The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1989 Page: 2 of 4
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2—THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, March 17, 1989.
9ztusicaf ‘Presentation
SefteduCedfor Jorum
By Tina Bradshaw
News-Telegram Staff
A musical presentation by Kristi
Staples and Rebecca Dobsen will
highlight the Woman’s Forum Saint
Patrick’s Day luncheon Friday,
March 17, in the Woman’s Build-
ing.
Dobsen will play the (lute, ac-
companied by Staples on piano.
Selections will include a piano
solo of Chopin by Staples, Csardas
and several Irish country songs in
honor of Saint Patrick’s Day.
Others will be “Adoration” by
Felix Borowsky and excerpts from
Beethoven's Sonata.
Junior Waverly, the host club,
will decorate the room with a Saint
Patrick’s Day theme.
Staples is married to Charles
Staples, director of music at First
United Methodist Church. She
graduated from East Texas State
University in May 1988 receiving a
degree in piano performance.
The Greenville native currently
teaches private piano lessons in
Sulphur Springs.
Dobsen, a native of California,
has performed in a nurhber of vari-
ous symphonies and orchestras in
California prior to moving to Sul-
phur Springs eight years ago.
Dobsen and her husband, Mark,
are retired and live on a self suffi-
cient farm in Saltillo. They oc-
casionally play with East Texas
Suite University’s Orchestra and
are currently taking voice lessons at
the college.
CfuS 9{eu>s
‘Engagement set
Mr. and Mrs. Joel McKinney of Longview announce the engagement
of their daughter, Kelly DeAnn McKinney to Steven Brian Starks of
Longview, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Starks of Longview. The couple
will wed at 2 p.m. April 8 in the Longview Missionary Baptist Church.
‘Birthday
Birthday party
Chelsey Amanda and Chance
Owen Cope celebrated their
birthday together Feb. 25 at
McDonald’s.
Chelsey was 2-years-old and
Chance was 1-year-old.
The birthday theme was
Ronald McDonald and all the
McDonald characters. They
played games and had a clown
serve them cake and ice cream.
Those attending were: Chel-
sey’s parents. Sherry Carson and
Patrick Cope and Chance’s
parents, Ronald and Tina Cope.
Others attending included:
Jeffrey and Chandy Carson;
Brandy, Holly, Ramond and Ann
Stiff; Lorene Stoker; Mary and
Michelle Cope; and Don, Lori
and Jema Cope.
Club Ofews
Hopkins County “Extension
‘Homemakers Council
The regular meeting of the Hop-
kins County Extension
Homemakers Council was held
March 1 at the Sulphur Springs
State Bank Community Room with
Carolyn Bennett, vice chairman,
presiding.
The opening exercise was read
by Wcda Griffin of the North Hop-
kins Club. With roll call each club
gave a brief report.of their last club
meeting.
Report of the Quilt-Coverlet Pro-
ject continues with two quilts and
one coverlet completed. The
quilters meet the fourth Thursday
of each month in the Senior
Citizen’s Activity Center. The next
meeting will be March 23.
The planning committee on
“Charm School for Adults” event
to be sponsored by the EHC are to
be Mary Vance, Carolyn Bennett,
Weda Griffin and Audrey Palmer.
SOtfi Anniversary
Mr. and Mr*. Russell Gibson of Greenville were honored with a din-
ner Saturday, March 4, celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Hosts iadnded a ton, Galen Gibson; a daughter, Gath* Morphy; and
granddaughters. Dena Gibson, Doadi Gibson and MfBwa Murphy, al
of Greenvflk. Gibson and the farmer Moilie McKeown of Sulphur
Springs were married March 4, 1939, in Eatoe, by the late Rev. L.D
Reagan. Gfesoa tf retired from E-Sydnu in Greenville following 35
^years of service. Mrs. Gibson is a homemaker.
Some of the topics to be addressed
include make-up, hair, scarf tips,
etiquette, inner beauty, charm and
grace, appropriate things to say
with introduction, and other topics.
The time and date will be an-
nounced later.
The EMC will make memorials
to the Extension Homemaker
Leadership Lodge 4-H Center in
honor of Hilga Chester from the
Sulphur Bluff Club and Past Dis-
trict Director Billie Brown to the
Breast Cancer Treatment Center in
Gilmer.
Club delegates were encouraged
to subscribe to the “Messenger”
and to send club and county news
by April 15 in time for the next is-
sue.
The 75th Anniversary of the Ex-
tension Service will be celebrated
May 8.
The clubs decided to travel to
Dallas to view the Ramses exhibit
in Fair Park. A dale will be set at
the next meeting April 13.
Upcoming events include -
March 13: Sulphur Bluff Com-
munity Center 2 p.m. “Wool
Lady”; March 15: “Sew Fair” in
Tyler. Participants will leave from
Spring Village Shopping Center;
March 19: “Tea” Saint Mark Ex-
tension Homemakers Club from
2:30 to 5 p.m.; March 23: Quilting
at the Senior Citizen’s Activity
Center; March 30: Deadline for
lunch reservations at the TEHA
District meeting; March 31: Final-
ize arrangements tor TEHA District
meeting; April 7: Leader Training,
“You and Your Doctor, A Partner-
ship for Good Health”; April 13:
District TEHA meeting in Sulphur
Springs Civic Center; April 26:
“Self Defense for Women and
Home Safety”; April 27: Quilting
at the Senior Citizen’s Activity
Center; May 20: “Fun and Frolic”
event for Older Texans: June 10:
National Homemade Ice Cream
Contest; June 16: Tasting Bee.
Trudie Cantrell presided at the
County TEHA meeting. Spring
TEHA District meeting will be held
April 13 at the Civic Center in Sul-
phur Springs. Reservations must be
made by March 30 for the lunch at
Western Sizzlin. Cost is $7.25 per
person.
March 31 a meeting will be held
at 10 a.m. in the Ag Building at
City Park to finalize arrangements
for the District TEHA meeting. Al-
ternates are Theresa Session, May
Wilkinson and Audrey Palmer.
“Self-Defense for Women and
Home Safety” workshop has been
scheduled for 10 to 11:30 a.m.
April 26. Trooper Buddy Owles
will be the sponsor.
Those attending the meeting
were: Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Cantrell,
Sue Wylie, Mrs. Vance, Mrs. Ses-
sion, Janie Crump, Ruth Long,
Johanna Hicks, Chong Hui Mullins,
Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Palmer.
EOTS Ex Chapter 1233
The TOPS Tx Chapter 1233 met
Wednesday, March 8, at Texas
Commercial Savings and Loan.
Patsy Patterson spoke on various
benefits of having chicken in the
diet.
Nelda Feils was recognized as
top loser for the week and 14
members attended.
Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bowman of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Ms. Eva
M. Passmore of Sulphur Springs, announce the engagement of their
daughter, Mary Louise Passmore to Kevin Dewayne Harrington, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrington of Jackson, Tenn., and Mr. and
Mrs. Murry Smith of Sulphur Springs. Grandparents of the
bridegroom are Mrs. Georgia Bailey of Birthright and Mr. and Mrs.
Witt Harrington of Sulphur Springs. The couple will wed at 2 p.m.
April 14 in the First United Methodist Church Chapel. Friends and
relatives of the couple are invited to attend.
‘Engagement, Wedding
(guidelines
Dozens of details must be taken care of before a marriage, but
don’t forget to let The News-Telegram know about your engagement
and wedding.
Engagement and wedding announcement forms may be picked up
at The News-Telegram newsroom during regular business hours.
Photographs are used with engagement announcements.
Wedding announcements may be accompanied by a photograph if
they are brought to The News-Telegram within six weeks after the
wedding. A good 5x7 or 8x10 portrait of the couple or bride is per-
1 erred. Photographs submitted after the six week deadline will not be
published, and the wedding announcement may be shortened. Poor
quality photographs cannot be used.
All -wedding photographs are kept on file in the newsroom, where
they may be picked up the Monday after publication. Photos must be
reclaimed within three weeks after publication. Out of town photos
must be accompanied with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Weddings and engagements are published in the New-Telegram’s
Sunday edition. Items received before 9 a.m. Thursday will usually
be published the following Sunday.
There are no charges for these services.
‘DialStudy C(u5 Raises $9,000for Charities
By Tina Bradshaw
News-Telegram Staff
As participants of the annual
Dial Study Club fund raiser relived
a blast from the past, officials
reported a successful event.
“Lost in the 50s” raised $9,000
which will go towards charities and
organizations in the Hopkins
County area. The club raised
$96.16 for the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation through the Road Ral-
ley Raffle.
“We were very pleased with the
amount of money raised,” Denise
Booher, program chairman, said.
Approximately 300 tickets were
sold with about 275 guests in atten-
dance, according to Booher.
Members gathered during die
March meeting to decide how to
distribute money raised from the
auenon.
Funds will be donated to the
hospital. Food Pantry, Rescue Unit,
Empty Stocking, Hopkins-Franklin
County Special Education, Meal-A-
Day Center, Early Childhood
Therapy, Handmade Market,
Clothes Hanger, Foster Parents
Fund, Family Haven, Committee
on Aging, Community Concerts,
Visions Program and United Way
Dial Study Club will act as a
sponsor for the Early Childhood
Therapy Group of the Hopkins
County Association of Retarded
Citizen’s during the balloon sale at
Fall Festival. Money raised from
the event will go towards speech
therapy for kids
The Foster Parents Funds will
use the donation to purchase of
playpens, stoUen and walkers for
children of foster parents.
In the past money donated to the
Hopkins-Franklin County Special
Education has been used for
wheelchairs, eye glasses and cloth-
ing for handicapped youngsters.
Funds donated to the hospital
will go towards an Apnea Monitor
which measures a child’s vital signs
and two wagons to transport*small
children from the recovcryloom in
the Day Surgery Unit.
And Sulphur Springs Rescue
Unit will be able to purchase a mini
ram (hydraulic cylinder) to be used
with the “Jaws of Life,” mechani-
cal devices to aid in rescuing vic-
tims in automobile accidents.
“It was a wonderful evening,”
Booher said. “We received com-
ments on the decorations, disc
jockey and the theme."
The exhibit hall of the Civic
Center look guests from 1989 to
memories of the 1950s, complete
vith poodle skirts, leather jackets
id slicked back hair.
Allowing
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roller skates and girls in poodle
skirls. Hamburgers, french fries and
cokes were served in a malt shop
atmosphere with milkshakes and
sundaes for dessert
Local entertainment for the eve-
ning was presented before the live
auction.
Liule Johnny Lost m the 50s
delighted the audience with lively
tunes from an era gone by. Mem-
bers consisted of Little Johnny
Merrill, Buger Buck Booker,
Liberonnie Ronnie Blount, Hooter
Joe Weaver and Tom Tom Tommy
Thompson.
Auctioneer Jeff Massey,
auctioned off 35 items. The silent
auction contained 30 items. They
were donated by members of the
club, friends and local merchants.
After the auction. Bruce “The
Rock” Doty from Stage Band Gold
served as disc jockey for the sock
hop.
zing the happy hour guests
ved dinner by car hops on
Antique photo
Trah Sellers, Dial Study Club member, displays a
white photograph from the Eli's Parade held <
square ■ 1911. A p;
that and 39 daring the sileut auction at the
day, Feh. 25, hi the Civic Center.
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1989, newspaper, March 17, 1989; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780742/m1/2/?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.