The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1964 Page: 2 of 8
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By GORDON FULCHER
Publisher of The Atlanta Citizens-Journal
Community progress!
It doesn't come about because somebody
away off some place just happens to wave a
magic wand in a certain direction.
Neither does it come because of wishful
thinking, nor, very often, of happenstance.
What it does come of is people of vision, of
spirit, of unselfish devotion to civic duty and
lots and lots of hard work.
The prisoner who gets out of the jail, the
animal which escapes his cage is the one that
again and again and again keeps searching for
the way.
The community which progresses, which
will hold its place and forge ahead, is the com-
munity which has the spirit in itself not to give
up and which realizes that the motivation for
its own well-being and the accomplishment of
its goal must come, essentially, from within its
own borders and of its own people.
No better exemplification of that could
there be than the conception of, the financing,
building, and now the operation of the Naples
Community Inn.
And more. It not only can stand as a mark
of accomplishment alone for Naples — it very
well can be a beacon light to inspire and assure
the timid and the lagging all over Northeast
Texas.
I was born in this town, spent the greater
part of my youth in it, and I always have been
proud of it.
Many places had more of the same things,
IAGE OF SULPHUR BOTTOM
Politicians out of touch
when it conies to television
but no place ever had more of the spirit that
won't be beaten, won't give up and, no matter
the battering of the times, always will rise
from an adversity to fight back.
On my frequent visits, I've heard the scof-
fers, the Doubting Thomases, the doom proph-
ets always so willing to mouth criticisms and,
always, equally as laggard in helping.
To hear them, the Community Inn was a
folly, it didn't make sense, it would never be
finished.
But it is finished.
It is operating.
And it furnished a vitally needed tool to
assist this community in remaining a live, go-
ing, growing entity in the Space Age world in-
stead of a ghost of the Horseless Carriage era.
A look at Naples now gives me cause for a
deeper realization and a fuller pride in what
my hometown is, what it has been through the
years and what, with its kind of people and
their kind of leadership, it promises to be.
Just of recent vintage —
In the spring of 1963 completion of the
East Texas Clinic to bring up-to-date, adequate
medical facilities — a must for any community
if it is going to progress in a world becoming,
minute by minute, more ruthlessly competi-
tive, faster, more modern, more complete.
Completion, too, of NETCO's new and
modern market. Trade and industry are the
heartbeat of a community. Service to the cus-
tomer, merchandising, pricing, competition
that puts each business on its toes and makes
it step up front and swing hard for its share —
these things have come and more will follow.
In the last couple of years, too, there have
been the new dental offices of Dr. J. L. Collier.
The Main Street front of Naples has been
getting a rehabilitation as the half-century old
buildings give way to modernization and join
in oblivion, the horse and buggy, the iron rail-
ing above the railroad tracks, the cotton gin,
the red dust, the cotton wagons and assorted
dogs, the night gatherings at the depot, the
medicine show, midnight store hours, the Sat-
urday night rush on the barber shop, the down-
town well and water pump, the fly-specked
show windows, the displays of merchandise on
tables covered with oil cloth, kerosene lamps
and one-bulb ceiling drops, Miss Annie Floyd's
cafe with its wonderful chili, and "Uncle Ham"
Davis' matchless hamburgers.
Now there have been face liftings that
house Welch Butane, and The Morris County
National Bank's quarters are as modern as
they come.
What a change Wyninegar's wrought in
the old spot where we used to hold hands in
the picture show with a comely lass now and
anon.
Naples Furniture and Appliance, Anthony
Men's Wear — the old town's keeping step.
And the Naples Barber Shop, what a far
cry from the days of Mayor Bill Smith's hair
cut emporium, a classy place in its day where
for two-bits a guy could get a tub bath with
hot and cold running water.
The City View Addition opened up and
is a nice new residential area.
Over various spots in town, beautiful and
expensive residences that would do credit to
the major cities are filling in.
Out where the old Singletary farm used to
be, there're houses all over the place and,
goodness, there was a day when Naples was
trying to hold a thousand population.
What a difference in the old schoolhouse
hill where we went and were especially honor-
ed to get to go out and bring in a bucket of coal
and the wonderfully complete Paul Pewitt
plant.
And that's growning, also, with three new
rooms coming up for Carver and two for Pew-
itt.
Recently completed is the addition to the
community owned David Granberry Memorial
Hospital. An all steel rodeo arena is under con-
struction and almost finished, and a new post
office and federal building will be built in the
fall.
Industrial jobs for the past two decades at
places like Lone Star Steel, Day and Zimmer-
mann, Red River Arsenal and Karnack have
added immensely to the community's economy.
They came into being with the necessary
cooperation and work at the local level that
enabled Rep. Wright Patman and other of the
area's leaders to get their locations in this vi-
cinity.
Discovery by Shell Oil Company of the
vast Smackover production and reserves in the
Bryans Mill and Frost fields, and the more ex-
tensive exploration, promise to develop this
area into one of the great oil and gas centers.
Real estate transfers
DALTON
(Editor's note: The Sage of
Sulphur Bottom on his John-
son grass farm advises politi-
cians about television this
week.)
Dear editar:
Successful politicians as I
understand it are supposed to
be men who figure out what
the people think before they
know it themselves and then
let them in on it, but I'm not
sure this is always true.
Also, a politician is suppos-
ed to keep his ear to the
ground, and maybe he does,
but this may not be very
helpful these days when half
the people live above the
ground floor.
I was thinking about this
after I read an article telling
about how the politicians, both
Republican and Democratic,
had been worrying about what
they could do to liven up their
conventions, in order to hold
the television audience.
Here we are, they said, with
two or three days and nights
of nation-wide, exclusive tele-
vision time and how can we
be sure we can hold our audi-
ence?
This shows how much out of
touch with the people the poli-
ticians are.
Don't they know the people
don't expect them to put on a
lively show when not even the
professional television people
can do it? We might wish they
could, but don't expect it.
The Naples
MONITOR
Published Weekly At
NAPLES, TEXAS
If politicians had kept their
ears off the ground and their
eyes glued to their TV sets,
they would have realized the
people have not come to ex-
pect constant gripping excite-
ment on the screen.
Take the average baseball
game on TV. Maybe ten per
cent of the time something
really exciting happens, and
the rest of the time is about
on the same plane as a second-
the-nomination speech at a
convention. One home-run and
one interesting speech per
show is about average for eith-
er type of production.
The people understand this
and they expect no more.
With some speeches, the
last thing the speaker needs is
an attentive audience. There
are times when losing your
crowd can be more beneficial
to the party than holding it.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
Warranty deed from M. B.
Hampton to Homer Billy Mun-
kes et ux of the Hampton Sec-
ond addition to the city of
Omaha.
Deed from Echsah Welch et
al to Frank Devereux of the
William Cooper survey.
Deed from E. P. Pewitt et
ux to Frank Devereux of the
John R. Slaughter et al sur-
veys.
Warranty deed from Rex M.
Walls et ux and Ermadine
Walls to United States of
America of the city of Naples.
Warranty deed from J. Y.
Bradfield, attorney in fact, to
Millard F. Thompson of the
Cemetery subdivision.
Warranty deed from George
W. Mitchell et ux to 0. Z.
Mitchell et ux of the N. P.
Seats et al surveys.
Warranty deed from James
Henry Wicker to Myrtle V.
Wicker of the E. B. Smith sur-
vey.
Oil, gas and mineral lease
from Eddie Connor Case et vir
to C. M. Pope, Jr. of the L.
Garza and Alex Smith surveys.
Warranty deed from Jack
Morris et ux to Ruby Johnson
of the George S. Williams and
Charity Reed surveys.
Warranty deed from Donald
R. Smith to City of Dainger-
field of the John King survey.
Warranty deed from Bonnie
R. Higgins et al to A. R. Hig-
gins of the F. J. Starr survey.
Oil, gas and mineral lease
from Eliza McCoy et vir to Don-
ald C. Griffith of the Thomas
W. Brooks survey.
Warranty deed from Byron
Dennis et ux to Sidney Rhoden
of the F. J. Starr survey.
Warranty deed from Taft
Collins et ux to Virgil Leon
Godwin of the Isaac Campbell
survey.
Warranty deed from La-
Verne Fomby to Billy Ray La-
nier, Sr. and Van Webster of
the A. J. Hines survey.
Special warranty deed from
Federal Housing Commission
to William Vesta Trumble et
ux of the Edgemont Addition
to the city of Lone Star.
Warranty deed from O. Z.
Mitchell et al to Perry Evans,
Jr. et ux of the James Petti-
grew survey.
Trustee's deed from Sidney
Lee to Peoples National Fund,
Inc. of the North Heights Ad-
dition to the city of Omaha.
Attend funeral service at Commerce
By Mrs. Herbert Cromer
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Robin-
son, William Simmons and
Bro. and Mrs. A. J. Finley of
Omaha were in Dallas Wednes-
day of last week visiting Bro.
?nd Mrs. Leslie Simmons.
Mr. and Mrs. Thaddis Brown
and daughter attended church
services here Sunday.
Mrs. Onie Robinson and
Mrs. Gladys Irvin attended the
funeral in Commerce last Sat-
urday for Mrs. Nadine Weath-
ersbee.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eaton
visited last Friday night with
Will Eaton, who was a patient
in the Naples hospital.
Mrs. Delia Brock had eye
surgery Monday morning. She
is at the Good Shepherd Hos-
pital in Longview.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Murry
and Mrs. Ralph Haas and son
of Dallas visited this week in
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Knighton and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Cromer.
Bro. H. T. Burrows and
daughter had lunch Sunday
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with Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rob-
inson and William Simmons.
Gary Baugh spent the week
end with Randall May of Na-
ples.
Jessie Simmons anu sons,
Carroll and J. L., had lunch
last Friday with Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Robinson and William
Simmons.
Mrs. Lala Knighton is visit-
ing in Huntsville, Ala., with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dumis
and boys.
The Naples
MONITOR
NAPLES, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1964
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Charter No. 7194 Reserve District No. 11
Report Of Condition Of
The Morris County National Bank
of Naples
In the State of Texas, at the close of business on June 30,
1964. Published in response to call made by Comptroll-
er of the Currency, under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Stat-
utes.
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks,
and cash items in process of collection $ 624,208.92
United States Government obligations,
direct and guaranteed (Net of any reserves) .. 557,540.32
Obligations of States and political
subdivisions (Net of any reserves) 377,064.76
Other bonds, notes and debentures (including
$124,312.50 securities of Federal agencies and
corporations not guaranteed
by U.S.) (Net of any reserves) 124,312.50
Loans and discounts (Net of any reserves) .... 1,308,475.19
Fixed assets 15,001.00
Other assets 8.511.23
Total Assets $ 3,015,113.92
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations 1,453.152.48
Time and savings deposits of individuals,
partnerships, and corporations 1,067,202.50
Deposits of United States Government 25,501.20
Deposits of States and political subdivisions .... 171,460.52
Deposits of banks 41,584.93
Certified and officers's checks, etc
Total Deposits $2 760,436.02
(a) Total demand deposits .... $1,618,233.52
(b) Total time and savings
deposits $1,142,202.50
Total Liabilities $2,760,436.02
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Common stock—par value
per share ..$100.00
No. shares
authorized 500 'f
No. shares
unissued None
No. shares
outstanding 500 $ 50,000.00
100,000.00
Undivided profits 4 677.90
Reserves 100,000.00
Total Capital Accounts $ 254,677.90
Total Liabilities and Capital Accounts .... $ 3,015,113.92
Time certificates of deposit outstanding $191,900.00
I, W. J. Adams, Jr., Active Vice President, of the above-
named bank do hereby declare that this report of condition
is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief,
W. J. Adams, Jr.
We, the undersigned directors attest the correctness of
this report of condition and declare that it has been examin
ed by u^ and to the best of our knowledge and belief is true
and correct.
LEON COKER
CHESTER E. COKER
W. G. GRANBERRY
Directors
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