Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1970 Page: 1 of 16
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Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas, 75446, Friday, July 24, 1970
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This year’s Honey Grove Little League Champions were the Yankees, sponsored by John
Ingram of John Ingram Motor Co, The champs are shown above with their manager, Leek
Braley, left In froot, and assistant manager, James Dawson, left rear. Ingram Is shown on
the right.
Members of the Yankee team are Royce Stegner, Kevin Braley, Sklppy Peebles, John
Mahler, Daryl Clark, Jimmy Bates, Larry Wolfe, Kenneth Wolfe, Gerry Blackshear, Barry
Hinson, Ricky Wolfe, Stewart Bates, Keith Bates, James Ray Pearson and Michael W. Goss.
Staff photo
The Rev. Percy Renick, a
former pastor of the Petty and
Allens Point Baptist Churches
Is the evangelist for a series
of revival services to be held
at the Petty Baptist Church
next week.
Services will be held at
8:00 o’clock each evening,
July 26th through August 2nd,
the Rev. Paul Washburn has
announced. "All In die com-
munity are Invited to attend
the services," Mr. Washburn
said.
The Rev. Mr. Renick is pas-
tor of the East Temple Bap-
tist Church In Dallas.
Andy Leo Smith, sop of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo C. Smith of
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and
grandson of Lola Smith and
Edna Weaver of Honey Grove,
Is die recent recipient of three
scholanhip awards.
A 1970 graduate of Sooner
Ittgft School, Bartlesville. Ac
dy was on die Commended
Student list of National Merit
Scholarship Competition. On
the American College Testing
exams he made a 99.6 per-
centile rating and has been
awarded a $2,600.00 scholar-
ship based on- this score. Sub-|
sequently, he made the second
highest score on the annual
scholastic test given at Okla-
homa Christian College to high school seniors from several
states. This entitles him to a $845.00 scholarship to be used
during his college freshman year.
Abo, Andy Is one of 35 boys awarded a $2, 000. 00 Phillips -
Petroleum Company scholarship. Competition for this award
came from seniors who are children of Phillips Petroleum Co.
employees. Over 500 seniors were considered from approxi-
mately 200 high schools from all fifty states.
Andy enjoys working with children and has been helping In
a special education program this summer conducted through
die Bartlesville schooh. He has enrolled for the fall semester
at Oklahoma Christian College, Oklahoma City and plans to
major in secondary education.
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Farmers To Vote On Wheat
Referendum, July 27-31
Bonham—Fannin county's wheat farmers will be voting in a
wheat marketing quota referendum July 27-31, Doyle G. Tho-
mas, executive director of die Fannin County ASCS, has an-
nounced.
Thomas said the referendum was required since Congress had
not approved a new farm program and with the termination of
the present program, farmers would go back under the old pro-
gram.
He pointed out that the marketing quotas must be approved
by two-thirds of the wheat farmers voting, adding that only
those farmers having an Interest In a 1971 wheat allotment
farm would be eligible to vote.
Ballots on the referendum will go In the mall to farmers Ju-
ly 24 and must be returned to the county ASCS office no later
than July 31 to be counted In the referendum.
Thomas said die legislation under which farmers have been
operating since 1963 expires at die end of this year and no new
legislation as of yet has been approved.
If the marketing quotas are approved by a two-thirds major-
ity. the loan rate would be $1.15, farmers would have to plant
within their allotment or have to pay a marketing quota penal-
ty. Farms exceeding their allotments would have the allot-
ment reduced by seven per cent. Certificates at die estimated
price of $1.39 would be paid on 47 per cent of the farm allot-
ment. There would be a required diversion of 36. 5 per cent
above the allotment and there would be no substitution between
wheat and feed grains.
If the referendum is rejected the national allotment of 43.5
million acres would remain in effect. °rlce support would be
available to farmers planting within their allotment at 50 per
cent of parity. There would be no marketing quota or land use
monetary penalties and farms exceeding their allotment would
have such allotments reduced by seven per cent.
The ballots for the referendum is being prepared for mailing
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formation on the provisions of the referendum.
Thomas said there were approximately 2, 000 wheat farms in
the county and that allotments must be prepared and mailed
each farmer before the referendum.
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Kenneth Billings with his 6 lb. bass caught Wednesday. July
18, in the Honey Grove City Lake.
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Fannin Hospital Plans Progress Well
BONHAM - While detailed planning and financing are
necessarily slow, Fannin county’s hospital building program
is moving along at a progressive rate and it is hoped con-
struction on the $3,335,000 hospital can be underway by the
end of the year.
Roby Windham, president of the hospital board, said Satur-
day that final plans should be ready within the next six weeks >
to two months for submission to contract.
The timetable is dependent to a great extent, he pointed
4 out. on the sale of die $1 million in revenue bonds to com-
plete the financing of the program with the $1 million Hill-,
Burton grant and the locally-raised gifts and pledges.
With the hope of obtaining as low inf . rate financing
on die $1 million revenue bond! as possible, die hospital au-
thority is offering die bonds for sale to the Housing and Urban
Development Administration, which is now processing the ap-
plication.
Windham said progress in sale of the $1 million in revenue
bonds would have a significant bearing on contract letting
time table. , ' ,
"We have had a number of inquiries on the status of the
hospital program," Windham said. "Everything is coming
along as well as we could expect. It is necessarily a slow
process, but final architectural plans should be completed
in die next six week to two months we hope the application
_ to HUD will move along as rapidly as possible, and that we
can have the hospital building under construction by the lat-
ter part of the year."
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West Lamar-Roxton School Districts
To Vote On Consolidation
Petitions have been filed recently by three adjoining school
districts for consolidation of the West Lamar school distirct.
First filing with die County Judge of Lamar County was for
consolidation of the West Lamar district and die Roxton school
districts. This proposal will be balloted on Saturday, July 25.
For the consolidation to become reality, a majority of the vot-
ers in botii districts must approve the proposal,
fp* Also filed with proper number of signatures from each district
is a proposal for consolidation of the West Lamar and the Pow-
derly-Reno district. No date has been set for the balloting on
dlls proposal. If the consolidation of West Lamar-Roxton is
approved by a majority of both districts’ voters this Saturday,
the matter will be settled.
There is still a third petition for consolidation with the West
Lamar School. This petition was filed with the county judges
of both Lamar and Fannin epunties.
Following the receipt of requests from a number of property
owners and school patrons in the West Lamar District, the Hon-
ey Grove School Board and a group of residents of the West La-
mar District filed petitions requesting consolidation with Honey
Grove.
The petition concerning the consolidation with Honey Grove
actually effects the west half of the West Lamar District only.
The Honey Grove board of trustees and those residents who
signed the petition are of die opinion that because of distances
involved many patrons in the east part of the West Lamar dis-
trict might prefer to be a part of either Roxton, North Lamar
or Paris districts.
Should the vote for consolidation with Roxton (to be voted on
July 25) and Powderly-Reno (date yet to be set) both fail and
should an election be called for consolidation with Honey
Grove and that election carry, the Honey Grove board of trus-
■ tees and all residents of Honey Grove district have evidenced
that they would be happy to have that district as a part of the
Honey Grove Independent School District family.
The Honey Grove board has also gone on record favoring,
should a future consolidation election with Honey Grove be ap-
pttved at a future time, to offer a choice to the residents of
the eastern half of the West Lamar district.
The Honey Grove schools would agree to property owners in
the eastern half of the West Lamar District annexing to the
school district of their choice with an agreement to transfer
property also to the district of property owners choice.
President Dan Knowles of the Honey Grove district pointed
out last week that the Honey Grove school district was in no
way Initiating any action whatsoever to infere in any way with
the election this Saturday in the Roxton and West Lamar dis-
tricts.
The Honey Grove school district board of trustees has sent a
letter, which in no way should be construed as a discouraging
or detering factor, but merely to advise that the people of the
West Lamar district have a choice of uniting with the Honey
Grove district should they so desire.
For many years many students from the western part of the
West Lamar district, especially the Petty, Forest Hill and Ti-
gertown areas, have attended Honey Grove High School as
ttansfer students from the West Lamar district.
REPORT FROM CITY HALL
The office of City Clerk and Mayor will be closed each
Saturday beginning September 1.
A considerable amount of street resurfacing is being done
this week.
Wilson Ribble is attending an A&M Sewer school in Gaines-
ville for two weeks. This will supply the city with another
certified sewer plant operator.
A reward of S 30.00 for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of anyone who continues to destroy street mar-
ker posts and signs, will be paid by the city.
A new tractor back hoe has been purchased. This assures
quick repairs and installation of water and sewer lines.
Is Honey Grove ready for a Trailer Home Park"? Many of
our citizens believe that due to the increased use of trailers
Grove.
For many years trash-garbage has been picked up by city
trucks at no charge. Six years ago trash was picked up only
one time per month. During the past two years there has
been a pick up of four fimes per month and still the volume
of trash grows.
Due to new requirements of the Texas State Department of
Health, a more expensive plan for disposal, probably under-
ground, and due to the continued increase in cost of this oper-
ation, it is likely that in the near future a charge will be re-
quired for each residence. This would be added as a seperate
item on water statements.
Last Rites Held For Mrs. Joyce
Mrs, Ernest Joyce of Route 1, Honey Grove died at 8:30
o’clock Monday morning, July 20, 1970, in McCusition Com-
inunlty Hospital, Paris. Ill for the past nine months, she had
been hospitalized for three days prior to her demise.
A native of the Harmon community, Mrs. Joyce, the for-
mer Mary Jane White, was born March 19, 1898. Her parents
were the late George White and Lucy Robertson White. She
was married to Ernest Joyce Oct. 11, 1924. Mrs. Joyce was
a member of the Dial Baptist Church and the WMU of the
church and was teacher of a ladies class in the Sunday School.
The funeral Tuesday afternoon at 4*00 o’clock was in the
Dial Baptist Church with the Rev. James Heflin and the Rev.
Bob Hinson as officiants. Cooper-Sorrells directed Interment
in Oakwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Frank Boehler, R. M. Charles, Delbert
Sessumi, Gerald Wishard, Bob Milford and John H. Wicks.
Survivors Include her husband, Ernest Joyce of Route 1,
Honey Grove; two eons, Bobby Joyce of Honey Grove and
Marshall Joyce of Paris; three daughters, Mrs, Jess Carder,
Dumas; Mrs, Ronnie Bowlby of Grand Prairie and Mrs. Myra
Parrish of Paris; a brother, John B. White of Denison; two sis- s
ters, Mrs. Bertha Baer, Roxton and Mrs. Horace Kelly of
Dallas and five grandchildren.
HOMEY GROVE AREA CRUSADE
July 26 - August 2
Baptist, Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian congregations
unite for the purpose of evangelism in die Honey Grove Area
Crusade. This Crusade begins Sunday night, July 26th and will
continue through Sunday night, August 2nd. The Crusade
meetings at 8:00 p. m. will be held at Warrior Stadium or Mc-
Kenzie Methodist Church in case of rain. A nursery will be
provided at the First Baptist Church for each service. The pur-
pose of this Crusade is to know revival among God’s people and
see a conversion experience among those who are not Christian.
Members of the community are invited to attend, but are also
encouraged to pray for this unified effort. The pastor evange-
list for die Crusade is Tom Brandon, pastor of First Baptist
Church in Sherman. The music will be led by Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Short of Paris.
Dr. Brandon Crusade Evangelist
The evangelist for the CM
Honey Grove Area Crusade is
Dr. Tom Brandon. Dr. Bran- JHpP§||i
don serves as pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Sher- |
man. Prior to this, he was
pastor of the Wichita Baptist
Church in Fort Worth. In ad-
dition to pastoring, Dr. Bran-
don has been active as an e- fl
vangelist in recent yearsv. In i;
1967 he preached in die New
Life Crusade of Dayton, Ohio.
In 1968 he served as evange- IHV.
list of a crusade in Rhodesia,
Africa. He has written many
magazine articles for his own
denomination and has been
active among other groups in
his community. Rev. Bran-
don served as president of the
Sherman Ministerial Alliance and on the board of directors
for the Kiwanis Club, United Fund and Good Government
League. Dr. Brandon and his wife, Dolly, have five child-
ren and have lived in Sherman for die past seven years.
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Crusade Children's Choir
To Meet Next Week
A special time ot singing an# fellowship is provided for the
children of our community as a part of the Honey Grove Area
Crusade. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Short will spend one hour with
the children of our community each week day beginning July
27 through July 31. The time of die meeting is 10;00 a.m.
The following schedule is listed for a place of meeting:
Monday: First Baptist Church
Tuesday: First Christian Church
Wednesday: McKenzie Metiiodist Church
Thursday and Friday: Main Street Presbyterian Church
The hour of meeting for the children will feature songs, Bi-
ble stories and refreshments. All children in our community
are invited to attend.
County-Wide Soil Test
Campaign, July 27 - Aug 7
A county-wide soil testing campaign—the third such indea-
vor since 1962, is planned in Fannin county for July 27-Au-
gust 7. The goal of the campaign is 1, 000 samples of Fannin
county farming land.
Nine collecting stations have been designated in Fannin
county for the pick-up of soil samples, Wayne Cranfill, coun-
ty agent said Monday. The pick-up committee members^re-
sponsible for getting the samples to the soil testing laboratory
at Texas A & M are the four county commissioners with John
Avery, Precinct 3 Commissioner as chairman. The others on
this committee are Ross Fitzwater, Precinct 4 Commissioner;
Donald McLain, Precinct 1 Commissioner and John Kent, Pre-
cinct 2 Commissioner.
Publicizing the campaign is a publicity committee made of
Aubrey McAlister, Bonham Daily Favorite as chairman. Other
members of this committee are Bill Bennett, Radio Station
KFYN; Tom McHolmes, Trenton Tribune; J. D. Toney, l.eo-
nard Graphic and Joe T. Morrow, Honey Grove Signal-Citizen
and The Ladonia News.
All newspapers in Fannin county are cooperating and produc-
ing a special section boosting the campaign in issues of their
papers this week.
The general coordinator of the campaign is Gary Kennedy
and over-all sponsorship is by the Soil Testing Committee of
the County Program Rebuilding Committee.
The finance committee of which Bob Milford of Honey Grove
is chairman Includes Jack Caudle and John Armstrong of Bon-
ham and Rob Roy Gattis of Leonard.
Distribution committee Is headed by J. W. (Dub) Cunning-
ham and John Morrison of Bonham and Charles Kuhn of Honey
Grove.
Doyle Thomas of Bonham is chairman of the promotion com-
, mittee which also includes Bryce McIntyre, J. D. Ballard,
James Griffith, DeWayne White and V.L. Barnett, all of Bon-
ham and Charles Yarbrough of Honey Grove.
Jimmy Wiggins of the First National Bank of Bonham is gen-
eral chairman of the collecting stations and display committee.
Others are Lewis Donaghey, First National Bank, Trenton; Dan-
ny Jackson, Leonard National Bank, Leonard; Alvin Fields,
First State Bank, Honey Grove; David Smith, Fannin National
Bank, Windom;J.B. Eastman, Farmers and Merchants State
Bank, Ladonia; Bob Williams, Bonham State Bank, Bonham;
J.T. Woodson, Gober and Sammie L. Smith, Post Office,
Telephone.
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Morrow, Joe T. Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1970, newspaper, July 24, 1970; Honey Grove, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth800813/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.