The Gilmer Mirror from Gilmer, Texas • Page 1

MICROFILM me. P. 0, BOX V54J6 DALLAS, TX. 75235 VOL. 91, NO.

36 GILMER, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY. SEPT. 5. 1968 10 CENTS 12 Pages DEAD CENTER is way (his auto struck tree off Cypress St. 'here shortly after midnight Saturday, kill- Ing the driver and seriously injuring a passenger.

Killed When Car Slams into Tree Here An out-of-control auto rammed a tree in Northeast Gilmer shortly after midnight' killing the driver and seriously injuring a passenger. Dead at the scene was Fatal Wreck Occurs at Lake 0 Pines Mrs. Ella Willeford, 56, of Lake o' the Pines, was dead on arrival a Ragland- Fenlaw Hospital Tuesday morning from injuries suffered in a pickup-truck collision on State High-way 155 near her horne in Marion and her husband, Robert, who operate a cafe, Lake o' Bridge on Highway 155 county, were enroute to the cafe at the time of the collision. 'It occurred about 7:15 ajn. when a beer, delivery truck turned across the highway in front of the pickup-driven by, -Mr.

Willeford. Jta Willeford was brought Hospital, but is considered in satisfactory condition. Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Willeford arc pending at Croley Funeral Home. Also surviving are two Robert W.

Willeford, of Indian Rock and John Andrew Witleford of Marshall; two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Miller of Longview, and Mrs. Shirley Pleasant of Ore City; brothers, A. D. Ailes of Gilmer, Sammy of Lojigview, R.

of Sudan, John' D. of Cleveland and Biliy Wayne Ailes of Houston; "sister, Mrs. James Brown of Cleveland. Mrs. Willeford was born Oct.

13, 1911, at Naples, and spent most of her life in Upshur County. Shfe had been a member of the Church of Christ for 35 years. Freddie Lee Bowser, 19, of 913 1 Cypress St. Taken to Ragland-F 1 a Hospital was James Robertson, 20, of Rt, 5, Gilmer. He received a broken leg.

Investigating Gilmer city police said the Bowser auto was traveling south at a high rate of speed. It left Cypress and slammed directly into a tree north of the old poultry plant building. The wreck occurred at 12:27 a.m. Bowser's death is the second traffic fatality in the Gilmer city limits this year. He had recently moved back to from New Mexico.

Turner Brothers Funeral Home is handling funeral arrangements. He is survived by his father, Benny Lee Bowser, and mother, Clidie Mae Wright, both of Gilmer. GilmerEnrollment Mary 0 Proctor Wins Title of Goes Over 2,000 Schools opened Tuesday amid a Jale summer thunderstorm and morning rain which caused only slight inconvenience. Gilmer school enrollment on first day.was only slightly more than that of last 1 2,025 compared, to 2,019. However, School Supt.

W. W. Wilson anticipates at least a dozen or more late registrations. This is an historic year for Gilmer High School, with integration of Bruce High on the campus. This brought the high school enrollment to 439 on opening day.

Four temporary frame classroom buildings were ready for the occasion. But these did not prevent hallways from between-class crowding. Lockers are being shared by three students each. opening day enrollment there at 374, compared to 337 last year. New Diana School Supt.

Harlan Thacker also has an increase, with 490 enrolled on the first day and more than a dozen expected' as late First day increase is 24 over last year. Valley View School, still operating as a grade school, has 58 enrolled. Union Hill School enrollment totaled 271 Tuesday. exas Yamboree No from report was available Harmony School because of interruption of telephone service. Bruce campus with elementary and juior high grade students enrolled 435 while there were 710 at Gilmer Elementary, with two temporary frame classrooms, and 341 at Junior High, plus 14 special education students at these campuses.

Ore City Enrollment Ore City Schools enrolled 544 on opening day Tuesday, about the same as last year, but late enrollment is expected. Big Sandy School enrolled 349, about the same as last year, accprding to Supt. Charles Penny. Union Grove School Supt. Garland Ferguson reported State Announces Road Improvement Three US and State number highways and five Farm-to-Market Roads in Upshur County are scheduled for safety and betterment work in the State Highway 1969 Improvement program.

District Highway Engineer G. A. Youngs of Atlanta said that these projects are among 1,177 over the state which will cost an estimated million. In District 19, Northeast Texas, these projects will cost $950,000 for the FM Roads and $2,100.000 for the state and federal numbered highways. In Upshuc County the roads designated and improvements are as follows: US Highway 271 between Gilmer and mile north of, Bettie.

consti uetion of guaVd fence at four bridges, and Gregg to the Morris County lines, construction of guard fence at eleven bridges. State Highway 154 from US 271 in GUmer to FM 1650, a distance of 4.3 miles, level up and seal coating. FM 726 from State 154 to US 259 (through Graceton). 3.5 miles, widen grade, base and surfacing; and the same work on FM 726 from US 271 at West Mountain around to State 154 near Little Cypress Creek, 9.3 miles. FM 852 from Grice to FM 556 at Enon, 5.7 miles, widen grade, base and surfacing; FM 279 from State Highway 155 near -Barnwell Mt.

to FM 593 near Cox, 3.7 miles, reconstruct grade, base and surfacing; FM 1649, from FM 555 near Little Cypress bottom eastward to US 259, a from just south of the High- distance of 10.7 miles, widen way 154 intersection to half grade, base and surfacing; mile south of the Little Cy- Caribbean Isles Draw Alexanders Mr. and -Mrs. Ray Alexander have returned from a cruse to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mr. Alexander's sales record at Long Motor Co.

qualified him as one of the Ford Motor top salesmen who were picked for the voyage aboard the S. S. Independence. The Gilmer couple flew from Dallas to New York City, where they boarded the luxury liner on Thursday, Aug. 22.

They arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the Ford group of several hundred travelers were taken on 'a tour of the city. The ship headed next for St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands for a brief shopping stop. The Alexanders boarded a the flight home by way of San Juan and Miami, Fla. NEW YAMBOREE QUEEN, Mary Jo Proctor, center, receives embrace from 1967 Queen, Nancy Williams, with runner up Miss Freida Hogg at left.

Results had just been announced when John M. Hill made this photo. Masons Award Steve Nelson 50-Year Pin Steve Nelson received a 50-year Masonic Lodge membership pin and award Saturday evening in lodge ceremonies. On the program were Malcolm Smith, P. K.

Willliams, L. L. 'Berry, Mrs. Croley Cook, and Ross Gunn, with D. T.

Loyd making the presentation as a of ceremonies. shments were served. Mr. Nelson's family was present including Hubert Nelson of Lamesa, Velma Nelson Reagan of Baytown and Billy Steve Nelson of Birmingham, Ala. Also present were Katherine Dyer, a niece, and her husband, and three children of Commerce.

Mr. Nelson became a Mason the and FM 1972 from 726 press bridge, level up west to FM 1649, distance of 2.7 miles, up and sea! Pleasant Hill Lodge, Simp- US Highway 259 from the I coating. Graham Film to Show In Gilmep Sept; 11 "The Restless Ones," the afternoon at 3 o'clock. Alvis Billy Graham film that has brought a gospel message to hundreds of thousands of Americans, will open Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the Strand Tickets Will be on sale before hand at the school administration building and at Hogg's Pharmacy and Denson's Members of Upshur County churches have been attending counseling classes at the First National Bank community room.

The last class will be held Sunday 2-Inch Rain Falls Tuesday With a hint of fall in the air, a thunderstorm produced between 2.25 and 3 inches of ram over all of Upshur County Tuesday morning. August rainfall totaled 1.09 inches with substantial amounts on Aug. 8 and 9, and a light shower Aug. 14. Farmers welcomed the early fall rain for it gives impetus to late hay operations and fall fertilization.

awn 'iNTtRMNI Or TIMPOtUIIY CLAM ROOM iODIiMrHllhSckeel.bylMicliMMofTciKher are Mwh dauMMmt at the art the packed elenwutary campus, They are heated and have heavy duty floor Third Try for Wafer Begins On School Site A third try began Tuesday for a new Gilmer city water well. New site is on the school property between the elementary arid high school campus. City Manager Fred Odom said that a' producing well was obtained at the Harrison-Mings St. site last week, but after careful test by Texas Water Wells geologists and engineer, they declined to guarantee production of 500 gallons per minute. I Since the specifications required that, Mr, Odom said the water drilling firm decided new test well.

"If we have to, we can i go back to the second try. and have a good well," he said. Included in the contract! for the new water well are! two other projects, 10-' I inch water mnin down South i Montgomery, and across the, Cotton Belt tracks to the in-, dust rial park, and road 1 from South Montgomery cast 1 to cross the railroad and I ccmncct with Dean Street in Mho industrial ikrk, Redfern and Raymond Fielden are chairmen of the counseling division. Gilmer church members have volunteered to counsel with the young people and adults who respond to the invitation made with each showing of the film. "The Restless Ones" has a youthful cast including Johnny Crawford, boy star of "The Rifleman" TV series.

It is a hard-hitting, bold approach to social problems with a Bible-c entered answer to the problems besetting today's youth. Matinee and night shows will be held each day, Wednesday through Saturday, with a special midnight show scheduled Friday night after the Gilmer-Atlanta football game. Rose Ann Hart Receives UT Degree in Law Miss Rose Ann Hart received a degree in Law from The University of Texas. School of Law at the end of its summer session in August. She is daughter of Eunice Hart and the late Leo Hart of Gilmer.

Buckeye Club Barbecue Set For Thursday Gilmer Buckeyes don't care to read the daily newspaper sports pre-season forecasts. These predictions have the Bucks rated as trying to stay out of the cellar of the north zone of District 7-AAA. "We think we can with," says one of the coaches, echoing (he sentiment "of players who went through a rugged scrimmage with Quitman last Fiiday here. Coach Marvin Crawford was pleased with progress of pre-season workouts as well as performances in that scrimmage. This Thursday, starting at 7.30 p.m.

at the Buckeye Stadium is the. annual Buckeye Club barbecue for the team, and coaches. Parents and Buckeye Club members are invited, and a towel for the dressing room is suggested as admission. Otherwise the event is free. Buckeye memberships as well as season tickets wilt be 1 sold at the barbecue.

Another scrimmage is set Ticket Sale of $11 ,000 Largest In Show History Mary Jo Proctor will reign as Yamboree Queen at the 31st annual East Texas 'festival in Gilmer Oct. 24-26. Miss Proctor daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.

L. Proctdrj won the race for the queen'l title as determined by Yam-, boree event ticket sales Runner up was Mist- Frieda Hogg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hogg. Yamboree A i a tion President Dr.

Bob Glaze said $11,168 worth of tickets were sold, the largest ticket sale in the history of the Yamboree. Last year's total was $5,500 in ticket sales. Miss Proctor, 17, was nominee of the Gilmer Rotary Club. Standing 5-foot and 6-inches, the slender queen-nominee has hazel eyes and brown hair. She ii a senior at Gilmer High School where she is "a member of the Pep Squad.

She has been a Camp Fire girl since in the third grade and is now an assistant leader of a Camp Fire Group as well as a member of the Horizon Club. She' is a member of First Baptist Church. Her mother has been active in Camp Fire for many years and her father a trainer of thoroughbred racing horses, with stables -at the old Moody Farm here and in Arlington 'Park, Chicago. Runner up in the queen's race, Miss Hogg, is a nominee of- the Gilmer Kiwanis Club. and nomi- Court In the Core- nation pageant the evening of Thursday, Oct.

24. Other 'n o'm 'i were Nancy Wright by Bluebonnet Club; Debbie Holt, "Twen- tieth' Century Club; Kathy Pruitt, Gilmer Lions and Susan Hardman, Gilmer Club. No announcement has been made on selection of a Yamboree Barn Dance band, but the committee is seeking a "top" name country music band, said Dr. Glaze. A major attraction for many will be the appearance of Texas Lt.

Governor ton Smith as speaker for the Service Club luncheon on the first day of the Yamboree, Oct. 24. Smith is Democratic Party nominee for Governor. Two Gilmer Men Are Members of 2. Texas Baptist College Unit Two Gilmer men are members of the East Texas Baptist College development board.

They are Dr. M. S. Ragland and D. T.

Loyd. The board recently held a dinner meeting in Marshall with 32 members attending. They heard ETBC President Howaid C. Bennslt say the school's fiscal and academic status is the. in its history.

The school has an endowment totaling $1,734,525 and the school's total income last year was $1,107,976. VUCKEYIS GILMER HKJH have this "stable" of backs In call upon for Iho grid season which opens a week from Friday. Front, left lo right, Denny Finlier, tarry Arthur Webb, Konnlo Wallace and'. Phillip Bruns; standing, KI)Mt Handy David Koark, Garritwt, ami Thomas Nti pMiirtd one who will flrfttn ihe learn.