The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1955 Page: 3 of 8
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Resusciator Purchased By
Duncanville Fire Department
DUNCANVILLE
Always alert to the needs of the
community, the Volunteer Fire
Department has added another to
its list of services available for
residents of this area. And some-
day this additional service, a
Stephenson portable resuscitator,
may mean the difference between
life and death for you or a member
of your family,
The resuscitator is used when
accidents causing breathing failure
occur—accidents such as drown-
ing, electric shock, smoke suffoca-
tion, gas poisoning, or shock from
an automobile crash. It is also put
to use for patients struggling to
breathe after a heart attack or a
bad spell of asthma.
Purchased from Gordon Waters
of Dallas, representative of the
Stephenson Co., the resuscitator
will cost $450. The Fire Depart-
ment is asking for donations to
help cover the cost. The machine
Thursday, October 13, 1955
The WEEKLY CHRONICLE
■Page 3
History Foretells Area Growth
is on display at McBride's Phar-
macy, and contributions may be
made there or to the Fire Depart- j
ment directly, announced Fire
Chief R. H. Goldman.
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OPEN 7 DAYS
A WEEK
BABS
BAR-B-QUE
DUNCANVILLE
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Red Bird
Barber Shop
on Camp Wisdom Rd.
in Red Bird Addition.
open 9 a.m,~—7:30 p.m.
To Perform
At Assembly
J DUNCANVILLE
Pep assembly Friday morning
will feature the new Public
School Glee Club singing "Let
All Things Now Living." and
"An Alma Mater," annuonced;
Lowell M; Robbins, director of
the group.
There are 54 members in the
high school glee club, and the
group has been meeting since
shortly after the beginning of the
term with Mr. Robbins and Roy
A. Roger, high school principal.
There is also a freshmen chorus for
the ninth grade.
Mr. Robbins, who worked this
past year with the popular Four-
Star Quartet, has been doing
choral work for many years, but
this is the first high school chorus
he has worked with. He has also
been director of the All-Church
Choir which has given several fine
performances at Easter, Thanks-
giving, and Christmas services.
Haircuts
Weekdays
IS
Saturdays $1.00
JOHN PRUDEN, owner
M .D. H. Company Office
Moved To New Site
Field office for MDH Company,
developers of West Park Estates,
was moved Tuesday from its loca-
tion on Peach Street to 201 W.
Davis Street. This places the field
office nearer the entrance of the
addition and makes it more acces-
sible to the business district.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Key left last
weekend for a fishing trip to the
Gulf' Coast.
O. W. Jack Hood
TEXACO SERVICE STA.
Marfak Lubrication
Auto Accessories
Duncanville AX8,7790
CONGRATULATIONS
TO
L. M. (TUB) HOOD
AND
MILTON C. MOON
For Their Contribution To The Progress
Of Duncanville
INW00D CONSTRUCTION CO.
Commercial & Industrial Buildings
By Mrs. Tod Vinyard
Duncanville and Cedar Hill can
well look forward still to a bur-
geoning growth, for it is but a
scant 118 years ago'that the first
known white man entered what
is now Dallas County,
After the independence of Texas
was recognized, agents of the
Mexican Government turned the
Indians against the white settlers
in every part of Texas. The govern-
ment sent their men into north-
west Texas, along , the headwaters
of her rivers, far beyond the
borders of the white settlements
in South Texas. They aroused the
prairie Indians everywhere to
hostility against the white people.
From 1837 to 1840, all Texas was
ablaze with Indian warfare.
In August of 1837, a force of
Texas Rangers, commanded by a
Capt. Eastland, left LaGrange to
scout along the headwaters of the
Brazos, Colorado and Trinity
Rivers. They made their way along
the Brazos River, and after reach-
ing its mouth they divided into
two groups. The larger group
turned west to the Colorado, then
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We feature
LUSTERWAY
Dry Cleaning
Laundry, Alterations
HOPKINS
GLEANERS
ONE-DAY SERVICE IF REQUESTED
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DUNCANVILLE
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Dallas
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2nd Class Permit
Application Made
DUNCANVILE
Application was made last week
with Duncanville postmaster, Mrs.
Ethel Barker, for second class
mailing privileges for The Weekly
Chronicle, announced the publisher,
W. R. Barber. A temporary permit
was issued, pending final action
by the Bureau of Post Office
Operations Division of Mail class-
ification, in Washington.
Henceforth, postage for all
copies of The Chronicle will be
credited to the Duncanville Post'
Office, regardless of the office at
which they are mailed in order
to expedite delivery of your paper.
"We of The Chronicle wish to
state publicly our appreciation for
the assistance given us by Mrs.
Barker and her staff at the Dun-
canville Post Office, and also by
Mr. Sims of Cedar Hill, and of-
ficials at Terminal Annex Station
in Dallas," said Mr. Barber.
south again. This was the territory
of the savage Comanches.
A smaller group turned east
to follow the waters of the Trinity
River back to the white settlements
in South Texas. There were twenty
men under the command of Lt.
Miles m this smaller group. On
Nov. 10, 1837, when they were
about fifty miles north of where
Dallas is now located, they met a
band of hostile Indians.
Fifty Indians were killed, and
the remainder of about 100 fled
with their wounded. Lt. Miles and
eight of his men were killed.
Eleven Texans were left alive, three
of them wounded. They moved
down the Trinity following its
windings for five days, then they
camped at the mouth of Turtle
Creek.
The three wounded were suf-
fering from their wounds; all
were ragged and barefooted. Worn
out with fatigue, they decided to
rest awhile then move to higher
ground. After resting they made
their camp at a spring in a grove
near where the old Santa Fe
building now stands. They spent
nearly a week there, dressing their
wounds with mud and oak ooze.
There they killed a buffalo for
food and made moccasins and leg-
gings from its hide. So far as is
known, these were the first white
men to be on the land that later
became Dallas County.
The next year, 1838, Gen. Thom-
as Rusk rounded up a band of
troublesome Caddo Indians on
Village Creek, naar the present
site of Ft. Worth. He found theii
camp and burned it, captured most
of the band and carried them to
Shreveport, La., and turned them
over to the U.S. officers there.
On this trip. Gen. Rusk passed
twice near \vhere Dallas now
stands. The Caddo Iridians did not
live in Texas, but were marauder*
from across the U.S. border.
Your Best Buy
In Protection • • •
... is insurance sold in your
town by your local agent.
Do business with a man youj
know and trust.
CHARLES D, ACTON
INSURANCE AGENCY
AX8-3731 ' AX8-3189
Duncanville
Duncanville Cooks
Enter State Fair
DUNCANVILLE
Duncanville's famed cooking will
be represented by at least three
cooks this year in baking com-
petition at the State Fair. Mrs.
Inez Ferguson, who has taken
second place in the sponge cake
division for the past few years,
will enter her Angel Food Cake.
And a mother-daughter team will
also make its appearance when
Mrs. Tookie Goldman and her
daughter, Ann Wynell, each enter
pound cakes. Ann Wynell's entry
will be judging in the children's
division tomorrwo and judging in
the adult classifications will be
Thursday.
DIAL AX8-2232
to place Quick-Result
CLASSIFIED AD
GOLDMAN
and Radio
Service
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Duncanville
SHOP AT RICHARDSON S
GROCERY & MARKET
For Convenience & Economy
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY
Crackers Wor*MulttPak
Saltine
... 1-Lb, Box
23c
Crackers SL
1-Lb, Box
32c
Rice Krispiesm*.
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16c
Taa Morton's
l£!l With Glass
4-oz. Box
39c
Biscuits PulIin
*2 for
19c
Spanish Rice wrt
....... Can
15c
Green Beans & Potatoes
Allen's
10c
SpmaCh Del Monte
n No. 303
& Cans
25c
Pumpkin Del Monte
^ No. 303
im Cans
25c
Fruit Cocktail
No. 303
Can
25c
Spaghetti rs»
Can
12c
TOmatOeS Diamond
$ No. 303
*1 Cans...
29c
Pork Chops Fresh Lb. 55c
Round Steak . Lb. 59c
We Give United Trading Stamps
Open Every Evening Till 9:30
Open Sundays
E. J. RICHARDSON S
GROCERY & MARKET No. 2
DUNCANVILLE ROAD AT RED BIRD LANE
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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/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.