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THE ALTO HERALD
Aito, Texas, 1 hursday, March 29, ! 962
Number 43
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Members of Terrell Lodge No.
A. F. and A. !M. of Alto and
ir families, will be honored
h a Dinner Saturday, March
at 6:30 p. m., In the Masonic
1 by the Alto Chapter of O.EJS.
members of Terrell Lodge and
ir families and visiting Masons
cordially invited to be pres-
A short program will be
dered.
j'uberculin skin tests will be
inistered Tuesday, April 10,
) 6 p. m., at the City Hall, ac-
ting to information from Mrs.
J. Hark ins, Supervisor of
-rokec County TB Associa-
L. AH equipment will be fur-
ted by the Association and
nty Health Unit Nurses will
unister the tests. It is very
ortant that everyone in Alto
!ive the test. Since January 1,
: one death, eight new cases,
** release from TB hospital as
:sted case, and one waiting
admission to hospital, have
Q^^EOW^red in Cherokee County,
p E f"T Percentage of reaction to TB
' tbove normal for statewide
,tt in Cherokee County.. Dr.
Evans is fully in accord
t the test.
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e City Election will be held' at
City HaH next Tuesday, April
)m 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Six candi-
s have entered the race for
rmen with three to be e!ected'.
Martian and Doug Bradford'
filed for re-election for a two
term. Other names that will
, T ,^-ar °" the ballot for a twu
: Insurant ^ ^ ^ A. Bryant,
Pr Ot C C gg Williams, Doug Minton and
yOUR HO" 'Sonny) Pearman.
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3UR PER$,e First Aid Course tiiat is
PROPER g taught eviery Tuesday night
)UR LIAr
Tuesday night, April 3, but
L THREE FC: start again Tuesday night,
PRE.Mrn j
Coverage, E: #
, Conveniec:!Qtton growers who wish to
t beat a .icipate in the free elassifica-
teowners Pc. service provided by the U. S.
ur Farm B-iartment of Agriculture under
Smith-Doxey Act are ad-
-d by Fred C. Elliott, exten-
!don Hfr* cotton specialist, to apply
. . n after their cotton is planted
Aito, ! e.\ the service. Local county
^ nts can supply detailed infor-
"tion on service, he said.
tussell Smith returned honr.e
dnesday morning after several
V eks visit in the home of his
\ Charles Lea Smith, in
' tyne, Pa. While there he visit-
points of interest, returning
me via Washington, D. C.
Friends of Mrs. Annie E. Fen-
r. local muaic teacher, were
ieved to hear of her untimely
ness at Austin last week-end.
r. and Mrs. Fenner in company
^th a group of her music pupils
"ent to Austin to attend a Music
invention when !Mrs. Fenner
PL] A as suddenly stricken with a
! ** ;art attack and was rushed to
,te Breckenridge Hospital, where
le is critically ill. j
Local Methodist Revive!
Begins Sunday Evening
, ^ ^
i
Rev. Frank BoutweH
Local V.F.W. Post Eiect
OHicers Foi New Year
The foltowing officers were
jelected March 20. 1962: Jack Crip-
pen, Commander; Conway Rice,
Senior Vice Commander; Fe!ex
Ferryman, Junior Vice Command'-
er; C. L. Butterfield, Quarter-
m3ster; Dickie Aiien, 3 year trus-
tee; Charliie Scrubs, CharC.ain;
H. M. Treadwell, Advocate; Carl'
Dean, Surgeon. Installation wilt be
]ear]y in April.
The monthly fish fry will !)J
Friday night. March 30, 1962. Wc
will have cattfish.
We finally finished the March,
of Dimes and' exceeded last year's
itota! by better than $HO.OO. We col*
Hectcd better than $330.00 and take,
this means <nf thanking everyone
who donated time or money. With-
out each one of you the results
wou!u' not have been pissihle.
' Mrs. Clyde Poore attended the
osses Night Banquet at the
.iberty Hotel in Jacksonville,
ponsored by the Jacksonville
^ ? t&PW Club. Miss Mary Lilys-
.. rom of Liberty was the speaker
. n this occasion. Miss Lilystrom
tccompanled (Mrs. Poore home,
pending the night in her home
! nd left Wednesday morning for
y, tho-
at ''
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liberty.
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Mra. Partlow,
L. W. Fergerson Wed
Mrs. Carrie Ella Partlow and L.
W. Fergerson, of Jacksonville,
were married Tuesday, March Z0,
at 7)90 p. m., in the bride's home,
917 Nacogdoches St. The Rev.
C. R. Meadows, officiated.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Taylor
of Jacksonville were the couples
attendants. <
Mrs. Fergerson is a former
resident of Alto, mother of Bill
Partlow of thia city.
Funera! Services Held
Tuesday For
Mrs. Francis Cook
Funeral services for Mrs.
Francis Cook, 55, were held Tues-
day afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in the
0!d Palestine Church with the
Rev. Paul Knous, former pastor
of the church, olf'l-iating. assisted
by tiie Rev. C. H. Haiey, pastor of
First Baptist Church of Alto.
Interment followed in the Old
Palestine Cemetery.
Mr.-:. Cook [lied suddenly Mon-
day morning at her home in East
Alto.
Survivors include her husband,
W. F. "Pete" Cook of A!to; one
<son, Ray Cook of Houston; her
father, W. H. Brnwn of Aito; three
hrothers. Sam Brown of Buna,
Frank Brown of Ben Wheeler, and
L. K. Brown, PoHok; and two
granu'chiidrcn.
PaMbearers wtare Vaughn
Arncid. P;tui Martin, Lewis Ter-
rdii, Joh;t Dean, n'mer Henley,
W. K. Rhodes, Biliy McGaughton,
and John Wood.
O. T. Atlen & Son Funera) Home,
was in charge of arrangements.
Notice To Voters
Of Aito Independent
School District
As most of you know 1 have
placed my name on the ballot for
a trustee for the coming election
Apri] 7. I had at one time thought
that 1 was going to have to move
from the school district hut the
business t!ha,t I am now in wilt
permit me to continue to live herq
and if re-eiected to the local board',
I wi)[ do everything that I can to
have better schools in the Alto
School District.
Willie Holcomb.
The Rev. Frank Boutwell of
First Methodist Church in La
Porte, will preach in the revivai
at A. Frank Smith Methodist
Church next week. Rev. Bout-
well was born in San Antonio,
and was reared in Dallas. He is
married and the Boutwell's have
two sons. Mr. Boutwetl grad-
uated from high school in Dal-
las, and holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Southern
Methodist University, and the
Bachelor of Divinity degree from
Garrett Seminary. He has also
done graduate work at North-
western University.
Mr. Boutwell's appointments
include work at the Wesley
Foundation at Sam Houston State
College, and pastorates at Bryan,
Humble. New Boston, and he is
now in his fourth year at La
Porte. He is also serving pres-
ently as Chaimian of the Youth
Committee of the Texas Con-
ference Board of Education.
The Revival ).vil! begin with
a Prayer Vigil at the Church
beginning at 6:00 a. m„ and con-
tinuing through the day until
the beginning of the Evening
service at 7:30 P. m. Someone
wiil be at the church in prayer
throughout the day.
The Revival proper will begin
with the Evening Service on
Sunday and will continue
through Friday with services
scheduled at 6:45 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. The morning service has
been scheduled at 6:45 in order
to aliow working people and
students to attend the service;
prior to goinr to work. The
Morning Service will last not
more than thirty minutes and
coffee and doughnuts will be
served in the Fellowship (Hall
of the Church following the
service.
Music will be under the direc-
tion of Mr. Hunter Cunningham,
Choir Director; and Mrs. Grady
Singletary, Organist. The Pas-
tor, the Rev. J. Phil Kirby, will
be in general charge of the ser-
vices.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Newman of
Garrison, announce the engage-
ment and approaching marriage of
their daughter, Loretta, to Pfc.
Don Crosby, son of Mr. and' Mrs.
E. G. Crosby of Aito. The wedding
wili be an eariy summer event.
Preaching At
Church Of Chriat
Sunday
E. tL. Crim, Minister of the
Church of Christ in Oakwood,
will preach at the Alto Church of
Christ on Sunday, April 1st.
Bible Ctass 10:00 a. m.
Preaching at 11:00 a. m.
Everyone has a cordial invita-
tion to attend these services.
RUSK COUPLE
FOUND DEAD IN
APARTMENT
Rusk.—A Rusk couple were
found dead from shotgun biasts
at their apartment here Friday
in what was ruied a murder and
t-uicide.
Mrs. Pearl C. West, 45, a
waitress in a local cafe, was
found dead of two shotgun blasts
in the head.
Her husband, Welmer C. West,
50, an unemployed sawmiil
worker, was shot once in the
head. A double barrel shotgun
was laying on his body.
Justice of the Peace C. A.I
Portis ruied that Mrs. West had
been murdered and that her hus-
band took his own life.
Cherokee County Sheriff Aiien
Dotson, who investigated the
shooting, said Mrs. West's body
was found in the iiving room and
West's body was in a bedroom
with a shotgun lying across his
legs.
Mrs. West had just comc home
from work at about 1 a. m. when
the shooting occurred.
Both were born at Eikhart in
Anderson County and had lived
in Rusk about two years.
ALTO WOMEN'S
BROTHER DIED
AT GROVETON
Jesse .Harkins, building con-
tractor of Conroe, and brother of
Mrs. Mary Bell Burrows, Mrs.
Clifton Parker and Mrs. George
Dowling of Alto, died Thursday
of last week at Groveton. He
suffered a heart attack while at
work and died very suddenly.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 3 p. m„ in a Groveton
Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Ready of Trinity, officiating, as-
sisted by the Rev. C. H. Haley,
Pastor of First Baptist Church,
Alto. Interment was in the Gro-
veton Cemetery.
Other survivors are his wife;
three sons, two daughters, and
five grandchildren.
Attending the funerai from
Alto were Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Parker, Mrs. Mary Bell Burrows,
and Mrs. Lige Halbert. Mrs.
Dowling was unable to atten3
the funeral on account of illness.
GROUP LISTS
SCHOOL BOARD
STANDARDS
Austin.—A State Committee on
Public Education Saturday iisted
standards for "a good school
board member."
Most Texas school districts will
elect governing boards on April
7. The position usually is without
pay.
Mrs. Helen J. Bechtel of Corpus
Christi is president of the com-
mittee, which was organized sev-
eral years ago to seek better
schools in Texas.
Fifty members of the executive
committee she said, presented
this composite of a good school
board member:
A strong believer in pubiic edu-
cation's importance to the indi-
vidual, state, community and na-
tion; sincerely interested in chil-
dren; aware of the teacher's and
administrator's role, without at-
tempting to usurp either; mind-
ful that the public schools rep-
resent the entire community, and
no special group.
Acquainted with the instruc-
tional program and willing to ac-
cept new developments; able to
work with other board members,
to accept criticism, and to sup-
port majority decisions, think
independently but never make a
school board commitment except
at formal meetings, willing and
able to give the time needed for
serving on the board "without
desire for personal gain"; willing
to study how other school boards
operate; and "able to recognize
the delicate balance between ex-
ceiience in public education and
the expenditure of public funds."
Local Postmaster
Attends District I
Postmaster's Meeting
Nacogdoches.—Dudiey Lawson
of Alto registered for the two-
day Postal District One Post-
master's association annual pro-
gram which began here Friday
afternoon. More than 250 post-
masters and executives of the
U. S. Postal Service registered
for the third annual meeting held
in this historic city.
All meetings were held in Hote)
Fredonia, a community owned
project.
Bob Murphey, outstanding hu-
morous speaker from Nacogdo-
ches, was principal speaker at
the dinner meeting Friday night,
and the postmasters settled down
to some serious group sessions
Saturday. Speeches by post of-
fice department officials, civil
service commission officials and
genera) services administration
executives were on schedule in
the Saturday morning sessions.
Louie E. Throgmorton, vice -
president of the Repubtic Nation-
al Life Insurance Company of
Dallas was scheduled to speak at
the tuncheon meeting Saturday
at noon and a discussion pane)
was on tap for the afternoon
meeting led by postal department
officials. Written questions were
submitted by postmasters from an
area between Houston and the
Dallas-Fort Worth section.
Attending the seminar were
postmasters from the first seven
congressional districts of Texas.
Conventioners had the oppor-
tunity in Nacogdoches of visiting
several historic sites linked to the
establishment of Texas as a Re-
public and a state. One of these
is the Old Nacogdoches Univer-
sity, the only educational build-
ing still standing in Texas from
an institution chartered by the
Republic. The building is at pres-
ent being restored.
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Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cruseturner wi!) eetebrate their 50th Wed-
ding Anniversary Saturday, Apri) 7. They are not ptanning to have
open house but wi)l appreciate a visit from their friends any time.
They were married April 7, 1912 in the Atoy community and have
lived in the A)to area a)) of their married iife. The Cruseturners have
three sons, Lem Cruseturner and J. R. Cruseturner. Houston, and W.
N. Cruseturner, San Angelo; three daughters, Mrs. Ruby B.
Whatiey, Mrs. Louise Holtkamp. and Mrs. Christine C)ark, a)l
of Houston; sixteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Lawience To Speak At
Boy Scout Dinner
William D. Lawrence, Jr., out-
standing civic worker, churchman,
and scouter of Tyler, Texas, will
(deliver the main address at She
Boy Scout "Together Dinner" to
be held in the Liberty Hote!
Dining Room at 7:30 p.m.. March
59. Mr Lawrence, a partner in the,
Law Firm of Lawrence and Law-
nence, has twenity-eight, years of
iScouting service, reaching the
rank of Eag)e Scout in 1939, and
since serving some twenty-two
years as a conscientious, effective
volunteer adult leader. He is one
of the most, sought after speakers
on the East Texas Area Council's
Speakers Committee.
Smith, Jerry Jackson. Boots)
Brooks, W. N. Shattuek, Frank Ed
Weimar, and James Grammer;
JacksonviHe Civil Defense, Unit
(Explorer Post); Alpin Milstead,
Johnny Halbert, Charles Shaw,
Jimmy Foreman. H. E. McKinmey,
an<i L. D. Foreman: Jacksonville
Civitan Oub (Explorer Post),
Robert Huttash, A1 Abernathy, Btl)!
Peacock, Dick Uptlon, and Jasper
Lewis; Mayoetle High School
(Cub Pack and Boy Scout Troop),
Cu))en Sherman. Yulan Long.
IRaymond Pridd'v. J. T. Roaoh, and
Coy P. Johnston; New Summer-
field High Schoc) (Cub Pack, Boy
Scout Troop and Exptorer Post),
W. E. Bai)ey, local civic leader Dewey Murphy. R. C. Davis, Tony
and scouter, will serve as Master
Of Ceremonies at the dinner, which
is for the purpose of organizing
(ten new scouting units in Cherokee
County.
Sponsoring institutions have
been obtained for all units, and at.
least five representatives from'
each will be present to make im-
plementing plans. These arc: Alto
Lions Oluh (Cub Pack); Perry
Trustee Election
Wi!! Be He!d In
Schoo! Building
NOTICE
We have purchased a wheel
chair for the Communities use.
Anyone in need of a wheel chair
please contact Jim Hargrove.
Telephone 88
T. D. Little. 44c
We!!s Infant Died In
JacksonviHe Saturday
Walley Gene Reynolds, 21-
months o)d son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. Gene Reynolds of Wells, died
in a Jacksonville hospital Satur-
day following an extended ill-
ness.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Sunday at 2 P. m., in the
First Methodist Church at Welts
with the Rev. Paul Concilio and
the Rev. Billy Thomas, officiat-
ing. Burial was in the Wells
Cemetery.
Survivors other than the par-
ents are a sister, Velinda Rey-
nolds of Wells; grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. John Glover of Wells and
Mrs. Daisy Reynolds of Jack-
sonville.
Munry, Opcar McAnatly. Dewiey
Ttpton, Rex Murphy, and John
N;tsh; Rusk First Prenbyterian
Church (Explorer Unit), John
Lester, Bi)l Davis, Bit) Cheetham,
June Cleveland. Frank Sales,
Elmer Bat)], Gene Snitker, and
Sigfred Verd'a); Rusk First Baptist
Church (Boy Scout Troop), Oran
^pence, Walter Courtney, Ike
Daniets, Jack Tisdale, and Otho
Biack.
Available as counsellors for the
i sponsoring groups will he Raleigh
Sherman. E. C. Kuykendall, Max
Payne, a 14 of Jacksonville. Helve
Ross and Ralph Travis of Rusk.
James H. Rounsaville, District
i Boy Seout Chairman, and mem-
bers of the District Committee
l\vi)i also be on hand !hr the dinner
Hollis Duncan, General Chaiir-
man, expressed optimism at the
Those who vote in the Trustee
iElection April 7. 1962 in the A)' <
Independent School District wi!)
vote at the School Building.
Tiie doors 'facing the west wl)'.
be open whereby Ihe voters may prospects for success of the orgam-
enter the building, receive the'"-1 {national effort. He stated': "The
ballot, go into a room which wi!' i^TtHhusiasm and determination
be used as a bootl^ mark their j has been expressed hy civic
ballots, and return the same to the j and' scouters toward the
creation of ten new scouting unitg
ballot box.
The polts will open at 8 o'clock
tt. m. and dlose at 7 o'c!ock p. m.
with WeMon Hendrick as election
Judge, Russell Smith, Mrs. Tracy
Pear man and Mrs. B. E. Ha!hctt
Bs clerkc.
Bake Sale
Alto Chapter No. 496, O. E. S.,
wi!' have a Bake Sale Saturday,
May 5, at the Treadwell Dry
Goods Co., building in down-
town Alto. Homemade bread,
cakes, cookies, pies, and candy
will be on sale. Your patronage
will be greatly appreciated.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to express our deep
est gratitude to all our friends
for the lovely cards, flowers and
heart-warming kindness shown
during the long illness and loss
of our mother, mother - in - law
and great - grandmother, Mrs
Amanda Fowler. Without you.'
constant thoughts and prayers,
our loss would have been much
greater.
Jaunita and Mayford Putlon
and Wanda. 43p
in our County is most gratifying.
This endeavor, if successful, wMl'
Immediately bring a large number
of boys under the wholesome iin-
tfluence of scousting, and' if the ten
units are perpetuated, hundreds,
perhaps thousands of hoys will
benefit dOwn through the years.
I am confident that each and every
man who has assumed a l-espon-
isibitity toward this "Together We
Build" Scouting program will
carry it out to a successful con-
clusion in the town or community
which he represents".
Mrs. Dudley Lawson and Mrs.
George Merriwether toured the
Azaiea Trail in Ty)er Tuesday.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to express apprecia-
tion to our friends for the cards,
flowers, food, offerings, every
word of sympathy and deeds of
consideration extended during
the recent loss of our loved one.
Mrs. A. B. Blanton. 43p
Mr. and Mrs. James Blanton.
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