The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1986 Page: 4 of 4
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4—THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, Jan. 10, 1986.
The holidays are o\fer. There seems
to be so many Sundays during
Christmas and New Years. But now
Sunday is in the right place again. I
got so many lovely cards and ap-i
predate every one of them. But one
special one is going in my scrap book.
It is from Bernon and Martha Jean
Stephens of 115 Hillcrest Drive, Hope,
Ark., 71801.
In it was a letter. Bernon said he
has enjoyed reading the Saltillo news
for the past 12 years, but now he has
glaucoma andeen'tsfeefto read, but
Martha Jean reads to him. Bernon
was born and reared in Saltillo.
parents were Mr. and Mrs. Jap
Stephens. His brother, Aubrey, was a
long time resident of Sulphur Springs,
being tax assessor-collector at one
time. But Bernon? I never could get
Rua to tell me why yod gave him that
nickname.
Mrs. Mary Cox and daughter Hope
carried Steve Cox to Dallas Saturday
after he had spent the holidays here.
En route home home Mrs. Cox and
Hope visited Mrs. Cox’s sister,
Regina Knoles, in Lone Oak. »
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Turner of Mena,
Ark., visited Sunday with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Bennett. Glen and
Suzanne have recently moved to
Mena. Their daughter Cathey will
stay with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bennett until mid-term, then she
will go to Mena to attend school.
Mrs. Wilma Wolverton of Mount
Vernon and Mrs. Carl Roberts went
to Winnsboro Friday to see the
historic Sesquicentennial Wagon
Train go through there.
Ms. Margaret Roberts of
Texarkana, Ark., and Miss Spencer
Reed of Hooks, Texas spent New
Years Eve With Mrs. Carl Roberts.
They all went to Dallas on New Years
for a late Christmas dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Lewis. Other
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Saltillo n^ws
Aikins, Mrs. Emma McGill, Ms. hung in. his eye lid. He is haying to
Laura Smith and daughter Nichole stay in bed go for treatments for
and Mrs, Pam Guerra all of Dallas. the eye. They are hoping that the
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Newberry of eyesight will not be damaged.
Albuquerque, N„M., visited last week A New Years dinner in the home of
with Mrs. Ruth Briley. Boyd Wardrup was attended by
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thomas of Red Charles, Sandy, Sara and Amy
Oak visited last week with Mr. and Wardrup, Timmy and Tammy White
Mrs. Bill Barnes. Mr. and Mrs. Bade' and (laughter, .Jenna, Anita Nitsch
Swann of Dallas visited Mr. and Mrs. and son Neal all of Saltillo, Billie
McAfee
Barnes Saturday. Weekend^visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Barries were
Harold Glaze and son Randy and a
friend, Preston Newton of Carthage.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hatchell and
White, Debra Pfister and son
Gregory and daughter Stacy Gold-
smith of Weaver, Mrs. Wayne
Wardrup and Coy Applewhite, Fort
Worth, Mark and Lana McEnturff,
Julie attended the 50th wedding /’ Mrs. Valerie Appleton, Mount Ver-
anniversary of Mrs. Hatchell’s
parents Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Stevens in
Sulphur Springs Sunday.
Mrs. Lyda Rogers of Sulphur
Springs was luncheon guest of Mrs.
Velera Loving Sunday.
Kelly Stretcher graduated Dec. 20
at East Texas State University in
Commerce with a bachelor of science
degree. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Stretcher, attended the
graduation.
Mrs. Jimmy Witt of Omaha visited
Mrs. Carl Roberts Monday morning.
Mr and Mrs. Billy Jordan and
non, Sheila Thompson, Sulphur
Springs, Mozelle and Everette Miller,
Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Dana Fleming
and daughter Natalie of Virginia,
Edna Brooks, Tim and Rhonda Floyd
ai)d children Brooke and Ben, Paris
and Max Wardrup of DentOn.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Moore of
Amarillo visited Mr. and Mrs. Bug
King and M*. and Mrs. R.B.
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs.’Hugh McKinney of
Midland visited Mr. and Mrs. R.B.
McAfee Friday.
Mrs. J.M. Leslie_and son Greg of
Odessa are visiting lifer mother Mrs.
Lillian Broughton.
Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Smith of Dallas
visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
Loy Orren. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ot-
-terson of Uncertain, Texas, visited
them Sunday.
'*■' Mr. and Mrs' George Swain
returned home Wednesday from Jal,
N.M., whepe they spent a month with
their children. .
Mrs. Rhema Arthur and Mrs. Ava
Goswick visited $tfs. , Doug
Froneberger in Sulphur Springs
Monday.
-viyir. , and Mrs. Red Simpson of
Dallas visited from Wednesday till
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Y.C.
McGill.
Farm.
Tira News-
Joyce and Johnny Johnson and
Mary Rawson spent New Years Eve
with Troy and Georgia Smith and
Christopher of Mount Vernon were viewed the wagon train on New Years
Sunday luncheon guests of Mrs. Carl day.
Roberts. On Saturday, Mrs. Roberts
went to Canton.
Mrs. Inez Griffin of Amarillo
Wyman and Maxene were in Dallas
on Thursday^ to be with his sister,
Faye Creacy, who underwent major
visited her mother Mrs. Thelma surgery. They were there ^gain on
Hatchell a few days last week. Mrs.
Aleen Bryant who has been visiting
Mrs. Hatchell returned to her home in
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday.
Jab Whitten will celebrate his 100th
Sunday. Faye although still in ICU is
listed in satisfactory condition.
They also visited Ernest Shaw who
is in Baylor Hospital. He is some
better. They took time out from
birthday Wednesday, Jan. 8. He is in hospital visits to visit their son Rick
Village East Nursing Home, Highway and his wife Cindy and welcome their
new grandson, Jason.
Mary Dee Brice visited Ruth
31 East, Tyler, Texas 75701.
Mr. and Mrs. C,A- Stoveall of
Campbell spent Sunday with their Chapman Thursday,
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ruth Chapman visited Alma
Robert Rhoades. Bobby Rhoades, Lawson and Ruby Smiddy this week,
while fishing last week got a fish hook Ernest, Anne Shaw, Mildred
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Pioneers’ book
Frat Davis, right, and Rita Adams are
shown here a computer terminal
discussing an activity of the Hopkins County
Genealogical Society to compile a book on
the history ot the county's ancestors. They
will continue^ for a short time, to accept
more family histories, but the time is
growing short. More information can be
obtained by calling 885-2905 or 885-4715.
train's success
tar*t
area officials
By KAREN SULLIVAN TL
News-Telegram Staff
town,” he added, ‘‘there was alSo one
minor traffic accident involving
someone backing their car “into
another vehicle, but no injuries were
reported.”
Jones said he only expected
problems with tjie animals at one
point on the route, the Industrial
Drive and College Street intersection.
“You just never know wha
or mule is going to do,” he said.'
The department of public safety*1"**
was on hand there, just in case a team wrong.
after the wagon train had pulled out
and found all trash picked up and
bagged.
‘‘One rule the Wagon ^Train
Association laid down to the par-
ticipants,” he said, “was We will
leave a place better than we find.it,’
and they did.”
We’re indebted to the association
and to all
Jones said,
nothing can go
ersection. we re indebted to tne
aNa horse for their cooperation
jidS-^ security forces involved, ’
lie safety'**'‘-With help like that, not
The grand roll-out of the Texas
Sesquicentennial Wagon Train went
off “without a hitch” Thursday,
according to local security force
officers, and only one minor traffic
accid«rir*was reported as the more
than 2,000 participants and observers
moved through the city.
Twelve city police officers, five
Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies,
four state department of public safety got out of hand, but'the crossing went
officers, 14 Texas State Guard of- smoothly, Jones said,
ficers and the wagon train’s own There were no problems with
security force combined efforts to cleanup either, ylones added. He
direct traffic and matfitain a peaceful surveyed the Civic Center grounds
atmosphere for the event. £
“There wasn’t a rock in the road,” T. «..«%. ________ - — J M
City Safety Director Clarence Jones | \A^O 111611 GIlO S6TVIC6
commented. “Everybody involved
was just fabulous.” W.L., (Dub) Pierce, Route 2,
There were, however, several near _ Cumby, and A.J. Campbell, 1114
misses, Jones said. “One fellow’s Carter St. in Sulphur Springs, have
The county sheriff’s department
remained on duty to escort the wagon
train from their first campsite in
Como to the county line, according to
Chief Deputy Mark Bassham.
horse spooked, started pitching and
finally pitched him off, but ap-
parently he got right back on and
settled his horse down.”
“There were no serious alter-
cations of any kind that I’m aware
of,” he said. “The weather
cooperated perfectly. We even had
four helicopters and a balloon, and
there wasn’t even a near miss.”
Capt. Gordon Fulcher of the city
police department said he heard of
only one problem when the horse and
wagon teams rode through the city,
and, he said, that was. when one team
ran its wagon into someone’s yard On
Houston Street.
"Due to the amount of traffic In
retired from the State Department of
Highways and Public Tran-
sportation’s Sulphur ^Springs
Maintenance Section.
Pierce retired with more than 32
years of retirement credit. He is a
native of Hopkins County and at-
tended schools in Cumby.
Pierce served in the U.S. Air Force
from April 23, 1943, until he received
his Honorable Discharge in February
1946. He married the former Loletta
Hughes, a I .a mar County native, and
they have three children, Jerry Don
Pierce of Commerce, Terry Allen
Pierce and Mrs. Kerry (Rita Jol
Hansford, both of Cumby. They alsq
have four grandchildren They are
members of the Cumby Baptist
Church. He is a Member of the
Masonic Lodge in Cumby, N)imber
180.
Campbell, a native of Hopkins
County, attended schools in Peerless.
He served in the U.S. Army from
March 1943 until he received his
Honorable Discharge in February of
1946. He served ih Germany and
France.
Campbell retired with over 19 years
of retirement credit. to the
organization.
He married the former Eramell
Anderson and they have one'
daughter, Mrs Mike (Judy) Temples
of Sulphur Springs. They also have
three grandchildren. They are
members of the Davis Street Baptist
Church in Sulphur Springs
Chapman, Lucille Spencer and June
Edwards of Bossier, Louisiana spent
New Years Eve with ttjeir brother
George and Christina Horn in Fort
Worth and spent New Years day with
their cousins Bill and Sharon Horn in
their beautiful new home in
Collieville.
Mary Dee and Claude Brice visited
Mary Dee’s sister Stella Hawkins in
Sulphur Springs Sunday.
Bill Weir is slowly improving at the
home of Johnny and Hazel Johnson in
Bonham.
Red Coker remains ill at home.
The community is saddened oyer
the passing of Minnie Belle
Hargrave, the former Minnie Belle
Hudson of Nelta. The death of hedand
her husband Miles in the past few
weeks is a great loss to our com-
munity.
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Farmers still have to import hay to
last the winter, though, Ford said,
making Hopkins County a “hay
deficit” county.
Also on the “good news” side:
— The Sulphur Springs Young
Farmers had a member win the state
Star Agribusiness Award for the third
time in the chapter’s 31-year history.
Danny Goggans, owner of a local
International Harvester dealership,
was named the winner of the com-
petition in February based on a
scrapbook and his accomplishments
in agribusiness.
— In Noverimer, farmers,
especially young farmers, who were
looking to buy land for agriculture
purposes got a helping hand with the
passage of Proposition 10 in a
statewide referendum. *
State Rep. Pete Patterson who
authored the plan stumped for it in
Sulphur Springs in October, saying
that it would provide llow interest
loans for farmers for up to $100,000
based on the land appraisal.
All of the propositions, including a
water plan which may help rural
farmers get adequate water supplies,
passed on the Nov. 5 ballot.
In December, the state Department
of Agriculture announced that ac-
cording to data it ‘Compiled from
county clerks across'the state, Texas
is losing approximately 100 farmers a
week due to foreclosures,
bankruptcies, and voluntary ifbon-
donment. '
Hopkins County had six dairy
farms file bankruptcy and seven •
others foreclosed on from Jan. 1,1984
to April 30, 1985. The-Ag Department
reported that although they did not
have exact data on the voluntary
foreclosures, they suspect that group
is larger than the number of forced
foreclosures and bankruptcies
combined.
Neighboring Red River and Lamar
counties were among the hardest hit
counties in the state based on the
number of foreclosures.
Despite its ups and downs, dairy
farming is still a better financial
venture than several other types of
farming, according-to a report by the
U.S. Agriculture Department
released in Januan of 1985.
North
' Hopkins
news
The Parish and Littlefield families
were saddened Saturday morning at
the passing of Dan Littlefield. So
many kind deeds, words of sympathy,
calls,......visits, food, etc., were so
graciously presented for our comfort
at this trying time, so bear with the
writer and she will have more news
next week. 4
Merl Withrow is doing OK since he
went home to his Dallas home after
medical treatment for an old ulcer
problem.
At Frances and Morris Edward's
dinner Wednesday were Bill and
Juanita Sloan, Betty Mack, Sam
Bovillette, Verda .and Francis
Withrow. , 9
Mary' McGuyer visited Margie
Webb Friday afternoon
Pauline Evans, Freeman and Ruth
Parish of this place, Ann Willis of
Garland, Mary and Don Wintermute
of St. I<ouis, Missouri and the Jimmy
Parish family we/e New Year^Day
guests of Flovd and Helen Parish at
Greenville
HON breaks ground
for $10 million plant
By MICHAEL PELRINE
HON Industries broke ground
Thursday for a $10 million
manufacturing and distribution
facility in a ceremony on West Loop
301 attended by dozens of local
businessmen and politicians on the
local, state and national level.
HON, an’ office furniture
manufacturing company, has begun
construction on the three-phase
project' that will include a 140,000
square feet building i the first stage I
to be used mostly for distribution,
HON President Ron JoneS said.
The distribution center should be
completed by September and should
employ 100-150 people. Jones said
The second stage, 40.000 to 50,000
square feet, should be finished in 2-3
years, and the third stage, which will
bring the total square footage up to
400,000, will be completed sometime
thereafter, Jones said.
When - the plant has reached
Completion, Jones said.’it will employ
up to 250 people.
The HON Company does much of
its own trucking. Jones said 20-25
percent of'HON products are moved
■"by their ownjleet.
HON Industries, a 30-year-old
company, began in Muscatine, Iowa,
shortly after World War II, making
kitchen cabinets. At that time the
company was called Home-O-Nize,
and was founded largely to provide
employment for homecoming
veterans. ,
According to Jorfes, the fledgling
company was plagued by a shortage
of aluminum and had to, change its
product line to focus on smaller
items, like boxes to hold index cards
Gradually, the emphasis switched to
office furniture, and a name change
was discussed that would connote less
a maker of home furnishings. Thus,
the first letters of Home-O-Nize. H-O-
N. were chosen as the company's new
name. 4*
According to Jones, the founders of
the company established the prin-
ciples of management, including
employee participation, before they
began production
Jones said the 2,700 people working
in HON's eight manufacturing plants
are referred to as members, not
employees. The company has a profit
sharing plan, and those employ ed are
considered very important link-- to
the company s success
The HON Company is now con-
sidered the third largest manufai -
turer of office -furniture in- the
country. Jones said
The Sulphur Springs facility will
primarily design, manufacture and
distribute wood and metal office
furniture. ’ .• 1
Present at_ the groudbreakiug
ceremony were B.F Ashcroftjjf the
Hopkins County- Industrial Foun-
dation, Mayor David Baucom,
Chamber of Commerce President
Jim Holland, Congressman Jim
Chapman, State Rep: Pete Patterson,
members of the Hopkins County
Commissioners Court and -numerous
other well-w ishers
Only 79 tickets are left
As th^‘ date draw nears, only a few
tickets to the Hopkins County
Chamber of Commerce annual
banquet and meeting are available.
According to Ike Harper, incoming
president of the organization, 79
tickets for the Jan. 16 event at the
Civic Center remain unsold.
“The swift purchase of tickets by
members so far is at a record-setting
pace, so others should telephone the
Chamber right away with their ticket
orders, since we are limited to about
450'seats,'' Harper said.
Congressman Jim Chapman is
scheduled to be the guest, speaker at
the program 'themed, High on
Hopjuns County The OutstarriKngi'V
Citizen, Woman of the Yeaiv'Ou't- '
standing Agriculturist and Rural
Beautification awards, will be
presented. ~
The 1986 officers and directors,
current and retiring leaders an others
will also be acknowledged during the «
event which begins at 7 p m
Chamber members1' wishing to
purchase a ticket should telephone
the Chamber office at 885-6515 ’to -
place their order
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HONeyof a company
Breaking ground for the new, $10 million
HON Industries manufacturing and
distribution plant on West Loop 301 Thursday
are HON personnel, from left, Maurice
Jones, corporate planning engineer; Lee
Maurath, group vice-president; Ralph
Beals, executive vice-president; Ron Jones,
president; Gordon Marshall, regional sales
manager; , and Don Semple, project
engineer. HON Industries applied for and
received $8 million in industrial development
bonds through the City of Sulphur Springs to
help out in financing the project.
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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/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.