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For The Record The Paris News, Jan. 10,1990 Page 2A Deaths Marshall N. Alvord Marshall N. Alvord, 78, of Tye, Texas, died Monday, Jan. 8, in a Temnple hospital.

Services will be held in Abilene Thursday, Jan. 11, at 2 p.m. Elliott- Hammil funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Mr. Alvord was born Sept.

9, 1911, in Powderly, a son of Lou and Goldie Alvord. Surviving are is wife, trie former Irene Crawford of Lamar County; two children, Jean Watts of Hereford and Charles Alvord of Tye; four grandchildren; several great- grandchildren; two sisters, Lena Ashford of Powderly and Opal Ramsey of Powderly; and two brothers, David I. Alvord of Abilene and J.B. Alvord of Paris. He was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Alvord, in July 1989.

Zenobia Randall Zenobia Randall, 79, 735-27th NW, died Monday, Jan. 8, at 5 p.m. at St. Joseph's Hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church with the Rev. S.F: Evans officiating. Maxey Funeral Home'will make burial in Reed's Prairie Cemetery.

Mr. Randall was born Aug. 22, 1910, in Paris, a son of Dud and Ada Jones Randall. He married Pearl McDonald on Dec. 12,1946.

Surviving are his wife; five daughters, Olendia Randall of Hot Springs, Ruby Lee McFarland of California, Betty Brown of Paris, Violet Jamison of Dallas and Wi- landa Wright of Mitchellville, one son, Marion Ray of Kansas City, one sister, Ruth M. Patterson of Los Angeles, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Vera Lee Vickers Vera Lee Vickers, 79, 707-13th NW, died at St. Joseph's Hospital at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday, Jan.

9. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, in Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home with Dr. Raymond Armstrong and Lt.

Gene Hogg officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery at Deport. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home and will be at the home of Linda Boss, 540 E.

Austin St. Mrs. Vickers was born July 19, 1911, in Ambia, Texas, a daughter of U.D. Sullivan and Dora Long Sullivan. She attended schools at Fulbright and married William Paul Vickers on May 7, 1932.

He died Oct. 3, 1969. She had lived in Paris since 1939. She had worked at the First Christian Church nursery for the past 15 years. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.

Lewis (Bobbie) Kennemer of Wichita Falls, Mrs. Jimmy (Linda) Boss of Paris, Mrs. Kenneth (Matt) Lott of Paris and Mrs. James (Kay) Wade of Sunnyvale; two sons, Don Vickers of Paris and Paul Vickers of' Alvarado; 19 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great- great-grandchild; and four sisters, Cora Pitcock of Paris, Lena Meyers of Wichita, Mae Meeks of Paris and Bobbie Kinslow of Paris. She was preceded in death by three sisters, one brother and three children.

Oscar Eugene (Gene) Tucker CLARKSVILLE Oscar Eugene (Gene) Tucker, 56, of Clarksville, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, at McCuistion Medical Center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in Clarksville Funeral Home Chapel with James Brown and Ted Hicks officiating.

Burial will be in Savannah Cemetery. Mr. Tucker was born March 26, 1933, in Avery, a son of Perry and Myrtle Foster Tucker. He was a Baptist and had served in the Air Force. Surviving are his mother, who lives in Clarksville; three sisters, Ann Hackler of Clarksville, Vivian Ballew of Mount Pleasant and Jimmie Ruth Smith of Burleson; and two brothers, Leo Tucker of Hooks and Ray Tucker of Clarksville.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Travis Burgess Dawson COOPER Travis Burgess Dawson, 85, of Cooper died Tues- The Paris News ISSN No. (8756-2081) Published daily and Sunday 7 days a week by tfie North Texas Publishing Company, 138 Lamar Paris, Texas 7546O Telephone: (214)785-8744 Class Adv: (214) 785-5538 Second-class postage paid at Paris.

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9, in Delta Nursing Home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in McClanahan and Sons Funeral Home Chapel with Don Paxton and Ray Watkins officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Dawson was born Oct. 1, 1904, in Delta County, a daughter of Neal Burgess and Carrie Kerbow Burgess. She was a retired florist. She married Curtis Dawson, who died in 1942.

Surviving is a sister, Helen Rhodes of Rock wall. The family will receive friends at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Bearers will be Marshall Kerbow, Morris Kerbow, Bud Kerbow, L.D. Malone, Don Smith and Clyde Williams.

Leo R. Smalley Okla. Leo R. Smalley, 75, of Hugo, died Monday, Jan. 8 at the veterans hospital in Muskogee, Okla.

Services will be held Thursday, Jan. 11, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Olivet Cemetery with the Rev. Mutt Wallace officiating.

Miller-Weaver Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Mr. Smalley was born June 19, 1914, in Gatesville, Texas, a son of John and Emma Smalley. He had lived in Hugo for 15 years. He was a truck driver and a veteran of World War II, servingin the Army.

There are no immediate survivors. Paris Police investigating burglary of Boyd Jewelers Police continue to investigate the Tuesday burglary of Boyd Jewelers. The early morning crime resulted in the theft of jewelry valued at $10,000. About 108 necklaces were taken, according to police, who said entry was gained by breaking a window on the west side of the building at 3310 Lamar Ave. Despite the unusually large value of the property taken in that burglary, police reported relatively little other criminal activity Tuesday.

OTHER REPORTED activity included six arrests, four thefts, four forgeries, two accidents, two reports of found property, a report of disorderly conduct, a report of hindering secured creditors, a report of criminal mischief and a runaway. THE LAMAR County Sheriffs Department discovered a crime where a report had not been made. Through questioning of a Lamar County prisoner already charged in three livestock theft cases, investigators discovered a theft of two heifers that occurred in mid- November. When the owner of the livestock was contacted, according to reports, he told investigators he had never reported the crime because the animals had been returned by the Texas-Animal Health Commission. Both animals had been previously S-branded and quarantined for testing positive for brucellosis.

Police Roundup A 40-YEAR-OLD woman was also arrested.on a Midland County warrant charging her with engaging in organized criminal activity. OTHER REPORTED activity included a report of trash dumping at Cox Field, a burglary of a building on Mockingbird Lane, serving eight civil citations, assisting Paris police with a reported theft, a report of a suspicious vehicle and the arrest of a man on Department of Public Safety Warrants. At 8 a.m. Wednesday, there were 120 Lamar County inmates, 109 in the Lamar County Jail, nine in Upshur County, one in Gregg County and one in Kansas. PERSONS WITH information about any unsolved felony crime are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 785-TJPS, day or night, and speak to the person on duty.

Callers are not asked to give their names and calls are not recorded. Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 cash for information leading to an arrest and Grand Jury indictment." Fire Calls From The Front Ratliff Continued From Page One that Texas is quickly becoming a two-party state, I'm delighted'to' have somebody in Lamar running for a local office on the Republican ticket. There is a need in government for people like McCaskill who have been successful in the private sector and have that kind of training and background, said Ratliff. "I think he has shown his civic- mindedness in doing all of these things, so I think he would make Lamar County a good commissioner," said Ratliff. Ratliff added that he doesn't know the current commissioner and did not want anything said Tuesday to be taken as a criticism of him or the job he has done.

Though clearly favoring McCaskill's candidacy, Ratliff plans to moderate his activities on behalf of McCaskill to fit the circumstances. "I don't think I will be real active in any local campaigns," he said. "Frankly I think that local voters some of them at least resent a state office holder coming into a county or city and doing very much to tell them who they ought elect at a local level." McCaskill said he would, whether he wins the election or not, continue the civic efforts he has begun over the last couple of years, without any major shift in direction. For now, as he campaigns, he plans to continue working with current commissioners to see that there is a plan for implementation of the 9-1-1 system and to continue trying to improve farm-to-market and other rural roadways. McCaskill said he will be meeting with the Ark-Tex Council of Governments to gather more information about what will be expected of the county regarding 9-1-1 and will go to Austin later this month to meet with highway department officials.

said. "Some kids are not yet familiar with it, but they have been coming in more during this month due to the dinosaur program. This provides a good orientation to the youth' department and to the li-, 'brary. in general." Another big eveht'for the library is the summer reading program, which begins in June. The program offers incentives to keep kids interested in reading.

After a child reads a designated number of books, their name is placed in a box. The name that is later pulled from the box receives from local businesses such as a skating pass, hamburgers and fries, shakes and the like. Ms. Sidnell said that the incentives offered during the reading program help make the summer the highest time of reading. Tuesday: p.m., grass fire in the 1000 block of 4th Street NW.

Time out: 31 minutes. p.m., grass fire at 4100 Pine Mill Rd. Time out: 3 minutes. p.m., electrical fire at 2610 Beverly St. Time out: 21 minutes.

committee to service in 1990. Selected to the committee were Walton E. Wiggins, Randy Freeman, Charles Watson, Avis L. Stancil, Alt Kenny. All elected county officials also serve on the committee.

Commissioners delayed until Friday-the signing of- a 'contract that will allow Agape Ambulance Service to provide emergency medical service for the county in 1990. The delay was to prepare the contract for the service, which had already been approved by the commissioner's court. Agape submitted the lowest bid for the service. Hospital EMS Calls Delta Continued From Page One Dinosaurs Continued From Page One Kiwanis Club, as he told dinosaur stories. Following that story time, the kids decorated and colored, keeping with the dinosaur theme.

"We had a good crowd last week, and we're pleased," Ms. Sidnell said. "We had a whole section of dinosaur books that were wiped out following last Saturday's program." She added that this type of program will benefit all ages in helping them become familiar with resources available at the library. "This type of program will get the kids into the library and will get parents involved with their kids in using the library resources," she lity still failed inspection. 'Local officials, including Sheriff Bill Allen, determined that it was impossible to make all the changes the state required in order for the jail to meet state standards.

The present jail, situated on the third and fourth floors of the courthouse, was expanded from an eight- bed jail to a 14-bed facility in 1988. But working in the confines of the courthouse, Potts said there is no room to provide some of the state- required additions. have been doing the best we can with the space we have, but that doesn't meet state specifications," he said. "That prompted us to move ahead with plans for a new jail." Commissioners took the issue to a public meeting of county residents in June of last year. A con- sensus among commissioners was that citizens agreed the county needed a new and larger jail.

Potts said the county will support a construction program "that isn't too expensive." "After we receive bids on the two proposals, we can then get down to business," Potts said Wednesday. "If the cost estimates are within reason, we can then select a financial firm and move ahead with the program." Commissioners have been looking at two options for financing the proposed jail. One is for the county to build the jail and issue certificates of obligation to pay for construction. The second is a lease- purchase program, with an outside firm building the jail. "I think we favor building our own facility," Potts said.

"Well just have to look at the numbers when the bids come in." Commissioners will open the bids at a Feb. 5 meeting. In other business, the commissioners selected a county grievance Paris Emergency Medical Services officials report paramedics made the following calls during the 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. Wednesday. Tuesday: a.m., transfer from St.

Joseph's Hospital to Paris Radiology Center. Time out: 32 minutes. a.m., transfer from Paris Radiology Center to St. Joseph's Hospital. Time out: 13 minutes.

a.m., sick call from Cherry Street Manor to McCuistion Regional Medical Center. Time out: 39 minutes. a.m., transfer from St. Joseph's Hospital to Cherry Street Annex. Time' out: 32 minutes.

p.m., sick call from Medical Plaza nursing home to St. Joseph's Hospital. Time out: 25 minutes. p.m., nonemergency transfer from 2005 Graham St. to St.

Joseph's Hospital. Time out: 30 minutes. p.m., emergency from 1239 Cedar St. to McCuistion Regional Medical Center. Time out: 22 UIORLD limn ii FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY 1-9-4 Hitler tells his commanders he plans to attack the Western Front pn Jan; 17; a plane carrying two German officers with copies of the plan is captured by Belgium when the aircraft strays off course, and details of the pian are passed along to Britain and France.

a Sources: "2194 Days ol War; W. H. Smith Publishers 19B8; "World Almanac Book of World War II," Bison Books 1981. Local Weather Weather Information for ihe- 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday courtesy of observer.

Richard W. Floyd: Tuesday's High 24-hour Low Overnight Low At 8 a.m. Thursday High Last Year Low Last Year Record High 1911., Record Low 1962 24-hour Rainfall 0 Inches, Total Rainfall to inches To Date Last Year 0.50 inches Pat Mayse Elevation 450.22 feet Sunset Tonight 5:39 p.m. Sunrise Tomorrow 7:31 a.m. The Forecast p.m., sick call from 1556 Fitzhugh to McCuistion Regional Medical Center.

Time out: 31 minutes. MCCUISTION ADMITTED: Julius Agnew, "Paris; Irene Atkins, Paris; Lloyd Chandra Davis, Paris; Eva Eckles, Deport; Deana Gibson, Paris; Jeremie Goodwin, Swink, Martha Hill, Paris; Kathy Hodgson, Paris; Kathy Holman, Paris; Sheri Latham, PAris; Wesley Mitchell, Brookston; Fate Paris; Billy Newberry, Paris; Mary Keese, Paris; Kay Surratt, Valliant, Dorcas Tate, Mount Pleasant; William Jackson, Fort Towson, Jodie Adkins, Paris. DISMISSED: Opal Atwood, Paris; Sandra Boone, Mount Pleasant; Maggie Bradford, Paris; The- Ima Cross, Paris; Edith Crowston, Talco; Johnny Beweese, Antlers, Cloyd Eagon, Paris; Corine Embry, Paris; C.V. Fattis, Blossom; Willie Fulton, Hugo, Kimberly Henderson, Brookston; Cleo Jackson, Honey Grove; Ruth Merritt, Paris'; Hulon Morris, Paris; Edith Nix, Powderly; Horace Stinson, Paris; Mrs. Melissa Turk and daughter, Paris.

TU Electric will ask for rate hike By The Associated Press AUSTIN TU Electric plans to ask state regulators within a month to approve a $400 million increase in rates to begin recouping costs from its Comanche Peak nuclear power plant. Company officials delivered a letter to the Nuclear Commission on Monday stating the Unit 1 reactor is "substantially complete," clearing the way for federal regulators to license the plant at Glen Rose, about 45 miles southwest of Fort Worth. PARIS AREA: Tonight, fair. Low in the mid 40s. South wind around 10 mph.

Thursday, sunny and warm. High in the lower 70s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, shifting to the north during the afternoon. EXTENDED: Fair and cold through the period with no rain expected. Highs in the 50s.

Lows rn the mid 30s low40s. Texas Weather Dense fog was reported early to-. day across a vast area of Texas, hazardous driving conditions'. between Houston and Brownsville. Visibility dropped to zero at Airport in Houston at 5:30 a.m.

Visibility dropped to one-sixteenth a mile at Brownsville, Corpus Christ! and Victoria during the dawn hours. The fog formed along and ahead weak cold front that moved across'. most of the state Tuesday. The located from the coastal plains near Toledo Bend Reservoir to of Laredo. The National Weather Service sued a dense fog advisory for the coastal plains and Lower Rio Grande Valley.

-5 Who's New Born Jan. 9 afc McCuistion Medical Center: daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Atkins, son to Mr. and Mrs.

Kevin Gibson, Paris. son to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hill, Paris. daughter to Mr.

and Kenneth Holman, Paris. son to Mr. and Mrs. David Nelson, Rattan, Okla. Morning Stocks Calendar WEDNESDAY Noon 4 p.m.

Genealogical library open, Alford Learning Center, Paris Junior College. 6:45 p.m. Alcoholics anonymous (closed) meeting, 116 N. Main. Call 785-1951.

THURSDAY Noon Lions Club meets at the Texas Inn. Noon Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 116 N. Main. Noon 4 p.m. Genealogical library open, Alford Learning Center, Paris Junior College.

6 p.m. Women's support group meeting. Child care provided. Call 784-6842. 6:30 p.m.

Bridge for men and ladies, Paris Elks Lodge. 6:45 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (closed) meeting, 116 N. Main. Call 785-1951.

7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (open) Paris Clean Air group. Call 784-8037. 7 p.m. Co-dependents anonymous meets in Ruth Hall, Holy Cross Episcopal Church.

Call 785-0530 and leave message. 7 p.m. Bereaved Parents Support Group meets in Alford Center, Paris Junior College. Morning quota of local slocks al 10 am. LATE Anheuser-Busdi Apple Archer-Daniels Campbell Soup 50H Coca-Cola 7SH 23 Ensearch 25 V4 E-Systems Exxon Flowers IB 1 Goodrich 43Vi Goodyear 68V4 IBM 1ml Paper J.C.

Penney. K-Mart 35Y, Wmberty -Clark ....72 ,....15 McOermon McDonaWs 33 ,4 OklahomaGas 37 Phillips Pet. 24 Pilgrim Prd 3BV4 Sherwin-Williams 33V. Standard Prod 23 S.W. Bell Tandy 38 Tenneco 56 Texaslnst." Tx.N.M.Power Texas Utilities ......34 WalMan 457.

Wendy's Ay, Weslinghouse Weyerhauser 26V. Winn-Dixie Courtesy ol G. Edwards Sons, 13O5 Lamar 785-4584..