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DEEPER THAN YOU THINK? .
He May Be Correct-Maybe It
Is An Elvis Presley Century
It Must Take
Much Practice .
home that night. That's getting
around the country pretty fast.
W4L BOYLE SAYS
Professional Santa Has
His Own Income Problems
use it on its main news
Since then, two real
ed. Here he has come 11 times
since he took office — tar, far
Two and one-half years ago, Jack-
son sustained a broken leg, which
to eligible wives and retired wom-
en workers and at full rates to
widows and mothers of deceased
insured workers.
Envered • venuna "lum mul mutter el ms posttnice •» Dsntun Texaa
Jnquury 18 1921 nceording to Act of Congrena Marek 8. 1873
Burn
MONTH HE
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FORM AND
SOT A STINKER!
MOMMSSONS
MASOANED
ITS TUNE ND
NOW ITS
LOUD AND LDNG!
cleared in advance with Secret
Service agents on duty at the
highway entrance
While there has been no rain to
fall in the county for some time,
there has been a heavy dew each
morning recently The concrete
walks and street* have been moist
and no doubt the moisture has
helped keep the grain going Al
Petty, county agent, said. "The
dews have been helpful all right,
but when that 82 degree temper-
ature comes along each morning,
it doesn't last long. The moisture
disappears."
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stock market?
"Pretty well,” he admitted. "I
am welcome any time of the year
in Wall Street. They all want
Santa's money.
"But for real dynamic action
taken time to jot • note to the
Record-Chronicle (Thursday’s ed-
itorial page), based on that sotry.
WHY THE COMMENT
TELEPHONE CENTRAL-SMI
Pubushed every evenu
Denton Publishing Co.
texcept Saturday! and Sunday morning by:
e . 314 E Hickory St '
By ED (REAGH
Associated Press Analyist
WASHINGTON (M -Maybe this
will become known as the Elvis
Presley Century.
It’s whiny, sneering. trembly in
the legs and it makes a lot of
WASHINGTON • - About 300,-
000 women under 63 years of rge
will begin receiving federal old
4 just a sec
MR.COPELAN,
1 ANDILLAAVE
L. (TFORYOU:
In Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. u—One reason
this is a favorite vacation retreat
What passes for woman's intui-
tion is often nothing more than
man's transparency--George Jean
Nathan, Reader s Digest.
_ ing along, even though they may not be exactly news:
"We have campaigned for a lot of things in tht
years We've been a country editor. Not been
_ like the criticism and abuse which go along with thia
kind of newspapering, but because we think being an
editor—even the editor of a little newspaper—is one
privacy — the almost complete
seclusion — he has here at the
Cooked dried lima beans, seaso-
ned with onion an dbrown sugar,
are delicious served with pork.
more thanranywhereeie, I “the ermine is ermine." and two
w„Foe-. ypEnow the hard-work outfits that cost about
piWbyev“n“behornhe“owas°prts.s00 each-the ermine Is rabbit..
dent - while he still was in the
Army. In those days, he came to
write. It was timely. It was well
read, for it was interesting. That's
why the Record-Chronicle chose to
provocation."
Squire has two fancy Santa out-
; to hire a good dynamic salesman.
, and wouldn't mind if be had a
white beard?” .
Santa is really worrying that,
come Dec. », he'll be up a chim-
ney- reading the want ads,, fot-
gotten again.
"I was ever the Pacific Ocean
yesterday," said Bob Storrie. Bob.
it seems. when he travels takes
to the air. Recently he left Carter
TOWN
By Rj A. EDWARDS
ing between the lines of Ed
Creigh’s story. Or, perhaps. we
read into the story something that
wasn't there. As one reader said
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NOTICL TO PUBLIC:
Any erroneous refteeuon apon the character, reputation or etanding of
any »wm inaividumi ur corporution will be gladiy corrected upon veing
palind to the publishers attention
rhe ouninnen are not respuneibie for cop ominalona, tpographical
errur ot any untntenuonai erron Ums ocour other than to correct la
mu wave ahver n n broughs tu their attention. AU advertting organ
JUL smmmssahiss
John Blair of th* Ponder com-
munity to visiting his daughter.
Mrs. J. A. Hairgrove in Rosen-
berg. and It may be that he
won't be back in Denton County till
after the holidays, as he has three
daughters to that part of Texas-
two to Rosenberg and one in Hous-
ton
NEW YORK U-Nobody wor-
ries about Santa Claus—but he
hanuah pnoblemhea playing the
stock market in an effort to pile
up enough cash to Ude him over
from one Christmas to another.
"Even a jolly old saint IA*»
to eat regularly," said Santo. 1
sure wish I could get on a steady
payroll. As it to my work is high-
ly seasonal, only about two
months out of the year.
"I can't get enough consecutive
weeks of work to draw unemploy-
ment insurance. I had to go into
the stock market. This year I
hope to top the 13.000 - a - year
bracket.”
•• «cceptd o "hi bet ony.
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SPRINGFIELD, III. I—Sixteen
of 30 applicants for licenses as
professional horseshoers failed to
pass the state exam. It seems
horseshoers aren't getting enough
practice these days, the Illinois
Horseshoers Examining Commit-
tee soberly declares.
By TOM KIRKLAND
Record-Chronicle Staff Writer
An Elvis Presley Century?
That's what Associated Press
News Analyst Ed Creigh called
the 30th century in a story on the
front page of last Friday's Rec-
ord-Chronicle ("The World, The
Flesh, The Result"’.
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How does Santa fare in the
ments passed by Congress this
year will get checks.
The amendments permit pay-
ments at age 62, at reduced rates.
___I CHAINOF COMMAND
Gardeners in the Mendham. N.J. Garden Club have
lust given up trying to fight nature. Faced with a
lush growing summer, they decided to hold a "biggest
weed” contest. The winner: A 15 foot tall wild lettuce
weed grown by Miss Florence Colvilie.
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H. J. Thomas, John Leverton
and Frank Stubblefield of Slidell
had a good day In the field on the
opening day of the season. They
managed to bag fourteen birds be-
hind Stubblefield's pointer, which
is a winner in some of the field
trials.
Santa is Lucky S. Squire. • .
portly gentleman,in his Ms with
a genuine foot-long white beard.
It's the real board, he feels, that
sets him apart from the phonies
in the hol-ho!-and red-stocking-
cap-industry.
"I gave up two other careers to
toko this on,” said Squire, who
is top man in his field and wants
it clearly understood he to no
bowery • type Kris Kringle.
Squire, who was born in Hun-
gary—and likes to pun, "I still
am hungry "—has been a lay
preacher, a physical therapist
ghd a children's camp counselor.
About 10 years ago his mous-
tache began to whiten and the
camp kids started calling him
Santa Claus.
“I decided I would be Santa
Claus.” recalled Squire. "It took
me two years to grow the beard.
Since then at least a ‘nilliop
children have sat on may lap and
told me what they wanted lor
Christmas. During the season I
work sometimes from 7 *.m. to
midnight. I've worked for a dozen
department stores. I've been on
calendar*. greeting cards, in
newspaper and magazine ads,
beauty pageants. auto shows, ra-
age and survivors insurance
________ And checks this week. the Social Se-
since 1778 the U. S. could not af- curity Administration said today,
ford to look shamefully upon Commissioner Charles I. Schott-
smaller nations breaking away land said that more than a third
from empires. We did it. and Bri of the women who could get bene-
tain 110 years later is once again fits for November under amend-
faced with what's nothing more • • --------- •'
a ke yword: Tender. Not too hard
or it might hurt. Love is danger-
ous anyway; people might take
advantage of you
JUT SNEER
Besides, get too intense and you
wind up on a psychiatrist's
couch. It's simpler to hate. Or at
least to snear.
"Don't be cruel. .
That’s Mother Presley tune. No,
don’t be cruel Why are people
so mean to us when we’re so nice
to everybody* Nobody understands
us Everybody hates us. "Heart
break Hotel. . .”
Presly Again. And that s us..
Brash and childish. Rich
whimpering.
"Love Me Tender. : ."
of late, the diplomatic circles have
been so wrought with minds clot
ed to any idea other than their
own that v elvet sales are hurting.
So, read Ed Creigh’s story
again (it's reprinted on this page
today.’
He might be ‘very correct.
"The newspaper must be aggressive if the town is to
remain aggressive, so that both may live. There are
now thousands of small communities competing
against one another for survival. Those that do sur-
vive in this ever-accelerating cycle of elimination will
be served by newspapers trying to do a .worthwhile
job.
"A dusty little town of 800 souls in Kansas getting
a fire truck may not seem like much, but it is more
important than you think. Little towns fade away
because the people in them become self-satisfied, lazy,
unimaginative, and loae their civic pride."
We present Editor Snyder's views at this length as
expert, first-hand verification, right from the firing-
line, of our own long-cherished conviction that the
guts and spirit and drive of America is in the grass-
roots, and very largely in the keeping of the dedicated
and inspired men and women who publish the nation's
small-town newspapers.
Maybe the colonialism question ■
was also the basis for his say-
ing "this century does a lot of
wiggling and squirming without
ever getting anywhere.” But ht
tering World War II. a definite
policy regarding smaller nations
seeking independence.
replied, "Well, I'd be more truth-
ful if I said Tv* just kept on
trying. None of the anglers seem
to be having much luck right now.”
ITS COLONIALISM
It's called colonialism.
Small-Town Editor Is Praised
(Ai Written By Bob Taylor in Washington-Exelusive)
Eight years ago, when Joe Snyder was editor of the
Natoma-Luray (Kana.) Independent, he started agitat-
ing for a new fire truck. The other day be received
a copy of the paper from the preaent editor and pub-
lisher, Ullin M. Washabaugh. And from the top of
page one, the following headline greeted him: "Dear
Joe—New Fire Truck Delivered To City Tuesday,”
and beneath it was the success story of Joe Snyder’s
campaign!
in his own paper, The Gallatin (Mo.) Democrat, Joe
opines:” . . . it’s mhighty nice to receive a bouquet for
once. It just doesn't happen to a small town editor
very often." And Editor Snyder continues with some
further observations that we think are worthy of pass-
Nathan Solomon, Jr., son of Mr,
and Mrs. Nathan Solomon, >17
Pierce Street, flew 2,800 miles of
so to get some home-cooked food.
Nathan, Jr. lives in San Fran-
cisco, where he is employed in
the ticket office of the American
Airlines, a position which he has
held far the past nine months. He
was here with his parents for unly
a couple of days.
Bud Stanley, former Denton res-
ident, was hers from his farm in
the Aubrey community. Bud to a
native of Denton and his first work
even when a youngster, was in the
engine room of the Alliance Mill-
ing Co. His father, the late John
F Stanley, was chief engineer
at NTSC at which place he work-
ed for 22 years. The past 15 years,
tie has been living on his farm.
Sitting In our lonely rooms, biting
our fingernails, waiting for the
bomb to go off, lamenting the
warm comfort (or so it says here)
of centuries past. ____
History may say that this side-
burned youth who wiggles his hips
while singing popular songs. was
a symbol of this time—that this
century does a lot of wiggling
and squirming without ever getting
anywhere.
Try to imagine a Presley in the
1800, when tougher people than
we were forging the world we
seem to be dithering away.
But when the American people
Presley. Doubtless he does the
best he can, and nobody should
interfere with his right to do it.
But when the American eople
shell out over a million dollars a
yepr to watch him do it-
Well. leave it at that Maybe
this to an Elvis Presley Century
SOMEHOW
TTLE PARNOID
GRABBED HIM- ■
SEIF A GOOD
REPORT CARD
LAST MONTH
AND MOMMA
SANG MER
PRAISES 10
HIS TEACHER
SWEET AND
LOW.’
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Perhaps it is. And perhsps many may have had in. mind the United know theareasas one of the most
—— 21-- .---iht----- Nations, too. celebrated.go.ourSevinaa1n5
I country, the AUKUSVa Nvalenel
SEX OR ROMANCE? And Eisenhower loves to golf.
money.
1 its voice is discordant to every-
' put a stop to his outdoor activities. j teen-agers., ,
......Since I suffered the 11 reeks of sex instead of ro-
i mance, but it runs like a hare
Thursday. “maybe it’s an easy
way to fill white space."
We feel it wasn’t just filling
white space. It seems to be much
deeper than that Knowing Ed
Creigh’s writing. It appeared to, be
an excellent example of satire —
satire on the world in which we
live, the world in which many have
. died simply because of disagree-
ments which rumble Into the mis-
ery called war.
Actually, the entire story seem-
ed to be pegged on a facet of in-
ternational relations much bigger
than a man named Presley can
ever hope to be. "+ ’
Dr. M. B Ray, who was under-
treatment at the Veterans Hospi-
tal in McKnney for two and one-
half months this summer and fall,
has returned home to resume his
practice. ‘Tve been back on the
job for the past two weeks," he
said, “but next year I’ll go back
to the hospital for further exami-
nation and probable treatment."
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fields, for a while looked as though
they might give considerable pas-
ture, but as the rains didn’t come
that graze didn't last long. The
grain didn't come back readily aft-
er It once been bitten down by
•tock."
KD/rOW^LS _____ -
Apathy Of Public Toward
Polio Danger Is Surprising
Secretary of Welfare Folsom has challenged the
nation's news media to urge use of abundant polio
vaccine with the same emphasis they used in covering
th1* story of vaccine scarcity.
The Record-Chronicle accepts its responsibility.
It is surprising that, in the face of such a dread
disease, there is a new danger—the danger of public
aPahhYdren are just as susceptible to polio as they
ever were -unless they are inoculated with vaccine.
Today, the supplies of vaccine are reported plentiful
for both children and young adults.
It is ironic that large euantities of antipolio vac-
cine are not being used They are piled high in ware-
houses and sitting on drugstore shelves, the American
Press has been informed Unless vaccine is promptly
used, many persons will suffer paralysis or even death
-next year—who could have been spared.
We therefore urge all parents to see that their
children are inoculated aganst this dread disease.
If one little life is saved, this editorial will be well
worth while.
Augusta Netional Golf Club.
It was here he came in 1952 break out laughing without any
' within 24 hours after he was elect- -aueni “
of the finest jobs there is...
"William Allen White once said: ‘An editor is really
a trustee, entitled to his profit* only if they are clean
, and decent to the fullest extent that he may make
them. Unless be can give the public some valuable
thing—guidance, information or entertainment—he
has no right to his profit.'
"We attempt to run our papers in that vein... There
are simpler ways of running a paper but we don’t
. think most of our readers would like it as well.
"One doesn't have to look far to see towns that are
dying, or but a spot where towns once stood. . . Any
town of today, if it is to live, must possess a moving
spirit that will keep it alive; that will specifically pro-
mote and attract people from an ever widening circle.
It calls for good stores with larger varieties of mer-
chandise; merchants rather than mere storekeepers.
Thyre must be good schools, churches, recreational
facilities, accomodations for those who might want to
take up residence. The newspaper, if it is the right
kind, is the moving spirit that promotes such things.
"The ‘good-enough’ newspaper is never good enough
because it can not advance the interests of the town
... reach out into that ever widening circle and attract
increased patronage to local stores. It will not pro-
mote the things that make for new community attrac-
tions.
ly on the grain at
C. C. Cunningham.
Memphis nieh. • anreakfastin th totally aElvs’Presfey cen
York. supper in Memphis and t*”7?, , ---------------
Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Langley,
former Denton residents now of
Dallas, were in Denton Thursday
morning. Mrs. Langley, prior to
her marriage, was Miss Mary
Gregg. Her mother, Mrs. Cuvier
Lipscomb, Sr.. 93, suffered a brok-
en leg last September in a fall
from her bed Since she has been ,
unable to walk and Mri. Langley
seems doubtful if she will ever
I be able to walk again.
give me the commodity markets-,
particularly eggs or onions I
made $200 on eggs recently. that
is, until the market went down
again. I'm still holding on
“I'm licensed to sell real es-
tate or stocks myself. Do you
know of anyone who would Ilk*
And certainly (Presley fans take But it was not until after he was
note) Ed Creigh wasn t refering elected that he realised that here
oruromance: j . .... literaHly are fenced in No one
That discordant voice might goes down the magnolia-lined lane
very well be the harsh, raspy ?..... • ■ • •
words of diplomats who are r-
puted to have mouths which is-
sue words lined with velvet. But
-------- 'I
1 Met up with C. H. Jackson up-
town Thursday for the first time;
in many months. In years past,'
he and E. D. Massey were just
about as busy and ardent anglers
as could be found in these parts.
. It might well be an Elvis Pres-
» ME stanes _____
heretofore uncertain stand in re- .
lation to so-called neutral nations? ( Old Age Checks
After all, it wasn’t until last F»
month that the United States forg- Due I his Week
ed, for the first time since Ite en --5 1 -- " E-m
awnen.asked a.pe,wsrrsatshinzi nalonatiystamouustiewamalysi
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issanat ” one
mala
PMhe President in the last four tout atpound-adyocate of the
aw"v fmm w ashington ore* ber, is ready to go by Novemrer.
Eet.2away Jroms"ashinuns Pke His art has its stern demands,
pures or-a,) clur a intie Because of his beard he had 10
alm atprinEinCaliti g« h Den give up cigar smoking-stained it
18 aS Thomatypfn-“djaid yellow"—he has to avoid spaghet-
S X rSSX.’Sf* usand he x “«to drink
. Bui nowhere does he have the Fom isn"toscasytbe . Santa,"
he said. "The first and hardest
thing to master to the merry ho-
ho-ho! You have to be able to
The Lord our God be with us. as
he was with our fathers, let him
not leave us nor forsake us —1
Kings 8:57
God has been with our father*
ton. He will never forsake us, if
we hold fast to Him.
from serious commitments.
Maybe, like the groaning post
adolescent from Tennessee the
30th Century is more a fad than a
reality. Maybe we'U got over it
by the year 3000, which is no en-
couragement to those of us who
don’t expect to be around that
long.
LOST CENTURY
We don't have, as the poet World
War I days had. a lost genera-
tion.
We've lost a whole century.
We split the atom and opened
the door in power and riche* un«
dreamed of. Instead we used this
new tool to blast two cities level
with the earth and raced on, idiot
fashion, finding bigger and better
ways to blow ourselves to pieces.
We built a standard of living
that put two cars in many a ga-
rage-four, for that matter, in a
certain male canary’s entourage
—but we begrudged the money to
build the schools to educate our
kids.
Yet. An Elvis Presley Century.
L
than little puppy asking big dog
for a bone.
But we had no definite announc-
ed policy on these new nation*
until Anglo-French troop* inbad-
ed Egypt — a country still des-
perateiy, though certainly nor
properly: trying to carve a niche
for itself after many yean as a
British colony.
Not until we took a stand — a
stand which told the many small
nations of the world seeking to
do just what we did in 1776 —
did anyone know the important
answer to the question often put
to America.
And that seems to be what Ed
Creigh wrote about when he put it,
"Heartbreak Hotel . . . that's us.
Sitting in our lonely rooms, biting
our fingernails, waiting for the
bomb to go off, lamenting the
warm comfort (or so it say*
here) oi centuries past "
"School taxes are coming in nice-
ly now," said Lee Preston, asses-
sor-collector, "The delinquents
have been responding to notices
sent them by the agency which
has been employed for that pur-
pose There have been no suits fil-
ed so far. Many people intend get-
ting around to paying their tax-
es, but they seemingly just forget
it for the time "
■ J. L. Wright, who underwent an1
operation several weeks ago and
has been confined to his home for
the past 10 day* or so, expects
to be back at his desk in the coun-
ty clerk's office next week. A. J.
Barnett, clerk, said. "I thought,
when I saw J. L. the other day
that he was getting ready for the
Centennial Celebration, as he was
beginning to sport a pretty fair
beard. He had some skin trouble,
which kept him from shaving for
several days, but when I aam him
Wednesday he was all-shaved and
had lost his whiskers."
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