The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1982 Page: 1 of 10
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The Fascinating World of Genealogy... Page 2
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DEPORT. LAMAR COUNTY. TEXAS
74th YEAR. No. IV
May Require 25-Cent Tax Hike ...
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STAFF PHOTO)
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That doesn’t keep her from pursuing
her custom tractor work with lots of
enthusiasm.
The Prairiland school board has
agreed to call a bond issue election for
approximately S750.000 which, if
approved, will result in a junior high
for seventh and eighth grades at
Pattonville and the renovation of
school facilities at both Blossom and
Deport.
An estimated 25-cent tax increase
plays in a band three nights a week
and Suzy loves to cook, especially for
large crowds. (TIMES PHOTO)
Blossom's revenue from its one-cent
city sales tax continues to top last
year’s pace, while Deport remains at
practically the level based on the
reimbursements of the sales tax to
Texas cities by the state comptroller’s
office for the period ending June. 6.
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Tractors And Togetherness....
Suzy and husband Glenn, both do
custom tractor Work such as chisel
plowing or discing. In addition Glenn
Sometimes You Dig...
Suzy Evans doesn't always get to stay
inside her big Case 4-Wheel drive
tractor. Sometimes she has to dig mud
home to her the importance of work.
“I couldn’t have made it if I had had
to be home all day right then " She
> would start the tractor by 7 a m. and
not come in until dark. Suzy says that
hard work is what kept her on an even
keel during that time.
Besides all the other things Suzy
does, she helps her husband in his
part-time work, which is playing in a
local band.
Three nights a week Glenn per-
forms with the group, and she is
usually there to help set up and
dismantle equipment.
There seems to be no conflict in
their lives. Each seems aware of what
the other does best, and they have
worked their lives and schedules out
so that each does what is best .
Glenn laughs about answering the
phone and folks wanting work done
refusing to talk to him. “They all want
to talk to Suzy” he grins.
Suzy maintains that she does the
work, but that Glenn is the one with
the farming knowledge. “He tells me
when and how the best way to handle a
(See SUZY, Page 8)
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will be needed to finance the bond
issue, school officials say. The
Prairiland school district has a
present tax levy of 53 cents per $100
evaluation.
Although no definite date for the
bond election will be set until all
details are finalized, the vote is ex-
pected to go to the public either late
Will Provide 275 Jobs ....
New Plant Set
To do this required going through a
number of electric gates, which is not
one of my favorite things to do, and
then crossing a lot full of cattle.
At the bottom of the sloping lot was
a large crusted over area of mud.
About the time that I stepped off onto
that area, Bill said “that’s going to be
wet”.
I just didn’t realize HOW wet. nor
that It wasn't mud. until I sank down
over ankle deep and the strong, un-
mistable odor hit me.
After grabbin hold of Billy’s
outstretched hand and slowly pulling
’ my feet out (almost leaving my shoes
in) we continued on. Billy was con-
cerned that I had suffered permanent
damage, but I assured him that
wasn’t the first time I had had “cow
stuff” in my shoes,*and wouldn’t be
the last.
The next obstacle was an electric
fence. This required lying down and
wiggling under At last, we were able
to stop Suzy and 1 could begin my
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Of course, as the wind kept blowing,
the . errr, “mud” kepi drying on my
ankles, itching all the time.
All the way home, big, smelly
chunks kept falling off on the floor
mat in the car. and I finally gave up
and proceeded to ride along with the
windows rolled down so that I could
tolerate the odor.
• Now. tell me what a nice, clean job I
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has about $3-billion in annual sales.
Acording to the company, the total
market for disposable diapers last
year amounted to some $1.6 -billion in
manufacturers’ sales -representing
13-billion disposable diapers.
In commenting as to how Lamar
County won out over several other
possible sites for the K-C faciltiy,
Smith said: “Obviously, the
cooperation and the feeling we got as
to the fact we would be welcome, that
we could work with the people here,
had a lot to do with our decision.”
“Basically, it looks like you’re our
kind of people, which Is very im-
poratnat to us,” Smith said.
He added that considerations of
transporation and “where the market
is growing” led Kimberly-Clark to
Texas and Lamar County.
All Kimberly-Clark plants are built
with plans for future expansion, Smith
said.
The firm’s chief officer was ac-
companied on the private jet flight by
to Paris by Pete Larson, senior vice
prisident of the firm, and Leo
Moerson, plant manager responsible
for the Lamar County project.
this summer or in early fall.
The school board’s unanimous vote
to place the bond issue before the
public was made at the board’s
regular June meeting Monday night.
Included in the new construction
proposal are additional classrooms at
Prairiland, which would be attached
to the band hall and the classrooms
currently under construction; a junior
high gym; plus a cafeteria-kitchen
facility.
At the Blossom campus, the two-
story building’s lower floor would be
completely remodeled, with air
conditioning, lowered ceilings, floor
covering new wiring and whatever
else is needed to make the building
structurally safe and comfortable.
Deport’s two-story building would
receive a complete facelift and air
conditioning. The cafeteria would
probably be moved into the lower
floor of the building, while the kin-
dergarten class would also be housed
somewhere within the main facility.
The main building at Deport (the
old high school) would receive air
conditioning, metal windows, flooring
and other needed remodeling.
The $750,000 bond issue money,
along with some already available
funds, should be enough to place the
school system up to proper standards,
school officials say.
The estimated 25-cent tax hike
would boost the school tax levy to 78
cents per $100 valuation.
Architect Bill Lightfoot of Paris
appeared at the Monday session to
present the trustees with preliminary
cost estimates, so that the board could
consider all alternatives to the
proposed project.
Following the lenghty discussion,
trustee Bobby Dunn made the motion
to put the proposal before the voters of
the district. James Norwood seconded
the motion, which passed with no
opposing vote.
More detailed plans and figures on
the project and bond issue will be
published in upcoming editions of the
Times.
In other activity at the Monday
session, the school board approved the
hiring of Johnny Ray Hatcher as
science teacher-girls coach at Deport
Elementar Elementary School.
The post became vacant when
Frankie Norwood accepted the
position of vocational agriculture
teacher at Prairiland High School.
DANA BLACKBURN
The Blossom Garden Club has
selected Dana Blackburn, 18-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Blackburn, as the club’s Crepe Myrtle
Princess.
She will represent the garden club
in the annual Crepe Myrtle Queen
Contest, to be held July 16 at the Paris
High School auditorium
Dana was among the honor
graduates from the 1982 senior class
at Prairiland High School, where she
served on the student council along
with being a member of the Choral
Club, Beta Club and the varsity
volleyball team. She plans on at-
tended Paris Junior College this fall.
Uncle Link Sez:
“Cousin Zeb says the worst thing
about retirement is having to drink
coffee on your own time.”
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JEB BARNARD has completed his
3-year tour of duty with the U.S.
NAVY and is now at home in
Cooper.... For those in the BLOSSOM
area attending the Jay Strack Red
River VALLEY CRUSADE in Paris,
June 20-25, a van will leave nightly
from the FIRST BAPTIST Church in
Blossom; for more info, call 982-
6144...
MR and MRS DELBERT WAT-
SON of Blossom will be honored with a
RECEPTION in recognition of their
GOLDEN WEDDING anniversary
this Sunday, from 2-4 p.m„ at the
Blossom Methodist Church all friends
and relatives are invited....
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Although neither Blossom or Deport For Princess
are receiving any sales tax refund for
June, as reimbursements are held
back for the following month when the
total is less than $500, Blossom is
nearly 26 percent ahead of last year,
and Deport is only $46.96 behind a
year ago.
Through the first six reim-
bursement periods of the year,
Blossom has received $5,211.44. This
is a 25.9 percent increase over the
same period a year ago when the city
had received $4,138.82.
Deport’s revenue from the sales tax
through the June payments totals
$3,012.79, as compared to $3,059.75 at
the same time in 1981.
Actually, Paris and Toco were the
only Lamar County cities receiving
(See TAX, Page 8)
$750,000 Bond Issue
Planned For Schools
Lamar County’s Industrial and
economic community has received a
sizeable and appreciated shot In the
arm with the announcement by
thewor Id-wide Kimberly-Clark
Corportation that it will build a
manufacturing facility for some 275
employees near Paris.
The new plant will manufacture
Kleenex Huggies disposable diapers,
one of the numerous proudcts turned
out by the diversified company.
The Lamar County facility, to cover
an estimated 430,000-square feet of
land near the intersection of Loop 286
W. and FM Road 137, will have an
annual parroll of more than $5-
miltion, says Darwin E. Smith,
chariman of the board and chief
executive officer of Kimberly-Clark.
“We think the plant will be com-
pleted in about a year,” Smith said at
a meeting of chamber of commerce,
Paris city officials, Lamar County
official s and representatiaves of the
news media.
The project, which Smith estimates
as costing, “many, many, many
millions of dollars” is currently out
for bids.
The Lamar County plant will be
Kimberly-Clark’s first manufacturing
facility in Texas.
The firm, which manufactures
newsprint for newspapers, industrial
paper products,printing papers, soft
book covers, lumber and other
products in addition to the disposable
diapers, has facilities in 18 other
states and 19 foreign countries.
Company-wide, Kimberly-Clark
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out from between the discs. Suzy says
that “I hate to get dirty, and
sometimes it’s hard to stay clean”.
lO-Years On Custom Work Trail ....
5he May Be Petite, But 5uzy Is
Tractor-Driving Demon, too
By Nanalee Nichols
Suzy Evans Is petite, attractive, the
mother of five children, considered
one of the best cooks in the county,
and also a tractor driver!
Suzy does custom work for people,
and after ten years in the business has
been joined by husband Glenn.
The Evans live near Pattonville in
an attractive “A” frame house, and
parked out front can be found Suzy’s
pride and joy, a huge 4 wheel drive
Case tractor with a 30 foot disc.
The whole enterprise started about
ten years ago, when her youngest
child started to kindergarten.
Glenn had been working part time
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THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1982
USP8I54-3M
Published every Thursday. P.O.
Box ft, Deport. Texas 75435 Entered
a* Second Clasa Matter at Deport.
Texas. 55435, Feb !•. IX*
Bert C Weat, Publisher-Editor
Nanalee Nichols. Managing Editor
John W Hood. Advertising
Mrs. Rena Nobles. Deport
Correspondent
Subscription Rates: I7.55 per year
In Red River. l>amar and THus
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Single copy, current Issue, 11 cents
Deadline Tuesday noon for news
and advertising
doing a little discing with an old W400
International tractor. When the
weekend was over he had to go back to
his regular job as a construction in-
sulator, so Suzy finished the work.
She enjoyed it so much she began
seeking other work, and found it.
However, it was Charlie Hickman
who owns and operates a dairy near
Paris that gave Suzy her chance to go
into the business full-time.
Hickman told her she could do all
his custom work, and with that in
mind she purchased a 970 Case. From
then on it was onward and upward as
she traded for a bigger, more
powerful tractor each year.
After the 970 Case came a 1170 Case,
then a 1500 and now she is driving her
third in a series of 4-wheel drive
tractors that are as large as Case
makes. This November she states
happily, will be the last payment she
has on the machine. “Then it’s ALL
mine” she smiles.
When asked if she would ever drive
anything else she just laughs and
replys “why? I’m comfortable in
them, and they never have given me a
bit of trouble.”
About five years ago Glenn quit his
construction work and began to do
custom work too. He serves as the
major mechanic for the team. If Suzy
breaks down she climbs into Glen’s
tractor and keeps right on rolling
while he does whatever repairs are
necessary.
A bundle of energy, it seems im-
possible that anything can slow her
down.
When a family member has a
birthday Suzy barbecues. From 25 to
35 people will show up for her bar-
becue with all the trimmings,
meaning that she cooks 15 lbs. of ribs,
10 lbs. of beef, 5 or 6 chickens, makes
homemade rolls and dozens of pies.
“I love to cook” she states “it’s
fun^ and not work to me”.
In addition to her full time custom
tractor work, Suzy keeps the yard,
cleans house, and keeps up with her
children.
“I’ve got to keep busy,” she says “I
can’t stay still”. She thinks that in
four more years, when her youngest
child is out of high school, she might
quit the tractor driving, but those who
know her kind of doubt it!
The Evan’s oldest child is 26, the
youngest 14. The two youngest still are
at home.
The death of a son in an automobile
accident a couple of years ago brought
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By NANALEE NICHOLS
I sat down to type this week's
column Y while it was still
fresh...literally.
Doing feature articles may seem
like a pretty tame game, but
sometimes it has it’s hazards.
This week’s article, on Suzy Evans,
necessitated going out to where she
was working, at Hickman’s Dairy.
Billy Blevins was there too, and he
and I decided to walk out to where
Suzy was working in the field.
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