The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 1, 1955 Page: 1 of 16
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The Wood County Record
Twenty-Four Years of Service in Wood. Smith and Van Zandt Counties
24TH YEAR — NUMBER FORTY-FOUR
MIXEOLA, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1935
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
Mineola Sets
New Record
For X-Rays
Sixteen hundred and sixty
nine persons walked past the
free chest x-ray machine Fri-
day and Saturday in Mineola to
set an all-time record for such
a clinic here.
“We were just overwhelmed
at the turnout." Dr. w. T. Black,
irector of the Wood County
tlth Unit said.
Irs. Julia Kinney, chairman
If the drive here in Mineola
said she was very pleased with
_the number of x-rays. “We had
a very successful clinic and I
hope this campaign succeeds in
Quitman and Winnsboro." Mrs.
Kinney said.
In Hawkins last Wednesday
and Thursday 857 persons were
x-»ayed. a boost of over 100
from *he same clinic a year ago.
The t'inic, sponsored by the
Texas Department of Health
will open Tuesday in Quitman
for three days and will close
its stay in WocJJ County Friday
and Saturday in Winnsboro.
The chest x-ray is free to all
those 15 years of age or older
It detects tuberculosis, cancer
Ind other internal ailments.
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Train Scrambles
Butane Truck At
Crossing Friday
Several persons cheated death and Avery said he was going to
last Friday morning at the Van to pick up a load of gas.
Jamestown crossing West of The driver said he didn't hea
Mineola on U.S. 80. the train coming and said it
A tandem butane truck, driven all happened so suddenly he
by W. A. Avery of Route 3, didn't even know what happen-
Winnsboro. was hit and scatter- ed until he was jumping from
ed in a radius of nearly 400 feet the burning truck,
at 8:05 a.m. by a crack Texas One of the tanks of the
and Pacific passenger train ... trailer was hurled down tlv
No. 21. south side of the railroad tracl
Avery jumped from the burn- and the other was rolled ove •
ing truck after the collision on the north side of the track
and suffered only singed hair, and completely ripped to pieces.
The trailer was completely de- Parts of the truck's trailer
molished. and one set of duel were scattered for a hundred
wheels was hurled through the yards down each side of the
air and stopped by a tree 100 track.
yards from the crash. The passenger train, west
The truck was empty but the bound from Mineola was halted
fumes inside the tanks caused for a few minues. Nq one on
a fire that lasted nearly half the train was injured,
an hour. -0--
Fruitvale Test
CROW—The post office here and the mail will be distributed if the truck had been loaded. MoilUilV
closin” ’in through the Hawkins postal “That stuff just spews out like e* J
THE LAST TIME?-Crow postmaster Q, E. AAanseH closes the
door of the cage to »he post office at the community, won-
dering if it'll be the last time. Officials have notified Man-
sell that the Crow post office is closing up.
Crow Post Office
To Close Its Doors
By Staff Writer
Butane experts at the scene
said undoubtedly that the whole
Crow post office will be closed train WOuld have been set afire
any gas. and it would have just i , Q "AA
saturated the entire front end iiT OiJvv a UCl
Bargain Day Again
is closing up.
Officials from the Post Office r°utes.
department have notified act- "This post office has been train at the impact,’
ing postmaster C. E. Mansell here as long as I can remem- one man said_ Drillers plugged ahead at
that in the near future the bei, Mansell said: The truck belonged to Wanda about 8.500 feet Monday in the
Mansell said he has not been petroleum Company of Houston R. j. Caraway wildoat oil test
near Fruitvale with no new
| developments.
j Last week an oil show was
found in a drillstem test at
8.269 feet. Operators said they
J. C. Harrison
Funeral Rites
Held in Golden
officially contacted as to when
the post office would be closed
but said that it was definitely
going to be closed.
... , ... , , . . ... . , , Mansell is one of a long line
Mineola will be crowded again Wednesday as the years of postmasters tnat have work.
second Super Value day is held. ed jn *he little building on the
The merchants of Mineola offer these cut-rate bargains north side of U.S. 80 East of
»ch first Wednesday of the month in an effort to acquaint Mineola.
)re persons with the city and it's advantages of shopping He fol,°wed Mrs. C. B. Duna-
F hoe. Before her were Mrs. Vera
iQ' r .t i r . . . . . , , D , Shoemaker and B. H. Greer, • ton Harrison, resident of Gol- operators said they cushioned
.any ot the bai gains found inside toaay s Kecord are wj10 was postmaster for many den since 1918. were <$nducls^ t!ie hole with 1.100 feet of wa-
Fually below cost. The merchants look at it this way: years. from the Golden church * of ter before beginning the test
Below-cost and cut-rate bargains will bring more people Greer, son ot the late Christ Sunday at 2:30 p.m. land that only a slight amount
into Mineola. After they become acquainted with the friend- P°stmaster, now runs a g10ceiy Harrison died Saturday at 0f od was recovered above the
ly merchants they II come back thereby making up the loss has „een here for at ,east 50 an eJtende[1 iUness. | wat*r . vo i o L
on 'he bargains by being regular customers. years. I'm sure ot that,” Roy j Mr. Errts Ritchie, minister ot, Ha^onstalf, the well is heated
All the merchants advise early shopping if you want to Greer said. the Golden church of Christ three-fourth of a mile southeast
would go on down, probably past
; the contract depth of 9.200 feet
in order to test the hole
i thoroughly.
Last week’s drillstem test was
Funeral rites for James Clif- run for an hour and a half.
be sure of getting what you want — these bargains go fast!
Arthur Beaupre,
ike Traveller.
Buried in Dallas
.Funeral services were held in
Dallas Monday morning for
Arthur Beaupre. 76. one of Min-
eola’s most fabulous characters.
Beaupre died Saturday in a
hospital following an
“ration. Requiem Mass was
Monday at 9:30 a.m. in the
irt Cathedral with Rt. Rev.
;r. William Frank O'Brien
iciating. Burial was in Cal-
Hill Cemetery.
Beaupre was well-known for,
long trips on a bicycle. He
jurneyed near and far to at-
all kinds of festivities,
county fairs to festivals
parades. He was “featured"
television film of the
£la Watermelon Festival as
iced to the tunes of the
5k Wagon Gang at the fes- i
last July. . j
MOTHERS NET
•S697.S9 IN
POLIO MARCH
formation.
to their
and papers changed
Mineola mothers collect- Hawkins route,
ed $697.89 Saturday night
in their March on Polio. 0
The mail is to be distributed , officiated. Burial was in the of pruitvale. The well is sched-
out ol Hawkins wnen the post, Golden Cemetery. The Van uled to drU1 to the Travis Peak
office closes. People ot this Masonic Lodge officiated at
community are just waiting for graVeside rites,
the final word. Already several j Mr Harrison was born in the
of them have had their mailing Rock HiU community in 2907,
addresses to their magazines
to the !
"This is far short of the
figure that we collected last
year, but we still are very
thankful for the funds that
we were able to collect Sat-
urday night,” Mrs. Mary
Simms, mother’s marc h
chairman said.
Six-Hour Brush
Fire Threatens
Mineola Homes
John Deere Day
At Otho Motor
Co. Wednesday
and was married to the former
Miss Juaniea Reneau in 1934.
He was employed in Van at
the Pure Pipeline Co., and had
j worked there many years.
| Survivors include his wife,
one son, James Reneau Har- Wednesday will be John Deere
rison. Golden; one daughter,' Uay at Otho Motor Company
: Ella Jeanette Harrison. Golden; in Mineola and a special pro-
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. gram is being planned.
Harrison, Golden; four sisters. A big free program, including
Mrs. Mabel Preston and Mrs. a movie will be shown at the
Mildred Driver, Adax, Okla., Select Theatre beginning at
of them forgot to threatening homes and valuable ancl one brother, Paul A. Hai- Company s premises on East
rison of Dallas.
A brush and grass fire that . _ ,, . . „
“I know of several people broke out about 3:30 p.m. Sat- ant* Marie Harrison, Golden and 10 a.m. Wednesday, followed y
who were out of town and urday burned for over six hours, Mr®- Icia ,^e**nei Longview; a big dinner at the Otho Motoi
some
turn on their porch lights, timber.
so if they still would like It was brought under control
to contribute myself or Mrs. at 9 p.m. Saturday after almost
Ben Pegues wouid be glad roaring to the homes in the
to pick up the money, or Potts Edition in East Mineola.
inform the party where to There was no damage and
mail the check,” Mrs. Simms the high winds, blowing out of
said. j the southwest, were credited
Last year the Mother’s | with chasing the fire away from
March netted over $1,200,j the homes.
VICTIM IMPROVING
Mrs. Katie Hart of Tyler, sis-
ter of Mrs. Martha Milner of
Mineola, is recovering in a hos-
pital there following a car acci-
dent last week. She is improv-
ing nicely, Mrs. Milner reported.
Broad Street at 12:30 p.m.
This is an annual event. “We
want everyone to come and en-
joy this big day with us,”
Donald Pack, manager of the
farm department at Otho’s said.
-o-
PAPER-MATE pens avaitoHe
In colers for $1.W at the Moni-
tor Office, .
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Honeywell, Jim. The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 1, 1955, newspaper, February 1, 1955; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1140472/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.