The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1973 Page: 1 of 24
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MINEOLA, TEXAS 75773, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1973
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NINETY-SEVENTH YEAR - NUMBER 11
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Dances, Dances!
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lunch, and with a Centennial
and of the elght runners-up and Saturday will be Industry
cf Cur Fatheis Day." and the days.
Decorations Going Up Now
history," Mrs. Simmons says.
The Fellowship Hall is at day will be the Queen's Coro-
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brary is displaying old books, etc."
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Centennial Visitors Can Rest
At Christian Fellowship Hall
Wilson Bakery, Collins. Flow-
ers by Lois, Frances' Tot -to
-Teen, Flynt's, Fair's. South-
western Electric Power Com-
pany, Mallory’s, and Complete
Pharmacy had dressed their
COSTUME WINNERS for the third Saturday of competition were selected
May 12, following the downtown promenade, and are pictured above.
At right is Glena (Mrs. George) Rule; left and center are Dr. and Mrs. Bill
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According to a spokesman
" for the First Christian Church
of Mineola, the church’s Fel-
lowship Hall will be open
• Visitors to the Mineola Cen-
tennial who want a place to
rest for a ‘time, during daily
activities of the celebration,
will have one.
east Texas Genealogical Soci- ,
ety, with registration starting
at 9 a.m. (story elsewhere in
this issue).
But the climax of the first
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daily during the Centennial for
visiting, resting, etc.
Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
each weekday, coffee and cold
drinks will be offered.
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be playing for the Queen's will begin May 19.
Ball. And many merchants have
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Also, the Mineola Public LI- ter, pictures, glass, dishes,
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Tuesday, when sidewalk sal-
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lars Pack to Sales Rack Day.
Wednesday, has been design-
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Day, with formal ceremonies
at the Hospitality C e n t e r to
mark the city’s birthday.
Thursday will be Ladies
Day, with women employees
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es will hold picnics at noom will depict highlights of the
ana reunions of various g roups city's past will be presenteo
over a year, will formally get
underway Saturday, May 19,
with the climax of the day's
activities being the Queen's
Ball and Coronation that night.
, area churches will stiess, in On each of the last four
their services, “Church Histo- nights of the Centennial Week.
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RUNNERS-UP in the May 12 costume contest among Centennial Belles'and
Brothers of the Brush and Families are shown abovo. At right, under pro-
tection of her lacy parasol, is Bobbie (Mrs. John) Knapp of Lindale, who
was runner-up to Mrs. George Rule among ihe ladies. The rest of the group
are the "Jerry Shepard Family — Plus One," Jerry and wife Sandra am
behind the children who are left to right, Karen White (youngest child of
Jerry's highway patrol partner and Mrs. Frank White), Kendall Shepara.
Mark Shepard, Bryan Shepard, and "Sissy" (Leann) Shepard. --
Another costume contest, promenade and caravan are planned for this • ,
coming Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m., at Centennial Headquarters
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taken advantage of the occa-
sion also to decorate their
store windows with antiques
and mementoes of the bygone
eras. ,
Inez Simmons, co-chairman
for the Historical Windows
section of the Special Events
division of the celebration,
weeks ago began urging the
display of the past century’s
treasures.
By Monday, May 14, win -
dows of Buck’s Saddle Shop,
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Another dance on Monday
night, May 21, has been ar-
ranged for the young people in
the community, as a Centen-
nial event. This dance will al-
so be held in the multipurpose
room, starting at 8:45 p.m.
and ending at 11:45 p.m.
Music will be provided by
R-U-S-H, one of the most
popular groups in East Texas.
Tickets will be priced at $1
each, and there will be Q0
advance sale.
p.m. Friday, May 18, but the Belies Tea and Style Show
contestants will have to wait to be held along with a pro-
until Saturday night to find menade.
out the identity of the Queen Friday will be Youth Day,
‘Birthday Party’
To Start Saturday
who will be in her court. and Agriculture Day, with
Sunday, May 20, is "Faith parades scheduled for both
Representatives of the Old
Glory Decorating firm, from
Indiana, were in town Mon-
day of this week, putting up
the festive red. white and
blue bunting and "Centennial
seals" on store fronts (see
photo above), in preparation
for the birthday party that
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letters and pictures.
Everyone else is urged to
get busy and decorate places
of business for the Centennial.
And, says Mrs. Simmons,
"You need not use articles o’
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The City of Mineola will be
100 years old oh May 23, 1973.
and a Centennial celebration—
in the planning for well over
a year—will formally begin on
| Saturday, May 19, to continue
through Saturday, May 26, in
observance of the event.
L At 10 o'clock on Saturday
morning, a Hospitality Center
is to be opened at the north-
weSt corner of Pacific and
Broad streets, with officials of
both the City and of the Cen-
tennial organization to be on
hand for the occasion. --------------are expected that afternoon, in Yeusw Jacket Stadium. A
Earlier that morning, at 8. At 8 o'clock Sunday night, 30-minute prologue at 8 o'clock
a Rocking Chair Contest will an all-faiths religious program each evening will precede the
have begun at the Center, and is to be heid in Yellow Jacket performance of the 90-minute
prizes wib be awarded. Also, stadium with the Rev. Nace spectacular which has a cast
the Centennial Headquarters B. Crawford as speaker. of hundreds from Mineola
on West Broad will have been and surroundings.
opened at 9 a.m.;all‘official A. , . „
Centennial souvenirs - coins. In addition to "Faith of Our .Al, next Week, May, 21,26
badges, plates, books, and .the Father" Day on Sunday, each the Hospitaiity Centerjand the
popular items of oldfashioned of the succeeding weekdays of Centennial Headquarters wi
costumes — will be on sale at the celebration will have a be opened daily at 9am.rhe
the headquarters each day of special name. registration of pioneer and of
the celebration. . Monday will be Old Fashion- formerresidents will be han-
An added feature of the first ed Bargain Days, w i t ft’ time ded at the Centen A. 1
day of Centennial activities is sales and sidewalk sales at .From 2 to 4 P.m. Monday
to be a workshop of the North- participating stores, through Friday of next week.
there will be an Arts & Crafts
Show in the building at the
southwest corner of the Broad-
Pacific intersection. Also, on
each of those days, downtown
store windows will have. his.
toricai items on display.
On Monday, Sidewalk Sales
and Time Sales will be held
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to be held from 9 p.m. to 1
a.m. in the multipurpose room
of Mineola High School, the
winner of the Queen’s Contest
is to be crowned by State
Representative Bill Hollowell
and the eight runners-up com-
prising the Court will also be
introduced.
Advance tickets for the
Queen's Ball are priced at
$2 per person and may be
purchased until 5 p.m. Fri-
day, May 18, at Castloo Fur-
niture, Flynt's Jewelry, Ser-
vice Drug, Select Beauty Sal-
on, or Mineola Federal Savings
& Loan Association, says chair-
man Alice Ann Mullins.
Tickets at the door the night
of the dance will cost $2.50 per
person, says Mrs. Mullins.
Wilbert Gentry and the
Shadows, a well-known group
familiar to supper club patrons
of the East Texas area, will
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the intersection of Kilpatrick nation and Ball that i to get
and Pacific streets. The en- under way at 9 p.m. in the
trance is on the south side, high school multipurpose buil-
facing Kilpatrick Street. . ding (related story elsewhere
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The Mineola Centennial Ce-
i lebration, in the plinning for
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’ Business Session
Held For Pilots
A business meeting of the
Pilot Club of Mineola was held
during the club's luncheon at
Herm's Restaurant, May 9.
After the opening ceremon-
ies. reports were given by the
secretary and treasurer, and
a summary of board activity
was given.
Announcement was made of
Tpni Cantrell's having won
the club scholarship approved
at the last Pilot meeting.
In other business, announce-
ment was made of expected
arrival of Centennial boks on
May 15; a reminder of need
for reservations for the Instal-
lation Dinner, May 17, at 7:00
p.m., at Herm's; the Centen-
nial Float for the May 26 pa-
rade, with discussion led by
Roberta Bowen; and a decis-
ion that the Pilots would have
a cotton candy concession for
the celebration.
A Tinker Belle meeting was
set for 6:30 Thursday night in
Freda Madsen’s home.
- -A meeting of all incoming
2____officers and committee chair-
men was called for Thursday.
May 10, at noon, at Tim’s.
2 Birthday corsages were pre-
sented to Rena Craver and
Jeanne Dean.
The meeting was adjourned
following the auctioning off of
District Meeting centerpieces.
These were won by Frauline
Gresham. Sherry Culp- and
Betty Stanley.
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Peacock, Dan. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 16, 1973, newspaper, May 16, 1973; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1547650/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.