The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1977 Page: 1 of 8
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Mra. Roy Miller
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Combining the news of Wortham, Coolidge and the Bi-Stone Area
MEXIA.TEXAS 76667
III CENTS
THURSDAY. MAY 12. 1977
NUMBER 13
by JO ANN OLIPHANT
Progress has moved into the
city of Wortham and a familiar
site, the Texaco service station,
has been torn down to make room
for a Jiffy Mart.
Jessie Miller, operator of the
gas station for the past 18 years
said, “It was a sad day when they
told me the property had been
sold. It*s been home to me. They
offered me first chance on buying
it. but at my age, that’s too much
money.”
Miller was born in Donie in 1906
and lived in the small community
uutjj JMI .He .leased the
Texaco station in 1959 and
traveled from his home daily for
the next two years. In 1961, he
bought a home in Wortham and
became a permanent resident.
“I’ve met a lot of people and
made a lot of friends. It was nice
when people would just stop in to
talk and pass the time. I’ll miss
all that.’’
In 1929, he married his first
wife, Effie Lee, and they had one
daughter, Margie Dale Walker.
“She died with pneumonia
around the early 50’s.
“I was a fanner until 1937 and
then went to work for the
railroad. I spent the next 15
years with them.
“I started working in service
stations in 1952 and then got a
chance to lease this property
from Texaco in 1959. I’ve been
here ever since.”
Miller married his present
wife, Carmie Lee, in 1958 and she
has eight children by a previous
marriage.
“I’m not sure what I’ll do when
the new building is finished. I
might just stay home and wash
dishes for mama.”
Governor Dolph Briscoe
designates Nursing Home
The total number of nursing
home residents in Texas is equal
to the population of Texas’
fourteenth largest city. At
present there are 96,719 beds in
the 996 licensed nursing homes in
Texas.
This sizeable segment of
Texans will have their own
special "week” beginning
Sunday, Mother's Day May 8th.
Governor Dolph Briscoe has
officially designated those dates
as Texas Nursing Home Week
and in his Proclamation, signed
at the Capitol last week, he
suggested that Texans visit
nursing homes in their com-
munities to leam about the
special care being provided in
Texas’ modern, licensed nursing
home facilities.
Sponsors of the traditional
week honoring long-term care
patients is the Texas Nursing
Home Association, whose
members hold open House and
other special events of public
interest throughout the week.
Celebrity Host for Texas
Nursing Home Week 1977 is
Kentucky’s famous Colonel
Harland Sanders of Louisville,
whose amazing success as a
businessman achieved after the
usual retirement age points up
the theme that “later years can
be the greater years.” The
Colonel, who is now 86, is
donating his influence in urging
people to visit nursing homes in
their respective communities.
A group of FFA students will
accompany Glen Wren, Vo Ag.
Teacher of Wortham, to the
District FFA Banquet to be held
in Waxahachie on May 12th at
7:00 PM.
The District officers are in
charge of the meeting of which
Elaine Bounds from Wortham is
the Secretary. The FFA
sweetheart contest will be held at
this meeting also. In this contest
representing Wortham will be
Tammy Dawson. All the Wor-
tham members wish her luck and
have hopes that she will win and
be the next District Sweetheart.
Other members planning to go to
this function other than Elaine
Verse A Day
For God did not give us a
spirit of timidity but a spirit
•f power and love and self-
control. — II Timothy 1:7.
Worth
Repeating
“It is only through labor and
Gingerbread Trail set at Waxahachie
Freestone Museum contains
wealth of County's history
Annual F.H.A. Banquet
Bounds and Tammy Dawson are:
Mark Waynne, Vicki Martin,
Tommy Hughes, Vicki Ridge,
and Glen Wren.
kings.
Theodore Roosevelt, 28th U S.
President.
By JO ANN OLIPHANT
The Freestone County Museum
is housed in a one hundred ten-
year old building, originally
constructed in 1857 as the County
Jail.
The two story building, made of
hand made brick, has thirty-inch
outer walls and eighteen-inch
inner walls.
The upper room served as the
main prison and the ground floor
was used as living quarters for
the Sheriff.
A new jail was constructed in
1913 and the old one was sold and
used as a private residence until
1966. In May of the same year,
the people of Freestone County,
through contributions from
residents and ,former residents,
bought the bunding from Tommy
Williard far $5,000. Tlieproperty
was then deeded to Freestone
County for the sole purpose of a
County Museum. Hundreds of
historical items have been
donated to the museum.
Two log cabins were moved to
the museum grounds in 1968.
The Potter-Watson log cabin
was built by Daniel Potter and
was originally located 5 miles
Northwest of Fairfield. It has a
cedar floor, walls of hewn logs
interlocked and board roofing
joined by pegs
The cabin was restored in 1%8
and received an official Texas
Historical Marker
The Carter I.og House was built
by David L. Carter of Alabama in
1845 and was originally located 3
miles East of Kirvin. Tongue-
and-groove logs were joined with
wooden pins and square nails
were used on the rafters. The
house was donated to the
Freestone County Historical
Museum by David Carter in 1967
The house contains a number of
the original pieces of furniture as
well as others typical of that
period of history
Restoration was completed in
1969 and dedicated on June 22.
1969, at which time, a Texas
Historical Marker was placed on
the cabin.
The Museum is open on
Wednesdays and Saturdays from
9:30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and on
Sunday afternoons from 1:30 to
5:00 p.m.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The above
information was obtained from a
pamphlet published by the
Freestone Historical Society.
some 400 Ranging plan! baskets.
Many of the homes on the tour
will also boast this luxuriant
greenery on their spacious and
airy porches.
Other highlights will include an
Arts & Crafts Show in Singleton
Plaza, featuring all handmade
items, many one of a kind, from
hundreds of artisans and craft-
smen. Show hours will be 10 AM
until 6 PM both days. Numerous
antique dealers from throughout
North Texas will also display fine
pieces at the Antique Show and
Sale in the Women's Building.
Hours will be from 10 AM until 7
PM and there will be a small
admission charge of 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
To complete the festive, period
atmosphere, a classic and an-
tique automobile display by the
North Texas Region. Classic Car
Club of America will be featured
on the Square...plus live en-
tertainment and much more.
Tickets for the event will be
available at booths along all
access mads to Waxahachie,
which is located just 30 miles
Say Something
Good About
The
BiStone Area
Sunday afternoon May 1st, was
) happy occasion for Miss Inez
Ware. Miss Ware was honored
with a reception in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Curry. The
xcasion was to honor her for 39
years of musical service in
Wortham and the surrounding
areas. Mr. Lee Andrew Evans,
President of Solem Temple
Methodist Church Senior Choir
and Mr. Curtis Jefferson,
President of Beulah Baptist
Church Senior Choir expressed to
Miss Ware, of how sweet faithful
and a most loveable servant who
always gave her best and
deserved even more for her
outstanding work.
She in turn expressed her
thanks and gratitude for the love
they had extended her.
Guests were registered by Mrs.
Troy Faye Bedford and each
was invited to the dining area
where refreshments of pink,
white, green, and orange cake
squares, mints, nuts and lime
sherbet punch were served from
south of Dallas off Interstate 35E a table covered with a beige linen
Prices are $5 for adults and $2 cloth edged in deep lace. An
■for children 12 years old and arrangement of spring flowers
younger. Special group discourts made the beautiful centerpiece,
are available. Orange candles were held in
For further details and a free white candle holders which made
color brochure, please write the dining area more beautiful.
Gingerbread Trail IX, P.O. Box Mrs. Mavis Curry presented
II. Waxahachie, Texas 75165, or Miss Ware with a generous love
metro residents may call 299- offering from many friends and
5611. relatives to whom she had served
Scientist eyeing theory
in cancer cure search
DETROIT (API - A Califor-
nia scientist has come up with
a new theory which he says
may explain the rapid growth
of cancer cells and may be of
use by scientists searching for
a cancer cure.
Dr. Hans Elias of the Univer-
sity of California at San Fran-
cisco believes cancer cells do
not grow by the normal cellular
reproductive process of mitosis
the process by which one
cell divides into two new cells
Instead, he thinks, they may di-
vide into hundreds of cells at a
lime
Elias also says it appears
that cancerous cells can trans-
mit their genetic material to
normal cells so that they too,
hrenme cancerous
Elias’ theory, which lie ia
pursuing with a research grant
from the National Institutes of
Health, was presented at the
90th session of the American
Association of Anatomists here
Wednesday.
He says his explanation for
cancer growth is part specula-
tion. because he is working at
the limits of available tech-
nology.
Most cancer researchers be-
lieve cancer begins with a
single cell which somehow be-
comes cancerous and then
grows much more rapidly than
surrounding tissue
Scientists have felt that can-
cer cells grow by mitosis, but
they are puzzled by the fact
that the rate of mitosis is no
faster than that for normal tis-
so faithfully. Many lived as far
away as Houston, Ft. Worth,
Denton, Waco, and all the
surrounding areas. Gifts of love
offerings totaled $192.10.
Friends who called were Floyd
Cotton, Zoleta Freeman, Louise
Melton. Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Wig
Freeman, Carol Kilgore, Anita
Melton, Curtis Jefferson, Lee A.
Evans, L.C. Melton, Miss Ruby
Nell Waffer, Miss Evans.
Hostesses were Mavis Curry,
Louise Melton, Zoleta Freeman
and Troy F. Bedford.
POTTER-WATSON LOG CABIN
Pam State Pageant candidate
Pam Calame, has been ac-
cepted as a candidate-at-large in
the Texas All American Girl
State Pageant. The pageant is
scheduled for June 7-8 and will be
conducted in the Holiday Inn in
Waco. Pam is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles L. Calame of
Wortham and is a sophomore at
Wortham High School.
The All American Girl Pageant
offers five age categories: the All
American Tot - ages 3-6; The All
American Little Miss - ages 7-9;
the All American Miss - ages 10-
12; the All American Teen - ages
13-17; and the All American Girl -
ages 17-26. The All American Tot,
Little Miss and Miss divisions
will compete in street length
parly dress, sportswear and
close-up appraisal. The All
American Teen and All
American Girl divisions will be
judged on evening gown, sport-
swear and close-up appraisal.
Except for the All American Tot
division, each contestant will
perform a three minute limit
talent presentation.
A talent winner will be selected
from each participating category
and will be eligible to compete at
the national pageant as a can-
didate-at-large along with the
overall state winners. At the
national competition over $5,000
in scholarships and awards will
lie presented to the winners
Parents of would be con-
testants interested in the state or
Drive
national All American Girl American Girl Pageant. P.O.
Pageant may inquire for further Drawer 1630, Dothan. Alabama
information by writing: All 36:101. or call 205 792-4907
Friendly
Fan Calame
The ninth annual Gingerbread
Trail, a lour of outstanding lum-
of-the-emtury homes and other
buildings of historical and ar-
chitectural interest, will be held
in Waxahachie, Texas on June 4
and 5.
The event, which has become
increasingly popular with each
passing year, offers visitors the
opportunity to enjoy the quaint
licauties of dozens of Ginger-
bread Era homes and other
structures -most of them built
between 1867 and 1899, and
preserved, rejuvenated or
restored. Located on the old
Chisholm Trail, Waxahachie has
more than its share of these
reminders of the past according
to the Texas Stale Historical
Society. Of the 275 Texas entries
on the prestigious National
Register of Historic Places, some
20 percent arc in Waxahachie's
historical district.
Established in 1969 to benefit
the Ellis County Museum, the
Gingerbread Trail has
stimulated a growing interest in
the gingerbread influence on
architecture—that is the ap-
plication of architectural frills
and decorative trappings to
otherwise standard, functional
homes built by successful prairie
farmers and post-Civil War
businessmen.
Of the many selected for “drive
by" enjoyment, some seven will
lie opened for visitors inspection
of their interiors. Included in
the list are: Richard D.
Kedingtnn home (1893., featuring
decorative woodwork, ‘.’fish
scale" shingle pattern in gables
and between floors and ornate
Gingerbread panels in (he lower
and upper hallways; Edward L.
Johnson home (18881, has eight
coal-burning fireplaces and all
original windows displaying four-
inch borders of varied colored
glass trim; Olive Clift home,
includes central portico and style
popular in the early 1900's;
Moreland Herring home (circa
1883-1885., semi-circular wood
stairway, three tiled fireplaces,
six same-sized room with
identical three-section bay
windows.
Also included are (he James
Blakemore home, the First FHA
home in Waxahachie, which is an
outstanding example of what can
be done with a five-room home
and "early marriage" furniture;
the John Kaufman home,
believed to be a very early home,
remodeled about 1885 into an
Italianette design and presently
in the early stages of restoration
to its original appearance, and
the Mnhoney-Thompson home,
built by n pioneer Waxahachie
contractor and restored by the
Ellis County Museum as a period
home with fine antique fur-
nishings and such original items
ns combination gas and electric
light fixtures.
All homes will be open from 1
pin until 6 PM both Saturday and
Sunday.
Other points of interest on
Gingerbread Trail IX will include
the Ellis County Courthouse,
built in 1895 and yearly toured by
thousands of history buffs and
other interested visitors;
Nicholas P. Sims Library;
Waxahachie Calaboose, the
city's first jail; Wyatt Real
Estate Office, home of Ellis
County's first surveyor and the
1868 home of Citizens National
Bank; and the money room of the
prresent Citizens National Bank,
with items dating to the Republic
of Texas in its outstanding
collect ion
Also of widespread interest is
Waxahachie's Chautauqua
Auditorium, built in 1902 and the
sole remaining octagonal
Chatauqua Auditorium in the
nation It enjoys the distinction
of inclusion in the National
Register of Histiric Buildings
As an added altraclon.
Gingerbread IX will mark the
introduction of The Hanging
Gardens of Waxahachie, a
project to further beautify the
downtown historic area with
Miss Inez Ware Honored
with Reception
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