The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. [11], Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1948 Page: 2 of 6
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through Wylie? I don't care which way it comes—if it comes
by way of MARS, just so it comes THROUGH WYLIE and
just so the Highway department doesn't build another road
which will fiuht and compete with our road for this traffic
lsin^ss
been to Lalie Texoma? Notice the businesses which have
and'the baa
it will bring. How many of you have ever
Need the Road Situation Be A
Hush-Hush Proposition?
Tjiere seems to be some sort of a jinx on anyone around
■'tese*;parts who wants to find out just what is going to
■ ippc'n concerning the road improvement and building
T*oiin'I this part of the county. No one ever talks about what
I going to happen—all one can hear is the common folks
k ist wishing that something could be done. It isn't fair to
|f >ep the folks in the dark about what the plans are and
xnit when there will begin some of this construction we
ive been hearing about in these past few months and years,
our Editor wrote one article on the fact that there was go-
g to be opposition to getting the road through these parts
id that this opposition should be stopped before it could
it its hands on plans and specifications which would route
ie highway around and away from Wylie to the Lavon Dam.
his article was reproached by some of the "men in the
icw" and it was suggested that the paper keep its
inds out of such matters—it was a sore spot here in Wylie
id it should be ridden out—they knew where and when the
>ad was coming, but just wanted it to be kept on the Q. T.
ntil the proper moment. I wasn't attempting to bring oid
celetons out of the closet—I was just trying to bring it
i the attention of the people of this city that there is n
jfinite need at this time for some roads and road improve-
ients; and that the time will never be appropriate for it. if
W.i^t brought out into the open and the city sends a delega-
on^own to Austin to attempt to bring out the truth anil
ixl out if a certain group of Dallas County Ilig Husiness-
icn are going to be successful in getting a highway off the
ew Highway 67 straight north to the Lavon Dam area—
ve been/told it's impossible, but we ;ill know that where
lcre s^nds the possibility of one or two men making quite
T<tr.sn: sum of money out of the property they have pur-
hased along the proposed right-of-way, and when these
len are influential in the politics of their county, and when
leir county happens to be one of the largest and most thick-
' populated and hence influential counties in the state, then
is easy to see that they are not going to be defeated just
ecause one commissioner's court may tell them that they
an't build an extension to their road in our county or in
.ockwall County. I know .personally that there is now be-
ore the Highway Department in Austin a map which pro-
oses to re-route the traffic from Dallas down the new Super
Gghway 67 to the Rockwall County line and-thence north
frect to the Lavon Dam, completely missing Wylie—and
know business well enough to suspect that if this is done
ml the highway is built that way. Wylie might as well fold
.s doors and admit defeat. I'm attempting to get the people
four city interested enough in getting the highway through
Vylie that they will stop this quibbling among themselves
— oncerning which way it should go, and get themselves lo-
Kther and just make certain. THAT IT DOES COME
lllt/OUGII WYLIE. I STICK TO MY CONTENTION that
. yuii route traffic around our city, you will strike the
eatli knell to our progress. I can name you plenty of cities
/W, were built up through the years by toil and sacrifice and
lad nice businesses going until the highways were rerouted
round them. MaMny citizens listened to the soft lull of the
jieas of "they don't trade much when they come through,"
i-^.ml "'they arc only a danger to our pedestrians" and "onlv
he "filling and cafes will -offer" and other sol'i
oTtpm* they actually approved the project of building!
he highways around their cities—and today, I see the re-
,ult of such reasoning in the dead forgotten cities.
I'm ATTEMPTING to make YOU C1TZIKNS realize that
he soft lull of our own peoples in not coming out in the
•pen and advising you what is happening to the road plans
>r at least in attempting to find out something for you, will
jventuaHy end uu with us holding the bag. so to speak.
A delegation needs to go down to Aust in to the Highway
ommission and find out jut how we stand. TI1EY ONLY
"1RVE THOSE WHO COME THE MOST. Look at Rock-
.11 County—the smallest cm nty in the enit.ro state—they
ve progressive officials who are down there at every
jhance trying to get roads for their peoples—and by golly,
Lhey are getting their road built. Right today, while we
■libble and fight among ourselves, there is under construe
[ion in Rockwall County THREE farm to roarket roads which
tlmnec't their smallest communities on an allweather road
tj the County Seat in Rockwall. ( merely show you this as an
1$ ample—I personally know that 1 >i<-y have been "On the
I ill" and striving to get the roads for their county.
f • it's a shame that a H.y as thriving a Wylie hasn't a
Cent allweather direct road for its peoples to travel upon
.the County seat in McKinney. I can't fathom why the city
McKinney would let this happen, in the first place. They
BtiVe lost a'world of business from this part of the county
;rjjj h j,as flowed into Dallas .just because of the iuacco
|il|v of the County seat to W>lio. Ol'lt COl'XTY NEEDS
ILIADS—and I DON'T ACCEPT THE OI.D ENCCKE WHICH
I(ti*been noted in COLLIN COUNTY EOR THESE MANY
B&RS of "THERE ISN'T MONEY ENoUUGH To MIMED
jjjJ" vve are too poor and the taxes will eat us up Why.
MERHANTS OE McKINNEY alone could have made
t'h money out of the trade from this ONE city to have
than ampljvpaid for a real modern allweather 2-lane
from lying cities into McKinney. YOU WONT
frffLLAS sitting idly and watching the communities
ind, Vickery, Richardson, and other little towns gn
de in some other county or in some other county seat
'■cause there is r** way to get from the particular part
r county inthe county seat town. I'VE RAMBLED
✓J'ND jnd haven't said much, I imagine, but there is
[le thnig I am certain of, and that is that ROADS NEED
b ME BUILT IN COLLIN COUNTY just the same as they
ed to be built in DALLAS and ROCKWALL COUNTIES—
l a< i« the secret of their success—Do THE LEADERS OF
L'R COUNTY SIT THERE AND I ELL I S THA'i THE
MALL COUNTY OF ROCKWALL can afford to build
bads upon which their farmers can get into town with their!
bod and products, while LI I ILL OLD f OLLIN ( OLN I \
TOO BROKE to get their farmers out of the mud? I'VE
SARD IT SAID that most all the farmers of the county
mid t'ladl/ give the right of way to secure the necessary
Hd; EVER TRY TO DRIVE FROM PLANO to WYLIE
at after a rain? The road which has been put down there
| down right disgrace to the county—one has to go to
lersville before be can get to McKinne> if it conn the
itrst rain. ROADS ARE MEING BUILT in counties all
uid us—and at the present time there is one being built!
n all intentions of completly isolating our city from the j
med-for and anticipated business which the road will!
' to Wybe when it goes through our city.
I you imagine people in our city fighting against each
«|—I '""blqmof getting the road to come to add'
sprung up on the road to the Lake as you near the fishing
grounds? Fishing tackle, motor boat houses, bait, minnows,
glocery stores, cafes, filling stations, etc—all built out of
no where, just because of the tremendous influx of TRAFFIC
and CUSTOMERS eager to fish and to buy the fishing
equipment which it takes to really enjoy fishing. They are
prospering and doing good business—there is no reason why
we can't visualize even more business with our close proxi-
mity to Dallas and it's tremendous population which will
crowd the banks of this great lake upon its completion—
unless we sleep and let the road go around Wylie. Folks will
buy their minnows and their supplies and their gasoline and
their food and their boats and their cold drinks in the stores
which are already being envisioned in the minds of those
men who are trying very hard to get the highway to come by
their land—you can rest assured they aren't sleeping—they're
trying with all the hooks and crooks to get this highway.
Did any of you read the interesting article in the Dallas
Morning News where one of these land owners said he hoped
that Dallas would wake up and realize that such a road
would be more convenient and more economical for the Dal-
las people if they would build it to the Dam through that
particular planned highway? DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY
ARE HUSH-HUSH ON i;HE DEAL? Do you suppose they
are making any trips to Austin these days?
No cTrop in production peak
seen respite commodity break.
Dad's Day Gift
WATCHES!
For Real
Men
We nominate this new Elgin
pocket model the finest of the nea-
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masculine in its styling. Accurate
24- hours a day. It would make that
husband, dad, brother or son on your
gift list the proudest man in town.
Fine pocket Elgin. 17 jewels, natural
white g la filled caee. 935.00
A. WEATHERFORD
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Piano, Texas
Students-
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(on her own head.) There was
another lady competing, but of
course a Wylie girl won—hands
down. (Why not? With forty two
others rooting like mad at just
the right moment!)
Yes, Evelyn Phillips won the
contest with those two beautiful
red pig tails she managed to
braid. As winner, she had the
choice of a whole table ful of val-
uable prizes. She came away with
a fruit juicer, an album of re-
cords, cosmetics, a home perma-
nent, fountain pen, Dr. Peppers,
and canned food.
Patsy Harris didn't do badly
either. She left the show with an 1 civil
electric fence charger, a pair of
nylons, fountain pen, a , gift cer-
tificate from A. Harris, cosmetics,
and in fact, so many things that
Johnnie Hicks ol the Hal Horton
Show, had to help her carry her
stuff from the stage.
After the radio show the group
saw "The Bishop's Wife" before
going to White Rock Lake for a
picnic and bicycle riding.
Mr. Glen Daniels drove the
bus for the group which consisted
of: Johnnie Sue Durst, Gladys
Shields, Greta Kreymcr, Coy El-
lenburg, Doris Hicks, Kenneth
Morgan, Betty Cryer, Raymond
I Snow, Gary Stewart, Aline Dick-
| erson, Aline Cisco, Ralph Lem-
ons, Patsy Harris, Marie Walton,
Naomi Eubanks, Dorothy Cook,
Leona Eubanks ,Willie Jean
Webb, Roxie Moore, Ruby Ren-
fro, Sally Taylor, Melba Cl-'-k.
Janet Clark, Wpnda Crane, Flor-
ene Gideon, Ella Rexroat, Norma
Rayburn-
Continued from page 1
election to the House of Repre-
sentatives. And I should like at
the outset to reaffirm my deep-
est gratitude for all the consid-
eration that has been shown me
in the past and to pledge anew
my continued effort to be worthy
of this confidence.
Through your support it has
been my privilege to represent
the Fourth District in national
service through a varied succes-
sion of experiences and I believe
I can still be modest and say that
this experience has qualified me
to do an increasingly better job
in the high office with which I
have been honored.
Our country today faces per-
haps the greatest emergency of
its history outside of a shooting
war. Civilization is at the cross-
roads and is looking to America
for leadership. More than ever is
seasoned experience and states-
manship needed in our national
government to help shape the
course that alj the woijd is
eouurse that all the world is
watching and upon which the
future welfare of uncounted mil-
lions of people hinges.
Through many years of service
my record has become thoroughly
known and tested. On the issue
of civil rights, for instance, I be-
gan voting 26 years ago against
such politically instigated pro-
grams, and have consistently op-
posed all socalled civil rights ef-
forts of this type. In view of that
long standing record, I do not
deem it proper for me to seize
upon the current opportunity of
making political fanfare of my
continued opposition to the new
rights program.
Especially during the last sever-
al historical years, it has been
necessary that my service's reach
far beyond the Fourth Congres-
sional District as our nation strug-
gled to victory through a great
war and coped with international
problems of far reaching impor-
tance. I have not however, been
beyond the reach and best inter-
ests of my district at any time.
To the utmost of my ability I
have devoted myself, humbly and
honestly, to the problems of my
district despite the pressure of
aggregate-responsibilities. I pledge
the continued pursuit of that
course.
I was instrumental, for instance,
in adding a clause to the federal
road appropriation bill requir-
ing that 30 per cent of the ex-
penditure be applied to farm TT.
Wylie Theatre
TODAY AND
FRIDAY
Bud Abbott and Lou Costelk
in
THE NOOSE
HANGS HIGH'
Also SELECTED SHORT
SUBJECTS
SATURDAY
Charles Starred and Smiley
Burnette in
'THE STRANGER
FROM PONCA
CITY'
CARTOON and SERIAL
market routes. This nation can
never get too big or too powerful
to be basically dependent on the
welfare of its rural areas.
Because of the pressure of na-
tional affairs in recent years, I
have not had sufficient oppor-
tunity to maintain all the per-
sonal contacts with my friends
throughout the district that al-
ways have meant much to me.
This has been a matter of neccs-
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1948
sity and certainly indicated no
lessening of n\y enduring grati-
tude to all of my friends or of
my earnest desire for their influ-
ence and support during this
campaign.
Sincerely yours,
SAM RAYBURN
Candidate for re-election
Representative, Fourth District
U. S. Congress
(Pol. Adv.)
iurs
Th
th
SAT. NITE
PREVIEW
SUN. & MON.
Lucille Ball and Franchot
Tone in
HER HUSBAND S
AFFAIRS
Also CARTOON
Hamilton, Wanda GoerC Shirley
LaQuey, Barbara Acuff, Patsy
Hall, Linka Boyd, Juanita Myers,
Chestine Laughlin, Charles Far-
rcll Williams, Doris Jtay Moss,
Don Massaud, Ivan Creel, George
Webb, Evelyn Phillips, Sybil
Spruill, Mrs. Dickerson, a patron
of the school, and Mary E. Evans,
sponsor.
TUES. & WED.
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
in
'SAIGON'
Also 'KITTY FOIL"
GROCERY VALUES
AT
CITY MARKET
Friday and Saturday Specials
Lima Beans, per can 9c
'Joan of Arc' Corn, can 15c
Red Beans, per can - 9c
Ranch Style Beans, per can 13c
Brer Rabbit Syrup, 1-2 gal. 58c
No. 2 Kraut 12c
Sugar, 10 lbs. 98c 5 lbs. 50c
Flour, 50 lbs. $3.60 25 lbs $1.95
Always The Best In First Class Foods
ALLEN'S GROCERY
Wylie, Texas
Offers
Wylie Housewives
The very best in wholesome I'oods
On this weekend we invite you to visit our store
and compare our Quality
GROCERY VALUES
FRESH MEATS - VEGETABLES - FRUITS
"Always To Please, Is Our Purpose"
Jul
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
Salid Rack Maple
From New Hampshire
The finest Pure Maple in Authentic Early Amer-
ican styling.
The table, droplcaf sides with Butterfly
ports
Sup-
59.50
The chair, rush bottom with turned legs 18.!)5
/?e Sale. *7a lOatclt tyo-i Qui /hittcaeiiaitf. Sale
SOON
Garland
f09 £. 6iU
Qubnituie Company
Pluute 6375 Ca4.y
YIP-P-E-E!!!
ANNOUNCING OPENING
FRIDAY, MAY 28
8:00 P. M.
W-K RODEO
Located Near Garland on Highway 78
Matinee Sunday, 2:30 P. M.
Bronc Riding, Bull Riding, Calf Roping, Bulldogging
A Real Wildwest Show
Featuring
Oklahoma's Wildest Animals
Music by Cowboy Band of Radio Fame
Drinks, Ice Cream, Popcorn, Peanuts, Candy
All Persons Mounted on Horses Admitted Free
Lots Of Fun For All
Make Entries Before 2 P. M. Friday, May 28 at
Garland Typewriter Co., 610 Bankhead Ave.
Phone 6235
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