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NEY GRO^i^SlGNAL-ClTIZEN 10*
★ Complete News and Advertising Coverage for Honey Grove Trade Area ★
PER COPY
VOLUME LXXVI
SIX PAGES TODAY
Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texan, 76446, Friday, February 3, 1967
NUMBER 4
Random Thoughts
and News Briefs
The First Baptist Church Is
presenting a film, "Shadow of
the Boomerang", at the church
at 7:00 o’clock Thursday even-
ing, February 2. The film, a
Billy Graham production, is a
stirring story set in Australia
, wit hGraham’s Crusade at Mel-
bourne and Sidney as a back-
drop for the film. The show-
ing is free and the public is
Invited to attend,
★
The Honey Grove Quarter-
back Club is staging a basket-
ball game at the high • school
gym to night, Friday, February
3, at eight o’clock, featuring
• the world famous Harlem
Stars. The Stars will play a
team made up of area basket-
ball coaches. Pre-game tickets
are available at 31.29 for aduts
and 75c for students. At the
gate the admission will be
31.50 and 31-00. Children und-
er twelve will be admitted for
50 cents.
★
Plans have been completed
for the Chamber of Commerce
dinner meeting and installation
of officers, Monday evening,
February 6, at 7:30 o’clock In
the Civic Center. Final date
to purchase tickets ia Friday.
February 3. Tickets will be
available until 5 o'clock Friday
afternoon at 3150 per plate.
, ★
A week from this Saturday—
February 11th — the annual
All Sports Banquet, honoring
high achool athletes *gp|
held In the Qlvic Cent
Baylor University
Will be the principal ajteaker.
Honey Grove high school nth
letes will be honored gue«ts for
the affair. Parents at the play-
ers and members and their
, wives of the Honey Grove
Quarterback Club are eligible
to purchase tickets and attend
the affair.
Final date for purchase of
tickets is Thursday, February
9th at 5:00 p. m. Tickets are
available at the Texan Power
Sc Light Co. office and from
members of the sponsoring or-
ganisation, the Football Moth-
ers ticket committee which In-
cludes, Mrs. Loy Clark, Mrs.
Myers Kilpatrick, Mrs. E. E.
Roberts and Mrs Cutis Stan-
ford.
★
Mrs. George Kilpatrick re-
ports the receipt of a letter
from her brother, Ben O.
Cornish of Sunnyvale, Calif.,
saying that their son, Benja-
min O. Cornish. Jr., came home
Christmas night from Vietnam.
He is now stationed in Calt-
fomia, close enough that he
can come home at night He
is to be in charge of training
recruits for Vietnam duty.
★
Miss Carolyn Knowles of
Honey Grove and Wilson How-
ell of Windom were among a
select group of 4-H, FFA and
FHA members from throughout
Texas attending a statewide
youth banquet in the Texas
Hotel, Fort Worth, last Fri-
day evening.
The affair, designated as the
Rural Youth Achievement
Awards Banquet honored the
Mate’s outstanding 4-H, FFA
and FHA members. It was
co-sponsored by the Sears Foun-
dation and the Southwestern
Exposition and Fat Stock Show.
1’/ Fannin county had two of the
three representatives from the
19-oounty district four at the
/, -banquet.
Attending with Miss Knowles
was her father, Dan Knowles
and with Howell, his father,
Frank Howell, In addition to
awards presented th4 young
people were presented tickets
to the Southwestern Exposition
A Fat Stock Show.
Thursday night, February 9,
the Honey Grove P-TA will ob-
serve Founders’ Day with Ik
Concerning The Civic Center
(An Editorial)
This newspaper feels that the citizens of Honey
Grove and the City Administration should give serious
study at this time, leading toward negotiations to pur-
chase the Red River Valley Civic Center properties.
, The Center, formally opened here July 4, 1963,
has attracted widespread interest and local people as
well as groups from adjoining counties, have made use of
the facilities of the Center on numerous occasions.
Developed and financed by the David Graham
Hall Foundation, the facility Was placed here specifically
for the “cultural advancement of the people of the Red
River Valley."
Virtually all operating costs, with but few ex-
ceptions, since its opening, have been born by the
Foundation.
The Center is a tremendous asset to the City
of Honey Grove, Fannin county, and for that matter the
several county area, known as "the Red River Valley".
_________________The Honey ...Grave. Memorial Library, operated
also by the Foundation ana a part of the Civic Center,
has met with continuing and widespread approval.
On competent authority, we have been advised
that with more widespread use at nominal fees, the Cen-
ter would “pay its own way".
This newspaper has not discussed the purchase
of the Center by the City, to be operated as municipal
property, with any of the officials of the Foundation.
But, we do know that during the early stages
of its development it was the hope, expressed by Founda-
tion officials, that in a few years (time most mention
ed: five years), a local foundation or group would assume
responsibilities for its maintenance and operation.
A local foundation for such an endeavor is be-
yond the capabilities of this community, this newspaper
believes.
But, it is entirely feasible for the city, provided
the properties can be purchased as we have been told,
“at only a part of the original cost" to purchase- the
Center, operating it and the library as a municipal
endeavor.
It Is our thought that a three or five member
board, appointed by the city administration with stagger
ed terras, serving without pay. as a policy making body
could direct the operation of the Center. The board
would engage the manager-custodian and he would be
responsible w them.
c VMpeert government participation in operation
at the'library is available in the way of financial aid. By
charging nominal fees for the use of the Center, the fac-
llitiea can be maintained and operated in perpetuity by
the City at little or at any rate, small cost
This is not something that can be done in 30
minutes or thirty days. As this editor is not an attorney
he does not know, but it is possible that an arrangement
such as we envision would require enabling legislation by
the State Legislature. The plan would therefore require
careful study and may take years to bring to fruition.
—JOE T. MORROW
Annual Chamber
Installation
Monday Evening
Between 250-300 people are
expected to attend the Honey
Grove Chamber of Commerce
annual dinner meeting and in-
stallation of officers to be held
in the Exhibits Building of the
Red River Valley Civic Center
Monday evening, February 8th,
out-going president Roy Loch-
ridge said Monday.
The program, following the
meal, catered by Ernie’s, will
feature an address by Ed Gos-
sett. former Congressman and
general attorney for South-
western Ball Telephone
The evening’s festivities will
begin at 7:30 o'clock, Lochridge
said."
Tickets for the affair at
$1.50 per plate will be avail-
able until 5:00 o'clock Friday
afternoon, February v 3, Bill
Roberts, chairman of the tick-
et committee said Moncky.
Tickets are available at the
Lone Star Gas Company office.
New officers of the Chamber
to be installed at the meeting
Monday, include Bob Setzer,
president; R. T. Avery, flnjb
vice-president; Bob Milford,
second vice-president and T. A-
Johnson, third vice-president,
J W. Hammack is the newly
elected secretary-treasurer.
1966 Rainfall
Here Totaled
41.82 Inches
Honey Grove rainfall for 1966
totaled 1966. total 41 82 inches.
R. M. McCleary volunteer
weather observer for the Dc
partment of Commerce reports.
By far the wettest month was
April when rainfall was 14 80
inches. November with only
forty-five hundredths of an
inch was the year's low month.
Total by months follows:
January 1.03; February 3.20;
March 1.18; April 14.80; May
3.70; June 1.34; July 4.35; Aug-
ust 4.37; September 3.86 Oc-
tober 0.65; November 0.45 and
December 2.89.
evening meeting featuring a
basket supper in the school
lunchroom. The meeting is
scheduled to begin at 7:00
o’clock. Following the sup-
per, B. B. Bower will be the
speaker for the event.
The P-TA holds most of its
meeting in the afternoon, but
has held Its Founders Day event
in the evening for the past sev-
eral years in order that as
many of the men in the school
district can attend as possible.
"We hope a large number of
the school patrons will at-
tend," Mrs. Mack Siebenth&l
said Tuesday. “Bring a basket
of food and join us in the ob-
servance.”
Jim McConnell, supervisor in
charge off empoyce benefits,
personnel benefit section of
Campbell Soup Co., presented
the program for the Honey
Grove Lions Club last Wednes-
day. McConnell showed slides
depicting the. development of
the company from its beginning
to the present time. Since It*
B. & D. Farms
Sell Herd
B. & D. Farms has announc-
ed the sale of a total of 121
head of polled herefords to
Sweetwater Valley Farms of
Philadelphia, Tenn. Three
large double decker transport
trucks picked up the herd
which included cows, heifers
and one hull on Tuesday, of last
week to transport them to the
Sweetwater Valley Farms.
The sale totaled the average
per head of B&D's two sale^
in recent years.
—With tne
mals, the B&D Farms, begun
here some ten years ago by
Raymond Bates and Aubrey
Bates, both of Honey Grove
and Dr. A. H. Diedrick of Port
Chester, New York, came to an
end.
The Bates Brothers, Aubrey
and Raymond, will continue op
erations here, using their land
and leased acreage of Dr. Died-
rick, as the base of their op-
erations. Bates' retained ap-
proximately 200 head. Bates’
will also continue in a partner
ship with Diedrick of a com-
mercial herd.
Windom Hiding Club
To Moot Monday
The Windom Rifling Club
will have a meeting Monday
night Feb.6 at 7:00 o’clock to
elect officers for the ensuing
year. Leon Bowman, president,
urges all members to be pre-
sent.
Attend church Sunday.
beginning some three years
ago, the Honey Grove Lions
CSub has had many extra-ordi-
nary programs at their weekly
luncheon meeting.
Monday Rites Held
For Mrs. C. L Free
Mrs. Blanche
ty, died at 11:00 o'clock Sal
day morning, January 28,
1967, at her home. She had
been In ill health for several
years.
The funeral Monday after
noon, January 30 at 2:30
o'clock was held in the Petty
Baptist Church. Officiants
were the Rev. Gerald Watson,
former pastor, now of Calvary
Baptist Church, Bonham and
the Rev. Harold O’Neal. Weath-
erford Baptist minister.
Cooper-Sorrells directed in-
terment in Forest Hill Ceme-
tery, Route 4. Honey Grove.
Named pallbearers were Jim-
my Boykin, Denver Duvall, Her-
man Hopkins, James Cunning-
ham. Bud Knight and John
O’Connor.
A native of Leonard, Mrs.
Free was horn July 6, 1901, the
daughter of the late James T.
Hamblet and Georgia Payne
Hamblet, She was married to
C. L Free on August 6, 1922.
She was a member of the
Whiterock Methodist Church.
Survivors include her hus
band, C. L. Free of Petty; two
Famin County Agricultural Income
For 1956 Set At 117,530,926
Although total value of Far.
l^in county's cotton and hay
and forage crops -showed a de-
cline for 1966 over the 1965 in-
come from these sources, the
overall farm production for the
county was over $4,000,000
greater than in 1965.
Figures released by the office
Of Wayne Cranfill, county
agent, showed total farm in
gome for Fannin county for
I960 as $17,530,926. The 1965
total was $13,456,164. 1964's
total was $11,471,461.
The gross income from the
cotton crop in Fannin county
was $2,322,419. This was ovef
Ca4420hono obn-R 196A- cot-
ton income of $3,070,844, and
3300,000 less than 1964's
32,681,000.
Livestock and livestock prod-
sons, William Free and Roy
Free, both of Petty; three
daughter, Mrs. Oneida Selsor
of Garland; Mrs. Albert Hughes
of Fort Worth and Mrs. Aubrey
Moses of Bonham; three sis-
ters, a brother and eleven
grandchildren.
HOLMES IS NEW
PASTOR HERE
The new pastor of the Honey
Grove Assembly of God Church
is Paul H. Holmes, who began
his pastorate here last Sunday.
Holmes is a native of Tulsa,
Okla., who has resided in Lub
bock foV .the past five years.
The Rev. Mr. Holmes is mar-
ried to the former Glenda Jud-
kins of Muleshoe. The family
has moved to the church par-
sonage here at 202 South 8th
Street.
P
Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have
five children. Terry and her
twin brother Gary, 11 are the
oldest. Randall is eight; Rickey
7 and Renea, 4.
Wesley Slagle, became ill
Sunday and was returned to
the Lisbon Hospital. Dallas. He
had been home three weeks, fol-
lowing an 11-weeks stay in the
Lisbon hospital. " (*- ,
Carole Banker
★
Miss Banker Named
Homemaker Of.
Tomorrow In HGHS
Carole Banker, by finishing
first in a written homemaking
knowledge and attitude exam-
ination for senior girls Decern
her 6, became Honey Grove
High School's 1967 Betty Crock
er Homemaker of Tomorrow.
Miss Banker is now eligible
for possible state and national
scholarship awards. Her test
also earned her a specially de-
signed silver charm from Gen
eral Mills, sponsor of the Betty
Crocker Search for the Amori
can Homemaker of Tomorrow.
A state Homemaker of To-
morrow and runner-up will be
selected from the winners of all
schools in the state, with the
former receiving a $1,500 col-
lege scholarship; her school will
be given a complete set of En-
cyclopaedia Britannica by En
cyclopaedia Britannica. Inc
The runner up will be awarded
a $500 educational grant
The Betty Crocker Home
maker of Tomorrow from this
state, together with those from
all other states and the District
of Columbia, each accompanied
by her school advisor, will join
in an expense paid educational
tour of Colonial Williamsburg.
Va., and Washington, D. C.
next spring.
Postal Rate
Hike Facing
Close Study
WASHINGTON ' — Presi-
dent Johnson's proposed postal
rate increases appoared headed
today for a searching study by
congressional critics demanding
improved mail service and
higher rates for magazines and
so-called "junk mail."
Senior members of congres-
sional committees that will han
die the proposal appeared split
on the President’s recommenda-
tion that first class letter rates
be raised to 6 cents, air mail to
9 cents and other classes except
parcel poet by 20 to 30 per cent
to bring in $700 million annual-
uots had tile greatest impact
on the county's agricultural in-
come, with income from these
sources listed by Cranfill fo»-
1966 of $5,816,350. A solid
second place in total agrieul
tural income was grain crops.
Tile 1966 total was $3,637,482
The 1965 grain income was
$2,938,850 and the 1961 figure
was $2,330,900.
Peanut production added
$1,530,200 to tlie total agrieul
tural income in Fannin county
in 1966. Tliis was near double
the value of the peanut crop
in 1965 which totaled $768,000
The 1964 total was $935,522.
Dairy and poultry products
have remained more or less con-
stant for the past three years,
Cranfill said. The 1964 value
was $549,850. All other crops,
fruits and vegetables were up
some $2,000 over the 1965 and
1961 Income from these sources.
The 1966 total was $22,000.
Accounting for around twelve
and one-half percent of the to
tal income from agriculture
were federal government sub-
sidy payments of various kinds.
These amounted to $2,277,625
in 1966. Government payments
totaled $763,875 in 1965 and
$686,321 in 1964.
Mr. Cranfill’s figures on ag-
ricultural income were contain-
ed in his report of results in
Fannin county of agricultural !
demonstrations sponsored by
the Fannin County Program
Building Committe of which
Sam Nelson of Ector is chair-
man.
The Program Building Com
mittee executive committee is
composed of Nelson and Bob
Barrow, M. A. Williams, Aub
rey McAlister, C. W. Johnson
and Mrs. Tom McDonald.
The technical action panel
includes Arthur Maxwell, Tru-
man Atkins and Dan Barnard
Sub-committees include those
for beef cattle and field crops.
Dan Knowles is the chairman
of the beef cattle rub-division
and Manuel Neeley of the field
crops.
Nearly 7.000 bales of cotton
were ginned hv the three Honey
Grove Gins. The exact number I
processed was 6.917
The Coop. Gin total was 3.-j
731: the Farmers Gin. 2208 I
and the Honey Grove Gin, 975 j
The Farmers & Merchants
Compress Co., of Honey Grove j
handled a total of 11,441 bales I
of cotton from the 1966 crop |
H A. Simmons, Compress sup-
erindent said.
Mrs. Bert Spelre of Fat
Worth visited her sisters. Mrs.
T-nis Smith .and Mm----Winnie
Roof and a brother. I>can Bell,
all of Honev Grove, Saturday.
A
Mrs Philip Barbee and son.
Philip Richard, of Garland were
here Monday and visited her
parents, Mr and Mrs. Richard
Galbraith. Philip Richard had a
dental appointment.
Philip Holt Named HG Head Coach
Following Duncan's Acceptance Of
Coaching Position at HCJC, Athens
Head Coach Donnie Duncan,
who directed the Honey Grove
Warrior football team to two
consecutive district champion-
ships ha^ resigned bis position
here to accept the post of head
track coach and assistant foot
hall coach at Henderson Coun-
ty Junior College at Athens.
The announcement came last
Friday, following Duncan's
election to the Henderson coun-
ty post bv the college's board.
At a meeting of the Board
ol Trustees held Monday even
iag. the resigxuiLiun of Duncan,
was accepted and Philip Holt,
assistant football coach and
head track coach, was named
head coach and athletic direct
or Mr. Duncan on the faculty
uf tic Honey Grove schools as
teacher's aide. also resigned
and her resignation was also
accepted by the board.
During the past two seasons
Don an' ; t"am compiled 20 3
1 mark, advancing to the reg-
ional level of the state play-
offs both m 1965 and 1966.
Duncan, a native of Celeste,
played all sports at Celeste
high school and was named all-
district quarterback on the
Blue Devil squad. Following
his graduation from Celeste
High School, he attended Aus-
t-.n C ilivge. Sherman, where he
was a four-year letter man in
both football and baseball.
At Austin College, he receiv-
ed the Gene Babb trophy as the
outstanding football player one
season and his senior year, he
received the Pete Cawthon
Award as the outstanding ath-
lete of the year. He was also
designated the outstanding sen-
ior man at Austin College, re-
ceiving a Sherman Chamber of
Commerce award for promi-
nei’cc in academic, civic and
ext ra-curricula activities.
His first stint at coaching
was as line coach at Dublin
The following year he moved to
Tarleton State College as of-
fensive coach, switching to line
coach at Tarleton the following
vear. Following a season as
line C('*arh at Tarleton. he went
into private business, return-
ing to the coaching Held in
1965, when he mmn to Honey
drove as head coach.
Dune,in ma'Tc'd to the
former Sally Treadway of
Greenville. They have a three
year-old son, Mark.
ipi
m
'y-
"I want them to give some
good justification for their ex
penses and explain why the
mail service has broken down
so badly before I make any
commitment to support an in-
crease." said Rep. H. R. Gross
of Iowa, second ranking GOP
member of the House Post Of-
fice Committee. *
Rep. Arnold Olsen, D-Mont.,
another high-ranking committee
member, said he opposes “an
increase in the first class cate
gory without comparable or
higher adjustments in all Other
classes of mail."
Olsen said the Post Office's
deficit "results to a great extent
from second and third class
mail rates which are too favor-
able." Secound class includes
magazines. Third class covers
able,” Second clas includes
mass mailings, including adver-
dreased to "raldent” or “occu-
pant.”
/I
<n.'v (;
•nve' ; new head foot-
Frill
CO.’H'h
21 year-old Philip
H •!*
IS :j
n it!vv
of Farmers-
Ville
and graduate
of Farmers-
VI Ho
JJLilh-
<(-’ >1 Of)]
whore hp
participated in all sports and
\vn•: named ill state end in foot-
ball Tin.-, past seasnn he served
as line ......;h fur the Warriors
who advance.) t" the regional in
the state class A play-offs.
Holt n’t. nded Paris Junior
College, where he was a foot
ball starter his freshman year,
but a knee injury forced him to
give up football He is a grad
unto of East Texas State Col-
lege, Commerce and during
the 1965-66 school year was a
member of the Wolfe City
school facility and assistant
football coach there.
Holt is married to the former
Mary Kaye Dyson of Farmers
ville They make their home in
Honey Grove und she commutes
to Commerce where*’ she is
junior student at East Texas
State University.
Several Fauci ty Changes
In addition to Mr and Mrs.
Duncan, resignations of three
additional faculty members was
accepted by the Board and re
placements named at the Mon
day night meeting.
P. J. Broadway tendered his
resignation. He is to go into
the Army on February 7th.
The resignation of Mrs. Carlton
Robardey and Mrs. Mary Jon
Laycock was also accepted.
V
*37
Donnie Duncan
Philip Holt
Warriors Lose
Big One, 49-45
Basketball season for the
Honey Grove Warriors ended
Tuesday night at Warrior Gym
when the Trobe fell to the Wolfe
City Wolves. 49-45 The game,
played before a packed gym.
was a thriller all the wav The
Tribe held the lead most of
the w-ay by one or two points,
with the outcome in doubt until
the final 50 secounds when the
Wolves pushed their lead to
two points and had possession
of * he ball
For the past several years,
the Tribe, a powerhouse in Class
A high school basketball, the
Warrior team this year was
only the secound aggregation in
the past seven years not to
advance at n to the reg-
ional finals in he state play-
offs. lAst year's team bowed
out in the final round in the
championship game at Austin.
Generally this year's team
played well. They were hamp-
ered height and experience,
as well as in bench strength.
Coach Bobby Weddle did an ex-
cellent joh. considering the
team's handicaps with the Tribe
remaining a contender in dis-
trict play until lese than a
minute remaining in Tuesday
night's game.
Tuesday night's game was the
was the final one for four start-
ing seniors. Drew Barrett,
Johhnv Brooks, Sammy Kil-
patrick and Jerry Pa rahm. The
other member of the starting
quintet was junior, Loy Dean
Clark
Considering the Wolves hei-
iSee BASKETBALL, page 2)
They resigned for personal rea-
sons.
Holt will assume Duncan's
classroom responsibilities and
Bobby Weddle will take over
Holt’s former jrlassroom duties.
An assistant J? football coadi
will be nameJ At a later date.
iJupermtende A D. E. Brooks
said. \
Named to tne faculty, re-
placing Mrs. Broadway and
Mrs. Laycock were Mrs. J. B.
Mahler of Honey Grove and Mr.
•nd Mia Ckattea McEwin of
Chicot*.
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