Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1987 Page: 1 of 20
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established iune 101887 volume xcix emory texas Thursday, mat 28, i987 issue no. si published every Thursday
YOU MIGHT
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has ;<• tutors and /ust ah,at
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Rats nation', just a this;
sian ■ the passenger train
er.nnn
mo taken oil and
Kilts ItilSro her,
he Ginger atta ro.ii the train
arts! ftt ot f '••• er\ f,i attend
W/ » / Rf < / t/> / hast
hna Mi 1 as;giir‘ Ra\ slot >h
attend the 'wu rai , f ht t st<:
M’ Ru> M last
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Oppenheimt • radio I......
u.lesser Ot Dallas was
awarded the annua! 11‘ A
timers remember when she kui
, n ! >n r s am! sta > i a b h >k
tenets in the old Pmorsul
1b ' lift
DORDTH) HiRlDS Aibi
mui h she
>n 1 huit'ansl mo
H• u'ton artel had tv
or: she told us
HI Dl» AHIII
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has heart
nho is ,f *i ine in >. ‘rrie w* s
am! fur• tease ■ ornt out of the
t orisersa:.‘ •ns
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week Leader that H'tct
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hiisn : been answhcte . it mo
AH in nr should hast said
At l N l(>) / /) Si i mu, h the
Rains Band Bari^uci, our
h, ' Ronria A N,j. \
I elite ' and 'Au decorations
sst it .so vers prrlts tot 11
whlu "i thought ss< sse’e in
Hawaii Shirrs I errs sou
ell,/ ii super /oh decorating
lei RR) HAS HAD some Jit
f'h ull\ ill tilths h< keep her
loading torn area asutlablc
and trie other das we were
amuse,. n See it HlgllWUS
Patrol 1 or parki d the re
\ HHA H(i\ was v the
/ tilth • oftii i she t e>lit,nut s
ini medical treatments in
Pans
1,1 AD ID SI! AM) have
La" \ I'll, k in our inulst he is
manage r of Mm 1 Mart and
s, semi other drive-ins
/l A ILL HAGIR of Ada
<>k Julia Kelly, 1420 DeSolo
D, Panina. (A S14044.
M. i lit hum an Me l oud,
< *K. anti l A'dhe lean Spinier.
Kanawa, ()K were in town
last week in .scan h of the grast
oj Gtorgi 8 Hager athl Mill
tie Huger Knight
I HI RASP) PA I'lhRSt >\
on the courthouse page i harg
eel with dt.sorilerls conduct is
not the siinie person as Rands
lug, in Patter se'ii i>f Patterson
Yu ( ondtuoning he has ,isk
ed to hi tell his friends and
i ustoma s
II R< >) POITS is alwass
suit ssi gi I lii kits to the ill
Sports Banquet "You are so
nut to us to print all we hand
in nr want to tell you in a
small was. we do appreciate
sou and the Rains County
I.coder
OCR PRILSIDS Alvin and
Allent Sortheut brought us
blackberries we love those
cobblers, and the Sortheuts.
Kantenberger
Receives
Scholarship
1 win Kuntcnberger. j junior
accounting and data processing
major .ii Stephen I- Austin
stale l ni\ersits from Point,
tuts been named recipient ot an
as counting scholarship
\ |o>s graduate ot kjins
High Ss hi'll!, she is the
1 Mi Mr ss j
k.mtenhetgcr ot Point
! he Department ot \ssoun
■ ng Scholarship was awarded
' ills h si'is ot ssholastle
ashtenement a! SI \ where
M' kaienbe gii has maintain
a 3 28 glade poult average
She is also recording secretary
P'la Alpha Psi aceiHinting
YOUTH
CAR WASH
ihc l.mors \ssemhlv ot
Cioel S >>uth are sponsoring a
C.c SS as ft Sat Ma> HUh, at
si no a i', at the ehureh
Remitted
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&
May 29, 1987
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Library Gets
$37,000 Grant
Tt* Rains County ^uDIic
Library was one of the
fortunate recipients to
receive a gront from the
Meadows Foundation. A
letter was received wit* tne
Grant Contract from Sally R.
Lancaster, Ph.D., Execs,tlve
Vice-President and Grants
Aunlnistrator of the
Meadows Foundation st it
"Tie S'eadows Foundatior, is
pleased to grant “'*» amount
of $37,000 to t'e County of
Rains for tR ^jrpose of arxt
subject to ti e terms spec flea
’• e .- - , ^ ; ■ •; , _
Grantee: Coui ty of co'r .
Pin pose: Toward
coi strut tlon of a ew RoK s
County Put*IC Library
ArnoiJit: $37,000
Terms ana Conditions:
Payable JUy 10, 1987
ohe continued to state, "Gsr
Directors appreciate tne
opportunity to assist the
Citizens of yocr community In
tie construetior of o new
library for Rolrs County and
ore piaSaec w e a ere abi^ to
provide the fino( fu-dlng
reqi,.rec for completion of
this wort I white project."
Tircogh t'e Focridatlons
assistance we hove now
'ecc'ied our totet goal in
completing our funding for
our new Horary facilities,.
AlGUR H. S'EADOwC. AND
The MEADOWS FOUNDATION
Alger M. Mecdows, wit! n,s
wife Virginia, creote ■ «
Meadows Fcxmdntio 'i»4M
to be .e^lt tiv* pe„p e of
Teros. Dorn In .. smail town
cue ^ c, ,s, ’cwdow s Ouilt
oeneroi Amerlcon Oil
Company of Texas into one of
tie rxation's most successful
indepern'ent oil ond gas
production companies.. This
success e'ODied Nm to
accumulate slgntfjcont
wealth that for over fifty
years he generously shared
with others DeouQi h|j
pi ilanthropy.
subdivisions nov# receiver.:
grants since tlse foundation’s
creotlon. Operations,
prccyams, endowments,
c ipitat expendit.ures, and
research have all been
supported by Meadows
Foundation grants.
The Foundation has oeen
particularly interested i'
glnatlve, |i hovatlve ways
to solve community oroUems;
projects leoding to
organl zationaD self
sufficiency; In capital plans
which enable proyams to
flourish; and in ways to
alleviate pain, ameliorate
social ills, and promote better
human relationships.
Currently, witn assets of
over $L25,000,000, the
Meadows Foundatior is one cf
the largest private
focndctlons In Texas ond
among the twenty largest in
the nation.
Annual Reunion
... • • j . t y
Center - Emory
t'e time: June 13, 1987
1 d:0U Ajntll
t'e group: Anyorse
interested ir ’ovlhg fur
visiting w,t: people wtio
attended Emory Hlgfi l-crcoi
Our I' g fv years 19a5 - 194fa
19L7 or near t’xise years. It
1 ■■ -ot make any difference
• ,eors come on by ond
Al Meadows often stated
that h|s own life was greatly
enr!cf.ed by shoring, tn evoer
to continue this legocy, he
estaDllshed the Meadows
Foundation so that his giving
could continue after his life
ended under tie guidance and
direction of family members
and trusted advisors.
Today, t»«* Meadows
Foundation gives to programs
tiiroughout Texas In health,
education, social services, the
civic and cultural sector, and
the orts. Over 950
Institutions ond fieir
. Hue,
1987
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FLAGS AT HALF-MAST-1 tic Lnited States tiagx in tront of
the I niors Post Otfke and ASCS Office, as well as the Texas flag
in front ot the courthouse and the l S fag on the east side of the
courthouse were all living at halt mast last week in response to
the death ot 3~ Americans aboard the Ingate L SS Stark, which
was attacked bv Iraqi aircraft while patrolling in the Persian Gult.
Slat! Phot.is bv Jaxie king
Blood Drive Nay 30th at
Thousand Trails-Point
t)n Saturda). Slav 3(Hh
Thousand Iiuils Resort and
Stewart Blood Center will hold
a blixvl drive at the Thousand
Trails Resort in Point. Texas
The hours are front 12 n»»on to
T pm Bl.xtd donors ntav give
bhxkl to credit their families, a
patient or to the Rains Count)
Blood Pool Account No. 012s
Blood is living tissue it can
not be manufactured The onlv
source is the donor All ot us
should have a strong personal
commitment toward donating
bliHxl. tot we nevei know
when one of us max need it
Therefore, volunteer bl(H>d
donors perform a unique ser
vice tor their tellow man bv
sharing their "Gift of Lite "
The Hast Texas Area served
bv Steward BIihkI Center uses
more than 150 units of bliH*d
each dav The blotM and bhxvl
products are used in the treat
ment of cancer, heart disease,
leukemia, severe anemia, txvnc
and |oint disorders as well as
trauma from automobile and
other accidents
It is complete!) safe to
donate blood There ts no
possihilitv of acquiring and in
tedious disease because all the
equipment used is disposable
and used onlv once The nurses
w ill discuss each donor's medi
eal hiskirv and perform a
"mini phvsical" to be certain
that each donor is m gixxl
health
The best part about being a
blood donor is that it saves
lives' One donation divided in
to us component parts can help
as mans as three patients who
need specific parts of the
blood
Rt ML MHPR Hlood was
meant to emulate.'.'!
It vou are in ginnl health and
weigh at least 1 ID pounds, vou
mav K’ eligible to give hl<H>d
I wo ihings are verv important,
be sure to eat a gix>d meal
before giv ing blood, and if you
lake medications regularlv. be
sure to know the name of the
medicine
\Ahat it m> one eared about
giving hlood...and you needed
it?
On Mav 30th be' read) to
eive the best that's in vou
GIN K BLOOI)!!!
Some Tax
Notices Being
Mailed Out
The Rains Count) l ax Ap-
praisal District is now in the
process of mailing “Notice of
Appraised Value" to property
owners with new im-
provements or who had their
appraised value increased bv
S1.000 00 or more
If you do not receive a
Notice, vour value should re-
main about the same as it was
in N86. or possihlv lower
It vou have anv questions
about vour value or vou teel
there is something about your
proper!) this office should pa)
special attention to. please call
oui office at 47.3 2.3d 1 before
June Id. Id87
I hi n h i// I go unto thi altar
of (o>d. unto (nnl, ms tx
111 ding /os
Psalm M ill A
New Employees
at First
National Bank
Robert H Wilson. President
of The First National Bank of
Emory. is pleased to announce
that Jay Thomas, Vickie Pope.
Lisa Clark. Donna Robbins.
LeAnn Gaston and Katie
Russell have been added to the
staff
Mrs Cindy Roberts, who
has been employed with the
bank for ten years, will be
leaving May 29th. and Kay
Gaston, who has been
employed for two years, will
be leaving Mav 22nd.
Mrs. Ruth Middleton left in
April. We wish the best to
these ladies
In a regular directors'
meeting May 14th. the Board
ot Directors made Jay T omas
Assistant Cashier. Thomas is
currently involved in the
bank's own in-house training
program to familiarize Tim
with First National's banking
operations and their current,
valued customers.
Thomas is a graduate ot
Canton High School in Canton
Texas, and holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Agricultural
Economics from Texas Tech
University at Lubbock, TX.
He was formerly employed
as a loan officer in Bonham
with Biacklands Production
Credit Association and with
the First National Bank of
Wills Point.
He is married to Rhonda
Thomas, who is employed as a
secondary teacher with Rams
Independent Schixil District
The Hughey reunion will he
Sunday. June 7th at the Rose
Community Center in Emory
l ome on out and cnioy the day
with relatives and friends
Ref x'-Tied
DEADLINE
EXTENSION FDR
LITTLE LEAODE
Due to some teams being
short of players, we are ex-
tending the sign-up for Little
League This is only to fill up
(he teams we now have, we
cannot form new teams-so this
does not guarantee your child a
spot on the team.
The teams needing more
players are Boys' & Girls'
T-Ball, Senior Midget Boys,
Freshman Bovs and Freshman
Girls.
The sign up will be at the
hall field Saturday. May 30.
from 10:00-11:00 a m For
more information call
473-2372. Reported
Smyrna
Memorial Day
Memorial Day at Smyrna
w ill be June 6. 1987. We invite
everyone to attend Worship
Service with us and hear our
Minister. John Hope.
Lunch will be under the
trees at the noon hour A
business meting will follow.
On the agenda for discussion
this year is an addition to the
church We ask anyone inter-
est -d to please attend this
meeting.
See you there!!!
Reported bv
DATHENE RUSSELL
bA
TRAIL
RIDE
May 30th, 2 00 p.m. at
Riding Arena. Following a
short trail ride, guests are in-
v ited to camp out tor the night
and participate in a “42’‘
tournament, horse shoe pitch
mg, washcis There will also
he games lot the kids
Breakfast and suppet will be
served al the ruling arena
Bring your tamily ami let's
have tun
Sponsored bv
RAINS RIDING CLUB
R AINS COt NTY
A PPR A1 N.4JLJ ILSJiUO-
HUGHEY
REUNION
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1987, newspaper, May 28, 1987; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765453/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.