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VOLUME 63
CELESTE, HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1964
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Littlejohn Family
Reunion Sunday At
Local Students To
Enter College
City Council Has
Extended Date For
Poll On Tax Rates
Miss Sandra Mulkey
Honored With Pre-
Nuptial Parlies
Mr. and Mrs. George McGee
attended the wedding of his niece,
Miss Judith Lee White and David
Edward Kadleck at the Irvindale
Methodist Church in Dallas.
Enclosed find check or money order for $.
Send The Celeste Courier one year to —
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Gerald (Jelly) Williams under-
went surgery at Surgical Hospi-
tal in Greenville Wednesday.
Robert L. Jones, Port Arthur
Jack Ruff, Celeste
J. J. Griffis, Celeste
Mrs. Sam Glasscock, Celeste
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
$2.00 a year in Hunt County
$2.50 a year sent elsewhere
$8 00 per year sent overseas
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will
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lanier vis-
ited Mrs. Maggie Morris in Tren-
ton Sunda;
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Mrs.
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Mrs.
Miss Bana Orme,
Former Resident,
Died In Ft. Worth
Pastor Announces
Stewards Meeting
And Choir Practice
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es there will be Ronnie Shields,
a junior student and Randy and
Mike Weatherley, transfers from
John Tarleton State College.
Mickey Rodriguez will attend
the Amarillo School of Nursing.
picnic - style at noon and visits*-
tion during the afternoon.
Those present were Theo Lit-,
i tlejohn and Toby Littlejohn anc£
• Miss Patricia Littlejohn, Ladonia^
John Charles Grounds, 60. of
! ’ ’ of Mrs.
Evans, Charlie Grounds of Leonard, died
Saturday afternoon, August 22,
1964 in the home of a son, Doyle
. Grounds in Dallas. He had gone
Mrs. ' ’ -----
improved from a recent illness.
this
half of
spring graduating seniors,
classes are meeting the full week. I
August 31st to September 4, with Sand Mike, Wolfe
Margie Lee McGuire
and two daughters, Mrs.
Stanglin of Dallas and
Wilson Wallace of Angle-
ton, and Mark Stanglin visited
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Thomas and
Mr. and Mrs. Hack Henslee last
Friday.
Jimmie Jean Nichols is Bolton of Muskogee, Okla., moth-
------- “------ er of Mr. Bolton.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Ramsey of
Greenville spent Sunday with Mr.
Mrs. Lonnie Linton.
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Mayor Milton reported that
called meeting of the City Coun-
cil voted to extend the time for
the poll report on whether to
increase the city tax rate from
$1.40 to $1.50 to terminate Sep-
tember 5, thinking that many res-
idents will bring in their vote
during the bill paying five days
of September.
Only 39 votes have been turned
in or had on Monday night, with
only eight votes against the small
increase that would relieve parti-
ally the need for city monies. It
is explained that in no way does
this move, if adopted, give way
for higher evaluation.
iAIso, the city councilmen are
making a survey in connection
with one additional dollar to be
added to the water bill, to sup-
plement the maintenance of trash :
hauling. If adopted by a majori-
ty of citizens, cans and trash!
would be hauled once every two
weeks instead of once every two
months. The amount expended at
the present time for the trash I
situation costs the city about
$468.00 per year. Approximately1
two hundred families would be in-
volved.
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Mrs. Ovilla McNatt and Mrs.
Lester McNatt and children, Ja-
nice and Gary, of Dallas visited
Mrs. Estelle Sumrow Tuesday.
The approaching election of
ASC committees for farm pro-
gram administration in Hunt
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Week end guests of Mrs. A. H.’
Armstrong were Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Brewer, Jr. of Lamesa and
Dr. and Mrs. A. Ernest Denny
of Waco.
An estimated 6,000 to 8,000 18-,
year-old males legally required1
be registered under the draft
■ law, are not registered in Texas
currently.
That was the conclusion reach-
ed in Austin recently by Colonel
Morris S. Schwartz, state direc-
tor of Selective Service.
The estimate, Colonel Schwartz
said, was based on 1946. male
births in the state and' rates of
increase in the number of males
at the 18-year-old level.
More than 45,000 males regis-
tered with Texas draft boards
from January through July. The
figure should be 51,000 to 53,-
000, Colonel Schwartz says, based '
on the best analysis of statistics
at his disposal and current
periences of local boards.
One Texas draft board
cently began a special project of
investigation through the school
census as well as taking other
special actions and doubled its
current registration rate of 18-
year-olds, the state draft director
said. He indicated some other
•boards were considering similar
action.
Colonel Schwartz pointed out
that the draft law makes it the
responsibility of the 18-year-old
male to register at the nearest
local board on the day he is 18,
or within five days thereafter.
“If he waits as much as six
days to present himself for reg-
istration, he is late,” Colonel
Schwartz said, “and is subject to
penalty of the law.”
Maximum penalty for failure
to comply with the draft law,
upon prosecution and convicition
of an individual subject to it, is
five years in prison, $10,000 fine,
or both.
Local boards may, if they de-
cide to take the action, select
men out of turn for immediate
military service if they fail to
jr comply with draft law provisions,
Concluding registration on time.
Practically all males born after
August 30, 1922, except those un-
der 18, are legally required to be
registered under the current draft
law.
BUT» DARLING, BE
REASONABLE!
AFTER ALL, WE j
CAN’T LIVE ON J
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ASC Commitfee
* Election Sept. 10
By Co. Farmers
Miss Bana Gertrude Orme, 8% i
a former resident of Celeste, died?
Saturday afternoon, August 29.,
1964 at her home, 3958 Farris?,
Court, Fort Worth.
Services were held at the Cok*-
er-Mathews-Peters Funeral Horntd
Chapel at 4 p.m. Monday. Dr^
Harrison Baker and the Rev. A1-.
bert Click officiated. Interment,
was made in East Mount Ceme-
tery.
Nephews of Miss Orme servec-
as pallbearers.
Miss Orme was a member of
the Celeste Methodist Churchy '
and lived in Celeste for many years*
before moving to Fort Worth
She is survived by six nieces^ !
Mrs. Ford Crumb of Fort Worth."
Mrs. Johnnie Young of Green-
ville, Mrs. Lilly Daniel of Ce-
leste, Mrs. Bob Cantrell of Bon-
ham, Mrs. C. A. Jones of Wichita
Falls and Mrs. Jim Battle of Cal-
ifornia; four nephews, James
Orme of Greenville, Russell Orm$
of Bonham, Ralph Orme of St.
Louis and Oscar Buchanan of
California; one sister-in-law, Mrs..
Edgar Orme of Greenville.
ATTENDS FUNERAL
Here to attend funeral services;
for Jack Bolton last week were>
Albert Bishop, Jr., of Elk Grove,,
Calif., and Mrs. Don Mize of
Stockton, Calif., and Mrs. May
Approximately one hundred
guests were noted at the affair.
Out of town guests were Mrs. |
Dera Pearce, Garland, mother of |
the prospective groom; aunts of
Mr. Pearce, Mmes. Doyle Pur-; f ii k ■
Small Decrease In
School Enrollment
LUNCHEON
Miss Mulkey was honored with
a luncheon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Mack Pierson Saturday,
August 29, with Miss Martha Jo
Pierson, hostess, assisted by her
mother.
Guests were served a buffet
luncheon from the dining table
centered with an adornment of
wedding bells, enhanced with rib-
bons in pink tones and topped
with a love bird . Place cards for
the eight guests featured wedding
rings.
Attending the luncheon were
Misses Sarah Warren, Linda
Cardwell, Pat Roach, Gale Wright
of Leonard, Mrs. Sydne Roach
West and the hostess, Miss Pier-
son.
A gift to* Miss Mulkey was a
covered casserole in the bride-
elects chosen pottery.
McWrighf Cemetery
Homecoming Sun.
Rev. William Davis, pastor of
the Methodist Church, Celeste,
announces that regular stewards
meetings will be on the first
Wednesday of each month.
The preliminary budget was
discussed this month and the
budget will be adopted next
month.
Any changes in the personnel
of the board deemed necessary
will be made at the next Quarter-
ly Conference to be held October
4th at 2:30 p. m. in Wolfe City.
Eleven stewards were at the
meeting which was preceded by
the regular Wednesday night
choir practice. BR. -
i Greenville Park
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The families of the Littlejohn,
generation met in annual reunion
interested in the, im- Greenville City Park Ap-
provement of this phase of church gust 30fth with a basket lunch,
work are cordially invited. Both
young and older people are
eluded.
I Annual Dulaney
Homecoming Sep. 6
The Dulaney Homecoming will
be Sunday, September 6, at
Greenville City Park.
All foermer residents, school
teachers and friends are request-
ed to attend the homecoming.
Watch for a Red Ribbon on
a tree in Greenville City Park
that has Dulaney on it.
Everyone is asked to bring a
well filled basket.
as a holiday.
Tillerson also announces the
classes of Miss Mary Eastwood,
in music and Miss Allegra Byers
in speech. Parents interested are
invited to visit these teachers in
their studies in the high school
building for this special private
training.
I three grandchildren, Linda Gale*
Z.Z_. and Mrs. J. C...
Caddell, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos-
Easley, Jan, Ken and Patti; Mr,
and Mrs. Lewis Easley, Darlene
and Randy, a friend, all of Dal-
las.
Also Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gias?*-
vuvu. a,x1Vi uuun jaeaiuen, veieSC&>
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Easley, Lee>
. Mike, Wrtfe City; Mr. and;
Monday, September 7, observed Mrs. Frank Morgan, Mr. and
Swanzy Turner and Kay, Mr.
and Mrs. G. M. Voss and Jimmy;.
Mrs. G. L. Morphew, Mr. and.
Mrs., Paul Turner, Greenville.
Mrs. Alice Rawls and daughter^
Mrs. Myrtle Rogers of Dallas were
unable to attend this year for the
first time. Mrs. Rawls keeps up
with Celeste friends though her*
home is with her daughter. She
reads The Courier. Her ads to
sell her home on Fifth St. in Ce-
leste paid off. The Virgil Tatums
bought the place and moved;
there. i
County was announced today by
’ O. B. Marshall, County Office
Manager of the Agricultural Sta-
''v. bilization and Conservation Of-
fice.
Voting will be by mail, the
Manager explained, and ballots
have been sent to each known
eligible voter. In case eligible
voters fail to receive a ballot
through the mail, they may ob-
tain one at the ASOS Office 2911
Lee Street, Greenville, Texas.
Generally, a farm owner, tenant,
or sharecropper is eligible to vote
if he is taking part or is eligible
to take part in one or mere of
the programs administered by the
ASC committees.
Envelopes containing marked
ballots may be mailed or return-
ed to the ASC County Office any
time before September 10. 1964.
Ballots will be tabulated public-
ly by the county committee on
September 14, 1964.
For each committee, three reg-
ular members and two alternates
will be elected. The chairman,
vice chairman, and regular mem-
ber of the elected ASC commun-
ity committee will also serve as
delegate, alternate delegate, and
second alternate delegate, re-
spectively, to the county conven-
tion where the ASC county com-
mittee will be chosen within the
next few weeks.
Questions on eligibility to vote
and hold office, or on the elec-
tion procedure, will be determin- <
ed by the ASC county committee
subject to appeal to the ASC
State committee.
I ^18-Year-Olds Slack
I In Registering
Under Draft Law
Doyle Pur-
year, Greenville, and Mrs. Jewell
Pearce, Dallas; sister of the
prospective groom, Mrs. V. T.
Smith, Shreveport, La.
Also Mrs. Anthony Mulkey of
Denison; Mrs. Ralph Evans, Jr.
and Miss Gale Wright of Leon-
ard; Miss Ouida Girdner and
! Smith Girdner, aunt and uncle
of Miss Mulkey, of Jacobia; Mrs.
J. B. Glasscock of Carrollton and
Mrs. D. O. Smith of Greenville.
The hostess gift was a set of
stainless steel cookware.
there Friday for a visit.
A native of Texas, he had liv-
i ed in Tulsa about 20 years and
had worked as a driver - sales-
man about 12 years for the A-
Mac Gas Co. He was a deacon
in the Free Will Baptist Church
of Tulsa.
Final rites were held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at the Free Will Baptist
Church. Interment was made in
Floral Haven Memorial Gardens
in Tulsa.
Surviving are the widow, Mary
Lena Grounds, two other sons,
Charles Grounds and Kenneth
all of Tulsa; two
Sandra Grounds of
the home and Mrs. Mildred Salte
of Riverside, Calif. Also
grandchildren.
in-
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Mr. Evans, a former Panola
County resident, is a graduate of
Greenwood, La., High School and
Texas A. and I. College, Kings-
ville.
The couple will be at home in
Abilene where the prospective
bridegroom has recently been
transferred by the Commercial
Credit Corp.
Mr. Evans is the grandson of
the late Mrs. R. M. Blankenship
of Celeste.
Brother Died In
Saturday
and the colleges they will enter i
are: I
Tulsa, Okla, and brother
Ronnie Clinton. Bill f—1 -* ,. ~
Betty Goodman, Mark Hackney.'
Martha Jo Pierson and Georgia
Steed, to enroll in ETSC, Com-
merce.
Others from the same class are'
Linda Justus to attend Abilene j
Christian College, David Pruitt.'
Kilgore Junior College, and Joe
Tillerson. Texas A. & M. Others '
i expressed plans but have not re-
quested credentials.
Beginng classes at ETSC. Com-
merce, from the Celeste class of
1963 are Misses Martha and Linda
Hackney, making three from the
same family. Returning to ET-
SC for their second year are
Jeanette Swafford, David Smith,
and Pat Roach. Continuing class- ,
1 Grounds,
daughters,
A miscellaneous shower hon-
oring Miss Sandra Mulkey, bride-
elect of Garvin Pearce of Gar-
land. was held in the library of
j the Celeste High School Friday
evening, August 28th. Mrs. Jack
i Warren registered guests in the
bride’s book.
The refreshment table, set with
; crystal service, was presided ov-
er by Mmes. G. W. Tillerson,
Lem Warren and Miss Sarah
Warren. A lace table cloth over
blue was enhanced with an
eleganted centerpiece of blue car-
nations.
The gift table, laid in a white
cotton cloth, was centered with
flowers. Assisting with the re-
] ceiving of guests were additional
Congressman Ray Roberts has '• hostesses, Mmes. Bob Felty, How-
announced that the House of; ard Roach, Farrell Arey, O. L.
Representatives has approved H. I Nichols, Jr., Tommy Arey, Forest
R. 11451, which changes the' Abernathy> Jerry Swindell, Ben
name of the Bonham Veterans •Jenkins and Tom Mulkey.
Adminstration Center (Hospital'
and Domiciliary) to the Sam |
Rayburn Memorial Veterans Cen-
ter.
The House, on Tuesday, Sep-
tember 1st, overwhelmingly ap-
proved this legislation which was
originally sponsored by Congress-
man Roberts.
Approval was given this legis-
lation in tribute to Speaker Sam
Raybum even though the Veter- j
ans Administration maintains the,
policy that veterans hospitals
should be named for the city or
town in or near where they are
located rather than for a speci-
fice individual.
As soon as the House had ap-
proved this legislation, Congress-
man Roberts was in contact with
Senator Ralph Yarborough,
Chairman of the Senate Veter-
ans’ Affairs Subcommittee, who
assured immediate consideration
of this proposal by his Subcom-
mittee. Approval of the change in
the name of the Bonham V. A.
Center by the Senate and its sig-
nature into law by President
Johnson should be completed by
the end of the month.
The annual Home Coming ser-
vice for McWright Cemetery will
be held Sunday, Sept 6. You are
cordially invited to spend the day.
Program at 11:30 a.m. Mr. Clay
Cheek of Commerce College will
be the speaker. Lunch will be at
12:30 p.m. on tables arranged for
your pleasure. If unable to at-
tend, please be as liberal as pos-
sible with donations as upkeep
has increased.
Clyde Freeman, Pres.
Clay Thomason, Vice-Pres.
Mrs. Georgia Sockwell, Sec.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert New-
man of Celeste announce the
engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter,
Barbara Jean, to Billy Dan
Watson, son of Mrs. Clifford G.
Watson of Leonard. The date
of the wedding has been set
for October 16 and will take
place at the home of Mr. and
Mi’s. Roby Watson in Leonard
with only members of the fam-
ilies present. Miss Newman is
presently an employee of Pro-
vident Mutual Life Insurance
Company in Dallas.
The couple will reside in
Leonard where Mr. Watson is
self-employed.
CHOIR PRACTICE
The weekly choir practice, led |
by Mrs. Davis, is scheduled for!
7:30 p. m. each Wednesday. All
who are i
Mi$s McCatlree, Horace Chilton Evans. Jr.
Set Mid-September Wedding Date
Mrs. O. M. McCaffree of Amar-
illo announces the engagement
and approaching marriage of her
daughter, Juanita, to Horace
Chilton Evans, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Evans, Sr. of
Carthage.
The wedding will take place at
8 p.m. Saturday, September 12,
in the First Baptist Church, Ori-
ginal Chapel, Amarillo. Dr. Win-
fred C. Moore, pastor, will per-
form the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Easley, Jim-
my and Becky, Aberfoyle; Mi\
and Mrs. Jimmy Bowman, Green-.
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Easley,
i Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Eastep and.
Superintendent G. W. Tillerson ’ and Vicky, Mr.
announced that the enrollment
on Friday, August 28, was 201,
a small decrease from last year’s
start. The problem exists in that
beginning students this year
number only one half of the
graduating seniors. All'cock and John Bearden, Celeste-
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