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VOLUME 81
CANTON, TEXAS', THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1964
NUMBER 28
Rodeo And Parade
Canton Merchants
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Mabank Church
Plans Revival
Mineola area being the farthest
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to begin at 6 p.m.
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Otho McKaig of Mineola, who Funeral Home.
Mr. Black died Sunday after-
ten best County Chairmen
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Highway 80 Group
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Cool Springs
Memorial Set
Funeral Services
Held Recently
For Mrs. Petty
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session, said a budget of $10,000
for the first year had been pro-
President to Mrs. Laney,
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noon in a Tyler hospital following
a sudden illness. He was a native
By JACK CAMPBELL
Rev. Don Brown . . . former
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Janes, Haskel Hedding, Jim Lide,
Angus Crane, C. C. McNally and
Joe Clair.
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KNOWLES REUNION
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Flippo, Canton; and these visit-
ors, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eads of
Murchison and Mrs. G. C. Bren-
nan of Van.
Judge Mayo reported that the
Commissioners Court had writ-
ten $200 in the 1965 County Bud-
get for incidental Historical ex-
|)enses.
A letter was read from John
Ben Shepherd. State Historical
or dednomination is invited
a t tend t hese serv ices.
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ARMSTRONG BROWNING LBRARY — Entrance to the Mcleon
Foyer of Meditation in the Armstrong Browning library. The
Cloister of the Clasped Hands in this room contains Harriet
Hosmer’s cast of the clasped hands of the two poets.
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Dupree to head the association.
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ciation ask assistance from the
East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce “of which we are a part
since it seeks to publicize all of
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‘There is no doubt that the
economy of our cities depends
upon Highway 80,” State Repre-
sentative George Hinson of Mine-
ola told the gathering in describ-
ing the devlopmnt and proposed
from church . . . (maybe he will
come back to Canton . . . when
the Van Zandt County Recrear
tional Association . . . completes
their golf course . . .
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A big parade is planned July 10
County Historical
Canton pastor . . . writes from ; “
Society Meets
well and many good plays were
executed by them.
Gene Montgomery hit the big
one with a 3 run homer in the
third which proved to be the
winning margin.
Dean Loven ran his season
record to 8 to 1 while pitching a
five hitter.
The Merchants will play Wills
Point tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock at the City Lake. Every-
one is urged to come out and
support the Canton Merchants.
Rev. and Mrs. Carter and son.
James, Jr. are living in the Meth-
odist Circuit parsonage in Can-
ton.
Rev. Lenard Hardin, former
pastor of the Canton Circuit, and
his family moved to Camden re-
cently where he is pastor of the
Methodist Church.
4-H Dress Revue
Held At Plaza
The 1964 Van Zandt County
4-H Dress Revue was held at the
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hole golf course . . four blocks
East Texas,” Allen also suggest-
ed a br chure of the area, pointr
ing out “tourist attractions and
sights in each location.”
Revival services begin next Sunt
day, July 12th through 19th at
the First Methodist Church in
Mabank. There will lie services
twice daily at 10:00 a.m. and 8:00
p.m. with the local pastor, the
Rev. Raymond A. Brooks, bring-
ing the messages.
The morning services will be
held in the down stairs auditori-
um for the convenience of those
unable to climb steps.
Everyone, regardless of belief
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Funeral services for Marion M.
Black, 81, of Canton were set for
2 p.m. Monday in the Martins
Mill Baptist Church with the Rev.
Don Rhymes officiating. Burial
followed in the Holly Springs
Cemetery in Van Zandt County
under the direction of Eubanks
four-laning of the route which
"parallels Interstate 20 in our
area.”
Hinson said he could not un-
derstand the reasoning for the
new route paralleling Highway
80 in East Texas, "but traveling
80 in most other areas.” He said
Interstate 20 misses Mighway 80
from one to 14 miles, “with the
Sells Bull
Arnett Robinson of Canton re-
cently sold an Aberceen-Angus
bull to J. W. Leonard of Lin-
dale.
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"that portion" inside Gladewater.
He emphasized to the group that
"completion of Interstate 20
through East Texas is only 20 to
24 months away” so means of
promoting "Highway 80 must be
made now.”
An association to protect and
save the trade and traffic along
U. S. Highway 80 was organized
in Mineola Tuesday by represen-
tatives of towns and cities which
will be by-passed by Interstate
20.
The group elected Julius Du-
pree, manager of the Mineola
Chamber of Commerce, as chain-
man, and directed him to initiate
a study of costs for operating the
association and means to pro-
mote its objectives.
The association will include the
cities from Waskom to Dallas.
Attending the Tuesday meeting
were representatives from Mar-
shall, Longview, Hawkins, Mine-
ola, Grand Saline, Big Sandy,
Gilmer, Wills Point and Halls-
ville.
The attending delegates pro-
posed that the organization work
through chambers of commerce
and city councils in its effort to
"hold"’ the economy of the cities
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hit f itou's big numbers. This year's musical variety production features 27 talented youngsters from
15 eol’ej s and universities in Texas and the Southwest.
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Approximately 150 entries for
the “Little Britches" Rodeo, July
10 and 11 had been counted at
prss time Wednesday and several
more were expected to come in
before the deadline at 5 p. m.
Thursday afternoon.
This is Canton’s third annual
"Little Britches" rodeo and it is
sponsored by the Van Zandt
County Trail Riders Association.
The rodeo will be held at the
arena at the county fair grounds
at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
L. F. Sanders o fthe sponsor-
ing Van Zandt Trail Ritters Club
said there will be a gigantic par-
ade at 6 p.m. July 10 preceding
the rodeo. There will be sand-
wiches available at the fair
grounds before and during the
rodeo.
Contestants must be 18 years
old or under and must sign for
each event. Books will be closed
at 5 p.m. July 9. Cost for enter-
ing each event will be $2.00. Ap
plications are available at Tid-
well’s Humble Station in Canton.
The producers of the rodeo are
Harley Shaw and Charlie Me-
Naily of Canton. These two men
have some of the best junior ro-
deo stock in Texas.
The events to be unreeled and
the trophy sponsors are as fol-
lows :
Bareback Brone Riding, trophy
by Arnett Robinson’s Drive-In
and Billie Rose Floral.
Pleasure Horse Riding, trophy
by Canton’s Feeder’s Supply, Can-
ton Livestock Commision Co.,
Bums Bros. Farm Builders Sup-
ply and Canton Reliance Gas Co.
Junior Bull Riding (14 years
Cemetery. She presented an arti-
Lois Grant, Martins Mill; Almajcle that’she had written for the
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OLD BETHEL
SINGING SET
The regular second Saturday
night singing will be held at
Old Bethel Saturday night, July
11.
Singing will start at 8 p.m. 'Pho
public is invited to attend.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Broyles
Funeral services for Mrs. Lola
Rose Broyles, 54, of Bonham were
held here in the chapel of Eu-
banks Funeral Home with the
Rev. Charles E. Mull officiating.
Burial was in Haven of Mem-
ories Cemetery.
Mrs. Broyles died Fridey eve-
ning in an automoblie accident
near Quinlan in Hunt County.
She was a native of Van Zandt
County.
Survivors include her mother,
Mrs. C. A. Groves of Canton,
two brothers, Lloyd Groves of
Canton and C. A. Groves, Jr. of
Longview; two sisters, Mrs. No-
rene McQuill of San Antonio and
Mrs. Margie Lee Overall of Ter-
rell.
season's record to 9 to 2 the past
week as they recorded two
wins.
Canton’s Merchants showed
their power last Thursday night
against Prairie Creek as they
took a 10-2 victory.
A good game was played by
the entire Merchant team as
every’ member saw action in the
contest. The Merchants discour-
aged the visitors with a display
of hits in which nearly every
member of the team donated.
The big blasts were home runs,
by Billy Montgomery, Larry Eth-
eridge and Don Manry.
Dean Loven was the winning
pitcher, giving up three hits
while striking out 15 in his six
inning string.
Sunday was the big day for
the Merchants as they got a
crack at Samuels Meat Packing
Plant team. The Merchants went
into the game as the underdogs
but surprised a large crowd at
Martins Mill with a 5 to 3 vic-
tory. This proved that the Mer-
chants can and will play good
ball. The Merchants hit the ball
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The Van Zandt County Historr
ical Survey Committee met in
regular session in the Courthouse
Assembly room. Canton, June 20.
at 7:30 p.m.; vice-chairman Alf
Foster presiding in the absence
of the Chairman. Other members
present were Truett Mayo and
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Canton Plaza Theatre. Placing
first in th Senior Division was on Highway 80.
Joyce Durgin and first in the
SIX FLAGS CAMPUS REVUE “DAZZLING" SUCCESS
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Deen's 11th Texas Regiment; and
Chaplain Brown contributed Xe-
ror copy of Captain T. J. Foster’s
Civil War Diary.
Mrs. Clyde Eads reported she
is still working on the confirma-
tion that Prairie Flower, half
Indian daughter of Cynthia Ann
Parker, is buried in the Asbury
Tyler Newspaper and read a let-
ter she had written to Mr. and
Mrs. Vance, Tahmahkera, Fort
Worth, to see if they can give
proof that Prairie Flower is bur-
ied in this county. There has
been some controversy concerning
whether she is in this county or
was moved to Oklahoma with
her mother. If she is in the As-
bury Cemetery , Van Zandt and
Henderson Counties will estab-
lish a marker at her grave.
Mr. Helms reported that a
marker has recently been mount-
ed to the grave of Charles M.
Downs in the Oakland cemetery.
Mrs. Tom Currey, Grand Saline,
is the daughter of this Civil War
veteran.
Mr. Caperton reported that he
is trying to find the graves of
Captain Whitstone, Co. H of the
10th Texas Cal. that originated
at Goose Lake, nine miles north-
east of Wills Point and Col. John
C. McCoy, possibly buried in the
Oakland Cemetery’.
Mr. Caperton brought interest-
ing mimeographed copies of some
of the Civil War Perils caused
from lack of salt, shoes, etc., and
the making of dye from plants
of the woods. These materials
will be saved for the County
Museum.
The meeting adjourned about
9:40 to meet again July 18 at
7:30 p. m. in the courthouse as-
sembly room in Canton, .
held at Mrytle Springs Park
July 12th.
Funeral Services
Held Saturday
For H. C. Perry
Funeral services for Howard
C. Perry, 66. of Canton were set
for 10 a.m. Saturday in the cha-
pel of Hilliard Funeral Home with
Rev.. Clayton Chaney officiat-
ing. Burial was in the Hillcrest
Cemetery.
Mr. Perry died Thursday after-
noon while enroute to a (Doctor’s
office here following a sudden
illness. He was a veteran of
World War I and was a member
of the Oak Grove Baptist
Church. He was a retired pro-
duce dealer. Mr. Perry was a na-
tive of Tennessee.
Survivors include one daughter,
I Mrs. Lottie Fay Hughes of San
Diego, Calif.; one brother, A. L.
Perry’ of Canton; one half-brotn-
er, Hubert Lee Morris of Canton;
and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Wood row
OAKLAND PLANS
REVIVAL JULY 12-16
A revival meeting will be held
at Oakland Methodist Church
starting Sunday, July 12th and
ran through Thursday night.
Everyone is invited to come.
Rev. James Paul Carter was
recently sent as pastor of the
Canton Methodist Circuit by the
Texas Conference.
He was born at Kirbyville and
is a graduate of Lon Morris Jun-
ior College in Jacksonville and
Stephen F. Austin College in
Nacogdoches. Rev. Carter also
attended’ St. Paul School of The-
ology, Methodist) in Kansas City,
away.
Hinson said tht group must
work toward completing High-
way 80 as a four-lane artery
from Hallsville to Terrell. He M. M. Black Rites
listed as the most critical por-
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Continue Winning
The Canton Merchants ran the
and life-long resident of Van
. , , x . Zandt County. He was a retired
the delegates voted to postpone farmer
assessment of fees for each com- „ . ... ,
munity along the route until a: Suvivors include two sons JO.
study of “needs” could be made. Black of Tyler and Peron Blac
Attending the meeting with1 of Canton; three (Daughters Mrs.
Representative Hinson were VelmatVauntt of Fort Worth,
three-other state representatives Mrs. Nola Hardie of Ft. Worth,
through whose district Highway and Mrs.Avanell • ones of Los
80 passes. They are John Allen Alamos, New Mexicoi two broth-
of Longview, Nelson Cowles of ers, V alter and Floyd.E lack,Can-
Hallsville and Bill Hollowell of toni one sister, . Mrs., ” hade
Grand Saline. Hodges of Frederick, Okla 12
grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren.
Maude Petty, 80, were held Sat-
urday, June 20 at 3 p. m. in
the Moore Methodist Church
with burial in Haven of Memo-
ries. Eubank Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Conducting the services were
the Rev. Paul Carter of Canton
and the Rev. Jordan of Dallas.
Mrs. Petty died early in the
morning, June 19th at Heritage
Manor, after a long illness. She
was a member of the Moore
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Petty was born in Kauf-
man County. She was raised in
Buckner Home of Dallas and
spent the greater part of her
adult life in Van Zandt County.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Taylor Petty.
Survivors include one son, Wal-
ter Petty of Dallas; three daugh-
ters. Mrs. Minnie Lummus of
Waco, Mrs. Della Wilkerson of
Canton and Mrs. Stella Sweeney
of Odessa; two sisters, Mrs.
Nettie O’Conner of Ben Wheeler,
Mrs. Nina Carmichael of Little
Rock, Ark., one brother, Charlie
Matthews; twelve grandchildren,
and twenty-nine great-grandchil-
dren.
Her grandsons were pallbear-
ers.
Mrs. Marie Gibbs, Van; R. A.
Caperton, Grand Saline; Miss
Junior Division was Nancy Mal-
lory. both of the Canton Com-
munity 4-H Club. Joyce and Nan-
cy will enter the district Dress
Revue Aug. 6 and 7 in Tyler.
Summer in the sun was the
theme for the 2:00 p.m. Revue
with the setting an outdoor pat-
io. Palm trees and potplants set
the back ground while the sun-
shine and patio scene sat in the
spotight with the modeing walk-
way.
Michele Mahaffey narrated as
the girls modeled the garments
that they made and accessorized.
Those who placed in the jun-
ior division were Nancy Mallory.
Canton, blue ribbon: Lou Ann
Gullett, Cant m. blue ribbon; Deb-
bie Askew, Hayden. red ribbon;
। Brenda Burns, Canton, blue rib-
bon; Dianne Dewees, Hayden, rod
ribbon; Waynette Roberts, Can-
ton, red ribbon; Kathy Brown,
Canton, white ribbon; Diane
Burns. Canton, white ribbon De-
Brenda Hindman. Board-Elwood,
white ribbon; and Jean Stevens.
Canton, white ribbon.
Entering in the Senior division
were Joyce Durgin, Cant m, blue
ribbon; Virginia Fenter, Van. blue
ribbon; Sherion Stevens, Canton,
blue ribbon; Mary Kay Edwards,
Van, red ribbon; Janie Langley,
Hayden, red ribbon, and Gayle
Miller Hayden, red ribbon.
After the revue refreshments
were served at the Courthouse
with Carolyn Peters serving.
Approximately one hundred and
fifty were present for the revue
and1 refreshments.
Sells Bull
Arnett Robinson, Canton, re-
cently sold an Aberdeen Angus
bull to Terry G. Foster of Edge-
woo l.
and under) trophy by Canton
Trading Post and C. and L. Gro-
cery.
Junior Barrel Racing, trophy
by County Butane and Courtesy
Radio and TV Shop.
Senior Barrel Racing, trophy
by D. and J. Washateria and D.
K. Used Cars.
Ribbon Roping Team (male
and female) trophy by Etheridge
Drive-In, Foodway Supermarket,
Groves Lime and Fertilizer
Spreading and G. W. Oil Co.
Calf Scramble (Free) buckles
by E. Q. Peel Mobil Station.
Rescue Race Team, trophy by
Howell’s Service Cafe, Lertis
Walters, Quarter Horse Box and
Taylor’s Man Shop.
Senior Bull Riding, trophy by
Setterbery of Minnesota and
Western Auto Associate Store.
cedes the “Little Britches” Ro
deo . . .set for July 10 and 11 . .
Canton Fair Grounds Arena . . .
This is third year for rodeo . . .
sponsored by Van Zandt County
Trail Riders Association . . .
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The James Hodges . . . just re-
turned from a visit with their
son in California . . . said they
sure enjoyed some cool weather
. . . while they were gone . . .
they arrived home on one of those
101 degree days . . ,
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An old-time Canton resident
. . . W. A. Westmoreland . . . has
decided to return . . lives out
at Canton’s Heritage Manor . . .
Friends should feel free to drop
by and visit . . .
Vernon L. Chaney
Rites Are Held
Funeral services for Vernon
Lee Chaney were held Thursday
at Eubank Funeral Chapel.
Mr. Chaney was born Decem-
her 3. at Canton. He was married
to Maudie Lee Wolf on Nov. 8.
1908, and was a member of the
Kaufman Pike Baptist Church.
Rev. Jess Childress and Rev.
John A. Hollis officiated at the
rites. Interment was in Haven
of Memories under the direction
of Eubank Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Dennis Chan-
ey, Jerry Wayne Chaney, D. H.
Chaney, Dennis Corley, Boyd Rob-
inson and Curley W odruff.
Suvivors include his wife; sev-
en sons, Jack Chaney of Canton,
Rev. Bill Chaney of Dallas, Dock
Chaney of Wills Point, Fess
Chaney of Dallas, L. V. Chaney
of Wills Point, Haskell Chaney
and V. Chaney of Dallas; two
daughters, Mrs. Ruby Woodruff
and Mrs. Pearline Golightly of
Dallas; five hall-brothers. Buck
Phillips, Boozie Phillips and J. E.
Phillips of Canton, Ed Philli, s
of Mesquite and Orville Phillips
of Dallas; three half-sisters, Mrs.
Dora Staley and Mrs. Bertha
Bunch of Canton, and Mrs. Lovie
Tuggle of Abilene.
Cool Springs Memorial Services
will be held July 12.
Being the second Sunday, Rev.
George Decker will bring the
Memorial message at 11 o’clock
and lunch will be served at 12
o’clock.
A business session will be held
in the afternoon.
All interested in the remetery
are invited to come for your help
is needed in the upkeep of the
cemetery.
Funeral services for
ed in the newsletter that had
made investment in the Texs
Historical Foundation. Van Zandt
was listed with a $20.00 contribu-
tion. Also, listed in the newslet-
ter was an account of Archive
Materials donated by Alf Fos-
ter and Chaplain J hn H. Brown.
Alf contributed copy of Muster
Ri II and Report Book, W. W.
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Stanger Springs
Sets Revival
Stanger Springs Methodist
Church -plans a revival to be held
July 12th through Friday night
will start each evening at 7:30.
The speaker will be the Rev.
Owens of Murchison. Everybody
is invited to come. e
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Texas, to serve on the Texas
Historical Survy Committee’s 1964
Legislative Budget Committee.
This committee is asking for
more state appropriations. At
present the State Historical Sur-
vey Committee has only two paid
employees and an annual appro-
priation of $23,160. The TSHSC
is requesting for the 1966-67 Fis-
cal Years (Sept. 1, 1965 to Aug.
31, 1967) about $78,000 per year
or an increase of $40,000 per
year.
Tliis request includes needed
raises and three new jobs — a
file clerk, an assistant director
of field operations and a Histori-
cal Museum and Building Con-
sultant. Increases were to be
asked for supplies also. This
Legislative Committee was noti-
fied that the budget hearing was
set for Monday, June 22. Mrs.
Laney, reported through Miss
Flippo, that she had to decline
the honor of meeting with this
committee in Austin for the bud-
get hearing. The Van Zandt Comr
mittee will look forward to learn-
ing of the action of the legisla-
ture on this increase in state
funds.
Excerpts of the newsletter
sent to Mrs. Laney from Mr.
Shepherd were given by Judge
Mayo and vice chairma All Fos-
ter. Individual counties were list-
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