The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1979 Page: 1 of 14
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THE 1979 LITTLE LEAGUE ALL STARS-Choseh.
the District Dixie League Tournament
Water Use At
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PT). Box 1021. Clarksville.
vAj',cxas 75426.
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Opens Office
Here Monday
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by 'hr Little League Coaches are shown above, from left;
front row, Rickey Edwards, Buddy Williams, Victor
Morgan, Kyle Roland. Lee Cind'emaH, Shane Harvey,
Kenny Greer and Jeff Ragan;—«uamd row,
Thompkins, Mickey Moore, John Price, JohTi Barker,
Anthony Miles, Rickey Moore, Michael Williamson, Gary
Thompkins; third row. Coaches Jerry Cain. L.D. William
son and Tom Rag.fn. These All Stars will represent
—a sewing box of walnut with
needlework on the lop by Mrs.
Virginia Miller Black, Dr. Black'S
wife; ,
For Bogata
The Commissioners Court, met
Regular July Session at the
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. Harry Bomar, Committee chair-
man, says that any group wishing to
he included and intending to appear
al the meet ing.should get a letter UT
him as soon as possible’.
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UF Budget
Committee
Will Meet
The United Fund Budget Com-
mittee will meet in the Chamber of
CommcW office on Monday, July 16f
from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. to. hpar
requests from agencies which wish to
participate in the 1979 80 UF funds. •
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rd .'imbirl;inrc“*ervice financed by the
towns of ,the County and the County
government was looked upon as a
model of efficiency but thbse partic*
ipating withdrew last year when cost ,
figures approached rhe $75,000 mark. •
No plan cotfid be -worked out
which involved the towns. County,
and Hospital <><* the Committee turned,
to-the private sector fof Service, r
apparently ' the coqjjng trend in »
Texas. Bids' were taken from several
organizations and Loyd's was invited
to locale here on the basis its past
rucord in Cdlmcr and scrveral - ad-,
jacent county areas w here it has been
operating. "" ”*' ~
’Mrs. Loyd said the membership
drive'will be extended a short time
but that a decision must be miNf.
shortly on continuing the ambulance '
in Clarksville, depending on new
members and renewals in the' very
^immediate future.
Memberships are still * . being
Again Plagues Area
S includes calls to the business for
Clarkville area residents, boost-
ed by a series of gQod n^ws aryjounce
ment. may be jolted htJcT to reality
soon by a recurrence of an old and "
lingering problem: ambulance ser-
vice. . . ■ ■ • .
’ Mrs. Martgaret Loyt^ co-owner
along with husband EKin of Loyd’s .
Ambulance Service, has'advised that
the recent annual drive is far below—
not only expectations but is lagging
more than 800 memberships, under
last year’s total.
“We have only 2,708 members to
dale," Mrs. Loyd said, “and this is
far under the .number needed to
- station tw^rambulances in Red River
County. In fact, we need at least 2,400
more memberships to continue the
. service we have given in the past."
She said that it has been the
practice to station one ambulance in
Bogata and one in Clarksville and that
i he response of Bogata has been good,
as has enrollment in Annona, with
Avery somewhat below the number
expected.
„ -“But those families in Clarksville
and in.the north part of the County
simply have not renewed or signed as
neX members as we! 'hojWT
,'^Mrs. Loyd said. “Unless there is a
surge at once in memberships, it may
be necessary tp^withdfhw the Clarks-
ville ambtrfarice and service the town
from other areas such as Bogata or
Lamar County.
x The Paris-Lamar County section
is currently engaged in an ambulance
, Service -controversy similar to that
whichjshook Red River County about
a yeaA ago, with neither the City of-
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Clarksville in
-beginning Monday night at the American Legion IJttle
L< ;iiftie Field wit h the first'-garpjd parting at 5:30 p.m.
/•Three I’racli<;oTiames have been scheduled in preparation
Terry [ in Clarksville a1 7:30 p.m.; Thursday with Blossom, there,
beginningal 7:30 p.m. and final game Friday with Deport
in Clarksville, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The concession-stand
will be open for'each of these games.
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, An old summer nemesis has-
•again pul in an appearance as July
temperatures soar and Ularksville
citizens j-esort to (he water faucets
‘ for drinking water, baths, water fan
cooling, and lawn and'^arden water-
ing.
City officials are becoming mildly
concerned, but not overly anxioqg,
Vwith the average daily consumption^
of the City water system approaching
800,000 gallons daily.
This is something of an early
peak which is' not usually reached
until.!he usual long August dry spells,
, and Mayor D.W. ^Red) Emery calls
rhe situation “troublesome.”
“We don't- want to get anyone
alarmed," the Mhyor sard, “as there i&
no cause for alarm yet, but we do
hope that the citizens will be as
savingas possible on water use right
now, so that a crisis will not arise.
Mayor Emery said that the
increasing use of water is almost
directly related to the many new
subdivisions tand houses now being
opened, which, has expanded water
customers from 1,400 just a few years
ago up tt> about 2,000 today..
Mayor Pro Tern Jimmy Latimer
said that industrial use can also take
its toll on the pumping system.
"We had just one industrial Hser
log one million gallons last mdbth, and
that's just one,” Latimer said. "Cer-
tainly we want our industries and--
want the water for them to use. but it
does -mean that everyone must uSe
some restraint."
Clarksville’s water system has
been alrftost completely overhauled in
the past 20 years or so with-lwo new
overhead tanks, additional ground
storage and pump stations and equip-
ment, but the water supply source
remains the same as it has^ince the
City's system was installed: a 75 foot
layer of highly porous Blossom sand.
"We have got ten-a lot of-tnileage
; "<Ait of (his sand for a lot of years, but
we. don’t want to put any more strain
bn it -Uuin we can help," Latimer
commented..
The officials estimated that the
maximum pumping, capacity of the
DR. RANDY MILLIKAN
Dr. Randy Millikan has announc-
ed the opdning of his office for the
practice - <»f ' gcnefal medicine .z in
Clarksville at 401 South Walput
Street. This is the office previously
occupied by Dr. Ed Wilson and the
late Dr. Melvin Marx, Jr.
He will open his .office Monday.
Dr. Millikan'and his wife, the
former Bettie Edwards of Clarksville,
have purchased a residence on West
Jackson and have now moved here
from Austin with their two daugh
tors. Janice, three years old. and
Laura, ^jre year.
'- The fitmily has-been living in
Austin where Dr. Millikan completed
a -three vear medical residency at
Breckenridge Hospital in family med
icine. ‘
He is a 1976 graduate of the
University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston and prior to tjiat
attend<r*drthe University 0/T^XiiS-4Wl%
the old County’ Austin. .
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('rr.ergency radio equipment ptvncij/ 4 HousU*n ^in»i gpadualetl Irom public
by (he County was rented to Loyd's
Ambulance Service at a
monthly. '
The mobile home,
used by the ambulance service as a
headquarters, was sold to G.A. Hines’
Mobile Home Sales for $2,805; other
bids received were from Tommy
Welch, $2,305 and Dorfa .Rousseau,
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New Deputy Approved
■ A nrw deputy in the County
• Clerk’vrffice, Nancy Wilkerson, was
approved by the Court. According to
Mrstr'Haulser, she will replace Mrs.
Ellie Calloway Wolf, who will join the
.. staff al the Department of Human
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Caution Point
system is about 1,000,000 gallons
daily hut that this would be possible
only on and emergency basis with the
chance of damage not only to the
water sand but to the equipment.
"We can .handle 800,000 gallon#
daily, the point we have now reached,
hut just barely," the Mayor caution-
ed, "and we can't build up any reserve
at that. In case of a major fire we
could be .income difficulty as we can’t
■ seem to bring the tanks up to capacity
storage with such heavy sustained
WOODWORKING EXHIBIT-Woodworking pieces crafted by Dr. Doit
Black of Paris have been on ethibit in the Red Ruutr Count.y.1 Jhrary'p Marx
Memorial Cahjnet. Ifr. Black, a native of Clarksville, use# Red Rivet* Codnty
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Paris, Lamar County, or the two
Hospitals coining up with any sort of
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Lamar County," Mrs. Lhyd said, and
■ will haye an ambulance just outside
the City Limits on the «fo‘ulK‘Uttd*-
another on the north, ,J|)?se could
serve as very convenient.backups, for
the Red River Countyjicea* htft <ve
must have more members in thus
locani'y."
Mrs. Loyd blamed rising .prices,
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Woodworking Exhibited
Items Made By Dr, Black
An exhibit of fine woodworking
by Dr. Don Black of Paris has been on
display at -the Red River County
Library in the Marx- Cabinet.
Dr. Black, a pediatrician, is a
1953 graduate of Clarksville High
School, the son of the lake Don C.
Black of Clarksville and Mrs. Black.
He first began woodworking as a.
hobby in the early 1960’s when he was
I .tn intern at a Lit.tlrRock hospital and
it has now expanded until bis equip-
ment and supplies largely fill a
. double car garage at his Paris resid-
ence. x '
-Dr. Black normally .works on
smaller pieces because he says he
likes the challenge of the closer
tolerances involved in the fitting of
the intricate wood patterns.
, All ot the items on exhibit are
. those Dr. Black has given to various
persons as gifts a'h'd which have been
loaned back for the showing. • <
A unique feature of Dr. Black’s
work is that he works virtually
exclusively wit-h:',pative.,R«d
County wbods-and prefers the natuTtrl ; -
rubbed finishes to bring out’"rtatural
oils and coloring ralher lhan prepared _
mixtures.
All wood for woodwork items of
this njttlire must be wpfl cured and
while he- has experimented with
c-uiiing his own stock, he largely
works with wood which has already
been through the drying'process.
Many.of t hi-'pieces he makes are
laminated strips ar'ity ho' Hirns «oul
many howls and similar items of his
lathe.
Included in the collection at the
Library are such woodworking pieces
as;
a turned box of Relatively rare
boxelder wopd found near Annona;*--1,
a magnet ic paper clip holder-of
red oak taken from an area near
Reed’s Settlement;
’ - a Ifijfy-h ^Ic.iy -mndp frnm a ,
single walnut board collected by the
/a|e H B. (Hubby) Pope,* a,Iso a
woodworking enthusiast; the wood
ertm*- Ti-om near .Whilerock;
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rent of $150 ' has* Visited frequently in
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previously wiltTTiage in 4971 and saysjhat he
is delightedfo bv.Jrn-ated hdre arid he /
and his family are looking forward to/
‘ joining the commnnity life., " /
| Weather
Thursday —Partly Sunny»l00 77;
Friday —Partly Sunhy, 10077; < « ,rt*
Saturday— Partly Sunuy. chance
of showers, 100-78; —'
Sunday —Partly Sunny, chance of
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Courthouse Mondajy, denied petitions’
for a Bogata local option election, re-
appointed two members of the Red
• River General Hospital Board, sold a
County owned mobile home, 'rented
quarters to Loyd's Ambulance Ser-
vice. and took, a number of other
miscellaneous actions.
County Clerk Mary Hausler ad-
vised the Court that she had checked
petitions calling for a local option
election in the City of Bogata pre
sented by Wayne White ahd Contain
ing some 92 signatures.
, Mrs. Hausler told the Court that
s<he could certify only .65 signatures as'
valid and that 89 would be required to
call such an election.
Inasmuch as the petitions were
insufficient, the Court took no further
action.
The Court reappointed R. L.
. Moore and A.D. Simpson, Jr., to the
Board, of the Red River General
Hospital for a two year term. By
.terms of 'the' HogpitafT Authority,
under which tFit* Hospital operates,
the. Court names .the minority
member of the Board, speaking in a ,
numerical sense, and the Board itself
appoints the majority members,
A room 'In the old County ,
Hospital, the Courthouse Anntyc, and
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—a wooden nut cracker mrtde •‘.J'-
from walnut found close tm Crystal-} 4
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—a two-drawpr chest of rHjtjqoit
■-pi^can;
— hfois d'arc found pear English
w,as fashioned into a turned box;
includes calls to the business for
ambulance needs at the business
Fortition. Ambulance calls under this
membership are also made if needed
to employees 'requiting such service
not only al work but en route to and
fropi the place of employment. -
These memberships are available
to businesses with up to 10'employees
jj»r $100 per year and for over 10,
$150 annually.
Clarksville and the Red River*
Ctwhiy -area are' not alone in the < .
ambulance prob'lom'which is harass
salaries, and other increase ~)p^*rr— ing^lowns from DeKalb to Paris and
tiorial expenses on the need for mqpe mo$( towns to the ^outh.
’ members this year. « An earlier government-sponsor-
Last summer, after a long pei4od
of wrangling involving the City,_
County, Hospital, and** interested
! citizens. Loyd's agreed to serve Red
River County, with the assistance of a
City-appointed citizens Committee,
some. 3,600 memberships were sold at
•$25 per family, which includes family
members up to 21 year's.
The price has now increased to
$30 per fatftRy, with $20 for a -single
member, annually. However, *lhis
—'membership serves virtually all of the.
normal family ambulance needs with
very few extra charges.
By contrasty a non member is
charged $60 per pick up plus one
doHar per mile found trip ; with
• additional charges for oxygen and
other special care. Non-member fees
must be paid at the time of,pick-up
except for emergency Calls,.which are
still required to tte i>ai<L.~.c,
Mrs. Loyd-said tnjit business and
industries may not be fully awalre of a „
special riienibcrsTup offered which taken at the Chamber of Commerce
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Watson, Gavin, Jr. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1979, newspaper, July 12, 1979; Mt. Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1295665/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.