The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1982 Page: 4 of 10
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OFF8EASON-A nomber oI athletes at Alto High School have excelled in the off-
season weight lifting program according to Alto Athletic Director Lowell Mc-
Cuistlon. Shown, left to right, front row, Michael Thacker and Keggie Willis. Back
row, left to right, are Gary Skinner. Charles Griffin and Lyn Henley.
-photo by vivian toole
AISD School Board
To Meet March 11
The Board of Education
of the Alto Independent
School District is scheduled
to meet 7:30 p.m. Thur-
sday, Mar. 11 in the Alto
High School Library.
The board regularly
meets the first Thursday
after the 10th of the month.
See next week’s Alto
Herald for more infor-
mation on the agenda for
the meeting.
GOOD DENTAL CARE-Marsha Trnett, right, a
dental hygenist for a Nacogdoches dentist, recently
showed third and fourth graders at Wells Elemen-
tary how to properly care for their teeth. Left to
right are Carl Truett, Mike Smith and Donna Ligon.
The three are in Cheryl Skipper’s fourth grade
class. -photo by diana speer
Book Briefs
And Memorials
___by LeNelle Carter >
The following gift was
made to the Library recen-
tly:
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gann
in honor of Mrs. Maybell
Gann.
We thank the following
for their donations of
books: Mrs. Dorothy Ed-
wards; Daphney and
Nichole Hawthorn; Mr.
and Mrs. Del ton McGuire
and the Wells High School
for the 1981 School Annual.
Book Briefs:
Testimony of Two Men:
by Taylor Caldwell
An embattled young doc-
tor; an angry and divided
Pennsylvania town; a turn-
ot-the-century national
scandal; out of these tur-
bulent elements Taylor
Caldwell has turned this
novel into a massively
detailed chronicle of love,
death, redemption, and the
rise of modern medicine
against nineteenth-century
opposition and ignorance.
Testimony of Two Men tells
the story of Jonathan
Perrier, a brilliant and
persecuted physician
hounded by the double
furies of a tragic past and
threatened present. What
is known by everyone is
that Jonathan Ferrier's
wife-a girlish and near
legendary beauty named
Mavis-died in circumstan-
ces as grisly as they were
well publicized. In
unraveling-often brutally,
sometimes poignantly, the
terrible secret of Jonathan
Ferrier’s life, Miss Cald-
well brings into play an
astonishing range of
characterization and
motive: the lusty, laughing
almost demoniac Mavis
whose memory haunts her
husband like the incar-
nation of despair.
The Balance Wheel: by
Taylor Caldwell
The characters in this
book are a composite of
many people, inasmuch as
human passions, hopes,
dreams, aspirations, evils
and virtues differ only in
degree in all men. A man's
love for his son, and his
fears for him during wars
or rumors of wars, are
common to all fathers, and
a man’s struggle to preser-
ve his business can be
duplicated a thousand
times in every city in
America. An American’s
determination that the
Republic he loves so well
shall be defended by him to
the death is the basic
determination of most
Americans. This book is a
true story even if the actual
characters have never
existed.
Other books by Taylor
Caldwell in our Library
are: Great Lion of God;
Dynasty of Death; Let
Love Come Last; Melissa,
A riuiugue io Love, Ten-
der Victory and There was
a time.
The Library is open each
Tuesday and Thursday
from 9 a m to 5 p.m. and on
Saturdays from 10 a m. to
12 noon
Political
Calendar
:•:• Subject to Democratic iji;
Primary May 1
The following candidates
have authorized the an-
nouncement of their can-
didacies in forthcoming
elections:
Justice of Peace
Precinct 2
Jack Phillip*
(Pol Adv Pd. for by Jack Phillips >
County Judge
Robert (Bob) McNatt
(Pol Adv Pd for by Bob McNatt)
Da I ford Stewart
(Pol Adv Pd for by Dalford
Stewart)
Commissioner
Precinct 2
L. Anderson
(Pol Adv Pd for by Donald L An-
daraon)
C.B. Daniel*
(Pol Adv. Pd for by C B Daniel*)
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Club
'oMeet
At Wells
The Wells 4-H Club will
meet Monday, Mar. i, at 7
n.m. In thn Walla Umw}
Auditorium.
A special program of
color ilidea prepared by
the Cherokee County
Junior Livestock Show
Committee will be shown at
the meeting, according to
the Wells 4-H Chib Leader,
Mrs. Earl Harris. The
slides were taken during
the past few months of
Cherokee County 4-H Club
and FFA members and
their project work.
Cold
Springs
News
By Vivian Toole
Visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Rayford West
on Monday, Feb. 22, were
their daughter, Mrs.
Sharon Register; their
granddaughters, Miss Jana
Register and Mrs. Angie
Wilks; and great-
granddaughter, Aimee
Wilks; all of Baytown.
Mrs. Register is a sub-
scriber to the paper and en-
joys reading the news from
the Alto area.
Visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Dan B. Cates
on Saturday evening, Feb.
27, were Mr. Cates’ brother
and sister-in-law, Dr. and
Mrs. Janies Cates of
Conroe.
Meet Set
Friday
Alto Varsity boys
tracksters will open the
season with a meet at
Hawkins on Friday.
Coach Lowell McCuistion
says the Hawkins meet is
usually one of the best in
the state Alto youngsters
gain experience in vying
again&t competition of this
caliber, he says.
Study Club
Meet Held
Feb. 25
Mrs. Jack Phillips
discussed the Capitol of
Tssss ssd th* htatnry con-
cerning the land on which
the capitol Is built at s
meeting of the Thursday
Study Club lliursday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs.
JackMertz.
Mrs. Phillips said
through the years various
people have claimed the
property because of a
Spanish land grant. It it
still said that one or more
families may file against
the property on which the
capitol is built.
Mrs. Kate Sims,
president conducted the
business session. Officers
and committee chairmen
reports were made and ap-
proved.
During the social hour,
Mrs. Mertz served fruit
plates, cresent rolls and
other delicious foods.
Church
Sets
Services
All in the Wells area are
invited to attend a revival
at the Church of Christ
Jesus (Pentecostal) begin-
ning Sunday night at 7
p.m., according to the Rev.
A. Schanfish, minister.
Guest speaker for the
services will be the Rev.
Clayborn Chance of
Cleveland.
Mary Kirksey Gets Key
Mary Kirksey, gran-
ddaughter of Mn. Estelle
Simms and nines of Jolm-
nie and Jim Hargrove of
Alto, Is the nsdptont of a
Gold Key Award In the
National Scholastics
Southeast Texas Regional
Art Competition.
Mary’s embossing
collage, entitled, “Grapes
for Louise” will bo
exhibited at the Houston
Museum of Pino Arts
Glassell School hng»«»"fa«g
Feb. 13. Mary received bme
Gold Key Award at a
mriil Mrammy at Hm
Houston Museum* of Pino
Arts and was also honored
by her work being selected
to advance to New York to
be judged for National
Honor*.
Mary is the daughter of
Clyde and Helen Joyce
Kirksey of Houston and at-
tends Aldine Senior High
School. She will bo
graduating this May and
aaU) that at thia tlma aha
has no definite plans for the
future.
Alto Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Wells
Wright, Marie Tull and
Mrs. B.W. Smith spent
Monday In Houston.
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1982, newspaper, March 4, 1982; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth843991/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.