This Week in Canton History

Canton Herald – May 5, 1960

The committee working on the fund drive for a swimming pool for Canton reported that half the goal has been reached. The drive began with a goal to raise $25,000 and at a recent meeting of the committee $12,800 had been raised through the sale of stock. That leaves $12,200.

When the draft started it was set up to sell 1000, $25 shares of stock. As of the recent committee meeting, 512 shares had been purchased or pledged leaving 488 shares to be sold.  It is hoped that was such a good start on a worthy project for the city of Canton that’s a citizenry will rise to the cause and go looking for shares instead of waiting to be contacted.

The next committee meeting of the committee has been set for Tuesday night May 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the school lunchroom with a continued drive to be underway until the end.  Shares of stock may be purchased from the following committee members Dean Brown, B. R. Mahaffey, Chick Chaney, Mrs. Jack Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Slaughter, E. H. Cherry, Buzz MaCauley, Herbert Howell, Norris Birdwell, Jake Taylor and Curtis Hilliard.

Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Mae Ashworth, 78, were held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the first Baptist Church. Rev. Donald C. Brown, Pastor, officiated at the services, assisted by Rev. Mark Wells of Forney. Interment was in the High Cemetery under the direction of Eubank Funeral Home. A native of Van Zandt County Mrs. Ashworth was a member of the First Baptist Church of Canton. She was married to C. W. Ashworth in April, 1899. He preceded her in death. Grandson served as pallbearers. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. J. M. Sides and Mrs. Willford Chew of Tyler, Mrs. J. C. Rogers of Wills Point, Mrs. J. W. Barnett and Mrs. Paul Daniel of Canton; seven sons John Mac Ashworth and Joe G. Ashworth Tyler, A. W. Ashworth of Austin, Guy Ashworth of Shreveport, La., Jack Ashworth and C. W. Ashworth, Jr. of Dallas and Wilson Ashworth of Mineola; a sister, Mrs. Hattie Oldfield of Canton; twenty grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

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