Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. [4], Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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Central Christian
To Organize Age
Groups For Study
Next Sunday ' evening at. 6:15
three age groups which will take
in every age will be organized at
the Central Christian Church. JFhe
purpose of the pre-eventog’ wor-
'f is to train
every age group of the church for
Christian Discipleship.
A special coutse of study will be
presented each group every Sun-
day evening which will enlist ev-
ry member and friend, both young
and old, in taking ap active part
in Christian Discipleship. Every
member and friend of the church
is given a special' invitation-to be
present for the first meeting next
■Sunday evening.
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Methodists Hear
Pioneer Preacher
Here Sunday
Rev. R. F. Dfyant. of Dallas de-
livered a splendid sermon Sunday
itober 8 at the First
Methodist, Church, Mt. Vernon.
Rev. Bryant is well known by
pioneer Methodists of Franklin and
Hopkins counties, having served
seven* churches, in curcuit, in
these counties fifty-five years ago.
Rev. Bryant preached his first
sermon at Colliers Chapel, he re/-
lulled many incidents and named
nany friends' of longxgq.
Rev. Bryant was the guest of
diss Jimmie Kate Terry, who is a
tototive.
Singing Slated
At Fairview Next
Sunday Eve,
^■There. will be singing at Fair-
view, Sunday aftemooh, October
16, >'2:30, o'clock. The "Hopkina
County Singers will be a special
feature.
Fairview la located on Highway
74, near Hagansport. There will ba
singing the second Sunday of each
month there. Everyone to inettari
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Some 300 reserved chairs have
been sold inside thi fence on the
sidelines, and no one without a
chair ticket will b* permitted in-
side the field fence, according to
Mr. Fleming. Gate keepers have
been instructed to demand a chair
ticket from every person going
inside the fence, thus assuring a
reserved seat for those who hold
chair reservations.
Mr. Fleming says it will be by
far the largest crowd eve^ to at-
tend a football game in tbis sec-
tion. He urges families and groups
to double-up in their cars to avoid
congestion at the parking lot, and
hopes that those who live within
a reasonable distance will walk to
the game. , '
Extreme care is urged by every-
one -that no serious traffic ac-
cidents will mar the pleasure of
the event.
ALL AVAILABLE SEATS FOR TIGER
* GAME TONIGHT SOLD; S.R.O. SIGN
HUNG OUT EARLY THURSDAY
Supt. M. F. Fleming announced
Thursday that all available grand-
stand seats tor the Mt. Vernon-
Mt. Pleasant game tonight have,
been solU and ‘he has
been hung out. General aUlnission
tickets, hdwever, will be sold at
First downs
Yards rushing.
Yards passing «<
Passes attempted
Passes completed
Passes intercepted by 5
Fumbles lost ,
Punts &
Penalties
Score by quarters:
Mt. Vernon 13 12
Winnsboro 0 0
Scoring: t
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George Dickerson
Writes Home From
Paegue, Korea .
Mrs. Gay Dickerson has receiv-
ed a letter from her son George,
who is in Korea with the 8th
Army. He is stationed at Taegue
but is expected to go to Seoul
right away. George has recently
|>een promoted tp tile rank of
targeanj First Class in the Quar-
ennaster Section, headquarters.
Funeral Services
For J. W. Reynolds
Here Sunday
Funeral services wll be held Sun-
day afternoon at. Providence tot
J. W. Reynolds who died • in
Stockton, Calif., Monday, October
S. The body accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Reynolds, parents of
the deceased,* will arrive in Mt.
•• Vernon Saturday. October 14th.
Mr. Reynolds was born and rais-
ed in Franklin County and was
one of the first to .volunteer .for
service itf World WW II. H^ ha;
bean in ill health for some time.
He is A nephew of Mrs. Frank
Penn and J. D. Reynolds of Kit.
<_ Vernon. He has a host of o|her
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^the gate for standing room only.
Carl Thompson has leased the
Alp Cafe, on East Main Street,
next to the Teague Chevrolet and
Ramsay Service Station from H. E.
Ramsay and is now in
charge* of the business.
Mr. Thompson is an experienced
cafe operator and promises the
citisenship the very best in regu-
lar lunches and short orders.
The Alp Cafe was established in
Its own building several months
ago and everything is modem, new
and clean,.
Mf. Thompson invites the. public
to dine with Mm.
Father of Local
Woman Dies at
Texarkana
Funeral services were' held Mon-
day aftemon, October 9, at East
Funeral Chapel in Texarkana for
G. T. Dollar, . 72, who died Satur-
day, October 7, at the family home
3025 W. Fifteenth Street, Texar- morning, Oct
kana. Services were under the dir-
ection of J. N. Reed and W. L.
Fritz.
Interment was in the Moore’s
Chapel cemetery in Texarkana.
Survivors include his wife and
nine children; twenty grandchil-
dren and two grieat grandchildren
Mrs. Henry Lee of Mt. Vernon is
a /laughter. -.
Mr. Dollar was bom at Saltillo
and lived there until he was a
Young man moving to Texarkana
where- he operated a grocery store
until three years ago. He was a
member of the Church of Christ.
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tvery month members and friends
of the church will gather for such
* time of Christian fellowship.
Speakers froip out of town will be
called in from time to time and
at other occasions a moving pic-
ure will be shown - of missionary
.ctivlty in the world. This means
>f fellowship has already proven to
be a wonderful way of acquaint-
ng thq congregation with ohe an-
other and the need for better
Christian relations in the world.
Aunt Ramy Jones Anniversary
Passes Away at
Mt Pleasant .
Aunt Ramy JdneJ* 75, died last
Saturday eventag at 7:30 o’clock
at her home in Mt. Pleasant and
funeral-' services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Friend-
ship. in Franklin County. The Rev.
T. B. Cotman officiated at the
services held' in the Methodist
Church there. . >
Mrs. Jones is tlie widow of the
late W. G. Jonel pioneer Frank-
in Countian. ' . •
Aunt Ramy was born and raised
in the Huckleberry community. She
is survived by her children, O. T.
Volentlne of Mt. Pleasant and Mrs.
H. U Perlman of Salinas, Calif.
party is ‘Oscar, the Talking' Pig,” overcame the under dog role to
and the children are especially in- ’ ‘ ~ ~ ‘
vited to see and hear Oscar.
Beginning' Saturday morning at
9 b’clock, the store will serve free
Admiration Coffee, Hormel Chili
and Wortz Orackers, throughout
the day.
Read the full page Piggly-Wiggly
advertisement in, this issue of the
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Your band is behind you. Will
*ou get behind' them?
Vernon—Touchdowns:
dith, Moore, K. Jaggers, S. Jag-
gers, Agee, Yates. Conversions: K.
Jaggers (3).
Winnsboro—Touchdowns: Hallman.
kle from the Raider ‘ 4 to score
climaxing a Tiger drive from the
Raider 40 where Dale Brakebill
gained possession for the Tigers
with a scintillating pass intercep-
J^mnR ICpstsiXl is siiowil W1U1 ner aaugnter oclbiv, «g imma waa^ ,
18 (left), and Bertram, 9. The father, Seymour Epstein, parking lot, t“’n- ’
In the second, , following recov-
ery of a Raider fumble on their
45. the Tigers moved across in
two plays with Stanley Jaggers
powering for 18 yards to score.
Midway in this period Meredith
let go on Winnsboro’s 28 with
high looping aerial which floated
down in the arms of Kenneth
Jaggers standing in the end zone.
In the third quarter following
Billy Clinton’s- brilliant block of
a Raider punt on the Winnsboro
18, Louis Agee ended the TD march
as he moved across from the 5.
The' final Tiger tally came on
the first play of the fourth as
K. Jaggers passed to Donald Yates
vho gathered in the pigskin about
midfield and simply outran the
Raider safety men.
Outstanding line play was deliv-
ered by Billy Clinton, improved
at his tackle position and Dale
Brakebill', dependable center.
The Winnsboro score came in
the final - quarter as P. Patrick
passed for 10 yards and a tally to
S. Hallman.
GAME AT A GLANCE
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/Mra. E. M. Martin of Lubbock.
Mrs. Alma Dudley of Quemado,
TexasMisited in the Bam B. Hor-
ton hodte. last weekend. Mra. Her-
Winsboro Goes
Under to Tigers
By 39-6 Score
By CHARLES. BRUCE
Mt. VeriiOh High School’s Tigers
successfully opened District 15-A
conference play here last Friday
night xwith a smashing 39 to 6
rout over a hapless Winnsboro
• group. ’ .
, Displaying little “sympathy” for
the Red Raideqs, the Tigers scor-
’ ed in every period, twice each in
the first two. while using most of
the entire roster.' Officials of the
game wore out two red flags and
a couple of whistles as they step-
ped off a total of 165 yards against
both clubs.
Scoring honors -were scattered
around the Bengal backs as six
different Tigers touched thfc prom-
ised land. Early in the first quar-
ter Jack Meredith roared around
right end from xhe Red Raider
7 to tally. Shortly thereafter John-
ny Moore slipped over right tac-
Tiger Band Will
Be Ready For Big
Game Tonight .
The Tiger Band .will be ready to
sntertain the expected huge crowd
lere Friday . evening. They will >
io sortiething always a little dif-
erent from the preceding week.
Many people around town hevw
isked how they can help the
jand and now they can, this week.
Orders are being talsen at Wllliame
Flower Shpp for -a clever "Flower- .
less Corsage," made of ribbon in
school colon, decorated with a.
small figure in purple and white,
with the letters MV made.in pur-
)le ohenilte wire. These will sell
or one dollar, proceeds to go to
■the band.
Here is an opportunity for you
help your band and provide a
souvenir for your one and
New Minister For
Church of Christ
Due Today
Paul Brock of Johnson Oltyi
Tennis has been selected to serve
as the regular evangelist of the
Church of Christ here. Mr. Brock
is an able preacher and has bad
several years experience in local
work. He hqs worked with churches
n Milan, Tenn., and Thomaston,
3a., before going to Johnson City.
Mr. Brock received his college
training at Freed-Hardeman Oql-
ege in Henderson, Tenn.
Jhe Brocks ‘have twp. children,
Sharil, and Wren,
They are to arrive in Mt. Vernon
today and will be at home on
South Holbrook St. Mr. Brock will
111 the pulpit at all services of
he church Sunday.. A cordial in-
Station is extended to everyone to
rttend.
weeks ago, has reus-
ed home from the Veterans Ha?-„
lital at McKinney, much improv-
Mt. Vernon tonight will be hoet
to probably the greatest crowd ev-
er to come to our little city for
any one occasion— the ■gridiron
classic between two rival football
levens—Mt. Vleasant and Mt. Ver-
non. Let us be good hosts, and
nake our visitors feel that we are
{lad to have them. •
And during the inevitable traf-
1c Jam' tonight let us be careful
uid admonish our neighbors and
riends to avoid careless driving
and prevent serious accidents.
Approximately 5,000 fans are ex-
pected to see the game tonight
md Supt. M. F. Fleming urges all
Mt. Vernon* citizens to double up
In their .pars, and for those who
:an to walk to,the game.'That will
do much toward alleviating con-
gestion on the parking lot at Tl- ?
ger . stadium. We. of Mt. Vernon,
owe it to our neighbors to mate
-hem as comfortable as possible.
Mt. Vernon’s fire department tea
irogrammed a series of fire drills,
he first of which Was made last
Monday nlgfit. The rfiren Monday
light whistled unexpectedly, and
nany citizens were unduly alarm-
d. The fire buys wtth their fine
tew pumper buck are getting to
tome good practice.
Scores of ML Vernon grid faaa
will top their week of local foot- . ■
ball enthusiasm by going to Dal-
las Saturday to Sep four top-rank-
ing teams of the nation play . in
he Cotton Bowl. The traditional
rexas-Oklahoma game In the af-
ernoon, then. S.M.U. and tha
Oklahoma Aggies tangle at night*
Mt. Vernon hea M jgirtaete
4 Nf glpse factory, p®p-<
citizenship displays suf-
Icient Interest In, the IndugtrR
A petition Is being circulated apd
s being freely signed, indicating
.hat Mt. Vernon citizens are on .
he alert and will do .everything
lumanly possible to promote tha
iroject. The glove factory will m-
lulre considerable floor space.
-Garton Rutledge learns they aep--
naklng neck ties out of glass and
believes they will go well with
Me peins in oiir neck.
Charles Teague, can’t understand^
.why, "wc are so generous with
the Knock and. so stingy with
the Boost."
Inspirational: An- acre of per*
ormance is worth the whole World
if promise.—James Howell.
Mr. and Mrs. Felton Herring of
Rochester and Mrs. J. E. Msttln-
r Jr Iron of FL Worth ntontAhe
end with Mir. and Mrs. Clyde
'.’ relatives here.
Rose Biggerstaff,
' & John Bloodsworth
w Wed Sunday
Mimes Ollie and Jewel Gill at-
tended the marriage of Miss Rose
Jeanne Biggerstaff to Mr. John
D. Btoodsworth at Sulphur Springs
Rnnday evening.’ at the First Bap-
■ ttot Church. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and - Mrs. John
M. Biggerstaff.
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O. E. S, To Meet
.Mt. Vernon Chapter No. 956 OES
wtU hold special meeting Monday
October 16. 7:30 p. m. at the Ma-
orortr Hall. All members are asked
‘ Cargile, W. M.
Mt. Vernon’s Piggly-Wiggly
West Main Street, owned and op-
erated by Leon Bridges and Rob-
ert Peterson is this week announc-
ing its Armtowdkry Event in a
full page advertisemetit In the
Optic-Herald.
Messrs. Bridges and Peterson
lave been In the grocery business
in Mt. Vernon for the past four, , _
Swphur Springs in
hip accorded them.
The Piggly-Wiggly Anniversary
Bale includes scores of sensational
prices on quality merchandise. One
of the features of the birthday
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Christian Church
Family Night
Big Success
Last Wednesday evening
first regular monthly
Family Night" was qnjoyed by tire
members and friends- of the Cen-
tral Christian Church. The pur-
pose of the monthly meeting is
to promote Christian fellowship
and acquaint the church congre-
gation -with new members' and
friends.
A. delicious .chicken and meat-
oaf dinner was served after which
several games were plajrd. Every-
>ne took an enthusiastic part in
.he activities of the evening. Tliere
were well near 100 in. attendance
in the annex of the church. One
family of the church gave the
church a beautiful gas range which
can be used for other "Church
Family, Night" occasions.
The first Wednesday evening of
Treshman class at ‘ East
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lefeat Sulphur Springs by scoring
n every quarter.
In the first -period' A. D. Cowser
oak a hand-off from quarterback
Dori Meredith on the Sulphur
Springs 30 yard line and raced
all the way for the score. Jn the
second quarter Cowser - took
a pltchout from quarterback Bob
Cody to cover 25 yards and the
Optic-Herald and take advantage aecond tally for Mt. Vernon.
In the third period Charles Davis
entercepted a Sulphur Springs pass
on their 40 yard line arid return-
ed for the third tally > untouched.
. In the final period Anderson
.went through the line for 10
•ards and the final score.
The Tigers went to Gilmer last
light for their second conference
.game. Next Thursday night they
will meet a strong Atlanta team
here on Tiger Field.
Everyone come out
for the Tigers.
Miss Winnie Lowe,
Ben F. Ehrlich
Exchange Vows
Miss Winnie Elizabeth Lowe be-
came the bride of Mr. Ben F.
Ehrlich Friday evening, October 6,
at.7:30 o’clock, at the parsonage of
the Lancaster Road Methodist
Church of Danas. The Rev. Carl
3. Reynolds officiated at the dou-
ble ring ceremony.
Parents of the couple are Mr.
and Mrs. L. M. Lowe of Mt. Ver-
non and Mr. B. Ehrlich of Hous- _ .
ton. ■ . " &hlp *ervlce meetings
The bride wore a suit of beige
wool gabardine and hat of mint
velour trimed with dark
Her shoes and bag were
of.brown alllgatqr. Her corsage was
fashioned of brown and green or-
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Vaughan
Attended the Couple. Mrs. Vaughan
wore a. navy knited ribbon frock,
her corsage Was of baby fellow
chrystahthemums. Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Lowe, Miss Elizabeth Lowe and
H. M. Lowe Jr. of ballas attend-
ed the rites. ,
•Mrs. Ehrlich is a graduate
the jrrSTC and jlid graduate work
at the Colorado University and.
the University of Houston. She
taught la the Mt. Vernon and
Corpus Christi schools before ac-
cepting a teaching position in the
Dallas schools this fall.
. Mr. Ehslich attended the)Univer-
Tommy TrayUk, Intertype oper- Of Houston and served three
—the Optic-Herald, stricken ln navy. World War It
d week. has reu-n- a trip to South
Texas cities. Mr. and Mrs. Ehrhch
Ten Mt Vernon •
Students Enroll
At Etex State
Among the approximately
. tudents who have enrolled in the
:_______. class at ‘ East Texas
State Teachers College for the fall
semester are ’ ten students from
Ml. Vernon. '
They are Zack Byrd.
Cannaday, J. W. Combs,
Louise Draper, Malcolm Mahaffey,*
Bobby Mitchell, Cynthia Moulton,
Berl Munn. Lou Smith and Wil-
liam Woods.
According to college officials
more than 2000 students have al-
ready enrolled. This figure to ex-
pected to increase until registra-
tion is closed in approximately two
-weeks. r
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MOUNT VERNON, FRANKLIN COUNTY. TBXA8, FRIDAY OCTOBER IX 1950 ON THA BROADWAY OF AWWIlcj--
Grid Classic Tonight Brews Mt. Vernon Storm of
Humanity; Mt. Pleasant Tigers Meet Local Tigers
— Mt. Vernon has cleared her decks
and all hatches have been batten-
ed down in preparation for the
. human football stofcn that will
. break early this afternoon
reach a climax tonight.
Twp of the ranking football ele-'
ve»is of District 15-A wjll. meet
tonight at Tiger Stadium in their
frenzied efforts to command top
billing in their race for the Con-
ference title,.
. The Mt. Pleasant Tigers, are
coming. backec£ by hundreds of
rabid fans, their band and pep
squad to meet our own invincible.
Tigers.
Mt.’ Vernon fans are as hot as
a firecracker and will in spirit
be with our Tigers on the grid-
iron until the last gun Is fired.
Barring inclement weather,
cord crowd will witness
should prove to- be a free-for-all
pigskin parade. Pre-game sales of
tickets and conservative estimates
indicate a crowd of from 3,500 to
5,000.
Undefeated and untied this sea-
son,- both clubs will enter: the
fracas with Impressive records. A
study of the scores of the two
elevens in games with common
opponents indicate that Mt. Pleas-
ant will be the favorite. Local fans,'
however, do not consider the local
club's chances of victory tod lean.
®f a Robinson airlines PC-3’ passenger plane at Utica, N. Y. Mrs.
Jsanne Epstein is shown with her daughter Betsle, 3, and sons Warren,
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