Panola County Post (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 53, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 15, 1984 Page: 1 of 26
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Great Easter Egg Hunt offers many prizes^
The big day is here and move than o thousand youngsters speciol prizes o number ol Panola County youngsters will Newspapers and local merchant* and attracted more than
are expected to participate in the Second Annual Great be lucky and discover durinb the big event. 1,200 youngster* last year.
Easter Egg Hunt which begins 1 p.m. Saturday at Carthage | At the signal youngsters. divided into three age groups -
High School. The hunt, featuring more than 5,000 candy and plastic infant through age three, ages four to six and ages seven to
The Easter Bunny has been busy hiding thousands of con- eggs, some containing price vouchers donated by con- 10 - will race across the starting line in tym
dy and plastic surprise eggs, some of which will contain tributing area merchants. Is sponsored by Panola County search of the popular holiday treats and special
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ByEavlChesshev vofing. regardless of how close the commissioners to move ahead led Place 4 Commissioner Frank the then- ruling Carthage City Com- andnothingmateriolized
The bad is back in the hands at votefomedoot. promptly, rother than letting the Willis hod been unanimovs in missoners in 1972 that they would Today commissioners are faced
the Cavhage City Commissiow con Bot city officials sey e number of pre grew receive the low priority making their promise to abide by abide by the mojority’s wishes o with the reality of having to comply
coming action to buid an amnimal elSemori.es will have to be con- attention the city commission ho* the wishes of the mgjority con
shelter followingvoter appvoval of tide red before constuction of an dwey* given it in the post. ceming construction of an amnimal that yeor carried by
a referendom on the subjecv lost amnimal shelter is lounched. The commission mentioned that shelter more then the 13 or so" votes in- referendum on building an animal
week by e 7*-vote margin presumably with an accompanying some affirmative action will be But histovy shews mojority vote dicoted during o number of shelter
puMk opinion cm ifr* stray onimol control and coble* taken, addressing the fact that the is not a sure indication that discussions held throughout the During often heated discussions
eropniut jjm A-idwd A— Ter" tecelnotion regs item ent mojovity’s desires were noted something will be done - stray animal control issue recently held over a fivemonth period last
5*1 "againsr- commissioners Andi widest bo ochievwdpvor- during the can<ie**ing of the voM especially where a nonbinding The 1972 leash low referendum year and as recently as last man
promisedileer Augost when they night, they say inlost Monday nights mooting At roforon^m (the only kind allowed was approved by a 65-vote margin th proposals have been broughr
called the refevundum that they Supporter i of the onimol shelter that time Mayur Corson Jbino* municipolities by stat* low) is con- in the city with 675 in fovor and before the council for can
woul oct in accordance with the and sivay animal control program reconfirmed that the commission corned 9M against _
wishes or the majority of those are hoping to once u rage the city with the exception of newly dec Although it wo* not indicated by But that was over a decode eoo "" ”
pepele when the ehereh wesfeundede
By Wain Miller has talked to would prefer to see
A compromise proposal" to in the vocational program left un-
crease the number of academic changed
classes required for vocational "We feel that vocational
students at Carthage High School education IS academic education
will be considered Tuesday night in that it prepares a person for
by the school board gainful employment and produc-
Supt. Dr. Marvin Crawford says tive activity as well or better than
he realizes his recommendations classroom instruction it is proc
on the subject "are not popular ticol. basic education Smith ton
but I think they are in the best in- tends
terests of the school and the Our first choice would be to
students." leave the program unchanged
After hearing objections to the But if the board insists on doing
proposal from several employers something the recommendations
of vocational cooperative training for allowing exemptions is cer-
program students the Carthage In- tainly on improvement over, the
dependent School District Board of original recommendation
Trustees rejected Crawford s initial However the specified limit on
recommendations on the subject the number of students exempted
last month. is totally unacceptable and
The board suggested that Dr discriminatory in my opinion
Crawford revise the recom- Smith said
mendations to overcome some of "How too onone, orb
the objections predict thot there wo u d t e. -ohly
The superintendent said Friday Pee w voorohak pog i
that the revisions he will propose amuuuumuuuumwaumuu
to the board in a meeting at 7 30
pm. Tuesday will retain the T 7 LJ
proposal for a minimum of five LOTUy SCtlOOly
classes per day -
This, he said is needed in ___» j
keeping with the growing public DTmUTES
outcry for the schools to con- “
centrate more on academic a • _ 1 •
education to be sure thot students voting oegms
learn basic literary and 5
mathematical skills before Absentee voting begins this
graduating week in separate locations for
Dr -Crawford said the com- both the April 28 Carthage school
promise' would be that the new board run-off election and the Moy
proposal adds provisions for exem 5 Democratic Primary
pting up to 23 students per year Advance voting begins Monday
from the additional class in the voter registration office on
requirement, os selected by the the bottom floor of ’he Courthouse
vocational director and the for the Democratic Primary which
vocational teacher will select nominees for county a. d
The number 23 stms from his state offices ranging from sheriff
recommendation thot would allow to United States senator
up to five exemptions each in four And absentee voting begins
of the vocational programs plus Tuesday at the Carthoge In
three in another dependent School District Ad
The vocational instructor and ministration Bu ding for ‘he run-
director would have authority to off between Bili Steptoe ond Jerry
allow students with extenuating Hanszen for Place 4 on the CISD
circumstances to participate in board of trustees
the work training program while Those who will be unable to vote
taking only four courses but those at the polls on April 2? a I May 5
not qualifying for exemptions may cost absentee ballofs at the
would have to take five classes respective locations.
And while Dr. Crawford con Early voting will be conducted
Sider* this a fair compromise between 8 am and 4 pm Mon
some employers ogam will object days through Fridoys at the school
to the change at the Tuesday night office and wil cor • nue through
meeting according to Bill Smith April 24
chairman of a Vocational Advisory The absentee vot g for the
Committee, comprised of represee Democratic Primory v be be*
tatives of businesses which ween 8 am and 4 30pm in the
provide work training stations for voter registrar on office at the
the students Courthouse and wiII continue
Smith says the majority of the through May 1
local businessmen and women he -ummmamamm
By Earl Chessher
The Panola County Chamber of
Commerce discussed plans Mon-
day for several upcoming events,
including a theft seminar, an In-
dustrial Appreciation Banquet, a
political candidate forum, and -
possibly - a July the Fourth
fireworks show.
The annual Industrial Ap-
preciation Banquet will be held at
noon on Thursday, May 17, at the
Fellowship Hall of First United
Methodist Church, Carthage.
Featured speaker will be
George McKinney, manager of
Community Development for Texas
Power and Light, Dallas.
Industrial Relations Committee
Chairman Bill Applegate presented
the information to the board of
directors during the mid-week
meeting. Information on reser-
vations for the event con be ob-
tained by phoning the chamber of-
fice at 693-6634.
In other reports Potlatch Chair-
man Carson Cockrum said that
work on the fifth annual event is
under way and committee chair-
men for Potlatch activities were
named.
They are Don and Linda Griffith,
staged entertainment John and
Tommie Gates Teen Wprtd: Digpe .
Davidson. children's activities: Kay
Thomas, > aris-crafis and
miscellaneous booths; Kathy
Taylor, food and drinks; Jerry Han-
szen public relations-promotion:
Ray Schieffer, finance; Gary Mar-
tin admissions; Barbara Smith, L
special events: Jim Carroll. Potlat-
ch projects; Keith Chapman. groun-
ds control: Wanda Hanszen ond
Mary Lou Davi*, arts and designs.
Cockrum urged everyone in-
terested in helping with the project
to contact one of the committee
chairmen.
The board expressed their ap-
preciation to beautification chair-
man Marian Anderson for her ef-
forts in promoting the county-wide
beautification project and thanked
Earl Chessher and Panolo County
Newspapers for their "out-
standing" coverage and assistan-
ce.
The board also voted to make
necessary improvements to the
chamber building's exterior during
the beautification project which is
slated for a two-week period April
21 through May 5.
In other business Charles
Thomas, Legislafive Committee
chairman. reported that the "Meet
Your Candidates Day" would be
hold Saturday April 21 at An-
derson Park on the square.
Chamber president Chapman
reported that the chamber is at-
tempting to conduct a July Fourth
fireworks display
Chapman said the disploy would I
cast S3 000 and the board agreed
to sponsor the event providing
they could receive financial helg
from other area orgonizofions. A
number of local service and civic
clubs have offorod to donate to the
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