The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1955 Page: 1 of 4
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THANKFUL FRIENDS. Neither Tori Webb,
or, no doubt, her friend the turkey, are sure
they, understand just what. Thanksgiving
is all about. But they will both enjoy the day
this year: Tori, because she and Mommie
and Daddy, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webb of
Duncanville, will have a delicious Thanks-
giving dinner featuring baked you-know-
what and dressing; and the turkey, because
he is still blissfully unaware of the fate he
has been spared—until Christmas, anyway.
—Photo by Garrett'
The WEEKLY CHRONICLE
of Events in DUNCANVILLE and CEDAR HILL
VOL. 1—NO. 16 Duncanville, Texas, Thursday, November 24, 1955 4 Pages 10c Per Copy
Youth Recreation Club
Planned for Community
DUNCANVILLE
Organization of a club to spon-
sor. community recreation is being
planned as an outgrowth of youth-
parent cooperation on the recent
all-school dances.
Idea for the Recreation Club
grew out of discussions of the par-
ents and young people who planned
the entertainment for the home-
coming and football dances. This
group expressed the feeling that
it was the responsibility of the
entire community to make avail-
able wholesome recreation for the
youth.
One of the leaders in the drive
to organize the club is Rev. Baxton
Bryant of the Methodist Church.
A primary objective of the group,
he said, would be to offer in as far
as is possible a complete and well-
rounded program of recreation.
"Our youth will spend their lei-
sure somewhere," Rev. Bryant
said. "God grant to parents the
interest to see that they have whole-
some activities in our own com-
munity, where we ean control the
environment," he continued.
An organizational meeting will be
called in the near future. Member-
ship would be open to anyone in-
terested in providing such a re-
creational program. Members of
the committee who planned the
entertainment for the football
dance and who may form a possible
nucleus for organization of the
recreation club, were Frankie
Little, Doyne Bryant, Judy Wilton,
Barbara Ferguson, Dolores Mc-
Lemore, Mr. and Mrs. Harlie
Baker, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Little,
George Whitley, Rev. and Mrs.
Don McKenzie, Rev. Bryant, Roy
A. Koger, and Mrs. Jean Wooten.
C of C Elects
New Directors
DUNCANVILLE
Chamber of Commerce members
have elected three new directors,
Tom Shefield, Gus Alexander, and
Earl Mizell.
Balloting was completed Monday,
and the election board canvassed
the votes Tuesday. A meeting of
the new board of directors will be
called within the week, announced
retiring president Dr. A. M. Fain,
for the purpose of electing officers.
Other business to be considered at
the meeting will include items dis-
cussed at the last membership
meeting: Decoration of the busi-
ness district for Christmas and
possible sponsorship of a contest
for residential Christmas decora-
tions, and promotion of poll tax
payments, and encouragements of
participation in local elections.
"Citizen" Club
Started At C H
CEDAR HILL
Citizenship in its many phases
is being learned first-hand by
Cedar Hill elementary students.
Mr. H. O. Smith, principal of the
elementary school has initiated a
Citizenship Club within the upper
elementary grades of the school.
Purpose of the workshop-type
club is to promote good citizenship
within the school as well as the
community. Each home room is a-
club within itself with its own
elected officers, and all rooms meet
together as a whole for the General
Assembly and elect the general
officers, or the executive council,
of the assembly.
The presidents elected by each
room are automatically members
of the executive council. There are
also standing committee chairmen
elected by the General Assembly.
Each office carries a responsibility
and an obligation and each child
in school is made conscious of the
many phases of good citizenship.
In this way they learn the very
basis of democracy and their spon-
sor Mr. Smith has been highly
commended for this undertaking.
The following are presidents of
their home room club: Chad Hale,
fifth grade; Dolores Davis, sixth
grade; Harry Patterson, seventh
grade; Jerry West, eighth grade.
Joe Pitt is president of the General
Assembly, James Nicholson, vice-
president, Rachael Cooper, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Standing committee chairmen
are: Fire Chief, Buddy Martin,
See CITIZENS on Page i ■
If your Weekly Chronicle ar-
rives a day late this week, please
overlook the delay. Due to the
holiday schedule required by the
Post Office Department, it may
not be possible for local postal
officials to distribute your copy
of the paper until Friday.
In the Duncanville and Cedar
Hill post offices, only a reduced
staff is allowed on holidays, and
then only a brief period to dis-
tribute first-class mail.
Next week's issue will be out
on regular schedule, until then,
may you receive the rich bless-
ings of a true Thanl. iving.
—The Publisher.
Columntator Guest
At Lions Meeting
DUNCANVILLE
Editorial writer and "colum-
tator" Lynn Landrum was guest
speaker at the Lions Club meeting
Monday night.
Mr. Landrum, who writes a regu-
lar column for the Dallas News,
spoke on community life in Dun-
canville. He was the guest of Paul
Griffith, who had charge of the
program.
Board
Calls Election
Deadline
3
For Filing
DUNCANVILLE
Candidates for the Dun-
canville water board and for
tax assessor-collector of the
district have until Dec. 3 to
file for office, announced
Earl W. Wilson, president of
the Dallas County Fresh
Water Supply District No. 8,
which serves this city.
The election will be conducted on
Jan. 3, the first Tuesday of the
new year. The two-year terms of all
five members of the water board
and of the tax-assessor expire this
year. Present members are Mr.
Wilson, the president; Mr. Lois
Munden, vice-president; and E. L.
Haynes, Wilson W. Powers, and
H. Carr Smith. James Home is
the tax assessor-collector. All the
board members and Mr. Home are
up for re-election.
Anyone desiring to run for the
water board or the tax assessor
job, and who is a qualified voter
living in the district, may file at
the water office with Mr. Horne.
Deadline is midnight Dec. 3. There
is no filing fee, but the candidates
elected are required by state law
to post surety bonds of $2,000 for
board members, and the $5,000
for the assessor. Water district at-
torney H. Louis Nichols has pre-
pared the election papers, and
forms to file for office are now
available at the water office. The
early filing date is set by state
regulations, which requires candi-
dates to file at least 30 days prior
to the election.
The Jan. 3 election will be at the
fire station and will be by printed
ballots rather than voting ma-
chines. Two election judges and
two election clerk* will be ap-
pointed.
Among actions taken by the water
district during the past year are
the installation of the new water
well, construction of a new surface
storage tank, and increased pump-
ing capacity of the other wells. Tax
rate of the district is the same as
the city's, $1.25 per $100 evalua-
tion.
Annual audit of the water district
was completed Monday night and
is open for public inspection at the
water board office. The audit was
done by Jim Ross, formerly of
Duncanville, and Roy Baxely, new
Duncanville accountant.
This marks the first certified
audit of the water board, and
members for the board are highly
pleased with it, said Mr. Wilson.
The more complete audit was made
possible by a switch-over to a new
and more complete bookkeeping
system during the past year, he
explained.
Council
OK's Plan
For Road
CEDAR HILL
Plans and specifications for the
city portion of farm-to-market road
from Pleasant Run Road to Grand
Prairie were approved Tuesday
night by the City Council.
Councilmen had been advised by
the city attorney Mr. J'enkins not
to approve the specifications until
the county accepted all responsi-
bilities for upkeep and liability on
the part of the road which will be
within the city limits. County
Commissioner Denver Seale had
told city officials recently that
work on the new roadway is sche-
duled to begin soon.
In other action, the councilmen
received for further study, revi-
sions suggested by Mr. Jenkins on
the ordinance to control running of
water line by real estate develo-
pers. When the council passed the
law at a recent meeting, they voted
to request the attorney to make
recommendations for any revisions
that would clarify their intent.
They also received a report on
the intersection signs that have
been ordered for Wintergreen and
Highway 67 and at Pleasant Run
and 67.
Mayor J. C. Potter was ill, so
Mayor Pro-Tem Turk Cannady
presided in his absence.
C H School Board
Calls For Bids
On New Bonds
CEDAR HILL
First issue of the newly voted
$235,000 school bonds will be sold
Tuesday night by the school board,
when sealed bids on $187,000 bonds
will be received.
The school board will sell the
bonds by bid, and the schedules
and bid sheets have been mailed
to brokers and other investors who
have indicated an interest in pur-
chasing the bonds.
The new high school is even an-
other step closer this week follow-
ing completion of a survey of the
31.4 acre land grant from the
government for the high school site.
PIGSKIN SEASON CLOSES. CAGE PLAY BEGINS
Dogies Play
Game For
Sick Coach
CEDAR HILL
With Coach Ray Robinson out
sick for the last game of the year,
the Dogie eleven played their hearts
out in a game they dedicated to
their coach, but were still defeated
28-19 by Godley. High School Prin-
cipal P. L. Neal filled in for the
coach.
Jim Render scored in the first
quarter on a 40-yard off-tackle run,
but his conversion try failed.
Then Godley hit pay dirt early
in the second period—a quarter full
of scores, runs, thrills—and racked
up another off-tackle run for 50
yards to tally for the score and game will begin at 6:30 p.m. against
Basketball
Teams Swing
Into Action
Cedar Hill basketball season
opened officially Monday night at
Forreston. The boys team lost 60-34,
and the girls A team won 37-15.
Marvin Chapman was high point
man with eleven points, and
Yvonne Holveck racked up 17
points in the girls' game.
Tuesday night both the A and B
DHS 11 Skin
Rabbits For
5-5 Record
By Milton C. Moon
DUNCANVILLE
The Duncanville Panthers struck
early in the first quarter for two
touchdowns and one conversion to
chalk up a 13-0 lead that proved
too much for the Forney Jackrab-
bits to overcome.
The Jacks tallied their one and
B team lost 42-33, and the A girls
lost 50-31. Yvonne was again high
Gccrer with 11 points.
The boys team and the girls A
team will play next week in the
Milford Tournament. The girls
extra point. The Dogies trailed by
only one point at that time, 13-14.
On the Cedar Hill kick-off after
touchdown. Godley marched to the
Dogie 40, where they attempted a
See DOGIES on Page 4
girls team went to Seagoville. The only TD early in the second quar-
ter. They converted, making the
score 13-7, which was how the game
ended.
Due to unusually cold, 40-degree
temperature, the play at times was
slow, but both teams showed a
good defense. The Panthers rallied
on several occasions to stave off
Forney threats brought about by a
couple of fast breaking halfbacks
named Compton and Griffith.
Both Panther touchdowns came
See PANTHERS on Page 4
Maypearl. The boys will meet May-
pearl in a game to begin at 7:45.
The Duncanville girls played on
their home court for the first time
this year when they played host to
See CAGERS on Page 4
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Barber, Hildred. The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1955, newspaper, November 24, 1955; Duncanville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth437573/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.