Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1979 Page: 2 of 12
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Rites Held For Lillie Smith
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Shakespeare
Lawrence
Wins At Lowry's
Thursdays, 9:30-5:30 Saturdays, 9:30-5:30
George Jennings.
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by zone directors Mrs
Robert Ridley, New Boston;
Mrs Ray Smith, Kilgore,
and Mrs Robert McKelvey,
Palestine
The state president. Mrs
Jay Huckabay, Snyder, will
will meet at the Ramada Inn
the evening before
Mrs
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Mr*. Hollie Lawrence of Mf. Vernon is shown with the
maple Lazy Susan food server she won during the
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MELISSA P*adgel. Angie
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Jeree Fells, and Jeanette
Hammond joined other
Seed & Nursery
572-7108
115 S. OTyson
Mt. Pleasant
father's death on October 24.
1931
Devall sold the Optic teer
aid to Mr and Mrs Robert
H Smylie on October 1. 1950
w ho later sold to Palmer and
Paul T Morgan of Texark
ana. who sold on May 1, 1952
to the present owners. Mr
Icy Hot
3’/k>z.
78 Ford
Bronco
Air Cond.,
Auto Trans.,
7,000 Miles,
ONE OWNER
children from the Glade
Springs Baptist Church in
making valentines for the
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77 Ford LTD
2 Door, Air Cond.,
Auto Trans.,
Power Steering,
ONE OWNER
77 Ford LTD
2 Door,
Air Cond.,
Power Steering,
Radio,
ONE OWNER
1979
Or. J.M. lee, Optometrist
Announces the Opening
of His Offices
At 401 Gilmer in Sulphur Spring*
Phone B45-S441
Vaseline
Alka
Seltzer
Mt. Uernon ®ptic-3Herali)
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Mt. Vmwa. Franklin CewUy. Texas
Page 2 Vei. No. 104—No. 24 Thursday. Feb. 22. 1979
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Final nt** for Mrs Lillie
Smith. 75. of Ft. Worth,
formerly of Franklin Coun-
ty. were held at the
Greenwood Chapel, 3100
White Settlement Road, at
• 30 am on February 12.
Rev Herbert M Price,
pastor of the Alta Mere
Baptist Church. officiated
Burial was made m Fair
view Cemetery. Mt Vernon,
with Rev Al Davis officiat-
ing at graveside services at
2 30 p.m.
Mrs Smith was bom m
Franklin County on De-
cember 30. 1903. the daugh
•Cabbage Plants
•Indoor Plants
ter of George and Aetna
Clanton She died suddenly
in Ft Worth
Survivors include her
husband. Willie R Smith of
Ft Worth, one son, Herbert
Watts at Ft Worth; one
daughter. Aetna Tittle. Ma
nango, N D.; seven grand
children, four great grand
children; four step-sons.
Thomas Smith of Stockton.
California. Loyd Smith of
Mt Vernon. Foy Smith of
Garland and Troy Smith of
Houston. nine step-grand-
children, and eight step-
great grandchildren
Vaseline
Intensive Care Lotion
lOoz.
or
DONNIE KECK
Lincoln-Mercury-Ford
Where No One Walks Away
NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED
Ferguson Rood 572-3486
1979-1981 director, Mrs
KG Johnson. Palestine,
vice-directors. Mrs J Shan
Martin. Jr , Point, Mrs Pap born November 4. 1904
Watson. Marshall, and Mrs
Sam Rice. Clarksville, re
cording secretary. Mrs
Clayton B Willis, Gilmer,
’uperPriced
AND PARIN'TO GO...
OUR LIKE-NEW CARS/
Other survivors include
two sons. Earl Wilburn. Jr
of Garland and Barr)
Wilburn of Commerce, eight
Ma
late J E Mattinson in the
Mt Vernon Optic, w hich was
established on October 12.
1894. by Robert L. Rountree
During the 12 year
partnership of Rountree and
Devall as publishers of the
Optic, the Franklin Herald
was re-established on Jan
uary 12. 1899. by J M
Fanning and son, R.W They
operated the Herald in
competition to the Optic
until May 25.1906, when they and Mrs James T Bass Mr.
sold out to Rountree and
Devall
Only since 1906 has
Franklin County been
served by the "Mt Vernon
Juveniles
Arrested At
School Function
The Mt Vernon police
department reported minor
activity over the weekend
Officers arrested two juven-
iles at a school function
Friday evening, one for
possession of marijuana and • ■'First the
one for public intoxication
Police officers were noti-
fied of a burglary of the Mrs
Myrtle Burgin residence on
Rutherford Street between 6
and 8:30 pm
Toni
Silkwave
$189H
from the- world like a
satisfied guest We couldn't
do that!". Devall stated
placed James publisher emeritus
• "Well move out of that
the Franklin County jail littered office just as soon as
arrangements can be com-
pleted for a new office in
Allied Citizens Bank Build
CHILDREN at Glade
Spring* Baptist Church
constructed valentines
for distribution to the
• people in the Franklin
County Hospital. Mission
Manor Nursing Home,
and Terry Haven Nursing
Home. Shown al work are
Barry Kogers. Deans
McFarlin. Dei or a Mc-
Farlin. Sherry Shelby,
and Jamie Condrey. Not
pictured were Amy Rog
ers, Christi Kuhl, and
Joni Kuhl. (Staff Photo)
Novahistine 1
DMX 4oz. ;’W
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■4 Elixir
402 $ pa
since 1906
County
77 Mercury
Marquis
4 Door, Air Cond.,
Power Steering,
Radio,
ONE OWNER
Barnes-Hind/V
Wetting Solution
2oz.
Johnson's
Dental Floss
5Oyd.
■ or
-J Reach
Toothbrush
69$
I Fori Full
’ Tear...
That's right,
by purchasing
our service
poficy, you can have
FREE replacement of
broken glasses for
1 ful year.
Come by now for ful detafls.
Martin's Optical
401 Gilmer 885-4630
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Published Every Thursday
P O Drawer H. Mount Vernon < lYanklin County I. Texas. 7MS7
Second Claax Poelaae Paid al Mount Vernon. Texas
One year in Franklw. Tltue Wood Hopkins CuunUcx > 7M
Six months ui above area t 4<M
One year elsewhere S t M
Six months elsewhere IS®
One year outside Continental I tuled Slates *10 Ml
All errors and misstatements appearing in the Mount Vernon Optic Herald will
be corrected when and if called lo the attention of the editor Phone *S? 222*
No charge 1a made for pubiicationa at notices of church sees ices or ocher public
gatherings where no admission is charged Where admission is charged or where
goods or wares of any kind are offered for sale the regular advertising rale will
be applied
The Mount Vernon Optic Herald reserves the right to reject advertising al its
discretion
The OptK Herald reserves the right to reject any picture submitted for
reproduction that is color ar poor quality black and white th* photographer will
make a black and white picture in our office on Thursday or Friday of each week
duruw regular office hours for a charge of t* ® An appointment is necessary
Mount Vernon Optic Herald established IM- Franklin Herald established ISM
Optic and Herald consolidated in 1MM
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ol preparing th<H
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that often paysH
show and jtmioiH
will i le lor morvH
million dollars!
monies and pre!
lion prices alm!
value I
From a spectiH
oliiew Hu sotmH
are center stal
two week . Xtt.ll.H
tiegms when Hil
fastest growing E
nation, takes a I
wards m time ail
tut ot western heiB
busy streets ■
Horses, buckbl
stagecoaches tai
concrete and hil
don western hatsl
to welcome the IJ
event in the histl
bustling oil and si
capital I
More than (>,(MX)I
journeying as fl
miles will join cil
and bands •• <1
rodeo parade w ml
the canyons of I
streets at 9 15 I
Friday. Februaryl
Following the pl
action moves fJ
Mam Street to I
dome and the I
Livestock Expositl
ties where the rd
with a matinee pel
in the Astrodome!
The livestock srt
a week earlier I
show competition
ruary 21 Pn
breeders and rani
from some 35 s
bring in the best in
stock to compete i
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Red Barn Seed H
We Hove Everything
•Gordan Saad
Vaseline
Petroleum Jelly
Bath Beads 15oz. z’/zoz.
Devall until June 1, 1909.
when Rountree sold to
Devall
In January of
Charles K Devall,
The Junior Shakespeare
Club, a member of Texas
Federation of Women's
Clubs, met Thursday night.
February IS. at 7:30 in the
home of Mrs Tom Newsom
with fifteen members pres
ent
Mrs G W Rutherford led
in prayer
Mrs Newsom served
chicken salad, banana nut
bread, assorted cookies,
pimento cheese sandw iches,
pickles, olives, apple rings,
salted pecans, rosettes with
cherry pie filling, and tang
tea
Gertrude Smith, presi
dent, presided Mrs T D
was director of the
program She talked on her
Carnbean Cruise, her trip to
Spain and several trips to
Mexico
The meeting was closed
with the repeating of the
Club Motto
Those present w ere Mmes
T D Hill. J W Carter, G W
Rutherford. Earl Rodkey.
Brown,
kJ L.
(Continued From Pagel) Optic Herald .
business at that time The Optic-Herald was
Immediately following the published by Rountree and
bitter political campaign of
1896. the Herald office was
destroyed by fire,
Shortly thereafter, on in January of 1931
January 1. 1897, Mr Devall Charles K Devall, Jr
purchased the interest of the joined his father as a junior friends and families,
■ e< .l- panne,-
Devall. Jr., continued as
owner, editor and manager the books we've
of Jhe paper following his collecting " Devall slated
"As the Greek poet Horace Floyd Brown, Kenneth
wisely said. We rarely find Threndyle, Shelby White,
a man who can say he has
lived happy, and content
people in the hospital and
nursing homes last week.
(Staff Phyto)
Devalls Sell Kilgore Paper
ing. and that may take a
while From these new
quarters we hope to continue Hill
to take part in Our Town's
civic life, but not as an
official of the newspaper
We II be pleased to have
more time with Lyde, our
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bit for travel Best of ail
we re hoping to read some of
• books we've been
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with his life, and can retire Hope Misses Fannie Seay, I IWW —
Virgie Beth Hughes. Ger- | grand opening of "Lowry's Acre". Mr* Lawrence wa*
Smith and Genie |
entrance through a back
door and procurred some
antique coins The theft is
currently under investiga named Devall a consultant.
l>on with the honorary title of
Officers ’
Howard Hogan. Mt Vernon,
in f “ ‘ ~
around 5:20 p m Sunday for
public intoxication The
suspect remains in jail
Bass worked for Mr. Devall
in Kilgore in 1937
‘Before deciding to sell,
and if so. to which of many
prospective buyers, there
were months of study,
investigation, negotiations
and prayer Along with
numerous publishers faced
with possible heavy estate
taxes, we decided it would be
wise for all concerned to
listen to some of those who
are buying papers, right and
left," Devall stated follow-
ing sale of the paper
. ...J new owners
would have to be fair with
our employees, commited to
free enterprise and com
munity progress, maintain
local autonomy of news and
8:30 pm Sunday editorial policy, and on
evening Thieves gained balance, appear to be the
“h a back organization best suited to.
our town," he continued
The Dorney people have
SINCE 1869
Rutherford Rexall Drug
We Keep A Complete Family Prescription
Record For Each & Every Customer
t>«* Phon, *J7 jjjj ~
frra *txnlo. Ownor MUnoao, Nljlltx A Sundays W MIS
HMJ Vtanu, Owns, Managa,_______________________________________ Te<>|
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Garden Club Convention Set
"Spring for Beauty" will Elite, Parte, awards chair
be the theme for the annual man. with Mrs Brundrctt
spring convention of District presenting citations and
Hl. Texas Garden Clubs, business and industry cita
Inc at the Civic Center. 2501 Dons other district chair
East End Blvd., Marshall, men will report and make
March 1 The official board recommendations
The afternoon program is
open lo the public at 1 jo
Bassett King and p m with dollar admission
J M Dauphin of Mrs Billy E Nutt, head
Marshall are chairmen with flower designer for Old
the Marshall Garden Club World Pottery Store will
and the Amaryllis Beaty show "Fun With Silks "
Garden Club hosts for the Club registration fee of &
coffee and registration be and individual luncheon and
ginning at 8 30 a m .with the program reservations for
morning session beginning $7 50 should be made with
at 10 Mrs Pap Watson. Route 5.
Mrs Jesse Brundrett, Box 92. Marshall. Texa*
Tyler, district director, says 75670
accomplishments of the 112 D.
clubs in the northeast area of iiltCH
the state will be summarized Held For
directors Mrs
, bara W ilburn
Graveside ntes for Mrs
Sara Wilburn of Scroggins
will be held today <Thurs
day). February 22. at 10 io
a m at the Seguin Cemetery
speak and install officers for in Seguin. Texas
Mrs Wilburn, 74. died at
her residence in Scroggins
on February 19 She was
in
New Mexico, the daughter of
Lewis Scholars and the
former Aliena Wilson She
|0E married Earl Wilburn win,
corresponding secretary and survtv'es
newsletter editor. Mrs Rob
ert McKelvey. Palestine
and treasurer. Mrs W C
Thompson. New Boston
More than 200 awards w ill grandchildren and two great
be presented by Mrs Pnntis grandchildren
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1979, newspaper, February 22, 1979; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1330321/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.