The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1947 Page: 4 of 16
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THE EXAMINER, MCKINNEY, TEXAS^A TTUL
Subscribers Renewing,
Others Coming in
Yes, every Southern Pacific employee is YOUR partner ... offering his support
and cooperation in furthering our way of living, for you ... for himself ... for
the company he serves. Southern Pacific has more employees living in Texas
than any other industrial employer.
Wiggins. Dallas,
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McKinney, Texas
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Mrs. T. L. Poplin
Dies Saturday
Too Many Men and Women Shut Their Eyes
to the actual symptoms of serious disabilities that
should have early and immediate attention. It is not
always cost, but often fear that blinds. However,
the quicker you allow a bad physical condition to
be cleared up the better.
Antwiler,
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SING1NG CONVENTION
having a chance at it in time.
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LIGHT BREAD
Large Loaf
COFFEE, Chase & Sanborn and
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We wish to express our appreciation
and thanks to neighbors and friends
who were so kind and thoughtful to
us during the illness and death of our
wife and mother, Mrs. Thad Parris.
Thad Parris and children
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CARD OF THANKS
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Yow owe it to
yourself and
your family to
have a com-
plete and reas-
suring yearly
examination.
We take this means to thank
our friends and loved ones for their
sympathetic words spoken, the kind (
There are few diseases not curable
to a large extent, if treatment is
started in time.
* Early symptoms of Bright’s dis-
ease are plain to the physician, and
should have earliest possible atten-
tion. Cancer can be prevented and
cured in many cases by the doctor >
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Our banker says get the money while getting is good, take a
small profit and be satisfied. No cover charges, free parking,
free wagon scales, free notary, free assistant to help count
your money—a pleasure to serve you.
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IT 1947
The following good friends have
either renewed or subscribed for the
Examiner since last report. Others
are mentioned elsewhere in the Exam-
iner today. Weather checks sub-
scriptions as well as travel over un-
paved roads:
Ezra Smith, City
Frank Summers, Long Beach, Calif.
W. A. Johns, Anna.
Mrs. C. B. Watson, Allen
Mrs. T. B. Bolin, Allen
Mrs. W. C. Monroe, Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Young, Allen
Mrs. Bruce Nelson, Mesquite
T. F. Welch, Foard City
J. Raymond Pitts, City
Elmer Athey, Fort Worth
Harry Price, Melissa
R. W. Richardson, Blue Ridge
E. W. Sonntag, Frisco
R. W. Ferguson, McKinney
Mrs. Scott Bell, Plano
Mrs. Jack Chambers, Foncine
Garland Terrell, Altoga
Roy G. Langston, Ben Franklin-
G. L. Hendricks, Kenedy
J. P. Fields, McKinney
. Mrs. Minnie Gilliland, Allen
Mrs. Walter Curtis, Allen
C. N. Roberson, City
Mrs. J. D. Walker, Dallas
Each and every Southern Pacific employee is an
essential partner in the business of living . . . his
"pursuits of happiness" are firmly and basically
interwoven into the whole pattern off community
prosperity and our nation's economy.
your Southern Pacific
partner takes inher-
ently American pride
in the progress of his community ... its
schools and churches and social institu-
tions • • . and constantly seeks to better
the welfare of himself and his neighbor by
actively assisting in civic enterprises.
your Southern Pacific
partner promotes
your interests by pro-
viding a permanent efficient, economical
mass transportation service that can be
relied upon, in all kinds of weather, to meet
all the transportation needs of the people
acts of love perforiried and the beauti-
ful flowers. The memory of them
helps us bear our grief and sorrow
in the loss of our dear husband and
father. We especially wish to’ tlia'hk
Dr. M. O. Perry for his faithfulness
and kindness.
Mrs. Robert L. Murray
and children.
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is going to have a baby ,you see a baby doctor. When you buy feed,
you should see us. Our feed will make your hens lay without a
rooster.
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Galvanized, as long as it lasts
6” SWEEPS, High Carbon Steel,
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8” SWEEPS, High Carbon Steel,
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10” SWEEPS, High Carbon Steel,
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12” SWEEPS, High Carbon Steel,
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Observes Birthday "
Baird Donnell ShookAvas honored
with a party by relatpv^F at the home
of a son, George ^"hook, Sunday in
observance of his tend birthday. All
of his nine children except Mrs. Al-
ford Danners of Los Angeles, Calif.,
were present.
Mr. Shook was born April 9, 1865,
at Weston and was educated in Dal-
las schools and was married to the
late Linda Warden in 1888. He makes
his home in the Westview community
where he has lived for 30 years. He
is a retired interior decorator.
Mr. Shook resided in Collin County
many years, at Lebanon and in the
Chambersville community. Has kept
up with his former neighbors and old-
time friends by reading the Examiner
which he began reading in 1888. -
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Mrs. W. C. Monroe of Dallas orders
the Examiner for Collin County news.
Tuberculosis can be detected and
cured in the early stages. Serious
heart trouble can often be avoided,
if the physician is given opportu-
nity to treat conditions leading up
to it—in time.
A little time and care may add
many years of health to your life.
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tion will be held at Blue Ridge Sun-
day, April 20th, at 2 p. m. All singers
and listeners are invited to. attend.
R. E. Richardson, President.
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CARD OF THANKS
The Chambersville Cemetery De-
coration will be Sunday, April 27, at
2 • p. m. and'the following program
will be given under the direction of
Miss Ouida Nixon.
I. Introduction—pilly Frances Rogers
Feller, Denison,
‘Has Everyone A
Right To His Belief?”
II. Hymn—Choir.
III. Prayer—L. A. Billings.
IV. Business.
V. Hymn—'Choir.
VI. Reading—Mrs. T. M. Robertson.
VII. Address—Rev. T. M. Robertson.
VIII. Duet—Alma Jo Herrn and Eth-
el Moses.
IX. . Hymn—Choir.
X. Benediction—Rev. Robertson.
Mrs. Ben Hill has returned from
Ft. Worth, where she has been quite
ill at the home of her daughter.
$ your Southern Pacific
fi partner participates
in the prosperity of
the community in which he lives by trading
his wage-earned dollars for goods and
services. Such trade stimulation helps to
create better jobs for more people.
Mrs. W. R. Taylor, Allen
L. L. Derryberry, City
Mrs. Corda Simpson, Lake Dallas
Wiley E. Griffin, Westmnster
Mrs. I. N. Griffin, City
Moss Conner, Anna
Mrs. L. R. Farmer, San Antonio
Mrs. J. J. Nash, Lake Dallas
Mrs. V. Cragett, Wylie
W. E. Nickerson, Lucas
Mrs. Pearl Raney, Los Angeles
Mrs. J. J. Hall, Branch
Mrs. Monic Titsworth, Santa Fe.
Ray Graves, Topeka, Kansas
N. E. Pharr, Houston
Willard Pharr, Houston
Mrs. Willa V. Blackmon, . Houston
Leander Dunn, Anna
Mrs. Dudley Harlow, City
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Craft, Branch
G. D. Riffe, Muskogee, Okla.
E. E. McNabb, Long Beach, Calif.
Ray Hamilton, Austin
■Mrs. Sallie Echols, Cottage Hill
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Parman, Anna
N. E. Robbins, Gridley, Calif.
Robert Allen, Plano
Paul G. Henderson, Princeton
Mrs. E. O. Slaughter, Anna
M. C. Powell, Anna
Mrs. N. H. Kline, Pasadena, Calif.
B. J. Stout, Princeton
Mrs. J. B. Brooks, Prosper
Mrs. M. H. Philpot, Allen
Mrs. W. H. Brown, Allen
Mrs. Eugene Reed, Grand Prairie
Mrs. Irma Cooper, City
Mrs. T. F. Brantley, Plano
Mrs. Glenn Butler, Allen
Mrs. Mary V. Brown, Plano
Mrs. T. E. Wilcox, City
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McKinney, Texas, April 20-27
April 20—John W. Pigg, Farmers-
ville, Texas, 11:00 a. m., 8:00 p. m.
April 21—Joe Malone, Dallas, Texas.
8:00 p. m. “Blind Man and Elephant.”
April 22—Coleman Overby, Dallas,
Texas, 8:00 p. m.
April
Texas,
Us?”
April
Texas, 8:00 p. m.,
April 25'—Homer P. Reeves, Sher-
man, Texas, 8:00 p. m., “Church Fi-
nance.”
April 26—Tilton McFerrin, Van Al-
styne, Texas, 8:00 p. m., “What Is
Rightfully Expected of Me?”
April 27—Jesse Powell, Irvin,
Texas, 11:00 a. m., “How To Build Up
The Church,” 8:00 p. m.
The 20th is our regular singing,
and we ask that you attend this, and
all of the above services.
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CHAMB'EIRSVI LLE
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternon for Mrs. T. L. Poplin at the
Pleasant Grove Church in East Col-
lin. Rev. John Hilger conducted the
service, assisted by Rev. Bonner Tee-
ter. Interment was in the Pleansant
Grove Cemetery, with Crouch-Moore
Funeral directors in charge.
Mrs. Poplin’s home was at Altoga.
But she passed away at the home of
a son, R. L. Poplin, at Grand Prairie.
Before her marriage she was PMiss
Lucy A. Sartain, and was born in
Kentucky, the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Caughron.
Mrs. Poplin s survived by her hus-
band, T. L. Poplin, and the son, R. T-
Poplin of Grand Prairie; three grand-
children and the following brothers
and sisters: Lee Caughron, Mrs. G. E.
Dox and Mrs. Z. Bean, all of Farmers-
ville; Mrs. Lizzie Woods of Lubbock
and Mrs. Jean Henrj- of Malta, Texas.
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Examiner $2-00 outside county.
John W. Cox, aged 89, for 69 years
a farmer, merchant and ginner of the
Roland community, was found dead
in his bed at his home Sunday morning.
He had been in failing health for
some time, owing to the infirmities
of age. But was able to come to Mc-
Kinney occasionally. The last time
we met this good friend of 60 years
was on Louisiana Street, near Coffey’s
Drug Store. He was cheerful and en-
joying, in his quiet way, the gathering
of old friends. Mr. Cox conducted a
store and gin at Roland for many
years, and it was known as Cox’s
Store long before it became Roland
by order of the Post Office Depart-
ment. He had lived in Collin County
69 years. He was born Aug. 25, 1857.
the son of James and Mary Lanier
Cox, in Missouri, coming here with
his parents.
Mrs. Cox was preceded to the grave
by his wife in 1924. He is survived
by one brother, Owen Cox, of Roland,
and two sisters, Mrs. Effie Robbins
of ballas and Mrs. Stella Allen of
Plano.
Funeral services were held at 2
o’clock Monday at the Chambersville
Methodist Church with Rev. Earl
Regers officiating. Interment was in
the Chambersville Cemetery under the
direction of the Massie Funeral
Home. Nephews were pallbearers as
follows: Otis Cox of Roland, D. S. Cox
of Dallas, Clint Robbins of Dallas.
Clarence Cox of Garland, Clifford Al-
len cf Dallas and Avener Cox of Ro-
land.
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Earl Milstead, real estate dealer,
has sold to Tom Lane and Melvin
Gotcher 22 acres of land on Highway
75 just this side of Pecan Grove
Cemetery, known as the McMakin
place. It is a valuable tract of land.
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“CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST,
LECTURESHIP”
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McKinney High School students
won honors Friday in the Interscho-
lastic League meet in Denton.
The students were coached for the
shorthand and typing events by Prof.
Earl Y. Wolford.
Anita Porter won first place and
Paula Liman second in the shorthand
contest.
McKinney had no competition in
the typing contest. Joan Cline was
first with a rating of 146.70, Joan
Girlinghouse second with a rating of
142.55. Martha Straughan third with
139.836, Betty Erwin fourth with
127.48 and Raymond Bolton fifth with
118.64.
These winners will go to the re-
gional meet next Saturday at S. M. U.,
to compete against representatvies
from over the state.
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Help the Red Ci-oss.
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SEEK BETTER HEALTH THE VOLUNTARY AMERICAN WAY
April 20-27
April 20—11:00 A M.; 8:00 P. M.
John W’. Pigg—Farmersville, Texas
April 21—8:00 P. M.
"BLIND MEN AND ELEPHANT"
Joe Malone—Dallas, Texas
April 22—8:00 P. M.
Coleman Overby—Dallas, Texas
April 23—8:00 P. M.
"IS CHRIST WITH US’”
A. C. Wiggins—Dallas, Texas
April 24—8:00 P. M.
“HAS EVERY ONE A RIGHT TO HIS
BELIEF?”
A. E. Waller—Denison, Texas
April 25—8:00 P. M.
“CHURCH FINANCE”
Homer P. Reeves—Sherman, Texas
April 26—8:00 P. M.
“WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY EXPECTED
OF ME?”
Tilton McFerrqn—Van Alstyne, Texas
April;27—11:00 A. M.; 8:00 P. M.
“HOW TO BUILD UP THE CHURCH”
Jesse Powell—Irvin, Texas
The 20th is our regular singing, and we ask
that you attend this, and all of the above
services.
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Thompson, Clint & Thompson, Wofford. The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1947, newspaper, April 17, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1328186/m1/4/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.