The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1961 Page: 1 of 19
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Family Holiday Picnic
Ends in Double Tragedy
2 Drowned in Rewiic
Attempt on Sabine
K. L. OATES, RETIRING LION President. Midland, installing officer at the club bau-
receives a plaque for his services presented quid, is the other man in the picture
by the Incoming president of the Lions ( lub ,James Smith Photo*
J 0. Jimerson. center Duke .limerson of #
Carthage Has 16 Swimmers
To Complete 3-Mile Event
fccvontynme swimmer* from
nine cities end one foreign coun
try started in the three mile swim
«l Lake Murvaul July 4 and 43
finished the course. The foreign
country urn* Noel Lang of Branl
The second annual distance
swim shewed the experience gain-
ed Iasi year in handling the big
event and as a result the affair
was smoothly bandied by Waller
Ileppe and his helpers.
The trophy winners, listed by
classes, include:
Hirst place hi ( lass A. hoys )H
and over, liennis Brotherton of
the Shreveport Swim t'lub. lime
1 hour, 7 minutes and 2V seconds
First place. Class A girls. Judy
Smith, Shreveport Swim Club,
lime, I 13 43.
First piece. Class B. boys under
IS, Gary Aber, Tyler Swim Cluh,
1 7:48. Aker was last year's win
ner in the same class.
First place. Class H. girls, Su-
san War A Tyler Swim Club, I IH i
34.
Trophy for the youngest swim
mer completing the course went
to Hobby Vascncu. II. who was 1
Iasi year's winner at H years old
Bobby's time was 2 31. Kevin
Bankhead and Jim lieppe, bulb |
nine, were near winners
The youngest girl lo complete |
the 3 mile swim was Pauls Clem '
enls, 12 ot l.ongview, who made
Burn* B in $18; \
Drawings to Si oft
Next U ednesday
Nest Wednesday will mark the
Iasi weekly drawing lor rash con
ptuis given b> Ihe merchants Ills
continuance of the event is due
lo Ihe withdrawal of a numbei of
Ihe contributing merchants lo the
weekly pot
The winner Ibis Wednesdav was
C R Burns .Ir of Carthage who
held a five percent from Ihe
Gartman Department Store worth
318 at Ihe drawing
Ihe i-kci-pHonall) good lime Of
I 30 H All trophies were present
ed by Miss Jo Ann llarmun, Pano-
la Beauty queen
CARTHAGI WINMIR8
The Carthage entries who com-
pleted Ihe course included eighi
members id Ihe Natatnrs Kevin
Bankhead Carry and l.ynn Crowl.
I.iiula ami Sharon Mull Jun Hep
pe and llob Trimble Jr and Hub
ha Smith Others ol the IK Cal
lliage entries completing the swim
were l.arry (ilalls. Jerry Ramsey.
Ralph Richards. Alike Tucker. Itita
Herring i lay McKee, Carolyn and
Bobby Sniilli Then were 23 en-
tries from Carthage.
Kveiy entry in the event which
is sponsored by the Carthage Rn
taiy Club received a handsome
Dangerous Beast
Seen in Sabine
River Bottom
Sew-i.il people have reported
seeing the tracks of some kind
id large animal of the cat spe
nes in the Sahine River hot
tom recently Among them is
l.i (nl Itiihert Carswell Jr.
ot SAC Air Force Base, Detroit,
who was fishing with .lor* Hop
son vs Iiii was on a fishing trip
while visiting his lather here
lle repmleil seeing the tracks
But Rnrl Smiley of The W at
i liman personnel has hull) heard
and seen the eat
While li-hilig nisi atmve Ihe
new bridge a* mss The Sabine
last Salurdav Smiley had his
lishiug interrupted hy an un
earthly scream lie was leaving
the vicinity when he saw the
lieast lie was unable to tell
what kind id animal it was ex
ccpl that il was a large spcci
men ol Ihe i at lamdy
No reports have come to The
Watchman id loss of livestock
which may he expected to lol
low die presence of such an am
inal hut those fishing in Ihe
liver Indium are advised to take
along firearms (or piotertiou
swatch tu Ire sewed on robe or
swim anil Those completing llw
course will lie mailed a trophy lat
ter.
OFFICIALS LISTkP
Besides Walter Ileppe. overall
chairman ol the event other olli
i lals included the Hev Janies
Blundell Inner, who also gave the
■ nvoc.diim at tile stall id the swim.
Mis I‘.i l Bailey, secretary, and
Morris Namlnrd, clerk ol cninse
Ferrill Smith was in charge ot
patrol boats Boat owners |>.< 111< i
paling were Alts Alary Mull item
ge Brin Susan Smith Hnhhte I a
Grime. I v nil Vincent Svd Ale
(•raw. George Abernathy Mrs W
C Smith Charles Mangh.im Gem-
Bailey and Ben Matt
Others assisting with the lug
event were Tom Bankhead Bull
Trimble, Millon Smith and l.nui>
Mull.
TROFMY DONORS
Tiopines for the winners were
furnished hv the Butler t’hevru
let olds t ompany, W F. Palter
sou Insurance Agency. M A At Tog
gery, First Slate Bank. First Vti
loiial Bank and W 7' Pipes Pat
ches for rohes or swim suits were
lurnished try Stovall s luriiipiii.it
ed The Kolarv Cluh expresses its
appreeiation to these donors tor
their cnnlnhittions.
A holiday pu Mi on tire Sabine
Kivei was turned into tragedy f»r
two families Monday when two
persons, a 21 year old man and a
boy wei> drowned
A-a Ballaol Fnlivrlle 21 and
James Bov Made 11 lb brothers in
law lost their lives III all attempt
lo rescue a live veal’old vhdd
a ho tto v thought was hi danger
Iheehlld unldeotllled was play
mg in Ihe 'hallow w ,>l« r using an
II.Ila'ed llinerlube lo k< ep alloal
ll< was also wearing a Ide pie
server whieh appaienllv Was Uli
seen hv tns reseuels. being hid
ih n hv Ihe inneltiilie
I he child was drilling out into
the river whi’ii young lladen went
to the reseoe arcordilig lo oldook
ers Me stalled In the hank with
Ihe child on his hack, when hi*
vailed for help Air Fonville dived
in to help and wiih ihe child and
lladen on tils hark tried to swim
hack to shore All three went un
• lei hilt the illlld was kept alloal
In llie life preserver ami later
was polled Irion the water
The rescue unit ol the Carthage
Kire Department and Ihe Sheriffs
Priestly llolmes
Dies Thursday
As we go lo press, we leant ol
the death ol 1*1 lest I v II Molnifs
who lived on len.iha Highway Alt
Holmes died shot My alter K a ill
lodav (Thursday I lie was admitted
to Ihe hospital Wednesdav lull had
been in ill heallh lor some tune
Ih had In i n a niemher of Ihe i ai
lliage School llo.ud for several
veais mini Ins resignation this
year
Funeral arrangements arc
pending at Hawthorn Funeral
Home
Pnhlir Invited
To l isil \etv
Parsonage Sunday
III S' I McKee, pastui ol the
Central HapiM Church invites the
pulilie In visit the new parsonage
just enmplciril at the corner ol
Pei rv Plan’ .mil \orlh Daniels.
The laigc handsome striiclnti'
was begun \piil l and is jii'l i mil
pleted
\ i>ii mg h11111 s ai e 3 lo li p in
Sillidav
Depart meld w«-re called and recov
i-reil tin hoilies ol the two iliown
mg \u tons about 7 pm The acci
■lent occulted iu-t ImtIow Hie Sa
bine Kivei hlldge on Highway .VI
north ot « art luge between ti and
li 30 p ill
The bodies were tralisli-ried to
On- Itains \ I alley Funeral Home
in Marshall hv Hawthorn ainbu
lance
FUNKRAL KRRVICRS
Doilhli ti>lit-1 .iI services were
held lui ihe river vn tuns at the
hams A Talley Funeral < ha pc I m
Marshall at 3 pm Wednesday
Mr tonvdie s services were held
hv llie Kev Troy Julies of i arlli j
age tin Rev Sam Houston of the
t russ Itoads Baptist t hurt'll and
Mu- III V inha Owens ol DeBerry
Burial was in the DeBerry Ceme-
tery with tiene Parker, DeBerry.
Tommy t limit Buddy Harris Don
un- Fotrell Charles Hughes and
James Fdward l aw rent e as pall
heal el s
hum die was Imrii in Center Felt,
ft I ‘MO the son ol Mr amt Mrs
A M Fonville. but had lived hi
Panola i minty and was said to have
attended high school in Carthage.
Ih was a carpenter employed by
the Fills Bros, Waskoin lie was
married lo the (•inner Aliss Mary
lladen and was a memhei id Ihe
Walnut Springs Baptist t hureh
Surviving ale hi* wile ol Alal'shal!
Ills parents ul DeBerry: a sister.
Miss .Mnrv Ann Fonville id lie Her
rv .mil hi> giandmother Alls Far
lie Foil ul Alalsllall
Olfleiating al Ihe lladen fuller
al was llie (lev Sam Huuslun pas-
I• ul the Cross Hoads Baptist
( Innt li Burial was in Ihe Delterry
( einelery with Dudley Harris, Al
lull Starnes Tiller Holdiy Hal
11111 Donald tiene Kvmiis. Scutiv
W < mil lev and Malt Furrli as pall
hearers.
A oiilig lladen was the sun ol Mr
.mil Mrs James hdward lladen id
Flysian Fields He was a high
si liool student and operated a hull
do/ei during the summer months
Ih- was a member ol the New Melt
ion Baptist Church
Sumviug are his parents Mr
and Mrs lames F ll.ivden ul F.lv
sian I lelds three sisters, Mrs
Alaiv fonville Marshall. Misses
Mai git- and Alaiilyn lladen fly
sian Fields one brother. Grads
lladen Flvsi.tn Fields, and Ills
gr.imip.iienis, Mrs Flora Fee Had
i l. and Hollis lladen.
OUTSTANDING AWARD FOR HEROISM
yy.is mmil’ lo l.imiii Hull left and lift sister,
Sli.iron. when they were presented with the
Carnegie Medal at Ihe Lions Cluh laidies
Night hainpiel Iasi Thursday. Show with
them here is Karen Velvtii. daughter of Mr
and Mis Gordon V«-l\in ot Henderson, who
was saved from drowning by 8haron Md
Linda June 12. 1960 at Uk» MlITTBUl. It
was the rescue of Karen that woo far the
Hull sisters the nation's, highest civilian
award for bravery. Sharon and Linda are
daughters of Mr and Mrs. Uniia Hull.
i Photo by James of the Watchman)
Overtoil Lacy to Head
Pace Lumber Company
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Kite* Held for Mrs. Griffith
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ltvertou I,.n v a long lime cm
ployee ol llie Bawls l.umher t out
patty and plcvimis lo that alt cut
plovec id the Blown Hardwood
Fiiinpuny. bus been named man.ig
er to the James It Pace l.umher
t otnpany at 34b South Sltelliy St
Mr I .acv has 15 years lit the
building and supply business with
special emphasis nil hiuldtug. is
limaling. eli
'I am pleased said Mi I'.ue.
to have a mail nl Mr I .« i • ul
liter as niallagei ol the .l.ttnes II
Pace l.umher ( ompany
Mr l.acv evlelids .1 coidial mvi
ta'nm to his liicnds who have
ft'
n
known him thimigh Ihe years and
In new It lends and customer* w ho
might In- nihnistcd 111 any phase
id the luuiher and building bust
ness to visit Pales
\\ ater Main
Tie-in Part of
Master Plan
Completion has been announced
hy t 11 x Manager Tom A tiriss
om ot one phase ot Ihe Master
Plan lor the City of Callhagc lit
1 lie \\ .tier Iteparliinmi
Mi 1,lissom said Monday that
,1 lie hi o| ilo- west side ol the
iiii with ini’ north side along
Vlalll- Stii’i l i ompli'lcs .» loop III
Hu- area which will eipialwe the
wall 1 pi csmiie hv lending the
area trom two directions
this nisi al lat ion was lomplelcd
with tin tost being paid out ot
nun t ill revenue at .1 ettsl ot ap
in o\ ai 11 rIv AT VMi 00
M. Sum ford
Installed as
Itolary Prexy
Morris Sgmlord was installed M
president uf the Carthage Rotary
v luh al Ihe regular luncheon Fry.
day
Samford, whit is county superin*
leudetit of schools, ha* been very
active as a Rotanan snd we* •*
warded the outstanding Rotertan
trophy three years ago.
other ot (tiers installed include
Walter Depps’, vuo • preaidenli
I .unis Hohiiison, secretory end
Kalph Mui'if. Rot* Trimble, Jemes
II Hlnmlell and Dr. W. C. Smith,
directors.
Dr Smith is the retiring presi-
dent who lus had a very success-
tul administration
one ot the principal program* of
the past year was the sponsoring
id a foreign student. Noel latng
ol Branl at Panola Collofe This
was in addition to a scholarship
in Panola awarded la e Carthage
High School student, Mies Kay
Magliess
A financial statement was sub-
mitted at the meeting
Mrs Km in a May Griffith MB ot
Ihe Ml Bethel Community died at
11 90 am. Monday al Panola Gen
eral Hospital following an illness
of several days
Mrs Griffith was born in Panola
County Mas 8 I8BI She was the
daughter of S D and Lula Down
mg Woo ton early day residents ot
the community where Mrs Grit
lith was feared She was a devoted
member Rf tbs- Baptist Church
Mrs GpUfilh was a teacher in
the Panola County schools for aev
er.il vc;«i a in hi 1 youth.
Funeral service* were held at the
Alt Bethel Baptist Church al 2 30
1 p ui Tuesdav with the Rev Itaiold
Davis and Ihe Rev James Wvatt
I Griffith as Ihe officiating mini-
ter- Burial with Ihe Hawthorn
funeral Home 111 charge was in
the Mt Bethel Cemeterv Nephews
id Mrs Griffith were pallbearers
Immediate surviving relatives
aie her husband J W Griffith
and one brother. Hen Wooten pres
, ulent ol the First National Bank.
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Clements Buys Weekly
Paper in Dallas Area
NIW CARTHAGE LIONS CLUE OFFICERS I It. oftners
itt (he piiluit- wei«‘ ntsf,lilt'll at the jiitiii.il l athes night
Banquet last Thut'day hv I hike Jintet son id Midland lower
low (rum the left .1 l> limerson president .lames llig
^inbothain 3rd vtve piesnient I t. Ifuikwoith lion tamer.
Sltss Ch.irlotfe Boyd l ion Sweetheart. J.ti k Cimke. l.ttl
t\s islet Top row (rum the led K B.iket I't vice-president;
\\ t \pple|{.tte duet lot. K.iv \ .nul.igi itl. directin': John
(.on 2nd sue president K t Undies diievtor and h. L.
O.ites letniny; piesident lit.ids Lull rone sev ret aryl tea-
sut'ei is not shown in the pnturc.—fW.ftchmaif Photo!
I’ul'li-her l O iCIemot Clem
ini- .it llie Watchman has pun has
i-.i die la-wisvdle leader a week
!v newspaper in the Dallas area
Mr i lements. who bought the
I eader trom the m-nton Publish-
ing 1 ompany. publishers of the
I teuton Rci 01 d-Chronicle, became
II vs 111*t and manager of the paper
, Sal uVilaV
While he will he personallv ae
live m a publishing and editoi ul
eap.u it> ol the newspapiT for a
while it does not mean he has sold
The W ati hman or relinquished
management of the local paper.
In the expansion of his publish
I mg intcrcsU, Mr. Clements ha-
acquired tha weekly newspapei
which won the sweepstakes award
in the Texas Press Association •
annual contests held in Juee l«ewi*-
ville is located in the lake rogum
near Dallas and Ihe new owner
feels that it has a great future.
The l<eader us a little move than
a year old hut already hat 2.Q0B
subscribers and a good o4vee*ui-
mg patronage
Mr Clements, who la widely
known m Texas newspaper circles,
pin chased The W slchmao tea
years ago and has Mill it R»io
one <>f the heal weekly
in the stale His
III the Fewi*v die paper ggUb
its potential (or growth, Boo to
ihe fact that it !a to
area where ho grew |
eeived
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Applegate, Clabe. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1961, newspaper, July 6, 1961; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth901288/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.