The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980 Page: 6 of 8
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The Goldthwaite Eagle-Mullin Enterprise
Thursday, March 6, 1980
Historical Commission Has
Goldthwaite Lady Golfer Honored
Annual Meeting Friday
The following article
Appeared in the Highlander,
the newspaper of Marble
Falls, February 28, 1980-
The annual meeting of asks anyone who has
the Mills County Historical anything of interest they
Commission was held Feb- would like to give, or loan,
ruary 29, in the Mills to the museum, to contact
County State Bank. him. It will be greatly
This meeting is held the appreciated. We want our
last Friday in February each museum to grow. It is
'year for the purpose of something we can be
electing new directors and proud of. It is something
transacting other business. many larger cities do not
Mr. Orville Hale, presi- have.
dent, conducted the meet-
ing. Each committee chair-
man gave a report.
Mrs. M. A. Campbell
reported a Memorial Book is
being compiled, which will
list all memorials, and will
be on display at the Mills
County Museum. We urge
you to use this method of
donating to the museum.
Mrs. Arnold Roberts is the
Memorial chairman and will
take care of this for you.
Mrs.. Hollis Blackwell is
chairman of display and
changing cases at the
Museum. If you have
anything you would like to
display, please call Mrs.
Blackwell.
Mr. Herbert B. Cooke is
chairman of documentation
and asks everyone who has
donated, or loaned, any-
thing to the Museum to
come by and sign a
document for the protection
of the museum, as well as
your own protection.
Mr. Howard Campbell
Over 10,000 people have
visited the Museum since it
has been open.
Mrs. Campbell announced
that the planters in front of
Museum would soon have
plants in them. The Young
Homemakers are buying the
plants and the Garden Club
members will plant them.
Howard B. Campbell,
reporting for the nominating
committee, presented the
following persons as candi-
dates for directors:
Mrs. Hollis Blackwell
Mrs. Woodrow Boykin
Howard B. Campbell
Mrs. M. A. Campbell
Herbert B. Cooke
Floyd C. Fox
Orville B. Hale
Mrs. 0. H. Renfro
Fred D. Reynolds
There being no nomina-
Clarence Saegert
Funeral Held
FASHION
OUTLOOK
STOUT
SHOP
108 Center
Brownwood
646-6302
Clarence E. Saegert, 60,
of Austin passed away
Monday, February 25, 1980.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, February
27, 1980 at 2:00 p.m., St.
Paul Lutheran Church in
Austin, Texas.
Survivors include his
wife, Evelyn Saegert of
Austin; two sons, Joel G.
Saegert of New Braunfels
and Jerry C. Saegert of
Austin; one daughter, Claire
Nance of Billingham, Wash-
ington; one brother Jessie
Saegert of San Antonio; one
sister Mrs. Ted Billnitzer of
Seguin; and four grand-
children.
Lometa
Commisssion Co.
LOMETA, TEXAS
Sale Every Tuesday - 12:00 O’clock Noon
Specializing in Fresh Country Cattle
with plenty of buyers
Bud Harrell, Owner
512-752-3168 Office
512-752-3286 Residence
915-597-2981 Brady Office
Bud Harris, Manager
512-752-3168 Office
512-752-3211 Residence
tions from the floor, the -
above listed were unani- I
mously elected.
Four new members were |
added - Mrs. T. C. (Minnie)
Graves, Mrs. Homer Dog-
gett, Julian Blackwell and
Mrs. Malcolm Jernigan.
If anyone is interested in
working with the Museum,
the directors are always i
available to talk with you I
about it. 1
There are now 48 I
members of the Historical |
Commission. They are:
DEAN KIRK DAY
SUCCESSFUL!
The sixth annual Dean
Kirk Day at the Blue Lake
Golf Club was successful
socially, though the weather
wasn’t the best for the
golfing gals who turned out
for the occasion.
Dean Kirk and
her
chairman Ann Bailey of oree, played a second nine.)
Deerhaven, the girls hit the Edna Milam came in with
links. However, before the low gross; Olivette
heading out, a door prize Miller, first low net; Jane
was to be awarded to the Russell, second low net;
lady whose name was Thelma Gorke, low putts;
drawn. Guest Dean Kirk Ann Gosden, longest drive.
Mrs. Truett Auldridge
Mrs. Delton Barnett
Mrs. Judy Beavers
Mrs. J. D. Berry
Mrs. C. H. Black
Mr. Julian Blackwell
Mrs. W. H. Boykin
Mrs. Woodrow Boykin
Frank Bridges
Howard B. Campbell
Mrs. M. A. Campbell
Mrs. Pat Carswell
Mrs. W. L. Cathy
Mrs. W. A. Cline
Clyde Cockrum, Jr.
Mrs. Herbert Coffman
Herbert B. Cooke
Mrs. Homer Doggett
Warren P. Duren
Mrs. Warren Duren
Mrs. A. W. Durst
Julian Evans
Floyd C. Fox
Mrs. Floyd Fox
Miss Love Gatlin
Mrs. E. B. Gilliam, Jr.
Mrs. T. C. Graves
Orville B. Hale
Mrs. Malcolm Jernigan
Mrs. C. A. Keeler
Darryl F. Kirbo
Mrs. A. D. Kirk
James W. Ledbetter
Mrs. Talbot Ledbetter
Mrs. Roy Letbetter
Mrs. Homer McCasland
Brian Oglesby
Carlos Patterson
Mrs. 0. H. Renfro
Fred Reynolds
Mrs. Arnold Roberts
Kenneth Shaw
Mrs. Mohler Simpson
Mrs. 0. 0. Smith
Mrs. R. L. Steen
Mrs. Marilyn Sue Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Malcom Wlikes
Sandra Derrick, Malcolm
Wilkes Married March 1st
Students Named
To Dean's list
Texas A&M. University
has announced that three
students from Goldthwaite
have earned “Distinguished
Student” ranking.
The undergraduate honor
is awarded to students who
excel academically at Texas
A&M, and who earn at least
a 3.25 grade point ratio out
of a possible 4.0, during the
most recent grading period.
Students from Goldth-
waite were: Robert L.
Berry, sophomore, account-
ing; Billy R. Brown,
freshman, physical educa-
tion; and Kenneth G.
Lawrence, sophomore, engi-
I neering technology.
Sandra LeeAnn Derrick,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Derrick of Goldth-
waite, and Malcom Lee
Wilkes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dayton Moore of
Marble Falls, were married
Saturday, March 1, 1980, at
7:00 o’clock p.m. in the
First United Methodist
Church of Goldthwaite.
Rev. Ben Welch officiated
at the double ring cere-
mony. Cindy Derrick was
her sisters, maid of honor
and Tim McGilvray was
best man.
Beverly Carothers played
the piano and Dianne Oliver
sang.
A reception was held in
the Fellowship Hall of the
church.
The couple are students
at Central Texas College in
Killeen. Sandra will gradu-
ate in May with an
Associates in Applied Sci-
ence degree and Malcom
with a degree in Law
Enforcement.
husband, A.D. Kirk, are
numbered among the early
permanent residents of Blue
Lake Estates. The Kirks
moved to the area in the
early 1960s. There was a
golf course but no Women’s
Golf Association. Dean was,
and is, an avid golfer and
played many a round on the
course. When the Kirks
moved back to her birth-
place of Goldthwaite, this
yearly ladies’s golfing day
was named in her honor.
Each year Dean returns to
play in the event..
This year, back for the
day of golf, besides the
honoree, was her friend,
another former Blue Laker,
Janie Stewart, who now
resides on a ranch near
Bandera with her daughter
and son-in-law. Both ladies
were houseguests of Dee
and Al Olsen of Deerhaven.
The evening before the
annual golf outing, Wo-
men’s Golf Association
members and their spouses
and guests gathered at the
clubhouse for a cocktail-
buffet with each member
bringing her own special
dish. The food was plentiful
and plenty good.
The next day after a light
lunch at the clubhouse,
presided over by Women’s
Golf Assocaition’s social
was asked to reach into the
hat and select the lucky
winner of a book on ladies’
golf by Louise Suggs. Dean
closed her eyes, reached
into the hat and drew her
own name. Couldn’t have
happened to a nicer lady
golfer.
Prizes for the day of play
were awarded on the basis
of nine holes of play, as the
weather just wasn’t that
great. (A few determined
ladies, including the hon-
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Phone 948-3641 Goldthwaite
General Telephone Files For First Statewide Rate
Changes Since 1976;
New Rates Should Be More Equitable
For the first time since the Public
Utility Commission of Texas began
regulation of Texas telephone com-
panies, General Telephone Company
of the Southwest is asking for rate
changes designed to produce about
$58 million in additional annual local
revenues. Because this case is being
filed on a statewide basis, adhering
to statewide rate making principles,
there is no “average” increase we
can quote for an “average” customer.
Increases will vary from community
to community. Rates for all General
Telephone customers in Texas will
be affected, but there will be no
changes in long distance rates. Here
is our case:
Class of ‘75
Needs Data
On Members
CENTRAL TEXAS MANPOWER
CONSORTIUM
is now taking
Applications
For
Employment And Training Coordinator
(Office to he located in Goldthwaite)
The Employment and Training Coordinator will
be responsible for intake certification and
placement of all applicants for
the Manpower program.
Applicants should apply by forwarding a resume
to
P.O. Box 727
San Saba, TX 76877
Selected applicants will be notified for
appointments for the purpose of an interview.
CTMC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
The Goldthwaite High
School class of 1975 is
planning their 5-year re-
union this summer.
Information is needed
from all the class members -
all who were a part of this
class during any of the 12
years of school.
Persons who were ever
members of this class
please send your present
address and telephone num-
ber to:
Dale Page
Box 760
Bangs, Texas 76823
Ph: 915-752-6029
Or
Camille Plagens
406 Stonewall
Kerrville, Tx. 78028
Ph.: 512-257-6840
Your prompt reply will be
appreciated.
Padgett
Floral
Flowers For
8 All Occasions S
$ FTD Wire Service $
§ Phone 648-2612 $
Phone service is a good buy
You don’t need us to tell you prices
have gone up. But the price for phone
service hasn’t gone up as much as
you may think. In fact, you may easily
spend more on coffee for coffee
breaks than you do for a month of
basic local service. Contrast that
with the prices you pay for shoes and
sugar or gasoline and hamburger. Or
contrast it with what we pay for
poles, wires, cables, etc. We can’t
sell 1980 service at 1976 prices...and
stay in business.
We’re facing facts
America’s investor-owned utilities
are fighting to stay financially sound
and we’re in the middle of that fight.
As part of on-going-good manage-
ment, we constantly work to improve
the efficiency of our operations.
We've even gone to the length of
redesigning truck bodies ourselves
because we needed a less expensive, •
lighter weight, ,, more fuel efficient
model and automotive engineers
weren’t interested in the small (to
them) number we’d purchase. We've
managed to avoid the rate increase
arena for nearly four years through ef-
forts like these but they aren’t
enough any more. We don’t intend to
become a financial burden to
anyone...and we can face facts. So,
let's face this one: it's either a rate in-
crease or some other alternative.
Alternative 2: Defer plant and equip-
ment additions
We’ve already done that...or as
much as we possibly could. Texas
has been experiencing un-
precedented growth and that’s nice,
because growth is healthy. The trou-
ble is we have had to spend (and bor-
row) unprecedented amounts of
money (at unprecedented interest
rates) to provide the facilities to meet
that growth. And the dollars we spent
in 1979 and will spend in 1980 don’t
buy as much as they used to. They
don’t even buy as much as they did
the last time we had increases in
rates - 1976. We’ve had customers
tell us, “Look, my service is fine. Let
it stay the same until 1999, just leave
the rates alone." Sounds great, but
it’s not that simple. Even if it were
possible, we’d still be. spending
millions each year just to maintain
what’s out there now.. Practically
speaking, however, we can’t stand
still. The rules under which we
operate say we must meet all
reasonable service requests in a
timely manner. Telephone equipment
is complex and it can’t be put in over-
night. With the way Texas nas been
growing and the way inflation is ram-
paging, some days it seems as
though it will take all the running we
can do and all the dollars we have
just to stay in the same place. The
engineering and construction work
we do (and pay for) today determines
the quality and quantity of service
tomorrow.
Alternative 3: Let our shareowners’
investment deteriorate
Everyone loves this answer...ex-
cept the shareowners., and they may
be you directly, or indirectly, if you
have a pension plan, life insurance or
own mutual fund shares. Realistical-
ly, however, shareowners have to
earn a reasonable return on their in-
vestment. Otherwise, they don’t in-
vest. Would you? It was yesterday’s
investment money which bought the
equipment serving you today and to-
day's investment money is needed to
buy the equipment to serve you
tomorrow.
prove to the Public Utility Commis-
sion of Texas (PUC) that we’re in
financial need. Qnly then can we
plead our case for a rate increase.
What’s more, it takes time before we
receive authority to increase rates.
By then, inflation may have lowered
the buying power of the dollar
enough so we’re right back where we
started or worse.
The tax collector wins
We’re asking for about $58 million
in additional annual local revenues,
half of which will go to increased
taxes. Just about half of any increase
we ever get goes to increased taxes.
About those varied increases
We can’t give you an "average” in-
crease for an "average” customer. In-
creases are going to vary, literally, all
over the map of Texas. The chief
reason is a shift from city-by-city rate-
making to statewide rate-making.
When this shift is completed, you will
be paying rates based on the number
of telephone numbers you can call
without a long distance charge. We
think you’ll find this system fairer to
all.
No increase is popular
We know you aren’t going to like an
increase in phone rates. In today’s
economic climate, we don’t blame
you. We don’t like it, either. We also
didn’t like the astounding increases
in electricity, gasoline, telephone
equipment, taxes, interest rates, etc.,
we’ve faced over the last few
years...but we’ve had to pay them.
We’re consumers ourselves
We re trying to be as open and
aboveboard as we can. There’s
nothing hidden about our operations
and we aren’t some giant out to
gouge the consumer. We’re con-
sumers ourselves and we're doing
our best to protect you and your
phone service...and to keep the rates
for it within everyone’s reach.
What alternatives?
1. Downgrade customer service.
2. Defer plant and equipment
additions.
3. Let our shareowners
investment deteriorate.
4. Ask our employees to give up
justified wage increases.
Alternative 1: Downgrade customer
service
You expect phones to work as
close to 100 percent of the time as is
possible and when phone service is
out, you want it fixed. Fast. We agree.
And you don't want to wait to get ser-
vice to begin with, no matter how fast
Texas grows. We also agree.
Therefore, we can't let service
deteriorate simply because costs of
providing it increase. In fact, from our
point of view, service in some spots
could stand improving...and we ought
to know: we’ve been in this business
a long time. But improvements cost
money.
Alternative 4: Ask our employees to
give up justified wage increases
Our employees are skilled and
dedicated and we need them. To cut
costs by denying them justified in-
creases would be counter productive.
We must pay competitive wages and
benefits to attract and hold
employees with the skills and pro-
ductivity we need. As Texas grows,
we’ll need even more. If we lose or
can't find quality employees, your
service could suffer.
So what’s left?
That’s pretty obvious: a rate in-
crease. But it won’t happen right
away. It’s not that simple and it isn’t
automatic. Most businesses, if their
costs go up, simply raise their prices
or drop the service. We are a
regulated utility and even when we
aren't receiving enough money for
service, we must continue providing
it and keep on doing so until we can
We’ll talk and listen
So, there it is. We’ve got to earn
more money and raising rates is our
only choice. If you have questions
about your individual service rate,
call your local business office or your
division manager. Division managers
are listed in the front of your phone
book. They’ll even help arrange
speakers for your club or organiza-
tion. We’re all people you can talk
to...and we want to keep you talking.
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Bridges, G. Frank. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980, newspaper, March 6, 1980; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1651841/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.