Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1983 Page: 5 of 20
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April
Two armed men hold eight
hostage following a domestic
disturbance in Harker
Apartments Elwyn Carr
replaces Landon Ramsay,
Jearl Cooper and A J Laws
re-elected to Franklin Coun
ty Water District Board of
Directors Elementary
students at Mount Vernon
collect over $7,000 for
American Heart Association
in Jump Rope for Heart fund
raiser Ze I da Barrett
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elected and to serve on the
MVISD Board of Trustees
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MVISD has seven students
honored in District 13AAA
All District Basketball selec-
tions. Optimists conduct
charter banquet Junior high
students at Mount Vernon
earn Sweepstakes honors in
UIL Literary Meet Wesley
and Kathy Bogue bring
home Rachelle, the smallest
premature infant to have
survived in the U S., accor
ding to doctors at Baylor
Hospital in Dallas Chamber
of Commerce beautification
project begins Spring band
concert and Easter hunt set
Brian Bennett arrested in
school bomb threat incident
Ken Greer receives the
Silver Beaver Award from
the National Council of Boy
Scouts of America, the
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March
Commissioners use budget
leverage with county officer
to equalize office hours City
Council of Mount Vernon
asks for input on funding for
street improvement. Girl
Scout week observances set.
Charlie Emerson, David
Maxton and Bruce Hunnicutt
are honored by the Mount
Vernon FFA Chapter as
Honorary Members of the
chapter. Charles Stretcher
Award dedicated with Lisa
Ingram as first iecipient. No
break yet in steel cloud with
Lone Star Steel workers re-
maining off work.
Strides in band program
are noted by director Wayne
Koster. Cypress Lions
presents $470 for the Lions
Camp for Crippled Children
in Kerrville. MVISD tax rate
average for other districts
with similar enrollment
figures. Carlton Newsome is
honored on his retirement
from the Board of Directors
for the North Franklin Water
Supply Corporation for his
outstanding service. Dan
Hoke is appointed new
minister for the First United
Methodist Church in Mount
Vernon. Faye Stanley Is
named Artist of the Month
for March. Young Bass are
released from brooding
ponds maintained by FCWD
Into Lake Cypress Springs.
Damage suit is filed
against Frsnklin County
stemming from alleged poor
jail conditions. Kinder
Manufacturing in Mount
Vernon, a division of Con
goleum Corporation, earns
the Outstanding Branch
Award for the fourth con-
secutive year. Duane B.
Anspon joins McAllister
Mfg. Co. as office manager.
Oliver Jetton is sentenced
to 75 years and ordered to
pay a 175,000 fine following
his conviction on a charge of
manufacturing a controlled
subatance (amphetamine).
Changes recommended in
election laws by FGjVD
Board of Directors. Dance
group, Craig Fountain,
Patrick Johnson and Marin
- Tannon, known as the
Shockers, win top prise in
annual Cheerleader Talent
■ Show at MVISD. First Lady
of the Year nominations
opened by Alpha Rho Psi.
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Larry Scott is elected to City
Council Easter Bunny
makes second annual ap
pearance at community
Easter egg hunt i raig
DuPree is new manager at
Vista Pharmacy Street
dance and barbecue
downtown benefits com
rnunity center project Trap
per is hired to control beaver
around Lake Cypress Spr
ings Delana Tully has
championship steer at local
FFA / 4 H livestock show
Kim Foster is named to
the District 13AAA Golf
Team Members of Mount
Vernon High School girls
track team earn rigid to
compete in regional events
Mount Vernon High Schrxil
baseball team downs Winns
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Lyles receives Fighting member of Frankiin County
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Danny Pepper receive Smith
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County Chamber of Com t>on Tamara Mobley and
rnerce Banquet Student pro Vanessa Meacham go to
blem solving team goes to state in UIL spelling com-
state petition Scouts take top
Signs donated to summer honors in Scout-0 Rama
baseball program by local Garvis Gilbert of Scroggins
merchants Franklin County is elected Lt Governor of
Water District Lake Lions District. Commis
Patrolmen begin operations sioners express concern over
under the Texas Water Code sewage problems in develop
ment area proposed by Dou
ble Diamond Corp
May
Marc Spencer competes in
Regional UIL Track for 3200
spection of the expanded meter run Keith Byrd nam-
Ireatment facilities for their ed assistant vice-president
Water District Board of
Directors
___________________ _______ Mount Vernon junior and
hired as *Lake Patrolman senior students charter the
with FCWD B F Hicks to Queen Mana Riverboat for
head Texas Old Missions and their annual prom Valedic-
Forts Restoration Associa torians and salutatorians are
tion. announced for area schools
Two wounded in shotgun Helga Freeman is named
blast from unidentified man Track All Star in cross coun
Water District downs pro- try by the track committee
posal for Blair Creek RV of the Texas High School
development Trustees give Girls Coaches Association,
go ahead for building of bus John Cramer receives New
maintenance barn Dean Horizons Club scholarship
Teague featured in one Optic team takes second
woman art show County place at media milk-off
residents killed in Mount challenge in Sulphur Spr
Pleasant shooting incident mgs County DPS officers
Landon Ramsay presented g«*t new breathalizer Local
with service / past president See REVIEW Page 6
bid notice* prompts rejec-
tion of all bids for Franklin
County backhoe and shred-
der and request for them to
be resubmitted School Band
sextet qualifies for state
competition. Franklin Na-
tional Bank donates
scoreboard to MVISD for use
in high school gymnasium.
Texans get first look at
.• Litestar when prototype in
i;! brought to Mount Vernon by
i; Rose Marine and Airsports,
• Inc., which is to be Texas
distributor for the autocycle.
February
> Stuart Richey entertains
2- at benefit barbecue and
*- dance to raise funds for com-
2- rnunity center. Local
< citizens contribute funds to
< assist Steve Blake family
-with medical expenses in the
. birth and illness of their
triplettes Optimist Club of
Mount Vernon is organized
with 42 members Lqesf
Cubs with the Boys Scouts of
America hold Pinewood Der-
by races. Directors for First
National Bank take oath of
office.
Over $10,000 in cash and
pledges is raised for com-
munity center project Plans
for the relocation of the
Maranatha Baptist Church
are announced at meeting of
the Mount Vernon City Coun-
cil. Arturo Rodriguiz is
found murdered on isolated
southeast Dallas road Dads
play Coaches in basketball
fund raising game Ora
Swartz is featured in a one
woman art show Bruce
Fielden, superintendent of
the Sulphur Bluff School
District, is selected as
Hopkins County Citizen of
the Year 1-30 signs are
revamped in Mount Vernon
Two are arrested in connec-
tion with Pac Man theft,
machine is recovered
Local FFA and FHA
chapters observe National
FFA Week and Texas FHA /
Hero Week Kern Anderson
airs tax problem to Franklin
County Commissioners
Court claiming dual taxation
by both MVISD and Winns-
boro School District
Students second in overall
points scored in UIL practice
meet at Quitman Four men
are sent to Huntsville on
local convictions. Friends
start cash fund to aid with
medical expenses for
Rachelle Bogue, daughter of
Mr and Mrs Wesley Bogue,
. who suffered from complica-
2 tions at birth. Saltillo's boys
fall to Detroit in bi-district
basketball playoff
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students earn 16 first
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Virgie Beth Hughes named
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Wright, Pat. Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1983, newspaper, December 29, 1983; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1296077/m1/5/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.