The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1968 Page: 6 of 16
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Thieves Stage
Generous Hauls
Notices Mailed
On Late Taxes
Allen Named
Juvenile Officer
Cars Damaged
In Accident
YANTIS HIGH SCHOOL honor students, as announced by Super
intendent Lynn C Denton, include Kathy Miller (left), daughter
of Mr and Mrs J S Attaway of Yantis, valedictorian with an
average of 89 8; and Dorothy Busby, daughter of Mr and Mrs
R D Davis of Yantis, salutatorian, with an average of 89 13
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EIGHTH GRADE honor students at Yantis are Rodney Adams,
son of Mr and Mrs Pat Minter of Yantis, valedictorian with
an average of 94 6, and Linda Adams, daughter of Mr and Mrs
Charles D Adams. Route 1, Yantis, salutatorian. with an
average of 93 2
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May Rainfall
Exceeds Normal
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The most important develop
merit ot a public school educa-
tion cannot be measured, mem-
bers of the 1968 graduating
class at Sulphur Springs High
School were told Friday night
Dr Willis Tate, president of
Southern Methodist University,
followed the line, "What is your
attitude ’" in brief remarks be-
fore graduates were presented
diplomas before a packed au-
dience in the high school gym-
nasium
“Your attitude
6—THE HOPKINS COUNTA ECHO. (Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, June 7, 196«.
Swimming Pool
Hours Posted
to 1950 and that now, with the
added interest, the penalty is
more than the original tax bill.
The land on which the taxes
are due includes about 15-20
tracts and the delinquent taxes
tor last year on the property
totaled approximately $14,000
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Come in and pick a rocker for Dad. We’ve never had a
finer selection of famous Tell City Rockers. All kinds. . .
Tall ones, Short ones. Big ones, l ittle ones, all wood or
upholstered. Time honored Colonial Stencils. Some in Early
American hand glazed colors to add splashes of brightness.
Gay prints and mellow solids.
All friendly and warm, and with the comfort Dad has been
looking for. Come in soon while we still have a complete
selection.
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For those who would look
ahead, Sulphur Springs receiv-
ed only 55 of an inch of rain
last June, after that 7 35 inches
in May a year ago.
June dawned in S u 1 p h u r
Springs Saturday morning with
with a low of 68 degrees on
thermometers and with a series
of spring storms still very much
in the Texas weather picture
charged with the
Duskin Smith's
The Rev John Allen, associ-
ate pastor of First Methodist
Church, has been appointed pro-
bation and juvenile officer for
Hopkins County
District Judge Joe N Chap-
man announced the appointment
Tuesday following approval by
the church authorities Mr
Allen will continue his duties at
the church
The new officer succeeds the
Rev J Dan Sanders, who re-
cently resigned as pastor of
First Presbyterian Church to re-
turn to school at Houston
Judge Chapman said he be-
lieved Hopkins County was for-
tunate to obtain the services of
Mr Allen
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cess or failure,” Dr Tate told
the graduates “How you act
is not necessarily your atti-
tude.”
The speaker described atti-
tudes as measured against a
value system and added,
"graduation is a time to take
an inventory of your attitudes”.
Describing any graduation
speech as that final require-
ment of schools that., require
students to pay the price for a
Brief notes D Lester Smith,
Hopkins County’s newest globe
trotter, hasn't reported in for
all the details, but friends say
he is telling some hair-raising
tales about his adventures in
strike bound France He
may just retire from foreign
jaunts Youngsters enter-
ing military service—just like
anyone else — have various at-
titudes Some hate it and oth
ers like it One of the most
enthusiastic we've encountered
lately is Jerry Pearce, who ob-
viously is thriving with the Ma
nnes He's looking forward to
entering officers training school
at Quantico, Va Can't un-
derstand why Dr Jack Ramey
didn’t volunteer for a picture
with the big bass he snared re-
cently It tipped the scales at
seven pounds, five ounces
Mike Pribble is turning on the
publicity for the Sulphur
Springs Rodeo, coming up dur-
ing the July Fourth holiday
period.
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A two vehicle accident on
State Highway 11 about 9 45
a m Monday resulted in $225
damage to the two vehicles in-
volved
Drivers oi the vehicles involv-
ed in the accident were Maxine
Nipper and Herman Ball, both
of Sulphur Springs Neither of
the two drivers was injured in
the accident
Investigating officer. Patrol-
man Delbert Harrell of the Sul-
phur Springs Police Department
said the accident occurred when
the Nipper auto collided with
the Ball vehicle, which was
owned by the City.
At the time of the accident,
said Harrell, the city owned
auto was parked on the shoulder
with the left door open; and the
Nipper auto was pasing another
vehicle.
Damage to the vehicles in-
volved was estimated at $75 to
the city auto and $160 to the
Nipper vehicle
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highest values, all other good
things will come to you ”
The commencement exercis-
es moved swiftly, though in the
local tradition of a warm set-
ting
W A Cannon. Jr . president
of the local school boyd, pre-
sented diplomas to the gradu
ates as they passed the speak
er's area
Truman E Drake, in certify-
ing the students for graduation,
commended them and their
parents for the efforts in past
years that made the day pos-
sible.
The commencement exercis-
es marked the end of the 1967
68 school term in the Sulphur
Springs system Academic
marks for the 11 lower classes
will be posted Monday, but stu-
dents will receive grades by
mail rather than returning to
their classrooms to pick them
up
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advertising Neraby Mt
Vernon is getting ready to tap
water from Lake Cypress, the
huge reservoir slated to be
built in the southern portion of
Franklin Count) The city fa-
thers have accepted a bid of
$145,134 50 for a water line to
the lake and approved another
oi $4,215 19 for the necessary
pump Incidentally, the
big recreational club planned
at the lake apparently is as-
sured with almost 300 people
signed for the project, expect-
ed to cost more than a quar
ter of a million dollars
Craver's
Hardware, Furniture A Appliances
, ' “Everything for the Home”
WlaMMk Street / Phone 5-2143
The Rev Allie Davenport of
Memorial in Dallas has been
assigned as pastor of Wesley
Methodist Church in Sulphur
Springs by Bishop W Kenneth
Pope at the North Texas annual
Conference of the United Meth-
odist Church
Mr Davenport will replace
the Rev William Penn, who has
been assigned to Nocona-Monta-
que
The Pans-Sulphur Springs dis-
trict was also assigned a new
superintendent He is the Rev
Carroll H Tompson of First
Church in Brownwood He re-
places the Rev Robert M Walk
er, who has moved to the Texas
Conference.
The Rev Clark Calvert, pas
tor of First Church, and his as-
sociate, the Rev John Allen,
were re assigned here
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More notes Editor Dick
White of the Pittsburg Gazette
has made a big effort to help
clear the "heat” in his home
town, which has been split by
a raging controversy
Wrote White in the current edi-
tion of his newspaper
Pittsburg Gazette is not pub-
lishing school controversy news
this week in an effort to allow
both sides to cool off,' get to-
gether, and come up with some
constructive plans that will
benefit both sides and especi-
ally the students of our coun-
ty . . ." White continued
that no major news story would
be withheld, but the "name call
ing” type publicity would be
eliminated except through paid
Two thefts reported late in
die week in Sulphur Springs
totaled a fairly generous haul
for the criminals.
Russell Ponder, 405 Lee
Street, reported to police that
stereo tape deck was stolen
from his automobile off
high school parking lot
value was $74
And four tires and wheels
were stripped from an auto on
the Gober Merrell Chevrolet
Co. lot on South Broadway. The
value of the missing items was
set at $300
The firm also reported that
damage estimated at $75 was
done to the car during the
theft
Youih Charged
With Burglary
Juvenile proceedings against
a 16 year-old Como youth for
burglary were filed Wednesday
in Eighth District Court by Hop
kins County Attorney John
Perry
Thi youth is
burglary of
store in Como Tuesday
A hearing before the district
judge is set for 2 p m Friday
in the district c ourtroom in the
courthouse
Opening and closing hours for
the municipal swimming pool,
located in City Park on the west
end of Connally Street, have
been announced by Joe Garcia,
director of recreation for the
city
The hours are Monday through
Saturday. 2 8 p m and Sunday,
2-6 p m
Garcia also announced that
swimming lessons will begin
Monday, June 10 and will be
taught by himself and four life-
guards The lifeguards are Jer-
ry Clifton, Cindy Poston, Susan
Payne and Bob Montgomery
Tile only fee for the lessons,
said Garcia, will be the ad-
mission to the pool The current
fees are $6 for a season ticket or
50 cents each time a person
swims in the pool
Garcia said that parents have
ail of this week to register their
children in the program
He also noted that each life-
guard has passed the Senior
lifesaving course administered
by the American Red Cross
This, he said, qualifies the
lifeguard to give swimming les-
sons and be a qualified life-
guard
May was a rainy month in
Sulphur Springs, but virtually
a typical example of the sea-
son in all other respects.
Rainfall during the
just passed totaled 7 29 inches
locally, well above the 10-year
average for May of 4 60 inches
It was not, however, quite
wet as the same month a year
ago, when 7.35 inches of mois-
ture was recorded here
New daily temperature rec
ords were a rarity during the
month, however, and the aver
age daily mean temperature of
71 1 degrees was just a shade
off the 10-year average for May
of 71.3 degrees There was one
new daily high and three new
daily lows for the month
The temperature readings
near normal could be consider
ed somewhat unusual in the
light of the fact that only five
of the 31 days of the month had
skies listod as "fair,” or sunny
Cloudiness was the rule, equal-
ly confirmed by the fact that
moisture was recorded on 14
days of the month
Temperature extremes for
May ranged from 89 degrees
to 49 degrees Readings during
daylight hours averaged 80 4
degrees and the average over
night low was 61 8
For the year. Sulphur Springs
has recorded 22 95 inches of
moisture, almost the equal of
the normal rainfall h e r e
through the end of June <23 20
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Second notices for the pay-
ment of delinquent city taxes
are in the process of being
mailed to all landowners who
owe past due taxes, said City
Manager Dennis Spellmann
Monday
The city is doing this, said
Spellmann, to remind delin-
quent txapayers of the new tax likely will determine
penalty which goes into effect
July 1, of 11 per cent on the
unpaid taxes.
The current tax penalty is
seven and one half percent,
but it jumps to the new rate
July 1
Spellmann said that the city
is currently filing suit to re-
cover delinquent taxes over
four years delinquent
He added that the taxes on
some of the property date back diploma. Dr Tate kept his re-
marks brief, but urged mem-
bers of the class to set the tone
of success in the coming
years
“This is your world and it
will be a wonderful place if
your attitude is right.” he said
"If you give your all to the
Last notes Jack F Gibson,
Jr., principal of the Mark
Twain Elementary School in
Richardson, has sent a copy of
the school’s newspaper, called
Mustang Pace It’s a newsy
paper, and we especially liked
the poetry section which fea
tured some works by the first
to sixth graders Larry E
Gee of Sulphur Springs, who
recently was transferred from
Longview to Austin by the
Texas Department of Health,
says he needs several men for
jobs if they want to live
His Austin telephone
number is 47641289 Jimmy
L White, son of the late Doug
White of Hopkins County and
the former Irene Neal of Dike,
has been deemed by the law
.school faculty of Baylor Uni-
versity as eligible to write for
the Baylor Law Review White,
who attended public schools
here and in Mount Pleasant, is
a graduate of ETSU His wife,
the former Harolyn Smith of
Mt Pleasant, is also a gradu-
ate of ETSU, and, like her hus-
band, a freshman in the Bay
lor Law School
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1968, newspaper, June 7, 1968; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585652/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.