The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 204, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1999 Page: 4 of 4
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4 — THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO. Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, December 31,1999
COMMUNITYNews
Reports From Our Area Correspondents
REILLY SPRINGS
By Hobby McDonald
Christmas hus come und gone. I
trust that everyone has survived all
the tun. fellowship, fellowship und
good cooking Probably, there are
several of you that share the senti-
ments (hut Bob Woodruff expresses
about Christmas. He says that the
prettiest Christmas lights are the
"twinkling Util-lights from the curs of
the kids and grundkids us they leave"
to go home.
With Christmas celebrated und all
the wrupping puper burned und the
gifts put awuy. we can all look for-
ward to a new year und a new centu-
ry. even a new millennium. Things
have changed drasticully in our world
m the lust century Several in the
community have decided to bury a
2000 lime capsule ai the cemetery on
New Year’s Duy at 1:30. We usk thul
anyone in the community bring sto-
ries. pictures und mementos to he
included in the capsule. We will erect
u marker und designate that it be
opened in 30 years.
I am quite sure that things will be
much different in 2050, und our con-
tributions will be appreciated. You
cun bring your items to the communi-
ty New Year s Eve party on Friday
night, at the community center, from
8 p in lo midnight or you cun contact
me as well. Anyone is welcome to
attend on Saturday afternoon, when
we bury the capsule.
I visited with Aunt Sybil McClen-
don in Sulphur Springs on Christmas
Eve und she reluted u story from the
1930‘s about getting thrown by a
mule. It seems that my granddad hud
a red mule by the name of Kit. Aunt
Sybil and my dad were going to ride
her. It was ruining und after they got
on the mule. Aunt Sybil opened an
umhrcllu und the mule went wild,
throwing both of them. Dud und Aunt
Sybil ulso told me uboul some of the
Christmas gifts thul they received us
children Do any of you remember
tom walkers, wheel und paddles und
home made sling shots?
We want lo express our sympathy
lo the family of Dottie Swindle Sharp,
who passed away this past week. Dot-
tie was the daughter of Carlisle and
Becky Swindle und grew up in Reilly
Springs. Robert and Putty Swindle
from McLean, Va. and Janet Neylon
from Kuly were here for the services
on Thursday at the cemetery.
The Reilly Springs Quilting Group
celebrated with a Christmas party at
Pizza Inn in Sulphur Springs. They
returned to the church und enjoyed
visitors Nell Wilkinson Rysak, Wan-
da Wilkinson. Billy Wilkinson. Eliza-
beth Young und Mike und Sue Young.
Ellie Swindell, Vera Harrington and
Enola Gay look the BGM Christmas
tour und enjoyed stops in Jefferson,
Marshall and Shreveport. La. They
reported a fabulous meal in Shreve-
port and beautiful Christmas decora-
tions all along the lour.
George and Ann Minyard hud as
their Christmas guests, Randy und
Johnna Crum. Kellie, Karsyn, Dane
und Tanner, from Fort Worth, Suzie,
Andy, Whitney und Kalea Rodgers,
from Sulphur Springs.
Bryant and Marilee Fisher, J.R. and
Blake enjoyed Christmas with Mrs.
Ethel Winton in Sulphur Springs.
They were accompanied by Dennis
and Diana Winton and Jennifer of
Fort Worth.
Vera Harrington had as her guests
for Christmas, Larry and Mary Bums,
Elizabeth and Caroline, from Waxu-
hachi, and Mitzie Harrington and
Ricky Moody from Cedar Hill. They
all enjoyed Christmas at Vera’s and
then went to Billy and Janet Price’s
for a visit and to Greg Price’s home at
home on the David Stribiing place on
Christmas Eve.
All of Ellie Swindell’s family met
in Sunnyvale for Christmas and had
an enjoyable time. Family members
traveled from Indianapolis, Ind., and
South Carolina to attend.
We all have so many things to be
thankful for as we approach the New
Year and are blessed in so many
ways. Let’s all of us make an effort to
write down those things and look
around the house for interesting mem-
orabilia to include in the time capsule.
Lake Cypress Springs. Elizabeth had This will be an opportunity to share
the chicken pox while visiting Vera, our lives at the present and interesting
but it was reported it did not slow her glimpses of the past with a future
down much. generation. Fifty years from now,
Vera has also been selected to serve even the simplest mementos will be
Sally Mayes Hamilton was sur-
prised with a unique gift from her
husband, T.C., for Christmas. She
received a big windmill. It is mount-
ed on the Mayham Ranch near High-
way 71 and it adds to the appearance
of the ranch. The guys that sit at the
table at Domer’s store think that the
windmill should work fine due to the
abundance of hot air over on the
Mayhem.
T.C. and Sally Hamilton celebrated
their 34th anniversary on Monday,
Dec. 27.1 am amazed that Sally has
survived and is still going strong after
34 years with Tom Cat.
Mervin Chester will be honored by
his children with a birthday chili sup-
r on Saturday, Jan. 8, at the Sulphur
/era has also been selected to serve . \Vr,v 7 per on Saturday, Jan. », at tne auipnur
the United Stales Department of significant if even half of the changes community center. The meal
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Agriculture Beef Promotion Board on
Ihe National level. The board pro-
motes beef consumption and research
and will have their first meeting in
Jan. in Phoenix, Ariz.
Brandon, Becky and Lexie Slrib-
are made that we have experienced
the last 50 years. Have a safe extend-
ed holiday this week and we all hope
to see you on Saturday to bury the
time capsule.
Hart new GM at Aircraft Components
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other business transactions. He’s done
work lor me for 10. 12 yeurs."
In fact. Hurl said. Barr had spoken
with him about his plans for expand-
ing ACM over the coming years on
the day before Barr 's plane crashed.
"The main thing is to keep the
business on u steady growth pattern
like in the past," Hart said.
"| He I was talking aboul possibly
expanding to Waco and building
unother division ... Right now, |Ihe
company | is muxed-out on capacity.
so we ll expand in Sulphur Springs
first before we think uboul other
plans," said Hart. “We'll build anoth-
er building ucross from here.
"I consider Aircraft Components
one of the leading companies for uir-
crafl furniture, so coming over here is
really an honor." he suid. "It’s an hon-
or to tuke over the business. I consid-
er Ihe company one of the best in Ihe
world us a manufacturer for aircraft
furnishings.”
Aircraft Components, which
employs 64 people, specializes in cus-
tom interior furnishing for corporate
customers all over the world. The
company is currently working on
designing the interior of a Hoeing 737
corporate jet. Aircrult Components
will make all furnishings, including
the lavutories, closets, tubles, furni-
ture for the lounge, conference room
and corporate bedroom und
restrooms.
"We do the engineering und design
work and manufacturing of the com-
ponents ... They bring us the concept,
und we tuke from thul and build the
carpentry ... We directly work with
our customers."
Aircruft Components utilizes the
skill of specially trained craftsman to
build all of the parts.
It works in cooperation with Paris
Junior College to train individuals for
Ihe trade.
Aircraft the company has furnished
include Boeing 737, 747, 757 wide-
hody jets, Douglas DC-9s and
McDonnell Douglas MD-lls. The
company has also subcontracted for
Gulfstream und Challenger business
jets.
Cox-Fox dispute not just a local issue
Hello to you all from Arbala. I tru-
ly hope you had a wonderful Christ-
mas Holiday. Sorry I missed you last
week. After a houseful of company
over for supper on Saturday the 18th,
work on Sunday and packing the
family van for a long trip to Ttn-
nessee, I sort of got behind on Ihe
urticle.
I will try to fill you in on a few
events. The most important one was
the Arbala Kids Klub Christmas pro-
gram that set the Christmas Spirit. A
really big thank you goes out to the
Cozines who sponsored a Christmas
dinner for Ihe members of the Arbala
United Methodist Church and their
families. Thanks goes to them for also
including my Emergency Medical
Services crew, since I was on duty
that day. Prior to the wonderful meal y
in the Evergreen Room of the Holi- a,ten<,>
will be served beginning at 6 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Special birthday wishes go out to a
special lady, Mrs. Fleta Mayes of Sul-
phur Springs. The Hamilton family
will celebrate Mrs. Mayes' birthday
on Dec. 30, with a birthday dinner
and festivities.
Geoff Sweeney of Sulphur Bluff
passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 15,
as the result of an automobile acci-
dent. Services were held at West Oaks
Funeral Home. Our sincere sympathy
to Kim and the rest of the Sweeney
family.
My cousin, Mary Sue Zaidle, of
Garland passed away on Monday,
Dec. 20, at the age of 72. Mary Sue
was the daughter of the late George
and Ruth Tanton Chandler. Funeral
services were held December 23 in
Ennis. Our thoughts and prayers are
with l.eon and his family at this time.
The Sulphur Bluff Cemetery Board
will hold its regular quarterly meeting
on Thursday, Jan. 6. at the communi-
ty center beginning at 7 p.m. All
interested parties are welcomed to
Continued From Page One
Cox Communications serves more
Ihun 5,900 customers in Sulphur
Springs und about six million nation-
wide. While not all Cox systems
would be affected —. independently
owned und operuled Fox uffiliates
strike their own deals with cable com-
panies — Raymond Greenwood,
regional manager for Cox Communi-
cations, said he believes an agreement
will he reached eventually.
"It’s important to us to have them."
he said. “We want them on there, our
customers wunl them, and I think it’s
important for Fox to be there, us well.
They need lo be in those homes.
Their advertisers want their programs
and their advertisements in front of
those people."
Greenwood said the negotiations
are confidential, but certain demands
would be "deal breakers."
"Anything that will drive rates up.
for exumple, or unything that will
have a negative impact to our cus-
tomers in some manner." he said. "It's
a very competitive market, und we're
very cureful aboul that."
Greenwood recalled one instance at
unother cable company where u
broadcaster wanted $ I per subscriber,
per month, from the cable provider,
significantly more than most broad-
casters receive.
"Our agreements with our other
broadcasters were that if we paid any-
body money, we paid everybody
money, so it was not just $ I increase,
but $4 a month per customers, plus
fees and taxes," Greenwood said.
"Thai's absurd."
In another case, a station wanted
rights to access other channels for
additional programming.
"Thul might be well and good, if I
know what it is," Greenwod suid. "If
it's good content, then it's fine, but I
don't want lo put an infomercial
channel on. or another shopping
channel.
"If it's something that's beneficial
to our subscribers, then generally we
can work something out," he added.
"In the past six years, Cox has only
hud two broadcasters (hat refused to
let us have their signals, und they
came to an agreement a lew days
(after the deadline|.”
Greenwood also suid there could be
problems picking up another Fox
affiliate if the ugreemenl is not
reached.
"There are other rules that dictate
blackouts, and Fox might not want its
affiliates to provide that signal, even
if it was available," he said. "It’s not
as simple as just turning a dial und
bringing another Fox in.
Should no agreement be reached
ultimately, the only way local resi-
dents will be able to receive the Fox
station in Dallas will be through a
strong antenna or, thanks to new laws,
a satellite dish. While residents of
Sulphur Springs and the outlying
areas have only been able to receive
Dallas stations through the local cable
provider, the ever-evolving telecom-
munications world has changed that.
The Satellite Home Viewer
Improvement Act, signed into law
earlier this year, allows satellite cus-
tomers to receive broadcasts through
satellite dishes. Under previous law,
satellite customers were prohibited
from receiving local broadcasting
unless they were unable to get the sig-
nal through antenna and had not had
cable service for 90 days.
Neka Jo Mayo, co-owner of Mayo
Refrigeration and Appliance, a dis-
tributor for Dish Network, said Hop-
kins County residents can now quali-
fy to receive the four major network
affiliates in Dallas — channels 4,5, 8
and 11 — on their satellite systems. A
satellite dish costs about $200, plus
installation, and the cost of adding the
Dallas stations to the programming
packages is $4.99 a month.
“You used to have to jyait 90 days
after receiving cable service, but with
the new law, they don't have to wait
anymore," Mayo said.
There are some restrictions for
receiving the Dallas broadcasts by
satellite, but Mayo said most, if not
all, of Hopkins County qualifies.
“I know that people in Winnsboro,
Scroggins and Mount Pleasant don't
qualify because they can receive
broadcasts from Tyler, but most or all
of Hopkins County can qualify," she
said.
New library gets new furniture to match
day Inn the children were given treats
to keep them busy!
I hope everyone had as meaningful
a Christmas as I did. Since moving to
Texas, I have somehow failed to
make it home to Tennessee for Christ-
mas. So has an aunt of mine who had
moved to Ohio. This was quite some
homecoming for us all. We were able
to meet up with a great aunt that was
leaving for Michigan to live with her
son immediately after Christmas due
to medical problems. We knew in our
hearts this would probably be our last
Christmas with her.
I was also able to spend precious
time with another aunt who has some
serious medical problems. We treated
this holiday time as it may be the last
one we ever have together. Sure there
was a lot of tears, hugs and reminisc-
ing, but the time was all worth it.
SULPHUR BLUFF
By Jimmy Bonham_
I hope everyone had an enjoyable
and safe Christmas and prepared for
the New Year.
A retirement reception for Jane
Cox, employee of the Alliance Bank
of Commerce, was held last week to
honor her for many years of service.
Jane is the wife of the famous and
notorious Joe Fred Cox.
Bonita Bassham reported that she
visited with one of her foriper Nelt
school teachers at the Nelta Home-
coming this past summer. Mr. Lewis
Day was Bonita's teacher her fresh-
man year. Mr. Day also taught my
brother-in-law, C.R. Williams, during
his early school career at Prairieview
School. Prairieview School was locat-
ed east of the Bluff on the J.L.
Hedrick property. Mr. Day, a loyal
reader of the Sulphur Bluff News,
now resides in Shreveport. I look for-
ward to visiting with Mr. Day one
day.
The Singletons recently returned
from a family vacation in South Car-
olina. All members of four genera-
tions were together. Oren, Wanda,
their daughter Shirley, son-in-law,
Bruce Henry, their grandsons, Lance
and Reese McCaskey with their
wives Patty and Deborah, their four
great-grandchildren, Meghan, Lance
Bryant, Morgan and Connor
McCaskey.
They spent eight days on the ocean
resort called Wild Dunes near
Charleston. Highlights of the trip
were a boat ride out to historical Fort
Sumpter National Monument and
museum, also a lour of historical
Charleston downtown in a horse
drawn carriage. Lots of golfing, shop-
ping, etc. Most of all grandma and
By BRUCE ALSOBROOK
As Kathryn St. Claire watched city
workers move tables and chairs into
the new Sulphur Springs Library
Tuesday morning, you could almost
see the wheels turning in her mind,
envisioning where each piece would
8“
It's been a long time coming for St.
Claire, the city's director of library
services, who's walked through the
new facility before the walls went up.
and countless times on paper
The furniture delivery is one of the
final pieces in the puzzle to open the
facility.
The new library will open some-
time after the first of the year. No
official date has been set for the
move, but 30 days have been budget-
ed to complete the transition from old
to new.
“That's actually a shorter time than
most libraries of the size that we're
dealing with, but we're going to give
it a go.’ St. Claire said. "We've done
a lot of pre-work that should help,
and we're doing it in increments.’
The library staff has been taking
names for about two months of vol-
unteers to help in the move.
’We're going to need a lot of vol-
unteer help,’ she said. "We're proba-
Wy going to have to switch our hours.
I have a feeling we're going to work a
lot of nights, because that way we can
better make use of people in the com-
munity who want to help.'
Anyone, young or old, can help.
’Children are just great for darting
in and out of aisles to get stuff out of
the way. and (hey love helping out in
their library.’ she said.
The new library will not only have
more space for more materials. It will
also allow the staff to actually
bee the art of library science
to bring us up to where we should he.
and actually move us beyond."
The new facility will help bridge
the information technologies of two
centuries, as well as provide the com-
munity with a central information sta-
tion that should age well with time.
"We couldn't even see this seven
years ago, and that says something to
me about the prevalent needs and atti-
tudes in the community," St. Claire
said. "This library is built for people
who we've yet to hear their first cry.
It's our legacy to those children who
haven't even been bom yet.
"I try to think sometimes about
what was here that somebody left for
me. that they were kind enough to
say, 'There's someone coming after
me. and I would want them to have
ly from an automated, networked sys-
tem that will allow people to view the
facility's catalog from their homes.
"The automated system that the
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will be closed on Saturday.
Susan Arrington, employee of the
Sulphur Springs Alliance Bank,
reports that she has been quite busy
this.11 think Sulphur Springs has done 1
so well by its future citizens where ,he ,ntemet
City Council so generously approved recently preparing New Year’s reso-
for us will put us right on top of lutions. She alw informs me that she
things," St. Claire said. "People will “d her chickens are Y2-OK and
be able to sec our database through
and playing with the great-grandchil-
dren. ages 5, 3,3 and I.
Arthur Prather had hernia surgery
Wednesday in Natchez, Miss. Every-
thing went well.
I wish everyone a happy and pros-
perous New Year. I hope everyone
enjoys the black-eye peas and Bowl
games.
this library's concerned."
The library itself will benefit great-
"That's an innovation that has only
happened in the last three years.’
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Keys, Scott & Lamb, Bill. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 204, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1999, newspaper, December 31, 1999; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779918/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.