The Celeste Courier (Celeste, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1972 Page: 1 of 4
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CELESTE, HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS 75423
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28,
VOLUME 70
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MRS. WILL GREEN
SEE YOU next week.
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Miss Elizabeth Ann Deaton And
Mark Hackney Exchange Vows
Couple Visit
The Holy Land
Mrs. Leon Norris
Hosts Bingo Club
James R. Caton
Announces For
State Senator
BRO. CLICK, here
for the Hackney -
Deaton wedding Sat-
urday evening, had
dinner with the D.
B. Lewis, his for-
mer ’’cook-out-s teak”
neighbors.
Her nurses love her
for her spirit and
ready wit.
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Mr. and Mrs. John
,L. James are ill at
their home with flu.
Editor
The Celeste Courier
Celeste, Texas
Sincerely,
Lemmie R.Jones,Sr.
Box 229 Route 11
Tyler, Texas-75701
P.S. Please renew
The Celeste Courier
for another year.
Mrs. Fay Cawthon
has returned from
visiting Lt. Col.
and Mrs. Harry Ell-
iott, Mr. and Mrs.
John Welch and John
Christopher at Ft.
Sill, Oklahoma.
BESS CRUM was a
visitor over the
weekend, as were
the Jim Pearce fam-
ily, Ava, John, and
children.
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JOHNNIE STAPLETON
got two good weeks
of rest with Helen •
and their mother-
what with a few more
days at home taking
the best of care she
is due to get
back again in work-
ing shape. Too bad
that she could not
get out to Pampa to
welcome the new baby,
Christopher Andrew
Weatherley,' Mike and
Nancy’s son born
last weekend. Mic-
helle must be be-
side herself.
Mrs. Euia Gill is
ill in a Greenville
hospital.
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FRIENDS HERE are
visiting Vela Wright
Todd in Whitewright
Nursing Home. She
was seriously ill
last week when she
was taken there by
ambulance. Her con-
dition has improved
rapidly with the
dedicated work of
the staff. She is
mentally alert, has
a smile for every-
one and so happy to
be in good care with
friends calling.
is doing better, and
after a few days
the Clarence McGuir-
es should be back
on the farm. Clar-
ence had surgery in
Community hospital,
Sherman, Tuesday
morning.
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READ INTERESTING
things "in the paper’
about the Mormon
Church and one of
their tenets, con-
tributions to fam-
ily genealogy, by
searching out and
recording family
histories - anyones
history, Sylvia Jon-
es ‘said by supply-
ing them with some
bits and pieces of
information. The
history is recorded
on tape, and housed
in the Mormon Lib-
rary in Salt Lake
City. Dallas has a
branch library thr-
ough which films may
be gotten for sixty-
five cents per reel,
after a period of
about two weeks.
The Church has 800,-
000 records that
will eventually be
housed under a moun-
tain "to seal for
time and eternity."
I asked Sylvia how
they could find the
right branch of
Jones (her beginning
project). She knows
how to give the bits
and pieces necess-
ary .
School and East Tex-
as State University,
is a graduate stu-
dent of ETSU.
The Celeste Bingo
Club met Monday at
7;30 p.m. in the
home of Mrs. Leon
Norris.
Those present were
Elzada Gibson, Comer
Barnard, Lou Turner,
Nancy Richards, Angi.e-
lou Slayden, Franc-
es Cranberry, Doro-
thy Pruitt, Theda
Lacy, and June Floyd.
The hostess gift
was won by Dorothy
Pruitt.
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MRS. MYRTLE CLARK
is hospitalized in
’Baylor with emplic-
ations following flu
combined with dia-
betic medication.
Miss Elizabeth
Ann Deaton became
the bride of Mark
Rankin Hackney Sat-
urday evening, Jan-
uary 22, 1972 in a
double ring ceremony
in the Celeste Me-
thodist Church. The
Rev. Albert Click
conducted the cere-
mony .
Parents of the
bride are Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Deaton,
2903 Dalton St.,
Greenville. The
groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George
R. Hackney, Rt. 3,
Greenville.
Given in marriage
by her brother, Jam-
es V. Deaton, the
Dear Editor:
Jestena (Pierce)
Hunter was my class-
mate and I have so
many wonderful mem-
ories of her, espec-
ially in our high
school days. She was
such a wonderful
girl. She was a born
leader and the won-
derful thing about
it all was that she
led people in the
'right direction.
Our class motto was
"Climbing Higher
Still" and that was
always so true of
Jestena. She set an
example for all of
her classmates and
then continued that
through her college
days and then right
in her own home town
set one of the fin-
est examples of wo-
rthwhile living that
could be set.
I visited her class
she taught in school
and was thrilled and
amazed to see how
she led the little
ones. God alone knows
the good this beaut-
iful, dedicated life
contributed in her
life time.
When just a girl
in high school she
helped the class to
choose the motto
"Climbing Higher
Still." That is ex-
actly the life she
has lived and today
she has gone to her
reward, "climbing
higher still" and
now she enjoys the
wonderful life Hea-
ven has to offer.
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JAMES R. CATON
Jim Caton, 37-year-
old Wylie attorney,
has filed as a can-
didate in the' Demo-
crat primary for
State Senator in the
newly created 2nd
Senatorial District.
Caton was born in
Wylie and finished
high school there
in 1951. He enrolled
in college in 1952,
but was drafted and
served two years in
the U.S. Army from
1954 to 1956, then
returned to North
Texas State Univer-
sity where he was
graduated with a B.
A. degree in journa-
lism in 1958.
After almost four
years as publisher
of weekly newspapers
in Archer City and
Azle, Texas, Caton
entered South Texas
College of Law in
Houston and was lic-
ensed to practice
• law in 1965. He holds
a juris doctor de-
gree in law from
that school.
Caton lives with
his wife and child-
ren near Wylie, wh-
j’ere his wife, Missy,
is & member of the
school board of the
Wylie Independent
School District and
his five children
.are all enrolled in
the Wylie Schools.
He heads his law
firm, James R..Ca-
ton & Associates,
a firm with four
attorneys, in Mc-
Kinney, and he also .
owns and operates
Caton Title Company
with offices in Pl-
ano and McKinney.
(Paid pol. adv.)
New And
Renewed
Subscribers
Mrs. R.W. Clinton,
Celeste.
Ray Shields, Green-
ville .
Mrs. William Har-
rell, Celeste.
Mrs. George Miller,
Midvale, Utah.
Mrs. Fay Cawthon,
Celeste.
L.R. Jones Sr.,
Tyler.
out TOWN THIS WEEK
HOW NICE TO LIVE
in a small town.
The kids at our
school look like
school kids should
look and they like
it that way - boys
with hair and cloth-
es that even some
old square could not
criticize and girls,
pretty in girl clot-
hes. I snooped a
bit in an off period
and read some of the
term themes Mr. Hen-
ning’s American His-
tory (senior) class
has written. Intrig-
uing titles, and
found to be duly
pursued, researched
and bibliographed
subjects one wond-
ers about the inter-
est in having been
selected like "Comp-
arison: Washington
and Eisenhower,"
"Contrasting and
Comparing Jefferson
and Marx", or "The
American Revolution
and World War II",
(The latter had us
worried. Had I for-
gotten my world
wars?). The theme
began something like
this: "World War II
started with the
bombing of Pearl
Harbor December 7,
1941". Our total
involvement, that
is. Then there was
Patton in Africa,
Ernest Berry fight-
ing up the Boot
(Italy), D-Day in
Europe and a mess
of other after eff-
ects. Well, the pap-
er clarified all
that in a brief con-
cluding paragraph.
After all, why should
kids have to learn
about those terrible
times? (except that
they are to learn
past history to make
for themselves a
better world than
the past.
Also, in a small
town, the P.O. tak-
ing three day old
letters in for stamp
selling, and post
marking with the
clock showing two
seconds to five
o’clock. The Green-
ville P.O. closes
business transactions
at 4:30 we were told
for the place was
dead except for a
few box lookers.
That was twenty min-
utes to five. Got
to our town in time
to post letters, ;
as noted two senten-
ces above.
FRANCES AND AL-
BERT had a family
dinner one noon day
last week for Fran-
ces’ mother’s birth-
day. She is Mrs.
John Teague oT Leon-
ard. Others were her
sister and'husband,
the W.M. McBrooms,
and* brother Bill
Little, also of
Leonard.
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Mrs. Lottie Brooks
and Mrs. Lessie Add-
ington entertained
with a covered dish
luncheon in Mrs.
Brooks’ home last
week honoring Mrs.
W.A. Owens of Mine-
ola, formerly of
Kingston.
Chicken and dress-
ing and all the trim-
mings were served
to Mrs. R.W. Farmer,
Mrs. Alice Shields,
Mrs. B.C. Connell,
Mrs. Leta Williams,
Mrs. Raymond Wade,
Mrs. Claude Gresham
and the hostess.
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was served. •
Houseparty mem-
bers were Martha
McBroom, sister of
the groom, Sandra
Deaton, sister-in-
law of the bride,
and Linda Hackney,
sister of the groom,
Georgeann Babers,
sister of the groom.
Following a short
wedding trip, the
couple are making
their home in Green-
ville. The bride is
a graduate of Green-
ville High School.
The groom, a gradu-
1972
WSCS Has Fourth Plans Made To
Monday Lunch Place Marker At
The Fourth Monday
luncheon of the Wors-
ens Society of Chris-
tian Service was
made more interest-
ing by the attendance
of visitors Mrs. Lou
V. Kelly, Mrs. Odie
Pyle, Cleatis Hud-
son and Mr. Titus.
Members present were
Mrs. Sparks, Mrs.
Denney, Mrs. M. Bar-
nard, Mrs. Luton,
Mrs. Furr and Bro.
and Mrs. Pearson.
A program was not
planned for the fif-
th Monday, January
31. The first, sec-
ond and third Mon-
days in February
will be held with
Bro. Pearson continu-
ing the lesson from
Matthew.
All are invited
to attend these ses-
sions from 2 p.m. to
3 p.m.
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Birth Site
The Hunt County
Historical Society
held it’s annual
meeting Saturday,
January 22. Several
projects were dis-
cussed and voted
on for 1972. One
which will be of in-
terest not only to
Hunt County citiz-
ens, but_to the en-
tire United States,
to place a marker
on Highway 69 as
near as possible to
the birthplace of
Audie Murphy. Mur-
phy received the
"Congressional Medal
of Honor" for his
courageous valor in
World War II. Very
few ever received
that honor, there-
fore, Celeste as
well as Hunt County
will take pride in
erecting a Memorial
and Historical Mar-
ker that future gen-
erations may be re-
minded of the valor
of this courageous
soldier. He receiv-
ed his early train-
ing and education
in Celeste school.
As the society
does not have suf-
ficient funds to
pay for the cost of
a marker comparable
to his deeds, they
are asking for don-
ations from Hunt
County citizens and
especially his
friends of Celeste.
The minimum cost
will be not less
than $200.00 of
which some has been
pledged. Your con-
tributions can be
sent to the Hunt
County Historical
Society, % Walworth
Harrison, Box 448,
Greenville or Har-
bert Byers, Box 156, •
Celeste.
Locals Have
Auto Accident
Near Bailey
One person appear-
ed to be slightly
k injured in a one-
car accident on U.
S. 78, just north
of Bailey, Tuesday
morning, January ,18.
Highway Patrolman
Duane Cox, who in- .
vestigated the acci-
dent, said Clara
Mae Evans of Celeste
complained of pains
in the neck but said
she would contact
her personal physic-
ian.
Patrolman Cox said
Ruth Evans Ballard
of Celeste was driv-
ing north on State
Highway 78 when she
lost control of the
car on the wet pave-
ment on a curve and
ran through a barb-
ed wire fence. The
car overturned and
came to rest on its
top.
Other passengers
in the car were
Emma Evans, Lizzie
Byrd and Carrol
Evans, all of Ce-
leste .
The patrolman said
the Ballard car was
a total loss.
READERS, TAKE NOTE
of the article in
todays Courier con-
cerning a historical
marker for Audie
Murphy. Audie never
forgot his friends
here in this commun-
ity during his busy
later life, the Caw-
thons, the Monroe
Hackneys and others.
The publicity conn-
ecting Murphy with
Farmersville was
that he enlisted
from there, the home
of a sister. His
birthplace and ear-
ly life was around
and in Celeste. His
"This is Your Life"
presentation on the
Ralph Edwards Show
presented those
facts. His first
grade teacher, Ally-
ne McGuire Connally
was a guest on the
show. Let’s make
this contribution
to preserving local
history in the form
of this marker -
lest some may not
know in later years.
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On January 3, 1972
the Baptist pastor
and his wife, Rev.
and Mrs. Curtis Sm-
ithson, left Dallas
for the Holy Land,
with stops in Mem-
phis, Tenn., Bangor,
Maine, Spain and
Cyprus.
While in the Mid-
dle East they vis-
ited in Cyprus, Tur-
key, Syria, Lebanon
and Israel. In each
of these countries
they saw places that
are mentioned in the
Bible and that are
important to the
Christian faith.
The Smithsons are
appreciative to
those who made the
trip possible, an
experience the cou-
ple will never for-
get.
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Luncheon Honors
Mrs. W.A. Owens Letter To Editor
Jan.20,1972
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MRS. MARK RANKIN HACKNEY
bride wore a white
A-line polyester
dress with a silver
metallic front panel
and a mandarin coll-
ar. A spray of flow-
ers accented by lace
leaves held her silk
illusion veil. She
carried a cascade of
white poms and pink
streamers.
Cathy Foster,
ter of the bride,
was matron of honor.
She wore a pale pink
dressmaker suit with
gold buttons for
trim. Her shoulder
length pale pink
veil was held by a
large pink rose sur-
rounded by large
pink velvet leaves.
She carried .a round
nosegay with white
carnations with
pink streamers.
David A. Hackney,
brother of the |
groom, was best man.
Kristi Babers, niece
of the groom, was
flower girl. Mich-
ael McBroom, nephew
of the groom, was
ring bearer.
Jimmy Deaton, nep-_,
hew of the bride,
and Jeffry Babers,
nephew of the groom,
were ushers.
Evangeline Jordan
accompanined Nick
Chamblee as he sang
"The Twelfth of
i Never" and "The
Lord’s Prayer."
A large 15-branch
crescent candelab-
rum decorated with
Commodore fern cen-
tered the altar.
Nine branch tree
candlabra held arr-
angements of white
gladiolas and chry-
santhemums complet-
ed the setting. Pink
satin bows marked
the family section.
The reception was
held in the church
parlor. Silver can-
delabra with pink ate of Celeste High
, candles and smilax
with pink flowers
accented the table.
, A three tiered cake
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