The Timpson Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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By TOM MOULDY
Ho longer can citizens of
Timpson refer to their city fov
eminent ae “City Dad’*.”
there’* a rood roaaoa—a wo-
man la now a member of the
city council, la the election of
April 2 Mr*. H. B. Dent, wife
of a local variety store
waa selected an alderman. This
is the tint time in history that
a woman baa been elected a
member of the city couadt aa
alderman.
In the same election two
other aldermen were elected—
Boas Graves, incumbent and
Albert Holmes. Other men
of the city government aw:
T. F. Emery, Mayer; Mim
Grace Hooper, city secretary:
K, c. Tyer and Frank donee,
aldermen.
A desire to he of service to
her home town, to help It grow
and prosper prompted Mrs.
Dent to eater city politics, she
states. Previous to the election
she resigned her position aa
vice-chairman of the local
Housing Authority.
Mrs. Dent was born at Buena ATM fillljflTjll Y
Vista, near Timpson, and has '1,1 “un" ___
spent her entire life in this com-
munity. She is 56 years of age
and is the mother of six child-
ren, four boys and two girls.
She has eighteen grandchild-
ren. Her hobby is gardening.
President John Tyson called
the regular meeting ef the
Chamber oi Commerce to or-
der Monday night, April 8 in
the Chamber office*.
A 80-bad naming home wan
discussed which would employ
at least 11 full-time employee.
The nursing home would bring
a great deal of money yearly
into the community, the report
said
Mayor Bud Shsery reported
that all state insurance requir-
ments tor the fire department
have been met satiafactorily
He also laid that insurance
rates were not to be raised be-
cause of the meeting of these
A meeting of the Frontier
Days committees is to he Mon-
day, April 16, at 6 :S0 pun.
Places of historical
were discussed and the value
the spots might hold for tour-
ist interest. Persons knowing
ef any spots around Timpaoa
that might be of historical in-
terest are urged to contact the
Chamber office.
Report was given by Harold
Smith, president of the Shelby
County Fresh Water Supply
District No. I, in regard to
Timpson lake and ita needs.
Approximately 25 attended
the meeting.
Timpaon school waa one of
the seven schools who compet-
ed at the District 20 A Intcr-
se ho] sstie League Meet tor
elementary schools, which was
held at San Augustine, Satur-
day, April 6. Other schools
represented were San Augus-
tine, Hemphill, Shelbyville.
Joaquin, Fellowship and Gar-
rison.
Timpaon waa high point
school with a total score of 97
points. San Augustine was
second with 82 points and
Hemphill and Shelbyville tied
for third place with 34 points
each.
Timpson had entries in aii
of the literary events but did
not enter beys or girls volley
bail. In fifth and sixth grade
number sense, there were three
entries ; Sam Childs, Mac flam-
ford and Linda Seiner. 3am won
first and Iinda second. Von
Myers went as an alternate. In
seventh and eighth grade num-
ber sense, there were three en-
tries; Loretta Bussey, Trudy
McGinty and Gregory Bakin.
Loretta won third place.
John Tyson and L. M. Ward
Elected to School Board Sat
CLARK & TYER CRATE CO.
IMPORTANT INDUSTRY HERE
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On Friday night, April 12.
at 7 o’clock, the Christian
Church will present a program;
"The Compelling Power of the
Cross”. Presiding will be Mrs.
Marina Parker and Mm. Oltte
Rogue.
The program will consist of
suitable hymns, special selec-
tions and a number of charact-
ers will have part in selected
Oris Clark and £. C Tyer be-
gan making wooden crates 14
yean ago by hand. Now, the
owns two
sad ni
and stripping machines and ess-
ploys seven to eleven
John Tyeee led with 84 votes.
U M. Ward received 84 a*ft
Fred Magnem «.
The new asesbvrs toe* the
Oath of Office at
night, April 9.
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There has bean a change re-
garding the covered dish sup-
per. The service will proceed
he refreshments, which will
. consist of sandwiches and cold
in fifth and sixth grade speU drjnfak udi9ofthe church will
ling, Suzy Langston and Lynn provi<J<1 gtndwlchea.
The public is invited
She is active in church work,
and is president of the W.S.C.S.
of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Dent along with other
city officials took the oath of
office Tuesday night, April 9.
Just arrived 1 Haggar slacks
for men and boys. We also have
Campus shirts for men and
boys. Cheek with us for walk-
ing shorts for men and beys.
Brinson’s
COMEUCE T8 MEET
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The Fourth Quarterly Con-
ference will meet Wednesday,
April 17, at 7 pjn., with a cov-
ered dish family night supper,
at the Methodist Church.
Dr. Neal Cannon, District
Superintendent, Naeogdocres
District Methodist Church, will
preach and conduct the meet-
ing at the conference.
Mr. J. R. Clements of Dallas
spent last week end visiting his
mother, Mrs. E, B. Cf
and other relatives.
Hart placed second as a team.
Veronica Scott and Patay Mil-
ler went as alternates,-In sev-
enth and eighth grade spelling, Chamber of Commerce
Brenda Bogus and Rachel!CaUg Attention To
Flournoy placed second as a| neec| gf Homing
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Don’t Forget. . .
... The Deadline for Autoroobft. Inspection
U April 15—Come to Shelby Motor Company
for the required inspection sticker.
('nww m »wl register free for large Easter
bunny to be given away at 4 p-m. Saturday
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team. Peggy Clark and Evelyn
Hudman went as alternates.
In fifth and sixth grade ready
writing, Barry Horton and
David McWilliams were enter-
ed. Barry won first. In seventh
and eighth grade ready writ-
ing, Gloria Rutherford placed
second and Brenda Rogers
third. Barbara Tyson went as
It has been called to the at-
tention of the Times office that
there ia a dire need in the com-
munity for housing at this tima.
The housing is needed for the
highway construction workers
that are working on the con-
struction of highways in this
area.
Ail persons having rooms or
an alternate. ...
Linda Windham won second apartments for rent are urged
in second and third grade spel-1 to eonte ct the Chamber of Corn-
ling. Pat Worsham went as her j merce office,
alternate. The Chamber office has said
Michael Crawford placed [that families are coming into
- : town fast and housing has b«-
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When I went to the
factoring shed to talk w
Tyer, he was ib- sy at work on
a nailing maehli a. After he fin-
ished we began talking about
the company. As we were talk-
ing Mr. Clark waa nailing crat-
es together at an incradMt
rate. On s nine hour day.’ Mr.
Clark said, ke had nailed aa
much as 4,000 < rates.
Mr. Tyer the: began escort-
ing me around he shop,Spann-
ing to show uk the mnehiaoa
there, many of them be had de-
signed hhnse!' One such
machine, built b - a Nacogdoch-
es firm to Mr. Tyer’s specifi-
cations, was for sawing boards
into uniform six automatically.
The machine h id parallel saw
blades at a determined distance
apart and was fed by chain
drive. The m; .hine did the
work of three men.
The partner- star
scratch mskinr the
crates primarily for tomato sad
freeh and Veen produce ship- __ __ .
meat. Today the company own PTA TO MU. 1
four big tracks and two pick-
ups to deliver their products to
four states -Tcxae, Louisiana,
Misskwipfu ard Ark a ns as.
The yearly payroll amounts
to 820.MW in 1962 and the
yearly gross income lest year
amounted to 2141,000.
creational
malt ef these«
risen plans a visit to
to aid In the retting ap of a
local development company
and lay set plans far the de-
af Lake Ttapaon
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Editor's note: The At-
toyac River Philosopher on
Attoysc River discusses
managed news this week,
his tetter reveal*.
Dear editor;
Pve been reading about man-
aged news out of Washington
the last few weeks and I’m not
sure I understand what all the
talk is about.
For example, one complaint
is that Washington officials--------------
like to see their achievements, judged not on how many rare-
printed. will even help report- takes they make but what they
ere get the facte, but are out to | do in between mistakes. At
lunch and unavailable when:least that’s what I try to tell
their failures come to light. jmy banker.
The complaincrs seem to feel i Now in Russia they've got
the officials ought to be as ener- j managed news all right When
getic about getting their mis- the government o wns the news-
or runs for office, as the case
may be, on a crop failure or a
Bay of Pigs. The only time I'm
interested to listing my failure*
is on my income tax report.
However, Pve found it’s
pretty hard to keep a banker
or the American public to the
dark very long, and moat things
eventually coma oat. The aver-
age mas gr.kes so many mis-
takes he’s not going to be too
harsh on an official when ha
makes one, and most people are
Classified ads are effective! year.
High School
Teacher Association
t Thursday, April tl.
The
parents
will race
at 7;
Sherrill Balter win be the
speaker and everyone Is urge*
to come There wtt also he
election of officer* far next
takes into print as their
achievements.
I guess they should, but that
ain’t the way I operate this
Johnson grass farm. If I'm talk-
ing to a banker on a financial
papers and the television and
radio station, it's no trick at
all. That is, IPs no trick to keep
it out of print and off the air,
but keeping it out of the
people’s minds ia another thing.
mg’ LO A U4U&CI uu S uuniivt.1 - —-------------- ~
matter. 1 don't mind telling him The Russian pnnpie may not toe
how much cotton I made last able to read about Russian crop
year, how high the yield was
per acre, provided it was pretty
good, but if it wasn’t, I em-
phasize something else. Nobody
in his right mind seeks a loan
shortages, but 1 have a notion
they know something happened
to the food.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
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Milner, Joel. The Timpson Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1963, newspaper, April 12, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth815468/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.