Doings in Denton (Denton, Tex.), March 1961 Page: 3 of 12
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MARCH, 1961
DOINGS in DENTON
Pass 3
PRESIDENT J. C. MATTHEWS
It now seems assured that the name of NTSC will
be changed to The University of North Texas. It has
been set up after the plan of a university for the last
eight years and we, along with many other friends oi
the college, have been expecting this name change tc
be proposd in the Texas Legislature. It is long overdue
Much of the credit for all this, we think, shoulc
go to President J. Carl Matthews. He is making a great
college president.
MRS. J. H. LEGETT
Mrs. Lila G. Legett, passed
away after a long illness. She
was the mother of Mrs. Mary
Parks (at Pat Boone’s), J. H.
Leggett of Fayetteville, N. C\,
and Mary Parks’ twin sister,
Mrs. W. E. Carmicael of Hous-
ton.
She married Prof. J. H. Leg-
gett of NTSC, in May 1908. Mr.
Leggett was a popular faculty
member and prominent Mason.
He died in 1952. Mrs. Legett’s
mother, Mrs. G. T. McDonough
of Van Alstyne and several
brothers and sisters survive.
We quote from Aug. 1960
DOINGS:
FIVE GENERATIONS
Mary Pai’ks had five genera-
tions of her family with her:
Mrs. G. E. McDonough of Van
Alstyne; Mrs. J. H. Leggett,
1409 Broadway; Mrs. Cole Parks
(that’s Mary) 1315 Maple; Mrs.
Joe Mitchell, Gwinn, Mich.;
Mrs. Jimmy Madewell, Oak-
wood St.; and the younger gen-
eration; Jolette and Michelle
Mitchell, and Pamela and Mark
Madewell.
Mary is very proud of her
family, and .she has every rea-
son to be.
JOS IE CANTU' _____
Guest of the J. D. Halls at the
Methodist Men was a Sopho-
more Journalism student at NT
from San Antonio. She is a
beautiful girl, and she said the
way to remember her name
was to say to yourself “What-
ever I can do Josie Cantu’.”
Josie is a secretary to Mr-.
Hall in College Press and does
work on the college yearbook.
In addition to all this, she makes
high grades in Journalism. She
is a sophomore and is working
her way through. She came as
a freshman on a scholarship
from the Theta Sigma Phi of
Bexar County. She lives in Oak
Street Hall. She is proud of her
Mexican ancestry, obviously of
Spanish extraction.
Josie has a brother, Tony, a
senior art major at the Univer-
sity of Texas, who is working
his way through. And she has
a sister, Sylvia Cantu’, a senior
at Trinitv University (San An-
tonio"). living at home.. She is
an Education major, and is also
working her wav through the
univerity. Fine family.
Dr. Paul Baker at the Denton
Forum:
“We look forward fo each issue
of the Doings. Through it we
learn about Denton people.”
WRONG REASON
And somebody said the Un-
ivers’tv of Denver discontinued
football for the wrong reason.
It was losing $100,000 per year.
“A few years ago uranium
was worth $2 a ton. Then some-
one found out it could be used to
kill people.”
— Hillsdale, Mich. Rota-News
KIBLER'S FOR
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
SOME TAIL-TWISTER!
From the 01 d Monarch
(Lions):
“Last Friday Lion Verne Car-
rington traveled down Kerrville
way and carried with him a
check for One Thousand Dollars
to present to the Lions Crippled
Children Camp. This money was
raised by Lion Tom Strokosz by
selling ads on the Tail Twister
Coat.”
YARBROUGH'S
PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY
117 PINER 382-5033
401 S. Locust St.,
Denton, Texas
March 2, 1961
Dear “Mr. E. J.”:
The February “DOINGS” is
extremely interesting to us for
the reason it contains Jimmie
Trietsch’s challenging letter and
the article about Ruth and My-
ron Taylor. You are always
generous “beyond the line of
duty” and I can imagine how
complimented Jimmie will feel
that his letter has been shared
by your host of friends.
Denton radiates its happiness
and its successes through the
columns of the “DOINGS”, and
always back of your professional
editing is the charm and en-
couragement of “Sweet Mrs.
Headlee”. This tribute to both
of you:
The approach of a birthday
To some brings regret.
Some regard it as even
alarming.
But how nice, I must say,
For folks such as they
As time only makes them
more charming.
With our love and warmest
good wishes, always.
LOUISE HUTCHESON
AND “DOCTOR”
W. CLINT and ROWENA WILKS
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Wilks
visited his mother, Mrs. Nat
Wilks, 610 Welch St., and the
former Rowena Newman, twin
sister of Rowe Newman of the
Russell-Newman Mfg. Co. Clint
Wilks was formerly with Rus-
sell’s in Denton. He now has a
department store in Tyler. He
had a store in Corsicana for
several years after leaving Den-
ton, and now has a larger one
in Tyler.
ANN THOMAS
We saw Dr. J. David Thomas
and his wife and three chidren
at Pat Boone’s. Mrs. Thomas
is Dr. Bobbie Short. The chid-
ren are Cindy 9, Mark 11, and
Ann 16. At first we thought Ann
was a young lady guest; she has
outgrown our knowledge. Asked
her aee she said “sixteen Sat-
urday.” How they do grow!
LIGHT HOUSE
Art Sweet has been elected tp
the board of directors of the
I/ieht House for the Blind in
Houston.
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Headlee, E. J. Doings in Denton (Denton, Tex.), March 1961, periodical, March 1961; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1108586/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.