Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 227, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 24, 1980 Page: 5 of 14
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Richard Knapik has returned
from several days visit in
Chicago with his sister. Mr.
Knapik’s sister, Mrs. Marie
Jarog of Dallas and his step-
father, Frank Hondo of
Arlington, visited a few days
last week with him and Mrs.
Knapik. Robert Fletcher of
Dallas spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Knapik.
Mrs. J.W. Mattingly of Mount
Vernon and Mrs. Carl Roberts
were in Longview Monday for
an eye checkup. They both
received good reports.
Mr. and Mrs. Olvis Adams
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cole of
Winnsboro visited Mrs. Estelle
Vetter and Mrs. Ethel Tate
Wednesday night.
The W.M.U. of the First
Baptist Church met last
Monday for a covered dish
luncheon and a study program
on state missions. There were
nine present.
Mrs. Thommie Jean Roberts
and son David of Sulphur
Springs spent Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Screws, and
grandmothers, Mrs. Lillian
Broughton.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rhoades, Bobby and Mitzi,
spent the weekend in Royse City
with Mr. and Mrs. C.A.
Stoveall.
The Rural Progress supper
Thursday night was well at-
tended in spite of the weather.
Robby Bland of Odessa was the
only visitor. The monthly
suppers are every third
Thursday and all residents are
welcome to attend and bring
visitors.
Robby Bland of Odessa spent
last week here with his parents,
Robert and Sue Bland.
Elvis and Lucille Neal at-
tended the Neal reunion in Dike
Sunday before last.
Ronnie Whitlock has been
home from Baylor Hospital for
a week now. Ronnie had
surgery done to correct a back
problem. He is doing very well
and enjoys his morning and
evening walks to his in-laws,
Billy and Alice Flippin, and
back to his trailer. He is ex-
pecting to be back to work
sometime in January.
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Hopkins
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Jesse Hooten of Sulphur
Springs recently went to visit
relatives in California. He was
hospitalized there following a
heart attack and is seriously ill.
Mr. Hooten is an uncle of Mrs.
Marya Estes and father-in-law
of the former Katherine
Ferrell.
A large number from this
area attended the Fall Festival
in Sulphur Springs last week.
Laurie and Brian Zim-
merman of Irving spent the
weekend with Verda and
Francis Withrow.
Mrs. Ethel Butler of Com-
merce has just returned from a
two weeks visit with LaVelle
and Paul Collins and Ruby
Luttrell in Fort Worth.
Dawn Dickey of Martin
Springs spent the weekend with
her grandmother, Pauline
Evans.
Judy Taylor of Emory and
John Earl Martin were united in
marriage Sept. 15 in Quitman.
Three-year-old Chaunsey
Taylor and the Martins reside
in their mobile home here.
Mrs. Chrysteen Decco came
home Saturday from Kilgore,
where she has been assisting
her sister and niece during
illness.
Mrs. Mabel Chapman of
Sulphur Springs, mother of
Mrs. Ruth Long, is a patient in
Memorial Hospital.
Imogene and J.B. Williams
went to Wills Point Monday for
a few days visit with their
daughter, Becky Mayfield,
Harvey, Jeff and Daniel.
Hazel Glossup and her
mother, Nona Edmundson of
Como, visited Elizabeth Vaden
Sunday afternoon.
Verdis France of Sulphur
Springs, Harriett McClendon of
Commerce, Rosa Jones and
Uvonne Chester spent Monday
with Mrs. Ethel Butler in
Commerce.
Marsha Whitrow and Richard
Crouch spent Saturday visiting
Marsha’s mother in Garland.
Iona Lawson remains a
patient in Memorial Hospital.
Swiss Bikes
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'. a bicycle at one railroad sta-
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station. At some stations,
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you have a driver’s license.
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Saltillo news
Mrs. Velera Loving and Mrs.
Bonnie White were luncheon
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon
Payne Jr. in Weaver.
Mrs. Corine Bills of Sulphur
Springs visited Mrs. Juanita
Home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Griggs
and Mrs. Mary Ware of
Stockton, Calif, visited Mrs.
Estelle Vetter and Mrs. Ethel
Fate last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bo
Wafford and daughter Lynette,
grandson Jay Hammond of
Mount Vernon, Mr. and Mrs.
Griggs, Mrs. Ware and Mrs.
Vetter were supper guests of
Mrs. Fate Tuesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Conley will celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary at their
home in the Old Saltillo com-
mumity Oct. 5. Hosting the
celebration will be their
children, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Conley, Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Georgie
D. Payne, and Mrs. Lucille
Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Conley
were married Oct. 2 in Saltillo.
Mrs. Conley is the former
Ovetta Carey. They have three
children, Bobby Conley of
Lindlen, Barbara Norris of
Daingerfield, and Georgie D.
Payne of Plano.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Monroe
Nelta news
Nickey Sudduth and friends,
Rick Mallintos and Philip
Blauth, all of Dallas, visited
with Dale and City Beale on
Saturday and Sunday.
Jennifer Beale spent Friday
with her grandparents, Gene
and Mari Beale, in Sulphur
Bluff.
Several residents from here
attended the Fall Festival in
Sulphur Springs. Cindy Beale
and Debra Moore won high
honors in the Household and
Arts Division.
Sylvia and Robin Petty and
friend Dana, all of Irving, spent
Friday night and Saturday with
Billy and Alice Flipping.
Rafe and Grace Shrode of
Dallas visited with Arby Wilhite
and attended services at the
Church of Christ Sunday.
Jerry Bassman is in
Memorial Hospital with back
trouble.
Amanda Bassham, daughter
of Kimberly and Mark
Bassham, celebrated her first
birthday in the home of Robert
and Sue Bland. Also present
were Mr. and Mrs. Winnie, Mr.
and Mrs. Gary Tubb and Cory
attended the Castle family
reunion at Purley Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Orren had
dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Cowser in Winnsboro Saturday.
Mrs. Jewel Penn and Mrs.
Velmer Flowers visited several
days last week in Duncanville
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stoddard.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carr, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Fuller, Mr.
and Mrs. Clovis Adair and Mr.
and Mrs. Loy Orren attended an
invitation of the O.E.S. in
Commerce Tuesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Rose at-
tended a birthday party for Mr.
Rose’s cousin in Clarksville
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Simpson of
Wills Point visited last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Will Mat-
thews.
Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Adair
attended the funeral of Mrs.
Myrtle Skynitz in Mesquite
Monday. Mrs. Cathey Bell and
son Allen of Mount Pleasant
also attended the funeral. Mrs.
Skynitz was the grandmother of
Mr. Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Hastings of
Saltillo were joined by Mr. and
Mrs. T.C. Skeen and Clifford
Skeen and family of Nelta,
Alton Attaway of Sulphur
Springs and Mr. and Mrs. B.W.
and Tony Bassham.
Mrs. T.M. Long of Clarksville
is spending the week with the
Billy Don Hayes.
Roberta Flippin, Maxine
Johnson and Jan Bartley were
in McKinney on Thursday.
Visitors with Susie and
Clifford Clark on Sunday were
Albert Clark and Corneice
Parsons of Paris and Gary and
Sara Stevens and daughters of
Commerce.
Mary Grant of Hideaway
Lake visited with her mother,
Azlee Davis, on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sears
and children of Sulphur
Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Williams and Bubba of Terrell
and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Rawson of Tira visited with
Doug and Sara Williams on
Sunday.
Jason Moore won second
place in ice cream and cookie
eating contests at the Fall
Festival. Steve Williams won
third place in the cookie eating
contest, and Gene Williams
second place lh the ice cream
eating contest in their age
categories.
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Skeen of Sulphur Bluff for a
country and western musical at
the home of Mrs. Alean and
Harold Don Skeen in Sulphur
Bluff Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. May Henley and son
Mike of Mount Vernon visited
Mrs. Delia Odom Monday af-
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Roberts
attended the funeral of Mr.
John Whitt in Mount Vernon
Sunday.
Mrs. Dessa Wardrup
returned home Sunday from
Odessa, where she visited Mr.
and Mrs. Alvis Little and Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth little.
Sulphur
Bluff
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THI NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 24,1M0-5.
Several here attended the
Fall Festival activities during
the week at the Civic Center.
There for the awards presen-
tation of the County Rural
Progress were the community
chairman, Delbert Hays and his
wife Dorothy. The community
club won the purple plaque and
check for $40. The community
had a very successful year and
has plans for another good year.
The community missed First
Monday lunch on Labor Day but
will be serving again on First
Monday in October at Com-
munity Center.
Rosie Huie went home with
her sister, Sallie, and Alfred
Huie of Cedar Creek for several
days. She was home for a couple
of days before going with
another sister, Maggie
Banister, to help her move from
Dallas to Commerce. Maggie
brought her home today.
J.R. and Mary George
Nugent are proud to announce
the arrival of their first grand-
child. She arrived Sept. 12. Her
parents are Georgia and Dennis
Ransone of Silver Lake, Kan.
Mary George and her mother,
Pauline Stone, left last Wed-
nesday for Kansas to visit the
new baby and her parents. They
reported early morning tem-
perature there once was 40
degrees. They returned late
Monday.
Sybil and Doug Hastings of
Saltillo spent Sunday with her
parents, Barney and Alma
Skeen. In the afternoon, they
visited Aleen and Bubbles
Skeen. Others there were T.C.
Skeen and family and Alton
Attaway of Sulphur Springs.
The men enjoyed making music
for the group. Aleen is much
improved these days.
The annual Deaton family
reunion was held Sunday in
Community Center, with a
large crowd attending. Several
friends visited with them in the
afternoon. They gave an $80
contribution to the Center.
Jack Phiibrick is home,
improving nicely, following
surgery in a Paris hospital two
weeks ago.
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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/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.