Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1983 Page: 4 of 8
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GENEALOGY SST
DeQueen, Arkansas
Stan Renand is the manager
of the DeQueen area Chamber
of Commerce, 306 DeQueen
Avenue, DeQueen, Arkansas,
He was recently contacted for
information on genealogical re-
search in Sevier County, Ark-
ansas.
DeQueen was incorporated in
1807, the county seat of Sevier
County. The city was named for
the Dutch industrialist Jan de
tioijen (he helped finance the
Kansas City Southern Railroad).
The local chamber of com-
merce is open from 8:30 a m. to
4 p.m. Monday thiough Friday.
Persons interested can obtain a
map of Sevier County and the
DeQueen area through this
office. For further information,
persons might be interested in
the book, “Sevier County and
Its People". More information
about the book can be obtained
by contacting Irma Walters,
Sevier County Courthouse, De
Queen. Ark.. 71832.
Grant County Washington
Records
In the past several weeks
there have been several
requests for information on
relatives who lived in Grant
County, Washington.
Donald C. Burk is the district
administrator of Grant County
Health District. He stated certi-
fied copies of birth and death
records are maintained by the
State Department of Vital
Records for all counties in
Washington. These certified
records are available for $3.00 a
copy from the Washington State
Bureau of Vital Statistics, P.O.
Box 9709, Olympia, WA.,
98504.
Copies of marriage records
may be obtained by writing the
Grant County Auditor, P.O, Box
37, Ephrata’ WA„ 98823. The
cost is $2.00 for the first page
and $1.00 for each additional
page. If a record search is re-
quired, an $8.00 charge per
hour will be added on.
Copies of wills may be ob-
tained by writing the Grant
County Clerk, P.O. Box 37,
Ephrata. W A 98823. The cost is
also $2.00 for the first page and
$1.00 for each additional page.
Burk indicated his office does
not keep original records of
birth and death on file, so copies
are not available for public use.
Caribou County Idaho
Caribou County Idaho is
located in the Southeast part of
Idaho The county seat is Soda
Springs. Soda Springs is also
the home of Idaho’s oldest
(18t>4) and and youngest county
scat (1919). The district clerk is
Elaine Johnson.
The office does not have birth
or death records. All of these
records are available from the
State Bureau of Vital Statistics,
Statehouse Mail. Boise. Idaho,
83720.
The district clerk's office does
however have marriage records
from 1919 forward. Requesters
should provide both names of
the marriage, date of marriage
and any other available inform-
ation. Certified copies are avail-
able for $2.00 and an uncertified
copy is $1.00.
The address of the district
clerk in Caribou County Idaho is
P.O. Box 775, Soda Springs,
Idaho 83276.
ANCESTOR LINE - Mrs. W.D
Ellison, 3116 Glendon Avenue
West Los Angeles, Ca . 90034,
is seeking information on the
history of Kelsey. Texas.
Mrs. Ray Blahn, Box 3697,
Route 3, Hermiston. Oregon,
97838, is seeking information on
Joseph Samuel Middleton - born
1852 in Gurley, Alabama and
married Mary Jane Rodgers on
October 24, 1852 in Gurley,
Alabama. Joseph Middleton
died in Midlothian, Ellis
County. Texas on January 5,
1936. Mrs. Blahn would like
more information on when his
wife, Mary, died and when he
married his second wife, Min-
nie.
Are you looking for informa-
tion on the Czech immigration to
Ellis County, Texas. If so, con-
tact the Ellis County Genealog-
ical Society, P.O. Box 385,
Waxahachie, Texas. 75165.
Education, Teachers’ Role
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
fourth and final installment in a
series of article on public edu-
cation written by Betty Pyle,
president of the Texas Class-
room Teachers Association.
This week's article is a state-
wide opinion survey regarding
public education.
The Texas Classroom Teach-
ers Association (TCTA) is a vol-
untary non-profit organization
with over 25,000 teacher
members statewide. The asso-
ciation is a non-union profes-
sional group, opposed to collec-
tive bargaining for public school
employees. Among the primary
purposes of TCTA are promo-
tion of quality service to stu-
dents and the community, and
the development of the highest
possible professional practices
among teachers.
In working toward these
goals, TCTA shares the concern
growing among Texans about
the quality of education in our
public schools. TCTA is com-
mitted to devoting its resources
to help raise the standard of
education in our schools to a
level worthy of our state and our
children. As a part of this effort,
the results of the following
survey will be presented to the
Select Committee on Public
Education, the blue ribbon
panel currently reviewing the
issues facing education and
seeking solutions.
This opinion survey is de-
signed to ascertain the opinions
of the public regarding our
state's education system. The
results of this survey, on a
statewide level, will be publish-
ed after they have been com-
piled by the nationally recogniz-
ed polling firm of George Ship-
ley and Associates.
SURVEY
1 What are the most pressing
issues facing Texas today?
(Rank in order of importance,
the top issue being number one)
• Public education; Highways
and Transportation; Water;
State Revenue; and any others.
2. Do you now, or have you
had, children who attended
public schools in Texas? Yes or
No.
3. If you answered yes to the
above question, what is your
opinion of the education your
children received? - Excellent;
Good; Fair; or Poor.
4. How would you improve
education in our public schools?
5. What is the most pressing
issue in public education? Rank
numerically - Discipline; Social
promotions; low achievement
test scores) Teacher salaries;
Teacher working conditions;
Returning to the basics; Curri-
culum; Too much emphasis on
extracurricular activities; other
(list).
6. Do you think that teachers
are underpaid? Yes or No.
7. How should teachers be
paid? - Merit pay; Experience;
Combination of experience and
merit pay; Experience and edu-
cation; or Extra responsibility
assumed and training received.
8. How should the method
you selected for teacher pay by
implemented, and what criteria
should be used?
When the survey is complet-
ed. mail to TCTA Public Opinion
Survey, George Shipley and
Associates, 402 West 7th,
Austin, Texas, 78701.
Miller's Pharmacy
YOUR DEPENDABLE DRUGGIST
Dial 395-2161 Cooper, Texas
The
Consumer
Alert
by Jim Mattox
Attorney General
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Mrs. Edd Sullivan 945*2437
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News From Tira
AUSTIN Many consumers
do not know how much they
are paying to rent their
phone. Thai cost i>. buried in
the charge for "basic monthly
service Can you really sace
by owning vour own phone?
Let s figure it out'
First, find out exactly what
you are paying to rent each
phone in your home List each
phone, by type and location in
your home, on a sheet of
paper Call your local phone
company service represen-
tative to detail the charges for
you. Here is where your mon-
thly charge is broken down
and you can see the rental
charge for the phone Next,
ask the service representative
what other savings or charges
you will incur in making the
conversion from renting to
owning (for instance, the
credit the\ give you tor return-
ing a phone to their phone
center retail store). Now con-
sider the cost of buying your
replacement phone Add any
costs you'll incur in conver-
ting your phone outlet to ac-
cept the standard modular
jack that now comes on any
new phone you buy.
(Remember to deduct the
credit for returning a rental
phone.) The total cost of the
new phone plus the cost of
converting any outlets, divid-
ed by your present monthly
rental, will tell you how long it
will be before you've paid off
your investment. Ever y
month thereafter, you’ll save
the total monthly rental.
This calculation assumes
you are replacing your rental
phones with an exact
duplicate If you change the
type of equipment you will
change the calculation.
A standard tabletop phone
can last for 15 to 20 years and
needs a repair only seven
years, on the average. The
savings can mount up over
time. When you turn to the
alternatives, there are other
considerations For example,
if you replace a rental push-
button tone phone (called
Touch-Tone) with a similar
phone you've bought you will
still have to pay a monthly fee
for the Touch-Tone line. If
you give up your push-button
tone and switch to a rotary
dial, add in as an extra saving
the cost of using a Touch-Tone
line. A disadvantage here is
that you need a tone phone to
use alternative long distance
dialing services such as MCI
and Southern Pacific Sprint.
Manufacturers of tele-
phones include ITT, GTE.
Stromberg-Carlson and Nor-
thern Telecom. Examples of
prices for the standard rotarv-
dial phone are $34.95 for ITT's
and $39.95 tor GTE's The
standard push-button tone
phone has a suggested retail
price of $79 95 from GTE and
$64 95 from ITT Discounts,
however, are widely available
There are also independent
manulacturers Their prices
and types of phones vary.
Many cities have stores that
sell nothing but telephones
and accessories. You can also
purchase them at electronic
stores, department stores, dis-
count houses and even drug
stores. As a start, look under
“Telephone Equipment" in
the yellow pages.
In buying a phone there is
more involved than just
price. You are responsible for
phone repairs, So the warran-
ty policy of a store may prove
more important than price.
Can you get a loaner during
repairs? Do you have to ship
the phone back to the
manufacturer? Many indepen-
dent retailers offer warranties
and repair policies that are
much better than those of the
manufacturer When you do
buy a phone, make sure that
the Federal Communications
Commission registration
number, the ringer equi-
valence number, and the date
of manufacture are stamped
on the bottom. The first two
should be reported to your
phone company when you plug
in the phone. The second
shows you are not getting a
reconditioned phone posing as
a new one.
1 alkin' About the Weather
A meteorologist has been ex-
amining United States and Can-
adian weather records from the
past 80 years to learn if particu-
lar signs or patterns can warn of
the kind of severe winters that
trigger snowfall in Florida and
South Texas. The scientist is
studying a mysterious relation-
ship between very cold winters
and a phenomenon known as
SSW, or stratospheric sudden
warming which occurs miles
above the planet’s surface.
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Eyed
Bacteria that once succumbed
to antibiotic drugs have evolved
into strains that resist such won-
der drugs as penicillin, primari-
ly by indiscriminate use of the
drugs over the years. A medical
researcher is examining how
drug-resistant genes move from
one DNA molecule to another,
creating more organisms that
are unaffected by common anti-
biotics.
We were glad to have the rain
that fell Friday night and Sat-
urday. Some farmers reported
2.6 inches which helped close
the cracks in the pastures and
gardens.
Lucille Russel, Mildred
Chapman and Mr. and Mrs.
Frnest Shaw spent the weekend
in Dallas with Carl and Betty
Sue Johnson.
Rev. Johnny and Hazel John-
son are on vacation from Bon-
ham First Methodist Church
and were at their home here a
few days. Johnny was busy with
house repairs and yard mowing,
while Hazel worked in her
flowers and canned pears.
Audrey Anderson, who spent
the past three weeks visiting
relatives in Dallas, returned
home Saturday. Her son, Jimmy
and wife of Houston brought her
home and spent the weekend.
Claude and Mary Dee Brice
and Ruth Chapman were in
Commerce Friday to see Ruth's
sister. Iva Rushing, who is ser-
iously ill in the hospital there.
Gay and Ruth were with her
Sunday, along with Georgia
Smith.
Dorriece Shuptrine visited
Noble and Modena Horn
Sunday.
Bill and Myron Taylor, Dal-
las, Merle, Ruby, Jerle and
Jenell Smiddy ate lunch with
Gertrude Amis Saturday.
Robbie. Brad, Joyce and Wil-
liam Dodd visited Mrs. Rhodes
Sunday-
Mrs. Fdd Sullivan visited her
sister, Mrs. Buster Ewing, and
other friends in Leisure Lodge
nursing home Tuesday. She also
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weir
and J.E. and Moline Weir in
Cooper Thursday.
Gav, Ruth and Donna Weir
were in Dallas Sunday to see
Roy Mosier. who is very ill
there. His wife. Verna, and their
daughter-in-law are with him.
His is to be transferred to
Memorial Hospital in a few
days.
Lois Weir is improving and is
able to stay at her home most of
the time.
Gertrude and Earl Smith were
ill at home last week
Jimmy Joslin is a patient in
St. Paul’s Hospital in Dallas. He
is suffering from a bone inflam-
mation in his leg which was
injured in a bicycle accident.
Melba McKinney had the
misfortune of breaking her arm
Saturday night. Theresa Weir,
is also recuperating from a
broken arm.
Jerry Wayne Smiddy spent
the weekend with his mother,
Beulah Smiddy.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bouissey
have moved into our commun-
ity. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Dan Hargrave,
former residents
A Household inventory Can Be
The things inside your home
are probably worth far more
than you realize. An inventory
of household furnishings and
possessions can help determine
the value of your property, says
Nancy Gronovsky, a home eco-
nomist with the Texas Agricul-
tural Extension Service.
The inventory is important to
estimate your need for insur-
ance, and to settle insurance
claims quickly and efficiently.
Your memory may fail you,
especially under stress of a
natural disaster or a burglary,
but an inventory will have in-
formation needed for a claim.
An inventory should note the
date or year of purchase and
purchase price for each item. If
you don't know when you
bought an item or what the
purchase price was, you can
estimate the replacement cost.
This information can help you
specify exactly what was lost
and its worth, she explains.
No matter w hat type of inven-
tory you make, it's critical to
store it in a safe deposit box or
some other secure place away
from the home, notes the spec-
ialist.
Photographing each wall of
every room in your house with
all cabinets and drawers open is
the easiest way to make an
inventory. Also, save the nega-
tives from these pictures to
make enlargements which could
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on a disk.
Announce Arh,
t- hnstopher West
the arrival of his broth
Wake, born Saturday
«• weighing 8 pounds
and was 22'/, incf
Parents are John and
of Forney. Grand-
Clyde and Pat w
Harold and Be« We,
Ihursday, Octoberlj,
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Fire Ants/NematodesCreateProblems
Swarming fire ants have been
spotted in East Texas recently,
according to Dr. James Robin-
son, entomologist for the Texas
Agricultural Service. This gen
erally happens twice a year,
once in the spring and again in
the fall. Robinson says this is
the reproductive form of the fire
ants and after breeding, new
colonies will be established.
As a result, landowners and
homeowners may discover new
fire ant mounds in their lawns or
pastures. For the homeowner,
treatment of the lawn with an
insecticide such as diazanon or
dursban should give some con-
trol of the adult ant. Land
owners will probably resort to
individual mound treatment.
Home gardeners who have
experienced problems with
nematodes should treat the
garden area with Vapam before
cool weather sets in. Dr. George
Philley, plant pathologist says.
The material may be applied by
several methods, so Philley
suggests following label direc-
tions for the method best suited
to individual situations.
Since treatment of large areas
may become quite expensive,
gardeners may prefer to treat
the most heavily infested areas
or where season-long crops such
as okra are grown. There is also
a two week waiting period be-
tween application and planting
or transplanting vegetables. Do
not apply Vapam when the
temperature is below 60
degrees.
Philley also suggests that
producers start thinking about
fruit trees for next year. Philley
says decisions should be made
on adapted varieties, disease
resistance and the source of
trees.
Will Not Seek Re-Election
Sheriff Mike Holbert has in-
formed the Review that he will
not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion next year.
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