Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1965 Page: 1 of 15
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Four Teachers Close
Long Careers
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VOL. 88, NO. 22
16 Pages—1 Section
GILMER, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1965
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Kids
More
On
Better, Smarter;
Demands Made
Teachers Today
:!;! By SARAH GREENE
Kids are better and smarter than they used to
| be-
g: That’s the unanimous opinion of four Gilmer
teachers who ended long classroom careers last
week.
|:j: They don’t have any answer to the question of
why children today should be better than their par-
ents were at the same age. But they think they
j:|: know why they’re smarter. Opportunities for travel
g and, perhaps most of all, television have brought
the great, wide world to the children and vice versa.
They are Mrs. Myrtle Lee Hill, 45 years a
teacher; Mrs. Lillie Smith, a veteran of 43 years;
Mrs. Clarice Buie and Mrs. Lora Craver, both 36-
year classroom veterans.
The four have something else in common:
they’re not in the least worried about how they’ll
fill their days. Freedom from routine, at least for a
while, is what they most look forward to.
:$ They all agree, too, that many more demands
:j;j are made of teachers today than in their early years
in the profession. And they all think that teaching
;§ as a career brings rewards much more permanent
;|ij than the monetary ones.
Mrs. Smith, for example, has heard from stu-
dents she’d completely lost touch with since it was
announced in the Mirror several weeks ago that she
planned to retire. They’d recall things that happened
when she taught them in the first grade twenty or
more years ago. And that’s the sort of thing that
j;:j warns a teacher’s heart.
:jj: The last 23 years of Mrs. Smith’s career have
x been spent in the Gilmer schools. Before that, she
taught at Indian Rock for 16 years. She’s always
taught either the first or the fourth grade. She got
:!;• her bachelor’s degree at Huntsville from Sam Hous-
ton State and her master’s degree from East Texas
State University.
As to wihy teacher’s work is more demanding
•ij: nowadays, Mrs. Smith observes that, for one thing,
Mrs. Lillie Smith; left, and Mrs. Clarice Buie
hold their retirement gifts.—Mirror Photo.
there’s much more paper work—and they ikeep
changing it all the time.
Mrs. Hill has taught in all the grades aijid in
nearly every school in Upshur County—and all be-
cause she had an inspirational fourth grade tether.
All she ever wanted to do was to teach. But much as
she loves her profession, she finds the prospect of
retirement exciting.
One of the areas in which she has seen improve-
ment is the teacher-student relationship. Students
today feel free not only to question the teacheri but
to argue with her and even to correct her. And in
this kind of atmosphere, they learn more, Mrs.’ Hill
believes. She wouldn’t conside going back to t/he days
when the hickory stick was the major factor in the
relationship, and the student’s main feeling toward
See TEACHERS, page 12 *
Cook Foundation Grants
First $2,000 Scholarship
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ar Dead Remembrance\
Attracts Sunday Crowd
80
Upshur County’s fallen war
veterans in a Memorial Day
ceremony Sunday afternoon.
They heard the Rev. Wil-
fred Parker give an address
as he stood beside the vet-
erans’ monument on the
south side of the courthouse.
The Pittsburg Baptist As-
sociation district missionary
praised -those who keep the
memory of fallen heroes
alive.
He said that Israel as a
nation was commanded by
God to raise a stone to com-
memorate its history, and
after the Hebrews traveled
over Jordan Joshua caused
stones to be raised at Gilgal.
And there was never a
moment when Israel would
fail to remember her his-
tory, he added.
FIERCE LOYALTIES
No man who returned
from war can ever forget the
torn bodies, the tragedy of
war, the speaker said.
Though we are not a nation
of warlike people, we are a
nation of fierce loyalties
with citizens motivated by a
love of their families, their
homes and their freedom.
The Rev. Parker said he
was shocked the day he came
home from overseas to find
indifference and complacency
in the land toward the duties
and privileges of citizenship.
Of the war dead, he said,
“These mep knew no indif-
L,v. ference, to 'the cause of
* mi courage did not
■ -!ly. j^tyjjpants rati lied the
:i^Pswords oh war. You never
ftj heard frcrh their lips the
-Avi compromise, better red than
f EXERCISE CITIZENSHIP
He concluded by calling on
the ^audience to redidicate
.themselves to the exercise of
citizenship and to take their
places as defenders of free-
dom.
•Qommander J. H. Barrett
of the county’s World War I
Veterans led the pledge of
allegiance to the flag.
D. T. Loyd was master of
ceremonies. The ceremony
concluded with Jacqueline
Pilgrim playing taps, and
Jeanne Stephens playing the
echo.
fi: Mrs. Loro Craver recoils 36 years Mrs. Myrtle Lee Hill ends teaching ijitFlowers were presented to
‘iii kJ. m , I.. X; a number of parents, widows
in the classroom.—Mirror Photo. career after 45 years.—Mirror $ and other relatives of men
killed in American wars.
They were Mrs. Ida Davis,
j mother of Olen C. Davis;
Mrs. Viola Haney, wife of
John Quincy Green; Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Steelman, par-
ents of Elton Steelman; W.
H. Langford, son of Troy
Langford; Mrs. E. F. Patter-
son, sister of T. J. Atkin-
son; Mrs. M. A. Halyard,
mother of Clifford Halyard;
L. L. Berry, brother of Sid
Berry; Mrs. H. E. Pitman,
mother of Jesse Pitman;
Mrs. C. E. Bowden, sister of
Charles M. Turner; Mr. and
Mrs. Y. O. Hagler and Mrs.
Jack Forrester, parents and
A gathering of more than i sister of Clarence Hagler;
persons paid tribute to Mrs. Lealar Bryce, mother
and Mrs. Dewitt Hill, sister
$
of Newman Bryce; W. A.
Steelman, father of W. A.
Steelman Jr.; Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey Johnson, parents of
W. F. Johnson; Mrs. W. J".
Stringer, sister of John D.
Hill; Charlie Shirley, father
of Irvin Shirley; Mrs. Con-
nie Wilson, mother of Ennis
Porter; Jack Wilson, father-
in-law of John Paul Dal-
rymple. Mrs. Connie Wilson
placed a wreath on the
monument.
Gilmer Officer
Is En Route to
Viet Nam Duty
Capt. Manion Mathis is on
his way to Viet Nam by ship
for duty with the Army En-
gineers.
His wife and two children,
Mike and Kristie, have ar-
rived in Gilmer to live with
his mother, Mrs. Foy Mathis,
during the year he is sche-
duled to be overseas.
Captain Mathis is a gradu-
ate of Texas A&M. He served
a tour of duty with the Army
after his graduation, received
his discharge but in 1963 re-
entered the Army to make it
a career.
Rep. Beckworth's District Split;
Hinson Says Court May Nullify
Rep. George Hinson told
the Mirror by phone from
Austin Monday he “gravely
disapproves” the congres-
sional redistricting bill pass-
ed by the Texas House Sat-
urday night.
He said he thinks the plan
will be thrown out by the
federal court which ordered
the state to realign the dis-
tricts.
District 3 Slashed
Congressman L i n d 1 e y
Beckworth had the district
he now represents cut in
half, and the four counties of
Upshur, Gregg, Smith and
Van Zandt were attached
to most of the district now
held by Congressman Ray
Roberts northeast of here.
Other counties from Beck-
worth’s district were attach-
ed to the one now represent-
ed by Rep. Wright Patman.
It was Rep. Hinson who
called for a new conference
committee in a motion late
Saturday night. This vote
went down in defeat and was
the key vote in approval of
the new district alignment,
“There was no justice in
the manuevering in this ac-
tion. I welcome court rejec-
tion. For example, why
separate Wood from Upshur
County when including it
would not throw Dist. 1 or
4 out of population balance.
Other such inequities exist
throughout the state.
area variously described the | extreme southeast end to
shape of the new district as i Sherman-Denison in extreme
a monkey wrench or a boot.
State Rep. John Allen of
Longview was quoted by the
Associated Press in Austin as
saying the new district was
drawn as “a boot to boot out
Congressman Beckworth.”
Representative Hinson
pointed out the Roberts
would have an edge of 30,-
000 former constituents over
Beckworth if they run
against each other. Only Up-
shur, Smith, Gregg and Van
Zandt Counties are included
from Beckworth’s present
district.
Others he now represents
—Wood, Camp, Rusk, Pan-
ola and Shelby—would be
added to the district of Con-
gressman Wright Patman of
Texarkana. Patman’s new
district would almost sur-
round Upshur, Gregg and
Smith Counties, and he
would not have to run
against any incumbent Con-
gressman. And his district
includes such widely sepa-
rated points as Jacksonville
and Paris.
Longview To Sherman
Upshur County’s new dis-
trict would extend to Sher-
man and Bonham on the Red
River, and would include
Collin County (McKinney),
Hunt, Rockwall, Rains and
Kaufman Counties.
This new district would
northwest end.
Conservative Congressman
John Dowdy of Athens
would not face any present
congressmen for re-election,
Gov. John Connally is said
to favor the bill. A totally
new district was carved out
of South Texas to include
Gov. C o n n a 11 y’s home
county, Wilson. His brother,
state .Rep. Wayne Connally,
See CONGRESS, page 2
Legislative Districts
Put Upshur in Aikin's
Area; Adds Hopkins Co.
Present state represen-
tative district was en-
larged from three to four
counties in Legislative
redistricting. Rep. Hinson
reported that Hopkins
county was added to his
district of Wood, Upshur
and Camp.
And Mr. Hinson said he
understood that Upshur
County was attached to
the State Senatorial Dis-
trict now held by Sen.
A. M. Aikin of Paris and
taken out of its present
7th District which in-
cludes Gregg and Smith
Counties.
Baptist Church
School Slated
Vacation Bible School will
be held Monday through
Friday next week at the
First Baptist Church.
Sessions will begin at 8:30
and last until 11:30 for ages
4 through junior. Teen-
Time will be held at 6:30
p.m. Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday.
Gilmer Group Attends
Dallas Baptist Meeting
Attending the Southern
Baptist Convention in Dallas
this week from First Baptist
Church are the pastor, Dr. J.
I. Cartlidge and Mrs. Cart-
lidge; Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie
Marshall, Mrs. J. G. Daniels.
Mrs. Hollis Arnold and
Mrs. J. S. Denson attended
the convention music con-
ference Tuesday and Wed-
nesday.
Big Sandy High Teacher
Attends NTSU Institute
Arnold Z. Leavelle of Big
Sandy is one of 30 high
school teachers from eight
states who will begin a six-
week summer institute in
United States history Thurs-
day at North Texas State
University in Denton.
Paula Holmes,
Carolyn Hill
Get Honors
Janice Marie Steelman re-
ceived the first J. B. Cook
Foundation $2,000 scholar-
ship at Gilmer High School
graduation exercises Thurs-
day night. Diplomas went to
73 students and Dr. Jared
Cartlidge was speaker.
The Cook scholarship was
set up by Joe Berry Cook,
former Gilmer resident, to
help a worthy Upshur
County student attend col-
lege. The selection was made
by a committee of officials
from several county schools.
Janice lives with her sis-
ter, Mrs. M. O. Green, since
her parents are not living.
She plans to attend either
Kilgore or Tyler Junior Col-
lege and to complete her
education for a teaching
career at a 4-year college.
In high school she has
been an honor roll student
and a member of the Nation-
al Honor Society, captain of
the pep squad and a member
of the volleyball team.
HONOR STUDENTS
Paula Holmes, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Holmes,
was valedictorian and she
also won the history award
and the girls’ athletic award.
Carolyn Hill, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Hill,
was salutatorian and won
the Latin award and the
Captain Thomas Black chap-
ter DAR award.
Paula and Carolyn had
identical averages for their
senior year and their 4-year
competition could hardly
have been closer. Paula came
out ahead, 96.837 to 96.567.
Third ranking student was
anice Hill, whose average
Iras 96.052.
Dr. Jared I. Cartlidge,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, stressed in his com-
mencement address that the
students must go out into a
world not of their own
choosing—a world marred
by lawlessness, drunkenness,
materialism and war. This
world, he said, sometimes
seems to be more concerned
with machines than with
men.
TWO ATTITUDIES
The graduates have the
choice of two attitudes, he
said. They may say, “what’s
the use, I’ll never have a
chance.” Or they can face the
world bravely, with optimis-
tic enthusiasm.
Dr. Cartlidge recalled that
his generation, which heard
the sabre rattling of the
Kaiser of Germany, faced all
the same problems as today’s
graduate. Nor is the world
today much different than
the world of 15 or 25 years
ago, he went on.
Just as they inherit a
world they never made, Dr.
Cartlidge said, the class
members received names
they never chose.
“I trust your name is as
untarnished tonight as it was
the day it was presented to
you,” he said.
‘DO NOBLE DEEDS’
The names they bear in
See GILMER HIGH, page 2
PAULA HOLMES
. . . valedictorian
CAROLYN HILL
. . . salutatorian
*
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JANICE STEELMAN
. . . wins scholarship
Daily newspapers in this I extend from Longview in
CONGRESSIONAL re-districting bill, passed by
Legislature, puts Upshur County in a new District 4, at
southeast end. Shaded area is new district.
MEMORIAL DAY IN GILMER Sun-
day honored war dead of the county with
D. T. Loyd, left, master of ceremonies,
anid the Rev. Wilfred Parker, beside him,
delivering message. Taps were played
by Jacqueline Pilgrim and Jeanne
Stephens.—Mirror Photo.
May Rains
Measured at
8Y2 Inches
With 8V2 or more inches
recorded in most parts of
Upshur County during the
month of May, the ground
moisture here was in its best
condition in years for a
growing season.
And this brings to 24.10
inches the official rainfall
total for the year, as re-
corded by Charles Still,
near Gilmer, for the Weather
Bureau.
His May total was 8.46. A
year ago May rain was a
scant 1.22 and the year
closed with a dry 29.92
inches. So far this year the
county has received nearly
that much in five months.
And this past month was
nearly as much as that
which fell in May of 1957
and caused Little Cypress to
go out of its banks in a wide
area, particularly at Sand
Hill.
Swim Lessons
Begin Monday
At Park Pool
Coach Truett Rattan an-
nounced he would begin
swimming lessons at the Gil-
mer recreation pool in the
park next Monday. He will
operate the pool on a lease
basis. Lesson period is from
8 to 11 a.m. Regular swim-
ming is afterward.
The summer recreation
program begins at the Jun-
ior High gymnasium Mon-
day morning, also.
WINNSBORO RODEO
Winnsboro’s annual rodeo
will be held Thursday
through Saturday. There will
be a parade at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday and performances
nightly.
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