Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 2001 Page: 1 of 16
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repairs were approved by the can Soldier’s grave with the theme on the downtown plaza. Master Stephens, singing Gad Bless
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First District Commander
Holder was notified of the dis-
The reworking of Kaufman,
Yates and Rutherford streets in
Mount Vernon is projected to
take approximately 30 working
under Commander Max R.
Holder of Mount Vernon was
named as second in the national
Mount Vernon City Council “The Pride of Freedom” with a of Ceremonies was J. D. Baum-
meeting in special session Friday, United States Flag towering gardner.
District Commander Holder
reminds veterans and their fami-
lies to be aware of early signs of
GNUTS Club as
well as a member of Franklin
those having had hemodialysis.
About four million U. S. Vet-
erans are infected and may be
at higher risk to suffer from dis-
eases such as cirrhosis, liver can-
cer and even death. Symptoms
can hide for up to 30 years,
stresses Commander Holder.
“Fortunately, treatments are
available to help fight hepatitis C,”
noted Commander Holder. “Talk
with your physician or call 1-800-
433-3318.”
- Lillie Bush-Reves 01
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named mayor pro tem at the
meeting, said, “I am pleased that
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Color guard approaches square from West Main St. in Memorial Day Parade
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we are attempting io do these M-151.
Buster Paving, the single bidder traffic, according to Mr.
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ford St., then Kaufman, then
Yates.
On Yates St. there will have to
there will be some objections, but Rex Tillery.
1 am lufpy lo make this motion ”
mortal Day Parade conducted of Hughes Springs. tor of Hilltop Baptist Church and
total- Monday, May 28. Following the parade. Memo- the ceremonies were concluded
The float depic ted an Ameri- rial Ceremonies were conducted with the audience, led by Durrell
through fees added tocity water the Expenmental Aircraft Asscv
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American flags and red, while
and blue balloons were also dis-
Wreaths were placed on the tribuled lo spectators compli-
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May 25. The bonds will be sold above the float Mr. Baumgardner also con-
ata rate of 4.75%. Honorable Mention was dueled the memory of the 37 Ser-
awarded lo the Mount Vernon vice Flags which were flown on lending the ceremonies. The hot
Darwin McGill, who was also Rotary Chib float the plaza in recognition of de- dogs were compliments of the
ceased veterans. One flag was Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
e vehicle was a 1964 added this year in honor of #3992 and the American Legion
and trailer driven by Charles R.Green He was a Post #243
projects. As always, when you Dave Getchell of Rockwall and World War II veteran who served
attempt to do these projects, sponsored by Don Morris and from 1942 to 1945.
Second place in the automo- World War I Monument and the menls of the Franklin County
live division was awarded lo a All Veterans Monument on the Chamber of Commerce and the
The bonds will be repaid 1973 MG Miget, sponsored by plaza as memorials. Franklin County Historical Asso^
. - ••• '• • ‘ — ■ Fred Barker placed the WWI cratons, respectively.
- Pat Wright '01 cialion Chapter 834 and driven wreath and Rae and Billy Harper - Marie Dacas 01
First pfactf float in Memorial Day parade
American Legion float takes first
place in Memorial Day Parade
The American Legion Post by Ted Newsome. placed the all Veterans wreath,
be some concrete stabilization #243 float went away with first The parade was led down The memorial address was
and curb and gutter work done place in the Second Annual Me- Main Street by the Color Guard given by Brother Van Patton, pas-
as well.
Certificates of obligation
mg $250,000to pay for the street
Approximately 275 hot dogs
were distributed lo the crowd at-
Stuart resigns
after board talks
Mount Vernon band director quest, requiring all testimony and
Jerry Stuart chose to resign Fri- deliberation by the school board
day rather than accept the non- to be in open session.
renewal of his contract. When the Monday night meet-
The negotiation for his resig- ing lasted until 2:30a.m. Tuesday,
nation started after all the mem- the board voted to reconvene
bers of the board had made short Friday to deliberate in open sea-
statements in the Friday, May 25 sion on the question of non-re-
meeting of the board. From the newal.
statements, it was apparent that The non-renewal was based
non-renewal of the teacher’s con- on charges of conduct which vio-
tract was eminent. lated the professional code of the
He has been suspended with- district, and the subsequent pub-
out pay since Friday, May 18, licity which allegedly diminished
pending a public hearing on the the capacity of the band director
non-renewal proposal Monday, to operate effectively in his posi-
May 21. tian. The alleged misconduct cen-
The hearing, which lasted ap- tered around an incident involv-
proximately eight hours, was open inga 16-year-old girl in the early
to the public at Mr. Stuart’s re- See STUART Page 2A
Ray Johnson called last week lo suggest
we do an article on goats for the annual
Agriculture Edition next week, but we al-
ready had one in the works featuring Way mon and Diane
Newsome and their herd.
Larry and Martha Black also have some goats, Ray said,
which they got from the Newsomes and they had named
one of the goats for him, “Rayel.”
Ray said he got to see the goal wearing an Easter dress
that Ekeone Black Roberts had made for it, including a hat
that Martha had found
“You know,” Ray said, “that goat looked better than half
the girls I went to school with in Mount Vernon.”
Remember, Ray, your class reunion is coming up soon.
Those girls have king memories.
Holder's command is best in Texas
The First District of the Ameri- tnct commander when all the num-
can Legion, Department of Texas bers came together. ”
Commander Holder ’s term as ___________
First District Commander ends Hepatitis C infections/Those at
after the American Legion De- high risk include Vietnam era vet-
quality district competition and partment of Texas convention in erans, those having blood trans-
tirst in the Department of Texas. July, 2001 at Wichita Falls. He fusions before 1992, those with
plans to devote his efforts and hands-on healthcare jobs or ex-
time to post, department and na- posed to blood in the military, and
tncts ranking by National Com- tional American ‘
mander Ray Smith s office. Na- Legion projects as
tional Commander Smith’s “Race we]| as his per-
to the Top” competition involving sonal business
more than 15,000 posts and 55 projects, he said
departments Commander
“This was a joint effort of all Holder is also a
the posts in the district including member of the
my home post (Mount Vernon American Legion Max HoU*r
American Legion Post 243),” •
noted Commander Holder. "This
is the culmination of years of hard County VFW Post 3992. He is a
work by past and present district pas( and present Adjunct of the
and post officers and members. I American Legion Department of
was just lucky enough to be dis- Texas.
City street rehabilitation
projected to take 30 days
days, according to Floyd The streets will be repaired one
Kennington, a representative of at a time to reduce disruption of
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Bush-Reves, Lillie. Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 2001, newspaper, May 31, 2001; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1330660/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.