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McKinney, Texas, Thursday, july is, 1957
Vol. 71, No. 42
12 PAGES—SECTION ONE
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to unmask all enemies who
op-
NAMED SUPERVISOR
Marshall, son of Mr. and Mirs.
.will show the lates in law en-
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THREE PERSONS HURT BUILDING
way, failure to give signal, mak-
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152.
your relatives.
Roy F. Hall.
stories of Byron
Ghendi Graves
were:
Armed Forces Cut
Due Further Study
Tech’s Directors
%
May Hold Meeting
and
Alla
actual reductio:
Ike's Civil Rights Bill Backers
Prepare For Fight To Finish
NEWS COVERAGE OF
CITY AND COUNTY
OFFICE OF PUBLICATION
OPPOSITE COUNTY JAIL
SATURDAY’S SHOWER
ONLY RAINFALL
SINCE JUNE 23
the
the
JOHNSON FURN. CO.
IN SECOND WEEK
OF BIG SALE
IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS
PAST WEEK-END
CITY, COUNTY POLICE
POLICE REPORT
SLOW WEEK-END
PROMINENT BANKER,
PASSES SUNDAY
Johnson of Little Rock, also sur-
vive.
THE BEST
ADVERTISING MEDIUM
ESTABLISHED OCTOBER
1886
ing improper turn, disregarding
warning sign an dimproper start,
one each.
pany. The young couple plan an
August wedding.
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Anna Baptists
Plan Revival to
rest of its games and Prosper
could win all four of theirs and
COUNTY COURT
W. E. Button, Judge.
W. C. Hagy, Clerk.
hibit will be in a large van locat-
ed on the Fair grounds.
A county wide parade will be
held opening day and good par-
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In the U. S. Navy the executive
officer is the one next in line to
the captain.
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It is not definitely known who
invented gunpowder or where or
when it originated.
Grand Jury Indictments
The grand jury in session Mon-
day and Tuesday returned the
following indictments:
Murder 3,
Theft over $50, 10,
Burglary 5,
n Perjury 1,
P Removal of mortgaged proper-
ty 1,
Child desertion 1,
Swindling by check 1,
Robbery 2.
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Excalibur was the name of the
famous mystic sword of King
Arthur.
LUBBOCK—The political-edu-
cational furor caused by the dis-
charge of two Texas. Tech facul-
ty members and elimination of
the job of another may cause a
special board meeting, the school
president said yesterday.
During the first six months of
1957 there have been 7 persons
killed by traffic in the county
and 39 others have been injured.
Total property damage this year,
through June, estimated at $70,-
board to reconsider — in open
meeting—its actions of last Sat-
urday.
Dr. E. N. Jones, Tech president,
said he had every reason to be-
lieve the directors would call a
special meeting as quickly as
possible. He said, however, he
didn’t expect the meeting to be
held before July 25, when W. D.
pcse it policies.”
Bulgaria is in such severe eco-
The appointment was
nounced by Jerome McKinney,
district manager, and was effec-
The buildings of the
School .four miles north of Ce-
of its basic provisions.
Republican senators held a
closed door session today to map
si artegy.
One senator who came from the
meeting while it was still under-
Cases Disposed Of
Arthur Maxwell, charged with
possession of liquor, fined $100.00
and costs, totaling $132.60.
Joe Everett Davis, charged
with carrying pistol, fined $100
and costs, totaling $131.55.
ing sides dug in today for the
showdown fight over President
Eisenhower’s civil rights program
after he reaffirmed his support
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made other than for minor traf-
fic violations.
City officers picked up two for
drunkenness and one for driv-
ing while intoxicated and county
officers arrested a Negro man
near Wylie on a charge of being
drunk and having no drivers li-
cense.
The County Jail held only five
prisoners Monday morning, the
lowest jail count in several
months.
City and county officers
ported another rather quiet
week-end Saturday and Sunday
when only four arrests were
Dr. Dale Clark, James E. Wil-
cox, Jewett Hunter, Herman
Maxson, Bennie Saunders, Ray
Woods, Wofford Thompson, By-
ron Caraway, Ghendi Graves,
and the host.
issued by the White House with-
in minutes after the Senate voted
71-18 late yesterday to take up
the legislation for debate and
action.
“That’s good,” exclaimed Sen.
Humphrey (D-Min), a leading
supporter of the bill, when he
saw the President’s statement.
Other senators backing the meas-
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“LEARN TO SWIM”
AO SPONSORED BY
BUSINESS MEN
Three Purged Reds
Attacked By Buigaria
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DEATH TAKES
HOLIDAY ON COLLIN
ROADS DURING JUNE
Death took a holiday on Collin
County highways during the
month of June, according to Capt.
Harry Hutcheson of the Texes
Highway Patrol whose report of
accidents during the period was
received this week.
There were, however, 7 in-
juries. in the 15 accidents inves-
tigated by the Highway Patrol
and total property damage was
estimated at $6,192.
Four of the June accidents in-
volved drinking drivers and two
were one-vehicle accidents.
Causes of June accidents were
listed in the report as follows:
Driving while intoxicated and
improper passing, 3 each; driv-
ing on wrong side of the road, 2, . _________ __ ...........
and speeding, following too t the Frisco team would still be on
closely, failure to yield right-of-1 top. Likewise, Prosper is well
ahead of third place Plano which
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otice Please
It is now costing us 5c each
time that post office returns your
paper undelivered, because you
have moved. A paper is not for-
warded to the new address even
though you have notified the post
office of change.
So please help us in keeping up
with your whereabouts by noti-
fying us a week or so before you
move so that we can change ad-
dress.
Court House News
DISTRICT COURT
W. C. Dowdy, Judge
Dwight Whitwell, District Attor-
ney.
Mrs. O. L. Barker, District Clerk
Mrs. Imogene Felty, Deputy.
6Mrs. Justine Abernathy, Court
“VReporter.
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Carl Bell Entertains
Friends at Dinner
Carl Bell, who resides on North
Morris Street, entertained a
number of his friends with a din-
ner Tuesday evening in the back
yard of his pretty home. A de-
licious dinner was served, which
had for the most part been pre-
pared by Carl himself. However,
he said in order to get the “fem-
inine touch” he had solicited the
aid of Mrs. Herman Maxson.
Herman himself, who is quite a
“chef” in his own right, also lent
his knowledge of the culinary
art.
Mrs. Bell has been in Califor-
nia for sometime where she went
to be with her son and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bell Jr. They
have a new grandson and of
course grandmother had to be on
band Carl, naturally, got lone-
some and decided to have some
of his friends in to spend the
evening.
Among those who enjoyed the
delicious meal and the “tall”
Jina, will be used this fall as a
junior high, Celina Supt. R. E.
Murray has announced. The Ce-
lina and Alia school districts
were consolidated by a vote of
patrons last February.
A principal and four teachers
will be assigned to the junior
high, Mr. Murray said. The high
school of the district will be at
Celina.
Supt. Murray also announced
that a ban director and music
teacher will be employed byuthe
combined districts.
ure also hoped it would stiffen
resistance to compromise moves.
But Sen. Russell (D-Ga) said
the Southern opponents he is
leading are prepared to expend
the greatest effort ever made in
history to prevent passage of the
bill in its present form.
The Dixie forces already have
drawn support outside their own
ranks, from Democrats and Re-
publicans alike, to delete or mod-
ify key features of the bill.
But if they fail in that effort,
they still will be free to filibus-
ter against the bill—a last resort
course with which they have
blocked all civil rights measures
in the past.
nity exhibits and several are ex-
pected. Plans are also shaping
up for better than usual commer-
cial exhibits under leadership of
George Coulter.
FIRST RRESDYTERIAN
TO AIR-CONDITION
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Collin County
Sports Summary
Frisco and Prosper have
wrapped up the two top spots in
the West Zone of the Collin Coun-
ty Junior Baseball League for
this season and will meet the ton
two teams in the East Zone in a
play-off for the loop champion-
ship.
With only four games to play,
Frisco has won 11 and lost none
while Prosper has a 6-5 record.
Thus, Frisco could lose all the
James Houston Clark and Vi- as follows: De Verle Johnson, of
! McKinney, F. Marion Johnson, of
Amarillo, and Page Johnson, of
Little Rock, Ark.; a sister, Mrs.
Josie Whitside, of Sipe Springs,
and four grandchildren, Marion,
Thomas Reynolds and Craig Ross
Johnson, all of Amarillo, and Lyn
nomic difficulties that thousands, ■
of its unemployed have been sent-I
to Soviet Siberia tc work. Thou- |
sands of others have been moved 14
from Sofia and other cities to the |
countryside to prevent uprisings.®
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Fines Assessed in
County Court
Three cases were disposed of I
in county court in McKinney |
Monday, according to County I
Clerk W. C. Hagy, who said that I
all three were on pleas of guilty. I
Several other cases, due fox’ ]
trial Monday,were postponed.
The biggest fine imposed Mon-
day was a $175 levy against a
Grayson County man for illegal
transportation of intoxi-
cating liquor. Another local man
was fined $100 for carrying a pis-
tol and another drew a $100 fine
for possession of liquor intended
for sale.
JAMES 1. SAUNDERS KENNETH CHAMBERS
NEW MANAGER
Caraway and
REV. R. F. HALBERT
• * $
the reduction plans.
“Our committee certainly will
want to find out what these re-
ductions will mean in the Air
Force and its striking power,” he
said.
Sen. Francis Case (R-SD), an-
other committee member, said he
wants to know how much of a
reduction this means in combat
power.
The Army was ordered to ab-
sorb half the cut, or $50,000, the
Air Force 25,000, the Navy 15,-
000 and the Marine Corps 10,000.
Congress previously had au-
thorized a combined strength of
2,800,000 men and women in uni-
form during the 12 months that
began July 1, but the latest de-
fense tabulation showed 2,789,642
on May 31. That would hold the
World’s Fair in 1853.
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W. L. SCOTT CELEBRATES
HIS 79TH BIRTHDAY
We met our good old time
friend, W. L. Scott, on the street
Tuesday. He said he was taking
it easy and celebrating his 79th
birthday. Looks like’ a much
younger man.
He tells us he has been living
on his farm east of Bloomdale for
53 years. One of the best farm-
ers in the county. However he
has been renting his land the last
two or three years. Still has his
hogs, cattle and chickens which
he looks after.
Many more happy returns, Mr.
Scott.
TELEPHONE COMPANY
James L. Saunders, commer-
cial staff assistant in Dallas, has
been appointed manager for
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company in McKinney, succeed-
ing A. C. Lewis, manager here
since May, 1956. Mr. Lewis, a
member of the local Rotary Club,
becomes a unit manager for the
company in Dallas.
Elidoro Valdez and Miss Elvira
Garza
David Curtis and Rose C. Rog-
ers
Ronnie Orville Brewton and
Faula Sue Christian
amusement park of Dallas. —, , .
An added attraction will be the 3111 Marshall, of McKinney.
Crimemobile shown by the Tex- ‘ Miss Frazier was a spring grad-
- - 'uate of Boyd High school this
WASHINGTON — Oppo s- way said:
“No compromises have been
proposed or agreed upon. We are
discussing all phases of the bill.”
Eisenhower’s statement was
as Law Enforcement society., ,
This will be a'free exhibit andlyear, while Mr. Marshall grad-
uated in 1956 and is now emply-
ed by the Lone Star Gas Com-
The congregation of the First
Presbyterian Church of McKin-
ney voted unanimously to air-
conditiontheir church at a meet-
ing following the regular wor-
ship service last Sunday morn-
ing.
A joint meeting of elders and
deacons that preceded the con-
gregational meeting had set up
tentative plans for the improve-
ment.
The sanctuary, Sunday School
room and basement of the church
will be air-conditioned.
Ed Skidmore, superintendent
of the Sunday School and a mem-
ber of the board of deacons, is
general chairman of the jroject
which is to be started at once
with completion promised within
two weeks after actual work be-
gins.
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Hudson-De Rossett
A simple ceremony Saturday
afternoon at 3:00 p.m., July 6, in
the home of Mrs. Nadine De
Rossett united in marriage Miss
Lillie B. Hudson, daughter of
Mrs. J. L. Hudson, Anna, Texas,
and Mr. Howard De Rossett, son
of Mrs. Nadine De Rossett, 1222
Vermont, Dallas.
The Rev. L. B. Harriss read the
wedding vows.
The bride wore a light blue ny-
lon eilet embroidery dress on a
blue taffett back ground. A bow
of blue velvet ribbon streamed
from the neckline. Her corsage
was white carnations.
Only the bride’s mother and
the groom’s mother and sister
were present.
The reception was held at the
home of Mrs. J. P. Raulston, 2400
Knight. Serving were the bride’s
sisters, Mrs. H. E. Perry and
Mrs. J. P. Raulston of Dallas.
On pages 4 and 5 of the second
section of this issue will be
found a two-page advertisement
on “Learn to Swim.” The copy
for this ad was written by Capt.
Stephen F. Brune of Anna, who
is an expert swimming instruc-
tor. Mr. Brune has studied swim-
ming for many years and con-
ducts a swimming class.
The merchants: and business
men of the county' and elsewhere
who have signed the ad and have
sponsored the distribution of
these instructions through The
Examiner have done so as a pub-
lic service, believing that by
knowing how to swim many lives
can be saved which are other-
wise lost.
The instructions are clear and
concise and illustrations sid in
the explanations. We suggest you
turn and read the ad. It is very
interesting.
were thrown out of the Central
Committee.
Announcing the shakeup, Ra-
dio Sofia charged the threeiskitn
“systematic opposition
the policy of the party and
political unity.” The E
used much the same words to .
nounce V. M. Molotov, Geo
Malenkov, L. M. Kaganovic
and their associates who lost out
for opposing Nikita Khruschev's
policies.
Radio Bucharest indicated the
Romanian purge is not over. ll
said: “The party is determined'
The prediction came as
college faculty called for
COUNTY FAIR
HATES SET FOR
SEPT. 25, 26,27, 28
The Collin County Fair Board
met July 16 and went over plans
for the Fair this fall, Sept. 25,
26, 27, 28. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Pres. Choice Mc-
Clure. A good livestock show
is expected this fall as it ap-
pears feed will be more plentiful.
The Fair will include agriculture
products, women’s exhibits, and
commercial exhibits.
For entertainment the Collin
County Saddle Club wll hold
its annual fall rodeo, the first
three nights of the fair. All car-
nival concessions will be run by
clubs or other organizations in
the county; any clubs wishing
to have concessions can turn in
their requests to Fair Secretary
Pat Simpson at the Chamber of
Commerce or Kenneth Eubanks
chairman of the concessions. If
more than one club asks for like
concessions they will draw to see
which gets first choice at the con-
cession, all clubs are asked to
send in 1, 2, and 3 choices. Rides
will be run by the Stinnett
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Miss Frazier, Mr.
Marshall to Marry
Mr. and Mrs. Garvis S. Frazier
of McKinney announce the ap-
proaching. marriage of their
daughter, Marianne, to Lvnn
MESQUITE MAN
DROWNS SUNDAY
AT LAKE LAVON
Lake Lavon claimed another
victim Sunday with the drown-
ing of 18-year-old John McClel-
lan of Mesquite.
McClellan, together with a
friend, Harold Irby of Dallas,
were reported to have been float-
ing on inflated inner tubes at
Lake Lavon Park when McClel-
lan slipped from the tube into 12
feet of water. Efforts of Irby to
rescue his friend failed.
The body was recovered at 3:45
Sunday afternoon, nearly two
hours after the accident, by the
Wylie Fire Department rescue
crek.
The McKinney Fire Depart-
ment emergency crew went to
the lake to assist in search oper-
ations.
forcement techniques. This ex-
The only rainfall in McKinney
so far during July was the .03 of
an inch recorded late last Sat-
urday afternoon, Capt. Roy Hall,
local weather observer, report-
ed.
As a matter of fact, prior to
Saturday’s sprinkle, the last
moisture of any kind reported
here was an even half inch back
on June 23. Since then it’s been
dry and hot.
Along with last Saturday’s
light rain a brisk breeze gave
welcomed relief from a blister-
ing afternoon of heat.
Normal rainfall in McKinney
for July is 2.61 inches. Last July
we measured 1.10 inch of rain
and in August, 1956, only .57 of
an inch.
Manage License
James Harvey Gammons
Betty Ann Cmpbell
Erwin D. stole and Lucille
Levern Henncks
ticipation is expected. Parade ar-
rangements will be under direc-.
tion of Chairman E. A. Randles. Start July 24
Plans ar being made for commu-
Three persons were injured,
none seriously, in six traffic ac-
cidents in the county and in Mc-
Kinney the past week-end, ac-
cording to reports from investi-
gating officers.
Claude Walter Williams, his
wife, and 5-month-old daughter,
Janelle Marie, all of Dallas, were
treated at a Wylie clinic after
their car was involved in a col-
lision three miles east of Wylie
about midnight Saturday, High-
way Patrolman Dan Nowlin re-
ported. Williams received
a cracked knee cap in the acci-
dent
Police say Williams’ car was
stopped on the highway when it
was struck by another car driv-
en by Robert A. Gray of Lavon.
There were two wrecks at Me-
lissa Saturday, Nowlin said. Sat-
urday morning pick-up trucks
driven by Felix A. Self of Celina,
Rt. 1, and Harold Richard San-
ders collided, and Saturday night,
a car driven by Harry William.
Parks of Perrin Air Base went
out of control and knocked down
a utility pole. No one was in-
jured in either Melissa mishap.
Three accidents occurred in
McKinney Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday afternoon cars driven
by Solmon Oliver and Jo Betty
Wilson, both of McKinney, col-
lided at the intersection of Wad-
dill and Louisiana Streets, and
Saturday night a car driven by
Leslie B. Anderson of Dallas
.went out of control and smashed
into the driveway and front
door of Proctor Motor Co. on
South Tennessee Street. Ander-
son escaped injury but consider-
able damage was done to the
front of the building. Anderson
was placed under arrest by City
Police, Chief Jack Pike said.
Sunday at noon cars driven by
Sharon Elaine Clark and Sandra
Beth Wilder, both of McKinney,
collided at Hunt and Graves
Streets.
BULGARIA ATTACKS______
VIENNA — Satellite Bulgara’s
press and radio today launched
acampaign of denunciation
against three top Communists ex-
pelled from, party posts in the
latest Soviet bloc purge.
Caught in the second satellite
shakeup—Romania had one two
weeks ago—were First Deputy
Premier Dobri Terpetshev and
former Gen. Nako Panov.
Esankov was ousted from both
the party’s Central Committee
and the Politburo. The others
he
Watkins. chairman of the board
of directors, is cheduled back
from vacation.
Jones said he had discussed the
political and educational battle
with Watkins and other board
members by phone.
In a secret session last Satur-
day board members refused to
renew the contracts of Dr. Byron
R. Abernathy and Dr. Herbert
M. Greenberg. Both have ex-
pressed liberal political and so-
cial views.
The job of Dr. Pei Stensland
was abolished, which will have
the effect of discharging him un-
less ne is given another assign-
ment.
Kenneth Chambers of McKin-
ney, an employee of the State
Department of Public Welfare
for the past 15 years, has been
named supervisor of the Collin-
Rockwall County district. Mr.
Chambers will have supervision
over these two counties and over
welfare offices in McKinney,
Farmersville and Rockwall.
Chambers spent eight years at
Farmersville and has been in
the McKinney office for the past
three years.
just under xv,anted to continue to ge the
Celebrating' the 87th anniver-
sary of Simmons, the world’s
largest bedding manufacturer,
Johnson Furniture Co. of McKin-
ney is now in the second week of
a gigantic “Boxcar Bargain” sale.
Along with 1,150 other leading
stores from coast to coast, the
Johnson store, owned and oper-
ated by Choice-McClure and Wil-
bur Thompson, is featuring ex-
ceptional bargains in the famous
Simmons mattress, sofa beds,
hide-a-bed sofas, living room fur-
niture and other popular items
made by this well known firm.
A full page advertisement in
this week’s issueof The Examin-
er tells all about how $10,000,000
worth of purchases and the mass
production of nine large Sim-
mons plants give you history-
making low prices.
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THANK YOU, MR. EPPRIGHT
We are appreciative of a re-
newal subscription from our
friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Epp-
right of Palestine and for the
kind words expressed in their re-
newal note. “For the best weekly
paper in Texas” was penned at
the bottom. Thanks a million.
Mrs. Eppright is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Laurin Cole of
Rhea’s Mill and a granddaughter
of Mrs. J. L. Bryant.
Mr. Eppright is an employee
of the Texas Power and Light
Company at Palestine.
Their two children, Linda and
Jimmy, are spending a few days
with their grandmother while
the Epprights are in Colorado
Springs.
em Fred Bell and Arline Kitchen
“Lla M. Vest
has won 3 and lost 8.
In the East Zone, Farmersville,
Princeton and Wylie, in that or-
der, are leading the zone. Farm-
ersville has, through last week,
won 10 and lost only one game;
Princeton has a 7-4 record and
Wylie 5 and 6. Princeton, by win-
ing all their games, could over-
take Farmersville and, by the
same token, Wylie could crowd
into second place and a berth in
the playoffs. It will be an inter-
esting finish to the race in the
East Zone.
The top two teams in each zone
will meet in a play-off for the
championship at the end of the
regular schedule which is set for
July 23. In the play-offs, the top
team in the West will play the
second place club in the East, and
vice versa, in the first round. The
two winners will then meet for
the flag. Both series will be best
2 out of 3 affairs.
Last week Farmersville beat
Community 9-7, Princeton
trimmed Wylie 11-6, Princeton
beat Community 7-6 and Wylie
handed Farmersville its first
loss of the season. In the East
Zone, Prosper beat Plano, Frisco
took Melissa 28-1, Melissa stopped
Prosper 12-2 and Frisco trampled
Plano 23-2.
Friday's schedule: Farmers-
ville at Community, Wylie at
Princeton, Plano at Prosper,
Frisco at Melissa.
Tuesday, July 23: Princeton at
Community, Farmersville at Wy-
lie, Melissa at Prosper, Plano at
Frisco.
Here in McKinney, through
last week, Rotary was leading
the Pee Wee League with Lions
close behind and VFW in third
place. Chamber of Commerce
and Quarterback were tied for
fourth, Jaycees were sixth, Le-
gion, seventh, and Kiwanis,
eighth.
The Dodgers topped the Youth
loop with the Yankees, Giants
and Indians, in that order, com-
pleting the list.
The Orioles led the Green
Midgets with the Owls, Hornets
and Panthers rounding out the
standings.
The Cardinals and Cats were
tied for the lead in the Red
Midget League; the Parrots were
third an dthe Tigers fourth.
The Hawks topped the Blue
Midgets, the Bulldogs were sec-
ond, Bears third and Eagles
fourth.
Games are played at the Com-
munity Center and Quarterback
Field in Finch Park on Monday •
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
nights.
Funeral services were held at
4 o’clock Monday afternoon in the
Turrentine-Jackson Chapel fox'
Thomas Johnson, 83, prominent
retired banker, 'who passed away
early Sunday morning in the
City-County Hospital.
Mr. Johnson had been in de-
clining health for some two years
but had been in the hospital for
only a short while. He had re-
tired several years ago as presi-
dent of the Collin County Na-
tional, which position he had
held for a number of years. He
was rated one of the finest bank-
ers in North Texas, and had been
with the Collin County bank
since 1923 when he and his fam-
ily moved here from Merkel in
West Texas.
Rev. Glendell Jones, pastor of
the First Methodist Church, and
Rev. H. C. Hoy, former pastor,
conducted the services. Burial
was in Pecan Grove Cemetery
with the following serving as
pallbearers:
Boyd Williams, George James,
Newton Burkett, H. A. Finch Jr.,
Oren Hope, Dudley Perkins, Lu-
ther Truett and Nathan Eldridge.
Members of the Tho.s Johnson
Sunday School Class of the
Methodist Church were honorary
pallbearers.
He was born on a farm in Ham-
ilton County, Texas, May 15,
1874, the son of W. M. and Re-
becca Humphries Johnson, and
was educated in Commanche
High School and Pruitt’s Busi-
ness College, in Fort Worth.
He organized the Farmers and
Merchants National Bank at Mer-
kel and was its manager for 15
years, prior to coming to McKin-
ney.
Mr. Johnson was past presi-
dent of tine Lions Club and Cham-
ber of gommerce here. He was
active m the First Methodist
Church and for 13 years taught
the Thos. hJohnson Men’s Bible
Class.
He was a director in the Texas
Power & Light Company, and
was a former director of the
Board of Regents of Texas Tech-
nological College, at Lubbock.
He was married in 1898 to Miss
Bessie J. Haley at Sipe Spring
His wife, and three sons survive
New Suits
Frances Drake McKinzie vs.
Kenneth L. McKinzie, divorce
Helen McBride vs. Billie Joe
McBride, child desertion
Benny Ray Wigington vs. Zel-
la Fay Wigington, divorce
Cases Disposed Of
Thelma Wiest vs. Ed Wiest, di-
vorce granted.
Lorene Lawless vs. Virgil E.
Lawless, divorce granted.
Marguerite L. McCulley vs.
Everette E. McCulley, divorce
granted.
Trudie A. Dill vs. James R.
Dill, dismissed.
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Denny Horn Breaks
Ankle Tuesday
Denny Horn, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Horn, had the misfor-
tune of breaking his ankle late
Tuesday afternoon while play-
ing baseball in the city baseball
league game at the Jaycee Rec-
reation Center.
He was taken to the hospital
where X-rays showed a clean
break of the ankle bone. His
ankle is now in a cast.
The accident occurred while he
was attempting to slide into
home plate,the cleats on his
shoes hanging and twisting the
ankle.
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T Sgt. Charles T. Airhart and
pretty young daughter, Teresa,
were her from Rt. 1, Melissa,
Monday to set the date up on
the Examiner for another year.
T Sgt. Airhart has just returned
from active duty for two weeks
in Memphis, with the 448 Fight-
er Bomber Wing of Hensley
Field.. While he was away his
family, Mrs. Charles Airhart and
little daughters Teresa and Sally
spent their two weeks vacation
in Dallas with their sister and
aunt Mrs. Sam Athas.
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Entomology is the science
which deals with insects; ety-
mology is the science of words.
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Emancipation of slaves in Latin
America began in 1794.
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Wilmeth Reunion to Be
Held Sunday, Aug. 18th
Am The Wilmeth Settlement re-
3 union will be held in Finch Park,
McKinney on Sunday, August
18, this year. Bring lunch. Every-
body who has had any connec-
tion with old Wilmeth is urged
to attend. We plan a trip through
the old settlement, and will have
photographs at the reunion of old
school groups. A short history
will also be distributed of the
old school. Come and bring all
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REV. WILLIAM ARNOLD
The Rev. R. F. Halbert, evan-
gelist and missionary from Hous-
ton, and Rev. William Arnold of
Melissa will conduct a series of
revival services at Anna start-
ing on July 24. Mr. Arnold will
lead the singing for the services.
Sponsored by the First Baptist
Church of Anna, services will
be held each evening, through
August 4, at the Anna football
field. Evening services will be at
8 o’clock.
Morning services will be held
at 9:30 at the church.
A nursery for children will be
open each evening at the Bap-
tist Church.
Rev. Don Jopling is pastor of
the Anna church.
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Former Collin Man
Brotherhood Head
Vernon Lusk, Texas Power &
Light Company manager at
Jacksboro, has been elected pres-
ident of the Jack County Baptist
Brotherhood, an announcement
from Jacksboro has revealed.
Mr. Lusk, his wife, and their
daughter, Karen, moved to
Jacksboro a short while ago. He
was associated with TP&L here.
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Alla Buildings to
Be Junior High
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Mr. Milford Jenkins, a good
faxmex’ living on Route 3, north-
east of McKinney, was here Wed-
nesday and paid up for Examiner
another year. He says things are
pretty hot and dry out his way
and a rain is needed. We were
glad to have him back on list.
Had missed a few copies and
five July 16.
Mr. Saunders began his tele-
phone career in July, 1953, as a
staff assistant in Dallas. He was
appointed commercial staff as-
sitant in April, 1955.
A 1953 graduate of the Univer-
sity of Texas where he majored
in industrial psychology, Mr.
Saunders, 28, is married and the
father of one child, Steven Rich-
ard, 14 months old. Mrs. Saun-
ders‛ name is Shirley.
Active in youth work, the new
telephone manager here has
taught tennis classes and was
forxnerly a top Texas amateur
tennis player. He lettered in that
sport four years at the Universi-
ty. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders are
members of the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Saunders will move
his family here as soon as ade-
quate housing can be secured, Mr.
McKinney said.
In his new assignment, Mr.
Saunders will be in charge of
telephone business office opera-
tions in McKinney, Farmersville,
Princeton, Anna, Frisco, Celina,
Allen and Prosper.
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First motor-driven elevator
was exhibited at the New York
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WASHINGTON — Three mem-
bers of the Senate Armed Serv-
ices Committee said today they
want to take a closer look at a
Pentagon order for a 100,000-man
reduction in ‘the armed forces’
authorized strength of 2,800,000.
But two members of the House
Appropriations Committee
—Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) and
Rep. Mahon (D-Tex.)—generally
approved the reduction.
Secretary of Defense Wilson,
acting with President Eisenhow-
er’s approval, announced the cut
yesterday to be effective by the
end of 1957. He said it would
save about 200 million dollars
without materially affecting de-
ployments of major combat units
abroad, including those in West-
ern Europe.
Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of
the Senate committee said he had
.not been infornigd in advance of-
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