The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1971 Page: 2 of 10
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Page Two-The Wylie News-Thursday, November 4, 1971
The Wylie News
"Our job Is to Berve rpenonslbly, constructively and imaginatively."
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RESS ASSOCIATION
"I MAY DISAPPROVE OF WHAT YOU-
SAY, BUT I WILL DEFEND TO THE
DEATH YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT.
Water Plant Dedication
Wylie will play host this Friday after-
noon to citizens from all over the
area when the North Texas Municipal
Water District will officially dedicate
the new treatment plant facilities.
U.S. Congressman Ray Roberts will
be here to make the dedicatory
address and distinguished people from
many walks of life will he on hand
to attend the program. It is quite
fitting that Congressman Roberts be
the principal speaker as he has done
a tremendous job in Washington in
seeing that funds have been made
available to keep the dirt flying,
insofar as Lake Lavon is concerned,
and readers are reminded that
the local reservoir is the source of
water for the North Texas Munici-
pal Water District.
Area residents may feel justifiably
proud of the facilities which they
will see come Friday, including not
only the new treatment plant to serve
the ever growing needs of the ten
member cities of the district, but
also the new administrative offices.
The News congratulates the residents
of the member cities of Wylie, Piano,
McKlnney, Princeton, Farmersvllle,
Rockwall, Royse City, Forney, Mes-
quite and Garland. It was the fore-
sight and progressive planning of the
people from these cities which
prompted the project to get underway
in the first place. It is the most
vital part of this vast region.
Members of the NTMWD board and
its executive staff are to be con-
gratulated also for their diligence
In seeing that the area is served
with fresh water in adequate supply.
We join with the people of Wylie and
the North Texas Municipal Water
District officials in bidding you wel-
come to Friday's festivities.
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At All Times
Please Drive Carefully
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First State Bank Bldg.
Phone 442 2226
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HISTORICAL SKETCHES
ROUGH AND READY
Historical Sketches No.
17 gives the boundary line
of District No. 87. Only
one school was es-
tablished in that district.
It was located in the south-
eastern corner of the
Burch land and Its effi-
cient name was Pleasant
Grove.
When the building was
completed, a night meet-
ing was held to celebrate
the occasion. During the
meeting a fight developed
In the overflow crows out-
side. It soon grew into
a "free-for-all." Some-
one remarked that the
place was rough all ready,
and ever after that the
school was called "Rough
and Ready."
There is no deed to the
Pleasant Grove School
Ground on record. There
Is reason to believe that
the school was established
as early as 1876. There
are those who remember
that Miss Fannie McMur-
ray taught there for the
term of 1879-80.
Among the papers of W.
H. Kilgore Is a contract
signed by the chairman
of the Pleasant Grove
board of trustees and by
Harry Bell as said tea-
cher of the school for
the term of 1880-81.
The term of the contract
allowed Mr. Bell $1.50
per month per pupil as
long as the state per cao-
Italappropriatlon would
allow, plus $1.00 per
month for each over and
under age pupil. This tui-
tion was paid by the
parents of the children
involved. The per capita
appropriation for that
year was $3.00. No age
limits were fixed at that
time, but in 1881-82 the
age limits were fixed by
law from 8 to 14 years,
based upon the general
practice of the public
schools throughout the
state.
The children who lived
near the schools usually
started at the age of 5,
and some 15 and 16 year
BY ETHEL BURCH
olds attended. This usu-
ally provoded a three-
months term. A fourth
month wan added by
tuition paid by each stu-
dent. If the number of
students was too small
to provide sufficient funds
the patrons took turns In
keeping the tevcher in
their homes as a guest.
By the middle 1880's, the
current curriculum of the
Rough and Ready school
had expanded to Include
grammer, higher geo-
graphy, U.S. History,
fourth and fifth grade rea-
ders and third part arith-
metic.
In every community there
were two or more boys
who felt called upon to
fight the teacher, and to
defy or ignore every re-
quest or demand made of
them. Some were boast-
ful that they were rough
and ready and full of fleas.
They were rough. They
were ready for a fight,
did have fleas - the
that crawled upon
their scalp! Perhaps the
irritation caused by those
repulsive creatures was
one of the reasons for
their beligerence. Each
of th e first half-dozen
teachers had their battles.
They had to fight if they
were to win and there
was need for courage.
The
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Then came Miss "Rosie,"
a beautiful young girl.
Miss Rosle was like mu-
sic - she had charm to
calm the savage beasts.
She was Rose Marriott,
daughter of James (Uncle
Jimmy) Marriott, also a
great aunt of Mrs. Edith
Barber and Truett Smith,
and an aunt of Mrs. Jack
Morris.
School activities included
a literary and debating
society. The literary pro-
gram consisted of the re-
cital programs of poems
which the students had re-
membered. Each year
"Horatio at the Bridge,"
"The Charge of the Light
Brigade," r"l he Pled Pi-
per," and others of equal
caliber were worn thread-
bare.
The subjects for debate
were also weighty. One
occasion the subject was;
"Resolved that the inven-
tion has reached its Ze-
nith in America." If this
seems absurd and ridi-
culous, would the state-
ment nave been less so
If it had been made 20
years ago; or if made now
now would it probably
sound ten years hence?
Provision was made in
the constitution of the U.S.
to protect the rights of
writers and Inventors for
a given period of time.
Patents were granted by
the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of War and the
Attorney General, acting
jointly. In 1836 a bill was
introduced to Congress to
establish a patent office.
There was opposition
to the bill on the ground
that it was not needed,
because so few had applied
for patents.
Perhaps the question de-
bated at Rough and Ready
some fifty years later
was not so absurd after
all.
Transportation, to and
from school, was by foot.
In winter, if a sudden
blizzard, a heavy rain or
snow should occur, It was
not unusual for all, but
the nearby students to di-
vide into two groups of
ten to fifteen or more per
group, and one spenx
tne night in the W.H. Kil-
gore home and the other
in ours. Neither house
was large, but the chil-
dren were packed in.
There was supper and
breakfast to prepare and
lunches to fix for the next
day. It was a task, but
no child was ever unwel-
come - none were ever
hungry or cold.
Although Rough and Ready
was supposed to be on the
wrong side of the track,
it was the first of the
outlying districts to
transfer Into Nlcklevllle,
the first to vote to be-
come a part of the Wylie
School and to vote a tax
for school purposes.
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804 Me mora I
Wylie
Poet's Corner
The Tongue
By Frank W. Hooper
A ^^"more1'^oS^wlK!'n®f°*Sunco£tn^
And more destructive than a two edged tool
When wielded by some educated fool
Devoid of wisdom and with heart purbllnd-
It shows the working of a morbid mind.,
The tongue Is but three inches long, tls
But it can fell a giant and strike him dead.
The orator with tongue that's wise and good
Can lead and sway the milling multitude
And organize and utilize Its power
To some constructive good within the hour,
Or he may sway the nation with his tongue
Or Influence other kingdoms yet far flung;
Methlnk the power of a wise and good man s word
Perhaps reverberates before the throne of God.
The golden tongue of sympathy and love
May hold a scintillating treasure trove
For someone who is destitute and weak
Relieving the hours so desolate and bleak;
May lend some strength to some one in despair
Or demonstrate the healing power of prayer.
The tongue, we know, may good or ill dispense;
We know that its potential is Immense.
When mother Eve with her seductive tongue
Be guiled her spouse, back when the world was
Entlclng^'lm with wheedling blandishment
Sowing the seed of mortal discontent
She little reckoned on the consequence
On this one act of disobedience.
Swift justice came as you may well surmise
And banished mankind from his paradise.
We've been asked several times to run the history
of our grandparents. This week we are running
the history of our grandfather and grandmother,
Mr. and Mrs. (Uncle) Frank Hughes. These were
the parents of our late mother, Mrs. C.B. (Charlie)
Allen.
"Uncle Frank" and "Aunt Margaret" Hughes
One of the oldest citizens
of Collin County was re-
moved when Francis Ma-
rion Hughes died at his
home in Wylie, Sunday,
February 2, 1919, at the
ripe old age of 94 years
and 24 days. "Uncle
Frank" Hughes, ashewas
affectionately called by
everyone who knew, was
stricken Saturday night
while going from the sup-
per table to the living
room and had not rallied
until death came to his
relief Sunday afternoon.
He had been a resident
of the Wylie community
for a little over fifty years
having moved to Texas,
reaching the place where
he settled, about one mile
east of the town, on De-
cember 24, 1869, where
he lived until a few years
ago when he laid aside
the cares of a busy farm
life, bought a home In
Wylie, and with his faith-
ful and devoted wife,
moved into it, living there
until his death.
"Uncle Frank" was a
native of Tennessee,
having been born on Janu-
ary 8, 1825 In Hardin
County of that state.
he
quite young
his parents
When
moved with
to Hardeman CounFyofthe
same state, and a little
later, they changed resi-
dence again, moving to
Obion, now Lake County,
living near the famous
Reelfoot Lake for a num-
ber of years. In his boy-
hood days he paddled over
Reelfoot Lake In a canoe
many times. It was at
this place that his father
died in 1837. His father
dead, he turned to him-
self to the care of his
mother, and they moved to
McNary County, Tennes-
see where they lived until
the fall of 1845, moving
from there to Tippah
County, Mississippi, liv-
ing there until 1849, the
family moved to Tisho-
mingo County, same state
living there until 1859.
Leaving Mississippi, he
moved to lexas in an
ox wagon, arriving at the
place where he settled
on Christmas Eve of the
year 1869.
That section was a semi-
wilderness then, deer be-
ing plentiful, and the de-
ceased often related
ploits on land which
Is now in a high state
of cultivatjionjind could not
be bought for fabulous
prices.
There were only a few
settlers living In that sec-
tion at the time he
reached there. Of these
were the following: J.V.
Russell, Dr. J.F, Butler,
John Gallagher, Ed nellon,
Dr. G.C. Kreymer.W.D.
Kerby, Elder John M.
McKlnney and A.H. (Uncle
Andy) Burns.
When the Civil War broke
out, Mr. Hughes entered
the Confederate Army as
a First Lieutenant of Co.
C., 32nd Mississippi
Regiment. He served
throughout the great strife
and was never wounded
and escaped capture. He
was in the Battle of Shi-
loh. In the fall of 1862
he was discharged from
the infantry because of bad
health, but he could not
resist the patriotic Im-
pulses to fight for his
native southland, so he af-
terward enlisted in the
Calvary, Co. D„ Ham's
Battalion. He was in the
battles of Harrlsburg,
West Point and Jackson,
Mississippi, ue also did
luite a lot of scout duty.
n July 28, 1864, just af-
ter the battle of Jones-
boro, Ga., he was made
Captain of his company
and served as such until
the surrender.
He was twice married.
His first marriage to Eli-
zabeth C. Burns In Tippah
County, Mississippi,
January 4, 1846. After the
death of his first wife
ne was married to Mar-
garet Waters in Tisho-
• mingo County, Miss., on
January 8, lfi67. Six chil-
were born to him
and his first wife, and
he survived them all. To
nis second union nine chll-
w.ere born. At his
death, five and their mo-
ther survived. They were
ru 'M: Hu8hes, Mrs.
C.B. Allen, Mrs. John
^n?i xeV Mrs- Wes Moore
and Mrs. Joe McCauley.
„ ®on Hughes, Jr.,
preceeded him in death
by about three months.
thpCle Fraik Was one of
tne most widely known
Colintv® m S0Uth Collln
County. His residence of
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