The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 29, 1977 Page: 1 of 9
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Mineola, Texas 75773, Wednesday, June 29, 1977
15* (Including Tax)
Ten Pages
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Pre-Acceptance’ Tour
Made At Meredith Hall
To Receive Loan
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and John Parker.
Street, Mineola, Tx. 75778.
Jamestown Church
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for an old-fashioned homemade Curbow, Jack Reardon, Andy
Orris, Dr. Terrence Benham
ice cream and cake social.
Weldon Howard
Masters Degree from Freed three years.
chapter officer.
Milner, and Wyatt Collier.
says J. D. Sartwelle, a rancher tered during the June
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School Trustees Okay Bid For
Work On Junior High Exterior
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Architect Simons is to ]
pare a listing of items wl
Texas BDT. "Me
cattlemen on th
have worked-to
the a
that tl
AU A ARP chapter members DeVine, Carl Hartman, and
are urged to mark their calen- Norman Vegely.
102nd Year, No. 18
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,, Hasel ’ days; Howard U. Freeman of
Irving, 11,458,718, 480 days;
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g.. dn ;
day, June 24, in Arnold HoUey visitors in attendance.
Hall in Quitman with Mrs. Elmo . During the business session, (
McMahon in charge of the final plans were made for the
business meeting. annual Bake Sale and Bazaar to
exterior of the masonry build- George and superintendent Bill
tags on the junior high campus. Knight, along with mainte- Ridley, iecretiry Don Turk,
Young and two other firms nanee supervisor Jack Patrick,
had submitted bids for the prepared estimates indicating
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n"am
Rev. Negrin
826 days; KAS Construction of
Richardson, 11,422,600. 865
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HD Council Plans Basaar, Bake Sale
The Wood County Home De- members representing
monstration Council met Fri- clubs. There were no
some 825 thousand in the gen pal Jack Patrick. The meeting repair of cracks or crumbled
eral fund at the end of the fiscal was opened with prayer by the portions in the masonry work.
year. August 31. board president Last week, in their regular
Five of the seven board Young’s bid of 89,650. with a session, the trustees had auth-
members were present for the provision that work be .com- orized year-around air condi-
called meeting: president Dan pleted before August 15, was tioning for the junior high
Peacock, vice president Larry accepted by C
“ motion by Turl
supper. They and their guests Harry Jones, Alford Vegely,
will enjoy the fellowship as well Jesse Jones, Ralph Bruner, Bob
as the delicious food, says a Bruce, M. W. Mullins, J. B.
Registration figures in the registration," says the rancher,
nation's first Beef Referendum “This dedicated work and
are in and it appears that over widespread news coverage by
42,000 cattlemen registered in the Texas media are res-
• Texas. In the United States, ponsible for the large regtot-
• Members of the board of di- ceived in the next two months, include Bob Bruce, Sid Cox,
rectors of the Mineola Civic and it is anticipated that the Tootsie Fleming, Howard Few-
Center and the Meredith Foun- building will be ready for use ler, and Ross Lukenbill.
dation, along with architect around Labor Day. Bylaws of the organisation
Shirley Simons and represen- Present for the inspection provide for 15 directors, with
tatives of the general con- tour of Meredith Hall were - one-third to be elected each
tractor and sub-contractors, Meredith Foundation trustees year at the annual meeting.
made a pre acceptance tour of T. W. Benham, James Dear and
Meredith Hall, the civic center Sid Cox; Mineola Civic Center _ _ _ A
building, Tuesday morning, directors Cox, Doyle Starnes, Telephone Co-op
June 28, beginning at 10:00. Mary Margret Smith, Frances
pre- Dear, Barbara Castloo, Tootsie
hich Fleming, Howard Fowler, 8am
need to be corrected prior to ‘ Curry, Danny Culp, Dan Pea-
Mrs. Avis .Newsome of the be held Friday, July 15, in
Muddy Creek Club gave a de- Arnold HoUey Hall. There will
votional reading from the sixth
chapter of Matthew, verse 34. be a covered dish luncheon
Roll call was answered by 19 served at noon that day.
Delegates to the State
A A‛G T T—. 24 meeting were elected; they are
FAN U Ull Mrs. T. T. Brogdon, Mrs. Ruby
Richards, and Mrs. W. H.
Mamay ale Green. Mrs. Green was also re-
--V-IIVI AI elected to serve as County
Mrs. Opal Aldrich of Mineola, T.H.D.A. Chairman.
million to 840 million annually ."The 68
Texas Beef Development Task-1 the referendum,, according to This money would be used for nominated
force (BDT). । j records in the ASCS office at beef research, education, pro zations in each state. 1 the
"We’re extremely pleased Quitman.
In a called meeting at one regular monthly meeting June
o’clock Tuesday afternoon, 20, but the board had deferred
June 28, the Mineola school a decision until further as-
board accepted a bid from E. A. surance of availability of funds
Young of Tyler in the amount of was forthcoming. School busi-
89,650 for restoration of the ness manager Mrs. Tommie
pastor of a United Methodist
Church in Baytown.
The Rev. Negrin was reared
in a Jewish home but was
converted to Christianity. He •
received his bachelor’s degree
from Southwestern Bible Insti-
_ —4" - A. tute in Waxahachie in 1969, and
Go To Band Camps -
Odist University, Dallas.
Eleven Yellow Jacket Band 'Journeying to Nacogdoches He traveled for more than six
264 Sign Up in County For Referendum tuydmnorningpsund28c Suna u-nbamgipattonMenucana pranching t?ngrpmuunla
© I • camps. One went to the Uni- Annual Band Camp were 1977 across the United States. He
stabilizing our industry and money would be remitted only properly invested in accordance versity of Kansas, at Lawrence, graduate Stormy Coburn; ju- has traveled in the Holy Land
increasing profits for cattie- at the time the animal is with the law, he adds. Kansas; the other ten went to niors Clay Collins, Mitch De La six times since 1969, and on
men,” Sartwelle says. He points slaughtered. The funds would “In order for the Referendum the annual band camp at Rosa, and Sandy Reeves; and some of those trips he has been
out that the Beef Referendum, be sent to a national Beef to be valid at least 50% of those Stephen F. Austin State Uni- freshmen Kathi Board, LeeAnn the tour host and lecturer al .
if approved by two-thirds of the Board, administered by 68 who registered must return to versity, Nacogdoches. Bowdoin, Khriati Gowan, Robin many 9 the ancient Biblical
producers voting next month, cattie producers from the major their ASCS office and vote. Cristle Collins, a 1977-78 Tadlock, Jay Puckett, and Jay siten
would raise an estimated 886 cattle producing states. Then, at least two-thirds of senior in Mineola High School Whatley. Akeording to host pastor
" — ......and the drum major for the . Simmon#, the Rev. Negrin i
The. SrA-Band Camp shis
motion and foreign market nominees will be selected from
development. 4 .these associi "" "
membership
from Sealy and chairman of the sign-up at their local ABCS Cattie producers would as- through apy
rAthan 1,000 office are qualified to vote July sess themselves 3/10 of 1% (80 directors 4
Tenas BDT 5-15. cents per 8100 value) for each
dorm cattle- “With the passage of the Beef animal they sell. The money
men about the merits of the Referendum, the cattle indue- would bo “passed through” at
program and pushed for a high try will have means of the point of each sale, but
Gallagher Construction, Dallas, ■
81,510,500, 296 days; West- 1
Wyrick of Athens, $1,424,000,; I
360 days; and Healy Construe- I
tion of Tyler, 81.565,000, 880 1
days. I
Charles J. Muller of Com- I
meree is architect for the new ■
--I o m school plant for the Alba - I
Gospel Meeting To Coldonsehgospdistastazypsan I
meeting of the Alba-Golden ■
co. . A UWr 1 1 - board at 7:80 p.m. Thursday, |
Start On W ednesday J Th^w piant, for classes I
Mr. Weldon Howard, minis- Hardeman College in Render- from J1 nder garten. through I
ter of the Spring Church of son, where he majored in Bible. grade 12, wiul replace buddings ■
Christ in Houston,^will conduct He received his BA Degree at Golden iwhich housethesle •
a gospel meeting at the from Harding College in mentaryigradesandbudings
Jamestown Church of Christ, Searcy, Ark. Mr. Howard at.Abaw hichihou seamidde
starting next Wednesday, July served three years as minister schoo and the high sehooh
6, and continuing for three days of a church near Henderson, 53 e-
“souzngzidoi Juzeat 7:30 Grubbs, Ark., was associate Eleven Mineolans
o’clock each evening with the minister in Sugarland, Texas,
public invited. and has been at the Spring
Mr. Howard received his Church of Christ tor the past
Reid Construction of Alba ,
has been awarded the contract — .
sehosidpsmaenstwlnagonden Mid-July Revival Set
and Alba, off U.S. 69. T, *
Reid submitted a basic bid of A Ie - — - ar - .
At Golden Methodist
tsiherfmdzbmituinebde —
Ine case Dios, ano the ecu- Methodist Church, beginning held at the church at 6:30 a.m.
matedI number of daysto com- S unday, July 17, snd continuing Saturday, July 16, in prepare-
-rr . "t otzer rrayer breaxxast Will DO
held at 6:80 a.m. on Tuesday,
July 18; and the Tuesday ev-
ening Revival Service on July
18 has been designated as
"Youth Night."
According to pastor Jerry
Simmons, there will be refresh-
ments and fellowship following
each of the four nightly ser-
vices.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Coggins
of Quitman will conduct the
song service and bring special
music each evening of the
Revival. In addition, sisters
Sandy DeWitt and Sue Reed of
Golden will sing a special one
evening.
Evangelist for the July 17-20
revival at the Golden Methodist
the board on auditorium, the only classroom
_________ k, seconded by space in the MiSBOb systta"’
Bob Bruce, and Bo Barbee. Un- Richey. _ which was not already air con-
. . _ able to attend were John Puck- The work will involve sand- ditioned. And refurbishing of
board's consideration at the that the district should have ett and Paula Lander. blasting the exterior of the the inside of the junior high
Bidder Young was present junior high building and the school building had been per
for the meeting, as were Supt. annex, sealing and replacing formed during the previous
Knight and junior high princi- mortar lost between bricks, and summer. I
nine
five
p.m. in the Civic Center Park Pallbearers were Raymond
over 295,000 producers have ration turnout," he adds.
/ registered. These figures were There were 264 Wood
released this week by the Countians who registered for
Church will be the Rsv.
Leonard Negrin,. currently
with the interest and turnout," Only cattlemen who
dars for the ice cream and cake Honorary pallbearers were
Woods of Mineola officiating. Co., Inc., and was secretary-
Burial was in Mineola City treasurer of the corporation at •
the time of her death. She was a
A ADD DI. charter member of St. Dun-
AAlr nans stan’s Episcopal Church in
“Old-Fashioned Misnolais survived by her
gation '
I A a • 1 husband, Thomas W. Benham
ICC ream SOCial of Mineola; a brother, Alford 5
Mineola Chapter 2386 of the Vegely of St. Louis; a niece,
American Association of Re- Mrs. Carol Hartman of Mineola; a
tired Persons (AARP) will and a nephew, Normal Vegely f
meet Thursday, July 7, at 7 of St. Louis.
producers will be those voting must vote ‘Yes'
by cattle organi- before the program will be put coming year, to attending the
into effect,” the BDT chairman Midwestern Music and Art year has a record breaking I
says. lei /Camp at Lawrence, Kansas, enrollment of 685 band stu- a
Aer by a "This may be the last She was awarded a partial dents from all over Texas, I
n or opportunity that producers music scholarship on oboe by Louisiana, Arkansas, and Ok- )
t by the hav to vote on a selfhelp the University to attend this lahoma. Participants
■roup," program," concludes Sartwelle. camp. She was flown to Kansas in one of six ba
The "86 we urge every producer by her father, Wayne Collins, their playing i
, will who registered to return and The music eamp in Lawrence to will run throu
and vote •Yes’ for a more profitable the second largest of its kind with concerto
are beef industry." and will run for four weeks; presented by <
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E Memorials Chairman for the The next meeting of the
Wood County chapter of ths Wood County Home Demon-
COUNTY JUDGE TURNS he hefes nato* s* th* Carfl. Peering over Judge American Cancer Society, has stration Council will be on July
PAINTER - Wood County new tower. To the left to KMOO Galloway’s back is Sam Curry, reported that memorial gifts to 15, in conjunction with the Bake
Judge Harold Galloway was employee Monty Montgomery, president of A-C Corporation, the county ACS unit for the Sale and Bazaar,
present Saturday morning as in the background can be seen owner of radio station KMOO months AfApri and May, 1977,
ndoltopsnew siater affiiate tothe Um qut At Th® Hospital need to be corrected prior to Curry. Danny Culp. Dan Pes „ Congressman Sam a Hal,
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ArA9 (ivia aacapg Aftene ndinAmes 0f the donors, has Robert Bailiff, Lois Powei, a final checkoutonJulys., $608,000 loan at 5% to
Ml UCI "AIVIU LAUUUVI Bl •AUUUIIUI been forwarded to state ACS Rudolph Orr, Kathy Roberto, Furnishings for the building’s Civic Contor, Inc., to schodufod the Peoples Telephone Coop-
___" headquarters in Austin for Leota Wright, Marie Hollings- rooms wil be installed as re- for 5:30 Thureday afternoon, erative of Quitman.
mTe0 AgN1_•1•,, singihe permanent memo worth, Leb Butler, Phillip - June 3,1977, the Communi will be used to
Dedication Of EME acillty "anuimil.to™ untemntnmdya,. Reid Gets • ‘g-.*-***? imasnemhzmsi
wSomazueivisleaderastrom catingowithinatemageekaaod newnnbrosdsastnoandudate Whie.."nimhera"NotiW'aD wma F me Contract At modes-,
cneoruuanrAiarrana wiu opmuM as a siswr swuw evening reports.nours Wu De Gilbreath, Hiram Williams, Wilson, Emogene Neff, Betty •UIIUIMOUHAU me past year wipemade.ed 01 wood, Franklin, Hopkins,
Saline, and Golden gathered to KMOO. The new station will from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Forest Green A M (Milt) Pinketon, Linde Tnlh*rt Lola • five directors will be elected. Upehur.Camp.andTituseoun-
last Saturday morning for the broadcoest with 8,000 watts at Sam Curry, president of A-C gSe R C Cox' Grady Clemons,‘Rilly LaGrange Sam Aiko «. 1.- Directors whone terms of ties served by the Peoples
formal dedication of the new a frequency of 96.7 megacycles. Corp owner of KMOO and the Fields, Eda Doyle" Ftoch^^.y Butierf(W Alba-UOlden office expire with this meetig Telephone Cooperative.
FM radio tower and transmit- it will feature an “stay new FM station, said that ~ . ' .. . « Kinh, F F Eich el Charlene Tiner John
ter station located a mile and a. listening" '°™“ including KMoO-FM..will also carry kingollwrght Sd CrE. Farker, Will” Pae, kim
half north of Golden. contemporary music. Friday night football games, op' R."I * niA. Pariah Ruhv SAmnon and Joe
The new station. KMOO-FM News will be featured each along with basketball games ford, Berqice Brittain, Mrs Parish, Ruby Sampson, and Joe
is scheduled to start broad- hour with extended morning and Youth Foundation baseball gens, Stephanie Meredith, La- Dismissals during the week
games. The FM station will also velle Parnell, Mrs. B. C. Hamm, included Jerry Hobbs, Herbert
ppe T , VUT 1 betabe to broadcast etection Hilda Graham, Beulah Moseley, Daniela, John Worthington,
Kit Afi I Qg1 WAAk returnsoneectionsnighs, Lizzie Binford, Bettye Jean Ruth Brooks, Elsie Hogue, La-
-•AUUR iJUBl VV UUIh Th.,newtoer1S 254 Waldrop, Nancy May Chesney, vana Smith. Kizzie Butler,
high-tislocatedononeofthe Corine Hood, Lottie Smith, Clyde Williams, Monteen Holt,
T,V AA TD ___1 ___ nighMt points in the county Felbia Shank, Imogene Acker, Bertha Smith, Wilda Radzinski,
H cv VE TG HeT n T being 476 feet above sea level. Bernardine Henry, Mrs. T. B. Abbie Schwantes, Danny Kirk,
— ui hub, oexauaau Listeners from afarawayas BM4,U40ne.H^ Andldasullins,Sheryyan
Mrs. Comfort Vegely Ben- Cemetery under direction of good signal from the tower. Anyone wishing to make a Zandt Kathy Roherts, Leh
ham of Mineola died Tuesday, the English Funeral Home of Near the tower base to a 12* memorial contribution to the Butler, Johnny Northcutt, Ora
June 21, in a Dallas hospital Mineola. by 1 transmitter building American Cancer Society, for a Craft, Lucile, Phelps, Roland
following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Benham, 77, was a which will be controlled friendloved one, may con- Attaway Sr., Irene Cary,
Funeral services were held at native of St. Louis, Missouri, remotely from the present tactL Mrs. Aldrich by telephone Woodrum, Helen Lynch, Wil-
two o'clock Thursday after- She was a graduate of Smith KMOO station by use of a at 569-2811, Mineola, or may Caldwell,
noon, June 28, in 8t. Dunstan's College in Northampton, Mass- micro-wave system, write her at 804 North Newsom Robert Bailiff, Linda Tolbert,
Episcopal Church, Mineola, achusetts. A Mineola resident
with the Rev. Henry Fullerton since 1941, she was associated
of Dallas and the Rev. Ralph with her husband in Benham & mm
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Peacock, Dan. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 29, 1977, newspaper, June 29, 1977; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1547755/m1/1/?rotate=0: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.