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GLADEWATER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1954
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Silver Teat All social and civic
women's clubs will attend a Silver
Tea on Feb. IlTat the home of Mrs.
Virginia Coats. Time of the affair
is set for from 10 until 11:30 a.m.
Aa Conference: On Feb 18 the
East Texas Agricultural Council
WUl sponsor an agricultural mar-
•vllpdrt* conference in Tyler. Any
one interested is invited to attend.
Already making plans to attend
this Conference from Gludewater
is Gene Merrifield, manager of
the Chamber of Commerce, and
O. D. Taylor, county agent. This
conference will be of interest to
many local citizens. The meeting
will be held beginning at 0 a.m.
and continue until 9 p.m. ,
Pretty Jackets: Athletes at Un-
ion Grove arc sporting pretty new
Jackets. This year's Jackets are
designed similar to a western
style. They are blue with a grey
yoke and blue letters with white
stripes. They are also reversible
with the reverse side being solid
blue.
Spaghetti Suppsr: The Choral
Parents Club la sponsoring a spa-
ghetti supper on Feb. 18 in the
high school cafeteria. Plates will
be one dollar for adults and SO
cents for children under 12. Enter-
tainment will be furnished by the
high school choir. The public is
cordially invited to attend and
hours are from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tick-
ets can be obtained from choral
parents, choral students or at the
door.
New Olfics: Dr/‘ftarbld McDow-
ell lit a mighty proud man today.
Me has rented the building gghich
up until Wednesday hous#Pthe
Western Union office. Harold
states that he will remodel
entire building and hopes to
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jrou wiU have a beautiful
Meeting! There will’be a called
meeting of the American Legion
Auxiliary Monday night, Feb. 16,
at 7:30 p.m., to be held at the
home of Mrs. T. W. Gipson. 526
Marshall. Mrs. Keenan urges all
who can to be present.
To See Daughter: Mrs. Ouida
Milner will leave today to go to
Dallas to be with her daughter,
Joann Kindle, wh > is In Jones
Hospital in Dallas for surgery.
Death! Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Pres-
ton wegp called to Hreckcnridge
this morning on account of the
death of Mrs. Preston’s father, T.
N. Jenkins. Burial will be at
Breckenrtdgc. Funeral arrange-
ments were unavailable at press
time today.
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New Babyi The Charles Sprotts
are the proud parents of a baby
boy, James Lawrence, bom at the
Air Force Hospital. Barksdale
Field, Shreveport. The maternal
grandparent* are Mr. and Mr*. L.
L. Gladpey Little James has a
great aunt fere in Gladewater,
Mrs. J. N. Whittle.
Visits Father: Harvey L. Hur-
ley of Denver, Colo., flew in to
visit his father, Judge Hurley, on
Thursday. Mr. Hurley is with the
Mesa Drilling Company of Denver
end had with him Mr. Albert
Hayutin, Investment banker of
Denver. They were enroute to
Tulsa on oil business.
Correction: The Gladewater
Rear* will piny the Marshall Mav-
eriefta tonight instead of last night
as the sports page had it. This
will be the next to the last game
for the (Hr.de Quintet, and if you
can, travel to Marshall and see
this game.
PILOT INJURED ON GROUND
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE.
Colo.. Feb 12. (UR)—A pilot from
Denison. Texas, was critically in-
jured Thursday when he was ac-,.,.,
rldentally ejected from the seat of *his point, he said:
his T-38 Jet trainer as It stood on
the ground. The pilot was Identi-
fied as.Cnpt. Charles O. Smyre,
32, stationed at Perrin AFB near
Denison. Ho suffered multiple
fractures when the election mech-
anism sent him hurtling through
the closed canopy of his plane.
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orris Says Grand Jury Will
Continue Duval Investigation
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Shepperd Request Must
Wait On Court Action
ALICE, Texas, Feb. 12. fU.R)— the attorney general of Texas did
FILES MOTION.—Texas Atty. Gen. John Ben Sheppard files mo-
tion to dismiss Duval County Grand Jury in San Diego. Five
members of jury are supposedly under influence of political boss
George Parr. Recording motion is H. G. Gonzales, left, district
clerk of Duval County.
McCarthy Refuses Comment
On Communism Question
DALLAS, Feb. 12. <U.ft~Sen. Jo-
seph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.i took
off Friday for a fishing and hunt-
ing trip on a Texas multi-million-
aire's ranch in Mexico, still refus-
ing to say whether he thinks
communism should be made a cap-
ital offense In the United States.
McCarthy said he still cannot
say whether he approves Gov. Al-
lan Shivers' announcement that he
wauts to make communism a capi-
ta) offense. McCarthy Mid he
could not comment until he reads
the governor's speech. He Mid he
had not read it yet.
McCarthy ana ms wife and a
CUnt Murchi-
son's 40,000 acre Aruna ranch in
the Sierra Mad re mountains in
Mexico
The others aboard the plane are
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thompson and
Mrs. R. C. Miller, John a Mur-
chison is Clint Murchison's son.
Thompson is a Dallas oil operator,
and Mrs. Miller is a relative of
the Murchisons.
McCarthy wound up a nation-
wide tour with a speech in Dallas.
McCarthy made it plain in his
speech Thursday night before 1,-
MI Republicans and seme Demo-
crats who paid $10 a plate to hear
him that he did not take back his
remarks in speeches earlier this
week about "20 years of treason”
under the Democrats.
But he said he was talking only
about Democrats who follow form-
er President Truman and Adlai
Stevenson, who ran for President
on the Democratic ticket in 1952.
The Texas Democratic Party bolt-
ed to the Republican party In 1952.
He said the only way Democrats
could “reclaim” their party ’vas
to change its national leadership.
Bses One Choice
"That seems Impossible right
now he said, “so the only thing
you Democrats can do reclaim
your party and help your country
is to give us Republicans a few
more years."
McCarthy refused twice to com-
ment on the announcement of Gov.
Allan Shivers of Texas in SU Louts
that he was going to ask the Leg*
islaturo of his state for a law
making communism a capital of-
fense. '
He said ho couldn't comment
until he read the text of Shivers'
speech. He declined to say wheth-
er he personally favors the execu-
tion of proven Communists.
Denounces Allies
He denounced the British and
other allies _of the United States
for shipping*'materials to Commu-
nist China. The British,' he said,
“brag” about their trade with the
Chinese Communist in Parliament
nearly every day.
The United States, he said,
should refuse to give a “red cent”
of aid to any country that trades
with the Chinese Communists. At
Let me make it very clear that
I supported Eisenhower when he
was elected and I support him
noto. The Job he has been doing
is not perfect. But It is so infin-
itely better than the job that has
been done in the past 20 years of
treason that there is no compar-
ison.
FORT WORTH. Feb. 12. (U.R)—
SUD A—Livestock:
Cattle 150. Steadv to weak. 20
per cent cows: few head commer-
cial and good slaughter steers a'f[
heifers, 14-19.50; load choice
steers, 21.76; beef cows. 11-12: can-
ners and cutter*, 7-11; hulls,
stockcrs, scarce:
Calves 50. Steady. Good and
choice slaughter calves, 16.50
19.60: utility and commercial, 12-
16; culls and stockors, scarce
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District Attorney Raeburn Norris
said Friday that a grand Jury
which Attorney General John Ben
Shepperd wants discharged on the
ground of bias will go ahead with
its investigation of affairs in Du-
val county.
Shepperd asked that the jury be
discharged because, he said, it was
allied so c'osely with the persons
it should be investigating that it
coujd hot conduct a fair inquiry.
“I am confident that they will
continue their own investigation,"
Norris said.
Earlier, Shepperd filed with the
79th District Court in San Diego
a motion asking that the grand
jury be dismissed on grounds sev-
en of its members were connected
either politically or financially
with George Parr, whose domin-
ant political machine is the target
of a state-federal investigation.
No Effect Until Ruling
Norris said that until the court
acted on the motion, it would have
no effect.
“John Ben Shepperd is the at-
torney general of Texas, but I am
the district attorney," Norris said-
He revealed at the same time
that he not only had in his pos-
session records concerning the Be-
navides school district investiga-
tion but that he had personally
refused to turn them over to cus-
tody of the 79th District Court.
An order Issued by Judge Ar-
thur Klein of Harlingen had di-
rected that certain county and
school district records be placed
scnitlivv of the Duval countv grand
jury. The order directed that the
jury foreman, J. C. King, produce
the
“Overall. Ids administration is
doing a good job. Bui if 1 find
something 1 do not approve of, no
matter how unpleasant it is, I in-
tend to keep talking about it."
An Apology
McCarthy apologized for having
said in Canton, Ohio, that John J.
McCloy signed an older early in
World War II to destroy all rec-
ords of evidence against Commu-
nists in the Army. McCloy was
then Assistant Secretary of War.
“McCloy said McCarthy is a
liar,” McCarthy said. “I was
wrong about that. But McCloy
signed an order authorizing the
of Communists in
Jtd Army." ' .
McCarthy's “billion dollar audi-
ence” Included some of the weal-
thiest men tn Texas, among them
H L. Hunt, one of the richest men
in the world, and John Murchison,
Clint Murchison's son.
At the close of the speech. Hunt
came up to shake McCarthy’s
hand. Photographers, who missed
a picture of the handshake, asked
that they do it over again.
No Repeat Performance
But Hunt waved them off and
strolled away. H J. (Jack) Porter
of Houston, Republican national
committeeman from Texas, stand-
ing behind McCarthy said, "No,
no. no, no," to the photographers.
McCarthy denied earlier in a
press conference that either Hunt
or Murchison had ever contributed
to any of his campaigns, or to a
campaign in which he was inter-
ested.
Col. Alvin M. Owsley, former
national commander of the Amer-
ican Legion, who introduced Mc-
Carthy, noted that 95 senators
voted for continuance of McCar-
thy's permanent investigating sub-
committee.
He suggested that the senator ] ties. The simmering animosity was
who didn't, William Fuibright of j marked by a previous exchange in
Arkansas, should be investigated. I which Norris had snapped that
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“not supersede a district attorney."
Shepperd agreed.
Meanwhile, a procedural squab-
ble loomed over what judge would
handle the probe. Since 79th Dis-
trict Judge C. Woodrow Laughlin
was in Austin Wednesday, Judge
Klein of the 107th District, was
imported.
Klein acted on a number of mo-
tions by Shepperd, impounding
Duval county records of 1946-53
and those of two school districts
in the county for the same period.
He set Feb. 19 for arguments on
the temporary injunction by which
the records were confiscated.
Appointed by Blalock
Klein was apoirrted by Adminis-
trative Judge W. R. Blalock, who
specified that the special judge
would “serve and preside on Feb.
10 and so long thereafter as may
be necessary for him to conclude
any hearing so begun by him on
such date."
But Laughlin, who is recognized
as a supporter of Parr, disagreed
on Klein's authority to preside
next week.
“My understanding of the law is
that when I am in the district, I
am the district judge,” Laughlin
said. “Ill be in Son Diego (Duval
county seat) next Friday, available
to sit as judge of the 79th district.
I intend to be in district court and
i have arranged my affairs to be
there.”
Speculative Question
Blalock, asked which judge
should preside if both claim the
HOME.—James Elmer Craft, right, and his eight member family have lived for three weeks in this
hearse in Lake Orion, Mich., after being evicted from his home. Craft, a grinder, lost his job in Sep-
tember, 1953, and faces problem of finding work in Detroit, an area of critical unemployment.
In immediate custody of thoxxgirt. right next Friday, said it was “too
including those presently under speculative a question” TOT him tn
However, the records at the time ;
were actually in the custody of
Norris, the legal adviser to the
grand jury as district attorney.
Asked for Records
Norris revealed that King came
to him Thursday in the Jim Wells
countv courthouse in Alice and
asked him for the records.
“He told me of tho order and
asked that I give him the rec-
ords,” Nhrris said.
The district attorney said he ex-
plained that the order named
King and did not name himself.
“I told him to go back to the
attorney general and tell him I
wouldn't give him (King) the rec-
ords,” Norris said.
Norris immediately called in
Sheoperd, apprised him of the sit-
uation. and assured the attorney
general that he was welcome to
come and look at the records if
he wanted to. The incident cut an-
other notch in the quiet feud be-
tween state and fcd<*al authori-
answer.
The attorney general Thursday
flew back to Austin but said he
! would return early next week.
Rotarians Entertain Wives. With
Banquet On Thursday Evening
Gladewater Rotarians enter-: “Mammy,” (A1 Jolson); “I Like
tained their wives with the annual | It,” (Jerry Lewis), and “It’s In the
Rotary Ann banquet, held at 7 ! Book," (John Stanley).
Rev. Stripling To *
Conduct Revival
Rev. Ben. R. Stripling, pastor of
the local First Baptist Church, will
be the guest preacher during a
revival at the New Bethlehem
Baptist Church beginning Sunday
and continuing through Wednes-
day, February 24. Services will
begin each evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Brother Stripling will observe
his tenth anniversary at the Glade-
water church on March 14.
Rev. Obie A. Baker, pastor ot
the Big Sandy church, extends a
cordial invitation to the public to
attend the services. Music will be
under the direction of Alton Davis,
choir director, and pianist will be
Betty Ruth Baker.
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R. H. (JOE) LEWIS will do th« calling when the Camp Fire
of Gladewater sponsor a square dance at the T W. Lee Bui
on February 20. In addition to calling, he and his bend will
furnish the tquslc.
Western Union At
Ritz Pharmacy
The Western Union office at
Main and Commerce was perman-
ently closed for service Wednes-
day and new equipment for trans-
mitting and receiving telegraph
messages was installed in the Ritz
Pharmacy at 106 East Commerce
where Western Union service will
be resumed.
The Ritz Pharmacy substation
will be open from 8 a. m. to 7
p. m. Mondays through Saturdays
and from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. on
Sunday. The same service for
sending and receiving messages
will be provided, but no deliver-
ies will be made except In the case
of emergency messages.
Western Union decided to close
the Gladewater office because of
the expense involved.
p.m. Thursday in the social room
at the First Methodist Church.
The president, Charles MeChes-
ney, presided, and Herman Wil-
liams served as program chairman
in the absence of Dana Williams.
J. 6. Poston led “America" as
the group sang, with Richard
Herbst at the piano. The invoca-
tion was given by Rev. Compton
Riley. • 'W
Ervin Brown introduced the
guests, Mrs. Bernard of White Oak,
Mrs. Gene Merrifield, Miss Eliza-
beth Waggoner, Mr. and Mrs. H.
L. McKaig, and Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
Dillard.
He also introduced the “baby”
of the Rotary Club, Bill Strange,
and the “grandpa,” Dr. Bain
Leake, the only remaining charter
momber of the club still residing ing.
in Gladewater.
After the banquet Jerry Wayne
Bernard was presented in a group
of pantomimes. With the aid of
simple props, Jerry Wayne with
amazing versatility impersonated
several widely diverse personali-
ties, delighting the audience.
His pantomimicry included
these selections—“The Galvanized
Washing »ub," (Jimmy Dickens);
“15 Cents Is All I Got,” (Grandpa
Jones); “I Went to Your Wedding,”
Bernard is 17 years of age and
a junior at White Oak High
School. He is much in demand as
a performer for various occasions
and for television. Last night's ap-
pearance was the third for the
young artist that day
Gladewater’* newly-discovered
entertainer, Miss Janetta Jones,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Jones, was next on the program.
By special request she repeated
the number which stole the show
at the “Sweetheart Banquet” at
the First Baptist Church the eve-
ning before, “Phonetic Pronuncia-
tion,” and again she was enthusi-
astically applauded. She wore the
court jester’s costume and make-
up which she had worn at the
King’s Court the evening preced-
tarians, as individuals follow tfegt
divine compulsion for good, then
the kingdom of God will come on
earth," he concluded.
A large number was present for
this outstanding occasion. The
tables were attractively decorated
in the Valentine motif, with, run-
ners of greenery and scattered red
hearts outlining the white table
cloths. On the i
vesting %
attd white gladioli _ „
with glitter-flecked heart-shaped
packages. ■
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(Phil Harris); “The Man on the
Flying Trapeze,” (Jerry Lewis);
Rotarian Ervin Brown gave a
clever reading, “Romance of Di-
gestion,” by Robert Benchley, and
Gepe Merrifield continued to up-
hold the level of the evening’s
excellent entertainment with two
diverting songs, “Geography Song”
and “Freckles” by Phil Harris,
playing his own expressive piano
accompaniment.
Beginning the serious part of the
evening. Rev. Carlos Davis, pas-
tor of the First Methodist Church
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(Spike Jcmes); “Temptation, <RedJ of Gilmer, gave a most challeng-
Ingle); Preacher and the Bear, ii-- talk, taking as his subject.
Camp Fire Girls
Plan Square Dance
For February 20
The Camp Fire Girls of Glade-
water .will sponsor a square dance
at the T W. Lee Building (KSiJ
Bldg.) on Feb. 20th at b:0u. K. H.
(Joei Lewis, internationally known
caller from Dallas, will be caller,
and will furnish music with his
own band.
Joe Lewis’ square dancing be- eases.
ing talk, taking as his subject,
“On Trial For Your Life." With
his own fine philosophy of life.
Rev. Mr. Davis developed this
thought from Quincy Howe’s
"World History In Our Times;"
“The 20th century has put the
human race on trial for its life.”
Quoting from Deuteronomy, the
speaker emphasized the necessity
of a return to God, asking his
hearers for the moment not to
think of the human race as 3.-
500,000,000 people, but to think
in terms of that segment of the
human race each one knew best,
the individual himself.
Rev. Davis told of the physical
ways in which each was on trial
for his life daily, mentioning high-
way hazards and the various dis-
Oirls
Ming
Two Negro Women
Fined For Forgery
Hazel Richardson Harris and
Mary Louise Davis, Negro wo-
men, have paid local merchants
$134 on torged checks they passed
in Gladewater January 23 and
have also paid a $25 each fine for
vagrancy.
Justice of the Pence Ross DeLay
also ordered them to stay out of
Gladewater as an additional pen-
alty.
These two Negro women are
from Tyler and came to Glade-
water on January 23 and passed
four forged checks in the name of
Sam Price of Hawkins. One of the
Negro women signed checks of
Bam Price's wife, Vivian.
They bought small purchases
from four local merchants.
They were well dressed when
they went Into the merchants’
stores and appeared to be reput-
able. They also drove a large car
and the merchants believed that
the checks were all right until
they bounced.
Justice of the Peace DeLay to-
day reminded that a merchant
should know his endorser before
cashing tiwir checks.
gan in the early forties under the
calling of E. O. Rogers, the daddy
of square dancing in Dallas, and
then he danced a lot to Raymond
Smith. His rhythym and pronun-
ciation reflect this early associa-
tion. Joe felt that the average city
dweller would find the calling and
music too back-woodsie. He is ac-
credited with originating an en-
tirely new concept of calling which
calls for closer blending of the
caller's tone and the music of the
band, and occasional emphasis of
off beats. The results are a more
modem sound rather than Hill-
billy.
Joe's activities abe divided into
two seasons, the winter during
which he operates as a home-town
caller, leaving the city only six or
! seven nights per month for festi-
vals or special dances and the
summer season during which he
and his family make a pre-booked
tour of about 23 states and Can-
ada.
In 1950. under the sponsorship
of Davis Jor.cs. Ltd., and Consoli-
dated Press, Joe went to Australia
where he introduced square danc-
ing. Because of the recognition of
the newspapers and' the resultant
publicity square dancing received
it Is even more popular ‘down un-
der' than in the U.S.A. He re-
turned to Australia In 1951 and
again In 1953 as advisor to several
well organized grout*
The orowram wjll include sev-
eral exhibitions and other enter-
tainment
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| Continuing, he stated, “There
are so many strong pressures
working against Jhe independent
and energetic mind. Among these
is the great modern tendency to
substitute looking for thinking, as
we pass time away at the movies,
watching television, reading so-
called comic books, and other pur-
suits we use instead of thinking.
“Another pressure in our fight
for survival is the substitution of
slogans for thinking. The average
man’s thinking is a vain repeti-
tion of other people's thoughts or
slogans,” Rev. Davis pointed out.
“Still another strong pressure is
♦hat which attempts tb convert
our minds to mass thinking.
The minister gave as the answer
to these dangers the employment
of the human mind in a new eval-
uating of the meaning of life, and
the directing of thinking toward
the high visibility of Jesus Christ.
“We must measure our minds by
the mind of Christ," he stated,
“because we are also on trial for
the life of our souls. We need to
work to keep alive that part of us
which la like unto God.
“This path is not uncharted,"
Rev. Davis reminded hi* listeners.
"We need only walk the path the
saints nave trod. We must read
our Bibles, pray, and follow the
great leaders who have gone mi
before. We must get the world
view and realize that we are all
members one of another, and that
the entire human race is on trial.
When we as Christians, an fto-
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It certainly is encouraging to
see growth in our town like thafc
which is taking place now.
Across the street from The Mir-
ror office, Dr. Bain Leake is add-
ing to his already attractive hos-
pital and clinic.
In spite of the modern hospitals
and all the fine doctors in town,
we still need funeral homes. Two
beautiful new ones are in the
state of completion. Carl Everett
and Malcolm Stone seem to be op-
timistic about business. They seem
to have heard that there are two
things you have to do—die and
pay your taxes. I’m sure they will
have formal openings before long
and I hear that one is planning
to give away a suit to the first
customer. That is one suit I arS
not wanting and I hope I’m not
on display at this grand opening.
Other new businesses that we
are noting include the new root
beer place on the Longview high-
way, just west of Dr. Hancock’s
hospital and across the street from
Phillips Motor Company. Think
they will be ready to sell cold
drinks before warm weather, and
1 know my office help will be
spending all their nickels across
the street.
The Turner's 5c & 10c that Is
managed by Mr. VanHouten is an-
other business we welcome. He is
an experienced variety store man-
ager from big stores in cities and
stores from fine communities tike
ours. He has some interesting tacts
on the part that the number 13
has played in his life.
Joe Forlines* bigger and better
appliance store is another new
busings In our neighborhood. Joe
will have more room to display
his fine merchandise in this new
location.
These additions mean but one
thing. Gladewater is growing for
sure—and it is just starting to
grow. *
Our own John Ben Shepperd
’and Gov. Allan Shivers should be
greatly appreciated by the great
state of Texas for the work they
are doing to fight communism and
In clearing up the mess that has
evidently existed in Duval county
I feel that their work has Just
begun and they will not stop un-
til much good is accomplished.
We should be very grateful
such honest and courageous
They arc not heard of every
I am sure it was not oa»y for
to take the initiative, hi this
for the
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