The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1982 Page: 1 of 4
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S. . ol trustees name
Tipping as chairman
Paul Tipping is the new president of the
Sulphur Springs Independent School
District board of trustees. He was selected
to the post Tuesday night following the
canvassing of votes in the April 3 election
and the administering of oaths to Tim
Kelty and Gary Odom for new three-year
terms.
The board in recent years has rotated
the chairmanship annually and Tipping
takes over following a year's duty by
Johnny Dobson. Wayne Galyean was
selected as vice president and Judy
Gilreath as secretary.
Of the seven members on the board, only
Galyean, beginning his second year, is yet
to receive the honor of being chairman.
The other member is Patsy Johnson.
In the official canvass of votes, there
were no changes from the earlier an-
nounced unofficial returns. Kelty polled
205 votes, Odom 187, George Poulos 120,
and Mike Hodge 116 for those whose names
appeared on the ballot. Jack Newsom
received one vote as a write-in and two
were cast for W.L. Helm Jr.
Instructor Paul Brady presented three
state award-winning machine shop
students, Bryan Moss, Paul Latimer and
Dennis Noble, who exhibited their
projects. A fourth winner, Derrell Baxter,
was unable to attend. Brady and Geral
Kennedy, vocational counselor, praised
the performancesxjUhe students and cited
the success of the program.
Superintendent Ed Stevens called at-
tention to the monitoring visit by Texas
Education Agency April 21-23 and invited
trustees to sit in on the entry and exit
conferences.
The trustees voted to participate in the
Community Impact Model, a study of
projected growth in the area, with the cost
also to be shared with other entities in the
county.
Trustees were given ballots listing three
unopposed candidates for directors of the
Region VIII Education Service Center
Board.
The board approved purchasing of a 19-
passenger bus for the Hopkins County-
Franklin County Co-op. It is scheduled to
be paid for with federal grants over a
three-year period.
Court tackles mudhole
The Hopkins County Commissioners
Court called an emergency session
Wednesday afternoon to consider action to
keep the county’s new Law Enforcement
Center construction project from bogging
down in the mud.
An additional contractor has been
brought in on the project and lime slurry-
injection to stabilize the area for the
foundation and parking area has been
added to the project's list.
Hopkins County Judge Joe Pogue told
the commissioners, "We have run into
problems in doing the dirt work that we
didn’t anticipate...we don’t have the right
equipment.
We moved in and bogged down...the
only contractor in the area with the
equipment that can work in that soft
ground is James Ross. His machinery is
equipped with big pads," said Pogue.
Walter Helm, chairman for the citizen
steering committee working on the
project, told the court that the initial phase
of the work - which was the county's
responsibility — was falling behind
schedule. Helm said it was obvious to the
other committee members and to him that
moving 12 inches of dirt of the foundation
area and filling in with compacted dirt
would not work.
Claude Peel, superintendent for Defco,
said, "I don’t know who did the soil testing,
but what the report showed was there 12
inches down just wasn't..." Defco has no
responsibility for the initial phase of site
preparation, but had agreed to send the
project’s superintendent to oversee the
work to insure that it would meet
requirements.
After earth moving equipment sunk into
the soft dirt and mud at the site on
Rosemont Street, construction plans had
to be changed. Equipment that could move
on marshy ground was brought in and clay-
dug from a pit, in which an on old motel on
the site will be buried, was compacted into
the six- to eight-foot excavation at the
jail's foundation site.
Pogue told the commissioners that the
additional work would cost $8,900. The
court approved payment of the work done
by James Ross.
The contract with Holland Soil
Stabilization, Inc. for lime slurry injection
into 'he compacted clay is $11,000, Pogue
reported. Holland is scheduled to do the
slurry work next Tuesday. When the lime
injection is done, the construction site
should be ready for Defco to move in and
begin work.
The commissioners approved payment
to Holland to do the stabilization work.
Judge Pogue said that several people
are removing the useable lumber from the
Ideal Courts. "There should be only the
concrete and asphalt to shove into the hole
that we dug the clay out of. ”
The now nearly vacated motel is
scheduled for burial on Monday. Helm
said, "They can bring in a bulldozer and
start shoving the back section of the motel
into the pit.”
Peel suggested to the commissioners
that two small bulldozers would do the
work more effecently than one big one.
Pogue told the group that “two or three"
of the front units of the motel were still
occupied but the people knew that they had
to be out early next week.
Pogue said that he hoped that they could
find some storage space for some of the
motel's bedsprings so that they could be
salvaged for distribution to the victims of
the Paris tornado who lost all of their
household goods. “The bedsprings are still
good, but the bedsteads are mostly broken
down."
The commissioners of Precincts 3 and 4,
L.T. Martin and Mervin Chester, reported
that two dump trucks and two frontend
loaders were sent from their precincts to
aid in the disaster clean-up in Paris. Men
and equipment from Precincts 1 and 2 will
be sent to help in the continuing work to
remove the debris in the wake of the
storm, officials indicated.
Red Cross sends I
local aid to Paris
Lucy Vaden, American Red Cross
director in Sulphur Springs, reports
that the $875 received from Hopkins
County citizens for tornado victims in
Paris was turned over to Mike Jerord,
northeast Texas representative,
Thursday.
Jerord praised the local con-
tributors for their quick response and
generosity, saying they were the
"first with the most” received for the
Parisians.
Red Cross provided two centers and
one shelter for victims in Paris.
Barbara Luckman said they had
served 14,600 meals. She noted that
1,740 dwellings in Paris had sustained
major or minor damages in the tor-
nado.
Mrs. Vaden said that other local
citizens wishing to assist the Paris
storm victims may send their checks
or bring donations to the Red Cross in
the basement of the courthouse in
Sulphur Springs.
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Commissioners J.D. Hatley and Mervin Chester (from left)
discuss the progress of the now nearly-completed site work for
the Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center with Larry
Brown, (center) dirt work contractor; Claude Peel, project
superintendent for Defco; and Walter Helm, chairman of the
steering committee appointed by the commissioners court to
assist in guiding the jail building project. Helm and Peel ac-
companied the members of the commissioners court to the site
following Wednesday's emergency meeting to approve work on
the site that had not been anticipated in the original planning.
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Pollee Phillips, a medical lab technician at Memorial Hospital
and a senior at Sulphur Springs High School has been selected
tne Outstanding Vocational Student for the month of April. In
addition to her seven day-a-week job at the hospital, Miss
Slight understatement...
Phillips attends high school classes, is a student at Paris Junior
College, serves as vice-president of VICA and still finds time to
be a long distance runner on the Lady Wildcat track team.
-StoH Photo by JOHN GORE
Senior just 'keeping busy'
By JOHN GORE
News-Telegram Staff
Most high school seniors would be
satisfied to just cruise through their final
year of school, take life easy and enjoy one
of the more memorable times of their
lives.
Most seniors would do that. But not
Pollee Phillips, a senior at Sulphur Springs
High School.
The pert, red-haired senior attacks life
with vigor, making every moment count.
An honor roll student, Miss Phillips’ day
begins early. At 7 a.m. she arrives at work
at Memorial Hospital were she is a
medical lab technician, a job she has held
since last May.
In addition to working seven days a week
at the hospital, Miss Phillips attends high
school from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., goes to
college two nights a week taking English
and American history, and still finds time
to be a long-distance runner on the Lady
Wildcats track team.
She also makes time to serve as the vice-
president of VICA, and is a member of
Christ on Campus and the Future
Homemakers of America.
“I manage to keep pretty busy, I guess,”
Miss Phillips said. “But I really don’t think
about it much. I like staying busy. I don’t
really think about everything I’m doing as
fttvork. To me it more like fun. I wouldn’t
have it any other way.”
Miss Phillips, who plans to continue her
college education while still in high school,
hopes to have 18 hours of credit from Paris
Junior College by the time she starts
classes next fall at Tyler Junior College.
Although she says she never really liked
science or biology until she became a lab
technician, she plans to get a four-year
degree in medical technology.
“I never really gave much thought to
chemistry or science until I got this job at
the hospital under the VICA program.
Once I got into the job, I found it was really
fasinating. I love running all the various
tests we do in the lab,” she said.
Selected as the Outstanding Vocational
Student for the month of April, Miss
Phillips is an impressive student and in-
dividual — but she does not appear to be
overly impressed with herself.
“I’m just a normal student as far as I’m
concerned,” she said. “I like to go to
dances, date, and do all the things
everybody else does. The only difference I
can see is I know what I want and I’m
working at getting there,” she sSd.
Stage artist home for festival
Lynn Massingill, a professional stage
manager and designer, will design and
stage the 1982 production of the Hopkins
County Dairy Festival Pageant with the
talent competition scheduled for Thur-
sday, April 22 and coronation Saturday,
April 24 at the Regional Civic Center
auditorium.
The former Sulphur Springs resident has
Delinquent tax
Approximately 14,000 past due
notices on ad volorem taxes were
being mailed out to delinquent tax-
payers Thursday, according to
Sulphur Springs City Finance
Director Jerry Gillem.
“The taxes were due Feb. 1,1982,”
Gillem said. “The statement we are
sending out today will reflect the
Shrine campaign
“We are just overwhelmed with the
tremendous response we received to
the Shrine fund drive to assist crip-
pled and burned children,” Sulphur
Springs Police Chief and Shriner
Clarence Jones said Thursday.
“Last year we raised $3,100, but this
year we more than doubled that
figure. We were able to collect
$7,456.72, thanks to the generosity of
local residents,” Jones said.
Three Winnsboro residents who are
members of the Hopkins County
Shriners - Bill Williams, Jess
been active in New York for over a year
managing productions. During his career
he has managed and designed professional
threatre for more than 10 years for some of
America’s foremost entertainers including
Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Ann Miller,
Mickey Rooney, Carol Channing, and
Hugh O’Brien.
For over five yers he designed and
notices in mail
penalty imposed for late payment,"
he added.
According to the finance director
the longer the taxpayer remains
delinquent, the greater the penalty.
“It boils down to this,” he said.
“The longer they wait to pay the tax
the more it is going to cost them. It is
that simple,” he added.
termed success
Thompson, and Johnny Hudson -
worked especially hard, according to
Jones, and collected over $2,000.
“We are very proud of Williams,
Thompson and Hudson for their work.
But we are even more pleased with
the residents of Hopkins County, who
dug down in their pockets and helped
us raise this money for the crippled
children. We couldn’t be more
pleased. We thank everyone who
contributed. Believe me, it will help
some boy or girl walk again and that’s
what it is all about,” Jones said.
managed Fort Worth’s Casa Manana
Musicals and served as production
manager for Country Dinner Playhouse in
Dallas for several years.
The annual Dairy Festival, Hopkins
County’s salute to the multi-million dollar
industry here, will begin with a
dairymen’s reception at 9:30 a.m. Mon-
day, April 19 at the First United Methodist
Church. The milking contest, exhibits and
ice cream eating contest will follow at
10:30 a.m. Monday at the city square.
The Newcomer’s Club will host a Dairy
Luncheon and Style Show at 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, April 21 at the Civic Center.
Tickets for the luncheon are $5 and may be
purchased at Basket Case, Juvenilia, Lou
Nells on Lee Street and Mary Lynn’s
Collegiate Shop.
The talent and beauty portion of the
Dairy Festival Pageant is scheduled to get
underway at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22
in the Civic Center.
The North East Texas Dairy Show will
begin April 22 and continue through April
A square dance will be held from 7:30
until 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 23 in the
Sulphur Springs High School cafeteria. A
country and disco dance is scheduled for 8
p.m. until 12 p.m. Friday in the Civic
Center.
The Homemade Ice Cream Freeze-off
will be staged at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 24
at the Civic Center with a parade following
at 1:30 p.m. The afternoon parade will
begin at City Park, circle the square, then
travel out Gilmer Street to Lee Street.
The bicycle dress-up contestants will
join the Dairy Festival parade at the
School Administration Building on Con-
nally Street and drop out of the parade at
Herschel’s on Gilmer Street.
The queen’s pageant and coronation will
begin at 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Keys, Clarke & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1982, newspaper, April 16, 1982; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780751/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.