The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1965 Page: 1 of 4
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It's happened before and it
happened again! The Wylie
boys copped the 15-A district
championsiip over some fine
clubs and stiff competition.
They were undefeated in dis-
trict play. In the bi - district
they met Whitesboro, winners
of 14-A, in a game at McKin-
ney. It was a thriller from start
to finish with the Pirates lead-
ing most of the way but never
by a comfortable margin, and
the game went to the wire as
alll games are supposed to
when two geams get this far.
Then at the end of the game
the score was tied at 38-all. In-
to overtime went the fracas
and when the smoke had
cleared, Whitesboro had edged
the local lads by a hairline,
fc|2-41. This put the Whitesboro
^eam into last week's regional
playoffs at Denton on Satur-
day, and when that session was
over the Grayson County boys
were the winner with the right
to compete in Austin this com-
ing weekend for the state title
in Class-A circles. This is not
the first time such a thing has
happened to Wylie's basketball
teams. Seems that fortune for-
sakes them at the critical mo-
ment. but they may take con-
solation in the fact they fought
a good fight, and that they
boast one of the finest Class-
A teams in the entire state. Our
best wishes go with the Whites-
boro quintet as they represent
this section in the statewide
playoffs. We hope they come
home as champions!
☆☆☆
And while still on the sub
ject of basketball (a subject
we'll have more to say about
next week) congratulations are
due Wylie's Mike Hale, stellar
forward on this year's squad.
The Dallas Times Herald
sports section, in its Sunday ed-
ition, selected Mike as a mem-
ber of the first team in the
Dallas Metropolitan area. Oth-
er players came from Dallas
Thomas Jefferson, Jesuit, Den-
ton and Highland Park, all 4-A
teams. Mike was the only play-
er selected on the first squad
from a school lower than 4-A
He had the mythical team's
highest average regular season
scoring record, a whopping 27 5
points per game. Quite an hon-
or! However, the honor is well
deserved as Mike is a fine ath-
lete, He stars in football (an
all-district end) baseball and
track in addition to his basket-
ball accomplishments. He is ac-
tive in all school activities, is
a popular student with a fine
cooperative attitude. All Wylie
is honored to have had Mike
represent it in such a fine fash-
ion
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We were honored to have Dr
Riley Housewright drop by last
week for a visit and we couldn't
have enjoyed an hour more.
We'll skip the formalities and
just call him Riley since he's
)a Wylie native and we've
known him all our life. Pres-
ently, he is Scientific Director of
the U.S. Army Biological Lab-
oratories at Fort Detrick in
Frederick, Md., where he has
rendered outstanding service
to his country He has received
signal honors, having been pre-
sented the U. S. Army's second
highest civilian award, the Mer-
itorious Civilian Service
Award. Last month he was
elected as the incoming presi-
dent of the American Society
for Microbiology, another fine
recognition. Our conversation
with him was most interesting
and his visit was the highlight
of our entire week. We hope
he returns again soon and that
our next visit may be more
lengthy.
☆☆☆
Mr. and Mrs. R, L. Jones, in
a letter to The News last week,
advanced a fine suggestion for
equipping the Community Cen-
ter. They suggest the donation
by a family of one trading
stamp book (filled, of course)
to apply on the securing of
games and other needed arti-
cles for the Center. Certainly,
a community - wide effort
along this line with the popu-
lace cooperating could go a
long vay toward providing
many of these needs We hope
the committee presently study-
ing the needs and program of
the Center will take this sug-
gestion of Mr. and Mrs. Jones
under proper and serious ad-
visement.
Welcome to Wylie!
NEAR THE LAKES
TWO RAILROADS
Vi HOUR TO DALLAS
THE WYLIE NEWS
Serving Collin County's Fastest Growing City
Welcome to Wylie!
PLENTY OF WATtR
PLEASANT CLIMATE
MANY CHURCHES
VOLUME SEVENTEEN
Kraft Foods Honors
Joe (lemmons
For Service
Joe E. Clemmons, an em-
ployee, at the Kraft Foods
Plant in Garland, Texas, was
honored for 15 years of service
with the company on Febru-
ary 23, 1965.
The award, a gold key chain
bearing a replica of the little
Kraft TV cameramen that has
become a symbol of Kraft on
television, was presented at a
meeting held at Plant Office,
and attended by fellow work-
ers and executives. H. W. Luck,
Plant Personnel Manager, and
James Galleshaw, Night Super-
intendent, made the presenta-
tion.
| The award program was es-
J tablished by Kraft in 1945.
Awards, accompanied by a
service citation certificate
signed by Gordon Kdwards,
president, are given for ten
years of service and again for
each five years of service there-
after.
Mr. Clemmons lives at Wylie,
Texas.
WYLIE COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, MARCH 4, 1965
Number 42
Winter Weather, Excessive Rainfall
Hamper Construction Work In Area
Three Wylie People
Enroll In Gemstone
Cutting Class
Three Wylie residents will
learn how to cut. polish and
mount gemstones in a class
beginning March ft at the Dal-
las Health and Science Mu-
seum.
Registered for gemstone cul-
ling for beginners and inter
mediates are Mrs. Edwin Col
lins and Mr. and Mrs. James
F. Wolfe.
Classes are taught by Mrs.
Julia Lovett, a recognized in-
structor in the lapidary field,
and consist of six two - hour
sessions which meet once a
week
Applications are still being
accepted for the courses which
also include classes in mineral
identification and junior and
advanced gemstone cutting.
Call the Museum. HA 8-8351.
for application and informa-
tion.
Miss Lucy Howrey
Named To Honor
Roll At Dallas U.
Miss Lucy Ann H o w r e y,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Howrey of Wylie,
attained a 3.0 grade - point
average, which placed her on
the Honor Roll for the fall se-
mester at the University ol
Dallas. Dallas, Texas.
The University, which uses
a 4 0 grading system, re
quires a 3.0 grade average for
the Honor Roll and a 3.5 grade
average for the Dean's List
Miss Howrey. who is a fresh- j
man at the University of Dal |
las, is majoring in Biology. !
She graduated from Ursuline j
Academy, Dallas.
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NTMWD EXPANSION WELL UNDERWAY — The cur-
rent expansion program of the North Texas Municipal
Water District here is well underway, as the above
photo reveals. The picture shows the excavation and
a portion of the concrete in place for an additional
clarifier basin at the treatment plant here. In addition,
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two filters are being installed to take care ot tne in-
creased demands expected this summer. According
to NTMWD officials, work on the job was about
forty percent complete this week. United Construction
Co. of Dallas has the contract for the work. (Photo
by Raymond Ellis).
School Open House Set For
6 To 9 O'clock Thursday
Two Birthdays
Celebrated In
M. N. Martin Home
The joint birthdays of Mrs.
M. M. Martin and her niece
Mrs. Don Morris of Garland
were celebrated Sunday in the
home of Mr and Mrs. Martin.
This has been an annual af-
fair for over 30 years
Guests enjoying the occa-
sion were Mrs. Morris, Donna
and Karen, Garland; Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Martin, Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Martin,
and Kathy Curry, McKinney;
Mrs. Nan Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Huddleston, Shirley Camp-
todd, Mrs. Betty Ann Taylor,
Chuck and Chris; and Mr. and
Mrs. II F. Moore all of Wy-
lie.
BRIEF BITS: Memo to Fish-
ermen Hille and Keene: Now
really, fellows, don't you think
your story about the neighbor's
cat eating the fish is pretty
"fishy?" . . . Open House tonight
(Thursday) from 6 to 9 at the
schools will show off accom-
plishments in this, the 111th
anniversary of public schools
in Texas, and you're invited. . .
Open House will be observed
at the Wylie schools tonight
(Thursday) from 6 to 9 o'clock,
according to announcement
made this week by Supt. of
Schools Charles Lamb. '
The open house event will
mark the observance of the an-
Lions To Meet
For Dinner; Then
School Open House
The Wylie Lions Club will
gather for dinner tonight
(Thursday) then attend Open
House at the local schools for
the evening's program.
Dinner will be served prompt-
ly at 7 o'clock at the Metho-
dist Annex.
Following dinner teams will
be organized for ticket sales
to the March 12 evening of dra-
ma to be presented by the
Strolling Players, after which
club members will be urged
to attend the open house event
commemorating Texas Public
School Week.
tst Sunday Singing
To Meet At Heath
The First Sunday Singing
Convention will meet in Heath
on Sunday, March 7th from 2
to 4 p.m., at the Baptist Church.
Featured singers will be The
Garlandaires and everyone is
invited to attend.
nual
Week
Texas Public Schools
Public schools through-
so that patrons may visit their
out the state for the past sev- schools to observe the work
being done.
This year marks the 111th
eral years have held such events period. These include the ele-
Junior College Is
Defeated By Large
Majority Saturday
The proposed Junior College
was overwhelmingly defeated
in Saturday's balloting in Col-
lin County.
Final returns indicated a de-
feat of approximately two to
one.
Saturday's election was the
second on the question in the
county, the first election hav-
ing lost by about 400 votes.
Approval of the proposal
would have made available a
two year school for high school
graduates in the county, plus
available night classes for adults
Vehicle Owners
Urged To Get
License Now
Owners of cars and trucks
are urged to purchase their
new license now at David Mc
Call Insurance Agency and
avoid the last minute rush,
Mrs. Kathleen Moore, manager
of the McCall Agency, also
stated cars in the process of
being transferred could not be
registered here until title was
completed and should see Mrs
Doyle Nelson in McKinney for
complete information.
anniversary of the public
schools in Texas, according to
the announcement.
High School Principal Ralph
Ussery stated this week that
all local schools will be open
to the public for the three-hour
CWF Sponsors Bake
Sale Sat. March 6
Members of the Christian
Women's Fellowship of the
First Christian Church will
sponsor a Bake Sale Saturday,
March 6th, at David McCall
Insurance Agency beginning at
9 a.m.
The public is urged to drop
in and purchase sweets for the
week-end.
mentary, junior high and high
schools.
P. M, Akin is principal of the
elementary school, and R C.
Dodd is junior high principal.
All class rooms will be open
for inspection and teachers and
students will be on hand to ex-
plain the various displays and
to conduct tours through the
buildings.
Supt. of Schools Lamb issued
a cordial invitation to all par-
ents of students and other
friends of the schools to visit
them on this occasion.
"We look forward to greet-
ing you on this occasion and
have taken the opportunity to
provide examples of the work
being done by your children in
our classrooms."
In past years the Open House
events have been well attend-
ed, and another large crowd is
expected this week.
Allied Medical Club
Meets February 26
The Allied Medical Career
Club held its regular monthly
meeting on Friday, February
26th Mrs. Mary Krantz. Med-
ical Secretary at the Wylie
Clinic,was in charge of the
program on the Business Ad-
ministrative Side of Medicine"
which was very interesting and
informative.
During the meeting plans
were presented by the Enter-
tainment Committee made up
of Elaine Clark, Donna Gill
and Sharon Bordin. for an
Awards Party to be held at
the Community Center on March
19th at 7 30 p m
Refreshments were served to
15 members by Kay Shiefer and
Judy Story.
On Monday, March 1st Mrs
T M Trimble gave the pro-
gram for the Candystrippers
at the Wylie Hospital Meeting
Mrs Trimble is now planning
a training program for the
group to begin Monday. March
29th.
The next meeting of the Club
will be on Friday, March 26th
in the High School Library with
Miss Mary Posey of Dallas as
guest speaker.
Mr and Mrs Joe Hardin
were week-end guests of their
son - in - law and daughter, Mr
and Mrs Earl Price and fam-
ily in Hurst
Wintry blasts coupled with
continued heavy rainfall have
slowed construction work in
the Wylie area and halted ag-
ricultural activities. That was
the weather picture as Februa-
ry gave way to March th i s
week.
Winter's bitterest blast h i t
this section last week bringing
freezing rain, and the first real
touch of icy weather
A total of l.30 inches of mois-
ture were received here last
Tuesday afternoon and early
evening as the cold wave hit
the area. Temperatures nose-
dived and by early evening
freezing rain was coating car
windshields, light and phone
lines, trees and highways. No
snow was reported in the im-
mediate vicinity but traffic con-
ditions were the most hazar-
dous of the year.
By Wednesday morning the
mercury stood at the 18 - degree
mark However, warmer weath-
er brought temperatures to the
low seventies by the weekend.
A trace of rain was reported
here Monday morning as an-
other cold front arrived Mon-
day afternoon temperatures
were in the lower forties l^ith
the lower thirties recorded
here Tu 'sday morning
The weather has brought
farm work to a complete stand-
still and has hindered general
construction work Residential
and commercial construction
has slowed as has work on
highways and roads in the area.
Farmers agree that "thirty
days of sunshine and dry weath-
er are needed badly." and
homebuilders are quick to go
along with the statement How-
ever. the long range forecast
for March is for temperatures
below normal, and for rainfall
considerably above normal.
Following the rains, releases
are being made from Lake La-
von since the elevation is near
the 480-ft mark Monday re-
leases were being made at the
rate of 1.800 cu ft per second,
according to the U. S. Engineers
field office here
Tickets Go On
Sale March 12
Lions Drama Show
Tickets were to go on sale
tonight i Thursday i for the dra-
ma show sponsored by the Wy-
lie Lions Club on Friday night,
March 12. at 8 'o'clock in the
school auditorium.
A group of "Strolling
Prayers" from Dallas will pre-
sent four one - act plays, plus
variety entertainment. The
players are a group from the
Dallas Academy of Speech
and Drama under the direction
of Mrs Pearl Wallace Chap-
pell
Tickets have been priced at
$100 for adults and $0 50 cents
for students, and may be pur-
chased from any Lions Club
member beginning Friday of
this week.
Proceeds from the evening
will be used by the club for its
vouth activities
Pirates Nosed
In Overtime In
Out By Whitesboro
Bi-District Scrap
With two seconds remaining
on the clock, Gary McCorkle,
Whitesboro forward, stepped to
the free throw line and calmly
sank two charity shots to give
the Bearcats a 42-41 victory
over the Wylie Pirates in a bi-
district tilt played in the Mc-
Kinney Gym lastt Tues. night
The win gave the Bearcats
the right to enter the regional
playoffs in IX'nton last Satur
day, and they copped that meet
rather handily to go on to the
state playoffs in Austin this
weekend
Wylie was champion of Dis
trict 15-A, and Whitesboro rep-
resented District 16 A
The Pirates led most of the
hard - fought game. They held
a 14-9 edge at the end of the
first quarter; had a 20-17 lead
at halftime At the end of the
third stanza they still had a
30 - 28 advantage, but the Bear-
cats tied it up at 38-all at the
end of regulation play
In the overtime Wylie was in
good shape to ice the game
away, but a missed free throw
spelled doom lor the Pirates
Richard Parker led the scor-
ing for Wylie dumping in 18
points, followed by Hale with
11 Larry Travis managed for
eight and Benson and Johnson
each dumped in a couple.
Tamplen led Whitesboro scor-
ers with 16, followed by 13 for
McCorkle
The game was played before
a capacity crowd despite freez-
ing rain
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