The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 11, 1967 Page: 1 of 12
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KA
NLNHY-HftST YEAR
INEOLA. I LX AS 75773. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11 1967
PRICE 10c
TWELVE PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
AT CHAPEL HILL
Battle Of Unbeatens
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Coming Friday Nite
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At the* October meeting of the '
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Al Northside
This Sunday
The regular Sunday morning
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City Seeks New
Source Of Water
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Marti Art Ertt Ccxrt* Jfortmoa Weekly SietMpapcr
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November Quota
Told For Texas
YARD OF THE MONTH for October, as
chosen by a committee of civic organiza-
tions’ repfejenklives under sponsor ship
fur Mineola, I
has coiled
te&Ml Winnsboro; and D. O. Aldridge,
>K.~i Route 1. Scroggins. General coun-
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school
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ihool Im Ing constructed
the northeast part of town
contractor for the work
pates that the school will Ire
dy for the student* around
middle of January, which would
be mid-term for the school year
A resolution ratifying the sale
of the school property was adop-
ted at the October meeting of
the school board, held on Monday
night in the office of* the super-
Lane Texas Company
Wiscrtbaker, Fix Associates
'Tyler, the city's engineering con-
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School Completes
Sale Of Properly
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MHS BAND Sweetheart Charm
YelluW ATackets a n d j
the Chapel Hill Bulldog* arc un- '
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to right, Mrs. Bill Regian, Mrs. David Lott,
dub president Dixie Maltsberger, Mrs.
Buddy Browning, Mrs. Ray Williams and
Grover French.
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required by law to
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nine o'clock the next morning 1
Also, all mad deposited after five ,
in the afternoon, but prior to the |
for
worked” but ;
. Kitchens represented Mineola
JACKET BOOSTERS — Mineola Quarter-
back Club members "dress up" parking
meter posts downtown last week in pre-
paration for the Homecoming game last
Friday. Caught in the act were.^from left
Miscellany
The Postmaster
Ulman Bruner, has called our I
attention to the discontinuance of
Railway Post Office service, ef- I
factivc Monday, October 16. As 11
a result of the abolishing of RPO ’ 1
service, Bruner says, ait outgoing I
mail from Mtnroia must have 1 '
been deposited in the local Post .
office, or in the curbside bo XI
east of the Post Office, prior to 1
the departure time of the Tyler-’
bound truck each evening at 5:25 ;.
or it will not g<> out until around ,
J.
prize drawings fur the members
of the Wood County Electric Co-
operative at their annual meeting
Mtrnday af let noon.
Around a thousand members of
In 16AA, Chapel Hill and Kauf-
man arc 2-0; Mineola is
Grand Saline is 1-1, and
and Quitman arc 0-2, and Canton
0-1.
Game time at Chapel Hill Fri-
day night is 8 o’clock, Reserved
seat tickets were sold out Mon-
day morning at the three Mineola
drug stores, but those who get
to the game early can find good
seating in the general admission
sections of the Chapel Hill stands.
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Sale of the East Elementary
School property to Brookshire'.--
of Tyler wm completed Monday
of this week when the attorney
for Brookshire’s presented t h ••
school with a check for $6.000 in
return fur a warranty dci-d to
the property, comprising all of
Block 43 of the City o( Mineola
Transfer of possession of
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WMBER THIRTY-ONE
electric toaster, J. D. Gray of
Quitman; Hamilton Beach mix-
ette, Mrs. G. R. Robertson, Min-
eola; Collins bag. Mrs. E. Shoaf
ef Quitman; quarter-inch utility,
drill, E. R. Neighbors, Pick tea;
Also, Surprise packages, Mrs.
I.ee Dean of Mineola and Mrs.
Etta SUiidUaud of Golden; Rain-
coat, Elmer Ragsdale, Alba; GE
Steam iron, Mrs. J. M. Flemioc,
Lindale; Portable hand mixer,
Mrs. J. J. McLeod, Quitman;
Fan heater, Olivia Flournoy of
Quitman; Wixard electric knife,
Tom Downing. Quitman; Hamil-
ton Beach steam iron, Vic Richey
of Quitman; Sunbeam party
grill, Mrs. Buena While of Quit-
man; electric Baseboard heater,
Mrs. Dan Brogdon. Quitman;
And. Electric Bathroom heater,
W H. Blackwell. Quitman m4
packages of LigM GkoOes. Mrs.
H. M. Means cd Grwsd SiHew.
I R Burnett cd Wuumxxw-a. Msa
Roy Wyatt of Hwwnjaos* Mrs. Sob-
ett Hcnretl of Yewf.ii, eert Mbs
C: L Snyder «Bd ^ra. *- V-
Clanton of QMNBB*.
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Members ef the W «xf C'cMBdr
I Schmittou of Yantis. Mr* Alberta pfcgfc wijj ffMowc*
I Thomas of Quitman, and Iran** annual Trail Ka*r «md »>'** •
B Patterson of Winnsboro, GE 't8at«.rd*y. OrWber H
electric clocks, Mrs. E. B Mor- club mrmbarx e*d
ris of Dallas. Mrs. O. W *">>'*> v.thtni •»
of Golden, and Mrs H G Wi1-I will ./eave m»
tingh .m of Quiln-a-: GF fiyrtlU: j<---- -
, | wall clock, T T.
electric I
S S«nd^»
Wood County Electric Co-Op’s
Annual Meeting Well Attended
Ralph Robinson, Como; Westing-
house- wall heater, Mrs. E. R.
Tucker, Mineola; Dominion hair-
dryer, Estell Peppers, Quitman;
Hamilton Beach electric knife,
Mrs. Boyd Gilbreath, Yantis; GE
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this is true, you'd best put the I
name of Mineola, rather than
“City,” on the addresses of your
mail, since the mail might lx*
workidl in Tyler rather than in
the local Post Office—and Tyler
might not be able to read your I
mind as to what is meant b y I
"City ”
Persons interested in participa-
ting in the upkeep of tile Haney
Cemetery, near Hawkins, should !
!, Mineola City Council, held Mori- > >n
day night at the city hall, m.nri noith of East Broad ,
discussion centeted aroupd
drilling of a new test wutei
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were Dor»«V • r •
__Riggs, Billy Adkins.
(Tu'^na Adkins. J T Dp he......
■nd Jaasa 0«W'
frf, or,,i Mr* I- W While rp< nt
from Thurstlav imtll Mundav In
The Mineola Yellow Jackets. MHS team (see story, page 4,
will encounter the second obstac-' section 2). At the same ti,m e,
le in their bid for a third •Iraiglit j the Chapel Hill team was down-
I6AA title tills week as they|ing the iRJbborn Quitman Bull-
travel to CliajHd Hill for theii J dogs at llud Moody Stadium, 14-
second district game. 10, in a defensive battle.
.Both the YelluW Wackets and j The Chapel Hill eleven had pre-
viously won its district opener
> run their 16AA
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4uuii. C of C Directors
To Be Nominated
At last Friday’s meeting of the
board of directors of the Mineola
Chamber Of Commerce, president
I James Dear appointed a commit-
tee of Dixie Maltsberger, Ocie
Fair and Walter Judge, chair-
man, to nominate eight members
of the Chamber' for three-yeai i
tends of office on the board, ef-
fective February 1.
After the eight men or women
have been nominated, ballots will
be mailed to the membership and
l.l.lin.l Zf. r H t ...
mail th* ir contributions to
Agnes Shamburger, Rbutc
Hawkins
And those interested in partici-
pating in taking care of our own
in Mineola arc urged to donate i
’ to the annual fund drive of the ,
Mineola Community Chest Have '
you made it YOUR Community
Chest?
Mrs. Caricne Phillips of Wil-
mington. Delaware, is visiting
her parents, Mr and Mrs W C
Little, and her sister and family,
Mr and Mrs Ernest Adkins Mr
anil Mrs Little and Mr*. Ptul-
lips attended the Country Lunch-
eon at Gunstrcam I-ake on Sun-
day Others from Mineola
See MIS<H.LA NY. page 2
sei is W. D. Brown. Quitman.
The cooperative serves over
ever 8,600 families in nine East j
Texas counties. The board nf
directors is elected by the mem'
usisbip lui Uuec-yuar turuu j
terms of members staggered
that cither two or
with each annual meeting
Texas Draft Boards have been
called upon to furnish L>59 men
foY the armed forces in Novem-
ber. Local Board No. 133, Wood
and Upshur Counties, will send
seven men for Inriuetion.
Also, twenty-five men vr j 1 1 be
.sent for Armed Forces Physical
Examination during the month .
They are scheduled to be f o •-
warded to the Armed Forces
Examining and Entrance Station.
Dallas, on November 14.
Men who arc 18 years of age —- .
, , ... given as the Grand Prize at the
arc required to register w: t h a , .. .
! ill'I/li /ll .lllilltlc I nil m-. mlvr> *-^
Local Board on their 18th birth-j
day or within 5 days thereafter. |
reminds Mrs. Clara Bunn, local |
Board Clerk. Failure to register,
like failure to comply with other
provisions of the law. may siit»- the cooperative, including fanu-
ject men to prosecution, or indue- ‘
tion into the Army out of turn
and ahead of other men. Maxi-
mum penalty for failure to' com- ■
ply with any provision of the
law. upoh prosecution and con- membership
viclion, is five y .ars in prison . anil in: ::^b;
fine of $10,000, or both. whi
After a young man registers. I
he is required to keep the local 1
board informed of any change in , Electric Cooperative
Route
time the mail truck leave*
Tyler, cannot be
will timply be Ued and sent on j Mfcnens represenfea Mineola
to the Sectional Center in Tyler j during East Texas Day activi-i
for sorting to destination*. Since tje$ a1 fhe Sfflfe Fajr of Texa$i
I nmk Ihmm * lb 'Wj|i L T"
Club Arrus ••
Vaught- Winw/dw.
| boro, electric ccihM
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mtendent At this meeting, held
on the second Monday night of
the month as usual, the board
also gave approval to use of the I
ooulhi-akt portion, of It a
on W< st Patton for the drilling
of a test water Wi ll by the Ci'y
(sic related story, page 1. tin-
Mition). anil approeil eo'ois fin
th<- the draperies to be placed on the
propirtv h to be tnartr tqwv the * •♦«*’• in ondti-pwrtww
transfer of the 4 grade* of pupils | mg undi t construction between
■ nd teacher* to the new elemen-I the new high school and the new
tai v mHooI lxir.fi constructed in elementary •ch-*>.l
The Charles Dunn, principal of the
antici- j East Elemental v School. w a s
rea- I present at the board met ting to
the discuss planned changes in
structional methods at tlx
Also present were Moriitol edit r
Dan PeaciKik. superintendent Tim '
ifarvey, and board members J
W McCorkle. .1 W
Welsh, Billy Boynton and W
Regian.
Winner of Friday night's con -
■ ... ... test at Chapel Hill is expected to
for the have the inside track in the race
for the district championship, j
I with yndefeated Kaufman loom -
Ting as most ilkety contender tn
ease either the Bulldogs or the
Yellow Jacket* falter.
Kaufman’s Lions came out win-
ner last Friday night iin another
defensive battle, finally punch-
ing acrus* a touchdown in the
I last- quarter to edge the Van Van-
Idals, 9-3. The Vandals held a .3-0
I halftime advantage, then gave
i up a safety in the third quarter.
Grand Saline's Indians pulled
the upset in last week's action
in 16AA, downing the previously
undefeated Canton Eagles by a
score of 12-7.
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wife Hhr.h'tw ar* paiv.d* 'd <» I
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Routine business, including the
I payment of September blits, was
| taken '-are of during t^e Council
meeting Monday night.
The City, through Bob Day of
Rowles. Winston and Co. of Ty-
' ler, is currently advertising ■ for
I bids on street Improvements as
i authoi ized by the Warrant-Issue
i ordinance approved carter this
year by the Council. The legal
i notice of such bid-seeking was
.carried ip last weeks
, and is in
I
me vnupei mu ouiioog* are un- ; viousiy won II
I beaten ariri untied at the midway | against Van to ____ _____ ______
point of the regular seasrln, both j record to 2-0, compared with the
having fi .e straight win*. | Jackets’ record of 1-0 in district
Last Friday night, the Yellow play.
Jackets thoroughly whipped t h r I ■winm-e <>r FriHav niohr** ron -
in Dallas, Monday of this Red Haiders of Winnsboro in the
week. |last non-cohfcrcncc game
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Landowners Need
License To Sell
Hunting Rights
TYLER — Landowner*
pr i.pcrt v . wi-lt P. accommodate
for pav are
first secure a Shooting Preserve
License at a cost of $5. accord-
ng to Charles Burnette, Enforce-
ment Supervisor, of the Texas]
bo.Ui-. i’arka jiiid WiiiiUU' Dcpai luictil.
A licilisi is required for each
separate and distinct tract of
land that is leased for bunting.
Shooting Preserve License hold - 1
ers are issued a record book,
in which a record of each punt-
er's kill is maintained. ‘
Wood County residents
I wish t>> lease their lands
would like more ^information
should contact Game Warden
Scott, Bruce Carson Scago, Box 687, Quitman,
Texas 75783. telephone Area Code
| 214, 763-5555.
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sewer lift station located!
Harvey Wagoner property
as now in
the! ttic pna ess of being replaced. (
i h ith work being supervised by
to begin today (Wednesday) by I Charlie Elrod. Larger capacity |
I.---— ,•------------- (jin<. t)J l}( installed under U. S.
of 80 (East Broad) to connect with |
■ a new lift station in the Benham j
sultantw, have ruled tl.e test well j tarm pasture in the southeast I
drilled earlier thj* year noir the part of the city.
ice plant as unacceptable as a
source of additional water fur the :
city. * - *~~‘
The Council secured approval
and permission of the S c h o o JI
BoarcT Muntffty highf th drift the '
new test well on the southeast '
corner of the school's property
u't*o ricar the intersection of Pegues
.and Patton streits
on PwchUBB Drivx.
Jerry Hayes
Credit Manager
Named At !>ocal
Goodyear Store
Jerry Haye*, 22 year old
five of Randlett, Oklahoma, has
been named Credit Salo M-n-1 La,<r «unb<-».
ger fur Goodyear Service St■ h<,11<1(V,.| II M t
M.neola , , T'P*-“*
Hayes came __ ■
voting for no more than four new
directors will be held by mail
The four successful candidates
from the eight nomir.ees will re-
place James Dear. T. M. Harvey,
Jim Rogers and Dan Peacock on
the new board next year.
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expiie with each annual meeting Slated Saturday J|
Taylor, winner of the Grano • "B •__ # ’ I — a I
Prize color TV set, was winner |-4 K 1 f 11 fl <JT
of a Hamilton Beach blender uVFB
prize drawings. Other prize* in- i fut
ciudid desk l-mp*. Mr*. R. V Member* «t the W Ctxmt/iMini I". '
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The annual Homecoming for
the Northside Baptist Church of
Mineola will be observed Sunday,
Monitor, iOctober 15
this week's issue also.
--p.— —. ■ | schedule will be followed, with
Sunday School at 9 45 and Wor-
ship at 11 o'clock. In addition.
! Membership Roll Call will be
held in the morning.
A basket lunch will be served
at noon.
Fellowship and singing will oc- j L
cupy the afternoon, with special I
singing groups expected to be ■
^present The nursery will be open ■
for the Homecoming events. ■
All present and past members ■
’of tile Northside Baptist Church, I
along with friends, are invited to I
b<- present for the special day. f
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Services Held
At Providence
For G. H. Lout on
Funeral service* were held at
3 p.m. Thursday, October 5, for 1
’ George Henderson Louton of the ■
Silver Lake Community.
Services were held in the Pro-
vidence Baptist Church with the
Revs. Glenn Knox and W. H.
Strickland officiating Burial was
in Providence Cemetery, under
direction of the English Funeral
Home of Mineola.
Mr Louton, a native of Lime-
stone County, Texas, was a far-
mer and had lived in the Silver
Lake area for 20 years. He was
a member of the Providence Bap-
tist Church. He died in a Dallas
clinic on October 4.
He is surv-ved by hi* wife, Mrs.
Effie Louton; 2 daughters, Mrs.
Thelma Baggett and Mrs. Amy
Ruth Emmons, both of I>*Jl*»>
three-sisters. Mrs. Amand* Joj’1 * |
of Ceres. California. ,
I Ola Petrva and Mr* ,?*nX area; .
ler, both of «he Hovldene. a.ea
jjwi <r.ndcWJdr«n; and » •*••»
I grandchildren.
I pa)R>*ar*r»
I win, Bobby
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lies of members, were i
for the meeting, held in the Jim
Hogg State Park at Quitman.
Manager Virgil B. Shaw pre-
sented the annuaL report to the
> during the meeting,
members elected directors
sc terms were expiring with
tiie meeting.
Dirt ctors of tile Wood County
are Ernest
his address, or personal siituat- j Burges, Route 4, Grand Saline;
ion which might affect ability or ; R“ Sherman Ray, Sr . Route 1.
requirement for military service. Hawkins; J. J. Puckett. Route 1,
--o--iMineiJa; G. R. Cathey. Quitman;
H. W. Carpenter, Route 4. Grand
Saline; R. G. Jarred, Route 3.
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