The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 187, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 10, 1958 Page: 7 of 12

                                
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SULPHUR SPRINGS. TEXAS), SUNDAY, AUGUST JO, IMS.
AFTER ALMOST 38 YEARS
M. J. Gill Retires
From Cotton Belt
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M. J. Gill is keeping himself
busy these days learning how a
retired man should live to get
the best benefits of life.
The popular Sulphur Springs
citizen, who lives at 168 Middle
Street, recently was certified for
retirement from the St. Louis
Southwestern Railway, where he
had not missed a pay day in 37
years, 6 months and 4 days.
He was employed as a mainten-
ance foreman for the Cotton Belt
all during his railroading career
except for a brief early training
period. He “broke in” with the
Texas A Pacific Railway Com-
pany at Marshall, where he work-
ed about a year, before he moved
to the Cotton Belt, first being as-
signed to the extra gang and then
stepping into a regular mainten-
ance job. He spent 8 years at
Plano before moving to Sulphur
Springs to finish out his career
which lasted almost 38 years.
*Fw««t People’
“The Cotton Belt people are
the finest in the world,” Gill re-
flected recently as he reminisced
about his work. ‘Tve always had
the finest roadmasters to work
for. I never wanted to work for
anyone else.”
The stoutly built Gill, who was
born Oct. 18, 1899 in Franklin
County, learned early in life to
hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors.
His job has kept him outdoors
during the intervening years. He
has worked in the torrid summer
weather in steamy bottom land
and has felt the chill of sleet
pelting him in the face in the
winter.
“The winter, I guess, always
was the toughest. Some time the
steel would break in freezing
weather,” Gill said. “But our big-
gest problems usually concerned
drainage.”
He went on to say that wash-
outs dealt more trouble" tn years
gone by than of late. Better road-
beds and improved drainagy en-
gineering helped to lick wash-out
problems.
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He recalls that when he first
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went to work for the railroad
that he was paid $1.25 per day.
They were 10 hour days, too.
He survived the hand pump-
car days when a foreman had six
crewmen to maintain six miles of
track to. the present era.
When the Cotton Belt first
went to motor cars for their
maintenance men. Gill recalls
that the foremen had to
their own motors.
“Mine cost me $60,” he added,
“but I sold it for $35 after using
it until the Cotton Belt started
furnishing motors."
Killed Saake.
Gill recalls many work-day
events during the years, some of
them funny, some a little sad,
others just of routine nature.
“You know,” he mused, “I
guess my crews killed a ton of
snakes during the years, but I
never had a man bitten by one.”
He also remembers when the
area traversed by the Cotton Belt
was not as thickly populated as it
is now. He even remembers hear-
ing tales of illicit liquor stills be-
ing hard by the right-of-way.
Gill is happily married to the
former Miss Mary Jo Milligan.
Their son, Milton, Jr., also is
in the transportation business,
but the 30-year-old offspring
turned to the airlines for his ca-
reer. He already has passed the
10-year mark with Braniff Air-
lines in Dallas.
Gill enjoys visiting with friends
and his main hobby, he says, is
Masonic work. He has filled all
of the chairs of the Chapter and
Council and Blue lodge in Sul-
phur Springs and served with dis-
tinction a term as District Depu-
ty Grand Master.
He also built a reputation as
a livewire president of the Bishop
Ward Class at First Methodist
Church.
Now that , he . is retired, QUl
says that he’ll take it easy for a
while.
"But I may get in business one
of these days,” he adds with a
wink.
Cuff Notes
-assembled by—
Joe Woealey
Auto Industry
Turns to New
Model Work
Detroit, Aug. 9    —Production
.T"' «'■"«* *"1 -!■«• bro. hu r. ! 0f TaM'model c.T,    SlTt JS.' S’
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hc.ty writers at the University of for t h e switch to 1959 modeLs
cense plate—the most important
yet least glamorous part of any
car.
As it joins the automobiles pa-
rade, the new license plate frame
is designed for maximum eye ap-
peal, utility and performance. Use
of stainless steel puts the frame in
the same category with such well-j says a man charged with murder
Murder Suspect
Gives Sell Up
Kdinburg, Aug. 9    —The Hi-
dalgo County sheriff’s department
5-Alarm Fire
Sweeps Dallas
Texas had jotted about Sulphur
Springs’ Jot Williams.
The thumb-nail sketch read:
“Joe Williams, right tackle, jun-
ior, 19, 6-10, 210 .. . Has tre-
mendous spirit and is rated good
leader although used sparingly
last season . . . Popular younger
brother of ex-Longhorn baseball-
er Hobbs (Hoss) Williams . . .
Geology major from Sulphur
Springs.”
A moment or so later, a rap on
the window was heard and there
stood the smiling grid star. Joe
had just driven in from Carlsbad,
New Mexico, where he has been
working on a huge ranch during
have involved medium and high-
er priced makes.
Scheduled for production in
the current quarter are approxi-
mately 700,000 units—lowest vol-
ume for the period of 6 years.
However, the industry will more
than double that total during the
October-December quarter—pro-
vided there are no work stop-
pages. The year’s total output
wil be si i g h t 1 y in excess of |
4,300,000 cars if final quarter
projections ace realized.
The 1959 cars will comprise all
assemblies during the final quar-
ter. Added to units to be built in
the 3rd quarter, output of new
The new frames are so design-
ed as to replace those made of
nickel and chiome plated brass
which often pitted and peeled.
Checkup Decommended
A late summer checkup of the
family auto is a sound measure
of preventive maintenance. Com-
ing as it does midway between the
standard spring and fall tuneup,
a mechanical check can help un-
cover minor troubles which, if
not taken care of, can become of
| major proportion.
Besides the regularly scheduled
oil change and chassis lubrication
it’s well to have brakes adjusted
and the brake fluid supply check-
ed.
Other items in a late-summer
conditioning are:
Brake adjustment and check of
in a 1953 McAllen shooting is in
jail at Kdinburg. He had been
sought since 1954.
Deputy Sheriff Tom Wingert
identified the man as 52-year-old
Mike Vega of McAllen. Wingert
said Vega was charged with mur-
der in-connection with the shoot-
ing death of Abdreas Ayala of
McAllen in December, 1953.
Wingert said Vega fled white
awaiting trial in 1954.
The officer said Vega called
him and gave himself up at the
international bridge at Hidalgo.
Famous Grower
Of Roses Dies
the summer. After volunteering ‘ assemblies by the end of the
the information that he had help-1 ye«r. wi» around 1,630,000
ed paint 32 ranch buildings the i un'ts-
popular color of orange and' Noteworthy is the fact that no | the brake fluid supply. . . Wheel
white, Williams revealed that ne^'nl*ust|y authority has ventured j alignment. . .Tightening of the
to predict what the sales volume i chassis and body bolt. . . Battery
for the October-December period check. . . .Minor engine tuneup.
will be.    Inspection of the cooling system
However, industry circles will j for possible leaks. . . .Tightening' for the Hall of Texas on the Cen-
be disappointed should it fait to of the fan belt.    I tennial Grounds at Dallas.
was looking forward to the up-
coming season at Longhornvilie.
ENJOYING LIFE—M. J. Gill flashes a typical smile az he tells
about retirement plans. The popular Cotton Beit maintenance
foreman recently ended a 38-year career of keeping the railroad’s
tracks in tip-top shape for its crack traina. (Staff Photo by Joe
Woosley).
near downtown Dallas early to-
day.
The fire destroyed the Prim-
rise Petroleum Company and Con-
tinental Battery Company build-
ings. Firemen fought the blaze
for 90. minutes.    . .... ..... ....
Ralph McCann, president of the
battery firm where the fire start-
ed, said it “apparently was caus-
ed by an electrical short.”
A 49-year-old nightwatchman,
Willie Crawford, said he was in
the motor room of the battery
building when the fire broke- out.
Here is how he described it: “All
of a sudden I saw fire. I tried to
fight it with one of those foam
extinguishers. But the smoke
Dallas, Aug. 9 <21—A 5-alarm | nearly got me. I got out fast.”
fire fed by stocks of oil and grease Nineteen fire trucks fought the
swept through two business firms fire. Firemen were hampered by
the dense smoke and one
man was overcome.
fire-
Texan Fatally
Injured in Crash
Near Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska, Aug 9 <21—
A 20-year-old Texan was. one of
three persons killed when the car
in which .they were riding over-
turned on a sharp curve east of
Anchorage.
The Texan was John Patrick of
Big Spring.
AH three were airmen station-
ed at Elmendorf Air Force base
at Anchorage.
Texas Tech fans who apply the
sticker schedules to their cars this
year will help publicize Sulphur
Springs’ Mack Pogue. Mack, one
of the Wildcats’ greatest running
backs in recent years, is alternate
captain for the Red Raiders this
fall, where he will be rounding
out his gridiron career. His pic-
ture is carried on the car-stickers.
Pogue gained all-district hon-
ors at Sulphur Springs on a cham-
pionship team, then stood out at
Tyler Junior College. He lettered
one year at Tech, then put in a
stint in the army in Korea where
he also starred with his division's
great team. He returned to Lub-
bock last year, sat out the season
as a red shirt, and now is ready to
cap his brilliant career this fall.
Veteran observers claim that
Mack is oife of the finest runner's
in the business, especially adept
at picking holes through the line
and exploding for big yardage.
Another sports note concerns
big Forrest Gregg, out of the
army and hack in the togs of the
Green Bay Packers. The huge
young grid star who first gained
fame in Sulphur Springs and then
later at Southern Methodist Uni-
versity picked up some ail-army
ratings last fall. He’ll hope to
gain high honors in the profes-
sional wars this fall.    i
Tyler, Aug. 9 tj'—The famous
East Texas rose grower, A. F.
Watkins, died of a heart attack in
Tyler yesterday at the age of 72.
He was the owner of the Dixie
Rose Nursery in Tyler.
Watkins produced the “Texas
Centennial” rose which decorated
the first bufldozer to break ground
equal the more than 1,381,000
units turned out in the final quar-    ,
ter last year    Lorata J. \ elazuez, posing as
CM Plan. Show ‘    Harr>' T Buford' was a not- j
General Motors, by the way, ed woman spy on the confederate j
will again introduce its new cars    ,n0.theL    ar l5etw6en the
for 1959 at the Motorama show !    She ^a<‘ to wear a sPec,al
scheduled to begin a 7-day run in |b.rare 10 make her aPPear m‘scu- j
NYw York Oct. 18th. The show llna-
will move to Boston for 9 days be-
ginning Nov. 8th.
Theme of this year’s Motorama
will be “Imagination in Motion.”
The exhibit will include the com-
plete line of 1959 model Buicks,
Cadillac, Olds mobile, Pontiacs
and Chevrolet. These will also be
a half hour stage show.
This year’s edition of the Mo-
torama will be the 6th. The show
was not held in 1958 because of
an'industrywide adto show.'
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Los Angeles, Aug. 9 <2!—Police
say a murder charge will be plac-
ed against a Los Angeles man—
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himself. After 42-year-old James
Horton was found dead in his
apartment, police set up a road
block and captured 24-year-old
Charles Stinnett. Detectives say
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his car. Before leaving, he found
his victim with neckties, one of
which was tied around Horton’s
neck. The tie tightened on Hor-
ton’s throat as he sought to free
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