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Wqt Carrollton Chrontrlr
“SERVING CARROLLTON, FARMERS BRANCH, NORTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY SINCE 1904”
—Commended by East Texas Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Community Service—
VOLUME: 50TH YEAR
CARROLLTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1954
No. 38
SHIVERS THANKS
VOTERS FOR THEIR
CAMPAIGN SUPPORT
6*^tSTIN, Texas — Expressing
giutltude for the support that
gave him a near-majority vote
In the July Primary, Governor
Allan Shivers opened a runoff
campaign for re-election this
week, confident of victory.
“Theie is no question that
we can and will win," the Gov-
ernor said, as he announced
plans for an around-the-clock
bati.le.
"I’m going to wage an all-
out campaign personally,” he
sad, “and my friends over the
sta'e promise they will do the
same. I will continue to discuss
the issues and there will be no
nvud-slinging.”
The Governor made his first
statewide radio broadcast since
the election on Tuesday night.
He discussed the drouth, emer-
gency relief steps which are be-
ing taken bo relieve drouth con-
ditions, and water and soil con-
seivailon.
P ecusslng the runoff cam-
pa'gn earlier in the week, the
Governor said, "All we need to
do is to get, out our vote to win.
It just takes work and there Is
n-, substitute for it, in a cam-
paign or in anything else.”
The Governor indicated his
efforts for re-election in the
August Primary would utilize
such standard campaign de-
vices as personal speecher
solicitations and contacts, in
eluding the ever-,popular stump
speaking as well as newspapei
advertising, radio and televl
sion.
Analyzing the balloting ir
the first primary, the Governor
said the returns proved hi:
charge that his opponent was s,
"captive candidate of the CIO
and NAACP.” Ralph Yarborough
carried every large CIO box.
Shivers said, and every Negro
precinct by ten or twenty to
one.
“But I carried his home box
three to one,” the Governor
pointed out.
Shivers appraised bhe basic
issue of the runoff thusly: “The
people have a choice of two
types of government—one of
strife and discord, not only
among the people of Texas but
in the Legislature and state
government, or one of coopera-
tion such as I have had, work-
ing for all segments of Texas.
“At stake is whether the peo-
ple want to attract more indus-
try for more Jobs or double the
tax rate; whether to continue a
mlddle-cf-the-road policy as I
have, or have one in office who
will turn the Texas government
over to specialized segments of
the population, particularly the
CIO and Negro groups.”
As for hits stand on segrega-
tion, the Governor reiterated he
wanted schools for Negroes Just
as good as the best for white
students. “Texas h as spent
more money on Negro schools
during my administration than
in any comparable period, but
Texans are not ready to abolish
segregation in public schools,
and so long as I am Governor,
Texas is not going to abolish
segregation in Its public
schools.”
YARBOROUGH
SPEAKS AT
JOHNSON CITY
Gubernatorial candidate Ralph
Yaitoiough cf Austin told t
Central Texas farm and ranch
audience th's week that “action
now” is needed to preserve Tex-
as’ “precious water ana soil re-
sources”—not “five more year,
of crippling limping delay.”
Yai borough, speak'ng a'
Johnson City, only a f.w mile,'
from the mul 'p’.e dams cf tlr
Lower Colorado River Author
lty, said:
“One of the "real govern
mental needs of Texas Is a wa
ter conservation program o
action new.
“Five years cf delay In th
midst of the won’, drought t
Texas history ought to b
enough to convince everyon
that action — net words — is
needed.”
The Austin attorney, a mem-
ber of the original board o.f di-
rectors of the liver authority,
called for the construction of
"50 great dams on the lower
reaches of Texas’ main rivers”
jor the two-way purpose of
preventing flood destruction
and conserving precious water.
He would supplement this
basic program, bo said, with
he building of many smal’e:
dams on the upper reaches o'
our river, and their tributary
dreams and ponds and tanks
n our farms and tanhhes.”
Yarborough added: ”1 think
•t tragic lhat Texas soil and
water conservation has been
Tippled by the constant back
biting of the United States
government by my opponent.
”1 am opposed to burning the
American flag to satisfy one
demagogue. States' rights can
be' preserved in a cooperative
harmonious local, state, federal
conservation program.”
Grace Chapel News
By the Church Reporter
Sunday morning, Aug. 8, dur-
ng our Sunday School period,
another motion picture will be
presented, this time on the per-
secution of the-church by Saul
and the conversion of Paul. We
are studying the book of acts
in our adult class and if you
desire to know this book better
we invite you to join us
promptly at 10 a m.
For the next two Sunday
evenings we will be cooperating
with the First Baptist Church
and the Clift Brannon evangel-
istic effort now in progress in
Farmers Branch, and we en-
courage all true believers to
Join in prayer that God will
reach the lost through this ef-
fort and bring His own people
to a closer walk.
Better watch for vitamin A
deficiency among cattle at this
time. This vitamin comes pri-
marily from green feed. The
drouth has all but eliminated
this source and young cattle
need a daily supply since they
do not have the ability, as do
older animals, to store the vita-
min A in their bodies for later
use.
Polio
is still
with us
Z DON’T GET CHILLED
3. DON’T MIX WITH NEW GROUPS
A polio vaccine is being
studied now Results will be
known in 1955 More gamma
globulin - a temporary
preventive- i r
available Ibis year ficht
thiougli Meant ol'iuals.
4. MJT DO KEEP CLEAN
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
MARCH OF DIMES FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED.
GIVE TO THE EMERGENCY MARCH OF DIMtS THIS MONTH I
Old X-Ray Buses Never Die — They Just Fade Away
unr
A familiar s'ght to Carroll-
ton residents is the mobile unit
of the Dallas Tuberculosis As-
sociation which has served Dal-
las and Dallas County for the
last seven years giving free
cheEt' X-rays. Operating at
schools, industrial and commu-
nity locations, the 1941 model
bus, which has been retired re-
cently by old age, has had 291,-
340 chest X-rays made in it, in
a program to detect unknown
cases of TB.
Waving goodlby are Ross W.
Brown, Dallas TB Association
president, and Mrs. Catherine
Dlrksmeyer, R. N., clinical in-
structor at Woodlawn TB Hos-
pital. A new trailer-type unit
with a pick-up truck is being
outfitted to replace the worn-
out bus and will be ready for
location late in August.
Carrollton helps finance the
tuberculosis prevention and
control program conducted in
Dallas County by the TB As-
sociation, which is supported
entirely by the sale of Christ-
mas seals.
REV. CLIFFORD HAYNES
HEALTH OFFICER
ADVISES USE OF
SALT DURING HEAT
AUSTIN, Texas—There is lit-
tle doubt that summer is here.
If you don’t think so, take a
quick look at your thermometer
or feel your shirt or blouse —
chances are that it will be wet
and salty with sweat.
Excessive sweating means the
loss of body salt, and Dr. Henry
A. Holle, State Health Officer,
advises the use of salt in drink-
ing water as a means of avoid-
ing heat cramps.
"Salt is a prominent con-
stituent of sweat,” says Dr.
Holle. “On days when the ther-
mometer goes to 90 degrees or
above, as it has recently, the
body may lose as much as fifty
grams of salt. Laborers, farm-
ers, and even white - collar
workers should be especially
watch!ul of heat cramps.”
Heat cramps are character-
ized by pains in the stomach,
headaches, and sometimes nau-
sea and vomiting. The danger
comes because the loss of the
salt may occur without the
knowledge of the individual un-
til the deficiency causes cramps
or heat fag.
Salt tablets may be pur-
chased commercially. If they
are not available, a pinch of
table salt will serve the same
purpose. “Since milk contains
more salt than water, drinking
milk Is an excellent method of
replacing body salt lost through
perspiration," Dr. Holle says.
MINEOLA WATERMELON
FESTIVAL TO BE FEATURED
ON HUMBLE’S TV SHOW
The Mlneola Watermelon
Festival will be featured next
week, on The Humble Com-
pany's TV program, Texas in
Review. Texans will enjoy
watching free slices of water-
melon being given to visitors to
the East Texas city.
Other interesting items on
the program will be the picture
story of a battalion of com-
bines in action during the
wheat harvesting on Texas’
High Plains around Amarillo;
and a visit with John Moose-
berg, retiring county agent of
Shelby County, a key figure in
the growth of the poultry in-
dustry in that county.
FIRST BAPTIST
REVIVAL SET FOR
AUGUST 18-29
The First Baptist Church of
Carrollton will hold special re-
vival services August 18-29, ac-
coidlng to the pastor, Rev.
Thomas B. Guinn, The evangel-
ist will be Rev. Clifford Haynes
who is now pastor of the Vir-
ginia Avenue Baptist Church in
Bristol, Tenn.
Pastor Guipn says, “Bro
Haynes is a strong Bible
preacher, an effective evangel-
ist, and an earnest soul-winner.
He will be a real blessing to our
entire community."
Mr. Bailey Forester, music
director of the Parkside Baptist
Church in Denison, Texas will
be in charge of the music. He
was formerly associated with
the First Baptist churches in
Alice and Denison.
Services will be held each
day at 10 am. and 8 p.m. and
everyone will receive a hearty
welcome.
Farmers Branch Baptist
TENT REVIVAL OFF TO
GOOD START
The Clift Brannon tent re-
vival in Farmers Branch was
off to a good start this week
with five additions in the first
two services and over 300 per-
sons attending the opening
service under the tent Monday
night. The campaign is to con-
tinue through Sunday night,
August' 15. The tent is located
by the city hall on Valley View
Lane. The evangelistic party of
eight persons was brought to
Farmers Branch by the First
Baptist Church but other de-
nominations are showing a wel-
comed interest and are attend-
ing the services, Pastor W. B.
Caraway said. The Grace Chap-
el Church has called off its eve-
ning services during the cam-
paign to be in the services un-
der the tent, Mr. Carraway re-
ported.
“This is one of the finest
teams with the finest set-up
I've ever seen," the Baptist pas-
tor said. Evangelist Brannon is
assisted by Jerry Bames, who
directs the music and sings
baritone solos; Mrs. Brannon,
who speaks and does personal
work; Beverly Brannon, an 18-
year-old daughter who is a
student at Baylor University
and pianist for the campaigns;
Madlyn Brannon, 15 year-old
Longview High School football
sweetheart and organist; Clift,
Jr., who reads the scripture,
sings and prays and Jack Mabry
who cares for the tent.
Friday night at 7:30 “That
Kid Buck,” a film, will be
shown under the tent to al!
who will come. Other special
features will highlight the cru-
sade.
Rev. Brannon and his team
closed a campaign in Hugo,
Okla. Sunday night in which
there were over 100 additions
to the churches. Rev. Oarraway
said that his church alone had
over 230 prospective members
that the campaign would try to
reach.
Mrs. Brannon will speak to
the adult assembly of the Sun-
day School at the First Baptist
Church, Carrollton, Sunday
morning at 9:45 on “Soul Win-
ning.” She will speak on the
same topic at the Field City
Baptist Church Sunday evening
at the Training Union hour.
Evangelist Brannon and mem-
bers of his team will present
the program to the Dallas Bap-
tist Pastor’s Conference Mon-
day morning, Aug. 9.
CARROLLTON C. of C.
DIRECTORS TO MEET
The Board of Directors of
the Carrollton Chamber of
Commerce will meet Tuesday,
Aug. 10 at noon in the Confer-
ence Room of Vandergrlff Chev-
rolet Co. where a light lunch
will be served.
Board members expected to
attend are: Walter Blanton, R.
O. Connell, G. J. Conaway, War-
ren Embree, Jim McGehee, Roy
Gravley, Willie Graham, Roy
Posey, Leon Russell, Nick Sin-
dik, C. R. Van Cleve, and W. M.
Weatherford.
Manager D. L. Palmer and P.
H. Brown, Chamber secretary-
treasurer, will also be on nand
for the board meeting.
CUB SCOUT NEWS
(By The Cub Reporter)
Cubmaster L. D. Smith has
called a committee meeting of
Pack 121 for 7:30 pm. Monday,
Aug. 9 at the Carrollton Com-
munity House. Pat Patterson
from Scout headquarters will
attend the Meeting and help
chart our activities for the en-
suing months. On the agenda is
the Pack picnics to be held this
month, place and time will be
set.
6all Game
Thursday night, Aug. 5, the
Carrollton Cubs team will play
Pack 127 of Oak Cliff, game to
be played at Weiss Park on
Clarendon Drive in Oak Cliff.
Game starts at 7:30 p.m.
Are you financially responsible
for damage your automobile
may cause? M. L. COKER IN-
SURANCE AGENCY insures you
for your liability.—(Adv.)
Grand Opening Set for
Local New Ford Dealer
COPPELL NEWS
By Mary Mildred Arnett
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Parker
and Carolyn McCain spent Fri-
day in Thackeisvllle, Okla. vis-
iting Mr. Parker's brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Parker.
Beverly Kirkland of Wichita,
Kans. is visiting Mrs. J. M.
Kirkland and Miss Jewel.
Richard Lee has returned
from two weeks training with
the Marines in Coronado, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Parker
spent Sunday in Farmers
Branch with Mr. and Mrs. Her-
bert Parker and son and at-
tended church at the Webb
Chapel Methodist Church.
Peggy June Camiani, Mrs. O.
C. Massey of San Anitonlo were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
West, the past week.
John Johnson has returned
from two weeks training with
the Marines in Cherry Point,
North Carolina.
“Mountain Top Visions," was
tlhe sermon topic for Sunday
morning at the Coppell Meth-
odist Church. Sacrament of the
Lord’s Supper was also served.
A brief meeting of the Official
Board was held after the morn-
ing services. Erwin Beal, Sr.,
was elected chairman and C. O.
Parker, secretary. There were
no evening services as the Bap-
tist revival was in progress.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Greene
and Barbara spent the week end
in West Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Flowers of
Dallas were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. G. D. West, Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Hap Saunders
and Mike of Wichita, Kans., are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Ham.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ottingcr
and family visited Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Keese and family of Gar-
land, Saturday night. Mr.
Keese, who has been ill in Bay-
lor Hospital, Dallas, is at home
and is reported much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brooks
have returned from a vacation
trip to Hot Springs, Ark. and
other points.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chas-
tain of Grapevine and Ray
Chastain, El Torro Marine Base,
Galif., visited Mr. and Mrs. D.
C. Johnson and family, Sunday.
Patsy and Billy Houston re-
turned home after a five-week
visit with relatives in Clovis,
N. M.
Helen Joyce Ihmfeldt spent
the past week in Dallas visiting
relatives.
C. C., Bobby, and Eddie Hous-
ton spent the week end in
Clovis, N. M.
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Field City Baptist News
Our summer revival will be
preceded by a religious film,
“Decision," Friday night, Aug.
13 with a youth rally and choir
rehearsal to follow. The revival
begins Aug. 22.
Rev. Dewey Brasiwell of Fort
Worth will conduct both serv-
ices while the pastor is away in
a revival.
Two hundred and sixty-two
attended Sunday School and
102 were in Training Union.
There was one addition by let-
ter.
The 28th annual meeting of
the Texas Home Demonstration
Association will be held in Dal-
las, August 11-13. Attendance is
expected to reach 1,000,
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About two out of each five
bonafide land sales in the state
last year involved the Veterans
Land Program.
WALTER CASWELL MOTORS, INC. PLANS
GALA OCCASION FOR SATURDAY, AUG. 7
Walter Caswell Motors, Inc., Carrollton’s new Ford
dealer, will go all-out for their Grand Opening Saturday,
August 7 during the hours of 2 to 5 p.m.
According to Walter Caswell, Jr., who recently pur-
chased the Ford franchise from Newt Flippen Motors,
free barbecue and band music will be offered the public
and a drawing for big prizes will be held for those who reg-
ister on opening day.
Since taking over the business recently, Mr. Caswell
has completely remodeled the present facilities located on
Highway 77. An 8-ton air conditioning unit was installed
and a new parts department was built in the rear of the
building. Also added was a new used car lot which was
black-topped; a remodeled service station, and a small build-
ing for service was built on
the back of the lot.
Son of Largest Ford Dealer
Mr. Caswell is the son of the
largest and oldest Ford dealer
in New York City. His father,
Walter Caswell, Sr., has had the
dealership there for 35 years.
Mr. Caswell, Jr. was born in
New York City on Jan. 23, 1928.
He attended Bordenitown Mili-
tary Institute at Bordenitown,
N. J., and graduated In 1944.
During World War II, he
served with the 95th Infantry
Division in France, Germany,
Holland and Belgium.
Following his discharge from
the U. S. Army in the summer
of 1946, Mr. Caswell attended
Ford Merchandising School In
Dearborn, Mich., where he
graduated in the fall of 1948.
After he completed his
schooling, Mr. Caswell was as-
sociated with his father in the
Ford business in New York be-
fore buying the Carrollton
dealership.
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MANY SMALLER
CITIES HAVE LARGE
WATER SUPPLY
AUSTIN, Texas (SpU—Many
smaller cities in Texas have
enough water to support sizable
industrial development, Univer-
sity of Texas research shows.
Examples of towns with more
than a million acre-feet of wa-
ter nearby include Belton (1,-
097,800 acre-feet), Lewisville (1,-
016,200), Whitney (2,017,5001,
Jasper (4,040,800), and Rock-
land (3,287,300),
An acre-foot contains about
325,848 gallons of water or a
prism of water one foot high
and an acre in area.
Seymour has 444,168 acre-
feet of water near it; Burnet,
847,420; Bronte, 720,000; Wylie,
423,400; Palo Pinto, 750,000; Pe-
cos, 300,000; Snyder, 204,000;
Sabinal, 200.000; Bridgeport,
290,000; Brundage, 138,000; Ad-
dlcks, 323,000; Huffman, 150,-
000; (McAllen, 150,113; and
Grapevine, 434,200.
Other examples dispelling
the fallacy that all of Texas is
water-short include Dundee,
with 45,000 acre-feet of water
nearby; Angleton, 18,000; Bra-
zoria, 21,873; Freeport, 50,000;
Marble Falls, 23,640; Kingsland,
28,750; Anahuac, 35,300; Cole-
man, 35,310; Eastland, 28,000;
Cisco, 50,036; Haskell, 60,000;
Hawley, 22,430; Kerrville, 18,-
365; Colorado City, 30,200;
Daingerfield, 26,000; Marfa, 18,-
770; Canyon, 18,121; Town
Bluff, 94,200; Barstow, 74,409,
and Fort Stockton, 17,000.
In some instances other
smaller towns are near the wa-
ter sources mentioned. The
data also do not include fig-
ures for reservoirs near larger
cities.
The University's cotton eco-
nomics research division pub-
lished the data as part of a
project pointing out Texas’ in-
dustrial advantages to cotton
textile manufacturers.
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Feeds other than roughage
are also needed by beef ani-
mals. Protein content of dry
range plants must be supple-
mented and oil meal products
are the cheapest source. Mineral
supplements are needed at all
times.
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MH8
Mrs. Orless Clara Denison,
died Wednesday, July 28, at
her home in Carrollton. Sur-
vived by husband, A. L. Deni-
son; three daughters, Mrs.
Pauline Moseley, Mrs. Rose El-
len Guynes, Mrs. Betty Lou Mc-
Donald; two sons, Everett and
Nolan Denison. Services held
Thursday, July 29, College Ave.
Baptist Church, Rev. C. W.
Wages officiating. Interment
was in Old Hail Cemetery, Lew-
isville, with Rhoton Funeral
Home in charge of arrange-
ments.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends for the beautiful floral
offerings, the food, the cards
and their kind expressions of
sympathy in any way in the
passing of our loved one,
A. L. DENISON
AND FAMILY.
DALLAS GETS PART
OF FARMERS BRANCH
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Annexation of the Farmers
Branch school district by Dallas
and Carrollton was completed
last week after the Dallas
Board of Education formally
accepted seven square miles of
the district.
By the action Dallas will get
all the territory within the city,
plus Sunbeck Circle, all except
two acres of Brook Hollow, and
160 acres north of Valley View
and east of Webb Chapel Road.
This will make the Dallas In-
dependent School District ap-
proximately 197 square miles
and the Carrollton district
which received about six square
miles of the divided dlstrtrt,
about 60 square miles in area.
The part taken by Dallas in-
cludes about 60 per cent of the
school-age children, it was said.
In Addison Saturday,' resi-
dents of that School District
voted 219 to 144 for the annex-
ation of their district to Dallas.
Of the 400 qualified voters,
387 ballots were cast, largest
turnout in the district's history.
Vote was 203 to 138 for accept-
ing the present and future tax
rates of tne Dallas school sys-
tem.
Carrollton Beta Sigma
Phi Entertained
A dinner party and bingo was
enjoyed at Preston Hills Tennis
Club by members of the Eta
Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma
Phi Wednesday, July 28,
Mrs. Vic Ressler of Addison
was hostess for the occasion.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack White of
Coppell announce the arrival of
a son on Sunday, July 25 at
Methodist Hospital, Dallas. He
was named Stephen Ray White.
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