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Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Thirty-eight girls are contestants in the three youngest age divisions of the
Miss Mount Vernon Scholarship Pageant, set for Saturday, Aug. 18.
Miss MV Pageant tickets and
sponsorships are now available
Tickets for the 44th an-
nual Miss Mount Vernon
Scholarship Pageant is selling
fast after becoming available
Monday of this week. The cost
of this year’s tickets are $12
per person, not $10 as previ-
ously printed.
The Chamber of Com-
merce, which conducts the
pageant, is still accepting
sponsors for the pageant. The
deadline to register as a spon-
sor and be included on the
pageant program is noon Mon-
day, Aug. 13. Those interested
should contact Diane Newsom
at 903-537-4365.
The tickets are available
from any of this year’s con-
testants. The 38 girls from the
three younger divisions are
featured in this week’s article.
Their names are listed as they
appear in the accompanying
group photo.
This year, 13 girls are
seeking the title as Petite
Miss Mount Vernon, back
row, Jay da Hammond, Gin-
nalyn Pryor McFeely, Jada
Henry, McKinley Mitchell,
Garrett Greenberg, Maikan
Sinclair, Kaila McAnally,
Madyson Caldwell, Alyssa
Blanton, Jordan Jetton, Pey-
ton Brunson, Taylor Cope-
land. Not shown is Morgan
Mayes.
Eleven girls are seeking
the title of Little Miss Mount
Vernon, middle row, kneel-
ing, Meagan Wardrup, Rachel
Dunn, Chloe Copeland, Mia
Schane, Laura Hill, Brooklee
Crow, Abby Counts, Hannah
Davis, Summer Rogers, Milo
McCamant, Jamyya Monroe.
Fourteen girls are seeking
the title of Tiny Miss Mount
Vernon, front row, Sherilyn
Stinson, Mia Breeden, Lilyana
Mendez, Audra Davis, McK-
enzie Rios, Daliana LaTortue,
Jakira Gadlin, Allysa Claire
Morgan, J’Lynne Collins, Jen-
na Henry, Kaleigh Copeland,
and Pacey Ford. Not shown are
Elaina Anderson and Presley
McConnick.
The names of two girls in
the Senior Miss Division were
not available for last week’s
story. Jesi Hines and Megan
Oud are two of six girls vying
for the title of Miss Mount
Vernon.
The sale of the tickets will
be used to determine the win-
ner of the six age divisions
should there be a tie of points
awarded by the judges. A Tick-
et Sales Award trophy will be
presented to the top sales girl
in each of the divisions.
- Lillie Bush-Reves ’12
Reception Saturday
to honor Tint Evans
A reception is set from 2 to
4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11 in the
First National Bank Century
Room to honor Tim Evans
on his retirement from Mount
Vernon ISD after 35 years of
service.
Mr. Evans attended Mount
Vernon schools and gradu-
ated from Mount Vernon High
School. He went to college,
earned his teaching credentials,
and returned home to begin his
teaching career in 1977.
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He has served as a class-
room teacher, principal and ad-
ministrator during his tenure.
He has driven bus routes for a
number of years and also for
many extracurricular groups.
In the past several years, he
drove the equipment truck for
the band to football games. He
has been a long time partici-
pant in the lunch pal program
and has taken a keen interest
in the student he was assigned
each year.
He was presented a trophy
with a golden apple by school
board members during the
annual employee banquet in
March for his 35 years of ser-
vice to the district.
He serves as a deacon at
Purley Baptist Church. He is
also the minister of music,
teaches adult Sunday school
class, drives as part of bus
ministry, and does nursing
home ministry.
He and his wife, Sandy,
have three children, Erin, Ben,
and Hannah and two grandchil-
dren, Abigail and Zoe.
He is the son of the late Bob
Evans and Pat Evans of Mount
Vernon.
- Marie Dacus ’12
Zoning
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until the congregation com-
pletes payment of the note.
This would give the supporter
a means to recoup the expense
should the church for any rea-
son be unable to meet its finan-
cial obligations, explained Mr.
Southerland.
The couple was advised
to make individual contacts
with their prospective neigh-
bors to apprise them of their
plans. "This will give you an
idea as to whether or not they
will support or object to the
change,’’ noted Councilman
Jeff Briscoe.
Only one public hearing
is required for such a zoning
variance, according to City
Secretary Tina Rose. Cur-
rently, the hearing on this is
planned at a special meeting
before their regular workshop
at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.
28. A vote to approve or reject
the change will be taken that
same night.
- Lillie Bush-Reves ’12
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Bishop Ramsey attends World
War II Heroes Flight from Tyler
Bishop Marcus Ramsey of
Mount Vernon was one of 32
World War II Veterans to at-
tend the May 31 - June 2 World
War II Heroes Flight from Ty-
ler to Washington, D.C.
The trip is sponsored each
year by Brookshire’s Grocery
Company in Tyler.
The 32 East Texas veterans
on the trip were sent off from
Tyler on May 31 by a group of
Patriot Guard riders, police es-
corts, and more than 200 peo-
ple waving American Flags.
Trace Adkins was on hand to
sing the National Anthem and
shook hands with each veteran
before they boarded the bus to
the airport.
After a flight from DFW to
Baltimore, Md., their adven-
tures began.
The first night of the trip, the
group was given a tour of the
Capitol by Congressman Louie
Gohmert.
They visited the White
House, the World War II Me-
morial, the Lincoln Memorial,
Arlington National Cemetery,
and attended the Marine Bar-
racks Parade and Band Concert
on the second day of the trip.
“I had never been to Wash-
ington before and this trip is
the only way I would have
ever gone,’’ Mr. Ramsey said.
"The Capital and the Arlington
National Cemetery were top of
the list for me on the adven-
Bishop Ramsey and H.O. “Ham” Hamilton
during their trip to Washington D.C.
ture,” he added.
On the final day of the trip,
the group toured the Navy
Memorial before boarding the
plane back to Tyler.
Mr. Ramsey shared his trip
with his assigned roomate
Ham Hamilton of Winnsboro.
For many years, Mr. Hamilton
worked for Gulf Oil. Today,
he is confined to a wheelchair.
Mr. Ramsey noted it was an
honor to be able to help Mr.
Hamilton by pushing him in
his wheelchair on many of the
tours.
Mr. Ramsey was bom Aug.
4, 1923 in Ranger, Tex. He
attended Carlisle School and
graduated in 1942. He joined
the U. S. Army in September
Calling all authors!
The Franklin County Li-
brary is planning their second
annual AuthorF est and shout-
ing out to local authors to
register to participate.
The event will be dur-
ing the annual Key Club
CountryFest which is set for
Saturday, Oct. 13. AuthorF est
will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on that day.
Last year, more than 20
authors with local connec-
tions participated. They were
positioned around the library
during the event, and an-
swered questions about their
books and signed copies,
too.
"It was a great event, and
we are planning to expand
our event this year,” Head Li-
brarian Lisa Lawrence said.
Library personnel have
been contacted the authors
who participated last year.
If you did not participate
last year or have not been
contacted this year, call the
library at 903-537-4916.
after already knowing he was
to be drafted. He was routed to
the U. S. Army Air Corps. He
served as a Pvt. 1 st Class where
he was a mechanic for training
planes. All of his service time,
four years, was spent in Texas
at training bases in San Anto-
nio, Houston, and Amarillo.
After his service to the coun-
try, he worked for 38 years for
AT&T installing equipment
in Illinois, Missouri, Texas,
and Arkansas. He was based
out of Dallas where his wife,
Christine, and daughter, Janie
lived. He retired from AT&T
in 1984 and worked for Hertz
at DFW Airport for five years
before moving to Franklin
County in 1991. He has two
grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren with one on the
way.
"I met many mighty fine
people on the heroes trip and
encourage all veterans to ap-
ply to take the trip,” said Mr.
Ramsey. This year marked the
fourth time Brookshire’s or-
ganized a trip to Washington.
They take applications in June
or July of each year and notify
qualified people in December
for the next year’s trip.
Mr. Ramsey’s dream trip
would be to travel through the
Northwest Passage, then boat
to Alaska for a fishing trip.
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