The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1952 Page: 4 of 12
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THE WOOD COUNTY RECORD
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Southwestern will spend about $ 10,000,000
in 1952 for additions to existing power plants
and the beginning of a new one... for hun-
dreds of miles of electric lines and other facili-
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.. so do any sibility. Marby Vickery, chair-
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worry would b? : Dimes, still has hope . Any who
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Texcrete — Hay-dite
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Steel Window and Doot
Casements — Masonry —
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1952 will be another year of building for
Southwestern... building to provide the elec-
tric power for the wheels of progress in every
community. High-voltage transmission lines,
as shown above, to carry electricity to farm,
home and industry... power that will mean
more production—more jobs—better living
for all people.
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Vapor Treatment for Rust
An anti-rust agent which does
..its work by releasing a protec- •
tiv? vapor has been perfected
by an oil company. Paper wrap-
ping, ccated with powdery
chemical crystals, is put around
th.-- objects to be rust-proofed
and sealed. Vapor begins to
foim around the metal, pene-
trates to the most inaccessible
MJJits, and neutralizes the cor-
■o.'ive action of water and air.
|The Army is testing the chemi-
, for protecting stored
foment.
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better living
hr all as we brine you more eiettrk power
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Yes, it’s another year of building and prog-
ress, a year that will see the investment in
electric power service since the end of World
War II reach a total of over $50,000,000. We
have great faith in the future of the area we
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CHEESE SKATE —With a
.vhirl of her lace frilled skirt,
shapely • Micheline » Andrews
cakes the chill off spectators
/tewing a London ice skating
review. She skates as King
Neptune’s daughter in the ice
pantomime “Robinson Crusoe.”
JAN. 1, 1952
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worthwhile, if, after it were over can
the performers could reflect help,
that their efforts raided an im- I
portant amount of money to
i fight the dread disease of
childhood. .. .that they had
saved a child or several children
from death or a lifetime of
i handicap. This should be suf-
ficient recompense, even with- i
out the possibility that their ef-
i erts could be built into a civic
! advertising or public relations ,
I effort rivaling the Watermelon
Parade or the Christmas pro-
gram ... and coming between
the two. when most needed. The
move to revive the minstrels
has been slowed.. .it could be
done yet .... but that hardly is
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do so should offer their i Rcbinsons will continue to make
i their home in Mineola tempor-
. , j arily. until they obtain posses-
leiell be a hard-to-fill gap sjon of a npw home in canton,
in to-e staff at the Pr3.zelton < nOw occupied by a family which
Lumoci Company, now :nat Jim i soon will complete a new one.
Robinson ha'- gone to Canton Ig | That means that Jim's smiling
take active charge of the him- j countenance still will be in evi-
bei yaid in which he recently | dence on the streets here once
acquired a third interest. Thein a while, at least.
Ifww Jabs—mm business—F
agone ... and for a sterling
cause, tco: The March of Dimes
to fight that crippling demon,
Polio. Only three people showed
up in person ... plus one other
by proxy. That’s not enough to
1 stage, or even launch, a mins- ,
trel show. Other communities. '
as has been pointed out. main-
tain similar activities for com-
munity promotion purposes. The i
minstrel means work ... but so a probability, and a bare nos-
do these others .. ’ '' ■
■ worthwhile endeavors!
: the work and
Some several weeks ago there
v : - mild excitement in Mineola
ove'.’ the fact that initials had
been discovered on the half-
dollar. Mention was made of
th- matter in this column at
the time. Now comes an inter- 1
vi. w in a Dallas newspaper,
vitn the head of the federal
ag ney entru sted with enforcing
I:. .> pertaining to the nation’s
cu. 'ency. It's reproduced below,
ha- merely because it verifies
il. opinion we expressed at the
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Neither Josepn Stalin nor
atr of his Communist workers
h. e infl!'rated into the United
Si >s Mint. Forrest V. Sorrels.
D. .las chief cf the Secret Ser-I
vi.x raid. Sorrels said he had;
many calls and letters re- I
g .ding ‘'Stalin's initials" on i
i iy Ben Franklin half-dollars :
rtuated in 1951. The initials i
:s.< .■ along the lapel of Frank- ‘
.11. s coat, and under a magnify-
ing glass you can see they’re
“JF.S”. ‘People tell me they hear
they’re the werk of Stalin,’ Sor-
rels laughed. ‘But Stalin’s ini-
tials are JVS, not JRS., Sorrel
spid the initials are those of
the coin designer.”
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Mineola missed ... or at least,
temporarily fumbled ... a fine
dis. nee for civic betterment en-
<^’.= vor Friday night. A meeting I
yte s called to revive the Merry .
Mineola Minstrels, which proved
popular on a
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Carraway, R. H., Jr. The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1952, newspaper, January 1, 1952; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1493022/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.