The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1973 Page: 1 of 28
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Anniversary
Wntcljman
PRIZE STEER June Baker won the grand champion
prize .Saturday at the Panola < ounl> Junior luvestock
show Her entry was this Hereford steer Miaa Baker
also look lint place in best rate of gain on steers and
won the best fitted calf prize Her calf weighed in at
*72 pounds, i Watchman Photo
PANOLA COUN IY
This Week
Direct Dialing Here
Planned For April 1
BVPUIPAI.JHPH
Turner Junior High s Algebra I
(’las* will hold a bake sale Saturday
March 24 from 10 <M» a m until 2 00
p m at the Gazebo on the Carthage
square Ail proceeds will go to help
finance the groups trip to Houston to
tour some of its educational
facilities
The Sabine Hiding Club will begin
their Saturday night ndes March 24
The ride will begin at 7 30 p m The
H. C Ray Arena will tie the site of
the first meet and everyone is
welcome to ride in preparation for
the local Trophy Show to lie held
April 7
Congratulations are in order for
the management and personnel at
the local Goodyear Service Store
The store was hated 7»lh on the
January Retail Honor Roll The
honor roll is g list of the iinj lop
stores in the chain, based on sales
There are a total of 1722 stores
throughout the U.S Mr Jim Jen
mngs is the local Goodyear
manager
If PJ(-
Service
Classes
Announced
liegislraimn Im course* in amateur
astronomy and cake decorating will be
held al Panola Junior College next week
according io i'ectl Robertson, director of
the Community Service Division of the
college
The registration meeting lor the
astronomy course will Im- held on Monday
night The course carries no college
credit and is designed Io meet lhe needs
of individuals who are interested in
astronomy as an avocation
Dr R C Craddock i* lhe instructor lor
lhe seven week course Tuition lor lhe
course is Ito Monday mghl * meeting i*
lhe first class meeting as well as the
registration meeting Time lor lhe class
is 7 p m
On Tuesday night lhe registration
session and first meeting of a course m
cake decorating and party iavor design
will be held
Mrs Judy lime will be lhe instructor
The class will meet for six week* l ost
lor lhe course is Siu Meeting time is 7
p m
The astronomy class will meet in room
UH of lhe science budding and lhe cake
decorating class will mvel m room IU2 of
lhe science building
Direct dialing of long distance calls lor
Carthage and Deadwood is just a little
more than a week away
This will tie lhe climax to many
months of inlens* v e w ork on lhe system ’
Jim A> ker Southwestern Bell Manager
said We are looking forward lo lhe
moment we can pul it into service ”
t 'arthage and lieadwoud residents will
tie able to dial all their long distance
calls, both station lo station and calls
requiring the assistance of an operator,
such as credit card collect and person
lo person
T sing the system will lie simplicity
Itself.” Acker said
Station lo station i ailing is called tine
Plus dialing since lhe customer simply
dials I phis the area code if different
from 2l4i plus the telephone number
('alls requiring the assistance of an
operator are called Zito Plus' calls
J (’. Bardwell store manager at
Buddies present Imai ton al fill W
Panola in Carthage announced Friday
that Buddie s has broken ground on a
new 22mm square foot supet market next
lo i|s present locution
lhe new Ruddie s, a full department
super market is scheduled to open in
July This Buddie s will have a
deltTalesen serving loads lor Ixith on
premise sit down eating, or hot (nods for
carry out
The new Buddie s will have a famous
Buddie s bakery plus a full line hard
ware uml of over imm square hail In
addition lo being a lull department store.
Buddie's is placing lhe latest in equip
menl tn Us new unit Included will lx*
over Hu feel of lour decker frozen food
equipment 50 (eel of self service meal
counter plus the latest in fresh produce
merchandising units ,
Drew Woods Im of Carthage ure i|ie
mechanical contractors on the job
Callahan Construction of Tyler is general
contractor
Cancer Drive Set
For March 26
The Panola County American Cancer
Crusade will begin here March 26 with a
Business Drive, according lo chairman
San* Patterson
Volunteers will begin contacting
businesses in Carthage beginning al 9
a m with Bubba Clinton spearheading
lhe effort
A residential drive, under lhe
leadership of Mrs Jack Parker will be
conducted between lhe hours of J pm
and 7 p m on April 2
The customer dials zero plus the area
code if different from 2141. plus the
i elephone number An operator w ill come
on the line briefly lo render lhe necessary
assistance then the call will t* com
pl eled
For technical reasons on calls placed
from lour or eight party telephones the
operator will ask lhe calling party the
number from which the call is being
placed
Piece will be no change in the method
of placing local call* However Acker
said that tieginmng April I. Carthage
customers will dial (II to reach Imai
directory assistance operators and 4102
to reach telephone repair service Also
iiegmmng April I Deadwood customers
will dial 1 plus 411 for directory
assistance There will be no change in the
number lor repair service in Deadwood
"To lie able lo dial a long distance call,
the roller must know the area code and
Watchman
Receives
3 Awards
The Panola Watchman received three
awards Saturday at the 47th annual
North and East Texas Press
Association's convention in Arlington
Publisher James Smith was awarded
lirsl place in column writing in lhe North
and east Texas region and received a
bronze plaque The Watchman also
received second place in general ex
lellence and second place in ties! local
features
The Watchman was in competition
with weekly newspapers published m
towns with more than 2,<MKJ imputation
Sweepstakes winner tn lhe division
with the Watchman was the Allen
American with a first place in news
writing, first place in features second
place in editorials third place in local
news photos and fourth place m com
mumly service
The Watchman was entered in four
contests -column writing general ex
celleme. local news photos and lealure
story
Three first place awards were
presented to the newspaper m 1*72
editorials, news writing and community
service Restrictions prohibit entry of
first place plaque winners the following
year
Buddie’s
Building
the telephone numlier of lhe party he is
railing " Acker said "We've made this
easy lor the customer too
To gel l|ie number of a telephone in
.mother city, lhe caller ran dial the
universal directory assistance numtier I
plus the area code <lf different from 2141
plus 555 1212 There is no charge lor a call
tn this numlier
Baker Steer Draws
Record Bid By FNB
Junior
Show
Success
Kmt KmummI B«ak w < arfaggr pud a
word *( » ptr pound far far grand
gfriftfiyy anef to*
JiMMor Iui*«tAMk ar auulwo fare
Tuesday afawnouc
Tfa Hereford vwrung by June Baker
»*» judge< cbampMM. of far favw
Saturday afaenusuo again* s/Jt um
pH HMD
At awlaua far slew aeqfaed Mb
pvund* and brought *M*
Litt
by Flrsr National suld far fa cents but
went far M.JA5 46 U weighed 1.227
Joe Gentry showed the reserve
ttodtfipftOD ilsnef
b Mher beet divisMXis winners in
eluded Danny MuJw with his grand
champion beef heifer and ta*a
Stephenson who showed to a reserve
championship ui 'hr same class and
Jerry Stephenson who had 'he grand
champsun bull. and Tim Holland who
had reserve champiuri
Hach grand < tampion was furnished a
trophy Bill and Gladys Baker gave far
beef heifer award Bill Uabaugh and Bar
None Ranch weye donors of the bull
'rophy aod ladand Huband Hereford
Hanch gave the steer award
In far (wipe division ' a|vu; wmddon
had grand champion gilt and Reba
Whiddon showed the reserve champion
Mike Geniry had grand champion
barrow Melinda Parker reserve
champion
Trophies lor the gilt class were donated
by Wayne Bagley of Chaparral Ranch
and the barrow award came from the
Panola County Farm Bureau
Special awards went to Tom Ross lor
first place in Best Records with Jerry
Stephenson runnerup to June Baker for
lust rale of gam on steers with Steve
Murns runnerup to Mary Jo Bagley for
best housekeeping at the show with
Jemce WiilgeWurth runnerup tu Reba
WhuldMi lur Swine Junior Show manship
to Calvin Whiddon for Swine Senior
Showmanship to l.isa Stephenson for
Beef Junior Showmanship to Richard
lUilman lor Baef Senior Showmanship
and to Miss Baker again for iiest fitted
call
j and D Ranch Bill Powers. Marshall
|.*vesiock CommiMtiun Co Spring Valley
Ranch and tl show committee provided
checks to the special division winners
and runnerup*
There was one other award not
scheduled G D Sillon. Farm and Ranch
Management mslrudor at Panola Junior
College who judged lhe record book*,
presentcil the Hopkins girls, Beth and
Aiin.withaheifercalf after their entry in
this division lied lor third place
Prominent
Citizen
Succumbs
Funeral service* lor 1-awrence Edwin
Bo Darnell 47 were held al 4 pm
.Saturday at Hawthorn Funeral Hume
Chapel
Dr V I. McKee officiated st the
services Interment wa* in Restland
Park
Darnel) died Friday al Panola General
Hospital following a lengthy illness
A member of a prominent pioneer
Panola Counly family he was a life long
resident of Carthage Re graduated from
Carthage High School and attended the
Ini versit y of Texas at Austin Re was
associated with hl* father and brother in
the lumber busmens
Daniell was a member of Central
Baptist Church and had been active in
many civic groups including the Kiwanis
Club serving as 1.1 Governor District
X|V Texas Oklahoma in Ifao sponsor of
Key C|ub. Panola County youth baseball
program and a member of Carthage
volunteer Fire Dept for over 25 years
having served many years as chaplain
He had also been a mem tier of the Village
Players
He was .1 I2) d Degree Scoltlsti Rile
Mason, a memtier of the Ambassador
Unit of Sharon Temple and the Royal
Order of Jesters He had received I tie
Sanisar Jewel for outstanding work in
the Shrine organization
Survivors include his wile. Mis Billie
Jean Darnell his parents Mr and Mrs
Gordon Darnell. one son Michael Edwin
Darnell one daughter Mrs Stephanie
Whitley one brother, tiorifon hmis
Darnell and one grandchild all of
Carthage
Chickens
Attract
Record Bid
KuCrr' Pike of faMfa) PruMfag <j»
paid a recur* »L5u far far graixt dtuua*
pen v/ faickMU* at far Paoula Cowmty
Jurww Ij’.esZuni Show taw Saturday
afterrxiur; arid lAack Griffin id Grdfm
Feed and Faro. Suppty went 41*5 far far
reserve grand Oumptur: pm mi brisk
bidding benrliited every youngster
entered w far favw
Mrlmda Martin had the grand
champion pen and was rewarded at *-*,
each far far live bruder* < uurtnry
Sheppard had the reserve grand
cRampux' and gut each tor his Urd»
EaM year s grand champuw pen was
purchased lor KW far reserve ihampson
tor *15
Besides the record check Mias Martin
relieved a trophy donated by < arthagc
Feed and Farm Supply plus ribbons
provided by 'he show
"The new concept of Itnujurtiiip in
modern banking is for progresaive in
dilutions to act as a catalyst in bringing
individual businesses together to work
toward common goals "
The statement was made by Frank A
Driskill Public Relations Specialist for
the Distributive Education Department
of the I niversity of Texas al Austin It i*
in connection with a. three day Pubhc
Relations Seminar to lie offered by lhe
university that w*||open at 7p m April3,
is sponsored by the First State Bank 4
Trust Co It w ill lx* conducted from 7pm
lo y p m each night
Under the program the First Stale
Bank 4 Tmsl Co will assume the full
tost ot Hie seminar and the promotion ol
it Participation by employees of all
Panola Cm .ily business firms will tie on a
I'omplimentary basis
The seminar will be conducted by
Driskill long time business public
relations man
Owners and managers in Panola
County who are inlerestei) tn improved
jiulilic lelutions are invited In pre enroll
their employes tn the seminar by
contacting Mrs Ben Hurt al the First
Stale Bank 4 Trust Co Enrollment will
Im-taken on a first come first serve basis
Businesses do nut have lo lie customers
ot lhe liank to have people attending
NEW EMI IPMENT FGR HOSPITAU-Dr Grundy
Cooper demonstrates methtxLs of operation of a new
Bennet I Respirating Unit to Mr* Virginia Wtxtda and
Mrs Ruby Guinn The unit was purchased with funds
contributed to brew Woods memorial at Panola
Genera! Hospital created by Mrs Woods The ad
vanced design unit will be used for patients requiring
extended use of a respiraling unit where specific
amounts of oxygen are required to keep critically ill
patients a live Additional equipment is scheduled lo be
purchased with the memorial fund for adding an in
tensive care unit in the hospital 'Watchman Photo>
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The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 1973, newspaper, March 22, 1973; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1202763/m1/1/?q=war: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.