The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1973 Page: 1 of 34
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Off-Street Parking Lot
Student Advisory
Gimmittees Elected
For City Schools
PANOLA COUNT}
This Week
Equalization Board Meetings Draw Near
Anaaaor-Collector Hill
The City of Carthage Hoard of
Equalization n m-heduled to convene
Sept 24 M in the Commiaaton Chamber
at City Hall Heanngi are icheduled
inequities existed according to Harnett
He said that particularly in caae* tn
volvmg small tract* of land. IS acre*
or le*x the laiard ha* made adjuatment*
Carthage a Chapter 747, Order of
the Eastern Star will honor its past
matrons and past patrons Monday,
Sept M with a covered dish supper
at the First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall. The supper will
convene for five day*
15 from 10 am to 4 p m
Tax Office on North St
The School DittricC* Hoard of
Equalization ha* already made aorne
adjuatment* tn cate* where obviou*
The third mayor !*gi»i*tvre a<
<.-««p4i*Mm*Bt vWiiard b> Creator
Hriiwoe announced
a SIM 423 Office of
grant to Harrison
Action Akaociation.
The Student Advisory Committee will
meet tn monthly on each campus and at
regular interval* with school official* to
hear progress report* from them and to
present their persecutes and recom
men datums on the program and its
impact on the school environment
Monday, Sept 24. will be the date
of the Shanin Temple Shrine Circua
tn Center The circus had been
scheduled for Sept 5 but was can-
celled because of rain Two per
formances will be held iieginntng at
4 (M) and H 01) p m Tickets dated
Sept & will be accepted
by Paul Palmer
The Panola County Cattlemen's
Association All-Girl Hodeo will be
held Saturday . Sept 22. beginning at
8:30 p m at the Rodeo Arena on the
Shreveport Highway
The Pilgrim Reel Baptist Church
of Beck ville invites everyone to the
celebration of their annual Choir
Day at 2:30 pm. Sept 23 The Rev
Berry Williams of Longview will
bring the message Rev James
Gates is pastor and Mrs Francis C.
Brown is the choir president
And the Panola County Camp Fire
Board of Directors will hu e the 1874
Day Camp Director and the Day
Camp Swimming Director, at the
November 6, board meeting Anyone
interested in applying must make
written application by October 15, to
Mr Eugene Whitaker. N Alexander
St, Carthage, Texas
th* group Wat th* MM u< Wr new Tui*
II <x»4r i* to protect th* child and to s**p
uqga> proc«*<dM>g> mvulving th* chMd at
th* court vqutpprd to d*t«rniwr what ta
Utm tor him or h*r
will serve JU children tor eight houi* a
day
Objective* of the program. Gov
Hnscoe said include enriching the
child* environment and meeting hi*
individual need* with reaped to
education health psychological and
social development
Each child will be served nutritious
meals while at the centers and receive
dental and medical examination*
During the summer month* a home
based program will be provided in each
program to encourage parent par
tlcipation For those children who do not
have a parent or other caretaker at
home the regular full day program will
tie available tor the full year
Grant processing for the state wa*
performed by the Texas Dffice of
Economic Opportunity, a division of the
Texas Department of Community Af
fair*
fx-i*to
MUI* requiring public fusMcial
RubiM M-hMMi fUMACMg wbMh
axboigr -s <*** W the mayor probiirais
i«cucg th* State th* legislator* 4*4 out
addreea dMif to da m4u*mb
steven*
final
sparks
over txntor* st was reactnaleC at about
11 54 « m *hM Wr mayor .Are occurred
No d*<ect» cxmM be tvwad * th*
eqmgMUMr pnor to -U reactivabus
shurtiy betore «uuu
The series of eiartncal exptossM* sent
A student advisory committee of equal
minority and non minority members has
been elected by the student body on both
the high school and junior high school
campus
These committees will be involved in
carrying out projects and the establish
ment of standard* regulation* and
requirement* regarding student ac-
tivities and affairs including special
assembly program* club activities and
recognition of accomplishments of all
students
tiegin at 6 ik) p m The regular slated
meeting will begin at 7 30 p m All
members are urged lo attend
Hoards of Equalization for the City of
Carthage and the Carthage Independent
lokMl District drew closer lo lheir
designated date* for convening to hear
case* involving tax evaluation* while the
i..it v Independent School District
completed such hearing* last week
T M Hooper Gary school supenn
tendent. said Tueaday that "everyone"
seemed satisfied with the job done by the
Hoard of Equalization He added that the
Ixiard didn t have a great number of
complaint) on property evaluation,
estimating that 102 met with Professional
Appraisal Company official* with only
about 34 going on to appear before the
Hoard of Equalization
SENATOR DON ADAMS
that would fund the State for the nest
biennium with no new tases This wa* a
mayor accomplishment in light of the
continued mere*** in service* that the
State is providing lor it* citizens
in addition Adams told the group that
among the many important pieces of
legislation pasaed into law by this past
legislature three stand out a* being of
particular significance
First was the Penal < ode reviaion a
full scale overhaul of the State * criminal
made for the first time since ISM Th*
new code as Adams explained it would
classify all crimes into three categories
each of felonies and misdemeanors with
crimes and punishment graded ac
cording to aaverity
pro4iartM«i tor ae waduterao mmM wngtb <4
time according to Herb Hous*
pr**ld*Tit There were no inyuriM
How* uud damage from We fire was
com/jsed to* »maU are* in north wear
cornier of Wr oxnpany » <44 proAuctsw
ptem but Wat *M We primary w«c tri* al
input circuits and transformer*
providing «4*ctru*l power to the pi«nl
were affected
He added Wat th* newer portion of W*
local firm s production line would
hopefuUy be back in operation within 14
day* to two weeks but Wat 1W p*r cent
production would b* delayed for torn*
time
Th*' exact cause ot the fire wa*
unknown Tuesday morning, but official*
and electrical experts were sifting
through We melted electrical panels in
search of a clue 'o We cause
House said a small fire occurred in an
eiectncai switch gear at about 2am
Monday morning and that equipment
pvw*« off to We enure plant
The Carthage Veiunteer
They were jwt marvefaw How*
oommenMd * arthag* » to be ooaa
mended tor Us highly rfficient fir*
department
Howe said employe* of Wr company
would be notified when they are to report
back to work and said some would
probably be called today tie added Wat
production would be resumed a* quickly
as possible and Wat until that, employes
would be wed for clean-up and repair
work About 154 workers were tern
poranly put out of work a* a result of the
fire
House said the unit that blew up was
one Wat was installed in 1447 and said
Wey had never had any trouble tiefore
from that equipment
He explained that PAI' had arbitrarily
established guidelines tor evaluating
rural properly with smaller tract* often
liemg valued al * higher rale than larger
trad* ol adjoining land rite theory wes
that a person with a smaller trect would
ask more per acre for hl* land if it were
sold
Tlie hoard, however reduced the
small tract designation from 15 acre*
to two or less
In general, rural land wa* assessed at
Il UM per acre if it fronted on a slat* or
federal highway, |75ti per acre lor
frontage on a Farm to Market road and
totxi per ecr* for county road frontage
photo by Jim
FINAL EXPLO8ION-A
electrical explosion sends
flying from wiring leading from
outside transformers to the bur
ntng electrical panels al Carthage
Cup Company The shorted wiring
caused lights across the city lo
flicker al about noon Monday
-oevsctied f*ton» to We iMpanment of
‘ orreiiMMis while hi* case is bang ap
pealed to W* higher courts Th* urn*
spent to W* Department of turrettsens
awaituig appeal would be credMed
toward hi* final sentence
promised to start work a* soon as
p>issible
The Merchants tbmmittee has also
discussed obtaining other similar tot* al
locations around the square to provide
additional parking for downtown
customers
The Carthage Independent School
District * Hoard of Equalization i*
scheduled to
tieginning oct
al the School
Mary Street
School -Tax
Harnett suggested that citizens whose
last names liegin with A E plan to attend
the first day, F K the second day, I. P the
third day Q U the fourth day and V Z the
fifth day
Harnett emphasized that the board will
hear any case during the time it's in
session but said the alphabetical
schedule could possibly make the work
load more even and save taxpayer*
time
from u a m lo noon and t-4 p m each
day
City Manager Doug Canker said all
cases will first be heard by Professional
Appraisal Company officials and if the
taxpayer un i satisfied with action at
that level, they may tie heard by the
board
Even though the Ixiard will hear
everyone possible on each of the three
day* it ta in seaston Canker said it would
tie more orderly if only persons whose
last name begin* with A J appeared the
first day. those whose name* begin with
K S the second day and T Z the final
scheduled day of hearing*
He explained that only so many people
can fit into lhe commission chamber at
one time and said much confusion and
waiting time could be eliminated if
person* followed the alphabetical time
schedule
Grant Tor Child Development
Given To Head Start Program
Governor Dolph
Friday approv d of
Child Development
Panola Community
in< in Marshall tor operation of full day
and part day Head Start programs
Funded under Title II of the Economic
opportunity Act the grant is effective
(kt I. l|)73 through Sept 30, 1474 The
grant includes allocations of 5IO3.546 (or
the part day program and 534 H2a tor the
full day program
Gov Hriscoe said the grant will enable
the agency to provide Head Start classes
for some UMl children from economically
disadvantaged families
The part day and full<lay program*
will operate three classes each tn two
centers one in Marshall and one tn
Carthage five day* each week
lhe part day program will serve 70
children from low income families six
hours a day, and the full day program
Planned By Merchants
Free off street parking will be
available in the near future for
customers patronizing merchants in the
downtown area according to Judd
Perkins of the Panola < bunt y <hamb*r of
Commerce
Norvell Williams chairman of the
Chamber s Merchants Committee said
the lol will be located behind businesses
along the east side of the square and will
have a capacity for about too cars
The parking lot brainstorm of
downtown merchants was first
suggested about two months ago The
land being leased tor three years from
John William Cook* will tie graded
paved striped and lighted by the city
according to City Manager Doug
Canker
Williams said fund* tor leasing the land
were obtained by assessing downtown
merchants on a prorated bast* deter
mined by each businesses location in
regards lo the proposed parking lot
Assessments ranged from HO to 150
according to Williams
At present actual work on the facility
is being delayed while a lease agreement
is being drawn up When that ha* tieen
completed Perkins said, the city
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Stevens, Jim. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1973, newspaper, September 20, 1973; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1202747/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.