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MMAR &
SON. EDITORS AND PUBHSWERS
THE ALTO HERALD
1896
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $2.00 PER YEAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PER YEAR OUtSIDE COUNTY.
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By Frank
farborough, candidate
tor, spoke here Satur-
! interest of his candi-
Mximatdy 30t) peopic
[wake the address in
Jlen's Drug Store. Ac-
him on the tour were
Hett tnen, some of whom
bers of the hi]] biiiy
set up his equip-
<ch town where he
required four station
accommodate the men
tent. Looking this sit-
we remembered the
count turned in by Mr.
for the Ju)y pri-
irhich was well over
! Price Daniel's expense
FOOTBALL
MEETING
AUGUST 20
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, AUGUST 16, 1956
NO. 10
J. S. LAVENDER
MED HERE
MONDAY
tfor
yas even more. Pappy
kported he had spent i
gathered in $7,000 in [
! That is a terrific a-
^pash to spend to get a
jrenr job, and some don't
Yarborough says Price ]
[rit'h. It looks to us like!
vho runs for that office [
}[s cash like that is rich [
a poor man coutdn't I
[)e office unless he was {
Hy somebody, and at] the
race deny that allega-
itis country editor had
tre would feel like we
Mionairc and certainty
spend it and take a
pti getting a $25,000 job.
;ood sense."
Ait Atto High School boys in
the ninth g,„do and though the
twetfth. nre invited to a meeting
at the high school gymnasium
Monday night, August 20, at 7:30
o'clock.
Object: Footbaii. Practice tiits
wiit get underway in a few days
and Coach Johnny Robinson
wishes to have as many boys as
possibie to attend the meeting in
order that the Aito High School
Yellow Jackets may get an even
start.
if you are interested in footbaii
j and want to be on the team, be
} sure and be present at this meet-
ing.
DANIEL ASKS
STATE SURVEY
AGED'S NEEDS
Revenson made the state-
B he hoped the Demo-
^ty wouid give a 100 per
orsement to the Supreme
decision declaring segre- j
"must" in the United!
Eisenhower hadn't al- !
hd Texas in the bag, that
ement will place this
the Repubiican column
) general eiection next No-
Had Stevenson been a
politician and diplomat, ho
i ha*.c kept that to himself
Ms have been circulated
^ ; ae past ten days asking
Mhfx board of the Alto In-
t School District to call
M for the purpose of
he district tax rate from
$1.50 per one hundred
This is a move that Is
Hvtrdue. The writer has
jn Aito for the past 36 years
tht tax rate was $1.00 when
te here. Just how the dii-
it&c: <ol boards over these
,avt.' managed to keep the
%§in operation is a miracle
h;<rd to explain. We did
other day that the
now operating on 35c of
ar rate now in effect. It
jtiL a curiosity to see how
done. The 35c Is for the !
n of the schools, such as
service, supplementing
.Varies, fuel, tights, in-
upkeep oi the building
er items that come up
y to day. Maintaining a
large as the Alto Public
! takes quite a bit of
. There is bound to be a lot
T .nd tear on the building
ou gather 500 to 600 chil-
oMher every day. We
t state that this 35c also
[ tite Booker T. Washington
B School as well as the
! iooi. This is one bond is-
no one can deny being
t'. Of course, there will
' opposition; there always
generally comes from
- i do not have children
however, there are
-io have children in
" wiil bitteriy oppose
'he extra 50c, but the
P it tite opinion that it
F - in a big way. As a
* f information, we might
t Alto is the only district
* part of East Texas
^ 'H operating on a dollar
B'-me nearby schools have a
' h as $4.00 on the one
^ ' dollar valuation.
' ^ Mrs. Arthur Brooks
^ !cd to Elgin Saturday, on
F ^ the serious illness of
former's brother, Johnnie
J. S. Lavender. 64, an Alto resi-
dent for the past nine years, died
at the family home here Monday
morning after a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at Oid North Church
in Nacogdoches County, with the
Rev. Tex Ailen. officiating. . In-
terment was held at Old North
Church cemetery with Gipson Fu-
neral Home of Lufkin in charge of
the services.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Leiia
Lavender, he is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Wiiliam Tanner,
Galveston, and Mrs. Johnnie
Young of Lufkin; one son, Jimmy
L. Lavender, of Fort Bragg, N. C.;
four brothers, Waiter Lavender,
Houston: Ernest Lavender, Fort
Worth, Edd and W. B. Lavender,
Moor Park Caiifornia; three sis-
ters, Mrs. W. W. Walker, Mrs.
Johnnie Perritt and Mrs. Ethel
Weatherby, Nacogdoches.
Mr. Lavender was a veteran of
Worid War I and a member of the
American Legion.
DEATHCALLS
AGED ALTO
RES!DENT
'Mrs. Laura Boykin, 67, of Alto,
died in the hospital at Rusk. Tues-
day after a long illness.
Funerai services were heid
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at
the Weches Tabernacle with the
Rev. E. E. Roark of Alto, officiat-
ing. Interment was in the Weches
Cemetery with arrangements in
charge of O. T Allen & Son Fu-
neral Home of this city.
Deceased is survived by six
daughters, Mrs. Monnie Compton,
Augusta, Mrs. Gussie Gober, Ar-
iington, Mrs. Jewel Minton, Di-
boii, Mrs. Edna Melton, Houston,
and Mrs. Mildred May and Mrs.
Jean Bently, Fort Worth; two
sons, J. R. (Raymond) Boykin,
Aito and Roy Boykin, Springfield,
work for a cost-of-living increase Mo.; two brothers, Sim O'Neal,
Rusk, and Robert Ferguson, Ty-
ier; one ssiter, Mrs. Pearl Nelly,
DeKalb; 24 grandchildren and 16
great-grandchildren.
Waco, Texas. — Price Daniel
proposed in a statement here Sun-
day that the Legisiature authorize
a new study of the state's respon-
sibilities to the mcntaiiy iii and
to oid folks.
"We've come a iong way in the
past few years but there's stiil
plenty of room for improvement,"
he said.
"We must continue to expand
and improve our hospital facilities
but at the same time the State
Government must set up a pro-
gram of action that would speed
up research, provide better train-
ing of medical and nursing per-
sonnel. and help affiicted find a
place in life when they leave our
hospitals."
Daniei said he would ask the
Legisiature to authorize a state
study and pianning commission to
co-ordinate the state's responsi-
biiities.
He said that by 1957 Texas
wouid have more than a million
persons over 63. "To heip those
who need heip the most, I wiii
POSTAL
RECEtPTS SHOW
INCREASE
Austin. — Postal receipts in
Texas totaled $38,343,803 for the
first six months of this year, and
ran three per cent ahead of the
comparable period last year, the
University of Texas bureau of
business research has reported.
Increases over last year were
shown by San Antonio, up five
per cent; Austin and Fort Worth,
both four per cent; and Corpus
Christi and Dallas, both three per
cent. El Paso and Houston both
had gains of less than one-half of
one per cent.
COURTHOUSE
ROUND-UP
NEW COACH
70 PER CENT
W!NNER
in old age pensions," he said.
Daniei said that the concept of
a state hospital as a "storehouse
for the unfortunate" shouid be
aboiished in favor of rehabilita-
tion. He said he hoped voters
wouid approve the proposed con-
stitutionai amendment in Novem-
ber which would allow waiver of
' jury triai in iunacy cases.
ALTO BAND
MEET!NG
FR!DAYAT4
Prof Max Neel. band director
for the Alto Public Schools, has
called a meeting of ali pupils in-
terested in becoming a member of
the Aito High School Band thts
coming term.
The meeting has been set for
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Fupiis having band instruments
are requested to bring them as
the first practice of the year will
be held at this time.
Ail Aito Band Mothers are also
urged to come and heip the band
to get off to a good start.
MiHer D. Lusk
Graduates From
Army Jump Schoo!
Fort Bragg. N. C -Army PvL
Mitler D. Lusk, 19.
was 3rj.lt,.I'fd
Division s
School at Fort Bragg
He received his parachutists
,;L after completing the three-
'T.r combed basic training
a, Fort Ord, Calif., bebre his ar-
rival at Fort Ore!.
*, Mrs. BilUe F. TulUs of
Mr. and Mrs. M relatives
Progresso, are vtsu" g
in and near A!to.
SOIL BANK
PAYMENTS
TO BE MADE
Cherokee County farmers will
receive $26,764.13 in Soil Ban<k
Payments stated Mr. J. M. Vin-
ing, Chairman of the Cherokee
County ASC Committee. 207 cot-
ton farmers piaced 1,148.7 acres in
the Soil Bank and will receive
$26,278.78, while nine peanut
farmers placed 33.1 acres m the
Soii Bank and wiil receive $485.35
stated Mr. Vining.
The County Office wiil start
checking Soil Bank Performance
within the next few days and
payment of acreage placed in the
Soil Bank will be made as soon as
possible.
The foliowing cases have been
filed in County Court:
State vs. Will Hollis, charged
with theft, pending.
State vs. William Eugene
Baiiey, charged with wilfully in-
juring public property, pending.
State vs. Biily Vernon Stroud,
charged with theft, pending.
State vs. Jessie Mae Graham,
charged with possession of liquor,
purpose of resale. Piead guilty
and fined $350.00.
State vs. Chas. Alvin Wrinkle,
charged with DWI. Fined $100.00
and costs.
State vs. Riley Fry, charged
with possession of liquor for re-
sale. Fined $100.00 and 30 days in
jail.
District Court:
Sam A. Jackson was granted a
divorce from Ann Jackson.
The following divorce cases
have been filed: Betty Joyce
Pryor vs. A!vis Ray Pryor. John
Willis Garrett vs. Geneva
Garrett. Wallace Bell Love vs.
Audrey Elizabeth Love. Glenda
Spence Slayton vs. Roddy M.
Slayton.
LOCALGROUP
ON TYLER
TVSHOW
A group of Alto youngster?
composed of Bonnie Wilson, Jean
Ann Payne, Lynell Parrish, Edna
Ruth Morgan and Hermes E.
Payne wiil appear on KLTV sta-
tion at Tyler on Thursday, Aug.
23, from 4:45 to 5:30 p. m.
The group is sponsored by the
Lyons Butane Gas. Co., and other
Chalmers Stove Dealers of this
territory.
COMMISSIONERS $750 M!LL!0N
COURT !TEMS DROUGHT LOSS
SEENBYWH!TE
The Commissioners' Court has
authorized the micro-filming of
the Abstract and Piat-book
Records of the County Tax Col-
lector's Office (16 voiumes) and
the iiistaliation of a micro-fiim
reader. Cost of this reader equip-
ment is $972.00 and the micro
fi'im work wiil run 6'g cents per
page. This is a very important
improvement since heavy use has
caused much deterioration to
these records.
BIRTHS 4
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sparkman
announce the arrival of a new
baby boy born at the Rusk Me-
morial Hospital Friday. He has
been named Emmet Louis and
weighed 10 pounds and three
ounces at birth.
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INTERNATiONAL'S NEWEST TRUCK—Pictured here is a V-195
heavy duty Internationa) Truck that has been purchased from the J.
C Hill Agency by the Kenosha Transport Company of Kenosha,
Wisconsin. This is the second one of these trucks added to this firms
fleet The V-195 is one of the newest products of the International
and the performance of those already sold is causing a big demand
for them as fast as they can be turned out of the factory. This is the
third one sold by the J. C. Hill Agency of this city.
Johnny Robinson
Johnny Robinson, new Athletic
Director 8f the Alto Public
Schools, has already assumed his
duties. In fact, it seems like he
hit Alto working and hasn't let up
since the first day he came.
With the aid of Supt. Lawrence
Smith and Vocational Agriculture
teacher Earl Cummings, Coach
Robinson has already started in
to get the footbaii fieid in shape
for the coming season. The field
has been mowed and watered and
is about ready for the first game
of the season. He has already
checked the footbaii equipment
and is getting it ready, which is
no small job.
Coach Robinson comes to Alto
highiy recommended and has a
record as a coach that few can
equal in East Texas.
During his coaching career he
has played 97 games of football,
winning sixty-eight, tied four and
lost twenty-five. This gives him
an overall average of 70 per cent,
which is good in any sports
writer book.
Coach Robinson is a graduate of
the Temple High School and at-
tended Sul Ross College at Alpine
where he earned his Bachelor's
Degree. He later attended Sam
Houston State Norma! at Hunts-
ville and here he earned his
Master's.
He is a World War II veteran
and spent 34 months overseas,
going in as a private and coming
out a First Lieutenant.
Coach Robinson received his
first teaching experience at Val-
entine, Texas, where he taught
for one year. He also taught a
year at Fairfield and one year at
Belton, the latter school in 1954-
55.
He accepted the position as
coach and teacher in the Elkhart
schools and spent eight years in
this one position, and presented a
good football team every year and
on two occasions carried the Elk-
hart ELks to Bi-District play.
Coach Robinson states that he
never makes promises as to what
his football team will do, but one
thing he is positive about is that
Alto will have a football team
that will be in there all the time
working to win ball games.
Board of Equaiization
on County taxes held
Commissioners' Court on
10th. 1956.
hearing
by the
August
Charles R. Dement, Jr.
!n Service !n Germany
Karlsruhe, Germany, Aug.
—Army PFC Charles R. Dement.
Jr., whose parents live on Route
2, Rusk, Texas, recently took part
in a Seventh Army command post
field exercise in Germany.
Dement is a truck driver in the
555th Engineer Group's Head-
quarters Company. He entered
the Army in Novenaber 1954 and
completed basic training at Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo. Dement ar-
rived in Europe in April 1955.
The 18-year-old soldier at-
tended Rusk High School.
Card Of Thanks
I wish to express my thanks to
those who remembered me with
visits, flowers, cards, and other
deeds of kindness during my stay
In the hospital. Your thoughtful-
ness will always be remembered.
Mrs. R. F. Henderson.
Hearing on County Budget for
1957 wiil be heid by the Com-
missioners' Court in the County
Courtroom at 10:00 a. m., Tuesday,
August 21, 1956.
EST!MATEOF
COTTON CROP
MPS SHARPLY
The Agriculture Department
estimated the 1956 cotton crop at
$3,552,000 bales, down 8 per cent
from last year's harvest.
The first cotton production esti-
mate of the year compares with
14,721,000 bales last year and the
10-year average output of 13,098,-
000 bales.
Although this year's estimate is
below last year's output, there is
no danger of a cotton shortage in
the United States. There is a car-
ryover of about 14.6 million bales,
of which the government owns or
has under loan about 10 million
bales. The carryover plus esti-
mated 1956 production will meet
consumption demands, both do-
mestic and foreign, for about two
years.
The department estimated cot-
ton yieids will average 394 pounds
of lint per acre on the 16,527,000
acres estimated to be harvested.
Last year's yields averaged 416
pounds an acre. The 10-year
average yields were 283 pounds.
The 16,527,000 acres estimated
for harvest were based on the
acres in cultivation July 1 minus
the 10-year average abandonment
from natural causes.
The condition of the crop on
August 1 was estimated at 83 per
cent of normal, compared with 84
per cent on August 1 last year and
a 10-year average August 1 con-
dition of 77 per cent.
TAX RELIEF
ON ACCOUNT
OF DROUTH
Agriculture Commissioner John
White thinks that the monumen-
tal Texas drought may cost farm-
ers and ranchers as much as $750
million this year.
He says it couid cost even more,
depending on how soon it rains
generaliy and how many crops
can recover. Every day the
drought continues, the less good
it will do this year's crops.
The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, in its latest report on
Texas crops, said that unless it
rains soon, it will be too late to
heip at ail in saving crops that
shouid mature this fall.
For months, the only areas that
have gotten any rains are the
Panhandle and sectors along the
Gulf Coast. Weather forecasters
see no immediate hope of rain.
White said Texas is expected to
produce about 400,000 fewer
bales of cotton this year than it
did in 1955 and this will cost
farmers $100 million.
He estimated farmers will lose
$100 million each on wheat and
grain sorghums. The rest of the
loss will be suffered on such crops
as corn, vegetables, peanuts, and
range, pastures and livestock.
"It just gets worse and worse,"
he said.
White says that if the drought
continues, the cotton crop es-
timate may have to be revised
downward.
PENSMNERS
DUE HIGHER
CHECKS
Drouth stricken farmers have
been provided income tax relief
on the saie of livestock by Public
Law 629 approved June 29. 1956.
When a farmer has to sell his
livestock, in excess of the num-
ber that he usually sells in his
ordinary business, due to a
drouth, he can consider the sale
as an involuntary conversion. The
tax relief provisions relating to
involuntary conversions have in
15.! the past applied to such things as
the burning of your house, iosses
by flood, etc., on which insurance
is collected. No tax is due on the
sale of property due to an in-
voluntary conversion if the prop-
erty is replaced with like kind
within a specified period, general-
ly before the end of the following
year.
Mr. George T. Daye. Admin-
istrative Officer of the Tyler of-
fice stated that farmers who are
having to seil livestock due to
drouth conditions will qualify. He
pointed out that the Farmers Tax
Guide for 1955, Internal Revenue
Service Publication 225, sets out
the procedures the farmers should
follow in Chapter 13. Publication
225 is available at Internal Reve-
nue Service offices and at county
agents' offices. Thousands of
farmers used this publication, in
preparing their 1955 tax returns.
Individual checks will be only
a few doliars bigger when Texas
welfare payments are Increased
in October, but the raise will
mean about $6,468 more each
month for Cherokee County.
Although the Texas Department
of Public Welfare will distribut
the money, all the increase will be
federal funds. The new social se-
curity law passed just before
Congress adjourned raised federal
participation in state welfare pro-
grams.
The new formula means old-
age pension checks, on the aver-
age, will be $3 bigger in October.
They average $41.81 in July.
Payments to the state's needy
blind also will see an average
boost of $3 over last month's
$45.67 average. Aid to dependent
children will be increased about
$2 per child.
The average family payment in
July was $64.81, with a fraction
more than three dependent chil-
dren in that average family.
This doesn't mean every check
issued by the department will be
bigger in October and thereafter.
Director John H. Winters pointed
out that federal participation in
the state program will increase
by $3 or $2 for each person on the
rolls, but the department will
continue to review welfare cases
to determine individual needs.
Thus, while the average check
will be a little bigger, some pen-
sioners might get a larger share
of the increase than others.
Cherokee County had 1,916 per-
sons on the old-age pension rolls
in Juiy. They got $74,138. There
were 44 needy biind in the county
who received a total of $1,864.
Aid to dependent children totaled
$6,227 for 294 children in 97
families.
Assuming that the state wide
average holds true for Cherokee
County, the old-age pensions will
increase by $5,748 cheeks to the
biind by $132; and aid to depend-
ent children by $588. This means
Cherokee County residents on
the state's welfare rolls wiH re-
ceive $88,697 in October, against
$82,229 in July.
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Mrs. J. C. Kelly spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs.
Geo. W. Rice and family, In New-
ton.
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