The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1979 Page: 3 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 26 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, Dec. 14, 1979—J.
B.F. Chapman
Death claims area
educator Chapman
B. F. Chapman, 51, Shiloh
Road, died unexpectedly at 9
a.m. Sunday at his home. He
had been an educator for 25
years, serving as a teacher,
county supervisor and later as
Hopkins County Superintendent
until that office was abolished.
He was a native of Delta
County, being born on Feb. 7,
1928 to E. 0. and Florene
Chapman, but he had lived most
of his life in Hopkins County.
He was a graduate of East
Texas State University’ and
served with the Air Force
during the Korean War era. He
was a past commander of
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
8560.
He was a member of First
United Methodist Church,
Bright Star Lodge 71 of IOOF,
Texas State Teachers
Association, Texas Association
of School Administrators,
Texas Association of School
Supervisors, and County School
Superintendents of Texas. He
also was a member of the
executive board of the Red
Cross In Hopkins and Franklin
counties.
He was married to Billie Rose
Smith on March 24, 1951 in
Albuquerque, N. M. She sur-
vives.
Other survivors are three
daughters, Mrs. Jeanie Hent-
chel of Peoria, 111.; Mrs. Janie
Taylor of Garland and Cathy
Chapman of Commerce; a son,
Biff Chapman of Sulphur
Springs; his mother, Mrs.
Florene Chapman Adams of
Sulphur Springs; two sisters,
Mrs. Jo Beth Levine and Mrs.
Judy Gillem, both of Plano; two
grandchildren, J. D. Hentchel
and Amber Taylor; three
nephews, Lee and David Irvine
and Stephen Gillem; and a
niece, Katherine Gillem.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at the First United
Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, with the Rev. Gaither
Day officiating. Burial followed
in Tira Cemetery, with Paul
Bennett, Troy Gay, Maurice
Starkey, Verdon Graves, Lewis
Helm, W. S. Long, Harlan Craig
and Carl Brice serving as
pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers were
Hopkins County school ad-
ministrators, all of his former
students and members of VFW
Post 8560.
Murray-Orwosky Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Maudie Gardner Charles Clayton
Funeral services for Maudie
P. Gardner, 75, were held at
2:30 p.m. Monday in the Tapp
Funeral Home chapel with the
Rev. L.B. Morgan officiating.
Burial was in the Nelta
Cemetery.
Mrs. Gardner, a resident of
Leisure Lodge, died Saturday
evening.
Born Sept. 8,1904 in Hopkins
County, she was the daughter of
Vinson and Lula Pitts Wilhite.
She was married to Amos
Gardner who preceded her in
death in July 1978. She was also
preceded in death by a son, Carl
Rasure, and a daughter, Myrtle
Hyatt.
Survivors include a son, Billy
Wayne Taylor of Kentucky; a
daughter; Lucille Burgin of
Route 5, Sulphur Springs; a
brother, Harold Wilhite of
Saltillo; five sisters, Edna Tolly
and Louie Beatty, both of Fort
Worth, Fay Coke of Mount
Pleasant, Villa Rasure of
Dallas, and Estelle Love of
Roxton; five grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
Arron Wilhite, Aubrey
Wilhite, Arlis Harman, Charles
Coke, and Chuck Coke served as
pallbearers.
Mrs. Shannon
Mrs. Adweena Shannon, 68, of
Route 1, Dike died at 8 a.m.
Tuesday at her residence.
She was born May 21,1911 in
Oklahoma to Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Crain. She married
Cecil Shannon, who preceded
her in death in 1977.
Services for Mrs. Shannon
were conducted at 2 p.m.
Thursday in the Tapp Funeral
Chapel with the Rev. L.B.
Morgan officiating. Interment
was in the Connor Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Louise Stewart of Sulphur
Springs, and two grandsons,
Cecil Walker and Billy Joe
Walker, both of Sulphur
Springs.
Serving as pallbearers were
Johnny Carter, Bill Carter,
Amis Caudle and Plasdo Artiz.
Charles A. Clayton, 75, of
Greenville died Thursday in
Baylor Hospital, Dallas. He
was bom Aug. 17, 1904 in
Cumby, son of Andrew and
Mollie Elsberry Clayton. He
was a retired dry cleaner.
He was married to Vivian
Coffee in 1937 in Muskogee,
Okla. She preceded him in
death in 1964.
Survivors include a son, John
Clayton of Greenville; a
daughter, Mrs. Sue Nell Dillon
of Germany; a brother, Grady
Clayton of Lufkin; three
sisters, Mrs. Gladys Brown of
Cumby, Mrs. Velma Moore of
Palestine, and Mrs. Nova
Melton of Sulphur Springs; and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 p.m, Saturday in Coker-
Matthews-Peters Funeral
Home in Greenville, with the
Rev. Everett Hendricks of-
ficiating. Burial followed in
City Cemetery in Sulphur
Springs.
Mrs. Bill Lain
Mrs. Bill Lain, 60, of Pitt-
sburg died at 6:30 p.m. Thur-
sday in the Franklin County
Memorial Hospital.
She was bom Aug. 12,1919 in
Titus County and was retired
from the Mike Bennett
Manufacturing Company. She
was a member of the Baptist
church.
Services for Mrs. Lain were
conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in
the Erman Smith Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev.
Walter Allen and the Rev.
Weldon Dykes officiating.
Interment was in the Simp-
son ville Cemetery.
Survivors include her
husband, Bill Lain; a son,
Wayland Lain of Pittsburg; a
daughter, Mrs. Judy Yar-
brough of Sulphur Springs; two
sisters, Ruth Thedford of
Weatherford and Maggie
Me Wright of California; a
brother, Edward Moon of
Pittsburg; and four grand-
children.
Ruth Stirling
. Final rites for Mrs. Ruth
Ashcroft Stirling, 84,327 College
St., were held at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday at Tapp Funeral
Home Chapel, with the Rev.
Gaither L. Day, pastor of First
United Methodist Church, of-
ficiating.
Mrs. Stirling, one of Sulphur
Springs’ leading citizens, died
at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday in
Gaston Episcopal Hospital in
Dallas.
She was bom April 20,1895, in
Sulphur Springs, daughter of R.
C. and Molly Patrick Lynch.
She was married to Charles F.
Ashcroft in Sulphur Springs in
1918 and he preceded her in
death in August of 1946. She was
married to Dr. William Stirling
on Oct. 3, 1961 and he died in
September, 1969. She also was
preceded in death by a brother,
Virgil Lynch.
Survivors include a son, B. F.
Ashcroft of Sulphur Springs;
three grandchildren, Mrs. Beth
Holland of Dallas, Frank
Ashcroft of Nacogdoches and
Charlotte Ashcroft of Sulphur
Springs, and one great-
granddaughter.
Mrs. Stirling had been a
member of First United
Methodist Church since 1903.
She had served as president of
the Waverly Club, City
Cemetery Society, and First
District of the Texas Federation
of Women’s Gubs. She was a
former regent for Texas
Woman’s University in Denton.
She also held membership in
the Dallas Woman’s Club, Mary
Ann Scruggs Garden Club of
Dallas, Sulphur Springs
Country Club, and Dallas
Country Club.
She was vice president of the
Coca Cola Bottling Company in
both Sulphur Springs and
Nacogdoches. Mrs. Stirling was
one of the leading citizens in
promoting the erection of the
Sulphur Springs Woman’s
Building.
Burial was in City Cemetery,
with Kearney Brim, Gilbert
McGrede, Johnny Ramey, Dr.
Bill Gray, Avery Mayes, T. B.
Blackburne, Joe Craver and
Joe Gober serving as
pallbearers.
Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
The family has suggested that
memorials may be made to the
City Cemetery Society.
Sip Randolph
Funeral services for Sip
Randolph were held at 2:30 p.m.
Monday in the Sulphur Bluff
Methodist Church with the Rev.
Cecil Dodd and Rev. K.C.
Holcomb officiating.
Mr. Randolph died Friday
night at his home in Sulphur
Bluff. He was 72.
Born May 26,1907 in Hopkins
County, he was the son of
Walter and Stella Blount
Randolph.
He is survived by his wife,
Clara Randolph of Sulphur
Bluff; three sons Gerald W.
Randolph of Sulphur Springs,
Lyndle R. Randolph of Paris,
and Sip Randolph Jr. of Lufkin;
four daughters, Syble Taylor of
Dallas, Patsy Potts of Dike,
Carolyn Choate of Garland, and
Theresa Moss of Sulphur Bluff.
Other survivors include four
stepdaughters, Margie Jackson
of Paris, Janice Hubbard and
Ann Reynolds both of Fort
Worth, and Joyce Wasser of
California; two stepsons, Earl
Burns of Fort Worth and
Johnnie Burns of Greenville;
two brothers, Gyde Randolph
of Sulphur Springs, and Buck
Randolph of Arkansas; three
sisters, Jennie Ruth Hanks of
Mount Pleasant, Marie
Overbaugh of Mesquite, and
Betty Herin of Garland; 10
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
Interment was in the Sulphur
Bluff Cemetery with Put
Bassham, Joe Baily Bassham,
Clyde Bassham, Bud Emerson,
Elroy Emerson and Earl Mead
serving as pallbearers.
Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Nettie Walker
Mrs. Nettie Walker, 71, of 702
Van Sickle died at 1:30 p.m.
Monday at her residence.
She was born Oct. 25,1909 in
Oklahoma to Joe and Fannie
Ray Williams. She was
married to T.E. (Earl) Walker
in Oklahoma City on July 28,
, 1932. She was a member of the
South Side Church of Christ.
P’uneral services for Mrs.
Walker were held at 10 a.m.
Wednesday in the Tapp
Funeral Chapel with Thomas
Hogland officiating. Burial was
in City Cemetery.
Survivors include her
husband; a son, Travis William
Walker of Trent; five
daughters, Mrs. Earlene
Wright of Dallas, Mrs. Joy
Clement of Houston, Mrs. Janet
Goodman of Sulphur Springs,
Mrs. Treva Watson of
Tuscaloosa, Ala. and Mrs.
Leona Smith of Saltillo; two
brothers, Jimmy White and
Allen White, both of Newton;
two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Terry
of Newton and Mrs. Lora
Davison of California; 19
grandchildren and five great-
gradchildren.
Archie Scott
Archie Scott, 78, of Route 1,
Emory died Thursday morning
at the Mineola General
Hospital.
He was bom July 26,1901 in
Rains County to Byron and
Harriett Davis Scott. He was a
farmer and a veteran of World
War II.
Services for Mr. Scott were
held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the
Tapp Funeral Chapel with the
Rev. Billy Smith and the Rev.
William Potts officiating.
Interment was in the Clifton
Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons,
Terry Byron Scott and Darold
Gene Scott, both of Fort Worth;
two daughters, Barbara Gean
Lem of Emory and Pansy Nell
Griffith of Crowley; a brother,
W.M. Scott of Point; two
sisters, Gladys Garrett of
Seagoville and Lora Rae Cook
of Point; and four grand-
children.
Serving as pallbearers were
Tommy Bennett, Don Mancell,
Lee Bennett, Jerry Garrett,
Calvin Bennett, James Ratliff
and George Scott.
Billy Rhodes
William N.( Billy) Rhodes, 61,
died Sunday evening in
University Hospital in Lubbock.
He is survived by his wife,
Christine Jones Rhodes of
Lubbock; two daughters, Cathy
Sales of Fort Worth and Sherris
Rhodes of Lubbock; a son,
Johnny Rhodes of Houston, and
a sister, Josphine Squibd of
Dallas.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the
Tapp Funeral Home chapel.
Burial was in Gty Cemetery.
Clyde Wofford
Graveside services for Clyde
H. Wofford, 63, of 301 Oak
Avenue were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday in Gty Cemetery
with Dr. Jack Robbins of-
ficiating.
Mr. Wofford died at 10 p.m.
Monday at the Sulphur Springs
Nursing Home.
He was bom Aug. 28, 1912 in
Gilmer to Mr. and Mrs. Jef-
ferson Davis Wofford. He
retired from the U.S. Air Force
in 1966 as a master sergeant.
He is survived by several
cousins, including Mrs.
Florence Vanway of Sulphur
Springs.
Cousins served as
pallbearers.
Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Ms. Jean Ragan was honored
with a suprise housewarming
party recently by her Alpha
Alpha Kappa sorority sisters.
She was presented with gifts for
her new home in her chosen
colors.
Admitted
Paul Schoate, Como.
Mrs. Mary Hankins, 213
Weaver.
Mrs. Alvin Payne, 361
Weaver.
Bobbie Goodson, 811 Fuller.
Francis M. Ferrell, Route 4.
Mrs. Marvin Ishmael, 400
Putman.
Chuck Chrisman, Como.
Loyd Lee Ivey, Route 3.
Mrs. Cora Jenkins, Route 1.
Mrs. Adnah Wattenbarger,
Woodhaven Nursing Home.
Thomas Reppond, Yantis.
Gerald Tuck, Route 1.
Mrs. Melvin Stephens, Como.
Mrs. Leonard Dial, 336
Putman.
Mrs. Willis Whitehead, 138 E.
Park.
D. L. Duncan, Rt. 4.
Gena Cheairs, Rt. 5.
Mrs. Tom F. Washington, Rt.
1.
Mrs. Lonnie Scarborough, 307
Radio Rd.
Mrs. Mary Seawright, 103 7th
Street
Herbert Williams, Rt. 4.
Mrs. Ermon Carpenter,
Como.
Mrs. Myra Wright, 430
Church.
Troy Hill, Route 5.
Mrs. Ronald Walker, 308
Whitworth.
Getus Hankins, Star Route.
Mrs. Kate Nicholson, 118 9th
Street.
Willis Gore, 606 Mulberry.
Michael Marshall, 1324 Main.
Bobby Clark, 701 W. In-
dustrial.
Jackie Blount, 925 Alabama.
Rickey J. James Jr., 1209
Elm.
Mrs. A.E. Hart, Saltillo.
Mrs. Florence Van Wey, 324
Robertson.
Larry Brown, Pickton.
Mrs. Beulah Simpson, 205 S.
Moore.
Noble Beadles, 1259 Church.
Grady Jones, Route 1.
Mrs. Connie Johnson, 1700
Main.
Mrs. Edward Earl Morris, 516
Fuller.
Dee Mabe, P.O. Box 214.
Mrs. Josie Harry, 831 Ardis.
Steven Roberts, Saltillo.
Craig Petty, Brashear.
Mrs. Sue Rowe, 206 Caldwell.
Mrs. Nell Glenn, Yantis.
Mrs. John Chapman, 208 S.
Moore.
Mrs. Manly Sims, Como.
Mrs. Tessie Blackwell, 600 S.
Jackson.
D.L. Duncan, Route 4.
Lauren Hutt, Plano.
Willie Bentley, 854 S. Davis.
Mrs. Arnold Adams, 225 Jill.
Mrs. James Rater, Blossom.
Dismissed
Mrs. Danny Burtch and baby
boy, Brashear.
Mrs. Mary Cox, 400 Radio
Road.
Mrs. Cecil Stinson, 1511
Mockingbird.
Mrs. Beulah Long,
Woodhaven Nursing Home.
Max Ashley, 1435
Mockingbird.
Corey Burgin, 625 Pampa.
Don Bradley, 503 N. Davis.
Robert Meeks, 149 Garrison.
Mrs. Kenneth Spencer, Route
3.
James Hollis, Route 2.
Mrs. Bert Gapp, 185 Spence.
Royce Young, 208 Ashcroft.
Theresa Long, Dike.
Mrs. Vera Caudle, 403 S.
Moore.
Mrs. Garence Richey, 1611
Mockingbird.
Mrs. James Pool and baby
boy, 149 Garrison.
Mrs. Florence McClanahan,
502 S. Davis.
Jacky Elmore, 526 Connally.
Jennifer McCord, Route 2.
Ed Woodsen, 220 Middle
Street.
Edward Woinarwicz, Route 3.
Robin Boggs, Route 2.
Mrs. Don Alsobrook and baby
boy, Route 2.
Mrs. D.J. Tyler, Box 107.
Thomas Smith, Dike.
Mrs. Pearl Peppers,
Woodhaven Nursing Home.
Cathy Givens, 805 Fuller.
John Fennell, Route 1.
Mrs. Jimmy Esparza and
baby boy, Route 1.
Mrs. Jimmy Cummings,
Pickton.
Mrs. Willie Williams, 204
Ross.
Mrs. Dwyane Caudle, 127
Oak.
Ollie Potts, Woodhaven
Nursing Home.
Mrs. J.B. Tolley Jr., 1097
Church.
Jeffery Vititow, Box 351.
Mrs. Hugh Moore, 814 Main.
Bobbie Goodson, 811 Fuller.
Mrs. Lena Houseton, 447 Van
Sickle.
Mrs. Ila Mae Baker, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Benny Reed and baby
boy, 509 Junnell Drive.
Mrs. James Doss and baby
girl to Como.
Mrs. Glen Scott, Woodhaven
Nursing Home.
Mrs. Lucille Morgan, 109
Garrison.
Mrs. Odie Proctor, Brashear.
Murrie Hill, Rt. 5.
Paul Miller, 329 Putman.
Oscar Herman, Leisure
Lodge.
Mrs. Jimmy Gafford and
baby boy, 524 Plano.
Mrs. Ora Brice, Leisure
Lodge.
Jodee Eliaf, Rt. 3.
Amber Fisher, Star Route.
Master Ryan Fisher, Star
Route.
Loyd Lee Ivey, Route 3.
Gerald Tutt, Route 1.
H.J. Campbell, 1114 Carter.
Mrs. James Wright and baby
girl, Como.
Mrs. Gary Conley and baby
boy, 712 Brinker.
Thomas Reppond, Yantis.
Mrs. Willis Whitehead, 138 E.
Park.
Mrs. William Kyzer, 1110
Jefferson.
Robert Huggins, 914 Carter.
Stacey Glenn, Yantis.
D.L. Duncan, Route 4.
Mrs. Ronald Walker, 308
Whitworth.
Mrs. Ermon L. Carpenter,
Como.
Mrs. Robert Matthews and
baby boy, 1131 McGrede.
Mrs. Alton Chester, Saltillo.
Troy Hill, Route 5.
Rubin I. Fitzgerald, 201 Oak
Avenue.
Earnest Pharr, Como.
Mrs. William Folowell and
baby girl, 1608 Posey.
Jimmy D. Cope Jr., 108
Middle Street
Melissa Smith, 505 W. In-
dustrial.
Ms. Anetta Goodin, 310 Helm
Lane.
Barbara Dial, 722 Calvert.
Jason Moore, Dike.
Chuck Christmen, Como.
Bobby Clark, 701 W. In-
dustrial.
Noble Beadles, 1259 Church.
Arthur Reynolds; 1519 San
Jacinto.
Phillip Anderson, Route 5.
Mrs. Jessee Norman, 133 E.
Park.
Mrs. Henry Payne, 361
Weaver Drive.
Mrs. Mary Hankins, 213
Weaver Drive.
John Marshall, 1324 Main.
Rickey James Jr., 1209 Elm.
Four plead guilty
vl;
Four persons pled guilty in revoked and was sentenced tpjfe
the Eighth Judicial District three-year sentence in TDC and;-;
Court session before Judge a fine of $500. Then on a sufcx
Lanny Ramsay on Monday in sequent DWI charge, he wm:<
the Hopkins County Courthouse, assessed a five-year sentence:
According to District At- and a fine of 1250 after he ptedx
tomey Jim Chapman’s office, guilty.
Troy Travis Fouse of Sulphur Ronny Johnson of Sulphur;]:
Springs pled guilty to a charge Springs pled guilty to a charge:];
of DWI-subsequent offense and of aggravated assault and war]:
was assessed a two-year sen- assessed a two-year probated:::
tence in the Texas Department sentence, a fine of $300 andx
of Corrections. ordered to make restitution of:]
James Michael Pounds of $413.20. •:]
Sulphur Springs pled guilty to a A charge of theft by check:]
charge of attempted burglary, against Mrs. Dean Davis of;]
Judge Ramsay assessed him a Talco was dismissed as;-
---0~-----j ------------ ----- ---------
16-day sentence in the County restitution had been made.
Jail and a fine of $500. Chapman says that a trial is;-
Talmadge Jackson Murray scheduled for Thursday and.-
Jr. had his probation on a that the Hopkins County Grand; ]
previous charge of DWI Jury is to be convened Friday.;-
Wildcat musicians nab
regional band honors
“I'm quite pleased with the
our showing at the regional
band concert,” said Rex
Wilemon, director of the
Sulphur Springs school system
music program. “We faced
some very tough competition
from other schools and
produced some winners,” he
added.
The regional band contest
was held Thursday at the
Longview High School and
seven local band students won
recogition.
Kelley Fletcher and her
trumpet made the first team
regional band and will advance
to area competition. Beth
Tuley, flute, Laura Wilemon,
alto sax, April Lynch, tenor
sax, and Jimmy Finnie, tim-
pani, made the second place
regional band with Deanna
Cousin, bass trombone and Lisa
Thompson, tenor sax, earning
alternate postions.
Miss Fletcher will travel to
Hallsville next Thursday to
rehearse with the regional band
for a concert Thursday night.
Twenty-three local students
tried out for the regional band
according to Wilemon.
“Longview has a teriffic
band program and it is always
stiff competition. There are
always a couple of my students
that I just know are going to
make the regional band but
don't for some reason,”
Wilemon said. “That’s a little
disappointing. But I think we
did well this year against the
competition.”
Local residents wifi have an
opportunity to hear all of the
Sulphur Springs School
system’s bands from sixth
grade band to high school band
next Tuesday during the annual
Christmas concert.
The free concert is scheduled
to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Gvic
Center auditorium.
Band members aren’t the
only ones vying for musical
honors, according to Wilemon.
Faye Hudson will compete
Saturday for a spot in the area
choir. If she is selected for the
area choir she will get an op-
portunity to try for all-state
choir.
Butter up — made
in Sulphur Springs
By JAN BLAKE
News-Telegram Staff
It looks like a caulking gun
for the Jolly Green Giant, but it
burps forth a continuous tube of
butter.
It ia in a big room where the
floors are‘damp. Encased along
the opposite wall are three huge
circular, stainless steel vaults.
The machine sits
majestically in an attitude that
would make Rube Goldberg
proud. It is a German-made
Westfalia model that is one of
the latest acquisitions in the
new buttei>making division of
Associated Milk Producers Inc.
Planning that started five
years ago for AMPI in Sulphur
Springs has come to fruition.
The new division is almost in
full operation. It is currently
producing 100,000 pounds of
butter per day.
The business began on a
small scale four years ago,
when the plant began what
manager Ken Burch calls a
“breaking in period for Texas.”
The cream was then being
shipped out of state.
At that time AMPI began
with a small, continuous
‘Simone’ churning machine.
The Simone produces between
1,000 and 4,000 pounds of butter
per hour.
“This operation was so
successful that we began
planning a larger operation,”
Burch said.
The planning included a
refrigerator that Is 85 feet by 60
feet with 22-foot ceilings. All
that is behind the automatic
garage door of the 40-degree
warehouse is rack after rack of
butter and its by-product,
buttermilk.
In the past, according to
Burch, approximately 60 to 65
percent of the cream used by
AMPI to make butter came
from Texas. But the cream was
shipped to a plant in Oklahoma
Gty. Mainly because of in-
creased transportation costs,
AMPI officials began looking
into the feasibility of operating
a plant in Texas.
“Hopkins County is the — I
would say THE top — dairy
producing county in Texas,"
Burch said. "As Sulphur
Springs is the hub of the county,
it was decided to put the
operation here."
Cream used to produce butter
comes from surplus cream
from the packaged milk han-
dlers. At the farm level an
average of about 3.5 percent of
the mfik is butterfat. Over the
past 15 years the trend of
consumers has been toward
two percent milk. The surplus
cream is used in butter, but-
termilk and ice cream.
Each fall, when ice cream
production fell off, milk
producers were faced with
finding buyers for the excess
cream. The cream was shipped
out of the state.
“This didn’t add to the profits
of Hopkins County or Texas,”
Burch said.
Burch estimates the plant
will produce about 20 million
pounds of butter per year and
he is not worried about finding
a market for it.
“A lot of manufacturers of
packaged foods require real
butter for flavor. Imitation
butter is okay for bread but not
for cooking,” he said.
The two products have dif-
ferent melting points and real
butter imparts its flavor into
cooked foods whereby
margarine doesn’t have this
quality, the AMPI manager
noted. "Moat food manufac-
turers recognize this,” Burch
said.
Burch contends there are
only 25 or 30 butter making
operations in the United States.
This is due to the industry
becoming more specialized and
centralized, and to the in-
creased cost of machinery.
(The Westfalia continuous
butter churn cost $50,000.)
The butter made in Hopkins
County will be in grocery
coolers in a number of different
Grade AA labels from
California to New York. Burch
did not know of one grocery or
dairy chain that produces its
own butter. The butter made
here will be shipped to
Oklahoma Gty in 68-pound
boxes where it will be printed
(cut and packaged into cubes),
AMPI workers are still
awaiting lights for the
warehouse and the conveyer
belt that will move the loaded
boxes into the refrigerated
area, but work is going on.
"When we get everything in
place, we are going to have an
open house...probably be
sometime after the holidays,”
Burch said.
Wp flopkin# (frtmfg frfjtf
F W Froiley Pr«»id*nt
Clarke Kays Editor ond Publisher
joeWoosley Monaging Editor
Guy Felton Jr Printing Superintendent
Eitoblithed in 1178
The oldest business establishment in Hopkins County
The Hopkins County Echo (USPS No. 250-340) published every Pridey by The Echo
Publishing Company at 401 Church Street Sulphur Springs. Tx.. 75412. Telephone (214)
MS-3141.
Subscription Kates: In Hopkins County and all od|oining counties IS.00 one year SJ.00
♦or six months. Elsewhere. $5.50 one year S3.SO far six months (all cash in advance).
Subscription by mail only.
Second Clou postage paid at Sulphur Springs T%
Postmaster: Send address changes to The News-
Telegram, P.O. Box 598, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482.
Sulphur Springs
High School Rings
Few things in life are one-time purchases.
A class ring is one of these Because we
recognize how important this choice is
for you, we offer you the finest.
The
class ring.
‘Jmsure
AT
V JEWELERS ^
You are invited to visit us
and see this fine gold
jewelry. You’ll discover a
wide variety of designs and
gem stones to choose from.
Your class ring... created
especially for you.
>*- Jr
Mli,.-’"
X
V
\V
i
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Keys, Clarke & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1979, newspaper, December 14, 1979; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779814/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.