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Come to Celina June 1—
It's Bargain Festival Day!
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 42
ON the Record
By BENNIE O’BRIEN
The
pessimist who says he
thinks opportunity is a thing of the
past in America ought to take a
look at Celina’s independent truck
operators, many of whom have
parlayed a pocket half-full of
small change into quite a respec-
table business, thank you. And
they did it with little more than a
liberal supply of just plain old-
fashioned courage of the type that
characterized the pioneers who
lived in the times of opportunity
the pessimists say vanished sever-
al decades ago.
There is no word in the English
language that quite describes
these men who think nothing of
risking every cent of their capital
in the purchase of a truck load of
merchandise and then driving
across the United States to find a
buyer. A French word, “entre-
preneur,” which means an inde-
pendent business enterpriser, often
operating alone and asking no
salaried job of anyone, perhaps
describes them better than any
other.
Most of these truckers say there
is probably a greater concentra
tion of independent truck operators
living in Celina than in any other
small town they know of. Among
those who deal with them the
town is known in distant places,
and the truckers themselves are
familiar with highways all over
the United States, Canada and
Mexico.
Many of them started out in
business hauling just any load that
came to hand, but as time passed
they hit upon specialties that
proved to be more profitable and
satisfactory to handle than a
miscellaneous business. One of
these is John Laney, whose
specialty for nine years has been
dealing in and hauling sheet and
plate steel. Operating four big
trucks, Laney buys steel in Penn-
sylvania, Ohio and California, and
lesells it to fabricators, largely in
Dallas, Fort Worth, Plainview and
Lubbock. For a year, Laney hauled
steel to one fabricator in San An-
gelo, who was manufacturing
gravel trailers. * I
Final Graduation Exercise
Slated for Friday Evening
It’s all over but the shouting at
Celina High School for the 1952-53
term, and the final commencement
exercise is scheduled for 8:00
o’clock Friday evening in the
school gym.
Speaker for the occasion will be
Dr. J. W. McCrary, with the de-
partment of education, East Texas
State College, Commerce. Kermit
Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Ward, Celina, will deliver the sa
lutatory address, and Pat Cashon
and Sue Gearhart will share top
billing and each say a valedictory
speech. Miss Cashon is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Cashon, and
Miss Gearhart is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Abe Gearhart.
The traditional baccalaureate
program was presented last Sun-
day evening in the Celina Method-
ist church, with the Rev. Bob
Painter, pastor of the First Chris-
tian church, preaching the sermon.
One of the largest classes in
years includes the following grad-
uates:
Nolan Dorsey, Donald Jack
Manes, Leon Mosier, Louis Paf-
ford, Norman Pafford, Lindell
Rash, Robert Allen Shook, Ocie
Vest, Truett Wallis, Kermit Ward,
Bill Willard, Raymond Wingfield,
Patsy Watson, Patsy Cashon,
Daisy Cave, Carol Ewton, Sue
Gearhart, Loretta George, Matilda
Gray, Peggy Harvell, Barbara
Hunn, Wanda Lloyd. Glenda Gayle
Spradlin, Velma June O’Brien,
Betty Watson and Betty Jane Pet-
erman McDonald.
Donald Jack Manes and Norman
Pafford, in the Armed Forces, will
present to receive their
June 1 Bargain
Festival Day
CELINA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1953
not be
diplomas.
The graduating seniors are plan-
ning a school bus trip to South
Texas to celebrate the closing of
their high school careers. They
will leave Celina about 4:00 a. m.
Monday, accompanied by their
sponsor, D. D. Prince, high school
principal, and by Mrs. Ted Cave
and Mrs. Frank Pafford. They plan
to go perhaps as far south as the
Rio Grande valley, definitely to
Corpus Christi.
Celina stores have scheduled the
second of their Bargain Festival
Days for Monday, June 1, the first
Monday in June, and advertising
in this week’s Record tells of
many opportunities to save im-
portant iponey pn items that are
needed every day in every house-
hold.
Hidden Names in Ads.
Again this Bargain Festival
Day, The Ritz Theatre will show a
bargain matinee, and will give free
passes to the theatre Monday
afternoon or Monday night to
those whose names are hidden in
the' advertisements of various
stores. Read the ads carefully-—if
your name appears hidden in small
type in any ad, just clip the ad and
present it at the Ritz box office
Monday afternoon or night for free
admission.
Free Cash Prize.
The Celina Booster Club, spon
sor of the event, will sometime
Monday afternoon award a free
cash prize of $25.00 to some lucky
person who comes to Celina that
day.
Many Celina stores are offering
through advertising in this copy
of The Record extraordinary
values in an effort to acquaint
you with the advantages of shop-
ping in Celina.
Crash of Jet Plane Near j Chiropractors' Group
Celina Takes Life of Pilot Holds Celina Meeting
^ Court News
DISTRICT COURT
New Suits.
W. W. Lanier vs. Minnie Lanier,
divorce.
Lessie Carter vs. Charlie Carter,
divorce.
Jean Coleman vs. F. C. Coleman,
divorce.
M. L. Faulk-
Livestock Market
Olga Faulkner vs.
ner, divorce.
Doris Jean Starnes vs. Thomas
Dewey Starnes, divorce.
Marjorie Wester vs. K. T. Wes-
ter, divorce.
A T-33 jet trainer from Connally
Air Force Base, Waco, crashed and
burned in a field near the Mustang
community Sunday. The accident
occurred about halfway between
Mustang and the Pilot Point Road,
a short distance west of the FM
road connecting Mustang and FM
road 427, on the farm of L. M.
Snow.
First reports of the accident
were that two bodies were found in
the wreckage, but officials of Per-
rin Air Force Base, which sent a
crash truck to the scene, and Con-
nally AFB later stated the wreck
claimed only one victim. He was
First Lieut. Louis W. Sessions, 24,
of Lake Village, Ark., whose body
was taken to Funderburk Funeral
Home in Denison, pending funeral
arrangements.
Local men who visited the scene
-of the crash said parts of the plane
were buried five feet in the
ground. Observers were barred
from the scene as soon as Army
authorities arrived.
Members of the Red River Chi-
ropractic Association gathered in
Celina Wednesday evening of last
week for their regular monthly
| social and business meeting.
Doctors and their wives attended
from Sherman Denison, Bonham,
McKinney, Van Alstyne, Gaines-
ville and Whitesboro. Arrange-
ments for the meeting were made
by Dr. J. W. Rogers, Ceina chiro-
practor, and Mrs. Rogers.
Dinner was served to the group
b}’ the American Legion Auxiliary,
in the Celina Legion hall. Dr. H.
O, Green of Sherman is president
of the association, and Dr. Rogers
is secretary-treasurer.
10c COPY
Draft for $500
Sent to Waco
Frisco Employees Hold
Safety Meeting in Celina
Frisco Railway section foremen
and supervisors met at Nelson’s
coffee shop here Wednesday night
of last week for a “Safety” meet-
ing and dinner.
J. F. Emery, Frisco safety sup-
ervisor, was present, and various
points were discussed which dealt
with safety precautions in railway
maintenance work.
Others present were C. Best,
grouting foreman, Lamar, Kansas;
G. Snodgrass, section foreman,
FORT
WORTH.—What was
Laney s trucking business start- i Probably a record number of eat-
ed during the last war, when he j tie for the date appeared around
hauled eggs for a Denison egg pro-! the major market circle Monday,
cessing plant. The end of the war|The total of 101,200 cattle at 12
caught him with five big trucks markets, complied with 84,831 a
and no pay loads. The steel oppor-,week aS°> and only 78,650 head a
tuiuty came along and looked good, Aear ago. Twelve markets ha.! 9,-
so he gave it a try. i 400 calves, f.gaust 7,800 a week
Laney’s brother, L. L. Laney,1 ak° and 0,800 a year earlV-
with three trucks, is also in the
steel business. W. J. C. Smith is a
specialist in grain. Jesse Rogers,
with one truck, hauls mostly hay
and posts. Billy Nichol also deals
in steel, buying most of it in Ala-
bama mills. W. R. Baldridge is
another steel dealer. Johnny May
could not perhaps be called a
trucker, but without his trucks he
couldn’t operate his cattle-trading
business, which most people will
agree is certainly a risky business
right now.
Johnny Howell, a combine oper-
ator, runs four trucks, and Charles
Peterman drives for Buddy Bacon
in Gunter, hauling frozen foods ex-
clusively. Don Glendenning and
Ray Moore, with several trucks,
deal in grain and other loads.’
Clarence Biggs’ trucks haul scrap
metal exclusively. Billy Ross Pell,
another Celina trucker, deals in
sand, loam, gravel and fill dirt.
Other drivers are Bobby Pell,
Calvin York, Carl Patrick, and
perhaps some that may have been
overlooked, for the truckers in Ce-
lina number probably larger than
any other vocation, with the ex-
ception of farmers.
They think nothing of long
drives that would put an ordinary
man in bed for a week. One driver
went to Minnesota for a load of
eggs and was back in Celina in
exactly two and one-half days.
Two others, en route from
Nogales, Arizona to Miami, Flor-
ida, did not stop the motor on
their truck during the entire trip.
All this goes to prove that even
m the face of changing conditions,
if a man has the spirit and the
courage to risk his neck and his
capital, he can still make an hon-
est dollar. The whiners who say
opportunity is gone and the econ-
omy is “mature” just haven’t the
guts these truckers must possess
in order to stay.
At Fort Woith the cat !e run
was about 8b per cent .v>w.-: and
grassy steers, yearlings and
heifers. These classes sold srounu
$1 00 to $2 00 lower. Dry lot fed
steers and yearlings were very
scarce and were 50 cents to $1.00
lower. Hign grade stocker kinds
and high grade fat calves were
Cases Disposed of
Dana Lee Francis vs. Leonard
C. Francis, dismissed.
State of Texas vs. Murl Lee
Burnside, charged with theft over
$50.00 in value. Jury waived, sen-
tenced not less than two nor more
than five years in state penitenti-
ary.
State of Texas vs. Eugene Jack-
son Foster, burglary, pleads guilty.
Jury waived, 2 years in penitenti-
ary.
State of Texas vs. Eugene Jack-
son Foster, theft over $50.00; •: in
value, pleads guilty. Jury waived,
sentenced to two years in state
penitentiary.
State of Teras vs. Ray Alien
King, burglary, pleads guilty. Jury
waived. Two years in penitentiary.
State of Texas vs. Ray Allen
Fort Worth; G. Grace, welder,
Fort Worth; J. W. Cook, section
foreman, Sherman; J. W. Britt,
special equipment operator, Sher-
man; R. B. Morris, special equip-
ment operator, Oklahoma City;
E. Layland, section foreman,
Frisco, Texas; H. W. Smith, bridge
foreman, Fort Worth; L. D. Jack-
son, bridge inspector, Gunter; T.
Bliss, division engineer, Fort
Worth; W. A. Eickelberger, dis-
trict ganf foreman, Gunter; Gen-
try James, assistant section fore-
man, Fort Worth; R. E. Catlett,
assistant roadmaster, Sherman;
E. A. Osborne, assistant super-
visor, Sherman, and M. McLendon,
division, roadmaster. ShmnAp^ ~
Garden Club Officers
Installed Last Friday
Mrs. Lee Ownsby received the
Celina Garden club at her home
Friday afternoon with Mrs. L. N.
Cox, Jr., Mrs. W. J. C. Smith, and
Mis. Lee Terry as co-hostesses.
The occasion was an installation
tea for new officers of the club for
1953-54. Appearing on the pro-
gram with musical numbers
were Bevery Jo Nevins and Jim-
mie Garrett. The installation ser-
vice was conducted by Mrs. Pat
Murphy of the McKinney garden
club.
Officers installed were Mrs. Lee
Terry, president; Mrs. Lee Owns-
by. first vice president; MJrs. L. N.
Cox, Jr., second vice president;
Mis. F. A. West, third vice presi-
dent; Mrs. W. T. Perkins, record-
ing secretary; Mrs. Jack Brown,
treasurer; Mrs. Alex Glendenning,
civic chairman, and Mrs. Ben O.
Choate and Mrs. A. P. Finley,
telephone committee. Mrs. C. B.
Johnson is sunshine chairman;
Mrs. Lura Miller, press chairman;
Mrs. C. F. Choate, parliamentar-
ian, and Mi's. George Meachum,
chairman of membership. Mrs.
Edgar Howell was received as a
new member.
The tea table was laid with an
ecru lace cloth over yellow taffeta
centered with an arrangement of |
yellbw and white snapdragons.
4iere were twelve members and
thrVfolIowing guests present: Miss
Alt^ Newsom, Mrs. C. B. Garrett,
Mrs. Marshal Padgett, Mrs. Pat
Murphy, Miss Beverly Jo Nevins,
i; mmie J^rrett.
A fund exceeding $500.00, which
was contributed by Celina people
last week for the relief of tornado
victims in Waco, has been sent to
Waco for distribution by the
agency which has been set up
there for that purpose.
Ken Massey, who with W. O.
Rolater solicited the funds, sent a
draft for $508.70 to Howard
Hambleton, president of the First
National Bank, Waco, who heads
the relief organization Since the
draft was mailed, other contribu-
tions as follows have been received
here:
Henry Noss ................$2.00
Billy Ross Pell ............ i.oo
Wm. E. Ewton ............ 5.00
Mrs. J. S. Collins .......... 2.00
John Willock .............. 5.00
In the list of donors published
in last week’s Record, Mrs. D. E.
Skidmore was erroneously, credited
with $1.00, when she actually con- j
tributed $5.00.
Two New Additions to
Celina School Faculty
Jimmy Garrett Wins Award
In Piano Competitions
Jimmy Garrett, Celina High
School junior, and a son of the
Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Garrett of
Celina, has been notified that he
placed in the top four per cent of
some 5,000 contestants who en-
tered a national contest of recorded
piano music sponsored by the
National Federation of Music
Clubs.
Jimmy, who has studied piano
for seven years, has entered
national piano-playing auditions
for six years and has been graded
over 95 each year. He won a gold
medal and a cash award in the
recorded music contest.
A pupil of Miss Alta Newsom,
Celina piano teacher, Jimmy will
be presented in recital at the
Baptist church Sunday at 3:30
p. m. Shirley Smith, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Smith, and a
voice student of Miss Newsom,
will appear on the program.
Other pupils of Miss Newsom
will be presented in recital Mon-
day evening at 8:00 o’clock at the
Baptist church.
A vacancy in the post of coach
and mathematics teacher on the
Celina High School faculty has
been filled by the appointment of
H. W. Key, superintendent of
Pilot Point schools for the last 12
years. Mr. Key succeeds C. W.
Warren, resigned.
Center of a somewhat stormy
controversy in Pilot Point, Key’s
contract was not renewed by the
Pilot Point school board, and Den-
ton County School Superintendent
C. E. Silk was named to succeed
him. His term expires July 1.
According to the Pilot Point
Post Signal, Mr. Key and his fam-
ily will continue to live in Pilot
Point for the present. Mrs. Key
was reelected as a member of the
faculty of the Pilot Point elemen-
tary school.
Another new Celina school fac-
ulty member will be William J.
Wilson, named principal of the ele-
mentary school. Mr. Wilson now
holds a similar post at Mabank.
His undergraduate work was in an
Oklahoma college and he holds a
master’s degree from SMU.
■C; R. (Lum) Woods Died
In’Mej^inney Last Thursday
Alla Homecoming Draws
Over 100 Last Sunday
Letter From the Legislature S*
nn 1 j ,, King, theft over $50.00 in value,
$1-00 lower and others were nfi i T . *
to *9 nn w,™ 6 *L0° I pleads guilty. Jury waived. Two
years in penitentiary..
State of Texas vs. Charles Ray
TWO BANK HOLIDAYS
The First State Bank here will
remain closed Saturday, May 30,
and Wednesday, June 3. May 30
is Memorial Day, while June 3 is
the anniversary of the birth of
Jefferson Davis, president of the
Confederacy.
Record want-ads sell the goods.
Savings Accounts Invited In-
sured Up to $10,000 for each De-
positor. The First State Bank,
to $2.00 lower.
Sheep and lambs were uneven.
Most sales of sheep and lambs
were 50 cents to $1 lower. Some
sales were off more.
A strong contributing factor in
the lower prices was the less de-
sirable slaughter quality on both
cattle and lambs. The percentage
high grade and high yielding
animals in the run was relatively
small.
Hogs sold steady to 25 cents
higher. Top was $24.75 Monday.
Sows were 50 lower, selling from
$19 to $21.50. Pigs were steady at
$21 down.
Good and choice fed steers and
yearlings sold from $18 to $22,
and common, plain and medium
butcher sorts sold from $10 to $17,
Stocker and feeder steers ranged
from $18 down. Stocker steer year-
lings sold from $18 down, and com-
parable heifers sold from $16
down.
Fat cows drew $10:50 to $13.50,
a few heiferish kinds to $14 and
above. Canners and cutters drew
$8 to $10.50, some shells down to
$7. Bulls were reported mostly
from $10 to $14, some outside
that range. Good and choice fat
calves drew $17 to $20, a few tops
to $21.50. Common and butcher
calves drew $10 to $16, and culls
at $8 to $10. Stocker steer calves
drew $14 to $20, and heifer calves
sold at $17 down. Stocker cotvs
moved at $10 to $15.
Good and choice genuine spring
lambs drew $21 to $24, and cull,
medium and good kinds sold from
$10 to $21. Stocker and feeder
spring lambs drew $14 to $19.50.
Shorn fat lambs of good and choice
grades drew $19 to $21, with com-
mon to medium and good kinds
from $12 to $18, and culls from
$8 to $12. Feeder and shorn lambs
sold from $16.50 down. Old weth-
ers drew $8 to $10. Slaughter ewes
drew $5 to $6.50.
Pi a [her, burglary, pleads guilty.
Jury waived. Not less than two
nor more than five years in the
state penitentiary.
State of Texas vs. Charles Ray
Prather, theft over $50.00 in value,
pleads guilty. Jury waived. Not
less than two nor more than five
years in the penitentiary.
COUNTY COURT
Marriage Licenses.
Bobby Ray Smiler and Marion
Victoria Monnier.
Jose Pered and Abelina Guerra.
Jerry Wayne Hart and Miss
Glenda Lou Coker.
George Lonnie Miller and Miss
Willie Mae Newby.
Cases Disposed of
Tommy Miller charged with pos
session of liquor for the purpose of
sale, fined $100.00 and costs total-
ing $125.60.
Harry Lair to Marry in
Phoenix, Arizona, June 7
Member Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.—(Adv.) yc
Mrs. W. R. Jordan and Mrs.
Bobby May and Sharree visited
Mrs. Jordan’s sister, Mrs. J. F,
Ponnell, of Denton Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ua^r, who
live about two miles north of Ce-
lina, have received from Mr. and
Mis. F. J. Toombs of Phoenix,
Arizona, an invitation to the wed-
ding of the latter couples’ daugh-
ter, Rose Etta Toombs, to Mr. and
Mrs. Lair’s son, Harry E. Lair.
The wedding is to take place in
the East Side Baptist Church,
Phoenix, on June 7, 2:00 p. m.
The prospective bridegroom is a
graduate of Alla High School, and
has studied for two years at Bay-
lor University. He is at present a
ministerial student at Grand Can-
yon Baptist College, Phoenix.
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m., Glen
Philips, superintendent.
Morning worship, 11:00 o’clock.
Evening worship, 8:00 o’clock.
Miss Alta Newsom will present
her organ pupils in recital in the
evening service. The public is
cordially invited
of organ music.
to this program
By JOHN WARDEN.
The school teachers’ pay raise
bill is dead for this session. The
Kilgore Bill contained a provision
to increase local costs of schools,
and aroused so much opposition
that the teachers asked to be taken
out of that bill, but there would
not have been any bill left if that
request had been followed, so the
opponents of the teachers’ pay
raise bill mustered enough votes, to
deny the request. Later the bill
was withdrawn as the opposition
mounted. A faint hope is being
held out that the Governor will
call a special session of the legis-
lature in case the gathering tax
case is finally held constitutional
by the Supreme Court of the
United States. That is the next
court of appeal which the gas com-
panies have. The calling of
special session is conditioned upon
abandonment of the “600-or
nothing” stand of the school teach-
ers. In a news release yesterday,
the Governor referred to the “ar-
rogant school lobby.” He also said
that he is considering a third term
for the governorship.
The toll road bill, which was
passed (is a single shot measure,
that is, it created an authority to
build a toll road between Dallas
and Fort Worth and nothing else,
came back to the House from the
Senate as a statewide toll road
authority. The House resisted ac-
ceptance of the Conference Report
because the House conferees did
not comply with the instructions
voted by the House when the con-
ferees were appointed. There was
quite a hassle on the floor of the
House. The proponents spurred on
by pressure exerted from many
different angles, finally secured
acceptance of the conferees’ re-
port, and as the Senate had
already accepted the report there
will* be a statewide authority as
soon as the Governor signs the
measure. It was through his ma-
neuvering and advocacy that the
bill was changed to a statewide
authority in the Senate. He con-
tinued to put pressure upon people
to support the statewide provision
of the bill, and yesterday referred
to the “arrogant school lobby.”
One provision of the bill which was
particularly distasteful to many
members of the House was the
failure to provide underpasses
when a man’s property is cut by
the toll road. It was pointed out
that in some cases a farmer now
has to travel 23 miles to go from
one section of his farm to the other
on the opposite side of a toll road.
Many members believe that it is
the function of the state to pro-
vide free highways for its citizens,
and are opposed to all toll roads.
They claim with much justification
at the church in its regular month-
ly meeting. Guest speaker was
Kay Killingsworth, manager of
the Baptist book store of Dallas.
Following the program the group
enjoyed a fish dinner. There were
forty men present.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Brooks over the week-
end were Mrs. Rosa Burgner,
Fresno, Calif., Mr and Mrs. Sammy
Henson and daughter, and Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Calk and children, all of
Garland.
Twin Bridges News
Ex-students and ex-teachers of
the Alla school held their annual
homecoming at the school build-
ing near Celina last Sunday.
Over 100 persons were on hand
for the affair, which included a
baccalaureate sermon Sunday
morning for this year’s graduat-
ing class, delivered by the Rev.
Vernie Pipes, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Celina. In the
afternoon the speaker was Glen
Philips, Celina business man and
ex-student of the school.
Two new buildings on the cam-
pus were opened for inspection for
the first time. The buildings will
house the vocational agriculture
and homemaking departments.
Mr. Philips was named president
of the alumni association, and
Hubbard O’Dell, secretary-treasur-
er.
A long-time resident of the Cot-
tage Hill community, Columbus
Ross (Lum) Woods, 77, died in the
McKinney city-county hospital
last Thursday, May 21, at 9:55 p.
m. Mr. Woods had been ill for
about three months.
He was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Woods, was born
in Arkansas on September 18,
1875, and came' to Texas in 1893.
He and Miss Mary Ellen Phillips
were married on December 24,
1894. He was a member of the
Methodist Church and the W. O. W.
Survivors include three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Lawrence Pell, Celina;
Mrs. Lela Lowends, Garland, and
Mrs. Nell Stevens, Celina; two
sons, Don Woods, Garland, and
Grady Woods, Garland; one broth-
er, W. B. Woods, Eldon, Mo., and
a sister, Mrs. Ida DuVall, Denuba,
Calif. Also surviving are 18 grand-
children and 14 great-grandchil-
dren.
The funeral was held in the Cot-
tage Hill Methodist church at 2:00
P. m. Saturday, with the Rev.
John Rakestraw, pastor of the
Weston Methodist circuit, conduct-
ing the service, assisted by the
Rev. C. B. Garrett, pastor of the
First Methodist- Church, Celina.
Interment was in Cottage Hill
cemetery, with Helms in charge.
Pallbearers were Mr. Woods’
grandsons, Billy Ross Pell, Bobby
Pell, Jimmy Woods, Jack Mayo,
Jackie Stevens, and Bryan Phillips.
f
ALU NEWS
By Mrs. Jlershel Flanery
1
I
Border Closing May Help
U. S. Cattlemen, Is Hope
that highways paralleling toll
roads become neglected and
allowed to run down. The validity
of their arguments were not con-
troverted.
The proposed amendment to the
constitution to raise the ceiling
from $35,000,000 to $42,000,000 for
old age assistance has passed both
the House and the Senate, and will
be submitted to the people for
ratification at the general election
in 1954. An interesting bit of in-
formation came out on the floor of
the House that Texas has more
persons on the old age assistance
rolls than have the states of New
York, New Jersey and Delaware
with a population several times as
great as the population of Texas.
One reason for this is that those
areas are more highly industrial-
ized, and more persons living
there qualify for social security.
As Texas becomes more industrial-
ized, there will be a shift from
old age assistance to social secur-
ity.
The past several days the tem-
perature in Austin has been above
90 degrees, and I believe the tem-
perature in the House has been
above 100 degrees. The larger
number of persons on the floor of
the House generates a lot of heat,
and ventilation is poor. The 150
members of the house, 150 secre-
taries, a group of House clerks and
the press cause the floor of the
House to become congested. This
large number of persons makes for
noise and confusion. At times it is
vey difficult to know what is
really taking place on the floor of
the House. Wednesday noon, May
27th, is the hour set for the end of
this session, and my return to
North Texas will start quickly
after the legislature adjourns. It
has been hard steady work through-
out the session, which wears one
down, and now that the hot weath-
er is here, and there is no way of
ventilating or cooling the House,
and additional burden is placed
upon the members. I will be happy
to get back to Collin County, put
on old clothes, and start building
fences on my grassland farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Horn of
Crowley visited Mr. and Mrs. K. S.
Howard from Tuesday until Thurs-
day. They were returning from a
visit with relatives in Lubbock.
Mr. Horn is Mrs. Howard’s brother.
Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Howard
spent Friday and Saturday with
their son, Eugene Howard, and
family in Denton.
J. D. O’Brien spent Sunday with
friends in G{r5»pevine.
The Rev. and Mrs. Bob Painter
of Fort Worth and Mrs. G.
O’Brien of Celina were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
O’Brien and Mrs. Carrie Phipps
Sunday.
Mrs. Van Plumlee and daughter
Barbara, Miss Ermyne Irene
O’Brien, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Copeland, all of Dallas, were Sun-
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
O’Brien and daughter June,
Mrs. Killis Melton and little
daughter of Foncine were Monday
afternoon guests of their former
neighbor, Mrs. Frank O’Brien.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis George of
Aubrey and Mrs. George Caddell
of Denton were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Robinson
and family.
Jesse L. D iyle 1 nd Misses Olive
and Nettie Dojle visited Mr. and
Mrs. Albert M. Doyle and family
FORT WORTH.-Observers on
the Fort Worth stockyards Mon-
dw *TOd - *5 55S SSSS5SX
The baccalaureate services and
annual homecoming at the Alla
high school was well attended last
Sunday. A basket lunch was served
at noon.
Commencement exercises for the
Senior class were held on Monday
night. The honor students were
Hilda O’Dell, valedictorian, and
Ruby Nell Norris, salutatorian.
Other members of the graduating
class are Barbara Melton, Tom-
mie Perry, and Iva Nell O’Dell.
The graduating exercises for the
twelve members of the grade
School were held on Tuesday night,
with Jack Kennedy as the speaker.
Atln Home DemoiutMtion
of Waco Thursday of last week
the home of Albert’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. II. Doyle, of Tioga,
Mrs. Kenneth Chumley and two
children spent Monday afternoon
with relatives in Frisco.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff McMullen and
children of Jacksboro, Texas, spent
Friday and Saturday with the
latter’s father, Frank Vaughan,
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Howard of
Celina, and Mr. and Mrs. K. S.
Howard spent Monday in Arling-
ton with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Chandler. They celebrated Mrs.
Chandler’s birthday.
W. J. McAdams received the
news that his brother-in-law,
Oliver Bonner, of Fairfield, had
drowned last Thursday. He was
looking for his cattle where there
was high water.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Copeland
of Dallas attended the baccalau-
reate sermon at the Methodist
Church Sunday r.ight.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Spradlin
of Wichita Falls sipent Saturday
night with Miss Velma June
O’Brien.
ing of the Mexican border because
of a new outbreak of foot-and-
mouth disease would help to stab-
ilize the cattle industry in the
U. S. If the U. S. government
follows the usual procedure the
Mexican imports of cattle will be
banned for at least a year from the
time the? last sick animal is de-
stroyed.
Most observers felt that while
cattle imports from Mexico are not
oppressive (averaging about half
a million a year) the psychology
of a somewhat shortened supply
should stimulate lagging stocker
demand. This development should
be especially noticable in the Wes-
tern States and California.
Possibility of a strong move to
bar imports of meat, unless cooked,
from Mexico looms. With the cul-
ling season for cow herds at hand
in the Southwest, the imports of
boned out beef from Mexico would
depress live cattle prices in the
U. S. during a season of heavy
production.
One observer said, • “letting new
meat into the U. S. is like putting
a loaded gun at our head, as they
do in the game called Russian
Roulette. We could get the disease
across the border that way. The
meat should be subject to the
same restrictions as the South
American variety.”
At Fort Worth a number of
order buyers with connections in
California reported that for many
months the Mexican imports had
been a deterrent to selling plain
Texas stocker cattle to the West
Coast feeders.
It is reported there are thou-
sands of the Mexican cattle in the
U. S. at this time that stand to
lose their owners lots of money. In
some cases these Mexican cattle
cost from $3 to $5 above what
comparable native U. S. cattle
would cost today.
The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture is rushing a staff headed
by Dr. M. R. Clarkson to Mexico
City. The new outbreak is in Vera
Cruz, the state in which the origi-
nal outbreak occurred about six
years ago. The same 500 cattle
involved have been slain and
buried. The U. S. spent over $127
million dollars in the five year
fight to eradicate the disease and
the border has been open since
last September. The latest out-
Luke
Johnson is attending a
Texaco school for service station
operators in Dallas this week.
Savings Accounts Invited. In-
sured Up to $10,000 ror Each' De-
positor The First State* Bank,
Member Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.—(Adv.) tfe
the U. S.-Mexican Border,, ’Pre-
vious last known appe&fance of
the disease in Mejfcido was August,
Recorij, efumbers of cattle again
enjk'-tb market this week in the
.Ubited States. Monday’s offering
over 101,000 at 12 major mar-
kets was the largest for this sea-
son of the year in many years, and
was possiby a record for the date.
with Mrs. H. A. Kinney as hostess..
Everyone is invited to attend. Mrs.
Lurline Daspit, the county agent,
will be present.
Mrs. Dave Cozart of Oklahoma
City spent last week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Wes-
ter, and other relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. p. Mills and
children of Skellytown, spent last
week-end with the former’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mills, and
Jack and Jake, and attended the
homecoming of the Alla school.
T. E. Jenkins, who has been a
patient in a Sherman hospital,
underwent surgery last Friday. He
is reported to be doing fairly well.
Misses Sue Stinson and Kath-
eryn Carlock of Dallas spent last
week-end with their grandmother,
Mrs. W. T. Helms. Mrs. Helms had
also as her guest Saturday night,
her daughter, Mrs. Winnie Francis
of Sadler.
Mr. and'Mrs. Leroy Mills and
family of Dallas visited their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mills Sat-
urday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hope and
children of Okahoma City spent
Sunday with the latter’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Perry.
Thomas Fielder is home on a
furlough from Korea.
Mrs. Harry Lindsley, Mrs. Her-
shel Flanery, and Mrs. Justin
Jezek attendedYhe Home Demon-
stration council in McKinney last
Friday. Mrs. Claud Thompson
accompanied them to McKinney.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tillerson
visited the former’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Tillerson, of Tioga,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lindsley
and sons were in Dallas on Sunday
evening.
Herman Lawson, teacher of the
sixth and seventh grades will leave
for the Army on June 2. His pupils
honored him with a party last Fri-
day with the entire school as
their guests. The party was held
in the school gym, with cake and
punch for refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Melton en-
tertained members of the Senior
class with a party on Monday
Guests of-Mr. and Mrs. W. R
Jordan.^rfd family Friday night
. .........weje-Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Howard
break is some 500 miles South, of *ot Denton, Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
Duncan of
Mustang, and Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Redfem and daughter
of Navo.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Randall
r°Ze i“!day Were Mr’ and Mrs.
C. W. Chilcoat of Dallas, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Sharp and daughter of
Pike, and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Stumpp and family of Sherman
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O'Brien, B. E. The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1953, newspaper, May 28, 1953; Celina, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth772965/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Celina Area Historical Association.