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THE HOPKTXS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, March 30, 1962.
Echo-ettes
; Kiwani* dub Boys and Girls
Committee.
SALES OF U. S. Savings
____ Bonds in Hopkins County dur-
DICK HOKm.
b.s announced that enough * This fa g2 j cent
men have signedI up for the or- j of. th<J r-s „ 0 t a of
gamzation of a Disabled Veter-
an’s organization for Hopkins, " ’
County. He said that papers, WILLIAM P. Krotky, son of
guests of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. N. F. Terrell Sunday
in honor of their birthday an-
niversaries.
AIRMAN SECOND Class
William M. Dupree left by
plane Saturday from Love
Field for an 18 month assign-
ment on the island of Crete. He
has been spending a 30-day
. . .. leave with his mother and aunt,
are in the process of being jjrs j 0 f, a n n a M. Hansford, Mrs. Opal Dupree and Miss
drawn up for the group and route 2 etm)by> ia uking a Adell Hale,
the first meeting is scheduled njnj| weeks’ basic training
for sometime m early April. 00urse for navy recrBi|a at the
Further notice w»U give the x.iva! Training Center in Great
date and place of meeting. Lakes 111,
JOE GRANT Worsham of
Sulphur Springs has been
A JERSEY heifer calf was
reported stolen Friday after-
pledged to Kappa Alpha social noon from the farm of Earl
fraternity at North Texas j Perkins south of town. Perkins
State University in Denton.j told Sheriff Paul Jones that He
Worsham, a sophomore* biology j found evidence of a ear and
major, is the son of Mr. and Jailer entering the pasture.
Mrs. Jpe H. Worsham, 305 j --
-South League Street. | ENOS L. Ashcroft HI of
—- j Sulphur, Springs is among 2$8
CAPT. JACK D. Knight and stud«sfTT^ in the University of
his daughter, Connie, left Wed- TexRS Co,le>re of Businesa Ad_
nesday for Colorado springs numstmtioa to gain places on
few VK'i ^f! the honor roll for scholastic
w»th his parentsI, Grady wmght, perform,nce during the
of S^phur Bluff a nd Mrs. semester. He is the of .vIt,
Loaie Ruth Knight of Sulphur and Mrs En03 L Ashcroft( Jr.
Springs. Captain Knight re-. - ■
cently returned from 2 1/2 MR AND Mrs. Arvin I.a-
years of army duty in Viet- Farce of Mt Vernon announ,e
Nam and Thailand. He is ^ithe birth of a son at 7:14 a.m.
graduate of Sulphur Bluff Saturday< March 24, at Memor-
DEWKY ROGERS of drink-
er was admitted to Memorial
Hospital Sunday afternoon lv.r
treatment of a laceration on his
face and bruises that he receiv-
ed in a two-car accident near
Cumby on Highway 67 Sunday
afternoon.
High School. His wife and
children have been living with
her family in Colorado Springs
during his absence.
ial Hospital.
MRS. L. FAULK, well-loved
Sulphur Springs citizen, ob-
served her 90th birthday on
ROY SMITH, Texas Power & , Mar 16 nt th(, Memorial Nurs-
Light Company employe, u ab-|in Home, Route One, Box 454,
sorbing a lot of kidding about, Wealaco wharc 3he is making
ROCKWELL OFFICIAL
Matheson
To Retire
E. E. Matheson announced
Friday his approaching retire-
ment as assistant vice presi-
dent of the Rockwell Manu-
facturing Company and from a
long career as an active busi-
ness man.
The event will take place
June 1, and Mr. and Mrs.
Matheson will leave the same
day to return to their long-
time home in Concord, Cal.
The announcement was made
at a meeting of Rockwell Sul-
phur Springs Division staff
members -and supervisors Fri-
day afternoon. Letters were
mailed to other Rockwell em-
ployes.
lege. They are Penny Merle, Edward L Henning, who be-
Black, 732 Church Street, ami j caine general manager of the
Paul Leonard DuV ore, 401 Rockwell division last fall, will
Church Street. t assume complete charge of tlje
operation June 1.
Here Since 1958
Mr. and Mrs. Matheson have
been residents of Sulphur
Springs since 1958, coming
here from California.
A native of Coneo.’d, Mr.
Matheson studied mechanical
engineering at the University
of California and then served
as an ambulance driver attach-
to the French army during
MR. AM) Mrs. Cecil Bmk- World War I. He was award-
hart announce the birth of a ed the French Croix de Guerre.
TWO STUDENTS from Sul-
phur Springs are listed by Har-
vard University among the 17
Texans who are receiving
scholarships for the current
academic year at Harvard Col-
the Oakland plant prior to its
closing in 1958.
Mr. and Mrs. Matheson were
married in 1920. They have
one son, Kenneth Matheson of
Concord, and two grandchil-
dren.
“We have greatly enjoyed
our time here and the warm-
hearted friendship that has
been extended by everybody,”
he said Friday.
“Much as 1 regret leaving, 1
am very happy at leaving this
fine plant in the capable hands
of Ed Henning and Allan Ja-
cobsen. I am confident the Sul-
phur Springs plant will con-
tinue to grow and provide
steady employment and future
opportunities for its. loyal em-
ployes.” \
A DISTRICT singing conven-
tion will be held at the Yan-
tis Baptist Church Sunday be-
ginning at 1:30 p. m. The pub-
lic is invited.
THE COMO P-TA will meet
Tuesday, April 3, at 2:30 p.m.
A guest speaker will be pre-
sented.
his exceptional technique as a
fisherman. He recently left his
casting rod on the bank of an"
area lake with the line in the
water. It had vanished when he
returned, but was located in
the lake through a dragging
operation. On the hook was a
pine-pound bass. It represent-
ed Smith’s only strike during
the afternoon.
PLANS FOR holding an In-
dustrial Fair here this spring
are being stymied by lack of a
suitable • building, Harold Ar-
nold, president of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, told a group
of chamber members Thursday
night. An effort to obtain the
former Safeway building on Gil-
mer Street proved unsuccess-
ful.
her home at the present. On
the Saturday following her
birthday, she was honored by
her daughter, Mrs. Mack Price
in her home in Donna for an-
other party. Birthday cakes and
ice cream and all the other
birthday trappings were evi-
dent at both parties. Mrs.
Faulk has written her daughter-
in-law, Mrs. John Faulk and
Phyllis here that she has receiv-
ed more than 100 cards from
Sulphur Springs friends.
daughter, Mar. 22, at 6 p. m.
in a Dallas hospital. The baby
weighed seven pounds and
He worked for three years
in the mechanical department
of a West Coast oil refinery,
POLICE CHECKED two re-
ports of gunshots Sunday, but
found no tangible evidence in
either case. One was in the
afternoon on Front Street,
where a man said he had been
shot at but officers decided he
hadn’t The other was Sunday
night, when a shot was report-
MPv. AND Mrs. Morris Miller ed riorth 0f Nicholson Street,
of Dallas announced the hr--Only thing unusual found in
rival of ?. daughter on Wednes-lthe area was a large number of
day, Mar. 21. at Baylor Hos-idogs.
pitel. Dallas. She weighed eight j --
pounds and nine ounces.; MRS. M. C. Pennington of
Maternal grandparents are Mr. [ Abilene, sister of Mrs. I). R.
and Mrs. Raymond McGill, also
of Dallas.
Hurley, died in a Denton hospi-
tal Sunday night. Funeral serv-
KMM will be held in Denton
AN ENJOYABLE outing was Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Jack
icported by a group of Boy I Smith Funeral Home.
Scouts and adult friends in a -■
coon hunt Friday night despite MR. AND Mrs. J. D. Wii-
an unsuccessful quest for game, liams and sons, Michael and
Only one raccoon trail was pick- Gary, of Dalla.<*, Mrs. Bonnie
ed up and this animal escaped. Rushing and sons, Shelby and
About 40 boys and 15 men Larry, of Cumby, and Mr. and
participated in the event on the Mrs. Ned Tanton and children,
J. P. Ledbetter farm south of Lynda, Carolyn, Troy and Paul
Arbala. It was sponsored by the of Sulphur Springs were dinner
eight ounces at birth. She has , faur years as chief engineer
been named Margie Suzanne, j 0f a smau manufacturing com-
She is the granddaughter of pany and tw0 yaars 83 a part.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. VS right of ; ner jn an engineering sales
Dallas and Mr. and Mrs. Steve fjrni before joining the old
Burkhart of Nelta. j Nordstrom Valve Company in
.1928. The concern was pur-
DR. AND Mrs. James R. Mc-
Kinney of Odessa announce the
birth of a daughter on March
25. Mrs. McKinney is the form-
er Patricia Palmer, the daugh-
ter of Mrs. W. I. Palmer and
the late Mr. Paimer.
MRS. GERTRUDE McClain
and Mrs. Anna Hooker left
Tuesday for Many, La., where
they plan to visit the Hodges
Gardens. They will visit other
interesting points in that area
before^returning home.
ASSISTANT CHIEF of Po-
lice Delphia Leewright ran a
lengthy foot race Monday night
before catching a local Negro
whom he arrested on a charge
of being drunk in a public
place. The chase started on
College Street, turned south on
chased by Rockwell Manufac-
turing Company in 1932.
Starting as a sales engineer
in northern California, Mathe-
son later became San Francis-
co branch manager, served as
assistant general manager of
the Rockwell plant in Oakland
during World War II and then
spent six y^ars in Pittsburgh
as general sales manager for
the company's, valve division.
Headed Oakland Plant
He was general manager of
went to Alvin Leroy Fields and
Miss Sue Jane McKeever.
Five Guardsmen
Take Advanced
Army Training
Fort G h,a f f e e, Ark.
(AHTNC) — Five Army Na-
tional Guardsmen from Sul-
phur Springs, Tex., are receiv-
ing eight weeks of advanced
individual infantry training
with the 100th Division at Fort
Chaffee, Ark. The training is
scheduled to end April 13.
The men are receiving in-
struction in infantry unit com-
bat tactics, the handling and
firing of light and heavy in-
fantry weapons and.pther gen-
eral military subjects.
Pvt Lawrence R. Hall, 22,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
L. Hall, 1.037 Church St., is a
Sulphur Springs
Rates Excellent
On Inspections
Fort Polk, La., Mar. 22 —
Sulphur Spring’s Company D,
3rd Armored Rifle Battalion
of the 49th Armored Division
is currently undergoing ex-
tensive field training at this
Southwest Louisiana post,
The infantry company is
spending the week engaged in
Judy Kxy Chapman,
SR.1llSEt -oeMr, Betty. Lite,
unit's combat readiness. The
Sulphur Springs men were op-
posed during these problems by
“Agressor Forces,” a similat-
ed enemy command.
Company D is scheduled to
return to base camp by Mar.
26 to begin additional class-
work and maintenance train-
ing. Instruction will be given
in such military subjects as
transportation, medical duties,
safety, troop information, com-
munications, and character
guidance.
The unit received its annual
general inspection Mar 8. A
team of Army inspectors from
the chemical, quartermaster,
ordnance, and personnel corps
examined the;, company’s men
and equipment The Sulphur
Springs group was accorded an
“excellent” rating by the Army
inspection team. .
While the ',main body of
troops is undergoing field
training, a small detail has
been assigned the task ’ of
painting the insides of the
"company
oon,” planned for May 1-15.
The May maneuver will involve
approximately 20,000 soldiers,
including 14,500 from the 49th
Armored Division.
Local Girls
Attend School
Several immbers of the lo-
cal chapter of the Order of
Rpinbow for Girls ware in Mar-
shal last Saturday to attend a
school of instruction.
Those going from here were
past worthy advisor, Jean Tur-
ner, past worthy advisor,
Marilyn Reynolds, Jane Vanee,
Sammie Long, Carole Hanson,
Carla Brice, Kay Kimmons,
Gayle Harm!son, Phyllis Her-
mann, VaLinda Hathcox, Me- [
linda Morgan and Daria Mor- j
gan.
Adulta going were Mrs.:
Juanita Corbet, mother advi-1
sor, Mrs. Mary Vance and
Frat Davis, chairman of the |
advisory board.
Mias Judy Kay Chapman,
Miss Phyllis Herman, Miss
VaLinda Hathcox, Miss Jean
Turner and Miss Daria Mor-
gan filled stations for the
school. »
Seventeen assemblies were
represented at the school with
173 girlo attending.
Roy Landers
Dies Tuesday
graduate of Sulphur Springs
High School and East Texas]camp. These quarters are now
building a t base
„„„ ___-r- ____le quarters are now Landers, 67, widely
State College in Commerce. He! receiving a new coat of blue know# retired farmer of^ the
is a member of Lambda Chi1 and white paint from Company
Alpha farternity. Before going I O troopers.
SANDRA HEDGE won first
place in the high school speech
and poetry class-Tuesday. She
is now eligible to compete in
Ramsey, then onto Putman and rW<mal riass which will
finally to Lamer before Lee-i bre ,helc} at KTLSC s000-
wright scored his victory. He H^ge.m a sophomore student
concluded his report on the in-
cident with an appeal to Chief
Vaughn Deaton Tor a better
flashlight.
and the daughter of Mrs. Ray
Edgette.
Repaint, Remodel,
Why Wait Any Longer—
Now’s The Time---
To Improve your home, add a room, Re-roof,
build a garage, Dairy Barn, any type outhouses
or repaint Any kind of buildings. We are in-
position to handle the loan, furnish the materials
or furnish material and labor. See us for a free
estimate of your building or repair needs. *
36 Months to Pay
NOTHING DOWN!
THOMAS
LUMBER COMPANY
212 North Mkmm
Phone 5-4826
MR. AND Mrs. Jim Gill an-
nounce the birth of a daughter
TWO NEWSPAPER vending at 3:44 P- m. Tuesday, March
stands were stolen Monday \ ^» at Memorial Hospital. The
night from the Quicky Foods b*b/ Y.el*hed ni"e PoundsLarld
store on Gilmqr Street. One and thirteen ounces at birth.
: was new and valued at $30. j been named Amy I)e-
The stands contained a small n'se- Grandparents are Mr. and
| amount of cash. ' Mrs- Raymond Pogue and Mr.
j _____ | and Mrs. J. H. Gill. The baby’s
mother is the former Alice
ALBERT JOBE has received
word of the death of his broth-
er-in-law, Jess M u n d e n of
Spur.
JOHN CARUTHERS, Ki-
wanis Club president, reported
Tuesday a final accounting on
the club's hecent pancake day
showed a net profit of slightly
more than $351. He described
the showing as the best in the
history of the event. Income in-
cluded about $35 in gifts left
in coffee cans during the day.
Pogue.
REPORTS WERE heard
here Tuesday that Pan Ameri-
can Petroleum Corporation had
made a good Smackover gas-
cohdensate strike in its No. 1
Parker test in Van Zandt Coun-
ty. The Parker is north and
east of Edgew'ood near the
Rains County line. No confir-
mation of the reports was im-
mediately available.
MR. AND Mrs, Lewis Town-
soner of 436 Atkins Street an-
nounce the birth of a son at
2:10 a.m. Wednesday, March
28, at Memorial Hospital.
CONCRETE WAS being
poured Wednesday afternoon
for the new municipal dog
pound building behind the city
barn in the south end of City
Park.
on active duty, he was employ-
ed by the Sinclair Refining Co.
Pvt. Stanley W. Dickey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Emry D. Dick-
ey, Route 2, is a 1961 graduate
of Sulphur Springs High
School.
Pvt. Roberlt L. McDowell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
McDowell, Route 4, is a 1958
graduate of Sulphur Springs
High School and attended East
Texas State College. Before
going on active duty, the 22-
year-old soldier was employed
by the Hopkins County Broad-
casting Co., Inc.
Pvt. Joe D. Kennedy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Valton Kennedy,
1204 Gilmer Street, is a 1956
graduate of Sulphur Springs
High School and attended East
Texas State College. Before
going on active duty, he was
employed by the City of Sifl-
phur Springs.
Pvt. John R. Griggs is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
C. Griggs, 816 North Jackson
Street. He entered the army
last October. Griggs is a 1956
graduate of Sulphur Springs
High School and a 1961 grad-
uate of East Texas State Col-
lege.
Baptist Circle
Hears Review
The Mary Walker Circle of
the First Baptist Church met
at the home of Mrs. David
Jackson last week.
Mrs. J. D. Edwards gave an
interesting review of the book
“Glimpses of Glory.”
Others attending were Mrs.
Don Deaton, Mrs. James An-
dersop, Mrs. Micky Eddens,
Mrs.' Bob Casey, Mrs. David
Owens, Mrs. Joe Hudson, Mrs.
John Willis, Mrs. G. W. Gib-
bins, Mrs. Hugh Carter, Mrs.
Francis Pogue, Mrs. John
The Sulphur Springs infan-
trymen will participate in bat-
talion exercises in April and
also in the division. - wide ma-
neuver, “Operation Iron Dtag-
Sharber, Mrs. Walter Williams.
Guests present were Mrs.
Larry Riley, Mrs. Don King
and Mrs. Jimmy 'Hudson.
Brinker community eaat of
Sulphur Springs, died at 2:30
a. m. Tuesday,
Mr. Landers became ill dur-
ing the night and drove to the
home of his son, Joe Landers,
and died before he could be
brought to the hospital.
Earlier in the night, Mr.
Landers had been at Memorial
Hospital with his wife, who
was injured in a traffic acci-
dent Mar. 18. Her car lurched
into an embankment near her
home at that time, throwing
Mrs. Landers against the steer-
ing wheel. She sustained sev-
eral fractured ribs.
Final rites for Roy W. Land-
ers, who died early Tuesday,
were held Wednesday.
Services were held at 3 p.m.
Wednesday at the Mars Hill
Church of Christ, with TRlit S.
Toddle and L. L. Paul officiat-
ing. Interment was in Richland
Cemetery. ; -
Mr. Landers was a veteran
of World War 1 abd a ’mem-
ber of the Church of Christ.
He was a native of Hopkins
Copty, aqp of the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Landers.
Survivors include this wife,
a daughter, Mrs. Edna Earl
Hale of Wylie; two sona, Joe _
Landers of Blinker and Wil-
bur Landers of San Angelo;
and a sister, Mrs, W. A. Ter-
rell of Wichita Falls.
Pallbearers were John Leslie
Flowers, J e »t o n Williams,
James Walter Landers, Charlie
Raines, Dan Martin and Sam
Mitchell.
Honorary pallbearers were
Gooch Williams, Jess Spencer,
Bruce Bevis, Gilbert Miller,
Ford Massey, John Allen and
Jessie Maddox,
Murray Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
THREE TEAMS AT
DAYTONA
New York t#» — Columbus,
Rochester and Toronto of the
International L • a g u e will
train next spring at Daytona
Beach. The five other teams
in the loague also will sot up
Florida camps, They ara At-
lanta at Homestead, Buffalo at
Dunedin, Jacksonville at Kis-
simmee, Richmond at Lake
Wales and Syracuse at Dade
City.
BLUEFIELD HAD JUSTICE
Rochester, N. Y. 1* — Gary
Justice, 21-year-old, rookie be-
longing to the Rochester Red
Wings- of the Iiiterijafcional
League, turned in a pertect
7-0 record last season with
Bluefield, W. Va,, in the Apr
palachian League.
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SULPHUR SPRINGS was
one of the ten largest cities in
Texas in 1860, an article in
the Dallas News by Walter B.
Moore, editor of the Texas Al-
manac, relates. The city was
credited with a population of
2,500 in that |bar, 500 larger
than Dallas. Other ranking
cities were San Antonio, 8,235;
Galveston, 7,307; Houston, 4,-
845; Marshall, 4,000; Austin,
3,494; New Braunfels, 3,500;
Brownsville, 2,734; Dallas, 2,-
000, and Weatherford, 1,823.
FORMS WERE being set up
Wednesday for the start of
curb and gutter pouring on the
new section of Fisher Street
between Lee Street and the
Interstate 30 service road.
Grading work in the area was
started earlier. The new street
will be 32 feet wide, the-same
size as most other residential
streets built here recently.
ONLY ONE marriage license
has been issued during the
last week by the office of
County Clerk Hazel Minter. It
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1962, newspaper, March 30, 1962; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth826990/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.