The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1978 Page: 1 of 34
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Dedicated to nt Stnitr of n» People and Inatitutions of Panola County
Carthage, Panola County Texas 75633
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Thursday Iecember 1978
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have offices in the courthouse The line changes, shown above, move
to eight voters were affected by the line alterations
PJC’s gym plans shaping up
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vacations
BISD discusses bonds, building
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I Carthage Noon Lions Club for its first
annual Memorial Maxey Burger Sale
scheduled for Friday on the downtown
square
That includes the chain link fence and
For Maxey Burger sale
PANO
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TEXAS
State Comptroller Bob Bullock
will have a representative in the
Panola County Courtroom from 10
a m to noon on Tuesday Dec 19. to
assist the public with its questions on
Texas taxes
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Jackie Cannon, the district will try to sell
bonds around Jan 15
We will have to get everything
together and ready for the sale at that
time Cannon said He added that Wolfe
reported the school district still needs to
get its 1977 -78 audit report and a little
more information from Pritchard and
Abbott concerning projected growth in
the oil and gas industry before it is ready
to sell the bond issue
Reports on the building program dealt
primarily with the football stadium and
vocational building the two projects first
on the list of construction jobs
The school board also accepted a bid of
$385 for the remova and sale of fencing
around the existing football field
Central Baptist Church will host
Sam Patterson Day on Sunday. Dec
17 with a reception following the
church s Christmas Cantata. Down
from His Glory, to be presented
during evening services Patterson
will direct the cantata
The ( arthae Rose Society will
meet Tuesday, Dec 19. at 7 p m in
the Community House in Davis Park
for a covered dish supper Election
of officers will be discussed and all
members are urged to be present
with a covered dish
The annual Resident and Family
Tea will be held Sunday Dec 17. at
Panola Nursing Home at 1 p m The
annual staff and volunteer Christ
mas Party will be Thursday Dec
14 at 7 p m
the fact that the federal government had
not made a demand for the money a
return was part of the delay in getting a
committment from the bonding com
pany if the college is not to be held liable
for the money he said, he didnt think the
bonding company wanted to make any
payment
I don t think that they re ' the bonding
company • positive we re obligated to pay
back the money or suffer any loss."
Johnson said
Johnson said that to date the college
had made no payments to the federal
government to cover the embezzled
funds and that money repaid them under
The possibility of quarterly report on
book store business was discussed
Johnson said the poasibiltty of using the
college's IBM computer system 32 for
more college business was also discussed
and the possibility is to be studied
further
Board members also discussed the
colleges self-study program being
conducted for accreditiation with the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Universities
The accreditation program is required
every 10 years PJC was first accredited
by the Southern Association in 1959
With the exception of Tatum, all school
districts in Panola County will dismiss
for Christmas vacation on Wednesday.
Dec 10 Tatum students will get out Dec
19
All schools will resume classes on Jan
2 according to various school officials
Carthage schools will dismiss classes
one hour early on W ednesday according
to Super .ntendent Newell Odell
Elysian Fields and Tatum students will
leave at 2 30 p m on the first day of their
vacation while in Beckville, students will
be dismissed from classes at 2 p m
Gary students are scheduled to be
dismssed at 1 M pm Wednesday the
first day of their vacation
Classes will resume at the regular time
on Jan 2, school superintendents said
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BEST PAPER—Nellie Willie, left a member of this year’s staff and
Antoinette Cole a member of last year’s staff and editor of this year's
Carthaginian look over copies of the Carthage High School student
newspaper that was judged best weekly high school paper in the state
by the Texas High School Press Association 1THSPA1 on Saturday 7 ne
Carthaginian earned the champion rating competing against all comers,
including schools with enrollments of more than 2.250. the THSPA
reported Carthage High School's Pine Burr the student annual received
an All Texas Honor Rating in competition against other schools with
enrollments of 500 999
approval Monday, subject to the acceptance of formal meets and bounds precinct boundaries so that each of the county's four precincts border on
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descriptions, to changes in Commissioner Justice of the Peace -Constable
precinct lines that will allow all four of the county s justices of the peace to
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CHRISTMAS
AII 4 million bond election will be
held Saturday Dec 16. in the Tatum
Independent School District with
polls open from 7am to 7 p m
Voting places are in the Tatum High
School Gym for school district
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chips and soft drinks will be available at
the Lions location on the square
Members of the Leo Club a civic
organization for youth that is sponsored
by Noon Lions, will also take part in
Friday's fund raising event They will
take orders and deliver burgers in the
downtown business district
Sabine u $ "
the old iron fence that runs the length of
the field on each side Cannon said
The high bid was submitted by R R
Ross of Beckville
Also bidding on the job were Charles
Hightower who bid $50. and Doc
Buchanan Jr , who bid $150 Cannon said
he felt the variance in bids was due to the
problem of removing the existing fence
Some of the bidders would be able to
do the work themselves while others
would have to hire the work done
Cannon explained That old iron fence
will be difficult to remove
< an non said he also advised the board
that a new 59-passenger school bus
ordered in April had been delivered Cost
of that bus, he said, was about $17,400
The Panola County Ministerial
Allance will meet Thursday Dec
14 at St Johns Episcopal Church at
6 30 p m Dues of $5 will be payable
at that time All Panola County
ministers are invited to attend
The Carthage Independent School
District will join members of the
The Panola County Chapter.
American Association of Retired
Persons will have a domino and
game party at the Community
House in Davis Park from 13 p m
Monday Dec IS
The Flatwoods Volunteer Fire
Department will have a Christmas
covered dish supper beginning at 6
p m Saturday, Dec 16. at the
Flatwoods Fire Station Santa will
be there to visit the kids
The Panola County Cattlemen s
Association will hold its annual
membership meeting and banquet
on Thursday, Dec 14, in the J Louis
Robinson Dining Hall on the
Baker Koonce school campus at 7
p m Jack Dillard will be guest
speaker and officers are to he
elected All members and prosper
tive members are urged to attend
The burger sale being held to
Beckville School Board members
heard reports concerning the district s
planned expansion program from
architect Jim Singleton during a meeting
Monday night and the status of a bond
issue from financial advisor Tom Wolfe
According to School Superintendent
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The Beckville Band Boosters are
sponsoring a chili mulligan supper
on Thursday. Dec 14, from 57 p m
in the elementary school cafeteria
The meal will include salad pie and
drinks with proceeds going to
support the band The PT A w ill meet
in the gym following supper with
sixth graders presenting Musk of
Christmas as the progra n The
public is invited
BOUNDARIES CHANGED—Panola County Commissioners gave
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probationary terms assessed the person
guilty of the embezzlement had been put
back ifto the federal student loan
programs from which it was taken
In other action Monday night, board
members voted to support efforts by
Harnison ( ounty to establish a vocational
school in Marshall Johnson said the
college couldn’t take any money up
there but it would give whatever help
we can
The board also discussed inventories of
the book store deciding there needed to
be more than one inventory per year
since that operation has grown into the
$60 000 category
voters living in either Precinct 15 of
Rusk County or Precinct 6 of Panola
County and at the Stewart
Community Building for school
district voters who live in Precinct
14 of Rusk County
Plans for a new gymnasium at Panola
Junior College could be ready for board
approval this week, according to a report
given by college president Arthur
Johnson during a board meeting Monday
night
Johnson said he warned board
members that the architect "is
narrowing down the plans and that he
might have something this week
He said he wanted board members
they might be asked to hold a special
meeting to decide on those plans
because of the need to make early
decisions "
Also during Monday night s board
meeting Johnson said he discussed the
status of an attempt for the college to
recover an estimated $15,000 in funds
embezzled from federal programs
earlier this year
The college has sought to recover that
money through its bonding company so
far without success
Nothing new has turned up on the
money from the bonding company."
Johnson said Were st ill trying to get it
ironed out with them "
The college president said he thought
cent pet item for data proc easing
sen ices
Commissioners approved requests by
Texas Utilities to improve a road for
drainage purposed in Precinct II a
request by General Telephone Company
of the Southwest to cross a county road in
Precinct II a request by Western Gas
Corporation to cross a county road in
Precinct II and a request by Bid Nutt
i eterans service officer for a two month
leave at absence without pay
That leave was questioned by
< ommissioner Roland Davis who ex
pressed concern that veterans would not
be served during Nutt s absence He
suggested that the county mght have to
hire someone to do the job while Nutt was
on leave
Judge Davidson said in view of Nutt s
previous record of outstanding serv ice to
Panola County veterans he didn’t feel
Nutt .would leave the office if veterans
weren t to be served in his absence
Commissioners voted unanimously to
approve the request which was made
w ithout explanation
Discussions concerning the audit of
county funds and right -of way on U S
Highway 59 south with Leo Graves were
delayed as was a request by Arkansas
Louisiana Gas Company to cross a
county road with a pipeline
Schools
Tentative appro al sutject to the
acceptanct of formal meets and bound
desenptions was gne Monday morning
to the alternation of ( ommissioner
Precinct lines in Panola < ounty to make
it possible for all four of Die county s
. justices of the peace to be housrd in the
Panola County Courthouse
The gerry mandered lines give each at
the four county precincts a border on the
courthouse instead of Anderson Park in
the downtow n square
Precinct lines converged on the square
originally because the courthouse was
located there When the courthouse was
moved to its present location the
precinct lines remained virtually the
same
The new lines drawn by County Judge
Danny Buck Davdson and t arthage
attorney Lekoy LaSalle make each of
the county s precincts torder on one side
at the courthouse
Commissioner Precinct I borders the
west side of the courthouse Precinct II
borders the north Precinct III borders
the east and Precinct IV borders the
south
While the altered lines do affect all four
Carthage voting precincts somewhat
only six to eight voters will be directly
affected by the change according to
LaSalle
The voting precincts affected by the
new Commissioner Precinct alhgnment
iniclude Precinct one southwest Car
thage Precinct two Northwest Car
thage Precinct 27. Northeast ( arthage
and Precinct 2ft Southeast ( arthage
The proposed change will have to be
filed with the Texas Sec retary of State
and approved by the V S Justice
Department since Texas is governed by
the Voting Rights Act That act requires
that any changes in voting procedures be
submitted to the federal government for
approval
I nder the new alhgnment of precinct
lines which are shared commonly by
commissioners, constables and justices
of the peace the northwest corner of the
courthouse w ill be considered in Precinct
1 Precinct 11 will be located in the
northeast corner of the courthouse
Precinct III in the southeast corner and
Precinct IV in the southwest corner
in other action Monday morning
commissioners approved new contracts
with Pritchard and Abbot for tx work to
be done next year on behallof the county
Cost of preparing mineral tax rolls will
be $22,000 while the county will pay 25
financially boost the Panola County
; United Fund and the Lions Crippled
Childrens Camp is being held in
memory of Tommy Lee Maxey
Maxey died earlier this year from
complications arising from chemo
therapy treatments for a blood cancer
His phght prompted Lions to host a
Maxey Burger Sale to help raise funds to
offset hospital bills and drew response
from throughout the community
Friday's Maxey Burger Sale
scheduled to start at 10 a m is being
held in memory of the young Carthage
High School student
School officials said the CHS Student
Council voted to participate in the
memorial effort by preparing burgers at
the high school for sale to students on
Friday Burgers will also be made
available to other schools in the Carthage
Independent School District
Burgers will be sold for 11 each and
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Stevens, Jim. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1978, newspaper, December 14, 1978; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1422289/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.