The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1953 Page: 3 of 4
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THE CELINA (TEXAS) RECORD
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SUNSHINE VITAMIN “D” ,
In the New Plastic-Coated
BLUE GINGHAM WRAPPER
Lost Money, But Just Look
At the Business He Did!
By TED GOULDY
Fort Worth.—Sam Harris of
Georgetown, (Williamson County)
Texas, told us a tale about a
string of steers he sold on the Fort
Worth market last week that gives
about as graphic an account of
the cattle price skid as you’ll ever
hear.
Harris, a veteran livestock man,
reported that about two years ago
he bought about a hundred steer
yearlings at $41 per hundred. He
wintered and caked them and was
bid $38 the following sipring.
This offer he turned down but
later he did sell the cattle for $34.
However, this was not the end of
the story by a long shot. Harris
later bought the cattle back—at
$22 per hundred. Then this week
he sold on the Fort Worth market
the 104 steers at $21.50 with 24
head at $19.
Said he might just buy some of
’em back, just to see what would
happen.
When a big run of livestock ap-
pears on a market the tension is
something very tangible as buyers
and salemen spar around waiting
for the first sales to set the mar-
ket in motion. When the largest
run of the year showed up in the
sheep yards Monday, May 4, it was
tense for this was also the biggest
run locally since 1950.
Harry Butz, head sheep buyer
for Swift & Co., got on the White
Ranches lambs from McCulloch
County, a big string of over 2,000
fancy clipped lambs and in short
order bought them for $22.75, a
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new high for the current crop. As
word spread over the yards the
effect was similar to the breaking
of a log jam—buyers from Nebras-
ka and Iowa as well as other order
buyers were active—and with a
big slice of the cream of the day’s
crop in Swift’s hands, the other
interests “got in” fast.
Thus it was that despite the big
run the sheep were sold, weighed
and on their way in about the
same amount of time it takes to
handle one-third that many. The'
White lambs each spring are a
highlight of the season’s market-
ing at Fort Worth and a good ba-
rometer of how Texas lambs from
the McCulloch County section
have wintered and will sell.
Ten rail-car loads of big horned
South Texas steers from near
Crystal City arrived at Fort
Worth late last week and averaged
over 1200 lbs. They sold at $17.25
and were shipped in by Ferguson
Bros. Today this is a newsworthy
thing—ten cars arriving on the
market from down in South Texas
and all from one owner. But years
ago, whole train loads of South
Texas cattle were not uncommon
sights on the yards here, all of
them with one mark and one
brand. Today about 95 per cent of
the salable cattle come in by
truck, and in the early days on the
market, 99 per cent and more were
by rail. Times have changed and in
the process the stockyards has had
its face lifted and a complete re-
arrangement of the flow of live-
stock has been completed.
Letter From Legislature
A bill which would prohibit the
taking of minnows for commer-
cial purposes from the streams of
Collin County has been passed by
both the Senate and House. It
permits individuals to take up to
50 minnows at one time for non-
commercial purposes. The purpose
of this bill is to protect the county
supply of minnows for the use of
people who live in Collin County.
Senate Bill 59 was passed by the
House and will make mandatory a
jail sentence of three days in addi-
tion to a fine for persons who
drive while drunk. This is an at-
tempt to reduce the number of ac-
cidents now caused by drunk
drivers.
Little or no progress has been
made in solving the difficult-tax
problem involved in the teachers’
pay raise bill which can not be
certified by the comptroller of
public accounts because of insuf-
ficient funds on hand or in pros-
pect to pay this bill. Unless a
speedy solution of this problem is
reached, there is a strong proba-
bility that the legislature will »U-
journ without the necessary action
to provide the money.
Many members of the legislature
are anxious to adjourn in order to
gp back home and attend to their
businesses. This is particularly
true of the members who live at
such distance from the capital
that week-end visits are a burden,
and must be curtailed. My own
trips to Collin County have been
fewer this session than the last
session because of added work
down here, and also because it ap-
pears that the distance becomes
longer each time I travel it. With
approaching hot weather, the
distance will become even longer.
We had quite a hassel in the
House a few days ago over a res-
olution to adjourn this session. In
order for the legislature to ad-
journ, it requires the approval of
both the House and Senate. The
group favorable to the teachers’
pay raise bill, and others who were
interested in appropriations for
institutions within their districts
not yet passed, suceeded in defeat-
ing . that sine die resolution.
Another such motion to adjourn
may be expected at any time.
Two years ago legislation was
passed for the purpose of cover-
ing city employees into social
security if incorporated towns
so elected. It was thought that this
covered all employees, but after the
legislature had adjourned it was
discovered that a constitutional
amendment was required to cover
proprietary employees, as persons
engaged in the operation of plants
owned by cities. An amendment to
the constitution has been proposed
WILLIAM F. POPE
REAL ESTATE
Specializing In Farms
Celina, Texas
NORTH SIDE
BARBER SHOP
Blagg & Brewer
Proprietor
Your Business Is
Appreciated
Thursday, May 14, 1953
Dr. Chas. B. McKissick
OPTOMETRIST
Complete eye examination
Glasses presoribed
Broken lenses duplicated
Adjustments—Repairs
203 East Virginia Street
Phone 482, McKinney, Tex.
which would correct that oversight.
It was not the intention to exclude
any class of employees when the
enabling legislation was. passed
two years ago. Unless the proposed
constitutional amendment can be
voted through the House and
Senate, it can not be submitted to
the people for ratification. There
appears to be no serious opposi-
tion to it, but other legislation has
impeded its progress. It should be
understood that members of the
Senate and the House are pushing
their own bills, and this often
causes other worthy legislation to
be delayed and even lost.
Numerous communications have
been received concerning vesicular
exanthema in hogs. Many ' hogs
which contracted this disease have
been destroyed under orders of
veterinarians, and in some cases
partial reimbursement has been
allowed from the state funds,
This disease is contracted largely
from raw garbage and decayed
meats which hogs pick up from
time to time. The corrective legis-
lation is embodied in a bill to re-
quire that all garbage be cooked
before feeding. On April 30, 1953,
the United States Department of
Agriculture in Washington an-
nounced that Bexar, Atascosa and
Dallas counties were under Feder-
al quarantine because of this dis-
ease. Sections of fifteen other
states are similarly quarantined.
It should be realized that Dallas
county is close home, and pre-
cautions to prevent the spread of
this dread disease are in order.
JOHN WARDEN.
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Bray and
Miss Mabel Tidwell had as their
guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Jennings of Denison, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Bray and son Jimmie, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Broyles and Jim Carl,
all of Dallas; Rev. and Mrs. J. W.
Sprinkle and Steven and Sherlyn,
of Fort Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
O’Brien, Judy and Ricky, and Mrs.
Gus O’Brien of Celina, and Mrs.
Joe Watson of Greenville, sister of
Miss Tidwell.
Sunday guests of Mrs. L. L.
Lewis were Jim Lewis of Arling-
ton, Allie Weldon Lewis of Dallas,
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lewis and Paul
Weldon and Mrs./A. L. Reynolds.
DON’T TAKE CHANCES ON
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with heated air sweet as sunshine... then shuts
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3. ELECTRIC IRONER: Lets you
iron sitting down. So much
faster and easier than old
fashioned hand methods.
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CELINA, TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carter, Jr.,
and son visited in Madill, Okla.,
over the week-end as guests of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Carter, Sr., and Mrs. Pearl Gayle.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter attended the
Madill high school alumni associa-
tion meeting, an annual af-
fair which is held on Saturday
night before Mother’s Day. Thet^
were 700 ex-students present.
Mrs. Clint Carey Jr., and little
son were brought to their home
Thursday from a Dallas hospital.
Dr. W. H. Stallcup
Dr. Vance Stallcup •
DENTISTS
Phone 195 — Celina
Office Over Jones Pharmacy.
For Athletes Foot
Use T-4-L for 3 to 5 days. It
actually peels off the outer skim
exposes buried fungi and KILLS
ON CONTACT. If not pleased with
instant-drying T-4-L, your 40c
back at any drujr store. Today at
JONES PHARMACY
1952 CHEVROLET TWO-DOOR.—Two-tone
green. Fresh-air heater. Perfect. Priced right.
1951 CHEVROLET half-ton deluxe pickup.
A real buy .........................$895.00
1948 CHEVROLET FLEETLINE
2-door. Radio and heater............$795.00
1947 CHEVROLET FLEETLINE 2-Door,
Radio and heater. Motor completely over-
hauled. Three brand-new tires. Don’t
miss this one! ..................... $695.00
1948 CHEVROLET %-ton pickup........$560.00
YOU CANT BEAT OUR PRICES ON NEW
CHEVROLET TRUCKS AND PICKUPS!
Ken Massey Chevrolet Co.
CELINA, TEXAS
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COMPARE IT FOR VALUE
NEW
REMINGTON
It's beautiful! It's compact! It
has more new features than
ever before. The printwork is
superb. It operates with ease
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show you these Quiet-riters.
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• Larger sized Cylinder
• Free! Touch Method Instruction
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105 HP Valve-in-head Engine • 8.0 to 1 Com-
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Generator • Double-Acting Shock Absorbers
• Recirculating Ball-Bearing Steering • Self-
Energizing Brakes • Synchro-Mesh Trans-
mission • 6-Ply Heavy-Duty Tires.
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/ truck!
Ray Roberts Implement Co.
311 First Street
Celina, Texas
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O'Brien, B. E. The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1953, newspaper, May 14, 1953; Celina, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth773536/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Celina Area Historical Association.