Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1950 Page: 2 of 8
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Happenings of 10, 20, 30, and 40 Years Ago
From the Piles of the Optic-HeraJd
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Many, Many Blessings. AVe’re (hateful for your
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.BY CONGRESSMAN WRIGHT PATMAN
Rutherford Drug Store
CHAS. B. MAHAFFEY, Prop.
big a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Stringer and known to most
our people as Minnie String-
spent Sunday and Monday with
relatives here.
W. H. Arrington.
C. W. Hogan, Rt. 1.
W. D. Rutledge.
Robert Moore.
W. C. Moore. Mt. Pleasant.
V. B. Kennimer, Pittsburg.
Mrs. L. L. Harper, Dallas.
W. O. Burden.
L. M. Kennedy, Bogata.
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get specialized training in ground
warfare At the and of their bas-
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the last four years"
Buy U. &/Savings Bouda.
General Fit ..
Every tr.rf’y
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Congressman, and
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Miss Hattie Seay left 'Friday for
Mt; Pleasant to begin her school
work Misses Myrtle Seay and Mab-
el Banister we
teachers there.
Rev. E. C. Carter, Walter Ham,
I J. B. Heywood, John Douglass;
W. J. ClU^ii and O. W. •Ruther-
ford wedMb Greenville today to
attend the district meeting of
Lions. Bro.’Carter is the reperesnt-
ative of the Mt. Vernon Club.
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Although the farmhouse isj the
business center of the fnrmf its
locution should be considered/trom
the standpoint of Its relaUmiships
to other, buildings, rourfs, water
supplies and the prevailing winds lest
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SPEflAU
A PROUD TRADITION.
In Inking over the active publication of the Optic-
Herald this wctAt, the new publishers are deeply conscious
of the lonj ‘f iditioh of service to Mt. Vernon and Frank-
lin County which they are now d'uty-bouad to carry on.
Few,new; j>i ; >rs in the state have remained as long in
one family as this one has. It is our hope that the transi-
tion to . the new regime will not cause too deep a sense
of dislocation in the community, and that with the sup-
port of all its loyal readers and advertisers the Optic-
Herald can go forward toward new goals <d‘ service.
A newspaper is in a sense a public utiljAr.' It cannot be
operated simply as a private business, for profit. Its suc-
cess depends on the service it can render. We are more
than eager to render that service, and we want' now to
call on all of you to tell us what we can do to serve y<pi
best.
Let us hear from you!
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we will ...
1. T»tt compression end chock cylinder
heads, mar.ilulds for proper tightness
2. Clean, tap and test spark plugs
3. Test battery, clean and Inspect cables
4. Replace distributor contacts, adjust
spark advance
5. Clean and Inspect distributor cap
6. Inspect ignition wiring, set timing
7. Test spark intensity
S. Test engine vacuum
•- Clean fuel pump bowl, test tael pom,
pressure and vacuum ,
10. Clean and adjust carburetor, set Hout
level
11. Clean air cleaner
12. Analyte engine combustion
13. Rond tost you car
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Tom King of Hagntisport fell i
tram a wagon load of wood Mon- I
day and broke his shoulder.
The general election passed off
very quietly in this county, only
about 520 votes being polled. All
were'Democratic except about ’*
Republicans. 11 Socialists, and
Prohibitionists.
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WHOSE CONGRESS?
From the amount of rejoicing Republicans have l>een
doing over results of the general election, you might think
they carried a top-heavy majority in both houses of Con-
gress.
Republicans are exjiert in finding things to rejoice
about besides winning elections. In the last 20 years, they
have had to be- Even after the 1!MK bubble-burster, they
thought up an out alter a couple of days of stunned sil-
ence. They were glad Truman won because he ami the
Democrats would catch the blame for the recession that
was sure to come up in I'JfO,“and then the G()l* would
have clear sailing. The^only trouble was that the recession
never did show u|», ’’Ilion, of course, they blamed Truman
for laying claim Io Hie credit for continued good times.
As n matter of fact, the Democrats retain nominal. |
Control of both the House and Senate. But the Republicans 1
are right in claiming that the- Democratii margin is ■<>
alight an to be unworkable. Whenever Southern Democrats
cross the party line to'vote with Republicans against the
Administration, there will be a deadlock.
In some of the more faT-rcaching domestic proposals
due to come before this Congress, it may not be a bad
tiling to put on the brakes for fi'wljile...Continued .s<>cial
reforms cannot and should not be puslied too rapidly. But
on the defense prograni mid on foreign |»olicy, such a
deadlock would be a world tragedy comparable to the de-
feat of the League of Nations proposal by a little groiiji
of willful men in the Senate 30 years ago. Our only hope
and the world's only hope is that Republican leadership
will set, its sights oh a united foreign jidicyjor this co-
untry ratlier than on the 1952 elections, If it fails to do
so, there fnay not even be any elections in 1952.
and Mrs, J. S. Jackson left
Saturday for San Antonio to spend j
i While with their son, Tom, an^l
the • fair now in progress
Roger Davis
Sam Davis, Rt. 3.
Dr. ’ Phil Davis, v
Mrs. C. C. Holman, Rt.
Leon Bridges.
C. C. Grimes.
Cleve Moffatt.
M. P Nations.
C. E. Johnson, Mt. Pleasant. ,
W. G. Rutledge,
Hiram Majors.
Mrs. J. C. Atkinson, Rt. 2...
j. A. Goode, Talco.
J. T. Kidwell.
C. L. Padgett, Rt. 1.
r ' Mrs. - J. T>. Weatherford.
D. H. Dawson.
A. C. Ross.
J. J. Arrington.
Dr. faul Taylor.
Mrs. C. T. Holder.
L./ T. Banks.
■ Joe >E. Moore, Deport.
'Glen Mahaffey, - Douglas.
Bob Campbell.
Ray Joiner, Rt. 3.
.Mrs. G. F. Dodson, Talco.
Dr. Dan Dodson, N. -Y-. ,
Euklet Parrish, Cleveland.
I. W. Russell, Winnsboro.
V. O. Lawrence, Winnsboro.
Lester Smith, Huntsville.
Bob Turner.
Mrs. George
arkana.
Mrs. Nannie Knotts, Dallas.
L. T. Banks, Rt. 1.
Dr. F. O. Taylor, Winfield.
B. H. Majors, Dallas.
R. H. Gilbert,. Rt. 2.
Dan Agee, Jonesvil|p, La.
Y. T. Horton.
Mrs. Warren P. Castle, Houston.
Earl Newsom, Rt. 3.
M. E. Donaldson, Talco.
Mrs. Oscar Hare, Texarkana.
. Irvin Draper, Dallas.
all of the 435
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a bad i
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Mrs. Eva Rountree, who is cm- '
ployed at Sanger Bros, in Dallas, 1 ,
' and installment controls on
i automobiles, appliances and other
goods. Dealers are com-
plaining that the regulations are
strict and rigid that people who
in need of automobiles for
i fair
them.
i M. P Nations.
' Mrs. Dora Newsom.
Roy Smith.
H. Burton, Rt. 1.
Dun & Bradstreet.
Buddy Bell. Dallas.
Loyd Stephens, Rt. 1.
h The fir.-t two men Franklin I
L County will'contribute to the na- j
' tion's peacetime army being under |
the 1940 selective Service. Act will
leave Mt. Vernon Saturday, Nov. '
i 23. for -the Dallas induction center.
They are Roy Odell Woodfin and
Robert Etris, first two of the
county's 22 volunteers.
The Gilmer Buckeyes squeezed
out a 6-0 victory over a hard-
fighting but overpowered ML Ver-
non eleven at Gilmer Friday night
The Tigers will go to Clarksville
today for an afternoon game.
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Loyd T. Horton,
Buster Rich at
Camp Chaffee I
CAMP CHAFFKM Ark.. Nov. 16—
Two tosident^ of ML Vernon have
been assigned, to the famed 5th
Armored "Victory" Division for
basic training. '
They are: Loyd T. Horton and
Buster Gayle Rich.
While at Camp Chaffee they will
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Traveling <M'i'ug4i Eastern Texas
to be|(ln his vacation tomorrow at
Point Isabel. President-Elect Hard-
ing was welcomed by many ap-
plaud crowds who gathered eagerly
about his sjM’clal train.
Master Fred Mahaffey, age 12.
sou of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mu-
haffi y of Houston, is the young-
1" t licensed, wireless operator in
this state. His parents visit Mt.
I Vernon occasionally, his mother be- j
lo.'.'<{ ' .
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' gressman shbu'd 1 > trouble
being re-dcittcrefore, the
’ two-year term
people. In th ■>
can
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down |;o
are in need of automobiles
transportation are denied a
ftpportunity of obtaining
When the bill allowing the Federal
re Board to fix. these con-
trols was before Congress. I in-
sisted that ', such arbitrary restrlc-
itions should only be iniposed by
omeone directly or indirectly re-
sponsible to the people—-for in-.
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Carl Davis was found burhing in
the cotton warehouse Sunday rfiorn-
j ing arid was gotten .out before1
■other damage .was done, but it IT. ’.'I.. ... ....... ...
,, [cUrectly responsible to the people,
was a complete loss. .. . ' ' , .' ,.
, . , |and one the people can hol<j
, .. a .. I responsible in the event the rules
■ Work on the pavmg of* the ape' ,, „
square Is progressing rapidly. Act- i
ual pouring of the concrete on |
the square around the city park.
befeSTT Wednesday afternoon and I
if rain does not stop, the work'
j this wvek will see most of the j
square paved.
Nov. 15. 1949
| Construction of a courthouse an- I
I nex and repairs to the present!
| building totaling about SlJ.OOd'were
1 approved at a Commissioners Court
meeting Monday.
I Talco and Sulphur Bluff oil
I fields were expected from the re-
cent shutdown order of the Rail-
j road Commissioner in a ruling last
I week. The two fields produce
asphalt crudp which purchasers
described as currently necessary
to meet several important national
.defense needs. j
Nov. 11, 1910
W- C. Crutcher left Sun-
lor H< 41s ton to attend the
Baptist Convention. Before
icturn.s home she Will
Mrs. W. C. Crutcher came <
from Dallas Tuesday to visit her
daughter, Mrs. L. W. Davidson.
Nov. 14. 1930
Dr. J. M. Fleming spoke to a
large audience at the Mt. Pleas- .n,.’;.*,....
ant Methodist* Church Sunday *tro]s x
; night on "The Holy Land and 1
also employed as Religions.'' Dr. Fleming has
'< traveled verv extensively during
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I stance, the President of the United
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State
she icturns home she Will visit
her daughters, Emma and Willie,
i who e attending school at Hunts-
ville. nd Miss Lucy, who is teach-
ing music, at Farmersville.
States does or what our adminis-
tration in Washington does, but
entirely upon the wishes of the
Soviet Communist dictators. There
is .one thing we can do to help
Tiurselves, .and that is to be
adequately and fully armed and
prepared at all times.
Credit Controls
The Federal Rdferve Board has
the power under the Defense Pro-
duction Act of 1950 to fix credit
and installment controls
. vrefore,
the. best for the
way, the people
absolutely chwige the 'form
or trend ot Government every two
years. Every four years, a Presi-
dent re elected. United States
Senators are elected one-third [
I every two years, which makes the '
[United States Senate a continuing
Body. Almost every off-Presidential
year, the party in power loses. It
I is no disappointment to the
. j Democrats that a loss was suffered
I this year. However, the losses are .
greater than expected.
There are many trying and
difficult problems in the minds
of all the. people. War is the most
dreaded' of all problems. On the
- other hand, the goal that we are
- striving for the hardest and en-
deavoring to obtain in every way"
is permanent and lasting peace.
As to whether or not we have
an all-out war will depend not
upon what anyone in the United
.States.
Each of the seven members of
the Federal Board is appointed for
.'ourteen years. The members, of
this Board are in. no way re-
rponstble to the people. It is, thtjre-
iorp, impossible for- the people by
their votps to express their dis-
approval oT resentment. If these
rules are not changed in a satis-
factory .way. I expect to introduce
. . , .. . , ..la bill in Congress which, if en-
balc of cotton belonging to * . . •
. . -> acted, will take this power away
I from- the Federal Reserve Board
land lodge it with the President |
.01 the United States, which is
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Friday, November 17, l»50
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Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1950, newspaper, November 17, 1950; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1268452/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.