The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1980 Page: 3 of 6
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THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texm, Friday, May 19,11
Echoettes
LEON ASHBILL JR., 17, son
of Leon and Thrace Asbill Sr.,
formerly of Hopkins County,
has been named valedictorian
of the senior class at Rains High
School. He pL*ns to attend the
University of Dallas, with
emphasis on journalism and
photography.
MR. AND Mrs. Charles H.
Johnston, 816 Bell St., announce
the birth of a daughter at
Citizens General Hospital in
Greenville Friday morning.
Mrs. Johnston is the former
JuneOrren.
MR. AND Mrs. Miron
Harrison, 305 E. Beckham St.,
announce the birth of a son at
6:07 a.m. Thursday, May 15, in
Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Jesse Conger
of Greenville announce the
birth of a son at 10:50 p.m.
Thursday, May 15, in Memorial
Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Earl Griffin
of Sulphur Springs admit they
are proud grandparents of a
"brand new baby girl.” Kendy,
weighing six pounds, nine
ounces, was born Thursday,
May 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Hinkley in Provo, Utah. Mrs.
Hinkley is the former Cynthia
Griffin.
MR. AND Mrs. Ewell Fox of
Sulphur Springs were in Dallas
Friday night to attend the
commencement exercises at
Dallas Baptist College, where
their daughter, Regina,
received the B.S. degree. Jim
Thompson also attended the
rites.
THE ANNUAL homecoming
is scheduled Sunday at the
Martin Springs Baptist Church,
with the Rev. Gene Sloan as the
guest speaker. Special music
will be provided. Following the
services, dinner will be served
in the recreation building.
MIKE AND Kathy Richey of
Garland announce the birth of a
son, Morgan Vaden Richey, on
Tuesday, May 20, at 2:44 p.m.
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Dallas. He weighed eight
pounds, five ounces. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. MA
Tramel and Mr. and Mrs.
Vaden Richey of Sulphur
Springs. Great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Richey
and Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Chapman, also of Sulphur
Springs.
MR. AND Mrs. Salvadore
Lozoya of Point announce the
birth of a daughter at 4:43 a.m.
Wednesday, May 14, in
Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Brad Brad-
ford of Saltillo announce the
birth of a daughter, Adrian
Denise, at 12 noon Thursday,
May 15, in Memorial Hospital.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Boggs of Sulphur Springs
and Mr. and Mrs. Newman
Bradford of Saltillo. Great-
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
James R. Boggs of Lake Creek,
Mr. and Mrs. Aud Cooke of
Winters, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey
Bradford of Sulphur Springs,
Mrs. Katherine Altermann of
Dallas and John Altermann of
Wills Point. Great-great-
grandfather is William Cain of
Ohio.
BRITT GREGORY, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Gregory,
garnered high honors at the
Quitman Livestock Show
Saturday. He exhibited the
grand champion animal with
his 13-months-old Simmental
heifer. He also had the grand
champion bull. He exhibited the
reserve champion Charolais
bull. He also showed four
Simmentals as class winners.
MR. AND Mrs. Charles
Johnston, 816 Bell St., announce
the birth of a daughter, Erin
Elizabeth, Friday, May 16, in
Citizens General Hospital,
Greenville. She weighed nine
pounds, four and one-half
ounces. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Orren and Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Johnston, all of
Sulphur Springs.
MR. AND Mrs. Ted Morris,
Route 1, announce the birth of a
daughter at9:07 a.m. Saturday,
May 17, in Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Roy Meadors
of Quitman announce the birth
of a son at 1:05 ajn. Sunday,
May 18, in Memorial Hospital.
MR. AND Mrs. Eugene
Fitzgerald, 643 Gilmer St,
announce the birth of a
daughter at 4:41 a.m. Sunday,
May 18, in Memorial Hospital
MR. AND Mrs. Mark
Johnson, 509 Tate St, announce
the birth of a son at 7:47 a.m.
Monday, May 19, in Memorial
Hospital.
BEAUTY CHAPTER 23,
Order of Eastern Star, recently
intailed new officers in a
meeting at the Masonic Lodge
on Gaines Street Marietta
Tortiwood was the installing
officer, assisted by Guyula
Watson. New officers are Helen
Kelly, worthy matron;
Nathaniel Deard, worthy
patron; Alice Goodson,
associate matron; Gloria
Harrison, secretary; Dorothy
Ridge, treasurer; Pearline
Thomas, conductress; and
Vida Aulsobrooks, associate
conductress.
ONLY 10 of the 26 local
property owners requesting
appointments showed up
Tuesday to discuss tax
assessments with the Sulphur
Springs Board of Equalization,
according to Joyce Barrow, tax
assessor-collector for the
Sulphur Springs Independent
School District. The board of
equalization will hold another
session on May 27 to hear from
industries, utilities and mineral
owners.
CLETUS SPEED will be the
guest speaker at the Rockdale
Cemetery Association’s annual
meeting in the Rockdale Baptist
Church at 11 a.m. Sunday.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
were held in Dallas Monday for
the Rev. John S. Rice, who was
pastor of First United
Methodist Church in the 1951-
1955 era. He died at Blanton
Gardens, Dallas.
LOUIS JONES, retired
Sulphur Springs barber who is
now a resident of Woodhaven
Nursing Home, had not heard
from his son, Lt. Col. Ronny
Jones, for several weeks, but
now he knows why. The veteran
Air Force pilot wrote this week
that he had been with the staff
of the Joint Task Force which
was directing the hostage
rescue mission. He explained
that he was in a classified
location s and unable to
correspond because of the
security involved. Jones is a
1959 graduate of Sulphur
Springs High School.
THE WHITE Oak community
three miles west of Yantis will
conduct its annual homecoming
program Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
at the White Oak Baptist
Church. A basket lunch will be
served in the churchyard and
open-pot stew will be made on
the grounds.
PINE FOREST’S annual
homecoming has been
scheduled for Sunday, June 8.
Guest speaker will be Foy
Richey of Tyler. Following the
11 a.m. service, dinner will be
spread on the grounds.
DOYCE KNIGHT of Rains
County has called attention to
an error in reporting results of
the Precinct 3 Commissioner’s
race. Knight led in the primary,
lacking only a few votes of a
majority over two candidates.
He will be in a run-off with
incumbent Commissioner
Erma Lee Daughtery on June 7.
people today
Area Council PTA Installs
Officers for Coming Year
David Philips Chapter
Recognizes Members At
End of Year Meeting
RICKY NELSON, 18, son of
Peggy and James Nelson, 810
Coble Drive, San Antonio, is
paralyzed from the waist down
and hospitalized following an
accident in April. He is the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Elliott, former Sulphur Springs
citizens.
A TEA featuring Space Agers
and Shooting Stars 4-H mem-
bers presenting a fashion revue
will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday,
May 25, at the home of the Rev.
and Mrs. Greenwood, 123
Lamar St., Hopkins County
Extension Agent Lou Ivy
Johnson has announced. A
donation of $1 will be requested.
Additional information is
available from 4-H members or
by contacting the county Ex-
tension office.
MR. AND Mrs. Archie Ben
Worsham, Star Route, an-
nounce the birth of a son, Archie
Ben Worsham IV, on Wed-
nesday, May 14, in Mother
Frances Hospital in Tyler. He
weighed seven pounds, 14
ounces. Grandparents are Ola
Worsham, A.B. Worsham and
Ray Brown, all of Sulphur
Springs.
The annual area-wide in-
stallation of officers to the
Sulphur Springs Area Council
PTA was held Tuesday, May 6
at 7:30 p.m. in the Lamar
School Auditorium.
Mrs. Dean Howie, president,
welcomed PTA members and
guests. Richard Teer, principal
of Houston School, opened the
ceremony with prayer.
Texas life memberships were
presented to Vaden Richey,
Lamar School Principal, by
Mrs. Robert Parker Jr.; to
Malcom Gregg, Bowie School
Principal, by Mrs. Dean Howie;
and to Lem Plaxco, Austin
School Principal, by Mrs. Loren
Seely. Each was presented with
a certificate and a lapel pin.
Mrs. James Vaughn was
presented a Texas life mem-
bership from the North Hopkins
School PTA by W.S. Long,
superintendent of North
Hopkins schools.
Mrs. Howie awarded
membership certificates from
District 3 PTA for membership
increases to Bowie School,
Douglas School and Lamar
School. An award from Texas
PTA for 100 percent enrollment
of membership and personnel
was awarded to Travis School.
Special guests introduced
were the first place winners in
the Cultural Arts Contest held in
February. Three of the Sulphur
Springs entries won first place
positions in the district judging
and were presented with
trophies by Mrs. Howie for their
original works. Award winners
were Julie Johnson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson,
Brian Odon, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Odom and Kim Lewis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie Lewis. Miss Johnson
art work won state recognition.
She is the first Cultural Arts
winner to ever win state in the
history of the Sulphur Springs
Area Council.
Mrs. Lola Beth Chamberlain
was also introduced as special
guest for the evening. Mrs.
Chamberlain, a Middle School
teacher, had the Sulphur
Springs Area Council Teacher
Scholarship given in her honor
this year. Each year the council
gives the scholarship to a
graduating senior who is en-
tering the teaching profession.
The scholarship was increased
with the help of the Classroom
Teachers Association this year
from $250 to $500. Jimmie
Finnie received the scholar-
ship.
New officers installed by Mrs.
Bob Aikin, District 3 president
from Texarkana, were: Mrs.
Jerold Moore, president; Mrs.
W.T. Allison II, vice-president;
Mrs. Joe Bob Burgin,
secretary; Mrs. Larry
Willmann, treasurer; Mrs.
Jerry Brandenburg, historian;
and Mrs. Dean Howie,
parliamentarian.
Austin School officers are
president Steve Eitelman; vice-
president Calvin Clayton;
secretary, Mrs. Travis Wyly;
treasurer, Mrs. Jim Fitzgerald;
historian, Dave Davidson; and
parliamentarian, Mrs. Dave
Davidson.
New president of Douglas
School PTA is Mrs. Terry
Gregg with Mrs. Dan Phillips as
vice-president; Mrs. W.T.
Allison II, secretary; Mrs.
Charles Brannon, treasurer;
and Mrs. Tommy Dickens,
parliamentarian.
Houston School officers in-
stalled were Mrs. James Rooks,
president; Ronnie Wyatt, vice-
president; Mrs. Don Stotts,
secretary; Mrs. Tommy Evans,
treasurer; and Mrs. Wilson
Garrett, parliamentarian.
New officers for Lamar
School are president, Mrs. Don
Phillips; Mrs. Wayne Tittle,
vice-president; Mrs. Jerry
Spencer, secretary; Mrs.
Kenneth Spencer, treasurer;
Mrs. Tommy Doss, historian;
and Mrs. Jerry Gillispie,
parliamentarian.
Middle School officers are
president, Mrs. Randy Hall;
vice-president, Mrs. Loren
Seely; secretary, Mrs. Coy
Johnson; treasurer, Mrs.
Robert Mangum; historian,
Mrs. Earl Martin and
parliamentarian, Mrs. Tommy
Johnston.
North Hopkins officers for the
coming year are president,
Mrs. Jerald Evans; vice-
president," Mrs. Kenny
Crowson; secretary, Mrs. Tom
Kirkland; and treasurer, Mrs.
Hubert Vaughn.
Taking the oath of office from
Travis School were Mrs.
Rodney Rawls, president; Mrs.
Richard Watson, vice-
president; Mrs. Bavard Hill,
secretary; Mrs. Don Taylor,
treasurer; and Billy Dan
Lindley, parliamentarian.
Following the installation
Douglas School served the
refreshments.
Mrs. Tom Worsham was
hostess to the Captain David
Philips chapter Saturday, May
10 at her home. Mrs. W.S. Long,
regent, presided at the final
session of the 1979-80 year.
Members and guests were
ushered into the dining area
where the refreshment table in
cut-work linen was centered with
a pyramid arrangement of pink
and red roses held fruit punch
and a variety of finger foods.
Assisting at the table were co-
hostesses Mrs. Fred Moelk,
Mrs. Duke McKinney and Mrs.
John Hoffman of Winnsboro.
Mrs. Long, looking back at
the past year, expressed her
thanks to the various com-
mittees and members for the
accomplishment realized by the
chapter.
Mrs. Long presented Miss
Eydie McDowell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W.A. McDowell
Jr., who was awarded a plaque
for her award winning essay in
the DAR1960 Student Historical
Essay contest. By request, Miss
McDowell read her account of
the making and use of “black
powder”, the ammunition used
in the Revolutionary War.
Attending the meeting were
Mrs. Harvey Chapman, Mrs.
Brice Taylor, Mrs. Johnny
Biggerstaff, Mrs. LF. Bridges
Jr., Mrs. Clifford Woodard,
Miss Virginia Clifton, Mrs.
Kenneth Brice, Mrs. W.A.
McDowell Sr., Mrs. H.F. White,
Mrs. Jack Grant, Mrs.
Lawrence Bergin, Mrs. Ben L.
Johnson, Mrs. Seth Aiguier,
Mrs. Durwood McKinney, Mrs.
Dorothy Fitzgerald of Fort
Worth, Miss McDowell and
Mrs. Long, hostess.
Candlelight Ceremony
Installs ATI Officers
Sulphur Bluff PTA
Tackles Unfinished
Business at Session
Beta Nu Group Splits
To Form Duo Chapters
The May 8 meeting of the
Beta Nu chapter of Alpha Delta
Kappa, international sorority
for women teachers, was held in
the home of Sue Bullock in
Winnsboro.
Co-hostesses Yvonne Cox, Pat
Holly and Sue Hamm assisted
Mrs. Bullock is serving a dinner
consisting of casseroles, salads
and desserts.
A decision was made to
divide the chapter and a new
charter was granted to the
Winnsboro group. Sulphur
Springs members will retain
the Beta Nu charter and the
new chapter in Winnsboro will
adopt the Delta Psi chapter.
New officers for the coming
year were installed for both
chapters during the meeting by
Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, principal
of Westbrook Elementary
School in Winnsboro.
Installed for the Sulphur
Springs chapter were: Nell
Long, president; Elaine Gor-
man, vice-president; Lucille
Horn, treasurer; Sandra
Wardrup, recording secretary;
Cathy Bonner, corresponding
secretary; Imogene Barnett,
historian, and Faye Hargrave,
chaplain.
The installation of officers
was followed by a business
session conducted by president
Bettye Medcalf. Sue Hamm
reported on the district
workshop she attended in Tyler.
Outgoing officers received
recognition for their dedication
and service for the year from
Betty Medcalf who was
presented with a past-
president’s pin.
Members of both chapters
organized plans to meet each
year in August. This year they
will hold a luncheon meeting at
K-Bob’sSteakhouse.
The final session of the 1979-80
Sulphur Bluff PTA was held
Thursday, May 8 with PTA
president Vicky Allan presiding
over the meeting dedicated to
finishing up business for the
year.
In winding up the year a
committee as appointed by the
group to purchase warm-up
suits for next year’s junior high
school basketball teams.
Gene Landers, chairman of
this year’s PTA membership
drive, was presented with a pin
representing a 40 percent in-
crease in PTA membership
during the year.
Other awards presented in
past meetings included a plaque
to Sharon Cox for outstanding
work in PTA and a gift to Vicky
Allan for her contributions as
PTA president.
Bruce Fielden, Carol Deaton
and Nell Medina made up the
nominating committee which
named these persons to offices
for the 1980-81 school year: Mary
Lou Wright, president; Linda
Inman, vice-president; Gwen
Crutcher, secretary; Nancy
Bolton, treasurer and Anita
Glossup, reporter. Gene Lan-
ders installed the officers.
A candlelight ceremony in-
stalling new officers to the
Alpha Tau Iota chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi was held during the
group’s May 7 meeting at the
First National Bank Com-
munity Room. Mrs. Sharon
Helm was hostess for the
session.
Mrs. Debbie Booker was
recognized by the chapter for
presenting the best program of
the year and committee for next
year’s programs were ap-
pointed.
Mrs. Sandi Bronson
presented an informative
program on the art of flower
arranging. Mrs. Bronson
displayed several
arrangements which she had
made and explained the step by
step proceedure for creating the
arrangements.
Following the regular
meeting a baby shower was
given by chapter members for
Mrs. Angie Blount. Cake, finger
sandwiches, jello salad, chips,
dips, mints, nuts and punch
were served from a table
adorned in white and yellow.
An array of gifts were
presented to the honoree from
these members attending:
Shawn Helm, Mickie Chapman,
Janet Graves, Salli McClendon,
Debbie Booker, Priscilla Smith,
Danita Graves, Sandi Bronson,
Donna Horton, Margie Mc-
Caffrey, Julie Tolson, Kim
Whitworth and Susan Adams.
Sharon Helm, Janet Graves and
Debbie Booker were acting
hostesses for the shower.
Officials issue
check warning
Cuff Notes
— Antmbled by —
JOE WOOSLEY
Couple to wed In June
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Paynt announce the engagement of their
daughter, Melissa, to Robert L. Anz Jr. of Waco. Parents of the
prospective bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Anz Sr. of
Sweetwater. The couple are to be married Saturday, June 21 in
the Hillcrest Baptist Church in Waco.
Brief notes: James West, who
has been active in civic affairs
including a term as president of
the Hopkins County Chamber of
Commerce, has accepted a
promotion by his company and
will be leaving Sulphur Springs
about June 15 after seven years
here ..He’ll be assuming' the
manager’s position in a new
Beall store opening in Midland
Aug. l...Bruce Newport/now in
Longview, has been tapped to
take over the manager’s job at
the local Beall department
store...Robert Richard recently
resigned as athletic director at
Mount Vernon and a couple of
applicants already have been
interviewed for the
job...Constable V.H. (Doc)
Irons predicts Cumby’s
population will “gain at least
100” when the 1980 census
figures are posted...“There
have been a lot of houses built
around Cumby,” he ob-
Pribble, with assistance from
daughter Cathy Williams and
others, is moving ahead with
plans for the annual Sulphur
Springs Championship Rodeo in'
the first week of July...The
recent appointment of Troy
Kern to become judge of Delta
County apparently has set off
some interesting
discussions...O’Conna Mora,
editor of the Cooper Review,
says that one of the un-
successful applicants may run
as an independent candidate in
the general election in
November.
Last notes: Legal documents
recently filed in Hopkins County
confirmed a previously
reported item that the Spring
Village Shopping i Center had
sold. The Dallas-based Gerano
Investment Company sold the
local facility to Kenneth H.
Geiger and Richard Buchbinder
of California...A representative
of the new owners recently
visited Sulphur Springs and was
reminded that the pavement
served...The Texas Almanac
lists Cumby’s current
estimated population at
599...Wonder what the best
guess will be concerning
Sulphur Springs’ 1980
population?
More notes: Franklin County
is moving to contract the other
taxing entities in Franklin
County to serve as the tax
collector for them...Other
counties in Texas may take
advantage of the new county-
wide tax appraisal districts and
move toward single collection
agencies...In a computerized
age, it would appear that a
single taxing agency for a
county could get the job done
since all property must be
assessed on 100 percent value in
the future...In Franklin County,
there are just the county, school
district and water district
taxing agencies...Jewel
needed repairing...A rumor
heard here indicates that the
same Dutch investing group
which is moving to build a new
shopping center in Sulphur
Springs also has planned one in
Terrell...One of the toughest
examinations of the year was
handed Richard Caldwell’s
aerospace students in Sulphur
Springs High School. His
students went to Dallas to take
the examinations covering the
ground course requirements to
become private pilots...Purvis
Pearcy of San Angelo, a former
Sulphur Springs citizen, wrote
in to renew a subscription to
The Hopkins County Echo
during the week and said he and
Frank Junell are glad to get the
paper. He also asked about
Leon “Baby” Allen...Another
Echo renewal came from the
Rev. Marvin T. Robinson of
Pasadena, Calif., who has
distinguished himself as a
religious leader after getting
his early public school
education at Douglas School in
Sulphur Springs.
Hopkins County Attorney’s
Investigator Larry Vandiver
reports that he’s been receiving
counter checks that have been
returned to local businesses as
bad checks.
“Hie problem is that the
counter checks don’t have
account numbers, which
creates computer problems,”
Vandiver said.
“We need to warn the mer-
chants that prosecution
problems can result from the
use of counter checks because
there’s no reason to have them
any more,” he said.
Vandiver noted that when the
banks all went to computerized
checking accounts requiring
personalized checks, there was
a significant drop in the number
of bad checks.
He said the convenience of
counter checks provides the
spontaneous hot check writer
with the method to carry out his
crime. “The check is there and
it just takes the whim of writing
the hot check with a bad ad-
dress —and who will know until
it’s too late,” Vandiver said.
“It really presents a problem
for us,” he said, “if they don’t
have an account at the bank,
you can believe that they’ll give
a bogus address too.”
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