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TfciPewitt landed four players
the All-District football of-
fensive and defensive teams
this year.
Ray Richey was the only
member of the Brahma squad
to make the offensive honor
team, but J. Roy Traylor, Bud-
dy Rogers and Charles Thig-
pen were named to the defen-
sive team.
Thigpen and Rogers also
drew honorable mention for
New patrolman
assigned to
Morris county
A new highway patrolman
has been assigned to Morris
county to replace Fred Minton.
* Minton was transferred to
Gregg county.
His replacement is Jimmy
Williams, who has been as-
signed in Cass county.
He and Peyton C. Evans will
serve from the Dadngerfield
office. Evans has been assign-
ed to the county since Aug. 1.
Williams is married and has
two children. Their home was
at Queen City.
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the offensive team.
Thigpen was chosen as de-
fensive tackle.
Richey tied in the voting by
coaches with Robert Howe of
Atlanta for offensive center,
Traylor tied with Paul Fannin
of New Boston and James
Drennan of Hooks for defen-
sive end, and Rogers tied for
the defensive linebacker posi-
tion with Jimmy Hubbs of
New Boston, John Hudspeth
of Atlanta, Rusty Kennedy of
DeKalb, and Allan Callahan
and Richard Kyles of Hooks.
The coaches, meeting last
Wednesday night at Kickapoo
Lodge, chose the two All-Dis-
trict teams and the honorable
mention list.
DeKalb placed seven play-
ers on the honor squads, and
Hooks, conference champions,
Clarksville and Atlanta each
had five men. Pewitt had four
and New Boston two.
Con Atchley, DeKalb half-
back, and George Giddens,
Clarksville end, were the only
unanimous choices.
12 more shopping days until Christmas
The Naples MONITOR
74 years old and new every week
VOLUME 74
NAPLES, TEXAS THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1959
NUMBER 20
.. please hurry C of C to install officers
Please. Pretty please.
Mail those Christmas cards
and packages right away.
The post office depart-
ment says it expects the
volume of mail this year to
be higher than ever before
and it will hit its peak next
week.
If you just have to wait
until the last few days to do
your mailing, the post office
department said, use air
mail.
Wrap packages carefully,
write the address plainly,
and include a return ad-
dress. Then use first class
mail and you can be confi-
dent that your cards and
packages will arrive on time
— if you hurry.
New officers of the Cham-
ber of Commerce will be in-
stalled Monday night at the
annual dinner meeting to be
held at Pewitt school's cafe-
torium.
The meeting will start at
7:30 p.m. and the menu will
include either chicken or tur-
key and dressing.
E. W. Rountree, retiring
Monitoring
MAIN
STREET
An Obituary —
Many thousands of Christ-
mas cards died last Dec. 25th
at "post offices over the coun-
try.
There were no known sur-
vivors — due to the lack of
proper addresses.
Authorities agree that death
could have been averted if
first class postage had been
used and the return address
written in the upper left-hand
corner.
Services were conducted at
post offices.
Burial was in waste baskets
there.
Interment of the demised
was under the auspices of the
Dead Letter Branch of the post
office department.
Pallbearers were clerks and
carriers.
And all of this is a round-
about way of saying that it's
a sad situation when you care
enough to send a Christmas
card but not quite enough to
send it properly.
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Dear Santa:
Lots of parents haven't yet
helped their youngsters write
to you this year.
We know because we have
asked that the letters be sent
to us so we can print them in
our Dec. 24th issue.
Please don't skip the chil-
dren, Santa, because their par-
ents forget to write to you for
them.
But if you're overloaded on
loud ties, ugly handkerchiefs
and other gifts that nobody
wants, you might slip them in
g j&r stockings of those forget-
* •/ parents.
« -slit would be good enough for
them.
Brother's Keeper —
The day before that Cass
county fire, Carl and George
Frost, who are brothers, killed
* hogs at George's house and
left the meat in the smoke-
house there.
When the fire broke out,
Carl rushed back and helped
keep the fire fought back from
George's house.
When all was safe, George
thanked his brother and told
him how much he appreciated
his help in saving his house.
"Your house, the dickens,"
Carl said. "I was just trying
to save my meat."
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Top twirlers
Pewitt's twirlers had an enviable record at the Region XV
contests here last Saturday as eight of them earned one or
more first division ratings. Those winning the top mark
from judges included the group above. They are, left to
right, Carolyn Rose Kennedy, Jan Thigpen, Ann DeVore,
Mary Larke Pewitt, Virginia Shirey, Sandra Nance, Betty
Hall and Edith Scaff. All of the girls except Miss Scaff,
drum major, were competing for the first time.
Mrs. W. E. Betts,
lifelong resident,
dies Monday
Mrs. W. E. McCoy, 70, of
the Union Chapel community,
died about 3 a.m. Monday at
the hospital here.
Mrs. McCoy was born Aug.
13, 1889, and had spent all of
her life in Cass county.
She is survived by her hus-
band, W. E. McCoy; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ottice Betts of Mari-
etta; two sons, Eugene McCoy
and Lawrence McCoy, both of
Marietta; two sisters, Mrs. W.
G. Granberry of Naples, and
Mrs. A. H. Ingraham of Mari-
etta; and six grandchildren.
The funeral services were
held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at
the Douglassville Methodist
Church with the Rev. Bob
Dickens, the Rev. Frank Rich-
ardson, the Rev. Louis Knight,
the Rev. Morris Hill, the Rev.
M. O. Southerland, the Rev.
Bob Hardwick and the Rev.
Harold Fagan officiating.
Burial was in the Douglass-
ville cemetery under the di-
rection of the Hanner Funeral
Home.
Her nephews served as pall-
bearers.
Brahma twirlers
win top ratings
Pewitt high school twirlers
made their debut in regional
competition a successful one
last Saturday.
Playing host to Region XV
schools, the Pewitt girls won
themselves a fair share of top
ratings in the competition.
Two quartets and a trio won
first division ratings, five girls
won solo first division ratings,
five won second division rat-
ings and one was given a third
division rating.
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THE WEEK'S
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Thurs., Dec. 3 65 28 00
Fri., Dec. 4 55 41 00
Sat., Dec. 5 55 34 00
Sun., Dec. 4 60 23 00
Mon., Dec. 7 63 34 00
Tues., Dec. 8 77 40 00
Wed., Dec. 9 74 49 00
Total 1959 rainfall — 42.18
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Of the 11 Pewitt twirling
contestants, only Edith Scaff,
drum major, had competed in
regional contests before.
The trio composed of Edith
Scaff, Betty Hall and Ann De-
Vore, and quartets composed
of Jan Thigpen, Ann DeVore,
Betty Hall and Edith Scaff,
and Virginia Shirey, Sandra
Nance, Mary Larke Pewitt and
Carolyn Rose Kennedy, all
won first division ratings in
the ensemble competition.
In solo judging, first divi-
sion ratings went to Edith
Scaff, Betty Hall, Virginia Shi-
rey, Ann DeVore and Mary
Larke Pewitt.
Second division ratings went
to Sandra Nance, Jan Thig-
pen, Carolyn Kennedy, Glenda
Thompson and Judy Allen and
a third division rating to Patsy
Harrison.
A total of 264 girls from 21
Northeast Texas high school
performed in the first regional
band contest ever held at Pew-
itt school.
Lake O' the Pines
will be dedicated
at noon Friday
A public ceremony Friday
will officially mark completion
cf the new Lake O' The Pines.
Flood gates of the massive
Ferrells Bridge Dam will be
closed during the noon cere-
mony, and the flow of water
through the discharge spillway
will be cut off.
Congressman Wright Pat-
man will perform the official
act of closing the gates. Offi-
cials of the Corps of Engineers
and the water district will also
take part in the ceremony.
Other dignitaries on hand
for the occasion will be may-
ors of water district member
towns, members of the dis-
trict's board of directors, other
city and county officials from
within the district, and at least
one state representative.
The ceremony will be held
st the foot of the dam, on the
edge of the discharge spillway.
It will begin at noon.
When full, the new lake will
be the largest impounded wa-
ter supply available to indus-
try in the entire southwest.
president, will serve as master
of ceremonies and will pass his
gavel as head of the group to
W. C. Sullivan, who was elect-
ed as president at the last
meeting.
Herman Walters will be in-
stalled as vice president and
Leon Garrett as secretary and
treasurer.
Ken Tuck of Longview, a
former resident of Naples and
the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Tuck, will be the guest speak-
er.
Tuck is a state vice presi-
dent of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce also will be recog-
nized during the installation of
the new officers.
Directors are Leon Garrett,
Ed Thompson, Lee Narramore,
E. W. Rountree and H. A. Wal-
ters with one year yet to
serve; Charles Smith, Bill El-
lis, Lenoy Slider, Eugene Falls
and E. E. Shirey with two
years on their current terms;
and Jack Coker, Lewis Rogers,
W. C. Sullivan, J. H. McDaniel
end Clifford Wyninegar with
three years.
Tickets to the dinner will be
sold by members of a commit-
tee headed by Bun Hall. Her-
shel Welch is chairman of the
dinner committee.
Car and mail box
battle to draw
A small foreign made car
tangled with a mail box
here Sunday morning and
they both were heavy losers.
The car driven by a Little
Rock, Ark. man struck the
mail box belonging to Mr.
and Mr: Preston Dawson on
Highway 67 and then turned
over when the driver swerv-
back onto the road.
The driver, who said he
had dozed at the wheel, was
not injured in the wreck.
Arsenal workers give to UFO
Red River Arsenal employ-
ees this year contributed $257
to the Morris County United
Fund Organization.
The donations are from Mor-
ris county workers at the
arsenal.
Tom Knott, chairman of the
fund raising committee there,
Carver stages
annual parade
here Saturday
Students from Carver school
staged their annual Christmas
parade here last Saturday aft-
ernoon.
The Falcon band led the
parade and the Rhoads high
school band from Daingerfield
marched at the rear of a line
of floats and groups of stu-
dents.
The Carver choral club pre-
sented a highlight of the pro-
gram by singing Christmas
carols on the square after the
parade.
Carver students decorated
cars and trucks with their
school colors to represent the
different departments.
Loy Johnson, Carver princi-
pal was in charge.
A large crowd was on hand
to see the parade.
The Pewitt band will play
Christmas music here next
Saturday, Dec. 19, and Santa
Claus will be here with gift
packages for children.
Local man named
Masonic officer
T. M. McNatt of Naples will
serve as deputy Grand Master
for Sixth District Masons dur-
ing the coming year.
He was appointed to that of-
fice last week while attending
a Grand Lodge meeting at
Waco.
Dan Watson. M. B. Hamp-
ton and E. A. Strickland also
attended the meeting.
said 97.2 per cent of the work-
ers responded to the request
for contributions.
Arsenal employees gave a
total of §10,298.63 to be divid-
ed among the 11 community
chest organizations. The dona-
tions were higher than in the
previous year.
Others' to > receive money
from the arsenal fund are the
Texarkana Community Chest
$4,931.20; New Boston • Wel-
fare Association $1,421.80; At-
lanta United Fund $265.20;
Mt. Pleasant United Fund
$98.75; Hooks United Fund
$1,427.06; Maud Welfare Asso-
ciation $599: DeKalb Commu-
nity Chest $720.25; Bivins
Community Chest $64: Idabel
United Fund $35.50; and the
Red River County Community
Chest $478.87.
Mrs. Spence dies
Monday after
extended illness
Mrs. Nettie Spence, 68 year
old lifelong resident of Na-
ples, died at 5 a.m. Monday
after being in ill health for
some time.
She was born Jan. 8, 1891,
the daughter of Teena and
J. R. Hervey, and was the
widow of Arthur Spence, who
died in 1934.
Mrs. Spence is survived by
a daughter with whom she
lived, Mrs. William H. Adams;
a granddaughter, Mary Ann-
ette Adams; two sisters. Mrs.
J. M. Spence of Naples, and
Mrs. C. M. Spence of Dallas;
and one brother, J. W. Hervey
of Naples.
Funeral services were held
at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the First
Methodist Church here with
the Rev. Frank M. Richardson
officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Morris Hill.
Burial was in the Naples
cemetery under the direction
of the Hanner Funeral Home.
Her nephews served as pall-
bearers.
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