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VOL. 55
GARLAND, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1942
No. 2
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S. A. GUIBERSON, Jr.
A note dated April 7 from Mrs.
space for the many new lines of
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Fred Billingsley of Ellington Field
Entering the building, a clear
tors Monday.
Nicholson and family.
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Quiet!
3one”
attend this meeting.
at the Hickory
Street Baptist
Church
expect to be
Quota Is Reached Here in
Navy War Relief Fund Drive
Mayor And Two Aldermen
Re-elected; C. D. Crossman
Goes In As New Member
City Calls Election On $100,000
Bond Issue April 24; Will Be
Used For Extension, Repair Work
Classifications Are Announced
For Annual Flower Show
Revival Begun At
Centerville Sunday
Cole and Davis Co.
To Hold Formal
Opening Friday Night
are any clouds at all. George says
to tel ihis freinds that he appreci-
girl who arrived April 2, in the
Greenville hospital. She has been
named Linda Charlynne. Mrs. Mc-
Funeral services for Peter Ald-
en, 72, who died at his home in
Dallas Friday morning, were held
Marking the realization of
dream and the fulfillment of
a
an
First Six Homes
In Garland Park
Occupied This Week
A large number of the newcomers have
already subscribed to The News and
others who have come here to make their
home will enjoy more of the fine features
of Garland if they subscribe to the Home-
Town Newspaper.
If you receive two papers please pass one
on to some new resident who is not a
subscriber.
A two-weeks revival started at
the Centerville Church last Sun-
day. Rev. L. B. Hanns is in charge
of the services. The public is in-
vited to attend.
W. R. Coker
Addresses Lions
O. K. Irvine To
Head Rotary Club;
Schmid Speaker
were here to spent Easter Sunday
with their parents.
George Reese, A. S., writes in-
teresting letters about New York.
S. A. Guiberson, Jr.
Is Honored At
Sunday Ceremony
was chosen out of 160 men to be
platoon leader, which means that
he will have to do no guard duty
or deck scrubbing, according to his
A mother, Mrs. J. E. Anderton .
Sergt. Tolbert Murrah of Camp
Blanding, Fla., is here on a nine-
day furlough, visiting with his
Has printed and distributed a large num-
ber of extra copies this week in an effort
to reach all the new residents of this
area.
Dallas County IOOF
And Rebekah Lodges
To Convene In Dallas
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Peter Alden Merrill
Died Friday Morning
Buried Here Saturday
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system under overhanging cornace.
The front of the store has been
finished in black mirror tile.
Tables and isles of the store
have been systematically arranged
to make shopping easier and the
entire store has been department-
ized.
The store will be closed all day
Friday in order that the last min-
ute touches can be made before
the formal opening that night.
Cecil Sarver is manager of the
store and other regular employees
include Miss Hettie Skipwith, Mrs.
William Adair and Buford Skel-
ton, clerks; and Mrs. J. B. Chas-
tain, bookkeeper. Mrs. G. L. Davis
of this city is the main stockhold-
er in the firm, but is not actively
Charley Willaimson, of Rowlett
Creek community was in town one
day last week with the aid of
crutches. From the story given out
by Charley, a horse and a guy wire
became entangled and after some
untangeling he found the crutches
a great aid to his injured left limb.
Rev. John Russell and son, Paul,
The Dallas County Odd Fellow
and Rebekah Association will con-
vene in Dallas at the Odd Fellow
Temple on April 16-17-18. Mrs.
Maud Ramsey of Garland is vice-
president of the Association and
will be president next year. It is
I was brought about by the rapid
growth of Garland during the past
few months. The city is now ex-
tending all of its utility lines in
order to meet the demand created
by both residential and industrial
expansion.
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Two Trustees
Reelected To
School Board
!
Garland Theatres
To Have Daily
Matinees
connected with the store’s opera-
tion.
eye, an atmosphere of cool, mod-
ern beauty is presented in the
beautiful red gum wood fixtures,
the firm had added.
Growing with Garland, the Cole
& Davis Company has completely
re-designed its store to better ac-
y
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A ters, near Mineral Wells.
6) Ernest Blair Anderton in the U.
chairman for the drive and At-
torney General Gerald C. Mann is J
state chairman.
The local committee, with Mr.
Sarver chairman is composed of
A. D. Jackson Jr., Ben C. Jack- '
son, H. R. Bisby, A. R. Davis and
Wm. H. Bradfield.
Contributions were made by the
and souvenirs for the women and
children will be presented and
smokes will be provided for the
gentlemen who attend.
new plant for the fine way in
which they had worked for its com-
pletion.
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D. Clendenen, whose parents live on
Route 2, Garland. He also has an
address of six lines, being in Brit-
ish West Indies, but writes very
interesting letters and sends re-
gards to friends around Garland.”
Corp. Ben Billingsley and wife
free postage on letters. He says
letters or cards from home give
the boys pleasure and cheer them
up.
Mrs. Myrtle Byrd of Route 2,
Mesquiet ,has three sons in the
service of Uncle Sam, namely Lt.
L. L. (Lynn) Byrd, Majoue, Calif.,
Lt. C. L. (Charles) Byrd, Fort Sill,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Mur-
(ah and sister, Mrs. A. C. Wimpee.
Garland Ward, who was home
from Camp Wolters last week-end I Callum and baby
had as his guest, Bill Young, also brought to Garland Saturday to
------------------------------ the home of her mother, Mrs. W.
(See CAMP CHATTER Page 8) H. Cruce.
C, E. Clendenen reads as follows: merchandise and departments that
"Among the names of service men -
omitted from your column is John
H. R. Bisby, manager of the
Garland and Plaza Theatres, an-
nounced this week that starting
Monday a matinee will Ibe present-
ed at the Plaza each week day af-
ternoon except Saturday, and that
on Saturday the matinee will be
at the Garland Theatre.
Mr. Bisby stated that daily
matinees will make available to
the citizens of this community pic-
tures of the latest making, and as
convenient as that presented in
towns many times the size of Gar-
land. The move is in keeping with
the policy of the theatre manage-
ment to give Garland the best pos-
sible in theatre attractions at all
times. Many Garandites are now
employed in defense industries on
the night .shifts and the new thea-
tre schedule will enable them to
enjoy the pictures offered.
An election has been called for
Friday, April 24, for the purpose
of voting on a $100,000.00 bond
issue calling for improving, en-
larging, extending and repairing
the combined electric, water and
sanitary sewer systems of ths
City of Garland.
The order for the election was
voted unanimously at the regular
meeting of the City Council Tues-
day night.
The new bond issue, if passed,
will mature serially over a period
not to exceed twenty years and will
bear interest at a rate not to ex-
ceed 3 3-4 per cent per annum.
The payment schedule will be on
the semi-annual basis.
S. Navy stationed at San Diego, hoped a number of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs from Garland will
O. K. Irvine was elected presi-
dent of the Garland Rotary Club
at a meeting of the newly elected
directors of that organization
Tuesday. He succeeds A. B. Har-
ris, who automatically becomes
vice president.
W. C. Warren was re-elected as
secretary and treasurer.
Directors who were selected to
serve the club for the ensuing year
were K. K. Gleason D. C. Williams,
H. R. Bisby and Wm. H. Bradfield.
Mr. Irvine will take office the
first meeting of the club in July.
At the luncheon Tuesday Sher-
iff Smoot Schmid was the guest
speaker. Ben C. Jackson was pro-
gram chairman.
Mr. Schmid told of the obliga-
tion of every citizen to give his
best to his country, as he is en-
abled to enjoy the freedom this
country affords only through the
efforts of others who have fought
to perpetuate those priviledges.
W. R. Nicholson of Longview
of Richardson were Garland visi- visited Tuesday with Mrs. Elma
Cecil Sarver, chairman of the
Garland Committee for the Navy
Relief Society war fund drive, an-
nounced Thursday morning that
the quota set for this community
has been reached.
The Navy Relief Society cares
for the families of Navy men who
die in the service or extend emer-
gency relief to the family of a
Navy man.
comodate the needs of the hun-
dreds of new families that have
moved here in the past year.
Formal opening of the store will
D. A. Lacy, of Dallas, is county The necessity of the new bond
issue, according to city officials,
be held Friday evening between
of Sheppard Field and P. F. C. the hours of 7:30 and 9:30. Gifts
He says the buildings are so tall view of all departments meets the
thetops are not visibabel if there
The first six houses completed
in Garland Park, located on the
James track between the Dallas
Highway and Byer-Rolnick Com-
pany, have been occupied this
week by new residents of the com-
munity.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Roberson,
who have occupied a room at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Mur-
phree for the past two or three
weeks, moved into their home at
509 James Drive. All of the com-
pleted homes are on the same
I street, and the other residents and
the number of their houses are
given as follows: Mr. and Mrs. O.
K. Webber and little daughter,
Sue, 502 James Drive; Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Hendryx and family,
505 James Drive; Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Mussbaum, 506 James Drive;
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Stevens, 516
James Drive, and Mr. and Mrs.
James I Harvey, 503 James Drive.
S. A. Guiberson, Jr., president
and general manager of the Guib-
erson Diesel Engine Corporation,
was honored at an informal cere-
mony held at the company’s new
plant Sunday afternoon.
During the afternoon several
thousand employees, their families
and a large number of invited
The Garland Lions’ Club meets
ac the Nicholson Memorial Hall
each Thursday, where they are
served luncheon by women’s or-
ganizations of the various church-
es. The meeting opened today with
a verse of The Star Spangled
Banner. Invocation was given by
the Reverend R. H. Boyd and
luncheon and the speech by Mr.
Coker followed. :
The Garland Lions Club opened
a drive within the organization to
raise funds for the Navy Relief
Society, following an appeal made
by Lion Deputy District Governor
H. J. Gregory. Thanks were ac-
corded the Garland Rotary Club
for their donation of a check for
fifty dollars to help increase the
fund for puchasing glasses for
underprivileged school children.
The meeing closed by all Lions
standing and giving the Oath of.
Allegiance to the flag.
CONGRATULATIONS
Mr. and Mrs. Clay McCallum
of Wolfe City, are the proud par-
ents of a 7 lb. 10 oz., baby
Harris, Shugart & Shugart, Gene
Malone, Warren & Gleason, Mrs.
W. H. Sudderth, H. T. Payne,
Moore’s Barber Ship, Lee Bexley,
Gene S. Darnell, J. R. Stultz, E.
P. Squibb, J. W. Bane, Bud Walk-
er, Mack’s Cafe, H. W. Jones
Hdw & Furn. Co., Nicholson Var-
iety Store, Alexander’s Insurance
Agency, D. Cecil Williams, J. R.
Reese, Dr. T. T. Pickett, White-
way Service Station, Texas Power
& Light Co., H. H. James, Lyon
Gray Lumber Co., W. H. Cruce,
Ben Crush, Dr. E. R. Crenshaw,
E. P. Lander, Mrs. G. W. Cross-
man, Garland School Teachers, R.
H. Kilgore, Dr. J. H. Hennen, j
Garland Lions Club and Byer Rol-
nick Co.
a. m. with the Rev. A. K. Daugh-
erty officiating. Interment was in
the Mills Cemetery, east of Gar-
land. Mr. Merrill was a former
Garlandite, and brother of J. E.
Merrill, former Garland business-
man.
He is survived by his wife, three
daughters, Mrs. Bertha Goodrum,
Virginia and Lillian Merrill, two
brothers and one sister.
W. R’. Coker. Maintainence
Supervisor of Guiberson Diesel
Engine Company, addressed the
Garland Lions Club at the week-
ly meeting today. Mr. Coker, who
is Zone Chairman of Zone Four,
District 2X Lions, spoke on the
subject of "‘Lionism In National
Defense.” His talk was one of the ;
highlights of the meeting.
Ray Campbell and George Coon,
were re-elected as members of the
Garland School Board at the elec-
tion held Saturday.
Mr. Campbell has served several
terms on the Board and Mr. Coon
was appointed to fill a vacancy
about thirty days ago.
There were twenty-one votes
cast in the election with both can-
didates receiving that numlber.
R. D. Murphree was election
judge and he was assisted by E.
P. Squibb.
ambition, the Cole & Davis Com-
pany, this week announces the
grand opening of its new store
at 7:30 p. m. Friday. The
store, modern in every respect, is
designed to conserve space, to give
customers a complete view of de-
partments and merchandise at one
glance, and' to provide adequate
guests inspected the plant and
equipment.
At 2:30 o’clock W. R. Guiber-
son, head of the company’s Calif-
ornia office, called the group to-
gether and the 'Rev. F. M. Segler,
pastor of the Garland Baptist
church gave the invocation and a
short talk on the necessity of Di-
vine guidance that the efforts of
this country might lead to peace.
Major W. G. Stanton, command-
ing officer of the Houston office
of the St. Louis Ordnance District,
told of the needs for equipment
that the soldiers of our country
might properly combat the armies
of the dictators. He also con-
gratulated the Guiberson Corpora-
tion and S. A. Guiberson, Jr., on
he nearing completion of their new
plant.
Mr. F. C. Pettit, an employe of
the Guiberson Corporation for the
past twenty-five years, presented
Mr. Guiberson, the honor guest,
with a plaque of appreciation
which was signed my many, older
employes of the company.
Mr. Guiberson in accepting the
plaque, said that the progress the
company has made is due largely
to the cooperation and loyalty of
his employees and expressed his
appreciation to them. He also ex-
pressed appreciation to the men
who had served in the planning
and construction of the
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j ^Okla., and Pvt. C: R. (Billie) Byrd,
25 Camp Blanding, Fla. All three are
“graduates of Garland High School.
B. G. Windom of Fort Knox,
Ky., attended Garland High
School and was working for the
county at the time he volunteered.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Windom, Route 2, Mesquite.
Pvt. William E. Marshall is sta-
M tioned at Camp Barkley, Texas,
“ and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
vhH. Marshall of Route 2, Mesquite.
“His mother subscribed for the
News to be sent to him beginning
with this week.
James Corley, Hubert Bryant,
$ Gale Wyrick, Bill Alexander, John
Hargrove, uDub” Harrison, Curtis
Crossman, Jr., and J. G. Jackson
were among the Garland men call-
ed into service this week. They
went to Dallas Thursday morning
expecting to be sent to Camp Wol-
Ray Olinger was re-elected
Mayor of Garland at an election
held here Tuesday. The present
term which officially begins Tues-
day night, is his third as head of
the city government.
R. E. Coomer and O. K. Irvine
were re-elected to the city coun-
cil and C. D. Crossman was elected
a new member. Gordon Florence,
who has been serving the unexpir-
ed term of Heyward White as City
Treasurer, was elected to that
post. J. R. Stultz was again elect-
ed City Secretary.
The regular meeting of the
Council was held Tuesday night
and the new electees were .sworn
in for two-year terms each. Ap-
pointment 'of the councilmen to
the different places in the city
government was postponed be-
cause of other pressing business,
according to an announcement
made Wednesday morning by
Mayor Olinger.
State Nationr Bank, A. R.
Davis, Jackson Chevrolet Co., Gar-
land Theatres, Garland News,
Garland Creamery, Home Ice Co.,
Zero Locker Co., Cole & Davis Co.,
Ferris Watson & Sons, Garland
Rotary Club, 95 Cleaners, Com-
munity Natural Gas Co., Dyer
Brothers, Billingsley & Cooper,
Green & Hayes, Barber Shop, Cleo
Davis, Western Auto Store, A. D.
Jackson, Insurance, Mitchell
Goodwin Lumber Co., Daniel &
Yarborough, K. D. Sanders, Mrs.
S. Wilhoit, Roach Feed & Seed
Co., Crossman Insurance Agency,
Cash, Sibley Grocery, Safeway
Store, Powell Mercantile Co., A.
M. Baker, S. R. Weir, J. A. Pad-
gitt, Monroe Service Station, W.
E. Peavy, J. T. Wood, Wayne
The Garland Garden Club is
planning its annual flower show to
be held the latter part of April,
the exact date and place to be an-
nounced in next week’s issue of
the News. The committee on classi-
fications, composed of Mrs. Luth-
er Baker, Mrs. E. P. Squibb and
Mrs. Lottie E. Watson, has an-
nounced the following divisions
and classes for the show. (It is
suggested that each member of the
club clip this information to be
used in arranging entries for the
show).
Division I
Department of Horticulture:
Specimen and displays of
bearded iris; self in white, pink,
orchid, yellow, red; Amoena,
white or tinted white standards
with colored falls; Plicata, stitch-
ed or stippled margin-color on
white background; Bicolo, (two
colors) light or medium standards
and deeper falls; Spurias; Dutch
and Spanish, English, and Native.
Specimen iris must be shown in
milk bottles, the short ones in
pint bottles and the ones in
quart bottles. The displays of iris
are to be named and in clear glass,
the exhibitor to furnish own con-
tainers.
Roses—best specimen in pink,
white, red, two-tone and yellow.
Best radiance in pink, shell pink
and red. Displays of roses to be
shown in clear glass and specimen
roses to be shown in Coco-Cola
bottles.
Specimen and displays of any
other flowers not mentioned
above.
Mrs. Lon Morris was brought
home from Gaston Hospital Sat-
urday and is reported recouperat-
ing nicely from recent operations.
Mrs. W. E. Cox, mother of Mrs.
R. D. Murphree, was quite ill Tues-
day night, but is reported to be
improving now.
Mrs. James Rountree underwent
an operation at Gaston Hospital
Tuesday morning. She is doing
nicely.
Mrs. Katherine Collard, who
underwent a recent operation in
St. Paul Hospital, is getting along
nicely and expects to be brought
home this weekend.
Mrs. W. L. McCracken suffered
an , attack with her heart Satur-
day morning but is feeling much
better now.
Mrs. C. A. Weaver, who has
been ill this week is reported
slightly improved.
dep ates every letter and card they shining sliding glass display cab-
" have written him and he will try inets, and the florescent lighting
to answer all. Te soldiers now have
Saturday at 10
Division II
Artistic arrangements—Class A
arrangement with appropriate
background, not to exceed twenty-
four inches in height or thirty
inches in width; accessories and
draperies permitted.
Class B. May pole, arrangements
in color harmony; five divisions,
tones of pink, tones of red, tones
of yellow, tones of blue and tones
of lavender.
Class C. All white arrangements.
Container and flowers must be all
white.
Class D. Arrangements stressing
patriotic motif.
Class E. Artistic arrangement
of mixed flowers in baskets, bowls
or vases.
Class F. Miscellaneous.
Class G. Corsages (1) tailored
and (2) fancy.
Class H. Miniatures, three inch-
es and under, six inches and
under.
Class 1. Spring luncheon tables.
Exhibitor must furnish own bridge
table for display. Accessories for
one permitted.
Entries must be in between 8:30
and 10 a. m. on the day of the
show. The show will be open to the
public at 1 p. m. Each member
of the club is expected to bring
three entries and not more than
ten. A person i sallowed only one
entry in each classification.
Other special committees ap-
pointed to assist with the flower
show are named in a report of the
club meeting in another column of
this issue.
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