The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1980 Page: 4 of 26
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A ♦—PANOLA WATCHMAN, Carthage, Texas, September 25, 1980
Editorials ★ Columns * Opinions
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Six Panola County residents at-
tended the state convention of the
Democratic Party in Dallas this
week. They included Mr. and Mrs
Vernon Butler, Mr. and Mrs.
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Because the Hartford solution
seems so obvious, it is logical to
wonder how many other cities have
tried something similar. “Right now
SEN. LLOYD BENTSEN
240 Russell
Washington, DC
Telephone 202-224-5922
SEN. JOHN TOWER
142 Russell
Washington, DC
Telephone 202-224-2934
STATE SENATOR
Roy Blake
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Tx. 78711
Telephone 512-475-2071
Crawford Parker
Construction of a speech and
related arts building at Panola
College moved a step nearer to
reality this week with a $149,785
grant being approved for the
college.
have her as a member of our team.
She is taking statistics for the Beckville football teams, as
she says “for my children." She does so many things for civic
reasons and to help her family that she is called the unofficial
Beckville Chamber of Commerce.
Her willingness to serve in so many unpaid jobs has
resulted in Postmaster Dorothy Sharp routing questions
concerning the area to Mary lee.
If you have news tips for her, call her at her home in Beck-
ville 678-3978 or call us at the Watchman.
REP. SAM B HALL, JR. •
First District
318 Cannon
Washington, DC
Telephone 292-225-3035
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vice-president; Janice Langford,
secretary; Burlene Horton, treasur-
er; Charles Lynn Cozart, sergeant of
arms; and Barbara Haynes, report-
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Bill Haley
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Tx. 78769
Telephone 512-475-3619
25 YEARS AGO
Senior class offcer elected at
Gary High School were Errol Dean
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From the files of the Panola Watchman
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10 YEARS AGO
Crude oil production in Panola
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Q. What does it mean if I co-sign a
note with a friend who was told that
he couldn't have a loan until he had a
co-signer?
A. When you co-sign a note or any
kind of a contract, you have
promised that you will take over
payments if the person you signed
for fails to live up to the agreement.
If the note was a check and it
bounced, you may have to pay the
money.
Before you decide to co-sign with
anyone, be certain that they have
visible means of repaying for
whatever they are doing
NEW STRINGER
The Watchman has a new stringer That's what we call a
person who is not a day-to-day employee but one who collects
news for a paper
Marylee Knight will be covering news events in Beckville
for the Watchman. Marylee is a go-getter and we are glad to
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50 YEARS AGO
The T. E. L. Bible Class met in the
Sunday Schools rooms of the Central
Baptist Church with Group Two as
hostesses. Newly elected officers
were Mrs. C. C. Comer, teacher;
Mrs. C. E. Kellie, assistant; Mrs. A.
L. Ross, president; Mrs. Frazer
Neal, first vice-president; Mrs.
Judson Holmes, second vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Claude Prior, third
vice-president; Mrs. Griffin, secre-
tary-treasurer; and Mrs. V. D.
Hooker, reporter.
By Doris House
When I was a very young girl, 18-years old, I went to work
at the Kilgore News Herald—and soon learned how
uneducated I was.
I knew I wasn’t smart. In fact, my dad told me that I was
the “dumbest country girl" he had ever seen. He didn’t mean
that I was dumb-dumb—but his statement wasn't all teasing
either. He meant that I didn’t know anything about country
: life, even though I spent six years (from ages 10 until 16),
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One such classified ad was published. “Regular bull for
service.” And, the afternoon the paper hit the street, the irate
customer confronted me with, “How dare you? How could
you? I have thousands of dollars invested in that animal and
you write him up as ‘regular’—there’s nothing regular about
him!”
Well, when I filledmy mother’s grocery lists, “reg.” meant
regular, but to the owner of that bull, “reg.” on the ad copy
he turned in meant “registered”—not regular!
An exact repeat of this almost happened at the Watchman
last week. But, due to the fact that I was filling in for one of
the “mothers-to-be” and was reading proof, I caught the
error The memory of an embarrassing occasion in my life
raced through my mind.
The classified ad submitted for publication in the Wat-
chman last week stated that a bull was for sale. The copy said
a purebred animal was for sale, and further noted the word
“general.” Ah, ha, I thought. I’ll bet there is nothing general
about that purebred bull—I’d make a guess the ad should
read gentle and that was the way it was published.
A red-faced employee later thanked me for catching the
error, and she had misunderstood That doesn’t mean she's a
"dumb country girl!”
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FROM THE ROSEBED
She was "found" in the rosebed—the one on Daniels Blvd
She is Karla Goodwin, another new employee at the Panola
Watchman.
Also a civic-minded person, Karla convinced City Manager
Charles Thomas that a little weeding could make the rosebed
on Daniels Blvd, an asset to the city.
John Foster stopped to take her picture while she was
weeding the rosebed and during their visit he learned she is a
former newspaper owner.
Karla and her husband Ray at one time owned the Waskom
Enterprise. Ray is now empployed at Texas Utilities
Generating Co.
Doodles promptly hired her to work at the Watchman, and
Karla hornswaggled her hubby into helping her rush up the
weeding project so she could accept the offer
Karla replaces Lin Dixon who will be satellite supervisor at
the local Sears store Lin has been a valuable employee at the
Watchman and we are sorry to see her leave
living in the country
Folks in Carthage now know that I am a “dumb country
girl.’’ Helen Durrett at John and Helen’s Cleaners told me
she could tell from reading Doodles that I am a city girl Not
so-just one who doesn't know much about living in the
country. But, I'm learning.
u Back to the Kilgore News Herald One of my early duties
I there was to wait on customers, taking classified ads, etc
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we’re the only city in the nation
that’s doing this,” Hargreaves said,
“but I have had inquiries from
municipalities in every section of the
country, including Detroit. New
York state is enthusiastic about it
and the legislature will probably act
to enable communities there to start
similar programs. Washington, D.C.
is considering the idea, and there
are growing signs that California
may adopt it too. I tell anyone that
calls, if they want to start a
program, I’ll make myself avail-
able.”
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catching up on back filing or other
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County since the field was discover-
ed in 1917, totals 37,723,733 barrels,
based on figures released by the
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas
Association.
Mr and Mrs. Walter Deppe of
Carthage visited their son Jim at the
annual parents day open house at
the U.S. Naval Academy recently.
The younger Deppe is a freshman
there He is a 1970 graduate of
Carthage High School
The City of Hartford does not pay
wages directly to the participants,
they are credited against the tax
bills. "Therefore,” Hargreaves
observes, “the program does not
increase the buying power of the
people involved, but it does allow
them to use money owed for taxes to
improve their homes, buy a few
clothes or even put more food on the
table.”
Within the past few weeks I court of Panola County, Texas,
have noticed news articles in to protect all shade trees along
your paper concerning the the aides of all public roads, and
gfortip the Panmia Count to erect, place and maintain a
others such as our Volunteer inscrtiptton, directing the way to
Fire Departments, the Panola the next community on such
County Ambulance Service, road at the intersections of such
Law enforcement agencies and roads."
Jou And
Your Money
By Judith G. Rhoades
Copley News Service
Q. My wife and I are getting on in
years and she is the healthiest by
far. I am thinking of establishing a
trust with our assets so that when I
am no longer around, she will not
have to worry about financial
details. Is there some kind of trust
that I can establish that doesn’t lake
effect until after I die? — RM
Phoenix.
A. What you are referring to is a
testamentary trust None of your
property will be in trust until after
you die
Should you not want to manage
your financial affairs now, you
probably should consider a living
. trust. A living trust naturally will be
more expensive to manage than a
testamentary trust.
If you establish a testamentary
trust by your will and it is not funded
correctly, the income from it to your
wife might not be available until
after probate is complete which
could be several months. Do seek
competent advice from an attorney
who can advise you properly.
State Department acknowledgement that Secretary of
State Edmund Muskie would be willing to travel to Tehran
to seek freedom for the 52 American hostages held in Iran
comes as no surprise.
Negotiatons through all diplomatic channels in
appropriate.
Negotiantion does not mean “apology’’ such as
demanded by the Iranian officials
A discussion of Iran’s legitimate grievances, however,
should be considered acceptable in the effort to secure the
safe release of the hostages, who now have been held for
more than 300 days.
Such a discussion should be scheduled only if America is
convinced of the sincerity of the unpredictable Iranians.
Under the present circumstances, it is unlikely that a
Muskie visit to Iran would produce immediate results.
But the lives of the unfortunate captives could be
jeopardized by rash or premature action.
Muskie has renewed by letter the plea for the release of
the hostages The new Iranian parliament has begun a
study of the issue.
The atmosphere right now probably is unfavorable for a
more persistent approach.
The secretary of state is wise to keep his bag packed,
even though he has no immediate plans for travel to Iran.
Personal negotiation is one of the options that must be kept
open in pressing for the freeing of the hostages.
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Watchman
FOUNDEDln
Doris D. Moun
President Pvblisher
J.A.Smi
Assistant Publisher
John Foster, Editor
James L. Mightower
Advertising Mgr.
issued each Thurday and Sunday
by Panola Publishing Co. Inc. W
West Panola Street, Carthago.
Texas 75633
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character or reputation of any
person, firm or corporation which
may appear in this newspaper will
be gladly corrected upon being
brought to the attention of the
publisher
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Elsewhere in Texas
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By Richard M. DeVos
and Jay VanAndel
This is the story of how a city on a
tight budget, with hundreds of
other interested citizens to Should you desire to read the property owners who are unable to
persuade the Commissioners entire Act it can be found pay their taxes, collects those tax
Court of Panola County to map beginning on page 201, Chapter bills. Putting liens on the domiciles
and mark our county roads. 117, PANOLA COUNTY-ROAD of the elderly, retired and handi-
Enclosed you will find por- SYSTEM, S. B. 367, Sessions capped didn’t seem like the way to
tions of what is the Special Laws of the 50th Legislature. go for the City Council in Hartford,
Panola County Road and Bridge Frankly, it appears to me that Connecticut. So, they came up with a
Law of 1947 which “ the state our Commissioners choose not better idea: The In-Kind Services
law pertinent to the operation of to obey this law even though piGIam
the Panola County Road and they took a solemn oath to obey noi.
Bridge Department. It is also it, and further it raises the very Oualifying residents nay off their
one of the laws which each serious question in my mind as AualtfyingresientsPzothe
member of the Commission- to whether they care whether property tax debt by working for the
ers Court took a solemn oath to ttM, .mh„UnrP driver* know the city. To qualify, a homeowner must
obey when he was sworn into way to your house in case you be retired, unemployed or have a
office. become desperately ill, whether property tex bill that exceeds ten
Please note the hi-lited they care if the law enforce- percent of income.
portion of Section 8 of that tew ment officers can find their way
and I quote, “As soon as to your house if you need help or So far, some 350 Hartford citizens
practicable after the accept- whether the fire truck can get to have paid off more than $175,000 in
ance.of the provisions.of your housebefore it burns debt to the city, at minimal cost to
Sections4tol4,bothinclsiveof completely because driver Hartford. David Hargreaves, an
County Engineer shall locate, can closing, WAigne add that administrativeanalyst forthe’city,
measure and prepare maps oL had the provisions of this law heads the program. The only cost is
all existing county roads in been complied with, I don't for the administration of the
Panola County, Texas,". This believe that there would be as program, and he estimates that to be
section of the law has not been many disputes over what is and about one-fourth of his salary.
complied with and it is what is not a “public” road. A
impossible to comply with it specific reference is to the poor "The people in the In-Kind
presently because Panola folks in the Flatwoods area that Services Program are highly
County does not presently have are being denied access> to motivated, proud individuals who
a.County.Engineer, notwitK public along the Sabine exemplify the work ethic’ and want
standing the fact that Section 4 Riverover roads that many of f Aceentad » Haroreaves Savs
of this same law reads, "In the them claim have been worked tofeel accepted, Hargreaves says,
event the office of County on by the county road arid "They require little supervision or
Engineer shall become vacant bridge department. training, have a desire to perform
by reason of death, resignation, and are almost always on time. ’ ’
removal or for any other cause, pneee‛
the Commissioners Court of •l ’ 15 One participant in the program,
Panola County, Texas, shall, peE. an 80-year-old widow, is confined to
within thirty (30) days after /. y Engineer a wheelchair. She’s on her way to
such vacancy occurs, sappoint appear thatkfthe cmmission- Paying $5,000 in back taxes,
an Engineer to fill the intention of processing parking tickets it City
unexpired term, subject to all of Eiinounwninonziucuoirei Hal
the provisions of this Act hiring Engineer (as required Hall.
WI.Nnind tn th* Cnuntv by law), they would have
pdginlor .. included sufficient funds in the Hargreaves insists that none of the
Reading on down to Section 21 1981 budget and would, have hundred or so current "clients” of
of the Act. I quote. "It shall be aready set a salary for him wor the program is replacing a regular
the duty of the Commissioners her) city worker. “These people are paid
Af $3.30 to $4.80 an hour, depending on
A their skills, to do things the city
M could not afford to do otherwise,’’ he
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Foster, John. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 25, 1980, newspaper, September 25, 1980; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1517924/m1/4/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.