The Gilmer Mirror from Gilmer, Texas • Page 7

UPSHUR SHERIFF REPORTING Hv OKKAK WATSON This hiis been a busy wuuk for many people. Those that seem In be tin. 1 busiest were the fire depart mtMils in the county, with a lot of ulhur people wlio were assisting thorn or who were concerned with the particular fire at hand. The IT wcru many fire calls during tlii.s last mu- jorily ol' them wore yrass fi.roj. However, several of them did much moru damage jiiat fii'ass.

even though that would have- been too much if there had been nothing else involved. There were- many that were damaged during these fires. The fences were damaged in many instances. The wire and posts wore damaged and some of these things were damaged lu such an extent that they are probably not useable any more. At least much repair will have to be done in some instances.

Cause Of ircs are the causes of these fires? I know that several of them were caused from trash fires out back of the house. These- people who let these fires away from them had no idea this would happen. In fact, the must of these people would not have let this happen for anything if they could have helped it. However, they did not take the precautionary necessary to prevent this before seme of these fires gut out of control. In every case that I knew' nboul.

the person that had let the lire gel out of control worked just as hard, if not harder, lhan anyone else trying to bring it under control. NO person would do that if they did not care about the other person's property. Therefore, there is no question but what people did not intend for these fires to get out of control. However. Hie damage was just as great as if they had caused the fires intentionally.

The one thing I am interested in and am sure all the fire departments in the county are interested in. is that such things do not continue. There is. of course, that interest where the fires are started deliberately. We certainly want to know about those things and we will make every effort to try to correct them.

Even when a fire is carelessly'started and it gets out of control and damages someone else's properly you arc still subject to a penalty for this act. Voluntary Help These fire departments are manned by voluntary help and (See SHERIFF, Page 2) Wye i (m ffl PAGE ONE THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 1901 SECTIOiN' TWO 100 Persons Attend Union Ridge Service Club Meeting Last Week An estimated 100 persons attended the Feb. 4 meeting of the Union Ridge Service Club, held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Oris Davis.

A tamale supper was served. -The club was organized two years ago to put in a fire-fight' inj( force to combat grass and woods fires which had plagued the community. Union Ridge now owns a truck with a pump and lank, and many members of the service cliib have taken a course in first, aid. The club also sponsors a Boy Scout troop with Mr. Pitmon as scoutmaster, and a Cub Pack with Johnnie Poole cubmaster.

At the last meeting a collection was taken for the Boy Scouts ancl a report was made on the fire truck's use. Mrs. Johnnie Poole, who was elected reporter, said Freddie Arnold, club president, expressed his thanks to the club's "official coffee maker, Isaac Fink, for the wonderful coffee." Freddie, it seems, detests instant coffee, and that was what he was drinking. The meeting opened with a song session led by Arch Owen and the invocation was given by D. F.

Denson. Next meeting of the club will be Mnrch '4. The Union Ridge School will hold open house at this meeting and members in- vite'everyone to attend. Pleasant Hill's Founding And Growth Into Community Recalled 1'TiOM GILMlii; TO HAWAII wcnl first graders fiir their ilniicc rostmnes. They were on the P-TA iiriiKrnni Insl Tiiesiluy mjjhl ul lliu (tilmur Loft (n rijflil Unilii Bluilsoc, Nellie Mclicv.

llr.vi'u. Cliildrvss, Donnn I'lnchur. I'nl u'kio IMcBritio, t'enl; Simpson nnd lii-lh SloUus. Kusst-Il, nl.sft vrnm. ce crc.

mpo 'the Hula iliiiice. is nut in the Studio. Ore City Teacher Is Still Sick ORE CITY. Feb. Duron Harrison is still unable to resume 1 her duties ay teacher.

She has been ill since the Christ mas holidays. Mrs, Henry Childrcss is still teaching in Mrs. Harrison's plaee. JVlr. and Paul JVlciddox and Don of Dallas visited relatives here during the week end.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stephen- sun, June and Jimmie of Dallas visited her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. A. B. Coppedge, recently. The Hicks family, traveling evangelists, were Sunday guests in the Clark Coppedge home.

Breazeale of Hughes Spnngs visited here Sunday. Word has been received here that Waylim Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Morgan, is now stationed at El Paso. Way- Ion recently left for induction into the Army.

Von Ray Shipp. son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald also left at the same time. Recent visitors in the home of Mr.

and Mrs. -Roy Lsbell were their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Duffey, of Houston. Joe Bassham has returned to Orange after spending several clays with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Bassham. Mr. Mrs. Claud Nation and Mrs.

Tommie Covey recently visited their sister. Mr. and Mrs, Dan' Hollan, and children in Greenville. THE FIRST NATIONAL PRESENTS Hill Studio A PICTORIAL STUDY OF THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF BIG SANDY Thirty-Third in a Scries of Upshur County Churches The First Methodist cluifuh uf fiiir Sniuly was ortftuiixed JS70, holding its first incelintfs in the school A short time laliT. iMr.

and iMrs. Gull Sniifh some land south nf tlu: niilronds, and a t'hurt'h ui'ucled. The nri'sijnl huildini; was crectetl in 1(120' and is.located sunn 1 'distance north of the firsl, Norfh Tyler and Tiroadwu.v. Thu structure was eninryud in 1950, nnd (he nudilorium ruhtiilf and redecorated. A brick louatud un a lot near the church, wns (mill in Ifl-IO.

The pastor is the llev. Dallas Lnnhford. The hoard of stewards is composed of C. T. Tnylor.

II. Tucker, Tr. Minnick, -T. li. Whitmtui, (I.

li. IJrooke, IJuiley, (i. Downs. ,1. li, Kohert.s, Dwitiht and Mrs.

Luta Mings, an honorary member. Others officers are .1. K. Ituhcrls and Mrs. Kohert Wilson, district Stewards; ,1.

K. Jtoherls, recorder of the official hoard; C. T. Taylor, Sunday School Superintendent; and Mrs. George Wilson, president of the W.

S. C. S. The First National Bank The Bank ffinf is inferesterf in Upshvr Coimfy People First Graders At Gilmer Elementary School Put On Dances For P-TA Meet The four first grade rooms at Gilmer Elimentary School performed dances at the Parent- Teacher Association last Tuesday night in a program and meeting held in the senior high auditorium. Dances were a ballet, Oxford minuet, a Hula, all in costume, and "Looby Loo." with the children singing and dancing.

In the ballet were.Linda Tillory. Blair Wilburn, Gerald Dean Little, Branda Culpupper, Judy Poole, Gerry Hamberlin, Sandy Arringlon. Janet Barksdale, Janel Snied, Jeanne Saied, Jan. Ann Tuel, Karen Clark, Chariot le Fcnnell, Carolyn Langford and Beth Stokes. In the minuet were Barbara Ann Morris, Warren Wulson, Jane Ann Michael, Tony Elwell, Donna Parker, Allen Threadgill, Carolyn Mar tin dale, Dicky Powell, Margaret Ann Truslcr, George Proctor.

Janet Hill, Dix- un Graves. Janet Barksdale, Larry Player, Pat IngYam, Johnny Mathi.s, Dorolhy Davis and Wesley Bishop. In the Louby Loo song and dance, which was not in costume, were Jimmy Mailer, Ollie Fields, Sid Longest, Mary Jean Johnson. 1.loll is Uuggins. Glenda LaGrone, James Daniels.

Jeannie Stephens. Jerry Williams. Johnny Carter, Peggy Cannon, Buster Davis, Jim Marshall and Carol The dunces were directed by First Grade Teachers Opal Tillery, Estelle Carroll, Pat Goolsby and Opal Haralson. Second gnule-rs also were un the program doing two cowboy songs and drmco.s, "Runny Hup" and "Hokey Pokey." The library book was won by Mrs. Tillery's and Mrs.

Carroll's rooms for having the most mothers at the P-TA meeting. IJy U. II. (Dick) LOCKIIAICT About nine miles southwest of Gilmer is the site of the old Pleasant Hill community. Back in the IBTO's and 1080's early settlers, some of the best It) come to Texas, began building a progressive, community there.

Considered a leading settler was Minister John T. llolloway, who in established a church and school. Mr. llolloway and his wife, Iho former Mary GartrcJI, were of English ancestry. They married in Clarke County, in UW4 and shortly after Texas was admitted to the Union, in to be exact, moved to Rusk County, Texas.

At Shady Grove Mrs. Hollowny died in US 5 9 leaving three small children. On March UHS2. Mr. llolloway married Ann (IJend) Oal- larcl.

sister of Madison Read. The ceremony took place In the old Head home Mi mile north nf Shady Grove in Upshur.County. The Hollovvay family remained in Rusk County uniil Christmas Eve. when they returned to the Read home to live. Two years later Mr.

Hollowny carried his family into.the unbroken Co rest land where he established the Pleasant Hill church and later the community grew up around it. Mr. Holloway established a school and Professor Jeff Allison was employed as a teacher. At the end of the term he attended school at Ad-Ran College at Thorp Springs TCU), ancl on his return he purchased a plot of ground from J. D.

MaLhis just east of the old school building and built a two- story church and school. It was completed in UHili in lime for the fall term, At. Ad-Ran College he met. Minister Jim Stalbird and persuaded him to become minister of this church. Mi'.

Stalbird divided liis lime between Hill Shady Grove, During that time he met and married Miss Kloronce Holloway, daughter of John T. Holloway. Records at Gilmor indicate that whuii Jeff Allison left ho deeded the property to .1. D. Mnthis, Madison Read and Henry P.nunum, all early settlers of the Pleasuni Hill community.

In John T. llolloway built a home in Hie vicinity of JOHN T. UOLUW'AY iUiiiisfm 1 (K20 1S77 where Monroe Maberi'y now lives and some time afterward he built another home where Mrs. Eulu HoJJovvrjy now Jives. A short distance west of his old -home Bob Read settled.

Then north a short dist'inee. Madison Read settled ancl just norlh of Mr. Read, Williams, a brother-in-law of John Holloway, settled. (He was also a brother-in-law of Madison Head): The Williams place is now known, os the Satterwhtte place. GUI Humes Identified Then east of John HollowayV second home Amos WUlingham settled, now owned by Mrs.

Su- hi Cox. FnrUier IJuck- hnnnan settled, now owned by J.osh Mitchell. South of Mr. Hollo way's home William Caffey sUtlt-d This place is now known as the J. H.

Mings home. The named settlers were all sons-in- law or brothers-in-law except Mr. Buckhannan. 1 rider settled in what is known as the J. D.

Math is place, adjoining the church and school lot. About the community began to grow John Math is ran a country '-Unc md and grist mill, and Henry Bauman ran ti blacksmith and general work There was also chair factory in operation. The next installment in the history of Pleasant Hill, which 1 itu became the community of Prilchett, will be published next week. It will include thu history of UK: famous Pritehett Preparatory Institute which was established in 1801 by Professor W. Sanders.

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