The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1952 Page: 1 of 4
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IN ITS 70TH YEAR_NO. 11
PRICE — TEN CENTS
Lions Club Sponsors
Scout Troop 102
The reorganization of the boy
scouts in Mesquite is being spon-
sored by the local Lions Club with
Phil Pasqualino as scout master,
president Benny Pettus announc-
ed this week. Pettus said approx-
imately fifty boys of scout age
have expressed interest in the re-
activation of Troop 102. Lyndell
Davis will be institutional repre-
sentative from the Lions Club to
the Circle Ten Council in Dallas.
In this capacity he will promote
mutual understanding and cooper-
ation between the Mesquite club
and the District Committee.
George Miller, Scout Executive
of Circle Ten Council, Dallas, pre-
sented the need of scouting in the
community at the last regular
meeting of the Lions Club. Law-
rence Melton, president of the cit-
izens Ch-arter Association, stress-
ed the importance of reaching the
boys before the communists. Mel-
ton, who also serves on the Loyal-
ty Board, pointed out that scout-
ing is one of the cheapest forms of
insurance against vandalism and
unlawful activities. Boone Powell
and Roy Hornsby, other scout
leaders, also spoke on scouting.
There is a need for more men
to help as assistant scout masters
and to serve on various commit-
tees, Pettus said. Anyone who is
interested in scout work should
contact Mr. Pasqualino for further
information.
The next meeting of the Lions
Club will be October 14 in the
school cafeteria, which will be the
permanent meeting place. Plans
are underway for a Halloween
carnival November 1st on the
square.
Mathan Malone Buys
Premier Station
Nathan Malone, a life-time resi-
dent of Mesquite, bought his first
business last week. He is the new
owner of the Premier Filling Sta-
tion on Texas Street, across from
the depot, formerly owned by
Finis Morran.
Nathan’s father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Malone, have been
in business here for many years.
Mr. Malone hds a barber shop
and his wife, a beauty shop.
Nathan'and his wife, the former
Geraldine Shepherd, and their ten-
month-old daughter, Patricia Gail,
live at 201 North Lane in Mes-
quite.
He has been employed by the
Arctic Ice Cream Company, with
Mesquite as his territory, since he
was discharged from the Marine
Corps last October. Prior to his
duty with the Marines, he was
with the McDaniel Slaughter Serv-
ice here for five years.
FRIENDS SHOWER GIFTS
ON VERNON STARKS AT
SURPRISE DEDICATION
Sixty-seven friends gathered at
the new home of Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Stark, on Lake June Road,
for a surprise housewarming and
home dedication service, Monday
night.
The dedication service was con-
ducted by the Rev. Louis Hodges,
pastor of the Liberty Chapel Bapt-
ist Church. The dedication prayer
was led by E. F. Springer, father
•of Mrs. Stark.
Walter Wilkinson sang "Bless
Our House." He was accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Sara Alford.
After the ceremony, Mr. Wilkin-
son led the group as they sang
“‘Blest Be The Tie That Binds.”
The Starks received dozens of
lovely gifts. Refreshments, frozen
punch, cookies, nuts and mints,
were served by Mrs. Louis Hodges
and Mrs. Richard Motley.
Mr. and Mrs. Stark moved to
their new brick trimmed home
two weeks ago. They had formerly
lived in Rylie.
Olin Paschall Is Made
Grocery Official
The appointment of Olin J. Pas-
chall of Mesquite as divisional
manager of the Clover Farm
Stores, Lone Star Division at Dal-
las, has been announced by Camp-
bell Smith, sales manager for
Waples Platter Co.
Mr. Paschall, born and reared
at Mesquite, has had 13 years of
grocery experience with national
chains. He began as a boy working
for a chain store in his home-town
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DALLAS- COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1952
Local Teachers To
Attend Workshop
At Mineral Wells
Four teachers from Mesquite
schools will attend the Fifth Dis-
trict English Workshop, a division
of the Texas State Teachers Asso-
ciation, at its annual meeting at
the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells,
Saturday. Attending are Miss Car-
nelia Varner, who teaches junior
and senior English, Mrs. Rebecca
Prunkard, teacher of sophomore
and junior English, Mrs. Frances,
Thomas, freshman and junior
English teacher, and Mrs. Viola
Hodges, who teaches English in
the elementary grades/
At this meeting an attempt will
be made to integrate teaching of
English at all levels, from elemen-
tary school through college, ac-
cording to Dr. Ernest S. Clifton
of North Texas State College, Den-
ton, Workshop Chairman. ‘‘We
hope the Workshop will enable
English teachers to exchange
ideas, objectives, and methods so
that English may be made more
meaningful to the Students,” he
stated.
J. R. Shipman
Dies At 82
Funeral services for Joel R.
Shipman, 82, were held Sunday,
September 21, at the McCullough
Funeral Chapel. Mr. Shipman died
September 19 at a Dallas hospital.
The Rev. Ernest Shindoll officiat-
ed.
Mr. Shipman, born in North
Carolina, came to Texas in 1889.
He is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Beatrice Finney of Dallas,
Mrs. H. C. Savage of Mesquite,
and Mrs. D. F. Tiller of Terrell; a
son, James R. Shipman of Califor-
nia,' two brothers, three sisters,
ten grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
—Cut courtesy Times Herald
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE GROWN-UP TO BE A FOOTBALL FAN! These three young SMIT
and Skeeter followers, as pictured by the Times-Herald recently, all celebrated birthdays on
Thursday, September 23rd. Two-year-old Kyle McGaughy, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McGaughy,
Jr., is pictured at left, with a firm grip on "Peruna.” At right, Dioak Lander, son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. M. Lander, Jr., is now three years old and more experienced with football rules and regula-
tions. He seems to be pointing out a few interesting features of the game to lone-year-old Caree
Chapman', daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jack Chapman of Dallas. Caree is all dressed up for the
cheering section, but from the expression on her face,1 she might need just a few more pointers
from Kyle and Doak before giving her full support!
P-T.A. Opens Fall Session
Oct. 6 With Membership Drive
The Mesquite Parent-Teachers
Association will open its fall ses-
sion Monday, .October 6. The drive
for new members starts at that
Among The Guests At
Pioneer Party
Among the out-of-town guests
at the Dallas County Fair Pioneer
Celebration, were E. R. (Bill)
Wyatt, Mrs. C. J. Murphrey, Mrs.
C. C. Jobson, Robert A. Hall, Mrs.
McNeill Drumwright, Mrs. Ardis
Edge, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wyatt,
D. C. Love, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Russell, Mrs Anna L Hood, Mrs.
C. E. Sutton, Eugene L. C’ullum,
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Keefe, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Ii. West, Weldon
Flanagan, Mrs. Zula Humphreys,
Mrs. W. I. Burkley, Mrs. H. T.
Boles, Miss Velma Boles. Mrs. Ola
Pulaski, Mary C. Reid, Mayola
Stewart Pulaski, Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Wyatt, Dan Gross, Mr. and
James H. Wyatt, Mrs. W. B.
Stamps, Mr. and Mrs. William P.
Davis, Mrs. Alice Humphreys,
Margaret Paschall Range, Mrs. W.
W. Walker, Frances Hill, Felto»
Humphreys, Mrs. Sallie Neal, Mr.
and Mrs. John Neal, Mrs. F. E.
Roberts, R. A. Vineyard, Mr. and
Mrs. Trett Vineyard, Mrs Mary
Parker, Mrs Cafferey Knox, Mrs.
Dudley Knox, Mrs. Bill Knox,
Dudley Brown Knox, Mrs. Randall
Knox, Larry Knox, Mary Knox
Parker, Jessie Knox McClure, Mr.
and Mrs. William Davis, Mrs. W.
L. Sugger, Mrs. Laura Baird, Mrs.
Sam Wood, Mrs. Beaulah Dixon,
Mrs. Gertrude Ard, Mrs. Mark
Williams, Mrs. Gladys Reading, L.
L. Humphrey, Mrs. Ethel Louder-
back, Hugh McDaniel, Wilbur
Ard, Mrs. George Ripley, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Rice.
advancing to manager of the com-
pany’s store in Midlothian. He
was later employed in defense
work at North American, and af-
terwards owned and operated a
Clover Farm Store at Midlothian.
He joined Waples Platter Co. in
1945 as a salesman.
Paschall is the son of Mrs. W. L
Paschall and the late Mr. Paschall.
He is married to the former Edna
Earle Harbin. They have one dau-
ghter, Glenda Nelle, eleven, in the
sixth grade in Mesquite school.
time, with Mrs. Meadford Webb
as chairman.
Each child attending Mesquite
schools has been contacted, either
by Mrs. Webb, a teacher, or other
member of the P.-T.A., and given
a letter, written to each parent,
urging them to join the organiza-
tion.
Prizes of $5.00, $3.00 and $2.00
will be presented to students who
solicit, the,highest membership.
In planning the program for the
first meeting, the committee will
follow the platform adopted at
the Congress of Parents and
Teachers. Leaders in the P.-T.A.
are quoted:
"In these critical times when we
hear so much of what is wrong
with the home, school, church
and community, the program com-
mittee chose to stress what is
right with these institutions. The
idea of strengthening our platform
and reaffirming our fath in our-
selves and in our institutions—
creation of the American people,
accomplished through prayer and
effort — should certainly contrib-
ute to a strengthening of our
American way of life.
The P.-T.A. program for the
month of October will be "Faith
in Our Schools.”
Officers for 19 5 2-3 are Mrs.
Sam Ezell, president; Mrs. LeRoy
Orr, vice-president; Mrs. Mead-
ford Webb, vice-president; Mrs.
Sam Miertschin, vice-president;
Mrs. Mary Moss, vice-president;
Mrs. J. F. Wheat, secretary; Mrs.
George Lucas, treasurer; Mrs. T.
H. McDonald, parliamentarian,
and Mrs. Herschel Dean, historian.
Committee chairmen, who will
later appoint their own commit-
tee members are: Mrs. Phil Hud-
son, hospitality; Mrs. D. M. Fer-
rier, publicity; Mrs. Meadford
Webb, membership; Mrs. George
Lucas, finance; Mrs. Sam Miert-
schin and Mrs. Mary Moss, pro-
gram; Mrs. Rex Range, room
mothers; Mrs. R. L. Hanby, health
and summer round-up; Mrs. Jack
Cliatt, football pillows; Mrs. Jack
Cliatt, delegate'to county council;
Mrs. Herschel Dean, alternate;
Mrs. F. M. Hunstable, yearbook;
Mrs. D. M. Lander, telephone;
Mrs. Sam Rutherford, P.-T.A.
magazine; and Mrs. F. W. Lake,
banking.
Livestock Show
Winners at Fair
Grand Champion winners in the
Livestock Show during the Dallas
County Fair were William Hag-
gard, with his Hereford bull; C.
L. Haggard, Milking Shorthorn;
Joe Hughes, Hereford female.
Doss Hardin showed the reserve
grand champion Angus bull and
the reserve grand champion fe-
male Hereford.
In the beef cattle division rib-
bons went to L. T. Walker, first
on Hereford bull, 2 years or
older; Doss Hardin, first, Angus.
Bulls, over 1 year, under 2, won
ribbons for William Haygood,
first and third; A. B. Kyle, sec-
ond. Angus bull—first place to
W. A. Newton. Bulls under 1 year,
blue ribbon to William Haygood;
2nd and 3rd to Ross Hardin.
Joe Hughes showed first place
Angus; Doss Hardin, second and
third.
Haygood had the champion
Hereford bull; A. B. Kyle, reserve
champion. Joe Hughes and Hardin
showed the champion and reserve
champion Angus bulls.
Prize on the Angus beef cow,
over 2 years, went to Hardin.
G. C. Griffin had first place
winner with his Hereford cow
under two years.
Hughes received a b’lue and a
red ribbon for his Angus cows
under 1 year. Hardin placed third
in this division, but first and third
with the Herefords under a year.
A. S. Penny had 2nd place Here-
ford under 1 year.
Other Winners:
Angus beef cows—Joe Hughes,
grand champion; Doss Hardin, re-
serve champion.
Hereford cows — Ross Hardin,
champion; Penny, reserve cham-
pion.
Dairy cattle—bulls: C. L. Hag-
gard, H. D. Wimberly, excellent;
Wimberly, very good. Dairy cows
and heifers: C. L. Haggard, How-
ard Bowman, excellent; Tim
"Walker, and Paul Carroll, good
plus; Wimberly, very good.
Deserving credit for the success
of the show, other than the exhib-
itors and chairmen F. A. Lloyd (
and A. B. Kyle, are J. B. Gallo-
way, Leslie McFarlin, L. T. Walk-
er, R. L. Pou, George Lucas,
Robert L. Hanby, and others.
Mrs. John Terry is recovering
from a freak accident. The tele-
phone fell from the table, strik-
ing her on the lower right limb.
An examination revealed "bone
bruises,” she said.
Agricultural
Winners at Fair
Clayton Anderson, chairman of
the Agricultural Division of the
Dallas County Fair, lists the win-
ners during the recent fair. F. Y.
Irving, County Agent, Rockwall,
was judge.
CORN: 10 ears open pollinated
(yellow) : 1st and 2nd, Claude
Terry; 3rd Landwermeyer. Ten
ears open pollinated (white) : 1st
Tim Coats, 2nd, SidJ Smith; 3rd,
Tim Coats. Ten ears yellow hy-
brid: 1st J. W. Rorie, 2nd, John
Lawrence; 3rd., S. C. Bassett.
COTTON, 2 lbs seed cotton: 1st
Kenneth Chenault; 2nd and 3rd,
none. 2 lbs lint cotton, 1st 2nd
and 3rd Mrs. Wilma Carrington.
2 0 open bolls cotton 1st, Kenneth
Chennault; 2nd and 3rd, Claude
Terry. 1 stalk most bolls, 1st Ken-
neth Chennault (32); 2nd and 3rd
John Lawrence (28 and 29).
SMALL GRAIN: Wheat, 1st,
Claud Terry; 2nd, B. A. Beach;
3rd E. B. Range.
OATS: 1st, B. A. Beach; 2nd
John Lawrence; 3rd, Claude Ter-
ry.
GRAIN SORGHUMS: Milo: 1st
2nd and 3rd, W. E. Burgess. He-
gari: 1st, End and 3rd, W. E.
Burgess.
HAY: Prairie Hay: 1st and 2nd
John Lawrence; 3rd, Mary Law-
rence. Alfalfa: 1st and 2nd, Wil-
ma Carrington; 3rd, none. John-
son Grass: 1st, Sammy Hilton, 2nd
Wilma Carrington; 3rd Mary
Lawrence.
HORTICULTURE: Pecans, na-
tive: 1st, Velma Hilton; 2nd,
Mary Lawrence, 3rd, none. Pe-
cans, improved, 1st, O. E. Fry-
man; 2nd, Mrs. Lonnie McDaniel;
3rd, O. E. Fryman.
White onions: 1st, Claud Terry,
2nd, Mrs. M. E. Cole; 3rd, M. D.
Hargrove. Sweet Potatoes: 1st
Mrs. Henry Hall; 2nd and 3rd,
none. Irist potatoes (Red): 1st,
and 2nd, Mrs. Henry Hall; 3rd,
none. Irish potatoes (Red): 1st,
Mrs Henry Hall; 2nd, Claude Ter-
ry; 3rd, none. Pop Corn: 1st. M. D
Hargrove; 2nd and 3rd, none.
EGGS, white: 1st, Mrs. Lonnie
McDaniel; 2nd, Robert Richey;
3rd, Mrs. M. E. Cole. Brown: 1st
Robert Richey; 2nd, Mrs. M. E.
Cole; 3rd,, none.
HONEY, Light. Strained, 1st Oak-
ley Johnson. Light, combed: 1st
Oakley Johnson. Amber, strained,
1st, Clayton Anderson; 2nd, Oak-
ley Johnson; 3rd, Claud Terry.
Amber combed, 1st, Oakley John-
son; 2nd and 3rd, Clayton Ander-
son.
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The Mesquite ball club will come up against the tough-
est opposition thus far in the season, when the Skeeters
meet the Teague Lions Friday, 7:45 p.m., at Reagan Field
in Teague. (Forty miles south of Corsicana.) The Mes-
quite High School Band, and two busses full of enthusiastic
OUR MEM IM
Pvt. B. W. Cruce, Jr., stationed
at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, writes
his wife that he will be out of
radio school in four weeks. Mrs.
C'ruce said that B. W. expects a
two-weeks leave at that time, and
they plan on a vacation in Old
Mexico.
~i<—
Korea, Sept. 17, 1952 — Pvt.
William W. Lewis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Lewis, Route 2, Mes-
quite, is returning to the U. S.
from Korea under the Army’s ro-
tation program after 12 months
active duty in the combat zone.
He served in the 25th Infantry
Division, now the senior American
division on the penisula. It
landed in July 195 0, shortly after
the Communists attacked the Re-
public of South Korea.
Private Lewis, who was a mem-
ber of the 725th Ordnance Main-
tenance Company, entered the
Army in February, 19 51. (See
Mary-Go-Round for more informa-
tion).
—☆—•
Camp Rucker, Ala. — Private
Willie D. Hopson of Route 2, Mes-
quite, has arrived at this South-
ern Alabama Army camp to under-
go his initial infantry training.
- Inducted Aug. 19, 1952, and
processed at Ft. Sam Houston,
Texas, he will receive basic train-
ing from the 47th "Viking” In-
fantry Division here. The new
soldier will undertake a rigorous
schedule incoporating a wide-
range of military subjects from
military courtesy and field sani-
tation to machine gun and ba-
zooka familiarization.
After finishing eight to 16
weeks of primary training, the
recent inductee will be eligible for
reassignment for further infantry
or specialized training.
The 4 7th Division, the first per-
manent Army assignment for the
new soldier, is a Minnesota-North
Dakota National Guard unit. Acti-
vated for service on Jan. 16, 1951,
the Division now is completing its
second year at Rucker. Since acti-
vation, the 47th has trained men
from all 4 8 states and three terri-
tories.
—ik—
With the 2nd Infantry Div. in
Korea—The picture-taking past-
time of a Mesquite soldier is cur-
rently making a lot of men happy
in Korea.
Army Cpl. Marion S. Flint, son
of Mrs. Mamie Flint, Route 4,
recently purchased a Polaroid
camera, which produces a finished
print only a minute after the film
has been exposed.
The devoping of pictures is a
problem for soldiers in the combat
zone, and the men in his unit
were quick to line up for pictures
when the corporal volunteered to
shoot them.
Flint doesn’t charge for the in-
dividual pictures which the men
can keep or send home to their
families, but many of them have
insited on chipping in to help pay
for the film.
-"The joy the pictures give the
men and their families more than
pays for the slight cost of the
film,” he says.
Flint, an intelligence clerk in
Headquarters Battery of the 8 2nd
Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic
Weapons Battalion, took 9 6 pic-
tures the first two days he had
the camera. He is now visiting
front line sections on his project.
His commander doesn’t mind a
bit and describes Flint as a walk-
ing morale builder.
—ik—
James Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Smith, writes that
he likes his new duty station in
Kingsville, Texas. He reported for
(Continued on page 4.)
high school supporters, will ac-
company the team on the hundred
mile trip.
Lions Have Rugged Line
The Teague team has two large
and fast backs to its credit this
year. Coach Bob Porter says he
expects these two backs to give
the Skeeters quite a bit of trouble.
The Lions have a very rugged for-
ward wall, Porter said, composed
of veterans from last year’s team.
Coach Porter commented that he
was especially eager fur the Skeet-
ers to score a victory over the
Lions, since he formerly coached
the Teague squad for five years.
Mesquite Leads in District
The Teague game will be the
fourth game of the season for the
undefeated Skeeters. Mesquite is
now leading in District 13AA. (All
games thus far have been non-con-
ference.) Coach Porter says that
the game against the Lions will be
a good tune-up for the Skeeter’s
first conference game with Hill-
crest Thursday, October 16th.
This game was originally schedul-
ed for October 17th.
First Score Made Against Skeeters
At Friday Night Thriller
The Skeeters completely over-
powered the Granbury Pirates
here Friday night, quickly rack-
ing up 33 points and preventing
any scoring from the opposition
until late in the fourth quarter.
Granbury returned a kick-off for
a touchdown, making the first
score of the year against the Mes-
quite squad.
The Skeeter offense began to
roll for the first time in the open-
ing play of scrimmage, and im-
mediately began to march goal-
ward. They chalked up their first
touchdown within two minutes of
play, with Louis Kozlovsky going
over from the five-yard line. The
extra point was missed.
The second score came minutes
later, when Gary Cliatt crossed
the goal line. Again the extra
point was missed.
The 3rd touchdown resulted as
Jimmy Marchman received a pass
from Kenneth Clevenger, for a
twelve-yard gain and another
score. Clevenger kicked the extra
point, making the score 19-0 in
the first quarter.
In the third quarter, Marchman
snagged a pass and ran 45 yards
for the fourth Skeeter touchdown.
Again Clevenger made the extra
point.
Final talley came in the fourth
quarter when Clevenger swept the
left end for 27 yards and another
score. Clevenger kicked the extra
point, bringing the score up to
3 3-0. Granbury took the Skeeter
kick-off and raced 70 yards for
the final score of the game.
Outstanding on defense for the
Skeeters were Milton Anthony and
Jake Rathmell as guards; Louis
Kozlovsky and Jimmy Marchman
as ends; James Paschall as tackle;
Billy Jeter and Billy Spradling in
the secondary.
On the offensive, Jimmy March-
man showed up well in the pass-
receiving department. Clevenger
and George McCutchin ran well in
the back field. McCutchin looked
especially good after only having
a 3-day workout. He joined the
squad Tuesday.
Game At A Glance
Mesquite Granbury
First downs .............. 9 6
Net yards rushing ....198 82
Net yards passing ....143 9
Passes attempted .... 21 14
Passes completed .... 7 1
Passes intercepted by 2 2
Number of Punts .... 3 5
Punting average ...... 31 24
Ball lost on fumbles 3 6
Yds. lost on penalties 70 10
Football Queen Crowned At
Beautiful Half-time Show
Miss Sue Wheat, sophomore
class representative, was crowned
Skeeter Football Queen for the
1952 season by Coach Bob Porter.
Miss Wheat wore a beautiful pink
tulle ankle-length gown. The skirt
(Continued on page 4.)
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