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THE ALTO HERALD
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Established !896
Alto, Texas, Thursday, February !, !962
Number 35
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AMfr ) The annual fund-raising drive
' L L * through the March of Dimes is
now in progress in Cherokee
County. The worthiness of this
Phc ru cause cannot be doubted. It started
around 1933 at a Christmas party
for Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
then President of the United
Stattes, and has continued for over
venty years. These drives re-
tted in the Sa!k and Sabin vac-
cines being developed through the
support of the March at Dimes
unds. Potio, since the develop-
nent of the vaccines, has been
Irastically reduced through vac-
-inations. The March of Dimes)
tas now branched out and in-
tudes many other activities be-
ides poiiio. For example, they arc
eseardhting in the area of birth'
efects, arthritis, and also giving
tinical treatment of these pati-
its. Approximateity ^380,000,000
ave been given by that fund for
tedical care, professional educa-
on and research. This, oi course.
. big money and big results have
sen acquired through the use o!
te Fund's money. It should be
Dted that the March of Dimes is
)t a member of the United Fund,
td is malimtamed independently
' the drive conducted by the
nited Fund. This is the choice
; the March of Dimes itself, it
els that its fund raising is
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Letter to Editor
:ar Frank Ed:
So true are the words: Ad-
rtising is the inseparable conr.-
nion of achievement. As a re-
it of my for rent ad placed in
r local newspaper, the Alto
raid, my business has been
tnsactedj thanks to this ad-
rtisement.
[ noticed that the Mary Martha
rcle have their cook books ad-
rtised for sale in the Alto
;rald. Please reserve one for
:, and send bill to my hospital
dress.
With all good wishes and
tidest personal regards, I am
Your friend,
Edwin
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:*er: ;&r
Card Of Thanks
I want to thank my neighbors
id friends and relatives for
kindness shown me while I
as in the hospital and since re-
trning home, and for the gifts,
owers, cards and visits. I also
ant to thank Dr. Gabbert and
!e entire hospital staff. May
^ od bless each and everyone of
Mrs. Tom Rich.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
^ *" }owarsss )45.00
)tate 8eneter (45.00
Mat* Representative $45.00
Xstrtet Offtees $45.00
bounty Offices $40.00
<:ounty Commtsstonsr $25.00
Precinct Judge ..$15.00
This newspaper is authorized
to announce the fottowtna a' can-
dtdates for the offices indicated,
subject to the action of the Dem
seratio Primary eieetion:
for District CisrH:
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For Congress:
BENTON MMBaLZWHKTE
the c.'-*;
W. T. (Bill) PARROT!
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— tr'. ^For County Sohooi
Superintendent:
ROBERT L. BANKS
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for County Treasurer:
EDNA BOBB1TT BINGHAM
MRS. DAVID RICHARDS
MRS. M. WARD SEALK
For County Clerk!
LEWIS BANKS
For County Cowmtsstonsr Pre. 2:
W. P. (Pete) JAMES.
JOHN M. RBBCK
County Lost 10,000
Population !n 20 Years
Last year I gave a history of
Cherokee County's representation
in the Legislature, and pointed'
out that Cherokee County once
had three Representatives al-
though the state had only a total
of 65 Representatives then. Now
our county is entitled to little
more than one-half a representa-
tive district, although the state
has 150 districts.
Of course, the rest of the state
since Texas entered the Union.
Nevertheless, Cherokee County
has lost more than 10,000 people
since the beginning of World
War II.
I love Cherokee County, and alt
of my economic interests are tied
with the county; so I have worried
a good deai about the d'eotine in
popuiation.
Our Rurat Areas
I went to Tupelo, Miss on a
chartered plane with a group of
business men September 19, 1959,
to observe that city. Tupelo was a
city the size of Jacksonville a
short time ago. Now it has
doubted its popuiation and trebled
its bank deposits. And Jackson-
ville can be compared to Tupelo,
for the soil and' rainfall of Chero-
kee County are very much like
that of the area around Tupelo.
Tupelo has secured many in-
dustries. but before securing the
industries the business men there
started' working with the rurai
people and helping to develop the
rural areas. They strove to im-
prove the appearances of the
farms as weli as the productivity
of them.
Men from A & M College have
remarked to me that Cherokee
County is sitting on a gold mine,
but the peopie are not interested
in mining the gold. They are look-
ing for something better.
No area will respond better than
ours to good conservation prac-
tices. Our heavy rainfall makes it
easy for us to build up the fer-
tility of the soil by using cover
crops and commercial fertilizers.
Any farm of 100 acres in our
county can be improved to run a
herd of 40 or 50 grown cattle.
And nothing appeals to visitors
more than beautiful pastures a-
long the roadsides.
People in the arid, dry areaa
can compete with us on most of
the extensive row crops; but they
cannot compete with us on an
acreage basis in our pastures, if
we wiil develop them.
In the years to come we will
perhaps produce more corn,
watermelons, cantaloupes, toma-
toes and' truck crops; but we are
not likely to regain what we have
lost on extensive row crops. Our
farming of the row crops for the
most part wiil be confined to those
requiring intensive cultivation^
Newlyweds Are
Complimented
At Shower
Mr. and ivlrs. George Carlton
Burrows of Rusk were honored
Saturday night, January 20, with
a miscellaneous wedding shower
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Bice, Rt. 2. Alto.
Guests were greeted by the
parents of the honorees. Gifts
were dispiayed in the bedroom.
Miss Norma Jones presided at the
guest register. Some 55 persons
caiied.
The table was covered with
Ecru lace cloth, centered with an
arrangement of pink roses. Salted
nuts, mints, cookies, cake and
punch were served by the host-
esses, Mrs. Jimmy Magruder, Miss
Patricia Dodson, and Miss Norma
Jones.
Justice of the
E. B. UND8ZY
Precinct 2:
Card Of Thanks
Unable as I am at this time to
see and persona) iy acknowledge
the kind thoughts and acts of
each of you during my illness,
I take this means of expressing
to you my sincere thanks.
I am deeply grateful for the
cards, letters, the good wishes,
alt of which have been a com-
fort to me. For each remember -
ance, I am in your debt.
Gratefully,
Earl Curr.mings.
Therefore, our big rural gain^
must come in improved pastures.
A herd' of cattLe means several
(people added to our population,
especially whenever you consider
both the direct and indirect labor
involved; and a herd of dairy
cattle means employment of
many more people, both in direct
aind indirect labor.
Our schools, city governments,
Chambers of Commerce, service
groups, garden clubs and other
organizations can do much to pro-
mote the rural areas.
We should encourage the High-
way Department to maintain
beautiful road's, aind we should
'help the A.S.C. and conservation
districts to improve our pastures.
If our service groups, Chambers
of Commerce and other organiza-
tions would cover Cherokee Coun-
ty with crimson clover and other
cover crops, our farming areas
would become the most beautiful
and productive of all the farming
areas in Texas.
No one more than I wants to
see new industries brought into
Cherokee County. But if we can-
not get new industries, we can re-
store part of our population toss-
es by working with the rural
areas.
More important stiU, Cherokee
County will become more at-
tractive to industries if we will
improve our rural areas.
From W. W. Glass
Swollen Neches
FiHs Large
Palestine Lake
Patestine — Flood waters on the
Neches River rolled into the in-
complete Lake Palestine reservoit]
last week and backed' up for morq
than six mites to create the targest
body of water in this section of
East Texas.
The water level was within a
few inches of the top of the in-
complete spliHway at Blackburn
Crossing Dam, and the volume!
was building up faster than the
eight-foot conduit under the dam
could release it.
But Ralph Irvine, engineer-
manager of the Upper Neches
River Municipal Water Authority,
said there is no danger of the dams
cotlapsing. He said' the construc-.
tion is more than 90 per cent
compiete and has advanced to a
stage where a break is out of tihe
question.
The contractor still has dirt to
move out of the spillway area,
and has not placed alt rip-rap,
atong the face of the d&m. The
back stope will be sprigged and
sodded later in the year. Irvine
said that at] work will probably
be compteted by April 1.
More than 60,000 acre-feet of
water is now trapped behind the
dam, and the snaking Neches has
left its banks permanently in
Anderson, Cherokee, Smith and
Henderson Counties.
The reservoir now covers more
than 4,000 surface acres of which
about hatf has been cleared of
timber.
When completed, the lake wiH
yietd 46 million gallons of water
a day for industrial, municipal
and agricultural use. It will be
operated by the Upper Neches
Authority, with headquarters in
Palestine.
Patestine citizens voted $2 Mil-
lion worth of tax-revenue bonds
to finance the project. The pre-
sent lake is called Stage Two of a
master plan.
Stage Three witl be undertaken
when demand arises for metre
water and will create a reservoir
more than 20 mites long that will
furniah a supply of 175 million
gallons a day.
HELLO NEIGHBOR
Mr. and Mrs. David Danheim
of Freeport, announce the birth
of a baby girl born in the Dow
Hospital in that city Monday,
January 29, weighing eight
pounds and eteven ounces. She
has been named Angeta.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Danheim and Mr. and Mrs
Tom Btack of Atto.
Two Alto Women
Receive Caps At Nan
Travis Nursing School
Mrs. Olivia Kotb and Mrs. Vera
Townley of Alto were among the
student nurses at Nan Travis
School of Vocational Nursing re-
ceiving their caps Friday after-
moon at 2 o'clock in the Nan
Travis Ctass Room. This denotes
that they have successfully passed
from the pre-clinical to the ctini-
ca[ period in their training.
The capping exercises were
held in the class room at Nan
Travis Memoriai Hospital. A. L.
McElmurry, hospital administra-
tor, addressed the nurses; Mrs.
Hazel Innis, R. N., director of
{nursing services, spoke to the
students about the significance of
(their caps and the ethics involved
in the wearing of the caps; Dr.
J. M. Travis placed the caps on
the heads of the students, an of-
fiice he has performed for every
nurse receiving a cap from the
school since it was firat organized
in 1952.
The students were given a
charge from their instructor, Mrs.
Margaret Concitio, R. N., ag she
stood with a lighted Florence)
Nightengale lamp. Each student
in turn lit her tamp from that of
their instructor, returned to their
seats but remained' standing, while
they repeated together the well
known Florence Nightengafo
Ptedge.
< The students at this point have
received 412 hours of classroom
instructions and have spent a total
of 263 hours on the hospital ftoors
meeting the needs of patients.
Mrs. Marie Arceneaux, Troup,
has the highest grade average of
Ithe entire group at this point in
their training. Mrs. Frances Lew-
is, Jacksonville, was second high-
est. Others with an A average
were Mrs. Betty Jo Abel, Mrs.
Virginia Clark, Jacksonville, and
Mrs. Clarice Sharp, DialviHe.
Other students receiving their
caps were: Mrs. Corinne Adams,
Mrs. Juanita Beecham, Mrs. La-
Dean Curry, Mrs. Beatrice Fonte-
not, Mrs. Martha Heket, Mrs. Lou-
ise Smith, Mrs. Bessie Socia, allt
of Jacksonvitle; Mrs. Jo Ann
tBraden, Kilgore; Mrs. Emma
Fletcher, Athena; Mrs. Oweta
Murphy, New Summerfield; Mrs.
Pat Odom, Rusk.
This is the tenth class of Voca-
tional Nurse students. The Nan
Travis School of Vocational Nurs-
ing has graduated 136 students in
the past, many of whom are pres-
entty employed in Jacksonville.
Another ctass of vocational
nurse students wiilt be started the
first of September. Those who are)
interested in attending shoutd
write or call for an application
btank. The address is 502 South
Ragsdale, the phone number is
2431, extension 248.
Amendment In Draft
Regulations Will
Affect Thousands
Austin — A new major amend-
ment to the draft regulations
which wittil affect thousands of
draft-age men was expDained by
Colonel Morris S. Schwartz, state
Setective Service director.
The new amendment, authorized
by Presidentiat executive order,
creates a new draft classification
immediately.
The new classification is 1-Y.
Men found not qualified by the
armed forces for military service
under current physic a), mentat,
and moral standards, but who are
considered to be qualified to serve
in time of war or national emer-
gency declared by Congress will
be ptaced in the new class.
Previously these men were
ptaced in Class 4-F. Only men
not qualified for any military
service will be ptaced in Ctass 4-F
hereafter.
A targe number of the state's
240,000 4-Fs witl quaiify Cor the
new Class 1-Y, Colonel Schwartz
predicted.
The new ciassification permits
ready identification, dtty by day,
of men who are considered to be
quatified and available in an
emergency, and thus facilitates
more rapid mobilization of man-
power in case of need, the state
Selective Service director said.
The lucky man is the one who
forgets his bad luck.
Local Football Players
Honoied With Banquet
"9!D" WOMACK
DIED SATURDAY
Sidney Paut Womack, 86, for-
mer Alto resident, died Satur-
day afternoon in a Laneville
Nursing Home after a long ill-
ness.
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon in
the O. T. Allen and Son Funeral
Home with the Rev. C. H. Hatey,
Pastor of the First Baptist
Church, officiating. Interment
was in the Armstrong Cemetery.
Mr. Womack was a former
Atto merchant and was manager
of the W. M. Thomas Hardware
Store in Wetls for several years.
Survivors inctude one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ethel Holcomb, Nacog-
doches; two sons, Herbert Wo-
mack, Hughes Springs, and
Henry Paul Womack, St. Louis,
Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Lucy Davis,
Apple Springs; his 103-year-old
step-mother, Mrs. Mehatia Wo-
mack, Lufkin; one half-sister,
Mrs. iMiltie Hawthorne, Lufkin;
one half-brother, Marcellus Wo-
mack, Lufkin; and one grand-
son.
1962 Cotton
Allotment And
Reapportionment
February 23, 1962 has been set
as the last day that a 1962 cotton
allotment can be released in
Cherokee County stated Mr. W. T.
iRogers in an interview this week.
Farmers who have a 1962 cotton
allotment are requested to release
any cotton ailotment that they
do not intend to ptant. By re-
leasing the unused cotton aMot-
ment other farmers can get more
cotton to pJant.
Mr. Rogers also stated that any
cotton farmers that want more
cotton ailotment have until Feb.
23, 1962 to apply for more allot-
ment. Any additional cotton al-
lotment wili be reapportioned out
of the released cotton.
Annual Oyster Fry
For Singletary Clan
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Singletary
of Dallas, Mrs. Ava Reagan of
Rusk came over Friday and
joined Mr. and Mrs. Grady Sing-
tetary and Mrs. Lena Fisher, to
journey to Port Arthur where
they met with the other members
of the Singletary family at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hollie
Singtetary for the Annual Oyster
Fry.
This occasion originated some
34 years ago on the birthday of
the iate Mr. George Singtetary
and has been looked forward to
with much anticipation each
year. Every member of the fam-
ily was present for the supper
and thoroughty enjoyed visiting
and being together again.
VFW NEWS
POST 8908
Sunday afternoon, members of
the Post took calls at the Post
telephone 336 for the March of
Dimes. Saturday, February 3, the
VFW witl set up road blocks at
the traffic light in Alto. All
money goes to March of Dimes.
We hope to beat last year's totat,
so come by and give generously.
We now have 111 members, but
need 30 more to better last year's
membership.
Friday, February 9, we are giv-
ing a free barbecue. Admission
witl be by a 1962 membership
card only. They will be on sale
at the door, so come, even if you
don't have a card yet.
C. L. Butterfield, Q. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wattace,
Jr., and chitdren of Houston,
spent tast week-end visiting in
the home of Mrs. Ftoyd Wallace.
Sr.
The annual Alto High School
Football Banquet, honoring the
Yeitow Jackets of 1961, was held
in the school gymnasium Satur-
day evening, January 27.
Under the direction of the
cheerteaders, Misses Martha Clif-
ton, Kathleen Moses, Joy Rice,
Dianne Holcomb, and Martha
Smith, the gym was transformed
into a football field. Goal posts
at either end of the gym were
wrapped with black and gold, the
school cotors. School pennants,
an enlarged Yeitow Jacket em-
blem, gotd magnolia leaves, and
black and gold crepe paper
streamers were used to add a
festive air for the occasion. Cen-
ter of attraction was the stuffed
life-sized dummy wearing a Yet-
low Jacket football suit and sit-
ting at the end of the gym.
The banquet began at 7:30 p.
m. with Mr. Richard Johnson
serving as master of ceremonies.
After making several very fitting
opening remarks Johnson intro-
duced Miss Martha Clifton, head
cheerleader, who welcomed the
footbatl players, their dates, their
parents, members of the high
school faculty, and other invited
guests. Response to the wetcome
was given by Chartes Dean Davis.
The evening's invocation was
given by Mike Trevathan.
A delicious dinner of turkey
and dressing, English peas, corn,
congealed salad, hot rolls, butter,
pecan pie, tea and coffee was
served by mothers of the football
team. The food was prepared by
the parents, Miss Bernice Nor-
ton, and other school lunch room
emptoyees.
The banquet tables were cover-
ed with white cloths centered
with strips of green crepe paper.
Gotd candle holders and candtes,
miniature football players, and
gold magnolia leaves were used
to form table decorations. The
centerpiece for the head table
was of yellow chrysanthemums
surrounded by a footbalt sprayed
gold and ceramic football figu-
rines. Attractive programs, place
cards, and nut cups were used to
mark the place of each person
attending the banquet.
Mr. Kenneth Atmond, Head
Coach of the Rusk High School
Eagtes, was the guest speaker.
Mr. Almond gave an interesting
and informative talk on the game
of footbatt. He stressed the many
various ways in which football
can help a high school student
buitd a foundation for the life he
shoutd desire to live after finish-
ing high school. Coach Almond
was introduced by Coach Terry
Moore.
Others appearing on the pro-
gram were the Alto High School
Girl's Sextet which is composed
of Sue Cummings, Cheryl Thom-
as, Ruth Marie Baugh, Sherry
Williams, Kathteen Moses, and
Martha Smith. The sextet sang
"I've Got You Under My Skin."
Linda May, Martha Cosper, Ray-
mond Reed, and Max Corley sang
"Moments To Remember." They
were accompanied by Martha
Smith at the piano.
Team captains Ray Todd and
Joe Derrett presented gifts to
Coaches Moore and Scott on be-
half of all of the boys of the
squad. Coach Moore spoke brief-
ly complimenting the team on
their fine sportsmanship and
conduct. He expressed his appre-
ciation to the parents and many
other tocal football fans who had
shown so much interest in the
1961 team. Coach Scott made a
short tatk thanking the team and
those interested in football for
the co-operation and support
that he had received since coming
to Alto.
Miss Sue Corley, 1961 Football
Sweetheart, was introduced by
Clyde Arden Weaver. Both the
sweetheart and head cheerteader,
Martha Ctifton, received jackets
similar to those presented to the
Yettow Jacket ptayers; however,
Sue's jacket did not arrive in time
to be presented to her during the
banquet.
Coaches Moore and Scott made
the annual Presentation of A-
wards to the members of the
1961 Footbatt Team. Those re-
ceiving jackets were Robert Eart
Cummings, Clyde Weaver, Joe
Derrett, Don Parson, Donnie
Wood, Don Diat. ILee Copeland,
Ray Johnson, Mike Trevathan,
Larry Dover, Raymond Reed,
Biity Bradley, Max Cortey, Joe
Bob Smith, Danny Weaver, Dwain
Grogan, James Jeter, and team
managers Donald W. Carter and
R. L. McGuire.
Two of the team members, Ray
Todd and Charles Dean Davis
elected to receive blankets in-
stead of the customary football
jackets. The btankets did not ar-
rive in time for presentation at
the banquet; however, they are
expected shortly. The btankets
featuring the many footbatl
honors received by Ray and
Chartes Dean during their high
school footbatt days wiil be gold
and black.
The school song, "Hail To
Thee, Dear Alto High School,"
was used as a fitting conclusion
to the 1961 Banquet. The bene-
diction was given by Gary May.
Last Rites Held
Wednesday For Alto
Woman's Father
Funeral services for Otis .Mar-
tin, 62, of Wells, and father of
Mrs. J R. Merriwether of Alto,
were held Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock in the Mt. Hope
Chapel, Wetts, with the Rev.
Jim Stevens, officiating. Inter-
ment was in the Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
Mr. Martin t died Tuesday
morning in a Lufkin hospital,
following a long illness.
He was born March 31, I#99,
in Trinity County and had re-
sided in Wetts for the past 18
years, where he was employed
by the Sessions Grocery until
ill heatth forced his retirement.
Other survivors inctude his
wife of Wetts; two other daugh-
ters, Mrs. R. M. Smith, Vidor,
and Miss Annette Martin, Wells;
four sons, Milton, Otis Jr., and
Witliam Martin, att of Lufkin,
and Morris iMartin, Wells; five
sisters, Mrs. Fred Womack, Mrs.
Aus West, Mrs. B. C. Hutson and
Mrs. Cheva Harriet, atl of Cen-
tralia, and Mrs. Evie Redd, Luf-
kin, and fourteen grandchildren.
SPRING TERM
ENROLLMENT
SETS MARK
Spring semester registration at
Stephen F. Austin State CoMege
Bet a new record Saturday with
1,996 students enrolling and nine
more days remained before the
closing date, Stan McKewen, reg-
istrar, reports.
OfNciais had oartier oxrtected
the spring semester enrottment
would go over the 2,000 mark de-
spite the stow movement of stu-
dents reporting in on the sched-
uled two days of tast week, Tues-
day and Wednesday. Classes be-
gan on Thursday.
The previous high number was
1,923 students who enrolled for
the spring semester last year.
Registrations will be accepted
until February 7, officials pointed
out.
Methodist Mission
Home Auxiliary
Membership Drive
February 5 ctoses out the mem-
bership drive in the Auxiliary of
Methodist Mission Home o f
Texas. Those desiring to become
members of the Auxiliary are
urged to get their membership
fee in by the above date.
Mait your fee to Mrs. A. E.
Danheim, or give to Mrs. Clyde
Poore at Southwestern Electric
Service Co., office before the
deadtine.
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