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LAKE TEXOMA REPORT
Water level 642.97. Water temperature 73
Barometer 29.96 rising. Winds It-var 10
Scattered thunder showers. 80-67-85
The Denison Press
HEPRE5ENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1957
VERSE FOR THIS WEEK
Humble yourselves in the sight of the
Lord and He will lift you up. James 4:10
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 51
7All’s well that ends
well7 between city, R
U and Q H clubs here
Whatever misunderstanding
existed in a three-cornered dis-
cussion between the city council
and the Round Up club and the
Quarter Horse club has been iron-
ed out and all matters ended in
a complete agreement and under-
standing between those at the
head of the various groups. This
came about at a special called
session of the city council last
Friday evening in the home of
Mayor E. J. Lilley, 1008 W. Wal-
ker street.
Although the city officials had
been under the impression that
ull differences in the matter had
been settled at a regular session
of the council May 15th, after-
math of the meeting brewed to
an extent that parties on both
sides were under the impression
the council was denying certain
privileges to the Round Up club.
This brought about a called
meeting by Mayor Lilley which
was held in his home as indicat-
ed. When the meeting was
thrown open for free discussion
it developed that the Round Up
club members felt they were be-
ing denied certain rights and
privileges, they believed they pos-
sessed in the matter. When this
came to the fore, Mayor Lilley
was quick to respond that the
council had never taken any such
position, that if he were so un-
derstood, he was ready to
straighten out matters and declar-
ed the city had only one idea
and that was to let the park,
which is in charge of the city,
be thrown open to all entertain-
ment forms from the Round Up,
the Quarter Horse, and other
clean forms of sport and enter-
tainment.
The only restriction held by
the city was that in every case
where there is some form of risk
or hazard involved, such parties
operating the entertainment must
protect the city and owners of
the park property from any and
all forms of danger that might
bring on accidents that would re-
sult in law- suits. The city, and
the members present from the
clubs, agreed that there would be
no tolerating of a rival club
bringing in a rodeo or other en-
tertainment without the fullest
consent of the city and the clubs
involved, the decision being that
the city is supporting already es-
tablished clubs and in all fair-
ness to both the city, the people
and the clubs, the old and estab-
lished organizations need such
protection.
The city took the position that
any and all property belonging
to established organizations
should, by proper procedure do
as they pleased with such prop-
erty. The city insisted, and the
representatives from the organ-
izations agreed, that in all mat-
ters as to what and when any
entertainment is to be given in
the park, the city would have
the right, and should be informed
as to dates, forms of entertain-
ment, and any other matters that
might be for the general good and
protection and information of all
people. City Manager Hamer will
give all possible support to events
at the park, it was agreed.
With the settlement of the mis-
understanding, the two groups
feel matters have ended amicably
and all may pioceed to give Den-
ison a demonstration of cooper-
ation, good sportsmanship and
profitable and harmonious enter-
tainment in one of the best ap-
pointed playgrounds in North
Texas.
The Quarter Horse show was
held Sunday June 2 and all re-
ports indicate hundreds of fans
and scores of fine horses, award-
ing of prizes, had featured the
first show of its kind in Denison.
S. Kenneth Vaughan
is bachelor laws
graduate at SMU
DALLAS—S. Kenneth Vaughan,
son of E. E. Vaughan, Route 1,
Denison, was awarded the degree
of Bachelor of Laws in com-
mencement exercises Monday,
June 3, at Southern Methodist
University.
SMU President Willis M. Tate
delivered the University’s tradi-
tional presidential statement to
the graduating class of 875 in
The SMU Coliseum.
ALONG THE
Nobody satisfied?
With business, society, relig-
ious organizations, labor unions
and all the oth-
er forms of or-
ganized life in
a state of flux
today, nobody
seems satisfied.
Even the house-
wife is not sat-
isfied with the
budget money.
The trouble is,
she says, “there
are too many days left after the
money is gone.” And with each
week bringing report of a still
higher price for everything we
eat and wear, that may be the
root of the whole trouble which
is today registering itself in the
rest of the world of things.
However, it does not mean to
deter those who are given to
thinking up new reasons and
causes for which money is de-
manded to carry it on. And,
strange, too, money can be had
in big futures for such things as
men can find to spend their mon-
ey to prevent Uncle Sam taking
it from the increment whether
earned or unearned.
Seems this state of flux has
men working up new ideas and
trying to cash in on them which
ideas tell the public how they
can dodge to a big degree, the
federal tax payment. And that
may be the reason why wo have
the proplem of the housewife. If
gambling losses could be charged
to deductibles, along with the liq-
uor bill, the cigaret habit and
the beer parties — but one won-
ders just how some get hold of
the money spent for such things.
In many instances it means a
beggar’s life, and shortage of
everything around the house in
the way of necessities.
Rut speaking about money in
big amounts. Did you ever hear
of so much big money being of-
fered by foundations? Ah that’s
it. Foundations. If you want to
dodge taxes, just start a founda-
tion. Then offer it for “worthy”
causes, even to those tinged with
communist and near-communist
ideas. The word foundation is a
magic one and attracts clubs,
social movements, contestants for
better essays winning ones in any
kind of contest. The foundation
money attracts like a clover field
attracts the bees.
Just start a foundation. Offer
to give the “last thousand” of
fifty thousand, and surely some
good alruistic-minded citizens
will start a local movement to get
the citizens to dig up the remain-
ing forty-nine thousand. It is a
bait—this offer of the founda-
tion—but the idea of most of us
today that we are getting some-
thing for nothing, will make
many of us spend the last dollar
in an effort to get the five cent
piece the other man offers.
.Never satisfied
Some of our unrest is meritor-
ious. None need be static in a
moving world. We want to swal-
low up the little ones with the
big ones and thus we have ex-
pansion. One community reaches
out to take in the railroad water
tank section for fear the other
town down the road will do it
first. We annex and then wonder
who will get in the act to help
take care of the expanding idea.
We spell our towns with a big
“D” and sit back in our com-
placency and egotism to see just
how good a prophet we ate. We
like bigness. We want power. We
want speed. We just gotta have a
new car every year. We sell back
the old to pay in on the new
whether car, furniture, house, or
what — we just gotta trade
around, stay in the flux stage
between debt and trying to get
out of debt.
Try to reform this? Never. We
are just observing how little the
reformer’s life gets anywhere.
The preachers scold about not at-
(S.. ALONG THE, Pip •
Council approves
citizens’ request
to annex 7 lots
The city council approved the
request of citizens in Chelsea
Park addition to annex their lots
to the city. The area includes
Lots 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and
14 of Block 19. The remaining
lots of the block, 1, 2, 4, 5 and
G are already inside the city lim-
its. The owner of lots 7 and 8
did not sign the petition request-
ing annexation, but because the
majority of property owners in
the block did petition, the coun-
cil voted approval of the request.
The petition was presented by
Joe V. Sanders, and signers in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Sandeis,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Perry, Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Nash and Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Grossman. Dewey
Brigham is owner of Lots 7 and
8.
The city attorney was instruct-
ed to draw up the necessary ord-
inance of annexation.
Two ordinances were adopted
by the council at the Wednesday
meeting. One provided for the ex-
tension of the city limits to in-
clude 6.43 acres of land in the
J. T. Munson survey which lies
south of Westridge and east of
Juanita Drive. The new area will
be known as Bellview addition.
The other ordinance piovided
for the closing of an alley be-
tween Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, north
half 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 in
the repiat of Block 3, in Boule-
vard Heights addition to the city.
This alley, City Manager Hamer
explained, was only partially open
since the area had not been de-
veloped and no through alley
had ever been opened. The prop-
erty in question is owned by Miss
Sarah Hayden, 1315 W. Monter-
ey.
Other matters coming before
the council included a request
lor approval of the Grayson
County, Denison-Sherman Health
Unit budget which showed the
amount the city was expected to
contribute for the current year.
This matter was tabled for fur-
ther study in as much as it was
received by the council only ten
minutes before meeting time.
Manager Hamer suggested bold-
ing it for action until next coun-
cil meeting.
Sheriff’s office
makes 82 arrests
during last month
Grayson County Sheriff Woody
Blanton reports 82 arrests made
by his department during the
month of May, with 14 arrests
for drunk leading the list.
Five were arrested for driving
while intoxicated and four for
violating the liquor law.
Civil papers processed number-
ed 102 with district courts get-
ting 36; county courts, 34; for-
■ eign courts, 17 and JP courts,
15.
Property loss was reported to
be $3,433.24 and property recov-
ered was estimated at $3,993.50.
Fines, costs and fees collected
totaled $2,301.95 and telephone
calls for investigation totaled
118.
Other arrests included:
Swindling 9, lunacy 7, aggra-
vated assault 2, traffic 4, juven-
iles 5, parole violator 1, disposal
of mortgaged property 1, rape 1,
burglary 2, forgery 2, removal of
mortgaged property 1, disturb-
ance 1, after indictment 1, false
pretence 1, investigation 4, as-
sault to murder 2, after sentence
6, theft over 1, vagrance 4, car-
rying concealed weapon 1, viola-
tion of barber law 1 and theft
under 2.
Construction Co.
truck hits porch;
job coming up
When a construction company
tiuck bashes in the porch of an
innocent bystander house, a re-
construction job is in the making,
it would seem, with equipment
to do the job conveniently near.
The O. E. Solomon home at
706 S. Armstrong suffered dam-
ages to the extent of $75 early
Tuesday morning when struck by
a driverless truck belonging to
the LS&T Construction Company.
The truck was parked at 711
S. Armstrong when it suddenly
started rolling and crashed into
the porch of the Solomon house.
Driver of the truck, who was not
in the machine at the tipn*. was
Bob J. Johnaon of 225 E, Tex»a,
Texoma spillway
overflow is 2.97
feet Wednesday
Texoma Lake elevation stood
at 642.97 Wednesday and was
still rising at press time. The spill-
way overflow is 2.97 feet.
Flood waters continue to swell
the lake at the rate of 120,000
cubic feet per second with more
rains predicted upstream.
Water is being discharged at
the rate of 95,000 cfs and en-
gineers will increase that amount
to 105,000 if ordered by Engineer
Headquarters at Tulsa.
Red River is out of its banks
in Fannin County near Ivanhoe
and has blocked Highway 271 be-
tween Hugo and Baris. Other
areas are reporting farms and
low lying areas flooded.
Flooding is expected in Ark-
ansas and Louisiana as additional
discharges are made from the
lake here. It has been stated that
Lake Texoma as a flood reser-
voir had reached its capacity and
further rains might cause serious
flooding downstream.
Resorts Closed
Eighteen resorts on Lake Tex-
oma have closed on account of
the high water which has partial-
ly or totally submerged their fa-
cilities and isolated them. Four-
teen others are partially in op-
eration and one or two located
above the water level are still in
operation.
Isolated resorts include Grand-
PaPItf Point, Big Mineral, Walnut
Creek, Sunset, Platter Flats, Wil-
low Springs, Rick’s Barge. Butch-
er Pen, Soldier Creek, Gypsy Ha-
ven, Kansas Creek, Burns Run,
Flowing Wells, Island View, Ced-
ar Mills and Newberry Creek.
Of these, Soldier Creek, Flow-
ing Wells, Island View, Burns
Run and Big Mineral still offer
boat rentals. Newberry Creek is
accessible via a pasture road
which is passable only in dry wea-
ther.
Sandbagging was continuing at
Caney Creek where some cabins
were flooded earlier. Below the
spillway, both the Theakston
Corp. and Yellow Jacket Boat Co.
were inactive, with much of the
materials and machinery remov-
ed. It has been two weeks since
the plants were operative, al-
though Yellow Jacket is attempt-
ing to go into production at their
new cruiser plant located on
Highway 75 north of Denison.
Rains cause delay
of Lions Carnival
Denison Lions club ninth an-
nual carnival scheduled to open
Wednesday night, June 12, has
been indefinitely postponed. Con-
sideration of another carnival
date this summer or in the early
fall will be determined later.
Cancellation of the carnival
for next week was caused by
heavy rains in this area which
will not permit carnival rides and
concessions to be set up at For-
est Park June 12-15 as original-
ly planned.
Club directors were called to
a special board following the reg-
ular Wednesday noon meeting,
and were informed by Curley
O’Donnell, general carnival chair-
man, of information from the
rides concession owners it would
be impossible to set up their
rides in the park because of the
wet ground.
After a discussion of the pro-
ject by directors, and on recom-
mendation of O’Donnell, it was
voted to cancel the Lions carni-
val next week.
Gainesville Lions Club which
sponsors an annual carnival sim-
ilar to the local club was also
forced to cancel theirs this year
because of weather conditions.
It however, was voted by the
directors to hold the nightly
drawings each night and a grand
prize drawing on Saturday night
for the portable TV to be given
away as originally scheduled.
Tickets will continue to be sold
by Lions for the drawings, with
drawings to he held at Lions
Club Park on West Woodard
Street Wednesday through Satur-
day nights of next week.
If rain will not permit the
drawings to be held at Lions Park
next week, drawings will be held
on the first night thereafter as
the weather permits.
Whether or not the Carnival
will be held later in the year will
be based on availability of con-
cession rides and other factors,
according to O'Donnell.
more hard luck
On one of the TV shows
each week day is featured “A
Queen for a day.” The most ap-
pealing hard luck story means
that the winner will be given
some form of entertainment or
other material award. On the
program Monday of this week,
the winner was given “a free
trip and a week of entertain-
ment at one of the lodges on
the banks of Lake Texoma.”
The lodge happens to be
water-bound and is beset with
other of the misfortunes of the
present all-time high water for
this area.
Boosters Club
turtle derby is
Tuesday, June 18
The Denison Boosters Club will
sponsor a Turtle Derby at the
American Legion Hall on Tues-
day evening, June 18, with ap-
proximately 100 turtles expeeted
to be in the event, according to
announcement by Boosters Club
officers.
Bill Womack is general chair-
man of the event which the club
hopes to make an annual affair.
Proceeds from the entertainment
will be used for the organiza-
tion’s civic projects.
There will be ten heats in the
derby, Womack announced, with
a prize for the winner of each
heat, and a grand prize for the
winner of the ten finalists in the
grand finale race.
Business men are sponsoring
the entries, with approximately
80 turtles already entered. Others
interested may contact Booster
Club members and enter the der-
by. Admission will be by tickets
given out by the sponsoring bus-
iness men.
Entertainment for men and
women will be provided during
the intervals between heats.
At starting time the turtles
will be released from beneath a
tub and allowed to move in all
directions to the finish line. The
first one to reach the circular
line, which will be drawn in the
middle of the hall, will be declar-
ed the winner.
The Boosters’ plans for the
summer and fall include the an-
nual boat races on Lake Texoma
on the Sunday preceding Labor
Day, and a home talent minstrel
show which they will sponsor
early in October.
Rape trial set
June 17, Dallas
Trials for two Denison negroes,
accused in the April 7 rape of a
Denison white girl, will begin in
Dallas June 17.
Grayson County Attorney Boyd
Newman said Wednesday morn-
ing the trials for both defend-
ants, Sammie Frank Lewis and
Thomas Wendell Bell, 17-year-
old negroes, were set for June 17.
He said he did not know' which
would be tried first.
An order filed in the 59th Dis-
trict Court Tuesday by Judge W.
C. Dowdy changed the trial to
Dallas because of “so great a
prejudice against the youths and
their lace that they cannot ob-
tain a fair and impartial trial in
this county.”
Newman said the youths, now
under custody in the Grayson
County jail, will be transferred
to Dallas within two or three
days.
A third youth, 15, has been
charged with the crime but will
not be tried until he reaches his
17th birthday.
DENISON GIRL
FLIES TO BELGRADE
TO REJOIN PARENTS
Marilyn Wingo, daughter of
Col. iflid Mrs. Charles Wingo of
Denison, currently stationed in
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, left by
plane Sunday to return to Bel-
grade after completing her fresh-
man year at the University of
Texas. Miss Wingo attended
school in Berlin before coming
back to Texas to matriculate at
the University last fall. She is
the granddaughter of Mrs. Marne
Simmons, 1428 W. Bullock, with
whom she spent several week-
ends during the college year.
Col. Wingo, who is serving as
advisor in the American Embassy,
an.l Mrs. Wingo, are scheduled
to leave Belgrade September 17
and return to the United States.
The Wingos’ son, Roger Wayne,
is stationed at present in Frank-
fort, Germany, and recently join-
ed his parents for a tour of
European countries.
Maiden meeting local
advisory committee is
off to spirited starting
Traffic accidents
total 62 for May
with 7 injuries
The 62 traffic accidents with-
in the city limits during the
month of
May far out-
numbered any
previous sin-
gle month for
the past sev-
e r a 1 years,
according to
a report from
police head-
quarters. Sev-
en persons
received injuries in the accidents
and property damage soared to
$13,422.
Most of the accidents were of
minor nature except those which
resulted in injuries and one which
occurred on May 10 whose oc-
cupant w’as seriously injured and
his car completely destroyed.
This accident occurred on S.
Crockett in the early morning
hours when Carl Wayne Diehm
went over the 35 foot embank-
ment with his 1956 Cadillac. Dam-
ages were estimated at $5,000.
Oklahoma City
teenagers have
fling on Texoma
SHERMAN — Four Oklahoma
teen-agers left home Sunday mor-
ning for Lake Texoma in what
was to be an all-day escapade of
car theft, arrest, and hours of
drifting in a powerless boat.
Sheriff Woody Blanton said
the four, two 17-year-old boys,
and two girls, 14 and 15, began
the day early Sunday by taking
a car and boat from one boy’s
father without permission.
The four drove to Soldier’s
Creek near Roosevelt Bridge on
the Oklahoma side of Lake Tex-
oma.
About noon Sunday, the boat
ran out of gas and drifted for
six hours before running ashore
at Highland Lodge on the Texas
side.
Finding a 1955 Oldsmobile at
the lodge, the two boys left their
girl companions in Texas to
watch their boat and drove back
to Oklahoma to recover the car
they had left near the Roosevelt
Bridge.
In the meantime, Game War-
den Hill Lawrence spotted the
empty boat on the shore and set
out to find the owner. When he
found the two girls, they told the
game warden the complete story.
The owners of the stolen Olds-
mobile reported the loss of their
car to the sheriff’s office.
When the boys returned to
Highland Lodge to pick up their
girl friends, Lawrence detained
ail four until sheriff’s officers
arrived.
Monday morning, the teen-
agers were released to their par-
ents.
The owner of the stolen car
refused to press charges.
Denison girl
suffers injuries
in two-car wreck
Jo Ann Plexico, 16 year old
Denison girl of 1918 S. Houston,
was injured in a two-car collision
on W. Morton Tuesday morning
at 7:35. The girl was driving a
1951 Chevrolet. "Driver of the
other car was Marion Doris Keet-
on of 823 E. Morton. Jo Ann was
taken to Madonna Hospital in a
Johnson-Moore ambulance.
Keeton told Denison police he
was traveling east on Morton. The
other car was traveling west when
all at once the driver attempted
to make a left turn in front of
him and he hit her car. Jo Ann
told police she did not see the
other car.
Damage to the Keeton car was
estimated at $800 and the PTtfx-
ico vehicle, $400.
Car stolen here
recovered, Plano
A one and half-ton 1951 Chev-
lolet truck loaded with roofing
material and belonging to Midge
Drigg-s, 204 W. Walker, which
was reported stolen from here
on June 1st, has been found
abandoned on Highway 75 be-
tween Plano and Richardson, ac-
cording to reports from police
headquarters.
Declared by Mayor E. J. Lil-
ley as being one of Denison’s
most important meetings, the
Denison Advisory Committee of
82 men, launched its maiden
meeting Tuesday night at Cen-
tral Ward school with a record
for such an event, with near the
record of Denison’s man power
meeting to seize the advantage of
the hour as it i,s represented in
general advancement along all
lines.
The group, representative of
the general overall man power
of the city, and with groups brok-
en down into eight divisions, fol-
lowing the challenging message of
Mayor Lilley, settled down to
constructive discussions. The sev-
eral interests of the city from
parks to street improvement, and
finance to industrial angles, and
manned by a named chairman,
went into huddles for near an
hour. They will meet in general
assembly August 17 to bring their
reports to the steering commit-
tee. In turn the advisory commit-
tee will make the final report to
the city council Sept. 4th.
Following the address of May-
or Lilley, members of the city
council made brief remarks. B.
McDaniel, city commissioner,
declared in all his experience in
the city he believed this was the
largest and. most interested group
for tile city’s welfare he had seen
in many years. He then explained
the breakdown of the committees.
City Commissioner Ralph Por-
ter said “My remarks will be con-
fined to commending the remarks
of the mayor and to accentuate,
if possible, the need for all sub-
committees bringing in their re-
ports by the date set, August
17th. At this time all of the var-
ious reports will be merged into
one master committee and the
final report is to be made on
the master program to the city
council September 4th. We hope
to bring to all our people the ser-
vices of the city, including those
who can not of themselves with-
out aid be recipients of those ben-
efits.”
Commissioner Albert Martin
drew a ripple of laughter when
he stated on being asked to speak
“I am not as fortunate as some
of the speakers—I did not have
anybody to write my speech.” He
remarked that he was only urg-
ing that the plans as pointed out
for the group, be carried out. “Of
course, we will need capital—this
is to complete the plans of the
master committee and I believe
the people as a whole will get
back of the program.”
City Manager David Harner
displayed a map of the overall
plans and indicated at various
times during the course of the
evening what could be accom-
plished, and indorsed the note
sounded by Lilley, Martin, Mc-
Daniel and Porter that “Denison
in ten years could increase its
population by 10,000.”
MAYOR LILLEY’S ADDRESS
The well-timed and challeng-
Two arrested
for carrying
loaded weapon
A twenty-one year old man,
and a 16 year old boy were ar-
rested and placed in jail here
Friday night after officers found
a loaded .22 rifle beneath the seat
of their car, during a routine
checking in the 700 block on WT.
Main.
The driver of the ear was fin-
ed $50 for carrying a concealed
weapon and driving without an
operator’s license. He paid his
fine and was released Saturday.
The 16 year old was released
without charges.
The rifle is reported to havo
had one cartridge in the firing
chamber and a full magazine. Po-
lice also found a Sherman police
badge lying on the seat of the
car.
WE1NGARTEN NAMED ON
EQUALIZATION BOARD
Harry Weingarten, retired mer-
chant, was named on the current
equalization board at a meeting
of the city council Wednesday.
Mr. Weingarten was elected to
the position following informa-
tion that Bob Baugh resigned
from the position on recommenda-
tion of his physician.
ing address of Lilley is given for
the information and inspiration
of the citizens of Denison as the
intention of the city council is
to keep the general public in-
formed down to the last detail.
He said:
“This is, in my opinion, one
of the most important meetings
in Denison’s history. 1 say this
not because we will develop a ma-
jor program for the city tonight,
but because this is the first of
a series of meetings to plan our
city’s growth—to chart the fut-
ure.
“Of course, attempts in this
direction have been made before,
and some of these attempts have
been highly successful. Still, 1 be-
lieve that this group of 82 Advis-
ory Committee members and 12
District Representative- is the
best and most representative
group to meet with one common
purpose—to make our city a bet-
ter and better place in which to
live.
^ our City Council met on sev-
eral occasions discussing the com-
mittee and prospective committee
members. The final selection of
committee members was by secret
ballot.
“You will notice that no School
Board member is included on the
Advisory Committee. We feel that
the School Board and the City
Council must work hand in hand
on our many common problems.
We did not feel that we should
appoint the School Board mem-
bers to any one committee. We
invite their attendance at the
committee meetings which inter-
est them, and we always welcome
their advice.
"Members of the I’ianning
Commission have also been left
off the committees. They are one
of the most important regular ad-
visory groups. We hope that the
Planning Commission members
will be able to attend many of
the committee meetings, and we
want them to advise with the
Council when the recommended
overall plan is presented to us
by the Advisory Committee.
“We have appointed 12 Dis-
trict Representatives besides the
regular committee members.
These 12 representatives are
from the area proposed for an-
nexation. Since this area has not
yet been annexed, we do not feel
that we should make these repre-
sentatives voting members of the
various committees, but we do
want the people from those areas
to have a voice in the decisions
that will be made by the various
committees. Since these areas ad-
jacent to the City are essentially
a part of the City of Denison and
may be annexed in the future.
We have contacted some of those
District Representatives to get
their preferences as to the com-
mittee they desire to serve with
and we wall be talking to the rest
in the next few days. Wre want
those representatives to attend
the meetings and take an active
part in the discussions and plan-
ning in the various committees.
“W e were unable to use many
fine citizens and at the same
time keep our committee down to
what we felt would be a work-
able size. Also, we endeavored to
avoid concentrating the commit-
tee members in one business, in-
dustry, group or area.
“W'e want those of our citizens,
not included on the committees,
to leel themselves a part of our
community team, and we want
the committees to remember that
they are a part of our commu-
nity team.
“A combined effort is essential
for community success, and an
alert informed citizenry is almost
always an effective community
team.
“Wre think that this group of
our community leaders working
on these committees can develop
an improvement program so that
Denison can have continuity (and
most effectiveness) of city op-
eration for the next several years.
“An undertaking of this kind
takes the combined efforts of the
5-man City Council, the 82-man
Advisory Committee, and 12 Dis-
trict Representatives, and our
25,000 citizens.
“I feel sure that the work of
these committees will result in
such a combined effort, and Den-
ison will move to the forefront of
iprogressive cities.”
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Anderson, LeRoy M., Sr. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1957, newspaper, June 7, 1957; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth739010/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.