The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1962 Page: 1 of 4
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wide
awake
WYLIE
Congratulations go this week to
B. C. Wood. He's just been pre-
sented a certificate of merit for
being chosen as the outstanding
supervisor of Soil Conservation
District 535 in the program spon-
sored across the state by the Tex-
as Bank & Trust Co. of Dallas.
"Benny" Wood is one of the out-
standing farmers of this entire
area, and certainly is worthy of
the honor and recognition.
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And along the same line, con-
gratulations are in order, belated
though they be from this source,
to John D. Wells of neighboring
Piano for being elected president
of the State Association of Soil
)Conservation supervisors at their
recent meeting in San Antonio.
John is well known here for his
efforts in behalf of soil and wat-
er conservation and development,
and his friends know he'll do an
outstanding job in this new office.
First candidate to announce With
this paper for the State Senate
race is Levis Hall, Sherman busi-
ness man. This is the seat being
vacated by Ray Roberts, and in-
cludes the counties of Collin, Gray-
son, Cooke, Fannin, Hunt, Rock-
wall and Rains. Other candidates
are expected to announce for the
post and presently there appears
to be another three or four con-
templating making the race. It,
too, promises to be a wide open
race, hard fought to the finish.
Come to think of it, a good busi-
ness approach to law making and
operation of state government is
a pretty sound basis!
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HERE and THERE: A special
session of the City Council last
Saturday morning attracted a
horde of advisers, including the
engineering personnel of Henning-
son, Durham and Richardson
headed by Bob Hogan: Frank Me-
danich representing First South-
west Co., financial advisers to the
city; and John Gay, legal counsel
. . .Mention the fact that Henry
Burton, who divides his legal prac-
tice between Rockwall and Wylie,
is a candidate for the State Leg-
islature from Rockwall and Kauf-
man counties. . .The Owen Georg-
es here from Dallas on a visit to
their lovely farm north of Wylie,
and with them were their three
grandchildren. . ."Doc" McCal-^
lum and John Yeager re-livi J
the bird season just closed. . .
Bill Wallace and Bob Richardson
reporting on a successful rabbit
hunt down Sulphur Springs way.
. . .Ray French back in town
after a successful surgery done
in a Fort Worth hospital. . .Ken
Mauk getting a new green floor
finish at his Western Auto Store.
. , .Politics promising to get
even more interesting as addition-
al candidates expcctcd in county
and district offices. Deadline for
announcing is Feb. 5. . The poll
tax campaign conducted here by
the Chamber of Commerce proved
lo be quite successful. A final
Aheck was incomplete at press
^ime, but it appears that well over
200 receipts were issued in the
last week. Total voting strength
of around 700-800 is almost assur-
ed for this year's elections. . .
Wylieites thr,nkful for a pretty
weather weekend, especially after
having endured some rough ones
. . .Another street is in the mak-
ing for the fast - growing Holi-
day Terrace Addition. . .Hunters
reminded that February 5 is last
day to remove duck blinds from
Lake Laavon. . .Beginning today
(Feb. 1) car licenses may be ob-
tained locally at McCall Insur-
ance Agency. . .When you read
this we'll be on a tour of midwest
states and specific visits to St.
Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleve-
land and Indianapolis. And that's
wandering for a country boy!
Welcome to Wylie!
NEAR THE LAKES
TWO RAILROADS
</2 HOUR TO DALLAS
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THE WYLIE HEWS
Serving Collin County'* Fastest Growing City
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PLENTY OF WATER .
PLEASANT CLIMATE
MANY CHURCHES
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VOLUME FOURTEEN
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 1962
NUMBER 39
ETCC Industrial
Group On Visit
To Five Cities
LONGVIEW, Texas (Jan. 29) An-
other "first" for the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce will be
chalked up when seventy-five
members of the organization, pay-
ing their own way, left Sunday
night, January 28, by special Pull-
man cars for visits with top in-
dustrialists in St. Louis, Chicago,
Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Indi-
anapolis, according to E. B. Germ-
any, president of the East Texas
Chamber.
"The group, consisting of indus-
trial specialists from 28 cities and
towns throughout the 72-county re-
gion which the chamber serves,
will entertain industrial prospects
at a luncheon in each of the cities
they will visit, and will present a
30 - minute color slide presenta-
tion, with narration, covering ev-
ery aspect of the economy and
life of our area," Truett Smith,
Wylie, Texas, banker and chair-
man of the industrial txmrrr.ldct
of the chamber as well as a form-
er president of the East Texas
Chamber, said, in pointing out that
the list of acceptances throughout
the five states that the group will
visit, has already exceeded all ex- feel that it will mean success to
pectations. I our tour."
Cities and towns of all sizes
are represented, with the rail-
roads, utilities, banks, and the
chambers of commerce making up
the bulk of the total personnel on
the tour, and with industrial spec-
ialists assisting in the lining up
of prospects in each city who will
be singled out for special atten-
tion.
Newspapers will be represented
on the tour and special TV cover-
age has also been arranged, ac-
cording to Smith.
"What has amazed us and cheer-
ed us as much as anything," Smith
concluded, "is how this tour has
been accepted both at home and
in the states we will visit. Num-
erous invitations have been ex-
tended us by various groups a-
long the route, both from banks,
chambers of commerce, and in-
dustries, who have asked for the
privilege of entertaining us at each
stop.
"This is surprising," Smith
s&id, "'vhes confer tb&t u,P
started out with the idea and in-
tention, which of course we plan
to do, of entertaining these people
ourselves, but we certainly do ap-
preciate their hospitality, and we
Engineers Board Of Review
Okays Lavon Lake Expansion
SCHOOL
B.C. Wood Receives
Merit Award For
Outstanding Work
Doulhitl Variety
Store Building
Undergoes Repairs
The Douthitt Variety Store is
getting extensive repairs to the
Interior of their building the past
several days. The remdeling in-
cludes lowering of the ceiling, new
light fixtures, painting and other
renovations.
Business has been conducted
"as usual" during the repairs
which should be completed this
week.
Mrs. Rebecca Douthitt and her
gon Melvin Douthitt are owners
of the business and Mrs. Douthitt
is manager.
B. C. Wood, well-known local
farmer and landowner, has been
presented a certificate of merit
by the Texas Bank and Trust Co.
of Dallas for being chosen as the
outstanding supervisor of the Soil
Conservation District 535 for the
year 1961.
The award was presented
through the banker's committee of
FHA To Make
Emergency Loans
Tc Collin County
L. J. Cappleman, State Direc-
tor of the Farmers Home Admin-
istration, has announced that the
Secretary of Agriculture, Orville
Freeman, has designated Collin
County as an Emergency Area.
Because of adverse weather con-
ditions, heavy insect infestation
and cotton root rot, it was deter-
mined that some farmers in Col-
lin County would need emergency
assistance.
The designation of Collin County
as an Emergency Area will en-
able farmers, needing this assis-
tance, to file applications for it.
Those who file applications and
qualify under the requirements
may be helped through emergen-
cy loans.
All farmers in Collin County
that wish to file an application
or get information on Emergen-
cy Loans should contact the
Farmers Home Administration's
Collin County Office which is lo-
cated in Room 204 Federal Build-
ing, McKinney, Texas, the Post
Office.
MYF To Sponsor
Pancake Breakfast
And Supper
Members of the Methodist Youth
Fellowship of the First Methodist
Church will sponsor a Pancake
Breakfast and supper Saturday,
February 3rd, in the Annex.
Breakfast will be served from
6 to 8 a.m., and supper from 6
to 8 p.m., on the above date.
Adult tickets are 75c and children's
50c.
Everyone in the community is
urged to come out and enjoy pan-
cakes with the youth of the church
who are raising funds for a trip
planned later in the year.
the district by R. E. Miller, vice
president of the First National
Rank in Farmersville, who served
as chairman of this committee for
the past year.
Each year for the past several
years the Texas Bank and Trust
Co. of Dallas has sponsored the
program of selecting the outstand-
ing SCS supervisors in the state.
The supervisor chosen from each
district is nominated to compete
for the state award.
Wood, who has been a member
of the SCS board for the past six
years, owns and farms approxi-
mately -100 acres of land just west
of Wylie on FM Road No. 544,
where he practices the latest in
soil conservation techniques.
Wylie Flower Shop
In New Location
By February 1
The Wylie Flower and Gift Shop
is moving to a new location, ef-
fective February 1.
The business, which has been
located on the east side of Bal-
lard Street for many years, next
door to the post office, is moving
almost directly across the street
in the building owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Caldwell.
In the new location, which is
considerably larger, the business
will be expanded, according to the
reports.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby King are
the owners and operators of the
shop.
Lunch Menu
Monday, February 5
Kraut-Weiners
Baked Beans
Corn
Salad
Cinnamon Rolls
Tuesday, February 6
Chili and Beans •
Creamed Potatoes
Salad
Raisin Cobbler
Wednesday, February 7
Hamburgers
Green Beans
Potato Chips
Onions - Pickles - Lettuce
Pineapple Pudding
Thursday, February 8
Fried Chicken
English Peas
Spaghetti & Tomato Sauce
Salad
Apple Cobbler
Friday, February 9
Fish Sticks
Blackeyed Peas
French Fries
Buttered Rice
Ice Cream
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Jr. High Basketball
Tourney Starts
(Today) February 1st
The Wvlie Junior High School
Basketball Tournament will begin
Thursday, February 1st at 4 p.m.,
with the Wylie Girl's "B" Team
meeting Rowlett "A" Girls. The
tournament will run through Sat-
urday night, with the consolation
finals to start at 5:30 Saturday
afternoon, and championship fi-
nals at 7:30 p.m.
Teams entered in the boy's
bracket are Rockwall, Rowlett,
Josephine, Bland, Allen, Prince-
ton, Frisco and Wylie. In the
Girl's bracket will be Rowlett, Jo-
sephine, Bland, Princeton, Allen,
Frisco, Wylie "B" and Wylie "A".
Admission to the games will be
25c for students and 50c for adults.
A concession stand will be open
for the games.
Friday night at 7:30 the Wylie
High School Girls will play the
Cooper girls.
PARKING LOTS PAY OFF IN WIDEAWAKE WYLIE: Ace Photographer
Howard McMillan snapped the above picture to prove that adequate parking
areas pay off for retail operations. Shown is a picture of the Wylie Super Market
and its parking- lot on a recent busy afternoon. Dozens of vehicles jam the park-
ing spaces while their owners do their grocery shopping in the modern store
provided for their convenience by Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Tibbals.
Ray Roberts Wins Election
To Congressional Seat
Rev. Daniel Elected
President Of
Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Bob Daniel, pastor of the
First Christian Church, Wylie, was
elected president of the Wylie Min-
isterial Alliance at a recent meet-
ing. He succeeds Rev. Gilbert N.
Callaway pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church. Other officers will be
elected at the February meeting.
The Ministerial Alliance is com-
posed of minister of pll faiths and
seeks to coordinate religious ac-
tivities that are community • wide
in nature.
Bill Mann, Lyric
Tenor, To Give
Sacred Concert
Bill Mann, staff member and
Director of Lay Activities of the
First Methodist Church of Dallas,
will present a program of sacred
music in the Sanctuary of the
First Christian Church on Feb-
ruary at 8 p.m.
Mr. Mann is nationally known
as a lyric tenor and has present-
ed concerts throughout the Unit-
Contract Awarded
For FM 2551 At
Parker
A contract for 5.2 miles of con-
struction on F. M. 2514 in Collin |
County has been awarded to a
Dallas firm, it was announced in
Highway Commission.
Kidwell and Rogers Construc-
tion, Inc. submitted the low bid
of $301,646 on the project. Grad-
ing, structures and surfacing from ! c0]]jn Co.
S. H. 5 in Piano east to F. M. 2551 | Fannin Co.
ed States: has appeared on Tele-1 at Parker is expected to take j Grayson
vision, and before our Armed For-
ces. He toured Scotland and parts I
of Europe the past summer, pre-
senting his programs.
Members of other Churches in
the community and all interested
in music are cordially invited to
hear one of America's most out-
standing sacred and gospel music
singers as this is a significant op-
portunity for our community.
Garland-Airs To Be
Given By Seniors
The senior class of the Wylie
High School will present the Gar-
land • Airs in a concert Fri-
day night, February 23 at 7:30
p.m. in the Elementary School au-
ditorium.
Proceeds from the concert will
be used by the seniors for their
annual trip. The public is cordial-
ly invited to attend.
150 working days, according to j Hunt
B. L. DeBerry District Highway | j5au^nlan
_ ' Rains
Engineer at Dallas.
Ray Roberts of McKinney, for-
mer Texas Senator, won in the
special election held Tuesday for
the place formery held by the
late Sam Rayburn in the U. S.
House of Representatives. Mr. Ro-
bert's opponent was R. C (Bob)
Slagle Jr., of Sherman. Both are
members of the Democratic par-
ty-
Mr. Roberts carried Wylie with
115 votes to Mr. Slagle's 85, and
following is an unofficial report
of votes counted over the dis-
trict:
Roberts Slagle
3861 1421
2131 1526
4338 7821
3248 1356
1768 917
400 168
405 265
John R. Taylor, Jr., Resident
Engineer at McKinney will be in |
active charge of the project while
it is under construction.
Rockwall
Wylie-Made Clothing
Gets Royal Showing
Wylie - made clothes made fash-
ion news last week!
In fact, this was no ordinary
fashion news. Last Friday when a
special parade of fashions was
held for England's Royal Family,
Wylie supplied the children's and
infants' wear for the showing.
Story of the presentation of the
Betti Terrell - designed clothes
which are made by Johnston, Inc.,
local manufacturers, makes inter-
esting reading.
The latter part of November,
1961, the U. S .Department of Com-
merce sponsored a series of wear-
ing apparel shows in the new U.
S. Trade Center in London. A to-
tal of 32 United States manufact-
urers showed infants' and chil-
dren's wear.
But when it came time to choose
which manufacturer would show
his products to the Royal Fam-
ily, tho local firm was chosen.
The audience included Queen
Elizabeth and Prince Philip and
theiT children, in-laws, relatives,
and others of the nobility of the
United Kingdom.
The Johnston fashions shown
were chosen for their design
charm, excellent workmanship,
and on fabric interest in color,
weaves and textures.
News of the famous fashion par-
ade was not available until after
last Friday's showing, and this
week fodnd R. A. Johnston, Jr.,
president of the firm, and Miss
Betti Terrell, designer, walking on
clouds because of this most recent
achievement for the international-
ly - known Wylie firm.
W.S.C.S. Meets In
A. C. Moore Home
The Woman's Society of Chris-
tian Service of the Methodist
Church met in the home of Mrs.
A. C. Moore Monday evening for
the third study lesson on Latin
America.
Mrs. G. W. Pendergrass opened
the meeting and the only business
discussed was a "letter of thanks"
from Dorthea Brown, a mission-
ary to Africa sponsored by the
Sherman - McKinney District, of
which Wylie is a part.
Mrs. W. B. Slack Jr., brought
the Devotion opening with a sor.g,
followed by the Scripture reading
John 17:6-21. The Litany was read
in unision, closing with Prayer.
Mrs. W. W. Barker had charge
of the program "The Land of El-
dorado" and her subject was "The
Church On Four Fronts." Each
member present shared a phase
of the life of which the Latin
Americans had contributed to the
social life of others. The Worship
Setting was arranged by Mrs.
Barker and Mrs. Lura Belle
Smith.
After the benediction a social
hour followed with the hostess serv-
ing a delicious salad plate to the
fifteen present, including Mrs.
Paul Anderhub and Mrs. Roy M.
Moore and children as guests.
The last meeting of the study
will be held in the Parsonge with
Mrs. Slack as hostess, assisted by
Mrs. Barker, Mrs. W. C. McClure
and Mrs. Smith.
Soil Mappinl
Complete In 1962
Collin County is slated for com-
plete mapping with standard soil
surveys by 1962, according to
Goerge Wood, Area Conservation-
ist of Soil Conservation Service at
Denton
John Nixon and John Wulforst,
soil scientists, have been stationed
temporarily at McKinney to help
local SCS soil surveyors in this
job to meet the planned schedule.
Nixon and his wife and two chil-
dren came from Shenandoah. Io-
wa; while Wulforst came from
Harrell, New York. They are work-
ing here three months while they
would normally be snowed in at
their home station.
Jay Guckian and his wife and
three sons recently moved to Mc-
Kinney from Robstowr Texas. He
and Ed Pauls of Denton are on
permanent assignment to the Col-
lin County mapping job. They re-
placed Curtis Deaver who is now
with the U. S. Army Engineers at
Fort Worth and Dan Blackstock.
currently serving with the Armed
Services.
Soil surveying in the Collin Soil
Conservation District and this
County was started by the SC'S
in 1947 when the District was
voted into being. Approximately
ninety per cent of the job is com-
plete and the survey is expected
to be printed for public use by
1964, according to information
from Art Hanson, survey super-
visor at Denton who is directing
the work.
Enlargement of the Lavon Re-
servoir was given the green light
last week by the Engineers Board
of Review in Washington.
The review board is an inde-
pendent engineering group form-
ed to study the feasibility of U. S.
Army Engineers reports on var-
ious projects prior to their sub-
mission to Congress.
The report was issued last Fri-
day.
Approval was given for the en-
largement of Lavon Lake by in-
creasing the conservation storage
in the reservoir from the present
100,000 acre-feet to 360,000 acre-
feet. Also okayed was the channel
program for landowners below the
proposed Forney Reservoir.
All of the plans for both the
increase for Lavon and the chan-
1 nel rectification were included in
a special study made by the U. S.
Corps of Engineers and released
last December.
Estimated cost for enlarging
Lavon is approximately $16,000,
000.
The report now must be offi-
cially approved by the Chief of
the U. S. Engineers in Washing-
ton, and then letters advising such
a tion will be submitted to all in-
terested Federal and State ifen
cies, including such groups as the
Texas Water Commission, Fish
and Wildlife Service, U S. Health
Department, and other boards.
Following final approval, the
North Texas Municipal Water Dis-
trict, which is the designated a-
gency to deal for the increased
storage, will press for early Con-
gressional action. Hearings will
be sought at an earlv date before
the House Ways and Means Com-
mittee seeking authorization for
the project with appropriations to
come later.
The protected need for aoJi'ion-
at conservation water in Lavon
bv the member cities of the North
Texas Municipal Water District
prompted that body some three
vears a,13 to request the U. S. En-
gineers to ,make a detailed study
of the feasibilitv of increasing stor-
aee in the local lake.
The water district is now com-
pleting $750,000 in additions and
enlargements to the present treat-
ment plant and distribution facili-
ties, and other enlargements are
in the making to supply the need-
ed water to the area towns.
Member cities of the district ic-
clude Wylie, Farmersville, Prince-
ton. McKinney, Piano, Garland,
Rockwall, Royse City, Mesquite
and Forney.
POLITICAL
CALENDAR
For Congress:
RAY ROBERTS
(Collin Co.)
R. C. SAGLE .111,
(Grayson Co.)
Subject <0 Action of Demo-
crntic Primary May 5, 1962
For Attorney General:
WAGGONER CARR
For County judge:
DON WEAVER DAVIS
For County Clerk:
JAMES R WEBB
For Commissioner. Prect. 2
GENE G. BENTLEY
For County Supt
l.EROY RICHARDSON
Justice of the Peace (Pet. 5)
E. L. SHERR1LL
For Office District Clerk
Wr«. PI \R \ TRAVILLTON
For Office County Treasurer
ADA WILSON
For State Representative
BIT.r. DTTNGAN
For Commissioner Prect. 2
D. E. RUSHING
For State Senator:
LEVIS HALL
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