The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 60, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 25, 1981 Page: 2 of 19
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Plan to number Panola
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County roads is underway
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Band raising funds
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School District board of directors has
authorized the advertising for bids for the
new uniforms
Some 160,000 school children a
year suffer eye injuries
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County agents throughout
East Texas have gardening
guides available free of charge
These guides show the recom-
mended varieties. planting
dates. days to harvest and the
amount of seed to plant for each
family member
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Leather
Coats
Hams during the past week
have helped the spirits of
producers but moisture is still
extremely short over the entire
area
Gardening activities should
be increasing in East Texas Dr
Terry Menges, area horti-
culturist for the Texas Agri
cultural Extension Service,
says that a soil test is the first
step in good gardening For the
home gardener, families should
decide which vegetables they
will eat and plant accordingly
Seed of recommended varieties
may be purchased from local
sources or ordered from seed
companies
Carthage, Texas
Cordially invites you to attend
Panola County s plan to
number county roads is already
underway and County Judge
Ruff Wall says ne hopes that all
the roads in the county can be
included in the program
Judge Wall and other mem
bers of the commissioners
Court have signed a resolution
authorizing a Traffic Sign
Replacement Program between
the county and the Texas
Department of Highways and
Public Transportation
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In an emergency action last
July, the Commission pumped
$150,000 into its gas pipeline
safety program to permit the
hiring of additional personnel
and the acquisition of equip
ment so that more of the state s
120,000 miles of gas pipelines
can be inspected and monitored
more often for compliance
with rules and regulations Hill
said
primary considerations on the
agenda of Monday s Carthage
City Commission
Persons primarily engaged in
purchasing used gold or silver
will be required by the or
dinance to obtain a permit.
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approximately $5,000 more
must be raised for all the
students to be able to make the
bus trip
"Each student is expected to
contribute $45, and we would
like for all the students to have
the opportunity to earn their
money," said Bird
Bird noted that all donations
to the band trip are tax
deductable
Although experience in band
competition is the primary
objective of the trip, students
will make stops in Gatlinburg,
Tenn for a historical tour, in
Nashville to visit Opryland and
in Memphis to see Graceland.
Elvis Presley's home
The trip was approved
Tuesday night by the Carthage
Independent School District
Board of Directors The board
provides the financial support
for the trip
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In preparing the garden site,
Menges suggests broadcasting
five to eight pounds of
agricultural limestone and two
to three pounds of a complete
fertilizer such as 12 12 12 per 100
square feet If compost is
available, work the compost
into the soil to a depth of eight to
twelve inches
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The U. S Department of
Transportation has notified the
Railroad Commission that up to
$161,815 will be reimbursed to
the RBC for expenditures made
in carrying out its gas pipeline
safety program during 1981,
announced Gas Utilities Di
vision Director Jeffry R Hill
A 2 PANOLA WATCHMAN, Carthage, Texas lamia ry 25, 1981
Panola student among
East Texas graduates
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the Carthage Park Subdivision, fees
southbound on Texas 149 miles south of Carthage Kevin
Sanders swerved to miss Conray Ingram, 16, of Gary was
Griffith and hit head-on with a southbound and attempted a left
vehicle driven by James L. turn into a private driveway
Baillargeon of Carthage The and was struck on the right side
accident was investigated by by the Smith vehicle Ingram
DPS Trooper John McDaniel received a citation for failure to
Two other area accidents yield right-of-way and another
resulted in minor injuries to the for violation of driver's license
victims, both accidents occur restriction code B The incident
red on U S Hwy.59 south was investigated by DPS
At 4 45 Monday Yvonne Trooper Earl W Pigg Mrs
Johnson Smith, 52, of Jefferson Smith and the passenger in her enough. Menges says it is 1 . •
was north bound on U S. 59, 4.8 vehicle, J R Smith, in addition better to thin later than have a CIdDLOI IS
_ to James Milton Ingram, a poor stand When buying
Panola County
Carthage High School Band urged to call Stuart Bird, band
students are seeking Saturday director, at 693 5461
and afternoon odd jobs to pay Dogwood Arts Festival com
their way to the Dogwod Arts petition in parade, street drill
Festival Band Contest in and concert will be held April
Knoxville, Tenn , this spring 10 11 Approximately 100 bands
Local residents with leaves to from all over the United States
rake or other small jobs, and compete
anyone who would like to About 120 Carthage students
sponsor a student on the trip are hope to make the trip Bird said
Retired Highway engineer then the developers would be
Tom Grissom has been hired to encouraged to install perma
direct the project and Judge nent name signs on other
Wall said Grissom was already streets
working on it The judge said The Judge said he would
Grissom had indicated he felt likely ask that funds to
all the county roads should be complete the project be in
included whether or not the eluded in the 1982 budget His
county was reimbursed for the idea was that when he initial
work work was done, to have
Plans for the project call for numbers assigned to all roads
the signs to be placed on the and then if the funds were not
roads to meet federal specifi available delay installation of
cations and for the roads to be the signs on lesser used roads
numbered to meet (he require until next year
ments so that (he federal Wall said Grissom (old him
government will assist in the Precinct I had the most roads in
financing Mike West of the it. with approximately 150
district highway office in county roads located in that
Atlanta. said the federal funds area
could be used for the purchase The plan to number the
of the signs themselves but that county roads was presented by
the county would have to bear the Panola County Chamber of
the cos’ of the posts and of Commerce and on Jan 12 the
installation Commissioners Court approved
in order for the federal the project According to a
government funds to be used. Chamber study. It will cost
the roads to be numbered must approximately $25 per sign and
meet several requirements and the estimated cost of the work
West said he would work with would be $5,000
local officials to see that this This figure would vary,
was determined before the work however with the number of
was actually done roads to be included in the
Judge Wall said that even if program
reimbursement funds were not In the resolution signed by the
available, he would like to see commissioners, the court said it
the county number all of the recognized the need to improve
roads in the county traffic safety through improved
He did exclude, however, traffic control devises as well as
short roads within rural sub other measures and desired to
divisions He said the main participate with the Highway
roads leading to the subdi- Department in helping reduce
visions could be numbered and traffic accidents
Thirty two students, includ- Receiving Bachelor of Arts
mg Edgar Leon Carter ot degrees were Carter History
Carthage graduated from East Paul Reagan Deaton of Huff
Texas Baptist College in man Ministry Careers Mark
December The college con Lee Levins of Spurger, Sociol
ferred degrees for the Bachelor ogy; William Paul Marler of
of Arts, the Bachelor of Science, Mobile Alabama, Ministry
the Bachelor of Musk and the Careers Steven Scott Sherman
Bachelor of Applied Science of Burleson. Administrative
during its fall commencement Careers Hickey Lenwood
exereises Smith of Marshall Spanish
Dr Harvey D Lewis, vice Tbomas Everett Wadsworth
president for development at Hi lory and Clarence Williams ,
ETBC addressed the graduates of • irange, < hristian Ministry I
He said his short message to the Receiving Bachelor of II
graduates was almost identical Science degrees were Nancy |
to the address given at his Caroline Beene of Shreveport
graduation in 1939 from Baylor Louisiana, Business. Rhonda
University Finch Boles of Lufkin. Elemen- J
Don't look for a position, ' he Ury Education Danita Ann I
said "Go out and find yourself a Cash of Arlington Elementary I
job and stay with it come hell Education Kathryn Anne Cox I
and high water " of Longview. All Level Physical I
Lewis told the students to Education; Joseph Kendall I
establish Christian standards Crabtree of Houston, Jan Lee 1
by which you’re willing to live Dean of Tomball, Elementary I
and die” and to remain Education Anna Darlene Ever- I
committed to those standards ett of Paragould, Arkansas. I
by facing the world with the All Level Physical Education I
power of the gospel of Jesus and Melinda Lea Griffith of L
Christ Marshall. Elementary Educa- 1
1 tion.
(iLT 1 * Also with B.S. degrees were I
•C’OUATSOU] Betty Bogue Humbert of |
— Marshall. Elementary Educa- I
tion; Shirley Albert Markle of I
a nnt i m ofiAm 0 Texarkana, Elementary Ed- I
“FI--CUUUIU¥ ucation. Lee Ann Finely g
McCrty of Marshall, Ele- i
. 7 menUry Education, Betty Me- I
are openea Kee McCrary of Italy, Texas, I
4 General Business, Elizabeth I
The Panola County Texas Ex- Irene Morton of Mineola,
Students Association has Elementary Education; Jan
opened applications for a $600 Delayne Rook of Terrell,
scholarship to the University of Business; Jesus Raul Villar- NEW LOOK—Carthage High School Band
Texas for a qualified freshman real, Jr. of Mexico, Biology; director Stuart Bird looks over the new
rhe association’s contribution Denise Helen Welch of Green uniform he hopes his band will soon be
of $300is matched by an equal River Wyoming, Elementary wearing The Carthage Independent
amount from the state ex Education and Billy Williams of
students association. Any high Conroe. Physical Education ... AA. a
Traffic accident reports
should contact Carthage at Hester of Woodlake. Susan -- ------- —HF—-B
torney LeRoy LaSalle at 693 D’Anne Self of Houston who
6656. presented the solo "Thy Word is Carthage City Police and
The scholarship will be a Lamp Unto My Feet” during local DPS troopers arrested a
awarded at the chapters an- commencement ceremonies, Carthage man Thursday in
niial Texas Independence Day and John Steven Slover of Rusk, connection with a Beckville
Banquet March 2. University of all with All Level Music majors accident that occurred Wednes-
Texas ex-students around the Hester minored in piano and day afternoon
world celebrate this date Seif and Slover minored in Darrel Dwain Griffith, 18,
together. All Panola County voice. was given a ticket for failure to
Hxes are invited to the local Bachelor of Applied Science yield the right-of-way Officers
banguet Further details on the degrees were conferred on said Griffith, driving pickup,
went will be made available. Morris Joseph Jones of Mar- pulled out of the parking lot at
• W. VA. ADMITTED shall. Applied Management and Bearcat Grocery in Beckville
• West Virginia was admitted RonnieGuy Shipman of Gilmer, and into the path of a car driven
te the Union on Jan. 17,1863. Ministry Careers by Dewey Sanders who was
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passenger in the Ingram transplants, make sure they are e •
vehicle, were all taken by healthy and free of insects and ormng
ambulance to Panola General disease Buy onion plants about •
Hospital for treatment of the size of a pencil, not the There will soon be help for
injuries 8re at big ones local teenagers whose lives are
effected by an alcoholic family
Av. । « 1. member or friend, that is if
City planning ordinance Monaloganhasanythingtosay
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regarding gold buyers orgAnlainen. Sarthakganhzapton
dedicated to helping teenagers
An ordinance to require discuss rural water rates and cope with emotional problems
permits for gold and and silver study a resolution concerning of alcoholism not theirs, but
dealers will be one of the utility rates that of a parent relative or
close friend
Cmmec:napg Alateen is associated with
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trated simular efforts for A . ,
spouses and other adults Cammieeian
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alcoholic
make daily transaction reports, missioners recently approved a Alateen will meet each 4m2II g
provide additional information resolution supporting Texas Monday between 3-4 p m at St WUUl Met
to customers on demand, in Senate Bill Number 12, in Pauls Presbyterian Church.
eluding severability clause traduced by Senator Bill Short. There are no dues or member » y I
That clause would provide for The bill, if passed, will have ship fees Mrs Logan points out FCimOUrSeCl
penalty and time restrictions on the state to compensate court that young people interested in
return of the merchandise appointed attorneys when they the program don't even have to
The suggested ordinance defend individuals accused of give their names or participate
comes in the wake of corn capital crimes in any way "If all someone
plaints in the area of fly by Fees will be set as follows: wants to do is listen, they are
night gold and silver dealers each day in court representing more than welcome, said Mrs
who operate out of temporary the accused, no less than $50. Logan
facilities each day representing the We want to help teenagers
Commissioners wll also hear accused ina capital case. no realtzethatsomeonecaresand
a report from the planning and less than $250. each day incourt wantstohelp someonew hohas
„ „ . P " representing an indegent in a gone through the same prob
Kraig8 Boar toonergdueestfrnm habeas corpus hearing. no less lems The family of an alcoholic The ( ommission directed Hill
hits from multi family than $50 has to cope with a lot of guilt last July 1(1 file the necessary
dwellings to single family units The prosecution of a bona fide and frustration We want to applications for federal funds
Cam is also relustind a oublic appeal to the Court of Criminal reach out to these kids and help available under the Natural Gas
lmlin for Feb 23 P Appeals will draw a fee of no them deal constructively with Pipeline Safety Act of 1979
8 ' less than $350 For an appeal to all of these feelings ’
Bids will be opened and that court where a death ----- - By Texas law, the Commis
awarded for materials for penalty is involved, no less than 1,500 A YEAR BLINDED sion is required to provide and
remodeling the Community $500 An estimated 13 million enforce safety standards for the
House. for a tractor for the The resolution seeks to Americans a year suffer an eye regulation of all transportation
Street Department and a fire support the proposed legislation injury About 40,000 of these of gas and gas pipeline facilities
pumper truck and prevent "considerable people do not recover full vision which are not subject to
In other business the Com financial stress and havoc to and about 1.500 will be blinded exclusive federal jurisdiction
mission will tentativly approve counties because of such (legal) Some 160,000 school children a Also, the RRC is required to
promulgate such safety regula
lions in accordance with
applicable federal statutes and
regulations, Hill explained
The GUD director said the
additional funds will aid the
Commission in accelerating the
enforcement of safety rules and
procedures throughout the
state
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Douglas, Marshall. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 60, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 25, 1981, newspaper, January 25, 1981; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1517959/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.