The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1980 Page: 4 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 26 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
4—THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO. futpKwr Spriftf*. Tm«. Friday. Nov. 14, HM.
Saltillo
news
Mrs. H.L. Houston and Mrs.
Josephine Holmes of Sulphur
Springs visited Mrs. Thelma
HatcheU Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Robots
and her mother, Mrs. J.W.
yattingty of Mount Vernon,
spent last weekend at Taylor
with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jordan
and sons. They were joined on
Saturday by Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Jordan and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Gentry and family.
They spent Sunday night with
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gentry at
Waco. Mrs. Mattingly was
<4iebrating her 88th birthday.
Mis>. Sara Matthews of
Dallas and drs. Fay McDonald
of Leisure Lodge, Sulphur
Springs, visited Mrs. Will
Matthews Friday.
Mrs. Lessie Johnson of Mount
Vernon visited Mrs. Juanita
Home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Swain
have returned from a 3-weeks
visit with relatives and friends
in Jal, N.M. While the Swains
were in Jal, their children
surprised them by giving them
a wedding anniversary party.
They celebrated their 46th
anniversary. They also visited
Mrs. Swain’s brother, Ernest
Jones at Kermit.
Mrs. Rose Roberson died Oct.
30 in Houston. She was the
former Rose Fuqua of Saltillo.
She is survived by three
daughters, Billie Jean, Melda
Beth and Gloria Nell, several
grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Banks of
Mount Vernon visited Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Hite Tuesday.
Mrs. Gertie Lewis of
Mesquite visited Mrs. Lillian
Broughton Thursday.
Mrs. Floy Barnett visited
friends and relatives in Dallas
and Garland last week. She
returned home Sunday. She
visited Mrs. Johnoween Gill
and Mrs. Auline Leverett in
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wagher in Garland and Mrs.
Lucille Fleming in Dallas. She
visited one afternoon with Mrs.
Marie Arthur and Mrs. Susie
Smith at Blanton Gardens.
While in Dallas she visited
Walter Tatum in the hospital.
Mr. Tatum is a former Hopkins
County citizen.
Mrs. Lucille Harris ac-
companied her daughter, Mrs.
Jan Simmons and boys to
Dallas last week. They spent
Friday night with Mr. and Mrs.
O.B. Sanderson in Mesquite.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Rickel of
Mentone, Ind. visited Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Hite from Tuesday
until Thursday enroute to the
Rio Grande Valley.
Mrs. Etta Tully of Paris
spent from Friday until Sunday
with Mrs. Lillian Broughton.
She visited Mr. and Mrs. Rua
Arthur Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barnes
visited friends and relatives in
Wichita Ffills from Sunday
until Tuesday.
Mrs. Velera Loving visited
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arthur in
Mount Pleasant Sunday. Paul’s
condition remains about the
same.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Monroe
and boys and Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Kelsey of Wylie
visited Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Monroe Sunday.
Don Wiginton of Lake Wood,
Fla. spent last week here with
North Hopkins news
The virus bug has hit in this
area. Dee Ann Dixon had to be
hospitalized and Dana is ill at
home, as is Vera Orr.
Mrs. Lydia Gregg was ad-
mitted to Memorial Hospital
Tuesday night with her heart
condition again and is not
improving very much.
Mrs. Lillian Wood fell at her
home one day last week and is
making a slow comeback.
Cecil and Annie Sue Autrey of
Blair, Okla. spent several days
last week here with Mrs.
Pauline Evans and the
Freeman Parish family.
Charley and Susan Vaughn
are parents of Amy Suzanne,
bom Friday, Nov. 7, at 5:54
p.m. in Memorial Hospital. She
weighed six pounds, eight
ounces. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. William Woodard of
Tira and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Vaughn.
Junior Titsworth, 48, of
Farmers Branch died Friday in
a Dallas hospital following a
long illness. Services were held
at Murray-Orwosky Funeral
Home Sunday, with burial in the
Peerless cemetery. Junior was
a brother of Aubrey Titsworth
of the Peerless community.
Lou Withrow of Dallas spent
Sunday with her parents,
Bonnie and Merl Withrow and
helped Bonnie celebrate her
"double seven" birthday.
Vera Mae and Weldon
Glossup, Andy, Mary Lou
Wright, Mandy and Wendy, and
Ronnie Glossup returned home
last Wednesday after spending
a week in Colorado. They saw a
lot of beautiful country but no
one got a deer.
The Senior Class at North
Hopkins is sponsoring a chicken
and dressing dinner Sunday in
the school cafeteria from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The public is
invited, with tickets $2.50 for
adults and $1.25 for children
under 12.
Fiji* |
|
;r was a busy month for
Springs policemen as
ied 252 traffic citations,
113 complaints, and
1 125 people while
58 offenses,
nost common traffic
ssued was for speeding
cited for that offense,
> 22 of which were in
mes.
frequent violations
28 for running stop
for failure to appear in
for no drivers license,
or expired registration
>d vehicle inspections
ven for defective
his grandmother, Mrs Beulah
Parchraan.
Mrs. Jo Ella Swain, Miss
Shannon Rushing and Mrs.
Edith Lowry of Dallas spent
Friday night with Mrs. Delia
Odom. They visited Mr. and
Mrs. George Swain and Mr. and
Mrs. R.M. Arthur Saturday.
Mrs. Glen Rose was
dismissed from Franklin
County Hospital Friday. She
had been a heart patient for the
past three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rowe
Henry have returned to their
home in Beaumont after
spending a few days at their
apartment here.
Mrs. Maye Smith visited her
daughter, Mrs. Nelwyn Ayers,
and sisters Mrs. Marie Arthur
in Dallas last week.
Mrs. Dollie Pearl Armstrong
and Mrs. Gerta Faye White
have returned from a week’s
vacation in New Orleans. They
visited Mrs. Mozell Fury,
daughter of the late Sam and
Carrie Hildreth Spence. They
also visited Bonnie Faye
There is still a lot of illness in
the community. Violet Lindley
remains in the hospital after
suffering a heart attack. A 10-
pound, 11-ounce daughter was
born to Yvonne Weir at 5:55
a.m. Sunday. She has been
named Dacy. Mrs. Jessie
Garner remains very ill at
Memorial Hospital. Earl
Payton remains in a Commerce
hospital, very sore from breaks
and bruises, but is doing as well
as could be expected. His son
and grandchildren, also Leslie
and Lottie Payton, Lois and
Dennis Callaway are visiting
him, also Brice Rawson and
others.
Melson Chapman, Violet
Lindley and Vesta McCreary
are ill in Memorial Hospital. De
Ann Evans has been very ill
there after dehydration
following a virus. Her sister,
Dana, is ill at the home of her
grandparents, Marvin and Jean
Evans. Lois and Dennis
Stewart in Biksd, Miss.
Harold Glaze and son Cliff
and a friend Mike Lewis of
Carthage spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barnes.
Mrs. Annie Laura Anderson
of Sulphur Springs and Mrs.
Verna Patterson of Arlington
spent this weekend with Mrs.
Maye Smith.
Wylie Robots Jr. of Kauf-
man visited his sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Hite, last week.
Mrs. Doris Phillips of Tulsa,
Okla. is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Swain.
Mrs. Veanna Newberry of
Wylie came Tuesday for a
week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Swain
Mrs! Mollie White, Mrs. Will
Matthews and Mrs. Lillian
Moss visited Tuesday in Wills
Point with Mr. and Mrs. J.D.
Simpson.
Hugh McKirney of Midland
visited Mr. and Mrs. R.B.
McAfee Friday. Mack Penn of
Houston visited Mr. and Mrs.
McAfee Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Adams,
Mrs. Ira belle Barnes, Mrs.
Jewell McAfee, Mrs- Ardys
Dennis and Mrs. Lela Roberts
attended Grand Chapter OES in
“ssrcSA o^,
met in a regular meeting at the
Masonic Hall Thursday night
Deputy grand matron Mrs. Ada
Jane Davis of Dike made her
official visit to the chapter.
After the meeting a salad
supper was served in the dining
hall. Guests attending were
from Sulphur Bluff, Dike,
Mount Vernon, Sulphur
Springs, Emory and San An-
tonio.
M.D. Brem Jr. of Arlington
spent the weekend at his farm
home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Orren
attended the funeral of Roy
Hightower Sunday.
Jabe Whitten was honored by
members of the Methodist
Church Sunday. Mrs. Golden
Wilburn gave “This Is Your
Life, Mr. Jabe.” Mrs. Jewel
McAfee paid tribute with the
poem, “The Bridge Builder.”
R.B. McAfee presented him
with a plaque on behalf of the
Methodist Church for long and
distinguished service. Mrs.
Ira belle Barnes paid tribute in
song, "When You Came to the
End of A Perfect Day.”
Members of his family shared
the occasion, including Mr. and
Mrs. Atwell Whitten of Ore
City, Mrs. Maurine Wood, Lori
and Laura Wood of Texarkana,
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Adams
and Justin of Liberty City, Mrs.
Springs visited Mrs. Marie
McAfee and Mrs. Bessie Ward
Friday.
Bob King of Houston spent
Monday night and Tuesday
with Mr. and Mrs. Bug King.
Mrs Winnie Faught, Mrs.
Jackie Brisco and daughter
Angelia of Baytown visited Mr.
and Mrs. Loy Orren and David
Orren from Saturday to
Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Loy
Orren of West Chester, Ohio
and son Dan Orren of
Springboro, Ohio visited with
w v---V I------ I----o---->
Patterson, Dawn and David, of <his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loy
Gilmer, Mrs. Ryda Gray of Orren and their son, David,
Tira n•
Callaway talked to Jean
(Mince) Henderson Sunday and
found she had suffered a heart
attack at Orange, but is im-
proved.
Mary Dee Brice was in
Sulphur Springs Saturday to be
with the family of Lucille
McLeroy, the sister of Mavde
Brice. She also visited sick
friends in Memorial Hospital
Sunday. *
Lucille and Modena Horn,
Beulah Smiddy and Mildred
Chapman visited Violet Lindley
and other friends in Memorial
Hospital Sunday.
A.C. and Ida Fay Lawson
visited Scelna and Calvin
Melton Sunday. Melba Lawson
was there Friday.
Addie Mae Weir and Cap
Herman visited Oscar Herman
at Leisure Lodge Sunday af-
ternoon. They also went to see
Ruth and Dalton Herman on
North Davis Street.
Audrey Anderson has
Rockwell workers
cited for donations
A brief ceremony held at the
Rockwell International’s local
plant has given recognition to
an accomplisment of a “Gift of
Life to Others.”
Michael J. Gonzalez, field
representative of the Wadley
Central Blood Bank in Dallas,
presented a plaque to Bill
Burney, general manager of the
Rockwell facility, citing the
Rockwell employees for con-
tributions.
Gonzalez reported that the
annual blood club collection
drive at the local plant last
summer set a record in
donations with 246 employees
turning out and contributing 204
pints. This amounted to ap-
proximately one-third of the
total employee population.
Gonzalez pointed out that the
cooperation of Rockwell em-
ployees and support of
management has been strong
throughout the long history of
the Rockwell Blood Club in
Sulphur Springs.
On accepting the plaque from
the Wadley bank on behalf of all
Rockwell employees, Burney
reflected on the past and
present spirit of cooperation
I
Featured artist
Now showing at the Sulphur Springs Public Library are the
paintings of Alwyn Foster. She has studied art at West Texas
State University, and has attended art workshops taught by
Frederic Taubes, Jan Birdson, Stephen Kramer, Sam
Tuminello, Bart Linstrom and Jodie Skidmore. Mrs. Foster
moved to Hopkins County in 1977 from Hereford. She has been
employed as county office clerk for the Farmers Home Ad-
ministration for 29 years. She enjoys painting as a hobby.
Speed tops ticket tolls
Of the 113 offenses reported,
the officers found that 43 were
for theft, 27 for some type of
burglary and eight for criminal
or malicious mischief.
Criminal Investigation
Division detectives cleared 58
cases of which 24 were by
arrest, 12 without arrests, two
in which the property was
recovered and 20 were deter-
mined to have been unfounded.
There were 23 people arrested
for public intoxication, 10 for
DWI, 13 on traffic violations, 16
were held for other law en-
forcement agencies and 10 were
arrested for theft.
0
Special presentation
i ■
Michael J. Gonzalez, field representative of Wadley Central
Blood Bank in Dallas, presents a "Gift of Life to Others" ac-
complishment plaque to Bill Burney, general manager of the
Sulphur Springs Flow Control Division plant of Rockwell In-
ternational. The award reflected a record blood donation of 204
pints by plant employees. The name of the club has now been
changed to the John G. Long Memorial Blood Club in honor of
the man who initiated and administered the club for many years
at the local facility.
LOCAL YOUNG Farmer
Weldon DeWitt and wife Jana
returned Monday night from
Louisville, Ky., where they
attended the AU American
Jersey Show. In Louisville,
they joined Mr. and Mrs. Brody
Koon and Karman, where they
piuudly watched Kris Koon
take the Reserve Junior
Champion Jersey Heifer title at
the All American Junior Show.
Kris was scheduled to complete
open show competition today.
The DeWitts reported an en-
joyable flight in their aircraft
which he piloted.
returned home after a visit with
her children in Dallas.
Lois Weir visited Oleta
Bearden Sunday afternoon.
The William Dodd faily,
Robert Weir and Mamie
Sullivan ate lunch with Herm
and Helen Weir Sunday.
Several from here attend a
stork shower for Sue Janway,
held at North Hopkins School
Tuesday night.
Dennis and Lois Callaway
celebrated their 45th wedding
anniversary Sunday.
Mary Jane Chapman, who
sponsored the Firemen’s chili
supper last week, stated she
would love to express her
thanks to all who helped with
the stew and chili supper. There
was a good turnout, with about
175 people being served. She
would like to give special
recognition to the Bruce Mc-
Tyler, Mrs. Neva Whitten and
Dedra of Saltillo. Four
generations were present.
Mrs. Golden Wilburn of
Sulphur Springs and Mrs.
Jewell McAfee attend the
district meeting of the United
Methodist Women at Paris
Saturday.
Mrs. Florene Branom, Mrs.
Christine McEachem and Mrs.
R.M. Arthur were Paris
visitors Monday.
Mrs. A.W. McAfee of Sulphur
Neils, who gave a $100 donation,
to the American Legion Post
and Auxiliary that gave $50
each. Those large donations
were greatly appreciated, but
many other donations really
added up until Tira and North
Hopkins fire departments
received $421.65 each.
After all expenses were paid,
North Hopkins plans to do work
on their building which had
been stopped because of money-
shortage, and Tira needs a lot of
work on their truck.
Both communities working
together accomplished a goal
which could not have been
reached otherwise. May we also
add that people like Mary Jane
Chapman go a long way to
make a good community grow.
The community has a great
number of people who work and
cooperate.
'Sulphur Bluff news
ew
and the value of belonging to the
club.
Members of the club who
donate blood provide protection
and coverage to all members of
their immediate families who
may need blood through illness,
surgery or accident.
Burney recognized Rockwell
employees who have par-
ticipated regularly and are
members of the “One Gallon
Club” — Gerald Garnder,
Mitchell McCarty, Eugene
April, Wendell Crish, James
Gilbreath, Ray Gene Baxley,
Terry Gregg, Larry Riley,
Wesley Ethridge, Jack Holley,
Wilford Huie, Archie Burnett,
Doyle Starrett, Eddie Clifton,
Robert Miller, Jerry Fleming,
Dean Eudy, Tommy Swann and
Marvin Evans (retired).
In closing the ceremony,
Burney recommended and the
board of directors approved
that the Rockwell Blood Club be
renamed the John G. Long
Memorial Blood Club in honor
of the late Mr. Long, who
initiated and administered the
club for many years at the local
facility.
Jane Hill and Julianna of Blue
Springs, Mo. visited their
parents and grandparents,
Ralph and Mary Vance, last
weekend. Other visitors with
the Vances were Virgil and
Verba Maddox.
Joe and Alice Bailey of Waco
came last Friday to visit her
sister and husband, Mozelle and
Clyde Bassham. On Sunday,
another sister, Naomi Spung
and son, Lewis Spung Jr., spent
the day with them. They all
attended services Sunday
morning at First United
Methodist Church. Rev. Billy
Hoff, pastor, brought the
message. At noon Sunday the
sisters received a phone call
from their brother, Buster
Alexander, from Walla Walla,
Wash. He was doing fine. Last
Sunday, Mama Sallie
Alexander of Cooper called to
let them know she had returned
from Houston, where she had
been for a physical check-up
and had received a good report.
The Baileys left early Monday
afternoon for home.
Jewell Clifton was released
from the Mount Vernon hospital
Tuesday following a week of
tests and treatment.
Lutie Patterson remains in
Mount Vernon hospital. She is
improving and hopes to be
dismissed this week.
Myrtle Fielden was admitted
to Baylor Hospital last Friday
for tests. She was released
Adult center
offers free
instruction
Instruction in basic education
areas of reading, writing,
English, arithmetic, English
speaking and other subjects is
offered free of charge at the
Adult Learning Center in the
school administration building,
361 Connally St.
□asses are open daily from
8:30 a.m to 3:30 p.m. Adults
may attend at any time con-
venient to them and as often as
desired.
High school G.E.D. level
instruction will be provided in
many subject areas. Special
courses will be provided upon
request.
In addition, night classes are
offered from 6 to 9 on Monday
and Thursday in Room 312 at
Sulphur Springs High School.
Adults may enroll at any
time. There is no starting or
stopping date.
Visitors are welcome.
Additional information may
be obtained by calling 885-4011.
After 5 p.m., the phone number
is 885-3500.
Tuesday night and will be home
Wednesday.
The Extension Homemakers
met Monday in the home of
Cindy Beale. Gertrude
Bassham was in charge of the
program. She presented an
early bird gift, a covered coat
hanger, to each one present.
Becke Anderson was introduced
and give a microwave oven
demonstration, baking a
delicious peach upside down
cake. The group sang happy
birthday to Becke as the cake
was cut and delicious
refreshments were served.
Present were Cindy, Gertrudge,
Becke, Marie and Jennifer
Beale, Mary Vance, Era
Bartlett, Sue Bland, Nell
Medina, Geraldine Sullivan,
Hilga Chester, Janiece Joslin
an daughter, Mrs. Elam and
daughter, Alice, and Roberta
Flippen. Everyone enjoyed the
meeting and demonstration.
n
Vern Jones
from Saturday through Wed-
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carr, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Fuller, Mr.
and Mrs. R.B. McAfee, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Adams and Mrs.
Irabelle Barnes attended
Eastern Star meeting at
Sulphur Bluff Tuesday night.
Mrs. Bessie Ward, Mrs.
Marie McAfee, Mrs. Jewell
McAfee attended a fish fry at
the Lake Winnsboro cottage of
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Ward
Thursday. Others attending
were Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Lowry
of Sulphur Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Glenn,
Mrs. Lorene Bedgood and Mrs.
Joann Anglin attended the
funeral of Paul Oglesby in
Gainesville last Wednesday,
Nov. 5. Burial was in Sherman.
Paul was the husband of the
former Virginia Koonce of
Saltillo. He is survived by his
wife and daughter, Linda
McMillian of Whitesboro, and
two granddaughters.
Mrs. Buck Ward and Mrs.
AC. Lowry of Sulphur Springs
visited Mrs. Bessie Ward, Mrs.
Marie McAfee and Mrs. Jewell
McAfee Wednesday.
Dan Orren’s determination to
be a policeman paid off last
week when he was hired for a
full-time spot on the
Springboro, Ohio, force. Dan is
a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Loy
W. Orren of Round Knob Ranch
in Saltillo.
Mrs. Judy Shelton of
McKinney visited her aunt,
Mrs. Delia Odom, last week.
Echoettes
MR. AND Mrs. John Futral
of Winnsboro announce the
birth of a son at 9:34 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 11 at Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
one-half ounces. Grandparents
are Dollie Faulkner and
Richard B. Crowson Jr. of
Birthright and Doris L. Clayton
of Orlando, Fla.
MR. AND Mrs. Mark Hardy
of Paris announce the birth of a
daughter at 12:11 a.m. Wed-
nesday, Nov. 12 at Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Jeff English
announce the birth of a son,
LORI JO Holder announces
the birth of a brother, Drew
Justin, at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 11, at Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital. He weighed
eight pounds, 11 ounces.
Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Don
Holder of Sulphur Springs.
Jeffery Sean English. Grand- Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
parents are Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Hicks of Texarkana and
Robert English and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Holder of
Mrs. Milus Robinson. Great- Avery,
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Don Tubb and Mrs. Inez
Robinson.
MR. AND Mrs. Kasey Cole of
519 Peach announce the birth of
a daughter on Thursday, Oct. 6,
at 7:02 a.m. in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
RON AND Amy Walker, 308
Whitworth St., announce the
birth of a son, Dustin Michael,
Oct. 31, in Citizens General
Greenville. H<T
weighed eight pounds, 12^4
ounces. He has an older
brother, Ryan. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Harold E.
Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Billy
A. Pate, all of Bonham.
MR. AND Mrs. Skip Hurley
of Sulphur Springs announce
the birth of a son, Michael
Wade, Nov. 5 in Citizens
General Hospital, Greenville.
He weighed eight pounds, eight
ounces. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Durham of Hospital,
Greenville, Mrs. Venita Mark
and Ray Hurley of Sulphur
Springs. Great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Durham
of Cash and Mr. and Mrs.
Marlin Jones and Mr. and Mrs.
D.R. Hurley, all of Sulphur -
Springs, and Mrs. Robert GERALD PRIM’S
Daniels of Sheboygan, Wis. photograph is spotlighted in a
Great-great-grandmother is full-page advertisment carried
Mrs. Martha Cox of Sulphur by Surge in the current edition
Springs. of Agri-Finance magazine. The
--- text of the page relates the
MR. AND Mrs. Danny Keller agriculture loan philosophy of
of 306 Magnolia announce the the president of the Sulphur
birth of a daughter at 8:21 p.m. Springs State Bank. Prim first
Sunday, Nov. 9 at Hopkins began work in the bank in 1924
County Memorial Hospital. when it had deposits of $350,000
--- and has seen it grow to the $55
MR. AND Mrs. Robert million level. Prim has received
Jenkins of Yantis announce the a framed copy of the national
birth of a daughter at 8:54 a.m. exposure advertisement.
Saturday, Nov. 8 at Hopkins
Waneta Townsend is at home
after surgery in Tyler Medical
Center and is resting well.
Postal district
manager retires
Vern Jones, district manager
for the Sunland District of the
U.S. Postal Service in Phoeniz,
Az. retired Aug. 29 after 39
years of service.
As district manager, he was
responsible for all postal
operations in Arizona, southern
Nevada and the Palm Springs,
San Bernardino and San Diego
areas in southern California.
This area includes 395 post
offices and some 15,000 postal
employees. He was responsible
for an annual postal operating
budget of $350 million.
Jones started his postal
career as a clerk in the Los
Angeles Post Office in October
1941. He was promoted to
management in 1957 and held
various higher level
management positions in the
Los Angeles post office and in
Postal Headquarters,
Washington, D.C. He was
promoted to district manager in
1975.
He was born Vernice (Vern)
C. Jones, the youngest son of the
late Andrew W. and Rosella D.
Jones, who were residents of
the North Caney community of
Hopkins County for many
years.
DON OVERSTREET boated
fish weighing a total of 14
pounds, seven ounces to win
first place in the recent tour-
nament sponsored by the
Sulphur Springs Bass Masters
Club on Bob Sandlin Lake.
Tommy Peugh and ,Brad
Rodgers tied for second place,
with total catches of nine
pounds, nine ounces. The
participating club members
snared 83 fish weighing a total
of 100 pounds. The club’s next
meeting will be at 8 p.m. Dec. 2
in the KSST conference room.
JOEL AND Jason Dry, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Dry of
Kingsland, have proved win-
ners in contests at Llano
Elementary School. They won
the first place trophy in the
poster contest on flight
etiquette sponsored by the
Kingsland VFW and Auxiliary
MR. AND Mrs. Larry KHaVhWetT
Coleman of 346 Weaver Drive *y the tNon‘^roflt
County Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Cecil Lattrell
of Winnsboro announce the
birth of a son on Wednesday,
Oct. 5, at 11:22 a.m. in Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Robert Weir
of Route 3 announce the birth of
a daughter at 5:55 a.m. Sunday,
Nov. 9 at Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Tony Chan-
cellor of Cooper announce the
birth of a daughter at 2:04 a.m.
Sunday, Nov.9 at Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Charles
Vaughn, Route 3, announce the
birth of a daughter at 5:54 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 7, in Memorial
Hospital.
announce the birth of a
Kingsland Organization, Jason
HopkE atC4ouity'Memorial dr,aw!"8 and *4
Hospital.
took first place for the scariest.
_ They are the grandsons of Mr.
KENNETH WHITE of ®nd .Mrs' J C' Se*e|* Jr a"d
Alexandria, La., is in Room 431 8^a 'g^ands°ns of ^rs- oc-
of Baton Rouge, La., General Sewell Sr. of Sulphur Springs.
Hospital recuperating from a ,
recent heart attack. He is SMALL Business Ad-
employed by Shell Oil Co. His ™mstratl°n »s reminding
mother, Mrs. Neva White, Mr. ^armers and ranchers that it is
and Mrs. Stan White, and Ken now Proc,essmf disaster
White visited him during the !™ar8f”cL™nS*!!)„he!pJhem
weekend.
recover from the damage
caused by the extreme heat and
PAUL AND Barbara Stewart drought co.ndl^°ns during the
announce the birth of a niece, sun™er of 19J0- To quality
DeAnna Lynn Tarrant, sister of produ(jers must ^ able to prove
Daniel Aaron and daughter of .1e <fses and be able to
Jerry and Patty Tarrant of demonstrate repaymen ability
Cumby. DeAnna arrived at ® , “ns- Applications
11:21 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, ™aAyiiP'ckedufpat?eJnearest
weight eight poigids, e*h.
ounces.
STAFF SERGEANT and
Mrs. Richard B. Crowson III
announce the birth of a son,
Richard B. Crowson IV, in Pisa,
Italy, Aug. 30 at 9 a.m. He
weighed seven pounds, nine and
THE MONTHLY radio
controlled airplane contest will
be staged by the Cloud Busters
model airplane club at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Cloud
Busters’ field.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Keys, Clarke & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1980, newspaper, November 14, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780575/m1/4/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.