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Local Project in Highway
Safety Program for 1965
- CLARKSVILLE TIGERS BAND la shown In nfarchtag formation.
Members of the colorful group are Charles Adair, Geary Allen, Vicki
Andrews, Janie Bachman, Donna Backua, Gayla Bartley, Sherree Bean,
Jodi Boulware, Tee la Bowers, Pam Brown, Peggy Chapman, Laaetta
Cooper, Sue Contne, Battle Edwards, Kay Ford, Ann Gtddens, Mary
Gist, Brenda Hall, Madge Hines, Beth Hurt, Boyd Hurt, johnny Johnson,
Gayle Lawson, Brenda Lutksr, Charlotte McCoy, Rodney Messlck,
Vicky Mcord, Linda Morris, Alicia Peek, Sttoanne Peek. Kathv Penny,
Kay Penny, Linda Porterfield, Sharon Robertson, Johnny Sauls, Royls
Sauls, Mike Schrader, Robert Smith, Linda Tedder, Don Thrasher,
Terry Tyndall, Betty Vanrill, Psm Varley, Helen Vaughan, Pam Vaughan,
Joanne WsMrep, Jimmy Walker, Mark WhHehouse, Charlotte Whiteman,
and Jimmye Lou Wright Burley Bowman la director, lx*hooey Studio
Photo)
The Texas Highway Commis-
sion has approved expenditure
of 166,000. for highway safety
and betterment In Red River
County during 1966, according
to District Engineer L. D. Cab-
anlsa of Paris.
He said a total of 6.9 highway
miles In the county will be In-
volved. Work will be under the
supervision of B. P. Burtner,
Sr. resident ehglneer, Clarks-
vllle.
The Improvement specified In
the project listed for Red River
County Is additional surface on
U. S. Highway 271 from Bogata
to Trent Lake bridge.
The work Is part of the High-
way Commission’s state wide
war on traffic accidents. State-
wide the Commission appropri-
ated more than 920 million to
make Texas highways safer and
better.
Commissioners okayed 492
projects In 160 Texas counties
under the 1966 State Highway
Safety and Betterment - Pro-
gram. Improved for the safety
and convenience of Texans now
traveling 50 billion miles a year
will be 2,651 miles of highways.
The 9 - man commission,
policy - making body for the
Texas.. Highway Department,
earmarked $19,996,400 for con-
struction and 966,000 for right
of way under the annual
program.
This action was another move
marking Concern of the Texas
Highway Commission with the
nation's chilling highway death
toll. Under current programs
the Highway Department has
also:
1. Begun Installation of $1.5
Breakfast Will Launch 1965
Community Chest Campaign
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The campaign to raise funds
for the 1965 Community Chest
budget has begin and the first
Mg meeting will be a kick-
off breakfast ' Tuesday, Oct.
19, for many of the worker*.
The budget committee, con-
sisting of representatives from
over the county, he* set this
year « budget at $13,696. The
agencies included ere; Girl
Scouts, Boy Scouts, Crippled
Children, 4-H Clubs, Salvation
army, Red Crons, Local Heart,
Lpcal Cancer, Local Polio, Lo-
cal Charity, and the U.SO.
County Campaign Chairman
Is Fred Fisher and rhalrm
lor the City of Clarksville
Ted Lawson. Lawson has
ted as his committee heeds lor
the city drive as follows:
Advance gifts chairman,
Byron Black; Cor operate (out-
of-town) division, George Sun-
kali Special division, Buddy
Vaughani White school division,
O. B Perks Negro division,
J. F wade; Employee division,
John Martin; Womens division,
(general), Mildred Marx.
The advance gifts division
kicked off first and will com-
plete their solicitations by
Monday, Oct. it. Also the white
achool employees division •«-
psqls to be completed by that
date. J. F. Wade has already
started work on the Negro Divi-
sion end the chairmen of the
county communities will re-
ceive their kits ao they can
begin work. Chairmen for the
communities are aa follows:
(end their community genie)
Bogota, Tommy Smeltaor,
•1,760;
Detroit, Larkin Oooch, $675;
Annooa, Tex Bryant, $750;
Avery, Frank Jackson, $790;
Nag ley, Mrs. Ernest Carey,
990t
Hopewell, Byron Duran, $60j
Boxeldor, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
McCoy, Clyde Welch, $40;
K lorn It la, Ernest Boulware,
960;
The breakfast will begin at
7-00 a.m, and be over promptly
at 6:00 Workers are urged to
be on time. R will be held at
E lementary School cafeteria.
,.£uc^csr&^ miss
a one - day drive by the womens
Gridiron Rivals of 25 Years to
Compete Again Saturday Night
division, on Tuesday, October
90. Lawson says he hopes all
other divisions will complete
their work by the 19th. The
womens division will hold • cap-
tains meeting at 9:90 a.m.,.
Tuesday, Oct. 13, to get
organised for their one • dMT
oe
Yancey, $128;
English.
I, Wilmer Storey, $12$;
Dimple, James Mauldin, $190|
Fsferlgbt, Clyde Mitchell,
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Bagwell, Henry Barton, $150;
Manchester, Reginald Grlgg,
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Whtterock, Madras, Pert
Smith, $79;
Mabry, Kenneth Boss, $80;
After an open date and two
weeks of preparation, Clarks-
ville's High Srhool Tigers
travel to Mt. Vernon Saturday
tor an encounter with e teem
which could be herd to stop on
the rebound rrom Inst Friday
night's setback by Telco.
Twenty - five years ago
Clarksville and Mt. Veraanmet
tor the first time an e football
field. Seventeen times since that
Initial encounter they have com-
peted for honors on the grld-
troa. clerks villa's record with
Mt. Vernon has been dismal.
Only four games have been
won by Clarksville. One, the,
first, was a tie. Thirteen wins
tor Mt. Vernon Included eight
In which C larks villa tailed to
score. Several teams which
have appeared on the Tiger
schedule during the last M
years won more times than they
lost la competing against the
Tigers but Mt. Vernon has a
wide margin at leadership over
these superior performers.
..There wee a period when It
seemed to some observers that
Mt. .Vernon exercleed a sort of
hypnotic spell over Clarks villa.
Beginning with 1941 end ending
with 1961, Clarksville did not
win a game from Mt. Vernon
and oo six occasions failed to
suffered by their precedeeeors
and teal under obligation to
begin paying beck.
Most of the players on the
two teems have never met. Tbs
lest game batsmen Mt. Vernon
and Clarksville wee la 1961.
Seniori of the two squads may
have had brief action in that
encounter, which the Tigers
lost 0-16.
Mt. Vernon will be reedy and
able to take advantage of any
mistakes Clarksville makes In
the Saturday night game. Th#
Tigers win also be prepared to
capitalise an mlscues of their
Aedes Aegypti
Mosquito Not
Found Locally
Red River County has been
found free of a mosquito type
responsible for yellow fever,
according to a letter received
by Dr. Melvin Marx, Jr..county
health officer. The report is a
result of a survey made In the
county by a representative of
the Communicable Disease
Center of the U. S. Public Health
Service,' Atlanta, Georgia.
The health service sanitarian
was accompanied during the
survey by R. A. Bennlngfleld,
Jr , representing the county.
Some 97 mosquito samples were
taken and Identified from loea- addition to Its benefits to safety
tions throughout the county and the M>000 - mile Texas
no Infestation was found. highway network, the 1965
The search was specifically safety and Betterment Program
for the Aedes aegypti breed, . will ^perpetuate and'protect
whtch has been held responsible u* taxpayers’ Investment of
for the outbreak of yellow fever *gU over 94 billion In the htgh-
epldemlcs In recent months. way system.’’
Improvements such ss sur-
face widening, bridge widening,
and replacement, base streng-
thening, seal coating, resur-
facing, and rebuilding of shoul-
ders will be made by the Texas
Highway Department under the
program, Petry said.
District Engineer Cabsntos
said a total of 21.3 miles In this
highway district would be In-
volved under the safety and
betterment program. He pieced
total cost for the district was
$700,000.
million worth of safety devices
on trevelways with high accident
experience.
2. Undertaken extensive
modification of road signs end
markings In line with higher
speed limits and auto design
changes.
Said Herbert C. Petry, chair-
man of the Texas Highway Com-
mission;
“In reality, the $20 million
we will spend on safety and
betterment In 1966 represents
only a fraction of pur total In-
vestment In these two Items.
The Highway Department
spends more then a million dol-
lars s day to Improve and extend
the highway system, and every
last dime may be realistically
considered an investment In
traveler safety.'1-- ---------
Party pointed out that ex-
pressway facilities are 2.5
times as safe ss thw two-lafcC
highways they replace or supple
ment. “What's more,’’ he said,
“there’s s ‘safety feedback’
whenever a new highway route
Is built, for It Invariably re-
lieves traffic congestion--end
therefore reduces accidents--
on the route It replaces."
Petry said the program euth-'
or 1 red today Is In keeping with
President Johnson's recent re-
quest that state highway depart •
ments give priority to projects
that would eliminate hazards on
highway sections with high acci-
dent experience.
The chairman said that In
Locations from which
samples were taken Include:
Annona, 7 samples; Avery, 4;
Bagwell, 4; Bogata, 11;Clarks-
ville, 26; Detroit, 6; Johntosm,
5; Manchester, 5;
5.
5; Kanawha, 5;
and, Wocxgand,
MRS. HUBERT MOORE AND DUNNE ZEHETNER, who received trophies in the
Women s Division el the Fair for winning the moat awards over s three year period.
(Dehoney Studio Photo) —
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Mrs. Moore and
Miss Zehetner
Top Winners
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Clarksville Area Precipitation
Above Eight Inches in September
This will be one of the few
Saturday night high school foot-
ball games In Texes. While not
for the conference records, the
results may abed some light on
how these teems may be ex-
pected to perform against their
district competitors.
Rainfall In the Clarksville
area was greater la September
then any corresponding month
in several years, according to
official records kept by Paul
For the peat several years
an award has been made to the
youth end the lady who receive
the most points from their an- . , whether Bureau
trio in tin Rad River county MRISWt U. 9. wninir ournwi
iea • hi sr co nty ab##rv#r ^ kcaR Radio station
Dianne Zehetner Route 6 “d RaJrTOOod Hamilton at the
ri*^vTiu%T^iv-!x Texas Highway Department,
to the Voutb Division for 1964.
els totaled 9.26 Inches. Ham 11-
to Red River County end the
stodk water situation much Im-
proved. Stockmen are looking
forward to another cutting of
hay and If frost comae around
the usual time all who expect
to add to their hay reserves
will have V»e opportunity of
doing so.
Early Cloning for
Football Game.
Stveral Clarksville stores
are closing at 6 p.m. Saturday,
October 10 In order that they
and their employees may attend
the Clarksville - Mt. Vernon
football game at Mt. Vernon at
7:46.
The game was scheduled for
Saturday night, preferred by the
Mt. Vernon school for their
homecoming activities.
Merchants who have announc-
ed early closing are white’s,
City Drug, Bulllngton Drug,
taxes Fuel, The Hub, Gene’s
Home and Auto, Duke A Ayres,
Bolin Hardware, Buddy’s and
Gerald's, Marx’s, Weatarn
Auto, J. W. Nichols, GuUlon
Jewelry, Clarksville pharmacy,
Blackmon Pharmacy, Green's
Furniture and Walker's.
Dogs Cause
Disturbance
Stray dogs to the east part
of town have become a nuisance
to residents of the eras. Some
property has been damaged and
garbags cans have been upset.
9everal of the animals do not
have collars or tags and may
not have been immunised
against rabies.
If the owners will not take
steps to stop the disturbance,
those being bothered will pro-
bably take It upon themselves
to do so.
1
: While the Franklin County
grtdmen may be to a bellige-
rent mood after their dis-
appointment last week, the
Tigers might be unhappy at the
thought of the hum Hint loos
Small Schools
Group Meets
Region 10 of the Texas Small
Schools Project held the first
meeting of the new school year
at Annooa on Monday, Oct. 9,
at 7:20 p.m. Some 79 or SO
teachers end school board
members were present.
jack Hood, Aimoaa superin-
tendent, welcomed the group
and President Charley Hopper
preaided over e short business
Dianne received sixteen ribbons
from her entries to clothing,
canned foods, crafts, taxtlles,
and for her beef show calves.
Receiving the trophy to the
Adult Division for three con-
secutive years was Mrs. Hubert
Moore, Route 4, Clarksville.
Mrs. Moore was swarded twenty
four ribbons for all her entries wu ,17‘
to the various divisions.
mem^^JS:^4^ *ches. Hamilton reported 36.06
Home” Demonstration Last year only 22.99 tocbaa
had been measured at KCAR
rain gunge and 19.71 at the
Preventing
Fires a Job
l For Everyone
ton reported 7.70. Normal pre-
cipitation here for September
la approximately three laches.
Last year September rainfall
at the KCAR rain gauge totaled
.09 inches. At the Highway De
pertment warehouse the total
Denials reported rainfall for Fire killed ll,800 Am4rtctaa
ISr’r;
been a
Cldb member for several years.
National
soc tattoo
Fire Protection An-
Fire destroyed over $1.71
billion worth of property to the
period, to a total of about
Robert Merkel of the Texas
Education Agency presented a
49-minute orientatioe on the
Legionnaires
Meet Sunday
Legionnaires and Auxiliary
Highway Department gauge.
SSisggj
teifVwIrajiw y#ar t0 *ppro*i,n4* party la avoidable. The record
w-mmiug urivimtuuu uu ~ uebi iwvuulw mlHlllbws fee* -to_____■__
work of the project schools. J*? °cm~ ember. First cool days came rSls, ^ .afe^al^hornl
He showed some Interesting ^•••too^j^trt^wlHconvens ^ betors the departure of d th.
slides 00 too growth of the °° Z and s S« degree reed-
organisation, showing work that l**lr ,nnu*1 5.0°V*S!^ u *** WM reported on toe 29th. L.rhword ° SUf‘ ** ***"’
is being done In various projects Th* ^"**flcac L**lon; \ High far the month was 96 on rl„ pr. tirm w k hl h
schools throughout the state. CarUlJ, Commander of the local ^ llth> A numbw * ^
The group toon divldod Into registered maximum raedinga S2bo£S^4-,0 provtoJTs^ex^
•action, and mads plana for the J?.r * ‘ho 90s. la September, 1969, Shitty toJe“m!-
work to be carried out to Region p***®^00 *m J***?. . a high of 99 wps reported and
10 this year. The meeting was j** Nspias1 Community ton which k tow ^ 44 *l“ *«rvbodv«$ toh ^
climaxed with refreshments to U Highway 67. ^ start of October found aT^oU»s^vai^s'of Fire
Prevention Week will be spon-
sored by toe Clarksville Volun-
teer Fire Department accord-
tog to the Chief.
This traditional fire safety'
the school cafeteria.
tchool* r.prsmint.d
The Americas Luton and
at ths Auxiliary will hold their joint
start of October found
moisture conditions oxcoUont
mooting wars Anno ns, Avery,
•Bogota, Detroit, DlmpU, Cent-
THIS LATE MODEL RAMBLER overturned four tlmos Wedding Invitations, announ
sessions oa Sunday morning.
21’ ws^uStT separate business sessions with
* District commander Charlne F.
Peteet, Jr. of Marshall presid-
ing over the Legion meeting
thawing fob boy
SCOUT LEADERS
A basic training course for
_ about three foertlMg^e mil. *ou<h on Highway
driver, Mitch Lewis of Clgrksvll t, apparently tost control
of the vehicle Mark LewU was s passenger. Neither was
injured (Dehoney Studio Photo)
B., Scout )Md.r. of th. CMt> JJJ”; Pcoc^ b, - Pr.-
ral District will be heldThurs- ,l<1*nt “ th# l™ted States and
- day Oct 6 at the Clarksville Governor - Oeneral lb
ng Invitations, snnoun- A Membership Program forth# j^,. High’school. R will begin Canada, Is pponaorad interna-
, social stationery and ;omlag year will be discussed. a| 7.90 p m scoutmasters ttonally by toe National Fire
other Items tor special ooca- vice Commander Charles C. »«Ttrtfrfr ^ committeemen I>rot^:tion Association to con-
skxu and purposes at The Ford at Longview will address invited end .nrmrint to Rinctlon with other 0
Times. the business session
are Invited and encouraged to 4.
attend. ^
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JACK RAULfTON with e five-foot velvet-uil rattler he
killed while squirrel hunting Saturday afternoon on the
Arthur Flvash Ranch north of Clarksville. The snake had
etoht rattlers sad a button. ^
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Pinson, Joe. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1964, newspaper, October 8, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth923217/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.