Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1979 Page: 6 of 12
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Washington's Birthday
SALE
FEBRUARY FINAL
Operating and
maintenance
Wholesale
cost of
electricity
including
fuel cost
"A Special Dank
For Special People
Depreciation, interest
taxes, etc.
COST OF
POWER
You can put O*f buying a
cor for juu so tong before
«t starts costing you more
than ft s «*orth. The
transmission goes the
radiator and the brakes—
al costly repom
If that $ rhe position you
find yourse* <n come m
ond to* to us Ve B
drronge o re# cor k>on for
the amount you need with
a comforotoble monthly
payment schedule A ne w
cor is o good investment
M/hy put off buying ony
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COST OF DOING
BUSINESS
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Mt Pleasant
Quitman
Hughes Springs Tournament
Pans
Quitman
cuit
m>lk
Value To
*25.00
■shampoo
■ BODY ON TAF
(cotton swam
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The exercise provided
Navy and Manne Corps
personnel with training in
experience in cold weather
M»S WfAVI
CHEESE
Your member-owned rural electric system is
honoring that commitment today. It is our
promise for the future.
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fHt. Menujn(#ptic-Herali>
P<U£C 6 Thurvdav, Feb 22. 1979
Mt Vernon Franklin County Texas
Manne Lance Corpora;
Tommy U Baugh, sor. of
Billy h and Lots M Baugh
of highway 37.
Vernon Tex recently parti
cipated n excercise Cold
Start in the Gulf of Maine
He is assigned to 2d Tank
Battalion based at Manne
Corps Base Camp Le jeune
On Ladies & Juniors
Sit* 3 to 20
Tops • Pantsuits • Dresses
*5 w/Value To *25.00
s8 w Value To *35.00
*12* w/Volue To *55.00
Poly Gab & Knit Pants $8
REDUCED MORE THAN 7, Of 7.
Clearing Out Foe
Spring & Summer Stock
Just Arrived
Come In And See!
MERLE NORMAN STUDIO
The Clothes Hut
PEGGY JAGGERS 537-447*
NORTH SIDE OF SQUARE MT. VERNON
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Jk 1
l*oa» woo
craw a in
luirnamrnl
Bare root planting a now
under way for frurt trees nut
trees and such ornament*;
punts as crepe myrtw
From now until buds begin
la ieaf out is the best time to
move trees and shrubs ar
add new ones to the y ard
» onUiner punts have less
shuck in transplant mg and
have a longer seasen
actually year around of
piamabsiity but bare root
trees and shrubs are muct
less expensive They take
usually a year to get settled
before they start to really
grow but sutne trees such as
pecans have such a tap root
that no container can hoid
them so they must be
planted bare root Must fruit
trees transplant quite easily
if the soil ts well drained and
has a good supply of organ*
matter to hold food and
moisture dunag that impor
tant first summer Peatmoss
used at planting ume.wn.
overcome poor soils t>u‘
waif to feed until growth zs
sell along in June
H VPP5 GARDENING!
SCOTT Lee Mis o* as
Ketty Stretcher 12. Kai-
ties far the rebound la
aclMM axaissl Ufa Gold
e* Satarday Bight The
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Monday Juice hM cereal
buttered mast mt*
Tuesday Juice buttered
toast scrambled egg mdk
dedoewday Juice butter
ed toast co*d cereal mdk
Thursday Juice hot bn
cream gravy yeify
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Proud Father
‘7t levm* Uht thr baby u
ettally food of you, " tbr
friend Sold the proud father
"I think so,' taid the neu
14ad He ileep* all da\
uhen I ni not -home and
itayi up all night to enjoy
rny company
k I 1
Yet a dependable supply of efficient power at
a value price is a covenant we made 40 years
ago.
Lewis Hepler of Mt \errxr
were held Saturday. Feb-
ruary 17. in Bates<<joper
Aeems Funeral Chapel m
Mt Pleasant Jamie Duncan
officiated and burial was m
A mf>eid Cemetery
Hepler 91 retired from
sakowiti in Houston m 19M
He married the former
Joe Hepler Services Held
Funeral services lor Joe Lydia Bogue in 1921
Survivors include his
daughter and
Mary and Roy
Loughlin one granddaugh
ter Pam Nation one
grandson Rim Loughlin
one great grandson Aaron
Nation alkof Garland one
brother Clyde Hepler of
Pittsburg and other rela
Uses
Aldo* a
suninlaw
the district
the playoff
iphoGi by
Kathy (annadavi
Meeting Set
The Cyprws Baaui Himw
>cal and Gm—logseal So
c*«y will meet Turoda*
Feb 27 at 7 90 PM at the
Guaranty Bond Bank, in w
1st . Mt Pleasant The
Guaranty Bond Bank was
chosen as a temporary
location far the February
meeting
Lacy Davit of Pittsburg
Texas will speak on “Using
Photography in Genealogy '
This program will be of
interest Ui anyone research
mg their family's history
Members of the Society
wish to extend a cordial
invitation to anyone inter
ested m genealogy to attend
this meeting Anyone need ’
ing additional information
I should contact Mrs Linda
Stansell at 214 572434* or
I Mrs Jane Davis at 214—45*
I 36KJ or write the Cypress
I Basin Historical and Gene
’ alogical Society. P O Box
Mt Pleasant. Tx 75455
Tree Power
All kinds of trees have
been celebrated through the
ages There are trees of life
knowledge, wisdom, ho-
liness and dreams — just to
name a few The earliest
beliefs surrounding trees
generally refer to them as
trees of the world or cosmos
The moon sun and stars
were originally thought to
hang on a celestial tree hke
leaves on the trees of the
earth
1979 Ml Vernon High
School Baftebali Schedule
TutMfav March IV Piasburg...
Tkarsds* Man* 15 Maud
Monday March PrawUaad JV
Thursday. March n O—by
Monday March » Prasniaad JV
Thursday Friday Saturday. 1
Yburs Fn Sat Mar ». r. “
• Tuesday Apn. > AlarksviUe
. Thursday Agni V PrawUaad
-Tuesday Apr-10- North Lamar
-Thursday AprJ 12 -Clarksville
- T otsda y Apru !7 - Prainiand
-Friday April»- North Lamar
-Tuesday AprilM—Qarkmfle
-Thursday .April35- Prainkand
- Taaday May 1—North Lamar
- Thursday May 3- -Clarks i lie
- T uesday May K Pramland
- Thursday May 14- North Lamar
- Lnstnet Games
Head Coach Robert Richards
Asst Coacr. Carl Dunklin
Air Jet* Phone 537-4122
Home Pbone 537
1979 Ml Vernon High
Schoo! Tennis Schedule
Date
Feb 30
Mai^h 1
March.'* 3
March*
March 12
March 23 k 24 Mt Pleasant Tournament
TR thlTKiN tails lot the
winning learn to cwt down
the ne< jnd Saltillo v *« <*t
Lee wav mure than happs
to go along with the
tradition The Lions will
advance to regional com-
petition this weekend in
Kilgore Photo by Kathy
< annaday
rdlM
> points to be the Lions'
high scoring man ■ Photo
> by Kathy < annaday
As the price of fuel takes a larger and larger
share of your electric bill, your member-owned
Wood County Electric Cooperative must get by
on less and.less for maintenance and upkeep
of the system.
HY TOf FAMILY
TEA BAGS.....
Medt £tff ; r
w—■ By Barrkr L Kndker
are cithers Owe at the
hardest to kill pests an
hollies camellia* and *asan
qua* is lea scale wh-ch
leaves a white cottony
euatJig under the leaves if
these plants and in *4
v a need stages viU kill
ptantiogs (hi spray is one at
the mast effective sprays to
keep' '-bese punts healthy
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1 First Notional Dank
f °f Mount Vernon' Texos
>> FDK
Lanrh
Mcmday Ouh dug
cheese French
catsup ' coke i
cobbker
Tuesday Pinto beans with
ham potato salad broccoii
and nee < asaerote ecm
bread cucunut cake
Wednesday Spaghetti with
meat sauce mixed vege-
tables fussed salad hot
rads chilled fnat
Thursday Steak f tngers
with gravy creamed pou
toes, green beans white
bread, chocolate brownies
Choccaiate or white mdk
served with al. lunches
Saltillo—
<( —Hawed Fro— Page I•
points foikiwed by Scot! Lee
w ith 13 David White with six
and Rx-ky Self with five
points
Saltillo now advances to
regional cucnpetition Friday
evening February 23 K
Kilgore College gy mnas.urr.
The time of the game and the
opponent of the Lion* was
not available at press time
537-2228 For /
Job Printing
Msd F ebruary » *erd
starting time for most
garden transplants both
fiower and vegetable The
longer days coupked with
more sunshine make for
stranger, healthier plants
than earlier started seed
w uusd make J^at be sure the
starting sod is sterile and nut
” just regular potting sou for
w Njus* plants Several brands
are or. the market but
cceitauR a mixture
of peatmoss vemucuiiie
and perbte which has brer
serds and diseases Seec
iing* that tipple over at
grouriC levei are infected
with the disease damp off
whicr. is an ndbcat*ici of
poor sAmia'HMi Be sure to
keep seedlings n ail the fight
pissitue arid urxier cuui
Time cur»d.tKjas to make stocky
.... 4 Obpm
4 (io p m
t Uba m
2 30p m
4:44 p m
2 30 p m Friday
, 10 00 a m Saturday
March 36 k 27 Girls Dtstnct in Commerce To Be Annour*-ec
Itarch 30 4 31 Pans Tournament 8 15 a m
Apn; 4 4 5 Boys District in Commerce To Be Announced
Coach Jodie Harns
Phuoe 214-527-236*
1979 Ml Vernon High
School Boys* Track Schedule
Friday March!—Hooks
Saturday March He—Quitman
Saturday March 17—Linden Kildare
Saturday March 31 —Mt Vernon
Fnday April *— North Lamar
Thursday April 19- District North Lamar
March 23-34 Possible Meet Date
April 13-14 Possible Meet Date
1979 Mt Vernon High School & I
Junior High Girls Track Schedule I
Fr. Mar 2-S Springs 9 a m —Vanity Giris Only I
Mar 10-Texarkana 9 a m - Freshman 4 Van ty G.r ..* I
Sat Mar 17-N Lamar
Mar 23- Linda >
One of the mast mpertant
sprayings of the year on
fruit trees and -r.rut'-
subject to scale :nfestat*j<&
needs.to.be dune during the
next feu weeks before buds
sweii The spray is dormant
ail and kills a host of gardrr>
pestv while te>r«g s-fe I
■vildiife and beneficial *in
sects ijrganic gardener-
can use this with no qua in.>
as there is no pons-.c
involved just the srr»other
ing aetke .4 the fight ■*!
coat.ng Be sure no freeung
temperature* will be exper
>enced for 24 hours after
spray .ng as da?r.age may be
Pune to w >me t»» V olk <Ji|
GOING in fur two points
iv Kelly Stretcher for
Saltillo Kelly hit 15
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March 39 3«.31 Sulphur
34. 31 Sulphur spra<* Tourn
T 4 0»
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T 4 44
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T 4 UL
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with
i fries with
slaw fruit
9am —Varsity 4 8th Grade Girls
12 30 p m — Varsity Junior Varsity
4 8tn Grade Giris
Mar 31 Mt Vernon Ins 9 30 d m
April 5-Distnct Mt Vernon 10 <*) a m
Head Coach Jim Sioan
Asst Coach Karen Boyd
Athiet* Phone 5374122
Cpl. Baugh Participate In Exercise
amphibious operatuxis. The
exercise included a helicip-
terbume assault into the
Mount Naval Air Station. Bruns
wick. Marne by a reinforced
Manne nfie company sup-
ported by jet attack aircraft
anti-tank missiles and artil-
lery The landing force
consisted of an amphibious
assault ship an amphibious
transport dock and a tank
landing ship
Baugh joined the Mar ne
Corps in November 197*
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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/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.