The Celeste Courier (Celeste, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1973 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 71
CELESTE, HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS 75423
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1973
NUMBER 41
Our Town
This Week Hunt Co. Bond
Noted Baptist
Jones Speaks To
97 Counties
Leader Succumbs
Sales $40,393
Entered Food
Senior Citizens
During August
To Heart Attack
Stomp Program
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Jones States
Appreciation
For Support
Memo From
Our Mayor
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Seward To Speak
Nora Robinson
In California,
To Celebrate
NY And Chicago
94th Birthday
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Garage Sale
Starts Saturday
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Mrs. Glasscock
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Winnie Evans and
Betty Hooper of Cel-
este, and Ruby Lee
Jenkins of Leonard
attended the Grand
Chapter of Texas
Order of the East-
ern Star in Dallas
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A.A.
Gentry of Dallas
visited Mr. and
Mrs. R.N. Staton
Monday and Tues-
day.
R.L. Jones, presi-
dent of the Texas
Senior Citizens As-
sociation, was key-
note speaker at a
luncheon held at the
Senior Citizens Cen-
ter in Greenville on
Wednesday, October 3.
Jones discussed
the organization, its
aims and future plans
and its officials.
At a recent quart-
erly meeting of the
board of directors,
plans were made to
increase the number
ot chapters of the
organization, and ap-
proval made for the
state convention to
be held at Port Art-
hur in April 1974.
Mr. Jones is a fo-
rmer Celeste Postma-
ster.
Among those atten-
ding the luncheon
were Mrs. Lois Lewis
and several former
Celeste residents,
Mr. and Mrs. Felton
Sparks, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Bickham and
Ted West, all of
Greenville.
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Persons wanting
to purchase extra
copies of The Ce-
leste Courier may
do so by contacting
Mrs. Ruby Warren.
A former longtime
resident of Celeste,
Mrs. Nora A. Robin-
son, will celebrate
her 94th birthday on
Thursday, October 18.
Mrs. Robinson has
lived in Kentucky
the past four and
one-half years, most
of that time being
spent in Louisville
in the home of a
niece. "Miss Nora’s
present address is
Medco Center, Sprin-
gfield, Kentucky
40069.
Her nephew, Demus
H. Friend, of Louis-
ville, Kentucky,
passed along the wo-
rd that birthday
cards from the Lone
Star State would be
appreciated.
Mrs. Robinson still
receives the Courier,
courtesy of a good
Celeste citizen.
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Mrs. Purnia Ross
was treated at a
Leonard clinic last
week after receiving
a severe cut on her
foot when a fruit
jar fell from the
refrigerator. The
cut required several
stitches.
THIS NOTE IS for
real old timers:
Someone asks often
’’Whatever became of
Buster Cooper?” Well
now we know. Laut
Nichols had occasion
to visit Nick Willi-
ams, (a cousin of
Busters) over in the
Garland area recent-
ly and Nick said
Buster was in a rest
home in California.
Series E and H Un-
ited States Savings
Bond sales in Hunt
County during the
month of August tot-
aled $40,393, accor-
ding to County Bond
Chairman Leo Hackney.
Sales for the eight-
month period were
$350,753, for 35% of
the 1973 sales goal
of $1,000,000.
Texans purchased
$17,913,390 in Sav-
ings Bonds during
the month while the
year-to-date sales
totaled $155,083,171
compared to $142,833,
527 for the same per-
iod a year ago, an
increase of $12,249,
644.
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I
not well from ser-
ious surgery but
planning to get go-
ing on tours next
year) and several
others I vaguely as-
sociated with events
etc. The place is
the old surgical
hospital, open every
day and evening I
think for varied
events. They all ta-
lk of Friday night
Bingo. Mr. Jones,
your note to our
Mayor in your news-
paper congratulating
him and the council
on granting the hom-
estead exemption tax
was appreciated no
doubt.
THAT DEE HUNTER
has the ’’world by
the tail and a down-
hill pull" as the
old saying goes. Was
out by there for a
visit one sunshiny
I afternoon. Dee was
out riding a mower
that looked like a
minature Cadillac
mowing way out from
the steel fence that
owners are putting
around the yard and
practically around
the farm, at least
. the .south pasture
part. The family sold
the Hunter home to
two Dallas couples,
a daughter and hus-
band and her mother
and father. They come
at leisure in their
camping equipment,
using power from the
house. All they ex-
pect of Dee is that
he live there to ju-
st be there, and
seemingly nothing
could please Dee mo-
re. The whole house
is still like it has
been all. these years
though the owners put
in a bathroom and
plan further house
repairs. This week
a lake was dug and
the old steep wind-
ing creek has been
machined to a wide
canal like waterway.
Dee comes into town
daily for visits and
still plays the
piano like he did
us years ago.
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CATHERINE YEARY
branched out in her
art work last year
departing from her
natural, mostly pri-
mitive and realistic
type studies in oils,
and was almost flab-
bergasted at the new
technique of a mod-
ern instructor at
ET. But she persev-
ered and it has paid
off. Her work won a
first and fourth in
the Dallas Fair Ex-
hibit in the Women’s
Building. Look it up
if you are over
there.
Dr, Caroil Chad-
wick, pastor of the
First Baptist Church
of Center and a not-
ed Baptist leader,
died of an apparent
heart attack Monday,
October 8, 1973 aft-
er returning from a
weeks’ stay in Hono-
lulu, Hawaii.
Dr. Chadwick, who
served for three
years as president
of the Baptist Gen-
eral Convention of
Texas, was married
to the former Mar-
leta Todd of Celeste,
who- survives. He is
also survived by a
son and two daught-
ers .
Dr. Chadwick was
a former pastor of
the First Baptist
Church of Leonard.
A four family gar-
age sale starting
Saturday morning,
October 13, and con-
tinuing through Mo-
nday, October 15,
will be held at the
building west of the
Smith Texaco Station
in Celeste.
Clothes, dishes,
furniture, plumbing
fixtures and misce-
llaneous items will
be offered for sale,
(adv.)
nr. and Mrs. Lewis
Jones ot Port Annur
visited Mrs. Rex
Denney, Col. and Mrs.
Rex Denney and Mr.
and Mrs. Lem Warren
Friday.
R. L. JONES, former Celeste Postmaster
and State President of Senior Citizens
Association, speaker at Greenville
luncheon.
THE FAIR! Is this
the weekend the mil-
lion kids go in 4-H
and FFA and FHA? I
would like to see
the Fair one more
time but not like
the last time which
was 24 years ago.
Come to think of it
that was a pretty
good way to see a
fair. I was new and
sort of gullible,
so Mr. Heflin sent
me along with five
fourth or fifth gra-
de boys to sponsor.
I had never seen
them nor they me,
for I was in high
school. Mr. Heflin
conveniently lost
his charges along
about the Duroc Jer-
sey Shoat pen, the
first place we stop-
ped. Possibly other
teachers more in the
know did likewise
later on. But "we"
saw all the exhibits
buildings and had
the crush of holding
together for that
free lunch then they
could do the midway
alone. All went fine,
except Jack Warren
was always wanting
to move on when Fra-
nklin Pearce and
Buddy Hopewell, and
the two others I
can’t remember for
sure who they were,
would want to exam-
ine the things that
were of interest.
Anyway I paid their
way into the Crash
Show, and let them
sit alone, and that
is the only way I
would ever have got-
ten to see that
thrilling smash and
bang-em-up. End of
story. All five were
at the bus in that
maze of busses at
the appointed hour
five o’clock.
There is always a
good Samaritan some-
where. I heard this
week that Mrs. Has-
kell Henslee has made
throw pillows for
the patients at Gil-
bert Nursing Home at
Leonard.
Mildred Pierce,
one of the nurses at
the Home, remarked
that some of the pat-
ients hardly want to
give them up when
they need washing.
Have you thought
lately of the people
at the nursing home
that would enjoy se-
eing you or visiting
with the folks that
sit there with their
loved ones? It is
more of a blessing
to give than to re-,
ceive.
The following let-
ter was printed in
"The Voice", newspa-
per of the Texas
Senior Citizens As-
sociation.
Dr. Jack Seward of
Celeste has accepted
lecture engagements
in New York and San
Francisco in October
and in Chicago in
early November.
He will talk on
the subject "How To
Do Business in Jap-
an" before Advanced
Management Research
seminars in those
cities.
Hon. Mack Pierson
Mayor
Celeste, Texas 75423
Dear Mack:
I would like to
express appreciation
to you and the memb-
ers of the City Cou-
ncil on the part of
the Texas Senior Ci-
tizens Association,
in granting the
$3,000 evaluation
exemption on home-
steads of those 65
years old or older.
This legislation
was the first goal
of the Texas Senior
Citizens Association
when we organized in
September 1966. I
have spent the last
two regular sessions
of the Legislature
in Austin working in
behalf of Senior Ci-
tizens. This was made
possible by our or-
ganization working
together.
With best wishes
to you and all of
our friends there.
Sincerely yours,
R.L. Jones, President
EDITOR’S NOTE:
Celeste is the form-
er home of President
and Mrs. R.L. Jones.
They grew up and
lived in Celeste un-
til 1935. He was
Celeste Postmaster
from 1920 to 1935.
Mrs. Ellis Glass-
cock, a patient at
Gilbert Nursing Home,
celebrated her sev-
enty-seventh birth-
day on Wednesday at
the home of her son,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Glasscock. Mr. Ellis
Glasscock was pre-
sent also.
Mrs. Glasscock re-
marked what a nice
birthday she had and
how she enjoyed it.
From RJW...
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OUR TOWN HAD a
Port Arthur visitor
last week, hone oth-
er than R.L. (Red)
Jones and Bertha.
They were with the
Greenville Senior
Citizen Chapter in
a morning meeting
Wednesday. Quite na-
turally they came by
their old home town.
"Red" or should we
say Mr. Jones since
he organized the now
large and influent-
ial organization of
Senior citizens, be-
ginning at age fifty
if one desires, we
hear. There are
forty-odd chapters
all across south and
west Texas and the
Jones will not stop
until they are more
widely spread. They
convention every ot-
her year in Austin
and wield a mighty
influence it seems.
I for one have
turned a sort of cold
shoulder to the
thing. For one thing
there are just so
many things one can
do. For another I’m
no politicer nor lo-
bbiest. Nevertheless
most of us will take
advantage of any
good thing coming
our way since the
voices of several
thousand senior cit-
izens influence the
powers that be down
Austin way. One th-
ing this particular
older citizen doesn't
go along with is the
homestead exemption
tax, this year any-
way, until it is
seen how drastical-
ly it affects our
governments. We sti-
ll are protected
in our modest homes
etc. and it takes
money to run a scho-
ol and city, and in
the majority of cases
the small tax can
be scrouged. Admitt-
edly there are some
that need the exemp-
tion even where the
tax is small like
here and more so in
cities where taxa-
tion and evaluation
is tripled or more.
Anyway, there was
not an old ager at
the meeting among
the fifty or sixty
present. No one told
of their aches and
pains, the men did
the scurrying about
and cleaning the
kitchen and never
was a friendlier
group. Even play-
ing forty-two was
fun despite the in-
terruptions with
greetings and wel-
comes. Among those
that I knew from
years back were
the Pattersons,
Frank and Bob, from
the piano playing
Pattersons, Ted
West, Adali Stephen-
son, (you know,
Pauline England’s
brother,) Mrs. Grov-
er Clark and sister
Mrs. Kellog, Dave
and Alma Bickham,
Jewell from the clo-
thing store. (Jewell,
needy citizens.
Under the food
stamp plan, house-
holds spend a cer-
tain amount each mo-
nth for food stamps,
based on the number
in the household,
income, resources
and other factors.
They then get addi-
tional stamps free
of charge, increas-
in their food buy-
ing power.
Food stamps are
then used like cash
at local food stores,
authorized by USDA
to accept them.
Legislation recen-
tly passed by Cong-
ress will require
this program to be
operating in every
"political subdivi-
sion" of a state by
June 30, 1974.
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Our city employees
are giving us proof
of the value of our
recently purchased
piece of equipment
a backhoe and end
loader tractor.
In the south part-|
of town streets have,
been fixed to give
fire protection to
all the houses and
to the gin. Rock has,
been placed so in
case of wet weather
the fire trucks can
get hose from the
only fire plug to
the needed areas.
If you have trav-
eled Sanger Street
west or Eighth Stre-•
et south, you can see
pre-mix or asphalt
stone topping.
All the equipment
that was purchased
by the former counc-
ils is real good e-
quipment and their
looking ahead has
really paid off,
thanks to them.
Serving and plan-
ning for our city is
a privilege and each
one that has pitched
in and helped in
many ways is apprec-
iated. No one person
can do it all, but
all can do anything
we want to.
Mack Pierson, Mayor
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The 97 Texas coun-
ties which converted
to the Food Stamp
Program on October 1
represent the larg-
est block of count-
ies in one state to
go into this U.S.
Department of Agric-
ulture food program
at one time.
That's the report
of Martin Garber,
Dallas, West-Central
regional administra-
tor for USDA’s Food
and Nutrition Serv-
ice. The Food Stamp
Program is administ-
ered in Texas by the
State Department of
Public Welfare in co-
operation with USDA.
The addition of
these 97 counties
brings the total nu-
mber of Texas count-
ies in the program
to 139 -- leaving
115 to enter the pr-
ogram on November 1,
at which time every
county in the state
will have food stam-
ps available to its
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