The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1969 Page: 1 of 10
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CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1969
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NEW KIWANIS OFFICE RS--Offtcers of the Clarksville Klwanls -Club for 1969 are, '* ‘
from left, dlrartor, Jerrolxl Marx; treasurer, Dr. James K. Kelty; past president, Dr.
Totfi Looney; VP e president, Murry Giles; president, bob Williams, and secretary,
Dale Barton. Troy, M< Leod, director, Is not shown. The new officers were installed
January 2 by Division 13 District Governor Horace Cochran of Texarkana.
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Bids on Library Building
To Be Onened February 4
SVILLE
|-Appliance
Gerald
Robertson
>ert service
nable prices
rk.
skell
peers
>Y SHOP
in Street
127-3511
Bill Llghtfoot of Paris, archi-
tect for the Red River County
Public Library building, has
been authorized by theCommls-
sloners’ Court to advertise for
bids on the construction of this
facility.
The move*followed final ap-
proval of the plans by the Li-
brary Board of Trustees, the
Texas State Library and the
Federal Department of Health
Education and Welfare.
The announcement was made
by Dr. Melvin Marx, chairman
of tte board of trustees. He said
contractors may submit their
proposals to the Court not la-
ter than 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 4. Bids will be opened
at the office of County Judge
Gavin Watson Jr.
Dr. Marx added that It Is
hoped that construction work
can begin within two weeks after
a contract Is awarded.' '-
Half the estimated $100,000
cost ls-ttelng raised locally and
will be matched by HEW funds
which have' already been ap-
propriated for ttie project.
HEW requires H\at the federal
funds must be used before June
30, 1970.
After a long period of plan-
ning and fund raising, the Li-
brary Is about to reach the
contract stage.
Site for the modern structure
In which the Library will be
located was donated by the city,
comprising the northwest fourth
of the block south of the Post
Office used as a parking lot.
Five Library Bdard
embers Named
The Commissioners’ Court
has reappointed five members
of the Library Board, each to
serve for a period of three
years. Named were. BUI Bar-
ker, Mrs. D. C. Black, W. W,
Bryant Jr., Mrs. T. R. Hugh-
ston and Mrs. Harold Garrett.
County Wide Meeting Scheduled
For Limited Income Families
PERT
NING
INS 40t
IS $1-15
!S SI .40
30 TILtr^3U
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OTI LL 2:00
PERN
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IT taytor
A county-wide'meeting fo- all
limited Income families will be
held Tuesday, January 21, at
7 p.m. In the district court-
room, Red River County Court
House, Clarksville.
R. A. Sanders, area program
specialist, Overton, Texas Re-
search station, win conduct tne
meeting. Emphasis will be put
on resources available through
. c., *»•' »\»V.. A• i' .V, i .—’- . ,'-
vate enterprises. The speak-
er -will also stress "Manage-
ment--The Key,” to Increase
J»ycee-Ette Bake
Sale Saturday
The CUrksvllle Jaycee-Ettee.
will hold a beke sale Saturday,
January 18th, beginning at 8:30
In the Clarksville Tax Office
building located on the south
side of the square. All pro-
ceeds will be dona^d to the
Child welfare Program for Red
River County.
Cakes, pies, cookies and can-
dy will be offered for sale.
Those Interested In the Child
welfare Program' are asked to
help by donating or by par-
chasing baked goods.
income. Phases of manage-
ment to be discussed are re-
sources _such as land, labor,
time and money.
Red RlvTr County Extension
agents are Interested In help-
ing families of the county In-
crease and- manage family In-
come, tiupiove lieeilii condi-
tions, Improve the homo and
farm, and encourage social par-
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up-grading programs, they are
Inviting specialists to the coun-
ty during the year to give tech-
nical leadership.
All interested persons are
Invited to the meeting to help
limited lix ome families on Jan -
uary 21.
1968 Screwworm
Report Released
ScrewwDrms socked It to
Texas and other Southwestern
states during the summer and
fall months of 1968. At the
( lose of the year, Texas had
recorded 9,208 cases, highest
number since 1962. Only 835
cases were reported In 1967.
First outbreaks of the costly
livestock pest were’noted In Hie
final week of March with larger
numbers of confirmed out-
breaks reported until October
when the state recorded 4,046
cases.
The national total of 9,878
rases was ttie most confirmed
In any year since 3962,'wlten ttie
control program began.
Fly production at the Mission
sterile fly plant was more.than
tripled during ttie fall epidemic
and more than 2-1/2 billion
sterile files' were released In
Texas in an effort to control
the epidemic.
. -|j ls Important chat producers
report cases promptly so that
Immediate treatment
Initiated In preventing
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January School
Genus Month
i ne month of January Is an-
nual school census time for
children lo be enrolled In school
for the first time next fall, ac-
cording to Clarksville Elemen
tary Principal Jack Davis. .
Davis emphasized that the
census affects all pre-scliool
children In the Clarksville, An-
noua and (^Ueatham areas since
all are in the Clarksville dis-
trict.
Parents of such children are
urged to contact the principal
of the school of their etiolce
Immediately for a census form.
The form's must be completed
and returned no later than Feb-
ruary 1.
Forms are available at any
school office and also at the
office of liool Superintendent
R. L. Fambro.
Counci] Approves
Raises for Five
City Employees
Highlighting .ai tlvltles of the
City Council's first 1969 meet-
ing were seating of a new coun-
cilman and approving pay raises
for several city employees.
Ross King was appointed to
fill the unexplred term of Kel-
sey Dick, deceased, alderman
of Ward 3.
Pay raises of $50.00 monthly
were approval for theClty Man-
ager, City Clerk-Tax Asses-
sor Collector and City Mar-
shall. A $5.00 weekly raise was
given the assistant city clerk
and an increase of $7.00 weekly
was awarded the iteputy city
marshal.
Manager Halley reported that
new street marker signs had
been received for Main street
and will tie erected at each In-
tersection from the Seven-
Eleven store on West Main to
Hack’s Grocery on East Main
street.
In other action the group ap-
proved construction of a ron- ■
crete Island to provide a walk-
way and protect parking meters
on t(ie east 4tde of the publP
square. It will be located be - "Methodist Church.
tween Nohtp Locust street and Mr. |*>nham
New Records Established in
1968 By Red River Co. Banks
W. F. BONHAM
W E. Bonham, former may-
or of Clarksville, business, civ-
ic and church leader, died in
Red River County Hospital at
11L30 p.m., January 1.0. Death
followed several years of de-
clining health.
Last rites Were < onducted on
Sunday at 2 30 p.m. In McKen-
zie Memorial Methodist Church
by the Rev. J M. Simpson, pas-
tor, Interment was In Clarks-
ville cemetery, Jolleys. Fu-
neral Home directing.
Active palltiearers were
nephews; William Ki Bonham,
Kansas City, Kan.; Steve Hale,
Des Moines, Iowa; -James M.
t.amlxtln, Dallas; Donald Staf-
ford; Amarillo; Roland Clark
and Jim Clark, Clarksville.
Honorary bearers wereJt.C.
Wooley, (.us Maul tin, Manrli e
Wooley, t rank Fowler, R. G.
Burris, Randy osburn, Bin k
Compton, Clarence' Varley,
Karl Varley, F. F. Marable Jr.,
■Pat Beadle, Homef- Pope,
George Whiteman, Frank Ed-
wards, Albert Denny, Charles
' anterhury and members of Die
official Ixiard of Mi KAtizle
Record gains ware reported
by Red River County’s three-na-
tional banks In 1968, based on
statements of condition as of Die
( lose of business Ihk eiAber 31.
Deposits at the do.se of 1968
totaled. $16,607,317.92, an In-
crease of $2,110,081.31 over the
total of one year previous.
Clarksville banks re(x>rted
deposits of $ 13,539,888.35,at the
close of 196H and$11,847,472.1* *
at the end of 1967. The gain
was $1,692,41(1.23.
First National of Rogata re-
ported deixislts on Dec. 31,
1968, of $3,067,429.67 and $2,-
649,764.49 one year earlier, for
a gain of $417,665.08.
Clarksville banks had total
re#our< es at the close of 1968
6f $14,860,507.07 and Bogata
$3,415,454.38. total for the
county was $18,273,961.45.
These bank statistic* Indicate
the strong upward trend main-
tained In the economy of Red
River i (Minty during 1968, con-
tinuing the upswing which had
been under way several years.
Comparative Totals for
■ .Clarksville Banks
Figures for the last six years
on Clarksville banks have tieen
■TOThplled as follows, based oe
December 3) uqiorts to the
Comptroller of the Curreni y:
1968
Loans .............$ 6,830,372.10
Deposits .......... 13,535r,8WL3$
Resources ....... 14,860,507.07
1907
Loans .............$ 5,736,810.85
Deposits........... 11,847,472.12
Resources ....... 13,032,102.20
1966
Lo’ans ............,.$ 5,136,916,30
Deposits ..... 9,964,541.06
Resources ....... 11,072,718.34'
.1905
Loans .........
5,244,874.1 1
Dcixislts ....
..... 9,805,843.99
Resoiir' es ..
1964 _
Loans
.....$ 3,957,142.16
l)e|K»sl.ts .....
..... 8,454,861.54
Resources ...
1963
Loans ........
Deposits
..... 7,342,992.32
Resouri e* ..
..... 8,307,992.39
WHO GETS THE GOAT-’ -- Team oaiitalns Marvin
wheat lev and Ed Pryor are trying to make a goal of each
oilier In the i larksvtlle Jayt ee’s current membership
drive. Thai two teams are competing for new members
In a drive ttiat will coni lude with the annual offlfrqrth-
stallatlon banquet In early March. — /
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County Banks Mamed Officers and
Directors at Annual Meetings
can t»e
an epl-
ANOTHER SADDLE
THEFT REPORTED
Sheriff M E * McGuire and
Slim HuieTi, ■ *t>* Ihk
Texas & r„v.:thwestrrr. Cattle
Kaisers Assoclatkin, were in
.,*;/( ».* K *- y
afternoon Investigating asa>Klle
theft. Saddle stealing was quite
widespread In Northeast Texas
last year. The theft reported
Monday was the first sln> e ar-
rests had ended what was ire-
lieved to be an ongenlzed op-
eration.
the Inside drive apoundRlie r*»b--
11' sijuare. p Is expected that
If tiie project proves successful
similar striv hires will lie built
on all sides of the square.
Tree Orders
Beintf Taken
Or tiers for fruit and pecan
trees are now being taken by
the county Extension agents,
-Moody, Lester and Smith. ln-
( luded In the list are several
varieties of pe«' hi plum, i»nri
apple and pe< an trees, also,
available ar" sTawberryplants
and vraiie vines
Orders win tie sent to the-
nursery January 31. Anyone
Interested In ordering any trees
or plants should contact the
'ounty Extension office, Box
709, phone 127-2493, !r; the
basement.of fhe courthouse In
Clarksville.
was liorn July
~2T, 1896, at Clarksville, son
of William I.. and Bella- Bry-
arly Bdnham. lie wa.s married
to Miss Mary Smiley Mar< h 7,
1918, at C larksvllle. She ,sur-
vives. Also surviving are a
daughter, Mrs. Edward B.
Mill hell,, Dallas; sisters, Mrs.
Jim Clark and Mrs. Bill Hale,
Clarksville; Mrs. Otho Drake,
San Angelo; brothers, Sam Bon-
ham, Sulphihf Springs; Thorn-
ton Bonham, !>enton; one-grand
hlld, Mrs, S. B. Robertson,
Girl Scout
Cookie Sale
Starts Friday
(xi January 17 more than one
hundred Girl Siquts, from
Brownies to Seniors, will
spread a> r>s* C larksville to
lake orders for six varieties of
'!ell( Ions Girl Void i ankles.
This year chocolate chip cook-
ies are offered for the first
time, but Hie old favorites, ln-
Dallas, an'l one great grand ' (dueling the ties!-selling i ooky
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A.I.A. BEGINS
NEW YFAR
The Agricultural improve-
ment Association, sponsors at
the Red River County Fair and
Livestock Exposition held their
first meeting of 1969 In the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
room Tuesday night.
A two-man committee was
named to contact county com-
missioners about oiling drive-
ways through the fairgrounds.
Committee members are James
Pearce and Charles’/ueheke.
An estimate of financial re-
quirements for the 1969 fair
was not made, pending appoint-
ment of division chairmen: Jsrt
McCoy Jr. Is heiiTof the fi-
nancial committee.
BOOK SCRAMBLE AT AVERY SCHOOL--Scattered books In locker hell of Avery High
School following a book scramble sometime during the night Monday sheriff M E Mr.
^ire, who Investigated the towddent, said little physical damage resulted from the raid
but that considerable time was required for students to loc ate books and other belongings,
•fany of the books had already tieen ' lalmed by the|r owners when the picture was made
McGuire is being assisted In the Investigation by Deputy Howard Eudy and Avery school
-officials. ’Dehoney Studio Photoi
( hlld, Christopher Rotiertson,
Dallas.
tlga W9 * aafSJV-i C»M'1 In t It# 4lltDw
mobile business In Clarksville
for 40 years or longer.. At the
*lrne h|*< re(1 f—-h'e tli
til health he was jmrt owrter of
Wooley Motor Company of
Clarksville, .for a nurntier of
years he was also active In
farm an'l r.1n< h operations.
A» .i.a/or x<f f?»arksvtlle from
194^ to i960, tie was widely
known lr muni' lpal affairs of
ttie state. ||e was chairman of
the offP lal Ixiard of McKenzie
Metho'llst Church several
years, served the Klwanls Club
In an offli lal capai ity, was ac-
tive In Hie American Legion,
being one of the 50-year mem-
bers of the John T. Felts Jr.
Post 45 at < larksvtlle, devoted
his time and efforts to many
rlvl' and I’elated enterprises
in Clarksville and Red River
County.
Patrol men Serve
At Strike Scene
Highway Patrolmen Bill
Floyd and William - -Estes of
Clarksville have been > ailed
Off their patrol duties Lq Rfd
River County to augtnenftntrof-
flier for'p at Ktiff Sfteel
Company plant near Dalnger-
JUld, where the three-month-
old strike continues, wtHi an ap-
parent stalemate In neg'dlatlons
between management and ttie
union. 1
Ac< l lent investigations are
being liandled by the Sterlff’s
Depertrnent and"ottier local of-
ficers while Hie patrolmen are
out of the county. ( '
Join the Jaycees
mints, are back on ttie list, still
at Hie same fifty < ents \mr box.
Orders will be solic ited for
two weeks, bit If by some
chrfRcp you are missed < all your
favorite (4rl G out and order
several lioxes! iron I iuTasiiu*
()r»ce-a-year ofix.rtunity1 Ttiese
cookie* keep Well lri a freezer,
so store some away for future
nlt8illng.
CO'd'l' '* will b“ dell'TTod in
Clarksville during the week of
February 17-22
Regular annual meetings of
stockholders of the county’s
three hank* were held tills week
to elect offP er* and directors
for 1969,
Tin* meetings coincided with
release of statements of con-____G11®*1, A
dltlon simwlng record gains for nos Jr.,
all three Institutions during
1968.
LilruUors named at Red River
National—Uaftk of Clarksville
are Don C BU' k, chairman of
the U)ard; A D Simpson, A. Ui
Simpson Jr., Dr.-Melvin Marx
Jr. and Mrs. Byron Bbo k.
Officers at Reil River Na-
tional are A I> Simpson Jr.,
president; Carl Hendrex, vjee
president and < ashler; BUI Bet-
tes, Giles M' Carver and Mrs,
Jessie Calhoun, assistant’ ash-
lers.
First National Bank at
Clarksville re-elected all of-
fl< *tfs and 'lire'tors. I»elt>ert
Hudson is president; A B. Len-
nox, vice president; < D Len-
nox Jr., vi( e presl’tent; Thdm
G. Keep, cashier; Mrs, Rose-
mary Cavlness, Kermlt Brant-
ley, Mrs. llol>ert Jamison and
Mrs. L. J.. Peek, assistant ca.sli-
I«rs. Directors are DeltiertA.
ixxlson, 1 nos Elder, Austin
■H^4aannox,C. D. Len-
Thomas G, Reep and
Aot>ert storey.
officers of ttie First National
Bank of llogata are Mrs. Re-
becca H. Harvey, president;
It A Leggett, senior vb^epres-
Ident; Nell Rozell, vlrp presi-
dent; Ann Barnard, ('ashler,
and Neva Burns, assistant cash-
ier. Mrs. B. B Black heads the
txjgrd as clwlrman. other 'li-
re'tor* are Mr*. Retie" a II
Harvey, H -"A Leggett, Sam
Barnard, Nell Ro/.ell and Edna
House.
Ball Weight
Test Termed
Best Ever
Meeting Set
" For Soybean
Producers
■>
Spencer Heads
Builders Group
At ttie annual meeting of the
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Home Builders A ssen tattoni, G.
Gordon open' er of Hotlday Park
Hornes was ele< ted t<< the pres-
idin'y of the Altiquerq,ue Home
Builders Association for Wl69.
| Also, among the newly ele< ted
officers 'if ttie Building Con-
tractors Association of New
Mexico, Speh'er was elated
third vice president for 1969.
„ Spencer Is (he son of Mrs.
J E. Spencer of riarksvlllt
and the late J E Spencer
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Meeting of TAPS
♦o ^tk TT^Td’ Tonight
Bulls on teat at ttie Red River
Valley Beef Perforrnan. e Test
were welgtied for ttie ttdrdtlme
during ttie 140 day teat January
9. County Agent Bob Moody
reported ttie top te_n welgtit
gaining animals, owners and
gains as follows
(/harbray, Gordon Banks,
185 ixMinds, 4,58 [<er day.
Brangus, J 7 ABlson, 307
ptnirids, 3.65 i*r day.
Ch.ar.trray,, hea HoPler,’ 290
jmunds, 3.45 |a*r day.
Bf angos, k t). M'Ironald,
286 pound*, 3.40 day.
Red Brangus, Fred landry,
284 (xiunds, 3.38 per day.
Brangus, 1 T Allison, 279
pounds, 3,32 I>*T day'.
Polled Hereford, Adrbn Jua-
Mss, 274 rounds, i-(v25.pwjcuJUy.
.S^nta Geriru'Us, J E and H.
H, Howard, 272 pounds, 3.24
per day.
Santa Gerirudla, J. V.. and H,
H. Howard, 265 r<ourida, 3.15
per day,
Brangus, Harry Igo,
pounds, 3.15 pef 'lay.
Angus, Dr. I Oliver Gooch^
264 jwitinds, 3,14 per day’.
Ttie forty-one bills on test
have - gained a total •of 9,851
ra-‘
Soybean farmer * in mho iq^er
County will have an opportunity
to hAar James Long andGeorge
Alston, Extension - spe< lallsta
from the (Overton Research Sta-
tion, discuss >*< ytu’.-n prodm -
tlon In ttie Red River County
district courtroom Monday eve-
ning, January 20, at 7 o’ciock.
Alston aqd Long will 'Useuse.
the latest researcti on varie-
ties, planting dates, fertiliza-
tion programs, ln*e< t* and oth-
er management pra> IP ea that
. farmers sliould use In produc-
ing a gruel c rop of tmans.
Soylieans are a"*new ' rop for *
Med River County. In ttie past
farmers have used a Mt and
mis* apfifoarli to growing the
crop, but D th«y will follow gcKid
cultural practices such as those
to lay discussed In the meeting,
It can l>e one of the Wsl rash
crojis a farmer can grow.
• County Extension Agents Bob
M'lody and A. W. Pester are
encoqraglng . evg;ry soVBJflfTV
gCqwer to attend ttils meeting.
Avery Area Had
Heavy Itainfal)
If/., Kalrffajl officially recorded
by DM Arable at Avery during
1V
The TARS (Teen* Aid Re-
tarded; will have lt« regular
local riieetlng Thursday eve-
ning, January 16, at 7 p.m^flB pounds with fifty-sU days
the CUrksvllle High Sc.hcx>l au- fnalnlng in the test,
<*Horlum. -ciftinty Extension Agent Bob
An area meeting will t>e held Moody that ttie test, at ttie
Monday, January '20,' at 'IrAQ ^end of eighty four days, Is thg
p^tn. at the lame Star Gas Co. Bei! vreerall conducted at the
meeting room In Parla. > local facility.
1968 totaled 57.54 Inches, ac-
'JJTdlng to information reported
to The Time*. _____
Hie monthly record was as
follows
January, 3.8 inches; Febru-
ary, 1.34; March, 9.45; Aptll,
5.75i May, 8^10; June, 6.15; Ju-
ly; 3.15; Aufiigi, 1.55; Septem-
ber, 5.5; October, 3.7; Novem-
ber, 4.55; becenjjyer, 5.10.
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Hurt, Jimmy. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1969, newspaper, January 16, 1969; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth912622/m1/1/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.