The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1953 Page: 1 of 12
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The Nocona News
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Nothing can be truly graat
which is not right. Johnson
yPLUME FORTY-SEVEN
'Round
(/\bout
Nocona
. . . Font
Attention married men! (Gay
blades still acourtin’ don’t
need this reminder).
Tomorrow, you n^arried
men, is Saturday and Satur-
day this week is more than
the day before Sunday.
It‘s also Valentine day.
There are still some lovely
Valentine gifts in Nocona's
stores. Better it is to remem-
ber today than be in the dog
house tomorrow.
That reminds us —
• • *
Dottie Martin, 11 year old
Camp Fire gir|, is probably
badly disillusioned about the
capacities of the adult human
mind, especially in the mem-
ory division.
As reporter for the Camp
Fire girls. Dottie was charged
by the girls' leader, Nell
Gardner, with the responsibili-
ty of delivering a report on
the recent awards ceremony
to the Nocona News. Nell
wrote it all out for Dottie and
sent Dottie to our office with
the notes from which we were
to write the story.
Minutes later, in breezed
Dottie. She spent a couple of
minutes reading the report
that Nell had given her and
then asked:
"Do you think you ean re-
member all that?" As Dottie
said it she reached for the
door knob a* > was about to
leave with all of the notes.
Here in part, is what was
among the notes: The names
t'16 girls, the rank they re-
ived (there were three dif-
ferent ones), the number of
years the girls had been en-
rolled, the names of. the ones
made the awards, an an-
nouncement about a $62,000
donation to Camo >.etoli, the
name of a WicWira Falls vis-
itor and a couple of other
facts pertinent to the story
such as the time and place of
the ceremony, candlelights,
et.
Brother! What faith Dottie
has in humah memory!
• * •
Times sure have changed.
There was a time when a great
grandfather of a great grand-
| child 100 miles away never
had an opportunity to see his
kin.
No more. Today, great
grandfathers get in a plane
I and fly to the baby.
W. E. Wilton’s going to do
that very thing in a few
weeks. He’s bouncing around
his filling station and grocery
at Highway 82 and Seventh
street like a circus clown in
the center ring ever since
he received word from Albu-
querque that a daughter had
been born to his grandson-in-
law and granddaughter, Mr.
rand Mrs. Bob Ciesiel, former
Noconans. Mrs. Ciesiel is the
former Mary Helen William-
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E G. Williamson of Los Ala-
I mos, N. M., and Mrs. William-
son is Walton’s daughter. Hope
we got that straight.
“Will you get to see the
baby?” we asked Walton.
“Flying out there about
April first,’’ he replied.
Declaring that we would
use this item in this column
if it involved ane one else,
a friend — one can pick up
the funniest friends — has
challenged us to use the fol-
I . lowing. He's right, we sure as
the dickens would have used
it if it had involved any- one
else so hero goes.
We spent a very interesting
day at the Fat Stock show
I and rodeo on Press-Radio-TV
day. But it was also a very
uneasy day because on account
of wo had to be at Prairie
Valley school to make a
speech at 7:30 that night..
Left the rodeo m the mid-
dle of the last att to get a-
head of the rowd. Besides
the fumed over our ev-
ening i performance ticker to
"The MDesert Song" to En!d
Justin) *ho attended with the
(CoJr inuec on back page)
Nocona
Rain Record
Courtesy soil conservation
Total for week ...£........69
Previous total ...............00
Total for year ...............69
The only newspaper interested first in the welfare of Nocona and vicinity.
SINGLE COPY” 10c NOCONA, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 13. 1953
NUMBER THIRTY-SIX
CITY ORDERS NEW WATER WELL
Supt. McPherson To Terminate Long School
Career In Nocona Al Close Of School. Year
School Tax Collections Highest On Record
for the progress
the Nocona pub-
McPherson first came to
as principal in 1926. In
left here and taught dur-
school years of 1929-1930
E. W. McPherson, superintend-
ent of the Nocona school system
since 1945, this week announced
that he will terminate his school
career in Nocona, effective at the
end of the current school year,
June 1.
In announcing the move, Mc-
Pherson issued a formal statement
of appreciation for the helpful-
ness and considerations which
have been accorded him by the
people of Nocona.
Supt.
Nocona
1929 he
ing the
and 1930-1931 at Decatur Baptist
college. He returned to Nocona
schools and a year later went to
Prairie Valley school where he
taught for four years and returned
here in 1936.
When Supt. W. J. Stone left the
school systei
was i
has since ...
"Tn his formal statement McPher
son said: “I express my gratitude
to the people of Nocona for their
loyal support ;
we have made
lie school sysl
I systern in 1945 McPherson
named superintendent and
ince held that post.
On This Dale; Noon Bus Run Is Discontinued
School tax collections are the
highest today than they have ever
been on this date, the school board
was informed at its February
meeting held Tuesday night in
Supt. McPherson’s office.
Collections as of Tuesday were
75 per cent of the total to be col-
lected. Taxes due total $128,889.81
of which $107,767.24 has been
collected, leaving only $21,122.57
due.
In the delinquent division $5,-
912.60 was collected between Sep-
tember 26 and February 3, which
brings the total collection up to
$113,675.34.
After authorizing payment of
new high school bills totaling $4,-
940.62, the new school building
fund payments were raised to
$426,747.21, leaving a balance of
$2,867.55.
The board also voted to discon-
tinue the return trip of the noon
bus from South Ward school to
North Ward because too few stu-
dents have been using the return
service. Most children, it has been
discovered, who ride the bus to
North Ward, return to South Ward
with their parents. The return
trip will be discontinued next
Monday. Although the bus carried
62 students two weeks ago and
77 one week ago from South to
North Ward, it returned some
days with only one.
The board also voted to ask a
representative of the ROTC to
comb here in March or April to
meet with the board to outline
the merits of ROTC in Nocona
and to give the board a basis of
determining whether or not the
program should be adopted here.
| The ROTC representative will also
be asked to appear before a high
I school assembly.
Charge Gym Fea
A $10 a day or night, fee was
voted by the board for use of the
North Ward gymnasium by any
one wishing to take it over for
an evening. Under no circumstanc-
es, the board declared, will the
gym be rented during the day-
time, when it is being used by
North Ward students.
A Hali burton tqam has request-
ed use of the gym, and was grant-
ed the right to use it, provided
the $10 fee is paid to cover the
board’s cost, including janitorial
help and utility bills.
Only other matters decided by
the board were the re-employ-
ment of Tom M. Kane to handle
the board’s oil renditions and re-
lated industries, and the employ-
ment of the Texas Educational
Service of Grand Prairie to bring
the board’s tax accounts up to
date.
W. B. Robb To Wed Barney Bowling
Ai Lions' Womanless Wedding
W. R. Robb, beautiful co-owner
of the Nocona Independent Lum-
ber company, will become the
bride of handsome, but unhappy,
Barney Bowling, when the Lions
club’s womanless wedding is held
at Nocona high school auditorium
February 19. All participants in
the ceremony will be club mem-
bers.
The ceremony, which will be
held against a backdrop of a
beautiful floral arrangement and
candelabra, will be performed by
The Right Rev. Weems Dykes.
The double ring service will be
used — if Bowling can scrape up
enough money for the second
ring. (Club members rw>rt that
the bride has bought her own.)
Because the jedding is to be a
public affair, a master of cere-
monies is necessary and for the
job the Lions have chosen Mac
Williams.
Morris Johnson will serve the
bridegroom as best man and the
bride’s maid of honor, will be Joe
Wise. Her bridesmaids will be
Jimmy Bourland, Herman Reddy,
J. C. Horn and Marvin Prater.
In the crying pew will be the
bride’s mama. Atlas Gilbert, and
the bride’s pop, Dr. B. B. Stevens.
The bride will be dressed in
traditional white with a long
flowing satin train, Her accesso-
ries are to be chosen by members
of her family before the cere-
mony.
Flower girls for the ceremony
will be little Jack Lesh and Wil-
lard Grigsby and Will Spivy will
be the ring bearer.
Musical Numbers
Solo numbers will be given by
Lloyd Thompson and Judy Tomp-
kins and the Three Sharps and a
Flat will provide traditional wed-
ding music.
Preceding the ceremony H. B.
Wallis, George Tidmore and Bob
Elkins will put on a magic act
for the nervous bride and excited
bridegroom and a payroll (the
bridegroom will learn more about
that word after the ceremony) act
will be given by Bob Evans, How-
ard Morris and Bill Leonard.
For her going-away attire the
bride will wear a blue serge suit,
a white shin, red necktie and
tan shoes with accessories to
match.
Mrs. Pribble
Quits As South
Ward Princinal
Bill Pribble Tuesday night
-..ued the Nocona school board
that she does not want to continue
as principal of South Ward school
Instead, she said, she would like
to be considered for a teaching
position when her principalship
ends in June.
The board regretfully accepted
her resignation as principal.
No action was taken on Mrs.
Pribble’s appl‘ .on for a teach-
er position -cause all teacher
placements are made at either the
March or April meeting of the
board.
Principal Yeakley
Leaves Hospital
High School Principal Ralph
Yeakley returned to his home
week from Major Clinic Hospital,
where he underwent surgery las
week.
Yeakley expects to be back at
his high school desk in about two
weeks.
Council Puis Dollar Service Charge
On Water Meters Outside City Limits
Effective with the April first
bills, all city water users outside
of the city limits will be assessed
a one dollar service charge.
This was voted unanimously by
city council at its meeting last
Monday night.
Council made it clear that the
increase “is not an increase in
water rates; instead, it is only a
service charge.”
The proposal was introduced by
Councilman iuajor who explained
that “lines outside of the city
limits are harder to maintain and
a truck must be used to get to
them for meter reading.”
Minutes passed before a second
was given the proposal. Council-
man Stout said he would vote for
it, “but I won’t second it.”
Finally, Councilman Reynolds
offered the second and the pro-
posal was carried unanimously.
Stout Formally Asks Council For
Electric Franchise; Reveals Partner
Declaring anew and with added
emphasis that the city does n„t
have the light to refuse him a
franchise to construct and oper-
ate an electric power plant, Jerry
Stout Monday night formally ap-
plied to city council for such a
franchise, an instrument he has
been seeking for two years. t
After almost an hour of discus-
sion, it was finally decided that
Stout it to file a written request
and. in the meantime. Councilman
John Major volunteered to meet
with Stout to study Stout's finan
cial backing and other matters
i pertinent to granting the fran-
chise.
Major originally asked Mayor
I Thrasher to appoint a committee
of two to meet with Stout, The
mayor called for another volun-
teer, but there was none. In the
end, the job of checking the back-
ground of Stout’s request fell up-
on Major.
“I don’t want any secret meet-
ings,” Stout told council several
times, except, he said, the one
meeting in which he would reveal
his personal finances. It appeared
to be the concensus that he was
entitled to such a meeting.
Reveals Sole Partner
Stout did, however, reveal his
sole partner in the proposed un-
dertaking. He is former Judge
Earl P. Hall of Fort Worth, for-
merly of Nocona.
"He is my only partner,” Stout
told the councilmen.
(Continued on an inside page)
CLflSSIFIEI^UIZZERS
About Common Sayings
Common, everyday sayings, as
Noah Webster might have written
them, appear below. Test your
vocabulary! See how many of
them you can recognize by “trans-
lating” them into simpler English!
Turn to the Classified Page for
the answers.
1. Extraordinary and unneces-
sary celerity produces loss that
has no compensation.
2. The fleshy fruit of any va-
riety of a tree of the family Pom-
aceae, usually of a roundish or
conical shape with a depression
at each end, taken at 24 hour in-
terval during which the earth re-
volves once upon its axis, keeps
the practitioner of medicine or
surgery at a distance.
3. The flesh of vertebrate ani-
mals used as food by one rational
animal of the genus Homo may
act in a noxious manner, tending
to cause death or serious injury
to health when used by another
rational animal of the genus Ho-
mo.
4. Unreasonable conceit of one’s
own superiority precedes the act
or process of coming down sudden-
ly-
5. Many of the parts of the
forelimb that are, in man, apes,
lemurs and monkeys, attached to
the lower extremity of the fore-
arm make light continued exer-
tion.
“Classified Has The Answers.”
W. J. Stone Candidate For
Mayor; Councilmen Johnson,
Major, Stout Seek Re-election
Nocona became assured this week of one candidate for mayor
and three candidates for council at the April 7 municipal election.
The mayoralty candidate is W. J. Stone, co-owner and manager
of the Nocona Truck and Tractor company.
Three incumbent councilmen also announced this week their
candidacies for re-election. They are:
E. J. Johnson, John W. Major and R. B. Stout.
The councilmen filed their candidacies at the conclusion of last
Monday night’s council meeting.
Johnson is owner of the John-
son Supply company; Major is a
physician associated with Major
Clinic-Hospital, and Stout is owner
W. J. Stone
of the R. B. Stout Electric service.
Councilman Ralph Reynolds did
not file with his colleagues, but
he, and others, have until March
7 to do so. Councilman Roy Weiss
has announced that he will not
be a candidate for re-election.
Mayor Thrasher has also said that
he will not be a candidate for re-
election.
Petition For Stone
Stone announced his candidacy
after friends had circulated a pe-
tition in his favor. “I am accept-
ing this candidacy,” he said, “on-
ly in a spirit of service to the
city of Nocona and only because
I was petitioned to do so,’’ he
said as the petition was formally
filed.
Candidate Stone has been a
resident of Nocona for 30 years.
He came here in 1923 as principal
and athletic coach of Nocona High
school. Three years later he was
named superintendent of the No-
cona'school system, a position he
held until 1945 when he bought
the Nocona Implement company
and later changed its name to
the Nocona Truck and Tractor
company when he went into part-
nership with Rowland Bratcher.
Stone has been a member ox
the Nocona Rotary club since
was organized and has served th<
club as president for three terms
He has been a member of th-
board of directors of the c’
for many years. He is a past nre<-
ident of the Nocona Chamber of
Commerce t a member of th“
board of directors for years: an
active member of the chamber’s
highway oommittee; an active
worker in soil conservation work
and for years he has been active
in most civic affairs.
Candidate Stone did under-grad-
uate work in Sam Houston State
college, where he was awarded
his bachelor’s degree. His gradu-
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Mercer, Stalicup-Eastup Again Ask
To Be Taken Out Of City Limits
Two Nocona industries Monday
night again protested their hav-
ing been taken into the city lim-
its without their Consent and both
served notice that they do not
intend to pay any city taxes until
and if, they receive every public
service that is accorded all others
within the city limits.
They are Jack Mercer Well Ser-
vice and Stallcup and Eastup Ma-
chine shop. Mercer, Stallcuo and
Eastun personally anpeared before
council and formally asked that
their establishments be removed
from the city limits, but council
offered no hope that their reques*
would be considered.
“I don’t believe,” Mercer told
council, “that we are getting any
benefits by being in the city lim-
its. We would like to get out. I
bought some more land for my
own fire protection equipment. I
don’t mind paying taxes if I get
something in return, but it doesn’t
set good to pay such taxes and
get nothing.”
Septic Tank
Councilman Major raised th»
question of a septic tank with
which he said he had had exper-
ience. “How many would use such
a tank.” Major asked Mercer. Mer-
cer’s reply was “60.”
“We are not getting enough for
'■-hat we have to nay for.” F"»n’-
Eastup interjected, adding, “That
move didn’t increase the city pop-
ulation out our way.’’
“If you twere out of the m*"
do vou think you would get nolice
nr0»ection?” Maior questioned
Mercer to which Mercer reolied:
“We don’t have nolice protection
and you know it. We get nothing.”
Mercer said he has his own night
watchman.
Mayor Thrasher said that the
city needs all of the houses it
can get within the city limits be-
cause “we will need, all of the
taxes we can get to meet our
water problem.” He asserted that
the city’s valuation has increased
conr- $30,000, chiefly because of
Park View addition.
“They got water?” Mercer asked
and the mayor replied in the af-
firmative. “And sewage?” Mercer
asked and again the mayor answer
(Continueu on an inside page)
Hears Report
By Fori Worth
Engineers
City council Monday night or-
dered a new water well in the
hope that it will materially in-
crease the city’s supply before
next summer’s probable drought.
Council also heard an additional
report from its Fort Worth water
engineers who are to submit es-
timates on drilling test wells in
trinity sand southwest of Saint Jo.
Contract for the new well was
let to Fields and Thomas of No-
cona on their bid of $3.25 a foot,
which was the lowest of three bids
received, the others being $3.50.
The drilling is to be done at
least 1000 feet away from the last
two wells on the Bob Rucker land
south of the city.
Three representatives of the en-
gineering firm of Freese and Ni-
chols reported that they would
submit an estimate on the cost
of drilling test wells near Pea-
body. They estimated that a lake
would cost between $500,000 and
$600,000 and they said they want-
ed to further investigate the Salt
creek site should a lake finally
be decided upon.
Mayor Thrasher suggested that
the council meet in special ses-
sion Thursday night Gast night)
to study the city’s finances before
giving the Fort Worth firm the
go sign on test drilling.
Jodie Nabors
Of Montague
Badlv Burned
Jodie Nabors of Montague. 17
year old son of Mr. and Mrs C.
P. Nabors, is improving 'Satisfac-
torily at Major Clinic Hospital
from severe burns suffered in an
accident at Mon'ague last Friday.
Nabor’s was filling a gasol ne
tank at Montague’s service sta-
tion when gasoline accidentally
spilled over his clothes. As he
walked back into the station a
man standing nearby lighted a
cigaret, tossed the match on the
floor close to Nabors and his
clothes caught fire instantly.
Nabors started to run, but was
caught by others at the station
who smothered the flames with
their coats, but not before the
victim received severe burns on
his legs, arms and chest.
First Rain
Of '53 Falls
Here Tuesday
Long awaited rain finally came
to Nocona last Tuesday wheq six-
ty nine hundredths of an inch
fell in an almost all day drizzle
with intermittent showers.
It was the first rain *his year.
Wednesday morning it appeared
that the rain would con'inu** but
by noon the skies cleared. Farm-
ers and ranchers, however, were
expressing gratitude for the little
rain they had received.
Chamber’s Annv”l
Dinner Go
On Sale Wednesday
Tickets for the annual Nocona
Seek Volunteers To Take Over
Local Heart Fund Solicitations
Dr. G. C. Stewart, local chair-
man of the current Heart Fund
drive, and Mrs. Floyd Gamer,
county chairman, are attempting
City Extends
City Tax Time
Until Feb. 28
The City of Nocona announced
formally this week that it is ex-
tending the time for paying city
taxes until February 28.
Reason for the extension, which
was announced by the City Super-
visor and Tax Collector, Aubrey
Hunter, is that the city was not
quite ready for the collection |
when it was supposed to begin.
No penalties nor interest will
be charged until after February
28
to find volunteer organizations or
individuals to take over the Feb-
ruary campaign in their respective
communities.
Within the next week it is hop-
ed that a volunteer organization
can be set up in Nocona. At Saint
Jo the 20th Century club has tak-
en over the program.
Thirty six large plastic hearts
have been placed in local business
I places and in similar places at
; 3owic and Saint Jo. Citizens mak-
! ing purchases in stores and re-
I ceiving change are asked to de-
' posit some of it in the hearts.
Chamber of Commerce banquet
Ma-ch 10 will go on sale next
Wednesday, it was announced this
week by the chamber.
The tickets can be obtained at
the chamber office or from Bill
Stoffle of Stoffle Motor Sales,
who is chairman of the ticket
committee.
Only 300 tickets will be sold,
including those to guests. the
chamber announced, to avoid over
crowding Veterans hall, where the
banquet will be held.
The announced speaker will be
R. L. Thornton, president of the
Mercantile Bank of Dallas.
Wood Available For
Hauling It Away
If there are any Noconans de-
sirous of obtaining a supply of
stove burning wood, they can
have it for hauling it away at
once.
The wood is at the old Croxton
residence at the north edge of
Park View addition. The building
was razed this week.
The wood is free. All that is
I asked is that it be hauled away
Contributions may also be mail-
ed to “Heart” in care of any post-
office in America and the money
will be directed to the chairman
of the town in which the mailing
is made.
Purpose of the campaign is to
raise funds nationally for further
heart disease research, which has
already saved thousands of lives, at once.
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