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THE ALTO HERALD
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $2.00 PER YEAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. {2.50 PER YEAR OUTSIDE OF COUNTY
famihes through-
attending this
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utAlto. There are
property in Alto,
Knd vacant tots, that the
wniet! have not been cut
Seeing them every-
krs and peopie in Aito
;())' v do not took so bad.
tple who come into the
[out every day, Mis a
Mion to them because
tve so little pride in
erty. There are two
Ight be taken of the
it first piace.it makes
entirety have the rep-
glazy and no town
ere'stheviewofthe
comes to town to just
ik around," they may
at they would like to
some piece of property
t be just what they
they see it grown up
t tss. itisnotveryat-
they just "casuaiiy"
and go somewhere
[eean be sure that this
H in Alto severat
mi tknowit, soenndi-
htliesame. There is
t well kept yard and
a third more on the
an attractive ap-
<me thing cMi be
tot.
*
vacation FcrdDaw-
fnun Groves for a
it ; tup. He told his
ddies here that down
ho went fishing and
i! he got tired. He's a
s' ere giving him the
doubt on that state-
it! we still believe that
^a.M.ngets too tired
tti'ihitntoseeadoc-
auf don't know it.
, FARM MEETINGS
Around ANNOUNCE!)
reading an articte As stated in previous nr. r.
**^,nl Messenger written teases, beginning .
.who was tetting what 20. the Cherokee c.ut.-.' \
^,,,t about Grapeland..tural Mobilisation ^.m^tt^l!'',
the tack of pride that hoid a series of n.eet,,,^ . "
THtwn by the peoptewhojfantu;-;,,ml
at;,{ .seeds grow up in out the eounty.
Ad vacant lots that they; Those
believe that he meetings witi be MllJd"on 't'o"make
any suggestions concerning a-Micul
tura. programs, and policies 1,^*',
they feet woutd enabte farm families
to secure more effective service
from those working with the farm
program
Ttie meetings in the county ^:ll be
hetd <n accordance with the follow-
ing schedute:
August 20. at High Schoot in Wells
8:00 p. m.
August 21. at Alto High Schoot,
8:00 p.m.
August 23. County Court Room in
Husk. B OOp.m.
August 24, New Summerfield
Schoot, 8:00 p.m.
August 27, Tioup High Schoot.
8:00 p.m.
August 28, Buttard High Schoo],
3:00 p. m
August 30. Jacksonville, L,on Mor-
ris Cottege Auditorium. 8:00 p. m.
T)io Agricuttural Mobilization
tommittee wishes to emphasize the
fact that every farmer is invited to
attend these meetings and express
his views on the question thatwiH
be brought up.
TEXAS, AUGUST t6, 1951
PPOMOfED
Six MEN
INDUCTED FROM
COUNTY
' 'IK ALTO HERALD, ALTO.
JAO(LYON
MED SUDDENLY
MONDAY
ta<k t.yon. 71. a Cherokee County
resilient for the past 35 years, and a
'esidenf ot Alto for 30 years, died
suddenly Monday morning at the
'amity home in north Alto about 8:00
o'ctock. A heart attack was given as
the cause of his death.
Funeral services were hetd Tues-
day afternoon at2:30 in the First
Methudist Church in Alto, with the
Rev. Sloan Gentry, pastor of the First
Christian Church of Lottgvicw, who
was an old time fatnily friend, of-
ficiating. assisted by ttie Rev. Mar-
shall Hampton, pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Atto, and the
Rev J. fi, Ousley. pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Alto, interment
was in the Aito City Cemetery under
the direction of the R. R. Stribting
Funeral Home of this city.
Besides ins wife, Mrs. Ara Lyon, he
is survived by one son, Bitty Lyon of
Houston: one daughter, Mrs. Sara
Claude Cassidy of Henderson; four
sisters, Mrs, Harvey Knapp.Dattas,
Mrs. O. R. Monnig. Waco, Mrs. Jack
Jones. Martin, and Mrs. G. N. Acker-
man, New York City.
Mr. Lyon's death was a shock and
brought much sadness to thepeopte
of Alto, where he had spent the fast
thirty years of his life. Bad health!
eauscdhim to retire from active
ork severat years ago. but he took a
nat interest in the religious affairs] The Alto School Board has elected
of the community and while he was I Tan! Drawhorn as Etementary Schoo]
a member of the Christian Church. t" fill the position recently
he was a regular attendant at both)'"" """n resignation of J. B.
NO. 9.
Cpl. Troy L. Montgomery
Corporal Troy L. Montgomery, who
was recentty promoted to the rank of
Corporal, is somewhere in Korea with
the 176th A. F. A. Battation P. A.
Cpl. Montgomery is a Nationai Guard
half track driver in 8th Army and
ittached to the X Corps.
Cpl. Montgomery voiunteered for
the Army on October 10. 1950. He re-
ceived his basic training at Fort Riley
Kansas, and was sent overseas Feb-
ruary 17, 1951. He is the son of Mrs.
Carrie Montgomery of Alto. Texas.
BAND DIRECTOR
AND PRINCIPAL
ELECTED
Six men from Cherokee County
were inducted into the armed ser-
vices at Shrevcport Tuesday. They
! include:
i J. M. Baggett. Routel
ville. Texas.
Willis NealH'Icomb, Jacksonville
Texas.
Homer Leroy Wright. Turney
Texas.
Clarence Edward Dennis (cut)
Maydelle. Texas.
Edgar Miles (col) transferred toi
San Diego. California.
BudLvnPerry(col). Alto, Texas. I
Cherokee County has received a
iti"Us. The office dooricaU for four registrants to hein-
ippcu and paper and [ducted on September 12, and five
! "a the counter for ac- jon October It.
[of patrons who wish < * CL! L
! terns or advertising. " "reachmg At OhHOh
the Methodist and Baptist Churches "
<,l this city and was an active mem-
bet ot' the Downtown Bible Ciass.
He will be greatiy missed, not only
by his immediate relatives, but by aii
in the community in which he lived.
WiH Attend M. Y. F.
Jackson-; Meeting
tth.t puts ideas in our
tKo'Aanna.lnd.. weekly
t M. s. Publisher Biil
i< -th e on page one,
pf the Observer wilt be
2. and 3 due to good
tot Equalization of the
pdent School District
)R. They will attempt to
pun up to where it be-
f that bonds might be
M another school build-
t become a "Must" if
educate children in this
y The district has tag-
its building activi-
st' now down just about
^'aiiget. People have
t" render their proper-
Punt they choose. Some
^uitageof thissitua-
f'aluationsarefarbe-
should be and have
" years. There is
—^ 'Ins school district
taxes paid
These
"'i n no
or more.
!*' < have [jut the dis-
"pt condition as far
oncerned and the
I",.
aie being used for
^ arc far frorn ade-
!"')i"sns j„tendcd, !t
''in words and prompt
" '''P'ulization board
"'ncdy these,t\ndi-
' ^ get full support
uii These low rendi-
pped to where they
P't'ty inthisdis-
"" riding tax free
'uuld bp sued on by
" ' ami sold for the
'"t be collected any
id to the credit of
they do not wish
' as that woutd put
t'who arc already
*'cst for the school.
"* y should be com-
^ favor an increased
would put everyone
' We sincerely
' this equalization
And Lynches Chape!
Next Sunday. August i9. is the
regutar preaching day at the Shiloh
and Lynches Chapel Methodist
Churches. Services at Shiloh l^cgin
at 10:00 a. m. and at Lynches Chapel
atll:00a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
See you in church!
Dan Bynum, Pastor.
35 BALES
Thirty-five bales of cotton had
been ginned in Alto up to Tuesday
night, according to Pryor Black.
"Pm sure that there arc many more
open." says Pryot. "but the scarcity
of pickers and hot weather together,
arc holding up cotton picking.
Henrv LeVHolcomb and daughter.
EvaJean. and son. Ha"k. and Hlnor
Jetton of Ba.vtosMi.spc"' "it- tattc
part of last week here " "
former's parents. Mr. and Mis. as
comHotcorn!).
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board meets, ttie school
get on the ball and sec
taxes ate collected,
tarityorbyla^ i'
equal, tet's niake it <"t
fellow that flnn't
spotted
Findley says she saw
about the Alto, (teorgii'
Texas, and advises
looked it up in an
of the Alto's
Linda Gail
board wilt
that these
cither volun-
the law says
jtial and the
want to play)?""
that way. make them do it.
#
Now we have a!
A letter from
in the Herald
and Alto,
that sht- has
Atlas and finds
tht <^r.. A"";
A",, T."; .
covred Alto. Georgia: AH"
iana:Alto. Midugan;Alto. Tenness .
and Alto. Wisconsin.
ing our money on / ; ^oni
being the best one of all -
every angle
Raits Maddux, a member of
Alto Methodist Youth Fellowship,
will attend the National Convocation
of Methodist Youth as a representa-
tive of the Cherokee Subdistrict.
This National Convocation is sched-
uied to begin August 27, at Purdue
University, Lafayette, tnd.
More than 5.000 Methodist youths
will attend this meeting which is
heid every four years. These youth
will come from all across the nation.
It is an honor to this church to
have Ralls selected as a representa-
tive from this Sub-district to repre-
sent our young People. He is a tine
young man "lid worthy' of'he liono-'
Mrs. Arch Pearson, head of the
speech department at Lon Morns.
.vith a group of Lo.'M„rris College
students and ex-students will tac-
tile spotlight for the first da)' of tlm
,etivities at Purdue National Con-
vocation of Methodist Y^tth.
Methodist Church
,j ^r, ., ni.—Church School.
]];00 a. m —Morning Worship.
<i:4.i p. m.--M. ^ . F.
7:43 p. m.--E^cning Worship.
Fiveof our Juniors are attending
this week at LakeviewMcth-
Assembly. They are: Eileen
jo Marie Ash. Pamala Jean
Huggins. Charles Lewis Thomas and
Hcrms Edward Payne.
Marshall Hampton, Pastor.
Acting Tostmaster.
John Brothers was elected as Band
Director. He replaces Ben Branch,
who went to Dublin Public Schools
as Band Director.
Mr. Drawhorn has served as prin-
cipal tor two years, is a native of Sa-
bine County, and did his college
training at Stephen F. Austin College.
Nacogdoches, where he lacks only six
hours having his Master's Degree. He
is an Elementary school major. He is
married and has one child.
Mr. Brothers comes from Houston,
where he was enrolled in Houston
Umversity. HedidhisB. A. Degree
at a teacher's college in tndiana. His
major is music. He plays several in-
struments, including the horn, piano,
and cello. Mr. and Mrs. Brothers and
son, plan to move to Alto as soon as
they find a place in which to live.
The school and community wet-
come these two young men and their
families to Alto.
C!TY WATER
RATES
!NCREASED
Effective September 1. the min-
imum city water ratewittbe$2.25
per month instead of $1.75. This is
an increase of 50e per month. No in-
crease is being made in the higher
gallonage brackets.
It is remarkable that the City Of-
ficials have been able to go this far
without some kind of an increase.
The city has been operating on a
$1.75 minimum rate for a good many
years and during that time labor has
oraetically doubled in price, and
many materials used have more than
doubled.
The people of this city should be
very happy over the efficient manner
in which the city has operated its
waterworks all these years on such
small outlay of expense, and at the
same time keep a full supply of water
ready and waiting for the city cus-
tomers.
During this extreme drouth, many
cities and towns have already had to
pass laws forbidding lawn sprink-
ling, and pleading with the people of
those cities to cut down on water
consumption. That has never had to
be done in Alto.
In addition to taking care of the
needs of the city, the officials have
been hqlping the cattle men out. in
letting them have a few thousand
gallons of water to take care of their
stock where the creeks and ponds
have gone dry.
Alto is fortunate that they have
been able to get by this long on such
low water rate, and they should be
thankful that the town has a set of
officials who areso ably taking care
of the matter.
(lAOVE*? SCHOOLS
OPE/V SEPTEMBER 3
7\4 YZ.OR CO/1CH
Glover schools will open Septem-
ber 3 for the 1951-52 session, an-
nounces Supt. Elmer Langham. Mr.
Langham announces completion of
the faculty, with election of James
E. Taylor of Marshal! as English
teacher and coach of boys' and girls'
athletics. Taylor is a graduate of
Stephen F. Austin at Nacogdoches.
Another new member of the
Giover faculty is Herbert Yielding,
vocational agriculture instructor.
Returning faculty members in-
clude H. F. Beathard, principal: Mrs.
H. F. Beathard, J. C. Merriwether.
Miss Gladys Vickers, Mrs. Tom
Kennedy, Mrs. Clyde Loveli and
Mrs. Guy Duren.
The inside of the Giover High
School building has been repainted
in selected color designs.
GRADY THANKS FRIENDS
odist
Fox,
A fellow can always appreciate
his friends when he is down, and I
certainly did appreciate mine while
1 was in the hospital at Jaeksonvitle.
1 received many visits, cards and
flowers from friends, and we can-
not say in words the appreciation we
feel, but we are very grateful to all
of you for thinking so kindly of me
while I was "on my back."
Grady Singletary.
GID THANKS FRIENDS
I wish to thank m.v many friends
jfor the premium I received for
i bringing the first bale of cotton to
Alto for !931. I appreciate Me
1 Mrs Arthur Mac Holcomb! money very much, but I appreciate
f L'l'^on Mr and Mrs. Tommy!the friendship of my friends a great
r „ and children and Mrs. Annie'deal more. Many, many thanks to
Holcomb of Nacogdoches, visited in you .11
the Bascom Holcomb home Sunday
Cid Reagie.
ANOTHER
FARM TO MARKET
ROAD FOR ALTO
Alto has another farm-to-market
road coming up. according to County
Commissioner Prentiss Burroughs.
This is in addition to the Coid Springs
road which is already being sur-
veyed.
Just where this road will be built
has not yet been decided, but the
choice seems to lay between old
Highway 69 south of town and a
road running south down through
the Primrose community.
The matter is to be decided by the
district and county engineers and
the Precinct 2 road committee some-
time in October.
This latter road is to be built with
state funds, coming out of the 15
million appropriated by the state
legislature two years ago under a
constitutional amendment which
was voted in t949.
The Cold Springs road is being
built out of a joint state and federal
load appropriation.
ALTO WOMAN'S AUNT
DIED IN NACOGDOCHES
Mrs. Emma Lavender of Cushing.
aunt of Mrs. H. W. Townley of this
city, died in the hospital at Nacog-
doches Monday of last week and was
buried the following Tuesday in the
Linn Flat Cemetery in Nacogdoches
County.
Those attending the funeral from
Alto included: Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Townley. R. W. Townley. Mesdames
Jimmy Allen, Leland Rozelle, E. L.
Collins, Leonard Blanton, and Miss
Laverne Thrash.
CZ.ASSlM&E77AfG
The Fidelis Class of the Alto Bap-
tist Church met Tuesday evening.
July 31. with Mrs. Marvin Coving-
ton. Sixteen members and one visi-
tor were present.
Mrs. W. J. Crosby brought the de-
votional which was enjoyed by all
A social hour followed the busi-
ness program and delicious refresh-
ments were served. Everyone re-
ported an enjoyable evening.
SCHOOL BMLMNG
ST!LL BEING
CONSNERED
The Alto School Board hetd a
lengthy session Friday night and a
second session again Monday night
concerning the proposed school
building program—remodel the old
building, build a new high school
building, and build a gymnasium.
The board authorized an Equaliza-
tion Board to raise school valuation
an average of one-half (50 per cent)
above the present level. This means
that some property will be raised
more than other property, ft will be
equalized.
The majority of all independent
school districts in Texas have a rate
of $1.50 for school taxes. The rate
in this district is $1.00. Instead of
raising the tax rate to that of other
districts, it is proposed that the
equaiization board raise the school
valuation, thus permitting the dis-
trict to issue enough bonds to meet
the building needs.
The school board listened to sev-
eral men representing bond com-
panies interested in purchasing the
school bonds, if and when they are
voted. The board decided to make
no contact to sell bonds at this time,
but would proceed cautiously, and
try to sell the bonds at the lowest
rate possible.
Mr. Hewitt, representing Hedrick
Co.. Daltas architects, spoke at
length on our school building needs
and types of buiidings being con-
structed at other schools. Members
of the school board and the Lions'
Ciub Building Committee will make
several trips of inspection to various
schools that have recentty construct-
ed new buiidings. They wiil get first-
hand information as to what makes
a good building, both as to appear-
ance and equipment to meet the need
of the chiid. They want to construct
a building that will meet the needs of
this community.
These members are seeking the
most substantial, well-made build-
ing that is possible for the least
amount of money. They feel that
your chiid or your neighbor's child
should have school buildings as
good as other schools in Cherokee
County.
Again, the School Board and Lions'
Club Committee are proceeding cau-
tiously.
They are extremely anxious in
investing every cent of the proposed
building fund wisely. They welcome
your suggestions. As a stockholder
in the educational future of the chil-
dren of this community, you are
urged to lend your support.
Help give the chitdren—each and
everyone— of the Alto School Dis-
trict the same pleasant school en-
vironment that your neighbor's chil-
dren have at Wells, Rusk, Gallatin,
Summerfieid, and Jacksonville.
The future of the Alto community
depends on the education of your
child.
Quarterly Conference
Friday Night
The first Quarterly Conference
for the Alto Circuit of the Methodist
Church will be held immediately
following the closing service of the
revival now in progress at the Cold
Springs Methodist Church. The
Reverend R. C. Terry, District Su-
perintendent of the Palestine Dis-
trict will conduct the Conference.
The preacher for the revival this
week is the Rev. Leon Reed. We
have been having some inspiring
sermons. Come out and worship
with us during the remaining ser-
vices this week. Morning services
begin at 10:00 and evening services
at 8:00. Sec you in church!
Dan Bynum, Pastor.
NEW SCHOOL
BUILDING CUSTODIAN
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank those who remem-
bered me with cards, letters and
visits whilel was in the Anderson
Clinic in Houston. They were all ap-
preciated and helped to make the
hours shorter.
Mrs. Stella Dean.
/
Henry Yeargan has been elected
by the school board as building cus-
todian to take the place of Tom
Dean, w ho accepted a similar position
at the courthouse in Rusk.
Mr. Yeargan has already assumed
his duties.
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Mrs. J. R. Wilkins returned Wed-
nesday of last week from Utica.
i Miss., where she had been for the
past several weeks to be at the bed-
side of her mother who is seriously
itl.
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