The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 1974 Page: 1 of 8
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NINETY EIGHTH YEAR - NUMBER 46
IAY. JANUARY 80, 1874
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EIGHTPAGES
Speaker Is Named
First Planning Session Set
For ‘Citizens’ Co
mittee’
of the ance to the community commit- various federal and state
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the Republican Primary. The sented the people of America
district includes the counties of and the people of Texas. But
Calvin Smith’s
Rites Last Week
GOP Committeeman
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Seeking Senate Seat
and Bill Presswood. Says
Curry, "These are all civic
minded people and I believe
they will make an outstanding
contribution to the effort."
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He and his wife, the is
Stone, have two
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has been active in the Paris
Jaycees, Paris Homebuilders
Association, the Texas Land
Title Association, Lamar Coun- '
ty Chamber of Commerce board ~
of directors, and the Texas
Association of Realtors.
He to a recipient of the Paris
Jaycees' Distinguished Service
Award. ,
$3,787 in ad valorem Church. the Heroines of Jerico,
y taxes and $2,866 in - and the Order of the Eastern
are Sid Cox, Bob Bruce,
Herman Gresham, Ruth Lott
Former Paris Mayor James
W. Farris has announced as a
candidate for the U.S. House of
Representatives, District 1, in
the Republican primary.
Farris, who served two
talking with the people. We
need in Congress someone who
is truly representative of the
majority view as the nation -
confronts some of the most
difficult issues of this century,
such as the energy crisis and
maintaining a healthy eco-
nomy."
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western Bell helped
local economy last
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Jan. 19-20 in Paris, and several
members of Post 7628, Mineola,
attended.
Attending from Mineola
were Commander L. L. Cudd
and Auxiliary President Peggy
Cudd, Mr. .and Mrs. Charles
Crone, Mr. and Mrs. Cal
Staggs, Mrs. JoAnn Shields,
Mrs. Mary Sheffield, Jess
Cypert, Mr. and Mrs. John
Knapp and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Mann, all of Post 7528.
Commander John Sheffield,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mastin,
and. Mr. and Mrs, George
Wade, all of Tyler Post 7211,
also attended.
Past State Commander Clif-
ford ‘Teer, a member of the
VFW National Home boardFor
directors, and State President
Eva Teer attended the District
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community may anticipate, as far as the City of Mineola is
based on information accumu- concerned.
lated by both the committee
and the ETCOG. Possible _
solutions to those future Golden 4-Hers
problems are also incorporated ca r _ A
into the master plan, arrived at Btart Work Oil
oxmaomumuitgateypomsctin. Foods, Nutrition
ETCOG staff members, and _ _ ..
The Golden 4-H Foods and
* ^Nutrition Project Club was or-
What’s Cooking fanizadatardaxeftrnnan
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Burial was in Mineola City and Longview, Glasgow said, and back to
Cemetery under direction of “Texas needs in office the kind Texas. The
the White Funeral Home of .of people who volunteer to unanimously
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Mineola High School, are
residing in the church parson-
age at 505 Pegues Street. The
Heflins have two older children,
both married, who live in
Belton. Mrs. Heflin is employed
at Collins in Mineola.
Geno Bright
Y'MeAlister
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CAKE FOR «M That's what the elabarata
with engineers and product
next August, says that now • managers about the latest
since she has made the first Hesston equipment.
Mrs. Blanchard and husband dome enclosing the miniature
Jack catered the McAllister- bride and groom. —
Cain wedding, and the huge Mrs. Blanchard, who notes
cake was a "featured attrac- that Wilson’s Bakery will mark
tion" at the reception which its 29th birthday in Mineola
Community Comprehensive the community. The ETCOG Regional Planner
Planning Program, and alder- The committee's recommen- merely provides answers to
man Sam Curry was appointed dations are then incorporated technical questions, does neces-
as the city's representative. into a master plan for sary research, and provides
community development, .cov- assistance with drafting and
Members of the committee 7’ ering a ten-year planning printing of the community plan,
period. This master plan And the whole operation gets
recognises future proHoms the under way Thursday, Jan. 81,
Citizens’ Planning Committee tee so that an evaluation of agencies.
named by the City Council will present and future problems According to a spokesman for
bo held at 6 p.m. Thursday, can bo made. An inventory of the East Texas Council of
Jan. 81, in the council room at existing conditions — popula- Governments, the citizens’
the city hall. tion, economy, land use, planning committee is the key
housing, transportation — is to the entire program, since it
The committee is the city's taken, then the citizens’ makes the decisions and
"agent" in local efforts con- committee uses this as a tool to determines the quality of the
nected with the Elast Texas consider all the problems and plan through the amount of
Council of Goveraments Small decide on the best direction for time and effort devoted to it.
The Mineola Speech Club will
provide entertainment for the District VFW
event, and Byron Leewright An .. Ir 1.
wil) serve as master of Meeting Held
ceremonies. General chairman
" — - of the
irs and
Mr. Smith, 70, was a native of kind of people who volunteer to have a branch office.”
Quitman and a member of the work in civic clubs. Glasgow grew up in Ark-
• East Chapel C.M.E. Church of * ansas and attended the Univer-
Star. J
She is survived by her hus-
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wedding held Nov. 10 in Quitman. The newlyweds are at the
left above; the parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Gastea
Caln, are at right, between Mrs. Blanchard hpdnthe cake
she gave to the
for the banquet is Virgil „ A district meetir
Peacock, who to to formally Veterans of Foreign
succeed Hardy Hamm as CofC the Ladies Auxiliaries was hold
president that night.
Corps. The gross receipt taxes.
of the First "Although economists differ
in their predictions for 1974,
our forecastereWe another
For C of C Banquet ।
The Rev. E. C. McKenzie of The Rev. Mr. MeKenzie,
Canton, a widel knwn guest speaker, retired from the
humorist-philosopher, will be active ministry in 1971 after
principal speaker at the 29th 54 years of service in 28 states,
annual Membership Banquet of Following his retirement, he
the Mineola Chamber of settled down in Canton, county
Commerce. seat of his county of birth.
The banquet is to be held at 7 • The author of 12 books, he
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the was editor-in-chief of the
Multipurpose Room of Mineola Standard Reference Indexed
High School. " Bible.
Tickets for the banquet have His name is listed in the J
been mailed to the member- latest editions of Who's Who in I
ship, with the request that the South, The National
checks for the tickets (or the Register of Prominent Ameri-
tickets themselves, if not cans. The International Pkt-
needed) be sent to the Chamber form Association, and The
office no later than Thursday, Directory of International Not- I
Feb. 7. ables."
At The Schools
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Mineola school lunchroom paring Strawberry Milk.
menus for next week: Project leaders Mrs. Eloise
Monday: Pizza, lettue and Cunningham and Mrs. Ruth
tomato salad, baked beans, Logan began the project "Ex-
purple plums, orange juice, ploring Foods the Picnic Way"
bread, milk. by teaching the 4-Hers how to
_ Glasgow is President of Liberal Democrats and the
19, following an altercation in Cooper & Comr- " “ “ T
which charges were filed in stock brokerage (_
Quitman Justice of -the Peace tered in Longview. direction."
court against another man for He now represents the Glasgow and Ms wife, Gerry,
stabbing Smith. • Senatorial District on the State live at 609 Young Street in
Funeral services were held at Republican Executive Commit- Longview. They moved from
2:80 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in tee. His recent work has been Dallas in 1966 when their twin
the East Chapel C.M.E. Church to seek out public-spirited sons, Tim and Mike, were
of Mineola with the Rev. J. 8. citizens to run for office on the seniors in high school
Waddleton. the Rev. Fred » Republican ticket. "Wo were not transferred,"
Bagsby and the Rev. L. Wil- —-
liams officiating.
Tuesday: Hot Dogs & Chili, make a “hobo thermos."
as is =e
nownto the corporate, "FiPiye“rha"Pchese. WandubMartin,khmMonk,
guartersandmanufacturing Plmiento Sandwich, French Pamela Penny, Robin Robin
fa duties a t Hesston, Kansas, on fries & salad, milk, son, David Sewell, Donald
peanut butter cookies. aSmith and Charles Teel
SEws: GOP Candidate In
viewed windrowers, forage me e m m .
- bw Sh?on the Gengressional Kace ——
assembly Une. They also talked
sey Bowie officiating.
• Burial was in the Ray Cemo-
in recent appearances seek- Mrs. Glasgow relates. "We just “To keep pace with this kind tery in Hawkins, under direc
ing candidates in Tyler, Piano wanted to get out of the big city of growth and high usage of tion of White Funeral Home of
....... my native East telephone facilities we’re In- Mineola.
t family voted vesting more than one-half 1 Mrs. Rucker, 62, was a native
„ poop.._______ _________j to move to billion dollars in Texas this of Stoneham but had lived in
work in their churches, and the Longview where Jim's firm did year," Adams noted. "South- Hawkins for the past several
‘ - western Bell helped boost the years. She was a member of the
year by Bethlehem United Methodist
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James E. Glasgow of Long- hard.” Long an advocate of the
view announced Monday his two-party system for Texas, he
intention to file for the office of said, "Many years ago, the
State Senator, District II, in Democrat party truly repre-
Mineola. “We urge'you, also, to take sity of Arkansas. He has served
He is survived by one son, part in Republican Party in the U.S. Marine C, ~
Calvin Smith Jr. of Dallas; five functions. Weare controlled by family are members of______ .... ______...........- -
daughters, Mrs. Barbara Lon- majority vote-from the precinct Presbyterian Church in Long in their predictions for 1974, band, the Rev. I. O. Rucker of I _
•don, Mrs. Margaret Johnson, level on up. You can have the view, and he has served as our forecasterste another Hawkins; one son, I. O. Rucker engaged
Mrs. Nina Turner and Miss Di- kind of political party you want, Elder and Deacon both in year of growth ahead for Jr., of St. Louis, Mo.; two I . .
anna Smith, all of Dallas, and simply by taking part," he Longview and in their Church in Mineola," said Adams. ” We daughters. Mrs. Anita Black of ance of adult feeder Mrs. Bill
Miss Velma Smith of Mineola; qdded. “I hope other public Dallas. Glasgow was “chairman expect to serve 240 more Jacksonville" aqd Miss Juanita Horn. • __________
A two stepdaughters, MK Kath- spirited ‘citizens will follow my of the Grogg County Ropubli- phones this year and we’ll ' V. Rucker of Hawkins; a d in the Horn home. Fron
/ srine Wilkerson of Los An- example and offer to serve in can Party two years until he continue toshonor our commit- brother, Johnny Lawrence of The group meets on Tuesday right, they are Vonnie 1
rales. Calif., and Miss Irish public office." t was elected to the State ment to provide the host Los Angeles, Calif.; a sister, and Thursday afternoons, after Donna Rhodes, Jane
Harris of Houston; and 16 Glasgow intends to run a Executive Committee in Doc- ppesible communications sor- Mrs. Rebecca Deary of Haw- school in Mrs. Horn’s home. Kelley Williams and Tammie
grandchildren, . positive campaign, and to "run ember. 1973. vice in Mineola," he concluded, ./kins; and, three grandchildren. They are making preparations Monk.
Farris is a graduate of the
Getting Ready For Foods Show! Mmrmecms
A group oflocaldH girls are for‘entering the County Foods Paris, and is now ■■■■Will
igaged in a Foods and Show to bi held in Quitman in with •' Paris real estate firm.
Nutrition project under guid- March. He is a director of the First
“1 Group members are shown in National Bank of Paris.
take n He has been an active leader
left go in the Central United Presby-
rvant. terian Church.
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The ETCOG program is
designed to allow small com-
munities to develop a planning
md generation bride. F - ■ a five-member Planning Com-
" mittee, and names a council
Quitman -Couple, Local Bakery .
_ - _ _ — w w ner supplies technical assist-
in 2nd Generation Wedding
/ — Hesston Agents
Over 26 years ago — back in too long after the Cains’ silver followed the ceremony. _
1948 — Miss Nelwyn Puckett wedding anniversary, their For the cake, 46 pounds of Hawn T Plant
and Gaston Paul Cain of daughter Debra Ann became batter and 18 pounds of butter —-w- * --
Quitman were married, and the bride of Terry Howard cream icing were used, to
their wedding cake was baked McAllister in a • Quitman provide enough cake to serve
and decorated by Wilson’s wedding — and the cake for 600 people. The bate of the cake
Bakery in Mineola. Debr’s wedding was a gift ofl was a 24"x40" oblong with a
that eabo, ono at hundnsda - Waacn!»'Bakery, aa the fintie heart shaped layer at either
turned out by the bakery in "svcond-generation" wedding in end; in the center were three
Mineola over the years, was an the bakery’s history. round tiers, in graduated sites.
tt;0. -oblong with two-heart-shaped-------Debra,besides-beingone of with the center tier represent-
thp atat, nrranirafinn layers on top of it, topped with the first “children" of Wilson- ing the altar. Miniature brides-
At th. C?,,!,.. 1, ’ . a miniature bride and groom. catered weddings to become a maids, dressed in gold satin,
e.A q>vin» A. Ache ,4 On November 10, 1978, not bride herself, has a special and miniature groomsmen at-
pmdddzicrgb"sdedsn:
New Pastor At VWWI Groups
Mineola Church ngewerseia To Meet Friday yer" - a a a decorated arehsd
Cthe, First assembixat God DMAs To Meet me woa coune. Barracks
xhurehe Mineola, recentiygcal The DMAs wiu meet Tues- of Veterans of World War I,
ed-oeHefin.aspstonofthe day afternoon, Feb. 6, at 2 and the Auxiliary, will hold
chuehiocated at Second and o’clock in the Fellowship Hall of their monthly meeting Friday,
Buchanan streets. the First Christian Church of Feb.1.
The new pastor, who assurn- Mineola. The meeting is to get under wedding cake for the second
eddutieslatein.December,- Games and light refresh- way at noon with a covered dish SW Bell Notes generation, she will make a
attendedsouthwestern Assem- ments are on the agenda for the luncheon in the Rebekah Lodge small 25th wedding anniver- New Arrivals!
Waxahachie and 10 egenin afternoon, along with the usual HaU, with business meetings of Aa_n.A,,4L sary.—as a gift— for any terms as mayor, of Paris !
W 1954chiuandwas ordained fellowship. the WWI groups to follow. Mineola Grrowth couple for whom she made the Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Miller of 1971-78, has been active in civic
several churchea across Texas All retirees arerinvited to AU members are urged to — - wedding cake..For. those Missouri City, Texas, announce affairs in Paris and the
toe erachurehesacross.exas attend. attend. Southwestern Bell added 260 married be ore 1961 who.want the arrival of a son, Matthew Northeast Texas area. In
540 for 6Een phones here to 1978, indicating their anniversary.cake to Christopher, on January 21st. addition to being mayor and a i
Mr Heflin an/hi. wife , -------------------------- the growth that took place, rwemble^ their wedding cake, The six pound, six ounce baby city councilman, Farris has
daughter Carol a freshman in' A AT) A.•as_ according to Dan Adams, local she would like to havea picture boy is the grandson of Mr. and served as a vice president of j
daughter, Carol, a freshman in | —G | H | . nmmiikaaman manager for the company. since her records go back only Mrs. M. H. Miller of Florien, the Ark-TexCouncilof Govern-
"We ended the year serving a “ far A8.1961. (Editors N ote: La., and of Dr. and Mrs.” ments, a director of the.
total of 8,720 phones in Meanwhile, the staff of ' The Lucius Moody of Mineola. Northeast Texas Resource I
Mtaaelei'’ —id “TMCa .n Monitor is glad that our office is —— Conservation and Development
increase of about seven per next door to a place where two Mr. nd Mrs. Edwin D. Gei- District, member of ths Region ,
cent over the previous year-end such 8000 cooks make such ser announce the birth of a nine sl Solid Waste Authority and
total good eats!) - pound, nine ounce son, Edwin vice president of the McCuis-
“During the average busi- Leon, on Saturday, Jan. 12, to tion Regional Medical Center
ness day in 1978 Mineola ' Mineola General Hospital. Ma- Board of Governors.
customers completed 12,627 Hawking Rifeg ternal grandmother is Mrs. “I believe the voters of this
local and 1,276 Long Distance -"m- . Frances Plunk of Mineola. The district will respond to a
calls,” he said. m — r . paternal grandparents are Mr. positive campaign," Farris said.
Collin, Gregg, Hunt, Rains, that was many years ago. Also during 1973, Mineola For EX-Ieacher and Mrs. Frank Geiser of "I plan to spend the next
Calvin Smith of Mineola was ' Rockwall, Smith, Upshur, Van Today, the Democrat Party, customers began placing their Canton. several mhontha
dead on arrival at a Mineola Zandt and Wood. nationally, to led by Eastern own Long. Distance calls Mrs. Ora Lucille Rucker of
hospital Saturday night, Jan. Glasgow is President of Liberal Democrats and the directly with One-Plus and Hawkins, a former teacher to
apany, Inc., a Texas Democrat Party is -ero-Plus dialing. the Hawkins school system,
firm headquar- moving rapidly in the same . (One-Plus enables customers died Wednesday, Jan. 28, to a
— “ to dial their own station-to- Tyler hospital following a brief
station calls. Other calls illness. Funeral services were
requiring operator assistance, held at 11 o’clock Saturday
such as person-to-person, col- morning, Jan. 26, in the
lect, credit card and those billed Hawkins Junior High School
to a third, number, may be auditorium with the Rev. Lind-
dialed using the Zero-Plus■
method.)
on the bride’s table, coater background, was designed to
serve, says creator Bessle
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Peacock, Dan. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 1974, newspaper, January 30, 1974; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1547685/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.