The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1973 Page: 1 of 10
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The Oldest Business Institution in Red River County
ESTABLISHED JANUARY 18, 1873
CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1973
TEN PAGES IN TWO PARTS
VOLUME 101, NO. 31
YOUNG HOMEMAKER OFFICERS - New officers of the Clarksville Young
Homemakers Chapter installed last Thursday are, from left, Mrs. Lois Yarbrough,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Mac Varley, reporter-historian; Mrs. Gerry Allen, vice president
and Mrs. Carolyn McCain, president. (Times Staff Photo)
Homemakers Install Officers
. Officers for the coming
year were installed by the
Clarksville Young Homemakers
last Thursday night following a
salad supper at 7:30 in the High
School homemaking building.
Installed were Carolyn
MtCain, president; Regena
Allen, vice president; Lois
Yarbrough, secretary-treasur-
er and Wanda Varley, reporter-
historian. .
Suzanne Lowe installed
the officers from a table
covered with a white table cloth
with four candles entwined
with English ivy and represent-
ing each new officer.
Other members and guests
attending were Lillis Fisher,
Katherine Lack, Sheridan
Walzlavick, Carol Whitsell,
Janice Gooding, Jan Anderson,
Lesley Westbrook, Ouida
Humphrey, Kay Allen, Pam
Schuler, Wilma Looney, Jeanne
Schneyder and spsonsors, Mrs.'
Georgia Scott and Virginia
Peek.
The Young Homemakers
meet the second Thrusday of
each month at 7:30 p.m.
Woolev Named'
Member of
Hospital Board
Maurice Wooley has been
named to the board of the Red
River County Hospital Author-
ity for the unexpired term of
Troy McLeon, who recently
resigned. Wooley was named
by the Red River County
Commissioners’ Court and will
assume his duties at a meeting
scheduled this week. McLeodjs
resignation was accepted with
regret by the Court, which
thanked him for his past service
on the Board. McLeod was first
named in 1966 and has served
continuously since then. As
Board Vice-President he pre-
sided at a number of meetings
during the illness of the
President and he was named
President of the Board several
months ago. McLeod said the
press of personal affairs
prevented him from giving the
necessary time to his Board
duties.
Wooley is a former Mayor
of Clarksville, currently serv-
ing as President of the
Northeast Texas Economic
Development District, a direct-
or of the Industrial Foundation,
president of Radio Station
KCAR, and is engaged in a
number of retail and agricul-
tural businesses.
New School Term
To Start Monday
Fund Transfers Highlight
August Council Meeting
Transfer of $126,000 from
two construction accounts into
six municipal funds highlighted
the August meeting of the
Clarksville City Council on
Monday night. The transfers
were made on the recommen-
dation of City Clerk Mfrs. Sarah
Risinger, who said all the
money came from _ funds
previously set aside but not
needed for construction pur
poses.
Funds receiving transfers
4Sid amounts assigned to each
were:
Bond Sinking Fund,
122,650.78
Water and Sewer Mams
replacement savings fund,
$25,000.00
Street Repair Savings.
$50,000.00
Airport Warrant retire-
ment. $10,600.00
General Operating Fund,
$14,424.00
A Water Operating Fund.
$4,024.15
Certificates of Deposit
bearing 5Vi Interest were
purchased with the $75,000.00
transferred to the Water and
Sewer main replacement artd
street repair savings funds.
The certificates will be cashed
4s funds are needed for
designated uses,
t V Local Meittal Health
Program Approved
The cobncil approved a
contract of intent to participate
in the funding of a Clarksville
branch, of the Texarkana
Mental Health and Retardation
Center, . *
Mrs. A.Y. Strudivant
appeared asking that the city
provide $2,100 ’In participation
with the county to provide 23
percent of the cost of operating
the center during its first year.
A state grant will provide
$fi&,000 for the remainder of the
cost.
The Clarksville clinic will
be operated one day weekly
and staffed by a psychologist
and social worker from the
Texarkana center.
Cemeterjr Care
Assumed
A resolution designating
the city as permanent trustee
of the Clarksville Cemetery
was adopted. The action
followed a request by the
cemetery association that the
city assume management of the
permanent trust fund and care
of the premises.
Hospital Site
Annexed
Also approved was a
petition for annexation of the
proposed site of the new county
hospital. In addition to the 15
acre hospital site approximate-
ly 15 acres of highway 82
included in the strip annex-
ation.
In other hospital action the
council authorized Police Chief
Jim Whiteman to provide city
police patrol of the grounds
during shift change hours and
at other intervals around the
dock. The hospital will pay
$300 monthly for the service.
Bid Call
Approved
City Manager Bob Mobre
was authorized to call for bids
to clear the present dump
grounds site by December 31 to
comply with pollution regula-
tion. Moore said that an outside
firm would be required since
the city's equipment was not
adequate for the job. Revenue
sharing funds are to be used to
pay the contractor.
Moore also reported that
ridges had been built on'West
Washington street in the area
of the schools^ They are
designed to slow traffic speeds
through the congested areas of
the street.
Moore's report included a
Disaster Relief Act grant offer
in the amount of $25,408 for
repair of city streets damaged
by street rains. The city must
match the amount to repair 5.3
miles of streets.
The city manager was
authorized to have the city
water storage tands inspected
and take bids for re painting
and any necessary repairs.
Tax Rate
Set
The tax rate for 1973 was
set at $1.40, the prevailing rate
for the last 29 years. General
government operation will
receive $1.39 and outstanding
permanent improvement bond
will continue to receive $1.01.
Registration
Set August 23
At Rivercrest
WVW\AAAAAAA/VW>
Reserved Seats
Available for
Home Games
Orders are being taken by
the Clarksville Quarterback
Club for reserved seat tickets
for the five home games
scheduled during the 1973
season.
Reserved seat tickets are
priced at $4.00 bach and must
be purchased combination with
a season ticket. Adult season
tickets for the five games are
$8.75 each and $5.00 for
students, bringing the total
price to $12.75 for each adult
ticket and $9.00 for each
student.
Quarterback Club Presi-
dent Harold Shields said that
approximately 80 seats are still
available and will be sold on a
first-come, first-served basis
' until August 21.
General registration for all Reserved seat holders in
students in the Talc<hBogata 1972 are being given an
School District which includes opportunity to retain their
the Bogata Elementary, Talco same seats if desired.
Elementary, and Rivercrest Tickets may be obtained
High School will be Thursday, my mailing a check in the
August 23rd. Buses will make proper amount to the Clarks-
their regular runs on Thursday v*He Quarterback Club, 101
morning and will return Locust, Clarksville. An
students hem* about nud morn additional $2.00 may be added if
ing the purchaser Of a reserved
Students will not return to seat wants to become a member
school until the following of the Quarterback Club.
Monday. August 27th which Tickets will be returned to
will be a full day of school with purchasers by mail in ample
meals being served in the time for the first home game on
cafeteria. September 8.
All students enterihg the
1st grade must be six years of
age on or before September 1st
of the current school year. All
students entering kindergarten
must be five years of age on or
before September 1st of the
current year and meet other
requirements as set up by the
Texas Education Agency and/
or local school district. These
students must also furnish a
birth certificate.
MAURICE WOOLEY
Rainfall in July
Measures 3.30”
The rainfall in Clarksville
for the month of July was
reported at 3.9 inches by the
U.S. Weather Station at the
Highway Department west of
the city.
The rainfall for the year is
38.95 inches. The rain fall for
July 1972 was 3.3 inches with
the total precfpition for that
being logged as 13.35 inches for
the firsi*7 months of the year.
c« njparative Totals
Jul> . Jmfall since 1962 are
1962 <................ 4.40
1963 .....V............ 7.61
1964 .....;............81
1965 .................. 2.40
1966' •:'??.... i.,.........-1.60
1967 . ..'...... 3.10
1968 .................. 2.90
1969 .................20
1970 ....... 30
1971 ............. 5.40
1972 .................. 3.30
1973 ......... 3.90
FootbaH Press
Day Saturday
City Water Men
Stage Walkout
The City of Clarksville was
faced with the resignation of all
of its water department
employees Tuesday. The ap-
parent reason for the walkout
was wages according to City
Manager, Bob Moore, who
quoted "The price of groceries
has gone up and tfiey feel like if
they didn’t get a raise that they
would have ,to look for other
work".
Of the six employee
resignations two had been
County Fair
Guidelines
Guidelines for the Exhibit
Building at the Red River
County- Fair are prepared and
ready for distribution, announ-
ced Mrs. Beth Dannheim,
County Extension Agent.
All entries in the Exhibit
Building must be turned in
Tuesday, September 25th from
1-6 p m; Judging will be
conducted Wednesday morning
with the Exhibits open for the
public at noon. Judging will be
“done on a classification basis;
that is one 1st, and 2nd, and one
3rd place winner in each class.
Exhibits may be entered in
these divisions: Food preserva-
tion, textiles, sewing, art work,
decorated cakes, and crafts.
For a more detailed entry list,
contact the County Extension
Office. 427-2493 or wirte P.O.
Box 709, Clarksville.
Teachers of the Clarksville
Independent School district
have completed a week of in
service training. The 1973-74
school year will begin August
20 according to R.L. Fambro
superintendent of Schools.
Students Report On
August 20
Students attending School
in the district must report at
8:30 a.m. Monday August 20.
This will be the-first full day of
school. ,
School will be dismissed at
2:30 p.m. each day the week of
August 20-24, on all campuses
and all grade levels. Buses will
run regular schedules. Lunches
will be served in lunchrooms at
each school.
High School Plans
All high school students
will meet at the high school
auditorium at 8:30 a.m. for a
general assembly. Home rooms
City-County
Ambulance Serv.
To Begin Monday
The City-County Ambul-
ance Service will- begin
operation August 20, at 8:00
a.m. The new ambulance
service manager, Tom Rogers,
has hired two attendants and
acquired two emergency type
ambulance units from a Paris
firm. The joint city county
effort will have offices at the
old Surplus Commodity offices
west of the court house.
A phone for dispatch of
this service will be answered 24
hours a day by either
ambulance personnel or the
Clarksville Police dispatcher. A
separate phone number, 427-
5070 .will be used. Persons
calling from outside the city are
cautioned to remember to dial
1-214 427 5070.
The two men hired are
currently attending'First Aid
Classes which will certify them
as attendants. ^y
Safety Program
At Lanes Chapel
Henry Slaton, Safety
Officer of the Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety, will be
guest speaker at a meeting of
the Lanes Chapel Community
Club Friday, August 17, at 8
p» in*
This meeting will be of
special interest to young
drivers and all members and
friends of the club are invited to
attend. ->•
Food Program
Extended by
Commissioners
will be assigned at that time.
All students will report to the
home rooms for registration.'
Pictures will not be made on
the first day of school.
Junior High School
All seventh and eighth
grade students will report to
the Junior High building on
West Washington st.[Students
will be given schedules at a The Commissioners' Court
general assembly in the Title I of Red River County meeting in
Gym. Regular Session Monday ap
Intermediate School proved continuation of the
Third, fourth, fifth and surplus commodity program
sixth grad,e students will until it is phased out by the food
assemble in the Intermediate stamp plan. The Cou^t renewed
school on North Donoho St. the. contract with the. State
Group and room assign-. Department of Public Welfare
ments will be made at an for one year or until the new
assembly in the auditorium r,* • ""gram is started.
8:30 a.m. - The date of the food stamp
Lunch will be served and plan for Red River County has
buses will run regular sched been changed a number of
ules. times but it is expected to be
Elementary and Kindergarten instituted some time before the
Kindergarten and eiemen first of the year,
tary grades 1 and 2 students In other actions, the Court
will go directly to assigned executed a contract, contingent
rooms in the Elementary on joint participation by the
building on West Washington -City of Clarksville, for
St. part-time mental health and
Annona School mental retardation treatment
All students will report to services for Red River County,
there Home Rooms at 7:40 a.m. The contract is for an out reach
Buses will run regular program calling for town field
schedule. New students will workers one day a week plus
register at the principals office, adequate office personnel,
Enrollment working from an office in
Requirements Clarksville. The workers will
Parents are reminded by deal w'th al1 problems involving
Jack Davis. Elementary school menta health, retardation,
Principal, that all children geriatric mental problems,
entering Kindergarten or first school difficulties, and social
grade for the firjst time must adjustment. If necessary, those
furnish birth certificates and seeking asistance can be
immunization records before referred to the Texarkana
Center where full services are
available.
The program is budgeted
in excess of $20,000 per year,
with 77 percent being paid with
state funds artd $4,145 of local
money. Appearing before (he
Court were Mrs. A.Y.
Sturdivant, Mac Varley and
Paul Hugennines of the
they can be enrolled. *
*
County Road
Oil Rationed
County Road Commission , _ ^
ers have been notified by the “varkana Carter.
American Petrofina Company
in Mt. Pleasant that a rationing
system is now in effect on road
oil for the remainder of the
year. Effective Monday, Au
gust.13, each Commissioner will
be limited to a maximum of
approximately 105 barrels per
,day. Petrofina is virtually the The Red River County 4 H
only source of road oil used to Clubs will hold a one day
seal county road surfaces, and • Summer Camp Friday, August
the Commissioners indicate the 17, at the TI’&L Lodge in
shortage will seriously affect Rivercrest.
road repair. Registration , for all 4-H
A rule of thumb is that 200 members will begin at 9:00 a.m.
barrels of oil are used per mile A short program will be
of road. The oil now sells for conducted by Natalie Johnson,
$3.78 per barrel FOB Ml. Gayla Pace, Cheryl Waller and
Pleasant and purchases this Rogena Bray,
year were expected to exceed The one day camp is open
$75,000 due to flood damage to all 4 H members in the
v* during the winter.. Oiling is County. Everyone is to bring a
done only during hot weather picnic lunch, cold drinks will be
’to insure the asphalt seal. furnished by the 4-H Council.
One Day Camp
Set for 4-H
Football fans will have
their first opportunity to see
the 1973 Clarksville Tigers in employeed over twenty years,
uniform Saturday morning at 9 one had over twelve years and
during Press Day activities. the remaining two had less than
Area news media have a years service. '
been invited to photograph The routine work handled
team members individually and by the water department will
in groups and- to talk withi be carried out by the
coaches about the outlook1 for departments supervisory Per
the new season. sonnel. "The City is already
Athletic Director Jerry studying the problem, but we
Rlankvnsjiip said that everyone aren’t able to act this quickly"
is welcome to attend, take said Moore,
snapshots of their favorite Jhe situation was eased
-players and meet the coaching somewhat by Wednesday with
staff. _ half of the crew back to wdrk.
Local Businesses
Hit By Burglars
The something for nothing
crew visited two Red River
county businesses this week.
The first was Pearidge Packer's
which occured sometime during
the early morning hours on
Saturday. Sheriffs officers
were summoned to the scene 6
a.m. Saturday. Stolen items
consisted of approximately
1,000 pounds of assorted meat
produces, according to sheriff
M.E. (Mac) McGuire.
The second burglary oc-
cured at the branding Iron
resturant on the Paris highway.
According to Police Chief Jim
Whiteman/
The thieves entered
through a side window
sometine during the early
hours of Monday morning,
emptying the change boxes of
the juke box and cigarette
machine.
FIRST DONATION for the Hospital Fund was presented Friday to George Sunkel by
Mrs. Imogene Wooley. president of the Clarksville PTA. The check was for $300 raised at a
bake sale held at the Chamer of Commerce on August 4. Also pictured are Mrs. James
Brantley, vice president, and Mrs. Genetta McGregor, treasurer. (Times Staff Photo by
Mike Human)
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