The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1961 Page: 1 of 12
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The Carrollton Chronicle
"SERVING CARROLLTON, ADDISON, COPPELL, NW. DALLAS COUNTY TOWNS SINCE 1904"
—Commended by East Texas Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Community Service—
VOL. 57 (Official Publication of tho City) CARROLLTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1961 (12 PAGES) No. 42
MRS. JACK JACKSON
—photo by Carl Poynter
Coppell Sorority Enters Mrs. Jack
Jackson In Mrs. America Contest
CITY DISCUSSES BEAUTIFICATION
PROJECTS WITH CLUB LEADERS
Rotary Club to
Hear Assistant
district Attorney
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
SCHEDULED FOR SEPT. 14
James K. Allen, assistant dis-
trict attorney under Henry Wade,
will be the guest speaker of the
Carrollton Rotary Club today
(Thursday) in the Tower Restau-
rant at 12 noon.
The club also announced that
Charles F. Hawn, member of the
Texas State Highway Commission,
has accepted an invitation to
speak on Thursday, Sept. 14.
Attorney Allen will discuss
the crime situation in Dallas
County.
-o —-
Absentee Voting
On Bonds Starts
Absentee voting on the court-
house bond election started Tues-
day, County Clerk Ed Steger said,
and will continue through Tues-
day, Sept. 19.
Ballots may be obtained and
votes cast between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m. Monday -through Friday at
the county clerk’s office.
SCHOOLS TO SELL
ALL FOOTBALL
TICKETS THIS YEAR
All tickets for the 1961 football
season will be sold through the
Carrollton Public Schools. Tickets
will go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday,
prior to each game in each school
in the district. Tickets will go off
sale on Friday at 9 a.m.
Anyone desiring tickets are in-
vited to visit the nearest school to
purchase them.
Pre-game student tickets will
sell for 50c, pre-game adult tickets
for 75c, general admission ele-
mentary student will pay 50c at
and all other general admis-
at gate will be $1.00.
For some of the games played
away from home, there will be
reserved seats at higher prices,
■but priced listed above will be the
same at home and away.
SCHEDULE »
Data School Data
Sept. 8—Weatherford .... There
Sept. 15—Lewisville .......... Here
Sept. 22—Irving ................ There
Sept. 29—Open
*Oct. 6—Brewer ................ There
*Oct. 13—Hurst .................. Here
*Oct. 20—Bowie .............. There
♦Oct. 27—Diamond Hill .. Here
*Nov. 3—Richland ............ Here
*Nov. 10—Richardson .... There
*Nov. 17—Castleberry ...... Here
*—Conference game.
-o-
Half of all fatal firearms acci-
dents occur in the home.
Just one more week to go till
September 15th! Remember, that’s
the grand opening date of the
Central Bank & Trust Company,
with full family banking services,
located at Farmers Branch Shop-
ping Center. —Adv.
Mrs. Jack Jackson of Coppell
has been entered in the Mrs.
America Contest by the Coppell
Chi Gamma Chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi.
The regional contest, eo-spon-
sored by Lone Star Gas Co., will
be held in Dallas, Fort Worth,
Greenville, Abilene, and Waco
during the week of September 18.
Mrs. Jackson, a part-time model
in Dallas, is formerly of Farmers
Branch where she served in the
William Cabell School as room
representative chairman of the
PTA and was 1961 director of
organization.
In Chi Gamma Chapter activi-
ties, Mrs. Jackson is publicity
chairman; parliamentarian; chair-
man of Ways and Means Com-
mittee, and is an alternate repre-
sentative to the Dallas City Coun-
cil of Beta Sigma Phi.
-Mrs. Jackson also has served on
the Women’s Committee of the
Dallas Theatre Center, and in
public relations With Don Aly,
director.
State Finals Nov. 2-3
Following the regional contest
in September, the five regional
winners will then meet in Dallas
for the state finals Nov. 2-3 to
determine who will be crowned
Mrs. Texas.
The National finals of the Mrs.
America contest will be held in
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 27-
Dec. 9 when contestants from the
50 states will meet and vie for
the coveted title.
Organizations successfully spon-
soring a Mrs. Texas contestant
will receive cash bonuses for their
participation. A club sponsored
entrant selected for the regional
contest will win $25 for the organ-
ization. If the entrant is selected
as a regional winner, the club re-
ceives an additional $75. The or-
ganization sponsoring Mrs. Texas
will receive another $100.
Host of Prizes
The contestant crowned Mrs.
Texas will receive a major gas
appliance, a wardrobe from the
Puritan Dress Company, $200 in
cash, and expense paid trip for
-herself and her husband to the
national finals, and many other
exciting prizes.
The winner of the Mrs. Amer-
ica national title will receive at
least $5,000 in personal appear-
ance fees; all-expense paid travel
throughout the country; a free
guest airlines trip for herself and
her husband to Bermuda, Lisbon,
Madrid and Rome; and $500 in
(Sm COPPELL on Pag* 4)
The City Council Tuesday night
authorized that the city install
50 feet of 24-inch drain tile, pro-
vide water and lighting at the
northeast corner of Broadway and
-College for the Garden Club
Beautification program.
Meeting with -the council were
Miss Ollivene Patterson, Mrs.
Martin Seifert, and Mrs. Robert
Souter of the Carrollton Garden
Club who discussed beautification
of various city areas.
OTHER ACTION
In other action Tuesday, the
council:
1—Denied A. L. Davis a special
permit to erect a 8 x 16-foot sign
Following three weeks of heavy
practice and a number of scrim-
mage games, the Carrollton High
School Lions will journey to
Weatherford Friday for the open-
ing game of the football season.
Game time is set for 8:00 p.m.
In scrimmage sessions so far
this year, the District 5-AAA
Lions have shown up well against
a host of clubs including their
arch bi-district rivals Greenville.
The locals played Grapevine,
Nocona and Mesquite in practice
sessions in addition to Greenville.
Throughout the pre-season
workout periods, several new
faces have popped up info the
picture, providing bright spots
for Coach Nolan Poovey and the
entire coaching staff who will be
The campaign to buildi a new
Dallas County Courthouse and
subcourthouses was given a boost
Saturday with the naming of a
231 member committee to lead the
drive for votes in a bond election
set for September 23.
Former Dallas Mayor R. L.
Thornton, Sr., chairman of the
Dallas County Government Build-
ing Information Committee, said
members of the committee would
work toward a large turnout of
voters in the election. The elec-
tion to vote bonds totaling $18,-
500,000 for the project was ord-
ered last week by the Commis-
sioners Court.
Mr. Thornton said the county
government building plan has re-
ceived the endorsement of numer-
ous civic and local governmental
groups as well as individuals
throughout the county.
“Everybody agrees that the
present courthouse facilities are
inadequate,’’ Mr. Thornton said.
“We must complete this project
if our county government is to
serve a million citizens efficiently
at 1014 So. Broadway, but stipu-
lated -that he may erect one that
complies with the city ordinance
on signs;
2— Approved that the city im-
prove Fourth Street from Main to
Broadway with 2-inch plant mix
at a cost of about $3,370;
3— The City Zoning and Plan-
ning Commission recommended
that a request be denied to rezone
the lot at 1011 Norfhside Drive
from residential to commercial;
4— Approved that the city hire
one full-time man for the utility
department at $1.35 per hour and
to advertise for bids on a new
half-ton pick-up truck.
seeking their third straight Dis-
trict title.
Among the new faces to be
seen in action this year will be
Donnie Davis, Ronnie Davis, Rich-
ard Willits, Pinky Clements, David
Rivers, Douglas Teters, Coy Eth-
eridge, Don Estes and Larry Ott-
inger.
Ten let-termen will be returning
to the squad this year. They are:
Mike Hart, Willie Walker, Fred
Posey, Jimmy Taylor, Billy Ray
Garrison, Mike Young, Johnie
Brisendine, Wayne Powell, Billy
Mac Drake, and Bobby Ragland.
The Squad
On the squad this year will be
the following:
Backfield—Jimmy Taylor, Don-
and economically.”
He said the cost to home own-
ers, for example, would be small,
only 13 cents a month on a house
valued at $10,000.
“The average household drinks
a lot more sodapop than this
much-needed project will cost
them,” Mr. Thornton said.
The sub-courthouses would be
located at Oak Cliff, Garland,
Mesquite, Richardson, Lancaster,
Grand Prairie, Irving, and one in
the Carrollton-Farmers Branch-
Addison area.
Absentee voting for the bond
election began Tuesday at 8 a.m.
in the County Clerk Ed Steger’s
office at the Records Bldg. It will
continue through September 19.
Members of the Dallas County
information committee are:
Mayor R. J. Mclnnish, Carrollton,
Mayor Oley Attebery, Farmers
Branch, Mayor W. T. Cozby,
Coppell; Carl O. Fleming, E. A.
Pledger, Jr., Walter H. Blanton, N.
J. Sindik, Mrs. Lee C. McAnelly,
(See COURTHOUSES on Page 4)
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The State Sales Tax Law requires that we collect 4c tax
on each $2.00 yearly subscription as of Sept. 1, 1961. The
subscription price has NOT been raised. THE EDITOR.
HIGH SCHOOL LIONS OPEN GRID
PLAY AT WEATHERFORD FRIDAY
( See LIONS on Page 12)
231-Member Committee to Lead Drive
For Courthouse Bonds in Sept. 23 Vote
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Sindik, Nicholas J. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1961, newspaper, September 7, 1961; Carrollton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth729126/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carrollton Public Library.