Gilmer Mirror, The (Newspaper) - August 3, 1967, Gilmer, Texas MICROFILM SERVICE SALES P 0 BOX 8066 DALLAS TX 75205 LITTLE LEAGUE runner Gary Houston 16 begins a slide home plate as Daingerfield catcher looks in vain or the hall where out in lie field This inning the Giltuer look a commanding lead to win game is at Flooring Mill To Resume Its Production R C Martin owner of Martin Oak Flooring plant in Gilmer announced this week the hardwood mill will re- open on Monday Aug 28 That phase of the plant has been shut down for several months Mr Martin said the firm needs to employ about 30 ad- people He invites all former employees men and women to apply as well as any who have not worked at the mill Applications are being at the plant office on Smith St from 8 to 5 week days and 8 to noon on Saturday Gilmer All Stars to Play in Daingerfield Gilmer Little League Stars swamped a team of Daingerfield All-Stars here Monday night The two teams meet again Thursday tonight at Daingerfield in the second of the series Charles Poole pitched innings for Gilmer striking out six batters walking two and giving up seven hits Gary Rholes relief pitcher struck out two walked one and gave up one hit The visitors used four pitchers in the futile attempt to stem the Gilmer tide In the first inning Gary Rholes smashed a triple to right field and scored when Gary Houston was thrown out at first The Gilmer team left three men on base Gilmer Men Attend State Highway Meet Three Gilmer men were among a East Texas delegation which before the Texas Highway Commission day in Austin in behalf of a US Highway 271 from to join other routes at Kilgore They were City Manager Fred Odom Cox Jr and J D Warren all bers of the Upshur County C h a m b e r of Commerce's highway committee Mr Odom and Mr Cox went in a LeTourneau ness plane with the delegates from Gladewater Kilgore and These ed Gregg County Judge Henry Atkinson They saw Texas Stale Highway Engineer Dewitt C Greer receive a vice pin in a special mony and also the swearing in of Hal Woodward of man as chairman of the as Highway Commission H C Petry Jr also look his oath of a third six-year term on the Commission Jack Kultgen of Waco is third member of the Commission The East Texas delegation was from Paris Bogata Ml Pleasant Pittsburg son as well as the other towns listed W W Potter of Tyler Dis- Highway Engineer in- formed them that a route from Interstate 20 to Kilgore was in the planning stage The group wanted Stale 135 from Gladewater to Kilgore widened and made part of this route The feeling on the part of the delegation was that the route would give travelers from Oklahoma City and Chicago a through route to Houston The route would go along US 259 from Kilgore to just north of Nacogdoches where it would join US 59 to Houston US 259 is being from Kilgore to Henderson Potter said and has just been overlaid from Henderson to the Nacogdoches County line We feel we are justified in asking for an improved US 271 so some of the traffic will come through the East Texas lake Abb Smith chairman of the highway committee of the Mt ant Chamber of Commerce said It will make a very beautiful route and serve a large number of people H i g h w a y Commissioner Petry of Springs said the group was very wise in trying to get a share of the north-south traffic A Highway Department of- said however thai US 271 hud been programmed for four lanes for years but some of the counties have been slow in financing their half of right-of-way costs and Charles Wallace went in for Daingerfield's starting pitcher Fred McCain Poole faced a o twelve batters in the firs three innings In the Daingerfield went three up three down and Gilmer go ils big inning Gary Houslon singled anc stole second Arlyn Stephens hit scoring Houston and ad- to second himself Mike Henry blasted a double to and Stephens scored When Ricky Gibson singled the visitors brought in a new pitcher Pilgrim Mark Crow's hil scored Henry and Gibson then Crow crossed home plate as Andy Glaze got a hit Gary Rholes got on base with a single and Gary Houston followed up with another base hil that scored Glaze The team had a commanding lead when the inning was over Daingerfield picked up one run in the fourth bul Gilmer added two more son got a single arid scored when Crow drove a triple to left field Crow scored when Charles Poole bunted McCain doubled to center field in fifth scoring Daingerfield's last two runs Rholes in al pilcher for Gilmer In the of the fifth Gilmer got a final run off a new pitcher Janise when Danny Miller got a base hit and scored Mike Henry who had gotten on base with a blast to right field First Daingerfield batter walked in the sixth and the second man up drove a sharp grounder lo righl field Jay Ford fired ball to Scotty Ray who tagged a runner at third base then threw to George Pilgrim at second Pilgrim and First Baseman Mike Henry trapped the ner for a second out Rholes fanned the bailer for the final Fire Marshal Seeks One Who Gave Alarm On Cly Addition Fire Gilmer Fire Marshal Phillips is seeking to talk lo whoever called in the alarm at the H S Lunsford residence fire in the Cly Addition He asks that person to contact him as soon as possible or call PEE WEE Uague nil stars shown here were defeated by White Oak area team In two games Boys who were selected for the stars were left lo right front David Ricky Children Randy Walton Let and Bruce Rke second row Frank Davis Tim McClelland Kelly and Kenneth Vaughn top row Hilly Collier Tim Tucker David Chevalier Mike Reese and Tim Photo VOL 90 NO 31 UPSHUR COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY AUG 3 1907 12 SECTION School Election Suit Ends With Margin for Consolidation Cattle Truck Overturns Woman Hurt A Gilmer truck driver's wife received a broken arm and multiple cuts and bruises when the loaded cattle truck her husband was driving overturned near the burg city limits about Sunday It was on an on US Highway 271 She is Mrs Mary Virginia Slovall who is recovering in Tyler Medical Center pital Mr Slovall her was only shaken up The couple escaped the cab just before it burst into flames Of the 95 head of cattle in the double deck trailer a preliminary estimate is that 30 head were killed or otherwise lost The load was from to Idaho The truck tractor and were a total loss said Trank Turner owner It was a new rig he added The cattle insured with a cargo were being shipped jy Tom C Marshall of mcr to a feed lot operator Two Upshur Teachers Recognized Edward Simpson of New Diana School and of Bruce High School will be among vocational teachers who will be honored in Dallas Aug 9 at the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of as annual conference Leggett who has been at High since 1962 is to be recognized for 25 years of ervice in the program and Simpson at New Diana ince 1952 is to be for 20 years such vice The awards will be made it a breakfast Leaders in and education rom the state and nation vill take part in the meetings under of George Hurt of agriculture ation of the Texas ion Agency About are in attendance Simpson is a graduate of last Texas State University with a master's degree from iam Houston State College nd Leggett holds bachelor nd master degrees from View Leo Williams prepares to open one of the election lot boxes in the disputed East Gilmer school consolidation election Seated is County Clerk O W Loyd Court was in recess at the time hut re- a few minutes after Photo County Commissioners and Oil Firms Agree on Taxes Upshur County sitting as a tax board Monday and oil and gas tax men agreed a 8 percent increase on mineral ties for this tax year The special hike also would apply to utilities C o m m Bryant Holmes made the motion which was seconded by Com- Arlan Hackler and approved by Commissioner Milton Langford County Judge L G Kinley voiced his opposition ind joined Commissioner Jim Shockey in a statement ng each still supported the original proposal of a 1214 percent raise on oil and gas Mr Shockey did lot attend due to a recent ness but sent a written statement read by the judge The approved motion that the 8 percent on oil and gas and utility tax values would apply this year only and that next tax year he regular schedule would be used as prepared by the county's valuation firm of ritchard and Abbot of Ft Worth The motion further stated hat in case an increase in county tax values is needed B J Gray is Winner Of County Hay Show all properties in the county will be equalized to produce this increase Charlie Cunningham of Oil Co originally framed a motion which would have specified that land would be- put on the rolls in at a mini- mum of an acre This specified amount was deleted after discussion Charles Easley of Mobil said let's don't hold the court to a hard and fast ure on land values Let's agree to the 8 percent for this year only and let the court figure out their land values next year Commissioner Holmes agreed yes we will settle next year when we gel to it However Clyde Blundell lawyer representing Rancho and Venus oil companies said he didn't believe it fair for his firms to agree to the one-year 8 percent raise without some from the court on its next year's action Well we hope there is a agreement that this court will do something about its land values next said Mr Cunningham With the cost of operating the county going up they should start trying to get their tax base as broad a possible Both he and R T Conner of Humble Oil agreed as did others that Gilmer ties on the county tax rolls were not as far out of ance with mineral properties as arc the rural land values Ed Pritchard Jr of the valuation service inquired of the tax representatives what difference th ey believed existed in Upshur County John Allen of General American Tom Sharp of Sun Oil both said it appeared that mineral properties were sessed at about 30 percent of market value while rural land was not over 15 cent Preliminary ratio dies had shown this they said In their joint statement op- posing the ment Judge McKinley and Commissioner Shockey We still hold to de- made by the entire court June 9 to raise the oil properties by percent We are conscious that the oil properties have been carrying the heaviest tax load of the county But since the tax on local Lies was raised by 20 percent n 1966 we feel that this raise on minerals this year is the only right thing to do B J Gray of Grice won place in the Upshur ounty hay show A total of 8 bales entered were judged t Electric Co-op Tuesday evening of ast week by Shannon Extension Service airy specialist from ale Bales were scored on texture leafiness olor protein analysis and an total reached Gray scored 138.7 points nd had a high 17.9 percent rolein in his sample He aid he had applied 500 ounds of ratio in March added 00 pounds per acre of nitrate and grazed it or 30 days Another 300 rounds of ammonia nitrate as applied and 24 days Tier the pasture was cut for y Second highest point total 1 the show earned by 11 Spencor of with 122.2 and a ein analysis of 15.5 percent Willie was third 115.5 J 13 with and Clyde fifth with 105.2 joints C n r p enter complimented ny Show Chairman Dill the producers n the high quality hay en- in the contest Ho noted improvements had been made in the show since he judged the first hay show two years ago Jim Long Extension Dis- farm management presented information which showed how the value of the hay could be mined on the basis of tein Each bale of hay entered in the show was valued on the basis of the protein The basis was on an average bale of hay sold weighing 60 pounds and tested at Crude Protein and Digestive Protein With this assumption and assuming cotton sells at a ton each 1 increase in protein would raise value of a bale of hay cents The highest scoring hay shown by Gray in the con- tost valued at per ton and the lowest ing hny was valued nl per ton which is a difference of approximately per ton between the highest mid the lowest scoring hay entered in the contest Dr Oil dent of the Extension and Research Center at ido brief remarks menting the hay show mid information on how and Sec HAY SHOW page 7 B i CiRAY a left talks to County Hay Show man Hill Stevenson shout his prize winning hale ed in show hay scored a high 17.1 percent Photo Appeal Action By Lawyers Is Not Decided Judge Looney Lindsey's final rulings Monday after- noon upheld tlie April 15 election that consolidated Kasl Mountain Independent School District with he mer school district The margin by which the consolidation ed was reduced to a margin 359 to 358 after Judge Lindsey had removed 22 for votes and 21 against votes from the of- election totals The crowd filled the district courtroom mostly the same East Mountain citizens who had been pre- sent throughout the four weeks of seated in silence for a few moments after Judge Lindsey announced decision Attorneys for both sides met with the judge Tuesday morning when he entered his final judgment in the case Joe P Taylor Jr and William C Martin III yers for the East Mountain citizens who brought suit under the name of James Bagley et al said they would not know until the end of the week whether they would appeal to a higher court The appeal process is a lengthy one It appears tain thai two districts will remain consolidated for the coming school year Still unresolved is of whether the Upshur County school board will approve transfer requests to water from about 120 East Mountain students The mer school board has tested If the county board agrees to honor the protest Gladewater would not re- certain state funds for teaching the students It could still accept them ever Decision A Surprise Monday's decision came as a surprise since preliminary rulings Friday had left East Mountain with an apparent margin of from 1 to 4 votes A vote cast by Mrs D E Blue played a crucial role in the outcome II first came to the attention of Welby K Parish Gilmer school lawyer Monday morning He succeeded in getting i t thrown out for improper nature and this gave the Gilmer side its gin Friday 23 for votes had been disqualified and 20 against consolidation votes seemed to be on their way out Judge Lindsey allowed 21 of the 26 East Mountain vote challenges and 13 of the 20 Gilmer challenges But when the ballot boxes were opened to determine how he voters in question had voted eight unsigned ballot stubs turned up in the East Mountain slub box The judge had announced he would throw out any lots thai with unsigned stubs The consolidation cause lost one vote from the Sand Hill box on that account and five of the eight unsigned against votes from the East Mountain box were ruled out It turned out that the other three however had voters lames written across the lots Monday morning Judge Lindsey allowed new to be called by both sides to clear up some tions that were raised by opening the ballot boxes C 0 Ross Frank J ren and James Wright the three voters whose names on the ballots all that they had signed rather him stubs However Judge indsey finally ruled that their three against votes not be counted and East Mountain's possible vote margin dwindled to 1 One Vote Back In Mr Parish called two thul got one vote stated for the side They were Preston Crow and Lawrence Penick Jr wood election judge Crow said he signed his stub with an X because he couldn't road or write and Penick Sec SCHOOL t
