The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 15, 1979 Page: 8 of 24
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The last land engagement of
the Civil War was fought at
Palmito Ranch near Browns
ville, Texas and the Southern
troops won' Confederates under
the command of Col John S
Ford, unaware of Lee s surren-
Woodrow Wilson’s picture is on the U.S. Treasury's
$100,000 bil.
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graveled and made all-weather
roads during the first gas boom
in Panola Count) Gas money
paid for our reads then, aad w
many inat aanrs the gas compa-
nies actually did the work with
their own men aad equipment
The holes in our roads will
roads
imposing a 10-ton limit will
not have any effect on these
facts of life" in the oil patch
These loads will still have to be
moved. will still weigh the
same, and the roads will still
have botes it will only result in
more “red tape" and harass
meat for the energy companies.
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By Leila B. LaGrone
BE CHOOSEY.
GET GENUINE BELL.
I Dear Mr Stevens
9 I would like to express my
i opinon rim er mag the recent
• action of the commissioners
court in placing a 10-ton limit
or our county roads
Right now, we have a full
L fledged energy boom od. gas
I lignite) to Panola County This
I means jobs, money and a
■ generally prosperous er seamy
I for the first time at many years
Thank you.
Charles T Bailey
Ed
Panola Watchman
Carthage Texas 75633
March*. 1979
Plastic
TUMBLERS 5/$100
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pulled
A new trame house was finally built about IBM and was used
far both Harri and school until 1918, when a more modern
pchoolhouse was arortad. By the 1930s Mt Bethel was a
J. H (Chunk) Brumble, whose home was at Mt. Bethel for 2
years, was a teacher there aad at other county schools for 48
years. Both Mr. Brumbte and his wife, Annie, are buried at Mt
Bethel.
The early church bars, as in other communities, was used by
several denominations: Miselonary Baptist, Primitive Baptist,
Methodist and possibly other denominations The present
church has bean exclusively Missionary Baptist.
ML Bethel Cemetery and church are still at the original
location, about 2.5 miles southwest of Gary on PM 999. It to on a
hillside which requires terracing to avoid washing, with graves
at different levels on this hill.
it to a large cemetery with a scattered arrangement of
graves and many graves are unmarked Perhaps many old
markers are decoyed and gone The earliest stones identifiable
by this writer wore two for 1870: Claib Overton, age 2, and J. H
Raad, age 34.
Of special interest are the large family delegations buried at
Mt. Bethel: 23 Heatons, 13 Ritters, 15 Davises, IS Garys, 14
Hayeses, 14 Hudsons, 14 Thomases, 11 Adamses, 11 McGees, 10
Graveses, M Griffiths, and six or more Beasleys, Collinses.
Harrisons, Nalls, Pikas, Rogerses, Todds, Williamses.
Witherspoons and Worshams
Willians and Russell Gentry This house continued to be used
for a double purpose until 10N or later, at which time a frame
RayScheel was built and was oporated for several years, torn
than two miles to the east of Mt. Bethel Apparently, the
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People are getting rather choo-
sey about their phones. Now there’s
a big choice. But the choice doesn't
have to be difficult
Some people want a phone that
looks old when it's new. Or one that
will let them extend personal decorat
ing ideas to include their telephone.
You can choose a phone that's
genuinely you. And still get a phone
that's genuinely Bell
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You'll find phones that are
ornate, or simply functional. We have
styles that go with Early American,
or with early crate and barrel
There are all sorts of shapes and
colors and styles of Bell telephones
to choose from.
Call your telephone business
office. You can charge your choice
on your monthly phone bill.
Be choosey roday
roads I know it » uncomfor
tatile, and having a wile who
cannot miss a chughole, I know
how much damage it can do to
ar. automobile However I can
of Mrs H J. Searcy of Center the Nacogdoches Musie Teach-
are scheduled to enter the ers Association She is a
competition member of the American
Contestants will enter local, College of Musicians and has
district, state, national and served as adjudicator for
international classifications de- National Piano Guild Auditions
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Danny Buck Davittoon of Mrs Irene H Waters, a in piano pedagogy
Carthage, celebrated his private piano, organ and theory This spring Mrs Waters
first birthday recently with teacher in Nacogdoches, will conducted two workshops in
A— u i A,ca g uate degree in music from Kort anon and me other for me
MrS. B -rawsord, O Hays State College in Kansas
Clayton and Mr and Mrs and holds a master of music
Buck Davidson of Carthage degree from the University of
Mrs Merle Yarborough of Michigan she has done doc
and provide the state with fine der at Appomattox a month
money This will really hurt the earlier routed and captured a
small local operator most The federal force in a running
oil and gas companies can encounter May 12 13. 1865 It
afford the cost For example. I was a case of winning the battle
own a small winch truck It but losing the war, because the
weighs 12,400 if I hook a trailer Confederates learned of the
onto it that will put me over the South s capitulation from their
10-ton limit empty' (If you know federal prisoners Acquiescing,
someone who will pay for Col Ford handed over his
running an empty truck, please sword, the victors then be-
let me know I could use the coming captives of their former
income.) prisoners. - Texas Highways
No one likes to drive on rough Maganne
EGG HUNTERS—Bright sunshine followed severe above to enjoy the annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by
thunderstorms here Wednesday afternoon and the the First United Methodist Church here
weather riaarcri just in time for the youngsters pictured
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National Piano Guild audi- She is a member of the Texas keyboard students at Stephen F
tions are to be held at the Music Teachers Association Austin State University
Central Baptist Church here and the Music Teachers Nation- She is also a member of
April 27-28. al Association and was among Sigma Alpha lota. the profes-
Piano students of Mrs the first teachers to receive sional fraternity for women in
William Hook, Mrs W G. Blair, certification by MTNA in 1968. the field of music.
Mrs J. T Warner Jr and Mrs In 1*74 Mrs Waters organized gmmmmmmmamam
H C Ellis all of Carthage, and nd was the first president of Eo
Daniel taMv. King Latham; Dr Young: three Thomas
brothers. Jack, "Lge", and Jim; Tea Wakao. R. B. Wison;
Sam Atkerson; Wilam M torts, John Emery. Andy Davis; T
M. Hutchens; Tom Adamsand Jeff MeGee These family names
appear in many reenty records
Mt. Bethel Cemetery began during the Civil War when a
member of one of these pioneer tamilies, Joe Pike, died He was
buried on a lonely hillside on land belonging to Isaac Pike
Later, Isaac Pike gave five acres of tea teed to be used far a
rhurrh, a school and the cemetery. The second grave in the
cemetery, errwhag to older citizens, was Mro Sam Atkerson,
wife ef see of the early settlers. Later, an additional teed gif
was given by J. R Atkerson to expand the rometery
“Mt Bethei e rhe ei dates back to 1859, when a leg house was
built for school and church purposes. The corners of this
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Carthage is the child’s toral study at Indiana Uni-
great-grandmother. versity and has studied private-
________________ iy with concert artists Ozan
Charro Days, a spectacular Marsh and Ruth Slenczynska.
pre Lenten, four-day costume Prior to becoming a private
festival in Brownsville has been teacher in 1*64, Mrs. Waters
held for more than 40 years taught four years in Kansas
Beginning on Thursday pre- public schools For seven years
ceding Ash Wednesday, Charro she taught piano, organ and
Day* attracts more than 300,000 theory at the college level, six of
fiesta participants and visitors which were at Northeastern
- Texas Highways Magazine State College in Oklahoma
ley Dan Davidson, son of pending on the number of as well as local contests She
it also mram ear focal people take old fashioned work to fix,
have the opportunity to stay at not the passing of tome kind of
home and make a good living new la* We are going to have a
(If you will think ho* man) of problem with them as long as
your graduating dass have heavy machinery is being
been able to stay here and transported over them No la*
wort’) * going to keep holes out of
The energy companies do not them unless it is one that puts a
deliberately tear up our county stop to all heavy traffic and
roads It takes extremely heavy prosperity in this country
equipment to drill a well or Personally I prefer the
mine coal The rigs, as well as inconvenience of rough reads
much supportive equipment and prosperity to the alterna-
and supplies have to be moved tives of good roads and having
to the sites These heavy loads to go somewhere rise that has
combined with continuous wet rough roads and jobs to make a
weather result in damaged good living
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Stevens, Jim. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 15, 1979, newspaper, April 15, 1979; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1430448/m1/8/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.