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Denton Record-Chronicle
LOCAL
Sunday, March 3, 2013
3A
YESTERYEAR
100 YEARS AGO
FROM MARCH 1913
Old photographs of
county officials sought
A very good suggestion
comes to the Record and
Chronicle that the county
should start a collection of pho-
tographs of all the county offi-
cers possible. Doubtless the ex-
county officials still living
would be glad to furnish photo-
graphs. The relatives of those
deceased might have photo-
graphs they would be willing to
donate to the collection. There
is plenty of blank space in the
courtrooms that could be used
for that purpose and the collec-
tion would have a very consid-
erable local interest.
Denton County has been
organized since 1846, and not a
few of its officers have been
intimately connected with the
political history of the state. If
we had all the pictures of the
county sheriffs, attorneys,
clerks, judges, assessors, collec-
tors, representatives, senators,
surveyors, et cetera, it would
furnish a collection that would
grow both in size and interest.
Advertisement
I have an agency for the
famous “OVERLAND” line of
automobile for the western half
of Denton County. The
Overland model 69T, which at
$985 is folly the equal of most
cars selling at $1500 to $1800.
Full 30 HP and foil equipment.
Reuben Rucker, Krum.
Excursionists pleased
with first auto trip
A most enthusiastic crowd
left Tuesday morning on the
first of the trades extension
trips which the business men of
Denton have planned. The first
outing was made to the south-
ern and southwestern part of
the county, including stops at
Stony, Ponder, Justin, Roanoke
and Argyle. The excursion
comprised about 100 of
Denton’s business and profes-
sional men in 25 automobiles.
The road to Stony was pretty
bad after the rains and three
cars dropped out. At Stony,
about 150 residents gave their
welcome.
Justin will always be remem-
bered favorably by the Denton
visitors. The Baptist and
Methodist women joined in
serving a sumptuous dinner.
There is a lot of growth taking
place in Justin. Large crowds
greeted the travelers in both
Roanoke and Argyle. Great
enthusiasm was heard in
response to working together
for better roads to help improve
the county’s standing.
Upon the return to Denton,
the entire group was taken to
the Alliance Bottling factory
and treated to soda pop.
75 YEARS AGO
FROM MARCH 1938
Better kitchens goal of
demonstration clubs
The Home Demonstration
Club women of Denton County
have set as their aim for the
year more attractive and effi-
cient kitchens, according to
Miss Nena Roberson, county
home demonstration agent.
The goals for some 500 club
women include: refinishing
walls, woodwork and floors; all
openings tightly screened; win-
dows curtained attractively;
water piped into the kitchen
with drainage; and provide
sanitary garbage containers for
the kitchen.
While work of this type will
bring many problems before
the club women, none will be
so great that with the aid of
their families and the county
agent it cannot be solved, Miss
Roberson said.
Suggestion made for
Courthouse sidewalks
A suggestion that sidewalks
be put around all four sides of
the Courthouse lawn, replacing
the present gravel strip and dirt
that borders the curb, is under
discussion by the county com-
missioners.
If the sidewalk is very wide, it
would necessitate moving back
the shrubbery or removing it
entirely. The court will study
the suggestion carefully.
Heavy damage done
by 8-inch downpour
Rain-drenched Denton
County, with as much as eight
inches received in a cloudburst
at Denton on Sunday night, sur-
veyed the aftermath Monday
morning. Homes, streets and
other property affected by the
deluge are expected to see the
damages soar into the thou-
sands of dollars.
Weary police and sheriff’s
deputies, after responding to
numerous calls for help and
rumors of persons being swept
away, were able to report the
casualty list as short. Two
aboard the Fort Worth-bound
M-K-T train that collapsed into
the creek south of town had
serious injuries but both are
expected to recover.
A number of houses in the
eastern part of Denton were
washed away, including a
house on Bois d’Arc Street that
was carried to the nearby M-K-
T overpass south of the mill
where it lodged.
Officials reported that all
routes south and east of the city
were blocked by high water.
The Women’s College report-
ed some dormitories and base-
ments flooded up to a depth of
four feet. The Teachers College
reported that only the old library
building had water inside but it
was easily mopped up.
50 YEARS AGO
FROM MARCH 1963
Argyle votes to
incorporate, again
With 113 of an unofficial total
of 115 voters casting ballots,
Argyle residents decided to
continue plans for incorpora-
tion Saturday. The final vote
was 62 against discontinuing
incorporation and 51 for abol-
ishment of the incorporation
process.
The community originally
voted to incorporate in October
1962. The incorporation was
challenged by the city of
Denton and the courts ruled
Argyle had incorporated more
land area than allowed by state
law. In January, the citizens of
Argyle again voted to incorpo-
rate, 43 to 25.
The latest vote was an effort
by those opposing incorpora-
tion. While 1962 poll tax
receipts were in effect in
January, the election on
Saturday required a 1963
receipt. Those opposed hoped
the increase in eligible voters
would be enough to stop the
process.
Argyle residents will return
to the polls on Tuesday to vote
for an unopposed slate of can-
didates for city offices.
Candidates include M.H.
Wilson for mayor; William
Carpenter, Elmo Smith, L.R.
Carty, Grover Wallace and
DeWitt McDaniel for aider-
men; and Jack Gibson for mar-
shal.
Officials honor League
of Women Voters
Members of the Denton
League of Women Voters were
commended Wednesday at
their first birthday luncheon.
Commendations came for city
and county officials.
“I commend you for your
diligent study of the structure
of the city and county govern-
ments,” said County Judge
W.K. Baldridge. He was joined
in similar praise by Denton
Mayor Warren Whitson.
The Denton league voted to
publish a booklet designed to
inform voters of the structure
of local governments. It is avail-
able at the Denton Chamber of
Commerce office.
Mrs. Thomas Pierce is the
local president of the Denton
chapter. She said the organiza-
tion has passed out state, local
and national legislative guide-
lines, and collected poll taxes
this past year. The group will
study all bond issues and the
parks and recreation in Denton
for the 1963 projects.
25 YEARS AGO
FROM MARCH 1988
Primaries bring
change, runoffs
A heavy turnout for both the
Democratic and Republican
primaries produced an incum-
bent’s defeat and a couple of
major runoffs.
Denton automotive repair
owner Troy Glenn defeated
Precinct 1 Commissioner Ruth
Tansey on Tuesday, and
Precinct 3 Commissioner Lee
Walker faces a runoff as a result
of the Republican primary.
A member and past presi-
dent of the Denton County
Taxpayers Association, Glenn
ran primarily on the tax roll-
back issue currently being
opposed by Tansey and the
present Commissioners Court
in state appellate court. In
November he will face former
County Judge Buddy Cole, the
Democratic nominee, in the
general election.
Precinct 3 Commissioner
Lee Walker, with 43 percent of
the vote, will face Judy Larson,
who garnered 33 percent.
Mansell “Smitty” Smith was
third in the race. Larson has
criticized Walker for her stand
against taxpayers in the roll-
back issue and for excessive
spending on attorney fees. The
winner will face David
Witherspoon, who was unop-
posed for the Democratic nom-
ination.
The stormy sheriff’s race in
the GOP primary resulted in a
runoff between incumbent
Sheriff Randy Kaiser and chal-
lenger Kirby Robinson. Kaiser
received 40 percent of the votes
to Robinson’s 31 percent.
Dwight Crawford, who finished
third in the four-man race, was
quick to throw his support to
Robinson. The other candidate,
Mike Melton, is expected to
endorse Robinson as well. The
winner of the runoff will face
Democratic nominee Ben
Thurman in November. Thur-
man received 51 percent of the
vote against his two opponents,
Robert Genova and Frankie
Hale.
— Compiled from the files of the
Denton Record-Chronicle by DJ Taylor
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