The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1964 Page: 8 of 18
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THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas Friday, March IS, 1964.
Livestock Show
Plans Prepared
Planning activity will begin draws hundreds of entries from
to speed up this week as fi- more than a third of the
nal preparations for the an- state.
Dual Northeast Texas Junior Entries for the show now
Livestock Show go into the are being received from young
^peopy^ in 4-H Clubs and FF^\
The Msr show will be ATA-thaptera:
, • Several new features will be
Mar 20.2i at the show barns ^ ^ ,lffcct fn conjunction
in City Park. with the 196 1 livestock show.
The local show is consider- A housing committee, with
ed one of the largest of its ( harles Miller as chariman,
kind in Textts and annually will he attempting to line up
__sleeping space for several hun-
i di ed young people for one or
two nights at show time.
The scope of the Northeast
I'exas Livestock Show has ex-
Cooper Dam
.
(Continued from first Page) 'painted so greatly in the past
signed contract "between .he' jvar? tbat pubbe hou,sinK
agencies and the Corps of Kn- f,l< ,!,"eP lr? the nrea have been
i outstripped.
gineirs. t
The designation of the three Local householders will be
eventual contracting agencies asked to volunteer to take
was only tentatively accepted in young exhibitors at show
by Corps officials at the Aus- .time. The committee hopes to
tin meeting. , alleviate the condition that ex-
No Permit* Issued ! isted last year wherein young-
At that time Jerome C. sters had to sleep in cars and
Baehr, with the Corps at New trucks at the show grounds.
Orleans, said, “1 don t know The committee also is work-
whethor we could consummate on a cooperative plan with
SPACE PROBLEM REMAINS
Bond Defeat Accepted
Philosophically Here
Members of the Hopkins
County commissioners court
accepted philosophic ally
Wednesday the strong rejec-
tion of t h o $500,000 court-
house bond issue in Tuesday’s
special election.
| For the last week or so at
: least, they had been expecting
just such an outcome.
The commissioners were more
concerned over what they might
be able to do to provide badly
needed r o o in for storage of
county records with the build-
ing program vetoed. j
No Immediate Amwer
For this question they had no
immediate answer.
‘'I'm just as satisfied ns
everybody else,” Commissioner
Tracy Knight remarked when
the election outcome was men-
tioned.
; County Judge W, B. Kitts
said tile court had no plans at
present for meeting the situ-
ation posed by the rejection of
the program.
"I don’t know what we can
do,” he added.
“The thing that is confront-
ing us now is room for the tax
assessor-collector and the]
county clerk. They have to have
space for t h e i r records. We |
haven’t come to any decision
on this."
“There is no space available!
und no way to get it," Com-
Final Papers Signed
For Industrial Park
Purchase of approximately. J. W. Pratt, foundation
92 acres of strategically locut- president, said plans for (level-
ed land in the southeast cor- opulent of the tract will be
ner of Sulphur Springs was started as soon as a proposed
completed Saturday by the layout can be obtained from
cooperation received from Con-1 Planning will also be under jjopkins County Industrial Texas Power & Light Com-
press in obtaining finances for ! 'va-v thl* *^k f"r the annuaP Kund. pany.
the project. j ';U.tf‘ock 8ho'J Queen co"|eat- j The property will be devel- | N. Chapman represent-
“For any one to say that if j Si lection of the queen will be ] d jnto an in(]ustri»I park. <’d Mr- »nd Mrs. Mayes in the
. . i -a tmii ii ut gnnciu enriimnnino the, ! * *
as a witness. (NF.A Telephoto).
STRATEGICALLY LOCATED
SUBPOENATED — Mrs. Marguerita Oswald, mother of slain
accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, arriving at
the courtroom in I'alias, Tex., to sit in on a session of the
murder trial of his killer, Jack Kuby, was subpoenaed by the
, ________ ,_____ ______ by the state as a witness in the case. The subpoena pre-
a contract with a water district |0,.a] business people to offer! vents Mrs. Oswald from entering the courtroom until called
that didn’t have a permit. He
added that without a contract
there can be no federal funds
allocated for further planning
on tlie propect.
The Texas Water Commis-
sion has issued no permits for
water use in the Cooper Reser-
voir. stating it first needs to
know how much water would
be available.
Baehr punctured a small hole
in the "1970 balloon" for Coo-
per Reservoir later in that ses-
sion when he noted that five-
year planning and construction
time for the dam and reservoir
was based upon the optimum
special discount services to
exhibitors during the show
week-end.
"It is our intention to give
a welcome to these youngsters
and their parents that will send
them away convinced that Sul-
phur Springs is the best town
in Texas in which to show the
resuits of their endeavors,”
Miller said.
Also for the first time this
year an accident insurance
plan for the young exhibitors
is being arranged by the spon-
soring Northeast Texas Live-
stock Association.
it takes two years to plan it; at special ceremonies the
we can build it in three years J'^ht of Mar. 20. Mrs. Gerald
b just being careless with the Ihomas is in charge of the
facts of life, because we only I queen committee,
are going to get the money
they give us. .
"That would assume a rather
substantial an nun appropria-
tion in the neighborhood of $5
million a year, which is as I
say, at least unusual," Baehr
Voting Strength
Tops 6,000 Here
Hopkins County will have
well over 0,000 qualified vot-
ers for the national elections
of 1901.
The total of 9,1 free poll tax
receipts issued in the county in
the 30-duy period from Feb, 0
to Mar, 0 brought the total of
registered voters who were
between the ages of 21 and 59 j
on Jan. 1 last year to 4,624.
The 91 persons holding the ,
free receipts are entitled to
vote in elections for national
officers tliis year, but no oth- j
ers.
Texas political leaders gen-
erally figure the poll tax ex-!
eruption block of voters at 25
per cent of the number of poll
taxes paid in a county. How-
ever, Hopkins County has one
of the highest percentage of
people above the age of 60 of
any county in Texas and thus
the exemption block probably
would he larger.
Bused on the 25 per cent
formula the county could count
on un electorate of 5,780, al-
though 100 per cent exercise
of voting rights are very rare-
ly recorded,
Hopkins County issued 4,-
511 poll tax receipts for 1964
voting.
mlssioner W. R. Stewart de-
clared.
Presentation Defended
Members of t li e court feel
they did right in presenting ull
information available to the
public, including the possible
! reduction in road fund budgets
I during a three year "austerity”
| period which touched off
! s w e e p i n g opposition to the
project in rural ureas, -
One commissioner remarked
that approval of the courthouse
bonds would not have affected
road ftttitls avtiilablir.in his own
precinct.
He was confident that by
drawing on an existing balance
and by scraping together funds
front other sources he could
have maintained his present
program intact despite a small
prospective reduction in an-
nual ad valorem fax revenue.
People w h o supported the
program as the best means
available of meeting a serious
need were disappointed hut not
surprised. They had written off
the cause as lost well in ad-
vance of tho election.
Some Di*courn<ied
A few who have taken the
lead in the vigorous and gen-
e r a 11 y remarkably successful
program to elevate income and
living stand;n ils in H o p k i n s
I C o u n t y were visibly dis-
couraged,
"If people want to let the
'county slip back into the
j dumps, there is not much use
!uf my heating myself up and
spending my money trying to
improve things," one declared.
Most people queried were
confident that with the com-
plex controversy settled, dif-
ferences would lie quickly rec-
onciled and attention turned
toward other problems.
Production
Set Soon
All three new oil strikes in
I the Como field were expected
j Saturday to be ready for pro-
[ duction in the next week or so
as completion steps continued.
Gulf Oil Corporation’s No.
1 Walker Garrison Estate, a
three-zone producer, is regard-
ed as virtually ready to go.
Dual completions appeared in
prospect for D e 11 a Drilling
Company’s No. 5-A John J.
Mori is and Texaco’s No. 1 L. D.
Coker.
The Morris well was being
cleaned out and was flaring
Friday afternoon.
Setting of pipe and controls
was b e i n g completed at the
Coker well prior to perforation
and a completion attempt.
The three oil wells all are
offsets to two big Smackover
gas-condensate producers re-
■cntly completed in tho field.
Both the deep wells had oil
showings in the Rodessa series
around 8,000 feet.
Aside from the Como opera-
tions, oil and gas activity ap-
peared near a standstill in the
Sulphur Springs area.
Roots of the giant cactus
plants on U. S. western des-
erts Re close to the surface
and spread out horizontally for-
mally feet.
LEARNING ABOUT WEST
Reno lift—Apparently there
aren’t enough village black-
smiths to go around these days.
The University of Nevada
and the agriculture extension
service announced thpy are
sponsoring a short course in
horse shoeing at several Ne-
vada cities and towns. The
course includes instruction in
use of the forge und how to
handle kicking horses.
And students were asked to
bring their own horses, if pos-
sible.
JIM MASTERS' WEEK-END SPECIALS!
Polls Services
Held Thursday
added.
Funeral services for Mrs. O.
cs. , ( • „ » transaction. J. R. Ramey repre-
rinal papers were signed .... r , . 3 1
! senteri the foundation
Saturday morning: transferring-; . . . .
, _ , A temporary deed on the i
ownership from Mr. and Mrs. 1
Clyde Mayes to th, foundation ^oporty was obtaln(',i laat f»>>
and a down payment of $25,- : by J- Kearney Brim, president
000 was made. ! "f the Chamber of Commerce,
The remainder of the $100.-Ut the request of the Minne-I
000 sale price will he paid over -“fta Mining & Manufacturing
a period of three years. , ( ompany. 1 lie concern later
Mr. and Mrs. Mayes, who den.led to locate a new Texas
have owned the property since , plastics plant at Brownwood. |
With the latest delay in fur-1 C I’uLt-s, Route 5, Sulphur 1951( retain the use of their! If present thinking among I
ther hearings in Austin on Coo- Springs, were held at 2 p. m. until March 2, 1965. 1 Inundation directors prevails,
per Dam, it now appears that it Thursday at t he Greenview •] |u,v a]so have the right to; the land probably will lie de-
will be at lea-t mid-1964 before Church. Burial was in the paf.ture cattle on the land un- ] veloped as sites for a group
even a contract can he signed ; Greenview cemetery. | til it is needed by the founda- >f small industries,
on the project, after which . Mrs. Potts died Tuesday at ( tjon for a maximum of 0„e
time the engineers will have Memorial Hospital at the age j
to seek further federal plan- ‘>f H0- | Half of the mineral rights DUTCH^HOSPITALITY
I Survivors include her hus- , . - , Eustis, r la. OP'— "he Dutcn-
. , . * .. wore convoyed to the founda- . . . . .
band, two daughters, Mrs. R. . . * .man got his answer- in Dutch!
j A. Cannon, Star Route, and t,e" *" the transaction | Jan Vnn D„r Laa(r< a nativi,
Mrs. Lonnie Stokes, Houston; 1 piopii > us ron age ()f Holland who now lives in
and a son, Clarence Potts of botb on Interstate Highway .0 KustiS( walk,,() into th, ,
ning funds.
MISSION
Friday and Saturday
Double Feature Show
“THE OLD DARK
HOUSE”
Starring
TOM POSTOM
Also
“MANIAC”
Starring
KERWIN MATHEWS
California.
Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Courthouse
(Continued from first Page)
Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday
“SUNDAY IN NEW
YORK”
Starring
CLIFF ROBERTSON
JANE FONDA
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday
“KING KONG vs.
GODZILLA”
GEO. MONTGOMERY
—in—
“PAWNEE”
Reilly Spring-______
10
55
South Cumby______
8
41
North Cumbv___
3
22
Sulphur Bluff_____ .
1 1
60
Como __ ___
14
85
| Piekton_________
7
87
Green view
7
56
Miller Grove_____ _
10
19
North Hopkins_____
18
33
Peerless - - _____ ...
10
6
Nelta_________
1
39
Ridgeway____ _
1
25
Weaver___ _
6
10
Dike______________
8
79
Brashear___ ....
2
46
Ruff __________ ______
17
4
Tira ________________
6
18
Blinker ____ ___
9
18
Corneraville________
0
58
Union _________ . -____
2
17
Greenpond ____
6
25
A r ha la___________ .
19
40
Absentee _ _______
3
1
ami on the Louisiana & Ark- ,H,r <)f (-omnu,r,.e to filld
ansas railroad track. It is sorretary pi.nning tt letter
flanked on one side by a ma- <• j.oot „f who hud
jor water supply main laid to written a Idle r of inquiry
serve the H. D. Lee Company a|,out a w i n t e_r vacation i’n
plant across Radio Road to the Kustis.
south. A sewage line is near-I Recognizing the Dutch name,
by. ! Van I)er I.aag asked to an-
swer the note and even offer-
ed to show Poot the town when
son reported that the heating , )u. arrives.
system at Senior High School! ----------------------
was continuing to give trouble.: TRAPPEO PINBOY?
Teachers have reported that St. Paul, Minn. !’• 1‘oliei
room temperatures have been were a hit skeptical of two men
uncomfortably cool — around who said they were "looking
60 degrees — on some days, for a friend.” The pair wa-
ll The trustees asked that ef- chopping a hole in a howling
fort-s be made to correct the alley roof when they gave their
situation. explanation.
NOW MADE WITH POLYBUTADIENE!
Totals ____________860 1766
School Trustees
(Continued from first Puge)
“NIGHT CREATURES”
Starring
PETER CUSHING
junction with the Hopkins
County Boys Baseball Associa-
| tion and the City of Sulphur
Springs. Maddox and Bonham
were named as a committee to
study the proposals.
William Bradford and F. \Y.
Frailey were invited guests at
I the meeting and discussed
j public relations with the trus-
tees.
Superintendent Jack F. Gib-
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1964, newspaper, March 13, 1964; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823281/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.