The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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Santa Claus to be
here Saturday
Santa Claus will visit Naples
Saturday afternoon.
The Chamber of Commerce,
with the help of the Boots and
Saddle Club, will sponsor its
annual parade and visit by
Santa Claus.
The parade will start at 2:15
p.m. and Santa will talk to
the children immediately aft-
erwards.
The Naples Boots and Sad-
dle Clui) will be in charge of
thCjjyilide.
The Pewitt band, horsemen
and any cars decorated for the
occasion will assemble near
the Preston Stone Sinclair
"Nation and march west on
lighway 67 to Main Street.
Santa will ride in the pa-
rade on a fire truck.
After a loop through town,
Santa will stop at the square
to talk to youngsters.
While he does, his helpers
will give out gift packages to
all of the children.
Get service awards
Superintendent J. B. Jennings of Lone Star Steel's mechan-
ical maintenance department congratulates a pair of his em-
ployees on completing 15 years of service. They are 0. L.
Beck, left, of Naples, and Odis E. Hardin, center, of Lone
Star. Both men received jeweled service emblems.
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Monitoring
MAIN
STREET
A man tired of ties, sox and
handkerchiefs fell back on
a sure-fire gimmick to increase
his Christmas take.
He went through the list of
those who sent him only cards
in the years past, called each
of them and inquired, "What
size hat do you wear?"
This hint brought him a
nicer assortment of gifts.
And each of those who call-
ed got a remembrance from
him at Christmas.
Each got a plain card saying
"To the greatest guy who ever
put his head in a size 7%
hat."
It sometimes pays to shop
around. Sometimes it doesn't.
Mrs. Jimmie Measley check-
ed the prices on Christmas
trees at the stores here and
decided she could do better.
She would cut her own.
With her mother, Mrs.
Travis Thomas, Mrs. Measley
took to the country roads in
search of a perfect tree.
Her new, clean and freshly
washed car got stuck in a
mudhole.
The two ladies ended up
with muddy shoes and Mrs.
Measley's freshly-done hair
was a mess by the time they
had walked a couple of miles
to the nearest telephone.
Tbiase they called for a
wrjf& f to pull the car out of
Wltree?
They never did get around
to finding one.
Somehow it doesn't seem
right to mention this during
the Christmas holidays but
we'll go ahead anyway.
Jack Coker is president of
the Naples Chamber of Com-
merce, which sponsored that
decorations contest for busi-
ness houses last Friday night.
Coker Chevrolet Company
won first place.
Bill Henderson is Chamber
secretary and he also works
for Welch Butane Company.
Welch won third place.
Sandwiched between in sec-
ond place was the Hanner
Funeral Home.
Surprised?
Well, one of the judges was
from the Smith-Bates Funeral
Home at Mt. Pleasant.
Loan approved
That federal loan for the
half-million dollar motor hotel
here is official now.
Congressman Wright Pat-
man made the announcement
from his Washington office
Friday of last week that the
Area Redevelopment Admin-
istration had approved the
loan.
The ARA loan is $325,000
for 25 years at an annual in-
terest rate of 4 per cent.
The total cost of the proj-
ect will be approximately
5500,000.
Supporting the federal fi-
nancing will be $50,000 from
the Naples Industrial Develop-
ment Corporation. $100,000
from private banks, and $25,-
000 from Naples Community
Inns, Inc., in the form of equi-
ty capital.
The motor hotel will have
50 rooms, a coffee shop, sev-
eral banquet rooms, swimming
pool and recreational facili-
ties.
It will be built on part of a
32-acre tract of land on High-
way 67 west of the downtown
area now owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Wendell Smith.
Herbert Wilson, CIA presi-
dent, B. F. Bedford of CIA,
and Duane Scott, architect,
were in Naples Tuesday to
discuss procedures and plans.
Funeral service
held Tuesday
for Joe Prator
Joseph B. Prator, 70-year
old Marietta rural mail carri-
er, died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday
in a Linden hospital after a
short illness.
He had lived in Cass county
most of his life and was ap-
proaching retirement as a car-
rier after 41 years of service.
He was a member of the
Church of Christ at Atlanta.
Survivors include his wife;
two sons, Simpson Prator of
Mineral Wells, and Shelton
Prator of Shreveport; and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
Hanner Funeral Chapel at At-
lanta with Mr. E. C. Stevens,
minister of the Church of
Christ, officiating. Burial was
in the Pine Crest Cemetery in
Atlanta.
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Last call for
letters to Santa
You'd better hurry up
with that letter to Santa.
Christmas is only 11
days away and Santa, like
everyone else, gets busy
during those last days.
The Monitor would like
to have copies of letters
to Santa for its Christmas
edition and must receive
them by next Monday.
Lone Star Steel steps up production
Production is being stepped
up for the first time since Au-
gust at Lone Star Steel Com-
pany's Morris oounty plant.
Within the past two weeks,
the level of operation has ris-
en 20 per cent.
A major factor in the up-
turn was the resumption of
iron production as Lone Star's
blast furnace moved back into
operation after an overhaul.
At about the same time the
furnace was lighted, a third
open hearth furnace was acti-
vated to increase steel produc-
tion. Operations also have
been stepped up in the rolling
mills and electric weld pipe
mills.
Lone Star now has only
three operations completely
idle, compared to 10 during
the same period a month ago.
The number of employees
in layoff dipped near 650 this
week for the first time since
mid-summer. More than 150
employees were recalled over
the past week end as the com-
pany adjustd employment to
new operating schedules.
In November, there were
slightly more than 1,100 em-
ployees in layoff status.
When the big blast furnace
returned to operation, ore
mining and beneficiation act-
ivities were resumed. With a
supply of hot iron available,
the company's idle mold foun-
dry also moved back into ac-
tion.
The upturn reflected a
brightened market picture for
Lone Star products, officials
said, and matched a national
trend.
The Naples MONITOR
VOLUME 77
77 years old .. and new every week
NAPLES, TEXAS THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1962
NUMBER 21
Phone company
laying new lines
Approximately 16 miles of
buried telephone cable is be-
ing installed in rural areas
south and east of Naples by
General Telephone Company.
The lines will serve at least
39 new telephone subscribers
through the Naples exchange.
The buried cables are be-
ing laid on Farm Road 161,
Highway 67, State Road 338,
and county roads leading off
State Road 77.
Some new cable also is be-
ing added on poles inside the
Naples city limits.
Crews began the work last
Thursday and expect to have
the cable in the ground by
the end of this week.
Splicers then will tie the
lines together, and installers
will begin then to put in the
telephones.
One workman estimated the
Baptist choir
wi83 present
Christmas cantata
The adult choir of the First
Baptist Church will present a
Christmas cantata, "Night of
Miracles", at the church Sun-
day evening.
The cantata depicts the night
when the centuries-old pro-
phecy of the incarnation be-
came miraculously true, the
night when the shepherds
were filled with awe as the
heavenly host told of the birth
of the Prince of Peace.
The music is complemented
by narration based on pass-
ages in Matthew and Luke
and interspersed at appropri-
ate places in the cantata.
Featured as soloists will be
Mrs. James Hackney and Miss
Karen Tovvler. sopranos, James
Hackney, tenor, and James
Welch, baritone-bass.
The program will be direct-
ed by Mike Templeton, music
and youth director at the
church. Accompaniment will
be by Miss Rita Barnes at the
piano.
job might be completed with-
in a month.
The project is part of the
company's plan to extend
lines into rural areas where
residents want telephone serv-
ice.
Rev. J. O. JoUy
of Blacky Branch
dyes Friday night
The Rev. J. O. Jolly, 71,
died Friday night at his home
in Rocky Branch after suffer-
ing a heart attack.
He was a graduate of Bay-
lor University and Southwest-
ern Baptist Theological Semi-
nary, and had served as pas-
lor of Baptist Churches in Mc-
Gregor, Freeport, Marietta
and Daingerfield for the past
18 years.
Survivors include his wife;
four daughters, Mrs. Louise
Davis of Bowie, Mrs. Evelyn
McMasters of Tampa, Fla.,
Mrs. Dora Mclntire of Hous-
ton, and Mrs. Helen Tay-
lor of Longview; one son. Dr.
J. O. Jolly of Eastland; three
sisters, Mrs. George Lewis of
Houston, Mrs. Zora Grimshaw
of DeLeon, and Mrs. Ora Pos-
ey of Riesel, Texas; and 15
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 1 p.m. Sunday at the First
Baptist Church at Dainger-
field with the Rev. L. E. Lamb
and Dr. A. M. Bennett officiat-
ing.
Burial was in the Dainger-
field Cemeterv.
FFA team places
tenth in state
The Pewitt chapter conduct-
ing team placed 10th in the
state leadership contest Sat-
urday.
The contest was held at Sam
Houston State College at
Huntsville.
Plowing in phone lines
New telephone lines in rural areas east and
south of Naples were being plowed under-
ground this week by crews for General Tele-
phone Company. The tractor plows the fur-
row, lays the cable, and covers the trench in
one quick operation. Approximately 16 miles
of cable are being installed and 39 new sub-
scriber. will be served from the Naples sys-
tem. Shown on the machine are Frank May-
ton and James Pennington of Malvern, Ark.
Chamber officers re-elected
Officers and directors of
the Naples Chamber of Com-
merce will remain the same
in 1963.
Jack Coker was re-elected
president, James Welch vice
president, and Bill Henderson
secretary and treasurer.
All of them are for second
terms.
Also re-elected to the board
of directors were Jack Coker,
Lewis Rogers, W. C. Sullivan,
J. H. McDaniel and Clifford
Wyninegar. They will serve
three year terms.
Other members of the 15-
man board are Herman Wal-
ters. Leon Garrett, W. G.
Granberry, Lee Davis and Roy
Roberts with one year remain-
ing, and Eugene Falls, James
Welch, Bill Henderson, R. J.
Welch and W. J. Adams with
two years remaining.
The annual Chamber ban-
quet, usually held in January,
will be held some time in
February. The date was chang-
ed to get the banquet away
from the busy Christmas sea-
son and allow more time for
arranging it.
W. G. Granberry and Lee
Patman praised for loan aid
A resolution of appreciation
to Congressman Wright Pat-
man for his assistance in ob-
taining a federal loan for the
Naples Community Inn was
passed unanimously by the
Chamber of Commerce Mon-
day night.
Patman and his staff were
instrumental in an early ap-
proval of the application and
kept in touch with those here
who were in charge of the
project.
W. G. Granberry introduc-
ed the resolution.
Local citizens also were en-
couraged to express their ap-
preciation to Patman in indi-
vidual letters to Patman.
Omaha church to dedicate new building
BISHOP PAUL E. MARTIN
The First Methodist Church
at Omaha will dedicate its
educational facilities at 5 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 16.
Bishop Paul E. Martin, res-
ident bishop of the Houston
area of the Methodist church,
will conduct the service.
He also will bring the ser-
mon at the dedication service.
According to the rules of
the Methodist church, no
building may be dedicated un-
til it is free of all encum-
brances.
Final payment on the in-
debtedness of the educational
structure was made last spring
and the congregation has look-
ed forward since to the op-
portunity to have the presid-
ing bishop of the Texas con-
ference dedicate the building.
The educational building
was completed in 1957 during
the pastorate of the Rev. J.
Aldous Smith.
It was formally opened for
study and worship on Sunday,
Sept. 8, 1957. Members of the
congregation who served as
the building committee for
the construction were Harris
Thigpen, Lester Beasley, Al-
ton Moore, Frank Bean and
Paul Pewitt.
The building was construct-
ed by Vaughan Bros. Con-
struction Co.
The sanctuary of the church
was built in 1923.
Three members of the sanc-
tuary building committee, H.
G. Wallace and T. L. Moon of
Omaha, and Allen Copeller of
Tyler, remain. These three
and the educational building
committee members will be
recognized at the service Sun-
day afternoon.
The Rev. William Commer,
pastor, extended an invitation
to the public to attend the
dedication and the reception
immediately following honor-
ing Bishop and Mrs. Martin.
TED ROBINSON NAMED
MARIETTA POSTMASTER
Ted Robinson was appoint-
ed last week as postmaster at
the Marietta office.
Mrs. Lawrence McCoy was
acting postmaster for several
months until the permanent
appointment.
Narramore were appointed to
arrange for a speaker for the
banquet.
Open deer season
will be discussed
for Morris county
Sportsmen of Morris county
will meet at the court house
in Daingerfield at 7 p.m. Fri-
day to discuss deer and quail
hunting in the county.
The Lone Star Wildlife As-
sociation called the meeting
and invited all interested
sportsmen to attend.
Of major interest will be
a discussion of an open season
for deer in the county and the
type of gun to be used in
hunting them.
Naples Brownies
to go caroling
Naples Brownie Troop 9
will not meet at 3 p.m. next
Wednesday, Dec. 19.
Instead all members will
meet at the Methodist Church
basement at 4:30 p.m. that day
to go Christmas caroling.
After they carol at several
places, they will return to the
church for refreshments.
Parents will pick up their
children about 6:30 p.m.
Herman Young to
return to Thailand
Herman Young of Naples
will return to Thailand for
duty as an engineer.
He left by air from Long-
view Sunday to go to Washing-
ton to complete arrangements
for his return to the Orient.
He will return to Naples be-
fore his departure for Thai-
land.
Young served as an engi-
neer in Thailland for about
two years.
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The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1962, newspaper, December 13, 1962; Naples, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390309/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.