The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1973 Page: 1 of 10
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TEN PAGES IN TWO PARTS VOLUME 101, NO. 3
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Former Residents Radio Network Details
Gain Recognition Arft Defined at Meetjng
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Two young ladies with
Clarksville backgrounds who
have enjoyed outstanding
success in their fields were the
subjects of feature stories in
the Trend section of The Dallas
Morning News recently.
Dr. Patricia L. Blanton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Blanton, Canyon City, Colo-
rado, was recognized for her
work in dental anatomical
science. Dr. Blanton, 31, has a
| B.S. degree from Hardin-
Simmons, with a Master's and
Ph.D from Baylor in anatomy,
outstanding young interior
designer. The article detailed
her work in decorating a new
Dallas restaurant, Sailmaker-
Details of the new law Patrol office and the jail, purchased at a cost of
enforcement communications Broadcasting will be from a site approximately $3,500, will also
on-the Creek. Working with the network were spelled out at a west of town not yet precisely include nine two-way mobile
architect and the owner, Miss meeting Tuesday in the located which will contain a units for all county emergency
Peek designed an eye-catching Courthouse between local 240-foot broadcast tower with f vehicles and four high-band
and unique interior for the officials and representatives of gas-operated emergency power monitor units for the four local
building'which she has received the Criminal Justice Council system. highway patrol cars. Also
considerable critical acclaim. *n"d the- equipment manu. The city and county will included will be two walkie
Miss Peek is a graduate of facturer. share cost of the major talkie radios which will alao be
Thomas Jefferson. High School Those present included equipment. Total cost will be in used for emergency transmis
in Dallas where she was active Tom Owens, representative of excess of $15,000 but 75 pecent sion.
in school functions and a Motorola; Glen Goodwin, Crim- will be paid by the federal Mayor Maurice Isbell said
cheerleader. She attended mal Justice co-ordinator with government with the joint cost the city will decide later on
Texas Tech and was graduated Ark-Tex Council of Govern- expected to be less than $4,000. individual pieces of equipment
from The University-of Texas, ments; County Judge Gavin County equipment, to be to be purchased.
She formerly practiced her Watson Jr., and Commissioners
physiology, and microbiology.
She now teaehes in the Baylor - - , , T v, , D . A
Dental School and is herself a profession in Dallas and is now J- N. Lee, R. L. bdwards, W. A.
dental student. Last fall she » Houston, where she is the Bumgarner and Darwin Floyd;
only member of the National chief deputy sheriff Gene
Society of Interior Designers McWilliams, dispatcher deputy
on an architectural firm’s staff Steve Carey, highway patrol
in that city. * . men Tom Purvis ancT Bill
Mr. and Mrs. Peek both Gurley and Mayor Maurice
Clarksville Isbell.
High School and lived in The new radio system,
Clarksville several years. Mrs. expected to be installed in the
Peek is the former Virginia late summer, will replace the
Ann Johns and both of Diane's present equipment with
FARM BUREAU WEEK PROCLAMATION SIGNED - County Judge Gavin Watson
Jr. signs proclamation designating the week of February 5 through 9 as Farm Bureau
Week in Red River Countyr'Afed Shown is County Farm Bureau President Marvin Ogilvie.
(Times Staff Photo) ►
Farm Bureau Week to
Be Observed Feb. 5-9
took top honors among the
nation’s dental students with a
table display at a San Francisco
meeting on Electromyographic
Investigation of Masticatory
Muscle Function. Plainly put,^ ^ graduates of
Dr. Blanton demonstrated the
use of an electrical instrument
to measure chewing muscles at
work, a new process in which
she is a pioneer.
Dr. Blanton is one of four
women of some 600 dental
students at Baylor, where her
brother is also enrolled for
dental studies. Following grad-
uation, Dr. Blanton hopes for a
mixed career of teaching,
research, and practice.
She considers herself a
native of Clarksville. Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Blantop lived in
Clarksville a number of years
where he was a bank official
and later a wholesale gas and
oil dealer. Her mbther is the
former Mildred Russell of
Annona.
Miss Diane Peek, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Massie L. Peek
of Dallas, was featured as an
Disaster Loan
Checks Arrive
Disaster loan checks under
The program was
termi-
Ann Johns and both of Diane s present equipment with a pubijc Law 92-385 for drought nated as of the close of business
grandmothers live in Clarks modern five-channel network iosses 1972 are boning to December 27, 1972 by direct
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they moved to Colorado at 1006 sheriff's office. Remote units
South Locust. _will be located at the Highway
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New Goal Set for
Texas Agriculture
College Station — Dr. John ture remains one of the most
E. Hutchison, director of the competitive industries in
Steve Smith
Named Piggly
Wiggly Head
February 5 9 has been as parm BUREAU WEEK in IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIII
proclaimed "Farm Bureau Rt.d Riyer County, and urge
Week" in Red River County by our cjtizens to give due n . .. m ~
County Judge Gavin Watson rt.COKnjtjon to this observance |Q (|6I
Farni Bureau.
"In Official recognition
thereof, I hereby affix my
signature this 26th day of
January, 1973.
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The Red River County
Farm Bureau will have a special
membership enrollment drive
during (his period as a part of a
statewide effort to exceed last
year’s total of 136.943 member
families. Red River County
‘ended its 1972 year with 776
members.
Marvin Ogilvie of Annona
is president of the local Farm
^Bureau. Membership chairman
is Hilly Barlow of Detroit.
Working on the drive will be
the Red River .County Farm
Bureau Board of Directors and
the Red River County Farm
Bureau Young Farmers organi
/a lion.
Ogilvie said farmers and
ranchers need an organization week- The jury had not
more than ever before. completed the punishment
"We producers need a phase of its duties Wednesday,
stronger organization to help according to County Attorney
solve problems in marketing, Marion A. Lawson,
agricultural public relations, * rench, of Ardmore, Okla
taxation, as well as other homa, had been charged for the
School Grant
County Farmers
In Production
Expense Survey
i»nh2w!«!^t^v£!k tabeStaTK . '""J' ™ord ™<“f representative to-iheir
man has announced, this week, mUom| 8U to determine income level forecast for 1972 is reaction to the suggested
Gavin Watson Jr.
Red River County Judge
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Murder Suspect
Found Guilty
Bryant French was found
guilty of murder without malice
in 102nd District court this
that a federal grant in the
survey
trends
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The money will be used to . hniitrhtin ■ in cooperation with other efforts, of the total agricultural
assist the school district in d iius.iii._L agricultural agencies, organi- industry if the objective is to be
starting a head start program. “barles E Caudill. Statis a,tions and individual leader8 reached." he emphasized, “and
ville, Mrs. G. M. Peek and Mrs. for police communication only. “in “the" lotS^Farrners presidential order. President
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vacated by the Blantons when both the city hall and the official notification until 11:40
Friday, December 29, 1972, and
at that time we were told to
cease accepting applications,”
according to Stroud.
This particular loan under
PL 92-385 bad a cancellation
feature (forgiveness) for pro
duction losses up to $5,000. This
particular feature of not having
to repay this advance
accounted for the popularity of
this program.
The other programs that
were cancelled will have
varying effects on Red River
Cfeunty. Cancellation of the
planning grants will have no
effect as comprehensive water
and sewer planning has been
accomplished. “Now, cancella
tion of the grants to put in
sewer and water systems is an
entirely different thing,” ac
cording to Stroud. This will
definitely have an effect.
“Cancellation of the rural
rental housing loan and the
interest credit rural housing
loans will have a definite
dampening effect on the
housing needs of Red River
County,” according to Stroud.
“A need exists on both types of
loans here that will not be filled
nearly as adequately through
other means. Presently two
rural rental housing loans are
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, has announced that
preliminary estimates indicate
that gross agricultural income
in Texas for 1972 will exceed
the $3.76 billion goal set in 1968
to be reached by 1976. This
announcement was made to
news media representatives
attending a recent Extension
Press Day banquet at Texas
A&M University.
America, and the need to
improve net returns on
investments in farming and
ranching is still critical —
espcially for the family farmer,”
he said.
On the assumption that
1972 cash receipts from
agriculture will exceed the
$3.76 billion goal, Hutchison
issued a challenge to try for
$4.76 billion by the end of crop
year 1976. He asked news
STEVE SMITH
Piggly Wiggly Red River bn the books and two were in
The program will run far one p‘. ‘ , T which permitted independent those of you with *the Company, officially opened process. Eight interest credit
year and will provide pre-school “ *”s Jv ~ action designed to achieve the agricultural press have a vital their sixth Texarkana store this loans for new houses have been
twenty-five T, objective by all interested role to play in such a massive past week in the southwest 'wade and others n
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training for some
children on a full day basis.
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,. “Another key facto,” the
included with 200 others in the d,rec,tor 3»,d‘ ™ the
State and 2,000 in the Nation, development by Extension
Producers will be visited sPec!all3ts of comprehensive
«'BU» AKKKS1HI starting in February and asked Pr°d“ct,on »nd marketinfg
Twentv bureiarv ^msnert« *» report their 1972 farm £"dehne9 embodying all of the
twenty burglary suspects , JT ________ ... , best practices from modern
have been arrested in the last Pr°duftion expenses. All In- f„, ...k
TWENTY BURGLARY
SUSPECTS ARRESTED
All in- practices from modern
research, for each economically
matters affecting our net gunshot murder of Leroy Hurd, County Sheriffs Department, 0ldy r®*’onaJ. and n*tional
three weeks hv the Red River formation is Confidential, and
three weeks by the Red River r<™,, important agricultural corn-
incomes," he said. P I
The text of the proclama- hilled July 4, 1972 at the
lion issued by Judge Watson Caneywell Community Center
r,.ads: • and French was arrested later
Agriculture is vital to the by Sheriff Mac McGuire and
economy of Red River County, Deputy Gene McWilliams,
our State and Nation. A large other criminal trials
percentage of our citizens ,is James Thomas Smith was
dependent directly or indirectly found guilty^, of burglary
upon agriculture for their charges on 2 counts and
livelihood. All of our people sentenced to 4 years on each
benefit from the productive charge. The sentences are to
efficiency of modern agricul- run concurrently. Five other
iun. burglary charges against Smith
"Farmers and ranchers were dismissed,
have learned to promote their A two-year probated!
20 of Caneywell. Hurd was according to Chief Deputy Gene summaries will be released
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modity produced in the state.”
were in the
said.
Focusing other remarks on to George Sunkel, chairman of Farmers and ranchers are
the future role of the Extension the Red River board. asked to wait until they are
Service in Texas, the director Manager of the new store notified to come in and pick up
pointed out that the 70-year-old will be Steve Smith, formerly of their check. Although the exact
principles of Extension educa- Clarksville and a graduate of amount has not been deter-
tion which have evolved since Clarksville High School. Steve mined, a little more than $1
Extension had its beginning and his wife, the former Patti million dollars is expected to be
with a boll weevil cbntrol McCollum, have lived in involved
demonstration in Kaufman Texarkana for the past three --
County in 1903 have been so years. They have a four year
VETERANS SERVICE
OFFICE NOW OPEN
I.HPH Henry H. Varney, County
industry through organization. - sentence was given Ralph ( lay Veterans Service Office, has
Four out of five agricultural Badgett, also charged with returned from training with the
producers in this Nation burglary. Veterans Affairs Commission in
belonging to a general farm Glen Rice, charged with Waco and has announced office
organization arc members of burglary and jail escape, pled hours beginning February 1.
Farm Bureau.
“Farm Bureau is, an
independent, non partisan, non
governmental voluntary or
ganization of families united for
McWilliams.
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occuring In the last twelve c“llur"Uh*lyM» to hive * widespread appUcitlen ol there
r.rrj.r.und Sw.
economic picture. ,t.le.id, goel.
Fermer. bn, con.nter.bly Hutchi.on noted that
more fuel, fertilizer, and
machinery but less labor and „ J ^ ' kl ,
different chamicals than sev- Ke"era,ly /-vor.ble weather
eral years ago. However, the conditions for most areas of the
size of this substitution of
except one which involved
saddle theft in Dallas.
Charges have been filed
against all twenty.
These guidelines were adequately tested that they can old daughter, Aimee. Tree Orders
be put forward with confidence Stdve has served as , mi_
as a guide to effective programs assistant manager of the Being1 1 dRen
today. College Hill and .Oaklawn
"Extension education has Village Piggly Wiggly stores The Red River County
become a well-defined disci- since being in Texarkana. j*”11”011 Office in Cooperation
pline and the Extension Service Steve is the son of Mr. and "V1 Jones Florist is
is recognized as an effective Mrs. Lloyd Smith of 600 West uk,nK fru,t orders.
now
capital for labor is
state, coupled with fairly stable
prices.
However, th£ director
in the
adquately known. The annual .. , . . .
farm expenditure survey will «uDoned that unfavorable
shed light on the situation. h*r.!^nA.. e*_th*r.
Information on
expenses * also
. .. western cotton producing areas
production of th# #ute may gti„ reduce
plays
may
ourgiary ana j«ii escape, piea nours Deginmng r enruary 1. "J” income estimates - but these each community of the sUte. ^ -----■■"7"':
guilty oh January 15 and was The office will be open H?** !" ,",&unn*j1*** climates have recognized that should be willing to undertake ‘l1®1
sentenced to 3 years. His name daily Monday through Friday. g°nthly lndf* ^ Pj^7 considerable cotton and other any program which has the pfT’!
education delivery system for
teaching and motivating
people."
vHutchison stated that he
expects Extension to be asked
to undertake expanded efforts
to achieve specific goals
established at the national,
state and local levels.
“It is my conviction that
the Extension Service, which
reaches into each county and
Fourth Street in Clarksville.
Trees that may be ordered
are: peach, plum, pecan, apple,
pear and grape. Varieties
STOLEN CAR IS "TeTl.^ ^
RECOVERED HERE Order, will be taken until
Deputy Sheriffs Gene ^,e ninth of February. These
McWilliams and Mike Farrar order blanks can be obtained at
recovered a 1960 convertible in the County Extension Office or
Avery Sunday night which had Jones Florist.
been reported stolen in Dallas. _E,_
A former Red River
County resident was arrested
was inlcuded on this week's 8:30 a.m. to
court docket. said. His ofl
The cases of Josh Dotson south side
i> J2:30 p.m., Varner
flee is located on the
of the
i'OMifr
the purpose of analyzing their HI, James Wilbucn Glover and Commodity Building at 408
problems and formulating James Johnson, all charged North Cedar., back of the.
solutions to those problems. with possession of narcotics, Courthouse.
“Therefore, I, Gavin Wat were continued. Also continued ---
| son Jr., County Judge of Red was a charge of defrauding with
River County, do hereby a worthless check against Hughston & Son
designate February 5 9, 1973, David McKinney. Insurance
•*"*.***»* b>V?DA -rop* „er, .till i„ th. bid.
income d 1 * 1 ' While recounting the
7_________ substantial increase in gross
agricultural income. Hu$e))jaon
emphasized that net incggl! in
terms of returns on invest
ments in production agriculture
River County jail Tuesday.
Buy, sell or trade with a ‘
classified ad in the Clarksville
Times. Call 427-2386 or come by
our office at 106-108 Eaat Main
Street.
any program which has
potential for improving the
economic and social welfare of
the people of the state — so MAKE IT A HABIT
long as adequate resources are 0nc* * month, during a
provided to support the bath or shower, every woman
additional activities without should begin a quick breast
diminishing in any way the self examination. The Anjieri
still lagged behind comparable essential services for farm, c*n Cancer Society has a leaflet
returns for non-egrieultural ranch mm) rural people,"
industry. “Production agricul- concluded.
he of instructions about this
simple, but lifesaving habit.
CORRECTION
In last week’s edition of the
Times we listed Joe Grixzle as
an associate member of the
newly organized hoard of
realtors for Red River County.
Joe is a regular member.
Joe Bearden, of Avery, is
also an associate member on
the board.
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