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“SERVING CARROLLTON, FARMERS, BRANCH, NORTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY SINCE 1904”
VOLUME: FORTY-FIFTH YEAR
CARROLLTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1949
(8 PAGES)
No. 50
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
Girl Scouts ol Troop 292 had
their day at the Fa'r and took dif-
ferent shifts at the Girl Scout
booth in the Agriculture building.
We visited the Health and Art
Museums, also the Foods Building.
We saw Elsie the Cow and her
family. We had fun on the Mid-
way. Mrs. R. E. Turner and Mrs.
Bert Ramsay went with us.
PATRICIA GRIMES,
Scribe.
The Farmers Branch and Car-
rollton neighborhood of the Girl
Scouts will hpld a brief training
session in Carrollton, Friday, Oc-
\ tober 28, at 10 a.m. Miss Madeline
'Hodge will furnish leaders with the
material they need this month.
WILHITE MUSIC
CLUB HAS MEETING
Piano pupils of Mrs. Clifton C.
Wilhite, Sunbeck Circle, met at
Whittle Music store at 11:30 am.
Saturday. October 15. The Wilhite
Music Club is a part of Dallas
Juvenile Music Club which held its
first monthly meeting of 1949-50
season.
Edith Elmore, Gilbert Lane,
Farmers Branch, was installed as
an officer of the Dallas Juvenile
Music Club. Delegates Installed
were Kathy Marsh, Myma Kell
Bullock and Carmen Wilhite.
Members belonging to the club
and eligible to attend meetings
are: Bobble Petty, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Petty; John Block-
er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Blocker; Doris Harrison, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E Harrison; John
Good, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. O.
Good; Yvonne Coonrod, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Coonrod;
Edith Elmore, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Delbert Elmore; Nonrde Sue
Blocker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Stocker; Paul Grimes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. O. E. Grimes; Don
Tracy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Tracy; Sharon Silk, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Silk; Eugenia
Smart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
JT. P. Smart; Peggy Couch, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Couch;
Kathy Marsh, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Marsh; Myma Nell
Bullock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. O. Bullock; Lee Tracy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Iioyd Tracy; and
Carmen Wilhite, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifton Wilhite.
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COLLEGE AVE. BAPTIST
W.M.A. SUNSHINE
CIRCLE HOLDS MEET
The Sunshine Circle of the
College Ave. Baptist Church WMA
met Monday, Oct. 17, in the home
of Aunt Fannie Perry for an aft-
day service and fellowship with 24
ladies and the pastor, Rev. O. B.
Martin, present.
The services of the day began
at 10 a.m. with the president, Mrs.
Opal yaden, In charge.
After the opening song Mrs. Jim
Bridges brought the devotional
frotn Mark 16:15-19.
Rev. Martin, the teacher, then
took charge and taught the lesson
for the day from Rev. 1:9-18. After
the lesson was discussed, the
president asked Mrs. Martin, pro-
gram chairman, to take charge
and the following program was
presented:
Song—“Do It lor Jesus Today ’’
Discussion—“Our All On the Al-
tar for God,” by Mrs. Bert Coffee,
Corresponding Secretary.
Following the discussion an old
time testimony meeting was held.
The president then presented
to the former president, Mrs.
Dewey Foikes, the shower of gifts
brought in by the ladies present in
appreciation for her work the past
year. The group was then dis-
missed In prayer by Rev. Martin
and enjoyed a covered dish lunch
and fellowship hour.
A business session was held fol-
lowing lunch concerning the Sun-
shine Circle, and the president
presented Mrs. Coffee with a gift
from the WMA as a token of ap-
preciation for the good work she
is doing.
DALLAS TO BEGIN
LAND PURCHASES
! FOR WATER PLANT
The City of Dallas will begin
purchases of land for the city’s
proposed 90,000,000 gallons-a-day
water plant north of Carrollton
within a few weeks, Dallas City
Manager Rod Thomas announced
late last week.
The City of Dallas is expected to
purchase 128 acres of land just
north of here on the east side of
Highway 77 as a site for the new
plant. Exact boundaries of the
area to be purchased will depend
upon completion of the property
surveys now under way.
Dallas Water Supt. Karl Hoeftc
said plans for the new station
should be completed soon after the
first of the year to allow construc-
tion to start in 1950.
Estimated cost of the new plant
is 85.800,000 and an additional
$5,500,000 for supply mains to con-
nect the plant with the Dallas dis-
tribution system and a new $1,-
000,000 resorvoir at Hillcrest Road
and Walnut Lane
Selection of the Carrollton site
was made because its elevation
protects it from flood waters and
the location north of Carrollton
minimizes pollution danger, offi-
cials said.
Bees have four wings.
RECORDS TOPPLE AS
STATE FAIR HEADED
FOR BEST YEAR
All records are toppling at the
1949 State Fair of Texas, headed
for its most successful year in his-
tory. Sunday will be the big expo-
sition's final exciting day.
Last Saturday, Oct. 15, was the
biggest day in all the 84 years of
| the fair’s history. The staggering
; attendance figure mounted to
1276,984, more than 50,000 more
I than the best previous day. A
; total of 1,114,781 visitors passed
through the turnstiles during the
first week and the 2,000.000 mark
assuredly will be reached before
the end of this week.
The fair’s attendance is running
almost 200,000 ahead of 1948.
More than 75,000 farm boys and
girts thronged the fairgrounds last
Saturday for the biggest gathering
of rural youth in the nation’s his-
tory. 4-H Club boys and girls. Fu-
ture Farmers and Future Home-
makers came from 200 of the
state's 254 counties.
The biggest county delegation
was composed of the 1,172 boys
and girls of the McLennan County
4-H clubs, who traveled 94 miles
to the fair for the best attendance
score.
Week-end livestock events in-
clude the Junior Livestock Auction
of fat steers, fat lambs and fat
barrows Saturday morning and the
Milking Shorthorn sale Friday aft-
ernoon. The Junior Steer Show is
Friday.
Saturday afternoon the South-
ern Methodist University Mustangs
will play the undefeated Univer-
sity of Kentucky Wildcats in the
Cotton Bowl, as the climax of the
fair's biggest football program.
High school games will see Wood-
row Wilson playing Forest Friday
and Adamson clashing with Cro-
zier Tech Saturday.
High Schol Day at the fair will
be Friday and another record is
expected to be shattered as stu-
dents from all over the state
throng the grounds.
Sunday afternoon the famous
all-girl band of Texas State Col-
lege for Women at Denton will
perform and many students and
former students of TSCW will at-
tend the fair.
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LOCAL PTA
TO LAUNCH
SAFETY CAMPAIGN
The Carrollton Parent-Teacher
Association will launch a Safety
Campaign to begin next week and
to end November 10. Mrs. W. Par-
rish has been appointed chairman.
Safety patrols will be appointed
and the Association will furnish
safety badges and belts plus the
necessary flags and signs.
A safety poster contest will be |
sponsored and prizes will be j
awarded by a traffic officer.
The slogan is "Safety Can Be
Fun.”
RURAL VOUTH AT FAIR—11i« parking loi ai lt>e State Fair of
Texas was crow ded with school buses Irom all oarts of Texas by early
nomine last Saturday The onses brought part ot the vast contingent
of farm hoys and girls who attended the Fair in the biggest xathenng
ot its kind in the natior’v history. There were 4H Club mem-
bers. Future Farmers and Future Homemakers among the Fatro
biggest crowd ot all time—a total of *76.984 visitors. The rural youth
came from 200 counties of the 254 counties of the state. The Fairs last
big day is Svwoay.
ATTENTION ALL FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN
You and your neighbors are in-
vited and urged to attend the big
terrace building and Soil Conser-
vation Field Meeting to be held on
the Wingate H. and Harold Lucas
Farm, Wednesday, November 2,
beginning at 9 a.m.
The Lucas farm is located three
miles south of Highway Nq. 114
(Grapevine and Dallas highway)
and one mile west of the Dallas
County Belt Line Road on the
Esrteli Road. The Lucas farm is also
located just south and east of the
Estell School,
Terraces will be built with all
kinds of farm machinery as welt’
as large equipment. The new
Sprigging Machine which elim-
inates all hand labor and sods
from eight to ten acres per day in
Bermuda Grass, the latest pasture
grass seeder which sows all kinds
of grass seed and the new makes
of grain and fertilizer drill will be
in operation throughout the day.
Keeping roots in the ground
and sowing clovers and field peas
in the crop rotation are effective
methods of increasing acre yields.
| All farm operators, owners, and
business men are urged to attend
this big field meeting and study
and observe under practical farm
conditions how the Lucas farm
operators are increasing the acre
yield by terracing, sodding badly
washed lands to grasses, distribut-
ing fertilizer and practicing crop
rotation.
Specimens of pasture grasses
adapted to this section will be on
display.
This demonstration is being
conducted in cooperation with the
Supervisor of the Dalworth Soil
Conservation District, Grapevine,
Planning unit of the Soil Conser-
vation Service and the County-
Agent’s Office. Competent authori-
ties on soil conservation will have
charge of and explain to all how
practical it is to build terraces
with the kind of equipment farm-
ers have on their farms.
It is the responsibility of all to
help build and improve our lands.
It is a tragedy and severe in-
dictment against our civilization
that we are permitting our soil to
wash and Wow away faster than
we are reclaiming it, therefore, it
is the responsibility of all to help
with this vital problem.
MRS. RAY CRAWFORD
HOSTESS TO ’28 CLUB
On Thursday of last week the
’28 Club was entertained by Mrs.
Raymond Crawford In her home.
The living room was beautifully
decorated with fern and bachelor’s
buttons.
After two hours of progressive
“42” the high score was won by
Mrs. Ernest Tittle; floating prize
went to Mrs. Steve Griffin, guest
prize to Mrs. James Degan, and
low score by Mrs. Buddy Purnell.
A very decorative salad plate
was served to the following guests:
Mrs. Roy Perry, Mrs. James Degan,
and Mrs. Arvil Boyd: members,
Mmes. Morris Lord, Taylor Cun-
ningham, Floyd Bedell, John Grif-
fin, Sr., Fred Crawford, Steve
Griffin, Buddy Purnell, Johnnie
Griffin. C. Y. Crider, Hamlyn
Morgan, M. T. Griffin, Ernest
Tittle, and hostess, Mrs. Raymond
Crawford.
APPROXIMATELY 300
EAT DAILY AT
SCHOOL CAFETERIA
According to information re-
ceived this week from R. L. Tur-
ner, Superintendent of Schools,
approximately 300 lunches are
served each day in the cafeteria to
students of the Carrollton Public
Schools.
These meals are planned by
Mrs. OUie Ann Williams, Home-
making teacher and cooked by
Mrs. Minnie Ruth Graham, Mrs.
Georgia Johnson, and Mrs. J. A.
Guynes. J. A. Guynes is manager
of the lunchroom.
Mr. Turner said it was the in-
tention of the cafeteria only to
break even on its meals. However,
If at any time there was a surplus
of money, it was used to add more
equipment to the cafeteria.
The State pays the cafeteria six
cents a plate without milk and
eight cents a plate with milk and
does furnish surplus commodities
from time to time. Other than that
the entire expense of paying em-
ployees and of operating the cafe-
teria is defrayed from the 25 cents
each that the students pay to eat
lunch there.
Because so many mothers have
asked about the mehus in order to
know how to supplement them at
breakfast and supper at home,
Mrs. Williams lists the following
menus for week beginning on
Monday, October 24:
Monday
Pinto Beans and Ham
Onion Rings and Sliced Pickles
Com Muffins and Butter
Mixed Spiced Fruit
Milk
Tuesday
Shepherd’s Pie
Sunset Salad
Crackers with Melted Cheese
Ice Cream
Milk
Wednesday
Luncheon Shortcake
Buttered Peas
Creamed Potatoes
Apricot Minute Tapioca
Milk
Thursday
Tamale Pie
Green Toss Salad
Crackers or Toast Strips
Whipped Fruit Jello
Milk
Friday
Salmon Croquetts with
Tomato Sauce
Green Beans
Biscuits and Butter
Apple Sauce
Milk
MEETING TO DECIDE
FLOOD AID WORK
SET FOR TONIGHT
A meeting to decide upon what
action will be taken concerning
the conditional offer to the City
of Carrollton and the County of
Dallas by the Texas Highway Com-
mission to help alleviate future
flood threats to the city has ten-
tatively been set for tonight at
the City Hall starting at 7:30 p.m.
Representatives of the State High-
way Commission, Dallas County,
three local railroads and city of-
ficials will take part in the dis-
cussions, Mayor R. O. Connell an-
nounced Wednesday.
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CARROLLTON PTA
HOLDS SECOND
MEETING OF YEAR
The Parent-Teacher Association
of Carrollton held its second meet-
ing Tuesday night In the High
School Library. A short talk was
j made by Supt. R. L. Turner on
the “Importance of PTA Today.”
Mrs. Chester Good then discussed
the newly formed Library Club,
i telling its aims and purpose. Mrs.
O. R. Calllet has been appointed
ithe library mother.
The selections played on the
; Marimba by Mrs. John Graber
| were: "Love’s Old Sweet Song,"
| “Santa Lucia,” “In the Gloam-
ing,” “I’ll See You Again,” "Will
You Remember,” “Merry Widow
Waltz,” “Indian Love Call” and
; the opening theme from - Tchal-
kowsky’s B Flat Concerto.
The tea table was exquisitely
set by Mrs. Bob Hunsaker, social
chairman. A lovely floral arrange-
! ment of pink chrysanthemums,
roses and carnations in a pale
pink leaf bowl adorned one end
of the table.
The color scheme was artis-
tically carried out with a white
handmade lace cloth, dainty green
napkins and pink punch served
from a crystal bowl.
The girls from the library club
assisted Mrs. Hunsaker as host-
esses.
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E. L. JAMES AND
MRS. THELMA HOGUE
VOWS ANNOUNCED
E. L. James and Mrs. Thelma
Hogue were united in matrimony
on October 20 in Dallas in a dou-
ble ring ceremony with the Rev.
Arthur Freeman officiating.
The couple are well known hi
Carrollton having lived here for a
number of years. Mr. James is
local chief of police. Mrs. Hogue
is an employe of the Carrollton
post office.
After a brief wedding trip they
will make their home here.
They couldn't go to the State Fair, but the children at the Texas
Scottish Kite Hospital for Crippled Children in Dallas were treated to
one of the Fair’s attractions by the Joie Chitwood show, featuring
-*- —| a J“—*- ■*--”~ipy and Slappy
for the children,
rb, cracks a joke
for the kids.
' MR. AND MRS. A. DERR
HONOR SON ON
7TH BIRTHDAY
! Mr and Mrs. Aubrey Derr of
1807 Willow Road, entertained
with a birtu&ay party honoring
their son, Jerry, on his seventh
birthday October IS.
Games were played and prizes
won by Freddy Wheeler and Mar-
sha Lee Jordan. The Hallowe’en
theme was carried out in the
games and refreshments.
Jerry blew out the seven candles
on his black and yellow cake and
was wished “Happy Birthday” by
the following children: Susan
Kent, Janet Cook. Paula Faye j
Hale, Marsha Lee Jordan, Dickie,
Mary Beth, Johnnie and Mik.
Landers. Linda Moore, Freddy and
Patty Wheeler. Jean, Stella. Peggy
and Judy Reneau and “Sandy”
Sanford.
Mrs. Derr was assisted in inter- j
■ tainlng by her mother. Mrs. VJ. E.
j Tipton, of Dallas, Miss Barbara
Wheeler, Mrs, Pat Wheeler and
Mrs. C. L. Landers.
FARMERS BRANCH
PTA SPONSORING
CARNIVAL OCT. 27
Farmers Branch Parent-Teacher
Association is sponsoring a Carni-
val at the school Thursday, Octo-
ber 27. Hot dogs, chili, home
made cakes, pies and ice cream
will be sold in the lunchroom
starting at 6 pm.
For lntertainment there will be
a western movie, dart games,
bail throwing, fishing pond, coun-
try store and the showing of war
souvenirs.
The grand climax of the eve-
ning will be the crowning of the
King and Queen of the Carnival.
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LIONS LOSE TO
PLEASANT GROVE
»Y 45-12 SCORE
The Carrollton Lions lost their
second straight District 12-A con-
ference clash last Friday night at
Pleasant Grove by a score of 45-12.
Bob DeLong, star back for the
Bobcats paced his team with three
touchdowns and adding an extra
point, v
Barrett, Renfro and Bill Cathey
were outstanding stars for Carroll-
ton.
All games this week were played
Thursday night due to School
Day at the State Fair of Texas
Friday.
The Lions will travel next Fri-
day to Mesquite for another Con-
fence game before tangling with
Hillcrest on Nov. 4 in a Homecom-
ing tilt here.
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COLLEGE AVE. BAPTIST W.M.A.
OFFICERS INSTALLED
Wednesday night, October 12,
following the regular prayer meet-
ing service, Mrs. Arthur Freeman
of Hickory Tree Baptist Church,
installed the W.M.A. officers, both
general and circle, at the College
Ave. Baptist Church.
Mrs. Freeman brought an inspi-
rational talk on "Keys of the
Bible,” then presented each officer
with a key in keeping with their
duties. Each one received a great
blessing.
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Sindik, Nicholas J. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. FORTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, October 21, 1949, newspaper, October 21, 1949; Carrollton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth727892/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.