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City & County
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News Coverage
VOL. 81, NO. 52
Boys Club Plans Continue
To Generate Local Interest
BY WOFFORD THOMPSON, JR.
Interest appears to be mount-
ing in the formation of a Boys’
Club in McKinney. The need,
anywhere there are boys, seems
to be apparent to many citizens
who have offered their interest
and support.
A special meeting has been call-
ed for Monday night, September
23, at 7:30 p. m. of all special
committees and anyone else who
would like to find out more about
the proposed plans. It will be held
at the Chamber of Commerce of-
fice.
Henry L. Shoap and the Rev-
erend Bob Lee, co-chairmen of
the steering committee have de-
voted much time and talents to
the preparations of plans for this
planned project. They see a great
need for such a club in McKin-
ney. Police Lieutenant James Mc-
Carley is another citizen who
deals with the problems of some
youth today and is eager to see
a Boys’ Club started in McKin-
ney.
A Boys’ Club does make the
difference according to reports
from numerous cities and towns
in Texas and neighboring states
who have well established pro-
grams already deep-rooted in
their communities.
Paris, Texas, a city who has
had a Boys’ Club for 15 years
says, “Only 23 boys out of a pos-
sible 1675 boys appeared before
the juvenile judge in a recent
year.” Perhaps this is one of the
lowest records of its kind in
the State and possibly even in
the Country.
In Ada, Oklahoma, “During the
past two years the Police Depart-
ment reports show a 50% RE-
DUCTION of crimes in which
young people 14 years of age
and under were involved.” They
contribute this reduction to the
work of the Ada Boys’ Club.
President of the United States
Lyndon B. Johnson has said,
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“Every boy is a good boy, but
he is also ‘all boy’, and the Boys’
Clubs give a vent to their en-
thusiasms and energies. The
Boys’ Clubs of America have
been one of our great character-
building institutions, and the
movement is certainly one to
which all Americans can sub-
scribe.”
Recognizing the link between
physical and mental fitness, Boys’
Clubs of America have pledged
their full support to the Presi-
dent’s Council on Youth Fitness.
For many years Boys’ Clubs have
achieved excellent physical fit-
ness results through a standards
of accomplishment program de-
vised by the organization in co-
operation with leading coaches
and physical educators through-
out the nation. In this program a
boy competes with himself to at-
tain definite goals established for
each individual in a variety of
sports.
Offering a place of their own,
boys take great pride in having
their own club. Every boy can
avail himself of the opportunity
to belong, regardless of his finan- |
cial status. Dues are kept low to
allow every boy who wants to
be a member the opportunity to
do so.
As a part of their citizenship
training, all Boys’ Club members
devote time to community ser-
vice. This service covers a wide
range of activities, from conser-
vation and beautification proj-
ects, to volunteer service at hos-
pitals, work with mentally re-
tarded children, and with elderly
individuals. United Fund
Get-Out-The-Vote Drives
and
play
an important role.
Your support and interest is
vitally needed if this campaign
to establish a Boys’ Club in Mc-
Kinney is to be a success. Won’t
you take a little time to find out
more about it?
among our friends
BY ELIZABETH AND WOFFORD THOMPSON
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McKINNEY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1968
ART ON DISPLAY . . . This beautiful painting
entitled “The Fisherman’s Little Sister” by
Alice Kent Stoddard is just one of 17 such mas-
terpieces on display at the McKinney Memorial
Library. They are on loan from the Dallas
Museum of Fine Arts. This paintings shows the
bold blending of color and the skillful use of
the palette knife by the artist. The public is
invited to visit the Library and see these fine
pieces of art. (PHOTO COMPLIMENTS OF
BOB PACL)
Ten Year Plan To Improve
Texas Public School System
Established
October 1886
12 PAGES SECTION ONE
Halting Of Local Ambulance
Services Confronts Council
After dinner at Gentry’s Steak
House in Allen Sunday we took
Mama Carr and Gertrude and
Ted Bernard for a tour of the
Heard Museum. We were very
fortunate in having Miss Bess
Heard, donor of the museum and
Dr. Harold Laughlin, the direc-
tor, as tour guides. It was most
interesting to have Miss Bess ex-
plain where she secured many
items in her collection of shells,
butterflies, prints and shells.
We were intrigued with the
ring-tailed cat. He was caged but
semed to be a pet and certainly
a ham! This months issue of
Park and Wildlife featured these
interesting litle animals.
This museum and wild-life
sanctuary situated in a beautiful
setting of trees, lakes and rolling
terrain is a wonderful asset to
McKinney, Collin County and
nearby areas.
Mrs. Douglas Hendricks of
Route 1, Melissa is sending The
Examiner to Mr. and Mrs. Larry
J. Hendricks in Plano.
Mrs. D. F. Houston and her
daughter, Miriam White were
weekend guests of Margaret and
W. V. Tillery in Carthage. The
Tillerys have a lakeside week-
end home, and the family enjoy-
ed a picnic supper there Satur-
day night, amid the east Texas
pines.
Elaine and Dr. James Rollins
and children, Katie and Tom of
Tallahassee, Fla. have been visit-
ing his mother, Pattie RoMins and
also relatives in Dallas and
Grand Prairie. They have return-
ed home, and Pattie accompani-
ed them for a visit. Dr. Rollins
is a professor at Florida U.
'E. S. Larson is now recuperat-
ing at his home. He suffered a
heart attack in Waco recently as
he was returning home from San
Antonio where he and Mrs. Lar-
son attended Synod.
Miss Mary Smith has returned
to her home in San Antonio after
a visit with her sister-in-law,
Mrs. S. J. Smith in Anna.
Frances Wilcox reviewed the
inspirational book, “Take My
Hands” for the Women’s Associa-
tion of Trinity Presbyterian
Church Monday evening. Mary
Margaret Bergman, president,
presided over the business meet-
ing which preceded the review.
A special summer offering for
medical missions was taken.
Emily Dowdy and Katherine
I Thompson were hostesses for the
social hour which followed.
Ethel and John Holt are en-
joying a months vacation in San
Francisco.
Docia and Joe Maxson will be
honored with an open house at
their new home on School Street
in Prosper Sunday, Sept. 15 from
2 — 5 p. m. The hostesses for
the occasion extend a cordial in-
vitation to all of their friends to
attend.
Omicron Chi Chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi held a get-acquainted
rush party Saturday, September
7, at the home of the social chair-
man, Mrs. Bob Olsen, 119 Redbud
Trail.
Guests were met’ at the door
by Mrs. Roy McBride and pre-
sented name tags in the shape of
stars carrying out this year’s
theme Reach for the Stars.
Mrs. Julius Smith, chapter
sponsor, presided at, the silver
coffee service where guests help-
ed themselves to a fresh fruit
bowl, chips and dip, coffee take
and crackers and cheese ball..
Assisting in the serving and
preparations were Mesdames Bil-
lie Barbo, Ed Dada, Charles Doug-
las and Louis Funderberg.
Mary and Bryan Berry have
been enjoying a visit with all of
their children and grandchildren
— Darlene and Bryan Berry and
children, Kathy and Craig of
West Covina, Calif., Sharron
Stevens and daughter Karyn of
Plano, and Allan of Lubbock.
They all attended HemisFair, and
while in San Antonio, Mary de-
livered seven paintings to the
Coppini Galleries where they
will be on display during the
next year. Currently she has
paintings at Canyon Museum in
Canyon; Gallery 107 in Naco-
doches; Southwest Center for
BY VERN SANFORD
AUSTIN, Tex. — A blue-rib-
bon governor’s committee has re-
commended a monoumental 10-
year plans for improving Texas
public school education that will
triple costs and require a $300 to
$400 million tax bill next' year.
The 15-member panel said its
plan would lift schools out of
“mediocrity” and “inefficiency."
Highlights of the report in-
clude recommendations for more
and better-paid "teachers, they
kindergarten a panded free a
ucation for ults, required cwe
solidation of small school dis-
tricts, additional benefits for
teachers and encouragement of
educational innovations and ex-
perimentation.
Committee, named by Gov.
John Connally and authorized by
the 1965 Legislature, also urged
programs to point up the cul-
tural heritage of minority groups
and to encourage human dignity.
Altogether the proposals of this
committee on Public School Ed-
ucation would increase local,
state and federal school costs in
Texas from $840 million to $2.1
billion at the end of 10 years.
Under the plan about four per
cent fo the state’s income would
have to go to schools. Some $503
million more would be. required,
bulk from state sources, for 1970-
71.
Committee recommended sim-
plification in the complex finance
formula to figure local school
district costs, to provide that the
local districts’ 20 to 25 percent
share would be based on taxable
property values. Local share, of
course, would go up along with
the state’s. School buildings
would remain a local responsibi-
lity.* cans
Key recommendations include:
© Increasing basic allotments
from $23 to $5'0 per pupil, plus
additions for transportation, ma-
terials and vocational teachers.
■ © Providing “basic foundation
grogram" to replace 20-year-old
minimum foundation program. *
s • Adding 16,000 teachers, even
though enrolment may decrease
slightly (by about 22,0003. This
would provide a pupil-teacher
ratio of 21 to one instead of 24
to one.
• Increasing teacher pay from
$4,734 minimum to $5,400 in 1969-
70 and $6,300 the following year.
Maximum pay would go up from
students, and 10 free hours a
week for teachers to grade pap-
ers, plan lessons and study. Non-
teachers would be used for rou-
tine supervisory duties in some
cases.
Although the ’immediate pay
raise is less than the $1,000 sought
by Texas State Teachers Associa-
tion, Committee said rOcommen-
dations would provide “nation’s
best state-guaranteed salary
plan.”
Ambulance service, both emer-
gency and transfer, will be dis-
continued January 1, 1969, ac-
cording to a letter received from
the three local funeral directors
by the City Council.
I Turrentine - Jackson, Harris -
Horn, and Crouch - Moore Fun-
eral Directors informed the City
Council that due to circumstan-
ces beyond their control, they
would not be able to offer this
service as they had for many past
years.
In a statement to The Examin-
er, by the three organizations, it
was said, “We have provided this
service for many years with
pride and with the feeling that
we had contributed something of
value to our community.”
The comments continued, “but
with the passing of new regula-
tions concerning the equipment
and type of vehicles required for
this service by both the federal
and state government, and with
the application of the federal
minimum wage and hour law to
ambulance drivers, makes it im-
possible for our funeral homes to
continue this service.”
In conclusion, it was said, “Our
firms will cooperate to the best of
our ability with any person or
City, or County agency that pro-
vides this much needed service
to our community.”
Great concern was expressed
by Councilmen for this matter
though all present felt that thor-
ough study should be made be-
fore expressing views on the
possble solution. Mayor W. B.
Finney appointed Councilmen W.
J. White and Hugh McCarley to
check with other cities and towns
in the area where such problems
have existed to see how they
have solved them.
One point which was made and
has been quite evident for the
past several years, there is a
definite trend throughout the
country for ambulance service in
cities to be provided by organiza-
tions other than Funeral Direc-
tors.
In other action which confront-
ed the Council during their leng-
thy session Monday night, great
discussion was held on the open-
ing of the new H ghway 75 as
well as local traffic problems in
general.
-Bob Crown, a member of the
Traffic Commission, was present
to help explain his group’s
thoughts on why the opening of
Highway 75 should be delayed
until it was possible to direct
through traffic via 121 to the
present intersection of 75
Melissa.
Crown told Councilmen
near
that
traffic turning off 75 onto High-
way 24 -would creat a terrible
bottleneck and simply add to the
congestion at intersections of 24.
Councilmen seemed to be in
agreement concerning this prob-
lem and Mayor Finney directed
acting City Manager Cecil Wilk-
ins to check with the Highway
officials to see what control the
city has on the opening of the
first link.
Feeling that congestion on
Lamar Street in front of the post i
office warrants attention, the I
commission recommended to the'
Council that this one block sec-
tion be made one-way west, the
drive-up deposit boxes be moved
to the other side of the street,
and that no parking be allowed
on the south side of street. Post-
master B. J. Cope felt this could
be done.
. Action was taken on the com-
mission’s proposal to make Arm-
strong one way went from Col-
lege to Bradley and Bradley one-
way north from Armstrong to
Louisiana. This area is around
the Junior High campus.
Owners of two taxi firms in
McKinney met again requesting
rate hikes in taxi fares in Mc-
Kinney. Mayor Finney said the
council was “in sympathy with
the request” but in order to con-
sider the request it must be pre-
sented in writing outlining pros-
pective changes and reasons for
these changes.
Frank Garcia appeared before
the council to express thanks for
work which has been done in
East McKinney. He also asked
what steps had been taken to get
sewerage in the area. It was sug-
gested that the council might get
in touch with Housing and Urban
Development for possible assis-
tance.
A discussion of the budget was
held and there was no one pres-
ent to discuss pro or con. More
information on the budget will
appear at a later date.
This Is
OUR OPINION
BY NINA THOMPSON KRESSLY
Advanced Studies and
Acres in Dallas.
Irene and Rev. Foy
Golden
Thomas
are vacationing in Houston and
San Antonio.
Martha Lou and Jeff Wharton
are the doting grandparents these
days. Jefferson Jenings Wharton
arrived in San Antonio last
Thursday, September 5. Paula
and Don Wharton are the proud
parents. Martha Lou left by
plane Tuesday to see the young
fellow and Jeff, Katie and Pat
Price will join her this weekend.
Besides being a new grandmoth-
er, Martha Lou caught a 712 lb.
catfish at Club Lake last Satur-
day, so she has lots to brag about.
Newt E. Neal, of 7046 Wofford
Street, Dallas suffered a heart
attack" Friday morning and is
seriously ill in the cardiac ward
of St. Paul’s Hospital. He is a
former McKinney resident and
Tickets To
Go On Sale
For Opener
Tickets for the Weatherford -
McKinney Lions football game
Friday night, will go on sale
here this week, according to Jene
Holt, MHS principal.
The ducats may be purchased
Wednesday evening from 6 p. m.
to 9 p. m. in the Northeast ticket
booth at the football stadium.
They will also be on sale Thurs-
day morning from 8 a. m. until
12 o’clock noon.
Reserve seat tickets are $1.75.
with a limit of six per person;
general admission $1.50 adults:
students 50 cents in advance and
75 cents.at the game Friday night.
The Weatherford game opens
the grid season for McKinney.
The MHS Lions Band, Gary Losh,
director, and the Marquettes,
Miss Barbara Jacobs, sponsor,
’ will perform at halftime.
is a brother of Fitzhugh Neal and
an uncle of Clarence Killian, both
of McKinney. /
$6,912 to $8,800 by 1970-71
covered by state guarantee.
• Incorporating 17-step
as
pay
scale in 1971-72. This would pro-
vide $3,000 for teacher aides and
go up to $28,567 for administra-
tors.
• Requiring districts with
fewer than 2,600 average daily
attendance in 12 grades to con-
solidate by June 1, 1972. (Some
exceptions would be allowed for
remote countywide districts, spec-
ial districts and school on mili-
tary bases.) Redistricting recom-
mendations will be provided in
six weeks, committee said.
• Encouraging districts with
more than 50,000 enrollments to
decentralize into community
school systems with incentive
payments of $10 a student.
• Abolishing county school
superintendents as terms expire.
• Creating free public kinder-
gartens for five-year olds by
1980, summer programs with pri-
ority for the poor and free adult
courses for those over 18 who
have not finished high school.
• Offering wider selection of
textbooks and materials and ex-
tra teachers and aids for districts
with large numbers of low-in-
come families.
© .Replacing 20 regional ed-
ucational service centers with
fewer regional branch offices of
Texas Education Agency.
• Districting of the 21-member
Board of Education to conform
with 23 present congresisonal dis-
tricts.
• Establishing new program
for 25,000 student teachers and
another for interns in school ad-
ministration.
• Setting up variety of teach-
er benefits including continuing
contracts, professional consulta-
tion, teacher aides for every 100
School-Board Meets To Discuss
New Programs and Procedures
Hiring of five teachers, appro- all but the second grade is being
val of the expenditures for Aug- departmentalized. At West Ward,
ust, and departmentalization in the principal recommended that
elementary schoolshighlighted the third, fourth, and sixth grad-
the board meeting of the McKin-
ney Independent School District
Tuesday evening:.
Five teachers were officially
approved and awarded contracts
for the 1968-69 school, year. They
were Mrs. Betty Ward, special;
reading at North Ward; Mrs. Lin-
da Melancon, speech and hearings
therapist; Johnny Braden, Jr.
High band director; Augusto San-
c z e,Jr.Hgih h
chez, Jr. High Science and coach;
and* Mrs. Jan Johnson, 2nd.
grade at South Ward.
After a lengthy discussion on
the budget progress report, ex-
penditures for August were ap-
proved. They were $171,990.81.
Departmentalization in the ele-
mentary grades were presented to
the Board, by Supt. Jack Faubion.
Based upon recommendations
from the various principals of ele-
mentary schools, certain grades
are being departmentalized this
year, giving both the principals
and the superintendent an op-
portunity to thoroughly evaluate
the program during the coming
nine months. As to future use of
the program, Supt. Faubion stated
es use this plan this year.
Two weeks ago the Democrats
went to Chicago, that big windy
city, largely because Mayor Rich-
ard Daley said they must — he
could take care of any trouble
that might arise.
Well, he did all right, but all
the people back home have to
judge that convention on is what
they saw on the television
screens, and it wasn’t a pretty
sight.
True the convention was made
up of many truly dedicated Demo-
crats, but there were plenty of
dissidents, booers and hecklers
and plain poor sports. Out of that
atmosphere came the nomination
of Hubert Humphrey.
Vice-President Humphrey and
Richard Nixon want desperately
to be President of these United
States. For both men who have
served as vice-president, it is the
only step forward. They can go
no higher on the political ladder.
Presumably one of the two,
not taking into account George
Wallace and a possible fourth
party headed by one of the poor
losers and backed by inexperienc-
ed youth, will take over the
government’s reins. The country
today is in a deplorable state. As
the Rev. Billy Graham said, “We
are nearer anarchy than ever be-
fore.” The country is divided,
made up of a number of small
factions almost at war with each
other.
this trip had an extra bonus for
us. We found a neat pile of beer
cans. While picking them up to
be carried off with our trash, we
counted them. There were 42 in
all. Yes, 42.
Now is that playing fair? Don’t
we all agree that everyone should
take care of his own trash?
A number of years ago our late
father, Editor Clint Thompson,
found that a neighbor was toss-
ing his empty beer cans over the
fence on the vacant lot. Our fath-
er, who never drank a can of
beer in his life and had a great
sense of humour, wrote the nigh-
bor a note in which he said in
part “If you are going to throw
beer cans on my property, how
about tossing some over that
aren’t empty?” That did the
trick.
I am sure that most of the trash
tossed out on our streets is done
in moments of thoughtlessness,
not malicious meanness. But it
would go a long way in keeping
our city clean if each fellow
took care of his own discards.
It is a sober time, the time for
Because of the crowded condi- all of us who have consistently
voted a Democratic ticket to take
tions in certain grades, the Board
' approved the hiring of an addi-
tional teacher for the first grade
at North Ward. At present there
are 38 students in each of two
classes.
Also approved for an additional
teacher was the sixth grade at
East Ward where the identical
situation is present.
A report of the costs of con-
structing the new tax office were
presented. Total cost was $3,153.-
08, a figure considerably under
the cost as originally anticipated
through use of an outside con-
tractor.
A delegation was present to re-
quest bus pick-up for students.
It was explained that all bus
routes are state approved and
controlled and that the local sys-
tem has no authority to make
change's. Further study will be
made with state officials to see
what can be done.
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serious thought.
The Democrats, despite talk of
new ideas, have come up with the
same old thing. They have prom-
ised everything. They plan to
build new cities, establish new
anti-poverty programs and con-
tinue handouts to both friend and
foe. At the same time they speak
of cutting taxes.
Now it is not humanly possible
for a government to finance al-
most everything good under the
sun and not ask the people for
more money. Is that what we
want to go on with?
In his acceptance speech, Hum-
phrey said “The policies of
today need not limit the poli-
cies of tomorrow.” So just where
do we stand?
Services Held
Wednesday For
Anna Pioneer
Mrs. Bessie Lillian Luscomb,
82 of Anna, died Sunday in a
Whitewright nursing home. Fun-
eral services were held at 3 p. m.
Wednesday in the First Metho-
dist church at Anna, Rev. Rich-
ard Pittman and Rev. Fred West
officiated. Burial was in Highland
Cemetery, Flesher Funeral Home
was in charge.
She was born at Anna Aug. 23,
1886, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Munson Welch and was a
member of the Methodist church
there where she had served as
church treasurer for 25 years.
Surviving are two stepsons, W.
B. Luscomb of New Boston and
Hosea Luscomb of Anna; two
brothers, R. P. Welch, Anna;
James M. Welch, Denton; two
sisters, Mrs. S. J. Brune of Anna;
Mrs. Silt Ross of Crowell and a
number of nieces and nephews.
that he wanted to wait until late L 1 ' 1
Spring before making recommen- rilZhugh
dations concerning the use of such •
a program in coming years.
At South Ward, all six grade
levels are being departmentalized.
Such a plan simply means that
teachers in a various grade level
will teach certain subjects to all
students in that grade. This gives
the teachers a better opportunity
to •□repare for their instruction in-
stead of having each of the two
or three teachers preparing the
same materials for only one half
or one third of the grade level
students assigned to her.
In North Ward only the third
and sixth grades are being set up
under this program. In East Ward,
Cemetery Assoc.
Meets Sept. 18
Mrs. H. K. Straughan, president
of the Fitzhugh Cemetery As-
sociation, announces an impor-
tant called meeting of the or-
ganization. The meeting is call-
de for 2 p. m., Wednesday, -Sep-
tember 18 at the Tabernacle at
Forest Grove.
All persons interested in the
cemetery are urged to be present
for this important business ses-
sion.
You have heard of that easy
way of getting rid of trash —
sweeping it under the rug.
It seems that some people have
found an easier way of getting
the job done, and we, along with
many others, find ourselves hav-
ing to take care of the job for
them. We find ourselves each
morning having to take a tour of
the yard picking up paper cups,
candy and chewing gum wrap-
pers and empty beer bottles and
cans that have been tossed out
from passing cars the night be-
fore.
Last week we made a trip to
the vacant lot just back of our
home, which happens to be our
property and we try to keep free
of clutter and debris for the sake
of passers by and those who have
to look at it from their homes
across the street. It is a regular
thing to have to gather up a few
beer cans and soda bottles, but
Funeral Held
For Mrs. Shannon
Mrs. Calara Elizabeth Shannon,
66 died Sunday in a McKinney
hospital. Funeral services were
held at 3 p. m. Tuesday in Field-
er - Baker Chapel at Farmers-
ville, conducted by Harold Mur-
phy, John Lowery and C. B. Sar-
rett. Interment was in the IOOF
cemetery at Farmersville.
She was born in McKinney
June 6, 1902, the daughter of H.
A. Kissinger and Katie C. War-
den Kissinger. She married Otha
Shannon who preceded her in
death.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs.
Jessie Evans of Princeton; five
brothers, William E. Willis of
Farmersville; Robert Willis of
Princeton; Charlie Willis of Aus-
tin; Calvin and Walter Willis both
of Dallas.
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