The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1968 Page: 3 of 12
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THE EXAMINER, McKINNEY, TEXAS, AUGUST 22, 1968 '
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Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Geer, Mr.
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and Diane Drury, attended the
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have returned from vacationing
in Mississippi, Alabama, and oth-
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Mrs. Charles McDearmon and
Mrs. Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
FOR HIGHSPEED,
HIGH-MILEAGE DRIVERS
LEON PORTER OF ALLEN . . . receives the 20 year tenure
award of the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association from
the organization’s president, Jack Lacy of Lampasas. The award
was presented at the annual awards breakfast of the association
in recognition of the dedicated service rendered to vocational
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Bachelor and Master’s Degrees in
Science. He has had 19 years of
experience in public school work,
having taught in Caddo Parish,
La., and College Station and Na-
vasota before going to Avalon.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaney are par-
ents of four children, one son and
three daughters. He is a deacon in
the Baptist Church and a member
of the Lions Club.
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the money lenders had spread the
risk. among many merchants.
While it is true that these were
crude forms of insurance in com-
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so that if one portion was lost,
the loss would not be sustained
by just one merchant.
In ancient Babylon, where rob-
bery of caravans was a common
occurance, the merchants borrow-
ed money to finance these long
journeys. The Emperor declared
that if a caravan suffered a loss
as a result of bandit attacks, the
loan didn’t have to be repaid. The
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Each week for the next year
we will add another chapter to
the insurance story. As the story
unfolds, you will discover how
the needs of the people were met
by new types of insurance.
If you have any new Insurance
needs or any old Insurance prob-
lems, give me a call or stop by
the office.
Thom Murrell
Insurance Agency
1105 North Tennessee
542-2551
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week’s visit with the Hendrick’s
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry P. Wright, at Port
Neches.
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seven girls.
Mrs. Ebie Sturgess and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Louise Phelps and
daughter of Dallas, were Sunday
guests of Miss Bettie Bell How-
lett.
Tuesday guests of Mrs. W. R.
Taylor were her sister and hus-
band, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ewing
of Ft. Worth and Mrs. John W.
Green of McKinney.
The W. F. Dutton family have
the sympathy of their friends in
the death of his sister, Miss Mae
Dutton.
Mrs. Don Sutton and Cindy
spent the weekend in Houston
with her father, C. M. Davidson
and family.
Mrs. Lizzie Emerson is a pat-
ient in the Pavilion Nursing home
in McKinney. I
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Bolin and
Forest visited Mrs. Annie Bolin
in Frisco, Wednesday. Mrs. Bolin
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Jim Marion were their daughters
and families, Mr. and , Mrs. Jim
Boyd, Mrs. Marion Jane Keegan,
Mrs. Dede Pitts, all of Dallas,
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Pitts and
daughters Laura and Mrs. Linda
Hobbs of Greenville and Glenn
and Connie Betts of Allen. Mrs.
Marion is improving steadily.
Mrs. Ruth Fisher and children
attended Hemisfair last Thurs-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Wolley of
West Texas visited in the home
of Miss Naomi Bolin and other
relatives last week.
Mrs. Loretta Carpenter receiv-
ed word Sunday of the drowning
of her nephew in Houston.
Mrs. W. R. Taylor, accompani-
ed by Mrs. Alton Taylor of Mc-
Kinney, made a business trip to
Plano, Friday.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Luscomb
| and other relatives from here at-
I tended the Roper reunion at Mc-
I Kinney, Sunday.
I j Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walton and
two children of Ft. Worth, were
weekend guests of her parents,
i Mr. and Mrs. Leland Reed.
j The Rosamond Chapel Baptist
: Church, three miles east of Anna,
। has designated Sunday, Septem-
ber 1. as Homecoming Sunday. A
| basket lunch will be spread at
। noon under a tent on the church
I grounds. A devotional service
I will be held at 11 a.m. and a
I business meeting in the after-
। noon. Everyone is cordially in-
vited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Howell of
Zoria, Nigeria, have been guests
I of her mother, Mrs. Jewel Hen-
i aricks and her sister’s family, Mr.
I and Mrs. Bill Bryant.
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Mrs. Ervin H. Bolin.
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J. D. Chaney
Superintendent
Of Wylie Schools
J. D. Chaney, former superin-
tendent of schools in Avalon, last
wek assumed duties as superin-
tendent of the schools in Wylie.
Chaney, named by the Wylie
Board of Trustees to fill the posi-
tion. is a graduate of Texas A&M
University where he received
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Mrs. Floyd Wallen has been in
much misery from the effects of
poison ivy. Daily trips to te doc-
tor have relieved it some.
Friends of Mrs. Louise Black-
well who makes her nome at the
Gunter Nursing Center are glad
to know she is doing well in re-
l cuperating from a broken hip.
Nr. Earl Warden enjoyed his
birthday celebration on Thurs-
day when his son and family, his
daughter and family, gathered to
partake of homemake ice cream
and cake, which Mrs. Warden had
prepared.
Sorry that Mrs. Chock Loftice
has been a surgical patient in
Wysong Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wilmeth,
Teresa, Melissa, and Deanna, of
Little Rock, Ark., had Sunday
dinner with his grandmother,
Mrs. C. N. Webb. He had been in
a business convention in Dallas;
the family visited in Fort
Worth during the time.
This community extends sym-
pathy to the relatives of Miss
Margaret (Maggie) Shook, who
passed away at Wysong Hospital,
and was buried at Whitesboro on
Tuesday. She formerly taught at
, Chinese merchants created one of the first forms of insurance
about 6,000 years ago. They divided their cargo among each other
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! Mr. and Mrs. Jake Templin an-
nounce the arrival of a son, Jim
Jake, born last week at Wysong
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Mays and
children of Dallas were Sunday
afternoon guests of his grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie West-
dyke.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner West and
daughter, Jennifer, of Dallas,
were recent guests of his par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Tom West.
Supt. and Mrs. Willis Boone
and Susie have been vacationing
at Red River, New Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Bates and
daughter Kay of Ft. Worth were
Wednesday guests of Mrs. Eck
Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hendricks
and family have returned from
an Arkansas vacation.
Welcome home to A. B. Roper
following a tour of duty in Kor-
ea.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knox of Mc-
Kinney visited his brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Knox, Friday.
H. C. Rutherford, who was hos-
pitalized for several days at Wil-
son N. Jones is now recuperating
at home. Mrs. C. Mosier is also at
home following treatment for a
broken leg, at Wysongs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McFarland
and sons and Mrs. Rubye Edge-
mon have returned from a Wyom-
ing vacation.
Sincere sympathy is extended
to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brown and
family and Mrs. Clarenda Bell
and the other relatives at the
death of their brother, Bill
Brown, Monday at his home in
the Rosamond Community.
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born at St. Joseph Hospital in
Houston on July 31. The infant
was born on the birthday of his
great-grandfather, Ben Johnson
of Anna. The young mother is
the former Karen Brinlee, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brin-
lee of Houston and has often vis-
ited here.
Mrs. Neil Comer and her
daughter, Mrs. Ann Horton and
two children of Ft. Worth, were
guests of Airs. Comer’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Powell, Thurs-
day. They visited Mrs. Eck Brown
in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lamond
and children of Garland were
Louis A. Williams and family
of Corpus Christi spent Thursday
with his father, V. A. Williams
and Mrs. Williams.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Oxford on Saturday were their
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Hatchel and Mimi of
Euless.
Mrs. S. O. Barnett and Carla
were out of town visitors this
past weekend.
Mrs. J. W. Day and children,
Karen and Bobby and Mrs. Mae
Snavely visited their brother, N.
W. Lephard of Irving on Sunday.
Guests of Mrs. Mae Snavely on
Friday were Mr. and Mrs. Mar-
vin Young of Rockwall.
The Billy Frank Howlett fam-
ily will move this week to Rock-
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Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Adams,
Jimmy and Tim, and Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Harlow, Russ, Dale
and Suzanne, left Thursday for
a vacation trip that will take them
the 1968-69 term on Monday,
August 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Echols and
daughter of Garland were Satur-
day night guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Diamond Kemp and family. Mr.
and Mrs. Finis Boglex of Dallas
were guests in the Kemp home on
Sunday. .
I Mr. and Mrs. Sid Turner spent
the past weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Franklin at Solgate,
Okla.
; Miss Sue White, a cheerleader
at Kilgore Junior College is at-
tending the Cheerleaders Clinic
at S.M.U. this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brewer and
family have moved here from
near Leonard and are living in
one of the Ben Johnson rent hou-
ses.
Mrs. Albert Kelley was honor-
ed at a birthday dinner at the
home of her daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. James Harrelson at Dallas,
Saturday night, August 10. Mr.’
and Mrs. Coyte Ashley also at-
tended and were overnight guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ramey.
Mr. and Mrs. James O’Neal and
family of Dallas visited Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Brinlee and Gloria, one
day last week. Mr. O’Neal, ’who
is the brother of Mrs. Brinlee, and
his family were enroute home
from a Colorado vacation.
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Supt. of the Rockwal High School.
Mrs. Ruth Story spent the
weekend with her sister, Mrs. L.
E. Miller of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Halcom an-
nounce the arrival of a daughter
on August 10. The family recent-
ly moved from Tyler to the Stor-
ey home place west of town. The
young mother is the former Caro-
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to various points in Colorado and were guests of their mother and
New Mexico i grandmother, Mrs. Alva James,
Mr. and Mrs. Dow Hendricks ! Thursday.
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suffered a severe back injury re-
cently.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bolin and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson ac-
companied a group of 18 R.A.’s to
the R.A. Congress in Oklahoma
City last week.
The Sunbeam Camp was held at
Lake Lavon Baptist Campground,
on Thursday. Mrs. Sandra Dun-
can had charge of the camp and
several ladies from here assist-
ed and a large group of children
attended.
Rev. Leon Chumbley and wife
are vacationing in Utah and
Arizona.
Mrs. E. L. Ereckson and Mr. C.
L. Ereckson attended the funeral
of a friend in Ft. Worth. Satur-
day.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
MRS. W. R. TAYLOR
We extend the best wishes of
friends to Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Ballew who celebrated their
Golden Wedding Anniversary on
Sunday. Due to bad health of
both of them, no special anni-
versary gathering was planned.
They are the parents of three
daughters and one son: Mrs. John
Enloe of Allen, Mrs. Pat Flanna-
gan and Mrs. Lee Sullivan of
Dallas, and L. S. Ballew, Jr. of
McKinney, and five grandsons.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Reynolds,
Jr. and family of Belville, Ill.,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
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weekend.
The Raymond Cooksey family
spent the weekend in Oklahoma.
The Bruce girls of Garland who
formerly lived here, spent the
weekend with friends.
Mrs. Ulin Smith and family. of
Houston visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Summers. Also
visiting in the Summers home is
their son, C. V., of the Merchant
Marines.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Consater of
Dallas were weekend guests of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Bolin and Cleta. They all attend-
ed the Solomon family reunion in
Aubrey.
Mrs. Albert Bolin entertained
her Sunday School class Tuesday
afternoon in her home. They hon-
ored the going-away of Lisa Alti-
more, who is moving to Temple.
Refreshments were served to
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Miss Beverly Gray and Larry ; Dallas Musicals production, “The
Hendricks at the Altoga Baptist Sound of Music”, Wednesday
church, Friday night. The bride [night.
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and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Estep, Donna, Pat and Marsha
were visitors at Six Flags, Sun-
day.
Mrs. Geneva Ross of Crowell
has been a guest of her brother-
in-law and sister, Captain and
Mrs. Stephen Bruner. They have i
been attending the bedside of
their sister, Mrs. Bessie Luscom-
be at a Whitewright Nursing
Home.
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the Chambersville School, and
had many friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Welborn
spent Sunday with their son Olen
and family, who had been trans-
ferred to Greenville recently.
Another son, Nolen, was also
transferred from Dallas to Long-
view where he and his family are
now residing.
Mrs. Opal Nixon and Ouida, at-
tended the wedding of Kenneth
Gidney and Vicki Williams, at
Kermit, on Saturday night. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Vel-
ma Hamm as far as Odessa, where
she stopped with her daughter,
Mrs. Kyle Miller and family.
They returned on Sunday after
all visited briefly in the Miller
home.
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Thompson, Wofford & Thompson, Wofford, Jr. The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1968, newspaper, August 22, 1968; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1564381/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.