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The Monitor Naples, Texas 75568-0039 Thursday, October 25, 2012 Page 4
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THROUGH THE PAGES OF THE MONITOR
• 1 962 -
Hershel Welch, Bill Henderson and other Naples business men
attended a democratic party rally at Piney Point on Lake Texarkana
... Tommy Coker was one of more than 100 Chevrolet dealers
attending a seminar in Ft. Worth ... A county road to the historic
Wheatville Cemetery had been opened ... A three-pound can of
shortening was 590 at Boozer's Food Store in Omaha ... Home-made
pie was a dime a slice at the City Cafe in Naples ... T-bone steak was
790 a pound at Fleming's Grocery and Market in Naples ... Pewitt High
School's annual staff was taking orders for the 1963 edition of the
Round-Up yearbook which was selling for $3.75 ... McKellar's Depart-
ment Store in Omaha had men's Wrangler Jeans on sale for $2.88 a
pair.
• 1 967 -
Betty Jean Garrett Simpson gave knitting lessons to a group of
Girl Scouts from Troop 108 ... W. C. Sullivan of Naples was in
California as the Naples Chamber of Commerce representative on an
industrial tour... New pews were installed at the Dalton Baptist Church
... A three-pound can of shortening was 440 at Boozer's Food Store
in Omaha ... Pewitt School's PTA was to host a Halloween carnival...
Construction for the overpass at the intersection of Highways 67 and
77 was underway ... A one-pound can of coffee was 580 at the Netco
store in Naples.
• 1 972 -
Linda Fleming and Berry Fleming, daughter and son of VirGinia
Fleming, were about to celebrate birthdays ... Morris County was
to purchase two new ambulances and one would be stationed at the
David Granberry Memorial Hospital in Naples ... Center cut pork chops
were 890 a pound at Endsley's Food Store in Omaha ... Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Smith of Waco visited with relatives in the local area ... Fresh
ground beef was 590 a pound at Spencer's Grocery, Market and
Locker Plant in Naples ... A harvest festival had been planned for
November by the Pewitt PTA and was to feature fun, games, prizes
and eats ... "Joe Kidd" with Clint Eastwood, was showing at the Morris
Theater in Daingerfield.
• 1 977 -
Kent Thigpen was the "Brahma Leader of the Week" as
picked by Pewitt coaches ... Several boys became members of
the new Royal Ambassador Crusade program at the Naples First
Baptist Church ... Pewitt's Brahmas were tied for the district lead with
L-K's Tigers ... Three students were expelled from Pewitt School in
connection with recent bomb threats ... A 29-ounce can of Shurfine
peaches was 490 at Vingo Foods in Naples ... "The Island of Dr.
Moreau" was showing at the Morris Theater.
• 1 982 -
Beth Griffin and Benessa Beggs were homecoming sweethearts
at Pewitt. Princesses included Beth Wright, LaNell Turner, Iris
Boyd, Angela Thomas, Rosi Lea Hampton and Shelley Cline ... James
Henderson, a private with the army, had completed training as a
missile crewman at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma ... Recipients of PTO gift
certificates were Mickey Rice, Lynn Traylor, Kendra Hampton, Chris
Cole, Patti Ashley and Kami Grider... Rose Mary Jackson was giving
art lessons at her home.
• 1 987 -
Kenny Whelchel and Peter Scaff were the Pewitt Brahmas offen-
sive linemen for the week selected by the football coaches ...
Kelly Waldon was picked as Little Miss Marietta in a pageant and
Shannon Lynn Thomas was Miss Marietta. Nicole Sciara was the
junior miss title winner... Center-cut pork chops were $1.69 a pound
at Northeast Texas Foods in Omaha ... Northeast Texas Community
College was to sponsor a "freak-out" dance and Halloween carnival...
Pewitt's eighth grade football squad had a perfect 5-0 record for the
year.
• 1 992 -
Pete Watkins of Omaha was the Morris County 4-H "gold star"
winner... "Pure Country" with George Strait, was showing at the
Mt. Pleasant SouthSide Cinema ... Pewitt's Brahmas beat Hughes
Springs 37-0 in football... After being silent and stored in a barn for a
number of years, the old school bell of the Cornett School, had been
put back into use. It was donated to the Cornett Cemetery by Ann and
Grady Betts ... A subscription plan for area residents was offered by
the Naples-Omaha Ambulance Service ... A one-gallon jug of milk was
$1.49 at Vinyard's in Naples.
• 1 997 -
Nita Beth Crow Traylor announced her candidacy for the office of
treasurer in Morris County ... Wes Welch had been elected as a
director with the Texas Propane Gas Association ... Sirloin steak was
$1.88 a pound at Endsley's in Omaha, and pork chops were $1.68 per
pound ... Pewitt's Special Olympics program was hosting its annual
chili supper... Picked as the underdogs, Pewitt's Brahmas stunned the
high-flying Atlanta Rabbits 26-7 to stay close to the top of the 15-AAA
standings ... "Rocketman", "Soul Food" and "Seven Years in Tibet"
were features at Cinema V in Mt. Pleasant, and "Kiss the Girls",
"Wishmaster" and "Out to Sea" were showing at the Morris Twin-
Cinema in Daingerfield.
• 2002 -
Allison Lippe, Scotty Meade and Zane Robertson were the lead
trumpet players for the Pewitt band at football half-time shows ...
Ushering in the fall season, Omaha was planning a big festival ...
Pewitt's P.T.O. was to sponsor an ol' fashioned barn dance and
country fair... Former Pewitt quarterbacks John Sperry and Stephen
Sperry were leading the football teams at ETBU in Marshall and at
Greenville College in Illinois ... Les Johnson was the sports reporter for
The Monitor ... "Barbershop" and "Swim Fan" were features at the
Morris Twin-Cinema and being screened at Cinema V were "The
Ring", "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Ghost Ship"... A pancake supper
was to be sponsored at the high school by the Naples-Omaha Lions
Club ... Luke Richey was a 4-H gold star winner in Morris County ...
Wes Welch's Boy Scouts were to host a U.S. flag retirement ceremony
for flags that had seen better days.
• 2007 -
Valerie Johnson was honored as the eighth grade football sweet-
heart at a junior high crowning ceremony ... Shelly Riley posed for
a Monitor photo showing some Omaha Fall Festival t-shirts ... Pewitt's
Brahmas beat Redwater 64-26 and prepared for a game with Queen
City ... Country Fair winners from the Marietta Fall Fun Food Festwere
announced and Luna Crocker was one of them ... "Mr. Woodcock" and
"Stardust" were showing at the Morris Twin-Cinema while features at
Cinema V included "The Game Plan", "Saw IV", "The Comebacks"
and "Why Did I Get Married?" ... Brian Sundin was promoted to
Lieutenant Colonel with the U. S. Army ... Aidan Worthy visited in
Naples and went on a fishing trip ... A treasure hunt was being
sponsored at the Omaha Fall Festival by the National Bank of
Daingerfield branch ... Pewitt's eighth grade Brahmas were 6-0 after
a 32-20 win over Redwater. Tevonrick Finley bammed his way to two
touchdowns and 108 yards on 15 carries ... Brittany Shaddix was a
nominee for eighth grade football sweetheart at the junior high
homecoming ceremony.
MEN'S
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
Meetings are at 6:45 a.m., on Wednesdays
at the fellowship hall of the
First United Methodist Church in Naples.
All area men are invited to attend.
Guest speakers are featured each week.
Uncle
Sam
This is the fourth in a series of
amazing photos made during
the World War I years by
Arthur S. Mole and John D.
Thomas. The men photo-
graphed some awesome pic-
tures using thousands of sail-
ors and soldiers in uniform to
create special images. This
Mole & Thomas photo of "Uncle
Sam" was a "victory photo" shot
in January of 1919. The pic-
tures were found on the in-
ternet and sent to us.
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by Bartee Haile
Diplomat kidnapping pushed U.S. to brink of war
The kidnapping of an American diplomat in Mexico on Oct. 19,
1919 pushed the nervous neighbors to the brink of war.
With 60,000 soldiers already deployed along the international
border from Brownsville, Texas to San Diego, California, the United
States was poised to invade.
The memory of Venustiano Carranza's pro-German intrigues dur-
ing the First World War was infuriatingly fresh, when the Mexican
president suddenly moved to nationalize American oil holdings. A
deep sense of betrayal coupled with the fear of losing precious
petroleum created a groundswell of support for immediate interven-
tion.
To make matters worse, Carranza appeared indifferent to the
safety of U.S. citizens. Guerrillas loyal to Pancho Villa and ordinary
bandits, impossible to tell apart in most cases, were robbing and killing
Americans with frightening frequency in the strife-torn north.
Although Carranza would have been smart to cool it, he was more
interested in impressing his own people than playing nice with the
gringos. He deliberately insulted his American counterpart by pre-
venting the passage of a resolution in the Mexican senate applauding
the post-war peace crusade of Woodrow Wilson.
Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher recommended a strongly worded
ultimatum to bring the Mexicans back to their senses, but the president
rejected the bare-knuckle approach. He persisted in the belief that a
hands-off policy of "watchful waiting" would eventually prove success-
ful.
While Wilson watched and waited, military strategists proceeded
with contingency plans for an invasion of Mexico designating El Paso,
San Antonio and Galveston as bases of supply. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
then assistant secretary of the navy, choreographed the role of the
fleet in the seizure of the Tampico and Tuxpam oilfields, while Gov.
William P. Hobby urged federalization of the Texas National Guard.
In the midst of these hectic preparations, the villistas launched a
surprise attack against the government garrison at Juarez on the night
of Jun. 14, 1919. Many artillery rounds landed in El Paso causing
extensive damage and killing several inhabitants.
The U.S. Army responded by sending 3,600 troops across the Rio
Grande to engage the villistas. After routing the rebels and restoring
order in Juarez, the Americans returned to Texas 24 hours later.
Congress gave the action a standing ovation and added that the
chaotic conditions clearly called for more of the same. Rep. Claude
Benton Hudspeth of El Paso claimed Carranza was too busy playing
up to the German Kaiser to put down Pancho Villa and protect
Americans.
Then on Oct. 19 William O. Jenkins, the consular agent at Puebla,
was kidnapped by bandits and held for $150,000 ransom. U.S.
officials demanded that the Mexican government secure his release
by any means necessary, including coughing up the cash if it came to
that.
In an ironic version of an identical policy Washington would adopt
decades later, the Carranza regime refused to meet the abductors'
demand on the grounds that to pay the ransom would only encourage
more hostage taking.
Meanwhile, Jenkins bought his freedom with a small down pay-
ment and his personal IOU for the balance. Instead of rejoicing at their
good fortune, the Mexicans compounded their problem by arresting
Jenkins for collusion with the kidnappers.
"I have sought to avoid coming to an open rupture, hoping that
sense and decency would finally penetrate the thick skull of President
Carranza," secretary of state Robert Lansing told the Mexican ambas-
sador. He warned the emissary in writing that his country was courting
catastrophe.
But the Houston Post, echoing the editorial opinion of most
American newspapers, expressed contempt for the kid-glove treat-
ment. "The latest Lansing note to Mexico indicates that if Mexico
doesn't come to terms more quickly our government may put several
hundred more typewriters in action. We will simply write Mexico's life
out of her."
Day after day congressional leaders tried to gain access to Woodrow
Wlson, bedridden since suffering a stroke on Oct. 2, but could not get
past the First Lady. Mrs. Wlson was determined to hide the truth that
her husband was in no shape to run the republic.
Finally, on Dec. 5, 1919, two senators succeeded in seeing Wilson.
As they implored him to take a hard line against Mexico, the White
House doctor burst into the room with the news Jenkins had been
released.
The crisis passed overnight. In the confused aftermath, congress
and the press reluctantly bowed to the presidential prerogative on
foreign affairs, and President Wilson had succeeded in buying himself
enough time to complete his crippled term.
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