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CARSON CO. LIBRARY
box 339
FANHANDLE, TX. 79068
White Deer News
(UPS 682-460)
Volume 21, Number 43 White Deer News, White Deer, Carson County, Texas 79097 '^JpKmsday, January 15, 1981
Panhandle Youths
To Be Charged For
Deer Vandalism
Carson County Sheriffs
department was hesitant to
give out much information
concerning the new develop-
ments on the apprehension
of the vandals who destroy-
ed the deer in White Deer.
Sheriff Reed said that
there are three young per-
sons from Panhandle respon-
sible for the destruction of
the deer in the roadside
park on highway 60.
The persons have given
statements to the vandalism
according to Deputy Hart.
White Deer Mayor Virgil
James, Deputy Warren Hart
and County Attorney Ed
Hinshaw met in Panhandle
on Friday to discuss possible
legal action to be taken.
Parents .of the accused
youth have also met with
authorities and replacement
value of the deer has not
been determined.
Directors Election
Saturday, January 17
The qualified voters of
District Directors Precincts
Numbers 2, 3, 8 4 of the
Panhandle Ground Water
Conservation District #3
will go to the Polls this Sat-
urday, January 17, 1981 to
elect a Director for each
of the above named Pre-
cincts.
Each Director Precinct has
two election Precincts with-
in it. The Polling places
are as follows for each Di-
rectors Precincts.
Precinct #2: Carson Coun-
ty Courthouse and Weeks-
Bagwell Grain Inc. , Lark,
Texas.
Precinct. #3: Panhandle
Ground Water Conservation
District Office, White Deer,
Texas and St. Mary's School
in Groom, Texas.
Precinct #4: Gray County
Courthouse Annex, Pampa,
Texas and Grandview-Hop-
kins School, south of Pam-
pa, Texas.
The Directors will be
elected for a 2 year term
which will end in 1982.
The following names will
be on the ballot:
Preet. #2: James B. Mc-
Cray, Panhandle, Texas
Preet. #3: Raymond C.
Blodgett, White Deer, Tex-
as
Preet. #4: Fred S. Van-
derburg, Pampa, Texas
No Classes Jan. 19.
No classes will be held
Monday, January 19, in the
White Deer-Skellytown
school system. This day
has been scheduled for a
teachers In-Service Train-
ing Day as prescribed by
State requirements. Class-
es will resume at the regu-
lar time on Tuesday.
School Board Names
Teachers To Serve
Text Book Review
The Board of Education
of the White Deer Indepen-
dent School District met in
regular session on Monday
night, January 12th at 7:00
p. m. Members present
were Gary L. Walker, Ow-
en M. Kramer, Mike Ger-
many, Carl A. Mynear,
Cinda W. Lafferty, and
Garry R. Gortmaker. W. J.
Houghton was absent. Al- •
so, present were Superin-
tendentR.W. Standefer,
Jr. and Principal Randy
Barnes.
The board approved the
agenda, approved minutes
of prior meetings and ap-
proved the accounts pay-
able. The board ordered
a Trustee Election for April
4, 1981 to elect two trustee's
from White Deer and one
trustee from Skellytown to
fill the unexpired term of
two years which became
-vacant by the resignation
of Roy P. Thurmond who
went to Kuwait, in the
middle east, for an assign-
ment by Getty Oil Com-
pany. Currently the posi-
tion is being filled by W. J-.
Houghton until the April
election.
A textbook committee
consisting of Vicki Maupin,
Frances Mercer, Patty
Campbell, Sharon Britten,
Larry Hight, Wanda Lock-
ridge, Jean Miller, Mari-
on Johnson, Mary K. Hill,
Clinton Palmer, Marguer-
ite Hudgins, R.T. Laurie,
Kenneth L. Cox, Randy
Barnes and R.W. Stande-
fer, Jr. was appointed to
examine textbooks to rec-
com mend for adoption for
the 1981-82 school term.
Approval of the require-
ments for admission into
the athletic program was
granted. The summer
driving training program
was approved and students
residing or enrolled in the
district will pay $40. 00
for the course. Approval
to requisition a 19 passeng-
er school bus. from the
State Board of Control was
granted.
Wallace Holly was em-
ployed as Transportation
Superintendent to replace
Dondal Basham, who will
retire on January 25, 1981.
The board was to convene
again on Tuesday, January
13th to begin screening
applicants for the position
of Superintendent, to re-
place R.W. Standefer, Jr.
who will retire on June 30.
FHA TASTING TEA
FHA is having a tasting
tea Saturday, January 24,
10:30 to 12:00 noon at the
Hospitality Room of First
Bank 8 Trust and also at
the Community Center at
Skellytown. Admission,
$1.00 and recipes, 10<t. Pro-
ceeds will go for FHA activ-
ities.
Marquis Donated By Boosters Club
The marquis, a Booster Club project, was set last
week in front of the gymnasium in time for the White
Deer High School Invitational Tournament. The mar-
quis, purchased with money secured from several pro-
jects of the Boosters, has been presented to the School.
It was reported Raymond Swaney and Orville Craig, Jr.
made a trip to Stinnett to obtain the pipe.
Among those known tending to the assembly and finish-
ing of the project were Bill Frost, Darrell Ruthardt, Mike
Littrell and the boys of the Ag department doing the
welding, Mary Swaney and D. J. Frost painting, with
paint secured from Coach Earl Byerley and his staff.
A light is scheduled to be erected near the sign in the
near future.
New County Commissioners
Of Groom And Panhandle
In First Session Monday
Carson County Commis-
sioners met for their first
meeting of 1981 with new
commissioners R.J. Britten
of Groom and Marlin Eagle
of Panhandle present, along
with Commissioners Bud
Jones and Clint Freeman
and Judge Williams. Also
attending the meeting was
newly elected County At-
Fire Department
Elects 1981 Officers
Officers for 1981 were
elected Monday night, Jan.
12, by the White Deer Vol-
unteer Fire Department.
New officers are: President
Jordy Gillispie; Vice-pres-
ident, David Harrah; Sec.,
Gary Myer; Chief, Plesant
Meadows; Assistant Chief,
Dean Wyatt; 1. Captain,
Myron Bilgri; 2. Captain,
Charlie Sutterfield; Pension
Board: 1 yr., Lewis Hodge;
2 yrs. , Jordy Gillispie; 3
yrs., Mike Littrell.
Chief Meadows reported
the department answered
44 fire calls and 11 EMS
calls.
He also stated CPR or
First Aid classes will be
again offered to interested
persons of the city. For
those wishing to participate,
they may sign up at the
City Hall. A date will be
set as soon as a sufficient
number have registered for
the classes.
tomey, Ed Hinshaw.
The bills were read and
approved. Commissioner
Freeman asked for a detail-
ed breakdown on the Sher-
iffs Department car mile-
age. Agnes Bell read the
report. The Groom patrol
car traveled 1, 930 miles
in December; Panhandle
car, 2,067 miles; Skelly-
town car, 2,935 miles;and
White Deer car, 2, 506
miles for a total of 9, 438
miles driven in December.
. Bell stated that there was
no long trips reported for
this period.
Judge Williams read the
, Carson County Appraisal's
District budget to the court
totaling $112, 000. Williams
stated this new law was set
up to save the people mon-
ey but that $112, 000 was
over and above the county's
taxes.
County Treasurer Peggy
Butler brought to the Court's
attention that Blue Cross
was increasing its medical
coverage by 22%. County
employees stated they
wanted to keep this insur-
ance.
Butler said nobody else
gave a bid on medical in-
surance for the county em-
ployees.
Each year the Commis-
sioners Court must decide
on what basis county em-
ployees will receive their
pay, either by salary or
Basic Skills Tests For 3rd, 5th & 9th Graders To Be given
Third,, fifth, and ninth
grade students from the
White Deer-S kelly town
Independent School District
will participate in the sec-
ond Texas Assessment of
Basic Skills test program
scheduled for February 17,
1981.
The assessment plan, first
of its kind in this state, is
scheduled once each year
under requirements set by
the Texas Legislature dur-
ing its 1979 regular session.
The White Deer-S kelly-
town ISD students will be
among 700, 000 expected
to take the reading, writ-
ing composition, and math-
ematics tests during the
February 2-20 statewide
testing period. Each of
the tests will require a max-
imum of 40 to 60 minutes
to complete.
The White Deer-Skelly-
town ISD will report its
district and campus aggre-
gate scores to the public at
a May or June meeting of
the board of trustees, ac-
cording to R. W. Standefer,
Jr. , district superintendent.
"However, individual stu-
dent scores will be reported
only to the student, parents
or guardian, and the school
personnel directly involved, '
Mr. Standefer adds.
‘"This testing program is
designed to help the student
and the school improve
achievement, " Mr. Stande-
fer points out. "For this
reason, results will be re-
ported in a manner that
will help everyone become
more effective. "
"Third grade students were
added to the annual testing
sequence for the first time
this year. The three tests
will make up an annual
assessment effort designed
to help both state and local
school officials improve
their services, " Mr. Stande-
fer says.
Overall student perform-
ance, both by campus and
by district, will be reported
each year to the public by
the local board of trustees.
CTB/McCraw-Hill of Mon-
terey, California will help
administer the 1981 test pro-
gram and develop and field
test new items for the 1981-
82 series under, contract to
the State Board of Education.
The California firm will al-
so operate a computerized
inventory of all test book-
lets to assure strict security
at all times.
"Each test question will
relate to a specific objec-
tive or skill students are
expected to learn by the
time they complete the par-
ticular grade. "
"We use the term 'criter-
ion-referenced' simply be-
cause it is a short way of
saying the answer to each
question must lead back to
a specific objective, " Mr.
Standefer explains.
Ninth grade students who
do not make a satisfactory
"exit level" score may re-
take the test each year
they remain in high school.
However, they will not be
required to take it more
than once. Later attempts
to improve scores and eval-
uate any remedial programs
will be voluntary.
The annual test program .
will be administered by
specially-trained personnel
in each school district un-
der the guidelines and
supervision of the Texas
Education Agency.
commission.
Commissioner Freeman
made the motion to stay
on the salary basis for 1981.
County Attorney Ed Hin-
shaw presented the court
by letter to allow him to
hire Linda Orr as his secre-
tary. The court approved
his request and set her sal-
ary at $6,163. 08.
Sheriff Connie Reed met
with the court to state he
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LIONS’ LADIES NIGHT
Boss Lion Gary Walker
has announced the Lions'
Ladies will be guests of the
club Tuesday, January 20
at 7:00 p. m.
Reminder—
The White Deer F.F. A.
livestock show organization
will meet Monday, Jan. 19
at 7:30 p. m. at the Ag
building. Any person inter-
ested should mark this date
on their calendar.
Tuesday Grain Prices:
At Local Elevator
$4.19 per bu.
$5. 60 per cwt.
$6. 20 per cwt.
WHEAT
MILO
CORN
SOYBEANS $6. 75 per bu.
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White Deer News (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1981, newspaper, January 15, 1981; White Deer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1172348/m1/1/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.