The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1956 Page: 1 of 16
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MICROFILM SERV. AND SALES
F. 0. BOX 6232
OALLAS, TEXAS -
©je Hopkitts dottnfg fcljo
(ABSORBED THE GAZETTE CIRCUIATION BY PURCHASE, MAY 12, 1928)
VOL. 81.—NO. 8.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1956.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
AVINGER AND JOHNSON ELECTED
Parking Limit on Square
Restored by City Council
Plummer Predicts
Record Milk Year
K i WAN IS
Strict enforcement of the 2-
hoisr limit on" free parking in the
center of the public square was
ordered restored Tuesday night
by the City Council.
The law hai been on ordinance
books for several year* and, at
one time, was enforced. Later,
the commissioners dropped the
enforcement.
Commissioner B. F. Ashcroft,
who said that he hadTieurd com-
plaints of all-day parking on the
square, moved that the 2-hour
time limit be restored and enforc-
ed. City Manager Roy Haines said
the enforcement would start im-
mediately.
During the course of the coun-
cil session, the returns of the
m
m
Hopkins County dairymen
should be heading into a record
milk production year, in the, opin-
ion of R. S. Plummer, general
manager of the Carnation Com-
pany plant Here.
Pluijimer based his prediction
on the general outlook for the
dairy industry.'*the trend estab-
lished in January, the recent
Seven Delegates
Named to Parley
At Nacogdoches
.. v
Seven delegates to the district
convention of the Texas State
Teachers Association at Nacog-
doches on March 9 and 10 were
Hopkins County
Stores Register
Whopping Gains
Hopkins County retail stores registered a whopping
54.7 per cent gain in total sales during the six-year period
: ending in 1954. Preliminary 1954 Census of Business fig-
: ures announced by the federal bureau of the Census show-
j ed sales in the county’s 231 stores for that year totaling
$19,861,000..
Sales of 286 stores listed in the !____
i county's 1948 Census of Business ;
I totaled $12,837,000. Caakalaiawi CttflMMr
j The Hopkins bounty business 0111011111 00111100
;gain for the period was substan- a _ m **
I tially higher than the average °f < !• l|)|Cl)pC Thji>||
Tuesday election were canvassed u,ui a °f individual
and officially accepted. opLm.sm.
Mayor Joe Dan Avingcr and "I’m <>np of thoi,e Optimistic ........ v............ _
Commissioner G. S, Johnson, run-i PeoPlc w*1° thinks every new yeai j ejecte(j ^y members of the Hop-
njng unopposed, r e c e i v e <T 73 will be the best qne—and it usual-1 king bounty unit at their banquet
votes. No ballots were scratched 'X works out that wa>, he ex* i jn Sulphur Springs Monday night.
plained- ( \ame-<j as delegates are Mrs.
| 39 per cent shown for the state
\ at a whole. • {
Texa, Sales 9 Billion
-Total retail sales in Texas dor-[
ing 1954 are listed at $9,202,658,-1
000, which represents an increase !
In Slate Meet
The Sulphur Springs high
school orchestra finished third in
or voided and there were no
write-ins.
Plan Books Priced
.....TftineiT suggested that the com-
missioners set a price of $25 per
copy for the City Master Plan
books. His suggestion was passed
in a resolution, which also re-
stricted sale to only 25 of the 75
books received.
No action was taken on formal-
(Continued on Back Page)
”1 think we will produce more
milk in Hopkins County in 1966
than ever before in our history.
Eula Ivey, Pickton; Truman E.
Drake, Sulphur "Springs; Mrs.
June Milligan, NortS Hopkins;
Secretary Finds
Senior Citizens
Want to Fish
Everybody has his troubles.
Don Young, city secretary, is no
exception. —-
Of late the secretary has ex-
perienced botherations regarding
the city’s policy of issuing cour-
tesy recreation permits to a cer-
tain segment of Hopkins County
citizens. ^
In order to qualify for one of
these courtesy permits, a person
must lie 65 or older, a resident
It is going- to be a big production ; ThamM Walters, Como; James
year for Texas milk, and why, Wghen Cumby; SteilThg Beck-
shouldn’t Hopkins County be lead- ] ham> Suiphur Springs; and Mrs.
ing the way’” ! K. S. Alexander, Como:
Handling More At Plant ,,j j)ud,ey Allen of Sulphur
1 he forward tiend started in Springs was named as an alter-
January at the Carnation plant, j natc
with production showing a small, (;ueilt 5peaker at the banquet
gain over the comparable period
last year.
was the Rev. John Shuler, pas-
"We already are getting a lot j tor of First Methodist Church,
of surplus milk from the North Paris. He gave a humorous talk.
The excellent musical program
was furnished by the fifth grade
at Lamar Elementary School.
Livestock Group
W
of Hopkins County, and must de-
pend on an old age pension for a [ ns fantastic,” he remarked.
Texas Producers Association and
we hope to get more through the
year,” Plummer said.
“We have the highest and most
attractive market for surplus milk
in Texas. We also have an un-
limited market. Through the years
only 30 to 40 per cent of the Caraa- _ . p, <
tion evaporated milk sold in Texasj I A NOT K 1113 I
has been manufactured in Texas.” j * U 1 41101
Looking over the 1965 record of CLAflf Diane llnfA
the nation’s dairy industry. Plum-1 OilU W 1 lulla ilCl to
myr pointed out that production I ,
for the year was a record j Livestock leaders of Northeast
123,500,000,000 pounds of milk Texas will meet here Friday night
With Fewer Cow* j for the purpose of completing!
"There was a. 'time When -We | plans .for the livestock show slat-1 1 ■ " ] “
considered the possibility of pro-fed in Sulphur Springs March 6; Sulphur Springs volunteer fire-]
during 120 billion pounds of milk; through 9. The session will be i men were signally honored by J
FIREMEN SALUTED—Fire Chief Harold Miller of Sulphur Spring* (light I accepts a certificate
of commendation awarded to the Sulphur Springs Volunteer Fire Department by the Kiwards Club.
Don Young, left, present* the award as Kiwanis Club Piesident Guy Felton .watches the proceed-
ings. The presentation was made Wednesday at the club luncheon. The firemen were cited for
outstanding contribution* to Sulphur Springs. (Staff Photo by T. A. Wright). • . ^
Volunteer Firemen Honored
For Outstanding Service
ttfof215friSrOOthe 1948! J* Cl*. »-A competition in the
Sulphur Springs stores did the f'ft*. »nnual Texas State Band
great bulk of the Hopkins County! Fest'val at Brownwood Monday
business volume reported. Sales fnI^-
for the city’s 186 listed retail es- j Winner war hT.yder and Texar-
tablj.shments amounted to $P7,-! bana, Aik., finished second, only
818,000. i six-tenths of one point ahead of
The census showed 133 stores i Sulphur Springs,
in the county with payrolls. They j Breckenridge won the 2-A title,
had (559 paid employes in Novem-1 with Stephenvilte and Hebronville
ber, 1954, with a total payroll of | tied for second place. Brazosport
$1,359,000. This group of estab-' won first in Class i-A, followed
j lishments accounted for $18,143,-! by Cross Plains. An Archer City
| 00 of the county's $19,861,000 re-1 trombone player, Morgan Powell,
j tail business total. | was named outstanding musician
j Automotive firms set the pace;of the meet.
; in sales volume for the county in j ———--———— f
11954, with 18 concerns "doing a
j business totaling $6,632,000. )
Food Store* Second
Food stores ranged second withi
a total-volume of $4,186,000. Six-
ty-seven establishments of this -
type were listed.
In third place were 16 lumber, :
building materials, hardware and ]
farm equipment stores with sales1
of $1,645,000.
Other divisions listed were!
Eating and drinking places
(17), total sales $512,000.
! held in the Chamber of Commerce , Kiwanians Wednesday ifbon at
| iatter carries a 500 gallon boost- ! .;~t—
In all, six pieces of equipment, LBuOT 0631*1110
all in excellent condition, com* - »
prise the fire fighting equipment
Scheduled Here
livelihood. ! The production reco.d was j office. ] their regular weekly meeting, as P™*'^ ;
Since word of the permits got! achieved with the smallest number | Directors of the Northeast Tex-. City Secretary Don Young andj-'' * • „ J;,,,
h„ ^ a*-K Next Friday
plications from people drawing all 21,232,000.
sorts of pensions. He has also I Plummer attributed
session relating to the forthcom- mendation to Chief Harold Mill-
000.
dents of neighboring counties. to more efficient management,l ed at 7:30 p. m. by other live-]sentative of the fire’department
sorts of pensions. He nas also: rtumnreis *•"*? *■»- session■ remung W cue .uii.ivv,...- niemiauon w v»i« Sulnhur Springs the city *ecre-
rcceived applications from resi-! provement to better breeding and,|ing exposition. They will be join-, er, who accepted it as a rePre';, r ‘ ,evealed ’ ’ A Natonal Labor" Relations
to mote efficient management, [ed at 7:30 p. m. by other live- tentative of the fire’ department. ; • • " h old ‘bucket Boan!^-hearing on a second peti- *|*|_ i n .
feeding and work practices. j stock loaders who have been ask-. The -certificate was presented * jn-u-oved its methods in lion by Rockwell Valves, Inc., for WhDOlgr rWIPfS
permit unless the applicant quali-i Average production per cow : ed to assist with the details of the "in recognition of outstanding ..artv wsOs with the acouisi- an election among its Sulphur
......................... .......... 'U‘- ! ***« t0 -yo«r fcliowman and to <>{ a ^ mp mountP(1 pn Sp, ings plant employes
community. Foung said ...... ......... .......-uu duestion -of union lepre
•Hut we cannot issue such a feeding and work practices.
fies under the regulations,” the oyer _ thin country last year was show,
city secretary stated. ,
the !
about 5,800 pounds, he pointed, Livestock leaders throughout-; ypur community."’ Young “i*1 equipped''with ! «fuestion -fit union‘leprestentation jRflCC f Of HOpklllS
out
W. E. Irby, 77,
Retired Farmer,
Passes Tuesday
Leukemia claimed the life of
William Emmett Irhy Tuesday at
8:20" a. m. at the family resi-
dence, 41.7 South Moore.
A" 77-year-old retired farmer,
Mr. Irby had been ill for the past
14 months. During this time he
had received 120 blond, transfu-
sions. ~
Mr. Irby spent his entire life-
time in Hopkins County, TVtfh the
exception of four years in West
Texas.
F’inal rites were conducted
"Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. in the
Wesley Methodist Church by the
pastor, Rev. Jack McGee. Inter-
ment will be in Restlawn Memor-
ial Park. 1
Grandsons served as .pallbear-
ers. . .~r-
He is survived by nine children,
16 grandchildren, seven great-
grandchildren, one brother, and
three sisters.
Tapp Funeral Home directed.
Trucks Collide
Near Pickton
Two trucks figured In a colli-
sion Tuesday afternoon on High-
way 11 near Pickton. Nobody was
injured, and property damage was
. comparatively light.
Both vehicles were traveling
southeast, Highway Patrolman
Jesse Reed reported.
The mishap occuried as Dorma
Calvert Sims, 45-year-old Pickton
1 farmer, made a right turn In his
truck onto a side road. As the
turn was made, the Sims vehicle
was rammed from the rear by a
truck driven by Harold Edward
Williams, 18-year-old studcht at
Greenville High School.
I
(Corftinued on Back Page)
the -Northeast Texas area have volunteer firemen “truly live to
(Continued on Back Page)
Horse Loses Head
In Freak Accident
suction hose.
He identified members of this
serve. - . |
Prior to mis ceieiuOtiy, Young- ...
..... . ,, , , early day (ire fighting service as
reviewed the history of the local . .. r :.,.
will be conducted next Friday]
tticrning at TO o'clock in fhe-dis-!
tiict courtroom.
The hearing hau been tents- j
Visit in Church
Costs $41 Fine
For Emblem Man
An Emblem man who slept off
a drunk Saturday night in the Em-
blem Methodist Church was poor- "
er but wiser Monday. He was as-
sessed a $41 fine for "destroying
General merchandise group and defacing public property.”
(19), $1,269,000. , Sheriff Jim Bryce said the man
Appare* ana accessories (15), ’ spent some five hours in the
5873,000. church, and that he left quite a
Furniture, home furnishings. >«* behind when he departed
appliances (11), $897,000. L He made himself at home, the
,, . . sheriff reported—lit a stove foi
Gasoline service stations (29),v.a|n|lh and t01e <!own 0ne of
$981,000. the church's curtains to serve as a
Drug stojr.es, Proprietary stores, ] hed.
(12), $544,000. About midnight, the sheriff con-
Other retail stores (22), $282,- tinued, the man went home, leav-
000. ing behind two sacks of smoking
N'onstore retailers (5), $50,-. tobacco and a partially filled bot-
tle of wine.
Church goers. discovered the
mess the next morning and noti-
fied Bryce, who traced the offend-
er through the tobacco left be-
hind.
Arrested Monday by Deputies
Edd Allen and Arlis Herman, the
defendant pleaded guilty before
Peace Justice Ray Morgan to a
jeharge of destroying and defac-
County Sheriff
fire department from the time of-,,j 11 Johiisom 'rtio was fiit chief. *n set^or^todav but a tele- Kl>b "heeler, veteran city and inK puhnc property and was fined
its organization In the early ^"‘^We e f LwTX ElUott -forewent oDce^ , 4L
i97n’« ' wk„„ it was called the <>«rreu, i nos. wngus, iom cu j- , Saturday announced his candi-,
rr.a!?.."*8 f ‘ U Muban, Barto Moncrief. and_K Ft. Worth, regional dirertor o dacy Jfherit{ of „opkins Coun-
F, TU-nderson. Among recruits ac- ih.e NLRB, indicated that it had
Loyd D. Nance,
A horse was guillotined by a was a passenger in the vehicle,
car in a unique accident early The force of the impact broke , hers, and four paid men who work
Monday night on a farm road the car windshield and damaged in shifts of two on a 24-hour duty
about a half mile north of Cum- the top and side of the body. To- turn, with the off-duty men sub-
by. i tal damage to the vehicle was es- jeet to call in event of need or
The animal walked pp the timated at $250. emergency,
shoulder of the highway, with his] There was a minor traffic mis-! *‘-The paid men maintain the
head protruding into the traffic hap shortly before noon Tuesday station, firemen's quarters, and 1M P‘|* am
lane. At this moment a car came at the intersection of Davis and all fire fighting equipment, and Jf 0111161 UIIIZ6II1
along and cleanly cut off its head, t Connally m Sulphur Springs. j answer yif. stil). or minor alarms,]
Highway Patrolmen Jesse Reed Involved was a 1949 Plymouth with the volunteer, responding on ] IV IImj|a1|%m
and Joe Pruett searched all along! driven by Mrs. Essie Beale Roots, all general alarms.” UlGi) 111 flUUulUli
the highway for the animal's head '’■IS* Church Street, and a 1954] Present equipment of the de-
Chevrolet pickup driven by Billy : partment covers a wide range in: . L>oyd D. Nance, 45 year-old
Hag»>r, 319 Texas Street. ' I time, models, and use adaptabil- ] Houston appliance salesman, and
Policeman Billy Williamson es- Fty ranging from a Model A Ford a native of Hopkins County, died
timated damage to the Roots egr purchased in 1929 to a 1954 GMCj]ate Tuesday night in a San An-
at $25 and to the pickup at $40. ! truck capable of pumping 750 tonio hospital.
Neither driver was injured^ gallons of water per minute. The.’ Mr. Nance is the son of Mr.
----. “e 1 ( ““ ——— j aItd Mrs. Oscar . K. Nam e of
i. Como. He was born at Blinker on
: Oct. 22, 1910.
’ ’’ the citv socre-!F> ^‘•nderson. Among recruits ac- ine »•>«»"««* »'“«• ty. Hv formerly served as city
At thus time, the uty secre f ^ jf) th# JS80.s uere M.r been postponed until next Friday.. j (j t ,hpriff of
sz .......
t«r firemen, tour homnrj hot-, lhc dql.b„us,„ , b, av„i|abU. f,„ ,h, ke.ein, .,t (0" thL:
fire engine, according to Young, that time. . ... edition.' '
(Continued on Baca Page) \ similai petition filed by! Wheelei's entry into the cam-
Kockwbll-'last November was re- paign raised the announced can--
Mrs. John Parks
Seized by Fatal
Heart Attack
jetted; by the NLRB in AVashing- ' didatea for sheriff to six. Earlier, Mrs. John T. Parks of Como
ton on the gibunds that the re- M. J. Gill, Walter F. Johnson, R. Street, Sulphur Springs, was seiz-
qutst was untimely because the J. (Raj) Morgan, J. L. (Jim) ed by a fatal heart attack Mon*
custoiuuiy porioil of one year had j Bryce and Paul R. (Pop Eye.) day as. she sat down at the dinner
Jones had announced.
(Continued on Duck Page)
PATSY ROMACK RUNNER-UP
hut never found it.
Diiver of the car, a 1956 Chev-
rolet, was 17-year-old Clarence Fk
Clark of Cumby. He was not in-
jured, nor was a companion who
Local String Band
Wins First Place
BEGINNING STUDENTS LISTED
The Sulphur 'Springs Future'
School Census Shows Gain
Expected Here Next Year
Sulphur Springs’ public schools]
will show a gain of utmost 100 schools listed 224 beginners-
students for the 1956-57 term,
according to preliminary figures
■released** by Dudley Allen, Junior
High School principal and census
director.
The preliminary figures indi-
cate that 2,140 white and 536 Ne-
gro student# will attend schools
here next year. This is a total
of 2,676 and compares with 2,-
583 for the current year, which
includes 2,098 white and 485 Ne-
groes.
While the actual net gain ac
For the current year, the loqal, list and add any names to the cen-
177 ; sus that we missed,” Allen add-
whites and 47 Negroes. Next fall,
there will he only 167 white and
43 Negro students, the census re-
port indicates.
We may have missed a few
Besides his parents, he is sur- Farmers of America chapter le-
: vived by two sisters, Mrs. W. K. turned from the Aron Vi convon-
j Slaughter of Angleton and Mrs. tion. at t’ai (huge Tuewiaw- night-
I Artie Atkins of Houston; two: with first place banner for its
i brothers, Wilburn D. Nance of entertainment team, a beauty
; Dallas and Sterling Nance of Sri I-; princess in the sweetheart con-
phur Springs, and several nieces rtest, and an area vice-president,
land nephews. The hill-billy string band, com-
prised of Raymond Smith, Wood-
row Follis, Norman Douglas anil
Mike Hodge, brushed aside spirit-
table in the home of-her daughter.
Mrs. Virgil Vititow, Texas Street.
She was 67.
A . resident of Hopkins County
for the past 60 years, Mrs. Parks
was a member of the Shirley
Methodist Church.
She is survived by her husband
and four daughters, Mis. O. L.
Blidgcs of 'Vernon. Mrs.. J. D.
Frith of Snyder, Mrs. Opal Mc-
Gowan of California, and Mrs.
Virgil Vititow of Sulphur Springs;
two sons, Loyd Glenn” and .B. C.
Glenn, Jr,, both of California: also
three sisters and five half hroth-
Death came five minutes before
the' noon hour.
John D. Bridges
The following is' a list of all
six-year-old students in the Sul-
phur Springs district who have
been enumerated to attend school
Mrs. T. F. Owens passed
away Tuesday at 12:30 a. m. at
... , 1 the family home, 622 Oak Ave-
Claimed by Death f ^ ^ ;eu.«&£.hl,r *s,u‘,nKS'
UiUllllbU MJ band qualified for the state con-, Ml;s 0xven ha(, ,ivetl in Hopkins
A 4 CiH A nlnnln v'enlion, which will he held in Dal- c ty for the past 55 yea.s. She
jpVI Mull AniUfllU J11' this summer. [was a member of the F'irst Meth-
Miss Patsy • Remark, chapter; odist Church.
John Dial Bridges of San An- sweetheart competing for the
Mrs. T. F. Owen
Dies Tuesday;. |
Rites Wednesday ] Puneral Services
For Mrs. Sluder
Conducted Here
F'inat rites were held Friday
afternoon at Murray’s funeral
Her husband, Tom Owen, pre- H'due lor Mis Gladys May
Studer. who succumbed Thursday
m. in Mexfa. where she
children in the census,” Allen ] here next year:
said. “We would like for the par-j Glendell R Acker, Jerry Adair,
ents of any children of «hool ] Snmntha Ames, Rachel A Ander- Hopkins County,' a.ea title, finisheu in the runner-1 veded her iir death.
7^’SIZti< syim” K ‘Svrl w ABnSS; Robert! S*.tS honie'sModday and dp spot. She was formally pie-1 Final rites we,........... , , . f f
AUen said it was easier Tfi mb* i W Baugh.' Hams Beird'en. Bcv-j burial was held in San Antonio sented a- one of the princesses m Wedne-day afternoon at 3 o'clock, had been giving fo,% the past few
a child who will b« six years of I erly Bell, Jan Bevis, Noel Black- Tuesday afternoon. the ceremony. . 1 “"wf' i.™ -
ago before Sept. 1, than older I blirnc, Weldon Bowen, Mr. Bridges w as the CampMt, chaptci P'^i- ml f«»“wmg 1 l Ry (t n, tuy.
student*. He emphasized that Connie K. Boyd, Paular A. Bra-Jin-law of Mrs. Lee Bridges ot dent was elected an area vice-; Lev Mono K.suge,
cmdingtoJhepreHmlnary Hgures parents of ^ the beginner students J Linda, ^amilbell^ Pamela | w c Ful- " Th^iea- \I lonVention was Joe‘tbui" linger. Gua Lilly, 1. t! Luther Goggana, she grew up to'
una# ! ' -’ voted to Mount Pleasant for next] Harper, Joe Eyeing, and Boh T. ] womanhood in the epuntyr ot her
years. She was 52 years pld.
Born Nov. 1, 1903. in the north-
western part of Hopkins County,
the daughter of Mr. and Mis.
Reed estimated damage to the. will be 93, Census Director Al- should contact a principal if their j Campbell, John Cannon
films truck at $76 and'to the WU* len pointed out thero will be a child was not enumerated in the Caudle, Sarah Nan Chamberlain, mer of this place. Mr. ami Mrs.
Ham* truck at $150. | drop in the number of beginning census. James t'hurchwell, Kathy A. F Bridges a'le "
No i huigcs wclv* filed. students. * “We’ll prepare a supplemental I (Continued on Buck Page) foi the funcial.
in San Antonio year. It will be held in Mount j LBiy. Steward^ of the First Meth-: birth.
1 Pleasant s new Bine gymnasium. (Corttinued on Buck Page)
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1956, newspaper, February 24, 1956; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth827016/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.