The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1992 Page: 14 of 16
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Your Hometown News
Page 14 - The Times, Thursday, February 20,1992
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OR TRUCK!
KATHLEEN FLEMING, BILLIE TOMLIN, ARLENE GUILD,
GEORGIE CROOK, WILMA STARNES, and CAROLYN GREER
enjoy lunch at Red Lobster with the Lindale Garden Club.
MARGARET LANE, PEGGY COOPER, DORSEY SMITH, NITA
HERRING, ONETA PERRYMAN, and BILLIE KING discuss how
much they enjoyed the Lindale Garden Club's tour of Brookshire's
Wildlife Museum.
Lindale 45 years ago was much
different than it is now. Of
course, this is stating the obvi-
ous, but do we really realize how
different it really is, especially
the generations that have grown
up in years following World War
II?
This columnist enjoys reading
old newspapers, especially vin-
tage copies. They are a window
into the past, sometimes much
more telling then films, espe-
cially the small town papers such
as Lindale’s. They speak of a
time when, if not simplier, at least
seemed to have more promise
for the future.
Recently while I was purusing
a Lindale paper dated December
25,1947,1 reflected upon what it
had to say. Keep in mind that the
country was only two years away
from winning the most wide-
spread war in history. The United
States was on top of the world.
And as far as anyone could see
then, we were likely to stay that
way.
Some of the headlines on the
front page were “Paving Con-
tract Let By City,” “Potatoes
Bring Highest Prices in History
Here,” and “Lindale Eagles May
Play in Class B Next Year.”
These were all optimistic stories
that showed the pride the people
felt in our community.
The story on potatoes, for ex-
ample, tells of the importance of
agriculture in this area. One para-
graph reads, “Prices raged around
$3.50 a bushel for No. 1 sweet
potatoes, which was the highest
price probably ever paid on the
local market.”
Not all news was good, of
course. There were also stories
about crime and income tax. Tu-
berculosis was still a big concern
as is evidenced by a large story
asking everyone to buy Christ-
mas Seals as a way to fight the
disease.
Advertising is an excellent way
to tell a little bit about the times
in which they were written. Dr.
E.C. Kinzie had a large ad wish-
ing everyone aMerry Christmas.
Right next to that was one from
Thompson’s Electrical Appli-
ances advertising a Philco por-
table radio. From the looks of
the picture, it’s about the size of
a small suitcase. Lindale’s State
Theatre was showing such films
as “Wild Harvest” with Alan
Ladd and Dorothy Lamour and
“Terror Trail” with Charles
Starrett and Smiley Burnette.
The most significant difference
between this paper and those of
today is something that died out
during the 1960’s. You could
call it a gossip column even
though often they were scattered
throughout the newspaper. They
were personal little tidbits about
people’s lives: “Clifford Hall is
in Bryant’s Clinic suffering from
an eye operation,” or “Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Morris of Wilson of
Oklahoma are visiting here this
week.”It might be argued that
these were no one else’s busi-
ness. However, keep in mind
that almost everyone knew ev-
eryone else in the community.
Everyone is invited to the next
regularly scheduled meeting of
the Lindale Historical Society at
the Rice Museum. The meeting
will be at 7:00 p.m. Friday, Feb-
ruary 21, 1992.
Candidates set to
appear at property
owners' meeting on
Thursday at HAWL
Candidates for constable for
Pct. 5 and for commissioner for
Pct. 3 will appear before the Prop-
erty Owners Association this
Thursday, February 20,1992 at
7 p.m.at the Lake Room at Hide-
A-Way Lake. All interested
members are encouraged to at-
The pictures in this column
show some of the Lindale Gar-
den Club ladies enjoying lunch
at the Red Lobster.
The club visited the
Brookshire’s Wildlife Museum
and Country Store earlier in the
day. Hosting the tour was Mrs.
Ann Powell, who kept us all ea-
ger to hear the next story as the
tour progressed.
New members welcomed in-
cluded Linda Malone, Namie
Buchanan, and Nita Herring.
Good news! Linda Voyles
found her Gizmo!" As a result
of reading this column last week,
Linda and Mike McClenny made
a call to Linda Voyles and de-
scribed the little dog that had
“come-a-calling” at their home.
Sure enough, it was Linda
Voyles’ missing Gizmo! He is
now back athome with his happy
master!
Linda Voyles said, “Mike and
Linda had taken such good care
of Gizmo! They had fed him
well and even bathed him!”
Don’t ever say that this “dog
gone” column doesn’t get results!
More good news! Mary Ann
McClenny is back home after
spending about three days in the
hospital with tracheitis. With
what? That’s what I said! Bobby
explained that it was bronchitis
of the trachea.
Please don’t call her quite yet
because she was put on a “no
talking” diet, along with medi-
cation and breathing treatments.
Get well soon Mary Ann!
Our son, Casey, will turn 16 on
Sunday! It seems that only yes-
terday little Casey Derrell Coo-
per made his debut into this
world!
Our children grow up so
quickly! I remember reading in
Lady Bird Johnson’s autobiog-
graphy the quote, "Our children are
only on loan to us to form, rear,
and then let go.” How true! We
can only hope and pray that we
have provided the necessary
background to carry with them!
He is planning to go next week
and take the test for his driver’s
license. Where are those Extra-
Strength Tylenol?
I have mixed feelings about
him obtaining his license. It will
relieve some of the “taxi” duties,
but I ’m sure to worry about him!
Speaking of mixed feelings, I
once heard a speaker refer to his
idea of mixed feelings”—When
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Remember to call me with in-
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I can pass on to our readers-
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Burris, Betty. The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1992, newspaper, February 20, 1992; Lindale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1208297/m1/14/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith County Historical Society.