Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 92—NO. 49
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to be assured of water.
After sufficient signers have
been obtained the committee
will then hire an engineer on
a contingency basis to design
the system and to investigate
possible water sources. Pope
•aid the engineer should be
one that hu previously de-
signed these syatetna.
After a map is made of the
proposed system then it is time
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Two “Wildcat Tes
Loom As Product
"Two new Smackover set- in the tlxh
pk/iatlons in the area were
regarded as probable produ-
cers g|' " _ '
dons were held on the future
of a third.
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Bonus Day Is Set
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September Bonus Cay' for
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steering committee
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE NEAL SOLOMON, right, Mt. Vernon and State Represent-
ative George Hinson, right, Mineola talk with Speaker of the House Ben Barnes, eenter,
~ ‘ ‘ “ ' (last week following Barnes announcement that he is considering
being a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in next year'a Democratic primary.
New Boston Friday
The Mt Vernon I Tigers They include fullback-line
will eoriitanage the r New I
Boston Lions at Tiger field state possibility. Wlngback
Friday 1 ‘ ‘ ---- ‘
Ooach Larry Wand «aid the
ecrimmage hen been designa- halfback Wilkain Jennings
ted aa soap and towel night
and asked that fane bring
soap and towels so the boys Brown, guard
<1 have a , ' -----■ — — -
to sell the many items offered
for sale through the auction.
The committee Voted to con-
tinue the event on the City
Plaza until its else forces
hmans all
acorea.
Ward said workouts have
been hot and alow and he
cut workouts to one a day at
the beginning of this week.
Only afternoon workouts are
being held.
REUNION TO B| HELD
SUNDAY, 8EPTBMBER It
The snntial Davis-Newsom
reunion will be held Sunday,
September 10 at the Purley
munlty Center* '
retatiwes are invited to
randWtagajApiM lunch.
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Lucky's Cafe, Home Town , — ~~ ~ ~ ~ ' ' ”
Food, M. U Edward* A Co., this ye»r with a
Teague A Son Chevrolet Ob.,
Peterson Ford Sales, Ths
Lady's Shop, Piggly Wiggly,
Mt. Vernon Insurance Agency.
Crescent Rexall Drugs, Ruth-
Vernon, Rotary Club last Fri-
day. Ward and his mother and
Mr. and Mrs. Don
Ward, were guests of A. R.
Dey who had charge of the
program.
Ward demonstrated his skill
by hitting
which were
bales of hay.
drew the greatest
was when he knocked ashes
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Phases Of Comprehensive
ission
marily background mi
It contains location *
area and objectives <
study, population studl<
trends, area economic
tton, existing public u
natural resources, auric
production land patten
trends and water rseou
Part II—Maps of «
conditions contains pl
area map, geological an
maps, land use maps, «
water syteema, existing
systems and <
Part III—
development
uses contains pattern*
ty residential devs
and future land usee
patterns of county r
development, propoai
ty-wlde thorough-far.
future land use in Me
non, and future lam
Franklin County.
Part IV—Fropoaed
•nd Sewer faclUtle.
tain when complete*
Vernon water systen
Vernon sewer syat
Franklin County wi
tern. Preliminary wor
gun on thia phase of
but will not be comp
til the Commission
the first three ph*M
•ramenta.
"It has been an honor tol comes just in tfane for back-
work with these people who
have given so much of the»r
time and money to benefit
the people.
"There have been many ac-
complishments the last year
which could only have happen-
ed through team work; not
only the officers and diroctoro
of the Franklin County Cham-
ber of Commerce, but the en-
tlonal Bank, Shelton Bu-
tane, McKellar’* Department
Store, Lowry’s, Webb’s 5 A 10
and Bolger-Cranford.
organized amateur archery you
ean compete above your ege
if you’re game enough to try.
To date he has 31 trophies, an
arm-long string of medals. In
1964 he won the Freestyle and
Junior Field Archery Champ-
ionship. was Southern Field
Junior Champion and Nation-
al Junior Champion. In 1965
he took the Texas State Adult
Championship.
At 15 thia aging veteran
stepped into the National Am-
See HARDY, Page 8
Carl Majors, who ha* re-
signed M manager of the
Franklin County Chamber of
Commerce, effective August
31, issued the following state-
ment thia week- k
Mr. Major* eata, *1 wish to
personally thank the ,
„ low in the tight Bmssl
over formation.
Cities Service Oil Co. wi
I On.
* New Drivers
License Law
Into Effect
Gene Campbell, drivers 1
cense examiner, S'"
thia week that befor
issue the examlnatior
■ be shown a birth <
or other legal docun
aa a baptismal cert
I adoption papers shm
i of birth.
i A new state law i
■S5 SSUtSSU*.
• cut eon to he 18 years 4
naate fore he can be Issued
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from a lighted cigarette and
then with me next arrow
knocked the fire off the cig-
arette.
Hardy was
his father. Mr Ward said
Hardy received his first bow-
and-arrow set as a gift on hi*
fifth birthday. Soon
was filling grocery cartons ,
with sand, crayoning targets him there and find out.”
on them, and spearing the
bull’s-eye with amazing con-
sistency. J £
to-achool suppliaa and clothes.
Merchants of Mt Vernon
will ba offering bargain* In
every Mne.
Sixteen Mt Vernon mer-
chant* are sponsoring the 8100
Mr. Bonus gift and everyone ertard Drug Store, First Na-
ts Invited to visit these stores
and register. The winner of
the 8100 will be notified on
Tuesday night
Vernon Tigers They <r include fullback-line
_ > ttte . New backer Bruoe' Vinson, an all-.
night aS 8 -o’clock'. Jticky Williams gutters-** a
receiver and defender and
Commissioners
Buy Maintainer
The Franklin County Com-
missioners’ Court on Monday
accepted the bid of Browning-
Ferris Machinery Co. on a
Gallon Maintainer.
They also accepted the 1M8
budget and authorised that
payment be mad* for same.
hree
Plan Presented To Coi
These phases of the Com-i Hn County Planning Commie-1 three phases and accept or re-
prehenaive Plan for Franklin Ion by Wtoenbaker, Fix and | ject them within the next two
County f have been completed Associates. Tyler.
Hand presented to the Frank-
Plaaa until its alia
change of location. |
of the committee an
gating other location
the sweat may be hell
the committee Auction on the third Monday of
——— — — ■ each month. They changed
time for starting the auction
to 1:88 P-OS.
Th* ehang* in time was
made neceaaary due to the
fact that anowt time to needed
ma the prtvili
for them for tl
the a* the n
___ffiXRS!;
, AMMent of the ana. A '
active of $50.00 for the in|tlal
in any vmy <>e
ed to each data sheet. Pay-
ment of the membership fee
entitlei tee member to one
vote at tee annual meeting ticket sales chairman. Group
and one meter. Captains M chafrge of tlcV«»
He pointed out that rwfe
dentesuasa sign up at the tlnte
de a master plat
ment of «>r i
stems to'leW^
e growth Of th*
rftentijZf ' Ttfe QuaAerbaafc Club of
data sheet* and serv-J Mt. Verntoa elected < IT _
’ the coming yemr alrthe
by bach Mniial supper on Tuesday
night.
N$w ofMcera are John Wren,
president: Df. David Stinson,
vice- preaident and Kenneth
Cason, secietsry-treaaurer.
Y. T. Horton was named
Sporting his new hunting
bow, this budding Robin Hood
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will be a customer of the
ayatotn.
boy being required to play In
two quarters of each game
before considered.
Incoming President John
Wren told the group that as
far as he to concerned the
coaching to going to be left
up to the coaches ad the
Quarterback Club to going to
support them 100 percent.
thing of a veteran, having
sternly competed against him-
self for seven year*.
“We thought he was good."
introduced by says his dad, “but then we had
no way of knowing how he
measured up against other
archers. So when we read
Hardy about a tournament in Hot
Springs, we decided to take
Carl Majors Thanks
Public For Support *
As Chamber Manager
ttre county cooperated in *11
of our ptoject*.
•Tour .« ‘
Chamber of Commerce ia not
the government, but it to the
central business and civic
glvtRg civic betterment, it will SiC-tff fltf
c*npl“h the~' ™ri£troi
1 rr*n iuxl ‘•roman groM^T
vtetole heartedly of themaehroal^.. ,1
toteMBding a itotMg and WgTwii
gag eommunity. » .«-
“I submitted my reptguationl
because my health and QWVtoa Son
■one! affairs would not atay
Hardy Ward Gives Archery Demonstration At Rotary
Hardy Ward, of Mt. Pleasant,
gave an archery demonstration
Chariae Teague, ch
m Commission, sail
” week the primary obj
of the comprehesivn |
to eliminate duplioatlc
overlapping of rural co
tty water and sewer sj
w provide locM-iuni j
tyre central water and
sales are T. A. Dunlap, John
Jgckaon, Glen Ray, Jimmy
' tack Stone, R. O. Sinclair and
Jkaaes Irby.
Coach Ltirry Ward toM t*?
group that the Tiger football
team haa been low on the
totem pole for a number of
years and it to going to take
time to get them back high
on the totem prile.
ro said that a new
the archer alma for the vital
•pot on stationary animal-shap-
ed targets. Hardy set a record
that still stanes - shooting as
a Junior—instinctive, without
sights, or bare bow, he scor-
ed 518 out of a possible 580.
Since that first meet in Hot
Springs, Hardy has compe.ed
in 52 tournaments, taking
first place tn 44 of them. He's
moved from Junior to adult
competition lage 18 and over-
Hardy to 17). skipping the in-
termediate group, because in
Xk wsptember Bonus Day for PaUcipotin* merchant* in He ,al^ that a new
* ?*Mr »*«»• P«^*>tion_ar*i of fleeting boys who
""" “ *“ ““ *■ " will receive letter Jacket* to be-
vide fire
dustrial
J ttSR .
Fire Chief M. P. Long, As-
sistant Chief Calvin Raley
and Edson Reynols, secre-
tary-treasurer of the depart-
ment asked the council to
I approve an increase in pay-
L anent of the firemen for fires
F ■ within the city limits to $2
per fire day or night. Flre-
I men presently get $1 for day
fires and $2 for night fires
I within the city limit*. The
I council approved the request.
I The group also requested
I the council to contact the
I Commissioners’ Court regar-
I ding an increase for firemen
I on out of city fires. They
I suggested that $3.00 per fire
I for day fires and $4.00 per
I fire for night fires aa the
I rate desired for firs* outride
the city limit*.
I Accidents Are
I Investigated
I Officers reported Inveoti-
I gating two acidents in Mt.
Vernon during the past
I .wedk.
I Ute. Highway Patrol re-
■' ported tnvwttlnj a
I wMwt on Woat Main i
I Rs* ACCIDKNTa, P|
■
New Boston suffered •
tag season last year with
win and nine loaae* but ob-
server* feel that some of the
thing* they have learned larit
year may lift them to cham- J '
pionship contention this year,
year. .
They have eight offenatva
and eight defensiva tetter-
men on this year's squad.
I
however to tak
part and assist
that to possible.
“I would like to see each
and every citixen in Franklin
County pledge their moral
and financial support to this
worthy organisation.
See MjpORS, Page 4
_ r-__All-
center Tommy
1 Michael An-
■uppty for the demon, TUckles Ronnie Grif-
fith and James Gholston, and
ends Albert Pierce and Eddie
ofcd Perry are other* ready to
contribute, ,) ./ .! 4
The Tigers scrimmaged
>Uul Pewitt at Paul Pewitt
‘ last ’Biuraday night. The
while the Tigsro wen* abteko
push it over only one time.
Coach Ward saM too many
mistakes hurt the Tiger*
badly and they gave the Bm-
but one of their
Hagansport Area Citizens
SeekingRuralW aterSystem
Hagansport area residept* | the system to being planned possible water source*. Pope
have met twice within the past i
F week to discuss possible con-
struction of a rural water sys-
tem for the area. ■> >'
The first meeting was held
last Thursday night at tha Mt.
Olive Baptist Church with Ray
Ottinger presiding. ,. ■ •
Jack Pope, county supervis-
or for the Farmers Home Ad-
ministration, explained to the
group procedure* tt> be follow-
ed in organizing a non-profit
corporation to construct and
operate such a system.
’ Pope told the group that the
first step waa to meet, discuss
and organize. A steering com-
mittee is then appointed and
ft should be compoeed of lead-
ers of the community who will
work and give of their time.
He aeid
should (hen i
mal aurVey
whether the rarideata of the
Auction Time Is
Changed To 1:30
P.M. On 3rd Monday
The Merchants Steering
Committee of the Franklin
County Chamber of Com-
merce voted unanimously at
a meattag on Friday night to
to continue the'Swap. Sell and
merqa ho* grown from 64> reg-
ular members to over 1«W ro- _________, ,
gular mengsers. During thl* m* to continue- I w® oon*
time your annual ravenue ha* -
increased from approximately
$2500.00 to moro than 8l»00 -
00.
“You have twelve dedicated
cittaen* a* officer* and dlrec-
matter you loX ii TW
spend many hours of their
time for your benefit. These
men and women are mer-
chants, professkriial people,
teacher* and dairymen from
all ports of the county.
•This office ha* the full co-
operation of all eteta clube,
liygbr-
1 A. J. Laws wildcat venture
in northwestern Franklin
County about 1H miles
northeast of the Mitchell
Creek field.
The hole was deepened fol-
lowing a pnantotag drillstem
tost at 9,026 feet in which
the Law* demonstrated suf-
ficient gaa pressure to blow
itself out.
Favorable prospect* also,
were encountered in the Sch-
neider-Corey No. 1 Chandler-
Dawson test in th* Nelta
field despite oontinued func-
tional trouble*.
Reaming of the hole was
believed necessary after dril-
ler* were unable to advance
tool* below 7,000 feet.
Local oil men familiar
with the project appeared
•attofled a commercial pro-
ducer t* in the making. An
electric log of the hole waa
taken following completion
of a core teet. A
test earlleh «t 0.
yieuiea a wtier i
with ga» , and
with bottomhole
4JM8 pounds.
Monday, white raserva- make a fauit-ims
try In Northeast Titu* Coun-
ty with an 11.000-foot
15 mile* east of Talco ms«
iafcds R. CafawgjTe Abetok*te«iiti—MBfigggg
Pewitt Ranch Pahixy field.
It was filed •* No. 1 Broven-
ture, 960 from the north and
east line* of Henry P. Banks
survey, AOW and a 1.47R-
acre tract.
There have been no close ■
by Smackover teste drilled.
The absent minded profess-
or has nothing on GLEN
SLAUGHTER. It seem* that
ALLEN TULLY cut his arm
a week or so ago at Mt. Ver-
non Plastic Pipe, Inc., and
was taken to Franklin County
Hospital. Tully's pickup was
left at the Pipe Plant. After
working hours Glen and DON
PETERSON took Tully’s pick-
up to his home near Hagans- _
port. They came back to town at the meeting of the Mt.
in Glen s pickup. Glen let Don
out at the Post Office and
went to the Gulf Station to father,
wet some gas and was going
right back by the Post Office
to plbk Don up and take him
home. Glen forgot all about
Don, went home ate supper
and then went to the rodeo.
After returning home from the
rodeo he vaguely remember-
ed leaving Don at the Post
Office and called Don’* house
about 10:30 It seem* that Don
had only one dime on him and 1
Cried to call Glen from the]
pay phone on the plaza buti
made a mistake and dropped I
hto dime in before dialing the
number and lost hia dime.
Glen answered the phone and
Don could hear him talking
but Glen could not hear Don.
Finally Glen told Don If he
officer* per Item and five percent oq
•11 above W OO that an item
brlnga.
7114 ewmmittee felt the fees
were n*oded to help defray
the coat of handling the auc-
tion and advertising. It
limited radio advertising to
$37.50 per auction and ordered
the printing of now handbill*
and posters giving the new in-
formation.
The committee
Sh AUCTI
New
a
er
futi
Ttague saM it it th* f
of th*, commieaioa an
planning engineer that |
cally every Franklin C
home can be served if a
wa w system ti
•tructed. He said Pa
Home Administration of
| have told the Commlaeio
approved 4f system* are develop*
ION, Page 8 Roe THREE, 1
varioua targets
placed before
The feet that
applause
MOUNT VERNON (FRANKLIN COUNTY, TEXAS) THURSDAY. AUGUST 31, 1967
gage
pol- '
y to
olicy
where
■.case
It outgrows the Pteu location
and are alao inveetigatlnf l
poeaible location ter Uts dur-
ing bad weather. T
The committee approved 8
adMdule of stati fees to be
charged thorn pereona coming
to awap and roll and alao aa
auction fee. Mall fsee aet are
aa foiiowi^Mtoceltoneoua, -
dte. 8L00. Th* IW counV
be lO^eroont RrttrWdA
„„
Glen told Don if he
■ <o rtek him up. D« ftwUy
■walked home.
City Council
Approves Water
Line Extension
The Mt. Vernon City
•Council, in their session on
Aug. 8, approved the exten-
sion of a six-inch irater
main west from Highway 37
along the north side of the
Franklin County Industrial
Foundation property to pro- '
protection for in-
buildings on the
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