The Celeste Courier (Celeste, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1951 Page: 1 of 4
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COMPTON’S INSTALL
NEW MEAT COUNTER
Bird Congoleum 6, 9, and 12
foot, 90 cents per square yard.
Henslee Hardware.
LAST RITES HELD FOR
R. P. MAYES LAST FRIDAY
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He said that it would be presumptuous for him to tell teachers
how to teach, but that he would be remiss in his responsibility as a
parent and citizen, much less as a school trustee, if he did not show
an interest in what is taught.
"When 1 went to school they taught leadership and not follow'
ship, and stressed effort and not ease, and service and not security,
and giving and not getting."
Fire Destroys Cato
Home At Lane
Mrs. Geo. Hackney, Jr.
Wins First Prize In Baking
Contest At Fair
Mr. Herman Compton is
proud owner of a nice new elec-
tric meat counter in his grocery
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Our public school system is a great organization and is doing a
fine Job, said Mr. Werlein, but he notes two pressing challenges to
American Education in this crisis:
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MRS. HACKNEY’S GOLDEN CHIFFON CAKE WINS STOVE — Mrs. George Hackney, who lives
south of Celeste on Route 2, Greenville, proudly displays a first prize winning ribbon and a Philco
DeLuxe electric stove won in a Robin Hood Flour Philco cake baking contest at the State Fair in
Dalals, October 20th. In the picture, left to right, R. S. Crawford, Greenville Philco dealer, Mrs.
Hackney and H. E. Hines of the International Milling Company.
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Free Gifts for Wilson’s Furni-
ture customers. Three beautiful
Lane Hope Chests to 3 ....lucky
customers: One Lane Mahogany
Console $89.95; One Lane Blonde
Waterfall $59.95; One Lane Wal-
nut Waterfall $49.95. Get your
Free Chance at Wilson’s in Leon-
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Even though we had a
Saturday and Saturday
and it even looked threatening
Sunday morning we had 146 in
Sunday School at the Baptist
Church. We have averaged 148
each Sunday for the entire
month. Several of our classes
have good attendance averages
for the month. The faithfulness
and efforts of each member of
our Sunday School makes
these good reports possible.
We urge all our members to
be present next Sunday and in-
vite all who are not attending
elsewhere to come and be with
us.
—Mack Pierson, S. S. Supt.
W. M. U.
The Baptist W. M. U. met in
its meeting at 2 p. m. Monday at
the Church. Mrs. S. L. McNeely
brought the devotional. Mrs. W.
L. Glasscoe brought the Bible
lesson.
The following officers were
elected: Mrs. Marion Chaney,
Benevolence chairman; Mrs. J.
W. Glasscock, Mission Chairman;
Mrs. W. W. McMichael, Floral
chairman and J. W. Goodman,
Secretary.
The next meeting will be next
Monday at 2 p. m. and the Royal
Service Program will be given.
"This great nation of ours had as its foundation a basic faith
in God and the dignity and independence of individual man......
The Founding Fathers of our nation believed that righteousness
exalted a nation, but THAT righteousness was the righteousness of
individuals and not of an inanimate collectivist state."
Sunday morning services
begin at 11:00 o’clock, immediate-
ly following Sunday School
which begins at 10 o’clock.
The message will be “Using or
Losing” taken from the text,
Hebrews 2:1. It is hoped that
the fire of evangelism which has
begun will continue in our
church. May we become active,
seven days a week, followers of
Christ and the way He spoke
about.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cato and
family of the Lane ocmmunity
lost all of their belongings in a
disastrous fire on Friday of last
week.
The house whcih they occupied
belonging to Ralph Braddy, was
completely demolished by fire,
of undetermined origin, at about
11 o’clock in the morning.
Leonard fire department
wered the call, but were unable
to assist, since the home was
practically burnd when they ar-
rived. The Cato family saved on-
ly the clothing that was being
laundered by Mrs. Cato at the
local washateria at the time of
the fire.
The house was covered by in-
surance but the household goods
were not insured.
REV. LEAR ATTENDING
SCHOOL OF EVANGELISTIC
PREACHING THIS WEEK
Rev. Dick Lear, pastor of the
Celeste Methodist Church, is at-
tending a schol of evangelistic
preaching being held Monday
through Friday of this week.
Brother Lear was one of a
group of pastors from the
Greenville District and pastors
from the Beaumont district of
the Methodist Church, who have
been meeting this week to dis-
cuss methods in visitation and
preaching types of evangelism,
led by successful pastors frc^m
churches in the nation.
Preaching services and evan-
gelistics visitation have been
held this week in churches
throughout the Greenville dis-
trict, led by Rev. William C.
Slack, district superintendent of
the Greenville district. Visiting
pastors from the Beaumont dis-
trict have been assisting in the
various churches.
The aim of the training pro-
gram was, “to discover effective
methods of evangelism for
reaching the unchurched masses
of our day”, said Howard W.
Ellis, executive chairman of the
Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Preaching services and visita-
tion evangelism have been con-
ducted in the Methodist Church
of Celeste under the leadership
of visiting pastor, Reverend
Russel R. Edkins.
Leaves For San Antonio
Mr. Carry (Bookie) Parr, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Z. E. Parr left
Wednesday for San Antonio
where he enlisted in the U. S.
Army. He has had ten years
service in the armed forces pre-
viously. He will serve with the
Medical Corps and will be sta-
tioned in San Antonio at the
present time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McArthur
of San Antonio visited Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Blankenship this
week. .•
I. To create textbooks and develop teaching staffs which will
give our youth an intelligent appreciation of the American system
and a love of country. 2. To inform the public of the incomparable
advantages of the American system and what makes it tick.
We have heard it said that America is at the cross roads—that
it is called upon to decide whether there is to be a limited or unlim-
ited government in this country, democracy or socialism, freedom
or slavery. I fear we have passed the cross roads, but there is still
hope if the schools and churches throughout America will realize the
horrible danger confronting us and the tragic and disastrous results
that will follow unless we stem the treacherous tide that is sweeping
us into collectivism.
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They should be taught that our rights are God-given and not
the gifts of the government, that the government was created by
and for man and not man for the state, that officers of the state
from the president down are not our masters but our servants, and
that failure to recognize the true source of our rights and the checks
and balances established by the Constitution may well lead to the
usurpation of powers by the executive department.
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Mr. - Mrs. G. E. Prather
To Celebrate 50th
Anniversary Sunday
November 3, will be the
wedding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Prather. The occasion
will be celebrated Sunday, Nov-
ember 4, from 3 until 6 at their
home in Leonard.
George E. Prather and Nettie
B. Wilson were married, Nov-
ember 3, 1901 at the home of
her parents north of Leonard.
They have made their home in
and around Leonard all their
married life and are well known
throughout this section. The
Prathers moved from Trenton
to Leonard in 1914. Mr. Prather
has been in the real estate and
insurance business since moving
to Leonard.
The Prathers had five children,
two girls and three boys. Don
and Earl Prather, two of their
sons, now reside in Greenville.
Mrs. Joe Bower, a daughter re-
sides in Wolfe City and Mrs. A.
R. White makes her home in
Lafayette, Louisiana. One son
died in 1929. They have three
grandchildren.
Friends and relatives of the
family are extended an invita-
tion to call on Mr. and Mrs.
Prather, November 4, between
the hours of three and six.
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Excerpts trom an address of Ewing Werlein, Houston, Texas, attorney and school
trustee to a group of 150 school leaders at a meeting of the Houston Associa-
tion of School Administrators recently. A talk remarkable for its clarity, ac-
cording to press accounts, it contains a warning that deserves study by all re-
sponsible Americans. Mr. Werlein's talk squares with the Americanism of those
who incorporated its priniciples in our Constitution. Taken from "Our City"
column of Tuesday, October 30, Houston Chronicle.
"We have heard a great deal about high standards of living in
the United States but very little about our standard of life. Some-
how, we have, in our selfish pursuit of security, ease and power, for_
gotten about service to God and humanity. We are willing to let
the state do our charity for us with tax money, forgetting that the
'gift without the giver is bare and that he who gives himself with his
alms, feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and Me'. And
thus the milk of human kindness is curdled with the acid of enforced
charity, doles and so-called social security."
Celeste P-TA To Hold
Regular Meeting Tuesday
The Celeste Parent-Teacher
Association wil meet for the
first regular meeting of the year
on Tuesday November 6, at 3:00.
The Rev. James L. Sandlin,
pastor o fthe First Christian
Church in Greenville, will be the
speaker for the afternoon. A
special musical program has been
arranged.
Hallowe’en Carnival To Be
Held Here Monday Night
Wednesday night’s carnival
was considerably .better attend-
ed than was expected when
heavy showers continued into
the late afternoon. The crowd
came in true carnival spirit, and
had a good time together.
It was announced at the close
of the Carnival Wednesday
night, that remaining events
would be held Friday night of
this week; but this was changed
due to the closing services, Fri-
day night, of the Revivals at the
Methodist churches in Celeste
and surrounding communities.
Don’t forget the Carnival —
Monday night, November 5!
Funeral services were held
from the Hickroy Creek Baptist
Church on Friday afternooon,
October 26, for R. P. Mayes of
Route 2, Celeste, who passed
away at 1:10 a. m. Thursday,
October 25. Rites were conduct-
ed by Rev. C. M. Hyatt of Com-
merece assisted by Dr. Eugene
Skelton of Leonard and Brother
Norman. Interment was made
in Leonard Cemetery under the
direction of R. W. Owens and
Son funeral home of Wolfe City.
Mayes, a retired farmer had
been ill for 11 months. He was
70 years of age, having been born
September 23, 1881. He was the
son of Rev. R. A. and Matilda
Mayes.
Horn near Trenton, he married
the former Maudie Lee Smalley
and to them were born four
children all of whom survive. He
had made his home in this gene-
ral locality all his life.
Mr. Smaley had ben a member
of the Baptist Church for 57
years.
Survivors include the widow
and two sons, Joe Mayes of Ft.
Worth and Bobby Mayes of the
Hickory Creek community; two
daughters, Ruth Lanell Mayes of
the Hickory Creek community
and Mrs. Carol Boyd of Lockney,
Texas; two brothers, J .L. Mayes
and J. O. Mayes of Amarillo; a
sister Mrs. George Smith of
Grand Prarie, several neices and
nephews and one grandson.
"Let us teach our children that if we are to defeat the ideology
of Communists and Socialists, we must let the world know that we
have a better philosophy of government, and a better economy, for
an idea cannot be settled with bullets—it cannot be settled by
anything but a better one vigilantly and actively taught and promul-
gated. This is your responsibility and ours! This is where educa-
tion and our schools come in!"
Last Rites Held For
W. N. Smith Monday
Last rites were observed
3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon
from the James-Coker-Peters
Chapel for William
Smith, 76, well known
farmer who died Saturday at 7
p. m. at his home in the Hogeye
community.
The Rev. A. W. Cunningham,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Celeste officiated at
the services, and burial
the Kingston cecetery.
A native of the Hogeye com-
munity near Celeste, Mr. Smith
was born on December 27, 1874,
the son of Jasper and Julia
Smith. He spent all his life at
Hogeye, and was a successful
farmer.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. J.
M. Simmons and a nephew,
Moody Smith of Celeste.
Mrs. George Hackney Jr.,
of Route 2, Greenville, has been
.announced as the winner of the
first prize for October 20 in the
Robin Hood Flour-Philco dealer
cake baking contest in connec-
tion with the State Fair of
Texas.
She was presented with a Phil-
co Electric range ,valued at $450,
one of eight given during
Fair to Texas housewives.
The Food Fashions booth
the Foods Building at the Fair
was the location of the modern
kitchen in which baking demon-
strations were made throughout
the Fair under the direction of
Mrs. Inez Gallaway, well known
home economist throughout the
midwestern states.
Cakes were judged on
pearance, flavor, texture
taste.
Mrs. Hackney’s recipe was for
here “Golden Chiffon Cake”.
Mrs. Hackney is well konwn
here and is prominent in home
demonstration club work and in
community affairs. She is a
members of the iKngston Home
Demonstration Club.
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Morrow, Joe T. The Celeste Courier (Celeste, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1951, newspaper, November 2, 1951; Celeste, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1218229/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Leonard Public Library.