The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 26, 1978 Page: 2 of 12
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Page 2 — The Albany News — Wednesday. July 26. 1978
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A motion was made to have
the Board of Directors select the
president, vice-president and
the secretary-treasurer from the
Board of Directors. An amend
ment to that motion was made
to allow the Board of Directors
to select the officers of the
corporation from any member
within the corporation and not
be limited to just the Board of
Directors. The amendment was
seconded, passed unanimously,
and the original motion which
had been previously seconded
was also passed unanimously.
The presentation of the preli
minary system design was
made, and this included approxi
mately 130 miles of line, two
pump stations, one located near
August Schkade North of Al-
bany, and the number-2 pump
station at Sedwick to service the
Moran area. At this time, there
are 331 members of the corpor
ation, and it appears that water
service will be provided to 300
plus members. The minimum is
calculated at this time to remain
at $16.50 for the first 2000
gallons, with the next 4000
gallons at $1.75 per thousand,
and the remaining at $1.25 per
thousand. A description of the
system preliminary design was
given and roughly it goes from
West of Woodson through Ft.
Griffin out the Breckenridge
Highway, to service the West
SBA Opens Six New Offices
To Handle Drought Loans
Congressman Omar Burleson
advises that although nearly
2,400 Texas farmers have either
interviewed or filed drought
ioan applications totaling ap-
proximately $26 million, the
SBA Regional Office announced
the opening of six (6) more of
fices to serve those Texas
farmers who have not yet ap
plied.
For farmers who suffered
drought damage and resultant
financial hardship, the filing
deadline is October 11, which is
unchanged from the original
date established when the disas-
ter was declared. "Before the
deadline occurs doubtless there
will be more applications filed
and the SBA is therefore moving
some of the existing offices and
opening new locations as well in
an effort to be as accessible as
possible to the 220 counties that
are eligible for drought disaster
loans", said Burleson, "including
29 in the 17th Congressional
District". The Disaster Offices
will be located in Dallas, Hous
ton, San Antonio, Harlingen,
Lubbock, Temple, Laredo, Am
arillo, Pecos, Marshall, and Ab
llene. The Laredo, Pecos, and
Abilene Offices opened July 5.
Each office will be open from
6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily,
Monday thru Friday.
SBA Disaster Office Managers
are recommending that the
farmers come in person to pick
up an application and then re
turn it in person. This assures
that the application is complete,
which in turn expedites process
ing of the loan.
The following information
should be submitted with appli
cations for drought loan assis
tance.
(1)A copy of the legal descrip
tion of land, i.e., deed, mort
gage, real estate contract, etc.,
(if real estate ia to be offered as
security). (2) Copies of tax re
corda. The applicant should keep
the originals aa file copies. (3) A
copy of the latest ASC8 notice
(form 476) for allotments and
yields. (4) If claiming a loss on
pasture, indicate type of pasture
(timber, grass, good improved,
or excellent improved) and the
number of montha of normal
grazing and pasture produced.
(8) If land is rented crop share.
percentage diviaion
ii.e., 50/50, 60/40, etc.) and list
only your share among the share
of the acres..
Burleson explained that there
are other items required if the
applicant is in a partnership or
corporation which is another
reason why coming in person to
the offices to initiate the loan
application is recommended.
The Physical Disaster Loan
Program for farmers will include
unrecovered production costs on
1977 crops at 3 per cent for the
first $250,000 and 6 5/8 per cent
thereafter.
Shackelford County is listed
among the eligible Texas coun
ties.
Bullock Officer
To Answer Questions
In Albany July 27
Comptroller Bob Bullock an
nounced he is sending a repre
sentative from his Abilene Office
to Albany on Thursday, July
27th to assist local taxpayers
and answer questions about
state taxes.
Bullock said Enforcement Of
ficer Hoyce Manning will meet
with local taxpayers at the
Shackelford County Courthouse
Court Room from 9:00 a.m. until
noon.
"If Albany area merchants, or
anyone else for that matter,
have any questions about state
taxes or need help in preparing
tax forms, Mr. Manning will be
there to assist them," Bullock
said.
"We're trying to cut the red
tape in this office and we believe
these face to face sessions with
taxpayers help do just that,"
Bullock added.
Bullock reminded those tax
payers who are unable to meet
with his representative on July
27th that they can still get their
questions answered quickly by
calling his TOLL FREE tax
information number in Austin.
That number is 1-800 252 5555.
The Abilene office, headed by
James Martin, serves Taylor,
Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Co
manche, Eastland, Fisher, Has-
kell, Jones, Mitchell, Mills, No-
lan, Scurry, Shackelford, Ste-
phens and Stonewall counties.
side of Lake Hubbard and then
down to the Moran area and
serving the people West and
East of Moran.
Source of water has not been
obtained at this time. As the
membership has been deter-
mined and the volume has been
determined, it is now time to
start negotiating for a source of
water to supply the corporation.
Albany will be the primary
choice for a water source. This is
largely due to the geographical
location being in the center of
the system and also the desir
able elevation which provides
gravity flow to most of the
system.
The time table for the com
pletion of the water system is as
follows: September 1 - prelimi-
nary plan will be sent to the
FHA. October 1 - The FHA
starts its new fiscal year from
which the system is to be
budgeted. December 2 to Jan
uary, 1979 -- the final plan
should be completed and sent to
the FHA, September 1, 1979 -
Approval by the FHA is antici
pated. September 1979 bids
will be met with construction to
start by the first of November,
1979. The completion of the
system should be July 1, 1980.
Following the general mem
bership meeting, the Board of
Directors met to set the mem-
bership fee as of August 1, 1978.
A motion was made and se-
conded and passed unanimously
that the membership fee will be
$300 per member effective Au-
gust 1. 1976. This fee will be in
effect until changed. A higher
fee will probably be required
when the line is being buried
and becomes operational.
Clean-up Committee Selects
Outstanding Businesses
A report on the cleanup in
Albany jn May shows a substan
tial support of the project, Mrs.
C.E. Jacobs, Cleanup Commit
lee chairman revealed Tuesday.
According to a ballot by the
members on July 17, votes were
cast for three commercial and
three industrial businesses
which appeared to have done the
most thorough sprucing up of
their grounds.
Fort Griffin General Merchan
dise Restaurant, James Cotter
Accounting, White Tank Com
pany and Jacobs Warehouse
received the most mention. Hoi
son Well Service also got special
praise for having done the most
work in clean up. Second in the
polls were Musselman Offices,
Jones Co. Ltd., Higginbotham
Bartlett Lumber Company,
Longhorn Restaurant, Pittman
Smalley Office, and Lone Star F
6 D Head.
Coming in third in the rating
were Oil Well Supply, Daniel
Supply, Hereford Motel, First
National Bank, Shelton Exxon,
RH Supply, Baker Conoco, T.M.
Howie M.D., Bluebonnet Village
TEMPERATURES
July 19 25
DATE HI LO PREC.
7 19 105 75
7 20 103 74
7-21 103 78
7 22 103 77
7 23 95 73 .65
7 24 86 68 .45
7 25 94 74 .15
and Godfrey Funeral Home.
Special recognition went to
the Albany Public Schools for
the appearance of the campus
grounds and Robert Nail Sta-
dium.
The Texas Highway Depart
ment was especially commended
for their work on the four
highway right-of ways entering
Albany, the report showed.
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Phone 915-762-2201
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At Albony, Texas 76430
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EDITOR & PUBLISHER
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MANAGING EDITOR
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