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THE ALTO HERALD
F. L. WEIMAR, EDITOR AND OWNER
VOLUME XL
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTC ^ '^'23. 1940
A!) Branches
Of Army Catting
For Recruits
The War Department has an-
nounced that an intensive recruiting
campaign will be commenced at once.
The President of the U. S. in his re-
cent message to Congress has asked
for legislation to increase the size of
the Army. The recruits for this in-
crease must be procured without de-
lay.
The President has made it plain to
the country that we are not immune
to attack. Recent events in Europe
have shown that force is the only
argument that carries weight. Our
country in spite of its size is in na
conditon to wage even a strictly de-
fensive war. The immediate increases
asked for by the President will do
something toward making us ready.
But no present legislation will fur-
nish the men required for the new
Increase. For that we must depend
on voluntary enlistments in the
Army. The young men of the country
are appealed to for their services.
As inducements there is first, and
most important of alt, the satisfaction
of answering the call of your country
and doing what you can to insure its
safety. Aside from this the Army of-
fers much to a young man; a pe:-
manent position, fair salary, an in-
teresting and varied life, security for
the future and many opportunities to
learn different trades. Advancement
in grade will be rapid for the good
men as other increases in the size of I
the Army are authorized.
Definite details as to exact quotas
have not been received but informa-
tion can be obtained from the U. S.
Army Recruiting Service at the Post
Office Building, Palestine, Texas.
FSA OFFERS RAY
OF HOPE TO DEBT
BURDENED FARMERS
A ray of hope for smatl farmer^
who are staggering under debt?H
greater than their abiiity to pay wa:
sent out when Tom Dean, Farm Se-of
curity Administration supervisor, an-te
nounced that the Cherokee County"!
farm debt adjustment committed
would meet on Tuesday, May 28, at?'
Postoffice Building, Jacksonville.
Members of the county farm debful
adjustment committee will be presen a
at this meeting to help debt-burdenec^Y
agreements wit!
Aid
:n.
;er
farmers work out
their creditors.
Mr. Dean said that the committetod.
has found creditors willing in most'U
instances to grant extensions of time*"*
re-amortiations, and even scale-*^
downs in principal and interest to'"
hard-pressed farmers when an or-\
derly repayment schedule has been,^
worked out. In many cases the Farm^t
Security Administration has madetot
loans to farmers in helping them to;te
farm more profitably and pay theu'Ie
debts. ith
He invited any farmer to attend ce
the meeting whose debt structure ts )v-
greater than he can bear. Members 3).
of the debt adjustment committee
are: W. O. Whatley, Jacksonville, and
J. E. Cates, Alto.
Red Cross Quota
For Atto Area
Set At $150.00
WPA OPEN HOUSE PARTY
i MONDAY NIGHT AT
tgEWINO BOOM
The various exhibits of the five
Alto projects of the WPA Profes-
sional and Service work being done
in and near this city, have been on
display all this week, and have been
viewed by hundreds of interesteo
callers throughout the six days of the
-exhibition. People who called have
received a new impression of the
good which is being done by these
projects that are located in this vi-
cinity, and many have expressed
themselves as favoring a continua-
tion of the work.
The Open House Party which was
held Monday night at the WPA
Sewing Room was a most enjoyable
affair, and was attended by
around one hundred and fifty visitors.
An interesting and instructive pro-
gram had been arranged for the en-
tertainment of the guests; a number
of officials over the district being
present, and gave talks; Mayor
Treadwell of Alto, and other local
talent, helped entertain those present.
Group singing was enjoyed and re-
freshments of cookies and fruit
punch was served throughout the
evening.
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SUBSCR1PTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR
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Alto citizens have been called upon
to donate $150 toward the ten millio^P^
dollar war relief drive announced by?^
the American Red Cress. Mr. F. C.^Q
Rand, Chairman ofi the Cherokee t,her
County Chapter of the Red Cross, re-cov-
ceived notice of the local quota
wire froA RegionnW^5aadquartera ir*th!Ht
St. Louts, this week. This is the long^y
postponed drive which the AmericanGod
Red Cross hoped would not be neces-unto
sary. The National officers had stated!^*
that until it was inevitable, no nat- ^
ional drive would be conducted. The
recent happenings in the low coun-
tries of Belgium, the Netherlands and (y.
Luxemberg last week have caused of
that inevitability. (hat
O. L. Smith has been appointed
I?mato Shipments
Torn Alto Starts
^bout June 3
<J'm Bauman. tomato buyer and
hipper of Alto, has just returned
rom an extended swing around the
^io Grande Valley, the Yoakum
iistriet. and through East Texas, in-
estigating the crop outlook for to
Mto shipping. Mr. Bauman stated
hat the Valley crop was short, and
he fruit only fair, because of the la'.-
reezc which was followed by T
irouth. At the time of his visit, last
Saturday they had shipped out only
5 cars, the price being around 5 to
' cents. Yoakum opened up last
londay at 5 cents, their crop also
eing very short on account of drouth
yhich is very severe in that section,
he East Texas tomatoes are very
omising, but their crop will be
hort too, becaues of the drouth and
,te freeze. Tomatoes in this district
:jiH not be ready for the market be-
yre the first week in June. Mr. Bau-
man believes the growers will re-
hve a very good price, because other
buthern States, such as Florida and
Yissisippi wilt have very few to-
.atoes to ship.
Joe Alvarez, tomato buyer from
agie Lake, was here Friday and
aturday of tast week preparing for
is tomato sheds here. Mr. Alvarez
F!KST CRATE TOMATOES
BROUGHT IN BY
HOW ARD MASON
The first lug of tomatoes for the
1940 season for Cherokee county, and
probably East Texas, was brought to
Alto yesterday morning by Howard
Mason, who resides northeast of town.
The tomatoes were fully matured ano
made a 6-7 pack. The lug weighed 42
pounds.
Mr. Mason stated these tomato seed
were planted on the second day of
February and the plants were set out
in the field on the first day of April.
He stated that he lost the top cluster
in the freeze, but by keeping fires
around the crop during the night of
the heavy frost, he managed to save
the balance of his crop.
Tomato growers in this area have
been complaining of black rot ap-
pearing in their fields, but the slow
rain which started early yesterday
morning will do much to relieve this
situation.
As far as the Herald has been able
to learn, there is no other tomato
patch in this section that is as far ad-
vanced as that of Mr. Mason, and in-
dications now are that shipments in
car load lots will not get underway
before the week of June 3-8.
SIMPLE wraparound style,
with belt fastened in the back,
this apron dress is the practical,
easy-to-get-into kind that you need
for morning every day of your
life. No. 8G73 has a comfortable, he expected a good year
The colored people held their WPA
Open House Party at the New Hope
School House Monday night. Leona
-Jackson, President of the New Hope
School P. T. A. was hostess, and
Fannie Price of Jacksonville, Recrea-
tional Supervisor, had charge of the
entertainment? Portia L. Hooper,
sponsor of the Jacksonville Recrea-
tional Project, was the principat
speaker of the evening, and Mattie
Scott had charge of the supper
arrangements. Cake and lemonade
was served to all participating in the
provided pleasures of the evening. A
large number of prominent colored
citizens of this section called during
the evening to inspect the exhibits
and enjoy the program which haa
been arranged for their entertain-
ment.
Christian Church
Lawrence Rinehart, Minister.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Communion Service 10:30 a. m.
Christian Endeavor 6:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday even-
ing 8:00 o'clock.
Preaching every third Sunday.
A Christian welcome awaits you at
any and all of these services.
"We
Campaign Chairman for Alto.
wish to dispatch
drive as speedily as possible," Mr.
Smith said. "We are all aware of
the overwhelming needs of the inno-
cent victims of the European war. It
we do not act soon, it will be too
late." Mr. Smith expressed hope
that all business houses would con-
duct solicitation among their own
employees immediately toward con-
tributing their share.
Local contributions may be made
either through Mr. Smith and his
committee, or contributions may be
left at the Herald office or Contin-
ental State Bank.
new
easy waistline and as you see ^ had
from the diagram, it consists of ^
just a few pi^es to sew together, ""T favorable demand m
with long, straight seams, so that ^ Northern and Eastern markets
you can. finish it in a few hours. He stated that he expected to be on
And to make matters even easier,^ ground about June 1, and would
ready to buy at that time. If car
/ ot shipments could not be made at
at time, he expected to buy the
rmers tomatoes and ship them out
truck until the crop was ready to
L in car lots. , /
CCC Appticants
Must Appty
On Monday
Fifty CCC
Boys Here To
Buitd Atto Camp
Fifty CCC enrollees with Lieuten-
ant Norwood W. Jones in charge,
moved into Alto the fir^t of this week
from Lufkin to prepare for the CCC
camp that is to oe located in this
city. Seven acres of the City Park
has been leased to the government
for this purpose.
Active preparation will require a-
bout six weeks, but the enrollees
now here, will stay until the camp
is completed, some working at the
construction of the camp and others
to work at the Forestry farm west ot
town on highway 21.
Company Commander Branch C.
Lipscomb, who will have charge of
the camp here will remain in Lufkin
until the entire camp moves in, in
the meantime, Lieutenant Jones will
be in charge at Alto.
The portable houses that are to be
used at the Alto camp are already
arriving, and it is expected that they
will all be here by the end of next
week. 17 box cars are being required
to move the houses here from the
factory where they have been built.
Water lines are being laid, ana
temporary lighting constructed, and
the boys here are living in army tent^
until the houses can be put together.
Lieutenant Jones stated that about
two hundred enrollees would be it-
camp when they were all moved it.
and approximately 20 members of
the personnel, which includes a
physician, educational advisor and of-
ficers and managers of the various
departments.
There's a Good Re
You're Constipate
When there
with you.
Me come
don't endure it first and "curi
afterward. Find out what's gi
you the trouble.
Chances are it's simple if yM
tat the super-refined foods most
people do: meat, white brut),
potatoes. It's likely you don't f'
enough "bu!A." And "buHt"doesn't
mean a lot of food. It's a Mnd ot
food that isn't consumed in the
body, but leaves a soft "butky
mass In the intestines and hetp:
a bowel movement.
If this is your trouble, you
should eat a natural "bulk" pro-
ducing food-such a one as the
toasted, ready-to-eat
crunchy,
cereai. "
our share in this^p^^g COMPLETED FOR
JACKSONVILLE TOMATO
FESTIVAL JUNE 3—4
Starring !n Dramatics
Cyril Mc&ilvray of Alto, shown
above, starred in the production of
Thornton Wilder's tragedy, "Our
Town," presented Tuesday night by
the Stephen F. Austin College dra-
matic club at Nacogdoches. This
was the second leading role played
by McGilvray during the term there.
The manufacture of petroleutt
products from Texas oil constitutes
41 per cent of all the manufacturing
in Texas.
Jacksonville, May 23—With a
bigger and better program, featur-
ing beautiful giris, music by famous
bands and orchestras, colorful page-
antry, radio stars, and many other
entertainment features, plans have
been completed for Jacksonville's
seventh annual observance of Nat-
ional Tomato Week, and the Nat-
ional Tomato Festival, June 3 and 4.
it was announced here today by At-
vin Childs, president of Tomato's,
Inc., the sponsoring organization.
Other features which will enter-
tain visitors throughout the two-day
Festival period inciude a theme
parade, the Queen's Ball, a "Good
Tomatoes Luncheon" with Jeff Will-
iams, famous inspirational speak-
er; a street dance, and the broad-
cast of a radio program by a group
of celebrated radio performers in
person. The beautiful "Theme Par-
ade," with bands, the Queen and her
Court, decorated floats, and othsr
colorful units, wili be held on Mon-
day, June 3, at 2:30 p. m.
In order to insure consideration ot
the maximum number of applicants
in the county, one day a week has
been set aside by the Cherokee Coun-
ty Welfare Association on which ex-
elusive attention will be given to CCC j H V SITTON PRESENTS
applications, Mrs. Bernice Looney,) VALUABLE ROOKS TO ALTO
case worker in charge of the agency, SCHOOL LIBRARY
has announced.
wWbt
, "** ^ The superintendent, teachers, li-
lngs of each week, and all boys who' - r.
In the future applications
SUBSCRIPTIONS BEING
DISCONTINUED
Subscriptions to the Alto Herald
that have expired are being dis-
continued.
The Herald management regrets
very much to have to do this but
the cost of the paper is too high
to have to send the paper to any-
one whose subscription has ex-
pired.
We are very grateful to those
who kept their subscription paid
up, and hope that they will con-
tinue to do so, as the margin of
profit on the paper is too small to
have to mail out notices from time
to time, notifying people that theit
subscription has expired.
Arthur L. New of Rusk has an-
nounced that he is a candidate for
county clerk, his candidacy being
subject to action of the democratic
primary election of July 27. In con-
nection with his candidacy, Mr. Nev.
has the following statement to make:
"My formal announcement and ap-
plication to the citizens of Cherokee
County as n candidate for the office
of County Clerk is now before you
and for your consideration and action
in the July 27th Democratic Pri-
maries. In soliciting the kind sup-
port and influence of the people of
Cherokee County, I am pleased to
cite the fact that for more than the
past 11 years I have served the
people of Texas in caring for our
unfortunates in the capacity of secre-
tary at the Rusk State Hospital. The
duties of this office cbnsist, to a large
measure, in the keeping of record?,
general office work, etc.
"I was born in Texas, and as my
father followed the lumbering indus-
try, have lived in several East Texas
towns, including Jasper, Corrigan
and Groveton, while growing up.
After graduating from High School,
I entered and worked my way
through Tyler Commercial College
by waiting tables and helping with the
other duties at a boys' boarding house
there. I am 32 years of age, have been
married 10 years and we have one
child, a boy, 8 years old. I earnestly
invite your investigation of my
character, integrity, qualifications and
Past record as ^ citizen of Cherokee
wish to be considered for selection
for enrollment shouid apply at th(
very hapw&M^sp^ .....
' Mrs. H. V. Sitton of this city, or a
collection of much needed book?.
a number of recent volumes of fic-
tion, several sets of the classics, and
various other assorted books, all ot
which will fill an urgent need for
more reading and reference materia!.
The superintendent, Mr. Hart, asked
the Herald reporter to express th&
appreciation of the faculty and school
for the thoughtfulness of Mrs. Sitton
in presenting the books to the library
The kindness of Mrs. Sitton in donat-
ing the books to the school library, is
3n act that could very well be du-
plicated by other Alto citizens who
have books they have finished read-
ing. or have no further use for in
their own libraries.
Cherokee county office in Rusk on!^ ^ of Makers of History'
that day. '
In the past it has been the practice
to receive* CCC applications and ap-
plications for the other services of the
agency on the same day, but because
the CCC quota for Texas and its in-
dividual counties is based upon the
number of applications on hand thirty
days prior to the enrollment period,
it has become necessary to set aside
one particular day.
"In other words we are giving
preference to applications for the
CCC, in order to make certain that
the boys from Cherokee county hav*
an equal opportunity with boys from
other sections of the State. If we
did not show this preference it is
quite possible that the quota allotted
our county would be much less than
the number of boys we have avail-
able."
In pointing out that the quotas are
based upon the number of applica-
tions on hand thirty days prior to en-
rollment, Mrs. Looney said that in
the past a considerable number of ap-
plicants had waited until just a few
days before the enrollment to file
their application and that because t!*t<:
applications had come in so late it has
been impossible to consider all ot
them for immediate enrollment. It
is hoped that the new plan for re-
ceiving applications will afford every
eligible boy an opportunity to place
his application in ample time for con-
sideration.
The next CCC enrollment in Texas
is scheduled for some time in July
and applications are now being re-
ceived.
PIANO RECITAL AT
METHODIST CHURCH
As my residence studio at Mr. and
Mrs. Bullock's, that I have occupied
this year, is conveniently located
near the Methodist Church, I am
accepting the kind offer of Bro.
Carter and his church and having my
students' recital there on Tuesday
evening. May 28th, 8:15 o'clock. I
cordially invite the public to be with
us then.
Mamie Latham.
WOMAN S CLUB
SPONSORS GIRLS CAMP
AT MAYDELLE
The Business and Professional
Women's Club of Rusk, is sponsoring
a camp for girls from 11 to 16 years
of age, inclusive, beginning Monday,
June 3rd. and continuing seven
days, at the Maydelle CCC Camp.
Plans are to make this one of th&
most enjoyable weeks of the entire
summer for any girl desiring to at-
tend.
Any girls desiring to attend this
camp should get in touch with Mr.
Hartt of the Rusk High School or Miss
Leah Parmley at the County Treas-
urer's office in Rusk.
JUNIOR STUDY CLUB
BOOK REVIEW
HUGE SUCCESS
(Continued on page 4)
There are 79,000 gasoline pumps in
I use in Texas service stations, an
^ average of one pump for each 18.7
I automobiles.
The book review, "The Great Tra-
dition," given last week by Mrs. Re-
becca Nelson of Tyler, and sponsored
by the Junior Study Club, was welt
attended, and very much enjoyed by
all present. Mrs. Nelson is a very
charming speaker, and held her au-
dience in rapt attention for the full
period of the review. After the ex-
pense of paying the speaker and other
incidentals, such as advertising etc ,
the ladies turhed over to the Alta
Ball Club a neat sum which will be
of much help to them in paying
their athletic field and its improve-
ments.
Nearly one-third of all the oil pro-
duced in Texas comes from old
pumping or stripper wells.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1940, newspaper, May 23, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214994/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.