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THE DENISON PRESS, DENISON, TEXAS
PAGE TWO FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1960
lEPTMIAL
Investigate for ourselves
(By Fred Poole, Etex C. of C.)
Needless to say, 1960 will be a year of "investigations."
Already it is off to a good start, but to use the old showboat
spieler's words in announcing the next number, "You ain't seen
nothin' yet," for 1960 is an election year. And election years
breed investigations.
Charges and countercharges, claims and counterclaims will
crowd the air waves until the adult western may actually serve as
a relief. For there, at least, the bad guys usually get what's
coming to them. Yet we will be making a grave mistake if we
look only at the charges, for charges are sometimes made in or-
der to confuse. And there is the danger.
TV quiz shows served as a curtain raiser for the boys in
Washington, and in quick succession there followed "Payola,"
the price of drugs, kinfolks working in kinfolks' offices, not to
mention the cranberry deal, which was itself followed by a swipe
at the broiler industry, coupled with another cigarette scare.
Now comes the suggestion that TV and radio need a czar,
and a congressional regulatory committee of some sort. Then
the question comes to mind that such an arrangement would
leave no group to investigate the congressional committee itself.
Yet Congress would lead the people to believe that the best
things in life are free; that the federal government can hand out
dollars without first taking those dollars from the people them-
selves,- that there is such a thing as a free lunch!
When deliberate acts have been committed for the purpose
of misleading the public, whether it be on TV, radio or any-
where else, exposure is healthy, but insofar as government is
concerned, such exposure is too often purely political.
During 1960 let s investigate our situation ourselves, re-
membering that no man occupies political office today who was
not put there by us. Let's not get ourselves so worked up over
small things that we allow the smoke screen of indifference to
obscure our vision, for there are matters far more important
than pop tunes or payola. There is the nation itself, tugging
mightily aj- its traditional moorings. There is an ideology loose
in the world that is pledged to destroy our America. And there
are those in positions of responsibility who are not themselves
responsible.
Let s investigate for ourselves. Then let's pledge ourselves
that 1960 will see us just as vigilant in the preservation of our
country as our forefathers were in establishing it.
Murphy
Leo Murphy
retires as
local banker
Oh! It is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyran-
nous to hse it like a giant—Shapespeare.
The greatest truths are simplest; so are the greatest men.
—Hare
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at Denison, Texas, under the act of March 3, 1879.”
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integrity; to individual and civic commeiSial progress.
LeRoy M. Anderson, Sr.................................... Editor and Publisher
LeRoy M. Anderson, Ji..................................... Plant Superintendent
Carey L. Anderson ............ ........................................ Auditor-Buyer
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(Outside county add 25c each six months)
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Any erroneous statement reflecting upon the character or reputation
of any persons will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention
of the publisher. The Denison Press assumes no responsibility for
error in advertising insertions beyond the price of the advertisement.
When Banker Leo Murphy
withdrew from active service as
a vice-president of the State Na-
tional Bank after serving that in-
stitution for a period of 59 years
or since he was a young man of
19 years when he first entered
employment as a clerk, he was
still a straight-up-standing physi-
cal man, with no bent shoulders
nor slow walk.
He did not have to retire be-
cause of old age, nor the fact that
he needed a walking cane. He
walks without one.
Rather, as complimenting his
physical condition, the boys of
the bank went together and made
a present to him of a set of gold
sticks.
That epitomizes his physical
condition.
And as to his alertness as a
banker, this particular publisher
will miss him.
He was always our main stay
when we needed to use a little
extra cash for an investment,
shifting for a loan, or any busi-
ness move that called for mature
experience.
For Leo has been a friend of
this editor since he sat in a posi-
tion of an advisor as a banker.
To be exact, Leo went to work
as a young fellow of 19 years.
He retired after being with the
bank 59 years, so that makes Leo
still 10 years a younger man than
LeRoy M. Anderson, Sr. As a
young man this writer came to
Denison in the year 1901, and en-
tered the printing business in the
building at 314 Main, three doors
from the State National. They be-
came immediate friends of this
young business man and offered
valuable advice, and Leo was my
trusted banker for years. And
to me he was The State National.
Leo has done everything in a
bank that beginners did and were
expected to do back in the early
90's. He has run down bad
checks, delivered messages, swept
the floor, studied at night for the
promotion that was awaiting him
and when the day came for that
promotion, Leo was ready.
He has handled the smallest ac-
counts, been kind with the begin-
ner in banking, has seen to it that
the aged who trusted his bank
were given every consideration
a man to be loved and trusted
above that of all men when it
came to handling confidential
matters, what was a good or bad
investment, a risky piece of paper
or one that could be placed in
the deposit box with confidence
ot its current and dependable
worth.
Leo has been more than just a
hanker all the time—he has been
a man in all that the word means,
lie has not been so obsessed with
his business that he can’t sec his
friends individually, lie is more
like the shepherd that can call
each of the flock by name—he
has been just that close to Dcni-
sonians by the thousands.
A man with a life ,so filled with
the good and noble, so invested in
the desire to be of help to his fel-
low citizens, has given to Leo
Murphy something more than a
pension or monthly check on
which to retire—he has riches
stored in the hearts of thousands
of folk who recall the deeds of
kindness bestowed that shall be
forever a kind of spiritual dia-
dem that will always settle down
on his life as a gentle token from
a spiritual world that yields its
values only to those who earn
them.
Friends of Leo will wish for
him many years of pleasurable re-
tirement in life. Hi.s position is
that if he had to choose his work
all over again, he would still be
the banker he has tried to be,
bespeaks the dedicated heart.
OUT OF TOWN ORDERS for classified ads are strictly payable in
advance.
BOX NUMBERS, Care Denison Press, will be given advertiser* de-
siring blind addresses.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Deadlines set by
board on Ft. Worth
Fat Stoek Show
Deadline for entering poultry,
turkeys, rabbits and pigeons in
the Sohthwestern Exposition and
Fat Stock Show, January 29
through Febroary 7, will be Sun-
day, January 10, John C. Sher-
man, department superintendent,
has announced.
Pigeons, rabbits and turkeys
will show January 29 through
February 2. Pigeons will be
judged at 9:00 a. m. January 30
and 31 and turkeys at 9:00 a. m.
January 31. Rabbits will be
judged at 9:00 a. m. January 30
and 31.
Standard and bantam poultry
will be shown February 3 through
7 with bantams to be judged at
9:00 a. m. February 4 and 5 and
standard poultry at 9:00 a. m.
February 4.
Poultry judges will be C. T.
Drie.ssen of Great Falls, Mont.,
secretary of the American Poul-
try association; Allen D. Fitehett,
manager of he Chamber of Com-
merce, Cushing, Okla, and Joe R.
Harner, treasurer of the associa-
tion and large poultry breeder of
Fairborn, Ohio. E. D. Parnell,
APA licensed judge and poultry
husbandry professor of Texas A.
& M. college, will judge turkeys
and water-fowl.
Poultry, turkeys, rabbits and
pigeons will compete for a total
of $2,800, Sherman said.
Grand champions of the large
poultry, the bantam poultry and
the turkey departments will bo
crowned world champions as the
Graduated December 4 from
the Marine Corps Recruiters’
School at Parris Island, S. C.,
was MARINE SSGT. GROVER
D. CULVERHOUSE, son of Mrs.
Sybil Jackson of Route 1, Box
402, Waco, Tex., and husband of
the former Miss Ila F. Foster of
913 S. Armstrong avenue.
Before enlisting in August,
1948, he attended Waco high
school.
The course includes training in
public speaking, enlistment re-
quirements, publicity, community
relations, operation of a recruit-
ing sub-station and military cere-
monies.
HOWARD R. MEAD, seaman,
USN, .son of Mr. and Mrs. James
B. Mead of 921 M. Baker, and
CHARLES E. LILLY, radarman
second class, USN, son of T. N.
Lilly, 716 W. Heron, serving
aboard the attack aircraft carrier
USS Essex, witnessed the 95,000th
arrested aircraft landing Dec. 16,
while the carrier, accompanying
the heavy cruiser USS Des
Moines with President Eisenhow-
er and his party aboard, was en
route to Tunis.
The Essex’s total landings to
date falls a little short of the
navy’s all-time record set by the
old aircraft carrier USS .Saratoga.
The Sara’s 97,549 landings were
made before 1948 when she was
sunk by the U.S. in A-Bomb tests
held nt Bikini.
After the Essex returns to the
states early in 1960, she will be
converted to an anti-submarine
aircraft carrier.
ARMY PFC JIMMY D. Mc-
CLURE, whose wife, Beverly,
lives at 708 E. Murray street, re
eently qualified as expert in fir-
ing the M-l rifle while serving
with the 24th Infantry Division in
Germany.
The 23-year-old soldier, a
dio-telephone operator in Mortar
Battery of the division’s 2d infan-
try in Augsbury, entered the ar-
my in July 1958, completed basic
training at Fort Riley, Kan., and
arrived overseas last January.
He is a 1953 graduate of Den
bon high school. McClure’s moth
it, Mrs. Grace P. Jackson, lives
at 1020 W. Bullock street.
ARMY PVT. THOMAS C. CAS-
American Poultry association, SEDI), son of Mr. and Mrs. Char-
oldest livestock organization on
the American continent, will hold
that a good bank can render. He j the World Championship Poultry
has been a community institution, Classic at the Fort Worth show.
le.s E, Cassell, 200 N. Eighth, com-
pleted the eight-week lineman
course Dec. 18 at The Southeast-
ern Signal School, Fort Gordon,
Cassell was trained to construct
and maintain field communica-
tion systems.
He entered the army last Au-
gust and completed basic training
at Fort Knox, Ky.
The 17-year-old soldier was em-
ployed by Daylight Donut Shop
before entering the army.
McDonald to seek
place on court of
civil appeals
District Judge W. T. McDon-
ald of Bryan said he will seek the
offive held by Judge Lloyd David-
son on the court of criminal ap-
peals.
McDonald, 48, completing his
fifth year as district judge, has
been in the Texas legislature and
has been a city attorney and city
judge.
“I feel that a court should not
concern itself with theoretical
probabilities in the administation
of justice, but should concern it-
self with things actual and mater-
ial," he said.
In promising a “vigorious state-
wide campaign," McDonald said
he had received support from
judges and attorneys throughout
the state.
A graduate of Texas A&M Col-
lege, McDonald has practiced
criminal and civil law in the bry-
area for 18 years, with the
exception of time spent in the
Texas legislature and in the army
during World War II, until he be-
came district judge.
He was elected to the house
of representatives, Texas legisla-
ture, in 1936 and served four
consecutive terms before entering
military service.
He was president of the Brazos
County Bar Assn., a director of
the State Bar of Texas and was
city judge in Bryan in 1949 and
1950 and served as city attorney
from 1950 to 1955.
McDonald was elected district
judge in 1954, winning the office
ever three opponents, and was re-
elected in 1958 without opposi-
tion.
The district judge is married
and the father of two children, a
son 19 and a daughter 11. He is
a member of the Episcopal church,
having held every elective and ap-
pointive position on the Bryan
church’s vestry. He is also a
member of the American Legion,
Sons of Hermann, SPJST Lodge,
American Bar Association, Texas
Bar Association and the Law-
Science Academy of America.
tomey promised an even more
vigorous campaign than in 1958,
when he polled over 735,000
votes in his first race for land
commissioner, leading all candi-
dates in the Democratic primary.
Allcorn, who rose to state po-
litical stature by his prosecutions
of fraudulent practices in the Vet-
erans’ Land Program, said he had
received “overwheming approval
of the Land Office operation for
the past few years.”
“I’m convinced,” he said, “that
the voters of Texas realize the
full importance of the state land
programs and expect stability, ex-
perience and personal integrity of
their land commissioner. I greatly
appreciate the responses to my
announced plans to seek re-elec-
tion.”
Allcorn said the “only discour-
agement I have encountered, in
fact, is from those wanting the
office for themselves.”
“These would-be candidates
have been very busy circulating
reports that 1 would not run
again. Their strategy is obvious.
They were deathly afraid of the
Texas second term tradition. I’ve
heard the usual whispers about
my poor health. I suppose such
stories are started somewhere and
by somebody about every incum-
bent.
“The truth is I am in fine
health and launching an all out
campaign to repeat 1958.
“I solicit and welcome the sup-
port of every Texan, and promise
two more years of efficient,
scandal-free management of the
public lands.”
“Inquire before you
retire,” says social
security official
Naturally you want to receive
your first social security check
soon after you retire. To accom-
plish this, Charles J. Campbell of
the Sherman Social Security of-
fice offers this bit of advice: “In-
quire before you retire at your
local social security office.”
According to Campbell, if you
are a working woman age 62 or
over or a man age 65 or older
planning to retire, you should
contact your social security office
two or three months before you
retire.
“Why wait those extra weeks
for your first social security
check when a little foresight will
bring it to you soon after your
last pay check?” Campbell con-
cluded.
Bill Allcorn to ask
second term as land
commissioner, Texas
Bill Allcorn announced this
week that he would seek a second
elective term as Commissioner of
the General Land Office.
The 36-year-old Brownwood at-
NOTICE
Interest through and in-
cluding the calendar year
1959, will be paid on cus-
tomers' deposits. Bring your
deposit receipt when you call
at our office for your interest.
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Grayson county, accredited by Texas Almanac 1955
of having the "most diversified economy of any Texas
county, with income from crops, livestock, manufacturing
and trade, oil, tourists and recreation seekers."
Blackland soils and terrain in the southeast, grand
prairies characteristics in the southwest, gray lands on
divide in central section; sandy lands and hilly topo-
graphy in north part along Red River. Drains to Red
River on north, Trinity on south. Post oak, walnut, hickory,
pecan, elm, bois d' are. Oil, brick clay, cement material,
silica.
Lake Texoma has six million acre feet capacity, many
bays for fishing, boating on large scale, lake 1300 miles
around perimeter, and declared the ninth ranking in
capacity among the world’s reservoir*. Lake four miles
north of Denison.
County has a population of 79,500; 53.4 per cent urban;
90.9 per cent Anglo-American*! 8.7 per cent negro; .04
per cent Latin American. Annual rainfall 37.55 Inches;
temperature averages Jan. 43 deg., July 84 deg., mean
annually 65 deg.
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Anderson, LeRoy M. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1960, newspaper, January 8, 1960; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth526681/m1/2/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.