The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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Bookmobile library service started this week
The new bookmobile library
service will be available to
Naples and Omaha area resi-
dents every Thursday.
The bookmobile began its
first service to Morris county
this week.
The schedule calls for visits
at the Naples fire station from
10:30 until 11:30 a.m. and at
Omaha from 11:45 a.m. until
12:45 p.m. every Thursday.
The traveling library also
will make a 30-minute stop at
Rocky Branch each Thursday
from 9:45 until 10:15 a.m.
There will be no charge for
use of the bookmobile services
here but those who use the
central library at Mt. Pleasant
will be charged $1 per family
for a membership card.
Patrons may check out
books there from 9 a.m. until
5 p.m. every day of the week
including Saturdays.
The bookmobile will be
staffed on its rounds by Miss
Josephine Harkey, formerly of
Bryans Mill, as librarian, and
Sam Chapman, driver and as-
sistant librarian.
The bookmobile will have
from 1,500 to 1.750 volumes
on it and the central library
lias about 10,000 volumes.
Included are books for chil-
dren of all ages, fiction and
non-fiction, and research ma-
terials.
The Naples MONITOR
Midshipman at West Point
Midshipman Merrit H. Nicewander, left, is escorted through
the West Point Museum by Cadet Nicholas H. Merriam of
Marianna, Fla., during the "Middies" four-day tour of the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. Feb. 6-9. The
annual exchange visit, involving members of the second
(junior) classes, familiarizes the upperclassmen with the
mission of their sister academy and promotes friendship
among future officers of the armed forces. Midshipman
Nicewander. 21. son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan A. Nicewander of
route 3, Naples, is a 1961 graduate of Columbus high school.
78 years old . . and new every week
VOLUME 78
NAPLES, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 1964
NUMBER 35
Monitoring
MAIN
STREET
Mrs. H. D. Brock, as a co-
owner in a women's wear shop
here, wasn't exactly a walking
advertisement last Wednesday
night.
For bowling at the Dainger-
field alley, she was attired in
I pair of too-short, loud-color-
ed striped pants, and a flow-
ered blouse.
But let's start at the first.
She went with her husband,
Mrs. Jim Elledge, Mrs. Hershel
Welch, Mrs. Marion Leeves
and Mrs. Freddy Joe Daven-
port to the bowling alley.
When the bowling started,
Mrs. Brock's pants split in the
rear.
Mrs. Elledge was wearing
a longer blouse so they trad-
ed. That worked fine while
she stood erect but wasn't
much better when she bowled.
Mrs. Welch loaned her a
jacket but she couldn't bowl
with it tied around her waist.
Then she remembered the
pair of pants belonging to her
daughter, Sherrilyn, in the
trunk of the car.
That solved everything —
after someone reminded her
she had forgotten to zip them.
It was a long, long day for
the Waller Hickmans.
He's the manager of the
Naples Community Inn who
moved here early last week.
His most eventful and try-
ing day so far began when he
got up. There was no water.
The pump wasn't working.
The refrigerator quit, too,
and the youngest of their
three daughters, Beth, 18
months, broke out with the
measles.
With no water, Hickman
couldn't shave before going to
work but something else took
his mind off that little prob-
lem. The fan belt broke on his
car.
His wife, Mary Jane, loaded
up the three children and
to^k him to work.
...at afternoon, Mary Jane
used the washing machine but
she couldn't turn off the hot
water. Hickman tried it and
the handle broke.
Beth, the youngest daughter
with the measles, caught her
finger in the washing machine
aoor and skinned it pretty
badly.
After supper, it seemed like
a good time to forget the ag-
gravations and relax with a
television program. The tele-
slon set wouldn't work.
It seemed like a good time
to give up and go to bed but
they couldn't be sure.
Daughter Julie, 2V4, picked
up the clock, dropped it and
broke it.
The calendar, though, was
reliable.
It showed the day was Fri-
day the 13th.
C&oper Crow,
MapSss resident,
dies Saturday
Cooper Crow. 53 year old
Naples resident, d 11: cl at the
hospital here Saturday.
He was born in Cass county
and spent his entire life in the
area. He was an electrician
and plumber.
He is survived by his wife;
one son, Chester Crow of
Shreveport; one daughter, Mrs.
J. Roy Traylor of Naples; two
brothers, Howard Crow of
Linden, and Estes Crow of
Hurst; tiiree sisters, Mrs. Lau-
rel Roberts and Mrs. Obie
Vaughn of Omaha, and Mrs.
Lillian Chastain of Ore City;
three grandchildren and a
number of nieces and neph-
ews.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the
Rocky Branch Church of Christ
with the Rev. Horace Hamp-
ton and the Rev. Billy Nor-
tham officiating.
Burial was in the Spring Hill
Cemetery under the direction
of the Hanner Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Dewey Shi-
rey, Leslie Thigoen, L. J. For-
syth, Edward Foster. M. L.
Fulgham. J. C. Traylor, W. G.
Foster and Martin Thigpen.
Lone Star makes
$4 million profit
Lone Star Steel Company
had a profitable year in 1963.
The company's annual state-
ment mailed to stockholders
over the week end showed net
earnings for the year to be
$4,063,000.
By contrast, Lone Star had
a loss during 1962 of $2,499,-
000.
The profit came from in-
creased production and sales
and a reduction in operating
costs.
The company produced and
sold $8,000,000 more iron and
steel products in 1963 than it
did in 1962, and reduced the
cost of operation by $3,800,-
000.
George A. Wilson, presi-
dent, said "The true improve-
ment in ooerating results was
even greater than the com-
parative figures indicate."
"Specifically, the 1963 prof-
it was reduced by a non-re-
curring special charge of
$756,000 net after tax adjust-
ment attributable principally
to equipment write-off, where-
as the 1962 reported loss was
after giving effect to a federal
income tax refund of $3,100,-
000," Wilson said.
The annual report showed
that net sales in 1963 amount-
ed to $71,688,000. an increase
of 11 per cent over the year
before.
Most of the increase came
from sales of products rela-
tively new to Lone Star. This
consisted primarily of large
diameter spiral weld pipe,
electrical conduit, and stan-
dard pipe for the construction
industry.
In spite of a further decline
in total usage of pipe by the
domestic oil and gas produc-
ing industry, historically Lone
Star's principal product mar-
ket, the company achieved a
modest increase in its partici-
pation in the manket for oil
country tubular goods.
The net working capital at
year's end was $53,180,000, an
increase of almost $8,000,000
and the highest in the com-
pany's history.
Capital expenditures in 1963
amounted to slightly less than
$2,000,000 and about double
that amount is planned for the
current year.
The earnings per share in
1963 came to $1.04 compared
to a loss of 64 cents per share
in 1962.
Tommy Coker, center, finalizes plans to
take over the Buick car agency in Texarkana
as L. E. Thompson, left, Buick zone manager
and Bill Mathews, district manager watch.
Cokers buy Buick car agency at Texarkana
The Coker Chevrolet Com-
pany family of Naples has
bought the Buick car agency
in Texarkana.
Final purchase agreements
were completed Monday by
Leon Coker and his sons, Jack
and Tommy, with Henry Lew-
is, who had operated the new
car dealership under the name
of Lewis Buick.
With the transaction this
week, the name of the agency
was changed to Coker Buick.
Tommy Coker, who former-
ly managed an Oldsmobile
agency in Daingerfield and
has been a partner in the Cok-
er Chevrolet Company here,
became active manager of the
Texarkana firm Monday.
He will continue to live in
Daingerfield, where his wife,
the former Louise Nance, is
a teacher, until the school
term ends and then move to
Texarkana.
A formal opening will be
held later to mark the official
change in ownership.
Car flips, occupants unhurt
A car, rammed from the
rear by another here Thurs-
day, turned over and skidded
on its top but the occupants
escaped with no serious in-
juries.
Mrs. Frances Collins Miller
of Naples was the driver of
the car which overturned and
she was accompanied by her
small son. Wayne Miller.
Mrs. Bobby Tigert of Naples
was alone in the second ve-
' cle. Her car was badly dam-
aged on the left front and
ended up in a flat ditch at
the right side of the road.
The Miller car came to a
slop on the paved shoulder of
the road.
The accident occurred about
4:30 p.m. Wednesday on High-
way 67 West directly in front
of the L & W Farm Supply
Store.
Highway Patrolman Charlie
Cass county barbecue will
honor candidate for senate
Cass county will welcome
home Gordon McLendon, can-
didate for the Democratic
nomination for the U.S. Sen-
ate and radio's "Old Scotch-
man", next Thursday evening.
McLendon, who lived in At-
lanta as a youth and gradu-
ated from high school there,
will speak at a free barbecue
and countywide rally at 6 p.m.
Thursday, March 26, at the
Indian Hill Country Club in
Atlanta.
Arrangements for the bar-
becue and rally are being
handled by Mayor W. M. Ken-
nedy, McLendon's Cass county
campaign manager.
The meeting and barbecue
are open to the public and del-
Congressman
to be honored
at Texarkana
A reception honoring Con-
gressman Wright Patman will
be held at the Student Union
Building at Texarkana Col-
lege Tuesday, March 31.
He will be at the college
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. to
meet with friends and constit-
uents.
Coffee and other refresh-
ments will be served from 11
a.m. until 2 p.m.
Leon Coker of Napies and
Marvin Watson of Dainger-
field are listed among co-
chairmen planning the recep-
tion.
Naples student
on dean's list
Buddy Rogers of Naples
was one of 75 students to
make the all-"A" honor roll
at North Texas State Univer-
sity for the fall semester.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Rogers of Naples
and is a senior banking and
finance major at NTSU.
egations and individuals from
over the county are being in-
vited to attend, Kennedy said.
McLendon is opposing the
incumbent, Ralph Yarborough,
in his first bid for political
office.
He is a native of East Texas,
having been born in Paris. He
lived in Atlanta during his
youth, and also attended the
Kemper Military School and
Yale University.
During World War II. he
was a naval intelligence offi-
cer in the South Pacific.
Brahma Boosters
meet Thursday
Pewitt Brahma Boost-
ers will meet at the school
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday of
this week.
Coach Fielding Huddle-
ston said several items of
imoortance needed to be
presented to the club for
consideration.
He urged all boosters to
attend the meeting.
Gas well near
Omaha is failure
Another effort to find oil or
gas production in Morris coun-
ty apparently has failed.
Drilling was halted with no
indications of production at
11,710 feet on the McBee and
Moore No. 1 J. D. Talley two
and a half miles southwest of
Omaha.
DEN 3 CUB SCOUTS VISIT
THE MONITOR PLANT
Cub Scouts of Den 3 toured
The Monitor plant Wednesday
end were shown how a news-
paper is produced.
Bill Carlile served refresh-
ments after the tour.
Price of Daingerfield investi-
gated.
The Miller car apparently
was attempting to turn left
from Highway 67 to the farm
store when the Tigert car, also
westbound, struck it from the
rear.
Funeral services
held Friday for
Holbert Wilson
Holbert Wilson, a veteran
of World War II, died last
Thursday at the home of his
sister in Hughes Springs.
He is survived by five
sisters, Mrs. Doris Hawkins
of Naples, Mrs. Dorothy Tay-
lor of Daingerfield, Mrs. Jess-
ie Arnold of Shreveport, and
Mrs. R. V. Wallace and Mrs.
Thelma Rosson of Hughes
Springs.
Funeral services were held
;.t 2:30 p.m. Friday at the
Hughes Springs First Baptist
Church with the Rev. H. S.
Morris and the Rev. C. H. Pax-
ten of Talco officiating. Buri-
al was in the Spring Hill
Cemetery.
Funeral services
held Wednesday
for Claude Parris
Claude B. Parris, 82 year
old Naples resident, died in
a Daingerfield hospital Mon-
day night.
A retired farmer, he had
been a resident of the area
for more than 50 years and
was a member of the Rocky
Branch Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife;
a daughter, Mrs. Zack Keath-
lty of Lancaster; a brother,
Lee Parris of Spartanburg,
S. C.; three grandchildren and
a number of nieces and neph*
ews.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the
Rocky Branch Baptist Church
with the Rev. T. P. Lee and
the Rev. M. G. McNeill officiat-
ing. Burial was in the Spring
Hill Cemetery under the di-
rection of the Hanner Funer-
al Home.
DEN 5 CUB SCOUTS MAKE
HIKE WEDNESDAY
Cub Scouts of Den 5 went
cn a hike over the Chester M.
Coker farm Wednesday after-
noon.
Taking part were Ross Can-
ant, J. T Sweeden, Larry
Betts, David Loffer, John Rob-
ert Carver, Bruce Hampton
tnd Gary Walters.
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