The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1955 Page: 1 of 6
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The City Of
Industrial
Opportunity
THE WYLIE NEWS
Serving Collin County's Fastest Growing City
VOL. 8
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1955
Hub Of The North
Texas Municipal
Water District
NUMBER 24
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Community Chest
Sets Goal Of $2200
Pictured above is an architect's drawing of the proposed new County Hospital. The County
Commissioners' Court has called an election for October 8 at which time voters will decide.
Hospital Election Set Oct. 8th
Wylie Humbles Farmers
In Revenge Tilt 8-0
List Of Available
Workers Needed ;May
Register At Bank
It is important that a list of
all available workers in Wylie
and surrounding community be
compiled so that such information
may be passed on to prospective
employers.
Therefore, all workers, both
men and women who are avail-
able for jobs, are asked to come
by the First State Bank here and
to register.
This is urgently needed and
the cooperation of the available
labor supply will be appreciated.
Polio Vaccine
To Be Released
The Wylie Clinic-Hospital re-
ceived a letter this week from
the State Department of Health,
concerning the polio vaccine.
The vaccine will be released
soon. How much vaccine to be
allotted an area will be deter-
mined by the number in the
high priority groups seeking vac-
cination. The group includes all
children under ten years, and
pregnant women of any age.
Those falling in this group are
urged to call the Clinic so that
a list can be made lip and a def-
inite number be submitted to re-
ceive the local area's share of
the vaccine.
Vaccine for others will
available later this winter,
priority list of this group wi
made up then.
be
A
be
County Bankers To
Meet Here Thursday
The regular quarterly meeting
of the Collin County Bankers j
Association will be held in Wylie !
Thursday night.
The dinner meeting will be J
held in the High School Gym at
7 o'clock.
Representatives of the county's
ten banks will attend the meeting.
By Jerrell Clemmons
A band of Wylie Pirates stole
quietly into Farmersville last
1 Friday night, found the Fighting
Farmers anything but in a fight-
| ing mood, and left town with an
8-0 victory tucked under their
belts.
The Farmers could never seem
to get their awesome offense for
j which have had in the past, to
; rolling, as they managed to pick
up only 79 yards rushing against
| a hard charging gang of Pirate
I linemen.
Farmersville moved into Wylie
j territory only once and that one
time failed to "jell." On the
I other hand, the Pirates stayed
inside the Farmers' 30-yard line
| the whole night, but could never
j manage to push across the goal
line except for their lone touch-
| down in the second half.
Farmersville received the open-
ing kickoff and returned the ball
i to the 39-yard line. There, the
j Farmers, running from single
J wing, were thrown for three
1 straight losses by Russell Clem-
mons, "Bull" Ross and Kenneth
Ellis. The Farmers were then
forced to kick from their own 33.
Jerry Childs returned to the
Pirate 37 and from there the
locals dominated the ball the re-
mainder of the first quarter.
Late in the same quarter the
Pirates moved the pigskin to the
Farmers' 22 yard line on the
passing of Quarterback Wayne
Clemmons to Russell Clemmons,
on a play which covered fifteen
yards, and to Halfback Jerry
Childs, which covered ten yards.
These two passes were the only
ones that Clemmons completed
for the night. The local lads then
moved the ball fo the nine on
short gains by Childs and Sonny
he quarter end
A county wide election has
been called for October 8 at
which time voters will vote on
the issuance of $750,000 in bonds
to finance construction of a new
County Hospital.
The election was called by the
County Commissioners Court fol-
lowing the presentation of a pe-
tition signed by more than ten
percent of the qualified voters of
the county.
Total cost of the new hospital
is estimated at approximately
$1,500,000. The Federal govern-
ment has made a grant to Collin
County under the Hill-Burton
Act to pay one half the total
cost. The county must provide
the other one-half of the total
cost.
The decision to build a new
hospital was reached after sev-
eral years of study by past and
present hospital boards of direc-
I tors, and after experts in tin
j field of hospital planning ami
' operation have made studies of
j the present facilities.
The present hospital building
is too small, in poor condition,
j and is expensive to maintain.
The new proposed hospital will
be completely new, modern, well
equipped and air-conditioned.
The proposed new hospital can
! be built under the present plan
without a raise in taxes of any
kind whatever.
There
Eugene Chennault of Dallas vis-
ited in the Benny Cryer home
Saturday night.
Ilensley.
ed.
The Pirates fumbled on the
seven to start the second quarter,
and the Farmers lined up in
single wing with Billy Mercer,
in the tailback slot, attempting
to pass, but J. L. Brand and
Kenneth Ellis shot through the
line and smothered him for a
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Former Resident
Dies In Electra
Funeral services for S. B. (Bol-
ivar) Marchant were held in
Electra Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock.
Mr. Marchant, who passed
away at his home in Electra
Monday, lived with his family in
the St. Paul community for many
years.
He is survived by his wife, and
mother, Mrs. Nora Marchant.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bellmyer
and Mrs. Geo. Howrey were in
Electra to attend the services.
ETCC Committee To
Meet In Longview
A strong program advocating
continued attention and action to
help Texas solve its water prob-
lems will be the topic for dis-
cussion when the Water Conser-
vation Committee of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce
meets in Longview next Tuesday.
A local man, C. Truett Smith,
is chairman of the Water Conser-
vation committee. The recently
appointed 1955-56 committee
members represent the six dis-
tricts included in the chamber's
72-count,v region.
Cullum Construction
Co. Low Bidder On
Wylie-Piano Pipeline
The Cullum Construction Co.
of Dallas was low bidder Tues-
day on the Wylie-Plano pipeline
job for the North Texas Munici-
pal Water District.
The bid was slightly more than
$199,000.00. Twelve bids were
submitted by contractors. High
bid was over $283,000.
The job calls for furnishing and
laying 14-inch pipe from Wylie
to Piano for the water district.
The board of directors of the
District will officially award the
contract at a regular quarterly
meeting next Tuesday night.
The County
Commissioners
the following
nection with
election:
Judge and County
this week issued
statement in eon-
the forthcoming
Pirates
Meet
Buckner
The Wylie High School Pirates,
with two victories against only
one loss to their record, will
entertain the Buckner Hornets at
8 o'clock here Friday night in
the first home football game ot
the '55 season.
Fresh from a victory over then
ancient rivals, the Farmersville
Farmers, the local lads will b
out to make it three wins in -
row Friday before the hometow.:
fans.
Wylie claims victories over Ry
lie and Farmersville, while losing
to Forney. Buckner has lost t
Wilmer Hutchins and Duncanville
but trounced the Pleasant Grove
B squad last week for their first
win.
SUNDAY SING-SONG SLATED
A gospel sing-song will be held
at the Wylie Church of Christ at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, offi-
cials of that church have an-
nounced.
A county-wide affair, singers
are expected to be here from a
wide area and the public has been
invited.
Mrs. Dess Ilousewright visited
her mother, Mrs. Wm. Dozier, in
Forney Thursday.
"Due to inequities found in the
original publication calling for a
10 percent increase in valuation
'across the board' this Court, in
company with competent financ
ing authorities, has agreed that
the following plan of financing
the Hospital Bond Issue is sound
and is to be followed.
"We can arrange our tax rates
in the following manner:
General Fund $0.28
Road and Bridge (Int. and
Sinking Fund) 0.15
Road and Bridge (Mainte-
nance) 0.34
Permanent Improvement .... 0.17 I
Jury 0.01
$0.95
"This means that in the event
this Bond Issue carries, the vo- j
ters will have designated 15c of J
the Permanent Improvement fund
for the express purpose of retir- j
ing these Hospital Bonds.
"This will not decrease the
money available for county road
maintenance, nor will it affect
the farm to market road pro-
gram.
"We personally are supporting
I this Bond Issue."
Very truly yours,
W. E. BUTTON,
County Judge.
GLENN BALDWIN,
Commissioner, Precinct No. 1.
G. G. BOWEN,
Commissioner, Precinct No. 2.
O. H. STROUP,
Commissioner, Precinct No. 3.
MAJOR NEELY,
Commissioner, Precinct No. 4
The letter was addressed to A.
11. Eubanks, chairman of a steer-
ing committee handling publicity
on the bond issue.
Prices Listed For
Football Games
Admission prices for this Fri-
day's football game will be as
follows:
Students—40 cents.
Adults—75 cents.
The Hornets will be led by a
pair of flashy backfield men, Bob-
by Ritchie and Garland Puett.
They are reported to have an
outstanding passing attack.
Wylie will have all hands in
good condition for the game, in-
cluding All-District Richie Boz-
man, who has been out due to a
leg injury. Others expected to see
the usual action include Sonny
Ilensley, Jerry Childs, Dan Starr,
Wayne and Russell Clemmons, J.
L. Brand, "Bull" Ross, Don Self,
and a host of other capables.
An overflow crowd is expected
for the kickoff, ready for football
action and a colorful halftime.
Status Of Reservoir
Stages and Storages
As Of Sept. 22
Name Of
Elev.
Storage
Reservoir
(ft.)
(ac.-ft.)
HELTON
560
151,600
WHITNEY
518
361,600
GRAPEVINE
500
24,820
LA VON
470
126,700
The 1955 budget and quota for
the Wylie Community Chest w'.ll
be $2200.00, according to au an-
nouncement made this week.
Rev. R. L. Patton, chairman of
the Budget and Admissions com-
mittee, and Bob Richardson, 1935
Chest campaign chairman, made
the joint announcement.
Members of the and
Admissions committee, in addition
to Rev. Patton, are Mrs. Clyde
Parker, Fred Gallagher, Mrs. Na-
than Eldridge and Mrs R. i\
Hartman.
The committee completed its
work last week.
Mrs. Ruth Nealy, publicity
chairman, was to have a meeting
of her committee later this week,
and Chairman Bob Richardson
indicated Tuesday that a definite
kickoff date would be set within
the next week.
The Community Chest was or-
ganized here in August. It seeks
to incorporate some half dozen
or more finance drives into one
big general drive, thus eliminat-
ing numbers of "man hours" each
year on solicitation drives.
Prospect cards are being print-
ed and approximately 90 workers
are to participate in the drive, ac-
cording to officials. ,
Officers of the Chest, in addi-
tion to Richardson, are Oather W.
Hampton, vice chairman, Mrs. R.
B. Richardson, secretary; and
Mrs. Nathan Eldridge, treasurer.
L. C. HESTER
. . . Baptist Lay Speaker
Brotherhood To
Sponsor Revival
At Baptist Church
There will be an "old-fashione
revival" at the First Baptis
Church Oct. 5-9, sponsored by th
Brotherhood of the church, \,
was announced this week.
The announcement stated th:
"lanterns will be used in place <
electric lights and everyone wi
wear their work clothes."
L. C. Hester of Tvlcr will c
the preaching. Mr. Hester is .
plumber by trade and an ou
standing layman in Texas. I;
is noted for his outstanding woi
in the Baptist Brotherhood org.
nization.
The schedule calls for a pray
meeting on Wednesday nigl
Oct. 5, under the direction i
Thomas Maynard, Brotherhot
president. Thursday night the
will be a church-wide visitatio
and at 8:30 the men will have
special prayer meeting. Frid
and Saturday nights, prayer me
ing will be held at 7:15 with t
preaching service at 7:45. Th<
will be a Saturday morning s
vice at 8:30.
Jake Prince will have charge
the song service.
Mrs. L. H. Horton and child,
of Dallas spent Thursday v
her mother, Mrs. Henry Sasst
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Rabb, Joe. The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1955, newspaper, September 29, 1955; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth347161/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith Public Library.