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MCKINNEY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1956
Vol. 70, No. 33
Will Be Friday, June 1 Shown in Report
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Among other reports were those
Fair to be held this fall and has
to Circus Round-
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McKinney High
Commencement
Population Trend
Away From Farms
and
Cul-
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are
who will assist in securing funds for
the annual event.
As was the case last year, space
in the Fair catalogus will be sold.
Members of the committee are E.
are
pic-
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Prosper Elementary
Graduation Tonight
ter, will be sent to a Wool carnival
to be held in San Angelo.
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McKinney Youth
Shows Best Jersey
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Quarterback Club
Elects Officers
I ducted in McKinney and who, along
। with Audie Turrentine, president
: of the 1956 Collin County Fair, told
I of progress being made in organiz-
i ing the big event; J. C. Andrews of
the Public Relations Committee
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Culleoka Ex-Students
To Have Reunion
The second annual reunion
picnic of the ex-students of the
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Mrs. Phillips Named
Finance Chairman
Of Collin Fair
Mrs. Vena Phillips, home econo-
mist for Texas Power and Light
Company, has been named finan-
cial chairman for the Collin County
Bob Clark was named captain
and Elliott White co-captain of the who told of various plans used by
McKinney Quarterback Club for his group in welcoming visitors to
the 1956-57 year at a meeting of the McKinney and of telegrams sent to
organization at the Chamber of Senators Lyndon Johnson and Price
Commerce Tuesday afternoon. New Daniel of Texas and to other law-
directors elected were V. E. Jus- makers from nearby states, in the
tice, George Webb and Jack Smith. interest of retaining the VA Hos-
Geldon Roberts, retiring captain, pital in McKinney and of replies
presided over the meeting and read received from these men, all of
a financial statement of the club which were favorable, and W. T.
Cases Disposed Of
Marvin Odell Harris, charged
with transporting intoxicating liq-
uor. Fined $200.00 and costs, total-
ing $229.05.
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McKinney Area Gets
.35-Inch Rain Tuesday
A slow, gentle rain that began
falling about one o’clock Tuesday
morning and continued for three
hours left .35 of an inch of mois-
ture in McKinney, according to
Capt. Roy F. Hall, local weather
observer.
Tuesday’s rain brought he total
for May to 2.90 inches and for the
year, to date, to 10.20. Average
rainfall for May is 5.40 inches.
Graduation exercises for
Prosper Elementary School
scheduled for Thursday, May 17, at
8 p.m. in the high school auditori-
um, according to Supt. Ura Nichols.
The 1956 list of 16 graduates
into custody a McKinney man, an of the treasurer, Paul Hardin, who
ex-convict. The man is charged I announced that the chamber is in
with theft over $50 in Collin Coun-' the best financial condition enjoyed
ty. He was wanted in Dallas for for some time; Joe Snapp, of the
stealing the car and the new license , Agriculture Committee, who told
plates. He was placed in jail in Me-' of the recent Dairy Day show con-
Kinney. " " ’
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Deputy Sheriffs Clear Three
Cases With One Arrest
A stolen 1956 automobile, a set
of alen license plates and a theft
ov $50 charge were all cleared up
in one arrest Tuesday in Farmers-
ville when Deputy Sheriffs Jim
Standerfer and Robert Ramsey took
revealing a cash balance in the Dungan of the Soil and Water Con-
treasury of $1610.67. Income for the servation group who told of prog-
past year was placed at $1316 and ress being made toward completion
disbursements at $1100. 1 of additional detention structures
The McKinney club is said to be in the East Fork watershed. These
one of, if not the largest, organiza- completions and additional new
tion of its kind in the entire coun- l structures have been assured as
try. Members number some 700 cit- soon as funds are available.
izens. I Fred McKinney of the Special
The club voted to purchase a 300- Events committee told of his group
seat section of bleachers to be used having sent a representative, ‘ Miss
at the Jaycee Recreation Center j Beverly Young, to Ciicus ivun-
baseball field and will sponsor the | Up Day in Gainesville and said an-
erection of baseball scoreboards at other young lady, to be named la-
both the Jaycee Center and at their
COUNTY COURT
W. E. Button, Judge.
W. C. Hagy, County Clerk.
Marriage Licenses
Loyd Glen Smith and Joyce La-
Feme Riders
Euge Qanihoo and Patsy Ruth
Williams x
Dannie Lee Files and Dorothy
Jeanett O’Neill
Ford Promoted
To Police Chief,
Nitcholas Resigns
Euell Ford, assistant chief of po-
lice for the past year, was promot-
ed to chief Wednesday, according
to an announcement by Mayor W.
R. West. Ford replaces Otho
Nitcholas who resigned to make the
race for sheriff of Collin County.
Nitcholas, a long-time profes-
sional baseball player following his
high school days in McKinney, has
served as chief since April of 1955.
Prior to that time he was a mem-
ber of the police force for several
months.
The new chief was appointed as-
sistant under Nitcholas more than
a year ago. He is a native of Mc-
Kinney and he and Mrs. Ford are
active in the Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church.
He is a peace officer of long
standing, having served in various
capacities of law enforcement for
more than 20 years. He was a pa-
trolman before being made asist-
ant chief.
Chief Ford has the good wishes
of all McKinney in his new posi-
tion.
Court House News
DISTRICT COURT
W. C. Dowdy, Judge.
Dwight Whitwell, District Attorney.
Mrs. O. L. Barker, District Clerk.
Mrs. Clara Travillian, Assistant.
Mrs. Justine B. Abernathy, Court
Reporter.
Bobbie Jewel Murphy vs. Wil
liam David Murphy, divorce.
Robert Perry Ashley vs. J. M.
Jackson et al, a suit for judgment.
Lometa M. Feagin vs. Leeman H.
Feagin, divorce.
Thomas Lee McCroan vs. Eliza-
beth Ruth McCroan, divorce.
Constancia Sanchez vs. Joe San-
chez, divorce.
In Re: James H. Hendricks, a mi-
nor. Removal of Minor Disabilities.
Julia A. Shewmake vs. Thomas
R. Shewmake, suit to set aside deed
leoka School and their families will
be held in Finch Park, McKinney,
Texas, on Sunday, May'27th, from
11:00 a.m. till? Those attending are
requested to bring a basket lunch.
Please make note of the time and
date and come meet old friends.
Let’s have a large crowd. For fur-
ther information write or call Mrs.
Ruth Snavely Smith, secretary,
McKinney, or Leslie Hackler, presi-
dent, Red Oak, Texas.
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Renew your subscription.
Commencement exercises for 135
McKinney seniors will be held at
Walter B. Wilson auditorium at
Boyd High School Friday evening,
June 1 at 8 o’clock, according to
Supt. Hailds Pearce. The speaker
will be Dr. John D. Moseley, presi-
dent of Austin College in Sherman.
Rev. Richmond McKinney, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church,
will deliver the sermon for Bacca-
laureate services to be held at the
auditorium Sunday evening, May
27.
Seniors this year will wear the
new white caps and gowns, replac-
ing the customary grey used for a
number of years.
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Chamber Commerce
Board of Directors
Hears Reports
The McKinney Chamber of Com-
merce board of directors held their
May meeting at the Chamber office
Tuesday afternoon with Pres. A. H.
Witherspoon presiding.
Reports from various standing
committees were heard reflecting
a most active committee set-up this
year and great progress in carrying
forward the work of the organiza-
tion.
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Local Girl Honored
At Fort Worth School
Miss Kate Tom Staples, daughter
of Mrs. Malcolm Staples of McKin-
ney, was one of the winners in the
Southwest Literature contest held
at Texas Christian University in
Fort Worth recently. Miss Staples
is a freshman student at TCU.
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MRS. BUTTON IS
HONOREE AT LUNCHEON
/ Mrs. Garland Button was enter-
tained on Saturday by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Glenn Long, of McKin-
ney, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
W. G. Button, of Waco, with lunch-
eon at the Baker Hotel Mural
Room. They also attended the mat-
inee performance of Julius LaRosa.
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W. H. Linn of Ft. Worth sends re-
C. of C. Directors
Give Approval to
Industrial Fund
The board of directors of the Mc-
Kinney Chamber of Commerce, at
their regular monthly meeting
Tuesday afternoon, gave tentative
approval to a proposed plan for an
Industrial Foundation or Fund to
aid in attracting new industry to
the city and asked Chmn. J. M.
Whisenant of the Chamber’s Indus-
trial Committee to prepare and pre-
sent a firm proposal for considera-
tion of the group at their June
meeting.
Mr. Whisenant and his commit-
tee outlined a tentative plan which
would entail the selling of shares,
at a figure to be decided on later,
to individuals and business organi-
zations with the funds so raised to
be used for the industrial expan-
sion of McKinney. He read numer-
ous letters from cities in the area
that have similar plans in opera-
tion at this time.
Mr. Whisenant explained that the
adoption of the plan would not, in
itself, solve the problem of securing
industry but would place McKin-
ney in a better position to bargain
with prospective businesses. The
organization would be strictly non-
profit and all increases would go
back intothe fund.
He displayed copies of a most at-
i tractive brochure his committee
J has prepared for use in their efforts
to induce new industry to locate in
McKinney.
The trend of population away
from rural areas and toward cities
and towns is indicated in compara-
tive figures released this week at
a meeting of the McKinney Cham-
ber of Commerce.
For the period between 1940 and
1950 there has been a decrease of
940 in the number of farms in Col-
lin County, a decrease of 15,492 in
the farm population and a decrease
of 5,498 in the total population of
the county. At the same time the
average size of farms in the coun-
ty has increased from 107.1 acres in
1940 to 131.4 in 1950 and the pop-
ulation of the City of McKinney
had increased from 8,555 to 10,560
or 2,005.
In 1940 there were 4,771 farms in
the county as compared with 3,831
in 1950; the farm population fell
from 30,999 to 15,507 during the
same 10 year period, and the total
population of the county fell from
47,190 to 41,692.
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Local Man Stabbed,
Several Arrested
By Local Officers
Five local men were arrested and
paid fines for fighting , Saturday
after local police broke up a run-
ning gang fight involving a half-
dozen men. The fight, according to
Assistant Chief of Police Euell
Ford, started on the trade lot,
southeast of the public square, and
ended in an alley near South Ten-
nessee Street. No one was serious-
ly injured.
A 29-year-old McKinney man
was arrested and charged with as-
sault with intent to murder follow-
ing the stabbing of Zenophen
Dickenson at a house just off South
the Chevrolet truck models
dramatized in an illuminated
torial exhibit.
Soil Conservation
\ Field Day Tour
Set for Friday
The third annual Soil Conserva-
tion Field Day for farmers, land-
owners and businessmen of the Van
Alstyne Work Unit Area, Collin
Soil Conservation District, has been
anounced for Friday, May 18.
A tour, to be made in school
buses, for all who care to attend
will start from the Van Alstyne
Cotton Yard at 9 a.m. and will con-
tinue until noon at which time a
barbecue dinner will be served at
the flopd prevention structure on
the Joe Clarkson farm, five miles
southeast of Van Alstyne. The
speaker will be W. A. (Doc) Ru-
man, Farm Director for Radio Sta-
tion WBAP in Fort Worth.
On the tour, soil conservation
practices will be pointed out along
_ with the need for land protection
( and improvement; fertilization of
1 small grains will be observed, and
■ the flood prevention program will
be discussed.
The tour, to be entered into by
SCS, ASC, FHA, FFA, Extension
Service and others, is sponsored by
the Van Alstyne Chamber of Com-
merce.
own park. Quarterback Field, in
Tinch Park. *
dHoldover directors are Bob Bry-
% and C. P. Horn.
Beginners Band
Makes School Tour
Director George McCoy and his
40-piece Beginners Band, made
their annual tour of McKinney
elementary schools Tuesday and
played a 25-minute concert at each
stop. The tour is made each spring
as a part of the regular recruiting
drive for young band students.
At noon the band ‘took a break”
at Finch Park where mothers
servedwiches, cold drinks and other
good things to eat.
Series of Mishaps
Bring Injury to
Several Persons
A series of traffic mishaps since
last Thursday morning have result-
ed in injury to a number of persons,
according to State, City and County
officers who made the investiga-
tions.
Early Thursday morning of last
week Doyle B. Bass of McKinney
was hurt when his automobile and
a truck driven by Leroy J. Strick-
land of Joplin, Missouri, were in a
collision just south of Allen on
Highway 75. Bass was taken to
City-County Hospital for_examina-
. tion according to Deputy Sheriffs
, Day and Hundley who investigat-
, ed.
Two persons suffered injuries
1 when the car in which they were
' riding went out of control and
• struck a utility pole in the west
1 part of McKinney last Friday. Cal-
• vin Ray Rutledge, driver of the
car, and his companion, Miss Bren-
! da Allen, were treated at a local
i hospital.
; Three accidents the past week-
reads as follows:
Brenda Anderson, Charlotte Dun-
nam, Fleeda Early, Mary Eoff, Ber-
tie Etheridge, Jackie Hendricks,
Shirley Kelley, Patsy Nelson, Gary
Payne, Kenneth Smith, Owen
Smith, Linda Stewart, Nora Elaine
Thomas, James Vaughan, Alice
Watkins, Haskell White.
Ushers: Charles Knapp, Doyle
Dean.
Programs: Carla Sue Gentle,
Carolyn Ann Furr.
Program
Processional, Letrell Nickles; in-
vocation, Rev. Sam Smith; saluta-
tory, Fleeda Early; class history,
Alice Watkins; class songs, class;
class wishes, Bertie Etheridge; class
grouch, Kenneth Smith; class will,
Gary Payne; special song, Mary
Eoff, Charlotte Dunnam, Elaine
Thomas, Alice Watkins, Brenda An-
derson; class poem, Brenda Ander-
son; valedictory, Linda Stewart;
honors and awards, teacher and
sponsor; announcements, Supt. Ura
Nickles; diplomas, G. L. Bell, sec-
retary of school board; benediction,
Rev. Cooper Marshall; recessional
(audience seated), Letrell Nickles
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MRS. R. P. RAY RETURNS
Mrs. R. P. Ray has returned
home after an extended visit with
her children in Bay town and Fort
Worth.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Redden and
family visited in Dallas Sunday.
St. Louis and other points of inter- ...______
est. newal to The Examiner.
A. Randles, Mrs. Bruce Carter,
Charles McPeak, Joe Bob Young,
Dwayne Howell, A. G. McGhee,
Miss Madelyn Moses, Mrs. Jean
Cook, Mrs. Enola Trice, Harry
Scott, Charles Ray, Mrs. Ramsey
Harris, Mrs. Harry Dunn, Mrs. Fay
Hamilton, John Gastrock, F. A.
Wilder, Mrs. Julius Smith, Mrs. No-
omi Snider, James E. Ferguson,
Mrs. Coleman White, Mrs. Alice
Talkington, Charles Angel, Kenneth
Eubanks, all of McKinney, and Mrs.
B. B. Donnely of Plano, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Presley of Princeton and Mrs.
Claude Crouch of Celina.
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Cox Chevrolet to Sponsor
Featurama Display
An automotive ‘variety show,”
offering everything from a child-
size model of the famed Coverette
sports car to a cutaway display of
heavy-duty truck equipment, will
appear at Cox Chevrolet Co., May
17 through May 19.
Known as tne Chevrolet Featu-
rama, the show makes the most
Complex automotive advancements
understandable tothe layman by
revealing the inner workings of en-
gines, transmissions and other
Chevrolet truck and passenger car
components.
An adult spectator-participation
device is presented by an operating
front suspension and power steer-
ing display. Onlookers can get the
feel of Chevrolet’s smooth handling
by manipulating a steering wheel
linked to full-size front wheels. The
wheels are mounted on pistons
which move them up and down to
show the front suspension spherical
joints in action.
A number of Chevrolet’s engine-
transmission combinations avail-
able on 1956 passenger cars are
demonstrated by a cutaway ‘pow-
er team” display. Normally con-
cealed parts of the V8 and six-cylin-
der engines are shown in operation
with Powerglide, overdrive and
manual transmissions.
A similar cutaway truck display
show the Jobmaster engine in ac-
tion with a four-speed transmission
and two-speed rear axle. Further
features of the engines offered in
end resulted in serious injury to
several persons. Early Sunday
morning on Highway 75, south of
the Wilson Creek bridge, Henry
Bales of McKinney was critically
injured when his car was in colli-
sion with a truck driven by Bill
Thompson of Garland. Thompson
was not hurt but Mrs. Bales, in the
car with her husband, sustained a
broken arm and another passenger,
Everett Poston, received several
broken ribs. Patrolman Sam Purtle
investigated.
James Arthur Jackson of Farm-
ers Branch escaped uninjured when
a tire blew out and his car over-
turned on Highway 121, seven miles
west of McKinney at 3 a.m. Monday
Deputy Sheriffs Hatfield and Day
made the investigation.
No. one was hurt Sunday after-
noon when cars driven by Robert
W. Green of Grand Prairie and J.
C. Stokes of McKinney collided at
Highway 75 and McMakin Street in
McKinney; according to Sgt. Bob
Hardin and Officer George Taylor
of the local police department.
Three traffic accidents in the
county Tuesday caused consider-
able damage to the vehicles in-
volved but no injuries. Trucks fig-
ured in all three wrecks and, in
two of the mishaps, a bright late
afternoon sun , which prevented
drivers from observing directional
signal lights in operation on the
vehicle in front was given as the
cause.
Highway Patrolman Dan Nowlin
said that two accidents occurred on
Highway 24 Tuesday afternoon,
both caused by the inability of
drivers to see turn signals. The
first, at 5 p.m., six miles west on 24
near the roadside park a truck
driven by William Burgess Reno of
Anna is said to have struck the
rear of another truck driven by
Jimmie Sears of Pampa when Sears
attempted to turn off the highway.
The Sears truck overturned. No one
was injured.
An hour later, four miles east on
the same highway, a car driven by
Henry Lee Tackett of Farmersville
struck the rear of an ice cream
truck driven by James T. Hill of
Commerce as Hill attempted to
turn of the highway to Holder’s
Store.
Deputy Sheriffs Jim Standerfer
and Robert Ramsey investigated a
collision at Melissa Tuesday when
a car driven by Roy Hale of West-
minster was sideswiped by a truck
driven by Charles Cole of Sher-
man.
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Dance Honors
Twelve Seniors
Twelve seniors were named hon-
orees at a collegiate dance at the
McKinney Country Club May 11
from 8 to 11:30 p.m. The affair was
given by Miss Ann McKinney, Miss
Sally Scott, Miss Kay Kelly, Reed
and Tim West.
Honorees • included Ann Finney, •
Gay Walker, Gayle Horn, Betty
Ruth Frazier, Clara Marie Perkins,
Beverly Young, Diane Hall, Albert
Helsley, Dicky Price, Bill Boyd,
Newton Burkett and Charles Coop-
er.
The theme for decorating the
clubhouse was cleverly carried out,
with a profusion of pennants and
stuffed animals representing the
schools in the Southwest. Boyd
High School colors of blue and
gold, and a large Lion were mount-
ed on the mantelpiece, while back
of the bandstand were sports equip-
ment including tennis rackets, golf
clubs, and other such items.
The refreshment table was cov-
ered in a yellow cloth, with minia-
ture figures of cheerleaders, a tiny
football and hurricane lamps as
decorations. Pictures of various
activities the past year, were post-
ed upon a large screen at the back
of the table.
Mothers of the honorees served
refreshments of cookies and punch
at intervals during the evening.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lentz of Mc-
Kinney were hosts to all their chil-
dren and grandchildren for a
Mother’s Day dinner Sunday.
Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Lentz, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lentz and sons, Robert Jr.
and Buddy, and daughter, Mary
Etta, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. Les Blaylock and son,
Terry, of McKinney and Mrs. Mag-
gie Chandler and daughter and
Mrs. Arleigh Rogers and grand-
daughter of Chambersville.
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Pvt. Jack Evans has been trans-
ferred from Camp Chaffee, Ark.,
to Ft. Sill, Okla.
Joe Dean Gidney of McKinney
showed the champion Jersey cow
in the youth division of the annu-
al Collin County Dairy show held
here. He was presented the plaque
which is awarded by the American
Jersey Cattle Group. Donald
Hamm, Prosper FFA, exhibited the
champion Holstein.
Judy Gibson of Frisco, was the
best showman in the group, with
Eugene Fort of Princeton FFA, sec-
ond.
In the judging contest, Blue
Ridge Future Farmers, were first;
Princeton FFA second and Farm-
ersville FFA third. The outstanding
juniors on the judging team were
Ben George, Charles Brockman,
Lloyd McCarthy and Dalton Hart-
ness, all of Blue Ridge.
In the ladies judging contest, Mrs.
Brad Gibson, Frisco, was first; Mrs.
C. E. Lair, Celina, second, and Mrs.
T. C. Langley, Princeton, third.
Winners in the men’s division
were C. E. Lair of Celina, first; T.
M. Lovell of Farmersville, second,
and Leroy Hendricke, Sherman,
third.
Te-+,e1-- C+e/+ Cu-d-x nich+ Fair ro De nerd mis ran and naS
Dickenson was taken to Ctty-Coun^ announced her committee members
Uhe ArKtmey xamuwr
Office of Publication Opposite County Jail
Cases Disposed Of
Harman Stoker vs. Maryland
Casualty Company, transferred to
U. S. Dist. Court, Sherman, Texas.
In Re: James H. Hendricks, a mi-
nor. Disabilities as a minor re-
moved.
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Walnut Grove
To Celebrate
Anniversary
The Walnut Grove Presbyterian
Church wil set aside all day on
Sunday, May 20, 1956, to celebrate
its 105th anniversary. Registration
will begin at 10 o’clock with the
morning worship being held at
10:45 a.m. Reverend Prentice Bar-
nett of Denton will be the speaker
for the morning. At 12:30 all guests
and members can partake of a din-
ner being served on the grounds.
Following the noon meal, the aft-
ernoon will be spent in group sing-
ing and renewing old acquain-
tances.
All interested members and
friends of this church are urged to
attend and make this anniversary
one to be remembered in the Pres-
byterian Church.
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To Make Home in Dallas
Miss Joyce Anders, daughter of
Mrs. J. R. Rogers of Commerce,
was married to Loyd Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith of Prince-
ton on Friday evening, May 11. The
wedding ceremony was performed
at the home of Mrs. Jack Pruden of
Anna, sister of the bride.
The couple were united in mar-
riage by Rev. Kenneth Cantrell,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Anna. A reception followed
which was attended by the follow-
ing guests: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith
and three sons of Princeton; Mr.
and Mrs. Clifton Burnside and
daughter of McKinney; Rev. and
Mrs. Kenneth Cantrell and son of
Anna; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pruden
and sons, David and Jimmy, of
Anna.
After a wedding trip, the couple
will make their home in Dallas.
The bride attended East Texas
State Teachers College at Com-
merce. Mr. Smith graduated from
ETSTC.
ty Hospital suffering a half-dozen
stab wounds in the back and lungs.
Other week-end activity of po-
lice included the arrest of a colored
man at Celina for driving while
intoxicated. The arrest was made
by Deputies Day and Hatfield. Dep-
uties Brooks and Hundley made an
arrest for drunkenness east of
Copeville Saturday night and Sher-
iff Floyd Williams, Deputy Jim
Standerfer and State Liquor Con-
trol Board Agent, Roy Eldridge
raided a house in Farmersville and
confiscated a small quantity of gin.
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Burglars Loot
Junior and Senior
High Schools
City Police are investigating the
Monday night burglaries of the L.
A. Scott Junior High and Boyd
High Schools when prowlers, who
gained entrance by breaking open
windows in both buildings, demol-
ished several cold drink and candy
vending machines and made off
with about $35 in cash. They also
knocked down the door to High
School Principal Earl Slaughter’s
office and ransacked desk and filing
cabinet drawers.
Total damage to the building and
vending machines was estimated at
$350 by police.
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Princeton Boy
Struck by Car
Michael Wayne Webster, two-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J.
Webster of near Princeton, was
taken to City-County Hospital in a
Harris emergency ambulance Mon-
day night after he was struck by
a car as he played in front of his
home on Highway 24.
According to the investigating
officer, Highway Patrolman Dan
Nowlin, the child had been playing
in a driveway at his home and his
mother, seeing he was too near the
highway, had called to him to come
closer to the yard when he darted
into the path of the car.
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Alla High School
Holds Commencement
Lou Pelly was named valedic-
torian and Sue McDonald was salu-
tatorian of the 1956 graduating class
of Alla' High School at commence-
ment exercises held at the school
Monday evening. Baccalaureate
services were held at the school
Sunday which , was also annual
homecoming day.
Glen Maxwell, professor of. phi-
losophy at Austin College, Sher-
man, was the speaker for com-
mencement exercises. Diplomas
were presented by Supt. Miles Mur-
Phy.
Members of the class were Jo
Ann Moseley,. Helen Perry, Keith
Murphy, Jimmy Hollands worth,
Frank Svoboda, Jerry Willard,
Georgia Peterman, Lynn Logan,
Velma Simpson, Lou Pelly and Neta
Barnes.
The annual senior trip will start
Friday, May 18. The class will visit
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Thompson, Anna & Thompson, Wofford. The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1956, newspaper, May 17, 1956; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1457546/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.