The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1978 Page: 1 of 8
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Hero's reward
Dudley, the hero ol Tuesdey morning'* recapture of two escaped
lionesses, gets his reward — a hug from Judy Glenn, sister-in-
law of the big cats' owner, Lee Glenn — after lending a hand in
bringing the two escapees bach into custody. There were no in-
juries to either man nor animal in the Tuesday morning inci-
dent, despite considerable concern near the Martin Springs
community after the two lionesses tunneled under their cages to
freedom.
Staff Photos by John Gore and Jan Slake
Tense moment
Armed law enforcement officers and volunteers stand ready as one of a pair of
escaped lionesses wanders casually around a corral corner near Martin Springs
Tuesday morning. The escaped cats were recaptured at mid-morning with no in-
cidents and no injuries.
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City council okays
$3 million budget
By JIM MOORE
News-Telesram Steff
The $3,035,774 budget ordinance for the
City of Sulphur Springs, two retoning
ordinances and the 1977 tax roll credits
were approved at the regular meeting of
the Sulphur Springs City Commission
Tuesday night An interim dty manager
was also named.
Following the approval of the minutes of
the previous meeting, Mayor J.D.
Franklin presented outgoing City
Manager Olen Petty with a plaque citing
Ms outstanding service to the dty. Petty
leaves the dty Friday after almost seven
years of serving as the dty manager.
Commissioners unanimously accepted
the nomination and appointed SapSugh to
the position until a new dty manager can
be hired.
Franklin added to the hilarity when he
was asked if he was going to ask Sapaugh
to accept the nomination. Franklin said,
“I already have.” He then formally asked
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the tax and financial director to accept the
nomination, which he did.
Commissioners quickly got down to
business by passing Ordinance 788 on a
request of L.D. Rhodes to retone Ms
property near the intersection of Airport
Road and State Highway 19 from
residential to local business. Com-
missioners also approved the beginning of
construction on that property.
Also on first reading. Ordinance 769 was
passed allowing property owners in the 900
Mock of Jefferson to change the toning
from multi-family to single residences.
Commissioners approved the renewal of
all pool hall and domino parlor licenses for
1978-79 based upon payment of fees being
paid When due. ,
On final reading, Ordinance 786 was
adopted necessitating that city-owned
garbage containers being rented be used
only by those so authorised. Others who
might use the containers will be subject to
fines.
On the prowl
One of two escaped lionesses makes her
way through high grass in a brief bid
for freedom near Martin Springs Tues
day morning.
News briefs
Baled bread
back home...
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This is a bad luck story with a
happy ending. )
Back in July of 1976, Harold Lisk of
the Ridgeway community was baling
hay and lost his billfold containing
money, a check and other valuable
items. He was not sure, but guessed
that it might have fallen into a hay
baler.
Last week, Lisk put oat some hay
for the cattle. A little later, he looked
out and saw a cow nuzzling the hay
around a leather object.
It was Lisk’s billfold. He rescued it
from the feeder, and found that
everything was in tact.
In fact, a personal check that had
been written to Lisk was among the
items in the billfold. It too — although
a little musty — was found to be good
when it was offered for payment in
Sulphur Springs.
County boasts
new potential
in supermom'
If everything goes according to
expectations, a Sulphur Springs-
raised cow may be producing as many
as 25 calves a year through an«mbryo
transfer program.
Billy W. Harry announced Wed-
nesday sale of one-half interest in the
five-year-old animal to Willow
Springs Ranches of Burton, Tex., and
Costa Rica and plans for its being
placed in the transfer program next
spring.
Harry explained that cows protfcice
more embryos than can be carried
through to maturity and that their
successful transfer to other cows
makes possible a large increase in
calf production. .
He said many Brangus breeders
recognize the cow as possibly the top
ranking Brangus in the country.
The transfer program will be
carried out in South Texas.
Lion escape e
on subdued n
Dudley turns hero in hunt
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A News-Telegram Staff Special
MARTIN SPRINGS—The armed potlfii
officers and volunteers were worried, the
cattle were spooked, the pigs didn’t care—
and Dudley came to the rescue.
Within a short time of Dudley’s ap-
pearance on the seme Tuesday morning,
two escaped lionesses were safely bade in
their cages at the Lee Glenn borne near
Martin Springs with no injury to animal or
man.
Dudley’s services were called for after
the two Honesses had tunneled out of their
cage at the Glenn home, and with a bit of
help from the cats’ owner, charmed die
more troublesome of the two escapees
bpek home safely.
The tense scene ended at 10:55 a.m. with
the capture of Diablo, described by Glenn
as a cat with a bad disposition and
potentially the more dangerous of the
three lions.
As the lionesses scampered in a field
behind the Glenn home, nervous law en-
forcement officers and volunteers moved
onto the scene, some armed with high-
powered rifles and shotguns.
The two lions startled a few cqws, but
one of the escapees ambled 1
pe# with no apparent reaction
attitude. ,
The ploy only partially worked,
however, as Glenn said he had put die
meat out to thaw Monday night and the
cats had gotten into it and consequently
weren’t hungry.
Chantilly, possibly the least dangerous
animal in the Glenn cages, was the only
one to stop for a drugged snack.
Glenn, who says Chantilly thinks she is a
German Shepherd, made no issue of
freedom.
“As soon as I called her, she turned right
around and came home,’’ he said.
An assistant attempted to put a
tranquilizer dart into the cantankerous
Diablo, but it merely grazed her, Glenn
said.
That’s when the call wait out for
Dudley, the gentle male lion described by
visitors to the Glenn place as looking like
Clarence, the cross-eyed lion ol 1
fame 8 few years bade.
“The only thing I was worried about,”
Glenn said, “was that so,
to shoot ber (Diablo). I
tually would come home,
what she did.”
A slightly
over to Glenn for a quick greeting, than
ambled back to a cooler section of her pen
for a nap. .
Diablo was not so cooperative, but she
did go home -*• with Dudley as an eacort
and Glenn trailing dose behind.
When Diablo first made her escape,
Glenn said, hi was on the scene. ‘T was
running right behind her with a hoe.’^be
said. “I knew if I could gat in front of her, I
could get her borne. I knew my own cats
and also know they can’t be trusted—but I
still know how to handle them.”
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Write-in sets up race
for precinct 2 position
highway leading through Martin
Spftngs was lined witifpolice can and
officers ordering spectators to move on.
officers kept within leaping distance
their automobiles, weapons within
a's reach, af Glenn worked to get the
(cats back home safely.
T. Harold West, who finished third in the
four-man Democratic primary for County
Commissioner, Precinct 2 of Hopkins
County, formally filed Monday as a write-
in candidate in the general election
scheduled Tuesday, Nov. 7.
Jlenn told newsmen he was grateful for- -
the officers’ help in keeping spectators
away from the scene of the chase.
“It was all those people that were
making thejeats nervous,” Glenn said.
Mrs. Glenn’said the cats — Diablo and
Chantilly — escaped about 6:30 a.m. by
digging under a cage fence.
When the escape was discovered, the
Glenns put out tranquilized bait in hopes 'of
dulling DiaMo’s potentially dangerous
Court tucks
revenue fund
into roads
In a brief special called meeting of the
Hopkins County Commisaioners’s Court
Monday morning, commissioners voted to
divide the federal revenue sharing funds
into four equal parts to be placed in the
road and bridge funds for each of the four
precincts.
Commissioners were to have met with
die Civic Center Board of Directors
regarding insurance for the Civic Center
and about a proposed audit, but both items
were tabled.
Commissioners briefly discussed the
results of two public hearings as to
suggestions on how to spend the revenue
sharing funds that amount to 1163,928.
Also brooks, the Democratic nominee.
West’s formal filing was completed with
County Judge L.E. Goldsmith after the
wrifo-in candidate said he checked with
the Tezas Secretary of State’s office to
determine the validity of the race. “It’s
the first time it’s ever happened in a
commissioner’s race as far as I know,”
said Goldsmith.
Alsobrooks was the front-runner in the
first Democratic primary in May over
incumbent J.L Courson, West and Paul
Hooka.
Courson edged West fa the run-off spot
by a slim 493 to 484 margin, wMch was
confirmed in a special recount of votes.
Alsobrooks had 548 votes and Hooker 191 in
the primary.
In the run-off race on June 3, Alsobrooks
defeated Courson, 721 to 695.
West resides in the Harmony com-
munity of Hopkins County. He has lived
there fa about five years since retiring
from a career with Atlantio-Richfield.
Alsobrooks, who had served as deputy
sheriff in Hopkins County fa just over six
years, resigned his job effective Oct 1 to
begin preparations fa taking up his role
as county commissioner. When he
resigned, Alsobrooks was unopposed for
the position he is seeking.
Commissioner’s Precinct 2 covers the
southeast quadrant of Hopkins County.
Voting boxes are maintained at Bowie
School in Sulphur Springs and at Reily
Springs, Como and Pickton.
There are two men who have filed as
write-in candidates in otha races. Billy
Evans of Cano has filed fa justice af
peace in Precinct 6, where he opposes
Democratic nominee DJL Jaw.
Vincent (Doc) Irons, incumbent justice
of pence at Cumby, has filed as a write-in
candidate against Democratic nominee
V.D. Romans Jr. Irons was aariously Ql hi
the hospital and did not run in the
There are no Republican candidates at--*
the local level in the general election, r
There are a scattering of GOP flag-
bearers In state and congresrional levels,
including one opposing State Represen-
tative Smith Gilley of Greeavflk, the
Democratic nominee. He is Pat Williams,
also of Green viHs.
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T. Harold West.
write-in candidate
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Homes win out in business
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expansion zoning showdown
By F.W. FRAILEY
News-Telegram Staff
Homes prevailed ova progress Monday
night as the City Planning and Zoning
Commiasidn rejected 1 proposal for ad-
ditional business zoning on Gilmer and
Davis streets by a vote of 7 to 1.
The board's action is an adviaoy one
with the final derision scheduled to be
made by the City Commission Tuesday
night
Frankie and Bobby Price are seeking
the change fa the west side of Gilmer and
the east side of Davis in the 400 and 500
blocks.
The action was hotly opposed by s group
of property owners in the apm surroun-
ding the two Modes. Oftonoits also
claimed two dissenters inside the affected
area, Mrs. Sydney Tate, 435 GUmer, and
J.W. Hunt Jr., 427 South Davis.
The motion to deny the application was
made by Joe Moore and seconded by
Perry Cotton.
The board conducted what amounted to
a second public hearing on the case, which
had been held open for three weeks fa
possible reconciliation of differences.
Carl Bryan, attorney representing the
Price brothers, said the change is in the
best interest of Sulphur Springs.
“Gilmer Street is the prime commercial
property in the town,” he declared. “It is
inevitable that it will be zoned com-
mercial. The only question is when.”
Bryan said the action would help tie the
northern and southern business section on
Gilmer together, would be a meaningful
step in the development of the Community
and would not hurt anyone concerned.
Other speakers favoring the change
were the Rev. Kenneth Cromeana, pastor
of Davis Street Baptist Church; Frank
Arganbright, 439 South Davis; Lestar
Teer, 435 South Davis, and Jim Mastar%
owner of the Western Store.
“I don’t think we am fight progress,"
Masters said. "Gilmer Street is a
natural." ______ _____
Enos L. Ashcroft Jr., ieada af the op-
position, declared the issue is not one of
dollars and cents but concerns the rights
of home owners.
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Keys, Clarke & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1978, newspaper, October 6, 1978; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780300/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.