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THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs. TmM
Chubb. 329
DEATHS
Mrs. Aynesworth
Dorothy Aynesworth, 71, of
1317 Lakeview Drive was found
dead Sunday at 5 p.m. at her
residence.
Mrs. Aynesworth was a
retired public school principal
who had lived in Sulphur
Springs for the past six years.
She was a member of the
First Methodist Church of
Houston, the Houston Teachers
Association, National
Education Association and
Delta Kappa Gamma.
Services were conducted at 10
a.m. Wednesday at the Hyde
Park Funeral Home Chapel in
Houston with Dr. D. Orvil
Strong officiating. Graveside
rites were held at 11:30 am in
Baytown at the Cedarcrest
Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, Dr.
Gene Bruce of San Mateo,
Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Daisy
Marie Beal of Pasadena, Tex.;
and a grandson.
Murray-Orwosky Funeral
Home was in charge of local
arrangements.
Mrs. Lancaster
Lois Lancaster, 54, of Route 4
died Monday at 9:30 a.m. at
Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Lancaster was born
Feb. 14, 1936 to Ed and Una
Olivia Cain Farmer.
She married Robert Lan-
caster in Sulphur Springs on
Feb. 16,1946.
Mrs. Lancaster was a
member of the Jefferson Street
Church of Christ, Sulphur
Springs Chapter No. 718 of the
Order of Eastern Star where
she served as past worthy
matron and past mother ad-
visor, Rainbow Assembly No.
40, was a past president of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
No. 8560, life member of the
Disabled America Veteran’s
Auxiliary and a life member of,
the VFW National Home.
She was retired from General
Telephone Company where she
had worked for 32 years.
Services were conducted at 2
p.m. Wednesday in the Mumiy-
Orwosky Chapel with the Rev.
L.B. Morgan officiating. Burial
was in Restlawn Memorial
Park with graveside services
by the VFW Auxiliary.
Survivors include her
husband; a son, John E. Lan-
caster of Sulphur Springs; and
three sisters, Mrs. May
Wilkinson and Mrs. Susie
Buchanan, both of Sulphur
Springs, and Mrs. Eddie Black
of Wills Point.
Serving as pallbearers were
Dick Wilkinson, Billy Martin,
James Jenkins, James
Hawkins, Narvil Kirtley and Ed
Wood.
Members of the VFW
Auxiliary served as honorary
pallbearers.
Paul Hooker
Glenn Wilson of Plano; a
daughter, Mrs. Elaine Jimenez
of Dallas; his mother, Mrs.
Lucille Wilson of Sulphur
Springs; and a brother, Jim
Wilson of Dallas.
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. Friday at Harrington-
Bratcher-Dickey Chapel in
Plano, with the Rev. Travis
Berry officiating. Burial was in
Bums Cemetery at Trenton.
Verno Ragsdale
Verna May Ragsdale, 76, of
1100 Carter died Wednesday at 9
p.m. at Saint Joseph’s Hospital
in Fort Worth.
Miss Ragsdale was bom June
11,1903 in Coffeeville to William
R. and May Spratt Ragsdale.
She was a retired teacher,
having taught a total of 53 years
in the Mount Vernon and
Sulphur Springs School
Districts and the First United
Methodist Church kin-
dergarten.
Miss Ragsdale was a member
of the First United Methodist
Church, Standard Club,
Specialist Group and the
American Association of
Retired Persons.
Services were conducted at 2
p.m. Saturday in the First
United Methodist Church with
the Rev. Gaither Day and the
Rev. Ken Hilderbrand of-
ficiating. Burial was in the
Shooks Chapel Cemetery.
She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Ada Lou Prim of Fort
Worth.
Serving as pallbearers were
Randy Ragsdale, Jim Gibbons,
Frank Warren, David
Williamson, Frank Ragsdale
and Donald Ragsdale.
Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
G. S. Lemon Sr.
Paul Hooker, 74, of Reilly
Springs died at 12:45 a.m.
Saturday at Memorial
Hospital.
He was bom Oct. 19,1905 in
Reilly Springs to Percy and
Minnie Gilbreath Hooker.
Mr. Hooker married Odessa
Loyd in Reilly Springs on July
14, 1934.
He was a member of the
Midway Assembly of God
Church and was an employee of
Hopkins County Precinct 2.
Services were conducted at
2:30 p.m. Sunday in the
Murray-Orwosky Chapel with
the Rev. Larry Baxley of-
ficiating. Burial was in the
Yantis Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife; a
daughter, Mrs. Clarence
(Katie) Oakley of Dallas; three
sons, James P. Hooker, Jerry
D. Hooker and Jackie Hooker,
all of Yantis; two brothers,
Clayton Hooker and P.M.
Hooker, both of Sulphur
Springs; and seven grand-
children.
Serving as pallbearers were
Billy Carpenter, Wayne
Peterson, Henry Hooker,
Ronnie Hooker, Billy Wayne
Newby and Phil Newby.
Employees of Precinct 2
were honorary pallbearers.
G.R. Wilson Jr.
Gamer R. Wilson Jr. of Plano,
formerly of Sulphur Springs,
died Wednesday.
A long-time and widely known
Dallas automobile salesman,
Mr. Wilson had been seriously
ill for several months.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Norma Conner; two
sons, Gamer Wilson III and
Final rites for George S.
Lemon Sr., 70, were held
Thursday afternoon in First
Presbyterian Church, Winn-
sboro, with the Rev. H. P.
Hosey, pastor, officiating.
Burial followed in Lee
Cemetery.
Mr. Lemon died Tuesday at
his home on North Main Street
in Winnsboro. He was bom in
the Antioch community of
Hopkins County on Sept. 18,1909
to William and Alice Shugart
Lemon.
He graduated from Sulphur
Springs High School, attended
Austin College in Sherman and
then moved to Lubbock in 1929.
He was married to Pauline
Sanders on Sept. 6,1931.
He was prominent in civic
affairs during his 35 years in
West Texas, where he also was
engaged in the retail and
wholesale food business. He
established the Pioneer Cookie
Manufacturing Company in
1939 and operated it 19 years
before selling it to the Weston
Biscuit Company of America.
He returned to East Texas 17
years ago, settling in Winn-
sboro, where he was engaged in
the real estate and brokerage
business and continued heavy
involvement in community
affairs.
He was one of the organizers
and directors of the Winnsboro
Bank and Trust.
Survivors include his wife;
two sons, George S. Lemon Jr.
of Winnsboro and Jon Michael
Lemon of Austin; a daughter,
Mrs. Cherrile Schuetzberg of
Lubbock; two brothers, Bob
Lemon of Winnsboro and Philip
Lemon of Commerce; two
sisters, Mrs. Edith Moyer of
Dallas and Mrs. Annie Reeder
of Commerce; 13 grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Ella Westbrook
Mrs. Ella D. Westbrook, 89, of
701 Texas St. died at 3:45 a.m.
Friday at Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Westbrook was bom
March 29, 1891 in Sulphur
Springs to Gervis Duncan and
Leona Ola Vaughn Granger.
She married Lewin Gee in
1916. He preceded her in death
in 1918. She married Aubrey
Riley Westbrook in 1919 in
Sulphur Springs. He died in
August, 1947.
Mrs. Westbrook was a
member of the First United
Methodist Church, Golden Age
Club, Tanti Club, Women’s
Auxiliary of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and was a Gold
Star Mother of World War II.
Services were conducted
Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the
First United Methodist Church
with the Rev. Gaither Day
officiating. Burial was in City
Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter,
Ella Marie Barnett of Midland;
three sons, Paul G. Westbrook
of Dallas and Robert L Gee and
Ed Westbrook, both of Sulphur
Springs; a brother, Harry
Granger of Hughes Springs; a
sister, Mrs. Maude Winans of
Sulphur Springs; seven
grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
three sons, Aubrey Westbrook
Jr., James Duncan Westbrook
and Charles Lavon Westbrook.
Nephews and grandsons
served as pallbearers.
Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Jennie Butler
Mrs. Jennie V. Butler, 55, of
1836 Blossom Trail in Plano
died Saturday afternoon at her
residence.
Mrs. Butler was bom May 9,
1925 in Leonard to Elmer and
Florence Smith Cummings.
She married J.P. Butler in
Hugo, Okla. on Dec. 30, 1941.
Mrs. Butler was a former
resident of Ridgeway and was a
member of the Highland
Baptist Church in Pampa.
Services were conducted at
2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Tapp
Funeral Chapel with the Rev.
Bob Layman officiating. Burial
was in the Ridgeway Cemetery.
Survivors include her
husband; her mother; a son,
James Elmer Butler of
Pampa; two daughters, Mrs.
Judy Chariton of Plano and
Mrs. Patsy Deweese of
Wichita, Kan.; four brothers,
Gene Cummings of Longview,
John Cummings of Commerce,
Billy Cummings of Sulphur
Springs and Elmer Cummings
of Greenville; a sister, Mrs.
Oleta Shields of Dallas; and six
grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers were
Kemit Sheilds, J.D. Butler,
Tommy Cummings, Lee
Cummings, Gary Shields and
Kenny Shields.
J.R. Dickey
Services for Jessie Roy
Dickey, 76, of 3004 Speedway in
Greenville, were held at 10:30
a.m. Monday at the Coker-
Mathews-Peters Funeral Home
in Greenville with Dr. Ernest
Hinze officiating. Graveside
services for the former Winn-
sboro resident were held at 1
p.m. at the Cypress Cemetery
near Winnsboro.
Mr. Dickey died at 9 a.m.
Saturday at Citizens General
Hospital in Greenville.
He was bom Feb. 12,1904 in
Pittsburg to James and Callie
Pruitt Dickey.
Mr. Dickey married Lola
Mae Lindley on July 24,1926 at
Winnsboro.
He was a retired carpenter
and painter and was a member
of the Cypress Baptist Church
in Winnsboro.
Survivors include his wife;
two daughters, Mrs. Jodie
Stanford of Greenville and Mrs.
Arthur Hall of Dallas; a sister;
five grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Mr. Dickey was preceded in
death by a son, Billie Weldon
Dickey, on Jan. 23,1950.
Willie Nelson
Services for Willie Nelson, 76,
of 3015 Travis St. in Greenville,
were held at 2 p.m. Monday in
the Price Temple Church of
God in Christ in Greenville with
the Rev. C.H. Johnson of-
ficiating. Burial was in Grundy
Memorial Park.
Mr. Nelson was bom May 16,
1903 in Waxahachie to Mr. and
Mrs. William Nelson.
He married Sedalia McKinzie
in Greenville in 1963.
Survivors include his wife;
three sons, Willie R. Nelson of
Greenville, J.W. Nelson of
Dallas and Larry Nelson of
Banning, Calif.; six daughters,
Mrs. Magalene Askew, Mrs.
Margie Faye Reed, Mrs. Betty
J. Rollison and Mrs. Mary
Franklin, all of Sulphur
Springs, Mrs. Minnie L. Cullon
of Banning, Calif, and Mrs.
Tycle Lee Rayson of Fort
Worth; two sisters, Mrs.
Margie Ross and Mrs. Viola
Johnson, both of Greenville; 57
grandchildren and 25 great-
grandchildren.
Grandsons served as
pallbearers.
Grundy Funeral Home in
Greenville was in charge of
arrangements.
W.D. Thurman
Walter D. Thurman, 81, of
7747 Hillard in Pleasant Grove
died Sunday at his residence.
Mr. Thurman was bom May
36, 1889 in Delta County to
Columbus Lafayette and
Emma Johnson Thurman.
He married Ora Mills in
Sulphur Springs on May 24,
1919.
Mr. Thurman was a member
of the Pleasant Grove First
Baptist Church.
Services were conducted at
11 a.m. Tuesday in the Tapp
Funeral Chapel with the Rev.
LB. Morgan officiating. Burial
was in the Old Tarrant
Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife; a
daughter, Mrs. Lila Thomas of
Pleasant Grove; three
brothers, Melvin Thurman of
Austin, Joe Thurman of Venice
and Barney Thurman of
Tuscola; three sisters, Mrs.
Lillie Jones of Sulphur Springs,
Mrs. Nellie Riley of Posey and
Mrs. Ruby Staley of Paris;
three grandchildm and seven
great-grandchildren.
Nephews served as
pallbearers.
W.O. Coppedge
William Owen Coppedge, 83,
of Lubbock, formerly of Sulphur
Springs, died in St. Mary’s
Hospital in Lubbock Tuesday.
He was bom Nov. 12, 1896 in
the Divide community of
Hopkins County, son of William
J. and Lebrada Clark Cop-
pedge. He was a retired farmer.
He was married to Ruby.
Stella Hall in Hopkins County in
1914. She preceded him in death
in 1949. He also was preceded in
death by a son, William H.
Coppedge, who was killed in
World War II.
Survivors include five sons,
Van and Carl Coppedge of
Lubbock, Bobby Coppedge of
Dallas, Dal Coppedge of New
Deal and Dean Carlton Cop-
pedge of Sulphur Springs; five
daughters, Mrs. Patsy Scott of
Post, Mrs. Katreen Parnell of
Cooper, Mrs. Edwinda Mc-
Carter of Wilmer, Mrs. Eileen
Keener of Arlington and Mrs.
Onita Womack of Waco; a
sister, Mrs. Stella Armor of
Sulphur Springs; 32 grand-
children, 45 great-
grandchildren and one great-
great-grandchild.
Final rites were held at 2 p.m.
Thursday in Tapp Funeral
Home, with the Rev. J. O.
Walker officiating. Burial was
in the Shirley Cemetery, with
grandsons serving as
pallbearers.
number of great-great-
grandchildren.
Grandsons served as
pallbearers with members of
the Auditorium Sunday School
Class of the First Assembly of
God Church as honorary
pallbearers.
Mrs, John
MerreB&f*^
Tamara Johnson, 588 Tate.
Mri Jewell Biggerstaff, 631
Sunsfl,
Bobby McVay, 133 Magnolia.
Jeme Norman, 133 E. Park.
Wiliam T. Allison, Box 148.
April Dunam, Route 5.
Mn Clarence Jones, 441
Jefferson.
Melvin Stevens, Como.
Mn. Bessie Beasley, 1200 N.
Jackson.
Oscar Adair, Cumby.
Johnnie Glossup, Route 5.
Mn. Annie Hatley, Cumby.
Mrs. Ermon Carpenter,
Como.
Mn. Grady Sellers and baby
boy, 500 Oak.
Mrs. Alton Chester, Saltillo.
Mn. Martin Ritchie, Como.
Mn. Mattie Johnson, 430
Gilmer.
Mn. Mary Jane Self, 508 N.
Locust.
Mn. James Worsham, 1708
Church.
Mn. Tim Gee and baby boy,
116 Charles.
Mn. James Ross, Cumby.
Mn. Glenn Mattison and
baby girl, Como.
Mrs. Jeff Champion, 615
Ingram.
Patricia Markastomas, 628
Bellview.
Dan Smith, 812 Tate.
Mn. Derwood Irby, Route 5.
Kristy Winnie
Harold Swan
Services for Harold Swan, 74,
of Houseshoe Bend, Ark. were
held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the
Bates-Cooper-Weems Funeral
Home in Mount Pleasant.
Mr. Swan was retired from
the Atlantic-Richfield Company
in Dallas and had previously
worked for the Cotton Belt
Railway.
He is survived by his wife,
Ruth Swan; two sons, Walter
Swan, currently serving in the
U.S. Navy in Alaska, and Joe
Swan of Dallas; a step-
daughter, Julie Robertson of
Dallas; a step-son, David Steed
of Dallas; a sister, Muriel Bell
of Sulphur Springs;’ a brother,
Warren Swan of Mount
Pleasant; two step-sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Moss of Battle Creek,
Mich, and Mrs. Martha
McGehee of Bedford, Va.; and
six grandchildren.
Jessie Cook
Jessie Cook, 87, of 101 Russell
Drive died Tuesday afternoon
at his residence.
Mr. Cook was born March 2,
1893 in Mississippi to John and
Isabelle McKnight Cook.
He married Maude Faust,
who preceded him in death. He
later married Ella May Wood
Blakenship in Hopkins County
on March 2,1974.
Mr. Cook was a member of
the First Assembly of God
Church and was a retired
fanner and cattleman.
Services were conducted at 3
p.m. Thursday in the First
Assembly of God Church with
the Rev. M.C. Allen and the
Rev. W.C. Mangrum of-
ficiating. Burial was in the
Black Oak Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife;
three daughters, Mrs. Elma
Lee Shurm of Greenville, Mrs.
Martha Jane Jacobitz of
Security, Colo., and Mrs.
Leonard Coker of Como; a son,
Dial Cook of Como; a brother,
Oscar Cook of Como; three
sisters, Mrs. Lela Robinson of
Oil City, La., Mrs. Josie Street
of Brownfield and Mrs. Beulah
Johnson of Grand Prairie; two
step-daughters, three step-
sons; 18 grandchildren; several
great-grandchildren and a
Admitted
Horace Smith, Route 5.
Mrs. Myrtle Mills, Dike.
Mrs. John Willis Smith,
Pickton.
Mrs. Larry Horton, Route 4.
Mrs. Anna Brasher, 601
Rasure Circle.
E.C. Terry, Brashear.
Hubert Poole, Route 2.
Mrs. Patty Lawrence, 605
Houston.
Tommie Sanderson, Route 3.
Gary Cline, 511 Plano.
Virginia Booker, 340 Azalea.
Tamra Johnson, 509 Tate.
Mrs. Bobby Cunningham,'
Route 3.
Joe Lynn Bookman, Route 2.
Mrs. Jewel Brumfield, 631
Sunset.
Mrs. Martin Ritchie, Como.
April Dunavin, Route 5.
Michelle Skidmore, Pickton.
George Mills, 410 Hodge.
Mrs. Ruby Vititow, 1201
Fisher.
Master Jeramie Smith, 408
Beckham.
Lyle Scott, Route 3.
Sequita Spivey, Route 5.
Lewis Nichols, Como.
Thomas Hughes, 401 S.
Moore.
Mrs. Derwood Irby, Route 5.
Pat Shaffin, Yantis.
Leroy Hudson, Reservoir.
Robert Rhoades, Saltillo.
James Broyer, Pickton.
Mrs. W.W. Dodd, Route 1.
Mrs. C.C. Perkins, Dike.
Mrs. Alma Smith, 1225 Main.
Mrs. Allie Baker, Sulphur
Springs.
Johnnie Glosup, Route 5.
Jimmy Melton, Route 2.
Mark Rorie, Tyler.
Andrew Ward, Route 5.
Andrew Trout, 212 E. Spence.
Mrs. Barbara Gibbs, 803
Church.
Jim Martin, Route 3.
Mrs. John Phillips, 840
Alabama.
E.N. Adams, 529 N. Davis.
Brian McGlamery, Como.
Veronica Smith, 408
Beckham.
Mrs. Douglas Grizzle, Route
1.
Kenneth Vaden, 500 Lamar.
Dismissed
Sam Campbell, Route 5.
Mrs. Lawrence DeWitt, 308
Lee.
Mrs. Bess Connally, Route 3.
Miller Coker, 116 Goodmaa
Mrs. Floyd Courson, Box 514.
Mrs. Tully Harris, Sulphur
Springs.
Cody Wright, Route 1.
Mrs. GUssie Rushing, 1333
Jefferson.
Mrs. Michael Lewis, 700
Freeman.
Mrs. Glenn Moore, 1604 Irvin
Lane.
Mrs. John Carrell, 214
Beasley.
Mrs. Barris Sims, Como. ^
John T. Davidson, 555 Jef-
ferson.
J.C. Stubblefield, Sulphur
Bluff.
Mrs. Billy Ailes, 105
Colorado.
Mrs. Robert Price, Como.
William Allen, 422 N. Davis.
Mrs. Guy Bradford, Picktoa
Mrs. J.C. Buchanan, Cumby.
Billy Dotson, Pickton.
Larry Stewart, Brashear.
Henry York, Saltillo. r ... - ,
Mrs. John Rhodes, 1611 Cynthia Bales
Airport Road. _ . ,
^Coeli. Binkley, 118 Rndlo Board Heat'S
Mrs. Larry Horton, Route 4.
Mrs. Glenda Sewell, 210
Duckworth.
Mrs. Juan Diaz and baby boy,
Sulphur Bluff.
James Miller, Star Route.
Andrew Pool, Pickton.
Mrs. Randy Holloway and
baby girl, 149 Garrison.
Ricky Clayton, 116 CalverL
Mrs. Earl Rhodes, Route 1.
Michael Lewis, 700 Freeman.
Cary Burton, 702 Carter.
Gary Cline, 511 Plano.
Mrs Bobby Cunningham,
Route 3.
A total of $9,585 in child coUectkwa make up the state’s
support was collected by the share of the match. The
Texas Department of Human program has not had any funds
Resources (DHR) in Hopkins appropriated by the legislature
County during 1979, acccoiding since its inception in 1975, ac*
to Mike Russell, regional cording to Russell. It is the only
director for Child Support program m DHR which is
Enforcement Division of the sustained through funds
DHR. This was about 1.8 per- generated by the program it-
cent of the DHR regional total sejf
collections of $545,165.
The CSE program was set up A major reason for
in 1975 in Texas to collect child establishing the CSE program
support from absent parents of was save f®* dollars. Russell
welfare children receiving Aid that over $20 million is
to Families with Dependent saved in Texas alone each year
Children (AFDC) benefits. The because of reductions in the
program also establishes
paternity of illegitmate
children through district court
actions and locates absent
parents. Services are available
to non-welfare applicants on a
fee schedule basis.
welfare role. However, a
longer-range, more significant
impact of the program was
foreseen by its original sup-
porters in Congress. A study in
other states revealed that as
little as 5-10 percent of absent
The program is funded by a parents—principally fathers —
75-25 percent Federal-State continued paying regular child
matching system set up by the support payments after five
IV-D Amendment to the Social years of divorce or separation
Security Act. Funds collected when enforcement of child
on welfare-related cases and support orders were not
from non-welfare applicant aggressively pursued.
Steven Skeen
Kenneth Dyer
Sulphur Bluff names top
students of 79-80 year
Superintendent Bruce
Fielden of the Sulphur Bluff
Independent School District has
announced honor graduates for
both the high school and eighth
grade levels.
Kristy Winnie has been
declared the valedictorian of
the graduating class at Sulphur
Bluff High School with a four-
year average of 88.915. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Maury Winnie.
Salutatorian is Steven Skeen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Skeen.
Steven’s four-year average is
87.947. Third ranking student is
Kenneth Dyer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Dyer, who posted
a four-year average of 85.893.
Miss Winnie has participated
in athletics during her high
school career and served as
basketball captain this year.
work and was elected Paris
District president. Other ac-
tivities included Student
Council officer, co-editor of The
Bear, and she was selected as
Miss Sulphur Bluff High School.
She also was named to "Who’s
Who in 79-80.”
Skeen was active in FFA,
served as manager of the
basketball team, and par-
ticipated in softball and track.
Dyer was named class
favorite for two years,
basketball sweetheart, and
Most Athletic. He was editor of
The Bear, served as class
president, FHA Beau, and
served as FFA president.
Elementary honor graduates
are Michael Chad Bolton,
valedictorian with an average
of 94.473, and Cynthia Bales,
salutatorian with an average of
She has been active in FFA 92.097. Bolton is the son of Mr.
Chad Bolton
and Mrs. Michael Bolton, and
Cynthia is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O.D. Bales.
The Sulphur Bluff bac-
calaureate services will be held
at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 18, in the
Sulphur Bluff Baptist Church,
with the Rev. Morris Hill
bringing the message.
A joint commencement
exercise for the eighth grade
and Senior Class members will
be held at 8 p.m. on Friday,
May 23, in the high school
auditorium, with Dale Smith,
minister of the Shannon Oaks
Church of Christ in Sulphur
Springs, as the speaker.
The graduates extend an
invitation to friends and patrons
to attend their exercises,
Superintendent Fielden said.
JP fines lag
during April
Payment of fines lagged a
little in April and resulted in a
slight decline in total revenue,
according to the monthly report
compiled by Justice of Peace
W. H. Bauman in Precinct 1 of
Hopkins County. The revenue
amounted to $9,780.75 as
compared to $12,523.35 in
March.
There were 570 traffic and 15
non-traffic misdemeanor cased
filed. They resulted in 220
traffic and 4 non-traffic cases
being settled by payment of
fines before trial.
rodeo plea
Members of the Hopkins
County Civic Center Board of
Directors heard a presentation
from Billy Wayne Orr on the
Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association Rodeo for next year
at last week’s regular.
The rodeo is scheduled for
April 1-4,1981.
Orr requested that the board
take another look at the rates
for next year’s rodeo with the
possibility of lowering them.
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Keys, Clarke & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1980, newspaper, May 16, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779949/m1/3/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.