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WYLIE
THIS WEEK in WIDEAWAKE
WYLIE: A large number of
farmers in this area on hand Tues-
day night at the Wylie Bu-
tane Gas Co. headquarters for a
flame cultivation demonstra-
tion. The new innovation consid-
ered to have fine possibilities for
the control of weeds and grass
in growing crops. . .The Wylie
Lions Club to have a team of
speakers from Dallas for observ-
ance of Brotherhood Week at
their Thursday meeting. The
three great faiths will be repre-
sented on the panel for the oc-
casion which is sponsored annual-
ly by the National Conference of
Christians and Jews. The pro-
gram is one of the highlights
of club each year. . .Banks
th ' hnnt rnnntrv
Welcome to Wylie!
NEAR THE LAKES
TWO RAILROADS
Vx HOUR TO DALLAS
THE WYLIE NEWS
Serving Collin County's Fattest Growing City
Welcome to Wylie!
PLENTY OF WATER
PLEASANT CLIMATE
MANY CHURCHES
VOLUME FIFTEEN
WYLIE, OOLLIN COUNTY. TEXAS FEB. 21, 1963
NUMBER 41
Wp,hout the country are ob-
th
serving the 100th anniversary of
the dual banking system. It was
on Feb. 25. 1863, that President
Lincoln signed the National Cur-
rency Act which created a
system of national banks to join
the already established state bank-
ing system, and the two systems,
state and national, have flour-
ished since that time to the pres-
ent day. . Activity began to pick
up on the local political scene as
candidates began to file for the
City Council and School Trustee
elections scheduled for early in
April. . .And local farmers were
hopeful for more moisture as
clouds this week gave promise
for additional much - needed rain-
fall.
☆☆☆
LAST WEEK in WIDEAWAKE
WYLIE: Basketball fans bailed
the news that the Wylie girls were
district champions of 15-A, and
Coach R. C. Dodd was receiving
congratulations on bringing the
conference crown to Wylie for
tenure here as basketball coach.
The girls are currently staying
in practice by meeting some top-
flight competition while they
await their bi -district playoff
the first week In March. . .The
Wylie Wnirlers Square Dance
group got in some good licks at
their monthly dance Saturday
night. . .John and Allen Yeager
Installed a brand new meat dis-
play case at the Wylie Locker
in order to better take care of
their retail customers. . .John-
ston, Inc. working full blast on
their spring line of children's
wear as the full crew showed up
for a full day on Saturday . .
Considerable damage noted to
Farm'to-MarMt roads In this
section as a result of the Jan-
uary freezes. Damage was par-
ticularly heavy to FM-1378, from
Wylie to McKlnney, and on FM-
544, from Wylie to Piano.
THE 1890's in WIDEAWAKE
WYLIE: The town Wylieites know
today is cool and calm in com-
parison with what local residents
knew in the 1890's. That is, in
many respects, if what our
i'^s nation would lead one to
l!fS''we. You can be assured
there wasn't a dull moment,
particularly on Saturdays. It
was wideawake, lively and
loud! So much so, in fact, that
the young city required the
services of some rather active
and capable City Marshals. In do-
ing a little cnecking this week
with some of our oldsters, we
developed the tact tnat Bill
Phillips was the towns first
Marsnal, and he did such an out-
standing job that he held the po-
sition tor a seven - year period.
Succeeding him on the job was
a fellow named Crice. It is not
clear how long he served, but he
was followed by "Ham" How-
rey. Howrey developed quite
a reputation as a law enforce-
ment officer in the days when
the city had five saloons, and the
fellows would get a bit rowdy
and belligerent. Incidentally,
Howrey was the grandfather of
Jim and Joe Howrey, who still
live here. If our information is
correct, Howrey was defeated by
Bill McCullough after serving on-
ly one term, but then came back
and defeated McCullough a ter
he had served only two years.
So you can see some hot city
elections were held in those days
also. Many are the tales of Uie
days when these old time City
Marshals reigned supreme and
the "cooler" was quite a popu-
lar spot by late Saturday night.
It was a far cry from their mode
of transportation and way oi
operating to the present day when
our law enforcement officert
ride in a high • powered patrol
car with the benefit of two -wa>
radio equipment. But they did
a commendable job of keeping
law and order. Make no mis
take about It!
Absence ef Rainfall
Lets Lake Level
Remain At Hormal
Absence of rainfall in January
and so far in February has per-
mitted Lake Lavon to remain at
near-normal level, statistics re-
flect.
According to reservoir stages
and storage reports issued by the
Fort Worth office of the U. S.
Corps of Engineers, elevation at
the local lake on Feb. 13 was
472.07 feet. This compared with
472.14 a week earlier on Feb. 6.
Normal elevation at the lake
is 472-feet.
Water storage in the lake on
Feb. 13 was 144,400 acre-feet, com-
pared with 145,200 acre-feet on
Feb. 6.
Considrrably less than an inch
of rainfall has been recorded in
the East Fork watershed since
January 1, which is responsible
for the small fluctuation in the
lake elevation and storage fig-
ures.
Brotherhood Week To Be Observed
At Lions Club Thursday Meetin
Cottonwood Cemetery Association
Renders Annual Report For 19(2
Scout Executive
To Meet With
Local Troop
The local Boy Scout Troop Com-
mittee will hold this first official
meeting on Monday night, Feb-
ruary 25th, at 7:10 o'clock at the
First Christian Church. J i m
Pratt, Boy Scout Executive, will
give a lecture and present a
film showing the duties and work
of a committee.
The Scout campout held recent-
ly in observance of Boy Scout
Week was enjoyed by Troop No
302 and they express their ap-
preciation to Truett Smith for
permitting the scouts to camp on
his vacant lot.
The troop also welcomes a new
adult member D. E. Pender-
grass as one of the assistant
scoutmasters.
Trustees of the Cottonwood
Cemetery Association held their
annual meeting on January 20,
and approved the following finan-
cial report:
Cash on hand as of Jan. 1, 1962:
$112.70; Receipts for year
amounted to $342.50; Care of
cemetery for 1962 amounted $ to
$110.00 and deposits to savings
account during year were
$300.00, leaving a cash balance
of $45.20 on Jan. 2, 1963.
Deposit in savings account as
of Jan. 1, 1963, amounted tn
$800.00, plus interest of $41.12,
making a total balance of
$841.12.
The association is working to-
ward a goal of $4,000 whereby
perpetual care can be had for
the cemetery.
Trustees include C. L. Adams
and Roy Lewis of Garland; Dee
Brown Walker, Mrs. Ora Hooper
and Mrs. Agnes Eaves of Dallas;
Henry Ratteree of Rockwall;
and G. W. Foster, Carl Foster,
Dick Spence, P. M. White, B. C.
Wood and Newt Foster, all of Wy-
lie.
Wylie Girls Win In
2 Basketball Games
Mrs. W. W. Barker
Hostess For Wylie
Garden Club
Eighteen members of the Wy-
lie Garden Club were entertained
in the home of Mrs. W. W. Bark-
er on Wednesday, February 13th.
Co-hostesses were Mrs. Ray
Sheeks and Mrs. C. B. Martin.
Mrs. Raymond Posey showed
slides of a trip taken last sum-
mer by the Posey family to
various points of interest on the
West Coast and Canada, and
including the World's Fair at Se-
attle.
Refreshments of tea, coffee and
cookies was served the guests fol-
lowing the program.
Joining the many hikers over the nation were the group shown here from
our IocpI schools, walking home from Garland. The hikers were followed by a
car to pick up anyone who gave up; and also accompaived by photographers
Danny Hampton and Jim Woods to take pictures of their activities. Students
making the trip were Dennis Cunningham, Judy Brundldge, Jane Gavlor,
Sarah Rivers, Billy Williams, George Co rder, Larry Rhodes Charles Turner,
Richard Newell, Ronnie Wisdom, Carol Connally, Mary Woods, Edwina Collins
and Debbie Allen. They were accompanied by Howard McMillian, local
science teacher. Dennis Cunningham came in first, followed by George Corder
and Richard Newell. Dennis made, the trip in about an hour and thirty
minutes; and the group average was 15 minutes per mile. There was no
accidents more serious than a broken z'pper, and the hikers say they are now
ready for a fifty mile trip.
Square Dance
Lessons To Be
Given Friday Night
Anyone interested in taking
Square Dance Lessons may en-
roll in the class just begun re-
cently. The next lesson is sched-
uled Friday night, February 22,
beginning at 8 p.m., at the Com-
munity Center.
The Wylie Whirlers ente.'tained
Saturday night with their first
dance since graduation. Visitors
are always welcome to attend
these dances. The club elected
two delegates to attend the North
Texas Square Dancers Associa-
tion. The delegates are Bil' La-
Coque and Ken Mauk, with Rob-
ert Roddy as an alternate.
Last Thursday night at the
local gym the Wylie Girl's Bas-
ketball Team defeated the
Prairie Valley girls in an over-
time 54 to 52. The regulation
game ended 50 and 50, and the
Wylie girls scored two quick
field goals in the overtime and
stalled out the rest of the game
to protect the win.
Monday night, February 18th,
the local team defeated the Coop-
er girls 56 to 48 here. This is the
third district champion the
Wylie girls have defeated since
they won the district. They are
playing some of the best teams
they can line up while waiting for
the bi-district game to be played. ]
This Friday night the Wyliej
girls travel to Callisburg for a
return match with that team. Two Held Saturday
Commercial Banks To Celebrate
100th Birthday During 1963
The First State Bank, Wylie,
will join with all other commer-
cial banks of the country during
1963 in observing the Centennial
of commercial banking.
Last Rites For
Mrs. 0. W. Lanstord
games are scheduled for next
Funeral services for Mrs. O.
On February 25, 1963, President sued by individual banks, a n d j A bank spokesman said this
Abraham Lincoln signed into law provided means for supervision week that the dual system of
.... , „ , . u ■ u and controls leading to a sound-
the National Currency Act, which |ly ^ banking Bstructure. lt
gave the United States its first | was a fjrst step in "Progress
uniform national currency, and , Through Service — A Century of
banking in this country has served
the individual, the small busi-
ness man, the corporation and
National Brotherhood Week will
be observed at the regular meet-
ing of the Wylie Lions Club to
night iThursday'.
The dinner meeting is sched-
uled for 7 o'clock at the Meth-
odist Annex.
A trio of speakers from Dal
las will present the program, ac-
cording to Bill Slack, chairman
for the meeting. The speakers in
elude Lancaster Smith, Fred S.
Abney and Marin Wise, all l)al
las attorneys. All are well known
in the legal field and all are a<
tive in the civic, religious and
cultural life of the metropolitan
area.
Smith, a native of Kentucky,
attended Notre Dame where he
starred as a halfback on the un-
defeated national championship
football teams of 1946 and 1948.
He later coached football before
devoting full time to the legal
profession. He is active in num-
erous Catholic lay organizations
in this area.
Abney. also a practicing Dal-
las attorney, is a native Texan
and a graduate of the University
ol Texas. Upon his release as a
Captain in tne Army Air Corps
in 1946 he began his law practice.
He is vice cnairman ot the of-
ficial board of the First Meth-
odist Church in Dallas and a
teacher in the church school.
Wise was born in San Antonio
: and received his education at the
I University of Texas, the Harvard
j Law School and the University
j of Ca nbridge, England. Mr. Wise
is secretary and director of the
Dallas Home for Jewish Aged
j and trustee of its endowment fund,
and is a vice president and di
| rector of the Dallas Mental Health
Society.
Sponsored annually by the Na-
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews., Inc., Brotherhood Week
seeks to promote a better un-
derstanding and greater coopera
created a new system of nation-
ally chartered banks which took
their place beside the already
established state-chartered banks.
Thus, the Act of 1863 marked the
beginning of our present-day dual
commercial banking system.
This act did away with the prev-
Friday, February 22
Is Legal Holiday
For First Slate Bank
This Friday, February 22, will
be observed as a legal holiday
by the First State Bank here, of-
ficials announced Monday.
Reasons for holiday is observ-
ance of Washington's birthday.
No business will be transacted
or this day, according to the an-
nouncement, and customers are
reminded to keep the closing date
rn mind. Business as usual,
however, will be the order of the
day for Saturday.
week; one here and one out-of-1
town. The bi-district will be j W. (Nana Lee) Lansford wereiious system of paper money is-
played on March 4 or 5th., with | held here Saturday at the Shiloh
a team to be announced. | Baptist Church at 3 p.m. T h e i
! pastor, Rev. J. C. Daily, officiated.
Mrs. Lansford was born in Wy-
lie on July 14, 1913, the daugh-
ter of William Thomas Swaner
and Mary Pearl Kaufman Swa-
ner. She united with the Shiloh Members of the Wylie Lions
Baptist Church at the age of 9 j were urged this week to se-
Comniercial Banking", the Cen-
tennial theme to be observed by
all commercial banks.
The local bank, a member of
the state banking system, was
organized and opened for busi-
ness on May 8, 1945. It is char-
is under the supervision of the
Banking Department of Texas.
Last Rites For
Mrs. Mollie Sachse
Held Friday
Last rites for Mrs. Mollie H.
Sachse, age 86, were held Fri-
day at 3 p.m., at the Sachse I
Christian Church. Burial was in j
the Sachse Cemetery.
Mrs. Sachse was a lifetime
resident of Sachse, and member
ot the pioneer Sachse and lfer- tw0 children Charles Lansford
ring families. She was the wid- j ancj Mrs. Nelda James, both of
ow of J. K. Sachse. J Jacksonville, Ark.; a brother,
Lions Urged To Gel New
Members By February 21st Meet
and at the time of her death J cure new members for the club
was a member of the Stagmer j-,y Thursday's meeting in order
Baptist Church in Hawkins, Tex- j f()|. new Lions to be counted
as.
She married Owen W. Lans-
ford in 1931 at Durant, Okla. The
couple had made their home in
Hawkins for the past 22 years.
Survivors include her husband;
Survivors include five sisters,
Mrs. F. M. Ingram and Mrs. E.
A. Wharton of Sachse; Mrs. C.
A. Bachman, Garland, Mrs. W.
B. Skinner Sr., Dallas; and Mrs.
E. T. McKinncy, Denton; and one
brother O T. Herring of San
Francisco, Calif.
Thomas Swaner, Dallas; three
sisters, Mrs. Ora Mac Hensley,
Big Sandy- Mrs. Ruth Maynard,
Wylie; and Mrs. Lucille Collins,
Dallas; 7 grandchildren; and a
number of other relatives..
Interment was in the Wylie
Cemetery.
in the March membership cam-
paign.
Club Secretary Jack Parker
mailed the following letter to all
members of the club:
Fellow Lion:
Our District Governor has des-
ignated March as new member-
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Huddleston
of Grand Prairie are spending
this week with her mother Mrs.
Elizabeth Willingham.
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U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RESERVOIRS
FORT WORTH, TEXAS DISTRICT
ESTIMATED DISTRIBUTION OF LAST YEAIVQ
VISITATION !
RESERVOIR
TOTAL PERSONS
VISITING RESERVOIRS
ni 1362
&T'J
%
--•J
M
SJ
Camping
Picnicking 1
Booting
Fishing
Hunting
SightiMlng
Oth«r
■ELTON
1,700,too
51,500
205 ,&
161,900
US ,60:
li,0oo
031,500
wo, 000
BENBROOK
l,tf><;,300
61,700
l3o,?oo
106,100
7o3,ooo
5, too
339,100
172,900
DAM V
1,190,700
265,000
99, too
232,600
617,too
3,500
330,200
137,900
aAMeLMTTLe
2,306,900
170,600
to9,?jj
909,to0
636,900
lit,500
1,1,5,200
73,200
GRAPEVINE
2,11,3,900
207,700
li?2,0OO
318,500
1,19?,'^0
5,600
306,000
617,900
HOMOS CREEK
208, too
19,100
36,200
30,100
85,800
3,700
51,000
25,300
LAVON
1,203,300
381,500
722,500
663,900
1,'i35,330
108,500
1,21,7,700
371,(600
SAN ANOELO
i,5W),ooo
170,300
263,200
292,003
61,5,700
20,5X1
Ii3l,500
287,600
WHITNEY
3,583,100
75"I,300
596,700
672,1011
1,567,300
35,900
6U9,600
1,053,000
TOTAL FOR
ALL
RESERVOIRS
16,302,000
2,088,200
3,007,200
3,35'',600
7,375,'CO
2to,'ioo
II, 63k >800
3,663,300
C. J. Hicks was able to be in
town Monday after several days
illness.
ship drive month. To every
sponsor of a new member in
March the Governor will give a
special District Governor mem-
bership clutch pin that can be
worn either on lapel or tie.
Your directors voted to let each
member bring a guest on our Feb-
ruary 2Ut meeting and the guest
will be charged to the club.
Be sure and talk to your guest
about joining so that the di-
rectors may vote him in at the
directors meeting. This way he
could become a member as of
March 1st.
Let's all get behind this pro-
gram and bring a new Lion into
I our club.
Yours in Lionism
Jack Park
Secretary
., ,. I tion among Protestants, Catholics
the entire community well and "
and Jews. The local Lions Club
has observed the week now foi
has been the bulwark of our free
enterprise system."
Wylie Saddle Club
To Sponsor
Box Supper
Members of the Wylie Saddle
Club will entertain with an "old
fashioned" Box Supper Satur-
day night, March llth at 8 p.
m. at the Community Center.
The public is invited to attend
and bring a well - filled box to be
sold to the highest bidder. Pro-
ceeds will be used to build a
Club House and Arena for the
Saddle Club.
The next meeting of the Club
will be held Monday night, Feb-
ruary 25th at 8 p.m., in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Coomer. duce these people to Lionism.'
a number of years, and the pro-
gram is always one of the high
lights of the entire club year
A Lions Club spokesman this
week stated that "we are fortunate
again to have an outstanding team
of speakers to bring to us this
most important message."
In addition to the special ob-
servance, the club will be having
"guest night" for prospective
members. Club members may
bring guests who are interested
in joining the club, and all have
received letters from Secretary
Jack Parker outlining the details
Club president Bill Painter
this week urged members to co-
operate by securing good prospec
tive members as guests for thi:
meeting and stated "this Will bi
an outstanding program and will
be a fine opportunity to intro
Public Schools Week
The need for the public school never changes, but
times and conditions may change or require to be changed
methods and practices of public education. This is inherent
with anything that grows, for growth is the result of change
Our Texas public schools were created 109 years ago.
In 1854 the first law was passed establishing the public
school. , ...
It is a healthy thing in our democratic way ot lite to
have intelligent understanding of the important functions
of our basic institutions. This is especially true of the
schools. The initiative and resourcefulness and the wisdom
and leadership that our schools are inculcating in the
youth of today are the answer of the problems of citizen-
ship in the years ahead,
Yes, "bring me men to match my mountains. That is
the need of our times and must come from the public
schools—schools that are strong in virtues required for
building strong men and wr-nen.
We can be assured of this and do our part in under-
fulfill their
WHS Graduates Named to Dean's Lis!
patsy McMillan
JOHNNY BOZMAN
Shown above are two honor graduates of the Wylie High School
for 19F2, who have also received honors at East State College,
Commerce, where they are enrolled this year.
Miss Palsy McMillan daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Frank McMillan,
was 1962 valedictorian; and Johnny Bozman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. W Bozman, was sakitatorian. Johnny was also awarded the
Pear! Birmingham scholarship from the local school; and a Tuition
Scholarship in the field of Math and Science by ETSC,
The former Wylie students have recently been named to the
Dean's List for the fall semester at ETSC, according to the re-
standinq and helping the public schools to rumii meir i ..... _.. . „ . , . .. . „ . . .
great obligation to our times by being a participant in the g'slrar s office. Th.s honor roll includes the names of students who
annual Public Schools Week, March 4 through March 8,
1963. Schools will hold open house; accept their hospitality,
and you will enjoy the experience of going back to school—
if but for a day.
earn a minimum of 36 grade points for 15 semester hours of work;
or 46 grade points for 19 or more semester hours of work. An "A"
counts three grade points per semester hour, a "B" counts two
grade points, and a "C" counts one grade point.
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