Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. [77], No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1965 Page: 6 of 8
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We Invite You To Come To Poinl
The Rains County Lead., LEADER HONO* ROLL
Pag» SI* Thursday, January 21, 19B5 Emory, Texas The following name, are he new I
- ------anil renewal* to the Leader fim the)
|x| . . month of January. Cards w r<
Farmers fclectnc Pjiint Post Offirp “-
npw your subteription. oiherwun*
f * aw iy°,,r warn# will be dropped from'
the few women postmasters In Uh ,u( #f ,ubK.rlben> ^
A merger of two local electric United States, trace in winter anfl^ , , ^ h ^ lnr.;,t!|
Cooperative, Inc.
Point Post Office
For 'U yearn, bailie Titlon one ol
W* twv rses— ------ ---- . . --- ~ *<£
coupe in September, 1937. produo- suffocated In summer — until Aug jraU& anJ u llW( b11 ,ubwT,.m
ad one uf the newest and strongest'31, 19B3. when she moved tatoU ^ ^ jn adv.lFKY Your
aloctrii coopr in the Southwest and Point's ultra modern Post Offlce^ ^,,, n wi|| ^ >nnr,„(,
wn» iuiim —lie-** i-wvua » uu|>|Wdi. ha u«»« -'-I — " Thank. Mav *•**., ,uw ana
With officer In Orcc-n.hL uuiunmg ana an ot the many muo"their famUjes have ■ prosperous
Manaswi hv foe l.vtle the coni' cm iotiwnien.es it has No one., „ .... ^ ,,, ^
has grown and now furnishes elec- deserves the right to enjoy ttus|and TOn,eDlmem’
trtcity to an eleven count, -rv^ehuildlng more j B Sown. F S. Alexander, If |
urea including Pom. and Rain. Pn---\ A1U# SmUh Mi> Je,s
r 17 Unr U.iwrlti’afn 3>ram Jam':5 Tumcr' " C. Jar.I
t, V. Bdy lldrQWHrC r.-tt, Harvie Bullard. Mis Toni
|Garrett. A. W Eads, M.s E. E,
j C. V. Rav, owner oi the Charles Hurley , Mrs G K Martindale.l
House
Texaco Station
V. Rav Harware. has been a Poinl
businessman for 5J years- His store
has been located in the same build
owned inj, 1UKC he fust opened his doors
lor business. Feb. 13, 1913.
The hardware store features
omplete line of merchandise lor
House Texaco Station
and operated by B W. and J J
House is located on Highway HB at
the edge of Point.
Available here are automotive thr home ^ lMrm
part*, firm, gas and oil There is _
a mechanic on duty and the in-
sertion squtj men* will b» instsllnd
and ready for use shortly.
Ivy's Grocery
and Station
Fieht rrn the corner IWs Gro-
cery end Static" features ~
complete line of gruceriaa. k*, gas-
oline road service and excellent
ooBversatton
Eubank
Funeral Home
i Eubanks A Company Funersl
Home ha* day or night oxygen
joguirptd atnbular-e son-ice
The home uself has recently been
leTTNjueieti aim is uinmh ilia uiin
Carver T Holt. Mrs A D Briggs
Roy Warrick. Clifton Johnson Mrs
Frank Lynch. Dale Wilaor;
Mrs R F. Conger Mrs Ethel
Fitzgerald W. V. Mitchell. Ethel
Sisk, C. C. Fleming. W C Threatt.,
W E Shcppeard, Mrs Sam P. Cain
H L. Ivie, Vernon Cummings. V |
MUU, B W Garrett, Clinton)
Trimble. 2 F. Elkins
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fn February, 1913, C V Hay opened UHARI.ES V.
RAY HARDWARE and has continued to aerve the cus-
tomers of this area these 52 years.
The lady was a bit camera shy but was flnaflp
ed to put a little "go-power” in the Falcon, sal
snap one Mis Arthur lv\ assistant vict pgj|
IVY’s PHILLIPS 66 STATION A GROCERY.
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Asbiil TV and
Appliance
Another of the "new" businesses
In Point, the Asbiil TV & Appliance
Store, no. I, features all small elec
tricsl appliances, atoves. and refri-
gerators. He maintain* an "-le*
Mail for TV repair *nd service
call* on ell types of appu-oco*.
Mr. Clety* Sadler and her
Both.... Mrr. Opal Phillips were
visitors here Tuesday.
First State Bank
EitaUiahed in 1913 as the out
growth of two banks established in
Point around the turn of the cer,
fury Or. Oct. 2. 1961, fnta! a**M*
were gB6b M7 M.
James J Lee is president and
the bank is a member of FDIC,
&11
Asbiil was ill at hia home
Tb «d.v
ooooocoos oGOnooo
Dtl» V-R FOftfiCT TO
RENEW VtllM
RAINS COUNTY IJCADEh
OOOOOOCOOOC - o o
The John Burchetts sre on a trip!
trip through Southern California,
and while there they will visit San)
Diego to visit their son and family
They plan to return In early
February.
Zim F Elkins of Beaumont was)
vieitoi* 1..-I" Tuu i -day
The Rev Mr Hiram Jones was »!
business visitor in Greerville Mon-
day
Im iJr
Brailie Makes Books Come Alive
For Girl Aided ay March of Dimes
EUBANK FUNERAL HOME’* quiet. stately dignity t»
a solact to he bereaved of the community in tlieir hour
of sorro w. Clifton Johnson is manager.
t. 3 • 7
It’* very comforting for (
n certain little girl nf 11 to i
know that four members of 1
h*r family love to read to !
her anytime *he ark.**, day j
or night.
Trouble .N, to Sualc'i way nf j
thinking, no matter how ready
her parents and two sisters
may be to read aloud to her,
they seem to take forever to
get on with tha story. It look
an entire week, fnr instance,
to untangle why d’A/tagnan
and his three musketeers took |
a aim view of Cardinal Kune-
Beu.
Thtre’re always interrup-
tions such as mother's having
to get dinner ready, or her sis I
boy friends phoning in-j
or d.ad'ty !«.iiig l
cnuxntly
go nff tn work
will
xst
10, who by now you
pect doesn't see, is
to retd for herself.
But these frustration*
soon be a thine of the
For .Susie, wbo
will tu*|
learning
Susie is the pretty daughter
of Horace snd Ell* Edward, of
Nashville, Tenn. !
with hyihocepht]
on th* brain, and is paralysed
below tha waist. Surgeons at
the March of Dimes Birth De-
fects Center, Vanderb!' Uni-
versity School of f "cine,
Nashville, were sue .siul in
•aving the child’s intellect, and
today her IQ la above average.
Unfortunately, however, the
pressure of tha accumulating
nuid in the brain caused irre-
versible deterioration of the
l'y, spar-
kling noon became twilight,
and two years ago twilight
faded to total darltncss. That
is the way if will be for the
.•'usbider of Bunk's life.
To save the intellect end to
•vuid mental retardation, and
even aave her life, "shunt"
tubes were inserted into her
skull cm five separate occasions
utaiu on im bhxkad fluid
Then there w*s additional
surgery for still other disor-
tier- A long time was required
T -l •
i S\
POINT STATE PANK’s slogan is "Tbs !
A Dam Si'e, and their bi?gest asset U
Montpn-vrv. who dc-'e* , jt rocking
With him *re Gaye Lee Mergis »«be and.
Sally Tilton, Point Postmaster, for the past 22 years,
has more than earned the r ght to eujuj Ihe comfort
and beauty of the new POINT POST OIKK E.
MR. JIMMY euidsi Susie's Sng,rfip. aver dot, end point, Sifktiaet
child la a pelient el Monk al lihnat Mirth Defects Canter, Vendsikllt
University Hospital, NcnhviMe.
uring the
larch To
>unty peorle downtown,
e, beg apparently also
a very comical fellow whu u
alwajs tailing Jokes *nat no
on* can understand. Th* two
of them sit there quiet: / on th*
sofa, tha lanky Mr. Jim ny with
on* arm around Susie to sup-
port her, and the hooks of
Braille on lua k.tee, as he
guides Susie’s fingertips oyer
the dots and points on tha big
Uij.e to learn Braille i
.hose long stay, at the
of Dimes Center.
You could stretch a point
• hough, and sav that Su.m« is
td-ssed In one way. She was
not bom blind, and at one
trie learned the alphabet a,
do normal rhildren. She could
read a little, too. Th*, has now
mad* menio.iaing Brailia char-
acter, a less tearful occas-on
when Mr. Jimmy comes to
teach Susie every Tuesday and
Thursday. uSS^^M^^^uu^guS
She is blessed In still an-1 laughter which go u» egph
other way, whict explains how j to any on* else In the 1 M I
Mr Jimmy gets Into the «tnrv I on Pennock Avenue No doubt
Susie is very firm and detar-, some private Jok# to bo ral-
mined about learning th* lan- iahed only by those whr can-
guage of the sightless, -nd not see.
"readinr" t ewdfil* i V• ■4ec! 'Sueim piurursna me a Cnrut-
w“ bars alone. All this mat nrosert,” Mr. Jimmy Mys.
relatajtwck to IM Uktng so "it Cook bar four waaks to
,n*ufSo.h*^.<*n>w)r .to.ivuiwrap IT up prettily, but the
•loudJTh* Thrae^Muskataan bad it all ready for mo Chrwt-
- . — *tue- in-t.»« wnoci i csw by tor
pagt.
Than
abruptly the two of
them bunt Into galas of
laughter which go ur explained
ni'y
_ MUS
l tti*~u ti*r atocia*.
Iff. JIbuiuf.
FARMERS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE,
branch rut in a'i • ’rectiong over an elev*B^
vice »m* inrbtC-.g Point, and R*in* County-
V
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record for
Bobby AabfJt'a capui-lc stiff of hh AMHILI. TV dt
arriJAM'k BTOB.K in Pnini. were nh.lv “Undoing
I shop” while he wan out with tbr flu. Ted fbmin*. Ray
^ WoTaiWeti and Trrrv JcJ-, . courtpooslv showed the beeu-
hdu< appliances in the store to tab
New Inspection Station for Tota* will
auun t— ■ — .inis tu i>. VV. \inui ilrbisn -
House, owners and operators of the “
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Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. [77], No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1965, newspaper, January 21, 1965; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth835209/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.