East Texas Light and The Timpson Times (Tenaha, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1969 Page: 2 of 26
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PAGE TWO E*it T«ut Light, Shelby County, Taaas December 24, 1969
Pufofl Stars
•v Mr*. A. D. May
Dili f'orris, employed to
Houst a. sneods ibe weekend
with Mo, Norris and children.
While be war Ijoit.c he shot
and killed a chicken hawk with
his rifle ?70 ft. from the havk.
The hawk measured 50 niches,
die tip ofliit wings.
Kir. And Mrs. liramy King of
Longview visited Mi/and Mrs.
Spivey King, rhe children re-
turnee home with dacro after
spending a week with their
grandparents.
Visiting Mrs. R.£. Green
were Pr. 31anchc Phillips of
Nacogdoches and Mr. and Mrs.
W. b. Adams of Houston. Mte
Allenc Gn.cn will arrive Satur-
day in Shreveport by plane
from Ann Arbor, Mien., to
spend the holidays with Mrs.
Green and ocher relatives.
Elder i:d Mrs. Horace Mag-
nets of Timnaon h id luncit
Sunday v. itli Mr. *nd Mrs.
Ellis MioLar.
Ihe Mt. Olive Youth Asaoo-
arion met Sunday at 2:30 punt,
with the friendship Baptist
Church witii good attendance.
frantoa Townsend v.sited his
parents. Mr. jin.' Mb. Henry
Townsend.
Visitiur the A. D. Mays were
Elder anc Mrs. ;.T. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Mc-lvia Smith,
Parker Bnrru, loaquui, Mr.
and Mrs. Ifon Hooner of i imp-
son.
Visiting J-ks. Der.a Mae Ar-
nold were Mr. 4iid Mb. Hid
\ saw it into firewood. 71 icy arc
‘ away from traffic as their house
is the end of the road. jac < has
j a ion attending the university
' in Nacogd«>chcs and lack works
for the telephone company in
w. Nacogcfociic* but is home at
trigbi with his family. lie is (he
son of J. W. Watson of Ten aha.
1 Alfred ftdlltpi of Dallas visit-
ed fc.il, and Mis. Du ford Ccm-
macl: and odicr relatives Last
weekend.
Mrs. Curbs Ande rson honored
her husband Sunday. Dec. K,
j vidi a birthday dinner in their
' home. Th<j<i present were Mis.
Pl-wcb Pt rmemer, Tenaha,
Mn. Ola Karris, Mis. Dugan
Sam ford of Center, Mr. aoc
Mrs. James Anderson, Sandra
and Ronaiv of Marshall. Oth-
ers visiting during rhe week
* were Mrs. David Byrd, Mrs.
Dorothy Lo*j Byrd of Center,
Mrs. Johin.y Agocw. Mrs. Jes-
sie Patterson and Mr. owl Mrs.
Gas Rhodes.
Mr. and Mn. A. D. May were
in Sltreveporr Wednesday for a
checkup (or Mrs. May with her
doctor fkK.
fli. and Mrs. kardk* C arre tr
of Shreveport visited Mr. aad
Mrs. W. lm Simmons.
Thursday uij£t. IJec. IS,
friends of Mr. and Mrs. kcra
Hullo game rod in their norre
fat a ciag-Sons;’ a&c to honor
Mis. Hatio on bur birthday, ifo-1
fresacnenis -ere served mu
gifts c.xcbanjvd. 1 hose present
were Mi. an? Mn. Td^ar Lam-
, belt and daughter of foatfuifi,
Mr. uid Mb. oe V.fobb. Mr.
Boa Adams of Tim pore, Mr.
and Vs. Baddy Tovusc^d and
Loj Ann acid Mr. 1). A. Lucas.
Mr. and Mrs. Crir.’ llum vfs-
Baytuwn visited Mr. and Me.
D. P. Tcmplin and Robert.
Trank Crawford underwent
surgery Wednesday. Dec. 17,
fa P A S Hospital to Shreve-
port. Mn. Crawford is wilt:
. Iiim. roon: 266.
anythlnr, he knew, tomorrow
he wouftl he a better soldier.
He would lead his men, firm-
ly. with cautious deliberation,
as a £>od sergeant should, hit
tonight he would sleep a sleep
of peace. Within hir.welf, vio-
ifonald C. May *—j - bustae* lent hate had l*cen replaced by
visitor Thupcay Lufkin and a spirit of Quiet determination.
ed Cranford not j nun
-c cud weaned. only yes-
teni-'ay, if it miyiit he mat he |yoo have reason to find some
was "sttinr too aid for iti, kind j joy BUi C.hristnss Esc. lor-.or-
of a life, 'orlops. orcoaseioa<- row vc dull observe die binh-
isrrj*:±1? ICSTE ON “,ro ““
ly. be
that io
ucn Augustine.
Tlic members of Did Home
Baptist Church met Sunday
night in the home of their pai-
ojt. Mi. and Mrs. relix Wind-
ham fot their Xmas party.
V id ting Mb. J. V. Payton
and Mirtic were Mr. and Mrs.
tivrin Sholar of Refugio, Mrs.
Johnny Thompson of Center
and Mrs. Luke Motley of Tena-
ha.
Something Special
For Christmas In
Vietnam Foxhole
Jed Cranford turned Ms back
oti the small ga dieting and
walked back tr* his ' «,olc.
deeding down, be lit a • -ar-
ette and looked upward .it a
cloudy Vietnam *ky.
he Drought his gaze down, to
tnc distant mils. Tlic Cons-in-
fested hills. They vete roll the
caemv. Tomorrow’? mission
would he seek and destroy. If
fed Cranford was not a naan
given :o impulse. He was al-
ways certain just v *ie re *ic
would make his next footprint.
: He had stayed for a long time
; itt die foxhole, watching ti»c
crowd cathcr on die protected
Side of the knoll. He had en-
vied the men on tl*. hill, uicii
ea-gemess. their ivacent wait-
ing. the sumarlnug tucy IumI to
believe in that set them a bit
apart from die rest, [fot he L.«d
never tiiotiglit be wanted even
a small part of it.
What led bad watted, *jtd
what he had achieved, was »!ic
lifo of j ccreer Airoy man. :<.*
didn’t ari^tys kuow wiu_re he
would be care torioT' -, but
f*c knew wfcat Ik- would be do-
inf. Fie would be working -t a
job rhar suited him, foadfr.g
tarn, insmictinr, training.
This k-.* led's third war. [fo
didn't like m.- admit it, but he
was a bit bnChcrai Iry rhe hate
d*at had betus Sen: ’..idii? * iin
during Ibis one--it ibe rice
Holds and an rfjo scaoh-d h'Tl-
S»dc£. it was not wfi.at be bad
seen: he had seer, worse. It was
soroctJunc wlfli n, iyjrr. on i*c |
inside and nourished by no cut- !
side tier, e.ifs.
ridge TIickmun ar.d chiidrou o. r' ,v*r* ',ts*
Ma!!nol». Ark.. Un. l.D. ----- ..... " -------
Koonc*: ami Mb. Berta toe
Bmh of TciiaJia.
Mr. and Mb. Jack •• atsoc.
formerly of Nacogdoches,
bought *JC acres of 1 ux/ from
the George Duke farm .'V'rtii
of Highway K4. TIjcv have
built a new modem Micli home
widi central hearing system,
also a nice bfick ctimney.
TJu-y have clone quit a lei of
improvements on dicir farm,
have some cattle, a rractor
and power raw. WIicji they
ncctl firewood, diey go aud
cut down .« tree, drag it to die
house with his tract,-* and tiiea
Jc^cl /ohnion in Nrfrrt* Jerlco
riday.
Mr. and Mrs. U. l. Eotncu
ami Mrs. Rachel Hnrr.en of o-
caasport visin d Mr. ar.d Mrs.
MBs Cebb.
> Ji. jndJJrs. t ar a Hutto will
idcixJ tiw liolidavs viifi their
cliiliirt n in die Hoar tor. area.
Ue. and Mrs. a*yk Cobb and
Mr. and Mr?. Donnie Cuhb of
Oniwo, Tuva, will arrive this
weerct ixd to rner.d the holidays
Vi* Mr. aja! Mb. Hollis Cobh
N r. atad Mrs. Alvin Hutto of
'Carthage visited Mr. and M.t.
tore Hutto xcscmh’.
Mr. and Mrs. Sill Pii>v of
0. come
Jiu'thful.
v lift i»ur
'oi« e- t«»
v id* ton .mil
y«*nr- all
I lie* W-r'ins*
of l .lllirtSUT.
May \om
*l.iv truly
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American General
Life Insurance Co.
►.‘itchell Jenon - MrNe.l Moore Jr.
Oarer. Texas
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Bells
ringing,
carol-singing tell
the joys of Christmas.
We wish you all
the best of o merry season,
with warm thanks for
your good will.
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-as rejecting avecyibice
so long Lad been hafcrit and
custom.
-ie saw the men on tbc hill-
side stir ir.L» moventem vud
without hearing or scciag be
I kTK-v the helicopter was on
die xay in.
j Jed hi .mother ci gore tie.
(watching idly .«* i j;on, st»c-
ifukii sit oped down fnnv tl^c
: JtcKcopicr and made Lis way tn
the group on the nill. Tbeec
who had waited sat lio—t again,
cieclisifl die nevemrer, who rc-
mmed .iis helmet and bvgau to
spea‘ .
It was a ?ccnc led nas seen
many riricr. It l ad never io-
tercsteti birr before. Tet,
•artehow, rtris time, he felt
tin. mccc to be a part <*f somc-
thir g. Yoi just hcc-csc it was
O risui.as Lvc b it Ficcatise Jed
suddenly felt alo«i mn friend-
less.
Hi* it, ede bis way to be edge
of ihe ^nxip. not ntrine, hut
<iv*!u!:ac somewhat ic i?k: tide,
near CJnsugh co Jicar the words
of die stocky ere.
And, ymi may N inclined tn
despair «.m’not rememher rtt.u
*: *5 the Cfcfinmas k.jjoa. Tell
yocrrrelf tfol tins is : dirty b :s-
insss, «’oin? a dirtv )<ti> ikaf
you don’t llhc it* do. ^»hy were
y»*«3 called trnori re rra!«lMf
sa. fi.'icc" *>hy y.ia, ar*c not
•Of .ccn* e!se^ IF you *To this.
day of One who knew a life-
tinte of sacrifice. Because of
tii at sacrifice, the world a as
krKjs-n roach joy and peace and
■«e ifoai
! btfe. Make fk>"riis«a
it: de?
tomorrow you will have i__
S to know peace, and joy tod
Lope."
lark in bis foxhole, Jed
Cranford relaxed. It bad taken
only a irornc'K, vrt be had
fotud something fie needed. A
IciXJfl for jny and p ace and
hope. Or, wax faith a better
, fatih is tomorrow.
A really anaft housewifc al-
ways has a frv extra presents
stacked away to give to unex-
pected Christmas oomp^uy. An
inexpensive and versatile o n -
luuuf cifi is a Paper Mate pe n.
Lvetybody, rcywka of age or
aex, can iwc a Paper Male and
Jt takes up hardly any room at
all in a drawer.
Monco Motor Co.
Center, Texas
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Christmas . . . the traditional time to give and to share! As
the Yule season approaches, *e sincerely hope that you will
accept our thoughts of friendship, our thanlr. for your con-
tinued patronage and good will and our wishes of health and happiness, peace and content-
ment for you and your family. May your holiday festivities abound will, merrymaking and
delight; may the joy of the day continue to shine upon you throughout the yean.
Era
Your Friendly Bank’
CENTER, TEXAS
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Grissom, Loyd C. East Texas Light and The Timpson Times (Tenaha, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1969, newspaper, December 24, 1969; Tenaha, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth766102/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.