The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1970 Page: 1 of 8
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S'no foolin'
East Texas got a
little bit of all
kinds of weather
last week end with
ice on the roads
and temperatures
well below freezing.
It snowed -- but just
barely — and some-
one proved it by
writing the message
on a car windshield.
It was only half
over but it was
already more winter
than all of the
mild 1968-69 one.
Voter registration deadline near
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River observer to be honored
R. J. Welch, better known to
his friends as "Rube", will be
one of the honored guests at the
Naples Chamber of Commerce
banquet on Saturday, Feb. 14.
He will be honored by the U.S.
Department of Commerce for 35
years of service to the depart-
ment's Environmental Science
Services Administration.
Welch watches the ups and downs
of the Sulphur River for the bureau
and keeps reports on the amount of
rain that has fallen in this area.
The job has taken him to the
river at least once every day and
sometimes three or four times a
day.
That will run to far more than
10,000 looks at the river.
When it rains before 7 a.m.,
Welch must make three reports
monitoring
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The Post Office Department is
always catching the dickens about
slow service and someone at the
Naples office is trying to encour-
age early mailing to try and cut
down on late mail arrivals.
There is a sign in the lobby of
the Naples office asking postal
patrons to shop early and mail
early.
Maybe it is a little too early
to start the campaign for early
mailing or it could be that the
sign has been left over from the
1969 holiday rush.
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Mrs. M. B-Hampton, a business-
woman who always has the
interests of her customers in her
heart, gave away pretty calendars
again this year.
It is a custom of the store to
give the calendars to their
customers at the first of each
year.
But they don't usually give away
year old calendars.
Mrs. Hampton had gotten an old
stack out to give away.
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The Texas Freemason for De-
cember printed the following en-
titled "Communist Rules for Rev-
olution":
"Corrupt the young; get them
away from religion. Get them in-
terested in sex. Make them super-
ficial; destroy their ruggedness.
"Get control of all means of pub-
licity, thereby:
"Get people's minds off their
overnment by focusing their at-
tention on athletics, sexy books and
plays and other trivialities.
' Divide the people into hostile
groups by constantly harping on
controversial matters of no im-
portance.
"Destroy the people's faith in
their natural leaders by holding the
latter up to contempt, ridicule and
disgrace.
' Always preach true democra-
cy, but seize power as fast and
as ruthlessly as possible.
"By encouraging government
extravagance, destroy its credit,
produce fear of inflation with ris-
ing prices and general discontent.
'Incite unnecessary strikes in
vital industries, encourage civil
disorders and foster a lenient and
soft attitude on the part of gov-
ernment toward such disorders.
"By specious argument, cause
the breakdown of the old moral
virtuec -- honesty, sobriety, self-
restraint, faith in the pledged word,
ruggedness.
Cause the registration of all
firearms on some pretext, with a
view to confiscating them and leav-
ing the population helpless."
Sound real timely like some-
thing right out of 1969 or '70?
It could be but it isn't.
These rules were first found
by Allied Forces in May of 1919
at Dusseldorf, Germany.
Now -- 50 years later — the
Reds apparently are still follow-
ing them.
on the river that day by telephone—
once in the morning, again at noon,
and once in the evening.
If he finds the river standing
below 10 feet, he mails in his re-
ports. If it is higher than that, he
reports the information by tele-
phone to the Shreveport office.
He also keeps records and re-
ports on rainfall, snowfall and pre-
cipitation in any form that will
affect the flow of the river.
His reports to the Shreveport
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office are combined with reports.
from other areas to form an ac-
curate picture of the condition of
the river so that flooding can be
predicted and the public warned.
Welch joined the corps of co-
operative weather observers in
1934 while living in a three-room
frame house on the banks of the
river.
There were two times when
Welch and his family were forced
out of their home by floods. In
1938 the water rose to a depth of
3 feet inside the house. Then in
1945, the river flooded and crested
at 37.60 feet, but not before the
house and the furnishings were
washed away. Enough lumber was
recovered from the destroyed
house to build a one-cow barn.
Some of the household furniture
was found along the river bottoms
including a $500 savings bond
which was in a picture frame that
had been hanging on a wall.
At one time, when telephone
service was about to be discon-
tinued along the 5 miles from
the Sulphur River to Naples be-
cause of the lack of subscribers
on the line, Welch bought the
telephone line and maintained it
himself for several years.
He was forced from his river-
side home a third and final time
when his homesite was needed for
additional highway right-of-way.
This time, Welch moved to Naples.
That was in 1955. Since that time
he has commuted from his home
here daily in all kinds of weather
to read the gauge and report the
rainfall and river conditions.
Throughout the area, Welch has
furnished information which en-
ables cattlemen to evacuate their
cattle from the river bottoms and
sportsmen to make their plans for
hunting and fishing.
He says that, "through the years,
the job of observing the weather
has turned into a matter of pride
in service and a personal satis-
faction."
Welch will be honored at the
banquet that is to be held at the
Naples Motor Inn. He will receive
the recognition from Robert Orton,
the state climatologist from
Austin and Wendell Porth, the
department's chief meterologist
from Shreveport.
Basketball tournament at Marietta
One of the largest crowds to
attend a public function in Mari-
etta in a long time is expected
Saturday.
The big event is the first basket-
ball tournament to be held in the
new gymnasium.
School officials are expecting
about 300 youngsters to attend the
day-long event that will probably
last into the night.
All of the games will be played
by youngsters from the seventh and
eighth grades and teams will in-
clude both boys and girls.
Eight boys and six girls teams
have been invited to compete in
the tournament.
Schools with boys and girls
teams that will attend are from
Chapel Hill, Douglassville, Cason,
Smithland, Queen City and Big
Tree Junior High.
Winfield and Linden-Kildare will
send only boys teams.
The games are scheduled to get
underway at 10 a.m.
Admission to the tournament has
been set at 75 cents for adults and
50 cents for students for an all-day
and night ticket and 50 cents for
adults and 35 cents for students for
the night games only.
All money made at the tourna-
ment will go into the school's
athletic fund.
A concession stand will be open
throughout the the tournament.
March of Dimes drive Sunday
The Naples annual March of
Dimes drive will be held Sunday,
Jan. 25.
The drive will cover the Naples
residential area and will begin
about 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Local chairman, Harry Vis-
sering, has scheduled a meeting
for Naples workers at 1:30 p.m.,
at the Naples Motor Inn on that
County trades days
change week ends
The monthly trades day at Rocky
Branch will be held this week end
on the Ansley site south of Rocky
Branch.
The dates for the trades days
were changed from the fifth week
end to the fourth week end.
Sunday. He asked that all workers
meet at that time to get material
that will be used on the drive.
The Naples quota this year has
been set at $1,000.
A house to house canvass will
be conducted by Naples teenagers
and they will by assisted by women
who will drive the cars in the
Sunday afternoon drive.
The business houses will be
canvassed sometime this week by
other workers.
Helping with the drive on Sunday
afternoon are Dorothy Beggs, Mrs.
Carl Key, Mrs. Tom Robison, Mrs.
Ikey Harte, Mrs. C. E. Boozer,
Mrs. Freddy Davenport, Mrs. Bud-
dy Carlile, Mrs. G. A. Caraway,
Mrs. Fred Vissering, Mrs. Billy
Scarborough, Mrs. Morris Craig,
Mrs. Walter Anthony, Mrs. Kerry
Hicks and Mrs. Ronald Kelso.
It/nb voters have until Saturday
of next wtelr to register and become
eligible to vote iri 196V elect)oru>.
It doesn't cour anything now but
a [A-.rt jJi must have a registra-
tor. certificate to present to the
election officials.
North Morris county citizens
may register at the Welch Butane
office in Naples or go to the tax
assessor-collector's office in
Dair^erfield to sign up.
A number of elections are ro be
held this year, including those to
fill offices from the local to the
state level. The term of one U.S.
Senator, Ralph Yarborough, also
expires this year.
ONITOR
Serving North Morris County and its neighbors
Volume 83
Naples, Texas
Thursday, January 22, 1970
Number 24
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Smith is new bank president
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H. Wayne Smith was elected to
the position of active president of
The Morris County National Bank
of Naples at a board of directors
meeting last Tuesday.
He assumed duties of the office
last week. W. G. Granberry, who
has been president of the bank
since 1940, will remain on the
board of directors and as chair-
man of the board.
No other officer changes were
made at the meeting.
John Hanes, the vice-president
and cashier, who was named to
that position in Jan. 1969, will
keep his same duties.
Smith joined the staff of the
Naples bank in Jan. 1968, as vice
president to fill a vacancy caused
by the resignation of W. J. Adams
Jr.
He was promoted to executive
vice president a year later in
changes.
Smith is a graduate of New
Boston high school and attended
Texarkana College and theAmeri-
can Institute of Banking in Dallas.
He accepted employment with
the Industrial National Bank of
Dallas, now the Dallas Bank and
Trust Company, as a runner and
advanced over a period of ten
years to the position of vice presi-
dent and cashier.
Before coming to Naples, he had
resigned from the Dallas position
for the reason that he was un-
happy with the living conditions in
Dallas and had acceptec temporary
employment in Texarkana until he
had an opportunity to make a con-
nection with a small town bank.
He is a member of the Naples
Lions Club, president of the Naples
Chamber of Commerce and a
former member of the Naples Park
Board.
Mr. Granberry was the third
president of the Morris County
National Bank. He assumed the
office of active president in 1940
following the death of A. B. Gal-
laway, who had been president
since 1923.
Mr. Granberry, who was reared
Pay gas bills
at Arkla office
Naples customers of the Arkan-
sas Louisiana Gas Company are
asked by the company to Day their
gas bills at the company s office
in Naples.
Payments were previously made
at Smith's Drug Store in Naples.
The company has a full-time
secretary in the office now to
handle collections for the Naples
and Omaha area.
Omaha customers can still pay
their dues at the Omaha Variety
Store or at the Naples office.
Local manager, Gary Buck, said
that bills can still be paid after
office hours and on week ends by
using the drop slot on the office
door in Naples.
City tax office
open Saturdays
The Naples city tax office will
be open on Saturday mornings
until the deadline on Jan. 31.
John Jameson, mayor, said that
someone would be at the office
for the next two Saturdays from
8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
The mayor also stated that Jan.
31 would be the last day lor de-
linquent taxpayers to make ar-
rangements for tax payments.
He said that if the back taxes are
not paid or if no arrangements are
made for payment of the taxes that
are due, then the property will be
sold.
at Douglassville, came to the bank
in August of 1926.
He was elected assistant cashier
in January of 1927 and filled the
position for four years before re-
signing. He returned in January of
1937 to the same position, was
elected a director in 1938, and be-
came cashier in 1939, succeeding
A. B. Childs.
He was elected president when
Mr. Gallaway died in 1940 and the
job was made an active one for the
first time.
Mr. Granberry will remain on
the bank's board of directors and
will be in the active position of
chairman of the board.
H. WAYNE SMITH
Omaha officer in cited unit
Major James R. Galloway, a
former resident of Omaha, is a
member of a unit that has earned
the U.S. Air Force Outstanding Unit
Award.
Major Galloway, a flying safety
officer in the 78th Fighter Wing
at Hamilton Air Force Base in
California, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas I. Galloway of 2117
Stonegate, Arlington, Texa.'.
The wing was cited for excep-
tionally meritorious service and
high standards of professionalism
from July 1968 to June 1969. It
is part of the Aerospace Defense
Democrats encourage
voter registration
J. M. Lasater, chairman of the
Morris County Democratic Com-
mittee, has scheduled an open
meeting for all interested persons
Thursday, Jan. 22, at the city hall.
The meeting will be held in the
office of the chamber of commerce
and will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Purpose of the meeting is to
encourage registration of voters.
Command which protects the U.S.
against hostile aircraft and mis-
siles.
The major, a 1950 graduate of
Omaha High School, received his
BBA degree in 1954 from East
Texas State College. He was com-
missioned there upon completion
of the Air Force Reserve Officers
Training Corps program. He has
completed a tour of duty in Viet-
nam.
His wife, Willie Jo, is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boozer
of Omaha.
Council names
CD director
The Naples City Council ac-
cepted the resignation of Doyce
Betts as the Naples Civil Defense
Director Monday night at the
council's meeting.
Kenneth Alexander was named by
the council to the job vacated by
Betts.
Men's rest rooms, located in the
back alley, were ordered closed by
the council until they could be
cleaned and put back into shape.
Mayor John Jameson said that
the rest rooms had been badly
abused and that they were filthy.
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Craig, Morris G. The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1970, newspaper, January 22, 1970; Naples, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth329638/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.