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School Bonds Up For
Approval This Saturday
The WEEKLY CHRONICLE
of Eoentf m DUNCANVILLE and CEDAR HILL
Vol. I—No. 10
Duncanville, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1955
8 Pages 10c Per Copy
Banking
Officials
DueToday
DUNCANVILLE
Southwest Dallas County
residents and businessmen
are anticipating arrival to-
day of banking officials who
will conduct a two-day on-
the-site investigation and
survey of this area to help
determine the need for a bank in
this section.
Investigators from the State
Banking Department and the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration will meet with proposed
officers and directors of the en-
visioned First State Bank of
Duncanville, and will probably
conduct interviews with mer-
chants and leading citizens of
Cedar Hill, Duncanville and the
surrounding territory.
Application was made just eight
weeks ago for a charter for a bank
to serve this rapidly-growing sec-
tion, which has an estimated 17,000
residents and an earning power
near $25,000,000 annually.
IH
Dr.G.Fulgham
To Be Guest
At Reception
DUNCANVILLE
Representatives of local civic
and religious groups and the City
Council will honor Dr. and Mrs.
Gwin M. Fulgham Sunday after-
noon with a reception from 3 to
5 at the Community House.
Co-chairmen for the informal
reception to honor the new dentist
are the Rev. S. Baxton Bryant and
W. F. McBride. They stated that
Dr. Fulgham's opening of practice
Wednesday marked the beginning
of a new professional service not
previously available in Duncan-
ville, and that he is the first full-
time resident dentist for the town.
In the receiving line will be the
representatives of the local groups
and their wives: Mayor E. M.
Hastings, representing the City
Council; Rev. Eugene McClain,
president of the Ministerial Al-
liance; Dr. Allen M. Fain, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce;
Lee A. Bosher, president of the
Lions Club; Rev. Bryant, and Mr.
McBride.
Chairman of the refreshments
committee will be Mrs. Lou Fain.
Dr. Fain will serve as chairman of
the invitations committee, Mrs.
Georgia Ferguson will head the
serving committee, and Mrs. Doris
Griffith will be in charge of the
decorations committee.
The Fulghams, with their four
children, Donna, 7; Stephen, 6;.
Deborah, 4V2; and Stanley, 18
months, have recently moved here
from Brownsboro.
LIFESAVER—The portable resuscitator above has been
purchased by the Duncanville Volunteer Fire Department.
No larger than a medium sized suitcase, the small machine
does a life-size job when it comes to reviving patients
who have had breathing failure. (See story on Page 3)
Dual Grand Opening Set
For Duncanville Businesses
DUNCANVILLE
The dual grand opening Satur-
day of the Duncanville Sports Shop
and Hardware Store, and Moon's
Food Store marks the culmination
of five years' planning by L. M.
(Tub) Hood and Milton C. Moon.
Grand opening festivities will
be given the full treatment for
both stores, with free drawings
and prizes, specials, and even re-
freshments being offered through-
out the day Saturday.
Work on the building was begun
several months ago, with over 6,000
square feet in the completed
structure. The fireproof brick and
hadite construction has accommo-
dations for three business, the food
store and sporting-hardware store
which adjoin one another, and a
third division hot yet occupied.
The AG Affiliated grocery will
feature its departments of fresh
produce, fresh cut meat, guaran-
teed eggs, and frozen food.
"Associated Grocers," for which
the initials AG stands, is a non-
profit organization, created for the
purpose of obtaining buying power
for the retail independent mer-
chant. Each member is a stock-
holder in the organization.
Personnel in the food store are
Melvin Schreurs, assistant man-
ager; Floyd Hughes, in charge of
the meat counter; Ronnie Wadlow,
and Everett Alexander. Mr. Hughes
has just recently moved with his
family to Duncanville from Arca-
dia Park.
The sporting goods department
of Duncanville Sports Shop and
(See OPENING on Page 8)
Panel Discussion Set
Tonight by CH P-TA
CEDAR HILL
Looking toward Saturday's $235,000 school bond
election, Cedar Hill P-TA will present a special panel
discussion tonight at 8 o'clock for the purpose of explaining
the plans for a new high school building, and voting pro,
cedures for the election.
Announcement was made Tuesday for a grant of land
to the school board from the government by the Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The land
grant, which consists of approximately thirty-one acres on
Highway 67, present location of the school athletic field, is contingent
on voters' approval of bonds for a new school building.
The land being given to the school is part of a 140-acre tract
which was purchased by the government in the 1940's for an emergency
landing field, then leased by the city in 1947 and sub-let to the Lions
Club for use as an athletic field for the school and community. It will
be the location of the new high school.
Discussion panel for tonight's
Conference
Foes Invade
Friday Night
Football season is well under
way with Duncanville Panthers
preparing to entertain Piano Fri-
day night for their first conference
game and hoping for their fifth
straight win, while the Cedar Hill
Dogies will be hosts to the Midlo-
thian Panthers for one of the big
games of their conference.
The Duncanville team had an
open date last week and should
be well-rested for the beginning
of District 12-A play. Piano was
a pre-season choice to win district
but has been stumbling lately.
The Dogies stampeded the
Burleson Elks last week, 43-6.
Hard-running Jim Render took off
on the first play after the opening
kickoff and scampered 60 yards
for a touchdown, and then added
three more scores later in the
game.
Outmanned all the way, Burle-
son's only touchdown came in the
second quarter when Ronny Wells
returned a kickoff 60 yards.
Render's other three tallies
were made on two 12-yard dashes
over tackle and a 45-yard run
around end.
Other Cedar Hill scores were
made by W. J. Cooper, who broke
(See FOOTBALL on Page 2)
$235,000 QUESTION
Questions and Answers
P-TA meet will be composed of
J. L. Bryson, president of the
school board; Milton Pitt, chair-
man of the school board building
committee; and Paul Brooks, school
superintendent.
In addition to presenting again
the need for the new building, the
school men will outline the voting
procedure for Saturday's election.
Due to some unusual provisions'
of the new state law (Senate Bill
116), there will be, in effect, three
separate elections conducted at the
same time. This will involve three
ballots, one white, another pink,
and the third blue.
There will also be three types of
voter-qualifications. A more com-
plete explanation of voting proce-
dures and qualifications will be
found in the accompanying Ques-
tion and Answer section, at the
bottom of Page 1.
CEDAR HILL
Q. Who can vote in the election ?
A. Any person having a 1954
poll tax receipt and residing in
the district.
Q. What will they vote for?
A. Most voters will vote for
three propositions:
1. For the adoption by the school
district of Senate Bill 116.
2. For issuance of school bonds.
3. For levying a maintenance
tax.
Q. I note you said MOST voters.
Who will NOT vote on ALL
THREE propositions?
A. 1. A person who has a Poll
Tax receipt and resides in the dis-
trict but who has no real or per-
sonal property rendered for taxa-
tion. He will vote a PINK ballot.
receipt and resides in the district
and has property rendered in the
school district ONLY, will vote
a WHITE and PINK ballot.
3. A person who has a Poll Tax
receipt and resides in the district
and has, property rendered in the
county ONLY, will vote a BLUE
and PINK ballot.
Q. Who, then, will vote on all
THREE propositions?
A. A resident of the district who
has a Poll Tax receipt and who has
property rendered in the county
and in the school district will vote
WHITE, BLUE, and PINK ballots.
("Property rendered" as it ap-
plies in this election means real
or personal property appearing on
the tax roll of the county or the
2. A person who has a Poll Tax \ school district by authority of the
individual or the Tax Assessor-
Collector.)
Q. What is meant by Senate
Bill 116?
A. Senate Bill 116 simply makes
it possible for a school district in
the State of Texas to levy more
than 50c of its authorized tax rate
for the purpose of retiring bonds.
Under the new law (Senate Bill
116) the bonded debt of a school
district may never exceed 10% of
the district's valuation.
Q. Will the tax rate be increased
this year?
A. No, the rate will remain $1.25
per $100 evaluation.
Q. If any ONE of these proposi-
tions fails to pass, what happens
to the election?
A. They ALL fail, and the dis-
trict does not get a badly needed
school system.
Dental Check
Made At CH
Four hundred and ten stu-
dents had their teeth examined
at school Tuesday, and 211 were
given blue cards referring them
to their family dentist for den-
tal care.
Dr. L. C. Perkins of Grand
Prairie, who also checked condi-
tion of Duncanville pupils' teeth
last week, was assisted Tuesday
by Mrs. Mary Schaller, P-TA
health chairman, and her com-
mittee of Mrs. Leona Chambers,
Mrs. Gladys Potter, and Mrs.
Loretta Dawson.
Of the 211 referrals from Ce-
dar Hill, several needed urgent
attention, said Mrs. Schaller.
Dr. Perkins stressed that he
would like for the children to
see their dentist and have their
dental work done as soon as*
possible since a follow-up is
planned sooo.
Dr. R. C. Robbins
To Open Dental
Offices Here
Announcement was made thiS
past week of opening of dental
offices by Dr. R. C. Robbins in
the Duncanville Doctors Building.
The Duncanville Doctors Build-
ing, near the fire station, has
been completely remodeled by
E. W. Olson, from its former
use as a church, to a brick-front
structure with suites for four
professional men. There are a
total of twelve rooms in the mo-
dernized building.
Dr. Robbins has had a dental
practice in Dallas.
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Barber, Hildred. The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1955, newspaper, October 13, 1955; Duncanville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth437569/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.