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October 1886
12 PAGES—SECTION ONE
McKinney, texas, Thursday, April 28, i960
State Races Warm
Due
As Primary Nears
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Local Couple
Showers Wet
Frisco Plans
Honored On Baseball Loop
Collin Area;
More to Come
Road Building
deadline
Contract Let in
meeting
Glenn Betty;
DUTCHESS
Sworn In For
Career Day
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Kinney
Dutchess at
the
Dairy type calves, $14 to $17.50
set
and
the
newed his subscription to The । cemetery is invited and urged
to attend.
^Examiner for another year.
Baseball Boys
To Sign Up
On Saturday
Vol. 74, No. 31
Precinct Conventions
For the year, McKinney has re-
ceived 6.89 inches. Normal for
was
Home
and Lamar Streets. Early in the
1920’s the little church was re-
modeled, a Parish House added
the
for
since last November when the
rectory was burned to the ground.
The Rev. Mr. Terrill and his
family were awakened by noises
made by the crackling flames in I
time to turn in an alarm and es- I
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Boys
MISS JOYCE WILLIS
Miss Joyce Willis of 818 Wood-
ance.
Saint Peter’s Church was first
organized here in the 1870’s but
cape to safety. Very few person-
al effects were saved from the
blaze.
Fire Marshall Grover B. Mc-
to sign up before the
May 13.
At Monday night’s
McKinney Examiner Photo
Blackened walls were all that was left of this old McKinney landmark
J. A. Etheridge of Celina, Rt. according to A. L. (Ted) Cave
2, is a new Examiner subscriber. and J. W. Mugg, of Celina, Route
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Decoration Sunday
Sunday, May 1, has been
len High School seniors will be
held on Sunday, May 15 and Fri-
day, May 20, according to Supt.
Lee Rountree.
Baccalaureate services will be
conducter at the Allen Baptist
Church on Sunday morning, May
15, starting at 11 o’clock with
Commencement exercises to fol-
low on Friday evening, May 20,
at the school. All Allen churches
will join in the Sunday morning
service.
Members of the 1960 graduat-
ing class include Barbara Bry-
son, Bobby Crosswhite, Charles
Davis, Mike Day, Max Lee Han-
HORSES
Shetland and other riding type
from $85.00 to $200.00 per head.
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L. E. Minor of Frisco has re-
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Ridge.
Roy Clinklesmith, Celina.
Clyde Maxwell, McKinney.
Malcolm Pate, Blue Ridge.
Mrs. Vera C. Posey, Wylie.
Wayne Sherley, Anna.
Jeff Smith, McKinney.
Vernon G. Spurgin, Route
McKinney.
Tom J. Cloyd, McKinney.
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Truitt grew out of the death of
her two year old daughter, De-
lia Louise, alleged to have been
beaten to death on March 24.
In a statement to Texas Ran-
ger Lewis Rigler, the woman is
reported to have beat the child
because she soiled her clothes.
An autopsy of the child’s body
I showed bruises on her arms, back
and head.
Mrs. Truitt "was indicted here
' Tuesday by the Grand Jury*
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pital to learn first-hand about
career and job openings available
to young people and the training
and experiences necessary to
qualify for these positions. These
teachers are now in better posi-
tion to counsel and advise their
students in choosing vocations in
health.
Friday, May 20 Attend Furniture
Markets in
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Mrs. Reddell Named
To ETCC Committee
For Short Course
Mrs. Clara Reddell, office sec-
retary of the McKinney Chamber
of Commerce, has been named
to the Program Committee for
the Annual East Texas Chamber
of Commerce Short Course to be
held in Tyler on November 10-11,
and will attend the first plan-
ning session of the committee in
Lufkin on May 12.
J. W. Coffin, manager of the
Anderson County Chamber of
Commerce of Palestine, is chair-
man of this committee to plan
the Short Course Program for
managers and secretaries in the
72-county area of East Texas.
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Blue Ridge Cemetery
Decoration Sunday
be by
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when a small frame structure Church and adjoining Parish House at the corner of West Lamar and College
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CATTLE
Stocker cows, $14 to $21 per
100 lbs.
Fat cows, $14 to $18.70 per 100
lbs.
Canners and cutters, $12 to
$15.50 per 100 lbs.
Butcher calves, $22 to $27 per
100 lbs.
Stocker steer calves, $26.50 to
$29.30 per 100 lbs.
Lightweight calves, up to $32
per 100 lbs.
Heavy bulls, $17.50 to $19.50
per 100 lbs.
Lightweight bulls, $22 to $25.50
Mother Indicted
For Murder
Of Daught er
Charges of murder have been
filed against a 22-year-old white
woman residing in the Lewis-
ville community, inside the Col-
charge I per 100 lbs.
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ested are invited to visit
cemetery and take flowers
graves of loved ones.
and the entire plant brick ve-
neered. The late Dr. G. A. Foote
gave the land for the original
church and also provided the al-
tar. The original pews and altar
were still in use at the time of
the fire.
The rectory, destroyed by fire
last November, is in the process
of being rebuilt at this time.
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Rev. Chumbley
1 o’clock in thei afternoon.
Everyone interested in
The invocation will
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ing, Carlena Marion, Kenneth
Shearer, Albert Smith, Patsy
Summers, Henry Windham and
Jerry Windham.
Ushers for both services will
be Lynda Jo Hefner, Kay Miller,
Steve Goodman and John Shear-
er.
Rev Leon Chumbley will
preach the Baccalaureate ser-
mon.
Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Largent
of McKinney were honored with
a dinner party at the Brookhav-
en Country Club in Dallas on
Wednesday of this week, the oc-
casion being in observance of
their 50th wedding anniversary.
The Largents were married in the
First Baptist Church in Dallas by
the late Dr. George W. Truett on
April 26, 1910.
Mr. Largent, a rancher and
stockman, was mayor of McKin-
ney in the early 1930’s.
Mrs. Largent, the former Miss
Pearl Sanders, was a 1908 grad-
uate of the Landon Conservatory
and a soloist at St. Batholomew’s
Church in New York. She also
sang in a Brodway production,
The Mikadom conducted by Leo-
pold Stokowski.
For some 40 years she was
Set May 5
Thursday, May 5, is High
School Senior Health Career
Day at Collin Memorial Hospit-
al. The hours are 9 to 12 a.m.
The Auxiliary has invited every
high school senior to come tour
the hospital and to learn some-
thing about the career opportuni-
ties for young people in the
health field, which today is the
fourth largest business in the
world.
Mrs. Roy Caldwell, president
of the Auxiliary, explained that
May 5 is the second part of a
community program aimed at
acquainting Collin County youth
with some of its opportunities.
The first part of the program
choir director of the First Chris-
tian Church in McKinney.
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Decoration Sunday
At Little Elm
Annual decoration will be held
Sunday, May 1, at the Little Elm
Cemetery.
A business meeting will be
hald in the pavillion starting at
2:30.
Everyone is urged to bring
flowers and attend the decora-
tion and meeting.
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April Term
The Collin County Grand Jury
for the April term of court re-
cessed Tuesday after returning
19 indictments as follows:
Burglary, 11; forgery, 1; re-
moval of mortgaged property, 1;
keeping a gaming house, 1;
swindling by check, 1; murder, 2,
and theft by bailee, 1.
Sworn in Monday morning by
District Judge W. C. Dowdy,
members of the grand jury are:
Paul Hardin, McKinney, fore-
man.
Homer Boals, Frisco.
Mrs. S. G. Carpenter, Plano.
Horace I. Cunningham, Blue
SEE MUSINGS ON PAGE 4, SECTION 2
Weldon Corbell, high school base-
ball coach, was elected Commis-
sioner of the two leagues and
School Supt. W. M. Stribling
was named secretary-treasurer.
Robert Cobb, D. C. Smother-
man and W. D. Mays were elect-
ed directors. Other directors will
be named as soon as team spon-
sors are announced.
Official scorers will be Ross
Turner and Dick Boswell.
League directors will name a
president for each of the two
leagues.
Boys between the ages of 7 and
10, inclusive, will play in a four-
team Pee Wee League while boys
; 11-14 will perform in the Junior
League which will Iso be made
up of four teams.
League play will open around
the latter part of May.
The organization will be
known as the Frisco Boys Base-
ball League.
■ H. D. Mouzon, organizer and
former commissioner of the Mc-
Kinney Boys Baseball League,
was present and assisted with
the organization.
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High School
Boys who desire to play
teams in the McKinney j
lin County line. The
against Mrs. Margaret
per 100 lbs.
SHEEP
Breeding ewes, $8 to $14 per
head.
Lambs, 14 cents to 17 cents per
lb.
Old bucks, 4 cents to 7 cents
per lb.
Old ewes, 4 cents to 7 cents
per lb.
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Fire Wrecks
Local Church
Early Friday
Fire of undetermined origin
early Friday morning complete-
ly destroyed one of McKinney’s
oldest churches, Saint Peter’s
Episcopal. Believed to have orig-
inated in the west portion of the
church proper, flames reduced to
smouldering ashes the main
church building as well as the
adjoining Parish House which
had been used as a temporary
home for the rector, Rev. Min-
ter B. Terrill, and his family
For Boys
Plans for the 1960 summer
boys baseball program in Frisco
were completed at a meeting at
the high school cafetorium Mon-
day night.
Some 120 or more boys between
the ages of 7 and 14 years have
already signified their intention
of playing in the league this sum-
mer and still more are expected
County Democratic Chairman
Paul Worden, has posted and
filed notices of Precinct Conven-
tions for each of the 46 Voting
Boxes in the county, to be held
•at 3 p.m. May 7.
By action of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Collin
County, the time for holding the
Precinct Conventions was fixed
at 3:00 p.m., May 7th, which is
Primary Election day. The Con-
vention for each precinct will be
held in the immediate vicinity
of the poling place for each box,
promptly at 3:00 p.m.
Chairman Worden urged all
Democrats to participate in the
Precinct Conventions and point-
ed out that according to the New
Election Law, a person must
have already voted before he
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. ... , was February 6 when high school
leigh Drive will represent Me- ’teachers were invited to the hos-
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Mrs. Bessie McMahan,
hostess to the Climax
as the date for the annual deco-
ration of the Woodlawn Ceme-
tery.
Roscoe Wilson is president and
W. R. Wallis is secretary of the
Woodlawn Cemetery Associa-
tion. They invite all who are in-
terested to attend.
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T. B. Norris of Prosper is a
new subscriber to The Examiner.
Glad to add his name to our list
of readers.
Decoration Service will be held
Sunday, May 1st, at 2p .m. at
the Blue Ridge Cemetery.
All patrons interested are
urged to be present. Those wish-
ing to make donations should
mail them to Estelle Sellers,
treasurer, Blue Ridge Cemetery
Association.
■ Mrs. Sam Barnett, Sec.
North Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Thomp-
son and Mr. and Mrs. Choice Mc-
Clure will return Monday from'
a ten-day buying trip to High
Point, North Carolina. Messrs.
Thompson and McClure, owners
of the Johnson Furniture Co.,
here, make requent trips to the
furniture markets to buy for
their store. This areas is one of
the largest industrial areas for
the manufacture of furniture in
the United States, there being a
number of large factories locat-
ed in the vicinity which make
some of the very finest furniture
to be had anywhere in the world.
Such well known brands as
Heritage, Broyhill, Hickory,
Thomasville, Drexell and others
handled by Johnson’s, are made
in North Carolina.
Both Mr. Thompson and Mr.
McClure invite the public to vis-
it them and browse through their
beautiful store.
Climax HD Club
Meets April 19
At Club House
can participate in the Precinct
Convention.
The new law provides that
each voter voting in the Demo-
cratic Primary will have his poll
tax receipt (or exemption cer-
tificate or other certificate)
stamped “Democrat” by the
Election Judge at the time he
votes. That poll tax receipt, or
exemption certificate of over-
age voters, so stamped, is the
voter’s ticket to admission and
to take part in his Precinct Con-
vention.
It is very important to vote
early, then return to the polling
place for the Convention at 3:00
p.m., Worden explained. He
urged those who plan to attend
the Precinct Conventions not to
delay voting until just before
the time for the convention, but
to vote early then return to the
polling place for the convention.
As to over-age voters and other
exempt persons not required to
pay poll tax, it was explained
that such voters residing within
the City of McKinney were re-
quired to have an Exemption
Certificate, which Exemption
। Certificate would be stamped
“Democrat” when such person
voted and that in all other box-
es except McKinney Boxes, the
exempt voter is not required to
have an Exemption Certificate,
but the Election Judge would is-
sue such voter a Certificate
showing that he had voted and
stamp it “Democrat.”
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Allen Seniors
To Graduate
legal medical practitioners and
anti-trust violations.”
His campaigning was aug-
mented by a Houston television
interview in which Rep. Criss
Cole of Houston charged that
House Speaker Waggoner Carr,
one of Wilson’s two opponents,
had refused to recognize him to
get a vote on a small loan regu-
latory act in the last Legislature.
Cole declared Carr initially
seemed favorable to the bill
which was part of a program to
regulate small loan operations
“but when pressure was applied
he withdrew any support that he
may have had.”
Wilson, he noted, had killed
more than 400 suits against loan
sharks. Wilson said “we already
have several favorable jury ver-
dicts.”
Carr’s headquarters at Austin
reported he was on a handshak-
ing and person-to-person cam-
paign tour in Tyler and vicinity.
LIEUT. GOVERNOR
Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey took his
re-election campaign to Amaril-
lo and Lubbock early this week.
He told listeners at coffees in
both cities that small homeown-
ers are in a tax squeeze and
must be considered “as we eval-
uate what is too little and too
much in regard to state govern-
ment.”
State taxpayers also are local
and federal taxpayers, he said,
who are paying one-third of their
income to the three levels of gov-
ernment-
Don Yarborough, the liberal
young Houston lawyer challeng-
ing Ramsey, campaigned in Dal-
las, talking of his support for
revision of the State Constitu-
tion through a constitutional
convention to assure equal rights
for Texas women.
He spoke at a series of Dallas
neighborhood coffees, at one of
which he said, he would be
“proud to be anchor man” in the
Senate for a tax program based
on ability to pay, as proposed by
Daniel.
He accused Ramsey, who has a
campaign plank opposing a gen-
eral sales tax, of appointing pro-
sales tax Senators on tax confer-
ence committees.
LAND COMMISSIONER
Land Commissioner Bill Al#
corn was in his office Tuesday
and planned to campaign Wed-
nesday in Dallas and North Tex-
as.
■Meanwhile, Rep. Jerry Sadler
of Palestine, his opponent, sought
votes in Dallas, questioning the
source of what he termed heavy
spending to provide Allcorn with
“elaborate, last-minute campaign
headquarters.”
Jim D. Bowmer, Temple attor-
ney who is a candidate for judge
of the Court of Criminal Ap-
peals, claimed endorsement of
three of six living former Su-
preme Court justices. He said
they were Abner McCall, execu-
tive vice-president of Baylor
University; James P. Hart, Aus-
tin attorney and former chancel-
lor of the University of Texas,
and Gordon Simpson of Dallas,
an oil company president.
Associate Justice Robert W.
Calvert, seeking promotion to
Chief Justice, said he would
campaign Thursday in San An-
tonio, Friday in Dallas and Sat-
urday in Houston.
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Attends Meeting
Of City Managers
B. J. Cope, acting city man-
ager of McKinney, was in Paris
last Friday to attend a meeting
of the East Texas City Managers’
Association.
Managers from Lufkin, Long-
view, Marshall, Carthage, Paris
and other East Texas cities at-
tended.
Mr. Cope reported a most
pleasant and profitable day.
LIVESTOCK
MARKET
By COL. TOM EMERSON
A total of 980 head of cattle
were sold at weekly auction
Wednesday.
HOGS
Hogs, $16.60 for high.
Lightweight hogs, $10 and up.
Sows, $12 to $14.50 per 100
lbs.
Collin County
A contract for 4.7 miles of
construction on F. M. Road 455
in Collin County has been award-
ed to a Nacogdoches firm, it was
announced in Austin this week
by the State Highway Commis-
sion.
R. W. McKinney submitted the
low bid of $131,025 on the pro-
ject. Construction of grading,
structures, base and surfacing
from Westminster south to F. M.
Road 545 is expected to take 120
working days, according to
Frank W. Cawthon, District
Engineer at Dallas.
John R. Taylor Jr., resident
engineer at McKinney, will be in
active charge of the project while
it is under construction.
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Grand Jury
Hopkins County Dairy Festival
in Sulphur Springs on May 12.
Miss Willis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Willis, is a sen-
ior in high school and was a fi-
nalist in the Homecoming Queen
contest last fall. She has been
designated Miss Senior, 1960, and
was elected Valentine Dutchess.
Miss Willis is class reporter this
year and plans to study business
administration at North Texas
State College in Denton.
Her escort for the Hopkins
County Festival will be All-Dis-
trict Football tackle Charles Car-
rell, vice-president of the senior
class at McKinney High School.
Carrell lettered three years in
football and was named to the
all-state second team last fall.
He will attend Baylor next fall
on a football scholarship.
Miss Willis is sponsored by the
public relations committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The first measurable precipi-
tation in McKinney since April
9 was recorded here Sunday
night when spring showers left
an official .40 of an inch of
moisture in the gauge at the
home of Mayor Roy F. Hall, lo-
cal weather observer. Other
gauges in the city measured from
a half-inch to as much as an
inch. More showers Wednesday
added up to .45 until 2 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Light sprinkles fell during
Sunday afternoon but the real
showers, accompanied by con-
siderable thunder and lightning,
came Sunday night.
Sunday night’s rain was the
first measurable rainfall record-
ed here since April 9 when .13
fell. And that was the first since
March 25. The total for April
now stands at .98 of an inch. ,
Big Gain Here
Mrs. Doyle Nelson, county tax
assessior-collector, said this
week that her office issued a to-
tal of 17,443 motor vehicle li-
censes during the period between
February 1 and April 1, 1960, an
igcrease of approximately 1,000
over the same period last year.
Of the total, 13,443 were for
passenger cars and 4,000 were
for trucks of one kind and an-
other.
Mrs. Nelson also called atten-
tion of property owners to the
fact that Saturday, April 30, is
the final day on which taxes may
be rendered and homestead ex-
emptions claimed and urged all
who have not done so to call at
her office this week and attend
to the matter.
She also pointed out that on
May 1 the penalty and interest
on 1959 taxes not already paid
will increase to 6 per cent.
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Fun Night Announced
For Wilson Chapel
The Wilson Chapel Cemetery
Association will benefit from the
proceeds of a Fun Night to be
held at Wilson Chapel Saturday
night, April 30.
Everyone is invited to attend
and enjoy the evening.
There will be a cake walk,
Bingo and an auction sale and
hot dogs, cake, coffee and cold
drinks will be sold.
Candidates are invited to at-
tend as “most folks out that way
paid their poll taxes,” according
to a spcksman for the associa-
tion. Y
will read the scripture; special
music will be by Rev. J. C. Wal-
lace, and the benediction will be
by Rev. Paul Russell.
Max Haning will give the in-
vocation for the Commencement
exercises; Patsy Kay Summers
will sing the class song, and Max
Vaughan will introduce the
speaker for the occasion, Ed Vei-
gel of McKinney. Supt. Roun-
tree will present diplomas and
awards and Albert Smith will
give the benediction. Salutatori-
an and Valedictorian will be an-
nounced during the program.
Mrs. Carl Marion will provide
music for both exercises.
PECANGROVE
CEMETERY SETS
DECORATION DAV
Decoration Day at Pecan Grove
Cemetery has been announced
for Sunday, May 1, according to
Mrs. D. F. Houston, association
president.
No formal program has been
arranged but all who are inter-
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Demonstration Club which met
April 19th at the clubhouse with
thirteen members and two visi-
tors, Mrs. Cleo Dement and
Rodger Dement, present.
The meeting was presided over
by the president, Mrs. Annis
Hickman.
The • group sang “Amazing
Grace” and “Blessed Assurance.”
The president led the club in re-
peating the “Lord’s Prayer.”
Minutes were read by the
secretary and approved for the
previous meeting.
■ Council report was given by
Mrs. A. N. Toombs.
Roll call was answered with
“Foods I Like Most.”
After a business session the
club adjourned.
During the social period re-
freshments of German chocolate
cake and cold drinks were passed
by the hostess.
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Newton J. Burketts
Hear of Arrival of
New Granddaughter
Bursting with the normal
amount of “grand-parental” pride
are Mr. and Mrs. Newton J. Bur-
kett, 1102 W. Virginia Street in
McKinney. News arrived Friday
that a new baby girl was born
to their daughter, Mrs. John E.
Hoopes, the former Miss Lucy
Ozella Burkett.
Born in Jackson, Missisippi,
Molly Ozella Hoopes, weighed 6
pounds and 11 ounces at birth.
The father, Dr. John E. Hoopes,
is a resident surgeon at the Uni-
versity Hospital in Jackson. He
and his family moved there in
July of last year.
The Hoopes have one other
child, John Wilton oHopes II,
who is 16 months old.
Telephone calls to the Burketts
from both parents reveal that the
mother and daughter are both
in fine health.
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Walnut Grove Sets
Decoration Sunday
Decoration services for Wal-
nut Grove Cemetery will be held
on Sunday May 1st, 1960, at 2:30
p.m., according to U. N. Clary of
Prosper, secretary of the ceme-
tery association.
on Election Day
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the first four months of the year
is 13.26. Last April’s total was
1.93.
Rainfall Sunday night was
heavier in West and Northwest
Collin, according to reports from
near Celina and west of Prosper
where more than an inch fell.
Anna, Weston and Twin Bridges
reported about one half inch.
Some soft hail fell in West
Collin Sunday but no damage
was reported.
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Young Pilot
Flew Too High
Local law enforcement of-
ficials searched the books
Friday and finally had to
settle for a charge of drunk-
enness against an 18-year-
old Dallas youth picked up
near Nevada after he
wrecked the light airplane
he was endeavoring to fly
from a pasture.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Stand-
erfer said the youth landed
the borrowed plane in an
onion field west of Nevada
and then tried to take off
when the farmer who resid-
ed on the place objected to
the destruction of his grow-
ing crops. The plane refused
to rise from the rough
ground and crashed through
a fence and into a pasture
where it was wrecked in a
ditch. The pilot was treated
at Collin Memorial Hospital
for minor injuries and was
then jailed in McKinney. La-
ter he paid a fine for being
drunk and was released,
find no “flying while intoxi-
cated” law in the books.
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Fitzhugh Cemetery
Decoration Sunday
Decoration at the Fitzhugh
Cemetery at Forest Grove will
be held on Sunday, May 1, ac-
cording to Le Roy Petway, presi-
dent, and Fred Petway, secre-
tary, of the association,
All who are interested in the
Fitzhugh Cemetery are invited
to visit during the day.
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Mugg Cemetery Sets
Decoration May 8
Decoration at the Mugg Ceme-
tery has been announced for the
second Sunday in May, May 8,
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Indications of a real old-time
verbal slugfest were in evidence
this week in the race for gover-
nor of Texas as rival candidates
opened the final days of their
campaigns for Texas’ highest of-
fice.
For the first time in the cam-
paign, Gov. Price Daniel an-
swered directly a charge made
by his lone opponent, Jack Cox,
conservative Breckenridge busi-
nessman. Daniel labeled Cox’s
charge that an income tax might
be one of his secret plans to
solve the state’s financial dilem-
ma as just another of his wild
falsehoods. Daniel released his
answer through his Austin head-
quarters while he was campaign-
ing in the Rio Grande Valley.
Meanwhile, Cox was touring
the Gulf Coast in his helicopter
and at Orange said that Daniel
had had ample opportunity in
four sessions of the legislature
(one regular session and three
special) to do something about
providing state funds for medi-
cal payments for old age pen-
sioners but that nothing had
been done.
Cox is advocating a 2 per cent
general sales tax to be used for
public education. Daniel has
said repeatedly that a general
sales tax and a state income tax
go hand in hand as evidenced by
the fact that 30 states having a
general sales tax also have a
state income tax.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson was in
Dallas warning voters to “be-
ware of last minute charges in
this campaign.” He said his cam-
paign for re-election had been
solely on the real issues, center-
ing on the question “of. whether
the people want continued solid
law enforcement, particularly in
such fields as the loan shark
racket, cyndicated gambling, il-
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Baseball League this’ summer
will sign up at Caldwell Gym-
nasium on the L. A. Scott Junior
High campus between 1:00 and
3:00 p.m. the afternoon of Sat-
urday, April 30, according to the
newly elected president of the
league, Tommy White.
White, active in boys baseball
in McKinney since organization
of the league in 1954, was named
commissioner of the loop at a
meeting at the Lone Star. Gar
Company auditorium last Thurs-
day night. He succeeds Paul C.
Young who guided the league
’last summer but who resigned,
due to personal reasons, this
spring.
League presidents named at
the Thursday meeting were as
follows:
Ed Tatum, Midget League.
Bob Miller, Pee Wee Ameri-
can.
Doyle Odom, Pee Wee Nation-
al.
Grady Dunn, Youth League.
Pat Simpson, Chamber of
Commerce manager, was re-
elected secretary-treasurer, a po-
sition he has held since the be-
ginning of the league.
Drawings for players will be
held at the Chamber of Com-
merce office on the following
dates:
Monday, May 9—Both Pee
Wee Leagues.
Tuesday, May 10—Youth
League.
Wednesday, May 11—Midget
League.
All drawings will start at 7:30
•p.m.
A general meeting of all adults
who will work in the program
has been set for April 30, the
time and place to be announced
later.
League play will start on Tues-
day, June 7.
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