Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1979 Page: 1 of 16
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Ramsay said several
projects are planned to help
raise money to support the
Tiger team and coaches
Ernie’s Barbecue, Green-
ville, will cater the meal.
The telephone lines tie
longed to General Telephone
at Sulphur Springs and the
damage to the lines were
estimated to be $3.500
property owner would have
paid $240 in school taxes
Under the new rate the
property will still have a
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sas, and a 1977 Buick, driven
Send to: Mrs. Ronnie Davis
Mt. Vernon, Texas 75457
Send to: Mrs. Ronnie Davis
Mt. Vernon, Texas 75457
More Pictures
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The usual amount of cuts
and bruises have occured to
most of the players during
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damage was done as .a
result of the accident.
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KIRK ALAN BELL. 14, of
Mineral Springs Arkan-
sas. was the driver of this
1979 Buick Park Avenue
Sunday, August 19. A-
nother Buick, while at-
tempting to change lanes
on I 30. struck this
vehicle, forcing it off the
road and into a ditch.
(Staff Photo)
lanes and struck Bell in the
rear, causing Bell to lose
control of the vehicle and
run off the road to the south,
striking road signs and
landing in a drainage ditch
DANIEL HIGHTOWER,
of Mt. Pleasant, was
transporting this large,
white frame house when
he collided
head telephone wires at
the Intersection of Hwy.
months. The boxes shown
here belong to residents
on FM 115. The incidents
are being investigated.
(Staff Photo)
Booth Space Reservation Form
ARTFEST
Around The Gazebo
Mt. Vernon, Texas—Sept. 29, 1979
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SEVERAL MAIL boxes
belonging to Mt. Vernon
Post Office rural route
. customers have been
vandalized in the past few
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SHARON
driver of this 1971 Dodge,
was taken to the Franklin
County Hospital following
an accident. Monday.
August 20, at 3 50 p.m. on
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ill be at the
Bass Thurs
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■ urged to
people were without tele-
phone service for varying
lengths of time One resi-
dence was without a phone
for 24 hours
One of the telephone
cables had to Im* sliced in
transporting a house w ithout or^er ,0 repair it
a permit, no commercial
operator license, no valid
registration, and no motor
vehicle inspection sticker
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representative
Career Caree
it the district
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esent the dub
Conference m
which will be
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TINSLEY,
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Two repair vehicles be
longing to the General
Telephone Company in Sul-
phur Springs were bur
glarized
The vehicles were parked
at the General Telephone
exchange on Spur 423 in Mt.
Vernon and were broken into
after 5 p.m. Wednesday,
August 15
Stolen from the first
vehicle, a 1976 Ford Courier,
was a white telephone, a
14x14 black box with lock, a
Stromburg Carlson handtest
set, and an 18 inch green tool
box full of tools estimated at
Quarterback Club
Barbecue August 27
Tom Ramsay, president of
the Quarterback Club of Mt
Vernon for the coming year,
announced this week that the
annual barbecue will be held
Monday, August 27, at 7:00
p.m. in the school cafeteria
Ramsay urged that every-
one interested in the Tiger
Football team to be present
for the barbecue He said the
young Tigers need the
18 Days
WITHOUT A
FATAL TRAFFIC
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FRANKLIN
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sup|x>rt of everyone in the
coming season
Membership cards w ill lx1
available at the meeting ____________________________
with annual dues tiring $7 50 $5()0'm value
said several *The back arid side win-
dows were removed from
the second vehicle, a Luv
pick-up, but there was
nothing of any value in it so
nothing was taken
concern-
ing the physical condition of
the players said Richards,
except that "Several of the
boys have been sick with the
flu. keeping them from
practice. It's almost like an
epidemic." expressed Rich
ards
Both Quitman and Mt.
Vernon had an 8-2 season
See TIGERS Page 11
Mail Boxes
Are Being
Vandalized
During the past four
months 30 to 35 mail boxes
have been vandalized on
I rural routes in Franklin
County.
"It is a violation of State
and Federal law to damage
a mail box. I enlist the
support of all citizens in
helping us apprehend the
person or persons responsi-
ble for this rash of mail box
vandalism." stated W.H.
Kincaid. Postmaster
"Please make a note of the
license number, make and
model of any strange vehicle
in your neighborhood."
asked Kincaid.
"With your help the local
law enforcement officers
and the Postal Inspection
Service can resolve the
willful destruction of private
property," Kincaid conclud-
' ed
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both travelling east ip the
outside lane of I 30 at 2:25
ed Attorney General s opm
ion concerning the authority
of a nurse to perform
services under indirect
physician supervision In
light of the Attorney Gener-
al's opinion a school nurse
may not provide medical ion
to patients except for
individual patients under
direct order from a physi-
cian
The board of the Mt
Vernon ISD. at an earlier
meeting, reviewed local
policies regarding school
nurses practices and has
advised against the giving oi
medication to any child by
any member of the school
district stall
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Vo1 ** 5.r*y.in1 Section Thurs .Aug 23.
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MRS 1, W SUTTON, who is
employed at Terry Haven
Nursing Home and works
the 3 to 11 shift, was at the
desk doing some charts
when she overheard a
conversation Im'Iwivii two
ladies in the hall They were
discussing a news item in the
Optic Herald when one lady
asked the other if she read
atxrut the women who gave
birth to eight lvalues The
very alert little lady says,
No. but she is a go-getter,
isn’t she'’"
tided to pay
for gas and a
Hui st di-.li , ■
presented a
le club at the
ig meeting
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ilefield, pro
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Due to the damage to the
telephone lines, several
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The Mt Vernon Indepen percent of assessed value
dent School Board of in 1978 the property would
Trustees met in a special have had a tax evaluation of
session Monday, August 20, $20,000 with a $1 20 rate The
to discuss the intent to
increase the tax rate and to
amend the 1978 79 budget
Estimated expenditures in
the 1979-80 budget were
placed at $2,596,774 and the
revenues are estimated at
$1,720,343 at the present tax
rate
The Board of Trustees
approved the intent to
increase taxes for the 1979 (M)
school year by eight percent
The rate is intended to
increase from $1 20 to $1 30
which will be a rate increase
of 10 cents
Ed Morrow, tax assessor
eollector, has certified that a
tax rate of $1 14 would
provide the school district
with the same amount of
funds as w as received for the
1978 79 budget year Based
on the $1 14 rate the increase
will be 14 percent
The following example
was presented on how the
increase would affect a
homestead with a $40,000
market value based on 50
Franklin County this past
week. ____________
A 1979 Buick Park Avenue, by Donald A Koop. 20, of P Sunday. August 19
driven by Kirk Alan Bell. 14,
This year’s show is this issue of the Optic-
expected to be expanded Herald,
somewhat with various new
attractions. Featured will be.
art displays, handcrafts,
food and live entertainment.
Family fun is a good
description of the activities
for the day.
Those wishing to reserve
booth space should contact
Mrs. Ronnie Davis, Mt.
Vernon, Texas 75457. Hei
phone number is 588 2418. A
registration form appears in
Moving House Disrupts
Phone Service, Traffic
Daniel Hightower of Mt
Pleasant was driving a 1968
tractor trailer transporting
a large white frame house
north bound on Highway 37
on Wednesday. August 15 At
the intersection of Highway
67. the house became
entangled in the overhead
telephone wires Some phone
service was disrupted and
traffic was snarled until the
phone lines could be raised
and the wire pulled off the
highway.
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School Board Approves Intent To Raise Taxes
proposed tax increase will
be held Thursday, August 30.
at 8 30 p.m m the board
room of the Mt Vernon
Independent School District
Administration Building on
Highway 37 South in Mt
Vernon
The 1978 79 budget called
for expenditures from all
sources totaling $2,254,885
and revenues in the amount
of $1,764,104 The largest
expense, which was $632,869.
was for the new construction
completed to date This
leave a sum of $817,846 to be
spent on the new construe
tion during 1979-80
The Texas Education
Agency has recently receiv
Tigers To Scrimmage
Tonight At Quitman
Mt Vernon Tiger three defensive starters are
returning to the team from
last year, stated Coach
Richards A total ot 48 young
Arts And Crafts Show Set For Sept. 29
The Mt Vernon Key Club
has announced that their
annual arts and crafts show
will be held on the plaza on
Saturday. Sept 29 from
10:00 a m. to 4:00 p m
The club is changing the
format this year and are
advertising the event as an
"artfest ”,
The event has grown to be
one of the largest shows in
this area and attracts
several hundred people each
year
The Mt Vernon Tiger
Football teams will scrim
mage against the Quitman
Bulldogs at the Quitman
Bulldog Stadium Thursday, menhavebeenattendinglhe
August 23 The junior varsity training sessions so far 11
teams will compete at 6 00 seniors. 10 juniors. 12
p.m with the varsity teams sophomores and 15 fresh
men
Coach Richards reported
that a few 1978 79 football
players did not return tc
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FM 21. Tinsley swerved
her vehicle in efforts to
avoid a collision causing
her vehicle to flip and
come to rest on its
wheels. (Staff Photo)
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Vlxrr'oJ'l In Center
D» lie? "Mu*" *•*'*>>»ex
37 and Hwy. 67 last
Wednesday afternoon.
Approximately $3,500
$40,000 value less the $5,000 $17,500 Applying the intend homeowners In addition
homestead exemption whfch ed $i 30 tax rate, the 1979 they will be able to exempt
would make the property taxes would be $227 50 This two automobiles
have a tax assessed value of will be a savings of $12.50 to A public hearing on the
Two Injured Seriously In Accident
Texas Highway Patrol-
men of Sulphur Springs
reported the investigation of
two accidents occunng in
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Four occupants of the Bel)
vehicle were transported by
the Franklin County Ambu
lance to the Franklin County
Memorial Hospital Kirk
Alan Bell. 14, and Rebecca
Cates Bell, 16. were treated
for slight injuries Glenn A
Belt 52. and Dorothy R Bell,
50, suffered serious injuries
and were transported closer
to their home
Another accident was
caused by a blowout on a
vehicle travelling north on
FM 3007 near Lake Cypress
Springs Saturday, August 18
Marvin K Phillips, of
Pittsburg, driving a 1977
Chevrolet Camaro, attempt
ed a turn left into a private
drive after suffering a
blowout in his vehicle's right
front tire Christine B
Steinbacher, of Mt Plea
sant. operating a 1976
Chevrolet, was northbound
behind Phillips, attempted
to pass and struck him in the
rear
Charolett Barber. 17, of
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playing last
The Tiger varsity team
will tx* using the same
offense and defensive for
mations as last year, said play this year He and th<
Mt Vernon head Coach rest of the coaching staff
Robert Richards The ath would like to say that these
letes have been attending players are still needed back
workout sessions twice a day on the team this year
since Monday, August 13. —
and will continue to do so
until Friday, August 24
After school starts, begin training thus far No major
nmg August 27. the players problem has arisen
will practice once a day.
Two offensive starters and
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Bass, Lonatish H. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1979, newspaper, August 23, 1979; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1330349/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.