The Way It Was:
Official historical marker at DeKalb to be dedicated
100 years ago June 12, 1917: MANY SHOOTERS PARTICIPATE IN STATE TOURNEY
R.U. Fletcher, of this city, won the championship medal for the state in the state tournament at the Texarkana Country Club grounds this morning, breaking 49 targets out of 50. In the team shooting, Joe Chatfield and R.U. Fletcher won the team race medal with 49 out of 50.
June 13: NEW FRUIT JUICES APPROVED
It has been demonstrated by the federal bureau of chemistry that the juice from blackberries, black raspberries, sour cherries and peaches may be prepared and kept as successfully as grape juice, and by the same method.
4-YEAR-OLD BUYS A BOND
Billy Simons, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Simons, of 1023 State Line Ave., this morning became a Liberty Bond holder, and a placard indicating this will show from his window at home.
June 14: MONUMENTS UNVEILED
Woodmen of the World monuments were unveiled at Eylau cemetery yesterday afternoon for John Brown and John Fricks. The memorial address was delivered by Hon. J.Q. Mahaffey. It is estimated at least a thousand people attended the ceremonies.
June 15: TEXARKANA SOCIETY
Too much cannot be said in praise of the Chautauqua program this week. It has been splendid and the numbers offered during the rest of the week are very attractive. Tonight, “Little Women” will be presented by 14 players from New York.
June 16: FLAG DAY PROGRAM PLANNED FOR TODAY
This afternoon at 5:30 p.m. the Daughters of the American Revolution Lone Star Chapter, will give a flag day celebration on the lawn of Capt. And Mrs. J.T. Rosborough’s home. Miss A.B. Wadley will be the leader of the program. A tribute to the flag will be paid by Miss Mary DeLoach. Miss Jennie Cox will give a patriotic reading.
June 17: 164 REGISTERED FOR DRAFT, 10 CLAIM EXEMPTION
Perhaps the most noted case of a minimum of claims for exemptions from the operation of the select draft law in the U.S. is that found in Fouke, the center of Miller County. Out of a registration of 164 men, there are but 10 who claim exemptions. The report is those who claimed exemptions are losing no time in following them up with proofs.
June 18: HOW MANY DO YOU EAT?
An expert in statistics has calculated that a woman marrying at 20, and caring for a family of four children until she is 45, will peel no fewer than 83,000 potatoes for home use.
50 years ago June 12, 1967: TEXARKANA MAN GRADUATES MEDICAL SCHOOL
Van W. Teeters, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Teeters Sr. of 3008 College Drive will receive his doctor of medicine degree Wednesday night in exercises at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston, Texas. Teeters is married to the former Evelyn Leggett of Texarkana. He is a 1957 graduate of Texas High, and a 1961 graduate of the University of Texas. He will intern at Hermann Hospital in Houston.
June 13: BIRTHS, WADLEY HOSPITAL
June 7—Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hastings, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Matthews, a boy; Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kennedy, a girl.
June 8—Mr. and Mrs. Margin D. Lee, a boy; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley F. Voss, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Adams, a boy.
June 9—Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Townes, a boy; Mr. and Mrs. Linon Nelson, twins, a boy and a girl; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Dayton, a boy.
June 12—Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davis, a boy.
June 14: GRAND OPENING SET FOR THURSDAY
Martin Tire and Appliance Co., 3923 State Line, will have its grand opening Thursday morning. Prizes will be given away, balloons will be given to children, and refreshments will be served. The store will deal exclusively in General Electric appliances and Cooper Tires.
June 15: OFFICIAL TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKER AT DEKALB TO BE DEDICATED
The official Texas Historical Marker for DeKalb has been erected. The marker was placed in U.S. Highway 82 near Roy’s Café. Dedication will be at 2 p.m. June 18, 1967. The city of DeKalb was named for Mayor General Johann DeKalb—a hero of the American Revolution—upon a suggestion in 1836 of David Crockett, a visitor on his way to fight in the Texas war for independence. It was settled by 1831. Site of first college in Bowie County, it was founded in 1839 and served as county seat, 1840-1841. DeKalb was on two early stage lines, a stopover for U.S. immigrants to the Texas Republic, and 49ers on the way to California Gold Rush. In the 1870’s it was a hideout of train robbers Sam Bass, Jessie James and other notorious characters.
June 16: OVER 300 IN ACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING AT RRAD
More than 300 Army Reservists and National Guardsmen are currently receiving their annual active duty training at Red River Army Depot. Members of four units from San Antonio and Austin, Texas, and Jonesboro, Louisiana, are participating in an intensive two-week training program designed to increase the efficiency of their military skills.
June 17: GOVERNOR’S WIFE BUYS OUT OLD LANDMARK AT STAMPS
Two transport trucks from Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller’s Winrock Farms rolled into Stamps last week and hauled away the interior equipment from Baker Drug Store, one of Stamps’ earliest establishments. Mrs. Rockefeller visited the store, liked the furnishings, and arranged with Mrs. S.W. Baker to buy them.
June 18: IKE DOESN’T CARE FOR MINISKIRTS
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower took a chuckling swipe at today’s miniskirts. Eisenhower, making the commencement address Thursday to his 18-year-old granddaughter, Anne, and her 64 classmates of the fashionable Shipley School for Girls, said, “Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.” Many of the seniors facing the grinning ex-president on the big stage giggled and tried to cover knees exposed by the short skirts.