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VOLUME 77—NUMBER 50
SEPTEMBER 6, 1951
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highway 67 west of Mt. Vimon. ’ Vernon businessmen help on price
which war probated during
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Bring Your Colton to B'V
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ON THE BROADWAY OE AMERICA*
Schools Open Monday
AttendanceReportedlJp
Fire Damages
Pretty Home Of
Roy Ramsey
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fall
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Urging
funds Being
Raised For
Band Uniforms
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day right, September 10. All those
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However, and anything can happen.
The Purple and White crew will
find two regulars in their lineup—
left over from last years team that
advanced to the quarterfinals in
tne State play off. The only two
regulars are the Co-Contains for
this year—nilly Hunt, a fine end I
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at which time
will be discuctsd and officers and
luxs. | <U>«jCwru wni be clocied. 'Among
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farmers
At. the clinics, held at the Dis-
trict Court Room every second
week.-an OPS specialist gives Mt.
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Of
Deep French
Pit Explored
A team of Belgians ana
Frenchmen hnvc started probing
the deepest natural cave ever ex-
plored.
First Game
Of Season
Friday Night
The Initial game of the season
will be played tonight (Friday)
beginning at 7:45 between the
Mt. Vernon Tigers and the Clarks-
ville Tigers- Its Tigers against
Tigers and who wins the combat
will not be known—definitely—un-
til the game has ended.
Everybody should attend the
opening game and lend encourage-
ment to our boys. You can be a
dominant figure in the game sim-
ply by boosting the Home Town
Team- Be there, won’t you.
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out this
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Follow the Timers >ach game, ard
carry on the tradition out city
made. Let’s blow the I’d off
night, and everyone go to
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Band Week Starts
Off With Concert
On Square
Last Saturday morning the
Mt. Vernon Band gave a con
cert opening “Band Week" with
the goal of raising money for
the band. Rufus Bolger acted
as master of ceremonies. A
short talk by Mrs. Henry Stan-
ford, president of the PTA and
by Rev. Jdhn Whitt, pastor of
The First Baptist Church.
Band director, Robert Souter
explained the urgent needs of
the band were uniforms and
instruments.
Band Week ends tomorrow
night nt. the bnll game at which
time the contents of the 20
cans placed In different busi-
ness houses and contributions
of local merchants will be nre-
sentoii to the band director.
You will
this issue of the
Herald that you are
in ottr list of signatures of the
a d v e i 11 s e ment boosting the
TIGERS' first home game of
the season against Clarksville
tonight. ,
If you do not wish to be in-
cluded in our football pages
tor home games the remainder
of the season, please call the
Optic-Herald office and tell us
If. on the other hand, you were
not included in the booster list
and wish us to list you in the
future—a call to the office will
assure 'you of a signature for
the rest of the season. The price
remains the same as in former
seasons.
We regret that lack of time
and a shortage of help at the
present prevents us from calling
on each of you in person. We
will do this Just as soon as our
organization efforts are com-
pleted.
We take this opportunity
again to thank our advertisers
and our readers for bearing
* with us these first few months.
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Figure in Wreck
'rnon for Best Turn-Outs and for Highest Market Pr i
Sulphur Springs
Man Pays
Drunken Fine
Sulphur Springs man paid fine
costs totaling $.06.95 in County
Court Sunday after h» tied entered
a^plea of guilty to driving and
operating a motor vehl-le upon a
public highway while Intoxicated
The charges were filed in, county
court by County Attomev T,eonard
lire v’TiipiiH; To
Be Organized
A fi>e company Is to be organiz-
ed in Mt. Veninn ano a meeting
| will be held for this purpose Mon-
“Catfish” Smith
Says Situation
Looking Good
COMMERCE, Sept. 6 (Special) —
Coach Milburn "Catfish” Smith, of
the East Texas State Lions, looked
over 72 football candidates ’report-
ing for practice this week, watched
a couple of workouts, and appraised
the situation In the Lion training
camp as “looking good.”
The Lions are holding two work-
outs daily. One is in the wee hours
of the morning at 5:30 a m., with
the other at 3:30 p.m. That after-
noon workout is held in shorts.
“This sche ule will be followed un-
til the weather cools off a little,"
Smith stated.
Seventy-two candidates reported
to the' East Texas Held house Mon-
day morning ready for three weeks
practice before their first game
with , Abilene Christian College
September 22 in Lion Memorial
Stadium. By midweek the squad
had been cut to 55 players who will
make up the 1951 team.
The Lions face one of the hard-
est schedules ever arranged for an
East Texas team, four games at
home and seven on the road. Only
11 of 39 lettermen returned this
year and Coach Smith is worried
about all of the gjvoes he had to
. fill from last years squad.
! On top of this foothall dope mag-
| azines have, picked East Texas to
I win top honors in the Lone Star
Conference this year. “I can’t see
! how they get that.” Smith states,
, “with 28 lettermen gone we will be
| building a team this year. Our
; best squads will come in ‘52 and ’53.
• viic*5 jvuixicy uu lianas, j
About two miles East of the Hop- I
Texas County Seat
Towns Invited
To State Fair
Every’ county seat in Texas has
been ilnvlted to participate in the
1951 State Fair of Texas, October
6-21, with special representation
and by haviing a specal day de-
signated in its name.
James H. Stewart, executive vice
president and general manager of
a per- I
to the I
license private concc: ns to <io the inspecting, 6.7.
Either state-owned or state-appointed inspecting sta-
tions are permitted under the new act which becomes law
Sept. 7. Because of costs, Garrison plans to start off with
state-appointed inspectors only. Equipment costs for an
tspccuon station range iron) $500 or less to $1,500 or more.
But he hopes he can make enforcement tight enough to
o better than the average for other states using the license
ystem * .
His goal is to eliminate the 13 per cent of accidents
,-,’hich last year involved mechanically defective vehicles.
The PTA Is sponsoring a cam-
paign to buy uniforms for the
band. They have placed In conven-
ient places In most of the business
houses in Mt. Vernon cans slotted
for your contributions which will
be left there until after the first
game Is played this week-end.
Following the game the cans will
be collected and all cash found In
them will be turned over to the
band.
The PTA, president, Mrs. Stan-
ford feels assured that the Mt.
Vernon people will do their best to
see to it that the drilve Is a suc-
cess. Supt. Fleming also hopes that
the effort being made by the PTA
will be successful beyond expecta-
tions.
Illes in <—•—
removed from c
to the Texarana
for necesary medical treatment
The request was granted upon the
condition that when the soldier
has recovered he will be available
for prosecution In either a civil
or military court on the charges
filed. The soldier was accordingly
removed by army ambulance from
Franklin County Hospital to Tex-
arkana late Wednesday night.
The Negro Soldier’s parents re-
imbursed Mr. Turner for damages
,Inflicted upon the latter’s wagon.
Mr. Business Man
Or Woman
Farmers Ursred To
Put Loans On
Part Of Cotton
Factory Building
Nearing Completion
Work on the factory building Is
progressing nicely this week .accord-
ing to reports. Workmen began
pouring concrete for the floor
Monday morning and this will be
finished by this week-end. Follow-
ing the completion of the floor
workmen, will begin to construct
petition walls and other finishing
touches will begin, such as wiring
etc. Plumbing work Is Just about
completed and also the window
frames have been set.
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the State Fair, has written
sonal letter of invitation
mayor or Chamber of Commerce
manager in each of the 25b towns
and cities.
The county seats are being in-
to take part in the fair in
conjunction with special days set
aside to honor each
Extension Districts of
A. & M. System.
The fair’s fabulous
of Texas Agriculture"
Franklin county youngsters “hit
(lie deck” Monday morning awaken
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from their slumber to report for
their first day of tire new school
year. To some It was probably a
rude awakening, so some, however,
for the most part students were
glad to get back to work.
Following short execrlses both
grade and high school went Immed-
iately into registeratlon and Supt.
Fleming announcee that the enroll-
ment was over 600 which Is slightly
above last year. A reduction was
expected by the board.
Anxious parents were up early
and getting Junior and little sta-
ter prepared for the ordeal so that
they would not report ’tardy’’ on
the first day. Many of the patrons
accompanied their little ones to
the opening exercises, which they
enjoyed.
Mt. Vernon has more than held
Its own in enrollment while other
communities nre falling off. This
is a challenge to our community
and county to provide sufficient
number of teachers and adequate
school facilities to Insure an ade-
quate educational program for our
boys and girls.
In high school the enrollment was
-210—same as last ear.
In grade school the enrollment
was 385 and Increase over
years’ 381. i
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probably note In
of the Optic-
included
KickOff7:45
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| On Tiger Held at 7:45 tonight
I the Mt Vernon Tigers open their
1951 season against a dangerous
Clarksville eleven. The Tigers will
open the season minus their only
experienced back, Konneth ("The
Toe") Jaggers. Jaggers has been
ill for the past week arid it is
< doubtful li ne will be used unless
he recovers completely before game
time
The Tigers will have a slight
weight advantage over ^l«..’ksrl.e
. In the hne, but the Tigers from
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He adden oat^ny -islneeanan . Tigers in the backfield department.
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f jr V, b -• I sideralon this game should be rate- manv, an
or call the DaLas OPS of* | ed a toss up. This la early season, ball game.
Ing first aid treatment. The...
eoldier sustained a broken arm
while the White soldier was
injured.
County Attorney Leonard
more filed charges of aggravated
assault with a motor vehicle against
the Negro driver in County Court
Sunday morning. The Provost. Mar-
«holl of Fourth Army Headquar-
ters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
e™One “"wwaiion with
Passmore Wednesday afternoon re-
quested that the Negro be released
to the custody of Military author-
nZJSi ?r<1er that he be
*edJnMn the ’ocal hospital
Army Hosplltal
The Lion offense is built around
game against One of the toughest
small College teams In the nation,
. Last
12
games including a post-season
game In the Refrigerator Bowl.
They were champions of the Texas
I conference. Coach Beauchamp lost
j Wildcats will be the first big test
1 for the Lion squad.
The Liion offense Is built around
Charles “Hoss” Stewart, leading
ground gainer for the conference |
for the past twq years. Stewart
averaged over four yards each time
I he carried the ball last year.
With Stewart is speedy Lucky
| Parks, and Johnnie Hicks. A new-
comer to the Lion backfield in
Marvin Brown, transfer from Tarl-
ton Junior College.
The East Texas line Is expected
to be strong this year with Lem
Jor°s, 215-poun<i tackle from Kil-
gore. Jack He*'ierlngton, Dallas,
another 215-n’und tackle; and R.
C. Moore, 2J0-pound end, good on
defense and a good pass receiver.
Coach Smith Is not too worried
although he must build his team
this year. He has plenty of
good material with some determina-
tion and spirit-
At an early hour Saturday morn-
ing fire caused considerable damage
to the Roy Ramsey home on high-
way f,7 Just a short distance east
of town. The loss was placed
at several thousand dollars with
a small amount of Insurance. Most
of the household goods In the two
bedrooms and kitchen Including an
almost new electric stove, deep
freni>io and some clothing were
detroyM.
The house was built of rock and
stone and was considered one of
the most beautiful homes in Mt.
i Vernon. The fire originated when
Mrs. Ramsey was in the act of
lighting the hot-water heater after
the gas had been turned off at
the tank the day before. She suf-
fered shocks and was slightly burn-
ed about the arms.
The fire department responded
to the call promptly and ran a
water line to the near-by tank of
A. D. Stxka which did lots ef
good In combatting the blaze.
Mr and M a Ramsey have the
135 Bales Ginned
Seventy-four betas of eotton
luva Lee.i finned this past week
making a total od 135 up to thia
date.
Price Clinic To
Be Held In
Mount Vernon
A prilce clinic to help Franklin
County businessmen with Office
of Price Stabilization matters will
be held at the Mt. Vernon District
Court Room, Chamber of Commerce
Manager Harris St. Clair announc-
ed.
F. O- Dublin, business analyst
for the Dallas OPS district will
conduct the clinic. The clinic
^ill open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m
' St. Clair said the price clinic
program, spo.iosored Jointly by the
Mt. Vernon Chrmber o Commerce I
and C?S has <aken on new impor- I
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Passmorn after the man was arrest- basic price control, act.
OPA Director
To Be In Dallas
DALLAS. Texas, Aug.
Michael V. DiSalle,
the Office
of production certainly
be the objective of
grower,” he emphasized,
| tl.a, Scvieiary oi Agricult.
| nan In recent testimony <
that *thc
this year
A Law To Curb Road Accidents
(By Dawson Duncan) j
Austin, Texas, Aug. 25 — Worn-out and dangerous cars,
j.rovcn killers on the highways, are the next ^attack target
in Texas' war to cut its appalling traffic accident toll.
Old and new alike, every car and truck on Texs' high-
ways next year must carry a certificate it has been tested
mechanically and found^ safe for operation. Those that fail
the test and can't be repaired must get off the roads.
If the new compulsory inspection law works in Texas as
it has in twenty-three other states last year, then a worth-
while decrease in accidnts, injuries and deaths will result.
Col. Homer Garrison, Jr., director of the Department of
Public Safety, thinks the new law he will administer will
be an accident preventer.
‘‘Every state which has a compulsory inspection law
has shown a decrease in accidents,” he said. As boss of the
new law’s enforcementt in Texas, he believes this state will
follow that pattern.
He had figures to back up that belief.
Last year, for in.tance, the national deah rate from
traffic accidents was 7.5 for each one million miles of
travel, and the year before 7.4.
States with no inspection law had a rate of 7.5 in 1949,
For Texas it was
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f Two soldiierz from Camp Chaf-
Tee, Arkansas, were Involved in
two separate traffic accidents on
highway 67 west of Mt. Vernon
late Saturday afternoon and Sat-
urday night. The first accident oc-
cured about 6:00 o’clock Saturday
. when the 1950 Model Ford In which
the pair was riding rammed into
the rear of a wagon occupied and
being driven by Bob Turner of
Mt. Vernon. The car was unable
to pass the wagon due to oncoming
traffic and the driver was unable
to bring the vehicle to a halt be-
fore crashing into the wagon. The
driver and owner of the Ford was
Andy Booker, a Negro, and a Ser-
geant In the Army: His passenger
was Pvt. Newton A. Wilbanks a
white man. Both men live at Abi-
lene and are presently stationed at
Oamp Chaffee, Arkansas. The pair
only returned to the states after
seeing extensive service In Korea-
Highway patrolmen Joel Wilson
and John Vermillion of Sulphur
Springs Investigated the accident.
They filed charges of reckies driv-
ing against Booker In Justice B. O.
Shurtleff’s Court. The Negro enter-
ed a plea of guilty to the charge,
paid his fine and was released
by the patrolmen on the condition
that he leave his car In Mt. Ver-
non for repairs and complete his
Journey to Camp Chaffee by bus |
According to Wilson and Vermil- ,
Hon the Negro soldier showed no j
signs of intoxication or drinking.
Bob Turner sustained a wrist and I
-arm Injury as a result of the accl- |
dent. His wagon was virtually de- i
molished. The two 'soldiers were
only brnlsed and shaken up.
a After the patrolmen had depart- |
"ed Booker effected a few needed “
repairs to his vehicle and he, in , h
company with the White soldier I ” "j*.
resumed their Journey to Dallas.
of the 14
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MOUNT VERNON, FRANKLIN COUNTY, TEXAS Thursday,
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Director
Price Stabilization,
will arrive in Dallas on September
< 6 for two days of inspection and
conferences nt the Region 10 of-
fices of Hie O. P. S.
Confirmation of DiSalle’s plans
was received- Friday, August 24 by
Regional O. I’. S. Director Alfred
L. Seelye.
The trip to Dallas will be Di-
Salle's first' Texas visit since he
was called to Washington from
Ohio in November. 1950, to direct
the price stabilization progrma.
When DiSalle was called to
direct the pripe stabilization pro-
gram, he was serving his second
term as mayor of Toledo, Ohio.
As mayor, he was credited with
originating the nationally known
| “Toledo plan” for appointment of
citizens as referees in Industrial
disputes.
DiSalle, an attorney by profes-
sion, entered public life with
service in the Ohio state Legisla-
ture.
The price regulation work di-
rected from the Dallas regional of-
fice affects an estimated 257.135
business firms In four Southwest-
ern states, and some 14,470.135
consume rs. States In the Dallas
O. P. S. region are Texas, Okla-
homa, Arkansas and Louisiana.
control leglslatln said
fair price for cotton
should b at least 40 cents.
A water scarcity prevented farm-
ers In much of the Southwest area
from making a burnpr crop, the
Cotton Growers Association head
said. This shortage occurred be-
cause of extremely dry weather
nd due to the fact more acres were
In cotton..
“Our cotton farmers answered
the government’s call for higher
production and Increased their
cotton acerage to do so. Then the
dry weather came along with the
result that we Just didn't have
enough wate to go around,” the
cotton industry leader stated.
ed Baturdr'y nljht by Highway
patrolmen Noel Wilson an.l John
Vermillion of Sulphur Springs on
I linu.--' nvev -mil. # 71 null. . VCLIIVK w .h.j.
j . Tn addlt’on to the fine the man i control problems of an Individual
■Wtllnh wee probated during his; basis
was fd-rgn a *0 day Jal’ sentence I “The i-urpos-1 «f the price clinic
Ikood behavior. I program ta make !♦ rs convrn-
------- | lent as possible for every ta’s’.nees- |
MT. ar-d Mrs. Cl arics LevalJ of in Jie M.. Ver. on area ’0 (
Kilgore, Mrs. J. B. Lewis of Cum- | pet the later-s Jr fcrriat'on about •
by and Ws. Dos'a Hefner of P’cnn i the price reg !at*on« as thev affect
Ifjye been here this "reek attend-| him,” Mr. St. Cl*h_seld. cjarjsrtjie uilV .-dze
Ww Hfil Milam uf Mt. Pleasant (Snv _ F ..--—- JZ-
who haa been critically 1U In a hos- with a problem too urgent to wait j
pltal fcHcaivt c m-Itus Lvart at- f
|$ek lent week. Mr- Mibuns condl- <
-ilon to- reported Iripxrtt.t • fine as 12-0 Jackson, Dallas. i
Ex-Goring Plant
May Hum Again
Germany
The former Hermann-Gor?
ing works here wants to
build its dismantled
to a capacity of 800,000 tons
yearly.
Plant officials, said a plan
for rebuilding the plant
would be submitted to Al-
lied authorities for approval.
They said they expected
the Allies to agree in view
of the preserjt international
steel shortage.
The plant presently is .pro-
ducing pig iron at an an-
nual rate of about 200,006
tons.
West Germany, undec Al-
lied regulations, has a steel
production limit of 11,100,-
000 tons, annually which may
be exceeded if the steel is
used for western defense.
Burglary Attempt
At Saltillo
Sunday Night
The Sheriff's force nt Bulphiw •
Springs Monday investigated a bur-
glary attempt at Saltillo Sunday
night. . |
A front window of the Lowry
Grocery Store was smashed but
apparently the burglars fhiied to
| enter the ..tore Money In the cash
| register was not disturbed, and an
• Inventory Monday did not disclose
at 151 pounds, and Billy Clinton, I any milssng articles.
“ teekie, we’ghing 195 Hopkins County authorities w*re
poinds. Maliy new fr^es will be I Of ’he op.' don ‘Zatt th bui'-lars
appearing In the lineup through- | were scared off before entering the the City Hall Monday night at 7:30
out tlita game and other garr.es, tore- ~*■’*’* “ **■*
.1 t Mrz. r.. ’<• Tarptu- «..i4 1^:.,
has Moody Wilhite of Fort Worth via- sponsoring the orgamation
th- I «ed th’* wec> •dfh M- end y. I are B-<»er e«e cr. W Rut-
the | r, Stephenson and other relatives I ’edge. Won’t you be there and par-.
’ and friends here. I 'lira’s In the orgenizatlon-
The cave, known as the pit of
St. Pierre Martin, goes 1,068
feet strnight down before branch-
ing off into a gallery, according
to the explorers. Several corri-
dors lead out from the 300-foot
high gallery, and wind currents
that whistle through them led
the explorers to believe they
may connect a network of natural
turn els under th j Pyrenees
Mountains.
The Franco-Belgian team, head-
ed by Belgium's Prof. Max
Cosyns, expects to explore the
underground network.
The team claimed a world’s
record for straight down descent
in the pit when one of its mem-
bers, a Frenchman named Lepi-
neux, reached the bottom, 1,088
feet down. The previous record
wgs held by an Italian explorer
who went down 1,030 feet.
Echo River in Kentucky's Mam-
moth Cave is only 360 feet below
the surface.
their vehicle slde-swipped a I_‘._
model Chrysler occupied by Mr
and Mrs. T. T~
Wort. The latter
Eastward t
pact did extensive damage to both
vehicles. Mr. and Mrs. Hedges
sustained minor bruises and lac-
erations and both were, released
kins-Franklin line on highway 67, I
Ab’,ene Christian College.
,, „ . i year ACC was undefeated In
M. Hedges of Fort ! Rames mcludlng a
car was travelling
on hlghway67. The Im- I
Ttancivo A*. 1
I cwiiieiciiuc. vuncn x>rHuciituiip loor
I only 3 lettermen from his blue rib-
OlcllLN VVllll Il() lllbpCl llOll lcl\V JUKI cl
— or a fraction over the. national average,
to I 7.9 last year and 7.3 in 1949.
coUoV’ln £ goXnen^i^oi ' tl,m‘is ll,u 1?'co,',.l1’ in 1949 of statfc« ;vhic1’ required
four months, j. c. Wilson, presi- j s:;lt *.v inspections: Tor all, an average of 6.2; in states op-
dent of the Southwest Five State *'ra^nS own inspection .statios, 4.8, and in states which
Cotton Growers Association .today
stressed that only through a sys-
| tom of orderly marketing cart pro-
iducers be assured a fair prt|e for
I ther crop.
High cost of prodttclon in
Souhwest this season make
mandatory that growers get an
adequate price for their cotton, Mr
Wilson declared, explaining that
due to dry weather the farmer's
costs ran much higher than could
be anticipated.
“A selling price above the cost
ought to
every cotton
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j that Secretary of Agricultur Bran-
on price
the
colorful, true story of the state’s
agriculture economy In terms of
crops raised and agricultural pro-
gress that has bene made In each
of the 14 districts.
In urging the county seat cities
to participate in the special day
set aside for their various districs,
Mr. Stewart said the fair would
be glad to provide facilies for pre-
sentation of speecial programs
either on the Agriculture Building
stage or on the sieps In front of
the Hall f State.
Special days for various districss
have been designated as follows:
Oct. 8, Disrict 1, the Panhandle;
Oct. 9, District 2, the South Plains;
Oct.' 10, Dlistrict 3, the Rolling
Plains; Oct. 11, District 4, North
Texas; Oct. 11, Hill Country and
Winter Garden area; Oct. 12, Dis-
trict 6, the Big Bend; Oct. 12,
Distlct 7, the Edwards Plateau;
Oct. 166, District 5, Northeast
Texas; Oct. 16, Distrlc 9, the Piney
Woods; Oct. 17, Dstrct 8, Heart of
Texas; Oct. 17, District 13, the
Gulf Coast; Oct. 18, District 10,
Central Texas; Oct. 19. District 14,
Rio Grande Plains; Oct. 19, Dis-
trict 12, South Texas.
Labor Day Was Quiet
Day In Mt. Vernon
Labor Day was a quiet day In
Mt. Vernon. Most of the business
houses were closed for the entire
day and many families took ad-
vantage of the holiday to either
rest-up or go fishing.
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Laney, J. E. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1951, newspaper, September 6, 1951; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1268164/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.