The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 30, 1995 Page: 1 of 14
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Training - has taken prisoners out
of vail cells and true the .vmmu-
nity, where the) haw aided non-
profit organtzanons by pn'VKltng
Monoa Mxtha A hire and
tnends of Jun Reeves.
Tkkrts far the ewnm
SIS and can be purchased
Jim Reeses Commute*
from any chamber amte
al the Panola County C
Commerce.
ntffa accompany children fa resis-
ter « to change schedules
All CHS seniors must pick up
their schedukd and see a counselor
on Monday. Aug 7. between 8 a.m.
and 3 p m. (cfased noon* Schedule
changes and new student registra-
tion will be nude Tuesday. Aug S.
I.D. cards * ill N? made far students
cm both day s; the cost is $ I
Parents or giuntans may apply
for free or reduced pnee meals for
all students beginning Aug 7 m the
CISD central .xlmmistration build-
ing from 8 am to 4 pm (dosed
neon' Eligibility for the free OT re-
duced meal program is required for
most pre kindergarten students.
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Rodeo fun continues tkrowg* Saturday
The always-popular calf-scramble drew younger rodeo contestants into the rodeo arena wk were hoping
to pull a winning ribbon from the animal's tail Rodeo eseats continue Saturday with Jamboree activities
on the Carthage Square, beginning at 9 aan^ followed by the rodeo parade at 4 p.m. Saturday night's
rodeo performance, beginning at 8 pan., precludes the annual Rodeo Dance, tn be held at the Carthage
Count™ Club. rnmnammau
Those
were
Thursday. Aug. 3. At Libby Ele-
mentary. students may register m
the office from 8 a m fa 3 p.m.
(closed noon* for grades two and
three.
For returning students, class-
room and teacher assignments will
be posted on the front Axes at 3
p.m Friday. Aug. 11. Students and
parents are invited to meet their
teachers and bong supplies on
Tuesday. Aug 15. from 10 a.m. to
noon.
At Baker Koonce. new students
who will enter grades four through
six may register Tuesday through
Thursday from 8 am.'fa 3 p.m.
ickxsrd ncxuik
Schedules w ill
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Prisoners making
restitution in sweat
needs as well as those students in
regular classrooms.
"Obviously. the move will free
up two more classrooms at the
Baker- Koonce campus. but even
more ini|YYi.Miily. additional space
will be available to serve more ai-
tenkiuw students^" Allison stated.
AtttsvM TtP'.d’^ntriTTTWSl Stu
dents assigned to the alternative
campus are there only far the
minimum time period of five days,
but that a few students remam on
the campus for an entire semesaer ->
depending on the senouMiess of the
Please see SCHOOL. page KA.
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Hospital earns tvard »*»*-.»» u*iw* *c*i
PGH staffers turned out in large numbers for Wednesday's bh»od drive, earning the hospital a trophy
for the largest corporate donation to the drive. Pictured from left are: Eva Haynes of the Panola County
Blood Pool; hospital employees Diane Byrd iseatedk Tori Cranford, Gail Coctrnm. and Kim Henigan;
Jerry Haasrea of KGAS. spimMir of the award; PGH administrator Gary Hudson; and hospital
personnel Tiffani May. Linda \iglr (seated*. Teel Hooper. Dwight Taylor and Janke M Miams.
VTucf Deputy Xvhn lYFYcsca
said ixirtKipatkv tn the prevgam is
cvwnpkidy v\Munt.us vWn tn
mates agree to w ixk tn the program
as pan of a shcet.-ned utl smtroce.
Panreipancs must haw been con-
victed of a enme. they must not be
violent, ami they cam tv ui cul for
a paiwle xwvlaixxi No pirtw ipants
(xvsv a Hight nsk. most are in yal
for pn>tvMKMi violation .md will he
vwt posbatk'n when they complete
then sentence.
"The majority *\xikl prefer to
be doing wunethnig rather than
Axing nrthmg in iail We wish we
could expind n even more and
have rmwv peepk eligible for it."
lYPrvA'a said, adding that the fwv-
gram is M populai with prewmers it
birth certificates, immunization
records, and swial secuniv num-
bers. Students enk'ring Carthage
schools must haw proof they have
received the fallowing immuniza-
tions; DPT. (yMio. measles, mumps,
rubella, and a negative TR skm test
or chest x-ray made since their
fourth binhd.iv .
Classroom assignments w ill be
posted at 3 p.m. Friday. Aug. II.
Students and parents can meet the
teachers and drxvp off school sup-
plies on Tuesday. Aug. 15. from 10
a.m. to noon.
Students who are new to
Carthage 1SD and who will he in
grades two through six can register
beginning Tuesday. Aug I through
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Registration for the l*>5-'*b
school year tvgins next week at
Carthage sckx'ls
Classes begin on Wednesday.
Aug. lb. at all C1SD schools. Par-
ents of students who have not at-
tended Carthage schools m the (vast
are advised to register then chil-
dren before the first day of school,
and to bang proof of residency,
student health records, sixial secu-
rity numbers, and academic records
for older children
First graders new to CISD and
students entering pre-kinderyarten
or kindergarten can register now al
Carthage Pnm.m. Office kxurs are
from S a.m. to 3 p.m. (dosed noon)
daily.
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Prisoners from the Panola
County Detention Center learned
the true nearnng of the de|\in-
ment s SWEA T program this week. ' free manual labor
Eight inmates braved summer s
heat to prejxire the Panob C»xunty
Cattlemen's Association arena far
this week's redeo activities They
started early each nxxning to avoid
the highest tennxa.Mures of the day.
mowing, painting ,md repairing
bleachers in prepat Mien far the
event As a result of a lot of hard
work, the anna was ready in tune
for the rodeo.
It's all a jxirt of the Panob
County Sheriffs lA putment's ef
forts to allow inmates to tv pro
diKtivv while serving out their ynl
rentencx's
"It's a chance lor them to give
romething hack." observed Depun
Darrell x'urrv. the officer who su-
pcrvws the SWEAT prevgram
Over the jKst three and a halt
wars, the program — which stands
far Sheriffs Work. Education And
By SHERRY KOONCE
The classroom is no place for
disruptive students -- unless the
student is attending .ilternaliw
schcxvl at its new location on Davis
Street.
Designed strictly for students
with behav-wral problems, the dis
cipdinary schcol fes rifvrated in
Carthage for sewral years, but not
as a separate campus.
Beginning this year, students as-
signed »o alternative school will
continue their education in a class-
room separate from mainstream
campuses
In April Carthage Independent
Sclkxx.1 District officials purchased
Carthage
surpasses
larger cities
in blood drive
In a case of IXivnl versus Go- |
liath. Carthage conquered both
Marshall and Texarkana this week,
and n tv\xk the twin cities of
Shrevvpxi and Bossier »o defeat
the smaller town
A tiXal of 158 local bkxd
Amors turned out Wedne.wiay to
boost area bkxxl suppln's m the
S.O.S. Bkvd Drive, marking a total
larger than the UM units coUccKd
in Marshall and the 148 collected
in Texarkana during simultaneous
rfaws The Shreveport Bossier
City irea cnUectcd 432 units of
bkxxl. but Carthage still had the
best percentage fased city pap-
ulation. acxxirviing to Eva Haynes
of the Panoki Cixmty Bkxxl l\xx|
The S.O.S. drive • which stands
for "Save Our Summer" - replaces
the annual "MASH Bash* Bkxxl
Hearn w* BTOOD. page KA.
with RCA Records, reprerencauves
of fae company will make a special
presentation to Jan Reeves widow.
Mary Reeves Davis.
Entertainers will take center
stage after the dinner. Scheduled to
perform are John Rex Reeves (a
nephew of Jtm Reeves*. Myne
Reeves to be honorer ’
Aug. 12 celebration to pay homage to native sc
By DANIEL Hl MPHRIES
Tickets are on sale now far a
dinner and cciebratioa honoring
Panola County native son Jim
Reeves. The evening tribute is one
of the observances reheduled far
Jim Reeves Day. August 12.
The special day will begin al 10
To attend pre-K. a child must be
age four on or before' Sept 1. must
quality for free or reduced pore
lunches, or must be unable to speak
or understand the English language.
Parents or guardians must bring
prwf of household income when
registering.
The prt'-K program is a h.ilf-day
program: bus transpxrtanon is
available only one way. The pro-
gram is intended to prepare eligible
students for kindergarten m a
A.hool environment.
To attend kinAxgarten. a child
must be five years old on or before
Sept. I. First graArs must be six vxn
or before Sept. I
.All new students must bring
Alternative school changes location
a residence on Duvis Street for the
(xrrp.xsc of converting the vacant
home into an alternative school
campus. Those stihk'nts
previously were assigned ao
disciplinary classes at the Baker-
Koonce campus.
Purchased at a cost of $c*i.58S.
the resWK& is ronvenienily
situated adjacent fa tvxh the
Primary and Libby Ek'mentary
school campuses and across the
street from Carthage Middle
School.
According to Reba Allison.
CISD assistant supenntenA'nt. the
:x<v^±e^tion should be beneficial
with special Areipline
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a.m. with a croanony at the Jim
j Reeves monument on Hwy. 79
I • North. A short history of the mon-
ument will be presented, and a
headstone far Cheyenne. Reeves'
kmttime companion pet will be
Carthage school registration begins next week
returning stuA'nts m grades five
and six Aug. 10 and 11 Orientation
for returning siuA'nts in the 'fourth
grade will be held Aug. 10 in the J.
Louis Robinson dining hall at 10
a m and 6:30 pm; students and
parents can pick up Uxirth^grxk'
schedules at either tinmLjd^
Scheduk's kx -n>dJwK\pre-reg
isiered far Carthage Junior High
and Carthage High will be mailed
Aug. 1 through 4,
At CJHS. rehcdule changes will
be made Aug. 7 thnxigh 10. 8 *.m.
fa 3 pm. tckvsed nixm). and new
student regtsirauon will N? held at
the same time There will he no
reheduk? changes made Aug. Il
through 15. A parent or guanhan
unveiled.
Free transponatfan to the mon-
ument will be prov tded. A bus will
leave from Panola College at 9:45
1 am.
After the monument ceremony.
another short observance w ill be
held at the Carthage High School
baseball part. In honor of his cou-
tnbuti a fa the 1940-1942 teams,
the high school park will be named
after turn, and a plaque will com-
memorate his participation in
Carthage High School adilencs
From noon fa about 5 pm., a
mini-museum will be opened in the
Q.M. Martin Auditorium on the
Panola College Campus. On dis-
play will be memorabilia from
Reeves career m country music
and souvenirs from the Jim Reeves
Museum tn Nashville. Tenn.
Also at the college, a Jim
Reeves scund-ahke contest wiM he
held, along with the showing of
"Kimberly Jim.' a movie starring
Reeves, and a Ax'umcncary about
him as well.
The dmnrr at! tribwW bt
gm at 6:30 pm. CHS classmates
who played baseball with him
along with oilier classmate's will be
recxxgnired Disc jkxkeys who
winked akvngsiA' him when he
brvndcast from KGRI in Henderson
will also be tin hand.
In honor of the 40th anniversary
of Reeves' signing his first contract
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Vulmne 122, Number 61
Sports
Inside
Panola County 11-12-year-old Americans nearing
regional crown.
See pages 9A.
Reed earns Eagle
Scout rank.
See page 2A
Sunday
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Leach, Ted. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 30, 1995, newspaper, July 30, 1995; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280202/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.