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Thursday, May 30,1985—Alto, Texas 75925
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Alto Officially Designated
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Alto Sesquicentennial Committee Receives Flag
Pictured above is the official flag of the Texas Sesquicentennial Commission being shown to committee mem-
bers by Sharon W ard left Kill Neal Shattuck and Nolvin Ward. «Please see related story on the meeting held
on May 20). -photo by betty rardin
By BETTY RARDIN
The City of Alto received its of-
ficial designation as a Texas In-
dependence Community and the of-
ficial Texas Sesquicentennial flag
was presented to the Planning
Committee at their recent meeting
Chairman Nolvin Ward told the
members that a lighted flag pole
would be placed on the corner of
Highways 69 and 21 and will display
the U S., the Texas and the
Sesquicentennial flags beginning
early next year, if not before.
Twenty members and guests
were present at the monthly
meeting and the chairman
welcomed the new committee
members: Guynell Kennedy,
Homecoming Chairman, Edith
Stribling, Scrapbook Chairman and
reported that Alma Wallace would
be in charge of the Church Chimes
project.
Representing the Alto Country
Fair, Fannie May Chapman, ACF
president, told the committee that
the Alto Sesquicentennial projects
would be welcomed at the 1985 fair.
Namely, a bootH to collect
signatures on a Texas flag, and a
Alto Student Appointed to USAF Academy
A First for Alto ISD ... James Worley Honored
By BETTY RARDIN
For the first time in Alto ISD
history, a student from AISD has
received a military academy ap-
pointment James Worley, son of
Mr and Mrs. James B Worley has
been appointed a candidate for the
USAF' Academy at Colorado
Springs, Colo, by U S Rep Sam
Hall Worley graduated this past
week in the Academic A Club with a
grade point average of 92 70
Several years ago, John Rogers
was appointed to Annapolis but it
was necessary for him to attend
prep school first Worley will go
directly to the Air Force Academy
this fall in preparation for what he
anticipates will be an Air Force
career as a jet pilot
Worley began his Alto schooling
five years ago when his family
moved to Alto from their home in
Stavanger. Norway James B
Worley is an engineer with Phillips
Petroleum and the travelling
necessitated by his career has
given his children. James and
daughter Debbie, a unique
background in their education and
living environments. Son, James
was born in Talara, Peru and sub-
sequently lived in Bolivia,
Venezuela, Utah, Houma,
Louisiana, Norway and then settled
in Alto, where his father's family
originated They presently live on a
65-acre ranch where James’
mother, Tommie, looks after 50
head of cattle, horses and in her
spare time is treasurer of the Alto
Band Boosters
James gives most of the credit for
his achieving his long-time goal of
an Air Force Academy appoin-
tment to the encouragement of his
parents and his teachers at Alto
High School James’ father still
travels extensively, being away 30
days and home for 24 days.
Mrs Judy Stewart, Alto High
School math teacher, had the
highest praise for her student She
told this reporter that ‘James has
always had a quest for more
know ledge He has taken every ad
vanced course available to him He
has excelled m trigonometry,
analytical geometry, computor
math and from Miss Rogers he has
taken physics, chemistry and
biology II This appointment is the
achievement of a big goal for
James.”
James Worley
Alto school counselor, Mrs Mar-
cia Hassell, recalled how she had
registered James for the possibility
of an academy appointment in the
eighth grade and the* bn ha<s
worked toward that goal ever since.
Mrs. Hassell said that all the
faculty were extremely proud of
James.
In talking with this reporter,
James said that he knew from the
start that he would have to be well
rounded in his school career to
qualify for the appointment, that
they were very hard to come by. In
the past four years he has been in
the band, in the UIL math, science
and calculator competitions and in
UIL One-Act Play, as lights
operator He was on the student
council for two years. James
worked football into his busy
schedule that has usually included
3-5 hours of homework and study
each school night He tried not to
have homework left over on
weekends James said he doesn't
watch very much television, mostly
news type programs
In addition to having high scores
on his SAT - 1230 and ACT - 27,
James had to fill out mountains of
paperwork to apply for the appoin-
tment He was required to have let-
ters of recommendation from
teachers, administrators, his
pastor and community leaders. He
has been active in his church, A
Frank Smith UMC, where he is in
MYF and runs the sound system for
the radio broadcast
Having obtained his goal, James
must now spend the next several
weeks in physical training to get
ready for the academy Ahead of
him lies weeks of running, weight
lifting and getting in top physical
shape as James begins his Air For-
ce Career, the fulfillment, or ac-
tually the beginning, of a major
goal in his life.
Registration To Begin
For Aito Reading Club
News
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Alto Lions
Sponsor Fish Fry
The Alto Lions will host a Fish
Fry from 5 to 8 p m this Saturday,
June 1st in the Lions Club Building
in Alto. The annual Fish Fry is a
part of the fund raising activities of
the Alto Lions Club members
Mt. Zion Methodist
To Receive Marker
Mount Zion United Methodist
Church and Cemetery near Alto will
become another of a growing list of
historic Cherokee County places
receiving official Texas Historical
Commission markers in a marker
dedication ceremony Sunday at 3
pm.
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Schedules Meeting
The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW
Post No. 8908 will meet at 7:30 p m.
Monday, June 3 at the Post Home.
All members are urged to attend
the meeting
Hilltop Baptist
Has New Pastor
Members of the newly constituted
Hilltop Baptist Church of Alto will
welcome their new pastor this Sun-
day, June 2, as the Rev Bill Morgan
assumes the responsibilities of the
pastorate
The public is invited to attend the
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The Res. Bill Morgan
worship services at the church, that
meets in the gymnasium at the old
Alto school grounds, according to
Hubert Davis, church moderator
The morning service is at 11 a m.
with the evening service set for 6
p m., with a reception following the
evening service. The sermon topic
at the evening service is: "Just a
Little Honey "
The Rev Morgan served as
preacher in Alto from 1959-1961 His
most recent pastorate was at First
Baptist Church. Santa Fe, Texas
Morgan is married to Alvie Jo (Hat-
ton i and they are the parents of two
sons. Montie Eugene 33, James
Keith. 26. and a daughter, Jo Beth
Law. 29
The Rev Morgan attended
Lamar University in Beaumont and
Stephen F Austin State University
where he obtained a B A degree in
Sociology as his major and minored
in psychology He attended Bible
Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth for
two years
In recent years Morgan has ser-
ved as program chairman of
Houston Baptist Pastor's Conferen-
ce. as vice-moderator of Union Bap-
tist Association and for Galveston
Baptist Association. He has been
chairman of Associational Search
Committee, Union Baptist
Association and chairman of B.S.U.
Committee
Having lived in East Texas for
many years before moving to
Dallas and then Houston area, the
pastor is happy to "be coming
home." He welcomes all his old
friends and new ones to the church
services this coming Sunday as
High Attendance Day is recognized
during the Sunday School time.
Registration for the 1985 Texas
Reading Club will begin at the
Stella Hill Memorial Library on
Friday, May 31 The theme for the
program this year is "Awesome
Adventures " The Club is open to all
children from pre-school age
through Junior High
At the time of registration each
participant will receive an
Awesome Adventures bookmark
and his name will be entered on a
Reading Log where librarians will
record the names of library books
checked out and read during the
summer This log. which contains
several puzzles and word games,
will be given to the reader when he
has read 15 books on his reading
level
At the end of the summer, cer-
tificates will be presented to all par-
ticipants who have completed the
required 15 books The Texas
Reading Club is jointly sponsored
by the Texas State Library and the
Stella Hill Memorial Library
In addition to the reading
program a Story Hour for young
children will be held if enough in-
terest is shown Parents are urged
to notify librarians if they would
like such a program The Library is
open Monday, Wednesday and
Friday from 1 to 5 p.m.
judging of quilt blocks to be pieced
into an official Alto Heritage Quilt
that will be displayed during the
1986 year of celebrating Texas’
150th birthday.
Committee member John Nickle
agreed to be Country Fair Booth
Chairman to coordinate donated,
handmade items to sell during the
1985 fair to raise money for Alto
Sesquicentennial expenses He also
presented plans for his proposed
fund raising project of post card
sets depicting homes and
businesses in the Alto area of
historical significance Committee
members approved the project.
In other business, Sharon Ward,
committee secretary/treasurer,
told the members that the Alto City
Council had passed a resolutiqn
giving official sanction to the Alto
Sesquicentennial Planning Com-
mittee. She also told the members
that the Alto SPC had been giver a
high rating by the Texas Sesquicen-
tennial Commission Program Of-
ficer, Jo Starr, who said that the
Alto committee had advanced
further in planning for 1986 than
many other Texas communities.
Corinne Moore, chairman of the
Heritage Museum Exhibit, told
members about her home, the Mit-
chell House, that she is developing
into a museum which will exhibit
artifacts from the Dill-Berryman
family collection, dating back to
1750 Mrs Moore told the gathering
that she plans to have brochures
printed describing the collection
that will be housed in the center hall
"Dog Run” an area 14 feet by 50
feet in size
The Homecoming project, under
the direction of Guynell Kennedy,
will encourage school classes,
churches and families to hold a city-
wide homecoming sometime during
1986
Chairman Ward told committee
members that it was time to move
the ASPC out of the planning stage
and into marketing the program
He urged members to work up in
their designated areas a plan to
outline: 1) What is needed to
achieve their project; 2) How to do
it, and 3) When it needs to be done
It was suggested that a Calendar of
Events be drawn up to coordinate
all the varied activities planned for
the city of Alto during the year of
celebration
Other members and guests
present at the meeting included.
Bill Neal Shattuck, Evelyn Rogers,
Kate Sims, Dixie Dolcater, Donna
Cook, Edith and Henry Rose. Edith
Vogel, and Lillian Landrum The
next meeting will be at 7 p m June
17 (third Monday) in the Alto City
Hall. The meetings are open to the
public.
Getting Ready To Graduate
These handsome young men were among the Discovery School graduates. From left are Andy C lark. Justin
Lindsey, Derek, Carraway. Jason Hooper, Steven Kahla and Eric Hall. The children performed several songs
and were Joined by the three-year-olds In the program that had over 200 parents and friend*^
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1985, newspaper, May 30, 1985; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846369/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.