Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 157, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 2, 1980 Page: 1 of 16
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Wednesday
JULY 2; 1980.
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Bank deposits reflect
county's solid economy
By F.W. FRAILEY
News-Telegram Staff
Despite a broad array, of probiems, the
Sulphur Springs area economy is con-
tinuing to generate a record volume of
money as 1980 moves into its second half.
Deposits of the city’s four banks totaled
$116,618,393 at the close of business
Monday.
This represents a gain of a whopping
$17,821,468, or 18 percent, over the
$98,791,925 in bank. deposits existing on
June 30,1979.
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City gears
for holiday
While many Hopkins County residents
will celebrate Friday, July 4, in traditional
fashion, to include outdoor cookouts, a
Sulphur Springs rodeo, fireworks displays
and trips to local lakes, there will be at
least a few who will see it as just another
work day.
Most governmental agencies will be
closed for a three-day holiday.
Local festivities began at 3:30 p.m.
today with the downtown rodeo parade,
signaling the start of the 44th annual
competition in the City Park arena. First
performance of the rodeo begins at 8:30
p.m. today. Performances will begin at the
same time through July 5. Tickets will be
, available at the gate beginning at 6:30
p.m. before each performance. Ticket
prices are $2 for children, $3.50 for adults
and $4.50 for box seats, with children under
5 admitted free.
One of the major highlights of the
holiday weekend will be the presentation
(VM*VlxVjtfiuaUt'ttWorks dispjay after dusk
’ on July 4 at Helm Lake. The display,
sponsored by the Young Farmers
organization, consistently attracts huge
crowds to the site off College Street south
of the city. Signs will be posted to guide
residents to the lake site.
A spokesperson at the City Municipal
! «, Building reports city offices in the building
will be closed, there will be no trash pick-
i ups on Friday and the city landfill will also
be closed. Interim City Manager Travis
Owens said the landfill will be locked And
individuals making a special trip would be
wasting their time and would not be
allowed to use the facility until Monday.
The Public library will also close at its
regular time Thursday and will not reopen
until Monday. However, the city swim4
ming pool will be open in accordance with
its regular hours.,
Owens^laO'said, ‘‘We will be providing
services to the public at the water and
waste water treatment plant as if Friday
were any other work day and if an
emergency arises with regard to “water
leaks, sewage problems and the
citizens should calkthe Police Depa
and a stand-by unit wih'T&e
problem.” . . ■'
The Hopkins County Courthouse will also
close at its regular time Thursday and be
closed all day Friday.
A spokesperson from the Texas
Department of Public Safety also reports a
full weekend schedule for the local
troopers with “the anticipation of heavy
x highway traffic.
“However,” he continued, “we cannot
predict the amount of traffic now as we
could in the past because of the fuel
situation, but we always look and prepare
for a heavy workload over an extended
holiday period. And everyone will be
working; there will no days off during that
period.”
Local banks will close at the regular
time Thursday and will not reopen until
Monday while t|)<* Post Office will have a
“One-man boxing crew” on Friday but
there will not be A rural delivery on that
day. There will be full delivery service on
‘‘Saturday.
Officials from Texas power & Light
report they wifi also close on Friday but
“we always have people on call,” a
spokesperson said. “If an emergency
arises, callers should use the emergency
after-hours number in the directory,” she
continued.
And a quick check with several
businesses indicated some will close, some
will open and some will observe an ab-
breviated, early closing schedule on
Friday. Potential shoppers should check
advertisements in today’s paper for in-
dividual store plans or call the business for
information on hours of operation.
The News-Telegram also will observe
July 4 as a holiday, tfo edition will be
published on Friday. The weekly T-
Viewing television guide, normally in-
cluded in Friday’s edition, will be
published in Thursday’s paper.
Normal publication schedules will
resume with the Sunday, July 6, edition.
It also was $1,795,574 above the last
previous record high for a federal-state
reporting date, $114,817,819 on last March
31.
Gerald Prim, president of the Sulphur
Springs State Bank, cited several in-
fluences as contributing to the slackening
of the pace during the spring quarter.
They included a movement of investor
money into government bonds to take
advantage of record interest rates
prevailing then, a limit on lending in-
creases imposed on banks by the Federal
Reserve Board and a delaying tendency in
the movement of beef calves to market.
Prim expressed belief the national
recession is having little; if any, direct
effect on the economy of this area and said
pastures were given an extra lease on life
by the heavy rains that felLaround June 20.
Grass is just beginning to burn here, he
added.
“In the face of all the problems that are
confronting us, I would say we are doing
real well,” he concluded. “A lot of other
towns and counties would like to be in the
same position.”
Combined assets of the banks totaled
$130,951,367, as compared to $109,569,266 on
June 30,1979.
Combined loans amounted to $61,360,522,
as compared to $56,074,796 a year earlier.
The figures reflect the business of four
banks this year and three in 1979. The First
National Bank opened for business last
Jan. 28.
Details for the individual banks are:
Sulphur Springs State
The Sulphur Springs State Bank had
deposits of $54,817,115, as compared to
$46,903,326 a year earlier.
Sulphur Springs State assets were
$60,337,480, as compared to $52,005,471.
Loans amounted to $29,417,743, as
compared to $26,516,762.
City National
The City National Bank reported
deposits of $31,992,025, as compared to
$28,085,102 on June 30,1979.
City National assets totaled $36,400,767,
as compared to $31,733,266.
Loans were $1^30,772, as compared to
$16,937,980.
Peoples National
The Peoples National Bank announced
deposits of $24,263,1%, as compared to
$23,803,497 at the midway point last year.
Peoples National's assets totaled
$26,552,427, as compared to $25,830,529 a
. year earlier.
Loans amounted to $12,052,259, as
compared to $12,620,074 on June 30,1979.
First National
The First National Bank reported mid-
year deposits of $5,541,057, as compared to
$3,642,626 at the end of the first quarter of
1980.
First National’s assets totaled $7,660,693,
as compared to $5,679,105 last March 31.
Loans amounted to $2,259,748, as com-
pared to $1,095,171 at the end of March.
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Ward Gober...long-time civic leader
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Death claims Ward Gober
Ward Gober, one of Hopkins County’s
/nost widely-known men, who resided at
706 Houston St. in Sulphur Springs, died at
7 p.m. Tuesday in the Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital at Dallas. Death
came on the 86th birthday anniversary for
the former Sulphur Springs businessman
and retired car salesman.
He had operated his own service station
under the Main Street water tower for
years and became acquainted with
thousands o{ people passing through on the
then prime “Broadway of America”
highway. His legion of friends said that he
was one of Sulphur Springs' biggest
boosters.
Hq was an avid sportsman, being a
standout baseball player in earlier days
and then becoming one of the outstanding
golfers of the area. He enjoyed his golfing
until he became ill about three months
ago.
He was a member of First United
Methodist Church, „. the Bishop Ward
Sunday School -Class, the American
“‘Legion, Country Club and wa!h«;former
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Front Street work in progress
Construction has already begun on the Front Street pro|ect The heavy equipment operators were on the |ob Wednesday as
under the auspices of the Department of Housing and Urban work began to connect Front Street to Oak Avenue. CDBG
Development's Community Block Grant program (CDBG). Coordinator Glenn Wagner said that the project completion date
Large culverts are on hand and survey crews have been busy. is scheduled for Oct. '
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Council approves taxi rates
Taxi rates were Increased and a
problem developed in the Arbala Road
sewer line project Tuesday night at the
regular session of the Sulphur Springs City
Commission.
Taxi rates were increased by the
passage of Ordinance No. 829 which raised
the rates to $2 for Zone 1, to $2.50 for Zone 2
and to $3.50 for Zone 3.
Zone 1 is the area bonded on the east by
Lamar Street, on the west by league
Street, on the south by Kyle and Bellview
streets and on the north by the Saint Louis
& Southwestern Railroad.
Zone 2 is the area bounded on the south
by Industrial Drive, Loop 301, SH-19 West
and on the outside of Zone 1.
Zone 3 consists of all areas west of SH-19,
east and north of Loop 301 and south and
member of the Lions Club, ye was a
veteran of Army service in World War I.
He was born July 1, 1894 at Ector,
Fannin County, son of the Rev. and Mrs. J.
B. Gober. His father was a pioneer
Methodist minister who once pastored in
Sulphur Springs.
He was married to Pauline Searls on
June 4, 1917 in,Sulphur Springs. She sur-
vives.
Other survivors include a nephew, Joe
Gober of Sulphur Springs; a great-nephew,
Joe Mack Gober of Sulphur Springs, and a
great-niece, Sue Nan Gober of Dallas; and
A great-great-niece, Katie Lynn Gober of
Sulphur Springs.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10
a,m. Thursday at Murray,-OrwoSky
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gaither Day,
pastor of First United Methodist Church,
and Dr. Jack Robbins, pastor of First
Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in City Cemetery.
Friends will be received from 7 to 9
o’clock tonight at Murray-Orwosky
Funeral Hoine.
News briefs
Holiday heat
expected here
Although it is hot, Sulphur Springs
residents have been spared, for the
most part, the really high tem-
peratures That have scorched the
Dallas-Fort Worth area the last 10
days.
The mercury missed the century
mark again Tuesday in Sulphur
Springs, topping out at 99 degrees,
and a chance existed that the tem-
perature may have soared soar abqve
the 100 degree mark before sunset
Wednesday.
Overnight lows should be in theTnid
70s to low 80s throughout the week,
according to the long-range forecast,
as the heat wave continues. .
Water's safe
despite color
If your water is looking a little
discolored, not to worry, says local
water plant Quality Control boss
Maxie Chester.
Chester reported . Wednesday
morning that although the water
coming out of the faucet is discolored,
there is nothing wrong with it.
“It’s treated water and it’s per-
fectly safe tAdrink," he explained.
Chester said that a clarifier is
broken down and that Water Treat-
ment Plant personnel were, working
on the problem.
He said that the unit will hopefully
would be fixed late Wednesday af-
ternoon or early Thursday morning
unless unforseen problems arise, in
which case the unit might be out of
operation as long as sometime next
week.
“But the water’s safe to drink and
use," he said.
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east of 1-30.
Dan McLarry, taxi franchise operator,
said that as word spreads of the service
being available again, business is picking
up.
City Commission Chairman Lewis Helm
said that the increase was requested due to
increased costs of gasoline and inflation.
H E. Enlow was the apparent low bidder
on the two sewer lines being partially
funded by an Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Grant.
Enlow bid $47,561.07 on thqfttwo lines
which will go to the mobile home park on
West Industrial Drive and out Arbala
Road.
However, the bid must be forwarded to
the EPA before the contract can be
awarded.
Mike Morrison, of the firm of Freese and
Nichols, said that Enlow must conform
with a part of EPA requirements that
specifies that 14 to 18 percent of the con-
tract must be subcontracted to a minority
firm.
Morrison said that the 14 residents on the
Arbala Road project would have to pay
approximately $900 each to pay their share
of the costs.
The grant is a 75 percent grant from
EPA with 25 percent local matching funds.
As one of the property owners Will not
give an easement for the sewer line and
demands a free sewer tap and cash
payment for that easement, the cost to the
other 13 residents would be about $1,000.
However, several of the property owners
were present and expressed dissatisfac-
tion with the costs. v
City Attorney Tommy Allison said that
they would be paid back a pro-rata share
as other persons hooked on to the sewer
line.
After 35 additional persons had sewers
connected, the cost would drop to about
$300 to each of the 13 Arbala Road
residents after they were refunded their
pro-rata shares.
The commission approved the for-
warding of the bid to EPA with residents to
return to the commission at the next
session with their ideas on paying the
assessments or taking another direction on
the three-year-old sewer line request.
Commissioners also approved a
variance for Jimmy Ross to build a car-
port at 431 Church St. and denied a request
from County Auditor Marvin Stubbs and
Tax Assessor-Collector Jeff Taylor for two
additional parking spaces in the area of
the Courthouse.
Several commissioners cited present
parking problems and the need for the
county to find other parking for its em-
ployees as reasons for not approving the
request.
Larry Stone of the engineering-planning
firm of Kindle Stone Associates presented
commffl$oners fc copy of the preliminary
"Year 2 - Comprehensive Plan.”
Commissioners were asked to look over
- the plan and respond so that their com-
ments could be included in the final draft
that will be submitted to the Texqs
Department of Community Affairs which
is sponsoring the project.
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Residential permits
spark rebound in city
construction picture
Given a shot in the construction arm by
11 new residential permits, the City of
Sulphur Springs enjoyed a resurgence in
the building trade in June.
Joe Cerrentani, city building inspector,
said the $351,000 in permits issued in June
raised the total for the first half of the year
to $1,873,310.
While Cerrentani said the total con-
struction at the halfway mark in 1980 was
not a threat to past record highs, he said he t
was pleased with the recent increased
interest in residential building.
Exactly half of the permits in June were
tor new houses. Others included repairs,
swimming pool, renovations and fences.
June permits included:
Betty Sue Owens, 1Q7 Kyle, $200.
John and Mary Bradberry, 714 Houston,
$850. .
George Crook, 304 Calvert, $25,000.
‘Glen and Dana Wilcher, 303 Como, $500.
Edward Clinton, 1203 N. Jackson,
$18,000.
Ricky Gregg, 618 Woodia wn, $1,000:,
Jones Roberts, 200 Lou, $12,000.
D. Lee, 201 Calvert, $1,300.
Rosie Turner, 312 Calvert, $14,000.
Pearline Blackwell and Clara Bridges,
800 S. Jackson, $14,000. »
Gene Watson Company, 1201 Melony,
$38,000.
Gene Watson Company, 1201 Melony,
$35,300.
Billy Wayne Gregory, 600 S. Leagup,
$1,850.
Ardis, Tutt & Peugh, 213 Myndi Circle,
$57,000.
Jim Crute, 1609 College, $12,000.
Jim Minewson, 837 College, $15,000.
Capps & Roberts, 732 Fuller, $23,000,
Capps & Roberts, 728 Fuller, $28,000.
Capps Roberts, 736 Fuller, $23,000.
H.E.Ertlbw, 126 Main, $15,000.
Sam Bachelor, 117 Morris, $100.
Bulah Asberry, 706 Whitworth, $14,000.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 157, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 2, 1980, newspaper, July 2, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824105/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.