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Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas
Vol. 112 — No. fl
Thursday, August 13,1M7
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for, three against; Box Two, IS Court. The Court followed with be felt until the 1989 tax rates are of the new tax January 1, 1988. the intial plan called for Kemp to
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against; Box Seven, 21 for, to the State for recording.
8, election date, 42 counties and would realize a reduction in their
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SHADED areas around
Walleye Park on Lnke
Cypress Springs provided
WITHOUT A
FATAL TRAFFIC
ACCIDENT IN
FRANKLIN
COUNTY
Davis.
The possibility of designating a
cool spots for the crowds of
people attending the
AquaFest activities to wntch
The money for the sales tax is col- visit Mount Vernon, but the trip
Based on the 1986 tax rates and lected along with state sales tax ’— — ------ —.
Sunday, August 16,1987
The many churches of
Franklin County invite you
to worship in the church of
your choice.
State historical marker
dedication, Ripley
Massacre, four miles east of
Mount Vernon on Hwy. 67
at marker site, 2 p.m.
Reception follows at First
National Bank Community
Room.
Saturday, August IS, 1987
Soccer signup at Franklin
National Bank, 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
Mount Vernon Riding
Club Playday, signup 6:30
p.m., begins at 7:30 p.m.
the afternoon ski show,
Saturday, Aug. 8. An
estimated 5,000 persons at-
Monday, Angust 17,1987
Hagansport Community
covered dish supper at Com-
munity Center, 7:30 p.m.
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The Ripley Massacre Texas
Historical Marker will be
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Wednesday, August 28, 1987
Loving Care Auxiliary
meets at Mission Manor
nursing home, 2:30 p.m.
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See HIKE Page 6
Community
Calendar
Commissioners approved the
transfer of $18,397.24 to Franklin
County Hospital for operating ex-
penses, but balked at approval of
an additional $42,000, and
designation of a portion of the
1988 tax levy for use by the
hospital as proposed by Bruce
Davis, administrator for Franklin
County Hospital, during the
Monday, Aug. 10, meeting of the
Franklin County Commissioners
Court.
The proposal for designation of
a portion of the Franklin County
The Ripley Massacre is the last iate Jno. B. Stephens, Jr
Indians who attacked the Ripley
family and brutally murdered all family.
but two of the children. The
for, none against; Box Three, 11 adoption of a resolution noting adopted.
for, four against; Box Four, 32 the election and intent to begin F
Texas. try development on Lake Cypress with Stewart.
The Historical Commission will Springs. Kenneth Greer, president of the
Descendants of Hughes still liv- First National Bank of Mount
' "There may be a situation in
The county should receive the tbe future when we could get him
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the tax in April, 1988.
Ripley Massacre Marker To Be Dedicated
father was away from home at the known Indian massacre in East and developer of the King’s Coun- Charles Black who led the posse
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Friday, August 14,1987
Soccer signup at Franklin
National Bank, 5 p.m. to
8:30 p.m.
Mount Vernon Rotary
Club meets at United
Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall, 12 noon.
USDA Commodities
distributed from building
behind County Courthouse
at Jackson and Houston
Streets, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday, August 18,1987
North Franklin TEHA
meets at Hagansport Com-
munity Center, 1:30 p.m.
Franklin County Hospital
medical staff meets at the
hospital, 5:30 p.m.
Winfield Extension
Homemakers Club meets at
1 p.m.
The Optimist Club meets,
7 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous
meets at First United
Methodist Church, 8 p.m.
Al-anon Big Book Study
Group meets at First United
Methodist Church, 8 p.m.
Cypress Springs Lions
Club meets at South
Franklin Community Center
Annex, 7 p.m.
USDA Commodities dis-
tributed from Franklin
County Building in Winns-
boro, Hwy. 37 North, 1-3
p.m.
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and families which joined in the Hicks, Franklin County Attorney;
immediate pursuit still live in R. M. Harper, Chairman of the Cherokee Trace still remain in
County. One Ripley Franklin County Child Welfare Franklin County, to the north and
River and attacked. Many of the descendant is Johnny Burns, Board; and Mike Harper, prin-
f.
Thursday, Angust 28,1987
4-H quick bread project at
Joe and Connie Roach
residence, 807 Leftwich,
2-3:30 p.m.
Tiger football scrimmages
at Tiger Field against
Hughes Springs Mustangs.
North Franklin Volunteer
Fire Department meets at
Hagansport Community
Center, 7 p.m.
Masonic Lodge meets at
Lodge Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Saltillo 1SD trustees meet
at Saltillo school, 8 p.m.
Senior citizens supper
served at Franklin County
Hospital, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,
program at 6 p.m.
Care and Trcalment Act (Senate
Bill I, 69th Legislature).
Under (his law requiring coun-
ties to provide health care services
for their indigent residents, provi- than eight percent above the effec-
sions are made for rollback pro- live rate of $.310487. Davis pro-
tection for counties using proper- jected at least 18 more months of
ty tax revenues to pay for the ser- supplemental support from the
vices, according to written infor- County to the hospital would be
mation presented to the Court by necessary before the facility might
be self supporting.
The County can increase the
Thursday, August 13,1987
Athletic Booster Club and
Cheerleaders host get ac-
quainted social for Mount
Vernon High School
athletes, parents and
coaches, on the mall of
school campus, 8 p.m.
Sulphur Bluff PTO meets
in Sulphur Bluff school
auditorium, 7 p.m.
South Franklin Volunteer
Fire Department meets at
Community Center, 7 p.m.
Senior citizens supper
served at Franklin County
Hospital, 3:30-7:30 p.m.,
program at 6 p.m.
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qualifying for only the 30 percent Comptroller’s office, on a annual, Longview.
Just prior to the Saturday, Aug. homestead exemption ($13,000) quarterly, or monthly basis.
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The 183 votes cast in the elec- 37 cities in the state had approved property tax of approximately first remittance from the state for into Mount Vernon,
w was cut ,bort’ *nd he had no
for, one against; Box Five, nine collections of the tax Jan. 1,1988. »ales ta* information, a citizen and remitted along with the mer- choice but to cancel. Kemp will
for, three against; Box Six, 18 for. The resolution will be forwarded with a home valued at $30,000, chants state tax payment to the visit Dallas, Texarkana, Tyler and
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eight against; and Box Eight, 24
for, 13 against.
law, William Hughes, and Charles pursued the Indians. Many Beth Hughes; Wanda Johnson, out the boundary lines in 1837 for
Black, formed a posse as quickly descendants of the Ripley family Franklin County Clerk; B. F. the property where Ripley lived.
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Department
The Calvary Boys will perform
Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Mount
Vernon School Auditorium.
Tickets for adults are $3 each
and children’s are $2 each. They
may be purchased in advance
from any member of the Mount
Vernon Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment.
The show is to benefit the
Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire
Department in order to buy equip-
ment and a rescue van.
The seven-man group will pre-
sent a program of both new and
old songs in their own unmatched
style.
Kemp Visit
Cancelled
A planned visit to Mount Ver-
non by Jack Kemp, Republican
candidate for president of the
United States, was cancelled
Thursday, Aug. 6 because of
scheduling problems.
Fem Calloway, a member of
in Franklin County, with holding the election rejected the Bullock has projected estimated tbe Lake Cypress Springs
the small turnout at least partially proposal. Titus, Wood, Camp revenue of around $60,000 an- Republican Women, said Kemp
Voting in the election by voting
box was follows: absentee, five
for, none against; Box One, 14 Franklin County Commissioners for property holders, but will not
Sales Tax Passes By 5-1 Margin
Collection of a one-half percent percent of the 4373 registered cent sales tax. Only three counties
($.005) sales tax by the county was
given approval by almost a 3-1
Herald to publicize the election in already given approval to the tax mean an overall reduction of bet- Eait Texas to stop in Mount Ver-
the Aug. 6 edition. prior to August 8. ween 4-3 percent in the advalorum non.
Ballots were canvassed at the The additional tax must be used tax levy. An aide, Joe Fleming, who is
employed by Panhandle Cong.
Merchants will begin collection Boulters, said Tuesday that
recognize the descendants of the
settlers, including Ripley family and descendants of ing in Franklin county include the Vernon, is a descendant of Allen
I " * 2. . ‘ the members °f the P°sse which Morris Hughes family; Virgie Urquart, the surveyor who laid
r Republican Women, said Kemp
manthHn voting Saturday. Aug. attributed to failure of the Optic- Hopkins and Red River had nually from the tax, which would would not have enough time in
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prior to August 8. ween 4-3 percent in the advalorum
The additional' tax must be used tax levy.
Monday, Aug. 10, meeting of the to offset the advalorum tax levy
rate up to three percent ($.325801) in salaries. What is left is what I ($225,000) for the Hospital Sup-
above the effective rate without fee) is absolutely necessary for the plement Fund in the 1987 budget,
requiring hearings on the matter, operation of the hospital.”
and up to $.567865 before tax- Davis’ plea for leniency from
payers can initiate rollback peti- the budget ax came on the heels of
tions. an announcement that $15,000
In reference to his budget re- was currently needed to satisfy
quest, previously submitted to the debts owed by FCH which are
Court, Davis pointed out, "This more than 60 days old. He noted
is the skinniest I know how to an additional $45,000 was needed
make it [the budget for FCH]. We to clear debts incurred within the
are still absorbing expenses from past 60 days.
1983-86, with $123,000 taken out The amount approved for
of this year for last year’s debts, transfer by the Court is the
We’ve cut nearly $15,000 monthly balance of the budgeted amount
Tax Hike Proposed To Fund Hospital
advalorem tax levy for use to specified amount for use in main-
operate the hospital is per- taining the hospital, and thus the
missible under the Indigent Health indigent care services, was submit-
ted as a possible means of protec-
tion from roll back petitions
should the county deem it
necessary to set a tax rate at more
however, whether it was the same ty trooper in Mount Vernon.
Descendants of Charles S.
Stewart include the family of the First Republic Bank in Mount the'southof 1-30 has recently been
owner Pleasant, is a descendant of the closed to allow for strip mining by
Texas Utilities. The section south
of 1-30 was the center for the town
of Grayrock, which was granted a
U.S. Post Office in 1848 and was
the center for schools, churches, a
wool carding mill, cotton gin, and
as late as the turn of the century, a
doctor’s office and two general
merchandise stores. The com-
munity had sprung up on the ma-
jor highway of the day, but died
when the railroad bypassed the
town 50 years later. Today, only a
large cemetery remains as
evidence of the town.
Singing To
Benefit Fire
time. The two survivors, adoles-
cent girls, ran two miles to a
dedicated at 2 p.m. Sunday, neighbor’s home.
August 16 by the Franklin County The area s
Historical Commission at the Charles S. Stewart, his father-in-
marker site, approximately four
miles east of Mount Vernon on
Hwy. 67. The ceremony will be
followed by a reception in the tually the group came upon a
Community Room at First Na- band of Indians at the Sulphur
tional Bank, Mount Vernon. River and attacked. Many of the descendant is Johnny Burns, Board; and Mike Harper, prin- south of the marker site. One
The Ripley Massacre occurred Indians were killed. It is not clear, Texas Department of Public Safe- cipal of Mount Vernon High small stretch is still maintained as
April 10,1841, when a band of In- however, whether it was the same ty trooper in Mount Vernon. School. a county road on the north side of
dians descended upon an isolated Indians who attacked the Ripley Descendants of Charles S. Charles L. Black, president of Highway 67; the other stretch to
tended the two days of
festivities. (Optic Photo by
Lillie Bush)
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Wright, Pat. Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1987, newspaper, August 13, 1987; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1330417/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.