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Page 4 Tribune-Progress Thursday. September 2. 1982
Letters To The Editor
TRIBUNE PROGRESS
To the Itartlctt Merchants :
Thanks to all of you who let me paint your windows for
your "Homecoming." I enjoyed doing it and met n lot of
nice people in your town.
A special thanks to Bobby Hill for getting me stnrted in
Bartlett (and to his wife for giving him my name. )
Thank you Mr. Keller for tho silver dollars you gave
me and my helper (my daughter Polly.) And also to the
Tribune-Progress for taking my picture.
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Published weekly In Oartlelt Texas 74511 by Taylor Newspapers Inc Taylor
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Harl Graves
Taylor Texas 7(u7l
P.S. I'm glad you liked the drug store Betsy
Terry!!
Anne
Dear Sirs:
The Circleville Philospher
(Editor's note: The Cir-
cleville Philosopher on his
Johnsongrass farm on (he
San Gabriel Hiver challenges
a psychologist (his week.)
Dcarcdlior:
According to a prominent
psychologist n cluttered
desk is a symptom of n
cluttered mind.
I know lots of people who
have a cluttered mind and
they don't even have a desk.
When I know lots of people
who have a cluttered mind
and they don't even have a
desk
When I read what that
psychologist said I took n
look at my desk in the office
out here which used to be a
smokehouse. Whether your
mind is cluttered or un-
cluttered .you can figure out
that a freezer now beats a
smokehouse for preserving
meat although unsuitable for
an office.
I have had an occasional
visitor who has commented
on the state of my desk but
not many because my office
only 8x12 feet has not guest
chair A chair' encourages
visitors to stay longer than
they hae anything to say.
The Bartlett
HyTheHardrtt
Philosopher
LAST WEEK I was in such
a hurry to get my write-up to
the editor that I didn't notice
the paintin' that was goin' on
down at Watson Florist. That
Doc Powitzky docs good
work Also the red paint job
at the top of the buildin' next
door to Doyle's Auto Supply
has been finished. That looks
neat too. All this was done in
time for Homecomin'.
A LOCAL BANK executive
not too long ago came to the
newspaper office and said
that there wasn't much hope
of folks contributin' to the
Bartlett Downtown Public
Bench Fund account of the
contribution can didn't rattle.
Sir it rattles now so I guess
you can contribute. Anyway
this fund now amounts to
sbout $3207 and maybe
more by now.
I TELL YOU what I
enjoyed that spellin bee! I
take this method of ihankin'
Mrs. Louise L. Limmer who
made the arrangements and
served as pronouncer Mr. E.
A. Limmer Jr. who served
as Master of Ceremonies
Mrs. Alice Jones and Mrs.
Cluck who served as the
judges and all of the con-
'$
StxEEcnm
wwwn KHIMI-
s
TOPPERS
Arson is becoming a ma-
jor activity in our state and
Texans are getting the bill.
Last year more than 5000
buildings were destroyed an
estimated loss af 100 million
dollars in structures.
When criminals play with
fire for revenge or profit
you pay the price with higher
insurance rates. A key ele-
ment in detecting and prose-
cuting an arsonist is the ex-
change of information
between concerned law-
abiding citizens insurance
companies and public offi-
cials. By facilitating the ex-
change of information more
fraudulent arson claims will
be denied and the number of
arrests and convictions will
increase.
Governor William P.
The occasional visitor
though lias asked me how I
can find anything on that
desk. It's simple. I merely
reach for It. The system
works smoothly unless 1 need
a clipping or some notes
more than a decade old.
Those take a little longer to
find.
The idea that a clean desk
is symbolic of a clear-
headed clear-thinking mind
runs into trouble when you
wonder about the clean desks
of the embarrassed and
almost broke car
manufacturers who a few
years back couldn't see that
smaller cars were becoming
more popular than gas-
guzzlers A lot of them with
clean desks have car lots
cluttered with thousands of
un-soldcnrs.
And some of the cleanest
desks in Washington are
manned by some of the
world's worst bungling
bureaucrats.
Nonetheless I intend to
clean my desk off and will
the minute things on it begin
to topple. The floor is no
place to file valuable papers
Yours failhfiilh
J.A.
Philosopher
tcstants and guests. Also Mr.
Bobby Hill for the use of his
business house and the
Chamber of Commerce for
their part and anybody else
that aught to be thanked too.
Mrs. Jewel Lindcmann
placed first. Miss Kristen
Knetcn placed second and
Mr. Lloyd Morrison placed
third. I sure hope that I
spelled all the names right
as well as figured out who
ever'body was. First place
received a nice trophy and
2nd and 3rd got ribbons.
There was only one team but
if there'd been another one it
would've prob'ly lasted away
into the night. It was awful
close for a good while. If you
weren't there you not only
missed a good spellin' bee
but you also missed seein'
me!
I can hardly wait until next
year's spellin bee!
IN JUST A little over four
years we have lost a Grocery
Store a Dry Goods Store a
Hardware Store a Nickel
Store and almost a Drug
Store. You can hear folks
remark on it all the time. So
I am now right this very
moment commencin' my
"Start A Store in Bartlett"
Campaign. All those in doubt
please wait and see.
Clements and the Texas Leg-
islature have provided the
state's criminal justice system
with new tools to fight crime
in Texas and stiff laws witli
which to prosecute. For the
month of September the
Crime Stoppers Advisory
Council is focusing its state-
wide "Crime or the Month"
on arson. Any citizen having
information regarding arson
activities is urged to call the
anti-crime hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS.
Cash rewards arc
available for information
leading to the arrest and in-
dictment of these criminals.
If arson schemes are to be
curtailed or controlled we
need your help. Call 1-800-252-TIPS
today and help
burn an arsonist.
The first toothbrush is
said to have been in-
vented in China in 1498
but it didn't become
popular in Europe until
the seventeenth century.
Dr. Albert Einstein
rarely wore socks.
A cat's vision is about
six times as acute as a
human's.
The largest jigsaw puz-
zle in the world made in
195-1 measured 15 by 10
feet and contained over
10000 piccos.
On a clear day from a
lookout point near Chat-
tanooga Tenn. you can
see Tennessee Alabama
Georgia South Carolina
North Carolina Virginia
and Kentucky.
Born in Indian Creek
Texas in 1890 her first
volume of short stories
was published when she
wns -10 "Flowering
Judas." In 1966 her col-
lected work won tho
Pulitzer Prizo and tho Na-
tional Book Award. She
wrote her only full-length
novel when she was in her
seventies and it made her
famous - "Ship Of
Fools." A descendant of
Daniel Boone and tho
writer O. Henry she mar-
ried and divorced three
times and lived to the ago
of 90. Who was that lady?
Katherino Anno Porter
BARBS
Phil Pastoret
Sure sign of fall: Ads
beckoning with cheapie
rates for rooms at lakeside
summer resorts
Congressional trial bal-
loons are lofted so frequent-
ly chiefly due to the massive
quantity of hot air available
on Capitol Hill.
Know-who lands many a
job for those with no "how "
TRAIN GANG This good looking group from Bartlett
Lounge f!ott in the Bartlett Homecoming parade
I am glad to renew my subscription to the Tribune-
Progress as I look forward to it every week. I especially
enjoy the articles by James Pcrsky and hope that you
continue to feature them.
I lived in Bartlett from 1911 to 1922 and have many
wonderful memories of those days and of the dedicated
teacher who inspired us with principles of morality
respect obedience and patriotism. An interesting scries
of articles could be written about them.
Sometime when I am in Bartlett I plan to slop by and
met Mr. Persky.
Slncrrely
Nora Hrniui Wcdenieyer
(Mrs. W. ('. Vcdemeer
CAPITOL
UPDATE
0 U.S. SENATOR for TEXAS
1 2 KUSSKI.I.Ol -TICK BUILDING
WASHINGTON. I).C. 20310
From the earliest days of our republic international
trade lias been one of the mainstays of our economic pro
sperity. As the world lias shrunk in this century the free Kcbcr Bernstein
movement of goods and services across national boundaries m.d commissioner
lias become more critical than ever. Wc depend on foreign Evory r thougnn(jg 0f
markets to supply us with important materials and to pur- jlomo ownorg pQy tho prico
chase our products. for boing caroloss with their
Agriculture accounts for one-fifth of our export trade rotary wulk-bohlnd lawn
U.S. farmers arc the most productive in the world. They mowors.
produce three times more during each work day than they "Moro than 60.000 adults
did as recently as in 1960. As a result wc arc the best-fed andchildronarotroatodnn-
nation in history and still have sufficient production to be ""ally 'n hospital omorgon-
a major food supplier to the rest of the world. cv oms ("" inluri03 aS8-
Were it not for the substantial contribution of cintod wh Powor 'gwn
igriculturc to the positive side of our balance or payments J?0XhondTlho Pro"d"
wc would be hard-pressed to finance the import of other uct gHfoty pr0gram for tho
vital materials. Without agriculture exports in 1980 our Texas Dupurtmont of
trade deficit would have been double the S23.4 billion wc Honlth.
recorded. Our agriculture surplus is sufficient alone to pay "Tho most froquont occi-onc-third
the cost of our oil imports. For this year it is pro- dont is causod by pooplo
jeeted that there will be a surplus of over S26 billion in Bticking thoir hands in tho
agriculture trade. dischargo chuto without
President Reagan recently announced that wc will ex- turning off tho ongino oftho
plorc the possibility of a onc-yeaPcxtcnsion of the Russian mow" first hosold. ''Thoy
grain agreement which is scheduled to expire October 1. I Jff J " b
have long supported offering U.S. agricultural commodities HWiaSSm
to any reasonable purchaser. In leadership conferences with jour nnd can nip off Hngor3
the President I have consistently stressed the need for a and tO0B whon unclogging
stable world market for the sale of these commodities since or changing tho blndos it's
uncertainty in the availability of our agricultural com- wiso to disconnect tho spark
modities simply causes potential purchasers to pursue other plug so that tho machine
suppliers and our farmers bear the brunt of the lost sales doosn't accidentally firo and
For this reason I have always taken the position that a turn tho blados."
limited embargo is neither an effective foreign policy tool T combat thio typo of
nor an equitable burden when borne only by the agriculture nccldont. tho U.S. Consumor
sector Product Sofoty Commis-
The Piesidem has also authorized Secre.ary of ZSVS
Agriculture Block to consult with the Soviet Union on the manufacture 0f rotary
subject of additional grain sales beyond the minimum pur- wnik.bohind lawn mowers. '
chase levels of the current agreement. These minimum pur- Tho now standards will
chase levels arc three million metric tons of wheat and an roquiro that now mowors bo
equal amount of corn. oquippod with a dovico that
While I support the extension of the existing agreement stops tho blados within throo
and the possibility of additional wheat and corn sales to the soconds nftor tho oporator
Soviets 1 have joined with several other Senators in asking lonvos tho controls.
President Reagan to direct Secretary Block and our . Another principal dangor
negotiators to explore the possibility of including rice in any '"7 ob?cta flS
extension of the Russian gram agreement. jnn blndog whlch cnn
About two-thirds of the U.S. rice crop is currently ex- hurl objoctg moro thnn 50
ported and Russia is one of the largest importers of rice f0Qt- "NOVOr romovo tho
in the world. However none of Russia's rice imports now dacha chuo ffom
come from the United States. mowor and always cloar tho
U.S. farmers produce top-quality rice and they can iaWn of potential projoctilos
meet almost any market demand because of the many dif- boforo mowing" Sowards
ferent types of rice which they produce. If U.S. rice farmers ndvisos. "Particular ntton-
could gain even minimal entry into the Russian market they tion should bo givon to aroaa
would then have an important opportunity to expand the bordoring foncos shrubs
export markets which are so vital to this important crop buildings walks and
For this reason I am hopeful that the existing grain drlvoways whoro obocts
agreement with the Soviet Union will be expanded to include aro often hiddon."
rice. 1 think it is important that our negotiators with direc- . Powo'' mowors can bo
Ion from hc Presidem do everyhmg possib o Kcur u SST 17a .T .
the inclusion of rice in the grain agreement extension with 8j'opo jn8(oad of up ond
the Soviets. down.
r PflHBiH
and Holland rode the City
ktwmiwfo M-WPIg'
Accent On
Health
Texas Department of Health
RUNAWAY WASHEUThe Homemakcr's bad dream a
was entered in the Bartlett Homecoming parade Saturday.
AUSTIN - SummiT in Texas
means swimming. wuterski-
ing limiting tennis and other
outdoor sports Some outdoor
enthusiasts may decide during
tliu sliortn mihI swunsuit .sea-
son thai it 't time to concen-
trate on physical fitness
perhaps even take off a few
pounds.
Texas hns hundreds of
health spas ready to help
ranging from small exercise
rooms and reducing salons to
multi-million dollar facilities
complete with gymnasiums
swimming pools jogging
tracks saunas steam rooms
and whirlpool liutlis.
Our Consumor Protection
Division ultornoys receive
complaints about some health
spas or studios thai pursue
the goal of muking money
more vigorously than getting
you in sluipe with the use of
deceptive or misleading
businoss practices.
Those may range from exag-
gerations of tho amount of
figure reshaping or weight loss
you can expect to misrep-
resenting the facilities that are
available to high-pressure
sales pitches.
Our luwyers urge all persons
who are considering joining a
health spa to maku sure it is a
reputable one anil to realize
thut the degree of personal
commitment can determine
tho results you obtain. The
best equipment facilities and
exercise instructors can't help
you if you don't use them
regularly. If you have made
that commitment though a
reputable health spa may be
useful Here are some sugges-
tions about how to find one:
1. First consider low-cost
alternatives to a spa in-
cluding uny facilities provided
by your city's recreation
department those offered by
colleges universities or even
The
Consumer
Alert
by Mark While
Attorney (Sonoral
secondary school in off-hours
or during the summer and
those available at many YM
CA's or YWCA's.
2. Check with your local
Hotter Business llureau and
witli regional offices of our
Consumer Protection Division
to determine if complaints
have been received about a spa
you are considering and
analyze the nature of those
complaints.
3. Always inspect a spa's
facilities carefully for
cleanliness and safety and
compare those at several spas
boforo making a decision.
While you are inspecting talk
to members and find out their
opinions of the place and the
personnel.
t. Try to enroll for a short
time or on a "pay us you go"
plan to see if you like the place
and if you are really serious
ubout an exorcise program.
A. He especially cautious if
spa personnel attempt a "hard
sell" Always resist any urg-
ing to sign u contract without
thinking It over for at least 2-1
hours.
G. Examine carefully
anything you are asked to
sign. Some consumers have
signed whut they thought wus
un "application" only to learn
inter that it was really a
binding contract. Make sure
any contract is completely fill-
ed in with no blank spaces.
Check to see thut uny pro-
mises made to you are spelled
out in writing.
Our attorneys say this is
especially important if you
huve been assitrcd that you
can quit at any time und
receive a prorated refund. If
spa personnel resist or tell
you It's not necessary to have
it in writing don't sign.
If you have a complaint
about a spa contact our Con- 1
sumer Protection Division
regional office nearest you.
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