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DALLAS' COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER
IN ITS 71 YEAR —NO. 14
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1953
PRICE —TEN CENTS
Circling Around
with
CORINNE NEAL COOK
Eastern Dallas County is fast
becoming a beautiful residential
site. And, as we’ve pointed out
before, Mesquite is keeping pace
with developments.
Dallas County towns, realizing
that Big D is fast absorbing the
County’s prairies and cotton fields
of yesterday, have quickly annex-
ed as much of the desirable, high-
priced land as possible. These
towns have suddenly found them-
selves bordered on many sides by
the City of Dallas.
The unbelievable growth of the
•city, as well as the towns, is point-
ed out by Ben F. Tisinger, prom-
inent residential developer. His
latest project, St. Andrews Addi-
tion, a highly restricted resident-
ial area, spreads out into the
three cities of Mesquite, Garland
and Dallas.
St. Andrews, named for a town
in Scotland boasting the No. 1
Golf Club of the World, Tisinger
said, is a 1,300-acre U-shaped
tract, bordered on three sides by
the new Athletic Club Country
Club property.
St. Andrews Addition is plat-
ted for 2,000 houses, restricted to
brick or stone veneer, costing
$20,000 and up, with 18,000 sq.
ft. floor space to each house, Tis-
inger remarked.
The first section of the addi-
tion, surveyed and platted by
Phillips, Proctor & Bowers, Dal-
las consulting engineers and land
planners, on 70 acres located
along Barnes Bridge Road, will
contain 140 home sites. Other sec-
tions will be opened, probably ex-
tending over a five-year period, as
utilities are extended and de-
mand for housing in that area
increases.
Tisinger said that more than
balf of the homesites are one-
half acre to an acre in size and
are available to individuals or
builders, who contract to build
within a year.
Circular drives for beauty and
safety have been designed for this
choice residential project to pro-
vide with a bridal path for horse-
back riders to travel for miles
without crossing the arteries of
traffic.
The highly residential plot will
be without commercial and shop-
ping centers, but will be easily
accessible to several. In sight of
the Dallas sky-line and within
easy reach of Mesquite, Garland,
and Casa Linda, St. Andrews will
be near the new 3 5-acre Casa
View Shopping Center at Fergu-
son and Gus Thomasson Drive.
Casa View Hills, reported to be
the largest plot, filed in Dallas,
Tisinger said, was begun two and
a half years ago. Today there are
five hundred fifty-eight houses
completed.
The 37-acre shopping center, to
serve an expanded 12,000 home
residential area, was designed to
capture something of the Old
South. Antique brick (from Louis-
iana) with white iron trim and
canopies supported by iron posts
were chosen to add charm to the
commercial center.
The largest Wyatt’s Store in
Dallas is under construction, and
will soon be serving a vast area.
Other big stores have selected
sites.
The Casa V^ew Kindegarten
already has an enrollment of 125
children under ,the guidance of
Miss Betty Fickling, superintend-
ent.
Mr. Tisinger ^nvited us to drive
over his development projects. He
and his associates had taken 90
members of the Dallas Real
Estate Board i on a bus tour
through the /area last week,
“making a 3 3-mile drive from
Buckner Blvdl to Casa View
where 9 0 per Aent of the build-
ings had appealed in the last five
years.’?
He took us d >wn Garland Road,
turned left cn Juniper Lane,
where one and Dne-half houses are
being built daily by Rubley &
Lively. From there to Northwest
Highway and l Gaston Park. The
corner of Gascon Park is zoned
for business. Foxboro Company,
maker of precision parts, will be-
gin construction^ of its southwest-
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Local Community
Chest Fund Over
1953 Quota
Workers in the Mesquite appeal
for the 1953 campaign of the Dal
las County Community Chest have
gone over the top with $740 rais-
ed on a quota of $700.
The Mesquite report entitles
Jack Toby, chairman of the Mes-
quite appeal, to receive a Chest-er
statuette as the emblem of the
city’s success. Mesquite is a part
of the County Towns Division of
the 1953 Chest appeal.
Marvin D. Love of Dallas is
chairman of the nine-town divi-
sion. The report of the towns, the
first made since general solicita-
tion in the chest campaign start-
ed .September 14, was a part of
the first 1953 all-division report
meeting.
This combined report sent the
total pledges in the campaign to
$1,592,317 for 79 per cent of the
$2,020,5 70 campaign goal.
Also making a first report was
the Big Gifts Division, which
turned in $477,391 for 68 per
cent of a $698,589 quota.
In other division reports, Speci-
al Gifts had $524,260 for 92 per
cent of a $565,926 quota. Wom-
en's had $85,616 for 96 per cent
of an $89,45?) quota, Industrial
had $4*21,447 for 78 per cent of
a $541,245 quota and Commercial
had $77,103 for 65 per cent of a
$118,860 quota.
This report gives Greater Dallas
and the thousands of workers in
the campaign their first real in-
dication of progress in the cam-
paign. There have been reports of
single divisions and combinations
of as many as three divisions be-
fore, but no general report.
Workers of the six divisions
will come together again Friday
noon at the Baker Hotel Crystal
Ballroom for their second general
report meeting.
Tripp-Long Creek
P-TA Officers Named
The Tripp-Long Creek P-TA
met October 15 and named the
following officers to complete the
list for the year: Mrs. L. J. Cole-
man, first vice-president; Mrs. R.
S. Stewart, 2nd vice-president;
Mrs. Tom Lowrey, historian and
Mrs. Ethel Rogers, parliamentar-
ian.
Committees were appointed and
the program for the year discuss-
ed at the executive committee
meeting Monday. The next execu-
tive meeting will be November 2.
The P-TA will meet November
12, 2:30, at the school and the
second Thursday of each month
throughout the year.
This organization is sponsoring
the Halloween Fun Festival at the
school Friday, October 30, from
6 to 10 p.m.
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WOMAN’S CLUB MEETS
The Mesquite Woman’s Club
met Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Charles Hood, with
Mrs. John E. Davis as co-hostess.
In the short business meeting
presided over by Mrs. Wallace C.
Reilly, president, plans for a ba-
zaar-tea to be held at a future
date, were discussed.
Mrs. L. B. McLaran and Mrs.
Charles Hood gave a piano duet
of “Estelle,” by Frankie Carle,
for their personality skit.
Mrs. C. C. Dean introduced
Joyce Carter, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Carter, who sang “By
the Waters of Minnetanka,” by
Lieurance, accompanied by Mrs.
Hood. “I Love Life,” by Mana-
Zucca, was sung by Rachael
Smith, daughter of Mrs. Opal
Smith, accompanied by Mrs. Mc-
Laran.
To conclude the program Mrs.
C. C. Dean gave a delightful re-
view of Louise Baker’s “Out On
A Limb.”
The hostesses served a delicious
tea plate to twenty members and
one guest, Mrs. Virgil Dean.
Religious Program
To Close State Fair
The complete program for the
third annual Cotton Bowl Relig-
ious Festival on the final eve-
ning of the 1953 State Fair of
Texas has been announced by R.
L. Thornton, president of the fair.
The festival will be held at 8
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. As usual the
gate admission charge to the fair-
grounds will be removed several
hours before the festival begins.
Theo P. Beasley, who recently
received national recognition as a
prominent Christian layman, has
been named chairman of the festi-
val. He* will work with the various
groups participating in the religi-
ous observance and will preside
over the festival.
The Rev. Dr. Edward L. R.
Elson, pastor of the church at-
tended by President and Mrs.
Eisenhower, will be the speaker!
Dr. Elson has been pastor since
1946 of the National Presbyterian
Church in Washington, D. C.
A 55 0-voice choir directed by
Glen Johnson, minister of music
for the First Methodist Church in
Dallas, will be a feature' of the
huge festival. The a ca'ppella choir
from Baylor University also wil1
be heard as the guest choir. The
State Salvation Army Band wil)
Play.
Also on the program will be the
Rev. Ernest C. Estell, pastor of
the St. John’s Baptist Church of
Dallas, delivering the invocation;
Dr. W. R. White, president of
Baylor University, giving the
Scripture reading and the Lord’s
Prayer, and Dr. Robert E. Good-
rich, Jr., pastor of Dallas’' First
Methodist Church, delivering the
benediction.
Fire Destroys
Seagoville Gin
Early Saturday morning the
Seagoville gin was completely de-
stroyed by fire. Damage was esti-
mated at $40,000 to $50,000. The
alarm was sounded by Ivory
Mathis, nightwatchman. The gin
had closed for the night about
5:30 a.m.
The gin, owned by Swift & Co.,
had been operating day and night
ginning one of the largest crops
in years, according to R. L. Rand-
erson, manager of the gin. All the
gin machinery was ruined, the
main building destroyed and
twenty-five bales of cotton damr-
aged, he said.
Seagoville has only the North
Texas Gin now in operation. Both
gins had been handling the extra
load from Ferris and Lancaster
since the Lancaster gin burned
last month.
Last Rites For
Calvin Ferguson
Calvin Thomas Ferguson of
Mesquite, died Friday in a Dallas
hospital folowing a long illness.
He was a 27-year employee of
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Funeral services were held Mon-
day, 2 p.m., at the Hickory Tree
Baptist Church. The Rev. Arthur
Freeman, Rev. J. E. Sherrill and
Rev. Preston Stuart officiated.
Mr. Ferguson was born in Bos-
que County October 2 3, 1903.
Most of his life was spent in Dal-
las and Dallas County.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Katie Ferguson; a son, Joe Barry
Ferguson, Route 1, Mesquite;
mother, Mrs. Amy Ferguson, and
brother, Walter Ferguson, both of
Dallas.
The funeral was under the dir-
ection of Anderson-Clayton Bros.
Burial was in Grove Hill. Em-
ployees of Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company were pallbearers.
200 Membership
Cards Available
The Mesquite Chamber of Com-
merce has received from the East
Fork Water Association 200 mem-
bership cards which are to be sold
in the Mesquite area for $2.00
each. >
All ten towns in the new North
Texas Municipal Water District
were given an allotment of these
membership cards, based upon the
population of each of the ten
towns.
It is stated that funds obtained
from the sale of these membership
cards in the East Fork Water
Association will be used to adver-
tise the entire area and promote a
greater spirit of co-operation,
prior to the date of December 5,
when all the towns, including
Mesquite, will vote on the project
of qualifying each of the towns to
purchase water from Lavon.
People who buy these cards
at $2.00 each will become
members of the East Fork Water
Association, which organization
has for several years fostered,
promoted and finally been instru- J
mental in obtaining the long
needed water reservoir created by
the completion of the great Lavon
Dam, near Wylie.
Last Rites Held For
Mrs. Irene Guynes
Mrs. Irene Guynes, 88, died
Monday at her home in Mesquite.
Funeral services were held Tues-
day, 4 p.m., at the First Baptist
Church. The Rev. L. M. Huff of-
ficiated.
A resident of Mesquite since
1915, Mrs. Guynes had lived in
Texas since she was nine years
old. She was married to the late
Henry Madison Guynes in Cran-
dall. She had been a member of
the First Baptist Church for
thirty-eight years.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Minnie Williams and
Mrs. Lottie Whitley, Mesquite- a
son, Alton Guynes of Shreveport;
fifteen grandchildren; twenty-two
great-grandchildren.
Burial was in the Long Creek
Cemetery with McCullough in
charge of arrangements. Pall-
bearers were David Guynes, Elzie
Whitley, Jr., Billy Edgar Guynes,
Elmer Wayne Guynes, Horace
Allen Guynes and Henry C. Guy-
nes.
Open House For
Macon-Holcomb Sun.
The management of the Macon-
Holcomb Funeral Home, located
at 8142 Lake June Road, Pleasant
Grove, announce, Open House to
be held SundAy, October 25, from
2 till 6 p.m.
Mr. Holcomb, a former resident
of Mesquite, a member of the firm
and a progressive citizen of the
area, has just cause to be proud
of the modern funeral home he
will be happy to show to his
friends Sunday.
“Skeeters” Lost Third Straight Game
To Weatherford By Score Of 69 To 0
FREE SHOW FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
All Mesquite school children
will be admitted free at the Texan
Theatre Saturday for a special
show at 10 a.m., Mr. and Mrs. L.
F. White announced this week.
A space serial will be included
with the special showing and free
prizes will be given. Doors will
open at 9:30. •'
Friday night at Weatherford
the Mesquite Skeeters tackled the
Weatherford Kangaroos — rated
one of the best six AA football
squads in the state and in a
courageous fight, lost 69 to 0.
The game, as with Terrell and
Van, had been matched for the
Skeeters by former head coach
Bob Porter. All three of these
teams were much heavier and con-
sisted of players who had much
more experience than Mesquite.
At every game one could tell the
great difference before a first
quarter could be played.
There were hundreds of compli-
ments upon the' Skeeters’ courage
and the good fighting spirit they
retained after each of these games
which would have all but crushed
any bunch of kids if they had not
been Mesquite Skeeters.
Yes, they made mistakes, cost-
ly ones too. But there are always
some mistakes made by even the
big college and professional play-
ers. So, be proud these kids had
the “guts” to go out there three
successive weeks against three of
the best six AA teams in the
state, one of them State Cham-
pions last year. And be thankful
they finished the three contests
and can still have players able to
keep on fighting for all the four
conference games against Carroll-
ton, Seagoville, Lancaster, and
Hillcrest.
The first one of these contests
is against Carrollton, here, Thurs-
day night, just after The Mesquit-
er is printed and results will be
printed next week.
The Quarterback Club has stay-
ed in and supported the team in a
wonderful way, chartering a
special commercial line bus for
the team to Van and also to
Weatherford. Thirty-five fans
bought tickets also to Van for a
special bus and all this helped the
kids in their battles against such
great odds.
By a number who saw the
Weatherford game, several of the
Skeeters were named outstanding
in their efforts to prevent the on-
slaught.
The statistics below show an
equal amount of yards lost on
penalties by both teams and per-
centage-wise is not too one-sided,
except on net yards* passing.
Mes. Wea.
First downs ..... 5
Net yards rushing ........ 68
Net yards passing ........ 44
Passes attempted ........ 4
Passes completed ........ 3
Passes intercepted by
Number of punts.......... 8
Punting average .......... 25
Ball lost on fumbles
Yards lost on penalties 40
Let’s Keep up courage and hope
for the victories during the four
conference games to come. They
are the games that count most.
Services Monday
For T. C. Burnett
T. C. Burnett, 51, former presi-
dent of the Grove State Bank,
died Saturday morning at his
home, 8311 Forest Hills. Burnett
had resigned last January because
of ill health.
A pioneer in developing the
Pleasant Grove area, he owned
two lumber companies there and
built many homes. Burnett was
born in Wills Point and moved to
Dallas when he was a young man.
He was a member of the Lakeview
Christian Church.
Funeral services were held Mon-
day, 2 p.m., at the Pleasant Grove
Christian Church. The Rev. Ken-
neth Hay and the Rev. A. A.
Harmon officiated.
Pallbearers were W. O. Lamin-
ack. A. W. Martin, S. D. Sprinkle,
J. B. Smith, Dale Douglas, and J.
C. Murdoch. Interment was in
Grove Hill with Macon-Holcomb
in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Ruby Burnett; two sons, Joe Bill
and John Burnett, of the U. S.
Navy; father, S. C. Burnett; sister
Mrs. T. O. Mashburn, both of Dal-
las.
C. J. Griggs Is Employed By Council
As New City Manager Of Mesquite
The Mesquite City Council has
employed C. J. Griggs as Mes-
quite’s new city manage):, to as-
sume duties Monday, Oct. 2 6th.
Mr. Griggs is thirty-five years
of age, married and has four
children. At present he resides at
1600 Lakeside, Garland, and
comes to the city managership
with eleven years experience in
Galipp Infant
Buried Monday
Chapel services were held Mon-
day, 10 a:m., at Anderson-Clayton
Bros, for Bobbie Jean Galipp, in-
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold E. Galipp, Route 1, Mes-
quite. The Rev. Maurice Barnett
and Rev. Arthur Freeman offi-
ciated.
Survivors other than the par-
ents include grandmother, Mrs.
W. L. Galipp, Route 1, Mesquite;
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Etier of Carrollton, and several
aunts and uncles.
Interment was in the Mesquite
Cemetery.
Dr. Caillet Speaks
To P-TA Tuesday
“Parents Till the Soil” was the
subject of Dr. O. Rene Caillet’s
message to the Parent-Teachers
Association Tuesday afternoon.
He compared the child with vari-
ous types of soil and stressed the
importance of directing them
along the right furrows. In closing
he said “we must have faith to
live by, self to live with and
courage or purpose to live for.”
Mrs. L. G. Brown introduced
the. speaker. The invocation was
given by the Rev. L. M. Huff.
Mrs. T. H. McDonald gave the
history and achievements of the
Texas P-TA Congress. The stage,
decorated with autumn leaves and
flowers, featured a birthday cake
with candles, lighted by Patricia
Dodson and Dorothy Weatherford.
The candles represented the Na-
tional, State, District, County
Council and local past presidents
including Mmes. Louis Hodges,
Sam Ezell, Jr., Earl Francis, Bill
Orr, and I. E. Miertschin.
various phases of work with mun-
icipalities and city government
work.
He holds a civil engineer’s de-
gree from Texas Technological
College of Lubbock. For four
years he was a captain in the U. S.
Engineering Corps. Since 1950 he
has been employed at Engineering
Laboratory in Garland. From
1947 to April 1950 he was em-
ployed in the Engineering Depart-
ment of the City of Lubbock.
“References and recommenda-
tions from former employers were
entirely satisfactory,” stated a
member of the Mesquite Council.
Mr. and Mrs. Grigg’s religious?
affiliation is with the Methodist
Church and they plan to establish
their home here within a short
period of time.
Beef For Lavon Barbecue
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Halloween Festival At
Tripp-Long Creek
School October 30
The Tripp-Long Creek P-TA is
sponsoring a Halloween Fun Fes-
tival at the school Friday evening,
October 30, from 6 to 10 p.m.
Proceeds from the Festival will
purchase playground equipment
for the school.
- Prizes for the fun fest are be-
ing donated by Mesquite merch-
ants. Door prizes and a prize for
the best costume will be awarded,
it was announced. All children are
urged to wear costumes to the af-
fair.
Games, a country store, food,
fortune telling and a grab bag
will provide the entertainment.
Outside lights will be installed
for the occasion and Monroe
Anderson, constable of Sunnyvale,
will be on hand to keep the gob-
lins under control.
Miller's Cafe Is
Being Remodeled
Work began Tuesday on the
construction of the new front of
the building occupied by the Mill-
er Cafe at 102 East Main, and
owned by David Tosch. It will be
finished in ranch stone and plas-
ter and when completed, will be
modern and attractive.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller and Mr3.
Tress Johnson, owners and oper-
ators of Miller’s Cafe, are having
the interior of the building re-
finished and installing new fix-
tures, new asphalt floors, and re-
arranging to accommodate about
80 people.
A new circular booth for eight
people and five sections of booths
for four people each will be in-
stalled. Other minor new features
will add to the comfort and con-
vience of their customers.
There will be plenty of beef for
the barbecue at the Lavon Dam
and Reservoir dedication October
27th, C. Truett Smith, president
of the East Fork Association.
William Morrlss of Dallas, Ben
Jackson of Garland, and Paul
Hardin, Association Manager, look
over beef steers to be used in the
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Services Monday For
Mrs. Mary Beach
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
W. Beach were held Monday, 2
p.m., at Anderson-Clayton Bros.
Chapel. The Rev. Maurice Barnett
and Rev. Joseph A. Slicker offi-
ciated.
Mrs. Beach was born in Ger-
many and came to Texas when she
was six years of age. She had
lived in Dallas County since that
time.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Mary Bohannon, Peavy Road; two
sons, Walter Beach, Sr., Peavy
Road, and S. N. Beach of Terrell;
eight grand children and eleven
great-grandchildren. .
Pallbearers were Edward, Her-
schel and Tommy Bohannon, Har
lan, Charles and Walter Beach,
Jr. Interment Was in the Pleasant
Mound Cemetery.
barbecue. Steers have been donat-
ed by Jackson & Newman Ranch
of Garland, William Morriss of
Dallas, Lloyd M. Bentsen who
ranches on the East Fork Chan-
nel, Ed Coyle of Royce City, and
W. C. Jackson, Jr., with the First
Southwest Company of Dallas.
Food for thousands will be the
occasion on the west end of the
Lavon Dam. See the gate closing
ceremony which will begin im-
pounding water for flood control
and for use by the North Texas
Municipal Water District.
It will be a dream come true
for the stout hearted men of the
East Fork Valley who through the
past four years have worked tire-
lessly to see that there were no
delays unnecessary in completing
Lake Lavon. The East Fork Asso-
ciation organized for the purpose
of developing Lake Lavon and all
its potentials will be host to the
entire East Fork Watershed with
a barbecue and all the trimmings.
The barbecue gets under way'at
4:30 p.m. with music starting at
6:10 p.m. and the actual program
beginning at 6:30 p.m. There will
be no charge for.any of the activi-
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Mesquite Firemen
Place In Pump Races
Six men from the Mesquite
Volunteer Fire Department took
4th place in the pump races held
Sunday at the State Fair in ob-
servance of North Texas Fire-
men’s Day.
The team composed of Jack
Farley, Angus Latham, James
Lewis, Charles McCallum, Chaney
Miller and John McDaniel hook-
ed the 100 feet of hose to the
hydrant in 21.1 seconds.
Garland placed first with 20.1
seconds. Other winners were
Cedar Hill, second, and Arlington,
third. Twenty-three teams were
entered in the contest, Fire Chief
McDaniel said.
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Paul Figg To
Address Lions Club
Paul Figg, Regional Director of
Civil Service Commission, from
Dallas, will speak to the Mesquite
Lions Club at its noon meeting
Tuesday at the First Christian
Church.
Joe M. Tosch, who is in charge
of the program, will introduce Mr.
Figg His topic will be “The Civil
Service Commission Today.”
Lions are to meet Tuesday af-
ternoon to build booths and make
final arrangements for the Hallo-
ween Carnival to be held on the
square October 31st, president
Truett Crump announced. ‘ "/
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