The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1964 Page: 1 of 18
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MICROFILM SEKV. At'iD SalES
P. 0. BOX 623c
dalLas , Texas
Hopkins CottttTjt geljer
ABSORBED THE GAZETTE CIRCULATION BY PURCHASE MAY 12. 1928)
VOL. 89.—NO. 11.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1964.
PUBLfSHED EVERY FRIDAY
Trustees
Re-elect
Teachers
T r u s t e es of the Sulphur
Springs district re » elected
faculty members of the white
schools during their regular-
monthly meeting Monday
night.
Miss Grace Caldwell, a vet-
eran teacher in Lamar School,
announced her pending retire-
nent in a note to the board
nembers, who directed that
letter of commendation be
forwarded to her thanking her
for long and devoted service
to the system.
One position in the system
Iwas eliminated because the stu-
dent load has dropped below
state requirements. It is that
|of shop teacher, which has been
iled by John R. Gibson.
Schools officials explained that
half of his salary has been paid
by the state and the other half
from the local maintenance
'fund. The student load has
iropped below the 10 average
|for a half - time shop instruct-
or.
All other teachers in the
system were re-elected. Ear-
Jlier, Gerald L. Levine had pub-
(licly announced his resigna-
tion. His letter of resignation
vas read at the meeting.
Following the elections, it
Iwas noted that there are only
Jthree upcoming vacancies in
(the white schools. Two teach-
Hopkins Voters Crush
Courthouse Bond Issue
HAPPY ROYAL PAIR — Gary Crowson and Lana Rasure smile happily after being
crowned king and queen of the Hopkins Counity 4-H Share-the-Fun Festival in Sulphur
Springs Saturday night. They represent the Dike 4-II Club. (Staff Photo by Cody Greer).
Dike Youngsters Selected
4'H Club King And Queen
C.arry Crowson a n d Lana' Runners-up were Richard In the Share-the-Fun Festi-
Rasure, representing the Dike Fyke and Edith Flora of the val competition, Miller Grove
4-H Club, were crowned king Lee-Hi 4-H Club. Winners were and Pine Forest were picked as
ers will be needed at Lamar , anc| qUeen cf the H <f p k i n s determined by votes sold at one winners in the senior and jun-
Sehool to replace Levine and
Miss Caldwell and one at Hous-
ton School to replace Vaden
Richey, who has been promot-
ed to principal at Lamar School.
P r i ncipals Truman E .
Drake, Dudley Allen, G. W.
Duckworth. Harvey Harring-
ton and Calvin Denton appear-
ed before the board dining the
evening.
Hear Delegate*
Dr. G. W. Gray presided
at the m e e t i n g and other
trustees in attendance includ-
ed Dr. Sam Swindell, Sam
Bonham, Randall Maddox and
Thomas Johnston. B. F. Ash-
croft was absent.
The trustees briefly discuss-
ed the appointment of a mem-
ber to replace Jeston Williams
County 4-H Share-the-Fun Fes- . cent each.
ior divisions respectively. These
tival Saturday night. j Miss Rasure, daughter of Mr. clubs are now eligible to com-
I.ast year’s king and queen, and Mr3. Quinton Rasure of pete in district elimination in
Doyle McKinzie and Judith Kel- Sulphur Springs, has carried; Tyler April 25
. , . foods, clothing;, health and pub-; Gaflord Chapel had the run-
lum, assisted in the program. [je speaking as h,.r demonstra-! ner-up skits in both divisions.
The winners were presented: tions during three years of 4-II other skits were presented
wrth a red boutonnrere and red work. she a 11 e n d s Sulphur by tho Dike, ShXchapTand
Springs High School. | Lce-Hi clubs in the senior di-
Crowson, son of Mr. and vision and by the Dike, Lee-Hi,
Mrs. Herschel Crowson of Dike, M i 1 ler Grove and Martin
has been a 4-H member for two|.Springs clubs in the junior di-v
years. He is vice-president of vision.
Judges were Mrs. Robert
Estes and Charles Moore.
Lonnie Mack Ilrowning and
Elvira Petrosa conducted the
program. Donna Fyke narrated
the king and queen contest.
LARGEST IN EAST TEXAS
Morris Gas-Condensate
Looms as Record-Breaker
The No. 1 John J. Morris been reported to be a huge pro-; pletion in the Hill and Gloyd
gas-condensate well in the ducer. Two other successful , sections of the Rodessa at its
Como field loomed as the larg- Sntackover w ells had been j No. 5-A John J. Morris, a close-
est Smackover discovery in drilled in the field earlier. i in offset of the big gas well.
East Texas with the publication! The Como field, in southeast- The well is bottomed at 8,100
Wednesday of a corrected of-' Urn Hopkins County, contin- j ful't
frcial gauge report on its pro- • 1 1'
duction.
The new report by Texaco, ty’s only oil and gas activity,
Inc., showed 120 million cubic
feet of gas daily from per-
forations at 12,944-13,044 feet,
12,804-12,914 feet and 12,744-
12,828 feet.
The gas-liquid ratio was
given at 5,400 to 1.
Second 1964 Strike
An earlier report had placed
gas production at 40 million
feet a day with 193 barrels of
condensate per million.
The Morris is the second ma-
jor Smackover strike made in
the Como field this year. The
other is Gulf Oil Corporation’s
No. 1 Walker Garrison Estate,
about a half mile east and
north.
as completion was pushed on
two of three Rodessa series oil
strikes.
Delta Drilling Company of
Tyler is making a dual coin-
Cecil Wilkins
Selected New
City Engineer
Burglars Take
Tires; Sale
Rejects Thugs
the Dike club. His projects in
elude beef cattle, dairy cattle
and recreation. He is a student
at’ North Hopkins School.
Other club representatives in-
eluded Jackie Bigson and Char-
Two Gilmer Street business ! lotto Stribling, Shooks Chapel;
establishments in Sulphur Timmy Wallace a n d Debbie
Springs we re attacked by j Durch, Arbala; Mike Irvin and
who recently resigned, but no thieves Friday night, with three Sharon Long, Gafford Chapel;
action was taken
The board members approv-
ed the purchase o f $353.36
worth of equipment for the
school garage, accepted the
textbook comm ittee report,
and authorized up to $125
expenses for Cecil Tucker, DE
instructor, to accompany his
state prize - winning student,
Wayne Sharber, to the national
convention in Chicago.
Mrs. Lesby Rhodes, drill
team instructor, and Rex Wile-
irnon, band director, appeared
before the trustees to discuss
;policy matters concerning the
planned show by the two
groups. Mrs. Eldon Ethridge
of Greenville, former president
of the Flaming Flashes or-
ganization, appeared with the
two and explained how their
group handled various prob-
lems.
Mrs. Rhodes and Wilemon
were asked to submit recom-
mendations to the board.
Billy Wayne Harry, John
Caruthers and Jim Masters
were delegates to the meet-
ing to ask assistance in ren-
ovating Eagle Stadium in eon-
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tires taken from a service sta-
tion.
An attempt was made to
break into the safe at the
Quicky Food Store, 1067 Gil-
mer, but the safe withstood
the attack. No other losses at
the store were immediately de-
termined.
The Roy Carroll service sta-
tion at 1107 Gilmer reported
the theft of the tires.
A small hole was cut in a
window at the station, and the
window apparently was opened
and the tires passed to the
outside through the open win-
dow.
Mike Sprague and Mary Ann
Others on the program were
Doyle McKinzie, David Downs,
Cecil M. Wilkins, engineer-
ing assistant for the City of
Richardson for the past 3'i
years, Monday was hired as
Gulf has released no figures j director of public works and
on the Garrison, but it also has city engineer with the City
of Sulphur Springs.
He will assume his duties
on or before April 1.
Sulphur Springs has been
without an engineering depart-
ment since June of last year
when John Sulcer resigned to
accept an industrial position.
Burglars Strike
Rur|l Home
Near Sallillo
Texaco also is reported at-
ued to be the scene of the coun-j tempting a dual completion on
its No. 1 I,. D. Coker well,
about 1,000 feet north and
east of the Morris.
Triple For Gulf
Gulf apparently made a suc-
cessful triple completion of its
No. 1 Minnie Garrison oil pro-
ducer, a close-in offset of the
Garrison gas well.
The new wells represent the
first Rodessa production in the
Como field. In addition to the
Smackover discoveries, the
field has low-grade oil produc-
tion from shallow levels. The
Rodessa series is said to yield
a high-grade oil.
In the Moncrief Smackover
field three miles north of
Winnsburo in Franklin County,
Murphy Corporation was setting
pipe near the bottom of its
No. 1 Methodist Home oil well
at 8,277 feet..
The pay try will he in the
Pittsburg sand at 8,150-92
feet, where cores showed indi-
cations of oil.
The Methodist Home test is
2,000 feet east of Murphy's
No. 1 Wheeler-Cox, which is
In his new position Wilkins ____ . vv„, „.,lv„ ...
will work under tho city man-1 waiting to bo tested as tho
ager’s office and will assist in
planning with heads of the wa-
The theft of items valued at
nearly $235 was reported to
the sheriff's department Su«-|tl'r an< sewer and street de-
day by the Porter McAuley i , ,, ,
family, Route 2, Saltillo.” I W,lk,ns- ',4 •v,'ttrs 0,,1‘ ,t.ook
Burglars struck t h c rural engineering studies at Arl.ng-
.................Hopkins County home Sunday iton ’State J'®11***- «« wa* .«
Marynell Anderson, Neka Jo during church hours. Kntry!SL1*Vf ^<>r Wl^ Seabces in
Long and Pat Bearden. [was gained by breaking a door n,'|>t!lry service.
Winning speeches in the 4-H window and unlocking (he door IH background i n e 1 lines
Highfield, Pine Forest, and j public speaking contest were latch. ,}iree V e !l r 8 vvlth thu 1,,xas
Mike HeCollum and Lynda Gar-j presented by Miss Anderson| Items missing include a shot Highway Department, and five
mon, Miller Grove.
land Linda Granaek.
Schools Okayed
For Assistance
Congressman Wright Pat-
man announced Saturday that
the Department of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare had desig-
nated assistance to three school
districts in federally impacted
areas.
The districts and amounts of
payments include New Boston
$55,035, Maud $10,647, and
Pewitt $13,571.
10 Girls Enter
Queen Contest
field’s second Smackover well.
Edwards, Payne
Ask Reelection
As Directors
Then1 will be no competi-
tion for places on the Hop-
kins County Hospital District
Hoard of Directors this year.
Only two candidates filed
for the April 4 election before
the deadline at midnight Mon-
at 7 p.m. Friday,
Ten young women have cn-|City Park
tered thus far in the queen con- Mar. 20.
test to be held Mar. 20 in con-! Other queen contestants and
junction with the 1964 North- their sponsoring organizations
east Texas Junior Livestock are:
Show at Sulphur Springs City Olivia Pinion, SulphurlT*| Pnurl ITorO
Park. | Springs FFA ; Kuthy Whitten, U* OUU41 UvlC
The deadline for entries in1 Saltillo FFA; Nancy Bassharn,
Sulphur Illuff FFA ; Sheila ! Four persons received prison
Slayton, Ferris FFA ; Barbara or J5*'1 sentences and fines
Green Gober FFA; Pam Hearn, Thursday in district criminal
Mineola FFA; Frances Ann court in Sulphur Springs.
Fry, Fannidel FFA (Ladonia);| Judge L. L. Bowman, Jr.,
Patsy Strain, Scagoville FFA; presided in the hearings. Judge j
and Judy 1’ickerift, Wolfe City Bowman also granted probat-
gun, two rings, a set of cuff >l'ars in constructional (mum-
links, an electric razor and a c'!mJ •mprovements) inspection
safety razor, a hat, necklace, I ",t\ th« ^ of ,allaa before
camera, shot gun shells and $3 i h,« ^hardson j„b.
jn ras^ j ‘We believe that Mr. Wil-
j The theft is the third in lessjkins wi" ,,rin« "“J *ood ,
! than a month in Hopkins Coun- '■xpenence to this job ( ,ty | day
ty believed to have taken place Manager Carl R.ehn said Mon- They are the two present
during Sunday church hours. 'I«.v ’’and were happy to be members of the board whose
getting him. terms expire this year, Archie
Wilkins is married to the T. Edwards and Thomas Payne,
former Dclma Je an Martin, | Other members are Jim
daughter of Hopkins County Masters, Mrs. Z. L. Bell and A.
Commissioner Paul Martin. | I>. Jacobsen.
Four Sentences
Given by Judge
HEARINGS IN MAY
the contest will be Friday
night, with no entries accepted
that are not postmarked prior
to that time.
Heading the list of early en-
tries is Miss Nan Dean Cantrell,
Cooper Dam Project
Encounters New Delay
The first delay in the mat-
Hopkins County voters
crushed a courthouse im-
provement proposal by a
2-1 m a r jr i n in a special
bond election Tuesday.
Voters defeated, the$500,000
issue 1766 to 860. Thi* measure
carried in only four of 30 vot-
ing boxes, two each in the city
and rural areas.
Results will be unofficial un-
til canvassed Thursday by the
Commissioners Court.
The negative vote waa of
landslide proportions in the
rural areas. In those 25 boxes
84.9 per cent of the voters turn-
ed thumbs down on expendi-
tures for the proposed pro-
rum.
The count in those boxes was
1055 against and 188 for.
In the five city boxes, which
includes some voting from
fringe rural areas, the issue
was narrowly defeated, 711 to
672, or 51.4 per cent againitt.
$500,000 At Stake
At stake was authorization
for the county to issue bonds in
the amount of $500,000 to con-
struct a three-story office
building for county depart-
ments and to make repairs and
mprovements on the present
ourthouse.
Under the proposal the bonds
would have been retired by
budget trimming in other ex-
i.eiuliture accounts rather than
through any new lax levy.
A total of 2,627 persons went
to the polls. The election was
limited to property owners who
had rendered their property for
taxation in the county.
One ballot was voided in the
Como box when election offi-
cials could not determine the
voter's intent.
Road lin» Inserted
Overall, the trend ngainst
the bond issue waa 67.3 per
cell t.
The fate of the issue was de-
termined i| ii i c k I y, about 10
minutes after the close of the
polls, when Sulphur Springs
Precinct 2 (voting at the li-
brary I reported a narrow de-
feat of the issue (217-212).
The improvement program
had drawn fire particularly in
rural areas where residents
feared rural road funds would
be sliced to make payments on
the bonds.
When results were tabulated,
the bond issue had carried in
only four boxes — S u Iphur
Springs precincts t-A (Austin
school) and 4 (Episcopal par*
' ll hall) and the rurul boxes
it Ruff and Peerless.
There was one unanimous
box, with Cornersville voting
against the issuance of bonds,
58-0.
The vote by boxes:
For A(n*t
Travis School______93 136
Austin School..... 166 148
Library . .........212 217
Courthouse ________ 79 04
Episcopal Church___122 116
Saltillo ............ 7 91
Pine Forest ........ 2 44
Greenwood . . 2 54
(Continued on Bin k Page)
sponsored by the Frisco FFA FFA. " j ed sentences against three men.
chapter, which has sponsored The 1964 queen committee J Sentencing* included two-, t(‘r_ <>M ooper Dam and Reser-
tho last three Livestock Show
queens.
for the show is composed of y«»r prison sentences on each ™,r . following a meeting in
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Thomas, "f two charges against Jimmy! Austm “n, p™IV”,ed, p annink
Selection of the 1964 queen Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Funder- Wi|ey Wayne Cockrum for, changes Feb. 28 has become of-
will he made during a special burk and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie forgery; a $500 fine against, 11 la 1 noi 1 au lon '' „.par
Vicar of Local
Church Accepts
(alias Position
The Rev. Laurens R. Wil-
liams, vicar of St. Philip’s
Episcopal C h ii r c h in Sulphur
| Springs since July 1, 1961, Sun-
day announced acceptance of (Springs Mar. 20-21, were pour-
an appointment to become vicar ing in to show secretary Billy
| of St. Anne’s Church in far (Conner Tuesday.
program at the show barns in!Jackson.
New Junior Livestock
Show Records Expected
Entries for the 1964 North-; be turned over to the selection jin Hopkins County and those
east Texas Junior Livestock of the livestock show queen j entries are expected to swell
Show, to be held in Sulphur and her court. (the total Wednesday.
Howard Alexander, Jr., for ag-
gravated assault; $350 fi n e
against Orphez Lay for failure
to stop motor vehicle and ren-
der aid following an accident;
ties concerned of an indefinite
delay of a public hearing on
water allocations in the reser-
voir.
Sulphur Springs city offici-
(South Oak Cliff in Dallas,
j The change will be effective
[April 1.
St. Philip’s was Father Wil-
Uims’ first appointment after
leaving the Berkeley Divinity
Bchool at New Haven, Conn,
fcle is a native of Dallas.
St. Philip’s Church is a mis-j
With .the mail deadline for
entries approaching at mid-
night Tuesday, Conner report-
ed an unusually large regis-
tration in the beef cattle di-
vision.
Judging in that division will
climax the big show Saturday,
Mar. 21, beginning at S> a. m.
ion church, as is St. Anne’s I in the show barns at City Park.
Judging of the Sears Bull j Thus far entries have been
Show will lead off the Satur-| received from as far away as
day events. j Brownwood.
Conner reported entries of Leading entry lists have
207 head of beef cattle through been received from the al-
and a $300 fine and three |als hava informed by Joe
months in jail for Albert Lee Carter, chairman of the Texas
Banded for participation in
driving a motor vehicle without
the owner’s consent.
Presentation of the cases was
made by Cameron McKinney,
district attorney, a n d Artie
Tuesday noon, along with 71
head of sheep, 41 head of
swine and 25 poultry entries.
The entry list does not include
those animals which will be
here for the annual Sears Bull
Show.
About 40 clubs or chapters
are represented in the entries
ways-strong Scagoville FFA
chapter, with 10 head of beef
cattle, 29 sheep and 15 swine
entered. Other large entries
have been received from the
Royce City and Wolfe City
FFA chapters and the Kauf-
man 4-H club.
Despite the addition of new
tie space last year, the 1963
reached
Stephens, county attorney.
Bank Directors
Vote Dividend
Directors of the Sulphur
Springs State Bank, at a reg-
ular meeting Tuesday, voted a
quarterly dividend of 60 cents
a share to stockholders.
Water Commission, that the
public hearings — originally
scheduled for next Tuesday —
have been tentatively reset in
May.
In effect, the delay is the
second brought about by a pro-
posal from the City of Irving
to increase the water storage
capacity of Cooper Reservoir
by a change in the planned spill-
way system.
A contract signing meeting
j scheduled for Dec. 23 was fail-
ed off in mid-December.
Despite protests from repre-
sentatives of Sulphur Springs
Cooper and Commerce -*-v~ jri 1
members of the Sulphur River
Municipal Water District which
The amount payable on the
Dallas. However, Father | The Junior Livestock Show^are represented in the entriesj Despite the addition of new bank’s 20,000 shares is $12,000. | is seeking storage rights in the
Williams said there is a good will open Friday, Mar. 20, with J received thus far, Conner said, (tie space last year, the 1963 Reports given the board I South Sulphur River reservoir I question as to when the Corps | on “The Dog in the Family.”
feasibility of the Dallas church (judging in the swine division I The Northeast Texas Junior show entries nearly reached J showed the bank's deposits to-1—“the Texas Water Commission can proceed with planning on j Other ribbon winners were
(►coming an E'piscopal parish (at 9 a. m. Judging will also ( Livestock Show is open to Jun-! overflow proportion at the' t a 1 i n g $ 10,416,000, as com- at the Feb. 28 meeting gave | the durn. j Lana Rasure, Dike, in the sen-
May. It has a current mem- be conducted in the sheep, j ior exhibitors from any Texas show grounds. That situation pared to $9,997,000 a year ago. informal approval to a study j At issue is which comes first,, ior division a n d Charlotte
irship of about 150. i poultry and steer divisions 4-H club or FFA and NFA is expected to be repeated: Loans outstanding amounted for a larger reservoir system, ja water permit for contracting1 Stribling, Shooks Chapel; Di-
[Father Williams, his wife and' Friday, along with the d a y-1 chapter. this year, judging from the to $4,600,000, as compared to TWC representatives said at: agencies — issued by the Tex- anne Davidson, Dike, and
feir son will move to Dallas | long grass judging contest. | Tuesday’s entry list does not entry pace thus far, Conner j $3,500,000 on the comparable that time they could forsec no j as Water Commission — or thojPhyllss Clemmons, Gafford
|er Easter. I Friday night’s program will I include any clubs or chapters i said. date last year. a 'delays caused by the reatudy. ^Continued from first Page) Chapel in the junior division.
Winners Picked
In 4-H Club
Speaking Tests
“I think a lot of concern that:
has been expressed about delay
really isn’t proper,” Carter said
in February. “The commission I
has no desire to delay the Coo-
per project one iota.”
Question* R»i*ed
At the February meeting
Irving representatives pushed
for consideration of a 310,000 J
acre-foot reservoir (though Marynell Anderson, Gafford
not all of that total would be Chapel; Linda Granaek, Lee-
available for municipal and in- Hi. and Joe Marts, (’.afford
dustrial use) through the udop-1 chapel, were named winners in
tion of a gated spillway, manu-j the Hopkins County 4-H club
ally operated, rather than a public speaking contest Thurs-
natura! gravity flow spillway, day night.
Still to be decided is the at- j The three will represent the
titude of the U.S. Army Corps (county in the district elimina-
of Engineers, the agency that (tions at Tyler April 25.
will construct the dam, on the! Miss Anderson competed in
gated spillway issue, since in the senior division, the other
the words of Corps officials I two winners were in the jun-
such spillways add problems to jor division.
the flood control measures built
into such dams.
Although the TWC did at the
February meeting designate
the Sulphur River Municipal
Water District as one contract-
ing agency along with the
Judges for the contest were
provided by the Sulphur
Springs Toastmasters Club.
Homer Stewart Hawthorne.
Pine Forest, was master of
ceremonies.
Miss Anderson’s topic was
North Texus Municiual Water j “The Delinquent Parent of To*
District and the City of Irving,I morrow,” Miss Granaek spoke
there still apparently is some of ‘■Freedom” and Marts spoke
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