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PUBLIC SCHOOUrWEET
Visit a public school,
MARCH 2nd thru 6thf
Ray Roberta
Cong. Ray Roberts
Announces For
Re-election
Ray Slssel
Bale To Acre Chib
To Honor 37
Rep. Kay Roberta of the Fourth
Congressional District authorizes
the Honey Grove Signal dt’zen
and Ladonla News to make
following announcement.
TO ALL CITIZENS OF THE
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DIS-
TRICT:
"It has been my honor and pri-
vilege to represent the Fourth
District in the Congress of the
United States since 1962 when I
was elected to fill the vacancy
created by the untimely death of
Speaker Sam Rayburn.
"I am a candidate for re-election
to a second full term.
‘‘Since elected. I have tried to
represent all of the citizens of
the District and to work in the
best interest of -our State- and
Nation.
"I agairi pledge myself to carry-
ing "dut my campaign promise of
‘Action. Not Words’ and I appre-
ciate the continued support given
to mdby each and every citizen in
this work.
‘‘During the coming months, in
addition to carrying the Demo-
cratic banner for our District, I
expect to work for the nomination
and election of Lyndon B. John-
son as Pesident of the United
States." ~ '
Roberts. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
C. Roberts of McKinney, was bom
and raised in Collin County in the
Fourth Congressional District. He
is married to the former Elizabeth
Bush, also a native of McKinney.
He was educated at McKinney
High School, Texas A&M, North
Texas State College and the Uni-
versity of Texas.
In 1936 he was named District
Director of the National Youth
Administration for 35 East Texas
counties. He remained in this
position until he joined the staff
of Speaker Rayburn in Washing-
ton. Roberts was with Speaker
Rayburn until entering the Armed
Forces in 1942.
During World War II, he served
with the United States Navy and
earned a total of seven battle
stars. His first ship was the U. S.
8. Hornet (CV-8) which was lost
in enemy action during the Battle
of Santa Cruz. After that he was
Commanding Officer of the LST-
335 and participated in the invas-
ions of Sicily, Salerno and Norman
l dy. He is now a Cgptain in the
United States Naval Reserve.
!. After successful operations in
private buslnes at McKinney and
Celina, he served eight years in the
Texas State Senate. During this
time he was chairman of many
committees, Including the Senate
Finance Committee, the Appropria-
tions Conference Committee, and
the Cost of Government Commit-
tee. During the 75th session, he
was President Pro Tern of the
Senate.
Roberts is a member of the
Methodist Church, the Masonic
Lodge, American Legion, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, and during 1955
was national Vice President of the
Reserve Officers Association of
the United States.
Roberts is currently serving on
the Veterans Affairs and Interior
and Insular Affairs committees of
the United States House of Re-
presentatives and has the unani-
mous recommendation of, the Tex-
as Congressional Delegation for a
position on the powerful Public
Works Committee. v
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
Bonham.—The 3i7 members of
Fannin county's 1963 “Bale-an
Acre Club" will be honored Thurs-
day night for their production
know-how at a barbecue kt the
Bonham National Guard armory.
Hosts for the barbecue will be
seven banks and 16 gins in the
county.
Ray Sissel of Dallas, director of
public relations of the Texas Pow
er and Light Co., will be the
speaker.
Invitations to the 37 members
of the club, their wives and rep-
resentatives of the sponsoring in-
stitutions went into the mail Sat-
urday. Admission to the ban-
qquct will be by the invitation on-
ly. County Agent Wayne Cran-
fill said.
The- program at the Armory will
begin at 6:30 p. m. With the bar-
becue catered by Ernie’s of Green-
ville and be followed by the pro-
gram whijch will include the talk
by Sisseli: and the presentation of
certificates to the 37 farmers who
produced the bale per acre.
The Bale-an-Acre club idea was
originated by Rpb Ethgjedge of
Fort Worth, farm director of WB-
AP radio-tv. Its primary purpose
is to recognize those farmers, par-
ticularly,, in the blacklands, who
produce a bale per acre.
The 37 members of the Fannin
County Bale-an-Acre club are:
Joe Bolin nd R. B. Moss of
Bonham; Aubrey Young, Elmer
Bearden, and Harmon Brewer of
Rt. 1, Bonham: R. B. Capltnger,
J. G. Richardson, H. O. Porter and
Euclid McDonald of Rt. 2, Wolfe
City; Wren Grimes. Roby Watson,
Billy Watson, C. G. Watson and
M. A? Carpenter of Leonard.
A. D. Woodson, J. E. Williams,
Gorden B. McFarland, and R. A.
Turman of Gober; H. E. Blackerby
Tom Blacketer and Grady Kid-
well of Rt. 1, Trenton; F. H.
Stoehner and L. P. Shepherd of
Windom; J. T. Woodson of Gober;
G. C. Merrell on Honey, Grove; Bob
Old of Rt. 2, Telephone; Dewey
T; Nichols of Rt. I Ladonla; R.
R. Caplinger of Rt. 2, Ladonia;
John Loschke of Rt. 3, Honey
Grove.
IE. T. Brewer of Windom; Demp-
sey V. Woodruff, B. T, Steele,
Dewey L. Kidwell and Buster
Smith of Trenton; Marvin Loschke
of Rt. 3, Honey Grove; C. R.
Jackson and R. E. Blackerby of
Rt. 1, Leonard; Clifford B.
Brookins of Rt. 1, Leonard.
Sponsors of the program are
the First National Bank, Trenton;
Bonham State Bank and First
National Bank, Bonham; Farmers
A Merchants State Bank of Lad-
onia; First National Bank, Win-
dom; First National Bank; Honey
Grove; and Leonard National
Bank.
Other sponsors are F&M Com-
press, Honey Grove; Traylor Gin
at Bailey, Bonham Co-Op Gin, Bon-
ham Gin, Williams Gin, Rt. 1, Bon-
ham, Ector Gin, Smith Gin at Gob-
er, Co-Op Gin at Honey Grove, Far-
mers Gin of Honey Grove, Honey
Grove Gin, Ladonia Gin, Hill Gin
at Trenton, Riverby Ranch Gin,
Davis Gin at Leonard, Randolph
Gin, and Abernathy and Tucker Gin
at Leonard.
Red Cross Fund
Drive To Be Held
In March
The Fannin County Chapter
of the Red Cross is holding its’
annual drive for members and
funds in March. The County goal
for this year is $7,939 according
to. Leenian Sewell, Chapter Chair-
man.
■The County Fund Chairman are
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jackson of
Bonham.
Over 100 years the Red Cross
has been a symbol of man’s effort
to use humanitarian principles as
a guide for conduct in the World
Community. In 1963, the 100th An-
niversary of the Red Cross, some
90 nations and over 157 million
people are members of the Red
Cross und subscribe to its increas-
ing efforts to aid all in need.
Volunteers, two million of them
provide the heart and soul of Red
Cross services. It is the volunteers
“Giving of Themselves” and your
volunteer gifts of funds that help
the Red Cross to be "always there”.
Leeman Sewell is urging all
persons working on the drive to
try and have everything completed
by March 30th if possible.
Mrs. Walter Vaughan. Honey
Grove, chairman; Mrs, Wade Mc-
Kee, Co-Cha4man5 Our drive will
begin March 2nd.
NEWS FROM
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Honey Grove, Fannin County , Texas, 75446, Friday, February 28, 1964
NUMBER I
Pasture Shortcourse Set For March 2-3
By Wayne Craaflll,
County AgriL Agent
A two-night pasture shortcourse
will be held Monday and
nights March 2 and 3 at the
Building beginning at 7:30 p.
according to Wayne Cranflll,
unty Agent.
Topics to be discussed' the
first night will be: value of pro-
tein testing of forage and pasture
crops by Dr. AarOn Baxter, Agron-
omist, Texas Power & Light Co),
Dallas; Nutrient requirement* df
Last Rites Held For
Former HG Mayor,
R. B. (Dick) Sell,
Over 100 Attend Box
Supper At Selfs
On Friday night, February 21,
over one hundred people gathered
at the Self Community Center for
a Box Supper, with Pete Holman,
County C'erk,. and club sponsor,
and many county candidates act-
ing ns auctioneers, the boxes, pies
cakes and merchandise sold well.
With the decorated boxes setting
as high as $35.00 each and cakes
The First National Bank of
Honey Grove will be dosed all day
Independence Day. 8-ltc.
next Monday, March 2nd, Texas
and pies up to $6.00, and merchan-
dise 'and trade certificates from
around 40 Honey Grove merchants,
the club netted $430.00.
The people of the community
are appreciative of all the help
that was given.
The regular meeting of the Im-
provement club will be held on
Thursday night, February 27 at
7:30 for an important business
meeting.
Refreshments will be served and
all Interested In the club work are
urged to attend.
Remember the chicken supper
at the Community Center this Fri-
day night. Serving will start at
5:00 o’clock.
Mr. A. H. Fletcher was in Hum
ford and Houston over the week-
eftfr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hawley
and Barry spent ‘ Saturday with
Mrs. A. H. Fletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Strickland
and daughter of Honey Grove
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mra.
Troy Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. Myles Peeler and
family of San Antonio spent the
weeknd here with Mr. and Mrs.
M. W. Peeler. Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Stinnett of Direct were Sunday vis-
itors.
Mrs. Sue Fortenberry and Mrs.
Goldie Smith of Lancaster and Mr.
Earl Smith of Dumas spent Mon-
day here with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Hunt . of
Dallas spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mra Lee Teasley.
A fellowship supper for the Tele-
phone Methpdist Circuit was held
here Friday night. The next sup-
per will be at Telephone March
18th.
Mr. Harry Williams of the Tu-
lip Community spent the weekend
here with Mrs. Martha Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stapleton of
Celeste were recent visitors in the
home.
' Mrs. Myrtle Brians recently
spent a week end visiting in Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vaught of Sher-
man were recent visitors in the
home. (
Mr H. G. Edwards of Amarillo
spent the week end here with his
parents, Mr, and Mrs. C. E. Ed-
wards.
Mr. and Mrs Homer McElroy
spent the week end in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Smith and
family and Mrs. Ethel Thomas of
Paris spent Sunday here with Mr.
and Mrs. Vin Wells.
. Mrs. Modean Gray of the Tele-
phone Community visited with Mr.
and Mra. D .C. Coston late Satur-
day evening.
Rev. E. G. Nelson of Wolfe City
filled his regular appointment here
at the Baptist Church Sunday
morning.
Mr. Harvey King and Mr. Sam
Hall of Borger spent the week end
here with Mr. and Mrs. Sam King.
Mr. and Mra. Wade Chandler and
baby of DeQueen, Ark., were
dinner guests Sunday and Sunday
evening visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. Winfred King and children of
Bonham, Mr. and' Mrs. Jackie
Simpson of Honey Grove and Mrs.
Evelyn Free of Ft. Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Campbell of
Hot Springs, Ark., spent a few
days the first of the week with
Mra. Wesley Slagle. At this
writing Mr. Wesley Slagle Is in
VA hospital at McKinney for a
check up. - -
Mrs. A .L. Harguess recently
spent a Saturday in Bonham with
Mrs. Loyd Frazier.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Merrell vis-
ited in Honey Grove Sunday even-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs; Stanley Waldrop
and daughters visited in Garretts
Bluff Sunday. Sunday night, ship-
per visitors in their home were
Mr. Max Hutchins of Lamasco;
Mr. Sam Magness of Sumner and
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Waldrop and
daughters of Garrets Bluff.
A kick-off meeting for the Hon-
ey Grove Red Cross Drive has
been announced for Monday after-
noon March 2nd at 2:09 o’clock in
the Exhibits Hall of the Red River
Valley Civic Center. All volunteers
who will assist In the drive are
requested to attend.
—Reported
onday
L He
The funeral for R. B. (Dick)
Self, longtime Honey Grove civic
and church leader and former
mayor, was held at the First
Christian, church at 2:00 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, February 25.
Officiant was the church pastofc
the Rev. Edwin W. Gorom.
Cooper-Sorrells directed inter-
ment in Oakwood Cemetery. Nam-
ed pallbearers were Doc Melton,
Roy Shelton, W. E. Newberry. 3.
W. Armistead, Bob Gray and B.
W. Clayton. »
Mr. Self died in a Bonham hos-
pital at 12:30 o’clock Mond:
morning, February 24, 1964
suffered a heart attack at his
home here Sunday morning, Feb-
ruary 23. t
A native of the Shiloh commun-
ity. Richard Britton Self was bom
Sept. 8, 1899, the son of J. A. Self
and Rosalie Newhouse Self. He
was married to Lou Ethel Chiles
on October 21, 1923i
A retired fireman, having ser-
ved twenty-five years with the
Honty Grove volunteer fire depart-
ment, Mr. Self also served eight
years as mayor of Honey Grove
several years ago. He had served
as Sunday School superintendent
and member of the board of det-
ains and as an elder of the First
Christian Church. He had also ser-
ved as district chairman of the
Boy Scouts of Amerlcg.
Survivors include his wife] Mr*,
Lou Ethel Self of Honey Grove;
a son, Richard Self, Honey Grove;
a brother, A. D. Self of Dallas,
and four sisters, Mrs. Don Mitchell
of Lubbock;--Mrs. Joe Jane?, Rich-
ardson; Mrs. McCleary Eversole,
Honey GrOve and Mrs. Ralph Shel-
ton, Paris.
forage and pasture Crops by C. O.
Spence, Area agronomist, Texas
Extension Service, Sherman; and
Chemical Weed Control and Rules
A Regulations of 2-4,D by Joe
Cole, Area Agronomist, Texas Ex-
tension Service, Denton, Tex.
Appearing on the program the
second night will be Albert Nova-
sad, pasture specialist, Texas A&M
College discussing ‘‘Proper Man-
agement Practices to Establish
and Maintain Improved Pastures;
“Basic Nutrients Requirements of
Beef Cattle In A Cow & Cattle
Operation” will be discussed by
Tommy Thompson, Animal Hus-
bandman, Texas A&M College;
Methods of Soil Conservation to
Improve Pastures” will be discuss-
ed by personnel from the Soil
Conservation Service .
The shortcourse Is being sponsor-
ed by the Beef Cattle Committee of
the Fannin County Program Build
ing Committee. Door prizes will
be given out the two nights, court-
esy of Depot Feed Storp, Gross
Feed Store and Hi-Ylelds Fertili-
zer Company, all of Bonham, Tex-
as.
Candidates To Be
Guests Of Chamber
At Monday Meet
At its meeting Monday evening,
March 2nd at 7:30 o'clock in the
,Exhibits Hall of the Red River
Valley Civic Center, the Honey
Grove Chamber of Commerce will
have as guests candidates for
city, precinct, county and district
off ices.-Invitations have been mail-
ed to the various candidates. They
will be presented to the assemblage
and each will be allowed a max-
imum of five minutes for those
who care to talk.
Refreshments will also be served,
R. F. Voyer, Chamber program
chairman has announced.
Warriors Scuttle Pirates In Bi-District;
Enter Regional At Denton Saturday
Will Play Ranger In First Round With
Tip-Off Time Set For 10:15 a. m. Saturday
The Honey Grove Warriors made
a decisive victory of their ^i-dis-
trict fracas with the Wylie Pirates
Frank Dobbs
Announces For
City Commission
The Post Office Department in
Ihe past has restricted its em-
ployees from holding elective of-
fices but that restriction has been
rescinded and now they are en-
couraging their personnel to hold
local offices that will not interfere
with their Job as City Carfifcr. I
am asking for that place. I may
be old fashioned but I still believe
in the government of the people,
by the people and for the people.
If you, the citizens of Honey Grove
elect me to this office of Commis-
sioner, I will strive for improve-
ments and better things for our
town.
Thanks
J. Frank Dobbs
Random Thoughts and
News Briefs...
Final date for filling for places
on local school boards and for
county trustee will be next Wed-
nesday, March 4. In the Honey
Grove district, terms of C. L. Felts
and Rayford Stroud expire this
year and names of both have been
filed.fqr re-election.
Final date or filing in the Honey
Grove city election is Saturday.
March 7th, Honey Grove will name
two commissioners and a mayor
in the city election to be held
Tuesday, April 7th. Frank Welch
is the only candidate for mayor
filing thus far. Names of three
have been filed for commissioner.
They are A. P. Merrell. J. L, Hol-
man and J. Frank Dobbs.
We've had a lot of trouble in re-
cent- years about the final date for
filing. The law states that filing
must be thirty days before the
election, not counting election day
or the final day for filing. We bad
first announced the last days as
March 3 or the school and March
6 for the city, then along comes
County Judge Moore with his of-
ficial pronouncement that final
date for filing for the the school
is March 7. Prospesctive candidates
can be sure and be on the safe
side by not waiting until the last
day to file. •.
Last Rites Held For
Mrs. G. B. Gilbert
Mrs. Mary Tallye Gilbert of
Dallas, formerly of Honey Grove,
died at 7:40 a. m. February 8,
1964, in Medical Center Hospital
at Tyler after an illness of about
a week. * '
The funeral Sunday morning,
February 9,‘was in Eubanks Fun-
eral Chapel at Canton, with the
Rev. Harold Threatt as officiant
Graveside rites were conducted at
Oakwood Cemetery at Honey
Grove where interment was made.
Pallbearers were Thomas Reid,
Johnie Reid, A1 Reid, Earl Gordon
Haney. Gerald Berry and Dr. J. R.
Avann.
A native of Long Island, Ala-
bama, Mrs. Gilbert was bom Jan-
uary 4, 1894. Her parents were
the late Jeff D. and Julia H. Han-
ey. She was married January 27,
1927 to Grover Booth Gilbert who
preceded her in death. She was
a member of the Urbart Park Bap-
tist Church in Dallas.
Survivors include tw(^daughters,
Mrs. Billie Ruth Reid of Canton
and Mrs. Claudia Loper of Dallas;
two brothers, John Haney of Bon-
ham and Earl Haney of McKinney,
four sisters, Mrs. Maude Garvin
of Borger; Mrs. J. W. Turner of
Oklahoma City; Mra. C. J. Danner
of Ran Antonio and Mrs. Myrtle
Beauchamp of Dallas, and three
grandsons. "Randy, Ricky and Ron-
nie Reid of Canton.
Rites Held Wednesday
For Wes Dockery
The funeral for Daniel Wesley
(Wes) Dockery was held at the
First Baptist Church Wednesday
afternoon. February 26. at 3:00
o’clock. Mr. Dockery died suddenly
of a heart attack at his home here
at 8:00 o’clock Monday evening,
February 24, 1964.
Officiant at the last rites was
the church pastor, the Rev. Doug-
las Cheatham. Cooper-Sorrells dir-
ected interment in Oakwood Ceme-
tery. Pallbearers were Alva Loch-
ridge, Curtis Brown, C. L. Pasley,
R. M. McCleary, Earl Collins and
John Barrett.
A native of Mississippi, Mr.
Dockery was bom October 10, 1885.
His parents were Daniel Dockery
and Amelia Hughes Dockery. He
was married to Mary Manuel on
October 20, 1909. Mr. Dogkery was
a member of the First Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mary Dockery of Honey Grove;
two sons, Edgar Dockery of Dal-
las, and Major Harvey L. Dockery
with the U. S. Air Force stationed
at Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
two daughters, Mrs. Keith Hudgens
of Ypsilanti. Mich., and Mrs. Jim
Seibenthall of Carrollton; two
brdthers, R. E. DOckery of Calif-
ornia and Louie Dockery of Hous-
ton; a sister, Mra. Minnie Moore
of Paris; fourteen grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Lost something? Try a Want Ad.
Last Rites Held Tues.
For Mrs. Grissell
A
Funeral services for Mrs. E. L.
Grissell, a former Honey Grove
resident was held in the Cooper-
Sorrells Chapel at 11:00 o’clock
Tuesday morning, February 25,
The Rev. Edwin Gorom, minister
of the First Christian Church
officiated and intertnent was in
Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs. GrisRell was a resident of
Calrida, Okla.
’ The Warriors will meet
Ranger in the first round of
the regional playoff at Denton
Saturday. Game time will be
10:t5 a. m. In the other class
A pairing, Henrietta will play
Midlothian at 8:45 a. m. Sat-
urday.
Winner of the Honey Grove
Ranger game will meet the
winner of the Henrietta-Mid-
lothian game in the finals at
7 o'clock Saturday night and
this winner will pdyaiu-t- to
the State Tournament at Aus-
tin which begins on Thursday
of next week.
The gym at Denton will al-
so be the locale for the re-
gional AA playoffs. Glade-
water will meet Lake Worth
at 11:45 a. m., and Lancaster
will meet New Boston at 1:15
p. m., in the AA regional. Win-
ners in these games W ill meet
in the AA finals at 8:15 Sat-
urday night.
The regional meet is divided
in two sessions with the morn-
ing and afternoon games be-
ing one session and the finals,
the other session. Admission is
$1.00 for adults and 50 cents
for students for each session.
at McKinney High School Gym
Tuesday night. Before a capacity
crowd the Tribe scuttled the Pir-
ates to the tune of 83-50 and will
enter the regional tournament at
Denton this Saturday. It will ba
the fourth year in a row for
Coacjj/ Keftneth Billings’ Warriors
to enter regional play.
The Tribe did-an excellent jo*»
of rebounding against the Wylie
quintet, and following an evenly
matched first, quarter which ended
in a 14-14. draw, pulled away to a.
lead at halftime and padded the
lead to the 33 point spread by
game’s end.
Ailing Johnny Underwood, who
has really ‘‘had it” for the past
several days with a severe cold
and throat Infection paced the
Tribe with 25 points, followed by
George Thurman with 21.
Also contributing in the scor-
ing column for the Warriors were
Rod Ivy with 11 points; Joe Henry,
8; Don Read 7; Mike Beezley 6;
Mike Morrow 3. and Larry Foster
2. Johnny Underwood was high
rebounder with 10.
The regular meeting of the Selfs
Community Improvement Club will
be held Thursday evening, Feb-
ruary 27th at 7.30 o’clock. This
has been announced as an im-
portant business meeting. Refresh-
ments will be served and all in-
terested in the club work are urged
to attend/
The First National Bank of
Honey Grove and the First Nation-
al Bank of Windom have both
announced that they will be closed
all day next Monday. March 2nd
in observance of Texas Indepen-
dence Day.
Dr. Aaron Baxter, Texas Power
& Light Company’s agronomist
will discuss peanut production in
North Carolina and County Agent
Harold Lilfes of Caddo County,
Okla., and Carroll Smith and Boyd
Spence, peanut farmers in Caddo
County, will tell how they managed
to average mote than 100 bushels
per acre on both dry and irragated
land in 1963 at a special peanut
clinic at the Telephone Community
Center .tonight, Friday, February
28.
Time of the meeting has been
announced as 7:00 o'clock. All
farmers interested in peanut pro-
duction are invited to attend.
Former Area Resident
Killed In Car Crash
Homer Bonner was killed and His
brother, Luther Bonner was in-
jured in an automobile accident
near Shamrock last Saturday
night.
The brothers are sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul and Minnie Fox
Bonner who formerly lived in the
Ubell community but now reside
in Shamrock.
No details came with the report
other than Mr. Homer Bopner
leaves a wife and two children.
Relatives here are Mra. Charlie
Page and Mr. Ed Page, who are
cousines of the Bonners.
David G. Little
David G. Little has been re-
cently named assistant business
manager of the Dallas chapter of
the Society of Petroleum Engen-
eers. He began his duties with the
Dalld<; chapter February 24.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Clint
Little of Windom, Little’s duties
will include attending conventions
held annually in Los Angeles, Den-
ver. San Francisco. New York,
Houston, Odessa and New Orleans.
Local's Daughter
Injured In Car Crash
Mrs. Frances Sanders of Austin,
daughter of Mrs. Jesse Edwards,
is in Brackenridge hospital in
Austin from injuries sustained
about two weeks ago, when two
cars which were drag racing, one
side swiping her car and the oth-
er hitting her car head on, is the
report.
Mrs. Sanders is now able to be
up some in a wheel chair.
Mrs. Sam Lyon has returned
home after visiting with the Coll-
ins family at Lamesa and attend-
ing the grand opening of their
new modern, structure. Collins De-
partment Store.
Mrs. Lyon is a relative of the
Collins family. Two members of
the Collins family came for her
to be present for the opening event
Sunday, February 16th.
The late - W. B. Collins was
known in this area, established the
first Collins store ih Bbswell, Ok-
lahoma in 1913. His sons, Walter
and Dick Collins, and his brother.
W..H. Collins established outlet
stores in Brownfield and Denver
City and located in Lamesa in 1926.
The Lamesa Daily Reporter new
spaper featured the grand opening
with congratulatory coverage, his-
tory, advertising and photographs
Page after page praising the beau-
tiful store, naming it one of West
Texas finest.
Mrs Letha Graham daughter, of.
Mr. Lee Lovelady, and his cousin,
Mrs. Beaulah Pharr, ofi1 Gaines-
ville spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Lovelady.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gerhart, Rob-
bie and Stewart of Conroe spent
the weekend with her mother. Mrs.
G .K. Fladger.
Mrs. L. C. Stevenson and son,
Dwain, were Ip Dallas during the
weekend and visited with Mrs..
Florlne Fountain and son. Butch.
Friends here have received the
report that Lloyd Easterly suffer-
ed a severe heart attack several
w»nit« ago- Is now at home but
will be confined to a hospital bed
for several mdnths.
Jack Wood Receives
Bank Promotion
Jack Wood of Victoria, son or
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood, has re-
ceived the promotion to executive
vice-president and, has also been
made a director, of the American
Bank of Commerce at Victoria.
Mr. Wood ’helped, establish the
bank about 7 years ago when he
moved to Victoria. He is a nat-1
ive of Honey Grove finishing High
school here.
Armed Man Breaks
Suspect Out Of Jail
BONHAM — A man armed with
a German luger Saturday < night
locked up jailer and two trusties
and released a^man beirig held in
Fannin County jail on charges of
car theft, according to Sheriff
Hoyt Ivey.
Thes escapee was Walter L.
Crews of Ladonia, arrested last
week on charges of taking a pick.
up truck believed to have been
used in a. get-away followijy? the
byrglary of the Dudley Jackson
Service Station Monday, Ivey said.
The sheriff said Crews was one
of three men charged in connect-
ion with the car theft and burglary.
The other two, Billy Johnson of
Ladonia and James Bacon of Mc-
Kirtney, have not yet been arrested.
The luger held by the man who
released Crews was similar to
one takyi from a de3k driver
in the service station during, th^
burglary, Ivey said.
Edgar Fulcher. tHe.jailer, was
eating supper in the jh.il* kitchen
when the armed man entered
through the nearby west door, the
only dopr unlocked hr the building
at the time, accppding to Ivey. The
man forced Fulcher and two trust-
ies then on duty, John McDaniel
and David Cross, into separate
cells.
Ivey quoted Fulcher as saying
the man demanded Fulcher give
him the keys 'to Crews' cell. When
Fulcher refused, the man got them
himself from an unlocked jail
vault and set Crews free.
Four other prisioners being held
in jail on felony charges declined
offers to be freed also, Ivey said.
Prisiorters on the upper floor
of the jail sounded the alarm, at-
tracting the attention of taxicab
driver Wilie Earle, who called Ivey
to the jail to free Fulcher.
Crews, the escapee and Billy B.
Johnson, both of Ladonia were
captured at a roadblock "thrown
up by Louisiana patrolmen near
Leesville, La., Tuesday morning,
after a fellow patrolman had been
handcuffed to a tree by the pair
about 20 minutes earlier.
Both Crews and Johnson have
been charged with armed robbery
in Louisiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Hawkiits
and Lowell Neeley of Parks, Ark.,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Gus Franklin
of the Allens Chapel community
atul other relatives during the
weekend. Mrs. Franklin is a sis-
ter of Mrs. Hawkins and Mrs.
Neeley. Other relatives visiting In
the Franklin home were Mr; and
Mrs. Arlan Upton and family of
Arlington, Mr. and -Mrs. Robert
Nee’v of Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Neeley and son of Petty nrtd Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Neeley of the
Allens Chapel community.
Mr. and Mrs Philip Wood,
Becky and Lana, of Gilmer and
Mr. and Mr% Jack Wood and
children, Stove, Jack, Davicf. Gre-
r sever*. ,*"v i"”1 Vl ’
His address ls |L. W.1 Easterly, h^re during (the weekend with
“rs. Hr ...... '
Mrs. Sam Wise returned to her
home Saturday after visiting with
her son Joe Wise and Mrs. Wise
in Nocona and in Hugo Okla., with
Mrs. Ida Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wise of Ft.
Worth and their little grand son.
Johnny Westmorland of Pueblo,
Colorado, spent Sunday here with
Mrs. Sam Wise.
3334 Burlingdell Dallas 11, Texas. | Mr. and Mra. Henry Wood.
A golden spike, driven at
Ogdon, Utah in -1800,. marked the
completion of the first transcon-
tinental railway.
The fangs of the c»bra am
mailer tjy>n thorn of the rattle
make but its ven^m Is mdre tox-
ic.
The first School of architecture
,r^rr»ci was founded tn 1904 at
A&M College* iy F. E. Giesecke.
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Morrow, Joe T. Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1964, newspaper, February 28, 1964; Honey Grove, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519756/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.