The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1962 Page: 1 of 14
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1962.'
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Teachers Elected
For Local Schools
All teachers in Sulphur
Springs white schools except
those in high school coaching
positions were re-elected Mon-
day night by school district
trustees at a special meeting.
The coaches will be consid-
ered at a later session. Prin-
cipals were re-elected earlier.
Teachers in the Negro schools
•Iso will be employed at a fu-
ture meeting.
Among the Junior High
jphool teachers re-elected was
Lawrence Bramblett, seventh
and eighth grade coach who
fo now in active service with
the National Guard. The board
also re-elected his successor,
William Johnson, to work in
case Bramblett does not return
or in case another teaching po-
rtion is created.
Deadline on Contract*
, All teachers were elected
#ubject to assignment by the
||uperintendent. Each will be
fiven a contract and will have
tntil May 15 to either accept
#r reject it.
,1 The board also approved the
lone bid of $300 from Howard
llassey for purchase of the
tnetime Mahoney school gym-
(asium building, which has
(een used as a hay barn in re-
dent years.
f Massey made the only offer
|t an auction conducted Mon-
day afternoon at the site,
frustee Jeston Williams serv-
ed as auctioneer.
Jack F. Gibson, superintend-
ent of schools, said the trus-
tees were pleased with the
price received for the make-
shift type structure built of
focks, scrap lumber and sheet
metal with a dirt floor. .
Teachers re-elected were;
High School
Mrs. Jean Arnold, Mrs.
Geraldine Barton, Sterling
Beckham, Mrs. Nannie L. Ber-
gin, Mrs. Allarea Black, Alice
hi. Bohannon, Mrs. Mildred
.Cahalan, Mrs. Sudie Carpen-
ter, Billie L. Conner, Mrs.
Frances Davis, Mrs. Waulinda
Downs, Mrs. Hazel Hanson,
Mrs. Reda Hennen, Mrs. Es-
(Continued on Back Page)
Sulphur Springs
Industrial Fair
Plans Started
Plans for an Industrial Fair
in Sulphur Springs next week
were in progress Tuesday after
city 'officials had authorized
use of the former National
Guard armory building for the
purpose.
0. C. Sewell, Jr., chairman
of a Chamber of Commerce
cojnmittee working on the pro-
ject, said plans call for having
exhibits set up by next Tues-
day and conducting the show
from Wednesday through Sat-
urdey.
The Industrial Fair is bing
held in connection with Texas
Industry Week April 1-7. Ar-
rangements have been delayed
pending an unsuccessful effort
to obtain a larger building.
Officers Note
New Car Tags
Deadline Set
I No allowance will be made
for Texas vehicle owners on
the March 31 deadline for 1962
registrations because April 1
comes on Sunday.
A letter from the Texas
Highway Department to local
law enforcement officers
points out the law makes no
provision for a variation be-
cause of holidays.
Registration applications re-
ceived Monday must be ac-
companied by an affidavit stat-
ing that the vehicle has not
beetKijsed over the week-end or
the 20^per cent legal penalty
will apply.
The letter said state police
agencies had been notified to
begin enforcement of the new
license plate requirement April
i 2.
Another letter- cites a recent
change in the law to require
that every vehicle using the
streets and highways, including
construction equipment, b e
registered.
Only exceptions arc farm
tractors, soil tilling imple-
ments and farm trailers with
a gross weight of 4,GOO pounds
or less.
Major Jones
Takes Oath
Sheriff Paul Jones was
sworn into the Texas State
Guard Reserve'Corps Monday
in Dallas. He was placed in the
counter-intelligence section of
the organization with the rank
of major.
The Texas State Guard
Reserve Corps is a volunteer
military organization authoriz-
ed by Texas statutes as part
of the state's organized mili-
tia. It may be called into ac-
tive duty by the governor at
any time of emergency or in
the event the Texas National
Guard is -sailed into federal
service.
Jones was one of three new
cffleers sworn into the corps
during the opening session of
the 23rd annual Texas Safety
t'onference in Dallas.
Blowout Blamed
In Car's Crash
Monday Night
Heavy damage was caused
Monday night when a car driv-
en by Gary Bruce Tredway of
Greenville went out of control
in the 800 block on College
Street after a blowout in the
left front tire.
,Patrolman Don Qualls said
the westbound vehicle crashed
into a utility pole on the north
side of the street, veered across
the street, jumped the curb on
the south side and came to a
stop afte? ploughing through
several yards.
Qualls said Tredway’s 1955
Ford was badly damaged in the
accident Additional damage
was caused to the pole and the
yards.
A car driven by Mrs. Ber-
nice R, Keelin, route 1, collid-
ed with a parked pick-up truck
owned by James Edwin Hurt,
822 Gilmer Street, Monday
afternoon on Church Street
north of Atkins.
Patrolman Earnest Morris
quoted Mrs. Keelin, who was
drviing south, as saying she
must have edged too far to-
ward the curb.
He estimated damage to
Mrs. Keelin’s 1965 Ford at
$100 and that to Hurt’s 1960
Chevrolet pick-up at $75.
New Residential
Housing Boom
Continues Here
Sulphur Springs’ residential
construction boom is continu-
ing to roll in March despite
frequent bursts of unfavorable
weather.
Three new house buliding
permits issued Monday by City
Building Inspector Bob
Vaugfih brought the number of
residential starts for the month
to ten and the total for the
first quarter of 1962 to 26.
Twenty - one new houses
were started here during the
first three months of 1961,
which set an all-time record in
this field.
Monday's permits went to C.
E. Turnage for a sax-room
brick veneer residence at 633
Leo Street with an estimated
cost of $10,000; C. O. Moody,
five-room frame at 617 Whit-
weyrth Street/ $$6,000, and
Eddie Brumfield, five-room
frame at 105 Colorado, $5,000.
Program of Community
Progress Urged by Leaders
Gillis Posts
Apparent Low
Bid for Road
A. K. Gillis & Sons of Sul-
phur Springs is the apparent
low bidder on the extension of
FM Highway 900 from Saltillo
eight miles north and west to
a junction with FM 69 five
miles south of Sulphur Bluff.
The Gillis firm’s price for
the project at a Texas Highway
Department opening Wednesday
in Austin was $376,516.
FM Highway 900 now ex-
tends from Saltillo south to the
Greenwood community and on
eastward.
REDUCED TO RUBBLE — Lorene McQueen looks at the heap of brick and wood that used
to be a chicken shed and smoke house on the farm of her brother, Louis McQueen. The
McQueen farm, several miles west of Peerless, had three buildings destroyed by a twist-
er that struck that vicinity Saturday afternoon. (Staff Photo by Fred Frailey).
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MORE THAN 700 EMPLOYED
Payroll Tops $ 2-Million
In Six Local Industries
Six Sulphur Springs indus-
tries now are employing more
than 700 persons with an an-
nual payroll of more than
$2,000,000.
Completion of the new H. D.
Lee Company plant will add
around 280 jobs to the total
and bring the total payrolls for
the g r o u p up to around the
$3,000,000 level.
Two Youths
Hurl in Car
Crash Sunday
Ronald Gene McPherson, 14,
and his brother, Billy Ray, 17,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mc-
Pherson were admitted to Me-
morial Hospital Sunday about
6 p. m. for treatment of in-
juries that they received in a
on(-car accident near North
Hopkins. Billy Ray has a brok-
en right arm and lacerations
over his eye and on his left leg.
Ron al d Gene’s left leg is
broken in two places and four-
teen stitches were required to
dose a laceration on his face.
Travis Hooten, driver of the
1956 Pontiac, which overturn-
ed and burned, was not serious-
ly injured. He was treated for
a cut on his head and released.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jessie Hooten.
These figures represent a
compilation of a series of re-
ports on local industry sub-
mitted at the Chamber of Com-
merce mem b e r s h i p meeting
Thursday night.
Plant Head* Speak
Reports on employment, pay-
rolls and other statistics were
made by managers of four of
the industries. H. C. McGrede
read statements covering activi-
ties of two others.
E. Ft. Mntheson, assistant*
vice president of the Rockwell
Manufacturing Company, re-
ported his firm is now employ-
ing 230 persons here with an
annual payroll <?f more than
$1,000,000 and a total invest-
ment of $5,500,000.
Using U. S. Chamber of Com-
merce figures on how indus-
tries affect communities as a
scale, he estimated the Rock-
well operation is supporting 681
persons in 258 households, in-
cluding 117 school children. It
also is responsible for an esti-
mated $1,350,000 in total per-
sonal income, $621,000 in bank
deposits, 235 additional auto-
mobiles and $830,000 in annual
retail trade.
A payroll dollar released in
$165,300 of this amount spent
in Sulphur Springs.
Emphasizing the growth of
the Cannon Craft operation,
Masters said sales volume in
1961 increased 31 per cent over
the previous year. Cannon
Craft used 48 cars of lumber in
19(0, 81 last year and has a
prospect for 110 cars in 1962,
he added.
Leeman Teetes, manager of
the North Texas Producers As-
edeiwvion plant here, reported
his establishment has a payroll
of $93,000 a year to augment
the $600,000 irt monthly dairy
checks received by Hopkins
County milk producers.
(Continued on Back Page)
Tour of Grass
Plots Slated
During June
Plans for. a public tour of
grass plots entered in the
Chamber of Commerce’s county
hay production contest thi3
summer were made Tuesday
Blackleg Makes
Appearance In
Cattle Herds
Appearance of blackleg in
Hopkins County cattle herds
was causing some concern
among dairymen and stockmen
Monday, and a considerable
amount of vaccination against
the disease was^in progress.
One veterinarian safd the
number of cases probably is no
larger than normal for this
time of year.
“Weather conditions and
overall health of the animals
play some part in it,” he add-
ed. “Blackleg is easy to pre-
vent and pretty sure death if
you don’t prevent it. The vac-
cine lasts a year and is rel-
atively cheap.”
The veterinarian described
the blackleg as caused by a
gas - forming organism which
works under the skin of cat-
tle, usually bringing sudden
death.
True blackleg usually at-
tacks only younger animals,
but a related disease with sim-
ilar symptoms affects cattle
of all ages. Both are prevent-
ed by thj^ same vaccine.
Cases which have developed
this year were described as
distributed over most of the
county.
Artie Stephens
Reappointed
To Committee
County Attorney Artie Ste-
phens was reappointed as a
member of a legislative com-
mittee Tuesday at a meeting
of the Governor’s Highway
Safety Conference in Dallas.
The seven-member commit-
tee makes recommendations on
safety legislation needs to the
conference. Its proposals were
unanimously a d o p t e d by the
larger group Tuesday. ^
The conference held its ses-
sion in connection with the
23rd annual Texas Safety Con-
ference. Stephens has been a
member of both organizations
since their beginning.
Laboratory Tests
Planned on Tree
Laboratory tests on a strick-
en pine tree in City Park will
be made by the Texas Fores-
try Service in an,effort to de-
termine the conditions respon-
sible for substantial tree loss-
es in the park.
William Chestnut of Lin-
den, Forestry Service repre-
sentative, suggested the pro-
cedure after viewing the af-
fected trees near the park
tennis court.
He also nominated the speci-
men for analysis. Samples of
the roots, Dunk and limbs will
be sent to the laboratory.
City Manager Carl Riehn
described the tree selected as
about half alive and half dead.
Chestnut said he did not
think borers and other insects
affecting the Wees are? the
principal source of the trou-
ble. He mentioned soil condi-
tions and freeze and water
damage as possible factors.
The visiting expert’s princi-
pal recommendation for^care
of the trees was to let them
alone.
. . . . . .. i night by the sponsoring Agri-
an area circulates at least five j culture Economics Improvement
or six times before it completes j Committee
its cycle, he pointed out.
Cannon Craft Growing
Jim Masters, president of the
Cannon Craft Company, relat-
ed how his concern was started
in Sulphur Springs ten years
ago with three employes and
an investment of $2,000.
Cannon Craft now has 115
employes and an annual pay-
roll of $373,000, he annnounc-
ed. The company spends
$500,000 a year for services
and materials, with about
Dairy Festival
Directors Talk
Of New Plan
The possibility of sponsor-
ing a tour of homes and in-
dustries in Sulphur Springs
during the Hopkins County
Dairy Festival was discussed
Tuesday afternoon by festival
directors.
Directors agreed Uiat such a
tour, suggested by/Mrs. Rich-
ard Clement of the Chamber of
Commerce civic beautification
committee, would..stimulate ad-
ditional interest in the show
and also provide activities for
visitors not connected with dai-
ry cattle judging.
(Continued on Back Page)
Guns Stolen
From Garage
J. W. Anglin reported to
county officers Tuesday the
theft of three guns from the
garage of his home on the Com-
merce Highway.
They were a 2520 lever ac-
tion rifle with a hexagon bar-
rel, a .22 calibre rifle and a 12
gauge shotgun.
The theft took place Monday
sight.
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The tour will be held in mid-
June with the exact date to be
selected later.
L. B. Berry, committee chair-
man, said the group was high-
ly encouraged over the pros-
pects for this year’s contest.
About 15 early entry blanks
received to date were review-
ed. The deadline for partici-
pation is May 1.
The committee also discuss-
ed a brochure on the contest
which is being prepared by the
Texas Power & Light Company.
It will include pictures of the
four winners last year, reports
on their accomplishments and
entry blanks and rules for the
1962 contest.
The piece is expected to be
available for distribution over
the county in about ten days.
City Officials
Receive Request
For Signals
Requests for a stop-go traf-
fic signal at the intersection of
Gilmer Street and Whitworth-
Kyle streets are being receiv-
ed by city officials.
City Manager Carl Riehn
said Tuesday he will ask the
Texas Highway Department to
conduct a traffic survey at this
intersection as well as at Gil-
mer and Radio Road, which
was requested earlier.
The highway department
holds authority over signals on
state highway streets, although
tht> equipment must be furnish-
ed by the city. . •
A traffic survey was con-
ducted several years ago at tfca
Gilmer - Whitworth * Kyle in-
(Continued on Back Page)
Child
Injured
By Car
Three Charged
With DWI
Over Week-End
Eddie
year-old
Three men were arrested
over the week-end by highway
patrolman on charges of driv-
ing while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor.
H a y n e S, four- j ; Two of the defendants plead-
son of Mr. and ed guilty in County Court Mon-
Mrs. Morris* Haynes, 1512
Main S t r e e t, suffered a
broken leg Wednesday
when he was struck by a
car in the 300 black on Oak
Avenue.
The driver, Henry H, Fraze
of Richardson, told police the!
day.
County Judge W. B. Kitts
fined a Dallas resident who was
arrested Saturday night on
U. S. 67 east of Sulphur
Springs $100 and costs, a total
of $135.30.
A Weaver man who was pur-
youngster darted out into the sued by officers from his home
a t ? «..«t from between parked area into a mddhole on the
cars and that he was unable to, edge of Sulphur Springs Satur-
stop quickly enough to avoid j day night was fined) $50 and
striking him. costs, A companion,, also from
Eddie, who was accompanied Weaver, was booked in jus-
by his mother and grandmother tiee court on a charge of drunk-
at the time, was taken to Me-j enness,
morial Hospital. His right leg The third DWI defendant, a
was fractured above the knee. Como man who was arrested
The accident occurred about* Sunday afternoon in Como,
10;45 a.m. 1 (Continued on Back Page)
Tornado
Causes
Damage
Damage was reported on sev-
en farms in the Peerless area,
12 miles northwest of Sulphur
Springs, from a twister which
dropped down out of a small
squall line about 3:30 pm. Sat-
urday.
Little Trouble EUewhere
The storm line (produced only
a brief rain storm and thunder
in Sulphur Springs and over
other parts of the county
Another tornado from the
same formation struck a mil-
lion dollar blow as it ripped
across seven blocks in down-
town Mirteola. Three persons
suffered minor injuries.
Still another twister hit a
clay products plant between
Tyler and Mineola, causing
$10,000 in damage. ; * —
A rain of mud was reported
in some parts of Hopkins Coun-
ty, apparently as the result of
dust in the air.
A cool front moving across
the area behind the storms fin-
ally cleared away the clouds
Sunday night.
Olie Fouse was driving to-
wards Brashear several miles
west of Peerless about 3:40 p.
m. Saturday when he noticed
the unusual movements of two
clouds above him.
“These clouds began swing-
ing together and then apart,”
he said later. *
Then a small funnel dipped
down from the movement, and
Fouse quickly stopped his car.
Flying Tin Everywhere
“There was tin flying every-
where. I s a w a plank sail
through the air that first look-
ed like a bird,” said the farm-
er, who lives nearby.
What Fouse saw yy&s a small
twister, one of several that
roared through East Texas
Saturday afternoon.'*
The one in the Peerless area
dipped around for several
miles, causing property dam-
age but no injuries.
At least seven residents re-
ported damaged houses or
barns. In a short space along
FM 71, six farms were hit. The
large frame house of J. C.
Ferrell was moved six inches
(Continued on Back Page)
Four Youths
Detained Here
For Questions
Two boys and two girls who
said they were from El Paso
were arrested by county offi-
cers Wednesday after attempt-
ing to steal a car from a high-
way construction worker east
of Sulphur Springs.
Sheriff Paul Jones said the
car theft effort was halted by
highway workers. He reported
another complaint that the
quartet had stolen soft drinks
from an establishment on
Rock Hii!,. where the car in
which they had been riding
had broken down.
The girls were 14 and 15
years old and the boys 14 and
17.
Jones is checking with El
Paso authorities on the young-
sters and on the status of the
car they were using.
Norton Accepts
Rid to Judge
Dairy Show
Dr. C. L. Norton of Man-
hattan, Kas., head of the dariy
husbandry department at Kan-
sas State University, will serve
as judge of the Northeast Tex-
as Dairy Show again this year.
« Dr. Norton, who was offered
the role some time ago, con-
firmed the arrangements in a
telephone conversation Friday
with SterlingjSeckham.
He set vit as judge of last
year’s shoyand is qualified as
an ofiiciiffl classifier for sev-
I era] breed associations.
The Dairy Show will be held
June 7*8.
A board general pro-
gram for community
progress was sketched
Thursday night at a mem-
bership meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce
which attracted an attentive
audience of about 80 persons.
Lines of action advanced by
a series of speakers in basic
areas of development includ-
ed:
1— A coordinated program
for induttrial growth.
2— A cooperative effort
to expand retail trade.
3— An a c c el e rated pro-
gram for modernisation of
Sulphur Spring*.
4— More adequate tupport
for the Chamber for Com-
merce a* the only central
agency for community de-
velopment.
More specific projects ad-
vocated included improvement
in the downtown parking sit-
uation, an educational program
On the advantages of shopping
at home, continued efforts to
relieve traffic bottlenecks,
more new store fronts and con-
tinued efforts to clean up lo-
cal eyesor es.
Both Harold Arnold, cham-
ber president and Jim Ander-
son, manager, declared them-
selves as highly pleased with
the outcome of the meeting
and the degree of interest
shown.
Anderson said the subject
matter will be followed up in
a one-day chamber member-
ship drive next Thursday and
in a series of six group meet-
ings to be conducted the fol-
lowing week by Stan Shively,
manager of community devel-
opment for the Texas Power &
Light Company.
Four General Topic*
Thursday night’s program
was divided into four general
sections. They concerned in-
dustrial development, trade de-
velopment, modernization and
financing.
Leading off with a discus-
sion of industry, Enos L. Ash-
croft urged emphasis on three
particular areas in the pro-
gram to develop additional ,
manufacturing and payrolls
here.
(Continued on Back Page)
Masons Give
Barbecue Dinner
To Graduates
Vac
Views on the history and ae-,
complishments of Mason r‘y
were presented to seniors from
Sulphur Springs and North
Hopkins high schools Friday
night at an open meeting of
the Masonic Lodge here. ,dh
Fred F. Devaney of Waco,*
a Baptist minister and grand
secretary of the Grand Lodge
of Texas, traced the Masonic
Order from its probable be-
ginning in the time of King
Solomon and told of the .part
it played in founding the
United States and the Republic
of Texas.
Devaney urged the students
to broaden their lives and said
Masonic membership would be
an excellent way to do so.
There are now about 4,000,000
Masons in this country and
260,000 in .Texas, he said.
About 50 seniors were pres-
ent at the meeting, which was
preceded by a barbeque sup-
per.
Captain Corbet
Leaves for New
Assignment
Captain Paul A. Corbet left
from Dallas Thursday morning
via jet for New York, where he
embarked for Bussae. France
Friday. He sailed on the USNS
Rose from Brooklyn.
Captain Corbet has finished
! his six years of draining in sur-
gery at William Beaumont Hos-
pital at Fort Bliss, El Paso,
and will be in command of a
hospital in France. His family
plans to join him in June.
The oldest'son, Pepper, will
j stay with his grandparents, Mr.
j and Mrs. Paul A. Corbet, Sr.,
and attend school in Milter
Grove. His wife and three oth-
er children wiU stay with her
i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norvel
, Adock in Dallas until they re-
j reive travel eiders.
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