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Fred Elliott
Fred Elliott is
man of year
in cotton work
BIRMINGHAM.—For his "con-
spicious servicc and leadership in
promotion and improvement of
Texas' most important crop—cot-
ton," Fred Elliott has been named
1959's Man of the Year in Serv-
ice to Agriculture for Texas by
The Progressive Farmer maga-
zine. The announcement was made
this week by Progressive Farmer
President Kugene Butler.
Mr. Elliott, Texas extension
cotton work specialist, has been
right in the middle of the state's
cotton revolution. Texaa growers
grew almost three times as much
cotton per acre in 195H as in
1946, adding millions of dollars
to their Income.
Much of this progress is a re-
sult of the seven-step cotton pro-
gram, spearheaded by Mr. Elliott.
"Seven-step" cotton committees
were set up in almost every cot-
ton-growing county in Texas,
bringing together the people in
each county who influence cotton
production. Through this and oth-
er means, he has promoted ad-
vanced practices which give big-
ger cotton yields.
Since Mr. Elliott became cotton
specialist in 1946, the number of
M echanical cotton pickers in Tex-
as has jumped from 19 to 1,831;
cotton strippers from 3,443 to
26,692. He travels about 35,000
miles a year, attends some 200
meetings, and visits about 100
counties at least once each year.
Department heads
named for S. W.
Fat Stock Show
Department s u p e rintendents
and assistants for the I960 South-
western Exposition and Fat Stock
Show have been named. W. R.
Watter, president-manager, said
W. A. (Bill) King, manager of
the agricultural and livestock de-
partment of the Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce and assist
ant manager of the show, is gen-
eral livestock superintendent.
Douglas B. Mitchell, assistant
manager, is horseshow superin-
tendent. Walter Rice, livestock
division of Allied Mills, is assist-
ant livestock superintendent.
King listed the following as de-
partment superintendents and as-
sistants: Leon Turner, Swift and
Company, Fort Worth, will again
bo in charge of Hereford cattle
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HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
BARl\ES JEWELRY
428 W. Main
Phone HO 5-6202
/ph'iAt
eoltfi
odd koppirtessin tlie
New YfAR^
May this glorious holiday season be filled
with joy and good health for our many
friends who have contributed to our busi-
ness success during the past few years.
ROBERTSON REALTOR
621 W Owing
Phone HO 5-7282
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JOYOUS TIDINGS
M ay Christmas joys anil Christmas chccr
Uo. yours throughout this coming year.
FROM THE HOME AND GENERAL OFFICES OF
BURL'S PIE SHOP
DENISON, TEXAS
815 S. Austin Phone HO 5-2747
Other Burl's Plant Locations:
Texarkanci, Texas and Noble, Oklahoma
through
the years
TT'S LITTLE WONDER that Suint
" Nick is especially generous to the
American people. History proves
that the Americans have done a
lot for Saint Nick!
They have given him a new
name, a new face and figure, and
a new means of transportation.
The original European version
of Saint Nick pictured him as a
tall angular man who rode on a
bony gray mare. Both the horse
and Saint Nick looked as if they
hadn't had a good meal in some
time.
The early English settlers In
this country started giving Saint
Nicholas his "Now Look." The Eng-
lish children adopted the legendary
Christmas figure from the Dutch,
but the English children had trou-
ble pronouncing "Saint Nickolous.''
Somehow the name changed tc
"Santa Kalouf," and finally it was
corrupted to "Santa Claus."
However, this was only the be-
ginning. In 1809 Washington Irving,
in his "Knickerbocker's History of
New York," wrote of the Saint as
the guardian of New York City
Irving described Saint Nick as a
jolly fellow with a broad-brimmed
hat and huge breeches. He taught
Saint Nick to smoke a long pipe,
and, in the story, replaced his
shuffling hay-burner with a trim
wagon.
A short time later, Saint Nicholas'
transportation was aided by
Clement Moore in his famous poem,
"The Visit from Saint Nicholas,"
written in 1882. Moore, a professor
of divinity in a New York theolog-
ical seminary, gave Saint Nick ai
sleigh, twinkling eyes, cheeks like
roses, nose like a cherry, and a.
round little belly.
Today's Santa Claus is by no
means streamlined, but he is a
far cry from the lean, ascetic, som-
berly dressed follow who, for cen-
turies, on Christmas Eve, guided
his mare through the streets of
Europe.
and will be assisted by T. L.
Loach, Texas Technological col-
lego, Lubbock. Both have work-
ed with the stock show for a num-
ber of years.
Polled He re for I cattle will
ionic under the supervision of
ill nest Duke, Texas and South-
western Cattle Raisers' association
of Fort Worth, while Dean Miller,
rancher and farmer of Do Leon,
Texas, will serve his third year as
superintendent of Shorthorn cat-
tle.
C. T. Parker, .Jr., county agent
of Runnels county, Texas, has
worked with the show several
years and will be in charge of
Brahman, Santa Gertrudis, Red
Angus and Brangus cattle de-
partments.
Joe F. Rcppeto, cattle buyer
with Thompson, Tuttle & Thomp-
son of Fort Worth, will bo in
charge of carlot and pen bulls,
and also feeder steers. He will
be assisted by W. R. Watt, Jr.,
incident <.f the Watt Cattle com-
pany, Fort Worth.
O )0n show dairy cittle and the
'yntxis.1
To Our Many Fine
Customers
DENISON
FOOD
STORE
JACK ALLEN, Owner
Phone HO 5-2230
Now Linda Can Wear
Pretty Yuletide Shoes
Linda then
and Linda now
Six-year-old Linda Breese ] treatment and study center,
of Columbus, Ohio, has been !
crippled from birth. She suf-
fered from a birth defect, a
disorder which seriously af-
flicts one out of every 16 babies
born in the United States.
When Linda was old enough
to walk, she could get around
only with the aid of steel
braces on her legs. That meant
wearing heavy, ankle - high
shoes which were not very
pretty for a little girl who was
otherwise developing into a
real beauty.
Children with significant
birth defects, known medically
as congenital malformations,
often face a lifetime of crip-
Eling. But there was hope in
inda's case. In her hometown,
at the Columbus Children's
Hospital, a new center espe-
cially designed to treat birth
Linda began a series of sur-
gical operations, treatments
and exercises to strengthen the
muscles she still had in her
legs. Today she no longer
needs the braces and can even
ride a tricycle. Though she
still uses crutches, the doctors
at the Columbus center hope
that she may soon be able to
abandon them. Meanwhile,
what delights Linda most is
that, like other little girls, she
can now wear pretty shoes.
The New March of Dimes
campaign in January, 1960, is
aimed at three major crippling
diseases, including arthritis
and polio in addition to birth
defects. It is estimated that
one out of every four Ameri-
can families is affected by
these disorders. Linda's prog-
ress toward a healthy, normD
Gov. Price Daniel
Governor holds
high hopes of
lys
safer highws
defects was set up with the | life symbolizes the hope hei
support of New March of out by the New March
Dimes funds. It is probably . Dimes for millions of suffer
the world's first birth defects from crippling diseases.
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junior dairy calf show will be un-
der the able supervision of A. L.
Darnell, professor emeritus, dairy
science, Texas A. & M., Bryan.
Darnell is second in length of
service as a superintendent of the
stock show—having served in this
capacity for 35 years.
Another agricultural leader
with a number of years service
with the stock show will be in
charge of the sheep and the jun-
ior lamb show. He is Johnnie
Vestal, with Armour and Com-
pany of Fort Worth. J. B. Payne,
vocational agricultural supervisor
from Stephenville, Texas, will be
his assistant.
W. L. Stangel, dean emeritus
of Texas Tech and now with the
National Farm Life Insurance
company, will be in charge of
steers and junior breeding beef
heifer shows. Stangel received an
award in 1959 for 37 years of
service with the show and the
leader with the most years of I
service. He i.s assisted in this
icpaitment by C. S. Blackburn,
iiunty agent of Throckmorton
county, Texas, and Walter La-
ay, vi ational agricultural super-
visor of l'lainview, Texas.
Swine and the junior pig show
will be supervised by F. 1. Dahl-
berg of the animal husbandry de-
partment of Texas A. & M. col-
lege. M. E. Nelson, Texas Live-
stock Marketing association of
Fort Worth, will be assistant.
College livestock judging eon-
tests will be supervised by Rufus
Peoples of Tehuacana and his as-
(sir.tant A. li. Childers, vocational
agricultural supervisor of Mart.
John C. Sherman, Armour and
Company, Fort Worth, will again
be in charge of the poultry, tur-
keys and rabbits. He will be as-
sisted by W. W. Barker, Fort
Worth.
Six of the above superintend-
ent; have been with the stock
show for over 20 years. Those
with records of such faithful serv-
ice include Stangel and Darnell,
as already mentioned, Childers,
Peoples, Dahlberg and Vestal.
St. Francis Mcc'e
First Crib in Cave
St. Francis of Assisi is believed
to have oriRinated the custom of
displaying the Christ Child in a
crib at Christmas time.
He is reported once to have said
to one of his followers: "I wish to
celebrate holy Christmas night with
you In the woods near Die clois-
ter you will find a cave where we
shall arrange a mnn;;er filled with
hay. We shall have an ox and an
ass just as at Bethlehem. I wish
to see how poor and miserable the
Infant Savicur brcarne for us.
So at midnight, in the sivnll Ital
ian village of Garcia, in the year
1200, St. Francis and his followers
celebrated mass at the cave and
sang hymns in honor of the Christ
Child.
AN AGE-OLD STOKY RETOLD
. . . "She brought forth her first-
born Son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid Him
to a manger."
tf'.'dcxt (2'iUic/t TjelCl
S(ui 1/Uieiye
A iuir of ancient church bells,
orouglit to Frankenmuth, Mich.,
.i-oiii Bavaria shortly after Frank-
nrr.uth was founded as an Indian
iission, has been calling the con-
negation of St. Lorenz to Christ-
nas eve services for more than a
;S0 years.
Ninety-five per cent of the resl-
lent:, of the small community are
members of the church, earning
the village the title of "the most
Christian community in the United
Sliites."
Frankenmuth has never had a
crime of violence, and, as far as
tcsidents can remember, no one
h. s been jailed over a period of
25 years. The only visitors to the
lockup were transients given a
night's lodging.
THE DENISON PRESS, DENISON, TEXAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1959
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lecords show, can also be a fate-
ful day for many families. In
1958, 22 persons died in Texas
traffic on Christmas day, slight-
ly more than one-third of the 63
Texans who met death in last
year's holiday traffic. That toll
was a record low for any holiday
period. As a further matter of
record, last Christmas day saw
more Texans meet death in traf-
fic than any other Christmas day
on record, with the single excep-
tion of Dec. 2.r>, l! ">1, when 2-1
persons died. On ten Christ-
maseg out of the last thirteen, the
records show, Christmas day traf-
fic collisions resulted in ten or
more deaths, and in each case, the
Christmas day death toll was
higher than the daily average for
that year.
"This year," the governor said,
"we have been joined by thou-
sans of ministers all over Texas
it, calling to the attention of their
congregations the close relation-
ship between their religious be-
liefs and their attitudes and ac-
tions in highway traffic. I be-
lieve this emphasis will have a
great impact on many thousands
of Texas as we strive to keep
Christmas happy and joyous, free
from heartbreak and sorrow. For
this reason, I continue to admon-
i.-h Texans: 'Don't Let a Collision
Spoil Your Holiday.' "
TIP ON CLOTHES DRYING
Your LP-Gus clothes dryer will
<ri\c the best results if you sort
the heavy clothes from the lightet
garments before drying. Heavy
clothes, naturally, take longer to
dry. This means that light gar-
ments in the same handle will be
overd"ied and sometimes have a
"harsh" look.
Gov. Price Daniel said Monday
l.e had "high hopes that Texans
will make the Christmas-New
Year'.s season one of the safest
instead of the most deadly we
have ever had on Texas high-
v. ays."
A prediction of 111 traffic
deaths, one of the largest in re-
cent years, had been made by the
Texas Department of Public
Safety due to the 12-day length
of the holiday period and its two
weekends.
The governor said he had mail-
ed nearly 11,000 letters to college
and public school officials, local
traffic safety officials, local law-
enforcement agencies, newspa-
pers, radio and television stations
and others interested in the state-
wide traffic safety crusade. "I
have asked all these Texans, and
I appeal to all of the automobile
drivers in this state, to join in
the most talked-about, most pub-
licized and most effective safety
campaign we have ever staged
during Christmas-time," the gov-
ernor said.
Official records of the Depart-
ment of Public Safety show that
more Texans lost their lives in
traffic during December than in
: ny other month for six of the
past twelve years. And Decem-
ber holds the fateful record of
recording more deaths in a .sin-
gle- month than any other month
December, 1950, when 303 per-
sons died in Texas traffic.
"Under these circumstances,"
the governor said, "it is my duty
to remind Texans again and again
that if their homes nre to remain
m t tire and their families complete
for what should be the happiest
.season of the year, then the mem-
bers of those families need to
drive r. 3.0 carefully than ever.
Nothing can help make a happy
Christmas more certain than care-
ful driving and obedience to the
traffic laws, designed for our
personal safety."
Davis; Mrs. Shuford Nichols, 105
N. 8th; Mru. J. D. Major and
baby girl, 2031 Avon Drive.
B. B. Thornton, 2425 Juanita;
David C. Shipley, 1718 S. Fan-
nin; Nick Francis Ciaceio, 405 K.
Washington, Gary Lee Jackson,
Fort Worth, Tex.; Mrs. Lee T.
Anderson, Colbert, Okla.; Mrs.
Arthur G. Baker, 1231 W. Mor-
ton; Mrs. Chas. Norris and baby
girl, Rt. 1; Mrs. Wm.
and baby boy, 630 W
Mrs. Royce Sweet and
H30 W. Morton.
Leonard li. Donald,
Mirick; Mrs. Marion
j oinery, Bells; Mrs.
on and baby girl,
F. Lowry
. Aeheson;
baby boy,
1120 S.
L. Mont-
Richard John-
726 W. John-
>on; Mrs. Johnnie Johnson, 330 E.
Hull; James Perkins, Route 1;
Mrs. Sallie Howard, 015 W Elm;
Mrs. John W. Bearden, 1014 W.
Hatina; Harold Harvey, 1511 W.
Owing; Mrs. Oilie Posey, Hendrix,
Gkla.; Larry Don Donohoe, 91
W. Shepherd, transferred to Dal-
las hospital.
Harvey Tune, Colbert, Okla.;
Mrs. Edgar Roberson, 831 W.
Rice; Virgil Atnip, Route 1; Mrs.
Jerry Cottrell and baby boy,
Sherman; Mrs. Chester Adams
and baby boy, 1231 W. Nelson;
Elaine Theakston, 1030 W. Sears;
Mrs. Minnie Odoni, Colbert, Okla.
Mrs. Eugene V. Stone, 1421 S.
Lamar; Mrs. Cecil K. Spindle,
1220 W. Chestnut; Mrs. Anna
Wilson, 427 W. Johnson; Mrs.
Kenneth Thompson, 92 E. Chest-
nut; CJark A. Johnson, 1131 N.
Davis; Larry W. Carter, 820 W.
Crawford; Monroe S. Gilliam.
1829 Meadowlark; Mrs. Ross
Hartley, 403 E. Sears.
Mrs. W. A. Henson, Rout 1 ;
Mrs. Aubrey West, 207 N. 8th;
Willard Adkins, 20 . N. 8th;
Gary Lynn Thompson, 431 E.
Maple Row; Mrs. Gus (Papline
Furlow) Goza, Calera, Okla.;
Mrs. R. A. Martin, 408 W. Ache-
son.
FIVE
731 W. Hull, baby boy, born
Dec. 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Edmund
Thompson, 925 E. Chestnut, baby
boy, born Dec. 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Cot-
trell, Sherman, baby boy, born
Dec. 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Lee Ad-
ams, 1231 W. Nelson, baby boy,
born Dec. 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Curry,
117 E. Murray, baby boy, born
Dee. 20.
DOUBLE-DUTY FURNACE
The furnace that heats . your
home this winter may be used to
cool it next summer—if you start
planning now. Almost any forced
warm air furnace operating on
LI'-Gas can be adapted for air-
conditioning. The present furnace
blower and etuct system is used
to circulate the cooi ulr.
NO POWER WORRIES
Home makers can add to their
peace ol mind by owning LP-Gas
refrigerators. They need never
worry about a power line break
that, will thaw frozen food and
cause it to spoil. LP-Gas refrig-
erators do not depend on outside
power; they'll operate in any kind
of storm.
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New Arrivals
Mr. and Mrs. William F.
ry, 30 W. Aeheson, baby
born Dec. 14.
Mr. and Mrs. Royce
830 W. Morton, baby
Dec. 15.
Mi. and Mrs. Richard
Johnson, 726 W. Johnson,
girl, born Dec. 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Ward, 1119 W. Chestnut,
girl, born Dec. 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norris,
Route 1, Denison, baby girl, born
Dec. 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Herndon Jr.,
Low-
boy,
H. Sweet,
boy, born
,ouis
baby
V.
baby
E. VANHOESEN
PLUMBING CO.
Ill N. Fannin
Phone HO 5-6766
ADMISSIONS
Wilburn 1!. Grisham, Sherman;
James Michael Hancock, Route 3;
Alden Guy Payne, 829 W. Bond;
Mrs. Royce Sweet, 830 W. Mor-
ton; Mrs. Ross R. Hartley, 403 E.
Sears; Mrs. Sam John Veal, 1720
?. Laurance Vin-
1119 W. Chest-
M. Posey, Hen-
W. Walker; Mr
cent Ward Jr.,
nut; Mrs. Ollie
drix, Okla.
Mrs. Leo Herndon Jr., 731 W.
Hull; Mrs. Richard L. Johnson,
726 W. Johnson; Mrs. Sophia
Sheedy, Trenton, Tex.; Mrs. Ken-
neth W. Ilooe, Bells, Tex.; Mrs.
Thomas C. Drinnon, 2510 W'.
Morton; Mrs. B. W. Finley, 24K1
Juanita; Mrs. Mamie Summers,!
Trenton, Tex.; Mrs. Kirk Sellers,
318 E. Main.
Ossie Worthington, Pottsboro;!
John Shelton Merrel, 416 E. Gan-
ely; Mrs. Gus Goza, Calera, Okla.;
Mrs. Elizabeth Xeal, 2 Vaughan
Drive; Joseph G. Nelson, 531 W.
Collins; Tillman Mathis, 1008 Du-1
Bois; Thomas Killingsworth, Cad-
do, Okla.; Larry Den Donohoe,
915 W. Shepherd; Tony Orr,
Bells, Tex.
Mrs. Hattie Donnelly, 1510 W.
Texas; Mrs. M. J. Hill, 907 S.
I iown; Mr-. Ralph Womble, 1 30
\\. Chestnut; Mrs. Alan M. Cur-
ry, 117 E. Murray; Mrs. Jewel
Garland, Dallas, Tex.
Mrs. Ella LaLonde, 2400 E.
Texas; Mrs. Mike M. Perdue,
2204 Juanita Drive; John W n.
King, 2016 S. Bluebonnet; Mrs.
Wm. W. Holder, Rt. 1. Hendrix.
Okla.; Mrs. Ennis Hart, 425'i
W. Walker; Pan-y l.orene Pled-
ger, Box 241, Denison.
DISMISSALS
Thomas (Tommy) Williams, I
l.oy Lake Road; R. E. Bowen,
801 F^. Maple Row; Carl Foster,
Jr., Rt. 1, Savoy; Mrs. Pauline
Fleming, Rt. 1. Bells; Rethn
Diane Stapp, 1710 W. Parnell;
Mrs. W. A. Miller, 304 W. Hull;
CHRISTITtns GREETINGS
T^he great and myslic wonder of
Christmas is that human hearts can truly
overflow with good will and kindness
toward their fellowmen. May God leach us
to love our neighbor all the year.
BLACK WELL'S RADIO
and TELEVISION SERVICE
413 North Armstrong Ave. — Phone HO 5-5185
Christmas day, the same DPS Mrs. Johntiyc Coker, 1031 N.
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We'd like to tell all our good friends with
whom we worked this past year . . . Thank
you for your cooperation and patronage and
Best Wishes for a very Merry Christmas!
PAT SMITH, Hatter
114 S. BURNETT AVE.
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