The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1979 Page: 1 of 10
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This,Newspaper is the
Best Form of Advertising
In The West Trade Area
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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 17
WEST, TEXAS - THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1979
USPS 677060
15 Cents
WEST STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR STATE UIL MEET. These six
West High School students qualified for the state University
Interscholastic meet scheduled for May 4-5 in Austin. Pictured in
the front row are Kim Chandler (left) and Deborah Vardiman. In
the second row are David Tobola (left) and Randy Marak. The two
state qualifiers on the top row are Eddie Middlebrook (left) and
David Devers.
West Students
Qualify for State
Six West High School
students qualified for the State
University Interscholastic Lea-
gue (UIL) meet scheduled for
May 4-5 in Austin. The six
students were among 21 West
students that participated in Ihc
UIL region competition held on
April 19 and 20 in Brenham.
Those qualifying from West
for the Class AA state meet are:
Randy Marak. second in
persuasive speaking; Kim
Chandler, third in poetry
interpretation; Edward Middle-
brook and David Devers, third
in debate; David Tobola. second
in informative speaking and
Deborah Vardiman, second in
feature writing and third in
headline writing.
Bulletin Board
for Week of April 26 - May 2
THURSDAY - 4 p.m. West vs.
Hillsboro (District Baseball
Game) at Hillsboro; 6:30 p.m.
American Heritage Banquet,
Ridgewood Country Club; 7:30
p.m. Annual West FFA
Banquet. West High School
Cafetorium; 8 p.m. Knights of
Columbus Council 2305 at K.C.
Hall
SATURDAY - 4 p.m. Kiwanis
"Barbecue To Go" West High
School Cafetorium
MONDAY - 10 a.m. West
Community Hospital Auxilary
Meeting, WCH Lobby; 7:30
p.m. West Boy Scouts Meeting,
Dunbar Gym
TUESDAY - 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
DPS Drivers License Renewal
Test, West City Hall; 7 p.m.
West City Council Meeting,
West City Hall; 7 p.m. Game
Night. West Fraternal Auditor-
ium; 7:30 p.m. West vs.
Groesbeck (District Baseball
Game) West Trojan Field
WEDNESDAY - Kiwanis Noon
Luncheon, West High School
Cafetorium
Pcsffpst
Westfesl General
Membership Meeting
The Westfest general mem-
bership meeting will be held
Thursday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m.
at the West Bank and Trust
Annex.
Penelope FFA
Competes in
Area Contest
On April 7, the FFA judging
teams went to Tarleton Univer-
sity for Area competition. The
judging teams involved were the
dairy, dairy products, livestock,
and poultry.
The dairy team consisted of
Chris Beseda, Diane Marek,
and Pam Shafer. The dairy
products team members were
Dottie Firasck, Paula Hanzlicek.
and Barbara Svrcek. The
livestock team included Sam
Atkins, David Holub, and
Radney Lucko. The poultry team
was made up of Vincent Sinkule,
John Lozana, and James Kolar.
The only team placing in the
top 10 was the dairy products
team which placed 7th.
Barbara Svrcek placed 9th in
the top 10 individual scoring.
Trip Available
To Ranger Game
Anyone interested in watch-
ing the Texas Rangers play the
New York Yankees in a June 16
baseball game in Arlington can
sign-up for a bus trip to the
stadium at the West Knights of
Columbus Club. The deadline
for signing-up is this Sunday.
The cost, per person which
will include the bus ride and a
ticket to the game, will be
$12.00. If enough people
sign-up for the trip, those
signing-up will be contacted
later about the tickets.
The June 16 Ranger game will
start at 7:35 p.m. that Saturday.
Baptist Church
Sponsoring
“Day Out”
The Acteens of the First
Baptist Church of West are
sponsoring a Mother’s Day Out
on Saturday, April 28, from I - 5
p.m. Ages are limited from 18
months through third grade.
Children will be fully supervised
bv teenagers and adults, and
will be treated to a cartoon film.
They will also play organized
games, hear stories, have
refreshments, and make a
simple craft. The cost is 75 cents
per child for one hour.
The Acteens are a group of
teenage girls interested in
missions. They are earning
money to attend the National
Acteens Conference in Kansas
City, Missouri, this summer.
For more information and
reservations, please call 826-
3841, 826-3863 or 826-5165.
Spaces are limited so call NOW!
West Junior Historians Chosen
Outstanding Club at Convention
by Dale Snapka
This past weekend the West
High Junior Historians attended
the 7th Annual Junior Historian
convention in Fort Worth where
they were awarded one of the
top outstanding clubs in the
state. For this they received a
trophy of distinguished merit.
The convention had many
activities in which the Junior
Historians participated. A bar-
becue supper was served as the
main course of the evening
meal. A student leadership
breakfast was prepared the
next morning for one represen-
tative from each chapter to
attend. Steven Stanislav repre
sented the club and gave a short
speech on the club activities
throughout the year.
Also a proram was presented
in which the West High Junior
Historians participated. They
presented the audience with two
folk dances. The dances include
“In the Meadow” (Na te louce
zeleny"), a Czech waltz and
"Taney”, a Slovak dance.
Harry Tichavsky
Promoted at
Waco Bank
Finally at the noon buffet, five
representatives from the West
chapter attended the awards
luncheon. These were: Brenda
Chapman, Pookie Hannes,
Wendy Chapman, Laurie Ku-
bacak, and Darlene Zahirniak
along with their sponsor, Milton
Morgan. At this luncheon, five
outstanding clubs from the state
were chosen from the junior and
senior division.
Junior Historians who at-
tended the state convention in
Fort Worth were David Mynar-
cik, Mary Rauschuber, Brenda
Chapman, Dale Snapka, Eddie
Banik, Robbv Guinn, Wendy
Chapman. Keith Griffin, Dar-
lene Zahirniak, Mike Morrison,
Laurie Kubacak, Tammy Long,
Steve Stanislav. Kevin Slay, and
Pookie Hannes.
Sponsors were Mr. and Mrs.
Milton C. Morgan and Mr. and
Mrs. James Harkins.
Community Ed.
Classes to Begin
On Monday. April 30, at the
West City Park Courts, those
persons signed up for tennis are
asked to report at 5 p.m.
Also on Monday, the Defen-
sive Driving course will begin.
This first class will be held in
the main building from 7:00 -
10:00 p.m. It would be most
helpful if those who plan to take
the course, but have not
pre-registered or paid tuition,
would arrive five to ten minutes
early.
National VFW Leader
Visits Area VFW Post
NATIONAL COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF VISITS WEST, Eric Sandstrom, national VFW
commander-in-chief, visited in West last Saturday as part of his three day swing through Texas.
Pictured from left to right are: Joe Cihlar, West Post 4819 Commander; Bob Speake, State VFW
Commander, Joe Vitek, VFW District 29 Commander and Sandstrom.
Harry Tichavsky
At the regular board meeting
of April 10. Lake Air National
Bank President William G.
Kelley, announced the ap-
pointment of Harry J. Tichavsky
to the position of Assistant
Cashier in the installment loan
department.
Tichavsky. 28, is a graduate
of Abbott High School and has a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
North Texas State University.
He has been previously
employed by West Bank &
Trust. West, and First Denton
Countv National Bank, Denton.
Tichavsky and his wife, the
former Nancy A. Sinkule, have
two children. Amber Lee, 2, and
Clint Ashley, 10 months. The
Tichavskys attend the Church of
the Assumption in West.
World Wide Film
Scheduled for
i
Gholson Church
The movie. "Time to Run”, a
world-wide film, will be shown
at the Gholson Baptist Church,
April 29, at 7:00 p.m.
"Time to Run” is a motion
picture that offers answers to
the multitude of complex
questions and everyday strug-
gles faced by nearly every
contemporary family. In a way.
you and I, all of us, relate to this
vividly real drama.
"Time to Run" is a film of
discovery. . .discovery that the
human condition . . .loneliness,
despair, frustration, emptiness,
is not an endless condition. But
above all it is a movie for people
who more than see movies,
people who laugh, who cry, w ho
live the things they see on the
screen. People who allow
themselves to be touched. It's a
movie for you . . .and possibly
someone you love. It’s an
experience to be shared. .
.together. Because somehow, it
could be everyone’s story.
It stars Ed Nelson, Barbara
Sigel, Randall Carver, and Joan
Winmill Brown.
Smile Girl
Contest Forms WWI Vets May
Available
The national commander-in-
chief of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Eric Sandstrom, visited
in West last Saturday morning
during his three day stop in
Texas.
Sandstrom told the crowd of
approximately 50 people gath-
ered at the West VFW Club that
he was opposed to many of
President Carter's decisions
during his tenure in office.
The national VFW comman-
der talked with the leaders of
the Taiwan government during
his recent visit there and he
definitely disagreed with Car-
ter's recognition of Red China
and his turning his back on
Taiwan.
He said the Tainwanese "still
love America, but are a little
hurt” by the United States
actions toward them.
Sandstrom also voiced his
opposition to many of Carter’s
stands concerning the Veterans
benefits and his proposed
cutbacks of beds in the Veterans
Administration Hospitals. Car-
ter. he said, “is not doing much
in favor of the Veterans
Administration."
The Minnesota native said he
had been traveling since Jan. 27
and would not be back home till
May 29. West VFW Post 4819
was his first of a scheduled nine
stops he made that day.
This was the first time he had
been in West, but "What I see
so far, it is all right," he said.
The VFW leader congratula-
ted the West Post on reaching
its membership quota of 524. He
presented West Post Comman-
der Joe Cihlar with a tie clasp
for this accomplishment.
VFW members from Mart,
Mexia, Whitney, Hillsboro and
Forth Worth, along with the
West group greeted the
commander and other VFW
dignataries who were treated
with a coffee and kolache
brunch at the West Post.
Cihlar said this was the fourth
time a national Commander-in-
Chief had visited West.
Sandstrom heads an organiza-
tion of 1,856,000 men who
served overseas and more than
575,000 members of the Ladies
Auxiliary.
He lives in Tacoma, Wash-
ington and was elected to his
current position at the organiza-
tions national convention in
Dallas.
The commander-in-chief was
scheduled to leave Texas on
Monday.
West Kiwanis Club
To Sell Barbecue
The West Kiwanis Club will
be selling "Barbecue to Go”
starting at 4 p.m. this Saturday
at the West High School
Cafetorium. Proceeds from this
barbecue will be used in the
purchase of West Trojan Band
uniforms.
The barbecue, beef or
sausage, is priced at $3.90 per
pound. It will be prepared by
the Kiwanians with help from
the Key Clubbers.
Kiwanis Club President Ed-
win Nors said containers for the
barbecue will be furnished and
the meat will be sliced to the
customers specifications.
Customers can either place
their orders by phoning
826-3704 or coming by the
cafetorium on Saturday.
The Trojan Band is in need of
20 new uniforms for the 1979-80
school year. Each individual
uniform costs approximately
$250.
PENELOPE HIGH SCHOOL’S ONE-ACT PLAY FALDERAL—by Ronald Burke was named alternate
play in area competition at Nacodoches High School on April 4. Honors received by individuals in
competition were Vincent Sinkule-Zone All-Star Cast, District Honorable Mention; Pam Shafer - Zone
Honorable Mention, District Honorable Mention. Area Honorable Mention; David Holub - Zone
Honorable Mention. District All-Star Cast; Susan Atkins - District All-Star Cast, Area Honorable
Mention; Glenn Fabian - Zone All-Star Cast, District Best Actor, Area All-Star Cast; Barbara Beseda -
Zone All-Star Cast. District Best Actress. Area Best Actress. Members of the cast and crew are: (Botton
row, L-R) Larry Hynek. stage crew; Mrs. Janice Trompler, director; Diana Marek, stage crew; (Second
row) Vincent Sinkule, Glenn Fabian, Randy Holub, David Holub: (Back row) Pam Shafer, Thomas
Kolar. Susan Atkins. Sam Atkins. Monica Svrcek, Teddy Gallia. Barbara Beseda. (Not pictured - Mary
Beseda. stage crew.) Special thanks to Mrs. B.J. Miller. Hubbard, for loaning of antique furniture.
Entry forms for the 1979
Heart O’Texas Fair Smile Girl
contest are now available.
Three rounds of judging will
be in June and July with the
finals set for mid-August.
Twelve to 15 Central Texas high
school girls will be chosen 1979
Smile Girls at the August finals.
The contest is open to
unmarried girls who will be
sophomores, juniors or seniors
at a Central Texas high school
next September.
There is no entry fee; no swim
suit or talent competition. Smile
Girls serve as good will
hostesses for the fall Fair and
are selected on beauty, pretty
smiles, poise, charm, persona-
lity, ability to talk with the
judges and model garments in
the semi-final round.
Girls living in or attending
high schools in these counties
may enter: Bell, Bosque,
Burnet. Erath, Falls. Milam,
Hill. Freestone. Leon, Lime-
stone, McLennan, Robertson,
Taylor. Coryell, Mills and
Hamilton.
Last year, 129 girls competed
and 15 Smile Girls were
selected. Contest Director. Dub
Kilgo. expects an equally large
entry list this year.
Entry forms may be obtained
at the Fair offices in the
Coliseum or by writing to: Smile
Girl Contest, Box 7581, Waco,
Texas, 76710. Other contest
information and rules appear on
the entry form.
Sign for New
Pension Plan
Jack Coker, Waco VA
Regional Office Director, today
reminded World War I veterans
that the $800 pension bonus
Congress approved for them last
year isn't automatic and, in fact,
has some important strings
attached.
Receipt of the bonus payment
depends on the veteran's
acceptance of the improved
pension plan which, in some
instances, would mean less
income for the veteran. Coker
pointed out.
Under the improved pension
plan (the one to which the $800
bonus is attached) all of a
veteran's outside income is
counted and the VA pension will
be reduced dollar for dollar
accordingly.
Coker pointed out that the
new, improved pension plan
offers substantial increases in
pension rates for many World
War I veterans.
Veterans Administration
counselors in the VA regional
office and service officers at
local veterans organizations,
and veterans county service
officers, stand ready to assist
World War I veterans in
making the best choice regard-
ing their VA pension.
Veterans have until October 1
of this year to make the choice if
they wish to receive payment
under the revised program
retroactive to January 1. 1979.
Warning West Area Residents!
Swindlers have been reported in the West area.
Homeowners are urged to use caution when dealing with unknown Individuals.
Home Repair Sharpies Can Stick You
“Caveat emptor” — or more
plainly, “let the buyer
beware” — is particularly
sound advice for homeowners
contemplating improvement
work on their dwellings by un-
known contractors.
The home improvement
business has spawned a multi-
million dollar racket among
unscrupulous fly-by-night
contractors who prey upon
unsuspecting homeowners.
“A homeowner must be
constantly on the lookout for
swindlers in the home im-
provement business,” warned
Milt Nachbar, Director of Loss
Control for CNA. “What may
appear to be a respectable and
reliable operation may be the
complete opposite.”
Popular schemes, he said,
include those dealing with
driveway resurfacing, home
re siding, repair of leaky base-
ments, furnace inspecting or
cleaning, termite extermina-
tion, swimming pool installa-
tion and landscaping.
“The swindle may take the
shape of one of several
forms,” Nachbar said. “The
bait and switch technique is
used frequently Whereby the
customer is attracted to a
service or product at a sub-
stantial savings only to have
the salesman switch him to a
supposedly higher caliber
service or product at a con-
siderably greater price.”
Still another favorite ploy
used, he said, is “crew switch-
ing” whereby high pressure
salesmen split into two crews
and canvass opposite ends of a
town selling products ranging
from aluminum siding to
wall-to-wall carpeting. Highly
inflated prices are quoted by
both crews with neither
usually obtaining a sale. How-
ever, the crews then switch
territories, soliciting the same
households, ridiculing the
high price quotes from the
earlier crew and finally
offering the same service at
a much lower cost. Inevitably,
homeowners will jump at the
second offer, thinking it a
bargain, he explained.
A checklist of warning
signs to keep in mind and
suggested follow-up action
suggested by Nachbar:
• Be leery of anyone
claiming that he “just
happens” to be in your
neighborhood and “just hap-
pens” to have enough material
left over from a job to perform
the same service for you at a
cut-rate price.
• Ask to observe other
jobs the company has done.
• Ask for the salesman’s
name and that of the name
and address of his company
Check with the local Better
Business Bureau to verify his
reputation.
• Avoidhigh-pressure sales
tactics and regard them as
being a signal to stay away
from sales pitches of this type.
• Be skeptical of anyone
offering a long-term guarantee
on a product such as car-
peting, tile or siding that will
last 20 to 30 years. (What
company can guarantee that
they’ll be in business that
long?)
• Exercise caution in ac-
cepting any merchandise “on
approval” from unknown
salesmen.
• Don't be persuaded into
buying anything before you
first check your need, verify
competitive pricing and de-
termine arrangements for
future servicing.
“By taking a few pre-
cautionary measures, a home-
owner can ward off any
home improvement
sharpster,” said Nachbar.
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The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1979, newspaper, April 26, 1979; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth716545/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.