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THE ALTO HERALD
& SON, EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year In Cherokee County. $2.50 Per Year Outside of County.
LVi'H
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO. TEXAS, APRIL 28, 1949.
NO. 47.
!tdi
:i"g
round
that
thi:
tbe slipping. Last week
catted attention to the
city was to gather
h Monday and Tuesday
<k, and the citizenship
in and cut the grass
premises and make it a
tp campaign. The city
pledge and cans and
[athered. but if there has
ss cut. we failed to note
spots. It has almost
point where we either
and weeds or they will
forn the transient trade
tn't even be able to tell
through town.
box
nes in Monday from a
Anahuac filled with
tgs She saw an ad in the
Ltumn asking for rags to
machinery in the print
brthwith sent us a nice
thanks, Sister Annie,
kept enough to where
})ush when you go out in
* < * *
bming from Lindale gives
[formation that the biggest
}in history is in the mak-
section. Jacksonville re-
)es witt be plentiful, and!
I the tomato crop is going
nper atso. If all of these
up to expectations, we!
expect a big "canning'
[th so much fruit and}
oming on, there is bound )
jptus, and much of it will!
^or fall and winter use.
* * *
Viltiams, Bob Stribling,
and Prentiss [Burroughs
in front of the postoffice
ning, earty. Something's
e's you're born.
efense Secretary Louis
s catted for a report from
, Navy and Air Force to
hat they had done about
Truman's proclamation
aciat discrimination in the
ces. In his memorandum
rdered:
ndividuats, regardless of
be accorded equal oppor-
r Appointment, advance-
tofessional improvement,
tion. Some units may
o be manned with Negro
however, alt Negroes wit!
iarity be assigned to Negro
uatified Negro personnel
ssigned to fill any type of
sttcancy in organizations
gard to race.
ter was expected to bring
tests from Southern con-
who tried tast year to
[o the peacetime selective
t a provision requiring
of troops into all-Negro
ite units.
K the above we might
Rt Mr. Johnson and Pres-
in take the lead in these
e know of no important
being hetd in the White
other than white men and
here's ptenty colored men
qualified for positions as
retaries and others that
ised as "confidential ad-
the president, to say
the many other positions
fhite House. There are
tored girls with good edu-
it would make competent
to the various officials
Varies from the govern-
National capitol. Again
'e that these executives
Tti for the military forces
MORE MONEY
NEEDED FOR
FIRE TRUCK
To The Public:
The committee whose names ap-
{pear below have endeavored to carry
out in full the conditions set out in
I their printed circular and as outlined
I by the collectors, who have to date
j banked $983.50 to the credit of the
Alto Rural Fire Protection Associa-
! tion. It will be noted that your com-
! mittec had set the total of $5,000.00
as its goal, and further that it would
I not, nor has it, made any expendi-
tures whatever from any of the funds
collected. But it now is apparant
that this goal can not soon be at-
! tained and each contributor will re-
jteive a letter giving more in detail
I the thought of the committee and
upon receipt of this letter, each con-
i tributor is requested to promptly
{answer the question which will be
!presented therein.
Your committee wishes to acknow-
ledge the fine cooperation of the
mayor and the ci{y council of Alto.
Texas, as well as all those who have
given freety of their time in connec-
tion with this drive.
We are not giving this project up,
but tryipg to revamp it so as to give
the protection to the rural farm home,
[intended from the beginning. Any i
solicitor who has not turned in his
receipt books and deposit tickets
representing collection, are requested
to do so.
Jack Nicar, Chairman
J. E. Cates
Ed Martin
Thurman Rogers
George Kelly
Weldon Hendrick
Dudley Lawson, Sec'y.
"DIXIE" ARNWINE
DIED LAST
THURSDAY
POPULATION
DROPS IN
BLIGHT DISEASE
DISCOVERED IN
CHEROKEE COUNTY SOME TOMATOES
According to Harold Hamlin, past
president of the East Texas Chamber
oi Commerce, the population of Cher-
okee County has dropped off 15 to 24
per cent.
He pointed out that during the last
eight years, population in several of
the counties has been steadily drop-
ping. Cherokee, Upshur and Camp
counties showed a loss of fifteen to 24
per cent; Van Zandt and Henderson
counties showed a loss of 25 per
cent; Rusk and Wood a loss of five to
fifteen per cent; Smith a gain of five
to tourteen per cent; Angelina a gain
of fifteen to 24 per cent; and Nacog
doches and Anderson remained about
the same.
MASONS MEET
AT JACKSONVILLE
TONIGHT
!v.'
C. L. "Dixie" Arnwine, 75, died
at his home on Burma Road at 9:30
o'clock Thursday morning after a
three-months' illness. Mr. Arn-
wine was born in the Afton Grove
community and had lived in Jack-
sonville all his life. He was em-
ployed in the office of the county
tax assessor and collector twenty
years and twelve years of that
period served as Cherokee County
Tax Assessor and Collector.
A member of the Methodist
Church, he had also worked as a
cotton weigher and had taught
school throughout the county. He
was the first rural mail carrier
on Rte. 5, Jacksonville. Mr. Arn-
wine's wife preceeded him in death
jn September, 1947.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the First Methodist Church with
Rev. Marvin Vance, Rev. C. R.
Meadows and Rev. W. Donald Har-
ris officiating. Burial was in City
Cemetery.
Mr. Arnwine is survived by a sis-
ter, Mrs. Mattie Blankinship of
Afton Grove Community; and sev
eral nieces and nephews, including
W. E. Clark of Tecula. Mrs. Lira
Stadler and Mrs. Kenny Longmire.
both of Afton Grove community, and
Mrs. Andy Sharp of Troup.—Jack-
sonville Progress.
One of the largest gatherings of
Masons ever to assemble In East
Texas will be held in Jacksonville
tonight. John Box. Worshipful Master
of Jacksonville Lodge No. 108, has an-
nounced.
The affair will be a celebration
in honor of all past masters of the
Jacksonville lodge. Known as Past
Masters Night, the program will be
staged in the Jacksonville High
School Gymnasium with an expected
attendance of 400-500 Masons from
at' sections of East Texas attending.
A supper wit! be served, begin-
ning at 6:30 o'clock. Lodge will
open at 8 o'clock with the regular
officers presiding. A portion of the
program will be a team of Thirty-
Third degree Masons from Dallas
conterring a master degree.
Invitations have been mailed to
alt surrounding lodges, urging that
Master Masons from the organiza-
tions attend the supper and program.
M.. (Etox anticipated that a large
number of visitors would be present
also.
This annual affair is held the
fourth Tuesday of April each year,
it was explained.
COUNTY HITS
SAFETY GOAL
THIRD MONTH
highway
fatal ac-
Texas
district
* * + *
crokee County boys held
[in the boxing tournament
Monday, Tuesday and
nights of last week.
Mch of Christ
&udy
10:00 a. m.
11:00 a. m.
7:00 p. m.
7:30 p.m.
' ^ Jones. Thone 162.
h*"-s of Christ Salutes
Rom. 16:16
Winners from Alto included Don
Koraska. who won his bout over,
Johnnie Odom of Gallatin in the ISO-
MO weight contest. [F. D. Dawson.
Jr., won over Donald Earle, Jack-
sonville, in the 70-80 weight contest
and Clarence Higgins won his con-
test over a boy named Fitch from
Rusk. Koraska also won his bout
over McMillan in a three-round bout.
In the 140-150 weight class J. P.
Dew of Wells won over Max Golds-
bury. Jacksonville.
Sidney Reed stops by to boast of
three of the prettiest acres of toma-
toes in the Alto section. If the price
holds good, mebbe we can borrow a
few hundred from him. come July
I. He was also pepped up "ver the
splendid attendance at the Cotd
Springs Methodist Church. Both re-
ports are good and he is to be con
gratutated in each instance. Cotd
Springs is the largest church on the
Alto circuit and many of the leading
citizens of Texas have had their
names on the membership roll there
at one time or another.
Cherokee county hit its
traffic safety goal—no
cidents—the third straight month
in March, completing the first
quarter of 1949 without a fatal ac-^
cident. The county had one such
fatatity the first quarter of 1948.
Twelve other East Texas coun-
ties posted records equaling Chero-
okec's, cutting the highway accident
death toll from 38 the first quarter
of last year to 34 for the same period
oi' this year. March. 1949, had a
fatality toll of eight lives compared
to a dozen for March. 1948.
Twenty counties in the
Highway patrol's twelfth
had deathless records last month,
two more than in March, 1948, ac
cording to records of Capt. Guy
Smith, district chief.
Angelina. Bowie. Harrison. Hen-
derson, and Wood counties had one
accident fatality each last month.
A check of accident causes shows
that of the 151 accidents reported,
fast driving caused, the most. 45;
driving while intoxicated caused 30;
driving on wrong side of highway
caused 19 to lead the list. The same
causes in about the same proportions
have been noted consistently for
months. .. .
Nineteen per cent of the accidents
were on Saturday, and most
between 1 P- m- and 7 p. m.
Reports of late blight disease in
certain isolated tomato fields of the
county has been reported by Dr. P.
A. Young of the Tomato Experiment
Station. Except for this blight,
which was brought into the county
by Rio Grande Valley plants, tomato
prospects for the season look "very
good," Dr. Young said.
The tate blight disease is said to be
spreading throughout East Texas, Dr.
Young reported late Saturday after-
noon.
The disease may be recognized by
the rotting of spots in the stems. The
rotten areas are light brown in color.
They may also be a water soaked
green or slightly blackish, the tomato
expert continued.
The stems tend to shrivel and the
tops of the plants fall over. Some-
times, Dr. Young continued, water
soaked spots on the leaves have
moldy borders on the lower sides of
the leaves.
The mold blows and splatters in
rain drops from such spots and in-
fect the healthy plants in the im-
mediate vicinity.
The late blight tends to attack to-
matoes and Irish potatoes of all ages,
in cool, rainy weather, the blight
can destroy whole fields of plants
within a week, Dr. Young continued.
i'n fact, he pointed out, there
was a report Saturday of a field be-
tween Bullard and Troup being two-
thirds destroyed.
As soon as the blight appears in the
field is the time to start control
measures, Dr. Young warned. All di-
seased plants with the rotted stalk
or with the white mold on the leaves
should be pulled and burned or
buried.
A dusting with White Diamond
MX Dust should follow at once. The
field should be dusted thoroughly
once a week. If there is rain, the
dusting process should be repeated.
For best results, about 15-30
pounds of the dust should be ap-
plied per acre. The amount to be
used depends on the size of the plants.
A dust gun should be used for best
results. The underside of the leaves
is the part of the plant that should be
reached by the dust. The best time
for applying the dust is a calm day.
Dr. Young emphasized that this
plan of dusting should be followed
by all tomato farmers to act as pro-
tection against worms and nail head
rust even if the blight has not been
discovered in the field.
The only plants affected by the
blight, so far, seems to be plants
brought in from the Rio Grande
Valley, Dr. Young said.
The blight made its first appear-
ance Friday and Saturday, Dr. Young
said. Except for this, the tomato
prospects look good in the county.
"I believe if we coutd get some
sunshine, the blight would quickly
disappear. It seems to thrive in low,
damp places," he continued.
DR. WOODS WILL Six Indictments
SPEAK TO MENTAL Returned By
HEALTH SOCIETY Cherokee Grand Jury
A
Ozro
prominent
Woods of
psychiatrist,
Austin, wit!
Dr.
be
Six true bills were returned by the
Cherokee County Grand Jury, accor-
tht principat speaker at the April i ding to the report filed with District
28 meeting of the Cherokee County [ Judge H. T. Brown by the jury fore-
Mental Health Society, according to, man, W. W. Finley of Rusk Fred
Paul Cox of Jacksonville. Mr. Coxjw. Lunsford of Rusk was secretary
was nominated recentty for president of the jury.
of the society. I ^ .... ...
TL * -it - r r ' Cliff Boyd is betng held on a charge
The meeting will be m form of a -f wri<,ir,a ^ ^ ^
county-wide dinner to be held at the °J his seLd ^
Liberty Hotel at 8:15 o'clock. Part T'. 1'" f
the program will be the installation
of officers ments were returned but the defen-
] dants have not been arrested. These
are second offense cases also.
Dr. Woods is immediate past presi-<
dent of the State Society of Mental
Hygiene. He has been described as a
crusader for mental health in every-
day living.
Mrs. Edwin Earle of Jacksonville,
Bill McCIuney of Rusk or F. L.
Weimar of Alto may be contacted for
dinner reservations, Mr. Cox said.
COUNTY HEALTH
SOCIETY MEMBERS
MEET TONIGHT
The Cherokee County Mental
Health Society will meet at Jackson-
ville tonight at 7:30 o'clock for their
first county meeting.
The group will meet at the Liberty
Hotel and a banquet will be held pre-
ceding the meeting.
This society is organized for the
purpose of acquainting the general
public with information concerning
the mental institutions of the state.
Members from Alto who are ex-
pected to attend include; Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Arnold, W. D. Armstrong,
Willie Holcomb, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
vey Treadwell, Jr., Mrs. J. W. Golds-
berry, Mrs. Oscar Allen, J. D. Boone,
B. B. Lawson, Mrs. Gus Rounsaville,
Blanton Brunt, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Schuler, and F. L. Weimar.
.CONSERVATION
MEETING AT
JACKSONVILLE
were
ARMSTRONG TEST
ENCOUNTERS
SALT WATER
Plans for the Region Four soil con-
servation convention at Jacksonville
on May 13 are moving ahead steadily,
according to officials directing ar-
rangements for what will be the first
and largest meeting of its type in
Jacksonville.
The convention will bring the out-
standing conservation workers from
51 counties there for one of four
regional meetings in Texas. Prizes
will be awarded to the outstanding
district in the region, to the out-
standing conservationist farmer, to
the businessman who has done the
most to further conservation in the
region, to winners of the student con-
servation essay contests.
Methodist Encampment
Scheduled To
Open June 13
The Texas Methodist Conference
encampment at Palestine will open
officially on June 13, according to
information received here by Rev.
Ferd Dawson, pastor of the First
Methodist Church.
Construction work on the multi-
thousand dollar project is moving
at a rapid pace. All contracts have
been let; the final contract, a $10,-
100 sewer project, was awarded a
Palestine contractor last week.
A central mess hall with a ca-
pacity of 600 persons, and 12 cabins
—each with 1.000 square feet of
floor space—are under construc-
tion. Walls and roofs have been
erected and flooring put down in
tile and concrete.
Although designed for 144 camp-
ers, the twelve housing units may
house 250 campers when the en-
campment opens this summer. Ca-
pacity may be increased in install-
ing double-deck bunks instead of
single deck beds in the units.
Located seven miles south of
Palestine, the encampment now
contains more than 900 acres of
land.
Bernard L. Kaucher, 27, of Ohio,
was charged with robbery with fire-
arms. On February 16, Kaucher
allegedly held up Grimes Stare on
the Jacksonville-Palestine highway.
He and his wife were apprehended
shortly after the robbery by Pales-
tine law enforcement officials. Mrs.
Kaucher. 21. was no billed.
Vernon Forge, negro, is in the
county jail on charges of forging
and passing a forged instrument.
The remaining true bill is one charg-
ing theft of property whose value is
in excess of $50.
For security reasons, the names of
two charged with driving while in-
toxicated and the name of the person
charged with theft were not dis-
closed. They have not been arrested
by the sheriff's department.
A special venire of 160 men have
been drawn for the Willie Chapman
trial slated to begin Monday, May 2,
according to A. C. Jenkins, district
clerk. The venire was picked from
the four petit jury panels, he ex-
plained.
Chapman, former Henderson Coun-
ty jailer, is charged with the murder
of a Henderson County resident, J.
D. Robertson, about a year ago. This
case is a change in venue from Hen-
derson County. This is the fourth
time the case has been brought to
trial. The three previous hearings
resulted in postponements.
This trial is slated to begin at
9 a. m., Monday, when potential jury-
men will be examined, Mr. Jenkins
said.
Joe Alvarez
To Buy Tomatoes
In Nacogdoches
will
pro-
this
Joe Alvarez of Eagle Pass
operate the Southern Pacific
duce shed in Nacogdoches
season and will begin packing to-
matoes as soon as the local crop is
ready.
This was announced here this
week by Felix D'Abadie, agricul-
tural agent for Southern Pacific,
with headquarters in Houston.
"Mr. Alvarez is a very satisfactory
operator and I believe he will give
a boost to tomato production in
Nacogdoches county," Mr. D'Abadie
said in his report to Lee W. Rogers,
secretary-manager of the Nacog-
doches County Chamber of Com-
merce.
E. F. Johnson, local SP agent, said
Tuesday morning that he had re-
! ceived official confirmation concern-
ing the deal on the produce shed
here.
I A non-enthusiastic outlook on to-
mato production in the county was
ACREAGE SURVEY
TO BE MADE IN
CHEROKEE COUNTY ^
I of the Nacogdoches County Farmers'
In the nex:t few weeks an acreage Market Association.
survey will be made covering all j "We haven't been able to find out
Cherokee County farms. The reason ^ the acreage on tomatoes being grown
for this survey is that it is very jn the county this season, but indi-
probabte that cotton acreage allot- cations are that it will run between
ments will be in effect in 1950 andjgQO and 1,000 acres, a decrease from
these crop acreages are necessary be- 1948," he pointed out.
presented every farmer who com-
pleted his 1948 soil building program
The Armstrong wildcat test being
drilled by Wise & Moore on the Ma-
lone Armstrong tract, two mtle
northwest of Alto. ^ SCOUTS BEAT
the woodbine around 5000 feet ear } ^ ^ ^ DONKEY
Tuesday morningi <,.-ittinc'"AM. GAME
Moore Decker states that drillmF
witl continue to the A fair sized crowd witnessed the
which is expected to be rea ^„nkey ball game between the Alto
fore County AAA Committees can j Most of the tomatoes are already
issue cotton acreage allotments. [ in the field. They have been hamper*
Acreages of each crop grown dur- gd by cutworms and the heavy frost
ing 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, andjgarly Saturday morning caused some
1949 are to be secured. It will be damage, Mr. Heaberlain said.
Certificates of achievement will be, necessary that each farmer submit j Officials of both the farmers' mar-
this report on the farm he is now ket association and Southern Pacific
operating. Failure to do so will mean have been cooperating the past sev-
that he will not receive a 1950 cotton era! weeks to obtain a buyer here
acreage allotment. (or the season.—Nacogdoches Senti-
For the convenience of farmers nel.
AAA personnel will be at various,
places in the county to assist in se- [ Rev. L. A. Thigpen. Mesdames Ma-
curing acreage reports. All farmers lone Armstrong, Wilbur Williams,
will be notified when and where to ^ Ida Latham. Ted Moore and Lige
around 5800 feet. , Scouts and the local post of the submit their reports.
If the well shows promise at ^ Foreign Wars here Tues-
day night in which the Scouts de-
feated the Vets by a 4 to 0 score.
depth, another company has sign'^
that they will continue the test and
'o oeeper.
I Halbert were in Rusk the past Thurs-
j day attending a Baptist Workers'
No man should be called great Conference which met at the First
[i:
1'.
unless he is a gentleman.
Baptist Church in that city.
,
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F. L. Weimar & Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1949, newspaper, April 28, 1949; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215132/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.