The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1948 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 23 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
1
If It's In
WYLIE
Buy It In
WYLIE
THE WYLIE NEWS
mm '
t's In
WYLIE
Buy It In
WYLIE
-- 1
5c PER COPY
No City Has Greater Opportunities For Advancement Than Wylie
CIRCULATION—700
Vol. 1
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1048
No. 2'i
JOHNSTON COMPANY CELEBRATES ITs FIFTH YEAR IN WYUE
w
mmBKkmmm*
MfiNUFflCIURCRS 1
OP CHIiDRCN'S RPPfiREL
HKB m
w&pmt?. w
u
tf
! &
i
•
m,
ti
EMPLOYEES OF THE WYLIE BRANCH OF JOHNSTON COMPANY aro shown in the above picture as they gathered outside Ihe faciO"y one day this
[past week for their group photographs. In the photograph ihe personnel are shown as follows:
Front Row: J. R. Storey, R. C. Squires, Lucille P^arnon, Bonnie Calloway, Alia Wiliams, Elsie Housewrighi, Mrs. Lillie Willis, Mrs. Agnes Daniel, John C. Cook.
Second Row: Winnie Bozeman, Mrs. Susie Hicks, Maggie Stewart, Lorene Jackson, Jessie Ballew. Wilma Spruill, Effie Moore, Mary Seabourn, Margie Green,
Clara Bcyd, Juaniia Daniel, Thelma Martin, Katie Wingo, Tcnnie Hunter, Minnie Sloen, Ethel Hall, Ciller Cromcans.
Third Row: Dody Taylor, Dora Hicks, Lennie Jackson, Kate Wright, Martha Taylor, Beulah Dickson, Bernice Rogers, Veana Newberry, Emma Hamilton,
Nannie Belle Via, Alrneda Sachse, Reita Creel, Ora Gunler, Hattie Been?. Alieno Bozeman, Alma Gons, Opul Webb, Aihu Skinner, Lillia Christopher, Verna Bates,
Mary Pullen, Myrtle Phillips, Bertha Hall, Essie Riffc, Minnie Dotson. ' *
Fourth Row: Opal Wilson, Lela Hickman, Mozolle Crabtree, Ruby Bowen, Hazel H?i'e, Frances Carr, Lillian Andcrhub, Maybelle Collins, Carry Crawford,
Hester Combs, Vena Mitchell, Ora B. McKinney, P.tibv Jackson, Opal Haslip, Lola Craft, Flora Branch, Viola Eldor, Vi. rt-idih. 7, Strut ton.
Those not present the day the picture was taken Emogin? Westphal, Nora Smith, ,Winnie Webb, Sue Seabourn, Gertie Rickmaii, Opal Johnson, T.uura Bowen,
and Mattie Davis.
'DOWN TOWN WYLIE Wylie Football Boys
LAST SATURDAY, Off F«r Training
I Saw:
CITIZENS EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS ON ISSUE:
Writes Idler Of
I
5 &a^ratalations
At Turner Falls
On tliis past Sunday morning
at approximately 11:-1 :>, the Wylie
High School Football 'IVatn ac-
companied by their coach, Mr.
Jack Murray, and Bobbie Click,
left for the mountains of Turner
Falls, Oklahoma for a week of
intensive Football training in
preparation for the coming foot •
ball season.
Well 11 ERF, WE CO AC A IN,
missed last Saturday because
there wasn't room in the paper for
all I had gathered; you folks
vnuw that the paper lis planned
Hccording to the Advertising
^phich goes in it. therefore, if
you will buy your goods in our
city, and patronize the merchants
who do advertise in the WYLIE
NEWS, then they Will want to
advertise more because they will
See some good results from the
newspaper; SO IT'S UP TO YOU
just how large or how newsy this
paper remains—GO INTO YOUll
STORES once i a while and tell
the merchants that you saw their
ad in the WYLIE NEWS—do this
today; and if you have been buy-
ing y.mr groceries in Garland,
stop and think a minute: The
grocery stores here in Wylie have
supported your newspaper 100-
percent and tliev offer you good I which hit our t ity at that time,
bargains every week that can't j The owners report considerable
be duplicated with the long trips) lo:is: however, they predicted that
Roller Rink Damaged
In Rain And Wind
Storm Lasl Sunday
The Skating Rink which is lo-
cated East of Wylie on Highway
78 suffered considerable' damage
this past Sunday afternoon when
struck by the rain and wind storm
, Ed. Nole: Ar, expressed in last week's issue of the New., (he
Editor again wishes ,the readers to realize that this article. like the
Mayor's article of last week, is the opinion of those who sign ii, an<
not to be construed as being either for or against the policy of this ! f _
newspaper. To those who might criticize for the publciation of any I Majoi of Vvslie, Mi
article;, written which appear, might I state now that i! >••, my j ( 's recipient of
confirmed opinion that as long as thai article doesn't ck| letter ol congratulation1
personalities and doesn't subject the news to cause for liable ail, has been sent tu hi in by a i.>nnei
then it will be the purpose of this paper to print ihe opinions of citizen of Wyilie, iVIi T F I'irm
all citizens on matters which are of interest to Ihe general public < ingham of Tulsa. Oklahoma. Mi
We may not agree with all that a person has to say: however, we |
defend to the last his right to say and express his opinion. THAT
IS DEMOCRACY. Here is ths article which appeared in the mails:
"This is entirely our opinion of a problem which has come up
recently and has caused a great deal of comment among our citi- i
/.ens of Wylie. Let lis make one point, clear before we go further:
We all remember that during the year of 1030, which the Mayor]
referred to in his essay last week, the entire world, not just Wyli,
was in the throes of a desperate depression which threatened to ;
wipe out all cities and nations. Ill our minds, neither the Mayor, oi |
City Council of Wylie were responsible foi that condition, nor Acre!
they on the other hand responsible for the remarkable growth and J
prosperity which has come to us after those delicate years.
We all know that during the war people who were employed in j
W. D.
hicli
Birmingham further shows bv
this correspondence, and others
received by the News, that he is
interested in Wylie. He is really
our No. One citizen, in place of
being a former citizen and is near
est to our hearts in fond appre-
ciation for the many kind things
he has done for Wylie. We print
the correspondence;
"Dear Mr. Click; I have just
finished reading your editorial
in the Wylie News. I wish to ex
if you l)R
my sincere congratulations
and the penny saving motives;
BUY AT HOME, andBUY FROM
THE MERCHANTS WIIO AD-
VERTISE IN YOUR WYLIE
NEWS; IN THE CITY MARKET
A. B. HARRISON, MR. PITTS
MRS.IIUBERT ALLEN and II. C.
llUDDLESTON were seen buying
groceries; PIKE ROSSS in
ALLEN'S GROCERY; MR. M. E.
WOODS Selling some of his
Honey in the same store; MRS.
J.E. PARKER and daughter of
LIBERTY GROVE were also in
the same store; DOC SMITH in
HAMPTON'S CLEANERS both
ering the lady help; MRS.
THELMA MARTIN getting some
clothing out of the cleaners;
MRS. R| W. LAQUAY and nciee
BOBBIE SUE WINBORN were
in the WYLIE GROCERY buying
some groceries; ED MeCOR-
MICK bought me a drink at the
WYLIE GROCERY — many
thanks Ed; MRS. JOHN CARR
and MRS. JOHN CARR Jr. were
puying groceries at WYLIE GRO-
CERY; At the MOORE-ED-
[INGTON BARBER SHOP there
re JAMES KINER. J. W.
fADLEY and Mr. J. E. PARK-
, ER of the LIBERTY GROVE
COMMUNITY; GRETA and
See DOWNTOWN, Page 5
the rink would be open for busi-
ness again before this appeared
iti print.
For the Wylie vicinity, the rain-
fall was around .55 inches, the
hardest falling in the South East-
erly directions. Rockwall report
ed they had rainfall at the same
lime of over one inch. Damage
was done to some cotton crops
in that area; however, in this sec
tion the rainfall was deemed good
for the crops because it would
make the bolls softer and make
them open sooner.
Speaking for we folks who live
in the town, we can say that the
cool breeze..1 felt mighty good
after this past Saturdays high
temperature of 100 degrees. That's
mighty hot.
Foster-Crawford
Rites Read In
Garland Recently
how truthfully you
Mated the conditions in Wylie of
I 103(3. At that time I had assisted
I the school in a small way, anil
would have been more liberal
many years ago had I not been
fearful that the condition of the
te-.vn would probably cans a loss
and no children would benefit.
. Therefore, I have moved ..lowly
and waited for results.
The school has exceeded my
fondest expectations, due to the
efforts of Professor Hartman and
I a conscientijus hard-working
; faculty.
If the people of the town will
work together harmoniously.
Wylie can become and n main
one of the best, small towns in
North Texas'.
I again thank you. Real people
are reasonable, but they have
to have the honest facts, such a
j you presented.. With best wishe
for the success of Wylie and all it
good people, I remain,
Sincerely,
T. F. Birmingham.
Open House To Be Held Thursday, 5 to 7 P.M.
Company To Be Honored By Wylie Lions Clu]
The Wylie Branch of the John- machines and the
ston Manufacturing Company of r-eduri-1, which p
Dallas, will celebrate its fifth
year in our eity with an open
house event which will be open
to the public during the hours
of 5 p. in. to p. in. The publi* is
cordially invited to come in and
inspect this factory and see the
Introducing The
Key Employees Of
Wylie Factory
intricate pro-
mto making
om of the finest children', wear
in the entire United States.
After the afternoon's open house
festivities, the Owners of til"
Company, along with their v. ives
and other Johnston Comp; ny em-
ploye.':., will be the honored
guests at the regular meeting i>!'
the Lions Club that night at 7:3o
p. ns in the Methodist Annex
building It will bo special l.rlii
riight at the Lions Club, and the
r the evening will
W. Ju
ik«
ic-or;
ot
tincti
In every manufacturing com-
pany, large or small, there fall
upon the shoulders of a !'< w, th"
I a :l:s of : ecing that the busilie:
is carried on in an orderly n an
nor, and that the work is turned
out with efficiency and perfec-
tion. This is certainly trie in
the Johnston Company in Wylie,
and the following is a list of those
key employees with their duties
which might prov interesting to
the readers. It is upon their i the Joh
shoulders that the responsibilities | She i .
fall, and we are proud to let you j n empl
know who Uiey are and their
functions1:
Mrs. Alta Williams has been
with the Johnston Company : ince
the first day it was started in
Dallas, and was moved to Wylie
after the Company's first year in
tie city. She is. Flo .r Lady for
Department ;nd periet al rup< *
visor for the factory.
Mrs. Bonnie Calloway came to
the company April "8th, I'11! as
an operator and in the spring of
'
ory of the Johnston Company
rom the start of operations here
1 Wylie down to the present
i ," which we thought might
>rove interesting to the general
a ■ i,l ii.:
In the summc of If 43 the John-
toi Brothers, R. A. Johnston Jr.,
1 V/. II. Johnston, decided on
: c pat; son program and mad
< veral trips to towns aV(
Julias n.i.i ing a survey of
>t.- ibiliti's of opening a plant
Mr. W. D. Click invited
hem to come to Wylie#where
he was a fair surplus of labor
i i buildings to b< had.
a'r \ntf1
oi the f
Mrs. A?wes Daniel
Is Eldest Employee
In Wylie Factory
Th
Wyli
mth afte
jn<
u
t<
Coll.:
Isu ft
July of 1913 the Jol
'/it, J. It. StOi i v to
. Ir.. lick «;•1 thi.
the City Council ;
i eit,. • ns, and their |
on .as. leased at tea
'aetory was op< ned w
irics and seven emploj
st itith, 1043 n the
of the buildin: th<
Mi. . Anna t; Uagii
in i tided by ev
her to be th
r this new
Ir. Storey n
sei. Mrs.
could be coi
the one for
■fy &(!t
their sticco;;^
this factory largely t«
to m:(};t' /ri&nds and
tisf I t ' V io ' /• "? 0 w
• I f Altli 'iijpiT
Iti .'o hei
knew her and
fr
:t t
.xV ■
vs'v
.vn'
tVW
•'IV RMPl.OYEK;-
M,.
ie-
c
mi
Stoi t
y
house,
mi
■tin
Mrs. Li!!!? Wis
Has Been Emn^jiJ
StarfitF'
anil
Mr. Homer Foster and Mes
Ruby Crawford of Rt. 1. Wylie,
Texas, were married in the Gar-
land Methodiit Parsonage by the
Rev. L. G. Hagard, pastor of the j
Garland Methodist Church. They
were married on Saturday after-
noon, August 7th and are making
their home near Wylie.
almost any industry were recei\ ing good wages—therefon
wish to lay the blame for good wages and prosperity in the lap of | to you for writing the article and
any one person, we would rather lay it in the lap of that infamous | t-> the past Mayor, and Aldermen
dictator who started the whole world to re arming and racing for j as Well a-, to the pre snt, for a job
world domination. All cities progressed as a result of this spival i well done.
of employment, and along with all other cities, Wylie did her i'sirj j )tniiw
share of progressing. We doubt if it would have been tl good
city it is today if it were not for these circumstances, Mayor or Ciij
Council included.
Now, let us get down to our problem here in Wylie at this
moment, and that problem which we wish to talk about is enter-
tainment for the youth of Wylie. The Swimming Pool was sold down
the creek—it could have provided good clean fun for youth. This.
lack of interest in our youths, in Wylie, prevailed in almost every
other attempt to brieg entertainment into our midsts. When lb.
kids wanted to go skating on a good roller rink, as other kids have
done in generations past (and they have turned out to be pretty
clean citizens after all) they had to travel to Dallas and to Vickcry
to indulge in this past time. In so traveling to these distant pin,vs.,
temptations were encouraged and forced upon our children in the
means of road houses, beer joints, dance halls and other vices which
lined the roads leading to these entertainment places. But, that
was alright—we couldn't see and witness the dire temptations which
were being brought before them- what we don't see, doesn't hurt
us. So we encourage this form of seeking for an outlet of their
energies, and keep our status quo. But when a clean skating link
comes into our midsts and asks to be allowed to open tip in our
city, under proper police supervision, we follow the same old ou
line- KIDS, if 'you want entertainment, find it elsewhere rather
than on the streets and within the city limits of Wylie. So, tic
skating rink puts up on the outskirts of our city-—shunned by our
city fathers, and our children again begin their treks to the out
skirts looking for entertainment- awav front the forms of pretec
tion which the city police would have given to them if it had have
been allowed to set up inside the city limits. Now don't get us wrong;
we don't say that it is now immoral to go out to this skating rink,
m the contrary, we welcome the fact that it is so close to our children
that they will be allowed to attend But we do sav that it would hav< •
been so much better for the entire population of Wylie had it. have! Mrs. Lillian Cor/.ine i visiting)
been allowed to come into town. We enumerate some of the way her sister, Mrs. T. C. Housewright
it would have helped: J in Texon, Texas, this week.
1. It would have afforded clean entertainment for our youth j Tom Hart of Dallas was a bust-
on the rink and our other citizens engaged in watching them skate. ne . visitor in Wylie Wedne
I 2. It would have afforded a place for entertainment which ] m
would have been under the protection of the law
3. It would have been a stimulation for the-
lay.
messes in Wvlit
See EDITORIAL, Page
Attend Free Show at Green's
i Humble Service Station, Tuesday
I mso^^igusl 24th.
ism . g&j!
Ill / ii]b%
sH-ilk
DR. SAMUEL D. SALEM
Samuel D, Saiem
Physician & Surgeon
Will Practice Here
Wylie again is fortunate in that
there is locating in our city a
young doctor who is just com-
pleting his first year as resident
surgeon at the St. Paul's Hospital
in Dallas. So many small cities
are in need of more adequate
medicat care, therefore, we con-
sider Wylie fortunate in that he
decided tii start his actual prac-
tise of General Medicine and
Surgery here in this area. He
will continue to devote some of
his time to the St. Paul Hospital,
but will make his main efforts
here in Wylie, and jus, as soon
as his practise builds up ho in-
tends to put in a small clinic
where lie can take care of almost
any type of ailment whiich might
come up.
We thought iit a good idea if
we introduce the young doctor
to the citizens through an inter-
view, and came away with a good
story which we are now passing
on to you:
Samuel D Salem, M. D., Phy-
See DR SALEM. Page 2
I.ill h
lii tin
/
it W:
Brings Sa First
Bate Of Season
Air Forces!
Mr. Lewis brot
around noon on
finished product
past*?) (
shortly
1heren
fter.
The
bale
woii'ihod
1550
pou
ids
v hen
brou
rjht i
^ and
sinnei
out
it 537
lbs.
Mr.
Grove?
Tep<
>rts it
was
a w
■y gi
K>d bal
otton
to be
tho
i i st
of the
year.
Clt
ise
mon
VI r. T
owis'
heel.-:
canu
M
r. A.
T. s
u mm r
of
he at
1 P
in, *>
1 the
same
d. v
brougl
it in a
bale
which
finis
ted t
ut at 5
35 lbs
a
M
^nn Ma
son o
Dal!-:
s and
Kinnev
1,3 you i
ke then
hv hf
lit till,
nes wn
man
tnowg
j Bettye Sue Wilsc
! are spending a few
| ami Mrs. Claud ir
I Y e V v
ith At
lend Free
hie Sen ic
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1948, newspaper, August 19, 1948; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342246/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.