The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1964 Page: 2 of 14
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THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas Friday, February 28. 1964.
Echo-ettes
I intondent's job in the Sulphur membership in Pontiac's exclu-i
Spring? school district. Jestor. sive Master Salesman's Guild I
Williams said that the seven- 1 and were presented with the I
member boar«l planned to act emblem of recognition for i
1 i as its own screening commit-1 their accomlishments.
INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANT REVEALS BACKGROUND
Geographical Remoteness
Wins Brown wood Plant
Geographical remoteness was, formation ready on all utility,
MIKE JACKSON. freshman tee and will set up a'Schedule
student at ETSC, Commerce, soon to interview applicants. MR. AND Mrs. S. K. Beach
was named to the Dean's List -- and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald I>. ,
for the fall and winter se- MR. AND Mrs. Max D. Bax- Thomas were in Kilgore Thurs- j
mester. The Dean’s List is com-‘ter of 297 California Street day night to attend the 4th an-j
poaed of those students who announce the birth of a son at nual Ea.~t Texas Engineers
mmnb.in an average of 3.5 or i 1 -30 a. to. Tuesdav. Feh. 25,< meeting and banquet nt the — ^ ‘7 S .7" —"j ,7
and'Mrs. Bill Jackin of Sub ' blbyTe'ighed Yeven "pounds j pa°rtic£ating societies in the j m p‘a" n y"to ”***'
,,hur S|” I wcJYat b i ,e t h ndHrY Yhe | T«*s ^ *
MISS MARTHANN Berry, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Bill; of Tool and Manufacturing En-
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. j Elliott and Mrs. Frank Bax- gingers. Both are tool er.gi-
D. Berrv, was elected historian j ter. neers for the Sulphur Springs
of the Texas Delta Chapter of1 - | Divirion of Rockwell Manu-
BETTY JOINER Brown of facturing Company.
Brownwood, members of the
vailed in this one case. You
could have had this industry
if it wasn’t for that.”
J. Kearney Brim, chamber
president, described the Brown-
wood area as “a sort of little
Laad Cast No Issae
He emphasized that land cost
------------, ,___________....itself was not a real considera- __________..
Hopkins County Chamber ofjtion. The Hopkins County j island in the sea.
Commerce Industrial Commit- Chamber of Commerce had I Higher in Most Sections
tee were told Wednesday. j urged MMM to name its ownj “Everywhere else in West
« s~. Chi .or—rity BITOV rouum • *. «
at Texas Christian Lniveraity. Como rect ntl> aiiipt a po. i j M„..nnra 1 anf* I-'ght Company who work- conducting an extensive re-j Texas,"- he declared.
A graduate of Sulphur Springs Don vuth the A1 C oz j nsur' • 1 • ‘ . led closelv with MMM officials modeling and modernization! Brim is a former resident of
and a nailer being pulled by | *n the ^tTuna S « * > h “j; progTam and has cleaned up Midland.
a truck driven bv Elmo Halton j Springs and H.l sboro were the the city considerably. I Coy Stamp!,ill, TP*L com-
An ATTEMPT to break into of Douglas were involved in a “ ^ II<? “J* At,*flk*d \° "»•*«-)munity development manager,
MR. AND Mrs. E. I. Hen- a coin machine at Bell's Washa- collision at the South Broad-1 the f,nal hers of the MMM plant location i reported Brownwood had been
fi:
High School. Miss Berry is a ante
junior majoring in English and PI*21*- Dallas,
journalism.
a coin machine at Bell’s Washa- collision at
ning' returaed 'Sundav night ter.a on Main Street sometime j way overpass at Interstate 30
from « week's trip to the Mid- Mondav "*ht was r‘I’ort1ed ‘° Thmsday.- Total damage was
west which took them into | Tuesday. Apparently the ; estimated at $75.
heavy snow country but on attem,,t 111 v
cleared highways. Mr. Hen-1
ning transacted business for! MRS. H. 11. Thomas, well- have received word from their
the Rockwell Manufacturing known and loved senior citizen daughter and her husband. Lt.
Company in the Chicago and of SulphurSprings, moved this Commander and Mrs. F. C.
“Sulphur Springs definitely
was
____ went to Brownwood,” he de- j them in Sulphur Springs.
dared. “The reasoning was! The speaker said he believes
MR. AXB^Mrs. G.^S. Moore pUre|v economic. Brownwood is Sulphur Springs’ limited water
105 miles west of Dallas. There supply was a temporary ad-
is no heavy industry in that verse factor in the case but
area and little industry of any j that the visitors were convinced
kind. There is not likely to be that the city’s needs could be
Rockford, 111., areas. Mrs. Hen- ,0 1416 Church Street in (Pete) Geheres. that they have
ning ami the children visited Commerce where she can he just returned from a two
relatives ;n Cnnior f) close to a daughter. Mrs. W. W. weeks’ vacation trip to Hawa;i.
‘ * __• ‘ Taylor and her family. Mrs. They took the trip over by
v-n L-rii cTTr Thomas had lived in the two- boat and returned via plane.
LA l . hi CETTE, who story home o« Connallv Street, He is stationed at Vandenburg
is recuperating in a .Jackson. wbjph *he sold before moving. Air Force Base in California.
Icnn., hospital from injuries for niorp than 50 years. _
received in An automobile acc-i- 1 Tx..arwv ,
. , , , , . . - -MISS D ANN Jenkins, a 1903
, ,'nYion re7mprYngV hut , Y “T*® Y* T^t °f Su,Phur SPri"^ | - * • c a or compev.uon tor
condition is improving Out from (,a|Veston where he took High School and gra iddaugh-! worker- lower uav scales and
that he will be confined to the MrR M> re for observation and ter of Mrs. Jewel Edwards and ! T b a oYc o of cninized laW
group Monday and was asked to j N’o. 2 and No. 3 a good many
express their appreciation for j times in the last few ycears”
in first place until they j the courtesy and interest shown and had set to work in earnest
with an industrial program.
Bryce declared his office had
experienced an unusually large
number of industrial inquiries
during the last six months.
“I definitely think we will
be back with more people,” he
supplied for the next few years ! added.
and that the Cooper Reservoir! He endorsed a suggestion by
source eventually would ma- H. C. MeGrede that personnel
terialize. i jn stores and service establish-
Bryce reported the prinicpal | ments he encouraged to extend
Minnesota Mini n g delegation j unusua] oourtesv toward vigi.
visit mg Sulphur Springs con-, tors and to dcve, op , conrtruc.
.ms.ted of 11 company repre- tjve attJtud. toward the city.
sentatives, including three vice _
presidents and a director.
He described the visitors as ;m |#
impressed by the new Sulphurj |||UI UOHiPdOV
Uli
r; Wrn .
next 12 months, based npon | fewest free throws yielda4; tfs-
low bid prices, J{ j %DmDUYl RECORM
which an estimated $5,_J5 will, jiost free throws game—12
by Roger Allen vs. Mt. Venion
(tied with Fred Watson, 1958.
and Glenn Inin, 1962). ,
Most points career—805 by
Tim Williams; most free throws
career—227 by Tim Williams;
most points district career—
399 by Tim Williams; meet free
throws district career—127 by
Tim 'Williams.
GYM RECORDS
Most points by a Sulphur
Springs player—24 by Thomas
Wright vs. Mt. Pleasant.
Most points by Sulphur
Springs—100 vs. Gainesville;
most field goals by Sulphur
Spring s—41 vs. Gainesville;
most field goals by opponent
—24 by Mt. Pleasant.
Most points combined teams
—149, Sulphur Springs vs.
be spent for gasoline.
Cats Break
22 Records
Twenty-two recognized school
records were broken and two
others tied in the 1963-64 bas-
ketball season at Sulphur
Springs High.
The largest harvest resulted
from the 100-49 victory the
Wildcats scored over Gaines-
ville in a District 6-AAA game.
Individually, captain Tim Wil-
liams led in breaking four of i Gainesville (100-49); most
the five records in that cate-. field goals combined teams-
much in the future.
Freight Costs Secondary
“Company officials felt
freight costs were not a criti-
cal item in this particular line
and that Sulphur Springs’
transportation advantages could
be overlooked in relation to
he lack of competition for
Springs State Rank and recent-j
ly remodeled buildings on T Afgf llifl
downtown square and as hope- 1 UMu LjU W D1Q
ful that the process might
hospital for four more weeks, medical t r e a t m e n t. She re- T. O. Jenkins, has been select- f,,und in the Brownwood area.
^en ‘,x,,eots return t(; gained in Galveston with her ed A&M Cotton Duchess by the Brvce quoted the MMM group
Sulphur Springs for several so,,, james Myre and family. History Club at Texas Women’s! ;ls regarding East Texas as
months. Mr. and Mrs. h. 1. and was scheduled to he ad- University at Denton where she! heavily industrialized. He men-
Henning visited Edgette Sun- mitted to a hospital this week is a freshman student. She i tioned such firms as Campbell
day. He asked them to thank -for clinical testa. j will be vying for Aggie Cotton j Soup, Babcock A Wilcox. Wert-1 spread to the rest of the busi-
his friends here for letters he - " I Queen. She has also been se- inghouse Electric, Lone Star ness district.
had received and said he would R. T. WJHITLO.CK of Cooper, iected a Redbud Princess on Steel. General Electric and| Traffic Jam Hurt
like to hear from others. j Delta County's representative the TWU campus. j Ling-Temco-Vaught in this gen-1 He said the first MMM visit
to the Hopkins-Delta Draft —---- eral section. i was made on a Saturday and
t h v Board, has notified officials of MISS AN'N Milligan
RICHARD WRIGHT,
young pilot who was forced to : his pending resignation. Other named to the Dean’s List for
fly to Cuba by two Cubans who j members of the board are W. 't),c fajj an,| wjnter semester at
had rented his plane for
a IE. Bagbv and Cecil Ward of the University of C o I or a do f,ntativt's also were impressed
flight to Key West. Fla., last J Sulphur Springs. -- .rJ..d°l»>y the fact that Brownwood
The industrial consultant re- lhat traffic congestion in the
ported Minnesota Mining repre-
On City Fuel
Gulf Oil Company was ten-
tatively awarded the gasoline
and oil servicing contracts for
gory (• sixth was tied).
Here are the new school
records for team, individual
And gym. Team and individual
records established date to
1966. The gym has been in use
three seasons.
TEAM RECORDS
Most points game—100 vs.
Gainesville (100-49); most
field goals game—41 vs. Gaines-
ville; most points and field
goals district game, same.
Most points season—1,709;
CO, Sulphur Springs vs. Gaines-
ville.
Wright Patman
Reports Funds
For Schools
Congressman W right Pat-
man's office in Washington re-
ported Wednesday that the De-
.... , „ , partment of Health, Education
most field goals season—663;. and Welfare had announced
most free throws season—383; J payments to schools in several
federally-impacted areas in the
First District.
where she is a senior student.
week, is a nephew of the late j --- The Dean’s List is composed of
Cecil J. Farrar of Sulphui i GEORGE PA 1N'F- and Jack students who maintain an
Spiings. ; Stinson of Bevis Pontaic-Olds- average of 3.5 or better. She
! mobile-C'adillac recently were js the daughter of Mr. .;and
PERSONAL INTERVIEWS honored by the Pontiac division
will be available to the 60- of GMC at a special banquet in
plus applicants for the su)>er- Dallas. They have achieved
Mrs. Claude Milligan.
residents already had spent a
considerable sum to buy an in-
dustrial site and have it ready
fur use at a reasonable cost,
as well as having specific in-
A1RMAN THIRD Class AVi 1- ^ |,F,ur Springs is about to be-
dlam H. Johnson has returned come a Rjct. Institute football
to Sulphur Springs after com- fatl. jfjs great-nephew. Berry
rdeting active duty with the Hodge Richardson of Eleetra,
United States Air Force at recently was granted a five-
Sheppard Air Force Base. He year a t h 1 e t i c scholarship at
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rive. Richardson is a 190-pound
L. Johnson. j quarterback who compiled a
- j straight A r e c o r d at Eleetra
JACK F. Gibson, superintend-j High School. His parents are
ent of schools, returned last | Mr. and Mrs. W. C Richardson,
week-end from the annual con-! Jr., bis mother being the form-
vention of the American Asso-jer Margaret Watson. Dr. Sell-
ciation of Schools Adniinstrii- j ers has a big color photograph
tors at Atlantic City. N. J. Hej,,f t),e handsome athlete he has
J reports more than 26,000 per-1 been showing to friends about
sons were registered for the town,
event and describes the pro-
For The Best Deal
On The
BETTER CAR
5-Year Guarantee
(or 50.000 Miles)
See—
Chrysler - Plymouth - Valiant - Sales & Service
Maddox Motor Co.
”20 Year* with Plymouth'
1217 So. Broadway Phone 885-2141
square was so severe that the!‘he City of Sulphur Springs at
a special City Council session
Tuesday.
party had trouble negotiating
it. The result, he added, was ,
a had impression but a conclu- Sealed bids from six oil com-
sion that the traffic problem Panies wer« received more than
could be worked out a 'VPek a*°- bot were. not
„ . « a. , i lated in time for action bv the
Bryce urged that when local j council at itg reffular meeting
scheduling is possible, visiting ]ast wt,tk. Since the contract
prospects be introduced to the: perjod begins Mar. 1 and the
square at a time when traffic council doesn’t have a regular
is at its lowest ebb. i meeting scheduled until Mar.
Bryce reported the MMM j 3, the special action was re-
people noted street repairs in quired.
progress and regarded them asj Gulf was the low bidder on
reflecting a constructive atti- five of the six product lines
gram as an inspiring one.
DR. HODGE Sellers of Sul-
tude of city government.
The industrial consultant em-
phasized the intensity of the
competition for new industry.
Everybody Looking
“At least 10,000 other cham-
bers of commerce are doing the
same thing you are doing,”hei
in the bidding. The company
was awarded all six lines by
the council after it finished
third behind the low bidding
Sinclair Refining company in
the diesel fuel bid.
The Gulf bid on gasoline,
the major product line in the
said. “State industrial develop- contract, was 17.45 cents pef
ment commissions are b u sy! gallon, state tax included,
everywhere. Governors of some Other bids, all including tax.
highest scoring average sea-
son—65.73.
Most points district season— The schools and amounts in-
859; most field goals district elude: Marietta-Thomas of Lin-
season—342; highest scoring den, $3,039; DeKalb, $2,000;
average district season—71.6. Temple Rural High School of
Fewest free throws yielded Clarksville, $1,139; Karnack,
season—284 (tied with 1963); $12,671, and Detroit, $1,671.
CROSBY SQUARE C%o
states make personal tours look- were Mobil Oil Co., F7.69 \
ing for now industries. cents; Sinclair Refining Co.,I
JAMES G. COOKSEY, son “Everything that you do and 17.65 cents; Humble Oil Co., |
of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Cooksey a]j tbe answers you can have 17.70 cents; Texaco, Inc., 17.85)
of Sulphur Springs, has joined readjr when we do bring in a cents, and Walker-Harry Oil
R. W. Bryan & Company, Aus-; prospect wilI put vou that much Co., 18.65 cents,
tin petroleum consulting and , abcad. Total estimated fuel and oil
I reporting organization, as a “Unusual circumstances pre-' expenditure for the city in the
I consultant. He formerly was |----------------------———-------------———----
| an engineer with the Texas i |“
| Railroad Commission. He is a \
'University of Texas graduate |
' in petroleum engineering. 1
FOR RENT!
Bermuda Spriggers
And
Gopher Poisoning
Machines
REASONABLE RATES
The Banks Company
—j * --
FORD TRACTORS & IMPLEMENTS
120 Oak Avenue
Phone: 885-3175
ifliilHWfflfflW
VOLUNTEER WORKERS at
| Memorial Hospital last week
! included the following rink
I Ladies: Mines. M. W. Conaway, j
Ho h c r t Montgomery, Waire
Currin, Erma Grubbs, W. A.
I ( ai others, \V. Bice, V. Har-
I ninn, R. L. Itawson, Miriam
I Hagan, L. Towner, A. D. Jacob-
j sen and Roger Plummer.
You’ve read about famous Crosby-Square Shoes---truly a
wonderfully constructed, well styled, comfortable shoe to
wear anywhere. Our new Spring styles are here. Drop in
now for an unusually large selection. The above
Crosby Square
a
step-in
V
9'* r
■ , /,
m
THE MILLER Grove 4-H
'club will meet Tuesday, Mar.
j 3, withrIs)uie Woodall and Sue
i Knighton to bring the program,
j The* recent 42 party staged by
j the dub was called very suc-
cessful.
| '' INDEPENDENCE WILL be
I the site for a singing Sunday
evening. Mar. 1 Good gospel
singing is promised.
WALT MANNON, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mannon,
celehrated his sixth birthday
Wednesday nt his home on Col-
lege Street where he is con-
fined with chickenpox.
Here’s the ever popular slip-
on that pently gloves your feet
in style and comfort. A lot
of shoe---easy on and off.
Black or Brown.
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J FIRRY POLSON, senior
student at East Texas State
College, Commerce, was nam-
ed to the Dean’s List for the
fall and winter semester. The
Dean’s List is composed of
students with a 3.5 average or
better. He is the son of Mrs.
Thomas Carnes of Sulphur
Springs.
Exquisite French Provincial bedroom that can easily be yours
iany
in lastingly lovely Provincial Cherry
yr
Qrotbeiajjroy
MR. AND Mrs R. S. Plum-
mer moved Tuesday into their
newly purchased home at 1020
North Davis Street. They
bought the residence from Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Nance. Their
prevous home at 601 Church
Street had been occupied on a
rental basis for 26 years.
RONALD BAXLEY, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Baxley,
has returned from London.
Flngland, where he attended
an Aero Engine and Y'ickers- ■
Armstrong servicing schools at |
Derby and Weybridge. Baxley
is a jet instructor with Ban-
iff Airlines.
Dm Bmrry, styled for contenporuy Wring, retain* the cherished
charm that it authentically French Provincial. Combines
beauty with durability. Every piece aoatadiy and dutiful^
crafted in every detail Open stock. If you wiah, yon may buy
any of the pieces indiridoaliy. Come is and choose now.
Example
9-Drmwer Triple Dresser . .
Chairback Bed ----------
$169.95
$89.95
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1964, newspaper, February 28, 1964; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823272/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.