The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1959 Page: 1 of 16
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City property ownors will
go to the polls next Tuesday
in a special election to pass
on a proposed $25,000 street
improvement bond issue
which is aimed at financing
the city's one-third share of
the cost of paving 25 blocks
of city streets.
Polls will be at City Hall,
opening at 8 a. m. and clos-
ing at 7 p. m.
Eligible to vote in the elec-
tion are all qualified resident
voters who own taxable prop-
erty in the city of Canadian
and have rendered same for
taxation.
Election officials will be C.
D. (Mike) Reagan, presiding
judge; M. A. (Nick) Morgan,
judge; and Mrs. Tess Wilkin-
son and Mrs. R. F. Fry, clerks.
The City Council proposes
to issue short-term tax bonds
to be paid out in not more
than ton years.
If the bond issue is approv-
ed, paving operations would
be scheduled for next spring.
Prizes set for home decorators
One hundred and forty dol-
lars in cash prizes is in the
bank and ready to be paid
the eight Canadian home-
owners who contrive the best
and most original Christmas
lighting and decoration for
this holiday season, Chamber
of Commerce Manager John
Wilkinson reminded this
week.
Judging in the Chamber of
Commerce • sponsored home-
lighting contest is tentatively
set for next week-end (De-
cember 18 or 19).
There are no entry blanks
to fill out, no entry fees to
pay. All that's necessary to
get into the contest and he-
come eligible for one of the
eight cash prizes is to get
home holiday decorations up
and lighted in time for the
judges' tour.
Prizes will be offered this
year in two divisions, with
matching prizes in each di-
vision.
One set of prizes will be of-
fered for the best original
creative decorations . . . and
the other for the best manu-
factured decorations.
First prize in each division
will be $25 in cash. Second
prizes will be $20, third prizes
$15, and fourth place winners
will receive $10.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
VOLUME 70—NUMBER 50
CANADIAN, TEXAS,
THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1959
TEN CENTS PER COPY
page one
must
Yes, The Record will pub-
lish "letters to Santa" as us-
ual in the Christmas Eve edi-
tion. All letters received at
The Record office up to noon
Monday, December 21, will be
published.
The Arts and Crafts Club
meeting scheduled for Decem-
ber 16 has been postponed,
and will be held at one o'-
clock Friday afternoon, De-
cember 18, in the home of
Mrs. Ben Hill.
All Eastern Stars in this
area are invited to attend the
O. E. S. Christmas party Mon-
day night at 7:30 o'clock at
Masonic Hall.
New Arrivals in Town: A
daughter. Kay Lynn, born to
Mr. and Mrs. James Thrasher,
and o daughter, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Tommy Brooks . . .
both on December S and both
at Hemphill County Hospital.
In the hospital today: Mrs.
Estelle Todd, William Gris-
ham, Freddy McPherson, Mrs.
J. T. Kendall, and Mrs. Elvin
Spicer. Dismissed during the
week: Mrs. Durrell Baker and
baby girl (December 3); Mrs.
Claude Jones and baby boy,
Abed Shower of Charlotte, N.
(Continued on Page 8)
City will help
on alley paving
Canadian's City Council this
week adopted a policy under
which the city will handle
engineering and participate in
10 per cent of the cost of pav-
ing alleys, City Manager Bob
Jamison reports.
All projects would be sub-
ject to prior approval of the
Cour-'il, Jamison said.
Alley paving would be han-
dled out of regular city oper-
atlng funds, and no special
bond issues or warrants
would be required.
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It's a hct line—Telephone company Manager Joe McDonald
(left) hands a telephone lo Mayor Bill Bartlett for the first dial
call through the Canadian exchange early Sunday morning.
Calling all children
Santa here
Saturday
Saturday will be Santa Claus Day in Canadian.
Canadian's annual Community Christmas Tree and Santa
Day party, sponsored by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce,
will be staged at the city auditorium Saturday afternoon, be-
ginning at 2 o'clock.
The Canadian High School band will provide a program of
holiday music lo open the program at 1:45 o'clock, and Santa
Claus is scheduled to arrive with full pack at two o'clock sharp,
according to C-C secretary John Wilkinson.
"All youngsters of this area are invited to attend the big
party," Wilkinson said. "Santa will be on hand to pass out
gifts of sacked candy to all the kids from a big brightly-
lighted Christmas tree."
Personal interviews with Santa will be arranged for all the
children after the treats are handed out.
Girl Scouts are hostesses
Telephone company will hold
open house Friday, Saturday
Behind the dials—Roy Durham (at left), for many years Ca-
nadian's service man for Southwestern Bell, was on hand for
the dial conversion here Saturday night and here tells Mayor
Bill Bartlett and two youngsters and Bell manager Joe Mc-
Donald how the relays work.
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Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company will hold op-
en house Friday and Saturday
at the new Canadian Tele-
phone Building at 5th and
Kingman, and has scheduled
some special demonstrations
for the public during the two
days.
"The welcome mat is out
for everyone," says Manager
Joe McDonald. "Come in and
see us and see how your tele-
phone system works."
The building will be open
to the public from one o'clock
until i> o'clock Friday after-
noon, and from one o'clock
until 9 o'clock Saturday.
One feature of the open
house demonstration is Bell's
famous Tick-Tack-Toe ma-
chine, which plays the game
with all comers . . . and wins.
Visitors are invited to test
their skill against the ma-
chine.
Canadian Girl Scouts will
be official "hostesses" for the
telephone company during the
two-day open house, and, as-
sised by their adult leaders,
will serve coffee, punch and
cookies to visitors.
Max Crowell is
initiated by NTSC
Bus-Ed iratemity
DENTON, Dec. 7 —- Maxim
Wiley Crowell of Canadian is
one of the eighty-two new
members recently initiated in-
to Phi Beta Lambda, honorary
business education fraternity,
at North Texas State College.
Crowell, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Erbin L. Crowell.
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1959, newspaper, December 10, 1959; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183982/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.