The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1986 Page: 4 of 4
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Hopkins County their allies have done so many things
Chamber of Commerce, has sub- so well, though, that I feel extremely
President of
*—'HE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, August 1,
Phelps leaving
chamber position
Ed Phelps, executive
president of the
vice “Corsicana chamber leaders and
the Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors Ike Harper announced
Tuesday.
Phelps has accepted a similar
position with the Corsicana Chamber
of Commerce effective Sept. 1, 1986,
according to Harper.
“Ed has been extremely active and
an effective member of our com-
munity during his six years in
Sulphur Springs,” Harper said.
“Certainly we all wish Ed the best in
his new position.
.“Ed has done a good job
representing our chamber and
community, and he and his family
will be missed.”
More than 60 people, including
Phelps, were considered for the
Corsicana position, according to the
selection committee for the Cor-
sicana Chamber of Commerce.
“We were unanimous in our
decision and were immediately able
to negotiate terms and transition
plans that should please every in-
terested person,” a committee
member said.
Phelps said he and his family,
‘after a few bittersweet tears, are
Phelps has been in chamber
management for more than 20 years.
He is currently president of the
Northeast Texas Chamber
Executives Association, president of
the Hopkins County Community
Concert Association and president-
elect of the Sulphur Springs Rdtary
Club.
Phelps has been counseling with
Harper since being contacted by
Corsicana representatives, “so plans
for maintaining some consistency
during the absence of a chief paid
executive, and a smooth transition,
are well established,” Phelps said.
“It is so strange. A month ago I
Dancy, West celebrate
birthdays with party
A large pot of chicken stew was the
highlight of the birthday celebration
honoring Heta Mae Dancy and Audie
West Saturday. July 19.
The event was held at the Petross
home place in the Arbala community.
The stew, prepared 'by Francis
Huddleston and Fae Douglas, niece
and sister of Mrs. Dancy, with all the
trimmings alortg with a birthday cake
prepared by Jt> Ann Henderson, Mr.
West's daughter, was served to the
guests attending.
Those on hand toi celebrate the
honoree’s birthdays included Reagon
Petross, Wyman, Elsie and Melissa
Darden, Becky, James and Richard
Allen, Autry and Yadeida Darden,
Q.B. and Leona Maddos, Sammie
Petross.
Others included Jo Ann and Gary
Henderson, Reta Mae and Roy
Dance, Leon Montgomery of Idaho,
Jerry,* Francis; Adam and Aaron
Huddleston, Audie West, Fae Douglas
and Kristi Douglas of Paris.
Dale and Pam Drummond of Sulphur Bluff announce the
engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Jones, to Greg
Anderson, son of Billy and Debbie Anderson of Sulphur
Bluff. The couple plan to be married in the summer of 1987.
would have bet we’d be here another _ . .
20 years in Sulphur Springs,” Phelps CnCjaCjement AnnOUflCGO
continued. “Next thing you know,
we’re trying to sell our house and find
a new one 100 miles away!
“In some ways, we are just
heartbroken over the prospects of
leaving Hopkins County and Sulphur
Springs, being bouyed up only by the
new challenges and new friendships
to be gained.”
He added, “It is because the
____________________________,___ members of this Chamber of Com-
excited about becoming citizens of merce and the responsive citizens in Addren-Macedonia school reunion on
Navarro County. general are so bright and aggressive Saturday, Aug. 16, at the North
“The only scary thing about all this and thoughtful that we were able to Hopkins School Cafetorium. Note the
is to try to follow in the footsteps of make such giant strides. change from supper on Saturday
one of the finest chamber executives “I believe that by the year 2000, n>ght to the covered dish luncheon at
in all of Texas, as is Rex Carpenter,” Sulphur Springs will be bigger than the noon hour on Saturday, Aug. 16.
Phelps said, “who is retiring after 21 any other city within 60 miles, except There will be a reminder closer to the
years of service to the Corsicana maybe Tyler. And that’s only because date but since this is a new time,
Chief probation
officer is named
Mark Miller, 33, a South Dakota
native and former Brownwood
North Hopkins news*
It is nearing time for the annual
Chamber of Commerce.
they have a head start. ’
please advise your friends and
neighbors who might could come in
the day time hours and could not
come at night.
Glyn E. and Kathy Withrow, Becky
McCullar and friend Fred all of Ir-
ving have been here since Friday to
be with Francis Withrow who was re-
entered into ICU but is slightly im-
proved.
Mark, Suzanne and Casey W’eir of
Levelland spent the weekend 'here
with Thresa and Arville Wier. Casey
is spending this week with his
grandparents while Thresa is on
vacation from Bewleys Variety Store
in Cooper. Mark and Suzanne will
visit in Houston some of the week
Ida Belle Groves spent the weekend
in Quitman visiting with her son.
Clifton Groves, and family.
Some from here attended the
hamburger supper at Miller Grove
Saturday night honoring L.P “Pete''
Patterson, candidate for Congress.
Talent night presented by the
Youth Group at Birthright United
Methodist Church was well attended
Sunday night.
Gregg Martin had a friend Reggie
visiting him during the weekend.
Jimmy and Joyce Goldsmith and
granddaughter Amanda Edmonson
visited Sunday afternoon with Kim.
Ken and Karla Groves in Garland.
It is a shocking matter just how
many of our friends and neighbors
are sick, some in the hospital, some
ill at home, but among those are
Robert Evans, Red Coker, Jenell
Smiddy, Francis Withrow, Man
Denny, Homer Minty, Margie Webb,
Lydia Gregg, Mr. E.C. Coekrum
There may be others the writer does
not know about.
Kandice Greem spent Friday and
Saturday with Lou Ada and Malcom
Gregg. Sunday, Lou Ann. Rodney and
Kylie came to get Kandice and spent
the day.
Phyllis and Charles Palmer of
Longview, Margie and Raymond
Joines of Beaumont and Rickey,
Kathy and Amanda Glosup ate lunch
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Glosup.
Margie and Raymond Joines spent
the weekend with her mother, Mrs
Lillian Wood.
Mark Miller
assistant chief probation officer, has
been named chief adult probation
officer for Hopkins County’s 8th
Judicial District.
Miller assumed the position
Thursday after serving two years in
Brownwood.
He is a graduate of Augustana
College in South Dakota with a
criminal justice degree. After
moving to Texas in 1979, he joined the
Fort Worth probation office
Appointed by State District Judge
I-army Ramsay, Miller said he ex-
pects to add an assistant chief and a
line probation officer to the staff,
increasing the size from four people
to six people.
The office currently handles 450
active cases and another 600 that are
overseen by the office personnel, but
are active in other states or counties,
he said.
-Saltillo news
Price-Ford receives
award for service
New minister and family
Chuck Morrill has assumed duties of Minister of Music and
Youth at the Davis Street Baptist Church. He and his wife,
Nita, have one son, Joshua. Nita Morrill is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T.N. Gregory of Sulphur Springs. Chuck is a
1981 graduate of Stinnett High School in Stinnett and at-
tended the Baptist Bible College of Springfield, Mo. "My
basic goal," Morrill said, "is to reach out to minister to the
needs of people through music and youth work. Music is a
way of life for everyone and I want to enhance this to the
spiritual level." Morrill also said he is excited about being
i at Davis St. Baptist Church and in Sulphur Springs.
—Staff Photo by Bobby Burney
KDXE names
new director
Price-Ford Lincoln Mercury has
been awarded Ford Motor Com-
pany s “Great Performers" silver
award for outstanding division
performance in customer satisfaction
and sales.
“We're especially pleased to win
this award because it is based not
only on sales totals, but on customer
satisfaction,” Frankie Price, one of
the local dealership owner's, said.
“In effect, customers picked the
winners of this award," Bobby Price,
another owner, noted.
Great Performers award winners
are chosen on two criteria, according
to Ford, market penetration and
quality of sales and service. New car
sales were totaled for each dealership
and compared to local and national
averages.
In addition, new car buyers were
surveyed to determine their level of
satisfaction with each dealership,
and compared to local and national
averages on a “Customer Satisfac-
tion Index." *
Top performers in the program
The Saltillo Baptist Church will
have Sunday school at 9:30 Sunday
morning and dismiss for Stouts Creek
memorial day services to be held at
the community center at 10 a m A
program will follow the business
meeting The speaker will be I..B.
Morgan, pastor of the Saltillo Baptist
Church. Mr. and Mrs Earl I.anting
will give special music Lunch will be
served at noon
Mr and Mrs Y C McGill were m
Big Sandy Saturday afternoon to
attend the wedding of Mrs. McGill's
niece, Miss Jolene Poor, and Gregg
Lee Jolene is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs Billy Joe Poor She is the
granddaughter of Mrs Margaret
Walls of Weaver Paternal grand
parents were the late Mr. and Mrs
Henry Poor of Saltillo.
Miss Julie Hatched was dismissed
from Titus County Memorial Hospital
Friday to her home here
F A Hastings had a major heart
attack Friday and is in Memorial
Hospital in Sulphur Springs
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ray Adams of
Mount Vernon visited Mrs Carol
spent Monday wmi Mrs. Mary Jo
Hite
Mr and Mrs Terry Whitlock and
children of Phoenix. Ariz , visited
Sunday with Mr and Mrs Richard
Knapik
Mr. and Mrs K B McAfee at-
tended the Summer Concert in the
parl^mi Sulphur Springs Thursday
evenmk
Mrs vS^lva Morns of Greenwood
visited Mr and Mrs George Swain
Saturday
Mr. and Mrs.Jack Ivey wsisted his
brother Bill Ivey in Greenville
Saturday They were joined there by
another brother J B Ivey of Glen
Hose
Mr and Mrs I.irry Otterson of
l ncertain spent Monday with Mr
and Mrs I.oy Orren
were awarded a silver with gold Roberts Sunday Mr and Mrs
medallion, followed by a silver
medallion level, a bronze with silver
medallion level and a bronze level
“Independent national surveys
have consistently named Price-Ford
as having the highest level of
customers satisfaction of any
domestic automobile dealers," the
owners said. “So to be singled out as a
top Lincoln-Mercury dealer is a real
honor." .,
Bill
Barnes of Carthage, who are spen-
ding a few days at their home here,
also visited Mrs. Roberts Sunday.
Mrs Neva Whitten has returned
home from a several weeks visit in
Dallas and Mesquite
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson b ite visited
from Wednesday till Friday in Lone
Star with Mr. and Mrs. Runny Green
and children. They enjoyed a cookout
m Star Light Park.
Miss Dorothy Harper of Fort Worth
Chuck Lawrence has been named
program director for KDXE, a local
radio station, according to Mel Price,
general manager.
Lawrence joined KDXE at its in-
ception in 1982.
Rowe in England
for soccer tourney
Jason Rowe is making his mark on
the teenage soccer scene. The 14-
year-old grandson of Avon and Helen
Rowe of Sulphur Springs is par-
ticipating in the International Soccer
Tournament this month in Port-
smouth, England.
The young soccer star tried out as a
goalie and was one of 12 Irving
teenagers selected from the North
Texas area to compete in the
prestigeous Portsmouth tournament.
Jason plays for the Flame Soccer
Club of Dallas, coached by former
Tornado soccer star Bobby Moffat,
and he was a member of the Irving
Tors team that won the city and
North Texas state championship last
season.
He is a graduate of East Texas
State University with a bachelor of
science degree in broadcasting. He
has completed some work on a
master’s degree in multi media. He is
KDXE’s first program director.
Sandlin to host
tourney tor kids
The Sandlin Lake Bassmasters
fourth annual “Take a Kid Fishing
Tournament” and Open Bass
Tournament is scheduled Aug. 30 at
I.ake Bob Sandlin.
Weigh-in headquarters will be at
Junction Marina on the south side of
Highway 21 bridge.
Entries will be taken-on Friday,
Aug. 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. and on
Saturday, Aug. 30, beginning at 5
a.m. Mailed entries niist be post-
marked no later than Aug. 25.
» The tournament will be divided into
age groups. Youngsters 11 & under
will compete in Division I and the 12-
16 age group will compete in Division
II The entry fee will be $10
Harvell named
to assistant
principal slot
Betty Davis Harvell, formerly of
Sulphur Springs, has been named
asistant principal at A AM Con-
solidated High School in College
Station.
A 1959 graduate of Sulphur Springs
High School, she received a bachelor
of arts degree from East Texas State
University in 1962 where she was a
member of several honor societies.
In 1979 she received a master of
education degree from Texas A&M
University and completed an ad-
ministrative certification in 1980
Mrs. Harvell has been with A&M
Consolidated High School for 18 years
where she has served as English
teacher, yearbook adviser, depart-
ment head and principal of the
summer school program.
She will serve as 11th grade prin-
cipal and be responsible for •coor-
dinating all student activities and
attendance.
Mrs. Harvell is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Frat Davis of Sulphur
Springs.
Book unveiled
The Hopkins County Genealogical Society's
book on 203 Hopkins County pioneering
families was unveiled during a tea Saturday,
July 12, in the First National Bank com-
munity room. Seated, from left, Rita Adams
and Sylvia Kibart, autograph two copies of
the book, "Pioneers of Hopkins County,
Texas — Vol. 1" for Jack.. Alexander, stan-
ding right, and Michael Vermillion and his
mother, Mrs. John W. Vermillion, standing
back, as Adams' grandson, Adam Blalock
watches. The 348 page book was compiled,
written and edited by Adams and Kibart,
twho are sisters. For more information on the
book, which sells for $40, contact the
Genealogical Society. sun Photo «*ch*r<tn.n
Betty Harvell
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