The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 1, 1956 Page: 1 of 12
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS. SUNDAY. JANUARY 1, 1956.
20 PAGES — 3 SECTIONS —S CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hopkins County
Political Races
Brqw Candidates
Hopkins bounty's first political notes were sounded
today as-nine candidates announced for elective offices.
The opening round, if used
as
u criterion, indicated that u com-
paratively quier political year is
in prospect in Hopkins County.
4n(y one county-wide office im-
mCdtaU'ly drew .moee~~than one
candidate. ____
’"''Pour candidates 'announced fair
the office of sheriff. They are
- .Milton J. toll, Waitei F.. Johirit
,v»oi», It. J. - (Ray.I Morgan and .1. duled here soon, First is the.city
I.. (Jim< llryce.- Injection-in February. ’ The school
Gill (»sides in Sidphur'Spring* bugid election is. set in April-
.. and-is the section ^ iisajAtfinanye 1
foreman Tor fire ( otton-JpcSt rail-
road. Morgan .is;.^fif i ently .aerv/j
ing a justice of peace, Precinct)
No. I. Johnson, a Miller Grover)
duiiy farmer, has been an elec
five member of the HOpkiirs -
jaunty School Board for 14 year*
and etfrlier served, a* tr ustee at
Mifler Grove, where he lives, for \ comprehensive program of;
six years. Bryce is the current j work has been outlined for the
Sheriff of Hopkins County ami is New yoar b>, the'Milphui Springs
-.-viking re-election. .chapter of the Young Farmers of i
The only other post to draw America. »
more than one candidate is Coun-' New'president of the chapter d*,
ty Commissioner, Precinct, No.**3. ; Wendell Horne. Frankie Win*)
Seeking this job is Lex Filet’ ask- frey is vice president,, Jimmy Win-;
mg re-election, ahd^&hWL. Wa- frey is treasurer, Victor Moore is
tens Birthright farmer, j secretary, James Goldsmith, re-'
<». Cf'Seuell, Jr, formally an-; porter, and Dub Ficlden, who
11 ounce*) that he will be a candi-! make up both the executive and
date for re-election to a second j program of work committee*.
* tariff. 1 -.i _ _ S. Jt: Beckham and Billy Gon-j
Aiiie Stepndhkj'Who at one time i ner, chipTer * advisers, also are !
held the pbsUtBd currently is aj members of the executive com-!
-^aeinhiu^the-t^ter/Tri- mittee!.............--- -1
iff. There was talk also of a
thud candidate announcing foi
C'ounty Commissioner, Precinct 3.
Candidates'are not required :U£
formally apply .for position* on
La /lots until about a mon t ii Jbe fore \
the first primary.
Two/other elections are xche-
Young Farmers
Outline Plans
For New Year
Spectacular Progress
Observed Here in 1955
IN SULPHUR SPRINGS
1
Sulphur Springs and Hop-
kins County hit the progress
trail in spectacular fashion
i during 1955. /
In magnitude 'of accom-
plishment. the year ranks as
one of the moot fruitful in
| the city’s history, with the
advancing tide encompass-
ing almost every field of fin-
idea vor. f Y
The spectacular head-oil colli- picketutjr has ccntiniJeei—JKithout Heading the list in magnitude
sion of two Kansas. City Southern interruption. Economic' loss ha* "as 8 cons ,uc lon P
Head-on Train Crash
Rated Top News Story
1 freight trains just outside.Sulphur beensubstantial. a nil
£pri^s in the eaj;ly morning dark-j c.ricing from the dispute has had
■ widespread effects in the commd-
H-
NEW OFFICERS of the ilimng FarmeUift America talk things -over following their election in Sul-
phur Spring*, They ate, left to right. Wendell Hortie,'.president; Jimmy-Winfrey, treasurer; Vic-
tor Mode, secretary; and Frankie Winfrey, viefi president. One of the ^highlights of the year
planned by; the oftkei* i* the naming of a Young Farmer of the Year. (Staff Photo- by
Wright). - , * “.
Ten Top Stories
1— Million Dollar Train Wreck.
2— Rockwell Striki.^-.
3— DhsMfetephones.
4— Ur 5. 67 Bypass.
5— Water System Expansion.
6 Polio Vaccine Shot*
7—Industrial Fund Success.
,8—Good Farming Year.
9—Cooper Dam Authorized.
10—City Planning Launched.
Building Activity Takes
Unexpected Upward Spiral
nity. •
Ranking third in the list of local
developments because of resulting
widespread change in community
life and habits was the start of
automatic dial telephone service
irrSulphur Springs on Dee. 4.
Fourth place was given to piv-
otal developments during the year
on- a project of major dimensions
which has figured in the news for
almost a decade—the U, S. 67 by-
pass.
Work was stalled last spring
ness-of Oct. 12 ranked as Hopkins on the spectacular, new freeway,
• County j* top new* jtorjr for 195.5, which already has -done much to
Death miraculously passed over; change the physical character of
the tangled, burning pile-up of lo- the city, following completion ear-
V
comotive uiijts and freight cars,'
but six trainmen were injured and
ly in the year of the , big traffic
interchange system at the junc-
Othei committees named by1
Horne include;
Program —-Herbert Anderson,
chairman, and Paul Tipping and
Spemer Hinkle. .
Membership -
4 Continued on Page Six)
I
Sulphur Springs building ac- i building in rear pf residence
tivity took a rather" unexpected Church Street, $250.
upward spiral during December,) Sterling Beckham, enlarge
according to figures released by present residence on South Davis
Virgil Kagan, city building in-. 1500.
speetor. »\
^.Construction seldom shows an
increase in the winter months.
Bill Saunders, five-room brick
veneer with bath and carport
attached, Morris JJrive, $7,500.
—-J, W. MmphyT- five-room ft*me
Bounced that he will be a cangi-
d*te,.foi' County Attorney.
Henderson .Amiiijf, Foumimg outj
his first two-yeai term as Coun-
ty Commissioner of Precinct One,
ha* announced that he will be a
candidate for re-election. He said
thaLke ’hoped to continue to ear-
ly out a progressive road-building
progjam in his precinct and to
help conduct the business affaiis
of Hopkins County in sound
business-like manner.
' The short list of candidates was
attributed, in part, to a law which
ha* extended the toning of pub-
lic offices to four years. Abou^
one-half of Hie lum-nt .p.fi-ite j j.-]-j(jay night between 10 and projects now,Stud this frees them! residence with bath and garage
holders are in the midst of foui- ,j 0Yio.ek. ” to accept' contracts which have attached, Russell Drive, $7,000.
year terms. I Assistant Fire Chief Tom Clif-j been pending for some time.’,'-' I '--o—----.
The offices subject to the elet- ^on s^j(j house, constructed of; Pgpnits totaling'$36,320 were
tiou this year will bc-cstrudetl to_nMtiv.rock, ww “pietty thor-j issued during December. In Nov-j
Judge Owens Says
Right of Way
Virtually Secured
the estimated million dollar dam* j tion of State Highways-T64 and
age placed the collision among1 the H with thg bypass router'
natiotCs^mbst costly railroad acci- ®,a.dy Thi* Year _—*-
dents during the year. Completion of the freeway is
Sharply contrasting with the 1 tenUtiveiy-set for the fall of
train collision in impact was the t- 5"-
story placed in No. 2 position by
! the editors of The N'ew-s-Telegram
Fifth place in the year's de^
velopments was given the sweep-
■ and E.her^the strike,at the Rock- >*-e»Pan«on in the city’s water
distnhutio'n system/ which includ-
ed erection of a new 500,000
House Damaged
By Fire Friday
well Valves plant.
Ranking as Suiphur
___________Springs'
firsf major home labor dispute.
December s increase • over ‘he | [/^ R^in n jvr$8 000^ ' Right of way for expansion
precedmg^ moYith wasn t a great tached, Russell I?.ne $8,000. : on u s. (!7 l)et,,een Sulphur h Internationa, Association
deal -V. $23,320 but it was T, uman *^-rf tfive-room L j ^ Cum, ha< been‘vir. l odge Vo 978 and
an lnnVase mat the same. ., frame re<M«ince with bath and , * ^ , u > 1 .v, " . ,
, I 'cHiave attached Fisher Street ituaa> jtculei1- two channel, was still in progress at the end
Kagan explained the unusual C»rage uttaihed, Msher 5>tieet. eg-enients remain tb be secured, j „f the vear
development in this way: i?“-800 " | and County Judge Newt Owens J Trouble. Continue
“Contractors—had their hands! J- H» L>U. fout-toom frame res- [said* absolutely no difficulty is, A trail of constantly recurring
‘“A house on Main Streep near ; full Jn November with projects! idence with bath god carport at- [anticipated here. I ! v(olenef, argument antBTegal ac-
thc intersection of I'.S. '«* and,already underway. Some are be-: tached. South I.ocust, $5,500. ; County official* ofltajined the tion* has" marked the course of
State W was heavily damaged by 1 ginning to fjnish them-building! J; W. Murphy, five-rqom frame ja*t , jKht of way deed along 'the ! the \ strike. Negotiations were
route Saturday morning. j broken off in September, but
Letters were mailed by Owens)___ ‘ _ . . •
gaHon- -south-end—storage-- tower
four-year terms.'
_I>ubiic weigher* and constable^
al*o arc subject for elcction”this
'year, but seldom do candidates
buthei to announce for the jobs.
The district clerk, county clerk,
,.oughl,v gutted." Cause of
hlaxe was-wit determined;
The proptrty of Eddie Wake-
field, the house was unoccupied.
■Clifton ' saul ftmrishings in the/
dwebing consisted of only a cot.
Bulgaria Pledges
the ; ember they totaled only $16*600.
Jr~ -■p"iTo Pay Greece
county judge, county treasurer, eloek and chair--—^71^
justice of peace and County Com- Cfcllie Anderson, who
misrioner* of Precincts 2 and 4 nearby, noticed the flames
won fpur-yeai terms in the last turned in the alarm. ,
election. ' K- .1 ' F’trdmen also . answered five
Riimois li e ft i d in .Sulphur I grass fire alarms Friday. They
Springs Saturday indicate that! were fighting a grass fire on
•one more and possibly two-ran-j Whitworth when they received
didates would announce for sher-1 thr-rwft to the Wakefield house.
J. A. Johnson, add carport to
present residence on Beckworth, 1 Athens, “-lifeeg^ Dec, 31 ifi*
$70. 1— [The Bulganin legation.,, says its)
Mrs. W. O. Williams, add car-' government has agreed to pay
'the Walkout was called June 15 “J’1 the! coostiuction of a network
of stiategr(T'y\ew mams..
The new facilities are designed j
to relieve an acute shortage of ‘
available w-ater which has existed I
in parts of the city for several |
years. ........■ ■j
Tied into a sweopinjrvictory bf
medical science oyer^lisease with
xvorld-)eide"Ct3Tisequence was the
story, designated for sixth place—
the administering of Salk polio
vaccine shots to Hopkins County
first and second grade children
on Apr. 20 and July 22. • ,
Indu.trial F-.ind Triumph
was a
bitterness two #nd‘*
quarter million dollars in naw
contracts let during the year.
Focal point of the road-build-
ing activity was the start of work
on the 7main stem” of the new .
U.S. 67 freeway, which"aflready is
reshaping the city’s physical de-
velopment.
Completion in 4956
Two freeway contracts totaling
$1,577,168 were awarded during
the year by the Texas highway
department. Grading-Avork was
well oyer the hump at the end of
December with laying of concrete
paving started and a completion
date next fail in sight. y-/
In. addition to the big freeway
project, work -was under way or
in immediate prospect. oiv two new
farnv-marksit highway^- ''in the
county, with a third authorized.
The new ^CrusR rokd .(FM
1870) is nearing completion and
a contract has Jheen awarded for
construction of FM 2285 from the
north, edge of Sulphur Springs
northwest to Peerless. •
Major city-financed public im-
provements during ^the year have
included the construction of a
new 500,000 gallon water stor-
age tower, construction of exten-
sive new water mains and the
la fge; s tal e ex pi n sfo-nT
start of a~
of the sewage disposal system.
■ . New Schools Into Uso
The Sulphur Springs Independ-
ent School District opened two
new elementary school buildings
during the earlier part of the
____(Continued on Page Six)
An
i
i
/j
Flood Damage
lives i port and en!arge_one room to
and i present residence on . Bellvjew^
$600.,
Mrs. Dike Moore, five-room
frame reai^ence with bath and|
gaiage attached, Mulberry Street,
$6,000.
■ J. U.u,.Sla;ss*>y, two-room
Greece u .sum- -in merehandiee as
■ah’ advance on its unfulfilled
pledge to^hand over 45 million
PRODUCTION GREATER
Farmers And Stockmen
Report Better. Year
Hopkins ...farmers and stock- i.pnsture* np.d rover cr-dps, thus
. - m * I 1 . 1A ____F.. .. ntA«b
mon enjoyed a good year in 1055
_ their best in recent times.
('^tpnty Agent Brooks Emmons
suid the overall agriculture pic-
tpre was better in the year just
closed than at any -other time
aince he moved to Hopkins Coun-
ty, He came to the county eigh*
Gyears'ago. -
Farmers, dairymen, stockmen
— all had good years. '
Cotton farmers had n banner
year, producing an , estimated
j 1,000 bales for the biggest crop
. tinc»"'4D48. . • .,
A total of 15,182 bates were
weighed by the Farmoaa and
Merchants Compress nml fiVate-
home C o m p a n y in Sulphur
Springs, but an official of the
firm pointed out that a “goud
dial" of this cotton came from
neighboring .counties.
Stockmen bid better than av-
erage, crops of grain;,apd sil-
aiMi and pastures were good uh-
urm, .....~ - .(■”
, Herein lies the darkest spot of
the entire agriculture .picture for
the past 12 months.. A 'fall drouth
prevented the growth of winter
mnking it necessary for stock-
men and dairymen to do a great
deal more winter feeding than
tli'ey would otherwise have done.
The county! dairy ' ^
continued to . make forward
strides, both irt regard to the
number and quulity of cows.
Milk production showed a not-
able increase. Emmons said this
was due not only to the great-
er number of cows but also to
bettqr.yfeed ..crops and pastures,
along with more astute manage-
ment by. the county’s dairymen.
"Dairymen are doing a much
better operational job,” the
county agent declared: /, .
A bumper sweet potato’ crop
was "produced, atf*T the--qsraHty.
was very good. However, most
Of the yam* were stored because
of a low. market.
out-
North Hopkins
Girl Sustains
Serious Burns
toghand
dollars in war reparations.
A legation—spokesman
that Bulgaria, in a note handed
'to Greece December 16th, also a
promised not to meddle in Greek
domestic affairs.
early in December to seven prop-
erty holders along the highway
^carrying the county's final offer
For West Coast :=?M'sfeffK
I The way ri now virtually clear- ; kins County Industrial Fund,
ed for the exmnsion of U.S. 67 Key West, Fla., Dee. 31 -g —: ‘Working against what appeared
!•between Cumb’y .’'and .Sulphur: President Eisenhower ’allocatedj.at times to be
Springs into a four-lane highway, ) an initial one million dollars to-
day for flood damage relief in
California.
The i’jesident approved the al,-1 tionoT two new industiics here
Mayor Avinger
Calls for Church
Attendance Here
which is to be one lii^kiin a super
id j highway eventually to\be con-
structed between hcret-aht) Ual-
i J’aris ir
) pay the
to pay the 45 million ove*: an 8-
year period' in agricultural and
industrial products. To date the
Communist state has paid noth-
ing. ’
aKo-
road-
insurmountable
odds, the drive rallied sufficient
Mayor Joe Dan Avinger has
proclaimed a ( church attendance
period for Sulphur Springs dur-
ing the week of Jan, 1 to April 1.
Following is-the mayor’s proclam-
ation, iskued Saturday;
“Whereas the citizens of Sul-
phur Springs recognize the need
,\ii fund* have yet been
ca.ted foi expansion of the roai
Under a peace treaty -signed. Mv, but ayaiiahility of the right
in J’aris in 1947 Bulgaria agreed-of way eoiild hasten that, fane, in
the opinion of coulity officials.
Meantime, preliminary work is
about to be started on a new farm
'road in Hopkins County.
(Continued on Page Six)
public cooperati.oh to raise more' for and the value to be had from
than $30;000 and assure the ioca-f church attendance, and in eoop-
eratiim with the Ministerial Al-
laymen of
A” development of far-reaching ! Uance and of church
concern for jhe county which was j Sulphur Springs,
spread bvei most <|f 1955Was the! “I, as mayor of Sulphur
improvement of , the position of-j Springs, do hereby proclaim" tKal
Hopkins County agricuHtne at a j the period fronuJan. 1, 1956, to
time when farmers over much of April 1, 1956, is to be ,known aijjl
— A N<tith Hdflkins High School
girl, Cathy Sntith, was hospitaliz-
*4 .Fridav«-a>i4»h serious burns
about her^jodv. Alert action by
her brother, Harney, ala%a‘'K(>rth
Hopkins student, may hn9re,'savdd
industry f her life.
Miss Smith’s clothing was ignit-
ed Friday morning when she lit a
butane heater.
Her brother Wrapped bed cloth-
ing around her to ‘ Slnother the
flames and then rushed her to a
Cooper hospital, where she is still-
confined. •
It was reported that" the girl
sustained third degree burns over
portions of,her body. ”
Flic two students were alone at
their home, in the Oak Grove
co;nmunity, at the time of The le-
cident. Their mother, Mrs. Barney
Smith, is H jmtidiit in the Cooper
hosptiaT; and their father had
spent tho. night at her bedside.
Pleasantly Mild
Weather Recalled
,. ■ _. 1 ~ , • . 4"'S'-• ........
Weathenvise, the year 1955;,for Tiiueh oT tTie'suiinner it 'rang-'
the nation were experiencing dif-
Chutch* Al-
location at,his vacation headquar-
ters' in ivey-AVrst after Federal
Civil Defense ^Administrator Val
Peterson had advisad him of th*T
heed for the "'money.
White House News Secretary
James"; C. Hagerty caHcd the mil-
lion -Jdollar grant a'n initial-al- j fteulties.
lowanee. indicating more may be | The upturn on the farms was
made available later. ..... ) concentrated in two principal
In declaring the California1
floods a “major disaster on Dc-1 ening of prices for milk and for regularly attending the church of
cember 2ord, Eisenhower said 1^,-pttle. The other concerned rela- their choice during this period
■whatever federal funds were ne;| tlVelv favorable prevailing weath-j, “In official recognition where-
j cessary would be supplied. Hag-;*,,. which brought good grazing1
| erty at that time interpreted the
, il
U|
recognized as the
tendapcc Movement.
“I a* maynr, urge
the citizens
; of* Sulphur Springs to 'cooperate
fields. One involve*! the strength-] ana support this movement by
The waicrnielon crop was un-
usually short, and the -(irtea "waaL Paper Monday
un*atisfactory; but this ia not a * /
major crop in Hopkins- County. Sine* Mohdaj
Everything eonaidered, the
county’s agriculture experienced
ah uim»aaUv- good viar. .in ’55.
ipr the opinion of the counfjr
agent. ............iSv.. ■
Sine* Mohdxjr ii a general
holiday in Sulphur Springs,
The "Newt-TltetTiim will not
publish en edition for Jan. 2.
The neat iaiue will be on Tues-
day, Jen. 3.
was locally one of the most pleas-
ant in history. Rainfall was below
normal, but much of the rain
which fell came at
times. *
Considering comfort a 1 o n e,
weather for the year ranks prob-
ably at the ton throughout all the
years of Hopkius County’s exis-
tence. -* - (
Both wiiTfcr and summer were,
pleasantly mild.
Throughout the entire summer
of ’65, Sulphur Springs residents
experienced only .three days of
100-pius temperatures. And dur-
ing the winter there were only
two really severe norther*. ......——
The hottest day of the aununer
came tin July 11 \vneh Ralph Hill,
local weather observer, recorded
a reading of-108 degrees.
ed in flie. 80’s.
Contrast this with the summer
of 1954 when Hopkins .County
propijtiqus was blistered with a searing heat
wave "which- yiw the mercury hit
the centiyy mark more than 40
timek, ami reaching as high as
.ill*.
A drouth which started the last
of May in ’54 pcrsisted till the
last of September, when it was i
broken by a violent two-day j
Htdrrtr.
The ’56 rainfall was only.ji. 41 j
inches, which is about 8 inches!
below normal fur this area, but!
the eviqine*s of ijs diitribytion al-;
lowed good crop production,^ex- [
cept for winter patsstro.* -and am- [
er crops. '•-< . j
The mildness of the '55 winh'rf
is still a topic of
offer ot* a “blank cheek” author-
ization.
The Small , Business Adminis-
tration also has -piephred to make
rehabilitation loans in. the flood
swept sections - of California,
southern (Ti*cgon- and ' western
Nevada. \
T
(Continued on .Page Six)
of I affix my signatrfi e thisJ 31st
day of December, 1955.”
Clock Watcher
!. ■
Dali**, Dec. 31 of
construction worker, line
— A Dal-
las
Breland, ■ complained to Dallas
police that he can’t tell time
lince a thief Stole hi* binocu-
lar*. ■ Breland, who work* o’n a
suburban building job, told of-
ficers he used his bAspcular*
“to look'at the clock on a bank
downtown.” '
THER
Answer is
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I'nrliy!
The mercury. _ ejlmbed to ^102.1 among Joeal residents. ,
far......
* vw\*sM
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degices op July 28 and-40.
At no oliu-i time did the temp-
erattn't>-'TOarh 100 degrees, and
i rrxJKTM ir.Nitiisl. TKXAS
conversation ; ciuagy, n,.i Suixtar * t
I WKSt; TKXAS. CtutaMurabi*-'"elmalitusa.i
; nut .culil Sumlsy, .
; EAST TEXAS §t«t
! a nt a UttU* vtavntv r
, . „. • j ;SOt'TH lENIKXIi TEXAS Smnlny,
(( utilui'ird oil Page Slk) . tiqudy and . Uttlv warmer.
In the words ot' Ralph Hill,
hardly had any winter at all.
partly mlwidih
CHURCH CAMPAIGN ! HEME—**J his picture will become an ex-
eeedii^ly^amiliai one tu Sulphur Spring* ratiOtnU thmhg“th«.T»ext
three months. It i*.the Jhe'iie fl£ the W oihf Wide. ChuiYh Attend-'
Inea Alfivcment, which is being here between'Jan! 1
It'd Eastei Sunday, and-wilt be displayed regularly ’ in valiuiii
forms al!' during; the ’period. • A v......^
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