The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1977 Page: 1 of 8
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Mineola, Texas 75773, Wednesday, August 3, 1977
102nd Year, No. 21
Christian Church To Celebrate
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75th Anniversary, August
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Local Freshman Team
School Bond Election
Seemingly Assured
In State Tournament Here
Civic Center
Major Donor
Names Given
Reunion Of
Old Settlers
Starts Today
Bombers
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Church of Mineola were caught R E. Minick, 92, oldest active
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seaport after a trip across the
Pacific. This year, the Trippe
had gone to Iran via the
Atlantic Ocean — so its arrival
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division of the Texas Teen-Age
Baseball Association, partici-
pating in the tournament. And.
says a spokesman for the local
youth Foundation, “The compe-
tition in the State Tournament
will be fierce . . . and if the
Bombers can win the state titk ,
they'll really have accomplished
something!"
Of course, the Bombers have
already accomplished a great
deal, just by battling their way
into the State Tournament!
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He notified his parents that
when the Trippe arrived in the
port of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on
its recent journeys, it was the
second time that Whitus had
been there. The first time was
Circumnavigates The Globe
On the Trippe’s journeys this
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O.
park for the 75th Reunion.
The Wood County Old Set
tiers Reunion is the oldest
event of its kind in East Texas.
equator.
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year, Whitus reported two
tripe through the Sues Canal
and his fourth crossing of the
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The Mineola school board
last night (Tuesday) made
plans for a September bond
election to provide funds Eor
school plant expansion. 3
Discussions with the ar-
chitect and the bond consul-
tant, at a meeting called for
that primary purpose, re-
sulted in informal adoption
of a timetable that would
culminate with a bond elec-
tion Tuesday, Sept. 20.
The election would be
called by formal action at a
board meeting later this
month. The district's resi-
dents would be asked in that
election to approve issuance
of $1.6 million in bonds to fi-
nance construction of addi-
tions to the elementary and
high schools on West Patten.
A more detailed report of
the trustees' meeting will be
presented in the August 10
issue of The Monitor. With
the board meeting having
concluded some eight hours
[dark-of-the-night ones, we
might add | before this issue
of The Monitor was due at
the publishing plant, the edi
tor was reluctant to elabo-
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Mrs. Virgil Peacock; Pilot Club Mitch De La Rosa, a junior in
of Mineola; Buddy Schoellkopf Mineola High School for the
F oundation;
Mineola Branch
rate further on the meeting
since he was afraid that it
it would be impossible, in
the time allowed, to assure
bias-free reporting. In other
words, he was afraid that he
couldn't doff his board presi-
dent's hat, put on his re-
porting hat, write up the
meeting, put on his typeset-
ting hat and compose the
story as you read it, put on
his proofreader's hat and
check for mistakes, then don
his editor’s hat and take a
hard look at the copy to
make sure that it was factual
without being slanted to-
ward either side, then write
and set a headline for the
brief report, then put on his
page make-up hat and decide
just where on which page
the story would be placed,
then put it there and finish
making up the rest of this
issue for printing this morn-
ing — Wednesday.
And after that last sen-
tence, the editor's ready for
an addition to the three-hour
“good night's sleep” that he
had following the board
meeting.
last a half hour longer, with
closing time set for 11 p.m. Old
Settlers will be recognized at
9:15 p.m. After the invocation
at 7:55 by Mike Wynn, a
country western program fea
turing Joe Paul Nichols and the
Five Pennies will take up most
of the evening.
Saturday night, the con
eluding evening of the annual
Wood County event, the annual
Fiddlers Contest will highlight
activities in the pavilion. An of-
ficial welcome by the Reunion
president at 6:00 p.m. will pre-
cede a program of local church
and gospel music right up until
the invocation at 7:55 p.m. by
the Rev. Fred Morrow. During
the musical program, there will
be, signups for the Fiddlers
, Contest, and time for warmups
for the contestants.
The Fiddlers Contest will
begin at 8:00 p.m.. will momen
tardy halt at 9:00 p.m. for the
final night recognition of Old
Settlers, then will continue
until its conclusion.
In addition to the activities in
the park pavilion, the Reunion
Association has arranged for
various concessions and an en
To iState^
The Senior Boys baseball
team coached by Bob Speights
of Mineola won a three-team
district tournament on “home
ground" at the Mineola Youth
Foundation Park's Meredith
Field last week.
And the team is in Waco this
of the Greater Wood County
League and of their district in
Northeast Texas, took a 4-2 win
over Robinson in the first
night's play to advance to an
8:30 p.m. winners bracket see
ond round game Tuesday night
(last night). Other first day's
results found Marfa downing
Astros, under the tutelage of
coach Jack Patrick and assist-
ant coaches Don Turk and
Larry Dunn, had a season
record of 13 wins against two
losses. Last week the Astros
defeated Quitman and Grand
Saline league champions to
earn a berth in the State Tour-
nament. In the front row, left to
right, are Charles Gill, Kevin
borrowed from
Funeral home.
students would be considered
for inclusion in the directory.
“We at Austin College place
great value on language study
and its importance for inter
national communication and
cultural understanding,” Dr.
DeVega said.
Austin College is a 128-year
old liberal arts college, affilia-
ted by covenant with the Pres-
byterian Church, U. S.
De La Rosa, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Manuel De La Rosa of
Mineola, was nominated for the
foreign languages “Who's Who"
by John Abbott, Spanish in-
structor at Mineola High School
who is also advisor for the
school's chapter of the Pan
American Student Forum. At
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tertaining "Midway" in
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REPRESENTING MINEOLA
— Pictured here are members
of the Mineola Astros, champs
of the Greater Wood County
League and also of this District
in Texas Teen-Age Baseball
play, who are representing the
district in the Texas,Teen-Age
Freshman Baseball Tourna-
ment this week at the Mineola
Youth Foundation park. The
Lay, BOI Mallory, Jack Walter
Patrick, Dane Woods, Jim
Rapp, and Marshall Donahue.
Second row, from the left: Eric
Henry, Tyler Payne, Roger
Parker, Jerry Don Bigham,
Cornelius Tuck, Jerome John-
son, Robert Gonzales, and Ken
(lower. In the rear are coaches
Jack Patrick (left) and Don
Turk.
were chairs
the DuBose
Later, opera
The 75th Annual Wood
County Old Settlers Reunion is
scheduled to get under way this
afternoon (Wednesday, Aug. 3)
in the Jim Hogg State Park in
Quitman. A program of gospel
music slated to begin at 3 p.m.
will be interrupted briefly at
3:45 p.m. by an official welcome
from the Reunion Association,
delivered by the president. The
musical program will then
continue until a recess at 5 p.m.
Speights were both baptized
together in 1919.
Oldest active member of the
congregation is R. E. Minick,
who retired as church treasurer
three years ago after having
served in that position for
twelve years.
Mr. Minick was reared in the
Redland communtiy but left
Mineola in the early 1900's and
did not return here until 1945,
at which time he joined the
local church and has been an
active member of the congre-
gation since.
Local residents who have old
pictures of the Christian
Church are asked to bring them
to this Sunday's services. At
various times during the anni
versary celebration, members
will be asked to share reminis-
cences of church activities
during bygone years.
Around three hours of activi
ty will be on view on the park
pavilion state tonight, begin
ning with an invocation by the
Rev. Larry Grubbs at 7:25. At
7:30, The Singing Christians
will begin a program of gospel
music. Old Settlers in the au-
dience will be formally recog
nized at 8:30, then the gospel
songfest will continue until a
15-minute intermission at 9,
then will resume until closing
time of 10:30 p.m.
Thursday night, August 4.
the program will begin at 7:55
with an invocation by the Rev.
Allen Reed. Except for a
15-minute “break" at 9:00 p.m.
for recognition of Old Settlers,
the program by Hoss Huggins
and the Five Cartwrights will
continue until "Good Night"
time of 10:30 p.m.
Friday night's program will
Palestine, 7 4; Athens edging
by Srping Klein, 6-5; and
Brownwood downing Sweet-
water 4-3 in 13 innings, after
the two teams had gone 12
innings with the teams tied 1-1.
The Brownwood-Sweetwater
set-to lasted three hours and 45
minutes. But for each team it
was a disaster — each team's
opening game pitcher used up
all his “tournament eligibility”
in the 12 innings pitched, and
will be lost for later games in
the tournament.
Eight games were scheduled
for the second round of play
yesterday (Tuesday), after the
deadline for copy for this
week's Monitor.
Results of the tournament
will be carried in next week's
paper.
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constructed sidewalks around
the premises. In 1941 a north
east room was added for
Sunday School.
The present sanctuary was
completed in 1951. The old
church building was then used
as an educational building. The
present educational building
was constructed in 1963, and in
1965 the church name was
changed officially from “Cen
tral" to the “First Christian
Church of Mineola.”
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The 1977 Freshman Tourna
ment of the Texas Teen Age
Baseball Association got under
way Monday afternoon at the
Mineola Youth Foundation
Park, with two of the park's
fields allocated for use in the
ten-team event.
The Mineola Astros, champs
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languages at Austin College in
Sherman, is to be published this
month.
Dr. Nelson DeVega, asso-
ciate professor of Spanish at
Austin College, said publication
of the directory is an attempt to
recognize the ability and
dedication of outstanding stu
dents in various languages such
as French, German, Latin and
Spanish.
Teachers from throughout
Texas and Oklahoma have
nominated students on the
basis of excellence in language
study, general scholarship,
leadership and extracurricular
activities.
Dr. DeVega said that gen
erally no more than five per
cent of a school's language
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on the site of the present
educational building. In 1923
wings were added to the
building, and in the 1930’s a
baptistry and dressing rooms
‘he Tripp* to scheduled to
urn to its home port of e
J.arleston, South. Carolina, in ,
September * 0 s
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Methodist Church in Smith
County.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Pearl Laminack of Lin-
dale; four sons, W. M. Oliver
Laminack and Oddis Laminack
of Lake Ray Hubbard, Lewis
Julius Laminack of Mesquite,
and Bobby Earl Laminack of
_______________________________ Richardson; one sister, Mrs.
member; Mrs. Ed Allen, Mrs. Ruby Brown of Mineola; six
Some of the older active mem- they studied old records in the Ray Watts, and Mrs. Rager grandchildren; and two great
bers of the First Christian church library. Left to right are Speights, all daughters of char- grandchildren.
Church of Mineola were caught R. E. Minick, 92, oldest active ter members of the church. Nephews were pallbearers.
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seats were bought and used
until 1938, when regular pews
were purchased.
In 1940, the congregation
added a church kitchen and
The Mineola Civic Center
board has ordered a major
donors" plaque to be installed
in Meredith Hall, recognizing
t hose individuals or groups who
gave as much as $500 toward
the development fund which
made it possible for the corn
munity to obtain backing for
the park facilities and Meredith
Hall.
Some 48 names are to follow
the prefatory statement on the
plaque: “With deep apprecia
ton we gratefully acknowledge
the generous contributions to
the Mineola Civic Center de
velopment fund by the donors
inscribed hereon."
The statement will be on
behalf of "The Board of Direc
tors, 1977."
The plaque will bear the
names of major donors as
follows:
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin R
Beall, II; Benham & Company.
Inc.; Jack & Bessie Blanchard;
Brookshire Grocery Company;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Bruce;
Carl Bruner; Joe & Martha
Bulowski; City of Mineola; Mr
and Mrs. H. D. Castleberry;
T. F. Castloo & Sons;
Mr and Mrs. John Marshall
Cathey, Jr.; Collins; Penny &
Sid Cox; Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Curry; Entex;
Rev. Weems Dykes Rev. Rex Humphreys
Friday night, which would
mean that they had fought their
way into the championship
match on the last night of play. . '
There are six teams, all Dis-
trict winners in the Senior
The present church also owns
a parsonage at 319 West Blair.
And. says Mrs. Walker, the
First Christian Church has no
building indebtedness.
Of the 103 original members,
only one is still known to be
alive. She is Mrs. Ethel
(Moody) Silvey, 93, who resides
in a Dallas nursing home. She is
the aunt of Mrs. Ed Allen and
Mrs. Roger Speights.
Children of charter members
whoa re still active in the
church include Mrs. Ed Allen,
daughter of Mrs. Verna Moody
Greer; Mrs. Roger Speights,
daughter of Mrs. Ora Moody
Cowan; and Mrs. Ray Watts
and Mrs. Chester McGee, both
daughters of Mrs. E. A. Tharp.
Mrs. Allen recalls that she
was baptized 63 years ago, in
1914, when she was a ten-year
old girl. Mrs. Watts and Mrs.
Special 75th anniversary (
services for the First Christian ,
Church of Mineola will be held t
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, |
August 7, 8 and 9. ।
Dr. Harrell Rea, Executive ,
Minister of the Christian
Church in the Southwest, will |
ne speaker for the 10:50 a.m. ]
worship service on Sunday. .
Two Mineola natives, both ,
now ministers, will bring the
messages at evening services
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. .
They are the Rev. Rex
Humphreys, minister of the
First Christian Church in
Nacogdoches, and the Rev.
Weems S. Dykes, minister of
the First Christian Church in
McCamey.
Both the Rev Dykes and the
Rev. Humphreys were baptized
here 40 years ago, on August 7,
1937. They were Timothys of
the local church as they later
prepared for the ministry at
Texas Christian University and
Brite Divinity School in Fort
Worth.
Commenting on the anniver
sary services, the Rev. Mike
Martin, minister of the Mineola
church, said, "Our congrega
lion's history is a part of
Mineola's history. All of the
citizens of Mineola are cordially
invited to these special services
as we celebrate our 75th year of
service to Christ and to the
community."
The Mineola church was or
ganized in 1902 with 103
charter members, and at the
time was named the Central
Christian Church
Mrs. Eula Mae Walker, the
former Eula Mae Ballard, is one
ol the congregation's oldest
members, having been baptized
in 1912. She and Mrs. Bob
Douglas have been working as
official historians for the
church, compiling as complete a
history as possible.
Mrs. Walker says that the
first meeting place for the
church was the old city hall
located on South Pacific be
tween Broad and Commerce.
The early congregation met
there until 1904 when the
building was destroyed by fire.
Following the fire. ( he church
met for a number of Sundays at
the Baptist Church. then
bought the old Methodist
Church building then located on
South Johnson, two blocks
soul h of t he T&P tracks.
In 1907 that building was sold
to the Catholic Church, and
from 1907 until 1912 the con
gregation met in various vacant
store buildings and in the old
opera house (located on West
Broad where Sanders Barber
Shop is now).
R. W. McReynolds, one of
Mineola's pioneer residents,
bought the present church pro-
perty on North Pacific at East
Kilpatrick in 1906, and he held
the property in trust for the
church until the members were
able to buy it in 1911.
In 1912 a frame church build
ing was constructed, located
Funeral services were held at
3:30 Sunday afternoon, July 81.
in the English Funeral Home
Chapel in Mineola with the Rev.
Mouzon Fletcher and the Rev.
Leonard Brown officiating.
Burial in Roselawn Memorial
Gardens, Mineola, was under
direction of the English Funeral
Home of Mineola.
Mr. Laminack, 83, was a
native of Hainesville. He had
been a resident of Smith
County for 59 years, having
moved to the Lindale area in
1918. A retired farmer, he was
a member of the Harris Chapel
Whitus of Mineola, has just
completed a six-month deploy-
ment to the Middle East aboard
the USS Trippe, a fast frigate
of which Commander Whitus is
executive officer.
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The Trippe’s itirierary inclu-
MHS, De La Rosa has been ded Bahrein, Kenya, Sudan,
active in the band, competing in and Iran, and it was in a p9rt of ....
UIL contests; to on the tennis the latter country that Cdr. m Bandar Abbaa meant that
team; and to a member of the Whitus completed circumnavi- Whitus had been all the way
National Honor Society. | .gating the globe. aroundtheworldstsiii
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Products, Inc.; coming school year, has been
Mr. & Mrs.' Doyle Starnes; named to the edition of
Southwestern Bell Telephone Who’s Who in Foreign Lan
Co.; SWEPCO; Thrif-Tee guages in Texas and Okla
Foods - Alvin & Kathryn homa. The directory compiled
Verner & Employees; Adol by the department of modern
phus and Eva Vandiver; .
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Earl Laminack
Ladies Auxiliary Post 7523. , c -
Buried Sunday
7 A. E. (Earl) Laminack of
5 Route 2, Lindale, died at noon
; fig Saturday, July 30, in a Mineola
hospital after a lengthy illness.
The First National Bank of
Mineola; Eugenia “Tootsie"
Fleming; Howard & Ruth
Fowler; Mr. & Mrs. Raymond
George; J. A. Graham, Jr.;
Frauline & Herman Gresh
am; Mr. & Mrs. Harry M
Jones; Mr. & Mrs. Walter
Judge; Mr. & Mrs. Leland F.
Long; Mr & Mrs. David H.
Lott;
Ross and Marguerite Luken
bill; Mallory’s; Dr. & Mrs. J.
Warren McCorkle; Otho and
Flora Mae McKaig; Meredith
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