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MINEOLA, TEXAS 75773, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1969
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The Sup’t Says
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Now Have 2-Way Radio
Raymond Cooper New
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Southwestern Electric Plans
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values assigned to each
grandchildren.
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To Local School
Mineolan’s Father
Buried Thursday
Deskins
and five
Mineola General Hospital,
effective January 1, 1969.
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a stro-
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ion by Southwestern in the East
Texas area. The unit, scheduled
for completion in 1970, will have
a capability of 345,000 kilowatts
and will be the largest ever in-
stalled on the SWEPCO system.
Substation work to accommo -
date the output of the new unit
will also be completed in 1969 . I
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County Officials
Will Be Installed
thorough study of the report on
Monday of this week, noted that
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re-
But he pointed out a
report which he con-
narrowed it by four before the
final buzzer.
Joe Williams paced the Jackets
in the losing cause, with 19 points,
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Sgt. Clovis Davenport
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Jackets Third in Tournament;
Womack Takes Tourney Title
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’I he man who made this judz-
m i t spent less than half a dav
Power Plant to Longwood, Loui-
siana, north of Shreveport. This
will be the second leg of an EHV
loop which will interconnect SWE-
PCO with neighboring companies
and will enable the interchange
of large blocks of power.
The first leg of this line was
completed in 1967 and his been
temporarily operating at 138,000-
volts. It spans a distance of 37.7
miles from Longwood to Sarepta,
Louisiana. The 345,000-volt line
will be completed from there to
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But, when yi u lock at the
TROPHY — Bobby Ray Oglesby of Athens, six year-old
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Oglesby of Mineola,
killed the Barbados ram he is displaying on the J. K.
Moseley ranch west of Llan, Texas, on December 19th.
The wild Barbados sheep are natives of North Africa.
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had in mind — that of creating i —
a more equal tax burden on the he American
citizens of the state — is not!
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greater efficiency for the Com-
pany by raving time for the ser-
vicemen. Previously, it was nec-
essary for the servicemen to con-
tact the office by telephone after
completing each call The new
two-way radio system will enable
the men to talk to the office
while on their way to the next
job, Horton said.
The Base Station call sign for
the new transmitter is KLT-573
it will operate on frequencies of
153.41 and 153.47 MC.
built between Jefferson and
Christmas Day in
’ hospital after a
lengthy illnes I000,000 earmarked for construct-
tor and
The reason I say this is that
the purpose which the committee
GROUNDS READYI - Doyle Sternes, left end Jack Lair’
look over 25 ecres of newly cleared timber land that
. ill be planted to Ermelo lovegrass this next spring as
part of the Renner Pasture System demonstration at the-
Starnes' farm north of Mineola on Highway 37. A new
seeding of DeSoto grass will give the Wood County lend
' cheol -ys’em, ( ontaine d
IL stinptheninE till 9tat a pub- Uu’
je weekly jacket Buzz page in
ii< Mineola Monitor:
The Sup’t. Says
by T. M. Harvey, Sup t.
This week, figures from the
especially significant in
where special service is
exceptionally fast.
In addition, it will
) dot on
November for new terms are:
—V. G. Gore, Commissioner,
Precinct 3;
—W R. Blalock. County Tax
Assessor-Collector; and
—Don Roberts, Constable, Pre-
cinct 1 (Quitman).
Newly elected officials who will
be installed include:
—Arlin R. Harris, Sheriff, suc-
ceeding Paul Usrey;-
— Belker D. Paschall Jr., Wood
County Attorney,, successor to
of Coral Gables, Fla., Marshall will be reconductored. I
sidere d to he quite inaccurate in
its repre entation of the burden
Mimola school tax payers have
capital is that the suggestions of in
the rejH.n are due rougn going at the local effort,
in the legislative session which 1 effort
begins this month in Austin should be about the same amount
Mineola school superintendent or money available per child.
T M Harvey, after a less-than- This is what has been wrong
Seigeant Davenport
for our Mineola-based equipment,
tut also for our representatives’
t: ucks based in Grand Saline
and in Van.”
“All our customers in Mineola,
Lindale, Grand Saline, Van, Haw-
kins. Edgewood, Swan and Fruit-
vale will now have the added
advantage of radio dispatched
service," he continued. “Thia is
just another in a series of con-
tinuing steps the company is car-
rying out in order to constantly
upgrade and improve our efficien-
cy and our service to customers."
The two-way radios will allow
a dispatcher in the United Gas
Mineola office to contact . a n y
serviceman within the general
area on a moment’s notice. The
communication system will be
ted in the development of the
"Mrs. America” contest and was
winner of two of three industry
awards for which he was nomin-
ated.
He and his wife, Dorothy, live
near the Hoard area east of
Mineola.
s u g - pradline familiar to readers of
value. But, the report showed the
Stand-By Rescue t 1X1 assessed, in the opinion of
---- ithe state appraisers, at only 32
punhc School Educatin fur- urprising.
several months past '
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Resell,.
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1' < ited
111 tin
The Yellow Jacket eagers
will travel to Lindale Friday
night, Jan. 3, for a doubleheader
“A” and "B” team contests with
the Eagles. The junior varsity
game will begin at 6:30, with
the varsity game to follow.
district Mrs. Flora Mae MeKaig. Mm- Wilkes power Plant and the 138,- 1
I Mrs. V. V Stramn/commendations of the gover -
of the county’s
the present six
Two-thirds of a record $37.5
million construction budget pro-
posed by Southwestern Electric
Power Company in 1969 will be
spent in the Texas part of its
three-state service area.
Disclosure of the budget was
made by H. W. Pirkey, Jr., pre-
sident, who said construction ex-
Saturday. The Jackets led by
5 at the end of the first period, and was high scorer for the game,
and by 3 at the half. But thel(rant had 17, Region 12, Woods
toward getting the legislature to
study the report carefully to see
that it is not accurate, so that
their judgments might be based
on facts. I am sure that they
will not be so gullible as to ac-
cept all the facts and figures
without some investigation of
their own.
report recommends, not
general manager
For example, the Mineola Dis-
trict, in 1967-68 was a sessing
taxes at 60 percent of market
holm n . th
was a mem- nor’s committee are followed by
1 Aerospace the legilature, our kcal taxes
। fallowing year This is based on
ithe fact that the report calls for
an additional $21,000 for each of
'the next two school years.
and Dickie Melvin 1.
In consolatioh play Friday, Al-
ba-Gulden withstood a fourth •
quarter rally by Grand Saline to
take a 68-65 victory and move
into the consolation tinals against
Edgewood, 61-46 conquerors of
Harmony.
In the third - place chamnpion-
sh‛p game Saturday at 6 p m ,
the Yellow Jackets used a four-
ta-quarter rally to overcome a
two-point lead the Rains Wildcats
bad managed at halftime, to take
third with a come from behind
61-53 victory. Williams win again
high point man for the game,
with 22;-Grant had 14, Regian 9,
Niehaus 8, Woods 4, Mike Mad-
sen 2, and Mevin 2 to round
out the Jackets’ scoring.
I the consolation championship
game—al 7:30 Saturday night,
Alba-Golden saw a two-point half-
time) lead mek into a two-point
deficit in the third quarter, then
eame from behind to edge t h e
Edgewood Bulldogs 49-48 for the
trophy. Jimmy Chaney had 1 6
points and Walter Ragsdale 11 to
pace the Panthers to their victory.
The Womack Leopards took the
Tournament Championship in the
9 00 p.m. game Saturday, mak-
ing a three-point halftime lead
stand good to take a 63-60 v i c-
tory over the Quitman Bulldogs.
Mili-s Parker had 18 points, and
Danny Liggett also 18, to pace
the Bulldogs in their losing effort.
Named to the All - Tournament
Team were:
Preston Grant, Joe Williams
and Greg Regian, Mineola;
Mike Pearce, Miles Parker and
Ray Pittman, Quitman;
Eddie Dobbins, Larry Williams
and David O'Neal, Womack;
Walter Ragsdale, Alba-Golden;
Tony Garrett, Rains; and
Glen Neal, Grand Saline.
twenty-six hntiec v’udents in
avtuue daily attnlanee.
The report stated that a ten- i
tative outhne of proposed school (ioveinor’s Committee on
districts would be released in a 1 ton, which have been
short time. The report also indi- [wraps for
Myrtle Reed, Gladewater; t w o
re. ) sons, Jack Reed and Joe Reed, n
la th of Gladewater; a daughter, Phe
years of researeh
be combned nto a single dis-
trict. winch would also overlap
into adjoining counties, M ne rally
following the boundaries of the
Mineola. Alba-Golden, Hawkins'.
Ouitman, Winnsboro and Yantis
districts.
Initial comment from the state
nd ■ 1 m
a com-
the st ifl
oI li ansmittal to the G w- 1 1
to help the Luilatun
by consolidation, 1he
med f. strengthening
Whe n America's three
i Gas Association ,
named administra-
1 with the minimum foundation
1 progtram Mineola. for example
. has been having to make a great-
I , local eff rt. vet has had much
; l< ss money per child than many
see distortions in the
cola; a sister, Mrs. Flora Bell • 01 0-volt line from Jefferson to
non pi 1 }
of the Atlanta
Pam ti in An I
(lei many I le v
The Mineola Yellow Jacket
basketball team placed third in
their own tournament last week,
after having been narrowly eli -
minuted in the second round of
championship play Friday; and
three MHS eagers were also
named to the AU - Tournament
Team Saturday night
The eight - team tournament
opened Thursday afternoon with
two pre-night games, with t w o
others following that night. Open-
ing round games found the Rains
Wildcats downing the Edgewood
Fulldogs 56-40, the Longview
Womack Leopards clawing the
Alba-Golden Panthers 70-55, the
Quitman Bulldogs chewing the
Harmony Eagles, and the Mineola
Yellow Jackets scalping the
Grand Saline Indians 73-54.
Mineola had four starters hit -
ting in double figures: Preston
Grant with 26, Greg Regian with
15, Joe Williams with 11, and
Jackie Woods with 10.
Friday night, in the second
round of championship play, Quit-
man stormed from behind for a
55-54 victory over Rains to ad -
vance to the champtonship finale.
Rains had 15-8, 36-25 and 47-37
margins over Quitman at the
end of the first, second and third
quarters of play; but the B u l 1-
1 copards doubled the Jackets ’ 9, Jim Niehaus 3, Jim Haley 2,
Four months ago, on August , Ine proposed county-wide district
3ln, the (an । I nor’s Comnmttee Im Wood County was not too
< i The report " bu ll
d ne , acordina t । th.
Brief ceremonies installing the
Wood County officers elected in
the November general ‘lection
will be held in the District Curt-
room of the County Court House
between 9:30 and 10:00 o'clock
this morning, Wednesday, Jan 1.
County Judge-Bob Dougies will
administer the oath of office to
the newly-elected officers, as well
a , to those who were re-elected,
for the new four-year terms be-
ginning January 1, 1969.
achieved through the program
presented.
I say this in looking at Wood
County, which I feel I know.
And, I assume that if it is true
in Ip do ''I t and co
in v i > operations
t oaut, if neeeed
t aut W । ic
speeta ill a r
sroring in the third period, pop-
ping the nets for 20 to the Jac-
kets’ 10, to take a 7-point lead
into the fourth quarter; and the
MHS cage rs were unable to over-
i nine the lead, although they
Tames T. Flynt; and
—C. J. McIntosh, Commission-
er for Precinct 1, succeeding
Frank Howie.
—Three constables who won
their first elective terms: Cecil
Kuykendall, Precinct 2: Bill Dy-
cas, -Precinct 6; and F. F. Hill,
Precinct 7.
Following the installation of of-
ficers, the Commissioners Court
will convene in a brief session
for the purpose of approving th<
appointments of any new dep-
tics or employees selected by the
new officers. The offices held
by Judge Douglas and Commis-
sioners Louie Fulgham (Pct 2)
and J. C. Junior (Pct. 4) were
not up for election in 1968, their
terms extending through 1970.
Holdover county ofhicers, with
terms also extending. through
1970, are County Clerk J. Arnold
Glen, County Treasurer Evelyn
Horton, and District Clerk Kelsie
M. Ross.
all manned space flight
plays a major role in the
rue in recent years.
Is comments on this part of
, roport follow, under the guise
tory.
Continuing work through the
year on a large second genera -
ting unit at Wilkes Power Plant
near Jefferson will account for
a substantial part of about $25,- ‘
Raymond B Cooper, former While serving with AGA, he assis-
Recovery S rvice | will soar. They could go up as
In- strategically [ much as 20 percent next year.
A native of Kentucky, he had
been a resident of Gladewater
since 1932. He was a retired pipe-
fitter and a member of the Bro-
therhood of Pipefitters. He was
a member of the Gladewater
Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Governor its i - I 1.et of the
covery of space hardware.
The sergeant attended Mineola
High School His wife, Nancy, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
V 1. Colvin of 849 Graham St .
Mineola.
Cooper, who has been associa-
ted with the gas industry ever
since World War II, has resigned
I his AGA position to devote full
time to administration of the
local osteopathic hospital
A veteran, hj "'as a Master
Sergeant in the Army Air Corps
during World War II, serving
from 1942 to 1946 A business ad-
miinistration major at Southern
Methodist, he was associated with
various phases of the gas indus-
try from 1946 until the present.
c’ unties. Let me explain why I
make such an assertion.
To me, the fairest way of de-
termining whether an equal effort
is being made throughout t h e
state in support of all the chil-
dren is to look at the amount
of money available for each child
is the same, then there
Olle Hinenla Monitor
Morth Aub East Texas Hloremost HHeekiy MKetospaper
NINI TY SECOND YEAR - NUMBER 42
held in a Gladewater Funeral
Chapel Thursday afternoon, Dec.
26, with burial in Roselawn Me-
morial Gardens, Mineola.
Mr. Reed, 70, had died carly
I to the
• I 1e
Funeral services for George i penditures in 1969 will exceed
Russell Reed, fattier of Mrs. I that of any other year in the
Otho McKaig of Mineola, were jelectric company’s 56-year his-
area nart of the problem in our state,
'Awtapbii'v'- macem,.
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the financial support by local
districts of the local schools, and
a statewide "eualization" of the
school tax burten.
The long-awaited "addendum"
to the report, outlining districts
suggest, d and giving a report on
financial structure of the pro-
posed districts, was released to
the publie on Saturday. Dec. 28.
Toe la hly s| (‛ . ■1 /cd
with il w "i Idu d, md '
i • ci ,imi rio r ui•
e mmun al on systen.
s< honl di1nict having f aer than |
[ which is base'll on quick estimates '
ARKS .land seeming fantasy, as this
i k oi w ould appear.
and. Therefore, my efforts wilbe
I Other important transmission |
projects will include rebuilding of
the 69,000-volt line from Glade-
water to Longview; reconductor-
ing the 69,000-volt line from Mt.
Pleasant to Pittsburg, and com-
pletion of a new line from Lone
Star Power Plant to Mt. Pleasant.
This latter project was initiated
iq 1968.
Also in the new year, SWEPCO
will begin crossing Ms East Tex-
as territory with extra - high
voltage transmission. Construe -
tion will begin on a 345-000-volt
transmission line from Wilkes
dogs put on a furious scoring
rompage in the fourth quarter t i
outscore the Wildcats, 18-7, f u r
the final one-point victory.
The Womack Lcopards used a
strong third quarter to edge th "
host Mineola Yellow Jackets in
the second game Friday night,
66-63, to set up a Quitman-w om-
ack battle for the championship
em
n
1 a । nastthi j l had hoped for a pervasive
was on standby to [ study which would get to the
(1′11/1 the W‛
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। । ther districts.
A study was made, supposedly.
' । ' all school taxing entities i n
! the state to determine these in-
. equities, and to devise a formula
i so that those districts exerting
it s cifort would have to up their
taxes, with the surplus in effect.
, going to o'her districts which
i were less fortunate in natural
, resources and industry. Actually,
■ ibis was to cause those who had
I not Ien paving a fair share of
■ chonl taxes, to pay more in
• order to equalize the b u r d e n
: i i.'i of Wood Count ,
A^ruZ.« ial - Hospital Administrator
ther they were never reveald. I
• FgraNVEv,gpvn,ezag7rrea
operator all three forages in the Texas Research Foundi
tion system of 12-month grazing for livestock. The pet
manant grasses ere Coastal bermuda, DeSoto and Esde
lovegrass. Lair is the Foundation agronomist ah hi
charge of the locally-sponsored six-year project whi
enters its third year in 1969, 7
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it is also true in other
a.- [but I cannot support a study ' Officers who were re-elected in
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2 e
Service vehicles of United Gas
have now been equipped with
two-way radio equipment, enab -
ling the Company to remain i n
const jut communication through -
out the day with its servicemen
in the field, it was announced by
John Horton, manager of t h e
company’s operations for t h e
Mineola area.
"Our service and construction
trucks, as: well as the manager's
automobile, have been equipped
with new two-way radios,” Hor-
ton said. “This is true not only
r mi n to earth, a with our tax assessor. His data,
v among the thous- lieu, as far as We are concerned,
n. , men standing by was pulled out of thill air. sinch 7 7 V7. 9 * X
, anyining went records all document the 60 / V0119 V dO4I I° Q B Bo A/
ireeut assessment at that time. - X O
■ ant Ch v;s F Dav- ; What this means is that, if the
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