Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 145, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 18, 1980 Page: 2 of 26
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2—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Wednesday, June IS, 1980.
•North Hopkins news- Remembering the 'Chuck Wagon' crew
Pauline Evans accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Dickey
and Dawn of Martin Springs to
St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, where
Dawn entered a medical center
for tests.
A large crowd attended the
wedding of Debbie Goldsmith
and Billy Don Edmunson
Saturday night at the Bir-
thright Methodist Church. The
reception followed in the
church annex
Bonnie and Jack Huffstettler
of Sulphur Springs, Max and
Lou Jane Drummond, Julie and
Steve, spent a few days last
week vacationing at Hot
Springs Village, Ark.
Jeraldine, Bob and Randy
Howell, Tim, Gina and Ketria
Hamiter, Jerry Ann and Jeff
Willis, all of Garland; Alfred
and Lois Willis, Dortheal
Denny, Imogine and J. B.
Williams, Grace and Hubert
Vaughn, Ronald, Mary, Kristi,
Kelli and Karen Denny were
Father's Day weekend visitors
of Jerry and Jeanette Willis.
Stephanie Cockrum ac-
companied her grandmother,
Mary Jo Gunter of Cooper, to
Mount Pleasant during the
weekend to visit Debra, Gary
and Heather Wood. A 1
Mrs. Ruth long returned
home during the weekend from
Lubbock, where” she, as
president of the local chapter of
Delta Kappa Gamma, attended
the state convention.
Nickel coffee and a local tradition
Billie Sue and Garvin Cross
of Arlington and Verna Mae
Jones of Dallas spent the
weekend with their mother,
Mrs Myrtis Posey.
Carl and Faye Colley of Paris
visited with Verda, Marsha and
Francis Withrow Sunday af-
ternoon
David and Dorothy (Gregg)
Coke are celebrating their 25th
wedding anniversary Sunday,
June 22, from 2 to 4 p.m. at their
home on FM 71 east of Bir-
thright. Everyone is invited.
Danny and Debra Evans,
Kenneth and Barbara Cockrum
spent the weekend in Houston.
They yisited Jerl and Jenell
Smiddy in the Jean and Howard
Choate home and report Jerl is
doing nicely following open
heart surgery recently.
E.W. and Sue Withrow,
Kathy, David, Mendy, Dana
and Karrye and Stephanie
Cooke and I/iu Withrow, all of
Dallas, Carl and Faye Colley of
Pans were Father’s Day
weekend visitors with Bonnie
and Merl Withrow.
(Editor’s note: Mrs. Sherrie
Bassham, a teacher in Sulphur
Springs High School, wrote this
feature story as an assignment
in an advanced English course
at ETSU).
----Nelta news----
Debbie. Jason, Steve, Arnold
and Mae Moore were in Caddo
Mills Sunday to celebrate
Brandon Moore's birthday,
Brandon is the grandson of Mae
and Arnold Moore
Gay Bums, son of Mr and
Mrs. Bill Burns, sustained
serious bums while burning
trash last week. He is in stable
condition in the Mount Vernon
hospital.
Sarah Williams, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Bill Bums, was a
patient in McCuistion Medical
Center in Paris for tests the
latter part of last week. She is
now resting at home
Debbie and Billy Moore will
be give their son, Jason, a party
Saturday to celebrate his sixth
birthday. It will be in the
Community Center from 2 to 4
p.m.
Hazel Pennington and Mary
Rulhanck came Sunday
morning to visit and take Leslie
Reinhardt to Justin Leslie
spent the last two weeks with
Dale, Cindy and Jennifer
Beale.
Janiece, Katy and Jana
Joslin visited with Cindy and
Jennifer Beale on Thursday
and enjoyed an afternoon of
swimming.
Mickey Sudduth was in
Greenville Saturday night to
attend the stock car races.
Modena Ruth and Ronnie
Whitlock were in Cooper
Saturday night to visit Ronnie's
parents, Mr. and Mrs Dobbin
Whitlock.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ailes gave
their granddaughter, Amye
Marie Allison, a surprise birth-
day party to celebrate her
fourth anniversary'. Relatives
from Plano, Grand Prairie and
Cooper attended.
Fannie Flippin, Michael,
Susan and Michelle Ederer,
Hugh and Maurice Weir, and
Monty Whisenhunt ate lunch
with the Garth Flippins on
Sunday.
Laura Stephens of Commerce
spent last week with Susie and
Clifford Clark.
Roberta Flippin and Era
Bartlett attended a doll
meeting in the home of Ixuiise
Williams in Sulphur Springs on
Monday ^
Mr. and Mrs Robert Bland
were in Houston Sunday to
attend funeral services for Mrs.
Robert Ingram While they
were there, they visited with
Robert’s brother, Garland.
The bridal shower for Bobby
Neal and Susan Laminack was
very well attended with ap-
proximately 35 friends and
relatives present! They
received a wide variety of
beautiful and useful gifts.
Thanks have been extended
to all who donated clothing and
other items to the Ibana couple,
whose trailer burned Sunday
morning on the Deer Trail
Ranch in Sulphur Bluff.
Our New Phone
Number Is
885-8663
The
News-Telegram
New resident
for mansion
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - It
was like numberless other
births. The father clapped his
hands, shouted, "It'a boy" and
later handed out cigars.
But the difference was that
the father was Kentucky Gov.
John Y. Brown Jr. and the
mother former Miss America
and television personality
Phyllis George Brown.
The (Lpound, 4-ounce boy was
delivered Tuesday by
Caesarian section at the
University of Kentucky Medical
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By SHERRIE BASSHAM
Remembering the "good oT
days" can become nostalgic.
Old newspapers, faded pic-
tures, and talks with people
from previous generations can
provide hours of en-
tertainment. Many Hopkins
County residents are not quite
of age to reminisce about days
of the 1930’s-1960’s. Yet others
look back on that particular
time period as vividly as if it
were yesterday. Customs,
traditions, and habits of
residents of the county during
these years are both in-
formative and interesting.
Businesses sometimes tell
about the people of the area, as
well as‘ facts and dates. One
specific building that still
stands on the square housed the
hub of friendship in Hopkins
County for young and old alike.
The memories of the area cafe
bring back pleasant, warm-
hearted feelings. The case of
this era and its customs have
long since passed.
For many Hopkins County
residents in the years between
1930 and 1960, a daily habit was
to stop in at a downtown cafe
called the Chuck Wagon.
Located on the corner of
Church and Jefferson Streets
across from the Courthouse,
this cafe became the local
gathering place for
businessmen, farmers, and
dairymen.
Usually, the cafe was open at
5 A M. If it wasn’t, regular
customers would go by and pick
up Mrs. Janet White, an em-
ployee of the cafe, to open up. It
seemed that everyone wanted
an early morning cup of coffee
for 5 cents. Wade Scott, * a
former owner of the business,
said he remembered raising
the price of coffee from 5 cents
to 7 cents. "They (customers)
thought it was awful," he
commented. The Chuck Wagon
is noted for introducing to
Sulphur Springs and Hopkins
County the Maryland Club
brand of coffee. At this time, it
was not even on the shelves of
local grocery stores for sale.
Shortly after Wade Scott and
his brother Joe acquired the
building in 1946, the structure
burned inside. They i‘e-built the
interior of the cafe with the help
of contractor, Neal Hurt. The
ceiling was approximately 20
feet high. In remodeling after
the fire, they lowered the
ceiling and constructed it from
planed and squared pine slabs
that the men had found at a
sawmill south of Winnsboro.
These pine slabs also served as
paneling for the walls.
A typically rustic, western
decor made the Chuck Wagon
homey and comfortable. In the
dimly lit restaurant, a long
counter and silver and red-
leather barstools were situated
on the north side of the room.
Tables and chairs stood in the
middle of the cafe; handmade
pine booths lined the windows.
Wagon wheels, western relics,
and pictures hung on the walls,
lighting came from tin lan-
terns on hanging wagon wheels.
The building was also the first
public structure to be fully air-
conditioned in Sulphur Springs.
Home cooking was a
specialty at the Chuck Wagon.
For many years, Uncle Tate
and Scrap Walker did the
cooking. Customers enjoyed a
set ’n eggs, plate lunches, and a
35-cent T-bone steak for supper.
One unusual feature which
seemed to delight tourists and
visitors of . the county was the
manner in which iced tea was
served. Number 2 ^ tin cans
were used instead of glasses. If a neighbor was looking for
Naturally they rusted in time, a friend or needed help, he
but they wdre inexpensive and would check the Chuck Wagon
definitely western. They also first. Once an ice storm broke
would “sweat" and keep the tea power lines between Sulphur
very cold. Springs and Bonham. For three
People enjoyed the food and or four days no one had elec-
its home-cooked taste, tricity; but, the Chuck Wagon
However, most people came to
the Chuck Wagon to drink
coffee and chat. Coffee cream
was not served as cafes do now
in a paper or plastic cup.
Porcelain and glass miniature
milk jars, or more commonly
called Flint-glass creamers,
were also a novelty. Of course
the use of these creamers
bragged on Hopkins County’s
dairy industry.
The Chuck Wagon offered
entertainment and a neighborly
atmosphere. Above the
traditional cafe jukebox was a
toy band with musical in-
struments. The band was
covered by a curtain and was
electrically wired to play to the
beat of the music. The curtain
to the shelf would open up,
music would start, and
fascination would twinkle on
faces.
had plenty of candles and
stayed open to help neighbors.
People needed a place to eat
and relax because of the
crippling storm. More people
came to the Chuck Wagon than
ever before. After dark and the
cafe was closed, meat was put
on the sidewalk in the freezing
weather to keep it fresh for the
until the Chuck Wagon offered
this courtesy.
About 1949, the first
television came to Sulphur
Springs. As prosperity grew
and people began to buy TV
sets, more families stayed
home. Gradually, the daily
custom of stopping by the
Chuck Wagon diminished.
People still came by but the
atmosphere was different. The
local gathering place had
shifted to individual homes,
and the cafe was less personal
for everyone. Backyard bar-
becues became popular and
people visited more at home.
next day. Many families Later the cafe was sold and re-
stopped in not only for the food, sold. In the 1960’s it burned and
but for the fellowship too.
Women in the county did not
come to a public restaurant or
caf-e until the late 1950’s.
Basically, the cafe was for
men. As women began to work
more outside the home, they too
needed a place to take a break
and have a good meal. In the
middle 1950’s, the Chuck Wagon
advertised "Tables for ladies.”
Generally, ladies did not go out
to the cafes with their husbands
was re-modeled into office
space.
Days and years pass rapidly
for everyone. No one realizes
that today’s customs are
tomorrow’s memories. The
Chuck Wagon represented a
special era for people of all
ages. The habits of coffee
drinking, cattle trading, and
solving the world’s problems
still exist, but the "good ol’
days" are gone forever.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 145, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 18, 1980, newspaper, June 18, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823714/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.