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ON the Record
By BENNIE O’BRIEN
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Two things this area primarily
needs, in the order of their im-
portance, as I see it: (1) 100 per
cent co-operation with the soil
conservation district, and (2) a
rural road system that will make
it possible to reach any farm in
the county in all kinds of weather.
The first will, if realized, insure
that Collin county’s good black
soil will stay here for our children,
and our children’s children. The
second will keep our children in a
rural area to enjoy the fruits of
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VOLUME 47, NUMBER 11
Jess Bunch’s
Barn Burned
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Bunch, who
_______bve two miles east of town, suf-
that good soil and the blessings of ^ere<t quite a loss early Sunday
country living.
Realization of the first need can
come only through a realization
that we are not owners, but trus-
tees of the land we farm. The
morning when their barn and con-
tents burned. Mr. Bunch estimates
the feed and grain loss at $2,000
or more, as the barn was full of
com, alfalfa hay, seed wheat and
roads we’ll get if we’re willing to ma*ze' Ten hogs were lost in the
spend the money for them—and | ^ames and three more were bad-
ly burned. Mr. Bunch states that
there was no insurance on the
feed and grain and only a small
amount on the building,
raise enough cain to see that we
get our share of the money our
. public servants spend for roads.
Jack Eoff was prominently in
the news this week. He first be-
came a grandpa, then stuck a nail
in his foot, later sustained a dis-
located shoulder when a gin press
door knocked him down. Just goes
to show you that a grandpappy
oughtn t to try to be too active.
According to a book publisher,
Father Mrs. 0. J. Moss
Passed Away Monday
Mrs. C. W. O’Brien received
phone call from O. J. Moss
Bryan, Texas, Monday night, tell-
ing her of the death of Bob Mitch-
R°chelle, Texas. Mr. Mitch-
only a person who has suffered I e** d’ed about 8:00 o’clock Monday
can write a modern novel. If that’s * mgbt'
true, then I’d say that anyone who
has read a modem novel can write
one.
Mr. Mitchell was the father of
Mrs. Moss, formerly Miss Ermyne
Mitchell of this community. He
was a landowner in McCulloch
county, and had visited relatives
here often until his health failed
From L. W. Burgner comes a
postcard mailed at Greenville,
Tenn. The card bears a photograDh I !ome years ag0' He had been bed'
of three bears in the Great Smo- ...........J
ky Mountains National Park. It
read:
“Have just come back from the
Smoky Mountains. This is the kind
of cats they raise in North Caro-
lina. I saw five of these big black
bears in the Smokies. They will
weigh about 400 pounds apiece. I
am having a great time. Am going
back to North Carolina Saturday
to hunt bears, but a bear may get
ME. Well, I guess everybody in
Celina is OK. How are the cro-
quet games going? As ever, L. W.
Burgner.’’
Looks as if'it might be just
“bearly” possible that our friend
Burgner may get back to civili-
zation all in one piece.
fast for the last three years and
was in his early eighties. He was
a brother-in-law of Mrs. C. W.
O’Brien of the Twin Bridges com-
munity.
Jim Cantrell Warns
Group of Bad Roads
The County Judges and Commis-
sioners Association of Texas, meet-
ing in Dallas, has been asked to do
its part to get the Texas back
country out of the mud.
James C. Cantrell, president of
the Texas Rural Roads Associa-
tion, warned the group Monday
that if sometning isn’t done, all
tne rural population “is going to
pack up and move to town.”
“Rural roads are the No. 1 polit-
ical problem in Texas today. And
it’s going to take more tnan $20,-
000,000 to solve this problem,”
Cantrell said.
The Princeton banker told the
convention that bad country roads
are a city problem, too.
“The muddy roads are a big fac-
tors in causing milk for Dallas to
be in short supply.” He added that
children from rural areas often
lose a third of the school year be-
caose of impassable roads.”
CELINA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1948
COULD BE SABOTAGE
Losing Inch of
Soil in 12 Years
Says Speaker
“We are losing soil in Collin
county at the rate of one inch of
topsoil every 12 years,” declared
Bill Cunningham, Greenville, dis-
trict soil conservationist, speaking | Bunch, and the Gearhart farm, oc-
before a luncheon meeting of the j cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Owen
Celina Boosters Club here at noon Hayes. Mr. Hayes’ luck was a lit-
Wednesday. tie worse than that of the others,
Mr. Cunningham said a land- j as his tank fell on the windmill
owner could quickly determine his j nearby, wrecking it.
interest in soil conservation by j -
measuring the price he paid for his
land against the average loss of.
topsoil in the area in which his
Folks in the community south-
east of Celina are beginning to
wonder if it’s really the dry ..weath-
er that’s causing their troubles.
Some say maybe it’s a disease, and
others declare that perhaps they
j haven’t been paying the preacher.
Anyway, three water storage
tanks have collapsed within a mile
of each other during the past five
weeks. The tanks were on the
i farms of Mrs. A. L. Reynolds, Guy
ST. JOHN AND ST. PETER
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Father Thomas W. Weinzapfel,
Pastor.
Mass at 11 a. m. first Sunday in
each month.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. J. L. Cleveland, Pastor.
Sunday school 10 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m.
Ladies’ Auxiliary Monday 3 p.m.
Session meets Monday following
first Sunday in each month.
Deacons meet Monday following
the second Sunday.
Preaching every Sunday morn-
ing and evening, except the second
Sunday evening.
Parish Birthday Party
Mrs. Herbert Parish entertained
with a birthday dinner Sunday
honoring her husband, O. H. Par-
ish. The dinner and family gather-
ing was a pleasant surprise to
Mr. Parish who, upon returning
home from mornings church ser-
vices, found all of his brothers and
sisters, except one, present for the
occasion. The guests were Mrs.
Adolph Barreras, Mr. and Mr-..
Clarence Parish, Mrs. R. B. G
son, Mrs. W. L. Howard W>u „
Leta Dunnahoo, all of Dallas.
JACK EOFF CATCHES IT
ON ALL SIDES TUESDAY
Misfortune dogged Jack Eoff’s
footsteps Tuesday. Early in the
morning he stepped on a nail at
the Farmers’ Gin, where he is em-
ployed, and found it necessary to
go to a local doctor for a tetanus
shot. Later in the day he was
struck by the door of the press,
knocking him to the floor and dis-
locating his shoulder. The should-
er was treated at a McKinney hos-
pital and Mr. Eoff was able to re-
turn home the same day.
ALLA NEWS
By Mrs. J. H. Miller
Perkins Reunion at
Denton Last Sunday
A reunion of the Perkins fami-
lies was held Sunday at the City
Park in Denton. Dinner was spread
at the noon hour for a large num
ber of attendants. Relatives were
Bobby Wayne Balch is at home
after receiving treatment at the
St. Vincent hospital in Sherman.
Those entering college from this
community are Junelle Cline and
A. C. Hickman to NTSC at Den-
tor- T':’' George Tillerson to
o Ugpierce; Dwight and
James Miller to A&M.
Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. L. Compton were Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Miller and Lynn, Mr.
and Mrs. Hoyt Adams and Jack
Wesley, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Burch
and Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Kinney and Diana.
Diana Kinney celebrated her
first birthday Saturday, Sept. 18
when a group of youngsters were
man, Cross Roads, Mustang, Pros-
per, and Celina. Several were un-
able to attend because of illness.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Leland C. Spurrier, Minister
9:45—Church school. Your class
has a place for you.
The Rev. Z. R. Fee of Dallas
will preach at the morning service
in the absence of the pastor. There
will be no evening service.
“We invite you to the work and
worship of our Church.”
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
E. P. Wootten, Pastor.
Ray Grumbles,
Sunday School Superintendent.
Sunday school—10:00 a. m. each
Sunday.
Dm?ing w°rship—11:00 a. m.
B.T.U.—6:45 p. m.
Evening worship—7:30 p. m.
Prayer hour service—7:30 p. m.
each Wednesday.
Choir practice—8:00 p. m. each
Wednesday.
We extend a cordial invitation
t0pi worship with us.
Plans are now under way for
the First Baptist Church to re-
place the old windows of the
church with new art glass win-
dows. These windows will be of
he best anti-glare glass available
and will feature the leaded art sec-
tions as may be seen in any con-
ventional church window. Plans at
• present make possible opportuni-
ties for members and relatives of
members, who were charter or
long-time members of this church,
to purchase family or memorial
units. Complete information as to
cost will be furnished by the pas-
tor or any member of a committee
chosen to attend to this matter. A
cut will soon be available showing
the design and appearance of the
windows. The committee is very
desirous that all interested friends
may know about this undertaking,
he committee is composed of
's. Harry Uthoff, chairman;
77rs- Tom Glendenning and Mrs.
Jim Glendenning.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. M. E. Powell, Pastor.
Ben Groves, Sunday school su-
perintendent.
Sunday school—10:00' a. m.‘
Morning worship—li:oo a.' m.
Evening worship—7:30 p. m.
,h® Ladies< Aid Society meets
each Monday at 4 p. m.
Ea. church of god.
aach Wednesday evening 7-45
hinTarts7er;r: earh
duy^atNo tf’ *eg“lar,9ervice; Sun-
Greenwoods Visit Canada
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Greenwood
recently returned from an extend-
ed trip through eastern and north-
ern states and Canada. Their first
stop, for any length of time, was
for a five-days visit with then-
son, Lionel Greenwood, and fam-
ily at Bloomington, 111. The Green-
woods entered Canada at Detroit,
Mich., and spent three days visit-
ing relatives at Hamilton, Brant-
ford, Simcoe and Port Dover. Their
return trip was made by way of
Niagara Falls and Buffalo, N. Y.;
Pennsylvania, the Mammoth Cave
in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and
Arkansas. They drove 3093 miles
while on the trip.
present from Fort Wolth, entertained at her home ir Plano.
Mrs. John Connally of Weston
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
H, B. Rigsby.
Mrs. Bettie Miller visited Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Hayes, of Wes-
ton Sunday.
Floyd Miller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Miller, arrived home on
Sunday after having served three
years in the U. S. Navy. He came
by Rineyville, Ky., and visited a
great uncle, Herman Miller, a
brother of his grandfather, the late
Stiles Miller, whom he had not
seen in 16 years.
Clifford Fielder of England,
Ark., has purchased the Marilee
store from F. N. Shelton. He and
Mrs. Fielder and two children have
moved here and are living at the
store.
Last Friday night the men of
the Rhea Mills Baptist Church met
with the men of the Bethel Bap-
tist Church in a brotherhood meet-
ing. Rhea Mills presented the pro-
gram and all enjoyed the fellow-
ship. At this time the ladies of the
Bethel Church met at the home of
Mrs. Curtis Helms and honored
Mrs. Leon Chilton with a birthday
party.
Open house will be held at the
school building on Friday night,
Sept. 24. A short program begin-
ning at 7:30 will be rendered at
the auditorium, followed by a so-
cial hour. Mrs. C. E. Lair, p*esi-
dent of the PTA, urges all teach-
ers and patrons to be present.
Everyone is busy picking cotton
at this time. If the dry weather
continues they hope to finish ear-
ly this year.
land lies. The average depth of
topsoil in this county when it was
first settled was about nine inches.
Now it is down to six inches—and
at the rate of one inch of loss ev-
ery 12 years, it will be only 72
years until Collin county’s black
land is completely barren, mean-
while losing its fertility at a pro-
gressively greater rate.
“By using correct soil conserva-
tion practices,” Mr. Cunningham
said, “an average of 25 per cent
increase in production of cash
crops and pastures can be real-
ized.” At this rate, 100 per cent
co-operation in soil conservation
would add five million dollars to
Collin County’s annual farm in-
come.
Mr. Cunningham said that if the
population continues to increase at
its present rate, and the soil con-
tinues to be depleted as it is now,
the United States by 1970 will
have more people than land need-
ed to feed them. It takes about
three acres of land to feed, clothe
and put a roof over the head of
one person, and only about 350
million good acres remain in this
country, of which only 270 million
acres are being cultivated.
When the land yvas first settled,
according to Mr. Cunningham,
there were 550 million acres of
good land. Fifty million have been
ruined, 50 million practically
ruined, and 100 million have lost
25 to 75 per cent of their topsoil.
Less than three acres per person
are actually being cultivated, and
a half-million acres are being de-
stroyed each year, as far as pro-
duction is concerned.
Mr. Cunningham was accompa-
nied by Tanner Smith, in charge
-5f the Collin county soil conserva-
tion work unit.
Ritz to Observe
Anniversary
The Ritz Theatre here, owned
by Buddy Harris and managed by
Mrs. Maxine Ousley, will observe
Anniversary Week October 3 to 9,
[with a complete change of pro-
gram each day during the week,
with the exception of the Thurs-
day-Friday bill.
The entire week will be featured
by a selection of outstanding pic-
tures in celebration of the thea-
tre’s anniversary. “So Evil My
Love,” with Ray Milland and Ann
Polio Case
Is Reported
Near Weston
WESTON.—John Terrell, young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Terrell,
is reported to be Weston’s first po-
lio patient. A pupil in the primary
room here, he had complained of
not feeling well for several days.
He is six years old.
The lad was taken this week to
McKinney and a physician there
diagnosed the case as polio. He
was sent immediately to Parkland
hospital at Dallas, where the di-
agnosis was confirmed, and he was
placed in the isolation ward.
Parkland physicians say the
case is comparatively mild and so
far has involved only the boy’s left
leg.
The Terrell family lives about a
mile north of Weston and there
are three other children.
Auxiliary Entertained Vet
Hospital Patients Tuesday
A group of the local Legion
Auxiliary members and their
friends went to McKinney Tues-
day night to the Veterans’* Hos-
pital, where they entertained 100
patients with a bingo party. Prizes
were given to the veterans and re-
freshments were served by the
Auxiliary members.
Sept. 26.—J. R. Merritt, Don B.
Cornelius.
Sept. 27.—Hershel Meachum.
Sept. 28.—Wayne Marks.
Sept. 29.-*-Mrs. A. L. Daily,
Mrs. B. C. Cox, Mrs. Ralls Rains.
Sept. 30.—Mrs. Ben Ownsby.
Oct. 1.—Hoyt Douglas.
Oct. 2.—A. J. Malone.
Twin Bridges News
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wester of the
Rock Hill community announce
the arrival of a son, Jerry Wayne,
Friday, Sept. 17, at a Celina clin-
ic.
ser-
Dr. and Mrs. Hoyt Robinson and
son, Charles, of Austin and Miss
Ella Webb of McKinney visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Groves and son
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eulas Beckner and
children of Jacksonville, Fla., ar-
rived here Saturday to visit the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.
B. Beckner Sr., and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewett Williams of
Denison and Mrs. Henry Browning
of Twin Bridges community were
Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs.
J. R. Stone.
Savings Accounts Invited. In-
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor-
ation.— (Adv.) Uc
Mrs. Lee Terry is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Woodrow Cox, and
Mr. Cox and children, in Fort
Worth.
Gaines Hargett, former watch
repair man at Cornelius Jewelers,
has moved to Sherman and is em-
played at a service station there.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Stone and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence V^ebster
and children visited Mr. and Mrs
Sam Stone in Irving Sunday aft-
ernoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Shain Hunn an-
nounce the arrival of a daughter,
Carol June, born Tuesday night at
a local clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Thurmond
Jr. of New Orleans, who had been
visiting relatives here for the last
ten days, returned to their home
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thurmond of
Denton visited relatives here Tues-
day night.
Mrs. H. A. Lafferty returned to
her home here Sunday from Mc-
Kinney where she had been re-
ceiving medical treatment for the
past month.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hayes and
family visited relatives in Gunter
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lewis Jr.
and two small sons and the for-
mer’s mother, Mrs. W. C. Lewis
Sr., all of McKinney, visited the
aunt of Mrs. W. C. Lewis Jr., Mrs.
C. W. O’Brien, and Mr. O’Brien,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Clara Carruth of Sherman
visited Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Gran-
staff, last Thursday.
Mrs. Henry Browning spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Waddle, in Celina.
Mrs. E. S. Chipman of Murphy
recently visited her friend and
former neighbor, Mrs. A. L. Rey-
nolds, for a few days. Mr. and
Mrs. Ike Smith of Celina and
Mrs. Gross of Dallas visited iff the
Reynolds home the same week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Terry and
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hubert Ter-
ry, of Sherman, visited W. J. Gear-
hart last Saturday.
The aged mother of Hen-
ry Browning, who visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Browning
this summer, recently returned to
her home in Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Browning
of Port Arthur, Texas, recently
spent a few days wfth the for-
mer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Browning.
Charles Granstaff, who had been
living on his farm east of Sher-
man, is now at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Gran-
staff, while under treatment by
a McKinney physician.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cartwright
of Dallas, Mrs. Attie Dorn and son
of Riverdale, Calif., visited their
relatives, Jesse L. Doyle, and
Misses Ollie and Nettie Doyle, last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Loggins of Denton,
visited Misses Ollie and Nettie
Doyle, part of last week. Mrs. Log-
gins and the Misses Doyle visited
Mrs. Breenton in McKinney Fri-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Plumlee and
Miss Ermyne O’Brien of Dallas
visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank O’Bri-
en, over the week-end.
Todd, will be shown Sunday, Oct-
ober 3. “The Enchanted Valley,”
with Alan Curtis and Anne
Guynne is scheduled for Monday,
October 4. Tuesday’s picture will
be Eddie Cantor and Joan Davis
in “If You Knew Susie.” Dennis
O’Keefe and Mary Meade will star
in Wednesday’s movie, “T-Men.”
For Thursday and Friday, October
7 and 8, the bill will be “On An
Island With You,” starring Es-
ther Williams and Peter Lawford.
Mrs. A. J. Leigh Died
At Home in McKinney
Mrs. A. J. Leigh, a native of
Kansas and a resident of Collin
county for many years, was found
dead at her home, 606 Coleman
Street, McKinney, early Wednes-
day morijiing. Mrs. Leigh, who had
Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Wright Died Sunday
William Wayne Wright, 9-
months-old son of Mr: and Mrs.
Glen Wright, died Shnday, Sept.
19, at 5 p. m., in McKinney. He
was born Dec. 19, 1947, and had
been ill all his life, having spent
five months in a children’s hospit-
al in Dallas.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday at 2 p. m. at Helms fu-
neral home with the Rev. L. T.
Grumbles officiating. Interment
w&s in Good Hope cemetery, in
the Parvin community.
Survivors are the parents, a
sister, Sharon Ann, a half-sister,
Wanda Wright, and two* half-
brothers, Charles Henry and Jesse
Glen Wright.
resided fn McKinney only a few
months, )died suddenly.
She was born Oct. 1, 1877, the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Lewis. She was a member of
the Presbyterian Church. Her sur-
vivors include two sons, Truman
Leigh of Houston and Alvin Leigh
of McKinney Rt. 4; two brothers,
George Lewis of McKinney and
Andrew Lewis of Oklahoma City;
on~e sister, Mrs. Ella Chisum of
Pharr, and 11 grandchildren.
Her husband passed away May
24, 1948, and a son, Joe Leigh, died
in 1944.
The Rev. G. E. F. McGaughey is
to conduct the funeral at 3:00
o’clock Thursday afternoon at the
Walnut Grove Church and burial
will follow in the Walnut Grove
cemetery.
Mrs. Leign was a frequent Ce-
lina visitor, being a relative of
Mrs. Sam O’Brien, Mrs. L. L. Lew-
is and sons, Dr. L. Lewis, Lee
Lewis, and F. C. Cline.
Demonstration Agent Is
Named Foods and Nutrition
Specialist at College Station
College Station.—Margaret Jack-
son, Collin county home demon-
stration agent, has been appointed
foods and nutrition specialist of
the Texas Extension Service effec-
tive October 1, according to Mau-
rine Hearn, extension vice-director
and state home demonstration
agent.
Miss Jackson graduated from
Gorman high school in 1941, and
attended John Tarleton Agricul-
tural College from 1941 to 1943.
She received a B.S. degree in vo-
cational home economics from
Texas State College for Women in
1946. Miss Jackson taught in the
Gorman public schools after her
graduation, and became assistant
extension home demonstration
agent for Denton county on Febru-
ary 4, 1946. On March 25, 1947,
•she was appointed county home
demonstration agent in Fannin
county, and was transferred to
Collin county on July 10 of this
year.
In July, 1946, Miss Jackson
spent a month at College Station
attending a refresher course for
county home demonstration agents.
As foods and nutrition special-
ist Miss Jackson will have her
headquarters at College Station.
Typhoid Case
In McKinney
Dr. Glenn Mitchell, McKinney
city health officer, has discounted
i umors that there are six cases of
typhoid fever in McKinney and
that the cases were caused by the
heavy influx of mosquitoes.
There is no basis for these ru-
mors, ’ Dr. Mitchell declared. “It is
true that we do have one case of
typhoid in the city hospital, but
the mosquitoes did not cause it.
The patient, a colored woman, is
fi om out of the city and contrac-
ted typhoid from drinking polluted
well water and creek water where
she had been picking cotton.”
Harry Payne, administrator at
the city hospital at McKinney, said
that another patient had been
brought in with a suspicion of ty-
phoid symptoms but that she does
not have typhoid. Only one other
case in Collin County, which came
from Plano, has been reported to
health officials this summer.
Kissner Birthday Farty
Mrs. Louie Kissner entertained
with a party for her daughter,
Ruth, Thursday, Sept. 16, on her
sixth birthday, at the family home
here.
A birthday cake and ice cream
were served to the guests, games
were played, and candy and bub-
ble gum were given as favors.
Present were Glenda and Peggy
Philips, David Merritt, Nancilu
Silk, Claudia Loftice,, Pat Laney,
Michael Paul Biggerstaff, Henri-
etta and Joan Kissner and the
honoree.
Home Demonstration Club
Met With Mrs. E. E. Stone
The Celina home demonstration
club met Sept. 22 with Mrs. E. E.
Stone. Mrs. Fred Marks was co-
hostess.
The president presided over the
brief business session, and Mrs.
Leon Howard had charge of re-
creation. Fourteen members ans-
wered roll-call with unique dress
combination suggestions.
The club voted to buy equipment
for making leather handicraft art-
icles.
Guests were Mrs. Jim Malone,
Harold Clark and Mike Ramos. The
next meeting will be with Mrs.
Oscar Greenwood.
Plow Stalks Under Early,
Advises County Agent
There is a state-wide move on to
plow under all cotton stalks as
early as possible in 1948, states
Jack McCullough, county agent.
Collin county farmers are asked to
cooperate in the movement.
This is an ideal year to find the
under stalks
be harvested
Carl Lair to Go Overseas
Lt. Commander Carl E. Lair of
Redwood City, Calif., is to leave
October 1 for six months or long-
er overseas duty with the Naval
Air Corps. He is an assistant air
group commander. He has been
called back into service three times
since his discharge at the end of
the war.
Lt. Commander Lair is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lair, north of
Celina.
Mrs. George Gresham and Miss
Mae Stone were McKinney visit-
ors Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Manes and
daughter, Rita Nell, left Monday
for a week’s trip to Pampa and
Hereford, Texas, and Carlsbad,
Hobbs and Clovis, New Mexico.
Mrs. Henry Bumpas and Miss
Cora Welborn of Farmersville
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wright.
Mrs. .Fred Edgar and daughters,
Elsie and Dorothy, and Mrs. J. E.
Rice of Conroe, spent last week-
end here with relatives. Mrs. Ed-
gar had brought her daughter, El-
sie, to Denton to enter TSCW for
the fall term.
R. D. Jones and family and Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Jones left on a va-
cation trip last week-end that will
keep them away a week or two.
They headed for Arkansas and Ok-
lahoma.
The Record is in receipt of a let-
ter from Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hen-
drix, former citizens of the Celina
community, who moved about a
year ago to the Pleasant Mound
community east of Dallas. They
recently moved to a Mesquite rur-
al route and want their Record
changed to their new address, Rt.
3, Mesquite. They say they like
their new home they recently built
on Elam road out of Mesquite.
benefits of turning
early as cotton will
earlier than usual,
There are many benefits to the
farmers if all will cooperate, says
the county agent. Some of these
are that the stalks can be plowed
under early enough to plant le-
gumes. By plowing under the
stalks most of the insects can be
destroyed. In certain sections of
Texas where the plowing under of
cotton stalks has been practiced
for several years, insect damage
has almost been eliminated.
If the stalks are cut green and
plowed under the same day, con-
siderable fertility is added to the
soil. According to Dr. D. W
Thorne, professor in agronomy, an
average acre of cotton has 2400
pounds of stalks and leaves. These
contain about 40 pounds of nitro-
gen, 7 pounds of phosphorus, and
33 pounds of potash. Probably of
even greater value, however, is
that of organic matter in these
residues of the cotton crop to the
soil. The 2400 pounds of organic
matter in the stalks and leaves
are potentially capable of forming
800 pounds of humus as it decom-
poses. Present data indicate that
most Texas soils need at least 50
per cent more humus for their best
fertility. Although cotton stalks
alone will not solve this problem,
they do contribute greatly to its
solution. 1
Turning under cotton stalks
helps to hold the soil together and
prevent it from washing away.
Some farmers have finished
their harvesting and have already
turned the stalks under.
McCullough emphasized that
farmers have everything to gain
and nothing to lose by turning the
stalks under as soon as possible.
Prosper Pure Food Show
Slated for October l and 2
The WSCS at Prosper is spon-
soring a pure food show at the
Prosper Methodist church October
1 and 2. Meals will be served at
noon both days at a price of 50
cents a plate. The show will be
open in the evenings on each day,
when various exhibits will be
shown.
Mrs. McAdams Receives
Celina Garden Club
Mrs. T. J. McAdams was host-
ess last Thursday afternoon for
the reassembly meeting of the Ce-
lina Garden Club, with Mrs. Ho-
mer Merritt arid Mrs. Joe Roberts
as co-hostesses.
Mrs. Alex Glendenning, the new
president, presided, opening with
her outline for the club’s objec-
tives.
Mrs. Volney Phillips read “Col-
lect for Club Women,” by Mary
Stuart. Mrs. Merritt distributed
the year books, outlining the sea-
son’s programs.
Reading of minutes and roll call,
with response, “Mistakes I’ve
Made in My Garden, and How I
Corrected Them.”
Refreshments were served to
20 members and to Mrs. M. W.
Graham, Mrs. Moms Baker and
Miss Bettie Pearsol, a sister of
Dr. M. W. Graham, visiting here.
Legion Auxiliary Elected
Officers Friday Night
The Women’s Auxiliary, Ameri-
can Legion, entertained their hus-
bands Friday night at the Legion
building. A good time was reported
by all and quite a crowd attended.
Officers were elected fob the
coming year, as follows:
Mrs. Joe Snodgrass, reelected
president; Mrs. Ben Brewer, vice-
president; Mrs. Louie Kissner,
second vice-president; Mrs. Ralph
Stelzer, secretary; Mrs. W. H.
Stallcup, reelected chaplain; Mrs.
Herbert Parish, treasurer; Mrs.
Grover Rue, corresponding secre-
tary, and Mrs. Charlie Webster,
sergeant-at-arms.
Alla Seniors Elect
The Senior class of Alla high
school met Thursday, Sept. 16, for
election of officers. The following
were chosen:
Betty Fielder, president; Don
Loftice, vice-president; Ina Stam-
baugh, sgcretapv-ireasurtrv rH.ov,
May^ reporter.
Supt. Miles Murphy was chosen
as sponsor and Mr. and Mrs. John-
nie May were chosen as class fath-
er and mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred West plan to
spend from Friday until Monday
fishing at Lake Chicot, near Ope-
lousas, La.
Mrs. Dottie Mae Blackburn and
children, Butch and Jean, have
moved into their recently com-
pleted home in the east part of
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Morrison an-
nounce the birth of a daughter
Tuesday.
Mrs. Annie Baldridge left Sat-
urday for Great Bend, Kansas,
Record want-ads sell the goods, where she plans to make her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lee Hayes
are the parents of a son, born
Saturday in a McKinney hospital
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. O.
D. Hayes and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Eoff, of Celina.
Mrs. T. J. McAdams was a re-
cent visitor of her daughter, Mrs.
Jimmie Lieberman, in Longview.
Mr. an4 Mrs. DeWitt Hale of
Corpus Christi were here from
Thursday until Saturday of last
week visiting the latter’s mother,
Mrs. C. M. Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Hayden and
daughters, Ethel and Mary, of
Dallas spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. S. G. Mallone. ,
Ores Thomason returned to his
home west of town Saturday from
a McKinney hospital, where he
recently underwent surgery.
Mrs. J. W. Callahan and Mrs.
Don Williams were in Dallas Mon-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Stone Jr. and
Wayne Stone were in Dallas Mon-
day.
Mrs. Fred Maloney of Mem-
phis, Tenn., arrived here Tuesday
to spend a week with her mother,
Mrs. H. A. Lafferty, and Mr. Laf-
ferty.
Mrs. J. L. Cleveland went to
Dallas Monday to visit relatives
for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Phelps have
gone to Hillsboro to visit Mr.
Phelps’ sister, Mrs. Vadie McMul-
len, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Volney Hickman
and son Joe visited A. C. Hickman
in Denton Sunday. Joe is attending
NTSC.
Mrs. C. R. Woods of Cottage
Hill community remains seriously
ill in a Sherman hospital.
Mrs. N. E. Manes has been ill at
her home here for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Groves attend-
ed funeral services for the for-
mer’s cousin, Joe Bob Groves, 7-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. CHf-
ton Groves of Garland, at the Wil-
liams funeras home in that city to-
day at 2 p. m. Interment was in
the Garland cemetery. The child
had been ill for the past week. He
entered a Dallas hospital Wednes-
day morning of this week, the doc-
tors there diagnosing his illness as
polio, and he passed away shortly
after noon the same day.
Mrs. Don Williams and son, Lar-
ry, spent Tuesday and Tuesday
night in Dallas as guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Powers.
Miss Rita Nell Manes spent last
week-end visiting the Sheftall
family at Mineola.
Savings Accounts Invited. In-
sured Up to $5,000 for Each De-
positor. First State Bank. Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor-
ation.—(Adv.) tfe
Sister-in-Law of Celina
Man Passed Away Sunday
Mrs. Mary Josephine Hicks Al-
len, who had been ill about three
weeks, passed away at her home
on route 5, McKinney, at 12:50
a. m. Sunday. She was born April
20, 1868, in Louisiana, but had re-
sided in Collin county many years.
She is survived by her husband,
John C. Allen of McKinney, route
5; and the following children, Mrs.
A. C. Johnson of Kelton, Mrs. Sam
Odil of Culleoka, Mrs. C. E. Dal-
ton of McKinney, A. C. Hicks of
Murphy and C. J. Hicks of Wy-
lie; three step-daughters, Mrs.
Pauline Daugnew and Mrs. Warren
Jeffers of Dallas and Mrs. Viola
Elders of Wylie; 20 grandchildren
and nine great-grandchildren.
Rev. S. D. Lindsey of Royse City
conducted the funeral services at
3 o’clock Monday afternoon at the
Culleoka Baptist Church. Burial
followed in Thompson Cemetery
with grandsons of the deceased
acting as pallbearers.
Mrs. Allen’s husband is a broth-
er of F. A. Allen of Celina.
Mr. and Mrs. Craton Barrett and
daughter, Carol Ann, and Miss
Joyce Thompson of Dallas spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Thompson of the Marilee commu-
nity.
Ritz Theatre
CELINA
Show Opens 7:00 p. m.
Starts 7:15 p. m.
Box Office Closes 9:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
Gene Autry in
Twilight on the
Rio Grande
SAT. NITE PREVIEW
Joe Yule and Renie Riano in
Jiggs and Maggie
In Society
SUNDAY-MONDAY
Errol Flynn and
Ann Sheridan in
Silver River
TUES.-WEDNESDAY
John Hodiak, Sylvia Sidney
and Ann Richards in
Love From a Stranger
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
JIumphrey Bogart, Edward
G. Robinson and Lauren
Bacall in
Key Largo
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