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THE ALTO HERALD
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L -.iSuniday. June
,,;,.m at the Ezekiel
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'he San Augustine
-A <v <'"ti!!<'ction
{Hparade of Homes spon-
Ewkie! Cullcn Chapter
Epcuh' rs of the Repuhlic
**S,,tithc2nd a"<i3rd of
jj. [^'nan^wiMhrprs.'-
^jtist before beginning
i r tile purpose of pro-
lan- Texas Historical
^^lallion to the twelve
[tomes which haw
t,\.t)o<iatebytheTex-
tita'-'urvyCommiWceto
L; h'.t.or. "TheBuiidlng
^ ..tamisanimpor-
M f the work of historical
Kt[, tarried on by the
P ^Tr. Litwrence said. "The
t .it tMoiialiion indicates
t in . ;nerits preservation
fh !istc<!nsa histfiflc
jtv, Tourist Mitps. "These
h<:tr< arca\erv vivid
[Fa , era in Texas history."
K"T ,. I'e\as State Histor-
tr\t",-(')iii!nittet' is proud to
M Mciiallionsto them
Hy: the historical pre-
t)) vork t arried on by the j
Kg: tim- County Historical}
BCon'.nut'.ee." Mr. Lee
. y.ccretary of the Texas I
[ Survey Cf)mmittee, wili
to matte the awards,
tlte tour immediately fot-
the presentation, many of
in:t s will ))e open for your
in.
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Ha::r.ual Homecoming will
td at Lynches Chape) Sun-
Sne 3 Everyone is invited,
iliy singers. A fuit day's
<n is ptanned, so don't for-
b very important date.
Lions Club Members
Hold Annual Meeting
Aito, Texas, Thursday, May 3!, !962
Number 52
i he Lions Ciub officers anti
directors h e i d their regular
tnonthly meeting at Duren Lake
Monday night with ten members
attending.
Perry Smith, president, was in
charge of the meeting. After a
steak supper the ))resident gave
a report on the District Conven-
tion hetd inLufkin over the
week-end.
Several committees were ap-
pointed to hetp with the Little
League baseball teams that the
[tub is sponsoring this smnmer.
Plans were aiso made for the in-
statiation of new officers, which
witi be held June 2)! at the Lions
Ctubhouse.
Attending the meeting were:
Bill Shattuek. Perry Smith. Leon
Compton, George Williams. Jer-
ry Jackson. Robert McChire. H.D.
Resolutions Adopted
By Cherokee County
Medical Society
In our desire to see that all who
need medical care obtain such
service, and due to public in-
terest. in medical care for the
aged and the publicity the Presi-
dent of the United States is giving
the King Anderson bill, we feel
that our peopte should know what
we are for in helping our aged!
and what we oppose.
The Cherokee County Medical'.
Society is opposed to medical
care for anyone through benefits
from the Social Security Agency
and for the following reasons:
1. Social Security is NOT an in-
surance program. Under this pro-
Hogers. Billy Hay Johnson. Boots gram a person does not pay now
j for his care later. The Supreme
Brooks and Melvin Sessions.
Attending the District 2 S-l
Annual Convention the past
week-end were Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Smith, Boots Brooks, John
M. Dixon, Biily Hay Johnson and
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Bryant.
Public Invited to Open
Installation Of
O. E. S. Officers
The pubtic is cordiatly invited
to attend the Installation of Offi-
cers of Alto Chapter No. 496.
Order of the Eastern Star. Fri-
day night. 7:30 o'clock in the
Masonic Hall.
Mrs. Emma Massey of Hender-
son will be Installing Officer.
Court of this country has declared
that no one has equity in the So-
cial Security Program and that
Social Security is a tax. A person
pays this tax for current benefits
to be paid to those people who
are today eligible and drawing
benefits. It has no insurance
qualities.
2. Social Security taxes the
lower wage earner on 100% of
his income and the higher earner
on only a fraction of his income.
Why should the individual who
earns $5,200.00 a year pay tax
on his entire income to pay hos-
pital bills for a man who made
$30,000.00 a year before his re-
tirement?
3. The King Anderson bill does
Last Rites Held
Tuesday For
Weldon Hendrick
Kohert Weldon Hendrick, 51,
died at his home in the Jones
Chapel Community Sunday night
about 9:30 after suffering a heart)
^naek. Although being in ill health)
for the past few years. he was very
active and still continued his in-
surance busness with the Farm
Hureuu.
Mr. Hendrick had spent his en-
tire life time in the Alto area being
bom and reared in the Jonea
Chapel Community. He was in thu
Insurance and' Farming business
[most oj his life. He was a mem-
ber of the Camp Grou(nd Baptist
Church and a member of the
Terrell Lodge, No. S3, Alto.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at ^:30 p.m. in the*
Lynches Chapel Church with the
'Rev Gene Tontlin, officiating
Interment was in the Lynched
Chape] Cemetery
Mr. Hendrick is survived by his'
wife, Tiiielma; one soti, Ronnie
ais mother, Mrs. W. C. Hendrick
and one sister, Mrs. Annie Ruth
Nicar all of Alto.
O. T. Allen and Son Funeral
Home had charge ot arrange-
tnct)t,s.
Tentative Han Approved
By Local Defense Unit
Landrum-Daniels
Wedding
ter Garrison, Jr.
H Special Care In
ler Driving
Garrison Jr., direc-
1 the Texas Department of
Safety, issued a special
: < Texas motorists calling
pn to the pleasures afforded)
jammer vacation travel
! virtues of "legal dtiving." )
ate morefortunate than
!ir tnany other states when
t inie arrives, in that they
)tt'"r highways on which to
more enjoyable places," l
"y director said.
of us charged with the
(Mt'ihty of 'iraffic manage-'
proud of these things. }
I hke to sec the citizens of
ttking full advantage of;
ft^'Uld like to emphasize,
'.hat vacation and week-j
nvin^ during the summed
is far more enjoyable}
f'dfii' laws and rules of the,
bscrved. Obviously, it in
taxing to stay saMv with -!
!aw rather than run the risk'
h'mg your driver's ticense
-vorsc. causing an acci-
oa suggested that those
[ vacation travels will take
[mtsitie Texas familiarize
with the laws and
Hons <tf the states in winch
^'1 ^ driving.
te anie time, he reported
H ' y official? have i)i'?t.,
Kt f the driving public
^"tiatcon'.hevalueof!
j^t' driving habits in tha
j"!')H!t", the current three'
pnt reduction in traffic!
"ill he immeasurably
!<).
tk about it—isn't it easier,
P' nsive, and far safer to
the law?" Garrison
Assisting her will be Mrs. Haze! t not offer help to a great many
Lassiter of Elkhart. Installing] who are truly needy. Those not
Marshal' Mrs Beulah Poore, drawing Social Security Benefits
Alto Secretary pro-tem: Mr.) would not be eligible and most
Dick Ciaunch of Henderson. In-j often these P^-'yrc the
stalling Chaplain and Mrs. Helen! People most m need of hdp
Treadwell of Rusk. Organist. ! 4. The King Anderson B.ll rep-
Following is the list of officers' resents socialization of the prae-
to be installed: ' "ce "f medicine. We are against
Mrs Gladvs A. Lawson. Worthy -ot only socialized med.cme, but
Matron: Dudley Lawson. Worthy, socialized lawyers
Patron; Mrs. Margaret O. Mc-
Clure, Associate Matron; N. W.
Foster, Associate Patron: Mrs.
Mamie Lee Carter. Secretary:
Curl A. Kenesson. Treasurer;
Mrs. Sailie Kenesson. Conductress,
Mrs. Zola Mae Engledow. Asso-
ciate Conductress: Mrs. Mvrtte
Bvnum. Chaplain;
Dominy. Marshal;
Crawford, Organist; Mrs. Vtola
Scales, Adah; Mrs. Janet Earl,
Ruth; Mrs. Nellie V. Ramey,
Esther; Mrs. ILilimae Treadwell,
Martha: Mrs. Stella Dean. Electa,
Mrs. Edna Merriwether. Warder
and Mrs. Mary Nell Foster,
Sentinel.
schools, groc-
ery stores, clothing stores, farm-
ing and the socialization of all
other endeavors by which free
men earn their living.
3. We resent the administration
using the Social Security Pro-
gram as a hoax in an attempt to
attract votes for theparty.
The Cherokee County Medical
Mrs. Reba ! gc^ety recognizes that there is a
Mrs. Nona} problem in the field of medical
Open House Well
Attended At Rusk
Highway Offices
A large number of people at-
tended open house of the Texas
Highway Department at the of-
fices of the resident engineer and
maintenance warehouse in Rusk
on Friday in their observance of
National Highway Week.
Miss Rose Mary Butler, secre-
tary. registered the guests as they
arrived.
Employees of the drafting de-
partment and other employees
took the guests through the
building where they were shown
the drafting room, a portion of
the instruments used in their
work, the laboratory, the offices
of the resident engineer, W. D.
Harris, and head of the main-
tenance department, Loran Sim-
mons, and the conference room.
Refreshments of cokes, coffee,
doughnuts and cookies were
served.
The visitors also viewed the
grounds around the new buildings
and the maintenance warehouse.
Honor Graduate
^ '7'
care of the aged and we do en-
dorse and support the Kerr-Mtlls
Program.
In Texas all recipients of Old
Age Assistance have been insured
bv a policv that covers hospitali-
zation and medical care at a reas-
onable cost to the state. All of the
aged who are in need may be
helped by this program and not
iustthe people drawing Socml
Security Benefits.
We feel that, while this is a
pilot Program, it is the best pro-
gram proposed yet for the care of
the aged who need help. This pr
Kram is not taxing the workmg
^an to pay his retired friends
hospital bill, whether hts fnend
needs it or not. ^ ^ ^
In summary
medical care
for the aged, there
is a problem, m Texas we have
offered a solution that we feel
successful and is not sociahza-
,i„n. We believe this tMPeo^pro,
„am offers American a better
Miss Linda Landrum, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Landrum
of Houston, became the bride of
Travis Daniels, also of Houston,
in a candlelight service at the
home of the bride's parents at
T434 Bywood Saturday evening
at 7:00 o'clock. Rev. Jack T. Carr
Pastor of Loyalty Baptist Church
of Houston presided at the double-
ring ceremony. Given in marriage
by her father, the bride wore a
floor-length gown of bridal satin
and Chantillv lace. The neckline
was embroidered with seed pearls,
the long sleeves came to a point
over the hands. The fingertip veil
of iilusion was attached to a tiara
of seed pearls. She carried a
white bible covered with trench-
ed carnations entwined with seed
pearls and baby satin ribbon
streamers.
The bride's only attendant.
Miss Pat Boren of Houston, wore
a powder blue tulle floor-length
dress. She carried a nosegay of
pink carnations. Ronald L. Kin-
der of Houston, and stationed on
the USS Lexington. U. S. Navy,
attended the groom as best man.
Mrs. Ager Turner, aunt of thc
bride. sang I Love You 1 rulv.
She was accompanied at the or-
gan by Mrs. Charlie Manning,
who furnished nuptial music
throughout the ceremony.
Terry Landrum. brother of the
Ronald
<r. heln unfortunate aged bride, was candlelighter.
rhance to he P ^<:p,ablo to Kinder served as usher.
[ard Of Thanks
^'fe joins me in extending
to our friends for the
flowers, gifts, and visits,
was in the hospital and
Returning home.
[Cod bless each of you.
Melvin Sessions. 52c
I and Mrs. G. A. Fisher of
were week-end guests of
mer's sisters. Misses Mary
^nie Fisher, and Mrs. By-
^nton and Mr. Blanton.
Jerry McCarty,
major froirt Alto
yocial sctcnce
"-rad'uate<!
in a manner , the
^sent''Nlw Fronties" Adminis-
tration.
L. W
Game Wardens Given
New Assignments
Tyler. — New assignments af-
fecting eight game wardens have
been announced by Charles Bur-
nette, Conservation Supervisor,
Region 3. of the Game and Fish
Commission in Tyler.
Wardens involved include seven
who will be graduated from
Game Warden School at Texas
A&M College on May 31, 1962.
Some of them are men who have
been working in various areas in
eastern Texas before attending
Warden School. These assign-
ments are as follows:
D. E. Thweatt to Hemphill in
Sabine County.
Billy Moore to Crockett in
Houston County.
Don Swartz to Nacogdoches in
Nacogdoches County.
R. W. Owens to Livingston in
Polk County.
Ramon Wood to Dallas in Dal-
las County.
Norman Henk to Linden in Cass
County.
iLawton Peacock assigned to
Bowie County.
Another warden, Rix Duke, who
has been with the Law enforce-
ment Division several years, is
being transferred from Nacog-
doches to Carthage, according to
Supervisor Burnette.
Ralston. Sec'y.
wi[t7hono.yJtl^' Texas State ^
grXTSS Sate Of u. S. Bond.
exe rcises Sunday, M.') ^
"raduateofAltoH'trhScoo^ * f-inrrr)!<ecCoti"tv with F audi!
twnd
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. O.
McCarty, Box 21. Alto.
cnlf-'iofMO.SM. Icd-'-r-dts-
,„,,t ^ sales for ni"c counties ,n
._..,throurh April.
HELLO NEtGHBOR j^-r7;:,'...
*,*** -Tp!'.f.-
Catcs announce ^va!.fababy:^rn..an.
o4r! hem Monday. May 2S in H .
The
percentage "'nt<
headed
bv
girl, bom Monday. County.
burn Hospital in Jacksonville. ^ -^'^^^hite had the hidr
,little lady weighed four sales. $111,747.
ard fourteen ounces an«' ha< been , cs _ its $450,000 goal,
named Sandra Kay.
Miss Janice Daniels, sister of
the groom, attended the bride's
book as registrar, she also pre-
sided at the crystal punch. She
was assisted in the houseparty
bv Miss Betty Malone, who served
the two-tiered cake to approxi-
mately seventy guests.
The groom is stationed in the
Naval Yards in Bremerton,
Wash. After a short wedding
trip, the groom will return to
Navy duty. Mrs. Daniels will
remain with her parents in
Houston until early July.
The bride is the granddaugh-
ter of Mrs. W. E. Bynum and
Mrs. Roxie Landrum of Alto.
Mrs. Jack Phillips of Odessa, is
spending this week here with her
mother, Mrs. A. P. Williams.
Turman Picked
Runoff Winner
The Joe Belden poll, which ac-
curately predicted that James A.
"Jimmy" Turman of Fannin
County would be the leading can-
didate in the lieutenant governor's
race in the primary, this week
said a runoff poll showed Turman
with a three to two lead over his
opponent.
The Belden poll showed Tur-
man with 59 per cent of the
votes, and his opponent. Preston
Smith, with 41 per cent.
Turman said he would spend
the last few days of the campaign
stressing his fight against loan
sharks, unethical lobbyists and
obscene movies, and his campaign
for economy in government,
equitable car insurance rates and
equal legal rights for women.
"1 am extremely pleased with
the support that has been given
my candidacy in all parts of the
state by people in all walks of
life." Turman said.
The Alto Civil Defense Unit at
its regular meeting on May 22,
approved a tentative organization
plan presented to them by the
director who explained how the
plan would function. In discuss-
ing the various phases of opera-
tion it was agreed that future
meetings would be held in order
to work out details and make
necessary changes in the plan as
problems arose.
Under the approval of Mayor
Frank Ed Weimar, the Director
W. N. Shattuek, presented the
following as a start toward the
final organizational plan which
will later be submitted to the
State Civil Defense Director for
certification.
Alto Suggested Civil Defense
Organization:
Director—W. N. Shattuek.
Warden Captain—Leon Comp-
ton.
Warning and Communications
—Vaughn Arnold.
Fire and Rescue—Charles L.
Page.
Health and Emergent Medical
—W. J. Payne.
Engineering and Utilities —
Perry Smith.
Legal Officer—James Dover.
Police—Horace McLain.
Manpower—Paul Martin.
Transportation—Jerry Jackson.
Religious Affairs — Rev. Phil
Kirby.
Food and Shelter — Paul Sun-
din.
News Release and Information
—Cecil Thomas.
Warden for N. W. Section of
City—R. R. Stribling.
Warden for N. E. Section of
City—A. L. Brooks.
Warden for S. W. Section of
City—Jim Erwin.
Warden for S. E. Section of
City—Elmer Henley.
Warden for Alto Public School
—James Grammer.
Warden for Booker T. Wash-
ington School—Valentine Waddle-
ton.
The CD Unit has been operating
very slowly in the past but some
of the members have recently
completed their First Aid Course
and received their First Aid Cards
and now with the first class fin-
ished it is hoped that the Unit
will be able to go ahead with the
work of organizing into a work-
able team. In the final stage of
such an organization it was es-
timated that there would be more
than 100 people with a specific
job to do and the people named
above are those who will be
charged with heading-up the
many facets of the over-all plan.
Warden Captain Leon Comp-
ton, has set June 5, at the City
Hall, 7:00 p. m., as the next meet-
ing night for the unit and if you
are listed above and are not
otherwise notified please be
present for this meeting. Realiz-
ing that most of the above people
have not yet been notified of
their selection for the important
post listed above, we urge you to
be present for the meeting on
June 5 before you make up your
mind that you cannot participate
in the organization. If you find
you can not be present for the
meeting on June 5 we would ap-
preciate you advising either Leon
Compton. Bill Shattuek or Mayor
Weimar and discussing it with
them prior to the meeting.
The public will be advised as to
the progress of the unit and in-
formation pertaining to any
emergency will be published in
the paper as the program is com-
pleted for that particular facet of
the Civil Defense Unit.
Bids Opened On
Plant For McGee Bend
Fort Worth.—A bid of $10,780,-
675 was the apparent low figure
tendered Wednesday afternoon for
a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
contract to build a power plant
and other faciiities at McGee
Bend Dam in East Texas.
Coi. R. P. West, district engineer
opened five bids on the project.
Bids for two other contracts in-
cluding construction of an office
and maintenance building for
Benbrook Lake Dam were opened
earlier in the day.
Paul Hardeman Inc., of Stanton,
Calif., was lowest bidder on the
McGee Bend project. The govern-
ment estimate was $10,878,902.47.
The contract calls for comple-
tion of the outlet works and pow-
er intakes; diversion of the Ange-
lina River through outlet works;
closure and completion of an
earth embankment, installation of
turbines and preparation of foun-
dations for installation of gen-
erators.
Albert L. Smith, Inc. of Fort
Worth, with a figure of $66,645.05,
was apparently successful among
seven bidders for construction of
an administration and mainten-
ance building at Benbrook Lake,
with work to be completed in 180
days.
Five Poultry
Firms Merge
Bake Sale
The Wesleyan Service Guild
will have a Bake Sale Saturday.
June 2. in front of the South-
western Electric Service in down-
town Alto. Homemade bread,
rakes and pies will be on sale.
Your patronage appreciated.
Mrs. G. C. Norwood left lasti
week for a visit with relatives and
friends In Corslcana, San Marcun
'and Dallas.
NOTICE
FOR SALE ON OPFN BID, On"
Allis Chalmers Model AD-4 Diesel
Motor Grader, fully equipped with
12 ft. blade, can be seen at resi-
dence of Travis Yancy in New
Summerfield. Bids will be accepted
un'it Monday evening, June 4th.
19B2 at 8 00 p.m. We reserve the
right to reject any or at) bids.
Cherokee County Soil
Conservation District
Box 74
Ruisk, Tex*as 52c
Center — I-'lve Texas and Lou-
isiana poultry companies hava
signed an agreement to merge
[into one organization that will
Iform one of t)he largest integrated
poultTy operations in tthe South-
west The agreement is subject tot
'the approval of the stockholders of
each company.
The announcement was made by
Gene Biddle and Floyd Ellis,
prominent Texas and' Louisiana
poultrymen. The companies in-
volved are Rite Care Poultry
{Company and De Soto Farms o!
Logansport, Louisiana; East Tex-
ias Mlilling Company, Center, Tex-
hs; Cemitex Poultry Company,
Tenaha, Texas, and Rite Care Dis-
tributors of Houston. Ellis of
Logajisport Ls President of Easti
Texas Milling and Centex. The in-
dividual companies have each been,
in existence for about ten years.
Besides Biddle and' Ellis, tthe di-
rectors of tfhe new organization
will includc Fred Wright, Shreve-
port, Ray Ervin, Tenaha, and Gail.
E. Cuiulic, Center. Headquarters
for the combined operation will be
^maintained at Cont<er, and Wright;
wit! move his residence here
Piddle and Ellis said negotia-
tions for the merge had been go-
ing on for several months and fol-
lowed a successful trend in the\
broiler industry toward total in-
tegration. Thov stated that the.
.transaction was an out'iright ex-
change of assets, and witihout any
cash consideration.
Fast Texas Milling Company,
now produces 3.000 tons of broiler
feed monthly and' will supply feed
for the entire operation. BroMers
will be processed at the Rite Care
Iplant in Logansport which has a
capacity ito dress 4200 chickens!
Ihourly. De Soto Farms and Cen-
tex are primarily engaged in;
growing broilers, although Centex)
(additionally operates a hatdheryi
and has 100,000 laying hens.
The various companies involved
in the merger are currently pro-
ducing 7*2 million broilers annual-
ly.
Biddle and Ellis said thnt each,
of tthe fivie companies will con-
tinue under present management
and the nationally known Rite-
Care brand of dressed poultrv will
be maintained. Ri'e-Care distribu-
tion includes bo'th domestic and
foreign trade.
Mrs. June Thiess and son. Erick,
of Dallas, are spending this week
here with their mother and
grandmother, Mrs. Nlla Cooper.
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