The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1988 Page: 4 of 4
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4—THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, September 9,1988.
Club 9{ezus
County 4 Council
The County 4-H Council and
officer workshop was held Monday,
Aug. 22, at the First National Bank
Community Room, with ap-
proximately 55 4-H’ers and adults
in attendance.
Marci McKinzie called the meet-
ing to order and Amy Rabun led the
4-H Motto and Pledge. Susan
Lindley read the minutes of the last
meeting and a financial report was
given.
Following club reports, the 4-H
Achievement Banquet was discus-
sed. A banquet committee was
selected to make final plans.
Council members also voted to
have buyers of 4-H project animals
recognized at the banquet
The council voted to have an
entry in the Fall Festival parade. 4-
H’ers will dress as clowns and dis-
tribute candy. Council also voted to
sponsor a Bike-A-Thon, Walk-A-
Thon as the United Way fund
raiser. The date has been sei for Sa-
turday, Nov. 12, in City Park at 10
a.m.
A planning committee will draw
up a pledge sheet and plan details.
Sunday, Oct. 2, was set for the flag
ceremony to kick-off National 4-H
Week. It will hp held at 1:30 p.m. at
the Courthouse!' An honorary 4-H
member will be recognized during
National 4-H Week. This will be
the first baby bom during the week
and will be recognized by a certifi-
cate and newspaper coverage.
Under miscellaneous business,
council approved the purchase of
an incubator for the Egg-to-Chick
School Enrichment program. The
meeting was adjourned and officer
traning was conducted by Mc-
Kinzie and Rabun, assisted by
Johanna Hicks. Refreshments were
served by Cumby and Bright Star
4-H clubs. Council reporter is
Laura Lennon of the Stars of Texas
4-H Club.
tParties
Martin Springs party
A Going-to-School party was
held Saturday, Aug. 27, in the home
of Arvis and Sheila Tanton.
Invited were kindergarten
students of Martin Springs Baptist
Church.
The children enjoyed a time of
fun and games before eating hot
dogs and ice cream sundaes.
Decorations and party favors
were centered around a Crayola
theme.
Reunions
Capenter family
Anniversaries
Qolden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. A.A. (Shorty) Mor-
ris of Como will observe their
Golden Wedding Anniversary Sept.
10. They will be honored with a
reception Saturday, Sept. 10, in the
Como Community Center from 2
until 4 p.m. Friends and relatives
are invited.
Descendents of the late Felix W.
and Vina McClusky Carpenter will
meet Sept. 11 in the Como Com-
munity Center for the 16th annual
reunion.
In the late 1800’s Felix and Vina
Carpenter and their ten children,
Henry, Sam, Fred, Jim, Hardy,
Tom, Bab, Laura, Mallie and Mat-
tie came to Texas from Mississippi
in two covered wagons. They set-
tled in Hopkins County.
Friends and relatives arc invited
to attend. Bring a basket lunch.
Sulphur Bluff News
By MARY VANCE
Sulphur Bluff Correspondent
Sulphur Bluff school started the
1988-1989 semester with over two
hundred students enrolled.
Hilga Chester spent Thursday
night with her daughter and hus-
band, Coy and Myma Fallis at
Brashear.
She goes to Tyler Wednesday for
treatment
Having lunch with her Sunday
noon were two grandsons, Wayne
and Jim Womack, Jerry Wayne is in
the Navy and is home on leave, but
has to report back for duty Tuesday.
So he will leave Sulphur Springs
from his mothers, Corlette
Womack, for Longview to meet a
friend from there and they will
drive to Florida.
Thursday Ralph Vance was in
Dallas for a doctor’s appointment
in preparation for hand surgery
soon. His problem is Corpal Tunnel
Syndrome.
Sulphur Bluff has four students
entering the Covergirl Contest,
which will begin with the Fall Fes-
tival Saturday, Sept. 10.
Sulphur Bluff Baptist Church is
having a revival this week with the
Rev. Redmond from First Baptist
Church in Sulphur Springs holding
the revival. Services will begin at
7:30 p.m.
Rural Progress will be postponed
until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15.
The Aults are gradually getting
more clearing on their property in
preparation for the future building
of their retirement home.
Ned, Ruth and Tammy will be
happy when Bill and Evelyn can
treat them daily.
Carolyn Barnett and Chong Hui
Mullins represented the Sulphur
Bluff Extension Club, for the
Leader Training meeting in the
Sulphur Springs State Bank Com-
munity Room. Janie Crump pre-
sented the program, “Dressed Up
Budget Meals For One or Two.” It
was followed by the regular council
meeting.
Fall Festival plans were discus-
sed and decisions made on par-
ticipating events as Christmas
Show and Tell, Annual Achivement
and State Meeting are in Abilene.
Sulphur Bluff and North Hop-
kina Extension Chiba will have a
joint meeting Thursday, Sept 8, in
the home of Imogene Williams at
North Hopkins.
Ruby Lynche has as guests Sun-
day, Clay, Barbara and Jessica
Lynch from Griffin, Ga„ who are
spending die week with her. Also
other guests from Austin were Pat
Lynch and his son Jeremy and
friend.
Lula and Geraldine Sullivan
joined the group for eats and visita-
tion.
Pat, Jeremy and friend spent the
night with the Sullivan’s.
The Sulphur Bluff Beta Club met
Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Cooper
Country Club from 7 until 9 p.m.
for a back to school party with
Sandra Watkins their English
teacher and advisor.
Attending were: Sonya Caldwell,
Stacey Wilhelm, CoCo Cox, Scotty
Lee, Delann Wallace and Melanie
Glossup, secretary.
Monday, Labor Day, Randy and
Debi Lee, dropped by the Vance’s
on the way to her parents property,
Rex and Elaine Acker.
Randy and Debi are professional
musicians. She is a vocalist and he
is an instrumentalist.
Randy, her husband, is classified
one of the top wind instrumentalists
in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Sunday evening guests of Bud
and Drunella Young for the meal
included Bud’s sister, Nita Caffey,
children, Gary, Nita, Dusty and
Jamey Young; Shirley, James,
Olivia and Amy Reynolds and
grandson, wife and baby from Sul-
phur Springs, Billy, Kayle and Jana
Cummings.
Mrs. Caffey and Mrs. Young
took an afternoon spin around the
counttyside sight seeing and visit-
ing friends and relatives before the
gathering for the evening meal.
Rural burglary
is crime of week
The burglary of a building near
Brashear has been targeted as this
week’s Crime Stoppers crime of the
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WCuL.
The shop building, owned by
Learn on Morrison, was burglarized
Tuesday, Aug. 23. The shop is
located on County Road 4719
northwest of Brashear.
Thken was a generator, an air
compressor, two variable-speed
drills, a set of Craftsman hand
tools, a John Deere hydrolic cylin-
der, a Craftsman chain saw, a pres-
suration pump and a set of air im-
pact wrenches.
Crime Stoppers will pay $1,000
this week for information leading
to the arrest and indictment of the
person or people responsible for the
burglary.
Call Crime Stoppers at 885-
2020. Informants may remain
anonymous.
Chine Stoppers also pays cash
for tips on other felony crimes.
Volunteers painting
Thelma Wood, center, takes a minute to visit with
the volunteers of the Sulphur Bluff Baptist Church
youth group who contributed their time to painting
her house. The paint and other materials were fur-
nished by Foxworth-Galbraith and Fuller O’Brien
Paint Co., according to Tom Steelman, manager of
the Sulphur Springs store.
—SUIT photo by Richard Hail
Those attending were Sharia
Tanton, co-hostess; Shane Darlin;
Darla Gibson; Chris Penson; Jes-
sica Scroggins; Shandra Tanton;
Jeanie Penson; and Arvis and
Sheila Tanton.
Stew judges
Members of the Hopkins County judging team for
the Fall Festival Stew Contest are gathered here to
discuss the upcoming event set for Sept 17. Visit-
ing judges will round out the panel and include
Col. Albert J. Gennetti, James Rand, Andrew
Brown and James Hair. Holding down the home
fires will be, from left standing, Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Winfrey, WS. “Pete” Long and Margin
Latham. Seated is Eva Ruth Long.
—SUIT photo by Mary Grant
Saltillo News
By MRS. R.M. ARTHUR
Saltillo Correspondent
Michael Rawson and family of
Sulphur Springs visited his
grandmother, Mrs. Dollic Pearl
Armstrong, Sunday.
Miss Lee Ann Briley of Sulphur
Springs spent the weekend with her
grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Briley.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cox of Dallas
visited Mrs. Mary Cox and family
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Wafford of
Buda are at their farm near Mount
Vernon for a few days. Mrs. Waf-
ford and Mrs. Ethel Fate were in
Dallas Sunday to see Mrs. Charles
Bridges, who is ill in Baylor Hospi-
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. Y.C. McGill spent
last week in Dallas visiting their
son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
neth McGill, and with Mr. and Mrs.
Red Simpson.
Mrs. Leila Roberts spent the
weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. V.G.
Banks and Bob Mattingly in Win-
nsboro.
The Kings Men quartet of Dallas
will perform at Greenwood Baptist
Church south of Saltillo at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Adair spent
Friday through Monday of last
week visiting in Dallas and Grand
Prairie. Wayne McGill and son of
Dallas visited the Adair’s Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Mary Cox, James and
Stephen and Hope were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truett Cox
in Mount Vernon Friday night.
Stephen returned to San Diego,
Calif. Saturday where he is
stationed in the Navy.
Mrs. Nena Nance and Mrs.
Obera McAfee of Sulphur Springs
visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sparks
Saturday.
The dining area of the Masonic
Hall can be opened for anniver-
saries, birthdays and senior citizen
benefits according to the grand
worshipful master. Monies donated
could aid a burned or crippled
child.
The R.O. (Pap) Crump reunion
will be held at the Masonic Hall
Sunday, Oct 2. Everyone is in-
vited.
Oct 6 will be obligation night at
Saltillo OES program, hosted by
Grand Examiner, Virginia Lyn
Green. A salad supper will follow
the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley King, Mrs.
Billie Rose Marable, Jim Bennett,
Mr. and Mrs. David Browning and
Michael of Houston, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob King of Pearland and Mrs.
Doris Glass of Arlington were
weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Bug King and attended the King
reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. George Swain at-
tended singing at the Calvary Bap-
tist Church in Mount Vernon Sun-
day afternoon.
Dr. and Mrs. Jim Winters and
children, Joseph and William of
Somerville, NJ., are spending a
week with Mrs. Erma Lee Adams.
They are Mrs. Adam’s
grandchildren and great-
grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
Roman of Biyan visited Mrs.
Adams Friday night and Saturday.
The King reunion was held at
Saltillo Community Center Sunday
Sept. 4. Attending were: Mrs. Jean
Glass, Richard Moody, Mr. and
Mrs. Joyce King, Carolyn and
Linzy, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moody,
Christian and Heather of Arlington;
Mrs. Elba Wilder of DeSolo; Mrs.
Florene Swartz, Johnny, Joanie and
Jamie Swartz, Mrs. Faye Jennings
of Talco; John and Morgan King of
Honey Grove; Peggy Swartz of
Paris; Mr. and Mrs. George Jen-
nings of Mount Vernon; Mr. and
Mrs. Mack King, Paul and Dianne
King of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Wes-
ley King, Mrs. Billie Rose Marable,
Mr. and Mrs. David Browning and
Michael, Jim Bennett of Houston;
Mr. and Mrs. Bob King of
Pearland; Donna King, Tom King,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Graf, Jane.
Sandra, Joey, Precilia Brown,
Carolyn and Linzy King, David
Bobby Michael, Jarred and Lindsey
King of Fort Worth; Donna and
Janis King of Garland; Chris
Johnson of Mesquite; Mr. and Mrs.
Milton King, Michael and Clarissa,
Arthur King, Ryan Chester of Bur-
leson; A.C. Lowry of Sulphur
Springs; Milissa Bogue of Haitom
City; Mrs. Elizabeth Worsham of
Dubberly, La.; Mary and Sandra
McFatridge of Albuquerque, N.M.;
Mr. and Mrs. Bug King, Mr. and
Mrs. R.B. McAfee and Jimmy
Smith of Saltillo.
The Legionaire was getting the
short end of the arguement with his
own member of the Auxiliary.
Finally he told her there were no
women in heaven, and he could
prove it by the bible. When she
demanded proof, he pointed to
Revelations 8:1, “There was
silence in heaven about the space of
half an hour.”
Building
off from
last year
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By DANA CERRETANI
A sagging housing market has
been blamed for a 69 percent drop
this year in the total value of build-
ing permits issued in August.
“The housing market is just
down. Nobody’s building, and
nobody’s buying,” Chief Building
Official Joe Cerretani said.
Cerretani’s latest monthly build-
ing report totaled $280,895, which
compares to the $931,707 in new
construction that was permitted in
August 1987.
While Cerretani believes Sulphur
Springs is “doing all right” in the
commercial construction sector,
residential building activity is
taking a beating.
“People just don’t want to spend
the money. Instead of building new
homes, they’re remodeling and ad-
ding on,” he said.
In the August building report,
swimming pools outnumbered new
homes. Four pools were permitted,
compared to two houses.
“Pools are up, and houses are
down. I guess the heat is effecting
people because we had four pools
last time (in the July building
report),” Cerretani said.
For the year, Cerretani has issued
permits totaling $5,570,934. That
figure is slighdy below the total
value of permits issued through the
same period last year —
$6,142,519.
Building permits issued last
month are as follows, listed by
value, location, applicant and type
of construction:
$130,000, 620 Rasure Circle,
Maik Peugh, home.
$60,000, 1205 April Drive, Perry
Bradley III, home.
$18,000, 1408 Brandy Circle,
Gregg Price, pool.
$16,000, 308 Park Circle Drive,
Travis Wyly, remodeling.
$11,000, 112 Lou Ave., Kenneth
Kivx nnnl
$10,000,’ 1119 Blinker Sl, Philip
Wilburn, pool.
$10,000, 1133 Bowie Sl, J L.
Harred, pool.
$10,000, 210 Shannon Road,
Farmers Electric Coop, remodeling.
$5,000, 1400 Shannon Road,
Dairyland Ford Tractor, sign.
$3,600, 1621 College SL, Harry
Smith, storage.
$2,000, 300 League St., Larry
Vititow, fence.
$1,200, 2009 Main SL, Danny
Elliott, remodeling.
$1,000, 309 N. Davis St., John
Morris, storage.
$795, 714 Calvert St., Wayne
Moore, storage.
$500, 1405 Houston SL, Eddie
Clifton, carport.
$500, 503 Kirtley SL, Clyde
Smith, storage.
$500, 103 Jill Lane, Mike Glenn,
remodeling.
$450, West Shannon Road, Far-
mers Electric Coop, sign.
$300, 315 Karol Lane, Delbert
Harrell, storage.
$50, Rosemont Street, Donna
Conerly, sign.
■North Hopkins News
By RUTH PARISH
North Hopkins Correspondent
A total of 337 students were en-
rolled at the beginning of the new
school year Thursday, SepL 1, in
North Hopkins. A big number of
new faces in students, as well as
new teachers we with us. We are
looking forward toagood year.
Leslie Wester of lira is proud to
announce the arrival of a new
great-granddaughter, Haley Ann,
Saturday, SepL 3. Parents are
Tommy and Sherry Withrow of
Garland. Grandparents are Glyn
and Ina Withrow of Garland, both
are former residents of Addran and
Tire.
Beautiful weather for Canton
weekend Trades Day found a good
number of North Hopkins people
there, some participating and others
looking.
Men, E.W. and Sue Withrow of
Dallas spent Saturday at the
Withrow home. They encountered
quite an exciting experience with a
live snake that had taken
residency in the bathroom but
was taken care of without any
mishaps.
Rodney, Cindy and Turner
Venable of Oklahoma visited with
her parents, Bill and Marvalou
Bailey and sister, Angie in Sulphur
Springs and with her brother. Bill
and Marsha Bailey in North Hop-
kins. They spent Saturday in Can-
ton for Trades Day.
Ella Chance Sluder and Wilbur
Miller, both of Dallas were married
Sept. 2 and will continue to live in
Dallas. Studer was a former resi-
dent and is the sister of Ruby San-
derson.
Verda and Francis Withrow
joined other members of the Fultz
families that ate lunch and visited
Saturday in Dallas as guests of
Betty and Sam Brovillette. Others
attending were: Frances and Morris
Edwards, Willie and Eva Fultz,
Jaunita Sloan, Ruby Thompson,
Billy and Martha Thompson, Phyl-
lis Stevenson and granddaughters,
Lori and Franca, Dorothy Fultz,
Randy and Carolyn Fultz and child-
ren, Glyn and Kathy Withrow and
last but not least was the honored
guest and their aunt, Donnie Cole.
Pauline Evans spent last week
with the Paula Dickey family in
Reilly Springs.
Charlotte A. McLeroy, certified
public accountant, has been
named controller at Sulphur
Springs Loan & Building Asso-
ciation. She is a graduate of
Texas Tech University with
bachelor and master degrees in
accounting. She was formerly
employed by Arthur Young of
Dallas and Burroughs Corp. of
Lnbbock.
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1988, newspaper, September 9, 1988; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779924/m1/4/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.