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The Canton HERAT
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VOLUME 81
CANTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1964
NUMBER 17
54 Local Business Firms
Join Chamber Of Commerce
in the school gym. Time for the
1 Roddy, Martins Mill and Tundra.
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McAbee is lamed
Area SCS Winner
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for those interested.
Canton Capers Set
or Friday Night
Funeral Services
Held For Zenith
Manley Kin
Dies in Anna
Warning Given
To Dog Owners
In Canton
Clain, November 5, 1923.
Rev. Doyle Bowers and
Olen Cantrell officiated at
fice on all property for sale in-
cluding homes, lots and acreage
. . . Mrs. Penny Loven asks that
1901 at Martins Mill, Texas.
He was married to Lesta 1
Rev.
the
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. McMahan
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva
McMahan, 81, who died Friday,
in Athens, were held Saturday
at a funeral chapel there. Inter-
ment was in Allen cemetery.
EVERETr REUNION SET
FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 26
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OFFICE TO BE CLOSED
Dr. T. R. Keahey’s office will
be closed from April 26 through
April 30 while he attends a meet-
Memorial Is Set
At Holly Springs
Memorial Day at Holly Springs
oemetery has been set for Sun-
day, May 3.
Van opposing incumbent Commis-
sioner Bill Fisher. Neither of the
two candidates have appealed to
Canton voters through the Her-
ald.
cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell
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job for him.
When the Cedar Creek Water-
tainment guaranteed.
“The Ted Hullivan Show" is the
fertilizers.
Many of the farms in the Phal.
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SOCIAL TO BE HELD
AT WATKINS MONDAY
Monday night, April 27, is the
regular fourth Manday night so-
sial at Watkins.
A covered dish supper will be
served. The social will begin at
7 o'clock.
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Canton is Darby Etheridge. As-
sistant leader is Tommy Burden.
These two men will accompany
the troop to the Camporee.
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complete line of feed, seed and , , ,
shed work plan was
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Mrs. John S. Turner . . . chair-
man for the April Cancer Cru-
sade . . . has recruited her work-
ers .. . they will make house to
house calls today and tomorrow
. . . leaving pamphlets which you
should take time to study thor-
oughly . . . and accepting contri-
butions from those who want to
give . . .
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The rains Tuesday totaled 1.46
inches according to U. S. Weath-
er cocperative observer Harrison
Taylor . . . Other areas in the
county received upward from 5
inches.
| people who give of their time and
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Brinlee of
Anna, and Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Manley of Canton; great-grand-
Any Republican residing in any
of the above boxes are asked to
vote in Canton.
Republican precinct conven-
tions will be held at the same
place at 7:30 p. m. following the
close of the primary voting.
Chairman Fletcher said, “The
law provides that therc can be a
consolidation of voting places and
that the primary may be held in
I a private home where a public
building is not available.
All Republicans living in eith-
er of the above named voting
boxes are urged to vote in this
primary and are urged to take
part in the convention. It is hop-
ed that the vote in both the pri-
mary and in the convention will
reflect the will of the majority
of the Republicans. If Texas is,
ever to be a two party state the
Republicans are goings to have
to vote in their own primaries."
ticipate in the Yellow' Horse
District Camporee on Saturday,
April 25, at Able Springs between
Terrell and Lake Tawakoni.
Boy Scout troops and patrols
will lie in competition all day ini
events such as map reading, sig-
naling. first aid, tracking, com-
pass, etc.
On Saturday at a camp fire,
ribbons will be awarded and a
Boy Scout Court of Honor held.
Participating in the event will
be boys from Rockwall, Terrell,
Forney, Mabank, Van, Grand Sa-
line, Wills Point,, Kaufman and
Canton.
Scout leader for Troop 378 of
, . , local leaders and with Soil Con-
singing wi II be held at the Oak- servation Service personnel to
land Methodist Church.
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of Athens, Cyrus Chaney of Mar-
tins Mill and Paul Chaney of
Athens; two sisters, Mrs. Lula
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Kaufman Garden
Club Show Set
The Kaufman Garden Club’s
Mrs. Nora McGee of Westmister
and Mrs. Mary B. O’Neal of
Dallas.
The Canton Band Booster Club
will present its third annual
Canton Capers variety show to-
, » .1 . label on the production, and Van
morrow night (Friday), April 24, Zandt County Judge Truett Mayo
Survivors include one son,
Carl McMahan of Canton; five
daughters, Mrs. Pearl Worthy
and Mrs. Ola Powell of Athens,
Mrs. Birvil Lee Simms of Mont-
alba and Mrs. Hazel Lindsey and
Mrs. Myrtle Simmons of Fuller-
ton, Calif.; 23 grandchildren and
47 greatgrandchildren.
The Everett reunion will be
held at the Little Hope-Moore
community center Sunday, April
26.
At noon there will lie lunch on
the ground.
A cordial invitation is extend-
ed to everyone to attend.
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Stars of the 1964 Dallas Summer Musicals season include, left to right, top: Jeannie
Carson in “Camelot,” Michael Rennie in “My Fair Lady,” Ginger Rogers in “Tovarich”
bottom: Phil Silvers in “Top Banana,” Ann Blyth in “The Sound of Music,” and Donald
O Connor in “Little Me.”
Funeral services for Lucretia
Bernice Manley, 12, were pending
at press time Wedneday.
Miss Manley passed away at her
home in Anna April 20.
She is the granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Manley of
Canton.
The funeral services are to be
held in the Anna Baptist Church.
Survivors include her parents,
Sgt. and Mrs. Harold Roland
Manley of Waco; three brothers,
Richard Wayne Manley, Paul
Randall Manley and Michael Ross
Fifty-four Canton firms and in-
dividuals have joined the Cham-
ber of Commerce, according to
Mrs. Bill Loven, secretary.
The directors’ drive for mem-
bership is about one--half com-
plete. Each director was given
names of busines firms to con-
tact during the drive.
President Joe Hackney said, “I
am extremely pleased with the
progress we are making in se-
curing members for the Canton
Chamber of Commerce. We hope
to have the organization in full
operation in the very near fu-
ture.”
The 54 members who have al-
ready joined the association have
pledged $3,172 per year toward
running the business of the new
organization.
The membership of the cham-
ber thus far in the current drive
production to begin has been set
at 7:45 p. m. with loads of fun
and good, clean, family enter-
i McAbee, being a Notary Public,
was asked to notarize some
easements. He agreed to do this
The Canton high school band,
under the direction of E. N. Hol-
loway, will be one of 57 high
school and junior high bands in
the interscholastic league high
school music contest April 21-23.
The contest will be held in Tyler
Junior College’s Wise Auditorium
beginning at 8 a. m.
Holloway’s 49 member band
wall be in competition in class
AA with Chapel Hill, Lindale,
Gladewater, Van, Pine Tree,
Conservation Service at Canton.
I says that McAbee is never too
busy or too tired to go, either
day or night where there is an
I easement needed. Mr. McAbee
has talked with nearly all of the
landowners involved in the flood
Martins Mill Sets
Homecoming
Martins Mill School Homecom-
ing has been scheduleed for Sun-
day, May 2.
The program will begin at 11
a. m. and lunch will be spread at
. 12 o’clock.
A spokesman for the homecom-
ing committee urges everyone to
“please call or write your school-
mates, friends and relatives” tell-
ing them of the date and time.
A short program has been
planned and everyone is asked to
bring a basket lunch.
Chaney Monday
Funeral services for Zenith H.
Chaney were held Monday, Apr.
20, at County Line Baptist
Church.
’Mr. Chaney was born May 14,
Association and was elected a
Woodrow Janes, who is in
charge of the city pound, an-
nounced Wednesday that there
are too many dogs running
around the streets of Wanton
without vaccination and city tags.
Mr. Janes said that there is a
city ordinance calling for all
dogs to be vaccinated each year
and have a city tag about him.
He said that it was agains the
law for him to vaccinate dogs far
citizens, but the owner could do
it along with Dr. D. E. Dawson,
local veterinarian.
Janes warned of the danger
around our schools should a ra-
bies epidemic start. He said “An
ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure.”
rounding area ... A listing will ~ p 7
also be held at the chamber of- anton Band
without charge. Leaving the
store with Mrs. McAbee, he has
Recent Meeting
The Van Zandt County Histori-
cal Survey Committee met in
regular session April 19 at 7:30
p. m. in the assembly room of
the courthouse. Mrs. Russell
Laney, chairman, presided.
Members present were Mr. and|
Mrs. Russell Laney of Wills I
Point, R. A. Caperton of Grand
Saline, Jess Helms of Myrtle
Springs, Miss Loyce Grant, Mar-
tins Mill, Alf Foster and Miss
Alma Flippo of Canton and Miss
Beverly Peel of Martins Mill, a
visitor.
Russell Laney reported that he
learned from John Allred of Wills
Point, where Neil Martin, a San
Jacinto veteran, is buried in the
Rocky Point cemetery. This San
Jacinto veteran is the great
grandfather of Ted and Frank
Martin, cousins of Edgewood.
Jess Helms reported that two |
more Civil War veterans mark-
ers have been mounted. They are
for William H. Bailey, father of
Jesse Bailey of Canton. William
Bailey is buried in the Oakland
cemetery and Henry H. Kimbrell,
great-grandfather of Mrs. Bob
Hall of Myrtle Springs. Mr. Kim-
brell is buried in the Myrtle
Springs cemetery.
Miss Alma Flippo reported a
conversation with Mrs. Exa
Thomas of Mesquite, who has a
marker delivered to Canton to be
mounted at the grave of her
grandfather, William G. Wilson,
Civil War veteran, in the High
Adrian McAbee of the Phalba
community has been named an
area winner in the statewide
Fort Worth Press Conservation
Awards program. Mr McAbee
was named as the busineessman
who has rendered the greatest
unselfish service to soil and wa-
ter conservation during 1963 in
Area V. Area V includes 54 coun-
ties in north central Texas. He
will be honored along with other
area winners at a banquet to be
held in Waco on May 8. He was
entered in the statewide contest
by the Kaufman-Van Zandt-
Rockwall Soil Conservation Dis-
trict.
Mr. McAbee own and operates
a store at Phalba. His store han-
dles groceries, hardware and a
prevention program in the Phal-
ba community and has notarized
many easements.
Mr. McAbee is personally re-
sponsible for at least 16 ease-
ments being secured during the
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Rusk and Crockett high schools.
The contest has previously
been held at Kilgore Junior Col-
lege, Stephen F. Austin and oth-
er area colleges.
The 57 bands have registered
and will be competing in seven
different divisions, class C. CC,
CCC, A. AA, 3A and 4A.
Apache band director Eddie
Fowler will act as the local host
during the program.
Sam Slaydon of Nacogdoches is
chairman of the executive com-
mittee for the program.
Other officers include Dan
Rotondo of Longview, general
chairman; P. C. Martinez of Rob.
ert E. Lee High, local chairman;
Jack Smith of John Tyler, co-
chairman.
County Wide Club
Meets Recently
Martha Heard called the meet-
ing of the County-wide 4-H
Club to order when it met re-
cently.
Elizabeth Vodicka led the
pledge to allegiance and Larry
Pilgrim led the 4-H pledge.
Prissy Pilgrim called the roll
with the following answering:
Ralph Beal, Rollin Beal, Brenda |
Burns, Gary Bums, Carroll
Burns, Diane Burns, Paul Burns,
Roger Bateman, Joe Todd Berry,
Johnny Durgin, Joyce Durgin,
Lou Ann Gullett, Nancy Heard,
Martha Heard, Sid Howell, Lin-
da Jackson, Freida Jackson,
Nancy Mallory, Elaine McWil-
liams. Larry Pilgrim, Prissy
Pilgrim, Waynette Roberts, Car-
olyn Shaw, Richard Scott, Bill
Shaw, Jean Stevens, Mary Ann
Scott, Sherion Stevens, Kenneth
Tucker, Elizabeth Vodicka, Lin-
da Walters, Larry Latham and
Regina Vick.
The club was dismissed with
the 4-H -prayer and the song,
"God Bless America.”
Mrs. MdMahan was born
Newport, Tenn., and lived
Athens 42 years.
is as follows: Dr. T. R. Keahey,
Riley-Richardson, Eagle Drug,
Billie Rose Floral, Dr. John Tur.
ner, Schaefer’s Dept. Store, Can-
ton Reliance Gas Co., C. D. Me-
Lemore Produce, First National
Bank, Ernest West, Wilhite Mo-
bil Station, Western Auto Asso-
ciate Store, Palace Drug, Fashion
Shop, Canton Herald, Culwell
Chevrolet Co., Ben Franklin Va-
riety Store, City Lumber Co., W.
L. Staton Concrete Products,
Hilliard Funeral Home, Hilliard
Hardware Store, Hilliard Clinic,
Guess Cleaners, Margaret Myers,
Dean Electronics.
Others are Clyde Elliott, Jr.,
Addis Beauty Shop, Van Zandt
County Abstract Co., County Bu-
tane Co., Food way Supermarket,
L. F. Sanders, Howell’s Service
Cafe, C. L. Stanford, C&L Gro-
cery, Victory Beauty Shoppe,
Charlcie’s Beauty Shop, Bartley’s
Beauty Shop, Canton Insurance
Agency, Gullett’s Jewelry, Tay-
lor’s Man Shop, Hackney’s Vari-
ety Store, Piggly Wiggly, Eubank
Bros. Hardware Store, Eubank
Funeral Home, Tommy Rose,
Canton Motors., E. H. (Buster)
Brown, E. F. Vick, Canton Laun-
dromat, Smith Upholstering Co.,
Todd Berry, Emmett Steed and
TP&L.
has agreed to serve as mas-
ter of ceremonies. Other person-
alities on the show’ are the
Beatties, Marge and Gower
Champion, Joan Castle, Joe the
Bartender, and others well
known to all. (These are panto-
mimes, naturally, but — guess
who’s doing them?)
Other Cantonites in the show
are Martha Sides, Joy Chaney,
Ellie Yokley, Sue Burns, Doris
Elkins, Michele Mahaffey, Bob
Johnson, Naomi Robinson, Larry
Stanley, the Canton Twirlers and
a stage band from the local
school.
All proceeds go to the Canton
Band Booster Club to help defray
the expenses of supporting the
band, helping to complete pay-
ment on the uniforms and pay
for the awards given annually.
There is absolutely no cost, just
another service of the new cham-
ber . . . Remember the telephone
number LO 74121 . . . Just ask
for Penny . . .
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Ernest Grady Smith, Wills
Point druggist and self called
“bowler” said that Sheriff J. W
Burnett, B. W. Ward and Indian
Masterson evidently are cam-
paigning in a car pool . . . Smith
said that the three are seen each
Saturday together at his Bruce
& Human Drug store in Wills
Point . . .
services. Interment was in Hav-
en of Memories under the direc-
tion of Eubank Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Bennie Hen-
derson, Waymon Carmichael,
James Meredith, Grady Gandy,
George Williams and George
Jones.
1 Suvivors include his wife of
Eustace; one son, William Lee
Chaney; two grandsons, Gary
Chaney and Darrell Chaney, all
of Dallas; five brothers, Zereth
Chaney of Dallas, Sephar Chan.
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parents, A. H. Brinlee of Anna, Mae Rupe of Dallas and Mrs. 01-
Scout Camporee
Boy Scout Troop 378 will par-
Presbyterians
Change Time
Of Worship
Rev. Edwin Ray, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, has an-
nounced a change in time of the
worship services.
Worship services will be held
each Sunday morning at 9:30 a.
m. and Sunday school will be
held immediately following the
worship services.
Republicans Will
Hold Primary
In Burns Home
The Van Zandt County Repub-
licans will hold their May 2 pri-
mary in the home of Lamar
Bums for voting boxes in the
Canton area, according to County
Chairman Enoch Fletcher of
Grand Saline.
Included in the area that can
vote at the Bums home are
Northeast Canton, Northwest
Canton, Southeast Canton, South-
west Canton, Myrtle Springs,
Walton, Wise, Jackson, Phalba,
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Democratic candidates f o r
county political offices began
putting their campaigns in high
gear this week as the May 2 pri-
ary date approaches.
Races drawing the most inter-
est county-wide are the county
sheriff’s contest and the district
attorney’s race.
All three sheriff candidates
have campaigned hard during the
campaign so far with clean races
being waged by all of the three
candidates.
Sheriff J. W. Burnett is seek-
ing re-election against B. W.
Ward of Tundra and D. J. (In-t
dian) Masterson of Grand Saline.
The attorney’s race has gained
momentum the past two weeks
with newspaper advertising from
both candidates, Bob Bartlett of
Canton and J. Alton Mills of
Van appealing to Van Zandt vot-
ers.
Bartlett is currently serving as
assistant county attorney while
Mills is an employee of an oil
company in Van along with his
law’ practice. Neither of the two
aspirants have held public office.
A justice of the peace contest
in Justice of Peace Precinct No. 1
is in the offing May 2 when in-
cumbent D. O. Little will be con-
tested by former justice Joe
Wallace.
Running unopposed will be
Joan DuBose Guess for tax as-
sessor-collector, Raymond Hol-
land for Commissioner, Precinct
No. 3, and county chairman L. F.
Sanders along with all of the pre-
cinct chairmen.
The only commissioner’s race
in Van Zandt this year is in Pre-
cinct No. 1 with Louie M. Peel of
Flower Show' will tie held at Star
Brand Ranch just west of Kauf. ;
man on Friday, April 24, from
12 noon until 8 p. m.
A tearoom in the show build- past year. He helped to reorgan,
ing will serve sandwiches. cakes, ize the Cedar Creek Waterhed
Manley of Waco; grandparents, ey of 'Martins Mill, Titus Chaney
at 7:30 vention Program.
Howard McDaniel, work unit
invited conservationist with the Soil
Contributed by one of our mer-
chants . . . "Brilliant people talk
about ideas . . . Ordinary people
talk about things . . . Small peo-
ple talk about other people . . .
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The Canton Chamber of Com-
merce is beginning to keep a list
of rental property available in
Canton . . . This will include fur-
nished and unfurnished rooms,
apartments, houses, both inside
the city and outside in the sur-
Singing will begin
o’clock.
Everyone is cordially
to attend.
The club extends a cordial in- abilities to make a soil conser.
vitation to everyone to attend vation district a successful or-
the flower show, ganization.
ba community are owned and
operated by residents of Dallas
and surrounding towns. McAbee’s
store serves as headquarters for
many of these people on their
frequent visits to their farms.
Mr. McAbee discusses soil and
water conservation with these
customers and encourages them
to secure the services available
to cooperators with the Kauf-
man-Van Zandt-Rockwall Soil
Conservation District.
Mr. McAbee goes out of his
way to help other people estab-
lish conservation practices on
their land. As an example, when
one of his Dallas neighbors could
not get off from work at the
' right time to seed his grass, Mr.
j McAbee took over and did the
Politicians Wage
Active Campaigns
A tour of the 8,000 acre Star director in this organization. He
Brand Ranch will lie available I is an excellent example of those
gave an interesting report of
their visit and participation in
the Civil War Centennial Com-
memoration at Center and at
(Cont’d on back page)
Final Rites Held
For Mrs. Barry
Funeral services for Mrs. Judy
Barry, 82, of Athens were held
Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the
Church of Christ at Brownsboro
with Barry Thompson and Akin
Cox officiating.
Eubank Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Barry died Monday in a
rest home at Eustace. She was a
lifetime resident of the Athens
area.
Survivors include one son,
Freeman Barry of Athens; one
brother, Jim Cox of Athens; two
sisters, Mrs. Ama Smith of Ath-
ens and Mrs. Mamie Everett of
Kewett; four grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
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