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Hog6 & Sons Book Bindery
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sales continue and plans are
for the annual Malakoff
of Commerce banquet to be
March 31.
will be installed as
r president of the organization by
president Jack McCool. Ser-
Callaway will be vice-
president Nannie Drake and secretary-
treasurer Judy Newman.
New directors will be Dennis Halter,
Evelyn Closser, Bill Vincent, Judy
Seat, James Anders, Alfred Williams,
Marky DuBose, Marlin Dawson and
Homer Ray Trimble.
Hold-over directors are Jim
Blakeney, Wayne Callaway, Jack
Murray, Judy Newman, Ruby Rogers,
Nannie Drake, Fred Sonntag and Carl
Anderson.
Also during the vening the coveted
"Citizen of the Year" award will be
presented. Last year's Citizen was At
Inmon.
The banquet will be held at the
Malakoff Elementary School cafeteria
and will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are still
on sale for $5 each from any member of
the Chamber.
Entertainment will be provided by
Fred Smith and The Country Edition
Band. Smith, leader of the band, is ac-
companied by five musicians, two of
which are vocalists.
The band is under contract with
Front Page Records. They have one
album, "Moods of a Country Picker"
released, and two singles.
They have pt~eviously perform, ed. at
Harvey Hall in Tyler, American I.~eglon
Hall in Priddy, Main NC Club, Fort Sill,
Okla., The Cove Ballroom, Lindsey, the
Sportatorium, Dallas, and for the
Kilgore College Homecoming Dance in
Kilgore.
TEXAS PRESS
1980
cents
"The Heartbeat Of This Progressive Territory" single copy
YEAR, NUMBER 15
Box 509, Malakoff, Texas 75148
489-0531
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1981
ANN ROUNSAVALL
of the Smith, Moore &
public accounting firm
city councilmen Monday
continues to remain
condition, although
the previous year reflects
total assets and a loss in
in good shape," Smith
quite as good as last
r HOWard Julian responded to
by saying, "Inflation hits
general fund assets was
of $229,412.54 to the
319.42.
from general fund
from the 1979 figure
to the 1960 figure of
Collection of taxes for the
a portion of that in-
increases coming
franchise taxes and
general
up, mainly due to in-
/ costs, Smith ex-
$199,609.51
994.89 for 1980.
sewer fund showed an
in total assets from
32 in 1979 to $2,244,515.23 in
system reflected an overall
for the year of
That department had
of $13,000 during 1980
$23,000.
for all funds within the
$3,607,639.5&
862 water connec-
the city and 786 sewer
In other business councilmen con-
tinued their discussion on an ap-
propraite site for drilling an additional
water well.
Julian told the council that the
proposed well site on the park now
cared for by the city would have to be
scpaed, since two people have refused
to okay the drilling. "Another site will
have to be found," he said.
City Manager John Lott will contact
two landowners for possible sites for
drilling, he said, in an effort to have a
new well in operation by the time the
hot summer weather hits.
Councilmen have earlier learned that
the city is in good shape with their
water supply at the present, as long as
the three wells now in service continue
to function. Those wells are over 20
years old, some past the normal
lifospan of a water supply well. If one of
those wells should play out, they have
been told, the city will be in dire straits
during a dry spell.
In other business Julian appointed
three members to the tax board of
equalization. Those members will be
George Riddlesperger, J.A. (Mac)
McLain, and Ernest Wilson.
The council also approved minutes of
the previous meeting and heard a
report from Lett on the condition of
police vehicles. Lett told councilmen
that one of the 1980 vehicles now owned
by the department is in bad shape, and
that a new car may have to be pur-
chased prior to the proposed October
purchase date.
The next scheduled meeting of the
council will be April 13 at the city com-
plex at 7 p.m.
THIS GROUP of seventh and eighth grade students at Malakoff Junior High
School showed parents, teachers and peers why teachers go nuts during their
presentation of a play last Friday. The play was directed by Pam Hampy,
teacher. (Staff photo by Lori Callaway)
SEAN PATRICK LAWIMER
Lawler has been selec-
Muscular Dystrophy
child for Greater
the East Tens
Chapters of MDA,
from other children
27 counties of the two
the second year Scan has
as poster child. As a
for MDA in 1981, Scan
at various MDA spon-
and other community ac-
also entered the State
contest held annually by
MDA.
Last year Sean's MDA activities in-
cluded participating at the Diboll Days
festivities and parade and the Athens
and Malakoff Christmas parades. He
was also a special guest at the local
Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon held
at KLTV in Tyler. Since January Scan
has represented the Muscular
Dystrophy Association at MDA's Open
Exchange patient seminar program,
and Just Between Us, a youth rally
sponsored by MDA. He will also be ap-
pearing at skate-a-thons which will be
scheduled in several East Texas corn-
By PAT HARRIMAN
Henderson County Memorial
Hospital's construction plans are more
uncertain than ever. HCMH ad-
ministrator Gene McIntyre said the
board no longer has any t~pe of
agreement with contractor ueorge
Emerson.
Emerson Construction Company in
Temple had been awarded the $3.7
million contract in November, but
because the hospital has not been able
to sell its bonds, construction has not
begun. The bonds can't be sold because
the state usury limit is 10 percent and
bond interest rates are higher than
that.
Emerson guaranteed his bid price
until Feb. 15 without financial penalty.
Since the 15th, Emerson and the board
have not made any formal agreements.
"I talked to Mr. Emerson about a
week ago," McIntyre said, "and he
brought up the possibility of extending
the contract through April 15 if we add
on another $34,000 on top of the con-
tract. He's now bid another job and will
not send us anything official."
A quorom was not present at
Tuesday's meeting, so the board
members present and McIntyre in-
formally discussed the construction
project and the possibUty of hiring a
pathologist. Willis Moore, Pat Nefll and
Charles Mathis were the board
members at the meeting.
McIntyre said the state House of
Representatives had passed a bill
raising the usury limit from 10 to 15
percent, but that the bill has been
assigned to the Senate Government
Affairs Committee and is not yet
scheduled for a hearing.
Neill said long-term interest rates are
"not doing any better. There's more
hope for that (the legislature raising
the limit) than for the long-term rates
to come down."
as
munities and at the Lufkin Parks and
Recreation Softball Tournament
scheduled for March 21st and 22nd.
Scan is nine years old and lives near
Malakoff. He attends fourth grade at
Malakoff Elementary School where his
favorite subjects are Science and Social
Studies.
Sean's favorite friends include four
dogs, two cats and a horse which live
with him and his grandparents on their
country residence. Sean helps care for
the animals and plays with them with
the assistance of a golf cart his gran-
dfather restored. The golf cart provides
High Medicare reimbursement has been
interest rates cut."
, Moore said they would have to con-
with bond sales, contract price sider a generalincrease. "Salaries areup by 10, 12 and 13 percent and we're
sitting where we were two years ago."
McIntyre said he didn't know "This is a terribly small margin," "Bllls payable have gone up $42,000 in
whether or not it would be better if they McIntyre said. "We've not had any rate just a year," McIntyre said, "and that's
do have to re-bid the job. increases in over two years and the cost for things like IVs and drugs that
"It couldgo either way," Neill said. of everything has gone up and our there'p no way to get by not buying. ,,
"We could get more bidders, but costs
could go up, or if the economy slides
down further, we could get a lower
bid." Calendar of events
Chief of Staff, Dr. Joe Ed Smith, told
the board he could only speculate the
advantages of hiring a pathologist to
run the laboratory. MALAKOFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BANQUET
"It bolls down to a business thing," The annual Malakoff Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held Tuesday,
Smith said. "I think a pathologist is March 31, at the elementary cafeteria in Malakoff. Tickets are still available
worth something in terms of the overall from any Chamber member.
revenue and quality of the hospital, but
it's hard to put a figure on. I don't know MEETINGS
what it would be worth." Malakoff Masonic Lodge study club will be held Monday, March 30, at 7 p.m. at
Dr. Medford McCoy has applied to be the lodge hall in Malakoff.
the hospital s full-time lab director. Dr. Malakoff Rotarians will meet Tuesday, March 31, at noon at the Harbor House
Nolan Geddie Jr. is the hospital lab's Restaurant for their weekly luncheon meeting.
clinical director and Dr. Virgil Gun- The I.O.O.F. will meet Tuesday, March 31 at the lodge hall in Malakoff for their
zales, a clinical pathologist in Tyler, Is weekly meeting.
the lab's part-tlme consultant.
"Dr. McCoy would be able to do full- The annual Azalea Trails will begin Saturday, March 28 in Tyler. The Trails
time what Dr. Gonzales does part- will remain open through April 5.
time," Smith said. "With a young The Fort Worth Symphony Concert will be held in Corsicana April 2.
aggressive guy running the lab, the First Monday Trades Days will he held in Canton April 3-6.
hospital could get a lot out of it in Derrick Days will be underway in Corsicana April 4 with the annual minithon,
revenue and quality. He could do more canoe and kayak races, chili cookoff, balloon race, fiddlers contest and home
things, which would generate more tours, among other activities.
revenue, and it could also affect the
quality of personnel we're able to at- TERRELL HERITAGE TRAIL
tract." " The Heritage Trail of Homes, an annual springtime event in the East Texas
Moore, Mathis and McIntyre will town of Terrell, will be held this year on Saturday and Sunday, April 25th and
meet with McCoy Saturday morning to 26th, the weekend following Easter.
discuss the idea. ' This year's tour will include five vintage homes, dating from 1885 to 1922, plus
an 1895 executive rail car, the Heritage Room of the State Hospital containing an-
McIntyre told the board that the tique furnishings from 1885, and the Carnegie Library and Museum.
hospital had only $17,000 more than
expenses after paying the JanuaryDERRIcK DAYS'CELEBRATION
and February bills. The fifth Annual Derrick Days' Celebration will be held in Corsicarm March 28-
April 4. The list of activities to be held in this town located on Interstate 45, sixty
miles south of Dallas, includes events for all ages.
The major day of Derrick Days week is Saturday, April 4. Events scheduled for
this day include a 9.3 mile run - The Oil Town Minithon; a 9 mile marathon canoe
race, appropraitely called the "corsicana Spill," and the Texas Championship
Whitewater Kayak Slalom Race.
Also scheduled are a Chili Cook-off, softball tournament, old-time fiddler's con-
Scan with mobility and allows him to be test, hot air balion race, spring bazaar, children's events including a visit from
outside and to cover all the boundaries Rnnald McDonald, Kids Olympics, Super Teams Competition, Oil and Energy
of his large yard. Museum, Classic Car Show, Armadillo Race, Bed Race, and plenty of food.
Other activities for Scan include Cub For additional information, contact the Corsicans Chamber of Commerce,
Scouts where he has recently earned his P.O. Box 426, Corsicana, TX 75110, or call 214/874-4731.
Bobcat badge. Scan also enjoys
• traveling and has seen much of Texas OFFICE HOURS
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dparents have planned more sight-COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTN
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summer months, p~ an item to appear in the Ne~t on its Thursday publication it mult be received at the News office by 4
Sean enjoys drawing, clay modeling p.m. on the preceeding Monday.
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