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ANTON
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VOLUME 80
CANTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1963
NUMBER 8
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Methodists To Have
and
Freedon Sunday” will be observ-
on each dog.
Rev. William Thomas Fugate,
Canton To Play
resident, died late Thursday in
Frankston Friday
by the council.”
Church with
L .
as the
services for Edward
Funeral
Friday Feb. 15, at
MISS WANDA BIRDWELL
M Wanda Birew j al
FFA Representive At Area
i before retirement in 1959.
a
and support of Christian people.
parents.
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gift to any of the Methodist In-
e
1
to the work of the
of
state
and
Deadline Near
evening
in Terrell.
two 1
The
ponsor and conduct
registered in Van Zandt county;
Canton 5945
chili suppers, e
Frankston's
School Election
along with aldermen J. W Bar*
To Be April 6
tie.
in gthe year These activities in-
funeral home on the east section for the city positions is Satur-
night around 9 o’clock. Mrs. G
The election,
insurance ' finish them.
he did not have any
board are C. L. Stanford, presi-
dent; Dr. George H. Hilliard, Jr.,
out
an ex-
ning Friday, Feb 22 and ending Miller
ft
We predict that approval will gomery of Crandall and Mr. and Mrs
19 21 21
Mrs, Ben Lide.
(Continued On Page 4)
I er.
Van Zandt County 4- Clubs To Crown
King And Queen On Friday, March 8
Voters To Go To Polls April 2 To Fill
Mayor, Councilmen, Attorney Spots
Last Rites Read
For Rev. W. T.
Funeral Services
Held Friday
For E T. Maume
James Beggs and Royce Keah-
ey have filed for re-election to
the Canton Independent School
may be re-
stations can-1
first part of the campaign was
participated in by the 1,200 min-
cal defects. Owners are urged to
have their vehicles inspected as
reared in Van Zandt county but
moved to Palestine in 1952. He
firm is now operating
their new quarters with
panded line of gifts . . ,
to be held on Saturday, April 6,
calls for two trustees to be elect-
ed.
Beauty Salon Week. the follow-
ing operators from Canton went
grandchildren
grandchildren.
Pallbearer#
man, Clark
mm
, 6
trict play-offs.
Frankston returns host honors
fund
on March 9. Everyone is urged b'ntnkaton
to have all cans and rubbish in Bragg
Hopkins;
Stevens
son.
Canton
Etheridge
' Eubank
' Loven
Gutierrez
' Barron
avalable in the near future . . . B. R Mahaffey, J. H Reynolds
Hilliard & Sons have begun con- and Travis Coleman
I Myr-
Shaw
Totals
They strive to render some type
the Eagles of service for the money raised
9‘Ti m
0 Sharron
2 Priest; '
on March 9.
Trucks will start the pick ups
situation
said.
The city
of tlie Jones' addition . . .
Canton’s Hilton Stevens Hotel
City OK -or ll4,000
Government Grant
R
2,,“
n " •
Senator Ralph Yarborough in- by wire Tuesday by the city
formed the city of Canton that office.
e FFA
attend [Attend Funeral
Rev. P. E. Weisinger of Elkhart, j
Rev. D. B. Wallace of Athens and
Turner-Hayden
VI Conven- I
stored FFA
ainment by ■
activities
, parties.
from the 20
and nir
They
i and
-e
fa
2
4
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6
1
0
By JACK CAMPBELL
in recruiting new members. Not
County-Wide
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Billie Rose Slaughter reports
that “everything is a mess, but
we have not closed our doors" .
, . In regard to the moving pro- ;
cess from their old location to1
Effie Waggoner as a help- ola under direction
Funeral Home
and
5.3
s clubs
raising
Jes. 42
. Each
day, March 2, at midnight
Little interest is expected to
b
I
served as minister of the Primi-
tive Baptist Church for 35 years.
He was married to Affey Lee
Stamps on Nov. 28, 1897. Mrs.'
Fugate preceded him in death on
Oct 11, 1949. To this union 13
children were born, five of whom
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.,
Norris Birdwell She will be : CANTON SENIOR III
a miliar to football fans as one of CLUB MEETS FEB. 14
tively.
Mike Barron led
i with 16 points, while Jimmy Eu- | in this contest Any assistance or
bank added 15 more points in participation in these activities
vain, will be greatly appreciated. 4-H
A
the new building to be occupied Knowles of Dallas, formerly of
by "Billie Rose Floral" . . . The ' Kansas City, Mo,, announce the
and J. W. Fugate of Dallas, and
is one of four daughters. Mrs. Charicie
ism to raise $32,000,000 for new the First Baptist
buildings and equipment for the
he
cured at the local school office. Abilene; Southern Methodist
The bi-district game between University, Dallas; Southwest-
District 15AA and 16AA will be I ern University in Georgetown or
A—:
ds
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Those who
The victory boosted the In- work is really getting underway
dians’ record to 31-4 for the sea-in county and funds are
for a school trustee post have , daughter, Mellony Ann, born Fei)
have aspirations and Mrs W C. Hubbard of Rox-
I is to give everyone
Sweetheart in Texarkana Feb- agriculture termers, and guests
19. Wanda. a tall, willowy, hazel .
eyed brownette, is the 15 yearattended the convention.__
be generated for the city posts announced Wednesday,
since the present council is now .
W Tull owner, the property and undertaking several expansion1
Harold Stevens operated the projects and the citizenry feels
hotel , , . Stevens reported that that they should be allowed to
National 4-H i
is March 2-99.
nominates a K
the coronation.
Methodist Church.
Mr. Maume was born at John-
son City in 1893. He moved to
Canton when he was a small
boy.
He served in World War I and
worked for civil service 20 years
of Eubank Alice Young, Walter Young and
Pop McCrea for this program.
k ft
Zandt county
Moore
Boles
Cook
Fitzgerald
House
Vermillin
Totals
the U. S. government has ap-
1 proved a grant of $114,000 to
be supplemented by the same
amount by the city for water
system facilities.
The information was received
growing Methodist
a Terrell hospital following a
long illness
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in
Members of the
C-T
tunity to give either a cash
isters of the conferences who
Club.
The money will be raised to
to file at the school on or before! 3. Upc »n arrival at a Tyler hos-fus Smithart, Mrs. Gladys Wal- al nurse for a number of years.
March 6 . . . Remember the two pital she weighed eight pounds ters. Girlie Settles, Mrs. Alice Rev. C. L. Campbe II official*
dates . , and 10 ounces. Grandparent# an Todd, Mrs. Sam Bartley, Mrs. ed at the services. Interment was
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mont- Naomi Burns, Shirley Sides and In New Hope cemetery at Mine-
over subscribed their goal by
pledging $327,933.00. A total of
$17,383,390 has been pledged to
date through the Advanced Gifts
Division.
Members of the church will be
given an opportunity to make a
five year pledge and designate
it either for Lon Morris in Jack-
sonville. McMurray College in
2 tie Springs have not selected can
59 I didates.
***
E. B Jones lias made quite a
showing on his development ad-
burned to the ground Tuesday
last two seasons. Always well ior 4-H Club held their regular
dressed, poised and sweet. Wan- meeting Thursday, Feb. 14
da is a credit to the local Chap- King and Queen candidates for
ter and her school. the club wer elected. They are
She was accompanied to Tex- Mike Lawley and Carolyn Shaw.
Mr. and Mrs Alton Smith re- arkana by Mr. and Mrs. Bird* The motto and pledge were
ported a huge crowd attending well, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Mitch- given and the club adjourned,
the open house of Canton Laun- ell. Misses Suzann Shinn and
IF UIIeIcLI SUB -6-
farmer and gin Tracy Maume, 70,
Fugate also
his wife.
Foundations in the
Texas.
dents were caused by mechani-throw line. Teammates Jimmy 4-H‘ers participate.
Boles and Jimmy Moore follow-
ed with 12 and 11 points, respec- are not asking for donations.
early as possible in order to
avoid the last minute rush.
by coming to Canton Friday help pay expenses of the 4H‘ers
night for another warm-up bat- in their various activities dur-
As a conclusion of National
City Asks That Dogs
Be Vaccinated
Woodrow Janes, city em-
ployee in charge of the dog
program, asks that the peo-
ple of Canton vaccinate their
dogs immediately.
James said, "There are too
Rev. Stanley Vodicka officiat-
ed at the services. Interment
was in Haven of Memories under
direction of Hilliard & Sons Fu-
struction of their new Canton
The purpose of the observance
and are asked to question their
mothers about serving as Den
। Mother.
I penny raised counts as one vote
I for the club's candidates. The
Indians, District club collecting the most money
proved to Can- will have its n minees crowned
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continues,” Janes
Set For Tuesday
The annual Blue and Gold
Banquet for Canton Cub Scout
Pack 378 will be held Tuesday
night, Feb. 26. in the assembly
only did the pack meet itsof these 22 per cent have been
i ,,. 1 quota, but doubled it. The award
federal government has approv-wil be officially presented at
ed another $114,000 for improve- the banquet,
ments to the Canton Water and AT- •------
sewer system.
The deadline for applicants
f
Progress Club
To Sponsor
Clean-up Drive
Myrtle Springs Progress Club
will sponsor a cleanup pro-
gram for the community begin-
cinated for rabies and have a Church Sunday, Feb. 24. Pur-
valid city tag with both tags pose of the day will be to inform P i P i j
the congregation about the uaTe Jd l UTdy
needs of the five Methodist col- *
leges and 30 Wesley Founda-!
tions in Texas and the things 83, former Van
that can be done to meet the
inspected
Drivers are urged to have
| New boys an- constantly de- their vehicesinspcted early.to 55B champions,
siring to be Cub Scouts, and adverse ton’s Eagles, winners of District King and Queen. The four next
none are turned away. However, weather conditions which mav 15AA, that class meant nothing highest clubs will have their
only two dens are now in over- "edoninat durirw the next few at Frankston Monday night candidates crowned Prince and
crowded operation, and at leastweeks As a rsut th number' Frankston whipped the visitors Princess ot Head. Heart, Hands
of inspection days may be re- 59-45 in a warm-up basketball and Health. These four H’s rep-
game before each entered bi-dis- resent the symbol of the 4-H
of Canton re-
The pretty and popular Miss ry Easley, Charles Carter
Wanda Birdwell, local sopho- Wayland Burns participated in
more, represented the Canton the talent contest.
4-H Chib#
quires that all dogs be vac- ed at the First Methodist
"Education for Faith
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2 5
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2 2
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county arca. Five local FFA boys
1 Robert Manley, Randy Nix, Jer-
Church in Leonard Tuesday. Mr. executive. Fach will be accom-motor vehicles inspected is mid-
Taylor was ft cousin of Mr. panied by his wife, and all live night, April 15.
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Funeral services will be held
today (Thursday) for Mrs. Jew-
ell Andreus Creech, 67
Mrs Creech was born Sept.
13, 1895, in Canton and passed
away at her home in Dallas
Feb, 19. She was a member of
Cub Scout Banquet
District 15AA champs, the
Canton Eagles, will host the
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man, Morris Battles, vice ehair- ty were reminded today that the
man, and Lou Gunter, district 1963 deadline for having their
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were held
the First
and candidate for Area VI members.
Voters of the City of Canton
will go to be polls on April 2 to'
elect a mayor (two councilmen
and a city attorney.
Mayor Sam Hilliard is expect-
ed to announce for re-election
room of the courthouse. The
banquet will he a covered dish
meal, and will begin at 7 o'clock.
All parents of Cub Scouts are J
urged to make plans to attend.
on the property within the hotel.
* * *
ueen Coronation
ek's activities of
lub Week which
inspected for the above plus ad-
ditional items required by law,”
Boys eight years old through saidBlount. In 1962 approximate-
which is slated age 10 are eligible to la? (Tibs, ly five out of every 100 acci-
ft ft
preceded him in death. He is
survived by four sons, Calvin Fu-
gate of Canton. Rudell Fugate
and J. T. Fugate of Wills Point,
not inspect in wet weather.
"Passenger cars are inspected
for brakes, lights, reflectors,
horn and windshield wipers,
while commercial vehicles are
, । Frankston Indians Friday night rapidly
I at the local gym in hopes of'schools.
evening the practice series. ( More than half of the goal has
Frankston defeated the Eagles already been subscribed
Monday night at Frankston.
15 15 23
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5 13 4
neral Home.
Survivors include
Mrs. Ethel Maume
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played at Tyler at the Tyler Lee Texas Wesleyan College in Fort
and High School gymnasium on W orth.
Tuesday, Feb 26. The church college
________________ j the last bulwarks of freedom
Rev Don Brovn of Canton. in-
terment was in White Rose cem-
etery in Wills Point under direc-
tion of Hilliard & Sons Funeral
Home.
Rev Figate was born and
day, Feb. 18, to give a day's
work.
Mrs Lelan Callahan, Mrs Ru-
award, highly lic Safety,
advertised on TV, for its efforts
was a retired
operator. Rev
two more responsible mothers |
are urgently needed to serve as;
Den Mothers, to relieve the con- duced, since most
gestion and make for better Cub
Scouting if an>' would serve as
Den Mother, please contact E.
N. Holloway, Cubmaster, or one
held in conjunction with the
current campaign in the five
conferences of Texas Method-:
sacks and boxes.
Lynn Mullins is chairman and
Mrs. Don Stringer co-chairman.
Ollier members of the commit-
tee are Mrs. Effie Chaney, Mrs.
board, Supt. Norris Birdwell
The money is to be spent on
the water system of Canton in-
cluding iron removal plant, wet-
ter well, ground storage and
sewer lines, according to the
release by the federal govern-
i ment.
Mayor Sam Hilliard called a
i special meeting of the Canton
City Council for Wednesday aft-
ernoon to discuss action by the
city. A meeting has been sched-
uled with the city’s engineering
firm, Wiesenbaker, Fix & Asso-
ciates for Thursday to prepare
Senator Ralph Yarborough
wired the city Tuesday that the
Along with Begus ana Keahey | Thursday For Mrs.
other members of the present | _ u i * A I
Jewell A. Creech
JLIU
many dogs running around
the streets tnat are not vac i Knoc-‘ Koryleg
cinated and have never been •MCLICi •CIVILC
issued city tags. Some cor- l
rective action will have to be Cup--, ", 04
taken in the future if this i JuiUdY ICD. Lt
She was married to Marvin
Creech Jan 23, 1923 Mrs
Creech was a licensed vocation
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
1 Knowles of Mesquite and Mr. ■
H. J, Scale and Mr. and Mrs,
George Frazier of Grand Saline
Deadline fm filing for the I a Qlnc Wal.
school posts is March 6 at mid- LuM 1111“ 3 IICIU
ne kansas city, mo., answuswe ui Dillard Seale, Jeff Teet and
of arrival of twin sons on Feb, 17 j Adolph Heddin.
x-at a Dallas hospital. Grandpar- .... .....
-GO TO BOIIS HOME
e.
, p
al King and Queen
?» be held Friday
Talented Joe Bragg sizzled the chide county camp. district
nets for 23 points to pace the camp, district and state contests
Frankston victory, and he ac- awards banquet, and the many
quired 13 points from the free other activities in which the
needs. The observance will be
In addition to the regular pro-
gram for pack meetings, special Ar inenerfiAn
remarks will be made by three;' VI H IIV!'
j of the highest officers in the Ae AA g if ■ • i
Scouting district, who will be UT Motor vehiCeS
guests for the evening. They are,
; K. L. Breedon, district chair- Residents of Van Zandt cor
activities and ente
by Future Farmers
Fourth Saturday night sing-
were Clint Hollo- ing will be held at Oakland
Hollingsworth, Hu- Methodist Church Feb. 23.
of the present Den Mothers,
Mrs. Weldon Norman or Mrs.
Maik Culwell.
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The Canton girls team will
play Winona High School in a
preliminary game Friday night [
with the game getting underway
at 6:30 o’clock.
Superintendent Norris Birdwell
said, “Tickets will go on sale
Monday morning for the bi-dis-
trict game between Canton and
Gladewater, and prices are 50c
for children and $100 for
adults." The tickets can be se-
va
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preliminary plans regarding the
federal grant.
Mrs. Ardenia Steed, city sec-
retary, said “nothing definite
can be announced at this time,
but a complete set of plans will
be prepared in the near future
bert Boyd, Alvin Burns, Johnny Singing will begin at 7 o’clock
Morris, and Kirby Grove. I Everyone is invited to attend.
: Van Zandt coun-1 The King
are making plans limno.
*
lub in the coun
ing and Queen f
needed to conduct their business.
tp The nominees from the club#
5 are Martins Mill, Billy Peel and
15 Marry Eaton; Canton Junior,
2 David Wilkerson and Waynette
3 Roberts; Wills Point, Joe Burch
16 and Mel lisa Hallman; Grand Sa-
2 line, Vicki Sailings and Joe
2 Mitchell; Ben Wheeler, Kenny
45 Jones and Shanda Shankleford;
tp Canton Senior, Carolyn Shaw
23 and Mike Lawley; Board-Elwood,
11 Jimmy Hay and Kathy Haggard
12 Van-Pruett, Carolyn Peters and
to Boles Orphans Home Mon- the Oak Cliff Baptist Temple
and wus 101 years old.
, , Martin of Canton. Mrs. Montez
that we have and if they are to MeLeod and Mrs. Linnie Foster
survive must receive the interest । of Wills Point and Mrs Opal Mrs. Ethel Maume of Waco;
S"rmbaorEenrmgn-wsemlE"ehs"ppansh,
an oppor-ried to Mrs. Velma French of Horace Ritchie; .one step-daugh-
Palestine who also survives. Oth-ter, Mrs. Vonceil StapPi and one
. . । er survivors include two sisters, niece, Mrs. Odell Taylor.
stitutions of higher lgarning or Mrs. J. w. Strait of Terrell and „ p HF1 n
~ — ------- — 30 Wesley Mrs. E. N. Sides of Canton; 13 SINGING TO BE HELD
13 great-SATURDAY AT OAKLAND
ttended the funeral of J. B.'
aylor at the First Baptist
Members ,
• 4-H dut
r the ann
ronation
toward occupying a city alder-' ton.
man chair should file at the city ft ft ft
office before midnight, March 21 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mont-
. . , And those who want to file gomery are the parents of a
dromat last Saturday ... A Deloris Tidwell, i
county western band provided | Chapter members,
the entertainment for th-se at- ed the afternoon
tending . . .
* » # tion. The program
CRADLE ROLL
Mr and Mrs. Cecil Don
the outstanding majorettes of the Members of the Canton Sen-
jacent to the Whispering Oaks
smmanarnnon compdnmonaonormnypneuinchr s‘
streets have been cut and paved, । pected to also Im drafted
water, sewer and gas will be Councilmen now serving an*
FFA Chapter as its sweetheart Approximately
Those who saw the Mond
night game, Canton-Frankste
m ’ ( ’i
E _‘9
V 5
n a ' ‘
- * a A tw IM/)S bl) n MAsLM
different Friday night here
against the same team . . . Can-
ton will probably not be at full
strength since Jimmy Eubank
has been ill this week , . . Jim-
my has been the 'hot" man for
(’anion the past four or five
games . .
Captain Marvin Blount, Motor; night, March 8. The plac
The local pack was recently [ Vehicle Inspection Service of coronation has not been
' awarded the t ol. John Glenn. the Texas Department of Pub-
"Go Round-UP". award, highly lic Safety, stated today that s,-pc P,.,
there are 11.025 motor vehicles inldidnS CdT
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