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VOLUME 76
CELESTE, HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1963
NUMBER' 455
BOGUS CRISIS
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Forty members of the Dashing
Greenville
ac-
TO HAWKINS FRIDAY
Facts Are Dramatic
REMAINING SCHEDULE
an-
Sunday, Sept. 15
Progress Impressive
COURT CHUCKLES bys.M.REGi
improve
USE THIS ORDER ILHH
What They Really Want
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Name
Street
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City
State
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Blue Devils Lose
To Whitewright;
Go To Hawkins
Hunt Co. Singing
Convention Here
Dashing Devilettes
Look Swell On
Miss Judith Broyles
At SW Assemblies
Ot God College
Roy Horton And
Mrs, Dora Hunter
Married Friday P.M.
eight of 11
have
The Blue Devils only good scor-
ing chance came when Tillerson
picked up 25 yards to the White-
wright 7 yard line. A tight Tiger
defense held and the Blue Devils
lost the ball on downs to end the I
drive.
Sunday night guests of Mr. and
Mrs. George Holland were Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Darnell of Garland.
Mrs. R. M. Easley visited her
daughter, Mrs. G. L. Morphew,
Saturday.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
A. F. Wells were Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Gregory of Garland, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Hayes and Mrs.
Eddie Towers of Greenville.
tron receiving a card to fill it
out and return it to his mailbox.
of
for
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lanier and
Mrs. Duard Hill visited Mrs. Mag-
gie Morris in Trenton Sunday.
Enclosed find check or money order for $.
Send The Celeste Courier one year to —
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
$2.00 (plus 4c State Tax) a year in Hunt County
$2.50 (plus 5c State Tax) a year sent elsewhere
$3.00 per year sent overseas
THE CELESTE COURIER
CELESTE, TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Perkins,-,
son and family visited his mother-,
Mrs. J. I. Perkins, over last weefc.
end.
Acreage Survey
Started Sept 12th
the
as-
IOOKING
AHEAD
fcy Or. Georg* S 8enra»
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■Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Absent of.
Blue Ridge visited Mr. and Mrs.1
Carson Brewer Sunday.
Walt Davis To Report
On Boys State At
Joint Legion Meet
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Howard E. Goodman P-TA Members
View Film At
G. C. (Jake) Shockley
Died Suddenly At
Bailey Home Sat
The Blue Devils will journey to
Hawkins Friday night for another
non-district game, and will play
Royse City at Celeste on Sept.
20 in their first district game.
I DIDN'T >
KNOW IT \
BEFORE Z'
'THEN, YOUR
HONOR f j
Archie and Jimmy Lowe are
living in Garland where they are
employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Brewer
were Greenville shoppers Tues-
day.
ed in 1960: “The long held view
. . . that education policy should
be made by local units of gov-
ernment will have to go . . .
the national welfare demands a
national system of education.”
The U. S. Office of Education
has projected its vision to include
expanding federal programs of
aid. And it declares the federal
government “must also develop
new avenues of assistance and
patterns of educational leader-
ship.” This is one way of describ-
ing centralized, federalized, so-
cialized school system for the
whole nation, a system that would
put all education right under the
thumb of a federal administra-
tor and the occupant of the White
House.
Alforney To Be
Hired To Collect
Delinquent Taxes
In a regulai* session of the Ce-
leste School Board Monday night
members voted to hire an attor-
ney to collect all delinquent taxes
after October 1st, with fee and
interest added to taxes. Some
$3500.00 are outstanding now,
cording to reports.
The board set the tax rate at
1.65 with 1.3'5 for maintenance
and .30 for debt service tax. Af-
ter a considerable cut in the bud-
get from last year, a budget of
$100,826 for expenditures- and
$99,256 income with $1,988 bal-
ance from 1962-63.
The report from the equaliza-
tion board was assessed valuation
$1,575,000 compared to $1,200,000
for 1963.
Mrs. W. C. (Babe) Bailey will
entertain with open house honor-
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. (Bill) Fowler on their 50th
wedding anniversary at the Fow-
ler home in the Delta Commun-
ity Sunday, September 15, 1963.
Friends are invited to call be-
tween the hours of 2 and 5 in
the afternoon. No formal invita-
tions are being mailed locally.
Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were mar-
ried Sept. 11, 1913 at Durant, Ok.
She is the former Miss Jannie
Wade of Honey Grove and Mr.
Fowler is a native of Murfersbdro,
Ten. The couple has one daughter,
Mrs. Erma feailey of Nobility and
three grandchildren, Mrs. Patsy
Partridge of Leonard, Michael
and Phyllis Bailey of Nobility.
Also a great granddaughter, An-
nette Partridge of Leonard.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Swindell
spent last week visiting their
children in Dallas and Garland.
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The average person blinks his
eyes about 25 times per minute,
each blink lasting about two-
tenths of a second.
I
The Blue Devils of Celeste
was defeated by a rugged White-
wright team last Friday night at
Celeste, 21 to 0. A large crowd
watched the season opener for
both teams in humid 85 degree
weather.
The Whitewright Tigers wasted
little time in scoring then* first
touchdown. The Tigers marched
53 yards in eight plays to score on
a pitchout from Quarterback Cur-
tis Tillet to Halfback Joe Hennig.
The try for point after touchdown
failed as the Tigers took an early
Mrs. Dora Hunter of Celeste j
and Roy Horton of Leonard were i
married in an informal ceremony '
performed 'at Durant, Okla. Fri-
day afternoon, September 6, 1963.
The bride was attired in a
street length dress of pale green
Alencon lace and taffeta with
matching lace bolero.
The couple are living at Ce-
leste. Mr. Horton is a farmer in
the Leonard area.
I naires had paid their 1964 dues. : and Mrs. Wyatt Shockley. He was;
It is hoped that by next week a member of the Baptist Churdhi
the 1964 paid up members will j at Bailey.
Survivors are the widow, W&-,
Rosa Shockley of the home-
Bailey; fuor sons, J. B. and Har—,
old Shockley of San Antonio;. *£10'
Shockley of Sherman and CTeve*-.
land Shockley of Dallas; a bro-
ther, Bob Shockley of Dallas:.
sister, Mrs. Drew Powell of Wolfes
City, and 13 grandchildren.
What then do the proponents
"<?f federal aid, 'being more inter-
ested in propaganda than in facts,
want? They say little about fed-
| eral control, although they are
aware that it is an established
principle that federal direction
and control cannot be separated
[ from the supplying of federal
funds. There is some evidence
that those seeking federal mon-
ey actually want the federal con-
'"Ttrol. Otherview, a magazine of
school adminstartors, editorializ-
We have come to rather ex-
pect the national party platforms
and the occupants of the White
House to go along with any lobby
that looks like it can get out a
significant portion of the vote.
Politicians are reluctant to buck
the education lobby, but it is a
credit to Congress that when it
looks for the facts it finds no
School crisis to exist. The House
feducation Committee has again
shelved the White House plans
for federal grants to participate
in the paying of teachers and
the building of classrooms. The
Congress remains unconvinced.
Statistics assembled from the
educational organizations them-
selves, as well as from the federal
^government, show that the states,
l^cdunties, and cities have met suc-
cessfully the postwar boom of en-
rollments and classroom short-
ages, and are rapidly increasing
salaries of teachers. The U. S.
News & Word Report has recently
researched these matters, and its
findings make a dramatic case
for the idea that propaganda and
exaggeration, not facts, provide
the basis for these perennial
“crisis” in American education.
Mrs. Flora Long
'Services Monday M
Greenville Church
tors.
Interment was in Arledge Ridgt?
A Cemetery withWise Funeral Home --
is | of Bonham directing. Active pall—
A: bearers were Lynnwood H&te.,
Federal aid to education has
never made much sense, and it
makes a great deal less now than
ever before. A decade ago we were
debating the idea far and wide,
at which time the alarmists were
predicting the direst of conse-
quences if the educators of our
children were left to the States.
But we have gotten along quite
well without crisis or chaos with
the states assuming both the fi-
nancial costs and the direction
of our public schools. Even so,
the alarmists are are still at it,
rolling out the crises before each
Congress.
Education is of such a nature,
it is true, that you never are
quite well satisfied, regardless of
what you accomplish. This is as
it should be. We are not satis-
fied, even when the progress is
astounding. There is no stopping 6-0 lead,
place for achievement and excel-
lence. This is as it should be.
But this does not give excuse to
the National Education Associa-
tion and other groups to keep
their lobby oiled-up year after
year, to manufacture incessant
“crises” for Congressional con-
sumption, and to line up with
every call for more and bigger
government.
Mrs. Flora Alice Long, 8(JW j
820 Edgar St., Greenville; etec;;
in a Terrell hospital at 9:45 scan.,
Sunday, September 8, 1963 after*
a lengthly illness.
Services were held at 2- w,
Monday at the North Baptsst: -,
Church, Greenville. Rev. Ker,' 4 ;
Smith and Rev. B. J. Bell official;-. ;
ed with burial in MemorylantrBI
Memorial Park. Arrangements.;
were under direction of Wifeor.
Funeral Home in Leonard.
Mrs. Long was born Aprils 2S5
1883 in Nobility. She had' resid-. i
ed in Greenville for the past 15;.
years, and was a member of the
Baptist Church. i
She was preceded in deatfeUay-*
her husband Adolphus Long,, who,
died August, 1954, two brothers; !
and four sisters.
Survivors include one son, X A,
Long, and a daughter, Mrs,: .
zell Green, both of Greemig^.';
five sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Duncan.
Dallas, Mrs. Ruth Daniels, Woi.fe>
City, Mrs. Frankie Doremus, Win-,
dom, Mrs. Rose Ward, Bonham,.,
and Mrs. Willie Dawson, WicIiBs.
Falls, three grandchildren axsc
several nephews and nieces.
Pallbearers were Bud Cow-aft
Dennis Pate, Harold Groups
'John Feel, Toby Anderson and
Richard Hedley.
Armstrong and Clifford Clark
served refreshments in the home-
making rooms.
Turner.
Honorary pallbearers w-e>r«?
World War I veterans of Baiis* ?
and Roy Winkels, Jr., and BiSj?
Blair.
A native
man was
Click and Rev. Hoyt Gentry offi-
ciated. Graveside services were
conducted at the Laurel Land Ce-
metery in Dallas. Coker-Mathew-
Peters Funeral Home of Green-
ville was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Goodman was born Sept.
19, 1911 in Dallas. He married
Ann Furr on July 27, 1935 in
Fort Worth. He recently retired
from the Proctor and Gamble
I Co. where he was employed as
an industrial engineer. He com-
pleted 25 years of service with
chat company.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Goodman was engaged in ranch-
ing and raising of Aberdeen An-
gus cattle and a membei* of the
Texas and American Cattle Assn.
He was one of the first in Hunt
County to be active in the breed-
ing of this stock.
He is survived by his wife, a
step-monther, Mrs. Joe Goodman
of California; two daughters, Mrs.
Anna Lee Dallas, California and
Mrs. Imogene Day. Arizona; two
sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Puckett and
Mrs. Thelma Puckett, both of
California and three grandchil-
dren.
Pallbearers were Paul Gentry,
Jimmy Myrick, Don Ratliff, Har-
old Baker, Carl Brashear and
Robert F. Sanford. Honorary
pallbearers were Howard Gray,
Ardelle Patterson, George McGee,
Drey Aven, Billy Warren and Joe
Laughin.
W, I. (Bill) Fowlers
Will Celebrate
50th Anniversary
improvement,
swelling enrollments. These short-
ages have decreased by 24 per
cent since 1956. To describe all
this as crisis requires high imag-
ination.
Thomas Jefferson suffered
throughout his life with migraine
or tension headaches.
teacher-pupil
Classroom shortages have shown
marked improvement, despite
Announcement is made that the
Hunt County Singing Convention ,
will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday,
September 15th, at the First
Methodist Church in Celeste.
This is the first time in quite'
a while the singers have met in
Celeste.
Everyone_ who sings or enjoys
good singing is invited to be pres-
ent.
Postmaster Harbert Byers
nounced today that Rural Mail
Camers began distributing 1963
Acreage Survey Cards to patrons
on their routes this week.
The Post Office Department as-
sists U.S.D.A. in making this sur-
vey each year. These reports, di-
rectly from farmers, are the basis
for official estimates for Texas
acreage of all crops harvested in
!1963.
To be sure this community is
well represented in the t
Postmastei* Byers urges each pa-
Miss Judith Broyles will be at-
tending Southwestern Assemblies
of God College, Waxahachie, Tex-
as. for her second year.
While at Southwestern Asem-
blies of God College, she was a
member of the college choir pi-
anist of a girls quartet, and
a member of Southwestern Girls
Athletic Association.
Southwestern Assemblies
God College is a college
Christian young people. It is sup-
ported by the Assemblies of God
Churches.
The Leonard Assembly of God
Church presented Judith with a
going away gift last Sunday.
Other members are, Linda
Weatherley, Martha Sumrow,
Cheryl Moser, Linda Burnett,
Paula Gibson, Joan Wright, Lin-
da Martin, Barbara Gibson, Lillie
Mae Johnson, Marshall Craver,
Sue Warwick, Judy Smith, Eutri-
cia Giles, Sammie Perkins, Rose-
mary Thurman, Jo Ann Farmer,
Z THINK YOU'LL FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO PROVE ALL YOUR ASSERT/ONS
THAT YOUR HUSBAND IS A BRUTE, <
L/AR AND A FOOL . . WHY DID YOU
MARRY HIM IF YOU KNEW ALL TNAT^
Sept. 13—Hawkins, there
*Sept. 20—Royse City, here
*Sept. 27—Anna, there
*Oct. 4—Bells, here
*Oct. 11—Allen, there
*Oct. 18—Howe, here
*Oct. 25—Celina, there
*Nov. 1—Wolfe City, here
Nov. 8—Open
*Nov. 15—Leonard, there
* District Games
Spending for public schools has
quadrupled since the end of
World War H, and even per-
pupil-spending is double what it
was 15 years ago. Total outlays,
including spending for colleges,
reached almost $25 billion in 1960.
This includes some federal spend-
ing for impacted areas, etc., but
President Kennedy none-the-less
asked for $1.5 billion more in
federal funds for all the schools.
Even the South has made sub-
stantial progress:
Southern states have boosted
teachers’ salaries more than the
national average in 15 years.
Earnings of public school
teachers have increased 164 per
cent since 1946. The average of
$5,940 for nine months of work
puts the pay of public school-
teachers away ahead of averages
of government workers and
workers in private industry. This
has helped improve teacher
shortages and produce a more
favorable teacher-pupil ratio.
have passed the 50 per cent mark, j
which means that over 55 will.
have paid their dues.
The Membership Committee
is working and if you have not
been approached, you will be
soon. Plan to be ready for them,
with a check for $5.00. Help put
your “Post” over the top, sign
up for ’64.
in a Greenville hospital PT-A Tuesday night, September
after becoming suddenly ill at his 10, in the schood auditorium. Fea-
home, Route 2, Celeste. j tured was a film “Mike Makes His
Services were1 held Wednesday. Mark,” concerning a problem
at 1:30 p.m. in the Celeste Meth-J child that unfolds the situation
odist Church where Mr. Good- in which the school, the parent
a member. Rev. Albert and the child cooperate for neces-
sary good results.
The year’s theme, “We, the
PT-A Seek to Understand the
Family Story,” was reviewed by
program chairman, Mrs. George
Hackney, Jr.
Other officers and committee
members outling their duties in
the PT-A were Mrs. Haskell La-
Favers, president, Mrs. M. M.
Pruitt, membership, Mrs. Bobby
Compton, finance, Mrs.
Gilliam, hospitality, Mrs. Edwin
Blakemore, secretary, Mrs. Hubert
Shields, treasurer, Mrs. Bob Felty,
parliamentarian, Mrs. Ira Hunter,
historian, Mrs. Haskell Henslee,
publicity and reporter, Miss Mary
Eastwood, music, Mrs. T. B.
Weatherley, publications, Mrs.
Choice Thacker, legislative, Mrs.
and Kirkpatrick.
Died Saturday
After Short Illness Tuesday Night Meet Football Field
Howard E. Goodman, 51, died. Good attendance was noted in ~ _______‘_____________
at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, 1963, the initial meeting of the Celeste Devilettes, the pep squad organi-
~ ‘ zation of the Celeste High School,
, took to the field in half-time per-
formance at the opening football
( game of the season, Friday, Sep-
tember 6. The colorful group, led
by majorettes trained in summer
majorette schools, will be seen in
line march and rhythm forma-
tions at all games.
An addition to the costumes
for the majorette group includes
a short and middy suit for the
popular fire baton drill. Announc-
ing for the performances will be
Georgia Steed, senior. The roll
call includes, Nancy Stapleton,
leading majorette, with major-
ettes, Martha Pierson, Sandra
Mulkey, Linda Atherton and Ruth
Thorpe.
Cheer leaders are Linda Card-
well, Linda Justus, Caroline
Compton and Sherry LaFavers.
Flag bearers are Marsha Gilliam,
Betty Goodman and Sherry Rust.
Drummers include, Catherine
Floyd, Janis Justus, Alice Roach,
Mary Jo Wofford and Jo Anna
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survey,
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R. C.
Jimmy Stapleton, health,
Mrs. Elmo Duncan, safety.
Rev. JI. B. Gideon gave the in-
vocation from Ephesians 3.
Yearbooks distributed to
memebers were typed and
sembled by Mrs. G. W. Tillerson
and the class in typing.
Following the program the hos-
pitality committee, Mmes. R. C.
Gilliam, G. W. Tillerson, Douglas Judy Fugitt, Janis Thacker, Flor-
ence Koch, Paula Harless and
Linda Mulkey.
Mascots are Cynthia Harless
and Les Nichols. Mrs. Ken Cook
is sponsor.
It is called to the attention
of all Legionnaires and Auxiliary,
members that the joint meeting'
Funeral services for Grover- (£>,
(Jake) Shockley, 70, a retiree-
farmer and World War I veteran.,
were held at the Bailey Baptist
Church at 2; 30 pun. Monday. He-
died unexpectedly at his home-.
Saturday, Sept. 7, 1963, following;.-
an apparent heart attack.
Conducting the rites were Rev,
of the Legion and Auxiliary is Freeman of Whitesboro amtSt
Monday night, September the ^iev- Eeroy Gaston, Baptist pgss*.
23rd. It is hoped that everyone i
wil mark this date on their cal- ;
endar, and plan to attend,
most interesting program
planned, one feature of which bearers were Lynnwood
will be a report by Walter Davis , Jerry English, A. M. Savage, Fk®^?
on his week at Boy’s State held! Turner, James Bean and
. in Austin this past June. Full
i details of the meeting will be in
next week’s Graphic. Plan to at-
tend.
The membership drive is off
and running at the time this ar- I A native of Tennessee, Mi-,
tide was written (Wednesday).; Shockley was born Jan. 23, 1895;,
! Twenty-some early bird Legion- , and was the son of the late Mr--.
. I and Mrs. Wyatt Shockley. He was--;
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