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Celina 50 Years Ago Today
This is a selection of stories, classified ads and commercial ads from the Celina Record first published Thursday, September 27, 1962.
Work to start next week on FM 428
County Highway Engineer John Taylor told The Record Wednesday that work on the construction of Farm Road 428 would probably begin first of next week, unless weather delayed contractor R.W. McKinney in finishing up a job on the east side of the county.
Mileage totals 7,628.
Two new homes are occupied by owners
Two new houses recently built in Celina by Kindle and Johnson Lumber Company have been recently sold and the new owners have moved in.
One is located in the 500 block of Perkins Street. Its new owners and occupants are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson Jr. The other is also on Perkins Street in the Massey addition and was purchased by Mrs. T.J. Moseley, who recently sold her farm in the Alla community to Mr. and Mrs. J.R. McIlroy.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Willard are the parents of a son, Jim Bob, born September 18 in a McKinney hospital.
United Fund goal is $1825
Celina's United Fund Drive, headed by Harry Scott, will set its sights on a goal of $1,825, Mr. Scott said Tuesday.
The fund-raising effort will begin Tuesday, October 2. Seven agencies will share in the money contributed by Celinaites, as follows: Red Cross $550, Salvation Army $450, Boy Scouts $200, Muscular Dystrophy $175, Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation $100, Little League Baseball clubs $150, and Local Welfare $200.
Cancer and Heart Funds, which had previously shared in Celina's United Funds, have refused to accept United Fund donations, preferring to conduct their own fund-raising campaigns.
Church sets dedication
The Church of Christ's new building in Celina, just completed, will be dedicated at the regular morning service at 10:30 Sunday.
Work was begun on the building in March. The congregation, which had been meeting in the Celina school building while the building was under construction, has met for the last two weeks in the new building. The dedication service has awaited completion of a few details such as draperies, etc.
Bartlett Construction Company was the contractor, but members of the church did much of the work involved in completing the building.
Maynard Atkins, speaking for the church, said Tuesday that he wanted to thank everyone who had even a small part in making the new building possible. “Special thanks are due the school board for use of the school building as a place of meeting while our building was being constructed. Thanks to all, and come to see us in our new home,” he said.
The building is of solid masonry, 40 by 74 feet over all, and is cooled with 10 tons of air conditioning.
Work started on new Bobcats field house
A dream of long standing appeared about to reach fulfillment early this week as the foundation forms for a field house at Bobcat Field were nearing completion.
The new building, measuring 40 by 42 feet, will stand in the northwest corner of the field, and will contain two showers, rest rooms and dressing rooms for the Bobcats and visiting teams; two outside rest rooms, and concession stand.
Bartlett and Son, Sherman contractors, will erect the insulated steel building, cost of which will be approximately $6,000.
The new building will be the result of efforts of the Celina Quarterback Club, which has raised about $3,000 in cash and 34 members of the club have signed a note for the remainder.
“We hope this will be a stop forward to getting some modern bleachers,” said Bob Parish, a member of the club's field house committee, Tuesday.
Other members of the committee are J.B. Stelzer, chairman; Paul O'Brien, Dr. Vance Stallcup, E.J. Lewis, and Bobby Martin.
Parish said the club hoped to have the field house completed and in use before the end of this year's football season.
Bobcats win Bells game
A touchdown, a two-point conversion and a safety added up to 10 points Friday night for the CHS Bobcats – enough to lay low the Bells Panthers, 10 – 0, in Celina's first conference game of the season, in Bells territory.
All of the scoring came in the fourth quarter, following several other serious threats by Celina, which didn't pay off.
Bells made 2 first downs, Celina 9.
The Bobcats host Allen Friday night.
Gins turn out 1709 bales
Celina's two gins, which had been running almost at capacity for several days, had ginned 1709 bales of this year's crop at 2:45 Tuesday, when showers had begun to drive in the crews of cotton pickers.
The showers were spawned by a stiff norther which blew in early Tuesday morning.
“We've got about 50 bales on the yard,” said Roy Klinglesmith, manager of the H.C. Ritchey gin. “Hate to get it wet, but there's not much we can do about it.”
Klinglesmith said the crop lacked quite a bit of being half harvested. “We've got a pretty good cotton crop, if we can just save it all.”
On the Record
Organized charities and research organizations which refuse to accept a share of the money raised in Celina's United Fund campaigns ought to get the backs of our hands when they attempt to conduct their own fund-raising campaigns.
United Funds have been the outgrowth of a very real need – that of lessening the great nuisance which results from dozens of different money-raising campaigns being conducted in a community.
Claims of some of the recalcitrant agencies that they don't get as much money from sharing in United Funds as they do by conducting their own campaigns will not hold water – at least not in Celina. One such agency last year got a little over $100 from its own campaign whereas it had previously gotten twice as much or more from United Fund.
Small-town business men are too busy with the exigencies of making a living to permit their time to be taken up with a multiplicity of money-raising efforts.
“Johnny,” the teacher commanded, “spell 'weather'.
“W-e-t-t-h-u-r,” responded the pupil.
The teacher listened, grimaced, and then commented,” Well, that's the worst spell of weather we've had in a long time.”
News of Alla Community
By Mrs. Hershel Flanery
Alla Home Demonstration Club meeting has been postponed from October 3 to October 17 due to the fair which will be in progress at that time.
Leslie Ray Flanery of Irving spent last weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Flanery. He has enrolled at Arlington State College for the fall term.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tillerson and family of Garland spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Tillerson. Mr. Tillerson is improving.
Carla Perry of Celina spent Saturday night with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Melton.
Mrs. Claud Loftice visited Mrs. John Taylor Bledsoe in a Sherman hospital Monday. Mrs. Bledsoe underwent surgery recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Joe May and daughter of Dallas were visitors of relatives in Celina Sunday.
Said the lady as she packed her daughter off to college:
“I've lost a daughter but gained a closet.”
School News
Juniors make $54
Members of the Junior class have made $54 for the Junior-Senior banquet fund by selling candy.
Freshman class
Girls of the Freshman class have started work selling magazines. They are working hard to get the large “burro.”
Freshman FFA boys are working hard at the FFA Sweetheart contest
Seniors get rings
Member of the Senior class are wearing their new class rings, and reports are they are very proud of them.
The Seniors are starting their campaign to earn money for their class trip.
Blackfriars to give play at PTA meet
The Celina School PTA will sponsor a rerun of the play “A Statue to Remember” at its next meeting Tuesday, October 9 in the school's bandhall at 7:30 p.m.
The play that reenacts the struggle of moving from old Celina to new Celina, was written by CHS English teacher, Allan Smith, four years ago and was seen three years ago at a PTA meeting.
The high school's Blackfriar Club is in charge of the program, and selected a repeat performance of this play dealing with the early history of Celina because so many people have asked that it be redone.
Old residents of the community will particularly enjoy the play with such names as Childress, Stone, Wilcox, Willock, Smith, and other being depicted on the stage.
Appearing in the play will be high school students Paula Norris, Mary Venn, Gus Stelzer, Bob Blaine, Barbara Graham, Roy Shinpaugh, Dwain Rutherford, Peggy Davis, Louie Maier, and several others not cast yet. It will be directed by Allan Smith.
There will be no admission charge for the play.
Weston Happenings
By Mary M. Button
The Rev. Glynn Vickers, a student at Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, was a Friday night dinner guest of the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Renfro and sons.
Tony Siebert of Topeka, Kan., is visiting his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Siebert, and family.
Mrs. Weldon Terrell and sons of Plano spent Saturday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lois Whitaker.
Weldon Shaw helping Iran earthquake victims
Ghazvin, Iran – Army PFC Weldon D. Shaw, 20, son of Mrs. Opal L. Shaw, Celina, recently arrived in Iran with the 8th Evacuation Hospital to help care for victims of the disastrous earthquakes which struck Iran earlier this month.
Shaw was airlifted from Germany to Ghazvin, Iran, where complete medical facilities were set up to handle the large number of casualties from the earthquake. The unit, supported by Army helicopters, is not only meeting the medical needs of the victims but also is helping to prevent the outbreak of epidemics of disease.
The hospital is also aiding in the comfort of those left homeless by the disaster by providing food, clothing, sanitary drinking water and temporary shelter.
Shaw is a medical-records clerk with the 8th, which is regularly assigned at Landsthul, Germany. He entered the Army in February, 1960 and arrived overseas the following July.
Ads
The Style Shop has the best for baby. Baby shoes are $1.98, diaper bags are $4.95 fitted crib sheets are $1.35.
Perry & Rucker offers Shurfresh oleo for 15 cents a pound, fresh barbecued fryers (2-pound average) for $1.00 and Carnation mellorine is 39 cents for one-half gallon.
McKnight Grocery has Grapenut Flakes, 12 ounces for 29 cents, Sun Valley Oleo, 2 pounds for 35 cents and Folger's Coffee, one pound for 68 cents.
Carey Food Market offers Bama frozen fruit pies, 3 for $1.00, Carnation Mellorine, 1/2 gallon carton, 3 for $1.00 and Choice seven steak for 55 cents a pound.
The Ritz Theatre will be showing “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” on Sept. 29.
On Sunday, Sept. 30 the Spanish picture “El Mago” will be showing.
On Saturday, Oct. 6 the musical “State Fair” will be showing.
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