The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1953 Page: 1 of 12
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Casualty Count
FOR WOOD COUNTY
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MINEOLA, TEXAS, THURSDAY. JANUARY 8. 1953
Pay Your Poll Tax
BEFORE JAN. 31. 1953
QUALIFY AS A VOTER IN 11)133
TEN PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
Winning Pact Against Polio
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I
Sheriff Arrests
Teen-Age Youths
lor Auio Theft
Sherd f Idas Robinson and
deputies this wee!, arr-shd two
youths unci rc/cvcn tv. o stolen
automobiles whi. !; Pad. been
brought into the county ami
sold. Jim Rhodes ot Winnsboro
find Bill Collenger ot Dallas,
teen-age boys, were released
into the custody ot Van Zandt
officers on charges of theft.
The Wood County sheriff re-
covered a 1951 Buiek stolen in
McKinney and a 1950 Ford
stolen in Dallas. The youths also
admitted stealing si.v.mms. .sev-
er- 1 ike ■ i. i. !t,j hing
which was recovered near
Winnsboro.
iOan Shows
gifts
igfl
'to.
Body of Hawkins
Soldier Returned
Mineola Men Purchase
P
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or buna: mwvA
in a
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Home 1
Record Grow?
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Enthusiastic March of Dunes volunteer are Peter Brickfield, nine, and
his three-year-old sister Joan. Rrooklyr N. Y. Both are winning a come
back race against crippling after-rffe" cf polio. The 1053 March of
^imes campaign continues to: entire-ontli cf January. Give today!
J
Local Postofiice Barel)
Misses First Class Status
Duriii" Pasl
Tile Mineola i-'edm
& Loon A.woeii:Iior
find liabilities t"tah
628.99 in its .Gut: mi:•
di’ion at t ii" close i
Dee. Ml. in ,:.:. Thi; re:
iiwreiu; • cf $‘’62,217.::
previous year.
Tb - li; ,1 i! if j, ,, :
mortgage loan;: a.,d
lien.: on real
v
5 car
i‘2.m i;;
'll1 n
a ;■ Hi
TOPS IN HER CLASS-
N.uned the nation’s most beauti-
ful schoolteacher in a nation-
wide contest, lovely Mrs. Nell
Owen of Dallas, Tex., grades
papers of her students who sent
her picture in for judging. She
won the prize which is an all-
expense trip to Hollywood.
George A. Cage
Buried Wednesday
Dalla;
Rites
IIAWKINS. .fj.! I
of a Wood Ceantv ’
Lieutenant Thomas
of Hawkins, has a:
from Kcuea.
T.t. Burton was
Oct. IS, 5952, in com
angle Hilt.
Funeral services will !>< he'd
Sunday afternoon, Jan. 1"-. at 2
o’clock at 1)v ME. Zdoti Bnntisi
Church near Hawkins. r.w!
burial will be made the next
day at Bren ham.
Lt. Bur! on was born March M,
1930. at Branham. and lm lived
in North Carolina and Maryland
where his father. T. []. r.’rton.
taught school before moving to
East Texas. He grad
1947 from Hawkins
High Belie,!)! v/kew i,f. ,si; rred in
basketball and tennis. He gradu-
ated from Parin' View College
as a pre-medical student, in 1951,
and while in school was a ten-
nis champion. He was commix-
soinc-d a Second li'-uteuant in
June of 1951 while working on
a master’s degree in biology. He
went overseas in June of 1952.
Beside his mother and fa*her.
T.t. Burton is :.iuVve$ ly a
brother, I.<. Janie., Edgar Bur-
Ien. who e ••■oi! ed the he-dy jiiiinp
from Korea.
Two Mineola businessmen,
Tom Ca st leu and R. C. Luken-
ijiil, this week purchased the
Mineola j.-roperty of the Cum-
mer-Graham Company which
for forty-four years operated a time
be...ket factory here. The pur-
chase included the real estate,
all buildings and equipment.
"The property will be develop-
ed,” Mr. Castloo said, “'and we
hope to put something there
that will benefit Mineola.”
Immediate plans call for clear-
ing tire around and opening
Graham Street through to the
i .abroad tracks. The clearing
Colored work already is under way.
Tentative plans have been
made for ;• business enterprise
on part of the property and
negotiations already are under
way for the part east of Gra-
ham.
■ H we land what we have in
mind,” Mr. Castloo said, “the
payroll will more than offset
that lost by the box factory.”
The equipment p u r c h a sod
from Cummer-Graham includes
two boilers, a sprinkler system,
clock and lumber thn1
T
also is served by a rail spur.
The property has a Broad
Street frontage of a21 feet; how-
ever. Cummer-Graham had been
using an additional 120 feet
that belonged to Graham and
could be used in se tting up al - Wigley Streets. The new owners
most any kind of small mar.u- plan to open Graham and pro-
facturing plant. The property bably Wigley.
First
bow d ini
d ot.ler fir f
,; i f - totaling
$2,120,072.40. This is an increase
Of $023,809.40 over 1951.
D. »S. Armstrong, president,
said the institution’?; record
growth reflected the growth of
the community, and he nrediet-
The Mineolu post-office missed i hi believed that growth would ed continued expansion for 1953.
^Tst class status by $2,000 on continue duing the coming year. ----------o-
ip basis of 1052 postage sales. Fist class status would probably
•ostmaster D. S. f.ankford re- j men additional help that would
Vim (UiovriHcl
vealcci this week. Postage sales
during the year totaled $37.-
926.28, which is $2,073.72 short
of the $40,000 volume needed to
qualify for first class.
Several business firms offered
to buy heavily on .stumps to-
viard the end of the year in
*der to push the total receipts
over the $40,000-mark, but the
Postmaster said he preferred to
make it on normal business, and
he predicted that 1053 sales
would put tiie office in the lirst
class bracket.
Stamp sales in 1952 showed an
increase of about $4,500 over
mag possible increased service.
Tin' Mineola office showed in-
crexses for 1952 in money order
•sals, which are not included
in jastage sales, and in the sale
of nicls; however, postal sav-
ing showed a decline.
“Host of the money with-
draw from postal savings went
into the purchase of homes,”
t he Postmaster said.
Eirod for postal savings,
1952 was the biggest year the
Minnla postofficc has ever had:
j howevr, 1953 is expected to set
still ..lore records, and the goal
•>f ti. Postmaster and all em-
Cc'T'.c Alpii Cave, 37. died
Tuesday morning in a Dallas
hospital where he had been ill
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock at I Ik1 Central Lutheran
Church in Dallas with the Rev.
John R. Hamilton, pastor, offi-
ciating, and burial followed in
the Grow Hill Cemetery in Dal-
las.
Mr. Cage lived most
life in Mineola and attended
school here. During World War Company.
71 lie served with the army in For the 1953 market
the European Theatre, and since bodies haw b< «-n coup
! he war he has been employed
as a railroad man, living in
Dallas the last five years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
The Rav Watts Motor Com- Vini;i K Cage, and one son.
puny will show the 1953 model Whilom George Cage, both of
Buiek ili Mineola Friday, Jan. 9. Dallas; his parents, Mr. and
Four-door sedans will he Mrs. Jack Cage of Mineola: one
shown in the Road master and brother. Harry L. Cage of Dal-
Super series and a Riviera will Ms: and one sister. Mrs. Lloyd
be displayed in the Special Jensen of Texarkana,
scries. Mr Watts said today. -------------—0---------
Osi DLspby FH?by
A? Of ho MnJor Co,
The 1953 mociol Chevrolet will
of his go on display hero Eridav mr"'"-
ing. Jan. 9. at the OHio Motor
n.ia.ny.
or the 1953 market ’hcvr ■’ u,
! (> 1 y rr -
Ray Walts alotUirs
lb Display ru4
Buiek This Week
and tlu postmaster said 1 ployt, is first class rating.
lJew Congressional
District Planned
In East Texas Area
Buiek publicity describes the
1953 model as the “greatest
Buiek in fifty great years.”
Features include the “world's
newest V-8 engine, ' forty per
cent increase in engine horse-
power tier pound with up to 183
horsepower, compression ratio
of 8.5 to one, a muffler with
^ . T wo power loss, new twin-tur-
( tounty Tax Co ec. l • bine Dynafiow drive which
A. Di. iU iias announced he
will bi :n Mineola Wednesday,
Jan. 21. f0r f]lc purpose of col-
Tax Collector
To He in Mineola
Wednesday, Jan. 21
A* plan to weld 11 to 16 rural
East Texas counties into a new ... u nit, ----V" makes quicker and quiet-r get-
congress’onal district is being will !> :n Mineola Wednesday, Q now br(>akil,„ rov.,M. ' (
readied for the Legislature. Jan. 2: f0r tlic purpose of col- j j' - . ‘ / ,.......
.Re)). Charles Hancock of l^oUng >.:atc and county taxes «.Thesc add()(] i^.pures mak-
fjfccogdoches. a newcomer, aid Jiur month. He will bo BuU,k on(, ol ,)n
tofiav he will introduce a i lan ,,('ated$ the firemen s room ol (1 , f0(nu;-M|- ivatH end
in extending a public invitation
to form a new congressional tll(‘ CA> hull,
district comprising Sabine. San Ue "il h(> at the city hall in
Augustine, Jasper. Newton. Tv- Wmnsbory jan. 19 and 20. at
ler. Angelina. Shelby. Panola. J ;11’ cltv hall in Hawkins Jan.
Cherokee. Nacogdoches. Polk ““ and q Qalyean s Grocciv ia
and possibly Liberty. Rusk. liar- Jar.. ^
rison, Henderson and Anderson
counties.
/ ----o
Io the showing Frida;
Poll taxc;
Suuer VhIhh Dbv
Draws Big Crowds
Mh'ral.w f!r.st Dgr .
Mercury Climbs
To 75 Here Tuesday
State
come
Summertime weather enntinu
od in East Texas Thuwsda
Friday was expected in be cool-
er, according to weather fore-
casters.
Tuesday was the warmest dav
«ff 1953 in Mineola. The :u*t-
cury soared iep to 75 degrees
and short sleeves were common.
Some places had fans and eool-
ing systems turned on. Parts ot
East Texas may get diowers thus afternoor
week-end the Weather Bureau The in|
said.
may be paid duiing
Ja nuary Tax cNiector re-
iiiindetl. prjji jaX payments mav Day ol 1953 attn
>»« matt in ‘ Mineola at the crowds to town
!.’evne-t;insurance Co. Most of the Buper ’
t”Hugh Primal in Hawk- did a brisk mm-nine
ins. O. W eraddock in Winns- trade continued sh
boro or rr’||u. tax collector's the a 1:••mo >a. Two
but il! Yiitman ’
county taxes bc-
cl,vll;FU,nf after Jam 31.
(YoslAy I'ijriivan
1 o l!(l II,.,.,. 'Tuesday
Texaco Takes Lease
On I^ott Station
Quinton Hearn, local Texaco
distributor, has leased the W.
E. i off Service Station at the
corner of East Broad and Pac-
ific
The station will be remodeled
and opened Jan 15 as a Texaco
station under the management
of Merrill Pcppeard. The station
formerly handled Magnolia pro-
ducts.
Mr. Pcppeard has been on
nclivi duty with the National
Guard for the last several years
as caretaker of the Company B.
148th Armored Infantry Batal-
hon. installation here. He has
resigned this post, but will con-
tinue as a member of the Guard.
designed, su
cal ri' a er.
cr '.'isorl p.i
lid Ofljo McK:n
“Ail 1
iwer. with m
y lo-
e .’■■-
neeial
emnhasis o:
l a new rower
train
that inehirh
•s a nov e.ngiii'
. .., u
improved ;
mt mat; • tre.n
smis-
sion. h• ')••!
•formance. in i
cono-
my. in c!rivi
ing ar.d ■•idin" :
p.i l;-
ties, ext' ri;
ir auc’ inlerioi
a )-
uoi pi' merits,
m o (I els
i.i:e Iat-'St Che
reiire.seni inipi
violet
irtu.nl
aulomot ive
progress.”
O: ho M
ofor Ceimpany
wi’l
have on cl
lisp] IV sevei-d
hi id v
styles, inch
Be! A'r M1
aling a e:i • i>
vs. credit• d v. 11
1 U
h b< -
lug tiie mi
• .!. luxurious )'
lod oR
in Chevrol,
at nlstory. Tin
;> R i
Air. produr
ecl in two : nd
iour-
door sedan
s, a cmiGstibU
' and
SO'-'-j (•• op,
i. the BN Ai-
s a re
included. >n
Fisher body
toe choice 'd si
: ypes. Ot i-.or p;
xi eer
is •■.'li-
ger ear ser
ies are di signal
ed as
the “Tv o-T
en ' pod “One-I
Ufty."
A new 1
1 ii-horvpow'T
■ niiu'
Marne” en
vine and a r;
.‘tim'd
Powerglide
automau1 car
ism is -
.GO!l li •
opirat big
piek-u i ;ir
The so'-cai]
ailier dw g
ec'.;u’: iv e.nd
i featurrs for
• .1 “st .! •.i:ircl" i
1:! ;V 1.
'UgilT'
also moves
up i.o 1 ‘18 horse!
a gain ol
17.1 i ■•('!• cent
OW'f
National
'Malemtinf. Shows
gum'ssfuj Year
The First National Bank of
Minoolo increased its capital
and surplus bv $12,431 during
1952; however, deposits declined
$194 837 from the previous year.
At the close of business on
Dec. 31. 1952. the bank had
a sets and liabilities totaling
$3,991,364.71 and deposits m 3.-
034.14 2.56 The bank’s rapi, 1
and surplus is now up to $254.-
912 15. Anofli'T indication of a
su'cessful year’s opeartion is the
Ig.only i>; *■ cent dividend paid
to sleekhi ld«’rs. Bank employees
a’ o v.ere erren a month’s salary
as a Christmas bonus.
Tig' bank’s condensed state-
ment appears r-lsewhere in to-
day's Monitor.
—o~—-—
Woman Editor
Reopens Weekly
Padlocked by Agent
Mrs. Mary D. Cain, whose
\vc' Idy newspaper at Summit,
Miss., was padlocked by the gov-
ernment alter she refused to
pay Social Security taxes on
herself, reopened her plant
Tuesday with a hacksaw.
The attractive middle-aged
editor said she would go to jail
lA?X
ROCKET BREAKS PACKET BARRIER—With landing gem
still dangling iike the legs of a bird in lliglo, the experimental
rocket plane, XF-91, roars up to crash through the sonic bun a r.
A 5200-pound thrust turbojet engine whips tlie ship <i >se to Go
speed of sound and a 6'10C-pound rocket engine ram; d past fne
sonic wall. Able to overtake any high-speed bomber, the XF-31
provides the Air Force with a topr.oteh interceptor plane.
Ike Turns Allen lion
To Domestic Problems
PrcsHdent-F'. 1 e c l I
buckled down to dom
loins Thursday liavin
with Prime Minis;« i
t.im“ clays, the c'mrse of
open to leaders of a fre?
in an uneasy peace.
The 62-year-old Kan.sin
will become president in
more days, and 78-vi
British statesman, wlu
reached late evening |i
astonishing career, sat cld#
gether in a private roc
more than an hour last
It was their third in
conference since Charen
Passes Dee. 22nd
Mrs. Ada Blaylock Penn.
dnower '
rived in
eoun
try Monday.
pron-
Tim two
lllDV
“d (,'i
1 alone in*.'-
n.lored
a private
rooi
n onb
10 minutes
/ ins’ on
a! tv-r Eisis
iver h;
d arrivei! at
it var-
the iiome
Bern
arc! Baruch,
actior.
* .U:' l! (*! iiij :
S Ni
•w Vo:
rk host. Dis-
world
tinguished
1 gui
gsts- i
iu hiding lh"
Duke and
I)u<
dicss i
in Windsor
n. w 1; o
left them
aloi
;e.
eleven
—o
■ar-old
j has
C ham be r
Begins
in his
Muni her ,s1dp
Drive
mi for
Tie Ci
her o
Commerce
nigiit.
members!;
i i j;
drive
i oinmit tee
form al
11...! i, i e
r's Cr
ile Thursday
i11 ar-
morning
ccio'e
and ins; ra-
ctior.s lg
if )!*('
star
ting out on
1,
the di ivr
Ior
this y
■ u.r s budget.
The Chro
nb«‘;
r is t
ryir.g to in-
crease ii.s
budget t
o $ 10.t)4a t o;
the comii
ig y
ear. T
his is an in-
before paying the $42 in back djed Monday. Dee. 22. at
taxes, which she called “un-
American. unconstitutional and
immoral.”
home of her daughter, Mrs. W2-
lie Blake, in the Redland com-
munity and burial was made in
She mailed tile padlock, chain jj-,,, (gentry Cemeter;
1952.
our
Truman Warns Russians of
Grim Threat of //- Bomb
na-
The C|os;,, Caravan will be
•at Pegut’K Hiij. Furniture Store
on South! Paclfic strect Tuesday
’Iif. f3.
.^sthig display, car-
sales running in coma <•!i• • m with
Signer Value Day.
This ueek’s Record \« ,s me.11.• 1
to more then 6.("HI homes in
this area :uiv< rtishiu t h • monl h -
ly bargain event.
An amateur shoplifter was ep-
prenhended at one store; how-
ever. no arrest was made and
no charges were filed. The store
management believed the wo-
man did not come to the store
with the intention of stealing
Mrs. II. H. Carrawav
breaks Arm in Fall
Mrs. R. H. Carrawav. wife of
the Monitor publisher, fell at
her home at 419 West Blair
V,Wednesday night at about 10
o|11oek and broke both bones in
l^^ JWrist. After treatment
MpriMcjil Ccntei^^pital she
eji^Ltcd home
cl in |ong van. sho"-s anvthmg but. rather, was in
an old-lilshi^ type kitchen
and as
home pc
she chan
lluenccd by the rush.
voice of Crosley’s ,,
IG, describes lw.v Heari„g. Sdiedulf',!
mutlerii ‘J* tm!iicvUappli“llcc ()n Wo«tl DisfOVOi'V
lh0 old automatically
President Truman gravely told
Russian Premier Joseph Stalin
Wednesday that the new hydro-
gen superbomb has given th<'
United Slates power to "ruin”
the Soviet Union.
But. the chief executive warn-
ed in his farewell State of the
Union message to Congress, t lie
Ru-sians would not be the only added, "we cannot m
•■■ul feresr it the cold war should deep-rooted are the
i xnaiul into an all-out. atomic illusions about us.”
conflii-t.
"War today between the Soviet
Empire and the free 'nations
might dig the grave not only of
our Stalinist opponent, but ol
He made it grunh
I he State of ; 11 e I’ll
t i ,0 v. lake wori'l lor 1
is tied, to atomic sei
lie said, has adrra
our exp'-e' at ions.”
Whetlier this prog:
ed into paa.eeful or
ehanneis. Mr. Trim;
pends mainly on Ru>
atl-r.
and seal which a revenue agent
igi'l atiai her! to her paper’s door
to James L. Enochs, internal
revenue director in Jackson
Sbe dared him to have her
thrown out of the plant and
said that otherwise the Summit
Sun “will go out as usual” on
Thursday.
“I’m fighting mad and al-
though I’m really sick with a
fever Urn determined to fight
this lhing to a finish,” she said.
'Tm thinking about getting' me
a shotgun just in ease the Ges-
tapo comes back.”
o — ------
! * o v, a rd Earn ey M a cl ?
Secretary of State
Mrs. Penn was boi
1879. in Arkansas, an
Wood County as a
tier parents, the iati
Mrs. }3 F. Blaylock. S
Wood County until
she moved to \\
she made tier horn
four months ago.
Surviving an live
Mrs. Beulah Sanders
right, Mrs. I.ii!i< J<
Route On<'. Mineola. 1
Blake of Rome Cue.
Arne] Penn of Dellas
S. E. Prince ol Dai I as;
children and 25 wr
children. P a 1 1 b e r r
grandsons, Miilard
Menrr Ri)),)! r Vi’
Ilirarn Blar . West
Aubrby Lang.
1 iv«
crease of $1,500 over
A drive will b<’ made
new members and to ;
creases from present
stated Wav no Coilms.
e.i tile members'.in cc
Harr’r M
u.U
1952.
to secure
k for in-
members
ais. Chairman
p committee.
in the drive
rwS. Gth() MC-
"•. L. B. Willis,
lg Hirsch. Joe
i ilish. Oddis
_ •chner. Ray
. Lewis Wiili-
Iluiold Whi1'
i and Wayne
if w
Eisenhower Election
Digest Story of A2
■modern-day
Furniture
changes ii|
chon. Po
Stor, i„vl|eW To c of this
arW° f|ll»4ilav in front
oi the stoleAfternoon.
One anl t\¥ FT punches
“v;t:,ble T «tt jLuor ofllce-
The Texas Railroad Commi
sion has sciieduled a hearii
He said the recent H-homh
tests at Eniwrtok 0])ene<l a
“new era el dc '.triu'tix • power'
in wl’ieh man can “extinguish
millions of lives at one bluw.”
ur own society, our world as Futhermore. he said, “unfore-
w el! as theirs,” he said. seeable peaks of destructive
Mr. Truman’s valedictory re- power” are ahead.
AUSTIN.- The state senate’.-,
outgoing president pro-temporo.
Howard Carney, of Atlanta,
Wednesday was named Secre-
tary of state by Gov. Allan
Shivers. '>
Simultaneously Shivers shift-
ed present Secretary of State
Jack Ross ol Edinburg to the
Board ot Pardons and Paroles
where he will replace R. A.
(Smoot) Schmidt, of Dallas.
Carney will take his new post! 5.000 feet.
Jan. 20 and Ross Feb. 1, on -----o------—-
the expiration of Schmidt's Those visiting in the home
current term. E : Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Carney, a close friend ol Shiv- during the holidays
\ e
Mi ( Alt HD ! ILL!) ti l l I
Andrew V Fnvin of Winns-
boro has staked location and
will start operation soon on the
No. 1 W. -t Green, east ot tin-
McCrary Field in the Jam-,
Daniel Survej, A -160, about
thin; miles south of Wijmsboru.
Production will lae sought to
lose m
as the
ers. had stepped out of the sen- and Mrs. J. T. Butts ana chil- case and his television expluia
ort. a sweeping 11.000-word re- Mr. Truman’s sobering report
for Friday. Jan. 30. on an apjjli- view of his nearly eight years on the H-bomb and the havoc
cation by L. A. Grelling lof Tyler in the White I-Ipuse, contained a that World War III would bring ate voluntarily when the last dren ol San Angelo. Mrs. Aavis tion.
for discovery allowable Tor the. sort Qf official proclamation were applauded warmly by legislature combined his district Galuisha and Mac, Mr. and Mrs.
No. 1 Mary Saner, the bounty's that the H-bom\> era with all its members of the Joint Congres- with that of Sen. A. M. Aikin i Lee Northc^uttj Lee Jr. ai[d Betty,
newest discovery, located!east ol awesome possibilities has arriv- sional Committee on Atom! Jr., of Paris, long-time
the Pine Mills Field. I cb. \ \ Energy. prominent lawniakcr. v,n)c^go.t. j_ ft
r\
'1 1.; , 1: Ik s \ 1C*4
mber <i;g story.
Jther big news stories in the
) ten were; 2. the steel strike;
Korean war am truce talks;
llo \s victory over Taft for
• '- nomination: 5. Britain gets
queen; Capt. Kuix Carisen
) and the ship Flying Enterprise
7. the H-bomb and atomic field,
weapons: 8. Disclosure ol' cor-
f ruption in federal government-
Ntorthcutt 9. Nomination of Stevenson by
were Mr. Democrats; and 10. the Nixon
j Cecil Robi
ol Unp
are nov in
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Carraway, R. H., Jr. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1953, newspaper, January 8, 1953; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1123357/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.