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, WEIMAR & SON. EDtTORS AND PUBDSHERS
THE ALTO HERALD
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $2.00 PER YEAR tN CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PER YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY.
'ABLISHED 1896
[ttactag
Abound
, .\itu scction got bypassed on
.;ttred showers that has been
L,. j,y the weather bureau.
:,,wns in this area have re-
rains, but the ground
h^ntly been datnpened,
. root weather has been a
, change from the hot days
,se have had for the past
; weeks.
+
.rinn that went before the
,, ntr court Monday asking
. ,itj ctection be cailed for
h:,.^ already brought for-
,sessions both for and
' -c proposition. Before any
is passed, the matter
; be understood by evcry-
intends to vote in the
There has been too much
j,me in the past on projects
,.nv knowiedge of what was
done. In this election, before
)tc. !et's have the full facts
xfcre us. It's a matter of
; bonds to build farm roads
iar;i surface Alto streets. Let's
svhat roads are to be built and
i and what streets are to be
-urfaced. All of these things
; entitled to know so that a
);3n be cast intelligently. Until
i know these things, let's not
;s an opinion that might be
rassing to us later.
; Alto public^chools are about
! a good band teacher and the
good family. John Brothers,
[has been doing a splendid job
...j music in the school, has had
!at attractive offers for better
in California and expects
j out there and look the situa-
[fvpr. Naturally, the city and
t will regret to lose him if he
[but it's human nature for any-
) better themselves if they
a physician make the state-
. few days ago that if the
ting bu<es were discontinued in
; would work a hardship upon
nop!e who ride the bus to town
i medical attention. He did
^aborate upon the situation
tr but he could have. Most of
1 people who ride the bus to
j :o doctor do not own auto-
tc!. They have to take a public
^'ancc. When this is not avail-
have to depend upon some
! hearted person who will pro-
j'.he transportation. The Grey-
i lines may be losing a few
s on this particular bus, but
[are making it up on others
are operating, and human
! should be considered by the
Commission as well as
p and cents.
isonzM
iSESAFfHt
MMESS
} R. Burroughs, 76. well known
' of Wells for the past 25
' M at the family home in
' Tuesday afternoon.
FMal services were held yester-
hHern^on at the First Baptist
[th ;n Wells with the Rev. O. P.
^'s of the Baptist Church and
' Xccse of the Wells Metho-
j Church officiating. Interment
j'f he Mt. Hope cemetery at
^ ^ *h the Strihling-Smith Fu-
H mc f,f ^ charge of
f^^emcnts.
his wife. Mr. Burroughs
'ct by five sons, Prentiss.
"Hd Alford Burroughs of
.. burroughs of Tyler,
nd Burroughs of Dallas;
J;'-hers. Jim and Walter Bur-
L Oklahoma City, Okla., L.
" " ^ San Antonio and John
L .. ^ 'rmcrville, Calif.; three
Fronie Goff and Miss
\ ^Tftughs. Los Angeles,
Mrs. Irene Reynolds,
^!ahoma.
^ Of Thank.
''ike this opportunity
, ' fiends who were so
s-. flowers, cards
*Gf deeds during the
mother. Mrs. Mary
of
P of
L Cod bless
Grapeland.
you all is our
F3;
P McOaughey and Family.
HEAMNGSETFOR
ROADD!STR!CT
ELECTiON
The Cherokee County Commis-
sioners Court has set August 28 as
the date for a hearing on Road Dis-
trict No. 6, in answer to a 63-name
petition which was iaid before that
body at its regular meeting Monday
morning.
Road district No. 6 was created at
the iast session of the Legislature
and comprises ail of the territory in
Commissioners Precinct No. 2 south
tn the north boundary line of the
Weils Independent School District.
Harrison Todd, R. R. Stribling and
Milburn Ash were appointed by the
court as a committee to handle de-
tails of the district after the election
is called.
REVIVAL G0!NG
ON AT ASSEMBLY
OF GO!) CHURCH
A series of revival services are
underway at the Assembly of God
Church, starting last Sunday night.
Services will continue through this
week, closing out Sunday night.
Services are being held each night
starting at 7:45 o'clock.
Preaching is being done by Rev. J.
K. Bridges of Houston.
The public has a cordial invitation
to attend each and all of these ser-
vices.
E. L. Owen, Pastor.
W.N. SHAIKH
REHRESFROM
LYONS BUTANE
W. N. (Bill Neal) Shattuck, who
has been actively associated with
the Lyons Butane Gas Co., of this
city, has severed his connection with
the company and plans to enter some
other kind of business.
Mr. Shattuck has been with the
business for several years during
which time the firm has expanded
its interests to Grapeland and Rusk
and has a large clientele of gas cus-
tomers throughout this section of
East Texas.
Mr. Shattuck stated that he has
no immediate plans made but hopes
to be able to stay in Alto and enter
business here.
S!X CHEROKEE
MEN !NDUCIED
INARMED FORCES
Six Cherokee County men were
inducted in the armed services on
July 6, according to Felton Banks,
Chairman of the local board at
Rusk. ....
Men called included F. L. Hender-
son. Adam Mallard and J. E. Jones,
Rusk; J. H. Collie, Jr., and F. F.
Fuller, Jacksonville and P. L.
Thompson of Mt. Sctman.^
WATERMELONS
BR!NG!NG
G00DPR!CES
j. F. Rosborough
Light showers over the East Texas
area stimulated growth of water-
melon plants and late peas The
showers came most too a
other vegetable crops wh.ch have
generally succumbed to hea
drouth. Moisture in the so.l w.ll
mike it possible to plow and pre
pare it for fall vegetable Production.
November and December cabbage
has made money for most East
Texas growers. Cabbage ^ ^
using Copenhagen Marxet
All-Head variety will mature n"'' --
market for the fall crop.
Should be planted now. selecting a
Continued On Back Page
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, JULY 16, 1953
NO. 5.
FiRST BAPT!ST
CHURCH REV!VAL
STARTS SUNDAY
Lonnle H. Webb
The Revival Meeting will begin
at the First Baptist Church next
Sunday night, July 19. Our church
has not had a revival this year,
and it is hoped that the people of
our church will be much in prayer
for these services. The meeting
will continue through Sunday
night, July 26.
The day services will be at
10:00 o'clock in the morning and
the evening services will be at
7:30. Preceding the evening ser-
vices there will be several prayer
meetings. There will be a place
for every one to come and pray.
The men will have their prayer
meeting in Ted Moore's class
room, the ladies in Mrs. O. T.
Allen's class room, the young
people and the intermediates in
the young people's department and
the juniors in the Junior depart-
ment. You will come for the
prayer service.
The Reverend Lonnie H. Webb,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Rusk, will be the minister for
the revival. Before coming to Rusk
he was pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Port Neches. He is a very
fine Christian gentleman, a good
pastor, and a good preacher. You
will pray for him as he comes to us
to lead us in our revival.
You are cordially invited to
come to these services. Come
praying that you will receive a
blessing.
J. B. Ousley, Pastor.
Hon. Woodrow Scott, Mayor of
Lufkin, was in Alto Monday con-
ferring with Mayor Gipson on busi-
ness matters relative to this area.
Henry Gray left last week for a
vacation in Lufkin and Nacogdoches
County, fishing, and having a much
needed rest.
GREYHOUND
WANTS TOTAKE-
OFF BUS
The Southwestern Greyhound Bus
Lines has filed a petition with the
Railroad Commission asking per-
mission to discontinue the operation
of two passenger buses from Tyler to
Lufkin.
Buses to be stopped would be the
southbound that comes through Alto
every morning at 7:30 and the one
that goes north at 8:30.
Should the railroad commission
grant this request it would put Alto
without any bus service until eleven
o'clock each morning going south and
none north until around noon.
Towns along the line are protest-
ing the discontinuance of the buses
and the Alto Lions Club has taken
the matter up for Alto with the Rail-
road Commission, protesting the
stopping of the buses. Organizations
in Rusk, Jacksonville, Lufkin, and
Tyler are also protesting the discon-
tinuance of the buses.
OLD PALESHNE JOHNNIE STEED
REVtVAL MEEUNG SUFFERS BAD
STARTS JULY 19 HEAD tNJURY
1953 STINGERS
ARRIVE AHEAD
OFSCHEMJLE
Of interest to the youngsters of
our school is the following letter re-
ceived by Mrs. Ener, Sponsor of the
high school yearbook, from the Tay-
lor Publishing Company, Dallas.
Mrs. B. N. Ener, Yearbook Advisor
Alto High School
Alto, Texas
Thank you. Mrs. Ener, for your
very nice letter. Your Yearbooks
are complete and will be ready for
you to pick up Friday or Saturday.
We shall be looking forward to
seeing you. Your books are certainly
looking attractive and we believe
will be a book of which you will be
very proud.
We consider it quite an honor to
have been associated with you these
past seven years, Mrs. Ener, and sin-
cerely regret that we shall not have
the opportunity of working with
you again next year. Your friend-
ship, kindness and consideration
through the years have
sincerely appreciated, and if we
can ever be of further assistance,
please call on us.
Sincerely yours,
Taylor Publishing Company
Warren Johnson.
The Stingers were brought im-
mediately to Alto and prepared for
distribution. Subscribers may get
their books by calling for them at
Mrs. Ener's home.
Rev. Robert Latham
Rev. Robert Latham, Waco, will
be the preacher in a ten-day revival
meeting beginning Sunday, July 19,
at the Old Palestine Baptist Church,
according to the Rev. Gene Tomlin,
pastor.
It was stated that there will be
services each night at 8:00 o'clock.
It has not yet been decided as to
whether or not morning services
will be held.
The church pastor will lead the
singing, and Mrs. Brice Jeter will be
pianist for the meeting.
Fellowship periods for the young
people will be conducted each night
after the services; Rev. Latham will
be in charge of these periods.
The public is cordially invited to
attend each of these revival services.
TWOLOCALFFA
BOYS 10 ATTEND
FFA CONVENTION
WATERMELON SHIPMENTS
Among the 3,000 boys who will go
to Fort Worth July 22 to help cclo-
been most} brate the Future Farmers 25th anni-
versary at the annual FFA conven-
tion will be two FFA members from
Alto High School Chapter. Those
who will make the trip for the three-
day meeting at Fort Worth's Texas
Hotel are: Harlen Harrison and Leo
Hicks. They will be accompanied by
T. E- Cummings. Ag Teacher.
The delegates attending the con-
vention will be representing Texas'
40,000 Future Farmers who belong to
840 different chapters.
State officers are to be elected at
the meeting, the state public speak-
ing winner is to be chosen and state
contest winners will receive their
awards. One of the outstanding
events of the convention will be the
second annual Lone Star Farmer
Banquet at which 661 Future Farm-
ers will be awarded the Lone Star
Farmer Degree. The banquet speaker
is to be Jimmy Dillon of Jones,
Louisiana, National FFA president.
On Wednesday, the opening day
of the convention, a machinery
parade will wind through the down-
town streets of Fort Worth. It will
assemble at First and Grove Streets.
Door prizes are to be given at each
afternoon session of the meeting.
Joe Dan Boyd, 1952-53 State FFAy
president, who will preside at the
convention, will be assisted by the
nine state vice presidents who are
Donnie Stroup, Canyon; Joe N.
Stephens, Lamesa; Oran Little, Sch-
ulenburg; Norman Evans, Graham;
Donald Stodghill, Rockwall; Ralph
Bachmayer, Taylor; Garland Carroll,
Cleburne; Benny Hamilton, Nacog-
doches; and Clyde Fischer, Victoria.
Members of the Fort Worth Farm
and Ranch Club and Vannoy Stewart
of Austin, state FFA adviser, are in
charge of convention arrangements.
LOCAL WOMAN'S
CAR OVERTURNED
ON HtGHWAY
Johnnie Steed, 15-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Steed of this
city, was seriously injured Wednes-
day of last week at his home when
a hand-made grenade exploded in
his hand.
Johnnie had taken a piece of wood
and a short piece of iron pipe and
placed them together in some man-
ner. He had filled the pipe with
gun powder and stuck a fuse in it.
He lit the fuse and the powder ex-
ploded and a part of the rude gun
struck him in the side of the face,
breaking the jawbone and knocking
out two teeth.
He was carried to a hospital at
Tyler and placed in a hospital in
that city until Tuesday whea he
was brought to the Rusk Memorial
hospital where he will be for some
time.
Johnnie is one of Alto's most
popular youngsters, and his friends
will be pleased to know that his
condition is improved as thn Herald
goes to press.
PUR!M WORKS
OUT EGG
PRODUCING PLAN
The Ralston Purina Company has
worked out a plan to produce more
eggs in the East Texas section, ac-
cording to Willie Holcomb, local
Purina dealer.
The plan is promoted and a fi-
nancial plan has been worked out
where most anyone can go into the
egg producing business.
Right at this itime, more than 36
per cent of the eggs used in this
section comes from other states, ac-
cording to Mr. Holcomb.
A meeting at the Holcomb store
has been called for Friday, July 17,
at 7:30 p. m. when this plan will be
explained to all who attend the
meeting.
Mr. Holcomb stated that im-
mediately after the meeting a barbe-
cue lunch will be served to all who
come. There is no charge.
Eight cars of watermelons have been shipped by rail out of
Alto up until Tuesday night. At least that many have also been
shiooed out on large vans headed for the northern markets.
Pictured above are scenes at the Black Gin & Feed where the
melons are weighed. Truck shipments are being made from this
location and rail shipments are going out from the Lindsey tomato
shed Growers anticipate shipments through the balance of July.
BOY SCOUTS
ATTONKAWA
THIS WEE
Twelve boys, all members of Alto
Boy Scout Troop No. 105, are
spending this week in Camp Tonka-
wa in Nacogdoches County. Included
in the group are: Billie Lee Black,
Billy Jack Benge, Billie Fred Hop-
son, Kent McCullough, Jerry Jean
Moore, Carroll Wayne Collins, Mar-
shall Raye Bynum, Kenneth and
Wiley Gayle, E.J. Holcomb, Claud L.
McGaughey and Vaughn Arnold.
Friday night is visitors night at
the camp and parents of the boys
and their friends are invited to
come and bring their lunch and eat
supper with the boys at that time.
A program will be rendered by
the youths of the camp and awards
will be made to the various troops
for their outstanding achievements
during the week they have been
there.
Mrs. Mary McGuire of Alto, was
slightly injured Monday afternoon,
three miles south of Jacksonville
on Highway 69, when her car over-
turned. caused from a slick pave-
ment.
Mrs. McGuire was not seriously
hurt but her car was badly damaged
when it turned over.
HELLO NEIGHBOR
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rogers and
Grandma Elizabeth Brooks announce
the birth of little Miss Angelique
Rogers, born in the Hermann Hos-
pital, Houston, Thursday July 2, at
high noon. She weighed seven
pounds and nine ounces.
Mrs. Rogers is the former Ann
Brooks and both she and Thomas,
as well as Grandma Lizzie are all
Altoites and their friends here ex-
tend sincere congratulations upon
the safe arrival of the new daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Doodie Rice are
happy over the arrival of a son bom
at Rusk Memorial Hospital on Mon-
day, July 6. The youngster came
come into this world weighing
seven pounds and has been named
Johnny David.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Richards and
children, Carolyn, Kenneth, and
Ann, of Houston, and Mrs. I. J.
Judkins of Cushing, vsiited in the
B. N. Ener home this week. Ann re-
mained for an extended visit.
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F. L. Weimar & Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1953, newspaper, July 16, 1953; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215296/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.