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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING RURAL FANNIN
COUNTY
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AS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE BONHAM NEWS
VOL. XXXVI
THE BONHAM (Texas) HERALD. THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1965
—Number 46
DEATHS
Barron Services
McKissack Investigation
Set For Monday
SAVOY (Spl.) — Funeral
services for Julius Barron, 61,
were held Monday at 2 p.m. in
the Savoy Baptist church with
the pastor, the Rev. George
Steel, officiating. Earnheart Fu-
} neral home of Whitewright di-
rected interment in Sunnyside
cemetery.
Mr. Barron died at his home
in Savoy Thursday, July
1, 1965, of an apparent heart
attack. He was born Jan. 9,
1904, in Kribs, Okla., son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Augustin
Barron. He married Miss Lillie
Barrientez Nov. 10 1923,
in Mulberry.
Survivors are. his widow, Mrs.
Lillie Barron; two sons, Tom
Barron of McKinney, Louis Bar-
ron of Korea; two daughters,
Mrs. Carolina Reinsch and Mrs.
Ambrosia Murry of Rapid City,
S. D.; a brother, Richard Bar-
ron of Sputhmayd; a sister,
Mrs. Marie Perez of South-
mayd, and six grandchildren.
torr
pays
arges I o be hile
Quiet
Probe
Made
In MicKissack Incident ...
Mrs. Tomlin Dies
I ° In Whitewright
1 . WHITEWRIGHT (Spl.) — Fu-
neral services for Mrs. Nannie
G. Tomlin, 90, were held
Tuesday at 4 p. m. in the chapel
of Earnheart Funeral home in
Whitewright. Officiating minist-
er was the Rev. C . C. Dool-
ey, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. Interment was in Oak
Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Tomlin died at her home
in Whitewright Sunday, July 4,
1965, at 5:45 p.m.
Born July 6, 1875, in Mur-
freesboro, Tenn., Mrs. Tomlin
was the daughterof the late
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Fer-
rell. She was a member of the
Presbyterian church.
0 Surviving Mrs. Tomlin are one
son, Robert, of Fort Worth; four
daughters, Mrs. J. F. England,
Mrs. C. A. Massey, Mrs. C. E.
Rhodes and Mrs., S H White,
all of Whitewright, nine grand-
children and nine great-grand-
children
THE BEST DRESSED 4-H GIRLS — Carolyn
Knowles, right, was named! winner in the sen-
ior division of the 1965 4-H Dress revue at
the Bonham VA Center auditorium Tuesday
night. Peggy Williams, center, was selected
as winner of the junior division and Sandra
Smith, left, was selected to serve as a model
4-H Dress Revue . . .
in the district meet at Seminary South, Fort
Worth. Miss Knowles and Miss Williams are
members of the Allen's Point 4-H club and
Miss Smith is a member of the Windom club.
The three were selected from a group of 15
girls who entered the revue.
(Favorite Photo)
Knowles, Williams Are Winners
Carolyn Knowles, Peggy Wil-
liams and Sandra Smith will
represent Fannin county in
the district 4-H Dress
revue
Services Set For
Mrs. Kirkpatrick
WHITEWRIGHT (Spl.)—Mrs.
Mollie Kirkpatrick, 85, of White-
wright died Monday morning,
July 5, 1965, at 5:30 a.m. in the
Savoy nursing home.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Earn-
heart Funeral home chapel in
Whitewright. The Rev. J. Allen
Smith, First Presbyterian
church minister, and the Rev.
J. T. Hendren, Trinity United
Presbyterian minister, both of
Sherman, officiated. Burial was
in Oak Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, widow of
the late J. Lee Kirkpatrick,
was born Nov. 5, 1879, in White-
wright. Mr. Kirkpatrick operat-
ed a drug store in Whitewright
until his death Dec. 25, 1930.
Survivors include a grandson,
Kirk May of Sherman; three
sisters, Mrs. W. H. Hancock
and Mrs. J. D. Wilson, of Fort
Worth, Mrs. Laud Larson of
McKinney and two great-grand-
children.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick was a mem-
ber of the First Metho-
dist church.
to be held at Seminary South,
Fort Worth, July 30.
Miss Knowles, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Knowles and a
member of the Allen’s Point
club, was named winner of
the senior division.
She modeled a jacket dress.
The red 100 per cent wool-lined
jacket had an open front with
French darts, long set-in sleeves
and rounded collar. The charcoal
gray 100 per cent wool flannel,
sleeveless, 3-panel dress has
French darts and zipper at the
back. Her accessories were black
leather gloves, black leather
heels and matching handbag.
s Miss Knowles has been active
in 4-H work seven years. She
has won awards in home eco-
nomics, dairy foods, achieve-
ments and Farm Bureau leader-
ship. She is presently president
Freda Hawkins and Mary Haw-
kins, both of Telephone, were
seniors receiving red ribbons,
of the 4-H club, vice president
of the Fannin county 4-H council
and vice chairman of the 4-coun-
ty 4-H camp at Lake Texoma.
She attended the state 4-H round-
up two years and has modelled in
the district dress revue two years.
Miss Williams, daugter of Mr.
and Mrs. Marlow Williams and
a member of the Allen's Point
4-H club, was named winner of
the junior division. She mod-
elled a cotton dacron over-
blouse and pleated skirt. She
will model in the district revue.
Miss Smith, a member of the
Windom 4-H club and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Smith,
was second place winner in the
senior division and will repre-
sent Fannin county as a mod
el in the district contest. She
wore a beige 100 per cent
virgin wool suit and print-
ed whipped cream blouse.
Blue ribbons in the senior di-
vison went to Carolyn Knowles
and Paulette Williams of Al-
len’s Point and Sandra Smith
of Windom.
In the junior division, Brenda
Bowman of Windom, Paula Jor-
dan and Peggy Williams, all
of Allen’s Point, received blue
ribbons.
the Fannin County HD council,
presented the ribbons to the girls.
Mrs. Mable London, home
demonstration agent, presented
gifts to the winners. They were
donated by J. C. Penney,
Co., J. B. White And Co., and
Hunt’s Department Store.
Mrs. Ruth Bell and Miss Mary
Wilson were judges for the revue.
Mrs. A. T. Chaney, Jr., of the
Club-at-Large, was in charge
of the decorations which car-
ried out the sports theme.
Red ribbons in the junior di-
vision were presented Linda Cap-
linger, Kathleen Carney, Inez Gem cafe.
Haggard, Katen Porter and Linda
Welch, all of Club-at-Large;
Sandra Holmes of Allen’s Point
and Gale Roberts and Sheila
Bowman of Windom.
Lovandia Ridge of Windom
narrated the show.
Cowboy Lineman
Talks at Rotary
Ray Schoenke, defensive line-
man for the Dallas Cowboys
and son-in-law of Dr. and Mrs.
Otho Box of the VA Center,
talked professional football at
the weekly meeting of Rotary
club Wednesday noon at the
FHA Girls Help...
Marilyn Magness was pianist.
Janie Keene, accompanied by
Mrs. Joe Welch, sang special
numbers during the intermission.
Mrs. Neal Cullar, chairman of
Rites Wednesday
For George Manry
Funeral services for George
M. Manry, 68, of Route,1, Hen-
drix, Okla., were held at 2:30
p.m. in the chapel of Wise Fu-
neral - home with the Rev.
Robert Cavith, pastor of the
Baptist church at Yuba, Okla.,
officiating. Burial was in the
IOOF cemetery at Ravenna.
Mr. Manry died in a Bonham
hospital Monday, July 5, 1965.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Pearl Manry of the home;
a son, G. A. Manry, also of
Hendrix; a daughter, Mrs. John
Raden of San Antonio; a broth-
er, Charlie Manry of Visatia,
Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Tom-
my Wise of Sacramento, Calif.;
Mrs. Kirk Johnson and Mrs.
Clyde Stevens of Martina,
Calif., one grandchild and one
Head Start Gets
Underway Here
I great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were
1 Hicks, Fred Stroud,
Bishop, D. L. Smith, Rob-
Arthur
Henry
ert Dobbins and Ernest Sturch. i until 12:30 p.m.
Approximately 50 pre-school-
ers of the Bonham school dis-
trict began getting their first
taste of school life Tuesday
morning as Project Head Start
opened for an 8-weeks run.
Four professionals plus a
large number of volunteers are
working with the children who
Will be entering the first grade
this September to better pre-
pare them for their school ca-
reer.
R. E. Carreathers is director
of the project with Mrs. Don
Frair, Mrs. Joe C. Dale and
Mrs. Palmer Rayford complet-
ing the paid professional staff;
These four are being aided by
members of the NHA from
Washington, the FHA from high
school, PTA members,, parents,
members of the Bonham Story
League and parents in the five
hours of class work, which will
include several field trips dur-
ing the period;
Three members of the FHA
will be working each morning
with the classes from 7:30 a.m.
Working on the opening day
were Farrelyn Mankin, chair-
man, and Claudette Russell and
Glenda Burk.
FHA girls who will be work-
ing Wednesday will be Susan
Kinkade, chairman, and Car-
men Cole and Toni Fite.
Mrs. Avis Caldwell, teacher
of homemaking in high school,
said three different girls would
be assigned to help in the proj-
ect each day.
The program is open to every
child regardless of race, color
or national origin whose par-
ents feel the extra eight weeks
of instruction will enable them
to become better students, Car-
reathers said.
Children will receive a snack
in the early morning and a fam-
ily style lunch shortly before
the mornings session is over.
The director pointed out the
primary purpose of the pro-
gram is to enable the students
to better realize their full poten-
tial when they begin first grade
work in September, ______i
Attending the meeting as a
guest of Dr. Box, Schoenke re-
sponded to an impromptu call
to provide the program. He talk-
ed principally about personnel
of the Cowboy squad, which re-
ports this week for training
camp near Los Angles, and then
answered questions from Cow-
boy fans in the Rotary audi-
ence.
The Cowboy lineman and
Mrs. Schoenke, the former Miss
Nancy Box, are here visiting in
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Box.
Mrs. Schoenke will be with her
parents here during the approx-
imately six weeks her husband
is at training camp in prepara-
tion for the coming professional
football season.
Joe Denton, Jr., assumed
presidency of the club in a brief
ceremony preceding the. pro-
gram. He was presented the
president’s pin by outgoing Pres-
ident Billy Barr, who in: turn
received the past president’s
pin from Denton.
A “quiet” investigation by
County Attorney Pat Beene in-
to the shooting of Chief of Po-
lice 0. R. McKissack has been
completed and “it is probable
that no charges will be filed
against any person.”
That was the gist of a short
statement issued by County
Attorney Beene this morning
after he had talked with mem-
bers of the McKissack family.
In his statement, the county
Attorney said "And with
the facts which I have in my
possession I feel that it is prob-
able that no charges will be
filed against any person.”
County Attorney Beene did
not elaborate on the facts which
he knew, but added “I am go-
ing to allow Mr. McKissack the
courtesy of making a statement
concerning the circumstances
if he so desires.”
The county attorney said that
he had been quietly questioning
a number of persons who had
information regarding the inci-
dent and felt that he had been
able to uncover all the, pertin-
ent facts in connection with the
incident.
He also added he told Sheriff
Dudley Jackson a short time
after he was notified of
the incident that the facts
which “I had in my possession
led me to believe at that time
that no charges would be filed.”
The county attorney also add-
ed that McKissack had sent
him word he would like to talk
with him.
Chief McKissack was found
on the floor of a bedroom at his
home, 1107 Park avenue, with
a bullet wound in the back of
his head.
He was first taken to the Bon-
ham VA hospital where physi-
cians gave him first aid treat-
ment and was then rushed to
the Lisbon hospital,, Dal-
las, when it was apparent surg-
ery would be necessary.
County Attorney Beene’s
statement' read as follows:
“The investigation has
been concluded.
“And with the facts which I
have in my possession, I feel
that it is probable that
no charges will be filed against
any person.
“I am, going to allow Mr. Mc-
Kissack the courtesy of making
a statement concerning the cir-
cumstances if he so desires.
“At the time Mr. Jackson and
I discussed the matter of an in-
vestigation, I told him that I
had information which I felt
made a public investigation un-
necessary and that the in-
formation led me to believe
that no charges would be filed.
“I have been quietly question-
ing a number of persons who
had information regarding the
incident since the morning aft-
er Mr. McKissack was taken to
Lisbon hospital at Dallas,.
“So far as I am concerned,
the investigation has been com-
pleted.”
Fire Destroys
Vacant House
Sheriff Not Informed If
Investigation Being Made
Sheriff Dudley Jackson said
this week . his office was
not making an investigation of
the shooting of Chief of Police
0. R. McKissack last Sunday
night “and, so far as I officially
know, none is being made.”
Sheriff Jackson made the as-
sertion in a written statement
which he said was issued in an
effort to halt many of the ru-
mors that were going around.
The sheriff said that his of-
fice was “ready and willing to
cooperate with any agency mak-
ing or planning to make an in-
vestigation of the incident.”
Sheriff Jackson said his office
had been marking time since
Tuesday morning when County
Attorney Pat Beene “said he
would handle the investi-
gation.”.
Chief McKissack was taken to
Lisbon hospital, Dallas, shortly
after the incident at his home,
1107 Pine, a week , ago Sunday
night.
Sheriff Jackson said his office
did not have possession of the
gun and did not know who
might have it, and added “Of-
ficially, we know nothing about
what happened."
Sheriff Jackson’s statement
readas follows:
“My office is not making any
investigation and, so far as I
officially know, no investigation
is being made at this time. .
“My office was not officially
notified of the incident at the
time it occurred.
“The following morning when
we began to see what could be
done. County Attorney Pat
Beene said he would handle the
investigation.
“Since that time we have
been marking time.
“We do not have' possession
of the gun and do not know who
has it at this time. Officially,
we know nothing about what
happened.
“My office is ready and'will-
ing to cooperate with any agen-
cy that wants to or is making;
an investigation of the incident.
“We have heard many ru-’
mors regarding the inci-
dent, but we have not and are
not making an investigation." i
Chief McKissack’s condition
was reported to be slightly im-
proved Saturday. Friday, he
was reported to have been able
to talk a bit more. ' - 5
Acting Chief of Police Thur
mon Renfro said the police der
partment was informed by
physicians at Lisbon the chief
was “showing some improve,
ment.” . 7
Wife Agrees It Was Safe
But Doubts Sane Part
One Bonham housewife is ready to admit it was a
safe, but she doubts very seriously about it being a sane
July 4 at her house.
The family went to Lake Texoma Friday for the long
Roberts Named to
Texas Legislature
Hall of Honor
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Con-
. gressman Ray Roberts of Mc-
weekend holiday and just to be on the safe side hubby Kinney was honoredby
turned off the electricity. - the
East Texas
delegation
Monday afternoon they returned and discovered that
everything in the refrigerator had ruined.
"I forgot all about the refrigerator," the forlorn hus-
band remarked as they set about cleaning up and getting
a new supply of groceries.
Four Burglaries
Reported Solved
Four burglaries — two in Bon-
ham and two in Trenton—have
been solved by the sheriff’s re-
partment, Sheriff Dudley Jack-
son reported Tuesday.
Sheriff Jackson said that a
man held in Dallas had admit-
ted entering the Tex Robinson
grocery and Reed Hardware
stores in Trenton.
He said the man had been
sent up from Fannin county in
1961, had received two 8 - year
sentences this year and was
wanted in 28 other counties on
burglary charges at the present
time.
A large number of cartons of
cigarettes were taken at Rob-
inson’s while guns and knives
were taken at the hardware
store.
A second suspect admitted
stealing a television | set and
three guns in two residential
burglaries.
He is also being held by Dal-
las officers and a hold was plac-
ed on him by Fannin county.
The sheriff’s department also
reported the arrest of one per-
son on a DWI charge and oth-
ers for drunk and disturbance
during the weekend.
Monsanto Buys
Tract of Land
At Whitewright
WHITEWRIGHT (Spl.)—Mrs.
Bess Muirhead has revealed the
sale of slightly more than four
acres of land to the Monsanto
Chemical Co.
The tract sold to the chemi-
cal company is at the south end
of Bond street, just outside the
city limits.
It has been reported Monsan-
to plans the construction of a
plant or distribution center on
the site.
Community Public Service
plans to erect a division office
building on the site it is pur-
chasing.
Masons Install
New Officers
of the Texas Legislature : re-
cently.
Roberts was awarded the cer-
tificate naming him to the Hall
of Honor of the Texas Legisla-
ture and given an honorary life-
time membership in the East
Texas delegation.
This award is given each ses-
sion of the Legislature to for-
mer members of the Legisla-
ture who have rendered out-
standing service to the State of
Texas and particularlyE a s t
Texas. Congressman Roberts
was given this award in recog-
nition of his outstanding serv-
ice to the State of Texas during
his two terms as a member of
the Texas Senate. He was a
member of the delegation,
also. .
Roberts was nominated for
this award by Rep. Bill Dungan
of McKinney, and was unani-
mously endorsed by the mem-
bership to receive this honor.-
The East Texas delegation is
composed of members of t h e
Legislature from the East Tex-
as area and is the oldest and
largest of all area delegations.
The present officers of the
delegation are Rep. George T.
Hinson, chairman, of, Mineola;
Rep. David Crews, vice chair-
man, of Conroe, and Rep. Ray-
ford Price, secretary, of Pales-
tine.
Montgomery
Begins Work
WOLFE CITY (Spl.) — Gary
Montgomery began his work as
minister of the Wolfe City
Church of Christ Sunday.
He comes to Wolfe City from
Arcadia, La., where he
has been serving as minister of
the church.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery
have a son, Mike.
A native of Gaham, he is
a former student of Abilene
Christian college and has seven
years experience as a minister.
He succeeds Dick Blythe, who
recently moved to Richmond,
Calif,
Firemen answered a call to
the 600 block of East 6th street
early Sunday morning to extin-
guish a house fire.
The vacant house was com-
pletely destroyed by the fire.
Homecoming Set
At Gum Springs
GUM SPRINGS (Spl.) — The
annual homecoming for the bene-
fit of the Gum Springs cemetery
will be held at the church Sunday.
A basket lunch will be spread
at noon with a program in
the afternoon.
Jesse Robertson, homecoming
president, invites the public
to attend.
Minnesota boasts the greatest
water area of any state.
Two Women Are
Injured in Wreck
Two women were slightly in-
jured in a car-pickup collision
at 12:05 p. m. today just 15
feet west of the city limits on
U. S. 82.
Injured were Mrs. Roslyn
Schryock Call of Tulsa, Okla.,
and her mother, Mrs. J. J.
Schryock of Forest City, Ark.
Patrolman Dwayne Cox said
Mrs. Call was driving west on
U. S. 82 when the car she was
driving was involved in a col-
lision with a car driven by Sim
Smith of Pottsboro, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Call suffered minor in-
juries and Mrs. Schryock suffer
ed abrasions.
LADONIA (Spl.) — New offi-
cers of Bethel Lodge No. 134,
AF&AM, have been installed
for the year.
Sam W. Bryant is worshipful
master for the lodge year
which began June 24. Elvin
Fisk is senior warden and Hen-
ry M. Erwin, Jr., is junior war-
den.
Other officers are Alvin F.
Bramlett, treasurer; J. B.
Eastman, secretary; W. D. Bra-
ley, chaplain; Gerald Phillips,
senior deacon; Leroy Byers,
junior deacon; W. H. Wilson,
Jr., senior steward; John I.
Burleson, junior steward, and
R. C. Fife, Jr., tiler.
56 Arrested in
Month of June
The sheriff’s department
made 56 arrests during
the month of June, Sheriff Dud-
ley Jackson has revealed.
Sheriff Jackson said 22 of the
arrests were for drunkenness,
six for driving while intoxicated
and six for gambling.
The remaining 22 ar-
rests were for felooy theft, liq-
uor law violations, burglary,
misdemeanor theft, disturbance
and other offenses.
Sidewalk Sale
Set Saturday
HONEY GROVE (Spl.)—Hon-
ey Grove merchants will have
their third annual sidewalk sale
Saturday.
Practically all Honey Grove
merchants will participate in
the sale which will be held the
One day only.
Collision Damage 1
Estimated at $175 “
Damage was estimated by in-
vestigating officers at $175 in a
2-car collision at the intersection
of North Center and 10th street.
City Officer Kenneth Rice
identified the drivers Of the two
vehicles as Lloyd William Fraz-
ier and Jessie Roberts Grigg,
both of Bonham
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