e.Malakoff _Ne ws-Thu _ y- Jan • 8 h 1981
30 years ago
Samuel N. Wood, aged Malakoff
resident, lies critically Injured in the
Kilman Hospital here following the
New Year's first traffic accident which
occured at the Terry Street-Highway
intersection.
The annual Evans family reunion
was held at the home of Mrs. Adele
Evans, December 31, with relations
from all over the state attending.
Boyd F. Sharp, former Malakoff
resident, according to advice receive
here, has received anothe- Army
promotion from Major to that of
Lieutenant Colonel.
Miss Patricia Ann Payne, daughter of
Mrs. Margaret Payne and the late W.B.
Payne became the bride of M/Sgt. Ar-
thur Miles Thompson on December 28,
at the home of Mr:'and Mrs. J.D.
Waller.
Miss Virginia Lee Gould and William
H, Martin of Malakoff exchanged wed-
ding vows December 19th at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr• and Mrs.
R,S. Gould at Trinidad.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorr Lobrecht of
Longview, announce the birth of a baby
girl whom they have named "Mary
Ann."
Malakoff's newest addition to Hen-
derson County's most recent large-
scale industry is the McCormick
McLain Dairy Farm south of this city.
Elton L. Corley recently of Haskell
County and deputy sheriff of Henderson
County, has again accepted a
deputyship under Sheriff Jess Sweeten
and has been assigned to the Malakoff
and Trinidad area.
40 years ago
Two small Trinidad boys very
narrowly escaped death by drowning in
the Trinity River Saturday afternoon.
The boys, Lonnie Holt, 14, and Leon
Ridgeway, 11, were out boat riding in
the swollen waters of the river near the
highway bridge when a floating log
struck their craft, causing it to capsize.
The following Malakoff young people,
who are attending colleges and univer-
sities in other cities, left the past week
to resume their studies after having
spent the holiday season here with
home folks: Misses Vivian Kirby, Nor-
ma and Sara Orrick, Dean Frizzell, and
Joe Faulk, S.F.A. in Nacogdoches;
Jerry Wilson and Billy Grey Payne,
Texas University, Austin; David Dodd
Letter to editor
To be considered for publication in the Letters to the Editor colunm an article must be original,
not over 300 words and signed by the writer.
The Malakoff News reserves the right to edit all letters+ If deemed derrogatory, libelous, tin+
clear or for some other reason unprintable and it is not possible or practical l• edit so it will meet
standard for publication, we will not be able to use it.
The name of the writer will be published along with the letter. We feel that a letter has little
meaning if published anonymously. If there is something you feel should be brought to the atten.
tion of readers but you don't want to have your name tied to it, let us have the information and we
will look into it from a news angle.
We feel that the Letters to the Editor column is the very finest medium available in this com-
munity for expression of personal views on matters of concern, We urge use of the cnlumn in a
constructive manner, inviting those with views on any subject of interest to share tbem with our
readers.
and Dana Kiigore, Southwestern
University, Georgetown; Ray Dollar
and David Tiner, Marshall Junior
College, Marshall; Miss Martha Car-
son, S.M.U., Dallas; Charles Foster,
Texas Tech, Lubbock; James Louis
Scholl, N.T.A.C•, Arlington; Miss
Aubrey Mae Overton, T.S.C.W., Den-
ton; Miss Mary Louise Tidmore,
N•T.S.T.C., Denton; Miss Rubble
Moore Anderson, Lon Morris College,
Jacksonville.
50 years ago
Fred Mangate of Dallas was acciden-
tally shot while hunting here Sunday
with John Puterbaugh, also of Dallas.
He received medical treatment at the
W.D. Puterbaugh residence here,
where he was taken following the ac-
cident.
A two-story brick building in the town
of Frankston was destroyed by fire on
December 30th at an estimated loss of
$46,000. The structure was known as the
Dabbs building.
The last 100 days in the present school
term has been set aside as compulsory
attendance days for all school children
between the ages 6 and 14 years. The
period, was set aside in compliance with
the State Law.
N.C. Vandagriff left this week for the
Federal hospital at Muskogee,
Oklahoma, where he will undergo an
operation for appendicitis.
The capital prize offered by the mer-
chants in their premium campaign,
that of a brand new Chevrolet sedan,
was awarded Saturday afternoon to
Mrs. Gladys Curtis, Malakoff post-
master.
60 years ago
Four Murchison youths were under a
$500 bond each this week in connection
with the robberies of four stores in that
city. The boys, it was said, were trying
to imitate the feats of Tom and Dave
Slaughter.
Joe Shelton of Cross Roads, son of
J.M. Shelton, was feloniously assaulted
yesterday and is now at Athens in a
very critical condition•
The new officers for the Malakoff Odd
Fellows Lodge installed this week
were: J.C. Brown, Wm. Riddlesperger,
Louis J. Scholl, George •wen, R.E.
Skiles, C.O. Jones, L.D. Harris, C.B.
Dodson, Charlie Jones, Roy Swanson,
W.F. Young, E.O. Wilson, L.R. Tiner,
J.D. Johnson, J.K. Derden and G.C.
Churchwell.
Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Kirby of Poynor
have rented the R•C. Smith house,
recently vacated by the Cone Roun-
saville family, and will move here in
the near future•
Roy Swanson is making preparations
to build an ice house on the Cotton Belt
right-of-way for the purpose of handling
ice in this city during the coming sum-
mer months.
Violence frequently
directed at children
Children are the most frequent
recipients of violence in this society --
violence directed against them by
parents and by other children, reports
Betty J• Smith, a family life education
specialist.
Dr. Smith is on the home economics
staff of the Texas Agricultural Exten-
sion Service, The Texas A&M Univer-
sity System.
The average age of all Vietnam Era
veterans is 34.
~~ ~O0 OOOOO00000 O O~O00~o~OO0 • OOOO0~o000~OOO0 ~O0~O~o~O0 • • O0 OOOO0 ~OO0~OO0f ff ~fo e~eoaoOOUO
ooo • ooooo .,,,
. ........
, ............................................... ,.; ;,;; ; ;: :. ; ;: ;, ;,; ;. ;;:;
• o~t+.' • .~oeO
=/
and find out the
word from
li
advertisers in The Ma ako
red with your mal each
per. year
in Henderson and
adjoining counties.
Senior citizens ½ price
...eOO
..coO0
"..egO
'..egO
'..oOO
..eO0
"+o00
"'°gO
'.-O0~
.,,oO0
.+gO0+
+ ",' • O0
..oOO~
•+~OO~
.eoOOq
.'000
""~oO~
.*DO0,
..o•Oq
.eoOO~
,ooOOq
..oOOq
"ooO0~
.°ooOO
.-eooO
'-ooOq
',ooO4
'*go0(
"*o004
..eoo4
..oOOl
".oOOq
"-egO4
".oOO4
',•lOt
",OlO(
,,ooI|
"'°lOt
.oeO0
"'god
.coo0+
..oO0+
..•eel
."oOOq
*'cO04
.coO04
"*O0~
".oOO4
..••it
.oooO4
"+ooO(
"'°OO4
"••gOt
.-iI~
• °cOO
"eolO
"cOO0
"'°gO
0eooO
"*oO0
.oo•~
."oo~
.-::**
.*eo~
oeoO~
..oOOq
•eoOO4
+eo•O(
.coO01
.eooO4
..oo~
..o@~
.co•e4
,+oOOq
,
.,,oO~
"ooOq
..ooO(
.'oOOt
.eoO~
.cOO•(
,eooO4
.+gee(
..•gOt
..ave(
.-oo~
.•ego(
..ooO(
By Ann I ounsovo
Mr.
The newest inflation fighting craze "You shouldn't send them out if y ar ie
that built to an all-time high during 1980 don't want to fool with them," I said. some
As usual, anytime I spout off about .Jter.
shopping.Was the use of money-saving coupon pet peeve one of my children are .wi ays!!
Although coupons have been utilized me. Chad was the lucky one this time. nvx
by merchants for some time, theIt is difficult to explain to a ten-ye flelvi|
shrinking dollar of the past year in- old, who catches the change of tone _adie
creased their popularity. Mom's voice when she is angry, why r. da
• : .idloliaa
We find coupons in our newspaper clerk who acted strainea at gtv
advertising, in magazines, in the credit for an 11 cent coupon should raylol
weekly tv guide, stuffed inside boxes of rile a mother. Blake
cereal, mixed well with five pounds of "Did that make you mad?"
asked as we moved away from
flour, and hung around the necks of cold clerk. He had heard that tone of voi
drink bottles.
Personally, I resent coupons. I think before, you see, and was well awa|
they were invented to punish busy that for some reason we were treadle[
people. For those of us who do well to on thin ice. l
get to the grocery store, it is I knew that I could never explain
Chad my total dislike of coupons. ,,
explanation would come out soundi F :
like a big deal over nothing. So I un
plained instead my feelings that[el
customer of a business should I eta, a
treated with respect, even if tl ev?I
exasperating when we arrive to find
that we cannot buy the "specials"
because we have no coupons. Even
worse, is buying a product knowing that
at home you have six coupons laying on
the counter that would have amounted
to savings of at least 28 cents. Or worse
yet, spend some of your precious free
time one Saturday afternoon cutting out
all those coupons, put them in your pur-
se to have them handy, and then not
make it to the store until they have ex-
pored.
Once I got a coupon, had it with me
when I arrived at the store prior to its
expiration date, and the store still had
some of the product on hand. 'I was
thrilled. I would save II cents. When I
handed the coupon to the clerk she
looked at it with a frown, turned to the
next clerk and said indignantly, "I hate
these things."
customer)s• a little extra trouble. .'h'nns
My bamc complamt of coupons is lil I-"
•, me
the complaint of revenue sharing
t .l~ern~
our federal government so
passes out to local governments f.er
• .~ 511"8
send the money to them to begin wtt~,~ ,
~men:
they hire" people to take part of it awm,,., juness
and send some of it back to us.
0 ne
comes down to costing a lot more aft . ,
FlalaK
everyone has their share of the till. ,.,
.... ~ur~
My wish for the new year is not imet. .
raas
ded to take jobs away from America ,
rsl
but I still wish that we would have • ,
ms
need for coupon counters in 1981. TheS .
wouldn't feel like I was losing so mu0granct
money everytime I went into a store. !
Fun
yers
QUESTI()NS AND ANSWERS the
SOCIAL SECURITY
Mrs
By Jimmy VanBevers hospit
Tyler District Manager Illness
SociaISecurity Administration ' A r
raised
El
Q. How much can a person get in SSI facility to your home. If there are ~ Cur
benefits? local facilities equipped to provide t~ll cha
A. Currently, the maximum Federal care you need, medical insurance w~'etire
SSI payment is $238 for a single per- help, pay for necessary ambulan~he F
son and $357 for a couple. These amoun- transportation to the closest facllitSville
ts may be decreased if a person has any outside your area that can provide t| Gra
other sources of income or they may be
Increased by supplemental payments
macle by the individual states. In ~d-
careyou need. Sur
Q. When I applied for retiremeCharh
benefits last January, I elected not
receive Medicare medical insuran
because I did not wish to pay ti] 'q
premiums. I have since changed
mind. Can I still sign up for soci/'%-A
security medical insurance?i
A. Yes. you can enroll during the fi , The.
~4~!~
could have been enrolled but were noOervic
fears
Q. I'll soon be 65 w at.lVledica ge9,
but I don't plan to retire. Can I gGlbill
Medicare without applying
retirement benefits?
A. Yes, starting January 1981,
can apply for Medicare alone as Iong
you are eligible for social
retirement or survivor benefits.
dltlon, states may offer Medicaid, food
stamps, and social and rehabilitation
services.
Q. When will Medicare pay for am-
bulance service?
A. As long as the ambulance, equip-
ment, and personnel meet Medicare
requirements, medical insurance can
help pay for medically necessary am-
bulance service if transportation in any
other vehicle could endanger the
patient's health. After you have met the
$60 annual deductible, medical In-
surance will pay 80 percent of the
reasonable charges for local transpor-
tation from the scene of an accident to a
hospital, from your home to a hospital
or skilled nursing facility, between
hospitals and skilled nursing facilities,
or from a hospital or skilled nursing
T~/~ Member
I~1
Published Continuously
"I'IXAS PRP_q$ Since 1913
• ..o+..,,o. The Malakoff News
Publisher .................................................. Dan Dwelle
Business Manager .......................................... Tom Finley
Ediit °r ................................................. Ann Rounsavall+
Ice Manager ...................................... " .... Lori Callaway
Advertising Representative ................................. Cindy Ford
The Malakoff News (326700) is published weekly by Athens Printing Co. at Malakoff, Tx. l~OSl of-
fice address being P.O. Box 509, Malakoff, Tx. 75148 Subscriptiod rates: $5 per year in Henderson
County t senior citizen 50 percent discount available ) ~ $6.50 per year elsewhere in Texas; $7.50 per
year elsewhere in continental United States. Second-class postage paid at Malakoff, Tx. 75148.
POSTMASTER: Send address,changes to The Malakoff News, P.O. Box 509, Malakoff, Tx. 75148
vv~vv~v~v~vV~vvv~vvVVVVVVV
Be sure you don't miss a single copy of your newspaper. Just fill in the
form below with present address and your new one, and drop it in the mail
(or bring it by the office).
Present Address:
Name
Address
City State Zip
New Address:
Name
Address
City
_________State Zip
Mail to: The Malakoff News,
P.O. Box 509, Malakoff Texas 75148
Yes, ! want to subseribe!
( ) Please send me a one year subscription to The Malakoff News. En-
closed is my check for $
Name
Address
City State Zip
( ) Please send a gift subscription in my name. Enclosed is my check for
$
Send to:
Name
Address
City State Zip
SUBSCRIPTION RA rES:
$6.00 per year in Henderson County
$6.50 per year elsewhere in Texas
$7.50 per year elsewhere in continental U.S.
Mail to: The Malakolf News
P.O. Box 509 , Texas 75148
