The Courier-Gazette from McKinney, Texas • 1

iailp Couner Oaette ESTABLISHED MARCH 4th 1897 McKinney texas Tuesday January 7 1941 tourpages ORTY OURTH YEAR AMERICANS MUST WORK SACRIICE TO DEEAT AXIS North AV the Collin County Associational danger as now1 tomorrow mara tSTreatcnlng other riatisnar LIONESSES WILL TONIGHT OR GAME" Temple Bozell Norns age 65 well known CelmaAitizenj died at ied lfOafrnents7 their lot his home one mile North of Ce arp inciu(je(j jn this quota There humanity cannot resi lina Tuesday morning Jan 7 arem any garments being made In thetic appeal Bung at 3:55 following an ill hnrtipq of this citv and ments by Jan COMPLETES COURSE at the" Gunter Baptist Church tallowing 'children: Mrs Ar by to well as malntalninga high achon was 71876 in Ken csville team at Gainesville Thurs SHi Sliiufr' a the Meth Masonic ROM THE ILES Tilt DAILY COURIER GAZETTE A LEA SCHOOL HONORROLL IS ANNOUNCED to Texas the post Wall and many SELLS COLEMAN STREET RESIDENCE bo th as and 3 GRAND MASTER SAM CANTEY JRO ORT WORTH AND OTHER GRAND DODGE OICERS WILL PAY THEIR IRST OICIAL VISIT YEAR TO Mc KINNEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT who would the wings of the American eagle in order to featn er their own nests JT have recently out how quickly tlie tempo of mod ern warfare could bring into our very midst the physical attack which we must expecfif the die tator nations win this wcr is con the flu OBSEQUIES HELD AT VALDASTA OR LEWIS COMBEST sold in4 not 'be' Stewart is ill at her REV MARSHALL DISTRICT MISSIONARY DALLAS GIVES MORNING SERMON LARGE AT TENDANCE PRESENT ROM THROUGHOUT COUN TY Dlrmn 141 Vao iliauv UL 4Uv UUV leaves a husband and two daugh ters WelLKnown NorlheasTCol lin Man Succumbed Sunday Morning Postmaster At Valdasta or Thirty Three Years And Member Coun ty School Board or Twelve Years (Bill) Proctor fined to his home with 4 The' Thursday Bridge President franklin Delano Roosevelt in his annual message to the United States Congress Monday afternoon said that an immediate increase in armament production is the need of a crit ical period He appealed tor sacnfices in nation wide effort to defeat the Axis powers and warned that an Ax is victory abroad would result in their attack of the Americas The President he in tended to ask for increased new Appropriations for defense and for lending arms to England and called for higher taxes to defray the bill in part He warned against a policy of appeasement To strengthen the moral fibre oftheAmericanpeople he made four recommendations for Amer icans Old age pensions fend un employment insurance should cov 25 YEARS AGO IN Danger of Attack "There is much loose talk our immunity rrom and the the rower no such Even if there were no British navy it is not probable that any enemy would be stupid enough to attack us by landing the United States from across thousands of miles of ocean ng til if had acquired strategic bases rom which to oneia te "But we learn much from the lessons of the past years in ETfi1 particularly the lesson of Norway whose essential seapoits were captured by treachery and surprise built up over a set les of years (Continued on Page 4)X of the total 8803 plates for passenger cars being sold in the year 1940 already compared with 8780 sold in 1939 In a total of conv mercial plates were sold ascorri pared witn izio already 1940 Sales for 1940 will complete for another months? Registration for 1940 CyAtkinson four years keeper of the County Jail went out on lhe first He made an efficient I and of the Cross Sewing Room remind Red Cross workers of the city that all garments must be turned in by Jan' '15 Their statement foi ness of three weeks of heart dis ease Mr Norris born June 18 1875 near Celina Tennessee came to Celina Texas 62 years ago" mak ing there eontinuously He was a highly respected citi that community s' uneral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 at the Celina Baptist Church of which Mr Norris was a i mem ber Interment will be in the Ce lina Cemetery under direc tion of Helms uneral Home of that city Surviving are his wife Mrs Willie Rae Rattaree Norris and mon Cooper of Dalias Mrs josn "Automobiles registered Collin County in1940 will exceed the 1 number registered in 1939 (January 1916) Dr Pope is out again af ter being laid up for a couple of weeks with a broken rib He was J7 hurt by the overturning of his auto IriClass'A Cage Confer ence or Girls Double Header Scheduled Between irst And Second Teams Oi Both Schools Lionesses To Highland Park Wednesday Night Defeated Anna Last Week' immediate direct invasion from across Obviously as aa British navy' retains its danger exists no Mrs a patient in the City Hospital is showing some improvement Tuesday ac cording to reports from the pital She submitted to an opera tion at the Hospital Saturday 'The themeof the Associations! meeting will be Problem in Ma'king Our Sunday School Standard" Dr A Clifton Pas tor of the irst Baptist Church will deliver fen iaddress Mrs George lesher who lives at La Pryor Texas killed a' two poTnted buck on the Williams ranch recently Mrs lesher Is a daughter Mrs McKinney of this city Company No 1 of the McKin ney ire Department met In reg ular session at the City Hall Thursday Officers elected for the ensuing terra included Ed Blake man President and Paul Wilson Mrs Meredith Dalton of Rodk Hill who has been quite ill at the City" Hospital "continues to improve it was' reported Tues day Mrs Maloney and son Richard of Memphis Tenn and Mrs Donald Hess and little daughter Betty Jean of Brad onton1 have returned to their homes after spending the holidays here with relatives Mrs Hess is the former Miss Geneva tlqn of the Helms uneral Home Lusk was 'Indeath by his wife three years ago Surviving are three daughters: Mrs Ethridge of Hubbard Mrs Tom air Gunter Mrs Ridlehoover of Gunter seven sons Otho Lusk of Hub bard Othello Lusk of Waco Joe Lusk of Abbott Lusk of Denton Lusk of Stamford Lusk of Rule rank Lusk of and one sister ATTENTION RED CROSS WORKERS kind and obliging keeper Cy is I a fine fellow and while we did not get to board with: him dur mg his tenure of office those 1 who did like him very much Club will meet with Mr Avery Dowell this week ek in lernational generosity or return ct true inaepenaence or disarmament or freedom pression or freedom' bf religion or even good' business "Such a peace wffiuidbi lng no security' for us for oiir neigh Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a lit tle temporary safety deserve neithef liberty nor safety wo take pride in the fact that we are soft hearted but cannot afford "to be softheaded "We must always be wary bf those wht with sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal preach the ism of appeasement "We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men pro gram with the devo by Brooks Rzev feather maximum 38 degrees minimum 33 degrees Government weather forecast fnr East Texas (Including Mc Kinney and vicinity): Conslder able cloudiness with risk of light rain Tuesday Somewhat warmer Tuesday Wednesday partly eloudy and warmer Maximum Tuesday In upper al Sunday School meeting will be held tonight (Tuesday) at the North Baptist Church beginning i MEETING SCHEDULED TONIGHT AT 7 15 vrf ASSOC1ATIONAL WILL BE DISCUSSED 'J BY REV 'GILBERT THEME OMEETINGWILL "BE PROBLEM IN MAKING JOURl SUNDAY Approximately 150 Collin Coun 'ty Baptists attended the regular albday meeting of the Collin Baptist 'Workers Confer ence at the North Baptist Church Monday when a series of servy ices were conducted both morn ing arid afternoon Opening the morning program Rev Gilbert £kve the de votional i all of was discussed by Rev Bold mg after which Miss Leia Mae Norton delivered the training un ion "address Rev Wy Mar shall District Missionary of Dai las presented themorningser mon: The Executive Board met in the afternoon as well as Missionary Union The afternoon assembly Ill ThreT WeeksYftative Ot Near Celina Tennessee Coining To Collin County Sixty Two Years Ago divans has recently pur chased a good seven room resi dence at 1002 North Coleman We in making the sale Let us sell your home too HIGHT The second game of the Dis trict 6 cage conference will be played tonight (Tuesday) at the McKinney" High "Gymna sium betweenpqach Swede Mc Lions and the Highland team from Dallas The Lions highly successful thifs far in their cage season have won the initial games in both Dis trict 5 and District 6 Conferenc ggf Game tim6 tonight will be 6:30 Max Perkins Sori Of Mr And Mrs Maxwell Per kins Student At Sam Hous ton State Teachers College In Huntsville Receives License Prevented farm work because" of "muddy fields hundreds of Collin County farm ers and their families came to McKinney Monday and helped to observe the initial Mon day" trades day of the year Merchants were kept busy wait ing on the customers while the market square was crowded buying "swapping and ing in progress throughout the day Partly clearing skies Tuesday also was the occaMn for anoth er good sized crowd in thecity requent appearances of Old Sol ih the afternoon from: be hind the clouds proved a welcome sight to everyone Collin farmers assert that there is an abundance of moisture in the soil for Spring planting NORRIS 65 PASSESAWAY AT HOME NEAR CEUNA Superintendent Travis Hammer announces the following honor roll for the Alla School Second Grade Nancy Jane Mosley: third Billie Wynelle Lus combe fourth Mary Ruth Mil ler Billie Oris Phillips): fifth Joyce Velma IM Ken ney sixth Eugene Mlllert Do loresJeen Dennis Seventh rances Littrell Ruby Lois erguson eighth Lynn Eldon Stambaugh La vern Compton Dorothy Jean Tll lerson "Laura Sue ninth Edna McWhirter eleventh Geral: dine Manes 1IIU11 vi Dale of Dallas Miss Wilma Norris I number registered in 1939 by a at homJoe BJr tand i good margin figurrauto "data Buck "Norris all of Celma the are indicative following sisters and brother Mrs Underwood'Mrs Bly tKfe Mrs Green William Norris' all of Collinsville five nephews and nieces or ceina He was preceded in death his parents and one son 7 Shoap Chairman Scott Public local Red 1940 Promises To SI or 1941 Cars And Motor Vehicles To Commence ebruary 1 New Numbers Begin With 201800 And Include 210800: Many Request Special Numbers or Their Cars a will have black back grounds gold numerals Commercial and farm plates wil have gold back grounds 'black numerals thetwo differentiated ''by thfeir numbers and bv tne lettering i Special" combinations of num bers are frequently requested by registrants who want their house or telephone number to appear on their license plates Most fre quent request is for a duplica tion of1 the telephbfteauar i Magnolia Ji CampNq 431 and the Woodman Cir cle "of MpKinney held a joint in stallation of officers at the Wood men Home" South Tennessee: Street Thursday night Hon Murray acted "as Installing of fleer Democracy in Dancer Bivery realist snows uiat uic democratic way of life is at this moment being directly assailed In everv part of the 'world assail td either by arms or by secret spreading of poisonous props 1 panda who oeek to de stroy unity andv promote dis cord in nations still at peace "During sixteen months this assault has blotted out the whole pattern of democratic life in an appalling number of independ ent nations great and small The assailants are still on the county "ments by Jan MKb 1 1 MRS TOM The regular County School Board meeting will be held in McKinney Thursday afternoon January 16 at 1 an nounce County Superintendent i Moseley" dnd his assistant Malcolm Walters The meeting to be held inthe County Supenn office will take place of the one scheduled Mon I day of this week but which wa postponed due to the death of a school board member Lewis Com "of 1 ruui vCki unu va I ers to give vou strength to re gain and maintain a free world 'We shall send you in ever ip creasing numbers ships planqs Jtanks guns This Is our purpose and our pledge Director Ralph razier of the i McKinney Band afi nounces on next Sunday after noon at 3:00 the band will give a free concert at the Popo Theater which has becn kindly tendered by Manager Chas Kinioaii Max Perkins son if Mr and 1 a student at Sam Houston State Teachers College (in Huntsville has finished a Gq" erriment A A course offered in aeronautlcs'Max took the course at College where he is a student and passed his final ex amination receiving his pilot license He spent the holidays MclKnney with his parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Perkinsieturningtocollcgo the past week The above mentioned license was issued to him upon his re turn to college The course la being sponsored ny the Govern ment and is under the supervis ion of Army trained fliers beng a lour months course Each boy and girl Is required to pass a rlglcT physical' Examination aS 1 Dsrtn lastic standard to be eligible for the course Mai is majoring Journalism and minoring irt Eng lish and is working toward his degree He also plans to take up a Course In advanced flying in the next few months Max IS a graduate) of Boyd Hish School being quite popuiar withthe student body His many ft lends here will be pleased to that hi a fimnirinn achieved upon his being awarded the 'above mentioned lic sence and they prophesy future succeee for tills 1 fine young num Native Of ArkansasCanie To Texas Seventy Nine ear TAgo uneral Serv ices Wednesday Afternoon Eli 9 Tuesday morning Jan 7 at the home of his daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Tom air "at Gunter 'an ill ness of the flu of about one week? Mr Lusk had been a res ident of Gunter about four years coming tx North Texas fromHubbard South Texas Born in Arkansas May 18 1849 Mr Lusk came to Texas 79 years ago making his home at Hubbard until recent years As a lad of twelve he came from Arkansas during Civil War days He was a member of odist Church and the Lodge homes of this city and all those having such gar arp iirred to take notice uf this announcement and comply Chairman Of Collin Wtist Workers ELI LUSK 91 RASSESAWAYiAL GUNTER TUESDAY INVADE BLUE RIDjGE BABY SON BORN TO MR AND MRS DEAN TUCKER A baby son was born to Mr and Mrs Dean Tucker of 1303 West! Louisiana Street Tuesday morning Jan 7 at the City Hos pital Garments Must BeUTurned In By January 151" Announce Mrs Shoap And Mrs Tom Scott vAl'peal or More Volunteer Workers Registration for 1940 records begins witfi last April 1 955 farm plates plates psed on the farm truck) and 1216 commercials having been issued to date A commercial plate used en the larger truck wmen piles trade for business firms Registration for 1941 will com mence eb 1 Numbers will begin with 201800 and will include 210 800 These "figures arg supplied by" Stewart Deputy in County Tax Assessur Clint Lew office numbenmTvtll be" gin with 334 601 and include 335 900 arm truck numbers will begin with 121 401 while trailers (used commercially) will run from 23 301 to 23 500 Jicensenumbers (for unsold carsin will begin with 6 001 include 6 040" o'clock according to While 1941 registration begins Coach Swede McMurry The sec ebruary 1 the expiration date end' teams will play the first is April 1 by which time all I game the first teams playing at owners of cars trucks and com 7:30 o'clock mercial trailers should have their The Lions will meet the Gain vehicles' team (at Gainesville Thurs aasenger car plates for J941J day night a i fy Roger Lindsey who is a path Hom of this city and Mrs Mal ent flt the City Hospital is re onejrthc 'former Margaret Tread parted improved Tuesday iway Autist Church Host lows is most important that ev ery garment mthe hands of Red Cross workers at this time finished and turned in at the Red Sewing Room Texas Pnurpr end Licht Building on Epting delivered the sermon at this service The" large delegation present represented churches throughout Collin County Sunday SchooLMeeting Will Be Held At North Baptist Prominent Texas7 Masons Will Be Guests Of St Lodge Ih McKinney therewith "Also there are garments to completed at the work room and all women urged to volunteer their services on Tuesdays and Thursdays so that we maynot fall short in our county JJX'AH couHtywpapeB4 i4iM iuikad to copv this announcement Tne time is growing short Only eight more days and help for war victims which we contribute must be on its way The work must go on in an' ever increasing stream tO 'Tneet the needs 'of those de prived of clothes food and othe shelter by ruthless war Men women and 'little children of war torn "countries appeal to the American Red Cross to make Amencai humanity cannot resist such pa Bring your gar i SHOAP Chairman' SCOTT Public INCREA SE IS PREDICTED IN AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS 1940 Promises To Show Increase Over 1939 Tlegistration IN AERONAUTICS DAY WELL ATTENDED I Hundreds Of Collin aniu ers Their amilies Gather In McKinney 'lo Spend The Initial 1 i great and small as ypur President performing my constitutional dutv to give the Congress infor mation of the state of the Un ion I find it necessary to report ihat'the iture and the safety ot our country and of our democ racy gre overwhelmingly involv ed in events far beyond our bor ders "Armed defense of democratic existence is now "being gallantly waged in four continents Tht defense fails all the popula tion and all the resources of i rone Asia Africa and Australia will be dominated bv the con ouerorp The total'of those popu lations and their resources great iy exceeds the sum total of the population" and resources of the der a larger portion of the popu "I la tion" There should be opportun ities for adequate medical care and a better means of providing employment forthose needing it No person should be allowed to grow wealthy out of the defense program He said: "Let us say to the I Democracies that we Americans I are virtually concerned in your Vicky coming to Texas in 1877 Ha was' a 'resident ofr Valdasta fifty three years He is survived by his wife Mrs Mollie Combest: the follow ing children: Combest Beatrice Combest Paul Combest Noveta Combest Mrs Lee Strickland Mrs Essie Myrick Mrs Sam Cantrell of Valdasta Mrs Paul Osburn Pilot Point wawTjohn Combest of Little Rock Arkansas twenty one grandchil dren rone sister Mrs of Cigarlake Texas nieces' end neplievfs LIONS HIGHLAND PARK TEAMS TO PLAY TONIGHT Mrs home Mrs Karl Talkingtori is 111 at het home 'here Charles Blewitt Is confined to his home with illness I 4 The Lionesses of McKinney High School will go to Blue Ridge tonight "(Tuesday) to play the second game of the Class A Conference for girls A dou ble header is scheduled the sec ond teams of both schools play Ing at 7 the first teams at 8 o'clock Coach Roy James" of McKin ney announces the starting line up for the 8 game: or wards Ruth McMillin Ruth Rus sell Margie Hoskins Guards Margaret Coffey Mary Copus Edith Mills The Lionesses won the initial game of the Class A Conference defeating Anna here riday They will go to Highland Park High School Dallas tomorrow (Wednesday) night to play the Highland Lassies a double head er time schedule being the usu al 7 and 8 for the second and first On eb 21 Highland Park will "return the games McKinney COUNTY SCHOOL I As Makes Radio Talk RDARD MTINr Monday heRejanj 1 Sa Pre si de ros ve If I Stirring Adlres TELLS NATION NOT TO LISTEN TO APPEASEMENT OPPOSES WAR WEALTH URGES OLD AGE PENSIONS AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SPREAD TO COVER GREATER PORTION POPULATION i waw The Collin County Association be discussed by Rev511 Gd Den wiiiuii acpaL Linciibai conferences will be conducted by the following: Adults Rev Rev'' Milton Greer Intermediate iJes se Burton Junior Mrs McCasland Primary Rev: Epting Beginners Mrs Parkes Cradle Roll Mrs Bold ing Extension Barnard rank lin In a radio address broadcast throughout the world President Roose velt declares ajiohey of "more of everything" to assist Great Bntain ai i rJftTvtxrtranv ocroincl vvnrlri rnnrilJPst Thft agilic irunc linu UVIVUUCL Vi wuuuvhvj nr" president hurled defiance at the Axispowers kvhicb ho predieted defense of freedom We are put would not win the war and said before since Jamestown ting forth our energies our re cnfUipivmniith Rnrkhaaour American civilization been such sources and our organizingpow 4 fi i i services tor Lewis Combest 56 member if the Col lin County School Board1 for twelve years and Postmaster at Valdasta for 33 years Were held Monday afternoon atf o'clock at the Church of Christ at'Valdasta He died at 7:30 Sunday morning following 24 hours Ill ness of pneumonia Ministers conductingfthe serv ice were Rev Dohglas Pas tor Of the Princeton Church of Christ and Rev Hilger of Greenville Interment waft at the Chambliss under the direction of the Lamm uneral Home the Masonlb fraternity of Mrs Maxwell perkins whfo is which the deceased was a mem cer actijig puiiojarers Mr Combest served as Presi rower tum i agm Duiiuing nerat Services Wednesday west Virginia' street' by 6 Afternoon 'At Celina Bap Wednesday January 15 ri! 1 Jdte 18 Uu: zeio hour list vnuivn by the National Red Cross head i ii tka UUtU LcLfl AU1 CUlUpiUbIVU Vi viiv ouota now cn hand Both kmt St Lodge No 51 A official as well as other noted igkA of McKinney will be visitors over the State Out 'T MB tomorrow (Wednesday) standing 'Masons are expected night at 7:30 JSatn not only' from various parts of cantey Mastefbf the Ma Texas but from other States as sonic Grand Lodge of Texas who I well is continuing tne custom oi mat high office making his first i official visit of the year fo Hie local loaee A program has' beerr planned by the local organiza Mrs Mary Gooch wife of Gooch resides four dent of the County School Board west o( Plano died recently? Bur fnr onvorol vonrs tie i lai Was nluQC UL I lanu services irom McKinney were County Superintendent Moseley Malcolm Walters Mrs Irene Martin of the County Sup office Mrs Ruth Tate County Supervisor and others County School Board jn embers attending wereC LA Covington of risco rind Charlie Hooper of armersville The deceased was member of the Woodmen of the World weir as the Masonic Lodge the Chufch of Christ" Mr Combest was married Miss Mollie Eadland at Melissa Texas Dec 12 1895 The son af John and Susan Combest he whole of the Western Hemisphere times over Cannot Be Soft Headed times like these it is ini mature and incidentally untrue i for: anybody brag an unprepared America singli hand cd and witn one nana tiea hind its back can hold off whole world realistic American can pect from a peace world of ex uneral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 the Gunter Methodist Pastor and Rev Leftlie Davis Pastor of the Gunter Baptist conduct ing Interment will be in the Gunter Cemetery under the direc I 1 LJ 1 rT 7 7 'A A A i id' JI I 'V ''1 iO 4l (f fi'i rA ''V' lv IH I I.