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THE ALTO HERALD
50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
Alto, Texas, Thursday, October 27, 1966
Number 22
M Mrs. Lem Feldcr wiil have open house celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on
h October 30. from 2:00 to 5:00 p. m., at their home in the Cold Springs Community. They
Tpveryone to heip ceiebrate this occasion.
's Presentation
!udes Prison
Performances
yiiie.—The fifth and fi-
tormancc of the 1966 se-
the Texas Prison Rodeo
tie to a close here Sun-
l^tober 30 with the presen-
M Roy Acuff, the "King
Jhtry Music."
g popular singer, with a
reputation spanning
ban 34 years, was a reg-
the "Grand Oie Opry"
years.
ag Acuff in the finai To-
ries will be Leon Adams,
tted rodeo showman,
[specialty is riding horses
Mi Styie" and doing a
act with Brahman buiis.
her crowd-pieaser i s
Barr, former night club
^tiner and ex-inmate.
will offer several vocals
^with her own style of im-
^d dancing.
thelp round out the fast-
Eg two - hour show held in
jhson stadium, the program
a host of inmate en-
hment groups.
rodeo begins at 2 p. m.,
pre-rodeo inmate mu-
!show starts at 1 p. m.
E3 this performance will
[convict cowboys their last
pe to get "in the money,"
officials predict the rodeo
sts will surpass any of this
series.
'rt Moore, veteran rodeo
Jtor, says, "The final show
!d be the best this year,
[injuries have been minor
[that coupled with spirited
: means that fans can look
ard to an exciting show
beginning to end."
proceeds from ticket
go to pay for inmate re-
citative services not fur-
by the State.
!ies' Auxiliary
H 8908 Will
:t Tuesday
. Ladies Auxiliary to VFW
No. 8908, will meet Tues-
, November 1, at 7:30 p. m-
he Post home for regular
Hi"g.
iembers arc reminded that it
jnow time to pay 1967 dues.
^ dues have been raised to
io due to a {J.25 raise in dc-
*ment dues. '
Hood attendance is desired.
frs. H. D. Asher Wins
rst Prize In
)ctball Contest
k's H. D. Asher picked the
jst winning teams in last weeks
Jtbail contest and will receive
)r dollars. Steve Lyons was
tond and will be awarded two
fars, and Bob Pearman won
F third prize of one dollar.
you would like to get in on
P fun just clip the contest
Jfrn each week from the Aito
traid, fill it out, and 'cave tt
1 the Herald office before 2:00
J m. cach Friday. You may be
t'- of the winners. It's all free
#d the winners will be an-
^unced the following week in
Herald.
Alto Man's Son
Died In Tyler Monday;
Rites Held Wednesday
Funeral services were heid
Wednesday in Tyler for Alton B.
(Boots) Bullock, son of E. D.
Builock of Aito.
Mr. Builock died at 4:55 p. m.
Monday in a Tyler hospital after
a sudden illness.
He had lived in Tyier for the
past 27 years and was the man-
ager of the Texas Greyhound
Bus Lines of Tyler.
Survivors other than his
father, include a daughter, Mrs.
Gayiia Bond, Bethany, Okla.;
six brothers, L. L. Bullock, Gil-
mer, John Builock, Grand Sa-
line, Cieo Builock, Ariington,
Dean Buiiock, Bay City, Foy
Builock, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and' Roy Builock, Washington,
D. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Ha Mae
Woife, Daiias, and Mrs. Raiph
Foison of Baytown.
Card Of Thanks
1 want to express my thanks
to all of my friends for the nice
cards, letters, visits and flowers
and other acts of kindness shown
me during my iilncss and white I
was confined in the hospital and
since returning home.
Luther Alien 22-c.
Mourning Doves
Hard To Locate
San Angelo. — Late season
mourning dove hunters are not
finding large numbers of mourn-
ing doves in most of West Texas
because frequent rainfall ob-
literated waste grain and' filled
shallow potholes, according to
the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department.
Grain fields have been mud-
dy for the past three weeks and
waste grain, usually abundant
this time of year, has been
beaten into the ground or has
sprouted.
Casual water abounds and ex-
pected traditional evening
fiights of doves to and from tra-
ditional watering places are not
occurring.
!n Appreciation
We wish to express our heart-
felt thanks and appreciation to
our many friends for their
thoughtfulness in so many ways
during our recent sorrow. Our
loss is great but your prayers
and acts of kindness will give
us courage.
May God richly bless each of
you is our prayer.
The Family of J.W. Richardson.
Approaching Wedding Announced
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, port Worth, announces the engagement and
Mr. J. E. Brown of Fo ^ daughter. Nancy, to Robert Earl
approaching ^ c-Jtnmings of Alto. They are seniors
Cimmings. son of mrs. . - ^ere is a member of Ftdele
at Stephen F. Austm State ^ ^ „^t of November 23 at 7:30
S.cn<* J^J^mfrial Methodist Church in Nacogdoches.
Texas.
News From Your
County Agent
By Johnnie A. McKay
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The Weils Livestock Association
Inc., had a highiy successful first
horse show last Saturday.
I had the pleasure of helping
announce this first show. At the
time I left, a complete count had
not been made on the number of
entries; but Jack Stone, local
banker and President of the Asso-
ciation felt the number entered in
the 9 Halter Classes and 19 Per-
formance Classes would approach
300 head.
Mr. Frank Haas of Rosenberg,
Texas Judged the Show. He re-
marked after Judging the halter
classes that those showing ex-
hibited the most spirit coopera-
tion, and sportsmanship that he
had ever seen at a show. This is
worth more than having good
horses which they also had.
Co-Chairmen Belvin Stewart and
James Weatherford had the arena
in fine shape and everything
operating smoothiy just like horse
shows were an everday occur-
rence.
*********
While we're on the subject of
Horses, this is a good place to re
mind you of the sixth Annual
Horse Shortcourse at Texas A&M
University November 6-8.
Subjects such as "Horse Feeding
Investigations at Texas A&M",
"Research on Epine Nutrition",
"Inbreeding and Outbreeding",
"Fundamentals of Reproduction",
and various discussions on diseases
and parasites should make this a
very worthwhile course. Also the
entertainment features such as the
Polo game the first day and the
demonstration of a veriety of
horse types the second day should
spark the success of the affair.
vw***v***t
Grady C. Singietary, Dairyman
west of Alto, was re-elected to
another five years for Zone 3 of
the Cherokee County Soil and
Water Conservation District. Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Dixon hosted the
election at their farm South of
Rusk. Fine facilities for the
meeting and refreshments furnish-
ed by them, contributed to making
the affair a most enjoyable one
for everyone present.
******* )
Dr. N. D. Morgan of the Ameri-
can Potash Institute and A. C.
Novosad, Texas A&M Extension
Pasture Specialist presented pro-
grams on pasture improvement to
the group at the S.C.D Board Elec-
tion last Thursday and then to a
comhined meeting of tha Lions Club
and Young Farmers of Wells Thurs-
day night. The approach on which
they based their discussion is
worth thinking about. Their thing-
ing is that the profit per cow is
not so important as the profit per
acre. This becomes increasingly
true if the land unit is limited. In
other words, increasing carrying
capacity is the key to higher
profits in most cases.
Cotton harvest is in full swing
in the Weils area and so is stalk
destruction. I noticed last week
that as soon as fields are picked
the stalks are being shredded.
Shredding pius plowing under is
the most effective means of con-
trolling the pink boll worm.
*******
A fine shortcourse is being
planned for all persons interested
in horses. This is the Annual Horse
Shortcourse to be held at Texas
A&M November 6-8. Subject such
as ethics, nutrition, genetics, re-
production, and breeding will be
discussed. Also there will be
speciai demonstrations and at-
tractions with various types of
horses.
*******
Horse enthusiasts, remember the
Wells Horse Show coming up at
Wells, Texas, Saturday, October
22. This will be held at the new
Livestock Show Grounds and
Arena on the left of Highway 69
as you enter Wells from the North.
* * * * * *
If you're worried about getting
too much insecticide in your diet,
here's something that may help
you feel a little better.
Results of a "market basket
survey" by the Food and Drug
Administration to test the pesti-
cide residue on "total diet"
samples has just been released.
Samples were collccted in June,
August and October of 1965 in
Baitimore, Boston, Kansss City,
Los Angeles and Minneapolis. All
27 pesticides detected were at very
low levels - so low in fact that
they are said to be insignificant
from a health standpoint.
Carnival To Be Held In
Downtown Alto Saturday
PROGRAM
10:00 A. M.—Concession Stands Open
2:00 P. M.—CAKE WALK
2:30 P. M.—ALL STANDS OPEN
BINGO
BASE BALL
FISH PONDS
DARTS
AND MANY OTHERS
3:00 P. M.—BEAUTY CONTEST
4:30 P. M.—SACK RACE
4:45—CAKE WALK
5:30 P. M. —CASH DRAWING
6:00 P. M.—CAKE WALK
8:00 P. M.—CASH DRAWING
9:00 P. M.—CALF DRAWING
Alto Wins 20-14
Over Grapeland; First
Win Of Season
The Alto Yellow Jackets ruined
Grapeiand's homecoming Friday
night by squeezing past the
Sandies 20-14, for the "jackets"
first win of the season.
In the first qur.rter. Grapeland
scored first on a fullback plunge
from 4 yards, but the PAT failed.
Alto rallied for six as Rayford
Smith chalked up the score on a
25-yard run. Harris failed in his
attempt for the extra point.
The score remained 6-6 until
9:51 in the 4th quarter, when Alto's
Mike Carter took a 15-yard pass
from Smith for 6 points. With 7:12
left in the game, Carter inter-
cepted a Grapeland pass and re-
turned It for the TD. Harris again
failed on the PAT.
Grapeland came back with a
touchdown and added the two
pointer on a halfback run.
Defensive standouts for Alto
were Carter, linebacker Harris,
and tackle Hackney.
Don't Forget The
Alto Hons Club
Carnival Saturday,
October 29th, 1966
Central High Home
Demonstration Club
The Community Center was
the scene of a most enjoyabie
and informative session of the
Central High Home Demonstra-
tion Club on October 19. Sixteen
members and four guests at-
tended this meeting. Mrs. Jeweil
Cole and Mrs. Myrtie McClain
were welcomed as new mem-
bers.
Miss Nellie Singietary intro-
duced the visiting speaker, Mrs.
Bill Fink of Jacksonville, who
gave an effective demonstration
on feather flowers. Steps in the
process of making the flowers
were fully explained as each
member and guest followed' Mrs.
Fink's instruction in the making
of a beautiful pink flower.
After an hour of feliowship
and lunch the group reassembled
for a business session under the
direction of the president, Mrs.
Homer Townley. Miss Nellie
Singietary, Council Delegate,
gave an account of business
items discussed at the recent
meeting. Following a report by
Mrs. Homer McClain, chairman
of the nominating committee, of-
ficers for 1967 were elected:
President, Mrs. L. L. Rogers;
Vice - President, Mrs. Bryant
Skeeters; Secretary - Treasurer,
Mrs. Zella Fuqua; Reporter,
Mrs. Jewel] Richardson; Council
Delegate, Mrs. Verline Danheim.
The Homestead Improvement
Leaders, Mrs. Fuqua and Mrs.
Skeeters, concluded the days' ac-
tivities with the presentation of
an interesting program on prun-
ing and transplanting shrubs.
They used many plants to dem-
onstrate these iwo processes, and
also presented splendid material
on their subject from A&M Uni-
versity.
WITH THE BOYS
IN SERVICE
San Diego, Calif. (FHTNC) —
Marine Private Dan R. Schochler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil S.
Schochler of Alto, Texas, was
graduated from eight weeks of
recruit training at the Marine
Corps Recruit Depot here.
Under the supervision of veteran
noncommissioned officer Drill In-
structors, he learned small arms
marksmanship, bayonet fighting,
and methods of self-protection. He
also received instruction in mil-
itary drill, history and traditions
of the Marine Corps, and other
academic subjects,
He wiil now undergo four weeks
of individual combat training and
four weeks of basic specialist
training in his military job field
before being assigned to a per-
manent unit.
The Alto Lions Club wiil have
its annual Harvest Carnival
here Saturday afternoon and
night.
The carnival will be held in
downtown Aito and is sponsored!
by the Alto Lions Club, with the
proceeds going for a worthy
cause and will also give the peo-
ple in the local area a chance
to visit with their friends who are
here visiting over the week-end.
The local club has outlined a
group of activities to make the
carnival a lot of fun and enter-
taining for young and old, such
as the cake walk, fish pond,
bingo, sack race, beauty contest
and many other attractions that
will help you and your family
have a day of enjoyment.
D. C. Barron, 88,
Died Suddenly
Tuesday Afternoon
Derward C. Barron, 88, died
suddenly Tuesday afternoon at
the home of his son, Eugene Bar-
ron, near Alto.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
in the O. T. Allen & Son Funeral
Chapel, with the Rev. C. H.
Haley, pastor of Alto First Bap-
tist Church, officiating. Burial
will be in Old Palestine Cem-
etery.
Mr. Barron was a retired' farm-
er and stockman. He had resided
in the Alto area since 1915.
Surviving Mr. Barron are three
sons, Herman Barron. Louisville.
Ky., Eugene Barron, Alto, and
Rayburn Barron, Houston; four
daughters. Mrs. Pearl Coke,
Como, Miss., Mrs. Bertha
Grimes, Memphis, Tenn,, Mrs-
Eva Childress, Houston and Mrs.
Velma Boutotte, Houma, La.;
one brother, John Barron, Jack-
sonville; 15 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Pvt. Donald W. Carter and
Pvt. Jimmy L. Rice, who are
stationed in Ft. Poik, La., with
the Armed Forces, spent last
week-end at home with thair
parents and other relatives.
A. Frank Smith
Church Women Plan
"Call To Prayer"
Members of the Woman's So-
ciety of Christian Service and
the Wesleyan Service Guild of A.
Frank Smith Methodist Church
wiil observe the annual "Call to
Prayer ana' Self-Denial" on Fri-
day, October 28, beginning at
10:30 a. m. It is urged that as
many as can wiil attend this
meeting.
Under the theme "These My
Brethren," taken from Matthew
25:40 the unique two-faceted
program will involve women in
36,000 Woman's Societies and
Wesleyan Service Guilds through-
out the country.
"A Call to Prayer and Self-
Denial" first observed by Meth-
odist Women in 1887, focues on
guided mission study, a much-
needed offering for special mis-
sion projects and a deepened
spiritual life.
The two major events of the
observance are the Program
Meeting and the Quiet Day
Service of prayer, meditation,
and a silent meal. Although dif-
ferent in format, both programs
are intended to impress Meth-
odist women with their world-
wide responsibility for mission.
Each year the Woman's Divi-
sion of the Board of Missions
selects certain mission projects
to receive the offering taken
during the observance. This year
the offering will go to the Dea-
coness Pension Fund and to Com-
munity Centers around the world.
The pension fund, underwritten
mainly by the Woman's Divi-
sion annually supplies the dea-
conesses with from $35 to $40
for each service year.
The half of the offering for
community centers will help fur-
nish new and improved facili-
ties and programs at some of the
118 centers in 25 countries for
which the Board of Missions pro-
vides support.
Alto FFA And FHA
Members Attend
Dallas Fair
The F. F. A. boys and the F.
H. A. girls of Alto Independent
School District attended the Dal-
las Fair on Saturday, October
15th.
The boys and girls departed
for the fair at 5:30 a. m. The
group stopped in Athens for
breakfast and then on to the fair
for a day of fun. They started!
homeward at 5:00 p. m., and
stopped again in Athens for
supper.
The group would like to thank
ali the bus drivers, teachers, and
chaperons for accompanying
them on the trip.
Alto Ex-Students
News for Homecoming
President of the Alto Ex-Stu-
dent Committee, Billy Ray John-
son, informed the committee that
there would be no general meet-
ings this year during homecom-
ing. In place of such meetings
the committee urges all to attend
the Lions Club Annual Carnival
which will be held in Alto, Satur-
day, October 29th.
Remember three years ago it
was voted at the General Meeting
that a REAL HOMECOMING
would be undertaken only once
each five (S) years and next year
it will be necessary to elect those
officers and directors who will be
responsible for the GALA HOME-
COMING for all Ex-Altonians in
the year A.D. 1969.
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