The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1997 Page: 1 of 32
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Woman returns
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The traditional Cherokee
Rose Festival Quilt Show will
be held Saturday at the His-
toric Upshur Museum in down-
town Gilmer for the first time.
Everyone is invited to come
by and enjoy the beauty of the
quilts. Many types of quilts
will be shown, including fam-
ily quilts that have been passed
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, interest on savings accounts,
subject to change quarterly.
GNB had bid 3.50 percent.
Certificates of deposit up to
364 days will earn the 6-month
T-bill rate plus .63 percent,
which CDs of 365 days and
other will earn the 6-month T-
bill rate plus 1.50 percent. CDs
On the south side of the square ranging from rock tn blues to rap
will be dance performances by into their performance. They also
Footlight Dancers, Uptown have the unique quality of in-
Dance Studio and Curtain Call volving their audience in their
Dance Academy, beginning at performance, whether dancing
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pate in this program. There is no charge to set up.
The program is sponsored by the Upshur County Cham-
ber of Commerce’s Agriculture Committee as a service to
। local farmers and patrons. For more information call the
chamber office at 843-2413.
Summer recreation program set
The Upshur County Chamber of Commerce and the Up-
shur County United Fund will sponsor the Summer Recre-
ation Program at the Yamboree Park on U.S. 271 North
beginning June 9 and running through July 18, Monday
through Friday only.
Hours will be 8 a.m. until noon.
The program is for children age 6 through 12. There will
be crafts, games, and other fun activities, as well as snacks.
Cost is $1 per family, per day You may pick up registra-
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Gilmer, take Hwy. 154 past Diana and look for sign.
Gilmer water system repairs
City of Gilmer water customers located on Hwy. 154 East
may experience low water pressure on Sunday, May 18, due
to valve replacement.
Union Hill run-off election
Union Hill ISD will hold a run off election for the board of
trustees between Bill Johnston and Willie McKnight on Sat-
urday, May 31, at the school administration building. Hours
will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Farmers Market to open
The Farmers’ Market will again be operating this year
under the Yamboree Livestock Pavilion at the Yamboree
Park on U.S. 271 North. The market will begin Saturday,
June 7, and will be open each Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-
day morning at 7 a.m. throughout the summer.
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down, quilted clothing, wall-
hangings, baby quilts, and
quilt tops waiting to be quilted.
Admission is free.
Lucille Henson, who retired
after teaching 30 years at Har-
mony Elementary School, will
present her reading from
Gilmer High School’s top
students were challenged Mon-
day night to build on the foun-
dation laid in home and school
to make their marks on the
world
District Judge Lauren Par-
ish, 1977 Gilmer High gradu-
ate, spoke at the annual Scho-
lastic Achievement Awards
Banquet at the Gilmer High
cafeteria
She compared the making
of a life to baking a cake or
building a house: the indi-
vidual recipe or plan directs
where a life will lead. Once the
foundation is laid and the in-
gredients are present, Judge
Parish said, what we make of
life “is in our hands "
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First National Bank was
selected as the county deposi-
tory bank for the next two years
by Upshur County commis-
sioners when they met Mon-
day.
The bank had lost the de-
pository status to Gilmer Na-
tional Bank two years ago.
FNB will pay 4.75 percent
video.
Band member* include
Russell Burks, keyboard,
Hallsville; Kerry Burns, drama,
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The 11th Annual Cherokee
Rose Festivalwill beheldaround
the Courthouse Square in
Gilmer this Saturday.
Bring your family on Satur-
day, May 17, from 9 a.m. until 6
p.m. and enjoy a fun day for all.
Food of various types will be
available at concession stands.
Activities for all the young
and the young at heart will in-
clude: The Great Turtle Race,
Antique/Classic Car Show, “42”
Tournament, Run for the Roses
(1-mile Fun Run, 5K and 10K),
Arts and Crafts, Quilt Show,
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest,
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LINDA BEACH, right, meets with Vera Dye Tuesday after Mrs.
Dye turned in the purse and bank bag Mrs. Beach had lost at Wal-
Mart Monday
“spirit of liberty from Constitutional government.”
The service will begin at 11 a.m. and lunch will be served
on the grounds following it. The public is invited. From 1
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115th District Court Judge Lauren Parish-and vAduftProbatlon
Officer Darrell Ray show a $50,000 check the Probation Office
has given Upshur County to pay for connecting that office with the
county mainframe computer and upgrading the computer sys-
tem. The office will also be connected with the Adult Probation
Office in Marion County, which is also part of the 115th Judicial
District. The money is from the state and from local probationers’
fees, said Ray.
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Two Gilmer women spent a sleepless night Monday, for
related reasons.
Linda Beach had lost her purse and a bank bag which
she had left in a shopping cart on the Wal-Mart Supercenter
parking lot.
And Vera Dye, who had found the purse and bag and
tried unsuccessfully to locate the owner, didn’t get much
sleep because she knew the owner would be worried about
it.
On Tuesday morning, Mrs. Dye took the property to
Gilmer police, who knew exactly where to return it.
Gilmer Police Sgt. Sid Patterson and officer T. J. Harris
took the purse to Mrs. Beach. Patterson kept it behind him
and asked if she wanted to see what they had.
“When he pulled it out and showed me, I just went
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GILMER HIGH SCHOOL’S 1997 honor graduates received gold honor medallions on ribbons at the
Scholastic Achievement Awards Banquet Monday evening Front row, from left, are Melissa Berry,
Sunshine Corn, Will Ferrell, salutatorian; Kim Hargrove, Kern Hoffpauir; second row, Leah Hubbard, Misti
Lindsey, Adam McDaniel, Casey Phillips; back row, Stephanie Rich, Katie Richardson, valedictorian;
Jessica Stanley, Laura Stocks, Christina Werbeck
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The court accepted the bids,
pending approval by Upshur
County District Attorney Tim
Cone.
Karmen Steelman of the
County Treasurer’s Office said
that work is proceeding on
upgrading the county com-
puter system and installing a
fiber-optic cable to I ink the Tax
Office with the courthouse. The
Tax Office recently moved from
the courthouse to the old
Gilmer National Bank build-
ing on North Titus Street.
She said the county com-
puter network would be shut
down the week of May 19 to
switch over, and 64 account
saves must be performed on
the old system before it is shut
down next Monday.
She said the county Adult
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paid the county $50,000 it had
received from the state as its
share of the upgrade.
The court tabled giving the
Sheriffs Office permission to
sell three department cars, one
seized vehicle and a trailer.
They gave Adult Probation
Officer Darrell Ray permis-
sion to purchase an extended
cab Ford F-150 pickup through
the state for $18,789.
The court voted to hire a
surveyor to find the boundaries
of county-owned property off
Chinaberry Road which could
be used for a pauper’s cem-
etery.
The court voted to solicit pro-
posals for the annual county
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check on these registrations. to interject all types of music. Shade” were featured in the
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Contest, Ice Cream Crank-Off, noon to 4 p.m. This band was artists such as Ricky Lyn
and Decorated Bicycle Tricycle , oneoftheopeningperformersat and Leroy Parneli. Tin
Parade. the Yamboree Bam Dance m also beenjoinedon stage
Some ofthe events have pre- 1996. McCoy. Beoently, Texai
registration requirements, as musicians, all with the same was showcased in Na
tion forms at the Chamber office, 221 Buffalo, or you may
register your child the day they attend
Myra Ritter is chairman of the program. If you have
questions, call the Chamber at 843-2413, or Mrs. Ritter at
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By MAC OVERTON He said that some changes
Upshur County Commis- needed to be made “in every
sioners adopted a resolution city in the county,” where some
on 9-1-1 mapping and address- city streets may share names
ing Monday. with county roads.
Under the resolution, which Commissioners opened bids
is expected to also be adopted for the oil and gas leases on
by the city of Gilmer and other school land Upshur County
cities in Upshur County, the owns in West Texas.
county will retain its present The only bidder was Mitch-
4-quadrant system of naming ell Energy Corporation. Its bid
county roads after animals, for mineral rights on 7,865
trees, flowers or birds, depend- acres in Throckmorton County
ing on the quadrant the road is was $25 per acre per year, or
in. $61,370, with the amount pre-
David Royer of Upshur paid for five years, plus a 1/6
County Ambulance Service, royalty.
who is chairman of the county Mitchell Energy Corpora-
9-1-1 advisory committee, said tion also bid $25 per acre, or
that using a 5-digit number to $15,002.33, on 600 acres in
designate roads was confusing Baylor and Throckmorton
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Davidson Chapel service
Dr. David Jenkins, pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Gilmer, will be the speaker at the spring meeting at the
Josephine Davidson Memorial Chapel near Harleton.
The late U. S. District Judge T. Whitfield Davidson built j
; the chapel on the family farm to honor his mother. He set up ,
I a foundation that provided for two meetings at the chapel |
each year, one in the spring to “let the joys of Christian |
civilization be proclaimed” and one in the fall to honor the
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Overton, Mac. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1997, newspaper, May 14, 1997; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1495040/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.