Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1968 Page: 4 of 4
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CEDAR HILL CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1968i
Better Schools Build
Better Communities
TO SERVE
As
We Would Be Served
PAT MARTIN
Funeral Home
105 North Third
Midlothian, Tefcas
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Telephone Company Expands
Service For Cedar Hill Area
A new telephone service
with an expanded calling scope
to both Dallas and Fort Worth
soon will be available to Cedar
"A dollar today
will still buy as
much as it use to
buy at.. .
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DARNELL'S
Florist & Gift
(Formerly Michaels Florist)
Mr. & Mrs. D.W. Pierce
We will continue
to offer the best possible service
at the best price
Hill telephone customers on an
optional basis, according to C.
M. Anding Jr., local manager
for Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company.
This new service -- Ex-
tended Metropolitan Service
(EMS) -- provides unlimited
calling for customers in Cedar
Hill, Arlington, Grand •
Prairie, Mansfield, Euless
and Hurst to all Southwestern
Bell telephones in Dallas and
Tarrant counties at a flat
monthly rate.
Customers subscribing to
EMS will be able to dial more
than l,000,000telephonesin an
area of 1,678 square miles for
a cost of $30 monthly for busi-
nesses and $10 per month for
residence customers.
EMS users also can have
their telephone numbers listed
in the Dallas and Fort Worth
directories if they so choose,
in addition to their local list-
ing.
A new central office, with
a "299" prefix, has been es-
tablished to serve local cus-
tomers desiring this service.
All local users of this service
will be assigned a new "299"
telephone number, Anding
said.
"Extended Metropolitan
Service is the culmination of
many years of study and plan-
ning by Southwestern Bell to
provide telephone service to
meet the business, social and
economic needs of this fast
growing area," he said.
"The we stern edge of Dallas
County and the eastern edge of
Tarrant County are both highly
industrialized and promise to
become more so in the future,
as more businesses and indus-
tries locate in the 'Mid-Strip'
area. These customers have
interests in both Dallas and
Fort Worth, as well as lo-
cally, creating the frequent
need for these firms to call
both Dallas and Fort Worth.
EMS will provide this enlar-
ged calling scope," the local
manager noted.
"EMS, combined with the
Dallas-Fort Worth MetroPlan
system, gives the metropo-
litan North Texas area a
framework of telephone ser-
vice on which a system can be
built to care for the communi-
cation needs for years to
come." Anding said.
WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPENING
Cedar Hill, Tex.
611 Cedar St. 291-1970
DON'T ROB A BANK
Get extra cash for
un-needed
items
SELL IT WITH
Classified
Ads!
291-4506
NOTHING IS
TOO
C5B
OR TOO SMALL
TO BE SOLD IN A CLASSIFIED AD!
The capabilities of classified are almost limitless. You can buy (or sell)
big things like . . .
HOUSES
TEN TON TRUCKS
OR EVEN ELEPHANTS!
And, just as easily you'll find buyers for more modest-sized items like
JEWELRY. . .ROLLER SKATES. ..BABY BU3GIES... SPORTING GOODS
...or EVEN BABY DUCKS!
One thing that isn't big is the cost of classified. If you have something
to buy or sell, just call
291-4506
Getting To
Know Texas
BY
BERNARD HENDRICKS
One of the plants especially
noted for it's capactiy to
weather drought during hot
summer days is the prickly
pear cactus or Nopal, Opunita
Lindheimer, with it's big
pancake-like stems joints and
sharp spines. Like so many
other cactus plants gtowing in
the semiarid areas of the
southwest, this plant has a net-
work of shallow roots lying
just under the surface of the
ground and extending outwards
in all directions. This root
system enables the prickly
pear to take up large quan-
tities of water rapidly when
soil moisture is readily
available. With the large
joints of it's tem the prickly
pear is able to store this
moisture and hold it for fu-
ture use. The big green,
padlike joints appear plump
when well filled with water
and sap, but becomes almost
as wrinkled at an accordion
during long periods of drought.
The beautiful, waxy, yellow
or orange colored flowers,
measuring two to five inches
across, grow on the upper edge
of the big, flat, padlike joints
of the stem. When full blown
the blossoms look almost like
beautiful roses. In the fall
the flowers give way to pur-
plish urnlike fruits, called
pears, which are sometimes
eaten raw, care of course
being taken to first remove
the bristols and spines which
can cause painful sores. In
the Southwest and in Mexico,
candies and jellies are made
from the fruits of the prickly
pears. When the pancake like
joints are young and tender
they are called nopalitos and
in southern and western parts
of the states are often cooked
and eaten. Tea made from the
pears has been credited with
reducing gallstones and the
big joints, when boiled, make
an excellent poultice.
During long droughts, when
other sources of feed fail,
stock men bury tne spines
from the joints of prickly
pear plants with a kerosene
or gasoline torch and feed the
singed joints to cattle.
When the prickly pear cac-
tus becomes established on an
area it is difficult to eradicate.
Joints separated from the
plant and coming into contact
with the soil will put out roots
on the under side and in a
short time a new plant will be
growing.
The big, flat joints of the
prickly pear are often ma
prickly pear are often mis-
taken for leabes. The ture
leaves are small and round and
so inconcpicous they are
rarely noticed.
Prickly pears and other
members of the cactus family
have often proved to be life
savers to travelers lost in
the desert. Prickly pears even
achieved historical fame as
one of the plants whch enabled
members of the ill fated Mier
expeditionary force, which in-
members of the ill fated Mier
expeditionary force, to sur-
vive in their escape attempt
after being captured in the
battle of Mier. After enduring
a terrible ordeal of thirst and
hunger the survivors were re-
captured. In reprisal for their
break for freedom, their Cap-
tain, Ewen Cameron, and
every tenth man of the sur-
viving 159 men were executed.
The unlucky victims were
selected through the drawing
of black beans. The pathos and
tragedy of this fatefull drawing
is reflected in a painting, by
the great western artist
Frederic Remingotn, which
hangs in the Museum of Fine
Arts at Houston.
For this region, the prickly
pear serves as a link with
the hot, dry deserts of the
Southwest where many diff-
erent species of cacti are
found. According to James J.
Thornber, noted botanist who
served at the University of
Arizona, at Tucson, for so
many years at least 80 dif-
ferent species of cacti occur
in Arizona. These range from
the majestic giant cactus,
which sometimes grows to a
height of 40 feet and weighs
as much as 13 tons, to the small
pincushion type which can
easily be held in the palm of
the hand. Except for the
spinless variety of prickly
pear the plants of the cacuts
family are noted for their
spines. Some like the spines
of the readed Cholla cacuts
are very fierce, but all are
sharp and stickery.
Great Southwest Baseball Association
Final Results
Beck Plummer's Humble Station
ALL BRANDS OF MOTOR OIL
AXJ TO REPAIR ROAR SER VICE
PEE WEE LEAGUE
Midlothian Midgets--Won
11, Lost 1, Tied 0.
Cedar Hill Cubs—Won 8,
Lost 3, Tied 1.
Mansfield Red Sox--Won 8,
Lost 4, Tied 0.
Cedar Hill Rockets--Won 6,
Lost 6, Tied 0.
Telephone Rates
Less Than 1915
Since World War II, the
consumer price index has
risen 77 per cent. That means,
in bread - and - butter terms,
that whatever cost 20 cents in
1945 now costs 35 cents today.
But the bread-and-butter of
communications — Long Dis-
tance telephone service —
today costs about half as much
as in 1945, thanks to the
twenty-third reduction in ra-
tes since coast-to-coast ser-
vice began in 1915.
AT&T has announced, ef-
fective August 1, a reduc-
tion in rates estimated to
save customers $20 million
annually on interstate calls
covering distances greater
than 506 miles.
Back in 1915, when it was
first possible to call from New
York to Los Angeles, it cost
$20.70. After World War II,
it was $4. Under the newest
rates, that call will be $1.70
(daytime, station-to-station,
three minutes).
The latest reductions will
lower rates for station-to-
station daytime calls, placed
between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday, from
5 to 10 cents for the first
three minutes.
Only last November, AT&T
reduced interstate rates
$100,000,000 annually.
Already, the customer can
call station-to-station any-
where in the U.S. between 7
p.m. and 7 a.m. week nights
and all day weekends for $1
or less.
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WANT JIDS
Mansfield Giants--Won 5,
Lost 7, Tied 0.
Mansfield Yankees—Won 3,
Lost 9, Tied 0.
Midlothian Pee Wees—Won
0, Lost 11, Tied 1.
FARM LEAGUE
De Soto Black Hawks--Won
10, Lost 1, Tied 0.
Mansfield Mustangs—Won
9, Lost 2, Tied 0.
Midlothian Eagles--Won 8,
Lost 3, Tied 0.
Cedar Hill Chargers—Won
7, Lost 4, Tied 0.
Cedar Hill Rebels—Won 6,
Lost 5, Tied 0.
De Soto Stingrays--Won 6,
Lost 5, Tied 0.
Mansfield Ponies--Won 6,
Lost 5, Tied 0.
De Soto Broncos--Won
Lost 6, Tied 0.
De Soto Mustangs—Won
Lost 7, Tied 0.
Mansfield Cats--Won
Lost 7, Tied 0.
De Soto Cougars—Won
Lost 10, Tied 0.
Midlothian Pirates--Won 0,
Lost 11, Tied 0.
LITTLE LEAGUE
Midlothian Cowboys--Won
7, Lost 0, Tied 1.
De Soto Rebels—Won 6,
Lost 2, Tied 0.
De Soto Stallions--Won 6,
Lost 2, Tied 0.
Mansfield Indians—Won 6,
Lost 2, Tied 0.
De Soto Eagles—Won
. Lost 4, Tied 0.
Cedar Hill Red Sox--Won 3,
Lost 5, Tied 0.
Cedar Hill Dodgers—Won
2, Lost 5, Tied 1.
Mansfield Braves--Won 1,
Lost 7, Tied 0.
Ovilla Owls—Won 0, Lost
8, Tied 0.
PONY LEAGUE
Duncanville Astros--Won
11, Lost 1, Tied 0.
De Soto Cardinals--Won 8,
Lost 3, Tied 1.
Duncanville Cougars— Won
8, Lost 4, Tied 0.
Cedar Hill Longhorns—Won
7, Lost 4, Tied 1.
De Soto Falcons--Won 2,
Lost 9, Tied 0.
Duncanville Lions--Won 2,
Lost 9, Tied 0.
Mansfield Raiders—Won 2,
Lost 10, Tied 0.
Final results--games play-
ed through Monday, August 12.
108 NORTH MAIN
AX 1- 1919
VACATION SPECIALS
cpcc Front Wheel Bearing Pack
With These Specials
TUNE-UP $17.95
Includes Points - Spark Plugs - Condenser
TRANSMISSION SERVICE Labor * SO
Plus Parts
Complete Air Conditioning Service
JONES AUTO SERVICE
209 S. Hastings 298-3595
(behind Patton Food Store)
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Enjoy Breakfast At
Shorty Hood's
Buffette
Now Opening At 6 AM. To Serve You
Continuing To Provide Exceptional Food Service
Through The Dinner Hour
OLD FASH,q
Shorty Hood's Buffette
Cedar At Broad
Near The Post Office
Phone 291-1626
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Brown, Royce. Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1968, newspaper, August 15, 1968; Cedar Hill, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth480308/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.