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The Paris News from Paris, Texas • Page 14

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14A Thursday, Oct. 27 PJC CAMPUS CLOSING The Paris Junior College campus will close from 15 p.m. Thursday for the funeral of President Emeritus Louis B. Williams. WILLS AND TRUSTS A seminar from a.m.

Thursday at Pavilion West Educational Classroom at McCuistion Regional Medical Center will focus on wills or trusts which is the answer for you. Mary Clark, Paris attorney, will conduct the seminar, sponsored by McCuistion Foundation Development Council and Women's Health Resource Center. For more information, call 785-3271. Friday, Oct. 28 PARIS STROKE CLUB The Paris Stroke Club will celebrate its seventh anniversary at 12:30 p.m.

Friday at St. Joseph's Personnel Building on E. Austin St. A guest will be Dr. Adrain Gallan, local urologist.

Saturday, Oct. 29 HALLOWEEN SPOOKHOUSE A Halloween spookhouse will be open starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Roxton High School. There will be a $2 admission fee.

Funds will go to benefit the Roxton Independent School District Athletic Program. JAZZ AMBASSADORS TO PERFORM The Jazz Ambassadors of the United States Army Field Band will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Paris High School Auditorium. The event is cosponsored by The Paris News and the Paris Area Arts Alliance. Records NATIONAL Weather The forecast for noon, Friday, Oct.

28. -10s -Os Os 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. COLD WARM STATIONARY Accu-Weather, Inc Monday. Oct. 31 GRASSROOTS DEMOCRATS TO MEET The Lamar County Grassroots Democrats will meet Paris area at 7 p.m.

in Room 102 of the Frank Grimes Annex Building at Paris Junior College. LOCAL WEATHER Weather information for a 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. Thursday, courtesy of observer William B. White. Wednesday's High 61 24-hour Low 33 Overnight Low 33 At 8 a.m.

Today 35 High Last Year 69 Low Last Year 44 Record High 92 in 1939 Record Low 31 in 1943 24-hour Rainfall 0 Total Rainfall To Date 38.36 Rainfall To Date Last Year 40.95 Sunset Tonight 6:41 Sunrise Tomorrow 7:42 Let us, and your neighbors, stay informed on what's happening in Paris. Send your information to Around Town, P.O. Box 1078, Paris, Texas, 75460, or fax 903-785-1263. Tonight and Friday, clearing skies. Some late night fog.

Low near 40. High mid 60s. Friday night, partly cloudy. Low near 40. Extended forecast Saturday, partly cloudy.

Highs in the 70s. Lows in TEXAS Weather Friday, Oct. 28 forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures COLO. 83' the 50s. Sunday, partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.

Low in the 50s. High in the 60s. Oklahoma Tonight, clear. Scattered, majnly, southeast. Lows in mid-30s to lower, and Saturday sunny.

Highs in mid to upper 60s. Paris News October 27, 1994 I 6 Oo Pp Qq Hr Tt IJw Vf Vw Today, Oct. 27 HONOR FOR WYNDOL FRY Hugo Public Schools will honor Wyndol Fry, assistant superintendent, from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. with a reception at the Administrative Services Building at 208 N.

Second St. Fry, who has been with Hugo schools 28 years, will retire at the end of the year. PTO First grade students from W.L. Higgins Elementary will entertain at a 7 p.m. today PTO meeting in Cecil Everett Elementary gymnasium.

At 6 p.m., a meeting for parents of students in Reading Accelerated Program is scheduled in Everett's library. EVEN START FESTIVAL Lamar County Even Start will host "Fall Festival for Families" for Even Start families from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. today at the Educational Resource Center at 136 Grand Ave. For more information call Even Start Family Literacy office at 7374340.

Friday. Oct. 28 EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY Instructional film, video, textbooks, computer software and other materials available to public schools from Region VIII Education Service Center in Mount Pleasant will be shown to parents and other interested citizens Friday. The re view, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Friday at the service center, 2230 N. Edwards Avenue, in Mount Pleasant. HUGO STUDENTS GET HOLIDAY Hugo school students will be dismissed from classes Friday for parents and teachers to participate in conferences from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Information for Campus Notes is primarily provided by area school districts, but teachers and parent organizations are invited to send information about their activities to Campus Notes, The Paris News, P.O.

Box 1078, Parts, 'or fax 903-785-1263. OBITUARIES John O. Brown HUGO, Okla. John O. Brown, 99, of Speer died Sunday, Oct.

23, 1994, at Pushmataha County Hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at South Central District Building with Elder John Bfown Jr. officiating.

Rogan Funeral Home will make burial in Speer Cemetery. He was a member of Paul Chapel United Methodist Church and Brotherhood Lodge 58. Surviving are his wife, Rosa; three daughters, Vera Scott and Arlene Scott of Oklahoma City, Mary Birmingham of Kansas City, six sons, Willie and Ardell Brown of Bonham, Texas, John Brown Jr. of Hugo, Otis Brown of Phoenix, Oliver Brown of Copperas Cove, Texas, and Billy Earl Brown of Oklahoma City; and a number of grandchildren, great and great-great-grandchildren. Martha Marie O'Neal HUGO, Okla.

Martha Marie O'Neal, 56, of Hugo died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1994, in Paris, Texas. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lampton-Mills and Coffey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Cooper and the Rev.

Mutt Wallace officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Mrs. O'Neal was born Aug. 20, 1938, in Hugo, a daughter of Jewel T. and Marie Nabors Satterfield. She married William A.

O'Neal Jr. March 7, 1958. She was a bank teller at BancFirst in Hugo and a member of the Assembly of God Church. Surviving are her husband; her father who lives in Hugo; one daughter, Debbie Finch of Hugo; two sons, Victor 1 O'Neal of Hugo and Randy O'Neal of Grandfield, 10 grandchildren; one great- grandchild; one sister, Judy McCoid of Powderly, Texas; and three brothers, Clarence Satterfield of Lotto Texas Albuquerque, N.M., and Gene and Roy Satterfield, Pick 6 Pick 3 Texas lottery numbers from last night both of Hugo. Lona Gusta Hamilton HUGO, Okla.

Lona Gusta Hamilton, 93, of Golden Age Home in Hugo, formerly of Fort Towson, died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1994. Services were scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Fort Towson First Baptist Church with the Rev.

Dick Servati officiating. Lampton Mills and Coffey Funeral Home was to make burial in Fort Towson Cemetery. Mrs. Hamilton was born March 3, 1901, in Gravely, a daughter of Samuel Smith and Dora Lodusky Cox McKee. She married John E.

Hamilton Jan. 5, 1934. He died March 3, 1963. Surviving are a son, John E. Hamilton Jr.

of Asher, three daughters, Dora (Jeanie) Pendergrass of Oklahoma City, Mary Katheryn Hodges of Oklahoma City and Anna Sue Scott of Antlers; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Margaret Alice Hamilton, Oct. 15, 1987. Gertrude Crawford HUGO, Okla. Gertrude Crawford, 85, of Hugo Manor died Tuesday, Oct.

25, 1994. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at Lampton-Mills and Coffey Funeral Home Chapel with James Crawford and Don LeFlore officiating. Burial will be in Mt.

Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Crawford was born Dec. 4, 1908, in Hugo, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Rawls Madden. She married Paul Crawford Jan.

21, 1934. He died 3 share jackpot Two tickets bought in Dallas and one purchased in the Gulf Coast region correctly matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday night for the twice- weekly Lotto Texas game, state lottery officials said. The jackpot is worth $40 million. There 304 tickets matching five of the six numbers drawn, with each winner worth $1,522, officials said. There were 16,956 matching four of six, with each worth $98.

There were 311,859 tickets matching three numbers, with each worth an $3. The numbers drawn Wednesday night from a field of 50 were: 7, 17., 32, 36, 39, and 43. Lottery officials estimate the jackpot for Saturday night's game will be $3 million. Meanwhile, officials were still waiting for the winner of the Oct. 8 game to claim the $4.3 million prize.

The ticket was bought at the Super Sak on the Troup Highway in Tyler. in 1983. She is survived by a sister, Ruby Joplin of Ringold. Gladys I. Dickson Gladys I.

Dickson, 88, formerly of Bluff Route, Soper, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 1994, in William Beaumont Army Hospital in El Paso. Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will conduct graveside services at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at Evergreen Cemetery.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Dickson was born Nov. 3, 1905, in Lansing, a daughter of Frank E. and Lillie McKane Vurtraw.

She married O.L. Dickson in 1959. He died in 1980. She was a member of the Methodist church. She was office manager for the Michigan State Experimental Farm for many years.

She retired from the Civil Service Accounting Department of White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. She and Mr. Dickson had farmed and ranched in the Hugo area since 1963. She moved to El Paso earlier this year. She was a member of the Pleaides Chapter No.

620 Order of the Eastern Star, El Paso Cactus Club, the Archeological Society, and the El Paso Organ Guild. Surviving are a son, Donald W. Mead of El Paso, and a grandson, Frank T. Mead of Hugo. Henry Fennell HUGO, Okla.

Henry Fennell, 72, of Rufe died Monday, Oct. 24, 1994, at McCuistion Regional Medical Center in Paris. Services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, 27, at Rufe Baptist Church with the Rev. Hershel Reed officiating.

Miller and Miller Funeral Home made burial in Moran Cemetery. Mr. Fennell was born Nov. 19, 1921, in Fulbright, Texas, a son of Jim and Lillie Gilbreath Fennell. He was retired from Brown and Root Construction Co, in Valliant and was a member of First Baptist Church in Wright City.

Surviving are his wife, Helen Davis Fennell; one daughter, Sharon Payne of Valliant; three sons, C.O. (Buddy) Fennell of Millerton, Quinton Fennell of Valliant and Richard Fennell of Fort Towson; four stepdaughters, Sharon Bean of Broken Bow, Ann Jackson of Rufe, Sondra Martin of McKenzie, and Diana Scott of Ada; two stepsons, Richard Cogburn of Rufe and Donald Cogburn of Fort Smith, three brothers, Ray Fennell of Ringold, Ike Fennell of Paris, Texas, DEATHS Glynn Hindman of McKinney died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home. and J.C. Fennel of Boron, one sister, Velma Stuart of Paris; seven grandchildren; one great- grandchild; and 13 step-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a stepson, Michael Cogburn, July 8, 1994. Margie Fowler CLARKSVILLE Margie Fowler, 70. of Kilgore died Wednesday, Oct 26, 1994, at a Longview hospital. Graveside services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.

28, at Clarksville Cemetery with Jolley's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements-. Surviving are a son, Brent Fowler of Henderson; one daughter, Marjan Anderson of Longview; one brother, Ralph Bush; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. John Byron Hollowell COOPER John Byron Hollowell, 85, of Klondike died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1994, at Presbyterian Hospital in Greenville. Services will be held at 2 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 28, at Delta Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Hickory Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Mr. Hollowell was born June 10, 1909, in Cooper, a son of John and Susan Foster Hollowell. He was a farmer and lived in Lubbock before moving to Delta County about 20 years ago. His wife, Margie Hollowell, preceded him in death Surviving are a daughter, Suzette Jones of Austin; a sister, Roeda Rattan of Clarenden; one grandson and two great-grandchildren. Era L.

Hunter Era L. Hunter, 104, of Fort Worth died in All Saints Hospital there Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1994. Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will conduct graveside services at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct.

28, at Evergreen Cemetery. Elmer L'Roy will officiate. Mrs. Hunter was born in Reno, Oct. 25, 1890, a daughter of Charlie and Kate Edwards Fite.

She married Thomas Clifford Hunter Aug. 29, 1909. He died in 1945. She operated Hunter's Apparel Shop in Paris for a number of years until 1946. She was a member of Church of Christ.

She was a charter and life member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She had been a member of the Paris Business and Professional Women's Club and had served as state president of that organization. Surviving are a daughter, Virginia Campbell of Fort Worth; a daughter-in-law, Mary Hunter of Fort Worth; five grandchidlren; three great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Hunter, and a daughter, Jayne Hunter Moore, both in 1992..

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