The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1986 Page: 4 of 4
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* THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, February 21, 1986.
Grand jury
North Hopkins news
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Beverly Jones flew to Grand
Junction, Colo., last Wednesday to be
with her family followinglhe death of
her father. ^
Jackie Boles Jr. was dismissed to
his home here following several days
in Memorial hospital with the flu-
type, pneumonia condition that is so
common in our midst at this time.
Lisa Speed spent last weekend in
Jacksonville where she attended the
Jacksonville Baptist College reunion.
Sue Stiverson returned to her home
in Denver, Colo., after spending
several weeks here with her mother,
Mrs. Lydia Gregg and her sister
Mary Lou Sampson who has been ill.
Mrs. Maudie Stewart, who still
calls Birthright and Tira com-
munities home, has recently been
admitted to a nursing home at Killeen
due to ill health. Her address is
Killeen Nursing Home, 710 West
Rancier Ave., Room 10, Killeen,
Texas 76541. She would like very
much to get a note of encouragement
or a card from relatives and friends.
Her daughter Evelyn lost her
husband a few months ago and her
son Johnny Wayne is in the VA
•hospital in Waco.
Peggy and Jerry Don Gibby hosted
a Valentine party Friday night that
included Lawrence and Bessie
Goldsmith, Nita and Leah Lair, Greg
and Brad Martin, Jimmy and Joyce
Goldsmith, Debbie, Billy Don and
Amanda Edmonson, Terry Gold-
smith and Dachiel Turner, Mike and
Sandra Gibby, Donna Gibby, Jerry
McGraw, Janet Gibby, Greg Gamlin.
Visitors in and out during the
weekend with Mrs. Gertrude Mobley
were Bobby Mobley and Aaron of
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Jacksonville, Jerry Ferrell and Chad,
of Sulphur Springs, Paula White and
Billy of Commerce, Vera Orr, Deliah
Graham, Harlian and Flovice Craig
and Sally Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Long, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Brice and Mrs. Idell
Chapman were in Paris Thursday
night at Paris Junior College to hear
Congressman Jim Chapman speak at
the last of four public forums held in
East Texas:
Greg Martin returned to Shawnee,
Okla., Sunday after spending several
days here with Nita and Leah Lair.
Dianne and Gene Poulter visited
last Sunday with their daughter
Lydia in Commerce.
Jimmy- and Joyce Goldsmith
hosted a hamburger dinner Sunday
for Peggy and Jerry Don Gibby,
Donna and Janet, Lawrence and
Bessie Goldsmith, Debbie and
Amanda Edmonson, Nita and Leah
Lair, Greg and Brad Martin, Terry
Goldsmith and Dachiel Turner.
Tommy and Ruby Sanderson spent
the weekend recently with the Dr.
George Shelton family and attended
the basketball game between A&M
andSMU.
Paula, Charlie and Dawn Dickey
visited Pauline Evans Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. Blanche Milligan has returned
home after spending 10 days visiting
relatives in Abilene.
A good crowd followed our girls
basketball team to Sulphur Springs
gym Thursday night to play Camp-
bell in bi-district. This win advanced
the girls to the Area game Tuesday
night with Mount Enterprise in the
Kilgore gym.
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Saltillo news
Mrs. Della Bennett is recovering at Conley Sunday.
her home in Winnsboro from major
surgery, tyfs. Bennett is 98 years old
and she says she will be able to plant
her garden when the weather per-
mits. She lived in Saltillo for many
years. Her husband was Ernest
Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rogers and Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Lewis and family of
DeSota visited Saturday with Mrs.
Mary Cox.
Mrs. Lavee Wilhite is home after a
two weeks stay in Memorial hospital
in Sulphur Springs.
Reports from Mrs. Ruth Briley’s
condition is that she may be slightly
improved, but is still in ICU.
Mr. and Mrs. George Swain and
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Monroe attended
singing at Glade Springs Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Betty Tubb of Dike and Mrs.
Jeanie South of Sulphur Springs
honored Mrs. Lorene Davis on her
birthday last Wednesday with a
luncheon at the Wild Flower
Restaurant in Mount Pleasant.
Nelda Edwards died Sunday in
Houston. She was a niece of Mrs. Floy
Bennett of Saltillo. She was the
daughter-in-law of former Saltillo
residents, Quinten and Alzena
Bennett Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. George Swain were in
Paris Tuesday for George to have
treatments for skin cancer.
R.B. McAfee was a Tyler visitor
Monday.
Atwell Whitten of Ore City visited
Mrs. Dollie Pearl Armstrong
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Conley of
Linden visited his father Raymond
Mrs. Aubrey Morris Dennis was in
Franklin County Hospital from
Tuesday of last week until Monday
the 17th for some tests.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ensey of
Mesquite spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Terry Sustaire.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Fite of Sulphur
Springs visited Mrs. Thelma Hatchell
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Poor of Big
Sandy visited Mr. and Mrs. Y.C.
McGill Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
neth McGill and daughter Amanda of
Dallas spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. McGill. l
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Knapik
celebrated their 16th wedding an-
niversary with some friends in*.
Linden Friday night. Then Saturday
another celebration with all of their
children in Dallas. They are a lovely
couple and we wish for them many-
more happy years together.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Green of
McKinney visited during the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sparks.
Mrs. Jimmy Smith of Mesquite
spent the weekend at the Smith farm
here.
My chuckle for this week: Two
little boys were playing marbles on
the sidewalk when the new minister,
recently moved in the town, stopped
by and asked them the way to the post
office. On'his return from the post
office he stopped and talked with the
little boys. He said, “Would you like
for me to tell you the way to heaven?”
One little boy said, "Heck no,
anybody that don’t know the way to
the post office, don’t know the way to
heaven.”
The Hopkins County Grand Jury
has returned indictments after
meeting recently, according to in-
formation from District Attorney
Frank Long.
Those indicted on criminal charges
are Charles Ray Potts Jr., 238
Parkins, Sulphur Springs, and
against Freddie Lynn Howard, Route
3, Box 254, Winnsboro, for possession
of a controlled substance.
James B. Corley, P.O. Box 47,
Como, was indicted for felony theft of
property, possession of a prohibited
weapon and for possession of a
controlled substance.
Bobbie McCoy Burress of Houston
was indicted for felony failure to
appear while Patrick Michael Sap-
pelt, Route 1, Como, was indicted for
possession of a controlled substance.
Jimmy Don Cope,,Jr. of Dallas was
indicted for felony theft of property
while Michael Dean Winchester, 309
Helm Lane, Sulphur Springs, was
indicted for aggravated assault on a
peace officer.
Jimmy Lee Timmons, 210 Duck-
worth, Sulphur Springs, was indicted
for aggravated assault while Zetty L.
Hendrix, 401 N. Neal, Commerce,
was indicted for felony theft of ser-
vice.
In other 8th Judicial District court
action, Allen Davis, 109 N. Locust,
Sulphur Springs, pleaded true to a
motion to revoke his probation. He
was assessed a 10-year term in the
Texas Department of Corrections
which,'Long said, would be served as
a shock probation. Davis had
originally been convicted of a
burglary of a habitation.
Christopher A. Gallagher, 300
Radio Road, Sulphur Springs,-
pleaded guilty to five burglaries of
buildings. He was assessed a 10-year
probation in each case, ordered to
pay a fine of $1,500, to make
restitution of $1,181.78 to the victims
of those offenses, and to serve 500
hours of community service.
Dennis Seevers, 400 Radio Road,
Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty to
four charges of burglary of a
building. Seevers was4 ordered by
Judge Ramsay to serve a 10-year
probation in each of those cases, pay
a fine of $1,500, serve 500 hours of
community service and to make
restitution of $814.78
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The queen's court
Miss Sulphur Springs Karol Ann Kelty,
center, is surrounded by her court Saturday
night. From left are Stacy Glenn, ..judges
award winner; Genie Robinson, non-finalist
award winner; Gayl Phillips, second runner-
up;, Miss Kelty; Heather Whitehead, first
runner-up; Pamela Stevens, third runner-
up; and Nellie West, fourth runner-up.
—SYaPhoto by Ann Mc Adams
Karol Kelty reigns
over Sulphur Springs
By ANN McADAMS
and BOBBY BURNEY
Tiro News
Charles Stanford Braden, 422 Oak
Avenue, Sulphur Srings, pleaded
guilty to a charge of driving while
intoxicated. He was assessed a five-
year term in^Texas Department of
Corrections, ordered to pay a fine of
$500 and forfeited a 1982 Plymouth
vehicle as a part of the plea bargain.
Braden also pleaded true on a
motion to revoke his probation on a
earlier DWI and was assessed a five-
year term in TDC in that case and
ordered to make $300 in restitution.
John F. Brewington of Granite
City, Illinois, pleaded guilty to a
charge of felony theft of property. He
was ordered to pay $2,042.40 in
restitution, to pay a fine of $1,500 and
serve a five-year probated sentence.
Marty I.ane Wylie of Shadow Ridge
Apartments in Sulphur Springs
pleaded guilty to one charge of
burglary of a building and one charge
of burglary of a habitation. He was
assessed a 10-year probation in each
of those cases, ordered to pay a fine of
$1,500, pay $500 in restitution and
serve 350 hours of community ser-
vice.
Kenny and Heather Chapman
visited Gay and Ruth Saturday night.
Their other son, Bert, is in the
hospital in Dallas for tests.
The monthly 42 party held Saturday
night at the community center was a
huge success with four tables and two
extras.
Melba McKinney and Lucille Horn
were in ,Dallas Sunday taking ad-
vantage of half price sales.
Greg Fitzgerald was in Dallas
Sunday for weighing in for the Golden
Gloves tournament.
Anne and Ernest Shaw, Wyman
and Maxene Patterson and Mildred
Chapman went to the new fish fry
place in Cooper Friday night.
A leak has been discovered in the
hot water heater at the Tira Com-
munity Center. Therefore, prompt
action is needed.
An auction will be held at the center
March 15 to raise funds for the
repairs, so get together all your white
elephants, junk, clothes, tools, etc.
This will be a fun as well as a
profitable event to help keep our
center in good repair. Plans call for
sandwiches, coffee and tea for sale
and it’s hoped that some of you great
cooks will furnish cakes and pies to be
auctioned. Come on all you neigh-
bors. Let’s make this a day to
remember.
On the sick list, Bill Weir is
14, every year.” Since I had not
gotten him anything for Valentine’s
Day I rushed to get him a gift which I
placed on the table on Valentine’s
morning. Nothing appeared for me. I
remarked; “You wondered when
Valentine’s was.” He said, "That’s
when I plant potatoes. ’ ’
Needless to say, this was a blow to
my ego so I vowed to get back at him.
This year on Feb. 14 I drew a large
heart with my sentiments “I Love
You” and placed a seed potato in the
center of the heart. We both had a
good laugh and decided that is what
has helped us to get through 44 years
of marriage.
Joe Dan and Gwenn Karney spent
Sunday with Mrs. Thelma Clifto*,
Cars removed
from dealership
Dozens of new automobiles in stock
at the Harrison car dealership in
Greenville were loaded onto convoys
and taken to the metroplex Friday
where they will be stored until a
bankruptcy suit by the business is
settled.
The Harrison dealership, which
gradually improving at the home of handled American Motors. Chrysler ^addi^^^^teinmrco^lmg'
his daughter and son-in-law in and General Motors vehicles, was 6 6
taken control of after filing for
Bobby Ray Porter, 520 E. Fuller,
Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty to a
charge of attempted murder. He was
assessed a 10-year term in TDC,
ordered to pay a fine of $2,500 and
make restitution of $10,000.
, Patrick Michael Sappelt, Route 1,
Como, and Freddie Lynn Howard,
Route 3, Box 254, Winnsboro, both
pleaded guilty to charges of felony
possession of a controlled substance.
Each was assessed a seven-year
probation, ordered to serve 300 hours
of community service and to pay a
fine of $1,500.
Mitchell Robertson, Helm Lane,
Apt. D-15, Sulphur Springs, pleaded
guilty to a charge of burglary of a
building. He was assessed a seven-
year probation, ordered to pay a fine
of $1,500, to pay restitution of $3,403
and to serve 350 hours of community
service.
Deann Grantham of Vernon
pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary
of a vehicle. She was assessed a five-
year probation, ordered to pay a Tine
of $feU)0 and to serve 240 hours ot—
community service.
James McFadden, 114 Texas,
Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty to a
charge of indecency with a child. He
was assessed a 10-year probation,
ordered to pay a fine of $1,500 and to
serve 240 hours of cqpimunity service
Karol Ann Kelty, a 20-year-old
* Sulphur Springs resident, wooed the
judges and the crowd with her vocal
talents Saturday night en route to the
title of Miss Sulphur Springs 1986.
Smiling and trying to hold back the
tears, Miss Kelty was crowned by
outgoing queen, Darlene Buffington.
At a reception following the
crowning, Miss Kelty, said the most
important thing was that she was
“back at home.”
“It’s just so good to be back at
home to make appearances,” she
added. “This is where my family and
friends are. This is where my heart
is."
The daughter of Tim and Karen
Kelty of Sulphur Springs, Miss Kelty
ended the talent portion of the
evening with a dazzling rendition of
“My Man" from the hit musical
"Funny Girl.”
The 5-foot-6-inch brunette will
compete in the Miss Texas
Scholarship Pageant for the second
year in a row, after representing
Panola County in the 1985 pageant.
The queen’s parents shared those
' thoughts. “A lot of people don’t get to
represent their home town,” Kelty
said. “So, this is a very big treat.
“Especially since the Wagon Train
started in Sulphur Springs and will
end in Fort Worth (the site of the Miss
Texas pageant). Hopefully, it will all
end with a bang.”
Heatjier Whitehead, 19, of Fort
Worth, who reigned as Miss Val
Verde County in 1985, was named
first runner-up after she performed a
ballet dance routine during,the talent
portion of the contest.
Gayl Phillips, 21, of Dallas, who
reigns as Miss Commerce 1985, was
named second runner-up. The
classical pianist participated in the
Miss Sulpflur Springs pageant last
year, also.
Pamela Stevens, 19, of Commerce,
sang "Happy Days Are Here Again,"
and was later named third runner-up.
Fourth runner-up was Nellie West,
21, of Smithville, who sang “Amazing
Grace."
Stacy Glenn, 19, of Yantis, w as the
recipient of the special Judge's
Award for the second -consecutive
year.
The Non-finalist Award went to
Genie Robinson, 18, of Aleda, who
played the piano and sang “Wild-
flowers" — a composition she wrote
herself in memory of her grand-
mother.
Jonna Fitzgerald, the reigning Miss
Texas and second runner-up to Miss
America, was also at the reception
following a magnificent fiddle per-
formance at the pageant.
“You're very lucky to have
someone like Karol Ann to represent
you," she told the throng of well-
wishers. “She is one of my very best
friends and she deserves this title
very much,"
Miss Kelty and the reigning Miss
Texas had an opportunity to first
become acquainted during the 1985
Miss Texas Pageant where they
roomed together during the week of
preliminary competition.
Miss Fitzgerald is the first reigning
Miss Texas to perform at a Miss
Sulphur Springs pageant, pageant
director Regina Martin said.
Miss Kelty is a sophomore at Texas
Christian University and is majoring
in musical theater and minoring in
Spanish, so that she can talk to Julio
Inglesias, “should the opportunity
ever present itself," she said at the
pageant.
At the reception, she was presented
with a diamond necklace that was
designed exclusively for Miss
Sulphur Springs pageant winners by
local jeweler Randall McDaniel
Miss Kelty and the runner-ups will
also all recieve scholarhip monies to
aid in their educational expenses.
Ten girls were competing for the
title, and they were joined by 10
former Miss Sulphur Springs who
helped soloist Ace Hamner entertain
the crowd during dress changes
Former queens attending the
pageant were Judy Borden Young,
Danila Bronson Graves, Jana Koon
DeWitt, Mickie Miller Chapman,
Shara Dobson Bain, Julie Hager
Ashmore. Robin Rogers, Kim
1-awrence, Susan Talley 41 nd Miss
Buffington Jg
Bank names
senior VP
-DALLAS - Joseph B Longmo Jr .
formerly of Sulphur Springs, has
been elected senior vice president of
the corporate bankers department of
MBank Dallas.
He will also serve as president and
chief operating officer of MVenture, a
subsidiary of MCorp; the holidng
company for MBanks and MVenture
A Dallas resident, Longino
received a bachelor's degree in 1975
from The University of Texas at
Austin and a master's degree from
the College of William and Mary in
Williamsburg, Va
He has been employed by the bank
since 1982
MCorp is the third largest financial
organizationm Texas.
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Bonham. Beulah Smiddy is ill at
home. Janelle Smiddy is recovering
at home and Red Coker is ill at his
home
If you have news, please call me at
945-2614.
My little chuckle for the week: Last
year Wyman wa%, peering at the
calendar He asked, “When is
Valentine's Day?" 1 replied, "Feb.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Dallas
Federal Court.
Walter Kellogg, who was appointed
trustee for the bankruptcy
petitioners, said, in a released
statement, that* all debts incurred
since he took control of the business
on Jah. 30, will be paid if funds are
available
Jerry Larry Anders of Dallas
pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary
of a building. He was assessed a 10-
year term in TDC and ordered to
make restitution of $200
Joe Lee Cathey of Mount Pleasant
pleaded guilty to a charge of
aggravated robbery. He was
assessed punishment at 15 years in
TDf.
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Lucky guy
Ace Hamner, local resident and vocalist,
croons to former Miss Sulphur Springs
winners Saturday night while the 1986 Miss
Sulphur Springs contestants were changing
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costumes. Listening attentively, from left,
are 1982 queen Kim Lawrence, 4979 queen
Robin Rogers and
Buffington, far right.
1984 queen Darlene
Stiff Photo by Ann Me Adamt
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1986, newspaper, February 21, 1986; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775656/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.