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Explosion In
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Nation’s Oldest
Doctor Is Dead
... of 2721 Woodhaven. Uttar was elected presi-
dent of the Denton Chamber of Commerce for
Miss Blackburn
Is Married In
Atlanta Kites
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low humidity, too much fire."
The Topanga Canyon blaze was
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Success in the future often depends on sound
-__planning today. This is true in saving, too.
a ninhtmarish background to New
Y r's Eve celebrations in homes
close to the fire front. Christms
li ins still gleamed from expen-
sive homes from which the occu-
pants had fled.
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Los ANGLES (AP)—Fwo de-
, vast' Ing brush fires ran wild in
the hi is ringing Los Angeles to-
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visits friends.
bride was given in mafriage by
her father. Ushers were Dudley
King Jr. and Hill Champion.
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both juniors at the University of
Georgia and will continue studies
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The pace of traffic deaths dur-
ing the first IS hours of the four-
day New Year’s observance was
only slightly behind that for the
same period of‘the Christmas hol-
iday when many mre cars were
on the road.
Early in the holiday period, last
night and early today, traffic
deaths were occurring at about
half the rate docked during the
start of the Christmas weekend.
Two persons were killed and 12
injured in a head-on car-bus col-
lision near Shoals, Ind., Wednes-
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CECIL B. DEMILLE
presents
a tremendous saga
with*
tremendous theme!
Two Raging Fires
Run Wild Through
Fashionable Areas
the boots followed signals from
the planes and ran aground at
Tilapa, more/than 100 miles down
the Pacific coast from the Mexi-
can border. Authorities later dis-
closed that five wounded erewmen
had been interned in the military
hospital in this capital, 60 miles
inland from Tilepa.
The authorities refused to iden-
tify the five but said two were
in serious condition.
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But fires took the spotlight in
the eary, hours of the holiday.
Six persons, including a family
of four, perished in a fire that
raced through a three-story .build-
ing in Rochester, N.Y. Another
blase roared explosively through a
one-story frame building at Quil-
cene. Wash., killing three children,
a boy jand his two sisters..
A storm moving eastward from
the Southwest spread snow or
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revenue, they should add the mail
and baggage contract to the total.
laid waste toa nine-mile l ga Canyon scene, who said. "We
can’t stop it. Too much wind, too
Lu h -li res are believed to have
a p uched off by a firebug
Tie Taping flames, flying em-
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ATLANTA, Ga. — Miss Barbara
Ann Blackburn, daughter of
M.Sgt. and Mrs. Clark Blackburn
of Columbus, Ga., and grand-
daughter of Mrs. R. J. Edwards
and Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Blackburn,
all of Denton, was married Wed-
nesday to Thomas Dallis Cham-
pion Jr. of Atlanta.
The couple was married in a
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FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP)—Dr.
John B. Cummins, who at 100 was
the nation's oldest practicing phy-
sician. died here Wednesday night.
Dr. Cummins kept regular office
hours and made house calls day
or night until Sunday when he
fractured a hip and ribs in a fall.
Death was attributed to the fall
and old age. . .
A native of Tennessee, Dr. Cum-
mins worked his way through col-
lege and did not start practicing
medicine until he was 38. He held
degrees from Britt College. Spen-
cer, Tenn., and Bowling Green
Normal in Kentucky. He later re-
ceived medical degrees from the
University of Nashville, now Van-
derbilt University and the Univer-
sity of the-South (Sewanee).
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The pace at which traffic deaths
are occurring • across the nation
during the long New Year's holi-
day quickened today after a rela-
tively safe start. The speeded-up
traffic death rate was aceom-
papied by a heavy early tell of
fatalities resulting from fires.
mas observance. Fewer cars MW
on the roads and trips are shorer./
The National Safety Council has——
estimated that 320 persons rtlig ;
The year 1959 moved into
the Denton County area with (
a 19-degree tow temperature
—but according to the Weather
Bureau, the new year’s cold
weather hasn't even started.
The forecast-calls for partly
cloudy skies, wind and some-
what warmer temperatures to-
night, but Friday is expected
to see another cold front move
in.
Nosediving temperatures, in-
creasing winds, cloudy skies,
and possibly some cold rain
are in store for the county.
High temperature for the
last day of 1958 was 33 degrees
—just one degree above freez-
ing.
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parently prompted extra caution.
The New Year's Eve toll from 6
p.m. local time to midnight was
less than half the number killed
on Christmas Eve.
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AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
tion in Galveston from another
railroad 60 years ago. He has been
on the Waco-Denison run 31 years.
The run died at Waco, the end
of the line, closing out 78 years of
continuous service between Deni-
son and that south Central Texas
city.
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City and county fire officials
rushed nearly 2,000 men to the
blazing areas, about 12 miles
apart. The size of the battle was
FIRST TRAIN
The Katy was the first train to
reach Texas at Denison from the
North on Christmas Eve 1872 to
start a new mode of getting Texas
cattle to markets Other railroads
followed in the 1880s.
The Katy was responsible for
new industries and towns through-
out its line in Texas, including the
183 miles between Denison and
Waco.
This leaves the Santa Fe pro-
viding the only train passenger
service to Denton.
freighter and two barges, touched
off Wednesday night when the
freighter Asia Maru collided with
a string of oil barges in the Mis-
sissippi River.
Explosions rocked the area
south of downtown New Orleans
about 1:30 p.m.
Two men were injured, both on
the Asia Maru. One was identified
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the nation he killed in traffic _
......6 p.m. local time Wednesday to
midnight Sunday.
Weigh the advantages of saving where you
earn more, safely! •
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INDIAN HEAD, Md. (AP)-An
explosion in a missile propellant
plant killed two men Wednesday
night just a half hour before the
new year started.
Two other workmen suffered
third degree burns and other in-
juries and were rushed to a Wash-
ington hospital. The four workmen
were the only ones in the building.
The explosion and a subsequent
fire virtually destroyed one build-
ing of the Naval Propellant Plant,
which made gunpowder during
World War II and has since been
partially converted to work on
solid fuels for military missiles
The sprawling government-
owned installation is located on an
isolated Potomac River promon-
tory, 30 miles south of Washing-
ton. Some of its work is secret
and access to the installation is
restricted.
A Potomac River Command
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the leased injured man
Both were taken to the UA Pub-
lic Health Service Hspital here
for tretment The extent of their
injuriea was not known immed-
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Holiday Highway
Deaths Mount Up
Rosa Bell. She is a native of Deh-__... . wu. .0.
ton County. He’ll Aead about the,,Katy while on a three-week vaca-
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i the Hollywood hills to the’the first to break out, flaring up
sof the rich residential 5 Wednesday morning in, the home-
ii v of Beverly Hills, ) studded canyon running from the
San Fernando Valley to the ocean,
about 20 miles northwest of Los
Angeles.
. Urged on by strong, dry winds
from the desert the flames raced
at incredible speed Residents
barely had time to throw a few
belongings in their cars and join
the confused, jumbled stream of
evacuees. •
An estimated 4,000 people were
evacuated from the canyon.
An evacuation center set up at
Topanga Canyon Elementary
School was quickly jammed.
After its first rush to the ocean
the fire turned west and moved
toward another thickly populated
canyon. Just a few miles further
on lie the charred acres and
blackened ruins left from the fire
that roared through the Malibu
Hills broke out a few hours after
the Topanga Canyon blaze and
moved swiftly toward Beverly
Glen ami Benedict Canyons, both
filled with lavish residences of mo-
tion picture people. A 170,000 home
was lost to the flames.
A hundred families living in
homes stretched along the bottom
of San Ysidro Canyon on the north-
ern edge of the city were ordered
to be prepared to evacuate at a
moment’s notice as the fire edged
within a half-mtle.
Firemen concentrated on sarihg
homes, rather than trying to stop
the fire in its drive through the
— However, the traffle toll normal-
ly is lower during- the NOW Year’s
celebration than during the Christ-
spokesman said the building in-
volved in the explosion houses the
glazing and screening process of
double base casting powder. He
described that as the basic grain
powder used in making solid pro-
pellants for large military rock- .
ets. -——
Capt. Griswold T. Atkins, com-
mander of the installation, said the
powder was being coated with
graphite. He described the process
as “a standard operation. We’ve
been doing it for years.”
The Navy declined to give the
names of the dead pending notifi-
cation of relatives.
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sradig scores of homes up in summed up by a smoke-grimed
fi , es - I fire captain surveying the Topan-
LEWIS
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at the young barrister and
chuckled, “I remember when you
use to come around to our back
door and beg for biscuits from
Mrs. Lewis.’’ John didn’t remem-
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Corpets end firepface. Near TWU. Smell
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Fire On Ships
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A
diplomatic break between Guate-
mala and neighboring Mexiee-loma.
ed today because Guatemalan
planes shot up three boats charged
with fishing illegally in territorial
waters........................ -—
Mexico said two of the boats
were hers. The owner of one
was killed and a sailor and a code
were wounded while shrimping le-
gally in Mexican waters, reports
from Mexico City contended..
A Mexican senator said diplo-
matic relations probably would be
broken if Guatemala didn't apol-
ogize.
The press office of Guatemalan
President Miguel Ydigoras Fu-
eates announced the machinegun-
ning attack by air force planes
Wednesday without specifying the
boats’ nationalities.
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sleet over highways and streets in ■
numerous Midwestern cities.
But slippery road conditions ap- ■
ti
Uta- Only a haidnch of rain has fal-
len in the Loa Angeles area since
__July, none at all since October,
boa. The long dry spell has created a
ma, severe fire hazard throughout
Souths California. _______
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CLAIRE CHARLES (p, THE
ROYER blJCC/lNEEK
The Deaton Soroptimist Club
will have a. luncheon meeting at
the Pat Boone Country Inn Fri-
day. Mrs. Ben W. Boyd, Texas
Federation of Women’s Clubs pres-
ident, will speak about friendship.
News has been received by Mrs.
E. C. Chapman of 926 Hillcrest
that her brother-in-law, Frank
Chapman of Amarillo, born and
reared in Sanger, is listed in seri-
ous condition by a doctor after suf-
fering a light stroke and a heart
attack.
Knights of Pythias will meet to-
night at 7:30 in he lodge hall for
a called business meeting. J. D.
Smith, chancellor commander,
said.
Word has been received in Den-
ton of the Dec. 13 of Gorge Ellis
Leath of Oxnard, Calif. Mr. Leath
was the husband of the former
Miss Nellie Blanks, a native Den-
tonite. Funeral services were held
see RUSS TAMBLYN IN
THI WONDERFUL; YOUTHFUL, LOVIN',
KISSIN' MUSICAL ABOUT SEVEN STOLEN
SWEETIES ANO THUR SHOTGUN WEDDING.
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II. E. Fowler, 82 :
Mass for Henry Edmon Fowler.
82, of 1201 W. sycamore was aald
Wednesday morning in the Im-1
maculate Conception Catholic
Church by the Rev Henry Mc-
Gill. pastor.
Burial was in Roselawn Mem-
orial Park under direction of
Schmitz • Floyd - Hamlett Funeral
Home. A rosary service was held
Tuesday in the funeral home cha-
pel.
. Mr. Fowler died Monday at 1:40
p.m. In Flow Memorial Hospital.
Pallbearers were Mr. Fowler’s
grandsons, Pete Tinney, Monroe
Fowler, Gordon Taylor, James
Cove, Eldon Fowler and Mike
Kelley."
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CALL DU2 -3602 (or mixed fire site# waod.
bry or green. Also fevtilizer. J. M. Arnold.
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bath. Panel heat, gerage, 2019 N. Elm,
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in Oxnard Friday and Um body
was brought to Texas for burial in
Iowa Park. He is survived by his
wife, five sons and two daughters.
J. W. (Dad) Pender Sr. ef 2293
Scripture is in Flow Memorial
Hospital today- suffering from a
mild illness, but hospital officials
said he’s in good condition. He’s
being held for observation. Pen-
der, who was on the NTSC goverh-
ment department faculty for 34
years, is active in the Denton
County Tuberculosis Assn, and the
First Baptist Church.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Flow Memorial Hospital
Visiting Hours: 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
3-4 D m.. 7-8 p.m
Admitted: C. W. Jacobs, 613 W.
Hickory, medical; Master Alonza
Black, 524 Wilson, medical; Miss
Birties Faye Black, 524 Wilson,
medical: Robert N. Johnson, 1306
Oakwood, accident; Miss Shirley
Fuller, Lake Dallas, surgical;
Mrs. Ceaphas Ransom, 710 Indus-
trial, medical; J. W. (Dad) Pen-
der Sr., 2293 Scripture, medical;
Charles W. Hendrixon, 606 W.
Main, Lewisville, medical; Mrs.
James Thomas Stone, 1402 Mozin-
go, medical.
Dismissed: Mrs. Walter L. Pow-
ell, Coppell; Mrs. Walter O. Hud-
gins, Route 1, Krum; Mrs. Cora
Arbuckle, 303 Bonnie Brae; Mas-
ter Daniel B. Hagan, 818 Stanley;
Mrs. Eugene Bauman, 315 Egan;
Mrs. T. W. Cot lorn, 910 Gregg; M.
MrMcGalliard, Argyle: Joe B.
Howard, Sanger; Mrs. C. F. Dunn,
Route 2, Pilot Point.
Elm Street Hospital A Clinic
Visiting Hours: 9:30-11:30 a.m,
2:00-3:00 pm., 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Admitted: None. h.e
Dismissed: John L. Freeman,
Route 2, Denton.
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A boy to Mr and Mrs. C. E.
Pritchett, Route 1, Aubrey, at 7:20
a.m. Jan. 1 in Elm Street Hospital
& Clinic.
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the years.
One thing will definitely be dif-
ferent, however. He won’t get as
many roll - your - own cigarettes.
“My wife won’t let me smoke them
at home,” he confessed. “Too mes-
sy." He was a constant roll-your-
‘own man during his time in the
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a id Topanga Canyon, de-
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Lewis’ JP job Included acting as.
coroner and judge and performing
marriage ceremonies. A quick
check of his personal records show-
ed he married at least 1.915 coup-
les in his 23 years in office. “And
Lord knows how many more I mar-
ried without keeping a record of
it,” he said. Heis not required hy
law to keep such records — he did
it because he wanted to.
He couldn't estimate how many
criminal cases he'd handled during
his time as JP. He did point out,
however, that his log books con-
tain about 640 pages each and a
sweep of his hand indicated a num-
Ber of such- hooksin2 niches in
the office walls.
HATED TO LEAVE
- He enjoyed his time as JP. he
said. Anyone could tell he hated to
leave his office.
He'D retire to the confines of his
home at 1009 N. Elm where he'll be
found with his bride of 66 yearg.
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Ta the chua who brings the ■
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