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KYLIE LEDBETTER
SARAH SLOCUM
CASEY VARNADO
FCE much more than a social club
people to identify the needs of
mattress program
Concept” of using community
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Vol. 122 - Mo. 49 • 1999 The Gilmer Mirror
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Man gets 20 days in jail
for not paying for boot camp
Gilmer tax rebate increases
City’s share up 10 percent over comparable period last year
resented by court-appointed
Gilmer attorney M.R. "Pat”
Patton, offered no excuse far
year’s pace by 0.64 percent.
Upshur County’s half-cent
Varnado, Beta Sigma Phi, and
Jennifer Lynn Brown, Iris Gar-
den Club
• Yard of the Month, Page
9A
Kiwanis Club
Representing the Kiwanis
Club is Miss Colleen Leona
Kovach, daughter of Frank and
Darlene Kovach of Gilmer.
Miss Kovach is a senior at
Gilmer High School.
She is the granddaughter of
dais said.
Judge Parish originally
placed Dodson’s son on probe-
him.
Judge Parish had ordered
Dodson’s 14-year-old son to a
residential boot camp at Eagle
Lake, near Houston, last
March after the boy failed to
complete the Upshur County
We believe those within its
wads should be taught to work,
play. and to have compassion for
those less fnrturuite
We believe sharing response
bdities is necessary and that fmm
• Croft Engle Scout, Page 5A
• Old canning picture. Page
2A
• Bro. Oliver undergoes
surgery. Page 3A
a very important lesson. “No
whining1”
“Life is full of many struggles,
and in order to overcome the
obstacles and achieve your goals,
you must put God first in every-
thing you do, then exhibit perse-
verance and diligence,” Miss
Daniels said. “One day you will
receive the gratification you de-
serve
Miss Daniels plans to attend
Texas Tech University, then
Texas A&M University School
of Dentistry in Dallas
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By MAC OVERTON
An acquisition by Robroy
Industries, headquartered in
Verona, Pa., will mean more
jobs at Robroy's Conduit Divi-
sion in Giln er, said David
Marshall, president of the Elec-
trical Products Division, which
includes the Conduit Division
and another division, Stahlin
of Belding, Mich., which manu-
factures nonmetallic enclo-
sures
the fireside will come the citizens
who will uphold the best way of
life.
A sample of program topics
for club meetings this year are
“Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow
Pie Plate7”—a program on trea-
sured possessions; “Avoiding
Medical Misinformation,” and
“First on the Scene”—a program
about what to do if you are the
first person to arrive at the scene
of an accident,"
The clubs, which in earlier
years were known as Home Dem
onstration Clubs, have been a
big part of U pshur County since
April of 1931, when Mattie
Phenix was appoifitefExttension
Agent for Upshor, Motris and
Wood Counties Under her lead-
ership local clubs were orga-
nized.
Clubs were alresy active in
other parts of the stMte with the
first Texas Home Demonstra-
tion Agents being appointed in
1915. after the Smith-Lever Act
was passed by €ongress estab-
lishing the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service the previous
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20th Century Club
Miss Elizabeth Anne Daniels,
a senior at Harmony High
School, will be representing the
Twentieth Century Club.
Miss Daniels is the daughter
of Kathy and Jim Daniels of
Gilmer She has a brother, Dr
Bill Darnels, and sister-in-law.
Dr Delaine Darnels, who live in
Nashville, Tenn.
Her grandparents are Dr
Doug and Louise Daniels and
Joe and Mary Ar ledge of Gilmer
High school activities and
honors include Junior Class
President, Head Varsity Cheer-
leader. Varsity Basketball and
Track, State Qualifier in Choir,
Beta Club President, Student
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in a news release Wednes-
day, Robroy President and
CEO Peter McIlroy II an-
nounced that Robroy had
signed a definitive agreement
for the asset purchase of
Perma-Cote Industries of
Uniontown, Pa. Closing is ex-
By PHILLIP WILLIAMS
A judge sentenced a Gilmer
area man to 20 days in jail
Tuesday for violating a court
order to help pay for his son’s
confinement in a juvenile of-
fenders’ boot camp, authori-
ties said.
Raymond Dodson, 40, was
found in contempt of court by
State District Judge Lauren
Parish for violating her March
10 order to make $474 49
monthly pay ments and attend
parenting classes, said au-
thorities.
She sentenced him to
Upshur County Jail and or-
dered he make two months’
back payments, said Upshur
County Juvenile Probation
Officer Milton Wylie. Dodson
went to jail Tuesday, said
Upshur County District Attor-
ney Tim Cone, who prosecuted
year
John Brogotti, former U pshur
County Chamber of Commerce
President, was influential in
obtaining the first full-time
agent for the county. Miss Lula
Dillworth, who assumed duties
on March 16, 1932. Under her
leadership 14 extension clubs
were organized which met
monthly
In the early years members
learned such skills as home food
preservation, sewing, and ard
improvement The extension
agent presented programs in
communities all over the county
testing and demonstrating the
use of pressure canners and
making clothing patterns
During these years running
water and refrigerators were
being installed in many homes,
and kitchen improvement was
an important topic taught by
the extension agent.
In 1940 Extension Agent
Lorene Stevens gave demonstra-
tions on making mattresses La
dies who learned this skill then
helped supervise the county
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Ghe GlmerANirror
The city of Gilmer received
a sales tax allocation from the
State Comptroller’s office in
Austin of $80,752.93 this
month, an increase of 10.12
percent from this time last
year's figure of $73,330.06. For
the year Gilmer’s rebates total
$487,922.71, up 7.78 percent
from 1998’s comparable
amount of $452,679.72. The
merchants of Gilmer’s rela-
tively good fortune bucked the
trend in this region of the state
as most cities in this area are
By BETTY COOK
When someone mentions a
FCE Club meeting, many folks
just assume that they’re talking
about a social club where ladies
get together to visit and have a
good time
it’s true — members do have
lots of fun together But FCE
(Family and Community Edu-
cation) Clubs involve so much
more
The creed that they recite at
each meeting tells a lot about
what these clubs are really all
about
We believe in the sanctity of
the home;
We believe the home is the
place where Love. Faith, Trust,
and Thevotion must be lived each
day, where obedience and rever
ence grow, and where God is
known
Boot Camp for juvenile offend- Hon last Oct. 27 for violating a
ers, Wylie said. justice of the peace’s order to
Dodson and his wife, the improve his disorderly conduct
boy’s mother, were ordered to in school, Wylie said.
make the monthly payments The judge ordered the boy’s
for their son’s confinement and parents to see that he attended
attend child rearing classes, the Upshur boot camp, but
said Wylie. Although nothing Dodson and his wife “woulan‛
waspaid, Dodson’s wife wasn’t get him there regularly, and
held in contempt because she the kid wouldn’t comply with
“faithfully* attended the the orders of the boot camp,"
classes, the officer said. Wylie said.
Dodson contended he lacked In March, after the youth
funds to make the payments, was charged with a new of-
but showed monthly income of fense of vandalizing a
$3,000 and expenses of only neighbor’s mobile home, Judge
$2,400, Wylie and Cone said . Parish committed him to the
The defendant, who was rep- See BOOT CAMP, page 9A
COLLEEN KOV ACH
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The 62nd East Texas Yam- Regional Qualifier in Ready
boree Queen's Race w ill start Writing and Persuasive Speak
Monday June 21 The contest mg.
will conclude at 4 p.m. Fndav, During her freshman year she
July 2, when the winner will was named to the One Act Play
be announced at First National Honorable Mention All-Star
Bank Cast, was a State Qualifier in C-
Seven young ladies will be X Debate, and was class vice
selling voucher tickets to the president.
Queen’s Coronation and Pag- She was named One Act Play
eant and the Barn Dance Best Actress and received the
The Coronation and Pageant All-Star Cast Award during her
will be presented in two per- sophomore year, when she also
formances, Wednesday, Oct. 20 served as class secretary
and Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7 30 She was a Spanish Club mem
p.m. each evening. Tickets are ber all four years, and Forensics
$10 for a voucher Club member two years.
Reserved seating tickets < re- Other awards include the
quired for admission) will go 1998-99 Universal Cheerleaders
on sale at 7 a.m. Oct. 11. Audi- Association All-Star Cheer-
torium seating will be $5. and leader Award; Sound of Music
retractable seating, $4 cast, 1999, 1999 Valentine
Barn dance tickets will be Sweetheart, Who’s Who Among
$ 15- American High School Students,
This year’s Queen candi- All-American Scholar, all A
dates are: Elizabeth Anne honor roll her freshmen and
Daniels, Twentieth Century sophomore years, and A aver-
Club; Colleen Leona Kovach, age honor roll her junior year
Kiwanis Club; Kylie Aaron She is a member of the First
Ledbetter, Lions Club, United Methodist Church youth
Michelle Taylor Lee, Rotary choir
Club; Sarah Leigh Slocum, Miss Daniels credits Coach
Bluebonnet Club; Casey Jae Jed Whitaker with teaching her
Robroy acquisition
to mean more jobs
in 1946 a state clothing spe- the county started, and commu-
cialist visited the county con- nity improvement organizations
ducting dimes on the care of sprang up everywhere.
sewing machines Other topics Topics of study in these years
for programs in the late 1940s were still home-related, such as
were care of the home poultry laundry, selection of clothing, a
flock and use of poultry in meals, hat workshop, grooming, cost of
weaving chair bottoms, stencil- appliances, food budgeting, and
ing on towels, reading labels, buying appliances But the Ex-
new canning methods, making tension Agent also began to work
Christmas wreaths, making with donated foods, limited in-
gloves, and the use of eggs come families, and senior citi-
in 1949 the first County zens.
Homemakers Market was Records from 1964 show that
started with each Extension the agent visited in 650 homes,
Club member bring baked goods, in addition to providing infor -
fresh vegetables, fruits, canned mation for many who visited the
goods. etc. office in the courthouse or called
During the 1950s things be- by phone One-hundred fifty
gan to change, and the Home educational meetings were held
Demonstration Agent no longer that year
worked with just 4-H and Home The 1970s brought still more
Demonstration Clubs. Tt aching changes As more women began
methods started changing, and working outside the home, some
ladies in town as well as those in meetings changed to nighttime
rural areas became interested hours
in the programs On Sept 1, 1972 the agent
in the late 1950s and into the title was changed from Home
1960s, the “Program Building Demonstration Agent to County
percent. Tyler’s June alloca-
See TAX, page SA
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Opinion*_____4A
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pected by July 15. twining Parma-Cote’s existing
Robroy is the leading manu- sales, distribution and cus-
facturer of PVC-coated rigid tomer-service channels,
metalconduit systems Perma "In orderto achieve product
coated conduit, fittings and
• ana to maximize efficiency in
accessories, cost, availability and delivery,
in the news release, McIlroy we win integrate all manufac-
said that Robroy intends to tunngofPerma-Cote products
maintain Perma-Cote s into our national manufactur-
present sales representatives, ing hub in Gilmer Taras
distribution and customer-ser- -The combination of solos
vice channel We anticipate and service continuity with
that Perma-Cote customers enhanced processing capabili-
will continue to do business ties will provide significant
through existing represents- benefits to end-users who de
. -- pendonhigh-quality,cost-com-
“There will be interruption petitive protection from corro-
in the supply of Perma-Cote Sion.»
products,* said McIlroy “Our RObroy Industries is a di
long-term plan includes main- See ROBROY pog 2A
having trouble keepin gup with sales tax raised $39,396.44,
last year’s pace in terms of tax- down 13.08 percent from last
able sales. June’s figure of $45,325.98. For
Big Sandy’s latest payment the year the county has been
of $10,010.58 was down 39.43 allocated $299,052.76, up
percent from last June’s 12.13 percent from
$16,529 37 one For the year $266,698.53 at this point in
its receipts are dowi 0.79 per- 1998.
cent. Ore City’s Jine alloca- Longview’s latest rebate of
tion of $1,792.12 was down $1,323,621.16 is off 8.22 per-
63 64 percent from last year’s cent from last June’s
comparable figure of $4,929.35. $1,422,252.91 amount. For the
Its payments are ahead of last year its receipts are down 0.07
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Overton, Mac. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 19, 1999, newspaper, June 19, 1999; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1479264/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.