Wills Point History: Friday, Sept. 30, 1949
W.R. Mhoon, president of the Chamber of Commerce, has announced that the chamber and the city, will erect street signs on all Wills Point streets as soon as materials are available. The people of Wills Point have been assured of city mail delivery and the street signs are one requirement set out by the post office department before the service is initiated. Signs will be erected at each intersection.
A tragic accident claimed the life of one of Van Zandt County’s outstanding citizens late Thursday evening, Sept. 22, when former County Judge, W.L. Steed, was drowned in a lake on his farm near Canton. Mr. Steed was fishing when the accident occurred. When he failed to return home by the hour his family was expecting him, they became alarmed and went to the lake to check on his welfare. His body was discovered in the water by a neighbor. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church Saturday afternoon with interment in Hillcrest cemetery.
Presley Hardy, junior from the Hiram community, was elected president of the Wills Point High School Band Club at an organization meeting last Monday morning in the band hall. Barbara Threatt was selected vice president; Sara Lea, secretary; Shirley Baker, treasurer; Bobbie Hayden, reporter; Nancy Smith, librarian; and Bobby Conn, assistant librarian. Following the election of club officers, Mr. Russell Omeis, band director, discussed plans for the half-time formation for the Hillcrest-Tiger game.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the First Christian Church for Mrs. A.L. Tisdale, who died at her home on Pecan Ave. Sunday afternoon. Interment was in White Rose Cemetery. Mrs. Tisdale was born in Wills Point April 24, 1881 and resided here all of her life, except three years immediately following her marriage. She was the only daughter of the late J. J. and Dovie Gibbard. On July 14, 1908 she was married to Mr. Tisdale, who survives with one brother Ernest Gibbard; one niece, Edna Gibbard and four nephews, Jack, Henry, Larry and John Gibbard. (See newspaper for complete obituary.)
