Arthur C. Brewer Services Wednesday at Gilmer Arthur C. Brewer, 65, RR 2, Gilmer, died at 6:25 PM Monday, March 9, 1964, in a Kilgore hospital. Funeral services were held at 2:00 PM Thursday in the Loyd Funeral Home Chapel in Kilgore. Officiating were the Rev. R. R. Stracener, the Rev. Buster Jackson, and the Rev. R. A. Clifton. Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer. Mr. Brewer was a groceryman in Gilmer and a former railroad worker in Kilgore. He formerly resided in Kilgore. Mr. Brewer was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Brewer was born September 22, 1898, in Celeste, the son of William Brewer and Lorabell Brewer. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cleo Brewer of Gilmer; one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Croom, Jr., of Buffalo, New York; two sisters, Mr. A. A. Davy of Farmersville and Miss Mittie Brewer of Farmersville; six brothers, William Fred Brewer of Huntington Park, California, H. F. (Hub) Brewer of Greenville, Ernest R. Brewer of Farmersville, William J. Brewer, Jr., of Lamesa; and three grandchildren. (March 13, 1964, The Celeste Courier)

Jeff Evans Died From Heart Attack Jeff Evans, 44, local Negro who had lived almost all of his life in Celeste, died after suffering a heart attack. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM Wednesday at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Celeste. Burial was made in McWright Cemetery. Grundy Funeral Home of Greenville was in charge of arrangements. Evans was employed by Smith Construction Company. Survivors include his mother, two brothers, and two sisters. (March 13, 1964, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. S. A. Thomas Celebrated 91st Birthday Monday Mrs. S. A. Thomas celebrated her ninety-first birthday at her home here, Monday, March 9th, with her family gathering for the afternoon on Sunday. Mrs. Thomas, an active lady living in her home alone, had an enjoyable time with the many gifts, the cards, and the callers offering best wishes. Mrs. Thomas, born in the White Rock area, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Green, is the last of the large family of fourteen children. Within the last year, a brother died. The artistic abilities of the young Miss Green are evident in he attractive home of the ninety-one year old Mrs. Thomas. She related that as a student in the old Calhoun College at Kingston, she hand painted the by-laws and constitution of the college. She was a teacher for several years and then married S. A. Thomas in 1898 and has been busy "with my family and church and community" ever since. The children all came for the birthday. They are Mrs. Margie McGahee, Mr. and Mrs. Foy Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thomas and daughter, Dixie, of Dallas, Grandchildren, also attending, were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stanglin and Mark of Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Henslee and family of Celeste. (March 23, 1964, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. Haskell Biggs' Brother Dies Carl Williams, 62, Hunt County native who had resided the past twenty-two years in Dickinson, Texas, died Wednesday at 4:00 PM in County memorial Hospital in LaMarque, following a six-month illness. Mr. Williams was born September 29, 1902, in Hunt County, the son of Bill Williams and Mary McMennamy Williams. He spent his early life in Hunt County. He married Dovie Jackson on September 15, 1924. Mr. Williams was employed at the Union Carbide Company at Texas City and was a member of the First Baptist church in Dickinson. Services were held Friday afternoon at the First Baptist Church at Dickinson with interment in a cemetery near Dickinson. Survivors include his widow; a son, Wayne Williams of Port Arthur; four daughters, Mrs. Helen Barnett and Margaret Edwards, both of Houston, Bonnie Dues and Mary Wedgeworth, both of Dickinson; two brothers, Howard Williams of Alton Loma and Raymond (Pete) Williams of Texas City; two sisters, Mrs. C. O. Farmer of Greenville; and Mrs. Haskell Biggs of Celeste; seventeen grandchildren. (December 31, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. Bruce Young Services Friday at Hickory Creek Mrs. Bruce Young, 53, died at 5:30 PM Wednesday, December 22, 1965, at her home on RR 2, Celeste, Texas, following a long illness. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM Friday, December 24, 1965, at Hickory Creek Baptist Church between Celeste and Wolfe City with the Revs. L. B. Morgan, U. C. Broach, and Bernard Holmes officiating. Burial was in Mount Carmel Cemetery at Wolfe City under the direction of Owens Funeral Home of Wolfe City. Pallbearers were Odell Thornton, Vernon Compton, Richard Thornton, Billy Tom Macon, Homer Bench, Sim F. Owens, Jr., Trude Latimer, and Noel Owens. Mrs. Young was born May 20, 1912 in Denison, the daughter of T. T. Perkins and Annie Sullens Perkins. She married Bruce Young on October 3, 1931. Survivors include the widower; one son, W. B. Young, Jr. of Texarkana; one daughter, Carolyn Young of RR 2, Celeste; one sister, Mrs. Lloyd Turner of Bailey; two brothers, Jack Perkins of Dallas and Ray Perkins of RR 2, Celeste, and several nieces and nephews. (December 31, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Dr. Maclaine,You may have already found your info, but just in case... In the Hunt Co. Cemeteries book, Vol. 1, South Sulphur Cemetery, I found W. H. McLainded and Mrs. S.S. McLainded (that's the way it is spelled in the book). Also, there is listed AMa Mc Clain, 1-25-1893/4-12-1910.Sue Lynn Adams

Mr. and Mr. T. J. Sullivan Honored on 50th Anniversary with Luncheon Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sullivan of Celeste were honored with a luncheon in the home of their daughter, Mrs. R. E. Boney of Denison on Christmas Day. The event was in observance of the couple's 50th Wedding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs.. Sullivan were married in Denison by Judge Wisdom on December 17, 1915. Mrs. Sullivan is the former Elemer Moss, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moss of Bells. Mr. Sullivan is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sullivan of London, Arkansas. Mr. Sullivan is a retired employee of the MKT Railroad Company. Mr. Sullivan worked thirty-three years for the company. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are the parents of five children: Mrs. Pauline Boney, Mrs. Hazel Bigbee, both of Denison; Mrs. Evelyn Sullivan Dunbar of Dallas; Richard Sullivan and Robert Sullivan, both of Celeste. Throughout the past fifty years Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan have resided in the Bells and Celeste areas. (December 31, 1965, The Celeste Courier)

Re: Loretta Manuel Story Previously Sent Failed to give Mrs. Lois Lacy Lewis credit for that story. It was one of her interviews. Sarah

Area Homemakers Follow the Circuit of National Association Rodeos Following the rodeo trail as contestants is a pleasing and rewarding way of life, according to young Howard Manuel and Loretta Manuel, recently of O'Conee, Illinois. The Manuels are settled now in north Hunt County as home owners, between appearances the year round made at National Association Rodeos. Competing in the All Star Dallas Rodeo the last week in December 1965, Manuel split fourth in saddle bronc competition beginning the RCA's (Rodeo Cowboy Association) contest for 1966. Loretta, who was National Champion Barrel Racer in 1963, placed third in the Dallas meet. Her competition for the year in the National Association, the GRA (Girls Rodeo Association) for the year include twenty-two contests with winnings of $5,570.00. There were fifteen women in the final national ratings. The Manuels, at home one mile west of Kingston, spoke of their life with the circuit and the Rodeo Association. "The RCA, with offices in Denver, Colorado, recognizes riders only in approved rodeos," Manuel explained. "Rodeo people hope to get the attraction recognized publicity-wise, as a major sport although records show that rodeo is the second highest paid sport in attendance in the nation," Loretta added. "Rodeo rules, management, and publicity will help create interest in the spectator sport." Mrs. Manuel brought home from Dallas All Star Rodeo, a Navaho designed, leather trimmed saddle blanket, an award, along with her year's totals. Her award in 1964 was the birth of the second of their children, Howard, Jr., now ten months old, blond blue-eyed, and pleasant, as are his parents and five-year old sister, Brenda. The family logs forty to sixty thousand miles each year as they make the circuits. Their two quarter horses used in the shows travel in the truck van. A commodious house trailer is their home en-route and while "working the shows." Howard has an occupation going for him other than his contesting in saddle bronc riding and sometimes steer wrestling or bull riding. He is a horse shoer. He has the necessary equipment along at all times and cares for the needs of show horses in that way. He uses his weeks off from rodeo attendance to shoe horses at his home or called to where his work is needed. Howard, a former US Army man, learned the art of shoeing horses while stationed at San Antonio, Texas, 1960-1962. Veteran Sgt. Elliott, "Pope" to the boys, was retiring from the Army and his job of keeping shod the horses of the Army Pentathlon team. Howard, with the crew that cared for the horses, learned the techniques of horseshoeing from his old sergeant. He finds it a needed and useful trade. Love of horses came naturally for both Mr. and Mrs. Manuel, reared in the mid-west. Pana, Illinois was the town from which Howard Manuel graduated from high school and where saddle bronc riding was begun as an amateur in 1953. Loretta Evans Manuel's family dealt in show horses. She is a graduate of Winamac (Indiana) High School. The couple met in rodeoing and were married in 1959. The next rodeo is in Denver, Colorado, the National Western Stock Show. The Manuels, having settled briefly on their twenty-seven acre grassland ranch, the Dewey Statzer place on Farm-to-Market 903 west of Kingston, will be in Denver to begin adding points, and dollars, toward the end of another season. Brenda, when asked what she did while mother raced, answered, "I watch the rodeo." Loretta explained that friends who do not compete care for the children while their parents are performing. (January 14, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

Reuben W. McCombs Dies in Arizona Word has been received her of the death of Reuben Walter McCombs, 49-year-old son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shipp of Celeste. Mr. McCombs and his wife were living at Phoenix, Arizona, at the time of his death, January 5, 1966, and Mr. and Mrs. Shipp were with them, having gone there for a holiday visit. Funeral services were held January 7 and burial was in Mesa, Arizona. Mr. McCombs was born April 19, 1916 in Iowa and had resided in Leonard and Celeste before going to Arizona. Survivors include his widow of Phoenix and his father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shipp, Celeste. (January 14, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

Clyde I. Witt Died in Garland Sunday Clyde I. Witt of 918 Chevy Chase, Garland, passed away January 9, 1966. He was buried in Restland Cemetery in Dallas. An employee of the Katy Railroad for forty-eight years, he worked in Celeste, Whitewright, Nocona, and other places. He was married to Carrie Ewing on October 24, 1919, in Celeste. He is survived by two children, Bob Witt, Dallas, and Mrs. Ann Biggerstaff, also of Dallas, and three grandchildren. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. W. W. McMichael. (January 14, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

Funeral Friday for D. S. Lipsey in New Orleans, Louisiana D. S. Lipsey, 66, died Thursday, January 13, 1966, in New Orleans, Louisiana, after suffering a heart attack. Services for Mr. Lipsey were held at 3:30 PM Friday in New Orleans, with burial in that city under the direction of Lamana-Sallo-Pallo Funeral Home. Mr. Lipsey was born in Concord community and was reared in Hunt County, attending the Concord School. He had been a resident of New Orleans for more than twenty years at the time of his death. Survivors include his widow; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Roberts of Greenville and Mrs. Alberta Burgess of Irving; one brother, Bo Lipsey of Kingston, and several nieces and nephews. (January 14, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

Their is a new tomb stone at this cemetery that reads William Harvey McLain DOB Nov-3-1842,DOD: March-2-1926. His wife that reads Sarah Margaret McLain DOB: Nov-30-1848,DOD: June-12-1898. Can some one look up an OBIT on William Harvey McLain??? Also a cousin told us their used to be a Baptist setting on the right of way on the Cemetery Proper. What was the name of that Church??

Herman L. White, Sr. Died Saturday After Lengthy Illness Herman L. White, Sr., 61-year-old former Celeste major, justice of the peace, and long-time employee of the MKT Railroad, died at 12:50 AM Saturday, January 8, 1966, in a Denison hospital after an illness lasting seven years. Funeral services were at 2:00 PM Sunday in Coker-Mathews-Peters Funeral Home Chapel in Greenville, with the Rev. Charles Russell, pastor of Washington Street Baptist Church, Greenville, officiating. Burial was in Memoryland Memorial Park, with pallbearers including J. W. Williams, Sam Ross, Ernest Hayes, Guy Shields, W. T. Howard, and Raymond Irons. Mr. White was born March 14, 1905 in Durant, Oklahoma, the son of Berry White and Era Blackwell White. He came to Texas as a child and was reared in the Celeste and Greenville areas. He married Miss Ruby Jones on December 24, 1933 in Celeste. Mr. White served as a ticket agent for the MKT Railroad for thirty years, working in the Lone Oak, Celeste, and Greenville offices as well as other Texas offices. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ruby White of 4015 Washington Street, Greenville; one son, Herman L. White, Jr., of Dallas; four sisters, Mrs. W. A. Berry of Greenville, Mrs. Harl Hudson of Leonard, Mrs. Walter Doyle and Mrs. Sam Sams, both of Cleburne; two half-brothers, Byird Glasscoe of Celeste and Guy Glasscoe of Dallas; a number of nieces and nephews. Deacons of Washington Street Baptist Church were honorary pallbearers. (January 14, 1966, The Celeste Courier) (Friends knew him as "Chief" White.)

Open House Set at Celeste Saturday for Cyanamid Farm Supply Company The Cyanamid Farm Supply Company, distributors of fertilizers and insecticides, will hold Open House Saturday, January 15, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at their recently completed modern plant in Celeste. The public is invited to inspect the plant and equipment and register for gifts. The contest will be held at 3:00 PM and presence at the event is not required. The local plant, completed in the late summer, 1965, is prepared for full operation giving service to farmers over a wide area. Custom formulated fertilizers, anhydrous ammonia, nitrogen, phosphate, and potash, blended or chemically mixed, bagged or bulk, are available. The plant with 1,000 ton storage capacity is located strategically for dual rail delivery to the plant and with surfaced access to Highway 69 and four Farm-to-Market roads. Equipment Cyanamid custom application services make use of the latest in equipment. In use are six anhydrous ammonia applicators, with one special machine for applying fertilizer to sod pasture lands, also, eight anhydrous nurse tanks, eight four-ton Willimar bulk spreaders, and two two-ton spreaders. Recently received are eight Pryor dual purpose applicators with each a capacity of 4,000 pounds of pleated and 2,500 pounds of anhydrous ammonia fertilizers. These machines are designated to band in rows or to side dress either pleated fertilizers or in combination with anhydrous ammonia. All machines are now in use and are available to users with service, delivery and attention from the plant personnel. Later a heavy duty herbicide spray machine for pasture land weed control will be available. The testing of soil samples also is a service offered by the plant. Services Additional services planned for the near future will be a complete stock of insecticides and herbicides. Cyanamid Farm Supply is also distributor or Northup King field seeds. Local plant personnel include Norman Messick, manager; Bill Barnard, assistant manager; and Howard (Goat) Roach, employee. (January 14, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. Zilpha Gray Died in Greenville; Services Wednesday Mrs. Zilpha Caroline Gray, eighty-year-old Celeste resident, died at 9:30 PM Monday, January 10, 1966, in a Greenville hospital. Services were at 10:00 AM Wednesday in Coker-Mathews-Peters Funeral Home Chapel in Greenville with the Revs. Bob Layman of Celeste and U. C. Broach of Leonard officiating. Burial was in Grove Hill Cemetery near Leonard. Mrs. Gray was born July 29, 1885 in Marshall County, Tennessee, the daughter of W. B. Sikes and Celia Ann Powell Sikes. She came to Texas as a small girl, living in Fannin County until 1943, when she moved to Celeste. She married Otto Gray on February 11, 1904. He preceded her in death on May 23, 1942. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lee McCorstin of Celeste and Mrs. George A. Bickham of Fort Worth; one son, James E. Gray of Garland; two brothers, J. B. Sikes of San Angelo and Green Sikes of Crowell; six grandchildren, including James Richard Gray, who was reared by her; and five great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Carl Lacy, Morris Babers, Calvin Stapleton, Ernest Brazil, Jacque Bickham, and Don Armstrong. (January 14, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

President Johnson Asked Increased PO Window Service President Johnson has directed Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien to take steps to increase window service where needed in some 15,000 post offices, and to resume six-day-a-week parcel post deliver in 6,091 cities. "A good, stable, dependable, postal system is vital to the well being of the nation's economy," President Johnson said. ... Post Office window hours and parcel post delivery services were cut back by the Post Office Department as an economy measure in May, 1964. (January 28, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

Mrs. Wells' Aunt Died in Tennessee Mrs. A. F. Wells received word of the death of her aunt, Mrs. C. T. Mingle of Woodberry, Tennessee, who was ninety-one years of age. Woodberry is Mrs. Wells' hometown and she visited her aunt and other relatives there two years ago. She has lived in Texas fifty-three years and recalls that she began writing locals for a Woodberry newspaper at the age of fourteen. Mrs. Mingle was the last aunt of Mrs. Wells, other having preceded her in death. (January 28, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

Shields Gets Degree; Accepts Position with TP&L Ronald Eugene Shields, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Shields was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in exercises at East Texas State University Tuesday morning. His major was Business and Sociology. Shields is a 1962 graduate of Celeste High School. he and his wife will live in Sherman where he has accepted a position with Texas Power and Light Company. The couple resided in Celeste while he was attending college. (January 28, 1966, The Celeste Courier)

Weatherley Brothers in US Service Thomas Randall Weatherley and Michael Andrew Weatherley, sons of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Weatherley, Jr., of Celeste, are recent enrollees in Army training. Pvt. Thomas R. Weatherley is with Co. 2nd Battalion, USAECB, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He was given a certificate of proficiency on June 10, 1965, from the Army Engineering School for training in theory, operation, and maintenance of nuclear power plants. His rank was fifth in a class of forty-five. Weatherley's basic training was at Camp Polk, Louisiana. Weatherley, now an instructor in the engineering school, is a 1962 graduate of Celeste High School and attended John Tarleton College and ETSC. Pvt. Michael A. Weatherley left for basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana on January 17, 1966. He is with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Training Regiment. A graduate of Celeste High School, Class of 1963, Weatherley attended John Tarleton and ETSC. His wife, the former Nancy Ruth Stapleton, is at home in Celeste. (February 11, 1966, The Celeste Courier)