The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 93, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 23, 1982 Page: 3 of 20
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Rickert says he is “five feet 17“ and Dean was
close to that. Joining in the conversation are Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Reynolds. (Watchman photo by
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THIS WAS ONE of the few real eye to eye con-
versations Texas Secretary of State David Dean
(right) had while in Carthage, for Bruce Rickert
(center) was one of the few men as tall as Dean.
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Lori Morris, daughter of from each department of the . -parate charters were issued
Dr. and Mrs Joe K. Morris, University is selected to in Texas last year
was recently notified that she compete and from three other duties include the
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er turnout in the May primaries, falling even lower would include all of the can- told him they had introduced minority referring to the
primaries in t exas sunk to an than the 27 percent turnout in didates, with party identifica- similar legislation on number of voters and not a
auromenpw,percentage, a 1970 tions included, but voters of separate occasions and racial minority
uauon that Secretary of Elections in the state are a all persuasions would go to neither had met with very Dean said the total amount
Mate David Dean says is primary concern for Dean, in the same polling place and receptive results. of money spent to hold the
unacceptable. . . that his office is charged with could vote for anyone they Regarding the low voter election wound up costing the
Deart in Carthage to be the the conduct of those elections wished turnout. Dean said only about state $3 for each vote cast
25at w speaker at a Car- One of the things Dean is The top two vote getters in 12 percent of the voters in the The secretary of state also
nage "ar on Drugs rally, giving serious consideration each race would then move state turned out to decide said there were a number of
SPOK 6, ° the noon, meeting of to is the open or unitary on to the general election. He seven constitutional amend people in the state who were
ar thage Noon, Lions primary system, such as is noted that this could be two ments last November, not even registered to vote
lub, with the election use in neighboring Louisiana persons of the same party or thereby allowing only 6%2 per- and plans were being made to
system in the state being a and in Washington. of differing parties. cent of the registered voters conduct a massive voter
prune opic of the address. Dean explained that under He said he felt the attitude to decide critical matters for registration drive this fall
Only 24 percent of the that system the election in the state was moving more the entire state. Such a drive was conducted
state s registered voters went would be conducted by the and more in favor of such a He said this created a situa- several months ago and Dean
to the polls for the May state rather than the in- system. He added, however, tion where a "minority” rule said he was encouraged by
Democratic and Republican dividual parties. The ballot that two state officials had could prevail, with the the results of that drive
During his address to the
Lions Club, he also spoke of
the state's Department of
Corrections and the over
crowding situation, making
reference to orders by
Federal Judge William
Wayne Justice of Tyler con
cerning the operation of the
state’s prisons
Justice ordered some
prisoners released to relieve
over-crowding and then
issued orders that led to the
Department of Corrections
closing the doors temporarily
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order by president Edward
c . Craig. Donations for the
Rachel Anne Fox was born cemetery fund came to a total
April 27 to Mr and Mrs. . 7
Danny R Fox of Houston of 81,133.97
Mrs. Fox is the former Elections for new officers
LaJuan "Sissie" Soape. were held and Craig was re-
Grandparents are Mr. and elected president and chair-
Mrs. Buster Ray Soape of man of the board Mrs Joyce
Tenaha and Mr. and Mrs Burgess resigned as
Tom Fox of Austin secretary treasurer of the
Great-grandparents are association and Gail Williams
Mr and Mrs W R Hodges of was appointed to fill that posi-
has received the University candidates one student is elections operation, one that
Faculty Centennial Scholar chosen takes a great deal of his time
ship at Sam Houston State Lori is the first education this year
University for 1982-83. major to receive this award.
This is an award given for She is a senior and her (avrW
leadership and contribution major is education with a "dLl-IdEC
as well as scholastic achieve- minor in reading and she has
ment. Only one candidate an over all average of 3.9 cfiIonFe
with 4.0 in her major field • • ——T--3
A 11 1 1 1 1 Lori is a member of Alpha 1 _
Annual luncheon held Chi, Kappa Delta Pi, Golden graduate
Key National Honor Society, ~
The annual luncheon for the Association and the members Phi Theta Kappa, and is Three Carthage residents
Grandparents are Mr. and New Prospect Cemetery was of the board expressed active in the Association for recently graduated from
Mrs Herb House of Beckville held on Sunday, May 17. gratitude to Mrs. Burgess for Childhood Education. She is East Texas State University
and Mr. and Mrs Waiter C. Lunch was served on the her devotion and for her job also vice-president of Sam at Commerce
Todd of Dallas and Long church grounds and a record so well done. Houston Association of Read- They are Linda Janan
Branch. number in attendance was Anyone wishing to make a ing Educators. Hummadi, BBA; Beverly Joy
Great-grandmother is Mrs reported. contribution to the cemetery A Faculty Assembly will be McMillian. BS, and Obie Lee
J O House of Beckville fund may do so by contacting held Aug. 23, at which time Thompson. MED
After lunch the business Gail Williams, Route 1, Lori will be presented to the A total of 631 students
meeting of the Cemetery Beckville, TX 75631 or by Faculty and receive a plaque graduated in the ceremonies
Association was called to phone at 693-7071 and $500. at Memorial Stadium
to incoming prisoners
He said Justice was "hell
bent to run the prison
system," but then went on to
say Gov William Clements
was “hell bent for him not
to.”
Enlarging on the prison
situation after the meeting,
he said the state legislature
had appropriated funds for
the building of new prisons
but this would not be an over-
night project. He said com-
munities had to be convinced
for prisons to be constructed
in their areas as well as the
physical aspect of construe
ting the prisons
Dean briefed the audienced
at Joe’s Cafe as to just what
his office did, noting that
there were many in the.state
who did not know that the
state had a secretary or state
and others who did not know
what the job was
He said his was the largest
office in the state capitol,
with some 200 employees
Part of the wide variety of
duties he is charged with is
the issuing of new charters
for businesses in the state. He
said some 43,000 new cor-
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Douglas, Marshall. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 93, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 23, 1982, newspaper, May 23, 1982; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1518096/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.