The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1956 Page: 16 of 18
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Friday,-October 13,1950.
Shoffits, Millers, Ezells, Poseys^
Arnolds and others:
Mrs. Ira Holmes,
Gilbert Honored
HOPKINS COUNTY
“John Gragg ,
Born Dec. 1780
Died Oct. 3, 1849
Safely anchored in the her-
our of rest.”
Historical Survey
Committee Notes
Pive representatives of the
journalism class of the high
school were in Dallas Saturday to
attend the North Texas Student
Activity Conference on the camp-
us 0f Southern Methodist Unfcer-
Gilbert has lived hi Sulphur
Springs since 1942. He spent S
years in the arm as a oombat in-
fantryman and 19 months of it
wag in the European theetra af
operations.
A Sulphur Springs grandmoth-
er and a relatively young and
handsome man were recently nam-
ed as sales persons of the month
for the month of September.
Mrs. Ira Holmes, an employe of
King’s Dry Goods Store for the
past ten years, was named as the
sales woman of the month.
James Gilbert, employed at Be-
vis Food Store, was named sales-
man of the month.
It was the fourth month that
the Merchants Committee of the
Hopkins County Chamber of Com-
merce had named the persons.
Three unnamed citizens make
the selections each month. They
judge the persons on their ability
at salesmanship, on their friendli-
ness, and on their appearance, and
numerous other things.
The winners were announced
by Jim Anderson, manager of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Both of the winners were born
in Hopkins County and have spent
their entire life here. v
Mrs. Holmes has been an em-
ploye of King’s Dry Good Store
for the past ten years. Her hus-
band, Ira Holmes, is a local con-
tractor. They reside at 121 Kyle
Street '
The Holmes have one son, Mer-
ness, who is a master sergeant in
the U.S. Air Force. He is sUtion-
ed at Yuma, Ariz. He sas one son
nine years of age.
Both Mrs. Holmes and her hus-
band are "members of the First
“Catherine
Born Feb. 9, 1786
Married Jan. 1806
Died Dec. 14, 1837
She died as she lived'
BY CELIA M. WRIGHT
Chairman
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The greup composed af Betty
Lou Perkins, Robert McDowtU.
Martha Cheek, Glenda Mayes and
Linda Thompson attended classes
on journalism, English, speech,
and mathematics.
They were accompanied by the
class sponsor, Mrs. Earl' Feather-
Stone and Mrs. .Olan Perkins.
Married to the former' Marcln*
Frazier of Yantis, the couple
Mrs. Eli Hargrave, one of the
best historians of our country,
told me that John Gregg came
to Texas in 1818. Spanish land
grants to him were issued as ear-
ly as 1835. One son was married
near Clarksville in 1834.
To this pioneer couple were
born ten children — William,
Mary, Samuel, Jacob, Melinda,
replenish the
request that we
earth.”
Sulphur Springs Is dotted with
our Gregg clan. We are a coop-
| erattve group for we have one in
each of our banks to give u«
imoney; onto on the police fore*;
I two furnish us with cars, some
| build our houses, and they are
' in the school rooms, churches,
farms artd stores. Sulphur Bluff
was so populated with Greggs
that my father used to say to my
mother was the only eligible lady
HONORED—Mrs. Ira Holmes "(left) and James Gilbert have
been honored as the Sales Persons of the Month by the Merch-
ants committee of the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce.
They were picked by a secret committee. (Staff Photos by T. A.
Wright)
Paris Wildcats,
Tigers Knotted
For Top Spot
Be for
Minor Accident
Reported Sunday
the rear of a 1954 Oldsmobile
driven hy Rollie Elmer Johnson
of Quitman.
Both cars were traveling east
on Main Street when the mishap
occurred. Damage to the Oldsmo-
bile and the Chevrolet was esti-
mated by officers at $75 each.
Goldsmith was issued a ticket
for negligent collision.
THE GREGG FAMILY to oar “Undo Big Joe” and "Lit-
By Gladys St. Clair tie Uncle Joe.” My falter, J. W.
Members of the Historical Sur- St. Clair, Eli Hargrave, Mrs. An-
vey Committee have been asked fcoinette Hardwicke, owner of the
to write articles on early families dairies of Josiah Gregg (Sante
or of other historical interest. Fe Trail), Dr. Maurice G, Ful-
Fd like to begin with a little ad-: ton, author of “Josiah Gregg,
Vice to my legion of Gregg cous- Volumes I and II, JessC Laync
ins, who might a-q'ire to raveling' Walbridge, granddaughter of Joe
this intriguing puzzle of our Gregg (J823-1903) and Hazel M.
family history, it becomes—too;Kendall, author of "Quaker
challenging to leave alone and1 Greggs” were successful in find-
too Mg to finish. {ing the liifks to .tic this family
It is indeed a puzzle; for in'to the Greggs of Illinois. Hazel
nearly every family there is a1 Kendall, in her book traces the
Harmon, a William, a John or a family to the immigrant William
Josiah. At one time in Sulphur Gregg, who was a member of
Bluff they distinguished the Jo- William Penn’s colony,
siahs by "Big Joe” and "Little The patriarch of the Hopkins
Joe” and the visiting cousin as County Gregg* migrated from
"Josiah of the Praries.” In those Illinois to Arkansas' and later
days when people were “uncled" came to settle near'“The Bluff’
and “cousined,” it was a big ques- on Sulphur River. Between this
tion of which was the proper place and present Sulphur Bluff
form,— “Uncle Big Joe” or “Big( in a lonely forsaken spot among
Uncle Joe.” post oak brush are a number of
In working on a family history, broken and overturned grave-
at times, one welcomes the: stones. Two bear names of the
names of old maids and bachel-1 great, great grandfather and
ors. Some of them appear in our grandmother of many of the
present generation, but not so Graggs, Muhaffeys, Moores, Hop-
with the early Greggs. They mar- kins, Clarks, St. Clairs, Hen-
ried! They carried out the early dricks, Stephensons, C I i f | o ns,
Paris and Mt. Pleasant are tied
for the number one slot in Di*-.
trict 6AAA. Both teams have
identical 3-1 records.
Paris’ hopes for an undefeat-
ed season were shattered Thurs-
day night by Carter-Riverside of
Ft. Worth. The Ft. Worth boys
hung up an impressive 39-13 vic-
tory over the Wildcats.
L«* Cranflll's boys from Green-
ville dropped further in the cel-
lar when they were defeated by
Marshall 27-19. Garland sent Mc-
Kinney down a notch with a 14-
0 victory. And Gainesville felt
the power of Weatherford in an
18-7 affair.
Mt. Pleasant and Sulphur
Springs took a vacation-last Fri-
day. ---. '-~ :
District competition gets un-
derway Friday night as the Dou-
ble S W’ildcats journey to Gaines-
ville. It ia first meeting of 6AAA
opponents.
McKinney and Greenville take
their vacation Friday and pre-
pare for district foes the follow-
ing week.
The two remaining teams go
outside the loop to meet oppon-
ents. Paris plays host to Mar-
shall. And Mt. *Plensant goes to
Big D to meet Jesuit.
Here is how they look after
five weeks of playing.
Taam WLT Pet Pu.Op
Mt. Pleasant 3 1 0 .750 106 50
Paris ..... 3 1 0 .750 101 61
Sul. Spgs. .. 2 2 0 .500 27 79
McKinney .. 2 2 1 .500 67 67
Gainesville . 2 3 0 .400 53 76
Greenville . 1 4 0 .200 51 95
Law enforcement officers In-
vestigated one minor wreck over
the weekend. The mishap occur-
red in front of the Steakhou.se on
Main Street at 4:10 Sunday after-
noon. •> • - ,
Officers said a 1939 Chevrolet,
driven by John Bernice Gold-
Baptist Church.
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Service NOT
Our middle nan,
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True. But service IS one ol the big reasons Wood-
men o( the World has become the world's finan-
cially strongest fraternal, benefit society. In addi-
tion to the many services rendered our members,
local Woodmen units (Camps) perform hundreds
ol services in their communities.
More than 437,500 Woodmen enjoy, safe, sound,
legal reserve, low cost life Insurance protection
through plans that moot every need. Of more
than Sy/i-million paid in 1955 death and disability
claims, litigation ■ required settlement in but a
single one — a record second to none In the life
field. f
These .are.some of the reasons why Woodmen of
the World can be described as an institution of
Fraternity . . Protection . . . SERVICE.
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Lions io Play
Austin College
Commerce, Oct. 15 (J) — Sam
Houston State seeks to win half
the battle this week in the Lone
Star Conference football race.
Sam Houston is the only team
in the circuit with an unbeaten
and untied record for the season,
and is the only one to have won
2 conference games. On Satur-
day night, Sam Houston rolls
against Lamar Tech at Beau-
mont
The only other team undefeat-
ed in Lone Star Conference play,
Stephen F. Austin, gets South-
west Texas State at San Marcos.
Texas A and I and Sul Ross
play at Alpine in the other con-
ference test on • this w e e k ’«
schedule.
Howard Payne and East Tex-
as State take on outside foes.
Hownrd Payne clashes with Eas-
tern New Mexico at Brownwood,
and East Texas State meets Atis-
__ . tin College at Sherman.
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Local Representative
C. J. IVEY
Pickton, Texas
AOTfCL
A farmer friend of ours paid Humble's field men
a fine compliment recently. 1 . .
Humble people, you close gates
Well, of course we do.
First in Style* - - First in Quality
All of us £t Humble want the good vlll of the folks
with whom we do business. And among those folks*,
the farmers and ranchers who leas# their lend to us
for exploration and production are right At the
top of the list.
In fact, you farmers are partners with us
in the development of a vital natural resource.
If our efforts are successful then everyone
involved benefits, • ' 1 /
Keeping the gates closed and the fenoos mended__
things like, that are the least we can do,
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We know, A lot of us grew up on farms and ranohes.
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See our wide mIih new, the very ncwC;,t frames, to b, had today. Each Week
for h number of wtlek.i, we will snow a neiv style frame in one advertisement. Plus
an ey^chcck with thjis very latest type equipment and len* ground in our own labor-
atory. Come in noW., “.....^
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Oil. PROGRESS WEEK
Odobor 14-20
Oil Serves You—Every Minute of Every Day
GOumt Street
• Sulphur Springa, T<
Vote DEMOCRATI
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1956, newspaper, October 19, 1956; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth826939/m1/16/?q=sigma+nu+north+texas+state: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.