Commerce Journal, The (Newspaper) - December 18, 1958, Commerce, Texas Microfilm Service Co 8066 Texas t MOVING Plant the same as have their during a change of manufacturing company has recently com- its Washington street to a spacious building on east Bishop Shown above is of the a stack of axles being stockpiled for future Moves To Bishop Street Site a thcy apply in any it is and are sort though on the old dt Streets in the old Buick 1 For Huge Loan Filed facilities -o f e k Hou sm g a State college's loan build d g that make has upon which has stated Com Far will accept appli cations on a firm amount of- Commissioner John C. v Thomas Of. loans bicie million have been accept process applications for housing loans up tp point 7of final according the immense in by 320 feet sions an more twice that of the lot iri Commerce The front of. the is devoted to office with dropped finished with concrete blocks dividing wall and metal doors to insure quiet working 'A center offices on occupy for- stte trailer er are opaque fluted glass yet facilities a the back been entire brown be in the ers doing job of on a Texas plastic admit a of natural 4 on cloudy E The the Commerce plant to its trailer which heretofore been ped -in various other stte the ing to wait for but some grading anii gravelling has been completed onj company's parking Trucks pick-ups can easily drive about in the a of wide openings permit their easy open Wuse has been ned lor in the cording to Serving The Home of East Texas State College VOLUME 69 Allocated DECEMBER 18, 1958, TWELVE PAGES TODAY NUMBER SI City Secretary Traffic Blinker Ordered L. M. City of Com- merce and City has resigned effective Jan. 1. The action came night at a study of the Commerce city commission as City Manager M. B. Messier had made known his in statement earlier in the Mrs. M. Lafferty moved that the resignation accepted Mr. has been Colds Fails To Halt Channel Operations On Sulphur Rive Snow and to hall the of two earth-moving machines that are slowly ripping out channels of South and Middle forks A giant dragline had gotten a good We hold on the Middle job icy blasts Earl for the Middle on a ditch 9, The cut extend from a point approximately half a neap Horton to point upstream 50 has levee work near Pecan Millen the According be- either pi three miles have been On Miller V. Jon 513, and 9V1 The will extend ing the 3 of miles in branch arid ed u 1' The erates Mr. said that the was of commissioners are seeking a be erected Harlow crossing The new channel has been cut several hundred yards south of old No is blocked off. persons in area use the crossing at FM 513 or on SH 2'4. Mr. Wommack said thai was being diverted new Spilth but that because ho heavy Tains have len very of the channel banks The new course will ter faster than the old engineers say that several years be ed to rowl out a almost has served in capacity of City His will come as the newly elected city Frazer takes who will 74 years old Dec. 28; said that retire from He became City Secretary June 1, 1940. Other matters to come before commission included a cussion of traffic problems ing from new FM 513 and extension and tion a new site for pay and a report by Mayor L. H. that Lone Star Gas company has filed with Texas Commission an Application to by ten cents MCF cubic its charge at gates of systems in Texas for cial and unaccounted for AU members the council were Street First business be before the meeting was a reguest Roscoe Griffitts that street be paved Neil street to FM Griffitts said 'a nent type of CITY Pg. firemen alarms last help jin Eight made to every section v -had cks -t gnP Site of Friday was reported in Hin 'the 6elt right of Snow was beginning as the truck Next Journals two issues of the Journal be printed one dav Next week's issue lo press 23, and be for 2-4. The same publication time wil be observed a the 90 to press Tuesday and be put in ihe mail on Dec. 31. dents and other persons repotting hews are asked in meeting Orphans Engulf Two hundred and seventy-six orphans boarded buses night on the East Texas campus and bid reluctant wells to their East Texas dent at the conclusion of the annual Christmas The from Buckner's and State Orphanage and 100F St took over city Commerce And the Christmas spirit was felt by a majority of the city's Arriving on the campus at the orphans swarmed the Union building ice invaded stores tp pick out gifts artd see a free show of animated Lilly's theater to the campus a turkey dinner at 'the col- lege p.m. they fireworks display by Alpha Phi Omega in valley sou of the football The 4 to 12 years given individual presents in SUB at 1? p.m. to at departure of soine of the younger quieted down for the since their the older continued students and professors their v The v Say's activities left some exhausted as finished a semester ex- the from the sale of Western Week held in was spent Heart Attack Fatal retired died p.m. Sunday after suffering at his room in Commerce i Funeral were held 3 at the Jones Funeral Father Raymond Mr. had been a dent of Commerce 13 He here from was a haying May 1884 at near Marlin He was the of a member Joseph's Catholic survived and Mrs. Rose Mrs. Ferry Mrs. D. R. Langridge of were Matt Bert Wesley Angling James John Christmas Vacation At Hand For East City Schools Nine Choirs To Take Part In Carol Service Tonight Hundreds of voices will join During the candlelight together at 8 p.m. day to continue one of East as State's oldest annual Christmas Carol Familiar notes and many other mas songs will echo in the Col- lege auditorium as they did 42 years ago when Miss Katherine head of the department of initiated the Since thai carol service in 1917, visiting choirs campus groups have been featured on the This year nine visiting the college and and Terpsichorean dance club are to making tUe the largest on Program The E. TL brass the direction of Neill Kumf is to play Christmas carols from a third room of the tion overlooking the campus to the east. Inside Doris Lambert will play two organ pre- in Super To Dallas Is Almost Ready traveling to Dallas for there's a Santa Claus with the rhent of the the of super be- Greenville Royse weather the needs according p. district y first sigh in up Tuesday designating it as Inter- state highway 30. The hew of road is 15 in and will lake a number of minutes off required to drive from Commerce Commerce drivers can go .to thele to Dallas will be smooth sailing all divided Completion of the stretch of road between Royse City and Rockwall years ago took put the most part of the but the narrow strip from ville to Royse City remained a traffic bottleneck the ly traveled If things go as a on the road from Commerce to the just be- yond Campbell add to essc of driving to is giant mas covered with square yards of gay wrapping tied with of and sprinkled freely handfuls of A the prise Tuesday was more than -a in thb middle ot the Christmas Businessmen yro wearing their Till watching for their gift list half-hidden in a peeking or clutched tightly in a fist with the carefully budgeted two or three only dis- plays piled up like a snow drift can't make up my But successful pers each other the satisfaction of getting what Typical comment of the equip the dining Camp be in Commerce Feb. 1959, DK J. W. chairman of the Glover Finance has an- will be dedicated to the Commerce Scout H. and the I. Smith Sr. Members of the Finance com- Wednesday Dec. in of to formulate for the The will coincide Scout The Commerce quota has been set at under a committee was set with John His will be Travis King and Clyde Walter Klein and Charles m. 9 E. Woodson were up plans contact State through Don Scout explained points in the Camp Glover Other cities in developing the Hugo Sulphur Lone Pittsburg Persons the meeting included Dr. Mr. Armstrong Mr. Mr. T. Mary Lou Mr. Mrs. H. Louis Smith W. R. James C. H. R. Fred J. the Walter row and George Next meeting will be held Jan. 14, merchante was that of Nick of Looking over his counters covered with tempting holiday he said Other stores are featuring ious modifications of several to most popular ing store is selling slacks in the trimmed tight two pocket and one-inch The Buying Public Measuring the of the v public are variety and drug stores distributors of Christmas decorations ping at drug sales slightly ahead of last far be- Jack Chapin things were about equal 1957. lot local shoppers are parking places and are full these winter From his post the Palace Doug Mitchell is the In Local Hospital Chamber of Commerce was uled to undergo surgery day at Leberman Mr. McWhirter has been ill since when he was suffering a virus Miss Ja Jauna will on duty at the Main office 1 to S p.m. largest number of people on the streets in three or four Then the motion picture magnate must be L Out-of-Town Buyers Electric blankets are enjoying their usual cold weather with wear and at J. C. a large number of out-of-town people shopping ssid Manager H. come from Wolfe Honey and other A smalt army of Christinas wrappers are joining forces with businessmen in a decoration Moore's ready-to-wear a gold candle on all its while Ward's making machine is on 8-hour Some stores have a ial department for unclaimed get them and have no place to stack said one wrapper from her knee-deep in ribbon and paper Some merchants felt were packing their wares in more attractive prettier it the more you can Furniture Furniture of aren't having the number of tomers found in the a trend toward more expensive of better people are planning their homes with more care when said Harold Across the Frank Chaney said the usual Early and liner styled still Help Daddy-O Presidents of the are Carole and and Gift Hunters teenage fashion get a job during the usually Carole a be- hind the scenes view of age while Carolyn enjoys front seat in the ity State She has offered to work just to avoid public for the Mrs. Nick Montague is at At City Pharmacy is Miss Beverly Freezia and Steger has Mrs. N. D. Joyce Talley for the buying Mrs. B. Dean Betty Betty and Arlon Stewart are helping at Penney s. at the City Cafe where the cafeteria and dining room is booked solid lor the last days before Larger groups are Sunday Schools from Wolfe and an American Wood Corporation with more than 100 Robert Gentry will read less Christmas story ginia Mosely d Rosalee field light 01' the combined lighted candles .in will march into the singing the processional Ye Audience is asked to Join in singing the The carol echo will be sung by the A. L. elementary under the di- rection of Miss Christine Hewitt The first of nine to sung by choirs and audience will follow the Bonham Choir Sings Bonharn High School chorus first special Blacketer is brass be tured in a French of the members are to j present a dance entitled Christmas 'The dance i centers around two pori trayed by Mary Helen Spencer I and Miss trude Warmack is W. J. Junior High School is sing It Fell Upon the an Merry by Lena Rose Orchestra To Play 40-piece college Christmas la East college then present of y .to will be Other scheduled to are Commerce First First See CAROL Page 5 f New Block Added Park street already the Commerce has another Hunt county have com- cutting and grading tHe section from Aldridge to Culver City Manager M. B. Messier said permission to open the new street granted almost a year Property on both sides be- longs to Mrs. J. T. The City of Commerce ed culverts for the 347foot right of Mesler said that any other improvements be made by the property in. addition to the longest Commerce is one of the three Others Many Commerce celebrations will be geared to Both institutions have a- full break this Classes in In- dependent School 19, and will .be resumed on regular schedule 5, to Supt vin At East Texas State vacations begin as students com- plete this weete Most regular will he free to return home Saturday and classes for special students conducted according to the Dean of Faculty's The college brary remain open until 1 Thomas F. tor said that student dormitories close 2 Saturday and would 1 4 East Mayo and of East be halls open East will its last in at will until 'the Jan. 5.'.- Last and havoc lit school three days arid Jaru 1; show that problems the year On Sept. bus. principal's one Absent i ap are Washington and Sycamore School check beginning of 103" Snd the school di- were Oct. 24..S2 students remained 20- all v Largest of during of 1-958 has been 26.? This Dec. 12. Noms School Norris will Christmas Friday after- Boon before classes and for- Ail grades will pate in the hour-long that will at carols will be sung choral the elementary grades give poems and Christmas Santa presents to all tee The program is sponsored by Mrs. Clarice Christmas Seal Drive Said Hearing Its Peak Christmas Seals are still a Bettye is again at same as 50 years Neal Stewart at Jim Janet Estes at and Mrs. Dorothy Mente at E. student Johnny is a while White's dry goods are Frank Mrs. Carson and Mrs. T. O. Lafferty for the Christmas spirit is J. A. Harper's Brother Buried John at his home in Sulphur Springs day services held 2 Burial was at the cemetery with the Masonic lodge Mr. Harper was a 32nd degree a very active member on the From early childhood he had been Methodist He was a brother of J. A. Dan Darby president of the Tuberculosis has issued this reminder as the campaign to stamp out this dread disease gets into full swing at the Yule Results from Christmas Seal mailed in Hunt county during have been Mr. Darby However more funds are needed to complete the and in Hunt county has been asked to join in porting the Commerce directors in the Hunt counly association include H. M. Mrs. Jesse thorne H. Lafferty reported that every person from the Commerce area who is a patient in the Tyler tuberculosis hospital has received a Christmas response from Commerce has been said is still an acute need for 82 cents of every dollar stays in Hunt years ago the TB lem was measured by 1 Seal People who caught TB usually died he day our problem is the living creasing number are 40. and son who has A steadily in- but TB can strike at any The superstition that TB runs Jn families has long been ex- Mr. Darby pointed Tuberculosis It seems to run in because family members in close contact a TB patient are more to catch his disease than out- bank account is no. barrier to he attacking the superstition that only poor ple get He that the crowded slum conditions poor nutrition that often go with poverty can weaken re- sistance to TB Many old superstitions about TB are dying out due to in- creased knowledge of the facts about the Mr Darby at- this in large measures In the educational work done by groups such as the Hunt County Association and to the wide publicity given TB through its annual Christmas Commerce Ends Of Cold days helped the Commerce area thaw back to normal week after snow and sleet temperatures to 25 degrees Sunday cold wave swept merce 10. On residents took a dim view cf the weather thermometer readings of 22 degrees were a raw snow be- gan to about 10-. morning between two and three inches blanketed the A holiday allowed public school children to get their fill arid up a contingent of City streets and highways glared as snow became and driving conditions extremely fhe Several accidents were After the low early Sunday the Tuesday coats were perfect ber took away the and Texans wondered what Weather in store Jot thern tha
