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By BENNIE OBRIEN.
T*’e veteraiu of the first World
War thought1 year’s compulsory
military traini g “would be good
»r American boys” in the postwar
ears, end he said so. Further, he
aid we’d probably take a terrible
ickbig in the tiext war we got into
f o didn't adopt peacetime con-
scription. b.yt viewpoint is wide-
spread.,. People remember Pearl
larbor with a shudder, and most
vi" hem are smart enough to
I / that we were closer to being
id then than we have ever
be*., in our 169 years as an inde-
pendent nation. Too. in over three
years of wartime regimentation,
many of us have gotten used to
being told by the government
what to do and when and how to
:lo ‘t; consequently we don’t look
.'itn too much horror upon the
dea of peacetime compulsory mil-
ary training.
But. consider this: Just how
would it “be good for American
boys” to take them away from the
er. >bling influences of the Amer-
ican home during the most forma-
tive period of their entire lives,
and subject their young, impres-
sionable minds to the regimenta-
tion of a military training camp?
It’- a necessary evil in wartime—
bu„ is a top sergeant a good sub-
stitute for a mother? And is the
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CELINA, TEXAS. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1945
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manual of arms an improvement
over an English grammar? True,
our national physique would prob-
ably be the better for it. but ^Turner W. Blagg Home
RUMOR, CHASED DOWN,
PROVES UNFOUNDED
Proved untrue this week was
widespread rumor that Technical
Sergeant J. B. Stelzer and Tech-
nical Sergeant Manford John,
prisoners of war in Germany,
had been exchanged and were
among the group recently arriv-
ing in the United States aboard
the Swedish liner Gripsholm.
Friends of the men here had
recevied a letter from relatives
in New York which was misin-
terpreted, thus giving rise to the
rumor, which gained momentum
and embellishment each time it
changed hands.
Stelzer, whose wife is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
McNabb of Celina. is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stelzer of
Gunter, former Celinaites. John
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
John of Celina. Both were mem-
bers of the Army Air Force and
both were gunners aboard bomb-
ing planes when they were made
prisoners. Their relatives have
received recent letters from
them, and it is believed they are
in fairly good health. Both are
in the same prison camp.
se i to remember reading some-1
where that the Hitler Youth is a ’
fresh-faced, clear-skinned gang,
with health shining from their
faces. One whose photograph I
saw in a daily newspaper a few
days ago had arrogance and hate
sh Jig from his eyes, too. If we
are going to undertake a program
of this sort to make Buster a
'healthier, stronger lad, then we
can accomplish the same results
by spending a lot less money on a
sensible physical education sys-
tem in our schools, instead of the
one we now have, which makes
athletic stars of a few, and skin-
ny, envious onlookers of the rest.-
I’m certainly no pacifist, but I’m
quite certain that war is the most
ig* ble pursuit of mankind, and
for the life of me 1 can’t see. how
it would “be good for American
boys” to train them in such a
business at a time when there js
no particular necessity for them
being so trained.
. y veteran friend thinks we’ll
be defeated in the next war (which
he assumes to be inevitable) if
we do not adopt peacetime con-
scription, and he may be right. I
do not know. Neither does he. But
th'-'’ I do know: Our enemies
tra.ned their men and boys in war
for years before they attacked us.
They thought they had us already
in the skillet when they finally
made up their minds that the time
was ripe to give us the works. And
no- they are as surely on the
road to defeat as winter is giving
way to spring.
In 1941 we were caught with
our preparedness down—there’s
no disputing that fact. But was
our unpreparedness wholly in a
lac of men trained to fire a rifle
and dig a foxhole? No, it was in
greater part a lack of war mate-
riel and know-how in the ton ranks
of our military personnel. The
fact that the United States leaped
int*> the breach with one of the
wood’s finest armies in such a
limited time is proof that it was
not so much men we needed as a
realization of the methods of wag-
ing modern war.
In this connection. I find inter-
est' ig a letter written to an Idaho
congressman by one of his con-
stituents. The letter, which fol-
After Major Surgery
Turner W. Blagg arrived here
Wednesday from New Orleans and
will spend the next three or four
weeks with Ids parents, Mr. and
airs. T. T. Blagg. He was operated
on for hernia at New Orleans
about two weeks ago, and is to
recuperate for four weeks. Turner
is with the merchant marine.
MRS. NANNIE SNOW DEAD;
MOTHER MRS. ASA WALKER
Mrs. Nannie Snow died in a
Denton hospital Monday and buri-
al was in the Denton cemetery
Tuesday. Mrs. Snow was the moth-
er of Mrs. Asa Walker and for a
few years lived with Mr. and Mrs.
Walker in the community south-
west of Celina.
Couples Club Met With
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips
Mi. and Mrs. Volney Phillips
entertained their couples’ club
Tuesday night. Couples playing
were Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Walk-
er, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie O’Brien, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul O’Brien, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete McKnight. and the host
and hostess.
Church Neuis
METHODIST CHURCH.
Wallace W. Pittman, Pastor.
Compassion for a distraught
world will he shown by Methodists
on March 4, as the climax of the
financial appeal of the “Ci-usade
for Christ,” a five-pronged, four-
year program launched last year
by the Methodist Church to win
the world for Christ as a means of
lasting peace. The campaign to
raise $25,000,000, for rehabilita-
tion and reconstruction in war-
torn countries and for strengthen-
ing the institutions of the church
here at home upon which the heav-
iest part of the post-war load will
fall, is the “prong” of the crusade
in which the church is primarily
Did You Know Weston
Once Had Newspaper?
WESTON.—The little North
Texas town of Weston once boast-
ed of having a weekly newspaper
—believe it or not.
Under the name of the Weston
Progress, with Albert Spence as
editor, the weekly paper published
on Thursdays was entered as sec-
ond class matter June 18, 1914, at
the postoffice at Weston at the
price of $1 per year subscription.
A copy of the March 11, 1915
issue resurrected from file shows
many changes have taken place
since then.
Two deaths stand out on page
one, those of W. T. Button, father
of E. C. and H. E. Button, local
residents at this time, and that of
Mrs. Julia Bounds of Denton.
Several advertisements also took
space on page one—one by S. C.
Stephens (father of Will Stephens
of Weston), now deceased, giving
notice that he was going into bus-
iness. C- L. Ward was the black-
smith here at that time and Mrs.
Maggie Brown, now of Lubbock,
was in the millinery business.
The Weston Guaranty State
bank ad was headed “Make a Hit”
the continuation being “the base-
ball player who is always posing
and playing to the grandstand sel-
dom makes a hit.” The bank state-
ment named J. G. Gross, president,
T. B. Williams, cashier, with W. F.
Brown. J. S, Collins and J. A. Dor-
sey directors. The notary seal on
the statement was that of J. F.
Wester.
The Weston Tailoring company
ad gave no hint as to the proprie-
tor. Atkins drug store advertised
their wares—O. T. F. Atkins, pro-
prietor, now resides at Holden-
ville, Okla.
In the medical profession, and
carrying this announcement was
Drs. Collins and Eastham—physi-
cians and surgeons—offices with
Atkins drug company.” Dr. Coll-
ins is at present a pract icing phy-
sician at Celir.a and Dr. Eastham
is deceased.
The John L. Cuhvell advertise-
ment of general merchandise stock j
concluded the local ads. Mr. Cul-'
well now resides in McKinney.
There were little notices
throughout the paper of certain
items in the grocery line which
were carried by W. N. Hinton,
grocer. Now deceased, Mr. Hin-
ton was the father of Mrs. Charles
Smith and Miss Leta Hinton of
Sherman.
More than a column was given
io a Sunday school discussion by I
B. H. Mosley, deceased. His widow
now resides in Sherman, as does
a son, Frank Mosley. A daughter,
Mrs. Bill Mayes, resides at Celi-
na.
Under the church directory, Al-
bert Spence was pastor of the
Baptist church with J. W- Mugg
Sunday school superintendent. E.
F. Lancaster was pastor of the
Methodist Church and T. B. Wil-
liams was superintendent of Sun-
day school.
About a half column of news
items headed Anna Happenings
made up most of the town news
. . . with the exception of a few
items which were credited to out-
of-town papers. This included the
Collin county court proceedings at
that time. The paper’s slogan was
“Always For Weston and Her
People.”
This Means He’s
A Veteran
*53
When you sec this gold-plated
lapel button — the dexter eagle
within a circle, wings extending
beyond the circle’s edge — remem-
ber, the Disabled American Veter-
ans points out, that the wearer is
an honorably discharged veteran of
World War II, and maybe disabled.
To familiarize the public with the
discharge button that plea has
been issued by the DAY, chartered
by Congress and recognized by
government as one of the organi-
zations to which veterans can ap-
ply for free information in filing
claims. Vivian D. Corbly, National
DAV Adjutant, in announcing the
program, said: “When you see that
gold-plated plastic discharge but-
ton it means the wearer has seen
service in World War II. He may
even be disabled as a result of his
service and deserves every con-
sideration possible.”
SCHOOL FORCED TO
CLOSE BY FAILURE OF
ELECTRIC POWER
Utilities failure here Tuesday
and Wednesday caused Celina high
school to be suspended for the two
days, but classes were resumed
Thursday. Electric pumps, neces-
sary for operation of the heating
system, were stopped by the pow-
er failure, making it impossible to
heat the building.
The boiler room at the school
building, flooded last week, has
been pumped dry and, barring fur-
ther failure of the power system,
water will be kept out with a re-
cently acquired automatic pump.
Cotton Growers to Meet
At Frisco March 5th
Collin county cotton growers
will meet at the community hall
at Frisco March 5, 7:30, p. m., to
consider means of getting more
money for their cotton.
Speakers will be L. E. Ellwood,
cotton work specialist; R. A. Gra-
ham. president Texas Cotton Seed
Improvement association; John
Saunders, manager Texas Cotton
Seed Improvement association;
Jack McCullough, Collin county
agricultural agent, and G. R. War-
ren, Denton county agricultural
agent.
Interested persons are invited
to attend.
Power and Lights Fail
When Celina Is Hit By
Ice Storm Monday Nite
Ice started forming on trees and wires here Monday after-
noon when the mercury got low enough to turn into ice the
drizzle that was falling. The mercury remained at about the
same point through Monday night and when citizens of Ce-
lina and the farmers of the surrounding country looked out
Tuesday morning they beheld the heaviest coat of ice on ev-
erything out of doors that many of them had ever seen.
On venturing out people soon discovered that the town was literally
covered with branches broken from trees and iri some instances trees
broken down completely, some trees lying flat on the ground under
their burden of ice while others had from small portions of their limbs-
to almost all of them torn off.
Il was a beautiful scene, especially when the sun was shining Wed-
nesday morning, but could not be thoroughly enjoyed because of the
price paid. The Chinese elms, of which there aie many in Celina, suf-
fered most. The fact that the large trees of this variety in Frisco park
had been kept well trimmed prob- I —---~~-~-
ably averted much greater damage Pastor Is Asked to
Parent-Teachers to
Meet Thursday, March 8
The following Parent-Teacher
Association program for the meet-
ing to be held at the school build-
ing Thursday evening, March 8.
has been prepared:
“Home, the Index to the Na-
tion.”
Leader, Mrs. Ted Yarborough.
Devotional, Miss Alta Newsom.
“The Home to Come Back to.”
the Rev. W. J. Epting.
The public, especially school pa-
trons. are urged to be present.
WESTONNEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rutledge
and daughter Linda Ann of Hen-
derson were guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Mitchell, parents
of Mrs. Rutledge.
PROSPER NEWS
By Alice Cantrell.
Local coaches and ball players
went to Dallas Tuesday night to
see a game between the Dr. Pep-
per and North American teams.
Mrs. W. J. Shipley and Bennie
Porter are on the sick list this
week.
Sgl. Raymond Dalton, son of
Mrs. Sam Dalton, has received the
infantry combat badge for gallant
fighting against the Germans in
the vicinity of Banustein, France,
January 7. 1945. He and his com-
pany held off the enemy for 13
hours without rest.
Dalton is serving with a mortar
to them.
Not many telephone or electric
service poles were broken down in
Celina, although about 25 tele-
phones are out of commission in
Celina and practically all rural
telephones are out.
Electric service in Celina failed
Monday night and was not re-
stored until about 1:00 p. m. Wed-
nesday. Then again Thursday at
about 1:00 p. m. power and lights
went off and stayed off until about
7 p. m. When the service first
failed there was much speculation
as to when it would be restored.
No accurate infm*mation could be
had, and it was feared that it
would be the end of the week be-
fore the trouble could be over-
come. Some homes in the east part
of town were without lights from
Tuesday morning to Thursday eve-
ning.
Lack of electric power affected
nearly every activity in the town.
Grocers, cafes and markets, with
refrigeration stopped, worried for
fear perishable foods and meats
would spoil, and drugstores and
j cafes lost stocks of ice cream. Bar-
electric clip-
platoon in an armored infantry
battalion.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Northeutt I bers, depending on
were Prosper visitors Wednesday, pers, could not cut hair. The First
Mrs. George Dalton, Princeton,
visited her grandmother, Mrs. Zo-
ra Robison, a few days last week.
Paul Naugle was presented with
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith of Me-i an organization combat badge, a
interested at the moment, and the
lows, appeared m a recent issue j cijn:ax 0f which we shall see on
of the Congressional Record:
Weiser, Idaho, Feb. 14, 1945
He Compton I. White,
House Office Building.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: In the. late 1800’s my
maternal great grandfather came
to America from Germany just be-
fore his boys were old enough to
be aught; up by the hated univer-
sal compulsory military training
of Germany. I predict thousands
of families will flee America in
the same manner if this thing be-
comes a part, of American life.
]*■ will be a paradox if, while our
bo., ^ are fighting to dostroy the
effects of peacetime conscription
in Europe, they come home and
find the same thing was “put ov-
er” here during their absence.
In a democracy a worthy bill
do not have to be put over dur-
ing a period of national hysteria.
Are our leaders afraid to have the
idea receive the cool consideration
of peacetime?
I pray you will use your vote
and influence against peacetime
co. cription.
Yours sincerely,
RALPH TURNIDGE.
The fate of national prohibition,
enacted during the first World
War, is good proof that we should
.0 go overboard for any kind of
grandiose national experiment
while we are under the emotional
stresses of wartime. Let’s wait
until the war is won and we’ve had
time to regain a normal perspect-
ive before we consider enactment
of any law which might endanger
the American way of life.
Sunday morning in our “Compas-
sion Sunday” service. The quota
which the local Methodist Church
is trying to raise, in cash and sub-
scriptions to be paid by Jan. 31,
1946, is $1,345. A substantial part
of this amount has been raised
spontaneously, as a result of the
publicity for the last several
weeks. An attempt to raise the
balance will be made Sunday
morning. Guest preacher for the
occasion will be Dr. Francis A.
Biiddin, district superintendent of
the Dallas district, and one of the
strongest preachers in the North
Texas conference. All Methodists
who are unafraid to subject them-
selves to a stirring, inspiring mes-
sage on the Crusade for Christ are
urged to be present, ready to ob-
ligate themselves to make sacrifi-
cial contributions to the fund.
At the evening worship, begin-
ning at 8:00 o’clock, the pastor
will preach, using the subject,
“Short Cuts and Easy Ways.” Fol-
lowing this service, the young peo-
ple will enjoy a period of recrea-
tion in the church basement.
Washington’s Birthday
Celebrated By Masons
he Masons and Eastern Star
members celebrated George Wash-
ington’s birthday with a party at
the Masonic hall last Thursday
night. The Kov. J. L. Cleveland
spoke on “Washington, the Great
American.” Delicious refreshments
wuc served to members and
guests from Celina. Prosper and
Weston.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
J. L. Cleveland. Pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Worship at 11 a. m. Sermon
subject. “Wanted: Servants of
Cod.”
Vespers at 3:30 p. m.
Preaching at Walnut Grove at
7:45 p. m.
You are welcome, you are need-
ed; your presence helps a great
deal.
The empty pew only tells a sad
story.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
W. J. Epting. Pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a. m., C. E.
Lair, superintendent.
Sermon at 11 a. m. Subject,
“Agonizing Prayer.”
BTU at 7:00 p. m., Dennis
Jones, director.
Evening sermon at 8:00. Sub-
ject. “What It Costs Not to Be a
Christian.”
The public is cordially invited.
Read the Record for local news.
PARVIN NEWS
By Bernita Etheridge.
Sunday, March 4 is our regular
preaching day. Rev. Mr. Estes will
bring the message. Everyone is
invited to attend.
Mrs. Elise Hamby and children
were guesls of Mrs. J. R. Lindley
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Knapp and
children and Mrs. C. H. Knapp
were Denton visitors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Etheridge,
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Eu-
less Franklin visited Mrs. J. W.
Smiley Saturday.
Mitchell and Jimmie Ray
Naughei are ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Euless Franklin
were McKinney visitors Wednes-
day.
Mrs. John Brackett has received
word from her son, Philip Brack-
ett of the army, informing her he
is in Belgium.
Doyce Lynn Etheridge spent
Friday and Saturday night with
his cousins, Bertie Mae and John-
nie Ruth Etheridge.
Patsy and Charles Knapp visit-
ed their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Moore, and family Fri-
day night.
Billie C. Sutherland, Archie
Etheridge. Olen Hamby and sons,
Charles and Harold attended the
show in Celina Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan McCurdy of
Decatur were Parvin visitors Fri-
day.
Jess Nance of Denton spent
Thursday night with his brother,
Jim Nance.
Mrs. Maude Jackson spent
Thursday night with her brother,
Mr. Tarleton, and family of Mus-
tang.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith
and Mrs. A. Smith were Fort
Worth visitors Friday.
Kinney spent the week-end here
with their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Laud Howell,
and Judy.
Oscar C- Hansard Sr. is report-
ed ill of pneumonia at his home
northwest of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Morgan anti
daughter Peggy of Dallas were
visiting the former’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. L. Morgan. Sunday.
For the first time in about four
months, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brown
of McKinney, former Weston resi-
dents, have received a letter from
their son, Cpl. Douglas Brown,
with the Army in the Pacific. He
told them he hadn’t had a chance
to write and didn’t know when he
would have an opportunity to do
so again, A grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Cassaday, he is in a
battle zone.
Mrs. Oscar C. Hansard Jr. of
Dallas visited her husband's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar C. Han-
sard Sr., over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Brimer have
been with her cousin. Beecher Ball,
a patient in the McKinney city
hospital.
Cpl. Grady Dunn, home on fur-
lough from his army base in Cali-
fornia. and Mrs. Dunn and small
son Dow Lee of Chico visited here
last week, with Cpl. Dunn’s uncle
Presidential citation, in a ceremo-
ny in France Jan. 24, 1945. The
decoration was given by the Pres-
ident for bravery during the in-
vasion of Europe. He was also
given two bronze combat stars for
his ETO ribbon.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Horn and
children are moving to a farm lo-
cated between Foncine and Mc-
Kinney. They are offering their
home in Prosper for sale.
Mr, and Mrs. Chapman and two
daughters have taken an apart-
ment with Mrs. Mary Settle.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Smith and
Jerry occupy the house where Mis.
Everett Smith and her three sons
formerly lived.
Billy Chapman, a service man
home on furlough, visited his
grandmother, Mrs. Dona Bounds,
a few days the past week.
Mrs. Lillie B. Porter was a Mc-
Kinney isitor Wednesday. W. J.
Shipley and Oscar Greenwood were
McKinney visitors Monday. Mrs.
Henry Greenwood and Mrs. Rob-
ert. Willis were in McKinney Tues-
day.
Gerald Furr, of the merchant
marine, returned to New York
Wednesday after a 10-day leave
with homcfolks.
Mrs. Emma Dubberly. mother
of Nathaniel Dubberly, who fell
Accept Reemployment
The Rev. J. L. Cleveland, a citi-
zen of Celina, who serves the Ce-
lina Presbyterian Church half
time and has been giving the oth-
er half to Cumby, has been reem-
ployed by the Cumby church, re-
garding which the following item
appeared in the Cumby News of
Feb. 23:
At a congregational meeting at
11 o’clock last Sunday morning,
the Rev. J. L. Cleveland was asked
to return to the Cumby Presbyte-
rian Church to serve as its pastor
for another year, with a raise in
salary.
Rev. Cleveland is liked by not
only the people of his own church
but is admired by all the people
of the community who are trust-
ing that lie will return to Cumby
for another year’s work.
Following the re-election of the
pastor, and the report of the treas-
urer the budget for the coming
year was discussed and adopted.
The new church year begins
April 1.
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. , at her home Wednesday of last.
Crosswhite, and family. Cpl- and week and broke a leg, was taken
i iri an ambulance to the McKinney
Mrs. Dunp lived here prior to his
entrance into the service.
Mr. ami Mrs. Claude Sells and
family have moved from the
Chandler rent house to the house
owned by Mrs. G. O. Gunter and
recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs.
Milford Watson and family, who
moved near Van Alstyne.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hansard have
moved from the John Cave home
place to the house which they have
purchased of Mr. and Mrs. John
Payne, where they resided before
moving to Dallas about a year
ago. The Hansards are making
improvements on the place.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armstrong
have moved to the Levi Carruth
farm north of town.
Cecil White has received a Jap-
anese gun from his brother, Pvt.
Jack White, who is with the army
somewhere in the Pacific. They
are sons of Mrs. B. M. White.
Mrs. Ross Chandler and daugh-
ter Billie Ross visited Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Chandler and family at
McKinney Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlis Harlow are
the parents of a daughter, born
Feb. 18 in a Sherman hospital.
The child’s grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Carruth and Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Harlow.
DALTON McCOY BUYS
PART BRICK BUILDING
Dalton McCoy, through his fa-
ther, I). A. McCoy, has bought of
Lee Newsom the west half of the
building to be occupied by Mr.
Newsom’s insurance office. Dalton
is in the service overseas.
Read the Record for local news.
Mrs. Uthoff Hostess
Mrs. H. C. Uthoff entertained
the Merry Matrons club Tuesday
afternoon. Mrs. Mae Harrison and
Mrs. R. L. Clayton assisted the
hostess in serving a salad plate to
the following members and guests:
Mrs. Pete McKnight, Mrs- Volney
Phillips, Mrs. Nolan Walker, Mrs.
R. B.‘Rutherford. Mrs. Bob Jones,
Miss Alta Newsom. Mrs. Millard
Jordan, Mrs. Bennie O’Brien, Mrs.
Ben Brewer, and Mrs. C. B. John-
son.
hospital, where she is resting fair-
ly well.
Mrs. Elizabeth Patrick and
Charles Bell heard E. Stanley
Jones in Denton Wednesday night
and Mr. and Mrs. Edd Crockett
were in Denton Thursday and
heard Dr. Jones speak.
Mrs. Charles McNutt and chil-
dren are to move into the house
near the waterworks, recently va-
cated by Mr. and Mrs. Chapman.
Mrs. Cudd Ray, Mrs. Robert
Willis, and Mrs. Ozell Washburn
were co-hostesses at a bridal
shower in the Methodist Church
Friday night honoring Mrs. Har-
old Ray. Mrs. Ray received many
pretty and useful gifts. Refresh-
ments of angel squares and punch
were served. Out-of-town guests
were Mrs. Brewster, sister of the
bride, and Mrs. J. E. Willis, Dal-
las. Also Mrs. Ruby Skelton Wil-
lis, McKinney.
State Bank, with an electric tim-
ing device on the lock of its safe,
found itself Tuesday morning
with practically all its cash as
unobtainable as if it had been in
China, but stayed open and met
all demands upon it. Beauty shops
were stymied, drugstores could not
sell carbonated or mixed milk
drinks, service stations could not
put air in their customers’ tires,
and those with electric pumps
could not sell gasoline. Garages
and repair shops, depending on
machinery powered with electri-
city, could not turn a wheel. In-
cubators at hatcheries were affec-
ted. but it is believed there was no
damage done to batching eggs. An
electric wire to the city fire siren
broke with the weight of tht ice.
Downtown Celina closed up ear-
ly Tuesday night, and at 8 o'clock
in the business district not a light
showed with the excepion of the
flicker of a few candles at a cafe
and a drugstore. The Ritz theatre,
local movie house, was of neces-
sity closed.
An indication as to what being
without lights did for Celina is
shown by the fact that one Celina
merchant Tuesday sold thirty ker-
osene lamps and dealers report
brisk sales of kerosene. Candles
went like hot cakes.
The Record, severely handicap-
ped by the power lack, could see
visions of being late with its reg-
ular weekly edition for the first
time in many years. All its ma-
chinery is powered by electricity.
A local man who went over the
REA line from Celina to Van Al-
stynt says that the damage is
heavy from breaks in the wire,
cross arms torn off and poles
down. He would not venture a
statement as to how long it will
be before the system will be ready
for service again.
W. O. Rolater, Celina, one of
the directors of the Grayson-Col-
lin Electric Cooperative, said
that a crew of men is already busy
putting the lines in condition for
service. He said it was expected
that the people of this communi-
ty served by this system would get
servict by the middle of next week,
but that lines nearer Van Alstyne
were in much worse condition.
Operation to Graft
Muscle Is Performed
Cpl. Bob Conatser, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Conatser, who sus-
tained an injured leg when his in-
vasion ship was sunk off the coast
of Normandy a few days after D
day, has been a patient in the Mc-
Closkey hospital in Temple for
some months. Tuesday he under-
went an operation performed to
graft together the ends of a mus-
cle that was severed.
It is believed that in a few
months Conatser will be almost as
good as new.
RED CROSS DRIVE TO GET
UNDERWAY IN COUNTY SOON
Plan? are being formulated and
final organization is being made
this week for the annual Red Cross
drive, according to an announce-
ment by Judge Jim Cantrell, Col-
lin county chairman. Although the
national drive officially begins on
March 1. the drive in the county
will probably not get underway
until March 6.
“Hal Dyer has been named as-
sistant chairman for the drive,”
Judge Cantrell states, “and a com-
plete set-up of the local chairmen
in the towns over the county will
be made in the next day or two.
This year the quota for the coun-
ty has been set. at $22,000, and in
view of the immense need and vi-
tal importance of Red Cross work
we feel confident that each indi-
vidual citizen will be prepared to
do his utmost when the represent-
ative contacts him.”
Iowa is said to have the larg-
est percentage of actually arable
land in the United States.
GAS PRESSURE DROPPED
TO 70 HERE TUESDAY
A drop in gas pressure here
during the height of the ice storm
Tuesday caused much anxiety lest
pressure fail altogether. The drop,
caused by a break in the line sev-
eral miles south of Celina. was
from 280 pounds to about 70, the
lower pressure being maintained
with no further drop.
About 45 men working in the
rain, mud and ice Tuesday made
temporary repairs in the line, and
permanent repairs were made
Wednesday.
Pressure was lower at McKin-
ney than it was here and the gas
company was forced to ask most
large users to stop use of the fu-
el for a time.
Big Damage Is Don* in
McKinney Compress Fire
Damage resulting from fire of
undetermined origin at the Mc-
Kinney Compress Co. shortly aft-
er noon Sunday has been estima-
ted at 8235,000. according to C. A.
Jones, manager. Twenty-three
hundred bales of cotton were de-
stroyed. The loss was covered by
insurance, Mr. Jones stated.
One of the biggest fires Mc-
Kinney has experienced in several
years, all firemen were called on
to help. Besides the regular volun-
teer firemen, auxiliary firemen
were called and a truck from Ash-
burn General Hosptal was also
called on to assist.
The men worked about three
hours to get the fire under con-
trol and to extinguish the blaze.
There have been 1)9 members of
Congress named Smith, of whom
17 have been Senators. There have
been three members named Smyth.
Ritz Theatre
Celina
FRIDAY and SATURDAY,
MARCH 2 AND 3
Charles Starrett in
Riding West
SAT. NITE PREVIEW
MARCH 3 AND 4
and
Ronald Colman and Marlene
Dietrich in
Kismet
in Technicolor
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
MARCH 5 AND 6
Carey Grant in
Once Upon a Time
WED. AND THURSDAY,
MARCH 7 AND 8
Carmen Miranda, Michael
O'Shea and Vivian Blaine in
Something lor the Boys
in Technicolor
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Andrews, C. C. The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1945, newspaper, March 1, 1945; Celina, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth773844/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Celina Area Historical Association.