Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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The Franklin County ASC Com-
munity Committee election got un-
der way this week with the mail-
ing of ballots to all eligible vot-
accordlng to T. G. Ford, coun-
t the local ASC
tyere mailed Aug-
This election is to select
8 lots, 400 ft. x 385 ft ■ ......... $ 2,500
Water and sewer extension (estimated) $ 4,762
Total Cost Of Site $7,26?
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„ Cost of 3 acres
Water and sew
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At its regular meeting on Au-
gust 22, the Mount Vernon School
Board adopted the budget for the
coming school year. The budget
is very similar in amounts to the
budget for last year. It antici-
pates an income of $206,382.00,
which is slightly less than the
total anticipated revenues to be
Middleton Site
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received through August 31, the
end of the present fiscal year. At
that time, total revenues for the
present fiscal year should total
$209,307.32. Total budgeted ex-
penditures for the fiscal year total
$207,566.52, as compared with ex-
penditures of $206,753.59 for the
present year. The greatest single
amount of expenditures is budget-
ed for instructional services, this
item totaling $141,401.52. Of this
item, teacher's salaries will a-
mount to slightly over $133,000.
Other items in this category of
instructioial services include
$3,000 for teacher’s supplies.
$1,200 for school library books,
$1,000 for audio-visual materials
and periodicals and newspapers.
The budget shows $18,865 budg-
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Edgar Hutchins
Speaker at Rotary
Club Luncheon
Members off the Mt. Vernon Ro-
tary Club heard Postmaster Edgar
Hutchins speak at their regular
meeting last Friday at the First
Methodist Church here. Hutch-
ins was the guest of Dewey Rob-
inson, program chairman for the
day.
Alonzo Williams, division engi-
neer of the Wood County Electric
Coop, was also the guest of Mr.
Robinson. David Jack Bolger
was the guest of J. W. Carter.
The Mt. Vernon Rotary Club
placed third in the district in at-
tendance in July.
Woodrow Edwards was absent
last Friday."
Rotarians James T. Bass, Char-
les Teague and Charlie Brown at-
tended the district Conference in
Longview Friday.
The program this week will be
under the direction of K. B. Cope-
land. Ho plans to present the Mt.
Vornon coaches, Mark Boat-----
Gerald Jack and Quentin .
tian.
‘ 8-lots, 320 ft. x 465 ft
Water line extension (estimated) ...
Total Cost
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Middleton
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Dr/ gas Win be returned to the
ground to re-proMuriae 4be field.
Loeel e» aw* potato^ out that
« Me Amorisaa Mtinleam
ppratton’s rooonl Rfuckovor
t oovery tn northwestern Wood
—- Coanty develops Into.a fttlkocale
field, a refinery installation oom-
parable to that at New Hope even-
tually might bo started in north-
ern Wood or southern Hopkins
County.
Pan American now is drilling
its second test in this area after
completing a highly promising gas
and distillate producer in its No.
1 J. B. McKee well.
A portable type separation plant
“““ is scheduled for installation this
fall south of Sulphur Bluff by Am-
erada Petroleum Company to han-
dle Smackover gas from the No. 1
O. M. Bassham well, now Hopkins
County's only producer from the
deep formation.
Tidewater has been operating a
pilot plant In the New Hope field
for about two years as a prelimin-
ary to the present major installa-
tion.
A railroad spur about four miles
IBB
1 be built dn a •
the county bf f. l|. Connelly 4^5
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Final Rites Fw
Mrs. Mabel Alvis
Held in Winfield
Funeral services for Mrs. ICkbaB
Alvis were held Tuesday, August
23, at 3 p. m. at Winfield Baptist
Ithurch. The Rev. John B. Whitt
of Mt. Vernon, officiated. Burial
was In the Winfield cemetery.
Mrs. Alvis died Monday in Dal-
las. She was born May 8, 1881,
in Georgia. /'WB
Pallbearers were Andrew Cody,
Curtis Carey, Gordon Fox, B. O.
Kinder, Howard Cody and Q. Rk -v?
Taylor. C—
Mrs. Alvis is survived by twa
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Bdga4 of
Dallas, and Mrs. Helen Greta of
------"“-—e grandchild, Mrs. |
Kansas City; |
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Final Rites
Frank Galloway
Held in Winnsboro
Funeral services for Jefferson
Franklin (Frank) Galloway, 57,
well known farmer and livestoek
dealer in tile Winnsboro area,
, were held at KP O’&lpck Wednes-
day. Allgust . _______
odist Church lit Wlnnsbbro, 'with1
Rev. Morris Hill of Naples and
Rev. W. B. Cart-away officiating.
Interment was in Rock Hill ceme-
tery under the direction of Mo
Crary-Waggoner-Ed wards Funeral
Home.
. Mr. Galloway died Sunday in a
Pittsburg hospital following a
heart attack about midnight Sat-
urday night.
Born Feb. 9, 1903, In the Coke
, community, Mr. Galloway had liv-
| ed in Winnsboro and Wood Coun-
I ty all of his life. On Aug. 28,
I 1921, he was married to Miss Car-
I rle Pollyann Gilbreath, who sur-
I vlves,
m| Survivors other than his wife,
Include four sons, Edward Glenn
Galloway of Mt. Pleasant, Loris
Elwood Galloway of West Point,
See GALLOWAY, Page H
Four Franklin
County Students
Will Get Degrees
Mark Boatright and TJorothy
Jean Harper of Mt. Venfopi and
Bill J. Jones and Louie Jack, Wis-
dom of Winnsboro are among the
4 27 students who have applied for
degrees to be awarded by East
Texas State College at 7 p. m., Fri-
day, August 36, in the College
Auditorium. Boatright will raoaive
a Master’s Degree in phyatcallyernon andwbtaln them,
education, Miss Har:----“““—‘ J■- J*-
DegHie in element
Jonaa a Bachelor’aV;
tory and Wiedom 44
gree in techlncal af
L. D. Webstar,
praaident of Lon<
wilt addrmw the
M.
J. Stanley and H. A.
era,
ty office manager of
offipa Brfloea wen
ust — ———.—
theMocal community committee-
men foil, 14).61< ,
In emnlFlto* the ballots to be
countea-ihey must be received In
the county office or postmarked
not later than September 2. 1960.
Any eligible voters that have not
received thei ’ " '
come by the county office in Mt.
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' franklin Gounty is divided into
.M^m* 4Wmmun}tles and three Jan
enM^m^rill ba named as com- ris
muhif^ JjKbmmlttaamen in each Ion
community. The parton receiving and F. M. Suggt.
.ar.juaiiaa. vice the largest number of votes in Common
« Mar Steal Go;4 each ----------- -------
b! graduates and mah
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Quarterback Club
Steak Fry Meet
Monday, August 29
The annual steak fry for mem-
bers of the Quarterback Club of
Mt. Vernon and their wives will be
held Monday. August 29, at 7:00
p. m. In the school cafeteria.
New officers will lie elected and
organization of activities for the
coming football season will follow
the slipper.
Plans for the recruiting of new
members will be discussed with
the drive getting underway the
next day.
J-’- . - •; V
Jim Laws and D. L. Parker.
Community “C"—Ira Black, J.
D. Blue, J. M. (Bill) Cargile, Bal-
* -d Foster, Gaines Hughes, Mor-
i Hughes, Bdvrfn (Jake) Max-
_jn, John Mebane, ■. L. Perrin,
.______itty "D”—Bvetttt MUM
ill be th« ehalr- Johnnie Bkrtwr, Mm
unity's commit- mer. Carter, Robert
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Kansas City ;
Jill Murphy v, _ __
great-grandson. Tommy 1
III; two brothers, Ernest.
Post .and Carl Cox of Am
one sister, Mrs. Louis* <M
Imbbocji and numerous UlMSsaM
FtttendSeMar;
For Ben Stamps
Held Monday
Benjamin Nathaniel Stamfn, 88,
died Saturday. August 30, at his
home in N4. Vernon after an ex-
tended illness. .
Funeral services were ^enndset-
ed Monday at 11 a. m. at Rdwamls
Funeral-Home with the Rpr. P. G.
Hightower of Pickton offiMd|tin*.
Burial was in Liberty cemetery.
Grandsons served as paHMBF*
era.
Mr. Stamps is survived by Ms
wife, Mrs. Mahalla Stamps, of Mt.
Vernon, two step-daughters, Mra.
May Miller, of Mt. Vernofe, and
Mrs. Rebecca Herron ,of Dallas;
one step-son, P. F. Middleton of
Dallas; two step-grandchildren;
eight step - great - grandchildren,
and 11 step-great-great-grandchil-
dren; one half-sister, Mrs. Loney
Stoker, of Pittsburg.
TRUITT HOGAN has been giv-
ing M. P. LONG a rough go of it.
M. P. borrowed Hogan’s trailer
and loaded some fat calves in it
and started to the Sulphur Spring*
sale. About three miles west of Mt.
Vernon the axle on the trailer
broke and the trailer overturned. v
Cost of repair is r.pproximately • x
$60.00. Hogan has volunteered to
pay 30c. In fact. Hogan is accus-
ing M. P. Long of letting GEORGB
OTWELL do the driving.
MATHUS BLACK and family
have recently returned from a va-
cation to Carlsbad Caverna tn New
Mexico and other places of inter-
est. One day while in Denver th* ,
temperature soared to 98 degl
and dropped that night to 4<
grees. The Blacks, on a aide I
out of Denver, visited Batea Bi
The temperature waa 18 4*M
They started up Trail Ridg*#!
to cross through one of th*
merous passes tn. Oolorndd. Al
traveling two milee they had
turn back duo te, high wU*tf J
ice on the ros4AvMsth*s wn*-i
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tr a MmRer'
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Dallas, vice
School Board Adopts
1960-61 School Budget
eted for pupil transportation sei-
vioe. This item includes the. pur-
chase of two new bus chassis
which have already been received
and will be iu operation at the
beginning of the school year.
The budget calls for $15,270.00
for administration, included in
this are salaries for admlnlstra-
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ASC Area Committee
Elections Underway
ty convention on September 26.
The county convention will select
the county committee for the com-
ing year.
The nominees for the various
communities In the county are:
Community "A”—Aaron Elliott,
Carl Dayton Hale, David Hare, J.
C. Hare, R. M. Harper, W. L.
Holmes, Cecil L. Martin, W.
Mince, D.
Weaver.
Community "B”—T. A. Barker,
M. L. Cannon, W. A. Carrell, R.
D. Crowston, R. T. Frasier, Sidney
received” their ballots by mail may Frugla, Hose Goode, Bruce Joice,
a^MCMhai sms
•re belsg driHM te th
•res, «hfch is atotf
asrthstat *e WttaslMt
.The1 deoR.jitfiMfc
field which he*
The Smackovel* wells sr* spsssd
on 320-scre units in the New Ho**
field. m
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tlt*« that
. fset, mart
! been otfer_ —
Neal SdTomon.
1 Thre* other styes were consfdsred bf
Prang shd.ScoK-Rsmeey sites wefe'AbttkblS ss (ar as foundation
poesibitlilea were concerned-' ' '
. Foundation cost estimates varied on the three sitbs with a.
diftyrenti*! of Issa than 33,«l»6 between the highest end the
lowest. Foundation cost on. the Saloman4>mneUy site waa the
higheet. the DePrang site was neat highest and Scott-Ramsay
sit* the lowest.. ‘ '
The CooneUy-Bolomon. offer was withdrawn within the past
few weeks, after several mftwrtha lapse without the court accept-
ing R.
On August 2, the Commissioner,s Court, with W. D. (Doney)
Rutledge and Coy Veasey voting “yes” and George Wims and
Carl Cox voting “no”, with Judge J. R. Pruitt voting “yes” to
break the tie, passed an order to pay Kenneth Burgin $400 an
acre for a three-acre site south of his home. This site had not
been previously considered and no foundation tests have been
made on it.
It Is now understood that Burgin had not agreed to this
price and that a price of $700 an acre has been asked for the
three acre site or $600 an acre if the court buys five acres.
A copy of the order passed by the dourt on August 2, order-
ing the purchase of the Burgin land was shown to a representa-
tive of the Optic-Herald on August 3 by County Judge J. R.
Pruitt. Penciled in was a figure "3” denoting the number of
of acres authorized and the figure “$400” was penciled in
stipulating the price per acre. The order that is now in the
County Clerk’s office to be recorded calls for 4 acres of land
and no price per acre is mentioned.
Attached to the Burgin order in the County Clerk’s office
is an additional paragraph which the Optic-Herald representa-
tive did not see on August 3. This paragraph stipulates that the
county expects the city of Mt. Vernon to extend water and sewer
facilities to the site with no expense to the county.
I,ast Friday. County Judge J. R. Pruitt began circulating a
a petition among property owners in an area which begins at the
southwest corner of present city limits and extends in a straight
line to the west property line of the Kenneth Burgin property,
thence north to highway 67, thence east along Highway 67. to
the present Mt. Vernon city limits, thence south, to the point of
beginning. i
The petition asks that the a*ea be annexed to the city of
Mt. Vernon and that water and s£wer facilities be extended into
the area, and thaf the property owners not be assesed for city
texes until all facilities are extended to them.
It appears to the Optic-Herald that said petition is being
circulated in an attempt to force the city to pay the costs of
water and sewer extensions to two of the proposed hospital sites
It definately cdnTITctr with Mfer|**»1ous order passed by the
Mt. Vernon City Council, *
The city of Mt. Vernon has nulneroys residences within its
present city limits to which sewer is not available. The council, at
numerous times has expressed a desire to extend facilities to
these residences but point out that it is not economically feasible.
The city would undoubtably have to vote a bond issue, with a
possible increase in city taxes, if such extensive extensions were
made to the area seeking annexation.
’ Mayor Charles Teague informed the Optic-Herald that the
petition was not presented to the city council before its circu-
lation was begtin.
The Optic-Herald favors the inclusion of populated surround-
ing areas into the Mt. Vernon city limits, but does not favor such
inclusion under the pressure which will obviously be brought to
bear aghinst the Mt. Vernon City Council under the present situa-
tion.
Judge J. R. Pruitt says that $1,000 an acre has been asked
for a five-acre site out of the northeast corner of the DePrang
property. Pruitt says an offer has now been made to sell some
acreage off the south portion of the DePrang property for $250
an acre. The two acres do not front on any street and are at
the rear of the Pitt-Mebane property. Mr. DePrang told the Op-
tic-Herald he had offered the county 12 acres for $9,000 or his
entire place for $17,500.
Commissioner Geo. Wims says the Scotts have offered to
give that portion of their land that will be used In the Scott-
Ramsay site. It is estimated that one acre of the Roy Ramsay
land will be needed for this site and Wims says that this land c*n
be bought for $300 per acre. Mr. Ramsay told the Optic-Herald
the price Is $250 per acre.
Estimates of the coet for water and sewer extensions to the
DePrang or Burgin stt.es range from $30,000 to $80,000. The
cost is high as a sewer lift station and pressure line would have
to be installed.
No one has voiced any estimate as to the cost of utility exten-
sions to the Scott-Ramsay site but common arithmetic will give
one a pretty eJose answer. The closest six-inch main to the site
is at a fire <(lug near the Newsom plant and the proposed site
Is approximately 1500 feet from this fire plug. A six-inch line put
down costs approximately $4.50 per foot. Water line cost would
be approximately $6,750. It is harder to figure the sewer line
cost for a survey would have to be made in order to determine
where it could be tied on to the eight-inch main that parallels
Town Branch. The average cost of laying six-inch sewer tile
runs $1.75 per foot. If the line could be tied on at the Newsom
plant it would cost $2,625.00. If the line hast to be run to the
disposal plant, a distance of approximately 5,000 feet, the cost
would be in the neighborhood of $8,750.00. In other words, the
cost of running utilities to this site would lie between $8,375
and $15,500.
The City Council has made itself very clear regarding the
extensions. They will extend the facilities to any site the com-
missioner's court chooses but the county will be billed at exact
I. cost to the city from their present facilities. In other words the
county will have to pay for such extensions, even that portion
I that might be required within the city, If present facilities do not
reach the city limits.
r Two other sites have been offered to the county within the
past week. Both belong to “Slim” Middleton of Dallas.
. One of the sites lies due south of the Clovis and J. B. Lowry
I homes. The site contains eight lots and is approximately 320
feet wide and 4 65 feet deep. It runs all the way from Kaufman
| St. On the west, to the old Mt. Pleasant Highway on the east.
|| The sewer line in Kaufman St. can be reached from the property.
A six Inch water main extends to the corner north of the site,
which is approximately 200 feet from the proposed site. Mr. Mid-
dleton has asked the court $5,000 fdr the property. No sewer
I extension will be needed. If the county should have to pay for
I the extension of the city water main, the cost would be $900.
I The second Middleton site lies at the end and to the west
ot Kaufmttn St. and also contains eight lots, and is approximately .
the seme size as the first site. The tower line extends to within
l«0 .toot ot tbil property.-Tie wpter main would poeeibly bev* to
I be extended 2000 ft/ObetJlH extending the cower Mee would bo
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DePrang Sffie
•- Cost of 5 acres land $ 5,000
Water and sewer extension (estimate) $48,000
Total Cost Of Site $53,000
Scott-Ramsay Site
Scott land (approximately 2 acres) Gift
Ramsay land (1 acre) $ 300.00
Water line (estimated) $ 6,750
Sewer line (estimated) $ 2,625
If sewer can be tied**, "T E
into Newsom line Sb V J J
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If sewer line has to be extended to sewer
plant it will cost an addtional (estimated) ....$ 6,125
Total Cost Of Site $&800
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ClOvis Lowry
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| Site $5^60
At E^<i of Kaufman
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