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Office of Publication Opposite County Jail
Vol. 58, No. 6
McKinney, Texas, Thursday, November 25,1943
SECOND SECTION
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MEXICAN NOVELTIES - BASKETS - MIRRORS
Dinner Sunday Honoring
Brantley Welborn
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Trade at home . . . Save Rubber.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. R. McMurray, Mrs.
L. A. Wheelis, Mrs. W. T. Newsome
and Mrs. Hedge Addison all of Pike,
spent Friday in. McKinney.
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Celina
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3000 Miles Away
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Mr. and Mrs. Brantley Welborn and
son, M. B., Jr., of Littlefield, visited
his mother, Mrs. J. H. Welborn, in the
Branch community. He is visiting his
mother, brothers, and sisters for the
last time before leaving for the U. S.
Navy. A dinner was given in his hon-
or at his mother’s Sunday. These
present were: Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Welborn and family, of Chambers-
ville; Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Sanders and
family, of Garlahd; Mr. and Mrs.
Mart Chandler and family of Culle-
oka; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Welborn and
son, and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Welborn
. of the Branch community. Visitors
. \were Charlotte Marshall, Mrs J. J.
Hall and Sue Reeder of Branch. Many
friends called in the afternoon.
Brantley and his family will return
to their home Monday. Their friends
of the First Baptist church in Little-
field, are giving him a shower Mon-
day night. He will leave Lubbock for
4BLice Friday, November 26th.
51 Years Married Life
Mr. and Mrs. Murray H. Wheeler of
Celina observed their 51st wedding
anniversary Nov. 9. Their two daugh-
ters, Mrs. W. J. C. Smith and Doris
Murdell Wheeler, were the only chil-
dren able to be with them on this oc-
casion. They also have two sons,
Johnie L. Wheeler of Pine Bluff, Ark.,
and L. B. Wheeler, a Seabee in the
U. S. Navy, now serving in the South-
west Pacific. Their oldest child, a
son. Hebron, died in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler were born
and reared in Fayette county, Ala.,
and were married there Nov. 9, 1892.
Mrs. Wheeler was formerly Miss Della
Estalena Ballard. They came to Tex-
as five weeks after they were married
and settled in Henderson county near
Athens. Except for about three years
spent back in Alabama, Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler have lived in Texas.
All of their children, except their
oldest son, Johnie, werf* able to be
with them for the celebration.—Re-
cord.
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HEADQUARTERS, Panama Canal—•
Nov. 20—When a 33-foot black whale
became stranded on a Pacific beach
near here by the rapidly receding 20-
foot tide, a dozen U. S. coast artil-
lerymen whooped joyfully into the
surf with a cable to make a capture.
But when they got there they found
the stranded whale whs about to be-
come a mother. Changing their tac-
tics they worked with hei- for hours
in an effort to free her—a feat which
they achieved only when the tide
started back in.
“Bertha,” as she was named by Sgt.
John Weidl of Pittsburgh, Cpl. Fred
Alongi of New York City, and Sgt.
Henry DeLuca of Brooklyn, who were
among the dozen GI “midwives” tug-
ged her about until she was headed
out to the receding 20-foot tide, a doz-
en U. S. Artillery men, gave her af-
fectionate pats and started her off.
“Bertha” hung around the bay until
sunset when she headed out to sea.
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AUSTIN, Nov. 22—West Texas, Ar-
kansas and Oklahoma in the South-
west are suffering from a surface wa-
ter supply shortage that has been
characterized as critical by the Unit-
ed States Geological Survey.
In its monthly water resources sur-
vey, for October, the agency said that
these supplies WILL REACH NEW
LOWS in many areas of the. regions
named if deficient precipitation con-
tinues during November.
Subnormal stream flow character-
ized the SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS.
OF THE NATION, biit there remain-
ed surplus water in storage for irri-
gation. Natural ground water stor-
age decrease was indicated by a con-
tinued decline of water levels in most
key observation wells.
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J. M. Slaughter, long time promi-
nent citizen of the Melissa commun-
ity was in the city on business and,
called in to tell us how much he ap-
preciated the Examiner. He has been
reading our paper many years. Mr.
Slaughter is a close student of polit-
ical affairs and is well posted as a re-
sult. Tells us he has two sons in the
service. Morris is stationed at Poca-
tello, Idaho, and was at Pearl Harbor
wlhen our treacherous “friends” the
Jans made their assault and started
the war in the Pacific, so as to help
“Dear Adolf.”
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BARI, Nov. 22—In the midst of pov-
erty, starvation and confusion, Italy’s
moneyed classes, which never suffer-
ed under Fascism, are reaping a gold-
en harvest of American dollars and
British pounds fro msoldier “tourists.”
In this section of Italy under Ital-
ian government jurisdiction, shop-
keepers and big store owners are mak-
ing 10 times as much money in one
day as they made in a month of the
best prewar tourist year.
Store owners are indulging in an
unchecked profiteering orgy' at the
expense of the British and Americans.
The stores are well stocked and
Italian shopkeepers have been taking
full advantage of the Christmas spirit.
The soldiers are paying the mone-
tary bill while the poor Italian labor-
ing class is paying the bill in misery
as the prices of clothes and other es-
sential items skyrocket out of their
reach.
The price of a suit of clothes of the
cheapest quality in two months has
risen from about $158 to twice that
amount. Shoes have gone from $26.30
to $95 and shirts from $5.26 to $18.00.
Silk Stockings $21
Silk stockings have risen from $3.95
to as much as $21. Jewelry trinkets
of the type sold in American five and
tens are going to gullible soldiers as
“the real thing” for prices up to $50.
Cameras worth $21 are selling for
$420.
By Mary Margaret Button
WESTON, Texas, Nov. 21—After
R. W. (Bob) Gribble missed a copy
of the Examiner and did the right
thing— notified us at once. Bob is
living in Austin. A former McKinney
man. He says in his letter:
“We like Austin very much, maybe
becuse Collin county has contributed
so many of her citizens to Austin’s
population.. Grady Chandler and his
wife live in “hollerin’ ” distance of us.
Hanse Dickens and Mrs. Dickens live
with their son, Willie, two doors away.
Fannie Carlysle lives in about/three
blocks of us, and Jerome Sneed is not
far away.
Ensign H. Grady Chandler, Jr., re-,
cently piloted a PT boat out of a hot
fight after one pilot, the skipper, was
killed and another was wounded. The
boat was almost on the, beach with
two engines out of commission, and
the third stopped but cut in again.
All but three of the crew were killed
or wounded.
the boat out and back to their hase,
where it was found to have sustained
268 shots. He and his two comrades
are back in the battle, leaving his
wounded men to tell the story of a ten
minute engagement, where the Japs
were laying for them along the shore
of a little bay, and let them get with-
in one hundred yards of shore before
opening fire on them. They were to
have landed a small squad of Army
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Wesley Horn of the Walnut Grove,
community, gave us a call and re-
newed for Examiner. We always ap-
preciate his visits. His parents were
charter readers of our paper. His
mother has been a shut in for a long
time. Is now about 86. But keeps
cheerful and enjoys the news. Wes-
ley reported rain badly needed. The
Horn farm, west of Walnut Grove,
has been in the family for over 75
years.
> nearly half a century the tall spire
which topped the cupola on the Meth-
odist church is missing as a beacon
over a wide country side. The church
has been torn down prior to the erec-
tion of a new building.
j^Bossibly the tallest thing for miles
^Plund, the spire could be seen for
-miles and served as a daylight bea-
con and guide to this little north Tex-
as town. The church itself was a tall
building and workmen ,who assisted in
its wrecking, estimated the distance
from the base of the cupola to the top
to be 70 feet. The workmen looked
like small objects as they were tear-
’ yng the shingles from its sides..
The records were destroyed at one
time and the exact date of the build-
ing of the church is not known, but
old-time members estimate it to be
from 40 to 50 years ago. The Rev. E.
G. Roberts is said to have been the
pastor at the time.
The Weston Methodist church has
served during its time as a first pas-
torate for many young preachers just
out of school and tor some while at
tending S. M. U. at Dallas. Many of
the more prominent ministers in the
14 Texas conference have gotten their
start at this church, some holding
places as district superintendents.
Some of those who have held pas-
torates here have since passed away.
The incomplete list includes the Rev-
erends E. B. Cole, C. F. Buck, W. E.
Kirby (father of the present pastor),
Jpscar Moreland, T. M. Smith, J. D.
^jfcig'.gins, Ben Bounds, L. P. Smith,
Beckham, Leonard Ray, G. W.
'WRisler, C. E. Dennis, W. O. Butcher,
J. F. Lancaster, Jim Wilson, Bill
Ballis, R. F. Shinn, Alex Hubbard,
^George Slagle, Hugh Hunt, S. W. Mil-
T*er, C. G. Fielder, T. Lee Miller, G. E.
Gamester, P G. Hightower, G. R. Mor-
gan, Frank Wilkerson, Bill Morgan
Smith, L. L. Bowles, Homer Lee Fort,
Thomas Sandlin, A. G. Coleman, O. B.
Rogers, and the present pastor, the
Rev. John H. Kirby.
There are several families whose
membership and attendance
•been yinaiiitained through
Bandiourth generations.
I continued their membership here ev-
en though their home is elsewhere.
These include two elderly mem-
bers: Mrs. Alice Baker, of Gunter,
and H. D. Gilbert of Dallas. One
among the elderly members here is
WT. J. Foster, who despite his 81 years,
still continues to be an active offi-
cial of the church. He will possibly
be remembered by former pastors
better than any other member and
stands as something of a symbol of
the church and community. It has
been said that it was to his home al-
ways that a new preacher was invit-
ed to dinner on his first Sunday, while
other members were trying to decide
Jiow they were going to like the new
^^tor.
|^Bresent officials of the church and
^Jubday School include Tom Robin-
son, Sunday School superintendent;
A. J. Giles, Adult teacher; Mrs. Lee
.Pinion, Intermediate; Mrs. Dudley
^Burkett, Juniors; Mrs. Murph Balch,v
’ -primary; Mrs. Laud E. Howtell, Young
People; Miss Esta Jean Mitchell, Pi-
anist; N. J. Foster, Thomas Robin-
son, A. J. Giles and Roy Mayes as
stewards, and Laud Howell, Tom Rob-
inson, Murph Balch and W, J. Foster
are church trustees.
The Women’s Missionary Union has
been largely instruments^ in the new
church building plan, having used ev-
ery available means at hand in rais-
ing funds. Various kinds of sales are
held each Saturday night and the
members are now engaged in quilting
and making plans for a bazaar later,
at which items suitable for Christmas
gifts will be sold.
Officers of the Missionary Union
include Mrs. Laud E. Howell, presi-
dent; Mrs. George Morgan, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Joe Frair, secretary-treas-
L urer. The Finance Committee in-
^fcludes Mrs. J. G. Huff, Mrs. Lee Pin-
ion, and Mrs. Murph Balch.
Now that the old building has been
torn down, it is hoped by members
that the new building may be complet-
er ed\in time for occupancy by Christ-
In the meantime members are
M^Bking ahead at fund raising pro-
Fjects.
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demolition men to destroy a Jap sup-
ply depot reported to have very light
defenses.
Our children are scatered. One in
McKinney, another recently arrived in
Brownwood, a son has his home in
Dallas, and the other son lives in
Houston.
Mrs. Lula Dysart Griffin, died at
All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth
Thursday morning at 10 a. m. where
she had been a patient the past three
weeks.
Deceased was born May 10, 1867, on
the Dysart farm near Melissa. The
Dysarts being one of the pioneer fam-
ilies of Collin county.
Only one child survives, LL
erette Crawford of Lubbock.
Griffin and her daughter, Mrs. Craw-
ford spent last winter here in Mc-
Kinney residing in the home of Mrs.
S. O. Scott, widow of the late Ormsby
Scott, a relative.
Survivors other than her daughter,
are four brothers, Will Dysart, MeliS'-
sa; Frank Dysart, Lubbock; Thornton
Dysart, Lubbock; Jim Dysart, Amaril-
lo; one sister, Mrs. Verna Dumas, of
Los Angeles, Calif., and three grand-
children.
The funeral services' were conduct-
ed by Dr. C. S. Weaver, pastor of the
First Christian Church, Saturday af-
ternoon, Nov. 13, at 2 o’clock in the
Chapel of the Crouch-Moore Funeral
Home. Interment in the Melissa
Cemetery in the family plot
Pallbearers were Henry Shoap, Tom;
Scott, Joe Dulaney, Bland Dysart, Le-
1 land Dysart and Dow Rattan.
Miss Marie Clack of McKinney =
spent last, weekend at home with her =
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Clack. =
Mrs. Oscar Tucker, who has been —
working at the North American plant ~
near Dallas is at home for two weeks
taking treatment of her physician. =
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bunch and the —
latter’s mother, Mrs. Grant Christian, ==
visited Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Christian =
Sunday. =
Miss Estelle Wilson spent Saturday =
night and Sunday with her parents, =
Mr. and Mrs.. C. F. Wilson. Miss Es- ==
telle has a position in the office of
the Grayson-Collin Electric Co-opera- =
five at Van Alstyne. =
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Melton, who ==
have lived on the John Darnall farm =
in the Cottage Hill community left
the first of the wieek for Crosby coun- =
ty and will farm near Ralls. They or- ==
dered the Record sent to their new =
address before leaving. —
Mr. and Mrs. T. N. O’Dell and —
daughter, Ina Sue, have moved from =
the Alla community to the Spann resi- =
dence here, occupying the house with =
Miss Pearl Spann, Mrs. O’Dell’s sis- ==
ter. The daughter was in school at Al- =
la when the change was made and is =
continuing to attend the Alla school. =
J. S. Hunt of the Cottage Hill com- —
munity has bought the dwelling house =
and lots owned by the C. J. Thomas =
heirs, located near the Celina school ~
building, and the family will move in- ~
to it after making minor repairs.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Kinney, living =
two or three miles north of Celina,
went to Denver. Colo., the first of last =
week, where their son, Raymond, is in
training. They drove up in a car and =
left it for the use of their son, Mrs. =
Kinney returned on the train. War ==
has taken ail of Mr. and Mrs. Kinney’s
sons, leaving only one child, a daugh- =
ter, at home. —
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Perkins and chil-
dren have moved to Grand Prairie.
They were living in the John B 'en'r"' “
house which was purchased some
months ago by Mr. and Mrs. Ab Mize.
Improvements are being made and as ==
soon as completed Mr. and Mrs. Mize,
who live in a place owned by Lee =
Thurman will move into it. Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Clutts will then move into
the Thurman house and Herman
Grisham and family will move into =
the house vacated by Mr. and Mrs. ^5:
Clutts, having bought it some months ==
ago. ~
FORECASTER
Clever Windmil! forecaster
that accurately pre- _
diets the weather Ujf Q
up to 24 hours in
advance. 8 inches
high.
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ll'/i-inch Glass
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(Mrs. R. J. Elnerson, Reporter)
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Martin and
children of Dallas, spent the week end
with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Langston.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Browning and
Mrs. J. W. Browning and daughter, of
Melissa, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Alexander.
Mr. and Mrs. Murriel McGuffey, of
McKinney visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
McGuffy Sunday.
Cpl. Charley Tom Airhart of Del Rio
is spending a fifteen day furlough
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bunk
Airhart.
Mr. and Mrs. Homar Tarvin of Wil-
son spent Sunday with their daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. George Cantrell.
Mr. and Mrs. Berry Noles and fam-
ily, of Prosper, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Elrless Noles.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Odle spent
Tuesday with their daughter, Mrs.
George McGuffy.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Templeman of
Dallas, spent the week end w|ith Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Greer.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baily and fam-
ily spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Key of Denison.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Airhart and
children of Mineral Wells spent the
week end with the former’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Airhart.
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Pioneer Collin
Woman Dies
In Ft. Worth Hospital
NEW YORK, Nov. 23—^Three thous-
and miles away, in London, 8-year-old
Sylvia Thornton stepped up to a mi-
crophone in the studio of the British
Broadcasting Corporation Saturday
and sang “White Christmas” in a thin,
childish voice.
Her brother, Maurice Thornton, 17,
a British seaman, whose memory was
shattered when a Nazi torpedo struck
his ship in the Atlantic more than a
year ago, heard her voice- from a ra-
dio at his bedside in the naval hos-
pital at Ellis Island.
Immediately he exclaimed: “That’s
Sylvia!” And then, as the song—his
favorite song—went on, he added 'Wist-
fully, “She’s got more grit than I
have.”
Thus, through the magic of a spec-
ial transatlantic broadcast, Thornton
took the first step toward what physi-
cians hope will be recovery from the
mental condition in which his -mind
has been almost a total blank ever
since the torpedoing.
The broadcast, in which little Syl-
via greeted her brother, told him his
friends were asking about him and
then sang the song for him, was made
by BBC, aftei- Thornton’s mother
wrote the producer, Howard Thomas.
Mrs. Thornton asked only that the
company mention Sylvia’s name on
the air, in the hope that it might re-
store her son’s lost memory.
The British radio did MORE THAN
THAT. Thomas had Sylvia, brought
to London all the way from Hull, in
Northern England.
She appeared on the last of a se-
ries of “Shipmates Ashore” programs,
heard throughout the world via the
BBC .“Seven Seas” circuit.
Sylvia said brightly:
“Hello, Maurice. We hope you get
well soon and come home. Little
Johnny, (apparently a brother) is
worried about you and all youi’ friends
are asking about you. Daddy’s gone
back to sea, and I hope he will see you
in the hospital there.”
At the request of hospital authori-
ties, no mention was made on the air
of her brother’s illness.
Reporters were not allowed in the
hospital room, but a BBC representa-
tive, stationed at Maurice’s bedside,
along with doctors and nurses, later
relayed the details.
Word of the- boy’s recognition of hisi
sister’s voice did not come through
until after the half-hour broadcast
ended. However, a BBC representa-
tive said the family would be cabled
immediately.
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