The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 121, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 24, 1994 Page: 1 of 16
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A one-vehicle accident at the
intersection of FM 2517 and FM
3359 claimed the life of a Center
man Friday who was working in
Panola County.
Travis Marvin Lee, 46, had been
hauling fertilizer in the area.
According to Texas Department
of Public Safety Trooper Frank
Langley, the accident occurred
around noon Friday when Lee lost
control of the 1969 Ford truck he
was driving.
Apparently, the vehicle veered
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be clear cut and replanted with pine
seedlings while only hardwood will
be cut from a second section. Pine
limber will be cut and hardwood
left in the third section. The fourth
will be left as is.
During the following 5-10 years,
students will observe each section
as they grow, keeping detailed
records while noting the difference
in forestry management and the
lack of management.
Board members also voted to
begin replacing carpet at the high
school over the next four years and
accepted the low bid from Larry's
Interiors, Inc. of Longview in the
amount of $220,931.
In other action, board members
accepted a proposal from Chapman
and Williams for audit of the dis-
trict's 1993-94 financial records.
Also approved were two con-
tracts between the district and Re-
gion VII Educational Service Cen-
ter in Kilgore.
The first is a program providing
media services to the district at a
cost $1.50 per average daily atten-
dance at a cost that is jointly ab-
sorbed by the State and the school
district.
In addition, a second contract
with Region VII Educational Ser-
vice Center was approved provid-
ing for various staff and curriculum
development activities.
Funding for these services are
obtained through local assessments
to Al Region VII schools. The fee
is $3 per average daily attendance.
In final action, board members
accepted the highest bids for the
sale of six used school buses.
Tractor
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Earl Claiborne
Nachitoches, La.
In addition to his high school
accomplishments, Claiborne was
named All-American while playing
for Wiley College before becoming
the school's coach.
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to the right side of the road and off
into the northbound grassy
shoulder before re-entering the
road in a sideways position.
The vehicle then crossed the
eastbound lane and crossed over
into the ditch on the south side of
the roadway before travelling
through a barbed wire fence and
rolling on top where it came to a
final position.
He was pronounced dead at the
scene by Panola County Judge John
Cordray.
Driver uninjured in accident
The 40,000-pound cargo of this tractor-trailer rig shifted during a tight turn, causing the vehicle to roll over
onto the side of a ramp leading to the loop. The roadway was not blocked, however, and the 63-year-old
driver, Henry Session of Houston, was wearing a seatbelt and escaped injury.
on ramp
A traclor trailer rig rolled over
Friday morning when its load
shifted unexpectedly, but the driver
escaped injuries.
Other drivers stopped to assist
Henry Clay Session, 63, of Hous-
ton when his ng rolled onto its side
on the on-ramp leading to the
Carthage loop. The accident oc-
curred al about 9:14 Friday.
Session was wearing his seat
belt at the time of the accident and
was uninjured Spectators helped
him remove the tractor’s windshield
and climb out.
According to the report prepared
by the Carthage Police Department,
Session was traveling on US 79 and
attempted to turn onto the ramp
leading to the US 59 South Loop
when 40,000 pounds of paper in the
trailer shifted suddenly. tipping the
ng over. It landed on the verge
along side the road, so the ramp
was not blocked.
Session was cited for failure to
control speed.
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A Cartilage home was com-
pletely destroyed by fire Thursday.
Carthage firefighters were called
to the scene on County Road 208
at 11:23 a.m. only to find the mo-
bile home completely engulfed in
flames.
According to Carthage fireman
Ross Johnson, the home was com-
pletely engulfed in flames from one
end to another by the time they ar-
rived.
He stated that because the
flames had spread so quickly, the
home was considered a total loss.
Owners of the home, Billy and
Faye Hudson, were not present
when the fire broke out.
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himself, Claiborne expressed one
of his main goals as CHS head
coach.
"I want to see <Mir gyin filled up
with people showing the same
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when he realized the position was
being created for him.
"From the beginning Coach
Surratt has groomed me to till his —
shoes one day and now that day has _
come I am just elated.
"I have been waiting for tins —
opportunity for a while, but I have
to give Coach Surratt all the credit -
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since we have been here," he
stressed.
Claiborne said he has really
enjoyed working with younger _a
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"I like to work with young kids
because as a coach I take their
talent and then mold them into a
team. In college you can hand-pick
who you want to play. In high
school, you use what you've got."
he stressed.
Remembering his own days on
the court as a player, Claiborne
noted that he was named All-State
while attending high school in
Elysian Fields High School as the
district's assistant principal.
Also moving onward is CISD's
husband-wife teaching team, Gary
ai d Kathy Surratt, who have both
liken posts at Crowley Independent
School District. Surratt was named
head basketball coach there, while
Mrs. Surratt will teach English on
the junior high level
Named to fill Coach Surratt's
vacated position is current assistant
basketball coach Earl Claiborne,
who will take over head duties
immediately.
Although not moving to another
district, Emma Burleson at Libby
Elementary, has been reassigned to
teach third graders and Stephanie
James has been named to fill her
position.
Returning to the district is
Sheila Willis who will resume her
duties at Carthage Primary.
Also new at Libby will be
special education instructor Jean
Lawrence and diagnostician
Glendell Roberts.
Roberts will be serving all
Panola County schools including
Carthage, Beckville and Gary.
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if experience and a long string
of wins means anything - sports
fans will soon know just how
exciting basketball can be.
Newly-named to as Carthage
High School's head basketball
coach, Claiborne brings nine years
experience to the CHS court from
both his alma mater, Wiley College
in Marshall, and from five years
experience as CHS assistant
basketball coach.
While at Wiley, Claiborne
carried his team to a conference
championship, earning a very
prestigious "Coach of the Year"
title in 1985, made even more
impressive because he was a mere
21 years old at the time.
In 1988, Claiborne decided to
make the move to high school
athletics and to Cartilage a
decision he said he has never
regretted.
"A change in administration at
Wiley prompted me to have to look
elsewhere," he explained of his
choice to move to Carthage.
It didn't hurl that Claiborne has
family ties here too.
"My wife, (the former Alice
Buffin) is from Carthage where she
was quite a basketbail star herself."
he explained.
Likewise, Mrs. Claiborne is also
employed by CISD where she
Comings and goings were the
order of the day when seven
Carthage Independent School Dis-
trict teachers made known their in-
tent to leave the district during
Tuesday's regular meeting of the
board.
With 47 collective years to their
credit, two long time instructors,
Louise Ashby and Jean Brannon,
announced this will be their last
year to teach area youngsters.
Ashby haS’ taught Carthage fifth
graders for the past 24 years at
Baker-Koonce Intermediate School
while Brannon boasts 19 years ex-
perience before coming to Carthage
four years ago to instruct Baker-
Koonce students math skills.
Another math teacher, Shirley
Johnson, will also be retiring from
her duties at Carthage Jr. High
School for health related reasons
Also leaving Baker-Koonce is
math teacher Lacy Chapman, who
has been employed with the district
for the past four years
Coach Charles Leffall
announced his decision move over
to the administrative end of
education by taking a post at
Carthage Independent School
District, entered into a tax
abatement agreement with
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, mir-
roring action taken earlier this year
by Panola County.
The seven-year agreement pro-
vides for a 100 percent abatement
for L-P’s soon to be constructed
inner-seal plant. It was approved at
Tuesday's regular board meeting.
Adoption of the abatement
clears the way for construction of
LP's new inner-seal plant
announced earlier this year.
The contract is a two-part
agreement between the school dis-
trict and LP whereby taxes on
completed portions of the new OSB
plant will be reduced at a rate of
100 percent for the first three years;
80 percent for the fourth year, 60
percent for the fifth year; 40 per-
cent for the sixth year and 20 per-
cent for the seventh year.
To comply with their part of the
agreement, L-P officials promised
to deliver at least KM) new jobs to
the area and agreed to begin the
project by 1995.
In other business, board mein
bers approved a request from First
State Bank and Trust Company to
release $1,773,562 of pledged se-
curities to secure deposits of
Carthage Independent School Dis-
trict. As required by state law, the
action leaves over $ 12,000,000 in
securities pledged to cover CISD
deposits.
Seventeen acres of school's farm
property was set aside by board
members for creation of new
forestry management prognun.
According to the resolution,
plans for the program call for di-
viding the acreage into four sec-
tions. Timber on one section will
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