Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 57, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1989 Page: 3 of 24
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THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Spring*, Toxoo, Wodnooday, March S, 19M-9.
Community calendar
If your
meeting soon
club or organization is
and you wish to
remind members of the time and
location, please call for Community
Calendar at 885-8663. Deadline is
10 a.m. the day of publication.
Items submitted prior to the date of
the event will appear more than
once, space permitting.
MOTHER’S DAY Out is held
from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. every
Thursday at First United Methodist
Church. For registration or more in-
formation, call 885-7803 after 3
pm.
ARK-TEX Council of Govern-
ments rental assistance office has
moved from 145 Jefferson St to
new offices at 428 Hillcrest in the
Woodbridge Addition. Office hours
are 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
BEREAVED PARENTS Support
Group will meet at 7 p.m. Thurs-
day, March 9, in the Alford Center,
Paris Junior College. Billy Roland,
professor of psychology at East
Texas State University, Commerce,
will be speaking on “Death and
Dying.” For more information, call
(214) 785-7781 or 785-0691.
Wednesday, March 8
GOOD OLE Boys will perform
at Senior Citizen's Dance at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8, in the Senior
Citizen’s Activity Center on Hin-
nant Street
WOMEN’S CITY Bowling
Tournament deadline is 6 pm.
Wednesday, March 9. Entry forms
should be turned into Patty Morgan
or Sulphur Springs Lanes.
NEW LIFE group of Alcoholics
Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday in
the Episcopal Church, 400 Houston
St. For more information, call 885-
0295.
CALVARY BAPTIST Church
will hold revival services through
Friday, March 10, with the Rev.
Don Paxton speaking. Thursday
Darla Washington will perform her
dramatic interpretation of “The
Creation” as presented at the Miss
Sulphur Springs Pageant. The Am
sisters will sing. Pizza will be ser-
ved at 6 pm. to the Youth Gass
and services will begin at 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 9
HOPKINS COUNTY Peace
Officers Association will have its
regular meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 9, at Echo Lodge. The meet-
ing is open only to regular and as-
sociate members.
REBEKAH LODGE meets the
second and fourth Thursday of each
v month.
Gena Drive residents
go home disappointed
By DANA L. DURHAM
News-Telegram Staff
The solution to flooding prob-
lems on Gena Drive hinges on
“better weather,” members of the
Sulphur Springs City Council said
Tuesday night as residents along
the street headed home with
drowned desires.
Appearing with hopes of seeing
some type of action horn city
officials, a group of frustrated Gena
Drive residents said they got only
the same thing they have been get-
ting for several years.
K‘We’ll get to it’ is the same stuff
we’ve been hearing all along.
We’re tired of hearing that,”
Brenda Bell, a Gena Drive resident,
said after the council voted to take
steps in correcting the flooding
conditions pending improved
weather.
Bell, along with about five other
Gena Drive residents, said they will
be watching for action from the
city, which they claim has been
only unfulfilled promises in the
past.
In its unanimous vote Tuesday,
the council decided to “take the
least costly approach” in rectifying
the often swollen Gena Creek,
which runs behind the houses along
Gena Drive and causes the streets
and homes in the neighborhood to
flood during heavy rain storms.
City crews and equipment, such
as bulldozers or backhoes, were
suggested for use in clearing brush
and trees. Work involving the
straightening of S-curves and the
widening of channels along the
creek was also proposed.
“We can do something about
this, but we can’t do anything until
we dry out a little,” Mayor Margin
Latham said, pointing out that
Hopkins County and stale highway
department officials have agreed to
help solve the flooding problems.
dThe three (entities) have plans
of what to do once the weather im-
proves,” Latham said. “We’re just
waiting for better weather.”
In conjunction with approval to
start work in the area, council
members voted to maintain a com-
mittee that was formed earlier to
study the flooding conditions in the
Highland Creek Addition. The
committee consists of represen-
tatives of the city, the addition,
Hopkins County, die state highway
department and the load sou con-
servation unit.
Committee members will be
charged with watching the progress
in the area and working to deter-
mine “the best course of action” at
a later date, councilman Ron Lum-
mus said in making the motion for
the vote.
COLUMBIA LODGE 81 will
hold a called meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday. March 9, in the lodge
hall on Gaines Street All master
masons are asked to attend.
WESLEY UNITED Methodist
Women will a general meeting
at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9, in (he
fellowship hall. Bonnie Huffstetiler
will be the speaker.
HEROINES OF Jericho will
meet at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, March
9, in the Masonic Hall.
SINGING AT Black Oak Church
is held the first Thursday of each
month at 7 p.m. Singers and lis-
teners are welcome.
JOE SMITH, Duane Robertson,
Guy Rushin and friends will per-
form oldtime music and Texas fid-
dling at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9,
at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
meets at Saint Philips Episcopal
Church on Houston Street every
Thursday night at 8.
CEDAR SPRINGS Neighbor-
hood Club will meet with Mozelle
Dunahoo at 1:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 9, at 109 Hollie Circle.
Those working on crafts are asked
to bring a sample to show to the
group.
TOMMY PEUGH will be sing-
ing gospel at 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 9, at Hopkins County Nurs-
ing Home.
RHYTHM MASTERS will be
playing at 7 p.m. Thursday, March
9vat Woodhaven Nursing Home.
MILLER GROVE PTO will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March
9. Plans will be discussed for the
upcoming banquet.
COMO-PICKTON School will
hold its first tennis tournament
from Thursday, March 9 through
Saturday*, March 11.
NEW LIFE Serenity Al-Anon
group meets each Tuesday and Fri-.
day at 8 p.m. in the Episcopal
Church.
Councilman Jim Dobson suppor-
ted Lummus’ motion in saying the
temporary work can be done
“without an awful lot of money.
Let the state and county get in
there, too, and then let’s see where
we can go from there.”
The council’s vote followed a
discussion that lasted more than an
hour, and a presentation on the mat-
ter from City Engineer Dave Reed
during a preceding work session.
During discussions, a number of
possible corrective measures were
outlined, including channelization
work along Gena Creek and instal-
lations of larger drainage culverts
in specific areas of heavy water
run-off.
But, an estimated price tag of at
least $100,000 stopped council
members in their tracks, each
claiming the city doesn’t have the
funds to take on such an expense
and would have to consider other
areas that are experiencing drainage
problems before spending money to
correct flooding on Gena Drive.
“If we do it for one, we’ve got to
do it for everybody. You have to
look at how you’re gonna pay for
it," Lummus said.
Gena Drive residents, however,
said the city should be responsible
for fixing the problem, since
officials approved the subdivision
plat about 10 years ago. They said
they would be opposed to Lummus’
suggestion of passing the expense
of correcting the situation on to the
property owners.
Bell, along with neighbor Ronald
Thurman, encouraged council
members to take action immediate-
ly, before situations worsen and the
costs of repairing them increase.
“I know you’re concerned about
money and budgets ... but there’s a
lot of property owners in that area.
And, their run-ofT is getting to be a
problem. We’re getting water now,
and it’s only going to get worse if
you let it go," Thurman said.
Saturday, March 11
YOUTH PROGRAM will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March
11, in Mitchell Chapel Church of
God in Christ, 504 S. Jackson. The
pastor B.L. Turman will host the
event.
STEW SUPPER fundraiser will
be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday,
March 11, ip Arbala Community
Center. Donations will be accepted
for repair on Arbala Church.
HOPKINS COUNTY Museum is
open every Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Sunday hours are 1 to 4
p.m.
CAPTAIN DAVID Philips Chap-
ter NSDAR will hold a meeting at
2 p.m. Saturday, March 11, in the
community room of the Sulphur
Springs State Bank.
HOPKINS COUNTY Boys
Baseball Association will hold a
bake sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sa-
turday, March 11, at the V.F. Outlet
Mall.
GOLDEN AGERS of Wesley
United Methodist Church will meet
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 11.
Faye Gilley will give a review of
the book “O Ye Jigs and Juleps.”
Sunday, March 12
SINGING AT Bethel Baptist
Church near Como is held the sec-
ond Sunday of each month at 2
p.m.
REV. BARRIS Sims will be the
at the Cherry Grove
a.m. Sunday,
March 12.
guest speaker at the (
Baptist Church at 11
Monday, March 13
LADIES DOUBLE SS Tennis
Association will have a Dutch treat
dinner at 7 p.m. Monday, March
13, at Western Sizzlin. Anyone in-
terested in signing up to play in the
spring league is encouraged to at-
tend. Call885-3953 or 885-1420.
COMMUNITY
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SERENITY GROUP of Al-
coholics Anonymous meets at 8
p.m. Tuesdays. Meetings are also
held at the foundation hall on Loop
301 Tuesday and Thursday. For
more information, call 885-1050.
NORTH HOPKINS EHE will
meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March
9, in t Chamber of Commerce. Ruth
Long will be the hostess.
Friday, March 10
MOTORCYCLE TRAINING
course will be offered at Northeast
Texas Community College in
Mount Pleasant March 10-12. Call
1-800-333-1644 for information.
SKIPBO AND 42 are played
from 1 until 4 p.m. every Tuesday
and Friday at the Senior Citizens
Center, 150 Hinnant St., except the
second week of each month when
the games are played on Wednes-
day.
in the
Band
fun and fel-
HOPE GROUP meets at 7 p.m
each Monday at Texas Commercial
Savings. The group is a support or-
ganization of people with everyday
problems, working together and
being supportive to help each other
better cope with life.
- NORTHEAST TEXAS Alcohol
and Drug Foundation is hosting a
family co-dependent group at 7:30
p.m. Mondays. For more informa-
tion, call 885-1050.
Films go too far
to obtain realism
- EATING DISORDER? Over-
eaters Anonymous meets each
Tuesday at 7:30 p,m. at the First
Presbyterian Church on College
Street and at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays
and at 11 am. Saturdays.
SAINT JAMES Church will
have Penitential Services with visit-
ing priests at 7 pm. Monday,
March 13.
HOPKINS COUNTY Associa-
tion of Retarded Citizen’s will meet
at 7 m. Monday, March 13, in the
Opportunity Center, 602 Church Sl
Tuesday, March 14
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
for Retired Persons will provide
free tax assistance to senior
citizens, handicapped and low inc-
ome families each Tuesday through
April 11 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Senior Citizen’s Activity Cen-
ter, 150 Hinnant St.
TEXAS FIRST Lady Rita
Clements will visit Sulphur Springs
Friday, March 10, in recognition of
its Main Street designation. She
will be the keynote speaker at a
program beginning at 1:25 p.m. on
the stage at Heritage Square, and a
reception in her honor will follow
at 2 p.m. in the Sulphur Springs
State Bank Community Room.
HOPKINS COUNTY Republi-
can Women’s Club will meet at 7
p.m. Tuesday, March 14, in the
Community Room at Texas Com-
mercial Savings Association, 919
Gilmer St., with featured speaker
Beth Furr. Furr is tne Republican
Committee woman for Congres-
sional District 1.
Dear Ann Landers: Last night we
went to see the film "Rain Man."
Tom Cruise was good Dustin
Hoffman was brilliant. The lan-
guage was offensive.
The favorite word out of Holly-
wood these days seems to be the
F-word. I am writing to ask why.
Can it be that that’s the way people
in California talk and we squares in
Middle America haven't caught up
with them yet? Or is it because the
F-word will insure an ”R” rating,
which seems,|o attract crowds?
Maybe the producers believe such
language enhances the character. If
so, they are mistaken. Tom Cruise's
character was far more moving and
powerful when he bent down to
kiss his autistic brother on the
forehead than when he was spewing
forth gutter words.
I am not an old prude. I was
born during the first year of the
baby boom but was raised to
consider certain words inappropri-
ate in social conversation.
Did the standard change when I
wasn't looking? -- ANNE H., FORT
MADISON, IOWA
DEAR ANNE: My son-in-law,
Ken Howard ("the White Shad-
ow”),' tells me that actors use the
language of the characters they
portray. Four-letter words came
naturally to the Tom Cruise charac-
ter and he followed the script.
I can appreciate a dedicated
artist's wish to come up with a
realistic portrayal, but many mov-
iegoers, myself included, are offend-
• ed by dirty language, and it is a
jarring and unpleasant experience
to hear those words when we go to
a movie to be entertained.
catliy®
1 believe the movies have gone
too far. A film can be realistic and
artistically superb without the gar-
bage talk, it wouldn't hurt the box
office one iota if Hollywood
cleaned up its mouth
Dear Aon landers: My husband
and I are both in our 60s. I am his
second wife. We have been happily
married for 12 years.
Two weeks before Christmas my
husband's ex-wife's mother died. He
traveled 500 miles to attend the
funeral. He said he felt he should b^
there for the "children" (The
children are 40,38 and 35.)
Two weeks later my husband
went to celebfate Christmas with
his children.
His ex-wife was there, of course. I
was not invited to go along and
spent Christmas by myself.
Now my husband is talking
about going back for his little
grandson's birthday. He has not
asked me to accompany him. I
smell a rat, Ann, and don't know
what to do. - MRS. X
DEAR MRS. X: Tell your hus-
band that you feel left out and
would like to go with him. If he
refuses, you have a right to be
suspicious. Please discuss this prob-
lem with a counselor before you
make any accusations or give any
ultimatums. This situation needs
careful handling.
ANN LAN0ERS •
*1989. Los Angeles Times Syndicate and
Creators Syndicate
by Cathy Qulsewlta
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one to fix
SOU UP WITH,
CHARLENE/
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MOTHER KNOWS A WOMAN WHO
WORKS WITH THE COUSIN Of
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 57, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1989, newspaper, March 8, 1989; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816426/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.