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WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY- OCTOBER 7, 1948
No. 3(1
DOWN TOWN WYLIE
LAST SATURDAY,
I Saw:
The MAYOR of CHITTLING
SWITCH, MONK BOZMAN. who
gave me a little advise about this
particular column in the news-
paper; Sezs Monk: "If you'll tell
all your readers to cut this col-
umn out each week and save it
all until the spring, then take it
out into the fields and plant it
—IT'LL' COME UP"; MR. and
MRS. WILLIE FLOYD were seen
entering the CITY MARKET as
were MR. FLOYD TURNBOW
and BOB PARKER; MIL J. A.
IIAMMETT was in front of the
1st STATE BANK looking like
he wanted to sell someone some
REAL ESTATE; Mr. B. O.
SHIELDS was in ALLEN'S GRO-
CERY; also R. H. McKINNEY
and MRS.. MARY VAUC.IIN were
in ALLEN'S GROCERY; MR.
ALLEN was sure busy, looks
like the grocery business is good
this fall; "DOC" SMITH was in
HAMPTON'S CLEANERS watt-
ing the employees again; BY THE
WAY. "DOC," just what was that
MR. EDGINGTON found in your
car? C. L. DAVIS and E. B.
MORGAN were in HAMPTON'S
CLEANERS getting cleaned —
rather Raving their clothes clean-
ed; SHIRLEY HARRIS, R.F.
HARTMAN and H. B. WOODS
were all in the WYLIE GRO-
CERY STORE buying groceries
for the weekend;' HOME ICE1
COMPANY'S owner, PAUL
PEARSON said it didn't look
like DOAK WALKER would
even have to play when TEXAS
MET SOUTHERN METHODIST
—but you put it down right now
—OKEY DOKE will be "NO
SOAP on that day; went into
BURCH'S SERVICE STATION
and there those guys were listen-
ing to the SMU-TEXAS TECH
game—and missing the best game
of the day when TEXAS ran
over that strong, highly touted,
mass fv e, talented, explosive
mighty team from NEW MEX-
ICO: WANDA TITSWORTH and
PATRICIA DRAIN were in AT-
KINS BROS. DRY GOODS
STORE: OSCAR IIOUSEWRIGHT
of GARLAND was also in the
same store; went on down the
street and turned into the WIL
BAR GRILL and there saw MRS.
CHARLES ATKINS eating; all
the waiters were working mighty
hard in that place; BOBBY TAY-
LOR, ANDREW TAYLOR and
VINSON HESTER were eating
in PETE'S HAMBURGER SHOP:
PETE SAID business was good;
MICKEY ANDREWS was having
his car washed and greased at
GREEN'S HUMBLE SERVICE
STATION; CHARLIE HILLIS
Was having his NASH WASHED
ut the same place; MISS MABLE
SMITH and MISS BECKY
GREEN and MRS. JOHN GREEN
were having their hair fixed in
LORENE'S BEAUTY SHOP;
LORENE was seen in the WHITE-
WAY CAFF, eating a bite be-
tween hair sets; WILMA BUT-
LER was also in the WHITEWAY i
CAFE; CHARLIE KING was buy-
ing some egg mash from the i
IIOUSEWRIGHT GRAIN COM-
PANY; BILL STEWART telling
of how he used to buy children
clothing at the Johnston Com-
pany; WILLIE BROOKS buying
some FUL-O-PEP laying mash
and telTing of a weiner roast at
Lucas that night; went on up the
street and was surprised when I
saw MR. LITTLEFIELD with a
shave; MR. and MRS. J. W.
HACKLER were in town; as
were MR. and MRS. EARNEST
DAVIS: MR. JOHN COOK of
LA VON came into the POP CORN
STAND and sat for a spell tell-
ing us of the days when he used
to know my UNCLES DAN and
JOHN STIMSON when they
lived near LA VON; lots of folk,
in town SATURDAY NIGHT:
MR. ORA PATTON, JOHN WIL-
SON, RODDY GROVES, TORY
and ALIENE, HAPPY CREEL,
MR. and MRS. CHARLIE FRY
of LAVON, and many many
others having a real good time
on the streets of Wylie this past
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Church of Christ
Pastorate Accepted
By Mr. Ted Way
The members of the Wylie
Church of Christ have informed
the News of the appointment of
Mr. Ted Way of Dallas as their
Pastor for the coming Services
this year. Mr. 'Way has been
active in Church of Christ pul-
pits in and around Dallas for the
past four years serving as tem-
porary pastor in his training
periods. All the members are
seemingly pleased at having been
able to receive Mr. Way as their
Pastor, and are looking forward
to some mighty fine preaching on
each Sunday Services.
Mr. Way is indeed a very ac-
tive pastor and interested deep-
ly in bringing the word of God
to his congregation. He has in-
formed the News that his next
Sunday's Sermons will be of vital
interest to everyone and he in-
vites all who are able to come,
to be there and henr his message,
The Church Services for this
Sunday will be as follows:
SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES
The Glorious Gospel of Christ,
2 Cor. 4-4.
SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES
Is Christ's Kingdom Reigning
Now?
Mr. J. J. Hollomon
Reported Resting
Better In Hospital
No cloubt being cheered by
the visit of his son, Dr. J. J. Hol-
lomon Jr., of Edna, Texas, thii
past week, Mr. J. J. Hollomon it-
now reported as resting better
and improving at the St. Paul's
Hospital in Dallas this week.
Mrs. Hollomon spent the great-
er part of this past week in Dal-
las at tRe bedside of her husband,
and when she returned home
Monday afternoon, she gave us
the good news that he was better.
The Roy Halls
On Trip To Bryan
Th^ Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hall, accom-
panied by Mrs. V. Turek. left
Wylie this past Tuesday night
for a few days visit with relatives
and friends in Bryan, Texas.
They plan to return the latter part
of the week.
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Wylie Baptist Church
Begins Three Month
Attendance Campaign
Last Sunday morning, Oct.3,
Pastor A. A. Bu nett and I?. D.
Clounch, newly elected Sunday
School Superintendent, announced
the opening of a Three Months
attendance campaign. The first
Sunday in October is to be a
day of "grace" and any who were
absent then will still be eligible
to receive the award if their rec-
ord is perfect for the remainder
of Oct. through December. The
prize for perfect attendance is a
lovely bronze pin. These will be
awarded on the first Sunday in
January. Pastor Burnett stressed
in a brief teachers and officer's
meeting after church last Sun-
day the aim which is to secure
regular attendance and an aver-
age of two hundred for the com-
ing year.
New officers include R. D.
Clounch, Superintendent of Sun-
day School; P. M. Akin, Assistant
Superintendent; Lonita Story,
General Secretary; Opal Smith,
Assistant General Secretary; and
sixteen other changes in person-
nel. These new officers and teach-
ers along with many others were
installed September 26 ,in an im-
pressive, evening candle light
ceremony.
Musical Program
On Tab for Lions
Meeting Thursday
Many of the members of the
Wylie Lions Club will be very
pleased to hear that the program
for this next Thursday night will
be a musical with the Arkansas
Hillbillies from Commerce furn-
ishing the entertainment. And
when we say entertainment, we
mean just that. They are three of
the best hillbilly musicians it
has been our pleasure to hear;
and the comical way which the
leader plays the violin and
doubles on the piano is enough to
please anyone for the entire
night.
Mr. Earl Hampton of Com-
merce is bringing this aggrega-
tion back to Wylie for their third
appearance and the meeting bids
fair to being one of the most en-
tertaining get-togethers we have
had in a long time.
This past Thursday night. Lion
President Paul Stimson and Lion
Secretary R. J. Hall were present
at a dinner and meet of the
First Advisory Committee of
Zone 4 which was held at the
Nicholson Memorial Building in
Garland at 7:30 P. M. The Deputy
District Governor of Zones 4 and
5, Lion Ed Bryant of Lancaster,
Texas, was the principal speak-
er of the evening.
Each club President reported
the activities of their respective
club's, and it was a pleasure of
the Wylie President to 'report, on
the excellent work which has
been done this past year by our
club, and the work which is now
planned for the coming months.
Wylie News Office
Moved Again,
This Time At Home
We wish to relay to our read-
ers that we have moved our of-
rices from the Wylie Theatre
building down to our home here
in Wylie. We invite all our read-
ers to give us all the news they
_an possbily get together. It
might not be of much interest
to you, but it will be news to
your friends, and they want to
hear about each and every one
of you. So if you don't see me
down on the streets, just drop
a card; or better stilll, call my
office at phone 2741—that is 2741,
Wylie, Texas. We will be happy
to receive the news from you.
Ads will be taken in the same
manner from those desiring the
classified ads or etc.
'Coon' John Adams
Pays Visit To News
On Saturday Morning
We were very pleased this
past Saturday morning to have
our old friend, Mr. John Adams
of Tulia, Texas come into the of-
fice and spend a few moments
visiting and talking about Wylie
and the newspaper and every-
thing in general. Mr. Adams had
just returned from a meeting of
the Executive Board of the Swine
Breeder's Association of Texas,
of which he is the Chairman;
and he reports that plans are un-
der way and almost completed
for the livestock show in the
Texas State Fair.
He also brought a picture of a
I family reunion which he had a
few weeks ago at his home in
Tulia. For the first time in quite
a spell, all his 9 children were at
home, and he reports one of the
best family get-to-gethers in
many a moon. John, you are to be
congratulated on those fine
children; we know you must be
very proud of them. Drop in any
time and let us hear from you
again.
Pirates Host To Anna Eleven In
Conference Opener Friday, Oct. 8
Celeste Bulldogs Defeat Pirates In
Hard Fought Game Last Week 19-0
Mrs. Minnie Drain
Honored By Club
On Her Birthday
The Clear Lake Birthday Club
honored" Mrs. Minnie Drain this
past Friday with a Birthday party
given by the club.
Many nice things were received
by Mrs. Drain, and refreshments
of sandwiches, grapes, cookies,
Coca Cola, tea ond Orange were
served to the guests. Those who
were present were: Mrs. Lucy
Harper, Delzie Harper, Mattie
Russell, Effie Gay, Agnes Jones,
I Linda Jones, Julia Self, Lula
I Hat Lula Hatfield, Margaret Hat-
field. Winnie Edwards, Lucille,
Mamie, Dorothy and Lola Tram-
mell, Grandma Trammel!, Grace
Drain, Ethel Bentlcy, Ola God-
win and Misses Mildred and
Maxie Drain of Frisco.
Attend Church Sunday
Dr. J. J. Hollomon Jr., of Edna,
Texts, visited his mother in Wylie
over the weekend. He and his
mother visited his father at St.
Paul's Hospital in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lewis,
Glenda Sue, Jerr yand Barbara of
Parker were visitors in the home
of Mrs. S. G. Allison this past
Sunday.
Mrs. J. J. Hollomon was in Dal-
las Thursday with Mr. Hollomon.
Postmistress Reports
Postal Receipts
Highest This Quarter
In the quarterly report made to
the Postal Department, the Post-
mistress of Wylie, Mrs. Fred Dun-
can, reports that receipts for this
past quarter are higher than at
any other time in the history of
the post, office.
She reports that during this
period the postal receipts were
$1,116.73 and that the Money
Order business wtry $18,199.90;
hitting an all high record lor
similiar periods in the past.
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Joe Cooper Visits
Relatives On Trip
To East Texas
Mr. Joe Cooper of Wylie visit-
ed his sister, Mrs. Mollie Parr of
near New Boston in Bowie Coun-
ty this past week, and while
there participated in a big family
reunion. Three brothers and three
sisters were present for the re-
union and they were: Mr. Author
Cooper of Houston, Texas; Mr.
Frank Cooper of Alba, Texas; Mr.
and Mrs. Will Agent of Sallisaw,
Okahoma; Mrs. Jimmie Scott of
Sallisaw, Oklahoma; Mr. and Mis.
Birt Parr of New Boston; and Joe
Cooper from Wylie.
Mr. Cooper reports a mighty
fine trip and that he enjoyed the j
reunion more than anything else
that has happened in the past ten
years.
Ah-Ha! Baby Boy
Born To Wylie Couple
Wednesday Morning
Wellv after writing about all
those baby girls being born this
past week, we come across an
interesting and encouraging item
at the last of the reports to
come in. Yessiree, it is a baby
boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Akins of the S'hiloh
community. The boy was born at
St. Paul's Hospital in Dallas on
Wednesday, September 29th, and
both mother and son came home
on Sunday and are reported doing
just fine.
Now there's a good fellow for
you, our hat's off to Mr. Akin
for turning the tide from girls to
boys at this last minute. I feel
1 owe Maurice a cigar, instead of
him owing me one.
The Wylie Pirates will open the i had the disadvantage of playing ( were in there pitching from the
District Schedule on this next larger schools, therefore, let not first whistle until the final min-
Friday night at 7:30 P.M. when the records discourage attend ute of 'play. The heavier team
they] tangle with the football J ance at this game. Things will j scored three times against the
team from Anna High School. | be all equal, and the better team ' Pirates and held the visitors from
Texas State Fair
Opens In Dallas
Saturday, Oct. 9th
The greatest State Fair in the
world will open its gates to the
people of our fair state on Sat-
urday, Oct 9th, and will con-
tinue in operation consecutively
through the 24th. Of special in-
terest on opening day will be the
exhibits and of course, the TEX-
AS-OKLAHOMA football game
which is to be played in the
completely remodeled and en-
larged COTTON BOWL.
It is reported as being the
greatest effort the State Fair As-
sociation has ever put on, and
everyone will want to be among
the people there on this big
opening date—OCTOBER 9th,
this next SATURDAY.
Both teams have had rough | will
sledding since the start of the
season, but with this being the
first equally matched game o
the Season, each team promises
to give a better account of it-
self. Heretofore, each team has
win on its own merits, and Wylie to a minimum of yardage
not on the basis of how many j gained on rushing. As usual, the
substitutes can be paraded into Pirates played a very good de-
Collin County Fair
Opens Gates This
Past Tuesday
Of interest to all the people in
this part of the County is the
news that the annual Collin
County Fair has opened its gates
' on this past Tuesday and will run
| for five full days terminating or.
I this next Saturday night.
There are many and varied ex-
hibits of the Collin County home
grown and home made products,
and they are certainly worth the
visit to observe. The cattle and
live stock exhibits are rated some
of the "finest in the entire South
West.
Remember, take a day off or
f | the game to wear out the smaller
squads.
The Pirates journed to Celeste
this past Friday night and there
they were defeated by a much
heavier and more experienced
football team. But the battle was
far more closely fought than the
score would indicate. Tin Pirates
Fast Progress Made
On Construction of
Meeting House
| been hired to oversee the work,
and that his main job is to ex-
plain all the work to those who
some night, and go to the Collin curL, to jook it over. ..0[ course,"
County Fair — YOUR HOME |
COUNTY FAIR being
fensive game, but couldn't get
their offense to clicking. Out-
standing on defense for the Pi-
rates were Ralph Massoud, John
McCormick, Maynard, Snow,
Rowell, Caton and Hollomon.
Let's all back the Pirates this
next Friday night by your pres-
ence at th" High School Field
were for the first time in the
season the Pirates will meet in
an evenly matched game and are
the pre-game favorites. Remem-
ber, its at the High School Field
here in Wylie this Friday Night.
We couldn't end this column
without a word for the splendid
A drive by the newly started | performance which the Wylie
construction of the Church of i Pep Squad put forth at the Ce-
Christ's Meeting Huose will con-! leste Football Game this past
vince anyone that these people: Friday night. Under the leader-
are in earnest and sincere about1 ship of Mrs. W. W. Barker, this
their getting their building donejgroup oi high school girls and
in a minimum of time. Mr. Woods j boys trained during the week,
informs the News that he has and then put on a very spirited
and entertaining program for the
benefit of the stands during the
half-time intervals. They marched
onto the field and formed a large
held in
your COUNTY SEAT, McKinney,
this Wednesday, Thursday. Fri-
day and Saturday.
said, "They
The Fred Pattons
Return From Germany
September 21st
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Patton and
children, Mary and Gertrude,
have arrived in Wylie and are
now making their home on the
Jack Parr farm after flying home
from Germany where they have
been stationed in the army for
the past several years.
Mrs. Patton is a native born
German and married Mr. Patton
while he was stationed there in
the occupation forces. The family
left Odenheim, Germany on Sep-
tember 11th and arrived in the
states on September 21st.
The News wishes to take this
opportunity to Welcome Mrs.
Patton and the children into our
midsts and hopes that she will
find America to her liking. We
had a chance to meet Gertrude
Saturday night when she and
her mother were in front of the
theatre, and wish to congratulate
these parents on such a fine little
girl. We imagine Grandpa Patton
was mighty glad to see them re-
turn to the states.
Public Welfare Dept.
Will Hold Exams
For Positions Nov. 13
The Merit System Council,
which serves as a "clearing
house" for positions in the State
Department of Public Welfare,
will hold open competitive ex-
aminations on November 13, 1948.
for a number of positions now
open in that agency, according
to Chas. S. Gardiner, Director of
the Merit System Council.
Positions to be fille db.v the
agency consist of Field Worker,
Child Welfare Worker, Senior
Child Welfare Worker, County
Child Welfare Supervisor II.
Junior Stenographer, and Clerk-
Typist. Qualifications for these
positions vary from high school
graduation to college work and
experience requirements.
Gardiner pointed out that ap-
plication to take an examination
must be made on an official ap-
plication blank, which may be
obtained by writing the Merit
System Council, 808 Tribune
Building, Austin, Texas, or from
the Employment Commission and \
Department of Public Welfare lo-
cal offices located throughout the
State. "The closing date for appli-
cations is October 23, 1948, and
applications postmarked after
midnight on the closing date will
not be considered," he added.
FOR SALE: The Church of
Christ concrete building in Wylie,
Texas. Money to be spent on
other church building to be con-
structed. This building located
ideally for business. Contact T. J.
Bozman or Claude Allen. Immed-
iate possession. 2w
expect me to
drive a nail once in a while, but
my main job is talking."
Back to the serious side of this
construction, it is going to be a
mighty fine buifciing [for this j
congregation, and we are very |
proud to have it added to our |
city, truly a City of Churches.
Mr. T. J. Bozeman informs the
News that the old concrete build-
ing is now for sale and ready for
immediate occupancy by the buy-;
er. Anyone interested in the
building should contact Mr Boz-|
man now. This piece of property |
will become mighty valuable
when this dam gets finished and
folks will be walking around:
shaking their heads and wander-
ing why they didn't invest
this building when it could
bought reasonable.
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Daughter Born To
Mr., Mrs. Curtis Eaves
At Dallas Hospital
Another girl—born on October
2nd at the Florence Nightingale
Hospital in Dallas to Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis Eaves of Wylie. The
baby girl weighed 8 lbs. and 5
ozs. at birth and both mother
and daughter are doing just fine.
The little daughter has the dis-
tinction of being born on her
mother's birthday; we think that
is very nice, at least there won't
have to be but one birthday
party in place of two during the
year.
The trend is still pointing to-
ward girls. But it is bound to
change sometimes.
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Fawcett Drug Store
To Hold Famous
Rexall 1 Cent Sale
Mr. C .C. Fawcett, owner of
the Fawcett Drug Store here in
Wylie, has informed the News
that on the dates of October 20.
21, 22, and 23rd, his Drug Store
will feature the annual Rexall
One Cent Sale in conjunction with | 'hat afternoon that he believed
all other Rexall Drug Stores in j he was feeling much better than
the United States. There will be at any time in the past few-
bargains galore on those days; months.
so make plans to take advantage
of these prices.
Alvin T. Kennedy
Dies Suddenly At
Home in Piano
Mr. Alva T. Kennedy, brother-1
in-law of Mrs. Lorene Collins of
Wylie, died suddenly in the mid-}
die of the night on September
14th at his home in Piano. He
had been ill for some time, but
had only reported to his wife
"C" in "honor of the Celeste Bull-
dogs. and then formed a huge
Football in honor of the Wylie
High School Pirates. It was a
thing of beauty to watch these
girls and boys perform.
They are planning on a big
program at the stadium here in
Wylie Friday Night, so let's all
be there to watch them, and
cheer for the boys on the field.
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Awards May Be Seen
In Window Display at
Housewright-Hammet
In a special display window in
the IIousewright-Hammett Hard-
ware Company, you may see the
beautiful prizes which are to be
awarded to some lucky person on
the nig'ht of October 16, at the
Lions Club Carnival.
There are three lovely and
valuable prizes to be given away,
and you are invited to look them
over in this window today.
Let's not forgot, the LIONS
CLUB CARNIVAL will open its
doors on the night of OCTOBER
16th. Let's all watch for the big
night in Wylie.
Dr. John Coffey and wife of
Hedley, Texas, visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Cof-
fey, and Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Coffey of Wylie over the past
week. Dr. Coffey has been prac-
ticing medicine fro over 50 years
and was at one time practicing
in McKinney,
Mrs. Millard Minn's and son of
Dallas spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Heniy
Long.
Baby Girl Born to
Mr., Mrs. Feagan
In St. Paul's Hospital
Much as I hate to report it,
the trend lately has been toward
Mr. Kennedy was a member of R'rls again and the stork brought
the Church of Christ at Richard- a lb., 14 oz. baby girl into the
son, Texas, at which meeting: family of Mr. and Mrs. Pau
house the funeral services Were Feagan of Wylie this past Mon-
held on September 16th. Burial day morning.
was in the Dangerfield Cemetery Pau and the Editor had a chat
in Dangerfield, Texas, on the this past Saturday morning and
following day. j he agreed that he would do his
He is survived by his wife and | ''est toward seeing that the baby
daughter; his father. E. D. Ken- was a boy, but that's just like
nedy of Piano; two brothers, bim not to keep his word. Grand-
Clyde and Ivan; two sisters, Mrs. P« Richards said he was mighty
Velma Hodges of Borger and proud it was a girl, everyone
Mrs. Evelyn Gunn of Piano. The seemed proud it was a girl—but,
bod ywas laid to rest by the side
of his mother in the family plot
in the Dangerfield Cemetery.
oh well, we guess we might as
well resign ourselves to fate—
they will be girls once in awhile.
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