Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 227, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 24, 1980 Page: 2 of 14
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By LEE JONES
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -
Insurance company executives
need to dispel an “aura of
arrogance” when deciding
whom to accept or reject as
policyholders, a State In-
surance Board member warns.
The observations came from
board member Lyndon Olson
Jr. at a Tuesday hearing on
alleged insurance company
discrimination against the
elderly and handicapped.
A preliminary report in-
dicates both the elderly and the
handicapped believe they are
unfairly and arbitrarily denied
coverage, particularly
automobile policies. The report
was based on a mail survey and
on hearings last winter.
Harold Haun, an Employers
Casualty executive who heads
the state's assigned risk pool,
said companies and agents
evaluate each applicant
separately and base decisions
on their “informed judgment.’’
“In the vast majority of
cases, there is consideration
given to the fact situation. It is
not an arbitrary punch of the
button," he said.
Haun also said, “The in-
surance business is extremely
complex and does not lend itself
to being analyzed by
questionnaire or by what
happens within an individual
company.’’
Olson agreed with Haun that
the problem cannot be solved by
regulation and that persons
must be evaluated individually,
but “somehow we have got to
get this thing out so that people
know there is an interest
coming from your side as well
as the state.”
“That's a Catch-22’
situation,” he said of the >j
coverage seletion process. “It is
that very process that has an
aura of arrogance to the people
of this state. It is a com-
munication problem."
Some handicapped and over-
65 drivers end up in the
assigned risk pool because
companies will not cover them
voluntarily, but the pool
provides only minimal liability
coverage.
Olson expressed concern that
the 1979 Legislature failed to
pass a bill allowing the pool to
offer higher limits of liability as
well as collision and com-
prehensive coverage.
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Cumby Drill Team
Entertaining at halftime of the Cumby Trojans football games
this year are these members of the high school drill team. Front
row, from left, are Tina Smith, lieutenant; Susan Pierce, cap-
tain; and Brigett Clark, lieutenant; second row from left, Karla
Cantrell, Patsy Isham, Patricia Lee and Brenna Buchanan.
Drill team sponsor is Marilyn Gipson.
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Sketch and a smile
Dallas artist Juyla Kirkpatrick, sketching outdoors on a recent field trip, finds reason to smile as
the preliminary draft of a new watercolor takes shape beneath her pencil. The award-winning
artist will be featured at the 2 p.m. Sunday meeting of the Art League of Hopkins County in the
community room of the First National Bank in Sulphur Springs.
Artist catches history,
architecture in works
Juyla Kirkpatrick of Dallas
will be the guest artist at the
Sunday meeting of the Art
League of Hopkins County in
the community room of First
National Bank. The meeting
will begin at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick is an awafd-
winning watercolor artist
widely known for her paintings
of vintage dwellings. She has
spent more than 20 years
recording architectural history
in watercolor
Dorriece Shuptrtne visited
Modena and Noble Horn
Monday
Michael Dodd reports he was
lucky enough to interview
Brenda lee and Jack) Ward
backstage at the Civic Center
Saturday night
Helen Weir is busy painting
her Gingham Goose gift shop
this week.
Beulah Smiddy. Lucille.
Noble and Modena Horn visited
Jan. Chip. Tiffany and Delayne
Vaughn Friday night Modena
and Noble were at Mary and
Dwight Rawson’s Saturday-
night
The Ernest Shaw family were
in Oklahoma for a family
reunion over the weekend
Lillian Bnce and the James
Brice family visited Doug and
Glynna Brice in Dallas Sunday
Lois Weir visited her sister,
Nellie Young, in Cooper
Saturday.
Mary Dee and Claude Brice,
Peggy and Shaunda Brice and
Katherine Brandenburg at-
tended the stew cook-off at
Sulphur Springs Saturday
Claude and Mary Dee also
stayed for the Jack) Ward and
Brenda Lee concert Saturday
night.
Joe and Mary’ Lou Jeter spent
Tuesday night with his parents.
Leslie and Beulah Wester, and
attended the funeral of Joe’s
cousin. Lorene Carrington, in
Testimony opens
in shooting trial
McKINNEY. Texas (API -
Nine women and three men
began hearing testimony
Tuesday in the trial of Alfred E.
Riccomi, charged with at-
tempted murder in the shooting
of a 16-year-oid classmate of his
daughter.
Riccomi, 46, of Richardson, is
accused of driving to a home
where his daughter was visiting
a friend April 24 and shooting
them with an automatic pistol.
Riccomi, a computer
technician, was an unsuccessful
Plano school board candidate in
April.
Linda Riccomi, 15, and
Michelle Carter, 16, were shot
several time*, kwt -
A former art teacher, Mrs.
Kirkpatrick is a charter and
signature member of South-
western Watercolor Society, a
member of Texas Watercolor
Society, Texas Fine Arts, Ar-
tists and Craftsmen, and
various other Dallas art groups.
She is a graduate of the
University of Texas and
received an M.A. degree in
Painting from SMU.
The Art league, which is
open to all adults interested in
Tira n
Cooper Wednesday. Linda,
Karyn and Kelly I^iwrence
spent the weekend with the
Westers and the girls attended
church here Sunday. Peggy and
Charles Deaton visited the
Westers Sunday .
Oleta and Richard Bearden
honored their nephew, Danny
Evans, with a birthday supper
Friday night. Attending were
Gene, Marvin, Danny, Debra
Evans and their two daughters.
Oleta and Richard ate supper
with Gene and Marvin Sunday
night.
J.E. Weir visited Hannon
Weir and Mamie Sullivan
increasing awareness in the
visual arts, meets once a month
on the fourth Sunday.
Officers of the Art league are
Sybil Jones, president; Jodie
Skidmore, first vice president;
Margaret Dowdy, second vice
president; Cherry Richardson,
secretary-treasurer; Eve
Crouch, program chairman;
and Greg Roberts, reporter.
Non-members may attend the
Sunday meeting with a $1 fee
charged.
Thursday.
Harold and Mary Weir of
Arlington brought his parents
home Friday and spent the
night here. Addie Mae has been
ill at her home the past few
days.
Gay Lou Haley, Betty Sue and
Greg Johnson spent the last
weekend with the girl’s mother,
Mildred Chapman. They also
visited Zora Davis on Sunday.
Miles and Minnie Bell
Hargrave and Mildred Chap-
man ate lunch with Melba
McKinney Sunday.
Frances Robertson visited
Weir relatives here last week.
Our Daily Bread
Scripture Reading for Today: Luke 18:1-8
PRAY OR FAINT!
And He spoke a parable unto them to this end. that men
ought always to pray, and not to iainl. Luke 18.1
IN THIS text lesus was talking about a way to avoid los-
I mg heart or courage. That’s what He meant by the
word faint He had in mind a person in a difficult
situation who realizes he needs help, and does not hesi-
tate to slip to his knees to avoid going under The dis-
tiessed widow in Christ’s parable makes this clear. Rather
than allowing her adversary to get his wav, she plead-
ed with the proper authority until he intervened in her
behalf She was just weak enough to know that unless he
came to her aid she would faint.
Thats a hard lesson to learn, as i-. illustrated by the
experience of our 6-year-old son Ben|e. Like the woman
m lesus’ story, he too had an adversary—only his was on
the playground According to Ben, the other fellow had
gone too tar, and he thought the only solution to the
problem was to fight it out. So I talked with him about
the Christian way of handling the situation. I asked him.
Did you pray to the Lord for understanding and help to
avoid a fight? He didn t answer. I asked him again. This
tune with childish candor he blurted out No, I don’t
want to pray. I’d rather beat him up.’ How revealing! He
didn’t really feel weak enough to seek God’s help.
Too often we hesitate to pray for the Lord’s wisdom
and guidance in a tough situation because we think we
can work it out ourselves. I guess it’s just evidence that
we are not yet in the place where God will come to our
assistance He wants us to sense that we really are help-
less. When it comes right down to it, we must realize that
unless we pray we will faint. —M.R.D. II
Pray, always pray, the Holy Spirit pleads,
Bring to thy God thy daily, hourly needs
All earthly things with earth shall pass away;
Prayer grasps eternity; pray—always pray! —Bickcrsteth
THOT: The best way to stay on your feet is to get down on
your knees.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 227, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 24, 1980, newspaper, September 24, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824071/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.