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THE ALTO HERALD
IMAR & SON. EDtTORS AND PUBUSHERS
SUBSCRtPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEARtN CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PER /EAR OUTSIDE COUNTY.
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THE ALTO HERALD. AI.TO, TEXAS, MAY 28. 1953.
NO. 50.
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good one we wouid tike
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[the Creator had made all
Jp.. ;; <eemed there was
tti r'.yw-jrktodo. soHe
K beasts and the reptites
Ip unous insects; and when
:i He stiH had some scraps
<r that were too bad to put
,,.tlcsnakc. the hyena, the
L,: the skunk, so He put alt
aether, covered it with
L wrapped it with jealousy,
!{; with a yeltow streak
Li- , KNOCKER." This
Iwa^so fearfu) to contem-
pt ile had to make something
tract it. so He took a sun-
: into it the heart of a
brain of a man, wrapped
^ir pride, covered it with
iove. made it a betiever
^i:!i and justice, a worker
a supporter of every good
the community, and caited
tester." Thenceforth, mortai
the privilege of choosing
^Ci.ites.
#
}era'.d received a rush order
iast week for scratch pads
Fdomino players at the city
he had run compieteiy out
Baiteywas keeping score
ack of his hands. The right
s used for him and his
ani the left hand for the
;ng players. Bit) and his
[ won ait the games untii
get there with the scratch
iiiit rtthey started losing.
l-hard columnist by the name
Crawford on the Phila-
littiuirer. who was in favor
g the Tidelands away from
'Louisiana and California,
:ie suggestion that all
fthe ten mile Tidelandarea
be allowed to wear ten
>. It's too bad that this
M is so ignorant about
fish in the Tideland
ver taken off theit* ten
Kli.r.-. They also continue to
tfT-x.-'.jye spurs and carry
a each side fin. We might
}i.'.ion that the favorite food
irpiti is suckers, and it
a g)od idea for Mr. Craw-
av away from the Tide-
tf'.ers.
FREE COTTON
CLASSiNG FOR
FARM GROUPS
Application forms for group
membership in the 19.53 Smith-
O'xey program have been =.ent to
all county agents and cotton ginners,
Mr. Sam W. Martin, head of the
Dallas classing office said today.
Farmers who wish to join cotton
improvement groups and avail
themselves of free classing and mar-
ket quotation service shouldn't
waste any time in forming their
group. Mr. Martin stated.
After they're in a group the
elected group leader will make one
application, covering all members.
He will send it to the cotton class-
ing office.
Under the Stnith-Doxey Act, Mr.
Martin explained, any group of
farmers organized to promote im-
provement of cotton, which adopts
a single variety, files an applica-
tion, arranges for sampling and
meets certain other requirements, is
eligible to take part. No fees are
involved. Members then get their
cotton classed free by the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture at local
classing offices.
After classing, a green card on:
each bale is returned to the farmer.
This plus the market news service
gtves him a definite advantage in
trading, for he knows exactly what
he's selling, and how much it's
worth. A!yj. Mr. Martin added, he
can even sell his cotton by pre-
senting his green card to the buyer
for examination, in piace of an
actuai sample.
Tomato Season Opens Here !}
Today With 10c Market
Tomato shipping in Alto wiii get
underway here this (Thursday)
morning, according to Gus White-
man, who wiii open his shed to
receive the fruit.
He stated that the opening price
would be 10c per pound for U. S.
No. 1 grade.
The H. A. Lindsey shed will open
next Monday. Mr. Lindsey stated
he did not expect a large volume
iW COURT
B!LL ON
SH!VERS' DESK
HELD DAY
FOR TOMATO
BULAHBOYS!N
CHMKEN CONTEST
GROWERS JUNE 5 AT CENTER
There win be a field day of in- jerry and Hilton Hassell, both of
terest to all tomato growers, at the g^t^h, won blue ribbons on their
but would be orenared to tike care experiment station, north of; chicken of Tomorrow entries, at
, , . . . Jacksonville, on Friday, June 5. Center. Both boys entered Indian
Tours will begin at 9:00 a. m. andlRiygr chicks which were donated
will be completed by noon or before.! ),y Colonial Hatchery of Rusk and
Research on production will be under the supervision of
shown by Dr. P. A. Young and ] Thomas W. Bowers, Assistant Coun-
marketing will be discussed by ty Agent.-
Jimmy Rosborough. 1 I
AH tomato growers and other
interested persons are invited to
attend.
ou come to the Herald office
^inte today and find the front
building half torn out and
Ring messed up in back end
ishop. think nothing of it. If
something, justhoiierat
xty to come and wait on you.
for the confusion, we are
C' : a new newspaper press,
ytck winds up 33 years that
)Ve been using the old Babcock
press that has been print-
! Alto Herald this week. In
ccwilleomea large No. 2
Mat bed press that will give
opportunity to print a larger
inddo it about three times
as the one we are taking
taking about ail the cash
it', we have to make the ad-
' the Herald, and it reaily
ng an old man rather fast,
^e've g,)t lots of faith in Alto
[h< : <ikee County, and there is
but that we will "pay tier
'iue time." When we get
straightened out again
t everyone of our readers
"c in and see the new addi-
ct' the Herald plant. We are
Tl" be proud of it and believe
8^ ) be with us when we "get'er
MAN MED
AT BEAUMONT
Jim Andrew Lusk,(iO, a native
and resident of Alto most of h:s
'.ife'ime, butrecent'.y residing at
Wells, died at the Hotel D.eu Hos-
pital in Beaumont Thursday morn-
ing of last week. He had under-
gone an operation the day before.
Funeral services were heid Thurs-
day afternoon at Mt. Zion church
with the Rev. Ben Morrison of
Pollok. officiating. Interment was
in Mt.Zion cemetery.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Gertie
Lusk. he is survived by two sons.
Howard Lusk of Beaumont and
James Lusk. Mineral Wells; t-vu,
'daughters. Mrs. Thelma Lopey andj
Mrs. Dorothy Pierce, Beaumont; <
! one grandson,
Paul Andrew
'Lawrence; four brothers. Joe,
j Marvin and Henry Lusk, Alto, and
'Frank Lusk. Houston; one stster,
Mrs. May Rowland. Houston.
SATURDAY!SA
NATMNAL
HOUDAY
Saturday, May 30 is Memorial
' Day. Being a national holiday, bo.h
^thc Continental State Bank at j -o
L,nd the First State Bank at Wet
'will be closed.
' The banks will also be
Wednesday. June 3 for the btrthday
of Jefferson Davis.
The Alto Post Office wtll also be
closed all day Saturday.
E'' Grocery comes up with
ing new. They now have a
' "ids known as "Tasty-Diet."
Hrain corn, gelatins, jetties
Pthtr foods that you can enjoy
-ako on weight. That's o. k.
t rge Williams, but we hope
better half don't get a hold
"f that by mistake. Non-
" ' ^ food would not do our
! bones tea much good.
[Card Of Thanks
- the members of the famity
'les W. Fisher deepty appre-
j'he many acts of kindness and
^"Ughtfulness of friends during
' f illness and wish to express
["-"cere thanks for the many
' "-s o{ sympathy; for the
flowers and food sent after
psslng.
RENTAL
You are invited to the recital of a
group of my piano students at the
Baptist Church Thursday even ng,
^!ay 28th at 8:00 o'clock. The stu
dent personnel appearing: Jean Ann
Payne. Sonja Bauman. C r,i
-lin Jo Marie A-h. Alva Joy Btack.
4vi' Jo Cosper. Mary Alene Quar es.
Cienda Gavle. Marie Adams. Joy
Martha Loraine Payne and Phoebe
Grace Quarles, assistants.
Mamie Latham.
Mr andl^s! R. L. Brooks of
Houston, spent the f.rst of the week
here with the formers parents. Mr
and Mrs. Arthur Brooke. Return.ng
home Tuesday, they were accom-
Sed bv Masses Shirley ^ Nancy
brooks, who witt visit relatives ,n
i that city.
of his customers that had tomatoes
ready to go.
The Jim Bauman shed is also
about ready to open up, but Mr.
Bauman stated yesterday that he
was not certain of his opening date,
but it would not be later than next
week.
Talking with Joe Alvarez at
Eagle Pass Tuesday afternoon, he
said that he was still in the onion
deal in Eagle Pass and did not ex-
pect to get to Alto before the last
of next week.
Just on the eve of the opening of
the tomato season, it looks now
like there will be an extremeiy
short crop, but the good tomato witl
bring premium prices.
Growers should use extrem# care
in picking the tomatoes this year.
High prices wilt call for quality
and growers who get too anxious
and pull tomatoes that are too green
to go, are throwing good money
away.
Thtswiilbeone year that the
price factor will be strictly with
the grower. With the crop short,
the price will be high at the open-
ing and wilt stay that way just so
long as the quality of the tomatoes
holds out. Growers who get too
anixousand putl immature toma
toes not only help oaraiize the mar-
k<. . but they are throwing goo
money away.
I0MAT0 SEASON
fO OPEN 2ND
WEEK !N JUNE
J. F. Rosborough
Tomatoes: Some rain fell in the
Rio Grande Valley last week which
gave temporary relief to dry
weather conditions. Reports from
the Upper Valley indicate that this
rain will prolong the tomato ship-
ping season to another five to
seven days. It appears now that
some tomatoes will stiii be moving
from the Rio Grande Area around
June 1st. Volumes wilt rapidly de-
cline after this date. At the present
time, tomatoes wiii bring 7c to 8c
per pound to growers.
JAMES BLANTON
ASSUMES JOB
AT LOCAL BAH
James Blanton. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Blanton. has accepted a
position in the Continental State
Bank and assumed his duties May
2i. He spent 20 months in the U. S.
Air Service and was stationed most
of that time at Porttand. Ore. Prior
to his Air Force service he was in
BABY HURT
!N MGHWAY
ACCIDENT
Bennie Jean Cherry, two-year-
old baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Leonard Lee Cherry, sustained a I
broken right leg between the knee
and hip and a severe scaip wound.
Saturday morning about 9 o'clock
when she was struck by an auto-
mobile on Highway 69. about two
mites south of Aito. The accident
happened in front of the Cherry
home.
Mrs. Cherry had gone across the
the empioy of the United Gas Co.. in highway to pick some vegetables
Victoria, Texas. ] the garden and left the baby
giri at the house with some other
chitdren, but the child followed her
mother a few minutes later and as
she stepped out on the highway two
cars were going south. The driver of
the first car saw the chiid and man-
aged to swerve and miss her, but
the second car. driven by E. E
Mrs. Muzett Berrvman was among Higers, en route to his home in
ALT0!TE ATTENDS
FASHION MARKET
^DALLAS
the 5.000 buyers who attended the
American Fashion Association's Faii
Mirket in Dallas. May 24-29.
Five hundrea manufacturers' rep-
resentatives, who comprise the
American Fashion Association, dis-
played over 1,100 lines of women's
Monroe, La., failed to see the little
giri because his vision was ob-
scurcd by the first car. He applied
his brakes and slowed the car con-
siderably but eouid not dodge the
child, who stopped in the highway
and threw her hands up in front of
and children's apparel at the her face. The front end of the car
struck Bennie Jean, throwing her
over on the shoutder of the road.
Mr. Higers immediately stopped
his car and ran to the chiid and
rendered every assistance possible
untii a car could be obtained and
she was rushed to the doctor's of-
fice here and later carried to the
hospital at Rusk where she is
recuperating from the terrible
deai.
Adolphus, Baker and Blue Bonnet
Hotels, as well as the new Dallas
Merchandise Mart, a building of
permanent wholesale showrooms
opened last August.
RiTES HELD
FOR MRS.
CORRtE BAILEY
Mrs. Corrie Baiiey, 57, wife of R.
D. Bailey of Wells, died about 9:30
Harvesting the tomato crop in Monday morning in a Tyler hospitat
now
or-
the Robertson and Fails Counties
areas is supposed to get started this
week. The crop there is most ir-
regular with few tomatoes ready
for harvest at this time. Many
plants show ill effects from wet
weather and wilt not produce to-
matoes. On the better drained soils
the set of tomatoes is rather late
and it appears the crop will be de-
tayed at least 5 to 7 days. Total
volumes for this area wilt be about
sixty per cent of early estimates.
Prospect for high yields through-
out the tomato growing area seems
to be dwindling. Further deteriora-
tion of plants in wet spots is be-
ginning to show up along with a
light set of fruit on the plants
which are growing normaliy at this
time. There will be a few tomatoes
in Jacksonville this week but it is
) anticipated they witi go mostly as
! eariy pinks. There wiii not be j
! enough volume to load out more I
I than two or three cars this week.,
! It appears it wiH be at least June
! 8 before any volume of tomatoes
will be available. Mr. Dick Ash-
worth in charge of the Tomato In-
spection Office, U. S. P. O. Buiiding.
Jacksonvtite. Texas is available
and will have inspectors ready to
serve shipping points throughout
the area whenever packing opera-
tions begin.
It appears now that East Texas
tomatoes took as much unfavorable
weather as tt Is possible 'i**ptants
to take and sttll survive. Growers
who have continued a regular to-
mato dusting schedule even be-
tween showers are ahead at
after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held Tues-
day afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at the
Wells Methodist Church with the t
'Rev. G. R. Nease, officiating. Inter- !
ment was in the Mt. Hope Cemetery
with O. T. Allen & Son Funeral
Home of Alto in charge of arrange- j
ments.
Mrs. Bailey was a native of Chero-
kee County and lived her entire
lifetime in Wetls.
Besides her husband, she is sur-
AFTON GROVE,
ALTO PROCESSES
NAMED _
Names of two additional prin-
cesses for Jacksonville's seventh an-
nual Farm Family Day. July 23,
were announced Monday by Gen.
Chairman Hillis Duncan.
Ernestine Sanders, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sanders, wiit
represent Afton Grove in the Farm
Family Day parade, and Floyce
Lindsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
vived by two sons. Miiburn Bailey, ptoyd Lindsey, witl represent Alto
Wells, and Robert D. Baiiey, Hous- school.
ton; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Hollis, j
Kirbyvitle, Mrs. O. L. Eiierbee, Port j
Arthur, and Mrs. Dormany, Welts;,
four brothers. Owen Cherry, Dallas,
Otlie Cherry. Houston, Steve and)
John Cherry of Wetls.
POST 0FHCE
W!LL BE CLOSED
SATURDAY
E M. DECKER, JR.
SECRETARY OF
RA!L BOARD
A bitl providing for creation of
the t40th District Court as an addi-
tional court to serve Cherokee, Nac-
ogdoches and Angelina Counties is
on the desk of Governor Allan
Shivers after having been passed in
both houses of the Legistature.
The bilt, Senate Bill 228, was
sponsored by Senator Otis Lock and
Rep. Gilbert Spring. It had the
support of bar associations of three
counties involved.
The bit! would create a new court
for a period of two years, to begin
on September 1 and end August 31,
1953. It would be necessary for the
governor to appoint a judge of the
court.
The House has passed another bill
that will re-district all of the judi-
cial districts in Texas, and this bill
has been reported out of committee
in the Senate. It would also create
a new court for Cherokee. Nacog-
doches and Angelina c-ounties, but
the new court would not become ef-
fective untii Januaryl, 1955. The
measure is expected to remain in the
discussion stage during the remain-
der of the legislature's session.
M'CARROLL W!LL
HEADETCCIN
THIS COUNTY
Jacksonville business and civic
leader, Edwin McCarroll was to-
day reappointed Cherokee County
Chairman of the East Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce.
East Texas Chamber President
H.E. Burgess of College Station
made the announcement.
McCarrotl, President of Chero-
kee Motors, will represent the
regional chamber in an effort to
further develop and stabilize the
economy of the 72-county area
around and inctuding Cherokee
County.
The East Teyis Chamber carries
on a number of programs to pro-
mote economy and stimulate busi-
ness and industrial development in
the region.
WELLS MAN "
MED; R!TES
HELDFMDAY
James S. Ross, 70, a resident of
Wells for the past eighteen years,
died unexpectedly in a Lufkin hos-
pital Wednesday afternoon of last
week.
Funeral services were held Fri-
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
Mt. Hope Chapet, with the Rev. R.
P. Meadows officiating. Interment
was in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Mr. Ross operated a blacksmith
shop in Weils for many years.
He was an active member of the
Wells Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, one
daughter. Mrs. Biitie Shumaker;
and one brother, Tom Ross of Hen-
derson.
Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home of
Lufkin handted the arrangements.
HELLONEIGHBOR
The Alto Post Office wiii be closed
all day Saturday. May 30. according
to Postmaster J. D. Thorn.
Alt postoffices throughout thei^'""- W' C. Richards
country witt be closed under the di-l^'aced Alva Sanders
rection of the President of the Sanders was formerly
The three-man Texas State Rait-
road Board of Managers etected H.
M. Decker, Jr., of Jacksonville as
its secretary in a Saturday meeting
held in Athens. K. A. Anderson of
Palestine was named chairman.
Anderson and Decker were re-
appointed to the board by Gov.
Allan Shivers in a recent reorgani-
of Athens
of Dalias.
Sanders was formerly chairman.
United States. By proclamation, May
30 has been designated as Memorial
Day.
grew
time. Some diseases are beginning , age.
but resigned as dissension
among board members.
The board executed a contract
with the Texas & New Orleans
to show up on the tower leaves of Railroad to operate the Rusk-to-
the plants. Warm dry weather will Palestine Texas State Railroad for
this ^ be helpful in reducing disease dam-^io years for an annual rental of
l$10,000.
Mr. and Mr!. Wayne B'.asingame
of Gilmer announce the arrival of
a seven pound, eieven ounce baby
daughter on May 13th. Her name
is Cathy Ariene.
Mrs. Biasingame wilt be rsmem-
bered as the former Miss Lucile
Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Rogers of the Mt. Zion
community.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Robbins, for-
merly of Alto, but now residing in
Aivin, have announced the arrival
of a new baby daughter born Thurs-
day night of last week. She weighed
eight pounds at birth.
Mrs. Robbins is the daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. Alien Garner of this
city.
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