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This week's edition of The News includes a
congratulatory section honoring Citizens State Bank on
pletion of their new banking facility.
The new building is definitely an asset to the City of Mal .
and further points to the growth and prosperity of the i'k.
Citizens State Bank has, since 1939, been an integral part qp[JP|
economy of the city. Their growth and expansion leads the|
for future progress. Li
We salute Citizens State Bank on their fine new facility, a ] at i
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their leadership in continued growth. Ann Roun] !ass ,y
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By Ann r ounsovoll
The perils of being faithful basketball can just fall in behind.
fans increased for some of us by leaps someone at the back to be s~
and bounds the night of Feb. 10.make it okay." . l
Our teams were scheduled to play in They didn't have to worry a~
Coolidge, a small town located south- and I. We had already decided l
west of Corsicana. It takes about an would make the trip home !
hour to drive there, going through first behind someone we knew. She
Corsicana, then Hubbard. her small car to start
Ann Johnston had called Monday, and to start melting the
and told me that she would wait until I ice and snow. I stood and thou~
was free from work to leave. She, Chad my Jimmy, complete with s~
and I would make the trip together, mud grip tires, that was sittingl
"We'll take my car," she said. in our carport in Trinidad. il
Tuesday night games have been When we left the gym we w~
tough for me all year. That is the day with flurries of snow, flying at ..~{, !
that we ready The News for press, and per hour, with a little sleet m~
we work until the job is finished. I never Stripes on the road could not be s~~ i
know for sure what time I can be free. I It was not a record breaking flil~)~:' i
was thankful for Ann's call, because I far as speed was concerned, i
wasn't looking forward to making that for some time at 25 to 30 mil4
tripalone, hours, and that seemed too
That particular Tuesday we finished Sometimes we could disting~
with the paper in record time. I would roadway, at others we could not.
have time to get home, heat Chad some we began to get out of the storm v
canned ravioli for supper, and be ready
to leave by the time the players left.
That would help, because Ann and I
weren't sure how to get to Coolidge.
We made the trip without incident in
Ann's new small car. We stayed right
behind ~the bus all the way. We even
found patches of frozen ice o¢
roadway.
As we neared Trinidad we fo~
snow, no sleet, only cold wind.
"Nobody is going to believe us,l
said.
"We have proof," I told her. ,4
parked behind it, near the door to the the windshield wipers melted tl~
gym. from the window the water froze!
Sometime during the evening School base. We have a large chunk of tl
Superintendent Bob Elsom went out to across the windshield." e~
his car for something. When he cameBobby was in Illinois that w
back inside the gym he told the rest of had called twice to tell us about
us that it was sleeting and snowing out-
side. We looked out from gym windows,
and sure enough, snow was falling fast.
We watched as ice formed on the out-
side windows, first in little droplets,
then into larger globs.
When the games were over Elsom
met us in the lobby of the gym.
"We're going to try to form a caravan
of cars for the trip home," he said.
"John Bell will lead the bus, then we
snow he was seeing.
"Just wait until Dad calls,"
said. "We have our own snow st~
tell."
It was a worthwhile trip. The
varisty Trojans won, the girls1
hard before they lost their mate
the Trojans continued their d
winning streak. I wouldn't have
it for anything.
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