Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1973 Page: 1 of 14
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Volume 96—No 42
Mt Vernon, Fronklln. County, Taxon
Thursday, July 5. 1973
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Board also approved a motion
for the realease of a vendor’s
WITHOUTA
FATALTRAFFIC
ACCIDENT IN
FRANKLIN
COUNTY
36,746.12 in bills. Bills were
largely due for construction of
MRS. MIKE EDWARDS and her two children were not Injured when this station wagon and three
other vehicles were involved In an accident at the corner of East Main Street and Holbrook street
on Thursday. June 28. Mrs. Edwards was making a left turn onto Holbrook at the time of the
accident. (Optic-Herald Staff Photo).
by Mrs. Mike Edwards, the Owen car continued east on Main
street and collided with this automobile transport truck which
was preparing to unload cars in front of Teague and Son
Chevrolet Co. (Optic-Herald Staff Photo).
ients must earn at least a 3.25
grade point ratio (out of a
possible 4.0) during the pre-
vious semester.
"Distinguished
IN.E.T. Office
Receives Grant
Congressman Wright Patman
announced this week that the
Office of Economic Opportunity
has approved a grant to the
Northeast Texas Opportunity,
Inc. in the amount of 824,112.00
These funds will be used to
extend the present program for
two additional months beginn
ing October 1, 1*73, and will
serve Hopkins, Franklin, Titus
and Rains counties.
During the same indefinite
period of time several sets of
tools and a valuable saddle
were stolen from a barn on the
Thrasher Ranch north of Mt.
Vernon.
Sheriff Biggerstaff
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Grant awards to each of the
21 counties in the First District
are listed below: Bowie,
312,233, Camp, 32,021; Cass,
89,475;Cherokee, 89,223; Delta,
33,024; Fannin, 30,011; Frank-
lin, 31,100; Harrison, 317,041;
Henderson, 86,698; Hopkins,
34,030; and Lamar, 312,0M.
phased out on Dec. 31, 1971, he
related.
Under the plan pharmacies
bill drugs at cost plus a
prescription filling fee, he
explained. Patients are now
allowed three prescriptions
with no money limitation, he
related.
Graves said everything has
been done that is possible to
limit the problems for drug-
giests and in the latter part of
1972 the department started
workshops for pharmacists.
Graves said errors in billing
are now down to between five
and ten percent and that when
the plan started that pharma-
cies were 90 days in receiving
payment and this has now been
reduced to three weeks.
He said that previous to the
Marion, 34,404; Morris. 31,-
475; Panola, 35,297; Red River,
87,428; Rusk, 310,182; San
Augustine, 33,178; Shelby, 37,-
608, Titus, 8273.00; Upahur,
34,583; and Wood, 82,114.
vendor plan drugs were costing
the state 849 million a year, that
last year under the vendor plan
it was reduced to 836 million
and it is hoped that it will be
reduced to 830 million this year.
Graves said he is a member
of the medical unit team for the
24-county area which is
composed of three registered
nurses, one medical doctor and
one pharmacist.
He explained that working
with nursing homes is reward-
ing and that many improve-
ments are being made in
patient care.
Graves said that four audit
teams are working with the
vendor plan to keep the few
unscrupolous from taking ad-
vantage of the state.
See Vendor Page 3A
bus Crime Control and Safe Teachers
Attend Area
Workshops
Charles Stretcher, vo-ag
teacher at Mt. Vernon and
Richard Lee, vo-ag teacher at
Saltillo, attended four days of
in-service training July 19-22.
The two teachers attended a
Land Judging workshop June 19
and 20 held at Mt Pleasant. The
Land workshop was conducted
by M. I. Hall of the SCS The
workshop included classroom
and field work
Stretcher and Lee attended
the second workshop on June 21
and 22. This workshop consisted
of training in judging dairy
products and dairy cattle.
Both workshops were spon-
sored by ETSU.
He explained that previous to
the vendor plan that welfare
recipients drug costs were
added to their monthly welfare
checks.
Graves pointed out that the
Distinguished welfare budgets were increas-
ing due to the fact that more
people were coming into the
welfare program, drug costs
were going up and more
prescriptions were King re-
excelled academically. Recip- quired.
He also explained that be
going under the vendor drug
plan that the state was able to
get federal matching funds.
Graves related that there
ranking is limited to 10 per cent were many problems when the
of TAMU's undergraduate
enrollment. ’
Scott, a junior mechanical
walleye program for the day.
Graves explained that he
served as a consultant in 24
counties which have 101 nursing
homes and 236 pharmacies. He
Only one person was injured
as the result of a spectacular
four vehicle accident which
occurred at about 4:50 p.m. on
Thursday, June 28, at the
intersection of East Main and
Holbrook streets just one block
off the plaza in Mt Vernon
The accident occured while
all available officers were
directing traffic at the scene of
a burning car on Interstate 30
where traffic had to be rerouted
off the interstate to the service
road for a short distance
Mrs. Una Owens, Winfield,
driver of a 1973 Ford which
was traveling east on Main was
taken to Franklin County
Hospital by Sam B. Harvey
Home ambulance
Difficulty was encountered in
removing her from her car due
to injuries. She remained in
Franklin County Hospital on
Monday but her condition was
not thought to be serious.
According to witnesses the
accident occurred when Mrs.
Mike Edwards, driving a 1973
Chevrolet station wagon, trav-
eling west, attempted a left turn
from Main onto Holbrook.
Witnesses said the Owens car
Burglaries Are Reported
Franklin County Sheriff Bob-
by Biggerstaff received reports
of three burglaries Sunday
night, July 1, 1973. Adams
Office Equipment Company on
West Main was burglarized
I during the past week; three
office machines were taken, anyone leaving for a vacation to
The firm, owned by Buster
Adams, had been closed during
the previous week while the
Adams family was on vacation
One residence burglary was
reported Glen Turner, 501
English, reported that two guns
and a tape player were taken
1 from his home while he and his
wife were away on a weekend
i visit.
I Ark-Tex
Council
Six Arrested
Awarded Grant Over Weekend
Governor Dolph Briscoe
recently awarded a 824,100
planning grant to the Ark-Tex
Council of Governments, Tex-
arkana, to carry on its criminal
justice planning program dur-
ing fiscal 1974.
The money will come from
the Criminal Justice Council,
which administers the state’s
block grant from the Law
Enforcement Assistance Ad-
ministration under the Omni
have someone watch their
home and property or to notify
his office. He and members of
his department will maintain
checks on Franklin County
resident’s homes and property
if people will merely phone or
come by the Sheriff's Office in
the basement of the courthouse
previous to leaving for weekend
or longer vacations The
Sheriff’s Department phone
number is 537-4539.
March or April, 1973.”
No information was given
regarding findings of the
department in regard to the
the clock operation of the
computers which became over
heated.
Graves said the plan gave
Texas pharmacists the biggest
nightmare that they had ever
had, even greater than a flu
epedemic or something of that
nature.
He said that at the start of the
program, of the 26,000 charges
per day that 18,000 of the claims
were kicked out due to error
and for this reason pharmacies
of Texas were put in a financial
strain.
He said the program was
initiated with two prescriptions
allowed per patient with a third
possible with prior approval. A
dollar limit per patient was also
in effect. The prior approval for
the third prescription was
expected spawn this past
March or April but several
New Park To Be Opened On Lake Cypress Springs
The Board of Directors of the
Franklin County Water District
at their meeting Monday voted
to name a new park area on
Lake Cypress Springs, which is
now under construction, Wall-
eye Park, and to open it to the
public after July 5.
The park is located on a
peninsula south of Snug Harbor
Estates The area had earlier
been designated a park area
and will eventually have
shower and possibly camper
facilities in addition to the
newly constructed restrooms
and eating arrangements.
The Board agreed to the
leasing of six acres of land on
the south of Lake Cypress
Springs to Allen Wright. The
PJC Schedules
Registration
Registration for the second
summer term at Paris Junior
College will be held on Monday,
July 9, Ralph W. Webb, dean of
student affairs, has announced.
Day registration will be from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and
evening enrollment will begin
at 7:30 p.m.
Students registering during
the day should obtain packets in
the Registrar's Office, Admin-
istration Building, before re-
porting to the Student Center
ballroom for class scheduling
Evening students report to the
ballroom for complete regis-
tration.
Classes for the second term
begin Tuesday, July 10, and late
registration is permitted only
through Friday, July 13
Courses to be offered include
air-conditioning mechanics, bi-
ology 401, mathematics 300 and
Ml, physical science 401,
English 300, 303 , 304 and 331,
government 331, data process
ing 315, 400, 402 and 403, farm
and ranch management, and
nursing seminar Business
math 304 and U. S. government
330 will be taught at the
Community College Center at
Mt. Pleasant
Those interested in enrolling
should make application and
submit transcripts in the
Registrar’s Office if they are
new PJC students. Completing
this part of registration will
facilitate the process on July 9
Dormitories for men and
women students will be open
and breakfast and lunch will be
served in the cafeteria Tuition
will be on a semester-hour basis
the same as the regular terms
The semester will end August
17.
Education
Funds Are
Approved
Congressman Wright Patman
(D-Tex) announced today that
the U. S Office of Education
has approved additional funds
totaling 8132,413 to 90 local
education agencies in Texas’
First Congressional District for
special programs to help
educationally disadvantaged
children. Funds are provided
under Part C of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 for the period June 1973
through June 1974, and will be
used primarily for education
ally deprived children in
pre-school programs and in
elementary schools with high
concentrations of children from
low-income families.
Glade Springs
Baptist Sets
Witness Mission here July 13 Bible School
The Glade Springs Baptist
Church will begin Vacation
Bible School Monday, July 9,
and continue through Friday,
July 13, 8:30 a m. until 11:30
am.
Refreshments will be served
each morning.
A picnic lunch will be served
Friday at 11:30 a m.and
commencement will be Friday
night at 7:30.
All children, regardless of
age, are invited to attend.
The church's revival will be
held July 15 through 22 with
Rev Boles of Dallas as the
evangelist. Rev. Loyd Sparks is
the pastor
Streets Act.
It is conditional, however, on
future congressional appro
priations. »
The award is to continue
providing a criminal justice
director, his secretary and
operating expenses in the
Ark-Tex COG.
Counties served by the COG
are Bowie, Cass, Delta,
Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar,
Morris, Red River and Titus.
The North East Texas
application was among 71 for
action and planning funds
considered by the CJC Execu-
tive Committee June 8. Re-
quests were for a total of
84,565,876.
Lay Witness
Mission To
Be Held Here
The United Methodist Church
of Mt. Vernon will hold a Lay
through July 15. Meetings will
be held at 8 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday nights, at 9:45 and 11
a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday.
55 witnesses from as far as
Tulsa, Okla., Wichita Falls and
Houston will be house guests of
local members.
The witnesses will be led by
the Truman Bryce family of
Arlington
Activities are planned for
children, grades 1 through 6 and
for the youth.
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Members of the Franklin
County Sheriff's Department
arrested six males over the
weekend Two men were
arrested for driving while
intoxicated. Charges were filed
and the men have been released
on bond pending trial. Four
other men were arrested and
jailed for drunkenness. Fines
were set and paid in Franklin
County Justice’s Court.
MRS. UNA OWENS, Winfield, driver of this 1963 Ford was
injured and taken to Franklin County Hospital where she
remains a patient after it was involved in a four vehicle
accident at the corner of East Main and Holbrook streets on
Thursday. June 28. After colliding with a station wagon, driven
Vendor Drug Plan Discussed At Rotary Meeting
Virgil Graves, consultant for
the vendor drug program of the
Texas Department of Public
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One Injured In Spectacular Accident On Thursday
struck the right rear of the
Edwards car knocking the
Edwards car into a 1970
Chevrolet, driven by Earline
Minter, which was stopped at
the stop sign on Holbrook
street
The Owens car, after the
collision with the Edwards
vehicle, continuted east on
Main and collided with the left
front of an automobile trans-
port truck which was parked in
front of Teague and Son
Chevrolet preparing to unload
cars Driver of the truck, Alton
E. Munn, Shreveport, had just
loosened the chain holding one
of the cars at the point where
the Owens vehicle struck the
truck and had moved to the
other side of the vehicle
City Policeman Troy Samp
son was the first officer at the
scene and investigated the
accident
Sampson also reported in-
vestigating minor accidents at
the Mt Vernon Motel on
Thursday morning and on the
parking lot at Terry Haven
Nursing Home on Friday
morning
time which appears to indicate
_______that the walleye did spawn,
fishermen have reported catch How prolific the spawn was is
ing small walleye since that not known
A summary of studies of fish,
especially Walleye, in Lake
Cypress Springs conducted by
the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department in cooperation with
a predatory fish introduction
evaluation designed by the
Reservoir Committee, Southern
Division, American Fisheries
Society. The summary came
from E. W. Bonn, project leaer
for the Lake Cypress Springs
studies. Information on studies
conducted since January 1,1973
was not included in the sumary
and no information has been
released on the 1972 findings.
Lake Cypress Springs was
stocked with four million
walleye fry in 1971 and 61,500
fingerlings in 1972.
The fish populations were
sampled with gill nets, seine
and trawl in January, May,
August and November. In
August, three cove samples
were made with rotenone and
electro-fishing was tried in
November. Black bullheads,
blue catfish and walleye were
the most common species
netted. Game fish accounted for
59 percent of the sample by
number, and 64 percent by
weight. In November the 1971
Walleye averaged two pounds
and all males and 80 percent of
the females were approaching
ripeness. Threadfin and small
gizzard shad were the preferred
food of walleye.
The plastic barriers used to
block the coves in the August
cove sampling were not
successful. Only 20 of 308
marked fish were recovered.
About 3,800 fish representing 28
species were recovered per
acre from the cove samples.
During the first three days
after the lake was opened to
fishing for all species except
walleye, some 2,260 pounds of
game fish were removed.
Largemouth bass (2,120
pounds) and spotted bass (60
pounds) accounted for most of
the harvest. Three walleye
were reported, caught and
released by the 530 anglers
It is recommended no
additional walleye be stocked
and a special effort be made to Welfare, spoke at the meeting
determine the 1973 reproduc of the Mt. Vernon Rotary Club
tion. More effective barriers last Friday on the program,
will be used in the cove samples Graves was introduced by Fred
next year (1973). Stanley who had charge of the
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appear to be more active in the
colder months, since 70 of the 86
taken in nets were recovered in
January and November. In
January the nine month old fish related that the vendor drug
averaged 0.87 pound. Nine of program was initiated on Sept,
the walleye were indistinguish- 1, 1971 by action of the
able juveniles, while two of the legislature due to the fact that
males were sexually mature, welfare budgets had been
By November they averaged growing by leaps and bounds,
two pounds and all of the males
David G. Scott
Receives Award
David G. Scott of Scroggins
has earned
Student" ranking at Texas
A4M University, announced
Registrar Robert A. Lacey.
The undergraduate honor is
awarded students who have
plan was initiated due to the
fact that the state was not setup
to handle the billing from 2,600
engineering major, is the son of pharmacies in Texas. He said
David W. Scott, Rt. 1, there was very little time
Scroggins. between the time the legislation
was approved and the time the
vendor plan went into effect. He
related that he went to work for
the department only one day
before the plan went into effect.
He related that the state
computers handled the billing
but additional air conditioning
had to be put in due to the round
subdivision 36,746.12 in bills. Bills were The next meeting of the District Office in Mt. Vernon
____________ The Board approved a largely due for construction of Board is scheduled for July 16, The meeting, as are all board
lein on land in El Dorado Bay routine motion for payment of facilities in Walleye Park. at 1:30 p.m., in the Water meetings, is open to the public. Funeral
1972 Studies Of Lake Cypress Springs Indicate Walleye Fine
and 80 percent of the females
were approaching ripeness.
Thus it appears we can expect
the first natural spawn about
Pleasant Hill Sets
Memorial Day
Memorial Day will be
observed at Pleasant Hill
Sunday, July 8. Rev. W. D.
Peterson will be the speaker. A
basket lunch on the ground will
be served during the noon hour.
Everyone is invited to attend.
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1973, newspaper, July 5, 1973; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1277993/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Franklin County Library.