Sanger Sentinel December 2022

Sanger Sentinel

NOTE FROM THE CITY MANAGER

December has arrived. We now wake up in the mornings to a chill and frost-covered lawns. Here in Texas, where we are more used to temperatures in the 90s and 100s, this temperature change has us bringing out mittens, woolen scarves, fluffy coats, long boots, and comfy socks.

As we move into this joyous and magical season and I reflect on the past year, I am reminded how fortunate I am to be a part of this beautiful City. On behalf of the City of Sanger staff, I want to express our sincere appreciation to the community. With your support and encouragement, we have made great strides in preparing Sanger for future growth. I am excited about the achievements 2023 holds for our thriving community.

I invite you to kick off this holiday season by shopping locally and visiting our enchanting Downtown. As you make your way down Bolivar Street, you will notice the beautiful decorations that light up our Square. The decorations are traditional and elegant and remind us of the Christmases of our childhoods. You will find several photo opportunity scenes to help you capture some amazing memories.

On December 10th, you won’t want to miss our Christmas on the Square and Holiday Parade event. You can start the shopping season by visiting one of the 40+ vendors that will line the square, entertain the kids with activities, have the opportunity to sit on a longhorn, and enjoy a visit with Santa. Then wrap up the evening with our annual holiday parade!

Santa around town will start on Sunday, December 11th, and run through Friday, December 16th. The schedule and map are located in this month’s magazine.

Returning this year are the letters to Santa. We have placed three special Santa mailboxes downtown. One on the square, one in our library, and one at City Hall. If your child writes a letter to Santa, includes their name and address, and mails the letter in one of the Santa mailboxes by December 17th, Santa will be sure to send back a personalized letter to your child.

We have many wonderful things to be thankful for this year. Take time to count your blessings and reflect on how fortunate we are to call Sanger home. May you and your family have a wonderful and joyous holiday.

Merry Christmas, John Noblitt

City Manager, Sanger

SANGER CITY COUNCIL

MEETINGS

The Sanger City Council meets the first and third Monday of each month.

Location: Sanger Historical Church 403 N. 7th Street Time: 7:00 PM

Each month the Mayor recaps the council meetings. To hear the November recap click the button below.

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Thomas Muir Mayor, City of Sanger

Sanger Historic Church

Utility Services

UTILITY CUSTOMER SERVICE

Contact Number: 940-458-7930

To report a water issue after hours, call: 940-299-5358

TRASH & RECYCLING SERVICE

Trash and recycling services in Sanger are provided by Waste Connections and are billed by the City of Sanger monthly on your utility bills.

For missed collections or service issues, contact Waste Connections: 800-909-9061.

For billing questions, contact Sanger Customer Service in City Hall at:940-909-9061 or email utilitybilling@sangertexas.org.

For more information, CLICK HERE.

SANGER UTILITIES

The City of Sanger provides water service to City residents. The City also provides electric services to some areas of the community. Please contact our Utility Customer Service to confirm your provider.

Trash and Recycling services are provided through Waste Connections. To start or stop service, please contact the City of Sanger Utility Billing Department or visit us on line at SangerTexas.org for more information.

anger EDC

Property Enhancement Incentive Program

Are you a business in the City of Sanger that is looking to enhance your existing site visually, or in ways that increase the viability of your property for business use? This program provides grants in the form of reimbursement up to ten thousand ($10,000) for eligible improvements to facades in the City of Sanger. Participants are eligible for up to one (1) grant in a twelve (12) month period from completion of the previous grant. The Program’s grant application process is administered by the City of Sanger’s Economic Development Corporation – applications and program guidelines are available online at www.sangertxedc.org. You can also call 940-458-2059 to speak directly with the Economic Development Office about the program, find out if your proposed improvement may be eligible for consideration, or with any questions or comments.

Let’s Connect!

Our focus is assisting Sanger businesses with their needs and developing a working relationship to connect them with resources and programs that will improve the business climate and achieve economic success. We want to get to know you and your business! If you would like to schedule an on-site meeting, please contact Shani Bradshaw at 940-458-2059 or by email at sbradshaw@sangertexas.org.

New Economic Development Website Coming Soon

The new Website, created by EDSuite, is designed to further strengthen its online presence and foster economic growth. The website will be userfriendly across all devices and effectively uses data and graphics to help tell the story of Sanger.

NTCAR

Sanger ED exhibited once again at the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR). This half-day commercial real estate event is an opportunity for staff to market the City of Sanger to commercial real estate professionals.

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

The Sanger Economic Development E-Newsletter aims to make it easy for you to know what development projects are going on in Sanger. Stay connected with news, updates and opportunities that will help our Sanger business community. Click here to subscribe.

Welcome New Businesses Stone’s

Every month, the Sanger Public Library offers month, the library hosted the Crafternoon pinecone turkey craft.

Be sure to check out all of the fun activities

December 10th - Mrs. Clause will bring the December 15th - Visit the library at 4:15 to December 22nd - Tweens and teens can make December 27th & 29th - stop by for a bag

offers various activities for people of all ages. Last Crafternoon Program. The pictures below are from the activities the library has planned for December. the crafting to Jus A Cup from 12- 2 PM learn how to make beaded snowflakes make buttons starting at 4:15 of popcorn and board game fun!

“KEEPING THE BEAUTY IN SANGER”

By Sanger Area Historical Society and Museum

As Texas has always been known for its pretty ladies, so has Sanger, Texas. The ladies of Sanger always had their hair fixed perfectly or had it in rollers or bobby pins with a scarf to cover. There have been many beauty salons in Sanger over the years, but most older ones are nostalgic. The equipment used in those days ranged from contraptions to sit under for an hour to get the hair dried after the roll-up, or sometimes in the very early days, a machine that looked as though it was a science fiction machine used to perm the hair.

rollers which helped secure the ringlets of hair as they were rolled close to the head. These made marvelous curls at the expense of tiny bristles sticking to the head. Later, a spongetype roller was introduced, which was an improvement, but sometime in the 60s, the hairdos were long and flowing, and orange juice cans became the device being used. For curly-haired ladies and prior to electric hair straighteners, the iron used to press clothes became the go-to for relaxing curls, making that long hair a luxurious straight hairdo.

There were many beauty salons in Sanger. Most were one-woman operations. One of the most memorable beauty operators was Miss Alma Cherry, who spent 48 years as an operator of her hair salon, Cherry’s Beauty Shop. It was located in the heart of the downtown area of Sanger. Miss Alma was born on July 4, 1902, in Parvin, Texas, and moved to Sanger in 1920.

Pin-curls were wound around a finger and secured with a couple of bobby pins, usually made of metal. The bobby pins could also secure a hairdo, such as a French braid or ponytail. Bobby pins were named after the “bobbed” hairstyle. The inventor was Luis Marcus, and they lived in California after moving from Winnipeg, Manitoba. They were made during World War I and became a popular tool for a woman’s hairdo. In later years the ladies faced the torture of brush

Her father had purchased a garage in town, and Miss Alma planned to become a nurse.

An illness interfered with her plans, and after having her hair coiffed in Denton, the salon owner offered her a job shampooing the ladies’ hair in her salon. Miss Alma decided she could do the job of a beauty operator and borrowed $150 from her father for equipment, and moved to the back area of the R.V. Duncan Barbershop. She was not getting the customers she had hoped for and considered closing the shop at one time, but customers from Gainesville, Pilot Point, and other small towns had heard of Miss Alma. She remained open until her retirement in 1974. Miss Alma advertised faithfully in the Sanger Courier each week, and her ad read, “Oh so easy, a hairdo that falls into place with a flick of your comb.” Miss Alma was an elder and clerk of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church for 25 years. She was a stalwart of this church congregation.

Many more hairdressers were found in Sanger over many years. Edith Austin operated her salon on Bolivar Street, next to Alvin Brown’s Garage, and later became Ashcraft Garage. It was a small shop with two chairs and a local young lady, Carolyn Jones, began working for her in the 60s. At one time, Edith sold her business to Irene Akers and Alma Salmon and went to work for her sister in Denton at Austin’s Beauty Shop in March 1961. She then repurchased the shop, and Mrs. Akers worked for her under the new shop name of Edith’s Beauty Center. Later Mrs. Akers opened her shop on West Marshall Street in town. Edith’s weekly advertisements in the local Sanger Courier stated you could get your “Haircut with a 4-way method” and advertised that she carried Revlon products.

Carolyn Jones was a student in Fort Worth at Isabel’s Beauty School and later opened The Fashion Room after working with Edith Austin.

Bonnie Gheen’s shop, “Bonnie’s House of Beauty,” was the first business to open on the newly opened Interstate 35 in October 1959 after the freeway opened in September 1959. The small building was directly behind her husband’s filling station, which was on the exit at the south end of town. Bonnie operated this small salon for many years and secured the services of Mildred Burgoon, an experienced operator. Each week, Bonnie’s Sanger Courier ad was “Pretty as a Picture with your New Personalized Perm.” In these times, most ladies got their permanents every few months, and Bonnie was ready to make it happen.

Maude Burch lived in her small frame home on the south end of Third Street. She had two doors at the front of her home, and the door on the right entered her beauty salon. Many ladies were customers of Ms. Burch. She was born July 25, 1894, and passed away October 28, 1977, after many years of serving the ladies of Sanger.

Mildred Horst came to the beauty salon at a later age in life. Her husband was co-owner of Horst Brothers Market. After attending school to become a licensed beauty operator, she worked for Miss Alma Cherry and later became a business owner. Mrs. Horst passed away in 2005.

Lona Joyce Snellgrove decided she wanted to become a licensed beauty operator and owner of a salon at a later stage in her life. After obtaining her license, she opened Cecil’s Beauty Salon, named after her husband. Lona loved fixing the ladies’ hair in town and had a large customer base. Her shop was located on Fifth Street near Fifth and Chapman Drive intersection. Mildred Burgoon and Coy Knightstep were employed at the shop, which was open six days a week. Lona was born on December 30, 1928, and died on January 20, 2021.

Ed Chestnut Barbershop

Not to take away from the gentlemen of Sanger, many barbershops were in operation over the years. Butch haircuts and flat tops were popular cuts for men. A few of these shops included:

Mildred Horst

Delbert Jones Barbershop

Ed

Chestnut’s Barbershop

Windle’s Barbershop

Watson’s Barbershop

Barbershops were typically where to get a haircut and a shave, but also a meeting of the men to discuss politics and affairs of the city or to talk.

Sanger can be proud of its history, and this is just a tiny nugget of history that makes up the community. Many good families raised their families in the small community, but there was always a supply of small businesses to accommodate the community.

This year’s Christmas Parade is going to shine. New for the parade this year:

• Parade performance opportunity and judging. All floats will stop for 15 seconds in the designated performance area to allow time for the judges to score the floats.

• All performances (dance, cheer, band, etc.) will stop and perform for 45 seconds.

• Awards will be given at the end of the parade for the following:

Floats/Wheeled Entries: Best in Theme (Classic Christmas/Holiday Memories), Judge’s Choice Award, Best Use of Lights, and Most Whimsical Performers: Mayor’s Award, Best in Theme, Best in Music, Most Original

All floats/wheeled entries must be lighted!

For more information or to download the entry form, visit https://www.discoversanger.com/ christmasparade or contact Donna Green, Marketing Director, at dgreen@sangertexas.org.

City of Sanger

Christmas on the Square & Holiday Parade

TIME EVENT

TUESDAY,

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH

4:00

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10TH

12:00 PM Event Opens

12:00 - 9:00 PM Christmas Market

12:00 - 6:00 PM Kid Zone Open 12:00 - 4:00 PM Performances

2:00 - 4:00 PM Visit With Santa

2:00 - 4:00 PM Sit And Take Your Picture With A Longhorn

4:00 - 6:30 PM Rebecca Cordes, Pianist, Plays Sounds of the Season

4:00 - 8:00 PM Holiday Wine Stroll

Sleigh bells ring. Are ya listening?

Christmas is right around the corner. The elves here at the City of Sanger are busy at work preparing for our Christmas on the Square event.

This year will look a bit different than our Christmas events of the past. Of course, we will have our annual parade. Can you believe that this year marks 24 years that we have been celebrating together?

Get ready for a full day of fun. The elves are still planning but you can expect a Christmas Market, Fun Zone for the kids, activities for all ages, a special event with Mrs. Clause, and letters to Santa. Grab your cameras because this year will feature multiple photo opportunities to help you capture the memories with friends and family. Why, even Santa’s Sleigh will be here (courtesy of Coserve) for you and your gang to climb aboard for some fun pics!

Santa, Kids Fun Zone, Christmas Market, Live Music, and so much more!!

Candy Cane Maze

Find your way through the candy maze.