The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1967 Page: 1 of 12
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McKinney, texas, Thursday, June 8, 1967
VOL. 81, NO. 38
Six Miles Of Farm Roads
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Show is Saturday, June 10
Mrs. R. L McClure Retires As
McKinney High School Teacher
By Elizabeth and
Wofford Thompson
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Dr. Joe Harper, Superintendent
of McKinney Public School has
announced that a free eight-week
Instructional Program will be of-
fered Non-English Speaking Chil-
dren this summer beginning Mon-
day, June 19 and ending Friday,
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TEX-TEX GIVES CENTER TO CITY . . . Monday marked a
special day for the City of McKinney when officials of the Texas
Textile Mill gave the Community Center to the City. Mayor Bill
Finney (third from left) receives the keys to the Center from
Tex-Tex Foundation President Norman Crawford (second from
left). Looking on were Lou Alford( left), Tex-Tex Plant Mana-
ger and Sewell Franklin, Tex-Tex Cotton Buyer. The 15 year
old center, which represents a $100,000 investment, will be
known as the McKinney Community Center, according to Mayor
McKinney High School auditor-
ium will be the crowning of “Miss
Collin County” of 1967 — who
will be a contestant for the “Miss
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Finney. An important step in the expansion of the city’s parks
program, leaves no limit to the future possibilities to both adults
and youth. Finney thanked Tex-Tex employees for this “gener-
ous gift of land, buildings, swimming pool, and playground
equipment.” The swimming pool will be open to the public from
1 to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to5 p.m. on Sundays.
Volunteers of American Red Cross will teach classes during the
morning hours. David Noble will be Center Manager assisted by
Polly Rogers.
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An entry blank is published
elsewhere in today’s McKinney
Examiner. Blanks should be mail-
ed to the McKinney Chamber of
Commerce.
On the night of the pageant, the
new Miss Collin County will be
crowned by Miss Diane Bates of
Princeton, the reigning Miss Col-
lin County. She is a student at
East Texas State University.
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CULLEOKA REUNION
The twelfth annual Culleoka
Reunion will be held at noon
Sunday, June 11 at the American
Legion Hall on N. Church Street,
Entry Deadline This Friday English Speaking Children
Buses will leave the
Many new reservoirs and other
recreational areas are located
along the FM-RM system, bring-
ing a new role for the network.
The roads afford the recreational
traveler an opportunity to get off
the beaten track, while continu-
ing to use a modern highway fa-
cility.
McKinney. All residents and
former residents are invited to
come and bring basket lunches.
Pearl Douglas, secretary
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Garden Shop there is “Street
Scene” in oil by Juliette Odle.
The Sherwin-Williams window
displays an oil seascape by Maur-
ine Thurman. Ruth Thurston has
an oil painting “Glass Bottles” in
Dr. J. C. Erwin’s office window.
On the west side of the square
in the McKinney Drug window
Jack Shirley has a charcoal “Still
Life”. There are two pictures in
the J. C. Penney windows: one,
a pencil sketch of Jo Bradford
School, the North Ward School,
the West Ward School and the
South Ward School at 8:15 a.m.
and return the children to these
schools by 12:00 noon. The school
will meet Monday through Fri-
day of each week and free trans-
portation will be furnished on
these days.
Everyone who is interested
should be prepared to get on the
bus by 8:15 a.m. on Monday, June
19 or be at the East Ward School
on that day, by 8:30 a.m.
A minimum number of pupils
is required for each class. The
number of classes to be operated
will be determined by the num-
ber of pupils who apply for en-
rollment on Monday, June 19.
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plays an oil painting “Spanish
Columns” in the window of Bone
Shoe Store. Also, in the window
of Naomi’s Ready-to-Wear, Mrs.
Merriman has an oil entitled
“Onions”. In the Coffman Florist
window there is an oil picture
“Roses” by Mary Bergman.
In the Central National Bank
there is a Merit Award picture
“Yellow Gold” by Mary Berry;
also a second award by Annetta
Brunton, and a third award (oil)
j by Kenneth Davidson. Allie Gantt
! has an oil “Panel of Fruit” in
Dr. Julius Smith’s window and a
I companion “Panel of Fruit” in
I the window of Lawrence Jewelry
Company. In Crump’s Downtown
be of special value to Latin-
American (Mexican) children.
The school will be for children
who have not been in public
school but who will be six years
of age on or before September 1,
1967 and who plan to enter school
this year.
The classes will meet at the
East Ward School which is locat-
ed on East Greenville street.
Classes will begin at 8:45 a.m.
and end at 11:45 a.m.
spent in study and in encourage-
ment and help to her pupils. Dur-
ing the years, Mrs. McClure has
served in numerous extra curricu-
lar activities and at the time of
retirement was a sponsor of the
junior class.
Mrs. McClure, who headed the '
History Department, was a mem- '
ber of the Classroom Teachers ■
Association, the Texas State
Teachers Association, and the
National Educationl Association.
Following the Friday dismissal
of students for summer vacation,
Mrs. McClure was given special
recognition at a faculty meeting
and coffee hour. Mrs. Pat Clark;
faculty member and newly-elect-
ed president of the Classroom
Teachers Association, presented
the retiring teacher with a num-
ber of lovely gifts from the group.
During the presentation, Mrs.
Clark spoke highly and emotion-
ally of Mrs. McClure’s earnest-
ness and dedication, of her teach-
ing and disciplinary abilities.
“Many rewards have come to us
who have been privileged to be
both students and co-workers of
Mrs. McClure,” she said.
A native of Anna, Mrs. Mc-
Clure is the daughter of the late
Mr. W. G. Cundiff, pharmacist
and drug store proprietor, and
Mrs. Cundiff. Mr. Cundiff mov-
ed his family in Allen, where he
was owner of the Cundiff Drug
Store, when Mrs. McClure was
a young child. Riding the old
interurban, Mrs. McClure com-
muted to McKinney where she
was graduated from the McKin-
ney High School. She is a long-
time member of the Allen Chris-
tian Church.
artistic pursuits.
The Texas Highway Commis-
sion today approved development :
of 6.0 miles of Farm to Market .
Roads in Collin County as part
of the 1967 Texas Farm to Mark- ;
et Program.
District Engineer B. L. DeBerry
of the Texas Highway Depart-
ment said estimated cost of the
work is $301,000.
The work will be under the
supervision of John R. Taylor,
Supervising Resident Engineer,
McKinney, Texas.
The Farm to Market Roads in
this county scheduled for work
under this program are:
1. In McKinney from US 75 to
0.5 miles west of Wilson Creek.
2. From SH 121 near Sister
Grove Creek, east to FM 2862.
3. From FM 2862 in Westmin,-
ster, north and west to Sedalia.
The work authorized for this
county is part of 949.3 miles of
Texas Farm and Ranch to Market
Roads earmarked for develop-
ment in the new program.
The program lists 228 projects
in 166 counties. Estimated cost is
$24.6 million.
New mileage included in the
program totals 623 miles. Other
mileage was previously designat-
ed or is being constructed in stag-
es.
The additional mileage brings
designated Farm and Ranch to
Market Roads in Texas to 38.7
thousand miles. This is greater
than the entire State-maintained
highway mileage of many other
States.
Plans call for an eventual FM-
RM system of 50 thousand miles.
Originally conceived to move
agricultural products to market,
the FM system has contributed
both to the social and economic
well-ebing of rural areas.
For example, 69 per cent of the
new mileage included in the pro-
gram is on school bus routes. Six-
ty-three per cent of the new mile-
age is along rural mail delivery
routes.
According to the Texas Educa-
tion Agency, 7,800 school buses
travel almost 450 thousand miles
daily to transport 473 thousand
students to school and back home.
Many of these students make all
or part of their daily trips to
school over FM roads.
It is estimated that rural mail
carriers travel almost 50 thou-
sand miles a day over FM roads.
BRIDGES REUNION
The annual reunion for the de-
scendants of the late Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Bridges will be held at
Finch Park in McKinney on Sun-
day, June 11.
Everyone is asked to come and
bring a basket lunch which will
be spread at 1:00 p.m.
Mrs. A. P. Hooper
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Examiner Classifieds Get Quick
Results!
Services For
Glenn Long
10 A. M. Today
1 Funeral services for Glenn
Long are being held at 10 a.m.
today, Thursday. June, 8 in Tur-
rentine-Jackson Chapel. Rev. H.
Bailey Stone and Rev. Keith
Francis are officiating, and in-
terment will be in Ridgeview Me-
morial Park.
He died Tuesday at 3 p. m. in
Collin Memorial Hospital. He liv-
ed at 821 Woodlegih and had liv-
ed in McKinney most of his life.
He was born March 14, 1920
in Emory, Texas. His father was
Kee Long, a native of North Caro-
lina; his mother was Cap Farrell,
a Collin County Native.
He was married to Miss Jean
Rae Button in McKinney on Sep-
tember 14, 1946. He was a mem-
ber of the First Baptist Church
and was a veteran of World War
II.
Mr. Long was Assistant Vice-
President of the Collin County
National Bank.
Survivors are: his wife; one
sister, Mrs. John D. Holt of Al-
len; one niece and one nephew.
Attending the Sellers-Strange
wedding in Grand Prairie Friday
’• “night from Collin County were
the following: Mrs. W. L. Bailey,
the bride’s grandmother, Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Emerson (she’s an aunt
of the brides’), Mrs. O. L. Barker
(the late O. L. Barker was the
bride’s uncle), Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
tie McGuffey, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Lee Hendricks and Kathy, Mrs.
Olan Henrdicks, all of Blue Ridge,
Mrs. W. B. Hendricks, Anna; and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sauls, Mc-
Kinney. The bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Eldon Lee Sellers, are
former residents of Blue Ridge.
Scoutmaster Fred Cobb enter-
mtained the Trinity Presbyterian
Bchoir with a patio supper last
Wednesday at his home in Al-
len. Following supper, the group
gathered around the organ for
choir practice.
Mildred and Lewis West are
vacationing in West Palm Beach,
Fla. They visited in New Orleans
enroute.
Scotty Scott III received his
B. A. degree from T.C.U. last
week. He, his wife, Sandy, and
their cute little daughter, Suz-
anne, are now living in McKin-
ney, having bought the Dan Mc-
Clure home on Red Bud Trail.
Scotty is associated with his fath-
Per in the A. M. Scott Insurance
UCompany.
Jim Ledbetter, son of Mr. and
and Mrs. John Ledbetter, also re-
ceived his B.A. degree at T.C.U.
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W B. Hendricks
of Route 2, Anna, had as guests
recently Dyon Cantrell of Prince-
ton and their granddaughter and
• husband, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie
Jackson of College Station. The
Jacksons are presently on a
European tour and also attending
a meeting of top life insurance
salesmen in Lucerne, Switzer-
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will receive a $200 scholarship,
$150 wardrobe and an expenses
paid trip to the state pageant.
Also, “Miss Jaycee” will be
crowned in the 14 through 17 age
group.
Other divisions are for girls 4
through 8 and 9 through 13.
Miss Collin County contestants
must be 18 through 28 on Sept. 1
this year and must be single and
never married and a resident of
Collin County for at least six
months. Contestants must be high
school graduates by that date.
Each contestant must prepare and
present a 3-minute talent.
Miss Collin County contestants
will model a one-piece bathing
suit, and a formal in addition to
presenting a talent before judges.
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by Bob Tommey and the other,
an oil painting “Boats in Har-
bor” by Dee Lehmann. In one of
the Woolworth Company’s win-
dows is an oil “Japonica” by Jo
Bradford; also an oil still life by
Dee Lehmann. Harriette Threl-
keld displays an oil seascape in
the Wilson Shoe Store window.
In Franklin’s Ready-to-Wear
there is an oil still life by Ruth
Thurston.
Across the street, going west
on Louisiana. In The Annex win-
dow Ruth Thurston has an oil
painting “Bottles”. The Dixon
Plumbing Company window dis-
plays an oil painting “A Spring
Morning” by Alice Smith, and
the McKinney Office Supply an
oil portrait by Ethel Holt.
RULES
Collin County artists may enter
their work in the Central Na-
tional Bank Central Room Fri-
day, June 9th from 3 to 6 P. M.
or 7:30 to 9 A. M. Saturday. It
MAY NOT be removed before 6
P.M. on Saturday, and MUST be
picked up by 7 P. M. Space for
profesisonal or commercial booths
may be obtained from Mrs. War-
ren Cochran, 606 North Waddill
Street, McKinney, telephone 542-
6637, for a fee of $10 payable in
advance to The Art Club. Lessee
must furnish own means of dis-
play, and all sales must be handl-
ed by the owner.
JUDGES
Judges have been selected by
the committee composed of
Mmes. Frank Wolford, Thos. E.
Craig, and Victor L. Threlkeld.
Mrs. E. A. Randles, general chair-
man of the show, expressed her
pleasure that artists of such high
calibre and prominence have been
secured.
Judges participating in. the
ACCSAS are Mr. Don Ratz of
Austin College, Sherman; frm
Wichita Falls Mrs. Wayne Gilles-
pie, nee Geraldine Franklin, a
native of McKinney; and Misses
Carlotta Corpron, Shirlee Shav-
er, Tanis Evans, and Lou Ivy all
from Texas Women’s University
in Denton.
Mr. Ratz has studied painting
and sculpture with Mark Rothko,
Emil Bisttram, Sidney Gross, and
Nathan Kaz. He has taught art
at Jamestown College, The Uni-
versity of Colorado, Eastern New
Mexico University, and is cur-
rently in the Art Department at
Austin College. He has had one
man shows in New Mexico, Okla-
homa. Texas, and New York City.
At present his own work is with
relief sculpture in plastics.
Mrs. Wayne Gilespie will be re-
membered as the former Geral-
dine Franklin of this city. She
began her art training by four
years study with the late Frank
Klepper. After two years of crea-
tive design instruction at Art In-
stitute of Chicago, she became a
fabric designer for Marshall Field
Co. there for three years. With
her marriage she settled down to
; managing a home and rearing a
family. Although she did some
free lance work for Marshall
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“43 Bopeep Wilson and Grace An-
gel flew to San Antonio last week
for a few days vacation.
Mary Kathryn Stogdill, daugh-
ter of Frances and Virgil, will be
presented a $500 scholarship to-
night by the Scottish Rite Mas-
ons of Dallas. A banquet and call-
ed business meeting is being held
at 7 p.m. in the Junior High Cafe-
teria, according to Bill Proctor.
This scholarship is offered only
to an “A” student, and the at-
tractive Mary Kathryn certainly
falls in this category. She main-
emtained an above 90 average for
WMMher four years in M.H.S., was on
the Student Council, served as
Captain of the Marquettes her
senior year, participated in many
school activities, is a member of
T.O.G. Horizon Club and active
in the First Baptist Church. The
Examiner force extends congrat-
ulations to Mary Kathryn for this
added and deserved honor. She
will be entering Stephen F. Aus-
tin as an elementary education
major, in the fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Orr are
moving from Urbandale, Iowa to
€ayette, Iowa this month. Mr.
Orr has been on the Iowa State
Board of Instruction for twenty
years. He is resigning to accept
the position of Registrar at Uppei
Iowa College in Fayette. Mrs. Orr
is the former Naomi Weaver,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Weaver of Allen.
Sara and Wick Comegys have
two graduating sons in their fam-
ily this spring. John graduated
from M.H.S. and Jewel graduated
from the Harvard Graduate
School. John and Louis Miller,
^son of Sibyl and Louis Miller,
“Dare attending summer school at
Texas U.
Among local students in sum-
mer school are Betty Boyd,
S.M.U.; Patsy Smith and Susan
Caldwell Duncan, Texas Tech;
Cathy Hicks and Patricia Wysong
McKissick, N.T.S.U.
Gail Clark of Princeton grad-
uated from P.H.S. and decided —
just for fun — to send the Lyn-
don Johnson’s an invitation. She
was thrilled and surprised when
she received an engraved card
with the White House seal on it
saying, “Congratulations on your
graduation. The President joins
me in extending warm good wish-
es to you always.” It was signed
“Lady Bird Johnson.”
Nan Dyer is “dog-sitting these
days with the Scott Wysong’s
pooch. Nadine and Dr. Scott Wy-
song and daughters, Sally and
Penny, are in Japan for a medical
* meeting and some sightseeing in
the Far East. Nan feels sorry for
the dog and gets him from the
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TOM PERKINS, JR.
IMPROVING
Tom W. Perkins, Jr., who suf-
fered a heart attack Monday, is
reported to be much better Wed-
nesday at Collin Memorial Hos-
pital where he is under treat-
ment. Mrs. Perkins, who has
been on a visit to her daughters
in Alaska, arrived home Monday
night.
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The Art Club of McKinney calls
attention to the pictures now on
display in the downtown mer-
chants’ windows in anticipation
of the fifth Annual Collin County
Sidewalk Art Show to be held
next Saturday, June 10th, open
until 6 P. M. in the mall of the
Central National Bank. Mrs. E.
A. Randles is General Chairman
of the show. Everyone is urged
to see this preview of interesting
paintings in the merchants’ win-
dows and to attend the show Sat-
urday in order to appreciate the
talent of Collin County artists
who will have their work on dis-
play. Mr. Bob Tommey will be
at the show again this year to do
portrait sketches.
Starting on the south side of
the courthouse square, in the
window of Fayma Lee’s Dress
Shop is a landscape in oil by
Juiquetta Christelles. In the
Kiddy Kover window is a second
award crayon picture ‘Cathedral
Window” by Kathi Crump (7
years old); also a still life in oil
by Mrs. C. E. Dugger. In the win-
dow of Beall Bros. Department
Store is an oil painting “Jack
Bergvall Fishing” done by Mil-
dred Bergvall, and in the Mc-
Kinney Dry Goods window is an
oil landscape by the same artist.
Crossing Tennessee Street to the
Murray Jewelry Company there
is a landscape in oil, also the
work of Mildred Bergvall. In the
window of Julia’s Shop is an oil
“Flowers for Mom” by Mary Dot-
son. Across the street in Wither-
spoon’s Paint & Wall Paper Store
is a water color “Summer After-
noon” by Mary Berry.
On the east side of the square
in White’s Jewelry window is an
oil “Susie” painted by Mabel
Jackson. In The Man’s Store win-
dow Bernice Bennett has an oil
portrait. The Smith Drug win-
dow contains an oil painting
“Snowbound” by Beverly Mor-
row. In Monroe’s Appliances &
TV window is an oil landscape by
Juliette Odle. Down East Vir-
ginia Street in the P & M Furni-
ture window is an oil landscape
by Mary Berry. Mrs. Berry also
has an oil “Boerne” in Johnson
Furniture window.
Going north on Tennessee
Street, Ricky Chambers has an
oil “Abstract” in the window of
Howell’s Appliances & Furniture
store. In the Collin County Na-
tional Bank is an oil portrait by
Harriette Threlkeld. Across the
street on North Tennessee in the
Little Letter Shop window is an
oil still life by Ricky Chambers.
On the north side of the square
in the Allen Butane Gas & Equip-
ment window is an oil landscape
by Mary Dotson. In the North
Side Drug window Louise Merri-
man has an oil painting “Bottles”.
At the Style Shop is an oil ab-
tsract by Ricky Chambers and in
the children’s window a crayon
landscape “Signs of Spring” by
Jim Pat Marshall (age 7). In the
window of Carr’s Ready-to-Wear
Mary Berry has an oil painting
“Daisies”. Louise Merriman dis-
Collin County Beauty pageant,
scheduled June 16 in McKinney,
is midnight June 9.
Sponsored by the McKinney
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the pageant features four dvisions
12 PAGES —SECTION ONE
Cost of construction of FM
roads has almost doubled in the
last 15 years due to increased
traffic and the necessity for
designing facilities to accommo-
date heavier vehicles.
Average maintenance costs
have climbed more than 80 per-
cent in the same period.
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children later, Mrs. Gillespie is
again devoting most of her time
to painting.
Miss Corpron, member of the
art faculty at T. W. U., holds a
Master of Arts degree from Col-
umbia University, has studied at
the University of Chicago, and
The Art Center, Los Angeles hav-
ing been a pupil of Gygorgy Kep-
es. She has lived in India and is
interested in oriental art.
Miss Shaver teaches a course
for students who are not art
majors but who learn that they
can be creative. She often has
them use discarded or very sim-
ple materials to create interesting
art objects.
Miss Evans is a graduate stu-
dent and assistant to John Brough
Miller, assistant Professor of
Ceramics at T.W.U. These two
ably presented the November Art
Club program, “The Potter”. Sat-
urday Miss Lou Ivy, another
graduate student, will accompany
Miss Evans to the ACCSAS.
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A full and successful career
was ended Friday when Mrs. R.
L. McClure, McKinney High
School Teacher, retired from the
profession.
Mrs. McClure, the former Miss
Lizzie Nell Cundiff, has been a
teacher of history in the McKin-
ney school since 1931, having
come here from Marlow, Okla.,
where she had begun her teach-
ing in 1923. Through the years,
Mrs. McClure has commuted from
Allen where she and her hus-
band, Dick, make their home.
After receiving her Bachelor of
Arts degree from the University
of Texas, and at that time plann-
ing to make the instruction of
young people her life s work, she
took special courses at the Uni-
versities of Oklahoma and Color-
ado. She returned later to the
University to earn her Master’s
degree.
Dedicated and always with
her heart in her work, Mrs. Mc-
Clure has given unstintingly of
her time and energies to the mak-
ing of learning a happy and plea-
sant, as well as profitable, ex-
perience for students in her class-
room. Many outside hours were
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