Winnsboro News (Newspaper) - July 3, 1969, Winnsboro, Texas Mary White is pageant bound By Nancy Stout a little nervous and very excited but I'm almost These were the words of Mary White who will represent Winnsboro at the 1969 Miss Texas Pageant be held next week in Ft. The pert and pretty green eyed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank has spent a lot of time in recent weeks polishing her piano skills for the talent competition and also doing everything possible to make herself the prettiest and most poised contestant entering the Helping Mary in her preparations is her Mrs. Lee her Bob of Ft. a former director of the Miss Texas and also many Winnsboro Mary especially expressed her appreciation to local merchants for their help and advice in choosing the proper clothing and accessories TALENT AND BEAUTY combine to make Miss Mary Miss Winnsboro of 1969, a winning entry In the Miss Texas Pageant next Mary will leave Sunday to begin the exciting round of activities in the Her presentation In the talent competition will be a classical piano Local teams lead four of six baseball leagues With less than a month of play Winnsboro ball teams continued to be the top units in many of the leagues through June 26 In the Wee the Yellow Bees and tis ColLs are in a tie for first Winnsboro's Cardinals and Winnsboro's Sox were tied for first in the Freshman and in the girls leagues the Winnsboro Sophomore girls were in the number one spot and Winnsboro's Robins and Blue Birds were in first and second places Team standings through June 20: Pee Wee American Jim Bruce Brown takes over as Lions Club chief JIM BRUCE BROWN Jim Bruce Brown was installed as president of the Winnsboro Lions Club in a dinner meeting held Monday June 23, at Ferndale wives were honored guests at the annual affair J. W. a member of the Longview Public School was the installing lie used the Lion emblem in an amusing manner to illustrate the duties of each Other officers installed were Neil first vice Henry second vice Burke board to meet in Gilmer Tuesday The Board of Directors of the area of the Northeast Texas Development will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the District Courtroom of the Upshur County Courthouse in Gilmer Principal speaker will be Marvin Hagemeier Economic Development Hagemeier is responsible for the operations of four EDA Districts in Texas and recently attended planning sessions with Robert A. newly - appointed assistant Secretary of Commerce and the director of the Economic Development Officers will be elected at the meeting with J. II Connelly of Vernon and Mayor Maurice Wooley of Clarksville serving as the nominating Wood County directors are A. O. and Walter Judge of DeWitt Rhoden George H. Winnsboro and E T. Petty of third vice Roger Claude Sherwin tail twister and Roy lion Directors include Charlie Bernard Troy and Doyle W Winnsboro Jackets 5 Yantis Colts 4 Winnsboro Bees 3 Winnsboro Wasps 3 Emory Warriors 2 Quitman Red Caps 0 American Winnsboro Cardinals 5 Winnsboro Sox 5 Quitman Dodgers 4 Emory Astros 2 Quitman Pirates 2 Yantis Colts 0 High Junior Mineola Mavericks Quitman Mets Lindale Red Sox Chapel Hill Mustangs Grand Saline Indians Winnsboro Raiders Sophomore American Chapel Hill Firefighters 5 Quitman Cardinals Winnsboro Royals Mineola Giants Chapel Hill Colts Lindale Mustangs Sophomore Winnsboro Mineola Stars Chapel Hill Stars Lindale Blue Caps Emory Junior Girls Winnsboro Robins Winnsboro Blue Birds Mineola Larks Emory Orioles Emory Sparrows Yantis Phillies Quitman Blue Birds Quitman Red Birds Mineola Astros L 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 4 4 6 1 1 2 3 5 6 1 1 2 3 3 Peach Festival offers wide range of events With the flavorful East Texas peach coming to its peak the week of July 7-12 lias been designated as Peach Festival Week in honor of the famed product in Camp County Hoyd general chairman of the announces that eight events have been Opening the festival will he the East Texas Peach Pageant in which 17 young ladies from East Texas will compete for the title of East Texas Peach Queen The pageant will be held July at Pittsburg with Miss M a d recently crowned Texas Peach Queen and Miss Glenda Miss Texas of 1968-69 An Arts and Crafts Show will be held July 7-9, at the Pittsburg Youth Center and on July 10, the Senior Baseball Tournament will start play Another major event is the Peach Festival Bridge to be held July U at the Pittsburg Youth July 11 will also be a big day for peach Dr. Bluford Hancock of Texas A&M University will start judging the peaches by variety and in four categories at 1:30 p in Two divisions of peach foods will also be judged The Peach auction will be held at o 30 pm July 11 at the Youth Center with a- for her She has almost thing ready now and it has taken a lot of work and planning to reach the present Her wardrobe had to include at least three daily for the pageant days and early this week her shopping was almost complete In the talent department feel they have the best of all possible Mary i s a talented pianist and organist and plays with the and poise of a professional She especially enjoys playing classical music and her choice for the talent presentation will be a classical piano by Khachaturian Many years of lessons and long hours of practice have helped build the talent she will display at the She began her piano study before she started school with her Mrs Estelle of Corsicana as her In later years her musical a were guided by Mrs. A. L Wilfong of Winnsboro and most recently she has taken lessons from Mrs. Gomer Wilson of Sulphur A 1969 honor graduate of Winnsboro High Mary was an active participant in all phases of school She was a member of the Beta the Science Stall and of the Red Raider She will enter Southern Methodist University this fall and will major in the field of Recent weeks have been busy ones for Mary as she has made preparations for the Much time has been spent and many plans made for the days which will strongly test her poise and general ability to handle She has also been working recent weeks with Bob a former director of the Miss Texas and has learned much about what to expect in the actual She will leave Sunday to be gin the exciting whirl of activities leading up to the big First on the schedule is a party for her and other contestants at Mr. Woody's home in Ft. When the contest Mary will be competing against 63 talented beauties from all over the all of whom have been working and training for the Judging at the Ft Worth pageant will be spread over a three night period with part of the contestants being presented in each of three divisions on three separate Finals will be held Saturday July 12, and will be televised in color from Will Rogers auditorium at 10:15 p.m. In addition to the honor of being chosen to represent her the winner in the pageant will receive a scholarship The four runners-up will receive scholarships in the amounts of and in thai order Each of the will receive Two who are talent award winners and the Miss Congeniality winners will receive have no doubt about their entrant in the Mary has proved herself many times in local In the 1967 Autumn Trails pageant she won the acclaim of both the judges and audiences for her in the talent From the time she arrives In Ft. the people there will know that someone special has arrived and all her friends back home will be sure their entrant has all the beauty and talent necessary to represent their state as Miss ward winning peaches auctioned off to the highest Saturday the Texas State Rolling Pin Throwing Tournament will be held at Pirate Baseball Entries from all over the state will compete in this Added attractions for out of city visitors will be numerous booths where homemade peach ice cream will be served and numerous other booths where baskets or lugs of delicious Camp County peaches will be Stores to close for July 4th Most Winnsboro banks and offices will be closed Friday for the Fourth of July with the possible exception of some service stations and neighborhood food Stores will be closed Friday in observance of the Although The News is publishing two days the office will be open for regular office hours during the week except the Visitors during the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Terry and family were her sister and her Mr. and Mrs. Richard Starr and of Serving Northeast Leading Produce Agricultural Section and Rich Oil Area Nrma Volume 61--Number 35 Wood Texas 75494 July 3, 1969 10c a One 39th Old Fiddlers contest convenes here July 4th GOOD SUPPLIES of tomatoes are beginning to arrive on market days at the Winnsboro Produce O. D. Taylor of Alba had tomatoes for sale Monday morning and Elmer Lindley of Winnsboro was Tighter liquor controls is goal of new laws A new ordinance concerning alcoholic beverages passed by the Winnsboro City appears in this week's edition of The The ordinance concerns the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages on any public property in Winnsboro or on property in general use by the public such as business parking areas It will become effective July 21. Persons who violate the ordinance will be subject to fines up to The ordinance was seen as needed for stricter control on food drive-in and other such parking areas which are private but in general use by the public In addition to the local provisions of new stale liquor laws will become in Texas beginning Sept. 1. One phase of the passed by the 61st legislature and by Gov. Preston is particularly strict in the area of drinkers Tin effect of the changes be to bring such cases io ihe attention of parents in a forceable manner and to increase penalties for such Under the new anyone anyone under age 21 consumes alcoholic beverages can do so lawfully only in the actual physical and presence of his or her guardian or adult The drinker Aili no longer be able to pay a line Without his of the either The law prescribes young offenders must appear in open court to face the and that they be accompanied by the parent or Fust offense lines will be from to while imum fine for a subsequent offense will be and the maximum fine may be as high as Although Winnsboro is technically in a dry area of the possession of alcoholic beverages by those under 21 represents a significant amount of the violation for alcohol The new law going into et in the fall Ls quite explicit as to Purchase or possession of alcoholic beverages by those under 2! is as much an actual violation of the law as consuming the State in committee hearings on the rioted that often minors are able to come up with a fine for violation of present laws without the knowledge of their parent or guardian Thus the new restriction of an in open Page 12) The annual Fourth of July Old Contest will be held Friday for the 39th consecutive year in Winnsboro's new City Park The is directed by the Winnsboro Old Association with Thurman Polk serving as its He will also serve as master of ceremonies for - the show and will be the coordinator for the No admission is charged and spectators may stroll in and out of the auditorium to listen to the old time country A concession stand will be open with cold drinks and coffee for The fiddling contests are open to anyone and there are no formalities to go through to Contestants just bring their fiddle and tune up and start to Fiddlers will begin to make music at about 10 a.m. The first hours of the day will be the warm-up period for actual competition and provide lots of toe Lapping music for the enjoyment of the Competition for the over 60 age group will begin at 3 p.m. and the under 60 group of fiddlers will begin competition at 8 p.m. Cash prizes are donated by Winnsboro area businessmen and will go to the top three winners in each division of the Most of the winners from last year's competition are expected to return for this year's Prizes in the over 60 age group will be first second third Prizes in the under GO age group will be first second and third 00. Winners in the over 60 division Last year were Charlie Les and J. D. Winners in the under 60 event were Larry W h i t e w r i g h Louis and Bryant Interested spectators are urged to attend the contest for a real treat of fine country type fiddle Go-ahead given on underground wiring charges In a called meeting of the Winnsboro City Council Tuesday an ordinance was passed allowing Southwestern Electric Power Company to put into effect an experimental rider to the residential service rate schedule for underground electric distribution permitting the company to charge a rate set in the The underground wiring would be installed in new additions and customers would be billed only for the cost of actual An approximate figure of per residence was set but the price could vary either Ronnie McCown was hired as a relief officer for the Winnsboro Police Force for a five-week period during Rate of pay will be per hour for eight hours per six days per Councilman H. W. Reneau was instructed to look for a car to replace one of the police cars now in a bad state of A resolution was passed opposing any limitations on tax exempt status of interest paid on municipal bonds and instructed the city Mrs. Kathryn Cain to mail copies of the resolution to congressmen and senators serving the Winnsboro Present for the meeting were Mayor Frank White and councilmen Joe H. W. H. F Nix Simons and I INDSEY his 1965 home address was listed as control Oklahoma suffered ex Chapel tensive head injuries when evening Falcon went out of near the community Sunday about 7: Jo. was rushed to Winnsboro Hospital where he was emergency treatment and later was transferred to lor Hospital by He ts a nephew of Bud Lindsey of t
