Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1981 Page: 6 of 14
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and Mrs. Charlotte Geealin
and Mrs. Clyde Rogers of
Miss Pat Morgan of San
daring
Vernon.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Ira Loving Daniels
visited Mrs. Velars Loving
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BeU store for the night Tuer
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. Jan Simmons in
Pickton Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ander-
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and her
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Mrs R. M. Arthur Tuesday.
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Uo E.H.E. Club
center3* All pro-
nto the building
w community
Mr. Christopher says
-Look Mr. Josh, These Are
Real Neat STICK HORSES. ”
You Can Only Find These
In The Grandma’s Room At
Mt. Vernon
dismissed from Franklin Broughton and Mrs. Mary daughter and her husband,
County Hospital Monday
Memorials Are
Given To
Cemetery
Several cash memorials
were given recently to
Macon Cemetery in memory
of various people.
Memorials to Rusty
Yeager were given by Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Oakmail
and Mrs. Ruth Pickens.
Jessie Veasey memorials
were given by Mr. and Mrs.
* Tosh, Mr. and
Mrs. Loyd Lawrence, Mrs.
Allee Tosh, Mt. and Mrs. D.
A. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs.
Narvel Lawrence and Mr.
and Mrs. Hollie Lawrence.
Memorials to Ralph Gandy
were given by Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs.
Hollie Lawrence, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny M. Owens and
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. McNtah,
Mr. and Mrs. Delno L. Ruby
and Mr. and Mrs. George
Norris gave memorials for
Ada Sparkman and Joe B.
Mahone. ■’
Mr andMrs J. B. Gill, Jr.
gave memorials for
Catherine Lee and Elizabeth
Mitchell. A memorial to
Damon and Aileen Drum-
mond was made by Mr. and
Mrs Eugene Parr. Ann
Lawrence gave memorials
for Park Wright and Bill
Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Wright gave a living
memorial to Mrs. Jessie
Wright.
Regular contributions
wore made by Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Keith Drummond,
Grace Lawrence, Mr. and
Mrs. Narvel Lawrence, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny M. Owens,
Bernice Thompson, Howard
and Lou Cargile, Wright
Brothers, Hortense Carr,
Tom Scott Lumber Yard,
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs.
Grady Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Lee, Mn. Joe Scott,
Dan and Lillian Dickerson,
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Bartley,
Mn. Jewell Owens, Jerry
and Jack Fleming, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Slaton,
Emogene Sanden, Mn. A.
B. Cody and Mr. and Mn.
Joe Vaughn.
Golden Agers
Hold Meeting
The Golden Agers met at
the Fint Baptist Church
Thursday, October 22, with
15 present despite a steady
downpour of rain
A covered dish luncheon
■ was served at noon.
Craig Hughes spoke
reminiscing back in his
childhood of a senior citizen
known as “Miss Lillian”,
whom he now realizes meant
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citizens are irr
and aunt, Mr. and Mn. Boyd chell Tuesday afternoon.
Wardrup. Max "Wardrup of *
wTr*^J^d^inT* ’the from Wednesday until Fri-
weekend day.
Mr. and Mn. BUI Shaddox Mr. and Mn. R. B. Ben
of McKinney and Miss nett were dinner guests of
. Charlotte Cotten spent Fri- Mr . and Mn Glen Turner in
day night and Saturday with Mt. Vernon Sunday . It was in
Mr. and Mn. Frank Pierce. ; celebration of Mrs.
* Mn. Helen HatcheU spent Bennett’s birthday,
'several days visiting her Mn. Ruth Briley spent
children in Dallas last week. Sunday in Sulphur Springs
Mn. Leia Monroe remains with Mr. and Mn. Mike
in Franklin County Hospital Briley.
undergoing tests. Clift and Randy Glaze of
Mr. and Mn. Lemuel Carthage visited their
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MVISD School Calendar
Thursday, October 2S. 1M1
Seventh and eighth grade football teams play Pitt-
sburg at Pittsburg with the first game at 5:30 p.m.
Ninth and junior varsity football teams play Pitt
sburg at Tiger Stadium with the first game starting at
5:30 p.m.
Mt. Vernon junior vanity and varsity volleyball
teams will host a match against Bonham with the first
game starting at • p.m.
Friday, October 30, 1S81
Pittsburg will host the Tiger varsity for football ac-
tion beginning at 7:30 p.m.
\ Saturday, October 31,1M1
District 13AAA Cross Country Track Meet to be
hosted by Mt. Vernon- Girls division will begin the race
at 10 a.m. and the boys division will begin to run at
10:30 a.m. Both races will be completed on the track in
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Mr. ami Mrs. Tim Floyd of .Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Norman, Oklahoma, are the Moseley of Sulphur Springs
---.. R M Arthur
Saturday
i Mias Ashley Holbert of
City, weighed 5 Commerce spent Friday
„ at- Bm. 4 oa. and to named night and Saturday with her
fcuMGnwd rhaphr oithe Brooke Nicole Mrs. Edna grandparents, Mr and Mrs
is the maternal grand- Mrs. Kent Holbert came
with them and returned
Mrs. Lillian Broughton
jSgA and Mrs. passes Leslie
here taking care of his ranch Broughton and Mrs. Screws, visited Mrs. Leia Monroe
while be to away. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. and Mrs. Delia Odom Sun
Mtos Charlotte Cotten of Caldwell visited Mrs. R. M. day in the Franklin County
Paris is visiting her unde Arthur and Mrs. Guy Hat- Hospital.
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: and Mrs. Wanda Carr u
t tended Grand chapter of -jx.
» O.E.S. in Houston Sunday (Wardrup) Brooks of Paris Les Harris. Her mother,
- through Thursday is the maternal grand- Mrs. Kent Holbert came
: Willie White of Jal, New mother Paternal grand Saturday and had supper
S Mexico spent Monday night parents are Mr. and Mrs. ’ ~ ‘A—
J with Mrs Lilhan Broughton Marion^Ftoyd^of Jfawteng, hy ler. Ws.
; Jad'd lumber He parked Boyd Wardrup of Saltillo are Mrs. J" ~
f his truck across from J. W. the groat grandparents. « • •- -~
7? X? W, r MM' Kitfe Smith visited I
day mornirg when he came her father and stepmother, son had the following guests
to bis truck, be found that so- Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bradley, for Sunday dinner , Mrs.
had broken in and in Fort Worth last weak. She Clennon Payne and
: took a C.B. and other things also visited her sister and daughter, Cathey, of Weaver
S sometime during the night, brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs Charlotte Geealin
’.The same night there were J. W. Blackwell, and her and daughter, Amy, of Mt.
>2» grave markers tom down aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. u—•—
•'.at the Stouts Creek Clyde Paris.
»’Cemetery. Mrs. Jewel Peon and Mrs. E. A. Hastings Sunday were
Miss Slerlie Nix of Houston Vebner Flowers visited Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Dalton
mother, Mrs Gwen and Mrs Dan Long in Mt of Sulphur Springs and Mr
, Of DeKalb visited Vernon Tuesday. r ' *' ~
----- “ Mrs Billie Rose Marable Pat Mays Lake, j<
Mr and Mrs Cart Roberts of Houston visited Mr. and ■■■
have returned from a visit to Mrs. Bug King during the Jose, California visited her
Beavers Bend, Willamena weekend. She also visited mother, Mrs. Estelle Vetter,
Park and Mena, Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McAfee, from Saturday until Thurs-
Mrs. J. M. Lesley and son, day.
■“*" --- t Mr. and Mrs. Loy Orren
and children, Justin and returned from an eleven day
Ft|. •, HMM vwmr 0HMI. ThMtotog. tern mi
; Here's Your Saltillo News
> By Mn. R. M. Arttar
lother, Mrs. Bill
and Mr. Barnes dur-
Enroute home they visited Mrs. J. M. Lesley and son, day.
Miss Margaret Roberts in Greg, Mrs. Connie Williams I"
Texarkana. *-■
Mrs. Laurene McGill and Crystal of Odessa, are visit in Houston and New
Mrs. Delia Odom were visiting Mrs. Lillian Caney. They visited a grand-
dismissed from Franklin Broughton and Mrs. Mary daughter and her husband,
County Hospital Monday. Screws this week. Miss Mr. and Mrs. Roland Sope,
Bob Evans to pt .his ranch Brenda Roberts of Sulphur in New Caney,
in the Panhandle and Mr. Springs spent from Friday
:and Mrs. Youngblood are until Monday with Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. *"d Mrs. Delia Odom Sun-
eat Things In
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Shop"
Mt. Vernon
The next meeting will be
November It, one week
earlier due to the Thanksgl v
im Hondah.
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in-house publication of the
Terne New Medco Power I
Company, the editor has
repeated an annonymous '
essay oa small towns. And
since we are a small town,
some of the following items
fit:
You know you’re in a small
town when...
The airport runway is ter-
raced.
The Polka to mere popular
than Disco on Saturday
Third Street toon the edge
of town. *
Every sport is played on
dirt M
The editor and Publisher
of the newspaper carries a
camera at all times.
Dear Editor: , A'
In Jewett, Texas, located
All Seats ‘3.00 "XSS”
Features Start at 10:00 p m. and end at 6:00 A. M.
that the Chamber of Com
merce is selling .bumper
stickers to promote bur fine
community. “Mount Vernon,
A Dandy Town” done ih pur-
ple and white looks gredlon
each car. However, there
are too few being seen here
in Mt Vernon, much tees the
rest of Northeast Texan.
It to my belief that <mce rights to their land under the
everyone Is aware what the existing Constitution,
monies will be used for, the Through an exhaustive
response wifi be increased, study and much public in-
Tbe Board of Directors of the terest the State Legislature
Chamber Is anxious to and the Cpmmisakmer and
replace the present signs staff of the General Land Of
now in place on Interstate 30 fice concluded that this issue
at the east and west en could best be resolved
trances into town. This to ob- through a proposed change
viously an expensive in the Texas Constitution,
endeavor, and it to important House Joint Resolution 117
that as many individuals as proposes a Constitutional
possible are contributors to Amendment that would
this project. Therefore, we authorize a person to receive
portoftheen- a patent to land from the
town in order Commission of the General
far our project to be a com- Land Office under certain
plete success. The signs on conditions. This will be
the interstate as they are to- presented as Amendment 2
day are not reflective of our in the upcoming electton for
home town and county. So Constitutional Amendments.
get behind the sale of the Jessie Johnson, an
bumper stickers and make a w-year-old retired railroad
groat impression about Mt. worker, and his wife,
Vernon whether we are Melessie, Ray Binge, a
traveling in our vehicles or retired professional baseball
travellers are passing player, and his wife, Edna,
through on Interstate 30. and Ann McAdams and Jo
The bumper stickers can Winn are landowners in or
be purchased at the near Jewett who spearhead-
Chamber of Commerce of- ed the drive to protect lan-
fice or from any Chamber dholders and their families
director. Thank you in ad- from this type of “Land
vance for your support in Grab." It to believed that
this worthwhile project. many others who own land in
Sincerely, the State of Texas are
Vatra Solomon, President vulnerable to this type of
Franklin County treatment.
The beet way for you to be
sure that you will not some
Below 1 have enclooed an - victim of such a
item which sppoared in the 8™° “ *° vote *or
Cooper Review a few weeks Amendment 2 so that hn-
ago. After reeding thto, I downers who find
thought the people of Mt. themselves in thto predica-
Vernon, would appear late ment can receive a patent on
thia wry tww item T.fw'wv their land and retain their
am glad to live in a Small rightfal ownership.
TnwiL Through your vote and
Sincerely Report of Amendment 2,
Jaietta Storv current wrongs can be
nJ naw—to.- righted and future encroach-
»«t on Texas landowners
a town so wnaU thet its* city may M prevented
Hmit signs are on the sapte -Td/ActWY, Jft
yefc. in cm latest Miuon ot Publisher
*^b* CommunicatgF’^ghf ' Jewett Messenger
Dear Editor:
Hopefully each citizen of ,
Franklin County to aware in the heart of Leon County,
a coal lignite leasing com-
pany found that several lan-
downers were never issued a
patent on their land. Even
though members of each
family had lived on and paid
taxes on the land for over 100
years, legally they did not
own the land and were not
entitled to sell the mineral
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Two Cartoons
ajestte
THEATER,
“SMOKEY”
Starring: Fess Parker
Tickets On Sale: 2:00 p.m.
SHOW TIME: 2:30 p.m.
Fri. & Sat. Showtime
6:30 ONLY *
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You don’t use your turn
sigMl because everybody
kn«w whore you’re going.
You wore born on June 13
and your family received
gifts from the focal mer-
chants hecauso you were the
first baby of the year.
You speak to each dog you
pass by name and he wags
his tail at you.
You dial a wrong number
and talk for 15 minutes
anyway.
You are run off main
street by a combine.
You can’t walk for exer-
cise because every car that
passes offers you a ride.
You get married and the
focal newspaper devotes a
quarter page to the story.
You drive into the ditch
five miles out of town and the
word gets back to town
before you do.
The biggest business in
town sells feed and seed.
You write a check on the
wrong bank and it covers it
for you.
The pickups on main street
outnumber the cars three to
OM.
You miss a Sunday at
church and receive a get-
well card
Someone asks you how you
feel, then listens to what you
Thank God for small
towns...and the people toho
live^ them.
^terras,
Mr. and Mn. James Earl
Mays of Winnsboro an-
nounce the birth of a baby
girl at Franklin County
Hospital on October 24 at
« M a.m, She weighed 6
pounds, Sfo ounces and was
named Crystal Joyce fvy
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A SECOND PRIZE
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THIRD PRIZE (
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Mike sure to check
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THIRD PRIZE
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Judging will be held in our store parking lot at
^6 p.m., Saturda^October 31.
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FREE Prizes To Be Biwn Am
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iHWY 37 AT RUTHERFORD
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tips tofoNow:
1. Make-up is safer on a
w child than a mask which
can obscure vision.
2. Lighter colored
costumes have better
visibility.
3. Koop your porch light
and other outside Nghto
on to make travel from
house to house safer.
4. Insist candy be brought
nonw tor intpecrion
before sampling.
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Wright, Pat. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1981, newspaper, October 29, 1981; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1295946/m1/6/?q=cemetery: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Franklin County Library.