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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1949
VOLUME 21—NUMBER 11
Denison Day flamed for
Thursday, October 13th
At State fair of Texas
Announcement is made by the
Kiwanis club Denison Day commit-
tee that it has been definitely de-
cided that Denison day at the
State Fair of Texas, Dallas, will
be Thursday, October 13th. A
number of school students are ex-
pected to attend, along with a
group of Campfire Girls. Sponsor-
ing the girls will i>e Mrs. Teresa
Wegener, who is active with the
work of that organization. The
date was set after it was learned
that time best fitted the majority
on the program.
A special busi which operates for
the girls in the county will he
used, and it is planned to convey
the girls who will have part on
the program of the day. They will
give numbers at intervals of five
minutes during the half hour pro-
gram/ which will start at 2:30 in
the afternoon. It will be given
In the usual place selected for the
Denison day programs, which is
immediately in the front of the
main building of the Hall of
States.
The proceedings will be broad-
cast over the fair grounds through
the network of the Gulf Refining
company. Also a special mike will
be placed by KDSX and the pro-
gram will go over that network, it
is planned by Bill Burkett,, an-
nouncer for KDSX.
In charge of the program are
LeMoy M. Anderson and Sidney
Karchmer. Mr. Anderson will be
master of ceremonies. A five
minutes! talk will be given by May-
or Harry Glidden. Paul Marable,
secretary-manager of the Denison
Chamber of Commerce, or his sub-
stitute, will speak of the place
Denison has in the Southwest as
a playground.
This is the fourth year the Ki-
wanians have sponsored Denison
day and it is hoped those planning
to attend at some time during the
period of the fair, will make plans
to go along and make Denison day
Outstanding. Dates of the exposi-
tion are from Saturday, Oct. 8tli.
through Oct. 23rd.
As usual, the Kiwanis club will
furnish free badges for all who
attend. Badges will be obtainable
at the Denison Press office, 205
-Main street prior to Denison day.
Also badges will be handed out at
the fair grounds at the place the
program is to b^ grfven.
Cars will start on Denison day
from the Denison high school at
9 o'clock. 'However, others are
planning to leave prior to that
time and some others still later.
Three-Fourths Farms
of Tex. Have Electric
Power in the Homes
It is estimated that almost three-
fourths of Texas farm families
now have electricity in their
homes. That's a good indication
of better living on Texas farms,
says W. S. Allen, extension agri-
cultural buildings engineer of
Texas A. & M. college.
To get the most benefit from
all electrical equipment, Allen
suggested that you plan the com-
plete wiring system carefully and
see that the wiring job itself is
done right. Make accurate plans
for the wiring system when you
build that new house or remodel
the old one.
Here are a couple of tips that
Allen says will make your wiring
pystem do the job you want it to
do: First, make a list of all the
ways you use electricity now, in-
cluding any electrical equipment
you plan for the next few years.
Next, make a list of the lights and
electrical equipment in each room.
Take this list and a rough sketch
of the floor plan of your house to
some reliable wiring contractor.
With this information, he can
help you plan a wiring system that
will take care of all your needs.
Additional information about
farm wiring methods and plans
can be obtained from county agri-
cultural agents or from the Su-
perintendent of Documents, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Wash-
ington, D, C.
ALONG THE
NHS
■Y THE EDITOR
Wanted—Anatomy Specialist
We once heard a man say when
asked why he was not at church on
the Sunday before, that he had
a "warm heart" for the church,
.. • even if not at-
;|f tending. He said
he was always
in the spirit on
the Lord's day
even if he was
absent. He had
the same o 1 d
story each time.
One day the
pastor dropped
around right
after the morning sermon to take a
look at how the brother appeared
wnen so icgularly "in the spirit"
but never in the pew.
It was a warm enough day for
him to be outdoors in the shade
of the house, sitting in a chair
and leaning back with his feet
against the side of the house.
The parson remarked, after
looking good at the posture of the
parishioner, "you say you are al-
ways in the spirit, but you look'
to me like you are in the flesh."
We have! people in every town
who treat, not only their church
affairs that way, but they are
leaners on everything else that
comes up for the good of the com-
munity.
They say they have a warm
heart for everything from the
community chest to turning in the
proper valuation of their property
for taxes, but they turn a eOld
shoulder when comes the time to
deliver. Of such persons it may
be said we need a doctor of anat-
omy who is specialist enough to
graft that cold shoulder to a warm
heart.
Aug. Report
Water-Sewer
by Engineer
The monthly report for August
showing extensions and mainten-
ance for the water and sewer de<
partments for the city of Denison
reveal a total cost of $6,751.02.
City Enigneer E. C. Drumb shows
a detailed breakdown of all costs,
including labor, equipment and
materials. The report follows:
6 inch water extension to Beck-
elman addition, completed, balance
forwarded $<248.23; labor, 1462
hours, $834.10; material, 1784 ft.
6 in. C. I. pipe, 320 ft. 4 in. C. I.
pipe) on hand, $3,'577.76; total
cost $4,660.09
6 inch sewer extension 700 W.
Hanna, alley, complete; labor 447
hours, $318.20; material, 300 ft. 6
inch pipe and. etc (on hand), $95.-
70; total cost $413.90.
Wreck smokestack at Waterloo
plant, complete; labor, 50 hours,
$44.50; material $3.00.; cost to
date, $47.50.
Build small explosive magazine
60% complete; labor, 18 hours,
$14.40; material, $13.02; total
cost $27.42.
Parking meters (police depart-
ment) labor, 24 hours, $17.20; ma-
terials, $2.80; total cost, $20.00.
Veterans housing maintenance; la-
bor 97i'/4 hours, $78.63; total cost
$78.63.
Maintenance and repair on sew-
er pumps; labor 98 V£ hours, $86.-
15; material $34.25; total cost,
$120.40.
Lower 4 in. line and connect
Lamar school, complete; labor 186
hours, $162.97; material $141.05;
total cost $304.02.
General maintenance and 26
new services; labor 708 hours,
$532.14; material cost, $737.53;
total cost, $1,269.67.
General repair, sewer depart-
ment; labor, 70 hours, $56.12; ma-
terial, $1.50; total cost, 57.62.
Summary for month:
Labor 3161 hours ........ $2,144.41
Materials $4,606.61
Total cost $6,751.02
School Bells Are Ringing
For Denison School Kids
Street Sweeper Is
Here for Showing
On Streets, Alleys
At the meeting of the city com-
missioners Tuesday, Commissioner
George Stratton announced that a
street sweeper machine would be
here Wednesday and Thursday for
demonstration purposes. Mr. Strat-
ton is in charge of streets and al-
leys.
The machine is of the latest
type and will be shown the city
dads in connection with submitting
bids on same. The city is adver-
tising for bids on several pieces
of needed .machinery ini connection
with streets, parks, fire fighting
and other needful machinery.
The city is also to purchase a
large truck for picking up trash
from the downtown alleys and will
operate it and pay all bills. It is
figured the city can save several
thousand dollars each year by the
step. The operator and two assis-
tants will be employed, the operat-
or to be paid a salary of $175 per
month and the two assistants $150
each. The truck will be limited
strictly to trips back and forth
from the downtown area- to the
city dump. The practice of haul-
ing any part of the load to salvage
dealers will not be permitted, since
this would entail time lost from
the chief duty of the operator of
the truck.
Where I* All That Money?
Occasionally we are asked
what has the city done with all
that money." First of all we in-
quire back "what money?" "What
specific fund in the city's treas-
ury?" We find that when such
questions are asked the quizzer
has a, very limited conception of,
budgets, departmentalized funds, I
and other bookkeeping details.
The average man will not go to
the city offices and ask to be
shown these things. Even then,
many who look at the figures
would not be able to analyze them
or go away with an intelligent pic-
ture they represent. Understand-
ing bookkeeping and records is
something requiring many hours
of study in a school for that pur-
pose.
However, there are certain ele-
mentary figures and reports of
any city's finance which the aver-
age person may understand. The
people have a right to know them
and have them easily available. It
is both for the good of those in
office as well as to keep the peo-
ple informed.
For that-reason, a law became
effective in Texas following an
act of the Texas legislature this
year, whereby printed financial
statements, giving complete data
must be printed in newspapers in
that county. All receipts, expen-
ditures, money on hand or deficits
necessary to inform the public
who pays the bills, must be item-
ized in such reports to be printed.
Consider what Dallas county
might have avoided last year. Or,
if you will, take a look back into
our own county. All this will be
avoided through the new law which
compels publicizing.
Failure for such office holder
whose duty it is to publish the
statement carries expulsion from
office, loss of all salary and pos-
sibly other penalties.
Be • Careful Driver
Now that school days are here
(Sm ALONG THE, P*M 4)
Denison Interested
In Fighting Fires
In Rural Sections
The matter of how best to fight
fires outside the city limits is be-
fore the city commissioners for
serious study and it is planned to
do something about it and still not
make a draft on the city fire de-
partment.
Every time a run outside the
city limits is made it costs the city
above $25 and this the city has to
pay. Very few of the property
owners either fail or are not able
to meet the cost of such a run and
the city of Denison has been
forced to end such runs unless) a
deposit is made in advance in case
a fire should come to their pro-
perty.
However, the city dads are
planning to take the matter up
with the county commissioners to
see if they will not place a truck
in Denison to be used only for ru-
ral calls.
In this connection the following
story comes this week from Hamil-
ton, Texas:
HAMILTON, Tex.—For forty-
two years the Hamilton volunteer
fire company has been helping ru-
ral neighbors fight their fires. But
the authorities recently clamped
down on the use of the city's
equipment outside the city limits.
Rather than let their country
neighbors down, the firemen went
out to fight pasture fires with tow-
sacks. This was too slow so they
solved the problem by buying their
own equipment to use out of the
city.
Chief Louis Woodall borrowed
money from a local bank to pur-
chase a l'/i-ton truck. It is being
equipped with a 600-gallon ta.nk
and 650 feet of hose along with a
pump which develops more than
200 pounds pressure.
The farmers and ranchers are
making donations ranging from $2
to $100. The truck, equipped as
planned, will cost $2,000.
Five Buses Used
To Bring Pupils
To School Here
All children in the Denison dis-
trict living more than two miles
from the school they are to at-
tend, will be transported in one of
the five buses being used for the
purpose. The five drivers are
Russell Heironimus, M. C. Wood-
ard, J. L. O'Dell, Carl Kennon and
Ernie Jacobs. They will each made
two trips, one at 7 o'clock and one
at 8, and their routes will be as
follows: No. 1, out the Loy Lake
road through Oak Grove and Hyde
Park a.nd the children on that
route will attend Houston school;
then to Shiloh for pupils who v/ill
attend Lamar; No. 2 will pick up
the Shannon and Ellsworth chil-
dren and take them to Houston,
and then the children in the Des
Voigne, Dripping Springs, and
Starr districts to Houston; No. 3
will bring Geiger a.nd Eureka stu-
dents to Central ward on the first
trip and South Gale and Oak
Ridge children to Houston on the
second trip; No. 4 will pick up
Willow Springs, Hagerman and
Georgetown students and take
them to Central Ward, then Rea-
sor students to Central Ward;
No. 5 will bring the children from
Enterprise to Pottsboro and on
to Houston, then second trip will
take Oak Grove and Hyde Park to
Houstop. High school students
will ride the same buses and be
taken to the high school.
Juliet's family name was Capu-
let.
Katy Promotes Bell
To Place of General
Livestock Agent
St. LOUIS, Mo.—Clyde L. Bell,
former livestock agent for the Mis-
sori-Kansas-Texas lines in San An-
tonio, has been promoted to gen-
eral livestock agent of the Katy,
with headquarters in Fort Worth,
J. F. Hennessey, Jr., vice presi-
dent-traffic, has announced. F. O.
Cook, formerly city freight agent,
Tulsa, has replaced Bell in San
Antonio.
A native of Gainesville, Texas,
Bell entered Katy service as a
timekeeper in Myra, Texas. Mov-
ing to Fort Worth in 1920, he was
transferred to San Antonio in
1946 as livestock agent. He is mar-
ried and haa two daughters.
Cook was born in Webster Par-
ish, La., in 1906. He began work
with the Katy in 1928 as a clerk
in Lockhart, Texas. Since then he
has served in various positions
with the Katy in Bartlett, Smith-
ville and Wichita Falls, Texas and
Elk City and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Bell fills the vacancy caused by
the death of C. O. Heller.
School bells are ringing this
week for Denison's 3,600 school
kids and, according to word from
some of the instructors, there are
actually some few who are glad
to answer the call. Lamar kids
have a four-day edge on the rest
of the town because of last min-
ute construction work underway
on their new building, and the fin-
ishing touches to the demolishing
and removal of their old school
house.
Tennis rackets, swim suits, and
skates have been laid aside in fa-
vor of text books, pencils, pens
and getting up early. But with
football season opening simultan-
eously with the class room and
study hall, it will not be all work
and no play for the Joes and the
Marys.
The teachers especially are
anxious to resume their work since
most of them will be drawing ai
considerably larger pay-check this
year than, ever before, thanks to
the Gilmer-Aiken bill that was
passed this summer by the Texas
state legislature.
Seven New Teachers
There have been seven new
teachers and teacher-coaches sign-
ed up for this year, headed by
Newman Smith, the new principal
of Denison high school. The high
school also has a new band di-
rector, John C. Hooper, who
taught in the Amarillo school sys-
tem last year; and Marcine Cot-
tle of Temple has replaced T. J.
Bailey as coach and teacher in the
hitrh school.
Three elementary coach-teach-
ers have been assigned jobs, and
they are Harlan Lowe, son of Deni-
son's fire chief, Pat Lowe, who
will teach at the Sam Houston
school; L. G. Wilbourne, who has
ta,ught at Colbert and White Oak,
is Peabody's new coach, while E.
L. Brigham, formerly a teacher
here, will teach at Central ward.
Mrs. Smith, wife of the new
high school principal has been as-
signed work in the elementary
grades and the new music teacher
in the elementary grades is Mrs.
Ileena McGee of Colbert.
Principals of the various schools
include: A. P. Ragsdale, Central
ward; Everett Weldon, Sam Hous-
ton; W. R. Taylor, Peabody; Mrs.
Venita Hartson, Raynal; J.M. Dix-
on, Lamar; M. S. Frazier, Terrell
high school; Mrs. Earnestine Car-
reathers, Terrell elementary; Miss
Ollie Biggers and Mrs. Cora L.
Estes, Langston; Mrs. Edna Gorm-
any, Walton.
Mrs. Hattie Mae Jones will teach
Hyde Park and Miss Josephine
Spencer will teach Reasor.
The various special assignments
made by the school board include:
B. McDaniel, superintendent; O.
C. Mulkey, elementary supervisor;
Mrs. Olgo, McDaniel, nurse; Miss
Margaret Kennard, speech thera-
pist; Mrs. Fay Ingram, visiting
teacher; Miss Norma Jean Essary,
secretary to superintendent; Mrs.
Max Eggleston, assistant to secre-
tary to superintendent; Mrs. Marie
Trout, secretary to the principal.
J. S. Kimble, head of the com-
mercial department, has been ap-
pointed student guidance counsel-
lor.
Lahor Day Celebration
Here Recalls Old Days
Bids to Sell
Fire. Station
On motion of Commissioner
George Stratton and with both
IHarry Glidden and Commissioner
Glen Hanan voting aye, the city
will advertise for bids to sell the
lot and building now forming the
home of the city fire department
in the 300 block Chestnut street.
All bids will be subject to being
rejected if not in line with what
the city thinks would be a fail-
figure. The proposition is to sell
the property and turn the money
into a new and more adequately
located place for the fire fighting
equipment.
Figures covering both the pro-
posed new location and the cost
of construction of a home suitable
for housing the equipment are be-
ing sought and the conclusion as
to what is the better thing to do in
the way of a deal will follow
after all data is in, it is planned.
The city is also asking for bids
on 60 school traffic signs to be
placed near the city schools. The
signs will be about* 24x24 inches
and will bear the wording
"SCHOOL — 15 MILES PER
HOUR."
Also a number of traffic signs
to be placed on posts at certain
street intersections will be ordered
to replace the present stop signs
which are fixed in the middle of
certain streets or avenues.
of Parade, Carnival
Verne Murray
Will Command
Texoma Flotilla
A U. S. Coast Guard auxiliary
flotilla, organized for the purpose
of helping the Coast Guard en-
force safety regulations on Lake
Texoma, was organized at the Tex-
oma Yacht club, Thursday evening,
with Verne Murray being elected
commander.
C. 1>. Hosford acted as tempor-
ary chairman at the organizational
meeting, and Richard Pyle, resi-
dent engineer of the United States
Engineers was present, and ex-
pressed his appreciation to the
men for organizing the flotilla,
saying that it would be a very
great help to the Coast Guard in
patrolling the lake.
Other officers elected were Dr.
Paul Pierce, vice-commander; Jas.
R. Brooke, training officer; Jack
Berry, finance officer and Mrs.
Brooke, secretary.
Tod Rockwall, PI officer at Per-
rin field, told the group that Per-
rin's seaplane would be always
available for them in the event of
an emergency.
The flotilla will be number 801,
and is the first to be organized
in the Eighth Coast Guard district.
Negro Communist
Leader Defies
and Gets Trouble
The following U. P. story from
Peekskill, N. Y., tells of what hap-
pened to a second attempt of the
negro singer and communist lead-
er and agitator, P. Robeson, to
conduct a meeting of agitating and
singing. The first effort broke up
in a riot and the negro announced
he would conduct the second one
and appealed to the governor of
New York to protect him in his
"right of assembly and speech."
Anti-communist demonstrators
hurled stones from trees and roof-
tops Sunday at persons leaving a
concert by Paul Robeson, negro
baritone and advocate of commun-
fifty persons were)
ism.
At least
hurt in the disorders which fol-
lowed the concert, attended by
12,000 to 15,000 persons on an
abandoned golf course outside this
small town forty miles north of
New York.
Several hundred police, massed
shoulder-to-shoulder in a human
barricade, hurled back attempts: by
the shoving, shouting demonstrat-
Reminiscent of pre-war days,
when a parade down Main street
brought out all the folks in town
and surrounding areas, was the
colorful parade here, Monday,
which launched a Labor Day cele-
bration that gave Denisonians a
last fling at the summer holiday.
The mile long parade was view-
ed by thousands, snfi the several
decorated floats ana walking dele-
gations, advertising the various la-
bor organizations and service
clubs, was highlighted by the Den-
ison high school and Terrell high
school football players, and the
Yellow Jacket band.
In the park for the whole day
was a sure-enough carnival that
delighted young and old, with the
Denison Lion's club members act-
ing as barkers and concessionaires.
A horse and buggy entry in the
carnival gave old timers a brief
glimpse of the past when a. horse
drawn vehicle was a common sight
and not a rarity.
Hundreds of folks, young and
old, helped to make the Lion's
club welfare effort a success, as
they jammed the carnival spot
and contributed generously to the
various shows.
ers began heading home from the
golf course.
The car in which Robeson left
the scene and three buses were
ors to break up the concert. Rut back at thei). New york raJ|y place
they could not prevent the scat-
| at 7:30 p. m., Robeson's car had
tered disorders which broke out two snlashed windows and there
I were heavy dents on the body of
leave
j the car. Each of three buses had
demonstrators j smas)1(,(j windows and were badly
when the throng began to
the concert grounds,
Police said that
were stoning cars of Robeson sup-| dented
porters all along a 4-mile stretch
of highway leading from the golf I
course to Peekskill. Eight cars!
were reported overturned, five in
the Paekskill area and three in the!
village of Oregon, a mile east of j
the golf course.
Mrs. Margaret M. Donnelly,
superintendent of the Peekskill
hospital, issued a radio appeal urg-
ing all visitors to stay away from]
Sister of Denison
Woman, Husband,
Killed in Accident
Mrs. LeRoy M. Anderson, Sr.,
returned Monday from Wichita
Falls where she attended the fun-
eral of her sister, Mrs. F. H. Ros-
siter, and her husband, F. H'. Ros-
siter, both of whom were killed in-
stantly in an automobile accident
near Childress. A datfpfnter, Miss
Martha Rossiter, suffered three
broken ribs and facial and head in-
juries.
A third party, Coy A. Wake-
field, driving a truck for a Chil-
dress concern, was killed outright
also. Both cars were demolished.
The Rossiters were residents of
Wichita Falls, where Mr. Rossiter
was connected in an official way
with the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone company.
The accident happened on the
highway near Childress not far
from the destination of the Ros-
siter family. They were on their
way to Denver for a four-day visit,
BONHAM PICKS STAFF OF
SIXTY-TWO FOR SCHOOLS
BONHAM, Texas.—A staff of
sixty-two teachers and administra-
tive employees will operate the six
public schools in the Bonham .sys-
tem this year, Supt. C. H. Dille-
hay announced.
The number is an increase of
eight over last year.
The Bonham school system will
operate an elementary school at
Ravenna for the first time.
A tax rate of $1.35 has been set
for the 1949-50 school year by the
school board. A public hearing
on the proposed school budget has
been set for Tuesday.
Two of the four special teach-
ers and two of the three supervis-
ors for the county's school have
been elected, County Supt. Jim
Moulton announced.
Special teachers elected are
Mrs. Abbie Beckett Chambers as
librarian and Mrs. Henry Tyler as
school nurse. Mrs. Kate Reed
Estes and Mrs. Lola. May Stevens
have been elected supervisors.
Harold Marcus, 22 described
Robeson's depature from the con-
cert grounds:
"I was in Robeson's oar," he
| said. "We received word that we
j were to get police protection when
| we left the golf course. We didn't
I get any at all. Instead, one of the
deputies attacked the car himself."
As the concert opened at 2 p.
the hospital, because "it was" taxed m- il ®PP«ared that the "battle of
to the limit treating the injured. ! Peekskill" would be mostly a sing-
Police said that at least eighteen!,nK contest "DoWn wlth the Com'
persons had been taken to the mies" t0 the tune of "Roll Out the
Peekskill hospital. Two others! Barrell," attempting to drown out
were treated at an emergency first! Robeson as he sang Old Man Rt-
aid station at the scene. ' I v«r" and other son*s-
The demonstration outside the Robeson aided by a microphone,
concert was conducted by several] cou'd be heard above the din of
veterans organizations, but police veterans voices, automobile
sjtid teen - age gantr;. apparently horns, sirens and three bands. He
caused much of the disorder. !:'so s!lng f'° Down, Moses, and
The stonings followed'the eon-j "Song of the Warsaw Ghetto."
cert end a parade of 3,500 veter- Shortly after 3 p. m. several
ans who protested that the gather- j hundred spectators began shouting
ing was pro-communist. j!lt th? Robeson group some thirty
Six buses whose drivers would feet away inside the concert
not make the hazardous trip from j Sounds. The groups were saparat-
the concert scene to Peekskill were j ed b>' l"'o lines-of police and a
moved out of the concert area in | fence.
police convoy Voluntary drivers; The spectators broke for the
and two armed policemen were as-, gate, but the police moved swiftly,
signed to each bus, and squad cars They raised their night sticks
were placed between each of the
-•ix vehicles.
across their chests and formed a
human wall. Only a few of the
Robeson followers arriving back demonstrators broke through the
in New York said the singer's car first line, and they were pushed
was -toned as he left the concert back by the second line of police.
Emerson Anderson, son of Le-
Roy M. Anderson, Sr., publisher
of the Denison Press, is principal
of the Bonham high school and has
served in that capacity for several
years. He is a graduate of the
Denison high school, and received
his A. B. from Texas Christian
University and his M. A. from
Texas University. He is working
on his doctor's.
Asia occupies one third of the
total land area pf the earth.
and charged that a deputy smash-
ed the windshield. Robeson was
not injured, they said.
Sixteen persons were arrested
and were arraigned Sunday night
in a special peace justice court set
up in the state police barracks at
nearby Croton-on-Hudson Charges
against them included use of of-
fensive language, reckless driving,
third-degree assault and littering
the highway with dangerous ob-
jects.
At the old golf course police had
to tear down piles of stones placed
at all entrances and place guards
around a row of broken pop bot-
tles, planted 1,000 feet along the
Peekskill Hollow Brook Creek with
the sharp edges up.
But the serious disorders did not
begin until the concert wa.s end-
ing. First a group of anti-com-
munist spectators tried to shove
into the concert grounds. Police
pushed them back. Then the spec-
tators began pushing and jostling
some Robeson supporters who had
arrived late. Several pop bottles
flew through the air. Then came
a rain of s6ones, after that, the
diaorder spread, at the concertgo
Later when spectators began
shoving and pushing late arrivals
to the concert, police rushed in and
restored order again. No one was
hit by the flying pop bottles, but
State Trooper Michael Murray was
knocked unconscious by a rock.
He was revived quickly. As the
police tried to calm the crowd at
the gate, a group of Robeson sup-
porters rushed up to the main en-
trance and formed a human bar-
ricade.
Shortly before 5 p. m., police
appeared to have restored order at
the main entrance. They were at-
tempting to direct traffic to Peek-
skill and Robeson supporters were
aiding them by arranging the de-
parting cars systematically within
the grounds.
The storage for canned foods
should be cool, dark, dry, well-
ventilated, clean and free from
odors. Even good quality canned
foods will develop a flat, sour
taste and will lose food value when
stored at warm temperatures.
A suddenly falling barometer
indicates a short storm.
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Anderson, LeRoy M. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1949, newspaper, September 9, 1949; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth328937/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.