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DALLAS C Q U N T. TS O L DES T NEWSPAPER
IN ITS 67th YEAR—NO. 17
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1950
PRICE—TEN CENTS
Skeeters Heavy Favorites In
Tonight's Tilt With Carrollton
Circling Around
with
CORINNE NEAL COOK
"v^WVWWWS
This fine October weather is per-
fect for fishing, W. F Nicholson
says. He and. the Rev. C. E. Johnson
pastor of the Market Road Baptist
Church, caught 114 crappie, weigh-
ing up to 1% lbs., on a camping trip
to Possum Kingdom two weeks ago.
They’re planning another trip thii
week. Nicholson said they take their
food and do their own cooking, mov-
ing camp whenever it suits.
Mrs. Corinne Neal Cook,
Editor The Texas Mesquiter
Dear Mrs. Cook:
We, the members of the Mesquite
Quarterback Club, wish to extend
our whole hearted thanks to you for
your public spirited support of our
organization.
We feel that the Quarterback
Club is one of the most progressive
steps taken in Mesquite in recent
times. It is an organization designed
to foster a program promoting a bet-
ter community spirit and a better
school spirit by helping to create an
athletic program that will interest
and train the large majority of our
boys and girls who have not and are
not participating actively in any of
the school activities, especially ath-
letics, and are therefore failing to
learn many of the essentials of good
citizenship.
It is good citizenship that makes
our schools and our communities
progressive and we wish to take this
opportunity to express our thanks to
a good citizen.
(Signed) E. H. Hanby
Chief Quarterback
Quarterback Club
Mr. Linz of Dallas To
Speak to Womans Club
Joseph Linz of Linz Bros., Dallas,
will address members and guests of
the Mesquite Woman’s Club on Third
Finger Left Hand, Wednesday after-
noon.
The Club will meet at the home
of Mrs. W. L. Wilkinson. Mrs. Sam
Ezell will assist in entertaining.
Mrs. N. E. Shands will introduce
the speaker.
The Junior Woman’s Club will be
named as honorees, among the large
number of guests.
Mrs. Rugel Surprised
On 83rd Birthday
Mrs. J. C. Rugel was 83 years old
Tuesday, October 24.
A resident of Mesquite since 1920,
when she came here as Mrs. Allie
Brown to teach school, she has play-
ed her part in the life of the com-
munity these 3 0 years. She served
on the Mesquite school board sever-
al years, and taught a class at the
Presbyterian Church for a quarter of
a century.
She was married to the late J. C.
Rugel about June 1925.
Members of the Afternoon Circle
of the Presbjderian Church, of which
Mrs. Rugel is a member, surprised
her at a little party Tuesday after-
noon following the meeting. Mrs. D.
L. Mills made the birthday cake,
which centered the decorative
scheme arranged by Mrs. Mills and
Mrs. Novella Gross, daughter of the
honoree.
The guests were Mesdames H. N.
Dickey, C. C. Chapman, Hattie Chap-
man, H. H. Hanby, C. A. Tosch, E.
B. Range, Mills, S. H. Whitehurst,
Sidney White, H. H. Jobson, F. A.
Crumpley, O. C. Hanby, W. H. Dean,
Gross, C. G. Workman and R. W.
Jeffray; Miss Florence Black, S. H.
■Whitehurst and the Rev. C. G. Work-
man and Charles Edward Workman.
Those unable to attend, who sent
greetings, were Mrs. Ethel Cole,
Mmes. Earle Ellis, D. T. Redden,
Wiley Morris, J. C. Wright, E. A.
Grubb, E. H. Hanby, Inez Royal,
Walter Hanby, E. S. Keofe, Bob
Jones, Ruth Hanby, J. G. Varner,
Miss Mamie Keefe and Miss Lillie
Chapman.
The Mesquite Skeeters will be
heavy favorites tonight as they take
the field against Coach Sky Green’s
Carrollton Lions.
Game time will be 8 o’clock on the
Carrollton gridiron.
Last year the Skeeters won a
decisive victory over the Lions, by a
score of 38-0.
Boosting an A squad of 18 men,
the Lions are mostly inexperienced
and very light. Of the eleven starters,
five saw some action last year. Three
are linemen, Jack Key at left tackle;
Jimmy Hill at left guard; and Lynn
Lawther at right end. The other two
are backfield men, James Smart at
quarterback and Jack Perry at right
half.
The Carrollton line will average
around 165 pounds while the light
backfield will hardly tip the scales
at an average of 145 pounds.
The blub and white Lions have
shown very little promise thus far
in the season. They have won two
non-conference tilts, one with a Com
merce “B” team and the other
against Richardson of District 18B.
They tied Grapevine and have lost
their three conference starts, losing
to Garland, Pleasant Grove and Ar-
lington.
Carrollton is currently holding
down the cellar position with Hill-
crest and it is now certain that the
question of who will take over the
cellar position will be decided when
these two teams meet. Hillcrest held
down the cellar last year with Car-
rollton one game away and the
Skeeters getting a good whiff of the
stale air by winning only two games
in the conference.
Coaches for the Carrollton Lions
are Sky Green, head; and Bill Sut-
ton, assistant.
Team captains are James Smart,
Q.B.; and Jack Perry, R. H.
As for the Skeeters, they should be
in fairly good shape tonight. Coach
Bob Porter says their attitude and
spirit is a lot better right now than
it was at the time of the Hillcrest
game. No one can deny the boys
played hard against the Hillcrest
Panthers but something went hay-
wire with the old team spirit and the
attitude a.nd interest of the boys were
not up to par.
Porter said that Robinson, who
normally holds down the left wing,
will probably not see action tonight.
Robinson sustained a bad ankle in
the tilt with Terrell and has seen
only limited action in the Arlington
game. Jim Marchman will get the
nod for starting at left end. March-
man has certainly done a good job
this year, having played just about
any position that needed to be
be filled. In the Arlington game they
even made a backfield man out of
him.
Joe Marchman, who has been on
the sick list and did not suit up for
the Hillcrest game, is back in prac-
tice and is expected to see limited
action in tonight’s go. The loss of
Marchman’s 19 Q lbs. at the right
tackle spot has certainly been felt.
James Paschall, along with DeAr-
ment has held down Joe’s position.
Paschall has been in most of the
time on defense, while at other times
DeArment shifts from center to right
tackle and Shires comes in to take
over the center post.
Mathis-Moore Rites
Saturday, November 11
Q. B. Club Holds
Organizational Meeting
Times Herald
DOLORES MATHIS
Miss Dolores Mathis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mathis will be-
come the bride of Ray Moore, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore, of
Mesquite, Nov. 11 at eight o’clock at
the First Methodist Church in Mes-
quite. The Reverend Fred P. Broyles
and the Rev. W. H. Shropshire are to
officiate.
Mrs. Pat McFarlin will serve as
matron of honor. Mr. Moore will at-
.tend his son as best man.
Miss Betty Ganze and Miss Mary
Hill are to be bridesmaids. Janice
Wright and Linda - Johnson have
been chosen as flower girls.
Lynn Lewis and L. A. Wilkerson
will serve as ushers. Jackie Mafhis
and Wayne Bradley will light the
candies.
Miss Mathis and Mr. Moore are
graduates of Mesquite High School.
Former Mesquite
Man Retires, To
Cruise To Islands
Continued on Page 6
Fi*om The Times Herald
Retired Postal Clerk Grover B.
Stewart Saturday was planning a
Caribbean cruise after completing 39
years as a clerk with the Dallas postL
office.
A former Times Herald carrier in
Mesquite in 19 05, Mr. Stewart began
his Dallas postal career as a clerk
in 1911.
The Dallas man delivered copies
of The Times Herald on foot to cus-
tomers, and later substituted as a
postal carrier in the Mesquite area
before coming to Dallas.
Mr. Stewart was the third oldest
clerk in point of service in the Dallas
postal system.
“I’ve dreamed of retirement for
many years,” the 61-year-old worker
said. “This is a dream come true.”
He plans to visit Bermuda and
other Carribbean area islands during
the winter. A Tucson, Ariz., ranch,
owned by his uncle will also have the
welcome mat out for the Dallas man.
The postal worker is well known
to thousands of Dallasites, He was
employed at six Dallas stations dur-
ing his 39-year tenure.
These stations included Station A
in Oak Cliff, Fair Park station, the
old Peak St. station, old Jackson St.
station, the Terminal Annex and the
general post office. Mr. Stewart lives
in Dallas at the Lowington Hotel.
Grover Stewart is the son of the
Continued on Page 6
The Quarterback Club elected of-
ficers Monday night. E. H. Hanby
was named Chief Quarterback; Dan
Royal, first assistant; Neal C. Gag-
liardo, second assistant; William
Rathmell, secretary; Charles Phelps,
treasurer; Jack Carr, reporter.
The officers selected directors
Wednesday night. The list, to be ap-
proved at the next club meeting,
includes Walter ' Robinson, L. D.
Watson, R. L. Hanby, Billy Weeks,
Winston Robinson, W. H. Roome.
The Chief Quarterback is to be a
member ex-officio of the board.
The club made arrangements to
film the Garland-Mesquite game, No-
vember 3 through the assistance of
Mr. Roome.
A home-coming celebration, to
become an annual affair, was sched-
uled for Nov. 17, when Mesquite
plays Pleasant Grove.
The club voted to feed the team
at Miller’s Cafe after each game. In
returning to Mesquite before eating,
it was pointed out by Coach Porter
that the players would have an op-
portunity to relax and rest after the
game before eating.
The Quarterback Club, organized
October 11, has far over 15 0 mem-
bers, with names continuing to come
in. It was planned to publish another
list of members this week but we
will wait until a more complete list
is in next week.
Supt. McDonald discussed the
value of sports as a whole, while
Coach Bob Porter emphasized the
importance of athletics in stamping
out crime and juvenile delinquency.
McDonald urged support of all
types of athletic programs by the
students and citizens. He mentioned
the lack of discipline problems
among students who engage in
sports and athletic competition. The
parents and teachers find the stu-
dents adjust themselves better to
daily living where they participate
in some form of physical endeavor.
McDonald pointed out the im-
provement in scholastic grades
among athletes.
Coach Porter said Mesquite has a
well balanced sports program out-
lined for the coming years. But it
must have the public’s support to
succeed—this means moral support,
not necessarily financial.
Speaking of crime, it costs less to
finance a sports program for 10
years than to pay for one crime com-
mitted by one student in one year.
Football is not the “knock-down,
drag-out game” as many people still
think. It is a scientific performance
of skill and brains, the coach said.
The only major injury to a local
player this season was a sprained
ankle, caused by tripping and falling,
and not by contact during a ball
game.
Good sportsmanship makes good
citizens; good physical training
makes sound bodies, he concluded.
The exciting SMU - Notre Dame
game, 19 49 thriller of the year, will
be shown at the November 2 meet-
ing of the Quatre-back Club. The
film will be shown by a member of
Matty Bell’s coaching staff of SMU.
Meeting time will be 7:30 in the high
school gymnasium.
Lions Club And C Of C Join County
Mayors in Endorsement Of Tax Plan
Chairman Jimmie Temple of the
Dallas County Committee For Low
Taxes announced this week that
pledges of support for renewal of the
present county tax allocation pro-
gram were being received from many
sources.
The committee was recently or-
ganized to secure voter approval for
continuance of the County tax allo-
cation program at the general elec-
tion Nov. 7. Under provisions of the
state constitution the county must
submit its program for renewal every
six years.
If the voters fail to renew the
Council Votes
Raise For Secretary;
Johnny Canada and a friend, Paul
Martin, of San Francisco, California
and Mrs. Vivian Whitmore of Los
Angeles, were guests of Canada’s and
Mrs. Whitemore’s uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Londenberg. Mrs.
Clara Bower assisted them in enter-
taining. The men drove through from
the West Coast, but Mrs. Whitmore
came by plane.
Lion's Annual Hallowe'en Party
For Polio To Start Saturday Night
Mesquite’s spooks, goblins, witches
and black cats will have an op-
portunity again this year to howl and
prowl to their hearts content at a
Hallowe’en carnival sponsored by the
local Lions Club. Ary Turner is
chairman of arrangements for the
affair which is scheduled for October
2Sth, 3 0th and 31st to be held on
the Fair Grounds.
Proceeds from the carnival will be
given to the polio benefit fund, half
to be sent to the National Founda-
tional, an dthe other to the general
fund which is used locally.
Supporting the polio project is
synonymous with Lionism. In the
of the community; supplied the
school with an audio-visual machine;
sponsored a cub scout organization
and aided in various other worth-
while projects.
Carnival “fun concessions” this
year will include bingo, glass pitch,
cigarette pitch, knife stand, ring
toss, dart games, milk bottle toss
and cigarette shoot. Refreshments
will be sold. Regardless of weather
conditions, the carnival will be held
Concessions will be set up inside the
exhibit hall.
Prizes for the best boy and girl
costumes will be awarded. Judging
will start promptly at 10 o’clocx
past, the club has purchased eye | Tuesday night. Humorous, tacky or
glasses for unfortunate youngsters spooky costumes will have an equal
opportunity to win. All are urged to
participate.
It is the concensus of opinion that
in the past the carnival had aided
considerably in controlling vandal
ism, said members of the club. In
addition to havipg a wonderful time
along with the whole family, the
youngster has an opportunity to co-
operate with the Lions in a fight
against polio.
Join your friends at the annual
Hallowe’en party! Preparations are
underway to make this the biggest
and most hilarious ' carnival ever
held in Mesquite. You will be glad
you came!
The City Council of Mesquite ad-
vanced the salary of the City Secre-
tary $50. per month at a meeting
Tuesday night.
The salary of City Secretary Beas-
ley (Mrs. Cecil Beasley) was raised
from a $150 to $200 a month.
A motion by R. C. Dean that the
salary of O. C. McDearman, water
superintendent, be raised $25. a
month, seconded by Cheney Miller,
was defeated. Clayton Anderson and
Jean F. (Biz) McCullough voted
against the motion to raise the sal-
ary. Dean and Cheney Miller voted
for the motion. Mayor John S. Law-
rence voted “no” to break the tie,
and the motion was defeated.
The vacancy on the council caused
by the resignation September 5 of
Joe M. Tosch has not been filled,
thus the mayor has the deciding vote
in case of a tie.
Tosch resigned from the Council
when he became postmaster.
Following the discussion to raise
the city secretary’s salary on a mo-
tion by Dean, seconded by Miller, the
motion carried when Mayor Law-
rence voted yes to break the tie.
McCullough and Anderson voted
against the raise.
At a previous meeting of the Coun-
cil a motion by Miller, seconded by
Anderson, passed with the Mayor
voting with Miller and Ander-,
son to allow the City Marshal $25. a
month for automobile expense, in ad-
dition to his salary of $200. a month.
City Marshal R. E. Davis was em-
employed September 7 at a salary
of $200. a month, with him furnish-
ing his own car and taking care of
the car expenses. Lawrence said
“Davis is making a good officer.”
Other business disposed of by the
Council at the October 17 meeting
included:
Authorized payment of bill of $2,-
942.31 to Charlie Moore, contractor
who laid water pipe in Wildwood
Addition;
Nightwatchman (R. S. Densmore)
hours changed to duty from 9 p.m.
to 5 a.m.;
Authorized placing of four street
lights in Wildwood Addition.
Motion by McCullough, seconded
by Anderson, that Miss Billie Cald-
well and Mrs. Ross Williams be noti-
fied that the council by a tie vote
with the mayor voting to break, the
tie, had voted a raise of salary ol
$50. to $200. per month for the
present city secretary. (When it was
understood that Mrs. Beasley would
resign as secretary, Miss Billie Cald-
well and Mrs. Ross 'Williams placed
their applications for the position.)
Council Anderson said the two ap-
plications were on the basis of $150.
a month salary.
Motion made by “McCullough, sec-
S onded by Miller and carried that O.
j C. McDearman be re-imbursed $71
i which he expended from his person-
al funds to the highway contractor
in order to get some necessary addi-
tional concrete work done, it not be-
ing practical to call a council meet-
ing at the time to consider such
work,” which had been approved by
Council.
Mrs. Beasley was employed by th<;
city in January 1948 at $150. a
month. She said she had asked for a
raise some time back, but not recent-
ly, Last week she asked for a re-
lease expecting to work only at the
Texan Theatre in the evening, she
said, but when the raise was offered,
she reconsidered.
The minutes of the October 17th
meeting will be read for approval by
the Council at the next meeting,
which is tentatively set for Novem-
ber 7.
county tax allocation plan, taxes will
again be levied under the old consti-
tutional rate, Mr. Temple stated.
This- would Yesult in surpluses in
some funds and deficits in others.
Various state funds would re-
ceive large sums while the Dallas
County government would be faced
with a serious financial problem. In
the next six year period it is esti-
mated that Dallas County taxpayers
would pay at least $11,000,000 in
additional state taxes if the old con-
stitutional rate is reimposed.”
Working with the committee to se-
cure voter support for renewal of the
tax allocation program are the Dallas
Chamber of Commerce, the Dallas
Citizens Council, the League of Wo-
men Voters, the Greater Dallas
Planning Council and other organi-
zations, Mr. Temple said.
Serving on the committee are Dal-
las Mayor W’allace Savage, the map-
ors of 14 incorporated towns in Dal-
las County and business and civic
leders. John S. Lawrence will re-
present Mesquite.
The Mesquite Chamber of Com-
merce, joined by the Mesquite Lions
Club, being well aware of the vital
importance of a healthy and flexible
County financial structure, hereby
pass a resolution wholeheatedly en-
dorsing the passage of the Dallas
County tax reallocation proposal dur-
ing the November 7th general elec-
tion.
We hereby urge all voters to give
the Dallas County Commissioners
Court permission to continue for the
next six years the present method of
allocating revenue from the County
tax rate.
Should the voters fail to approve
tax allocation the county government
would be faced by serious financial
embarrassment. Taxpayers, if the
measure fails to pass, would be faced
with substantially higher County and
State taxes.
Vote for the tax reallocation on
November 7th, and let your county
government continue its present high
quality financial and service opera-
tions.
We hereby certify the above to be
a true and correct copy of a resolu-
tion unanimously adopted at a joint
meeting of the Mesquite Chamber of
Commerce and the Mesquite Lions
held on Oct. 24th 1950.
N. E. -SHANDS, President,
Mesquite Chamber of
Commerce
LEE D. WATSON, President,
Mesquite Lions Club
Methodist Meeting To
Close Sunday Night
The series of meetings now in pro-
gress at First Methodist Church will
come to a close on Sunday evening
at 7.3 0 o’clock.
The Rev. Timothy W. Guthrie, pas-
tor of St. John’s Methodist Church
in Dallas is the guest preacher. Mr.
Guthrie is a minister of wide exper-
ience and unusual ability. Those who
have had the privilege of hearing
him shall be grateful that he has
been in Mesquite.
W. Stanley Jones and Mrs. Kil-
patrick have led the singing, with
Mrs. S. H. Shipley and Mrs. J. J.
McGlothlin as organists. Others
bringing special song numbers have
been Miss Dolores Mathis and Mrs.
Ray Morrison.
Other guest speakers have been
Rev. Charles Workman and Rev. W.
H. -Shropshire. Fred P. Broyles, the
minister of the local church, will
preach on Sunday morning.
Barbecue And Pantry
Shower For Couple
A Barbecue Party and Pantry
show for Miss Dolores Mathis and
her fiance, Ray Moore, will be given
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Ray Morrison, aunt of the
bride to be, will entertain eight
couples on the lawn at her home,
7711 Mary Dan Drive, Dallas.
Red checked table clothes and
hurricane lamps will be used for
decorations.
The Pantry presents will be ar-
ranged in a bushel basket and pre-
sented to the honorees.
The hostesses will be assisted by
Miss Mary Hill, who will be a bride’s
maid in the wedding.
The guests will wear blue jeans
and aprons.
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