Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1978 Page: 1 of 16
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Springs was appointed recently
to the Texas Commission on
Alcoholism State Advisory
Council She will represent the
Ark Tex Council of Govern-
ments region for a three year
term which began July 1, 1978
switch blade knife and an
unloaded pistol were lying on
the seat of the vehicle driven by
Pedesco
HI TH \XX KEYS lakes a
look at Sharon Li* illusion's
1570 ( axe tractor. Sharon's
husband. Earl. captured
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tractor attracts attention in
the foreground, while James
Winters consults with son
Mike on the upcoming puli,
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She was recently elected
secretary-treasurer for the
Hopkins County Council on
Alcoholism, after serving as its
President for a very successful season tickets last year, will go
on sale Thursday, August 3, at
the superintendent's office at
the school Last year’s season
ticket holders will have until
August 25 to buy their tickets.
The tickets will go on sale to
the general public on August 28.
All season tickets are for
reserved seats for each of the
five home games All reserved
seats have backs on them.
Season reserved seat tickets
are 812.50 for the five games
while individual game reserved
seat tickets are 82 75 if any are
left after season ticket sales
close
There will be no general
admission tickets advance sale
Adult tickets will be 82 00 per
game and student tickets
81 00 per game
children is also another
responsibility of the depart-
ment, he revealed He said they
have a huge immunzation
program for this purpose
The department, he revealed,
has a tuberculosis control
program, leopracy control
program, dental health pro-
gram and a venera 1 disease
control program He pointed
out that four out of five people
who have the disease don't
Blaring down the track in
first place in the 1*000 modified
class was Gene Shaw of
Whitewright Don Merriman of
Sherman in second, and James
Winters, of W A W Equipment
Co in third place Mike Peoples
Rix kwall won first in the 7000
lb class and Audie \iesler of
Brookston chairman of the
tractor pulls took time off from
his numerous official duties to
run a Masaev Hams 30 with a
.360 Ford engine in the 7000 and
5000 Ih classes
If that Isn’t enough ex
citement the powder puff
division exhibits some of the
keenest competition at the
event
Ruth Ann Keys wife of first
place winner James Keys of
Pattonville, proudly made a
full pull to the end of the track,
wiping out all other com
petition Since it was James
and Ruth Anns twelfth an
mversary, they were able to
celebrate with prize money and
trophies
In second place was Sandy
Maginn of Woodland, and third
place went to Sharin Livingston
of Pans
The ladies have the same
enthusiasm, and skill, as the
men. and the interest in women
pullers grows yearly
Tractor pulling may seem a
strange sport, but the speed
with which it's populanty in
creases proves that it is a
fascinating one
It'a appeal is widespread, but
one reason for It's success
locally is undoubtedly due to
the fact that it's roots are rural
It's a farm oriented sport,
one the whole family can enjoy
Lamar County is fortunate that
the Paris Young Farmers have
brought the sport tn its present
state, for not only do the
proceeds go to many worthy
causes, such as youth projects,
but it provides some of the most
exciting entertainment
available in the area
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The Mount Vernon High
School Band will hold its first
summer rehearsal on Monday,
August 7, at 7 00 p m .
according to Danna Rothlis
berger, band director
The rehearsal will be held it
the high school band hall All
band students are urged to
attend and bring instruments
The meeting will include a
discussion of the schedule for
the rest of the summer Some of
the music to be used for the
football season will also be
read f
If any students have ques
tions, they are urged to contact
Mr Rothlisberger at the band
hall Those persons needing
instruments should check them
out before the first rehearsal
Thi» vuar • pull drew right v
three contestants in seven
categories and about ten
thousand spectators crowded
the Pan* Rodeo Arena on
Fndav and Saturday night to
wit news the event
Huge Chevy, Ford, even
Allison Air Craft engines sport
chrome stacks, and odd forms
of super charging Air intakes
ma* t» shiny chrome or a
country mailbox with the door
removed The paint jobs would
put a van show to shame
Sarnes like Dirt Mover
Midnight Special and Evil
Bolweevil glitter under the
spotlights Thev bear as much
relation to a stock tractor as a
rail dragster does to a statxiard
street car Bands of the
material used to carry ex
plosives are strapped around
clutch housings in they blow up,
and metal shields are
regulation The amount of time
money and effort put into them
is considerable and the results
are startling The drivers are
almost lost between gigantic
tires and the smoke and
sometimes flame* bod up to
nbwcure visibility
second place with it, and
Sharon won third at the
Paris Tractor Pulls.
(Staff Photo).
Growing Sport
machines that take a good look
to be recognized as tractors at
all Some interesting change*
have taken place since they
puttered down a cotton row'
Guzzling such exotic fuel as
pure alcohol or jet fuel as well
as gasoline the noise they put
out is incredible, not only
heard but felt vibrating the
stands and very ground
Temperatures During
July Soar To Record Highs
over 100 degrees with the
highest temperature being IM
degrees which was recorded on
July 16. During July of 1977 the
high reached 100 degrees on
only three days.
Low temperature for the
month was 73 degrees recorded
on July 23 and 24. There were
three days during the month
the low was 80 degrees or
above.
Although precipitation at the
weather station in Mt. Vernon
totaled 4.02 inches there were
many parts of the county that
precipitation was much leu.
Precipitation wu recorded
on three days with the greatest
amount for a 24-hour period
>eing the 2.11 inches recorded
at 7:00 a m. on July 4. The
precipitation this July was 2.33
inches greater than the 169
inches recorded during July
1977
July precipitation brought
the year's total to 19.15 inches
which is 7.54 inches leu than
the 26.69 inches recorded for
the same period last year
Twenty-one clear days and 10
partly cloudy days were noted
during the month.
The weather information
given below wu recorded at
the weather station in Mt.
Vernon for the 24-hour period
ending at 7 a.m. on the day
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Humanity ix fortunate,
because no man Is un-
h. ppi except by his own
fault.
listed for the period of July
27 through Aug. 2.
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Should
Pre-Register
All students who will be new
to Mt Vernon High School or
Jr. High during the next school
year should come by the
schools on Monday, Aug. 14 or
Tuesday, Aug 15 to register for
fall classes This does, not
include in-coming freshman er
students who filled out a course
request sheet st the end of last
year.
Students who would like to
pick-up their high school class
schedule may do so on
Thursday, Aug. 17, according to
Mike Harper, high adtaoi
principal All schedules will ba
issued on Monday. Aug. M, as
classes for the 78-79 year get
under way. All high school
students should report to the
auditorium at8:»sa ths 28th to
get their schedules and
Instructions tor daasas.
Teacher toaereice trekring
begins on Tuesday, Aug. M. Al
Teachers will n *
cafeteria for the
in-eervtoe. The mattings will
begin at 8:20 a.BL
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Highway Patrolman Steve
Blake reported six persons
were injured in an accident
involving two vehicles Satur-
day about 4:20 p.m. on the
Glade Branch road about
one-half mile north of Winns
boro
George Elect Romine, 21,
Winnsboro, driving a 1969 Fofrd
2-door was traveling south on
the road and collided head-on
with a 1968 Chevrolet 4-door,
traveling north, dnven by
Millard Elmore Wright, 70,
Winnsboro The cars collided at
the crest of a hill.
Three persons were injured
in each vehicle and taken to
Winnsboro Memorial Hospital
Millard Wright was later
transferred to a Tyler hospital
with chest injuries His son,
Charles Ray Wright, was
admitted to the Winnsboro
Hospital
Blake said the others injured
were treated and released
George Romine was issued a
citation for no valid inspection -
sticker Millard Wright was
issued a citation for failure to
yield one half of the roadway
when meeting an oncoming
vehicle
Both vehicles were heavily
damaged
Loyd Ambulance Service
ambulances from both Winns
boro and Pittsburg answered
the call
A second accident occurred
near the scene of the first
accident about 4 55 p m
One of the Loyd ambulances,
a 1975 Chevrolet, driven by
James Howard (oppedge, an
E M T from Pittsburg, with
several injured in it. was
backing away from the scene to
V'rn around
A Franklin County Sheriffs
I>epartment car. driven by
iJeputy Charles Steve McCarv
er was blocking the ambu
lance's path The ambulance
stopped and McCarver, who
also had one of the injured in
the car. attempted to back out
of the ambulance's way and the
left front fender of the patrol
vehicle struck the right rear of
the ambulance
Minor damage was reported
to the ambulance and moderate
damage to the patrol car
No charges were filed
Brian Michael Finean, Allen,
driving a 1975 Plymouth 4door
south on FM 115 Saturday at
about 9 05 p m ran the stop
sign at FM 21 and turned left on
21 when his vehicle was struck
in the right rear by a 1973 Ford
Gran Torino driven by Lyle
Wayne Howk, Plato, Miss
Howk was traveling west
Finean was charged with
running a stop sign
Both vehicles received mod
erate damage and were driven
away from the scene
Patrolman Blake and Wayne
Foster arrested Michael G
Pedesco, a white male,
stationed at Dyess Air Force
Base, with possession of an
unlawful weapon and less than
two ounces of marijuana
The unlawful weapon.
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Vol. 103-No. 47 Mt Vernon. Franklin County, Texas 16 Pages 1 Section Thursday, August 3. 1978 15' Per Copy
The Central Board of
Directors of NETO Community
Action Agency elected Rev D
I. Ellison of Sulphur Springs to
the position of Vice-Chairman,
at its monthly meeting last
Tuesday night at Mt Vernon's
Courthouse
James Allison conducted the
meeting Attending from
Franklin County was Rosa
Nash and Rev Al Davis
The Board seated two new
members Wilbur Wooten and
Addine Thomas Wooten is
representing the Titus County
Human Relations Council and
Thomas will represent the poor
of Rains County
Board approval was given to
a Community Food and
Nutrition program proposal in
the amount of 826,572 and
Project Progress Review Re
port on the Emergency Energy
Assistance Program
NETO is a Community Action
Agency serving Franklin, Ti-
tus, Hopkins. Rains and Delta
counties
The Board consists of
representation of the poor,
private and public sector Local
~ * :h Worker is Eva Sima
The Pan* Young Farmers
have the second largest tractor
pul) in the area the largest
being In Fort Worth Tractor
pullers come from Arkansas
Oklahoma and all over Texas to
run their machines Some of the
top winners however were
home grown
The category known as stock
means Just that a tractor
meeting certain weight stan
darda Just as it is used in the
field Some of them bear proof
of many hours up and down the
rows, but washed up they get
trucked to town There they
confront "Old Faithful an
ingenious contraption of
weights, chains and wheels
owned by the Hed River
Tractor Pullers Asan The giant
sled gets heavier the farther
it s pulled down the track
In the stock category on
Friday night in the 15.000 lb
claaa Wayne Spindle of Ector
capturrd first place with his
6030 J D Earl Livingston
Paris Case dealer secured
second with a Case 1570.
Kerbow Kilgore of Pans third
and John Allen of Deport won
fourth with his Ford
The 9000 lb class had Manon
Neisler of Brookston taking
first with a 7000 Ford Richard
Sells of Ector second and Mark
Webb of Bloasom running third
The 5000 lb category had
Richard Beech of Wylie in first
place
Saturday night s stock pulls
gave first place to Boyd
Robinson laxmard. second to
Ron Smith of Pans, and third to
Melvin Webb of Blossom The
12,200 class had James Keys of
Pattonville taking first place
with his 8600 Ford, edging out
Dale Hammon of Blossom by 9
ft and 9 inches
The Super Stock category
allows "souping up ' a normal
field tractor They tend to be
noisier, showier, and begin to
look a little strange They have
odd humpa, peculiar shields,
and wierd projections ail aimed
at higher performance in the
engine areas
First place in the 7000 lb
Super Stock and 12,000 lb Super
Stock went to Sicking Brothers
of Gaineaville, and Ronnie
Lumpkins of Leonard on
Friday night Saturday night.
Joe Beaaly of Whitewright won
first in 5000 Super Stock and
Ronnie Lumpkin first in 9000 lb
Super Stock
Modified division boasts
from a slate of several throughout her term.
Season Football
practice in Sulphur Springs Tickets To
Go On Sale
Season football tickets, avail-
able to only those who held
and productive year Dr
Rhodes is actively involved in
alcohol and mental health
efforts, and is presently a
member of the ATCOG Region-
al Alcohol and Drug Advisory
Committee She is also a
member of the RegionalAd
diction Institute planning sub-
committee Her efforts for
volunteer work were recently
recognized by an award
presented to her by the
Governor's Office of the Texas
Center for Volunteer Action
In her new role as the ATCOG
Region's State Advisory Courv
cil Member, Dr Rhodes will
consult with, and make
recommendations to, the Texas
Commission on Alcoholism
regarding the development and
Cloud Carter Speaks On Public Health
Cloud Carter, Health Re-
sources Specialist with the
Texas Department of Health
Resources regional office in
Tyler, spoke at the meeting of
the Mt Vernon Rotary Club on
Friday on "Public Health", He
was the guest of Jack McNabb,
the program chairman for the
day
Public health was described
by Carter as being anything
that affects the health of the
community He used slides to
illustrate his talk
The public health service, he
argued, provides preventative
measures while treatment is
provided by the public sector
Some counties have their own
health departments, he pointed
out and then said there is also
the State Health Department
which serves the people
through regional offices
Region 7, which includes
Franklin County, was formed
in 1970 and includes 35 counties
Twelve of these counties have
local health departments while
23 of them do not have local
health departments
Community sanitation, he
pointed out, is a modern must
and must be handled as it
develops for as you get more
and more people expanded
community sanitation must be
provided
Pure Water is another
concern he pointed out and said
proper community sanitation
has a direct effect on the pure
water supply.
Solid waste that the public
develops must be disposed of he
pointed out A solid waste
disposal site is the recom
mended way, he revealed, and
said this waste must be covered
daily
The public health depart
ment, he revealed, is involved
in the control of mosquitoes
The department, he revelaed.
is charged with checking all
units that use radio active
material
The department is also
responsible for inspection of
packing plants and other food
processing plants and revealed
that the state inspection
program has been brought up
to federal standards
Health protection for school
Six Injured In Two-Vehicle
Accident North Of Winnsboro
bond set at 8500 on both
charges. He remained in jail
Monday pending posting of the
bond
What it is is excitement
competition and family en
tertainment and one of the best
example* is sponsored esers
year by the Paris Young
Farmers
Vlxrrofllrn Center
fox
D®Uas Tex»«
Sulphur Springs Doctor
Appointed To Alcohol Council
Dr Ann C. Rhodes of Sulphur implementation of the “Tevas
State Plan for the Prevention,
Treatment, and Control of
Alcohol Abuse and Alco-
holism." She will also sit as a
member of the TCOA Grant
Contract Review Committee,
and engage in other Com-
Dr Rhodes, who was chosen mission business as requested
The arrest was made after
Pedesco was stopped on
Interstate 30.
Pedesco was arrainged with
unbiased, accurate figures
through cooperation between
Texas farmers and the Re-
porting Service, business and
government agents from one
end of the state to the other
would suffer in their ability to
predict coming trends and act
accordingly. '
Brown said
He explained that farmers
(hemselves use the estimates
as working tools in determining
upcoming production decisions
At the same time, the
information is used by farm
organizations and legislators in
planning and
programs, by extension
onomists and private I
management consultants
advising farmers, and
almost every link in
agriculture service industry in
allocating resources
Banks and investment
corporations also round out
their economic profiles of
counties through the use of the
crop and livestock statistics
“From the individual who
sells fertilizers or designates
railroad car placements to the
government agent who makes
decisions on crop payment
programs, everyone in the
agricultural production chain
needs and used the information
made available through this
continuing cooperative effort,"
Brown said
“And at the bottom line, of
course, is the aricultural
product consumer, who reaps
the benefits of a more informed
agricultural industry, better
able to minimize the drastic
ups and downs which can
translate into unpredictable
supplies and prices," Brown
concluded
Three or four years ago if
you told someone you were
headin for a tractor pull ",
chances were they thought you
had a pickup Muck in a ditch
Now though except for the less
civilized parts of the nation
such a* New York or lx»
Angeles almost everyone has
at least heard of a tractor pull
Fanners in Franklin County
have linen doubling as sla
tisticians in completing quest
lonnaires which become es
sential links in the sophis
ticated economic structure of
Texas agriculture. Com
missioner Reagan V Brown
said recently in Austin
The county 's producers were
part of some 30,(MM> farmers
across the state who recently
responded to the mid year
survey on summer acreage and
production conducted by the
Texas Croj) and Livestock
Reporting Service The re
suits of the survey will tie
issued in an August 10 crop
report which is available free of
charge
Without the availability of
Temperatures during July it was the hottest July since
soared to record highs actor back in the 1950’s
ding to many local people with There were 11 days during
many people maintaining that the month the high climbed
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disease Head louse, he
revealed, is still a problem and
we must help control it.
A nutrition program, he
revealed, tiea into all of the
programs they have.
The department has a public
health clinic at the First United
Methodist Church in Mt.
Vernon every fourth Thursday
with a registered nurse on duty
to make referrals or counsel
with those who desire help, he
revealed
Visiting Rotarians introduc-
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Taylor, Grapevine; Frank
Rholls, Sulphur Springs and
Harold Stephenson, Gilmer
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