Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1966 Page: 3 of 8
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‘'Education For Peace and World
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The 1967 Disrict VIII Conven-
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Joe D. Taylor Judge At
Speaking Contest
Joe D. Taylor served as one of
three Judges in Quitman last Wed-
nesday for the Wood County Elec-
tric Co-operative’s speaking con-
test. Each town that is served by
the electric co-opentive was eligi-
ble to enter two contestants in the
contest. Mount Vernon had no
entry.
The winners receive a ten day
expense paid trip to Washington,
D.C. in June. A boy and a girl
will represent each area in Texas
served by the R.E.A. in Washing-
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Thursday afternoon and a
Friday meeting which saw
Marilyn Godfrey of Gladewater
aaounae the presidency for 1MS-
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Dr. Dele M. Baughman of the
University of Illinois was the prin-
cipal speaker for the convention.
The stage of Longview High
(Labor Day). Six Flags will bo
open seven days a week from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Following Sep-
tember 6 until closing day. No-
vember 27. the park will be in
operation on Saturdays and Sun-
days only.
Six Flags, which was built at
a cost of 110,000,000, has at*
traded over 0.6 million visitors
from all over the United States
since opening in 1961. This fig-
ure includes the record 1,713,000
visitors last year.
The Texas Tourist Develop
ment Agency now ranks Six
Flags Over Texas as the most
popular single tourist attraction
In the Lone Star State.
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New Manager Appointed
At Rockwell
Appointment of Edward I. Hen-
ning, general manager of Rockwell'
Manufacturing Company’s Sulphur
Springs plant, as assistant vice'
president in charge of valve manu->
facturlng was announced March 0
by Gilbert T. Bowman, company,
vice president and manager of its
Valve and Gas Products division?
Henning is being succeeded here
by W. T. Gettig, who was describ-
ed by Bowman as ‘"The most ex-,
perienced valve manufacturer in
the company.
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A0ool.XB»totot4etaMted the JMg School audUoetam. acene of * the Mount Pleasant visited their mot-
convention of •Dtatrict VMI, fflgnas
State Teachers Assn., in Longview
March 11-12.
The District VIII ia composed
of over 7,000 members. Approxi
mately 4,600 teachers and admin-
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Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hackney
of Axel visited ‘
Mr. and > Mrs.
Sunday.
David and Van Parchman went
to Tyler Thursday night with the
Junior Department to see a movie.
Several people of Brushy com-
munity attended the funeral of
Roy Smith on Friday in Mount
Vernon.
Jerri Sue Parchman spent the
week end with her mother in Mt
Pleasant.
Mrs. Morris Jordan spent the
week end with her daughter, Mrs.
Bob Gentry, husband and Laura
Beth in Kilgore.
Sam Luallen visited his niece,
Mrs. R. C. Williams, and Mr. Will-
iams at Pickton Sunday afternoon.
His sister, Mrs. WiUie Bryant,
and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bryant
of Dellas joined him there.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Walling have
been attending her brother who is
ill in Sulphur Springs.
PERSONALS
VLt. and Mrs. John E. Shurtleff
of Dallas and Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Beleher of Tyler visited in the
Leland Shurtleff recently.
Private Michael D. Griffith
spent fourteen days with Mr. and
Mrs. J. I. Stephenson. He had re-
cently completed engineering
training at Fort Leonard Wood.
Mo. He and Private Lynn Butler
of New York were accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson to
Dallas March 8 where they left
for Oakland, California. . ,
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Beck of Mount Vernon visited
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her and grandmother, Mrs. Susie
Scoggin Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Johnson and
children from San Antonio visit-
ed his brother, T. C. Johnson, Jr.,
and family and his grandmother,
Mrs. Susie Scoggin, Friday and
Saturday. They returned home
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Leslie Narramore and Mar-
vin Brown are in the hospital.
Jack Wright, nephew of Mrs.
G. R. Clark, is in critical condition
at a Dallas hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Roach and
B. O. Kinder went to the singing
Sunday afternoon at the Hopewell
Community Center.
Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Brown and
daughter of Palmer apent Satur-
Iday night with their parents, the
1 Marvin Browns.
, Mrs. Tedder is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Sharp gave
her son, Robert D. McCoy, and
family a "Welcome Home” party.
Thirty-four guests were present.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Handy Sharp, Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Grider and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Darrel Gibson, Mr. and Mrs.
George Akins, and Cape Gibson,
| Winfield; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
' Sharp, Leveland: Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Gibson, Sulphur Bluff;
Mrs. Robert Coms and children,
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SIX FLAGS TO OPEN 1M6
SEASON ON APRIL IS
Six Flags Over Texas, the 115-
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catod in Arlington, Texas, mid-
way between Dellas and Fort
Worth, will open its 1966 season
The announcement came from
Wynne, Jr., preaident
>uthwest Corporation,
__I of Six Flags,
be celebrating Ito fifth
the
acre theme amusement park lo-
cated in Arlington, Texas, mid-
way between Dallas and Fort
Worth, will open its 1966 season
on Friday, April 15 at 2 p.m.
Angus G~WF~
of Great Soi___
owner/operators
which will be cell
anniversary this year.
During the
(April 15-May 1
be In operation
noons and all day
Spring season
---------- 27), the park will
be In operation on Friday after-
noons and all day Saturday and
Sunday. Beginning May 28 and
extending throughout the sum-
mer months until _September _ 5
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days a week from
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1966, newspaper, March 17, 1966; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1278318/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.