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VOLUME 51, NUMBER 26
CELINA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1953
Warm Spell Is in Contrast
To Usual February Fare
With skies clear and the mer-
cury ranging from the upper 40’s
at night to the lower 70’s in day-
time for several days, Celina has
been experiencing a relief from the
customary cold February weather.
In contrast was the weather of
early February, 1951. The Record’s
issue of February 1, 1951, told of
12-degree weather on January 29,
a heavy sleet on January 30 with
more 12-degree and 13-degree
temperatures, and a big snow
which covered the ground by 9:00
a. m. on January 31. Tempera-
tures as low as 4 above zero were
recorded on the morning of Feb. 1
Cattlemen Told to Drop
Unfounded Pessimism
WASHINGTON.—Secretary of
Agriculture Ezra T. Benson Tues-
day urged disturbed cattlemen to
drop their “unwarranted pessim-
ism” about declining prices and to I ProRram whl be of intense interest
stop dumping beef cattle on the Ino* 0ldy *° scbocd patrons, but to
PTA to Present)
Local Speakers
A panel composed of C. B. John-
son, Celina banker; the Rev. C. W.
Newbill, pastor of the Presbyter-
ian Church, and G. V. Bray, Celina
furniture store owner, will head
the program at next week’s meet-
ing of the Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion Tuesday, February 10, 7:30
p. m. in the school gym.
Mr. Johnson’s topic will be
“Working Together For a Better
Community.” Mr. Bray will speak
on “We Believe In Our Commun-
ity,” and the subject of Mr. New-
bill’s talk will be “The Commun-
ity’s Responsibility to The Child.
Leader of the program will be
D. D. Prince, Celina high school
principal. A song will be led by
Glen Philips, and the devotional by
Ralph Stelzer.
Officials of the PTA believe this
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market.
He also asked processing and
distributing agencies to encourage
greater consumer demand for beef.
These appeals were made in a
formal statement in which the new
GOP farm chief took public notice
of farm belt and congressional
complaints about sharply declining
livestock prices. These declines
have brought on unsually heavy
marketing of grain-fed cattle.
Particularly of half finished—-that
is, underfattened—cattle.
“The U. S. economy is funda-
mentally strong,” Benson said.
“Employment and
higher than ever
promises
the entire community as well, and
they urge everyone to attend who
| can possibly do so.
Poll Taxes
Drop Sharply
The usual lag in poll tax pay-
I ments which occurs in a nonpoliti
cal year has characterized 1953.
Lewis Baldwin, county tax asses-
sor-collector, reports that 4,306
paid their poll taxes before the
incomes are January 31 deadline and that 848
before. This I were exempt.
more stability to cattle In contrast, last year’s poll tax
prices, particularly since reduc- payments in Collin county were
tions due this year in the supply the greatest in history, with over
of pork will bolster the market for 9,000 receipts issued,
cattle.” 1
Benson promised no government I MrKinnAv Affnmoir I-
action to help stabilize cattle fJCliln»Jey Attorney Is
prices. There are no price support | Heart Attack Victim
programs for meat animals, al
L. B. JOHNSON
though they are permitted by law.
Benson’s appeal for an “orderly
pattern” of cattle marketing fol-
lowed a similar one made recently
by President Harry B. Coffee of
the Omaha Union Stock Yards.
Coffee, a former representative in
Congress said there was evidence
of panicky selling which in itself
was helping to pull prices down.
Cattle prices have dropped about
30 per cent during the past 12
months. Benson said 1,000-pound
steers declined $60 to $70 a head
between November and January.
And he said the tenor of the cat-
tle market has shifted abruptly
from the “inflationary spirit of a
W. P. Abernathy, well-known
McKinney attorney-at-law, died
early Wednesday morning in the
McKinney city-county hospital
following a heart attack. He had
been ill of flu for a day or two.
Mr. Abernathy is survived by
his wife and one son.
Funeral services are scheduled
for this (Thursday) afternoon at
4:00 o’clock at the Episcopal
church in McKinney.
World War II took Luke John-
son away from Celina to work in
an ordnance plant, but with the
coming of peacetime he brought
his family back to the town of his
choice. He operates a Texaco sta-
tion on the southwest corner of the
square.
Johnson is a son of Mrs. U. S.
Johnson of Celina and her late
husband, and he was born on a
farm in the Cottage Hill commun-
ity on September 11, 1911. His
birthplace is the farm where Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Crim live, about a
mile north of the Cottage Hill
church. Luke’s father lived there
for about a year after Luke was
born, then moved to Celina and
farmed the Klinglesmith place,
which he purchased. Selling this
Dime March
Nets $351.56
John Cole, local chairman for the
March of Dimes campaign, which
was sponsored locally by the
Booster Club said Wednesday that
the total amount collected during
the drive was $351.56. Reports are
in from all agencies which had
been collecting money for the
polio fund.
Of the total, $164.28 came from
the miniature iron lungs which
had been placed on business count-
ers, $13.52 from the Girl Scouts,
$23.55 from an all-star basketball
game, and $150.21 from the porch-
light campaign and miscellaneous
contributors. —
Last year’s March of Dimes
realized $361.97 in Celina, while in
1951 only $258.95 was contributed,
and in 1950, $185.00.
Boy Scouts Celebrate 43rd Birthday
ALLA NEWS
By Mrs. Hershel Flanery
Alla Parent-Teachers Assoeia
tion will meet next Thursday night
Feb. 12, in the high school audi-
torium. The fourth and fifth
grades will present the student
program. H. D. Mouzon of McKin-
ney will be the speaker. Parents
are urged to attend.
Miss Judy Willard, Dallas, spent
last week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Willard Jr.
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Volney Hickman
and Joe visited Mr. Hickman’s
mother, Mrs. Cora Hickman, and
family of Celina last Monday night.
Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Stanley of
Melissa were guests of Mr. and
HOSPITAL BEDS ARE
AVAILABLE ON LOAN
W. H. Miller, superintendent
of Celina schools, said this week
that the school district had ac-
quired two hospital beds, which
would be loaned without cost to
people in the community who
might be in need of them.
Those who have someone in
their families ill enough to need
a hospital bed should see Mr.
Miller if they wish to arrange to
borrow one of these beds.
Armed Services Get 42
Men From Collin Tuesday
Another big group of registrants
^_______was inducted Tuesday by the Col-
year ago to a depressed condition Ilin County draft board, but in this
now.”
This, he said, was due to “an un-
orderly and temporary over adjust-
ment.”
Grandson of Celina Coup!
Takes Dallas Girl As Bride
The marriage of Miss Charlotte
Lucille Hutcherson, 3225 Rosedale,
Dallas, to Jack Keith Flanery was
solemnized Wednesday evening
in the Perkins Chapel at SMU
with the Rev. McClain G. Smith
officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene S. Hutcherson.
St. Louis, Mo., and the bridegroom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leland
J. Flanery, 7219 Concord, Dallas,
and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Harris Flanery of Celina.
When they return from a wed-
ding trip to New Orleans, La., the
newlyweds will be at home at 3225
Rosedale. The bride attended SMU,
where her husband is now studying
engineering.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marks of Ce-
lina attended the wedding.
Birthday Party
Mrs. Abe Gearhart entertained
her daughter, Linda, with a party
on her eighth birthday Monday
afternoon. Various games were
played on the lawn, with Dale
Malone, Velma June O’Brien and
the honoree’s sister, Sue Gearhart,
assisting. Mrs(llG.earhart then took
•the party to Thomason’s cafe
where they were served ice cream
and drinks.
Enjoying the affair were Bar-
bara Graham, Dorothy Faye Hund-
ley, Nancy Rue, Lucky Rue, Eloise
May, Janice Cozart, Peggy Philips,
Francis June Hundley and the
honoree.
Home Demonstration Club
The Celina Home Demonstra-
tion club met Wednesday, January
27, in the home of Mrs. Lee Terry,
with Mrs. Joe Gentle as co-hostess.
Mrs. Oscar Greenwood, new
president, presided over the busi-
ness session. A collection was
taken for the benefit of the March
of Dimes. Mrs. M. U. Duncan was
received as a new member of the
club.
The next meeting wil be Feb-
ruary 11 at the home of-Mrs. Sam
Bateman. Mrs. Lurline Daspit, co-
home demonstration agent, will be
present.
list the names of no Celina men
appear. Forty-two names appear
in the list of draftees which fol-
lows:
Virgil A. Stroup, Blue Ridge.
Harold E. Seabolt, Plano.
Jimmy C. Richie, Nevada.
James H. Tidmore, McKinney.
Morris Tiller, McKinney.
James R. Boughton, Nevada.
Robert E. Anthony, Farmers-
ville.
Edward L. Rushing, Blue Ridge.
Maurice R. Giles, Westminister.
Horace Mullican Jr., Westmin-
ster,
ter.
Harrell L. Davis, Fort Worth.
Wilie G. Holmes, Plano.
Carrell R. Bennett, McKinney.
James W. Oxford, Allen.
Andrew Sanchez, Jr., McKinney.
Russell L. Edwards, Dallas
Roy H. Jones, Frisco.
Herbert F. Nesmith, Farmers-
ville.
Jerry F. McCarley, Amarillo.
Charles D. Nixon, McKinney.
Charles M. Tilley, Dallas.
Marion L. Love, McKinney.
Willie E. Wilkinson, Anna.
Kenneth W. Quillin, Princeton.
Earnest W. Evans, McKinney.
Donald J. Sims, McKinney.
William S. Keyes, Jr., McKinney.
Philip Saenz, Corpus Christi.
C. L. McCraw, Princeton.
Charles R. Jackson, Melissa.
Jimmie D. Robinson, McKinney.
Vernon Moffitt, Jr., Dallas.
Rupert C. Morgan, McKinney.
Billy W. Parker, Anna.
Roy L. Stewart, McKinney.
Bobby T. Lemons, Wylie.
Earl R. Gibson, McKinney.
Floyd R. Davidson, Allen.
Ovel W. York, Westminister.
Robert D. Coleman, Josephine.
Choice D. Luster, Anna.
Ronald D. Carrell, Palestine.
Mrs. Volney Hickman and Joe last
place, Mr. Johnson bought a farm Sunday. Joe Hickman accompanied
in the Lone Star community north the Stanleys to McKinney where
of Weston, where the family they appeared on the radio pro-
moved and lived while the children gram Sunday afternoon,
were growing up, and until Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Lindsley of
Johnson died last year. Dallas spent Sunday with their
Luke went to grammar school at son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lone Star and Weston, and fin- Lindsley, and Lewis and Larry,
ished high school at Melissa. After Mr, and Mrs. Hershel Flanery and
farming a couple of years he | Leslie Ray visited the Lindsleys
in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie LaGrone of
Dallas and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Rawlings and family of Rhea
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BOV SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Official Boy Scout Week Poster
Hoy Scout Week, Feb. 7 to 13,
marking the 43rd anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America, will
be observed throughout the na-
tion by more than 3,250,000 boys
and adult leaders. Since 1910,
more than 20,200,000 boys and
men have been members.
“Forward on Liberty’s Team”
is the birthday theme and the
emphasis is on “The Scout Fam-
ily ’ of programs meeting the
msm
interests of boys in three age
groups: Cub Scouting for boys
9 a,nd A01 Boy Scouting for
those 11, 12 and 13 and Explor-
ing for boys 14 and up.
.J,he high point of Scouting in
1953 will be the third National
Jamboree. More than 50,000 Boy
Scouts will camp at a 3,000-acre
tent city on the Irvine Ranch in
the Newport Harbor area of
southern California next' July 17
started a garage business at Wes-
ton, which he conducted for about
a year before he went to work in
a Babcock Bros, store in McKin-
ney, which place-he held for two
years. In 1935 Johnson, In partner-
ship with Spencer Smith of McKin-
ney, established an auto supply!noon were Mrs. Loftice’s father,
store in Celina which they called W. L. Wester, Mr. and Mrs. O.
the American Auto Supply. Hollandsworth, Mr. and Mrs,
Three years later the partnership Loran Yates and family and Miss
was dissolved and Johnson leased | Barbara Ann Harris of Celina.
Basketball
Girls Leading West Zone.
After a 51-31 win from Allen
Tuesday night in the local gym,
the CHS girls’ basketball team is
^ ivuea ®eading' the west zone °f the dis-
Mills, spent Sunday If the Celfna girls win’’
____i t . a, • -scheduled Fame Pmenov n
Mrs. Claud Loftice. Other visittws
in the Loftice home Sunday after
the service station here that is
now operated by J. D. Manes. In
1939 he took on added duties as
agent for the Sinclair Refining
company.
Tom Shumate’s condition re
mains the same.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hickman and
Jerry of Dallas spent Saturday
night with the former’s parents,
In 1942 Johnson sold out his bus- Mr. and Mrs. Volney Hickman and
i to Fred Marks, and I Joe.
iness here
moved to Texarkana, where he
went to work for the Lone Star
Defense Corporation as a main-
tenance man. He remained in this
position until the end of the war,
when he took a job with the S&S
Auto Supply company in Texar-
kana.
Five years later, in August, the
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Kinney
visited Miss Pauline Miller
Sherman on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Johnson
and Travis Allen visited the lat-
ter’s mother, Mrs. B. M. Cox, of
Chambersville Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tillerson
spent Sunday in Dallas with their
Vox Populi
IT HURT HIM, HE SAYS.
To The Record:
We don’t want to miss that hon-
or roll, the Record is almost as sat-
isfying as a weekly visit back
home, so keep it coming.
Could you, through the columns
’f your paper, please thank my
18 friends for their sympathy
message due to the Vols’ loss in
the Cotton Bowl? It did hurt, to
see the strong conquered by the
weak. Thanks, Ben.
CARL GRACE,
Nashville, Tenn.
Johnsons moved back to Celina, I daughter, Miss Naoma Tillerson.
where Luke leased the service sta- Mr. and Mrs. V. E Wester vis-
tion he continues to operate. ited their son-in-law and daughter,
Mrs. Johnson is the former Miss Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thompson, Sun-
Leta Rigsby, a daughter of Mr. day.
and Mrs. H. B. Rigsby of the Alla Mrs. Goforth, mother of Mrs.
community. She and her husband Harvey Morrison, died, and the
were married October 4, 1930, and funeral was held in Colbert, Okla.,
they have three children, Nelda | last Sunday afternoon.
Jane, 16; Jerry Wayne, 12, and
Una Carol, 7. Their home in
East Walnut street.
Mrs. J. R. Kirkland of Frisco
visited her daughter, Mrs. R. L.
Willard, Jr., and Mr. Willard and
family last week-end.
Mrs. W. T. Helms and Jim B.
Helms have bought a. new deep
freeze this week.
The Bethel Baptist Church
are building four
rooms to the church,
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Vernie S. Pipes, Pastor.
Sunday school, 10:00 a. m., Ray
Grumbles, Superintendent.
Morning worship, 11:00 o’clock, membership
Subject, “Witnessing For Christ.” Sunday school ,
H1!10"’ 6:45 P‘ m-Floyd Construction is underway now.
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m L ^ Florence °’De11 was taken
Rev. Vernie S. Pipes is visiting t° he cltyA°unty hospital in Mc-
Sinton this week and will bring S, ^ HelmS ambulance
Mrs. Pipes home, who has been L,?f' S.he 18 r,eported to he seri-
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Paients’ Mr’ and
George Rigotti. , ,d Melton spent last Tues-
Rev. Pipes, .pastor of the First Wednesday in Dal
Baptist Church here, observed his [ 11 7 ! son-.n-law and daugh-
first anniversary Sunday. Rev. p ’ 7’' and Mrs- Ralph °’DelI> and
Pipes moved with his family, Mrs m6 a'
Pipes and son Don, a year ago He r . , , - ------------
had asked for his first anniversary ¥ ^arIand spent last Sunday
"■ J 1 Wlth the former’s parents, Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tillerson and
gift 201 in Sunday school. With I AT 8 P
xv,„ ______I M*s- Bud Tillerson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hickman and
still much sickness in the
gation the goal was
congre
SUZ71e.d|Jf.rry visited Mr?' and *Mrs!'‘s! A.
and Amy last Tuesday
with a total of 209 in Sunday I Miller
a large attenda
the church service. Rev. Pipes
spoke words
members
of deacons, the Sunday school ■
workers, the Training Union, the —6 accompanied by their teacher,
school and a large attendance fori ■ t.
th» cbm-nh service. Rev. Pines rL ’ ™
■ds of appreciation to the *1?® tP* ™A Chapters of
of the church, his groun ^ ^ attended the Fat Stock Show
e Sundav SS “ Fort Worth Iaa‘ Saturday. They
£«taeduled game with Prosper Fri-
day night, they will also win the
west zone, championship. If they
lose, a three-way tie between Ce-
lina, Prosper and Alla will be
created.
The Celina boys were less for-
tunate in their encounter with
Allen, losing 55-44. Allen has the
west zone championship sewed up
■with nine victories and no losses.
The Celina boys won five and lost
four games.
Last Friday night the Celina
teams went to Alla and made a
clean sweep of it, the Celina girls
winning 48-38 and the boys, 52-47.
Scheduled for tonight at the
Alla gym are games to be iplayed
between the boys’ and girls’
elementary school teams. The Alla
teams will come here next Monday
night for return games.
G. W. Carver Games
Boys arid girls from the George
Washington Carver school here
participated in a cage tournament
in Sherman last Saturday, the
girls being eliminated by Honey
Grove, 21-13. The boys beat
Honey Grove but were eliminated
by Gainesville, 21-20. The sports-
manship. award was won by the
Carver team and presented to the
team captain, Givens Bruce. Out-
standing player and high point
man for Celina was Tommie Ross.
Denison high school teams
visited the Carver school Tuesday
night. The Carver girls won, 28-6.
Margaret Toliver was high-pointer.
Carver boys lost, 27-37. Calvin
Thomas was high with 10 points.
Womans Missionary Union and the
Brotherhood for the fine spirit of
cooperation shown the past year.
He also expressed his appreciation
for the fine spirit given him by the
citizens of Celina and community.
Charles Johnson, member of the
U. S. Marine Corps, who had been
in Fort Eustis, Va., taking a spe-
cial training course, is here visit-
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Johnson, before reporting for
duty on the West Coast.
Jack Kennedy, Herman Lawson,
Mrs. C. F. Choate and Mr. and Mrs.
Miles Murphy and Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Melton and James Lee Mer-
ritt, who drove the bus. There were
25 students attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Tillerson
visited Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Compton Sunday night.
Honor Roll
Although The Record’s sub-
scription list is now nearly all paid
up for 1953, subscriptions continue
to come in, some of them new ones,
some renewals. Since iast week
The Record acknowledges with
thanks the following subscriptions:
Roy McWilliams, Irving.
Mrs. John Langley, Celina.
Carl Grace. Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. A. S. Klinglesmith, Celina.
Roy Klinglesmith, Celina.
R. J. Fritcher, Celina.
Mrs. Clyde Perry, Gainesville.
Ed Bateman, Dallas.
Mrs. Sam Powell, Celii)a.
Bill Mahan, Celina.
Mrs. Billy LaGrone, Dallas.
Mrs. Robt. Wayne Dees, San
Angelo.
C. S. Dennis, Celina.
Elvin Boren, Celina.
Mr. and Mrs. George Meachum
returned Wednesday of last week
from Greenwood, Miss, where they
had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Meachum for two weeks. Mrs.
Savings Accounts Invited. In-
sured Up to $10,000 for each De-
positor. The First State Bank, | B°y McWilliams of Irving visited
Member Federal Deposit Insurance them Wednesday, just after they
Corporation.—(Adv.) tfe returned.
Soil Conservation News
Crops Following Clover
Show Big Yield Increases
The sweet clovers are tap-root-
ed plants with numerous lateral
roots. These strong tap roots have
the ability to penetrate the heavy
clay soils of the Collin County
Soil Conservation District to
depth of from 12 to 36 inches.
A dense growth of sweet clover
leaves the soil in a honey-combed
condition which enables the soil
to take and store more water. Less
water leaves the field. Since the
amount of water leaving the field
is greatly reduced soil losses are
also held to a minimum.
Storing the water in the soil
from spring and winter rains on
clover land will usually mean high-
er yields from crops following the
clover. During the past two years
of drouth yields of crops follow-
ing sweet clover were 25 to 100
per cent higher than where no
sweet clover had been planted,
The conservation of additional
moisture was surely an import
ant factor in these increased
yields.
A thick growing crop of sweet
clover will slow down rainfall run-
off and materially reduce the
amount of soil that leaves the
field. The good cover afforded by
sweet clover also breaks the fall
of the raindrop. Consequently,
there is less churning action by
the rain on the soil. This will re-
sult in less soil being mixed with
the water to leave the field in
rainfall runoff.
Sweet clover when turned un-
der will add from two to six tons
of green material to the soil. This
organic matter consisting of the
stems, leaves and roots, tends to
bind the soil particles together
and to reduce erosion damage. The
decayed plant material also in-
creases the water-holding capacity
of the soil. The number of helpful
soil organisms are also increased
as a result of the organic matter.
Nitrogen is added to the soil at
the rate of 75 to 100 pounds per
acre, valued at between 11 and 15
dollars. Nitrogen is one of the
most essential plant food nutrients
that aids in growth of crops.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria on the
roots of the sweet clover have the
ability to remove nitrogen from
the air in the soil. It is then stored
in small knots on the roots of the
plant. When the plants decay this
nitrogen becomes available for
succeeding crops.
The soil and water-saving ad-
vantages plus hay, pasture and
seed-production possibilities make
the sweet clovers very important
crops in a conservation program.
For additional information on
the planting of sweet clover con-
tact personnel of your Soil Con-
servation Service office.
In Experimental Stage
Polio Vaccine Remains
AUSTIN, Texas.—Reports of
vaccine capable of preventing po-
lio and the use of gamma glo-
bulin for minimizing the effects of
the disease are heralded as major
achievements in the research
against this great crippler and
killer of children. Dr. Geo. W
Cox, State Health Officer, warns
• hat both are still in the experi-
mental stage. While they hold
great promise much study will yet
have to be done before beihg avail-
able to the general public.
In the meantime, Dr. Cox ad-
vises that everyone observe the
known rules of sanitation. These
practices have proven their value
not alone in the prevention of po-
lio, but of other diseases such as
typhoid fever, dysentery and ma-
laria. Even when a definite pre-
ventive of polio is available to the
public they should not discontinue
their efforts toward maintaining
sanitary surroundings.
Sanitary efforts should be car-
ried out every month and every
day in the year. Householders,
business houses and industry are
responsible for keeping their prop-
erty in a sanitary condition. Cities
must furnish an uncontaminated
water supply, maintain an efficient
sewage disposal system and prop-
er garbage collection and disposal.
Dr. Cox placed the responsibility
i the individual when he said,
“Insanitary places do not make the
person but the person makes the
places.’ If you have been lax in
maintaining cleanliness of your
surroundings during the past few
months, now is a good time to
start an intensive clean-up. Tex-
ans can help prevent disease and
asure themselves of better health
by maintaining a high standard
of sanitation.
City Is Nearly
Out of Debt
The Celina City Council at a
meeting Tuesday evening passed
an order providing for the retire-
ment of $3,500.00 in 1939 City of
Celina refunding bonds, plus semi-
annual interest, which fell due
this February.
Payment of this indebtedness
ttfill leave the city owing a bonded
debt of only $4,000.00, which will
fall due in February, 1954. When
this amount is paid next year, the
city will be completely free of
debt—a fortunate condition which
few municipalities enjoy.
City tax collections for the year
1952 have been much in excess of
expectations of city officials—95
per cent of the 1952 tax roll al-
ready having been paid in full.
Taxes in the amount of $10,525.85
were assessed against real and
personal property by the city for
1952, and $9,999.70 of that amount
has been paid, leaving only $526.15
on the delinquent list.
A city election in which two
alderman will be elected is sched-
uled for April 7—the first Tuesday
in April. This election will be
ordered by the council in its
March meeting. Councilmen whose
terms expire this year are C. G.
McKnight and J. R. Clutts. Candi-
dates must file their names with
city authorities at least 30 days
before election day.
legislators Do Much Work
Vhile Session Is Adjourned
By GEN. JOHN WARDEN
Burn
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Fritcher
have bought the 217-acre place
west of town where Mack O’Dell
had been living and have moved
their house to the place from their
farm a short distance east of there.
Mr. O’Dell moved to the Grady
Woods farm nox-thwest of town.
^ Court News
DISTRICT COURT
New Suits.
Willie Mae Southern vs. Eran C.
Southern, divorce.
Lora Lee Swain vs Joe Swain,
divorce.
Dora Burnside vs. Murl
side, divorce.
OHie Luster vs. V. J. Luster,
divorce.
Charles Roberts et al., vs. Louis
Bourn, suit for damage.
Exparte Elizabeth Ruth Wool-
ridge, Georgia Gail Woolridge and
Eva Mae Woolridge, dependent
and neglected children.
Cases Disposed Of
Opal Denham vs. John R. Den-
ham, divorce granted.
Dorothy Leona Scott vs. Vaughn
Scott, divorce granted.
Ladell Welch vs. James Arthur
Welch divorce granted.
COUNTY COURT
Marriage Licenses.
John Leslie Shindler and
mitt Lorene Davidson.
Wilmer Feagin and Cecil
Tutson.
Argus Wayne Young and
Sue Young.
Melvin Jay Waller and
Louise Hammack.
Thomas Hamilton Wilson III
and Patsy Nell Gibbs.
Harold Darnell Jr. and Mary
Lucille Pettway.
Suits Disposed of.
Charles H. Keller, charged with
transporting liquor, fined $100.00
and costs totaling $126.15.
Jim Missick charged with trans-
porting liquor, fined $100.00 and
costs totaling $130.05.
Junior L. Brown charged . with
swindling by check, fined $5.00 and
costs totaling $35.15.
Real Estate Transfers.
Vance W. Stallcup et ux., to J.
W. Callahan Jr., et ux., lot in Ce-
lina, $750.00.
T. C. Hendon et ux., to Vera
Short, lot in Celina, $3,000.00.
Em
Ann
Ora
Betty
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kinman
moved Tuesday to San Angelo,
where they have bought a brick
duplex apartment building, and
will live in one of the apartments.
Mr. and Mrs. Kinman came here
from San Angelo in the fall of
1950, purchased the Bray dry
goods store and operated it as The
Kinman Store until about two
months ago, when they sold the
store to John Cole.
Don Loftice, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis Loftice of Celina, who
employed in the Dallas office
of SKF industries, has been pro-
moted to office manager. He has
been with the firm since April,
1952.
When the Legislature is in ses-
sion criticism is voiced from var-
ious sources against the easy
working hours of the Legislature.
This criticism frequently comes
from a lack of knowledge of the
processes of legislation. When a
bill is introduced it is referred to
an appropriate committee to have
a hearing in which people for and'
against the provisions of the bill
are given an opportunity to ex-
press their views. This takes time.
Frequently when the Legislature
adjourns on a Thursday to re-
convene on a Monday, persons get
the idea that all legislative work
has stopped, but that is not true.
Committee work goes on through
the week-end. It should be under-
stood that while the House and
Senate are actually in session, it
requires the permission of the
House or the Senate to do commit-
tee work. The members of the
Legislature should not be excused
from the session at which impor-
tant legislative matters are dis-
cussed. It, therefore, follows that
committee work, which can be a
heavy burden, must be done when
the Legislature is not in session.
For example, many committees
are working now although the
House has adjourned to meet again
on Monday.
Two big proposals were laid
down by the Governor in his re-
port to the Legislature two days
after the session opened, in which
he recommended an additional one
cent per gallon gasoline tax. He
also asked the Legislature to study
the problem of putting further
taxes on the pipelines which carry
natural gas away from Texas. It
will be some time before a solu-
tion of these two taxing problems
is finally determined.
A tax on compressor stations
for pipelines is included in a bill
introduced by Briscoe. It was not
his intention that this tax should
replace the gathering tax passed
by the Legislature two years ago,
and which is now before the Court
of Civil Appeals. The tax was
held unconstitutional in the Dis-
trict Court at Austin, but that was
only the first skirmish. Undoubted-
ly, it will take the Supreme Court
of the United States to make the
final decision. The compressor tax
was to supplement the gathering
tax. Both taxes are designed to
prevent further taxing of the
owners of the wells now taxed
uiidHl” the- -production tax law.
This refers to the person who
leases land to an oil company, and
gets one-eight of the royalties
off of the land in case a producing
well is found.
It is my view that the owners of
automobiles and trucks are already
burdened by taxes, and that some
relief should be granted them
through other taxation. The final
solution to this problem can only
be arrived at after long study on
the part of the committees and by
the House and Senate when the
bills are presented for final
sideration.
con-
Charles Marks left Sunday to
return to Fort Dix, N. J., after a
fifteen-days visit here with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marks. He
is stationed at Fort Dix with the
Ninth Division.
Savings Accounts Invited In
sured Up to $10,000 xor Each De-
positor. The First State Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurant
Corporation__(Adv.) ^
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