The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1973 Page: 7 of 10
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The Clarksville Times, Thursday, August 16, 1973, Page 9
two game* played here. The The First National report*
games were each witnessed by loans totaling $336,787, over
several hundred spectators. drafts of $4,236. and individual!
-- deposits $220,343 The Red Ri
Sixty Years Ago vw ,howed U»,u ®f w*7-9*1-
w . n, i. t overdrafts $1,064 and indiv-
.. ,B^k’. °n® •*, It* idual deposits totaling $261,367.
oldest colored citisens of the ^ FirsiSute had loan, of
town and a favorite with white J273.531, overdrafts $306, and
p^ple was found dead in bed. ina,vidua, d iu> 193,437.
, SS. SZTSsSS*" Five men were instantly
for 018 totaled $*.*45,050. kutod and two oth.„ faUHJ
* injured when a sawmill boiler
brought In the first bale of 1913 ^Jp|oded eitheMn mttell
”** . _________„ east of Clarksville. The dead
^'oc* c , tl JL - were: G.T. Majors, owner of
deavoring to ^ the mill: hi. son, George
the ocean to ocean highway. Maior WU1 Garr ^ Danie|,
Sewer «c.v.tion. had piQJk H.wkins. T Coata
been completed andI the ^ Sneet Peneoek
trenching machine was shipped ^ number of ^
out. Pipe workmen expected to ow|)ed atomobile8 WM furlher
complete their tas in a few jnrrMsed , Latest purchasers
W** m 4 >,| were B.A. Rusk, E.M. Bowers
JJ*" •*»**“" "*r* and A.D. Latimer,
owned by S.O. Hall and W.F. w T Wa,ker bwame
Upchurch. connected with the Barry Land
A scholastic apportion* Comoanv
ment of $7 was announced from J* ^tition was presented
Au,n!' . -to the commissioners court
Plans were under way for Mki f an eIection ^
the erection of a grand stand at ^ h* Ib from Predncts No. 3.
,h‘
9 were published in the Times. Ru*b> and Halesboro.
The Road to Higher Education
Hospital Drive
It's always been the opinion of this newspaper that
people who support public institutions should be fully informed
at all times on how the affairs of the institution are being carried
out. It’s a simple matter of the people who pay for such facilities
having the right to all facts concerning their operations, and our
opinion, the obligation of the governing body, elected or
appointed, to see that the information is disseminated. .
The fund-raising drive of the county hospital is an
interesting case in point. Some $184,000 has reportedly been
raised as a part of $600,000 localmoney required to obtain a $2.6
million grant to build a new hospital. The amount already raised
is ample proof that the community is solidly behind the drive.
Another evidences of public support is that some organisations
are already conducting fund-raising projects and donating the
proceeds to the hospital building fund.
^ , But negative notes are appearing. This may well be a
part of the strategy of the fund-raisers: get the drive off to a good
start with the full support of the people, let things slow down
enough that everyone will work harder and thus insure the
success of the drive.
One of the negative tones at this point is the unexpected and
additional cost of between $160,000 and $200,000 for water and
sewer services to the proposed location. A reliable source
informs us that other locations are being explored.
Another is a news story appearing Sunday in a neighboring
newspaper that if the hospital isn't built all contributions will be
returned to the donors.
Still a third was the statement made by Attorney Pat Beadle
in presenting an annexation petition for the hospital site to the
city council Monday night. Beadle noted that the annexation was
simply to make the site available when and if the hospital was
built. .
Among unanswered questions are why can’t a new building
be built on the present site, why can't the old. non-conforming
wing be destroyed and a new building constructed in it's place
and finally, if neither of these are practical what will happen to
the present hospital and can the money obtained from its sale be
applied to the new building.
It is the opinion of The Times that a new hospital is an
absolute necessity if the town is to attract new physicians. We do
not feel that industries are interested in locating in areas with
substandard medical facilities — in fact, people just don't like to
live in such areas.
We are entirely in favor of a new hospital but would like to
see it built with those footing the bill being fully informed of
developments as the project proceeds.
Twenty Years Ago 5*b"j.w“
Preparations for the opien- Holloway. It appeared doubtful
ing of the Clarksville public that the first bale would be
schools on September 8 were produced by August 14, date of
being made. Pre-school activi- the first bale in 1962.
ties included workouts by the More than 1,000 tons of
High School Band and football Red River County hay was
team. available for shipment to
An ordinance governing drouth-effected counties of
the regulation of parking Texas, according to information
meters in the City of Clarksville compiled by County Agent
was adopted by the City Herman Lynch.
Council at its August session. It August 10 was the
became effective immediately, seventeenth anniversary of the
Last report from the' hottest day ever recorded by
Seaboard Company oil well said the Weather Bureau in
165 barrels Clarksville about mid-afternoon
of the tenth of August, 1936, an
official reading of 115 degrees
was recorded. Rainfall and
temperature records had been
compiled continuously for
eighty five years. Several times
the heat maximum Mis exceed
110 degrees but never in the
long period of recorded had the
temperature reached the "115
degree mark. «*
home in Austin, felt unable to
make the trip to Clarks-
ville, but sent his regrets and a
word of greeting to his
comrades. At the business
session Dr. J.C. Foster of
Clarksville was elected vice
Commander of the camp, filling
tpalace made vacant by the
pasttBg a few months ago of
Captain John P. Dick of
Detroit. A program of talks,
music, readings and songs was
provided for the entertainment
of the veterans. They were
banqueted at noon by the
Daughters of the Condederacy,
who with the members of the
local chapter of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans, arrang-
ed for this reunion.
Annual meetings of the
members of the John C. Burks
Camp are nearing the end. The
youngest member of the little
group now remaining is T.S.
Gains, adjutant. He will be 87
years old his next birthday.
“Pesky” was a mule owned
by the Wooldridge family at
Avery. Mr. and Mrs. R.L.
Wooldridge pioneered the
tomato industry in that
community and “Pesky" had a
part in the deal, being the first
animal to pull a sled load to
tomato plants from a cold frame
to the field in Red River county.
That was in 1925 when the total
commercial acreage was em-
braced by the figure 7. This
year Avery shipped approx
imately $100,000 worth of
tomatoes qnd Mr. Wooldridge
says the community will
probably plant 2,000 acres or
Are Yoil Tired?
men mere are a. minion wno are employee dv me product(,on was
government and that leaves 19 million to do the work. Another 4 daj.
work^Dedurt^.SMh^ aarTcfty’offk**and
that leaves 200,000 to do the work. There are 188.000 in X ot
hospitals, insane asylums, eta., so that leaves 12,000 to do the Jf Z r£ Wver
Now it may interest you to know that there *relL988 C°“ jYmC*l»^ .^eTknown Red
peopte in jail, so that leaves jmft two people to arry the load, ^er County farmer stockman.
Thats you and me — and brother. Im getting tired of doing ... *„»..«» n hi. knn<. in
-hjC *^ “»"■*“ c*"-"
Governor Allen Shivers
_ announced in Austin that he
. • had accepted the resignation of
_ _ .. Representative Phil Brooks of
AD OR SUBTRACT Bagwell. The resignation
I This item appeared in a weekly newspaper some years ago: became effective August 2. Mr.
'Ten cents per line will be charged for all obituary notices of Brooks was serving his third
businessmen who did not advertise while living. Delinquent term as a member of the Texas
subscribers will be charged 15 cents a line for same. Advertisers Legislature,
and cash subscribers will receive the best in the shop free when The first weekly auction
they shuffle off. Better send in your ad and pay up your sale of the Red River County
subscription soon, as the hog cholera is abroad in the land.” Commission Company at the
Contributed by J.V. Kunkel, Dallas. Moody Hale sale barn east of
Clarksville was conducted. Gold
, and associates of Emory were
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The first open cotton boll
produced from the 1953 crop in
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TlieT^RweAVlatioHaJt Bant
Forty Years Ago
Six of the seven members
of the John C. Burks Camp:
U.C.V. gathered in the reunion
park for their annual meeting.
It was an enjoyable occassidn.
The weather was favorable, the
attendance larger than expee
ted and all members of the little
group appeared to derive
particular pleasure from this
coming together, the last for
some doubtless. J.P. Rodgers,
who is now in the Confederate
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The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1973, newspaper, August 16, 1973; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1021690/m1/7/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.