Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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Carl E. Newsome
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Vernon Rotary
Vernon, bine grandchildren and
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Mount Vernon de-
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World Dav Of Prayer
Berrien At Christian Church
A union "World Dav of Pray-
er Service” will be held
(Central Christian chuicl
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Major City
He .stated that livestock pond
practice and tree sprigging prac-
tice programs are open for ap-
plications the year around.
L
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ment practices will begin Monday, iod for pasture improvement prac-
February 17.
According
ally set for Thurs
20, has been ehan
night, Feb. iK,?#
school cafctei
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THURSDAY FEB. 13, 1964
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Scheer succomb-
ruary 9 in Lub-
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Grand Jury Returns
Six Indictments
The Grand Jury in 76th Jud
al District Court convened M
day and returned six true bilk
indictment. One attempted n>1
er charge was reduced to a ,
tiee Court charge with the
,WBU1I„ P*01 paying a flne and belng
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One indictment was for forgery.
“Mission to People” Revival to Start
liWi
nd it is becoming increasingly
Important with our expanding
ppulation. In our area, particul-
ar, most of the businesses, and
tost of the lobs, are basiciy de-
fcndeht upon surrounding farms
L. Bed good of Dallas
week that her
March workers for the excellent
'oh done on this portion of the
drive.
The Mothers March collected
$606.90 this year compared to
$853 in 1963. $397 in 1962 and
$200 in 1961.
Bridges said a final tabulation
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Mrs. Ella
ed Sunday,
hoc!:.
Final rites were held here at
the First Baptist Church Wednes-
day, February 12, at 10:30 a.m.
Rev. J. O. Duckworth and Rev.
Harold Lansford officiated.
Pallbearers were F. J. Jovce.
Jr., Jiff Meredith, Lloyd Meek
Curtis Penn, Bob Devlin, and J.
R Hill.
Interment was in the City Ceme-
Ijry.
Mrs. Scheer was born in Mount
Vernon January 20, 1901. She is
survivied by two sons, James L
Lyon of Lake Hurst, N. J. and
Johnnie Lyon, of Lackland, Fla :
two daughters. Mrs. E. D. Hogan
of Danes and Mrs. T O. Sum-
5:30 p.m. — Pittsburg v,s. Sal- .mers of Wichita. Kansas: her
at the Murray-Orweaky Funeral
Home chapel. FjiWWrir Springs.
■ The Rev. Orbin O. Harper and
■ the Rev B C. House wright con-
H ducted the services. Burial was in
S the Gafford Chapel cemetery.
■ Pallbearers were nephews
( Mrs. Burton died Wednesday at
Hospital.
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day with the finals set for Satur-
day night
The J tournament will include
three brackets with trophy.s going
ON THE BROADWAY OF
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JACKIE HOPKINS, No. 43. goes ia for a layup shot in the Mt.
, Verocn-UpdeuylHjbtare vamejylayed at Unden-KlMare last Friday
night. Ralph Robertson. No 35 is "behind Hopkins. ,faj whtte unfr
forma are Hayeg, No. 41, and Washington, No. 13, of the Unden-
Kildare team Linden-Kildare defeated the Mount Vernon team
81-61 to throw the teams into a tie for the District 14AA crown.
Each team has lost two games in conference play.
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High .School farms, and for all practical pur-
----“* poses you would destroy the entire
community."
The local FFA chapter has
planned their Father-Son banquet
for Thursday. Feb. 20, as their
major activity for the week.
Membership in the FFA is made
up of boys who are students of
vocational agriculture' in high
school. The organization's activi-
ties are designed to help develop
rural leadership and good citizen-
ship, and to stimulate the boys
to better achievement in farming
Or other agricultural occupations.
The Mount Vernon FFA ehaj^-
ter has 44 members. Officers kri#:
Wav mon Newsome, presidents Wek
Giddens, vice-president- P AWV
Burt Newsome, secretary; "‘Bobby
Johnson, treasurer; Keith Will-__
reporter; and Bothy Black, sen- here
Was a project w
by the Mount.
Club. /
In .speaking
IMount Vernon and Saltillo he
told the group that the transfer
of traffic from the present High-
way 67 to Interstate 30 can be an
asset only if some idea comes from
the people and everyone pitches
in to make it work and help the
communities.
He pointed out that there is an
answer but someone in the com-
munities must come up with it
and everyone must help and do
something about it.
In closing he said Rotary means,
"Working together."
Previous to Solomon,’* talk Ken
See ROTARY. Page 8
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Limited Sign-Up Period For
1964 Spring A. C. P. Progra
A limited signup period of only. He said that as there are limit-
two weeks for the 1964 spring ed funds and a large number of
ACP program for pasture improve- participants that Hie .sign-up per-
tices is limited to the two weeks.
He urged that persons interest-
ed in improving pastures through
seeding, sprigging or fertilizing get #
their application in during this A 2 /nd LlWlt^Hant
sign-up period. •
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Final Rites Held
For Mrs. Ella
and the singing of “Amerfe
David Ingram led in prayer. f-
The first and second grad
isang several numbers
Washington and Uncol
Burns and Mary Frances Walling
paraded on the Stage in colonial
George an<
. :. <Mrs, P.
Wri’le us this
niother. MRS. P. D HENF
Saitlllo is M years old but
reads the Optic-Herald. I
bose,"1 she wrote, "She hks
ft every since there was an <
City Council
road on the west, by a line wfeMt
extends the present south bausal-
ary approximately one-half aaHe
due west and is bounded <xa few
east by the present city linritu.
It includes all of the are* eas
both sides of Highway 37 from
Highway 67 to a point that ia jaat
south of the new Franklin County
Hospital building.
Mayor Charles Teague with the
I of the council instnsetaA
City Superintendent F. J. Joycei.
Jr., to contact Wisenbaker, Ffcs
And Associates, for preliminary
estimates on the cost of extent!-
Ing trunk line sewer and water
lines to the area.
City council member*
that citv limits extensions In the
past toob^ jn the area which is
known aS Durpree Oaks and a
small extension recentlv to take
in the Wari-en P. Castle property
north of Dupree Oaks.
The water and sewer committee
of the council, composed of Hen-
ry Lee and J. H. Connellv. were
instructed to study a water and
sewer rate increase and to report
at the next meeting with recom-
mendations Discussion indicated
that only one rate adjustment had
been made in the ftest 25 vearo-
The committee 'was also W-..
structed to make a study regard-
ing a polity to be adopted by the
council tn regard th wateh and
sewer to-areas seeking annenhr
tion to tl>e citv
See MAJOR, Page S
each division. Divisions include
fifth and sixth grade boys, seventh
and eighth grade girls.
Opening round games will be
played Monday and Tuesday, sec-
ond round games on Thursday
and Friday. third and fourth
round games on Friday and Satur-
d**- ' ' 1
Games to be played
are:
3:30 p.m. — Pickton vs. Mount
Vernon fifth an<j sixth grade boys.
4:30 p.m. — Deport vs. Har-
mony seventh and eighth grade
girls.
At First Methodist-Church Sunday
will begin each
Hen Ray, manager
s -of the Franklin Couiity Agricul-
tural Stabilisation and Conserva-
tion Service Office, this ia one of
the most important girograms of
the ASC and there 4s limbe T
ticlpation in it by Franklin bounty
farmers and ranchers than fa any
other program.
South Franklin Grade School Mae Schee
oreacher-evangclists for these
revivals. Bishop William C. Martin
and the superintendents of each of
the annual conferences made the
ans'gmen’e,!' ‘
RcVJ Lc. lie W. Seymour, district
superintendent, Of , the Sulphur
Springs District, says there will
be some twenty-two revivals in
his district with every ehurch in
the district participating.
Visiting ministers for the
Churches within Franklin County
and surrounding communities are
K lamK.Mir DeWald. First
See MISSION. Page 8
" “BF--r—----“
March of Dimes Drive I'Gold banquet Which wi
Exceeds Goal by $300
Rev. Lawrence Bridges, drive
chairman for the March of Dimey,
rejected thin wei* that the 1964
|,Frankltn Conntv M.--ch of Dimes
had exceeded its $10C0 goal by
|300 and that more donations are
Rev. Bridges had high praiae for
two were for burglary of the A.
J. Petty Jewelry atone and three
felony hot check indictments were
returned against a Dallas^Neimx
AH of those indicted were already
under bond.
Judge Morris Rolston set the
beginning of Criminal Court hare
for February 19.
The Grand Jury will report
back to complete any other bur-
IneM that might come before thews
on February 27.
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Rev Richard T. Perry, pastor Of
the First Methodist Church, Mount
Vernon, announced today that
Rev. Ernest O. DeWald, pastor, of
First Methodist Church, McGregor
will be the evangelist for a week’s
“MikShMi to People” revival be-
ginning at the Methodist Church
here Sundav. February 16 and
See LOCAL, Page 8 continuing through Friday even-
Candidates Are Notified
Of Assessment Amounts
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Congress, $128.00; District Judge,
$120.00; District Attorney, $95.00
Tax Assessor-Collector. $202.30:
Sheriff, $238.50 and County At-
torney. $181.50.
Stinson said the 1964 assess
ment compares to nine percent In
1962 with commissioner candl
dates being assessed $477.00 in
1962 ’
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Democratic Primary candidates
were notified Ulis week by Cotintv
Chairman Wright Stinson of the
amount of assessment each must
pay tn ordet have their njnje ap-
pear on the primary b^Uots.
Assessments were set at five
pertent of the amount of the An-
nual salary of the office beipg
<1
ing. Services
evening at 7:00.
The revival at First Methodist
here Is but one of some 275 such
revivals being held throughout the
North Texas Annual Conference
of The Methodist Church. Minis-
ters from the Central Texas An-
nual Conference Will be the
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Cub Scout Banqui
Date Is Changed
Fred Mentpp, CubmastS
Back 71, announced this ’
that the Pack’s annual Blue
TournameiitSetFprNextW eek
The annual South Franklin
elementary school basketball
tournament will get underway
next Monday at 3:30 pan. and will' the wjnneri an(j runner-up in
continue each day except Wednes- — ..ar
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Local Future Farmers
To Observe FF A Week
Vocational agriculture studentsTfbr their existence. Take away the
to Mount Vernon 1”*^- — - - - . .. . «
Will Join Future Farmers of
America members throughout the
nation in activities io focus at-
tention on the importance of
agriculture during National F. F.
A. Week. February 15-22.
"Agriculture — Dynamic . . .
Challenging" is thia year’s FFA
Week theme. The farm boys will
ke a campaign to inform
leral public about the im-
e of the agricultural in-
___ to America, the growing
need for faming, and of the
numerous and wide variety of
apportunties that exist in the
broad field of agriculture for
young men who have a back
'around of farm experience and
^Kmtog. ' ’ »
i ‘;"We have such an abundance
of food in America that people
ere taking farmers for granted,’’
e#id M. L. Brewer, vocational
agriculture teacher and FFA ad-
visor. "Actually, farming is our
largest and most vital industry.
tint Vernon,
Tied For Distric
with \tount“’verno^ L
see*after Tuesday flatohihg the gam» with three it
on the court and Linden- L_
with four pterer.. I
MOUNT VERNON (FRANKLIN COW^
l-Kildare Burton
t Crown February 5 Is Approved
early lead and i»verAnetinRpiohe4'|Marshall Burton, 71, Of Sulphur
throughput th< game. TneY led; Springs were held at i0;30 a.m
42-13 aFW^id <^Hjtst guar-
Martha Wariimgton
In observance of “Founder’s
player, $65: cafe- Dav” past presidents of the local
P.-T.A. were honored. The P.-T.A.
originated here in 1919 with Mrs,
A. E Brooks m president.
Twenty-seven ladles have held
that position sinco 1919.
Glen Ray directed a panel dis-
cussion on "We, the P.-T.A. Ask
‘Who Does Johnny’s Home Work*"
Ray first asked teachers, "Do
you feel like you give so much,
home work that the parents have
to help?” K. B. Copeland super-
intendent said that the average
child should have home work to
do at home because there is not
enough time at school to do
See P.-T.A., Page
Conference
Mrs. Burton died Wed
" 6:05 at Memortgl
She ; was born to
Countv May 24. 1892. ti
ter of J. M. and Mary iJ
ringtoa.
Survivors include two sons.
Dewitt Marshall of Houston and
Buck Marshall of Kaufman: a
brother. Bob CaTrtngton of Long-
[ "view: a sister. Mrs. Eula K1rk-
I Patrick of Dallas; fivg grsndchild-
I ten and two great-grandchildren
t Mrs. Burton was a member of
I the Temple Baptist Church...
Attending from Mount Vernon
were Jack Daurhtrv. Mr and
• Mrs. Gus Gsndv. F. T. Llovd and
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Carrington.
5:30 p.m. — Deport vs. Mount
Vernon seventh and eighth grade
boys.
6:30 p.m. —i Como"'v«. Coke
seventh and eighth grade boys.
7:30 p.m .— Coke vs. South
Franklin fifth and sixth grade
boys.
8:30 p.m. —’ Winfield vs. Yan-
tis seventh and eighth grade boys.
Games to be played Tuesday
3:30 p.m. — Union Hill vs. Como
.seventh and eighth grade girls.
4:30 p.m. — Harmonv vs. Union
Hill seventh and eighth grade
boys, ''rw
The Mount Vernon City Council sented with a petition in jnid-Jan.
in jugular session Jiwwhiy,night, whejeby lhe residents of an area
approved the first if hot the only west pf Moun(:$e£non had voted
major city limits extension for. 100 percent favbrihg annexation.
Mount Vernon in history. | The area ia bounded by High-
Mayor Charles Teague was pre- way 67 , on the north, a courtty
Rotary Wb M~~
Held At Saltillo Caf ot erialxFS,
J.-- .
The Mount Vernon Rotary Club
held its regular weekly meeting
last Friday at the. BaltlGp School
cafeteria, with 19 ‘' Saltillo area
residents as guests of the club.
Charles Lowry had charge of
■the program for the day and pre-
sented Neal Solomon who spoke
to the group on the meaning of
Rotary to a community and the
outlook for Mount Vernon and
Saltillo. ' .
Solomon told the group that a
Rotary Club means a great deal
to a community for it furnishes
leardership and provides impetus
for projects that benefit the com-
munity. f
He pointed out the Youth Re-
creation, Inc., swimming pool,
park and Little League ball park,
LUBBOCK. — Carl E. Newsome
of Mount Verrron.-has been
missioned a^^eeond lieutenant ’ in ” "T
the United Stites Air Force upoti
completion of the Air Force Re-
serve Officer Training Corps
(AFROTC) program at Texas
Technological College here
Lieutenant Newsome, who is a
member of Alpha Phi Omega, also
received his B. S. degree in civil
engineering He will be assigned
to Otis AFB, Mass., as a civil
engineer
The lieutenant i« th» son of JM>.
and Mrs. Carlton Newsome of Mt.
Vernon, j «
P.-T. A. Beginning $ 1800
Stage Lighting Project
The Mount Vernon P.-TA. be- " " •’:jr
gan $1600 stage light improve-
ments Wednesday afternoon when
they approved the 1964 budget
Wednesday which set aside $200
for this purpose.
Other budget items and the ____
amount to each were scholarship, dress
<100; future homemakers, $25;
Window shades for grade school;
$200; record
terla window drapes. $200: cafe-
teria public address svstem. $100;
and library books for both schools.
In other bminer.s it was an-
nounced that there was $1F$8.1O
In the P.-T.A. tronsuf* Mrs Davis
Newsome. Virffie Beth Hughes
and Mrs. D R. Watson were ap-
oolnted »o the nominating com-
mittee. The vroun sent $5 00 tn
the s*ate P.-T AVfor the "Found-
er’s Day Gift.” Mrs. Rill Robert-
son was the lucky chair winner
and won a gift.
Room count awards went to
Mrs. Phil - Campbell'B first and
second grade: Mrs. Scott Lewis’
seventh grade; and the tenth
grade.
The
"Pledge of
program included the
_____ Allegiance to the Flag"
which was led by the Cub Scouts
: to 4t»- final aaoto of
the regular season Friday night
«t the local gymnasium Ltodeg. j
Kildare will travel to Hughes j
Springs for their final regular J
■bason game. I i
Mount Vernon and Unden-Kij- '
dare have lost two games each in
conference plav. U both team||
should win Friday night the teat« fl
.■will meet to a sudden death play- j
off game at a neutral site. J
Rooney Broach broke the 50
point mark for the second time rt
this year when he bucketed 51 1
points in the Tigeni 97-53 win over. I
Pittsburg on the local court Tufe- I
day night.
Broach got lots of layups and
waa also hitting Rood outside- I
Jimmy Long was named Mr. De- I
fense for the game, and was I
credited with eight assists and I
Berry Allen and Edward Joyce J
moved the ball well, took it off 1
the backboards good and played I
outstanding defense I
The Tigers hit 36 of 61 field I
goal tries for 58 percent and 25 |
of 38 free throws for 88 percent.
Broach hit 18 field goals and
15 of 21 free throws for 51 points
and was credited with nine re-
bounds. Jackie Hopkins hit 10
field goals, three of four free
throwi and waa credited with 18
rebminds. Jimmy Long hit two
field goe's, four of eight free
throws for el«ht points and waa
credited with five rebounds.
Sroripv In the double figures
for the Pirates were Howard Gar-
rett with five field goals and two
of three free throws for 12 pointe
and CfiR Pruett with six field
poalo »nd nor of two free throws
for 13 pointe.
R Mount Vernon
game 58-53 over Pittsburg. Way-
man Newsome hit three field
goals and seven of 11 free throws
for 13 notate. Darrell Brinlee hit
four field goals and two of seven
free throws for 10 points.
Ronald Biggs was high for Pitts-
burg with nine field goals and
five of six free throws for 23
potato.
The Tigers acted like they were
afraid to shoot and couldn't hit
When they did shoot their 81-
61 loss at Linden^Kfidare last
Friday night There Were prob-
ably more foula called in the
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