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Mustangs leading the scoring in
M«nt Ver/if
of tfie first quart
for the Mustangs
Mount Vernon won the B game
56-46 with Jerry Pepper leading
the scoring with 24 points. Nor-
man Taylor and Kit Shaddix hit
for 12 points each to lead the
Mustang scoring.
DeKalb-Plano Playoff
Game Draws Interest
Thirty-seven Entries In
Christmas Parade Here
'led at the end
liter 10 to 6 but
the ball changed hands back and
forth many times during the per-
iod. The Tigers held the Mustangs
to only two points in the second
quarter and led 22-8 at the half.
Good rebounding was responsible
for the Tiger ball control.
Mount Vernon collected 54 re-
(Oi<|i-H.r«M Staff Photo)
OO TIGERS, the letters hanging over the Mount Vernon Tigsreheering section, in the local gymnas-
ium is very evident from the playi
while they were singing the Mount
Mount Pleasant basketball game at Tiger gym j
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Bridge City; (8-1-1) vs. Bay City
(10-1-6) at Baytown, Saturday, 7:30
* San Maruo. (U-(MJ) vt MI m>>
(10-1-0) at San Marcos, Saturday,
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WITHOUT A
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THURSDAY. DEC. 2. 1965
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understand that CLEVE
DTT is the only man in Tex-
gathered his pecans already
very light here totaling only 2.3
inches. j-V V' < •' 1
'> He recorded 1.8 inches on No- ;
vember A .8 inch on November 5
and J inch on November 9.
Bonham meets Paul Pawiit at 3:30
p.nr.; Rivererest meets Mt. Pleas-
ant at 5:00 p.m,; and Hughes
". ‘ J " J Daingerfield at
Tigers’ Hot Third
Stops Brahmas
The Mount Vernon Tigers
ploded in the third quarter with
23 points at Paul Pewitt Tuesday
night to defeat the Brahmas 61-
53.
The third quarter explosion gaw
area cage scores
Denison 60, Bonham 35.
Van 56, Longview 53.
Redwater 72, Liberty-Eylau
Hooks 77, Mt. Pleasant 44.
New Boston 43, Maud 40,
Avinger 79, Hooks 57.
Liberty-Eylau 63, Texas High 88.
Commerce 66. Quitman 36.
Cooper 74, Clarksville 61.
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as Who gathered bis pecans already
cracked this year. It seems that
the Moffatt's bad another couple
in for “42" last Friday night when
the heavy wind blew into Mount
Vernon. They heard the pounding
on the roof and thought it was
hailing The pecan tree is right
behind the Moffett's concrete
driveway After the game was over
the other eouple went to get in
their car and pecans covered the
driveway, many of
cracked. They took
S were busy Thanks-
itting up the town’s
sa Christmas decora-
the F.F.A.
of their pick
horn,
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Key Club fl
sorghum, at
$
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Earth/’ signed by Bill Knight a • yrfqte and red arrangment
” Christmas wrapped packages were
placed beneath the tree. Children,
toys and poinsettas completed the
scene. The skirt was of red and
white crepe paper.
“The Three Joys of Christmas,
Togetherness. Love and Giving"
was the theme of the Mount Ver-
non High School sophomore class
car. A crib and babe topped the
car and red and green crepe pap-
er streamers ran frm the crib to
packages on the hood and trunk.
The Phi Sigma Club’s small
sport car entry looked like a toy
car with a wind up silver key & a
gift tag (both to scale) which read
“Marry Xmas Phi Sigma dub.”
The Camp Fire girls rode in
back of a pick up decked with
signs that wished everyone a Mer-
ry Christmas in several languages.
A white ribbon skirt encircled the
vehicle and a world globe was
placed on top of the cab in the
midst of pine cones, cedar and
holly. The Camp Fire Girl symbol
set in Christmas greenery was on
he hood. The back of the pickup
eatured a Christmas tree with
-tackages.
A gold tree and poinsette string
decked the hood of the Garden
Club car. The door signs read
“Striving for more beautification
in 1966.” Large white gloves hung
from the bumper.
A pickup filled with mail bags
and a sign which read "Shop Ear-
ly, Mall Early, Use your Zip Code,
See PARADE, Page 5
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already
>ms and
swept the pecans from the drive-
way so they would not ruin them
backing the car out. The next
morning Cleve picked up more
thsb 10-galioiu ol pecans, moat of
them already cracked.
Dumas (11-0-0) vs.
(11-4M» at ABUene
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Weatherford (16-1-6) vs Nacog-
r—I -- dochea (9-2-0) at Waco, Friday, 8
that rainfall during November was p.m.
Cheering section were photographed
svlous to start of the Mount Vernon-
it Im? *£n££2\JS; be£
J Pecan stories have been com-
ing in right and left the past few
gays One has it that a couple of
well known Mount Vernon ladles
are planning on going in business
to pick up pecans on the halves.
We won’t mention any names for
that would be advertising.
CLASS AA
Iowa Park (12-0-0) vs. Frede-
ricksburg (11-1-0) at Abilene, Set.
8 p.m.
Plano (11-1-0) vs. DeKalb (11-1-
0) at Commerce, Friday, 8 p.m.
Bellville (11-1-0) vs. Needville
(11-0-1) at Rosenberg, Friday, 8
p.m.
Bishop vs. Edna at Refugio, Fri-
day, 8 p.m.
CLASS A
White Deer (12-0-0) vs. Coahoma
(12-0-0) at Plainview, Saturday.
7:30 p.m.
Keller (10-2-0) vs. Forney (12-0-
0) at Mesquite, Friday, 8 p.m.
Wills Point (12-0-0) vs. Rogers
(10-2-0) at Hillsboro, Saturday. 8
p.m.
Smithville (9-1-2) vs. Three
fivers (11-0-0) at Seguin, Friday.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
CLASS 4A
Corsicana 17. Alice 14.
Houston Jones 7, Spring Brands
, Memorial 6.
Dellas Hillcrest 24, Arlington
Heights 0.
Brazosport 30, Nederland 6.
San Antonio Lee
Antonio HaHdndaie 8.
Texarkana 28, Deniaon 6.
Odessa Permian !<,. i
Yaleta 7.
Lubbock Monterey 28,
Falla Rider 8.
CLASS 8A
Del Rio 1», Donna 0.
1--- ..... r—• rebounding.
Their 24 point barrage in the third
period was 16 more than that
bucketed by the Brahmas.
Pewitt dosed the gap to /ter
One Side of the float was a fire
place Christmas scene. The Verse
by the Saltillo P.-T.A. read, “May
all the special joys of Christmas
be yours.” .
The othpr side of the float by
the SaltUlb School Board of Trus-
tees was a Palestine acene which
included palm trees, sheep, a town
amf plains. The verse “We are
Come to worship." was prined on
the bottom of a church
Mount Vernon and Sulphur
Springs will meet in the featured
game of the opening round of the
double bracket Mount Pleasant
tournament at Brise Gymnasium
tonight at 8:00 o'dock.
I- There were four bands, five
I floats and twenty-eight can, trucks
land groups in the Mount Vernon
I Christmas parade Wedensday.
I Neal Solomon, president of the
I Franklin County Chamber of Com-
Imerce, stated that the Chamber
I appreciated the participation and
I cooperation of everyone who help-
I ed to mate the parade such a suc-
Icess.
I Sulphur Biaff School s float won' a bible
■ first place with their “Christmas
I in Switzerland” theme. /
I ’'Saltillo's float won second with
I a ’’Christmas Cart” motif and the
I nativity scene on a float by the
I Mount Vernon Future Farmers of
I America won third.
I In the car division the senior
I class of Mount Vernon High School
I won first; the junior class of Mt.
I Vernon High School won second
I and the Mount Vernon Chapter of
I the Future Farmers of America
I won third.
I “Christmas in Switzerland” by
I Sulphur Bluff featured the Swiss
I Idea of Santa and his elves. The
I white haired and bearded Santa
I wage a blue velvet robe and cone
I shaped hat and carried a red bag
full of toys. The three elves wore
robes of purple, red snd blue with
unusual faces and hats of green,
gold and blue. White snow top-
ped yellow mountains formed the
tert ground.
The “Christmas Cart” float by
Saltillo stressed that Christmas .
cards have been an American
tradrton since 1875. The skirt wte
of white ribbed cardboard border-
ed with pink plastic flnwen with
centers of rod glittered round J
paper.
Four complete earda ware pre-
seated. The card seen from the
back featured Santa and hie
sleigh, a map of the United States. ,
toys ted a child The verse read
"May this be a happy holiday sea-
smTtor you and yours Saltillo
School.” ■ 1
The card en tte front rt the
’float festureda mahSFr scene, twof
shoperds, and the words. “Peace
on *“*•.’
and the Saltillo School faculty.
OFFENSIVE TEAM
Center — Senior Danny Glazen-
er. Rivercrest. Honorable mention.
Senior Ricky Gibson, Winnsboro.
Quarterback — Tie between
Senior David Jones, Commerce;
and Senior Chet Pruitt, Pittsburg.
Honarable mention. Senior Davey
Elliott, Mount Vernon and Senior
Charles Bryson, Rivercrest-i»-
Fullback — Senior Kenny Cox,
Winnsboro. Honorable mention.
Senior Jack Lataon, Commerce;
Senior Tony Stanley, Cooper; and
Senior Oian Worthy, Rivercrest.
Ends — Senior Greg Wright,
Pittsburg; and Senior Ricky Ren-
eau, Winnsboro. Honorable men-
tion, Larry lambert. Commerce
Tackles — Senior Edd Rogers.
Commerce; and tie between Sen-
ior Tommy Brown Winnsboro; and
Senior Robert Dunavant, Pitts-
burg. Honorable mention. Jun-
ior Mike McQuagge, Cooper; and
Jerry Dood, Rivercrest.
Guards — Junior Gary Cook,
Pittsburg; and Senior Ralph Cav-
iness, Winnsboro. Honorable men-
tion, Senior Johnny Lanier, Winns-
boro; James Baron, Commerce and
Monty Newsom, Mount Vernon.
Halfbacks — Senior Jack Arn-
old, Commerce and Junior Doug
Mangum. Winnsboro. Honorable
mention. Senior Freddie Carring-
ton, Cooper; Junior Benton Rain-
ey, Cooper; Junior Doug Wright,
Rivercrest; and Senior Jerry Dar-
den, Winnsboro.
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School Absentees
Above Average
High School Principal Rufus
1 * “ ‘ that
High
aver-
age during the past few days.
H8. aMd reports coming to his
offirt indicated the absenteeism
was due to various illnesses.
* The number absent the past fow
days has been from 18 to 21. Aver-
age number of absentees is 10.
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Rainfall During
15 November Is Light
-Jessie Groom reported this week
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the Tigers a seven point lead after
being behind for the first two
quarters. Darrell Brinlee and Jack-
ie Hopkins were hitting and re-
bounding with their 1964-65 foswL
Great help was given the tew
tall boys by Monty Newsom Will-
iam Armstrong and Marvin Tte-
sley.
The Tigers were nine points be-
hind at the half due to bad teB
handling and poor rebounding.
Mount Vernon Drops
Hughes Springs 55-30
Mount Vernon’s Tigers downed
the Hughes Springs Mustangs 55-
30 at Tiger gymnasium in Mount
Vernon on Monday night The
Tigers led. the searing in each of
the first three quarters with the
rrel. Hooks’ big ±7^
ruled out with 3:33 on '
Hooks Downs Mount
Vernon 59-50
Mount Vernon’s Tigers traveled
to Hooks Saturday night where
they fell before the Hornets 59-
50. The Hornets jumped to a nine
point lead in the first quarter but
scoring was even in the last three
stanzas.
Mount Vernon’s Jackie Hopkins
was leading scorer with 18 points
but was the only Tiger to hit in
the double figures.
Four Hornets players hit in the
double figures. Danny Trout and
- Harold Ayres hit for 14 points
each while Mike Terrel hit for
12 and Jeff Taylor hit for 10.
The high percentage hit by the
Hornets from the free throw line
was the difference. Good team
work by bath guard and center
men was also fhstrument^l in the
Hornet win
The Tigers had trouble holding
onto the ball in the first two quar-
ters. Early in the third quarter
Mount Vernon found the handle
on the ball and cut the margin
to four points.
Late in the third quarter the
Tigers lost the handle again and
Hooks pushed back to a nine point
lead at the end of the period with
the. score 48-39.
The Hornets continued to hit
a good percentage in the fourth
quarter knd both teams went into
a full-court press with 4:28 left
tn the game.
Mflte Terrel......
bounder, toil!— — -------
the clock.
- Hooks began to stall the
early in the final period.
Throughout the game it was
hard to tell whether the two teams
were playing football or basket-
ball for players from both teams
‘ were on the floor much of the
time.
Hooks took the B game 57-46.
Hooks’ Dennis Rivers was high
point man with 20 and Jerry Pep-
per was high for Mount Vernon
with 14.
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free throw line while the Mus-
tangs hit 60 percent from the
charity line
lotting in double figures for
Mount Vernon were T “ _ __
Brinlee with 17, Jackie Hopkins of their field goals in the ftee
centage was 46.
The Brahmas topped the llgero
in the B game 59-32. Dub Loffer
hit 12 points, Lanny Luthuel and
Lyles hit 11 each for the Brahman.
Jerry Pepper and Butch Raley Mt
rix each for the Tigers.
Spring* meets
6:30’p.m.
Second round games in the
bracket will be Friday at 12:30
p.m.; 2:00 p.m.; 6:30 p.m. and
8:00 p.m.
The consolation game in the
braket will be at 11:30 a.m. Bat.
the third place game at 5:00 p.m.
and the finals at 8:00 p.m.
Sulphur Springs, Mount Ver-
non and Bonham are picked as
top contenders tn the bracket.
Sulphur Springs took both
games of a double-header when
they met Crooked Oak High
School in Oklahoma City on Fri-
day and Saturday night. On Mon-
day night the Wildcats lost to
Kilgore 73-49 and on Tuesday
night Cooper stopped them 50-43.
Class A and B teams will be
featured in the other bracket of
the tournament. The opening
round on Thursday will feature
Maud vs. Union Hill at 9:30 a.m.;
Mount. Pleasant B vs. New Diana
at 11 a.m.; Greenville B vs. Edge-
wood at 12:30 p.m.; and Redwater
vs. Sulphur Spring* B at 2 p.m.
Second round games in the
The DeKalb - Plano Class AA 17:30 p.m.
quarter-final football game at
Commerce Friday at 8 p.m. is
drawing considerable interest in
this area Both teams have 11-1-0
records for the season.
Plano will be favored to win
even though both teams have
come on strong during the final
weeks of the season.
Another game drawing some
interest in the area is Class AAAA
Dallas Hillcrest at Texarkana Fri-
day at 8 p.m.
Here are the sites and dates of
quarter-final games of Texas
schoolboy football.
CLASS AAAAA
Odessa Permian (10-1-0) vs.
Lubbock Monterey (9-2-0) kt Lub-
bock. Saturday 2 p.m.
Dallas Hillcrest (11-1-0) vs. Tex-
arkana (11-0-0) at Texarkana, Fri-
day 8 p.nt.'. '.
Houston Jones (5-5-1) vs. Freo-
port Brazosport (10-0-1) at Hous-
ton, Friday, 7;30 pjn.
Corsicana (12-0) vs. San Antonio
Lee (10-0-1) at Austin, Saturday,
7:30 p.m. ■. ,
CLASS AAA
Brownwood
Saturday, 2
Over in Winnsboro, where they
have just completed a very suc-
cessful Autumn Trails Festival,
the Annual Christmas Parade is
scheduled for December 2, Thurs-
day, downtown at 7:30 P. M. Santa
Chus will arrive officially in
Winnsboro during tfiis parade. In
addition to St. Nick, many Christ-
mas floats, six High School Bands
and the Sharon Temple Shrine
Motor Corps 'ryler wU1 p,r‘
tieipate. The Shrine Motor Corps
comes complete with motor cycles.
I jeeps, clowns and’vintage cars.
That’s 7:30 P.M.. Thursday. Dec.
Lscond, in downtown Winnsboro.
[The CWF Annual Bake sale
Iwtll be held Saturday. December
I*, at Mount Vernon Insurance
Building beginning at 9:00 a.m.
■The Christian Women’s Fellow-
Khip of the Central Christian
K’hurch hold this Sale each year.
ON THE BROADWAY OF AMERICA
Mount V emon-Sulphur Springs
F eatureGameinOpeningRound
Of Mount Pleasant Tournament
bracket will be Friday at 9:30 auu,
11 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
turing^Class AA and AAA teams, The consolation game will be
10 Saturday, third place 4
game 3:30 p.m. and finals at 6:30
Mount Vernon will travel t* >
Longview on Monday night in their
only other game scheduled for tte
week.
..dUtfi
DARRELL BRINLEE, noJ 42, has just Aged on a jump shot under
tW goal in Mount Vernon’s 61-37 defeat of Mount Pleasant at the
local gymnasium last Friday night. Futily defending is fcount
Plteated's no. 24 Milton Stanley Other Mount Vernon players, in
white jerseys, are, no. 50, Jackie Hopkins; no. 24, William Arm-
strong; and Marvin Tinsley can be seen to the left <4 Hopkins.
Mount Pleasant players, in dark je
PttH Williams; no. 33, Rod McCasslin;
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window.
Tte nativy scene by the F J.A. J
was entitled “The first Noel.” In-
cluded in the scene were donkeys |
and sheep of cardboard, sheperds,
with staffs, Joseph, Mary and babe, j
a tow sack manger, and a star. The
skirt wss white with a red crepe
paper flounce and two chains, one
was red and white and one was
green and red. <
A boy on the front of the senior
car received a beautiful girl in
his large stocking. The sign on
his back read, “But I wanted a
train.” A fire place was on the top
of the car. The girl stuffed stock-
ing lay from the top of the car
over the windshield to the hood
where the boy and several wrap
ped packages were.
A steepled church adorned the I
top of the junior car. Students irVI
choir robes sat on the hood and; (j
trunk. "O come all ye Faithful’' /;
was printed on the car doors/T 'i
Large red and white candles with
flaines were on the trunk
«de a sleigh out
and put reindeer
M the windshield The
an ths front of the radiator
*If Santa Can t Come I Will. ”
i nativlte tete* flMt h*
■ed a manger of
of white napkins
with “Peace on Elarth” in blue
on the sides of the skirt, shep-
hesds. kings. Joseph. Mary and
pblrit that the Tigers began frtseu-
Ing the ball. They missed five one
and one free shots in a row be-
fore Newsom and Hopkins hit tee-
free shots each to irt the gaom
with 10 seconds on the dock.
Leading the ^coring were Mount
Vernon’s Jackie Hopkins and Dar-
rell Brinlee with 22 and 19 pointe
respectively. Scoring in doabl*
Mount vernon coneciea « re- figurM for Brahm„
bounds, hit 55 percent from the Luthuell, Tomffly Lyles, ate /
Tim Henderson with 12 pointe <
each. u
The Tigers got 33 reboundk te
the first half and 44 in the seccte
Darrejl half The Tigers hit 40.9 percent
Bolger reported this week
absenteeism in the local
Schtel has been double the
Mt. Vernon Drops
Mt. Pleasant 61-37
The Mount Vernon Tigers, in a
revival of competition between
old rivals, downed the Mount
Pleasant Tigers 81-37 in the sea-
son opener for both teams in the
local gym last Friday night.
The game was played before
a capacity crowd which was not
unusual when the two teams met
in past years.
Mount Vernon Jumped to a first
quarter 15-7 lead which they never
relinquished. Mount Vernon pour-
ed through 20 field goals and 21
free throws while Mount Pleasant
hit 13 field goals and 11 charity
shots.
Jackie Hopkins led Mount Ver-
non’s offense with 19 points and
Marvin Tinsley came in second'
with 14.
Mount Pleasant’s Charlie
berts led scoring in the
with 24 markers.
Mount Pleasant claimed a nar-
row 46-33 victory in the B game
despite a 14-point output by Mt
Vernon’s Max Countryman. Tom-
my Bonnett hit 12 points for Mt.
Pleasant while Joe Redfeam
for 10.
_____ Monty Newsom Receives
-^isMelba Meek Aw^d; All-
SSfeSSTKlriet Team Is Named
a white and red arrangment Winnsboro, Pittsburg and Com-
merce dominated coaches selec-
tions fdr the District 15AA All
District team which was named at
• meeting of coaches and school
| officials at Winnsboro Friday
night. 1
Monty Newsom of Mount Ver-
non was named as recipient of the
Melba Meek Good Sportsmanship
award. This award goes each year
to the boy of the district in which
Mount Vernon is competing that
shows the best sportsmanship. The
award was set up several years ago
after Mrs. Meek, Jack Henry and
several students were killed in a
Mount Vernon school bus accident
neat Caloper.
Winnsboro placed five players
or, the offensive team five on the
defensive team and had three hon-
orable mention players. Pittsburg
placed four players on the offen-
sive teafrn, three on the defensive
team and had two honorable men-
tion.
Commerce placed three players
on the offensive team, three on
the defensive team and had seven
honorable mention. Rivercrest
placed one player on the offensive
team, one on the defensive team
and had five honorable mention.
Cooper placed two players on
the defensive team and had eight
receive honorable mention. Mount
Vernon was the only team which
did - not have a player named to
the offensive or defensive team.
Six Mount Vernon players receiv-
ed honorable mention.
When informed that EDSON
EYNOLDS had been in the hoo-
Ital for three days, PROFESSOR
WHIRLING said he had missed
Im but supposed he was gone
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