The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1956 Page: 1 of 14
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1956.
PUBUSHED EVERY FRIDAY
Sulphur Springs Approves
ylans for New Speed Zones
IlgfjuTphuf Springs officials made! “T*,
*%i' initial step Tuesday night to | |pj SULPHUR SPRINGS
create 'new zoned speed areas and
to revise out dated traffic ordi
■Jflnces.
The commissioners approved on
fli-st' reading an ordinance which
Will set up zoned speed areas on
Highways 67, 154, n and 19. The
ordinance also will establish ’20
mile per hour zones around ail
iqjjools, the square and the busi-
ness area-
Head-on Train Crash
Rated Top News Story
The spectacular head-on colli-
sion of two. Kansas City Southern
The new ordinance, however, • freight -trains ju*<t outside Sulphur
will not become effective before Springs in the early morning daik-
February 7. The ordinance must!__________ ,__
be published arid then will be au- j
thrnticated following final pas-'
Wfc.
1 he zoned areas were recom-
mended by the State Highway j
Department following a check of
Ten Top Stories
average speeds of traffic using
fhc streets, according to City
Manager Roy Haines.
' On US 67 west there will be
live separate zoned areas, increas-
ing from 30, 33, 45, 50 and 55
Unites per hour as the traffic flows
tfrest. The 35 mile zone will be
from League street to the water
’treating plant. It will be 45 from
Die plant to Highway IS, 50 to
ibput the tourist camp and then
$5 to the city limits.
Orr.L’S 67 Hirst, the limit will
In raised to 40 from Foscue
itreet to Morris Drive, 45 to the
top of the hill, 50 past Rockwell,
and then 55 to Rock Creek.
On. Highway 154 north toward
'Cooper, a 40 mile zone will be
- started' at the intersection of*
VJ’ark street, then 50 from Glover
to the reverse S, and 55 to the
city limits.
On Highway 154 beyond the
overpass area, the zone will be
;50 to the city limits.
Step Up Gilmer
£ On. Highway 11 and 154 on
nation's most costly railroad acci-
dents during the year.
Sharply conti asting with the
train collision in' impact was the
story placed in No. 2 position by
the editors of The News-Telegram
and Echo—the strike at the Rock-
well Valves plant.
Ranking as Sulphur Springs’'
first major home labor dispute, j
the walkout was called June 15
| by -the International Association
1— Million Dollar Train Wreck.
2— Rockwall Strike,
3— Dial Telephone*.
4— U. S. 67 Bypa*i.
5— Water System Rapan.ion. | of Machinists Lodge N«., 978 and
6— Polio Vaccine Shot. I was still in progress at the end
7— Indu.trial Fund Succa... I r,f Hie year.
8— G°°d Farming Yaar.
9— Cooper Dam Authoriiad.
,10—City Planning Launched.
ness of Oct. 12 ranked as Hopkins
County’* top news story for 1965,
Death miraculously passed over
the tangled, burning pile-up of lo-
comotive units and freight cars,
hut six trainmen Were injured and
th» estimated million dollar dam-
age placed the collision among the
be stepped up to 35 miles per
hour at Whitworth to Radio Road,
thence 45 to the cut-off area.
Qn Highway 11 we,st toward
r Commerce, the area will be zoned
at 35 at the park, then moved up j as manager of the civic organiaa
Trouble. Continue
A trail of constantly recurring
violence, argument and legal ac-
tions has maiked the course of
the strike. Negotiations were
broken offJscSeptember, but
picketing has continued without
interruption. Economic loss has
been substantial, and bitterness
arising from the dispute has had
widespread effects in the commu-
nity. : 1 •1
Ranking third in theTisTofTocaF
developments because of resulting
widespread change in community
life and habits was the start of
automatic dial telephone service
in Sulphur Springs on Dec. 4.
Fourth place was given to piv-
otal developments during the year
on a project of major dimensions
which has figured in the news for
almost a decade—the U. S. 67 by-
pass, - '
Work was started last spring
on the spectacular new .freeway,
Jim Anderson assumed his new [which already has done muehtw
'of
NEW OFFICERS of the Young Farmers of America talk things over following their election in Sul-
phur Spring’s, They are, left to right, Wendell Horne, president; Jinfmy Winfrey, treasurer;' 'Vic-
tor Mocre, secretary; and Frankie Winfrey, v;ce president. One of the highlights of the year
planned by the officers is the naming of a Young Farmer of the Year. (Staff Photo by T. ,A.
Wright). , '
Anderson
Assumes
Civic Job
Gilmer, the speed zone area will TfuTie* as manager of the Hopkins | change the phy?ical thaaacteh'df
Budget Proposes Same Tax
Rate Here for Fiscal Year
Sulphur Springs’ city tax rate cally the same as the two preced- new water .tower. However, this
will remain the maximum of |2
Hopkins County
Political Races
Draw Candidates
k Hopkins County’s first political notes were sounded
todjly as eleven candidates,announced for elective offices.
The opening round, if used a* |______ , „ ■__'__
a criterion, indicated that a com-
paratively quiet political year is' Jones formerly worked here as
i|i .prospect in Hopkins County. ! a city policeman and later was
Onjy one county-wid^fflce im- chief of police at Mount Vernon,
mediately drew more than one [ Currently, he is employed in a lo-
candidate. ' v ; cal store.
Five candidates announced- for ( The only other post to draw
the office of sherjff. They ate ; more than one candidate is Coun-
! Milton J. (MH, Walter F. John- ty Commissioner, Precinct No. 3.
son, R. J. (Ray) Morgan, J. L. seeking this job are Lex Fite, ask-
(Jim) Biyce and Paul R. (Pop >n«r re-election, Jesse L. Waters,
Eye) Jones. j Dixe farmer, and Avert Rasure,
! Gili i i bides in Sulphur Springs! former sheriff,
and is the section maintenance j O. C. Sewell, Jr., formally an-
foreman for the Cotton Beit rail- i nounced that he will be a candi-
road. Morgan is currently serv- j date for re-election to a second
ing a- justice of peace, Precinct term.
No. 1. Johnson, a Miller Grove Artie Stephens, who at one time
dairy farmer, has been an elec,- ■ held the post and currently is a
tive member of the Hopkins member of the City Council, an-.
County School Board for 14 year.s nounced that he will he a candi-
and earlier served as trustee at date for County Attorney.
Miller Grove, where he lives, for | Henderson Amox, rounding out
six years. Bryce is the current his first two-year term as C.oun-
Sneriff of Hopkins County and is ty Commissioner of Precinct One,
seeking re-election. has announced that he will be a
—■—----- candidate for re-election. He said
that he hoped to continue to car-
j iy out a progressive road-building
Young Farmers
Outline Plans
For New Year
A comprehensive program of
work has been outlined for the
New Year by the Sulphur Springs
ing years,” Hames told the^coifl- was not considered in the year’s
itively approved^)' the city com-
missioners Tuesday night.
program in his precinct and to
help conduct the business affairs
of Hopkins County in sound
business-like manner.
The short list of candidates was
attributed, in. pap, to a law which
has extended the tenure of pub-
lie offices to four years. About,
one-half of 'the current office-
holders are in the midst of four-
year terms.
The offices subject to the elee-
Tbe budget, prepared by City
Manager Roy Hames, calls for es-
timated expenditures of 1307,000 j equipment are proposed,
during the fiscal year beginning
about $30,000 for the year, ’re- were mailed to the Commissioners; America.
fleeting the largest increase for prior..to the meeting for their con-1 New president of the chapter is tion this year will be extended to
any fund. j sideration. At the c/iuncil meeting, j Wendell Horne. Frankie Win- four-year terms.
No major expenditures fo* new ' Hames led the discussion on. the ; frey is vice president, Jimmy Win- ' Public weighers and constables
4- * ’ •’ i i-.i.i.w v.iu'Ktii.Krs »iw1 frey is treasurer, Victor Moore is also are subject for election this
April 1, 1956 and ending March
31, 1957. - .............“•
,s
County Chamber of Commerce the cityrfpRowing completion ear-
Tucsday. — fly *n Ike year of the .big traffic j Hames told the commissioners
Andoison was a radio farm re-1 interchange system at the junc- t|lgt j(,e overall expenditures for
porter and announcer for the lo-1 tion of State Highways 154 and tj,e |BSt audited year
cal station before-his employment j 11 with^O>e bypass route. $298,895.13.
Hames 11'udge t'.—'touc Iting highlights and
the anUdpated mqchani- ; cxpUming points asked by the
cal street sweeping operationj commissioners,
scheduled to begin in July will. . Th« budget is scheduled to he
not hike general operating costs. ad°Pleii at the f,rst
"General government revenues
ing of the new commission in
ran
to 45 and 55 on the highway
area.
-i On Highway 19, zones of 46
and 50 will be set to a distance
of about 4,000 feet south of
Highway 67.
Hames said that the.SLate High-
way Department will furnish
speed zone signs' for the areas on
the highway streets.
New signs are scheduled to be
posted around the school zones.
The resolution calling for the
revision 6f the speed zones was
made by B. F. Ashcroft, with G.
S. Johnson seconding. On a rec-
ord vote,. Ashcroft, Johnson and
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tio.i. He succeeds W. Gerald Ste-
phens.
Anderson was piesented as the
guest speaker at the Lions Club
luncheon Tuesday In his first for-
mal' appearance a« chamber of
copimvree manager. Chamber
President Weber H. Fouts intro-
duced Anderson. If
One of Anderson’s immediate
aims, he said, is to create closer
harmony between urban and. rural
citizens of Hopkins County.
indicate *an 'inmasTof $18,500 j Ap>'» at tht’ =:tart of the fiscal
over the 1955-56 estimate and -seal'
$17,427 ower the 1954-55 bud-
secretary, James Goldsmith, re-
porter, and Dub- Fielden, who
jnake up both the executive and
program of work committees.
S. A. Beckham and Billy Con-
year, but seldom do candidates
bother to announce for the jobs.
The district clerk, county clerk,
county judge, county treasurer,
justice of peace and County Com-
Local Banks
Register
Nice Gains
■f.
Sulphur Springs b a n k s
registered gains in all clas-
! aifieations during 1955, .
Deposits in/the two institutions
/at the close of business Dec. 31
/totaled $1 f,528,7J5.7r>, an in-
mtnS&k of $223,332.47 from the
|$11,305,38,3.28 at the end of
#1954, but wligfctly below the 1933
‘j®figure o^$U,545.5«9#t“5'
t The Sulphur Springs State Bank
Shad deposits of $7,244,424.33, as
■M compared with $7,137,495.92 a
. ’year ago and $7,258,421.96 in
! 1953. ' -
Thk* City National Bank had
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Robert Beckham,
[Retired Farmer,
'asses Friday
Robert (Unde Bob) Beckham
. died Friday morning in Memorial
^Hospital Ht the age of 83,
A retired farmer, he was r life-
|long resident of Hopkins County.
His home was on lit. 5, Sulphur
./Springs.
Mr. Bepkham’s wife preceded
(■him in death in 1947. A son, En-
, liis, died May 10, 1955..
i '“Immediate survivors are four
I ons, Oron of / Wacoi R, A. of
/ ourdantoh, and ^lart and Valton,
MJth of Sulphur Springs; two
I Jaughters, Mrs. H. li. McCoy
| »f Clinton, Ark., and Mrs. W. T.
'ipatright of Wichita, Kan.; also
fght grandchildrao and
69 Car Wrecks
Reported Here
In Six Months
Sixty-nine automobile w-recks
entailing an asit?egate property
loss of $11,050 occurred during
the past six months on Sulphur
Springs streets.
\yhilc a few of these accidents
had a serious aspect from the
standpoint of property damage,
there were surprisingly few in-
juries.
Out of all 69 of the wrecks,
only three persons were hospital-
ized. And these-were not serious-
ly, injured. There was not a single
fatality.
These figures, released by Po-
lice Chiaf Vaughn Deaton, are for
the six-month period ending Dec
31. t-
Raady This Yaar
Completion of the freeway Is:
tentatively set for the
1956. '.ZTTJZ VtV..7 i7in«AA'« [valorem tax rate increase from
Fifth place in the year’s de- u< ** ’ 1 V, . J , 1 $1.85 to $2 last year. The remain- j
velopmenti was given the sweep- !)C< **' *■ 11 * 0 V 8 L' .« I der is money transferred from the
ing expansion in the city’s water l>lrmi. 011 J 8 > I revenue surplus to offset the 1954
distribution system, which includ-! 'JJ/f ln.8 !0JI ' . ' , -jtax bond issue for water and sew-i
ed erection of a new 500,000 ^he city s est.mated value of tg_
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way Is W*ter. T,h***h7. dTin g‘V* Hames said. “The majority, CnrinffC
'*» >.”ht *d_tiulPftur jpnnSs
Election Called
For February 21
ner, chapter advisers, also are | missiotiei-s of Precincts 2 and 4
members of the executive com-j won four-year term* in the last
j mittee. — 'election. “ ‘ • ' ,
Other committees named by | Candi(]ates are not required to
Horne include:
I
formally apply for positions on
Program -Herbert Anderson, ballots unti, about a month befhre
chairman, and Paul Ttpp.ng and | the /in,t pnmaly.
Spencer Hinkle. Two uthei* elections are sche-
Membership — Jimmy Winfrey, jul#d ^.le -oon. First is the city
‘‘Our number one need, pt this .
Mrs. Vrooman
Dies Monday
run $5,600,000. Tax collections! . The annual general election fol*
1 last year amounted to 92 per cent tm,e’ 13 a pr®pc£ly °'8anued,tax commissioners-of Sulphur Springs'
of the current roll. department based on a modern bas been officially ordered for
’’Overall expenditures are basi-'*ysAem w,th, adl‘<luate rec‘ [ Tuesday. Feb. 21
1 ' lords,’ Hames said. 1
The council, meeting: iii regii
House Damaged
Revenue funds estimated re-. ,Br SOssion Tucsday night, order- Aulbcrt Stone
chairman, and Ralph G. Funder-
burk and Louis Charlton.
Publicity — Goldsmith, chair-
man, and Roger Charlton and G.
VY. Gibbins.
Auditing — Fran els- Pogue,
.'chairman, and L. D. Rhodes and
election in February. The school
board election is set in April.
In Dallas Hospital B nreFrid’
fiimivnl GAi'Vinnc umi Vml.J ■ ■
Iccipts for the ensuing fiscal year
show a small increase over the
j 1954-55 actual receipts,” Hames
| continued. “However, the amount
Work to Start.
On Farm Road
Funeral services Were held
Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock
in Tapp’s chapel for Mrs. Irene
Vrooman, 57, who died in a Dal-
las hospital Monday at 6:15 p. m.
Rev. Alan Lynch was in charge. I ll o’clock.
this fund fluctuate to some de-
A house on Main Street near i S100-
the intersection of U.S. 67 andi “U i? Probable that the pro-
state 19 was heavily damaged by | P0?cd estimates are too low. We
fire Friday night between 10 and aT expecting additional use of
^Z*\™*1* {A°I. the'first Tuesday in February.
Names of candidates then will be
Awards—Elton Stewart, chair- _ _ _
w‘“" “* Toward Peerless
Cooperation — rfoore, chair- j" t
man, and Fielden and Stone. ■ ! Contractor J. C. McLaughlin
Educational — Flipping, ■ chair- j w ill move to a crew to begin work
placed on the ballot in regular al- m*n. and Frankie Winfrey -and;
phabetical order. j-I!UOderburk.
ed the election as provided for
by the charter. ' , >
Candidates must file for posi- Ronnie Boulden.
tions on the ballot on or before
Candidates receiving the high-; 1 he Young farmers voted to “ Peerless County
j water due to the erection of the est. number of votes will, be the gnj *tl<*b“h Judge Newt OWens said Tuesday.
victors, as the voting is a general rimy ing out po.n tne «oruieaaz f;, v ,eaident highway eh-
which is to extend from Sulphur
t0 Springs northwest^ to adjunction
rent - grandchildren
E. B. Green, 81,
Retired Farmer,
Dies Tuesday
Final rites were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at Tapp’s
chapel for Edwaid Bonner Green,
HI-year-old retired fanner, whs
died Tuesday afternoon at his
home, 20,6 North Locust. My.
Green was a lifelong resident of!
Sulphur Springs.
Interment was at Gafford’s
Chapel. Rev. Alan Lynch, con-
ducted the funeral rites.
Pallbearers were E. R. Scott,
Lyman Brice, Lester Smith, H.
E. Wester, Tom Wingo, and Tia-
via Gufford.
Mr. Green was a member of
the First Chi istian .Church. *
He is survived by his wife and
three daughters, Mrs. Enos Sex-
ton, Mw. Lola Garrett, and Mrs.
Mary C»H»han;. a e v c n sons;
Horace, i’aul, Bonnet*, Roger,
Willie, Dunvood, and Gene.
Also surviving are 25 grand-
children and 15 gi cat-ttrandchil-
drew.
Additional services were con-
ducted Thursday morning at ,10
o’clock at Hawn Funeral Home in
Oklahoma City, with interment to
following there.
Mrs. Vrooman had*.beemr"resi-
dent of Sulphur Springs for the
past three years. She was a mem-
ber Of the Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by her husband,
Lawrence Vrooman, and two
daughters, Mrs, Mary Alice Dod-
ger of California and Mrs. Jac-
quelen Heiden. of Dallas; a step-
son, John E. Vrooman of New
York City, and two sisters, Mrs.
Marie Sears of Ft. Worth and
Mrs. Earl Albright of Oklahoma.
COMPLICATIONS HEARD
Assistantj-Fire Chief Toni Clif-
ton said the house, constSruyted of!
native- rock, was “pretty thor-j
oughly gutted,” Cause of the!
blaze was not determined.
.The property-of. Eddie Wgke-I
field, the house was unoccupied.
Clifton said furnishings in the
dwelling consisted of only a cot,
cjock and chair. y
Gallic Anderson, who fives
nearby, noticed ^the flames and
burned in the alarm.
Firemen also answered fiVe
Judge Owens Says
Right of Way
election.
Glen Fry, resident highway en-
of
■£~*. .......... jsso-'s*.
the commission and ex officio 'bu^ihur bprings. ! of clearing the l ight of way, and
| mayor,'and G. S. Jdhnson are.com- They also plan to spoiuor a ifnsUstlinjc small structures. By
I pitting th*if first t\vo-yt?ar terms Noting farmer of ^ ' “small tructures” he explaine<l
and both have mdioated they will salute a farmer under 3o y^araUhat he meant pipe and small con-
Vivlnilltt CamhcaJ Stand for re-election: * of age who has attained cu|verts.
Ylliuaiiy oecurcii r Hold-over commissioners are success in Hopkins County. Norn-, ^-nde|. n,e terms of the eqn-
1 .........inntions for this.diotior must bejt|.act MoLaughhn, i» allowed 150
Ashcroft inations for thi^-honor must be j
submitted by April 1,-1956, | working davs for completion of
apr 'The Youii^ Farmers also have(hp I oa-d) stai tinsj from Dec. 24.
Artie Stephens, B.
Right of^w ay for expansion ami Thomas I’ayuc. f
work on U.S. 67 between Sulphur; Phil A. Sartin has been ,
Springs and Cumby has been vir- pointed election judge, with I’aui pledged to help future raimers,j -p0 q Howard has been sub-
i answered fiYe tually secured. Only two channel | Nunn, Mrs. Irl St. Clair, Mrs. cooperate with, the establishment; ^ tK* contract “for the dirt, <grad-
lir ninrms p :i Thevteasements remain to be secured, Joe Bohannon and,Mrs. Jeff Wor- of a farmers market, and, in gen*i ln;{ an(i Dust work. McLaughlin
were fighting a grass fire ot,;and County Judge Newt Owemi | shagTapproved as clerks if they eral, help with fhe welfare of the j wj|| handle the bridge work and
Whitwbrtli when they received absolutely no difficulty isugPf available to seive.
entire county.
the cal! to the Wakefield house.
Remarkable Growth
lb. City Reflected
Remarkable EJ'owtb for l5ul- $998,883 figure represents only
phur Springs was reflected in its [ the eatimate of -qMopeiiy ualuea
building activities, during 1955} as submitted by those applying
According to figuree compiled by for' building permits, he explain-
Virgil Ragan, city building in-
spector, construction for 1965 in
the city showed ah approximate
one-third increase over the pre-
ceding year.
Appearing before the city zon
ing and planning board Tue^daj
night Ragan said building per-
anticipated here.
County officials obtained the
last right of way deed along live
route Saturday morning.
Letters were mailed By-Owens
early in December to seken prop-
erty holders along the ’’ highway
carrying the county’s filial offer
for right of way settlements.
The next step would have been
Final Offer SetnUi
For Plant Site
_ ! paving.
_ McLaughlin was awarded the
bid of 1251,715.
Stewart, county com-
Monday the job
of moving, fences fiom the right
of way.
condemnation proceedings, but all j-^ ■ ■. __ _ ;
seven of the citizens eventually L'lnsl HllflC nOlfl
accepted the offer I 111(11 ilUW ilV*U
The way Is now virtually clear-;— mm •* .
ed for the“expansioii of U.S. 67 1 P QJ* Mt5 llOUSlOn
Springs into a four-lane highway, X • f*An,* PVlilVfVl
ed, adding that theae estimate* J which is to bo one link in a super! AI UOIuO UnUrCIl
are usually low. highway eventually to be con-j ai_r
j Total number of permits is-J structed between here and Dal-1
J. W. McLaughlin
Mayor Joe'I'nn Avinger and .
City Manager Roy Hanies,
been authorized to make a final j uvl Tlvvu
I offer for a plot .of ground sought
for the site of the proposed new |
I disposal plant sou'ireacU'Of'.Sul-;
;phm- -Springsr-—.ye/ - - f -br|)e -R^;erenjr ",17"WT (BiadC
Eft oris to-BUy the, land on Rock i.aughlin, a native of Hopkins
Creek note made both through ; (',ninty antj a •eitizeh of fhe cotth-
pTiatibn, and direct approach.; fv ft,r jpxost of his life, died after
Set on Friday
sued by Ragan’s office in ’55 was j las.
Uvegpiiauon, aim une.ee uppi.uavu, j jy f0r most at.bis lire, Uiw
Funeral services were held Fn-! according to Avinger, without re-j n-Tong illness Wednesday, Dec.
, ,, . . , ' . „ 'day afternoon for Mrs. Leona’SURS. , 1 Un rhe home of his eon, Buhest
mrrn 1954 there were 133 ap- No funds have yet been alio- Houstoil( 79> The rites were cyn- Thc commissioners,‘in author- IJtu^hlin;
plications $or budding permits, j rated foi expansion of the road- ducW b R,v. j. Land .in the Ding a final offer Tuesday night,: * Mi. McLaughlin wgTbort Jan.
Of the 181 applications receiv- way, but availability of the right Como Methodist Chuich, of which ,,t , deadline for, January .16, j 28 1868, it, thc^TSteilmg com-
she was a member. 'and implied that if tire bid is re-jnutnity. Hispafents were the late
.Interment was%at Forest Acad- jected that condemnation proceed-; R,.v. atttUMrs, Frank'McLaughlin.
j<fasr nj
ed by Ragan last year,”147 were; of way, could hasten that time, in
mits issued in the year just closed; for residences. This represents-an the opinion of county officials.
reached a total estimated value t Increase of 36 over the preced- Meantime, preliminary work i’s - .. , tl, ,l„
comp»red to I iff,- 12-month p.rio* »h.n 111 (..tojitt, b, , n» firm >6 su,,,,ll„|„,d TKm-, ’"V/L<l i’ll, ip tbp l.n.l » i M . IJ)/), J...... ol 0*.
Saturday that w o-r k m e n. Sulphur Springs. to Mr. Ward (consulting eh- j LaugWin died Jan. 1, 1947. >
$659,269 a during the
twelve nfohths. _
This was an fhcreaar -gf ; long Strides last year also, there
$339,624. . . rr1—[being 5 permits for industrial
Ragan told member* pf the construction as compared to only
commission that actual construct one, in ’54.
tion in Sulphur Springs probably, t’ommereial building apiJica-
sonred to about $’l million. The, (Continued on Back Tag#)
would
start Monday, the task of I A native of Mississippi; Mrs. ginees),.”' Avinger a^de.L -' EWva-1 Mr. McLaughlin •enteicf
' __ . . . - • i <• i : - ... i 4,. i, itn i,t ■ i.a ■ i.t (Via af 1 O jo*
the
moving fences and .utility lines Houston had been _a/resident of tUpw-aiV reeded to proceed with ministry at the^go -.f
along the course of proposed F\l Hopkins County for the past 34 drawing |dans"for the plant, wbifti, manychurches thioughout East
2285, which is to extend from years. She was married to Joe the oily hopes to construct dur- • 1 •■•xas as pastor and as a mwslon-
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1956, newspaper, January 6, 1956; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth826598/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.