The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1973 Page: 1 of 12
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ESTABLISHED JANUARY 18, 1873
$407,000 Pledged
To Hospital Fund
ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW PRIZES have been donated to the Hospital Auxiliary by
Mrs. Alma Miepch and Trent Dehoney. In the top picture Mrs. Miesch presents a Ceramic
Cake Plate to Mrs. Clifton Kay. Below, Trent Dehoney of Dehoney Studio is shown with a
gift certificate for a full color 8x10 portrait. These prizes, along with others, will be given
at a drawing at the conclusion of the annual arts and Crafts Show on Saturday, October 13.
(times Staff Photo)
George F. Sunkel, chair-
man of the Red River County
Hospital Development Pro-
gram, announced Monday that
a total of 3407.000 has been
pledged toward the 1560,000
goal.
Sunkel indicated that the
leadership of the Development
Program was well pleased at
,lhe amount pledged to date.
Clifton Kay, Chairman of the
Pattern Gifts Division stated
that his division had a number
of firms and individuals who
had not made a definite
committment, “When we get
these to sign a pledge card we
will be in excellent shape.”
Sunkel said that the
leadership was concerned that
the volunteer workers were not
working their cards at the rate
4-H Week to
Be Observed
The theme for National 4-H
Week is - 4-H Gets It All
Together. The 4-ITerB in Red
River County are getting it
together with a full calander of
activities.
To kick off the weeks
activities. Rally Day has been
planned for October 6, at the
American Legion Park.
Radio programs will be
conducted all week by the
various 4-H Clubs.
To help emphasise Nftt-
they had hoped. “We have
several hundred prospect cards
unreported. Many of these
people will give when contact-
ed. We need their pledges and
it is most important that we
have them now.”
Rotary District
Governor Here
V oters Reject T ax
Bond Proposals
Voters in the Clarksville
School District decisively
defeated proposals to construct
a new high school building and
to air-condition and renovate
existing buildings. At Clarks-
ville, voters had to stand in line
for up to an hour to cast their
ballots. '
The propositions, including
one authorizing a maintenance
tax, failed by an overall
average of almost five to one.
Voters at the Clarksville box
turned down all three issues
about two to one. The biggest
defeat was at Hopewell where
only two voted for Propositions
1 and 2 and six voted for
Proposition 3. A high of 162
turned down the first proposit-
ion st Hopewell. At Annona the
issues failed more than 10 to 1.
State Officer
Speaker For
B&PWMeeting
BILL MURPHY
Bill Murphy of Paris,
ional 4-H Week s display an<f*s«|rting as first governor of the
posters will be exhibited in the. new Rotary District 583, will
county. make his official visit to the
To climax national 4-H Clarksville Club on Thursday,
Week, the annual Red River October 4. Additionally, Mur-
County 4-H Awards Banquet phy will be in Clarksville on
will be conducted at the Wednesday to meet with the
Clarksville Intermediate School president and secretary of the
on October 18. local club.
Look, listen and be aware Murphy, a native of Paris,
Arts and Crafts
Show October 13
of the 4-H'ers getting it
together during National 4-H
Week.
The second annual Arts
and Crafts exhibit sponsored by
the Hospital auxiliary will be
held Saturday, October 13,
from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. This
year’s exhibit will be on the
courthouse lawn with a Flea
Market Open simultaneously on
the parking lot on the north
side of the courthouse.
The show is open to all who
have arts or crafts to exhibit.
No entry fee charged and no
admission charge is made to
visitors. Exhibitors may bring
their work on the day of the
S&WCD Election
Called Oct 9
An election will be held
October 9 to elect a director in
zone 5 of the Red River County
Soil and Water Conservation
District. The election will
take place at 7:00 in the
Fulbright Community Center.
A director will be elected
to serve on the governing board
for "a period of five years. Jack
Franklin is presently serving in
this position.
By state law a director
must own land within zone 5
and reside within the county.
Eligible voters have the above
requirements also. Husband
and wife owning community
porperty are both eligible
voters.
Zone 5 is bound on the
north by highway 82, on the
east by highway 909, on the
south by highway 271, and the
county line is the west boundry.
A chili super will be served
prior to the election. After the
election, a program will be
presented on forming a solid
waste management authouity.
Everyone is urged to attend.
show or may contact Mrs. Joe
E. Russell at Annona for
advance information. A large
number of exhibits is expected
at this year’s show and displays
should include paintings, oils,
acrylics, charcolas, pastels and
water colors and wood
carvings.
Special Attraction*
Extra attractions will
include an exhibit of paintings
by Anthony Martin and Danny
Jones, Clarksville High School
art teacher, will do sketchings
throughout the show
Prises to Be Given
Four prizes have been do-
nated and will be given to lucky
contributors at a drawing at the
close of the show. The prizes
include an oil painting donated
by Anthony Martin and now on
exhibit at the Camber of
Commerce office in Clarksville.
Mrs. Donovan Miesch has
donated a ceramic cake plate
which is on display at Marx’s
Dry Goods and Trent Dehoney
of Dehoney Studio is donating a
certificate for free 8x10 full
color portrait. Harold Askew
is contributing a photograph of
a Red River County subject.
Tickets for the drawing
may be obtained from Auxiliary
members or by calling Mrs.
Clifton Kay in Clarksville.
Flea Market
The Flea Market is a new
attraction for this year and
chairmen of this portion of thf
event are Mrs. Jim Mumford
and Mrs. Slim Hulen.
Items to be offered will
include relics, brass, glassware
valued at 2.00 or more, trunks,
iron bedsteads, milk cans and
other objects. Clothing will hot
be sold.
Anyone wishing to donate
to the market should contact
Mrs. Mumford or Mrs. Hulen.
September
Rainfall
8.2 Inches
Rainfall in Clarksville
totaled 8.2 inches, according to
Weather Bureau Observer
Raymond Hamilton. Hamilton
said measurable predpitaation
fell on four days with the
heaviest on September 5 when
4.9 inches was recorded in a
24-hour period followed by 1.2
inches on September 6.
Precipitation for the nine-
month period ending Septem-
ber 30 totaled 51.15 inches.
Last year's rainfall during the
first nine months measured
16.65 inches with 2.2 inches
during September.
Twelve-Year
C—iparleoa
Rainfall in September for
the last twelve years, according
to Hamilton's records, has
been:
1973 ............... 8.2"
1972 ............... 2.2”
1971 ........ 1.1”
1970 ............... 2.7"
1969 ...'............ 3.8?
1968 ............... 6.1*
1967 ............... 5.3”
1966 ............... 8.3"
1965 ............... 4.2”
1964 .............. 7.7"
1963 ................ir
1962 ............... 4.37”
Pharmacists
Installed as
Area Officers
Two county pharmacists,
Jim Durden of Clarksville and
Jim Giddens of Avery, were
installed as officers of the
Northeast Texas Pharmaceuti-
cal Association at a quarterly
meeting of the group in
Commerce on September 27.
Durden noted that the
4-H Rally Day
has been active in Rotary since
joining the Paris club in 1950.
He has served as chairman of
virtually every committee and
was president in 1970. His year
as president of the Paris club
serves as a hallmark of
achievement for the oldest
The first Red River County Rotary Club in the newly
4-H Rally Day will be held formed district. As Governor’s
Saturday. October 6, at the representative under two
Fair Grounds. Registration will District Governors, Murphy
begin at 10:00 a.m. st no cost td has appeared and served on
4-H members. Darlene Simpson numerous conference, assembly
and Connie Rodriquez will be in and institute programs,
charge of registration. He is a graduate of Texas
Rally Day was designed to A&M and during World War II
help bring National 4-H Week »®rved as a troop Commander
into the County in full swing, with the 113th Calvary
This day will be full of fun and Reconnaissance Group in
activities. National 4-H Week is Europe.
October 7-18. He has been associated
Free lunch will be provided with many civic and profess
to all 4-H Members in ional groups in Paris and
attendance. throughout the State.
Mrs. William B. Berry,
second vice president of the
State Federation of Business &
Professional Womens Clubs,
will be speaker for the District
12 B&PW conference here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Berry who is
presently attorney-advisor
with the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in Fort Worth has held
several B&PW offices including
president of the Fort Worth
Club in 1964-65. State Federa
tion offices she has held are
Personal Development chair-
man in 1966-67 and Legal
Advisor in 1967-68 and again in
1970-71. She was third vice
president and civic participa-
tion chairman in 1972-73. She
was active in organizing the
Past President's club of District
Eleven and is former chariman
of that group.
She has served as second
and third vice president and a
member of the board of
directors of the Fort Worth
YWCA and was personnel
chairman for four years and
public relations chairman 1
year. Mrs. Berry has also been
a member of the Mayor’s
Committee on the Status of
Women, organizing chairwo-
man of the Fort Worth
Women’s Political Caucus and a
member of Tarrant County's
League of Women Voters and
Women’s Civic Clubcouncil.
She holds an A.A. degree
from Odessa College and B.
and L.L.B. degrees from the
University of Texas. She was a
member of an Odessa law firm
before moving to Fort Worth
where she was engaged in
private practice and was
Three propositions were
offered for voter approval. The
first authorised maintenance
tax, the seeond was for
construction of a new high
school, cafeteria, auditorium
complex, gymnasium, football
field, baseball field and track at
an estimated coat of
$2,070,000.00 The final proposal
was for air condition, new
lighting and some renovation of
present buildings in the
system. Estimated cost on the
final proposal was $470,000.00.
Cost to taxpayers if all
proposals had carried would
have been a 34.8 percent tax
increase over 1973 taxes.
Property owners and
non-property owning residents
of the district voted in seperate
boxes at each of the polls and
the issues were defeated by
approximately the same marg-
ins by both groups. Approval of
both boxes for passage is not
required legally but tax bonds
not approved by property
owners are virtually unmar-
ketable.
Vote by Boxes
Voting broken down by
polling places and boxes, was as
follows:
Property Owners
MRS. WILLIAM B. BERRY
associated with the Legal Aid
Clinic. She is a member of the
State Bar of Texas, Fort
Worth-Tarrant Co. Bar Assn.,
and the Federal Bar Associa-
tion.
She is married and’ has two
sons, Greg and Eric.
Convention Schedule
The convention opens
Saturday afternoon with regis-
tration from 2:30 till 5:30 at the
lobby of the A-OK motel. The
club president's meeting will be
held at the Branding Iron
Restaurant at 3:30 and the
“Twentieth Century Review"
will be presented at 7 p.m. at
See B&PW
Page Twelve
Proposition 1:
For Aganist
Clarksville
247
749
Hopewell
2
162
Annona
31
327
Proposition 2:
Clarksville
249
741
Hopewell
2
158
Annona
23
333
Proposition 3:
Clarksville
249
741
Hopewell
6
157
Annona
23
332
Totals
Proposition 1:
280
1238
Proposition 2:
274
1232
Proposition 3:
278
1230
Non-Property Owners
A
Proposition 1:
For Against
Clarksville
20
33
Hopewell
3
13
Annona
2
23
Proposition 2:
Clarksville
20
33
Hopewell
3
13
Annona
2
22
«- v-
Proposition 3:
Clarksville
20
31
Hopewell
3
13
Annona
1
23
Totals:
* Proposition 1:
25
69
Proposition 2:
25
68
Proposition 3:
24
67
Grand Totals
Proposition 1 was defeated
by a combined vote of 1307 to
305; proposition 2, 1300 to 299
and proposition 3. 1297 to 302.
UF Drive To
Start Monday
The 1973 United Fund
Drive in Red River County will
start Monday, October 8, with a
coffee at the Branding Iron
Restaurant at 10 a.m. Co-chair-
men for the drive are Mrs.
Douglas Hines and Mrs. Dewey
Wilburn.
County officers are George
Mac Bean, president; Harold
Shields, vice president; Mary
library bazaar will
NOT BE HELD
The Annual Bsaaar spon-
sored by the Friends of the
Library will not be held this
year due to several other civic
projects which the group is
supporting
BAND BOOSTERS
MEET MONDAY
The Band Boosters will
meet Monday night, October 8.
at 7:30 in the Band Hall. All
members are urged to be
•' present
Whitemen. secretary and Bill
Bettes, treasurer.
A goal of $16,662.00 has
been set for the county and
proceeds will be divided
between fifteen organizations.
Beneficiaries of the dirve
and the amounts allocated each
are: United Service Organiza-
tion, Inc., $100.00; Texas
Association for Mental Health,
$25.00; Southwestern Diabetic
Foundation, Inc., $25.00; Unit-
ed Way of America, $2,000.00;
Boy Scouts, $2,700.00; Girl
Scouts, $2,700.00; Red River
County Public Library, $900.00;
Salvation Army, $2,115.00; 4-H
Club Council. $675.00; Texas
United Community Services,
$148.00; Red River County
Child Welfare, $1,350.00;
T.A.R.’s. $450.00; American
Red Cross, $2,250.00; Texark
ana Mental Health-Mental
Retardation Center, $100.00
and local charities, $1,374.00.
The remaining $650.00 will
be required for bookkeeping
salaries and expenses connect-
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UNITED FUND DRIVE CHAIRMEN - Co-chairmen of the Red River County United
Fund Drive this year are Mrs. Doug Hines, left, and Mrs. Dewey Wilburn. The drive
begins next Monday in the county, coinciding with a proclamation by Governor Dolph
Brisco designating the months of September November as United Campaign Way Months
in Texas. (Times Staff Photo)
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