Plano Daily Star-Courier from Plano, Texas • Page 1

Plano- COLLIN COUNTY'S LEADING INDUSTRIAL CITY THE PLANO STAR-COURIER Plano- SOITH LARGEST CIRCULATED NEWSPAPER VOLUME NO. 74 PLANO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1962 COLLIN COUNTY'S FASTEST GROWING TOWN NO. 36 Open Plano Swimming Pool To Saturday May 26 The Plano Swim Pool Corpora- reational facilities at the pool and tion announces opening of the the pool will be kept in complete pool, adjacent to the Plano Cityi A1 repair at all times. Park, Saturday of next week, Miss Shirley Renfrew, who is May 26 for its fifth successive serving as "Miss Plano" joins in season. urging everyone interested to be- The hour of 10 a m.

that day I come a member and take part has been set as the hour for the not only in the official opening official opening The poo! will be but also to enjoy the cool, invit- open seven days a week Week- ing waters throughout the sum- day hours will be 10 a m. to 9 p.m. mer. and on Sundays from 2 to 6 -------------------------The officials announce that i there are still some memberships; Afl available and if you are interested in becoming a member please contact any director or write the Swim Pool Corporation at Box 147 Plano, Texas. Managers will be A.

Brazil and Tom Gray. Lifeguards will be Larry Nicholson and Billy Scaggs, plus others to be named later. The five new directors are L. F. Bailey, C.

J. Christie, 0 F. Field, John Y. Haggard and Frank Robinson. Holdover directors, who have a year to serve, are Rob Harrington, president; J.

G. Cole, Treasurer; Hen ry Nelson, secretary; Dr. T. 0. Eller and Joe Keim.

Church School Dr. Allen Will Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday Evening, May 27 The Baccalaureate Services of i Dr Allen leads Christian Life Plano High School will be hck.1 weeks in local Baptist Churches Sunday Evening, May 27 at 8:30 in which the Scriptures' message in the new, air conditioned High School auditorium. The sermon will be delivered relating to these areas are thor oughly examined and discussed. Dr. Allen also speaks frequently by Dr Allen, Director of on college and in bap- the Christian Life Commission for the Baptist General Convention of Texas, The Christian Life Commission serves as the Texas Baptist committee on public affairs, emphas- zing Christian citizenship within tist encampments to young people on applied Christianity.

Dr Allen began preaching at the age of 15 and has served as pastor of Baptist Churches in Evant, Hico, Dublin, Van Alstyne, and Wills Point, Texas. Before ac- retary of Royal Ambassador work for the Baptist General Convention of Texas, and at the same time was Associate Editor of "Ambassador magazine. Sunday, May 20 Vacation Church School will be held at the First Christian Church, June 4 through June 8. Daily sessions are to begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 11:00 "The Heritage of the will be the theme for Church School this year and Mrs.

Joe Uselton, director, states that plans are well under way for a very successful school. All children are eligible to at- The pool is in its fifth year of tend from Kindergarten age operation and several hundred through the sixth grade, dollars are being spent to have it Registration will begin Sunday, renovated and put in first class May 20. condition by opening day. It is a regulation size pool and is built in a beautiful five-acre wooded We appreciate a visit this week from Mrs. Ralph Carpenter of Jus- tract adjacent to and just north Jexas who came by tQ TELEPHONE COMPANY CABLE shows Telephone Company officials and workmen laying cable that will provide direct long distance service from Plano to a greatly reduced cost from present service cost.

Photo, taken at Highway 75 and east side of access road in Plano, shows, from left to right these officials: R. B. Shirey, district manager, Sherman; Harry West, district manager, Garland area; F. R. Pinkston, district plant supervisor Garland area; Nolan Rubarts, construction foreman; Paul Blakeley, division service Service Facilities manager; Cap Berry.

San Angelo, Construction Coordinator. Photo was taken May 3 as officials were checking on prejiaration to get actual work started. General Telephone Co. Begins Construction On New Inter-City Cable the government and striving for ceptmg his present position with the preservation of the principles the Christian Life Commission, he of the Plano City Park. Membership is $100 and terms can be arranged.

Officials announce that plans are in the making for other rec- new her Star Courier subscription. Mrs. Carpenter tells us she has been away from Plano for nearly 50 years, but she always enjoys her visits back to this city. S' MEET Down at the Town Country Carpets at 1410 Avenue in Plano things are humming as the big company disposes of fine carpets for many Plano houses. They're a fine group of people at that Plano business firm and nice to do business with.

Go by and meet "Miss Mrs. Mildred Turner in charge of the local business, and the other fine personnel. Miss Millie and her co-workers will be happy to see you. She knows the carpet business from "A to and enjoy doing business with her as well as receiving the very fine carpets to be purchased. General Telephone Company of the Southwest has started construction of new underground intercity cable facilities between Plano and Richardson, according to Harry S.

West, District Manager for the Plano area. This new facility should be completed and placed into service in the first part of June, barring dlays which might be caused by bad weather. The new inter-city facilities are being placed as a joint project with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Plano subscribers desiring to contract for Richardson service in Plano will be served through this new cable. Richardson service enables calls -j-1 to be made direct to and received from the Dallas Metropolitan area, West emphasized that the new cable facilities has been sized for me, but I want to tell you that future growth of Plano, and the Star-Courier takes the cake i will enable the company to pro- when it comes to photography.

I I vice communications that will have never seen, in any newspa- i serve Ike present businesses of per, pictures as good. I comment i I Mr. and Mrs. Will Jackson of around in our office every week Jacksonville, and the latter sis- afier reading your paper. I en- Mrs 0yde Potts of Wylje joy it, even though I hardly know were visitors in Plano last Thurs- anyone there.

Signed) Mrs. C. C. day and paid the Star-Courier of- Plano and take care of any new industrial requirements in the future. Plano subscribers who now have Dallas service are now being contacted as to their immediate and future requirements.

Anyone interested in information on the new services available are encouraged to contact the business office in Garland Harris. Thanks, Mrs. Harris, we humbly thank you for your interest and your kind comments. It is our aim to give our readers the very best possible newspaper and, frankly speaking, we believe we get out one of the most nicely printed papers in the North Texas area. fice a welcomed visit.

The Jacksons formerly lived in Plano. D. L. Palmer of Mena, Arkansas, former Plano resident, has been visiting in the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.

J. Christie. Mr. Palmer was a welcomed visitor to the Star-Courier office while here. Star-Courier Award Winners Announced WISDOM Wisdom is said to be made up of things nine-tenths is SILENCE and one-tenth is brevity.

tiiS'ir THE TRUTH And, we think it was Edmund Burke who said "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do THINK IT OVER Want to be remembered long after you have left this earthly world? read where men who are the longest remembered and whose memories are most highly revered, are not those who made the most money, but those whose hearts were gentle, whose sympathies were broad and who best served humanity. KIND COMMENTS The continued improvement in appearance of the Star-Courier from week to week is of course a source of pleasure to the a r- Courier staff as well as to hundreds of our readers. The clear reproduction of pictures also is attracting attention and interest of our readers, for which L. W. Cason, will please take a well deserved bow.

In our mail Saturday morning, came an appreciated card from our longtime friend, Mrs. C. C. Harris, of the Harris- Horn Funeral Home in McKinney. She writes "Dear Friend, Don: You will be surprised to hear from For your FHA or conventional home loans, see the DAVID Mc- CALL INSURANCE AGENCY.

THE STAR-COURIER AWARDS for this year will be presented to Don Keim and Rebecca Hays, outstanding students in their respective departments of Future Farmers of America and Future Homemakers of America at the Plano High School. The awards will be presented at Commencement Exercises, May 28. (Photo by L. W. Cason).

Rebecca Hays, senior, and Don Keim, freshman, have been selected to receive the Plano Star- Courier award from the Future Homemakers of America and Future Farmers of America departments of the Plano High School These awards will be presented at the Commencement Exercises to be held in the high school auditorium Monday evening, May 28. Rebecca, daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. C. Hays, was selected by a committee of homemaking students as the most outstanding student in homemaking for the school year 1961-1962.

She has served as president of the local FHA chapter this year and has presided at each of the meetings of the FHA Plano Chapter, which meets twice a month. Rebecca is a member of the third year homemaking class that is taught by Mrs. Jim Hickey. Not only has Rebecca participated in all of the local activities of the chapter she has also represented the Plano Chapter in various other ways. She was in charge of the installation of officers for the McKinney FHA Chapter.

Rebecca has not only improved herself through her homemaking activities, but has also strengthened the FHA chapter and her homemaking class. The requirements that a homemaking student must meet to receive the Star-Courier Award were set up by a committee of students several years ago. The requirements are as follows: 1. Must be a member of a homemaking class and have at least an A- average. 2.

Must be an active member cf FHA and participate in as many activities as possible 3. Must be active in community activities. 4. Must contribute with her time and energy in carrying out home responsibilities 5. Must be neat in appearance.

6. Must practice sportsmanship at all times. 7. Must practice the following character traits: cooperativeness, dependability, self-confidence, respect for others. Don, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Joe Keim, was selected for the Star- Courier award from an FFA enrollment of 63 students He has been active in all phases of FFA work this year. He is a freshman student and secretary of the Greenhand chapter He exhibited sheep and a feeder steer at the local Future Fanner Show held recently, attended the District Banquet, the local Father and Son Banquet and was a speaker recently at one of the high school PTA programs. Don has shown the most interest, drive and initiative in his project program for the year. At the beginning of the year he built a breeder house and raised 25 broilers.

Then he hustled a vacant lot i Cafe of religious freedom and separation of church and state Under Dr leadership, the Commission creates and publishes appropriate literature to assist Baptists in their thinking on these areas of Christianity, and conducts an annual workshop to delve into problems in these fields. Diary Mart Grand Opening Set Saturday Miss Opal Kemp has leased the Dairy Mart at 1910 Avenue in Plano that opened for business this week She will have her grand opening Saturday of this week, May 19, and is offering as an opening special a free hot dog with each one purachsed. The Dairy Mart has been recently renovated, repainted and i improved throughout, with a beau-1 tiful new canopy surrounding the building for the convenience of; patrons in all kinds of weather 1 Miss Kemp has had 17 years experience in this line of work and is thoroughly familiar with operation of the business, She is 1 moving here from Dallas and is bringing her help with her including Mrs Sue Roberts and Miss Hazel Bishner, who will give prompt curb service, and Hathcock, who will assist in the busi ness. Miss Kemp is a sister of Bill Kemp, formerly of Plano, but now of Garland, who built the Dutchess this city. She informed I served as pastor of the Cockrell Hill Baptist Church in Dallas for four years.

Dr Allen was for 2Vi years sec- and started two breeding ewes, a Star Courier representative Still not willing to sit down-: Monday that she is elated with and be content with these proj- prospects of living in fast grow ects, he finally managed a lot in ing, friendly Plano and is enthus- another part of town and purchas- ed over prospects for serving the ed a feeder steer that he is get- good people of this city and com- ting ready for the State Fair in munity. Dallas this coming October, states The Dairy Mart will be open Vocational Agriculture teacher L. from 10 a m. to il and of- Cason. not service under The awards committee, made 'he canopy, but order to go.

Call throughout and the stairway also up of FFA officers, with the vote her at 995-4280 and your order is carpeted Mr. Gunn informed of chapter members, felt that Don W'H be prepared and ready for you the Star-Courier early this week had shown a great interest and to P'ck up when you call. 1 that two of the apartments al much drive and initiative in FFA Remember her grand opemng ready are rented work this year, Saturday and go by and take ad- ------------The Plano Star-Courier your vantage of her opening day spe-: Joe Bates of Farmersville hometown newspaper is happy i cial Please refer to her adver- has moved to Plano and is mak- to present these two awards to tisement elsewhere in this issue ing his home with his niece, Mrs, such outstanding and deserving of the Star-Courier. Jack Nelson and family, students. Frankford Cemetery Decoration Annual Decoration Day will be observed Sunday, May 20, at the Frankford Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in this area John Wells, who is president of the association, says that an interesting and appropriate program is being arranged to start at 2:30 that afternoon Speaker will be Rev, Robert Ridley, Methodist pastor of Dallas, but formerly a minister in Collin County.

Good singing and short talks also will be a feature of the program, says Mr Wells, who will preside Everyone having relatives or friends buried there is urged to attend and bring flowers to decorate the graves. Many early day pioneer citizens are buried at Frankford, and it is a resting place for seventeen Confederate Veterans. The cemetery was 100 years old in 1957, and last year (1961) honored the memory of the Confederate Veterans who are buried in there. The public is invited to attend the program and decoration day program It is planned to have as many of the old-timers as pos- Gunn Oaks Apartments at 1407; siy a fgW words, reminisc- Open house was held at the ing on days of yore at the pro- Avenue in Plano Tuesday gram night and the owner A Gunn is well pleased with the many compliments coming his way on these lovely brick apartments. Located close-in, across the street west from the First Bap tist Church, the four apartments, two upstairs and two downstairs, are well constructed and boast many modern features The apartments are one- and two bedrooms.

The color scheme and decor show the good taste of Mr, and Mrs. Gunn. Th ewalls are sheet rock and wainscoated, plus beautiful wallpaper designs. Two of the apartments are carpeted Open House Held At Gunn Oaks Apartments Art Club To Give Exhibit The Pearl Richie Art Club will hold its annual art exhibit and tea May 20 from 1 to 5 in the Dallas Garden Center, Fair Park. The public is invited to attend and there will be no admission charge Mrs, Pearl Richie at present is teaching 80 students from this area including some from Plano.

The exhibit of art will include approximately 500 pieces of hand painted china and about 65 oils. The club has as its projects: sponsoring the annual art exhibit at the Dallas Garden Center in the spring; featuring all types of hand-painted china and oils by both adults and children; sponsor, ing the annual sale of china and oils in November for benefit to the students. Rotations To Honor Rotary-Anns Plans are in readiness for the annual Rotary-Ann banquet, spon ored by the Plano Rotary Club, to be held tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the Dallas Continental Inn in Richardson. In charge will be the president, J. FRANK Harrington.

The committee arranging for the banquet and program includes Lester Victor, Nathan White, Van Vendope, Dr. N. F. Dubberley and Walter Earl Newell. The program will include color scenes taken all the way from Old Mexico to Canada by Fred Conger, as well as musical selections.

There will be favors for the ladies attending. ATTENDS FATHER BEDSIDE Otto A. Stranz, of Little Rock, continues a hospital patient that city following a stroke he received several days ago. i son, Art Stranz, Plano druggist, recently returned home after attending hrs father's bedside See us for all your FHA or conventional borne loans. A.

R. SCHELL, Jr. SON, Insurance. SATURDAY, MAY 26 is set as the date for the opening ot the Plano Swim Pool adjacent to the Plano City Park. Photo shows a large number of bathers enjoying the pool at a previous opening, as well as Miss Shirley Renfrew, elected at the bathing beauty revue held last year.

Miss Renfrow joins Swim Pool Corporation President Rob Harrington and1 other officials of the pool in urging a large turnout of bathers at the May 26 opening as well as enjoying the inviting waters of the pool throughout the summer. Some memberships are still available. Contact any director or write Box 147, Plano, Texas. (Photo by L. W.

Cason.).