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MOUNT VERNON (FRANKLIN COUNTY), TEXAS
VOLUME 96—NO. 48
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1971
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with the City of Mt. Vernon
and MAW Recreation Facility
and instructed President Carl
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Yates said presently they
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Tiger football
began Monday
One
Quarterback Club
Supper On Friday
will be available at the supper
with plans calling for increas- I
membership of the i
THE 1971-72 MT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL TIGER CHEERLEADERS
have recently returned from the summer cheerleading school at Southern
Methodist University. During the week the girls were evaluated and re-
ceived two superior ribbons, two excellent ribbons and an honorable
mention during competition. The cheerleaders are going to be working
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hard to get everyone involved in the school spirit and ask the help of
everyone. The cheerleaders are from left to right: Jan Banman, junior:
Carolyn Borden, junior; Teresa Hill, senior, head cheerleader, Dawn
Reynolds, senior. Nancy Slaughter, junior and Jerri Bass, junior
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New officers will be elected
for the coming year. Outgo-
ing officers besides Horton
are: John Stinson, vice-presi-
dent and James Benson, sec-
retary-treasurer.
The supper will be catered
by Ernie's Barbecue of Green-
ville.
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Play Day
Winners Are
Announced Here
The Mt. Vernon Riding
Club has announced the win-
ners of the July Play Day.
Events, age group, and win-
ners were as follows:
Pole Bending, 0-8.
Larry J. Vititowe,
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Sears Speaks On
Schools At Rotary
Walter Sears, Superinten-
dent of the Mt. Vernon Inde-
pendent School District,
spoke at the meeting of the
Mt. Vernon Rotary Club last
Friday on modem day edu-
cation and its rising cost. He
was the gliest of Phillip Wat-
son who had charge of the
program for the day.
Sears opened his remarks
by stating. "Taxes is the price
we pay for freedom "
He declared that we can
have a stripped down model
in our educational system
but 1 don't think the people
of Franklin County or any-
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Five and one-half
casing was run last week af-
ter drill stem tests reported-
ly indicated possible produc-
tion Perforations were made
but reports indicated salt wa-
•passenger was
[leased and
admitted.
I Green said the train s en-
gineer was Joe Hawkins, Jr
[>f Commerce.
a stripped
for their
Two Injured In
Winfield Car-
Train Accident
A car-train wreck in Win-
field Monday at 3:50 pm. sent
two Winfield residents to the
hospital with injuries not be-
lieved to be serious.
According to Highway Pa-
'trolman Jerry Green, who in-
vestigated the accident,
collision occurred _
street in
1966 Ford,
$150 00, $125.00
30-day jail
probated, for one
assessed in the
cases in Judge
Ramsay's County
Hamon’s Chitsey Field
! Extension Is In Doubt
Free, Reduced Pric
Lunch Policy Of
School Announced
plicants were
and considered,
assume his duties on Septem-
ber 1.
Russell. who is married and
has a ion Steve. 2. attended
the University of Arkansas
Y T. Horton. outgoing
president of the Quarterback
Club of Mt Vernon, announc-
ed this week that the club's
annual supper will be held at
the school cafeteria Friday
night, August 20. at 6:30 p.m.
Horton said the 6:30 start-
ing time was set to make it
possible for everyone attend-
ing to see the Dallas-Cleve-
land football game.
All members of the club
Last year and their w'ives are
urged to attend.
Horton revealed that a con-
certed drive to sell season
tickets for all of the Tiger
home games will be kicked
off at the supper. He said of-
ficers have set a goal of 350
season tickets sold previous
to the Tigers first home game
with Quitman on Sept. 10
Quarterback Club
Vernon membership
workout each day started on
Thursday with the beginning
of classes.
Yates said the first three
days were spent working in
shorts with the entire squad
working hard and showing
lots of enthusiasm He said he
is real optimistic about this
year's team even though he
has only eight lettermen from
last years team returning
He revealed that only one
scrimmage is planned at this
a nine county area
presented August 23 in
special meeting in Paris.
The session, sponsored by
the Texas Association of Rur-
al Water Corporations, will
start at 7:00 p.m. at the Holi-
day Inn, located at the inter-
section of Loop 286 and High-
way 271.
Water system leaders from
Bowie. Delta, Fannin. Frank-
lin, Grayson, Hopkins. Lamar,
Red River and Titus counties
will be given information on
a new Water Utilities Train-
ing Schoo) for rural systems,
being developed this summer
at Texas A&M University, to
I We hear that at least one
ocaj man evidently doesn't
inderstand what going cat-
ishlng means. Local rural
nail carrier EDSON REY
HOLDS was noticed in his
lard with his rod and reel
vying to entice the family
Mt to strike hi* lure.
topping the
71,684,656 barrels
Ector with 68.-
562,247 and Scurry with 58.-
085,376.
Gregg remained
time champion with a cumu-
la' ve production of 2.2 bil-
lion barrels Ector is second
with 1 7 billion barrels.
The officer said Mrs. Grid-
and a passenger in her car,
~ " i were both
[taken to the Franklin County
[Hospital in Mt. Vernon The
treated and re-
Mrs Grider was
I outs for the
team which
I and ended Wednesday.
Level Of Lake
Continues To Rise
K P Lesier, a member of
the Board of Directors of the
Franklin County Water Dis-
trict. reported on Wednesday
that the level of Lake Cypress
Springs continues to rise.
The water level of the lake
had risen on Wednesday to
347 feet. 6:lL inches above sea
level.
The lake contained 8,450
acre feet which is 57 acre feet
more than reported on August
4. The lake covered 920 sur-
face acres which is five more
than the August 4 report
County 3,722,392
Barrels During 1970
DALLAS. August 19. 1971-
Production of Texas crude
oil last year again hit an all-
time high while additions to
reserves continued to lag. ac-
cording to the latest compli-
Criminal Justice
Study Grant Is
Approved For Area
AUSTIN - Three criminal ,
justice action grants totaling
discussed $29,717 were granted units of I
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hjewsome to
tions immediately.
Monthly bills of the dis-
trict were read and payment
of same was ordered.
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Manager Is Hired For Local Water District
The Board of Directors of
the Franklin County Water
District hired Marion Russell.
26. of Springdale, Ark., as
manager for the district at
their meeting on Monday. Be-
sides Russell, two other ap-
44 Players Report For Football Practice
Coach Bill Yates said this
week that 44 boys have re-
ported for two-a-day work-
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first.
Sulphur
Springs; 9-11, first, Cindy Si-
mons, Mt. Vernon; 12-15,
first. Jerry Bogue. Mt Ver-
non: second. Billy Condrey,
Mt. Vernon; third. Debbie
Simons, Mt. Vernon; 16-18,
first, Jimmy Foster. Mt. Ver-
non; second, Melissa Simons,
Mt. Vernon; adults, first, Si-
las Bacon, Mt. Vernon and
second, Judy Temple, Sulphur
Springs.
Straight Away Barrels, 0-8,
first, Larry J. Vititowe, Sulp-
hur Springs; second, John
Gandy, Mt. Vernon; 9-11,
(See WINNERS. Page 5)
Twenty-five cases were
filed in Justice of the Peace
and County Court during the
past week and three persons
filed on earlier for driving
while intoxicated were asses-
sed fines and probated sen-
tences In County Court.
Fines of
and $100 00 plus
sentences
year were
three D W I
Lanny
Court.
One case was filed in Coun-
ty Court for the abandon-
ment of wife and children
and one new D.W.I. case was
filed In which a cash bond
was made. Two speeding
cases were appealed to Coun-
ty Court with each posting an
be offered this fall in various
sections of the state. The fav-
orable results of efforts of
TARWC in the field of taxa-
tion will also be explained.
Bill Lawson. Chief of Com-
munity Services of the State
Office of Farmers Home Ad-
ministration in Temple, will
discuss future development of
systems throughout the state
and will answer questions
system representatives will
have concerning their opera-
tions.
Bob Barrow. Bonham, and
A A Bentsen. Clarksville.
District Directors of TARWC,
emphasized the importance of
the session stating, "Rural
water supply corporations are
new in the state compared to
other rural services, and it
is vital that meetings be held
to allow an exchange of ideas
and a presentation of the ser-
vices offered through the
State
An invitation is
to rural residents
inch ter at the perforated depth
It was also reported that
casing was [lulled after ef
forts to bring the well in
tailed. and I hat plans are to
lenient the hole and make
perforations at another lev-
el
The test is the thud for tile
field and completion would
amount to an extension of
the pay area. It is an offset
to the Chitsey disc ivery well.
Ihe Sparks location is 2,800
fe<t northeast of the Jhitsey
i. ell. The second te.t dru’.jd
to the southwes' was a fail-
ure
Pits have been dug and site
clean d for a new Smackover
exploration by Westland (Ml
Company about three miles
southwest of the Chitsey
Field discovery well. Location
is on a 2'i-acre J C. Vangin-
just east of FM-
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Rural Water Coop
Meeting In Paris
AUSTIN - Detailed infor-
mation concerning the rural
water supply corporations in
will be
a
It was in doubt this week
as to whether Jake 1. Ham-
ons No. 1 Dottie Sparks test,
an anticipated extension of
the Chitsey field. could be
completed as a producer
where else want
down education
children.
Today s education requires
many more courses and our
must complete 12
education. Sears
School Board Of
Equalization To
Meet August 24
The Board of Equalization
of the Mt. Vernon Indepen-
dent School District will meet
Tuesday, August 24 with rep-
resentatives of oil and utility
companies with property in
Ihe district.
I The board will meet at a
ater date with local property
jwners
optics
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interested when the present one ends,
in the development of similar!
water and sewer systems to
attend the session
Lowered To *1.00
payers paid this last
they will pay $2.00 in the year
coming up
A group of citizzens from
the Denton area of the city
appeared before the council
and asked that the city ex-
tend water and sewer to that
area. The council ordered
that a cost study be made by
the city s engineers and told
the group they would extend
tile facilities as soon as funds
arc available
The council approved noti-
fying Fire Chief M. P. Long
that the $15.00 per month
which is paid for supervision
of maintenance of the fire
trucks should be paid to Ken-
neth Cason
"The best investment we
can make is in our youth and
the investment in a season
ticket and Quarterback Club
membership is but one small
way that we can all show our
interest and support for the
Tiger football team, the Ti-
ger band, the cheerleaders,
the Tigerettes and the entire
student body of our school,”
Horton declared.
local government in the Ark-
Tex State Planning Region
today by Governor Preston
child ren
years of
pointed out.
Man's knowledge from
Christ to 1800 doubled, doubl-
ed again from 1800 to 1930,
doubled again from 1930 to
I960 and the next doubling is
anticipated by 1975, Sears re-
vealed.
Things are moving real fast
and if a business man has an
important matter to take up
in New York or San Francis-
co. he doesn’t write, he calls
Sears declared
Text books, Sears revealed,
change rapidly with all hooks
being changed out every five
years, with science and other
books being changed more of-
ten for our schools are mak-
ing every effort to present up
to date, factual information to
the students.
He revealed that the 1958-
59 Mt. Vernon school budget
was $278,000 but the budget
for the past year. 1970-71,
was $721,000.
Since 1958, Sears pointRn
out, new programs have been
introduced into our schools.
He revealed that since 1965,
when the national defense
education act was passed, that
$65,000 has been put into the
science program at the local
school.
Sears said Title I Educa-
tion Act aid to disadvantaged
children in the local school
has amounted to $255,000 and
Title II aid to the
has totaled $11,000.
He said the state and fed-
eral government is now pay-
ing for an LVN Nursing pro-
gram for adults through the
local school and he feels they
extended I will approve another class
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if th? Texas Mid-Con-
tinent Oil A Gas Association
The states oil fields pro-
duced 1.2 billion barrels of
crude bringing the total for
the past 81 years of recorded
production to 34.1 billion
barrels
"Economic benefits from
the production were felt
throughout Texas, ' says Ken-
' ”eth E Montague. Associa-
tion president, “as 205 of the
state's 254 counties had pro-
ducing oil wells. It is unfor-
tunate that more oil was pro-
duced than was found in Tex-
as-pulling our reserves down
for the third straight year. '
Franklin County, which has
had recorded production
since 1936, had a total crude
oil output of 127,409,983 bar-
rels up to the beginning of
1971. Franklin County pro-
duction in 1970 was 3,722,392
barrels at the rate of 10,198
barrels daily.
Fifteen counties produced
more than 25 million barrels
with Andrews
list with
followed by
,iuIt tract
3019
Location has been staked,
by Humble Oil and Refining
Co. in the Hawkins field for
No. 5 H. C. LaForce for a
5,000 foot Woodbine test one
mile northwest of Hawkins.
It is located 900 feet from
south and 1,800 feet from the
(See CHITSEY, Pare 5)
The money will come from
the Criminal Justice Council,
which oversees statewide law
enforcement planning and
administers funds
U.S. Department
for crime control projects in
Texas.
Ark-Tex Council of Gov- |
ernments was awarded $17.-
898 for a management study
of criminal justice procedures
in the area The study, which
encompasses six judicial dis-
tricts and 13 counties, will be
an in-depth survey of prose-
cution processes.
Data will be obtained
through questionnaires and
interviews with judges, prose-
cutors and clerks in the re-
gion. The study will focus on
problem areas that cause de-
lays in prosecution and final
disposition of criminal cases.
The counties to be served
are Umar, Red River, Bowie.
Delta, Hopkins, Franklin, Ti-
tus, Morris, Cass, Fannin,
Camp and Marion.
Ix>cal matching contribu-
(See JUSTICE. Page 5>
The Mt. Vernon City Coun-
| cil. in session Tuesday, Au-
gust 10, voted to lower the
tax rate on property within
the city from $1.50 per $100.-
00 valuation to $1.00 per
$100 00 valuation
The action was taken after i
Edward Morrow, tax assessor-
collector for the Mt. Vernon
Independent School District,
which assesses and collects
taxes for the city, appeared
before the council and told
them that valuations are be-
ing increased from 25 per-
cent of actual value to 50 per-
cent of actual value.
In essence, the action
means that city taxes will in-
crease For each $1 50 tax-
He pointed out
1969 legislature
reaching changes in the edu-
cation program with more
emphasis placed on vocation-
al education and providing
for public kindergarten In
the future he said he can see
all five-year-olds in kinder-
garten.
Sears pointed out that in
1949 Texas schools changed
to 12 grades and with kinder-
garten it will go to 13 grades.
He pointed out that the
Gilmer-Aikin bill in 1948 re-
lievi'd many districts which
did not h \ e -neiigh money
to opoi ate
Sears argued that the 180-
day school year costs more
money, that teachers have
adequate facilities to teach,
hut tliis also costs money, and
that teacher salaries is Mn-
other area of added cOBt. He
former Elementary School
pointed out that beginning
teachers In 1948 were paid
$3,000 per year and in 1971
this has Increased to $6,000
(See SEARS. Pago »>
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number of persons in
family and any unusual
cumstances or hardships
which affect the family's abil-
ity to pay for school lunches.
The information provided on
the application will be confi-
dential and will be used only
for the purpose of determin-
ing eligibility.
Under the provisions of
the policy the principals will
review applications and de-
termine eligibility. If a parent
is dissatisfied with the ruling
of the local official he may
make a request either oral-
ly or in writing for a hearing
(See FREE, Page 5»
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on a city
Winfield when a
driven by Mrs.
Icharlene Gibson Grider pull-
ied into the path of a St. Louis
[Southwestern freight train.
Green said the car was travel-
iig south and the train was
[going west.
appeal bond
Nine cases were filed in
Justice of the Peace court by
Highway Patrolmen Six were
filed on for speeding, one for
failure to control speed and
two for being drunk
The Motor Carrier Division
of the Texas Department of
Public Safety filed nine cases.
Five were filed on for exces-
sive weight, one for no com-
mercial operators license, two
for not having a motor vehi-
cle inspecticn sticker and one
for having no motor carrier
cab card
The Franklin County Sher-
iff's Department filed three
cases, two against minors for
possession of alcoholic bever-
ages and one for an improper
start from a parked position.
Mount Vernon Independent
School District today an-
nounced a free and reduced
I>rice lunch policy for Mount
Independent School
District school children un-
able to pay the full price.
Local school officials have
adopted family size and
come scale to assist them in
determining eligibility The
policy calls for a family of
two, including one school age
child. with income of less
than $2,040, the child will re-
ceive a free lunch. If the fam-
ily income is between $2,041
to $2,670 the child would pay
20 cents for its school lunch.
The size of family, number of
school age children and in-
come scales are graduated
until a family of 12 including
seven school age children,
with income of $8,080. the
children would receive free
school lunches.
Families falling within
these scales or those suffer-
ing from unusual circum-
stances or hardships are
urged to apply for free or re-
duced price lunches for their
children. They may do so by
filling in the application
forms sent home in a letter
to parents. Additional copies
are available at the princi-
pal's office in each school.
Applications may be submit-
ted any time during the
school year. The form itself
is simple to complete and re-
quests information needed to
determine economic need
based on the income and
where he received his bache-
lor of science degree in agri-
culture. He has served two
years in the army, having
been discharged in February.
1970. Since that time he has
worked as a cattle broker
and rancher.
Russell graduated from
Odessa High School previous
to the tim« he moved to Ark-
ansas with his family.
The board discussed the
progress of leaie back ar-
rangements with adjoining
landowners who sold to the
district which is being handl-
ed bv T J Davis.
Th » board .also
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