Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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for the occasion.
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several highly successful programs
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and efficiency and increased u)H
Following a money-toeing
in 1082, the company bounced 1
See WILSON. Page
the TXL presidency. > ■ >
taking over the reins at
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hat winners
rtlficates oh ’
were: Mrs.
L C. Foster,
O’NeaL 825.
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inter the game as
season record to
and 2 losses
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County To Be Published
• Hstory of Franklin County'* a published in the near future which
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Kay Club Mount Vernon will be
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injuries. The pickup
turned In the south
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tine of year to greater than at any
other, warned M. P. Long. Mount
Vernon Fire Chief thia week.
"As dry as R to and everybody
knows how dry it has boon-grass
and brush fires prevent a grave
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Jr. and Norm
Pleasant; a I
H. Jagger jM
seven grandcl
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ok Ike largest turnouts of City. Mrs. Pi
ears win be on hand for Baltimore ant!
Lilienstern of
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Limits
Far
ig Election
* P*>“ The Franklin County Commies-
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Of
Fires At
The danger of grass ftree at this two flreo are
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Permanent Inj
SoughtAgainst
■ 1 ' prohibiting the defendants f*
such activities and was MfcjM
on Oct. 11 to Oct IT.
Mt Vernon Jr.
of the comparers growth di
the past few years l,_ " '
tire system and in th# Mount
non area
Post told those present “I know
you are
local op
non. To
we have made in Mount Vernon
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morning shortly before 8:00 o'clock^
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’pickup
Mrs. Godwin’s mother,
was Highway Patrolman
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MR. AND MRS. OPTICS hove
been telling their-Mends for the
last couple of days that it Whs gd-
ing to rain on Wednesday or
Thursday of this week. Their state-
ments were made with this ream-
ing: Each time during the past lev
years that a carload of
El
Facto and plans for the publica-
tion were discussed at the Key t
Club meetta* Thursday night. Ot.
ie. •
President Mrs. Dan M. Cargile
said “The coat of such a publication
is tremendous and the only feeaibla
way to offset the cost is to sate'
advertising. The history at the pre-
sent time is 3000 words but the
length book will be the determined
by the amount of advertising we
sell. We hope to sell enough adver-
Using so that the books can be sold
VarnJnfn at • popular price of 81.00 or 81.30
• OnHwy . wU’wHs
chairman of Franklin County
See BISTORT, Page J
IIAN DUPREE celebrated
yteenth year taking sever-
pa to the TeaaaGklahoma
his year and they ware re-
with an overwhelming
by underdog Texas. Guerts
MP Ms year were Foy Jean
id, Mr. and Mrs. P. R- Hope
a. David Bolger
Comparing the Gilmer scores InX
dicates that the Pirates will be 21
point favorites while the DeKalb
scores Indicate that the Pirates are
14 point favorites.
The Pirates are reputed to have
a strong defense with fullback
Ronny McAlester, guard Jimmy
Bdtutn. tackle Doyce Kennington
to and end Joe Marsh all playing oht-
Standtag defbnee
*■ They have a
which include. .
Coach Tom Martis
footbsU Mam defeat
Junior High team 28
field TWeaday night.
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VOLUME 90-KK jr” * •
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Fire Destroys mmm|
Saltillo Business H M
Tuesday Night j£fl
A fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the Carl Byrd service
Saltillo Tuesday night.
The fire was reported over the
Mount Vernon fire alarm system fl<&^7»,^
about lltojl.m Tuesday and the fl'
buiMHig -idtf-abiam an wafer by - flKflMHi
ere told that CHARI-
HUGHES domonstral
__, can make a pretty go
bus boy when th»
a jam during a rush period
Miller cafe during the pact we.
ed in our
>unt Ver-
progress
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comparison purposes is the gfoss
JM0 invested in telephone plant
M42; 842.400 tn 10M; i ‘
1,800 at the end tt 1882. By
« 30. 1062. thig hed increased
Bee TELEPHONE. Pago 8
Mt. V ernon-Pittsbi
Open Conference
j* The Mount Vernon Tigers and
the Pittsburg Pirates will meet at
sent including the Principal
Mattingly and teachers Mrs.
George and Miss Bertha 1------
Mathus Black W
2nd Free f “
capacity —t fiWI Mit <
injuries of
Mogdag sftym
t A suit.seeking dams
j 8128300, the second
■' Ms. was filed in T
h pdd is ttSwTiuirLala
m a-
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the only water available
b the truck. The Mount >1
irttoM 14. th.
the time tilp -Mount 1
truck arrived SteoaHg-
nlght. *--“■•’h
No effort was made i
tl^ fire as C
Was that on the tn .
Vernon truck and a truck from
Sulphur Springs, which arrived
later, devoted their efforts to keep-
ing the lire from spreading to other
nearby buildings.
At the height of the fire safety
valves cd a butane tank and a
diesel fuel tank released flames
which shot into the sky.
The building, which belonged
to Walter Hildreth ef Mount Ver-
non, was not covered by Insurance.
Mother of Local
Man Is Buried
In Arkansas
Final rites were conducted for
Martha Ann Smith, 68, who died
Sunday morning in a Paris, Arkan-
sas, rest home, at Providence, Ark-
ansas. near. Judsonia. Monday aft-
ernoon at 4:00 p.m.
Mrs. Smith was the mother of
Bill Smith manager of Rutherford
Drug Store of Mount Vernon.
Three other sons, Oliver. North
Hollywood, Calk.; Herbert, Big
Sandy; and Crivfea. Jtops Ark.. s«P
Vive. Also surviving are two brrth-
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passed to Max Count
efossod the goto Mae b
was called back on an
alty. On the next play i
carried over from four
The try to run for the i
C^r^ Frtday'**" <
The Hagansport Halloween Car-
nival will be held Friday night,
October 28.
They will start serving stow and
pit at 6:80.
The Queen’s cornation will begin qgr window.” He urged that hunt-
at 7:M and games will begin at en be very cautious. r/
fe-.cn and continue through 1M0t Long added that white Stone' tafe
....... .ToBeSpeake?
At C. of C. Banquet Here
* Leonard Passmore, former First
Assistant Attorney General, dur-
ing W0l Wilson's tenure in the
Office will be speaker for the an-
nual Franklin County Chamber of
stcj-jr
at 8:00 p.m.
Passmore previous to serving on
the Attorney General's staff was
.invx! .♦ ,*».< County Attorney of Franklin Coun-
.fficunev .„d ' * *nd ? well known here for his
wtt and ability to entertain his
audience. He is presently practie-
Ing law in Austin as a partner of
Passmore will be Introduced by
Edson Reynolds, retiring president
1 of the chamber.
Musical entertainment for the
evening will be furnished by the
-IteWv Trio
The invocation will be by Rich-
. and Perry and the benediction will
‘ be Lawrence Bridges. -
I ' Reynolds is retiring as ghMdoat
as well as a member of the board
along with Joe Young, Harold
Stephenson and Mack Mahaffey.
Carryover directors are Bill
; Smith. Ralph Canaday. Horris
Morris. A. J. Petty and Bill Meek.
! Hew directors who will take office
Kidwell. Solomon will serve as Ptos
president foe the eosning roae, tor
Meek will be vice-president and *un<
d|8h mM attoaBoWthe aurvMs* yernoi^Byyynngn^.^wo <
History Of Franklin
A 50-star American Flag was
i presented to the Winfield fehool
• In a noon ceremony last Wednes-
day by Wallaoe R. Fields, Secre-
tary of Camp f
• the World. » ’ L
be to supposed The flag was accepted hy MIK 1
ten Stanley and wee ratted on >
the flag pole along with the Texas •
flag. Ronald Eubanks expresaedlo
appreciation tar the flag and ted 1
the entire UM—t body to thfe g
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, tl
Clifton Fleming led the group lb tl
singing the first verse of America. K
'm, at about 438 p.rt. in Whteh
ne- dar driven by Lamm and a car
/[driven by the late Rev. Driggers
Snstafe in collision a abort distance
5 east of the Ripley Creek bridge
About fpur miles east of Mount
Vernon. . J 1
Utt petition allegos that Me
ear driven by Driggers was parti-
ally on tbS wrong side of the road
at the time of the accident
Driggbrs died H'
the accident at Tit
oriel Hospital In Mount Pleasant.
Lamm, his wife Laquitta and son
Vincent were seriously injured in
the accident The Lamm car was
demolished. ’z
The suit seeks 850.000 for per-
sonal injuries to Laquitta Lamm
for medical expenses, mental an-
guish, pain, suffering and dimin-
ished capacity to work and per-
form the usual household duties
—# m h nxamwiwFftto. ' *
oi a nousewire
The suit seeas 860.000 for per-
sonal injuries to Ray Lamm be-
cause of pain, discomfort, past
and future, part and future to- _
capacity, lose of future earning iit^me'iy"^total Mth” Anything
Pittsburg will enter the
favorites and a i
date of 2 wins. f
• «• Ftolde. Pittsburg opened
266, Woodmen Of a 64 tie with Nfev,
. .... 2<Mt’ *«* m
to Gllaaerr 264. PI
id 26 points to 8
Telephone Company
Entertains Local C. of €»£
60 meters of.tee ^,;a|i'.C. and
telephoto compaBg, representatives
J.wsgu 4b)$nd for-^-'--------
t 1
Ceu^2r Men!* danger to lives as well aa proper- *
ty,” Long said.
He recalled the tragic conflagra- k
tion of November. 1950 which .. . .
swept 16,000 acres of land In Upl(1 Mill
Franklin and Wood counttoe and nivi
destroyed 25 buildings, as well as f
other near-disastors of recent old
years. at
"As autumn comes, tee gram and
t-ees will continue to dry out,”
T-“! "end unless we get
rota, which Isn’t likely, the litua-
tion will get even more danger-
«*•’’ . ..
The beet way to prevent pasture
fires, according to Long, is to be-
Large Damage J
I In District Court
’ It else aeokn
for the lorn ef
Tbe ssdt WM
J- A1m BUtfwl
me with one w
ee losses. Moult
» season with a
lb, lost to Gfln
• IMTWon os
rant Vernon baa
83 for their op
THREE ARKANSAS RESIDENTS w4w injured tert Saturday i ______ ,
the driver of this 1902 Cbfevrolet pickup lost control of the vehicle on a curve
sport on Farm Road 11 and it overturned. All occupants were taken to 1
by M L. Edwards and Co. ambulances. Driver of the pickup was Fred Thoma. Godwin. 61,
Queen, Ark., who received laceration and a fractured collar bote. Passengers in the n
his wife Mrs. Fred (Clara) Godwin, 82, who received lacerations
Maggie Styles, 88, who received lacerations. Investigating oK _ _
noth Hyman who was gaslsted by Highway Patrolman Fred Menton and Franklin County Sheriff
John E. (Junior) Tittle. Two residents of the area are assisting Mrs. Godwin who received only minor
j went on to the north shoulder of the highway toerved across the paving and over-
th ditch facing in the opposite direction from which it was traveling.
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Lone Star Steel Company Names
G. A. Wilson Chairmin of Board
DAI-LAS. Texas *- Georgs ’a. (since June 1962, Wednesday was Board of Directors to fill the vao-
Wilson, president and chief eae- elected to the additional port s« ancy created by the totir—3nt ef
cutive of Lone Star Sttel Co . | chairman of the company's E. B. Germany, whoee reeigMtlon
---------------- ----------------- .... - -z was accepted by the board effective
‘ ri Oct 1.
The action was a Mghligbt of
the board’s quarterly meeting held
here. .v . T ■;
Mr. Wilson moved to Lone Star
-il from TXL* Oil Corp., where
he was president until---
with Texaco Inc., ta J
graduated Tulane d!
('Passmore
military Petroleum Advisory Board .
and director of Petroleum Supply A A
and TranapcrtaUen for the Petrol- .
eum Administration for War.
Wilson returned ta Standard OU I
ta 1945, In 1946 be became presi-
dent of interstate Oil Natural Gas
Company and in 1954, president of
Interstate Oil Pipeline Co., and
Yellowstone Pipeline Company. He
ced In i
istrict.
wrintendent of the Pitt
A hearing was ta progress here
Thursday wbersby tee State of
Texaa to seeking to restrain Wray
Wlbto, R. C. Buckner and Howard
Bros.. Inc., from transporting or
aiding and abetting ta transpor-
ting crushed rock and crushed
limestone rock for compensation
corpcrated cities, towns or villages
without the carriers of such com-
modlttos first having obtained a
certificate of public convenience
and necessity or permit issued by
tl*ABtemporary restraining order
was granted the state on Oct 2
PERSONALS
VLt. and Mrs. Raymon
iir« Rex Prvoo <
mt visited with Mn
id Britie Christian
w visiters with them wore
Taylor and son. Tommy, of
pring and Mr and Mrs. Ever-
(ylor of Jefferson and D. C.
IV and Steve of Denison.
ly can cause fires unless care ia
used ta extingulahlng them com-
ptotrty. "Hold a match until it's
cool enough to hold between your
fingers before throwing it Sway,"
Long aaid, "and never throw a
lighted cigarette butt out of your
on bo very cauttouo.
Sfe bell. 4l*
j varied offense
everything from the
iri T fetbe
Vernon. "
in Mount V<
ce'iuaLuHl
under a shed fof two dayx waiting
for it to quit raining. Sure enough,
it rained Wednesday afternoon, not I .
much but enough to damage news- Winfield School r TUer F1*ld ,n MoUnt Vernon ’**-
Jt.aw. wS-»Given a & fjbs,f.J*
ExCCi 6t from demlhunity col- a JWLatar American Flair was WHaha.n* will aakaa
o u. game MITV at Pwtey
We uiMtarstand*that FRED HO-
wGJrumlng’ 7/
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1963, newspaper, October 17, 1963; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1278354/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.