The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 19, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 7, 1951 Page: 1 of 8
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The Wood County Record
TWENTY ONE YEARS OF SERVICE IN WOOD, SMITH AND VAN ZANDT COUNTIES
22ND YEAR — NO. NINETEEN
MINEOLA, TEXAS TUESDAY AUGUST 7. 1951
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
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Sunday Hottest Day
Of Year in Mineola
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The severest heat wave of the
summer continued to plague
East Texas Monday, another
100-degree-plus day.
Sunday was the hottest day
of the year in Mineola. Between
3:30 and 4:30 the United Gas
Corporation’s recording ther-
mometer registered 102 degrees,
which is believed to be four de-
gree.' off actual temperature.
Monday was the fifth day
Minrola has had 100-degree
weather. The best available
estimates at actual maximum
temperatures here for the last
IN A PERSIAN GARDEN—W. Avrell Harnman, President Tru-
man’s special envoy to Iran, and Mis. Harriman stroll through the
luxurious gardens of Saheb-Ghara lieh Palace in Teheran. The
Harrimans will reside at the Palace for the duration of the talks
on the tense oil dispute between Iran and Great Britain.
Youth Accidentally Kills
Cousin Then Shoots Self
Don Louis Daughtry. 24. of
Lindale shot and killed himself
in Houston Saturday alter ac-
cidentally shooting his cousin.
Details of the tragedy were
lacking here Monday other
than the two men were hand-
Rites Saturday for
Winnsboro Soldier
Funeral services were held at
the First Baptist Church in
Winnsboro Saturday for Cpl.
Robert G. Jackson, who was
killed in action in Korea Aug.
10, 1950.
Corporal Jackson was Winns-
boro’s first victim of Korean
fighting. He was 27 at the time
of his death, and had been in
Korea about two weeks as a
machine-gunner with the 24th
Infantry Division. He was a
veteran of World War II serv-
ice in the Pacific.
Full military honors were
accorded Corporal Jackson by
members of Carl Azbell Post.
American Legion, and Co. A.
148th Armored Infantry Bat-
talion.
Surviving are his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Jessie- Jiu'x.sun of
Winnsboro; a s.ster. Mrs. Her-
man Stephens of Rob-town:
and three brothers. J. B. Jack-
son and James L. Jackson of
Mexia and Billy Bob Jackson of
California.
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CONDUCTING REVIVAL
Rev. B. A. Watson, pastor of
The First Methodist Church of
Hawkins, is conducting a revival
meeting in the Musgrove Com-
munity near Winnsboro.
ling a rifle. After Daughtry saw
tl: at he had killed his cousin he
turned the gun on himself.
The English Funeral Home
ol Mineola is in charge of ar-
rangements: and services are
eypec.ed to be held Tuesday
aiterr.oon at Lindale.
Daughtry is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
D lughtrv of Lindale, and. sev-
eral brothers and sisters.
(Jil Test Drilling’
IVorth of Quitman
Cable Tool & Rotary Com-
pany and Ralph Spence are
drilling around 3,000 feet on a
w.ldcat test two miles north of
Quit-man. The well is the No 1
Martha Ingram. Joshua Rob-
bins Survey, and is located two
miles southwest of the Forest
Hill Field. The test will go to
the Woodbine.
Operators set 95«-mch si.r-
L ce pipe to 752 feet.
LEAVE ON VACATION
Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Reed left
Monday on a four-weeks vaca-
ti m lip to California. Oregon.
\\ ash ngton. M o n t a n a and
other northwestern states.
ON LEAVE
Mrs. Evelyn Simpson, county
h trine demonstration agent, be-
g m an annual two-weeks leave
lest Wednesday. She and Mr.
S.mpson will spend part of the
time at her former home near
Lampasas.
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Try a Record classified.
Alba Couple Die
In Rail Crossing
Aecident Friday
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Mr. and Mrs. James Elrod,
residents of the Hoyt commun-
ity near Alba, were killed Fri-
day when their car and a Santa
Fe locomotive collided at a
crossing about three miles
north of Milano.
Railway officials said the
Elrod car struck the side of the
egine. No other details were
available. The car was demol-
ished, and Mr. and Elrod died
within a short time.
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Smith County's
First Bale of
Cotton Ginned
Smith County’s first bale of
cotton for 1951 was ginned and
j baled Thursday morning in
| Tyler. It weighed exactly 400
pounds.
Roy Cooper, the fan ler who
raised the cotton, and who lives
near Bullard said that he was
surprised that it weighed so
little. The cotton weighed 1.225
pounds in the field, he said.
County Agent Ben Browning
said that he thinks the county
will produce around 7.500 bales
this season. Last yea :’s crop
was about 2,000 bales, he said.
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Texas Polio Cases
Reach 1951 High
j
] Polio last week again hovered
near its peak for the year.
The state health department
today reported 91 new eases for
the week ending July 28. It was
just one case less than the
highest weekly recording for
the disease this year.
Dallas county was the hard-
est hit oi the week with 10
leases. Harris county trailed
closely with 8. Core.us Christ!
had 7.
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VAUGHN REUNION
The Vaughn family reunion
will be held Sunday. Ai.g. 19, a’
the Jim Hogg Park in Quitman.
and all members of the familr
are cordially inv^ed. It will be
an all-day affair.
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IN LINDALE MEETING
Rev. Harold Fagan, former
Hawkins minister, will conduct
a revival meeting in Lindale
starting next week.
Attorney General
To Speak at 49th
County Reunion
to
QUITMAN, (Spl.)—Texas’ At-
torney General Price Daniel has
accepted an invitation to speak
at the 49th annual Old Settlers
Reunion to be held at Jim Hogg
Memorial Park for three days
beginning August 15. Daniel is
scheduled to speak on the
afternoon of the 15th.
Martin Dies Sr., former U. S.
Congressman, is also scheduled
to deliver an address on the
afternoon of the 16th.
The Texas State Prison band,
the Gore Cowgirls, and a square
dance are included among the
opening day’s activities. An Air
Force band from Barksdale
Field. La., is on the program
for the second day. x
'1 ue annual Memorial serv-
icer election of officers, and
the old fiddler's contest will be
features of the last day’s act-
ivities.
Quitman Woman
Dies Monday After
Twin Sons Born
Mrs. Lindsey Hill of Quitman
died Monday morning at about
4 o'clock in a Tyler hospital
following the birth of twin sons
Sunday. Both babies are doing
we.i.
Funeral arrangements were
incomplete Monday.
j Service Clubs to Meet
Aug. 15 at Qu'tman
A joint meeting of all service
clubs in the county has been
planned by the Quitman Rotary
Club for Wednesday, Aug. 15.
at Quitman. The occasion is
opening day of the 49th Annual
Old Settlers’ Reunion.
T ie Mineola and Winnsboro
Roi iry Clubs have already
voi d to accept the Quitman
Chili’s invitation.
CRITICALLY ILL
Buck Epps, projection operator
at the Select Theatre for many
yea s. is critically ill in Baylor
Hospital in Dallas. He under-
went an operation last week
foi a lung ailment, but Ills
condition remains critical.
IN KOREAN WAR
Rex Hughes and A1 Rholes,
who have been in the Army
only a few months, are now on
duty in Korea. _
five days ?re: Thursday 102;
Friday 105: Saturday 104: Sun-
day 106; Monday 103.
While the “official” estimate
on the temperature here Sun-
day was 106, many Mineolans
contend it was higher. Practi-
cally every household thermo-
meter in town went above that
mark. There was a report of
one thermometer with 120-
degree capacity registering 119
degrees, only one notch below
the bursting point. Several
downtown thermometers hover-
ed between 108 and 110 in mid-
afternoon, and a mercury ther-
mometer at the United Gas
Company plant west of town
went as high as 112. This read-
j ing cannot Je considered a true
i record, however, because of the
: nearness of a sheet metal waii.
I The U'. S. Weather Station at
; Wills Point recorded 110 for
| both Saturday and Sunday, and
| the Corsicana station reported
109.
The five-lay stretch of heat
was believed to be the most
severe since 1946.
There were no heat casual-
ties in the Mineola area; how-
lever, the h< at is damaging the
; remaining watermelon crop.
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New Survey of
Woodbine Sand
In Etex Planned
A new geological survey will
be made ol East Texas’ Wood-
bine oil sand.
The University of Texas Off-
Campus Research Center an-
nounced Fiiday that the study
will be directed from its office,
through the - United States
Geological Survey. It will be
made by A1 Zapp of Washing-
ton, an investigator for the
USGS lueb division.
D. H. Eargle is making a
similar study of limestone reef
formations in North and West
Texas, a joint effort of USGS
and the U liversity of Texas.
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Cancer-Stricken
Van Y outh Back
In Tyler Hospital
Bobby P< el Van High School
graduate, was back in a Tyle:
hospital suffering from cancer,
the disease which struck both
Peel and his mother,
i The maligant disease center.-
on young Peel’s brain. A
specialist in Dallas has advised
against op‘rating, due to the
position ol the growth.
Mrs. Peel became ill last fall,
about a n onth after her son
was stricke n.
Van and Canton residents
have raised money to aid the
hard-hit Van Zandt County
I family but more is needed.
There is hope for Peel, and
this, despite the hardships, was
the family’s most cherished
possession.
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Carraway, R. H., Jr. The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 19, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 7, 1951, newspaper, August 7, 1951; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth757646/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.