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The annual Howard Family Reunion
was held over the weekend, June 5, 6
and 7 at TP&L Employee Park on
Cedar Creek Lake. The family gets
together every year the first weekend
in June.
Those who attended this year were:
Joe and Frances Monroe, Malakoff;
Louise Shumate, Malakoff; Base and
Halloween Lambert, Lamesa; Doyle,
Polly and Sbeila Shumate, Carthage;
Jeff and Susan Shumate, Carthage;
Randy, Sharon, Shane and Amy
Monroe, Malakoff; John D., Inez and
Teresa Monroe, DeWitt, Arkansas;
Frank and Julia Monroe, DeWitt,
Arkansas; Ed and Cecil Monroe and
Benny Monroe, Austin; Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Miller, Mabank; Mac Neely,
Corsicans; Odie and Hazel Bell, Kemp;
Maudie and Dorsey Meador, Mabank;
Clyde Miller, Santa Barbara, Califor-
nia; Lena Miller, Malakoff; Richard,
Kim and Guy Monroe and Patti Reese,
Malakoff; Mike, Barbara, Mandi and
Christi Monroe, Malakoff.
Also, Larry, Lori, Jeffrey and Rendi
Callaway, Malakoff; Barbara
Begeman and Barbara Sue of Kauf-
man; Edgar, Erma and Todd Monroe,
Malakoff; Philip and Marsha Grant,
Dallas; Fred, Mary, Freida and John
Carter, Midlothian; Rex, Terri, Josh
and Rachel Monroe, Malakoff; Blanche
Kinchen, Memphis, Tennessee; Arzilla
Hughes, Malakoff; Don and Sandy
Aultman, Ferris; Bill and Janice Slay,
Mabank; Donald Slay, Mabank;
Darlene and Paul Pace, Dallas;
Garland, Andrea, Amy and Keith
Nolan, Waco; Glenn, Quieva, Cheryl,
Eddie and Kevin Williams, Dallas;
Aubry and Sandra Monroe and Jerry
Don Graham and Robert Graham,
Malakoff; Ruby Miller, Malakoff;
James Bates, Malakoff; Kevin and
Donna Airheart, Malakoff; Rodney
Monroe and Cindy Truitt, Malakoff;
Mac and Suzanne Shumate, Malakoff;
Earl and Wanda Jones, Malakoff.
KISSIN' COUSINS-All of these cousins gathered last weekend for the annual
lioward Family Reunion held at TP&L Employee Park on Cedar Creek Lake.
Back row, left to right, are Maud Meador, Mabank; Louise Shumate, Malakoff;
Joe Monroe, Malakoff; Edd Monroe, Austin; Aubry Monroe, Malakoff; Clyde
Miller, Santa Barbara. Calif. : and J.I). Monroe. DeWitt, Ark. Seated in the mid-
dle is Edgar Monroe. Malakoff. Front row, left to right, are Ruby Miller,
Malakoff; Odie and liazei Bell, Tool; Aunt Lena Miller, Malakoff and Raymond
Miller, Mabank. (Staff photo by Lori Callaway
MISS MABANK CHOSEN - Miss Valerie Jean Flach, second from left, was named the new Miss Mabank in a pageant held
Saturday, June 6, at Mabank Elementary School Auditorium. She is 19 and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Flach of liar-
bar Point, Gun Barrel City. Others are from left, Miss Robin McBurney. first runner-up; Miss Connie Gilbert and Miss
Angle Clark, tied for second runnersup. (Staff Photo by Tom Finley)
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Valarie Flach
named 1981
Miss Mabank
Miss Valerie Flach, 19, was named
the new Miss Mabank in the first formal
Miss Mabank pageant held Saturday,
June 6 in the Mabank Elementary
School auditorium. The daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Ben Flach of Gun Barrel City,
she was sponsored by the Bank of
Mabank.
She is a sophomore at Henderson
County Junior College where she was
an officer in the Cardettes drill team, a
member of the Student Senate and a
member of the Cardinal Dancers. She
enjoys water sports, dancing and
teaching dance. She hopes to open her
own school dance in the future and to
act and dance professionally.
Other winners were Miss Robin
McBurney, first runnerup. She is 17, a
1981 graduate of Mabank High School
and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
McBurney.
Also, in a tie for second runnersup
were Miss Angle Clark and Miss Connie
Gilbert. Miss Clark is 17 and a 1981
graduate of Mabank High School. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Clark and Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Simpson.
Miss Gilbert is a 1981 graduate of
Mabank High School and the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill M. Gilbert of Hyde
Away Valley, Mabank.
The contest was sponsored by the
Mabank Chamber of Commerce. Miss
Flach received a trophy, crown and
$100 for wardrobe expenses. She ~vill
represent the city of Mabank in the
Miss Black-Eyed Pea pageant in
Athens in July.
Last year's weather
was typical in Texas
Most Texans recall only last sum-
mer's record heat wave, but records
recently placed on file here show just as
many months of cooler-than-usual tem-
peratures during 1980.
New government weather documents
stored and analyzed by the State
Climatologist's Office at Texas A&M
University reveal that temperatures
during February, March, April, Oc-
tober and November averaged four to
six degrees below average, based on 30
years of statewide readings.
Temperatures were three to six
degrees above average during the peak
of the heat wave. June, July, August,
September and December of 1980
showed statewide readings clearly
above what is considered normal.
"The whole year was hot, cold, wet
and dry. In other words, it was an en-
tirely typical Texas year," said Texas
A&M professor John Griffiths.
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By PAT HARRIMAN
"It was the greatest experience of my
life. It truly was a great feeling to
represent our people," Rep. Elton
Bomer-D, Montalba, said, "but it's
good to be back home and wear blue
jeans, boots and a cowboy shirt."
Bomer, who just returned home from
his first term as the 14th District
Representative in the state legislature,
took time out to talk about his Austin
experiences.
"My impressions were very
favorable," he said. "I had some
frustrations and a few disap-
pointments, but by and large I was
pleased with the session. I was im-
pressed with the quality of the
representatives. It was higher than I
thought it would be."
He said he was also ,impressed with
the amount of work the legislators were
willing to do.
"I went down there to work in the
first place and most of them do. A few
don't, but the majority works long
hours, six or seven days a week.
"I enjoy the friendships I've made
with the House and Senate members
across the state. I also enjoyed learning
the legislative process and par-
ticipating in the debates.
"The disappointments I guess I've
seen are when you feel some bills that
come through would really benefit the
people of the state of Texas, but they
fail because they can't get enough
people to agree. They don't fail because
of their merits, but because of per-
sonalities or a lack of understanding of
parliamentary procedure."
Bomer said he felt his major ac-
complishments were in public
education.
"I worked very hard to get a good
teacher pay raise. I was instrumental
in getting good pay raises, but I worked
just as hard against collective
bargaining. I believe in collective
bargaining for the general labor force,
but I don't believe in it for state and
municipal workers. The services we
pay for with state and municipal funds
are required services; we can't do
without them. That includes policemen,
firemen and teachers."
The specific bill Bomer introduced
was included with other smaller bills in
one piece of legislation, he said. The
teachers received a 26.6 percent pay
raise over two years. He said he found
the money for the raise in an "un-
necessary line item in the teacher
retirement system. I found $24 million
in the proposed budget that was an
expense line item, not a part of the
retirement funds, that wasn't needed.
That money was jnst re-appropriated."
He said he was also "very proud of
the bill that raises the occupation tax on
those dirty movies. They're hard-core
pornographic movies that people put
quarters in to watch. You see them all
around Austin, Dallas and Houston."
The operators of those machines, he
said, pay $15 for a certificate from the
Texas Amusement Machines Com-
mission. He said he found out each
machine "grosses $15-20,000 a year and
I wanted to make the tax they pay more
corresponding to what their income is."
He said he was successful in getting
the tax raised to $1,500 per machine,
which will bring in an estimated $30
million in revenue over the next five
years.
"Over half the owners of those
machines are from out-of-state," he
said. "There were a lot of people
shooting at us on that one. I won't say
who, but they were trying to keep that
from getting passed."
Bomer is just as sure of his con-
vlctions when he talks about bills he
voted against that passed.
"I don't agree with the bilingual
education bill. I favor it in kindergarten
through third grade as it is now. The bill
we passed didn't solve William Wayne
Justice's problem. It didn't do what he
wanted, but it was more than I wan-
ted."
The bill requires bilingual education
for kindergarten through
In seventh and eighth
bilingual or English
language classes must
in ninth through
as a second language
offered.
"Fifty dollars per
was appropriated,
state several million
"We can't afford it. Are
this just for Hispanics?
Vietnamese kids who
valedictorian of the
didn't haw
"I think like we're
kindergarten
enough. If they
then, they won't.
Mexican-American
through intensive English
other subjects, math,
history, should be
language, not both.
"I get a little upset
not Mexico, it's the
English is our
in the business of
program is being funded I
Another "bad old
Bomer said, was one that
cap on welfare
million to no more than
the state budget. Our
over $26 billion, so
something like $266
bad piece of legislation."
That particular bill
by Craig Washington-D,
is a friend of Bomer's.
"Amazin you
vigorously on the floor,
heated discussions and
That's
a lot of my friends' phi
Another friend
Wayne Peveto-D, Orange,
Peveto tax reform bill.
"I voted for Nabor's
completely repeal the
said. "I voted a
had to clean-up the
I didn't think it
addressed our problemS.
"We're
shift from business
residential and
For example, let's saY
now on the tax rolls
valuation while homes
percent and the rate is
$100. If the entities
per $100, what they
public is that when we
valuation, business taxes
by 10 percent, while
percent. If people knew
coming, they'd
against it."
When asked
present system, with
industry bearing
Bomer quickly shot
is fair. The Peveto bill is
make it fair,
very costly and when
under-valued. Sales
taxes aren't fair either. I
the ad valorum tax
was."
Of the nine bill
said only one failed.
"It got hooted down,
that. The bill would have
legislators to three
that me or anyone
office at the state or
make a career of it.
doesn't pay
a job too long, you
needs of the
as responsive. You
reasons why not to get
instead of finding out
get it done. You get
and don't explore."
He said he "feels verY s
limited terms. I plan
terms in the state
all. My long-term
With the season for fresh fruits and
vegetables at hand, growers may want
to consider some of the newer
marketing options, says Gordon R.
Powell, economist - fruit and vegetable
marketing, with the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, Texas A&M Univer-
sity System.
Besides traditional marketing
systems -- and the popular roadside
markets -- other options include the
farmers' market or community
produce market, self-serve selling,
rent-a-tree, mail order gift baskets, and
selling from a truck, Powell explains.
Consumers and growers often benefit
from the direct sales.
"The farmers' market has as its
primary function to bring together two
or more producers to provide and sell
locally-grown produce to consumers in
a specific area. This
system offers
'producers and
says.
For the
tive selling attracts
because of the
fered for sale. The
number of sellers
a greater variety of
usually fresher and
Some of these
ten combined with
alternatives to increase
emphasizes. In eve!
producers who plan to:
required to have a
operate an off-the-farm
ds.
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