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Page Two-The Wylie News-Thursday , March 15, 1973
The Wylie News
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TEXAS IMPRESS
ASSOCIATION
jloyle Seabourne
Encourages Wylie's Blood Bank
Boyle Seaboune had an
experience with the blood
tank roi intW with the ill-
ness of hi? father. Due to
the fact that Wylie will
b£gin .heir drive for a
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Letters From
Readers
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l^ello Wylie News folks-
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I■ think its about time to
send some money to re-
nfew my subscription.
We do enjoy the paper
sp much.
spent about four and
f v<
We
ai half years in that nice
t<jwn and made a lot of
friends there ( I hope).
Any way we love all you
good people and the paper
gfcts better; all the time.
Thanks so much,
J.C. Wingfield
RT 2—Box 259A
Arkadelphia, Ark.
blood bank this week, he
shares with The News
the following experience;
I believe the Blood Club
in Wylie is one of the
best and nicest things that
could happen in our town.
The Seabourne family will
always be greatful for our
friends who donated blood
to Wadley's Blood Bank
in return for the blood
used for our loved one.
Getting the blood was no
problem. It was how we
would replace it.
I know it will be a bless-
ing to give blood know-
ing by our giving, others
may receive.
Hoyle Seabourne
MAY WE VSPOUT OFF)
hale of a
."Thank You"
for the
privilege
of serving you.J
This week we would like
to welcome 9 new families
to Wylie.
Thos. D. Downs-100 S 1st
W.B.Tallant-509 Dogwood
Larry Hampton-6 3rd
Anita Grames-102 Cot-
tonbelt.
Bobby McLemee-402S 1st
Theadore Kelsey - 107
S. Jackson
Tula Northcut - 332 S 4th
Sharon Prater-503 E.Oak
James Carty - 401 South
Ballard
Whoo's glad of this in-
crease to our town?
We all are, that Whoo!
interested in the
Midas touch?
Any line of work needs the
juice to spark success and
light up continued growth. In
our commercial capacity,
we've given moguls large
and small this modern Midas
touch. We provide loans,
services, and knowledge of
current financial trends. Plus
some very enterprising
ideas. Come talk over your
business with our business
specialists. See if we aren't
a solid gold live wire.
Member F.D.I.C.
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Close to you
FIRST STATE BANK
Wylie, Texas
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ETHICS
M5URANCE
constitution
[STATE BUP6ET
TAX STRUCTURE
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1 LOFTY' IDEALS
AVAL0M - •
Poet's Corner
De 'Stallment Plan
I brought my car on de 'stallment plan
But dat was long ago
When I was young and felt just grand
I kon't feel young no more.
On de 'stallment plan I bought my house
A beautiful sight to see
When I felt like a lion more than a mouse
But now just look at me.
On de 'stallment plan I got me a wife---
A wonderful gal—By Heck!
But de 'stallment plan done mussed my life
You can see I'm just a wreck.
I raised six kids on the 'stallment plan
And my back is bent—so they say
But the kids are good and I'm a proud man;
Perhaps life is like that-—by the way.
De 'stallment plan's the extortion plan
And you'll never again be free
Till you save your dough for the Spot-Cash plan.
If v
you doubt—then just ask me.
The Town Of Wylie
by Beb Fulkerson
by Frank W. Hooper
These Four Are Mine
The SPIRIT of the Lord comforts me and guides
me as I walk the long winding road of Life.
The HAND of the Lord touches mine and grips it
tightly, lest I stumble and fall.
The LOVE of the Lord puts peace in my soul, laugh-
ter in my heart, and joy in my days.
The PROMISE of the Lord gives me faith to accept
the past, endure the present, and anticipate the future.
by Dorothy Womack
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own Allen's Alle
u
The i'l<i iti::y if Che two ladi-is in last week's column
)• follows; The top picture was that of Dorothy
She is seen every day during the week in
a cage in the First State Bank.
was a'
Garner.
The lower photo
was 'that of Corine Blackmon. She can be seen
most any day at the Wylie Hospital nursing the sick.
It is our opinion that you will have trouble identifying
the two parties in the column this week. So, we would
advise that you not bet any money on your first guess,
or possibly your second guess.
Mrs. Lula Forder at Home
Recently Eric Rees was When tney built our house minutes."
telling me about his annr
Mrs. Lula Forder, who is
the oldest citizen of the
newly incorporated town
of Lavon,and off the two
of us wein iu spend a
most enjoyable visit with
a very remarkable lady.
An ancestor of Mrs. For-
der, Denton Helmstettler,
came to the Millwood area
in the 1840's. His is
ry
/ill
we will print at a later
date. Her parents were
James L. "Doc" Rees
and Miranda Helmstettler
Rees. Of the seven chil-
dren born to them, Mrs.
Forder is the only one
still living. In one of the
early "Town of Wylie's"
we nad the privilege of
interviewing her brother,
J.W. Rees.
Born in Millwood Feb-
ruary 11, 1886, little 4-
year old Lula moved with
her parents and family to
Lavon, a town then
called Thompson after El-
bert Thompson.
Her. father had accepted
the position as the first
depot agent of the small
town at the grand salary
of $5.00plus l0%comtnir •
sion on ticket sales per
month.
"When we moved to Lavon
I thought I was moving
to a wilderness and bears
were going to get me.
Trains were something
new and father was the
first depot agent. Brother
Johnny was next."
Mrs. Forder recalled
that things were different
in this raw, untamed fron-
tier town than in the wee
town of Millwood. Dr.
Taylor had attended her
mother at the birth of
daughter Lula. His fame
became known far and
wide as the doctor who
treated the ohly American
Revolutionary Soldier of
this area.
"I remember that this was
all timber when I was a
child. All kinds were here
pyrcnt hfrlrnrv ntifo
try \j IJ 11.11 IWU UciyS
to clear out a place. 1
am living in the original
Rees home. It was built
down the highway where
the cafe is now. It had
a bank, a depot, a drug-
store run by John Har-
§ raves later in 1917, a
arber shop, and a meat
market. The bank was
where the cafe Is now and
Mr. Clem Gallagher was
our first banker. It did
NGT have a cafe. We
called it a restaurant.
Tom Taylor ran it"- —
Yet, with all this Lavon
never Incorporated, and
I wondered why?
"We had to to protect
ourselves before another
town took us In," said she.
St. Louis Arkansas Texas
- - familiarly known a
SLAT railroad, now
cpmmonly know n as the
Oottonbelt is the railroad
that became a part of
Mrs. Forder's life. Owned
by the Southern Pacific,
it passes daily in front
of ner home.
Reminiscing .Mrs. Forder
recalls, 'They were
building the dump for this
railroad in 1886. The
dump Is the bed of the
railroad. George McGuire
and Mr. and Mrs, Smith
from Nevada worked put-
ting It up with horses.
She worked alongside cf
t/e men. He was later
section foreman.
"They used scrapers and
mules and horses to build
this bed. The scrapers
would hold about a half
yard of dirt and had two
handles on It. The'- would
put a team of horses to
this scoop and they'd
scrape down Into the
ground until they got It
full. They would then take
It to where they wanted
the dirt and the man would
throw the handles over
and dump the dirt, drag-
ging the scraper. T he pro-
cess would then be re-
peated. It was slow work.
They can move as much
The section house was
there when the Rees
family came to Lavon for
the men who was working
for the railroad. They then
constructed the depot and
finished it in 1890. After
the train started through
in the year of 1890, the
train wouiu stop at the
section house to hand out
mail through Mr. Elbert
Thompson. After the depot
was completed, Mr.
Thompson became the of-
ficial first postmaster of
Lavon.
"Children used to go to
Little Creek School from
here," commented Mrs.
Forder,"but thefirstyear
I went was thefirstyear This gentleman was born and raised in Wvlie He
Lavon had a school. Then has lived in Wylie his entire lifn Th,, L
you didn't go to school information we can give you a fhe IrtJl'
until you were seven, so ® y e Present time.
you can figure out how
old . the school is. My first
teacher was Mr. Frank
Barton from Royse and
then J.L. Evans of Ne-
vada. There were 8 grades
and one teacher the first
few years and then they
got an assistant, Miss
Jimmie McGee of Sher-
man.
"It was rather hard get-
ting to school. You see,
stock run out and people
had to have fences around
their gardensjso the stock
and wagons worked up this
old black mud to make
big old "hogwaller,"
they called them. When
it rained, these "hog-
wallers" would be half
as big as this house, so
we walked the fences."
Did she remember the
town when it was young?
"Of course, I do. There
was no highway - just
an old muddy road. They
drove the cattle in front
of our house and pure
Indians came by. This was
the main road. The In-
dians traveled on horse-
back and walking - - in
two or three families - -
all going toward Okla- ———
homa. This was before the This lady was also hnrn -mH .. i
Indian Land grant. community and has spent her nfth<5 Wy !}e
u„ _ 1 "V entire life in this
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The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1973, newspaper, March 15, 1973; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342507/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.