Winnsboro News (Newspaper) - May 24, 1956, Winnsboro, Texas * 38188 00' Texas Volume 49-Number 27 Serving Northeast Leading Produce Agricultural Section and Four Oil Area WOOD MAY 24, 19S6 TWO PAGES Three Girls Take Honors In 1956 Graduating Class Miss Mary daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin took top scholastic honors for the 195G graduating class of Winns boro High School with a grade point average of 82, Principal R. L. Patrick announced Two Miss Sara daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Miss Karen daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. B. tied for salutatorian honors with averages of 69 lA. The number of grade points complied by each instead of their grade averages is used in deciding the valedictorian and salutatorian of the graduating Patrick pointed All three girls had averages throughout their high school Miss Yarbrough compiled her big lead over the rest of the TOWN TALK By B. G. M. TOWN TALK has been pinched for space the last week or two and several items have been held but this week we are going to see that they make the paper for they are samples of how big things will grow 121 T T TUESDAY MORNING W. D. Richardson dropped in the office carrying a single rose that was big for a bouquet by The large red beauty measured approximately 18 inches He told us it was an Etolia He bought the bush six years ago from Russell Wilson and this is the biggest bloom it has He said that all of the blooms were but none compared with this He grew the flower by his office on the Pittsburg t t t WEDNESDAY MORNING G. P. Love who lives at 308 Sherman street came by with an extra large It measure 81/;: inches around the long way and 7% inches the He said he got it Tuesday and one of his Leghorn hens had laid it. Although this like an awful big egg to Mr. Love said that he had seen one other egg that was but it was not one of his hens that laid it. t t t THIS FISH STORY rates as the top one of the Malvin Cain told us that on May 11 he and Joe Beard were fishing in Lake Franklin and caught a bass that weighed three-quarters of a Malvin tagged it and put it back in the On May 21, 10 days an unnamed party landed the same fish and it on their two iff JOE AND MALVIN figured it out and if the fish had maintained that rate of growth for six it would have weighed 23 % Nolan See that those Red Raiders drink plenty of Lake Franklin water this f t f GRADUATION is here and will soon pass into the memory but we think this is one of the smartest graduating classes to pass through the doors of Winnsboro High We are not talking about but for having the foresightedness to plan a class reunion before they f f f EVERY OLD GRAD wishes at one time or another that his old graduating class would have a class so he or she could check up on all the old It makes a person feel good to know that he is not the only one in his class that added 50 pounds since graduation and lost all his The biggest lift is to see the old girl friend that dropped you and her husband that looks no better than A class reunion is really a morale builder and we commend the 1956 Seniors for planning one even before they become 1" AMONG THE BRICKS a rose will grow and we found our rose this Mrs. Clara Russell who lived out on Rt. 1 came in and renewed her subscription to the She said she hadn't missed an issue in 26 years and she wouldn't be without The We sure like that class by carrying five and sometimes six subjects each All three girls have been active in extra- a c t i v i e s throughout their four years in high Miss Yarbrough has been active in the Future Homemakers of America and was named of Tomorrow for the high school this She was also the Homemaker and Mathematic departments representative in this She was Organization Editor of the high school served as secretary of the been president of the vice-president of the Spanish club and district pianist for the In her sophomore year of school she won the American Legion Citizenship She was also valedictorian of her eight grade graduating Miss Brewer was a majorette in the band for two years and last year she was drum She was president of the FHA one of the two years she was a member and was in the Speech club three This year she was in Who's Who and completed her third year in the student She was an officers in that organization all three In her sophomore year the class named her as their She was also in the Spanish club for one The second Miss has been majorette of the band for two years and was assistant drum major this She has also been on the Raider and Tomahawk staffs for two During her four year in the FHA she served one year as president of the local In the Speech club she won two awards as an outstanding She won district and regional honors in declamation during her junior This year she was Queen of the Senior prom and during her sophomore year she was elected football All three girls have their plans for the near future mapped Miss Yarbrough will wed in June and Miss Brewer is going to Texas State College for Women this fall and Miss Wheeler will enroll the University of Texas at same in the VALEDICTORIAN MARY YARBROUGH Rev. Edwards Is New Pastor In Pickton Church Rev. Gene Edwards assumed the duties of pastor at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Pickton on May 6. The 23-year-old, pastor came to Pickton from the England Grove Baptist Church near It was this church that finished second to the Pickton church last year in the judging of the best Rural and Village Baptist Church in the Rev. Edwards is a graduate of East Texas State Teachers College and the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Ft. He studied one year at the Baptist Seminary in Zurich in 1952. He is a native of and is married to the former Miss Helen They have a who is seven months KAREN WHEELER AND SARA BREWER Little League Opens Season Tuesday Night Little League Officials from Winnsboro and Pickton met Friday afternoon and worked out the schedule for the coming League play opens Tuesday night with all six teams seeing Games will be played here in the Little League park near the at Walker park and in Games here will begin at 5:30 p. m. and in at 8 p. m. Should Winnsboro get a lighted park the local games will begin at 8 p. m. Regular league play will run through June and the championship will In the the and fourth place teams will play a best two out of three games series and the second and third place team will meet in a best two out of in a hat and the managers drew their No player limit was set by the A team may carry as many boys as it wishes on its but only six of them may be 12 years Some other rules set up by the officials call for six inning nothing but little league players can coach bases and if a team is not ready in J 5 the opponents get the game on Other than these rules the will follow the regular rules of the Little The four Winnsboro teams the Socks and Pickton's two teams are the Cubs and Tuesday night the Cardinals go to Pickton to meet the The Socks three game The two winners play the Pirates at the meet in another best two out three games to decide the The coaches for the four local teams met Friday at the Memorial School gym to select their teams from the names of boys wanting to All the names were placed tie League park and the meet the Braves at Walker Next Thursday the Cubs meet the Giants at Walker park and at the Little League park the Socks take on the Out at it will be the Braves going against the One of Winnsboro's Oldest Houses Restored by Herschel Chadick One of the oldest the Burkett home on Elm in Winnsboro has been restored to its early 1900's beauty by Mr. and Mrs. Herschel The architectural lines of the colonial style house are the same as they were when then James Hogg used to visit his father-in-law Colonel James A. Stinson at the Chadick made only a few changes in the house's floor Chadick said that according to the abstract of the it must have been built in 1881 by the The property was part of the Gorman Col. Stinson bought the house in 1906 when he sold his large Eldridge Moved Wright Improving According to reports received today D. Z. Wright and Johnnie both of whom have been hospitalized for several are much Eldridge has been brought to his home where he will remain for three weeks before returning to a Shreveport hospital for surgery on an Wright is He has regained consciousness and his progress is reportedly very lie is in a Mt. Pleasant hospital plantation south of Winnsboro to R. G. Andrews and The Colonel remodeled and enlarged the house except fur for the addition of some that was the last change made in the Many of the old handmade doors are still in the house and Chadick ] put down wall-to-wall carpets to cover the uneven widths of the planks in the original The foundation of the house is put together with oak pegs and the floors were nailed down with the old square type had to countersink everyone of those nails before we could sand the floors and they were really set solid in the Chadick Sarah Stinson Hogg died in 1895, soon after her husband left the governor's and before her father bought the it is assumed that Hogg visited in the house several times before Col. for when Ima Hogg was restoring the family home near Houston she came to the house and got many family After Colonel Stinson his Mrs. Lillie Burkett inherited the house and it became known as the Burkett The Burketts raised Colonel Stinson's grandson Ben and it from Mrs. Stinson that 67 Seniors To Get Diplomas At Commencement Tonight Sixty seven Winnsboro High School Seniors will receive their diplomas at Commencement exercises in the high school gym tonight at 8 The three honor students class will make the principal Valedictorian Mary Yarbrough will make the Valedictory address and the two girls that tied for second place scholastic Sara Brewer and Karon will make Salutatory J. D. president of the School Board will award the Principal R. Patrick will present several awards to different members of the class and Superintendent W. A. Ferguson will introduce the Earl Slay Lor will give the Invocation and Roy Carter will give the for the exercise will be provided by the high school band and the high school boy's quartet composed of Melvyn Jimmy K. P. Rhoades and Jimmy Karen Wheeler will bo the exorcises for the CITY MUST CONSERVE WATER FOR SAFETY City officials today asked that the of Winnsboro cooperate in conserving the city's meager water supply until the new well is completed and the water storage Both wells are pumping at only part capacity and fire department officials declared that should n firo break out they will need all storage of Water The usual consumption of water greatly reduces this the officials pointed Memorial Graduation To Be Friday Morning Rev. H. H. pastor of the Presbyterian Church will deliver the commencement address for the eight grade graduation exorcises in the Memorial School auditorium Friday morning at JO Diplomas will be awarded the graduating class by J. D. president of the Winnsboro School Students taking part in the program are Carol Martin who will play the Processional and Bobby Swann will give the Ann Craddock will deliver the Salutatory speech and Newton will make the Valedictory The entire graduating class will sing two and the Honor students of the graduating class are daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arvin L. Newton of lit. 3, Her grade average for the year is Salutatorian is Sara Ann Craddock with a grade average of for this She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Craddock of lit. 3. Principal Melvin Draper called attention to four students in the class that have averages of for the They are Donna daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall James son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kay of Mr. and Mrs. C. and Sandra daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Members of the class Bobby Franklin Linda Clarence Roba Mellon Barbara Sue Don Earnest Thelma Jean Glenda James Don Sara Ann David Penn Linda Janice Billy Jerry Tom Alvin Helen Harrison and Sarah Ann Billy Roy Mack Kay Carol Sue Brenda Linda Ronny Bobbie Sue Linda Patricia Velma Jerry C. Jerry Jean Wanda Glen Martha LaJoy Linda Gone Earl John Wayne Carilon Carol Sara Janice Myrtie Louise Rouse and Robert Mil Rosalind Virginia Ray Irwin Cecil Botty Harry Bronda Brenda Jerry Charlotte Sherry Donna Kay Gerald Edwin Eva Jerry M. Bobby Donny Tim Dorothy Sandra Roger Raymond Wheeler and McArthur class were held Sunday night in the Rev. Albert A. made the address before the graduating He was in the service by Rev. J. Ivey Miller and Rev. Kirk Girls in the class who will receive their diplomas tonight are Betty Imogene Sara Doris Sue Carolyn Glenda Rose Mary Marcy Jo Jerrio Lynn Jane Joy Wilma Norma Janice Holley and Wanda Glenda Roba Wanda Beverly Sandra Daisy Pate Mary Barbara Karon Sue Ellen Wilcox Jo Ann Betty Mary Yarbrough and Dorothy Boys receiving diplomas arc Don Gaylo Billy Jack Dan Robert Jim James Tommy Earl Roy T. John Paul Jimmy I i bert Ray Charles Jerry Melvyn C. J. Charles John Marvin Louis Jones Paul Jimmy Lowell Miller and T. It. Gary Bonnie Malcolm K. P. Gabe Jerry Earl Burt Edward Spencer Wilson and Douglas Chadick bought the house Mrs. Chadick said that many j people who had visited with them j since they had moved into the house thought they were trying to refurnish it with antique but we already had the furniture and now we Slave a house it Tho have been picking up pieces of antique furniture for several years and while living in Florida near several old they were able to add a bedroom suite to their collection that seems to have been made for their new Trying to find painters to paint the outside was the biggest job in the Chadick said as he pointed to the high eaves of the They are more than 30 feet from the Mrs. Chadick said when she first saw the house she was rather disheartened at the of fixing it Now after many days of work and 48 yards of brown domestic used up in curtains she is proud of the if there are any women in town without anything to X could use their help in keeping these 14 she Shell Deep Test Near Smackover Coring Depth Coring is expected to begin shortly in Shell Oil Company's No. I Stella northwest of Quitman and one of the tri-county area's three active Smackover Operators were drilling ahead this morning below 12,000 Drilling ahead also wore Gulf Oil Corporation's No. 1 G. H. et Winnsboro at feet and No. I-D Irene Alexander at 8,.'150 Tho an eastern outpost of the New Hope Field Smackover production has experienced a week's delay due to faulty cementing of intermediate casing which wes sot at 8,.'M.'l. Completion has boon made on a Woodbine oiler in the Trice field five miles south ami oast of Pins Wood Trice Production Company No. I Natural Gas & Oil Hannah Payne pumped 102 barrels per day from 5,(>!>;!-(>:{ PICKTON HIGH SCHOOL'S honor students are Miss Arliss and Dimple Sue Pickton Honor Graduates Did More Than Just Study W. Lee O'Daniel Speaking Here Friday Night W. Lee former Texas governor and now a candidate for governor will speak at the City Park Friday evening at 8 Mrs. Grace Mailman said that had notified the city that he would probably be here around 0:30 or 7 o'clock Friday afternoon and would speak at the park at H O'Daniel is still using his hillbilly band that carried him to the governors chair and a seat in the senate in the late 30's and early and is traveling on a red Barbed Wire Heavy 12-2 80 rod at your Western Studies did not occupy all the time of the two girls that took honors in the graduating class of Pickton High Arliss daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. was named valedictorian of the class after compiling a four year average of 96.72. She entered high school at as a freshman after moving here from In her sophomore year she was elected vice president of the Pickton chapter of the Future Homemakers of This year she was editor of the school I Dimple Sue Alford who ed the Pickton school system for ' 12 years was active in school throughout her high school The daughter of Mr. and j Mrs. Paul Alford was named after she compiled a four average of I This year she was a member of the pep squad and vice president of the senior In her junior year she was secretary-treasurer of the class and secretary-treasurer of the Both girls plan to seek employment in the business world this summer or Miller To Hear Eisenhower at Baylor Mrs. F. J. Miller is leaving today for Waco where she will hear President Eisenhower deliver the address for Commencement exercises at Baylor University Friday May 25. Mrs. Miller will be the guest of her Dr. Robert Miller who is a member of Baylor University and family she is in GROUP HAVING POPPY SALE MAY 26 The Group of the Camp Fire Girls will sell poppies Saturday May 26, for benefit of the American Barbed Wire Heavy 13.3 80 rod at your Western
