Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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Interium Pastor
Marvin Ttnaley was credit*
with 14 rebounds.
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The “Messiah”
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December 11
The Messiah, an Oratorio by
Geo. F. Handel, will be pre-
sented by the Northeast Texas
Choral Choir Sunday, Decem-
ber 11, at 2:30 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church in Mt.
Pleasant. The choir is under
the direction of J. B. Chris-
Man.
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The following letter was re-
eved from ERBERT PAL-
ER this week when he sent
i bis renewal for his subscrip-
on to the Optic-Herald:
ESS™
EVELYN EDWARDS bought
i new record by Frank Sinatra
leently which is
Summer Winds.”
nsists on calling it
given below is for the 24-hour
period ending at 7 a.m. on the
day listed for the period of
Collar ’■
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ers.
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P.T.A. To
Have Meeting
•,'lfce Mt. Vernon Parent
Teacher Association extends a
lets are Mias Lynda Brintee
I' and Dr. Cheater Channon.
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Sunday . .-a. 38
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steps will be taken to remedy i Tuesday .— 72
presentation of the
Messiah is becoming a tradi-
tion in all of Northeast Texas.
People from Longview. Mt.
Pleasant, Pittsburg and all
over East Texas participate in
the choir. r
Soloists are Mrs. Robert
Taylor, Mrs. George Cham-
bers, Mrs. Lee McKellar, Miss
Mary Taylor and Mrs. Julian
CargUe as sopranos. The con-
tralto soloist are Mrs. Russell
Martin. Miss Linds' Stewart
and Miss Cynthia Whitaker.
The bass soloist is F.’B. Chris-
Han, Jr. and tenor aolbtst is
Ronnie McAlester. Accompan-
TRACY ROBINSON, 3-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Robinson, wu hit
in the heaa with a piece of
candy thrown by Santa Claus
during the Mount Vernon
Christmas parade. It raised a
pretty good little knot and
I she told her grandmother that
•he was goln$.t<
daddy and have him shoot
Santa Claus.
The All-Tournament '
was also named. Phil W1
of Mount Plesant, who
high of 31 points in the
er game, was named 1
All-Tournament squad,
players making the All
ney list from each dl
were:
Diviaion I — BotftW 1
land. Hughes Springs; J
Baker, Redwater; Km
mon, Saltillo: Clark W
Saltillo, and ~
Union Hill.
Division II
(Optic-Herald Staff
THE NEW FRANKLIN COUNTY office building in Winnsboro was turned over to
the Commissioners Court last Thursday by J. D. Maples, local contractor, who built
the structure. Maples is shown here as he turns the keys over to County Judge C. H.
(Neal) Duvall. Others in the picture from left to right are Commissioners W. D.
(Doney) Rutledge, R. D. Crowston, Coy Veasey. George Winds and Architect Louis B.
Gohmert, Mount Pleasant. Located in the building are two Urge officers, with one of
them containing six private voting booths, rest rooms and other facilities.
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Powerful Greenville nipped
a last quarter Mount Pleasant
surge, clipping the Tigers 52-
46 to win Division II of the
Mount Pleasant Invitational
tournament Saturday night at
Brice Gym-
to go get her
-re him shoot i
six field goals for 12 points.
Thurman Roberson and
Noble Dunlap tied for scoring
honors for the Tigers with 17
points each. Roberson hit sev-
en field goals and three free
throws while Dunlap hit six
fibM goals and five free
ihrowe. Roberson was credit-
Mustangs *
iron Vkatlewar it
The Mount Vernon Tigers
tock a 61-60 squeaker over
Hughes Springs on the local
court Tuesday night. The score
was close throughout the con-
te:t with the first quarter end-
ing in a 12-12 tie.
The Tjgers jumped to a RO-
25 lead vat halftime but the
Mustangs came back strong in ed_with_13 rebounds,
the third quarter when they
bucketed 21 points th 15 for
the Tigers for a 46-45 third
xjyir’e? lead. The Tigers ral-
lie l in the fourth and scored
16 points to 14 for the Mus-
tangs.
The Mustangs Roger Car-
wile was high point man of
the, contest with eight field
goals and three free throws
for 19 points. Tommy Follis,
the only other Mustang to hit
in double figures, bucketed
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KERRY GARMON, Saltillo, is shown here M he receives
the plaque as most outstanding player” in the Mount
Pleasant tournament last week end. The plaque was pre-
sented hy Dr. Terrell W. Ogg. superintendent 6f the Mt.
Pleasant Schools. Garmon was a great aii-rvund partormer
throughout the tournament._________________.. , r , , tpeclal station to everyone
to attend the . December 14
meeting in the high school
gymnasium.
"Putting Christ Back into
Christmas" is the theme of the
program.
The first and second grades
will participate in the pro-
The Mt. Vernon High School
Choir will also sing several
numbers.
—
Nathan HoBfa,
..........._. Robert Psynn.
Sulphur Spring George Stew-
art, Clarksville; William Arm-
strong, Mount Vernon: Earl
Thomas. Greenville: and BtH
Williams, Mount Pleasant
Named as most outstand*-^'
olaver for the tournament1
Garmon of Saltillo, a great
round performer throat
the tourney. • ■,
Tigers Win Over
61 To 60
Optic-Herald
To Publish
Santa Letteri
The Optic-Herald
to publish Santa Clai
tore nirMn this year
W^er District
Board Employs
Austin Lawyer
The Board of Directors of
the Franklin County Water
District, in a special called
meeting on Tuesdy, voted to
employ Martin Harris, Austin,
to assist in defending the
board and the district in the
Writ of Mandamus Suit which
has been set for January 6
in 62nd District Court here.
Harris is a member of the
firm of Clark, Thomas, Harris,
Denius ahd Winters. *
Harris will assist Woodrow
Edwards and Howard Edwards,
local attorneys, who are cur-
rently employed by the dis-
trict. The district is also rep-
resented by Bryce Huguenin,
of the Dallas firm of Dumas,
Huguenin and Boothman in
bon matters.
The Mandamanus suit seeks
to force the board to call an
election to determine whether
or not the district should be
abolished. The board contends
they have no legal authority
to call such an election.
The group of Franklin and
Wood county residents seeking
to have the election called Is
represented by James M. Sla-
tor. III, Houston attorn»y who
representted Tidewater Oil
Co., in opposition to the Issu-
ance of a permit for the con-
of w lake by the'dlst-
rrmin (j[
Gordon Lloyd, program
chairman, had J. W. (Do) Rol-
lins, retired Dean of Men from
East Texas State University,
bring the Rotary Club a mess-
age that will long be remem-
bered. ‘Do’ mixed his wit and
seriousness in a manner that
kept the audience entertained
and impressed. ‘Do’ is a past
master in this field as an
after dinner speaker, and he
brought the subject right home
to us with illustrations we all
know and love. He opened
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fHct on CypreSs Creek.
Daingerfield
Advances To
Semi-Finals
Daingerfield continued
amaze evefyone by defeating
defending.*, state champion
Plano 21-15 at Commerce last
Friday night.
Tther Class AA teams left
in the playoffs are undefeated,
untied Granbury and Sweeny;
Bastrop, with only a tie to
mar its record. Daingerfield
JMs been defeated twice.
Granbury whipped favored
Iowa Park 31-16 last Saturday.
Bastrop nosed out Hardin-
, Jefferson 14-11 while Sweeny,
' long state champtonship favor-
I Ite was beating ffan Antonio
! Randolph 21-14. 9
i In the semi-finals it will be
Granbury vs. Daingerfield at
Mesquite Saturday night and
Bastrop goto against Sweeny
I at Victoria Pridav nieht.
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iffered a heart attack re-
‘and have been in the
_^-Jil
I, too, want to see the Cow-
»ys play again, so mv good
lend Preacher Cates express
| my sentiments exactly.
I am Improving, eo don’t
rite my obiturary yet. Best
December 2, to December 8.
Day Max. Mini
Dallas Man To
Represent County
On Society Board
Franklin County will be rep-
resented by Percy C. Fewell.
of Dallas ou the Texas State
Genealogical Society Board of
Directors in 1967-1968, as t>lr-
trict 6 Director. Mr. Fewell
was elected to the board at a
recent State Genealogical Con-
vention in Houston.
Anyone Interested in local,
I church, or family history
thcAild contact Mr. Fewell at
his Dallas address, 1402 Kir-
by Building, Dellas, Texas,
75201. The Society has free
pedigree charts for anyone re-
questing a chart.
The Texas State Genealo-
gical . Society is a non-profit
educational and literary cor-
poration of the State of Texas.
It was organized to promote
interest in genealogy and
stimulate public support of
local history and genealogy
departments in public and
private libraries.
The Society publishes a
quarterly magazine. "Stirpes,”
devoted to publishing Repub-
lic of Texas records. Bible and
cemetery records, and other
original source mstertsl, to aid
tn searching for ancestors.
In the precodlasu B
small, yet scrappy Saltil
fortoe "Ivirioa Jutl?
Garmon, voted the outstand-
ing player of the tournament,
paced Saltillo with 18 points
in the scrap for the Division 1
title.
In Division II play for the
consolation
Springs squei
Vernon 55-53
noon. Mount
Hall led the
contest with nl
and five free throws for 23
points. William
hit throe field goals
free throws for t*
Armstrong was credited with
four rebounds while Thurman
Roberson was credited with
five.
Loading the scoring tor.Sul-
phur Springs was Ricky Payrie
with five field goals and 12
itt WUMai
five field goals for 10
William Armstrong :
scoring for Mount
with five fiek
free throws I
was followed
with four fiel
free throws I
Mount Vei
opening game in the tour
ment by defeating Clarkevl
63-62 on Thursday afterno
Leading the scoring In i
contest was Claritsvill
George Stuart with nine fl
goals and four free throw
22 points. Clarksville’s D
Ballew hit five field goals
seven free throws for
points. Tommy Pruitt hit tl
field goals and four
throws for 10 points.
Mount Vernon’s David
hit seven field goals and tl
free throws for 14 points,
was credited with eight
bounds. William Armsti
hit four field goals and
free throws for 10 po
Xmas Mailing
Hints From
Mr. ZIP
Airmail cards and parcels
should be mailed to Service-
men overseas no later than
December 10 to assure before
Christmas delivery,
Don’t forget to use ZIP
Codes on all your Christmas
mall ... 1* both the address
and the return address . . .
only you can put ZIP into
your postal system.
All gifts should be packed
*“ Cardhoard
be wrapped in _
aqd tied vMtb< and to the
>hurnl<ht
Joe IUd,e‘
Frldsy after- for Mou
Vernon’s David four firid
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Greenville,
DR. VAUGHN
Dr. Curtis Vaughn, profes-
sor of New Testament at
Southwestern Baptist Theolo-
gical Seminary in Fort Worth,
is to be the interium pastor of
the First Baptist Church in
Mount Vernon.
Dr. Vaughn filled the same
position for the church tour
years ago during an interium
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He will fill the pulpit for
both services this Sunday
to.
its truly
First Bonus Day
Is Declared Success’
A sampling of opinion of
Mount Vernon merchants re-
garding their first Bonus Day
which was staged Tuesday in-
dicated it was a success. More
than 11,000 Bonus Day News
were distributed in Franklin,
a | free throws
The Gre
Mipped the
”B”, M-5Q, in a battle
consolation crown of r
L i
Mopnt peasant react
finals by virtue of a
tingling 46-44 triumpl
Mount Vernon on
l£unt " Jto Itodfeam ted th.
after- jn» Mount Pteaaan
' David four field goals and sev<
4 the mrem, al
in sturdy boxes,
boxes should be
heavy paper *n
stmne cord
’ Dori* let W Ws raftle
around tn your Christmas rflaji
packages Sufficient cushion-
ing is Important to give the
box strength. There msy be a
set of the encyclopedia ship-
ped in the box on top of yours.
Each package you mail
should include a slln showing
the person receiving your
Christmas gift and listing the
contents. In case outer wrap-
ping of the package comes
loose your gift will still be
delivered.
In addition to articles nor-
mallv prohibited in the malls,
matches and lighter fluid mav
not be mailed to overaeas mili-
tary addresses.
Make sure your addresses
are written or printed clearly
and that they are complete.
Don’t let your mall end up in
the Dead Letter office because
your bandwrltting can’t be
read. ’■ *
Gift parcels to distant
States should be mailed by
early December, and those for
local delivery by December IS.
Don’t forget that undpr nor-
mal conditions there la no de-
livery of cards and tetters oh
Christmas T
Special Dal
Put ZIP
mail . J mi ■■ma
the address and return add-
ch. «rw«-
cent stamp may be sealed arid I
contain written.-
They artf given priority ii
livery and forwkrdiag
Remember |o mark all
for whitfi you have paid i
ial charges with the tyf
handling it. should get nrw_
See ZIP, Page '81|
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’ <'>*!' IFLANTO1
J. W. Rollins Appears
For Rotary Program
With his respect and admira-
tion for our Don Meredith,
and then branched off into the
field that was our day when
these things were happening.
He outlined the great Work
being done for young meh by
Herman (Sleepy) Morgan..
Marvin Coffey, Bob (Nig) Kill-
ingsworth and last he outlined
the college and coaching days
of the ’one and only' Catfish
Smith.
Rollins gave illustration af- I
ter illustration relative to th* I
lessons and experiences, we as 1
adults are making, that give 1
much leeway to the growing J
minds of our youngsters of to-
day. He emphatically express-
ed the belief that the life and j
habits of our youugsiexa ue
established by young folks
watching their parents in their
daily life habits. The way mot-
her and dad conduct them-
selves is the guidelines for
those who follow.
This program hit home, or
at the heart of the home, and
See ROLLINS, Page 4
The Tigers hit 34 percent
of their field goal attempts
and 74 percent of their free
throw attempts.
Hughes Springs defeated
Mount Vernon 61-42 in the
B game. David Day was high
point man for Mount Vernon
with four field goals and two
free throws for 10 points.
Leading the scoring for the
Mustangs was Gary Rust with
nine* field goals and five free
See TIGERS, Page 5
Wood. Hopkins, Red River, .
TRus and Camp counties. M
Hortense Carr, manager of
McKellar's Department Store ,
here, reported a good day with |
volume exceeding the same ,
Tuesday a year ago by on*-
third.
Charles Mahaffey, co-owner ]
and manager of the local^l
Piggjy Wiggly store reported |
that they did four times as
much business as the average I
of all Tuesdays sine* the store
was opened here late in Sept.
He said their volume was twice
as much as they have done on
any Tuesday ' including the
Tuesday of their grand open-
ing.
He said they served people
they had never seen in the
store with a large number of
shoppers being'from Talco and
Bogata. He said they also had
some customers who said they
lived in Mount Pleasant and
Sulohur Springs.
He said 40 percent of the
checks wlch cleaned through
the cash registers were drawn
on out of town banks.
Glenn Gaulden, owner of
Crescent Rexall Drugs, said
they had an excellent day and
were busy all day.
Dovle Black, manager of
Webb’s 5 A 10, said they had
an extra good day. She said
they had throe employes
working all day and they were
busy all of the time.
R. B. Carr, owner of Home
Town Fopd, said they had a
good day but felt that they did
not have an appreciable In-
crease over their average
Tuesday volume.
Numerous reports have been
made that many Mount Ver-
non residents did not receive
the Bonus Day News. The
merchants committee of the
Franlfc* ^oupty ®>w*r
Commerce has Indicated that
this when the next issue is dis- i Wednesday — 79
tributed. I Thursday —81
6O*1* followed by
Armstrong
' and six
points.
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1966, newspaper, December 8, 1966; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1277652/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.