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VOLUME 64
CELESTE, HUNT COUNTY. TEXAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1965
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THE CELESTE COURIER
CELESTE, TEXAS
Medicine Gap
Faces Rural Areas
Baptist Training
School To Begin
February 15 Here
Continue Study For
WSCS Monday
Methodist Church
Workers Attend
Greenville School
R. C. Kuhn Placed
First In Fort Worth
Music Was Subject
For Thursday Club
Meeting Recently
Trenton Businesses
Hit By Burglars
Notes 96th Birthday
Friday Al Home
Mrs. Jack Scherer I®
Attend Conference
W. A. Owens Rifes
In Fort Worth
Enclosed find check or money order for $.
Send The Celeste Courier one year to —
districts.
The smaller school districts in
Hunt and Fannin counties will
be unable to provide the addi-
tional local funds.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Brewer
visited in McKinney Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKee have
returned from Dallas where he
went for medical treatment and
got a good report.
The Stew Supper at the Mid-
way Community Center Saturday
night will be a huge success if
it follows the usual pattern.
'Stew, pie, and drinks will be
served from five o’clock on and
it will be worth the seventy-five
cents. You all come.
for
gift.
Gary Gibson has been dismiss-
ed from a Greenville hospital.
doing
was reported.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
$2.00 a year in Hunt County
$2.50 a year sent elsewhere
$8.00 per year sent overseas
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Mrs. Johnny Lyon To 13 Railroad Cars
Derail In Celeste
Auxiliary
from Sherman.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brazil vis-
ited Mr. Albert Glasscock, Mrs.
Brazil’s brother, in a Greenville
nursing) home Tuesday. He was
90 the 9th. They dish visited Mr.
Dycus who Was 91 the 10th.
COURIER FOR
BIRTHDAY GIFT
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Linfea®^
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill Linis?^
at Peniel Sunday.
Mrs.
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Mr. and Mrs. Winifred Roaefe.
and and son, Freddie, of Richardsocfe
Fort visited his mother, Mrs.
Mrs. Johnnie Lyon presented
the first study in the book, “The
Death of a Myth” for the WSCS
of the First Methodist Church,
Monday, February 8.
The title of the book is repre-
sentative of the fallicies that in
some cases exist in the knowledge
of the Spanish American popula-
tion in the United States. Among
those mistaken ideas is that one-
church creed is predominant.
Factual information about people
of Spanish origin in North Amer-
ica, their contribution to church
life and examples of Protestant
ministries among them were cit-
ed by the speaker. Inclusive- in
the loose term, “Spanish Ameri-
can” are the Mexican - American,
the Puerto Rican, and the Cuban.
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D. E. Hartness of Dallas was
here Monday to return A. F.
Wells home after he had been
to Dallas for medical treatment.
Lord Jehovia is my strength and
my song: he is also my salva-
was read. Comments
a resolution to ask Congress to; connection were, “Put ‘heart’
Mrs. R. R. Grisham, who was
96 years of age Friday, February
5, celebrated the occasion on the
preceding Sunday when her
daughter, Mrs. Frankie Cobb of
Fort Worth, came with a large
birthday cake. The cake had 96
candles and Mrs. Grisham ad-
mitted it took more than- one
“puff” to blow out the candles.
In the picture above Mrs. Gris-
ham holds a large bouquet she
received on her birthday. Also
on the exact birth date a niece,
Mrs. Audra Wakefield of Bonham
brought Mrs. Grisham a cake.
Mrs. Grisham makes her home
with a son, Albert Girsham and
his family, who live south of
Bailey. She was born in Harde-
mon County, Tennessee, Febru-
ary 5, 1869, the daughter of Mar-
ion Francis and Emily Gee
Welch. She was named Phoebe
Leander for her grandmother
Phoebe, and the Leander is for
the doctor who delivered her.
The family came to Texas in
1884 and crossed the Mississippi
River on the New Madrid ferry.
Part of the trip was made by
train.
The Welch family settled in the
Savage Community east of Leon-
ard. Mr. Welch wasi a farmer.
Mrs. Grisham recalls the land
between Leonard and Bailey was
all in timber in those days.
On the day of her arrival at
Savage she met the man she
bill^F jut we are in the minor-
ity.
I extend an invitation to min-
isters and others opposed to this
type legislation to appear at any
liquor-bill hearing against the
bill with me. Or send me a state-
ment of your opinion of these
bills, when you, read that they
are scheduled.
I believe that any liquor-by-
the-drink bill which is passed to
the House for consideration and
vote will be effectually defeated.
I do not believe that people on
a state-wide level favor the sale
of liquor by the drink.
were present for the social hour.
1 The February 18 meeting will
; be with Mrs. Sam Gibson hostess,
I the two, Mrs. Gibson and Mrs.
I John Gill exchanging meetings
with the programs to remain the
same.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Alexander
were honored with open house at
their new home in the west part
of town. Hostesses for the occa-
sion were Mirs. W. W. Harrell,
Mrs. Johnny Lyon and Mrs. Solon
Milton.
The Valentine theme wasi used
in the decorations. The refresh-
ment table laid with a valentine
cloth was overlaid with red net.
The centerpiece was an arrange-
ment of red and white roses. The
heart-shaped cake, red punch
and coffee was served to fifty
guests.
Out of town guests- included
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gibbs of
Grand) Prairie, Mr. and Mrs. M.
N. Alexander of Whitewright and
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Merrell
of Wolfe City.
Mrs. V. E. Hazal will receive
The Courier for a year as a
J birthday gift from her sons, Paul
Gene Hazal and J. W. Hazal.
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R. C. Kuhn won first place
in the Junior Cutting Horse event
at tte Fat Stock Show in Fort
W last week end in a class
of t>5 horses.
Kuhn showed Bell Star Bert,
a 3-year-old registered quarter
mare, owned by Dr. Harold
Schlegel of Lewisville.
Kuhn trained the mare and
was competing against some of
the best horses and horse train-
ers in the world. Since the Fort
Worth Fat Stock Show has one
of the largest horse shows in the
United States annually Kuhn
says he feels it is a great hon-
or to have won in the Junior
Cutting event.
right fender was crushed by the
oncoming speeding driver who was
billed for drunken driving.
The Comptons came on home
seemingly with no injuries. Tests
revealed the shock
undergone,
well this
Attending the school for Chris-
tian workers for the three ses-
sions Sunday afternoon, Monday
and Tuesday evenings were repre-
sentatives from the Methodist
ChurL- Bro. and Mrs. Davis, Carl
Lacy/Hubert Shields, Lois Lewis
and Bethylene Lyon. The meet-
ings were held in Kavanaugh
Church, Greenville.
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In business session Mrs. Claud j
Gresham was granted a three ]
month’s leave of absence, the re-
quest communication
corresponding secretary,
Sam Gibson. Also a card
married one year later, Richard
Raymond Grisham at the home
of her half-sister who had set-
tled in the community earlier.
The Grishams, had 11 children.
Five of them are still living.
Mrs. Grisham is confined to
a wheelchair but has very much
to be thankful for. She stil reads
her daily and weekly newspapers,
her Bible and does her own cor-
respondence.
Mrs. Grisham has 115 descen-
dants, the five children, 37
grandchildren, 65 great grand-
children and 8 great great grand-
children.
Her children are Albert Gris-
ham, south of Bailey; Ted Gris-
ham of Odessa; Mrs. A.
White of Hobbs, N. M.,
Gladys Pack of Lubbock;
Mrs. Frankie Cobb of
Worth.
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tin last Wednesday to
their stand for a $405 per year
raise.
And the Governor has said
that he will remain firm in his
recommendations for a teacher'
pay raise bill.
I can not support the Gover-
nor’s bill because it would place
a greater burden on the Q
Died Wednesday
In Bonham Hospital
Advance Home Sales
Gets Contract For
I Celeste Housing
The Celeste Housing Authority
read by signed a contract Friday night,
Mrs.; February 5, 1965 with Advance
Gibson. Also a card of Home Sales for the construction
thanks from an associate member of 10 low-rent housing apart-
was read. ; ments.
Mrs. R. C. Denny, honorary | Amount of the contract was
member, was a guest. Mrs. Ira $97,386 with construction to be-
similar
made
throughout the medical profes-
sion.
Nurses in rural areas number
195 per 100,000, while the num-
ber in cities is 387. Optometrists
number 3 in rural areas, compar-
ed with 11 in urban areas. Osteo-
paths number 1 to 3, while phar-
macists number 23 for rural
areas compared with 64 for ur-
ban complexes.
Burglars entered two business
establishments in Trenton Tues-
day night making off with over
$700.00 worth of merchandise.
Stores entered were Robinson’s
Food Store and Y. B. Reed Hard-
ware. Reported as missing by J.
W. Robinson was 200 cartons of
cigarettes, large amount of sox,
22 shells, nine boxes of cigars
and a number of items from the
drug counter.
At the hardware store five
shotguns, 1:22 caliber rifle, pock-
et knives and shotgun shells were
taken.
Entrance to both' stores was
gained through the front doors.
Sheriff Dudley Jackson and
his deputies are investigating the
robberies.
Thee
show
and '
“Porgy and Bess.”
Mrs. Davis accompanied.
Missesi Nancy Stapleton and Lin-
da Weatherley played piano duets,
“The Camel Train” and “Winter
On redistricting, the commit- [ Wonderland.”
tee will hold hearings on Thurs- j Mrs. Johnnie Stapleton’s devo-
day night of each week so that tional was based on Isaiah 12:2
all House members will have a in which the scripture “For the
chance to appear.
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Both House and Senate passed , tion”
William Arthur Owens, 8I„
Fort Worth, a native of. the S®ar~.
age Community east of Leon^L
died inl a Fort Worth hospa&a^
following a lengthy illness.
neral services were conducted
Brumley - Owens Funeral Ch^iefe
in Fort Worth February
with burial in Laurel Land, Ffcgfr:
Worth.
Bom in Prentiss County,
sissippi, son of Mr. and Mrs.
■ L. Owens, he came to Texas
his family . when a smali
and settled in the Savage Cot®--,
munity.
He married Miss Addie
don in 1903 and she survives.
Othei- survivors include
daughter, Mrs. Jack Hester
Fort Worth; five brothers, W.
Owens of Stephenville, R.
Owrens of Pampa, Texas, A. ML.
(Jack) Owens and Emmett Ow^,
ens, both of Leonard, and
Owens of Abilene. Also a nusss-..
her of nieces and nephews.
Area people attending sesviasjfe
for Mr-. Owens were Mr.
Mrs. Emmett Owens, Mr. as®&-
Mrs. A. M. Owens and Miss
ise Owens, all of Leonard;
mond Owens and Woodrow
ens, 'both ;of Wolfe City.
Mrs. Archie Walden and chil-
dren olj Mount Pleasant visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hamilton
Wednesday.
submit a Federal Constitutional song.”
amendment so that State senates |
might be apportioned on a basis
other than population.
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Regarding teacher pay
proponents of both bills:
Governor and TSTA are staunch-
ing adhering to their respective j
stands.
TSTA had
Music was the subject of Feb-
ruary 4, when the Celeste Thurs-
day Club met in the W. R. Roach
home with Mrs. Tom Sparks and
Mrs. Charles Dupre hostesses.
Mrs. Jess Mark, substituting
for Mrs. John Gill presented the
program. Nineteen members an-
I swered roll call with a favorite
song. Mrs. William Davis gave a
piano number, Rachmaninoff’s
Prelude in Minor.
Mrs. Sydre Roach West sang
portions of seven Gershwin
songs. Those included' “Swanee”
from Sinbad, “ Tis Wonderful”
from “Funny Face” and “But
Not for Me,”
and “I Got Rythm” from the
Rhythm musical, “Girl C
Concluding the medley, Mrs. West Bible by Bro. Flynn; New Testa-
Sing” ment Doctrine of the Church by1 a comprehensive review of the
the'Loyd Turner; Book of Ethesians
“S u m m e r- by Bill Reisor.
Mrs. Bob Layman will teach:
the intermediate classes and
Mi's. Bill Reisor will teach the
junior classes.
Bro. Layman urges good
tendance each night.
Thirteen cars of a 92-car Mis-
souri-Kansas-Texas freight train
were derailed Saturday morning
in Celeste causing
damage to the cars and
contents.
O. C. Putsche, Superintendent
Committee hearings are now
being held daily for bills on sche-
dule. Over 400 bills have been
read so far in the House and
referred to committees.
One of the committees that
I was assigned to by Speaker
Barnes is the Lequor Regulation
Committee.
This p'articular committee is
m*)e up of a mapority who will
prJfebly pass bills to provide new
laqi^r laws, possibly the serving
of liquor by the drink, to the
House for action and vote.
At committee hearings I will
vote “NO” against passing, out
of committee, to 'the House any
bills of this nature.
My vote against this type of
liquor bill will represent the voice
of the majority of the people in
Hunt and Fannin counties.
There will be othei' members j
in Liquor Regulation Committee
who iyill vote “NO” on new liquor
Mrs. Lu Ella Boshier Nance,
91, a resident of Leonard for
many »years, died February 9,
1965 at Allen Memorial Hospital
in Bonham following a lengthy ill-
ness.
Saturday.
Mrs. Nance was born February
25, 1873, in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.,
the daughter of Mr.
Frank Boshier. She
Texas at the age of 4.
She married John
August 3, 1890 and he preceded
her in death April 28, 1950.
Mrs. Nance was a member of
the First Baptist Church of
Leonard and of the Order of the
Eastern Star.
Services were held Wednesday
at the First Baptist Church in
Leonard with the Rev. John D.
Riggs officiating.
Burial was made in the Leon-
ard Cemetery.
Members of the Grove Hill Ma-
sonic Lodge were pallbearers.
Survivors include four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Ruth Jackson of Clovis,
N. M., Mrs. W. A. Edwards and
Mrs. Grace Childress, both of
Dallas, and Mrs. Johnny Rogers
of Leonard.
Also twelve grandchildren, thir-
ty-seven great grandchildren and
twelve great-great grandchildren.
Mrs. Nance was preceded in
death by two sons, Taylor and
G. T. Nance, and Mr. Nance.
City Officials To
Be Elected In
April 6 Election
Mi’s. Jack Scherer will be
Austin Friday through Sundag^
February 12-15, attending -Shfcs
Mid-Winter Conference of
American Legion and Auxihh^.-,
She will represent Loflm-Pres&IP'
Post No. 110 of Leonard.
conference will be held m
Stephen F. Austin Hotel.
Mrs. Scherer is a past p?e36-s
dent of the Leonard Post Awt*.
iliary. She now serves as
Department Hospital Represent^-,
tive ajt the V. A. Center
Bonham. She is also secretary--
of the Fourth District Aux®a-,
ry-
Mrs. Scherer will be traveling
to Austin with a group of
and Auxiliary representatbfa^
There were only 52 physicians
or surgeons for every 100.000
persons in rural areas of the
United States in 1960.
This compares with a ratio of
161 to each 100,000 persons in
She entered the hospital big cities and other urban areas.
So says the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Dentists also prefer urban to
rural areas. Nationwide statistics
show that there were only 22
dentists for every 100,000 rural
residents, compared with an aver-
age of 60 for the same number
urban
A Group Training School with
five churches participating will
begin Monday, February 15th, at
First Baptist Church in Celeste.
It will continue through Friday,
February 19th, with the local pas-
tor, Rev. Bob Layman as Dean of
the school.
Classes for adults, intermedi-
ates, juniors, beginners, primary
and nursery will be held each
evening from 7 to 8:30 o’clock.
Churches participating will be
Merit, Kingston, White Rock,
Hickory Creek and Celeste.
Bro. Layman announces the
following teachers and said there
‘Embraceable You” will be others.
Book of Books) by Wiley Har-
Crazy” din; Preparing to Teach the
The election of four city
ficials will be held April 6
1 the city hall with Mrs. Edld Card-
well judge.
Two aidermen, a city secretast®?-
and a mayor will be elected..
Anyone desiring 'their name
the ballot should contact
present secretary, Mrs. W.
McMichael.
I of persons
areas.
The USDA says that
comparisons can be
Mrs. Monroe Compton is hos-
pitalized in Greenville Medical
Hospital this week. She suffered
extensive a heart attack at the time of
an accident in which the Comp-
ton car was hit as a turn was
made off a highway Thursday
of Katy’s Southern Division, did afternoon of last week. Only the
not make an estimate of the ’ x-—3 1 in--
damage cost but did say, “It’s
going to be expensive.”
The 13 cars jumped the tracks
immediately south of U. S. High-
way 69 in the eastern edge of later
Celeste. The cars contained auto- ( Compton had
mobile tires, glassw’are, silica is
sand, flour, lumber and frozen it
foods.
The wrecked cars were remov-
ed, damaged tracks replaced and
made ready for regular service
as early as possible.
early history of this country
places the Mexican or Spanish-
, Indian culture as the second
Americans in the West.
The English - American follow-
ed.
Mrs. Lyon, next Monday, will
continue the course that is prov-
ing most interesting.
Mrs. Jimmy Norris gave the
devotional from the WSCS
Prayer Book and a- brief review
of the Woman’s Society’s work in
the nation since its organiza-
tion in 1940, accomplished with
96 million dollars for the cause'
of missions.
Mrs. Bill Barnard was elected
as a delegate to the North Texas I
Annual Conference of the WSCS
meeting at Key Memorial Church, I
Sherman, March 17 and 18. Mrs.
H. F. Lewi’s was alternate. Other
members will attend.
The amount of the love gift
was set as well as a contribution
sustaining membership
Mrs. M. Compton
Is Hospitalized
Denny, honorary j
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teachers at a rally here in Aus- Hunter and Mrs. Rankin Roach gin February 22. Ed Vance is the
| owner of the construction com- i
pany.
Terms of the contract call for
1 four one-bedroom units for sen-
1 lor citizens, four two-bedroom
units and two three-bedroom un-
its. An office building also will be
constructed.
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