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Che Celeste Courier
VOLUME 57
CELESTE, TEXAS,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1955
NUMBER 44
'onia
charge of
a
I
F.
REUNION
this
Rummage Sale
IT’S A GIRL
A
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY.
5 YEARS ABO
THE AMERICAN WAY
Mrs.
N. A. Barnard.
and
the
and
Our
readers
will
recall
County.
ABOARD USS THUBAN
BELLS DROPS FOOTBALL
Mr.
Open House For
Youth Recreation
Center Sunday
Rayburn to Speak
At Paris Rally
George A. Bennett
Injured In
Motorcycle Mishap
Queens Named
East Texas Day
At State Fair
Caution Farmers
On Child Labor
During School Hrs
First Baptist
Church Notes
Mr .and Mrs. Wayland Wright
and sons of White Rock visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Evans and
boys last week.
Pike
but
several
at Solo-
immediate school
trict.
It was voted to
a
pen
W. D. England of Dallas visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. M.
England, the past week end.
occasion
gold
The Homecoming at
Sunday was a happy occasion,
State
spon-
Mr. and Mrs. Carnell Griffitt
attended the Homecoming at Ce-
leste, Sunday.
J.
of
in
If
Pike News
By Mrs. Nell Carter
P
J. Edward Lyday, engineman
first class, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Lyday of Celeste, is
participating in Operation Sunec
aboard the attack cargo ship USS
Thuban.
Sunec is a joint Army, Navy
and Air Force opertaion to re-
supply Army and Air Force bases
in the Arctic area.
Local Gins Totaled Child:
1415 Bales Cotton
bringing together old friends, Bob Manley, and former mayors*.
i of LeOn-
anc£
were
Old Fashioned Reunion Draws
Hundreds of People to Celeste
Celeste, school in 1897.
The present mayor of Celeste^,
tor of Celeste Methodist Church,
for Hoyt R. Elkins,
Faith in the Bible9s Teachings
Essential to Our National Welfare
Mr. and Mrs. Eland Green and
family of Duncan, Okla., visited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. S.
P. Green, the past week end.
The W. S, C. S. of the Method-
ist Church is having a rummage
sale Saturday, September 10th,
next door to the barber shop on
the south side.
E. Dan Tatum left on Friday
of last week for Dallas where he
has secured a position as phar-
macist at Skillern’s on Ross Ave.
Mrs. Tatum will join her husband
soon but at this time is visiting
in the home of her parents,
and Mrs. J. L. Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ewing and
son, Cecil, Jr., of Dallas visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ewing
first part of the week.
CilvitL
MOS.
Two sisters, Mrs. Jurlyne Hyde
Crosby and Mrs. Vivian Hyde
Stransky were recognized as the
two Celeste High School gradu-
ates who made the longest trip
to attend the reunion. They live
in Weslaco.
P. M. Furr, a long time resident
of Celeste, who is past ninety
years of age, was the oldest per-
son attending.
W
F
corts has
4:00 to 6:00 p. m.
Athletic Club.
East Texas Day at the
Fair is an annual occasion
sored by the East Texas Chamber
of Commerce in cooperation with
local chambers of commerce
throughout the East Texas area.
East Texas communities which
have not yet named their repre-
sentatives should get in touch
with the headquarters offices of
the East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce in Longview in order to
make arrangements for naming
a queen.
New and Renewed
Courier Subscribers
Albert Granberry and Mrs.
Mary A. Rawls have renewed
their subscriptions to the Courier,
and Charlie White of Shickasha,
Okla., is a new subscriber.
Mrs. D. C. Killian
James and Dudley
—
Due to lack of interest, food-
ball has been dropped by the
Bells High School. Out of be-
tween 40 and 50 boys enrolled^
only 13 reported for football
practice.
Superintendent F. C. Burnett
of Ladonia called the meeting to
1 order and Sue Bartlett cf La-
donia read the minutes of the
spring meeting.
After the election of Celeste
as chairman school, Mike Comp-
ton presided as temporary chair-
man until the school reopens in
October, at which time officers
for the year will be elected from
the student body to serve the
and the dis-
George Arthur Bennett, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bennett, who
live southeast of Leonard, has
failed to regain consciousness
(since entering Allen Memorial
ham, where he has been a pa-
night. Bennett was seriously in-
jured when he lost control of the
motorcycle he was driving on a
road that is under construction
east of the Celeste schools.
He has been employed for the
past year at Jones & Jackson
Garage in Leonard.
'Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Orme
children of Greenville visited
their sisters, Mrs. D. R. Buchanan
and Miss Bana Orme, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. ITtlh-edge^
and family and Jeanie? Stannite?
and Jerry attended the- Ethredjge?
family reunion at GreenviEfe
Park.
T. I. Roach of Ft. Worth was
here the past week visiting
friends and relatives.
mont;
Judy
Napp,
Tyler;
Shirley Ann Reddell, McKinney;
Mary Ann Lane, Big Sandy; Tex-
anna Latimer, Leonard.
Television and radio appear-
ances plus a personal appearance
in the Cotton Bowl at 8:00 p. m.
for all East Texas queens; will be
high lights of the day. A recep-
tion for all queens and their es-
been arranged from
at the Dallas
Iren Honor
Parents On
50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John Foley,
Route 3, Celeste, Texas, who
were married at Celeste on Aug-
ust 29, 1905, observed their gold-
en wedding anniversary from 3
to 6 p. m. on Sunday afternoon,
August 28, 1955, in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Sprinkle
in Greenville.
Approximately 100 guests call-
ed during the calling hours in-
cluding relatives and friends from
Dallas, Hondo, Fort Worth, Big
Spring and Olton.
Mr. and Mrs. Foley have lived
in Hunt County all of their lives.
Mr. Folel was a prominent farm-
er until he recently retired.
They have five children, Lonnie
Foley of Fort Worth, Mrs. Fran-
cis Richter of Hondo, Loyd Foley,
Horace Foley and Mrs. Chandler
Sprinkle of Greenville.
Decorations for the
included a profusion of
chrysanthemums, placed through-
out the home. The refreshment
table, overlaid in a white linen
cloth, was centered with an an-
rangement of. gold mums topped
with the numeral “50”. The
white tiered cake was decorated
’ with gold roses.
Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Sprin-
kle greeted the guests and pre-
sented Mr. and Mrs. Foley and
their children, and Mrs. Foley’s
sister, Mrs. Ethel Bloodworth.
Presiding at the punch bowl
were Mrs. Elbert Freeman and
Mrs. O. M. Nesbitt and Mrs. Loyd
Moser and Mrs. Arjeree Allred
served the cake. Mrs. Francis
Richter entertained in the gift
room and Misses Nancy and
Claudine Foley, granddaughters
of the honored couple, registered
the guests. Others assisting in
entertaining were Mrs. W.
Daum and Mrs. Loyd Foley.
The children’s gift to Mr. and
Mrs. Foley was a television set.
neighbors and relatives who had (including Joe Gaulden
ard and Albert Granberry
Guy Glasscoe of Celeste,
presented.
Just about every adult in the
auditorium got a chance to be
introduced when members of
classes, starting with 1897, were
called on to stand. Most of the
classes were represented.
Committee members were pre-
sented by Albert Granberry wh®
complimented them for their’
outstanding work.
After a song and the benedie-
tl
and sons,
of Dallas
visited in the home of her sister,
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Brady and
family the past week end.
By noon Wednesday a -total of
1415 bales of cotton had been
i ginned by the Co-op Gin and the
With an expected 60 queens to
be named as representatives ot
East Texas communities during
East Texas Day at the State Fair
of Texas, October 18, plans are
proceeding at the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce offices in
Longview to make East Texas
Day an‘outstanding event in the
history of the Fair, according to
Charles F. Hawn, Athens, presi-
dent of the regional chamber,
who also pointed out that there
would be a meeting of the board
of directors of the East. Texas
Chamber on that day..
Queens already named to
represent East Texas communi-
ties are: Vera Gary, Center; Kay
Pope, Bonham; Iris Ruth Pool,
Jasper; Colleen Phelan, Beau-
Myrtle Priddy, Killeen;
Scott, Kaufman; Sandra
DeKalb; June McClain,
Helen Bailey, Nederland;
Isilfj
The highway from Celeste to
the Fannin County line, just
completed, cost $1-2,556.94.
Farm youngsters under 16 years
of age are expected to be in
school when th e fall term opens
lin September.
Regional Director Willaim
Rogers of the Department-
Labor's Wage Hour Division
Dallas says the child-labor pro-
visions of the Federal Fair Labor
Standards Act generally prohit
the employment of children under
16 years of age in agriculture,
'.during hours when the local
B school is in session.
So children under 116 cannot
-legally be employed for farm
(work, such as cotton puicking.
during local school hours
■^Wjf the far mproducts concerned
go into interstate or foreign com-
merce.
Farmers are responsible under
the Federal law if they hire un-
der-age children to do farm work
during school hours. And the
law applies equally to local resi-
dent chidren and to migratory
children.
He said “school hours” means
those hours when school actually
is currently living.
The law, he said, sets no min-
imum age for employing minors
on farms beore or after school
hours, or during school holidays
or vacations.
■ 'AS®
former superintendents were
present. These included E. V.| tion by Jones Pearce meeting
Shelton of South Texas. Jones;was dismissed.
Pearce of Richardson; Garlandj It was unanimously agreed that
Roach of Greenville and E. H.s the Homecoming was a bigger
Watson of Commerce. | success than had been anticipated.
The oldest former teacher to be The crowd of over 1200 voted
given recognition was Miss Della' to stage the Homecoming every
Turney of Celeste. All present. three years.
and former teachers in attend-1 From hearing Celeste residents
j “Homecoming” during
is that
Rev. Earl Allen, pastor of First
Baptist Church, extends a cordial
invitation to anyone who desires
to attend the church. Rev.
Allen’s subject for the eleven
o’clock service Sunday will be,
“The Christian’s Goal,” and at
the 8:00 p. m. worship service
he will talk on “The Lifted
Christ.”
Sunday School begins at 10 a.
m. and Training Union will meet
at 7:15 p. m.
A woman’s Sterling for Gov-
ernor Club was organized
Visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Monroe Passon last
week end were Mr. and Mrs. Gas-
ton Alexander, Garland; Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Roland Gibbs and
Pattie, Grand Prairie; Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Doyle and Martha,
Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Raford
Nickols, Dallas! and Mr. and
Mrs. O. A. Prickette and family,
Nacogdoches.
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ance also were introduced, as was talking
the oldest graduate, Mrs. Beulah the past week our guess
Barnard of Celeste, who finished they are looking forward to meet-
her education at the Celeste ing old friends again in 1958.
Everyone who is interested in
the welfare of youth in this area
is invited to attend open house
of the Youth Recreation Center
on the second floor of the City
Building in Leonard, Sunday,
September 11th. Calling hours
are from two till four o’clock in
the afternoon.
Residents of Trenton, Celeste,
Blue Ridge, Bailey, Randolph and
other adjacent communities to
Leonard are invited.
Refreshments will be served.
The Youth Recreation Center is
a project of the Leonard Cham-
ber of Commerce, who has an ad
appearing elsewhere in
paper.
Swift Gin in Celeste.
Cotton was bringing 3014
cents per pound and seed sold
I for $45 a ton.
by the chairman school to the'
winning school at a public assem-1
bly to which all conference
schools are invited.
Friendly relations between
schools are to be encouraged by
a proposed conference “sticker”'
or “decal” which links all schools
in a circle; done in letters and
colors of each school.
It is urged that all conference!
schools attend the called meet-
ings throughout the year in or-
der to make the organization
strong by social contact and
business arrangements. There
will be an early October meeting
and one in the spring, both to be
announced later.
Cecilia Ann Mulkey of Celeste,
temporary secretary, prepared
minutes of this September 2 meet-
ing to be included in the cumu-
lative records of the League.
For the first time -in about
year, more Texans are entering
the armed forces than are get-
ting out. ■
This is apparent from reports
to national Selective Service
headquarters from the state
draft headquarters in Austin.
In July, 4,272 Texans entered
the armed forces, 3,'970 being
separated at the same time.
“It is the first time since Aug-
ust 1954 more Texans have got-
ten in the various uniformed
services than have gotten out,”
Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield,
state Selective Service director,
said.
“Each month, from September
1954 through June 1955, the num-
ber being separated exceeded the
number being taken in,” he add-
ed.
Of the 4,272 Texans going into
the armed forces in July, 556
were drafted, the others going in
by enlistment or other voluntary
means.
The state’s 137 draft boards
sent 1,453 men for physical-men-
tal examinations by the army in
July. Of this number, 814 were
declared acceptable by the army.
During July, the local draft
boards registered 4,918 males,
most of whom were youths reach-
ing their 18th birthday. The
federal draft law requires all
males to register when they are
18 or five days thereafter.
continue the
payment of three dollars ($3.00)
dues from each school to pur-
chase the trophy. This trophy
will be awarded to the school
earning it because of sportsman-
like conduct on the foootball field,
I
/ Wf
The foundations of our
society and of our govern-
ment rest so much on
the teachings of the
Bible, that it would be
difficult to support them,
if faith in these teachings
should cease to be prac-
tically universal in our
countryf
Speaker Sam Rayburn will be
principal speaker in Paris Nov.
10 at a Democratic Party fund
raising dinner.
Congressman Wright Patman
of Texarkana will present Ray-
burn in what the sponsors hope
will be a North Texas-wide af-
fair.
County Attorney Leighton Cor-
nett has been named Democratic poetical effusion from the
fund raising chairman for Lamar of Mr w. E> Lewis, local mer-
chant at Celeste, entitled “Eleven
Cent Cotton and Forty Cent
Meat,” which was prompted by
the low price of cotton and high
prices the consumer had to pay
for his needs.
daughter was born Wed-
nesday, September 7, at 2:30 a.
m. at M & S Hospital in Bonham
to Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Golden of
Celeste. She weighed 7 pounds
and 2 ounces and was named
Melissa Jean.
' I
Mrs. Jennie Walace was hon-
ored at her home Sunday with a
picnic dinner ,the occasion being
i her 79th birthday. Fifty-seven
relatives attending were: Mr. anS
Mrs. George Webb, Mr. and Mrs-
Wallice Webb and son Jackie anoE
Rev. and Mrs. L. L. Smith, all of
Blue Ridge; Mr. and Mrs. W. BL
Kirby, Mrs. Vick Sartin, Mrs,.
Hartwell Smith and children,,
Melvin, Garland, Derrell, Donna
and Herman, Mr. and Mrs. Artis:
McCullough and Beverly, all of
Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Virgie Levr
and Gayle of Garland; Mr. andE
Mrs. Jim Sartin of Bonham; Mr-
and Mrs. Gene Sartin and son*,
Johnie Kuykendall, Mrs. Leia:
Johnson, of McKinney; Mrs.
Vernie Chapman and Mozelle, of
Princeton; Mrs. Demp Clinton
and son and Oral Smith andl
daughter Doraline, of Celeste;,-
Jackie Smith, Tom Smfthr Mrs:.
Evelyn Grey, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Thorp and children, Jimmie and
Leia, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gray*
all of Fort Worth; J. W. Kuyken-
dall, Frank Kuykendall, Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Morris of Duttom Aik. •-
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gordan and
children, Caroyln, Johnie, Bev-
erly and Mickey, Mrs. Dois Cline,
and son of Denison.
Fred Addison and daughter
Mary of Midland visited his;
mother, Mrs. Luda Addison, dur-
ing toe week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Nation and
son of Grand Saline spent the?
week end with her parent's, Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Edwards.
Mr .and Mrs. Argus Huell of
Dallas spent the week end witfe
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pryor
and family of Dallas spent Sun-
day with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. O. Pryor.
Jimmy Walker, who has spent;
the summer with his grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Minit Walker.,
has returned to his home in Dal-
las.
Joe Lawson has returned to hfe
home in Dallas after spending:
two weeks with his grandfather^
Oscar Carter.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cambron
visited Mrs. J. C. Holcomb iia-
Greenville, Sunday.
Taken from the files of the Courier
AUGUST 21, 1930
E. F. Adams of Ada,
ini Okla., spent last week in the
Celeste August 15, with Mrs. H. I home of her niece, Mr. and Mrs.
E. Jones, president; Mrs. C. E.
Patterson, vice-president;
Mrs. E. T. Fry, secretary.
not seen each other over a period
of years.
The all day celebration started
with church in the morning and
ended with a program in the
gymnasium. H. L. Shields, gen-
eral chairman for the Home-
coming, presided over the after-
noon session, offering the invo-
cation and bringing a brief wel-
coming address.
Recognized at this meeting
were the present superintendent
of schools, Clyde W. Heflin, and
superintendents
These i
! Celeste school was elected
i chairman school of the Good
Sportsmanship League for the
1955-56 school year for District
ll-B, which includes Celeste,
Leonard, Roxton, Anna, Bells,
Ladonia and Trenton, at a recent
meeting in Ladonia.
This organization is in its third
year. Previous guiding schools
were Leonard and Ladonia re-
Last Rites For
Hoyt R. Elkins
At Celeste Sunday
Graveside services were con-. T"V •" i 1 1 D P J C i. 1’
ducted by Rev. Albert Click, pas-- District i i-d Good Sportsmanship
suddenly last May“i League Meeting Held At Ladi
mens, Md. Mr. Elkins lived in
the Pike community
years but had lived
mons for the past six years His
parents were the late William A.
and Elizabeth (Lee) Elkins.
Pallbearers were Ralph Evans,
A. W. Hudson, J. O. McGuire,
Jacque Bickham, Houston Furr
and George McGee.
Gray-Sorrells Funeral Home of
Greenville had charge of ar- spectivel
rangements.
Mr. Elkins is survived by
three brothers, Arthur Elkins of
Washington; Malvin Elkins of
Fort Worth; Dial Elkins of Wash-
ington, D. C.; two sisters, Mrs. D.
T. McKinney of Denton, and Mrs.
E. H. Walker of Los Angeles,
Calif.
on the part of the fans, by the
cheering squads and by friendly
exchange of representatives at
pep rallies and on any chosen
occasion. Designated representa-
tives from each school vote on the'
three top winners.
The trophy is to be awarded,
school to the
4^72 Enter
Armed Forces;
13,970 Separated
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