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Oil Company had reported to him
the theft of “Air Packs" from
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Charles Bruce Is
Candidate For
Doctor’s Degree
Charles T Bruce, English teach-
er in Texas Technological College,
Lubbock, a former Mt. Vernon boy,
is among the 47 candidates for de-
grees announced by the Graduate
School at Texas Tech. Bruce will
receive a Doctor of Philosophy de-
gree.
Commencement exercises will
be held May 30 at 8 p. m. at which
time more than 900 will be gradu-
ated as Tech’s Class of 1960.
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child, who would be unable to
swim as often as he would like
without this ticket.
The board has also suggested
that some individuals might like
to pay for some child’s swimming
lessons. The cost of these lessons
is $10.00 for the course.
A slight change has been made
in the admission price with all stu-
dents who have not graduated
from high school 25c. Everyone
above this age will pay 40c.
Coach Don Jones will manage
the pool again this year, and will
instruct the swimming classes.
There will be two people on duty
at the pool at all times, a life
guard and another in the conces-
sion stand.
Coach Jones has asked all those
who are interested in taking
■swimming lessons to call his home
Sunday afternoon, May 29. so that
arrangements can be made for the
setting up of the classes. His
nhone number is I E 7-29(11.
New Hope field
Franklin County.
The air packs which include an
oxygen tank and gas mask, are
kept at the wells ^4ich prodtice a
very deadly sour gas, as a safety
precaution. The tanks are about
18 inches long and are painted
yellow.
Tittle said if a man should be
working at one of the wells and a
leak should occur, the air pack is
about his only chance of survival.
The three air packs were valued
at $1,000. No clues as to who
took them have been uncovered.
Mrs. Juanita Broach
Hope Dies Suddenly
In Arizona
Mrs. Milton Giddens received
word Tuesday night of the sud-
den death of her niece, Mrs. Juan-
ita Broach Hope of 0159 NorthJ
4t7h Drive. Glendale. Arizona.
Mrs. Hope died of a heart at-
trk while attending the wedding
of her daughter in Glendale.
She is the daughter of Mrs. Ed-
gar Broach of Glendale and the
late Edgar Broach, former Frank-
lin Cortnty residents.
Rev. J. C. Irby Will
Preach At Hopewell
Sunday, May 29
Bev. J. C. Irhy of Newsome
will preach at Hopewell Presby-
terian Church Sunday- May 29 at
11 a. m.
Everyone la invited to attend.
Mrs. Hope was a member of the .
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o’clock.
Rev. Bridges has served the Mt.
Vernon church as pastor for the
past eight and one-half years. Dur-
ing this time he has served as dis-
trict president and secretary for
Christian Churches in this area.
He has held various other offices
and committee assignments at the
district level.
He has assisted at Mt. Pleasant,
new churches at Mt. Pleasant.
Daingerfield and Paris during his
stay in Mt. Vernon.
Rev. Bridges is a member of the
Mt. Vernon Rotary Club and is
very active in Masonic work. He
has headed various civic drives
during recent years. Rev. Bridges
has been overall chairman for the
Mt. Vernon Rotary Club Minstrel
Show for the past several years.
Funds raised by this show go to
Youth Recreation, Inc., which has
charge of the lo; al summer youth
urogram.
'"Before coming to Mt. Vernon.
Rev. Bridges was pastor at Kermit
’or one year and at Lamesa for
four years.
He is a graduate of Texas Chris-
tian University and Brlte College
of the Bible at T.C.U.
A choir, under the direction of
Rev. Harold Taylor, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, will sing,
"God of Our Fathers" and "How
Great Thou Art.” The invocation
will be by Rev. James O. Duck-
worth. pasctor of the First Bap-
tist Church, and the benediction
by Rev. Taylor. The processional
and recessional will be played by
Tommie Jean Banister.
Lawrence Bridges
Is Baccalaureate
Speaker Here
Rev. Lawrence W. Bridges, pas-
tor of the Central Christian
Church here, will deliver the Bac-
calaureate sermon for the Mt. Ver-
non High School graduation class
at the High School Gymnasium on
night, May 29, at
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Mathus Black has been named mitted themselves for these places,
ns manager of Youth Recreation, i He urged any man who will
Inc,, summer baseball program’
and he announced this week that
all boys will report to the I ittle
Creek Park field on Thursday and
Friday nights, June 2 and 3.
Black said all boys will work
out under the observation of the
managers of the various teams.
The managers will meet later and
select the boys for their teams.
Mr. Black said 60 boys and 50
girls have signed up to participate
in the summer program. Present
plans call for Pee Wee, Little Lea-
gue and Pony League teams with
girls' softball scheduled for one
night each week.
Boys games are scheduled to be
played on Monday. Tuesday and
Friday nights with girls softball
on Thursday night.
Harold Stephenson, who heads
the committe for the selection of
managers for the teams, said Wed-
nesday that at least 12 managers
will be needed for the teams in the
various leagues. He said that
about four or five men have com-
Annual Buddy Poppy
Sale, Saturday, May 28
"The veterans of all our na-
tion’s wars receive direct and
prompt aid from the proceeds of
the annual Buddy Poppy Sale con-
ducted by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars,” Commander S. S. Norris
of the Franklin County Post No.
3992, explained this week.
"This year's annual Buddy Pop-
‘ py campaign here in Franklin
County is on Saturday, May 28,”
continued the commander. "We
are proud of the fact that although
membership In the V.F.W. is lim-
ited to the men who sreved their
country in foreign lands, we ex-
tend the many benefits offered to
all men who served in the armed
forces, even though they may nev-
er have left the continental United
States.
Air Packs Stolen;
Endangers Workers
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"This year the V.F.W. expects
to sell 15 million Buddy Poppies
throughout the nation. Countless
thousands of needy veterans will
benefit. They will receive aid in
filing G. 1. claims, the destitute
will receive financial assistance,
deserving orphans and widows of
the deceased will be taken care of.
Some of them will be given an op-»
portunity for a new life in the uni-
que V.F.W. National Home at Ea-
ton Rapids, Michigart.
"We are confident,” concluded
Commander Norris, "that this
year, as in the past, the patriotic
citizens of Franklin County will
go all out to put the annual Bud-
dy Poppy Sale well over the top."
Baylor Coaching Post
Herb Zimmerman, head football in football for Mt. Vernon High,
coach and athletic director at Mt.
Pleasant High School for the past
five years, has resigned to become
an assistant football coach at Bay-
lor University.
John Moughon, chief foothall
assistant who came to Mt. Pleas-
ant with Zimmerman in 19 55, was
named by the school board as his
successor.
The announcement of the 29-
year-old former Texas Christian
University grid star's resignation
came Friday.
Zimmerman, whose 1959 Mt.
Pleasant High team broke school
history by advancing to the state
Class AAA semi-finals, reports to
Baylor May 23 as defensive line
coach.
The former All-Southwest Con-
ference guard succeeds Francis
(Cotton) Davidson who resigned
to join the Dallas Texans of the
American Football League as a
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Zimmerman, born and reared tti
Mt. Vernon, lettered four years
REV. LAWRENCE W. ERIDGES
BA<XAUI.AURE.\TE SPEAKER
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Mt. Vernon and County
Show Population Drop !
1340. This is a 6 percent, plus, '
decrease.
The area of Winnsboro witbta
Franklin County showed a whop*
ping 88 percent, plus, increaae.
The 19 50 figures gave the arMk
374 people with the 19 60 figuraa
showing 706.
The entire city of Winnsboro ta -
the preliminary figures shows to
have a count of 2,653 with 194T
being in the Wood County portiOB.
The gain for the entire town was
141 persons over the 2;512 ftguro
of the 1950 census. The Woo<
County portion of Winnsboro lost
192 from the 2.138 shown in tho
19 50 count.
Swimming-Pool Opens
On Wednesday, June 1
Mt. Vernon’s Little Creek Park
swimming pool will open Wednes-
day, June 1, according to an an-
nouncement made this week by D.
R. (Doc) Watson, president of
Youth Recteation, Inc., the organi-
zation which operates the pool.
The pool will be open from 2
p. m. to 8 p. m. on Tuesday, Wed-
nesday and Thursday: from 2 p.
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Mt. Vernon School
Hoard Meets In
Regular Session
The Mt. Vernon School Boarfl _
met In regular session, Monday
evening, May 23. Routine bust*
ness was carried out by the board.
The following bus drivers wera
employed for the 1960-61 school
vear: Narvel Lawrence, Robbia
bmes. Jack White, Glenn Slaught-
er. Jack Johnson. Bill White and
Ross Elliott.
The board accepted the bid of
Joe Holly Banister of $2185.00 for
the painting of the Grade School. .J.’
Contracts were r
the Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Com-
pnny for stoves for all of tha
rooms of the Grade School.
McGuire, Caton and Company
of Mt. Pleasant was <
auditors
for the 1959-60 school year.
A board of equalisation WM ]
appointed by the school board. I
this board to be announced at a •
later time upon the acceptance Ot j
the persons named.
Bee BOARD Pa«aB J
m. to 9 p. m. on Friday and Sat-
urday, and from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m.
on Sunday. The pool will not be
open on Monday.
Season tickets are now available
from the directors of Youth Rec-
reation, Inc., for $10.00 for the
entire season. Members of the
board are: I). R. (Doc) Watson,
Chris Long. Teny Tom, Mrs. M.
L. Edwards, Jr., Rex Scott, Mrs.
Jeff Meredith, F. J. Joyce, Jr.,
Horris Morris, K. B. Copeland,
Neal Solomon and Charles Lowry.
This group has set a goal of 100
season tickets, which, if reached,
will bring in almost enough money
to pay the cost of operation of the
pool.
They are asking all who will
purchase these tickets to contact
one of the above. They are ask-
ing those people without children,
who will, to purchase these tickets
and give them to a friend's child
or the directors will see that they
get into the hands of some worthy
An Australian physician, known
• round the world for his 20-year
fight against communism, , will
speak in Pittsburg Monday, May
3). Dr. Fred Schwarz, executive
director of the Christian Anti-
Communism Crusade, will speak
at the First Baptist Church at 8
p. tn. Officials of the Church
Brotherhood, sponsor of Dr.
Schwarz’s appearance, are prepar-
ing for an attendance of more than
1,000.
In announcing the appearance
of Dr. Schwarz, Dr. R. K. Pender-
grass, president of the Brother-
hood. issued a special invitation
to every public-spirited citizen in
East Texas "Although the meet-
ing is sponsored by the Brother-
hood of the First Baptist Church,
ft is a non-denominational, non-
sectarian meeting," Dr. Pender-
grass explained "Anyone inter-
ested in strengthening and pre-
serving our freedom against com-
munist encroachment should take
this opportunity to hear one of the
world's leading authorities on
communistic thought and meth-
od." ,
The speaker has spent the laat
20 years probing the communist
Mother Of Lewis
Banks Dies Monday
In Mt. Pleasant
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. Tuesday, May 24, at Glade
Springs Baptist Church for Mrs.
Annie Banks White, 86. who died
at 11:25 Monday morning at the
home of her daughter in Mt. Pleas-
ant. The Rev. Manual Driggers
and the Rev. I). W. Andrews were
officiating ministers.
Mrs. White was born in Frank-
lin County, August, 1 873, and has
lived all her life in Franklin and
Titus counties.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Lillie Robinson, of Mt. Pleas-
ant; five sons, Lewis Banks of
Hopewell. Leonard and Luther
Banks, both of Dallas, and Hollie
Banks and Tommie Banks, both of
Mt. Pleasant: four sisters. Mrs.
Dovie Obear and Mrs. Lelia Rhea
of Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Willie Hicks
of Naples, and Mrs. Nettie White
of Mt. Vernon; 21 grandchildren,
37 great-grandchildren and 21
great-great-gra ndchildren.
Grandsons served as pallbear-
ers.
Burial was in the Mt. Vernon
cemetery.
flags,
will be available.
Norris pointed out that it is per-
misaable to display a 48 or 49 star
flag as long as it is in good con-
dition. He said when a flag is to
be discarded it should lie burned,
not thrown away.
MAJOR LEAGUE'BASEBALL
SCOUTS In Mt. Vernon Tuesday
night to witness the fireman’s
baseball game are reported to have
gone away slightly disappointed
after looking over the prospects
• here. Whether the players were
not up to par or the stew had too
much pepper in It, is not known.
First Baseman M. P. (CHIEF)
LONG is reported to have reached
a foot more than his limits in ef-
forts to snag some of the bad
throws to first. First Baseman
CHARLES TEAGUE is reported to
have hit a home run with the
bases loaded but only caught three
out of 26 single base hits. Pitch-
ers F. J. JOYCE, JR., and JIM
LONG are reported to have had
• perfect control. PAT SCOTT needs
to take his glasses with him the
next time he plays for he dropped
a ball and it took him 10 minutes
to find it. HAROLD STEPHEN-
SON was still eating stew Wed-
nesday night and said It was still
hot. M. P. LONG was the fastest
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Merchants Urged
To Display Flags
8n Memorial Day
Members of the Franklin Coun-
ty Post 3992 Veterans of Foreign
Wars, contacted Mt. Vernon mer-
chants this week and requested
that they display their flags in
front of their business on Memo-
rial Day. Monday, May 30, and
other holidays.
Seth Norris, commander of the
post, said people of this area have
neglected to display their flags In
recent years and pointed out that
the habit of displaying the
helps to remind citizens of their
heritage.
Norris said it was found that
many business houses have no
flag and others are badly worn or
soiled. He said the local post plans
to contact all business houses in
the near future in an effort to get
them to purchase the new 50-star
It is not known when they
MT. VERNON (FRANKUN COUNTY), TEXAS 1HURSDAY, MAY 26, I960
Former Local Man '
Speaker At A. & M.
Safety Class
W. F. Mahaffey was guest
speaker to an advanced class of
Industrial Safety at Texas A. & M..
College recently. This class is
composed of 4 0 senior students of
the Industrial Technology Depart-
ment who are preparing for vari-
ous jobs in industry.
The topic discussed by Mahaf-
fey was “How Insurance Com-
panies Assist Industry in Accident
Prevention.” Also discussed dur-
ing the talk was workmen’s com-
pensation insurance and how it af-
fected industry’s rates.
At the present time, Mr. Ma-
haffey is district engineer of the
W.aco district office for Texas Em-
ployers Insurance Association who
specialize in workmen’s compen-
sation insurance.
Mr. Mahaffey is a 194.8 gradu-
ate of Mt. Vernon High School and
Texas A. & M. College, having re-
ceived his degree from the depart-
ment he addressed. He is the son
of Mrs. W. T. Mahaffey of Mt. Ver-
non. and is married to the former
Wanda Campbell. They have two
sons and reside in Waco.
Glenn Bridges Wins
Writing Contest
Ten University of T«XM at»>
dents hs\e won prissa ;
more than 1209 this eprlag la TJh J
rioue writing contests sponi
by the English Department,
Mody C. BoatcJrht, depart
chairman, announced. . »«
Glenn Bridget, son of Ro*.
Mrs. L- W. Bridges of Mt. Voi
won a III first prise in the H
hill Short Story oentoet.
Mt. Vernon and Franklin Coun-
ty both had a decrease in popula-
tion during the past 10 years ac-
cording to preliminary census fig-
ures released by Mrs. Faye B. Ma-
hone, census district supervisor, at
Texarkana, this week. The only
bright spot in the figures was for
that portion of Winnsboro that lies
in Franklin County which nearly
doubled in number of residents
during the past 10 years.
The bulk of the decrease in the
county population was in the rural
areas with the county as a whole
showing a population drop of
1218. The county population in
1950 was 6257 with the 1960 cen-
sus showing 5039.. This is a 19
percent, plus, decrease for the 10-
year period.
Mt. Vernon, whose city limits
are identical with those of 1950.
came out with a decrease of 93
during the 10-year period The
1950 figures gave Mt. Vernon
1433, the 1960 count showed
Sulphur Bluff
Masons to Observe
Centennial
The Sulphur Bluff Lodge No.
246, A.F. & A M., is celebrating
the Centennial of the organiza-
tion of the lodge on June 14 and
has designated it as an open
meeting with all Franklin County
Masons and their families urged
to attend.
The celebration will get under
way at 5 p. m. with a dinner. An
interesting program has been ar-
ranged which will start at
p. m. and will end before 10:00
p. m.
The invitation to Franklin
County Masons and their families
was extended by Earl Mead, secre-
tary of the Sulphur Bluff Lodge.
Past Grand Masters who have
Indicated they will be in attend-
ance are I eo Hart. W. W. Booth
and Claud Austin.
H. M. Walters
Receives Tidewater
Service Award
H. M. Walters of Scroggins will
lie among the 80 long-time em-
ployees of Tidewater Oil Company
to be honored Thursday night,
May 26, at the Lamar Hotel in
Houston. Mr. Walters will receive
a service award emblem represent-
ing 2'5 years of employment with
Tidewater.
Presentations will be made to
the honorees at the company’s an-
nual Service Award dinner for
Southern Division personnel. E. B.
Miller, Jr., vice president and gen-
eral manager of Tidewater’s South-
ern Division, will deliver the prin-
cipal address.
The combined time spent in
company service by the 80 em-
ployees total more than 23 centur-
ies, 2,365 years. Altogether, nine
pins for 40 years, 18 pins for 35
years, 10 pins for 3 0 years and 4 3
pins for 2 5 years of service
be presented.
The recipients represent
Tidewater installations in
Southern Division.
BROADWAY
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Exercises For Grads
Sunday and Tuesday*
Mrs. Lillian HopeffH
Will Be Speaker At I
Commencement |
Mrs. Lillian B. Hope of LoyMM
view will be speaker at conuneMM -'B
ment exercises for the Mt. VernOR* J
j High School senior class to be helft J
Tuesday night. May 31, at 8:0# M
i o’clock. -gB
’ Mrs. Hope is a native of Geofe ’.fl
gia. having moved to East Texas
In 1953 with her husband, Col. W*. j
B. Hope, who is general manager ■ 1
of Hotel Longview. Mrs. Hope bar 1
been a member of the faculty of
Kilgore Junior College at Kilgore j
for the past seven years where sho 4
is a teacher of English. She has ’j
her A.B. and M.A. degrees.
She will be installed as stat* J
president of the Texas Federatioa ' j
of Business and Professional Wo*-
men’s Clubs. Inc., on Sunday, June fl
12, at the Rice Hotel in Houstoa. j
Mrs. Hope is a director of Pilot J
International, past president of the '1
Longview B&PW Club and Pilot j
Club, and has served on the execa- V
tive board of the Texas Federa- fl
lion for the past four years.
She is chairman of the Teacher *|
Welfare Committee. Citizen’s Ad-
visory Committee of the Longview
Public Schools, member of Boar* ♦ 3
of the Friends of Nicholson iMo» J
morial Library, Longview; treaa- . J
urer Longview Community Thee .’ J
tre, member First Presbyteriea 19
Church, Ix>ngview; and is
known as an authority on parlia-
mentary procedure. Mrs. Hope
will teach four classes in parlia*
mentary procedure while in at* * 1
tendance at the International coe-
vention of Pilot International ia
San Francisco in July. v
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