Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 173, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 23, 1978 Page: 1 of 42
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Caution: sun may be
hazardous to health
Sol makes federal enemies list'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Warnings on
cigarettes and saccharin may be joined by
a new danger notice: “Overexposure to
the sun may lead to premature aging of
the skin and skin cancer.”
That caution cannot be printed on
sunshine, of course, but a government-
sponsored panel has recommended putr
ting it on containers of sunscreen lotions
and creams.
According to the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, ultraviolet radiation from
the sun is the leading cause of cancer in
the body’s largest organ, the skin. There
are more than 300,000 cases recorded
annually.
While skin cancer is estimated to be 95
percent curable if treated in time, the
experts warn that it is still a serious
matter.
An FDA advisory panel studying over-
the-counter drugs reports that over-
zealousness in developing the bronzed look
can lead to more than sunburn’s “ouch!”
Skin cancer and premature aging of skin
can result.
The panel recommended liberal use of
sunscreen lotions and creams and noted
that various factors play a part in sunburn
and the more dangerous consequences:
Time spent in the sun, where it is spent,
complexion and even ethnic background.
Scientists note that 60 percent of the
ultraviolet rays striking the Earth reach
the surface between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., so
some of the hazard may be avoided by
tanning at other times.
On a cloudy day, 80 percent of the
dangerous ultraviolet rays still get
through, the society warns, and even a wet
T-shirt lets half of the radiation through to
your skin.
In studying location, the National
Cancer Institute reported that a southern
area — Dallas-Fort Worth- had more
than double the skin cancer rate of a less
sunny northern one, Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Ireland has the world’s third highest
skin cancer rate, following South Africa
and Australia.
People with fair skin and blue or green
eyes, particularly those who freckle
easily, are most susceptible, particularly
people of Irish or Celtic background.
Money matters await court
County Commissioners will deal with
eight main agenda items in Judge L.E.
Goldsmith’s office at 10 a.m. Monday in
regular session.
Commissioners will meet with Gene
Orwosky, Coy Vicars, Walter Helm and
Don Smith to discuss management of the
new Civic Center. The center is scheduled
for completion in early fall and its
management details are still in the
planning stage.
Carolyn Tuley, head librarian of the
Sulphur Springs Public Library, will meet
with commissioners to ask for additional
financial assistance for the facility.
In other money-related matters ex-
pected to be brought before the court Jim
Riddle will discuss the new budget for the
Eighth Judicial District Juvenile
Probation Department. A senior citizens
delegation is scheduled to discuss the
possibility of the county’s purchasing of
land on College Street. Hie location under
consideration currently houses the Senior
Citizen Center. The court will be asked to
buy the property and accept the deed,
sources indicated.
Bids will be opened for the possible
purchase of a maintainer for Precinct 1.
Other business before the court will in-
clude the consideration of a request to
approve a telephone line burial under a
county road located south of Sulphur
Springs. Commissioners will also discuss
the re-marking of parking spaces on the
county parking area located behind the
courthouse.
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hibitors like Bonnie Sjolander of Riesel use black spray paint <o complex that is still under construction near City Park (addi-
blacken the hooves of the Brangus before entering the ring. tionalphotos,page!).
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Breeders Association's championship show this weekend in the
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Couldn't find a mule...
...So W.O. Mowed, 86, took his turn behind an old-fashioned
push-plow to prepare his garden plot and spruce up the yard of
his Sulphur Springs home this year, with an able assist from his
wife of 57 years, Juston. Mrs. Mowed spends just as much time
with the outside work as her husband, he freely admits.
-Staff Photo by JAN BLAKE
For want of a mule
Keeping up with the Mowells a tall order
By JAN BLAKE
News-Telegram Staff
His blue eyes twinkle and his step is
spry. He has the voice of a man half his
age and the energy of a teenager. And he
uses a part of that seemingly unlimited
energy as the power behind Ids push plow.
“Couldn’t find a mule this year, so I just
pushed it myself,” said 86-year-old W. O.
Mowell, “and we had more beans and peas
than ever."
Mowell “retired” for the second time in
1961. It was then that he and his wife
Juston returned to Hopkins County from
Fort Worth.
The couple’s 57 years together have so
intermingled their lives and thoughts that
talking to one is talking to both. Mrs.
Mowell is a deceivingly frail-looking
woman with silver hair and a delicate
voice. She spends as much time in the
garden as does Mowell. He is the more
talkative of the two and he’s constantly in
motion throughout a conversation.
“Let me show you some pictures” of this
or that, he says, bouncing up from the
table to rummage through stacks of
photographs. He has a remarkable
memory for dates. Not only the year but
the exact day — “I got my first Army pass
when I was in Manilla on Nov. 16, 1916.”
Each time he gets up, Mrs. Mowell
comments on how good his health is and
how much work he does around the house
and garden — all with a loving gleam in
her eyes.
Mowell was born in Cherokee County,
Ga., in 1895 and the family moved ping-
pong fashion from Georgia to Texas.
“Mother liked Georgey and Daddy liked
Texas. He said it was easier to plow here,”
Mowell said.
This early life style stayed with him as
he wandered around the world, first in the
Army and then as a hobo before settling
down.
Mrs. Mowell was born and reared near
Martin Springs. Together they tell how
they met and got to know one another :
Juston: “He was visiting his brother,
Albert on the adjoining farm...”
Mowell: “She carried notes for me to
another girl...”
Juston: “I soon got tired of that.”
Mowell: "Wasn’t too long we was
writing letter to each other...”
Juston: “He stayed at Albert’s a good
long while...”
Mowell went back to Fort Worth and the
letter writing continued. On a follow-up
visit the couple were talking in the old
square kitchen while sitting on a bench. A
younger member of the family said she
was going to marry Mowell when she grew
up.
“We just got to talking about it and
decided I should go bade with him — .1
wanted to. Papa was going into town the
next week and we dedded to go with Mm
and get married,” said Mrs. Mowell.
The wedding took place following a cold
10-mile buck board ride to the Sulphur
Springs Courthouse on Jan. 2, 1922. Mrs.
Mowell wore a “special homemade dress.
It was blue and kind of plain but I had on
my big coat so it didn’t show much,” she
said.
“The judge that married us was named
Bullock, but we got a lot of help from Tom
Cox. I think he was the court derk or
something,” said Mowell.
That was the beginning of their lives
together. But Mowell’s numerous ad*
ventures before they met continued to
drop into the conversation with assistance
from Mrs M«^eH
Once two of Mo well’s brothers ran away
from honv. “I remember when they came
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Hunt still on for holdup artists
Department of Public Safety, Federal
Bureau of Investigation and area law
enforcement officers were still searching
the East Texas area late Saturday mor-
ning for two bank robbers who hit the State
Bank of Omaha Friday.
A DPS spokesman told the News-
Telegram that officers recovered the get-
away vehicle, a white-over-brown Old-
smobile, Friday afternoon just south of
Naples, Texas. An all-out search is
currently in progress throughout the
eastern section of the state with air and
ground vehicles looking for possible dues
to the robbers whereabouts.
Bank officials have not released an
official statement as of Saturday, but a
witness at the bank at the time of the
robbery told the News-Telegram that tw*
men entered the bank around 11:20 Friday
morning, pulled out a short-barreled pistol
and a sawed-off shotgun and demanded all
the money from the bank teller’s windows.
Reports from the scene indicated die
robbers also demanded entrance to the
bank’s vault and took a considerable
amount of cash from the vault
floor, according to reports.
The men were last seen headed oat of
town driving the Oldsmoblle, which was
recovered late Friday.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 173, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 23, 1978, newspaper, July 23, 1978; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth817518/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.