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W. JENE MILLER
VOLUME 76
LEONARD, FANNIN COUNTY. TEXAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1965
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During three days in the
Washington’s Birthday, Febru-
profes- , will visit the headquarters of the
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Moore
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Three Bands Will
Play For Dances
Here Feb 19, 20. 27
Judge Moore Will
Address Masons
Here Saturday Eye.
Rob's Department
Store Announces
Saturday Opening
Geo. Norris Powell
Services Wednesday
Nobility Resident
Died February 10th
Two Leonard High
Students Finalists
Oratorical Contest
Roscoe Rolens Buy
City Cafe On Square
Mrs. W. C. Ashley
Died Wednesday
Services Thursday
Treflan Weed Meet
Tonight At 7:30
Com. Lewis Emerick
To Address Leonard
Convention In April
Enclosed find check or money order for $.
Send The Leonard Graphic one year to —
Attorney
Attorney
un-
last
Mrs. Bula Alexander of Tylei’
and Mrs. J. D. Alexander of Dal-
las visited the J. D. Lyon children
Monday.
THE LEONARD GRAPHIC
LEONARD, TEXAS
Cotton
To
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
$2.00 a year In Fannin County
$2.50 a year sent elsewhere
$8.00 per year sent overseas
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the
Hunt
by
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and
will
East
Com-
COMMENTS
BY TONEY
NUMBER: 3%
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death.
a ^Pf;esident
Charles H. Buchanan Mrs. Pennington
Rites Tuesday At
McKinney Church
Smith D Gilley
Assistant Hunt
Codify Attorney
our country!
We do not have to agree with
to respect him, any
more) than we have to agree with
a legal holiday at all postal in-
| stallations.
Local Postmaster Alwyn Golden
Don Kenneth Hollis, who
derwent surgery Friday of
week and again Tuesday night
of this week, is reported as im-
proving.
College students, will play Satur-
day night, February 27th.
The Rock and Roll Show and
dances will begin at 8 p.m. and
close at 12 midnight.
The public is invited to attend.
For those who like music but
do not dance there are plenty
of seats for your comfort while
you enjoy a good show.
(Adv.)
gion Hall in Leonard.
All members and their families
are urged to be present,
visiting Masons and their fami-
lies are welcome.
County Judge Choice
will be the guest speaker.
THE FELLOW with a
nose was asked by another maafc,
why his nose was so long ansi
he replied “I kept it out of other-
peoples’ business and just let
grow.” (He might have sometfcdTt^
there.)
a chance to change. Failure to
trust him can deny us even
that!!!
Commissioner John Kent, Pre-
accom-
They also} panied Judge and Mrs. Choice
Moore to A&M. Saturday but af-
ter arriving the Kents were no-
ser- | rifled of the death of Jimmy
i Calvin Kent, a nephew of Mr.
, Kent. The youth lost his life in
I a one-car accident east of Tren-
ton about 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Mrs. Choice Moore returned Mr.
and Mrs. Kent to Leonard so they
could be with their family.
As in past years, the program j
was developed around problems I
George Norris Powell, 48, of
Mesquite, died at midnight Mon-
day, February 15, 1965, in a Dal-
las hospital after being struck
by a car early Monday.
Funeral services were held at
10 ajm. Wednesday at Anderson-
Clayton Funeral Home, Dallas,
with Wayne Smith of Casa View
and Kenneth Boyd of Mesquite
officiating. Burial was made in
Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas.
Mr. Powell was bom May 23,
1916 at Leonard, the son of J.
J. Powell and Molly Blackshear
Powell. He was a member of the
Mesquite Church of Christ.
Survivors include his widow,
two daughters, parents, and three
brothers. /
Mr. Powell was a nephew of
Mrs. Mary Mur ley of Leonard.
LEONARD Church of Chrisfe
members are enlarging
church with the addition of ■at.(
20x48 ft. L-shaped building ex-,
tending west from the northum^
comer of the main building. Tfoa
building will be aramged in rsr-.
der to convert it into one
room or divide it into two -small--
er ones. The exterior will be fin-**
ished in brick.
HEAVENS YOUR RECORD SHOWS
YOU'VE BEEN ARRESTED 20
TIMES BOR DRUNKENESS. . DID\
IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT J
WHEN ONE IS REALLY THIRSTY, S.
THERE'S NOTHING SO SOOD AS )
^RURE COLD WATER? S
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fWELL.Z GUESS, X
\!r.'! L-J I 'JUDGE. I'VE L
JfeLI NEVER BEEN >
REALLY THIRSTYT,
Of interest to local Legion-
naires is the announcement that
the guest speaker at the 4th Dis-
tricvt Spring Convention, to be
held in Leonard on Sunday, April
4th, will be the Department
Commander Lewis W. Emerich.
This information was received by
the 4th District Commander,
James E. Hughes of Sherman.
This will be the first time in
■ a number of years that the 4th
I ll, .O'/* >1 V, r, Vs,-...-.-. V. n-v. nnm -j
Mrs. Dee Ivey has been aH
at her home this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. White
and son, Jeff of Dallas, were
week end guests of his aunt, Mis.
Paul H. Taylor and Mi'. Taylor.
They also visited another aunt,
Mrs. E. E. Clark, of the Taylor-
ville Community Sunday after-
noon.
officials. The primary purpose of
the conference was to give the
participants a 'better understand-
ing of the many problems which
they must handle in discharging
i their responsibilities. A feature
j of this year’s conference was the
Tuesday morning address by Gil-
lis W. Long, assistant director,
Office of Economic Opportunity,
Executive Office of the Presi-
dent, on “The Economic Oppor-
tunity Aot of 1964 as another
Resource for Counties.”
The three-day conference was
sponsored by the 'County Judges’
and Commissioners’ Association !
of Texas and the Texas Agricul-
tural Extension Service. j
Baptist Church in McKinney. I
Rev. Joe Bob Alexander, pastor,'
officiated. Burial was made in
Ridge View Cemetery at McKin-
ney. Nephews were pallbearers.
a doctor.
But our very national life, like
our personal life, may well rest
in the trust with which we fol-
low their directions. And only
those capable of seeing what he
can see should have, the right,
to criticize his final judgement.}
The rest of us must trust just
Attendance Record
Al Judges And
r ommls'loners Mee!
A George Washington birthday
observance |(e|||
j Riles Monday At
Whitewright Chapel
1 Funeral services were held at
1 p.m. Monday in the Eamheait?,
Funeral Chapel in Whitewright-
for Jim Calvin Kent, 19, who
fatally injured in a one-car
fic accident near Trenton Satur-
day afternoon.
The Rev. Howard' Adaasas^
Methodist minister, and WaHasa*
Mynatt, Church of Christ rnfesss--
ter, officiated. Interment rmsj
made in Oak Hill Cemeteej? 3^
Whitewright.
Kent, a resident of
wright, was fatally injured
the care he was riding in opar-.
turned. It was believed that
tire blew out.
He was bom Nov. 21, 1945,
Whitewright, the son of Mr. an$
Mrs. Edward Kent IH, with wto®,
he lived.
Kent was employed in iSher-,
man and attended classes at lessee
Texas State College in the after
noon and night.
Survivors are his parents, a sis-*
ter, Miss Linda Sue Kent of the
home; grandparents, Mr. an®.
Mrs. Edward Kent, Jr., 'and Mr.,
and Mrs. Frank England, auu®
great grandparents, Edwsa^
Kent, Sr. and Mrs. Nannie Trim-
blin, all of Whitevnight.
Mrs. Don Pennington, 51,
McKinney, sister of Mrs. John
Gilbert of Leonard, died at 4 p.m.
Sunday, February 14, 1965 in Col-
lin Memorial Hospital in McKin-
ney. Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at North Side 1 nator.
The finalists are:
Sharon Beth McLain, Leonard;
Lynn Marshall, Leonard;
Donna Marie Reed, Telephone;
John Andrew Barrett,
Mrs. Pennington was the form- ’ Grove;
er Miss Nadine Lenderman and
had lived practically all of her j Grove;
Gary Donald Hale, Bonham;
Billy Michael Corley, Trenton;
Claude Rayford, Bonham;
Minnie Mason, Bonham.
Beth McLain is the) daughter
Names of nine finalists in the
oratorical contest sponsored by
the Fannin Co. Electric Coopera-12:30 p.m. Thursday at Leonard
tive were announced this week
by Mr. Dub Cunningham, Man-
ager, and Mrs. Joe Welch, Coordi-
i across
nation, Mrs. Welch said.
Each of the youth toui' parti-
cipants will be given a set of!
colored slides showing highlights |
of the Washington trip. It is ex-
pected that the young people will
use the slides in reporting high-
lights of their youth tour experi-
ences to local groups such as
youth groups, service clubs,
church groups, farm groups or
any organization desiring an in-
teresting program for its meet-
ing.
Knowledge of subject—
40%; speaking ability—30%;
(3) poise—10%;
and
In-
Mee t-
recre-
of the Community
on
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula
Pearl Ashley, 82, were held at
Buchanan of San Pedro,
and Dennie L. Buchanan
Whitewright; a daughter,
Byron Carraway of McKinney,
with whom Mr. Buchanan was
living at the time of his death;
. four brothers, C. C. Buchanan
of Leonard, Carl Buchanan of
Snyder, Dee Buchanan of Mc-
Kinney, and Glen Buchanan of
Richardson; two sisters, Mrs.
and
Blue
County judges and commis-
sioners from 160 Texas counties
attended and participated in the
seventh annual County Judge’s
and Commissioners’ Conference
held on the Texas A&M campus,
. February 16-48. The attendance
' of 400 set a new record for the
---------1 bus. Participants' Attending from Fannin Coun-
| will be chaperoned by four adult ty was Judge Choice Moore and
can see. I provided' that day. There will
If nothing else, he will keep be no deliveries by rural carriers.
us going long enough to give uc Mail for delivery through the
• Post Office Boxes will be hand-
led as usual. Special Delivery
Mail will receive its usual prompt
attention.
Holiday schedules will apply to
mail dispatched from the local
office. Any mail to be dispatch-
ed after 10:30 A.M. must be plac-
; ed in the outside collection box
in front of the post office to be
dispatched on that day.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Rolen an-
nounce the purchase of Scotty’s
Cafe located on the northeast
comer of the square in Leonard.
The business will be known as
City Cafe.
The cafe was opened Wednes-
day, February 17th, and will be
open 7 days a week from 4:30
A.M. to 7 P.M., according to a
statement by the owners.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolen own and
operate Grill 69 east of town. The
business is well known for good
food served there and Mrs. Rolen
said, “We will serve the same
kind of food at City Cafe as
we serve at Grill 69.”
The public is invited to eat
at City Cafe. Your patronage will
be appreciated.
(4) personality
(5) appearance—
Church of Christ. The minister,
Mr. L. R. Fullerton and the Rev.
Wm. Davis, pastor of First Meth-
odist Church of Leonard, officiat-
ed.
Burial was made in Merit Ce-
metery with Wilson Funeral
Home directing. Pallbearers were
Bob Millsap, Chester Jackson,1
Buford Davis, Noel Owens, Fred- j District
die Gaulden and C. T. Ferguson.; 1'7
Mrs. Ashley died at Gunter
Nursing Home in Gunter at 1:20
A.M. February 17, 1965 after sev-
eral months declining health. She
was bom May 15, 1883 in New
Albany, Miss., daughter of James
Freeman and Lula Gary Free-
Do na Gayle Wilson of Ontario, and Lynn’s parents are Mr. and | man. She was a member of the
Church of Christ.
_ . . _ ____. She married Charles Ashley in
[ compete in a final judging to be, 1910 and he preceded her in
held March 12, 1965 at the V.A. deaf!
auditorium in Bonham at 7:30
P.M.
From the group of finalists,
one boy and one girl will be se-
and lected as winners of all expense-
paid trips to Washington,, DC., I
with the Texas Electric Coopera-
tive Youth Tour in June, Mrs.
Welch said.
, Final judging of the contest-
ants is to be based on the follow-
ing:
(1)
J will have been honored
j by having the Department Com-
' mander attend a local conven-
—10%;
10%.
The youth
to and from
I Commissioners Robert H. Bellows i No. 373 AF.&A.M.,
na- and John Avery, and Auditor be held Saturday, February 20,
j at 7:30 pm. in. the American Le-
Smith D. Gilley, 25 - year - old
graduate of Baylor Law School
and a resident of Miller Grove,
was appointed Assistant
'County Attorney Monday
County Attorney Attorney
Paul Banner.
Gilley graduated from
Texas State College in
merce prior to enrolling at Bay-
lor. He had been employed by
the Corporation Trust Company
of New York before returning
to the Greenville area.
Gilley has been a member of
the Hopkins County Bar Associa-
tion for the past year.
HENRY J. FLETCHER,
nin County Tax Assessor -
lector, reminds all motor veiha^Ej
owners in this area he will lbe>
in Leonard Thursday, February
25th, for the convenience of tbsfrss*
who want to register their v-fiha-.
oles. He will be at the Leof&x-rc'
City Hall from 8:30 A.M. tiH <
P.M. He requests owners
titles and last year’s registraiaaste,
receipt. Keep the date in
and save a trip to the cotyris.
house.
Friday, February 19th date.
On Saturday night,
20th, The Rythmaires, a ]
ary 22, 1965 shall be observed as 1 sional band, also of Greenville,' National Rural Electric Coopera-
j will furnish music for four hours.. tive Association, national
| Robin and the Hoods, a band vice organization for about 1000
i composed of North Texas State electric cooperatives across the
because we cannot see what he arm'°4nced no window service will
Funeral services w'ere held at
1 p.m. Friday in Earnheart Fu-
neral Chapel, Whitewright, for
Charles H. Buchanan, 80, retired
Nobility farmer, who died Wed-
nesday, February 10, 1965, in a
McKinney hospital after a short
illness.
Rev. Charles M. Ramsey of
' Austin College and Rev. Tom
Amey of McKinney, Presbyter-
ian ministers, conducted the ser-
vices. Burial was made in Cross
Roads Cemetery.
Mr. Buchanan was bom De-
cember 18, 1884, in Pilot Grove,
the .son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Buchanan. On December 28,
1907, he married Miss Annie
Smith in Grove Hill Community.
She died in 1958. He was a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are two sons, J. D. Calif., and Miss Karen Kay Pen-
Calif. nington of Plano; one son, Jack |
of Pennington of McKinney.
!MrS ' Crmi* A/Tto TzvV.'v,
In Richardson, Texas, twelve
years ago, a policeman waved a
car over to the curb. The driver
sat sullenly waiting to
He heard
“Would
Angrily
Mrs. Marshall Robinson
nounces the opening of Rob’s La-
dies & Girls Department Store
Sati!Sday, February 20th.
The store, Leonard’s newest
business, is located on the north
side of the square. Mrs. Robin-
son invites the public to visit the
store on opening day. She said
children present will receive fa-
vors.
See ad on another page of to-
day’s paper.
THURSDAY, MARCH THE 4th J
IS THE DATE. 7:00 P. M. IS
j THE TIME. (Adv.)
Jones of Cleburne; a step-sister,
Mrs Everett Matthews of Blue
Ridge; a step-brother, George
Amwine of Dallas; and five
grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren.
Mi’s. Edna Key was admitted
to M&S Hospital in Bonham
Tuesday.
Pennington of McKinney. Also
; four sisters, Mrs. John Gilbert of
j Leonard, Mrs. John Tailant of
■ Fort Worth, Mrs. Rucker Kinsea.’ ■
I of Wylie and Mrs. Bob Sullivan!
of Pittsburg; two brothers, Jack'
Lenderman of McKinney
Martin Lenderman of Tyler; and
four grandchildren.
two
: Benton Hartness of Forney,
Mrs. Clarence Turner of
! Ridge; a half sister, Mrs. Ralph
Dr. Fred Schwarz cf the Chris- !
tian Anti-Communist Crusade
has/pointed out that communists
like 'to exploit the natural re- j
sentment against authority. I
Those who continually attack ■
our government and leaders are j
excellent tools of the enemies of!
Posl Office Service
[Oh Washinqlon's
Birfhdaw Announced
defend
himself. He heard the of-
ficer say, “Would you please
help me?” Angrily he turned
around. Then he saw that his
little girl was hanging half out
of the back door where she had
pg for several blocks.
nat officer reflects the predic-
ament of public service and lead-
ership. What ever is done may
bje misunderstood, distorted or
used by ruthless men.
President Truman faced it
when he had to decide whether
to risk a neuclear war and the
cinderization of millions. Presi-1
dent Eisenhower faced it when
he tried to put the Tennessee,
Valley Authority under private'
enterprise. Abraham . Lincoln is
considered the most villified
president America ever had. John
Kennedy is second!
Presidents have to handle tre-
mendous problems. Any mistakes
they make is bound to be big.
Any gains they make will be
credited to others, acting for
them.
It seems to me that in Febru-
ary, traditionally the “Month of
Presidents” we Americans ought
to devote some time to remem-
bering and writing with gratitude
about the great service render-
ed by cur Presidents. There are
none I would trade for Mao!
These men, of oui’ own peer-
age, cany the burdens of leader-
ship, public apathy, and hostili-1
ty. They spend sleepless nights
to protect our national welfare.
They daily face the high-powered
rifles of psychofanatics stirred:
to action by hate, greed and fear.
Even theh head-colds become
national headlines and jokes.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Wright
of Fort Worth spent 'Sunday and
Monday with his father, T. E.
Wright, and other relatives, re-
turning home Monday after-
noon.
group will travel
Washington, D.C. j conference.
Participants Attending from Fannin Coun-
THE FLU BUG, viruses-
other illnesses have a large num-*.
i ber of local residents confined;
tion. It is hoped that many local 'their homes and hospitals.^
Legionnaires will plan to attend Leonard school reopened Morktej?
and meet the Dept. Commander 1 after being closed since Wetfc^s-.
and to hear his message at the (day of last week due to sfekraaa^
convention. j among students. Several were saib-.
Full details of the convention sent Monday also, it was repeat-,
will be released in this paper
during the latter part of March, j
While the membership quota I
} of the post has gone over the'
top, there are still several Le-
gionnaires who have not renew-
ed their dues for 1965. Comman-
der Tommy Blacketer urges that
they contact any one on
membership committee or
Adjutant, Jean Toney, and get
in good standing by paying 1965
dues.
Farmers
of cun-ent concern to the county |vited To Attend
ing tonight at 7:30 in the
ation room
Public Service Company,
Highway 69 in Leonard.
Treflan, 'the new weed
grass premerge eradicator,
be discussed. A film will be
shown showing when and how
to apply TREFLAN.
life in McKinney. She was a
member of North Side Baptist
Church in McKinney.
Besides her husband she is sur- j
vived by three daughters, Mrs. j
Shirley Rutledge of Plano, Mrs. [ of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McLain,
Mrs. Raymond Marshall.
These nine young people will ■
Three bands will play for three
dances in the Leonard Theatre
building on three different dates, by chartered
Febiuary 19, 20 and 27th.
The Teenbeats, a group of couples,
young men of Greenville who
have played for dances in Leon- tion’s capital city, the young peo- Bradford Miller,
ard recently will return for the (pie will visit various govern-
; mental agencies and sites of his-' cinct 2, and Mrs. Kent
February, torical] significance. ’ 1
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