The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1956 Page: 7 of 14
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THE CLARKSVILLE TIMES COME ANT
REAGAN HURT. 1M5-1952 ................’....... Publisher. 1947-l#a
| MRS ROY LOWE ........................................... President
JOE PINSON ._...................................... General Managei
•MO Per Year In Red River County; 13 00 Outside Red River County
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nnder act of March >. 187#.
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printed In this newspaper, as well as a!! AP News dispatches
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gladly corrected upon being railed to., the attention of fne publisher
The dividing line between news and advertising is tne line which seoa-
■tea Information of public interest from Information disseminated fur
profit.
. 'L The Times l* not respoitalble tar jopy onmiss.ona trpoc'-arihlrti' errors
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Texas Politics at
Precinct Level
is compulsory behind the Iron
'’urtain This syr.l'-m may pro*
dure a greater number of tech-
nicians, but it does not guarantee
.-g Texans begin Indulging in poli-!'he of their iHUiiiments.
I ties on a stiitc-Widc basis May 5. BV frpp t nrvleo American >- vmmg
"!’S when thoesands of precinct con-1 me!' and Women mnv pursue cour-
*' vent ions will be conducted, mark- *f’s scientific folds, and hav-
ing put their herrts as well as
minds into these undot akines.
they qualify as the world's best.
ing tiie beginning of nominating
procedures which culminate i n
’ the selection of standard bearers
for major parties in this year’s
presidential campaign.
Participation in these prelimina-
ries is not in keeping with their
importance in the State’s political
system. One of the main reasons
- ‘— this lack of Interest is due
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Park to Paschall
And Politics
Now that a couple of over-puh-
to the indirectness of the plan in O'"C1 weddings h ive been dispos-
85 the fulfillment of its objectives. of primps the American peo-
A majority of the states employ pe w '1<‘ lo '•'’vote them-
I, ■' the primary system in expressing
preferences for presidential aspi-
' rants. This method enables voters
selves more indefatig-ably to base-
ball and polities.
Choice positions in
t jiiiiis. i ins int'iiiuu fiiiiuit's vuicrs ' .v/,% x, (swan u/ua iii newspapers
to cast hafiots for persons rather | have been ‘ bogged" by nuptial af
than indirectly supporting unnam- j fairs, interferring somewhat with
ed dclegtions to conventions where the regular fare to which patrons
■*Tinnl decisions arc made. | of the press are normally aceus-
Individuals chosen as candidates j tomed.
by the electorate where presi-! He should not complain. how -
dential primaries are conducted ever, since The Times w\as not
may have no more than- a slim 1 a party to the1 ext.-avagant cover-
chance of becoming partv nomi- ; age accorded the events alluded
nees, but persons voting at least j to. but the, rnanm r in which some
derive satisfaction from being able I publications plavcd up these uf-
to express themselves. Public par- fairs left us 1 wondering if our
ticipation in pre-convention octivi- j formula for evaluating news is all
tics is in the main greater in states j wrong or merely obsolete,
where this system prevails.
Attempts have been madd in
Convicted Speeders
A Summary of Local News Happenings
Twenty-Forty Years Ago
From The Flies of The Clarksville Times
cars
were all unloaded in Clarksville,
it is piobab.e I lit. I another spur
will he built three or four miles
west trf town.
superintendent has been named a | less expense than if the
member of the public relations
committee o! the Stole Teachers
Association. Other members of
this group are II W. Stilwell, Tex-
arkana. chairman; H H. Hutto,
Mineral Hells; D E. Moore.
Kungc, and I). A Newton, Brady
H M White, superintendent of
Clarksville schools, is a member
of the hoard of directors of the
association and Superintendent Ro-
binson of Detroit second vice pres-
ident
Odd Fellows and Hebekahs, me-
mbers of local lodges, attended in
« body Sunday evening the anni-
versary program at First Presby-
terian church, the occasion being
the I Till birthday of the organi/.a-
tlon in Amci u a The address of
the evening as delivered by Rev
11' ( hambers, pastor of First
Liltl.slian church.
The Clarksville Times, Friday, April 27, 1956 —Section 2
Life Jackets on
Texoma Advised
Denison
Engineers
plea for boaters on Lake Texoma
to equip themselves with life jack-
Thc Army Corps of
has issued a special
Slate Finals in
TIL Kvents May
Attract 2.000
designated hours.
Also planned are an art exhihit,
University students' debate contest,
a tennist" clinic, and I>onghorn
Baud auditions lor prospective
members.
Iligh'iight of entertainment will
be the University’/ Power Show
Friday evening. Amusing and a-
ma/.iiig exhibits prepared by Uni-
versity students will offer visitors
a peep info' the wonderland of mo-
M
Forty Years A no
\N'u. McMasifi* returned from
lhi‘ < ounti> south of town and i e
Aiutin Mmnst 2.000 Texas
hikjh srhool students will compete
m litefarv academic anil athletic , ,i,.rn si lence and engineering
event, n the ltd; rsi hiilaMie l ea- |*„„ci Show exhibits will include
guc s Jtith annual stxite meet at
engineers hacked up their the Urnveisitv of Texas May n>
|>.ea witn a rctxirt that in the .’10 The meet will open IhtiiMlav
htialing facilities recorded on the \!av ii at 2 pm vuth fegtstra-
lakc. none of the victims wane life | tlon in (1: egorv Cvinna uum The
annual l eague Ifta akfast will he
A ns cut survey by corps ran- 'held s.,turdav mm.nng a! the Dris
gers .revealed that only about one [kill TTnfcl
person in 10 vvearac a life Jacket I .........
• I >m i m* the til ice-day evauu a va-
lets nf entertainment
an automatic machine puffing ci-
1 garottes, a tucket ship launching
j an a. memory machines which
| play tie tat toe and other games
j with pet frit no-loss records
Inl<>r’malum lx*nths and campus
■aIII he*i)____lamlUiirrte the visi-
the L'Vtiv c rsitv.
with the
III 10 have
Twenty Years Aero
Democratic ptiecind chairmen
and precincts presided over by
them for 1936 are announced by
County Chairman If. D. Guest as
-follows:
W. N. Mohaffev. Precinct No. 1,
primary
too well organized. Interests oppos- \I riril ^ f'lnlx
ing the system obviously find tiie j 1 •;*» V IU tl
, convention method well adapted to r,, «T .
"their aims Dtinn N ( —if" Speeders enn-
' * victed in Harnett County are invit-
A larger number of Texas vot- i ,.,| 1(, jojn ))u. ( |uh The state
ers taking part in precinct con- ; ......... ljmj, is r,- mjU,s hour
1 ventions, voicing their desijes and Menihevsliip cards say they are
convictions in appropriate proce- 1 elirit’e "by reason of being con-
'•**" dure*, would impart more desira- r<rV«1 of n speeding vioMtlnn ori
} ble attributes to the political rna- tiie highway-- of the state arid by
chlnery of the State. But how are reason of the fact ihat ithey have*
wc to achieve increased participa- S|PW t|,at conviction, promised to
tion wdth no more^Io.offer the elec- assist the fight against speeding
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which tliev mav net be able to I ,, , „ .. watet supply is said to have
t I" Bomte r Wnliantson of been insufficient to take care of
the state -Highway. Patrol (f-igi-
nah'd the idea for the club which
Clarksville; E C. (’rjjtenden, pro-1 a lalin motto: .lur.c Adams. Hay-
cinct No 2. Clarksville: C A Hose, |"HO(l Anlone, Margaret Boatner.
Precinct No. 3 Clarksville; Tom
Bcnningfield, Pm inct No. 4,
Clarksville; A I. Hartley, Precinct
No. 5. Clarksville: G. P. Keeton,
McCov: Austin Bishop. Cutliand;
H (' Mauldin. Rosalie: W A Cot-
ten .lolmtovvri: W VV. King. Pre-
cinct No. 10. Bogata; J. D. Wil-
kinson, Precinct No 11, Bogata;
.1 A Griffin, Rugby; J. N Hen-
ry. Fulhright: Howard Sport, Bag-
well: Felix Melton. Precinct No.
13. Detroit: T. J, Guest, Precinct
No. 16, Detroit: Jim Ford, Wood-
lartd: W T Walker. Kanawha: G
roads nf the Clarksville district ar-
rived when the "local" sidetrack
ed five cars to be unloaded here.
Ten cars were loaded at the pits
but only live, vvci(‘ sent out In
strut lions lo the effect that the re
mailing five cars would follow
were issued-
( onir,ids between local people
arid the Itcdpatli I lot iici Ch.iut.iu
qua XsMiciatioii v.crc closed m v
cra'i days ago and forwarded to
Kansas City
H II Hale who was among
visitors from Whiteroek reported
that everything was r.-ady for
work on the good roads of ttiat
district.
J R Bcnningfield sold a list of
forty-eight bales ot cotton to (' A,
Rose at I21nc per pound.
A P Denison c line in and slat
ed that parties on the train report-
ed one of the heaviest rains wit-
nessed m several months m the,
■section east of'Avei v The creeks j
in that section were all reported 1
Nancy Council, Janice Durrum, j out of banks.
Dixie Edwards, Mary K Posey, The revival conduclcd by Rev j
R I). Jones and Mr. II M.White W \] McIntosh and Rev. IT C |
Little M Tucker, who is a mem- Hicks at the Methodist church dm
and only three boat
lilr jackets oho.ml
The engineers warned that for
putted -cvcral f n nici's in th;tt I tin* last two months, ..wind volo-
section plowing cotton Cotton a- | city on the lake has exceeded :tu
long the road is up and ’uiokitflt rii p h three days of each week
fine The plant ha- attained suf j When the wind get., that high ,,i
ficicrit height to be seen the full Hie small craft warning a red { Itu-e arid I'csas \\ \| ITtiirsdav
Ic’nflh Of the rows I l,«,"n.int i' hoisted at y anon-; 1 ni\lit The Women’s Gymnasium
The first shipment of gravel j *<|U ,,s l,l<* points on the lake pool will lie open to leaguers at
to he used in surfacing the good |
|il.inncd
P-r I lie I. afuiris I he spoil- mili.l
ed tna.v attend liasehall games
between I’evas and Bavlor o n
I tin I ll.l V alld I- I Id a V a f ’ • I I' i M 11V
Ii.m k meet between Texas,
Waldrrn Ins. Arenry Phone 503
not available at Talto, it is said,
and the demand niTly continue for
some time.
The ‘‘.Mater I.inguarum” Latin
club met in the high school build-
ing.
Tin- meeting was called to order
bv the president and the following
members answered roll call with
her of the club, yeas absent
Mrs. li. M White of Clarksvi’.le,
who is a member" of tiie faculty
.of one of the Dallas schools, was
a contributor to a recent issue of
The Instructor magazine of the
teaching profession. Her subject
was "Mexican Scenes in Wall
Plaques.”
G. L. Moore is The new Highway
Department foreman for lied Ri-
W. Geer. Manchester. M S H'ii-!'^ county, succeeding A. A Gl-
mack. Blakencv: Jeff Billings’Jev, endenmng, who has joined a eon-
N’egley F M. Giridens, Mulberry; •'acting f|rm which engages in
Henry \?ats<m. Greenwood: W. H i1 building Mr Moore and ta-
Qu-jries. Acworth; Bob Giddens, m"y expect to move here from
English; Joe P Sp ley. Whiteroek:
E. (' .Moore. P roc nut No. 27, Ave-
ry; J. W, Alano. Precinct No. 28.
Annona; .1 C. Burge, Precinct No.
Paris, where he has been located
in a few days
English citucijs celebrated the
arrival of electricity with a picnic
29, Annona; Lester Peck. Boxel- [ supper, id I ended *yilx>ut 100 Kin-
der: C. II Pirkey. Lydia; T. P
Jennings. Precinc! No 32. Avery.
Several ta^ks ot Clarksville vva-
vhich they may not be able to
discern any tangiMe results?
ing the last three weeks, ended !
Sunday night, concluding that was
in many rcspectes the most re-
markable revival ivi-r held in!
CTa' ksv die. The records show a [
total of lot public conversions and j
reclamations during this time
K B. Puckett was here from |
Annona and reported farming op-
erations farther advanced in I
Ithal section of the county than for |
nianv years The weather has been
[ (<le.il a.d the farmers have taken
advantage of the opportunity.
I Some .idea of I lie. amount ofJ
j work done is gamed from the j
statement that hundreds of acres j
| of bottom ’lands heietoforc uncolll ,
vated have been prepared and will
be hi use tins season.
Engineers employed by the Tex-
as &. Pacific railway company 1
Caine in and wool out east of j
Encouraging
Information
is approved by Ed Soheidt. state
motor vehicles coiifttiissioncr.
ploy es of the Texas Power & Eight
Company were guests. - - - |(imn stake off ground lor a spur
I bo copi in unity - chtircb vva.s pro- lirack to bo pul m for the accommo-
•sciilud With aneldetric stove hy i datlnn of the gravel trains Largo
E L. Giiggans,- a gift from the | shipments ot griivcl to he used in
company. This stove will later he the construction of the good roads
the increased demands in that | awarded to some citizen of the will begin lo arrive soon and the
city particularly in the face of) community tJirou-ai an attendance . pi ovision of spurs will enable the
the king dry period. Water such contest or otherwise. good roads builders to handle the
as ( larksvir.o has m abundance is John T. Feds, county school ! material much mucker and with
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SAFER - SMARTER - SURER
Even thieves don’t reach the money in
your pocket, you can—too easily Paying bills
by cash takes valuable time, and receipts often
no astray.
A check can be sent through the mail safely,
saving you many steps. Your cancelled check
is a valid receipt. It’s the practical way t,o do
business.
Small or barge, your checking account will
be welcome at The Red River National Bank.
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LWMBIB COMB AMT
NJnety-two per rent of high
school students among 3,000 recent-
ly tested for entrance at the Uni-
versity of Texas declared their in-
tention of comnlctjng four-year col-
lege courses Many of this group
had very high scores.
This information is encourag-
ing. Presumably it is country-wide.
At a time when higher education ;
is receiving more attention than
ever before due to the extreme
urgency confronting us in this
highly technical cm. wc note a |
trend in college and university
enrollments which seems to offer
a definite answer to tin- demand
for training young Americans
commensurate with the stepped-up
emphasis on professional skills in
Russia.
Higher education in the sciences
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not be sure you are prop-
erly insured — and re-
main so — without the
constant advice and as-
sistance of a reliable in-
surance a«ent.
When you get insur*
surance from this agency
you buy a service of pro-
tection—not policies. Let
us check over your insur-
ance. No obligation.
A CLEANER CLARKSVILLE
DEPENDS ON YOU!
Hughston & Son
Insurance
Agency .
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The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1956, newspaper, April 27, 1956; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth921518/m1/7/: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.