The Timpson Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1965 Page: 1 of 6
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THE TIMPSON TIMES
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A NEWSPAPER DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY PROGRESS
VOLUME LJCXX—No. 7
TIMPSON. SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, IMS
Fights
Progress
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Editor'! noto: Ths Atfsyac
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Milo wook tndtcrtaa.
Dear editor:
According to an article I read
bat night, a major break
through in the mail
intern it at hand. The
■a* Mar General says a
machine finally bat been
(acted to read the rig
a amber an an envelop#, rad In
n jrnar'e time these
will he In ore la major gad
Aa I understand M, the ma-
chine reads tba tig cade aa
bar on an amraloga, aorta the
mail accordingly, aad does II
at tba rate of 35J009 letter! an
hear.
I have beam thinking a boat
this mschtee, and while 1 don't
expert to get to, see oae for
•omo time, after all, the part of-
fice might be a little bald prat
ted to find a use for a machine
that reads 35,000 letters an hour
unices Washington ordered Peel
matter Krittenaen to let the
letters accumulate orer a long
period of time, and yon wouldn't
BUTS UF FOR.
miimn jolt
Polled iiereferd ball to he gh*
en away la a drawing Saturday,
July 3. 13dS at 3 gun
Ttw ball can he aaaa a* Oris
Clark s horns 1a
TEKSEEHH
TO urn PETS
The Tennessee AH ehd) will
vaccinate decs and eats Satur-
day, Feb. 13 between *30 ajn.
■ad 1130 a.*. it the Ten nee
church yard. Mr. A >. Lena
aril) be in charge with helper*
being 4-H members prices are
$1*0 lor de*s sad SSc for eels.
Protect your petti
de that, still if a machine can
reed e 1mm string of numbers
written la pencil la long hand,
there's aa limit to what It can
da.
Ceukta't it leak through the
earelope and sea what wm ha
tide? It sn, why had the letter
screes the eeuatry hi the tint
place? Why ant let the machine
read it, transmit It to soother
machine in the town It's addres-
eed to, and drey it hi toe ad-
drense’s mail box’
Understand. Pm In (iror of
Ms machine, hat mankind it
•easts to ms is always hunting
tor • way to whip the results
Iliad of the cause uf a pro
Idem, which explains why there
are • lot more television com-
mercial* on how to cure t cold
than to prevent one. If we’re
going to flood the mailt with
more tad mere tetters, certain-
ty we need farter ways to hand-
le the stuff, but * shadier way
sstaM he to work on the pro-
blem of cutting desre on the
rurabei of letters ta thr first
piece Mark Twain said he made
it e prat dec never to
s letter till after six
sad it’d surprise you how lew
then needed answering.
. But see might aa well get the
pirtal machine going. It s for
the people who believe the
raswer to the parking problem
1i more puling nntt, aot
fewer ears.
Your
—A A.
i'Hh
IP w &;
HID UNITE!
BOIRD K GMETkXER
Mouroe Crawford, a native of
Ttmpsau, haa keen hired as care
taker eg tba Ttagesa taka by
th* Shelby Ceenty Fresh Water
Supply District No. 1 Board of
Mr. Cltwtosd will rad ill In
the home Mar the dan earned
by toe district. He bags# Ms
deties the latter part of 1st
rest Mr. Crawford will care for
the property and retch far and
report irregularities In game
law practices on the lake.
Chamber Meets
Monday Night
Much
Feb" I™ ^dR0toir>BeatHy
meeting of the Ttnpeoa Cham-
ber of Commerce in the Dr*
ball.
pen held eon-
earning to* registered Quarter-
horse Show which wm refer-
red to the general Frontier Day
committee, W. C BnWbolt,
chairman. Mr. Rxtaholt asked at
the meeting that anyone that
would like to express an opin-
ion concerning the qnsrter
hone show to please contact the
chamber or his committee with
their opinion on the subject
The committee will meet Mon-
day night, Feb. IS ta toe City
Hall to Iron out some prellmi
nary problems.
Discussions wore hold with
no policy definitely set concert,
lag concessions during tbs
Frontier Days. It wax labeled
far farther diseossior.
It res suggest rd that the
Chamber of Commerce under-
take as a project the restora-
tion «f histories] sites in Trap-
sea. The suggestion sms labeled
pending further Information on
toe subject
THREE FROM TIMPSON
ATTEND W3C* ZONK MKT
Three from TUapeoa attended
a lone meeting of toe Women's
Society of Christian Service of
the Methodist Church it Mt.
bterprise Feb. X
Mrs. Roy Dent end ltav and
Mrs. Glynn Ferguses attended
the meeting which made re-
ports of the work of the sons
aad made plana to attend the
annuel Texas Conference meet
log of the WSCS la Houston
Feb. 11-lS.
CALVIN MAMMM
AH members oi the steering
committee ef toe Tkapeou Rur-
al Water Supply Core met at
toe home of Calvin Hammer,
president, Friday, Feb. 8.
The members of the steering
committee began a house-to-
house canvass Monday, Feb. R
signing op toe customers who
desire water. The members will
contact every one In this pro
posed district within the next
few days
The engineering company met
with the steering committee and
will hart (heir representative
working with toe committee In
toe Held.
■We sincerely hope that every
on*, will help as In this organist
tion, became toe normal rate
faH has been dropping far sev-
eral years and we aeed so
kind of system that will give
each one file needed weter fee
normal drily urn,” the commit
Other members of the w
nuttov with Mr. Hammer are
Mrs Graver Crump, secretary
treasursr, Horses Francis, Wil-
burn Burkhalter, Arthur Thorn-
tea, Kewtie Crump and Claude
Timpson School Closes
Uutil Monday February 15
Timpson Public Schools werej schools will remain closed until | afl with 30 in high school and
farced to dose at the end ofj Mood ay, Fsh. 15. | <0 In the right lows* grndse.
the regular classes Tuesday due j It was stated that Monday. Tuesday 33 were absent la high
to illness of the students. The I Feb. X ninety were absent in I school and dS wnu tbeaut In
City Purchases
Street Markers
VOTES TO LEVY PENALTIES AND INTEREST
ON DELINQUENT TAXES AFTER MARCH 15
The city council of the City
ei Timpson met in regular saw
lion Tuesday night, Fab. 8 with
all members present
The council, voted it that
meeting to purchase 189 name
plates tad 80 posts to mark
streets in Timpson. The name
plates will very from 8”xl2" to
about (r*2r\ depending upon
tbs length of tos nams of ths
street The posts will be ten
feet long with two feet sank
in concrete. The order was
placed Wednesday with deliv-
ery of the poets to ha imme-
diate and threat signs to be de-
livered in 30 to 45 days. Tba
project should be completed in
about to days There will be
one pole per intersection.
The name plates and poles,
til of steel, were ordered .-am
Bowles sad Edam Supply Co
ef Dallas.
In other business, it was vet-
School Board
Talks Finances
AD mmnbere of the scheri r lured by tbs reading and sp-
board of toe Trapaon Indepen- preoai of the pry reding moot-
dent School District and hupes
A
Tuesday night, Ibb. » in to*
superintendent’s office.
Tba meeting was opened with
prayer by Sept. Fermenter fri-
ed by tts city council to give
too Tiap.un
Bierce faH charge ef tba city
park durtna
My 3 and X
Tba city ai." decidad to an-
on
to
•Uls law. A latter from ths city
attorney outlined tos law can
eernrnc iWbui ^ai tun and
the authority of to* city Is Ivey
presides red interest.
.. Article 7338*1), ACA. of
Texas, proeldsir ‘U tar person
! fails to pay ... ill of toe tang
{imposed by law as Mm or Mt
preparty), on or before the Slot
day of too succeeding January,
the following penalties shoH to
payable thereon, to-wic. during
the month *» February, oat
a*) par cobL during too mouth
of 'March, two (3%) per tdjt;
during the mouth ef April, three
<M%) per coat, during too mouth
of Mty, four ft«) par rent;
during tto month of Jtrea. fie*
{*%) per oowt; red re and ritar
History Society
Pres, at Lions Meet
ty toe board lor tto note re a
1MB Chevrolet school bus In
aarvleo rinat last December,
The finances of fire school
were discussed at length. It eras
reported tori in 1M4, 848,84388
ms owed the school dlotrirt in
toxec and *37,47X84 win col-
lected, leering s balance dne
as af Fvk. X 1MB, M.1713S on
the tax rolls
■Tto
emup TWNtsaiT
to. flret dto - Mr. right «%)
«x*fa>u vuoiti *■ ,k., U rt to* MM i
'Article 7236td>
all dotowpirtri taxes shall
bum date of tootr de-
“Shelby County is rich il
history, red to* Tlngwaa acre
and to* Boons Vista coair unity
is eqpedally rich to early his-
tory.” arid Malcolm Wearer of
Center, prerid cut of th* Shelby
County Historical Society, who
spoke to the Timpson lions Chib
at their Tuesday noon meeting,
FSb. 9.
Mr. Wrarer began by stating
that his family tame from the
Wotvsr community so to was
deeply rooted in tto Tlmpooo
ant.
Ho emphasised that the com-
forts enjoyed today could not
to possible If it were not ter
the sacrifices mad* by tto pio-
neer settlers of this coanty aad
Texas as well as to* West Unit-
ed States. An appreciation of
their hardships and the record-
ing of their living is s worthy
legacy for the adnlts of tomor-
row, ho sari.
Texas was 90 years behind
other states in tot union when
three yetrs ago comprehensive
historical preservation legisla-
tion was passed by the Texas
Legislature,” to stated. “Since
then, Trims tos became a lead-
er to marking red preserving
historical documents, sites and
objects of interest”
Mr. Weaver stated that th*
Shelby County Hlitoricnl Socie-
ty is In need of people to work
with tto society to preserve th*
history of (Bielby County- Be
outlined th* committees ef the
society tnd gave ths responsibi-
lity of each,
The wort of tto Shelby Coun-
ty museum to Center was oit-
itoed tnd tto program to ac-
quiring objects tor the museum
was reviewed. Re stated that
the itmeeam wee open from 1-4
pun. each Wednesday and Satur-
day afternoons and everyone is
welcomed to view the objects
there.
Mr. Weaver asked the Lions
Club to undertake tto projbet
of cataloguing tto Historical
Events of Shelby County. Be
suggested that tto dub start
in and around Timpson red
spread to tto rest at tto coun-
ty. The Lions Club accepted this
as a protect lor tto organist-
Horn.
The Shelby County Historical
Sod sty meets at 3 pjn. th* last
Sunday every month in the
First Nations! Bank to Center,
Mr. Weaver stated that every-
one is welcome to attend the
meetings.
Mr. Weaver was introduced to
tto Usns by John Tyson, s di-
rector to th* historical society.
Maps of ths East Texas Fish-
ing red Recreational Area wore
distributed by Mr. Weaver to
the member? of tto Lion Club.
Mr. Weaver stateu that to addi-
tion to the historical attractions
in this county, the recreational
opportunities lor tourists wUl
to enormous to this area to the
next few yean. Ho printed ant
that Shelby County should trite
advantage of this expect influx
of tourist* and sportsman aad
outlined what eonld b* expected.
Mr. Gaily Cawsort, Shelby
County Gome Warden, attredod
tto meeting ax guest of ttw
Lions Club
teia amount of revenue to pay
"Far tto
last food many
years, ail materials hare ad-
vanced to pries aad tto present
tenure from tsxas tat stayed
about the Mms. Tba money re-
ceived bum the state is bared
on M% from tire Mate end 30b
is borne by th* local district
Ttmpwn school's share ef thl*
tos mere fiton doahlad in tto
past eight yean.
"We do not believe, nor do
we wish to place a button an
tto local people. However, seam
moans mart to found to got
oar income up by si muck ns
515,000.00 more per yoar.
■Some major repair* must be
too* before next school year,
lb* tooling plant is beyond
repair aad N almost noa-oxlat-
ent Hoofs are In nood of re-
pair. Tto upkeep is behind
schedule, such as shades, win-
dows. delta, paint, ate.
Tto board is forced to cm
play innframoos1 engineers in
ardor (tot all prupaty may be
put on tto roll at a fair sad
just rendition,” ths board tint-
ad.
1a other buxteoas, tto board
extended Mr. Perm ester's con-
tnet m Superintendent of
Schools for two mare yean.
Contracts for taocton wars to-
taled until the meeting ef tto
board at a catted meeting Tues-
day. Fsh. M at 7 pra.
SEB '
TM
CLABMFlEDSi
These statut
piled only to tto state and
ty. However. Article lMSaCa)
provides that ail of tto previ-
skms of the oboe* qarta
to all
that the ettyi
see Article IMBaCa) was en-
acted in IBM, It warid sot to
roars prise to 1MB.”
The etty council toted that
an taxes not paid before March
IS win bo Minor penalties
and interest sad in'mrt wfB
mu HUMS
HONORED ir
pjffili FJCIW
Patricia Franks, x tfto gradu-
ate of Timpson H-gh Sato
has been named mi utsuodi
student at Panola College. Tba
College Faculty saL-ctad set
outstanding student, ert tto ba-
sis of scholar ship, leadership,
depoadabflhy, potrotkm s
porriripatioo in artivcxrricu
activities They etas* fire gbts
aad two keys. Their shah
were revealed at fire Favorites
Party which was .<M rt the
Panola College tab an Fob. X
Him Franks serves as edit
of “Th* Pony Express”, doe
president of to* Future Tto
an and reporter of tto Greco
ids! Use
tag!
them to rent, Ml ar
lower grades n was observed
Ola* thrt muny who were at
tendtog sc tool won ohvioraty
in to now degree.
"to order to srao ADA sad
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Milford; Scoter, Bus 77*0, end
Annual Sufi, Linda 1
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iMe oismeutste
STUDENT ITIM
John F. Tyson, sou of Mr. sad
Mrs. Ms Tyson of
Dot to gelt. Ho was on ha
student to Ttmpooo High EM
and la isujtog tort tabR
AAM where to N an AM l
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Milner, Frances. The Timpson Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1965, newspaper, February 12, 1965; Timpson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth812955/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.