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PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1960 AMERICANA Cities to See Texarkana, Texas-Arkansas \ Calling itself the “city with a future,” Taxarkana is located on the Arkansas-Texas State line, 26 miles south of the Oklahoma boundary and 28 miles north of the Louisiana boundary. Texarkana gets its name from three states—TEXas, ARKansas and LouisiANA. Texarkana didn't just happen. Pioneers with vision picked the spot for settlement because it had what it takes to make a town, a central location for trade and in dustry .. .a spot destined to be right in the middle of a growing Southwest Today, it is just that, as railways, airways and high ways reach into every direction to make Texarkana the ideal radial transportation center of a rapidly growing Four States Empire. The city of Texarkana boasts a population in excess of 50,000. Tex arkana, Texas has a population of 31,051, while “on the other side of the street,” Texarkana, Arkan sas has a population of 19,733. * Texarkana was founded in 1873 at the junction of two railroads, Texas and Pacific and Cairo and Fulton. The early growth of the city was caused by a thriving tiimber industry, and the increas ing importance of the city as a railroad center. Since 1900 the city has become the focal point for a large trade territory, and during the last two decades has devel oped into an important center for diversified manufacturing. Agri culture has been the main econ omy of the non-urban area. Since the first census in 1880, which showed a population of 300, Tex arkana has experienced a steady growth. Nine miles southwest of Texar kana is Lake Texarkana, a conser vation pool, covering 23,000 acres, with facilities for camping, fish ing, boating, water skiing and pic nicking. The Texarkana Reservoir is a part of the comprehensive plan for flood control in the Red River basin. The dam, which has a maximum height of 100 feet above the stream bed, is designed for retention of floodwaters of. the Sulphur River. Re-Elect S. W. Shealy Supervisor For many years I have served as your Supervisor. During this time, records in the office have been hon estly kept, as may be seen by annual audits. My ad ministration has been one of honesty, courtesy, and politeness. I feel that the efficient operation of this office, and the services rendered over the County, qualifies me for re-election. Your vote on JUNE 14th will be appreciated S. W, Shealy Candidate For Re-Ejection to the office of Supervisor for Newberry County FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS Short Or Tali-Whafs The Difference? By C. D. Smith THIS WEEK’S LETTER: “Could not resist the opportunity ... to answer regarding these over sen sitive tall teenagers, and tall peo ple, but you were too polite. We find that most tall men and wom en are temperamental crybabies. Generally, being tall is a great asset in life, as millions of short men would give anything to be tall, as most opportunities are given to tall people, not only in the business world, but in social life . . . SHORT BUT TOLERANT.” We cannot quite bring ourself to agree with you, Short But Toler ant, when you say that the most opportunity in life goes to tall peo ple. The prime advantage that we can see in being tall is that you can usually see over the heads of those in front when you stand in a crowd or sit in a movie. Awl, this doesn’t always work. Sometimes someone just a bit taller sits or stands in front of you. While we don’t bold too much stock with the idea that “I felt bad about the loss of my fingers until I saw a man who had lost his arm”... it is a simple fact of life that no matter how rich we might be, or how poor, we are never in a class by ourselves. Someone is richer. Someone else is more des titute. We must go back to what we said in the original column. The measure of a man is never from the top of his head to the soles of his shoes. The true measure of any person lies in the heart and in the mind. You can use a tape to mea sure a man for a suit, but this mea surement gives you no indication whatsoever of his character, talent, courage or •ability.-*' We agree that teenagers may be too sensitive about being short or tall, but we still do not think that being one or the other consti tutes a serious handicap. “Little” men like Ben Hogan showed that size has nothing to do with becom ing a “big” name in sports. It is the same in the world of business. Men short in stature, but long on ability and initiative have worked their way to the top in many fields. Tall men who make the grade in one activity or another never do it on size alone. Even in the game of basketball, where the emphasis is on height, that tall man won’t play regularly unless he can drib- ole, run, shoot and score. 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