthews.
An official presentation of the
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Library receives grant
The Allen Public Library grant will be made by the Texas
received a $5,000 grant recently Library Association on April 11
to go towards the purchase of at the Dallas Convention
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Then one morning, other agency to find out how
tersection of Highway 5 and dirt bike stolen from in front of
Rivercrest resulted in a 29-year- his residence. The bicycle is
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months. They can stay this long check with your local Better
because they can claim that Business Bureau, your
Spurgin, 62, who died Saturday Company.
in a Dallas hospital, will be held Survivors include one son,
at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Mary Michael Spurgin of Colorado,
1 Immaculate Church in Farmers one daughter, Cindy Alcorn of
Branch. Dallas, four sisters, Mary
Graveside services were at 2 Cirone of Dallas, Mildred
p.m. Tuesday in the Ridgeview Ereckson of Allen, Maurine
Memorial Park with Rhoton- Willis of McKinney, Ruth
Weiland Funeral Home of Car- Utsey of Plano, three grand-
roltonin charge. daughters, and several nieces
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28-year-old Allen man for driv- old Celina woman being taken Allen police arrested a
mg without a license. He spent to Plano General Hospital for 34.year.old Allen woman at her
one day in jail and was released injuries sustained. A 29-year- residence for outstanding Pot-
after posting a $33 bond. old Allen man, in a 1984 Chevy ter County Sheriffs Office war
...... . pickup, was westbound on rants for writing bad checks.
An Allen businessman in the Rivercrest and failed to stop at She posted a $200 bond and was
400 block of Allen Drive the stop sign at the intersection released
reported someone had ripped up of the highway and hit a 1982
approximately 10-feet of Ford station wagon. Status con- Allen police arrested a
sprinkler system in front of ditions on the two women taken 20-year-old man from Kendale,
Allen Professional Building, to the hospital was not known Texas for five outstanding war-
Damage is estimated at $195. at press time. rants from the Dallas Police
Department. He posted a total
An Allen resident in the 500 of $1175 in bonds and was
But like most things too good offer or how trustworthy the
to be true, the loan broker’s pro- representative or broker seems
mise of ready cash is as empty to be, do not apply for a loan
as a harlot’s smile. The usual from anyone new to the area.
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McAllen, Lubbock and El Paso
are continuing to investigate all Traffic deaths declined by 5.9 deaths per 100 million miles; in
manner of complaints involving percent in 1985 compared to 1985, the rate was 2.6 deaths
consumer matters. If you have 1984, according to DPS Direc- per 100 million miles, the lowest
a question or a complaint about tor Colonel Jim Adams. death rate ever recorded in
a loan broker, or any other con- Adams said 3,682 persons Texas, Adams said.
sumer matter, do not hesitate died in traffic accidents across “We are very pleased with
to call the nearest regional of- the state in 1985, compared to this decline in deaths, Adams
fice. The Attorney General’s Of- 3,913 deaths the year before, said. “The most significant
fice is the people’s law firm.. The 1985 death toll is the thing is that despite Texas’rate
We’re here to help you. lowest since 1976, he said. of growth, the death toll in 1985
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of traffic safety, the number of
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Civil authority in the Nor- Most of the humanitarian and basic act. Thus, the founda-
thwest Territory was formally provisions of the 1787 Or- tions for a direct relationship
inaugurated on July 15, 1788, dinance became part of the con- between the national and local
and the first county was created stitution in the first eight governments were carefully laid
eleven days later. Known as amendments, and subsequent down prior to the drafting of
Washington county and named Congresses set the course of the constitution itself,
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Farabaugh, Gloria. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 73, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 6, 1986, newspaper, April 6, 1986; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1454156/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.