The Marshall News Messenger from Marshall, Texas • 68

6H MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER Sunday, January 30, 1972 'Forward' Describes Daingerfield north at the site of the old school bam was located in Daingerfield DAINGERFIELD Forward building, contains 10.000 square; feet and was opened in August. Ct.U DapW during the past year. A modern public library is of pride for city res- source dents. City hall is located witn recenuy uuwu an most beautiful scenic spots tn the entire state of Texas. The gaseous element helium was detected on the sun by ear-ly solar scientists before it was discovered on earth.

Traditionally, when a boy kisses a girl under the mistletoe, he must pluck a berry from the bough and give it to her. directly across the street from campms the Morris County courthouse, and many wodiai.tr!r' Anew industry in Daingerfield among toe chief Malouf Dress Factory Daingerfield and the nearby employs 75 persons. According area. to Manager Harry Bartlett, the The Daingerfield area has i a Ki inno been cited as one ot tne i i I i i II IJ The citizens of Daingerfield are served by a modern, spacious library Daingerfield Schools Receive Bonds Exceeding $1.3 Million junior high buildings, complete, DAINGERFIELD More progress describes Daingerfieldx during the past year as improvement, expansion and new construction was carried out across the city. Major improvement work was done on the city streets, the sewage system was updated, new school facilities were constructed and a major expansion was carried out at Hospital in The Pines.

The formation of Daingerfield Manufacturing a roofing manufacturing firm, and the location nearby of Scot Industries, Inc. topped the list of industrial expansions in the area during the past year. To serve the residents of the area better, a new Red Top Dairy Queen was added to public facilities. Construction of a new Morris County courthouse was begun in July, 1971 and is expected to be completed by May 1971 A $400,000 expansion program at Hospital in The Pines was completed late October 1971 to increase mercy facilities for the city as well as the area. A $1,300,000 program of renovation, improvement and hew construction was running ahead of schedule in the Daingerfield Independent School system.

Mayor Roy Nail, government leader in Daingerfield for the past several years, was assisted during 1971 by city councilmen George Donaldson, Farris Richards, Max McCain and Donald Tittle and City Administrator Bill Perkison. Nail reported the completion of $80,000 in street improvements during the year with about 12 miles of roadway resurfaced and the installation of larger outfall sewer lines as well as a new sewage treatment plant valued at $380,000. A regional Texas State Highway Department maintenance BEFORE YOU BUILD on REMODEL YOUR HOME Check our prices on lumber supplies and paint! You'll be lad jou pleting the junior high gymnasium and two vocational buildings is being done by the school district, not by contract, and the final costs are not complete. Contracts and expenditure by late 1971 were: buildings for auto mechanics, vocational agriculture, and two play areas, complete, air conditioning of Lone Star, South Elementary, and ments and accrued interest on the bonds'. Additional federal grants have been approved for cafeteria and science equipment in the amount of $25,347 raising the grand total of funds available to $1,350,879.

Thus far all projects have been completed or are under construction with the exception of the high school cafeteria on which no contract has been let as of early 1972. Some of the work in com than $1,350,000 was made available in 1971 for the vast Daingerfield Independent School District expansion program undertaken and mostly completed during the past year. Voters within the district approved a $1,300,000 bond issue on April 4, 1970 for expansion and air-conditioning at all five schools in the school district. That amount was increased to $1,325,532 because of invest wing addition and air conditioning at West Elementary, complete, additions and air conditioning of new junior high school addition, complete, -additions and air conditioning of high school, complete, fieldhouse addition and remodeling at football field, complete, two metal buildings for storage, complete, administration building, not complete, miscellaneous, such as rating of bonds, cost for sale of bonds, portable building, chain link fence, roofing and painting, furniture and equipment purchased to date, not complete, architect fees to date, not complete, and Hospital In Pines Expanded In 1971 SWP HOUSE PAINT and experienced medical and general duty personnel operate the community service with four doctors using its facilities regularly 1X1 IL HIP OAH New Morris Courthouse Now Under Construction and the perpetual board of directors. Following the construction which was completed Oct.

28, 1971, 10 additional private rooms were available. Construction was done on a one-story level to complement the older hospital section. Hospital in The Pines is located on a large 42-acre tract of land which was donated to the communities in the area by Lone Star Steel Co. It was built by the steel company and turned over to the towns in 1959, completely independent of the company and operated by a board of directors elected for life. The hospital was originally built at a cost of $500,000 but is now valued at more than a million dollars.

Some 60 trained LONE STAR Construction of a $400,000 wing and complete renovation was carried out at Hospital in The Pines during the past year. The hospital is a non-profit and community operated institution providing mercy care of first class status for residents of the Daingerfield and Lone Star area. Renovation was conducted to unitize the modern standards of the older hospital facilities. The facilities, upon completion of the recent expansion, can only be duplicated by larger cites such as Longview and Texarkana. During the past year the hospital was under the direction of W.

R. Floyd, hospital administrator for 10 of the 13 years of operation of the mercy center, LUMBER COMPANY A COMPLETE BUILDING SERVICE Phone 6452202 Daingerfield, Texas missioners courtroom; County Attorney's offices; District Clerk's office; district courtroom; District Judge's office; and grand jury and petit jury rooms. 3f JS Sc. I Js I county courthouse. It will stand in the same area of Old Town, the section of the city first settled, where an original one-room courthouse served the county from its organization in 1875 until completion of the presently-used structure in 1882.

The new courthouse is being constructed with the future in mind. It will be a one-story structure and will include foundation and support features which could permit the addition of a second story in the future if county growth of population and activity warrants. All the interior will have vinyl wall coverings to both enhance the appearance and provide the best fireproofing possible. Included in the new courthouse will be: offices and facilities for the Morris County Sheriffs Department including a modern radio room; Justice of the Peace Precinct No. 1 offices; Driver's Education Offices; Texas Department of Public Safety Offices; County Clerk's offices and vaults; Tax Assessor-Collector's offices and vault, County Treasurer's office; Social Security Section; County Judge's offices; Com DAINGERFIELD Morris County's almost century courthouse is to be replaced by a new half million dollar structure to be completed during the first half of 1972.

Although the current old courthouse was constructed nearly a century ago at the cost of $5,500, it would cost about the same price as the new courthouse is costing at the price of materials and labor today. Ground was broken for the project on July 19, 1971 by John Waddell Construction Co. of Longview, a general contractor. Completion date is expected to come during May of 1972. The new building will be composed of steel framing and brick interwalls with a precast stone exterior of four and six feet slabs to give the structure the present-day massive look which has become popular for public and private institutions of large size during the past five years.

The trend is away from colonial and other types of architecture to the plain, straight lines. The building will be constructed on U.S. Hwy. 259 inside the Daingerfield city limits within five blocks of the older YOU'LL NEVER GET A BETTER DEAL THAN SKIPPER FORD IS OFFERING YOU NOW ON I THEIR BIG STOCK OF I '72 FORDS! COME a Daingerfield Bank Is Up-To-Date Kl TEIIAS, 0. DAINGERFIELD The National Bank of Daingerfield offers its home city and surrounding area up-to-date and total banking services.

According to the bank's Dec. INCi DAINGERFIELD, TEXAS No matter how you slice has more to offer industry, business, and new residents! 1 ra Ml A 31, 1971 financial statement, total assets neared $9,100,000 while loans and discounts amounted to approximately $2,446,000. Deposits were about $8,350,000 at the end of last year. The National Bank specializes in all types of loans, including those for automobiles, business, personal, appliance purchases, boats and motors and industrial equipment. Other services include checking accounts, savings accounts, cashier's checks, travelers checks, safe deposit boxes and bank-by-mail.

Serving as chairman of the board of directors during 1971 was W. b. Irvin Jr. Other directors were John L. Brad-field, William A.

Connor, E. G. McMillan Jr. and B. H.

Webb. Webb, president and executive officer of the bank is assisted by James R. Walker, executive vice president; McMillan, inactive vice president; Ira Y. Bicknell, cashier; Mrs. Laura Allen and Mrs.

Lilma Godsey, assistant cashiers; Mrs. Paulette Smith, proof operator; Mrs. Ora Belle Russell, secretary; Mrs. Peggy J. Banks, Mrs.

Barbara Howell and Mrs. Debbie Young, tellers; and Mrs. Alta Bockrnan, Mrs. Evelyn Johnson, Mrs. Nancy Grassland, Mrs.

Patsy Wasson, Mrs. Marijon Russell, Mrs. Lou Freedman and Mrs. Mary Jean Williams, bookkeepers. Lloyd Gilstrap is in charge of custodial services.

Hill DANGER-FIELD Daingerfield, Texas IBWIM jittUUli SERVING MORRIS COUNTY AND NORTH HARDWARE STORES EAST TEX AS SINCE1 092 B. H.WEBB President HARDWARE STORE DAINGERFIELD, TEXAS 11.