The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952 Page: 1 of 16
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©be Hopkins ffionnta Slefto
VOL. 77.—NO. 20.
{ABSORBED THE GAZETTE CIRCULATION BY PURCHASE. MAY 12. 1928)
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, MMDAY, MAY 16. <952
Commissio&eit
Hike Insurance
Coverage Here
Insurance on the Hopkins Coun-
ty courthouse and its contents was
increased in action taken Monday
by the Commissioners' Court.
Amount of insurance on the jail
building and contents was left the
same.
Commissioners also took oaths
of office as the Board of Equaliza-
tion was organized during the
regular May meeting.
All insurance on the two build-
ings and contents was placed on
thi b0 per cent co-insurance basis,
Judge Wayne Gee explained. He
added: “The rate is cheaper on
80 per rent co-insurance basis
than on the straight rate basis.”
Insurance on the courthouse
building was increased from $144,-
000 to $200,000. Amount on the
contents, was upped $15,000 from
$13,000 to $28,000,
The jail building, at $44,000,
a”d contents, $2,000, remain the
same. "Y
Chamber Plans
Efforts Secure
Rural Telephones
Rockwell Plant
Building Work
To Start Soon
Castor Bean
Hailing Plant
Assured Here
Palmer Heifers
Demand Top
Auction Prices
Registered Pigs
To Be Awarded
4-H Club Boys
Boon, Palmer
Animals Win
Show Honors
PI HMSIIFD EVERY FRIDAY
Sulphur Springs
Schools Raise
Grade Standards
« - t
Work on the new Rockwell j
Hopkins County Chamber of [Manufacturing Company plant Plans are underway for the bo Two. one-yea, old legistcfd The Spars-Kotsbutk Foundation j H. ( boon and Sons'two year- Efforts to raise th* standard of
Commerce officials have signaled building here may get underway ( cation and construction of a cador Jersey heifers, off the Rockdale swine program fot I H i tubs to old registered Jersey, Revival the Sulphur Springs public schools
plans for an active campaign to; by mid-June, J. K. Brim, pres.- lean hulling plant in Sulphur Jersey Farm owned by Ed I I'a I- Hnpktns County has been sebedui I'olka Donna, was judged (stand wilt be given a boost next year
increase rural telephone service, jdent of the Sulphur Sprint* Tr.- Springs, it was announced today ,m.r brought top money, in too ed fot 1052. assistant county agent! Champion Female and received when requirement* for passing
The joh to gel more telephones |dustrial Foundation, said Monday, j by J. Dalton Mitchell, administra- lersey he,Ter pale Friday aftei -« Gemgc Pool announced H ednes- tho- I indley Faints Trophjr for, grades are tightened t
was handed to a Rural Relations Brim and other foundation j tiVa supervisor of the PMA in ,lo,,, »),„( climaxed the 17th an- day | best fitted animat to cap the 17th Decision to raise the passing
in a reorgani- leaders conferred over the week; Hopkins county. jttnel Northeast Texas Dairy Show. **-«K*»t pun-toed registered gilts; annual Northeast lev** Dairy* grade mark from *MI to 7® wa*
Mitchell said that the plant sites Twenty-one animal* went into *m* he given foi best| show Friday morning. j voted bv members of the Sulphur
arena and brought an essay entries outlining a hog! The grand champion ««< one Springs School Board at the
of $290.17 a total of ! demonstration pingiam and theij j iegistered Jerseys shesti monthly meeting Tuesday mght.
ability to complete the demonstia f,,,. |,|u,- B„d purple awards by \ faculty committee earlier had
'**' 1 Pntiw,-i '* t'ommando Kd r. a
committee, act up
zation of the Chamber’* agricul- md with W. F. Rockwell, Jr., of' Mitchell said that the plant site; Twrnt
turc division. [Pittsburgh, president of the Rock- had not been selected, hut that it the -ale
David Lemon, head of the di-|yve)| company, and P. K. W. Good- '• uuld he in the < ity of Sulpiiur average
vision, explained the group was win, who will manage the new i 1*1'’Inga. 46100.
divided into sub-committees to in-’.Sulphur Spring# plant The plant will represent an "'- I’nlm.i*
the efficiency of the en-) Rockwell and Goodwin inspect- j vestment of approximately 8 • D.- Jane, sired by ‘he show champion
tire body and enable committee ,d the plant site just east of the Mitchell said, the plant wi i Zinnia's Bright \dianeei "»*
______...... * ____ i. »t. ____i. ! .i . - > # i’ o ,»«• ! nf n BPitiuiiirnl tv no PonMlUf- ' -
Judge Berry
Sets 3 Cases
In District Court
members to undertake their work
in more detail. (und reviewed
Six committees were formed: project.
Education, Crops and Market, Mr. Rockwell was quoted a*
Dairying, Beef Cattle, Poultry and being highly pleased with deve-
Rural Relations. lop,vent# here. It was his Hint vix-
The move by the agriculture di- it to Sulphur Swings,
vision is part of the oveiall pro-
gram currently underway in the )(nd specification* for the big new
Chamber organization to
clearly define committee respon-, I ave been received on approx!
sibilities, Manager Gerald Steph- * -.natrly -Ido ton* of steel for the
| en* explained. (structure, he added
One of the first activities for j Mr. Goodwin, who has hen sta-
! the education group will he to ar- tinned in Oakland, Cal., is ex-
' range demonstrations, lectures, peeled to transfer his headquar-
educational films and meetings on] tor# here about June 1. He and his
all phases of agriculture for var- [ family will occupy the Rowland
iou* business and rural groups. Edwards residence on Caldwell
The committee also will study the street which ha* been purchased
possibility of sponsoring contests by the Rockwell Company,
on pasture improvement, winter The plant is being built by the i
"»^^}l(£ssstjk
purchftM'rf by Troy Woolf of
Howie for Mir Zinm i IVI \**
Mmy I tm. muoltor Biisht Afi'nn*
vt'i heifer, biortjfht $4fK». Tioy
Woolf " thi' Buyer.
f r« th# \ p ir, )> ».
cr at; U»c '<h1‘ Hu won ImiIn *»m
thrftvm mml* tbm co*t « total of
$113& Ko'ioi tt Hi own nt* (.
.... ...........-
iilans ___ ____ _
building.
Mitchell *»id that the plant,,
which will increase farm income
in this aiea by “several hundred
Ihmisind dollars," will serve pro-
... ducers of sum.muling roomie*
Brim #ntd the architects plan* . , • ,
The PMA official said Gist It
is felt that some fanners in the
to grow castm bean* because they
did not know the outcome of th#
type facilities which would lie af-
forded.
"Now." Mitel.ell continued,
“they aie assuioil of permanent
facilities it i- felt that those fann-
ers who have been ‘on the fence’
will come on in an.) help Hopkins
county reach its 2,000 goal."
Mitchell ‘aid that the Hopkins *
Poster's 'Zinnia Blight Advan-
cer had been named (hand t han
I ion fh II of the show (lining pul-
ing Thursday afternoon. Wool I.
who was an cxhibitoi during the
how, tol.l Palmer he came to S I
phwr Spring* with the intent of'
obtaining at. lea t the two holfen i
sired bv the bull.
S*l* Transaclian*
Coniniaudo Edna Jane (Kd 1
Don, Knon and Sons in the senior divt- recommended that the paasing
Deadline for e*-av entries i*gia.le level he rained to state
June I title of the cs.-ar* l*; Judging in th«\ Senior .livist.in, standard* and Snpt Jack F. tiib-
“ I he \ Blue of Producing Hogs 0“] which started Thursday aftei noon son endorsed the action. Board
a Source id t a-h Income on tt.ii c.inlinue.i through Friday nrvmheis concurred with the re-
I a> in Buh’s of compel i ton a< e ] m.,. ning. wound up competition commendation*,
similar to those covering ***'*( in the ling Auction of 2A reg In another action related to eur
seal » piogram. , totered heifer* wav the final event, ricuhitn, the t, us tee* a|iprove.l
Wmncis of gills and the h..a. Thursdai afternoon, Rochdale the .hanging of English literature,
1st wa, a-e not eligd.le fot the ha(1 T ......
1952 piogram IWI explained , fm,
ruifih‘d roMirMiintM wilt'
)i4< ifturncd lo ®lHT\8xt ttrU fwllt
whuff thf\ will Ut* jii«l||t't) f»»t
»l«’\fH*4 1*1*u»uk j
I DMUttU
Thu I! ( K«»4»n rtfiiMtaU pm-:
ti< ally lotik nvfi thf irninr *»bow
am tht») 'von U hluf ritihotii*. «
Past vein's winner* weic rte'lge| |)U(}1|„ r,,w„,, |t, (ndivliluai class
Temples and John t arn. •'» i H1((| ,m„ , rit,h«n,
Shook's Chapel, Durwood Smith,
Dwayne Seat lumti^i
feed* and cotton production, Le- Sulphur Springs Industrial Fnun-1 County PMA office still Itad Id,- , J’, , . .
mon said. j dation and will he leased fr om the j 090 pounds of seed. ‘That amount i ' ■ “ 1
"The crops ano market group j local group hy the Rockwell con-* df seed will plant 1,000 acres arid ]
should net to the farmer* who Willi
Three civil jury case* were dock-
eted and one contested divorce
healing scheduled before Judge
Charles Berry recessed his Eighth will he responsible for sponsoring ’ cent. The company’s Nordstrom
District Court May term Tuesday a home orchard program," he said, Valve division will manufacture
at noon. j “with the long range possibility j pipeline valves here.
Court will re-convene Friday ’ nf expanding into a commercial j
■when several nun-contested mat- ] project. He added: "The com-j
ters will be heard mittee also will work for increased ,
Four divorces ' were granted j .“dCqU*t0 f°‘ i
during the Tuesday morning sea- [
sion, second since the May civil j
term opened.
Jury panels In two cases are com.
Dairying and heef cattle eom-1 -
mittees will continue to carry on Hopkins County’s two month |
the division’s work toward develop- old Red Cross fund <-am)»aign was
I ment of their industries in the, nearly $2,000 behind its quota
Standard
called for May 2<i. Several non-
contested civil suits a8so are slated
on that date. A third jury case
is set to open June 2.
truck crops.
He indicated special emphasis
would lie placed on cucumbers, wa • #a .
sweet potatoes, watermelons, and - Kf> IflW II |]Aj3
Red Cross Fund
Campaign Lags
Tap Cornelia (Ben
pl’anTthem norWtta thiin mm*jV}£*™* H# “ H Ihckco.i,
and in all probability more than ,
.. f ! Star .Standard Design
wi|l Kf,t Baint to P. G, Cook. $330
(Joe
.JJarszWsakwi,
plant 20 or more acre*. Lemon) to Mrs. So.le
Mitchell said that the PMA of-
fice had contract forms available.
Seed are $7.60 per 50 pounds, a
which is enough to seed five arte*. $310.
$320.
Stan.laid Royal Habv
it Sim) to J. It.
(W. D. j
Palmer,
(II C. |
Cooper,
j The t i la ml Champion eailter
bad been named (tenier Champion
and won out mer the Junior
Chanipion. owned hy Uslle t)
Hpi ndlin of Tyler
Two of Koon’s heifer* in the
*iv months In one year old class,
whtrh were blue ribbon «tuner*
ranked first and feeenml »ve« U
entries* were consigned t*» the
ntteiqeloo auction.
Home 74 animals were shown
in the Mentor Division. Mixiy
were entered in junior .ompeti-
tion and top junior winner* were
W. H Young, who haahevn *U- i I**’* milled to »huw in the Senior
per,nt. ndcnt of the MUtorHwe j nine juntor exhthitor*.
who allowed (iff animal* Thursday
Son"light, Como, M. D. Ponder,
Relly Spring*, Ralph Smith and
James Edward*. Saltillo Donald
Seuwtight of Como won the hoar,
Young Resigns
Superintendency
At Miller Grove
Jury cases on the May 26 dock- county through cooperation to j Wednesday, Sulphur Springs Red
ct arc styled Leon Hays vs. An- aaeociation* and associated agen- Cross Chapter chairman Joe Dan
drew V. Erwin Sella Petroleum
Co.. N. E. Summei-sville vs.
Tran^iStid General Insurance Co.
DocketciT for June 2 is the caae t
styled Buford Btuhbs, et ux, vs. j
Brashear Co-op Gin, Association. |
Other cases will lie dbrricd over
as attorney* in several cases
agreed to later settings, ■
cies.
(Continued on Back Page)
Klondike Man
Injured in Fall
Off Housetop
Rabies Incidence
In County Near
State Average
Avfnger disclosed.
Total pledges and collect tony to j
date amount to $5,597.71. Quota t
is $7,050 and
relief.
21 New Arrivals
Recorded Here
during April
$600 for disaster! Births in Sttlnhur Springs dur-
ing April continued to hold a wide
Miintcrrnan Stisan May (Grover
(Ccntinue.l on Bark Pagtl
Hopkins County
Bey Scouts Plan -i
To Attend Camp
Rural High School
County for the jmst four years, ha*
announced hi* resignation, ef •
fcetlve July I
Young ha* l.ecn employed a*
aupet tntendent of the AIvord In-
dependent School, A Ivonl, \V iae
County. A Ivord ha* « population
of more than 800, according to
..•li»ii* figure*.
fourth > eai high sehiml *uhjeet,
to #0 et.c(i*e I’O.in** The gram
mar routs*- fei the first half of
the f.unth year will he required,
but *i no., student* may . hoo*c l.e-
Iwem Foghsh literature, bualnen
F ogli*h, journalism and speech,
f.>, the final semester work in
(hi* field
( kanye M*»li*|.
The s. limit hoar.I -ession. which
lasted only an hovn ** memliei-
moved on to the FFA harb.-cue,
l.io.ighl a hoot Mouther i hange.
The tegiilai monthFy meeting date
wa* rhangtd to the *e«»nd Mon-
(('onttnue*! «n Hack Page)
Future Farmers
Awarded Honors
Al Barbecue Here
Humble Files
14 Unitizalion
General chairman of the drive. |ovvr thp } At toast seven llopkin* County j __
Rev. Claude Stinson, said aever*i|tn Juattco Boy Scout troop* will visit the i Can f|*apfc HpTP
communities had not reported j (Tiny) Melton s files. ^ ^ - |^,ne> Star Area Council xumnutr wMUllBWI® ®
funds collected earlier. Others, he
revealed, have gone over their
goals. A total of $4,812.64 has
been contributed in Sulphur
II ffirlr, were recorded dating ^ bam. during June, Richard Car-[ Filing of 14 unlttsation agree
the pHst month to bring the yeai *:
total to 88.
were recorded j
period.
A 51-year-old Delta County| I" the department’s report
man who somersaulted off a mov- rovering March 30 through April
ing house some 25 feet to the 2°. Hopkins County had five ra-
strect pavement Monday after-! hies-infected animals. The dots.
While rabies incidence In Hop- ] Springs. Biggest slice came from
kins County was near the state the special gifts drive $3,079.
wide aOera-re .hu ms’ th.. eorlv ! Five rural communities were .
part of April, the county was th'J >'sted that have either reached or j "> the off,re dwnr'8
only one in the area re)>ortmc exceeded their goals. They are
cases to the State Department o< • Peasant Grove, Hurtoy Pogue,
Health. worker; Union, E. R. McKeever j
and Phillip Smith; Keily Springs,
(tenter, district executive, - revealed (n the county eleik'a office
Friday. Tuesday nearly completed Humble } ,)tAhHity'"in an uiu eitam worUI.
More troops may make reactva- u;| „ri,| Refining
(Continued on Back Page)
noon is reported to be in fair
condition at Memoriul Hospital.
He is T. J. Blondell of Klon-
dike.
was based on animals' heads sent ]
to the department's laboratory in j
Austin.
Only one neighboring countv{
Blondell wa* ntop a house' h»d a euse. That was an onooaum
which was being moved on Lea-
gue street. He held up a cable
at the Main street intersection to
allow clearance for the structure.
When Blondell released the cable,
hi tost Ids footing and catapulted
off the roof.
He was carried to the hospital
in a Tapp Funeral Home ambu-
lance.
Blondeli suffeted a fractured
back.
Slight Decline
In School Census
Reported Here
Hopkins County’s school popula-
11 tion shows a slight decrease ac-
was
shortly after five
nesday afternoon.
A blaze stalling in a
rear the hom* spread
o'cIock Wrd-
garage
to *>.<■,
Harvey Chandler,
Native Citizen,
Succumbs Here
Harvey Valentine Chandler, 74-
year-old farmer who had lived in
Hopkins county his entire life,
died shortly before eight o'clock
Monday morning at his home east
of Sulphate Springs.
/ -IBmM4.WPriec* were held
at three o'clock
jtf Funeral Home
The lev. J. P. Luton was
In charge. Interment was in the
Nelta ceArtery.
He was born April 6, 1878 in
the Flora community, the son of
William Pink and Mary Day
Chandler,
He married Frankie Holloway
on December 21, 1905 in Sulphur
Bluff. Mr. Chandler was a mem-
ber of the Christian Church and
Woodmen efjjfte World.
Survivors include his wife; a
daughter, Evelyn Chandler of Sul-
phur Springs; and a brother, Pink
Chandler, also of thi* city.
Pallbearers were Herman Gold-
smith,' Ernest Goldsmith, Bert
Davis, Jess Orr, Coleman Hudson.
Henry George Smith, Alvis Pick-
ett and Tom Worsham.
sent from Hunt County. No ant-i
mals were found positive from
Wood. Rains, Franklin, or Delta
counties.
Three foxes found rabid in
Hopkins County was a* ikany a* | cording to preliminary figure* re-j house. Several out building* n!«*
rounu in any Texas county in- leased Friday by County Super- j were destroyed or damage*!,
eluded in the report. ; intendent H. Clay Cheek. The William* place is on the
Two clegs were found with posi- The unofficial count of seho- Yantis highway some three mile.!
five signs of rabies from the coun-- |**tics, for 1962-53, is 2,07.3. Dur- vouth of the city.
ty'f ... , . , ing the 1951-62 period, the county One truck, with a 200 gallon
In the state 142 heads were ] collected on 2,176 scholastics. The booster tank, was sent from the.
found as positive. Harm* County | figure includes Negro and white1 Sulphur Springs fire department.!
*i ° ^ 1 r l- 1 pupils. : Water wa* used to confine th'.'i
Increased threat of ralnes wu Combined with preliminary fig- blaze to the garage until fjrnisl.-
shown in the sharp increase m ures jn Sulphur Springs In- ing* could be removed.
■ able* treatments furnished for ; dependent School District, the pu
Elc vrn deaths
iduring the same period. Thirty-!D0ns before the deadline, he added, j |jwtnil,y plan* to
nine deaths have been re/onto I, Troop* aheady holding r.*e. -
! vation* for the June eruainpment
| are t’.O at Pickton, 69 at Bulphui
Springs, 66 at Miller Giove, 61 at
Sulphur Bluff, 161 at Sulphur
I Springs, 263 at Brashear und 67
at Sulphur Spring*.
t urpentet will Ire camp dire.Toi
I and other members of the exvru-
i live *taff will M**i*t. District Exe-
• eutive Arvil Hi. kman and Jack
Kelly, both giaduatoa of the Na-
M< *t fumifahinvi wrr Bftvc». tHmM, A<iimtir School, will i.* in
hut the five* rcom uoiihi* of (%tn»t,f tHt* Nwimmintr ai um
\w youth ot S.ilphui Two Hwim puiiofi* rip plantuoi
Sprfnpr.H, wa« duntro.ved by f**** j daily.
The eamp progiam is- dsigned
i ompany'r pre-
re-preaaur* the
morning all had eyes on the lle»t , . — a
sb7Tll;:rr.“
lle.br, t Anderson, cm of O ,, h.-,r. b.pler ,to-., ,be, a* one of
Anderson, carried ..ft two top,"'" *" the nttnl States* ,v
hot.... * In the Dairy Show Junto. ‘ t-eakerr at -hr annua! parent*
Division during b.ief *fto. noon "I'd **« hjMM|U»t Tuesday night.
........ R. H Thom** and C. M. Bar*
[day, ranking official* in North
cast Texas, lauded the effort* of
] the local FFA uurmbors, and pr#«
] tented them with an array nf team
[i.imI individual award* that proved
(their praise »*» based on out-
•tanding nei fot man. e«.
.Hunenute.i.lrnt *»r School* lari:
F Gibson joined in the ptntoe p.
j the Future F'airner*. a* 'Vel! tu,
(tiiemhcix of the High School
cbe«lra who performed on the pro*
The dairy cow was haded here jlllni> mul poietcl t« the .* two
Thursday night a* an anchor ofUrxmp* in emphasizing that
hit|FB thi*
{4 olitinucfl on |>rtgp f>ur)
Banquet Speaker
Hails Dairy Cow
In Talk Here
tht i»c rV* riiM'v
p«*r-
not o»*
Fire Destroys
! Grover Williams
Home Wednesday
Hu' tl»i*j$kpi "A1 Murmy C Ltrruoihil Ha mirh M ^ mi jiMt yv«r^
fttnn dtmfnr **f Mail lull |J|t| « bfU»»f«r«um!i'a
cntiM. Picktnn f.eId j U F’AA, and the ..ccatomr wra"tttol pr.^.a.H had been
7 lx* < , which Mii fiMiy op** j litinuiit huniiu**! of* th«f Norlltt'iMH
crate* one re pressuring plant tniT„^. ,,„l(v ,g|,0w. ! Th, .h.rkc. barbecue dinner
Mori* Ihun *00 t#«’r»orM lurm*iljt.a* x«rv*t! u> rtmlnmlfly
urimAt tho ••ntii-t* n«>«jciut on |b<* wmm DM'ninr Tor the|lM tl,|. #**ltih0ion burn t>t City
aff*h: which v»held in thr h»kH ,»„»k The* KKA imye U.*?
•rhoo* i jifiOcrm, hi* Uiik * froj^rI.
Honor Cn««l hjr W illt«®«t» Mititfrlt, ( h«iptl'C fM*»*
I hi* diklry cnw, whlrh in llf»i» eervwt) Ht master of cfff*
.km-* (aunty i“ avnorionioun w ilh | ,IM,r;,r, at the* ifaih«*i ioic. Bhcrrcll
onM'iid**-! th$* I ickton , w\% t uas Ihi* sue**! nfj
,ri'jh<iilo» Hi thr event, and wa* libv-J
ally «'d l«y pro*)
V Jersey tUtuctU* the1
the oiijrinal wrr itrwntcd
ir(jut*rft t«
hy thf KhiIiohO ('mnmlMAlun «*«»ly
in thf month (nn*tiu<tion has;
>tta11<*<1 on a acrond plant which
will m'ivp thf fast pibniilon of
Pickton fitdd.
iliitnhh*
fiold wltowatilf could not be
<*rented unlfrtsr tlu* crtlbw field wna
|Continued on pagl four)
(Continued on Back Pa*re;
Marlin Springs
Pastor Declared
Rural Leader
tllllC.
unitize) for t . -pr essuring nper
The ailowahl# i» now down ,crit.-r of the p-.-ak.-r'» tabli Mo
t„ *1X day* a month. Old 1’lckton . , |mer.
area ha* been unttize.l for »ome; |.lart, , ut ml|k
tie form.
Declaring he «i.<| not fear a,. «*-
] tuck bv Russia,. Cox *aid )>e I-
jeoneeriie.i al.mit what would tie. ■
: pen if peace should suddenly «)«•
jsceiiit upon a nation geared for
Car Inspections
Lag in County;
2,444 Checked
Pickton Field
Starts 2 New
Oil Explorations
, war.
human*. During February 1451 pi| census is estimated at 4,591 i
treatment* were districted bv j N-t.Kr„ an,| whitl, |lupi)K.
the Health Department In March,! Official count* will be delayed!
130 were given.
Scotl Gibson's
Sister Passes
Al Conroe Home
until additions anil, deletions can
ire completed on the sehtrol rolls.
Mrs. Childress
Passes Monday
At Brashear
J. E. Carpenter
Passes Friday
At Ml. Zion
i "If HMYotlf could keep Oil a M
keel under such Cimifn
. it wo'ilil bf thi? dairy »c»:$n, '
, (*nx Muid, **Thf Jer**y t ow *l\%u
Only 2,441 of the 7,055 regUter- h(U |>H„, „ m lh„ )m„
•“ ........ *......- .................... ...
tests in Bulphui Springs, accord
ing t.» a check by E. ('. Smith,
Motor Vehicle Inspector, State
The Rev. Fu.il Allen, pastor of
Origin of the fire is un'ine-m,., Cnwcrb, ha* been selected a- the
;---- “Kuial Pastor of the Yea. in Tex-(
a*” by editor* of The Pr»»gre»stve ;
F'iiimer, according to information '
re.eive.J from the editors of t).e J
a
a profit to me ruture
Csmpstiliss from Soultos.l
Hiid beef cattlemen to look to thru
(Continued on Page Two)
I magazine.
i At the same time, it wa* so-
j nojneed that Ml. Allen had been
nominated and wa* being eonsid-
j er.’.l for the titlj- of “Kuial l’a<-
Department of Safety,
t Smith wa* m Sulphur Springs;
Wednesday to check progrea# of
mxpe. tion*. He *ai.l (bat local in-
spection stations must check 288
, vehicles weekly if all are tested ,
befoie Sept 6.
John Edward Carpenter, 62- <C*nttou«d or, Back Page)
year-old former Hopkins f ount/
Final ritets weri held for Mrs, ( _
D. P. McFaiiand, sister Of Scott Final service* for Mrs. Mary
Friday Frances Childress, 83, a resident in the western section of the
.Icthodist church at; 0f Brashear 63 year*, will he held . county for many years, served
afternoon in
i Commissioner, died of a heart at- TatMAC C Cf»nH
lack Friday at 7:15 a. m. in his JCIII1C5 M# OvUll/
Mt. Zion community home. |a* -, ■ m
Mr. Carpenter, farmer-merchant Al6Iir6U 1 BfUlCr
( onr..e with burial in the cemet«*ry Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock three term*
Dies Thursday
Mrs. Vida Colley
Succumbs Friday
At Commerce
Mrs. Chapman
Of Tira Dies
Al Fort Worth
The Southeast Pickton area had
two new dulling opeiation* ton
week, both in the J. G, Wrrm.
survey.
The Kmpir. Dulling Co., Dalla-,
(.** the Nv. I tl P. Gorman in the
northwest corner of a 59 acre
tract. The operation i» a farm
'out from the L. A. t..riling Drill-
! iog Co.
Humble Oil ha* located tho Nv.
j I H M Alton, 600 feet west ami
MM) noith form tho tinoa of a
(l»il aero Weems aurvey tract.
Sulphur Springs
High Exercises
Set May 23
Dr. low Pone, president of
f*,«. Wesleyan College at Fort
F inal i lies for James Hhack«»D
Mrs. < al Chapman of Tira* pio-
neer llopkin* County resident, died
in a Ft. Worth hospital Woxtnes-'
dav morning where she wa* admit-
ted Sunday night following a heait A’or th. will to- the principal speak-
attack. Mr*. Chapman had ternm- rr at commencement exercise# at
___ ( panted her daughter. Mi. and Mr*, i Sulphur Hpiuig# High School on
l.a-t ». rvu.<-» for Mrs. Vida " *"• Weir, •» thoir home in Ft.: Friday May 2-i, ft was announced
Marie Colley, t». ,,alive of Hop- ‘ w,.rth Sunday afternoon and Saturday by IVinriual Truman E.
kin* County, were held Hunrtay •**oi tly after arriving (here -uf-. Drake,
the Daugherty community, near afternoon at. three ...lock in the ^**5^ heart attack.
Emory, wore held Saturday after- ( hutch of t hn*t. Mi*, l uHey. , ** isrrz* t
noon at 2:30 in the Sodom church. I who was a teacher in the Peco* ** lh* Methodist church at
» Me ....... a eesidenr of the «hool system the past throe Thuroday. A Cooper funeral home 4|.member
' yea,*, bad taught in schools ncar|v a!‘ ,n 'harce of arrangement*. the high -vh.ml gymnasium at 8
Mra. Child re** wo. 1mm Auguat, CarpenUr. He married Mia. Hattie •« ^ Thursdav^ night. . C" »'"■ Wefof" Fc do-* ° ‘dT.^c .to. revealed that Dr.
curled by Rev Rudd and Jimmie Ul, ( ommerce. Friday at 5 p. m.. ««•**'«» l* xurvived toy two daugh- T. ». Perria, of F.rrt Proa-
Nai.ce of teenvdle Burial wa* follow,ng an dine** of five wook*. t ?•« ““'"V Glenn and Mr*.1 byterian t hurch. Sulphur hpr.ng^
i?r t,pp fu- raw ^
1 her death. I (Continued on Hack Pace)
, u | .------* ----------- -- ---------------- ™..,„ a* commissioner. He
there. Mrs. McFarland passed jn the Brashear Baptist church. recently sold a grocery store which
away Wednesday afternoon at her; Mr*. Child res* d.ed at four he had operated for the p«*t seven
home in l.onroe following a long: o’clock Monday morning at her! year* at Mt. Zion.
* j 1 Brashear home. Mr. Carpenter was the father fnr'' iirott’ 7«-year-old farmer rr.
The deceased waa a native of, The Rev. W. K Carroll con- of Mra. C. A. Blount. 406 Califor-
Hipkinji County, being the dauffh- the rites. Burial wan in j nia itfett,
•[ ”r# *1.1^ ; Branhcar cemetery. Tapp Funeral A native of the county, Mr. Car*
P. Gibnon of Corneraville, Home waa in charge of ananjre- pen ter wa* horn July 30, 1H90, ''*r* » resident of
She is survived by three sons _N ,he son of Mr. and Mr#. Richard *"» f<" ^ P®”1 “» P“'«, died"#** had taught
and three daughters in addition, Mra. Childress wa# bom Auguat, Carpenter. He married Misa Hattie *< hi# home Thur»dav night
to numerous other relatives. Mr.j 25, 1868 in Alabama, the daughter: Boucher on September 25, 1910 in
The president of the Methodist
hc.J lollcge, a «ell-know n man in edu-
Tirt' rat tonal circles, will address tFe
graduating class a.
McFarland preceded her in death 0j j0(,n anj Filizalteth Goodwin1 the Mt. Zion community,
about two years ag«. ^ Jacobs. She married James F. He wa* an elder ir, the church.
Members of Mr. Gibson # fam- Childress in 1888 in Brinklev, Ar- Survivor* include his wife; four
ily were in Conroe for the fu-1 —----—,----------|«,—^ —
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1952, newspaper, May 16, 1952; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780435/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.