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4—THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springe, Texas, Friday, September 12, 1986.
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Happy birthday
Sta r members and friends of Sulphur Alexander with a receiption. She retired
Springs Loan & Building Co. gather around from the savings and loan in 1975 after 53
Grace Alexander to wish her a happy bir- years of service.
thday. The financial institution honored Miss -stiff photo by Rich.ro h..i
HON on schedule
Work on the HON Company
manufacturing unit and warehouse
continues on schedule, according to
the company’s project engineer.
''We’re expecting to start running a
distribution center in October," Don
Ocean Spray
names president's
successor
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.,
which operates a local manufac-
turing plant, has named John S.
Llewellyn Jr. successor to the current
president and chief executive officer.
He will assume those duties in
December of 1987, according to
company information, at the
retirement of current president and
CEO, Hal Thorkilsen.
Llewellyn has also been named to a
new position of executive vice
president and chief operating officer
after serving as senior vice president.
Semple, engineer, noted, adding that
plant production is expected to begin
early next year.
The company is receiving
machinery regularly and moving it
into the buildings. Equipment orders
have a ‘‘long lead time,” he added.
This week’s rainfall failed to
dampen the project’s schedule and
Semple noted that the weather has
cooperated throughout the summer
after a rainy session during the
spring.
The company, located on a 65-acre
site in Sulphur Springs on Loop 301
West, is an office furniture
manufacturer.
Corporate officials said earlier that
the plant is expected to eventually
manufacure most of the HON
products that will be needed in the
expanding markets in the south
central and southwest sections of the
United States.
HON produces eight major office
furniture categories, including
vertical files, lateral files, wood and
steel desks, wood and steel seating,
systems furniture and panels.
Cumby ISD
may double
tax rate
By BOBBY BURNEY
News Telegram Staff
The Cumby Independent School
District Board of Trustees is
scheduled Friday to consider
doubling the tax rate to fund state-
ordered improvements.
The proposed tax increase would
raise the rate from the current 33.88
cents per $100 property evaluation to'
62 cents. If the tax rate increase is
approved, revenue from local sources
will rise from $103,230 to $205,904, the
administration stated in a public
hearing Tuesday.
According tc Superintendent
Nelma Dodd, the state is requiring
improvements in the school that
cannot be met with current funds.
"House Bill 72 mandates are
making us look at increasing the
rate,” she said. "The state is telling
us we have to do some things.”
Because of a 22-1 student-teacher
ratio for elementary grades, the
district had to hire four new teachers
for four new classes, Dodd said.
Also, the school is having to build a
new science lab and classroom, she
added, because of shortcomings
targeted by a Texas Edupation
Agency monitoring team last school
year.
The" TEA team recommended
improvements in the business
department, so the school is also
budgeting for eight new typewriters
and eightmew terminals.
The 1986-87 budget of $789,298 was
also approved during the public
meeting Tuesday.
The Friday meeting is scheduled
for 7:30 p.m.
Donation check
Dorothy Ridge, left, is pictured here accepting a check on
behalf of the Senior Citizens Activity Center from Calvin
Clayton, Safeway Store manager. The money was donated
from Safeway as part of money obtained from a children's
carnival on the Safeway Store parking lot.
—St»H Photo by Richard Mail
Defensive
driving
class set
Defensive driving courses will be
offered in Sulphur Springs and
Commerce this fall by the East Texas
State University Division of Con-
tinuing Education.
The eight-hour courses meet both
the requirement for reduced-rate
insurance and the alternative to
traffic violation fines (at the
discretion of the court). All in-
structors are approved DDC-(by the
Texas Safety Association.
The Sulphur Springs classes will be
held in the Municipal Courtroom of
City Hall. The course dates are Sept.
24-25, Oct. 29-30, Nov. 19-20 and Dec.
17-ie’
Pre-registration is required for the
courses.
The Commerce classes will be held
in room 140 of Binnion Hall on the
ETSU campus from 6-10 p.m. on Sept
9-10i Oct. 7-8, Nov 4-5 and Dec 2-3 ^
To register or pbtain further' in-
formation call 886-5921 or 886-5922
Saturday
THE GOSPEL Songfest, held an-
nually at the Fall Festival, will have
two shows this year in the Civic
Center auditorium. The first show
will begin at 3 p.m. with the second
scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
13.
Sunday, Sept. 14
THE DESCENDENTS of Henry,
Sam, Jim, Fred, Hardy, Tom, Bob,
Matt, Laurah and Mollie Carpenter
will meet for their 14th annual
reunion Sunday, Sept. 14, from 10
a m. to 4 p.m. at the Como Com-
munity Center. Prizes and awards
will be presented.
FAMILY AND friends are invited
to attend the Irby Family Reunion
which will be held beginning at 10
am. Sunday, Sept.14, at the Ag
Building at City Park.
THE ANNUAL Carter family
reunion will be held at noon Sunday,
Sept. 14, in the Greenville City Park.
Gifts will be awarded to the person
traveling the longest distance,
newlyweds, the couple married the
longest, the oldest and youngest
persons and the family with the most
in attendance.
Manufacturing
E-Systems board of directors have
declared a regular third quarter
dividend of 12*2 cents per share on
the company’s $1 par value common
stock, according to company in-
formation
The dividend is the same amount
per share that the company paid in its
second quarter. The annual dividend
rate is 50 cents per share.
The dividen is payable Oct. 1 to
shareholders of record at the close of
business Sept. 12.
Associations
East Texas Producers and Royalty
Owners Association has scheduled its
annual meeting and convention at the
Ramada Inn in Tyler Sept. 12-13.
Guest participants scheduled for
the event include Gov. Mark White,
former Gov. Bill Clements,
Congressman Jim Chapman, At-
torney General Jim Mattox, Railroad
Commissioner Jim Nugent and San
Antonio Mayor Henry G. Cisneros.
Grocery
Kroger Food Stores contributed 25
cents for every prescription filled
during August to the Muscular
Dystrophy Association, up to a
maximum of $25,000, according to
company officials.
Cynthia Harris, forklift driver, has
been named employee of the month at
Grocery Supply Company Inc.
She received a parking space for
the month and $50.
Saltillo news
School started this week, and
beginning a school year is both ex-
citing and interesting. I’m thinking
today of the late Miss Mae Green
when she was registering her new
pupils.
One little girl couldn’t tell her what
her mother’s name was. She would
only say she was Mrs. —, so, after
several trying moments, Miss Green
said, "Well what does your Daddy
call her?”
An unexpected answer came: "He
called her Old Heifer this morning.”
As Art Linklftfe'r said, "If you want
the truth, just ask a child/” -...........
The E.H.E. Club will meet
Tuesday, Sept. 16, to begin a new club
year at 2 p.m. at the Saltillo Com-
munity Center. Everyone try to be
there to help start the new club year
with lots of interest and zeal.
Mrs. Mary Jo Hite has returned
home from a two-weeks tour of
Alaska. Highlights of the tour were
Expo 86 in Vancover, British
Columbia. A cruise inside passage on
"The Love Boat,” Island Princess,
Fairbanks, “Gateway to the Arctic,”
Glacier Bay, Whitehorse Frontier,
Capital of Yukon, Skagway, famous
“gold rush” town, Trans Alaska
Pipeline and Anchorage.
Bob King of Pearland spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bug King.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison McAfee of
Sulphur Springs visited Mr. and Mrs.
R.B. McAfee Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Nelson and
Mrs. Vera I^arson of Westbrook,
Minn., are spending a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Morris Dennis.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Otterson of
Uncertain spent Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. Loy Orren.
Mrs. Anita Nitsche of Dallas spent
the weekend with her father, Boyd
Wardrup.
Royce McLane of Dallas visited
Mrs. I^vee Wilhite last weekend.
Mrs. Lucille Harris has returned
from a four-day visit to I-as Vegas,
Nev.
Mr. and Mrs: Ed Lewis, I.aura
Walls and Pam Guerra of Dallas;
Mrs. Ila Mae Harris, Mr. and Mrs.
Sessom Christian and Mrs. Barbara
Ferge of Longview were luncheon
guests of Mrs. Carl Roberts Satur-
day. They were here to attend the
funeral services of their aunt, Mrs.
Emma McGill.
Mrs. Lillian Broughton returned
home last week after a month's visit
with her daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. James Lesley, in Odessa
She was accompanied home by Mrs.
Leslie and Mrs. Joyce Shelton, who
return to Odessa Thursday.
Brenda and Steven Roberts of
’’Sulphur Springs spent the weekend
with them. Sunday afternoon, Mrs.
Tommie Chavez and children and
Mrs. Donna Martinez and daughter,
Christian, of Sulphur Springs visited
them.
Mrs. Stella Meyers of Greenville
and Mrs. Gerta Fae White of Mount
Vernon spent Wednesday w;ith Mrs
Dollie Pearl Armstrong,
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Morris
Dennis and Mr. and Mrs. Ned Dennis
and boys, Pat and Luke, have
returned home from a tour of New
Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. They
visited the petrified forest, painted
desert, Carlesbad Caverns and other
interesting places.
Weekend visitors with Mrs. Helen
Hatchel were Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Hatchel and daughters, Mimi and
Robin, of Euless; Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Kidd and son, Jeremy; Mrs
Gwen Kidd and daughter, Shannon, of
Mesquite; and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Wilson and daughter, Sage, of Austin.
Miss Cathey Turner of Mount
Vernon spent the weekend with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R.B.
Bennett.
Twin daughters were born to Mr
and Mrs. Terry Davis of Hagansport.
They have been named Lori and Tori.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hall are the
maternal grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Miller are great-
grandparents. Lori and Tori are
great-great-nieces of Mrs. Thebna
Hatchellof Saltillo.
Mr and Mrs. Vernon Armstrong of
Sulphur Springs visited Mr. and Mrs.
R.B. McAfee Tuesday. Visiting them
Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Buck
Ward and A.C. Lowry of Sulphur
Springs.
The Brems of Arlington were at
there farm here for the Labor Day
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McGill and
daughters, Lisa and Amanda, of
Dallas spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Y.C. McGill.
Mrs. Gary Arnold and children,
David and Lorrie, of Red Oak spent
the weekend with her mother, Mrs.
Beulah Parchman.
Mrs. Dottie Duncan of Dallas spent
several days visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Ivey. On Saturday, Mr. and
Mrs. Ivey and their guest visited Mr.
and Mrs. Alton Summers in Halton.
Virginia Miller of Garland spent
Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs.
George Swain. Mr. and Mrs. Jap
Payne and daughter Faye Jean of
Dallas and Mrs. Ola Payne of Sulphur
Springs visited them Friday. Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Dawson of Mount Vernon
were visitors with the Swains
Saturday.
Administrator
to assume job
at Memorial
By BOBBY BURNEY
News Telegram Staff
The current administrator at
Atlanta Memorial Hospital has been
named to that position at Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital, effective
Oct. 1, hospital board president
Charles Gilreath said Tuesday.
Donald R. Magee, administrator
for the Atlanta, Texas, hospital for
seven years, was appointed during a
special meeting Monday night of the
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital
Board of Directors to become the
head of the local institution following
the retirement of Glenn Kenley in
September.
Kenley will retire after 23 years as
hospital administrator in Sulphur
Springs.
Magee, 40, is a former Air Force
Captain and has a bachelor’s degree
in accounting from the University of
Texas and a master's degree in
management from North Texas State
University.
He told The News-Telegram he
considers a background in finance as
a must in managing an effective
hospital “In today's era of reduced
r e i ihJiuj sement, financial
management is more important than
ever,” he said.
During his tenure at Atlanta,
Magee said the cash reserves have
been built from $100,000 to $1 million
at the present, and he has "suc-
cessfully kept my hospital in a
profitable position even though ad-
missions are now almost a third of
what they once were.”
Before being promoted to the head
job at Atlanta, Magee was assistant
administrator from 1975-1979 at the
hospital. Prior to that, he was con-
troller at Sharpstown General
Hospital in Houston.
From 1971 to 1974, he was super-
visor of systems design and cost
reporting at M.D. Anderson Hospital
in Texas. For three years prior to
that, he was chief of maintenance at
USAF 2054 Communications Square
at Sheppard Air Force Base.
He was honorably discharged from
the U.S. Air Force as a captain in
February 1971.
Magee will be moving from a 65-
bed hospital in Atlanta to the 100-bed
local hospital. "From what I’ve seen
of the hospital, it's an excellent in-
stitution and an excellent op-
portunity,” he said.
Magee said he has met with Kenley
on occasion, but has not talked with
the current administrator since his
hiring.
Gilreath said he expects good
things from Magee. He's got big
shoes to fill and we think he can do it
He’s got a real good background and
experience to do the job," Gilreath
added
"He’s certainly replacing a good
man. Mr. Kenley has done a lot of
good for the hospital and the district
and we’re indebted to him," Gilreath
said.
North Hopkins news
Ruby Weir was admitted to
Memorial Hospital Monday morning
and tests were being made. Her room
number is 300.
Sue Stiverson returned home to
Denver, Colo., after being here with
her mother, Mrs. Lydia Gregg, and
family during the death and final
rites for her brother, Robby Joe
Drummond of Rockwall.
Roger Arnold, who with his wife
Jean resides in Commerce, has
retired this year and is enjoying
doing some of the "aim to’s" he has
always dreamed about. Mr. Arnold
was ag teacher in the North Hopkins
school system for many years before
accepting a teaching position in the
Ag Department at East Texas State
Unviersity in Commerce.
Tiro news
«
Mary Dee, Lillian and Jim Bob
Brice were in Commerce Thursday to
pay respects to the late Maude Brice
who was buried Thursday afternoon
Patricia and Sara Bodkins of
California are visiting Gay, Ruby and
Donna Weir
The Joe Killian family, Johnny
Weir and son visited Carl and Joan
Melton Sunday.
Cap Hbrman and his sister Addie
Mae Weir visited relatives at a family
reunion in Bowie County Sunday.
Ernest and Annie Shaw, his two
sisters Maudie and Sarah visited
Mildred Chapman Saturday.
Brenda Orr of I>ake Jackson and
Brenda Smiddy visited Dennis and
Lois one day last week
Elizabeth Meeks and her friend
Johnny of Dallas visited Maxene and
Randy Sunday afternoon.
Our lovely rains have sure made
everything pretty and green again
and are such a help to fanners and
dairymen.
Matt and Rosemary Horn of
Sulphur Springs visited Maxene and
Randy Tuesday evening.
Mozelle Davis is recuperating from
foot surgery at her home.
Grand jury
indicts 23
JIM SANDERSON has returned
home from Baylor Hospital. He is
reported to be recovering fine after
suffering a heart attack in his home
Sept 1
CECIL STINSON has been
dismissed to his home at 1511
Mockingbird 1/ane twl^wing recent
surgery in Citizen^ General Hospital
in Greenville
District Attorney Frank Long has
released information regarding 23
recent Hopkins County Grand Jury
indictments.
They include William Ralph
Johnson, 511 Church St., for
possession of a controlled substance;
and Nolan.Gene Sanderson, Route 7,
for burglary of a vehicle.
Also Anthony G. . Ross, 806
Alabama, Robert E. Rankling, 807
Fuller and Jimmy Dean Emerline,
1071 Churth, all for unauthorized use
of a motor vehicle. ,« .
Also I,arry G. Bassham, Route 6,
Sulphur Springs, for felony driving
while intoxicated; Sandra Dell Hill,
249 S. Locust, for aggravated assault
with bodily injury; and Charles
Wake’field, Route 1, Pickton, for one
charge of felony theft and two
charges of aggravated sexual assault
of a child
Sherri and l-arry Spradlin and
daughters Stacy and Haley have
recently moved into their new home
in the Posey community so come next
Sunday, Sept 14, from 2 to 4 p.m,
relatives, neighbors and friends are
invited to share this open house
reception w ith the Spradlin family
Arville and Theresa Weir met
Suzanne, Mark and Casey Alan Weir
of Levelland at Rowlett with Marvin,
Cathy and children during the l,abur
Day weekend where Casey
celebrated his first birthday
Ken, Kim and Kimberly Groves of.
Garland visited Ida Belle, Carl and
Tammy Groves Saturday
Patrecia Bodkins and daughter.
Sara of California, are here visiting
her sister Ruby Weir, Gay and
Donna
Donald and Jo Spencer shopped in
Dallas Saturday
Bobby Mobley and Aaron of
Jacksonville spent the weekend with
Mrs Gertrude Mobely Chad Ferrell
of Sulphur Springs spent Saturday
night with Aaron
Margie Hall of Sulphur Springs and
Edith Garner of Brashear visited
their sister Mrs Lorene Beckham
Monday afternoon
Wednesday of last week, Evie l<ee
Williamson of Richardson, Mary
Hart of Quitman, Edith Garner of
Brashear and Lorene Beckham spent
the day with Mrs. Margie Hall in
Sulphur Springs
Jackie and Vicki Ferrell have
recently moved a mobile home into a
lot adjoining Ray and Polly Ferrell in
the Posey community.
Jim Sanderson was dismissed
• Monday afternoon from Baylor
Hospital in Dallas where he had been
undergoing tests following a recent
heart attack.
Ix>u Ada and Malcolm Gregg
visited with Ollie and Juanita
Tomlinson in Garland last Wed-
nesday. Ollie’s condition is unim-
proved. They also attended the
funeral of Robbie Joe Drummond in
McKinney in the afternoon.
Dawn and Amber Pool were in
Paris, Saturday, Sept. 6, to exhibit
two of their Jersey heifers at the 1986
Red River Valley Exposition. Dawn
exhibited her 21-month-old Senior
Yearling heifer and received a blue
ribbon for fourth place out of six.
Amber exhibited her 13-month-old
Junior Yearling and received a blue
ribbon for first place out of three
Amber also received a trophy for
Junior Fitting and Showmanship in
the Dairy Division.
Donna Garrett
honored with
baby shower
Donna Garrett was honored with a
baby shower Thursday, Aug. 28, at
7:30 p.m. in the Sulphur Springs State
Bank community room
Included among the 30 guests were
the honoree, her mother, Diane
Courson; her mother-in-law, Pat
Garrett; and her sister, Jamie
Carpenter.
Hostesses were Debbie Edmonson,
Linda Beachum, Teri Holloway and
Elaina Edwards
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, September 12, 1986, newspaper, September 12, 1986; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775741/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.