The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1990 Page: 4 of 4
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4—THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, May 25,1990.
North Hopkins community news
Making her pitch
Ann Richards, state treasurer and Democratic candidate for governor
in the 1990 general election, makes her pitch to Democratic suppor-
ters at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center Saturday. Richards
came to speak at an “old-fashioned Democratic rally" sponsored by
the Hopkins County Democratic Women and the Democratic Party.
Entertainment was provided by The Sulphur River Jazz Band.
—Staff photo by Larry Barr
Mock disaster drill
highlights problems
Reilly Springs community news
By VERDA WITHROW
North Hopkins Correspondent
The North Hopkins Volunteer
Fire Department will sponsor a
show Saturday, May 26 from 11
a.m. until 1 p.m. at the North Hop-
kins School Cafelorium. Donations
will be appreciated.
A bridal shower was well atten-
ded Sunday at the Tira Center for
-Kristi Boggs and Chris Petty.
Bill Rogers and wife Jan was
honored with a luncheon at Tira
Methodist Church Sunday. Minister
Rogers is retiring after several
years of preaching.
Due to rain the Old Tarrant
Cemetery group had to meet at the
North Hopkins School Cafeteria at
11 a m. George Shugart and Buford
Beeson participated in an inspiring
flag-raising ceremony.
Tom Estes and Randell Herman
remain ill in Baylor Hospital.
Doris Nell (Horn) Moon and
husband will soon be moving to
By MARY VANCE
Sulphur Bluff Correspondent
Mother’s Day was a happy occa-
sion at Sulphur Bluff Methodist
Church with family members
celebrating togetherness in the
church with mothers and their
families. This brought former
members, new members and guests
for their first time in attendance.
Members of the Flonnie
Bassham family present were three
of her children, several
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren. Dinner at Western
Sizzlin was enjoyed afterward.
The special occasion for them
was the baptism of Oren Singleton
and his admission into the church.
Members of the group were:
Flonnie Bassham, Oren and Wanda
Singleton, son, George Bassham of
this area. Also, Ollibell Holly of
Tyler, Shirley McCaskey, Angela
Gordon, Gregg and Holley of Dal-
las, Lance McCaskey of
Richardson, Linda and Vemer Ul-
rich, Keardan, Jonathan, Jason and
Lube of Garland.
Also attending was a friend of
the family. Dr. Bruce Henry of Dal-
las.
Carl and Debbie Bryan had
family members with them for the
Mother’s Day services. They were
Brandon, son; Carl’s sister’s family,
Durwood and Mary Foote, Amy
and Angie, nieces, Carl’s mother
Lola Bryan, Debbie’s mother, Clara
Mauison and a brother’s family.
Gene and Tammy Mattison.
Monday, 14th, the Sulphur Bluff
E.H.E. Club met in the home of
Gerry Burleson for the regular
monthly meeting with nine present.
Those present were, Era Bartlett,
Audrey Palmer, Nell Shipp, Eva
Dehart, Lutie Patterson, Wandas
Dariey, Gertrude Bassham and
Mary Vance.
The program was on the showing
of craft ideas developed and used,
different ideas, napkin holders,
magnetic ornaments for metallic
surfaces, decorated childs broom,
Christmas wreath formation and
others.
June meeting is to be held in Era
Bartlett's home with a program on
dolls. This will be a very interesting
program. As dolls are among the
first toys chidren use. To be able to
produce such an important object
for learning and play for the child’s
growth and development nothing
could be of greater value, and helps
keep old heads young.
Thursday evening the Sulphur
Bluff Methodist Church charge
with three of the four church
charge, met in the Tira church for
the purpose of selection of a
replacement pastor, since Bill
Rogers, the present pastor is retir-
ing in June from the ministry Dis-
trict Superintendent, Mike Haynes
of Paris met with the group for dis-
cussion and decision. Another
meeting was called for Sunday at
5:30 pm. for further discussion. A
student pastor will be the replace-
ment pastor. Sunday, Tira church
attended the meeting Churches
represented were Nelta, Tira and
Sulphur Bluff.
A meeting for the 31st has been
scheduled to complete discussions.
May 15, The Lillie Dribblers of
Sulphur Bluff school had a honors
banquet for their coaches and
players, both boys and girls. Mur-
ray’s barbeque was served. Plaques
arid awards were given students
and coaches.
Tuesday night the pre-kindergar-
ten students had their graduation
program consisting of 17 students,
which will be the graduates of
2003. So we’re looking into the dis-
tant future of only 13 years. Fol-
lowing the kindergarten graduation,
the P.T.O met for their regular
meeting of the month. Following
the bwiness session the officers
were installed as follows for 1990-
1991:
President, Tammie Holland; vice
president. Phylis South; secretary,
Carol Rose; treasurer, Stephen
Brows; reporter. Dean Ragsdale
Friday was a super day and night
for the eigtb graders when they
i—mto a junior high party.
Sulphur Springs to make their
home.
Modene and Lucille Hom and
Ruth Chapman took Gay Chapman
to Dallas for a check-up. While
there, Bert Chapman took them out
to eat lunch.
Kenny Chapman and daughter
Heather came to visit Guy and Ruth
during the weekend.
The North Hopkins graduates
and sponsors spent four days at
Padre Island.
The graduates are: Rosa
Coursey, David Stribling, Tonya
Wilson, Tina Villareal, Chelle
Smith, Aaron McGuffey, Sandra
Lawson, Pam Ramsey, Leigh Ann
Harris, Steven Hague, Sharon
Goodson, Kristi Denny, Turrisa
Dugnolle.
Annual memorial services will
be held at North Hopkins Cemetery
Sunday, May 27.
Aiguier Cemetery Memorial will
take place June 3.
Freeman Parish still improves at
his home.
which included skating and pizza at
Mazzio’s in Greenville. Then back
to Sulphur Bluff for a night’s
“lock-in party” in the school gym.
The time was spent in various
ways, games, dancing, contests,
story telling and fun things in
eneral of interest at their age level,
aturday morning, they had
breakfast and headed home, happy
and well spent.
Sponsors for the occasion were,
Phylis Brown, Kim and Terry
Bartley, Tammi Holland and Perry
Evans and Millie Duncan.
Saturday, Oren and Wanda
Singleton and Zelda Ward attended
the Past Matrons and Past Patrons
Association, District, I, section 3
meeting in the Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge.
Attending the fun and frolic fes-
tivities in Sulphur Springs Saturday
from Sulphur Bluff were Wanda
Dariey, Nell Shipp, Putt and
Gertrude Bassham, Claudie and
Lutie Patterson, Wanda and Oren
Singleton, all sponsoring Wanda’s
mother, Flonnie Bassham, can-
didate for outstanding senior citizen
of the year. She didn’t win first
place in the competition but she has
won first place in our hearts for her
many, many years of service.
Saturday, at the Spring Festival
of the Heritage Park in Sulphur
Springs, Stephen Brown was back
in the department of broom
making. Era Bartlett and Odessa
Bearden were back at their crafts
and churning for butter, Chong
Huie Mullins and Mary Vance were
at the com husk doll making
demonstration.
Charles and Carolyn Bennett
with her mother Helen Gatchell
spent Saturday at Lucas.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Freddy Hurst of
Sulphur Springs announce the birth
of a daughter at 4:20 p.m. Friday at
Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Dion McDonald of
Sulphur Springs announce the birth
of a daughter at 3:57 p.m. Friday at
Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James Duckworth
of Dike anno«ne£'tne birth of a
daughter at 8:00 p.m. Friday at
Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital.
By SCOTT KEYS
The Highway 19 Association
received a near-fatal blow Monday
when it was informed by officials
from the state transportation office
that State Highway 19 would not be
included in the Texas Highway
Trunk System.
Association president Bill Mc-
Cool received a letter from Robert
Cuellar of the state’s transportation
division detailing the routes to be
included in the trunk system, routes
that did not include Highway 19.
“We are disappointed, but we are
not going to give up as a group,”
McCool said. “From what I am
told, there is a possibility that some
highways may be added to the
trunk system. While none of the
highways now on the list will be
taken off, some might be added."
If Highway 19 is going to be in-
cluded in the project, which will
widen the included highways in to
four lanes, the decision will come
during a hearing June 20 in Austin.
The hearing, which will be held in
the Lyndon Baines Johnson
Auditorium at the comer of Red
River and 24th streets, will begin at
lOajn.
At the hearing, interested parries
will be allowed to speak before the
transportation committee, which
will make a final decision on which
highways will be included in the
system sometime after the hearing.
“We are going to try and have as
many people at the hearing as pos-
By TIM PARETI
A lack of communication and
manpower were some of the
problems addressed in a briefing
session after city and county agen-
cies conducted a mock disaster drill
last Saturday afternoon.
For the first lime ever, the Sul-
phur Springs firemen, policemen,,
sheriff deputies, DPS officers,
emergency medical paramedics and
employees of the Hopkins County
Hospital joined forces in a mock
toxic chemical spill scenario which
proved to be an “eye awakening”
experience. And although there
were obvious problems in the drill,
practice does make perfect,
scenario observer Erika Lochncr
noted.
“It was a good learning ex-
perience,” Lochner said. “And we
definitely identified areas to im-
prove on.”
The scenario, a pickup truck
loaded with 10 passengers crashing
into a tanker-truck carrying the
toxic chemical vinyl acetate, gave
hazardous material experts an idea
how well agencies could work
together in a real toxic chemical
spill.
sible to show our support for
Highway 19,” McCool said.
“There is still room for us to get in,
but we must show support for the
project.”
While public support at the hear-
ing will be important, McCool said
that he believes a strong leuer-writ-
ing campaign may make the dif-
ference.
The association is hoping
residents and businesses from all
10 counties along Highway 19 will
write letters to the transportation
committee in support of the project.
“They (the committee) received
1,000 letters from the Weatherford
area and it helped put them on the
system,” McCool said. “We hope
to get 2,000-3,000 letters for
Highway 19, which might get us
on.”
“If residents or businesses will
write letters in support of Highway
19 and leave them either at the
Hopkins County Chamber of
Commerce office, County Judge
Joe Pogue's office or with me, we
will send them down to Austin,” he
said.
For those who will mail their
own letters of support, McCool said
they should be sent to Robert
Cuellar, Transportation Planning
Division, P.O. Box 5051, Austin,
Texas, 78763-5051.
“It would be great if we could
get 200-300 liters from this
county. That would really help,”
McCool said. “We are going lo
keep trying to get us on that sys-
tem. We aren’t dead yet”
But unexpected problems occur-
red in the exercise. Several police
and firemen were unnecessarily
“conlanimatcd” in the drill along
with several observers. Also, the
accident victims were treated two
hours after the accident, and some
victims actually drove to the
hospital.
Contaminated victims were not
properly decontaminated at the
scene which would have harmed
emergency medical crews on the
scene, Lochner said. Also, the
central command post proved to be*
inefficient, which caused mass con-
fusion between firemen, policemen
and medical crews.
During the rescue operation,
several oxygen tanks ran dly in the
contaminated area, which would
have exposed firemen to the toxic
chemical. Also, a pickup truck was
driven into the contaminated area
and could have ignited the highly
flammable chemical, hazardous
material expert and coordinator of
die drill Rex Morgan said.
“People took the drill loo lightly
because it was a mock situation,
Morgan said. “Also, since they
were not familiar with the chemi-
cal, they took the dangers of the
spill too seriously. And that’s why
it took a long time for them to get
the victims to the hospital.”
A similar drill will be conducted
in one month to work out some
problems, Morgan said. “We have
definitely identified some areas to
improve on.”
By ELLIE SWINDELL
Reilly Springs Correspondent
Bobby and Jo Lynn Morris are
here from Alaska to visit her
mother Kathy Dickens and her
grandparents John and Marjorie
Wallace, and to be with her father
Wayne Bookman, who has suffered
a heart attack.
Peggy and Jack Smith of Cor-
sicana visited her mothef Luvena
Owens Mother’s Day.
Memorial Day services were at-
tended Sunday with a morning ser-
vice and lunch at noon and the af-
temnoon spent in visiting. Former
residents from as far away as
California and Tennessee attended.
Bobie Sue Durr and Ann
Minyard were in Sulphur Springs
the 16th of May to visit their
mother Reba Ponder on her 82nd
birthday. Mrs. Ponder is a resident
of Sulphur Springs Nursing Home.
They asked her if she could do
anything she wanted to what would
it be. She answered, “I’d go danc-
ing.” Grant Bailey, son of Gary and
Donna Bailey, was a participant in
a soccer tournament in the Colony
on Saturday and was the winner of
a first place trophy. He and his sis-
ter Alstin spent the weekend with
their aunt Mrs. Thomas Welch of
Seagoville.
Ann Minyard and Bobbie Sue
Durr were in Dallas Thursday to
meet Robert Arch Williams and Ol-
lygene Williams McDaniel of
Cypress, Calif., who are spending
several days visiting relatives and
friends. They attended Memorial
Day services here Sunday.
Barbara Williamson and Jennifer
Shappard of Mesquite and Myma
and Bob Pickard of Fort Worth
were guests of Elbe Swindell Sun-
day and attended Memorial Day
services.
John and Nancy Browning hos-
ted a neighborhood party at their
home in Reilly Springs Saturday
night.
The delightful affair was given to
help the neighbors in that area get
better acquainted with the new-
comers.
Those attending were Robert and
Jo Wallace, Bob and Faye Mowell,
Cyrie and Ruby Swindell, Luvena
Owens, Elbe Swindell, Shawn Mc-
Larry, Chad and Tony Swindell of
Cooper. Rachel Browning also had
a her guest Kayle Burkham.
Vera Harrington was in Dallas
Friday to visit her brother Frankie
Price who was a patient at Baylor
Hospital.
Dan and Janie McLarry were in
Plano Saturday to attend a soccer
tournament in which their son
Chris McLarry was a participant,
and on Sunday afternoon Luvena
Owens, his grandmother, and
Shawn McLarry attended the
games.
Margie and Ronnie Peek had as
guests this weekend her daughters
and their families, Suzette and
Charley Thornton and daughters
Charlsea, Vickie and Boby Roh-
leder and daughters Miranda and
Sara of Joshua. While here they
celebrated Margie’s birthday.
Susan Whitson, daughter of Jerry
and Betsy Whitson, was a member
of the graduating class at East
Texas Stale University in Com-
merce where she was on the dean’s
list. *
Saturday night is the monthly
covered dish supper at the Reilly
Springs United Methodist Church.
The lime is 6 p.m. and all arc urged
to attend.
Myra and Gary Bums attended
Memorial Day services at
Greenpond Baptist Church Sunday.
Vaughan wins
runoff election
By TIM PARETI
The race for place 6 on the Sul-
phur Springs City Council is finally
over and a new councilman has
emerged - Mike Vaughan.
Vaughan, a regional manager for
McDonald’s, defeated his op-
ponent, former mayor and
councilman David Baucom, by 180
votes. Baucom received a total of
204 votes to Vaughan’s 384 votes.
Vaughan and Baucom squared
off in a run-off election because
neither candidate won the majority
vote during the general election.
The new councilmember will
replace Jim Dobson, who decided
not lo run for re-election.
Vaughan attributed his victory in
the run-off election to the support
from various members of the com-
munity.
“I received a wide area of sup-
port from different people,”
Vaughan said. “There wasn’t a cer-
tain group that only supported me.”
“I really appreciate the voter
turnout and I thank them for all of
their support,” Vaughan said. “I
hope to serve the city the best way I
can in the next three years.”
During a campaign speech at a
political forum last month, Vaughan
said he would support a half cent
raise in the city’s sales tax.
“It may not be a popular idea,
but we need to raise the sales tax a
half cent in order to accomplish
some of the needs of our city,”
Vaughan said. “There are five areas
the city needs to focus on and they
are city drainage, Cooper Lake,
economic development, youth
development and the growth of the
community. In 10 years from now, I
would like to see Sulphur Springs
become the star of Northeast
Texas.”
A graduate of Clarksville High
School, Vaughan worked seven
years at Piggly Wiggly food stores
as a store manager and nine years
at McDoanald’s. He currently ser-
ves as a co-chairman on the Cham-
ber of Commerce’ Small Business
Committee and is a baseball com-
missioner for the Hopkins County
Boys Baseball League.
Vaughan will Begin his three-
year city council term during the
council’s next regular meeting on
June 5.
He will join Ron Lummus, Mar-
gin Latham, Jim Thompson, Orville
Walker, Lydia Bryant and Aubrey'
Washington on the city council.
Ministerial
nominees
are sought
Nominations are being sought for
the most outstanding rural minister
of Texas for 1990. "The rural minis-
ter might be considered an unsung
hero, and where that’s the case, his
associates can bring some special
recognition to him,” said Dr. David
Ruesink, a sociologist with the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.
Ruesink said the award is given
annually by the Progressive Farmer
magazine during the annual Town
and Country Church Conference,
scheduled for October 1-2, at Texas
A&M University.
Prize winner
Dustin Ballard, left, rec
Wisenbaker for being t
Hopkins County Boy i Baseball fundraiser. Ballard, program,
a five-year-old Pee Wee League player, sold 119 bars
Dustin Ballard, left receives a television from Beth of candy. More than any other boy in the baseball
Wisenbaker for being the first prise winner in the program. Overall, $13,000 was ’ raised for the
—Staff a* Larry Parr
Sulphur Bluff community news
Hwy. 19 possibly out
of state trunk system
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