The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1961 Page: 1 of 23
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( ’ ARTHAGE. PAXOLA COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY, May 4. 1061
Board Chooses
Two on Faculty
Two new mrnbm were elected
to the faculty of the Carthage
High School by the Board of Edu-
cation at it* monthly meeting Mon
day night, Supt. O M Marlin said
this week The elect tons are pend
ing acceptance within 10 day*
Jack Smith, fM served a* as
Sen. Lane'n
lather Dies
If. O Lane, wellknown Center
landowner and father of State Sen-
ator Wardlow lane died Sunday
in a Center hospital after an ex
tended illness
Mr Lane, S3, was a retired farm
er and owned property throughout
the Canter area
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. Monday from Mangum
Funeral Chapel in Center with
the Rev J Carroll Chadwick of-
ficiating Burial was in North Jeri-
cho Cemetery
sislant band director here for two
years, has been named to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of C. J l-ambici-ht. who has held
the job some 20 years
Smith has been band director
at the Moore Junior High School
of Tyler for the past six years He
holds a Master degree in Music
from the Stephen F Austin Cull
ege. Nacogdoches Ills family in-
cludes his wife and a four months
old child
Mr. Lambrechl goes to a large
consolidated school near Fort
Worth.
Ed Stone. 31. formerly choir di
rector of the First Baptist Church.
Tulsa. Oklahoma, has been named
director of the vocal music de
partment of the high school to
succeed David Jones, who has ac
cepted a position on the music
faculty of Stephen F. Austin Col-
lege. Nacogdoches
Mr Stone, who has been director
of the Ball High School choir of
■ Galveston for the past six years,
1 is a native of Dallas and holds
JOMM DRV DRRW WOODS
CITY RUN-OFF OPPONENTS John Dry and Drew Woods
are opponents in the unprecedented City Commission run-
off election to be held here Thursday May 4 These two tied
in the first round of the city election which necessitated
the run-off Mr Dry is a retired postal department emplo-
yee and currently associated with Hawthorn l.ife Insurance
Company Mr Woods owns his own business, which oper-
ates under the title of Drew Woods Mechanical Contractor.
City Run-off Election
;To Be Held Today
Dallas; a sister, Mrs. L.
Crater and three grandchildren.
burvivors arc hia widow, two Master of Music degree from North
sons. Sen Lane of Center and Texaa Male College His choir
ssk sr tjzzitss
H Barr, j view, Palestine^ His family includ . Commlssloner Pliu.(. 5 lh nchclul
his wife and three children. for today (Thursday. May 4i
’ I The election will be held at the
City Fire Station with the xt'ls
lo be opened at H am and close.I
at 7 p m
In the regular election held Tues
day. April 4, John F Dry. nisui
RummageSaleNets
More Than $1,100
The Carthage Service League’s
giant rummage sale rumbles on
getting bigger from day to day.
The week end sale resulted in
a net total of $1,100 with some
Items loft over. Zha gala will bo
repeated Saturday and tbo— who
will contribute used Room are
asked to call any memhor of the
League who will see that it is pick-
ed up.
The League officials and the
rummage sale worker* tyve asked
The Watchman to express their
sincere thanks lo all who have
Kiwanis Club
An enormous crowd greeted the
opening of the doors Friday after I Ipiiwu HpflU n
noon and .main Saturday moraine. $ ICill B OFvv II
noon and again Saturday morning
The aale had its humorous aide.
It seems that the enthusiastic sal
cswomen latched onto anything
(hat would sell. They even sold the
screen doors to the building where
the sale was held They Rad been
taken down and placed to one side.
A woman customer laid down
her sweater to try on a jacket
and before she could turn around
it was marked for sale
ante salesman for Hawthorn Life
Insurance Company and Drew
Woods, electrical contractor, each
received 2Wi votes lo bring an un
preoedented situation in city poli-
tics
A canvass of the returns by the
city commission confirmed the tie
and the runoff election was order-
ed
D C Hill is the presiding judge.
II C. Ellis, judge and Vera Black
and Juanita Hull, clerks
j Considerable interest has been
shown in the election and a large J
vote is expected.
Parad e To Spark Seventh
______ « :: .'•or**
Annual FF A Rodeo Friday
F F A Rodeo Schedule
The program for Friday and Saturday of the Carthage
High School FFA All-Boy Rodeo ia the same except for
two events The calf *cramble, second event on the Friday
schedule will be replaced by the open end barrel race
Saturday, and the barrel race No 8 on Friday will be for
entries under 12 years, while the Saturday barrel race event
will be for those front 12 to 18.
Following is the program:
Grand Entry
Post Colors
Invocation
National Anthem
Bull Riding with 33 entries
Calf Scramble tNew event with cash prizes )
Wild Cow Milking with 11 teams competing
Presentation of the Rodeo Queen
Bareback Bronc Riding—22 contestants
Catch the Cow Event
Calf Roping with 10 contestants
Barrel Race—Under 12, Friday, 12-18 Saturday
Bull Riding, second section
Chariot Rate (New event!
Program begins at 8 p m each evehing
Chariot Race, Call,
Scramble Featured
Two new feature* have been ad special event* and a foil p—■fog's
ded to the Carthage FFA Chapter** entertainment ia $M far tfeoae who
All Bov Rodeo due for a two-day* *,**®4-
run Fitday and Saturday. May 5. FAR ABB FMAV
and (i j The rodeo, which will ho 9oM at
One of the new event*, a chariot the Cattlemen’* AfMM fiVk
*eem* to have been umpired Highway 19 oaat of town. Will h*
race.
by the recent allowing of the movie
”fcn Hur" Af any rate, it promt*
i e* a new thrill for both the spec
tator* and the performer* So far.
the number of entriea ha* not been
announced
The other new event ia a calf
scramble *omewhat after the man
Iter of the llouvlon Fat Stork Show |
event of the *ame name
j Add lo lhe*e the regular KCA,
event* including bronc riding, bull
riding, call roping, and a special
event, wild row milking, plua the
grand entry, down* and other
High School Rad— Road. wMb
FFA Sweetheart ate the
rase
Bead, wtthflte
Carthage Postal Service
Extended Across Sabine
The
♦he
wNl lead
gtreet, than turn late I
Street te Meet
circle the puhMe i—ara aad
down North *». Merp't te
Devh Fork.
College Western Queca flaate fol-
lowing. the parade promiaea te b*
one of the best in the eight poors
i the rod— has been held.
Any civic group, school, or aaa-
mercial float ia especially solicit-
1 ed. Horses and riders a— woatad
in great numbers and llteso attest-
ed for the grand —try will bo ad-
mitted to tha rad— free
Mr. John C Brown was the
speaker at the regular luncheon
meeting af lha Carthage Kiwanis
Club Tuesday
lli* talk wan based on hi* trip
to Europe laid year and illustrat-
ed with color slides of pictures
made on the tour
A part of his visii took him to
Ea*t Germany and his remarks
about that country and Western
helpad in any way in the further
ance of the library project for match and wouldn't turn it loose
which the proceeds Of the aale are i |or ffar p would be sold before
u**d____ j she knew it
I Anyway, visit the sale again Sat
I I # a D,, j urday There will be something
JftllKlllS lO Dv perhaps that you need And if you
have something you no longer
need rnmeone will buy it. Call
a League membei who will be glad
lo see that it is picked up
Another lady brought in a lamp Germany were an enlightening ex
to see if she could find a shade to , penance to his listeners
Mayor of City
Another Term
Fred Jenkins waa reelected
Mayor of Carthage for a second
term at the organisational meet-
ing of the City Commission Tue*
day night. He will aorve one year
Don Martin, newly-elected mem
her of the Commission waa sworn.
The Commission set the usual
meeting date fer another year
Meetings will be held at 7 pm
each second Monday night of the
month
Fox Hunt lo
End Thursday
At noon Wednesday, the Texas!
Open Fox Hunt had narrowed down {
to 13 hounds The hunt ends today
with the announcement of the win
ners
Some 201) hunters and 230 dog*
have participated in the hunt
The slides covered a wide range
of territory in England. France.
Scotland. Italy and other countries.
Mr Brown i* well versed in the his
lory of the place* visited which
made his talk most interesting
The club expressed their appre-
ciation for the interesting hour.
Rotary Ladies
Night Ranquet
A large number of out of town
guests are expected for the Notary
Club's Indies night banquet at
the Panola College Student Union
Building Friday al 7:311 pm
Dr George C Baker Jr . Met Ter
less Professor of Evangelism al
the SMIJ Perkins School of Thco
log), will be the speaker
Also scheduled for the banquet
which was preceded by the Heart is the presentation of the annual
of the Pine* Fox and Wolf Hunt trophy to the Outstanding Hotar
ers Association bench show tan ot 1981
IN SCS CONTEST
Beckville Students Win
4 of 6 SCS Essay Awards
Beckville High
off with first bM
contest sponsored ky tha Panala
Soil District Board of Supervis
ora. taking four af tha six award*,
including the Am place winner
Thera are one first, two second
and three third fteaa awards A
M* U. S Savings Bond is the Ant
place award; fit aaah for each of
l he two second place winner* and
bool walked i $7 30 cash for each of the three
in the eaeay j place winners
Grady Cherry Beckville Junior,
son of Mr and Mrs Ray Daniels,
is lirsi place winner Ills essay
on "Why I Believe in Soil C'onser
vation" is printed elsewrhere in
this issue of The Watchman
Second place winners include
Miss Beth Waits, daughter of Com
misaioner and Mrs Foriest Wait*.
Third Annual Quarter
Horse Show Due June 3
The
Anaual Horse!
Halter class all
ee class and you
liter Hot
its Third
JkMM
W, performan
class —fries
will ha f—lured. Traphla* and rib-
bons will ha a wafted te each event
Entries are expacted tram the
—tire ArtLa-lte area Entry
blank* may ha okteNM
or calling Mr*. James C Erwin.
Ri 1. DeBerry, phoae MA 2 4*08
Donations for trophies are sought
b> the club Any person or group
who will provide a trophy is asked
to con tact Dr H J Dubuisson or
George B West of Carthage The
donor may present the trophy in
person if he wishes The cost ol
the trophies ia SIO and 913.
Beckville High School and Miss
Rebecca llarkrider Carthage High
School daughter of Mi and Mr*
K Troy Harkrider
In third place are Johnnie G
Crawford, daughter of Mr and
Mr* Graham Crawford of Beck
ville Tony Hill son of Mr and
Mr* Ollic Maugham Bcckvillr and
Don Malone. Carthage High School
semoi son of Mr anil Mr* C I
Malone
The essay* were judged h\ the
faculty of Panola College
The award* will hr pre*ented .<1
the annual Panola Soil l»i*trut
banquet tonight (Thur*ila\ May
4) at the Student Union Budding of
Panola College
At the *ame banquet awards
w ill be presented to the out Maud
mg conservationists of the Panola
District Thev are Omar Thomas
conservation farmer. Ivan Ingi.iin
woodland conservationist Mis
Marvin Harris, district homemak
er Hev Brown news media aw aid
and Flank Payne outstanding Ini
siness man * award
Sunday lo Be
Youth Day a!
IJherly Chapel
Sunday May 7th will be youth
day at the Liberty Chapel Baptist
Church and a team from East Tex
a* Baptist College will lake part
in the services Included m the
group are Carol Crane, mission
ary lo Mexico last summer. Hol>
Btauliy. Ministerial student on the
KTBC basket hall learn and for
eign student* from Hawaii. Formo
sa and China
Youth serving the church on
Sunday will include
Dennis Bishop pastor. Wendell
Kirkland Sunday School supenu
teudenl. Dennis Bishop. Training
Union Director. Dixie Anderson,
secretary. Patti Bailey pianist and
WMU president
Sunday School teachers will he
I'alti l!al lev Men's class. Carol
Crane. Womens Class Dennis
Bishop. Intermediates. Jimmy
Wlulaker Juniors. Bose Bay, Be
ginner*
Usher* tor the service will he
Paul McGuire and Paul Bay
Mrs, O, Jtmes W"ins
$IV7 in Drawing
Mrs Ol ville Jones of Tvlcr was
winner at the \pprecialinn Dav
drawing \\ ednesdav alternoon
Mrs .lorn ■ ii.ell was the linirth
one diawn aim v . - . 4u peri cut
ticket whit Ii .mi 'i i.'i 'I in S|*l7
The lijrkcl was iii.m \| \ \| lug
gcry
lIilii r n iini-s di mu u"i, Vino-
Pcarsu i tui * ‘■; '\ K liigr.iiii Si
for *23. Is.• v .11■ • 11j |.ampin I n V24U
'I here will te VITn in the i.u k
pot in In iIi.iwii next Wednesday
al 4 p hi in \iidersiiu I'.ii k
New mail service out
Carthage posl office
effective Saturday, May
of the
become*
8 when , vacancy
the other* will be given more Highway Committee, asking for the
tune The change will leave no Oeaignalion of the road waa tha
in the clerk force
Route 2 is extended aero** the
Sabine Liver In include 82 Im»x
holders who have previously had
a Louisiana address
Buddy Hounds, carrier on Houle
J will lie transferred to Houle
2 which has lieen extended ap
proxnnately 20 miles lo include
the new patrons
Kilby Boss who has been employ-
ed as office clerk, is being trails
lei red lo Route 3 effective the
same day The services of Mrs
C A Coals a* temporary earner on
Route 2. will he discontinued hut
she will be retained as substitute
carrier
’I hi changes wdl enable the
offiee lo operate mor* economically
without detracting from the *cr
vice, Postmaster Plahaiigh *.nd
since l he present personnel does
lint permit as much extra time
for clerks as is desirable Hi re
during the force l»y one employee
The Postmaster riled the fact
lh«*t the change lo include patrons
across the Sabine does not mean
lhal the servire by the Ixiuixiana
offices and the DeBerry office is
sub standard or lhal Carthage
offers iM'lter service. Iml il is a
matter of these patrons wanting a >
Texas address
The new territory served by
Route 2 include* all patrons north
of F M 2317. the roan with a new
bridge across the Sabine and
some H or It) patron* of the De
Berry office living on KM Road
31 south of Dorris Wilkerson's
Store
The change in the postal servile
for this come* as Ihr result of a
pel il ion by the patron* and is a
direct result of the construction
of I he new road One of the
arguments made to the Stale High
way Department hv the Panola
County Chamber of Commerce
The program spa— al 9 RJB-
and will feature music for the Cor*
.. thage High School Fop Band, di-
would premil people m by c y u^brechL through
ih.- eastern part of the county fa OU| the performance
fact lhal it
have a Texas mailing address The
Chamber has oeen active in assis-
ting the Posl Office Department
with the project
Entries Glim I> to 12 in
Beauty Queen Pageant
The Monday. M.iv I deadline saw
twelve entries filed in the I’ainda
Beauty Pageant scheduled l<>i May
DJI II
Nine weie Ii>t• d in l.i*l week s
issue of The Watchman Since then
thiee others have been added
They are
Ml** Paula (alter daiigldci ol
Mr and Mi* Paul ( ailei sponsor
ed hv Ihc Village Players
Mi** Kay .\lli*on daiighlei of
Mi and Mr* Thomas \lli*on
*p<>n*oii-d by the Boi.iiv i lid> and
Mi** Shirley Tumhle*on dangh
lei ol Mi and Mr* Corky Tumble
*o|i sooiiMtred by Ihc Tan Omega
' Ii ipii'i ol Beta Sigma Pin
l*i cv ii ii i * 1 v listed were
Commencement Slalufl
For .Mav23al (sarylligii
ComnieiH enienl i vi ri iv- tor
twelve (i.ov Senior* i* *vl toi
Tuesdav Mav 23 a1 the high *chool
auditorium
The «|M-akei lor the mi emu will
Im' K I Hunt Jr Director ol I*«
vrlopment Planning al leva* \ A
M i ollegi
Baccalaiireati exeiii*e* will he
held at 8 pm Sundav Mav 21 al
ihe aiidllorium wilh the Hev
Georg- I I'awford p.i*lor ol llu
Mi**lniiat' B.ipll-I Chun h Ol I al
lhage a* Ihc *|M-ak< i
The honor ‘Indents ol Hie class
.• i Bc'ty Sindh daiighlei ol Ml
a l Mi* Boh smith v aledicloi tan
Holihv Phillip* von nl Mr and Mi*
loin* plulliji* *alulaloriati Icon
Pierce von of Mr and Mr* 1'iavi*
Pi' in and Marv Kulh Welih
(l.niglilci ol Ml and Mi* W l>
\\ . Ich
li e i la** rosin lelea*cd hv
I'l III ! H Hall include* Jacks
II nlson Dale Jones Janie* Kim
on v \\ B l ake Hobby I'hillip*
la mi Pieict Karen I thigh Marv
k Pugh Betty Smith Konald
Slephenssm Marv Huth McUh and
Mary 1.. Wilkcrson
Mis* Janie Gentry daughter ol
Mr and Mrs Travis Gentry, spun
'Olid Ii\ tin Allrnsa Club
Mi** Susan I handler, daughter
of Judge and Mi* Ward l l hand
h i *pon*oied hv Ihc ( arlhagc
Book I lull
Mi** Shii lev Bnisier daughter
ot Mr and Mi* Wilburn Hrusler.
*pon*olcd hv Ihc Book Forum
Mis* Rclteci a llarki liter daugh
h i ol Mi and Mr* K I’rov Hark
i idci *pnn>nrcit hv ihc Lions
l lull
Mi** Nina Belli Wanllaw daugh
ler ot lh and Mr* I F W ardlaw
*puu*nicd hy the < arthage Music
l lull
Mi** Bdlv Smith daughter of
Mr and Mi* Boh Smith ol Gary.
*(ioii*oicd hv the ( omitv Home
Ih mon*iration t'mini il
Mi** fianii" Kav l.ovelt daugh
lei ol Mr and Mr* Cecil H I,os
■ I' sponsored hv Ihc Kap|>a l.anih
da Chaplet of Bela Sigma Phi
Ml** lieorgla Loll I oderwood
daiighlei ot Mr and Mr* Jesse
I rltlaiu sjmnsoied hv ihe Xi Della
l**i Chapter of Bela Sigma Psi,
and
Mi** Maiv siringei daughter of
Mi and Mi* lame* Struigei spun
*oi eo hv l he Kiw am* 1 lilt)
Mi** In \nn Harmon is the
reigning IJueen having lieen chos
• ii at il)< lhi.ii presentation of the
liageaiil she is the second voiuig
ladv t«. w«ai ih«' crown, the first
twing lh« lornui Miss Sosanne
Neal
rhi pageant i* sjioiisored by
Ihe I iv ii Allans l ommilles- of Ihe
Panola County I hambei of Com
, ninrce. Thad Fdwards, chairman.
Grand Jury
Impaneled;
Doeket Set
Tin Inllnwmj men were inipaii
eleil a* llu- Panola County Grand
Jury al !i .. m Monday Jack Park
er torriuai'. Ed Carter Sh»r|)
(lialli ' \lalllii".i'. I v mi C Vm
ci III. I.r.uls I hapin ill Joe I
Hudson Bimc Kirhv. ,\| II Bit
Icnheirv W \ Hooker I eon Ha-
il* \\ .Hold Barnell Ji and A
I. Edge
I hi diN'kel set hv Judge W ard
t i handler schedules Ihe follow
mg dale* Mav H civil non jury
cases Mav 13 and 22, civil jury
cases May 2!i at II) a in criminal
docket will he set June 3. crimin-
al case week. June 12. Jury civil
week June lh Non Jury civil
week
Jackie Brawnier, who kee be—
the official announcer since hia
senior days af Carthage High
will again tell you what ia coming
next
Rill LTabaugh aad Dr. H 1. Du-
buisaoa will serve as judges —d
the pick-up men will be Woodrow
Whitley and Reginald Harris
FRIZ* AWARDg
The contests are ope* to FFA
members only and merchandise
prises wtll be given. A handsome
trophy will he awarded te the beat
all around cowboy of the rad—.
Last year’* winner of thia —voted
irophy was Buddy Harris.
ROOBO COMMITTRR ...
’the FFA Rodeo Committee in-
cludes Buddy Harris, chairman,
Mike Marshall. Larry Davis, Jack
Powers. David Buah. Freddy Shad-
nwens, Noland Malone aad Buddy
Whilley. The rodeo clowns are lair-
rv Johnson, tarry Davis and Bud-
d> Harris
Adults assisting wilh the Rodeo
are Dick Anderson. Lloyd Mooro
and Reginald Harris, who will fur-
nish Ihe stock. Tracy Parker, arena
diractor; Mason Bush and C. B.
Johnston, assistant directors Oth-
er members of the sdult commit-
tee are Billy Powers, laon Lewis.
Jimmy Dunn. Fellon Waldrop. Mil-
ton Payne. Kthon Birdwell and C.
Applegate.
Admission will be 50c and 91 00.
IN IIC IKT OT PINES
Bull Shows Champion
Hound al Bench Show
Roxie Hell owned by Doug Hell
ol Palestine is the champion
hound ol ihe Heart of the Pines
Bench Show held Saturday night
.it Ihc Internal tonal Paper 1'oiu
pant ( amp near Deadwood
Henry Bell Uovington ol iToss
Plains. Icon . was judge of Ihe
show which saw some 75 dogs
entered A large crowd of *|H'da
tor* attended and saw the pre
scnlalum ol the handsome iroph
n * furnished courtesy of the Pa-
nola i ounly i hamhei ol Commer-
ce
OTMSR WINN1R5
The best ol opposite sex award
was won hy Pine Knot Thunder
owned hy Jaek Durrett of INirter,
Texas
Female under six months Sa
die Jane owned hy Claude Miller
ol Selman City. Texas
K< male six to 12 month Miss
Jackson owned by A. O. Watters of I
Jackson. Miss
Best Male six to 13 months • Pil I
ot Echo Johnny O. owned by the
lly Win Kennels. Abilene. Texas.
Derby Female - Roxie Belle,
owned by Doug Bell. Palestine, Tex-
as
Derby Male • Texas Big Boy,
owned by Hy Win Kennels. AMteae.
All Age Female Pnacesa Waal,
owned by William H West, La—
vtlie. I .a *
Ail Age Male Pine Kao< Thun-
iler. Jack Durrett of Porter Twxa^
owner
Hest Pan • Jack Durrett a( Fog*
ter. Trxaa. owner
Best Pack • Jack Durrett al Far-
ter Texas, owaer.
Best Natural Carrive - Hr*
Win Kennels. Abilene. Tasaa.
TBRAg 0F9M HUNT
The Tbxaa Op— ftet Itentsr*
A*aoriau— beg— their amuwal
Hunt Monday at 1 a m. Happ Oom>
bora of the Heart of tha Pteaa A*>
saciattea atea belong te the teg
aa Up— ate Itetlti lag thg
Itekte
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