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4—THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO. Sulphur Springs, Texas, FridayeJyly 4, 1986.
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Saltillo newp^-~
I have a letter from Mrs. Christine
Carn of Dallas this week with the
following pewspaper clipping: “Max
Dreyer and Georgia Christoffel were
chosen as King and Queen of the
County . Sesquicelebrando
Celebration last weekend.
Dreyer was born -in Brownsville
arid moved to Willacy County in 1914.
Mrs. Christoffel is a native of McGee,
Okla , and has been a resident of
Raymondyille since 1926. For many
years she toured the United States
with her husband, .Ike, performing
their vaudeville routine until recently
she^ entertained civic clubs and
winter visitors "here with her talent
and personality. *•
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ivey visited in
Dallas Thursday and Friday.
John and David Shaddox of
Greenville spent last week with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rhodes,
Bobby and Mitzi, and Tracy Johnson
returned home Sunday from a weeks
vaeationMn Arkansas and Bransenr
Mo.
Atwell Whitten of Ore City visited
his sister, Mrs. Dollie Pearl Arm-
strong, Friday.
Miss Dorothy Harper of Fort Worth
spent the weekend with Mrs. Mary Jo
Hite. Dinner guests of Mrs. Hite
Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Wylie
Roberts of Kaufman and Boyd
Wardrup.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gentry of Waco
spent the weekend with Mrs. Carl
Roberts. Mrs. Gentry attended her
class reunion in Mount Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Knapik and
Mrs. Helen Hatchell visited in Dallas
Saturday.
August Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Blassingame of Coke announce the
engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter,
Jenny Bates, to Jerry Lucas of Mount Vernon. He is the son
of Juanett Lucas of Sulphur Springs. The couple plan to be
married at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, in the First Christian
Church, Sulphur Springs. Friends and relatives are invited
to attend.
Grand jury indicts 12
The Hopkins County Grand Jury
has returned criminal indictments
agaiqst 12 people.
Indicted were Bruce Hinman of 410
Atkins St., Sulphur Springs, for injury
to an elderly person; John Thurlow of
1012 Carter, Sulphur Springs, for
aggravated sexual assault of a child;
and Robert-Joe Nash of 406 Calvert,
Sulphur Springs, for aggravated
v assault.
Others indicted include Curtis Scott
Strother and James B. Humphreys,
both of Dallas, for possession of a
controlled substance; Roy Chester
Brown and Willie Washington Jr.,
both of Dallas, for unauthorized use
of a motor vehicle; Horace D.
Thomas Jr. of Route 1, Box 178 A,
Como, for unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle; Carl Ray Robinson of
Star Route, Box 259, Sulphur Springs,
for burglary of a building; and
Kataris Ross of Dallas for burglary of
a vehicle.
Also Steven Wayne Baker of Route
1, Box 143, Sulphur Springs, for, four
counts of burglary of a building; and
John Crowson Jr. of Spring for hin-
dering a secured creditor.
Court action in Hopkins County’s
Eighth Judicial District resulted in
Bart Lindsey Vaughn of 111 Craig St.,
Sulphur Springs, pleading true on two
motions to revoke his probations for
^burglary of a vehicle. He was
assessed a two-year term in the
Texas Department of Corrections in
each of those cases.
•Also Jimmy “Jimbo" George of 208
Whitworth, Sulphur Springs, pleaded
true on a motion to revoke his
probation and his five-year probation
was extended to a 10-year term. He
was on probation for burglary of a
building.
—-Rafeal ContrCas, Evarado Orosco
and Oscar Perez, all of Mexico,
^^pleaded guilty to felony charges of
theft of property. Each was placed on
a fivetyear probation, ordered to pay
a fine of $1,000, to pay restitution of
$167 and to serve 340 hours of com-
munity service.
Abe salacious of 511 Church St.,
Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty to a
charge of-burglary of a building. He
was assessed a nine-year term in
TDC.
John Thomas Edwards of 806
Alabama, Sulphur Springs, pleaded
guilty to two charges of delivery of
contraband to an inmate. He was
assessed a 10-year term in TDC in
Ji each of those cases.
Regina Goldsmith of Route 1, Box
136, Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty
Jto a charge of credit card abuse. She
was assessed a fine of $1,500, ordered
to pay restitution of $2,506.32 and to
serve 300 hours of community service
alortg with a seven-year probation.
Robert Kent Schepp of Star Route,
f Box 86, Sulphur Springs, pleaded
guilty to three charges of burglary of
a habitation. He was ordered to serve
a 10-year probation in each of those
cases and to pay restitution totaling
$3,500. Schepp also pleaded guilty to
one charge of burglary of a building
and was assessed a lfl-year
probation, ordered to pay a fine of
$1,500 and to serve 500 hours of
community service. Additionally,
Schepp will serve two, 10-year
probations and pay restitution of
$1,200 on two additional charges of ■
felony theft of property.
’ „ Hugh Anthony Wood of 401 Peach
St.. Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty to
a charge of possession of a prohibited
weapon and possession of a controlled
substance. He was ordered to serve a
10-year probation in each of those
cases, to pay a $2,500 cash fine and to
serve 240 hours of community ser-
Keith Yarbrough of Terrell pleaded
guilty to a charge of felony theft of
property. Yarbrough was assessed a
seven-year probation, ordered to pay
a fine of $1,500, to pay restitution of
$5,798 and to serve 240 hours in
community service.
Troy Glen Fouse of 216 Spence St.,
Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty to a
charge of robbery. He was assessed a
10-year probation and ordered to
serve 240 hours of community service
as well as paying a fine of $1,500.
Bobby Dan Wisdom of Route 2,
Saltillo, pleaded guilty to one charge
of felon in possession of a firearm and
one charge of aggravated assault.
Wisdom was assessed a four-year
term in TDC in each case.
Also Willie Washington Jr. of
Dallas and Horace Thomas of Route
1, Como, both pleaded guilty to a
charge of unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle. Each was assessed a five-
year probation, ordered to pay a fine
of $1,000, restitution of $1,443.35 and to
serve 160 hours of community ser-
vice.
Carl Ray Robinson of Star Route,
Box 259, 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 serve 240 hours of com-
munity service and to pay restitution
of $621.22.
Wendy Anderson of Route 1,
Saltillo, pleaded guilty to a charge of
credit card abuse. She was assessed a
five-year probation, ordered to pay a
cash fine of $1,500, to pay restitution
of $915.52 in cash and to serve 240
hours of community service.
Bruce Hinman of 410 Atkins St.,
Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty to a
charge of assault. He was assessed a
10-day term in the Hopkins County
Jail.
Michael Ray Ivey of LaGrange,
pleaded guilty to a charge of escape.
He was assessed a three-year
probation, ordered to pay a fine of
$750 and to pay restitution of $100. *
Steven Wayne Baker of Route 1,
Box 143, Sulphur Springs, pleaded
guilty to three charges oWburglary of'
a building. Baker was ordered to
serve a 10-year probation in each
case, to pay a fine of $1,500, to serve
500 hours of community service and
to make restitution totaling $4,180.03.
Anniversary winners
Winners in the Jim Masters Western Store 42nd an
niversary give-away are congratulated by store manager
Terry Riley, third from left. The winners and their prizes
are, from the left: Clara Mansell of Sulphur Springs,
Hoover Brush-Vac; Mrs. T.E. Hill of Yantis, Kelvinator
food freezer; and Geraldine Pryor of Sulphur Springs, 13
inch Zenith color television.
- Staff Photo by Richard Hail
iNorth Hopkins news
Gail Niergarth
Niergarth
completes
seminar
Gail Niergarth of Sulphur Springs
has completed a training seminar
qualifying her to conduct dieting
classes for Shaklee, according to
company information.
"A new approach to weight
management, the program en-
courages people to think in more
positive and constructive ways about
food and about themselves,0 the
company information states.
Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson, the
former Lisa Dixon, returned here
from their honeymoon Thursday.
They started packing for their drive
through to Virginia Beach, Va.,
where James is stationed with the
•U.S. Navy. Their apartment is
waiting for the nice, useful gifts they
have accumulated recently and they
wish to say “Thank you” for all the
kindness and thoughtful deeds from
relatives and friends to make this
such a high point in their lives.
Mrs. Annie Wilson attended the
funeral of a cousin, E.E. Morris, in
Sulphur Springs last Saturday.
Jo and Donald Spencer hosted a
birthday supper Saturday night,
honoring their daughters, Sharon
Ferguson and Donna McQueen.
Present were Greg Ferguson and
Candice, Ronald McQueen and
Chaundra, Cordis Bowen, Grace and
Charles Murray, I,ana Caldwell and
Brandon, Jimmy, Judy and Shannon
Daughtrey, and Mrs. Velma Spencer.
Louise and AubreyTitsworth, Gene
and Mary Beadles have just returned
home from a 21-day trip to Alaska.
They drove up through Colorado,
points of interest there, the
Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, into
Seattle, Wash., where they boarded
the boat “Mannaskata” to Alaska.
' Some of the many th^gs they saw
along the way, and we at home have
always heard about, were hump-back
whales, the bald eagles with 7-feet
wing spread, ice ..glaciers, *but rib'
Eskimos where they were. Back to
the states and down the West Coast of
Woman
charged
in slaying
An Emory woman has been
charged with murder in connection
with the shooting death of an Emory
youth early Monday.
Barbara Ann «Gilbreath, 44, was
arraigned Monday before Emory
Justice of the Peace Jerry Stephens,
who set bond on the murder charge at
$100,000.
Gilbreath is charged in connection
with the slaying of Billy Don Hath-
coat, 18, of Emory.
The shooting occurred about 1:30
aim. Monday in the Lake Fork area,
according to Rains County Sheriff
Andrew Roberts.
Gilbreath was transferred to the
Hopkins County Jail following her
arraignment on murder charge in
Rains County.
Hathcoa£) was pronounced dead
shortly after 2 a.m. Monday by
Stephens. Gilbreath was held for
questioning and subsequently
charged in connection with tfie
slaying, Roberts said.
The sheriff declined to give further
details of the shooting, saying that
"the case will be turned over to the
Rains County Grand Jury.”
California where they visited and
brought Louise's sister, Ida Mae at
Salinas, Calif., home with them,
Alcatraz Prison, Las Vegas and oh, so
many interesting things to see and du.
Mrs. Jeff i Lana I Caldwell honored
their son Brandon with a party at
City Park Sunday afternoon for his
third birthday.
Mrs. Annie Wilson took Mrs. opal
McCord to Dallas last Thursday for a
doctor’s appointment.
David and Carissa Kirkland at-
tended camp last week with the
Wesley Methodist Church group at
lake Texhoma where David was a
counselor.
Mrs. Oleta 1-ancaster of Sulphur
Springs, Mrs. June (Caldwell) Lit-
tlefield of Garland and Mrs. Blanche
Milligan visited Mrs. Myrtis Posey
Sunday afternoon.
Paul, Pam and Justin Bates of
Farmersville, Pauline Evans,
Spradlin, Perry Evans, Shelia
Morton, Mrs. Fenton Gibby, Vemta
Hinkle, Marsha and Darla, Tamara
and friend Darrell.
Dawn Dickey of Reilly Springs
spent Friday with her grandmother
Pauline Evans.
Eva Nelle and Buford Stubbs of
Dallas spent Sunday w ith her mother
Mrs. Bea Gulledge.
Ruby Thomspon, Dorothey; Fulty
and Juanita Sloan are here spending
‘several days with relatives. Monday,
Willie and Eva Fulty, Verde-and
Francis Withrow joined the three
girls for lunch at Frances and Morris
Edwards in Sulphur Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Monroe visited
Mr. and Mrs. Lqyd Ward in Hugo,
Okla., Tuesday,
Helen Smith of Mesquite visited
'Mrs. Mary Jo Hite Friday.
Mrs. Ftorene Simms of Irving and
Mrs. Betty Sechrist of Wills Point
visited Mrs. Carl Roberts Tuesday.
Mrs. Roberts and her guests visited
Mrs. Lois^Banks in Mount Vernon.
They were joined there by Mrs.
Gertrude Banks of Winnsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Armstrong of
Sulphur Springs visited Mrs. Helen
Hatebee Sunday.
Ronny and Rhonda Johnson of
Grand Prairie spent last week with
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Waldo Corley.
Mr.and Mrs. Curtis Monroe visited
Mrs. Bennie Merle Dalvin in Far-
mersville Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barnes of Car-
thage spent a few days this week at
their Saltillo home.
Bobby Broughton of Farmington,
N. M., is here this week with his
mother, Mrs. Lillian Broughton. Mrs.
Lucie Ann (Robinson) Strickland of
Grand Prairie visited Mrs.
Broughton Sunday.
James Samuel Smith of Fort Worth
is spending this week with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy-
Smith and his great-grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sparks.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam McMahan of Jal,
N.M., visited Mr. and Mrs. George
Swain Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Bernice Glover passed away
Friday in Hopkins County Memorial
•Hospital after an extended illness.
Mrs. Glover was a former resident of
Saltillo. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Aluce Wisdom. Burial was
in Old Saltillo Cemetery Sunday
afternoon. She is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Eliza Wisdom of
Sulphur Springs; a son, Joe McIntyre
of Sulphur Springs; a daughter,
Sherry Briggs of Cherokee, Iowa; two
brothers, Billy Wisdom of Tennessee
and Henry Wisdom of Missouri.
Police warn
of 'swindle'
The Sulphur Springs Police
Department is asking people,
especially merchants, to be on the
lookout for what they say is a new
swindle in town.
SSPD Crime Prevention Officer
Sgt. Rex Morgan told The News-
Telegram that a man claiming to
work for a company known as Netela
Advertising Company was going
around town Wednesday trying to sell
coupon books to merchants
Morgan asked that anyone who had
been contacted by a man named
*Randy Hrvatin and signed a contract
with him to sponsor the printing of
discounted purchase coupons, called
a Merchant Gift Checkbook,"
should call the SSPD or City
(secretary Sharon Ricketson at the
vMiinicipal Building
They cannot get a permit, period,
to sell these coupons in a fire zone,
Morgan said “And every com-
mercial district is in a fire zone."
Morgan explained that the man
visited several merchants asking
them to sign a contract sponsoring
the advertising company to print
coupon books containing two coupons
each. The “company" then sells the
coupon books-.
The man promises a profit to the
merchant if he gets 100 percent
compliance to the coup.on.of.fex
i
Sharon Gillen
Gillen named
assist, editor
in Colorado
Sharon Gillen, formerly of Sulphur
Springs, has been named assistant
city editor at the Boulder, Colo.,
Daily Camera, according to an ar-
ticle in the newspaper.
An eight-year reporter at the
newspaper, she has covered courts
and county government. Before
joining the Daily Camera, she was a
reporter for the Garland Daily News.
She also was a reporter and editor
at weekly newspapers in Texas and
Colorado.
Gillen holds a bachelor's degree in
journalism from East Texas State
University She also attended jour-
nalism school at Southern Methodist
University
Tira News
The annual Tira Memorial
Homecoming will be held Sunday,
July 6, at the lira Methodist Church.
Sunday School will begin at 9:30 a.m.
The program w ill begin at 11 a.m. and
will feature master of ceremonies,
Anne Shaw, opening song, George
Horn: invocation, the Rev Benny
Dixon: piano solo, Jan Vaughn;
talks visitors: music, Psalms 100
until noon: closing song. George
Horn: benediction, Eva Ruth Ixing.
Following the program, a covered
dish dinner on the church grounds
will be held Everyone is invited.
Mary I )ee Bi n e visited her sister
Stella Hawkins Saturday.
Betty y-iuc, ( ai l, Greg Johnson and
friend Pat visited Mildred Chapman
over the weekend
Dave and Vivian Jackman of
Powderly visited Wyman, Maxene
and Randy Thursday evening
Mr and Mrs Woodrow Tucker of
San Antonio spent Saturday night
with their aunt. Mrs Edd Sullivan
They atl attended the Sullivan family-
reunion Saturday night at the home of
Carl Sullivan Mrs Aubrey Posey and
granddauglftei of Amarillo were
there Saturday
Frances Kola-rtson of Lubbock
spent Thursday night with Gay and
Ruby Wen and visited Mrs Edd
Sullivan Friday
Several ladies and men of our
community cleaned the Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon. We had
lots .of good help which was ap-
preciated. especially Jeremy Wright
and Randy Patterson, who worked
especially hard.
Gertrude Smith has returned home
from a six-weeks visit with relatives
h-ur4feTserld rs VS
a ^ contract,,:
agreeing to sponsor coupons that
would pfovide for 3,000 free haircuts
over the course of a year, but the
hairdresser can only handle about
1,500 haircuts a year
Summer hobby
Bobbie Bain, a resident of Woodhaven Nursing Home, has
found a new hobby as she works in her flower garden behind
the nursing home. She says the hot temperatures don't
bother her because she was raised on a farm. In fact, she
prefers the hot weather over the cold temperatures. Mrs.
Bain enjoys getting out early in the mornings to weed her
flower garden and plant new flowers. slh>i*oios» AnnMt*o.m.
the family if the late Jim and Minnie
Wilson, formerly of Sulphur Springs
(lay and Ruth Chapman and Lucille
Horn visited Bert. Ida. Rick, Diana
and Joshua Chapman in Dallas
Sunday
Echoettes
DUDLEY GOGGANS, senior vice
president at First National Bank,
assumed the presidency of the
Sulphur Springs I ions Club at in-
stallation ceremonies Tuesday
Goggans will serve through June of
next year Other officers of the club
installed included Calvin Denton,
first vice president; Robert llenson,
second vice president; Terry Blount,
immediate past president and
secretary-treasurer; Clarke Keys,
Tail Twister; T~B Blackburne, Lion
Tamer; and John Freeman, Jim
May, Ken Burtch and Roy Benson,
directors.
REGISTRATIONS ARE being,
accepted for a seminar to assist
employers in saving tax dollars and
worker compensation costs. The
seminar will be held Thursday, July-
17, at Northeast Texas Community
College and will address the laws and
procedures surrounding unemployed
compensation taxes, benefits and
worker’s Compensation from the
employer’s perspective. Facilities
can accommodate only 300, so early
registration is important. For
registration information or details,
contact Bryan Campbell or Billy
Lyles at the Mount Pleasant Em-
ployment Commission, 5FWffl41 or
Stan Adamson at 1 -8tHr;44Mtof)[r~’
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summer
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president
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semester at I'JC iSyJ
foi July 10-11 m the
Learning Center, ac-
i Di Eric Priest, vice
of student services.
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1986, newspaper, July 4, 1986; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776842/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.