The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 77, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1955 Page: 7 of 20
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MRS. LEE Walker, Mrs. Sallie
Kingry, Rev. and Mrs. 0, A. Me-
Bride and the Rev. Lester Foster
Und family were in Garland Sun-
4*y to attend the dedication serv-
ice of the new Church of God
sanctuary.
J. D. BENNETT is here from
Caracas, Venezuela for a months
visit with his mother, Mis. R. L.
Bennett of Dike. He is with the
Sacony Vacuum Oil Company
there. ->
ON THEIR way to Brussels, Bel-
gium are Captain and Mrs. Hulon
Walker and children, Joe and
Kathy. They have been visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. N.
Walker and Mi;, and Mrs. Marion
Smith in Sulphur Springs. They
drove to New York and were to
fl.v to Brussels for his new assign-
ment with the Air Force.
MRS. E. R. Best is confined to
her room with a fractured foot.
She injured the foot in a fall sev-
eral days ago. ,
"HOPKINS COlfNTY stew will
be served at noon next Wednes-
day, April 6, to workers at the
Coino Cemetery. Mrs. Cora Bland
saiii that all interested are invit-
ed to attend the cemetery work-
ing.
A CEMEtTERY working will he
held at the Pleasant Grove ceme-
tery north of Sulphur Springs,
Saturday, April 2. All interested
persons are, asked to attend.
TWO MORE contributions were
received Tuesday at Red Cross
headquarters. Shooks Chapel, with
E. L. Temples acting as chair-
man, donated $20.30. And Mrs. R.
A. Tibbs brought in $10.30 from
the residential drive.
overly axcited about the fire at Sea. Tittle Is the son of Mr. and
their home today. But she did get
excited when two of her little pup-
pies ran off when a back gatg was
opened. The puppies were found
later at the George H. Ward
home.
MR. AND Mrs. Huel! Bridges
have returned from Angelo, Indi-
ana where they vibited with their
niece, Mrs. Robert H. Rogers and
Mr. Rogers. The Rogers are the,
proud parents of a new baby son
Robert H. Rogers, Jr., born March
19. He weighed seven pounds and
two ounces, at birth. M.s, Rogers
is the former Sandra Shepherd.
Mrs. L. S. Tittle, Route 3. Wil-
liams is the son of Postmaster
and Mrs. Byron Williams.
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LT. AND Mrs. Charles Emer-
son of Panama City, Fla., an-
nounce .the ljirth of * son, Paul
Emerson. Mrs. Emerson is the
former Patsy Taylor* daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Brice O. Taylor of
Arlington, Va., former residents,
of Sulphur Springs. She is the
neiee of Mrs. Kenneth Brice and
Misses Ola and Lola Bass of this
place.
Sorority <
? grandda
the annual "Spring Tot'
Thi* show is sponsored
Sigma Phi £
She is the
and Mrs. Arnold
Vernon and Mr. and Mrs. Morris
OrMen-iof Saltillo. -.
THE RURAL Progress'll
Reilly Springs will hold a reg
business meeting Friday
Club,leaders have urged all mem
bers to attend.
.on Jocal agriculture,
jaes“,'“
Satire
be hurt" he said
H. F. HARRIS, 931 South Davis
street, was admitted to Veterans
Hospital in McKinney Wednesday
for medical treatment. He is in
Ward 109, bed. 18.
BORN MARCH 13 to Mr. and
Mis. Frances E. Ray of Tulsa,
Okie., at St. Johns IJospital a fine
baby son. The young man has been
named Joseph Patrick Ray. He
weighed eight and one-half pounds
at birth. The baby is the grand-
son of Mrs. Shem Ray of Sulphur
Springs.,,
MR. AND Mrs. Marvin Williams
had as guests Sunday their child-
ren, grandchildren and great-
grandehildren. They are Mr. and
Mrs. Judson Gregory and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cawthron
and Ida Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Hargrave, Mr. <and Mrs. Buddy
Patrick and family of Garland,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Adkins and lit-
tle son, Donald Ray of Magnolia,
Ark., and Lt. and Mrs. Billy Bra-
shear and Little daughter, who will
be leaving soon for Alaska.
CITY WORKERS have
hose drying rack for the fire de-
partment on the west side of the
old market square area. Officials
explained that the rack was need-
ed to properly dry fire hose.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
women of Brinker held a work
night Tuesday. In addition to mak-
:h
, -__w id.
just about out of the
test* Early-porn that was
ground was lost and gar-
hit hard, but that is
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WEBER FOOTS, chairman of
Hopkins County’s new United
Fund organization, returned Tues-
day from Houston, where he at-
tended the Southwest Regional
Conference of Community Chests
and Councils of America, Inc. He
reports he obtained a Lot of in-
formation at the meeting that will
be valuable in developing the local
United Fund project.
MISS SHERRI Cille Teer, high
school senior, has started work as
a pait-time member of the city
ball office staff. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Teer.
NEW PASTOR of-First Baptist
Church in Winnsboro is the Rev.
Ivey > Miller, one-time brilliant
basketball star at Pickton High
School and later at Baylor Uni-
versity. He served as a missionary
to Chile for several years, return-
ing to the states last December
because of the illness of his wife.
PHYLISS FAULK, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Faulk, wasn’t
AT LEAST two men from Hop-
kins County are participating in
the Army-Navy "Operation Surf-
board" along the West coast.
They ale Wayne E. Tittle, seaman
aboard the USS Saint Paul, and
Lt. Stanley Williams, a Navy
filer aboard the USS Philippine
A TRAILER loaded with lard
came loose from the truck cab on
Jefferson Saturday morning at
4:45 o’clock, Policeman Billy Wil-
liamson reported. The trailer did
not overturn, but nosedived onto
the pavement, partially blocking
traffic.
P»rm*n«nt-mold
aluminum bait
with aid# (hvta;
blow* shraddtd
tutting, out to tida.
loll ‘ ivo with IVb
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ton or Clinton 4-
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DOWN and WEEK
Sulphur Springs Furniture Co.
222 Main Street
Phone 9
"HONEST JIM” Masters is
happily exhibiting a framed cer-
tificate giving him a free hand in
dealing with the world at large, at
least in Hopkins county. Arrange
ed as a gag by County Judge Newt
Owens, County Attorney Neil Mc-
Kay and Justice of the Peace R. J.
Morgan, the document bestows on
Masters "the authority to take
any and all property, money or
things not belonging to him, and
to swindle, cheat and defraud any-
and all persons .... and to use
any and all means which he may
desire in accomplishing same.”
THREE COUPLES applied for
marriage licenses here during the
past week, but two of them re-
ing nameplate signs tor their quested that their names not he
homes, they worked on final re-1 published. The remaining couple
ports for the Rural Neighborhood w#!t jjP0 (;ienn Hale and Masilener
Progress Contest . ... _ Blackwell.
LITTLE SERIOUS damage on a
commercial scale apparently was
suffered in Hopkins County, from
last week’s severe freezes, G. S.
Prim, president of the Sulphur
Springs State Bank and one of the
county’s outstanding authorities
it would require two weeks to as-
semble the Bonding.
WORK HAS started on a new
room at Austin School. The room
is being built where the old and
new buildings join. Neal Hurt is
contractor.
THE NEW highway mainten-
ance buildtng and garage is now
being assembled at the site on
Main street. T. A. Johnson, main-
tenance foreman, said that the
construction crew estimated that
THE SENIOR class of Pick-
ton high school plans to sponsor
a "womunless wedding" Monday
night. The comedy is expected to
Attract a large crowd.
Greenwood Plans
Revival Services
The Greenwood Baptist Church'
will he in a revival meeting April
1st through April 10th. Rev.
Steve'Youngblood of Fort Worth,
will he the evangelist, and the
pastor, W. 11. Sperry, will he
leading the music.
Services will he held each day j
at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 pin. Aj
cordial invitation is extended to
all who would like to attend.
Cafeteria Menus
For Schools Told
Mrs. Claude Young, supervi-
sor, announces ' tne following
planned mentis for the. Sulphur
Springs school cafeterias for the
week of April 4:
Monday — Meat loaf, whipped
potatoes, cabbage and carrot sal-
ad, plums, hot rqlls and butter.
Tuesday — Barbecued weiners,
buttered spinach, whole kernel J
corn, apricot cobbler.
Wednesday — Baked ham po-
tato-salad,- carrot sticks, coco-
nut cake.
Thursday — Hamburger, let-
tuce and tomato salad,.. ..buttered
peas, sliced pineapple, cookies.
Peerless Church
Plans Services
The Peerless Baptist Church
will- meet Saturday night, April
Fred Moelk and Kenneth Gog- 3, at seven o’clock for a church
guns were business visitors in «4)al- j conference-. Business of impor-
las Wednesday. Ttanoe to the church and Sunday
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School will be discussed at th&
time. -.1 -• H
Sunday School meet* Sunday
morning at 10 a.m. with Jimmie
Campbell superintendent.
At 11 o’clock a.m., the pastor,
Rev. T. M. McClain will speak
on "HaOlting Between Two Opin-
ions.”
Sunday night at eight o’clock ,,
the Subject will be, “The Man
That missed the Meeting.
B. % S. will meet at seven
o'clock. Weldon Williams*-is the
leader.
The people of the Peerless
community and surrounding com-
munities are invited to attend
these services.
Richland Church
Plans Revival
A revival will begin at the
Richland Baptist Church Sunday,
April 3rd and continue through
April' 10th. Services begin each
evening at 7:30. The church pas-
tor, the Rev. H. B. Gideon will
do the preaching.
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.1. N. MARKS, Idalou merchant
and landowner, has been visiting
his mother at Peerless and with
other relatives in Hopkins County
this week. “It's colder here than
it is in Lubbock,” he proclaimed
Saturday, while in the Echo office
renewing his subscription to the
paper. He has lived in Lubbock
County since 1921.
YES, LET’S FACE IT ...
More and more dollar-wise housewives are joining the
Thrift Parade to MOERIS SUPER MARKET! And the rea-
son is simple. They are learning they consistently save more
—not only on the wefk-ends, but every* day in the week be-
cause of our lower every-day shelf prices. And they find it'
so convenient to shoo here. Why don’t you shop here?
Your neighbor does!
DUNCAN HINES BLACK
PEPPER
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SWIFT’S
MEMBERS OF the local Na-
tional Guard company were at
Camp Maxcy near Paris Sunday
to qualify with M-l rifles and
pistols.
MR. AND Mrs. John Henry
Brown and two daughters, Sheryl
and Linda are new resident* of
Sulphur Springs. He is connected
with the Red Star Fertilizer Com-
pany. They are at home at 206
McCann avenue.
NEW OFFICERS have been se-
lected for Alpha Lambda, honor
society for freshmen women at
East Texas State Teachers College
at Commerce. Mary Brice of Sul-
phur Springs was one of the offi-
cers selected. She is the new treas-
urer.
TWO HOPKINS County men
are among the Marines of the 1st
Marine Division begin returned to
the United States from Korea.
They a-e Pfc.-Kenneth J. Duncan,
son of M. and Mrs. George C.
Duncan, and Pfc. Vandal E. Tubbs,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E./Tubbs,
all of Dike.
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LUNCHEONETTE
Diamond
TOMATO JUICE
Swift’s Jewel
SHORTENING
12-oz.
- can
46-oz.
3-ib. -yet
MORRISON’S PREMIUM
CORN MEAI
25-pound
Print Bag - __________ _ I
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49
Pure Lard « -1.29
IMPERIAL PURE CANE
SUGAR
10 Lb Bag
SWIFT’S JEWEL
Cooking Oil
ASSORTED FLAVOR
JELL-0
Gallon
Pkgs.
GLADIOLA
BISCUITS
JAKE MABE has replaced Ar-
thur Snow on the local police
force, Chief Deaton said Monday.
Mabe is a native of Hopkins Coun-
ty and bag lived in the Sulphur
Springs vicinity throughout most
of his lifetime.
Texsun GRAPEFRUIT
JUICE / 4cT 19*
All Vegetable /
CRISCO 3 £79*
Oak Farm Homogenized
MILK cT.39*
ARMOUR’S
SUDS
Giant Box
59*
We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities
And to Refuse Sales to Other Dealers!
fRESH! FRESH!
LITTLE MISS Vickie Pierce,
four-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Pierce of Gladewater,
has been chosen for the second
consecutive year as a model for
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STEAK u 59*
Choice Lot-Fed Beef SIRLOIN
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Kraft’. VELVEETA I
CHEESE 2 £89*
Black Hawk All-Meat
BOLOGNA Lb. 39*
Fresh Crisp
CARROTS 10*
Fresh Green \
ONIONS 2 B’ch. 15*
Florida, 150-Size ■/ *
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Large Central American ^
BANANAS 2 u. 27*
California Sunkist
ORANGES 2 u. 25*
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 77, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1955, newspaper, April 1, 1955; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth826946/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.