The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1946 Page: 1 of 6
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THE DENISON P
KEPRBSENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1940
VOLUME 17—NO. 32
House Favors Strike Control Bill
ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
BY THE EDITOR
Moods and Decisions
A long time stgo we were ad-
lv\ised by a sage to "never make
a decision as
to your plans
while under
the influence'
of a mood."
Now about the
only decision
we could see
that would be
of benefit to
one in a mood
is to snap out
* *■ . of it. But that
advice haa been a real stay t0
us all through the years of our
still young life. Sometimeg when
we felt that the price being
(paid to stay irl the game and
fight it out was not at all
worth the effort. But time told
Us different and we learned
that it was) good that we stayed
in there and pitched the old
ball.
' We are not a fatalist.\ We also
take the position that "What is
to be has already been," ralther
than it being\ in the future. We
may not see it as being com-
pleted. but just the same it is
and we will find it so when we
get to that particular corner.
That's why we. also learned
many yea|-s back t0 not worry
about anything.
Worry only eats at your en-
ergy and makes, you look like
a door mat in the face and peo-
ple are looking for door mats
on which to wipe their feet.
It's betteN to stand up and look
eye level ajl men.
When you can look into the
bottom of the meal barrel and
see nothing and have obliga-
tions on you also and not wqr-
ry, you have "something by the
handle'* as a fellow stated it tq
us the other day.
Energy spent in worrying will
do far better at doing some-
thing to create. Moods are
good for nothing but eating out
our resisting power and break-
ing down our will. You recall
that It was Captain Will be
Will who .sat at the gate of
Man Soul in Bunyan's Pilgrim's
Progress and kept out the in-
vading armies that would de-
stroy.
1 Will has a lot to do in life.
It is) a small word of only four
letters, but remember that the
Battle of Waterloo was fought
on a 20 acrq spot, but its Ts
sues shook the whole world. A
small speck of emerald the size
of j> pin point will turn a
whole hogshead of water into a
deep green. And just a little
wi 1 power c^n turn the color
of our life from anything but
yellow,
Esau made a decision when
in a mood and lost his birth
right. He sought it again "with
tears" we are told, but it was
water over the wheel for him.
In a moody spell a young
mam named Ben Lindsay turned
a pistol to his head and pulled
the trigger. The gurf failed tq
discharge but he* fell across the
bed with the sensation of ji bul-
let In his brain he later told.
Reflecting over his being spared
he made a decision that shaped
many another despondent boy's
life. For at the time he wa.y a
lonely boy and despondent and
In a deep mood. He resolved
then and there that he would
do something to aid boys of his
day who might be under tem-
porary (moods. The result was
t(hat the great juvenile court as
an aid to boys was born. He
more than any othdr man) of
his or rmy other day did more
toward turning moody boys into
creative and constructive lines,
For that boy turned out to bo
Judge Ben Lindsay.
The bridle Is a small part of
the harness but it turns a pow
erful steed on a course to pull
load* and1 get things don?:
Couched in one little moment
are seed corns of immeasurrlble
Petition Protests
Erection V. F. W.
Building Nearby
Considerable comment on
both sides of the matter was
heard this week following < a
protest being lodged by the pas-
eor of the Mirick Avenue
Church of Christ. C. A. Si-
burt, which would inhibit a move
on the part o^f the Veterans o'
Foreign Wars to erect a home
on a lot Immediately across the
avenue from the church build-
ing.
The, petition states that the
ipresence of the home would be
the source of disturbance to the
neighborhood andi a detriment; to
the' value of surrounding prop-
erty.''
The congregation which erect-
ed a building on the location
now occupied last year, used the
home of the American Legion,
the membership Jof which is( com-
posed of tveterans of the first
world war, for several years be-
fore erection of their present
home.
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars, some of whom are also
members of the American Le"
gion, now includes veterans of
the second world war and they
seek to erect their own home.
Pending such time as their per-
niant home may be erected they
are soon to) announce temporary
quarters. The V. F. W. isi grow-
ing rapidly and severaj. hundred
members are ex/pected to be on
the list. The membership will
also embrace the mothers and
fathers of the veterans, it is
stated by one of the members
of the move to erect a home
of their own.
Mr. Sibert stated that whjle
he bore no personal feeling in
the matter toward the veterans,
he was only presenting a peti-
tion, and that the signers bore
no malice.
The VFW has not asked for
any building permit and will
not until they have raised suf-
ficient funds and when material
/will be available, they state.
Mrlyor Ashburn made) anstwe
to the petition that it would Tu
filed fori reference and tint
the whole matter wouT 1 m*
under the jurisdiction and in-
terpretation of the zoning or-
dinance of Denison.
Bob Sherburne In
Race Commissioner
City of Denison
Robert (Bob) Sherburne, na-
tive of Denison and educated" in
the schools here, and for twenty
years operating a retail grocery
business, authorizes the Press! to
place his name in the political
announcement column for the
office of City Commissioner,
subject to action of the city
election April 3rd.
Mr. Sherburne made a success
of his own business and his
friend^ believe he can do the
same for the city as a commis-
sioner if elected. Having retir-
ed from the grocery business
some months back Mr. Sherbtfrn
states he can give all his iJlme
to attending to the business1 of
the city if elected to the office.
Weingarten Is
RenamedMember
Of Appeal Group
Hamy Weingyuften, for sev-
eral years a member of the
United Jewish appeal board for
this area, was) again chosen to
that position at a meeting of
the united group in New York
recently, it became known here
this week. ,Mr. Weingarten.
active in all civic work and a
merchant her«: for several years,
has done a splendid piece of
work as a member of the group.
A fund of least $58,3i50j00i0
is needed to take care of the
heeds of suffering Jews through-
out the war stricken section of
Europe, it is nmnounced. This
sum Is for the 1946 budget, it
is explained.
J. W. Hill Advanced
James H. Hill, aviation radio
man, second class, 1127 West
Chestnut St., Denison, Tex., has
advanced to his present rating at
the Naval Air Station, Alome'da.
Calif. He is attached to Squad-
ron 2 of the Naval Air Trans-
port Service which flieat person-
nel and high - priority cargo
throughout the Pacific.
tomorrows. Moods are displac-
ed by bringing in something
better. Ou<r batting average is
low when in a mood. Mountain-
top experiences are better than
being in the valley of depre«a-
iveness of course, but even in
the valley there is On* who
helps,
Death Takes J.
B. Leeper, Early
Denison Settler
Denison citizens lost from its
circles one of its oldest in point
of continuous* residence this week
when John B. Leeper one of
the builders of the Leeper build-
ing at 331 Main, died after a
week's illness. Mr. Leeper for
several years operated a whole-
sale hardware business in the
Main street building. He be-
longed to a family of business
men who did much in the devel-
opment of Denison business life.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Wednesday at 2 p. m. at
the Bratche r- Moore Funeral
Home, Rev. Cyrus Barcus. offi-
ciating, with interment at Fair-
yiew.
Mr. Leeper was born Feb. 4,
1865 at Richmond, (Va., hls par-
ents being Mr. and Mrs. John
Palmer Leeper.
His father came to Denison in
1873, making tlhe last leg • of
the trip by ox wagon and estab-
lished a hardware and lumber
business in the', young town. Two
years later he brought his 10-
year-old son, John Bell Leeper,
to Denison where the latter re-
sided until until his death.
After attending public schools
here, Mr. Leeper studied at
Austin College, Sherman. !lis
first employment was with his
father in' the lumber and hard-
ware business.
Mr. Leeper joined his brother,
Ed Leeper, still a resident of
Denison, and) Mr. Boldrick in
construction of the Security
building, the tallest structure In
North Texas or Southern Okla-
homa. The building originally
had five stories and was built at
heavy cost.
Mr. Leeper and George Hall
tof Kansas City established the
Hall-Leeper Hardware firm in
1894. The firm was located for
a number of years at N.W. cor-
ner of Houston Avenue and
Chestnut Street, where it was
operating in 1925 when Mr, Lep-
per closed the firm. Mr. Hall rc'
mained in Kansas City and was
not active in operation of the
business. The firm served
wide North Texas and Southern
Oklahoma area.
Mr. (Leeper married Miss Cora
Shields in West Virginia, Oct.
30, 1892. Mrs. Leeper died in
1940. The first Leeper home
was at 831 West Bond and later
the family erected a dwelling a*
8(219 West Gandy. The home was
at 1016 West Morton fort some
time prior to Mrs. peeper's
death, after which Mr. ILeeper
imoved to 825 Wcsti Main.
He was a member of Waples
Memorial Methodist Church, the
Elks and the Woodmen ofi the
World.
Surviving are two sons, John
Palmer Leeper of Robert Lee,
Texasr who was associated with
his father in the hardware bu*i
ness here for several years, and
Dr. Edward Leeper, Dallas; one
brother, Ed Leeper, Denison
two aisters, Mis^ R. M. Leeper,
Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Del
Plea Made
Speed Up
Dime March
A plea was made this week
by fcl/ouis Boarey, chairman of
the local effort ia the March
of Dimes for the fight against
infantile paralysis* Mr. Boarey
stating that the response to
the apipeal sent out haa not
been as universal as it should.
He stated that the percent-
age raised in proportion to the
number answering the call so
far was good, but the number
answering the letters was not
generous enough so far.
Of the 120>0 letters with coin
containers sent out last week
only 172 have answered with
an offering of $172. It is
earnestly desired that the re-
maining 110(0 will act at once.
KatyPleased With Ballot Is
DieselEngineTest 258 FaVOf
Superviser States! - - - « «•
According to W. E. jVergan. j J[ J[ i f 1X0
air brake specialist with the j J
M-K-T the recent test made by, jn a test vote of the position
the Katy on the place Diesel en-1 of thfi Lower House on the mt.
gines may play iin the future ^ q£ & ^ ^
with the road, the demonstration, ,
as t„ what the engines can ' do! J 1 be passed, the^ votmg
is entirely satisfactory. The en- late Thursday was 258 for and
gine was put to a total mileage
test of 5,1(180 miles between St.
,Louis and Kansas City and
Houston.
Mr. Vergan stated this week
that "the Diesel is the answer
to the problem of tonnage and
speed. During our test runs, he
explained, "we surpassed any-
thing that was expected by either
General Motors who build the
engines for the Katy."
Many new features in the
Diesel field were embodied on
the engine used by the Katy.
114 against. The formidable
teeth of the measure will stand,
or something similar, it is freely
p—idicted. within a few days.
Members consider the proposed
bill as a substitute for the fact-
finding legislation asked for by
President Truman.
The bill offered by Represen-
tative Francis Case, (Rep.) of
South Dakota, would make un-
ions liable to injunctions, out-
law ■violent* picketing or organ-
ized boycotts or workers violat-
ing labor contracts.
A top spaed of 65 miles was had! *!s° labor-management
_„j mediation board would be ereat-
and despite unavoidable delays
the train finished ahead of its
schedule each time.
The last lap of the test which
was between Houston and St.
ILouis was made at a rate of
43 1-3 miles per hour which is;
fcnter than regular passenger
train time, he stated.
Standing Board
To Maintain Gen.
Ike's Old Home
Announcement was made this
Denison Dam Will
GetSecondPower
Unit, Declared
Announcement is made
through the Tulsa U. S Engi-
neer office that funds are1
available and work is to start
soon oni placing a second power
unit ati the Denison dam. It will
carry a load of 35,0!00-kilowatt
generating capacity. !
Completion of the installation
is expected late in 1947,
although present strikes in the
steel and other industries are
expected to require nevlsion of
the present schedule.
Contracts with Western Elec-
tric for the generator amd the
Morgan Smith Co. for the
turbine, imade during construc-
tion of the powerhouse, covered
two generating units. ,The sec-
ond unit was shelved when the
war emergency arose.
Contracts for the second
unit can be reinstated by com-
paratively simple procedure, and
steps to that end already h:<ve
been taken. It is not known
now what adjustment of prices
may be necessitated by in-
creases in costs since the origi-
nal agreements were reached
some four yearsj ago. ^ checks may be letft at any of
Government payments will be ty,e banks, or newspapers.
on an installment basis, with y
funds coming from the recent
deficiency appropriation and
from the regular appropriations
for fiscal years.
Approximate cost of the unit
will be $1,50,0^000.
ed to help settle disputes where
the public interest would be af-
fected.
y ff " "
Lonnie Roberts
Seeks To Be
Commissioner
Lonnie F. "Roberts, twice be-
fore seeking the office of city
commissioner, this week announ-
ced he was asking the people
again to elect him, saying the
third time might be the suci
cessful effort. The election is
April 2nd. I
Roberts is a vetereli and has
week of the permanent group! an office at) 325 1-2 Main
selected to see to maintaining street where , he does free
the. birthplace of Gen. Ike Eis- J service for veterans and their
enhower, following the close of| families-, he states;. Born ""in
the deal whereby the property; Denison, he returned after his
was deeded to the city of Deni-J service in the first world war.
son for a permanent memorial He says his platform is full
of the famous first citizen. | representation from Denison _ t0
i Washington, special favorsi " to
Mayor Ashburn named thO| none, justice to all, and the 'ten
following group who will act in; commandments.
the capacity indicated: RalT>h
Geisenhoner. Mrs. Tillie Morris,
Mrs. E. L. Hailey, E. F. Corn-
ish, W. T. Fullington, J. J. Mad-
den £'nd Miss Jennie Jackson,
The group will meet at a later
date and form its own organi-
zation.
The campaign for funds will
continue for a few days and
-.V-
StartSwimming
Pool For City
At Once, Urged
A petition urging thati tKe
city officials take immediate
steps to start work on erecting
a swimming pool for the chil-
dren of the city was presented
thc( city officials Friday throug'
the united Parent-Teadher
groups of the city. The petition
stated that a ballot being taken
over the city, though not yet
complete, indicated overwhelm-
ing for the recreational center
offered by such a pool.
The PTA groups were prom-
ised by Mayor W. L. Ashburn,
Jr., that the ballots will be
studied and the matter present-
ed to the city planning board at
the earliest dalte possible.
Half Thousand
Kraft Employe's
Get Citations
More than five hundred em-
ployees of the Kraft | Foods
Comipany recently have received
award citations in recognition
of long end meritorious serv-
ice with the company. The ser-
vice award program was estab-
lished in ,1944 by John H.
Kraft, president of the, com-
pany.
'Twenty-eight employees from
the Denison office received the
award, including twenty-three
who received the 15-year award,
Confident that they will run' a,1(* f've> ^ie 10-year award.
• Nearly 2,500 employees of
the company have received their
service pins since the award
pl'an was started, Mr. Kj-rfft
said. This means almost 25 per
cent of the entire, employee list
has been with Kraft at least
ten yearn he pointed out.
"We have aJ just pride in the
Veterans Will Go
Ahead With Their
Building Project
into no trouble in being granted
a permit t0 go ahead with con-
struction of their home as plan-
ned at 431 Crawford street, an-
nouncement is made this week
by the Commander of the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars, local
post. S. S. Lennington, that they
will proceed to the business in
Elmer L. Layne Advanced
Maneohe, Oahu, T. H.—■'Elmer
(L. Layne, aviation ordnanceman,
second class, Denison, Tex., has
advanced to his present rate at
the U. S. Naval Air Station
here.
hand of pushing construction of
the home as soon as the green
light is given a"d materials can
be secured.
The organization at their
Monday night meeting read the
petition presented to the city
administration by C. A. Siburt,
minister of the Church of Christ
just Across the avenue from the
building site of the veterans,
which petition sought to stop
the construction of the home
on the grounds that it would be
a "disturbance tff the neighbor-
hood and a detriment to the
value of the surrounding prop-
erty.
lie Leeper, Denison, and thret
grandchildren, Mis Nancy Lee
par, John Palmer Leeper Jr.,
rhd Towner Shields Leeper.
job our company did in meeting
its food production goals during
the war yeaA-s," he said. ""I
know that full credit for doing
that job belongs with these em-
ployees being recognized and
those others who are working
toward their first award recog-
nition.
"Our job ahead in producing
more high quality products &>r
American consumers is even
bigger, but we face it with full
confidence in the knowledge
that we have the loyalty^ and
full co-operation of those men
and women who have built
Kraft to its position of leader-
The petition was considered; ship in quality food production
courteously, it is reported, and
the decision made to proceed
with the home movement. The
lot has already been purchased
for the home.
The city of Denison will be
asked by the VF\V for a build-
ing permit tut an earle, it \fras
decided.
The service award consists of
a gold pin with a Fter for each
five years of servire, starting
with ten years. Employees re-
ceiving 2l5-year recognition are
sriven a certificate redeemable
for a gold watch, suitably in*
scribed. A special sen-ice cer-
tificate goes to each awrrd re-
cipient. V
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Anderson, LeRoy M. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1946, newspaper, February 1, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth328756/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.