Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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Coach Acie Cannaday said
this week the Mount Vernon
team will
lelr first game at Hughes
;s on Monday night, Nov.
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Christmas Parade
To Be November 29
Continue Operation
In Mount Vernon
November 20
The Mt Vernon Ri
Is sponsoring a trail
day. November 20.
will start at the a
of the city lake at
ft trill go through Mi
Hinson Resigns
As Football Coach
Neal Hinson, who has ser-
ved as head football coach at
Mount Vernon High School for
the past two years, handed a
tetter of resignation to Super-
intendent W. M. Stribling on
Monday of this week.
Hinson’s resignation is ef-
fective at the end of the cur-
rent school term.
Stribling notified other
members of the coaching staff
and members of the school
board of Hinson’s resignation.
Stribling said he is receiv-
ing applications for the posi-
tion but has no Idea when the
school board will make a de-
: on the matter.
‘The Land We
Love” Showing
At Joy Theatre
A short subject “The Land
We Love" will be shown at the
Joy Theatre in'Mount Vernon,
along with the regular feature
on Sunday. Monday and Tues-
day.
. The 21 minute film will
show our principal cities, his-
torical landmrks, and the
beauty of our national parks.
___ ____Everyone should have an extra
tisment should meet this dead- {or
Milk production and Class X
consumption in North Texas
both showed a small decline
during October, and producer
prices edged upward slightly
while maintaining a large ad-
vance over the 1965 level.
Byford W. Bain, federal
market administrator, annouc-
ed a minimum uniform price
of 85.94 per hundred weight
for 3.5 per cant producer milk
delivered last month.
This Is 4 cents more than
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Supper To Be
At Hopewell
Community Cenl
There will be a suppei
the Hopewell Community <
Oil ORGANIZATION WILL HAVE AN ENTRY IN TUB
Mount Vernon Christmas Pai
Those organizations that plan to have an entry
Mount Vernon Christmas Parade are asked- to fill
“ i the Franklin County C
Tcurnanfent.
Dec.
Dee.
Dec. 13—Mt. Pleasant
Dee. Id — New Boston
Dec. 1®—Linden-Kildare
Dec. 22 or 23—Open
lunUo-Hcrald Wkft ftbuU,
see that Lowry had little chance of making any yardage due to the wall
of white-shirted players which are bearing down on him.
The M°'»nt Vernon Optic-
Herald WBl be closed Thurs-
day. November 24, in obser-
vance of Thanksgiving.
The November 24 issue of
the Optic-Herald will be pub-
lished Wednesday, November
23. All copy that is to be pub-
lished in the November 23
issue should be at the news-
paper office by 5:00 pm. Mon-
day. November 21. AH adver-
that the firm planned to move
its Mount Vernon operation
to Sulphur Springs after a
storv appeared in the Sulphur
Springs News-Telegram on
Nov. 4 which announced that
Wlnzen Research, Inc., head-
quartered in Minnes polls i
Minn., would construct a plant
there.
Williams said the firm is
looking at the-Sulphur Springs
plant as an expansion of theft’
present facilities, here and in
Minneapolis. He said the firm
area
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The meeting, presided over
W. E. Moore, assistant dir-
ector of the commodity pro-
gram for Texas, Austin, hear
dijmssions on eligibility and
JB&eferrato.
•W’wa* brought out in the
■■Ming that U.8.D.A. Sorpiu-i
Cemmoditles were distributed
to 185,000 people in #8 own-*
ties of Texas during the month
of September. It was
pointaid out that Mt
of the people receiving com-
modities during that period
were receiving some kind of
welfare grant.
cipate In the cost of constr
tten in the amount of 81.71
000 was signed In Austin
Sept. 18.
The permit issued by
Water Rights Commlsa
authorizes the construction
a dam and reservoir on <
press 'Creek which will I
pound 72,800 acre feet
water. *
The permit provides t
one half-interest in the si
age facilities shall be owl
bv the Franklin County Wa
District.
The permit also provt
for the diversion of 1,000 at
feet of water per year ft
the lake for use by the C
of Mount Vernon. The C
of Mount Vernon will be
quired to negotiate a contr
with the Franklin County 1
ter District to purchase .
water gftteto giM
in parade can be made prev-
ious to parade day.
He also announced that the
parade will assemble at the
Tiger football field this year,
as in previous years.
Lowry announced
Local Commodity
Representative
Attends Meeting
Warren Smith, Commodity
Representative for Franklin
County, attended a Commodity
Representative and State De-
partment of Public Welfare
meeting at the Ramada
in Paris on Nov. 8 and
that alt
units of the parade will as-
semble at the field at 4:00
p.m. in order to get the par-
ade moving at the 4:30 p.m.
rtHen»ld,five bands, Winns-
boro, Mount Pleasant. Sul-
phur Springs. Pittsburg and
Mount Vernon, will take part
in the parade this year.
The parade will disband on
the school parking lot on
Kaufman Street. Refreshment!,
will be served to the bands at
this time. .,
- Tidewater OU Company In
I lost the fight against the i
I auance of a permit for cm
I struct I on of a lake on Cypra
I Creek bv the Franklin Count
I Water District.
The permit for construct!*
I'of the lake was granted'i
I Thursday, Nov. 10, but fir
I 'notification of granting <
I the permit was not received I
I Mount Vernon until Mondi
I Copies of the permit were r
I ceived here on Tuesday mor
Ins
Tidewater had previous
lost In their fight to prove
the Toxas Water Developmei
Board from signing a mast
agreement for participation
the cost of constructing tl
reservoir.
This agreement, which pe
| vides that the stafe will pari
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VOLUME 92—NO, 8_______________________________MOUNT VERNON (FRANKUN COUNTY. TEXAS) THURSDAY. NOV. 17, 1966 ON THFbROADWAY OF Al
Tidewater Oil Company Loses Fight Against Permit
Franklin County Water District Lake Oh Cypre
. Did You Know?
<An Editorial)
< That the property owners of Franklin County, other ,
than oil companies, will pay only 17Me percent of the <Jst
of the proposed lake on Cypress Creek or a total of $595,-
000 over a period of 40 years
That the oil companies will pay 32% percent of the
cost or $1,105,000. Do you believe they are overtaxed?
That the oil companies lowered their reditions for
®lax purposes for 1966 to Franklin County $300,000 and
$871,760 to the Mount Vernon Independent School District
and the Franklin County Water District, while reheditions
on all other property within the county were raised for
1966.
That the State of Texas has agreed to pay 50 percent
of the cost or $1,700,000.
That total estimated cost of the project is $3,400,000.
That the annual cost to property owners of Franklin
County, other than the oil companies, will be only $14,875.
That when all the water district bonds are sold your
water district taxes will never be more than 6% times
what they are today. You know what your water tax is
today.
That your water district tax will probably be much
lower than these projections due to the increase in popula-
tion and property values which is inevitable with an ade-
quate water supply.
* That a county-wide water distribution system can be
"built in Franklin County without additional taxes if the
people of the county want it.
That each person signing up would be required to put
up a $50 deposit which would be used by the water supply
corporation as equity payment in obtaining a loan from
the Farmers's Home Administration to construct the sys-
tern.
That this $50 payment would assure each person sign-
ing up of having a meter placed just inside his property
' That minium charges for 3,000 gallons of water from
similar systems in Texas average $7.78 per month. Some
minimum charges in Texas are aa low as $5.00 and some
aa hixh as $9.70 per month.
That the minimum charge for 3,000 gallons by the
Saltilto Water Supply Corporation is only $6.80.
That the Saltillo system charges 90c per 1,000 gallons
for the next 3,000 gallons. 80e per 1,000 gallons for the
next 4,000 gallons, than drops to 70c per 1,000 gallons
unless the lake on Cypress is built to provide an adequate
suppljrtof raw water.
That both of these projects are a must if Franklin
County is to grow and prosper.
Labor Survey Nea.r» Completion;
Many More Need To Register
For a favorable impression of the Franklin County
hpman resources, many more area residents must register
their job skills or job preferences with the temporary of-
fice of the Texas Employment Commission on the east
side of the square in Mt. Vernon. For a true sampling, at
least 1000 residents need to register. The labor survey,
which tpgan October 3, will close on November the 30.
■The time is short aM the survey needs you. Vote yes for
your county’s future economic development Please regis-
ter now.
u To date 876 area, residents have participated in the
'survey. Of these, 311 were Franklin County High School
juniors and seniors who were registered, tested and coun-
seledL ■
The survey should also include thorn who may not at
the present be on the labor maAet. Housewives who have
never worked but who may or may not be faced with the
necessity some day of working should register. All persons
over 16 years of age who have not already registered
should do so immediately and give the survey, an oppor-
tunity to catalogue their job skills.
NOTICE^NPRCIAL set-up for*
PURLEY AND GREENWOOD
’ A temporary sub-office will operate in the Purley
Community building from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Mon-
day, Nov. 21, 1966 to register area residents from Purley
snd Greenwood communities in the Franklin County labor
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Clarksville Defeats
Tigers; Win District
MV STATISTICS C
3 ____First Downs---- 16
12 Net Yards Rushing 196
15 — Pass Attempts — 13
Tiger Basketball
Play Jh)
SpriRg!
21.
Cannaday said that between
30 and 45 boys were working
out for basketball this week.
In fact, Cannaday said, he has
more boys reporting for work-
outs than he has uniforms.
He said he ex pecte good
team this season but will mist
thn hsightrof Dsrrejl Brtatee
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Rotarians Visit
Local Plastic
Pipe Plant
Members of the Mount Ver-
non dRotary Club visited the
Mt. Vernon Pipe and- Supply,
Inc., plant following their
meetlg last Friday. They were
the, guegh^of Lee Eolklns who
had charite pf the program for
the day. rt •
Folkins told the group that
4-inch PVC pipe was being
manufactured for use in rural
water systems when the group
visited the plant He explain-
ed that the raw material used
in manufacturing the pipe to
placed in a hopper on top of
the extruder and through heat
and pressure this raw mater-
ial to forced through the ex-
truder over the dies which
fottn the pipe.
He explained at the time
that the extruder was operat-
ing under 3,300 pounds of
pressure. The pipe being
manufactured was designed to
stand 200 pounds of pressure
per square inch.
After the pipe leaves the ex-
truder it peases through a vac-
uum tank and cooling tanks
and then through an auto-
matic cut-off saw which cuts
the pipe off at the desired
length.
At the time the group visit-
ed the plant the operator was
belling the end of each joint
so that sleeves are not requir-
ed tn joining the pip ____
See ROTARIANS, Page 4
Nov. 21—Hughes Springs T
’MW. 25—Mt. Pleasant “
Nov. 29 — New Boston
Dec. 1, 2, 3—Mt. PlegMnt
?|Winzen Plant Will
Dec. 26-30 — Tyler Tourna-
ment
Jan. 3—Linden-Kildare
Jan. 6—Open
•Jan. 10 — Winnsboro
•Jan. 13 — Rivercrest
•Jan. 17 — Cooper
fr. • Jan. 20 — Clarksville
■* • Jan. 24 — Commerce
I, • Jan. 27 — Winnsboro
•Jan. 31 — Rivercrest
•Feb. 3 — Cooper
•Feb. 7 — Clarksville
•Feb. 10—Commerce
•District 15AA Games
of participating dairymen
showed a decline of 175 dur-
ing the year.
Class I utilization by North
Texas handlers
913,318 pounds.
This reprrfi
tta*!.-i rad when
the Tigers were defeated 20-0 by Clarksville last Friday night..]l to easy to
he has three
his schedule
and would like to fill at least
two of them.
The Tiger schedule is as
follows:
Charles Lowry, president of
the Franklin County Chamber
of Commerce, called attention
to the fact that the annual
Mount Vernon Christmas Par-
ade will be staged in Mount
Vernon on Tuesday, November
29, at 4:30 p.m.
Lowry urged that all clubs
business houses and others
enter floats In the parade. He
said It to hoped that Mount
Vernon will have the best par-
ade ever this year.
Prizes offered for floats are:
first place, $25.00; second
place, $15.00; and third place,
$10.00.
He urged everyone planning
to enter a float or ear to fill
______ in the Christmas Parade ra-
pe toget- try blank which appears here
and mall it to the Franklin
County Chamber of Com-
merce, Mount Vernon, Texas,
M the eagMst possible date
so that arrangements of order
BOBBY ELBERT was oper-
ating the extruder at Mount
Vernon Pipe and/Ruppty. foe.,
one night rec«htly and the
phone rang about 11«45. Joe
Griffith, who was supposed to
go to work at midnight, usu-
|any arrives at about 11:30 so
Bobbv thought it was Joe
calling to aay he would be late.
Bobbv answered the phone
Lnd the operator told the par-
[ty o«i -th* other end 01 °*e
bine "Sir. youg party has an-
M Th® n»n on th® oth®r
Lnd of the line aaid. "Hell.
Lon.xn there’s not supposed to
Le a man at my bouse " Bob-
K then spoke up
■toun/'vernon" Pipa and
Don Williams, executive
vlos-preaident of Wlnzen Re-
search, Inc., informed the
Optic-Herald by telephone
this week, thst the firm plans
to continue their Mount Ver-
non operation. .
Rumors here had indicated
Phone Number of Person Preparing Float /Car
Signed -------------------
other areas of production.
He said the Sulphur Springs
announcement was premature
in that financing of the size
and type of structure they
will require to still to be
worked out.
The firms extruder opera-
tion, a process by which the
plastic film is produced for
manufacture of stratospheric
balloons and other products
to located in Mount Vernon.
A balloon assembly operation
to also leeated here.
Fluldpac Corporation, a
firm owned by Winzen, to al-
so located in the local plAfol!”
It manufactures plastic MrA*
for storing and shipplng^ft
liquids: r -
the September price and $1.05
above the figure for October
1965.
Dairymen delivered
307 pounds of milk lai
for a daily average of 2.726,-
387 pounds.
The daily average figure
was 6.3 per cent lees thin that
for September and .7 par cent
below that for October of .last
year.
Daily average delivery for
the X.767 producers on the.
market last mtaMte was IMS
m pounds,.^, increase of 130
pounds over the comparabH
i the DIstriH CWric’s aR
•re is pondtngjfr Judge Fn
figure for October, 1966. Ranks Wear, Sr’s., 62nd Judicial I
trlct Court. It to antlcipe
that Judge Wear will se
date for hearing the petit
in the near future.
The petition seeks to ft
the Board of Directive oF
Franklin County Walin’ 1
trlct to call an election se
ing to abolish ths district. *
board denied a petetteajg
Ing to call ths election on I
17 on the grounds that ft 1
no legal authority ,to do i
Heater Hose
Causes Fire Hei
Edson Reynolds, local 1
Marshal, said this week 1
a faulty rubber hose uaed
a connection for a gas h«
caused a fine at the Frai
Henderson horns last Katun
He said It was lucky
fire was noticed and the
turned off before much d
age was done.
Reynolds says that flex
cooper tubing ie now availi
with which gas ctovet may
connected end edvtoed ths
will make s/per»on’s how
business much safer.
Fire Chief M. P. Long
sued another warning
week about the burning
trash, without staying rl
with it until it is out. L
said there have been numez
grass fires within the )
week.
He said several hund
acres of pasture were bur
off in the Daphne commui
Wednesday afternoon. He i
the cause of the fire la
known but very 'likely '
started by someone dropp
a lighted cigarette i
in the dry graas th
tall in the area.
Trail Ride
line alao
Pictures that are to be p
lished tn the November
issue should be in the off
by Friday, November 18,
Tigers To Begin
Basketball Play
and Jackie Hopkins thst
had last year.
Cannaday said
open dates dtfv
3 — Passes Completed — 6
18 —. Passing Yards 99
2 Pssses Intercepted By 2
9 svg. 28 Punts 3 avg. 37.6
3 for 34 Penalties 8 for 55
The Clarksville Tigers
downed the Mount Vernon
Tigers 20-0 st Clarksville Fri-
day night to take the District
15AA crown. Clarksville 1s
undefeated and did not allow
a point to be scored on them
in district play.
Halfback Larry Crawford
led the Clarksville rushtag
game with a net of 89 yards
rushing. Quarterback David
Ballew did a wonderful job
of running the team. He com-
pleted four of eight passes for
59 yards and hto punting was
excellent with three thst
averaged 37.6 yards. t
Clarksville had three touch-
downs called back due to pen-
alties. Ballew returned the
opening kickoff 85 yards but
had the ball called back to hto
own 20 for a clipping penaltv
which moved the ball back to
theBa’iw rr— • *>
tptaled 68,-
inted a daily
average of 2,223,010 pounds,
1.6 per cent less than In Sept,
and 1.4 per cent below the
daily average for October of
last year.
During October, 64,872,451
pounds, or 76.8 per cent, of
the producer milk was classi-
fied as Class I. This oom pa res
with 72.9 per cent In Septem-
ber snd 79.3 per cent ip Oct
;9«5.
Producer receipts were, 121.-
61 per eent of Class I utiliza-
tion in October, as compared
----------- ., , . .1 with a relationship of 128.9
to working on expsndtag_Into] Mnt ln somber and
121.7 per cent In October of
last year.
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1966, newspaper, November 17, 1966; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1278203/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.