Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1979 Page: 1 of 28
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less than pleasing to the eyes
and nose the lastes labora
lory testing of the water,
which was conducted by
Hunt County Laboratories in
Meeting Chairman, Dewey
Moore Publicity director,
and Keith Drummond, Chief
Council.
President lx»wry appoint
Greenville, on samples tak-
en on June 15-16, indicate
that the water is fit tor
human consumption, slated
Perrin
Craig was a member of a
Pee Wee League baseball
team last year, but was
12 Days
WITHOUT A
FATAL TRAFFIC
ACCIDENT IN
FRANKLIN
COUNTY
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imutes of the
fling along with
orts were read
d by the Court
tomers was due to the lack of
oxygen in the water at the
bottom of the "City Lake".
Although the water at
times has been somewhat
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awarded
T-Ball
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were
be confined on his owner's
premises for the next 60
days
Dr. Clifton Shepler, Zoo-
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Association dedicated their
new baseball field, located
east of Mt. Vernon Public
Schools, to the memory of
ias given lot the
of an air-
in the judge's
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ames played on
red the Water
Hangers and the
omcs in a tie for
in the T Ball
ilayoff between
is, to be held on
e 18, will decide
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held Thursday. Friday and
Saturday, June 14, 15 and 16.
at the Mt Vernon Hiding
Club Hodeo Arena
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X^j?ther Pictures
Throughout This Issue
j A plaque made in honor of
Craig’s Craig was purchased by the
JAMES CHERRY, Big
Spring, who was a member
of the 1944-45 Tiger football
team ( * ‘
Smith visited the Optic- predict
champs for 1979 are the Mt
Vernon Feed Hornets Tro-
phies were given to each
player, the team's coaches Russell, representatives of
r Fresh
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seconds; Jim Griffin of
Mansfield won $371.47 with
10.4 seconds, and Larry
Bramhall of Detroit, John
from the Maintenance and
Operating Fund in the
amount of $2934.80. Minutes
of the June 4 and June 6
meetings were read and
approved.
Large crowds attended
each performance of the 18th
Annual Mt Vernon Riding
Club CRA Rodeo, which was
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MELISSA PADGETT,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Padgett, was chosen
as Miss Congeniality of
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Herald last week He was
here to attend the Catfish
Smith appreciation dinner such figure termed the
Saturday night and the ‘economic multiplier" is
golden wedding celebration used to fjgure lhe do||ar
f Mt. Vernon
Monday grandparents.
By W eldon Riggs
Extension Agent
What part does Agricul-
tural production play in our
city. community. and
county’ This is a question
few, if any. people have
thought of or even asked
Franklin County is geo
graphically located in one of
the most favorable areas of
the country for agricultural
production According to a
recent governmental report
the northeast section of
Texas along with a small
portion of Oklahoma and
Arkansas is deemed very
favorable for the production
of crops, forages and
livestock The reasons for
this favorable rating is due
to the soil types, rainfall and
cliumate Producers within
this area and county know
the importance of adequate
moisture, temperature and
day length for growing field
Jack Pernn, Mt Vernon
City Manager, slated that
the cause of the water
problems, being experi-
enced by city water cus-
Since the intake for the
water treatment facility is
stationary and can not be
moved to a higher level on
the lake where the oxygen
content is higher the City has
made arrangements for the
rental of a air pump. A two
inch line with* a defuser will
be attached to the pump and
run into the lake to force air
into tlie water, and eventu-
ally cause the lake to “turn
over”.
The pump was to arrive
the day of this printing
(Wednesday), stated Perrin.
How long the turn over
process using the pump
method will require to
complete and raise the
See LACK Page 17
MLcraflln Center Inc
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ed the following men to
serve as an Executive
Committee for the coming
year: Jack Horne, Charles
Shirtleff, Mack Gilbert,
fRt. Bernnn Wptic-drteraEb
Val. 1M-N». 41 Mt Vernon. Franklin County, Texas 28 Pages-1 Section Thurs.. June 21, 1979 15e Per Copy
Baseball Association, moun-
ted on a stand, and enclosed
by a fence donated by the
Chamber of Commerce. The
section of land used to
_ exhibit the plaque was
death on October lij' A brief landscaped by John Porter.
eo. Terri Alien, left was
named Junior Hodeo
Queen for 1979. She, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ricky Allen. KeKe God-
frey. right, received
June 18
Board ap-
proved the payment of bills
1979 Salute To Dairying
June is Dairy Month—and throughout the United
States dairy farm families and consumers alike will
join together to celebrate the event.
For over 40 years June has been singled out as a
month-long salute to the dairy industry and to the dairy
farmers who work so diligently throughout the year to
provide consumers with an abundant supply of fresh,
high-quality milk and dairy products.
Milk and dairy products provide a significant
amount of our daily need for protein, calcium, and
many other essential vitamins and minerals. And they
provide this nutrition at a cost which has increased less
than all other major food groups. The dairy industry is
a major employer and taxpayer in many communities
and cities throughout the United Stales, and continues
to build and expand to keep pace with consumer
demand for its products.
During June of this year, numerous local and state
events will be conducted in honor of the dairy industry.
June Dairy Month is a natural time to pause and reflect
on the significant contributions to our health and
economy made by the dairy farm families of our
nation. And June is a natural time to say "thanks" for
providing our daily supply of nature's most nearly
perfect food—milk.
oxygen in the water has water Causing the brownish
caused the elements iron color and some odor in the
and manganese (normally water. This is referred to as •.
suspended and separate) to the turbidity of the water,
go back into solution in the and should be no more than
| t one (1) on the test scale. At
mid-afternoon Monday this
' turbidity count stood at 8.2
on the test scale, reported
George Dickenson, Herb The Winners also formed P*1™ This somewhat li-
Zimmerman, Dudley Miller, some By-laws, which call for nuts the effectiveness of the
Dale Moore, Jack Meredith, the group to meet annually disinfectant chemicals.
Craig Lthdley was born
August 23,1970, as the son of taken from his team at his
Pat Lindley and the former C—— — ... —.—
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PICTURED HERE are
the two winners of the Mt.
Vernon Rodeo Queen
Contest held Thursday,
June 14, at the Mt.
Vernon Hiding Club Rod-
KeKe Godfrey, And Terri
Allen Named Rodeo Queens
Many spectators also
witnessed the Rodeo Parade , ,
held at 4:00 p m ThurSlay and its sponsor, at the T-Ball the Titus County
before the first rodeo championship game held Water Supply District No. 1,
performance
KeKe Godfrey, daughter
of Mr and Mrs Charles
Godfrey, received the title of
Senior Riding Club Rodeo
Queen as a result of the
Rodeo Queen Contest during
the Thursday night perform-
ance She reigned through-
out the rodeo's three
performances KeKe was
awarded a trophy and a
bouquet, along with a crown,
which was worn on her hat
The Junior Rodeo Queen
for 1979 is Terri Allen,
daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Ricky Allen. Terri received
a trophy and a bouquet also,
and was crowned by last
year's queen. Shelee Elbert
Terri, along with KeKe,
reigned during the three
rodeo performances
Melissa Padgett, daughter T-Ball championship game,
of Mr and Mrs. Joe Padgett,
received a trophy for being
"Miss Congeniality." All
eight girls competing in the
queen contest voted on the
winner of this title
The seven events held
during the rodeo proved to
be competitive,with 326
people participating. The
winners of the bareback
riding are as follows: Lonnie
Austin of Wills Point won
$290.24 with 74 points, Mike
Neeham of Commerce won
$217.68 with 73 points; Chris
Woodruff of Dallas won
Explorer $155 12 with 70 points; and
David Mosteit of 1-a Porte
won $72 56 with 67 points.
Six winners placed in calf
Strange
plant, south of Mt. Vernon,
was zero (0) Normally this
figure should range between
four and eight (4-8).
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Smith Athletic Scholarship Fund Is Established
A Catfish and Dot Smith
Scholarship Fund, which
will be used to award a
scholarship to the most
deserving athlete gradual
mg from Mt. Vernon High
School, was established at
the first official meeting of
"Catfish's Winners ", held at
the Cypress Springs Country
Club, Saturday, June 16
The Mt Vernon High
School principal and coaches
will select the athlete they
feel best deserves the
scholarship each year
The Winners established
the fund with an initation
contribution, which totaled
several thousand dollars
They would also like to open
the scholarship fund to the
community for contribut-
ions, since it is the only fund
supporting a Mt Vernon
student
Anyone wishing to make a
contribution to the fund
should mail their money or
check to the First National
Bank in Mt Vernon Checks
should be made payable to
the* Catfish and Dot Smith
Scholarship Fund"
Franklin County
Is In Favorable
Area For Agriculture
crops, hay forages, timber
and livestock
The producers of these
agricultural commodities
are attempting to keep
America going and growing
while providing a living for
themselves and their fami-
lies Farming and ranching
is on a day to day basis in
many respects The farmer
does not begin, each day
knowing if his product will
be ready for market, if there
will still be a market at all or
what will tie received for his
product Unlike industry or
other business, agricultural
production is not on a "cost
plus" basis The farmer
takes what he can get for his
commodity which hopefully
will yield him a profit
The money a producer
receives for the grain,
cattle, timber, poultry or
other commodity then goes
out into the community It
goes to pay wages, buv
99 groceries, pay bills, buy
Temper. if ua-
geverned, geverm the
whole man.
Anthony Shaftesbury
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Lack Of Oxygen Cause Of Water Problems
According to Perrin at
6:00 p m Monday, June 18,
the oxygen content of the
water at the intake point of
the City's water treatment
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the title of Senior Rodeo
Queen for 1979. She is lhe
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Godfrey .(Staff
Photo).
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the Mt. Vernon Rodeo
Queen contestants. This
award was voted on by all
eight girls competing in
the Junior and Senior
divisions of the Mt.
Vernon Rodeo Queen
Contest held Thursday,
June 14, during the Mt.
Vernon Rodeo. (Staff
Photo).
Explorer Post
To Meet Tonight
The Medical
Post, which has been
organized here, will meet
Thursday, (June 21) at 7:30
p.m in the cafeteria at roping Mike Strange of
Franklin County Hospital Kilgore received $566.98 for
They will make a special his time of 9.9 seconds;
tour of the X-ray department Tommy Phillips of Tyler
with one of the technicians won $469 22 for his time of 10
explaining the various e-
quipment.
Dr. Robert White is
advisor for the unit. Assist-
ing Dr White will be Gary Mitchell of Oklahoma City,
Floyd, radiology technician; and Casey Risinger of
and Richard Arnold, hos Oklahoma City each re-
pital administrator. see RODEO Page S
T-Ball Championship game recognized and
held Monday, June 18 Each trophies at the
member of the champion- championship also
ship squad received a outstanding players
trophy, as did their coaches chosen out of the four teams
and sponsor. in each league.
Members of the team are Following are the Pee Wee
as follows: Greg Holhngs- All-Stars: Greg Hollings-
worth. Trey Newsom, Jason worth, Eric Mullins, Jason
Tosh. Jeffrey Rogers, Andy Tosh, Tom Garcia, Jeffrey
Carpenter, Michael Ram- Rogers, Steve Wilson, Ron
say. Mike Wright, Jamie Rich, Trey Newsom, Kelly
Wilson, Cassandra Hall. Kincaid, Mike Wright, Mi-
Stanley Fountain and Wes- chael Ramsay, Shawn Stone,
ley Blair. Coaches are Lance Freeman, Brent Bur-
Ronnie Doss and Roger kette, Oby Warren and Kelly
Andress. M L. Edwards and Foy. They will be coached
Co. sponsored the winning by Ronnie Doss, Steve
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The Little League baseball TCFWSD Proposes To Buy
Land Below Cypress Springs Dam
er District attorney Robert
Hoffman met with the Board
to discuss a proposed
contract made by the city of
Winnsboro, which hopes to
buy water from Franklin
County Water District.
Nothing definite has been
decided.
Also at the
meeting, the
more seed, feed, or ferti-
lizer. This money is used to
purchase equipment to op-
erate with or to buy
replacement cattle and
other livestock
Economists utilize facts
coached by and figures in their work to
t or estjmate
future prices, costs, income,
etc. for our country One
—j figure termed
"economic multiplier"
and Mrs. Vernon McClure in commodity, good or service.
Sulphur Springs Since the production of
He was reminiscing quite agricultural commodities is
“ -.- —” •°f importance in Franklin
Supply
sponsor.
League baseball The Pee Wee League and Pleasant which will be held
champs for 1979, prior to the Little League All-Stars were in July
Pictures On Page 22 A 23
The Little league All-
Stars are as follows: Gary
Gibson, Eric Stinson, Greg
Shackelford, Lance Ed-
wards, Larry Andress, Ray-
mond Doss, Steve Slaton,
Tookie Robertson, Jeff Cook,
Lee Hill, Rusty Booth, Carl
Fountain, Kevin Kincaid,
Ricky Jones, Randy Waf-
ford, Toby Godfrey and
Johnny Stewart. Their
coaches will be Lee Hyman
and Claude Cook for the
play-off game which is yet to
be scheduled
a bit and recalled that the of importance in Franklin
Tigers won regional in 1944 County as one, if not the top
and played for regional in FRANKLIN Page 5
1945 Cherry recalled some
of the players on the team
which included Charles
Ixiwry, Gene Fleming,
Frank Parchman, Howard
Wayne Rogers, George
Dickerson, Billy Grau, Mack
<Cheesy) Gilbert, Billy Rex
Cody, Leacho Tittle and
James Caudle He said there
were others but I can't recall
all of them
Rufus Bolger, principal at
that time, was with Cherry
Cherry recalled that Bolger
policed the halls well but
when Bolger was at one end
of the hall, the boys who
wanted to slip out would go
out the door at the other end
of the hall There were two
outside doors at the old high
school building
Cherry subscribed to the
Optic-Herald and the Bogata
News while at the O-H office.
His wife attended school in
Bogata
Monday. June 18. met with the Franklin
The champion team mem- County Water District Board
bers are the following, during the regular meeting
Larry Andress, Gary Gib- held Monday, June 18. The
son, Tookie Robertson, Jeff Titus County represents-
Cook, Lance Edwards, Chris tives offered to buy a portion
Stevens, Shannon Hall, Brad of the land located behind
Sears, Michael Mullins, the Cypress Springs dam
Brad Hyman, Brian Ran- that will soon be under water
dall. Torn Floyd, and Billy as a result of the Bob Sandlin
Purdom Lee Hyman, Lake which is being filled.
Claude Cook and James No action on this matter was
Randall coached the team, taken
and Mt. Vernon Feed and The Franklin County Wat-
Craig Lindley Baseball Field Dedicated
The Mt Vernon Baseball Judy Meek, of Mt. Vernon eulogy was given v, Toni
His older brother and sister, Ramsay, a close friend of
Todd and Kim Lindley, live the Lindleys, during the
in Mt. Vernon also Mr and dedication of the Craig
_____ r „ Mrs Joe Lindley and Mr. Lindley Memorial Field^
Craig Lindley. The dedica and Mrs. Bill Meek, all of j* . ‘
tion was given in a brief Mt Vernon are C—
ceremony held II
evening June 18 prior to the
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Pkg, I
The money for the fund Fleming,
has been placed with the Gayle Tinsley, secretary-
First National Bank in treasurer; Bobby Campbell,
Certificates of Deposits Scholarship Fund Chair
(CD’s) As contributions are man, Kenneth Meek, Annual
received by the bank, the
money will be placed in a
passbood savings account,
and later transferred to
CD's This is to insure that
the maximum interest on the
money will be earned
Catfish's Winners is a new
organization, with 45 official
members Members of the
club include those who
attended Mt Vernon School
and were coached by Catfish
Smith, and those who were
members of the MVHS
coaching staff or held team
manager position during
Cat's tenure here in the
1940’s Rufus Bolger, princi-
pal of MVHS during Cat’s
tenure, was made a per
rnanent honorary member of
the Winners
Officers to serve for the
next three years were
elected at the meeting They
are as follows Charles
Lowry, president; Gene
red from this case that was 50 confirmed cases of animal
known, said Dr Reed This rabies through the second
was a four-year-old Eskimo week of June, 1979. Accord-
Spitz dog. The dog is ing to Shepler this is
currently being treated for approximately a 100 percent
exposure to rabies and will increase in rabies over the
same period of 1978.
Shepler also stated that so
far this year some 71 persons
in Public Health Region 7
noses Control Officer with had been treated for
Public Health Region 7, says exposure to rabies Accord-
that skunk rabies is becom- ing to Dr. Shepler the best
ing much more common. Dr. way to prevent rabies in
Shepler says that Region 7, man is to keep all pet dogs
which consists of 23 counties and cats vaccinated against
in Northeast Texas, has had See RABID Page 28
Championship Teams-Are
Named, All-Stars Selected
M L Edwards baseball Farm Supply was the Wright, and Roger Andress
' team was named the Pee sponsor jn the play-off with Mt.
Wee League baseball ’ --------*
Johnny Moore, and Eddie on the third Saturday of
Turner June
Rabid Skunk Has Been Confirmed Here
Dr Dennis M Reed, a the Texas Department of this year savs Reed The
local veternarian, reported Health last week This is the infected skunk was found
that a positive case of rabies first confirmed rabies case south of Mt Vernon,
in a skunk was confirmed by to occur in Franklin County Only one exposure occur-
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