The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1967 Page: 2 of 15
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March 1, 1967
^Strong
by
The Houac passed the measure
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Charge For
F
Princess Phone
Is Reduced
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Austin,
users.
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Southwestern Bell
31 DAYS IN MARCH!
’/z Price on Economy Sizes
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Tremendous Saving on All Sizes
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SERVICE DRUG LO 9-2660
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COSMETICS
PANGBURN CHOCOLATES
BABY NEEDS DEPT.
KEEP PHYSICALLY FIT WITH THE BEXEL VITAMINS
LO 9 2660
109 N JOHNSON
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Hinson
substantial •
Jack Strong
State Senator
This is in addition to reductions in long
distance rates and some miscellaneous
charges, announced late last year,
which will'mean a saving of more than
$6,000,000 a year to Texas telephone
30 Years
Serving
the
Mineola Area
Win This Ross Built
‘GOLDEN ISLES HOT RODDER’ =
the trend of the rural-to-urban
shift of the state’s population, by
moving to this area from-Gar-
land fend building a new home
on the old Mineola-Grand Saline
I
type of literature
pornography rhas-toeeumc
business and I* i
J. II. ENGLISH
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
TUSSY
MAX FACTOR
Complete
Funeral,
Amublance
•nd
Insurance
Service
-
w «■ < t
Mi«>
Big Money Savings
Like This on Many
Kinds and Sizes of
BEXEL VITAMINS
DANA
Helena Rubinstein
CATHEY-MALTSBERGER
Owners
LO 9-261
Mineola, Texas
• "<?■
i-'X
While They
Last!
FREE!!
A set of
Colorful Plastic
Bottle Caps
Radio Dispatched
24-Beer Buaergeney Repair
(CaR Collect)
Day or night Ph. LO C-2SM
Qualls Plumbing Co.
Kleetrie Sewer Service _
1241 North Jehnaon
Mineola
Contracting New Construct ten
W. H. QUALM
Master Plumber
.....'
& MINER AIS YOU NEED IN YOUR DIET
SERVICE DRUG CO.
J.™ Rogers, Fhormedst-Own«--
MINEOLA
New & Refills
SAVE ON YOUR MEDICAL NEEDS
I PRESCRIPTIONS | SAVE!
A IK. « ■ ■ ■
BEXEL
VHP
reg. $12.98
’ ”N«w—
$64’
Save $6.49
the Band Booster* Club on Sat-
urday night, March 18, for t hr
Senior Band.
And as a parting paragraph,
we at the Monitor want to wish
ourselves ‘’Happy Birthday" a S’
le paper begins its ninety-first j
year!
I
]
McKesson bexel
VITA-RAMA SALE!
prices are going up, we are glad to be able to
make a further ■ reduction in the cost of
your telephone service..nowtr bigger
bargain than ever before.
degrees of penalites itfr College;
violation of t h_e . president of
1 was
4
In these times when almost all other
My Neighbors
lira ■
8. Johnson, Mineola, Te9$a$ 75773
Subscription rates: $3.50 per year
in Wood, Smith and Van Zandt
| Counties. Texas; $5.00 per year
anywhere outside these counties.
Editor; Dan Peacock
-Adv. Manager: Ruth Dillard
leiud.a.
BICYCLE
for that
“Free... Wheelin’-Feelin’ ”
Just fill out entry blank
•nd guess how many BEXEL
VITAMIN CAPSULES A TABLETS
pictured on tbo display card.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
Winner will bo decided approximately April ISth
1 Street marker, destroyed » »• ' -
tion of fence, and finally stop-
ately 75 foot south
and' Pa; tfic Rail-
AONITOR, Mineola,, Texas
E-
E
I ■'
Effective March 1, the monthly charge
for a Princess1' telephone is reduced from
75c to 50c for Southwestern Bell custom-
ers in Texas — a 25c reduction.
wore suffered by
in the Smith SAr .
Damages to the Volkswagen w«-f-
estimated at $800 00, and the
pickup truck was completely <i« •
molnhed No ihatgc* were fih'd
The bill -will provide “about
all that the Teacher Retirement
Fund would stand, based on ac- ’
tuarial figures," he said.
However, because of the sound
financial status of the Retirement
Ftmrf and liberalized investment I
policies approved by Constitution- I '
al uiiwndnient nr 1865. Hipson !
said," "we feel that additional I
banaftts <ma he astondad during i
the next Legislative session."
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Happier
Homemaking-.
^by Sarah Ann Lowther
Home Service Department
United Ge< Corporatloti
AFTER HOURS 24 HOUR
(’ALL IX) 9-3793 I’rescriDtioiYServIce
| SUNDAY HOURS: 9 to 11 a. m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m, I
Jim Rogers WE GIVE
Pharmacist GOLD BOND STAMPS
retired teachers.”
will be a
Can Hava
CLEANEST
R WATCH IN TOWNI
1 If ICS eleaned by oar
■ uhra SnrUe Watch-t leaning
J Rguipment.
■ Cease in—let us show you
I HINT'S Jewelry
I Since 1879
I W. L. White, Owner
~DcTewarp-—ts MMMttMVI-1RMn
the Diamond State.
Mrs. Jean Cobbs, gave the de-
votional on "That 1 May See,"
and Mrs. Lynne Hoseck present- |
ed the program entitled "Sociolo-
gy in the Bible."
After-the meeting was closed
with the Circle Benediction, Mrs.
Hoaeck served refreshments t n
Meadames Horn, Cobbs, Eloise
Powell and Margaret Snyder.
, u Cap Thornburgh Saturday night,
from having• Mrs. Gertrude Erwin was a din-
three-gamc playoff to win their
district that they weren’t able
to get up for the Regional meet
last Friday night.
And our best wishes go
Van’s Vandals, the cage champs
of District 16-AA. who will open |
play in the four-team tourney to
determine the state's best team
in AA.
Personal to one who designates
himself —' via typewriter — as
"A Reader": You inquired about
‘‘whatever became of the much I
-
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B Bunch of
Canton visited Mr. and Mrs. Don,
Fowler and Donna Sunday.
Mi . and Mrs. David Anglin and
children visited Mr and Mrs
o—-----
Safeway Names
A New Manager
Jim Sullivan, associated with
the Safeway Stores in Longview
the past seven years, assumed
duties as Manager of the Safe-
way Store in Mineola Monday
February 27th.
Mr. Sullivan is a native of Ark-
ansas, and attended Henderson
State College, in Arkadelphia
He is currently commuting to
work from Longview, and will
move his wife. Norma Jean,
six year old son, Terry, and four
Deborah, to
Mineola as soon ns house accom- |
■ odations are available.^
He said this week, "Everyone I
in Minedl|i hAs been exception - I
ally nice; and I am certainly I
.looking forward to meeting allj
the people in the area."
the j ------------o------------
WSCS Circle II
Meets At Church
[ Members of Circle II of the
Woman's— Society —of Christian
Service of the First Methodist
Church this-weak express<-d their j
hopes of attending the annual 1
JW6CS Gwifarence to be hold in
Longview the week of Mart-h 7.
The Circle met Tuesday morn-
ing in the Fellowship Hall of the
church, with Mrs. Bebe Horn
- I presiding.
----- — ---------- your
prayers, cards, flowers, visits,'
food and your concern for Minnie I
and me during my illness The
rnad has been much easier for
! us because of you. May O 0 r
Heavenly Father bless each of
you In some special way is my
! pr$yer.
I
1 you Witl have ydur greatest suc-
cess with candy making.
And when you hbve a special
project such as that in min d.
you don’t want to spend all your
energy cooking meals. Here is
the answer:
Chicken in ■ Hurry
of chic- i
ken soup 1i
1 can condensed cream of ceci- sensationalism
... •
ery soup
. I soup can water
1 can (12 ounces) boned chick-
cn
1 and one-third cups instant rfr ** cprmoned sbv
1 can french fi i«d onions The
Combine soups, water and bon- I
e<i chicken in saucepan. 'Stir
rice and place over high flame
When mixture comes to b <> i 1.
lower flame and cover sauce- |
pan Simmer for 7 minutes
Heat onions according to dlr- i V I ASji» I
ections on can Place’ chicken " lAflflQg J
Johnsen following a near - fatal
tangle with carbon monoxide
last Friday. He was working on
a job in Grand Sahne. using an
acetylene torch in a small en-
closure, when he was overcome
by fumes. He wbs brought t o
! Mineola General Hospital, where t(j
I he remained overnight foe treat- y<>
ment. According to his. wife,;'
Doris, he will be taking it easy
for a few days. ' ,
-—AndrGMfard-Ded»®B;4a-*a-B*y-4
lor Hospital awaiting surgery on
his shoulder, injured in an acci-
dent. His seat <—-u'— 1
be operating on a
until he gets hack into the swing
following a pin-setting operation.
We'd like to offer our congra-
tulations to the Pantheis of Alba-
- Golden High School J or a fine
basketball season, and our con-
dolences on their not having been
able to make the State Tourna-
ment again this year. Personally,
we think the boys were so "bush-
ed" I
a
Calvary
by Clyde Fowler
.Church was well attended Sun-
cover shop will (]ay afternoon. We invite every-
limited basis one to come every Sunday
afternoon at 3:00.
Mrs. W. C. Fowler was a din- j
Ann TanCr••^^h^’wrth’^^.wd Man-
orial Funds and added to shelv-’
e» this week;
The*fitfytng Guide Issue Con-
sumt r Reports. Published D e e.
1966 for use through 1867 The
facts you need before you buy
in 1867:
Mushroom Growing Today; and
Flapdoodle, Trust and Obey
— A sequel to: “O Ye Jigs and
Juleps."
Mineola Public
Library Memorials .. I.
- . Dr.-A^4L-Cow«n and . Ml.]. .’.PP v»mi._vrr«,l cream of cl
Ross Cowan were honored with
a memorial at the Public Lib-
Ui a
jail The
the crime ’ does not
felony and is subject to a doos
fine up to $10,000 or a five year
jail sentence. A minor is much,
more impressionable than 'a n a-
duTt and will Hbsmfi and accept’
more readily ;
THE PRODUCTION and selline '
lef this, type of literature and/
big
1 ner guest of Mrs. W. C. Fowler
i Friday.
I Mrs. John Lee and Debbie vis-
t0 ' ited Mr. and Mrs. N..Y. Luckett
Saturday.
Rev. Bill Blaylock visited Clyde
I Fowler Sunday.
i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wallace
lot Mirieola visited Mr. and Mrs.
| Grady Shirley Saturday.
Mrs. Gertrude Erwin visited
Mrs. Ola Dickerson Sunday.
.... —o ....
■ii.Mrs. Holbrook
I Is Circle Hostess
Mrs. B. A. Holbrook Was host-
II ess to the WSCS Circle I Mon-
■ day morning of this week.
I After Mrs. L. T. Aldrich called
I I he meeting to ortier. the open- rear Ohl daughter
■ ing prayer was led by Mrs. B. A.
I Parrish.
I Following a short business ses-
I sion, Mrs. Willie McBride
■ ’brought the mbrning lesson from I
I the 3rd Chapter of the Book of .
■ James.
I Mrs. Nell Kennedy gave
I closing devotional on 'handling
I your disappointments cheerfully.'
I The meeting was closed With
I the Circle Benediction.
Those^Mgsppt were Mesdames
I Willie*" MHffidc. Nel! Kennedy,
I Parte - -J<tuMngs,.. W J. Bray,
I Holloway, Ruby Brown. L. T. A1-
|' drich, C. D. Coleman, B. A.
I Parrish, jQ. F. Clements, Ruth
I Hoseck. Sam Jones. E. A. Reeves
I and K A. Holbrook.
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CARD OF THANKS
It would be Impossible to thank I
1 each one personally for all
prayers, cards, flowers.
damp winds. But watch for the
I perfect day. It’s
Mrs. Robert B. Jones, the for- hvnefits that we wanted to P«m Ith* ®°°k’ °” ,hlt d"V’ Wht”
mcr Becky Bruce, is here from
Pensacola, Florida, vlidting h • r [ **■
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kelley said, it
Bruce. I help. ’
A couple of coming events con- ,
cerning the Mineota High School
band students you need to mark
on your calendar — the annual
Spring Concert by the MHS Stage
Band and Concert Band, slated
cuperating”at hik home on Tidrthrfpr Thursd.y nigh,. MarcK 9 t K
and a • banquet to be hosted by
; rary last week,
i “Tennessee To Texas," a short
: historical novel based on stories
riold from ‘generation- to geiAira-
J tion of a man' and his family,J
“little" people, who answered !
Stephen F. Austin's call for set-
tlers in Mexican Texas, is t h e
only memorial added' this week
Neither wealthy nor famous,
these "llllle" people never-thc^
less contributed their share t o -
ward the development of a young
nation which later became a ;
great state. The book is publish-imixture in serving dish and top
ed by Peintierton m
Texas
The following books were pur-
with heated onions’ Yields 4 t<-
‘ Witham, Margir Ntrii and Jam< •
Plunk
Wood Memorial Hospital
Admissions: Ruby Av Witt, Wil:
Cornelius. Vsudlne Tanner.
Dismissed: Clifford Dodson and
i Forrest Sapp •
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Mrs. Speights Hostess
For Past Matrons Meet
Mrs. Laura Speights was hos-
tess for the February meeting of
. the Past Matrons Club, held u'
H e r m ' s 'Restaurant on Frid*v II
evening. Febiuarv 24
A dinner of ham. green l>eanv,
.baked potuto,_ green salad, sliced!
■begu, hul lulls, puicapp'le ciuun,
pie, coffee and tea wa„ served 1
Mrs. Glena Huie provided the
[enti-rSuinment with some rlFvei
1 reading^, and fellowship and visit-
i mg erimytefeei an enjoyable eyen-
'mg forfthr Past Matrons
TTese^ were Eh a Chappell .t
Jessie Covin. Glena Rule. Mary
Ann Hanhon. Evie Ponder, Cla-j
I rice Huff. Mollie Fisher. Etna,
Rape, I^a-lu Clements, Elizabeth ;
Walker. Haider. Sinclair, Hilda !
| Graham. Nona Hearn, Elma Lain-J
/ j mack. Ixila Mar Cowart, Edith j
Sr j Shirey, Lois Parrish end Laura I
Speight*.-
__Mli hat Juel
what my opinion la—”
Claude Jones
— o
( ARD OF THANKS
President Gene Lowe a -n d
I, members of the Providence Com-
|! inunity Center wieh to sincerely
11 thank the following merchants
I. lol - Hu ll, rontributiana of U.u o i
prizes at the recent Pie Supper
p Byron T^rwrtfht Wolf Server
j Station. WAW Variety. P a 1 r* a.
Perry Bros., Service Drug, Mal-
lory’a. Bob Dlekaon's Gateway
1 Grocery, Farm & Ranch Supply i
|l and J*iggl> Wiggly.
Honev Chocolate*
4 cups of light brown sugar
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
2 squares unswlpetened choco-
late, grated
1 cup honey '
>-4eble»pot>n* IruUer—or—mar-
garine
PI»IX UXilt. brown sugar, milk
and .-alt in saucepan. Stir just
' until sugar is dissolved. Boil to
260 degrees or soft crack stage.
i Now add chocolate, hqney and
' buttei’ Continue to boll until
! mixture reaches soft ball stage
Remove from burner Cool, then
beat Until thick and creamy
Pat inTo shape on a buttered
cookie sheet Cut into squares.
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— Miscellany — UillSOIl's Bill To Help j
A Garland couple have bucked publicized poll taken by the Min- ' g gl T I « ro «w o'Pw
eola Chamber of Commerce some; 111 *1.1 JL U.ckCl-O X V C1.V. I1L 1 O
months ago. We were under the ’
impression that the resuita would I Texas's more than $1,000 retir-
be printed in the Monitor. We ed echool teachers will get a
— _ are still looking." Our reply would i boost in monthly benefit! start-
Publisher's office located at 120 | highway. Doyce Attebeary, w h o be, first of all, to question the ing with their April paychecks,
with his wife naw .i» a “Min- I validity of your "signature" —. , House Bill 245. sponsored by
eolan" (even though he has a I since the poll was taken bv the fiep. George T. Hinsot^of Mine-
Grand Saline postal address and Junior Chamber of Commerce f|ola ohd Sen. A M Aikin Jr .
phone number), has been In the - which is NOT the Blneola.pf Paris, passed in both houses
I paint contracting business for the I Chmnber • of Commerce. The by more than the two-thirds' ma-
I paft 30 years and is pursuing the 1 Monitor is, also, still awaiting the jorlty necessary to put it into ef-
he is familiar with every phase probably continue to wait, empty-
of the painting and paper-hang- handed, since the sponsoring or- unanimously, 148-0, on Feb. 1 4.
ing business, both commerciidF ganization became defunct before The Senate also gave unanimqps
and residential*— and adds that the poll was completed. approval, 30-0, on Feb. 22.
he and Mrs. Atteberjy are en- The Indies on Peacock's Sales H. B 245 will provide a flat
joying being East Texans! * Service bowling team set a re- mutase in benefits baaeR on the
Mrs. Jean York is back al her ^ord series in the annual city : number of years a teiSchCI* was
desk at Tom Pegues Real Estate tournament Saturday night and retired by Dec 31, 1866 The
after a siege of Influenza at her thought they had the team title ‘hecks of all retired teachers will
— hnnw----------------------------sewed upi Thsa, Sunday aHes ■' HHrMIK ll.SQ CaCh m(?nlh tJjm*?
And Forrest Sapp, the Monitor’s; neon, the five members of Otho’s ,he number of years of their
barber across-the-streci neighbor. Toronados racked up an even retirement.
is also back at his shop aftei higher score to take the team The average increase will be
Scaring his wife and friends with!title. Singles and doubles ev>- fabout $1$ monthly. Hinson said,
a sudden illness last week O f ents will be run off this coming "Although this does nof repre-
course, his faithful canine friend , weekend at Melon ‘ Lanes. ] sent the increase in retirement
and companion is also back —■
in fact, that’s how we knew when
Forrest came back to work!
Grover Smith Jr. had major
surgery recently at the Brazos-
port Community Hospital. A ma-
chinist for Dow Chemical at Free-
port, he is now recuperating at
his home in Lake Jackson.
Shorty Qualls, Mineola plumb-
er and Volunteer Fireman, is re-
the moral fib- make
of our youth and we
The wveltw IwNie fcMsr bidwg I that this Act will .hclp tfl
the worst of winter and the best, -stimulate the thinking ot out ----------
If the weather is typical, there • ymmg fveeple alurvg the lines ut -Hum last week were Ran-
will be plenty of bluster arid nioial up-rightness .dolph Watson, president of Kil-
Thw bill will curb all activities j gore ’ ''n* n *■
important to relating to obscenity and provid- Jenkins, president
eg various
on 7o^n7'lthor«."nds'7f d^erv-l** «’ld air mass movy, in and and fi for
leaves the sky a crystal blue. CO(k. A person who sells, showi, lege,
or distributes any obscene article pleasure of the company of. my
er picture to a minor can be. fund
up to $2,000 oi sentenced
two year term in
second conviction of
is a
Two Accidents \
Noted Saturday
Excitement ran' high Saturday
afternoon in Mineola for a few
minutes when a t ar ^invitued of f
the dock at Sharp's An-
repbrted to b ‘ a, x-sup-h Pat iff b«i‘;ly m**-
organized crime uUh1v kn(lt.k,.(| <|„w n
Tiie porfiOgtaphy racket now
blectls thousands dollars eqfh t on pf alld
in month from the pockets of out UJ,jir,,xlnl
youth BuniHhini must be done' ( ((u> Ti.xa>
wav tracks
Ir^yuroud Bodiford. dtlYfr of
[the rar. apparently l*»-t control
uf the vehicle, .acyoidum to pol-
ice aut'iori’u- He wa ehivgt I
in county court with dfiViliK while
.mtnx iated an I charged in t-i'v
court with dfsordcily ctmdutd. He
Was rtUeaaod. after uavfnetlt Of
a
dessert. You're going
Mineola General Hospital
„ Admissions -James T Hurt -
sei ing.. {man, finer Pattick, Barbara
Note: l'i cups leftover cooked Cofcw WbUc,
Chicken may be substituted for Jarne, i>,bbs. William i
canned chicken. 'laryd. Reba William*. Novta Un-'
Serve your quick dteh with dc|WOQ(t Marth. Thoma*,
lettuce wedge* topped with a fav- phi ma Tbu,man>
orite bottled dressing and with
tomato slices I’
sprinkler! with seasoned salt and
heated in your gas broiler.
No
make candy, remember’’
Junior (College:
■ ~t of Tyler Jutl-
and M. P Baker,
Panola Junior Col-
honored to have the
ivleaseri, after payment
fine,
Anil Saturday uighl a iwozcar
Par- rolUsion at tlw tntei *e< turn of
Thomas Ron - Sycamore and West Bu< hAnan
erts. Wilburn Koom, Frank. Hall. Strrwts requited in heaw damage
that have b t e n j.(inn<1 Nancy Caifthxi. j to both* vrtjiit lc>.
Marie Spitzer. J<»hn English, Lu-J Mme..la Police aiifhontb s said
thrr Craig. -William Hasten, Lena ! t-harle>. Cu|„,r dfH lnM a 1 jj $ 3
McQueen. Carol Francis. RotaH jilrku,, ftuek. was going north
■ n Sriomore Sheet wti-fi h . •
[Vehicle col!,id<sf with .1 1967 Volk-
swagen. going ea-t yn
Bufhanan and .1tiv<n by
Sally Smith
Minor injur
a oassetigt-r
w ife. Rose, in Austin for a couple
of riays at the first of the wwk
FORGIX-FNESS" Forgiyenes;
change the past b u t it
enlarge the future.
i ‘ THE MINEOLA MONITOR
1 Published each Wednesday, ex-
cept for the first two weeks in
July, at Mineola, Texas 7S771, by
i Editors' Publishing Co. Entered
; as aaeond-class mail at the Post
, Office at Mineola, Texas 7S773.
Last week in the Senate two, to P.ot‘ > ■ t^e young pe<>PH'
of mv fellow senator*. R.lph'.gihbl 7 ,"
Hall of Rockwall and J. P. Word 1 APPRECIAlh a , .
of Meridian, and 1 totroduced letters, cards, and < <•$ -
bill which will amend the Penal which intercsteii •££*
Code of Texas to prohibit obsc- me to express ‘heir ur w* a n <1
ene mcratuie and ]mrnogrnphy optokiw .4 cmront pfupoicd kg-
f'We are shocked at the" continued Islatinn 1 hone you wtll continue
attacks by money-hungry pur-; to write in your idea* and please
vevors of lust on the moral fib- make sure you put your return
re of our youth and we hope addn's* so that the letter ^a n
I V * i UH JXUirrred ■ — —
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