The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 15, 1981 Page: 1 of 22
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Vol 108, No 74
Carthage, Panola County, Texas 75633
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M Pages, 5 Sections
©91981, Publishing Co., Inc. all rights reserved
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Junior Livestock Auction
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NINETY-YEAR-OLD DERELICT—Alone and abused for many years,
the old Panola County jail will be salvaged-slowly but surely -by the
loving hand of Mrs Mary Beason of DeBerry
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best BARROW — Corinne Musick of Gary shows off the barrow that
look top honors in the swine competition at the Panola County Junior
Livestock Show. Sharp Electric bought the animal for 13 50 per pound. It
weighed 220 pounds and therefore cost 1770
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idea of doing business in the old jail," she
said
Climbing upstairs is careful work The
handrail has been dismantled Mrs
Reason grapels with the heavy steel
doors, and explains how some day, the
craft shop will use the cell space for
displays She makes the dark, dim
lock-up seem almost cheerful
"We want to get local artists and crafts
people to contribute to the shop There is
a lot more talent in Panola County than
most people imagine They should have a
place to gather their work and have an
opportunity to sell it I think the historic
nature of this building lends itself nicely
to that idea," said Mrs Beason
There are some old fixtures, in the jail
Mrs Beason wants to retain Although
the finished project will have central
heat and air, there is a woodburning
heater, now resting on its side, with an
ornate metal heat shield she would like to
make operational once again
"I knew that the building was old
enough to be wood heated, but I couldn't
figure out where the chimneys were We
finally discovered they're part of the
exterior structure, formed so they don't
look like chimneys "
The iron bars and steel doors will
remain, first because restoration guide-
lines set by the Texas Historical
Commission require authentic work, and
as Mary put it, "It'll be a first rate
security system "
Mrs Beason said she and her husband
don’t ever really expect to make a profit
on the building Restoration expenses
will be high and the project will take
some time to complete "We just want to
break even, that would be pretty good "
She hopes to garner as much
community participation as possible
Later. Mrs Beason hopes there will be an
opportunity for financial support in the
form of donations for the restoration
Officials of the Panola County Junior
Livestock Shou and Sale sere pleased
Friday night after county youngsters
took home some $52,255 from the sale
The grand champion steer of the show,
shown by Bubba Atwood of Elysian
Fields Future Farmers of America,
brought the top price of the show some
$2,772 Dock Griffin Feed and Farm
Supply went together with Texas Utilities
Generating Co in purchasing the 1.155
pound steer for a price of 12 Ma pound
The grand champion was an Angus and
Simmenthal crossbreed
Reserve champion honors went to Kurt
Wall of the Carthage FFA whose steer
brought a higher per pound price than the
grand champion Wall's Simmenthal
steer brought S3 per pound and weighed
915 pounds That brought the total sale
price to $2,745 Roger lacy purchased the
steer
In the swine division, Corinne Musick
of Gary had the grand champion Miss
Musick's barrow was purchased by
Sharp Electric at a price of $3 50 per
pound for a grand total of $770 for the 220
pound animal
David Musick's 196-pound barrow was
the reserve champion and Skippers 707
Tire Service and East Texas Western
Wear went together in purchasing the
swine for $2 25 a pound for a total of $441
Sammy Peace of Carthage had the
grand champion pen of broilers and
Johnny Williams Ford of Marshall
bought the five broilers for $385 Heather
Dorman of Beckville had the reserve
champion pen which sold to Tri-Lark
Chemical for $306
Deron Lewis of Carthage had the grand
champion pen of rabbits and Dock Griffin
Feed and Farm Supply paid $231 for the
three rabbits Robbie s Food King bought
the reserve champion pen from Ronnie
Mericle of Elysian Fields for $225
Norman Curry of Carthage had the
grand champion gilt and James Mason
had the reserve champion. Shannon
Smith of Carthage showed the grand
champion heifer and Jimmy Woodfin of
Gary had the reserve champion
Jack Dickerson of Carthage had the
grand champion bull and Kim Holida of
Beckville had the reserve champion
Stephanie Boren of Carthage won the
junior showmanship award in the beef
division and Mark Griffin of Carthage
won the senior divison. Miss Boren also
won top honors in the good housekeeping
category and third place in the record
book competition Suzanne Soape and
Stacy Soape of Carthage were first and
second in the record book competition
and Skipper Knight was second in good
housekeeping
For the swine showmanship, Mark
Davis of Carthage won in the junior
divison and Steve Beatty of Carthage
won in the senior division
president and cashier, but the bank has
grown to the point that we feel we need a
full time employee in that position ”
Mrs Kinnett’s resignation will be
effective April 15.
The Chamber manager said she had
loved her work with the Chamber but
that the bank position would give her an
opportunity to grow in another direction.
She said that the people at the Chamber
had been great to work with and that
nothing the Chamber had done was the
reason for her decision to leave the
Chamber “I look at this as an
opportunity that has opened for me and I
feel that I need to take that step," she
said
"I look forward to the challenge "
Mrs Kinnett joined the Chamber more
than 13 years ago as a secretary and then
some seven years ago was elevated to the
position of manager
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Juanita Kinnett, manager of the
Panola County Chamber of Commerce
for the past seven years, Wednesday
resigned the post to accept a position
with First National Bank of Carthage
Chamber President Carson Cockrum
read her letter of resignation to members
of the Chamber board of directors during
the regular meeting of the group on
Wednesday
Cockrum expressed regret at Mrs
Kinnett’s decision to leave the Chamber,
saying she had been a great asset to the
local group over the years
She will join the staff of First National
Bank and will be in charge of marketing
for the bank
“We feel very fortunate to have
someone with the years of dealing with
the public Mrs Kinnett has,'' said Joe M
Bell, bank president "Bobby McClendon
had been managing marketing opera
tions along with her other duties as vice
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menu of the Chamber during the time
she was manager, Mrs Kinnett said that
Potlatch topped the list. She said she Mt
it was one of the best things to happen to
the county in a long time.
Some of the other things she praised
included the orientation coffees held
during teacher orientation week,
emphasis on showing appreciation to
existing industries, the formation of the
Chamber Ambassadors and the relation-
ships the Chamber had been able to
maintain with the city and the county.
She said she felt it important to show
the county's existing Industry that the
people of the county appreciate it, for it to
through such industry that the economic
base is built She said it was important to
show new industry that it was welcome
into the county but it was just as
important to show appreciation to that
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By JUDITH K. MeGINNIS
Staff Writer
No nonsense is the most accurate
discription of Mary Beason of DeBerry
Petite, well groomed and efficient, she is
a walking example of a person who
wastes neither time or space She has
just acquired the lease on the old Panola
County Jail, and it will take all of these
qualities and more to accomplish her
goal of refurbishing the structure for
commercial use
Mrs Beason, with some help from her
husband, Donnie, hopes to lease the
ground floor as office space and upstairs
as a craft shop showcasing local artisans
its a grand idea, and one area
residents are anxious to see accom-
plished. First, however, comes the hard
part - cleaning up the building and
making it secure
“It really hurts me to see a building
end up like this," said Mrs Beason as she
picked her way through the jail Not only
are windows broken, but there are places
where water stands on the wooden floor,
or the floor has rotted through Ceramic
sockets dangle limply from high ceilings
“We first have to clear out some
display cabinets that belong to the county
historical commission. They were
brought here when the museum idea was
in swing Presently, we're cleaning the
growth from around the building- some
of the vegetation is damaging the
foundation The roof is in question,
whether or not water is leaking through
it would have to be water tight to prevent
any further damage while repairs are
being done inside," said Mrs Beason
cooly She appeared unrattled about a
project that would frighten firms with
more money and manpower
"This is a fine building, and something
the county is proud of it has a great deal
of character, and I forsee no problem in
finding lessors for the downstairs offices
I would think some lawver would like the
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CHAMPION STEER - Bubba Atwood ft Elysian Vields parades Ml
grand champion steer before prospective buyers during UN Panola
County Junior Livestock Show Friday afternoon. Texas Utilities Md
Dock Griffin Feed and Farm Supply
the steer lar mm $2,772,
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Douglas, Marshall. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 15, 1981, newspaper, March 15, 1981; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1517973/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.