The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1981 Page: 1 of 4
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January 15, 1981
Banquet Attendance Termed Tops
MR. AMD MRS, ELMIN K. HOWELL
1980 MAH Of YEAR
E. K. Howell, the
^recipient of the 1980
^Man of the Year Award
was described by Ker-
ens Chamber of Comme-
rce out-going Presi-
dent Hobart Hilliard
in the following way:
u..,he reminds me of
the E. F. Hutton com-
mercial, 1 When E. F.
^Hutton talks, people
Glisten.' Well, when
this man talks, the
people of Kerens li-
sten.
If it is a money-
raising project and
he comes soliciting,
you want to give bec-
ause you give with
^the confidence that
^the cause is sound
and that it will be
successful.
He was born in Beth-
el several years ago.
He moved with his pa-
rents to Kerens as a
child, and has spent
all of his life in
^and around this area.
^ He attended school
at Brown's Valley
(and by this you may
guess that he has be-
en around a while).
Later, he attended
school in Kerens and
participated in all
sports. He went to
Estate in track in the
early 1920's. Mr. Mi-
ddlebrooks was his
coach.
He is a man that has
worn many hats; ditc-
hdigger, a carpenter
and a mechanic— you
name it. Later, he
owned his own automo-
bile repair shop. He
owned the Dodge and
Plymouth dealership
in Kerens at one tim-
e. Then in 1940 he
became the Ford deal-
er in Kerens. He own-
ed this business unt-
il 1957.
He helped bring the
auction barn to Kere-
ns.
He served on the Bo-
ard of Trustees of
the KISD, serving as
secretary of that bo-
ard for 12 years. He
has served on the Ke-
rens Industrial Foun-
dation. He is presen-
tly serving on the
Board of Directors of
the First State Bank
in Kerens.
He is also serving
on the Board of Dir-
ectors of the Cha-
tfield Water Supply
Corporation. This
system is presently
extending their lines
to serve Bazette, In-
dependence, Oak Grov-
e, Rural Shade, Round
Prairie and Goodlow
Park in a $900,000
project. The rural
people of east Navar-
ro County appreciate
the work that this
man has done in gett-
ing a good water sup-
ply.
He is a member of
the First United Met-
hodist Church and is
on the Board of Stew-
ards. He has served
on the Board of Dire-
ctors of the Kerens
Chamber of Commerce
at various times and
in different capacit-
ies.
He lists his hobbies
as deer hunting.
This man retired ten
years ago—or claimes
that he did. In addi-
tion to all the acti-
vities already menti-
oned, he still manag-
es his ranch."
BOARD OF TRUSTEES SET ELECTION ORDER WITH TWO THREE YEAR
TERMS EXPIRING: BANCROFT AND CHOATE
The School Trustee
Election was the pri-
mary order of busine-
ss during Monday
night's monthly Bo-
ard meeting.
With all members pr-
esent the Board appr-
oved a motion that
the school elections
be in conjunction wi-
th city elections as
before and that Linda
Bancroft be appointed
to serve as election
judge for the Powell
precinct.
The election will be
for the purpose of
electing two trustees
for three year terms.
The terms of Arthur
Bancroft and Hoyte
Choate are expiring
and will be filled by
the April 15 voting.
March 4 is the deadl-
ine for filing for
election.
The election of a
Navarro College Board
of Trustee member wi-
ll also be on this
years ballot in Kere-
ns.
Following Calvin
Franklin's tax report
the Board heard Supe-
rintendent Lloyd Smi-
th report that due to
several incidents in-
volving accidents ne-
ar the school the ad-
ministration is going
to begin a new proce-
edure. In the future,
after adequate warni-
ngs concern appropri-
ate driving in the
area of the school,
offenders will be as-
ked to not bring the-
ir cars into the ar-
ea. Smith stated that
this is an effort to
make the area more
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Local readers are
alerted to subscrip-
tions due through
wchis space each mon-
th.
Subscription.'1 rates
for local readers
are $5 per' year if
paid during the month
due; $5.50 if paid
the following month.
Subscriptions outside
^Navarro County are
^$6 per year and out-
side Texas are $7
per year.
The following subsc-
riptions are due this
month:
Stella Almendarez,
Henry Atkeisson, Mr-
s. Johnnie B. Bain,
R. A. Bain, Oscar
Bancroft, Mrs. James
R. Baxter, Donald
Brown, Ray Brown,
Gene Bullard, Josh
Duncan, Mrs, Bob For-
d, Mrs, Maude Goines,
R. J. Henderson, Meg
Inmon, Roy Kamp,
Mrs, J. B. Massey,
D. L. Orr, Clyde Per-
ry, Gayle Quinn, A.
L. Saunders, Ruby
Stovall, Wm. B. Str-
ange, Joe Trent, Bi-
lly Upchurch, Lester
Walker, Joe A. Ward,
El J, Ware, Mildred
Warren, Oral Warren,
IIIIh
Confused?
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package—they can clear up the
confusion and make doing your tax
return easier and faster.
A public service message from
the Internal Revenue Service.
The 33rd Annual Cha-
mber of Commerce
Banquet was held Sat-
urday night in the
High School Auditori-
um.
Two hundred and thi-
rty-six visitors were
on hand to hear Bobby
Black, District Mana-
ger of Gulf States at
Commerce speak. Black
spoke on social chan-
ges and how they have
affected individual
lives.
The program, which
was emceed by A. L.
Atkiesson, followed
a meal prepared by
Mrs. Ophelia McCown.
The invocation and
benediction was given
by the Rev. Austin
Harris, Minister of
First United Methodi-
st Church. Dinner
music was presented
by Patti Rutherford,
Although the highl-
ight of the evening
was the announcement
of the 1980 Man and
Student of the Year,
the awards presented
to retired business
men and women were
probably the most en-
joyed by all.
Each year the Chamb-
er honors people who
have contributed to
the community in yea-
fs past. This year
Homer Gene Wasson pr-
esented plaques to
the following: Mrs.
Ruby Iva Hill, Mrs.
Margaret DeJarnett,
Horace Newsom, Roy
D. Massey, Roy Scarb-
rough, Jack Reed and
J. H. McCown, who was
unable to attend.
The newly-elected
1981 officers and
directors of the Cha-
mber were introduced
along with various
visitors,
Hobart Hilliard,
out-going president
reviewed the Chamber-
’s activities for the
past year. He made
mention of the new
Marilyn Belts and
Bag Mfg, Co.'s buil-
ding; the Trunk Line
which has continued
to manufacture brass
trunks and accessori-
es for distribution
all over the world;
Marsco Corp., man-
ufacturers of methan-
ol and other related
products; Latta Mfg,
Co., manufacturers of
horse and cattle equ-
ipment and other ven-
tures of the Chamber.
Some of these includ-
ed the purchase of
the building where
the present office is
located. His message
reminded those prese-
nt that this office
provides a handy pla-
ce to pay phone and
gas bills and regist-
er cars. He mentioned
the daily radio prog-
ram on KAND; the Chr-
istmas parade and dr-
awing, rest room fix-
tures purchased for
the Little League Fi-
eld and a donation
made to the Kerens
Fire Department to
help on the purchase
of a fire truck.
All in all, the ban-
quet, under the able
direction of Secreta-
ry Nora Lee May, was
another successful
one.
WALDROP ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION
IN SESQUICENTENNIAL LOGO CONTEST
Tom Waldrop, State
Representative Elect
from District 27 and
a recent visitor to
the Kerens annual
Chamber of Commerce
Banquet, recently an-
nounced that prepara-
tions are underway
for the 1986 Texas
Sesquicentennial, Te-
xas' 150th birthday.
According to Waldrop
one of the main act-
ivities that is curr-
ently taking place is
a statewide contest
to design a readily-
identifiable symbol
of the Texas Sesquic-
entennial Program.
Waldrop stated that
he wants the citizens
of District 27 to be
informed of this con-
test and to aid in
every way possible
to see that the winn-
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secure without punis-
hing those who pract-
ice good driving.
Smith also asked the
Board to begin think-
ing about a graduati-
on speaker.
With regards to the
vandalism at the sch-
ool last month, Smith
reported that insura-
rance will cover most
of the expenses of
repair. It was sugge-
sted by Trustee Choa-
te that the purchase
of a safe might be in
order.
Smith reported that
the CVAE program is
"going along nicely"
and that the students
involved seem to be
"greatly benefiting"
by the program.
JOE GRAVES, KELLY BYRD AND BONNIE GRAVES
1980 ST OVERT OF YEAR
The 1980 Student of
the Year, Kelly Byrd
was presented to the
members of the banqu-
et by Superintendent
Lloyd Smith as follo-
ws :
"As you know, each
year our high school
faculty picks one se-
nior student to be
recognized at this
time.
The faculty had an
especially difficult
time this year in ch-
oosing only one beca-
use the field of hig-
hly motivated and qu-
alified young people
was so broad. There
are a number of young
people in the class
of '81 who are of
a truly excellent ca-
libre who participate
in numerous things
with the desire and
expenctancy of achie-
ving success. In fac-
t, seven seniors in
all were nominated
for this honor and a
run-off had to be
held to determine the
winner.
The senior who was
chosen was born in
1963. This student is
and has been active
in every phase of co-
mmunity life, partic-
ipating in church af-
fairs, civic affairs
and living a varied
school life.
College bound, this
student's priorities
began to become app-
arent back in Junior
High when this person
was among the top ac-
ademically and which
has continued to be
true to this hour.
Therefore, it is qui-
te natural to state
that this student has
been active in BETA
Club in both Junior
and Senior High Scho-
ols.
Our student of the
year is also an athl-
ete, having particip-
ated in three sports.
Furthermore, this
young person has ser-
ved on the Student
Council, has been a
class officer, has
participated in UIL
Literary contests and
has been consistently
nominated as an outs-
tanding student from
year to year.
As you are probably
aware, at this point,
this description
does fit a number of
students in our pres-
ent Senior class of
1981.
Music has also been
a part of this outst-
anding student's wor-
ld, having participa-
ted in the band for
three years, and hav-
ing been majorette
for two years. Obvio-
usly this is a young
lady of whom we are
speaking. Her most
recent accomplishment
is that she was chos-
en just this last mo-
nth as one of the
top ten finalists in
the East Texas Junior
Miss Pageant and was
selected to receive
the pageant's Schola-
stic Award. This pa-
st summer she entered
the 4-H Essay Con-
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York, Donna. The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1981, newspaper, January 15, 1981; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591628/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Kerens Public Library.