Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 10, 1977 Page: 3 of 28
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THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE. SUNDAY APRIL IB. 1977-PACE 1A
Veteran's Questions
EDITOR S NOTE: Following
•re representative questions
answered daily by VA
counselors. Full information
is available at any VA office.
0 -- What is the latest date
that I can use my Gl Bill
entitlement?
Q - What |« the latest date
that I can ose my Gl Bill
entitlement?
- A -• The maximum de-
limiting date for education
benefits for school
attendance is 10 years from
vour date of separation from
active duty, or Dec. 31, I984*.
whichever is earlier.
Q •• Are loans available
through VA for personal
reasons or the purchase of
automobiles?
A - No. The VA
guarantees loans for eligible
veterans for the purchase of
homes. For eligible Gl Bill
students, education loans
may be obtained. These are
the only loan programs
available from the VA.
Q -• I have been receiving
care under the Civilian
Health and Medical
Programs of the VA
ICHAMPVAI, based an my
husband's 109 per cent
permanent and total service-
connected disabilities. We
are obtaining a divorce.
When do my medical
benefits terminate?
A ~ Your CHAMPVA
eligibility ceases at midnight
on the date the divorce
becomes final.
Teachers meet to discuss legislation
BRYAN-The second in a
series of monthly legislative
briefings for educators in 16
East Texas counties will be
held by the Texas State
Teachers Association at 7
p.m. Thursday at Bryan
High School.
TSTA-proposed bills are
pending in the 65th Texas
Legislature on school
finance, teacher retirement,
sick leave, teacher con-
tracts, professional con-
sultation with school boards,
and teacher training centers.
The current status of these
bills and other education
legislation will be discussed
by Virginia Chandler of
Austin, a staff member in the
TSTA instructional services
division.
Most of the major TSTA-
proposed concepts in Texas
public school program and
Deaths
finance, with the exception
of a teacher pay raise, are
included in the committee
substitute House Bill 750
recently approved by the
House Public Education
Committee
House Speaker Bill
Clayton said he expected the
school finance bill to be laid
out for House floor debate on
or shortly after April 12 when
legislators return from their
Easter recess.
TSTA will sponsor flood
amendments to House Bill
750 to provide a 25 percent
increase in teacher pay at
the base and each step of the
present state salary plan,
plus the addition of new steps
11 and 12.
TTie TSTA salary proposal
would raise base pay from
the present $8,000 to $10,000
per year for the beginning
teacher with a bachelor's
degree, and from $8,600 to
$10,750 per year for a
beginning master's degree
teacher.
TSTA also is working for a
comprehensive teacher
retirement bill which would
provide an increase in
retirement benefits for
Teacher Retirement System
members, both active and
already retired.
1973
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Wyoming recently. Hawkins mounted the elk Inside his
Hawkin's Hardware store.
„ East Texas fair starts Saturday
Funeral-services for Lydia
Juanita Harrison were held
at the Big Sandy Methodist
Church Wed., April 6 with
-.7 Rev. Clarence Deakins
officiating. Interment follow-
ed in the Big Sandy
Cemetery.
A native of Polk County,
Harrison was born near
Dallardsville on August 29,
1924.
At the time of her death
she was manager of the Big
Sandy Center Cafe. She was
a member of the Methodist
Church.
Survivors include her
mother Mrs. Quincy Pearl
Bailey of Livingston; 1
daughter, Jo Ann Gilchrest
of Hull; 4 brothers, Nathan,
Hobby, T. J. and Elton
Hendrix of Livingston; four
sisters, Mrs. Bennie Sanders
of Baytown. Mrs. Lola Mae
Mills, Mrs. Margaret Ashen
and Mrs. Zelma Lilley ail of
Livingston; four grandchil
dren.
Pallbearers were Delynn,
.Flin. Lynn, and Joe Hendrix,
Mabery Jones and John
Williams.
Fred Sage
Funeral services for Fred
Elliott Sage, Sr. of Corrigan
was held at the Corrigan
Funeral Home Chapel
Thursday, April 7 with Rev.
Royce Pennington officiat-
ing. Rev. David Early
assisted. Interment followed
in the Union Springs
Cemetery.
Sage served on the
Corrigan School board for 30
years. He was a former
Woods superintendent for
Edens-Birch Lumber Com-
pany.
A native of Corrigan Sage
was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Siddie Sage; two sons,
Fred, Jr. and Billy John
Sage, both of Corrigan; two
daughters, Mrs. Barbara
Parks of Nederland and Mrs.
Betty Taylor of Clear Lake,
Texas; one brother, Carlton
Sage of Houston; seven
grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jasper
Cockrell, Alton Burris and
Q. R. King.
Douglas McCardell
Funeral services for
Douglas McCardell, 70, were
conducted Tuesday, April 5
at Pace Funeral Home
Chapel with Bro. George
Crofoot officiating. Inter-
ment followed in the Forest
Hills Cemetery.
McCardell was bom the
son of Dr. William Keenon
and Nancy Elizabeth Shot-
well McCardell. A native of
Polk County, he was born in
Livingston and attended
Livingston schools. He was
married to Mary Hazel
Slover Starling on January
2, 1943.
At the time of his death he
was living in Houston. He
was a member of the
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Survivors include 1 step
daughter, Mary Lou Star-
ling of New Orleans; two
sisters Mrs. Jenny M. Sears
of Bolder City, Nevada and
Ethyl McCardell of Livings-
ton; one step grandson.
Pallbearers were Bob
Willis, Ben Willis, Kenneth
Manning, Jack Manning,
Ken Manning, Mark Mann-
ing, Alton Othold and
Jimmy Miller.
Honorary pallbearers
were Dick Lippincott, John
Alston, Jesse Huff, Earl
Strickland, Donis Moore,
Albert Schammerhorn, and
Jack LaRoe.
The warranty on
ourgas air conditioner
yoij through
If you want to keep
your cool, then you'd
better get an air con-
ditioner that can keep
its cool. Arkla/Servel
gas air conditioning.
It’s built to last And
last and last and last.
It’s built so well, in
fact, that now through
August 31, we can of-
fer Texas homeowners
a limited ten-year war-
ranty covering defects I
in materials and work-
manship of parts in
the sealed refrigera-
tion unit
So, rest easy. Gas air conditioning will help
you survive the long, hot summers to come.
ARKLAj
Dependable Gas Air Conditioning
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special finandno. cat your Arida/Savd deafer or youi 903 company
The East Texas Country
Fair will feature Strong and
Luva’s European Circus
International performing
under the Big Top at 1 and 7
p.m. Saturday April 16, on
the Coliseum parking lot at
Stephen F. Austin State
University in Nacogdoches.
The circus is one of the
main attractions of the
three-day East Teps
Country Fair beginning
April 14-16.
Tickets for the circus are
now on sale in the University
Center irriendship Ixnrnge,
Commercial National Bank,
Fredonia State Bank, Young
World, Stone Fort National
Bank, and Austin’s Shores in
Nacogdoches. Tickets are
$2.50 for adults, $2.00 for SFA
students with ID’s, and $1.50
for children under 12.
The circus will feature
hirewire acts, trapeze ar-
tists, animal acts, clowns,
acrobats, and much more.
The Doobie Brothers with
a special guest appearence
by Crackin' will kickoff the
fair in concert at 8 p.m.
Thursday. April 14, in the
Coliseum. Tickets are on
sale in the University Center
Friendship Lounge, Jazz-
man, Budget Records and
Tapes in Nacogdoches, and
the Record Rack and Radio
Station KRBA in Lufkin.
Tickets will be on sale the
day of the concert for $7 at
the Coliseum Doors.
Internationally known for
their hit singles, the Doobie
Rrothers wdl perform such
favorites as "China Grove,"
“Listen To The Music,”
“Jesus Is Just Alright,"
"Takin' It to the Streets."
and “Blackwater.” Crakin'
is a seven piece rock group
with a wide background in
rock, jazz, rhythm and blues,
and gospel music.
Carnival rides and booths
will be open from 7 p.m. to
midnight Thursday, noon to
midnight Friday, and from
10 a.m. to 1 a m. Saturday.
Bides will include a ferris
wheel, octopus, tilt-a-whirl.
merry-go-round and the
round up. Booths will feature
a ring toss, dart throw
dunking booth, car bash, and
a variety of food booths with
hamburgers, chalupas. ice
cream, candied apples, and
cotton candy.
A <rafts fair and flea
market featuring jewelry,
macrame. key chains and
planters will be open from
noon to midnight Friday and
from 10 a.m to 1 a.m
Saturday around the
Coliseum conclave.
Five groups. including a
barbershop quartet, will
compete in the First Annual
FTCF Musicians Showcase
from :i p m. to 5 p.m. Friday
on the fairgrounds. The
musicians will play
bluegrass. folk, soft rock,
iazz and pop music. The
winning group will perform
from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m
Saturday.
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Qourthouse
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Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 10, 1977, newspaper, April 10, 1977; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781590/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.