The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 18, 1984 Page: 2 of 30
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Your Vote and Support will bo greatly ap-
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COUNTV COMMISSIOMER
Pemele County
Precinet 1
Walter Craft
Carl Hendrickson
Herbert T. Koonce
The Carthage independent school system af-
fects each one of us in different ways. It may be
through employment, our children's education or
taxes, but it DOES affect each of us.
We can have a voice in how the school system
affects us by going to the precinct boxes on
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and look before finally spotting a
shiny plastic egg.
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back to the table where prizes
were being given away, only three
prizes remained.
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egg, it contained the certificate for
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Capps Construction, cash prizes Davis Smith, Joshua Ramero, Amy
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10 gift certificates: White’s Auto, Maurice, Jena Roy, Cheryl Hall,
big foot: Western Auto, lime chif- Taro Rushing, Aneisha Allison,
ton doll: Kelley Chevrolet, $31.40 Anitra Frankl, Casey Freeman,
gift certificate: The Peppermint Bradley Schexnayder. Aaron
Fence. $10 gift certificate: Car- Walker, Carldrin Williams,
thage Auto Salvage, cash prizes Rommyo Tatum, Leslie Young,
totaling $10; Skipper's 707, $5 Kendra Brooks, Lance Ginsel, Tom-
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cash prizes totaling $20: Dairy Those who claimed prizes in-
Queen No 1. 10 gift certificates, eluded Jonathan Eubank, Joshua
Carthage Twin Cinema, 16 movie Blissett, Joni Newman, Lisa Taylor,
passes. Melanie Cockerham, LaTosha
Jackson, Jacquelyn Allison, John
Panola County Newspapers
has been authorized to an-
nounce the candidacies of the
following persons for the of-
fices indicated, subject to the
action of the Democratic
Primary on May 5, 1984:
Jimmy's Flavor
anticipoted soles fox receipts
failed to hit the mark for the city's
1982 83 fiscal year, his cutback
showed a remarkably accurate an
ticipation of the effects from a
decrease in oil and gas activity.
In tact present production inside
the city limits is at o standstill
belying earlier predictions with no
COUITV COIAIISSIOIIER
Penele County
Precim3
Leonard Jones
W.J. "Pig" Rich
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JR., MISSES' AND HALF SIZE DRESSES
Choose’ from Of entre noct of fobncs. syles ord colors Al
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McGuire, Shernia Gibbs, Crystal
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win. certificate: James Boykin Auto and _ 1 _ _ 0.
The daughter of Allan and Susan Body $3 cash prize: Peggy s Gifts Rexnol S Donny Brooks Trent
big bunny was her prize. Shop. gift certificate. The New . r_ , "e"JNeEXIe
She said nothing, but hugged the Shoe Box, $10 gift certificate: PRonni "Mefcdir, "SBrandy Rice,
giant rabbit constantly while her Hawthorn , Dry Goods, $5 gift cer^ Coleman, Keith Roberts,
mother went offer her car to carry tificate; Car h age Locker Plant. $5 Steven > Jackson Jr.,
it home. . cosh pnze: Jacks Shoe Repair g. Ashely Fiori. Chad
Two other prizes never were certificate: Farmer Browns gift Hicks Jason Miller Michell. Hull,
claimed meaning that either the certificate: Jo s Unique Beauty Peterson, Mari Carmen
eggs were no found or someone Salon $5 cash prize Kyle Animal Foster, Jennie Newman. Shaunda .
failed to realize that the plastic Clinic, gift certificate: Ken Turner , . ul.
eggs were good for prizes Pharmacy lighted space mirror: Thompson, lorisse' ” odgeMo
But more than 140 other Anderson Tractor, $5 cash prize; w _ . 9 yan. G
children did go home with nice Bluebonnet Cleaners, $10 gift cer- -oson Sh Wn ttnr»n sy.E
2 171 . .u l . .l . Feller, Josh Gilmer. Karen waits,
prizes from the hunt thanks to the tificate. Betsy Foster, Mary Raymond,
o ow ng sponsors Panola National Bank $25 Sherry O'Dell, Carmen Morvan.
Bob's Super Handy, cash prizes savings bond: Violet Shop stuffed Casey Ray, Jamie Welch, Chris
totaling $5: W4W Feed and Fer- bunny: Harris Outboard Repair. Davis Bud Waggoner, Josh Rosen-
tilizer cash prizes totaling $9: $10 cash prize: Carthage Drug, gift that. Garrett Welch.
Beall's four $9 50 gift certificates; certificate: Don’s House of Tapes. Felis Salas, Alex Wells, Brod
Ben Franklin's two stuffed bun record. Mauritzen, Tabitha Miller, Misty
nies: Lynch's Florist cash prizes Capps Julie McGough. Shirley Mit-
totaling $10: Hobby Shop, two lat- First National Bank. $50 savings chell. Micheal Wilson, Ouincey
ch hook kits: Billy Arnold's Garage bond: McCarty’s, Easter basket; Mason. Dennis Davis, Corey Cato,
cash prizes totaling $5 Panola Steptoe’s Jewelry, $10 gift cer- Cinamon Toon, Karen Henderson.
Centimed Grem Pege f
ticipate figures which used to be drilling activity taking place
available for planning the city’s Thomas pointed out that such lack
operating budget of activity continues to adversly of
"I don't see any major leaps for feet sales tax revenues usually
ward " said Thomas "but if things generated from booming oil gas
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Curtis Miller,
J.R. Hodges,
continue to move like they have equipment and supplies soles at
the first quarter of this year the retail level
then I believe we can anticipate a But on the other hand Thomas
steady growth pattern which is ac credits the acquisition of a major
tually betterdiscount department chain store
Information from audits and major grocery chain store plus
prepared by city CPA Donald K a score of new businesses with the
Bates show sales fox receipls tor strong comeback despite affects
the fiscal year. Oct. 1 1982 to from the downturn in other major
Sept. 30 1983. totalled $427 143 -• income producing areas
some $42,857 short of the on- New restaurants and proposed
ticipoted $470 000 Thomos eating establishments have
budgeted, literally blossomed throughout the
The oil and gas downturn was city reflecting yet another area of
manifesting itself. economic growth
A drop in sales tax receipts had ironically the drastic number of
been anticipated by Thomas who shutdown retoil businesses during
foresaw effects of the cutback in 1983 has been more than offset by
drilling operations on drilling sup new openings relocations ond re
ply sales and related retail outlets openinqs under new management
here. In the 1981 82 fiscal year o
budgeted $435 000 was un Although some 21 businesses in
derestimated by some $77 000 Carthage shut their doors during
with the city actually receiving the past 15 months others have
opened theirs and ore all showing
ComtimmndwemPagel
ready before the hunt begins.
Some complained that the early
start left no eggs for the late
arriving youngsters to find, but
three-year-old Amanda Reed
Bealls oma
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wore ropid inflat
a strong inclination for growth with
one restaurant building on all-new
facility after less than two years
here.
According to figures from the
Panola County Chamber of Com
merce a total of 28 new
businesses two ground breaking
ceremonies and 10 relocation or
new owner businesses occurred
during a relatively lean 1983 And
another five new businesses have
been officially recognized during
the first three months of 1984
The significance of local
economic growth would not be ac-
curately represented without men
tioning the city’s local financial in
stitutions which are oil ex
periencing new momentum
following the crunch of 1983
Until other areas of growth have
stabilized however Thomas soys
in his opinion "oil and gas activity
in the City of Carthage has proven
the most accurate economic
barometer
"lower oil and gos activity et
festively reduces the amount of
and equipment repair and soles
outlets soid Thomas "This is
going to have a direst bearing on
area employ rent and one-percent
sales tax rebates from the state "
A decline in building permits
new construction and hotel motel
tax revenues was also noted
throughout most of 1983 but the
trend is quickly reversing
Although a chonge in the
procedure for collecting and
to porticpating cities has altered
the picture* somewhat the first
quarter of 1984 definitely reflects
a turn for the better according to
Thomas
Thomas said another factor in-
robed »s inflation which would
make the decline in sales tax
retenues but which would make
the rate of gain slower
Mori ever said Thomas 1 would
prefer the inflotion rate to be low
continuing with a stronger con-
tinned gee nth rather than the spur
ts and drops brought on through
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