The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1980 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL 105—NO. 39.
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SULPHUR SPRINGS. TEXAS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,19B0.
4 PAGES -15 CENTS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Stew champ denies
armadillo charges
By JIM MOORE
News-Telegram Staff
Faron Young says reports that his
team’s stew was green in color and con-
tained armadillo, were, in fact, false.
Apparently the judges didn’t believe
those rumors, said to be circulated by
certain stew cookers, because the team of
Young, Brett Moore and Keith Tuck won
the Fall Festival’s World Champion
Hopkins County Stew Cook-Off for 1980
Saturday.
It was the first time to enter a stew
cooking contest for all three of the young
men.
“We don’t want to give away all of our
secrets but we used hens instead of regular
chickens,” Young said after the judging
was over" and the team sponsored by
Tuck’s Jewelers had received its trophy,
“and no excess water. ”
He said that most of the liquid in the stew
was chicken broth and that “just a little bit
of chili powder was used.”
Young failed to explain if he was using
the brand named product called Salad
Supreme or a secret concoction but
whatever it was, they used it.
“We had a lot of spice in it too,” he said
with a sly smile.
Other than to say that the trio had taken
the “excess grease off" the stew, no more
secrets of success were offered.
The three had decorated their display
with a rustic-appearing pole fence and
even as their winning stew was being
eagerly purchased at $2 per bowl by
hungry visitors to the Fall Festival, Young
still denied that there was any armadillo in
the stew and proudly held it up so that all
could easily see that it was not green.
For their efforts, the three won a large
trophy proclaiming their championship
abilities and a check presented by
Stew Cook-Off Chairman Chad Cable.
Ronny Stewart, local auctioneer, took a
quart of the winning stew and quickly
parlayed it into $120 to benefit the
Chamber of Commerce, which annually
sponsors the stew event.
Armand’s Rabbit Farm was the high
bidder for the quart of the wining effort.
The 1979 champs, the team of Mr. and
Mrs. Ronnie Blount and Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Massey, had to settle for the runner-up
spot, edged out by the 1980 edition winners.
The second place team was sponsored by
Jackie Blount Oil Company and Massey’s
Gulf Station.
A check and the promise of a
plaque that had not arrived went to
Deborah Roberts and Murray Stephens for
their third place finsh.
The team had won in a previous year but
none of the officials present could
remember just when.
There was a certain satisfaction for the
third place team, sponsored by Sulphur
Springs Farm Store and Nelson’s Comer
Drug.
Stewart had picked on Sulphur Springs
Mayor Lewis Helm throughout the selling
of all three winning stews and Helm finally
fell into line and paid $120 for the third
place winner.
Even though the smaller trophy went to
the Blounts and Masseys, the Roberts-
Stephens’ quart of stew sold for the same
price as the first place winners ($120).
There were 44 pots of Hopkins County
stew entered in the 1980 Fall Festival Stew
Cook-Off, making it one of the biggest
ever.
First-time champs
Brett Moore, Faron Young and Keith Tuck stirred their pot of
stew right into the record books at the Fall Festival's World
Champion Hopkins County Stew Cook-Off Saturday morning
after a panel of distinguished judges picked their effort to be the
1980 winner. Hens instead of regular fryers, "a little bit of chili
powder," very little water and "a lot of spice" were all that the
winners would tell of their top secret recipe. It was the first time
entry into the contest for the champs.
-Staff Photos
Billly Phillips was presented the Out-
standing Member award at the third an-
nual Sulphur Springs Young Farmers
awards banquet Tuesday night at the high
sefceoU cafeteria, while" Gary Odom cap-
tured the Outstanding Star Young Farmer
award and Herb Fjora Jr. was named the
Outstanding Officer.
The Outstanding Member award is
considered one of the highest merits an
organization member can attain during
the year.
Other award winners included Tex
Nowlin, Associate Member; Charles and
Lewis Helm, Honorary Members; and a
special award was presented to Dr. and
Mrs. A.C. Hughes. Dr. Hughes is the head
of the Agriculture Department at East
Texas State University.
In presenting Dr. Hughes the award,
1979-80 Young Farmer president Richard
Watson said, “This man has been very
instrumental in the successful initiations
of Young Farmer organizations
throughout Texas for a long time and we
owe him a lot of thanks for his efforts.”
The award presentation followed the
barbecue buffet and the special music was
provided by the Sulphur Springs High
School Stage Band under the direction of
Rex Wilemon.
Special guests were recognized by
Dwight Alexander, organization reporter,
and Watson presented a slide show of the
group’s accomplishments during the
previous year.
New officers for 1980-81 include Flora,
president; Larry Maroney, vice-
president; Janice Phillips, secretary;
Harold Bryant, treasurer; Alexander,
reporter; Don Bell, program chairman;
and Dr. Robert Winn and Reed Gammill,
public relations.
Fund drive off to quick start
With advanced pledges totaling $33,000,
the 1980 subscription campaign for the
Hopkins County Industrial Fund opened
Tuesday morning on a fast note.
B. F. Ashcroft, president of the fund,
announced 11 major advance pledges as
campaign chairman Jim Holland sent
eight teams into the field to seek support
for industrial development in the area.
Ashcroft noted that the pledges
represented commitments of support for
Sulphur Springs since no capital stock is
issued and no dividends are declared by
the non-profit organization.
Contributors do not get their money back
directly, Ashcroft noted, but rather benefit
in the long run through a stronger local
economy generated by industrial firms
that locate here and pump payrolls into the
community.
This was a theme that was underscored
in a narrated slide show that explained the
j history and purposes of the industrial fund.
The presentation was made to about 50
businessmen who attended a kickoff
breakfast Tuesday and will be available
for showing to interested groups in the
community.
The Hopkins County Industrial Fund has
played a role in acquiring local industries
that presently employ more than 1,400
workers, the presentation stresses.
Major contributors to the $135,000 drive
that were announced at the meeting in-
cluded:
Sulphur Springs State Bank, Sulphur
Springs Loan and Building Association and
Walter Helm, $5,000 each; City National
Bank, $4,000; Peoples National Bank,
Sulphur Springs Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,
The News-Telegram and B. F. Ashcroft,
$2,500 each; First National Bank, $2,000;
radio KSST and Commerce Federal
Savings and Loan, $1,000 each.
While no stock is issued in the fund itself,
Ashcroft noted that in keeping with past
practice, contributors of at least $250 will
be issued voting participation certificates
in the organization on the basis of one
certificate for each $25 contributed.
Probably early in 1981, he said, the fund
will hold a reorganization election.
W.E. Bradford served as moderator for
the kickoff breakfast and noted that the
purpose of the fund has not changed since
it was formed in 1953 at the urging of the
late Nelson Gilreath, then president of the
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce.
That purpose, Bradford noted, was to
promote and encourage the industrial
development of Hopkins County. The fund
has done so through purchase and
development of real estate, construction or
purchase of buildings, and the rendering of
financial aid where needed.
Using a revolving account of money
generated by sales of developed property
or structures, the fund has spent more
than $600,000 since its inception on various
industrial projects despite an original
investment of only a fraction of that
amount.
Holland encouraged his team captains to
make rapid work of their pledge calls. He
set the first reporting session for the teams
at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Chamber of
Commerce building.
During the kickoff breakfast, special
recognition was given to J. W. Pratt, who
served as president of the fund through
most of its formative years and remains a
director on the board. Pratt spoke briefly
on the faith that past contributors and
directors expressed in their community in
taking on financial obligations that had no
guarantee of success.
Ashcroft noted that the policy of the fund
has been to carefully review opportunities
that were presented in the past and to
choose only those that would make a solid
contribution to the community.
$2.7 million issue on boards
Top award winners
Council goes for water bond
Billy Phillips, left, was presented the Outstanding Member award, Gary Odom,
middle, was named the Outstanding Star Young Farmer and Herb Flora Jr. was
chosen the Outstanding Officer at the third annual Young Farmers banquet Tuesday
night in the High School cafeteria. The award presentations highlighted the banquet
agenda.
-StaH Photo
Members of the Sulphur Springs City
Commission opted Monday night to go for
a $2.7-million Water Treatment Plant
improvement project, to be placed before
voters in a bond issue to be set at a later
date.
Included in the three-pronged attack on
the water problem are the addition of two
raw water pumps, an 18-inch water line
from the pump station to the Water
Treatment Plant, an additional 2-million
gallon treated water storage facility and
[ enlargement of the plant to a 7-million
[ gallon a day facility from the present 3.5-
[ million gallon capability.
Larry Stone of Kindle Stone Associates
of Longview gave die city two options on
the plant’s capacity in his
Monday night presentation.
In one proposal, the cost would only be
about $1.8-million and would include the
addition of one additional clarifier at the
plant plus one set of filters.
However, it would result in only about
four hours of retention time for the water
at the plant. Stone said that the four hours
would meet state requirements.
“You might want to add two clarifiers
instead of just one,” Stone said, “due to the
raw water quality.”
Commissioner Millard Glover said that
the city would want maximum retention
time for the water and therefore should
have the additonal two clarifiers.
The more retention time allowed, the
more sediments are taken out of the water.
“I feel we need to enlarge the plant. If
the funds are available, I think the un-
derground storage should be built first to
have it ready for next summer,” said
Commission Chairman Lewis Helm, who
explained that if the city could have had an
additional 2-million gallons this summer,
there probably would have been "little or
no problem.”
“We don’t need to put it off any longer,”
Helm said. “This town is going to grow and
is progressing. No industry is going to
come into town until we get the water
problem solved.”
Stone suggested that the work be in three
projects.
He said that the pump station and water
line to the plant from the lakt would be one
project and that the underground storage
would be another.
The third stage would be the Water
Treatment Plant expansion which would
have long delivery times on the equipment
being installed.
He said that some equipment would have
to be replaced in the plant.
Stone said if the underground storage
project plans were ready in January, it
could be completed iy next summer as it
would take 120 days to construct.
A work session is to be set up with City
Manager Marshall Shelton, Stone and a
bondsman to start planning a bond issue to
be presented to the voters.
“Water is one day going to be more
valuable than oil,” Helm commented as
the discussion on the item ended.
Chamber ballot deadline set
A deadline of Mon^ay^Sept. 29, has
been established for returning ballots
in the annual election of directors for
the Hopkins County Chamber of
Commerce.
Eight new directors are due to be
chosen in voting by the general
membership of the chamber, to take
office in January to begin 3-year
terms.
Ballots will be mailed to all
members-in-good-standing of the
chamber, according to David
DuPriest, president.
After the deadline, the ballots will
be audited, results will be announced
and newly elected directors will begin
attending board functions for
familiarization.
Candidates selected by a
nominating committee include Mark
McClendon, Dub Murphy, Herb Flora,
Tex Nowlin, Tommy Allison, Dwight
Alexander, Ron Lummttg, Janie
Crump, Gene Neal, James DiameoA
Rick Palmer, Gerald Prim, Joe
Kennedy, Doug Moore and Ed
Stevens.
Directors whose terms expire in
December are Millard Bennett, Bob
Gideon, Lewis Helm, Bobby Price,
Kirby Pickett, Coy Vicars and Gene
Watson. One vacancy exists on the
board.
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Keys, Clarke & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1980, newspaper, September 26, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781001/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.