Winnsboro News (Newspaper) - March 3, 1960, Winnsboro, Texas & gales 0. 8066 WINTER HARD ON LIVESTOCK - area livestock have suffered greatly from the three-day ice which hat gripped the area up through this Hay supplies are The cattle above are shown foraging for sparse during laat week's mow 3-day ice storm hurts disrupts power Following A sunny day which saw the temperature rise slowly from a 20 degree another norther is pushing into the Panhandle the weatherman and may cover this area The most severe blow of the winter hit the Winnsboro area Tuesday as freezing rain covered the countryside with a of ice which began melting only this It was the third day of freezing rain in the as March roared in like a lion to put the capon one of the most severe winters in School was turned Wednesday miming when power failed at Westbrook leaving the building without lights or heaU It caught Winnsboro area cattlemen staggering out from under freezing rains and and with hay supplies very low and farmers scrapping for Several cattlemen feared loss of some animals unless hay could be located very It is believed that there is some hay up on the blackland but so far cattlemen haven't been able to get to it. Especially hard hit were farmers who lost standing grass in pastures during the big November Many such as Ferrell Harrison of Route 4, last summer thought they would never feed all the hay they put but now find only about 10 days to two weeks supply Power was off on farms in. the area for a time South of around the Woodard diary used tractor to generate power to milk and up around Purley one farmer used a was off for a short time Wednesday around Power was off in about half Page 4) Serving Northeast Leading Produce Agricultural Section and Oil Area Volume 16 Wood March 3, 1960 10c a Two i WHERE'S THE ALDERMEN TO BE NAMED o * MAP OF Wood County delineating the area that came under organized forest fire TOWN TALK Bv Howard W. Rosser A FRESH FLOWER in your lapel each day is the aim of the Winnsboro Garden Club during the period March 7-13, which is Garden Club according to Mrs. T. G. Besides this delightful the Club also suggests planting a tree or shrub on your own property or on public Mayor Arthur Nichols thought it was a good and signified it by signing a t f f JCY FAIRYLAND - While causing widespread damage to trees and the long ice stonm left the area like some silver fairyland especially beautiful were banks of shrubs and the dark pine needles and when the sun came out this morning the dazzling display along Main and Broadway and into the heavily wooded areas south was almost t f t HATS IN THE NEWS - The black hat worn by Martha Garrison in belongs to Mrs. B. F. Campbell the one Ann Post wore she made herself the cap worn by the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Denver at her christening at First Methodist is - a family keepsake was worn by Rayburn some 40 years we understand t t t THE ter bought a dozen donuts the other ate 11 of them in his suppression and prevention headquarters for the two-man March 1. Pine Alii Is will be | crew and Overflow crowd views Little Theater show An overflow crowd Monday night viewed the premiere of Winnsboro Little Theater at the high school and called for more such productions in the First efforts in the field of drama for the group were a financial with net profit amounting to about Receipts were earmarked for theater The by popular will present a second showing of the productions at 7:30 p.m. Monday March 14, at the high school Chairman McClain greeting the Little Theater crowd Monday then Beaded directed by Doug and Olive was followed by directed by Gertrude Directors were presented gifts after each and remembered was Leola who had offered invaluable assistance to the directors and in make-up und A number of out-of-town parties weie present for the and numerous persons evinced an interest in the project both before and following the W. Butler named to vice presidency W. W. Butler Jr. of Dallas has been elected a new vice president of the Shoe Co. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Butler of Mr. Butler is a graduate of Winnsboro High School and attended in He served three and a half years in the Army during World War II and has been with about 12 having been manager of the company for the past seven MANY SEE fire siren blew and long about 9 laat Firemen raced to the After a while the fire pulled and hended up Main over the hill Franklin a flock of seekers Come to find out this morning that the siren had been shorted for the second time by and the boys were just trying to see how many would follow Clear Creek meet in finals today District 14-AA's Tigers conquered mighty Bowie - the team that earlier knocked off the A A state favorite - 69-62 at Denton Saturday and at 8:50 p.m. today meets Clear Creek of City in the state finals at most of the first half and L-K had to come back in the third quarter to pull into a 54-54 deadlock as the quarter The Tigers had an easy time in gaining their 62-45 wir over Richardson earlier in tht while Bowie was upsetting high flying New London 49-45 to enter the finals against after New London had jumped off to a stunning 10-0 At Austin the A A field promises to be at its strongest in several with L-K the only undefeated team in the tournament this Their first Clear has the top scorer in the Bennie a standout when Clear Creek was at the finals two years carries a 25.1 Clear Creek is making its fourth trip to state in five years and has lost only to New London and Madisonville while beating several class AAAA Mountain of is the only other East Texas representative at the and is making its sixth trip John Beasley hit 23 points Richardson to take scoring honors for L-K and was a standout Robert Giddens goes to Talco as principal Robert seventh grade teacher at Memorial Junior High for the past 5 Ms has resigned here to take over as elementary principal at Talco Replacing him Tuesday was Mrs. Margaret who moved here with her husband from Arkansas around the middle of Her husband is employed by and they have two Mr. Giddens came to Winnsboro from where he had taught for about four Mr. and Mrs. Giddens were active in Masonic and Eastern Star work in and were members of First Baptist City election April 15; 4 file for trustee posts The City Council Tuesday for the places vacated by M. night called for election on C. W. D. 5 to select three aldermen ardson and Russell NORMAN JOHNSON Unanimous JERRY SCREWS Mention Screws make team Norman Red Raider has been named to the 14-AA basketball team for 1960, along with 6-G sophomore John of and flashy senior Allen Ford of Besides the three unanimous stalwarts George and Larry Hill of were chosen on the elite Jerry swift Red Raider senior who teamed with Johnson on offense and was chosen right at the top as one of the seven members on the honorable mention to bring Winnsboro an unusual of prestige in district basketball Also receiving honorable mention were Pruitt and of Wheelis of Davis of and Jones of The players were selected by coaches in the district naming five boys and not allowed to vote for members of their own Coach Long today announced seven lettermen for the year in There are seniors ' Jerry Swann and Billy juniors Norman Paul Miss Dorothy Pat Campbell of Dallas spent the week end here with her Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mr. and Mrs. Winston Ronny and of Odessa visited his Mr. and Mrs. John over the week Garrison and Morris and sophomore Gene PHONE CUSTOMERS - The T. J. Davis family are last customers to the north of the phone Here Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Joe gather around the phone and talk to her Mrs. F. C. in the New Home 19 miles 1 glass - selection of quality avAk by Smith OPEN HOUSE TWO - M. L. announced m ogm bouse will b. W from 1 p.m. to 8 Marct 5 end t tl III Terrace Addition of Local are Louisiana Gas in displays at the opta to attend tbf in Council members serve two The three new aldermen are elected one then the mayor and two aldermen are the next year to the Deadline for filing is 20 days before the Petitions must be filed with Mrs. Grace city Mrs. E. R. James has been mimed election Four candidates have filed for the three vacancies coming up on the Board of with election date set for April 2. A petition the names of incumbents Harry Joe and Fort Wilson has been as has a petition bearing the name of Dr. William M. Final date for filing was at 3 p.m. In the absence of Mayor Arthur Alderman Richardson In addition to calling the the Council voted to allow Mayor more for car expenses and that he keep the corporation court Before the the Mayor was a car or Council voted to raise the salary of full-time fireman Loyd Gore or to a total of Total cash receipts for February amounted to in the general and operating Expenses were according to the monthly financial Sixteen new water customers were counted during the increasing the number from 1044 to 1060, largest in the history of the New homes and the influx of new families into town were called the reason for the totaled Phone Co-op subscribers number 1000 Rural telephone subscribers hit the 1,000 mark on Feb. 19, Mars Peoples Telephone Cooperative stated The phenomenal growth has called for a complete survey of the entire system to plot future growth It was another significant milestone in the growth of the young which began five years ago with only 272 subscribers and 279 miles of Biggest growth has been in the Wynne which serves the Winnsboro area outside of the city Beginning with 71 customers when the exchange was cutover in April 2, 1955, the local exchange has grown to a whopping 378 covering an area 17 miles from north to south and 19 miles from east to The enormous growth and inadequate equipment to handle the heavier load is the main cause of the busy signal many receive during certain hours when they dial the Wynne pre- Page 4) Schools to hold open house all day Friday Open house at Winnsboro in observance of Public Schools will be held John reported Pate was changed from Wednesday to Friday because of the ice storm and the closing of school on that A big turnout will be Mr. Fink as students faculty are prepared to conduct visitors through the will be Records - U
