The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. [29], Ed. 1 Thursday, November 26, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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WYLIE
Arzte Russell's antique clock
collection, currently on display
in the Lobby of the First State
Bank here, is attracting an un-
usual amount of interest. Large
numbers of local people are
viewing the collection and sev-
eral from out of town have
made trips to see it. L a s t Sat-
urday Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ste-
phens of Tulia made a point to
stop in town, find Mr. Russell,
and inspect the clocks; then
on Monday Mr. and Mrs. Wei-
don Taylor of Commerce drove
by to see the display. While in
town the Taylors made it a
point to call on some friends
since he formerly taught in the
local schools back in 1934. For
the past several years he has
b en on the faculty at East
'as State College in Com-
merce. Incidentally, the clock
collection will be on display for
the remainder of this week.
☆☆☆
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Reil-
ly from Weiser, Idaho, have
been visiting friends and re-
latives in Dallas and Wylie the
past several days. Pete is a
Wylie native and still has
worlds of friends here and he
did a good job of seeing many
of them while on the run. We
were privileged to be invited
to lunch with him and A1 Eason
one day last week and the de-
lightful occasion gave us op-
portunity to pick up some
choice tidbits. Weiser is ap-
proximatey 75 miles west of
'Boise, Idaho, according to
Pete, and one night in October
he chanced to have the radio
tuned in to a news report
which was telling of the visit
of a number of East Texans to
Buffalo, New York, on an in-
dustry hunting mission. Pete
related to us how the announc-
er said the Texans were rust-
ling industry back East and
that the head rustler was this
writer. We're reminded that it's
a small world. ... or power
of radio!
☆☆☆
Speaking of A1 Eason, we're
continually indebted to him for
keeping us straight on the
weather with such reports as
rainfall amounts, lake elevation
and the like. He's the office
man at the U. S. Corps of En-
gineers at Lake Lavn. and is
a most cooperative fellow, and
through his good nature we try
to keep our readers informed
of what's going on. He's a re-
tired U. S. Navy man who did
a bit of Navy newspapering
during his stint with Uncle Sam
so he appreciates the plight of
country News hands.
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WEEKLY BRIEFS - A card
from MRS. ALLIE PARKER,
who is visiting her son, CAPT.
CHARLES W. PARKER and
family in Bellevue, Nebraska,
tells of her interstirig visit
at the OFFutt Air Force Base
there. She's been with her son
and family for several weeks
a fr'plans to remain a while
lo.YQ'r Enjoyed a short
visit with the TED H1NTONS
who were here from Farmers-
ville . . . ROY ALL M. STRODE.
Dallas architect, in town one
day last week. . . .And JULIAN
BARRY, Dallas contractor, al-
so here checking on some of
the construction he's done in
the city Joining those who
report "we've had enough rain"
are AVERY SUMNERS. ERN-
EST SCHOLZ and BUD DONI-
HOO. . . . Congratulations to J.
A. BIXLER who's been a mem-
ber of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers for 45 continuous
years BILL BOYD of
McKinney, upcoming County
Attorney after January 1, held
interest of local Lions Club
members here last Thursday
night as he talked on "Service
On Criminal Juries". . . .Wylie's
First Christian Church mem-
bers "broke in" their new facil-
ities at last Sunday services and
the community in general had
an opportunity for a look at to-
day's Union Thanks'*' .ng wor-
ship hour. It's a '* > new addi-
tion to our city. . , .Your atten-
tion directed to RAYMON DF.L-
LIS' announcement that he'll
take your pictures, either single
or group, by appointment only.
The upcoming holiday season
should present several oc-
casions you would like record-
ed in print. . . . Congratula-
tions to EARL POTTS ( and
to the Dallas Police Depart-
ment). Potts has been present-
Continued On Page 4
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Welcome to Wylie!
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TWO RAILROADS
Vi HOUR TO DALLAS
THE WYLIE NEWS
Serving Collin County's Fastest Growing City
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VOLUME SEVENTEEN
WYLIE COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 26, 1964
'Dedication Week'
Services To Be Held
At Christian Church
Prior to the Dedication of the
Ibuilding of the First Chris-
tian Church, scheduled for
Sunday, December 6 at 3 p.m.,
a week of preaching for the
"Dedication of the People" has
been scheduled.
Under the general theme
"The Renewal Of The Church"
the local pastor Rev, Bob Dan-
iel, has invited area ministers
and guest choirs to participate
in the services and challenge
the congregation to a renew-
al and rededication of them-
selves to the basic fundament-
als of the Church.
On Monday evening, Novem-
ber 30th at 7:30 p.m., the Rev.
Larry Tankersly, minister of
t h e Community Christian
Church in Richardson will be
guest speaker using the theme
that "renewal of the Church be-
gins only with the renewal of
the people." Special music will
also be presented by the choir
of the Richardson Church.
Rev. Robert Lohman, minist-
er from the Greenville Avenue
Christian Church in Dallas, will
be guest speaker Tuesday eve-
ning. Dr. Chester Crow from
the First Christian Church in
Garland will speak Wednesday
evening with the Midway Hills
Christian Church Choir of Dal-
Numb«, I
Wylieites Worship And Relax In
Thanksgiving Holiday Observance
catfish out of the local lake,
las presenting the music. Thurs- j Barton is a gardener on t h e
day evening Dr. 'Joyd Mottley, j side, and this Fall ideal weath-
First Christian Church in Mc- er conditions have made turnip
Kinney, will speak on the! growing profitable.
"Preaching Ministry" and our i Last week Barton was dis-
responsibility to the revealed playing a choice three and
word of God, with the Western one-quarter pounder from his
Heights Christian Church Choir
of Garland as guest choir.
A service of Ecumenical wit-
ness will bp held on Friday, De-
cember 4th at which time Dr.
Secretary of the Dalb? Coun-
Luther Holcomb, Executive
cil cf Churches and prominant
Baptist Minister, will speak on
"The Oneness of The Church." j
Dr Holcomb was the Minister I
who was called on to offer the J
Prayer at Market Hall in Dal- !
las a year ago when the stun-1
ned audience first learned that 1
Pre-ident Kennedy had been
-. hot.
The entire community is es-
pecially invited to these serv-
ices and to participate in a lit-
any of gratitude for the faith
of the various Churches and 1
their unique witness.
Following this series of serv-
ices the congregation will
Most Wylieites began the tra-1 day (Thursday) for the early | of family get-togethers were re-, games in the state, especially | deserted as the outdoorsmen
ditional Thanksgiving observ-1 morning Union Thanksgiving | ported underway in the city as j the Texas A. & M. — Texas Uni-1 took one last fling at fishing or
ance by pausing for an hour of j service at the First Christian many took advantage of the op- versity clash, took priority in boating before winter weather
worship, then settled back for Church. The 8 a.m. service gave portunity to have traditional the afternoon with many pig-1 drives them inside for good,
a day filled with rest and relax-1 the community its first oppor- < turkey dinners, complete with j skin followers. Fishing barges reported consid-
tunity to see the recently com- j all the trimmings. Football' Lake Lavon was not entirely i erable activity.
pleted facilities at the city's |
southeast edge.
Sponsoring the service which
saw most of the community's
churches cooperating was the
Wylie Ministerial Alliance. The
Rev. R. D. Nance, pastor of the
Assembly of God Church here,
delivered the annual Thanksgiv-
ing message. Rev. Robert L.
Daniel, host pastor and presi-
dent of the Ministerial Alliance,
directed the service, and music
was furnished by the choir of
the host church.
The day saw most of the city
getting a respite from their
daily chores. All local retail bus-
iness establishments observed
the holiday, one of the six ob-
served throughout the year.
Manufacturing plants in the
city and area were closed for
the day and a number were
closed both Thursday and Fri-
day giving employees a long
weekend.
The local Post Office and the
First State Bank both were
closed for the day, and no rural
delivery of mail was
from the office.
ation.
A large number gathered to-
Turnip Size Is
Indicative Of Top
Growing Conditions
Natives hereabouts have al-
ways claimed that the black
waxy soil of the area would
grow things other than cotton,
corn and other feed crops. That
is, when moisture and other fac-
tors were favorable.
Wilton Barton of East Fork
Resort at Lake Lavon is not
a native, but he can prove their
claim. In addition to enticing
It was mostly a fun-filled, re-
laxing sort of twenty-four hours
for most Wylieites, but the
"business-as-usual" sign was
expected to be much in evi-
dence come Friday morning.
Pirates End Successful Season
With Nine Wins And One Loss
It was almost a perfect sea-1 because they just completed t or less than nine points per to the slot at the beginning of
son! With a record of nine wins j one of the most successful grid melee school and did an outstanding
against only one loss you're j seasons in local history. Three shutouts were dealt to job with the boys.
just about as close as you can
come without making it. That
was the story of the 1964 Pi-
rate football team.
And today (Thanksgiving)
Wylie's pigskin followers are
not at all unhappy. In fact,
they'll tell you to a person they
have much to be thankful for,
And Pirate partisans have opponents over the ten-game
the facts and figures to back 1 route
up their claim. In addition to! The Pirates came close to
a 9-1 record, the local lads copping the District 15-A cham-
They opened against t h e
strong Van Alstyne team in a
rather shaky start, but man-
aged to squeeze by on a two-
amassed an almost unbelieva- pionship. losing their only game point margin. After that they
ble total of 290 points for an of the season to Frisco, who
average of 29 points per game, hac a perfect district record
while at the same time hold- although they lost two games
ing the opposition to 88 points,
Honey Grove Defeats frisco
In Bi-District Tilt
turnip patch And that is larg-
er than many of the catfish he
catches!
December Listed As
New Account
Month At Bank
The month of December is
being designated as "new ac-
count" month at the First State
Bank here, according to an- j
nouncement made Monday of
this week.
According to one official
"each new account opened dur-
ing the month of December.
ei:hr>r Peking or savings, with
Friday night in wind swept
made East Texas State College field
at Commerce the Honey Grove
In addition, Wylie schools dis-1 Warriors earned the right to
, missed classes at the close of roef1 Clifton Cubs for the
Wednesday and were to return regional championship
on Monday morning. A large Ricky G'.over, the 190 pound
; number of teachers were to j tailback, scored touchdowns in
leave town for weekend trips | , gn(j ^ auar[ers to power the
j and visits. ( Warriors to their 20 to 14 win
Traffic was expected to be over the Co0ns Fullback Page
heavier than usual as families Stuart got the other 6 points.
I were either coming or going for
visits with relatives. A number
over the full route. The locals
have not had a district crown
since 1941.
The full season record fol-
lows:
Wylie 14 — Van Alstyne 12
Wylie 38 — Royse City 0
ler passed, to Mike Morrow for Wylie 20 — Rains 6
the 2 points. The Warriors beat Wylie 26 — Allen 6
Clifton, a winner over Midlo- W\ ie 34 — Honey Grove 20
thisn, on penetrations. Wylie 48 — Farmersville 0
Here are a few statistics on Wylie 30 —- Pilot Point 6
the 1964 season just completed Wylie 6 —Frisco 18
by the Wylie Pirates: Wylie 54 —Celina 20
Wylie Opps. Wylie 22 — Princeton 0
Points scored 290 88 Much credit for the success-
First Downs 160 61
Quarterback Richard Parker
threw 13 touchdown passes, at
least one in each of the 10
Outlet, Ladylike
Shops Featuring
Christmas Bargains
Two of the busiest and most
Going into the 4th quarter j games. Here is the individual
' Frisco had a 14 to 12 lead. John ] ,'coreboard:
| McRay and Henry Griffin get- Points
I ting the 6 points and Johnny j Mike Hale 56
| Cunningham carried over for John Housewright
j the 2 poirts. With 7 minutes
j left in the 4th quarter Glover
i rambled 39 yards for the go
ahead score and QB Phil Ful-
a minimum balance of $100.00
will be presented with an at- popular places in town now-
gather on Sunday afternoon. 1>- tractive, useful gift." | adays are the Factory Outlet
cember 6 at 3 p,m . for the
Dedication of the new Church
Building. A full story of this
service will appear in next
week's Wylie News.
Ollie Addington spent sever-
al days last week in Medical
Arts Hospital, Dallas, for treat-
ment and observation.
Additional details of the plan' Store and the Ladylike Shop.
Mike Gallagher
On Winning Jesuit
will be published next week, but
lh plan goes into effect on next
Tuesday. December 1, and will
corliniiH throughout the re-
mainder of the month.
The reason? Christmas is in
fre m "Vco "se sh°ppers FootbaJi Eleven
Mrs C. L. Hillis and Mrs.
Essie Riffe entered Wylie Hos-
pital last week for treatment.
Local Christian Church To Host
District Rally Sunday Evening
The First Christian Church of Rally Service will be Dean El-
tt'ylie will be host Church for [ mer Henson, Dean of Brite Di-
this quarter's Fifth Sunday Ral-j vinity School. TCU; and an
Both stores are featuring
choice buys in Christmas mer-
chandise, and "early bird''
shoppers are taking advantage
of the situation.
Factory Outlet is offering
some exceptional buys for chil-
dren of all ages, and the Lady-
like Shop has a large display
of gift items for the ladies.
J. R. Storey, owner of the two
Mike Gallagher of Wylie is
a member of the Jesuit football
team, which faces a Houston
eleven this Friday night for the
state Catholic championship.
The game scheduled for 7:45
p.m. in Houston.
The Jesi'.it Rangers, unde-
feated in this year's competi-
tion, last week defeated t h e
Wylie Fire Dept.
j. i\. storey, owner 01 tne two: ««"* Ias>l ucicmvu mc - , p.
stores, reported this week that ^an Antonio entry in the state |Q n0|Q tSlVIGO
♦ hn nnmKof r\f .rllilvr r.V. nnnnn/ GOlYll flfialc Hv Q in 3 '
Bobby Phillips
Kenneth Moore
Tommy Helton
Larry Travis
Alex Marturez
Phil Tibbals
David Tacket 8
Mike Lay 12
Tommy Pelton 2
The 9-1 record compiled by
this fine 64 squad is indeed one
to be prou^ of. The coaches
have done a wonderful job and
are to be commended along with
the team. The community is
proud of them. The favorite
saying nowdays is "Wait Til
next year."
Reporter, Curtis Hale
ful season must be given to
the new and revamped coach-
ing staff. Head football coach
was Grady Burnett, who came
here from Wheeler, Texas, fol-
lowing two successive district
championships He stepped in- Mike Tibbals. Tommy Pe1'
Mike Lay, Larry Travis.*
race Flowers, John Hi
wright and Larry Murrah
of these lads were ma;/*
ained confidence with each
game and took delight in rout-
ing such arch longtime enemies
as Royse City by a 36-0 shut-
out. and had a ball swamping
Farmersville. 48-0.
One of the chief reasons for
the Frisco loss could be the
fact they were high for three
games in a row prior to the
Coon contest when they
reached their peaks against
Honey Grove, Farmersville
and Pilot Point, each of whom
was deft '.ted in convincing
fashion.
Coach Burnett was ably as-
sisted by R C. Dodd. John
Page and Garland Lay to round
out a well balanced team of
mentors.
Ten seniors rounded their
high school eligibility this year
They were Richard Parke'
Mike Hale. John BlacksW
ly Sunday, November 29th, at
7:30 p m. The Garland area
Churches including Sachse
Christian Church, Rowlett
Christian Church; and First
Church, Western Heights and
Monica Park Church all of
Garland, meet each quarter,
usually on a fifth Sunday, for
a service of praise and inspira-
tion.
The guest minister for this
interim minister for the West-
until Christmas. In addition
ern Heights Christian Church he told The News that new mer-
i_ !„ chandise was arriving daily for
the number of daily shoppers | semi finals by a 14-6 score in a
was on the increase and is ex- | game played Saturday night in
pected to continue from now ; San Anton'o.
Jesuit is a Dallas Catholic
high school and plays in t h e
in Garland. Special music will .. , ... .
be presented by the Rowlett ,he yule,,de shoppers.
Christian Church Choir and ,, ,
Ministers of the participating MMr' a"d„Mrsc,JLesl1'
.,, , , , K 6 Mr and Mrs. Edgar Cox, Mr
/- 1^ I , M /I i" i i > ■ I I I a \ ^ i 4 ■ n V n n nwt r
and Mrs. Jack Allen spent the
churches will lead in the wor-
ship service. past week deer hunting
Everyone in the Wylie Com- \ Junction, Texas. They
munity is cordially invited to j joined over
Texas Catholic Interscholastic
League competition.
Mike is a junior this year
and is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Gallagher of Wylie. He
plays an crd position on the
n<?ar ; team's defensive unit and was
were j credited in last week's game
the week-end by j -with a number of tackles and
attend this service.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Roddy.
recovery of r fumble.
December 5
Ralph Ussery In
Denton For TSTA
Area 5-B Meeting
Ralph Ussery. high school
principal, vas in Denton last
S week to attend the Area 5-B
meeting of the Texas Associa-
tion of School Administrators.
Chairman Ben Smith pre>ided
H G. Garrett of the Texas
Employment Commission was
the principal speaker. He
I stressed the importance of co-
| operation between public
| schools and the employment
commission. The primary func-
tion of the vocational counsel-
\ ing department of the TEC. ac-
cording to Mr Garrett, is to
cooperate with the vocational
departments of the schools in
i aiding the youth of Texas in
| seeking gainful employment.
The main areas of respons-
ibilitv shared bv the Texas Em-
in the Pirate attack
\c\ s
However, Coach Burf\ m
1 „11 ; . -
indicated that all is nt| ?>
for next year's team, ' |
ou: that prospects are exceed-
ingly bright for another fine
season.
So. Wylie fans are thankful
at this season of the year.
They're jubilant over this sea-
son's success, but the crowds
land they reached record pro-
portions this year) are already
talking about next year
Pvt. Ronnie Smith
Assigned To
Fori Hood
?ood cause.
Heavy Rains Raise Lake Level
And Trigger First Wintry Blast
Last we-k's heavy rainfall
throughout most of the local
3rea caused a marked increase
in the elevation at Lake Lavon,
and at the same time triggered
the season's first real cold snap.
Rainfall for three successive
days last vveek brought an ad-
ditional 3.34 inches of precipita-
tion to this section of the state,
and the runoff into Lake Lavon
had pushed the elevation to
with up to better than five inch- last week's rains reversed the
ei being reported in parts of s trend as creeks in the water-
the East Fork watershed. Wal-
ter B. Gannt, Princeton farm-
er and landowner, reported to
The News that "better than
five inches were received in
his area."
Lake Lavon was almost back
to its 472-ft. normal elevation
following the heavy September
floods. Regular releases had
480 51-feet at 8 a m Monday, j daily reduced the amount of
The rair.s were widespread 1 storage in the reservoir, b u t
shed overflowed their banks to
cause the heavy fall increase
in the lake.
Since last Thursday at 8 a.m.
the lake elevation was up from
475.62-feet to the 480.51 mark.
The rainfall preceded the sea-
son's first really cold snap
which was overdue. A brisk
norther blew into the area be-
fore daybreak last Friday, rap-
idly dropping temperatures to
FORT HOOD. Tex (AHTNC)
—Army Pvt. Ronnie C. Smith,
son of Mr and Mrs. Carl R.
Smith. Wylie, Texas, was as-
signed Nov. 4 to the 2d Armor-
The Wylie Volunteer Fire De- plovment Commission and the ed Divison at Fort Hood. Tex.
partment will hold Bingo Satur-, schools are: 1. Distributive edu- Smith, a clerk in Company B,
day night, December 5th at the cation 2 Industrial Arts which 2d Battalion in the division's
local Fire Station. includes the building trades 50th Infantry, entered the
Proceeds will be used toward and 3 Vocational office train- Army in March 1964 and was
the purchase of a new fire ing. Mr Garret stressed the last stationed at Fort Polk, La.
truck, and everyone in the importance of youth's worthy The 22 year - old soldier
community is urged to bring use of leisure time No long- is a 1961 graduate of Wylie
the family and "play" for a er can a person "just grow up" High School and a 1963 grad-
and automatically fit into the uate of Decatur Baptist Jr.
i labor scene, he must be well Coilege.
prepared i* he hopes to com-
! pete in thl ■ age of the atom
j and technicality
j It is vastly important that
i girls be educated and trained
to make heir own living At
| present in our Dallas area one
, out of three persons gainfully
(employed is a female This
rate is expected to grow as
Wh'itt indictated to~ The News! the decade of the 70's comes ed the conference for the ad-
this week that an important into focus Divorce, death of \ancement of science and math
questionnaire would be mailed husbands, and fathers each teachers he ri in Austin on Nov.
day morning and bringing the j to an water customers in De- year force more and more worn- 12-14 at the University of Tex-
year s first killing frost. Tem- ^ member along with their reg- en and girls into the labor mar- as
peratures skidded to the 25- j u[ar monthly bills | ket. Mr Griffin attended the two-
degree mark Sunday morning Information gathered from Mr Garret cited the main hour lecture on the develop-
with another hard freeze. I the replies would help update reason for school dropouts ments in biochemistry in the
Servi(njj|stations reported the i ^e local census figures and seems to be due to early mar- past 25 year* a three-hour ses-
' furnish other valuable informa-; riages. sion on the high school chem-
tion to city officials. In summing up. Mr. Garrett istrv course and it's relation
City water customers are stated that many more of our to the college chemistry cur-
asked to watch for the ques- students would be in the al- riculum: and a final session on
tionnaire and to please 1 e n d i ready overcrowded unskilled the visual aids program
their cooperation in properly labor field if it were not for Griffin is a member of the
filling out the form for return the vocational departments in Science Tcacher's Association
to City Hall. | our public schools. of Texas.
City Hall Plans
Queslionaire With
Dec. Statements
City Administrator Jack
Michael Griffin In
Austin For Math
And Science Meet
Michael Griffin, science teach-
er in the local schools, attend-
the 29-deg''ee mark bv Satur-
usual run on anti freeze, and
winter topcoats were much in
evidence over the weekend.
Happy over the freeze and
frost were farmers, a number
of whom have been awaiting
such weather in order to com-
plete harvest of the cotton crop.
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