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4-TW HOftONS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Spring*, Tum». Friday, Oct. 31, 1W0.
Dike news
RiecaUy, Mirfayne
Leewrigbt found a balloon in
Ha garden with an attached
arie renting, “Reeding ii Fun
- If yon find tHs balloon,
phase write me," signed by
Carla Watson, fifth grade,
Washington Irving School,
Durant, Okie. Murfayne
impended to die note. Since
(hen he has received a letter
from Carla stating she was the
lint from her dan to receive a
letter in response to the
balloons. Murfayne said she
told him about her family,
where she lives and was proud
someone had found her balloon
Carla is 10 years of age and
seemed very thrilled over the
thought of her balloon traveling
so far. She also sent a picture of
herself and her twin sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Ishmal of
Ptckton visited Mr. and Mrs.
W.E. Neal on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stewart
of Levelland visited relatives in
the community last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Neal
returned home from Lubbock
Tuesday. Mrs. Lola Smith,
Mrs. Neal's mother, came
home with them for a visit
Mrs. Ruby Hargrave visited
her daughter, Mrs. Billie
Hargrave, a few days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burgin of
Texas City visited Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Burkham and Mrs.
Teence Bartley on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roddy Obert
and boys of Dallas spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Lynn.
Mrs. Civola Neal and Mrs.
Lola Smith visited Mr. and
Mrs. Hans Ishmal of Pickton
Monday. Mrs. Smith remained
with them for the night
Mr. and Mrs. David Neal of
Rowlett visited Mr. and Mrs.
W.E. Neal and Mrs. Lola Smith
on Sunday.
Clay and Cara Bartley spent
Saturday night with their
grandmother, Mrs. Glenna
Bartley.
Echoettes
MR. AND Mrs. Powell
Vickery of Route 3 announce the
birth of a son on Wednesday,
Oct 22 at 9:37 pjn. in Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
Powell Christopher Jr. weighed
eight pounds, two ounces. He is
the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Herb Flora Sr. of Como and
Mrs. Georgie Vickery of
Palestine. Mrs. Bessie Flora of
Sulphur Springs is the great-
grandmother. The newest
addition to the family was bom
on Mr. and Mrs. Flora’s 33rd
wedding anniversary.
MR. AND Mrs. Johnny Couch
of Route 1 announce the birth of
a son on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 5
p.m. in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Ray Stone of
Winnsboro announce the birth
of a son on Sunday, Oct. 26, at
1:35 p.m. in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Kenneth
Abron of 328 Beckham an-
nounce the birth of a son on
Saturday, Oct. 25, at 5:41 p.m.
in Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital.
JAMES QUINTON Ewalt
was bora Oct. 25 at 10:36 a.m.
at the Titus County Memorial
Hospital in Mount Pleasant. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ricky
Ewalt. He is the brother of
Crystal and Dejah. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Mitchell and Mr. and
Mrs. J.W: Ewalt of Sulphur
Springs.
JACKIE LYNN Neal, 1326
Jefferson St., has become a new
adult member of the American
Polled Hereford Association,
according to an announcement
from the beef breed
association’s national
headquarters. More than 2,000
cattlemen have joined the
association during the past
year.
HEAVY FROST was seen
throughout the area in Hopkins
County Saturday morning. A
particularly heavy cover was
reported by people driving past
the Massey bottoms about 10
miles east of Sulphur Springs on
1-30 shortly after daylight.
RONNY DARROW of Sulphur
Springs underwent back
surgery Thursday at Citizens
General Hospital in Greenville.
TAX STATEMENTS have
been mailed by the City of
Sulphur Springs. Payments
may be made through Jan. 31
without penalty.
TOM WAITS, son of former
Sulphur Springs resident Frank
Waits, is scheduled to appear
on the Smothers Brothers
special show. The show was
originally set for 9 p.m.
Tuesday, but has been bumped
from this time slot by the
presidential debate.
THE ANNUAL homecoming
for the North Hopkins Alumni
Association is scheduled
Saturday, Nov. 1, beginning at
6:30 p.m. in the school. There
will be visitation, dinner, a
business meeting and dance.
No reservations are required.
Friends and relatives are in-
vited and welcome to attend,
with all ex-teachers also urged
to participate.
MR. AND Mrs. Wayne Arnold
of Como announce the birth of a
son on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 5:56
a.m. in Baylor University
Medical Center in Dallas.
Ronald Wayne Arnold Jr.
weighed eight pounds, 11
ounces. He is the newest
grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
George Harris of Como and Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Arnold of
Quitman.
MR& LEONA Linker Dennis,
Routt 1, Saltillo, proved a
winner with four items entered
in the Creative Arts Division of
the State Fair of Texas. She won
first place with a red knitted
afghan, honorable mention with
a pink crochet afghan, second
place with a pink neddlepoint
tissue box cover, and honorable
mention for a stuffed doll. All
winning exhibits were on
display throughout the fair in
the Women’s Building.
MR. AND Mrs. Gralon Ivery
of Route 1 announce the birth of
a son, bora Thursday, Oct. 23,
1980 at 4:38 a.m. in Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Joel Allard of
Country Estates, San Marcos,
were in Sulphur Springs
Saturday to visit Mrs. Barney
Knight.
DISTRICT CLERK Ola
Beckham of Sulphur Springs,
who normally swears in wit-
nesses in local court actions,
was called to Cooper Monday.
She was called as a witness in a
Delta County case.
J.D. HATLEY and Mervin
Chester, two of the county
commissioners, said their
areas had received only light
rainfall before they came to
Sulphur Springs Monday.
However, Chester said he drove
through two heavy showers
enroute to town.
MR. AND Mrs. Franz Pitt-
man of Cooper announce the
birth of a daughter, born
Friday, Oct. 24, 1980 at 4:02
a.m. in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
“GOD’S FAVORITE,” the
upcoming Community Players
production, will be held Nov. 21-
22 in the Civic Center. Tickets
for the Friday night per-
formance are 34; Saturday
night dinner theater tickets are
$11. There will be no reserved
seating. Tickets for the Sunday
matinee are 33. Persons over
age 65 or under 18 will be ad-
mitted for 32. Tickets will be
available at the Civic Center
Box Office and from members
of the Community Players
beginning Nov. 5.
THE ANNUAL meeting of
the Perpetual Care Association
of Greenpond will be held in the
Education Building at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 6. Mrs. Ivo
Teer said that this will be the
time to elect new board
members and take care of any
other business. She has
suggested that all interested
attend the meeting.
NAVY FIREMAN Recruit
Perry L. Hawkins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hawkins of
303 Calvert St., has completed
recruit training at the Naval
Training Center, San Diego,
Calif. He studied general
military subjects designed to
prepare him for further
academic and on-the-job
training in one of the Navy’s 85
basic occupational fields.
WHEN COUNTY Com-
missoner L.T. (Son) Martin
checked his rain gauge in the
Posey cominunity Monday
afternoon, he found it reading .9
an inch of moisture. He said the
rainfall appeared general in his
area of the county.
AREA TEACHERS planning
to retire in 1981 have been
reminded that deadline for
scheduling an appointment to
counsel with representatives of
the Teacher Retirement
System during their Dec. 10-11
visit in Mount Pleasant is Nov.
12. Counselors will have a
complete retirement estimate
for each member at the
meeting and will be able to
discuss the retirement options
available and application
procedures.
MR. AND Mrs. Kenneth
Blaylock of Route 5 announce
the birth of a son on Saturday,
Oct. 25, at 10:41 p.m. in Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
BILLIE NUGENT, wife of
Texas Railroad Commissioner
Jim Nugent, visited in Sulphur
Springs Wednesday during a
stop in her campaign to push
her husband’s reelection ef-
forts. Mrs. Nugent is spending a
month stumping the state,
visiting more than 50 counties in
which her husband has not had
an opportunity to campaign
personally.
CLOVIS PINION of Sulphur
Springs had an entry in the
United Roller Club Young Bird
Show (1980 birds) that won the
reserve championship in Dallas
Saturday. The pigeon was
entered in the young medium
hen class. In addition to the
trophy, Pinion returned home
with a cock bird as an ad-
ditional prize. The bird was
donated by Ed Emmerson,
nationally known pigeon
breeder.
RANDY WILKIE, formerly
of Sulphur Springs, and his
family are now settled in
Fayetteville, N.C. The former
Sulphur Springs athletic star
and scholar is a linguist at-
tached to the 82nd Airborne
Division. He is the son of Mr.
andMrs.R.G. Wilkie.
COUNTY JUDGE Joe R.
Pogue has sent letters to all
presiding judges in the various
precincts in Hopkins County,
formally advising them of the
General Election set for Nov. 4.
SEVENTEEN STUDENTS
from East Texas State
University began practice
teaching in Sulphur Springs
Monday. They are scheduled to
be here through Dec. 18, ac-
cording to Dan Durham,
assistant superintendent for
instruction. Assigned to the
high school are Brenda Kelly,
Edward Cozard, Vicki
Rutherford, Michael Tomme,
Amanda Davis, Mary Kirby,
Victoria Henderson, Lonnie
Beadles and Billy Phillips.
Shelia Willoughby, Hank Mims
and James Hawkins will be at
Middle School. Frank Cook is
assigned to Bowie School. Janet
Jones and Lana Spinks will be
at Travis School. Lisa Glossup
is assigned to Lamar School,
and Stephen Passons will teach
at Austin School.
MR. AND Mrs. Willie Chisom
of Route 3 announce the birth of
a son on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at
11:54 a.m. in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Gary Cox of
Saltillo announce the birth of a
daughter on Tuesday, Oct. 28,
at 4:05 p.m. in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Larry Ricks
of Commerce announce the
birth of a daughter on Tuesday,
Oct. 28, at 8:05 p.m. in Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
MARY MARGARET Stur-
duvant recently was named
Citizen of the Year by the
Clarksville Chamber of
Commerce, being the first
woman to receive the award.
She is employed by the Ark-Tex
Council of Governments
Manpower Division as a CETA
counselor for Red River
County. She also is a member of
the Clarksville city council,
Health Systems Agency board,
Northeast Texas Economic
Development Board, Com-
munity Council and Langford
Lake board.
THE SULPHUR Bluff
Halloween carnival will be held
Friday night at the school. A
meal will be served in the
cafeteria beginning at 6 p.m.
Booths will ODen at 7. Everyone
is invited to attend.
North
Hopkins
news
Jess Orr is home from Baylor
Hospital in Dallas and is feeling
much better.
Mrs. Lydia Gregg is home
from Memorial Hospital but is
confined to her bed and visitors
are limited.
H. Reddick, who had been in
Memorial Hospital for a long
time, is home now and doing
fairly good.
Mrs. Braddy’s son, Charles
D. of Sulphur Springs is
seriously ill in the V.A. Hospital
in Dallas.
Verda Withrow has visited
with Mrs. Zora Davis, who
resides in Leisure Lodge, and
reports she is doing nicely in
her new home.
Juanita Hickman, a former
resident, underwent eye
surgery in a Dallas hospital last
week and is recuperating at the
home of her sister, Frances
(and George) Mack at Cedar
Creek Lake.
Mrs. Henry B. Gulledge is in
the process of moving into a
new house in the Posey com-
munity after a mobile home she
lived in was completely
destroyed when lightning
struck it last spring.
Mrs. Carroll (Nada) Crouch
hosted a party Saturday night
and guests present were Mmes.
Audrey Darroe, Opal Scott,
Cindy Crouch, Vera Mae
Glossup, Lou Jane Drummond,
Verda Withrow, Mary Boles,
Sherri Spradlin, Rhonda Crouch
and the hostess.
Larry Powell, his wife Donna
and son Ben have recently
moved into the house of Modene
Tomlinson’s on FM-71. He is the
high school principal at North
Hopkins.
Becky, Harvey, Jeff and
Daniel Mayfield of Wills Point
spent the weekend with her
parents, Imogene and J.B.
Williams.
Frank and Julie Long of
Lubbock spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W.S. Long.
Sunday guests of Mrs.
Chrysteen Decco, who was only
home for the weekend, were
Kathryn and Wendell Bran-
denburgh, Kathy and Amanda
Glosup, Richard Butterfield
and children.
Verdis France, Herman and
Ova Lee Goldsmith of Sulphur
Springs and Rosa Jones spent a
few days last week touring
Arkansas and Missouri.
A chili-stew supper is planned
at the Tira Community Center
on Thursday, Nov. 6, with
serving to begin about 5:30 p.m.
Ladies are asked to bring a
dessert. Donations will be
accepted and will go to the
volunteer fire departments of
both Tira and North Hopkins.
The public is invited.
Mrs. Pauline Evans spent a
few days last week with Robert
Evans and family at Floyd and
attended a football game
Friday night in which her
grandson, Perry, was a player.
Freeman and Ruth Parish
met the Jimmy Parish family of
Savoy at the home of Ann Willis
and family in Garland Sunday
in honor of Ruth’s belated
birthday.
The annual North Hopkins
School homecoming is set
Saturday, with ex-students,
teachers and guests to
assemble in the main building
for visitation from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
The dinner and business
meeting will be from 7 to 8 in the
cafeteria. A dance in the gym
will be from 8:30 to 12:30.
E.W. and Sue Withrow,
Danna and Karri of Dallas
visited Saturday with Merl and
Bonnie Withrow, who are ill
with colds. Terry and Jo
Withrow of Sherman were
visitors with the Withrows
Sunday.
The PTA is sponsoring a
school Halloween Carnival in
the gym from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Each class will have a project.
The public is invited to attend.
A.B. Roach is in a Dallas
hospital to have a pacemaker
implant.
Chamber sets
short course
The Annual Short Course for
Chamber of Commerce
Executives of East Texas will
be held in Longview, Nov. 6-7.
Ed Phelps, executive vice-
president of the Hopkins County
Chamber of Commerce will
present a session on “Program
of Work” to the estimated 250
Chamber executives in at-
tendance.
Other program highlights
include sessions on mem-
bership, office administration,
psychology of managing
membership, free enterprise,
orientation and accreditation,
budgeting and finance.
Saltillo
Mr. and Mrs. LC. Knotts and Museum.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Gene Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cloud of
Davison spent the weekend in Henderson visited Mr. and Mrs.
Nashville, Tenn. They attended R.B. McAfee and Mr. and Mrs.
the Grand Ole Opry. Bug King Tuesday.
Gene Nelson of Texas City Mrs. Velera Loving received
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bug King a letter from Mrs. Travis
Thursday. Dick Moody of Hughes of Angleton, telling of
Arlington visited Mr. and Mrs. Travis’ retirement from
King Wednesday. teaching from a career ex-
Mrs. Maye Smith and Mrs. tending over 57 years, believed
Thelma Hatchell were to be a record. He began his
Greenville visitors Friday. career in a one-room, shotgun
Mr. and Mrs. R.B. McAfee, type building in Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barnes and County. He later spent 30 years
Mrs. Alice King attended an as principal and superintendent
Eastern Star meeting in in several Texas districts. Mr.
Sulphur Bluff Tuesday night. Hughes taught Spanish in the
Mrs. Aubrey Morris Dennis, Angleton school for 15 years and
Mrs. Dollie Pearl Armstrong retired in 1968 at age of 65. A
and Mrs. Carl Roberts ac- short time later he became one
companied the senior citizens of the first teachers in the newly
group of the First Baptist established Texas prison
Church in Mount Vernon on a system, and most recently
bus tour of the Rose Gardens in taught at Ramsey 1, a
Tyler Thursday. They had maximum security unit in
lunch at Luby’s Cafeteria, Brazoria County. A newspaper
toured the gardens and visited clipping related many ex-
the Goodwin Home and periences that Mr. Hughes
Sulphur Bluff news
Mr. and Mrs. Don Holveclfof
Dallas spent last weekend
visting their daughters, Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Reed and children
and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Prit-
chett and children. Other
visitors with the Pritchett
family were Jim Pritchett,
Lucy and John Pogue, all of
Miami, Okla. Jim remained
with them for an extended visit.
The Webelos Cub Scout Troop
272 went on a three-mile hike
Saturday at 3 p.m. The scout-
master is Jerry Prichett,
assistant master is Skip Reed.
Scout members are Jerry Don
Pritchett, Shane Reed, Jeff
Williams and Jerry Price. The
scouts will have a booth at the
school carnival Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Dickerson
of Louisiana, Lena Turner and
Mattie Darden of Sulphur
Springs visited Aleen Skeen and
Barney and Alma Skeen last
week.
Weldon Martin of St. Jo came
Saturday to move his parents,
Bessie and S.T. Martin, to
Rotan on Sunday. Monday,
Bessie was admitted to the
hospital in Rotan.
Having Sunday dinner with
Barney and Alma Skeen were
T.C., Laneva and Curtis Skeen,
Polly and Clifford Skeen and
baby, all ofNelta.
Ralph and Mary Vance were
in Dallas last Thursday to be
with their daughter, Elaine and
Rex Acker as their daughter
Debbie was undergoing surgery
to correct a broken nose she
suffered in an auto accident.
She is improving nicely at her
home.
Frank and Letha Bell Lawson
and two grandchildren, all of
Cooper, visited his aunt, Lutie
and Claudy Patterson last
Friday night.
Buster and Nola Hare and
Flonnie Bassham, all of Sulphur
Springs, attended Sunday
School and church services at
Nelta news
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hatten of
Browns Valley,,, Calif, visited
with Ellery
Maxine
Johnson on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week.
Maxie Potts and Maxine
Johnson were recently in Mart
visiting with several relatives.
Gary and Tina Jobe of Bay
City dropped by to visit with
Alice Flippin on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bartlett
were in Winnsboro Saturday
night to attend an antique car
show.
Wayne and Jean England,
Wade, Jan, Clay and Cara
Bartley all had Sunday lunch
with Ellery and Maxine
Johnson.
Clark, Vivian and Michael
Edwards of Woodbine visited
with Dale, Cindy and Jennifer
Beale on Saturday and spent
Saturday night with them.
Farm-home
show slated
The 1980 Farm and Home
Show will be held in the Exhibit
Hall of the Regional Civic
Center in Sulphur Springs on
Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 11 a.m.
to6p.m.
“You and Energy” will be the
overall theme. The County
Program Building Committee
is the sponsor of this event that
will give the public an op-
portunity to know what is
available in Hopkins County
and to become aware of the
many facets of the Extension
Service, Janie Crump, agent,
reported.
She added that merchants
and businesses may have an
exhibit at the show to depict
what is new. They may contact
the County Extension Office,
127 Jefferson St., by Friday for
a reservation.
First United Methodist Church
here Sunday.
Sallie Alexander of Cooper
came Sunday to visit Mozelle
and Clyde Bassham a few days.
Monday being Mama Sallie's
birthday, Mozelle planned a
surprise visit and tea from 2 to 4
p.m. to honor the birthday lady.
Those present member
members of the Ladies Sunday
School Class, Zelma Harris,
Avo Martin, Madie Dawson,
Rosa Huie, Allen Skeen, Mervie
Bassham, Clydene Fielden,
Sybil Dorner, Hilga Chester,
Gertrude Bassham, and Trixie
Smith, the honoree Sallie and
the hostess, Mozelle. Sallie
received some nice gifts and the
group enjoyed sandwiches,
jelled salad, pickles, cake and
tea. All wished Sallie many
happy returns.
The charge conference will be
held here Sunday, Nov. 2, at 3
p.m. at First United Methodist
Church. Officers and members
of all four churches are
welcome and urged to be
present.
The First Monday lunch will
be served at Community Center
Monday, Nov. 3, at 12 noon.
Everyone is urged to be in at-
tendance.
James K. and June Bassham
left Thursday for Nashville,
Tenn., where they attended the
Grand Ole Opry Friday and
Saturday nights. They also
visited other places while there
and returned late Monday
night, sight-seeing in Hot
Springs, Ark. on the way home.
Naomi Spung, Bettie An-
derson, her daughter Lynda
Youmans and Kristofer of
Dallas spent the weekend with
their sister and aunt, Mozelle
Bassham and Clyde.
Loretta Stapp returned
Monday from a visit to San
Diego, Calif., where she visited
a son, Delmus.
Two residents
hurt in wreck
Two local girls were injured
Sunday evening in a two-car
accident at the intersection of
Connally and South Davis.
According to Sulphur Springs
Police Patrolman Mike
Swindell, a 1980 pickup driven
by Cassandra Marie Poulos, 16,
of 151 Fore St. was eastbound on
Connally when it was in
collision with a 1974 two-door
coupe driven by Jeff Thomas
Stephens, 16, of 735 College.
Swindell said that the car was
westbound and attempting to
turn in front of the pickup onto
Davis Street when the collision
occurred about 6:05 p.m.
Miss Poulos and a passenger,
Chrissie Poulos, 13, of the same
address, were taken to
Memorial Hospital.
Both of the girls were treated
and released according to a
hospital Emergency Room
spokesperson.
Achievement
cited
Claude T. Sturgeon, director
of finance for the City of
Rockwall, is shown
receiving a Certificate of
Achievement from Mayor
Harry F. Myers. Sturgeon
was recognized for his part
in preparing the financial
report.
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Amarillo Wednesday after a
two weeks visit here with her
mother, Mrs. Thelma Hatchell.
Mrs. Nelwyn Ayers of Dallas
was here Wednesday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Maye Smith. Her
aunt, Mrs. Marie Arthur, who
has been here a month visiting
Mrs. Smith, accompanied her to
Dallas, where she lives in
Blanton Gardens.
Mrs. Elsie Fuller of Fort
Worth, Mrs. Ina Barnett of
Dallas, Mrs. Velma Locke of
Grand Prairie and Mrs. Julie
Fuller of Saltillo have returned
from a vacation trip to
Arkansas. They spent from Oct.
13 to 16 in Hot Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lauen of
Mount Vernon visited Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Morris Dennis
Saturday night.
Mrs. Glen Rose is a heart
patient in Franklin County
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Nichols
of Fort Worth visited Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Wardrup last week.
Edward Griggs stopped by
for a short visit with Mrs. Ethel
Fate last week enroute from
Jackson, Wyo., to Houston.
Mrs. Griggs will enter M.D.
Anderson Hospital for some
treatments.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roberts
returned Monday from a weeks
camping in Oklahoma and
Arkansas. They visited Beavers
Bend, Weliheminia State Park,
Horse Shoe Bend, Devils Den
and the Passion Play at Eureka
Springs. They report the foliage
was gorgeous and they had a
lovely trip.
The W.M.U. of the Saltillo
Baptist Church met for an all-
day meeting and covered dish
luncheon Monday. There were
14 present. The program for the
day was a Bible study on the
Holy Spirit.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Knapik
were in Dallas Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs. Helen Burns Hatchell
has moved to Saltillo. She is in
the process of building a new
house on the Burns estate east
of Saltillo on Highway 67. Mrs.
Hatchell’s son Pat of Euless
visited her this weekend.
Gerald Mays and son Jason of
Mesquite visited Mrs.
news
encountered. He was born and
reared in the Greenwood-
Saltillo area. His father was
Andrew Huhes and his mother
was the former Mattie Ham-
mond.
The Saltillo Spanish Club
recently elected officers. They
are Kim Jones, president; Kelly
Stretcher, vice president;
Ginger Green, secretary;
Almeta Bailey, treasurer;
Larry Majors, reporter; Tim
Floyd, Andy Abraham and
James Thomason, cultural
committee; and LeAnda Tully,
Ronny Hammond and Paula
Edwards, project committe.
Saltillo FFA officers are
Kelly Stretcher, president;
Andy Abraham, vice president:
Ricky McClelland, secretary;
David White, treasurer; and
Kyle Kelley, reporter.
Saltillo Junior Class officers
are Kim Jones, president;
Ricky McClelland, vice
president; Debby Smith,
secretary; LeAnda Tulley,
treasurer; and Kelly Stretcher,
reporter.
A special breakfast, cooked
by Mr. Lee and Mrs. Thomas,
was held for officers Wed-
nesday in the economics room.
The breakfast consisted of two
different kinds of sausage,
scrambled eggs, buttered toast,
jelly, coffee and milk. The
purpose of the meeting was to
test link sausage and a different
type of sausage and determine
which was better.
The annual 4-H County Food
Show will be held Saturday,
Nov. 8, at the Regional Civic
Center in Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. Bill Barnes, Mrs. Lorene
Bedgood and Mrs. Maye Smith
attended the funeral of Mrs.
Ada Bonner in Sulphur Springs
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Annie Lee Agee of
Dallas and Mrs. Nannie Horn of
Spring Hill, La. spent Friday
night with Mrs. Ruth Briley.
Old friends of Nannie’s who
visited and reminisced about
old times in Saltillo included
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wardrup,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Conley,
Mrs. Marie McAfee and Mrs.
Bessie Ward.
Mrs. Frankie Dawson and son
Daniel of New York visited Mrs.
Lillian Broughton and Mrs. Mayflower Mays during the
Mary Screws Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hatchell
and Julie spent Sunday in
Sulphur Springs with Mr. and
Mrs. H.L. Stevens.
Mr. and Mrs. Opie Griffin
returned to their home in
weekend. James Mays of
Duncanville visited her Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Dodd and
some friends from Sulphur
Springs visited Mrs. Velera
Loving Sunday afternoon.
Tira news
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Residents of the community
were saddened to learn that the
Larry White home in the
community burned Monday
week about 1:30 a.m. Tira and
North Hopkins fire volunteers
rushed to the fire, but most of
the contents were burned and
only a little of the exterior
lumber was put out with the
water. The Whites had been on
a visit with her family and
returned late the Monday after
the fire and were at his parents’
when notified of the fire. They
plan to build again when
possible, but for the present
time he is being transferred to
another oil field.
There will be a benefit stew
and chili supper plus drinks and
desserts at Tira Community
Center Thursday week.
Proceeds will be given to the
Tira and North Hopkins
volunteer firemen in ap-
preciation of the hard season of
firefighting they have had.
They are in need of several
trade repairs, gas and other
equipment. It is hoped that all
come and show their ap-
preciation to these volunteers.
Ladies will bring stew or chili
and pie. Mrs. Lynn Chapman is
sponsoring the supper and she
is a wonderful worker.
Lucille Russell of Lone Star
visited Ann and Ernest Shaw
last week, and they all attended
the funeral of Albert Wilcher
near Palestine. He was a for-
mer resident of this com-
munity.
Albert Horn and June visited
his sister, Ann Shaw and family
the latter part of the week and
they were in Fort Worth during
the weekend to visit Mr. and
Mrs. George Horn.
Jeremy Wright had a bir-
thday part at the Community
Center on Wednesday. He will
soon be a school boy.
Violet Lindley visited Lois
Weir last Monday. Carmen
George was there last week
also.
Wayne Parker and wife of
Tucson, Ariz. and Ted
Lawrence of Carrollton visited
Lilliand Brice Saturday.
Mozelle Davis ate lunch there
Sunday.
Lois Callaway visited Abbie
Brice in Sulphur Springs
Wednesday afternoon.
Earl Smith was at V.A.
Hospital in Dallas Wednesday
for a check-up and treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Tucker
ate Sunday lunch with Sherri
and Steve Ferrell in Sulphur
Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Harris
returned after a three weeks
visit with their daughters,
Ruby Weir and family and with
other relatives in Oklahoma
and Arkansas.
Joe Dan and Gwyn Kamey
spent the weekend with his
mother, Thelma Clifton.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Massey
of Duncanville, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Felton of Childress, Stella
and Bob Hawkins of Sulphur
Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Edd Brice and Sherri, Peggy
and Shaunda Brice had a
family dinner in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brice
Sunday.
Mrs. Edd Sullivan, Gay Weir,
Cue, Lula and Geraldine
Sullivan met Annie Mae Mc-
Donald of Minden, La. and her
daughter, Martha, from New
York at Memorial Hospital
Sunday to see Joe Sullivan, a
patient there, and daughter
Virginia, who spent the
weekend with Joe, and had a
family visit. Annie and Martha
were on their way to Austin to
spend a few days with their son
and brother, Steven McDonald,
and children who reside in
Austin.
Mamie Sullivan has been ill
at her home the past week with
a respiratory infection. Mrs.
Bill Weir was ill at the home of
her daughter in Cooper with the
same trouble. There are
several cases of it here.
Ann and Ernest Shaw spent
the weekend with Rev. Don and
Patsy Shaw in Wichita Falls.
They attended a dedication
service for an 87-year-old
church member who has
moved into her new home built
for her by church members. It
was built for her after the
Wichita Falls tornado.
District 7-AAAA Scores
Paris 20-Sulphur Springs 13
McKinney 37, Bonham 13
Rockwall 21, Terrell 14
Area Scores
Mount Pleasant 35, Atlanta 0
Clarksville 18, Winnsboro 0
Pittsburg 34, Prairiland 0
Cumby 12, Blue Ridge 10
Como-Pickton 50-Detroit 12
Cooper 24, Farmersville 6
Canton 39, Rains 7
Fannindel 49, Celeste 6
Whitesboro 26, Commerce 0
Princeton 20, Wolfe City 7
Greenville 19, Newman Smith
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Keys, Clarke & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1980, newspaper, October 31, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780645/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.