The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1950 Page: 1 of 4
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Vol. 2
THE WYLIE NEWS
Working For The Wylie Of Today—Planning For The Wylie Of Tomorrow
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1950
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Wylie
Welcomes
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CIRCULATION—850
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Coffee Cup
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This week the weather has
been a good subject for conver-
sation. People around Wylie once
more have their coats unbottoned
and smiling in the sunshine. The
Lions Club was not able to meet
last week due to the icy condi-
tions and also because the water
was frozen at the meeting place.
This meeting will be skipped and
we will only have one meeting
this month, that being Thursday,
January 19.
The President of the United
States insists that Congress must
keep on approving budgets so
high that they are out of sight.
His latest recommendations call
for $42 billion dollars. The in-
come of the Government will be
put to more than $37 billion
dollars. And the best authorities
in Washington estimate that this
Is a deficit of many billion dollars.
The horrors of poitics are the
continuation of Government spen-
ding. bringing the National Debt
on the way to $263 billion.
There is no more dangerous,
unreasonable and tragic situa-
tion than "riding high" with the
White House and Congress. Con-
gress has been almost as reck-
less in "riding high" as the Presi-
dent.
The only hopeful spot is the
talk that the Marshal Plan may
be cut a billion, Military aid is
expected to jump $900 million.
Farm aid. social security, pub-
lic works and undisguised social-
ism are likely to remain high
in the billions.
As a nation we had better
wake up and take inventory of
things in general. It's high time
we make up our minds to tighten
our belts and get our hands out
of Uncle Sam's pocket and begin
to pay off our National Dept.
Otherwise we are on the road
to our downfall.
We have had an opportunity
to see how it worked in other
countries. It is up to every one
,<of us to decide which road he
wishes our country to take and
then to make his influence felt
with the men we have elected to
represent us in Government.
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Advertising certainly gets re-
sults. Last week there was a
classified ad appearing in this
paper concerning a pasture with
plenty of shade and green grass
and had this column's name sign-
ed for information. We don't
know how it got in there but
we do know that it certainly got
results. If any of you have any
pastures for rent please leave
you name with us and we will
send the overflow demands to
you. We're full up!
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We see that television now has
a program entitled, "Over the
Coffee Cup".
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A man recently had over a
thousand gallstones removed. Any
guy with that much grit should
be able to hold his own in this
world of ours.
★
The Associated Press tells a-
bout a South Gate, California
boy who, at 22 months, has been
in more trouble than most folks
have in o lifetime. Since last
Christmas the little boy:
Ate the plastic hubbies off the
Christmas tree in his home;
swallowed two steel wires; drank
from a bottle of ink; fell into a
tub and nearly drowned; ate ber-
ries from a neighbor's bush and
got poisoned; ate several sow
bugs; raided the bathroom cab-
inet, but avoided poisons.
Then to cap his exploits, the
little man got his head stuck in
his metal pottie and ran about
the yard looking like a Martian
creature. A plumber had to saw
the article off with a hack saw.
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You've reached the age of dis-
cretion when you begin* to won-
der if it's worth what) it costs.
Prizes Offered In Child Photo Contest For
Wylie; Pictures To Be Made Here Monday
The time is almost at hand for
the opening of this newspaper's
big Child Photograph Contest, and
we're urging all of our readers to
have their children ready for the
big day. A photographer from Hall
mark Studios of Dallas and Irv-
ing Texas will be in Wylie on
Monday, January 10 from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. for the purpose of tak-
ing pictures in this vicinity. His
studio will 'be located at F. E.
Methodist Hold
District Conference
In Piano Monday
The McKinney District of the
Methodist Church held its annual
district conference Monday. Host
church was Piano's First Meth-
odist Church, where the Rev. J.
Frank Blackburn is pastor. Ap-
proximately 250 attended, repre-
senting over twenty churches.
Rev. Cicero P. Fielder, Dis
trict Superintendent, presided, an
heard encouraging reports from
the churches represented. Re-
ports reflected a continued grow-
th in the churches of the district,
and plans were made for the
final months of this conference
year.
The Rev. H. C. Hoy, Superin
tendent of the Paris district, de-
livered the morning sermon.
Others appearing on the day
long program included Bolton
Boone, Methodist Hospital ad-
ministrator; Rev. Ira C. Kiker
and Rev. Glendall Jones of the
Board of Education; and others.
Vickery was chosen as the site
for next year's meeting.
Representing the Wylie church
at the conference were Rev. E.
H. Cole, Mrs. P. F. Brooks. Mrs.
A. C". Moore and Mrs. Emma
Addington.
Neilon Residence, located 1 block
west of Johnston Co.
In addition to having their pic-
tures printed in this newspaper
the children will be competing for
$23.25 in prizes which are being
offered for the four best photo-
graphs made during the day.
The photographs will be made
absoutely free of charge and there
is no charge for their publica-
tion in The Wylie News. Proofs
will be shown, and from these
you may select the picture of
your child which you would like
to appear in this newspaper. If
you wish extra photographs they
may be purchased, but no pur-
chase is necessary in order to
have your picture printed in this
] newspaper, or in order to com-
pete for the prizes. It is en-
tirely up to you, whether you
buy pictures or not.
There is no age limit on the
contest, and every child's photo-
graph in this section is wanted
{ so that they may all appear in
The Wylie News. However, it is
necessary that all pictures must
be of uniform size so they must
| be made by the Hallmark Studio
Photographer on Monday.
Don't wait until little Mary
| gets married or baby brother is
j elected to some political office
j to see their pictures in the paper
—make plans now to have these
! photographs made on Monday.
Tell your friends and neighbors.
The more, the merrier
j See the advertisement in this
| issue, for additional information.
Notre Dame Invites
J. D. Roberts For
Football Workout
J D. Roberts, 17-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roberts of
this city has been invited to take
part in spring football training
at Notre Dame.
A Jesuit High School senior,
J. D. is five feet, ten inches tall
and weighs 220 pounds. He play-
ed guard on the Dallas school's
football team for the past three
years and will graduate in June.
Roberts has received recogni-
tion allover the state for his
steller line play during the past
season. He has received offers
from several of the Southwestern
Conference Colleges as well as
Oklahoma and Notre Dame. After
serious consideration of all the
invitations he finally decided to
try out with Notre Dame, which
consistently produces outstand-
ing teams.
Young Roberts will leave for
South Bend, Ind., in April to join
the Notre Dame squad in work-
outs.
First Conference Basketball Game
In Local Gymnasium Friday Night
i
Friday night will mark the
first conference play in Wylie
for the boys and girls basketball
teams when they tangle with the
teams from Community Hish Sch-
ool. Several practice games have
been held by both teams, but
this week marked the beginning
of play in the east half of Collin
County's Class-B district cage ness basketball in the new Bir-
raee. Both local teams travelled mingham gym, which boasts one
to Melissa Tuesday night, and of the most modern and up-to-
both teams defeated the Melissa date courts in the state. A new
boys and girls. This gets the! electric clock and scoreboard
locals off to a flying start in has recently been installed, which
this season's race. adds greatly to the interest of
Local fans will be given an the game.
opportunity Friday night to wit-
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Mrs. Cecil Biggs and Miss | Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Win* and
Viola McCullough of Wichita Fall! daughters of Piano spent last
Texas, were the Sunday visitors : Weekend with her parents, Mr.
of Mrs. Lillian Corzine in Wylie. !inc' Mrs. Ed Andrews
Meetings In County
To Give Information
On Agriculture Plans
At a meeting of a central agri-
cultural committee held Tuesday,
December 20 in the Chamber
of Commerce Hall it was decided
that a series of meetings giving
the latest information to the far-
ming interest of the county be
held. Those present for the Tues-
day meeting included John D,
Wells, Soil Conservation Service
supervisor and president Collin
County Farm Bureau. W. D. Hag-
gard, president of the Collin Coun
ty Pure-Bred Livestock Associa-
tion, R, J. Wilson, chairman
P.M.A. Committee, Jack McCul-
lough, County Agent, Rome Ed-
wards, Tom West, II. A. Kinney,
and W. B. Wiser.
Fourteen meetings will be sched
uled soon to lie held in Allen,
Piano, Frisco, Prosper, Celina,
Anna Melissa, Westminster, Blue
Ridge, Farmersville, Princeton,
Nevada, Wylie, and McKinney.
These meetings will be conduct-
ed by regular vocational agricul-
tural instrictors, P.M.A., S.C.S.,
F. H. A., and Extension Service
personnel, G.I vocational agri-
cultural instructors, and farm
organization representatives.
Due to many agricultural chan-
es, it is the opinion of the com-
mittee that meetings giving the
latest information will be worth
while.
A REMINDER. . .
Poll Tax Must Be Paid
By January 31st
County Tax Collector Kerr
Crosswhito today reminded Collin
County residents that January 31
! is the final day to pay poll taxes.
I making them eligible to vote in
j the 1950 elections.
He also reminded those who
will receive their first free vote
'that they must call by the office
and secure an exemption. Those
eligible for a free vote are those
who were 21 since January 1,
1949, or will be 21 prior to Jan-
uary 31, 1950.
Poll tax payments according to
Mr. Crosswhite, are increasing
daily and he urges those who
wish to vote to pay their poll
tax before the deadline.
First State Bank
Votes Dividend: Raises
Surplus To $25,000
The Board of Directors of the
First State Bank recently voted
a dividend fo 5 per cent on the
bank's capital stock, according
to announcement made this week,
and which is reflected in the
condensed statement, printed else-
where in this edition. Officials
I of the institution also voted to
raise the certified surplus ac-
count of the bank to $25,000.00
| an amount equal to the capital
i stock.
The year end statement shows
a total capital structure of $58,-
107.73, which includes .$8,107.73 in
the undivided profits account.
Deposits were shown as $675,166 -
74.
Mrs Eaves Returned
Home From Hospital
Mrs. Raymond Eaves recent 1\
underwent an operation in a Dal-
las hospital. She returned to her
home in Wylie Tuesday.
Mrs. Eaves is the owner and
] operater of a Beauty Salon in
Wylie and in Dallas. Texas.
J. D. ROBERTS
Murphy Baptist
Church Will Have
Revivl; Begins Jan. 15
j Announcemenl was made this
week by the Murphy Baptist
Church that a revival meeting
; has been scheduled for January
' 15. continuing through the Sun-
day night service, January 27,
Dr. J. Walter Carpenter, evang-
elist and college professor of
| North Carolina, has been engag-
| ed to preach for the eight day
meeting. Assisting Dr. Carpen-
ter in the revival will be Rev,
i Ne il Jones, pastor of the Mur-
phy Baptist Church, who will
j have charge of the music.
L The public is given a cordial
i invitation to attend any or all
of these inspirational messages
; which will be delivered by Dr.
Carpenter. Services will be each
evening during the meeting at
7:30 p.m.
Bowen To Enter Race
For Commissioner
G. G. (Grovcr) Bowen, present
Commissioner of Prccinct No. 2
paid a visit to the News last
, week. Mr. Bowen authorized the
i News to state that he would be
[a candidate for re-election to
| that office in the July primary
j and will make a formal announc-
i ement soon.
Mr. Bowen has established a
fine record since his election as
Commissioner.
Man
Sunday guests of Mrs. Bates j Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McGuire
were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bates and sons of Dallas were wcek-
and son and Mrs. Juanita Bobo | end guests ol her parents, Mr.
and son, all of Dallas. : and Mrs. J. O. Morris.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Eldridge 1 Charles Lewis and Glynn Wood
of McKinney were Sunday guests of Murphy were visiting in Wylie
Saturday.
Mr. and
IN RETROSPECT:
The Old Year - 1949
Mrs. Sheeks Hostess
Friday Bridge Club
The Friday Afternoon Bridge
Club met January 6, 1950, at the
home of Mrs. Ray Sheeks. Mrs.
R. V. Groves was the winner of
high score and Miss Inez Burns
won second high.
Besides the members, there
were two guests present, Mrs.
Fred Gallagher, and Mrs. Jick
Housewright.
Looking back through the year
just passed has revealed another
banner year of accomplishments
in the life of the Wylie commun-
ity. Conditions may have been
off to a somewhat slow start,
but what they lacked the early
part of the year was certainly
made up for in the final six
months.
Listed here in chronological
order are some of the highlights
of 1949 as taken from the files
of The News:
JANUARY
Construction on the second
phase of the Lavon Reservoir got
underway Jan. 1. J. W. Moorman
& Son of Muskogee, Okla., was
the construction firm winning
this contract.
The Wylie Methodist. Church
was host to the McKinney Dis-
trict Conference on Jan. 17. and
the Lions Club heard Louis Blay-
lock, Industrial Director for T
P&L, speak.
Work on the T. F. Birmingham
High School was making good
progress despite inclement wea-
ther, and the Wylie Vocational
Agriculture class completed 18
months of service to veterans in
the area.
FEBRUARY
Br-r-r, it's cold outside, as
Wylieites shiver in 2 degree
temperature, and survey damage
of one of the worst ice storms
in history. Power was off for
about three days, and business
was at a standstill.
MARCH
Construction of Lavon Reservior
held up three weeks due to bad
weather. Wylie quota for 1949
Red Cross drive set at $375.00,
and the amount was surpassed.
Lions heard Ben Critz, manager
of the Dallas Chamber of Com-
merce.
Wylie FFA boys bad calves to
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1950 Farm Program
Topic Of Meeting
Here January 12th
Representatives from tho AAA
office in McKinney. Texas, will
be at the Wylie School Auditor-
ium on Thursday night. January
12, at 7:30, to discuss the 1950
farm program.
Many interesting topics are on
the program for discussion, and
much information on cotton plant-
ing for the, coming year will be
given.
The public is invited.
place high in McKinney show,
and local P-TA planned April
Fool program at school.
APRIL
John Edgington, Jess Bowden.
Ray Sheeks and A. D. Boyd el-
ected as councilmen in light vote.
Ollie Addington and J. H. Edging-
ton were named to the School
Board in trustee election.
The First Baptist Church an-
nounced plans for a spring re-
vival, while the Methodist and
Christian Churches made plans
for union Easter services.
The annual Junior-Senior ban-
quet was held, and the Lions
entertained their ladies, both af-
fairs being held at the Methodist
Annex. Overflow crowds attend-
ed Easter services in the city,
and Jiek Housewright, treasurer,
announced funds needed for eem-
j eter.v work.
MAY
The R. W. McKinney Co. re-
ceived contract 1o build the Wy-
lie Piano road. This was rcalh
welcome news to the people ol
this section. Favorable weather
speeded work on the Lavon Re-
servoir, as new machinery was
moved to the project.
The News issued a special ed-
See OLD YEAR, Page 3
of her mother, Mrs. S. O. Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Richards
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mis.
Jess Callaway.
?vTr and Mrs. Cecil Lenord of
Dallas were week end visitors
with her father. S. H. Ilillis
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hall and
Mrs. V. Turek were visitors of
Mrs. S. O. Hall Sunday.
Leeton Ilillis of Longview, Tex-
as, was a recent visitor in Wylie.
Farmers Must Pay
Penalty For Cotton
In Excess Of Quota
Texas cotton farmers will have
to take cotton marketing quotas
under consideration in planning
their 1950 farming operations.
B. F. Vance, State Production
and Marketing Administration
director, pointed out this week.
Approval of cotton marketing
quotas by more than two-thirds |
of the nation's cotton farmers in j
the December 15 referendum
means that the quotas will be in
effect on the 1950 rrop.
A cotton farmer who plants;
within his cotti>n acreage allot-
ment can market all of his
cotton without penalty. Tlis mar-j
kcting quota is the production
from his acreage allotment. He
also can obtain a government
loan on his cotton at 90 percent
of parity, and he will be eligible j
to receive conservation assist-
ance payments from the PMA. j
A cotton farmer who plants'
more land to cotton than his acre-
age allotment must pay a penalty |
amounting to one-half parity j
price on any excess cotton which
he sells. Current parity price is
about 30 cents which would j
mean a penalty of about 15 cents I
a pound on excess cotton if mar-
keting quotas were in effect on j
this year's crop. Parity changes, j
and so the marketing penalty will
change from month to month.
Under the law, excess cotton
subject to a penalty is that cot-
ton produced from the acres in
excess of the allotment. The
pen
Mrs. Joe Douthitt of
Garland, Texas were visitors here
last weekend with his mother,
Mrs. R. Douthitt.
Mickey Michelle To
Attend Bridge,Contest
Mickey Michelle will journey to
Dallas Thursday to take part in
the Texas State Championship
Bridge Tournament. Michelle
has participated many bridge
contests and has won honors in
several.
The tournament will be held
at the Baker Hotel from Jan-
uary ]2 through January 15.
Mrs. Norris Curtis
Patient In Hospita
Mrs. Norris Curtis of Nevada,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Pair. Wylie. was admitted to
a Dallas Hospital Sunday for an
operation. It is reported that
Mrs Curtis is doing very well
and her many friends hope to
see her around here again very
soon.
Students Enjoy Treat
During Icy Weather
The second grade enjoyed the
snow on last Wednesday. They
made ice cream and shared it
with the third grade.
The teachers served pop corn
to all the students Friday to
show them their appreciation for
putting forth the effort to come
to school on a bad, cold day.
Game time for the first melee
has been slated for 7:30, and
admission will be 15 cents and
25 cents.
The local teams will be the
underdogs in Friday's games.
The Community teams were the
winners in last year's conference
race, and reports are that they
arc even stronger this year due
to the fact that all lettermen
from last year's squad are back.
However, Coach Walter Davis of
the boys team and Coach Mc-
Millan of the girls squad promise
plenty of action before the final
whistle blows. Both coaches are
bringing their squads along nice-
ly. and figure to give some of
the other teams a bit of trouble
before the season ends.
Local fans are urged to take
this opportunity to see this first
home conference game. The gym-
nasium will be comfortably heat-
I. and members of the Wylie
Athletic Council will be on hand
to staff the concession booth and
have available popcorn, drinks
and candy. A large turnout of
fans is due to follow the Com-
munity teams here, and the gym
should be filled to near cap-
acity for thir gam .
Starting lineup for .the boys
team includes; Havard and Mv-
Cormick. forwards; Skipwith.
center; Snow and R. Martin,
guards.
Also members of the squad
and expected to see service dur-
ing the season are Taylor. Wil-
liams. Anderson, Massoud, Chris-
topher. A. Martin. Tucker, Rol-
lins, Simmons and Vaughan.
Coach Frank McMillan has de-
signated the following girls for th
starting lineup: Ross. C. Travis,
and Oehlke, forwards; and ty.
Travis, Eubanks and Goen
guards.
girls' starting team is the fact
that in Ross, Oehlke and C.
Travis, Coach McMillan has two
eighth graders and one fresh-
man. These girls have shown
exceptional ability and hustle,
I and have crowded out more ex-
perienced veterans for a starting
assignment. Local fans are due
; to see a lot of basketball from
| these three girls before they end
their eligibility.
Other members of the girls'
team are Felkel, Vaughan, San-
ders. Nance, Bovd, Jones, Acuff
and Foster.
\
Wylie Parent-Teachers Group Represented
At County Meeting In Allen, Tuesday, Jan. 10
The Collin County PTA met in
Allen, Texas on January 10. at
the First Baptist Church. County
Superintendent, Lyman D Rob-
amount of cotton subject to pen- j 'nso11' VVi,s 'n ' barge of the pio-
alty will be determined by multi- j Rram, assisted by members of
plying the number of overplanted ^'s teaching stall. Each new
acres by the normal cotton yield j supervisor that the county ic-
of the farm. i ceived through the Gilmer-Akin
In addition, cotton produced on ! program was introduced and ex-
a farm where the cotton allot-
ment was overplanted will not be
eligible for a government cotton
loan. Nor can the farm receive
PMA conservation assistance pay-
ments.
Kin Of Mrs. Daniel
Passes In California
Mrs. Glenn Daniel was notified
Tuesday morning of the passing
of her oldest brother, J. C. Gibbs.
in Santa Monica, California.
Interment will be in Greenville,
; Texas, sometime this week. Fun-
eral arrangements are incom-
' plete at this time.
plained her duties in the schools.
John R. A rant, music instruc
tor. gave a demonstration of his
department using the fifth grade
tonette band, and school band
from Wylie. and the Mixed Chorus
from the Community Sehrtol. Mr.
Arant played a trumpet solo
which was much enjoyed by
those present. .
Roy R James, County Super-1 McKinney in April.
strated her phase of work as
music teacher for Collin County
rural schools.
The Health Program was ex-
plained fully by each supervisor
in that department, as was the
reading program set up under
the Gilmer-Akin Plan.
Mrs Sally B. Holcomb explain-
ed the work being done by the
Junior Red Cross, playground
work, and the radio progra.ns
of the schools
Reuben Johnson, a Negro sup-
ervisor, told of his problems a-
mong his people in his job as
visiting teacher.
The next County Meeting will
be held in Wylie April 4. The
j District meeting will be held in
visor, delivered a short talk on
The School Program in General
in this county under the Gilmer-
Akin bill George C. Harrolson
explained the attendance program
Mrs Minnie Fae Griffin gave an
explanation of the Primary and
Special Education; Mrs. Edwin
Collins explained and demon-
Wylie was awarded the silver
loving cup for having the most
members present from any one
unit. Attending from here were
Mmes. D. W. Click, Joe York,
W. E. Williams, Wallace Jones,
Joe Coomer, R V. Groves, M.
M. Martin, James Scabourn, and
Wade Martin.
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