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VOLUME LXXVI1
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SIX PAGES TODAY
Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas, 75446, Friday. January 19, 1968
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Allens Point
y Evening
annual Allens Point Bar
will be held this Friday
at the Allens Point Community
Center. Serving will be from
to 8:00 o’clock, with price
41.50 per plate.
* The barbecue is being pre
pared by Ernie's of Greenville,
With the Community Club do-
ing the serving, with other
items on the mennu being pre-
pared by members of the dub.
Proceeds from the affair are
used for maintaining the Com-
munity Center and for financ-
ing community projects.
The public is invited to at-
tend.
4-H Club To
Heel Thursday
The Honey Grove - 4-H Chib
will meet Thursday night, Jan-
uary 18, at 7 o’clock in the Ex-
hibits Building of the Red Riv-
er Valley Civic Center. Hie
meeting, originally set for Fri-
day, January 5, wad postponed
due to inclement weather.
Officers for the newly form-
ed club will be named at the
meeting Thursday. County
Agent Wayne Cranfill will at-
tend. Parents as well as child-'
ren are urged to attend.
ioqotn Fire Fatal
To Local's Brother
John Calvin Setzer. of Bo-
gata, brother of Bobby Setzer
Of Honey Grove, a machinist
who lived alone, died in a fire
which destroyed his home, two
mites east of Bogata on US
Highway 69. about 9 o’clock
Tllteky night, January 9.
Joe Gerger .Bogata fire mar-
IhA teU that the house was
in flames by the
firemen reached the place,
said the man’s body
County Towns
PlanSaleTax
Vote This Year
•
Bonham. — Residents of nine
Faiinin County towns are going
t9 .get an opportunity to decide
whether their city commis-
sions shall be empowered to
levy a one per cent Bales tax
to boost city revenues.
Representatives of five of the
nine cities affected — Bon-
ham, Honey Grove, Leonard,
Trenton and Dodd City — met
In Bonham Thursday night of
last week to hear a discussion
of the proposed sales tax levy
by Bonham City Manager Dan
Mize.
Representatives from La-
don ia, Windom, Savoy and Ec-
tor had been invited to attend
the meeting.
It was the concensus of the
group Thursday night the elec-
tion should be held the last
week In April or the first week
in May with the commissions
of each city formally calling
the election at their meetings
after March 8.
The election would be set for
the same date in each of the
nine towns.
Bonham City Manager Mize
tteSjl flrer
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Rites Held Monday
For Tom Denson
Thomas Jefferson Denson of
2601 Lincoln, Ft. Worth, died
at 11:50 o'clock Saturday morlt-
ing, January 13, 1968, in Har-
ris Hospital. Ft. Worth. HI for
the past two months, he had
been hospitalized about two
weeks at the time of his de-
mise.
A trucker and truck operator,
Denson was bom at Honey
Grove. July 19, 1906, the son
of T. H. Denson and Mattie
Woods Denson. He was mar-
ried to Christeen Campbell in
February 1933. He was a
member of the Allens Point unnd the mayors and aldermen.
Baptist Church.
•Funeral services were held
11:00 o'clock Monday mora-
of the towns represented at the
meeting Thursday night to tell
^ * —i ill about the —
late Mr. and Mrs.
Setzer of Bogata, John
l survived by three
and seven grandchild
it a sister, Mrs. Clyde
of Lorenzo in addition
to the brother, Bobby Wayne
Setaer of Haney Grove.
Inday Ritas Hold
For John D. Pago
Funeral services were held
at 2:40 o'clock Sunday after
noon at Cooper-Sorrells Chape'
for John Doug:as Page. 7, who
died at 4:15 o’clock Friday af
ternoon. Jan. 12. 1968, at the
Denton State School.
He had been ill since birth.
The Rev. Gerald Watson and
{he Rev. Edgar Cox were of
fidanis. CboporSoTTells di-
rected Interment in Forest Hill
Cemetery. Cousins were pall
bearers.
Survivors include his parents.
Mr. ano Mrs. Joe Page; a
brother, Marcus Pagef a «s-
ter. Lome Page; grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sher- Wells of Denison.
£
etery.
Pallbearers were Bobby Lane,
A. L. Collard. T. J. Lochrldge.
Clyde Waterman. Lloyd Skin-
ner and Raymond Johnson.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Betty Jane Wright,
Athens and Mrs. Sharon
Thomas, Ft. Worth; four broth-
ers. Jim Denson, Sunnyvale.
Calif.; Charley Denson, Honey
Grove and Whit Denson and
J. B. Denson, both of Ft.
Worth; two sisters, Mrs. Nora
Roberts, Dallas and Mrs.
Charlie Cornelius, Honey Grove;
a half-sister, Mrs. Edna Jas-
perittla, Raton, New 'Mexico,
and three grandchildren.
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D. E. Shelton is confined to
his home w»*h a case of the
mumps.
wood and Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Page, all of Honey Grove; and
a great-grandmother. Mrs. Al-
vln Sherwood, Honey
and great-grandfather.
Grove
Fred
HOLIDAY
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Bonks Closed
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Friday, January 19th, Robert E. Lee's
Birthday, will be observed as a holiday
and we will be closed all day.
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FIRST STATE BANK
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Honey Grove
j rr
Board Extends
Brooks Pact
The Board of Trustees of the
Honey Grove Independent
School District held its regular
monthly meeting Monday even-
ing in the school offices,
contract of Supt. D. E. Brooke
was extended to July I, 1071,
by the board. Paul He
was hired as bus driver. In
other action of the Board, the,
school's athletic budget was ap-
proved.
John R. McKinney
Rites Are Held
Here Friday
John Rufus McKinney of
1100 West Commerce, Honey
Grove, a retired carpenter, died
at 8:45 o'clock Wednesday
morning January 10, 1968, in
a Bonham hospital.
Hi for the past four months,
he had been hospitalised, only
one day.
A native of Fannin county.
Mr. McKinney was bom March
2, 1883. He was married to
Nov. 11.
Roxie Dunigan on
1962.
Survivors include his
Mrs. Roxie McKinney of
Grove; a son. John R MaKite
ney, Washington, D. C, and
four daughters.
Other eurrivers
is up to the council (or
commission) of each city
involved to decided what the
additional revenue will be used
for," he said, adding It could
be used for street improvement,
extension, and improvement of
water and sewer mains, sala-
ries and purchase of additional
firefighting and street main-
tenance equipment.
Mize said he would contact
the mayors of the four towns
not represented at the meeting
here last Thursday night and
explain to them what was done
and the informal decisions
made by mayors and council
men attending.
The Bonham city manager
pointed out the tax was col-
lected by the state with the
state comptroller then sending
the city checks each quarter
for the amount of the tax col-
lected by the merchants of the
town.
He pointed out that with the
election coming in the second
quarter of the year, the first
taxes would be collected by the
merchants at the start of the
fourth quarter of the year
with the first checks coming
back to tne cities around Feb.
1. 1699.
Mize said the state would use
the third quarter in notifying
the merchants affected by the
tax of what they would be ex
pec ted to do ,and merchants
would then have 30 days At the
end of the quarter to complete
their reports tor the state.
"All the city has to do is to
supply the state with the proof
of the calling of the election,
the returns and a map of the
city showing the boundaries so
the state will know what mer-
chants are affected,” he said.
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FANMN NATIONAL
til
B&ag
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mRm,
Windom
Schools Now
°l*n Here
* After being closed all lad
wdt due to a high incidence
and inclement wrath-
ed Monday rooming-
with an enroll-
ment In means of -M0 pupils,
mmalMd closed last . wi
when 163 pupils failed to
poet on” Thursday (the day or-
iginally sot for ro-opontng).
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McKinney was a member
First Baptist Church of
Honey Grove.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 o'clock Friday afternoon
at the Cooper-Sorrells Chape!
with the Rev. Robert Hinson,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church and the Rev. Paul
Holmes, Assembly of God pas
tor, as officiants.
Interment was in Oakwood
Cemetery.
Rites Held Monday
For Mrs. Longan
Funeral services for Mrs
Frankie Vida Longan were
held, at 3:00 o'clock Monday
afternoon. Jan. 15, in the
Cooper-Sorrells Chapel. The
officiants were the Rev. Rob-
ert Hinson. Baptist minister,
and the Rev. John M. Hawkins.
Methodist minister. Cooper-
Sorrells directed interment in
the Windom Cemetery at Win-
dom.
Pallbearers-were—Harvey
Womack. Clarence Felts, Frank
Howell. Ralph Howell. Demp-
sey Epperson and Robert Wil-
son.
Mrs. Langon of 804 Walnut
Street died at 9:30 a. m.. Fri
day. January 12, 1968 in Allen
Memorial Hospital, Bonham,
following a two weeks illness.
A native of Cooke County.
Texas, she was bom Sept 5.
1892. the daughter of Robert
Colvin and Samantha Fteely
Colvin. She was married to
Joseph L Longan in 1909. He
preceded her in death in Feb.
1933.
Survivors Include two son*.
Otis C. Longan of Honey
Grove and William R. Longan
of New Boston, Mich.; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ruby HolloweU, Ear
lymart Calif.; a sister, Mrs.
H. H. Bray of Marietta. Okla.;
fifteen grandchildren and elev-
e$i great-grandchildren.
She was a member «f
Baptist Church at Windom.
Fannin S-W CD
Announces
Essay Contest
Daq Knowles, chairman of
the Fannin County Soil and
Water Conservation District
has announced that the District
Is sponsoring its annual Essay
Oontest. The Essays must be
completed and entered by Jan
31, 1968, Knowles said.
Any boy or girl residing in
the Fannin Soil and Water Con
1$ — ii nl Inn District who not
19 years of age and must not
have graduated from high
school, may enter the contest
The subject of this year s
contest is "Conservation — Key
to Texas Prosperity ' The
FXnnin Soil and Waser Cotiser
vation District is offering
a total Of 440,00 in pnzes for
five essays judged as winners.
The first prize is 415.00; 410 00
second place winner and
third, fourth and fifth
winners wtU receive 45.00 each.
AH entries will be jedpd lo-
cally and then entered In the
Statewide contest sponsored by
The Fort Worth Press.
FUfst prise la the statewide
“ “"“**”**' other
County Salaries
To Remain Same
Salaries of Fanmn county of
floats for 1968 will remain at
the 1967 level.
Members of the Fanmn
county commissioners' court,
meeting Monday. January 8. m
Bonham, left all salaries at the
same figures as the previous
year.
The court also made no
change in vacation tune and
salaries of employes paid on
an hourly or day basis, leaving
them at the same figure as iy67.
All employees will be grunt-
ed the same vacation time as
they received in 1967.
Clyde Nash and Kenneth Oliv-
er were re-employed as court-
house custodians.
Nash will primarily serve the
county office building on East
Sam Rayburn Drive and Oliver
the main courthouse.
CONTRACT LET FOR 254JNIT
HOUSING PROJECT HERE
5rarsm
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aervatton District, Box 627.
Bonham, Texan 75418. or <fe-
Ircnd to the District Office ta
Rayburn Federal Center, be-
fore January 31. 1968.
Lost Rites Held
Tuesday For
M. E. Lmttrefl
Burglars Hit
Paula's Again
Bonham. —The Fannin coun-
ty sheriffs department report-
ed two minor burglaries Fri-
day morning in which between
436 and 440 in money was tax
eo.
Sheriff Dudley Jackson and
Deputy Bobby Madison investi-
gated the "burglary of the Bums
Service Station on U. S. 82
between Ector and Savoy
where between 410 and $15 was
taken from the cold drink vend-
ing machine.
Entry to the building was
gained through the front door.
Deputy Leonard Colhngs
worth and Liquor Board Agent
Ray Williams investigated the
burglary of Paula’s Drive In
j in Honey Grove where $25 was
taken
Marvin Eugene Luttrell. 85.
of Windom died at 4 30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at his home . Enlrv w.a, thlwf:h a
Ho had been in ill health forsfr^. ^ndawr
the past several years. j
The funeral. Tuesday after '
noon, at 2:30 o'clock was in the RiteS Held Sunday
whKkxn Church of chnst-1 For Mrs. Vauqhan
William L Luttrell and Don • *
Skaggs were the officiants j Funeral services were held
Cooper-Sorrells directed inter S at 2 odork Sunday afternoon
ment in Oakwood Cemetery. ■ at :be Lutheran Church of
Haney Grove Sprung Valley Calif. for M:
Named pallbearers were j " alter \ sughan, 53. a former
Choice Moore Jack Ridge H<wr Grove resident
Ralph Laycock. John Bomar. Mrs Vaughan died Friday,
Frank Howell and Leeman j J2. 1968. in a Saji
Riddles ! Hospital
LuttreH 3 retired farm | Mrs Vaughan, the rormcr
er and rancher of the Windom, Mar> Eisenbeisz was born Dec
05 Ha-shit-l
Work is expected to begin
in 30-45 days on 25 one bed
room low rent housing units
in Honey Grove, Harman Har
ral, executive director of the
Housing Authority of the City
of Honey Grove said Monday
All of the units are designated
for the elderly.
Thirteen of the units wall be
built on the site known as the
Underwood property, at the
comer of 4 th and Market
Warriors Down
Wolves, 47-45
Coach Jerry Smith’s Honey-
Grove Warriors are atop the
heap in the East Zone of Dis-
trict 16A following their win
over the Wolfe City Wolves
here Tuesday night, 47-45
Powderlv is in second place
with 2 wins and one loss; the
Wolves in third with a record
of 1 and 2 and the Fannindel
Falcons ended the first half of
district zone chase, winless, 0 3.
The Warriors can have an
inside track for first place in
the final standings with a win
over the Falcons here Friday
night. B game will begin at
7 o'clock and A game at 8:15.
In Tuesday night’s action
Loy Dean Clark paced the
Tribe with 19 points. Ray Tyr-
rell had 13.
The B team fell to the
Wolves 40-38. Freddie Patti
son had 15 points to lead the
Warriors in the B game
A Shaughnessy type playoff
will deteiTnme the district win
ner from the top two teams in
the East and West Zones this
year.
The top team in each zone
will play the second place team
in the opposite zone in a best
two-out-of three senes with the
winners to meet, also m a best
of thre«> senes for the district
championship.
In next Tuesday's action the
Warriors will host the P'-wder
ly Panthers with the regular
season finale to be unreeled at
Wolfe City a week from this
Friday night.
Street. The- ocher twhe aaati
will be erected oc tte Bwatri
property, a bioefc bonded by
5th. 6th. Pecan anA Bocs <8 Arc
streets. B.>Ch these ire
withm two blocks of tte town
square.
Lee Roy AmtMog., cammmxM
of the Hotising AaUurtj sa-id
a contract, tocal-ng S2a3.-
325 hart been nnAfe with a Firs
construction, conapaa^y. Hrrj«e
and Walker tor cuBSUTMCUHa cf
the units. As so»:n as apccwaJL
•j£ the coatract is rrcerrsid trjez.
the regwcal office o£ the- Ite-
partnxent of U rbarx D»rvesc<g-
ment of tte Hntisjg sad ifeiC2>ar
Finance Agency ccnscmc Acn
will begin It u. apes, tec tie
units will be compinuec naJ
ready for occupancy raear the
end of the year.
His pa »
Dakota.
She and the late
■11 eu, W as
in (temvel Hill. Tenn.
rent* were the late William "alter Vaughan were married
Luttrell and Margaret Springer j -n California during World War
Luttrell. | ** Following the war they re
He was married in 1901 to! turned to this area and made
Eltteel Speice. She died Sept, j tl>C!r home in Bonham and
Honey- Grove
7,700 Expected
At ETSU For
Spring Semester
18. 1943. On Dee 1. 1944. he
until
married Cuba Loranee He was j Vaughan s death a little over a
a BW^kber of the Church of! year ago She moved from
Chrtet at Windom a member j Haney Grove last May 30 to
of the Honey Grove Masncnc | make her home with her sister.
Lodge and was a 32 degree j
Mason and stunner
Sure i wots include his wife, j
Mrs. M E. Luttrell of Windom:
a son. Willard Luttrell of Dal-
las;'* a daughter. Mrs. Wilma
Collar* of Bonham: a tester.
Mrs. Jewel Hulsey of San Ben-
ito; ban grandchildren and tex
great-grandchildren
eraevMS vwnuwn
tafcTiokgg
which depends
on tourism as tte main
of income. ii^Tpor^B 1B69
ly an of Its manufactured items
and foodstuffs.
23$
Ty%; Lather Derid Johnson,
son 6f Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Johnson. 66 Sooth 8Ui. Honey
taking beteC
at the
ara etUI out
Mid Tuesday.
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at Sen Dtegtk
Cam. He left Dee. 38. 1*67.
PH. lahnu n „ is a 1965 grad-
ata «t Honey Grove High
School. His tettrna la PH.
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Mrs. Bruce Freeman in Spring
Valley. Calif
During her residence in Fan-
nin County. Mrs Vaughan was
an active volunteer worker at
the VA Hospital m Bonham
She was a member of the
Main Street United Presbyter-
ian Church in Honey Grove and
chairman of the Woman's Af-
ternoon Circle She had serv-
ed as Red Cross chairman in
Honey Grove sex-era 1 wars.
Survivors include fix’e broth-
ers and two sisters including
the sister with whom she resid-
ed in California. Mr? Bruce
Freeman. 3903 Rogers Road.
Spring Valley. Calif.. 92077.
Want A<u get recults
Lather Dt. Johnson. Serial No.
3382982 P. L. T. 202 G - Co.
2nd Recruit Training Batt_, M.
CL R. D, San Diego. Cajlif.
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Warriors Eke
Out 55-53 Win
Over Powderfy
Powderty — Chterh awtzg
in the xranmg m-eseflU gsre
Condi Jerry Sank i r» -sey
Grave Warrsors tiaear secaiad
■trnagM two-pemt vartaey m
DtetxlCt !iA East tear pay
Inst Friday njgjte
Ldy Dens CSariTs 15-Soot
jumper at the fteal arg-’iee *ri
the first overturn*- peraac. gave-
the Tribe a 55- s: aria. <e*rer
Fuwderly. On. Taaseay tfg
of last week. Ray TerrdT j.
basket wrtit three ie1r.-c.tc5. left-
lifted the Warnor*, riasc tine
Firmm*iei 58-56.
After Clark hat his w-rm—.j
shot Friday nagirt. Prwdur-y
put. up one 32wce f.eid gaa; at-
tempc btrt the W irrjurs- re-
bounded and ran off she final
seconds Clark wan. scururg
honors with. 25- pouEts. J C.
Roberts hit 13 f:r the War-
riors. Jurrnty Str-piacnf ini
high few Ptrw derty with Z1
The W'ir-or B «q’:riaf nas.sc
ei to x 54-23 vaetocy ux she
openasg gsrru* FriMhio* Pitr-
sc*n was high for She- wmcrec-5
with 21 pocst.».
Commerce -Officials a t
East Texas State University
say they are expecting .some
7,700 students to register for
spring classe-5 when registra-
tion opens Jan. 31 Feb I
This estimation was based on
figures from the last school
term which showed a 6.5 per
cent decrease in students from
the fall to the spring semester.
Fall 1966 saw 7.732 students m
roll but the ‘spring 1967 se-
mester saw that figure fall to
7.221 The fall 1967 semester
brought enrollment to an all
time high, when 8,328 students
enrolled.
ETSU registrar John Win
dell pointed out that spring en-
rollment is normally smaller
than fall enrollment
Admission tests for new stu-
dents will be given Saturday.
Jan 27 in Room KM of the
Business Administration Bund-
ing on campus.
Orientation for new students
v-ill he conducted Monday. Jan.
29 through Wednesday. Jan.
31.
When registration begin*
students will be admitted to tte
field house, where registration
is conducted, only if ha has
a packet of
each of which his
To Spec. 4 Rqfwq
U S. Army. Eux* ' ArfT-
NC. Bobby W Tli ci.i-Jocl.
-5S-.—soil “t—Sri—.1 ’M ST"- C
H. Thocn.ii?ac. t 55 t-ey
Grove. *x« peomef.-oi 'Areiy
specialist four on. IV*: je
‘ Jerm-tay where he xaaaghud
as a median:,- 21 Sgr.#r-r CL
2nd Howttr»- Biru-L.-n -yf -Jne
37th Artillery hi Germany.
Mr and Mrs. Billy KeCy
F»irt Worth ami Mrs Lee
Xeims of B.?nn.i.--TT Smn&Ljr
afternoo^ vust.?rs tz this Ttag
home place and with. Mr Ban*
Carter.
Large deposit* of
natural ga.« and n.f
found in the Sitea.
iSsfcTe hwesr
Want ans get o*jg- re suits-
filled oat. Bfiaddl
Former etmients enraCed «
mg the 1967 fall semester
required to bring theur sene
er grade reports. Other <
dsuts p*-’. .enC re afc
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