Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1957 Page: 2 of 10
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ton visited her father, Sam Gar-
retson and wife, in Mt. Vernon,
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Everette Hendrix
of Mt. Vernon attended services
at the Baptist Church Sunday.
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ill, to Tyler to attend the funeral
of Mn. J. W. Love, at 10 o'clock
at Burke-Walker-Ttppett Funeral
homo. Bra. Love is the step-
mother of Mrs. Earl Spruill. Shs
haa bean ill for more than a year.
Interment was in the Rose Hill
cemetery in Tyler.
Mr. and Mrs. Cranford Nara-
more spent Bunday with
daughter, Mrs. Fleming
and family in Greggton.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carlock and
son, Randy, of Henderson, visited
his mother, Mrs. Ida Carlock, on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Taylor of
Tennessee are visiting their cou-
sin, Mrs. Alfred Smith and fam-
ily, and uucle, G. W. Dickey. Mrs.
Alfred Smith and son, Roy, are
returning to Tennessee with them
for a week’s visit.
Bunice Kipder
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Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fuller
Carol over the week end.
Mrs. Darlene Copes, Jean
Dewitt of Dallas visited Mr.
Mrs. W. A. Martin over the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin
visited in Sulphur Bluff Wednes-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Sustalre and
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In ISIS Peter Minnlt purchased
Manhattan Island from the In-
diana for trlnkleta worth about
114.00.
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Nellda of Dallas visited Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Sustalre ovar the weak
and.
Will Davis is vialting kta
daughter, Mrs. R. L. Sustalre, and
Mr. Sustalre.
Mrs. Essie
Francis Crump visited Mrs. W. A.
Martin Sunday afternoon.
The youth meeting will be held
Monday night, Jan. 28, at Macon
Baptist Church. All young people
are invited to attend.
tamanU 'ppsaring in tha Mt. Varnon Optic Harald will ba
eallad to Jia attention of tha editor
Springs,
dinner in
Vick.
Linda Peugh was a Sunday din-
ner guest of Nicky Knotts.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Turrentine
and boys of Dallas visited his par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Ruby Turren-
tine, Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Fuller
and children of Arlington visited
and
a birthday
Mrs. L. B.
- YOUR MARCH OF DIMES MONEY
HOW IT 4/AS USED FROM 1938 THROUGH 1955
three children of Dallas are visit-
ing her mother and brother, Mrs.
Laura Gaddis, and Louis Gaddis ®tha Kinder, of Texarkana,
and family, since last Wednesday.
Mr a. Goldie Montgomery of
Farmers Academy visited her
aunt, Berrie Lee Spruill and fam-
ily, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Cary and
family spent Sunday with his
brother, Dale Cary and family. In
Weaver and attended services at
Weaver Baptist Church.
Sgt. and Mrs. Gene Reed came
home Sunday from Roswell, N.
M., where he received his dis-
charge.
Mrs. Dean Rammage spent the
week end with her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Bob Rammage, In Omaha.
Mrs. Ruby Sharp, husband and
grandson of Weatherford spent
this week end with her sister,
Mrs. Ben Alexander and husband.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thomas and
family of Longview spent the week
end with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Thomas, and Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Kirk, Sr.
Harry Spruill of Dallas came
early Saturday morning and car-
ried his mother. Mrs. J. W. Spru-
Ak sri
(Delayed from L<«*< Week)
The W.M.U. ladies met at the
Baptist Church Monday afternoon
for their regular Royal Service
mlaaion program.
Men Of the paptivt Church are
working hard now, trying to com-
plete the reat rooma in the church.
The Brothefhf 2 „
held Saturday night, January it,
after the meeting squirrel atew
was enjoyed.
Those vialting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Havens and
Juqultta Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. L. B. Vick and girls and Mr.
and Mrs. R. V. Irby of Sulphur
They had
honor of
very sick with strep throat. She
Is reported improving. Her non,
Lawrence and wife, of Mt Pleas-
ant, are attending her.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wright of
Mt. Pleasant visited their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Mace Wright and
Mr. and Mrs. A. Fox, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Johnson vis-
ited hla mother, Mrs. Susie Scog-
gins, in the Midway community
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Bridges
and eon, Winifred, of Bridges
Chapel, were dinner guests Sun-
day of her sister, Mrs. Oscar
Shurtleff and husband.
Aunt Matt Sinclair has not
been doing well the past week.
Her niece, Mrs. Effie Mae Rector,
of Sulphur Springs spent Tues-
day and Wednesday with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Capps and j
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WINFIELD NEWS
By MRS. J. W. SPRUILL
They are getting water from a
deep well recently dug at the
church parsonage.
Jan and Ann Owens of Farmers
Academy spent Friday night with
Linda Fay Broach.
Mrs. Mary Allen was found In
her apartment Thursday morning
brother,
were
honored with a birthday dinner
Sunday in the )iome of Mr. and
Mrs. Bunice Kinder. Those at-
tending were Mr. and Mrs. Otha
Kinder and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ev-
erette Hendrix, Mrs. Tina Kinder
of Mt. Vernon, and Mr. and Mrs.
B. O. Kinder. The honored guests
received many nice gifts.
Rev. W. 8. Milton left Monday
morning for Fort Worth to attend
th Evangelistic Conference.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith and
children vlalted hla sister, Mrs.
Willie Coe and family, in Patton-
ville Sunday.
Mrs. Julia Nell Pierson and
and children of Dallas spent Sat-
urday In Tyler with her brother.
Earl Spruill and family, and re-
turned to WMnfield In the after-
noon and spent the night and Sun-
day with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Spruill.
Thelmer Patterson is ill with
flu this week in his home here.
Mrs. Pete Coston has received
letter from her mother,
Clower, who is In
man's Nursing Home, in Dainger-
field. that she is In a very nice
place and Is feeling better already.
Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Milton
made a business trip to McKinney
Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Laura Gaddis returned
home with her daughter. Mrs.
Norma Jean Capps of Dallas, on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Willie Allen carried Mrs.
Blanche May to Clarksville Wed-
nesday after she had word that
her sister, Mrs. Arthur Amerson,
had suffered a heart attack. She
is still with her. Mrs, Mary New-
som accompanied Mrs. Allen.
The Methodist people had a
"family night” program and sup-
per at the Methodist Church Mon-
day night.
Hollis Smith of Wilson is visit-
ing his mother, Mrs. Eula Smith.
W. W. Stanley returned home
Friday from a visit with his sons,
j Leslie of San Antonio and Olin of
Houston.
I Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hous-
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District Clerk
Justice of Peace...
Commissioner of Pct No. 1.™
Commissioner of Pct. No. 2
Commissioner of Pct No. 3
Commissioner of Pct No. 4
1,620.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
324.00
300.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
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Published this the 17th day of January, 1957.
Commissioners Court
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Present
Annual
Salary
$200.00
105.00
150.00
150.00
125.00
Proposed
Annual
Increase
Sheriff
County Judge ......
County Clerk
County Attorney .
County Treasurer
fective January 1, 1957.
The officers affected, their present salary, and the
amount of the proposed increase in salary are as fol-
lows:
$4,000.00
. 2,100.00
. 3,000.00
. 3,000.00
. 2,500.00
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lar meeting of said Court, it will raise salaries of cer-
tain elected officials of Franklin County, Texas, ef-
being ten days after publication hereof, and at regu-
The Commissioners Court of Franklin County, Texas,
gives notice to the public that on January ^8, 1957,
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prove their power up high-
climbing grades and through
washouts. Frames and suspen-
sions flexed their muscles over
axle-deep ruts and miles of
pounding gravel. “And not a
single truck turned back or
dropped out due to mechanical
failure,” states the official AAA
report of the test. Every model
proved its over-all economy by
its ironclad ability to stay on
the job! Stop by; we'll talk
about it
Proved e«i the Alcan Highway
Champs of ovary weight class!
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New Task-Force 57 Chevrolet Trucks
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Six heavily loaded Chevy
trucks ran all the way up the
nigged Alcan Highway in less
than 45 hours! That's cutting
more than a full day off the
normal running time! They ran
right around the elock, stop-
ping only to refuel.
But the important fact about
this run was that it proved new
Chevy trucks through and
through. The Alcan Highway
to a supreme test of every truck
component Engines had to
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of the middleweights. They're loaded with modern
featuree and built to take it!
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That's the gas mileage nportad
by the Cameo Carrier after covering
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1957, newspaper, January 24, 1957; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1281340/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.