The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1986 Page: 1 of 4
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Officials
'85 farm crisis not tis bad here
iNEY.. ' ^ 7 ,hit 3S hard as grain farmers, ab according to Jerry Epting, executive similar to one that endeji in March in
, . cording to government director of the Hopkins "County wjfjlch mill? producers were paid
... _ < agriculturalists,, ThAt diversion division of the Agriculture monies tb produce less. The program
i Hopkins County took a program apparently helped offset^ Stabilization and Conservation vyas, funded:by a 50 cents per hun-
1 1985 because of low some of the financial woesthat were “ Service. ,*■ dreiw'eight assessment on all
pei nationwide, but plaguing farmers who were being Epting said that a whole herd buy-' producers,
was not hit as hard in sandwiched between dropping prices' out program that is included, inithe,.More than $10 million was
and rising production. t farm legislation . will help soine ) disputed in the 15 mpnUis that the
worst years in years for grain far-
mers. Production remained higTVr but
prices were down,^- Epttrrg said.
1984 crop, but it wasvstill good encfugh
to give farmers hop
H opk I ns county fixl ension ^Service
is in other areas, aic-
ormation from various
- 'encies.
a diversion program
ough the first quarter
liry farmers were not
adding, "Our county fared better . agent Gordon Foijd said 1985’s hay
than most because of the high crop Was "tremendous” compared to
number of . dairy farmers the the previ6ii§ yeafS^rought-inflictCd
diversion programhelped.’;’ is/. tto uk*»
id rising production. % _ farm legislation , will help sofne, J distributed in t^ie 15 rrionttis that the With the diversion program ending '.production, rt? w|is . no tecofd year.
Recent passage of a compromised farmers, bu$,t was not the option thal program lasted! he said. "Because of in .spring.: summer, looked’ as- if if We probably got as mudh ip-thb first
Farm Bill may give area firmers most Hopkins County dairymen ..the'milk’ diversion program that would b£'a hard time fpr .county; ..cutting-this year,as we got all of last
hope, but the resolution that Congress would like to have seen passfed. / ;! lasted for part of 1985, w.ewepe-able to - dairymten. But there'wbs good news year,” he said.
passed will only give mixed relief to. Epting added, that most dairymeip helpa lot of the dairy fantffefs. !> too. Hay pfoduction in 1985_improved ", : V-, ".
most Hopkins County dairymen, were hoping for a diversion program -‘'However, this was.-one of the ;to' just aVefageii-afteFa disastrous . (Continued on Page 4)
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SULPHUR SPRINGS TEXAS, FRIDAY, fAN. 1(F,1986> .
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City woman
victim of
con game .....
An elderly Sulphur Springs woman
w as bilked out of $2,000 Monday in a
(ci! game soieommon that police even
have, a nickname for it. the police
department said Wednesday.
The con; known as a pigeon drop.
- took place at a local convenience
store, police said
According to Police Chief Donnie
I-ewis; the often repeated scenario
, was acted nut as follows
At around 2 p in. Jan. 6 the woman
was approached while purhping gas
at a convenience sLipKby another
woman holding a wallet
Ttie woman asked the victim if she
had seen the wallet fall out of a
•passing car TojtttLher they opened
tin1 wallet to find a large anujunt of
cast; The woman said there was
$15,000 in the wallet
< Soon, a man approached the- two
women, _ jaw the money and
suggested they should split the .cash
three wa> s, but first each of the three
needed to draw $2,000 from The bank
as a sign of good faith ~-y -
The victim said shv' would^call (fa
police, but the man said they should
talk to a lawyer first. The woman
theifsaid she would talk to her boss,
allegedly a city resident, to get some
advice.
After pretending to enter a building
to speak to her iboss," the woman
returned arid said they should hold1
the money for JO days: if it .wasn't
claimed t)> then, they co.uldkeep it
TheTvoinafi then fode wjth the
victm^'ti? the. bank to get $2,000 1%
prooffyhat the victim5 could survive
' for tiffuays wdhdut the $5,000 from the
wallet Tlu-n the victim-drove the"
woman to another bank The woman,
still holding-all of the money, saidshe
would go iii to get-'herv$2,00<)t'.The
s{,w % viforiiafiagain,
" is said this sainr voyv.ganie is
a*“'' played matiy ...time.'- in Hopkins
Couiity’ eaTfuys’ar Only 8-percent.of
the dims are ever solved; but most
times they, are not reported. Lewis
said i
'■ • Police- suggest anyone approached
tiy someone proposing a quick cash
scheme should contact the police.
■ Another common/con that I-ewis
said may be going on now is phony .
.^b^iftlljpaviiig companies offering to
driveway cheap, for cash
. d.cwis .suggested anyone offered
-such a deal .sJaudd contact the city
sec r e jj* ry-, 10'.*f il aJoe' .. the people
have a. liiVnse to operate in the city.
'These people come in, work fast,"
then'get out." Lewis said. "But they
will, cotne back At id even though >
apprghciiijing these people is
possible, the hionev isr'almost al.wavs
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y^MICHAEL PELRIN
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House fire
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Firemen are shown here Wednesday morning working at
the upper floor of a house at 839 S. Davis whehe they found
heavy smoke ^nd flames. Using axes, the firemen cut
through the frame structure to get to the flames. An
estimate of damage to the house, which is owned by William
R. Plemons, and further details were not available at
presstime, according" to fire offieials. No injuries were
reported.
} , -StaM Photo by Ann McAdams
Japanese couple
spend honeymoon
in Sulphur Springs
The pity Council Tuesday night
tabled a request from John Beezley to
grant him more time to-complete
construction of 1 a street under
specifications that became obsolete
as of dec. 31. . ■’
At an Aug. 20, 1985. meeting, the
council extended the Sept. 2 deadline
for completion of street construction
under "old" specifications .after
Bobby -Price ' and about six other
citizens requested an extension.
Despite considerable debate in the
council, the new deadline was set for
Dec. 31. ' «>
Beezley asked city staff Dec. 31 to
put his request for an extension on the
Tuesday night agenda, claiming that
adverse weather conditions and
broken Later lines in the area of his
Georgia Street construction site had
prevented him from completing the
street by the Dec. 31 deadline.
However. Beezley failed to appear
at the meeting to make his case for an
extension. As a courtesy to Beezley,
the council decided to table his
request until the next meeting
Although Beezley's request was
tabled, the council stressed that it
was in no way extending the effective
date of the new street specifications.
In fact, in a discussion following the
’ the regular meeting, the council and
city staff agreed to inform Beezley
that. some portions of his street
construction do not meet minimum
City standards, and that those
minimum standards will be enforced.
City Manager David Topley said
the city has a course of .action
regarding street construction
not performed according to
specifications, v
First, the city would inform the
contractor that -construction, is not
meeting specs,.’ Most times. Tooley
said, the contractor will , redo what
portions need to be brought in line
with mirtmium street standards.
If Jhat doesn't work, the citT'in-
^ speqtor wiil'"red-tag" the work that
is not in conformance, .
If the contractor continues to build
the stc.e'et against specifications, the
city can issue a stop^work order
A against the contractor. '
In Other^usiness, Fontaine Truck
Companywas awarded a bid for two
dump-^odiCs and hoists that' will be
• used with two dump truck cabs and
chassis acquired in the fall. The
Fontaine bid \of $6,993.70 came in
under bids nom Motor Truck
Equipment Co. at $7-,178 and Ledwell
& Sons at $7,980.
A fourth bid, from Fleet Body-
Equipment, was not considered
because the company \failed to write
"bid” on the envelope as per ibid
specifications, and the envelope was
opened by mistake.
Accident victim
was Tyler resident
A man who was struck and killed by
a truck in Sulphur Springs Monday
has been identified by a Dallas
forensic lab as Howard Edward
Thorn, 42, of Route 6, Tyler, acr
cording to Detective Robert Stidham
of the Sulphur Springs Police
Department.
"The Southwest Institute - of
Forensic Science sent fingerprints to
the Dallas Police Department,”
Stidham said, "and he was identified
through a 1974 arrest in Dallas."
Thorn, identified as a "transient"
by the police department, died of
multiple injuries sustained Monday-
night after he was struck by a truck.
Robert Herring Green of Sulphur
Springs was arrested in connection
with the incident and released on a
$20,000 bohd Tuesdav morning from
Hopkins County jail, according to
Chief Deputy Sheriff Mark Bassham.
Green has been charged with in-
voluntary manslaughter.
The incident occurred shortly
before 7 p.m. Monday. Police were
called to 216 West Shannon after a
man had been seen lying in the>ditch.
There wias no identification ..on
Thorn, ana the motorist who ap-
parently struck him had left the
scene.
Efforts to revive Thdrn were un-
successful and, as police were
searching the area for evidence,
Green returned to the scene in his
1969 Chevrolet pickup and told police
he had-been involved.
Thorn's death was the ‘first traffic
fhtality of 1986 in the county and city.
By ANN McAOAf*S
Sulphur Springs may never com-
pete with Niagara Falls among the
honeymoon set, but a Japanese
couple recently spent part of their
honeymoon here with their American
friends
Some four years ago, the William
McDowell family opened their home
to a Japan-exchange student and
since then they have met other-
members of Hioto Milto's f«Riily
including her brother, Yoshi, who*
A. new main post office for Cumby visited Sulphur Springs recently with
Uj in tht- planning stages, according to his bride
iNwituitstcr Joyce 1. Battle. Whaf began as a learning ex-
Tjie U S #«tal Service is asking -perience for the McDowells-and the
Bids sought
for Cumby
post office
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for construction. bij}s to build and
lease a new main post office,..Battle
said Bids will be opened at the
Stemmpns Center, Suite 400, 7800
North Stenunohs Freeway, Dallas.
The proposed post Office will have
. 4.400 square feet <d interior floor
--space. It will be built with private
funds and will be leased to the Postal
Serv ice for a basic period of 10 years
v with renewal options for 20 additional
years.
The Postal Service has also
exchange student has grown into a
dose bond between two families,
according to Charlotte McDowell.
"Hioto <?bme to stay with us for
several months and we later had an
opportunity to visit her family in
Japan," Mrs. McDowell said. "Yoshi
is the third of six boys'in the family
while Hioto was the only girl."
Bringing suitcases full of gifts for
the McDowell family, Yoshi and his
bride. Yoshiko Sachiko, visited
Sulphur Springs as a part of their
acquired an option to buy a sitev honeymoon.
located >11,. the southwest corner of VtyYwere married Dec 29qn Japan
Depot and Barker streets for the new hotel," Yoshi.said. “Wr came to the
office. The site, which contains 35,000 United States and stayed a fey. da'ys
square -feet; will be assigned to %>. -in Beverly Hills, Calif. Tomorrow we
successful bidder will goto New Orleans "
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Although Christmas triad past, the
McDowell shying room looked like
Christmas -iWorning as Yoshi and.
Yoshiko presented their. Japanese
gifts and the McDowells gave the
couple various wedding gifts.
With only a slight language barrier,
the newlyweds talked of their wed-
ding ceremonies as they unwrapped
their gifts. They explained that there
were four wedding ceremonies in one
day with the same 150 guests at-
tendin^each.
"W,e had four ceremonies — one
after another," Yoshi said. "The first
was a Korean ceremony where we
dressed in traditional dress. The
.second was American ceremony and
I wore tuxedo. The third wedding
consisted of evening wear 5nd> the
fourth was also Korean, but more
modern dress." -
. Although talk of the wedding
ceremonies highlighted their visit to
Sulphur Springs, the couple said they
enjoyed their tour of the town and a
visit to the McDowell farm where
they had an opportunity to ride horses
for the first time. \
Yoshi, who had been to the United
States twice, explained that his wife
had never been tq the States before
and he wanted her to see and sample
as many things as possible including
American'foods.
Yoshiko Ami led at the'mention oT
American food as she said 1 liked
macarQm with cheese and your fried-
okra "
Renewing friendships
The William McDowell family Iboks over the
array of gifts given to them by Yoshi Milto
and his bride, Yoshiko Sachiko Milto froth
Japan during the couple's visit to Sulphur
Springs.. Attending the gift exchange were!
left, Florrie McDowell, Charlotte McDowell
’ Yoshi and Ypshiko Milto, Luckey ^AdJowell,
Adams Industries was awarded a
bid for the city’s annual supply of
abcuf 240,000 plastic trash bags. The
low bid of $15,744^-35 awarded over
bids from Arrow at $16,416,
Poly America at $18,480 and Winzen
International at $18,960
In a work session prior to the
regular meeting, Tom Pingleton from
the- accounting firm of Pingleton &
Williams, the firm which conducted
the city's 1984-85 audit' presented the
results of the audit.1 In a nutshell, he
said the city is in pretty good shape.
Also in the work session, City-
Manager David Tooley sought and
received a consensus from the
council to put- approximately 30 acres
of land adjacent to the airport up for
sale, in the hope that It will be pur-
chased by an aviation-related in-
dustry.
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1986, newspaper, January 10, 1986; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776371/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.