Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1994 Page: 2 of 14
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■JUN8 COUNTY LUBB
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^V\ MEMBER 1994
TEXAS PBESS ASSOCIATION
THE OLDEST BUSINESS IN RAINS COUNTY
EstabKshed jam It, 1887
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RAINS COUNTY LEADER
P.O. Box 127, Emory, Tens 75441
TOM W. HILL
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1904-1937
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MRS. KATHLEEN HILL BECKNELL
Entered at tat Office In Emory, Team
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Telephone: (903) 473-2453
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Inside Rains Coaaty, 1 «ear,
$10.00; Ont of County, 1 year, $14.25; Oat of State, 1 year,
$14.50. Rains County Senior CWaens age 40 and over wB re-
cehre $1.00 discount. Pacts effective hky 1, 1991.
U.S. Submarine Vets
To Hold Meeting
The Texas Chapter of U.S.
Submarine Veterans of World
War II will bold their 34th state
convention in Corpus Christi,
Texas, April 21-23,1994. This
annual meeting will meet at the
Bayfront Quality Hotel on
Water Street in Corpus.
These men served on the
200 U.S. Submarines during
World War II. Fifty-two sub-
marines and 3,505 men were
lost, died or held prisoners
during the war. A memorial
service in tribute to these
gallant men and these fine
boats will be held Saturday
morning, beginning at 9:15
a.m. The Corpus Christi
Veterans Band will be playing
at this memorial service.
All submarine veterans,
wives, and guests are invited to
attend. The annual business
meeting will be at 1 p.m.,
Saturday the 23rd.
Heading this convention is
local chapter president, Bill
Freeman. For further informa-
tion, you may contact Bill at
512-854-0456 or registration
chairman, Bobbie Allen at
512-547-6320.
Mineola League To
Sponsor Quilt Show
The Mineola League of Arts
is sponsoring a quilt show May
7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at
the league building located on
the corner of Line and Blair.
There will be antique quilts on
display, a judged show with a
beginners (one or two quilts)
and advanced category, and a
judged square category where
you can enter one square
(12X12). The quilts may be
made by hand or machine.
Winners will receive ribbons
and there is no entry fee to
enter. To register, contact
Muna Mitchell at 903-569-
6087 with size, title, and brief
description of quilt or call for
information. Deadline is April
30
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Mr. and Mrs. Bobby War-
ren are sending a subscription
of the Rains County Leader to
Kenny Warren, Jr., who is in
the U.S. Army in Port Camp-
bell, KY. MMM
Mrs. B.E. Hale, Bedford,
was in the Leader office Mon-
day. She repotted that her
mother, Mrs. Winnie Potts,
was doing better healthwise.
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“The Great Texas
Trash-Off”
Fact Sheet
The ninth annual “Great
Texas Trash-Off,” scheduled
for Saturday, April 9, will in-
volve mote than 95,000 vol-
unteers throughout the state in
the largest one-day cleanup ef-
fort in the nation. More than
100 of those volunteers are
located in Rains County.
The Texas Adopt-A-High-
way program, sponsored by
the Texas Department of
Transpoitation, is the first of
its kind in die nation. Except
for Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, every other state has
developed similar programs.
More than 4,300 groups
have joined the Adopt-A-High-
way since it was introduced in
March 1985 in Tyler.
Specially designed giant
trash bags, provided by Coca-
Cola, will be used by the
volunteers to pick up an es-
timated 9 million gallons of
trash.
The Great Texas Trash-Off
is part of TxDOT’s tough-
talking “Don’t Mess With
Texas” program aimed at con-
vincing habitual litterers to put
tbeir trash where it belongs.
Don’t Mess With Texas, the
Adopt-A-Highway and Keep
Texas Beautiful programs are
credited with an estimated 72
percent reduction in litter since
1985. Texas celebrities like
George Foreman, Willie Nel-
son, the Texas Tornados and
Warren Moon have donated
their talents to spread the word
about messin’ with Texas.
TNP Co. Names New
Pres., Chief
Exe. Officer
Fort Worth, TX - March
28, 1994 - Texas New Mexico
Power Company TNP today
announced the appointment of
Kevem R. Joyce as president
and chief executive officer, ef-
fective in mid-April.
Joyce, 47, who resign-
ed as senior-vice president and
chief operating officer for Tuc-
son Electric Power Company
(Tucson), also will be elected
to the Boards of Directors of
TNP and TNP Enterprises
(NYSE:TNP), TNP’s parent
company.
Joyce will assume the posi-
tion which has been filled on
an interim basis by Dwight R.
Spurlock since November
1993.
Joyce has been employed by
Tucson since 1990, when he
was hired in the capacity of
vice president, rates & conser-
vation. He was promoted to his
current position in 1992. He
spent eight years in finance and
accounting positions at Public
Service Company of New
Hampshire prior to joining
Tucson.
“We are extremely pleased
to select someone with Kevem
Joyce’s experience and back-
ground to move this company
into the next century,” said
TNP Chairman R.D. Woofter.
“He is a leader who made
significant, positive contribu-
tions at both Public Service
Company of New Hampshire
and Tucson Electric Power
Company. We look forward to
similar positive contributions
here at TNP.“
*****
Mrs. Charles Hill and
daughter, Mrs. Don Clark, of
Midlothian were visitors to
Mrs. Kathleen Becknell Mon-
day.
I have found life an enjoy-
able, enchanting, active, and
sometimes terrifying experi-
ence, and I've enjoyed it com-
pletely. A lament in one ear,
maybe, but always a song in
the other.
Sean O'Casey
New Children's Play at ETSU Thors.
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sina's Tale, a new play for
children by East Texas State
University playwrights Liz and
Tony Buckley, will be present-
ed in April.
Seats are available for the
one evening performance at
7:00 Thursday. April 7, on the
Main Stage of the Performing
Arts Center.
Tickets are $2 for children
and adults, and reservations
can be made by calling the
University Playhouse Box Of-
fice at (903) 886-5337.
Daytime performances for
the play, slated April 5-8 for
area schoolchildren, are sold
out, according to Pam Conine,
business manager for the Uni-
versity Playhouse.
This is the second year for
the Buckleys, and husband-
and-wife team at ETSU. to
combine their talents to write a
children's play. Last spring,
the Playhouse presented the
Buckleys' The Perfect Ogre.
“People ask how we go
about collaborating on writing
a play." said Liz Buckley, di-
rector of the ETSU Communi-
cation Skills Center.
"Many assume that we just
sit and swap lines. Actually,
most of the time we work
alone." she said.
"One of us will write mate-
riel and then pass it to the other
for comment and revision. As
you might expect, quite a lot of
work gets discarded.'' she con-
tinued.
Tony Buckley, a professor
in the department of communi-
cation and theatre, noted that
“after a short time, it becomes
difficult for us to remember
who wrote what.”
“The plots of our plays are
fairly complex, and it's sur-
prisingly easy to wander off
track when writing dialogue.
It's a great help to have a part-
ner who can help spot when
this happens,” he said.
In Thomasina's Tale, the
kingdom of old King Mark is
being robbed by a wicked
Dame High Chancellor, un-
known to the king and his
daughter. Princess Clare.
The Dame and her assis-
tants, Thom and Thistle, have
been exploiting the villagers,
one of whom is Charles the
Woodcutter. He and Princess
Clare are thrown together and
must attempt to save the king-
dom.
They are aided by Thoma-
sina, a talking cat who can only
be understood by royalty.
Complicating the action are
three comic trolls who are at-
tempting to regain their gold
mine, also stolen by the Dame
High Chancellor.
The production is being di-
rected by Dr. Kay L. Cou-
ghenour. professor of com-
munication and theatre and as-
sistant dean in the College of
Arts and Sciences.
“Doing a script for the first
time is always a challenge,”
Coughenour said.
“One problem is that some
of the minor characters are
such fun for the actors to play
that they are threatening to take
over the show," he said.
The villainous Dame High
Chancellor is being played by
Berkley, Mich., graduate stu-
dent Deborah Sherman, and
Princess Clare is being played
by Carrollton junior Summer
Snow.
Sherman said she is excited
about her role. “Perhaps be-
cause I'm blonde, 1 usually get
cast as the sweet one. In this
show. I get to yell at people
and be really nasty” she said.
Snow said her character de-
velops a lot in the course of the
action. “Clare must go from
being an innocent princess to
being a mature adult ready to
become a queen,” she said.
The title role of Thomasina
is being played by Austin grad-
uate student Challon Clark.
Other cast members are Na-
cogdoches senior John Birm-
ingham as King Mark. Mes-
quite freshman James Benthul
as Thistle, Oak Cliff junior
Damon Price as Thom. Austin
freshman Gene Perkins as
Charles the Woodcutter, Aust-
well senior Kelly Kelso as Bess
the Washerwoman, Corpus
Christi graduate student Darin
Hill as Sam the Shepherd,
Hurst senior Marie Thill as
Feldspar the troll. Emory jun-
ior R. Kevin Morris as Garnet
the troll, and Dallas sopho-
more Becky Armstrong as Jas-
per the troll.
The villagers are Quinlan
junior Brendan Jefferies. Min-
eola junior Charles Trammell,
Greenville sophomore Tonna
Shuler and Dallas sophomore
Brigette Mitchell. Playing the
castle guards are Jefferies and
Trammell.
Las Vegas. Nev., graduate
student John Gallagher is the
set designer and technical di-
rector for the play. “There are
several set changes in this
show and getting them to go
swiftly and smoothly is a chal-
NEW PLAY TO DEBUT AT ETSU APRIL Ith-Thomasina's
Tale, a new children’s play debuting at East Texas State Univer-
sity, features a king and a princess. Playing Princess Clare is Car-
rollton junior Summer Snow, and playing King Mark is Nacog-
doches senior John Birmingham. Emory junior R. Kevin Morris
is playing Garnet the troll. Thomasina's Tale was written by ET-
SU faculty members Liz and Tony Buckley. Tickets to the 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 7, performance are $2.00 for children and
adults. For reservations, contact the University Playhouse Box
Office at (903) 886-5337.
lenge.” he said.
Bonham senior Teddy
Spoon is the costume designer.
“As so often happens with
children's shows, doing the
costumes is a lot of work, but
there are many opportunities
for us to use our imaginations,
and so it's also a lot of fun,”
Spixm remarked.
Others helping behind the
scenes are Mesquite graduate
student Greg McLarty as the
lighting designer. Hill as the
sound designer, and Kelso and
Thill are in charge of makeup.
Tom Haase is the stage man-
ager.
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in Touch International Prayer
Group will he going to the MIT
Conference in San Diego, CA,
April 8-10... those going from
Emory Baptist Church are
Jeannette Beasley, Staci Os-
walt. Lannette Beaver and
Becca Chambers...
AND THANKS. Ann &
Thurman Cooke... we enjoyed
the article of Jesse Mercer
Green's history... very inter-
esting, we thought...
THE DOGWOOD LEGEND
...the dogwood tree, which
flowers in white, pink ora dark
reddish and white combina-
tion, carries with it a legend...
according to the legend, the
dogwood tree used to grow to
the size and strength of an oak
tree, and therefore its timber
was chosen for construction of
the cross to which Jesus was
nailed... being used for this
purpose was said to have dis-
tressed the tree, so Jesus took
pity on it and promised it
would never again grow big
enough to he used as a cross,
hut would he slender, hem and
twisted... its blossoms. He
said, would form a cross with
two long petals and two short
ones, and in the center of each
petal's outer edge there would
he nail prints, brown with rust
and stained with blood... in the
flower \s center. He said, there
would be an image of the
crown of thorns... and He
said, "all who see it will re-
member it was upon a dog-
wood tree that I was crucified,
and this tree shall not he mutil-
ated or destroyed, hui cher-
ished as a reminder of my
death upon the cross, "accord-
ing to the legend...
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 106, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1994, newspaper, April 7, 1994; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765604/m1/2/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Rains+County%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.