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WYLIE. COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1918
Rockwall Has Second
Major Fire In
Two Weeks
Rockwall, Texas—The fire de-
partments of Garland and Royse
City were summoned on Tuesday
night, May 19th, to aid the Rock-
wall Volunteer Fire Department
combat a fire which broke out in
an explosion in the old Bruce
Hartman building on the North
side of the square and which
for a few hours threatened to de-
stroy the entire north side of the
Rockwall business district. The
fire had its origin in the build-
ing which was being used as a
Tire-Retreading plant by J. A.
Steadrcan & Co. of Dallas. Flames
shot skyward and could be seen
for miles around. The entire city
was consumed by the smoke
which resulted from the burning
of the company's entire stock of
tires and equipment. Damage
estimates run near $11,000 in this
the second major fire in Rock-
wall, in the past two weeks.
About two weeks ago, a large res-
idence in the south part of the
city, known as the Sam Spoghn
home place, was completely de-
stroyed in an early morning fire
disaster. The home has just re-
cently been remodeled and was
opening shortly as an old person's
homo and hospital.
Graduation Exercises
Held for Wylie Seniors
Before one of the largest gath-
ered audiences ever to witness
Graduation Exercises in this city,
on this past Friday night 28 mem-
bers of the Wylie High School
Senior Class were awarded di-
plomas signifying completion of
their High School work.
The Seniors, resplendent in
their Caps and Gowns, marched
in single file on both sides of the
auditorium to their seats on the
platform which was beautifully
decorated with many hundreds of
flowers, while Mrs. John Sharp
played the beautiful composition
by Dvorak, "Ilumoresque." After
the Seniors had been seated, the
Rev. R. D. Nance gave the Invo-
cation. The Octette under the di-
rection of Mr. Lee Butch then
rendered "Come IJnto Me" by
Thompson. The Salutatory ad-
dress was given by Miss Tommie
Jo Williams and there followed
the Valedictory Address by Har-
vey Moore.
The Principal speaker for this
graduation exercise was the Rev.
R. W. Corrigan who delivered one
of the finest addresses it has been
my pleasure to hear. He stressed,
in his talk, the importance of our
relationship with each other and
our interests in other peoples be-
sides ourselves. He also dwelt on
the fears that he had for the fu-
ture of America unless the
peoples drifted back to the Bible
and the ways of Christ's teach-
ings.
Prof, R. F. Hartman then pre-
sented the Honor Awards to the
High School students after which
he presented the diplomas to the
graduating Seniors. Rev. R. D.
Nance then gave the Benediction
and as the Recessional was being
played "By Mrs. Sharp, the Seniors
slowly filed off the platform
thereby concluding the Gradua-
tion Exercises for the year 1948.
This was one of the most im-
pressive and beautiful exercises
that has been presented in this
city for many years and there
were over 800 people gathered
to witness the event.
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28 Members of Wylie High School Graduates in Impressive Exercises
In one of the most impressive and inspiring exercises in the history of Wylie High School,
one of the largest graduating classes received their diplomas in ths School Auditorium this
post Friday night, May 21. Pictured as they gathered for this final exerciso are: Raymond W.
Burch, Wilma Jean Butler, Percy Crane, Rita Cross, Joe Douthitt, Hulene Durst. Ralph Ellen-
burg, Lura Gardner, Bobbie Rose Hawks, Billy Joe Harris, Edward Hicks, Looid Lillard, Thomas
Lemons, Troy Maynard, Fay McCreary, Ray McCreary, Harvey Moore, June Fern Moore. Palsy
Morris, Linnio Morrow Harris, Billy Don Newsom, Gene Neilon, Carl Peacock, Everlyn Phillips,
Louise Taylor, Roy Westphal, Dorothy Watkins, Tommie Jo Williams.
Lavon Dam Progress Homemaking Students
Nine Days Ahead of Have Field Day
Government Schedule
According to Mr. Bill William.?,
U. S. Government Engineer on
the Lavon Dam Project, the Ful-
ler Construction company is nine
days ahead of the schedule at
the time of this writing. This
company has now completed
about 38% of its contract and is
doing a marvelous job of con-
struction work in spite of a shut
down due to machinery break-
down and bad weather for about
8 days the past two weeks. Mr.
Williams reports that the con-
tractor is now back on full sched-
ule and is hauling and moving
some 10,000 cubic yards of dirt
per day; working both day and
night. There remains some 396,-
OOOcubic yards of dirt which is
left in this contract to be moved
and placed in the embankment.
There continues to be a stream
of visitors to the site of this area
and construction, and Mr. Wil-
liams again wishes to stress to the
public that you are always wel-
come to visit and watch the pro-
ceedings. It is quite a sight to
drive out at night and watch the
night crew at work—they don't
slacken their pace—work con-
tinues at the same rate of speed.
If you happened to be in Wylie
Monday at seven o'clock, you
probably saw one of the school
busses pulling out with forty-
three passengers aboard. These
passengers were members of the
Wylie Homemaking Department
setting out for a field day in Dal-
las.
The morning was spent visiting
Manor Bakery, The Coca-Cola
Plant, the Acquarium, and Boed-
ecker Ice Cream Factory.
Strangely enough, some of the
youngsters were not hungry at
noon.
However, we did eat lunch on
Greenville Avenue before going
to Hal Hortons Cornbread Mati-
ne. As you probably know, ticket
stubs are drawn just before the
show to see who the program
contestants will be. The Wylie
group had about as many pres-
ent as the rest of the audience put
together and was rewarded by
having two of its members chosen
as contestants. Namely: Patsy
Harris and Evelyn Phillips.
As the program developed, it
became apparent that the chief
contestant of the day was to see
who could braid the best pigtails
See STUDENTS page 2
Roddy Groves, Truett Smith, O.
A. Hampton, and John Sharp
left for Temple, Texas Monday
morning to attend the Lions Club
Convention.
Out of town people attending
the christening of Little Fred
Michael Gallagher Sunday were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Watt of Dallas,
Joy Groves, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Gallagher and grandsons, Johnnie
and Eddie Kehoe of Ft. Worth,
Texas.
Harvey Moore Receives Pearl Birmingham
Award At Friday Graduation Exercises
HARVEY MOORE
At Friday's Graduation Exer-
cises, Mr. Harvey Moore, Valedic-
torian of the 1948 Wylie High
School Senior Class, was present-
ed with the MISS PEARL BIRM-
INGHAM Scholarship award for
his outstanding leadership dur-
ing the school term just complet-
ed This scholarship award will
give to this young man the op-
portunity of attending any rec-
ognized college of his choice and
will give to him the sum of $250
per year for four years.
Harvey Moore wasn't chosen on
the strength of his scholarship
achievements alone; he was also
chosen because of his good atti-
tude, ability, personality and
community interest, as was stip-
ulated in the provisions of the
Scholarship fund. He was select-
ed from the entire class of stu-
dents by a Scholarship committee
which was composed of the Coun-
ty School Superintendents of Col-
lin, Rockwall and Dallas Counties
who are Prof. Lyman D. Robin-
son, Judge William Lofland and
Prof. Ben Harris respectively.
This scholarship comes out of a
bequest of $25,000.00 which was
given for this purpose by the late
Miss Pearl Birmingham who
started her teaching career in
this city and was a member of
one of the older families of this
community. She was the sister of
Mr. T. F. Birmingham, who has
also been so kind and generous to
the young peoples and future ci-
tiezns of this community. The
scholarship fund is invested > in
1000 shares of Standard Oil Cor-
poration of Ohio and the divi-
dends which accumulate there-
from will more than amply pay
this amount each year for many
succeeding generations.
This award is one of the largest
grants of its kind in the entire
state and offers to one member
of each succeeding Graduation
class a very fine opportunity to
further his or her education to
the highest levels . The Wylie
School System is indeed fortu-
nate to have been remembered by
this fine lady and her gift shall
be a perpetual memorial to her
kind spirit and interest in the ed-
ucation of the children of our
community, and an example to all
the other communities of what
such generosity and farsighted-
ness can mean in the lives of the
coming generations.
Mrs. H. R. Stinson of Lucas vis-
ited Mrs. S. O. Hall recently.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hall and
Mr. and Mrs. L. Bozman visited in
Lutherville, Ark., recently.
Wylie Lions Win Over
Dallas Lions 19 to 11
On Tuesday night, May 18th,
the Wylie Lions Baseball Club,
about as ferocious on the dia-
mond as their name suggests,
completely annihilated the Down
Town Dallas Lions Club on one
of the South Dallas Soft Ball
Diamonds, in spile of the sub-
versive activities of the Dallas
Mosquitoes which were on hand
in large numbers to make the
game more uncomfortable to the
"old hands!" who were playing.
The Wylie club, thus made its
first start in the Lions' Club
League and was very impressive
in its first win. Such stellar stars
of Baseball's league of fame as
Other Hampton, Truett Smith, R.
J. Hall, Will Greer, "Doc" Smith,
"Mac" Maclntyre. Edwin Collins,
Wilson Housewright, Fred Me-
Cormick, Billy J. Webb and Paul
Stimson were on hand to thor-
oughly lace this Dallas club.
One of the highlights of the
game was the spectacular field-
ing and hitting of the "ace"
Right Fielder, Mr. Edwin Collins
who had the distinction of mak-
LATIO
41
Whole New Slate of ^Officer
In Annual Election By
Hon. Claude Calloway
YLIE
Local Lions Attend
District Convention
Mr. Truett Smith, Other Hamp-
ton, R. V. Groves and John Sharp
were Wylie Lion Club Delegates
to the District 2X Convention
which was held in the city of
Temple this past Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday. The Wylie delega-
tion left for the convention city
on Monday morning and return-
ed Tuesday night.
They report that the District
Convention will be held in Sher-
man-Denison in 1949, which
should be good news to the Wylie
Club because of its closeness to
our city.They further report that
the city of Temple went all-out
in making all the delegates gath-
, ered feel completely at home
with their fine hospitality.
Mike Walters Visits
Wylie Voters Saturday
Rep. Sam Rayburn
Seeks Re Election
To Congress Seat
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REP. SAM RAYBURN
Hon. Sam Rayburn, Congress-
man from this district, forme i
Speaker of the House and at pros
ent Democratic House Minority
Leader, authorizes this paper to
announce his candidacy for re-
election.
Mr. Rayburn was made ma-
jority leader by the party in 1937
and was named speaker of the
House of representatives in 1940.
When the Democrats lost the
House he was drafted for Demo-
cratic Minority Leader.
His announcement follows:
I am placign before the good
people of the Fourth Congression-
al District my candidacy for re-
Sec RAYBURN page 2
MIKE WALTERS
Mike Walters, formerly a citi-
ing three errors and striking out Zen of Wylie, and at pi.esent a
only twice—once loss than the candidute for the office of Tax
catcher on the team whose name
we won't reveal in this column.
This basebal team will tackle
the Garland Lions Softball team
on the local sand lot next Thurs-
day night and there promises to
be a real battle between these
two arch-rivals of the diamond.
Assessor of Collin County, was a
visitor on the streets of Wylie
this past Saturday, passing out
his cards it the interest of his
candidacy for this important of-
fice.
Thompson Cemetery
Memorial Services
Will Be Held Sunday
There will be a memorial ser-
vice at Thompson Cemetery
The public is cordially invited to j fnlhcrj Ml._ nnd Mrs clint Wal_
attend this game No Boos, ters, former citizens of Wylie who
cated mid-way between Lavon
and Copeville on highway 78 on
Sunday May 30th. The program
will begin at 2:30 p.m. with sing-
Accompanying Mike down to jng by congrogatjon ]ed by Mrs.
our city were his mother and | Cooksf.y, Educational Director
First Baptist Church, Farmers-
peaker
In Regular Meet Held Past Thursday
"Show me a town where the honored him by time and time I
churches are in ill-repair and the
pastors are underpaid and I will
show you a town where the
peoples souls are lowc: t and most
in need of the work of the Al-
Mighty God."
After having listened to more
of the words of this kindly old
gentleman, it is not strange when
we realize that his peoples have
please.
made this their home for many
years before moving to McKin-
ncy.. Many of the old timers will
remember this family as having
lived here in the past.
villc.
The Rev. Gerald McCallum,
Pastor First Methodist Church,
McKinney has been invited to
make the principle address.
Miss Kale Ryan
Building Rental
Property in Wylie
Miss Kate Ryan has informed ]
the News that she is building a \
home on one of her lots on High-
way 78 which she is planning on J zens of this city, is the fact that gonic f(ln^ would say: but
Wyiie Child Run
Over By Automobile
The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ft. J. Griffith, who have recently
moved to our city to work on the
Lavon Dam, was injured in an ac-
cident in Wylie this past Satur-
day afternoon. He was playing in
the driveway of Mr. Frank Mc-
Millan's home when he was
struck by the automobile being
backed out of that driveway by
Mr. J. P. McAfee. The child was
rushed to a Dallas hospital and
there it was found that he suffer-
ed no serious injuries 'nd is re-
ported as being in a rapid state
of recovery at the present time. It
is indeed fortunate that this ac-
cident didn't turn out to be more
serious.
Mr. W. E. Stewart
Has California
Visitors Monday
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hewitt and
children, Craig, Penny and Deb-
orah Lynn of Bellflower, Cali-
fornia, were visitors with their
grandfather, Mr. W. E. Stewart
of Wylie this past Monday and
Tuesday.
Mr. Hewitt is the Chief Engin-
eer and Assistant Superintendent
of the Dow Chemical Company in
one of its large plants located in
Los Angeles, California.
They took Mr. Stewart to Dal-
las, Monday night and together
with Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Coleman
of Dallas, dined at one of the
more exclusive Italian Restau-
rants in that city. Mr. Stewart
reports a fine time and tells the
Editor that he looks forward to
many more visits from these
members of his family in the fu-
ture.
Cotton Gin Being Mr.a!'^ Mrs. Hackler of St. Paul's
Moved to Waxahachie Have Lived On Same Farm For Over 45 Years
j Forty-six years is a mighty long on the same farm that they oc-
Of interest to many of the citi- time to live with the same wo- cupicd when they becami man
„ ., ,, ,. k,,i.land wife some 46 years ago.
man, some folks would say, but ,
of Mr. J. W. Hackler was born in
add forty-six years of living on ,hc yta). lp81i the son of Mr_ and
the same farm and with the same M,.s p l Hackler who were early
woman and you have some sort soUjors jr, that community. He
of a record of sticking to the; attended school at the Old St.
same things in life. Well, that is, Paul's school house, the land for
that she is also planning on build- down and hauled by truck to the \ ills' what has happened to onej which w. s donated fay thi'v.,: and-
ing a home for herself on the lot city of Waxahachie, Texas, where
which adjoins this property. We! it will be re-built and madesinto
are mighty glad to know that this J a Re-Gin Plant.
again placing him in their high
est offices of the county and in
the legislature of the state.lt was
a privilege to have the opportun-
ity of hearing this fine statesman.
Tlns Hon. Wallace Houston of
McKinney, summed up the senti-
ments of all those gathered with-
in the sound of his voice, when he
aid, "To listen to the words of
this statesman and to realize that
it is in living the way he has de-
scribed and suggested for us to
live, one realizes that it is only
: -.bio way for man to have,
pf ,and happiness on the
of this earth.
After the speech war delivered
and a round of impromptu
speeches by those gathered
gut t . the Lions held their an-
nual (-lection of officers for "ITfe
coming yea Those elected were:
Paul Stimson, president; R. F.
Hartman, 1st vice president; E.
Ilousewri'iht, 2nd vice president;
Burton Fielder, 3rd vice presi-
dent; Lion Tamer, Mayor D. W.
Click; Si < retary, Mr. R. J. Hall;
Tail Twister. Ed Collins and Di-
rector.', Truett Smith and Dick
Bozeman. These officers will take
office in the early part of the
month of July.
Also discussed and voted upon
at thi: meeting was the question
of a Fish Fry and it was decided
See LIONS CLUB page 4
Cemetery Fund N«
The $500.00 Mark
As the weeks have gone by, the
generous gifts of the citizens of
Wylie and smer citizens of
Wylie havtk*made if\>.
swell the Cetnetery FuncFto near
the S500 mark. Mr. Jick House-
wright, the Treasurer of the As-
ociation informs the News that'
the donations continue to come in
from all part, of the state and
that each one i. profoundly ap-
preciated and will go toward,1
making our e met cry one of thef
1 iest kept in t !<• entire state.
There is , n< d for this fundk j
■-.row t" ..v CtiOO.—won't yHs
who haven'1 von, dig down a{
little deepei and contribute to®
this worthy cause?
Those who have contributed
their monii this week are: MrsJ
Curtis Calloway, $1.00; Harrjj
Mucker, $5.00; E. S. Burns of E
P.,so, $10.00; Mrs. Eadie Thorns
Sfi.00: Mr:.. Will Green, $5.0}
Mi
II. R. Wood, SI.50: Mr. R.(£
renting as soon as it is completed.! one of the old land marks
This new addition to the city will! Wylie is being dismantled and
be a four room home complete I moved. The Ft. Worth Cotton Oil
with all utilities and will fill one j Company Gin, now owned by
of the needed rent problems in Mr. G. E. Drewery of Dallas, is
our city. She further informs us j in the process of being torn
P,.rmer. $5.00; Mrs. Docie Stey
Mr. John D. Houstdfl
$5.00, and Miss Kittie Billingsle
$2.00.
of the best loved couples in the | father of Mrs. Hackler. Mr. Mnvk
St. Paul s Comumnity which is ^ Morris who was one of the
new construction will be added to
our city and it is just another in-
dication that Wylie is growing
and will continue to grow.
Wil Bar Grill Installs
New Air Condition Unit
Another business house, the
WIL BAR GRILL has now in-
stalled an air conditioning unit
for the comfort of all the
people who visit and eat in its
modern surroundings. Farrell
Williams, the owner and manager
did the complete installation job
and invites the public to come in
and feel the comfort of the cool
breezes which this new unit
makes possible.
This old building has been a
land mark in the city of Wylie
since the early -90's. After it was
built by the Ft. Worth Cotton
Oil Company, it burned down in
1908 and was rebuilt on the same
spot and continued operation un
til the year 1946.
Mr. Dick Bozeman is in charge
of the dismantling process and re-
ports that it is quite a job tearing
down a building which has been
standing for so lorn: a time. He in-
forms the News that the building
will be re-erected in the S. W.
part of the city of Waxahachie
located not too far from the city
of Wylie. This fine husband and
wife are Mr. and Mis. J. W.
Hackler who are residing today
very earliest settlers in that part
of the state. It was while at this
schx>l that he met Miss Mamie
Morris, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Morris whom he later
married in the year 1901.
This couple was married in
the St. Paul's Methodist Church
which now forms the annex to
the Wylie Methodist Churuch.
Mr. W. E. Stewart, Mr. \\. D. | They then mov e dto the farm
Stewart. Mr. J, P. McAfee and upon which they have since made
Mr. Ed Andrews left this past | their home. This land had first
i Tuesday morning for L a k e j belonged to her grandfather. Mr.
Bridgeport where they will spend 1 Mack Moi ris and had bc,cn i„lUght
the remaining part of this week hy hev fatht., and thr,n wag pur.
Local Men Go Fishing
At Lake Bridgeport
Sen. G. C. Morris
Opens Campaign
For Congre?^
in that area trying their skill at
| chased by this couple.
and wil be opened for the Re Gin (S'°XVal tl sal,d1 " '[1CV | To this union there were born
, Jt.lti 4 nnh, > I, h .,4 iU.,t 1 ... « ...
business in the latter part of this
year.
didn't catch fish at that lake, they
three children, Cecil in 1903; Inez
traveling until they L 1910; and Max in 1{U3 A]1
Use our Classified Ads.
would keei'
did find a place where they i-cre ,hree chiWrcn arc living in eloiiC
biting—they'll probably end up __
on the East Fork of the Trinity. | See HACKLER page 6
v State Senator G. C. Morr.
dillste for Congressman fr
Fourth 'District, h.is openc
paign hoadquarti in the W;
incton Hotel in Greenville.v
Morris, who polled more th
18,000 v otes in the congressio:
race four years ago, said he
wage a hard-hitting, clean ca
paign, based solely in his quali:
cations and the principles of gov-
ernment for which he stands.
The young congressional can-
didate represented Hunt County
in the Texas House of Reppesen-i
tatives eight lie is no'
serving his second term as St
Senator from the Tenth DisvT^t,
composed of Hunt, Rockwall,
lin and Rains counties.
Morri, l Clt
soon will fa, .•!/•> I in evi
coil"
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