The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1972 Page: 1 of 12
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The Oldest Business Institution in Red Rivet County
stores open Late ^ Commissioners Court Accepts
Thursday, Friday Dept Head
A number of Clarksville
stores will remain open till 8
both Thursday and Friday of
this week and Monday through
Friday nights of next week.
The late closing hours are in
keeping with recommendations
of the Merchants Committee of
Dr. Miesch
In Algeria
For Alcore
0
Dr. Pete Miesch
I)r. E. Pete Miesch has
accepted the position of
Director of Projects and
Engineering for Alcore S.A. in
Algiers, Algeria. Alcore is an
engineering and consulting firm
which is jointly owned by
Sonatrack Oil Co. of Algeria
and Core Lab Inc. of Dallas.
He received his B.S. in
Petroleum Engineering from
Texas A&M in 1956 and his
M.S. and PhD. in Petroleum
Engineering from Texas A&M
in 1962 and 1964 respectively.
Prior to joining Alcore, he was
■•mployed as a Technical
Advisor in the Reservoir
Simulation section of Core Lab
in Dallas. Most of his work at
Core Lab has been for Alcore.
He has had considerable
experience in the application of
computer technology to the
solution of reservoir engineer
ing problems with Continental
Oil Co. and International
Computer Applications Ltd. of
Houston. His wife, Martha, and
three little daughters will join
him in Algiers before Christ
mas. Pete is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Donovan Miesch of
Clarksville.
the Cl; n.sville Chamber of
Commer e.
The late closing is intended
to make local shopping for
Christmas gifts and other
seasonal goods more conven-
ient for area shoppers.
Stores will observe regular
business hours on Saturday,
December 16 and Saturday,
December 23. opening at 8 a.m.
and closing at 6 p.m.
All stores and business
firms with the exception of a
few service institutions - will
be closed all day Sunday,
December 24 and Monday,
December 25.
Cooperative Effort
Being Promoted
Nine stores have been
purchasing a one-half page and
each week during the month of
December and are using the
space to advertfke items which
will be sale priced during the
late hour openings. They are
The Hub,T&V Furniture,
Western Auto Associate Store,
J. W. Nichols, Slaton Furni-
ture, Gullion’s Jewelry, Bud-
dy's Men’s Wear, Green’s
Furniture and Marx’s.
Goode Named
USAF Major
$76,767 In Revenue Sharing
School Out 12
Days For Yule
Clarksville students will
enjoy a twelve day break from
classes for the coming Christ-
mas and New Year holidays as
classes will dismiss on Novem
her 21st at 2:30 p.m. Classes
will resume at regular time on
Wednesday January 3.
Tuesday, January 2 teach
ers will report for teachers
work day, howevei students
will not report to scnool until
the 3rd. ,
ICE FREAK
REPORTED
City Street Department
Supervisor Mutt Conlan re
ported that a three pronged
tree fell victim ( the ice storm
here Monday night.
Weight of the ice accumu
lation caused the thfee portions
of the trunk to break and fall in
three directions blocking
streets at the intersection of S.
Walnut and Second streets.
Telephone and electricity lines
and TV cables were also broken
at the intersection.
llughston 1 Son
Insurance
CAPTAIN CARROLL GOODE
Captain Carroll G. Goode
has just recently been selected
to be promoted to Major in the
U.S. Air Force. He is a
Personnel Officer in the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Captain Goode is a 1956
graduate of Clarksville High
School and a 1961 graduate of
Texas A&M University. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Goode, Clarksville. He and his
wife, Linda, daughter Carol
Ann and son Glen live in Oxon
Hill, Maryland, a suburb of
Washington, D.C.
Art Buchwald
To Appear In
Texarkana
The Junior League of
Texarkana, Ini. has announced
plans for the 1973 Book and
Author presentation. Art
Buchwald, sydicated columnist
and author, will be the guest
speaker for the January 16th
event. The program will be at
the International Chemical
Union Workers Convention
Center at 8 p.m.
Mr. Buchwald’s subject
will he "Buchwald At I^rge"
Tickets for the Book and
Author presentation will go on
sale in December. Iformation
may be obtained by writing to
The Junior league of Texar
kana. Inc., c/o Mrs. Jack
Carter, 614 Beech Street,
Texarkana. Arkansas. 75501.
B. L. |Luther | DeBERRY
A Red River County
Native, B. L. (Luther) DeBerry,
was named State Highway
Engineer on Monday. The post
is the top job in the Texas
Highway Department’s admin-
istrative division.
DeBerry was born at
Bogata on May 7, 1914 and
attended public schools there.
He holds a B.S. degree in Civil
Engineering from the Univer
sity of Texas at Austin.
He joined the Highway
Department immediately after
his graduation as an instrument
man in the Sherman residency.
He later worked in Paris,
Clarksville and Greenville.
During World War II he
served in the Corps of
Engineers and the U.S. Navy.
After his discharge he was
named resident engineer at
Emory in 1946 and became
senior resident engineer at
Greenville in 1950. Three years
later he was named assistant
engineer at San Antonio and
appointed district engineer at
Lufkin in 1958.
In 1960 he became district
engineer at Dallas where for
more than 7 years he directed
one of the largest highway
construction programs in the
history of the highway
department and was named
assistant state engineer in
1968. .
DeBerry is married and
has one daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Moore of Lufkin. He is a
member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers and
of the Christian Chruch.
COUNTY REVENUE SHARING FUNDS RECEIVED
Commissioner Lunsford Edwards is shown handing to
County Treasurer, Mrs. Rebecca Varle^, a U.S. Treasury
check in the amount of $76,767.00 which represents the
county’s initial payment under the revenue sharing plan.
(Times Staff Photo by Boyd Hurt)
Revenue Sharing Yields $29,337
Several items of business
were handled at the regular
monthly meeting of the City
Council Monday evening. Re
ceipt of $29,337.00 as the initial
payment of federal revenue
sharing funds was received and
directed to be desposited in a
special interest bearing trust
fund.
The money cannot be used
for projects receiving other
federal funds.
Opening of bids on the new
sewage treatment plant, outfall
lines and 1970 water sewer
expansion project was post
bad weather which prevented
bidders from traveling to
Stamp program. Gene Warthan comparison of bulk and retail cents per gallon.
will head the program. The new
addition will be at the south end
of the present building on
North Cedar Street.
An average monthly oper
ating cost of each city
department was presented
gasoline purchases. Bulk gaso
line prices from four distribu
tors ranged from 18.7 cents per
gallon to 30.5 cents per gallon
and retail purchases were
made from eight retailers at _
__r______ _ prices ranging from a low of and filling police car tanks at
alderman for considreation by 28.9 cents per gallon to 39.0 the city barn,
acting city secretary clerk,
The report noted that
approximately $849.60 could be
saved by buying hulk gasoline
from the lowest bidder and an
additional $200.00 per month nar Association; anu, a new i
saving hy buying all gas in bi.''v-\,ntor).(.m,,al ra(],0 network.
At the regular monthly
meeting Monday morning the
Red River County Commis
sioners’ Court accepted a U. S.
Treasury check in the amount
of $76,767*as the first pavmen
under the Federal Revenue
Sharing plan. County Judge
Gavin Watson, Jr., said the
funds would be of great benefit
to the County, hardpressed
financially over recent years by
rising operational costs and
additional programs passed b\
the Texas Legislature.
Watson recommended ti-
the Court that top priority In
given to reducing the County
overdraft indebtedness, about
$65,000. and placing operations
on a cash basis. The County
Judge suggested allocation of
the funds which would allow
third to the General Fund
1*41,000 overdraft) and one
third to the Perm anenl
Improvement, Jury, and Salary
Funds ($24,000 overdraft), with
one third to the Road and
Bridge Fund.
The Commissioners voted
instead for an allocation of 44
percent to Road and Bridge. 45
percent to Genral. and 11
percent to the remaining
Funds. Watson voted against
the proposal, staling that he
felt it did not allow sufficient
money for increased jury
operations and for suggested
captial improvements.
Being considered lor fu
lure action are a number o
repairs, including; jail renova
tion, as required hv a Federal
Court order, structural repairs
t> the courthouse roof,
enlargement of the Welfare
bidding to house the new tood
■tamp program: modernization
>f the District Courtroom ;i'
recommended by the Count
Bar Association; and. a n<w law
Mrs. W. L. Risinger.
Based on averages for this
year costs of operating each
department are as follows:
Month
Year
Fire
$2,176.12
$26,113.44
Police
2,919.16
35.029.92
Street
5,400.40
64,804.80
Adm.
3,653.47
43,841.64
Health
566.23
6,794.76
Total
14,715.38
176,584.56
Annual Christmas Music Program
Features Combined Performances
Clarksville. The opening was Revenue to date had been MmisL-riai^ Alliance and coordi
Tuesday, $107,894.18 with an additional ,ed an() directed by R. E
The annual Red River
December 18 at 7:00 p.m.
The program is sponsored
hv the Red River County
Clean-Up is
Delayed By
Weather
A city wide clean up effort,
scheduled to start Monday has
been postponed because of bad
weather, according to City
Manager Bob Moore. He said
that rains and ice had made
access to the dump ground
impossible.
Moore said that free
hauling of rubbish and debris
by city trucks would be
undertaken as soon as weather
conditions will permit and
asked all residents to cooper
ate.
Every householder in town
is urged to clear his premises of
accumulated waste and rubbish
and place the debris in
containers convenient to
streets.
Moore again said that the
effort would result in a more
attractive city and act as a
safety factor in controlling
fires.
originally set lor luesaay, $107,894.18 with an additional nated an() directed by n
December 12. $34,920.12 expected before the Gam>Ui Clarksville hand di
Land Deeded to end of the fiscal year, leaving rector> Mary Claire Johnston,
Welfare Dept. an estimated operating deficite srh()0| chorus director and Rev.
The council voted to deed Gf $33,770.26. Ed Waddill.
an additional 50 feet of land to
the State Welfare Department
for extension of the present
Welfare building. The exten
sion will be used to house the
regional offices of the F ood
Gasoline Costs
The program will consist of
Compared numbers by the Clarksville and
The acting secretary Rivercrest bands and choral
clerk’s report included a groups, the Community Chorus
and various church choirs from
throughout the county.
One hundred and fifty
instruments are expected from
these groups and about four
hundred singers.
The program will include
Christmas music hy the
combined hands and the
Community Chorus as well as a
sing slong for everyone.
The program wiil conclude
with a performance by the
combined bands and choirs of
Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus"
from the Messiah.
Buy or sell with a classified
ad In The Clarksville Times.
Call 427-238C or come by our
office at 106 East Main,
Our business is your protection.
Beadle Insurance Agency Inc.
MAYOR ATTENDING
WORKSHOP IN AUSTIN
Mayor Maurice Isbell is in
Austin this week attending a
state wide Revenue Sharing
Workshop for city and county
officials.
Workshop courses will
cover uses, accounting, plan
ning, reporting and certifica
tion of funds received under the
new Federal Revenue Sharing
New Clarksville
LSD Lunchroom
Policy Noted
New Congressional legis-
lation establishes new stan-
dards and income poverty
guidelines for determining
eligibility for free and reduced
price meals. The provisions of
this law have made it necessary
for the Clarksville Independent
School District to amend its
Free and Reduced Price Lunch
Policy to incorporate the new
income guidelines.
The new Free Lunch
Eligibility Income Scale is as
follows:
Annual Income
$0 2130
0-2790
0 3450
0 4110
0 4720
0 5330
0-5880
0 6430
0 6930
) 0 7430
[ 0 7930
> 0 8430
Each Additional
Family Member
$500
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FRIENDS OF LIBRARY PRESENT CUSHIONS Shown with Mrs Bernice
Humphries, county librarian, are Mrs. E. F Murphy, Mrs. Fred Fisher Jr., and Mrs. F,d
Waddill The friends of the library presented the cushions to hi- used during story hour for
the smaller children. (Photo by Boyd Hurt)
Some future uses of th<
revenue sharing funds lieinc
considered include: county road
improvement; county wide sol
id waste disposal system; and
expanded county services to
the aged.
In other Court actions a
motion was approved to
continue the present Juvenile
Probation program as spon
sored by the Criminal Justice
Council, and the County Judge
was allowed a salary of $100
monthly as a member of the
Northeast Texas Juvenile
Board, payable from probation
funds.
The Court directed that
construction he started as soon
as possible on the addition te
the Welfare Building and asked
Kay Construction Company
representatives to consult w ith
County Auditor W J Crawford
concerning a contract.
A proposal by Watson that
the County enter the County
Retirement Program in Janu
ary was tabled until a later
meeting. A contract was
approved with the Parks and
Wildlife Department whereby
the County is paid $30 monthly
for cleaning and grass control
on the boat launching ramp at
Langford Lake. The County
then handles the task with
sub contracting.
The County Clerk was
directed to pay the yearly dues
of $300 in the Texas Association
of Counties. Appointment of
the Hsitocical Survey Commit
tee for the County was held
over, as was the appointment of
a County Veterans’ Service
Officer to replace W. B.
(George) Washington. The
Court commended Mr Wash
ington, who died last week, for
his years of service to the
veterans of the County.
Amendments to the Air
port Management Contract
with J. D. Trissell were
approved, subject to City
confirmation, and calls for bids
for a new- Sheriffs car will bi
delayed until after January 1
City Office to Be
Oooed Saturdays
The council agreed to close
all city hall offices all day on
Saturday beginning immedi
ately. Previously the offices
had been remaining open until
noon on Saturday.
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The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1972, newspaper, December 14, 1972; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth912484/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.