The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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Help Send A Spar It Student
Mineola Bosiness District
To The Austin Convention
Growing Dun & Bradstreet Say
Buy A Cake Saturday
ie Editorial Page, Second Section
Kortb Anti Eart Texas' jfcremort IHctlilp Nttospaptr
TEN PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
MINEOLA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1959
IGHTY-THIRD YEAR - NUMBER FORTY-FOUR
March of Dimes Drive Getting Underway
BANNER YEAR—$600,000.00 CAIN
L#.
Meeting* to Promote
( loser Cooperation
will
Of Faculty., Parents
★
TEEN LEADERS
Commissioners Court
Teen A
W. L. Reep to Lead
ly of Projects
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Broad Street Wreck
Community Chest
Causes $500 Damages
young
Team Prepares
fo Dost Strong \ an
. Armour’s May
Get Schools I
rai
irge Type Books
Fair's Sets 26-Year
F
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At
a
Mrs. Finest Shipes
tin
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this
Fire Dept. Plagued
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James Haley, Mrs. Reid
Gen.
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will get under
k in Mineola. Mrs.
campaign director.
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Hubert Aaron, left, and Beverly Thomp-
son, ri iht, t.-. u „ .(standing Mineola High School students,
have Li. i a; po ned teen-age program chairmen for the
1959 March jf Dimes drive in Mineola.
Mrs.
Price,
first mort-
loans
invest-
Youii'.i pe ople of Mineola arc
mapping plan this week 1 or
projects, de mm d to raise a
record breaking amount ot
funds
to
amount
March of
Garden Club Ladies
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s call
Brum r to
rk Going Fas I
tile
some
up
the
Expanded Progra
Tay’or
of the
In.-ula-
blazed
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ot fort any
t tilted.
in \V« ’
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a-tors arc
fee, Joel
Dr. J. W. i.Ic-
Cold weather in
continuing into the
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have expressed
to work ail day
24th for local
donate wages
received to the March of Dimes.
this week
changed
to speed
move
Guard-
Steve
sul-
long
Quitman beat
and Jacksonville
Mineola
jiread’
.» Hing oi
bin and
garni
Road
turn a
’s Assigned
ir Talk on Soils !
Lesser and Mrs. Neil Harle. Ser-
ving unexpired terms, are Mrs.
J. C. Norris, Mrs. E. E. Smith
George Green Wilburn York, W.
L. Reep. Ralph Bruner, J. B.
Hall and Algie Hayes.
Agencies participating in the
1959 Drive xvi’l include
Cemetery Assn.. Firemen,
Scouts. Girl Scouts. Gmizali s
Warm Springs, Red Cross. USO
Salvation Army and the Library
Assn.
The
choellkopf, Collins
INSPECTOR Bug.
Harley B. West ot tn.
Armored Division v. .11 be
i ■ M.iiicol i Monday n _,ht to
inspect the local Nat onal
the
n w JI be found on
section 2.
plans this xxeek
de ignvd to raise
breaking
1959
. mills Oi Cold
..Cid. Mills warns
to be unusually
ttieir home fires
'59 Appeal Will Aid
I vistors. The number of '■‘'■po. i-
! tors v ith the Savings and x.
‘ Association increased
■ proximately 10 per cent.
i Armstrong said the Associa-
tion now has 1.059 loans out
and has 2.208 customers.
Commenting on business pros-
pects for 1959. Armstrong said (Joses BaseUlCilt of
that he expects another good
year. ‘ Building costs will re-
main high and real estate prices
will continue to hold their high
value.” he predicted.
with Watts.
n. -.iit Min< ola
tor
w inch
A banner year xvas registered
’by the Mineola Federal Savings
> and Loan Association in 1958
with a gain in resources of al-
most $600,000.
D. S. Armstrong, president oi
the local Savings and Loan As-
sociation. said that deposits had
increased by $539.00(1 over a
year ago. Mortgage loans in-
creased $422,000 over that of a
year ago.
During the year, dividends of
four per cent were paid to in-
Savings and Loan Association
Registers Phenomenal Growth
following figures in their state-
ment of condition:
Listed as assets:
gage loans. $4,917,381.19;
on shares, $24.393 96;
ment.s and securities, $131,600:
office building and equipment.
$24,000; deferred charges. $500:
and cash in banks. $687,114.41:
total assets. $5,784,394.56.
Under liabilities were listed
capital, share payments. $5,387.-
799.65; specific reserve. $13.-
758 57; reserve for federal in-
surance. $370,000; undivided
profits. $12,811.34; other liabili-
ties, $25.
H< pointed out that cold weath- j
dan- inspect the
Guard Co. Details ci
page 1
The b a s e in e n t of the
Wood County Court House
will no longer be open at
nights.
The County Commission-
ers Court this week decided
to close the Court House
basement at nights because
of prolonged vandalism
which has been going on
tor several years.
Most of the damage has
been only minor such as
breaking light globes, wast-
ing toiht paper and towels,
scratching signs off doors,
carving names on doors,
writing profanity on walls,
dumping tra^h on floors,
and shooting window lights.
Taken altogether, however,
the acts of vandalism have
amounted to expensive
damage.
The new night closing
order is to become effective
this Friday.
Realization of a two year
dream to make possible large
type text books for Texas school
children with extremely bad
eye sight is likely to be achieved
this Spring lor V. C. Armour of
Mineola.
Texas has lorn- ncognized the
need for a special educational
program for children who are
totally blind by maintaining ;
state sshool in Austin where
Braille is taught along with
other special instructions to en-
able the blind to lead a useful
and happy lift. But until now
littii has been done for 1
handicapped child who is not
totally blind, but whose vision,
even when corrected to its max-
^^^^^H!-tnes.s of construction
big Mineola
^^■PP^trek has amazed local
^^Fators.
Ik West Mineola at the Buddy
SclAllkopf Products Co. com-
pleBn of the walls on a huge
30,u^) square foot concrete block men started work Monday
building will be finished today.'—-’-’1 '• ” •
Thursday. Next xveek steel sup-
ports for the roof will be in-
stalled.
Waiter Davis, plant manager,
said that
Tin Savings and Loan As-
n |. (x iation, v. hi> h v ill be 25 years
by up-'' k.1'1 in March, has released the
A o----
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Launching an expanded attack on L half of
group of physically underptivi
nity and throughout the country, the
k. Directors ol the Mineola Com-
munity Chest held their first
meeting for 1959 Tuesday morn-
ing in the basement of the First
National Bank. Those attending
J. 3. Hail, James Haley,
^rw. L. Reep. Wilburn York.
W George Green. Mrs J. C. Norris.
■ Mrs. Reid Lesser and Mrs. Neil
■ Harle.
F Outgoing president, J. B. Hall
[ gave a brief summary on the
l agencies included in the Com-
murity Chest and expressed ap-
H^preciation to all who worked
the 1958 drive.
Nexv officers elected lor tin
Incoming year are president. W
II^^Recp: vice-president. George
M||^Aen: secret.iry. Mr> R< id Lrs-
■HB^Bre-elccted tna.>urer. Wil-
^^^^^■York.
Damages estimated at $500 to
two vehicles resulted at noon
Wednesday in a traffic acci-
dent on Broad Street in front
of Chris’ Cafe.
Tommy Bowdoin. driving a
1959 Chevrolet, turned left
skidded, and was struck by a
1949 Ford driven by Jimmy Reed
Turner. With Turner xvas his
three year old daughter who
suitcred a blow on her head,
and a 16 months old baby xvho
was not injured.
Neither Bowdoin or Turin r
suffered injuries in the xvreck.
■ ■' i
-ity Cemetery
rc-b ;.;c alone
i.s Friday
journey to Greenville
non-confen nee game
and team
ipating as a
i tor tile Vandal.''.
xveek, th<
Court House at Night
[By Numerous (Mills
Hurt in Car Mishap
•s. 527 Kil-
led unlit r
week after I
I ted in olfices, stores, markets
did elsewhere in the city by
volunteer campaign workers.
Mrs. Lott <iid that this xveek
plans xvere ‘ percolating” for
numirous March ot Dimes cof-
S( ‘ DRIVE page 2
Wednesday on
of Fair’s .'-tore-
nick unloading
d th.e largest ■
tort’s 26 years’i
- . i < )cie Fair. 1
Thur'dav.
imum poti ntial. i.s still to poor
io read standard size book type.
The exact number oi such
Handicapped children in Texas
is not knoxvn. but the number
does run into the thousands. In
Mineola alom there are thought
to be at least 10 such students
who find it ixtremely difficult,
if not imp'issible. to learn and
j lie. p up with 11 t ir studies siin-
! ply because they can not see
I ’he small type of standard text
books.
Armour became interested in
1 : ji typi t xt books through
the : i.is .'on Robert, age 13. whose
( ye sii’hl corrected by classes i.s
still but 40'400 not sufficient
t( distinguish letters in regular
text books.
Re rt attended Mineola pub-
lic school' tl.rough thi first
and second grades, and then
his f .tiicr ’aim cl admittance
fo:' ’ a . t tii. State School for
tlie Kind in Austin where the
; rge typ< text books are avail-
ai ’ At ti <? state school Robert
:s mazin'’ excellent grades,
.earli always being an honor
roll student.
After xvitnessing
the difference
ol his
in scl
A near b;
■1:39 am
observed lift
Blm Bom ( l
tion aroiu
up and ig
men put <>
major da::
I- in men
the Ean I’, i
Mim .a lh;>
t*liickoii cook11.
Heart Assn, elected to
conduct their own drive in 1959.
on
Tht
as fuvorit
district
will field
usually fi
shooters.
In prac tice
Jackets have
positions in order
tiie squ id’s ; biiity to
bail down thi court
Brotherton and
re now working out at
ting back wit'n thi squad
’ this week was Bud-
xvhose height and
ill materially aid the
■-lionnds Brotherton,
1\- a sophomore, has
i ■!(>. .t in practice on I
lor the
Dimes drive.
High school le id.
Aaron and B v< r’y
have alre.id- i- 'lie ;
tern au v iin.' i .'s
variit■. (.: .
be carried (
school and
ganization .
Project.' airead- iiz.ounccd
in.'lude .1 11.ng .u peanuts at
Tin sday - i)i ■ ; nd important
baski tbaL "aau v ith tin
Vandal.'. R< ad blocks, which
yi ai ly !'■ tm n a lai ■(■ -iim, will i
be mam i on tl:-' Sv ’irdays oi
Jar.u ’ . n Fli
«ay 80 al tiie intersections of
Pacific J". .. on ; nd Line
Streits
Two bi’’it lit l>
are planned v. ith
Hi>BB Jarman of Mineola
escajx^^vithout injuries Wed-
nesday afternoon at 3:40 p.m.
when he over turned his 1953
Oldsmobile on South Pacific St.
al the City Cemetery.
Jarman lost control of his
car, skidded, jumped the curb
and hit the brick Cemetery wall,
knocking the wall down and the
car then over turning. Dam-
ages xvere estimated at $250.
A ■ / >
Xi ■ 1
I that -when
. i thi in on an individual basis,
> tin '-o.st was prohibitive. How-
ever. lie learned that
<■ ...Id be bou"ht in
i er not oniv inert'
' gers of fires but
< hand.cap. tin
1 abiii'y . . .. ■ .
Although alarms haxa been
numerous, since the first < f the
to purchase ' year there has been only one
lirt hand
that large type
book mad( in tiie ability
s(Pi to learn and progress
hool. Armour became in-
< ri ted in helping other young-
ter xvith extremely bad eye
ight.
The Aim rii. n P ubli s h i n g
in- i Hou e for the Blind has recog-
i ./ i, tii- need for large type
lion ai d hex produce practi-
.... every book both in Braille
in large type. But. when
inquired 1
•he ( type books, he found , bad fire, that occurring al 3:25
,ust buying a few ' a.in. on Jan. 2 when tiie
room house owned by J. A M
Gown burned in the 200 block
if they | on Landers St. The housi wa.
quantity, vacant and cause of tin
down to a reasonable cost.
Armour contacted v a r ious
members of the State Board oi
Education, top administrators
in the Texas Education Agency, j
and at every chance he got lie ■ ii< >pe ..
button hole*4 State Legislators ;d
telling them >c vital need
for large type books.
Through his personal activi-
ties plus those of several others
over the state who recoeniz<
See LARGE TYPE pace 2
Special invitations will b< !
mam-d this week to parents of
all Mineola Hi.di School stu-
dents to attend an important
discussion me<tin at the hi- h
s 'hool next Thur.uai alumoon
at 2:45 p in
A program i> l>< ing planned
to discuss how parents and the
school faculty car work closer
t<>''( tin r in order to promote a
belter school for the students
of today.
Next Thus.'da . A mi eting xvill
be the fir t such attimpt made
in this area to promote a pro-
gram of closi r co pi ra' .on be-
tween. pari nts and the faculty.
Although special invitations
are beir." mailed only to parents
of high school students, all
othet interested adult- art in-
vit'd to attend, schi"! officials
have strt s'sed.
Tentative program plan,
tor prmcip.d Ulman
introdui e the projec
ol the mil t: O. E Moore will
speak on tin- probli ms conlront-
St( SCHOOL MINTING page 2
into the new building in a '
month’s time. In the meantime, j
regular manufacturing work
continues to go on uninterrupt- •
in the old building, which
its 15.606 square feet of
i> a pretty bi", b .ild-
rp:b'>^Lfcitscdf.
Ikopf plant hen will have 45.-
000 square ft et oi floor .space 1
to carry out their manutactur- •
ing operations of makiir.1 hunt-
ing clothes and aecessorit
In downtown Mineola work-
r re - i
modeling Ccllim ' and thi \ i« st
no time it knocking out tiie
two store 1 routs, a temporan
I ply wood fi'i.nt ha b< en i..
j stalled in the pre mt build;,, ■
with good weather, and regular -tor hour- eon-
the firm will be able to move I tinue to be observed by C' di.,-'.
Before tin.- week is over. ■ K;
workmen arc .scheduled to start Arm ir
the addition of a 35 foot ex-
tension to the old Buy Kite
building which will bt joined
to the present Collins' buildiiri
in the re-modeling program.
keto.il! '.lines
hieh school
then the price could be brought
Business Record
At Wednesday Sale
will
a
coach Joe John I e.i
members are ant
warmup
La.t Week, tin Jacket
! fend two losses alter tiie
holiday lay oil
them 41-30
whipped ti
39-33.
tin Civic i with emphasis on conditi
Im iiumi ! cxl ting in the Wood Soil C
m -d. : st rvation District and the rej
a;. ■ 'io id.al measures being applied
i Wan ( in.-' : - i la ai the wounds oi the
• ■■ i .1 'i «.. ■ ..le : c. u i d by improper farm
J. II. Ciieek. officials
I Soil Conservation
a whole noH
■ I rsons in thi. commd|
Greater Victories"
Marcl: of Dime
way next i
Ruth Lott
ha- announced.
lit appeal will continue
•hr' i i’i< ui tin n. -nth with tli»»
Mothers’
the
December,
new year
has brought on a seige of fir< - 1
to plague the Mineola Fin De -
partment. Fin Marshal Buster
Mills said that the numb' !' ol
December tire.- amounted to
one-third of the total for the
entire year.
In all firemen answered 23
alarms in December and the
rapid pace has continued int<
January with the firemen re-
ceiving six calls the first week
of 1959.
Mills laid the blame tor the
rash of fires on trash burn?
and the use of many fire--
heating during the cold weaih-
Mimoia High School basket-
bdl players re-bounded from
the Christmas holiday - this
week wit:, strenuous workouts
preparin’.' for the opening ol
district p’av here next Tuesday
:::. .it when tile locals will take
the V tn Vandals.
Vandals arc earmarked
to xvin the 14-AA
championship. T h e y
team which is
nd very sharp!
erosi* ii d.i.i a
tlirjiuhout the
Ti.< benefits to be derivB
I i< .. S'>il building crops, pastul
impi'ivi ment. woodland mail
a-icment, and wildlife cons.ervJ
.on proved to be Interestin’
’"•.n- to the ‘ green thumb'
ladies.
The chib expressed
I ’o make a soil conservation
netime in May when
m i.elds an blooming with i
.T.d ; md clover. J
e n t
th. Mr.
d. Mr- stell Moore, Mrs
\ . .ii.. .Mr Jodie R ■■ .)
Mrs. Audrey Sin.;!.. Mrs. Mary
Tiiom . Mu- Annie Turner.
Mrs Ru _> Le.- • r and Mi Bea
Neil.
The v
slides oi
could i;. -
girl.- to play a local adult ladies
organization, and also a .-ciioo!
faculty came.
The teen agt r> also will co-
operate with the annual KLTV
polio tell ton set lor Jan. 24th
by maintainin' an all night
Mim "I.s parts t" accept contri-
liution-
In addit io i to the above, the
teen agt is have expri <sed a
v iliii’ent ss ' ■) work ail day tiie
Saturday ol Jan
mi rchants, and
is Hubert
'I iiompson
a call lor
to head a
which xvill
various hi"h
people's or-
Mr.-.
Patrick
a docti
sutfi rm pan.: ii back and
kid’a v n uries i , ceived m a
traffic accidii.t thi mornni'c on
Die. 31.
Mr- SA.pcs and r husband
were in a 19.>1 Ford when they
Set MRS. SHIPES pa ( 2
traditioi’ 1 Mothers’ March
climaxin the 1959 campaign,
the local leader said.
‘ Ii. 1959." she aid. ‘'The
March "1 Dimes must meet the
big challenge ol tiie three faces
ol crippling polio, arthritis
and birth defects. Just as the
National Foundation came up
with the Salk vaccine, so too
wc hope to move ahead toward
re ter victories in arthritis
and birth delects.
“Polio remains one of out*
targets btcause there are many
victim- ot that disease still
needing help. Polio patients in
our count" who need assistance
will continue to receive it from
the March of Dimes. In addi-
tion. xvi re planning new pro-
gram.s providing assistance to
young arthritis patients and to
children born with defects of
tht .-entral m rvous system. Di^
net in ai.cial a-'istance to sucj
hildrin through the age of^Bg
aid to all polio pati^M
■ imii.y ',(.im -ii r.- in our c^K
munity."
In addition to direct help
many local children, adults suM
f( ring the pain of arthritis ancT
pi isons victimized by birth de-
lects ot am kind also will bene-
fit Irom the 1.159 March of
Dimes, through a greatly px-
panded re arch program aimed
at finding causes, cures and
pre vt nt ions in these two areas,
the campaign director pointed
out.
"Die 1959 March of Dimes
vi 1 help more p< plr than ever.
>eiore aid will hold out hop4
tor literally millions. The Mart'B
■i! Dim, - . < t ,»ut hi 1938 to fin*
a preventive lor paralytic pc.’io.
That preventive i.s now a fact,
and mill.ons of Americans have
■ti \ accinated. Now wc turn
our efforts to new and wider
lit Ids. with full confidence th.it
,'ir research team’s habit of
;. • -t .- wi.l ])..y great dividends
m freedom irom other diseases,”
Mrs Lott said.
March of Dimes coin collcc-
• is. built to reflect the expand-
ed goal' ( f tiie National Foun-
dation, wen* distributed
week through Mineola.
The com collectors xvere spot-
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