Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1979 Page: 5 of 28
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present. Shown here are
left to right: Mrs. Edna
Hill Latnb and Mrs.
Lizzie Martin Hightower.
began at the rodeo arena,
located northeast of the
plaza, continued on a
route mapped out before-
hand. and ended back at
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of Durant won $217 55 for
their time of 9 1 seconds;
Charles- Wade and Dale
Kiley of Tyler.and Kent
the arena. Heading the
parade were Bob Elbert,
■Shelee Elbert, and Ivan
Koster, carrying the
flags. Members of the Mt.
YOUR CARPETS
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Mrs Edna laimb has
never missed a reunion Had
it not been for her planning,
sending cards, making tele
phone calls, arranging for
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income producer within this
counts, what is the economic
multiplier of overall agri
culture, beef and dairy
According to the latest
economic figures, for every
one dollar a dairyman
receives for in ilk. $2.73 more
is i eturned in the local
economy In the beef cattle
industry the economic mul
tiplier is $3 82 or. $2 82 is
generated for each one
dollar made by the farmer
and rancher As previously
mentioned, these dolia. s buy
merchandise. food and
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family is Mrs Lizzie Martin
Hightower of Mt Vernon,
Texas
The only surviving mem
ber of the original Hill
family is Mrs edna Pauline meeting places and remind
Hill Lamb of Mt Pleasant, ing all ol those she contacted
how important it is to love
your family and to keep in
touch with them, our reunion
would have failed Mrs
lamb has been a spiritual
insporation to all She
believes “a good name is
rather to be chosen than
great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver
and gold'
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We Salute The
LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS
AND DAIRYMEN OF FRANKLIN CO.
Call Us If You Want
To Buy Large Or Small
Acreage, A Building Lot
Or A Home
List Your Property
With Us If You Want
To Sell
FARMS
pays on notes at the bank or
other lending institutions It
not only buys goods and
useable products, but it also
pays wages and salaries for
other people The overall
economic multiplier for
agricultural commodities is
$3.51
Who are these people
involved in pnxfuction agri-
culture and what other part
do they play in our
community*’ After a days
work in the rain, cold, heat
and dust they serve our area
in many ways Some serve
Sunglasses
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Lenses That
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One Step
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performance
Dusty's Western Wear of
Winnsboro furnished the
truckles given as prizes for
th** winners ol the calf
each night
Dw a in's Bar tiecue of Winns
boro donated a free meal to
the winner and his wife of
the calfroping, baretiack
riding and bull riding events
The Party Barn and the
DawsOnette supplied the
flowers given to the two
rodeo queens
Color Tells
The color of the fat on beef
reveals what the animal has
been fe*i Cattle fed a large
proportion of grass usually
store carotene in the fat
this yields a yellow color
Cattle fed a ration high in
corn, milo or other feed
grains have whiter fat with a
low carotene content
Rodeo Queens Are Named
Fr*m Ha«e •’ 01 Kilgore, Mary Bullard of
,182 47for ,hr'r ,ime JHferson. and Caristi Haff* J
ner of Cambell each won I
$68 20 for their time of 17 3 j
seconds I
The two winners of the I
saddle bronc riding were T
Calvin Merriman and Joe j
_____ Robinson of Houston, each 4
winning $216 00 for his time winning $147 00 for their "
score of 73 points
A total of $0,270
awarded throughout
of 5 seconds. Buddy Reeves
of Dallas, winning $144 06 for A total of $0,270 was
a time of 5 3 seconds, and awarded throughout the
Bubba Blessing of Mesquite, rodeo Billy Scroggins of Mt
*inning $72 03 for his time of “
6 seconds
Team roping winners
include two ties Mike Cox
and Cliff Reikan of Tyler
won $586 87 with7 7 seconds;
Bud Wright and Rusty
Wright of Quinlan.
THE tsih annual Mt.
Vernon Riding Club CRA
Rodeo Parade was held
Thursday, June 14. at
4:00 p.m. The parade
Martins And Hills Hold Reunion
The Martins and the Hills
gathered for their 19th
reunion on June 3. 1979. in
the Mt Vernon High School
There were forty-six in
attendance
The only surviving mem
tier of the original Martin
Our Bert Wishes
To The
DAIRY & CATTLE MEN
OF
Franklin County
Summer
Tops $5°°
Cattle & Dairy
INDUSTRY
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
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Pleasant served as the
clown, Sammy Andrews of
Clarksville and Donny Smith
of Bogata were the pick up
men.and Chuck ('lark of
Kilgore served as an
nouncer The Wing Rodeo
and Company of Bogata supplied
Jessie Elrod and Bill Pogue the stock used mthe rodeo
Marty Carrascosa, five
year old son of Mr and Mrs
Edison Ball, Jr , won the
drawing for a saddle held
Shankles and Bruce Mobley during the Saturday night's
of Durant won $l 16 36 for
their time of 9 8 seconds,
and David Carrell and Cliff
Reikan of Tyler won $97 75
for a time of 9 9 seconds
Winners of the bull riding scramble
event include the following
Nicky Wheeler of Tyler won
$392 20 with 80points. Barry
Bunch of Blue Ridge won
324 57 w ith 79 points. Ixmnie
Austin of Wills Point won
$256 95 with 77 pointe. Jackie
Gibhs of Texarkana won
$189 34 with 74 points; Ricky
Loomis of Texarkana won
$121 72 with 70 points, and
Bob Mahone of New Boston
won $68 00 with 68 points
Barrel racing winners
include a three way tie
Carolyn Koster of Shreve
port won $272 83 for a time ol
16 9 Seconds. Kaki Roberts
of Dallas won $204 62 for 17 I
seconds and Janet Russell
work in their churdhes and
communities with youth
groups Several serve as
volunteer firemen for the
three area volunteer fire
departments Without agri
culture, these people could
have gone elsewhere to
settle and make a living thus
depriving our area of helpful
people
We should all be thankfu'
for the husbandmen of our
land, the stewards of the
food and Agriculture is the
clothing in our local stores backbone of our country and
and businesses This money Franklin County
Personals
Jim Smith and daughters
of North Platt. Nebraska,
have been visiting with Mrs.
GeraldineTittle on their way
to Virginia
Mr Carl Roberts, of
Saltillo, attended services at
First Baptist Church here
Sunday morning
Helen Steel, Sue Foster
and Miss Ima Brown
accompanied Miss Ola Fos
ter of Dallas Travelers Club,
on the Big Ben tour They
returned several days ago
Mrs I^mb brings photo-
graphs of deceased mem
tiers of the family which she
displays on a table This
year, she had compiled a
booklet of dippings concern-
ing the marriages and
deaths of the deceased
members of the family
ranging back many years
This booklet will be most
helpful to those members
who are working on their
lineage
We had two graduating
seniors this year, Lora Hill
l^ine. daughter of Mi and
Mrs Bill Hill and Amy
Moore, daughter of Mr and
Mrs Dewey Moore
The newest additions to
the family are “Punkin"
l.ane. son of Mr and Mrs
Mike l^ne and Collin Smith,
son of Mr and Mrs Gerald
Smith
SPRING CLEANING TIME
grade-point averages for the W Maxton, Leia E Maxton,
semester are named to the
President's Honor Roll All
other students with 3 25 Vernon
grade point averages or
better are named to the
Deans last To be eligible
for either honor, students
must be enrolled for at least
12 semester hours
Students from our
Mikasa Pattern
Of The Month
Fresh Floral
Reg. W* 20 Pc. Set
Robert L Morris Jem
Orren, Douglas Evans. Mt
Janet Jones, Max
B Wardrup, Saltillo and
Jams L Cook, Scroggins,
Dean's last
of 10 5 seconds
Money winners in I
steer wrestling event are
follows Jeff Green
Shreveport, winning $288 12
for a time of 4 6 seconds;
Taylor Webb of Plano
Honor Students Announced
A total of 1,152 under who made the honor roila
graduate students have include Judith A Lindley,
been named to the Dean s Mt Vernon, President's
Last and President's Honor Honor Roll,
Holl at East Texas State Cynthia Lynne Carr,
University for the 1979 Amanda Deon Davis. Bren
spring semester da Haley, Sharon E Harper
Student's with perfect 4 0 Cathy L Lawrence David
RESIDENTIAL
. TOM RAMSAY REAL ESTATE
P O BOX 613
Ml VtRNON IIXAS 7S457
MARTIN-HILI. FAMILY
ItEi MON. held June 3.
in the Ml. Vernon High
School, had two members
of the original family
County Ideal For Agriculture
on civic and private boards
and committees Many vol
unteer their spare time f wen}.
Arlington. Dallas. Houston,
Hughes Springs, Mabatyk,
Mt Pleasant, Mt Vernon,
Ty ler anti Waller. Texas and
Jackson. Mississippi
with J.
Several serve
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1979, newspaper, June 21, 1979; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1330340/m1/5/?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.