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The Forney Messenger
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN KAUFMAN COUNTY
Forney, Kaufman County, Texas, Friday, July 1, 1949
Number 36
Tuneful “Rose Marie” I JrET 'EM BEE
Coming To Fair Casino
A gala production of Rudolf,
Friml’s ‘Rose Marie", one of the!
best singing shows ever writlen,
will be the Starlight Operetta's
second offering of the season,
opening in the State Fair Casino,
Dallas, for one week beginning
Monday evening, July 4.
Keeping pace with the high mu-
sical standard of “Rose Marie”,
the Starlight is bringing to Dallas
for their first Southwestern ap-
pearance two of the fines-t singers
to he heard on Broadway in re-
cent seasons—John Raitt, sing-1
ing star of the Theater Guild's
production of “Carousel," and
Marion Bell, star of the highly
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NEWS AND VIEWS
(The Editor)
Well . . . Weil . . .the f.rst step,
toward the bigger and better For-
,ney is in the making . . . we can
take this step ... it' we will . . .'
The City council has arranged to1
place the issue beiore the voters
. . . to let the people decide if
they want to begin the “Program
of Progress” . . . that beginning, as
we have said before, lies in new
s6wer lines for the town . . . this-
may strike some as a bit on the
comic side . . . but for Forney it
is decidedly serious . . . Folks
that have had proper sewer ser-
vice through the years can hardly
understand how serious . . . only
those who have studied the sit-
uation and made investigations
as hove members of the City
Council for the past five terms
. . . realize the full impart of all
that it means.
Several years ago the problem
looked so difficult that the coun-
cil decided against bringing the
matter to the voters . . . Yet, it;
it was upon that group’s research
and tentative plans that a more
recent group of aldermen was
able to base their estimate of the
possibilities of action and to be-
gin shaping plans which, this
week, arrived at the climax of an-
nouncement of an election date
in which Forney citizens will de-
cide to either “keep the big stink"
or to repair present sewer lines
and disposal plant along with
making extensions to the tune of
$60,000. . . . That is a lot of money
. . . taxes, that is, . . . but when,
considered against the benefits of
the possibilitise of a really grow-
ing town ... it looks different . .
still lots of money . . . but worth
it . . .
The Chamber of Commerce with
Sts program of information on
civic matters has assisted in help-
)ing local citizens understand the
need of the community and has
helped awaken civic pride to the
extent that folk are beginning to
demend that something be done
to improve the town ... ,
One thing that happened this
week that should help everyone
be more comfortable, to say the
least, was the spraying of the en-
tire town with DDT Wednesday
night ... if you were not awake
about 12 o’clock that night, you
may take our word for it that you
received your monev’s worth . . I
the trucks went up one side of
tlie street . . . down the other . . . I
and up and down the alleys , . i
not once . . hut twice . . . and wo
found out why they call the pro-
cess “fogging" . . . Not many
mosquitos and flies could survive
that treatment . . , we began to
h? a little uneasy for fear that we
had -omething of a mosquito or
f'y nature and thought perhaps
we were going to go the way of
t“e other pests . . .
acclaimed musical, “Brigadoon."
Comedy scenes also will lie in
excellent hands with this depart-
ment entrusted to Buster West, an
accomplished veteran of stage |
and screen, and lmogene Coca,!
one of the drollest performers on
the American stage. Miss Coca has'
hecn seen in numerous Broadway
revues and is now one of the
comedy stars of the Admiral tele-
vision revue, foremost of network
T-V shows.
Starlight patrons throughout
the Southwest have been eagerly
awaiting "Rose Marie”, which
boasts more than its share of song
hits that seem to gain in popular-
ity through the years. Among the
favorite musical numbers from
the show are “Indian Love Call,”
“Totem Tom-Tom” “Rose Marie,"
“My Jim” and “Hard Boiled Her-
man.” ,’
The story, a robust tale of the
'•ugged Northwest, is replete with!
intrigue and adventure, troppers, [
Mourvties, and Indians, against a
background which ranges from
the Canadian Rockies to the elab-
orate ballroom of a Montreal ho-
fel. A feature of hte settings will
be an enormous totem pole lo be
employed in a picturesque ballet
number.
•'I've found
the best wav
ter get along
Annual Baptist Revival To Begin July 10
r let^’eini Publiff^_ July_l'8’_
bee.”
Jim Gay who
the Forney
Messenger, but now runs the |
Moody Courier, tells in his paper
last week ’bout a citizen in u
neighboring town who was stung
by a bee and durned if it didn’t
kill him.
But that's not what I started out
ler tell, but it shore as heck re-
minded me uv a little episode
what Pete Nance had with a mess
of bees last week. Pete is a frugal
farmer livin four or five mile
south uv town and hit seems like
bout nite here cums a swarm uv
bees. Pete knowin his stuff made
sum music on a pan and when
the bees stopped he persuaded eni
to settle fer the nite. No sooner
than the bees had quieted down
fer rest and relaxation than Pele
got ideas in his head. Remember-
in that he had a nifty little va-
cancy in the shape of a bee hive
that he was keeping fer sech an
emergency, so off he gets and cum
I ack a fetchir the cute little ap-
artment. He made friends with
NOTICE OF ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
„ . „, » COUNTY OF KAUFMAN :
. , £ ' l CITY OF FORNEY :
TO THE RESIDENT, QUALI-
FIED ELECTORS OF THE CITV
OF FORNEY, TEXAS, WHO
I of two successive weeks in a
! newspaper of general circulation
! published within said City, the
j date of the first publication to l>e
I not less than fourteen days prior
to the date set for said election.
Except as otherwisie provided in
said Article 704, as amended, the
OWN TAXABLE PROPERTY in | manner of holding said election
SAID CITY AND WHO HAVEiJsha11 be Sovemed by the laws
DULY RENDERED THE SAME1 tfoverning general elections.
FOR TAXATION:
TAKE NOTICE that an election
will be held in the City of Forney,
ADOPTED AND APPROVED
this the 27 day of June, 1949,
R. D. Futrell
Texas, on the 19 day of July, 1949, AR ™ay0r' ^ °*
on the proposition and at the
place more particularly set forth
in the resolution adopted by the
City Council on the 27 day of
June, 1949, calling said election,
which is as follows:
“RESOLUTION
nY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORNEY,
TEXAS, CALLING AN
ELECTION ON THE PROPO-
SITION OF THE ISSUANCE
OK $60,000,011 SEWER IM-
PROVEMENT AND EXTEN-
SION BONDS.
Mrs. Lora Dozier,
City Secretary, City of
Forney, Texas.”
Dell Harvey Laid To
Rest Here Monday
Funeral rites for Dell Harvey,
formerly of Forney but more re-
cently of Pasadena were conduct-
ed Monday morning from First
Baptist church at Forney, follow-
ed by burial at Hillcrest cemetery.
The Rev. L. M. Joincs, pastor of
............... ...... ........ „.M,I WHEREAS, the City Council ot the Baptist church officiated.
the Queen Bee and persuaded her!'!1® f\ty of I'omey' 1 !>xaf’ Mr. Harvey was bom in Ala-
to go on a tour of inspectiion of:' d.d^J ? tolS8Ue 1 le °nds ° , bama on December 17,1662, but
I said City for the purpose herein-'
Terrell Firm to Hold
Open House Saturday
The Terrell Tractor Co. will
formally open its new building on
Saturday, July 2, according t,j
an announcement by the owners,
J. B. McGinty, Blair Dishman and
It. C. Holmes.
The firm holds the Kaufman
county dealership for Ford Trac-
tors and Dearborn farm equip-
ment. The new building is lo-
cated * across from the MrGinty
Cotton Office in Terrell. Modern
facilities have been arranged for
custom shop work and for hous-
ing a large parts department.
The building contains 6,500
souare feet of floor space and was
constructed of brick and iron. The
showroom is 50x25 feet with
lounge accomodations.
Souvenirs and refreshments,
will mark the open house, and
prizes will be given.
The personnel includes Bob
Jackson, manager, L. A. Williams,
Dusty Rhodes, Joe Wilkerson,
Clarence Spradlin, and H. D
Gann.
the new housing proposition which . ,
, ,, . . ” . after mentioned:
be was offering with no payment
down and no obligatiion to the
FHA. The cackey old queen, was
favorably impressed with the pro-
BE IT RESOLVED BY
CTT\ COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORNEY, TEXAS:
, .... 1. That an election be held in
posed quarters the cnlv objection . , „ r, „
, “aid City of Forney, Texas
being the lack of modem plumb-
ing. The Queen agreeing to the
terms which were that thev would T
„ , , , shall be submitted:
pav all they made for rent and
board themselves.
came to Texas with his parents
when he was a boy. He lived at
must
‘ ” Forney forty-six years before
moving to Pasadena about seven
years ago. He served as city sec-
retary here for fifteen years and
on the pefore t)lat was in ule j,jn kusi-
19 day of July, 1949, at which
election the following proposition
Dr. W. Marshall Craig
To Serve as Evangelist
„ . • . , ..__1 of the Gaston Avenue church.
Rev. L. M. Joines, pastor of the
, . “Difficult indeed is any attempt
First Baptist church announced . ,
... . ..... . to enumerate the blessings and
this week that the annual sum- , . , , ..... .
..... ... . accomplishments of faithful stew-
mer revival will begin Sunday, r . .. ... ,
. ... . ardship, Rev. Joines said, “but
morning, July 10, with two ser- . . ... ,
vices scheduled daily. “The en- ^ and f^res ”sve“1’ m
tire church family takes great ‘^ accomplishments of Dr. Craig
. „ „ . . . . .. while serving in this field. Dur-
pnde.” Rev. Joines said, “in the ...
..... . . .. mg these twentv-two years 10,126
fact that we are to have Dr. W. , ... .....
,, , „ . persons have united with his
Marshall Craig, pastor of Gaston * .
. . church. Of this number 2,635
Avenue Baptist church church in , ....
, . .. . , 1 have come by baptism. This good
Dallas bring the messages during . , , . , “ .
that week ” ' man 8 PerJoiiaUty has blessed the
Dr. Craig has just completed
his twenty-second year as pastor
P-TA Institute Held
In Commerce
“The greatest purpose of the
Parent-Teucher Association is to
the
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Pete, without the assistance of-
Methodist Women to
Hold Pledge Service
Mrs. R. V. Tribble, president
of the Woman’s Society of Chris-
tian Service of the Methodist
church will serve as leader of an
impressive pledge service Mon-
day morning, July 11 when that
organization meets at the church
at 10:30 o’clock.
Every member of the society is j
urged to attend and a cordial in-
vitation is extended to other la-
dies of the church.
A covered dish luncheon will
be enjoyed at the noon hour.
belt hops or moving vans soon had
(he entire colony moved with the
minimum of confusion. He sat:
around awhile to let the inqusi-
tive ones get use to the joint lie- j
fore he began to move the new j
home to the lot he had selected
at No. 10 Bee street.
Deciding that all wuz quiet oiL
the Potomack Pete tenderly gath-l
ered up his new neighbors literal- j
ly taking them in his arms and to
be sure that he lost none of them
he was holdin the lid down with
his chin. He was makin good prog-
ress, considenn the fact that he
could not see where he wuz puttin
is feet, and there is where all the
trouble cum in. Sum feller had
pulled up an old post and failed
to fill up the hole, Petes foot went \
in the hole up to his Knee, he went1 |lej^ ^
over on his head and the bee hive
came down with a bang. The bets
resented the rough treatment and
“Shall the City Council of
the City of Forney, Texas, lie
authorized to issue the bonds
of said City in the sum of I
$60,000.09, maturing Serially (
in such installments usvnay
be fixed by the City Council,
the maximum maturity being
not more than Thirtv (30)
years from their date, and
liearing interest at a rate not
to exceed Four (4%) per cent
per annum, pavable annually
or semi-annually, and tn levy
a tax sufficient to pay interest
as it accrues and principal as
it matures on said issue of
bonds, for the purpose of im-
proving and extending the
Sewer System of said Citv,
as authorized by the Consti-
tution and laws of the State
of Texas.”
2. That said election shall be
the City Hall, Forney,
Texas, within said City, and the
following named persons are
ness for twenty years.
His wife, who survives, is the
former Beatrice Nelson. Other
survivors are two daughters, Mrs.
Charles Harris and Mrs. Howard
Bradley of Pasadena; five sons.
Howard, Charleston and William
E. Harvey of Pasadena, Sam Har-
vey of Vallijo, Calif., and Perry
Harvey of Terrell; seven grand-
children; three sisters, Mrs. John
McKellar of Forney, Mrs. Ben
Jones and Mrs. Dixie Rauschen-
berg of Kaufman.
District Soil
Conservation News
Board of Supervisors: J. C. Wells,
D. L. Boyd, N. L. Cheatham, W.
M. Evans and J. F. Liston.
Curl Sen,ter, whose farms are
located in the Coates-Forncy con-
servation group, says that his ren-
I ters plan to get their waterway;:
| in shape for fall sodding. Sonic
| shaping will be done and the
| waterways will be one-wayed
DR. W. MARSHALL CRAIG
”” — hereby appointed directors of said ■ '"V*" !°
began their attack. Pete let out a , .. . .. eliminate Johnson grass. The wat-
e ection to-wit j „ wiU bo SI,ri« sodded in
H. W Campbell, Preaiding Judge, ^ f(y){ „)WS s0 that the Bcr-
Dozier, Judge, tnuda mav he cultivated the first
distress yell that brought
Judging from her uniform
help.
she
seek cooperation between
home and the school.
These were the words of Mrs.
J. G. Smith of Commerce, out-
standing state P.-T. A. wonter, to
some 400 P.-T. A. members as-,
sembled here today at East Texas
State Teachers College to attend
the annual Parent-Teacher In- |
stitule. The day-long affair was
sponsored jointly by the Texas;
Congress of Parents and East,
Texas State College.
In charge of the institute was
Mrs. R. M. Carter, Sherman, re-
gional vice-president. In an nd-;ijve!l 0f thousands of Dallas cit-
dress to the group, Mrs. Carter izenll as we|| as many in other
pointed out the important work piacft, over the southland."
the P.-T. A has- done in Texas I Rev Jo,nes hag ;tsked Ula( four
during its 52 years of existence I nighls ,.e set a„ide l>y hU mem.
Dr. James G. Geo president a ,.reparation period for
East Texas State Teachers Col- thp r(?vivll| Tuesd;lv ni„ht at 8
lo,.o. told the institute of the im-, 0>clock (hp den,.onH are reqlles,_
Tiortnnre of P.-T. A. work to edu- ^ meet a, lhtf ( hurL.„ Uyr pray_
cation in the state. I er and fellowship. Wednesday
evening has been designated as
Kebei ru Bei.g time for the youth to meet in
a consecration service. Thursday
night members of the Women’s
Missionary Union will meet and
on F'ridav evening the choir will
convene for prayer and singing.
Funeral services will be held “The entire city of Forney is
Friday for Mis. A. O. Thompson,! cordially invited to attend these
mother of Guyton McKellar. Mrs. services and assist in the carn-
Thompson died in a Kansas Citv | pnign for righteousness," the pas-
lmspital Wednesday following a tor said.
long illness. j -------
Rev. L. H. Haskins, pastor o*'; T. J. Tanner returned Sunday
the Christian Church will conduct'to his borne in Burbank, Calif.,
the services at the home at five^ after spending the past month
o'clock. Interment will be in Hill- with relatives in Forney and
ere t cemetery with Clem Pinson,{'Cooper, Texa: and Little Rock
J. W. Pinson, O. W. Rcagin, Jam- and Conway, Ark.
Attending the meeting from
Kornev wete Mr
and Mrs. Hal R. Adams.
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs. Thompson
must have been a WACK any Mrs Amos DjeU> Clcrk_
way she was armed with a big
towel and was ready to WACK
'em. Her assistance was short
T. P. Linam, Clerk.
3. The said election
■ hall bo
year.
District
cooperators In this
c; K. Brooks, Mait Lavden and(
Joe E. Elliott, serving as pallliear-
ers.
Mrs. Thompson was a member
of tiie Christian church, Surviving!
lived. A sturdy boo landed a ter- r^plerTTttle 22 oMbe'rIm' co-sponsored| F<irnpyi om. daughter, Mrs. Paul
area who have entered the water-1 one ,.on r.uyton McKellar of
£
Mrs-. Laura Garner and Betty
Nan Venner are spending a few
days this week with Mr. and Mrs
Chas. Venner in Crandall.
Mrs. Wilton Cribbs of Nocona
was the guest of friends in For-
ney Thursday of last week.
rible wallop and -lie remembered
what she use to repeat at school
“He nr she who fights and runs
away will live to fight
day” so she flagged
bees a “permanent wave.
When Pete was finally rescued
by the neighbors they picked 32
cd, and only legally qualified el-
m mi,-, ertors who own taxable property ...... .",
another ... , follows: John
in the City and who h ive duly
it go. ing the ,cndored Ble same for taxation
shall be qualified to vote.
4. The ballots for said election
shall have written or printed
bee stingers out of his neck—this thereon the following:
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Pike of En-
nis visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Trott FYiday of last week.
will keep him frum ever havin
rheumatism, not counting the
stings he received elsewhere.
F'er the information of you folks
vvhot read this piece and want to
know how is the best way to avoid
bein stung bv bees, I wanter say
that I've always found the safest
way tomov e a bee hive is to let
Old-Fashioned Picnic
Scheduled at Heath
Mrs. Fred Lozano of Dallas an-
nounced last week that a big, old-
f-nhioned picnic will be held Mon-
day, July 4th in Terry's pasture,
near Heath, Bingo, sack races, pie
contest- and lots of good food . . ,
just 'ike those picnics you used to
oninv . . . are scheduled. Every-
body is invited and guaranteed a
good time. Mrs. Lozano said that
it you miss it . . . you’ll be sorry
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Wilson and
-ons, Ronnie and Johnnie. o‘
F7aulm.",n, visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Jn k Trott Tuesday,
the other feller move it—if you black ink or black pencil one of
knoe a better way—U. Tellem.
SERVICE AT HOLY TRINITY
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Trott were
guests of friends in Wichita Fail--
over the weekend.
FOR SALE: COOLERATOR 42-
model, holds 100 pounds of ice.
Also console Philco raido in good
condition and 7Vi> x 9 ft. wool rug
worth the mnnev. Phone 241J
TOR SALE: 2-door COOLERA-
7 OR. Holds 100 ixvindx of ice.
Bargain. F C. Deaton, at old
Yates place, Forney.
'he above expres-ions, thus leav-
ing the other as indicating his
vote on the proposition.
5. A substantial copy of this
July 1th at 9 a.m. the Rev. W resolution -igned by the Mayor of
K. Chamberlain will be in Fomev ,jd city and attested by the City
to re!"!,rate the Holy Communion Secretary shall -erve a proper
t Holy Trinity Epiiscopal church, notice of said election. Notice
Vou are invited to be with us. *hn!1 be given in accordance with
---art Tie 704, Revised Civil Statutes
1935, as amended. Tie Mayor
Civil Statutes of 1925, as amend- Ihil Hi,mil,°!j of K;msas Clty and four
bankers of the Di trict, are as ____
M. Darst, Stanford
Darst, Guy Montgomery, Theo-| Miss Barbara Vermillion o' (
dere Brooks, H. P. Moore, Gar-' Jacksonville is the guc«t of rein- j
field Wallace, B G. Duke, and I''"'* in Forney during this week- j
O. W. Richardson. pnd-
Pasture mowing is under wayi
on the John Haynes Payne farm,
the E. B. Hulsey farm in the
South Fomev c< nservation group,
the O. A. Coleman farm in the
Tatty conservat'nn gr< up, and
the Jake Boseman farm in the
College Mound conservation
group.
W. M. Henderson district co-
operate r in the West Eden con-
ervntion coup, l.a recently buiit
a diversion terrace on his farm.
‘FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
S E W K R IMPRt >\ EM ENT
AND EXTENSION BONDS’
i
‘AGAINST THE ISSUANCE
OF SEWER IMPRt (ENT
AND EXTENSION BONDS’
Concerning said proposition,'
each voter shall mark out with
Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols,
and family will spend the Fourth j
id July holidays at Caddo lake.
■be k Pitts was a buslnes.: visi- 1
tor in Galveston over the week-
end.
Morris Adams of Crandall war
a business visitor in Forney Mon- |
day.
8:00 f. dm. \ \ \
Stats Fair of TexasoaHas
K MAMMOTH \ \ '
>(ySETS AND AERIALS '
New and Different Show every night
Rev. ard Mr
were bnsine s
Wednesday.
(. W C.
visitors
Childre ;
in Dallas
Mr. and Mr s O L. Nance and J
IT. W' or! a gue-t from Paducah
Ky., vi ited wiht relatives in
Jacksonville Thur day.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bani ter ol
Crandall visited with Mr. and
Mi ■. A C. Tucker over the week- j
end. Mr. Tucker is ill with pneu-|
monia.
2
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Mrs. Lester Norris vi-ited In'
Dallas last week with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Kenneth Bates and Mr
Bates and her new little grand on
Mrs. Dixie Rauschenlierg of ... , .
Kaufman, is spending the week- is •™‘hori/ed and directed to have Would mn-ider the purchase of
end in Fomev with relatives. ’’ "’t)V of said n,,‘i,e at th"! fr,rm "r 1rn'’ of «r,z,r1k' land near
|'" tv Hall and at two other publiCi Fnrnrv ■ worth th" monev. In-
hices within said City not less estment not. to -"d $7,510.00
Visit Martin-Jarvis Co. in Ter-|iv>-- f'teen Hays prior tr, the date ’nnuire it Forne Me, cn.;er i.ak'* ’v-ntage of the low prices
rell and save up to 50 percent and fl»eu for holding -aid e'e<tion. He Office. —— ----- — —— —
more on New Spring and Summer “hall also , ause said notice to be ------ ----- —
Dresses publ shed on the same dnv in eacli Subscribe for the Messenger
■it the n—“ , Ra'" going on at
n-Jarvi- (> . ' -r-- 1, and
( Nanre was a business!
vis to in Crandall Tuesday.
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