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DENISON, TEXAS
World’s Greatest Earthen Dam and Lake
Poultry, Dairy, Farming Center
Headquarters for National Park Service
and Game Preserve for Lake Texoma
THE DENISON PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS
Has Largest Single Cheese Plant in World
Has Largest Wood Treating Plant in World
World’s Largest Manufacturers Land
Clearing Equipment
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1947
VOLUME 19—NUMBER 11
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ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
By THE EDITOR
PSYCHOLOGY OF CLOTHES
Perhaps you ulso have noticed
how the manner of dress which we
here in Denison are now adapting
to bring hack
the days of
1872 is affec-
ting the man-
ners of the
wearers. Take u
trip down Main
street and
watch the per-
sons who are in
the dress of the
early days, whe-
ther it be a western cowboy, the
artisan, the professional man, the
maiden with her full skirt of
hoops, or the big picture hat and
other details of the days agone.
They will all react to the style in
which they are dressed as they go
along in their world of make-be-
lieve.
Shakespeare said that the whole
world is a stage and all of us act-
ors. Certainly we here in Denison
are acting the part the clothing
suggests. We are manifesting at-
titudes not usually our custom in
every day life when the Jubilee is
absent.
We are considerably more cour-
teous, more genteel toward each
other. We meet and greet in pro-
per and extremely friendly man-
ner. We even bow low at the la-
dies and doff our hats like gentle-
men should. Men greet each other
whole-heartedly whether they are
acquainted or not—the common
spirit manifested in trying to
bring back the days in dress,
seems to be the open sesame to
brotherliness and kindredness of
spirit.
All in all, it is a wonderful thing
for every man, woman and child in
our city. A few seem to register
a kind of disgust as they watch
they friendly group move along
the streets and walks, but they
are in the minority.
Many are so enthusiastic on the
idea that even before the actual
program opened for the official
week, people are urging that it be
made an annual affair,
One of the high spots on the
celebration was the arrival of the
“first train into Texas from the
North,’’ as it was supposed to
be back in the days when the real
train came in. The group “board-
ed” the train at Walker street
crossing of the Katy, the passeng-
ers composed in the main of per-
sons who had resided here many
years, some of them before the
road was completed. Singing the
old songs while the writer of this
column led on the banjo mandolin,
the group was in a happy frame
of mind on reaching the depot. Ev-
en the cry from the throats of
several “southerners" on the plat-
form did not deter the enthusiasm
of the “northerners" when they
protested “We don’t want you
damn Yankees down heah.”
Soon the new arrivals started
up their old songs and the rest of
the crowd joined in the singing
and the whole party was one hap-
py event. Modern “kodakers" met
the train and the loud-speaking
devices carried the proceedings in-
to the homes of readers of papers
and listeners-in, giving the whole
a touch of what it means to join
hands with the past.
Story of a Lawbreaker
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Mammoth Diamond Jubilee Parade
Denison's Biggest Recorded Event
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The driver of thii truck lost control of it because its brakes were
defective. It ran up on the sidewalk and plowed through the side of
a house, killing two persons. In addition to the terrible toll of motor
vehicle deaths and infuries last year—33,500 killed, 1,150.000 injured
—the total economic waste amounted to almost two billion dollars.
Brakes, tires, lights, windshield wipers and other safety features
should be periodically checked as a safeguard against accidents. A
recent nationwide testing program disclosed mechanical defects in
one out of every three cars examined
Car Deaths Total
Annually Enough Several Cattle As
GRACE LUTHERAN
Sunday, 10:16 a. m.—Sunday
school and Bible class for all ages.
11 a. m.—Church service. Ser-
mon subject, "A Large Inheri-
tance for the Asking.’W’
The church is at 931 West
Main. Mitchell Prifogle, pastor.
Visitors to national forests to-
taled 55 million in 1946, compared
with only 24 million in 1945, ac-
cording to U. S.. Forest Service
records.
Populate Akron
If the news should break that
the entire city of Akron, Ohio,
had suddenly been wiped out it
would register in our conscience
as a frightful thing to this coun-
try. And yet a population equal to
that city is annually wiped out or
maimed for life by car drivers
who do not exercise due care and
caution, statistics reveal.
Unfortunately the above condi-
tion is not hypothetical—it is a
morbid fact that within the year
of 194G a total of 12,200 men,
women and children, enough to
populate Independence, Kas., were
killed on the streets or highways
of this country. And in the same
year a total of 270,000 citizens, a
total comparable to Akron’s pop-
ulation, stepped from the sidewalk
curbs in villages and cities, or on-
to roadways in rural areas, and
met with injuries of a serious na-
ture.
These appalling statistics con-
stitute one of the darkest blots on
our national traffic accident re-
cord. They mean, in short, that
just about 33 times a day, every
day in the year, someone on foot
was a traffic fatality; that more
than 739 times a day, or 30 times
an hour, some pedestrian was in-
juied in the traffic lanes!
Arresting as these figures are,
they are only part of the story.
More important, especially if
there is to be any substantial de-
crease in this staggering toll, is
that two out of every three of the
pedestrians killed were either vio-
lating a traffic law or committing
an unsafe act. Another revealing
fact is that more than half of the
pedestrian deaths occurred in
cities of 10,000 and more in pop-
ulation.
This, then, clarifies the problem
with which we are faced, It indi-
cates that we must redouble our
efforts so that every individual
may become aware that he has a
definite, personal responsibility in
the over-all effort to decrease pe-
destrian deaths and injuries. Fur-
ther, it challenges us collectively
to labor more zealously in our
cities, particularly, for better and
more efficient means of regulat-
ing traffic—and that means both
traffic afoot, and traffic a-wheel.
The American Automobile Asso-
ciation, which has been at the
forefront in the field of pedes-
trian protection for many years,
approaches the problem realistic-
ally, with educational programs
for every age group. Youngsters
indoctrinated from the elementary
school onward, by lesson sheets
and posters that highlight proper
pedestrian attitudes, and by par-
( See CAR DEATHS, Page 6)
Katy Wreck Kills
First Train To Awards Made In
Denison Depicted Floats and Bands
Here Monday AM Diamond Jubilee Fine Exhibition
In the Old Fiddlers contest, one
Old Fiddlers and
Younger Ones Give
Diamond Jubilee Estimated
Fake Poker Game
Ends In‘Shooting’
The first train to arrive in Den- Following the announcement of
Non hack in 1872 was re-enacted i awards for the best three bands, lot' the features of the Diamond
here Monday morning as the open- an<l floats in the parade of the! Jubilee and sponsored by the Den-
Denison Diamond Jubilee, thejison Kiwanis club, the group of
committee selected of out-of-town j io fiddlers gave a fine exhibition
set-1 judges made awards Monday, 0f the fiddlers art at handling the
ca)l j morning shortly after the parade, j bow Tuesday afternoon. The con-
ing feature of Denison's Six-day
Diamond Jubilee when some fifty
persons, most of them early
tiers in Denison, heeded the
of Conductor John W. Kerr "all I I'*16 hands cut out of the pa- test was condurted from a plat-
aboard” at a point in North Deni- rade at Barrett avenue from Main j form on Main street mounted im-
son and took their places in the | street during the parade and mediately in front of the State
coaches of the special, bound for
Train Is Derailed
When a north hound cattle car
was derailed a short distance
north of Denison at a point where
an overhead bridge passes over the
Colbert toll bridge road 3 mile
north of Denison Thursday morn-
ing about 4 o'dosk, several cattle
cars were derailed arid some 30
or more cattle killed or injured
badly.
The track was cleared in a few
hours and the derailed cars back
on the track while a salvage com-
pany from Durant was busy clean-
ing the track of the dead and in-
jured cattle. The train was pulled
by a new Diesel engine. The cause
of the cars being derailed could
not readily be learned Thursday
morning.
Union Depot, some four blocks
away.
It was a happy throng, all bent
on doing what they could to make
the Katy’s part in the jubilee a
success, as well as having the
thrill of bringing back those early
days.
Stimulating this feeling of yes-
teryear, and led by music on a I
banjo mandolin in the hands of I
|LcRoy M. Anderson, with Mrs.'
Hess Murphy Drew, and Mr. and !
Mrs. Leo Murphy, whose father
was one of the men doing actual
construction work on the Katy,
leading in the singing, the train’s
passengers were soon in a happy
flame of mind, Admixed with this
was the teasing at the toes of
some to give a toucli of the terp-
sichorean as it was called back in
those days instead of black bot-
tom of kitchen sink.
Some of the songs worked over
by the singers were “After the
Ball," "But on Your Old Gray
marched back down Woodard to National bank. Two of the fid-
Burnett and then into Main streetjdlers were above the 60-ycar lim-
again where they played their it( with the other ranging down
turn in the contest. to 24 years of age.
The judges made the following; The prize of $20 offered for
de<isions which carried cash offer-}the best fiddler above 60 went to
ings: ; W. L. Wilson, who played “Sally
For the hands the first prize of Johnson" as his contribution.
$150 went to the Durant band, jn jj,e y0Unf,er sef 0f violinists,
the second prize of $100 went to | jucjges placed three of the
contestants receiving the largest
| number of votes for the final try
for the prize money. For first
the Bonham band and the third
prize of $50 to the Denison band.
All bands were from high schools
of their towns.
On the float contest the first
prize money of $100 went to the
Madonna hospital, the second prize
of $70 to the B. P. O. E. and the
third prize of $30 to the Kiwanis
club.
Katy Releases Data On Income, Expenses
. July 1947
Gross $6,425,000
Federal Income Taxes ........................ 310,000
Other Railway Taxes ...................................... aal’nnn
Net Operating Income .................................... 664,000
Income after Fixed Charges .................... 487,000
Next Income after Adjustment Bond Interest 431,000
Period 1947
Seven Months Gross to July 31 ................ $38,309,000
Federal Income Taxes .................................. 906,000
Other Railway Taxes .................................. 2,643,000
Net Operating Income ........,..................... 3,016,000
Income after Fixed Charges .................... 1,830,000
Net Income after Adj. Bond Int............. 1,434,000
July 1946
$5,603,000
201,000
315.000
508.000
328.000
272.000
Period 1946
$35,502,000
945.000
2.154.000
2.759.000
1.603.000
Bonnett," "Bicycle Built for Two"
40 Additional Miles
To Be Added to Katy ' *e . ,or
01 - . thn nit were met by the sou*
Block Signals Soon tfuTiur.s” from whose throats a
Donald V. Fraser, president,'"* aro:u “We don’t want you
Missouri-Kansas-Texa, Railroad, Vankc<,J ,lo"n heah” Ho'v*
this week announced the purchas- icv"''- the haPP* sin*ers and new
ing of material which will he used
to add 40 more miles of block sig-
nals to the Katy’s trackage.
Order for the material has been
placed with the Union Switch and
Signal company of Swissvale, Pa.,
Fraser said. The additional block
system will be installed on the
Katy’s line from San Marcos, Tex.,
south. Field installation will be
carried out by the railroad’s reg-
ular construction forces.
“Block signals on a railroad are
an added safety factor,” Fraser
said. "They decrease probability
of accidents to a minimum as well
as affording more efficient and
speedier operation of trains.”
The installation, whi li will
bring the Katy’s total of block sig-
nal line to 1051-miles, will be com-
pleted next year, Fraser said.
Katy Car Loadings
Katy ear loadings for the week
ending Aug. 30 this year showed
total of 5,446 as compared with
5,197 last year. Total loadings for
the year ending the same dale
were 191,911 as compared with
183,045 in 1946.
at rivals were soon on the platform
where they carried their singing
and playing and hundreds of oth-
ers on the platform joined their
voices with the “new arrivals.”
Pulling the train in was W, F.
Mathis, 623 E. Walker, with the
fireman us G. E. Fulton, 430 E.
Woodard, Both with the whiskers
being worn by all Donisonians for
the jubilee,and with Mathis aug-
menting his aimer with a .45 to
keep off the unruly and hold-up
gangs, and a fake bootle of hootch
at his side, the train’s ((implement
was finished with J. B. Trout as
rear brakeman and A. M. Davis
|head-on brakeman, the train pull-
ed out for its destination "way
down south” across Red River,
commemorating the first train to
cross Red River into Texas.
Mrs. \V. B. Munson, Sr., who
said "she loved all humanity and
had to he a lively girl to have
been the w ife of her husband,” cx-
I ressed a wish to dance if the
mandolin playing kept up much
longer, carried the carriage para-
sol which her grandmother used as
(See FIRST TRAIN, Page 6)
Denison’s Increasing
Motorized Midgets
Forming Hazard
Denison’s increasing number of
small motorized modes of travel,
and which are in the main ridden
by the small boys or girls, are re-
ported to be on the increase by
the police department. Since many
cities are taking steps to see that
all who ride them are possessed
with proper driver’s license and
that all such vehicles are register-
ed with the tax department and
| have license plates, the proper at-
Itertion is planned to be given in
| Grayson county, it was stated
this week.
The motorized bicycle Is on the
increase and with it comes the
added danger of deaths to the rid-
ers. Last year a total of 600 bicy-
cle rides met deaths by not exer-
cising proper care. A total of 23,-
000 received serious injuries on
the nation's streets and highways.
The National Conservation Bu-
reau safety specialists advise bi-
cycle rides who do venture on
highways to he on the alert and
watchful at all times, to ride close
to the curbs or roadside on the
right side of the road; and at
night to carry headlights, and tail
lights or reflectors.
The city’s law in Denison, if
there are any governing bicycle
hiding, are inadequate or are not
enforced as regards many flag-
rant practices which invite ser-
ious trouble for the rider, such as
riding at fandom on the streets,
improper negotiating of corner.-,
riding double, holding to moving
place, Louie Franklin, age 24, and
a Denison young man, won the
cash prize of $40.
The second money went to Ma-
jor Franklin, no relation to first
winner, that gentleman receiving
a cash purse of $25. He also is
from Denison.
The third cash prize of $15
went to Danny Mt^Lane of Gordon-
ville.
The contestants drew numbers
from a hot for place and these
were placed on their backs, the
judges placing their decisions on
a purely impersonal plane and
choosing by number.
The contest was in charge of
Kiwanis club with Herbert Hardy
of the Public Affairs committee
in charge. Others of the club who
are members of the committee are
H. R. Miller, Dr. Charles M.
Hawes, Roscoe Pace, Dick Ilankin,
Ed Weilmuenster, Ted Marsico
and Albert Danielson.
Judges for the contest were Le-
Roy M. Anderson, Jim McAden,
Charles Monroe, Malcom Combs
and James Azell.
New Law Regarding
Title Registration
Affects Motor Sales
AUSTIN.—Changes in title and
registration laws made by the fif-
tieth legislature will sooner or
later affect all owners of motor
vehicles, Texas highway depart-
ment spokesmen say.
A number of these new laws be-
come effective September 5.
After that date, for example,
the Texas highway department
will be required to charge a fee
of $1.00 for assigning motors to
new or reconditioned motors. A
similar fee was ordered for serial
numbers on house trailers.
The growing practice of install-
In line with reviving some of
.the practices of the past, the Ki-
: wanis club, for their part Tuesday,
staged an old-time open poker
game with all the stage set as a
; fake, even to liquor bottles filled
with water on the table with the
i chips and cards.
Seated at the table were famous
characters of the past in the gam-
bling game, Wild Bill Quarrels,
Dead Eyed Dick, Shorty the Kid,
Jim the Rusty, Dan the Devil, and
I Quick-on-the-Draw Dalton. The
game went peacefully until some-
! one got too many aces and the
dealer tilted the table while
j Shorty the Kid, being the quicker
j on the draw, got his man.
The club conducted its meeting
with dinner served them from Ho-
tel Denison at the platform at 300
Main street where the chuck wa-
gon was placed. Coffee was served
free by the Waples-Platter com-
pany, who are also observing
j their 75th anniversary as a busi-
ness here in Denison. All through
the week the company is extend-
ing this courtesy to all who will
visit their booth.
At 5 in the afternoon the Ki-
wanis club, to carry out othei
features of the old days conduct-
ed a first class hanging of a horse
| thief, the event being conducted
at 200 Main street.
ing new and rebuilt motors, some
cars, and the like which carry un- j bearing no identification number,
usual hazards with them.
(See NEW LAW, Page 6)
Last Days Diamond Jubilee Say Best
It is planned by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the Katy rail-
way that the last two days—Fri-
day and Saturday—shall be the
best of all. Katy officials started
the movement Tuesday to place
more attractions in the 100 and
200 blocks on Main street and
said in connection with the cele-
bration that Saturday would bring
to the people of this area one of
the best events ever presented in a
like celebration.
Starting the Saturday program
will be the arrival of the Katy
train with top officials at 11:40
a. m. They will be met by the spe-
cial Jubilee German band organ-
ized for the occasion, with po
sibly other musical organizations.
Mayor W. E. Marsico will meet
the delegation with other city of-
L208.000 ficials, President George Stratton
of the Denison Chamber of Com-
merce and other citizens. A ju-
bilee luncheon will be had at Ho-
tel Denison after which the Katy
parade will be had at 2:30. This
will be a spectacular affair and
Veterans Day 1000 rodeo with nationally known
Veterans’ day Friday is full of; artists giving everything in the
activity for all and will offer plen-i ■ , , , , ,
... ... x ^...... , hook tor rodeos, the week has
been characterized with the tops
in rodeo. The rodeo will officially
ty to attract interest of the peo- j
pie. After invasion of Main street
by the Round-up club, the offi-
cials of the veterans and visiting
will bring the best the road has officials from neighbor towns will
the street for the sight seers.
A general meeting for all the peo-
ple will he had in Munson stadium
after the parade. A dinner will be
Lad at Hotel Denison for visiting
members of the official staff and
directors and others of the road,
along with city, state and national
officials.
Winding up the event will be a care of,
grand costume hall at Tropical
Gardens when all the many attrac-
tive costumes worn by Denison
people during the event will he
seen at their best.
he presented in a special Main
street affair at 10 a. m, Luncheon
at Legion Hall will follow with a
street wedding at 3 p .m. The
veterans will have a VFW ball at
their headquarters at 8 o’clock.
Street dancing down town will
Kiwanians Furnish
Music For Dance
The Denison Kiwanis club, al-
j though the youngest of the
.luncheon clubs of Denison, took
j active part in every phase of the
Denison Diamond Jubilee. Win-
ning third prize in the float con-
gest was only part of their ac-
tivities.
They served their breakfast and
dinner on their regular meeting
day Tuesday from a platform at
300 Main street while a special
string band from their neighbor
town of Sherman played dance
and other popular music.
As a special guest of the club,
Cyclone Davis, Jr., from Dallas,
here on a visit, had a part in the
dancing. With his long sweeping
beard, women at first drew back,
hut on seeing what an elegant
dancer he proved himself to be,
event the younger set was not
averse to taking a turn with him.
He proved able to dance a hoe
down or a waltz movement with
equal ease.
The club had their string band
play far into the afternoon and
also made arrangements to have a
sounding device each night on the
street for the purpose of broad-
casting music. Their music will be
broadcast from the Kiwanis stand
at 300 Main street immediately in
front of the State National bank.
The program was broadcast by
Orvil Franklin, a club members,
after the meeting was opened by
First Vice-President F. O. Bab-
cock and prayer said by a member,
Rev. Prifogle.
Tuesday night the Kiwanians
secured the Kraft Swingsters for
a two-hour dance program at 300
Main.
60.000 In
Gate City
When the three-mile-long Dia-
mond Jubilee parade started mov-
ing here Monday morning, it
found an anxious throng of some
60.000 persons assembled along
the line of march to witness the
event. They did not have to wait
one minute after the time an-
nounced for starting, for when 10
o’clock came, Grand Marshal of
the Day Clarence Scott had things
on the move and in perfect timing,
the various . ections of the parade
moved into their position and pre-
pectacular event
the city ever witnessed.
Various estimates of the num-
ber of persons here were made,
i hut tho-e accustomed to estimat-
ing such gatherings, placed it at
near the 60,000 mark—certainly
j the greatest gathering ever in the
city and indicated what such a
! how, managed in the fashion it
! was as to publicizing could do in
the way of drawing a crowd.
Newspaper reporters, news
photographers, professional pro-
|tographers, movie makers were
i here in large numbers and thous-
ands of views were made, along
with hundreds of various persons
or groups being spotted.
After the parade, Main street
was closed to all traffic save that
of horses, horse-drawn vehicles
, and other old fashioned ways of
| traffic. Pedestrians by the thous-
j ands took over and the sidewalks
| from Houston to Mirick — five
I blocks — were crowded like sar-
! dines in a box.
The entire party was of the
most cordial kind and genuine old-
time hospitality seized all the mov-
ing crowd as they spoke to each
i other and manifested the “howdy"
| of 1872 in the richness and mean-
|ingfulness of Denison early days.
Whitewright Shows
Fine Spirit When It
Closes For Jubilee
1 One of the greatest gestures ev-
il paid Denison or any other city
; was that which was manifested by
j our neighbor city of Whitewright
when they closed their town’s bus-
iness and attended Denison’s Dia-
mond Jubilee almost 100 per cent.
One of Whi tew light’s population
remarked that they left nothing
behind but the family dog and
placed out food enough so that
: they could remain late for the
i Denison party.
in the Caravan from White-
; v. right's hundreds of cars was
| their city's float for the parade—
a beautiful creation which reflect-
ed the artistry of that city. All
Whitewright people wore badges
printed in red ink on white back-
ground and were in evidence at all
points in the city during the day.
Headed by Mayor Mack Echols
and his wife, the party was com-
plete. Mayor Echols stated “this
is the greatest party Denison has
ever had ami we are certainly
glad that we are in on it. We con-
gratulate our second home town
for this wonderful party they are
celebrating.”
close Friday night. The rodeo
started Tuesday by opening with a
glamorous parade at 4:30 with
hundreds of horsemen, perform-
ers, bull and donkey, bronc and
steer riders in line. Trick rope
work, stunts with the bull Whip
and other features of a top rank-
ing rodeo feature every perform-
he an every night affair and mu-jance. The Denison Roundup club
sic for the occasion will be taken | will have prominent part in the
it is planned by the var- J parades.
ions service clubs of the city. ! The rodeo grounds are in Mun-
along with the special committee j son park in North Denison and
for that purpose. jhave been made permanent and
Rodeo Four Day* ; rodeos will be features every year,
Starting with Tuesday the $50,-1it is planned.
Denison Automobile Accidents
As Told by Police Records
(For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1946)
Total number of automobile accidents ................. .............. 261
Total number of fatalities from same ............ ............................ 5
Total number of injured persons .............................................. 38
Estimated total property damage involved ................ $28,216.00
(Report first six months in 1947)
Total Number of Auto Accidents Past Week
Total Number of Auto Accidents to Date ......
Total number of fatalities ... ...................................
Number of persons injured past week
Total number of persons injured to date .........
Estimated total property damages past week ..
Estimated total property damages to date .
$12,617.00
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