Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1978 Page: 1 of 10
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EMORY, TEXAS
Wc have not learned of any
injur let sustained from those
«>li i uld have been casualties
'* broken bones from falling
>n frozen sidewalks or there
a bouts.
Stock has suffered lor warmth
and hay, wc have heard it
•rted.
he sun lias beeu visible
perhaps a few hidaad-seek
times during
week's rime.
day in a
In the regular Kami 1 »D
Board .neeting Monday night,
it was voted aftei much study
and cumidcratiun to build six
JANUARY SALES
TAX REBATE
CHECKS MAILED
I p !**> *
L I »: - I ! N IN
L Slieptierd H ipi'al, l ong*
fur surge!,... «r have
mug Mtutieiorlly and
kic<I m return to her home
day...
NOT
J hot in Rami County at
it filing f, "(flee, accotd-
10 Democratic Chairman
stltt Brazlel. ..no new
l'h«.r filed at ot Monday
to gel your name on (he
it* li Feb. nth.
I • »
11 aid the three city elec*
Bfor I* in', 1 us' I dwuk in
tin ».1 ... « " l.* • .
• <■ ’heir elrr'ioni at a
I dtte...
nr wiat herford has
I In a Su I print springs h, s-
1 at a reiuli of an eye in*
Mb a snowball, which
tta the eye...
SCHISM TALKED TO
lei in Pennsylvania
lam-nt Sunday afternoun
I Chancellor Jr, shot a
ar three rounds of the
•...•hit it an average of
II lough course.., good
I. Warren Ir....
ttONF REMINDED US
Pound, who plays In (he
i Junior College Band,
Ihu ai New (>rleam at die
i l»wl playing when the
yt were there,..
I A BOBBIE GOWIN
I Seen In Houston thii
It fix Bobble to have treat*
i John Anderson Htapi-
• fiet many friends are
la ahie lo re*
■bis week much improved.,
to TO HAVE BOOKER
1 by for a chat.,. first
(this year,..and we were
inhering ifiu week wlicii
t'ned rhe death of our
«me [.lend, Cliff Chai-
Wtlo |o
| weather had caused
*tnc vires to break,
lm* !>u little tractor in
"At' ’ 'he leader office
**P get the old big ptesi
■'< ’’ lldn't miss an
..and CUff never missed
I* helping hand...
t:;t n/.rf.v'yn*TT*°- awn bbotheu. vittiw si attek.
bull! this ln wwoman :r the snowy weekend,
**Lradet Stall Pm t. by Jaxie King
OUNTY
Board to Ask For $250/000
THIS fCl.LY SNOWMAN WAS FOUND IN FRONT YARD OF
the Kenneth Daugherty! in the Kaiy Addition,—Photo Jan St.ae
SERVICES HELD
TUES FOR MRS
BELLE N0RTHCUT
D«EW COKER
0 SATURDAY
,w Coker, brother of
'“•T PHen Morris, died
**J* Pmera 1 services
10 V* held Tuesday at
1 was understood. Hit
will be printed in a
•Alijun as inf vmation
Services for Mrs
Belle Northcu!. 88 Emory,
were I Jl pm Tuesday at
Smyrna ( huith will) the Krv
Sudderland offici.tmg
sirs Nonrwut oieo vtnrdu
a Grand Saline hmptt |
foll'-ving a long illness
Shr was a huusewtfe and a
native of Forney She was a
Baptist SO years
Survivors include two sons.
Melvin Northern of Grand
Saline and Delma Northcut of
Duncanville three daughters
Jessie Flemming of Emory,
Odessa Holt of Dallas and Ber
nice Foulkes of Arlington, two
sisters Opn Tettie of Dallas
and Veda lee of Dallas 23
grandchildren. 77 great grand
chi'dren and 12 greal great
grandchildren
Grandsons served as
pallhparers
Bunal was in Smyrna
cemetery under direction of
I Funeral Home of Fmrov
Keep salesmen outside the
door unless you’re Interested
In listening to the full talk
about their product, says
Claudia Kerbel, consumer In-
formation ipecialiit with the
Texas Agricultural Ex'eniiua
Service, The Texas a&M Uni-
versity System.
TEXAS PORK
QUEEN CONTEST
Hey, girls...are you inter-
ested in statewide travel?
Entry is now open for the 1978
Texas Pork Queen contest.
Single women ages 17 lo 20
ate eligible for the title. The
1378 Texas Pork Queen will
'et else a $250 cash prize,
will travel through the state lo
aits, fat si' ,k shows, Texas
cstautant Association conven-
tion and appear on TV and
radio programs promoting pork.
She will represent Texas in the
Natl na) P, :k Queen contest
held March, 1973, in Indiana-
polis, Indiana. Contestants
must be the daughter of a pork
producer. The !978 Pork
Queen contest will be held ai
.-10, . ... o ,p .. ,
1978 ai Texas A&M University.
Fortner Texas Pixk Queen
Karhy Kilpatrick will be serv-
ing as chairwoman for this
event. If you would like to
icceive more information,
contact her at (713) 291-2747
in Huntsville ot contact local-
ly Mt. & Mis. Ralph T. Old-
ham, 112 Lou Ave., ulphur
Springs, Texas 75482, (214)
885-4647.
Brenda Gatnion was us Medi-
cal Center Hospital of Tyler
last week.
Mn. Ton, (Rowena) Wa’ers
is in Baylor Husp.ral, Room
7105, Dallas, for tests.
AUSTIN—State Ct mptruller
Bob Bullock said Friday his
office has mailed checks total*
ing $18. 5 million to 894 Texas
cities as their January share of
the one percent city sales tax.
Bullock also reminded he
250,000 Texas retail mer-
chants who renin their sales
tax collections on a quarterly
basis that January 31 is the
deadline for their next reports.
"If they haven't d vie so al-
ready, i'd suggest they put a
big red circle around that
date on their calendars be-
cause late reports can mean
co*tl; and time consuimng
problems for our merchants,"
lie said.
Bullock said rhat the latest
hatch of rebate checks include
two in excess f $2 nnlli hi
lor the cities ol Dallas and
Houston.
Houston, the state's met
, i i check
for $4 million aud Dallas will
receive $2,2 million,
San Antonio will rar-lve
$964, M3,
$761,375, Austin $600. 346 anj
El Paso $507,051.
The local-op'ion, one-per-
cent city sales lax is collec-
ted by merchants and other
sales tax permit hold i ’
remitted monthly to die cities
by the Comptroller's Office.
Bullock urged merchants
who have questions or proolems
with preparing their tales tax
reports to contact the nearest
Comptroller's Field Office ot
call toll-free 1-800-252-5555
for assistance.
Rebates for Rains County and
surrounding area are as follows!
ALBA—$505. 78i EMORY—
$1, 796.85s EAST TAWAKON1
—$764.82; LONE OAK—
ss, pniNT—f't.KH.T. 37.
TRI COUNTY
CINDERELLA GIRL
PAGEANT
The Pilot Club of Minroia
announces March 1, 1978 as
rhe date of the Tri-County
Cinderella Girl Pageant. All
young ladies fttmi W■ d, Van
Zands and Rains Counties are
eligible to patticipate. There
are four age diviiinnst 3-6, 7-
9, 10-12, and 13-17, Each age
division will model party
dress and sportswear. With the
exception of the 3-6 age
group each division will have
a talenr of 3 minutes or less.
The pageant system is stress-
ing that the clothes the child-
ren wear should be taken from
their ward-obe. The child
should be able to wear her
party dress to church and her
sportswear to school.
The pageant is for the de-
velopment of young ladies and
is also a scholarship pageant
system. We are striving to
help children develop talents,
gain self-confidence, and to
develop their feminine quali-
ties. Each oM!d will N. » win-
ner just because she is partici-
pating and learning that hei
qualities are important to her-
self, her family and her
friends.
If you have any questions,
please contact Pageant Direc-
tor Glenda Shaw, 132 Circle
Dr., Minevla, Texas 75773.
Telephone (214) 569-3298.
elementary school rooms and
Improve 'he driveways.
Sup'. Ernest Holman will
meet with the Rains County
SERVICES FOR
CLIFF CHASTAIN
Services for Cliff
Chastain 82 of Emory wete at
2 pm Monday in Emory
Church of Christ with Robert
Wallace and the Rev Albert
Clark officiating
Bunal war in Emory Lit; I
Cemetery under direction
Baud Funeral Home
Mr Chastain died Saturday
night in a Mmeola hospital af
ler a long illness He was a
native of McKinney. an 80 year
Emory resident a retired far
mer and a World War I
veteran
He was a member of Emory
Church of Chnst
Survivors include his wife
Mm May Chastain of Emo!
one son. Joe Bob Chastain
Emory one brother Harry
Chastain of Madtll Okla . two
grandchildren, and three
great grandchildren
Pallbearers wctc Estle
Willis. Ed Fletcher Buster
Fleming Bruce Bullard
Floyd Green and Loyd
Luckett
COLLEGE CAREER
DAY HELD AT
RAINS SCHOOL
By George T. Beeknell
There was a College-Caree'
Day at the Rami School Jan.
24th from 2|00 to 3;30 for
representative! from colleges,
business school and the mill*
■ary services to help students
in choosing a career. This p*o-
gram is sponsored by Bill
Beasley, school counselor.
Following are the nprerenta-
>i*w —pu > ilcipatu3 In the
career uay programs usMC,
Greenville. Sgt. Mason; Us
Navy, Greenville, CPO Kemp;
Us Air Force, Greenville,
Sgt, Graf; TIS Army, Green-
ville, Sgt. Greenleaf; Texav
State Technical Institute,
Wac, , Mr. Fuller; Tyler Com-
mercial College, Tyler, Ms.
Dust k; Henderson Co. Jr.
College, Athens, Mr. Drum-
go le, Mr, Bac urlnl, Ms.
Tme , Dr. M, Dai el; Kilgo-e
College, Kllg e. Dr. Pl'is,xi;
Tarrant Co. Jr. College, Ft.
Worth, Ms. Gee; Texas k,-
man’s University, Denton, Ms.
oi < k; Univ, -sity ■ : Dallas,
Irving, Mr. Davis; East Texas
Baptist C, liege. Marshal!, Mr.
Gardner; Dallas Baptist Col-
lege, Dallas, Ms. Former;
Shelling A Snelling Employ-
ment Agency, Greenville, Mi.
Br wn; C ntlnen'al Telep.n tie
Co., Emory, Ms. Logan;
East Texas S’ate University,
C mtnciLe, Dt. Jerry lytic;
nice,
Greenville, Darlene Ctookt;
E-Systems, Greenville, Mil-
ton Houston! Tyler Junior Col-
lege, Tyler, Mr. Tommy
Tucker, Mrs. Venn Martin;
and Bell-Hewell, Dallas, Mi.
Armella,
RETURNS HOME
FROM JAPAN
Mrs. Glen Peeples was in
Greenville last week to meet
her daughter, Mis. Gayle Ad-
cock, who was reiuming home
from Japan. She was there in
December to visit hei husband,
Capt. Gayle Adcock.
ALTHOUGH SNOW .TILL COVERS THE GROUND, IT WAS
back to school for children. These chi'dren are 'bird graders in
Carolyn Potts' room. They are, tr tit row, left to rights Jimmy
Brtmer, Sidney Kile, Clifford
second row; Alan Raws a, Jerry tie, Tracy FU'hc u', Kim
Tripp, Corey McAree, Lynn Ely, Jan Gist •!., Tamm) Lewel-
llngi third rows Johnny Stone, Paul Ratliff, Charlotte Ford,
Shelia Mayberry, Greg Mosely, David G >win and Andtea Me
-Photo by Jan Sto
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1978, newspaper, January 26, 1978; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846163/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.