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The WEEKLY CHRONICLE
VOL. 1—NO. 49
of Events in DUNCANVILLE and CEDAR HILL
DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS JULY 12, 1956
Cedar Hill
City Council
Meets Twice
CEDAR HILL
City Secretary Fred Nafus was
instructed Tuesday night to write
Continental Homes developers and
request them to notify the city
when they are ready to lay the
new water line to the addition.
The city indicated that it would
also like to place an order for
pipe at the same time Continental
Homes does, in order to take ad-
vantage of car load rates for the
pipe.
Councilmen also requested Mayor '
J. C. Potter to contact Engineeer
Mason Rector and request that
he meet again with the City Coun-
cil for further discussion of sewer
specifications. for Cedar Hill.
Fire Department business came
up for consideration at the special
council meeting last Friday and
at the regular meeting Tuesday.
The city voted to pay ex-
penses of two firemen, Martin
Clark and James Beatty, to attend
See COUNCIL on Page 6
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Action Taken By Councils
On New Dog Regulations
C H Passes Ordinance;
Duncanville Writing Law
Study Made
Of County
Sewage Need
GRAND PRAIRIE
Interest was focused last week
on the problem of small communi-
ties' financing problems for new
sewer systems with the report of
the Sewer and Sanitation Com-
mittee of the Dallas County League
of Municipalities.
Grand Prairie Mayor C. R. Sar-
gent, member of the committee,
reported on a plan to seek state
legislation as follows:
1. To permit the county to par-
ticipate in area sewer plans such
as the ones now proposed by the
Trinity River Authority for the Ten
Mile Creek area.
2. To establish county-wide zon-
ing laws enabling everyone in the
county to attain the highest de- !
grees of sanitation standards. I
Sargent pointed out that the ma- j
jor hurdle in city participation by j
many of the smaller municipalities j
was the initial cost. Under the pro- J
posed legislation, the county could I
step in and help with the initial I
financing. Thus, areas that would i
now be held back from development
because of a lack of sewage facili-
ties and potential revenue, could
be helped by the county to build
area sewage disposal plants, for
which the cities could assume pay-
ments when the towns grow large
enough.
The county zoning and building
restrictions would eliminate blight
areas from springing up just out-
side city limits, Sargent asserted.
WHO CARES ABOUT QUARANTINES? KISS ME! Mike
Fatherree, son of Lt. and Mrs. Bob Fatherree, Oceanside,
Calif., has found a staunch buddy while visiting his grand-
mother, Mrs. Ruby Scrivener of Duncanville. The great love
^ ^arantine or no, is Senor Pedro Gonzales,
a chihuahua belonging to Nancy Garrett. Photo by Garrett!
Summertime Odd Jobs Occupy
Time Of Vacationing Students
By DOLORES McLEMORE
Activities ranging all the way
from modeling classes to construc-
tion work are filling the summer
hours of the youth in our area.
As we journey through Duncan-
ville we find Elizabeth Wells and
Ann WyneJl Goldman working at
the Dairy Mart. These girls keep
busy from six p.m. until—well, that
depends on the time folks stop
coming by. Further on down the
drag Jimmy Rush is busy making
milk shakes for these hot days at
McBride's Pharmacy.
Down the street at Fouts, Roy
Jr. can be found helping in the
store, after returning with his
family and the Lee Boshers from a
week's vacation in Arkansas.
On Saturdays we see Linda
Haynes busy in Tilory's Music
Store. (We often wonder if Linda
plays the records for the customers
or herself.)
Corky Nance is helping his Dad
at the Clover Farm, and Jerry
Jones is his Dad's faithful assistant
at the Western Auto Store.
Bobby Bell is spending his sum-
mer doing construction work for
Jim Harrill, while Leonard Ray
Bell has put in a lot of time play-
ing ball and coaching Little Leag-
uers. Leonard Ray plans to enter
the University of Texas this fall.
Glenda Goldman is doing office
work for Harrill and Smith Con-
struction Company, and Marilynn,
Baker is working part time at Dal-
las Multi-Graphing Company. We
also find Rheba Williams busily
checking groceries at Fortson's.
Van Smith has kept a great many
of the boys busy thrasshing,
with his young son. Van Rowe,
See JOBS on Page 6
Both Cedar Hill and Duncanville City Councils moved
to control dogs as the city of Dallas began its strict 100-day
quarantine of all dogs in an effort to break a rabies out-
break.
With two rabies deaths in Dallas this year, and at least
81 rabid dogs picked up within Dallas and the county, a
county-wide quarantine is being considered. No infected
animals have been reported in either Duncanville or Cedar
Hill.
Major problem locally as well as in many other county towns is
enforcement. Neither Duncanville nor Cedar Hill have sufficient per-
sonnel to eniorce a strict quaratine without county assistance
*r^CT\?in ™Uncilm8n pa*sed a d0* ordinance at a special meeting
y night and at their meeting Tuesday appointed Councilman Bob
wait to set up a dog vaccination program for the town.
Monday night Duncanville councilmen passed a resolution author-
izing an ordinance to be prepared ,
that would conform generally with
regulations of the city of Dallas,
and Mayor D. L. Hopkins issued a
special appeal: "For the protection
of children and citizens I urge
every citizen to comply with the
quarantine on dogs. This is not
merely a local but a county-wide
problem."
A condensation of the Cedar Hill
dog law is carried elsewhere in The
Weekly Chronicle. It requires all
dogs to be vaccinated and to wear
metal tags with the date of vac-
cination. Authority is also set up
for creation and operation of a dog
pound, which the council currently
has under consideration. Dogs
picked up for impoundment could
See DOGS on Page 3
Council OK's
Limited Ban
On Fireworks
MAI. GEN. CRABB
VISITS AIR BASE
duncanville
Making a whirlwind inspection of
Duncanville Air Force Station last
Thursday was Maj. Gen. Jarred
V. Crabb, Central Air Defense
Force Commander, of Grand view
Air Force Base, Mo.
Gen, Crabb flew his own ship
down for the trip, landing at Love
Field in the morning, and leaving
for the return trip shortly after
lunch.
Meeting Gen. Crabb's plane were
Capt. Rae Willard, acting Squadron
Commander in the absence of Maj.
Joe W. Beighley, and Capt. F. P.
Eltife, Operations Officer.
FIREMEN AT WORK —- Measuring for a steel plate to re-
inforce bottom of the water tank from the big fire truck are
Duncanville Volunteer Firemen Nick Goldman, W D. North-
cut, Raymond Goldman, Chief Charlie Sims, and James
Downes. The firemen have been making general repairs
on ail fire equipment this summer.—Photo by Garrett.
Cedar Hill
High School
On Schedule
CEDAR HILL
Work on the Cedar Hill High
School building is progressing ac-
cording to schedule with the ex-
ception of a slight delay in deliv-
ery of some materials.
Brick and masonry work is near-
ing completion, and work on pour-
ing the roof is in progress. Instal-
lation of windows and doors will
probably be completed sometime
this week.
Most of the new furniture for the
new building has been purchased
by the school board. Items already
ordered include auditorium chairs,
classroom chair-desks, tables and
chairs for other classrooms, teach-
ers' desks, chemistry lab table, and
office furniture.
James D. Bailey has been hired
to teach the chemistry class this
fall.
Still to be ordered are the stage
curtains, two sewing machines for
the homemaking department, and
laboratory equipment.
Work was completed Saturday on
lighting the baseball and football
fields, with the Cedar Hill Fire-
men furnishing labor for lighting
the baseball diamond. Labor for
lighting the football field was
contracted by the school.
Two hundred and fifty of the new
bleachers for the football field are
almost all set up, and work has
begun on 550 more seats.
duncanville
Duncanville councilmen acted
on a wide variety of matters Mon-
oay night ranging all the way
from parking and taxes to pur-
chase of a tractor.
Parking near the Air Base on
Duncanville Road and some of
the side streets in the area will be
restricted to a two-hour limit. City
Atty. H. Louis Nichols was in-
structed to prepare the ordinance.
Franchise with garbage collector
C. Simrell was renewed, effective
July 26. Under terms of the fran-
chise, Simrell will continue to
pay 2 per cent of the gross receipts
to the city.
Terms of an ordinance prohibiting
use of conveyances for residence
or business were reviewed by the
council. The law was passed three
or four years ago and prohibits
the use of a railway car, street
car, bus, plane, trailer, or other
See FIREWORKS on Page 6
Opportunity
Election Set
OPPORTUNITY
Election of city officials for the
new town of Opportunity has been
set by County Judge Lew Sterrett
for July 21. Filing deadline for
candidates is July 16. Candidates'
petitions may be filed with Election
Judge A. W. Butler.
The election will be at Brown's
Store and Service Station, Cockreli
Hill Road at Hwy. 67. A mayor, five
aldermen, and a city marshal will
be elected. No petitions have been
filed yet, but four residents have
indicated definite plans to run for
office.
J. S. Trapp plans to file for
mayor, and of seven or eight pos-
sible candidates for the five alder-
man posts, three have announced:
Gene Slade, C. Byron Smith and
Dan P. Farrell. Two residents have
See ELECTION on Page 6
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Barber, Hildred. The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1956, newspaper, July 12, 1956; Duncanville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth437583/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.