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VOL. 83, NO. 4
McKINNEY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1968
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Horn And Teagarden Named
Chamber Commerce Directors
Richard (Dickie) Horn, part
owner of the Harris-Horn Fun-
eral Home, and Jim Teegarden,
general manager of the Fisher
Governor Co., have been named
to the Board of Directors of the
McKinney Chamber of Com-
merce.
Both are active in a number of
civic organizations and projects.
Horn has served as chairman of
the American Red Cross in Col-
lin County and as chairman of
the finance committee of the
Camp Fire Girls. He is a member
of the First Christian Church in
among our friends
BY ELIZABETH AND WOFFORD THOMPSON
When the Olympic Games open
the 19th season in Mexico City
Saturday, McKinney friends of
“Choc” Sportsman will be watch-
ing T. V. with special interest.
Choc coached the National Greek
Track and Field program in
Greece and is already in Mexico
City — as is his wife Jennie. Choc
will be one of the first officials
out on the field Saturday since it
was Greece who started the
Olympics. Choc was reared in
McKinney and is a brother of
Edna Garland. Edna and Gilbert
Garland’s son, Kenneth spent sev-
eral weeks with his uncle in
Greece this summer.
From all reports the W.G.A.
Husband’s Party at McKinney
Country Club Saturday night was
a huge success. Anna Ford com-
pleted a successful year as W.G.
A. president and was happy to
be succeeded by Lou Jouette.
Anna and James Ford celebrated
their wedding anniversary Sun-
day evening with dinner in Dal-
las.
Nancy and Hie Eubanks, whose
anniversary fell on WGA party
night, had plenty of friends to
help them celebrate. Dorajean and
Dick Carr of Texarkana also have
an October 5 anniversary.
T. J. Thompson of Chambers-
ville sends The Examiner as a
birthday gift to his son, Clint
Thompson of Garland. Clint is
named for the late Editor Clint
Thompson tho’ there is no rela-
tion.
Marion and Ben West and Kar-
en flew to Denver for a week-
end visit with Airman Benny
West, his wife Dana and their
two months old son, “Trey”. Ben-
nie is stationed in Supplies at
Lowry AFB. There is a possibility
that he’ll be transferred to the
Philippines after October 22, and
his family plan to join him there.
Little Miss Beverly Barrington
of Austin made her McKinney
debut last weekend, accompanied
by her parents, Gayle and Wayne
Barrington and her big sisters.
She got a big welcome from
grandparents, Merrett and Clyde
Horn and Uncle Denny.
In last weeks column we had
James West a freshman at Ohio
U. It is his first year there, but
he’s doing graduate work.
Dean Maxson on her “day off”
Monday came out to Collin Me-
morial and gave me a minipoo,
hair trim and manicure so I feel
like a dressed-up patient. We
really appreciate that, too.
Mr. McDearmon is doing his
best to get me accustomed to
crutches — just hope he won’t
give up on me until I can get
around on them. My leg cast sim-
ply gets in my way. It is his son,
Roy Don McDearmon, who is a
senior at Baylor U, and defensive
end for the Bears. He was All-
District in football and basket-
ball at MHS.
One of the nurses out here,
Mildred Bradford Simerly is from
my hometown of Ennis. She was
with Dallas Medical and Surgi-
cal Clinic for 16 years until she
came to C. M. a year ago.
Ruth Long and Dimple Moung-
er enjoyed a recent vacation in
Hawaii. They had dinner one
evening with Lt. and Mrs. E. E.
Melandor (she’s the former Patti
Perkins).
Annie Lee and Ward Worthy
recently returned from Washing-
ton, D. C. and a visit with their
son, Major Ward Worthy, Jr., his
wife Hildegard and their sons.
Grandson Norman Worthy, who
had spent part of the summer
here, returned with them to his
Washington home.
Nancy and Hie Eubanks left yes-
terday for a three weeks trip to
the east coast. They plan to visit
a few days with his brother, Leon
(Les) Eubanks and his wife, Ann,
in Norfolk, Va. Leon is a retired
I Captain in the Navy and is now
an executive in civilian life.
Eva and Leighton Joplin and
Dorys and Vernon Walker had
an interesting week recently in
which he is an elder and has
served as president of the board.
He is a past president of the
Kiwanis Club.
Teegarden is one of the young-
est top executives in the coun-
try. He is active in the work of
St. Michael’s Roman Catholic
Church where he is a young peo-
ple’s teacher and on the Parish
Advisory Board. He is secretary
of the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce and a member of the Traf-
fic Commission and the Board of
Housing Authority. !
Eureka Springs and other parts
of the Ozarks. The Joplins spent
another weeks vacation in Aus-
tin and LBJ country.
Clara Mae Perkins and Jean-
ie Thompson enjoyed the Press
banquet at the Baker Hotel Fri-
day evening, hosted by TP&L.
They were joined after the MHS-
Paris game by Wofford, Jr., Doug
and Pam for the rest of the week-
end activities. These included see-
ing “Man of La Mancha” and a
luncheon Saturday at the Lone
Star Gas Co.
You should see the wheel-chair
brigade in Wing B when we as-
semble in front of the nurses
station. We have lots of notes to
compare — there’s Mrs. Charley
Hall, Mrs. Sid Williams, Mrs.
Perry, Mrs. Long from Allen,
Miss Ada Brown and me. Miss
Ada gave me a pretty yellow
bookmark she had made.
Edna Elizabeth and Ted Thed-
ford flew from Hollywood, Calif. m F 9 1
to Lexington, Va. last week for K r r o t a rn *
hm. nde VXANuaThTELM lotion harvest Delayed by
Mary Monroe (Nancy Carr’s w
mother) of Dallas also attended
V.M.I. ceremonies. On Sunday
evening I had the pleasure of
talking to her in Chatham, Va.
She was a guest there of Frances
and Henry Hurt (Frances is the
former Frances Hallam of Dal-
las). Mary Dea and Homer Mc-
Elroy were dinner guests in the
Hurt home — and it was such
fun to talk to all five of these
good friends.
Homecoming Set For Anna
Ex-Students Association
The Anna Ex-student Associa-
tion announced its program for
this year’s Homecoming, October
12, 1968. Bill Powell, president,
asked that all ex-students help
contact their classmates and at-
tend this year’s homecoming.
Registration begins at 1:30 P.
M. in the high school lobby,
followed by a school tour. From
2:30 till 4:00 .P M. a program will
be held, honoring the oldest grad-
uate, the graduate traveling the
greatest distance, outstanding
Dr. McKissick
Honored On
His Birthday
Members of the First Christian
Church of Princeton honored an
outstanding layman, Dr. Chas. B.
Kissick, of McKinney, with a sur-
prise birthday luncheon on his
birthday, Oct. 1, in the Princeton
School lunchroom.
Chairman of the board, Clif-
ford Ray Edwards, in behalf of
the Church, presented a Bible to
Dr. McKissick in appreciation for
his loyalty and generous Chris-
tian service for the past year in
the Church and Princeton com-
munity.
In making the presentation, Ray
Edwards recalled that Dr. Mc-
Kissick had come to the Church
by request to aid in time of need
when there was no minister avail-
able through the summer months.
Dr. McKissick organized various
study groups. He and his wife,
Poppy, have assisted in many
ways toward the growth and
progress of the Princeton Church
which has greatly increased in
attendance and stewardship the
past months.
Ronald Rolen, Sunday School
superintendent, assisted in the
presentation of the large birth-
day cake, beautifully decorated
with a church scene.
Rev. Russell C. Sanders of
T. C. U., minister of the Church,
gave the invocation.
FIRST DAY ON THE JOB . . . Lee S. Vickers is
seen here in his new office at City Hall in Mc-
Kinney. He was sworn in Monday evening in
the Council Chambers as the new City Manager.
He enters his new position with an Open-Door
policy and encourages citizens to come in and
discuss city matters with him. (McKINNEY
EXAMINER PHOTO)
Continued Rainy
leather
The cotton crop in Collin Coun-
ty is good this year and should
make around 40,000 bales some
of the cotton men say. However
the harvest is being delayed be-
cause of continuing wet weather.
alumni, and the class having the
largest attendance.
Lee D. Herring, Grand Prairie
will be guest speaker.
A barbecue dinner will be serv-
ed in the Lunch Room.
Bringing the day’s events to a
close will be the Anna-Sacred
Heart football game at Coyote
field.
A “Memory Room” will be in
the high school English room.
Old photographs, school clipp-
ings, or anything of interest to
ex-students will be displayed
there. Anyone having such
souvenirs is asked to bring them
for display.
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Dr. Davidson
Is Official
At State Fair
Dr. Doyle Davidson, McKinney
veterinarian, is serving as an of-
ficial of the State Fair of Texas
which opened Saturday.
Dr. Davidson is one of a num-
ber of prominent area men serv-
ing as Fair officials. Ray Wilson,
former McKinney man is head of
the Pan-American Livestock Ex-
hibition.
Serving as officials to maintain
the health of the livestock enter-
ed in the exhibtions are Drs. C.
P. Butler of McKinney, William
Anderson of Dallas, T. K. Hardy
and Jerry Theudasil, both of
Lewisville, and Joe Loftice, Rock-
wall.
Furr Reunion
Announced For
Sunday, Oct. 13
The children and grandchildren
of the late J. M. and Martha Furr
will have their reunion at Wal-
nut Grove Community Center on
Sunday October 13. Other friends
and relatives are invited to come
and bring a basket dinner.
The gins of the county have been
receiving cotton right along but
not in the quantity that they
should when harvest is in full
swing. Much of the cotton is sent
to the Producers Compress or
other compresses for storage
where growers receive negotiable
receipts for their cotton.
The total acreage for Collin
County for this year is 80,512.9
acres which is slightly less than
last year.
There is enough cotton defol-
iated at the present time to keep
the strippers busy if the weather
would permit.
Below we give a rundown for
some of the gins and the number
of bales ginned up to recent date.
The wet weather is continuing
to hurt the harvest but the fol-
lowing gins report a few bales
Boys Club Leaders Are
Pleased
Continuing the fast moving pace questions posed. He expressed his
set last week, Directors of the
Boys’ Club of McKinney met
Monday to discuss budget, fund
raising plans, and in general, to
determine a time schedule of
events which will lead to the
opening of the new club Jan-
uary 1.
Bob Winders, president, was in
charge of the meeting and called
for reports from the various com-
mittees. Key topic of discussion
was the anticipated interviews
with prospective candidates for
executive director of the newly
formed club.
It is felt that the key to the
success of the organization lies
with the selection of the proper
person to direct its activities. It
is hoped that interviews might
start within the next week to ten
days.
Need for, coupled with the
strong response from local citiz-
ens, leaves little doubt that the
new organization will prove its
value to citizens of McKinney in
record time.
Rev. Bob Lee, vice-president,
presented a program on the Boys’
Club at the noon luncheon meet-
ing of the Lion’s Club of McKin-
ney Wednesday. Other such pre-
sentations are planned in the
near future.
Thomas L. Daniels, field rep-
resentative of the Southwestern
Region of Boys’ Clubs of Amer-
ica, was present Monday even-
ing to assist the President and
various committees by answering
having been ginned. The harvest
is late this year but with a few
weeks of fair weather the cotton
is now ready for stripping.
The Prosper Co-Op Gin reports
a total of 911 bales while the
Prosper Gin Company has re-
ceived 583 bales as of Tuesday
afternoon. The Celina Co-op Gin
reports 580 bales, while no re-
port was available from the Rit-
chey Gin since it is just in pro-
cess of getting started.
The Princeton Co-op Gin re-
ports a total of 612 bales while
Melissa Co-op Gin has just begun
and has only ginned a few bales.
The McKinney Co-op Gin re-
ports a total of 190 bales and the
McKinney Gin Co. has received
94 bales.
All report delay because of wet
weather which entirely stops the
gathering of the crop.
Progress
personal pleasure over the tre-
mendous response and speed
which this new organization
in McKinney has generated.
Future meetings will be called
as deemed necessary by Presi-
dent Winders. The public will be
kept informed through the news
media of plans and information
of general interest. The announ-
cement was also made that Bob
Paul, News Editor of the Courier-
Gazette, had been appointed to
serve as co-director of publicity
with Wofford Thompson, Jr. of
the McKinney Examiner.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shoap of
McKinney, directors of the club,
were present Monday evening
and expressed their pleasure over
the progress made thus far. They
felt that the target date of Jan-
uary 1 would easily be met.
Each spring, Boys’ Clubs of
America conducts National Boys’
Club Week to focus attention on
its work of creating Juvenile
Decency and eliminating juven-
ile delinquency. The event also
spotlights the need for establish-
ing new clubs in areas where
they are needed to prevent or de-
crease delinquency.
Support of Boys’ Club
Week
mayors,
comes from governors,
and thousands of prominent gov-
ernment, business, professional
and labor leaders. It is carried on
nationally and locally through
concentrated press, radio, tele-
vision and printed material cam-
paigns.
sielai
Lee S. Vickers Sworn In
As McKinney City Manage!
BY WOFFORD THOMPSON, JR.
McKinney has a new City Man-
ager. Lee S. Vickers, former
Field Consultant for the Texas
Municipal League in Austin, was
sworn in at the City Council
meeting Monday evening.
Vickers, born in Avalon. Tex-
as (Ellis County) and a graduate
of Plano High School, has spent
approximtely fifteen years in
various fields of government in-
cluding six years as City Manag-
er in Rosebud, Gladewater, and
Orange.
Following graduation from
High School, Vickers spent four
years in the U. S. Navy from
1942 to 1946, serving first as a
radio operator, later in Guard
Service, and then as a member
of the Officer Candidate School.
Vickers, and his wife, Nell,
have one son, Jerry, who has just
completed two years of service
in the U. S. Army. Prior to his
Annual Stew
Supper At
Pleasent Grove
The annual Pleasant
Grove
Stew Supper will be held this
Thursday evening October 10, at
the Pleasant Grove church. The
supper is sponsored each year by
the church. Mrs. O. L. Hickman
and Mrs. A. M. Toombs were in
town Friday and dropped by the
Examiner office to tell of the af-
fair.
A cordial invitation is extend-
ed to everyone to come out and
enjoy a real supper.
This annual affair has been
held for over fifty years. .
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The American way is taking a
taxicab to the health club for
exercises.
— News From Anna —
MRS. W. P. LEWIS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knox of Mc-
Kinney visited his brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Knox, Friday. Mr.
and Mrs W. O. Jackson of Farm-
ersville were guests in the Knox
home Sunday
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Reno were David Reno and
daughter, Bonnye, of San An-
tonio, Mrs. Delores Mercer of
Round Rock, Woody David Reno,
who has recently returned from
Viet Nam, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Jordan and children of Sherman,
Mrs. Ona Mae Walker and daugh-
ters of McKinney, Mrs. Woody
King and daughter of Dallas and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reno and child-
ren of Anna.
A. L. Harkins, who underwent
surgery at Community Hospital
at Sherman, last week, is now re-
cuperating at home. Among his
visitors have been Mrs. Esther
Johnson and Mrs. Allene Jack-
son of Farmersville and A. L.
Harkins and daughter Barbara of
Dallas.
Mrs. Alva James and Mrs. Fred
Holland both spent a few days at
Wysong’s but are now at home.
Johnny McBride a patient at
Baylor, is showing some improve-
ment.
Mrs. Louise Moffett of Arling-
ton visited Mrs. Weldon Lewis,
Thursday. She will be remember-
ed as the former Louise Merrill.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rutherford
spent the past weekend with their
daughters family, Mr and Mrs.
Billy L. White, at Hooks.
Anna Coyotes continued their
winning streak by defeating Lind-
say by a score of 44-0 in their
fourth victory of the season, at
Lindsay, Friday night. Anna hosts
Sacred Heart here Saturday
night, October 12.
All Anna Ex-students are to be
reminded that Homecoming will
be held at the High School, Satur-
day, October 12. The four Queen-
nominees, chosen to represent
their class, are: Debbie Smith,
freshman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. (Shack) Smith; Diane
Drury, sophomore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs'. Harry Drury; Faye
Jenkins, junior, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Manhart; and
Donna Donovan, senior, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Donovan. Final selection of the
Queen will be made by the stu-
dents in balloting later in the
week.
Mrs. R. E. Byrd has returned
from a most enjoyable vacation
recent release from active duty
he served in Viet Nam where he
was the recipient of a Purple
Heart.
Upon release from active duty
with the Navy, the new City
Manager entered Dartmouth Col-
lege and later transferred to the
University of Texas in Austin
where he received his B. A. De-
gree in Government.
He then spent 412 years em-
ployed in various capacities of
city government for the City of
Dallas. From there he served in
his city manager positions, and
for the past 5 years has worked
out of Austin in his field consul-
tant position.
City Manager Vickers, with a
pleasant and friendly approach to
the citizens he has met, is gen-
This Is
OUR OPINION
BY NINA THOMPSON KRESSLY
Although Gov. George Wallace
and his newly organized party,
the Independent Americans, were
not taken seriously by the two
major political parties at the out-
set of the bid for the White
House, we are going to have to
face up to the fact that the gov-
ernor is making substantial in-
roads in the political thinking of
the nation today.
Last week in this column, we
pointed out the stand on a few
of the issues facing us as held by
the Republican nominee, Richard
Nixon, and the Democratic
nominee, Hubert Humphrey.
We will try to do the same for
Governor Wallice this week.
trip, motoring through several
states including California, Utah,
Nevada, Colorado and New Mex-
ico. She was accompanied by her
brother. They also visited rela-
tives in California.
Mrs. Leland Reed visited her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Walton and family in
Ft. Worth last week. She did
some babysitting with grand-
daughters Susan and Tracy while
their mother attended a lunch-
eon and style show at the Lake-
wood Country Club of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Drury had
as Sunday visitors, Mrs. Opal
Nixon, Miss Ouida Nixon, Teresa,
Leasa and Rodney Nixon of Mc-
Kinney, Bill Drury and daughter,
Kellye Michelle of Garland.
Chrit Brown of Dallas was a
guest of his mother, Mrs. Eck
Brown, Saturday.
Mrs. Wayne Shurley has been
attending the bedside of her
brother, Raymond Largent, who
underwent surgery at Baylor last
week.
Mrs. Alva James, Mrs. Belle
Miller and Mrs. Jim Holland
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Thomp-
son at Van Alstyne, Sunday.
Mrs. Jim Martin spent the
weekend with her son’s family,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Martin, at
Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs Leland Reed have
been attending the bedside of his
father, J. A. Reed, at Wysong
Hospital. Mr. Reed, formerly of
Weston, fell at the home of his
son, J. W. Reed, at Howe, Sun-
day, breaking his hip. His many
friends hope for a speedy recov-
ery.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Estep attend-
ed the funeral of J. L. Douglas at
Van Alstyne, Monday.
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Quarterhorse Sale
Set For Next
Saturday, Oct. 12 -
The North Texas Quarter Horse
sale has been announced for Sat-
urday, October 12. It will be held
at the Moore Livestock Commis-
sion Company Sales arena locat-
ed four miles East of McKinney
on Highway 24.
Horses will be brought here
from all over the Southwest and
California. Those interested in
Quarter Horses should take ad-
vantage of this opportunity to
view some of the finest of the
breed.
uinely impressed by the progresi
made thus far by the City of Me 1
Kinney and looks forward to be!
ing a part of its continued prol
gress. ,
Vickers, in an Examiner inter!
view, said “I plan to operate or
an “Open-Door” policy and en
courage citizens to come by my
office any time they wish to dis-
cuss matters concerning the good
of McKinney.”
One point which seemed quite
apparent in the interview, Vick-I
ers definitely feels that McKin-
ney will continue to grow in the
future and that he plans to look!
each development of growth!
“squarely in the face” with the
best interests of all citizens fore-
most in his recommendations and
decisions.
The governor has made hisl
main concern law and order ini
our own country. He has stated
that in his inaugural adress, he
would give moral support of the
Presidency to the police, law-
enforcement officers and fireman
in this country. “My election.”
he has declared, would show
that the people want law and
order.......and regardless
of what it took, that must come
about.”
The governor has also said he
would cut foreign aid, give the
schools back to the people ana-
cut millions of dollars of spend-
ing here in our country, and has
declared we “can’t leave our boys
in Vietnam forever.”
He has said he will cut out
foreign aid to those countries
who will not give us help in the
war in Vietnam. He also says
that it is his belief that those
countries should start paying
back some of the money they
hav owed us since World War I
days.
As far as the Vietnam War
is concerned Governor Wallace
is willing to go along with the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. “If the
Chiefs of Staff say a military
victory with conventional weap-
ons is possible, then I would ask
for a victory.” He has said that
we cannot stay there forever, so
whatever it takes, “let’s do it
and get it over.”
He has said that he “believes
in a balanced budget.......
but there are times when we
must have an unbalanced budget
in the sense of doing things that
ought to be done. But we do
spend much money uselessly.”
This statement was made in an
interview reported in the U. S.
News and World Report.
“I think the people are taxed
too much, and there are too
many tax loopholes .......The
average working man has his
nose to the grindstone with a
high income tax, and we let
multibillion- dollar tax-exempt
foundations go,” he said.
The governor is very firm in
his declaration to restore law and
order, and is outspoken in his
belief that groups that have tried
to take over our universities
should be dealt with. He says that
those who fly the “black flag
of anarchy and the Viet Cong
flag are revolutionaries and
should be dealt with.”
In reference to the Supreme
Court, Governor Wallace says
“they have written the law in-
stead of adjudicating what the
law happens to be.” He has de-
clared that the “unelected branch
of the government has more to
do with everyday government in
my state, (Alabama) than all the
people of the state combined,
than all, the legislators, local gov-
ernment officials, and the Gover-
nor combined.”
America finds itself today mir-
ed down in a sea of high taxes,
war and concentration of govern-
ment in Washington. We should
all study the issues in the con-
tention for the leadership of our
nation, and also the potentialit-
ties of each of the three men who
seek that leadership, Nixon,
Humphrey and Wallace. We
should then decide which can do
the best job of leading us out of
that quagmire and cast our vote
for him. It. is our duty as respon-
sible citizens.
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