The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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Hot Weather
Record temperature of 107
was recorded here Wednes-
day for the summer’s hot-
test day.
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Absentee Vote
Absentee voting ends on I
August 20. Plan to vote in the I
second primary August 24.
SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR — NO. 20
MINEOLA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1946
EIGHT PAGES TODAI
Ross Lukenbill Building
To Have Modern Design
First Patients At Mineola Hospital-Clinic
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Completion Date
Is Indefinite
Structure to House
I-H and Chrysler-
Plymouth Agencies
The Lukenbill Building now
under construction on West
Broad will be the most modern-
istic structure in town. De-
signed by International Har-
vester architects, the building
will have a glass front with a
modernistic pylon or tower near
the entrance. It will be fire-
proof with steel framework and
brick and concrete tile walls.
Construction cost is estimated
at Between $20,000 and $30,000.
»• Mr Lukenbill said he could
not say when the building
would be completed because of
the scarcity of materials.
It will house the Interna-
tional Harvester agency and the
Chrysler-Plymouth agency.
H. A. Northcutt of Franks-
ton has the contract for the
steelwork which is nearing com-
pletion. Carl Little will be the
contractor in charge of other
construction work.
The showroom will be 30x80
feet, and the overall size is 88x
100 feet.
Other Construction Work
Work on the J. P. English
building is temporarily held up
although, the walls have been
finished. Part of this building
will house the Stewart-Warner
agency.
H. G. Puckett this week cir-
culated a petition asking CPA
permission to continue con-
struction of his tourist lodge
West Broad. He said the
petition would be turned over
to Congressman Lindley Beck-
worth.
Framework on the classroom
Jiddition to the First Baptist
Church is virtually -complete
and work on the walls is ex-
pected to begin soon.
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Curtiss Salesman
Gets New Trucks
And Chicago Trip
Charles F. Hodges, Curtiss
Candy Company salesman, left
Friday morning for Texarkana
where he will meet eleven other
Curtiss men from Texas, Ark-
ansas, and Louisiana. They will
drive their trucks to Chicago
and pick up new trucks.
The new trucks will be ton
and a half size and red and
/*white in color instead of yel-
low. They will also be refrig-
erated.
These trucks are being given
to the men because of their
good records and the amount
of stock they hold with the
company. Mr. Hodges was third
highest in the state of Texas,
and was therefore given the
third new truck. He will put it
on display in Mineola on Aug.
20.
The company will pay his ex-
penses to Chicago and enter-
tain him while there. The
Hodges moved here from Tyler
about five years ago and have
jbought a heme at 511 N. Pa-
■Kil'ic. He says the Mineola ter-
Kfritory is the best he has seen.
Milford W. York to
Absentee Voting
Ends on August 20
Absentee voting began in
Smith County Wednesday
morning when a small number
of official ballots were printed
on unofficial state returns.
State returns are not scheduled
for canvassing until August 12.
Absentee voting will continue
until August 20.
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First National
Buys Hawkins
General Tax Bonds
The First National Bank of
Mineola has purchased the
City of Hawkins general tax
bonds valued at $200,000. S. R.
Cooper, president, announced
this week.
The bonds are due in ten
years and will be retired at
$20,000 per year. The First
National was low bidder by a
small margin over several other
banks, bonding companies, and
insurance companies.
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County Schools
May Apply for
Lunch Program
Schools in Wood County may
make requests now for partici-
pating in the community school
program for the next school
term.
According to F. W. Under-
wood, district director. Produc-
tion and Marketing Administra-
tion, all applications should be
sent to the State Department
of Education, Austin, the
agency which is working jointly
with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture in handling the
program.
The school lunch program
has operated for several years
on a year-to-year basis but
recently was made a perma-
nent government program.
State and Federal government
will contribute to its support,
with Federal grants-in-aid be-
ing supplemented by funds and
other services within the state,
Mr. Underwood explained.
Primary purposes of the pro-
gram which has gained in
popularity and growth in the
county are to provide growing-
children with wholesome foods
they need for maximum health
and to create and expand mor-
kets for agricultural products.
Any public or non-profit pri-
vate school of high school grade
or under, meeting certain re-
quirements may participate in
the program, Mr. Underwood
continued.
As in the past, community
school lunchrooms will be op-
erated by local sponsors which
may be school boards, Parent-
Teacher Associations or other
include seeing that necessary
lood is bought and properly
stored, that the right amounts
and kinds of food are served,
that each child may have a
daily lunch regardless of his
ability to pay and that there
is no discrimination between
paying and non-paying chil-
_ i dren.
» Open Radio Shop at j Kilottv Pine to
¥■- j Open at 6 a.m.
Milford W. York, associated
with the radio repair depart- rr°° Late to Display: An ad
ment at Peacock Sales & Ser- Lorn A. J. Stellas Knotty Pine,
ice since his discharge from announcing a 6 a. m. opening
d Army eight months ago, Lour daily except Sunday, com-
ill open his own radio repair menc*n3 Saturday. This earlier
Monday at the Household °Pening is necessitated by cus-
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First patients at the new Mineola Hospital-Clinic were
the three children of Mr. and Mrs. G. E Hibbs, left to right,
Betty, Billy, and Darma. All three had their tonsils removed
on opening day. The Hibbs family resides on Route, Two,
Quitman.
Mineola Hospital-Clinic
Is Valuable Addition
Wood County Democrats Run
Temperature at Convention
One of Mineola’s greatest
assets is the new Mineola-Hos-
pital-Clinic which opened last
week after inspection by several
hundred visitors.
The attractive native rock
and brick veneer ranch style
building is located just east of
the city limits on the old
Highway 80. It has thirty-four
rooms in all, including seven-
teen work rooms and eleven
rooms for patients, nine of
which are private.
There are four rooms in the
operating division, including a
main operating room, an em-
ergency operating room, an ob-
stetrics room, and sterilization
room.
Impressive to the layman's
eye is the well - equipped
physiotherapy lab with its wide
assortment of diathermy and
ray equipment.
And according to a staff
member more equipment such
as a cardiograph is being
added.
The reception rooms and sev-
eral main rooms have white
knotty pine walls of pre-war
vintage, and the patient rooms
have knotty pine wainscoting
with celotex. All floors are con-
crete with an overlay of lin-
oleum. All rooms are comfort-
ably furnished to care for
eighteen patients; however, ad-
ditional beds can be put in
the semi-private rooms should
j conditions become crowded.
Present equipment is sufficient
j for a fifty-bed hospital
The building is equipped with
! attic ventilation; however,
washed air is being added this
j week to one wing.
| There is a special reception
| room for Negro patients and a
| Negro section of three rooms,
j Newest addition to the hos-
{ pital staff will be Mr. Mays of
Amarillo, technician, who will
arrive on August 15.
Quitman Pastor
To Preach Here
The Rev. W. H. Townsend,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Quitman, will preach
at the morning and evening
services of the First Baptist
Church here Sunday.
The Rev. R. E. Streetman,
pastor, is conducting a revival
meeting at Winfield.
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Frank Vitasek
Honored at Post
Banquet Monday
G. Ward Moody, state adju-
tant of the American Legion,
praised Luckett Cochran Post
Commander Frank Vitasek as
a “man who gets things done”
Monday night at the post’s in-
stallation banquet.
“Frank Vitasek is a logical
leader for the Mineola post be-
cause he’s interested in help-
ing his fellow man”, Moody
of the houses on the “south said of the man who has been
Broad Street
Work Begins
This Week
Highway Department work-
men began widening West
Broad Street this week, and
heavy machinery has already
scooped up curbing, sidewalk,
and trees on the south side.
Large dirt scooping machines
which load a dump truck in less
than two minutes began moving
dirt Tuesday morning.
Engineers expect to complete
the job, curb and gutter, side-
walk, and pavement, this
month.
The United Gas Company
has moved meters and replaced
some of their two-inch line
with four-inch pipe, and the
City is replacing water line on
the street. Some of the copper
line ordered for the job still
hasn’t arrived, however. Tele-
phone and electric lines are
also being moved back.
When the sidewalk is replaced
it will be almost touching some
Negro Indicted School Board
For Murder of To Hold Public
rpliance Company, it was an-
>unced this week
York has had considerable
exf^erience in radio repair work,
and his service assignment to
radar control gave him further
knowledge of radio fundamen-
tals.
He is the son of Mrs. G. N.
York.
tomer demands, the owner
states. Mr. Stella also had an-
other little item to relate to
the press, re a Mr. Big dining
there This guest was attorney-
general-elect Price Daniel, who
steaked at the K. P. Thursday.
Office supplies of all kinds are
available at the Monitor office.
Tvler Policeman
Samuel McClain, 27-year-old
Navarro County Negro, was in-
dicted for the fatal stabbing of
M. J. Buie, Tyler policeman,
Wednesday by the Smith
County Grand Jury. The in-
dictment accused McClain of
murdering Buie with malice
aforethought by stabbing him
with a knife on June 26.
McClain still in a critical'
condition in a Dallas hospital
from gunshot wounds inflicted
in his capture, is said to weigh j
only about 90 pounds, forty I
pounds below normal.
The Smith Grand Jury re- j
cessed for six days before tak-
ing up the probe into alleged
election irregularities in Tyler
on July 27.
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Virtually All Texas
Jadly in Need of
Drouth Easing- Rain
Austin—Drouth conditions in- l
creased in Texas last week and I
virtually all sections are badly |
in need cf moisture, the United j
States Department of Agricul-
ture reported Wednesday.
Hot winds and drouth con-
ditions were detrimental to
growing crops in Western
areas, and range feeds were
fair to critically short on heav-
ily stocked ranges.
Cattle and sheep were shrink-
ing in the dry areas, and move-
ment to market or to more
favorable areas was increasing.
Only Southeastern and some
coastal Bend counties reported
sufficient moisture, and all late
planted crops were suffering
except in the Southwest. Con-
ditions were favorable to har-
vesting operations
Plowing of land and planting
of second-crop sorghums made
slow progress.
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Paul Bozarth, recently dis-
charged from the Nevy, was a
visitor in Mineola this week.
He was en route to his home
in Fort Worth.
side which owners do not plan
to move back.
With the completion this
month of Broad Street Mineola’s
long - discussed Highway 80
problem will be a -closed mat-
ter
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Barney Giles
Gets Award for
Aid to China
Budget Hearing
The Board of Trustees of the
Mineola Independent School
District will hold an open bud-
get hearing Thursday night,
Aug. 29, at 7:45 o’clock in the
office of the Revelle-Bruner
Insurance Agency.
The budget for the 1946-47
school year will be discussed,
and ail interested persons are
invited to attend, said C. I.
Kine, president cf the board.
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J. E. (Rud) Wilson
Buys Bakery From
Collins Brothers
In a business transaction
completed last week J. E. (Bud)
Wilson of Waurika, Okla., pur-
chased the Collins Bakery from
Martin and Dale Collins. The
Collins brothers will retain their
grocery and market and will
concentrate all their efforts
toward this operation.
Mr. Wilson, who will be as-
sisted by his wife in the man-
agement of the business, has
had more than 12 years’ ex-
perience as a baker.
The new owner contemplates
the addition of considerable
new equipment as quickly as
the machinery is available. A
new flour sifter, elevator and
scales have already been or-
dered.
Jim Hogg- Scout
District Plans
Swimming’ Contest
Boy Scout troops of the Jim
Hogg District are going to have
a swimming meet August 15 at
the Mineola Country Club.
Troops entering are 390 and
385, both of Mineola, 392 of
Winnsboro, 391 of Quitman,
and 351 of Hawkins. Alba has
an inactive troop which may
participate.
The meet will be held Thurs-
day afternoon, and the public
is invited tc attend.
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Randolph Field—The Special
Necklet Cloud Banner Decora-
tion of the Republic of China
was presented last Thursday
morning to Lt. Gen. Barney M.
Giles, Army Air Forces, retired,!
a native of Mineola, and to i
Major Gen. James P. Hodges,
commanding general of the
AAF Flying Training Com-
mand, at Randolph Field.
Major General P. T. Mow. Com-
missioner or Aeronautic Af-
fairs for the Chinese Air
Forces in Washington, D. C.,
presented the medals in the
name of Chiang Kai-Shek,
president of the Republic of
China.
The award was made to the
officers in recognition of their
outstanding efforts in connec-
tion with the Chinese Air
Training Program in the United
States
Gen. Giles, who wjas retired
from active service several
months ago, had commanded
the Army Air Forces in the
Pacific, and had been deputy
commander of the Army Air
Forces and Chief of the Air
Staff.
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Quitman to Have
New Brick Theater
| Construction of a new brick
| theater will be started in Quit-
j man just as soon as materials
j are available, Tneo Miller, own-
I er of the Gem there, announc-
I es.
Survey work for the new
1 movie house was started this
week. James Wright, owner
j of the Gem building, has ask-
| ed for the building for his own
| use.
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REVIVAL AT PINE MILLS
With Odis D Fikes as evange-
j list, a revival meeting will be
held at the Pine Mills Church
cf Christ commencing next
Wednesday night. Roy Noyles
will have charge cf singing.
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SINGING AT KLONDIKE
An all day singing conven-
tion will be held at the Klon-
dike church Sunday, August
11. All singers in Wood Coun-
ty are urged to attend.
four times commander of the
Mineola post, commander of
the Tyler post, and Third Dis-
trict Commander.
Commander Vitasek received
further praise from Toast-
master W. T. Black who gave
him much of the credit for
J building the Luckett Cochran
post into one of the best in
East Texas.
A trio composed of Misses
Dorothy Jean Smith, Mary
Roberts, and Betty Crim sangj
several songs.
Honor guests we re the mem- j
bers of the school board and
their wives, members of the j
city commission and their j
wives, Grady Skelton, president j
of the Rotary Club, and Mrs. I
Skelton, Otho McKaig, presi- j
dent of the Chamber of Com-
merce, and Miss Mildred Prick-
ett, Mr. and Mrs. J. J Smith,
and Mr. and Mrs.-J. Y. Thomas
After the banquet new of-
ficers for both the Legion and
the Auxiliary were installed.
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Metaphosphate
Purchased for
Demonstrations
Orders have been placed dur-
ing the past week for more than
17 tons of calcium metaphos-
phate to be used on ten Wood
County farm unit demonstra-
tions. The mateiial, requisi-
tioned by E. A. Spacek, county
agricultural agent, is to be
used on both pasture and culti-
vated land in various parts of
the county. The metaphos-
phate, three times more potent
than straight triple superphos-
phate commonly used, is the
basis of a five year whole farm
program.
Ten outstanding farmers are
cooperating in the program by
applying the fertilizer, keeping
check plots and records, and
in general following crop ro-
tation plans
Individuals to receive the
fertilizer material include T. A.
Champion, Golden; T. J. Bailey,
Honey Creek; M. N. Cameron,
Concord; W. R. Penix, Haines-
ville; H. E. Speights, Mineola;
J. G. McCoy, Mt. Enterprise;
C G. Johnson, Cartwright;
R. S. Ray, Crow; Roy Gamblin,
Yantis; and J. M. Morris, Oak
Grove.
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Central Baptist
Church Discontinues
Gathering Paper
The Central Baptist Church
ladies last week discontinued
gathering waste paper. Mrs. W
Clyde Smith said they had
gathered all the paper needed,
and she expressed the apprecia-
tion of the church for those
who cooperated in the cam-
paign.
All Resolutions
Meet With Defeat
Strong Words of
Jones Resolution
Cause of Split
Democrats—liberal and con-
servative—threw motions and
counter-motions at each other
at Quitman last Saturday in an
effort to control the Wood
County Democratic Conven-
tion. And sides were drawn
along geographical lines with
Mineola’s two boxes the strong-
hold of the conservatives while
Winnsboro, Quitman, and Coke
carried the colors of the oppo-
sition which, in effect, were
those of Dr. Homer P. Rainey.
Alba, with five convention
votes, held the balance of
power, swinging from one side
to the other, and in the end
splitting in half.
Middle-of-the-roaders were
lost in the shuffle as the lib-
erals and conservatives battled
over approval of the Truman
administration, censure of the
pro-Rainey State Democratic
Executive Committee, and the
white man’s primary.
The convention adopted a
resolution made by E. A. Reeves
of Mineola, who with W. N.
Jones was probably the strong-
est opponent of party liberal-
ism, authorizing two sets of
delegates, one favorable to
Rainey and one favorable to
Jester, with the outcome of the
August 24 elections deciding
which delegation would be
certified to the state conven-
tion. Immediately after the
resolution carried Connally
McKay made a motion to re-
consider the Reeves motion for
two sets of delegates, and it
was seconded by O. E. Moore.
G. D. Minick then offered a
motion to table the McKay
motion, and a roll call vote
was requested. Upon return
from caucus Mineola East and
Mineola West cast their 23
votes each for tabling. Quit-
man, Winnsboro, Coke, and
Alba all voted against tabling,
and the motion was lost by 55
to 46. Hanesville, the only other
precinct represented at the
convention, was unable to vote
when the two Hainesville dele-
gates disagreed. The McKay
motion then carried by the
same 55-46 vote.
The committee to select dele-
gates to the state convention
then reported a list of twelve
delegates, four from Mineola,
four from Quitman, and four
from Winnsboro. They were E.
A. Reeves, George T. Hinson,
H. Watts, and R. H. Carraway
of Mineola, V. B. Shaw, E. S.
Shoaf, C. O. Goldsmith, and
C. C. Bellomy of Quitman, and
Alf Morris, J. E. Petty, O E.
Moore, and E. R. Crone of
Winnsboro. Also authorized as
delegates was the committee
on delegates, composed of J. A.
Blalock, W. N. Jones, and R. H.
McCreary.
On motion of V. B. Shaw it
was voted to instruct the Wood
County delegation to vote as a
unit at the state convention,
accepting no proxies.
Before any resolutions had
been adopted, C. O Goldsmith
made a motion to adjourn, but
the Alba delegation cast then-
five votes with Mineola’s forty-
six to defeat the motion fifty-
one to forty-eight.
W. N. Jones then made the
following resolution which was
seconded by E. A. Reeves.
“Be it resolved that we, the
Democrats of Wood County, in
convention assembled are un-
alterably opposed to a black
and tan Democratic primary in
Texas, and we condemn the
state officials of the party for
their failure to have the leg-
islature of Texas enact laws
which would retain a white pri-
mary in Texas.
“And we do here and now
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Carraway, R. H., Jr. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1946, newspaper, August 8, 1946; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth595711/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.