The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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The Thriftiest Town . . . The Friendliest People!
Bits of News Picked Up
On Celina School Campus
School census enumeration is now
in' progress and parents should see
that their children between the ages
of 6 and 17 are enumerated. Mr. Um-
pljress taking the census.
A new course, “Safety Education,”
haS been added for the tenth and
eleventh grades at C. H. S. Traffic
safety and safety in the home are
among the things studied.
An amateur boxing tournament :s
to be given Saturday, March 8, aus-
pices of C H. S. athletic association
for the benefit of the association, pro-
ceeds to be used to buy sweaters.
'The matches will be at the gym and
the gong for the start will sound at
3:§0, immediately after the drawing
on the public square. About ten bouts
are scheduled. A special attraction is
4b be a match between two girls. A
night snow of three Or four matches
between local amateur boxers, will
£tart at 7:30.
The senior class play. “Feudin' in
the Hills,’* will be presented at the
school auditorium Friday night,
March 7. The curtain rises at 7:45.
Cast of characters: Kenneth Johnson.
Lorene Doggett. Jean Biidgefarmer,
EarliYie. Norris, Howard Blagg, Kath-
ryVi Browning, George Holloway, An
nie V. Stallcup, Dwight Smith and
Arch Laverne McNabb. The play is
directed by Principal Charles Estes,
with Buck Norris and Harold Robin-
son as stage managers and Wanda
-rosswhite as prompter.
Next Monday 4-H Club Day
At Fort Worth Stock Show
Cottage Hill News
The P.-T. A. met Tuesday night
and enjoyed a program presented by
a group of Celina school pupils und-
er the direction of Mrs. Clifford Mc-
Knight and Mrs. Ray Grumbles. We
hope they can come again.
Mh and Mrs. .li T. Darnali and son
Carl and wife took a load of calves to
Fort Worth Monday.
Rev. R. F. Shinn of Lewisville will
preaefi at Cottage Hill Sunday morn-
ing, if the weather permits.
Mrs. R. L. Hays had several guests
Wednesday afternoon to observe a
demonstration of brushes, oils, clean-
sers. etc., given by Mrs. Sturdivant
of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Combest and
family had as guests Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Davis and daughter, and
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Lee Malone.
]VJr. and Mrs. Edgar Marks and
children, Charles, Louis and Lets, vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Archie Young of
Leonard Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. -J. R. Bryan and their
daughter Bobbie Gene of McKinney
visited Mrs. Bryan's parents, Mr.
and^Mrs. John Darnali, in the Cot-
tage Hill community, Sunday.
Mrs. Nina Parrish visited Mr. and
Mrs. Toy Bradley Sunday.
and Mrs. Luther Francis and
daughter Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Wylie
Francis and son Martin Guynn, Mr.
Tillman Francis and Miss Dona Fran-
cis of Cottage Hill, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Langford, Miss Pearl Lang-
ford,' Mr. and Mrs. Fleetwood Fran-
ces of Gunter, and Miss Mildred
Helms of Celina visited in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Phillips of Gun-
ter Sunday to celebrate the birthday
of "Mrs. Fleetwood Francis.
£dr. and Mrs. A. W. Phillips Jr. and
children were guests of Mr. Phillips'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Phillips
Sr., gf Cottage Hill Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O'Brien and
son James Frank were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank O’Brien Sunday.
Mrs. Carl Darnali, accompanied by
John Ashe Jr. of Weston attended
the funeral of an uncle of Mr. Ashe
at Denison Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tucker and
daughter Frances, Ray Rickerson and
Grady Woods visited in Midlothian
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Willard Jr.
have as their guests Mrs. Doc Mills
of McKinney, and Billy Kirkland of
Friscrf, this week.
The following were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hays Sr.: Mr.
and Mrs. L- R. Thompson, Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Willard and son Bobby
Ajlatif Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hays Jr.
and son Gerald, Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
neth Hays and children Joyce and
Charles, and Mrs. B. M. Sexton.
Mis* Bertha McDonald visited Mrs.
l.T -ra Gladden of Denton Tuesday eve-
ning.
The Cottage Hill pupils were
pleased to “smile’’ for the photogra-
pher Wednesday.
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Between 300 and 500 4-H club boys
and girls from Collin county are ex-
pected to attend the Fat Stock Show
and rodeo on Club Day, Monday.
March 10, states Jack McCullough,
county agent.
Tickets which will admit dub mem-
bers and leaders free will be issued
within the next few days.
Boys who are carrying on demon-
strations in livestock and crop pro-
duction will also be given a free tick
et to the rodeo which will be held in
the Will Rogers Memorial building
March 10 at 10 a. m. One hundred
and ten free radio tickets have al-
ready arrived and will be given to
the hoys who are doing outstanding
work, states Mr. McCullough.
Club leaders in the county who will
assist Mr. McCullough in getting the
boys to Fort Worth are:
Denver Price, Rowlett; F. E.
Stroup, Prosper; W. H. Moseley, Ren-
ner; George D. Clark, Bloomdale; Le-
on Hobson, Rhea Mills; J. D. Butler,
Asa Walker; Miles Murphy, Snow
Hill; L. 11. Owens, Pike; V. F. Hick-
man, Sedalia; Clarence Horton. Mes
quite; J. It. Jackson. Copeville; S. G
Taylor. Weston; T. W. Hammer, A!
la; T. M. Raines, Branch; Fletcher
Bryan, Cuileoka; Fulman Prichard,
Higgins; Melvin Harper, Clear Lake;
Albert Press, Wilson; W. W. Cooley.
Melissa; Forrest Smith, Whiterock;
Hoyt Smoot, Lovejoy.
Celina Goes to Cleaners
Next Week-End—Be Ready
Thorough cleaning that was to
have been given Celina this week has
been put over until next week-end on
account of rain. After so much rain
and mud the town stands greatly m
need of a cleanup.
The city will bear the expense of
carting the trash to the dumping
ground, asking only that it be gath-
ered in containers and placed at an
easily accessible point about your
premises.
We can have Celina talked abou.
as a beautiful little city r we can
have the things said about it to t»a
anything but complimentary. Let’s
make it the former.
It is asked by Mayor Wilson and
the city council that every family’s
premises be given special attention
beginning Monday in order that the
cleanup may be a real trash-mover.
Mrs. W. H. Milner Dies
At Home of Mrs. Francis
Mrs. W. H. Milner, 69, died at 1:30
Sunday morning at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Leonard Francis, in
this city after an illness of seven
months, the immediate cause of her
death being a heart attack.
Mrs. Milner was born Sept. 11,
1872, the daughter of Jesse and Ma-
tilda Hutchings, both deceased. Mrs.
Milner was born near Weston and re-
sided within the county's borders un-
til the end of her earthly career.
Surviving children are Lee R., Rice
and Charles Milner of Gunter and
Mrs. Francis. She had 0 grandchil-
dren.
C. M. Estes Is Re-elected;
Kindle Appointed to Fill
Vacancy on School Board
At a regular meeting of the school
board Tuesday night C. M. Estes was
reelected for another term. W. J. C
Smith, trustee, resigned and Wood-
row Kindle was appointed by the
board to the vacancy. Kindle accep-
ted and was sworn in at a meeting
Wednesday night. Mr. Smith’s term
would have expired with the coming
of the election nex tmonth.
J J. Umphress Returns j Bond Election Contest I Trio of Light-Fingered
From N. E. A. Meeting
School Superintendent J. J. Umph-
ress returned Friday from a week
spent in attendance upon the meet-
ing of the National Education Asso-
ciation at Atlantic City, N, J. This
couny was represented by four school
superintendents. County Superintend-
ent J. W. Moseley of McKinney, E. A.
Signer of Plano, N. O. Wright of
Farmersville and Mr. Umphress. The
group boarded a special train carry-
ing the educators who attended from
Texas at Dallas. En route one day
was spent in Washington visiting
places of interest. They also had the
pleasure of spending an hour with
Congressman Sam Rayburn, Con-
gressman from this district, Mr. Ray-
burn showed them every courtesy.
The convention was in session Mon-
day through Thursday.
ALLA NEWS
Misses Geraldine and Rita Manes
spent the week-end with their grand-
mother, Mrs. N. E. Manes, at Celina.
Miss Dolores Thompson visited
friends at Weston and McKinney.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Dennis of Dal-
las and Miss Joy Ilooten of Celina
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. John Stambaugh and family.
Miss Mamie McWhirter visited her
mother, Mrs. L. W. McWhirter.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Philips and
sons Ben and II. J. and Mrs. Velvie
Bilderback and baby daughter visit-
ducted at the Gunter Baptist church
of which Mrs. Milner was a member,
at 2 p. m. Monday by the Rev. It. C
Kerr of Sherman. Burial was in Van
Alstyne cemetery with Helms in
charge.
Alla School District to
Vote on Tax Increase
the
ed Mr. and Mrs. Earl Philips and ba-
The service over the body was con- ^ k°n£'*ew-
Miss Arrona Merritt spent
week-end with Theresa Melton.
Miss Katherine Harris visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Shields and children
at Cottage Hill.
Warren Reed Blackmon spent the
week-end with Lowell Hunnicutt.
Miss Velma Lee Kinney spent Sun-
day night with Evelyn Ruth Keith.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Dennis visited
Mr. and Mrs. Timmons at Rhea Mills.
Tom O’Dell, trustee of the Hubbard
estate, left to the Alla school, informs
the Record that the Alla school dis-
trict is to hold an election Saturday
March 8, for the purpose of deciding
if the school tax rate of the district
shad be increased from 15 cents to
50 cents.
Mr. O’Dell says he feels sure that
the increase will be voted and the
school will thereby be able to collect
$4,200 per year from the state aid
fund, as the increase in funds would
enable the school to become affiliated.
Baylor Nursing School
Caps Miss Betty Pace
Mrs. Donna Pace and Mrs. Robert
Short attended the capping service
for preliminary student nurses of the
Baylor school of nursing at Dallas,
Wednesday, Feb. 20.
The service was held at the Gaston
Avenue Baptist Church. A reception
for the students, their friends and
relatives was held at- the nurses’ home
at the hospital after the service.
Miss Betty Pace was one of the 07
students who were presented their
caps by the (lean of the school.
Miss Pace graduated from Celina
high school and attended North Tex-
as State teachers college at Denton,
two years before enrolling at Baylor
school of nursing in August, 1940.
Goes to Court of Appeals
Clarence Dowdy, attorney for the
Celina Independent School District
trustees, last week-end notified the
hoard that contestants of the school
bond election recently tided in dis-
trict court at McKinney, where the
demands of the contestants were de-
nied, had filed appeal bond and that
the case would be carried to the
Court of Civil Appeals. Principals on
appeal bond are George Jenkins, John
Howell and Frank Kerr. Sureties arc
•J. W. King and Bill Thorp.
Mr. Dowdy stated that it would
probably not take very long to get
the case through the Court of Ap-
peals.
Tfie board has been assured by
Gus W. Thomasson, head of the Dal-
las district WPA, that the money ap-
proved for Celina’s new school build-
ing will be available until the mat-
ter is threshed out in the courts.
TWIN BRIDGES NEWS
Jesse L. Doyle and sisters, Misses
Olive and Nettie, were in McKinney
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lewis of Mc-
Kinney and the latter’s mother. Mrs.
Jackson Sockwell of Greenville, visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. C. W. O’Brien Sun
day. Mrs. Sockwell remained for a
more extended visit with her sister.
Mrs. Carrie Phipps has returned to
the C. W. O’Brien home after a
week’s stay with her parents, W. M.
Yates and wife, of Cottage Hill, who
were confined to their home with the
flu.
Mrs. Alvin Sexton of Cottage Hill
spent last Thursday night in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank O’Brien.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Terry left Sun-
day afternoon for San Antonio, where
At Gunter Wednesday Nite ithey wili visit their s«»-«n-iaw and
_ i daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Celina American Legion post meM * °x' ^ -seenis Mrs. Cox is still
at. Gunter Wednesday night, M. Hoi- I havi,,K trouble with an arm that
comb, post commander, presiding. 1 *)10^en a ^ew months ago.
Celina Legionnaires Met
A brief program was rendered, W.
B. Cook, superintendent of the Gun
ter public school, was the principal
speaker. Brief talks were made by L.
F. Gregg and Hugh B. Peterman of
Celina.
Miss Smith of the Gunter school
faculty, who sponsors the Gunter
choral club, had her club to present
songs and readings.
The meeting, which was rounded
off with sandwiches and coffee, re-
sulted in three new members for the
American Legion post.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Malone, Mr. ami
Mrs. Clifford McKnight and little
son, all of Celina, were dinner guests
of Mr and Mrs. Guy Bunch Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Harris and little
Gentry Pull Job Here;
Are Arrested in Denton
Three men stopped at Leslie Big-
gerstaff’s filling station about 5
o’clock Saturday afternoon and told
Mrs. Biggerstaff, who was alone at
the station, that they wanted to get
some gas. While Mrs. Biggerstaff
was putting the gas in their tank one
of the men was out at the pump with
Mrs. Biggerstaff. one in the office
and one in the office door. Mrs. Big-
gerstaff said the men were in the
thirties.
Almost immediately ater the men
left Mrs. Biggerstaff discovered that
the money drawer had been cleaned
out, something over $20 being taken.
City Marshal George Jenkins was no
tified and he notified the sheriff’s of-
fice at McKinney, who broadcast the
news to several stations in this part
of the state.
In a few hours word came from
Denton that officers there thought
they had the men. Mr;-.. Biggerstaff
was taken to Denton Saturday night
and positively identified the three
men, who had changed clothing. The
countenance of the one who did the
talking at the service station fell and
he dropped his eyes when confronted
by Mrs. Biggerstaff, and he tried to
hide his face with his hand and arm.
About three-fourths of the money
was recovered.
The Record is informed that some
strange men were seen back of the
stores here Saturday afternoon. It is
now believed that it was the three
men involved in robbing the Bigger-
staff station and that they would
probably have broken into a business
house had they not robbed the sta-
tion.
JAMES E. DOUG I-AS VICTIM
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT MONDAY
James Evan's Douglas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Douglas of Van A1
styne, was killed five miles north of
Farmersville Monday night when his
candy truck turned over. The victim,
23 years old, was employed by a
Farmersville candy fact dry, making
two truck trips to Denison weekly
son. formerly of Frisco, now living and working inside the factory the
BROTHER MRS. TRACY KING
DIED IN BELEW COMMUNITY
Ed Holford, brother of Mrs .Tracv
King, who lives southwest out of Ce-
lina about three miles, died in the Be-
lew community Saturday at tin- ag'*
of a few days short of GO yeai;s. His
funeral was conducted at the Aubrey
Christian Church at 2:30 p .m. Sun-
day. Burial was in Belew cemetery.
The Kings and Mr. and Mrs. Tip
Mize attended the funeral from this
community.
Kindle Buys Interest
Of Business Partner
Woodrow Kindle, member of tin-
firm of Hunt & Kindle, feed, produc •
and cold storage, has bought the in-
terest of his partner, Weldon Hun'
and becomes the owner of both that
store and the grocery adjoining. He
will operate both, and will move his
cream and egg business to the build-
ing formerly occupied by Hunt &
Kindle.
Mr. Hunt will establish a produce
business at Frisco.
Jack Perkins Is Finishing
New Home, Store Building
The Record learned Monday that
Jack Perkins, the Mustang merchant,
will in a few days move into a new
Store building and a new 3-room
home at a point on the pike, one-
fourth mile cast of the old Mustang
store.
He will then be situated in a much
more accessible place than formerly
and will be equipped to conduct his ,
business more satisfactorily and to
live more comfortably.
SMASH THAT EGG!
Flying Cadet Known Here
Is Killed in California
James E. Spillman of Lancaster,
Texas, who was employed at the Ly-
on Gray lumber yard here in 1937,
was killed Friday in a crash that oc-
curred at San Diego, Calif., three
weeks, after Spillman had begun
practice.
The body was sent to Lancaster by
the army and the service over it is to
be conducted today by the Rev. C. O.
Hitt at the Lancaster Baptist church
this afternoon.
Read the Record for local news.
al Weatherford, recently visited the
former’s aunt, Mrs. C. W. O'Brien,
and Mr. O’Brien.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Terry visited
their daughter. Mrs. Harold Skaggs
and husband at Plano last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Phipps and
little son of Dallas spent last week-
end with the latter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Hays.
Miss Dimple Hays is visiting rela-
tives at Ferris, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Tatum of
Lubbock, who had been on a ten days
trip down through the Rio Grande
valley, visited their son. Russell, and
family at Farmersville, and relatives
and friends in this community for a
few hours last Friday on their way
home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Willard Jr. and
family recently visited relatives in
Frisco.
Mrs. Frank O'Brien of this com
munity had the pleasing experience
recently of hearing the announcer of
KRRV. Sherman radio station, name
her as winner of a radio offered in
1 a contest.
remainder of the week. He was a
grandson of the late Jim Douglas,
well known here. Burial was at Van
Alstyne.
CARD OF THANKS.
The kindnesses shown me by my
friends and neighbors during my re
cent illness ai’e deeply appreciated,
and I take this means of thanking
them all from the bottom of my
heart. Mrs. W. L. Michael.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.
Farm Program Meeting
At McKinney Saturday
The public is invited to attend
county-wide meeting of Collin county
people to be held in McKinney, Sat
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Sunday will be Layman's Day at
the Methodist Church. Supt. J. J.
Umphress will faring the address at
the 11 o’clock hour, speaking about
the place of laymen in the work of
the church. You will miss something
if you miss this address.
At the evening service the pastor
will speak on the Permanance and
Value of Talk.
Come, let’s worship together.
THOMAS P. WEAVER.
VAN ALSTYNE MAN TO OPEN
NEW CAFE IN CELINA SOON
J. A. Pitts of Van Alstyne has
rented the Dr. J. S. Collins building,
first door west of the Bray Dry
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The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1941, newspaper, March 6, 1941; Celina, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth772807/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Celina Area Historical Association.