The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1991 Page: 4 of 4
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4—THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Tsxas, Friday, January 18,1991.
Local military persopnel in Saudi Arabia
Mail call is one of the most im-
portant times for the men and
women serving in the armed forces.
If you know someone in the armed
forces deployed in the Persian Gulf
as part of Operation Desert Shield
who’d like to hear from the folks
back home, let us know and we will
publish the names periodically.
Here is a current list of local
residents serving with the armed
forces in Operation Desert Shield:
R. Frank Feddon
N.M.C.B. 40, Bravo Company
FPO San Francisco, Ca 96601-
4981
LCpL MJ. Barr
463171842
MWSS-374 (S-4)
FPO San Francisco, CA 96608-
6052
E-l Rodney D. Brantley
464-61-4477
DC04/7 Inf. 3BRGD3ID
APO New York, N.Y. 09661
CPL Gentry Marcus L.
MAG 16 MALS 16 A/F (Rotary
Wing)
FPO San Francisco, CA 96608-
6051
Stephen A. Noble
458043279 *
Operation Desert Shield
388 TFN/388 EMS AMMO
APO New York, N. Y. 09871
PFC Jerry Paul Gilliam \ ,
462-85-8977
Operation Desert Shield
^HSC 1-lOlst AVN REGT
APO New York, N.Y. 09309
Spc. Charles D. Phillips
460-45-9488
1-3 Attck Helicopter Bn.
APO New York, N.Y. 09306-
0320
Spc. LaRoyce Beard
450-57-4265
Operation Desert Shield *
C Co. 2-69th Armor *
197th Inf. BDE (m) (5)
APO New York, N.Y. 09315
LCpL Tommy Brandenburgh
453-71-2169
VMA331 HydShop
MAG-40,4th MEB
FPO New York, N.Y. 09503-
0527
Spc. Dean Henderson
4S7-31-0770
Operation Desert Shield
D-17th Eng BN
2 AD (FWD)
APO New York, N.Y. 09758
Jerry W. Ferguson
USS Ogden LPD-5
Div. O.I. Dept OPS
FIjO San Francisco, CA 96674
Pfc. Gary D. Pogue
449-69-1805
595th Med Co Clr
44th Med Co
APO New York, N.Y. 09657
Spc. Sam Helfferich
451-49-3072
Operation Desert Shield
B Co. 1-41st Inf. 2ADFWD
APO New York, N.Y. 09758
Jeffery T. Weston
HS-12
FPO San Francisco, CA 96601
LCpI. Joseph C. Morris
467-65-604J
HMLA 367 Hydraulics
FPO San Francisco, CA 96608
By MARY GRANT DAVIS
In January of 1951 there was a
Sulphur Springs shoe repair shop
for sale on the northeast comer at
the intersection of Main and Davis
streets.
Chester Eddins and his wife,
Evelyn, decided to buy it
The decision proved to be a good
one, because 40 years later Evelyn
and her son, Frankie, are celebrat-
ing four decades the family has
owned and operated a retail busi-
ness in the city.
“Actually, we just liked Sulphur
Springs. He (Chester) grew up in
Miller Grove,” she said while dis-
cussing the anniversary of Eddins
Western Wear, now located on the
south side of the downtown square.
The senior Eddins died in 1988
and his wife retired in 1987, turn-
ing over management to the youn-
ger Eddins.
But back in January of 1951, a
sleet storm greeted the young
entrepreneurs as they moved to the
city. “I stayed with friends until we
could find a place to live,” she
recalled. Chester had remained in
Dallas, wrapping up a job where he
had been employed as a shoe
repairman.
They had heard about the shop
for sale from a Sulphur Springs
friend, Slrillman Hutchenson. Upon
investigation, they decided lo in-
vest their money and the business
was bom.
“We still have all our equip-
ment,” Evelyn noted, although they
retired the shoe repair part of the
business several years ago after
diversifying into western wear.
In 1951, they settled down into
the new store and soon were ex-
panding the shoe repair business
into self-made, hand-tooled belts,
bags and billfolds, eventually
moving to the middle of Main
Street between the square and
Davis Street. “It was a family job,”
she noted.
“By 1954, we had some boots
and hats for sale,” Evelyn said.
Frankie noted, “Daddy bought
six or seven pairs of boots. That
was our first order to Tony Lama.
They only had three or four ac-
counts in East Texas. At that time,
they were all handmade boots.”
That picture contrasts with the
store’s inventory today where the
shelves are lined with boots and
where plenty of hats are available,
along with a full line of jeans, shirts
and other western clothing.
Throughout the business’ history,
it has maintained a western flavor.
In the beginning “we were the only
western wear store in the area,” she
said.
Evelyn also noted that she and
Chester kept a close watch on the
ledger.
Throughout the years, the couple
worked side-by-side. “We always
had someone to shine shoes and do
dye work,” she said, but added that
for many years the family provided
the main workforce.
Today, they employ three full-
time and two part-time workers.
One employee. Bill Deaton, has
been in back of the counter for 28
years. “He’s never missed a day
because of sickness. He’s always
been with us,” she noted.
With Frankie now at the helm, he
expects to continue at the
downtown square location. “For
the future, I plan to stay here „. We
PFC BRYANT O’Neal Jackson,
18, of Sulphur Springs has
completed Marine Corps bask
training at MCRD San Diego,
Calif., and will be transfering to
a Marine unit in Saudi Arabia
within six weeks. Jackson is a
1990 graduate of ‘ Sulphur
Springs High School and the
son of Mary Jackson of Sulphur
Springs and A.W. Jackson of
Naples.
Waiting.
Nominees
sought for
Woman of Year
The local chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi is seeking
nominations for Woman of the
Year.
To nominate someone, submit
a name, address and a brief letter
of recommendation to the selec-
tion committee at 212 Helm
Lane. The deadline for accep-
nce of nominations is Jan. J8.
The award will he presented
Thursday. Jan. 24. at the
Beta Sigma Phi is an
tionaKiorority with me
150JXy members.
Posse
donates
3.000 hours
Members of the Hopkins County
Sheriff’s Posse put in more than
3.000 man-hours of volunteer time
in 1990, posse member Earl Martin
said recently.
Posse members assisted law en-
forcement agencies with concert
security, at the Fall Festival, on
manhunts, searching for missing
persons and on traffic control, Mar-
tin said. ‘
Officers recently re-elected in-
clude Merle Chester, captain; Ken
Wisdom, lieutenant; Roger
Maynard and Roger Glossup, ser-
geants; J.T. Williams and Sam
Taylor, corporals; aid Chuck
Sellers, secretary-treasurer.
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going on, but then whenever you
listen lo all the information that is
coming out, it makes it more
frightening,” Barr said, speaking of
his role as a news photographer
who currently serves as the News-
Telegram’s chief photographer. He
added, 'T’ve covered frightening
events before, but it makes it worse
when it’s personal.”
“I hope George (President Bush)
got a better night’s sleep than I did
last night, because I was up all
night listening to the radio — or I
had the TV turned on,” Barr said.
Relatives also say the men and
women in Desert Shield enjoy the
letters they receive from home. The
News-Telegnm win publish names
of local military each Sunday.
Meanwhile, the relatives say,
about all they can do is pray. “It
has done wonders for my prayer
life. I haven’t been one who prays,
but when the Bible says to pray
continually, that’s what I have been
doing,” Barr said.
Rpsn. Donnie Roland
456-77-2633
HAS Co.
3rd Bn., 3rd Marines
(Chaplain’s Office)
FPO San Francisco, CA 96608
SSgL Robert J. Henton
459-06-1827
Operation Desert Shield
HHC 3rd Bn. 41st Inf.
2 AD (Deployed)
APO New York, N.Y. 09371-
0010
\
40th anniversary
Owners of Eddins Western Wear, Evelyn Eddins, and Frankie Eddins, right, are pictured here with
longtime employee, Bill Deaton, in the store at tbe south side of the downtown square. The owners are
celebrating the 40th anniversary of the business in Sulphur Springs.
—SUIT photo hr Larry Barr
Eddins family notes 40th year
operating downtown business
Jonathan E. Cooper
433-41-4125
A Btry 333 FA
First Cav Div.
APO New York, N.Y. 09306-
0430
SSG Terry L. Wooverton
457-19-5904
Operation Desert Shield
D Co. 2-187 Inf.
101st Airborne Div.
APO New York, N.Y. 09309
SgL M.S. Coleman
224-15-4656
Ml Del
FSS 6 Frwd. Ref. Pit.
FPO San Francisco, CA 96608
Pfc. David M. Dunn
462- 47-9840
Operation Desert Shield
A Btry. 13th FA
24th Inf. Div.
APO New York, N.Y. 09315
Mr. Joey Thomas
461-71-5785
USS JT. Kennedy CV-67
FPO New York, N.Y. 09538-
2800
Aaron McGuffey
455-33-0253
USS Acadia AD 42
FPO San Francisco, CA 96647
Pfc. David B. McCord
463- 31-1053
C Btry 1-319 FA
82nd Airborne
APO New York, N.Y. 09656
Pv2 James S. Bain
451-67-1864
Operation Desert Shield
260th Qm. Bn.
110th Qm. Co.
APO New York, N.Y. 09657
CoupCe To ‘Wed
Helen Smith of Rockwall and Robert Bell of Aubrey announce tbe en-
gagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Alesha Elon Bell,
to Kenneth Homann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Homann of San An-
tonio. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lovell Clem of Sulphur
Springs and Mrs. Leon Bell of Henrietta. The couple will wed at 2
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in Castle Hill First Baptist Church in San An-
tonio. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
North Hopkins community news
By VERDA WITHROW
North Hopkins Correspondent
G£. and Kathy Withrow of Ar-
lington spent Sunday with their
parents Francis and Verda Withrow.
Ruth Parish remains in Memorial
Hospital after having surgery.
Freeman Parish enteral
Woodhaven Nursing Home. Ruth
will join him when she is dismissed
from the hospital
Ann Willis returned to her home
in Garland after a week’s stay to
help her parents. Jimmy Parish and
family were also here to help.
Gae and Doug Haley of Dallas
spent the weekend with her mom,
Mildred Chapman.
Herm Weir is home after another
balloon surgery in a Dallas
hospital.
Thelma Kamey Clifton entered
Regency Terrace Nursing Home
over the weekend.
Elmer Coker is in a Dallas
hospital.
Lydia Gregg is happy to have
Sue and her husband from Denver,
Colorado, for their semi-annual
visit. Lydia still makes her home in
Woodhaven Nursing Home.
Laurence and Bessie Goldsmith
are enjoying camping in South
Texas.
Doug Brice remains in a Dallas
hospital after having vascular sur-
gery.
Theresa Weir is in Memorial
Hospital.
After slipping on the ice, Lois
Calloway spent two weeks in the
home of her sister, Norene Moore
of Sulphur Springs. She is now at
home and able to get up and dwon
on her own. She will undergo sur-
gery, however, in the near future.
Frances and Morris Edwards met
with the Fultz sisters and brothers
in* Cedar Creek far breakfast on
Saturday morning.
Aura Donnie Cole of Dallas is
making her home with her daughter
Marlene and T.H. Barnes at Cedar
Creek.
Reilly Springs community news
are basically well known here ...
We want to keep the downtown
alive, so as long as we can draw
people downtown we want to stay
here.” he said.
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By ELLIE SWINDELL
Reilly Springs Correspondent
The beautiful weekend we just
experienced was thoroughly en-
joyed by everyone.
The exercise class which has
been going on for several months is
still being conducted Monday and
Thursday nights in the fellowship
hall of the Methodist church. The
leader is Jo Wallace.
Several people in the community
are suffering from the flu-like virus.
The *Rev. Henry Smart of
Arizona, who was en route to At-
lanta, Ga, to begin work with the
Southern Baptist Home Missions
Board, stopped over for a visit with
his aunt, Flo Simmons, and her
husband. They had not seen each
other in 20 years.
Vera Harrington, Myra Bums
and El lie Swindell were in Pickton
on Wednesday night far the
covered dish dinner that is held
once a month for the Methodist
Men and The United Methodist
Women of the Hopkins County
Cooperative Parish. The men had a
singing after the meal and the
women had an installation service
for the 1991 officers.
Linda Suchi of Cooper was in
charge of the program. The follow-
ing officers were installed Sarah
Briley, president; Pat Thurman,
vice president; and Jalaine Ed-
wards. Others installed to various
offices were Alma Edwards, Polly
McKay, Lou Krinning, Vera Har-
rington and Madree Gibson.
Robert and Jo Wallace were in
Dallas last Tuesday on business.
Paula Stone and her daughter,
Susan, raid Janie McLarry spent a
few days in Houston last week
visiting with Barbara and Leldon
McKinney and their son, David.
John McNeil was in Oklahoma a
few days last week to check on his
cattle. He has a farm there.
Ricky Maynard, who is stationed
with the Air Force in Valdosta, Ga.,
called his parents, George and Ann
Minyard, on Sunday and told them
that their company was on full alert
because of problems in the Persian
Gulf.
Elbe Swindell was in Mesquite
on Friday and Saturday to visit
Barbara and Bill Williamson. On
Saturday, they joined Myma Pick-
ard of Fort Worth. On Saturday af-
ternoon, they all were at Bill and
Jan Boyett’s where they attended a
birthday party honoring the fifth
birthday of Alyssa Boyett.
Andy Rogers, who has been at-
tending Aero-Tex school in Ar-
lington, has graduated at the top of
his class. He received four awards
and has b$en offered a job in
Panama City, Fla. His wife is the
former Suzy Minyard of this com-
munity.
Kim and James Poole and
children, who have been making
this home, have moved to Sulphur
Springs.
Darlene Nichols and Ann
Minyajd were in Big Sandy on
Sunday. They visited Annie’s Attic
and Tea Room.
The Hopkins County Coopera-
tive Parish council met Sunday af-
ternoon in Reilly Springs United
Methodist Church. The purpose
was to elect officers for 1991. They
are Robert Stidham, treasurer,
Nancy Rowell, secretary; Larry
Edwards, vice president; and Elite
Swindell, president.
Dan and Janie McLarry and their
sons, Richard, Gregg and Shaun,
and Luvena Owens were in
Mesquite on Saturday to attend the
first soccer game of the season for
the Sulphur Springs team. Chris
McLarry is one of the lettermen on
the team.
Sulphur Bluff community news
By MARY VANCE
Sulphur Bluff Correspondent
The Rural Progress Club meeting
was missed last week, but maybe
next month concerns such as
fundraising for the community cen-
ter floor and setting a time for the
com bread and bean supper cart be
taken up.
It is common knowledge that the
center needs a new floorcovering,
and that should tell something
about how much the community
center is used. All types of ac-
tivities, including homecomings
and family reunions, are held at the
center, and hopefully the people
who use the it will get behind the
effort in raising adequate funds to
renew the floor.
The center is not only a vital part
of community interest, but it also
houses the fire deportment, which
we are very proud of.
In other news, Opal Sellers trip-
ped over a stool Tuesday night, Jan.
8, and broke her hip. Her
daughters, Clydene, Joyce and
Nancy, figure she was just trying to
get their attention, bra are glad to
hear Opal is doing fine in a Paris
hospital. We regret hearing of the
injury but know it woh’t keep her
Bonnie Chester, a member of the
Order of the Eastern Star, had foot
surgery and is doing well in
Greenville.
Last week, die Bud Young
family was visited by their
grandson and his family. Billy,
Kyle, Jana, and the newest family
member Col ten Blake Cummings
all stopped by for a visit.
Abo, the Young family got a
risk frbm their son Gary and his
family on Sunday afternoon.
Putt Basshan has returned home
after spending time with his son.
A homecoming queen was
crowned for both the high school
and junior high last week. Jenifer
Cannady received the high school
crown and Jana Joslin got the prin-
cess title at the junior high.
The high school seniors spon-
sored the Homecoming dance
Saturday night, and Saltillo
residents Derrel Bell and his wife
supplied music for the occasion.
Janice Joslin visited an aont in
Greenville Hospital Saturday, Jan.
12, with her daughlrr Kathy and
her father Joe Link. Her aunt, Be-
ssie Mae Wilds of Emory, is im-
proving and has been released from
the intensive care unit.
The Sulphur Bluff High School
Basketball team was scheduled to
play Blossom and the Jr. High
plays North Hopkins in a tourna-
ment Monday night, Friday and
Saturday.
Shirley Reynolds starts school
Wednesday at the Amherst Career
Centra in Greenville.
Beta Club members will attend a
convention in Dallas Friday and
Saturday.
Nola Hare was back in the con-
gregation at the Methodist Church
Sunday now that the bad weather
has let up. Also back in church after
missing a few Sundays were Carl
and Debbie Bryan, Brandon Bain
and exchange student Ti Ko.
Theatre troupe
may return to
do ‘Cinderella’
The Hopkins County Regional
Civic Center Board of directors
will discuss bringing back a
popular theater troupe during a
meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday.
One of the lop items on their
agenda is a proposal to bring back
the American Family Theatre for a
' production of Cinderella.
“We had them here in November
for a production of Babes in
Toyiand,” Rod Henderson, Civic
Centra manager, said. “That
was so good we decided to
another.”
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Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1991, newspaper, January 18, 1991; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779930/m1/4/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.