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Devoted To The Best Interests Of Wylie Since 1947
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Volume 25: Number 38
Wylie, Collin County, Texas
Thursday, March 15, 1973
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Real Estate Co.
Records Heavy
February Sales
A record month was re-
corded in February for a
local real estate firm.
Gary Roddy of the Roddy
and Rogers Real Estate
Agency reported this week
that the firm sold $300,000
in residential housing
during the month of
February.
Sales included both exis-
ting houses and new homes
to he constructed in the
area. The firm, in ad-
dition to taking listings
for existing properties ,
specializes in custom
home building . They
build in both the city and
in close-in rural areas.
Roddy indicated thiit
prices of the homes sold
ranged from $30,000 to
$40,000 and all are under
firm contract.
New Pumps
Installed
Photos above and right
show the before and after
of water pumps for the
City of Wylie. Because
of increased water usage
the City installed the two
new pumps shown at right
in February of this year.
Each 75-hp pump nas a
capacity of 1,000 gallons
per minute and controls
should be complete within
the next few weeks and the
pumps in operation before
the summer months. The
old pumps above had been
in operation since Octo-
ber 1956. Designed to de-
liver 600 gallons per
minute each, because of
age they were only de-
livering about 500 gals,
per minute. City Mgr.
Dennis Woodard told The
News that "last summer
we were barely able to
keep even with our water
demands, but with the new
pumps in operation we
should experience no
shortage during the sum-
mer." "Although these
new pumps will deliver
adequate water to the city,
we will still have a short-
age of overhead storage,"
he said. The new installa-
tion is located at the main
storage basin at the North
Texas Municipal Water
District treatment plant
here. (News Staff Photos).
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At Hartman Elementary:
Mobile Blood Unit
To B@ !r. Wylie Saturday
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Thought for the Week; "To err is human; to really
foul things up requires a computer."
The News Is in receipt of some good information
from County Agent James Risinger of interest to
a number of local people we feel sure. It follows;
Several people have contacted the County Agent's
office in regard to pecan budding and grafting. This
is a very good practice for people to do in order
to get the Kind or pecans they would like. Arrange-
ments have been made again this year with Mr.
Delma R. House, of House's Nursery in Tyler, Texas
to be in McKinney around the first of April to do
pecan budding and/or grafting.
Risinger states that if anyone is interested in having
some budding and/or grafting work done on their
pedan trees to please contact his office, telephone
number 542-4413, McKinney and Mr. House will contact
them.
The county agent further states that there is a
charge for this service, but that Mr. House will
discuss the price when he contacts them.
March 29-30 are the dates for the annual East Texas
Chamber of Commerce convention. It will be meeting
in Nacogdoches, always one of the favorite small
convention cities in the state.
MINUTE MEMOS: Mark your calendar for the Wylie
Lions Club pancake supper Friday, March ,30 from
5:30 to 8:30 Looking for an entertaining
evening? Then by all means see "Jabberwock" at
the Dallas Theatre Center.
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The Wadley Mobile Blood
Unit will be in Wylie this
Saturday, March 17 at the
Hartman Elementary
School. Hours will be
9:30 - 11:30 A.M. and
1:00 - 4:00 P.M. It
matters not if you have
signed a pledge card prior
to this time, you are still
welcome to make a
"Gift Of Life" on Satur-
day.
Wadley Blood Bank is a
member of the clearing-
house association of the
Absentee Voting
Begins Monday
Absentee voting for both
the City and School Board
elections will begin this
Monday, March 19th , at
8 p.m.
Mrs. Pat Robertson will
serve as absentee voting
clerk for the Wylie Pub-
lic Schools with Mrs,
Jackie Smith serving as
alternate. Absentee vot-
ing will take place at the
offices of Superintendent
of Schools.
The City Hall will have
ballots for those wishing
to vote absentee for the
three places of the City
Council. Mrs OneitaGal-
hgher is serving as ab-
sentee voting clerk with
Mrs. Doris Wilson as al-
ternate.
Closing date for absentee
voting at City Hall will
be April 2 at 5 p.m. For
the School System 4;00
p.m. April 3rd will be the
last opportunity to vote
absentee.
Fifteen Candidates In Races For
City And School Official Places
American Association of
Blood Banks. This makes
it possible to transfer
credit from our Blood
Club account to any mem-
ber bank In the United
States. Members who find
themselves in other cities
when they need blood can
have it replaced from the
Wylie Blood Club Ac-
count.
The following guidllnes
appeared in an earlier
addition of The News and
we felt it helpful to run
them again.
(1) Persons receiving
blood from the Blood Club
must be a resident of the
Wylie School District.
(2) Those persons re-
ceiving blood should be
willing to give blood .
(Some are unable to give,
but should demonstrate
their willingness to help)
(3) Persons outside the
Wylie School District will
be given opportunity to
join the cluh by provid-
ing one (1) pint of blood
each year.
(4) You may join the club
for your parents who live
outside the Wylie district
by providing their name
and one pint of blood each
year in their name.
(5) The immediate family
of those participating In
the club will be eligible.
(6) A committee of three
men. (John Pendergrass,
Clycie Kearns and Ken
Mauk) who are accessible
will be contacted for the
release of the blood.
This is your Blood Club.
Support it this Saturday
by your "GIFT OF LIFE .
Elementary
Kindergarten
Registration
Continues
Places have been filled
for one of the two pos-
sible units planned for
the Elementary Kinder-
farden program for the
973-74 school year.
If any parent with a child
five years and seven
months old on or before
September 1, 1973 plans
to register for Kinder-
garten and did not make
our Kindergarten regi-
stration day on February
22, they are invited to
drop by the Elementary
school and register their
child at their convenience.
"This is a state supported
program, the same as the
other grades in our school
system, so there will be
no tutition charge for
those children who meet
the five year and 7 month
age requirment. Thank
you for your cooperation
in this matter,' states
P.M. Akin, Principal of
R.I . Hartman , Ele-
mentary School.
Judy Feagin On
Dean's Honor
List At Tech
Miss ludy Feagin of Wylie
has qualified for the
dean's honor list at Texas
Tech University at
Lubbock. She was
recognized for her high
academic achievement in
the College of Business
Administration.
The College of Business
Administration Is one of
six colleges and two
schools at Texas T?oh
University, which will be
observing its Fiftieth
Anniversary 1973-75. The
fail enrollment was more
than 21,490.
A total of 896 students
in the College of Business
Administration qualified
for the dean's honor list
for the 1972 fall semester,
according to Dean Jack D.
Steele.
To qualify for the honor
list, a student must be
enrolled In 12 hours of
courses, excluding pass-
fall courses, §nd have at
least a 3.0 grade point
average. TexasTechuses
a 4.0 grading system.
Miss Feagin, a sophomore
student at Tech, Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dow Feagin of Wylie. She
Is a graduate of the local
schools.
Spring Preview
Wylie received a pre-
view of the coming spring
weather Saturday morn-
ing!
Around 6 a.m. a torren-
tial downpour hit the area,
complete with electrical
display and some wind,
d'imping up to two inches
of -ain. Officially, the city
received 1.96 inches.
Listed as a "typical"
spring storm, it was the
heaviest rainfall received
here In several months.
Following the rain skies
cleared and the area en-
joyed a beautiful weekend
permitting thousands of
visitors for local Lake
Lavon. Highways to and
from the lake were
crowded from .11 a.m.
until well after dark.
Both the City of Wylie and
the Wylie Independent
School District were de-
luged with late filings of
candidates for the Council
and T rustee places last
week and a total of fifteen
hopefuls signed up for the
April election.
Two spots are open on
the School Board, that of
Places Three and Four.
Filing for Place Three
were the following: Stan
Rogers, Joe Still, James
Cross and Jim Morton.
Signing up to run for Place
Four were John Pender-
grass, Curtis Ratcllff, Dr.
Stuart Wallace and John
Lange.
Incumbents are Stan
Rogers, who has been
board president the past
several years, and John
Pendergrass. Rogers Is
Lions To Meet
Thursday Night
Regular meeting of the
Wylie Lions Club is
scheduled for tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 at the
Fellowship Hall of the
Wylie United Methodist
Cnurch.
A program on Community
Development is being ar-
ranged by club officials,
according to Stan Shively,
president.
a partner in the Roddy-
Rogers Real Estate firm
and Pendergrass owns and
operates the Wylie Phar-
macy.
Still is employed at Texas
Instruments; Cross is
with the Firemen's 1-und
insurance Co. In Dallas;
and Morton is a designer
with Watson Food and
Equipment Co.
Ratcliff, a former board
member , works at the
Dallas Post Office; Dr.
Wallace is a Dallas
dentist; and Lange is with'1
the Taylor Publishing Co.
in Dallas.
School Board members
are elected for three-year
terms.
In the City three Council
places are up for grabs.
Incumbents In these three
spots are Don Thomas,
Bill J. Davis and John
Addlcks. Thomas and Ad-
dicks are seeking re-
election while Davis chose
not to run.
Others filing include the
following:
Dwayne Boyd who is a
partner in Pentagon Data
Service here in Wylie.
Gulnn B. Helmick, an
industrial engineer with
Texas instruments.
Thos. Edward Butler, a
butcher employed at the
Wylie Super Market.
Bill Chapman, a teacher
in the Wylie schools and
owner - operator of the
Roadside Cafe.
Charles P. ( Chuck )
El ledge, owner of White's
Auto Store.
Thomas Is a partner In
the Parker -Thomas Real
Estate firm, and Addicks
is with the Perry Lumber
Co. In Dallas.
Councilmen are elected
for two-year terms. Other
members of the city
governing body who are
not for election this year
include Mayor Cecil
Hackler and Councilmen
R. C. Dodd and Jerry
Christopher.
Lake Elevation
Above Normal
Elevation at Lake Lavon
took on a brighter picture
at last reports.
According to the U.S.
Engineers, the reservoir
stood at 473.88-ft, as of
March 8, compared to
471.96-ft. a week earlier.
Reports are issued
weekly.
This was an increase of
1.92-ft., or almost two
feet a'|Ove the 472-ft. nor-
mal level. Recent rains
in the watershed have pro-
duced considerable run-
off.
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Open House Highlights
Open House at Wylie Middle Grades last week caught an extraordinary number
of outstanding exhibits by the various departments. Above , Mark Chaney and
Tandy White proudly stand by the 7th grade exhibit of the Alamo which was
constructed by the students and below, from left to right, Keith Christopher,
Donna Adams, Karen Schlenker and Jeff Hale of the 8th grade pose in front
of Independence Hall, complete with liberty bell. Both exhibits were admired
by the largest crowd ever to attend open house at local schools , (New.
Staff Photo.)
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The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1973, newspaper, March 15, 1973; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342507/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.