The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 1974 Page: 4 of 10
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Mineola, Texas, January 23, 1974
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JAN. 24-26 20% Off On Any Purchases
JAN. 28-30 25% Off On Everything
JAN. 31-FEB. 2 30% Discount on Everything
LADY WANTED
forgeneralsscretariai
Smoke
Rings
6. We hove an excellent Family Prescription Record
Plan Service which provides a complete record of
el prescriptions for each member of the family.
This furnishes useful information to your doctor,
and for the family for Income Tax Records, and
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stretch of forest that sHaded
Phne 569-3818
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and Tve asked for her-you
are president of Doolan’s
Motors, aren’t you?-hand in
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3. Chorgo Account Service to those who want this
service and who qualify.
4. We Doliver Prescriptions at all timea.
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EVERYDAYSPECLALS
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a erisis can be avoided. There's no question that electricity
will cost more in the Intore but our aim is a continued supply
of dependable power at its lowest possible price.
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OPEN 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Closed Sundays and Holidays.
Par Emergency Prescrptions, Call 569-2963
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. The WOOD COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
suggest that if each of us uses electricity wisely there win be
enough lor us al.
w 4-H TEEN CLUB
Nine 4-H members met
Wednesday, Jan. 1«, at 6:30
p.m. in the Extension office.
Quitman, to organise a County-
wide 4-H Toon Chib.
The Club is designed for 4-H
members, 14 years of age or
older, to enjoy the association _
of other older 4-H members in
the county. The Club will be
planning some special fun
-activity for their bi-monthly
meetings. Their first activity
will be a Saturday excursion to
the Ice Capades in Fort Worth.
, Officers elected were: Dobra
Brady, President, Quitman;
Marty Johnson, Vice President,
Quitman; Dobra Johnson, Sec-
retary, Yantis; Cindy Thomp-
son, Treasurer, Quitman; Paula
Hill, Reporter, Yantis.
— Other organising members
were Claud Horton, John
। Lewis, Jimmy Bottomly and
Lee Howie.
“A what kind
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ENJOY DANCING AT
HARUE'S PLACE
(Old Pine Mis Danceland]
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FEATURING
merchandise — the very best quality — at a wins
able prise. Ivory customer is personally appr
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MAN CAN LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE
AcOLOMNARDUBSaHIzeEILMA
No one wants to hear about an energy crisis if it means
Mmitations on the use of electric appliances. So the electric
cooperatives of the nation are working cloaely with the
From The Lieutenant Governor
by BID Hobby adopted. They alno will have
AUSTIN — Now that the the final judgment as to
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FANTASTIC."
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Walker, all of Mineola, and
Mark Kyser, Debra Brady, Lee
Howie, Cindy Thompson and
Scott Catos of Quitman. •
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ALL SALES ARE
WITH THESE FANTA!
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SELLING OUT
SHOWING WEDNESDAY
JAN. 23 — 2 DAYS ONLY
SELECT THEATRE
Mineok - 543-2300 |
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begun, I believe the following
excerpts from my remarks to
From My Grandmother's House the delegates are appropriate
Sometimes when I’m sitting for this weeks report.
alone in some quiet place my “It can truthfully be said that
Everything Must Go!!
JAN. 21-23 10% Off On All Purcha—«
thoughts go back on invisible this convention to the culmina-
wings to my grandmother's tion of concern and endeavor
house in the Missouri Ozarks which have spanned decades,
where I once lived as a child Early in this century, it became
some thirty-five years ago. obvious that the Constitution of
I see again the old weather- 1867 , lacked the flexibility
beaten, frame farmhouse sit- which is the cornerstone of the
ting on the side of the hill true constitution,
overlooking the St. Francis “In the years following World
River, its back side lodged into War H, when people turned to
the rocky soil and the other side Washington because their state
perched upon stacked columns capital too often stood with tied
of native stones. It was a hands, scholars began to write
wedding present from my great more and more of the need for
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weme--e M— * md-ee als
that gushed out from under the -in the backyard, the butter and
big rockjri the midk crocks in the springhause, i
meadow, I see my unde's rustic backwoods living seem like the , '
| homeplace in the edge of the trappings of some fantasy I
. forest on the other side. may be having about sqme
E I climb the stile near the story Tve read.
Wood County
Electric Cooperative, Ina
Sh"preunt cj““to" sehoo abon masuver Lake
limits the ability of our state and the Calvary Baptist Church
government to set effectively in were well attended Jan. 20.
the face of the constantly Mrs. Dorothy Reed of Dalles
teanging eooditioM of Texas visited Mra Mary Carpenter on
society today . Because t has Tuesdav.
been a limiting Constitution, Mr.and Mrs. Jess Coley
the government has not always visited Mr. , and Mrs. Jack
been able to moot the needs of Lewis at Bake Tawakoni on
the people. forcing them to turn Thursday.
elsewhere. The people have Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dowell
come to recognize that local of Golden visited Wednesday
government, including state with Mrs. Carpenter
government, can best meet the - Visitine Mr’. Lettie Dicker
particular needs of a peticular son and ertel Dean‘over the
PeoPle. L.. . " weekend were Mrs. Naomi
I think they have come atao Lusk of Flint, Mr. and Mrs.
to recognise that the govern- Miton Napper and children of
ment. our.state. must, be Gilmer, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
brought into the 20th Century Dickerson and Randy of
in oroer to do RDM to meet Terrell.
these needs. ___ . Mra. Mary Carpenter, Mrs.
"Most experts ngree As to Boerie Elkins and Mr, and Mra.
what a constitution should I.N WAaINII 4.
contain. It should create the 2" the
ment‛ and.deineqtenstheir Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Erwin
the offices and officers and
their exercise of power. A
constitution should be the basic
law of the land — written in
general terms — this and
nothing more.
“I don’t expect a harmonious
convention. . .There will be
sharp ideological differences
grandfather who bought the restructuring state govern-
farm when he was a young man ment so that it could meet its
w in the 1880's. responsibilities to both the
m-pmnmennn ' From the high L porch in people and the federal system.
• RERUNHER back I could stand against the “Amendment 4,(authorising
railing and see across the valley the convention) was over-
ef services offered every day and night, including — down the open slope, to the whelmingly adopted, and from
Sundays and Holidays, by Complete Pharmacy. two big sycamores where,a this first step, the people have
• - ■- .. "__. .P>te opened out to the fields been actively involved in all
I. -ompvete Mock of Drugs and Frescription mad along the river. In summer I revision activity, as they
Hsn — we MI al types and kinds of prescriptions could see the men following the continue to be today. They wifi
exactly as ordered by your doctor. mule. teams, and 1 could see not be confused by oratory or
, _ . .. 7^ . . . - .. . thunder showers coming across sidetracked by sham. They
X Wide splection of Sundry Itema, Cosmetics and from the hills to the south of the want results. They want a
"r -------- • river’s bend where the trains constitution for tomorrow as unanmenui rules governing were Sunday even
wailed their lonely way be- weU as for today. They do not the offices and officers and of Mr. and Mrs.
tween St. Louis and who knows want a constitution for the their exercise of power. A P ,
where. ' ' special interests. They want a constitution should be the basic FMlana Mrs. Loya Barrows
I walked to a one-room school constitution for all the people, law of the land - written in or pickton visited Rev. and
three, miles to the northeast “Theirs will be the ultimate general terms — this and Mrs. Jack Moore. Sunday
igh a seemingly endless decision. They will have the nothing more. . , Mike Short spent Saturday •
final approval as to whether or I don1 expect.a harmonious nicht with Ronnie Armstrong.
cowpaths and trails that not the work of the delegates is convention. . .There will be Arm-trone'andRv,
meandered about like sleeping .20. sharp ideological differences Canton
snakes. . . among delegates, and these wrANdlidinnrmumtaf
My uncle and his family lived opinions will be honestly hold MrW.CFilAnaEEd
about two miles, to the north in spring branch and one of my and bitterly contested. Mrs. W A Melton Rev
a lonely little valley that was cousins sees me coming from "We can hope that all the Ferris. Mrs Effie Louton and
like a forgotten niche in an old his back yard. This evening alternatives will receive full Mr And Mr* Olan Ferruson of
man's memory. Hoot owls, there'll be laughter and games *nd intelligent debate. Drafting -halted nr and Mv r
Health Inzurance claims. This service is provided whippoorwills, bobcats, and and tonight Hl fall asleep on the a new constitution, like drafting d Crouch durinrtho wook.
FREE for all Uli nm, 2 other wild creatures ignored instant in my cousin's tiny, back legislation, is a process of W. G^Fowler and Clyde
, .__. _ a. _ , the fact that my uncle lived bedroom. negotiation, compromise and -------.. -- v -
• We are Authorized Medicare Dealers - we rent there. I remember going to I remember my first awaken- accomodation. The process has C A Baskin
and sell Convalescent Aids and Appliances such sleep there with my cousin on ingin that house. I opened my its shortcorings, but I can Friday nimht.
as Crutches, Walkers, Bedside Commodes, Me. summer nights, listening to eyes that morning and marvel- think of nobetterway todoit. The community was sadden
their cries. z ed at the novelty of a ceiling I urge tee delegates to work . mnt week to team of the
in my mind I start out again papered with colored; comic both deliberately and expedi- death of the Rev O M Powen
following the path on up to the strips from the Sunday Globe tiously. I urge you to summon Afomne Iast At sive Dk‛
ridgetop above my grand- Democrat ' all tee wisdom and courage Bantist Hwm be missed b_
mother's house. I reach the Sometimes when I recall whieh is yours. You will need one Our svmnathv and
ancient road whose carpet of. those times it almost seems the wiedota to determipethe -nIIJVutLXIm ‛
fallen leaves muffles my that I came fromasdirferent best of alternativepropositions, prayers go to the family.
footsteps. . .along the ridge to world or dimension. The You will need the courage to
the shaded intersection where primitive existence there choose what is the best for all r
an even dimmer trail led down seems incongruous to the tee people and to ignore the
and along the slope. * relatively comfortable life I pleadings of special interests."
-1 stand again by the spring lead now. The black wash kettle
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LIVESTOCKJUDGING .
The Quitmen 4-Hers have a
new project! Judging of
livestock (cattle, sheep, hogs)
will be studied every Monday
sight at 7:30 p.m. in the home
of Eugene Bruner, project
leader. For more informstfoe
contact Mr. Bruner or the
County Extension office.
AXFFINESSIS....----------
A SOCIABLE BN ACK
Or so goes the theme of the
new “Teens Entertain” foods *
project being held in Quitman.
Mrs. Beth Robineon, project
leader, organized the project on
Friday, Jan. 11. The teens win
be learning how to plan fun
get-togethers and party-
minded foods each Friday from
Or Someone else will buy what you have
your eye on.
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PRICES!
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whether or not each individual
delegate acted in their best
interests, for the decisions
made in the coming weeks will
be reflected in the electoral
BOBBY-WALLACE
AND
THE COUNTRY HALLMARKS
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Peacock, Dan. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 1974, newspaper, January 23, 1974; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1547684/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.