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The Paris News from Paris, Texas • Page 10

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The Paris Newsi
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Paris, Texas
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10A Records The Paris News May 7, .1995 NATIONAL Weather The forecast for noon, Sunday, May 7. Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. Today, May 7 HOMECOMING SUNDAY Leslie Chapel Assembly of God Church will observe homecoming today. Luncheon will be served following the morning worship. A singing from p.m.

will feature the Jenkins Sisters and the Hendrix Trio. Monday, May 8 BEREAVED PARENTS The Bereaved Parents Support Group will have a roundtable discussion at its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the Paris Public Library Gallery. An invitation is extended to all bereaved parents, their families and friends. Tuesday.

May 9 BUSINESS AFTER HOURS A salute to small business, sponsored by the Lamar Paris County Chamber of Commerce, will be held from p.m. Tuesday in the chamber conference room at 1651 Clarksville Announcement of the Small Business Person of the Year will be made. COLD WARM STATIONARY 1995 Accu-We CHAMBER MEETING Lamar County Chamber of Commerce board meets 4 p.m. Tuesday in the chamber board room at 1651 Clarksville St. AMERICAN LEGION MEETING Brown-Guest American Legion Post 30 of Paris will meet at 7 p.m.

Tuesday in fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church, corner of 4th Street SW and Grand Ave. Entrance to the building is from the church parking lot between Grand and Kaufman streets. Today, thunderstorms likely, some severe. Highs near 80. Tonight, thunderstorms ajid scattered evening showers likely.

Lows near 60. Monday, a slight chance of morning showers, otherwise decreasing cloudiness. Highs near 80. Monday night, fair. Lows near 60.

Extended Tuesday, mostly cloudy with with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Wednesday, thunderstorms ending early, then decreasing clouds. Oklahoma Sunday, mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers and thunderstorms. Heavy rainfall possible southeast.

Highs in the low to mid 70s. Lotto Texas Pick 6 Pick 3 Texas lottery numbers from last night OPEN HOUSE SLATED Open house of the Paris wastewater treatment plant BIT A I will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday. Citizens may drop by the plant on Highway 271 North, tour the facility and ask questions about the water treatment process. Refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, May 10 BLOOD DRIVE SCHEDULED A blood drive, sponsored by the Greater Paris Rotary Ciub in conjunction with Stewart Regional Blood Center and McCuistion Regional Medical Center, will be from -11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Pavilion West Classroom at McCuistion. The goal is 100 units, according to Dick Morgan, chairman of the drive. PEDC BOARD MEETING Paris Ecpnomic Development Corporation board meets 4 p.m.

Wednesday in the Fire Training Room of City Hall north annex. Discussion includes the Northwest Industrial Park model building project, improvements on Industrial Drive, and the plan of work and budget for fiscal year 1995-96. Thursday, May 11 NEWCOMERS CLUB The Paris Newcomer's Club will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday at Paris Golf and Country Club. Gary Gunder, assistant administrator of McCuistion Regional Medical Center, will present a program on "Regional Hospital Facilities." For information, call Mary Whitsell, 785-1155 or Modi, 784-8386.

AUDUBON SOCIETY Hummingbirds will be featured at the final spring meeting of the Northeast Texas Audubon Society at 7 p.m. Thursday in Room 104 of the Paris Junior College Natural Sciences Building. The Audubon video "Hummingbirds Up Close" will be shown. Friday. May 12 AARP MEETING The American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) will meet at 2 p.m.

Friday in Alford Center, Paris Junior College. Ray Starnes, assistant director of pastoral care at St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center, will speak on "Hospital Ethics." Saturday, May 13 OPEN HOUSE Lamar County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Clinic will have an open house from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday at the Horizon Center at 2280 NE Loop 286.

The event is open to families, said Jane Mitchell, program chairman. To make reservations call 903-785-3394. SATURDAY DANCE Lee Main will call the Saturday dance of the North Star Square Dance Club. Workshop starts at 7:30 and the dance at 8 p.m. in the club building two miles west of the loop on Highway 82 West.

PUBLIC LIBRARY Paris Public Library will have a retirement party at 2 p.m. Saturday for popular storyteller "Sooty" John Rendsland. "Sooty John" will read some of his favorite stories. Iva Kimball Hensley lyaJCirnb.all Hensley, 89, of Paris died Friday, alat St. Joseh's Hosit St.

Joseph's Hospital and Health Center; Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 8, at Gene Roden's Sons Chapel. Burial will be in East Post Oak Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Hensley was born Jan. 13, 1906," in Louisiana, a daughter of Zack and Nellie Cain Kimball. She married Thomas Hensley, who preceded her in death Nov. 4, 1947.

Survivors include two sons, Thomas Hensley of Houston and Herman Hulsey of Reno; three daughters, Bonnie Nichols of Corpus Christi, Ruth Ball and Mary Riddle, both of Paris; 16 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Helen Charles Worth. James Edward Gill BOGATA James Edward Gill, 75, of Bogata died Friday, May 5, 1995, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at Bogata Church of Christ Cogburn officiating.

Burial will be in Bogata Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. Masonic graveside services under the direction of Rosalie Lodge will be conducted. Mr. Gill was born March 31, 1920, in Red River County, a son of Ernest and Ollie Parchman Gill. He married the former Dorothy Smith Feb.

14, 1943, in Paris. He retired in 1983 from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram where he was an assistant to the circulation manager. He as a 32nd Degree Mason and was a member of the Arlington Lodge 438 a member of the Arlington Com- mandery Arlington Chapter 376 RAM, Arlington chapter 314 and was a Shriner and member of Mosiah Shrine Temple of Fort Worth. He is survived by his wife of the home; one brother, Johnny Gill of Bogata; one sister, Betty Ramsey of Bogata; a niece, Betty Marie Castleman of Houston; an uncle, Russell Gill of Bogata and several cousins. Pallbearers will be Sam McConnell, Jeff Puckett, Buford Hervey, Richard Garrison, Mark Hawkins and Charles Foster.

Honorary bearers will be members of the Circulation Department of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Hazel Clements COOPER Hazel Clements of Cooper died Friday, May 5, 1995, at St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 8, at Delta Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.

George Decker of Dallas officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs.

Clements was born Aug. 13, 1923, in Hagansport, a daughter of Willie Clifton Smith and Bertha Harris Smith. She married Edwin Bud Clements, who preceded her in death in 1990. Survivors include three sons, Eddie Eugene Clements of Blossom, Roger Paul Clements and Ronnie Stephen Clements, both of Cooper; two daughters, Alice Faye Brashear of Midlothian and Mortpfl Virgil Smith of Fort Worth; two Selph of Arizona and Inez Woods of Balch Springs; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Lowell Ray Flanary COOPER Lowell Ray Flanary of Cooper died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs.

Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at Delta Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Johnson and Rev. Sammy Porter officiating. Mr.

Flanary was born Dec. 29, 1939, in Paris, a son of William Flanary and Opal Gant Flanary. He moved to Cooper in 1978. He was a former restaurant owner and operator. He married Dawn McCoy in 1962.

Survivors include his wife, his mother; two sons, Scott Flanary of Cooper and Ron Flanary of San Antonio; three daughters, Tracy Pippins of San Angelo, Shelley Haynes of Tyler and Patli O'Reilly of Cooper; three brothers, Harold Flanary of Grand Prairie, Rick Flanary of Pennsylvania and Jack Flanary of Cooper; one sister, Billie Porter of Sulphur Springs and eight grandchildren. Grace Dykes Grace Dykes, 78, died Friday, May 5, 1995, at Paris Health Care Center. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 8, at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Sherman with the Rev. Larry Bridges officiating.

Burial will be under the direction of Bright-Holland Funeral Home. The family will be at the home of Rev. Larry Bridges in Blossom. Mrs. Dykes was born March 12, 1917, in Humble.

She married Eugene Dykes, who preceded her in death April 19, 1975. Survivors include three daughters, Glenda Bridges of Blossom, Effie Bekaert of Sherman and Ann Ashlock of Savoy; one son," Bill Dykes of Arlington; nine grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Myrtle B. Cooper Myrtle B. Cooper, 84, of Paris, died Friday, May 5, 1995, at Cherry Street Annex.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 8, at Gene Roden's Sons Chapel with the Rev. Othel Stegall officiating. Burial will follow in City Cemetery in Sulphur Springs. The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m.

Sunday, May 7, at the funeral home. Mrs. Cooper was born Feb. 18, 1911, in Franklin County, a daughter of William and Sylvonia Haley Roach. She married Walter Roy Cooper Sr.

Oct. 13, 1928. He preceded her in death April 27, 1974. Survivors include sons, Walter Roy Cooper Jr. of Irving, David M.

Cooper of Tulsa and Harlan Edward Cooper of Dallas; sisters, Ruby McGlothan of Paris, Ethel Wood of Sulphur Springs and Lunel Graham of Paris; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Today. May 7 MAXEY The Mount Vernon Cemetery Association will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Maxey Baptist Plans for future care and upkeep will be For more information, call 784-7606. RENO A fish fry at Moss Scroggins "Traders Village" -in Reno at 1 p.m.

Sunday will benefit Beth CriteS, seriously injured in a car-pedestrian accident. The meal is free, but donations will be accepted. During the dinner, an auction will be held with items donated by businesses from the area. Cake and pies are needed. Anyone wishing to donate baked goods may contact Chad Johnston, 982-5312.

DETROIT The Detroit Cemetery Association will meet at -3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Community Center. All interested persons are urged to attend. Monday, May 8 RENO Reno City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers in Reno.

Canvass of election results is on the agenda. i CLARKSVILLE A field meeting concerning weed control and sprayer calibration has been set for 10 a.m. Monday at Curtis Bachman's farm two miles west of Clarksville on Highway 82 across from the hospital. The program is free. COOPER The Delta County Historical Commission will meet at 6 p.m.

Monday in the office of Cooper's justice of the peace. Members and anyone interested in having a 125th birthday celebration for Delta County are urged to attend, said Shirley Smith, member. CLARKSVILLE Red River County Commissioners' Court meets 9 a.m. Monday in the county courthouse annex, 2CH3 N. Walnut Street, Clarksville.

Items of consideration include a change in pay periods and appointing a risk management coordinator and member-to Veterans Land: Board County committee, i Tuesday, May 9 CLARKSVILLE Red River Appraisal District board of directors will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the district office, at 101 West Broadway in Clarksville. May 13 COMMERCE Dr. Charles L. Sterling, executive director df Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, will be speaker at 3 p.m.

Saturday during graduation activities at East Texas State University. Saturday. May 20 DETROIT Detroit Volunteer Fire Department will hold'a fish fry and cake walk at the fire station from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, May 20. Cost will be $6 for adults and $3 for children.

BONHAM Bois d'Arc Festival and Ft. Inglish Days Celebration will take place beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 20 and will run through Sunday, May 21, at the fairgrounds, intersections of Highways 82, 121 and-56 near Bonham. Saturday. May 27 LADONIA Ladonia Historical Preservation Society will have an "Ole Tyme Picnic" Saturday, May 27, beginning with a firemen breakfast at 7 a.m.

Activities will start at 10 a.m. and go to dusk in Ladonia. For more information, call (903) 367-7081. DEATHS Myrtle Foster died Saturday, May 6, 1995, Michael's Hospital in Texarkana, Bright-Holland Funeral Home. COMMODITY REPORT Friday close Week high low May When 3.52-1/2bu 3.61-3/4 3,51 May Com 2.49-3/4bu 2.53-1/2 2.49 May Soybeans 5.63-1/2bu 5.78-1/2 561 May Cotton i.Q3lb 1.1150 .9980 June Live cattle .6335 6055 May feeder cattle .6670 .6455 June Live Hogs .4300 .4052 July Pork Bellies .3860 3540 May Silver 6.16 5.71 June Gold 392.90oz 397.90 38770 June.

U.S. dollar index 81.39 82.14 80.92 June Japanese Yen 1.1959 1.2110 1.1915 June Crude Oil 20.33bar 20.80 19.82 June unlead gasoline .6505 6220 JuneT-bonds 109 June Index 521.35 527.45 514.20 Quotes provided by Cowper Sheppard, Paris, introducing broker futures markets..

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