Cedar Hill Citizen (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1973 Page: 1 of 4
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Mar Hill Citizen
YOUR HOMETOWN PAPER
VOLUME I, NUMBER 36
CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, 75104
10<£ A COPY
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1973
MARION JAMES RECEIVED a special award from Chamber of Commerce Pres-
ident Calvin Rucker at the Chamber Banquet Friday night for her outstanding
representation of Cedar Hill in various beauty contests. She was first runner-
up in the Maid of Cotton Pageant.
CALVIN RUCKER, PRESIDENT of the Cedar Hill Chamber of Commerce, pre-
sented C. D. Bohannan with a plaque for being named the Outstanding Citizen
of Cedar Hill for the year. Also pictured are Mrs. Rucker and Mrs.Bohannan.
Awards Presented To Three
At Annual Chamber Banquet
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the
Approximately
people attended
Chamber of Conmerce
Annual Awards Banquet
Friday night at North-
wood. Chamber of Com-
merce members, their
wives and guests were
entertianed by Mr. Pat
Patterson, the Automo-
tive Marketing Depart-
ment Chairman for North-
wood Institute in Cedar
Hill, who was the after
dinner speaker.
Mr. C. D. Bohannan
was named the Outstand-
ing Citizen of the Year
by the Chamber of Com-
merce Board of Directors.
Miss Marion James,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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Veltman Elected
State Jaycee Veep
Paul Veltman was el-
ected State Jaycee Vice
President from Area IV,
Region 401 at the Dis-
trict 4 convention at the
Northpark Inn last Sun-
day. Veltman is the pres
ident of the Cedar Hill
Jaycees.
Several Jaycees and
Jaycee-E tte s attended
the convention from Cedar
Hill. The Jaycee-Ettes
helped in Veltman’s cam-
paign with the Jaycees.
Laura Veltman won
first place in written
competition of the know-
ledge of State Jaycee
and Jaycee-E tte organ-
ization.
MARION MISS DALLAS UNIVERSE
If the number thirteen
means bad luck, no one
bothered to tell the new
Miss Dallas Universe,
Marion James, Sunday
when she won the bea-
uty pagaent, She was
contestant number thir-
teen in the finals. On
the other hand, it may
possibly be that Miss
James' beauty had more
to do with the outcome
of the contestant than
luck did.
Thirty girls competed
for the honor of represent
ting Dallas in the Miss
Texas Universe Pagaent
in San Anotnio April 4 -7.
The pagaent was held in
the International Ball-
room of the Fairmont Ho-
tel in Dallas. The girls
all modeled hot pants
suits, evening dresses
and swim suits for the
judges.
The field of thirty
girls was cut to fifteen
finalists who again mod-
eled evening dresses and
swimsuits. In the orig-
inal order of the thirty
girls, Marion James was
number 28. When she
was selected by the jud-
ges as a finalist Miss
James was given the num-
ber thirteen. The judges
spent considerable am-
ount of time making their
final selection from the
fifteen finalists.
Radio station KLIF
D. J. Paxton Mills and
newsman Bruce Hughes
MCeed the pagaent.
Miss James is a soph-
omore at Texas Womens
University in Denton.
She is a graduate of Ce-
dar Hill High School
and is the daughter of
Jesse and Nancy James
of Cedar Hill.
Funeral Services Tuesday
For Mrs. Paul Brooks
Funeral services for
Mrs. Rhoda A. Brooks,
wife of Cedar Hill School
Superintendent, Paul A.
Brooks, were held at 2 p.
m. Tuesday at the First
Baptist Church. The
Rev. Walter Goodnight,
pastor of the church offi-
ciated. Interment was
at Laurel Land Memorial
Park in Dallas.
Mrs. Brooks was born
May 25— 1920 in Joy,
Texas. She died Sunday.
She was a member of
the First Baptist Church
and was active in many
church and civic organ-
izations since moving
here almost 20 years ago.
Survivors include her
husband, 2 sons, Gary
Paul Brooks of Houston
and Joe Michael Brooks
of Cedar Hill, a daughter,
Mrs. Sandra Barber of
Arlington; 2 grandchildren
her mother, Mrs. Birdie
Hammonds of Irving; 3
brothers, Vernon Ham-
monds of Wichita Falls,
Jack Hammonds of Joy,
Thomas C. Hammonds of
Tulsa, Oklahoma; 6 sis-
ters, Mrs. H. B. Taylor
of Fort Worth, Mrs. W. C.
Brooks of Tucson, Ari-
zona, Mrs. W. J. Van Wyk
of Waco, Mrs. J. O. Hol-
land of Joy, Mrs. George
Stott of Denton and Mrs.
Nathan Holder of Dallas.
Pallbearers were
W. S. Permenter, Jr., Joe
Cannady, C. R. James
Phil Wiedemann, Frank
Crawford, Miles Evans,
George Bosher and Bob
Ammons.
All Cedar Hill Schools
were closed Tuesday in
memory of Mrs. Brooks.
T.W.CANNADY
Cannady Seeks
Re-Election
Two More File
For Local Offices
PAUL VELTMAN
Two more Cedar Hill
men filed as candidates
for the Cedar Hill City
Council late Wednesday
afternoon, March 7.
Marvin Taylor and Tom
Castleman both filed for
seats now held by Rich-
ard Bell and B. T. Lay-
man. The filing of the
two brought the total of
city council candidates
to four. Bell filed for
mayor and Layman chose
not to run. The four
council candidates are
C. D. Bohannan, Brownie
Peters, Marvin Taylor
and Tom Castleman.
There are two candi-
dates for the office of
mayor. Mayor T. W,
“Turk” Cannady is seek-
ing re-election and City
Councilman Richard Bell
is seeking the mayor’s
office.
In the School Board
Race a total of six can-
didates filed for
places. Guy Chaffin,
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THE 1973 MISS DALLAS UNIVERSE, Marion James of Cedar Hill, holds the
trophy she won.'
Photo by Jimmy Mobley
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Mayor T. W, Cannady
is seeking re-election as
Mayor of Cedar Hill in
the April 7 election.
Mr. Cannady, 54, was
born in Cedar Hill. He
and his wife, Faye, live
at 411 Cooper Street with
their daughter Gail Lynn.
They are members of the
First United Methodist
Church of Cedar Hill.
Mayor Cannady is em-
ployed as a foreman in
the Chemical processing
department at LTV. He
has been employed there
for 26 years.
Mayor Cannady said,
“I am running on my re-
cord and past exper-
ience”. He served four
years on the City Coun-
cil from 1953-1957 and as
mayor for eight years
from 1957 to 1965. Then
he was again elected
Mayor in 1971.
“The record speaks
for itself”, Cannady said
“The City has progressed
in an orderly manner in
the past two years”.”I
feel there is evidence on
every hand of progress
and growth such as water
line extensions as well
as new development”,
Cannady said. He also
stated that he feels the
city is at “this time of
its growth is at a diffi-
cult stage size”. He
feels that he has “contri-
buted in some small way
to the growth during this
time”.
Mayor Cannady also
stated that “if it is the
people’s will, I will con-
tinue in this capacity
and to contribute the
time that is necessary
to perform the job of
Mayor”.
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MARGIE JONES gave W. S. Permenter a life membership in the PTA that was
awarded to him by the group.
Photo by Paul Webb
Council Grants Tax Exemptions
The City Council ad -
opted an ordinance allow-
ing the exemption of
$3000 of assessed val-
uation of homesteads for
property owners over 65. >
There is a set procedure
that is to be followed by
those who wish to claim
the exemption. An affi-
davit must be notarized
and filed with the city
school taxing authority
before April 30 to claim
the exemption, A birth
certificate is also re-
quired to prove age.
There are two Notarys
Public at the city ha.11
during working hours.
The council tabled
action on the bids for an
eight inch water line on
Pleasant Run Road. Until
the next council meeting
The bids were $27,461
by E. L. Dalton Co,,
$30,405.25 by Ben Sira,
and $19,493.02 by Wing
T Construction Co. It
was noted at the meeting
that the lowest bid was
approximately $7 per foot
on the line. The council
voted to postpone action
so they oculd see if the
amount of the bids for
Belt Line’ Road line
down to approxi-
mately the same cost per
foot.
Dr, Phil Whittlesey
was granted permission
to move a modular home
onto Cedar Hill Rd. near
Wintergreen Rd. so that
he could live in it until
his new home can be
built. The permit was
for one year.
Problems with North-
wood Trails Addition may
have been sovlde with
the settlement of an ease-
ment acquisition dispute
between B. B. Short and
a property owner on Ro-
berts Street. Short's ad-
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