The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1970 Page: 1 of 8
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THE WYLIE NEWS
Devoted To The Best Interests Of Wylie Since 1947
Welcome To
Wideawake Wylie
VOLUME TWENTY-TWO: NO. 38
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS
PRICE 10c
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1970
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FROM OUR NOTES:
Wylieites are reminded
that car tags for 1970
may be purchased here
at 105 Oak Street through
the month of March. To
register you must bring
the three-part form you
received in the mail or
your title and last year's
license receipt. Avoid the
rush and attend to this
matter today Local
Lions will nave a treat
this week when they hear
Supt. Ed Killian of the
Denton State School. He's
a Collin County native and
an outstanding educator...
Good crowds attended
Open House at local
schools Tuesday night
Bob Craft of the U. S.
Engineer's office in Fort
Worth here on business
last Thursday ... Com-
mend city officials for
action taken to enforce
ordinance No. 68-4 which
will help to clean up some
eyesores ... Looks like
local weight watchers will
be doing it officially in
near future when plans
are perfected for a Wylie
chapter Work pro-
gressing on enlargement
and expansion of General
Telephone facilities
here ... Look for some
more expansion of local
businesses in 1970 and
maybe some new com-
mercial construction
before the year ends ...
Wylie had a large num-
ber of fellows affected by
the closing of the Ford
Elant in Dallas. Many had
een with the firm for
over 25 years ... Ed Smith
an engineer with LTV in
Dallas, here Friday on
business ... Local resi-
dents weary of inclement
weather over the last five
consecutive weekends.
Seems like we can't get
fair skies for these im-
portant days
Warren Hooper of Wylie
has been named to the
President's Club of the
Southland Life Insurance
Co. for excellent produc-
tion.
Pirates Lose
To Detroit
In Bi-District
It was the end of the trail
last Tuesday night in
Greenville for a battling
band of Wylie Pirates.
They were defeated by the
Detroit Eagles in a bi-dis-
trict game which saw the
winners go to the regional
playoffs in Denton.
The score was 71-60.
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for the local lads all the
way, but they displayed
a never say die" spirit
down to the last whistle.
The Eagles led at the end
of the first quarter, 17-11;
at halftime by a score of
38-22, and still held a
19-point advantage at the
Top F.F.A. Students
Pictured above are Wylie Dykes, left and Rickie Garner, both of whom are top
students in the local F.F.A. Chapter. Both are juniors. Dykes was a Star Chap-
ter farmer in 1968-69 and Garner a Star Greenhand the same year. (See accom-
panying story for their accomplishments.)
On Special Week
F.F.A. Students List Large
Number Of Accomplishments
Last week was Future
Farmer Week throughout
the nation and students in
the local chapter entered
into the festivities of the
occasion.
The Wylie Chapter has a
number of outstanding
students, two of whom arc
Wylie Dykes and Rickie
Garner (see picture).
These young men have
made envianle records
during their work in the
organization.
Dykes is a Chapter Far-
mer for his second
straight year. His many
honors and awards during
the past years include the
following: District Public
Speaking contest, 2nd
place; Public Speaking
Foundation award; chap-
ter Farmer Chapter Con-
ducting; District Awards
banquet; Area Convention
Greenhand year, 1st year,
Officers training school
participant; Area Awards
Banuqet; Greenhand
Chapter Conducting Con-
test (District), 1st place;
Greenhand Chapter Con-
ducting Contest (Area), 5th
place; Dairy Judging Con-
test (Area) and Leader-
ship Pen.
He showed cattle at the
Houston Livestock Show,
Sulphur Springs, Collin
County, Dallas, Livestock
Show his first year in ag.
The second year he
showed at Sulphur Springs
Livestock Show, Dallas
l ivestock Show and Collin
County I ivestock Show.
His projects are a regis-
tered hereford cow and
bull and a berkshire
barrow.
Garner's achievements
include; Greenhand
Chapter Conducting team,
5th (district); District IV
Convention; Livestock
Farmer award; scholar-
ship award; Voting dele-
gate to Texas State Con-
vention and Star Green-
hand Award.
He exhibited animals at
Wylie, Dallas, Collin Co,
Sulphur Springs, Cle-
burne, Fort Worth,
Decatur, Mc Kinney,
Waxahachie, Wolfe City
and Greenville; attended
the State Livestock Judg-
ing Contest at Texas A&M
University; Area Live-
stock Judging Contest at
ETSU.
His projects included a
quarter horse mare,
quarter horse stallion,
angus steer and charo-
lais beef bull.
Renner Starts Fifth Year In Collin
County Educational Demonstration
It's grain sorghum in '70
in the Collin County pro-
tect designed to show
farmers the way to make
cropland Improve with
use, and how to insure a
future on the farm in the
decade ahead.
Fertilizer for grain sor-
§hum was applied January
8 to start the fifth year
of the Renner Farming
System at the Joe Doyle
farm near Copevllle.
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A total of 91 pounds of
nitrogen and 51 pounds
of phosphorus to the acre
was applied to land at the
demonstration site
located a mile north of
Copevllle on Highway 78.
"Use of the principles of
the Renner system, in-
cluding two fibrous-rooted
crops and one tap-rooted
crop with fertilizer, Is the
best single recommenda-
tion for the blacklandfar-
mer to come out of
research in the 1960's,"
said Dr. C. L. Lundell,
Director of Texas
Research Foundation.
"Our work at Renner on
crops, soils and econo-
mics will center in the
new decade on the
three-year system with
specific studies on var>
ing fertility rates,'
director indicated. New
herbicides, pesticides and
crop varieties are under
continual evaluation at
Renner, he continued.
"We have at hand today
the basic tools for better
farming and increased
profits, and Joe Doyle Is
demonstrating their use in
Collin County," stressed
Dr. Lundell.
In the local project,
Doyle Is following a three-
year plan of two years
of grain sorghum and one
year of cotton in the 13
acre project. Each crop
is fertilized and all crop
residues are shredded and
returned to the top two
to four inches of soil sur-
face, along with other pre-
cise methods of produc-
tion.
Under the system, fully
applied, soil organic
matter content is in-
creased. With a rise in
organic matter comes a
dramatic improvement in
soil structure, moisture
infiltration and a reduc-
tion in soil erosion.
With a rise in soil organic
matter comes the
potential for increased
profits from black clay
soils, Dr. Lundell con-
cluded.
Doyle's milo will be
seeded in March. Renner
technicians are assisting
the farmer with all
aspects of the demonstra-
tion.
The project, and two
similar six-year demon-
strations at the farms of
Gerald Furr at Rhea Mills
and Royce Aycock at
McKinney, Is being spon-
sored by 12 local firms
and individuals through
1^71 for the benefit of
Collin County farmers.
Monsanto Agricultural
Center of Greenville, is
providing the fertilizer.
An appropriate sign
marks location of the Pro-
ject on Highway 78.
Visitors are welcome to
inspect progress of the
1970 crop at any time,
according to Doyle and
Renner officials.
Doyle's results to date
with the Renner Farm-
ing System (unfertilized
and fertilized Renner sys-
tem , per acre, respec-
tively):
1906
3,336
1967 -
32 bu.
- Grain Sorghum -
lbs. and 4,498 lbs.
Wheat - 13 ha and
1968 - Cotton
and 428 lbs.
- 332 lbs.
end of the third stanza.
But Wylie battled back as
it had done on many occa-
sions during the regular
15-A district season.
They rallied to score 25
points in the fourth quar-
ter and to make things a
bit uneasy for Detroit.
Paul Drummond hit the
basket for a whopping 33
points to lead scorers for
the evening. Steve Hale
collected 13 tallies for
Wylie and Rick Burnett,
who played a sterling
floor game, racked up 9
points.
l or Detroit, Willie Wash-
ington, a fine guard, was
high scorer with 21 pointy
followed by Phillips with
18, Jones with 17, and
Allen who collected 13.
The Eagles finished in
third place in Class A in
the state tournament in
Austin last year.
A huge crowd of Wylie
fans followed the team
to the neutral site for
the playoff.
Wylie had advanced to the
bi-district after a tough
fight for the 15-A cham-
pionship. In fact, both
Wylie and Sanger finished
the conference race with
identical 10-2 records.
Wylie nosed out the
Indians in a sudden death
playoff in Lewisville by
a 2-polnt margin in a
thriller.
1969 - Grain Sorghum -
664 lbs. and 2,480 lbs.
The results have produced
for Doyle an average In-
come of $80.31 an acre
with the system in the
four years, 1966-69.
FT A To Hold
(lulled Meeting
Mrs. Virginia 'Collins,
current president of the
Wylie PTA, is issuing
notice of a called meet-
ing to be held on March 12
at 7:30 p.m.
The purpose of the meet-
ing Is to elect officers for
the ensuing year, andcon-
sider any other business
that may come before the
body.
All members are urged to
be present for the meeting.
Visitors and prospective
members are invited.
Twister Does Damage Tuesday
The above scene shows damage done before daybreak Tuesday to a mobile home at
the Helms Mobile Home Court on Parker Road. The home owned by Mr. and Mrs.
David Allen was completely demolished. Mr. and Mrs. Allen and their three chil-
dren were treated for cuts and bruises at the Wylie Hospital. Damage to the mobile
home was estimated at $5,000 and $3,000 to contents. (Photocourtesy Piano
Star-Courier.)
Supt. Of State School In Denton Lions Speaker
E. W. Killian, Superin-
tendent of the Denton State
School, will be the speaker
for this week's regular
meeting of the Wylie I ions
Club.
The dinner meeting will be
held at 7 o'clock in the
Fireside Room of the edu-
cation building of the
Wylie United Metho-
dist Church.
Mr. Killian is a native of
Collin County. He re-
ceived his B. S. degree in
public school adminis-
tration from North Texas
State University in 1943
and a Master's Degree in
social work from tne New
York School of Social
Work, Columbia Univer-
sity, in 1954.
Before going with the
Denton schooiin 1960, Mr.
Killian held positions in
the fields of public school
teaching and administra-
tion and in social ser-
vices. He was employed
with the Board for Texas
State Hospitals and
Special Schools in 1954.
In 1963 the American
Association on Mental
Deficiency elected him to
be a Fellow in recogni-
tion of meritorious
contributions to the field
of mental deficiency.
Club officials this week
urged members to be in
attendance to hear this
outstanding speaker and
education leader.
ODD FELLOWS
HOG DRAWING HELD
Mrs. Florence Shipp of
Royse City was the winner
of a hog in a drawing held
Saturday, February 28.
Wylie Odd Fellows spon-
sored the 4 pm drawing
for a 200 pound hog.
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Gets Honor Award
Sam White, Jr., (left) vice president-farm group of White Motor Corporation and Joe
MacDonald, vice president-director of marketing of White Farm Equipment, (right)
are shown presenting honor award to W.O.Daniel, Owner of Daniel Implement Co.
at Frisco, Murphy and Grandview, Texas, at Key West Florida.
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