Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1972 Page: 3 of 8
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS
Marvin Jones, Auctioneer
WEST MAIN
MT. VERNON, TEXAS
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Doyle Wood Third Annual Sale
Friday, March 10, 1972, 12:00 Noan
RANGE CUBES
CREEP FEEDS
DAIRY FEEDS
Gold Seal Sport
4 Ply Polyester
S/Sa Wide Track
2 Plus 2
Franklin County, Texas
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ONE GROUP
LADIES1 & GIRLS'
Twin Belt
2 Plus 2
Directions: From Sulphur Springs, Texas take Hwy. 11 east four miles to Martin
Springs store, then one mile south to Dairy. Watch for auction signs.
200 - Milking cows and heifers, milking 45 to 90 pounds
All have freshened in the last 90 days
50 - Springing heifers to freshen from sale date to next 10
days
25 - Second calf cows to freshen from sale date to next 30
days
40 - Holstein heifers ready to hreed
All of these are out of Northern cows raised on the
Wood farm
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS
Phone: A. C. 214-885-7188
LUNCH AVAILABLE
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THIS RED OAK TREE, donated by Bill Hill in memory of his father M. L. Hill, is being
planted by a group of Freshmen students under the direction of Dwight Bolin during
the Arbor Day planting on Wednesday, Feb. 23. (Photo by M.V.H.S. Vo-Ag Dept.).
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LIFE INSURANCE
Mt. Vernon Insurance
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537-2295 mMk Mt. Vernon
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wood tree which was planted
in memory of hie late wife
Mix Rex Sinclair.
Following the tree planting
refreshments were served to
the teacher* and atudenta
participating by the Mt. Ver-
non Parent-Teacher Associa-
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60 - Heifers weighing 200 to 500 pounds with the same
quality and breeding as the larger heifers.
10 - Holstein bulls, 18 months to 2 years old w ith good size
and quality. Five of these bulls are registered.
This is one of the best groups of cattle ever offered for sale in Northeast Tex-
as. Doyle has picked these cattle out of over 2,000 head. They have size, quality
and excellent udders. All of the milking, springing cows, and heifers are from the
north. Not a three fitted, or light quartered cow in the herd.
OWNERS: MR. AND MRS. DOYLE WOOD
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waa read and also dedicated
to Miss Blnnion at the tree
planting ceremony. The poem
read: “Oaks”, Mis* Blnnion:
We choose today to plant for
you. An Oak to stand tall
andl true, And when the yean
have come and gone, Our
tree and you will stili live on.
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Madison Mitchell each donat-
ed pin oak trees that were
planted in memory of the
late Madison Mitchell.
Mra. H. E. Ramsay donated
a magnolia tree that was
planted in honor of W. M.
Stribling, a former superin-
tendent of the Mt. Vernon
Independent School District.
Miss Vatra Solomon’s first
grade planted a red oak tree
in honor of Miss Irene Bln-
nion, a former teacher in the
Mt. Vernon schools. Mias Sol-
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former superintendent of the
Mt Vernon Independent
School District.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill HUI do-
nated a red oak tree that was
planted in memory of Mr.
'Hill’s father M. L HUI.
Mrs. Ralph Robertson's
third grade planted a red oak
tree in memory of Mrs- Flon-
nie Guthrie, a former teach-
er in the Mt. Vernon Elemen-
tary School.
Mr*. Max Simon* and Mr*.
GLEN FOWLER furnished this tractor and large diameter post hole digger which was
used to dig the holes to plant the approxim atelv 3G0 trees and shrubs on the' Mt. Vernon
School campus on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Floyd Fowler, son, of Glen, is operating the tractor
and others in the picture are: Tony Stone, Neal Cox and Ray Hoffman. Another son,
Arion Fowler also operated the tractor. The two Fowler toys and other Vo-Ag students
worked about three days last week digging the holes. (Optic-Herald Staff Photol.
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East Texas Discount Tire Center
H. E. (Lucky) RAMSAY, Owner 537-9270
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Arbor Day Program, Tree Planting Is Held at Local Sch
An Arbor Day program
was presented by the Mt.
Vernon Beta Club under the
sponsorship of Bill Hill In the
school auditorium on
day, Feb. 22.
The Arbor Day observance
and planting of approximate-
ly 300 trees and shrubs was
carried out under the spon-
sorship of the Mt Vernon
Classroom Teachers Associa-
tion. The tree planting sched-
uled for Tuesday afternoon
was delayed until Wednesday
due to rain
The Invocation for the Ar-
bor Day program was given
by Phillip Watson, pastor of
the First Baptist Church The
High School Choir sang "Am-
erica Tlie Beautiful ’ A mes-
sage from J W Edgar. Texas
Commissioner of Education,
was read by Clifton Walker
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friends.
Pallbearers were Fleet
Moulton, Fred Barker, Dan
McDonough, Bill Stinson,
Harry Richardson and Butch
Reyes.
Nancy Slaughter, Cindy Hil-
liard, Thelma Mitcham, Dab-
ble Bacon, Sharon Benaen,
Anthony Bolin, Dianne Carr
and Kay Eaaley.
The aong, “Smokey The
Bear”, wa* sung by the school
choir. The poem, “What Do
We Plant" by Henry Miller,
wa* recited by Teresa Hill.
Tip* on transplanting trees
were given by Tim Evans,
Marlon Hill, Rebecca Grif
fl th, Mike Johnson, Vlki
Jone* and Ruth Lester.
Guest speaker for the oc-
casion was Charlie Brown,
Franklin County Agent.
“Texas Our
sung by the
Choir.
The trees and shrubs were
Final Services
Conducted For
Leon Williams
Funeral services were con-
ducted for Leon Williams
Tuesday, Feb. 29, at 10:30
a m. in the Sam Harvey Chap-
el with Rev. Don Holt and
Rev. John E. Whitt officiat-
ing. Burial was( in Mt. Vernon
Cemetery.
Williams passed away Feb.
27 at Franklin County Hos-
pital at the age of 61. He was
bom Feb. 9, 1911 in Franklin
County to Homer Williams
and the former Dell Newscfm.
He was a veteran of World
War H and a long-time mem-
ber of the First United Meth-
odist Church in Mt. Vernon.
He owned and operated a tel-
evision repair shop in Mt.
Pleasant at the time of his
death.
Survivors include his moth-
er, Mrs. Dell Williams of Mt.
Vernon; one brother, H. K.
Williams, Jr., of Dallas; and
host of other relatives and
memory of or In honor of cer-
tain ixdlviduals.
Mra. Nimmie J. Banks do-
nated two slaah pine trees
that were planted in memory
of her late husband, Lewi* T.
Banka.
Mrs. Mary Nell Jennings
donated a magnolia tree that
was planted in memory of her
late husband Jack Henry and
son Billy Max Henry.
Mr. and Mr*. Otl* Slaugh-
ter, Jr., donated a magnolia
tree that waa planted in hon-
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and a message from Paul R.
Cramer, director ot thp Texas
Forestry Service, waa read by
Mark Clinton.
The poem, “Trees" by
Joyce Kilmer, was presented
by Dawn Reynolds.
The history of Arbor Day
was presented by Linda Scott,
Jan Banman, Richard Banks,
Jerri Bass and George Tay-
lor.
The importance of trees
was presented by Neva Mills,
Deryl Carr, Melissa Simons,
Bobby Stinson, Judy Glover
and Dennis Jordan.
A group recitation of the
poem, “What Trees Teach
Us” by Hellen C. Hoyt, wa*
presented by Joy Baugh, Ja-
leta Beckham, Carolyn Bor-
den, Mary Ruth Borden, Julie
Hammond, Kenneth Carrel,
all donated by various indivi-
dual* and groups while sever-
al of them were donated in
Historical
Meeting Set
The Franklin County His-
torical Survey Committee will
meet Friday night, March 3,
at 7:30 in the home of Miss
Virgie Beth Hughes. All
members are urged to attend.
Anyone else interested in
what the Committee is doing
will be welcome.
The Committee will be
serving chicken spaghetti and
homemade cobbler in the
school cafeteria tonight,
(Thursday), from 5:30 p.m.
until program time, preced-
ing the Oak Ridge Boys Ben-
efit program for the Franklin
County Baseball Association.
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1972, newspaper, March 2, 1972; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1281213/m1/3/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.