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DENISON, TEXAS
l World's Greatest Earthen Dam and Lake
Poultry, Dairy, Farming Center
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DENISON, TEXAS
Hai Largest Wood Treating Plant in World
World's Largest Manufacturers Land
Clearing Equipment
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1950
VOLUME 21—NUMBER 36
New Trash Hauling Plan
To Cover Entire City
Regularly Opens March 1
Starting with the first of this
.month, the new plan for hauling
cff trash, wet and dry garbage a-'
h health and sanitary measure sv«tj
underway. While the plan will
cover every section of the city,
citizens must give cooperation in
the matter ana provide, >n pen
u.ty of a fine for not so doing,
u itainers. Collection of all gur-
!.<?? and trash will be made each
week until the month of May when
two collections weekly are to be
made. This will continue .ill
through the spring and summer
months, it is planned.
Containers for wet garbage,
which includes what is commonly
called "slop" bread and vegetables
castoff, must be adequate to han-
dle all such and must have a cover
provided. Other trash or dry gar-
bage must ha,ve a container suffi-
cient to handle it. All this will
be gathered up free by the city.
^ However, in providing the over-
all expense of removing such gar-
bage and trash each water vtser
will have an extra amount fixed
9f his water bill which will not
exeftd 60 cents per weeK.
It js also provided that the
practice of parties making the al-
leys and disturbing the garbage
c ns must be stopped and in uch
cases where the law is violated a
fine of from $5 to $200 may be
fixed. This Is to prevent the al-
leys from being cluttered up with
trash and garbage being removed
by parties and scattered over the
alleys or streets.
The city will handle the entire
job with its equipment, however,
it has the right at any time to
make a deal with private parties
to handle the job on the same
plans of keeping the ctiy clean
should such parties come along
who might be interested.
ALONG THE
NWS
BY THE EDITOR
Fags Go Up One
Cent But Denison
Smokers Say O.K.
The price of cigarets in Denison
went up one cent Wednesday as
the emergency clause of the act
of the state legislature in raising
the tax from 4 cents to 5 cents
to aid in the tax income went into
effect.
TJie smokers took the kite with
kno special complaint and took it
in stride.
Some remarked thaf tax on |i-
qvioj: and feyv other things woujd
be a}) right by them, since the
ffipve ig 1|) thp ftiy,
Signs were posted on the cigar-
et stands in the stores reading
"Cigarets 21 cents.'' Tax on the
fags is expected to raise the
greater part of the amount de-
clared hy the state needed for the
jopg range *58,000,000 improve-
ment program in the state's mental
hospitals and special schools.
The tax on the cigaret is only
one of the some twenty other items
which were included in the omni-
bus tar program voted by the leg-
islature. The act carries the emer-
gency clause which meant the tax
started t)ie moment the governor
sjgped t)ie til).
J£ATY CAR LOADINGS
fay joadings fop thp M-K-T rgij-
jrgad for the week tiding *Ppl>- 1?
tetfitpd 4.694 for |oca} loadings
a 4 4,014 for those raecived from
connections, For the year to date
tha totals were local, 30,222, and
connective, 27,679. The corre-
sponding figures for 1949 were
local 5,316 and connective 4,172
for the week of Feb. 17, and 34,*
148 local and 20,902 connective
for the year up to Feb. 17,
Total loadings both local and
those received from connections
for the year to date are 57,901 as
compared to 01,050 for last-year.
P -u.' ' —
I One horsepower is the power
«Juire<f to Ijft 3!},0bq faunas tine
The High Coat of Breathing
When C. W. Hudson spoke be-
fore the Denison Kiwanis club last
Tuesday he lifted the listeners out
«. .of their Indif-
1
ference if such
a thing lingered
in the ranks of
the members
when he cited
the high cost of
breathing as ap-
plied to how
much the gov.
ernment was
spending. When
he mentioned the vast amount of
debt and how much it was being
augmented each day, he pointed
out the debt to be $257 billion.
That was too much for the aver-
age man to put his rtiind around
and so he broke it down to how
much the government spent each
time a human drew breath.
That was exactly $4,772.
And how much do we spend
each tick of the second hand?
Well, it Is $1,424.
Up to the time the speaker was
delivering his talk last Tuesday
the 21st, dating five years bock,
there had elapsed exactly 134
million seconds.
How long do you think we can
hold out that way, friend reader
of this column?
And who causes all this spend-
ing?
We, the people are guilty.
We write our representatives
iisking for more and more money
to be sent us In the name of the
federal government. We arc sell-
ing our birthright! for a mess of
federal money. And along with
It comes the hand of the federal
government to gradually en-
croach on our freedom and take
over our institutions, our business,
our farming and even our states
rights.
We are now being so heavily
ta.xed as to throw a scare into
those who know the relation be-
tween a tax of 35 per cent and
(See ALONG THE, Page 4)
Denison Business
Man Talks Before
STC Sales Class
F. O. Babcock, head of the Bab-
cock Bros. Auto Supply Co., was
guest speaker before the retail
sales c|ags of the Rurapt State
Teachers RoJ|ege Tuesday after-
noon.
Mr, Babcock, who hps made a
specialty of sales and shiest poli-
cies, gave numerous practical sug-
gestions and drew from his own
wide range of sales experience.
The class has a large enroll-
ment and frojn time to time in-
vited guests bring suggestions on
how to mttke safes.
O^e thought Mr- IJabcock
brought out strong was to not give
the prospect the jdea tha|, the
salesman is trying to make a sale
just to make a Bale. The idea of
making the prospect see the
beauty and the service to which
the article In question may furn-
ish the man who owns It,
Marable Is Named
to Succeed Self
As Secretary C C
Paul Marable, who has served
the city as secretary of the Cham-
ber of Commerce for the past
year, was unanimously chosen to
succeed himself at a regular meet-
ing Tuesday of the directors of
the. chamber.
His work was highly praised as
leader of* the organization and Mr.
Marable is receiving the congrat-
ulations of the citizens in general
on being chosen again to lead in
that important work,
Mr. Marable came to the city
from Waco where he served for
some time in a responsible capac-
ity, Under his leadership here the
new home for the organization has
been occupied and fitted for reg-
ular sessions of the chamber along
with quartern for various com-
munity gatherings,
The chamber has been especial-
ly active in pushing the cause of
publicizing Lake Texoma and the
Denison dam and hundreds of
thousands of pieces of literature
about tho city and the dam have
been sent to all parts of the Unit-
ed States. Tile result has been to
make Lake Texoma take the lead
among other resorts in the way of
attendance.
Several small industries have
been brought here or encouraged
in one way or another. The Levi
Striussi,plant has been given ev-
ery encouragement and its output
has materially increased.
The organization has been spec-
ially active in encouraging various
industries, in building up residen-
tial additions, in giving encour-
agement to numerous civic move-
ments, in securing and entertain-
ing conventions and other visitors.
One of the movements intro-
duced and which has proven very
valuable in bringing Denison to
the attention of the surrounding
territory has been the Super Value
Trade Days, Merchants have of-
fered numerous special good buys
and the program will continue for
some time into the new year, it is
planned,
Mr. Mqruble has announced the
heads of the various 'committees
and a full staff of the committee
members will be named at an early
date.
Chamber of Commerce
Gets Budget $16,000
For the Coming Year
City Acts t°Save City Orders Immediate
On Marking Lines aj J . * .
Steps Looking Toward
Highway 75 Down Austin
Mayor Announces
Ready to Close Up
Deals on S. Austin
Aii.yor Harry (Hidden announced
Wednesday that parties 011 South
Austin avenue along the line of
the proposed highway 75 who de-
sired to close deals for their foot-
age nloitg the highway may do so
at any time.
The mayor stated that if such
parties will phone in or in other
manner let him know their de-
sire to close the deal and receive
their check, he will immediately
send an agent with the proper
papers and the check to cover the
settlement.
At the Instance of the highway
department the estimate is that
a flat price of $250 for each lot
along the highway route will be
fair,
W!n
one minute
(Jolorado has the highest aver-
age altitude above sea level of
any state.
PARTIES IN 700 BLOCK
W. HANNA COMPLAIN NO
FREE DELIVERY MAIL
When parties living in the 700
block complained that they were
not getting their mall delivered,
they were told, it is asserted, it
was becausc the street in that par-
ticular block <lid not have a street
marker on it.
^Jie eompja|ners t|ien presented
t|ie matter to the city fathers at
the council meeting last Tuesday
and they ordered that the matter
be checked and If no street mark-
er was there, to place one.
Bids on Texarkana
Reservoir Will Be
Opened March 15th
On Madchi 15th, at 1} a. m., bids
for the construction of the third
phase of work qn ^ Te^tirifa^a
Reservoir., 10 mj|es southwest of
Texarkana on the Sulphur River,
will be opened by the Corps of
Engineers, department of the ar-
my. The work, on which h'ds will
be submitted, is for the construc-
tion of the Flood P|ain Section of
the dam.
rime for the completion of the
contract (s within 730 calendai
days after acceptance of bid and
notice to the contractor to pro-
ceec|.
The Texarkana Reservoir is one
of the largest authorized projects
in Red River flood control plan.
The dam will be 18,500 feet long
and 100 feet above the bed of the
Sulphur river. At fjood stage
capacity, the reservoir will extend
43 miles upstream and provide a
flood control pool area pf J 19,700
acres.
Last year tho clearing of the
site was completed by the Nelson
Tie Company, of Seguln, Testes.
Also last year the Mosa Thornton
Company, Leeds, Alabama, was
awarded contract for the terrace
section of the project which Is now
under construction. Appropriations
for the fiscal year 1950 amounted
to $5,000,000 together with funds
Sappropriated prior to June 30,
1D49 amounted to $9,000,000,
leaving an unappropriated balance
of $20,500,000. Recommended
funds by the Bureau of $udget for
1951 fiscal year include $4,500,-
000 for this project, wtych W\|l in-
sure art qrderly progress in con-
struction.
Telephone Company
Here to Have Open
House Tues.-Thurs.
Telephone company employees
in Denison will be hosts next week
at an open house at the telephone
building to permit Denison peo-
ple to see their telephone system
in operation, according to Jerome
McKlnney, district manager of the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
pany.
Everybody is invited to visit the
telephone building, McKinney said,
and preparations are being made
to show several thousand persons
through the building. Visiting
hours will be from 2 to 5 p. m.
and 7 to 9 p. m. daily, Tuesday
through Thursday.
Guides will be on hand to escort
visitors through the building and
explain the equipment and special
exhibits brought here for the pro-
gram, the district manager said.
Visitors will see where all the
telephone wires in Denison meet at
the building, they will see the big
batteries that furnish current to
carry their voices over the wires,
and the machines that ring all the
city's telephones, according to Mr.
McKinney. The guides will show
how operators connect cal|s at the
long switchboard, and explain oth-
er equipment in the building.
Several special exhibits will be
on hand for the open house, the
district manager stated. Among
these is a machine that records the
voice and repeats it to tlie speak-
er. Depison people will be able
with this machinejto heai how they
sound on the telephone. Another
exhibit is of a bar of metal that
actually floats in the air. There is
also an early model telephone, n
huge overseas-telephone vacuum
tube, and a section of a coaxial
cable able to carry hundreds qf
calls at' once,
Adopting a budget of $10,000
for the new year along with ap-
proval of seven directors named
from among the membership of
the Chamber of Commerce by the
regular board of directors; outlin-
ing a program of work; election of
I'aul Marable as secretary to suc-
ceed himself, and setting a prece-
dent in that a woman has been
adder! to the list of directors of
the organization, formed the chief
business of the first meeting of
the new board of directors Tues-
day. Albert Martin, new presi-
dent of the board, was in the
chair.
The naming of Miss Elayne
Meador to membership on the
board was considered to be a for-
ward step and it is believed her
presence on the board will add ma-
terially to the work of the organ-
ization in that the women of the
city may be the better represented
in carrying forward a cooperative
program,
The other members comprising
the seven new names to be added
to the board which are chosen
from among the membership by
the regular board members are Sid
Maples, Fred Sneed, C. A. Birge,
O. M. Akers, Curtis McKinney and
r
Sam Label.
The directors named the general
chairmen for thei various function-
ing committees of the organization
and they will in turn each select
their own members.
Chairmen for the various com-
mittees to serve during the ensu-
ing year are: agriculture, Curtis
McKinney; civic affairs, B. V.
Hammond, Jr.; goodwill, O. M.
Akers; highways, Judd T. Samp-
son; industrial, Ralph A. Porter;
Lake Texoma development, El-
gin Sanders; manufacturers, Ted
Marsh o; military affairs, R. H.
ilvey; publicity, C. J. McManus;
| Red River navigation, F. H. Koh-
l'eldt; membership, I. N. Burks;
trade extension, J. R. Haynes.
Something new will be added to
the chamber's function during this
year with the adoption of a com-
munity clinic idea, used success-
fully by other chambers. The
purpose of the - community clinic
is to obtain the wishes of the peo-
ple as to the type of projects they
would like to have the chamber
handle. At these meetings, which
will be held separately for differ-
ent groups, upon invitation from
the chamber, there will be given
In brief a resume of the work of
the local chamber and suggestions
encouraged from those participat-
ing in the representative groups.
at Parking Meters
The city of Denison, after find-
ing that marking lines for indicat-
ing the stalls for each car at the
parking meters runs into some-
thing like $1500 each year, will
undertake a new manner of mark-
[iiig the stalls.
It was decided Tuesday to in-
troduce a plan suggested by City
Engineer F. C. Drumb and place
it first in the 300 block on Main
street. The new type of marking
the places will be of a permanent
type and will pay for the cost in
a few months by the saving in the
temporal y marking by painting as
has been the practice in the past.
It is figured that the cost of
placing the new type of marking
in the 300 block on both sides will
be only $300. This "amount has
been spent each year for several
years, it is declared. Since the
meters have been installed the
cost for marking alone has run in-
to around $20,000. This sum, if
invested in the permanent type
which fs to be installed soon in the
300 block would have placed met-
ers in mere than 60 blocks on each
side of the street, it is declared.
The new type is permanent and
Is fixed in the cement and will
last indefinitely, it is stated.
Other Businein
The first reading of a resolution
setting aside the $50,000 allocated
to widening the 75A arm of Arm-
strong avenue was given. The
money is part of a bond fund vot-
ed for the highway last year.
An alley light in the 500 block
to the real- of the Four Brothers
Bakery was ordered installed.
Authorization was granted the
library board to place certain in-
surance in adequate amount cov-
ering the new structure which was
recently occupied by the library
The insurance will be placed on
the scheduled basis. Liability and
property damage to the limits ot
$5,000 and $10,000 will be in-
cluded, the policy to be made out
to the Denison Public Library and
the City of Denison.
Mrs. Sam Cockrill was added to
the force in the tax office to help
take care of the added business
which is incident to the city having
taken over the tax collections
from the udded school district j ^ nio ic film was shown before
created under the new setup with|the Kiwanis cluh Tuesday which
rural schools. [told the story of varied activities
A contract was ordered to be nf flubs over the nation. The
made between the city and the | pr0gvam was in charge of Alvin
Golden Rule school, an indepen-1 Tipton and W. E. Wilcox.
dent school district whereby the The story revealed the various
Red Cross Drive
Gets Under Way
Wed. IDarch 1st
With Judd T. Sampson as local
chairman, the annual American
Red Cross Fund campaign got un-
der way Wednesday, March 1. Mr.
Sampson's committee chairmen,
chosen carefully for their ability
to work harmoniously and effec-
tively, and their past record of
having accomplished much in a
little time, include Charles Syn-
der, downtown district chairman;
Mrs. Leslie Mitchell, women's or-
ganizations; Mrs. Verne Murray
and the Red Cross Gray ladies for
the downtown booths; Clyde
Hotchkiss for all manufacturing
concerns; Bernard Perry, labor
organizations, and Mrs. Ralph
Porter, residential district.
The chairmen will announce
their workers later. Contributions
will be received by mail at any
time, Mr. Sampson said, and this
method will greatly help the drive
to be completed quickly.
Bill Ashburn, chairman of the
executive committee of the Gray-
son County chapter, Ralph Porter,
chairman of the annual drive for
Grayson County and Mr. Sampson
presided at tlid kickoff breakfast
Thursday morning in theDcnison
Hotel where final instructions
were given the volunteer workers,
and materials passed out.
Denison's quota for 1950 is $9,-
150, and Mr. Sampson is confident
that this amount will be raised
within the month designated' for
the drive.
Kiwanians See
Movie Showing
At the regular meeting Tuesday
of the city commissioners, order.-
were given that steps should be
taken immediately to acquire as
rapidly as possible the land neces-
sary for widening and carrying on
highway 75 along Austin av«nue.
The city attorney, W. M. Malone,
and City Engineer C. E. Drumb,
were authorized to contact all par-
ties owning land along the ave-
nue from the north to the south
limits of the city and close the
deal if possible.
It was stated that in allocating
the price to be paid for each lot
skirting the route the sum of $250
per lot would be about right. So,
on this basis the deals are to be
made so tha* all will be treated
right. In the case where one may
consider his property more valu-
able than if located at some other
part of the highway, the answer is
that by the same token the fact
of the highway is skirting such
property the value of the property
is raised in proportion. In either
case, it is reasoned, the level price
is fair and the \alue will rise in
proportion to the location of the
land.
The city does not wish to have
to be forced into a condemnation
suit, it is declared and it is hoped
that the property owners without
exception will give the utmost co-
operation.
The city took steps to provide a
skeleton abstract in each case
where a deal is made in order to
give the city the fullest protection
in the matter of abstracting the
title.
The work done recently by
Quinnie Cuff and Tom Ireland in
locating owners of the property
along the highway inside the city
liimts has been completed and the
gentlemen were paid for the
services. Each' will receive a
check for $200. Something near
four weeks were required to com-
plete the task.
Work
of Club Citizens Nati'nl Bank
Announces Formal
Opening March 9
city will take over the school's
sewer line and connect it with the
city's line. The city is to receive
lines of work which is undertaken
over the world by the clubs rang-
ing from work with the young peo-
the sum of $50 per month from I pie to farming, relief work and
The first oil well in the U. S.
was built in Titusville, Pa., in
1859.
patriotic activities.
Emphasizing the spiritual rath-
er than the physical, the club has
set a pace for its humanitarian
Vanilla, in its natural state, is
a long green bei n.
Fly's wings vibrate 330 times|
a second,
Bee's wing vibrate 190 times
a second.
John T. Scopes was arrested
and convicted for teaching evolu-
tion at Dayton, Ohio.
ALL MAY HELP
The Ked Cross reminds us this year that "All
May toejp" jn the organization's widespread human-
itarian work, That slogan is the theme of the 1950
fund campaign. It has a personal meaning to every
American.
Each day thousands of those who want to help
and thousands of those who need help are brought
together through the Red Cross for the most heart-
warming "swap" in mankind's history. It is a very
personal exchange, this barter of the impulse to
aid for the pain, the suffering, the worry, the life
of a fellow man in distress. And it is a swap with
wide appeal. Last year 1,450,000 Red Cross vol-
unteers proved that with tens of millions of hours
of service.
We are lucky in America that the balance .be-
tween those in need and those ready* to meet that
need is so favorable. We are a, generous people.
Our hearts are warm,, ou,r hands ready to help. Lei
us make sure that tlie balance never shifts, that no
Cry for ajd eyer goes unheeded.
One sure way of guaranteeing that the work of
mercy will never end is to support your Red Cross.
Support it in every way that yoy cpn—with your
time, your energy, your pioney. All #re needed,
and each one of us can contribute some part of the
total.
That is what the Red Cross means when it
says that "All May Help,"
the school.
The water report showed that
the city had a total of 57:? 1 meter
connections.
City vouchers in the sum of|wo,.|. an(} f01. the deeds of help
I2S.431.90 were ordered drawn. j t0 yQung and old alike. Camps,
! playgrounds, club rooms, outdoor
life and other phases of human
activities were shown with the
clubs in most cases pioviding all
the physical equipment.
The local club is sponsoring
the erection of a home for the
Camp Fire Girls and has it almost
paid for. They are planning a
number of activities to aid in fi-
The coal shortage in the north jnnncing the project, chief of which
and cast brought on by the ca-
prices of John Lewis is forcing
many from the cold area to move
Coal Shortage Is
Bringing Denison
Additional People
Announcement is mode by the
officers and directors «.f the Cit-
izens National hank teat their
formal opening oi their remodeled
bank will be held Thursday. March
the 9th from 1 to p. a,.-
The bank has undergone a most
extensive remcdelinv -vith finish-
ing done in walnut and the inter-
ior has been arranged on a more
efficient basis. Three additional
windows for tellers have been
added along with additional rooms
for holding conferences by offic-
ers of the L.ir.k.
A spe"i. 1 feature of tin' open-
ii'g will !•" a display of the var-
ious forms of money which will be
"ii exhibit f paper cuivency A
the United States of America from
colonial Hays to the pres.nl tint*.
vhis display will be opened for
the public* to view from Monday
to the southland or to other, lo-
—cations where they may not
suffer.
The exodus to the southland
may be a good omen, as some are
understood to be seriously con-
sidering the matter of making
this part of the United States
their permanent home to avoid
future threats of shortage of c a).
It is understood that several
parties have com4 to Denison of
late to be with relatives or others
while the cold months are on or
as long as the coal shortage lasts
to threaten health and comfort.
Denison has never been threat-,
ened with any form of shortage
of coal or other sources of heat
since the installation of other
means of heating or generating
power for propelling trains, trac-
tors, trucks, or heating and cook-
ing.
Texas has an abundance of both
gas and electricity and the service
is being extended to the remotest
parts of the state with each suc-
ceeding year.
is a football game in September i the 0th through Thursday the 9th,
between Durant and Austin col- it i.- announced by Albert Martin,
leges. # president of the bank.
Ted Marsico presided at the
meeting.
A letter of condolence was or-
dered sent to the widow of Char-
les Brown, who died last week.
The program next week will be
in charge of T. O. Wilson, chair-
man of the legal and finance com-
mittee.
Swimming Pool
In Barrett Bldg.
Opened By Carlat
The swimming pool under the
barrett building, leased by Louis
Carlat, has been opened and will
continue to be open on Saturdays
from 1 until 5 until the end of
the summer.
Mr. Carlat, who is a graduate
of Red Cross and navy advanced
swimming counses, will conduct
swimming lessons for children and
adults at night, beginning March
1. L. R. Skipworth will be in
charge of the pool at all times,
Mr. Carlat said.
M-K-T. RAILROAD
NETS $235,000
DURING JANUARY
The M-K-T. railroad's net in-
come for the month of January,
1950, was $235,000 compared to
last year's figure which was $97,-
000. The gross receipts were $5,-
690,000 this year and $6,456,000
i for January, 1949.
! Federal income taxes this year
1 were $177,000 and last year were
$46,000. Other railway taxes to-
taled $366,000 this year and were
$380,000 last year. Their net op-
erating income was $469,000 this
year and $318,000 in January*
VNt.
One hundred and twenty men
accompanied Columbus when he
discovered America.
At the Panama Canal the Pa-
cific Ocean is east of the Atlantic.
Tha Statue of
erected in 18M.
Liberty was
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Anderson, LeRoy M. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1950, newspaper, March 3, 1950; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth328962/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.