Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1978 Page: 2 of 16
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Small Means Hot
There are many varieties
of peppers but the smallest
ones are generally the hot-
test
Irrigated Acres
More than 50 million acres
in the United States are
irrigated many with water
pumped from underground
Bank Financing
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Man Meets Woman
Men say women can't he
trusted too far women say
men can't be trusted too
near' About the only time a
woman really succeeds in
changing a male is when he's
a baby
What s the difference between any tiller and a
Merry Tiller’’ For one thing Merry Tiller invented
the chain-drive tiller With dependable chain-drive
you get more power at the rotors than from con-
ventional tillers
Of course you can buy
other chain-drive tillers
that arent Merry Tillers
But why bother when you
can have the original and
the best9
THE OFFICE of Kenneth
Threndyle, M.D. opened to
serve the cltixens of the
Franklin County area this
past week, located off
Highway 37 south, next to
the office of David Stinson.
D.D.S. Dr. Threndyle is seen
with his office staff. Imo-
gene Weems, bookkeeper-
receptionist, left, and his
wife, Betty, examination
assistant. (Staff Photo).
Lots off garden
stores can sell
you a tiller...
but we can sell
you a Merry Tiller.
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Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Payne,
Sr. of Weaver. The wedding
will lake place Saturday,
March IB, al K:00 in the
evening at lhe Purley
Baptist Church.
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MR. AND MRS. BILLY
MEARL DAVIS announce
the engagement and ap-
proaching marriage of their
daughter, Angela JVanne, to
Weldon Payne, Jr., son of
YHT To Meet Monday
Members of the Mt. Vernon and owners of Lowry s Home-
chapter of the Young Hemp- oMumtshingx. Charles and Peggy
regular monthly meeting Mon
day evening, February 20. at
7:00 p.m for a lesson on
interior decorating.
The special program will be
presented by the Home
Economics Department of the
Mt Vernon High School
building Presenting the pro
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local home furnishing experts
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makers of Texas will hold their VLowry
The program will be followed
by refreshments to tie served
by members of the organ!
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Babysitting will be provided
courtesy of the Mt Vernon
High School Chapter of FHA
Anyone interested in the
program is welcomed and
members are urged to attend
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Emergency loans can be used
to help the farmer restore
damaged farm operations and
additional loans based upon the
emergency designation can be
used to make major adjust-
ments in the farming operation
for greater efficiency and
productivity.
Safari Serdct
Mt. Vernon 537-2694
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Nootarp* io made for pubbcation of notices of church services or other public
Emergency loan funds may
be used to buy feed, seed,
fertilizer, livestock, or to meet
interest and depreciation pay-
ments on current real estate
and chattel debts. A farmer can
use the money for essential
operating and living costs,
Pieratt said.
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JOY RICKS. RN. daughter
of Mr. and Mn. Jack
Dawson of Route 1, Vyinns-
boro, was recently promoted
to supervisor of the evening
shift at St. Paul Hospital in
Dallas. Joy is a 1974
graduate of Mt. Vernon High
School and a 157B graduate
of Paris Junior College
School of Nursing.
Pieratt authorized the loans
following a request from
I Franklin County Judge W. B.
Meek.
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The request for emergency
assistance from the Farmers
Home Administration came as
a result of losses sustained by
local fanners hit by the recent
freezing rain, sleet and snow.
The disaster did not effect a
large number of farms, but
those who were stricken have
suffered severe losses.
Farmers can apply for
assistance at the FmHA county
office until August 10, 1978 for
physical losses, with the
production loss deadline being
February 9,1979. To be eligible
for a loan, an applicant must
have suffered losses from the
disaster and be unable to get
credit from other sources.
Loans covering actual losses
are made at an interest rate of
five percent and are scheduled
for repayment as rapidly as
feasible consistent with the
applicant's reasonable ability.
Loans beyond actual losses can
be repaid in various periods,
depending upon the purpose of
the loan.
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HYPOCRISY U.S.A.
When we think of a hypocrite we usually envision a pious,
upright looking individual who puts on an air of religion and
righteousness but is actually just the opposite Sometimes
when we see such a blatant hypocrite, we wonder how that
person is able to look at himself in the mirror with any
self-respect at al). It would seem that such a person is the
product of his own rationalizations and self-delusions The
classic hypocrite actually believes that he is a basically good
person, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. Yet as
self-deluded and obnoxious as an individual hypocrite can
be, it is possible for an entire nation to be guilty of gross
hypocrisy. From a number of issues it seems clear that our
nation could be called “the two-faced generation.” While
much good can still be said about America, history will look
at certain inconsistencies of this age with contempt
One shocking example of this hypocrisy is the
government's efforts to curb air pollution on one hand, while
at the same time subsidizing the tobacco industry on the
other. Our government forces industry to spend billions of
dollars on reducing, by a few parts per million, the amount of
hydrocarbons emitted into the air. Yet at the same time,
government continues to subsidize the growing of a weed
whose consumption causes hundreds of times more pollution
than industrial wastes This hypocrisy is seen in the
government’s banning of cyclamates, nitrites and other
cancer-causing agents, while the number one cancer-
causing agent of all times is freely distributed in white
cylindrical form. We spend millions of dollars in research in
trying to make an automobile safer We make seat belts
mandatory and even install an elaborate air bag system, but
at the same time we wink at the cause of the vast majority of
fatal accidents. Not only do we allow alcohol to poison and
disrupt millions of homes by its malignant effects, but we
even allow money-hungry leeches to sell the stuff on the very
edges of our interstate highways. We give vast amounts of
money to the March of Dimes to fight the effects of birth
defects and genetic diseases, while at the same time we
allow unborn infants to be scalded with a powerful saline
solution or ripped apart with a curette. We see thousands of
childless couples unable to adopt a child because so few are
not put up for adoption. Instead these babies are “aborted”
because we tell ourselves they would be “unwanted." We
spend millions of dollars in giving our children a higher
education so they can earn a living. Yet so many parents
spend nothing In time or money in giving their children a
Bible education so they can learn to live!
We need to stop being a two-faced nation. We
stamp the motto “In God We Trust" on our hearts
just on our coins. '
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The FFA Motto:
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We Send Our Best Wishes To The
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1978, newspaper, February 16, 1978; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1330213/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.