The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1963 Page: 1 of 16
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OAU.AS, TEXAS
AMO 3Al.ltv
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(CotntTa Wei#
THE GAZETTE CIRCULATION BY PURCHASE MAY 12, 1928)
Location Staked
8ULPHUR SPRINGS. TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18,1963.
—
-m
day for Sunmy DX Oil Com-
pany’* K6. 1 Roae Lindley
Seaman wildcat Stnackovcr
test gbouv four mile* west of
Sulphur Spring* on the south
ai of Interatate 30,
Work on the exploration is
expected to atari in the next
ten day*.
The location i* 2,000 feet
from the weat line and 5,000
feet from the south line of
th# E. P. Gain** Survey, A-
841, on a 206-acre tract ap-
tly 1 <4 mile* east of
proximo tely
Brtubmi
Maximum contract depth la
11,800 feet.
The test will he drilled oh
a block of more than 14,000
aer«t held by Sonray OX tx-
tendlng from the wo*t city
liinita of Sulphur Springs to a
point about one-half mile eaat
of Braahear.
UF Tallies
$15,361
The 1044 Hopltias County
United Fund grew to $16,Ml
Tuesday a* chairmen in fhnr
of the 10 fund division* re-
ported the donation of $1,666
at the eecend regular report-
tMg session.
The additional fuada brought
the campaign to 4$ per cent of
the geal after 10 days of ac-
tivity, hut officials were hope-
ful that report* from the five
missing divisions contain fuada
sufficient to push the drive
well over the halfway mark.
Boosts to the fund Tuesday
cam* from the industrial dtri
adoa ffl,M$), outlying
gJrm d:.ml dum.
Hicycle aiders
Offered Safety
Cattle Sales
Increase Monday
Cattlo sale* Increased to
45 Students
Named Members
Of Honor Group
•
FOrty-five atudenta at Sul-
phur Springs high school were
announced Friday as member*
of the National Honor 8oclety
for the 1908-64 school year.
The announcement was made
by Mira Alice Bohannon, NH3
sponsor, and Truman Drake,
principal.
For admission to the honor
society, a student’s grades must
be 90 or above and the student
must also have a record of sat-
isfactory character and partic-
ipation in outside activities.
Seventeen of th# student*
were named to the society for
the second time. They are
Roger Alien, Paulette Bearden,
Jee Brown, Kay Finley, Judy
George, Wilma Graves, Jaan
Harrison, Betty Hurt, Brenda
McKinney, Vicki McKay, Klataie
Morgan, Betal Myre, Jeff Op-
pen heim, Mary Ann Prim, Bar-
bara Ramey, Mary Helen Shef-
field and Patricia Thomas.
Named to membership for
th* ftrot time were Charlotte
Ashton, Utah Avinger, Qt«
Brittain, Bill Campbell, Sandra
Cats*, Gone Chamberlain. See
Clark, Wands Dodd, Kay Flow-
era, Barbara Gafford, Ginger
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Operators Complete
New Smackover Well
TALKING OVER THE SITUATION
Kearney Brim,
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, paused for a mome
th* retiring president. Dr. Joseph B. Longino, following the
dsy morning. In addition to the high civic office, the tv
sponsible position. Both played the center spot on the
football team. (Staff Photo by Cody Greer).
Brim Selected
President of
J. Kearney Brim, Sulphur
Gilley. Sandra Hedge. Tommy
Johnston, June Kirkpatrick,
Judy Massey, Pat McCollum,
Ann McLarry. Gail Miller, Lin-
da Moor*, Jan Orwig, Gens
Pennington, Richard Perainger,
Olivia Pinson, Jcmnnine Ramey.
"W" <* “» “h~'
Spring-* attorney, was elected
president of the Hopkins
County Chamber of Commerce
by director# of the organiza-
tion Tuesday.
He will succeed Dr, Joseph
B. l.ongino at the chamber’s
ht, president-elect of the
in the chamber office with
rganization’s election Tue»-
en once shared another re-
phur Springs High School
s New
amber
Grade, Gerald Prim, Phil
Suit in, I)r. Joseph B. l.ongino,
W. I). Lemon (Precinct No.
4) and Carroll Nichols (Pre-
cinct No. 2).
Praise For Dr. Loagiao
Dr. Longino was extended
a standing gesture of sppreci-
annuul banquet next Tuesday “Gon by the hoard for hi* serv-
ice during the past year
Tape Bp VFW
Members at the Hopkins treasurer,
County post of the Veterans I
terla.
E. I. Henning, general man-
ager of Rockwell Manufactur-
ing Company's Sulphur Springs
Division, was named find VUc#
president.
W. E. Bradford, manager
of station KSST, was elected
second vice president. W. W.
Jones, Jr., cashier of the City
{National Bank, waa chosen as.
McGrede told the group Dr.
Longino had served with dis-
tinction and dignity in the of-
fice and that the community
ia indebted to him for his serv-
ice.
A new Smackover Lime
irag - condensate produc-
ing area was reported
Wednesday to have been
opened with the success-
ful completion of W. A.
Moncrief’s No. 1 Christine Do-
lan well three miles north of
Winnsboro.
The Dolan was described as
producing gas and condensate,
but local oil men said they
had been able to obtain no in-
formation on the extent of the
find.
'1 he well was reported to
have been acidized, indicating
a tight formation.
Oil men said the develop-
ments were not touching off
any particular play in the area.
The well was brought in
Sunday after mechanical com-
plications had delayed the pro-
cess for a day.
Core tests nad shown wet
gas pay indications between
12,310 and 12,440 feet. Elec-i
trie logs supported the evi-j
dence.
The Dolan ia about a mile|
and half east of the Hopkins j
County line near the entrance
to Luke Franklin.
The location i.s about four j
miles west of Franklin Coun- j
ty’s New Hope Smackover
field. Nearest deep production
in Hopkins County is the the
Coino field approximately 12
miles west. The Pickton shal-
low field begins a short dis-
tance west of the county line
new
11 who have helped during the
period. He described the year
as partially one of consolida-
tion following the chamber's
reorganisation and said the
agency now is in a strong po- i opposite the site of the
nit ion to continue its drive foi j strike.
community progress. ; In the Como field, drilling
In nominating the new of- jvva* ™ Ported continuing be-
f leers, M cGmde described Ilmv ,feet “n Gulf Oil
Brim as “the right type anj | Coipoiution s No. 1 Walker
the right age U. make one of I <•*' rison **tate test and below
the best presidents
,'6,700 feet on Texaco's No.
FIRST DAY ON NEW JOB — Glenn Henley, new adminis-
tor of Hopkins County .Memorial Ilorpital, was photographed
at his desk as he began his assignment here Monday. (Staff
Photo by Cody Greer).
GLENN KENLEY
had.” H# also praised the long i ”*■ Moirri test. Both are
Dr. Longino praised the b K Brim
Community service record *f
the nominee's father, the late
CeasmittM's Slat*
The new officers were elect-
ed by acclamation following
2,O$0 head at the Sulphur j of Foreign War* hate open-
Springs Livestock Com mi* ,-d a campaign to place Scotch-
eion's weekly auction Monday ) HU safety Up* on all bicycles j ^rnomina"tmn 'by hT cTmc"
after • pause in the heavy fall in the area.
movement last week.
Price* were described a* a provide a safety margin for
bkyrle riders in traffic, VFW
members pointed out.
The VFW members plan to
visit all schools in Hopkins
County to distribute the tape
to bicycle owners.
little stranger than the trend
a week ago, which was lower.
Inst week's sates totaled
1,676 bead, and those of Sept.
30 reached a seasonal peak at
2,145. . I
, Gred#, chairman of a special
Th# reflector tap* will help noniin,tlntt colnmjttra. Other
members were llamld Arnold
and Jones.
work of the directors and ex-
pressed hi» appreciation for
Thanksgiving
Union Services
Planned Here
Continued Effort Urged
McGrede declared the
Smackover ventures.
Considerable leasing activ-1
ity was reported in progress [
in the Miller Grove area in |
southwestern Hopkins County.
New Administrator
Assumes Post Here
Glenn Kenlcy, formerly
and Mm.
bent selection of Sul phur ^tu ’*.!'° ol ^as *n^uc ; Hermit, began work Monday living at 148 Lee Street. They
(Springs and Hopkins County ion ‘J* his<oinei o t i coun-!as ty,e new administrator of have a son, Phillip, 16, and a
as a model progress example J *>’, " hlc" , generally norm- Hopkins County Memorial Hos- daughter, Sue, 12. They are
for study by a group of Co , we't ,,f thl' v'e5t ‘“ntm
lombiun visitors had combined Smackover field.
with rising hank deposits and
other factors to deepen his
convictions as to the value of
the chamber’s program.
“These things make us
DROUTH REFLECTED
Mflk Prices Climb
As Production Drops
Th* deepening fall drouth rent of the tots) last month.
found full reflection In the
North Texas producer mi'k
market during Septcnilwr.
Production slipped lower,
demand rase and price* were
sharply higher.
Byford W. Bain, federal
This compares with 75.3 per
cent in August and 72.6 per-
cent in the preceding Septem-
ber.
Producer receipts were 122.5
per cent of Clase I utilization
last month, as compared with ________, ... __________„„
market administrator, announe- m relationship of 131.2 per cenCW. A. Cnrothers, Weber Fouta, ket
ed a September minimum uni-1for AuRUJ>t amj 137.4 p,.r c«nt Nelson Gilreath,
form price of 14.96 per hun-1 jn September a year ago.
d red weight for 3,6 per cant
Sulphur Springs' annual
union Thanksgiving service realize we should keep on do-
Names of 13 new directors; wj|| be held the night of *n*f wh,,t we "ave keen -doing
elected by the chamber mem-: Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the an<* “ Bttle additional,” he de-
hership in recent mail ballot- U>av« street Baptist Church, ‘lared.
The Hev. Roy S. Martin, pas- McGrede also reported that
New Facilities
Being Planned
By Red Star
pitill.
The position had been va-1
cant since the resignation of;
Don Christian at the end of j
August.
Henley had served as admin-j
istrator of the hospital at Her- j
mit for eight years before j
coming to Sulphur Springs, j
He was busy Monday mak-l
ing the multitude of adjust-;
ments that always go with a
Baptists.
Henley was a member of the
Lions Club in Hermit.
Central Baptist
Calls Pastor
From Kansas
ing were announced by John The Hev. Roy S. Martin, pas-1 McGrede also reported that! Southern Farm Supply A*so- j_______ _____ _____ _ ...... _
Eddie man, chairman of the!tor 0f the Fiist Christian !hia “rntl0,y committee is con-: ciation is accelerating plans for-1 moVe jnto a new town and new
(election committee. Counting I Church, will be the speaker. tinuink to woik on this proj-' expansion of its Red Star Fer- . job, hut observed that he and The Rev. T. W. Barnes of
was completed Monday after- other local ministers will take ,ect Bn<* 's °Pl*mistic on its tilizer Division here with a ne\> hIS family like Sulphur Springs { Fredonia, Has., has accepted a
part in the services outcome. und larger plant scheduled foi antj their new prospects. 1 call to become pastor of Cen-
Plans for the joint worship | J“d»«n Perkins, chamber compltt^on by next summer.
noon.
The new directors are Steri
Ing Beckham, W. E. Bradford, Invent were made by the Sul manager,
Hear
», F.
rney Brim, Sam Cochphui Spring* Minister* Asso bc,"“ to
asked board mem-
apsist in the sale of
ran, F. W. JYailey, Walter j elation at Rx monthly break-!t,ckeU f,JS nc*t week‘* annual I M
Helm, Thomas Johnston, John
G. Long, Hugh
Bill Taylor, and George Henry ___ ___________
Ward, representing the gener-jto sponsor week!
al membership: Leroy Click of
Cumby, representing Precinct
No. 1, and Jess Orr of Birth-
right, Precinct No. 3,
meeting Monday morning
McClendon, (ib the Flame Restaurant.
The association also voted
devotional
services at the n^w Hopkins
County Home for Iperiior Citi-
zens. \
Plans were made\for a fel-
banquet to help speed the cam- ,<een reaped on the location
I think there is a wonder- j tral Baptist Church, corner of
Archilp T. Edwards, Red Star fu| opportunity here for de-; Connally and League streets,
general \ manager, said Satur- j vdopment of a really fine hos-j Mr. Barnes was in Sulphur
fir................
nal decision had net pjtal,
paign.
in Coleman, Texas,
(or the View facilities, which Henley attended Southwestern;
Springs Sunday
the church arid
announce
I will remain
I Springs urea.
Principal additions will be
in the Sulphur , University and
University hls acceptance
family consists
Members of the board wboac lOW8hio session for\ ministers
terms continue another year and their families Oct. 25 at
are Enos L. Ashcroft, Sam|5 p. tn. in city Par\k. Each
Bonham, J. W. Branscome, family is to bring its own bas-
mlfk.
Up S3 Crate i* M**tk
This i* 23 cents more thsn
the average for August, 47
cent* shove the price In Sep-
tember, 1962, and 26 Vent*
higher than the price received
for 8,6 per cent milk in Sep-
tember, 1961.
North Texa* handlers utiliz-
ed a total ai 63,962,621 pounds
of Class I milk last month.
This was a daily average of
2.132,751 pounds for a gain
.of 4.85 per cent over August
and 6.64 par cent over Septem-
ber of laat year.
Producers in the area deliv-
erfd a total of 78,370.167
pounds of milk for a daily aver-
age of 2,612,339 pounda. This
waa 2.59 per cent less than
Angust deliveries and 6.86 per
cent below those for Septem-
ber, 1962.
The 2,262 producers deliver-
ed a daily average of 1,16b
pound* per producer, a* com
pared with 1,172 pounda In
August and 1,124 during Scp-
tember of last year. The num-
ber of producers showed a de-
cline of 216 in the last year. >
Mere Sold As Class I
Producer milk classified a*
Clgsa I represented 80.9 per
IW. W. Jones, Jr.,
Weber Fouta, ket lunCh.
E. I. Henning, j Twelie mi
r., H. C. Mc-ed in Monds
jty-Sch
of Texas.
He has been in hospital ad-(wife and a 13-year-old (laugh-
new superphosphate and granu- i ministration work for 13 years, ter.
luting plants. {serving as assistant adminis-j Mr. Baines succeeds the
Edwards said the ruperphos- 1 tor at Brackenridge Hospital Rev. Frank Wood, who rcsign-
jphate unit will he a minimum j in Austin and at Clinic Hos-
of 25 per cent larger than the j jiital in San Angelo before go- cept
several weeks ago
i firm’s present equipment.
I ing
T enneaaee
to Hermit.
ministers participat-
onday’s session,
-V-
Combined City-School
Tax Offices Proposed
Although trustees
phur Springs Indsp
School Dtetrict have not reach-
ed a formal decision on a-pro-
posed plan to combine the city
of Sulphur Springs and school
district tax offices, the policy
making body has moved to par-
ticipate in future discussions.
Jeston Williams, school board
president, at a regular monthly
meeting of the trustees Thurs-
h“"'“ ‘"d *• ““Hsni
ing Thursday night had mixed of 2,89n student*,
reaction* to the city-sponsored j need for additional
movement.
It was pointed out that while
Ond that a
classrooms
looms.
As an example, he reported
Fire Destroys
Business Firm
Al Saltillo
Fire destroyed the Carl Byrd
store, cafe and service station
in Saltillo early Wednesday
morning.
Fire trucks were culled from
Sulphur Springs and Mount
Vernon, but the blaze had prog-
resaed so far that efforts were
concen t r u t c d on protecting
nearby property. i The Hopkins County Agri- j tioti Reserve section of the! The committee made a ten-
Flair.es jumped nearby rail-! ctaltiire Stabilization and Con- soil Imnk plan may be leased tative estimate that {grain sor-
road tracks and caught grass 1 scrvxtion Committee voted; back from the government for ghum which might tie obtained
on fir*, firemen fought that unanimously Monday afternoon grazing or hay harvesting pur- under the program would cost
graaa blaze to protect several ja*k_ designation of the pose*. farmer*
Partial repayment of federal "eight
lease monev advanced will be *'la*kt t pri<e was
hundredweight.
required under a formula that . ,
I he formula ca
the value of the ,,r ,i„. g,,vein\nent loan
Drouth Relief
Requested for
Program
County
$1.55 per hundred-
delivered^ Monday's
$2.50 per
the city of Sulphur Springs i* that the current eighth grade
The blaze was discovered by 1
federal drouth relief program.
If approved, the action
two Saltillo teachers who had (would clear the way for re-!.
jtMt > finished returning mem-1 stricted use of soil bank land ,ni >udes me vaiue 01 me mt.nl ,,f the
bets' of the Saltillo basketball: for grazing and hay and : vegetation available on each cost of $ J.0r>, plus 74 per cent
team to the town after a get {would make grain sorghum piece of land. of the transportation *md haul-
of games at Cunningham.
; available
farmers a n d ,
day night
Maddox, Dr.
appotn
G. W.
toted
Gray,
Ashcroft and Jack F. Gibson to
as a committee for any
futul* discussions.
Williams revealed that the
os and city commissioner*
had hfeld a meeting “about two
ago” at the municipal
building to discuss a proposed
consolidating move. He said
that the meeting was initiated
by the fclty, with Mayor Charloa
Stricklatnd issuing the invita-
tion to the school board.
the city limits. Each body has
its own methods and formulas
of assessing taxes and, of
course, different rates.
Williams said that city offi-
cials had proposed employing
an experienced tax man for the
combined post.
A number of year ago the
Senior High next fall. The sen-
ior class has only 130 listed
as diploma candidates for next
spring. Current enrollment at
Senior High is 688, with all
classrooms being utilised.
The enrollment^ by' schools
include; Austin 3$7, Houston
185, Lamar 341,
The structures were owned J rancher* at a reduced price.
by; W. A. Hilbteth of Mount |
Vefnon. The loss was partial- j ducting » drouth relief hay
ly covered by insurance.
U»c Restricted
Soil feaiik bind could
ing expense involved jn bring-
I,,, ing the grain here. \
The government is not con-j leased or rented only to poo- Jf the designation i^t
pie living in the county and; ed, farmers will be allowed to
program at the present time, j hay harvested from it could be purchase sufficient surplus
Final Say In Washington sold only to county residents. I grain to provide five 'pounds
The request was made to j Herschler emphasized that a day for each animal unit in
tate A St.' committee. The individual permits must be ac-j their herds.
IT WAS A GOOD STORY
Columbus, Ohio (N—Digging the
f o r an underground, parking final decision will be made bylquired from the county A'SC j Herschler said attempting to
garage beneath the 10-acre the office of Secretary of Ag- j office for soil bank land use {explain the formula fyrthgr
. . . _ . ---r, j navis 267, ] Statehouse grounds has failed riculture Orville Freeman. even after the county is up-
clty Of Sulphur Springs collect- Junior High 406, Senior High j to reVeal any sign of a tunnel Some counties! in this goner- proved for participation.
adHRVAi fny 6Itst aakAAl diu 400 T\__«.*« \ . < , 4 . .
ed taxes for the school district. 688, Douglas Elementary 469 to a hotel
ees at
their
This method wi
when the school
that time decided
own tax system was more ad-
vantageous.
Enrollment Up
Superintendent Gibson an-
■
abandoned ; and Douglas High 187.
across the street.
!.
The trustees vo'
Mr#. Ben D. Wood, \ fourth
grade teacher at Lamkr School,
a year’# leave of abneVice. Mrs.
Wood has been unable! to teach
would raise too many compli-
cations to be practical. 1
al area have fifed similar re-j He said oply 17,793 acres! The county committee made
According to a familiar; quests, others ore in the pro- j out of the county’s approxii- it* decision after conferring
to grant story, the long-lost tunnel was cess of doing so and a few, rnately 300,090 acres are now with dairymen, cattlemen and
put in a century ago to allow have received the designation, j in the Conservation Reserve others involved in the Increaa-
County Agent Paul Hersch- program undi estimated * only ing drouth and feed shortage
lawmaker* who wanted to ah-;
this year because oJ
sent themselves frorg delibera- j ler explained that under the . half of the 17,793 acres “have problem. R.H. (Ilerm) .
tiona to get to the hotel with- so-called C.R. program, land I enough grass to make any dif- of North Hopkins ia chairman
mil Kaimss baam nniir iilln ntwlno Fixes ! '/>noneoo _ 1 f aran/iO ** 1 — t SL . _ * Ixs .
illness. ’ out being seen.
X
I now idle under the Conserva- i ference.
vs iv/iui II up MU.'*,
[of the committee.
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1963, newspaper, October 18, 1963; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823273/m1/1/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.