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Carrollton Chronicle

Location

Carrollton, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1960

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Red Cross Aids Tornado Area At Wilburton

Giles M. Boone, Disaster Director for Dallas County Red Cross, travels to Wilburton Oklahoma to oversee Mass Care duties including feed and shelter. Reports confirm 22 dead and 110 injured with 110 homes destroyed and 140 with major damage as Red Cross mobilizes nurses case workers and canteens.

Giles M. Boone Dallas County American Red Cross Wilburton Ohls Kola Pennyslvania New Jersey Louisiana Texas Villanova Red Cross Jack Blanton Red Cross Fund Carrollton Mobile Red Cross Canteen Fort Worth Oklahoma City McAlester Sapalpa Blanton Red Cros

Morning Garden Club adds two new members

The Morning Garden Club met Friday at Mrs. John Lee Mitchell's home. Coffee and a short business session followed. Two new members were voted in, Mrs. Louis Mayberry and Mrs. Edgar Pledger. Mitchell gave a talk on color. Next meeting at Windridge, Mrs. M. E. Moore's home.

John Lee Mitchell Louis Mayberry Edgar Pledger Mitchell Windridge M. E. Moore

Chamber Hears Talk by TP&L Industrial Officials

Carrollton Chamber of Commerce hosted Texas Power and Light industrial officials. Shiviey explained the industrial team function while Edgar Pledger Jr. chairs a seven member group to gather data on labor schools and taxes for future plant prospects. Mayor Robert McInnish urged backing the city master plan and bond program. Walter Manske area manager also attended.

Carrollton Chamber of Commerce Texas Power & Light Company Shiviey Tpa&dl Edgar Pledger, Jr Tp&l Robert McInnish Chamber Shirley Tp&d Walter Manske John Bryce Carrollton City Zoning Commission Pete Baldwin Hudson and Hudson

Memorial Day Service Set at Perry Cemetery

The Perry Cemetery Association will hold the annual Memorial Day service at Perry Cemetery Zarroliton on Sunday May 15 at 430 PM. An appropriate program has been planned and the association invites all interested people to attend this meeting. The land was donated by A W Perry in 1896 and the original charter expired in 1946. A new board was appointed June 1 1959 and the association was rechartered in November 1989 with a perpetual care fund established. A long-time Perry family member is living at 1509 North Perry Road Carrollton near the cemetery.

Perry Cemetery Association Perry Cemetery Zarroliton A. W. Perry W. D. Fyke W. H. Perry G. N. Butler D. C. Perry Tom Warner Burnett Perry Henry, Perry Mra Nina Howard Geo. H. Peters Annie D. Thompson B. J. Burdett Beck James Perry North Perry Road Carrollton Alte

City Sets Bond Election for June 11

City Council announces June 11 as bond election date to fund its share of Master Plan work with Homer Hunter and City Planner Bob Hollin hired. State Health Department to contribute. brochure on financing amended. more details to follow. Other items include street finch plant mix approval, Garza Little Elm Lake park denial, ditch cleanup near Vandergriff and Chevrolet building, and Judge Perry Ford's monthly fee raised to 60 dollars.

Homer Hunter Bob Hollin State Dept. of Public Health Ted Alexander City Finch Walnut Jackson Clint Garza Little Elm Lake W. T. Vandergriff Chevrolet Perry Ford

Annual Frankford Memorial Services Set for Sunday

The Frankford Memorial Day service will be held Sunday afternoon at Frankford Cemetery. A program with special music and a speaker begins at 2 30 PM in the church building. The date was moved from the fourth to the third Sunday in May to avoid conflicts with Baccalaureate services.

Frankford

Lions Win Fifth Straight in District Buzzer Beater Thriller

Carrollton High School Lions defeated Brewer 6 to 5 in eight innings to extend their District 5-AAA winning streak. Mo Galloway hit a two run homer in the seventh for an early lead, Brewer answered with two in the bottom half, and Carrollton tallied the decisive run in the eighth.

Carrollton High School Lions Fort Worth Brewer Lions Mo Galloway

Allied Battery to Build 1-Million Plant in Carrollton

Allied Battery Company plans a 100000 square foot $1,000,000 plant on a 40 acre Belt Line Road site near Reddick Road in Carrollton. The move from Dallas will create about 160 jobs initially with production aimed at 4,000,000 batteries yearly by the late 1960s. The firm sells Southland batteries across ten states from New Mexico to Florida and as far north as Kansas and Tennessee.

Carrollton Allied Battery Company, Inc Belt Line Road Reddick Road Kay W. Pickering Dallas Pickering Allied New Mexico Florida Kansas Tennessee Southland” Battery C. H. Allen R. B. Young Mickey Watkins Vitalic Battery Company, Inc R. B. Wilson

Chronicle Publishes Early To Share Allied Plant News

The Chronicle explains it published a day earlier this week to ensure Allied plant coverage appears in both papers. To do this some items were condensed or delayed.

the Chronicle Allied

Advertising Fine Art and Silent Toll of Falls

An ad copy frames advertising as a high art that makes you long for unknown desires. A separate statistic reports 26,500 accidental home deaths in the U S last year with 11,800 from falls, highlighting risk of everyday environments.

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RED Cross Aids Chronicle Carolin Good Smith Galloway Robert Moore Clark Allied Battery Company Otis Engineering Glidden Paint Company Eaders and Citizens Bryce and Kay W, Pickering Advertising
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