Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1955 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 14 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
s
& 3
a>i
SCOUTSOBSERVE 49th BIRTHDAY*
*
MSe|
$
a
that
J
1 ••■ s
I
4
i
Ml
',-
/
*
P
A'
ROGER DAVIS
V»,
?<
It*.
w.
f
x
c
V
c
I,
■,\
‘top
£
W-’f
-4rim
Mi
M
*^*w
»
J
»
J
I
4
Last Rites For
Joseph M. Reeves
>
r
*
J
(
-? 11
on <
James W. Combe, U.S. 141255729
>" Hq, Btry.ldrd AAA Bn., Ft. Biles,
! «
I
1 I I
W:
■•i-w
i‘.
«r.* •»«?
'/- -^i 'J »
Ix>st
0
2
4
5
«
lags
4*^
<l J;
i •
ht *■»% L'
r
4
>
Je
f
u
"i <mM&
T”1
gig
I
Mi
1
I*
Paity.”
his hottoi
seventy people
East Texas,
ims, county
of Mt. Pleas-
Charlle Brown, County Agent
of Franklin County, was the prin-
cipal speaker. •
Several of Mr. r—*“* ----
inpm. /from the'JDaUas
New-
t
?
|».
•'
DISTRICT 18-A A '
Won
5
2
'|1500
rural communities of the county.
Hagans port—Dr. Geo^P. Grout.
Ted Tin
or be- featod.
at ’•» Jj
out the exciting first half of play
by leading the Rabbits 30-24.
, Answering the bell' for the sec-
ond half, the Tigers began to find
the range and Increased their lead
over the rivals, and yrere perform-
ing smoothiy until they lost their
Results of games played thia ■
week Were: Tuesday night, Feb. uwi
1 at North flopkins.
In the boy's game, Saltillo do- -■>)
Tested North Hopkins 51-50 and - J
in the girl’s game. North Hopkine <■
defeated Baltflld, 50 31. '
Eighth grade boys game: Sal-
US
In -a prey
series wo to
_ nS»n1 and
I-;. 1.'
1
I
Wilt be the speaker.
Son of Mt. and‘Mrs.
Billy Hunt Buried’-
, At Albuquerque {”
I ;VThe infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Hunt of Albuquerque, New
•|Mfcldc<rwas burled at Albuquerque
Tuesday, January 25. The baby
Jpnly a few minutes after
ie grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Finley MOore and Fred Hunt
o< Mt. Vernon.
Sister of Local
Resident Succfttabs y "
■ . ..
.were held Fri-
. 28, in the
•#5
week when the DOCTORS, heard
Of. Beagles got out and began to
scatter over Dupree Qak’s and
when one showed up u B^son
bra Lynn immediately gare Conference record up to dal
’ * i EMILY came C ‘ ’ “''!L ‘
asked I their | one defeat Was by the strong Lon
Morris team by the small margin 1
-Mt points in
»a.Di vision,
ill ear own-
dk have not
il that April
> i>iv« <ibursn.■ *0 have
^^“’wOhree sutlons in the ue.ow ar. tne uaxu.
'county white these inspections *•“ appointed to ,W|
■U|M jDllntoe urges
body and Mrs. Edwards neck was
sprained and she was treated for
ehock and other minor abrasions
also.
Latest reports indicate
both are improving.
I
K
si
star center and rebound specia-
list, peak Bihclair; for excessive
louis before the third quarter
ended.
At thia point, the ever danger-
ous Rabbits gained momentum
_ _ .a .____jb___l»— _i.s-txaS_
ana l______---wr- -
lead down,'and at the end of reg-
ulation play, the two teams were
deadlocked^ ^8-58.
I
Dallas Youths Wear
Junior Col lego Satunla
Coach Waynb? pierceX Ifgers around Wto^lqsg. their
face, their toughest-gsmimnent of giant center, who performed
the season Saturday night, when, well at Hew,
the strong and versatile Paris Charlie Harvey,
Junior College Dragons frbm Paris ' * ‘
invade the local gym to perform
before local fane.
* The 'Dragons from «Paris have
an outstanding record so far this
season and their Junior Colle
.....
Edwards ft Oo..\r»-
erel Home. W '’’W
SPORTS
at - ■
AREASCHOOLS
-----44 Pvf-I
Saltillo SchSoKTo ,
Snoncnr ToiirnAmertt
M,
i;r' ■'
' . ..
Junior High Wins
Two Games
From Hawkins
Coach Pitman’s Junior High A
and B team won a doubleheader
over the Hawkins A and B Junior
team on the home court last
Thursday night.
The Junior High A team defeat-
ed the Hawkins A 'team by the
score of 54-40 and in the second
game the Mt. Vernon B team' de-
feated the Hawkins B team by the
score of 39-20.
Scouts wane a great help In the
tornado that practically blew away
the town of Waco a few years ago.
They were ready and willing to
Week”, J>Y^the Scouts of this are*
and all over the United States.
■ The Boy Scouts as well as Cub
Scouts are, doing a good job in
this country and many others.
There hate been many live* saved
by quick thinking Scouts. Scouts
Davis’ cg-workers I j
1 jgdBRNWattended. ■
They were- Marlon Burks, Meber H
Stewart. Todd EdmOnds and Miss H
Louie Brown. * I
They all expressed their apprec- ■
lation In the way Roger had so I
faithfully and efficiently carried H
on his work and for the high
Ideals he' stood for. This group
showed their love and respect for
Mr. Davis and presented him with
a nice bath robe.
Others present and representing
■■■■ ■ ■»
f V < •*.
hands will be counted under Soc-
ial Security. But no doubt many
of you are wondering what you
are "buying” when you pay your
social-security taxes. You are buy-
ing old-age and aufvivori insur-
ance; tkat la, whbn your^----*—
atop because of your dM
cause of your retireman
55 or later, payments will
iret Methodist Chun
oil, f»r Mae. R. G. ■
Interment wee in I
lenetsry.
W *’A
(Editor’s Note? Thia is another
aeries
■for farm fw
District offlc
urity Admi^
' ' a
county would not fall down
iboir quota. '
Franklin County's own Roger
Davis probably never rdbeived a
greater tribute than was paid him
at a dinner Friday night, Jan. 28,
at the Alps Cafe in Mt. Plasant.
"The Retirement Pa$ty.” a
happy one given in his hobor was
attended by about
from all sections of 1
W. F.
supervisor at F.H. A. o
|ran, Allen Jennings,
I John Jennings, Mt.
Mrs. Jennings was a member of
the Baptist Church.
Pallbearers were: Atwell Whit-
ton, G. W. Bell, J. B. Ward. Boots
Whit*,* Jeff Brannon and Perry
. .Bedgood.
Burial was in the Stout’s Creek
Cemetery under the direction of
Ahe^M. L. Edwards & Company
Funeral Home.
" y ------------------
Car Inspe^l
Lagging Her
X,, J. Clinton. 1*^1
Motor Vehicle Inspoeft
»* calls the attention^ i
oto la the county agn
ba< their can ii» ~ "
L5* is the deed i
To dai
tatod la-1
Opening game Thursday night
begins at 5:30 p.m. finds the Sal-
------------ .Bill tiilOAgirls playing the Plcktirn'Mi
p.„.. North ..
Junior Tittle. kins trill play Cumby. , .
The semi-finals begin Saturday
morning at 1Q: 6<> g.m. and gamea
to determine first, second and"
third place will follow Saturday I
evening beginning at 5:30 p.m. I
Results of games played this
week Were: Tuesdky night, Feb.
1 at North Hopkins,
______ 2; 'W'J;
rpklns 51-50 and j
North Hopkind - •
boys gams: Sal-
tillo 27, Ndrth HopkiM 18.
‘ Friday Jan. 88. to
Vernon, Saltillo boys played tha
Mt. Vernon B team and wore do-
faatod. 49-59
marking the. 45th
the Boy Scouta i
be observed thri
tion by more than .... ..
and adult leaders. Since 1910,-
more than 32,750,000 boys and
men have been members
“Bufiding for a Better Tomor-
row” is the birthday theme.
Members of 95,000 Units, through
demonstrations and exhibits, will
dramatize the purpose of Scout-
the local district included.
Pope, Miss Claudia Williams ft^d-
George Glenn, .s-WT
Each responded with amstpll-
MarA<M Pi.....
Ky. ■ v s ’u
(Athens Hornets
(LeadDisfrictlJ-AA
basketball Race
Schools that* comprise District
13-AA and their standing up to
Foil, >• 1955 fra listed below.
It the Mt. Vernon Tigers win tfetr
district, theff will meet the win-
ner of District 13-AA for the right
to go to the Regional meet in
Denton.
Monday night Athens defeated
Mineola 78 to 26 to cinch the top
snot in the double round robin
play.
i
A grade school basketball tonr-
nnm»nt will be held at Saltillo
on Feb. 3. 4 and 5. The teams
that will take part are: Saltillo.
er Cowser. and Calvin Kaiey is pickton, Sulpihur Bluff, North
Explorer Advisor. (Hopkins, Cumby, Cooper, Como
B410W are the names and part and Miller Grove.
of their duties of the Troop Corn- )
mitteemen: Dr. David L. Stinr'»n
Hermon Connelly, M. P. Long,
. , 3
.'1
ley. '
s—Mrs. Otis Slaughter.
Hamilton—&• S. Norris. __
Flora Bluff and Hopewell—; measure"'
Clovis Lawrence.
Glade Springy—Mrs. L. S. Jater.
’ Pufiey—Mra. Bunt. Davis.
A N«w Ytppef an* Scroggln*—
McrogglnsgStore la headquarters
for all donations.Thai names-of
gfcher community chairmen are
not available at thia time.
Clovis titged that all chairmen
in their respective communities.
hnings’
(itet Are
HeliT Al Saltillo
MW. |iffie Jane Jennings passed
away gt the Franklin County Hos-
pital Friday, Jan. 28, at 6:00 p.m.
following a stroke.
( Mrs. Jennings was born In
Dike. Hopkins county, Texas. May
I, UM- She was 71 years of age.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed at the Saltillo Baptist Church,
at *:00 pw-fli^ Sunday afternoon
Jl Whitt* pa«X of the Mt. Ver- |*nt, was master of ceremonies,
non Baptist Church, assisted by
Rev. Mack Turner. tf
She is survived by her husband.
W. L. Jennings, two dai
ton.; and throe sons, Aubrey Jen-
nings of . Qi
Saltillo and
Vhnom
Kw Held Here Sunday
. J .
f r 5. » 1'. , " f '
X
Sheriff John E. Tittle, Jr., ar- .
rested three Dallas youths near
here Monday night about
pan. after they had tiled to aaflt
a rifle to a local cltisen.
The local ettisen became aato-
plcious and took down their M-
cense number of the Lincoln ear
they were driving and notifle*
Sheriff Tittle.
They were eoon spotted at the
roadside park east of town on
Highway 67, and the three youths
were fixing a flat tire as Sheriff
Tittle drove up. There was also
another car parked there, with
the Lincoln.
AU three were arrested and
brought Into town and jailed for-
Investigation by Sheriff Tittle and
after an investigation it was dis-
covered that both cars had been
|T .atqlen in Dallas. >
Tirte youths admitted stealinc
■" the two cars In Dallas and other
‘property stolen In Dallas was also
'JI found in the cars. ... ,, (
Dallas officers were notified
j- and they came for them Tuesday
and returned them to Dallas. The
Dallas officers told Sheriff Tittle
that they had been looking for
Qie thrt« youths for several days.''
I
I
ing' gnd Hunting
ith Pf 7,734 feet
the Gibson
t Some mlnpr bauble ws3 en-
countered on the te«t and th4 crew
was. busy regming out the well,
eo that testing may be resumed.. , ,
V ■'. ' . • O’
They all ih»ve Important duties
What Farmers ’’Buy”
Under Social Security
(Edit ’ N t - This is another aa.
Ata a serial Of articles prepared
by the Paris
>hn Social Sec-
IR-)
M-tycie to tll>a
m ;about farm
‘ red farm-
I security
KT .
■
Mt'.sEsr
W. . \ bi
OFFICIAL BOY SCOUT WEEK P0STE1
Boy Scout Week. « to 12,
of Amerfeft. will
Car
( Mrs. Arm
M. L- EdwaB^ _.„x. ,„T.
injured TuesdRyjafternoon when
another car ersu
of their car aq
home from Mt. 1
■ *r
Th* favorite team so far In
DiqUriet 13-AA apppkrs to be
Athtona, ar* they arfcalready win-
gprs of the-double round robin
-—
Methodist Stan’s
Brotherhood To
Mwt AtSahilta
. The Frapklto County MethotMet
Brotherhood will medt Monday
night, February 7 at 7:80 p.m. at
the Saltillo School cafeteria.
■ ’ J. Q. Wiler of Sulphur Sprlhgs ; waa underway at ths W. D. Gib-
Wilt be the speaker. i#K>n No. 1 well, vffs®t of the
I Winnsboro Fish/n
, Club’S test. A depl
jiad, been r®»cl>ed at
< ttot’ ’'Wij
••
r 'C
-- 'jr t
■ J -
.. A-'■ ■*»
'’fijRfa- W
2 ■ I
Z, TEe new tttai
; . ’A-
' 11'S
ff-t’ (1 ‘Vafe
ttoii
IS DROP close game
•LANTA
terming before one of the
Rudest crowds od the season In
Atlanta Bfcturday sight, the Mt.
Veiknon Tigers battlpd the Atlanta
Rafrbita of District 15-AA, right
dowa to the final bell before bow-
injUout in an overtime period
^The two evenly matched teams.
rinKtlng each other for the third
tinto this season, played cautious-
ly as they squared off against each
other starting the game and at the
end qf a fierce first quarter of
play, the two teams were tied,
12-12.
Reginning the second quarter,
the hustling Tigers with Don
Meredith leading the way and
with the opponents defense cen-
tered upon him, plunked in 32
points during the game for high
jtolnt Jkonors. Mt. Vernon closed
————
, J U
LTtj.- •
Fy
Drill Stem Test
Underway At W. D.
Gibson Namber 1
, .Tidewater A«p4ktod Qll Com-
pany reported it hyd reached a
depth of n,2< leal, tie third
deep test in thq Nev Hope Field.
This test Will ,implore the deep
sands aroubd: 18,000 feet.
Humble Oil dnd Refining Com-
pany, reported a drill-stem test
The 1955 March of Dimes cam-
paign, according to campaign
director,. Clovis Lawrence- is lag-
ging way behind schedule and
that the entire amopal collected
1mm tk*n half
-'.are the .w*i
Joseph M. Reeves passed away
at his home In Mt. Vernon last '
Saturday morning, Jan. 29, at
6:00 a.sn., after a short illness. "*■!?'
He was Ig-yeaye of age:'
Mr. Reeves was the aon of W. .1 .
1. X vm
born May 18, 1875, at Patmaa,
■ i uiSrreia to
' Maggie McLemore, Jan. 31, 1904.
He was a retired farmer and had
lived here for the past 60 years, t
Funeral services were conduct-
ed Sunday. Jan. 30, at 2:00 p.m.
at the Mt. Vernon Methodist 5
Church under the direction of .
Rev. James H. Westbrook, pastor, >
assisted by Rev. John E. Whitt,
pastor of the Mt. Vernon Baptist
-Church. fa
He is survived by his wife, Men.
Maggie Reeves; two daughters^. **
Mrs. Weaver Johnson X? Mrs. Ed-- ■
gar Banks of Tyler; tWo brotitaNky ,
J Walter and E. H. Reeves, botk^af .»
J sulphur Springs; two sisters, Mt*. ,
®ther duties that Nath An<jor8on of Mt, Vbrnon and
Mrs. Dessle Frost of Monroe, t*.,
and five grandchildren. J Jfp.
Pall bearers were: L. E. Bryant, -.IL
F. 0- .Browning. T. B. Roach.
Ester t’arnell, Th>d Reeves and
Jack Blackburn. . •.
Interment waa in the Mt. Ver-
non Cemetery under toe direetien .
of the M. L. Edwnyda * Oa..’F^»-- \tf ■
-
- A- - *A.
Stored N&t Wdck ~
ibfSSr J|i to 12, will be ob- help <in sickness, carrying mes-j
»d ShsI “Wattonal Boy Scout',sages and any t-_.
they were called upon to do.
At ChrlstmUs time, the Scouts
collect used toys and help repair
them so that ttey can be distri-
buted around to the needy.
To be a good Scout, one has to
- - --ixFit 4 do more than/attend the meetings.
jUao have helped to directing tr*f- ig? eimply meeting with the trOop
ftc, man hunting aid in etorm and 'doekn’t necessarily make them a
- areg* Jhroughou^^tM -poul ^y jnoye than joining a
basketball team makes you a star
ptoyer,
Scouting Is a game, and like all I
games, there are rules you must
know and things they must do to
be a member. They must know
and obey the Scout Law, Scout
Oath and Scout Slogan. W en car-
rying these things out, they be-
come a true Scout.
In Mt. Vernon. ■ the pty-eot
Scoutmaster is Coafh Troy Pitt-
man, hn Eagle Scorfut. wild has
b?en working with Scouts for
many years. He has served here
since November 1954.
Assistant Scoutmaster la Ptack-
Cowser, and Calvin Raley is ! pickton.
School
Athens
Mils Point ------
Mineola------
Grand Saline-----------0
- WHEKE THEE PL-AY
February/* .
Van at Will* Point.
Grand Saline at Mineola
Athens^Open ndto.
Their dpuble-roundtorobin eche-
dulh will be'Completed this week.
Feb, 4.
• They will play a district tourna-
ment-at Mineola on Feb. 10, 11
and
collected jrab jj-u for lhe district
?0d) High championship.
Th* favorite team
Kfil
M
jrr —
ing and the riak heritage If has'
in this coentryf .’-r '
T™, Boy Scout Week marks the
oughout thivfcw completion of the first year of the
a Rr.nnnn nevla National Conservation Good Turn
’’ a the organization has undertaken
at the request of President Eisen-
hower. Units which have quali-
fied will receive National Con-
servation Good Turn Certificates
of Merit awarded jointly by the
Secretaries of Agriculture and the
Interior, Ezra Taft Benson and
Douglas McKay, respectively.
Scouts of Nation fo Be
a»d k nob complete,
WjAporfed collections play
“h to expectatlpp. ■ tftp, '
LJ1 Mt least equal and
Wkely exceed thb 1»I4
to metaay c^Hecyd. ^
J. W. Combs Is '
——s
1955 In Full Swir
a contrilrutlon, to elthe
their eontribpitlon with ti
National Bgnk dr at*'
th* ctfH fcouse. Eve
needed'OT. orfer ^to'h*
WW W
■> Mt.iWtOMsil
mt
old pierce and Mrs.
rar^s. Jr., were both
id into the rear
ley were driing
r >a*apt.
The accident ocoured about
hqlf-way betwpen Winfield >nd
Rabbit* gained momentum Mt. Pleasant *«d Mrs. Pierce knd
gradually whittled the Tiger’s Mrs. Edwards dar was trailing be-
play, the two teams
In the overtime period, the two
Fite cousins came through for At-
lanta, With a field goal each to
break the tie and Mt. Vernon was
never able tQ get even again.
Jerrell Bryant shared scoring
■honors with Don Meredith, drop- __=
ping in 15 points and Dean Sin- land also other bruises about her
clair was next with 7 points.
Charlie Yatps, Bobby Rich and
John Stinson all played a stellar
game. ‘ <
For Atlanta, J. E. and J. W.
Sto TlGERS WIN Pa^» 4
Retirement Pairty Lauds Roger
Davis at Mt. Pleasant Friday
mentary remarks^®! how they had
enjoyed the association and work-
tog under Mr. Davis and that his
See RCXJFR Page 8
Mt. Plj
hind * ftlneral ppqcession and had
juet passed over * hill when an-
other car approaching from be-
hind, crashed into them, causing
heavy damage to both cars.
Mrs. Pierce’s and Mrs. Edward’s
injuries were not serious but both
are confined to the Franklin
County Hospital. Mrs. Pierce re-
ceived a severe cut on one leg
, Prairie Grove—T. B. Roach and
>n stickers are
-,-—--
plies”
. tr*a fiH GRIMES to-
grtoat ka ha* been in Ark-
l too long. It seem* that he
^gady gotten inside the state
teMBtaat week end before he
HK%that be had forgotten
WARNER COWSER was a
'■taMHMrtr and let him
^JlSy.fcnn»t think that
has a good start on duplicating
■ ttan
Ing hl Dallas. He Itad his first
fire .before they had' hailed, up
one board.4Bxcltemeht Is running
at-arh “'!*****.“•
Tilings bbgsh to happen fast
out‘'north of the hospital this
iegan to
soattsr over Dupree Qaks and
when one shoved up at Edson
Rsynblds’ house, hi* little d*«h-
- - - 1 _ W -- ~ - 4 MM A ^S 1 A*. M ,!■ ■
a home and when'
n, EDSON.■cT_._
dogk had gotten out ant
replied, "Goth” yw. they all got of si
o«L t . • .
Mcnooi r___T^_
88MT. Dtoton (CohteM) High
School sen0n81<,00;
0*nvae|ng district
is UDdarM *
at thip t°H.
if |W":
1955 drive will Mt least equal and
campaign
*
A
Prompt^, to Corporal
Mr. atid-NFs. Carl Combo have
received word, that their son, J.
of Corporal. His address is Cpl.
** He also stated that anyone who Hq. Btry. gird AAA Bn., Ft. Bllga,
may not have been contacted for Texas. ' ' f ; tli1,-
______— ----------— . . . ■•---’■/...... 1 “
Tigers Clash With Paris
Sgturaay'^
sifter, who performed so
well at Np^.Bpfton last year;
-rv,y, who plays a guard
position arid his running mate,
Doug Dljdy are their defensive
standouts and lending offensive
&&&!,
_r again before |pohl fans Of Xioorgs day •fternoen, Jan.
three wins and only one Ids*, thin Turner,, who is a member of the
. x - -* — — »p*fig tegm and t* rppsembered
h,r* «4it'WFfto4y PtoRto* * naem-
played bord|KT|g«r» D‘^et Ch»“-
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1955, newspaper, February 3, 1955; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1267362/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.