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WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1948
No. 14
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DOWN TOWN WYLIE
LAST SATURDAY,
I Saw:
JOE DOUGHTIIITT walking
into PETE'S HAMBURGER
! SHOP: went in myself and there
•aw MRS. A. C. HICKS of MUR-
PHY eating a hamburger—she
•aid the folks around MURPHY
liked to read the NEWS; ARLIE
J. MOSS of BRYAN, TEXAS was
: j alio same store having a bite
4 • ea'; being broke and PETE
|felT .'"Sing to give me a handout,
j f I.-ft there and walked over to
the WYLIE FLOWER SHOP
where MR. J. L. HEFNNER of
LUCAS was talking to my better
} half about subscribing to the
NEWS i for his father-in-law,
MR. I. H. SANDERS of Rt. 2,
■ McKINNEY; wife srid I always
■ft'
came just when the money was
[being given to her; MR. ARNOLD
WILSON doing some nice work
on I-IOLLOMON'S DRUG STORE:
TRUETT SMITH, MISS RITA
GALLAGHER, WILSON HOUSE-
WRIGHT and OTHER HAMP-
TON in the WIL BAR GRILL:
as were MRS. R. J. TITSWORTII
1 and her two daughters, WANDA
Wylie Youlli Killed
When Struck By
€o!imi Belt Train
On Saturday afternoon at 6:05
p. m. a Cotton Belt train truck
and instantly killed young Sa-
caries Martinez of V/ylie. Ma "tine?,
was about 20 yard", fr m lac end
of a trestle bridge when he was
struck by the oncoming train.
The engineer of the train r> h-tod
that he noticed an object on the
tracks but could not stop in time
without completely wrecking the
entire train.
Young Martinez had been fish-
ing and playing around the rail-
road tracks all day Saturday and
had presumably headed for home
when the accident occurred.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Itpacto Martinez and the father
is employed at the Alexander
Farms. He was born on September
10, 1937 in the city of Jourdon-
toon, Texas, later moving to
Wylie when his father became
employed at the said establish-
ment.
Burial was held in the St. Paul's
Cemetery at 11:30 p. m. the night
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land BILLY: ED DAVIS. MONK i of the accident. Fielder-Baker
■ BOZMAN (the MAYOR OF PINE | Funeral Home was charge of the
] RIDGE) and D. WERTZ shoot-
ing the bull in front of CITY
MARKET; ALEX IIOUSE-
WRIGIIT also in front of the
lf'lTY MARKET: told me he was
■ from Houston and was in town
1 visiting his relatives for a few
days: H. C. CLICK complaining
of the heat: MR. MACK GROVER
(oops, meant to say MAX
GROVES or GRAVES, which is
lit'') who told me that MRS.
GROVES had returned from her
visit to her daughter in CALI-
FORNIA; Old JOE COOPER
complaining that he was so full
[of fish that he could hardly walk
—nsked him if he had caught
I them and he replied that he was
lithe only truthful fisherman in
town - HE BOUGHT THEM: W.
1('. ALLEN trying his hand at the
Imi st counter in ALLEN'S GRO-
CERY STORE; wonder how
I many times he sold his thumb
aturday?; MR. P. GOVEA buy-
ling ome cigars in ALLEN'S
GROCERY STORE (He's in
charge of one of the group of
■ MIGRANT WORKERS who have
Hbeen harvesting the onion crop);
Ml! JOHN GRACEY talking like
he wanted to go fishing; BENNY
WOODS trying to keep GUY
RICHARDS from cheating him on
some cattle deal—found out that
this GUY RICHARDS is some
tiader; BENNY WOODS told me
he was going to mow the pasture
for the LIONS CLUB FISH FRY
until he found out there were
to be no women on the outing-
told him to contact someone else
about that, I thought different;
EDWIN COLLINS complaining
again this week about not getting
hi paper until Friday; told him
IT bet there were some folks in
CHINA who never have received
a*WYLIE NEWS; he's lucky; MR.
I j. W HACKLER who s.uid the
J weather was certainly good for
I working; E. D. DARDIN and J.
jo FRANTZ sitting in front of
I WYLIE GROCERY STORE; MISS
IpATSY MORRIS in WYLIE GRO-
ICERY STORE drinking a coke;
A NEW CLERK IN THE WYLIE
GROCERY: MRS. EMMA AD-
D1NGTON, asked her to let me
see her UNION CARD, but she
didn't need one when she was
working to support her poor, sick
husband; MRS. T. C. FRYE and
I husband in WYLIE GROCERY
[STORE MR. MARION DODSON
and J. A. MAY of JOSEPHINE
I getting their domes trimmed a bit
in MOORE EDGINGTON BAR-
BER SHOP; BROTHER BUR-
NETT'S WIPE looking all over
town for him—Confidentially, I
saw him trying to keep away
from her (said she was wanting
money)' Pound things mighty
quiet' at BURCH'S SERVICE
I STATION; as I walked in FRED
MCCORMICK'S said they were
just talking ABOUT me and my
PAPER; SLUGGER McCOR-
Lions Club Annual
Fisli Fry To Be Heltl
Thursday Nirjlil
The Wylie Liuns Club will hold
its annual Fish Fry on this next
Thursday night, in the Benny
Wood's pasture down nf-'xt to
win re the Western end of the
Lavon Dam is to be constructed.
All the Lions are invited to at-
tend and enjoy this great out-'
ing. The fish has already been
purchased and all arrangements
have been made according to
schedule, reports Lion R. V.
Gioves, chairman in charge of
Mrs. G. T. Hensley
Buried in Final
Rites At Roysc
After a prolonged illne-s which
had confined her to her bed for
the past two years, Mrs. Gecrge
T. Hensley quietly passed away
this past Tuesday morning at
her home so' 'beast of W. lie. Had
she have lived one day lone i
she would have colebrasted her
61st birthday.
Mrs. Hensley had been a citizen
of Wylie and the : urrounding
community for the pa ,t. II years
during which time she had been
an active member of the Shiloah
all arrangements. It is certainly
fine that such an efficient person,! Eaptist Church far'the past
who always makes things come years.
"out on schedule," volunteered
for s.uch a responsible undcrtak-j
ing, and his work is certainly a
credit to the Lions Club.
Baby Girl Born to
She is survived by her husband
Mrs, George T. Hensley; two
sons, Clarence and Clifford of
Wylie; four daughters, Mrs. Clay-
ton Zachary, Mrs. Richard Dick-
ard, Mrs. L. G. Maynard and Mis?.
Mr. and Mrs. Poovey Dorothy Hensley of Wylie; eigh-
A baby girl, Vieki Joyce was ; tocn grandchildren and one great
born to Mr. and'Mrs. Bornarr Erandehild.
Poovey of Wyllie, this past Fi i-1 Tho services m hold in thci
day at 5:14 P.M. in Sparks Ho,:- Bap<13t church in Wvlio at 3:00
pital, Dallas. Mrs. Poovey and p' m; on Wednesday and final
child are reported doing very fine Muriel. in the Royse City
and planning on returning home f<-mctoiy at ^Roysc City, Texas
arrangements. 1 some times this week. " "h-"-'^O Neill oi Brownwood,
J Texas assisted by Brother Brooks
j # « . | m w.vj in charge of the sendees.
Large Methodist loiMfre?ation Assemoles lo T/ - Mr. i r t
° ^ ° Hensley, Troy Maynard, Micki
Welcome Rev, E, H. Cole in First Message
On this past Sunday, June 13, sonage and extend- a cordial invi-1 The Royso City Fune.al Home
a very large congregation turned, tation to all to visit with them . jn charge or all tho arrange-
out to do welcome to the new I at any time. I ment .
Methodist Minister, Rev, E. H.j Rev. Cole obtained his A. B. • 9
Cole, who comes to V/ylie from! degree from the Kentucky Wes- j ft i« y;j
the city of Justin, where he had lyn College at Wine In ter, Ken- J AlfiD t.ipHi'f'Jl WSS
been pastor for the past four tucky and later attended Perkins rj i • i • >
years. J School of Theology at Southern j [ QllUCKlfl? 111
With Reverend Cole comes his| Methodist University in Dallas ___ #
wife and their three children! where he received his B. D. dc-j^/yjjg jK]JM?|Y
Washington Refrigeration Expert
Inspects Local Locker Plant Friday
. Karl Crawford Siresses Fact That
Robert Edward, Elizabeth Ann j gree. He has been outstanding in j
and Nancy Lynn. They have his work among the rural i
moved into the Methodist pur-
Wylie Citizens Give
Generously to Fund
For New School
In an intensive campaign spun-
sored by the Wylie Lions club
for the past few days, the Wylie
citizens have been most generous
in handing in donations to the
Fund which will make possible
the construction of a completely
now and modern High School
building for the children of our
community, Contributions have
been coming in from every place
and from every person. There is
however, still to be raised, tho
sunt of about $800.00 to meet our
Ciuota on tho construction cost.
The drive has naturally slowed
down a bit due to most of our
people in the vicinity having
been contacted and this last
$800.00 is a bit slow in coming
in. However, witii this being giv-
en notice to all the former citi-
zens of Wylie who live away, yet
who still have a great interest in
our city and the welfare of our
children, it is. felt that this small
amount will soon be raised from
their contributions. Any person
who lives away from W.yie and
gets the opportunity of reading
this notice, will find it easy to
realize just what the construction
of a new debt-free High School
will mean to the community. Wo
urge you to contribute to this
project in as fine a manner as
you came to our rescue on the
Cemetery Fund. Your contribu-
tion should be mailed immediate-
ly to Mr. E. Housewright, chair-
man, High School Funds Com-
mittee, Wylie, Texas. Think se-
riously about this matter; We
have the opportunity of having
a fine debt free school building
just with the addition to our
fund of only $800.00. Won't you
give TODAY?
In next week's paper there
will appear a complete list of
all clonners to this.
I
| Collin County, was in Wylie this
in Dallas. He was one of two such
pa.'tors to receive this special re-
cognition and honor.
The citizens of Wylie and es-
pecially the members of the
Methohdist Church extend a hand
of welcome to Rev. Cole and his
family and hope that he will find
I,is. stay here to.be moat pleasant
and beneficial to the whole com-
munity. The remarks which were
heard concerning bis first meet-
ing were such to insure that his
Congregation is certainly appre-
ciative of tho splendid oppor-
tunity of having such a fine mill
i: tor at the helm of our church.
and making per-
1 tho homos in . ur
Mi'. A. G. (Arb) Sparlin, can-|
churches of the North Texas Con-( didat0 for tho ()ffice o£ Sheriff oJ-
ferenee, having recently been
honored for his excellent work in |
this field at the Conference held |,n; 1 Fridav P°ssin« out l,is ''"d
on the street:
sonal calls at u
city.
Mr. Sparlin reports that the
campaign is being conducted in
a most gentlemanly manner and \
that he is proud of the encourage- '
ment which the folk.-,' of Collin
County have been giving him
these past few weeks.
U. S. Engineers
Report Good Progress
On Lavon Bam
Mr. Bill Williams, chief en
ginfer. U. S. Engineers Corps, re-
port'- that the Dam L steadily
being built according to sched-
ule and lo specifications, and that
the present contract only lacks
about. 130,000 cubic yards of dirt
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being completely finished with
this part of the project. The dam
has now been biult up to a height
of approximately 15 to 10 feet at
tho highest level, and is being
rapidly built to its contract maxi-
mum.
The Construction Company is
still somewhere near six days
ahead of schedule, and barring
bad weather should maintain this
progre" until the end of their
contract,
Mr Williams reports that visit-
ors are daily streaming to the
area watching the progress and
wants to keep extending invi-
tation to all who have not been
out, to come out and see the
large project which is being built
here in our very rnidsts.
Assembly of God
Builds Parsonage
The members of the Wylie As-
sembly of God church have add-
: ed quite a nice home to tho re-
; cent eonstruction list in our city.
I Their pastor is now provided with
! a very nice parsonage which has
just boon completed.
This church and its congrega
lion are lo be congratulated for
their splendid work in the city
of Wylie. It is one of the most
progressive churches in our city
in the realm of membership, in-
terest and devotion to duty. This
parsonage is certainly—a .tribute
to the splendid devotion of its
members. Their pastor. Rev.
i Xance, seems to be leading ''' •
j followers along the splendid path
which he has been ordained to
carry out.
Mrs. Beanie Goode
Passes Away At
Home of Daughter
The N"ws has just received the
ad nev/s of the death of Mrs.
Doanie Goode at the homo of
Mrs. Clarence Parr in the city
of Wylie. Mrs. Goode had been
Co Op Is Community Project
In the city of V/ lie this past; News that it was the sole intent
week end was. a very important of the Administration to keep the
visitor from the city of Washing , locker operating a a cooperative
ton, D. Mr. Karl Crawford, affair and to keep it open for
whose business it to inspect1 the processing and storing of the
the local Locla r plant and to find
out what it was that made this
institution fail to complete it - mis-
sion in this rural community. The
in ill health for several years I Nt ws had the pie: ore of inter-
and death came early this past \ viewing Mr. Crawford, . ho is
Monday morning. | connected with the Rrual Electri-
Funeral services were held indication Administration in V. n-li-
the First Baptist Church in Mc-j'ngton and who is responsible lor
Kinney and burial was in the 1:4virv: management assistance and
Forrest Grove Cemetery near advice to all the REA financed
that city. j locker plans such as the V/ylie
An obituary will appear in next' Locker.
week's issue of the News. j Mr. Crawford first assured the
meats and other product of the
community. He then went into
a very lengthy discus iuy of the
history and importan e Of the
• • >e peoples
eomnuuuj^w!. ah was fortu- 'P
nate enough to have tne so,,in-
•allccl in their midsts.
He stated that the id°a for such
a f-oonerative bacg in Wylie c-aWe'
/ T4-
And Mrs. j. W, Biggs Have Lived
In Collin County For Many Ye
On Monday afternoon I inter-
viewed another elderly couple?
for our weekly write up on cou-
ple's and individuals, I always
find it interesting to hear of, moved to Collin County in !exas
things that have happened before and has lived here every since,
my time and often wish that I had
listened more carefully when my '
own grandmother use to tell of
days of long ago. Her : tories of
the war between the North and
South and the growth of our
country were much more inter-
esting to hear than to read in our
history books and so I find it
into being revMMf years ago. It
i ing "irst corerj^ed in the minds
of If-adimWienin the community.
To secure funds to construct the
nlant they secured the aid of the
Farmers Electric Cooperatives up
si Greenville who had some time
before assisted with the financ-
ing of a cooperative locker plant
in Emory. Tho Rural Electrifica-
tion Administration at that time
wore making me leans in key
locations for locker plants upon
the endorsemi nt of the mortgage
notes of the locks s cooperative by
.. the electric REA cooperative in
lie has lived on the sanr n rnt for .,
! the or
jars
east. Texas. He is the son of the
late B. F. and Elsie Jane Biggs.
At the age of two years Mr. Biggs
fifty-four years. lie, a. his father,
was a tiller of the soil and to
many of us the life of far her
even with its hardships and hard
work is one of the best, cleanest
lives a man can choose for him-
self and his1 family. Mr. Biggs
attended two different schools the
Business Houses
Report Saturday
Best Bay in Years
See DOWNTOWN, Page 3
Classified Ads Pay
John Adams Spends
Few Bays Visiting
Friends in Wylie
Mr, John Adams of Tulia spent
a few days this past week in the
city visiting with friends and rela-
tives and looking the country
over. .
Mr. Adams is one of the more
noted authorities and breeders of
Pure Bred Hogs and was in Fort
Worth during this visit at a moot-
ing of the Executive Board of
the Swine Breeders Association
of Texas of which he is the chair-
man. It was the duly of this board
to select and award prizes lo the
outstanding youth of Texas who
raised the best judged hog in a
contest.
We were mighty proud to have
Mr. Adams look us up and en-
joyed the talk which we had'with
him. He reports that he enjoys
reading the News and that is na-
turally music to our ears. He re-
ported that he will receive the
Dallas papers, the Amariilo pa-
pers and the Lubbock paper and
the Wylie paper av tho same time;
and he will overlook all the other
big papers to read our paper first.
That is mighty good encourage-
ment coming from one of the for-
mer citizens of our city and
makes us feel mighty good.
Wylie Lions Beat
Seagoville 11 to 9
Joe LaBarba Hits Grand Slam Homer in
Seventh To Bring Ball Game Out of Fire
See ADAMS, Pago G
As predicted in last week'.
News, the Wylie Lions Club Soft-
ball team journeyed to Seago-
ville and there on their own home
grounds, defeated tho Seagoville
Loins Club 11 to !>. The game,
however, was a hard fought bail
game until the last out was made
by the opposing team.
Until the first half of the si v-
enth inning, which is the last in-
ning in Softball games, the locals
were trailing by a score of i) to 5;
after having given up a lead in
the early innings. Coming up in
the first halt of tho last inning,
and after having the first two
men put out on easy grounders,
the locals went wild. Mclntiro
reached first base on a walk: Wil-
son Housewright hit a sharp
single to left field; and Bill Paint-
er followed this with another
single to loft field; bringing up
Joe LaBarba who had already
played a spectacular ball game at
third base for the locals Joe,
after taking two called strike:
hit the third pitch over the right
field fence for a home run. bring-
ing in the three men in front of
him and tieing up the ball game
in the first half of the la. t inning.
Seagoville then came to bats and
were promptly disposed of, 3 up
-3 down. In Wylie's half of the
8th, Mclntiro and Webb scored 2
runs to win the ball game 11 to
0. The manager, Lion R. J. Hall
said that he was feeling Mighty
Low until that homerun came
across. Chief Rooter Archie Steel
seemed mighty proud, also when
this hit came.
Batteries for the Locals were
Painter and Stimson, and for Sea-
goville, Powell and Kennedy.
Winning this their 2nd ball-
game of the current League
Series, left Wylie in a tie for first
place with the Mosquito Lions
Club.
LINE UP
SEAGOVILLE LIONS—
Kelly 3
P. Martin ss
Fowler 2b
F. Burn if
O'Connell If
Starnes 1
Kennedy e
M. Grecnwalt cf
Powell p
WYLIE LIONS—
Melntyre a'S
Webb llf
Hampton cf
Housow right 1
Painter p
LaBarba 3
Smith rf
McCormick 2
Stimson c
the same way in the lives of Mr. f)lst being the McKinney School
and Mrs. J. W. Biggs of our own and the second the Willow Springs
little city. _ School which was lore ed in the
Mr. Biggs1 was born in the year country near a grove of willow
1865 in Rusk County in South- trees and a spring of water as its
name suggest. Tho school was
j later moved to Lucas. Mr. Biggs is
I one of a family of eleven child-
! ren there being six boys, three
full sisters, ,and two half sisters.
; He, his baby sister, Mrs. Fannie
I Hagans of Parker, Texas who is
I seventy-eight and his baby bro-
Most of the business houses ofi thor, Mr. Hugh Bigg who lives
Wylie reported that the past Sat- in East Texas and is eighty years
urday was one of the most active old are the only living children,
trading days that has been ox- Their mother and father died in
penenced in Wylie in the past
several years. Especially were
the grqeery stores overcrowded
from the time they opened their
doors until closing time. The
streets of Wylie were crowded
with the visitors and shoppers
and it was just another indica-
tion that folks have found Wylie
is a good, economical place in
which to shop for their needed
goods.
Mr. Hicks, of the City Market,
for instance, reported that Sat-
urday was the best bu.iir.c-ss day
he had had since his store opened
for business. Other gtWory stores
were as emphatic in their praise
of business for this particular day.
See BIGGS, Page 0
Funeral Services
For George Richards
Held Monday at 3 PIVI
George Richards, life long resi-
dent of Rowlott, died following a
heart attack at Parkland Hospi-
tal about 5 a.m. Sunday, lie had
been confined to the hospital for
.several days but his death came
unexpectedly.
Born in Rowlott March 3, 1904,
he was a member of the Christian
Church.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Monday at Williams Fun-
oral Chapel and burial was in Big
A. Cemetery. The Rev. James H.
II. Stanley, of Dallas, former pas-
tor of the Rowlott Baptist
Church, officiated.
Survivors include his mother.
First State Bank
Installs Recordax
Protection
Mr. C. Truett Smith, Cashier
of the First State Bank in Wylie,
has informed the News of the
rccent. purchase and installation
of the RECORDAX Banking Serv-
ice for the benefit of depositors.
This device is capable of record-
ing in exact duplicate every docu-
ment which is handled for the
banks constituents -Jrom check
size up to 9 1-2 x 14 inches on
16 mm film.
irea. It is d o required that
the locker plant bo s< vod from
the electric coop- ra: •.•<• iem.
With the forego in il.ihty and
arrangement local •• . n incor-
porate! a cooperative lor-k< <• plant,
became the first b<>a:d of direc-
tors and went to wr, !-: to soeu'
the necessary members to m
a plant feasable.
As time passed and these tt
put their efforts to ' tab', Tung
a cooperative they secured suffi-
cient members to warrant a plant
equipped with 400 food lockers
and the accessory feature; to give
tho members complete facilities
for a food processing and storage
pi; nt oven to a bulk stora '•■ and
milk room which is pot generally
found in locker plants.V
Plan, were drawn wh /
■'ted that ;i plant coUtu %J
fi i aliw,it $25,000 however,luring
the time, of war materials bo-
oamt scarce and in some cakes not
av. liable at all. Prices wejro not
table and many substitution:!
Wore nece: ary. Duo to the many
The Editor is in receipt of a
card from the John Sharps, writ-
ten from somewhere in the Great
Mrs. Cora Richards of Rowlott: | Smehy Mountains National Park
one sister. Mrs. Albert Smolhaj in Tennessee. Ho reports they are
of Garland; t\yo brothers. Joy C'.' enjoyinrtheir trip vi much and
Richards of Rowlett and Guy
Richards of Wylie.
Bculah Hall was in Piano on
Monday on business.
un 11a eon delays for which none
See LOC K ER PLANTTPa^ 5~"
Final Rites Held
For Jack Holbrook
Jack Nori j Holbrook, a brother
Mi a. K. R. Cross n|
iv«?d final rites at the W>|,^
Baptist Church this past Fridav^"
June 11th. Ho passed away irj a
Dentort hospital on Juno «l(Jth.
and the remains were transfer/od
hero for burial.
lie is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ann Holbrook and five child™*,
Photo,,-aphs of every check Billy, Wayne, Sherry Aftn, Martha
J' an and Larry Jack. Also one
bbrother. Will llolbrook^-o^
t"'i ..nd tv. o ■■ Liars, Mrs. Ru
L< ■ of r, ha and Mrs. E. B. Cross]
of Wylie.
Jack Holbrook had made hiaj
homo in Wylie with his sister for
some years after his mother
passed away and bad lived here
in Wylie off and on for several
years :.ince his marriage. He had
lately lived in California where
be was employed by the Navy
Department in one of its ship
yards. He recently underwent
two operations the last of which
caused his untimely death.
Mrs. Cross was in the Denton
Hospital during the time of her
brothers illness, and was thore at
the time of his death.
The News joins with tho entire
community in extending sincere
condolences to this bereaved fann
pi id by tho bank will be retain-
ed for the depositors' protection
and convenience. This valuable
safe guard will be appreciated by
all who have been obliged to
prove payment of bills, taxes or
other obligations in the past. You
are invito to come into the bank
tod. y and have one of tho bank
personm I explain this new bank
ing service.
John Sharps Write
From Great Sn-.oky
Mts. Natl. Park
will bo returning to Wylie this
next week. .Said they wire hav-
ing fun see ing thi., great national ily in their hours of sorrow.
park in Tonnes-eo and that they #
had now been n five states. I ' Use our CI issified Ada.
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The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1948, newspaper, June 17, 1948; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342223/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.