The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1980 Page: 1 of 11
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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1980
CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS
ESTABLISHED JANUARY 18, 1873
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JIM D. LOVETT
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about thi same type ot DfUsn as used
by any heavy industry, such as floor
sweeping, deck brushes, and wire
scratch brushes.
The particular brush found by
can bring suit on a price-fixing cause
of action. Thus, the stores and some
Hub’s 55th
Anniversary
Is Celebrated
The Hub, one of Clarksville’s
older mercantile establishments, is
presently celebrating its 55th anni-
versary in Clarksville.
As a part of the festivities, a
drawing was held Saturday for those
registering at the store. The winners
include:
* Mrs. Durrell Drew, Shadow-
line Peignoir Set;
* Imogene Drake
Teen Sheen Peignoir;
• Mrs. W.H. Hammer, set of
Field Crest Sheets;
* Rosalie Legate (Paris), pair of
Levi's;
• Kay Allen (Allen, Tex.), pair of
Wranglers;
• Elizabeth (Libba) King, Arrow
Shirt.
• Mrs. Ted Lawson, Career Club
,Shirt. v’
* Jewel Morris, pair of Sansabelt
Slacks.
....2.25”
...8.20"
...0.75"
...1.65"
...0.06"
...1.55"
....1.95”
...0.70"
...1.60"
...9.45"
...9.00"
....4.51*
...8.05"
...4.70"
.... 1.65"
...4.75"
... . 1.64"
come.
In fact, rainfall for the first half
of the year has been meager at best:
3.43 inches in January; only 0.38
inches in February; 1.38 in March;
4.32 in April; 3.69 in May and 1.64 in
June.
has replied to the letter by sending
about the State d! Texas; a year’s
subscription to Texas Highways,
which he hopes they will enjoy; and a
for assuming the onerous and time-
consuming
tive.”
Lovett said his petitions for relief
had anticipated the decision in the
Illinois Brink case in which the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled that only direct
purchasers, such as grocery stores,
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The 1980 first half total of 14.84
inches compares rather poorly with
the 1979 figure at the same date of'
32.29 inches, which was somewhat
inflated, however, by a deluge of 11
inches in May of that year. The 1978^
June ending total was 19.26 and for
1977. 25.95.
The recent combination of hot
dry days, cloudless skies, and a .
frequent brisk wind has the effect of
rapidly dehydrating the soil.
This is particulary unfortunate
for the young soybean crop which is
Just beginning to take shape. Addi-
tionally, pastures are burning and
livestock are beginning to suffer frotn
a lack of green forage.
Subsequent hay crops also ex-
pected to be light.
- City Water
Acting City Manager Rosemary
Caviness says that the City is not
..experiencing any great difficulty in
the water supply system. Water
Superintendent Lewis Bartlett re-
porta. that he has been able to
maintain reservoir levels by pumping
heavily during the night-time low use
hours.
He said that only on July 3rd was
the pumping capacity unable to
completely replenish the supply.
However, Bartlett warned the entire
system is working at near capacity
and urges citizens to minimize water
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Torrid Heat
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Burns Area
Continued hot weather was the
1 rule in the County area as summer
| settled in for sure. But steaming
residents of Clarksville could comfort
themselves with the thought that,
warm as it has been, there could have
been hotter times in the old town.
For example, the Dallas-Fort
Worth Metroplex has been swelter-
ing in a string of plus 100 degree
temperatures so severe that it be-
r comes headline news when a record is
a not set for the particular day.
Red River County has been
£ spared the super-heated air such as
I that but lack of rain and unending
blazing sun is taking a toll of the land,
Mrs. Garland Hines, U.S. Wea-
ther Observer reports a string of plus
90 temperatures trom her post on
F.M. 1159, which normally is four or
five degrees lower than the concrete
confines of downtown Clarksville.
Beginning nn June 24 with 91.
Mrs. Hines’ thermometer has hover-
ed in the mid and upper 90's ever
since, but has broken the century
mark thus far only twice, 101 on June
27 and 100 on June 28.
July began hot but not intoler-
able, with readings of: July 1,96; July
2,97; July 3,97; July 4,98; July 5,. 96;
July 6, 7, and 8, 97 each day.
The hot temperatures hotter
than 1979 in the early part of the
summer are an unpleasant change
from the June-July of last year when
neither month recorded 100 degrees
and most readings ranged in the low
to mid 90's.
Happily, however, the weather
- also fails to compare to the scorcher
of 1978 when, in the first 17 days of
July, readings by Mrs. Hines included
one day at 96, two at 98, four at 99,
three at an even 100, one at 101, five
•l a sizzling hot 102, and one Kt a
torrid 103.
Agriculture Suffering
Concern is mounting in county
agricultural circles over the possible
effect on crops and livestock if the
prolonged dry spell continues.
The last appreciable moisture in
the Clarksville area was recorded by
Mrs. Hines on June 23rd, and that
was a meager 0.03 inches. Prior to
that, only one day of rainfall was
recorded in June, 1.34 inches on June
20, little enough for the dry spell to
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P.O. Box 1021, Clarksville,
Texas 75426.
Wednesday— Sunny, 101-76;
Thursday— Sunny 101-76;
Friday- Sunny, 100-76;
Saturday— Sunny, 100-76;
Sunday— Sunny, 100-76.
Clarksville attorney Jim D.
Lovett has apparently won another
victory in a significant class-action
law suit against bakery companies in
a Jour-state area.
Essentially, Lovett, representing
Jim Missildine, owner-operator of the
Avery 7-11 store, and all bread and
bakery prSdtiFM purchasers from the
defendant companies, charged that
the bakeries had fixed prices of their
products to wholesalers in East
Texas, most of Louisiana, Southern
Arkansas, and Western Mississippi.
Bakeries directly involved were
Ideal Baking Company, the Wolf
Bakery, Colopjgl Baking Company,
and the Cotton Baking Company. A
total of nine baking companies were
clustered around these four on the
allegations of fixing the prices.
The litigation has been in the
Courts almost five years, and Lovett
presented a preliminary settlement
agreement to Federal District Judge
Charles Schwartz in New Orleans
recently, and the magistrate approv-
ed.
The judgment awards all pur-
chasers of the products a total of
$855,000 plus accrued interest.
Wolf Baking Company has not
- yet settled, but the other respondentr - -
have already placed their pro rata
share of the judgement ‘in a trust
bers of the class.
Lovett, who is nationally known
for his class-action legal preceedings,
said that Missildine deserves much
credit for carrying on the action on
behalf of all the wholesalers and
institutional purchasers.
“Jim Missildine really hung in
there after he was certified by the
Federal Judge as the representative
of the entire class, “Lovett said, “and
he deserves the thanks of everyone
ig the onerous and time-
duties of the represents-:
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S . ' d, which concluded "1 send all
good wishes to you.”
Magnolia Brush,-, founded by
Zehetner's father in 1907, has been in
Clarksville since 1952.
Gary Edward Carson, 42, Avery,
driving a 1969 Cadillac going east on
Main Street apparently lost control
and struck a parked 1957 Chevrolet
£ hay truck in front of the Catholic
Cemetery.
The car then skidded across the
street, Belcher reported striking
three cars parked in the McGuire lot.
The Cadillac and these vehicles were
described as totalled. '''*****,*—*
Canon was treated for injuries
at Red River General Hospital and
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City: Narrows
Decision On
Police Chief
In a lengthy closed executive
sessipn at a special called meeting
Monday night the Clarksville City
Council apparently narrowed their
choice for the position of Chief of
Police, which has been vacant since
the resignation of Mark Asher some
- weeks ago.
The deliberations began about 7
p.m. and the members convened back
in regular session about 9:45 p.m. to
announce that a selection of the new
Chief would probably be made at the
next regular meeting Monday, July
14th.
Although no further explanation
was given, apparently a Committee
named by Mayor L.D. Williamson to
screen all applications for the position
has reported back to the Council.
Interviewed Monday night were
Billy Mitchell, Mark Whitehouse, and
Joe Saunders of Paris.
Although the Council may still
choose anyone it desires, it does
appear likely that the selection will be
made form among these three.
Other Actions
The Council also discussed im-
mediate repairs for the Airport
runway, a project not connected with
the large renovation program for
which an application has been made.
Councilman Johnny Pope, the
City’s chairman of the Airport Com-
mittee, was asked to meet with the
County Commissioners Court Mon-
day morning to ask if the County will
share in the plans to repair several *
dangerously soft spots in the jointly-,
owned City-County Airport runway.
A discussion was also held on
buying two pumps for the Water -
Department. r*
Superintendent Lewis Bartlett
said that two of those in use for
pumping water into the storage
reservoirs are about worn out and
should be replaced very shortly. The
Council directed that various prices
be obtained and returned for their
conaideration.
. The Council also gave Mayor
Williamson authority to order odd-
even day lawn watering without
s further meetings should such become
necessary as a water conservation
measure.
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BRUSH TAKES THE HIGH ROAD—Carl Zehetner, president of Magnolia Brush Company In Clarksville, points to
Inverness Firth, Northern Scotland, where one of his brushes, similar to the one shown, recently washed ashore. A Scot
who found the brush, with the Magnolia logo imprint, wrote the Company that he was enjoying using it and
complimenting Zehetner on a fine product.
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The Oldest Business Institution in Red River County
share of the judgement ’in a trust Magnolia Brushes made in
. account for the benefit of the mem1 • Clarksville are certainly getting
around more these days, according to
a recent letter recieved by Carl
Zehetner, president of the local
indus’
As a matter of fact, one has even
showed up in the North Sea at the
northern end of Scotland.
Gordofi- Williamson, Heather
Cottage, Kessock, Inverness, Scot-
land. Britain (to use the full address)
sent a card to Maganolia Brush
advising how he and the Clarksville
pror ver got together. The brush
wa’ stamped with the name ano
address. ■>
■It read: Hello to you in Clarks
ville. On the seashore here, my young
son and I have just found one of-your
brushes, No. 112. Must have fallen off
an oil rig ship. Now we use it. it is
well made and I congratulate you.
Keep it up!
The writer does not exactly live
in a tropical climate, so it must have
been a cold walk on the northern
seashore.
His letter goes on to explain that:
“We are north of Moscow, USSR,
here, and are halfway up the Hudson
Bay latitude."
Inverness is located on Inverness
Firth (Bay), which is off of Moray
Firth, and is only a brief few miles by
the famed Caledonian Canal from
Loch Ness, where the fabled monster
may or may not lurk in the depths.
The north area of Scotland on the
<t coast is a staging sector for the
\’orth Sea oil rig platforms, and
hetner agrees that the brush may
very well have fallen from one of the ,
ships which service the oil rigs.
Magnolia brushes are distributed
more widely than one might think, he
explains, through several jobbers and
oil field supply firms which are
Magnolia customers.
These include ship’s chandlers in
Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Mobile,
Ala., and Miami and Tampa, Fla.
Which stock the local brushes.
A number of oil field supply firms
also distribute the Magnolia products.
Zehetner says the demand is for
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; Three More
McGuire Lot
Cars Totalled
For the second time in less than
two weeks, McGuire’s Used Car lot at
603 South Main Street in Clarksville
has been turned into a wrecking yard
by early morning intruders, forging a
detour for U.S. 82.
On each occasion three cars on
the lot were virtually totalled and
Mac McGuire, a former Sheriff, is
beginning to wonder why he has been
chosen for the demolition derby.
Early in the morning of Satur-
day, June 21st, a 1977 Chevrolet van
apparently left the road and barrelled
into the display area, knocking one
vehicle onto the McGuire front porch,
crashing into one pickup and knock- *
ing it into another.
The van was later stopped by
City Police~dh West Main and the
driver was charged with leaving the
„ scene of an accident. The incident also
led to complaints of possession of „ ----------,-------- - —,---------------
marijuana being filed against the “ morning of July 4th the vehicle struck a parked hay truck on East Main near the Catholic^Cemetery and skidded into
driver and three other adults and one
minor being turned over to the
juvenile authorities.---------
Then at approximately 2:10 a.m.
Friday morning, July 4th, the fire-
wdrks began early as yet another
vehicle out-of-control smashed
through the McGuire front yard and
car lot.....
City Patrolman George Belcher,
ig three cars parked mere, uary <
vehicle had totalled three vehicles
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CONVERTING A CADILLAC—This 1969 four-door Cadillac began as a sedan but ended topless. Early in the
Mack McGuire’s Used Car Lot across the street, badly damaging three cars parked there. Gary Carson, 46, Avery, was
not seriously injured. Only 10 da^s before another errant vehicle had totalled three vehicles on the McGuire lot._
Jim Lovett Wins Bakery
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Class Action Price Suit
i volume purchasers such as schools
and hospitals in the area will actually
[ recover the award based on the
p afiiount of products bought.
“However,” the attorney said,
' “we are very hopeful that these
stores will pass the award back to the
consumers, their costomers, in the
[ ’'■'ftffnrof lower prices on bread, and
1 bakery products at least for the time
The Clarksville attorney, past
president of the Texas Trial Lawyers ,
Association and a Board member of
, the American Trial Lawyers Associa
tion, said the legal proceedings had
been long and difficult.
—■ “lye had to anticipate some
things and make a little law ourselves
on this one," he commented.
The action was originally filed in
the Federal Court of Judge William
Wayne Justice of Tyler, Paris Divi-
sion, but was later transferred to the
Court of Judge John West in Baton
Rouge for consolidated hearings,
insasmuch as he had tried previous
See LOVETT Paige FIVE
Magnolia Brushes Go Worldwide
period in the cold North Sea and box of assorted Magnolia products,
would still retain its quality. So, Zehetner has reciprocated
The Magnolia Brush president , the thought in the l«t^r
the Inverness Scot is a deck brush, of Williamson brochuresand P»«nPh1®^
hardwood filled with plastic or fiber
bristles. Zehetner said it would not be
damaged by a dousing for a long
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Watson, Gavin, Jr. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1980, newspaper, July 10, 1980; Mt. Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1295766/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.