The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1982 Page: 1 of 14
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Albany News
''Oldest Journalistic Venture West Of The Brazos"
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1982, ALBANY, TEXAS 76430
VOLUME NUMBER 107
NUMBER 21
PRICE 25<t
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County Sheriff's Department Hires
Officer To Fill Deputy's Position
The Shackelford County Com
missioners Court heard a report
from Sheriff Ben Riley that a
deputy has been hired for the
county to fill a vacancy left open
last March and that the depart
ment is now at "full force" during
the court's monthly meeting held
Monday.
Rilev told the commissioners
that Weldon Wilson, a security
guard in Sweetwater, is schedul
ed to begin duty December 1.
Wilson will graduate from law
enforcement school this month
and has experience as a jailor and
guard.
The sheriff stated that he was
pleased to be able to fill the posi
tion with a certified officer and
that he felt the county would now
have adequate law enforcement
protection. The county already
has budgeted the salary for the
new officer
The court also accepted bids for
a copy machine and a new radar
unit.
A bid of $5,315 from A B. Dick
Co. of Abilene was approved for a
Canon NP300 copy machine for
the clerk's office.
Decatur Electronics Inc. of
' ISf'U>
sculpture ...
Reilly Nail (top photo). Acting
Director of the Old Jail Foundation
Museum, checks in a newly ac
quired sculpture after it was
erected in tbe front yard of the
local museum Sculptor Fvaline
Sellors (right) unwraps the piece
prior to its installation last week
The bron/e sculpture which stands
five feet tall, is entitled Ballet of
the East Wind' and was commis
sioned for the Old Jail by one of its
primary founders Bill Bomar
Event To Feature Crafts, Baked Goods
Annual Bazaar Planned Saturday
Doors will open to the annual
Christmas Bazaar of the Mat
thews Memorial Presbyterian
Church at 10:00 a.m. Saturday,
November 13. *
The bazaar, organized by the
Sallie Matthews Circle of the
church, will feature baked goods
and handmade items as always, as
well as Christmas tins, Famous
Moravian Cookies, Chinese
aprons, necklaces from India, and
baskets.
The popular Country Store
booth will also be open
The traditional turkey dinner
will begin being served at 11:00
a.m., complete with dressing,
giblet gravy, English peas, sweet
potatoes, Waldorf salad, hot rolls,
pie and drink.
Takeout dinners will again be
available this year. However,
there is a change in the way take
out dinners are going to be han
died, a church spokesman said. The
customers will be asked to fix the
p I it I e s t h e m selves, with
assistance from two members of
the church. Special containers
will be available.
Prices for the meal are $4 for
adults, and $2.50 for children.
Construction Work Begins
In Housing Development
Contracts were awarded for
work planned in the Weaver
Heights addition during a
meeting of the Albany Industrial
Foundation Monday.
KR Utilities of Abilene re-
ceived the contract for all water
and sewer work.
VCT Paving of Great Bend,
Kansas (also with an Abilene of
fice) will do paving and curb work.
VCT Paving will alio be
available to do other work in
Albany while they are here in
January.
Streeta in the new diviaion are
slated to be laid out by the con-
tractor this week. When all the
surveying is completed, grading
will begin.
Utilities will be installed when
other work ia completed.
It was reported that four lota
have been sold, with tranaactions
all completed. These lots are all in
the 1,800 square foot range.
Copies of restrictions for the
new houaing addition on Griffin
Road are available in the Cham
ber of Commerce office.
The job ia being supervised by
David Todd of Abilene, the foun
dation'a engineer.
City Manager Liaton Todd is
working closely with the con
struction workers.
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By Donnie Lucas
1 have had the opportunity
and privilege this past fool
ball season to pace the side
lines during Albany High
School football games taking
pictures.
With the added advantage
of simply being closer to the
players and action of the
weekly bouts, I have been
able to observe much that
may go undetected by those
in the stands.
Coach William '''Tank" Nel
son took a group of athletes
that were outmanned in al
most every game and came
very close to earning a playoff
spot for the Lions.
It seems to me that Nelson
considered each player's
abilities and nurtured the
talenta that he saw, but he did
more than that.
During each game I would
usually drift around to the op
ponent's sidelines and in
Richardson was awarded the bid
>n the double barrel ,radar unit
with a price of $3,095. The unit
will be used by the highway
patrolmen.
No other bids were received on
eit her piece of equipment
■ The Albany Industrial Founda
lion requested that the county
widen and re surface Griffin Road
to service the new Weaver
Heights development.
According to Commissioner Bill
lones whose precinct the road is
n, there are problems involved in
fulfilling 1 he request
"To, be able to widen I he street
ind,ifiainta'in the proper drainage,
■ve have to have more land,"
Jones said
Jones explained that although
'he street is technically not in,t he .
city limits, it is surrounded by
city property and that he'felt 'the
city should be responsible for the
work since they will lie getting
he biggest benefit from the pro
pertv
Jones added that be would be
glad to help with the project in
any wa v he could
County Judge E I). Fincher
pointed out that the county-will
realize an "immense" increase in
the tax base when houses are
built in the new subdivision.
No action was taken concerning
t he request
The votes of the November 2
general election were canvassed
by the group and the results cer
tified. No changes were made in >
the totals
Fincher presented an emergen
cy disaster plan for the county as
prepared by county "coordinator
Bill Foster. The report included a
crisis relocation plan for the coun-
ty. The court approved the plan
Highway Department Engineer
Fd Wheeler.appeared before the
commissioners ' o explain a bridge
replacement program the depart
ment is now funding If any of ' he
eligible bridges are -replaced the
county will pay 20 percent of the
total cost, with the highvt ".
department footing the rest of the
A report from, ' OilnI y
l'reasurer Alma Maxwell rt
dicated that the county has a cur
rent balance in all' account' of
$182,767.23 Receipts for October
.we re» $7 5,737 .1 x with
disbur em.ents of $fil ill 4 78 The
'general account js $32,532 96
overdrawn, while 'he road and
bridge fund has a talance of
$195,300.1*
New Feature
Stars Oil, Gas
A new, feature in the form ,
of a Shackelford County oil
and gas report has been add
ed to the News this week with
the intention of providing our
readers with, better coverage
of t his vital industry '
The editors have been n
search of a source for such a
're per' for everal year1 and
we hope to publish it on a
yeekly bavs beginning with
this ;S'S
We propose set aside a
»age of he p&per 'or oil and
gai articles each .week that
with adequate advertising*
support will grow rito a per
ma Bent and worthwhile
feature
Special Election Date Set
By Trustees For Jan. 15th
A special election will be held
January lf>. I9K3 to fill the vacant
seat on the Albany Independent
School District Board of Trustees
The board met Monday night.
November H and voted to hold
the election at the Rockwell ' om
munity Center to fill the. Place
Three post vacated by Barbara
Williams this summer
Individuals may file their
names for the. electy>n with
Superintendent Terry Harlow
from November 15 through De
cember 15 in t he superintendent 's
office
Absentee ballots may be cast al
the school office from January 3
through January 12 with absen
tee vol ing clerk Liz Morrison
In other action. Winifred
Waller presented a program
prepared by the Albany High
School Junior Historians
Mrs Waller also described her
attendance at the .National
Historical Society's anntiaj
convent ion
The 1982 83 textbook commit
tee was Chosen by the board I'he
members will be Clifford Rose
Gary Johnson. Sandra Mayes
Charlie Mayes, Tommy Dittmai
Nancy Nelson, Gavin Leech Tam,
my Laing. .lattice Hardin and
Harlow
Consider.-!|ion was also given tq
a policy providing ^n'k e'ave for
part time employees he board
approved Harlow's recommend'a
tion to grant five days nori.
cumulative s'ick leave to,part time
personnel
I ii ot her act ion t he boa»• I vol ed1
to approve the selling >1 ,i ]
( hevrolet bus to Morgan Inde
pendent School District for $85(1
■A report' presented Ii
superintendent Harlow ncluded
in enrollment report of, ^89
• Indents ai of November ! ,m> n
'Tease of three students trout Or
'ober J,
Harlow al.so reported that the
resurfacing of-t he AHS track has
been completed I'he only work
remaining is i he marking of lanes
Board members present were
Ann Jones. Billy Creen Gerald
I'etrec !,ari Boniier Glenn Key
I'Nscilla Harvick and Harlow
Albany Chest Drive Nears
Halfway Mark With $5940
The Albanv ( best has received
$5;940 hi donations ,is >1 Morida)
morning, according to Lovella
Dodgen, board member
The 1983 goal is $12,350
I'he annual drive began Oc
l ober 12, and will conl inue
through December I, or until the
goal is reached.
Individuals and businesses are
urged to make donations at I he
I i a N' a I lorui I Bank .>r liv mail.
Receiving benefits are tiirl
Seoul s; V6uth < enter Shackelforo
< ounty Library, Red Cross, West
Texas' Rehab Center, Salvation
\rnn Texas ' uited Service, Al
oany Volunteer Fire Department.
Rural Fire Department, Albany
Baseball Association Little Drib
tilers Boy Scouts Troop 55,-("his
holm Trail Scouts \ < 'ub Scouts
They're Not Superstars, Just Good Sports
-MmJ
several eases I was <1 is
appointed in what I saw and
heard.
Gone in some other teams
was what I had taken lor
granted while being around
the Albany players sports
manship.
I commend Nelson lor in
stilling in his kids a sense ol
values that does not include
winning at any cost
Down the road in five or 10
years, these values will still
be with these kids. Whether
they won or lost a particular
game in 1982 will be rela
tively unimportant. But what
kind of person they have
developed into mil be impor
tant.
Coach Nelson has had a
winning season, in this re
spect.
1 hope we never lose sight
of the primary goals for
organized sports ,ind other
extra-curricular activities
sponsored by our school
system.
All too often we become so
excited and involved in the
game and our own aspirations
that we don't stop to think
about the purpose behind our
presence, and inclusion in
t hese act ivities.
A poem submitted to tne by
a relative of one of t he players
sums it up very well.
He Is Only A Boy
Please don't curse the boy
down t here.
He is my son you see.
He's only just a boy you
know
He means a lot to me.
I did not raise my son, dear
fan,
For you to call him names.
He may not be a superst ar,
It's just a high school game.
So please don't curse those
boys down there,
They do the best they can.
They never tried to lose a
game.
They're boys and you're a
man.
The gatne belongs to them
you see.
You are just a guest.
They do not need a fan like
you,
They need the very best.
If you have nothing nice to
say,
Flease leave the boy6 alone
And if you have no man
ners.
Why don't you stay at
home.
So please don't curse those
boys down there.
Each one's his parents' son.
Win or lose or tie. you see
To us they're "Number
One."
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