The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1954 Page: 3 of 14
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ORE CITY PITCHER Bobby Morgan sets his jaw and
seconds after this picture was made sped home to score.
' Third baseman is Kenneth Downs. The game was played ip
VFW Park.—Mirror Photo.
Judy Starr And Janie Barnett Attend
Daingerfield Encampment This Week
IN FIRST “PEEWEE” Baseball game Ore City’s Robert
Myers beats out an infield hit. Ball can seen to right of head
of Gilmer first baseman Gerald Lee. Ore City won.—Mirror
Photo.
EAST MOUNTAIN, June 23
*—Two junior GA girls, Judy
Starr and Janie Barnett, with
their counselor, Mrs. Virginia
Adkins, , were driven to the
Daingerfield Baptist encamp-
ment Monday afternoon by
Mrs. C. S. Starr. They will be
there until Friday afternoon.
Those attending the Mayo
family reunion held at Tyler
State Park Sunday were Mr.
Tyler and Mr. and Mrs. H. O.
ELECTION—
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the ballot only, to one person,
and that is the eligible voter
who asks for it and has a legal
excuse for voting absentee.
A voter may obtain an ab-
sentee ballot either by applying
in person at the county clerk’s
office and voting it there, or by
writing for an application, ac-
companying this with his poll
tax receipt, exemption or affi-
davit that he is an eligible vot-
er. The clerk’s office will fur-
nish affidavit forms. Those who
are ill must obtain a doctor’s
certificate, form for which is on
- application. /}
Absentee Board Named
Absentee ballots will be
placed In a separate voting box
and at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 24,
election day, an appointed ■ ab-
sentee ballot board will tabu-
late these votes. This board is
made up of Bruce Morris Jr.,
J. W. Manns Jr. of Ore City and
John Prothro of Big Sandy, Mr.
McIntosh announced.
County Chairman McIntosh
announced the following as
presiding judges and election
judges respectively at each'
polling place for the Democrat-
ic primary elections this year:
1, C. O, Baugh and Matt
Camp. 2, John Pickitt and Al-
vin Spencer. 3, J. H. Stropp and
H. V. Davis. 4, A. B. Poole and
E. E. Faires. 5, O. H. Hefner
and Mrs. Preston Cavitt. 6, Bill
Chastain and Earl Adams.
7, ‘J. A. Dow and Odis Ham-
mock.; 8, Absentee box. 9, Mrs.
Clinton Clark and Mrs. Ran-
dolph Mackey. 10, J. T. Allen
and Victor Pilcher. 11, C. R.
Strange' and J. T. Payne. 12,
Carson Bates and Graham
Bradshaw. 13, Harlan Thacker
and Merritt Griffin.
14, R. H. Snow and S. J.
Blackstone. 15, Truman Cowan
and P. J. Adkinson. 16, How-
ard Dunagan and Frank Haw-
kins. 17, E. C. Bryant and C. A.
Shirley. 18, J. W. Williams and
John Duffy. 19, C. C, Ferguson
and Judson Suber.
20, H. H. Lyle and Welby
Carlock. 21, J. M. Salter and j.
K. Landers. 22, Louis Carroll
and J. E. Green. 23, R. R. Ma-
this and Buford Williamson. 24,
C. E. Gipson and C. E. Light.
25, Mrs. G. E. Irons and Mrs.
Mabel Smith. 26, Lonnie Rape
and Arthur Granberry. 27,
Fred Watkins and Garland Fer-
guson.
“If any of these are unable to
serve, others will be named by
the precinct chairman,” Mr.
McIntosh said.
He announced that precinct
conventions will be' held at 3
p.m. on the afternoon of the
first primary, July 24, with the
county convention at 3 p.m. the
following Saturday.
and Mrs. V. O. Williams and
family of East Mountain, Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Sales of Hen-
derson, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mayo
and family of Snyder, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Mayo and family of
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Mayo and family of Tyler, Mr.
and Mrs. Eric Etheridge and
family of Tyler, Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Mayo and family of .East
Mountain, Mrs. Exer Mayo of
Misner of Kilgore.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Britt and
son, Robert Charles, of Miami,
Fla./ visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lon Johnson, recent-
ly. Lelon Johnson, who had
been visiting there since school
was out, returned home with
them. The Britts had attended
the funeral of Carl Gardener in
Louisiana last Tuesday morn-
ing.
The O’Bannion family en-
joyed a reunion Sunday at the
city park in Tyler. Attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Esker Rich-
ardson and family of East
Mountain, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
O’Bannion of Gladewater, H.
C. O’Bannion of Tyler, J. W.
Gamblin of San Antonio, Mrs.
Frank Gripe of Luling. Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert Cox of Louisiana,
Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Hamberlin
and family and Garland Grice
and family. * •
Mrs. Durwood Taylor and
son, Buddy, and daughters,
Ruth and Elaine, of Port Arthur
and Mrs. Nelson and daughter
of .Marshall were guests in the
M. P. Stroope home this past
week:
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Rickard
of Akin, S.C., visited her par-
ents,. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wake-
land, recently.
lev. lien Carroll
Marries Couple At
Hhonesboro Sun.
RHONESBORO, June 23-
Rev. Glen Carroll performed a
wedding ceremony in his home
Sunday at 3 p.m. when Miss
Patsy Ruth Smith of Pittsburg
was married to Glendois Bishop
of Hughes Springs. Their at-
tendants were Miss Peggy Ef-
urd of Pittsburg and Mr. Pitt-
man of Willow Oak. The bridal
couple will make their home in
Hughes Springs.
Several visitors were present
at Rhonesboro Sunday School
last Sunday. They were Mrs.
Ocie Jones of Houston, Mrs. Le-
tha Don Williams and daughter
of Henderson, Mrs. Herman
Steelman of Gilmer and three
children of George Stone of
Big Sandy. Andra and Judy
Smith went home with the
Stone children to spend the
week.
Several from Rhonesboro at-
tended the homecoming at
Glenwood last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Allred en-
tertained a bride and bride-
groom last week end when
their son, Royce Allred of
Houston, just recently married,
brought his bride to visit them.
Other Allred children were
present also.
Mrs. L. D. Flolcomb and son
Lonnie of Dallas visited the
Walter Davises last Tuesday.
Mrs. Holcomb is a daughter of
Mr. Davis.
.Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Brogden
of Porterville, Calif., visited in
the Ben Stegall home last week.
JVIrs. Brogden' is a sister of Mr.
Stegall.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stegall
and family of Tyler visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Stegall, last Friday and took
them to the Rodeo at Gladewa-
ter.
Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Schrum
of Dallas visited the Schrums
and Florences last week and
took their little grandsons,
Jakie Bennett and Everett
Crosby Schrum, to their home
Dale Bullard Admitted
To Scottish Rite Hospital
Dale Bullard, 10-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Bul-
lard of Gilmer, was admitted
Wednesday, June 16, to the
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crip-
pled Children in Dallas for
treatment.
Since its founding by Texas
Masons 30 years ago, the hos-
pital has treated more than 17,-
000 children in the wards and
80,000 clinical patients.
THE GILMER MIRROR, Gilmer, Texas
June 24, 1954—3
Wilburn Tefteller Harvests, Sells
207 Hundred-Pound Bags Of Potatoes
KELSEY, June 23—Wilburn i week with her sister, Mrs. Sgm
Tefteller has harvested and (Grubbs, and Mr. Grubbs in
sold 207 100-lb. bags of No. 1 Longview.
October 9 Is Designated
Press Day At State Fair
Opening day of the 1954
State Fair of Texas, Saturday,
Oct. 9, has been designated as
Press, Radio and Television
Day, it was announced' at the
annual convention of the Texas
Press Association held at Fort
Worth.
More than 2,000 newspaper
publishers, and radio and TV
executives, with their families
are expected for Press, Radio
and TV Day this year.
BILLY LEDBETTER, who got both of Gilmer’s two hits
in this first game watches a well-hit ball. He got a triple
on this hit and a double later on. Catcher is Jackie Barnes.
—Mirror Photo.
the Constitution and suggests
that it could be improved, the
answer is: “Just how would
you improve it?” That usuailly
is enough to still-critical voices.
The teacher also pointed out
that When the Constitution was
formed, even though it amoun-
ted to a compromise, all parties
accepted it and proceeded to
support it without exception.
“It isn’t altogether like that in
our government today,” the
speaker said.
Mr. Richardson, summing up
his discussion, pointed out that
our government put-g God first,
the rights of man second, and
the >]tate third, and because of
that the nation has grown to its
present greatness.
Mr. Richardson was intro-
duced by Bill Buie, who was in
charge of the program for the
day. . / , -
in Sugarland after several days’
visit.
Mrs. Leo Carlock honored
her nephew, J. B. Carlock, with
a dinner Sunday in her home.
J. B. is entering the armed ser-
vice this week. Those present
were Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Car-
lock and Mary Sue of Dallas,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ransom and
Betty Lou of Pittsburg, Joe
Jack Lyle and Jim Reed Mur-
phy of Little Mound, Mr. and
Mrs. Welby Carlock and J. B.,
and the hostess.
Irish potatoes from 1% acres of
land.
One hundred and seventy
containers of corn were canned
from the welfare garden Fri-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. George Straus-
burg and Bryant of Lehi, Utah,
are visiting Mrs. Strausburg’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Bryant.
Miss Mary , Ault spent last
Looney Lindsey's
Uncle Succumbs
Funeral services for Charlie
Lindsey, 80, uncle of Looney
Lindsey of Gilmer, were held
at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 23,
at the Perryville Baptist
Church in Wood County.
Mr. Lindsey, whose farm was
split by the Upshur-Wood
County line, died Tuesday.
He leaves eight children,
three sisters, a brother and
several grandchildren to sur-
vive him.
A son, Gary Lynn, 8 lbs., 2
oz., was born June 15 to Mr.
and Mrs. Meldrum Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Bal- •
lard spent last week with rela-
tives at Freeport.
The MIA sponsored an ice.
cream supper and dance Fri-
day.
Mrs. Ivon Bean and children
of Dallas are spending this
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. Jones.
Visitors in the J. S. Ault
home during last week were
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ault of Dal-
las and Lt. and Mrs. Arthur
Buckley. They were en route to
Harlingen, where he will be
stationed.
Mr. and Mrs. Junior Wade of
Taft spent the week end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Wade.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ballew
and Suzanne of Lampasses vis-
ited with Mr. and Mrs. L. G.
Martin last weekend. Mr. Bal-
lew returned home Tuesday and
Mrs. Ballew and Suzanne re-
mained here for a longer visit.
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reached and the Constitution
was approved.
Then the fireworks began.
Patrick Henry was constantly
firing a broadside of oratory in-
to' the meeting, heckling and
pointing out his objections. His
two major .points were that the
Constitution did not mention
God, nor did it provide a Bill of
Rights. It did not give the peo-
ple enough rights.;
The orator harped on this
until it Was pointed out that in
the Declaration of Indepen-
dence God was mentioned and
that the Declaration of Inde-
pendence* was one of the basic
documents of the new govern-
ment.. Any further mention
would be repitition, even re-
dundancy. Patrick Henry ac-
cepted this, as did everyone else
there, and then he proceeded to
fight for a Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights then was
adapted from 12 amendments,
and the first 10 amendments to
the constitution still are the Bill
of Rights.
It all amounted to comprom-
ise, but the finished document
was hailed by England’s Dis-
raeli as the greatest document
ever written in one sitting.
Other nations of Europe, most
of them monarchies, viewed it
with alarm, offering criticism,
but the criticism fell on deaf
ears in this country.
Mr. Richardson pointed out
that today, if anyone criticizes
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