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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1979)
romholz late, but no matter ice ldd m <>re bask |l e , nt . and “mpensat ‘Hide costs, rovided emerge. v ?• Hls serviceL bulances owned d ie modular a,nl,„! morn the city, ently pays fi, J idy of up to $2,0001 ;,d y varies, dependj ll)er 0< People i|| t Pay their bill, he recieved Si, • the city for non.; mey pickups, e would not disc, ance service il aewed, but wol erviee and long Is n’t be able to. .. n the city,’’Thonl 11 s, 27, is aslvinj 2,000 subsidy lal| > getting, he hopes to start i| n in which peopl Jvance to use tH ee. Proposed tos^ cl be $60 for a people and $451*1 r. ^ be would want to) ibulance and radif hopes to pnrchai j s after be was| lit. ed in :erfei| jrobe International R.I. - Secrdj and local policj Rhode Island M need the printil| checks ina$2t ; scheme, a Rhode Isla Oklahoma in 1 in the past tlirej stant U.S. Allot] 3 ill called ey bust in the liii| nd.” inting^equip* 1 make the n a Tulsa, he arrests of t' lowed two eadifl e and Warwickij rple were off By LYLE LOVETT Battalion Staff an hour is time enough to get fnk- Jj[ e ve Fromholz turned around a ■tless crowd Sunday night at ■ns. He was Fromholz the nteller, not Fromholz the musi- He was in fine form — without land. lis songs sounded like honest- _Jod folk songs. There was no Bjofull of musicians to get in the A. His only accompanist was Ej’$ Tom Elskes. Elskes added | f pth with tasteful vocals and ons-playing. Lf 0 r e the show, workers sat on crates in the back room and Jted nervously. That’s all they Hid do. Ihe main room was packed — 200 lpl e — sold-out packed. Their Jets said Steve Fromholz would ; at 8. It was already 9. file’s not known for this sort of Jig, is he?” one of the workers led in a grim tone of concern. There was no reply. The ones Siohad been saying “Don’t worry, i’ll be here if he’s not dead” had lie silent 30 minutes before. time passed, the bar grew mer. Elskes volunteered to do a 1st set to help appease the cus tomers until Fromholz arrived, but not even that quieted them. The people had come for Fromholz. They drank beer and waited and drank beer and waited and drank beer and drank beer. He paid for being late. But he had the crowd. The people loved him. Unfortunately, enough of them had had enough beer to make them feel like verbalizing that love in the middle of stories and songs that seemed to beg for just one moment of silence. When Fromholz walked into Review Grins, about 9:10, he walked into a near-hostile environment. He started performing the second he walked in the door. Within minutes, that Fromholz “charm,” to use a sweet-smelling euphemism, had everyone in the bar laughing. It was a repeat of a scene just played in the back room: “Have you ever tried to take a taxi in College Station? Jesus,” he said. After meeting everyone, he fo cused his attention on an older man working for the beer company. While others gathered around Fromholz the beer man didn’t seem the least bit interested. He didn t come for Fromholz; he came to work. it ^ l 6 1 ^° U ^ rom Lousiana?” r romholz called across the room. No I m Irish,” the man called hack, I m from Dublin, Czechos lovakia.” Jeah, I’ve heard that twice al ready,” Fromholz said. The man walked toward Fromholz to put down an empty keg and asked, “Are you goin’ to play that new song?” “She’s everybody’s baby but mine? Fromholz asked, referring to a song from his latest album. Naw,” the man said, “If I can’t get none here I’m goin’ somewhere else.” “Did you write that one yet?” Fromholz asked laughing. “Some body needs to.” “Well when you’re 60 years old,” the man said, about all you can do is pat em on the fanny and go to sleep.” “Try takin’ out your teeth and layin’ face down,” Fromholz said. About half-way through his first set, Fromholz ad-libbed a few lines of a song he said only his friend in the back would understand. It went “If I can’t get none here.;.” TheaW 3 SI® opson honored at reception; &M Consol now interviewing landidates for superintendent |red Hopson, superintendent of [ Consolidated School District, : his last public appearance liday as the faculty and staff ^ted him with hugs and well- reception at the Special Serv- p Building honored Hopson who jn a leave of absence last Thurs- before he moves to Leander ^re he will be the new superin- flent. The district’s faculty and staff presented him with an etching of a lion, Leander’s mascot, and a brief case. Visibly moved, Hopson man aged a mumbled “thank you.” Hopson will become the Leander superintendent Monday. He said he was taking early leave to finish plans for the move. Dr. H.R. Burnett, assistant superintendent for instruction, will take charge of Consolidated Thurs day. The school board terminated Hopson’s three-year contract on Nov. 20 citing “disagreements con cerning educational policy and pol icy implementation” and negotiated a new contract which was to expire on June 30. Earlier this month, however, Hopson gave the district two-week’s notice that he was leaving to take the Leander job. BUDGET &RECq* E-X-P-A-N-S-I-O-N SALE CONTINUES! and GET ALL OTHER ALBUMS AND TAPES PURCHASED. 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