The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 21, 2001 Page: 4 of 16
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17, were:
►Donna Denise Johnson, 28,
of 142 Madison St, Beckville,
servant resisting arrest posses-
sion of marijuana, failure to iden-
by Mrs. Ira LaGrone
Special to The Watchman
with a deadly weapon.
Arrested Sunday, February
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be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Carthage
High School Commons Area. Featured
at the event will be the Spiritual Won-
ders Gospel Singers, of Mansfield, La.
nieces, nephews, relatives and
friends.
mother, Retha Whiddon and
Calvin Whiddon. They came to
church Sunday morning.
Dean and Sherry Russell
have a new baby boy bom
Wednesday in Longview. At
this time they are not doing
well. They were moved to
Schumpert Hospital in Shreve-
port over the weekend. I hope
they will soon be at home.
Please include them on your
prayer list
CPR will be offered at Panola Col-
lege in its continuing education courses
starting at 8 a.m. Feb. 24. Tuition is $24
plus $10 book and card fee.
Special Commissioners' Meetings
have been scheduled throughout Panola
County in the next two weeks to discuss
the Feb. 24 bond election for the reno-
vation/expansion of the Panola County
Detention Center. Meetings are sched-
uled for 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Commu-
nity Fire Department in Panola.
The Conntry Music Hayride will
present "Pure Country" band. Also, ap-
pearing will be John Johnson, Ginger
Self, Stephanie Webb, Don Self. Russ
Hawthorn Funeral Home
direction of Black's Carthage
Funeral Home.
There will be no wake. The
family will receive friends from
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the
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Total CoSt per person $ 1,950.00 dbl occpy.
For more information and registration Call 318-861-1445.
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by a parent or legal guardian. Parents
should bring the child's immunization
records, Social Security number. Call
693-9322 for appointments.
Weekly Clinics are available Mon-
days from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Tues-
days from 8 a.m to 5 p.m., and Fridays
from noon to 5 p.m. at the Smith County
Public Health District's WIC (Women,
Infants and Children) program. The Wtc
clinic is located at 418 W. Sabine Street.
Call 693-9331 for an appointment or
more information.
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►Frances Dean Larson, 43, of Parish warrant for unauthorized
117 PR 52, Carthage, by Panola use of motor vehicle.
►John Edward Anderson, 41,
of Rt 1 Box 7, DeBerry, by
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Twenty-nine Panola County
students have been named to the
Dean's List at Stephen F. Austin
State University for the fall
semester.
Students from Carthage in-
clude Cody Alexander Aaron
and Leslie Denise Ham, who are
majoring in psychology; Christy
Janee* Brady, Dawn Renee'
Bums, and Casey Marie Free-
man, interdisciplinary studies;
Rebecca Ann Davidson, general
business; Brooke Ashley
Dorsey, finance; Kristopher To-
bin Duckworth, kinesiology;
Timothy Thomas Harkrider II,
health science; and Carol Ann
Washington DC Tour
March 29 - April 7, 2001 ^8®™
This is the most beautiful time to see our nation's capitol. We’ll spend two nights in
Williamsburg, VA where we’ll see where our country began. We’ll visit Mount
Vernon, home of our first president. In Washington DC we’ll see the Iwo Jima
Memorial, Viet Nam Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial,
the Washington Monument and the FDR Memorial. We’ll tour the US Capitol
Building and the Smithsonian Museums. From Washington DC we ll travel to
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. Bring plenty of film for this beautiful time in
Washington DC
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for Lunch
Go Bulldogs!
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Funeral services for Ivory
"Chutner” Allen, 95, of
Karen Shamburger and
late father Benny Goodwin
Miller, kinesiology; and Leigh
Griffith Ransom, social work.
DeBerry residents: Misty Dawn
Parker, interdisciplinary studies;
and Justin Laster Smith, sociol-
ogy-
From, Tatum: William
Houston Atkinson, mathematics;
Amanda J. Brown, hearing im-
paired; Kristin S. Haggerty and
Tammy DeShawn Shivers, in-
terdisciplinary studies; and
Kevin James Offerding, kinesi-
ology.
To be eligible for this honor,
a student must be enrolled in 12
or more semester hours and
maintain grade point average.
The Great Pacific Northwest Tour
june 2*19>2001
See the American Northwest and Canadian Rockies, tool We'll visit Amarillo,
Cheyenne, Jackson Hole, the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone Natl. Park, Banff, Lake
Lousie, the Columbian Ice Fields, Vancouver, Victoria Island, Burchart Gardena, The
Dallas, Oregon, Boise, ID, Salt Lake City, the Mormon Tabernacle, Lake Powell, Santa
Fa and more. You’ll see spectacular mountains, deep canyons, waterfalls and beautiful
valleys throughout this trip. Join us for this trip of a lifetime Seating is limited on this tour,
so early sign-up is important
Jewels of the South Tour i,,
May 5-12, 2001
Featuring Savannah, Charleston & Myrtle Beach. This tour takes us to Pensacola where
we ll have dinner overlooking the bay. Next, we ll travel to Jekyll Island where our guide will
tell us the stories of the grand “cottages’’ that belonged the Rockefellers, Pulitzer and
Morgan. We’ll tour those “sophisticated ladies* of the South! Savannah and Charleston!
We'll see the historic district of Savannah, learn interesting facts and have free time to
browse River Street where old cotton warehouses have been converted into shops and
restaurants. We'll tour Charleston by horse drawn carriage. In Myrtle Beach we ll see two
evening shows and visit Broadway at the Beach entertainment area. Join us for this Historic
Atlantic Coast South*. Tour cobblestone streets, antebellum homes, ancient oak trees, good
food and Southern Hospitality 11 Space is limited on this tour too! Call now I
TOtal COSt per person $ 850.00 dbl occpy
include her
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Arrested Monday, February
19, were:
►Lavon Hannon, 21, of St.
County Sheriff Jack Ellett pur- ►Franklin Phillips, 30, of Louis, MO., by Northeast Texas
suant to Van Zandt County DPS Beckville, by Almeida and Narcotics Task Force u.J
intoxication. of Public Safety Trooper David juana.
Arrested Saturday, February Rice and charged with driving
while intoxicated.
►Donald Steve Metcalf, 27, of Sheriff’s Sgt. David Gray and
VI iix IT1OV1XVI. □!., UVVK..UV, 136 Hill Rd., Carthage, by Ellett charged with assault and terroris-
by Panola County deputy Kevin pursuant to warrant for commit- tic threat.
Lake and charged with two
Carthage High School TAAS
Testing - Individuals who wish to take
the TAAS or TEAMS test must register
in advance, if they are not currently en-
rolled at CHS Registration packets may
be obtained by contacting Barbara Ny-
vall in the counselor's office. Spring
testing schedule is Feb. 21, Math; and
Feb. 22, Reading.
The Pipeline Group's annual
"Public Education—Contractor Aware-
ness Program" will be held at 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 22 at the Panola County Exposition
Parkinsonians of East Texas will
meet at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 at Mother Francis'
Hospital Haddad Hall, located at 800
Dawson Street in Tyler. There will be a
group discussion. Parking is free, call
Laura Turner at 903-593-7235 for more
information.
Panola County Chamber of Com-
merce Banquet will be held at 7 p.m.
Feb. 22 at the Carthage High School
commons area. Citizen of the Year, Vol-
Lake and charged with two ment on driving while intoxicat- ►John Edward Anderson, 41, YOTawai^wiiTbcamounc^"°f
counts abandoning/endangering ed., of Rt 1 Box 7, DeBerry, by Carthage Courtesy Club has an-
a child. ►Byron Wayne Wicks, 23, of Panola County Sheriff’s Sgt. nounced their 10th African-American
►Jerrell Kelly Pangle. 33, of Houston, by Texas Department Bryan Murff pursuant to warrant Banquet Scholarship fimd-raisa event to
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Panola County students named to dean’s
list at Stephen F. Austin State University
local students
Buchanan,
Beckville, environmental sci-
ence; and Lindsey Renee Robin-
son, of Clayton, marketing.
From Gary: George Roy
Hooker, art; Sierra Rose Mc-
Garity, biology; Curtis Lee
Roberts, Bubba McAllister, Mike Bo-
stick, Missy Easterling, Breann Young
and Francis Tinkle. Admission is $5.
The show starts at 7 p.m. in the Esquire
Theatre building.
Immunizations are available week-
days from 8:30 to 11:30 am and 1 to 4
p.m. at the Texas Department of Health,
located at 1412 S. Adams Street. Immu-
nizations offered to children ages two
months through 18 years, and include
MMR, Polio, DTP, Tetanus/Diphtheria,
Hib. Hepatitis B, and Pneumonia vac-
cine. All children must be accompanied
7 •_ 7 ~ 7 \ ►Johnny Wayne Swarers, 41,
Almeida and charged with public of Linden, by Texas Department charged with possession of mari-
►Deloris Cox, 49, of
Longview, by Panola County
•>< Arrested Friday, February 16, tify, possession of drug parapher- intoxicated,
were:
__________r I Narcotics Task Force and
warrants for no safety belt and charged with aggravated assault charged with possession of man-
failure to appear. with a deadly weapon. juana.
►Honorio Areano, 25, of 102 Arrested Sunday, February ►Carron Leonard Bell, 21, of Ceny. Call b800-982-8752.
South Gaston, Carthage, by 18, were. - Berkly, MO., by Northeast Texas
Panola County Sheriff’s Lt Greg ►Johnny Wayne Swarers, 41, Narcotics Task Force and
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Chase and Cody Whiddon, of
Beckville, spent Friday through
made to help raise money for the Sunday night with their grand-
community house and will be
given away very soon. We are
proud of it
Bob Rawson, of Hallsville,
•pent Tuesday night with me.
He and some other friends fin-
ished the electrical wiring in the
community house.
Edith Winterrowd's aunt
Lona Mae Harrison was buried
Sunday in Ebenezer Cemetery at
2 p.m. We extend sympathy to
all the families.
Alyne (Elliott) Bennett, for-
merly of the Reeves Commu-
nity, was buried in the Reeves-
McMillan Cemetery in Logan
on Friday. She was the daughter
of Horace and Ira Elliott. Sym-
pathy is also extended to these
families.
Clenton and Margie LaGrone
have a new great-grandson.
Colton Ray Buckner, son of
Brian and Allison Buckner, of
DeSoto, Texas. Allison's father
is Micky LaGrone.
The children and adult choirs
of Deadwood United Methodist
Church sang at the Winkler
House in Carthage Sunday af-
ternoon.
There was a big birthday
party at the home of Nathan and
Traci Wise Saturday night in
Beckville. Those who had birth-
days in February include David
Stacy, Reba Coxen, Karen
Gasper and Nathan Wise. Others
who helped them celebrate were
Jerry Coxen, Retha Whiddon,
Winston and Denise Whiddon,
David and Minnie Wise, Calvin
Whiddon and myself, aU of
Deadwood; Chase and Cody
Whiddon, Trad and Braden
Wiee, aU of Beckville.
Abo, Buddy nd MwW Ln-
Herndon, nursing.
Also Adam Lance Jones,
general communication; Sarah
Elaine Jones, communication-
journalism; Polly Ann Maines,
pre-social work; Misti Katherine
Ritter and Cary Jason Wilson,
theatre; and Nathaniel Brian
Webster, computer information
systems.
Other
Amanda
Grone, of Carthage; Bob, An-
nette, Ryan and Rebecca Raw-
son, of Hallsville; Laurie, Kevin
and Adam Stacy, of Longview;
Visiting Ovelle Davis last Bennie Gasper, of Waskom;
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Amber Smith. She attended Shea McDonald, of Lockhart,
church with her Sunday mom- We all had a good time, visiting,
ing. eating birthday cake and
The new community house watching the honorees open
was finished on Monday. It sure their gifts,
is nice. Also, the ladies finished
the quilt on Tuesday. It was
Edna Powdrill in-law, Sherry Arm sod Ira Ivory Allen
Funeral services for Edna Morgan, of Jasper, and Edna
"Lois’* Powdrill, 73, of the Gal- and Linnis Walker, of Gal-
loway Community, will be held loway; daughter-in-law, Carolyn Carthage, will be held at 2 p.m.
at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mangum Powdrill, of Buna; sisters and Saturday at Old Bethel Baptist
Funeral Home Chapel in Center, brothers-in-law, Jean and Alzie Church in Clayton. The Rev.
The Revs. Mervin Scott and Reeves, and Billie and Roger Bobby Joe Allison will officiate.
Corwin Barnett will officiate. Wiggins, all of Galloway; Burial will follow in Old Bethel
Burial will follow in Willow brothers and sister-in-law, Ollis Cemetery in Clayton under the
Grove Cemetery under foe di- Sholar, of Joaquin, and James
rection of Mangum Funeral and Wanda Sholar, of Petal,
Home. She died Monday in an Miss,
automobile accident Abo surviving Powdrill are
Bom July 31,1927 in Center, her grandchildren, Anna Mur-
she was the daughter of Will El- phy and her husband Chad, of funeral home,
lis and Viola Coyle Sholar. She Center, Carb Powdrill, of
a homemaker and member Beaumont, Kevin Powdrill, and
. of Galloway Methodist Church. Stacie Hancock and her husband Royce City; sister, Mattie Lou
She was preceded in death by Ronnie, all of Buna, Marie Allison-Mason, of Royce City;
her parents; and her son Carl Jones, of Kirbyville, and Valerie niece, JoAnne Pope-Tatum, of
Ray Powdrill. Walker, of Galloway; three Carthage; and a host of other
Survivors include her hus- great-grandchildren; and numer-
band, Tol Ray Powdrill, of ous nieces, nephews, cousins
Galloway; daughters and sons- and friends.
i for violation of community
Ronnie' Endsley and charged Ball and charged with failure to supervision.
" ; 7 ” identify, speeding and pursuant It is important to note while a —
►Dovey Jennings, 111, 40, of to Harris County warrant for vio- person may be listed in the arrest Tick** «r» $10. Guest specter win be
Rt I Box 192, DeBerry, by lation of community supervision, report, inclusion in this column J ^a?72iof Shreveport
Carthage Police Officer Jones ►Carl Michael Ellison, 38k, of no way implies guilt or inno- Cal,<££ " offered a( Panola Col.
and charged with assault public 2020 FM 1970, Carthage, by cence. The persons named here
Carthage Police Officer Brooks have been charged, but not con-
and charged with driving while victed of the crime.
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