The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1961 Page: 7 of 10
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^ I ClarfesttiUe Juntas
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'i SECTION TWO
County News
Editorials • Features
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Entered as second-class matter at the postofflee at Clarksville. Texas,
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Veking Problems of
Distorted Images
Peaceful solutions to some of the
world's most vexing problems
might be more easily and quickly
accomplished if people were bet-
ter acquainted. Dislike and dis
trust are nurtured in the atmos-
phere of suspic on and censure
created and sustained by censor-
ship and dissimulation primarily
to serve the purposes of govern-
ments which co'u'd not exist if their
sbblects were permitted to enrage
in friendly contacts and free ex-
for what may happen if personal
relat nnships continue to deterior-
ate is not confine • to mature rea-
soning. Our youth are disturbed
bv the vrim aspects of j-owinv
crises Their awareness of the
peril of wrong impressions because
of improper images of neop’e >
_i*_____reflected in the
“Other—lands
words of Robert Allen PopD. a
Clarksville boy, who delivered an
address at a wurshio service- in
First Presbyterian Church recent-
Iv on "The Concern of Youth for
the World.” ;
"We are concerned." be told the
audience, "that the woifd has not
learned to live together as fr'end-
ly nations. Yes, the United Na-
tions does a wonderful job, and it
has brought about a better under-
standing among the nations. But
this is not all there It to it. When
you sit out there and thnk of a
Communist. I imagine you think of
a Russian, and when you think of
a Russian you think of that dis-
pwabh* character. Mr, K. Wg hr
not the way to think. I do not know
what the average Russfap is like
and I do not.imagine'the average
R»'sian knows what we/are like
This is mv po'nt We Should aM
take ttme o"f to firtd out w^at ev-
erybody ig like. so that we car
understand each other better I
certainly hope that we can have
the foresight not to leave oor chil-
.dren the mess that you have kit
us.'*
Truly the work! Is In a "
and harriers lo understand nr are
too formdable to be breached bv
tools now availabk. Today's youth
must face the censeoucnces ,qf th*-
m'sdeeds of their for bearers who**
failures mttsf somehow be ,o*ef'
to point the wav pack to paths that
have been forsaken. -
yentqry of phystcal.y fit manpower
that could be summoned for emer-
gency duty. - In subsequent years
the call ng together of men has
witnessed the assembling of
trained and armed civilian-soldiers
ready for combat service or other
duties requiring the chpabllit es
which they possess.
"Operation Muster 1961” com-
memorates the days when Minute
men gathered to be counted Dur-
ing the week set aside for this ob-
servance Guardsmen throughout
the Nation have been in a <<m-
•tant state of read ness to respond
•o an alert to be signaled on Must-
er Day.
In Clarksville and e'sewhere
Guardsmen are being saluted
They are appreciated for the high
qualities of citizenship represented
'n -their ranks, for the protection
the' Guard un t pro'vid«-s for ~thtT
area and-Xha-organization’s partic
ipatiop in the pub'le life of the
eommi "*
'•* «» tho Baptist Church.
ivfih Rev. Carrol B. Ray officiate
■ing
Miss Elsie Holloway of Clarks-
ville. daughter of Mrs Annie Hrl-
<oway. and John Elis Gill were
married irf Qultthan. S mdav. Fe*-
niary 16th: and will live at Quit-
ian. ’ , ,t
The Dixie .Service Station in East
Clarksville, operated by Cecil Ken-
nedy, was burglar ^ed. Entrance
•vas <"iined through a rear w'ndow
Between $40 and $45 in cash wa-
missing.
B~T)r. T R. Butt* of A-mvma wa«
named bv the commissioners'
|-eurt to the position of health of-
ficer of Red River County. Hi*
npno ntment is for th» vear 1941
Clarksville was selected as the
’94? -mect'ng place and Herbert
O-dwav of Parts'wax elected pres
dent at (he annual one-dav s«ssior
nf-the' Svnod of Texas Preshvter
an Church. USA, held at For'
’Worth. Odwny succeeds R. 'L
Bland of Abilene.
but'ate three dozen fried eggs and February 20.
drank two bottles of Coca Cola.
Warren Knight, a farmer who
lives several miles west, of town,
-dated that th# government had
»ust sent him thirty varieties of
’South American seed com Since
'this can not be planted in the same
r e'<t M,e,v*o,an a fairlv large farm
without mixing, Mr Kn'ght states
hat he lose1 to know lust
hovg to make use of these thirty
varieties In one season. .-■*■....... I
A number of Red River County
armer-, had already begun to dis
cuss fftcn/Whtinc plan-; beTore the
b g snow' which fell Friday night
f'lant ng Is *aid to have begun be-
ore that time in Lamar Countv.
ne farrier in that county having
Finished piantiitg last Wednesday
Presidentelect Harding has
cacjlod * tentat ve decision on g y-
-ry place in his Cabinet, anti dn-
'es< there are ast minute changes
he official circle of the next ad-
ujn's'ration will include as Sec-
retary of the Inter.or. Albert B.
'•'all of New Mexico, now a United
states Senator. ’Tall formerly re
•ded at CaiksviUe
Marvin P: McCoy, a former
Clarksville^ attorney, is now en-
i to around *20 billions a year, ae-
A d stillstion plant for the de- cording to the U. S. Dtportment of
veiopment .of lignite mined in
Tex-
as. Ok ahoma, Louisiana and Ar-
kansas is to be establ shed at Car-
bordale, Bowie County, Texas, by
a company recently organized of
St. Louis capital, which propose
to produce the fuel bn a commer-
ciajjra^’c Capitalization of the
now company Is $1,800,000 It ha*
acquired 300 acres of 1 gnlte land
near Carbondale and expects to
have a plant of 600 tons capacity
in operation by June 1.
\nniml 1I.S. Repair
Bill ^20-Billions
The nation’s mantenancn and
repair bdt for buildings naf stll
kinds, plus faC’.liUts like publjc
utilit cs and highways, has jrown
Commerce Ai.grerste outlays of
‘his type carte to a jiew high of
$19'4 billions in 1959. up almost
$1»V "billions over the year before,
and thus represent an economic
factor of mafor Hipoftsneo (
Upkeep of homes and "other farm
and nonfarm buildings was the
dominant element in these expen-
ditures, adding up tq practically
M2H billions in 1959 or Hose to
twodFhirds of the* total. Malnten-
mce^and repa r outlays on resi-
billions. ^
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Experiments conducted at Mich-
igan State University indicate that
4top-and-go traffic is 48 per cent
esponsible for the s mount ot fuel
used' in a car OtTJtty streets: -
\\ a Id rep Ins. Agency. Phone 7-2529.
Percy Tears Ago
John Shadid, who operates a res „7”
a.irant in connection with his stor- ,n Pr«ctlclna law fn McKjn-
A Summary of Local News Happenings
Twenty-Forty Years Ago
From the Files of The Clarksville T!mcs
nev. he ng connected with the fil m
•f Evans. McCnv & Evans.' of
that place last Sunday tvhich- Hon B Q. Evans is senior
iforod man walked into member*
- John S Wilkinson died at the
'amflv home in Kart Bocata. fol
'owing an extended illness, and
was buried in the Bogata ceme-
tery Funeral •“'•ve* was coru.
Rev Dickson Dysart of
Shad d & McCovi near the depot
eports a couple of unusual meals-
•jerved at
' loco! colored ...man walked into
Jie dopartment w- the restaurant
maintained tot colored peop'e Sun-
tav morning and ordered a “-big”
teak He was shown a steak that
weighed 1U pounds. Which he
Twenty Years Ago
The future farmers from the
chools of i’he .-Mtn>leas'*nt dis-
.r;i t. met Tn Mt. Pleasant to icle-
^ , . _ brate National F. F A week.
It^^jark^il e Is Jtortu- Th remilts of contests -were:
nate to
A. 117th Medical Battalion Mem-
bers of this unit and their officers
are an asset of lncalcufabie vaiue
Bo Red R vcr County; We joir
their many friends in a message
of commendation.
Courage Needed to :
Apply the Remedies
Lari week the President set up a
businoss-labor committee to stud>
tne genera! economic health of
the United States ard make re
commendations for tha promotion
free and responsible epl,eettv->
bargaining, industrial peace, sound
wage and price policies, higher
sf.-mdords of Uvine and increased-
productiv ty/1 This new approach
to deep-seated problems menacing
the economy comes late It is
evidence of a realization, of th*
havoc produced by lack ot free-
dom and absence of responsibility
in dealing with the factors that
have lifted wages and Or eo* fp up-
■ c'f.ntet;—rjrs; M!ys
M id red Wooley. Clarks vt le:
ond Miss Bettie Ann Quinn G'lmer:
Third Miss Mollie Beth Riddle of
D'mplc: Fourth Miss Martha Sue
Roberts. Annona.
Choir Contest — First Dimrle.
Second Clarksvil’e. Third Gilmer.
String B»nd <”ontest~F'rst Dim^
•le Second Gilmer, Third t’larks-
ville.
F*nal w'nners of the Contest —
Flrrt Gilmer, Second ClarksvilP.
“ealistic levels AFreadv priced < ut
of many of the world's ms-ke's
American tnaustrie: are con/ront-
ed with competitive situations
which ndicate condit'ons will be-
come worse befjre they improve
We are c-n the verge of bein"
wrecked by the greed and grift of
the last decad- ar.i it is- ohv’nus
the President is not ontv -aware
of our peril but what must be dune
about it Apply l»< effective re
medics for our econom c ills w iF
reouire a hieh order of courage
second Dimple, tie. for second
place,; Third Annona
The Eastern Stars .and the .Ma-
sons had their annual George
Washington banquet at the Mason
c hall.
Paul Usscrt was in charge of
the program. Rev. C. E Chambers
yavc an mtereaUag talk
on the life of George Washington
Dinner was served to approxi-
mately ninety or one hundred. Sev-
eral out of town guests attended. .
The American Legion post at
Clarksville voted at Jibe -iregulac
meeting to ihvite all ex-service,
men in Red River county to call
and register at the Legion- halt
Saturday, Febiuary 22. This date
was to be observed throughout Pv
nat on as defense registration day
by Legionnaires and World War
veterans who are not afllliatod..
with this organization
'TfH^mvfT'rounTy Soli
Conservation District 216 formers
are applying complete and coordi-
nated conservation farirtii»g'svs
terns hn 34.435 abres with the as-|
sistance of the U S. Department
of Agriculture and other cooperat*
mg agehef#s, according to Joe P
Sivley. chairman of the d strict
Miss Mtry Helen "Jloircrmb of
Cooper and Sheibv G st. Clarks-
ville, vj ere taarried Sunday. morn-
'-cted. amt-asked for a dofen fr’ed
•eesv to eaf with the steak, -The
---■‘eak and dozen ergs, together
with a counle of cuos of coffee and
bottle of Coca Cola, constituted
’■is-breakfast. When he ret'im-'d
n the evening for supper, he TtW
••’ared that htr was not hungry.
ducted bv
rTsrrksvi'le
Recent renoris. published in The
Times, eoncernins the opening of
•he cbal mweg at■*Carbondale In
Bowie Countv are confirmeH b' .
the following news spec'al sent out
from Washinetnn under date o'
PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT
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Home - Farm - Business
NO DOWN PAYMENT
BUDGET TERMS TO 5 YEARS
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They’re free on request!
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We Salute Our
Guardsmen
Mo*-* than 470 000 citizcn-aottMers1
in the United States are trained
and in read ness to deal with
mercies and <—tser for which' -
“Vt uIvU1*^ 1$ not bre-
pared. Thev are members of Na-
tional Guard units. In peacet me
tbev constitute a protec.tiv» f-wre
When our Nation becomes involved
In wat the Netlonal G»*rrf Is »
part oj.the military establishment. [
Or!(dnally called the M litla, thlF j
organization is older than the Na-j
tion. Mlnutemen. as the members
were known in Colonial days, wen-
mustered once a year for an In-
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Pinson, Joe. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1961, newspaper, February 24, 1961; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893486/m1/7/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Red+River+County+-+Clarksville%22: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.