The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1975 Page: 2 of 10
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Page Two-The Wylie News-Thursday, September 11, 1975
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“Lake Lavon
Report
There have been many
inquiries from hunters re-
garding dove hunting possibi-
lities around the Lake since the
beginning of dove season. The
Rangers have reported that
dove hunting has been very
poor and that doves are scarce.
For those who are interested in
placing duck blinds, the Corps
will not be issuing permanent
duck blind permits because of
the anticipated fluctuation of
the water which will begin
later this fall to raise the lake
to its new pool level.
Temporary floating blinds to
be used on a daily basis and
removed at the end of each day
will be permitted and a permit
will not be necessary for this
type of blind.
Fishing has been reported
from fair to good in the upper
reaches of the Lake adjacent to
the old Stone’s Camp and in
the area south of Deep Water
Point with particular emphasis
on catfish. To keep from
getting skunked, anglers can
always motor up to the
discharge structure at the
Garland Electric Power Plant
and manage to pick up a few
sand bass feeding in the
discharge water.
Lakeland Park is nearing
completion and it is antici-
pated this park will be opened
for full public use within the
next two weeks.
Plans have been drawn and a
contract has been let to begin
paving the fishermen's access
road and paving the parking
lot, as well as building two
vault toilets below the dam to
serve fishermen who fish in
the tailwater downstream of
the structure. This will replace
the temporary gravel access
and sanicans that are
presently being used. During
this construction period, the
access road below the dam will
be closed.
The new Lavon Lake brochures
will soon be going to press and
should be arriving at this office
in the near future. As soon as
they do arrive they will be
available to the public from
this office.
The Town Of Wylie
by Beb Fulkerson
MU. 4 MRS.
There have been many
inquiries by the public as to
whether or not private boat
houses and docks will be
allowed on Lake Lavon.
Because of the many problems
created by boat houses
deteriorating on the lake,
sinking in the lake, and
breaking loose during high
winds, as well as interfering
with the free use of all the
using public, the Corps of
Engineers has established a
policy that no private boat
house or dock permits will be
permitted on any of its lakes in
the future, this of course
includes Lake Lavon.
Collin Park is still the only-
park which has full camper
service such as trailer
electrical and water hookups,
and a trailer dump station.
It is still anticipated that
deliberate impoundment, will
begin on I December 1975.
continued on page 5
Romance bloomed before the
turn of the century in Wylie for
Thomas Jefferson (Jett) Moore
and Sally Ann Housewright.
Both were raised in the Wylie
area and went to school here.
It was in October, 1893 that
beautiful Sally became the
bride of Jett in the old
Methodist Church here in
Wylie. She was 17 and he was
21.
Jett Moore was the eldest
child of Mr. and Mrs. John
Thomas Moore (born October
19, 1872). She was the former
Martha Ann Young Lata. They
had moved to just about where
the Nathan Eldridge home is
located in about 1883 from
Judsonia, Arkansas. John
Thomas died on his wife’s
birthday, July 15, 1908.
Martha, his wife was born July
15, ?, and died July 30, 1922.
Only one child of this union is
living. He is A.C. “Kid”
Moore of Wylie. It was John
Thomas Moore who was one of
the founders of the Methodist
Church in Wylie.
Now Sally Ann Housewright
(born Feb. 29, 1876) born to
second generation Wylieites.
Her father E. Alexander
Housewright, (born 1839)
better known in later years as
“Uncle Nig” and her mother
was Liddie Spurgin whom he
wed April 3, 1870. Uncle Nig
was a charter member of the
East Fork Masonic Lodge
#650. This charter was granted
January 18. 1887 at Lone Tree
(Brown Town)
Uncle Nig was brought to
Texas by his parents.
Jichomas (Uncle Jick) House-
wright and his wife Sarah
(Aunt Sally) Skelton House-
wright. Uncle Jick was born
June 11. 1811 in Hawkins
County. Tenne,see and in
1835 or 1836 he married Aunt
Sally who was born in 1814 In
Tennessee they made their
home until 1852 when they
traveled by ox wagon to
JETT MOORE
Bonham where they stayed
until 1856, moving to this local
and building a home from the
wilderness. He also started a
two-way hauling business by
taking bois d’arc to Jefferson
and returning with such
commodities as sugar, coffee,
lumber and implements
needed here.
Early in 1862 Uncle Jick saw
three sons enter the Civil
War.—William M., Alexander
(Uncle Nig), and Hoss. Floss
never returned for he
contacted malaria and died in
Louisiana while in service.
During the 1860's the
production of cotton became
the #1 crop in this area and a
Cotton Gin was needed. Uncle
Jick built the first gin in this
area located on an 80-acre
tract north of the old Lone Elm
School. It was powered by
oxen and horses.
Later his grandson by
marriage, Jett Moore, would
run a cotton gin for many
years. It would be known later
as Staples Gin. While he ran
the gin Jett would also farm,
hiring hands to do the labor.
Sally Housewright was a tiny
lady when she married Jett.
Most remember her as short,
chubby and jolly--a person
who made friends and kept
them.
Because Sally was chubby, she
could not be on her feet a lot of
the time. She loved to read and
did read anything in sight. Jett
was busy so much at both the
Gin and farming that he had
little time for reading and
when he did. it was
newspapers.
He loved to hear Sally's
renditions of stories read At
night after retiring, she would
recount with details a favorite
tale of the day to Jett. This
relaxed both and both enjoyed
it.
Children were to be seen (and
seldom at that) and not heard
when Sally and Jett were
raising their families. At
quilting parties, of which there
were many, all ladies took
their dinners (not lunches) and
they and the children ate but
children disappeared off to
play before and after.
Jett was active in the Masonic
Order and Sally was a member
of the Order of the Eastern
Star. Both were active, also, in
the Wylie Methodist Church.
Ironically, only two of their
children ever joined the
Methodist Church. The others
were Baptist.
Their children were Mattie
(1894), Clyde (1896), Dewey
(1898), Melvin, called Speck
(1900), Annie Mae (1902),
Alice (1904), Sallie Kate
(1908), and Woodrow (1913).
Only three are living today.
They are Kate Boutivell of
Woodman, Oregon; Woodrow
Moore of California and Annie
McDowell of Wylie.
The children went to Wylie
Schools while living in town at
Grandma Housewright’s old
homeplace, but in 1912 they
moved to the country east of
town, and Kreymer School was
nearer, so they began going to
school there.
Sally's time was limited at the
farm. She had been warned to
lose weight but had not. One
night after a hearty supper of
fish, she was telling Jett a
story she had read. "I need
some soda,” she said. He got
up to get it for her and since
she was smothering, she
knocked the soda from his
hand as she fell. Mrs. Souther,
a neighbor, and Dr. Brooks
were summoned, but it was
too late, for Sally had died in
October 1915. Some called it
acute indigestion while others
said she had a heart attack.
She was buried in the Wylie
Cemetery.
Jett was so devoted to Sally
that he thought he would
never find another to take her
place, but he did. In 1916 he
married the widow of Walter
Wood, who had also died
young. Her maiden name was
Sallie B. Swaner. Not only did
Jett love her but his
motherless children adored
her. They were wed at the
Methodist parsonage in Wylie.
Poet’s Corner
Sis Catty Frissltwig's
Day At De Fair
Hit turned off hot that day at de fair
And funny imelli wux pollutin de air
An Sambo an Jlmbo want about everything
An both of my feet wu« beginnin to ating.
By now de twins wuz wound up tight
An eatin most everything in sight
Hot dogs, tater dogs, corny and poodle dogs
Till folks musta thought de wuz kin to de hogs.
At de baby doll rack dey had to throw
Till dey won dem a big nigger doll, you know
Den dey had to eat cracker jack a la mode
Till de got swelled up like a poisoned toad
Den Sambo had to whisper in my car
An Jimbo sorts look wild eyed wid fear
And we most had a ‘tastrophe dat day
Till a big policeman sorts show em de way.
Den dey wants take some wild r.des
And to eat some more popcorn besides
Den dey saw dat big octapus affair
A wavin its tantlers in de air —
Well it sling em an jerk em an twist em and turn em
Den it roll em an swing em an dash em an churn em
And it keep on spinnin em like a top
Till I thought the dam thing would never stop.
Dat ride jist completely addled deir brain
Dey wus dizzy as doodle bugs-dat was plain
And dey urp and dey urp till dey turn pea-green
De sickest little boys dat you ever seen.
Den we all rode on dot little old train
Till we got clean back to big Tex again
And I wuz so tired dat I barely could creep
So I found us a bench an we all went to sleep.
Well, when I woke up it was plumb black dark
An most of de folks wuz leavin de park-
An when we got home it wuz past midnight
An de lookin glass tell me dot I looked a fright
An de twins wus so tired dat dey ain’t wake up yet
I think dat is something day wont never forget.
Now folks I don mean to gripe an complain
But wild hosses can’t drag me back dere again.
by Frank W. Hoopei
It s Really True
TEXAS
HISTORY
Copyright 1975
by Weldon Owens
The man who disobeyed
his commanding general's
orders and lore up portions
of Eastern Texas Railroad
to obtain rails for strength
ening F’ort Sabine, won the
most spectacular Civil War
battle in Texas (Sabine
Pass) by repulsing the
Federal Fleet It happened
January 21, 186.), when he
was commanding Company
F Texas Heavy Artillery
Richard W (Dick) Dow
ling,only 25 years old at the
time, had volunteered for
Confederate Army service
at the start of the war and
was a lieutenant when
General John B Magruder
ordered him to “spike the
guns” at Fort Sabine
Instead, Dowling ripped up
rails and more heavily
fortified the fort The
Federal attack (ailed
Dowling was born in
Ireland and had owned a
saloon called "The Finish"
in Houston before his 20th
birthday Also he organized
in 1866 what is known as the
first oil company in Texas
while operating a coffee
house in Houston advertised
as “The Bank"
In 1936, the Texas Centen
nial Commission memorial
ized Dowling and his
fighting men with a mon
ament at Sabine Pass
Words on
W Water
TEXASWATER QUALITY BOARD
AUSTIN, TEXAS 7871 1
lat strii
1st Bute
THL Y HAD A FUNERAL.
HUT NOBODY DILI)
The year was 1914. Wood-
row Wilson left his cabinet
meeting to push a pearl em-
bossed button. Hundreds of
miles away a cannon was elec-
tronically activated in the
Bayou City. With that boom,
a part of Buffalo Bayou offi-
cially was christened the
Houston Ship Channel.
Houston grew as a major
seaport (now third in the na-
tion), as industries began build
ing their plants along the chan-
nel banks. And as the city
grew and industries multiplied,
so did the wastes going into
the channel.
But with progress came pro-
blems. In the mid-1 960's sys-
tematic surveys of the channel
revealed that there was no oxy-
gen in thj* water and conse-
quently no marine life.
So a clean up campaign w
launched. In December i
1 965, the Texas Water Polli
lion Control Board, predece
sor of the Texas Water Qualit
Board, adopted an order t
control wastes going into th
channel. But it was in 1965
when the Texas Water Qualit
Board was created, that strii
requirements were instjj,
for cities and industrie.'j
the channel to clean ur
waste discharges.
Even so, in December t
19 7 (I some 10 0 persor
gathered on the banks to pa
their last respects to the Shi
Channel, declared dead at th
age of 55. Cause-suffocation.
But the old girl was onl;
sleeping. She was far fron
gone.
About two years later sonn
industries began to find thei
intake lines clogged wit)
shrimp, crabs, eels and othei
marine life. And by 1973
some oxygen was present in
the entire length of the chan-
nel.
Now, five years after the
funeral, the Houston Ship
Channel has come back to life.
Seagulls again are regular visi-
tors, feasting on delicacies in
the channel-that umbilical
cord which ties Texas to the
rest of the world.
I he channel isn’t as clean
as it needs to be or as it wilj
be, but we’re working on it.
In 1926 the family decided to
move to Portales, New Mexico
where the second Mrs. Moore
had a brother who was doing
quite well. The first year was
hard there due to insects and
weather, but Jett began
making a comfortable living
there for the next 13 years.
He is buried in Portales. New
Mexico, having died there in
April 1939.
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