The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1980 Page: 4 of 4
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Sulphur Bluff news
E.W. Boles, 63, of Cooper died
Tuesday, Dec. 3, in a Pahs
Hospital. Final rites were held
Thursday in First Baptist
durch in Cooper, with burial
ifa Otklawn Cemetery. He was
the father of Jackie Boles,
grandfather of Shaunda
(Boles) Virgel and the great-
grandfather of Jodi Virgel.
Mrs. Chrysteen Decco is in
Daingerfield to be with her son,
Richard Butterfield, who was
hospitalised with a bade injury
last week.
Andy and Linda Crouch,
Carrol, Nada, Cindy and
Rhonda, and Joe Orren went to
Miller Grove Sunday for a
barbecue dinner at the school
sponsored by the senior class.
Tommy Joe and Brenda
McQueen are now operators of
the Orr Restaurant in Bir-
thright.
J.C. and Dortheal Denny,
Jeanette and Jerry Willis,
Herbie, Brenda and Kurt had
dinner with Alfred and Lois
Willis on Saturday' after
Thanksgiving. Carrol, Alice
and Deann Willis were ill and
could not attend.
Eva Lou and Edwin Klutz,
Donna and Stacy of Greenville
spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Beckham.
Other visitors with the
Beckhams last week were
Grace Campbell and Mozelle
Logdson of Sulphur Springs and
Mr. and Mrs. John El
Beckham.
R.W. and Joann Page of
Dallas visited Saturday with
Marsha, Verda and Francis
Withrow and other friends in
this area.
Charles Murray of Sulphur
Springs was recently promoted
to the director of fabrication
shops at E-Systems in
Greenville where he has served
in various positions since 1956.
Charles and his wife, the for-
mer Grace Spencer, are
graduates of North Hopkins
High School and his mother,
Mrs. Bonnie Murray, is an
employee of Memorial
Hospital. She resides in the
Posey community.
James and Nita Bragg in the
Beckham community are
entertaining friends with a
Christmas party at 7 p.m.
Friday.
There will be a community
covered dish Christmas supper
at the Peerless Community
Center at 7:3Q p.m. Saturday.
J.B. and Imogene Williams
spent several days last week
visiting relatives and friends at
Royse City, Rockwall and
Garland.
Carrol and Nada Crouch
were delegates from the
Hopkins County Farm Bureau
to the annual state convention
in San Antonio. They met
friends in McAllen on Wed-
nesday and made a short trip to
Mexico before going to San
Antonio for the convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Grant,
Mark Lyman, Norman Bedford
Rev. Billy Hoff preached at
Tira Methodist Church Sunday
morning and visited sick
members in the afternoon.
Harmon and Lois Weir
visited in Commerce Saturday
afternoon.
Joyce Dodd attended a
funeral in Cooper Sunday.
Joyce and William spent last
weekend in Dallas. Mike,
Tonja, Robbie and Brad spent
the weekend with their grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Hurley.
Kenny and Kay Chapman
spent Saturday night with his
parents, Gay and Ruth
Chapman.
Bazel and Thelma Petty
spent last weekend with Merle
and Ruby Smiddy.
Gay Weir and Mamie
Sullivan visited Mr. and Mrs.
J.E. Weir in Cooper Saturday.
Thelma Clifton visited them
Wednesday.
Word has been received that
Eara Mel (Brice) Depew fell
and borke an ankle last week.
Her mother, Abbie Brice has
gone to Fort Worth to be with
her.
Gay and Ruby Weir were in
Dallas last week for her
medical check-up.
Melba McKinney, Minnie
Bell and Miles Hargraves were
in Antlers, Okla. to be with the
family of the late Tom
Hargraves, whose daughter,
Vivian Ferguson, died in a
Paris hospital Saturday. She
had fallen in church Sunday
and suffered a broken hip.
Apparently, she was doing
nicely, but grew very ill
Saturday and died unex-
Tira news
pectedly. Funeral services
were held at Antlers Monday.
Her father was the brother of
the late Wheeler Hargraves.
Mozelle Davis and her
brother, Odell Lawrence, ate
lunch with their sister, Gene
Holt in Enloe Sunday.
Peggy and Charles Deaton
visited her parents, Leslie and
Beulah Wester, Thursday..
Norma Goggans and Fay
Creacy were there Saturday.
The community is happy to
leam that Dorothy and Larry
Fitzgerald and children plan to
move here soon. He is being
transferred to East Texas on
his job. Dorothy is the daughter
of Melba and the late Durwood
McKinney.
Earl Payton, who has been in
a Commerce hospital after a
car wreck in that vicinity and
was transferred recently to a
nursing home in Fort Worth, is
improving nicely and will
probably be moved to the home
of his son, Floyd, of Fort Worth
Dec. 10. He is beginning to walk
again and is always happy to
hear from his friends.
Aubrey Anderson spent
Wednesday and Thursday night
with her daughter in Sulphur
Springs. She visited Lois Weir
Friday.
Marvin and Gene Evans
visited Oleta and Richard
Bearden Sunday.
Beulah Smiddy, Lucille Horn
and Mildred Chapman visited
Rosa and Gaude Chapman
Sunday afternoon. They, spent
Monday in Paris,
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Wayne and Jean England and
Ronnie and Modena Ruth
Whitlock had Sunday lunch
with Billy and Alice Flippin.
Dale, Cindy and Jennifer
Beale had supper Saturday
night with Ronnie and Modena
Ruth Whitlock.
BUly and Alice Flippin and
Dale, Cindy and Jennifer Beale
attended the Coca-Cola
Christmas party at the Sulphur
Springs Civic Center Friday
night. They all had an en-
joyable time.
The Nelta Rural Progress
Christmas party will be next
Tuesday night at 6:30.
Everyone is to bring covered
dishes and a Christmas gift to
Saltillo news
Mrs. Marie McAfee was a
luncheon guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Buck Ward in Sulphur Springs
Sunday.
Paul Carr and R.B. McAfee
attended Masonic Grand Lodge
of Texas in Waco'Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Swain
visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Dawson in Mount Vernon
Friday night.
Mrs. Ruth Briley is im-
proving from a pneumonia
illness. Others on the sick list
are Mrs. Delia Odom and Mrs.
Bill Barnes. Mrs. Barnes
Suffered from a severe cold.
Mrs. Tommie Roberts and
children Brenda and Steven of
Sulphur Springs spent from
Friday until Monday with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Screws,
and grandmother, Mrs. Lillian
Broughton. Mrs. Dovie Tully of
Sulphur Springs spent Saturday
night with them.
Mrs. Ovetta Conley has been
dismissed to her home here
from Franklin County Hospital.
Rua Arthur was dismissed
from Franklin County Hospital
Thursday to his home.
Mrs. Ola Foster of Mount
Vernon, Mrs. Lorene Bedgood
and Mrs. Inez Bain of Pine
Forest and Mrs. Maye Smith of
Saltillo attended the Dallas
Travelers Christmas party in
the Carnation Room at Sanger-
Harris in Dallas Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roberts
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Gentry in Waco Thursday and
Friday. Carl attended the
Grand Lodge of Texas.
Mrs. Bessie Ward returned to
her home in Garden Grove,
Calif. Sunday after a two
months visit here with Mr. and
Mrs. R B. McAfee, Mrs. Marie
McAfee and with Mr. and Mrs.
A.W. McAfee in Sulphur
Springs.
Ben Huckins of Atlanta, Ga.
was a dinner guest of Mrs.
Thelma Hatchell Thursday- He
accompanied Mrs. Aleane
Bryany to her home in Atlanta
after a months visit with her
mother here.
Mrs. Velera Loving spent
Sunday in Mount Pleasant with
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arthur.
Mrs. Bertie Bryant and Mrs.
Martha Rose and son Rusty of
Mount Vernon and Mrs. Lela
Monroe of Saltillo attended the
fiftieth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs Taysee Adair in
Garland Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
Adair are former Saltillo
residents.
The Lions went to Cumby
Nov. 25 to play the Cumby
Trojans. It was an easy win for
the girls with a final score of 59
to 26. Kim Jones and Ginger
Green led the scoring with 10
points each. LeAnda Tully and
Debbie Smith each scored 8
points.
Thursday morning a
salesman selling stainless
cookware gave a demon-
stration to the Saltillo teachers.
At the end of the sales talk a
knife set was given to Mrs.
Frank Stretcher, the lucky
winner.
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Charles Murray
Local man moves
up at E-systems
GREENVILLE - N.D. Stark,
vice prwfalmt of production at
E-Syatems Greenville Division,
haa announced the promotion of
Charles W. Murray of Sulphur
Springs to director of
Fabrication Shops. He
previously served as manager
of these shops. His new
assignment will include
directing the shop activities and
the added responsibilities of the
Command Port program.
exchange.
The Northeast Texas Doll
Gub met in the home of
Roberta Flippin Tuesday night
for a Christmas party. They
exchanged gifts pertaining to
dolls.
Mrs. Azlee Davis is home
from the hospital and Is doing
better.
Robert Bland is confined to
his home with a very bad cold.
Several of the homes in the
community have been
decorated for the Christmas
holidays and are very pretty.
Steven and Jason Moore
spent Saturday night with
Arnold and Mae Moore.
Cumby announces
student of month
Paul Dean Gubine, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Gubine, has
been selected as Cumby High
School Student of the Month by
the Student Council. The honor
is based on academic and
citizenship standing.
Paul, a junior, has excelled
academically and athletically
during his high school years. In
his freshman year he received
the history, English and science
awards. He was a member of
the track and basketball teams.
In his sophomore year he
continued in athletics and also
served as vice president of his
class.
This year Paul is serving as
treasurer of the Student
Council, vice prsident of the
Cumby FFA and president of
his class. He also is a member
of the National Beta Gub and
serves on the Cumby annual
staff. He has achieved the A
honor roll each quarter of his
high school years.
After he graduates in 1982,
Paul plans to attend East Texas
State University.
Miller Grove FFA
nabs show ribbons
Members of the Miller Grove
FFA chapter posted wins in the
recent Winnsboro Livestock
show.
In the Guernsey division, Bret
Garrett was the big winner with
the junior champion and grand
champion honors. Donald
Birchfield was a close second
with reserve junior champion
and reserve grand champion.
In the Brown Swiss division
Vicki Mabe received the senior
and grand champion honors.
Donald Birchfield received the
reserve junior champion
honors. Other members win-
ning their classes were Brian
Lennon and Eric Mabe.
Other members exhibiting
animals were Cathy Weatherly,
Mark Garrett and Brad An-
derson.
of Glen Rose, Ms. Sammie
Brewer and Shawn and Bryan
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W.S. Long for Sunday dinner.
Cumby
news
Two-year-old Jeremy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ricky White, is in
Greenville Hospital for treat-
ment of a broken leg. He has
been in traction for two weeks
and should be put in a cast
within a few days.
Cecil Broyles has been ad-
mitted to Memorial Hospital in
Sulphur Springs.
The First Baptist Church
Adult Choir will present a
musical titled “Old Fasioned
Christmas” under the direction
of Kent Bond at the 11 a.m.
worship hour Sunday, Dec. 21.
Debbie Hall is recuperating
nicely from tom ligaments
suffered while playing
basketball.
Bill and Kathryn Price’s
family were visitors here last
week. Kim helped entertain her
brothers, Danny and Dennis
Price of Grapevine and Morris
Price of Irvin, along with Linda
and James Buchanan and their
children, Brenna and David.
Visiting Ama Vick were Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Hulen and Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hulen of Dallas,
Mrs. Jewel Teddlie and Winnie
Mosely of Sulphur Springs, and
Ama’s daughter and son-in-law,
Joyce and Fred Massoud, and
their son Vic, also of Dallas.
Visiting earlier this week with
Bud and Nanny Mary
Strickland were Bud’s sister
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs.
P.A. Romans of Commerce.
Charlie Brandon has been
hospitalized in Greenville
suffering from pneumonia.
Lorene Anderson also is
hospitalized in Greenville.
Lorene underwent surgery last
Tuesday.
The Young Homemakers will
host a Santa party for
youngsters from 2 p.m. until 4
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at the
school cafeteria. The affair will
allow youngsters to visit with
Saint Nick.
Thanksgiving dinner guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Haynes were Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Holder and sons Steve and
Eric of Bonham, De Ann Holder
of Greenville, and Wesly and
Wynett Almon of Cufnby.
Visiting Mrs. Earl Gafford
were Mr. and Mrs. T.M. Gaf-
ford of Fort Worth, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan M. Gafford of
Garland, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Gafford and family of Tyler,
Bobby Gafford, Mr. and Mrs.
John Webb and Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Romans, all of Cumby.
Mrs. Annie Hatley has
returned home from Memorial
Hospital in Sulphur Springs.
Etta Gark spent the weekend
shopping and lunching with
Tammie Lennon and Hallie
Lennon of Emory.
Cumby’s Student Council has
selected Paul Clubine as
student of the month for
December. Paul is a junior.
Robert Moody announces that
the annual turkey shoot will be
held Saturday, Dec. 13, just off
Interstate Highway 30 under th
sponsorship of the Cumby Lions
Gub. The event begins at 9 a.m.
and runs until 2 p.m.
Thanksgiving guests of
Connie and Estell Baxley were
Lanny and Anita Moore and
children of Mesquite, Travis
and Brenda Baxley, Randy and
Rhonda Davis.
Sandra Bryant enjoyed
dinner with Mrs. A.G. Bryant in
Greenville last week.
Dike news
There will be a Christmas
program at the East Dike
Baptist Church Dec. 19 at 6
p.m., with everyone invited.
Mrs. Ray Lynn was in Fort
Worth Saturday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Rena Bailiff of
Stanford. She is a patient in a
Fort Worth hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Neal
visited their sons Sunday,
David Neal and wife of Rowlett
and Keith Neal and wife of
Greenville.
Mrs. Coma and Freda
Leewright and Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Moss of Sulphur Springs
visited Mrs. Myrtle Mills
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Temples,
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Temples
of Dallas and Mr. and Mrs.
Lynn Temples of Sulphur
Springs spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Gregg.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert
Hargrave of Neosha, Mo. are
spending a few days with his
grandmother, Mrs. Ruby
Hargrave.
Mrs. Lucille Neal and Mrs.
Jean Lynn visited Mrs. Irene
Burkham Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Taylor
visited Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Neal
Sunday evening.
Valeria Moore and Kay
Frazier have returned from
Livermore, Calif. They spent
the Thanksgiving holiday
weekend with Valerie’s son,
Don Gamer, Nina and Troy
Don. They also visited Andy
and Billie Mares there.
Maggie Bannister of Com-
merce came for her sister,
Rosa Huie, and they went to
Dallas for the weekend to visit
relatives and friends.
Sybil Domer was admitted to
Memorial Hospital last
Thursday. She remains very ill.
‘Amar Sue Ramsey entered
Baylor Hospital Sunday and
underwent surgery Monday. A
growth was removed and the
canal of her ear drilled open.
She came through surgery fine
and is doing good.
J.E. Gifton was dismissed
from Mount Vernon hospital
last Thursday. He and Mabel
are sick with colds at home this
week.
Loreta Stapp went home with
her sister, Mary Moore, Sunday
because she was sick. She
remained under treatment of
the doctor at Mary’s until
Tuesday and was admitted to
Mount Vernon hospital, where
she is real sick.
Bobby and Linda Williams
received a very nice shower
Saturday. They spent the
weekend with his parents,
Doris and Neal Williams.
The Extension Homemakers
Club met Monday with
Geraldine Sullivan for the
annual Christmas party. Cindy
Beale, president, presided.
Hilga Chester gave a Christ-
mas story, “Touch of Magic.”
Gertrude Bassham gave
thoughts of Santa Claus. The
door prize of a grapefruit tree
was won by Mari Beale. Gifts
were exchanged and a table of
delicious Christmas goodies
were enjoyed by ten members,
Cindy, Hilga, Gertrude, Mari,
Jennifer Beale, Lutie Pat-
terson, Nell Medina, Era
Bartlett, Sue Bland, hostess
Geraldine Sullivan, and two
very welcome guests, Janie
Crump and Cassie Brazeal
from the County Extension
Service office.
Hilga Chester, Era Bartlett
and Sue Bland attended the
County Gub Council program
Monday night at the Ag Center
in City Park. Texas Power &
Light Co. sponsored the
meeting. Five rural com-
munities were represented.
Be eke Anderson had prepared
several delicious foods, coffee
and hot spiced punch that
everyone enjoyed. She gave
fach one a recipe book and
calendar.
There will be a bridal shower
Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Community Center honoring
Kay Elmore Williams and
husband. Everyone is invited.
Jury sets
life term
An Eighth Judicial District
Court jury returned a guilty
verdict and then found the prior
convictions of a Mount Pleasant
man to be true, handing down a
life sentence in the Texas
Department of Corrections.
Judge Lanny Ramsay set
Dec. 17 as the date for formal
sentencing of Timothy James
Holloman, 32, of Mount
Pleasant.
Holloman and Billy Clyde
Goodlow, 25, also of Mount
Pleasant, were arrested during
the pre-dawn hours of July 16
after SSPD Cpl. Sammy
Weaver and Patrolman J. Paul
Sides caught the men breaking
into the Hi-Lo Grocery at 845
Main.
Goodlow pled guilty Tuesday
and was assessed a 25-year-
term in TDC.
Holloman’s attorney in-
dicated that he would probably
ask for a new trial at the Dec. 17
sentencing.
Local man hurt
in traffic mishap
A Sulphur Springs man was
injured Wednesday when he
reportedly passed out at the
wheel and his vehicle struck a
utility pole.
According to Sulphur Springs
police officers, Bill Adair, 68, of
408 South Moore was nor-
thbound on Moore Street about
11:59 a.m. when his 1979 pickup
struck a utility pole at the in-
tersection of Main and Moore
streets.
He was taken ta Memorial
Hospital by private vehicle.
Adair was treated in the
Emergency Room and then
admitted to the third floor of the
hospital.
Judge dismisses
lawsuit by Jones
Federal Judge William
Wayne Justice has dismissed
the suit filed by D.M. Jones
against former County Judge
LE. Goldsmith and several
county commissioners.
In the summary judgment
signed by Judge Justice on Dec.
2, the documentation states:
“D.M. Jones has undertaken
strenuous efforts to correct
what he perceives as a number
of problems in Hopkins County.
“Whether or not his com-
plaints are valid, this court does
not have the power to in-
vestigate or remedy everything
that one citizen believes to be
wrong with his county govern-
ment.
“As the discussion of Mr.
Jones’ claims has demon-
strated, some of the issues
raised in this lawsuit are simply
not the business of the federal
courts.
.“As to other issues raised, it
is clear from the undisputed
facts that Mr. Jones’ con-
stitutional rights have not been
violated."
The order is signed by Judge
Justice.
Athens Attorney Henry
(Hank) Skelton, who
represented Judge Goldsmith
and the commissioners named,
said that the motion for a
summary judgment was sub-
mitted some time ago and that
it was only recently signed and
filed in the Federal District
Gerk’s office on Dec. 2.
Commissioners
approve bonds
The short emergency session
Wednesday morning of the
Hopkins County Com-
missioners Court took about 20
minutes to approve a pair of
bonds for County Tax Assessor-
Collector Jeff Taylor.
Attorney Johnny Ramey told
the court that the bonds had to
be approved and sent to Austin
to the state tax board prior to
the first of the year.
He said that the procedure in
the past had been to take care
of the bonds after the first of the
year but the procedure had
been changed.
Commissioners approved a
$50,000 bond, payable to the
governor to protect state taxes
and a $7,500 bond payable to
Hopkins County to protect
county and local taxes.
Eagles sweep
tourney trophies
Como-Pickton made a clean
sweep in both the boys’ and
girls’ divisions of the annual
Como-Pickton basketball
tournament held in the Eagle
gym Dec. 4-6.
In the girls’ bracket Yantis
won the consolation trophy,
Winnsboro took the third place
prize, Lone Oak finished second
and Como-Pickton, 6-1 for the
year, won the championship.
The Eagle girls are coached
again by Como-Pickton head
coach and athletic director,
Willie Hargett.
Harmony took the con-
solation trophy in the boys’
division, Lone Oak finished
third, Winnsboro second and
Como-Pickton took the top
prize. The Eagles are now 5-2
for the year.
The girls’ all-tournament
team included: Misty Norton, '
Yantis; Kim Williams and
Mary Mullins, Winnsboro; Kay
Aikin, Sulphur Bluff; Deanie
Fannin, Katrina Ross and
Nancy Machost, Lone Oak; and
Francis Rhodes, Debbie
Rhodes and Leslie Mowat,
Como-Pickton.
Named to the boys’ all
tournament team were: Paul
Johnson, Harmony; P. Ross
and J. Crow, Lone Oak; Ted
Isham, Campbell; Weems,
Scott Kennedy and J. Williams,
Winnsboro; Stan Browning,
Tony Knight and Chris Stiff,
Como-Pickton.
Extensive search yields nothing
in apparent abduction of woman
MOUNT VERNON - The search con-
tinued Monday for Gloria (Sue) Shaddix
Gilmore, 36, of Mount Vernon who
disappeared early Saturday morning from
the Mr. C’s 24-Hour Drive-In Grocery atthe
corner of SH-37 and the 1-30 South service
road.
Franklin County Deputy Danny
Turrentine told The News-Telegram
Monday, "There’s nothing new at all.
We’re at a dead end.”
Mrs. Gilmore, described as 5-foot, 4-
inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds with
black hair and brown eyes, was last seen
about 2:15 a.m. Saturday morning wearing
a black flowered blouse and black pants.
When her relief worker showed up at
5:30 a.m., the store was found with the
doors unlocked and the power turned off.
Mrs. Gilmore’s shoes, purse and coat
were inside the store and her car was
parked outside.
Approximately $345 in cash was
reported missing from the cash register
and the electric clock in the store had
stopped at 4:10 a.m.
Mrs. Gilmore had recently moved to
Mount Vernon from a Route 1, Winnsboro
address.
Franklin County Sheriff Don Qualls said
Saturday that he feared the woman had
been abducted in a robbery even though
there was no sign of a struggle in the store.
He said the woman’s husband and
children had not seen her since she went to
work.
“We walked pastures, searched most of
the county and didn't come up with a
thing,” Turrentine said Monday of the
lawmen’s efforts over the weekend.
Franklin County authorities have
determined that Mrs. Gilmore was last
seen about 2:15 a.m. when a customer was
in the store.
“Anyone that might have been passing
by during those times and saw anything,
sure could help us if they'd tell us about
it,” Turrentine said, “any help would be
appreciated."
Local church gets substantial gift
St. James Catholic Church in Sulphur
Springs recently was the recipient of a
cash gift of $100,000 earmarked for ad-
ditional physical facilities.
The gift was presented by Mrs. Blanche
Green of Houston from the estate of the
late Carroll A. Green, her husband. The
Rev. Bernard Pustejovsky, pastor of St.
James, drove to Houston to accept the
check from Mrs. Green and to offer thanks
on behalf of the church.
Mrs. Green is a native of Sulphur
Springs, daughter of the late Thomas and
Blanche Wiegers McMullan. She is one of
11 children bom to the couple, early day
leaders in the Catholic Church here. She is
a sister of Mrs. Bobby (Amy) Goff and
James McMullah, both of Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. Green’s family traces its
relationship with the Catholic Church in
Sulphur Springs from its organization. Her
grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Ann Wiegers,
and mother, Blanche, at age 3, were
among the charter members of the local
church.
The ceremony by the Rev. Joe Granger
on Jan. 19, 1890 uniting Blanche Wiegers
and Thomas McMullan marked the first
time that the sacrament of matrimony was
celebrated at St. James.
Father Pustejovsky said that the gift
money, which has been invested until its
use is determined, will be used to either
add on to existing facilities or to build a
new classroom building that would also
house offices.
“Any construction done will be
dedicated to the loving memory of Blan-
che’s parents,” the priest added. He said
that whatever is built will be a fitting
tribute to the charitableness of Mrs.
Green.
St. James was the only Catholic Church
in East Texas between Jefferson and
Dallas when it was dedicated by Bishop
C.M. Dubuis of Galveston in 1880.
St. James had only a few families as
members when it was started here more
than a century ago. It has experienced
rapid growth in recent years and crowds
often fill the building to capacity for
services.
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The Rev. Bernard Pustejovsky, pastor of St. James Catholic Church in Sulphur
Springs, recently drove to Houston to accept a $100,000 cash gift from the estate of
the late Carroll A. Green, donated by his wife, the former Blanche McMullan of
Sulphur Springs.
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