The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1956 Page: 2 of 6
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Duncanville — The Weekly Chroncile
Thursday. April 26, 1956
The WEEKLY CHRONICLE
of Events in DUNCANViLLE and CEDAR HILL
Published weekly In DuneanviJle, Texas
Editorial Offices: Camp Wisdom near Duncanville Road*
Telephones; 'Office—AX8-2232; Home—AXS-3729
Second-class mail privileges authorized at Duncanville, Texas.
Publisher Walter JR. Barber
Editor — — Mrs. HHdred Barber
Office Manager - Christine Pitt
Sports Editor and Circulation Manager . Gene Martin
Member Texas Press Association
Catholic Church Starts Services
DALLAS
A new parish has been established
to serve members of the Catholic
Church in an area including Dun-
canville and Cedar Hill. The new
church, St. Elizabeth's, is located
at 4015 S. Hampton Road.
D—Mr. John Stafford went to
Buffalo Monday on a business
trip.
Machine Work
Welding & Implements
J. D. (Dan) CALVERT
Hiway 67 at Santa Fe RR
Cedar Hill — CY9-4201
Although formal dedication of the
church will not be held until May
,13, mass is being said each Sun-
day at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. James F. Burnes is
pastor of the new parish, whose
boundary lines are Illinois St. on
the north, Zang and Beckley on
the east, the Dallas-Ellis County
line on the south, and Mountain
Creek Lake on the west.
Catechism classes are also being
held each Saturday at 9 a.m. for
the children of the parish attend-
ing public schools.
The church to be dedicated i« a
frame chapel in rustic setting,
Work has also begun on building a
rectory for Msgr. Burnes.
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Now Open For Regular Services
Mass 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Sunday and Holy Days
Msgr. Jas. F. Burnes. Pastor
4015 S. Hampton. South of Ledbetter Dr.
For More Information Call FE-0007 Dallas
CUSTOM-BUILT HOMES
We Furnish Plans or Build to Your Specifications
AX8-3162
DUNCANVILLE
C. L. ADKINS
4SBR 5RIB8I IglTIC
We feature
LUSTERWAY
Dry Cleaning
Laundry- Alterations
Hatters
PICK UP AND DELIVERY
HOPKINS CLEANERS
ONE-DAY SERVICE IF REQUESTED
AX8 - 3391 DUNCANVILLE
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Meet Your West Park Neighbors . . .
And these are lvraud-new neighbors who have only lived in
Duncanville for a months WAIMON and ELWASIDA MELTON and
fiver year-old LYNN'.
Waimon's mother has been quite ill, so they have been home
only one weekend since they've moved to Duncanville.
He works for American Can Company, and is an excellent
"fix-it" main. «ay> ElWanda. She likes to sew when she has time.
They haven't yet heeta able to attend church in DuneanviJle
because of Waimon's mother's illness, but 1 hey are Baptists.
Their home is » 2-bedroom-and-deji huff colored brick a< ~' <
Alizelt street. Builder was Terrell Og'letree, The den provides »
perfect play-room for l.ynju and is <he family's favorite part of
the house.
Originally from Grand Saline, the Meltons were living in Dallas
and looking for a place to build when they drove through Duncan-
ville and felt they had found a real buy in West Park lots.
Call our office to learn how easy il Is for you, too. to live in
Duncanvlllc's lovely West Park Kstates.
CH Nazarenes
To Start Revival
Tuesday, May 1
CEDAR HILL
Rev. and Mrs. Eddie Burnem of
Ashland, Ky., will conduct special
evangelistic services at the Cedar
Hill Church of the Nazarene, begin-
ning Tuesday, May 1, announced
Rev. Henry T. Poteet, pastor.
The services will continue
through May 13 and will be held
at 7:30 each evening. Rev. Burnem
will preach each evening, and his
wife, Ann, will present special solo
music. Citing Rev. Burnem's rich
experience in both the pastorate
and evangelistic field of the church,
Rev. Poteet extended an invitation
to the public to attend the revival
and enjoy the preaching and sing-
ing of the Burnems.
Mrs. Burnem's gospel song
recordings have been widely used
on radio stations throughout the
country, said Rev. Poteet.
Dr. JOSEPH QUILLIAN
REV. and MRS. BURNEM
Dr. J. D. Quillian
To Conduct
Lecture Series
DUNCANVILLE
Dr. Joseph D. Quillian, professor
of homiletics at Perkins School of
Theology, SMU, begins a special
series of services and lectures
Sunday at the Duncanville Meth-
odist Church.
Popular youth speaker and out-
standing speaker and scholar on
the New Testament, Dr. Quillian
received his education at Piedmont,
Vanderbilt, and Yale Universities.
He was a chaplain in the Navy
during World War II; then
followed a pastorate in Stanford,
Conn., and presidency of Martin
College, Pulaski, Tenn.
Sunday morning Dr. Quillian
will preach on Eternal Life. Sun;
day night at 7 p.m. he will change
to a lecture format and that night
and Monday he will discuss "New
Testament Teachings on Divine
Healings." Tuesday night's subject
will be "The Christian Home," and
Wednesday's will be "Methodist
Bases for a Christian Faith." Mon-
day through Wednesday night the
lectures will begin at 7:30.
CHURCH GUEST — Conducting special services in local
churches are Dr. Joseph Quillian, Duncanville Methodist,
morning and evening services April 29, and evening. lec-
tures April 30 through May 2; and Rev. and Mrs. Eddie
Burnem, Cedar Hill Nazarene, 7:30 p;-m. services May 1
through May 13.
AX8.2234
MDH CO.
Nights
Rhodes Cemetery
A nnual Services
Planned Sunday
DUNCANVILLE
Annual Decoration Services will
be conducted Sunday, April 29, at
Rhodes Cemetery southeast of
Duncanville, by Rev. S. Baxton
Bryant of the Duncanville Meth-
odist Church.
Special music will also be pre-
sented. Following the memorial
service, there will be a brief busi-
ness meeting and new officers will
be elected.
Present officers are Tom John-
son, Richardson, president; E. M.
Hastings, Duncanville, secretary-
treasurer; and I. M. Redman, Dun-
canville, and Sam Pickard, Dallas,
directors.
Coolcats Perform
At VA Hospital
DUNCANVILLE
A group of musical panto-
mimists were a rousing success
Saturday night when they enter-
tained patients at the Veterans
Hospital in Lisbon.
The patients called for encore
after encore, even giving the group
a name, dubbing them The Cool-
cats.
Members of the group are Jer-
ry Mulder, Larry Gordy, Glenn
Bailey, Bill Davidson and Earl
Strain, all members of the DHS
freshman class.
Following their success Saturday
night, the boys were asked to make
two more appearances. They say
they are available for any club or
benefit in the Duncanville area.
D—Charles and Mona Acton took
their first vacation in five years
last week. They traveled to Lake
Whitney, Fort Worth and Houston,
and declared they had a most
wonderful time.
ALDEN BEAUTY SHOP
We Are Open 6 Days A
Week and Any Evening By
Appointment.
AX8-39I4
New Bookkeeping
Service Opened
DUNCANVILLE
Announcing the opening this
week of another new business serv-
ice in Duncanville is C. Fred
Jamison, who will operate a book-
keeping and tax service at his
home on South Avenue C.
Mr. Jamison, "who ha* been a
life insurance fcgent for several
years, will leave that field shortly
and devote full time to hfs* book-
keeping business.
His wife is Mrs. Jane Jamison,
second-grade teacher at Duncan
ville Elementary School. They
have two children, Sula Ann, aged
9, and Charles 11.
D—Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Richard-
son, Irving, were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Smith and
Debbie and Mr. and Mrs. J'ames C.
Smith. Mr. Richardson is a math-
ematics teacher in Irving and also
operates a skating rink.
MARGIE'S CAFE
Next To
Richardson's Grocery
Duncanville Road at
Red Bird Lane
DUNCANVILLE
Red Bird
Barber Shop
on Camp Wisdom Rd*.
in Red Bird Addition.
open 9 a.m.—7:30 p.m.
"Home of Personal Service"
DUDLEY M. HUGHES
FUNERAL HOME
400 E. JEFFERSON
WH6-5133
jumergency Ambulances Burial Insurance
Air-Conditioned Invalid Coaches $150 to $650
All burial or insurance policies honored at full cash value.
Haircuts
Weekdays
75
Saturdays $1.00
JOHN PRUDEN. owner
Don't Let the Wind Ruin Your Clothes!
clear the
We have Doubled our Drying Facilities
and can now give you Rapid Service!
BOSHER'S WASHATERIA
DUNCANVILLE
AX8-3113
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Barber, Hildred. The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1956, newspaper, April 26, 1956; Duncanville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth437593/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.