Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1993 Page: 4 of 20
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COURTHOUSE RECORDS
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M Traylor
COMM. COURT - Con V.
: Warranty
Deeds
\ Gloria B Wilkins to Bruce
A. Shuck and Betty S. Shuck
■ ■ Lot No. 157. Section I. in
' Steamboat Shores Subdivision.
Colonial Bank of Greenville
to F.B Aslin 0.5000 acre in
the George Scull Survey,
A-204.
B.R Rodgers et ux Marie
! Rodgers to David M. Miller
f4 l .000 acres in the Emily Rid-
.; mond Survey. A-194.
; John Ernest Robertson to
Homer Levs is Robertson 50
acres in the Hawkins Cooper
Survey.
W.N. Hurley Jr. and
Charlotte Plath to C M. Lay
. I 482 acres in the R Finley
* Survey. A-87.
Lucille Stepp a k a Lucille
Anderson Stepp to Beverly Jo
Hacker Lot No. II. Little
, Oaks Addition.
Arthur Boyle and wife Wan-
da Boyle to David W Fletcher
and wife Pamela Fletcher
! .456 acres in the Josiah Pom-
my Survey, A-186.
. Alvin T. Cain et ux Janet C.
Cain to Ronaly A. Larrowe et
ux Dixie J. Larrowe Lot No.
12 of the Allen Stubbs Subdivi-
sion.
Ted Jackson Monroe. Peggy
Juanita Thompson and Mary
2 Rebecca Booth to James
Monroe 78 118 acres in the M.
Fearing Survey, A-82 and the
Thomas Lake Survey. A-139.
Ted Jackson Monroe, James
Monroe and Peggy Juanita
Thompson to Mary Rebecca
Booth 58.I41 acres in the
Thomas Lake Survey, A-139.
Ted Jackson Monroe, James
Monroe and Mary Rebecca
Booth to Peggy Juanita
Thompson 58 41 acres in the
Thomas Lake Survey. A-139.
James Monroe, Peggy
Juanita Thompson and Mary
Rebecca Booth to Ted Jackson
Monroe 68.634 acres in the
Thomas Lake Survey, A-139.
Horace Jefferson Williams,
Horace Jefferson Williams Jr..
£ Joni Rae Maxvill. Sandra
P Yvonne Mathisen, Nora Lee
Williams to Thomas Lynn
Maxvill 2^98 acres in the D.E.
Lawhon Survey, A-134.
L». Tom Blankenship a/k/a
Tommy Blankenship to Diver-
jif sifted Financial Systems Inc.
y 'h acre of the Raymond
jl Sunigas Survey, A-206.
it J.B. Northcutt et ux Cora C.
£ Northcutt to Jackie Dean Go-
£ forth et ux Nancy Wynell Go-
I- forth % acre in the A. Spain
* Summerlin Survey.
I CIVIL SUITS
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* Two civil suits were filed in
; the county/district clerk’s of-
; fice last week; one being a
; divorce petition and the other
J pertaining to parent/child rela-
; tionship.
People are persuaded more
; by the depth of your conviction
; than by the height of your
• logic-more by your own en-
thusiasm than any proof you
can offer.
Traffic Stop
Nets Five
Arrests
Two females were arrested
Saturday during a routine traf-
fic stop on Hwv. 276 by Rains
County Sheriff s Deputies Tim
Hooten and Monica Baugh-
man.
According to Deputy Hoot-
en, the car was initially
stopped because it was dis-
playing stolen license plates.
During the search, an undeter-
mined amount of methamphet-
amines and drug paraphernalia
were found.
The two women were taken
into custody and charged with
possession of a controlled sub-
stance .
After further investigation.
Deputy Hooten stated that a
search warrant was obtained
because it was believed that the
two women were connected in
the operation of a methamphet-
amine lab. A search of their
residence, located in the south-
ern part of the county, was
then conducted by Deputies
Hooten, Baughman. Robert
Parker, Justin Bell, David
Traylor. Brent Davis and Phil
Harris. They were aided by
Mark Baughman. Alba Police
Chief and the Franklin County
Sheriffs Department, who
brought over their drug dogs.
An undetermined amount of
marijuana, a small ampheta-
mine lab. marijuana pipes,
scales, jewelry and $410 in-
cash were confiscated.
Three males were taken into
custody. One was charged with
possession of marijuana, one
was charged with possession of
drug paraphernalia and one
was arrested on outstanding
warrants from Wood County
for theft over $200.
Feb. Natural
Gas Production
Texas oil and gas wells pro-
duced 423,569,563 Mcf (thou-
sand cubic feet) of gas in pre-
liminary prodution for Febru-
ary, down .01 percent com-
pared to February 1992’.s gas
production total of
423,145.820 Mcf.
Texas gas production in
February came from 175,777
oil and 45.151 gas wells.
Rains County produced
847,581 Mcf of gas during
February, all from gas wells.
Attend Son’s
Graduation
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Shep-
pard traveled to Searcy,
Arkansas Thursday to be with
their son. Shannon, before his
graduation.
Shannon graduated from
Harding University Saturday
evening.
A man was telling his friend
about the wonderful doctor he
has: “If you can’t afford the
operation, he touches up the X
rays." Hank Brody
Failin’ Off A Log
Art Lessons
for Children & Teens
What? Art lessons for children and teens with
focus primarily on developing drawing & design skills
WhanT Classes will be held in two 3-week sessions
and meet on Tuesday and Thursday or
Wednesday and Friday.
Sessions will be held at the following times:
First Session: T/Th 6/1-6/17; M/W 6/2-6/18
2nd Session: T/Th 6/22-7/8; M/W 6/22-7/9
9:00-11:00 Elementary (7-11?
12:00-2:00 Jr. High • 2:00-4:00 High School
Where? Classes will meet at Pilgrims rest
Baptist Church, four miles east of Emory
ofT 515 on FM 2946
Students should preregister at least three days prior to
the first class by mailing name, address, age, phone
number and a $15.00 check to: Kathy Ryer, P.O. Box
880, Emory, Texas 75440. Total cost of each session
is $60.00. Balance is due prior to second week of
classes. Most supplies will be furnished.
Classes will be limited to 15 students, and there must
be 6 students registered for the class to be held.
For more information, contact
Kathy Ryar, 473-43*7
Drawing can be as easy at
i* off a log!
Eighteen prisoners were be-
ing held in the Rains County
Jail Monday morning. Arrests
for the week included:
5-10 - One person was being
housed for Delta County on
charges of trespassing. A $500
bond was set.
5-11- One person was being
held on blue warrants. No
bond.
5-14 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of driving
while intoxicated. A $700
bond was posted.
5-15 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of possession
of a controlled substance. A
$3,000 bond was posted.
5-15 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of possession
of a controlled substance. A
$5,000 bond was posted.
5-15 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of driving
while intoxicated. A $700
bond was posted
5-15 - One person was ar-
rested on outstanding warrants
from Wood County for theft
over $200. The prisoner was
transported to Wood Co.
5-15 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of possession
of marijuana. A $700 bond was
posted. The same subject was
also being held for the Wills
Point Police Dept, on charges
of possession of drug parapher-
nalia, no insurance and expired
registration.
5-15 - One person was arrested
on charges of possession of
drug paraphernalia. A $400
bond was posted.
5-16 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of violation
of parole and outstanding DPS
warrants from Harris County
for expired drivers license and
failure to maintain financial
responsibility.
9-1-1
LRARNIN8 UNIT
RERRY FOR USE
The East Texas Council of
Governments has placed a
“9-1-1 Learning Unit” in
Rains County for use in teach-
ing students about using the
telephone in an emergency.
The learning unit allows two
telephones to be plugged into a
telephone demonstrator that
gives a dial tone. The student
can act out an emergency situa-
tion chosen from a poster dis-
played. A teacher or volunteer
will answer the call and ask
questions as a dispatcher would
in a real situation.
The “9-1-1 Learning Unit”
is available for use at schools
and daycare centers. To re-
serve a time to use the Learn-
ing Unit, call the Rains County
Sheriff’s Office. Other materi-
al, such as coloring books,
brochures, telephone stickers
and litter bags are also avail-
able along with several videos
to aid in teaching about 9-1-1.
Learning Units are also be-
ing distributed to other coun-
ties in the ETCOG region.
TOW
IfiUkA Whole Other Cmttiry.
May 28-30 - Texas Hydro-
fest, Lewisville. If the idea of
watching jet-powered Hydro-
plane boats skimming the sur-
face of Lewisville Lake at
speeds topping 200 miles an
hour sounds like fun, then
you’ll want to be one of thou-
sands who will attend this first-
ever Texas event. You migh*
be on TV, because ESPN will
be taping the races. Described
as the fastest racing boats in the
world, these million-dollar
wonders spray a rooster tail of
water the length of three foot -
ball fields. There will be mu-
sic, food and drinks to enjoy.
Lewisville is on Hwy. 77, just
north of Dallas. Contact the
Lewisville Chamber of Com-
merce and Visitors Bureau,
223 W. Main St., Lewisville,
75067. 800/657-9571.
Successful family living
strikes me as being in many
ways rather like playing cham-
ber music. Each member of the
ensemble has his own skills,
his own special knack with the
part he chooses to play; but the
grace and strength and sweet-
ness of the performance come
from everyone's willingness to
subordinate individual vir-
tuosity and personal ambition
to the requirements of balance
and blend. -Annis Duff
Transportation regarding the
measuring of road mileage for
Rains County. Judge Dougher-
ty pointed out that the maps
that the Transportation Dept,
had were considerably out of
date, and that the commis-
sioners had been asked to mark
the county roads on those maps
to help aid in the measure-
ments.
Dougherty also noted that a
lot of roads had been taken in
by Lake Fork, a lot of subdivi-
sions had been added, and that
there were some county roads
that maintenance had been
dropped or picked up on. “So.
I think it going to be curious to
wait and see just how we come
out on the mileage of these
roads,” he said.
“I will point out. that if we
lose mileage, this is something
else that you're going to have
to be concerned about in your
budget this year. Just with a tax
base shrinkage alone, gentle-
men. you’re already going
over rollback. There’s no way
you can accommodate with
high enough taxes to justify go-
ing - keeping the services that
we have. You’re going over
rollback this year if—if you
keep the services that you've
got. With the loss of road
mileage and funding from the
state, uh, this will jus! push
you further into debt. You’re
going to have to address this
one as well, so get ready for
that, too. I think you're going
to see even further deteriora-
tion of your county in the local
government, and the services
that it provides, thanks to these
items beyond our control.”
In other matters the court:
Approved the minutes of
previous meetings.
Approved the monthly
financial report as submitted
by the county treasurer.
Approved agreement be-
tween Rains County and the
City of Emory for the county
to charge the city $25 per hour
for use of equipment and $8.50
per hour for labor of one em-
ployee for work to be per-
formed at sewage plant.
Accepted the resignation of
Maxanne Potts from the Over-
all Economic Development
Committee.
Designated two workers to
work with the election judge
and alternate election judge for
the special election.
Approved bond for sheriff’s
reserve deputy for Tom
Hooten.
Approved all warrants for
payment with the exception of
Tyler Asphalt and Gravel for
$473.66 and Texas Surplus
Property Agency for $946.
For the record: This matter
has been discussed several
times in the past. Below is an
excerpt which was taken from
the minutes of the Jan. 25th
regular session of commis-
sioners's court at which time
Judge Joe Dougherty spoke on
this same issue, road mileage.
Here's what was said then:
At the Jan. 25 meeting,
Commissioner Rayford Briggs
asked to get someone to verify
the road mileage in his pre-
cinct, number 4, and this was
the judge’s statement to him.
“My suggestion would be,
Commissioner Briggs, if you
could get someone to do that at
no charge - I think over the
years with the mileage that
we’ve turned in to the state, in
other words a lot of, a lot of
allegations that were totally un-
based and whatnot indicating
that the mileage has something
to do with the budgeting pro-
cess, and in talking with com-
missioners and judges for
many, many years past, it has
never in the history of Rains
County had anything to do with
budgeting. The only thing that
we get out of that lateral mile-
age is a very minimum fee
which has ranged, in recent
years, from seven to eight
thousand dollars up to twelve
thousand dollars total, which
was divided by four with equal
sums going into each precinct.
So, at the maximum, what you
would get out of that, in any
given year from the state,
would be four thousand dol-
lars. I would say you would be
hard put to justify putting much
money into this project-to get
someone to check that mileage.
If you could get someone to
donate their time and
effort....”
At this point, the judge was
interrupted by Commissioner
Briggs who interjected, “I
think I can probably get the
state to do it.”
The judge then concluded,
“...it might be nice to know.”
“I’d like to know exactly
how many I’ve got,” Commis-
sioner Briggs stated, “because
I’ve always took ’em at what
was out there to start with.”
Judge Dougherty replied,
“Potentially, the only thing
that we stand to gain from
checking the mileage and com-
ing up with a lesser mileage
than what you’ve already got
would be to lose a little bit of
state funds, which is less than
what, probably a fifth of a tax
point per precinct that you’re
currently getting out of that.
So, I guess I can’t appreciate or
understand the big issue that
was made out of it.”
I also direct your attention to
a letter which Judge Dougherty
ran in the Jan. 28 edition of the
Rains County Leader, page 11.
In it, he stated:
Question: What is lateral
road mileage?
Answer: It is the actual
miles of county road within a
precinct which must be main-
tained by the county.
Question: Does this make a
difference in the amount of
county tax dollars that a pre-
cicnt receives at budget time?
Answer: Absolutely not.
Rains County Road and
Bridge Funds have always
been and continue to be divid-
ed into four equal sums.
Question: Why even report
lateral road miles per precinct?
Answer: Rains County
receives from $ I0.CXK) to
$12,(XX) from the state in
lateral funds. This amount is
divided by four and deposited
into each precinct lateral fund.
Cassette tapes of the
meetings of commissioners ’
court are on file in the county
clerk's office for anyone who
would like to listen to them.
Services Held For
Mrs. Frank Price
Funeral services for Mrs.
Frank Price, 89, were held at 1
p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at the
Murray-Orwosky Chapel with
the Rev. Jerry Putnam, the
Rev. Ben Reed and Greg Price
officiating.
Burial followed at Gafford
Chapel Cemetery with Larry
Edwards, Mike Briley, Ray
Fleming, Billy Wayne Orr,
Harold Bryant, David Brewer,
Allen Wayne Melton and Mar-
vin Gregory serving as pall-
bearers.
Mrs. Price died early Mon-
day morning, May 10, at
Woodhaven Nursing Home.
She was born Oct. 16, 1903,
in Emblem to Ben J. and Lizzie
Mae Williams Garrett. She was
married to Frank Price on April
19, 1921. He preceded her in
death in 1973.
Mrs. Price was a home-
maker and a member of
Wesley United Methodist
Church. She was also a former
member of the Hopkins County
Extension Club and a member
of the Quilter Club.
Survivors include two sons,
Frankie and Bobby Price, both
of Sulphur Springs; three
daughters, Marie Jones of
Tawakoni, Odessa Hagen of
Winnsboro and Vera Har-
rington of Sulphur Springs; one
brother, B.J. Garrett of
Alabama; one sister, Altha
Mitchell of Borger; sixteen
grandchildren and numerous
great- and great-great-
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by one son, Pizzini Price; 10
brothers and sisters; one grand-
daughter, Patricia Ann Price
and one great-grandson, Chris
Davis._
RAINS COUNTY LEADER
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RECEIVES DEGREE-Shannon Lee Sheppard, son of Woody
& Mary Sheppard of Emory, was among the 414 graduating
seniors who received diplomas in commencement exercises at
Harding University in Searcy, Ark., on May 15 honoring the
69th graduating class. Shannon received a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Kineisiology, with a minor in health education. The
ceremonies were held in Benson Auditorium with Gene Stallings,
University of Alabama head football coach, as the speaker. Presi-
dent David B. Burks presented the diplomas to the graduates.
Sheppard was announced by Dr. Dean Priest, dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences. Shannon is currently employed by Willis-
Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, La., in the Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation Department. Shannon currently re-
sides in Marshall, Texas. Photo Contributed
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Congratulations to Adam Lee Fleming,
Dallas Christian High School graduate, nephew of
Kathleen Becknell and the late George Becknell.
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