The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1956 Page: 1 of 6
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WORTHAM. FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY. JULY 12. 1956
NUMBER IS.
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Town...
By MILDRED SIMMONS
THE SAD SONG of OUR
TOWN is dry hot weather. A
very light shower Monday morn-
ing has been our only respite,
and even that seemed to make it
hotter.
BILL GARRETT. Cily Secre-
tary, has kept an accurate rec-
ord of the rainfall since -Jan. 1,
1955 and rainfall recorded to date
in 1955 totaled 22 7 inches, where-
as we have had only 1).’. inches
dunng the same period for 1956
And we thought it was dry last
year!
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT will
be glad to burn dry grass and
weeds on vacant ioj;§ anywhere
in town and have requested that
they be notified in the event you
have anything to be burned off
This could eliminate fire and
save propeffv and is of the ut
most importance as dry as every-
thing is.
A LOT OF FAMILIES ,njoy*d
reunion, and just -m all 'amily
outings on the Fourth and many
of our cit.zens went f ,lung The
fish were not biting however,
and who c mid blame them' The
water is a fine place to stav now
A NOTE WITH a renewal to
The Journal came from Mrs. C
H Quinby who live., in Lubbock
Mrs, Quinby says that they en-
joy The Journal and do not want
to miss a copy We will try to
see that she doesn't. The Journal
has a number of subscribers :n
the Lubbock area and we are al-
ways glad to hear from our read-
ers.
BIRTHDAY congratulations to
Roger Seely who celebrated July
S. to P O Davidson and Mrs
Juanita Murray July 10, Donnie
L Lee July 11. Outher Dee Pace
and Scott Bounds July 12, Mary
Louise Bell Julv 13. and Karla
Simmons July 14
THE INCONVENIENCE of road
machinery now will mean a lot
to our trade territory which uses
Farm to Market Road 27 west of
Wurtham in the future, as the
road is undergoing a repair job
The roads and highways of our
state need a l«t ot repair and im-
provements, but they are so much
better than many we have trav-
eled in other sta.es. In fact, i{ is
g od to get back on a Texas high
way after driving on those of
some of our neighboring states.
A NUMBER OF changes have
been noted IN OUR TOWN in
aecent weeks aside fiom the nt w
downtown buildings Some of
our citizens ate boasting new
figures, and we are n• >• refeting
to finances Have v u -'em Floyd
Calame lately'’ If you have, may
be you didn't recognize him!
Floyd’s willpower has paid off—
and there are others who are
trying!
WITH ELECTION time draw-
ing nearer more new faces are
appearing on our Main Street-
Some of the candidates are hand-
ing out colored cards! This might
be a good idea afterall. especial-
ly if the color happens to appeal
to the individual. The pink one
impressed me!
THE MOST CONTESTED race
in our county will be the sher-
iff's race with four candidates on
the ticket. The only other con-
tested places will bo that of tax
assessor-collector and constable
for this precinct, with two can-
didates vying for each office.
Some interesting things will hap-
pen within the next two weeks
IN OUR TOWN and many other
towns throughout this great state
in which we live.
EXPRESSION OF THANKS
There are no words to express
my thanks to each of you for
your prayers, flowers, telegrams,
’ telephone calls, cards, letters and
visits while in the hospital and
the food and so many other
kindnesses shown since I have
been at home. People never real-
ise the value of thoughtfulness
until they have to he “stopped "
I am doing nicely and will
gradually be my normal self
again. —Lydia K. Burleson.
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Wortham Baseballers
To Play Roane Here
On Thursday Night
The Wortham basebell teams
will entertain the Roane clubs
Thursday night on the Wortham
diamond, with the Midget team
due to start playing at 6 p. m.
to be followed by the Juniors at
3 o'clock.
These games will be the last of
the regularly scheduled games
with the playoff due to start the
week of July 16
The Woithem Juniors had won
six games and lost lour through
the games played last week,
ing hitters for the Juniois are
Roy Gene McNeel and Glern
Keeling The Juniors are in
second place in the league stand-
ings
Political Rally to Be
Held in Buffalo On
Saturday, July 14th
A county-wide political raliy
will be held in Buffalo Saturday
night, July 14, starting at 7:00
o’clock at the buffalo lootball
field Four state candidates and
two district candidates haie ac-
cepted invitations to speak,
Reuben Senterfitt, candidate
for Governor, will be ptesent.
B.ll Daniel will speak in behalf
of his brother, Senator Price
Daniel. Senator A M Aikin, Jr
and C T Johnson, candidates
for Lieutenant Governor v ill at-
tend. Representative Jack C
Bryan and his opponent, George
Fryer, will also speak
Music will be furnished dur-
ing the evening by Abner
Reese and other musician* The
Lions Club will have a conces-
sion stand and sell hot dogs,
cold drinks and other refresh-
ments
The rally, sponsored by the
Buffalo Lions Club, will be the
onlv one held in' Leon County
and a lai ge crowd is expected to
attend from Leon and other sur-
rounding counties.
Visitors in the home of the Joe
Siooksberrvs over the week end
>ve-e Mr Stooksberry’s parents.
Mr and Mrs. J M Stooksberrv,
of Kerrville, and his sister, Mrs.
George Stroup, and her family
of Stillwater, Okla Nancv and
L i n Stooksberry accompanied
their grandparents home for a
week's visit.
Bounds Welding Shop
Burglarized for $400
In Equipment- Sunday
Thieves broke into the Bounds
Welding Shop and Garage Sun-
day evening in Wortham and
took approximatly £400 worth of
equipmnt. According to Joe
Bounds, owner of the shop, a
number of batteries were stol-
en, an electric bench gun, an
electric skill saw, a Ford and a
Chevrolet radiator, along with
other new tools.
Limestone County authorities
are working on the case. Entry
was made by prizing open a win-
dow.
City Secretary Attends
Groesbeck Meeting
For Water Operators
W L. Garrett, City Secretary,
was in GroekbCck last Friday
evening to take the water oper-
ator., examination to renew his
water opeiators license. The ex-
am was curducted by Mr, Ferris
of the State Health Department.
L M. Irvin, city water Supt ,
attended the water works school
also, and has received a 20 hour
credit. In fact, Mr. Irvin tias at-
tend'd two such schools s'nee he
was awarded the operatoih lic-
ense when only one is required.
Wortham is fortuna'e to have
two oualified water cpeiators,
thus affording the citv one of the
best water svstem- in this area.
Landmark of the Bible
Tf;:h
O. H. Howard Named
On Housing Board
O H, Howard has been ap-
pointed to the Board of Commis-
sioners of the Housing Authority
of the City of Wortham The lo-
cal commission provides for the
administration of the low-rent
public housing program which
operates under state law
Mrs. W M LeFevre, execu-
tive director of the Wortham
Authority, has received recogni-
tion for splendid and efficient
management of the units and has
been pra.sed for the general ap-
pearance of the project.
Other members of the Board
of Commissioners are Gussie
Weaver, Harrv P Bounds, M C.
Strange and Mrs. Walter Moore.
M/Sgt. and Mrs, F B Covert
and daughter, Betsy, returned to
their home in San Antonio on
Tuesday after visiting her par-
en‘s, Mr, and Mr. Roy Bounds
SEN. A. M. AIKIN PLEDGES CONTINUANCE
OF FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD PROGRAM
Continuance of the form-to-
market road program in Texas to
keep pace with growing needs is
being stressed by State Senator
A M. Aikin, Jr., of Paris in his
campaign for Lieutenant Govern-
or.
It was my privilege several
years ago to be a co-author and
sponsor of a bill that set aside
fifteen million dollars each year
to be used exclusively in the con-
struction and maintenance of
farm-to-market roads,” recalls
the veteran of 19 years in the
Texas Senate and four years in
the House.
“I sineeiely feel that this has
been one of the finest programs
that has been adopted, and I
know you will agree that it lias
done and is doing a lot of good
for our people.”
The co-author of the Gilmer-
Aikin laws for public schools
also feels that ‘our counties
should receive some help finan-
cially from the state on purchase
ol right-of-way. The Commis-
sioners Courts are being called
on to furnish right-of-way for
many projects, and it has grown
to such proportions that some
help must be forthcoming from
some source. The burden is too
heavy for the counties to carry
alone. In many places the coun-
ties are being asked to make
available three hundred feet
right-of-way across the entire
county, and they are just not
able to do it. However, I want
that the control and the securing
of right-of-way shall be left in
the hands of the Commissioners
Courts."
Senator Aikin’s platform in-
s pm
ment
system and greater discretion for
the hospital board in the matter
of salaries to maintain adequate
eludes proposals for greater im-
provement of the state hospital
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A. M. AIKIN. JR.
staffs; a workable water const r-
vatior. program .distinct from the
question of water rights, under
full local control; more ade-
quate salaries for state employ-
ees in line with the salary
schedules of private industiy;
enactment of a strict lobby reg-
isteratioo law "with teeth in it”;
additional piotectivc measures
against unscrupulous insurance
companies; enactment of the pro-
posed constitutional amendment
to the Veterans Land Program,
and anv additional legislation
necessary to protect both the
state and the veterans; for in-
come from the available fund of
the University of Texas and of
Texas A. & M. College to be
freed entirely from appropria-
tions so that salaries may be
supplemented to attract and hold
capable staff members; and
amendment of the Teachers Re-
tirement Section of the Consti-
tution, a proposal of which he is
the author.
MOUNT OF OLIVES: Arab Jerusalem ts the religious capital
•f the Kingdom of Jordan, one of the Bible Lands, and is divided
Into two parts: The Old Walled City containing the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre and many other Christian shrines, and the modern
city aprawling just outside the walls amid the hills of Judea. The
modern city embraces the Garden Tomb, regarded by many
Protestants as the true burial Place of Jesus. ANath 27:59). Shown
In this picture are the Mount of Olives In the background, whence
the Master Is believed to have ascended Into Heaven, the Stately
Church of All Nations in the right foreground flanked by the
Garden of Gethsemane and the seven-domed Church of St. Mary
Magdalena, just behind the former church. Springtime has splashed
•is sacred site with all the colors of the rainbow.
Fire Chief to Attend
Training School At
Texas A&M College
Tom Joe Bates, Wortham fire
ctref, will attend the annual
Firemans’ Training School to be
held July 8-13 at Texas A&M
A news release from A. & M.
states that a special course for
drivers of emergency vehicles
will be featured at this year’s
school. The nationally known
fireman’ school annually attracts
more than 1200 firemen, fire
marshalls and military men from
throughout the stale.
Chief Bates said he had been
advised the school will have a
basic training course and a
course in fire prevention and
fire investigation for fire marsh-
alls, as well as the special train-
ing course for drivers of emer-
gency vehicles.
Search for Yellow
Fever Mosquitoes
Said 'Inconclusive'
AUSTIN -A ,i:a: ch f u yellow
fever mosquitoes in the Lower
Hi' Giande Valley 1 a. ■ t month
was "inconclusive,” the State De-
partment of Health has announc-
ed
State Health Commi’jior.er
Henry A, Hollo >aid the failure
to find significant numbers of
uosquilues of tile type capable
of transmitting yellow fever was
probably due to intensive -pray-
ing of insecticides on cotton crops
on Valley farms,
Another study will be made in
September. Dr. Holie -aid
He -aid the mid-June sL dy by
an international team of rro-qui-
to specialists had failed to show
the presence of yellow fever mos-
quitoes within the city limits of
B: ownsvilie. but isolated breed-
ing was found in a rural sec-
tion of Hidalgo and at two points
in Matamoros across the Rio
Grande.
"The urban yellow fever mos-
quito is a very fragile insect, and
the intense spraying may account
for its absence at this time of
the year,” said Holie
The su.vey was undertaken at
the behest of Valley health auth-
orities in an effoit to get a clear
picture of the numb-r of mos-
quitoes present in the section.
Two specific types of the wing-
ed insects arc responsible for the
transmission of yellow fever,
known to be flourishing among
the monkeys of Central Amer-
ican jungles.
The Valley study was made by
entomologists and sanitarians
from the State Departin' nt of
Health, the U. S. Public Health
Service, the Internationa! Co-op-
eration Administration. Mexican
Ministry of Health, and the Pan-
American Sanitary Bureau.
They checked 256 houses in
Brownsville and made random
inspection of so-called "h‘ceding
hot-spots” around the nit". In-
vestigations were negative
In Matamoros. 428 premises
were checked, with positive re-
sults in two instances.
"The Brownsville area must
remain under suspicion until a
further study can be made.” the
commissioner said, "since Mata-
moros and Brownsville hro e vir-
tually contiguous populations and
since two breeding pools were
found in Matamoros,
"Findings may he different in
S< ptember when the use of ag-
ricultural insecticides is at a
mr imum. We'll go hark then."
Dr. Holie said all local health
departments along the border
have been alerted and are keep-
ing watch On known mosquito
breeding areas.
A votlow fever study is cur-
rently in progress in San Antonio
under Dr. J.„ C. .Ellington, city
health department director, and
a Pan-American Sanitary Bu-
reau entomologists has been as-
signed to do similar work at
points along the border.
Meanwhile, Mexican govern-
ment officials are reported to be
making preparation for a nation-
wide study of its mosquito prob-
lem. The study will be complet-
ed by September.
School Bonds Sold
A cashier check in the amount
of $175,312.76 was received
from the sale of school bonds
ar.d was deposited to the
Wortham Independent. School
Di trict building fund on Juiv
5, 195.6 in the First National
Bank in Wortham.
Miss McCommon To
Receive Master Degree
From Sam Houston
HUNTSVILLE— Miss Saiah
McCommon of Wortham is a
truing nine Freestone County
students who are candidates for
degrees at Sam Houston State
Teachers College.
M'iss McCommon is a graduate
student and is a candidate for
a Master of Education degree
She was graduated from Worth-
am High School in 1944
Currently 208 candidates have
filed tor degrees at Sam Hous-
ton. Commencement exercises
will be held August 21.
C. L. Carrol of Teague visited
in Wortham Saturday,
Grass Fire Results
In Loss of Garage
A grass fire Sunday afternoon
r., ulted in the loss of a double
garage behind the home o' Mrs.
A.ice Wright here in Wortham.
The fire, which apparently stall-
ed as a result of burning trash,
wept the lots in back of the
Wright home and was thought
completely under control when
suddenly the entire garage was
enveloped in flames. The garage
and contents were a total loss.
John P. Stubbs suffered some
bums in trying to rescue a horse
which he was returning to the
Wught lots at the time of the
fire.
Morris LeFevre To
Fill Vacancy On
Local School Board
W. Morris LeFevre was re-
cently appointed to the Worth-
am Independent School Board to
fill the unexpired term of Bill
Foster who resigned and moved
to Hamlin.
Mr. LeFevre, who is with the
Gulf Oil Corporation, is a life-
long resident of Wortham and a
member of the First Methodist
Church. Mr. and Mrs. LeFevre
have two sons, Bill, who will be
a senior in Wortham High School
th’s year, and Johnny, age five.
RUDDER LENDS PRESTIGE TO JOB AS
STATE LAND OFFICE COMMISSIONER
AUSTIN.—Ear; Rudder, who
nas served as Land C immissicn-
or since January 5, 1955, in seek-
ing hhs first elective term it. that
office. Rudder's platform stre-s-
es two points: (1) Under f-is ad-
ministration public confidence
m the Veterans’ Land program
has been ret ired, 12> The Gen-
eral Land Office is now i perat-
ing under new and unprecedent-
ed efficiency.
Rudder took office shortly af-
ter veterans’ land scandals first
rocked the state
He is a veteran himself—one of
the country's greatest heroes of
World War II. As a Ranger com-
mander, Rudder on D-Da,v per-
sonally led his troops up the 100-
foot-hlgh clilfs of Nonnar.dv to
destroy a German coastal bat-
t< rv Me was shot tw'c \ bi t ac-
complished his mission.
General Omar N, Bradley,
commander of U. S, Ground
Fore's in Europe, recently wrote
in his memoirs that the D-Day
assignment he gave Rudder was
the most difficult he had ever
given any ^soldier during his en-
tire military career.
Rudder was decorated for
bravery in action seven times by
‘hree governments—the United
States, France and Belgium
Rudder, the only veteran in the
race for Land Commissioner, has
been commended for his work in
the Land Office by th" Ameri-
can Legion and the VFW
Rudder's first act on assuming
office was a wholesale cleanup of
the veterans' land program. Not
a single whisper of scandal in
that program has J>een heard
since With legislative hetp, the
program has been decentralized.
A County Committee must now
screen the veterans’ transactions
before thev mav he submitted
to the Veterans' I.and Board,
which Rudder heads. This con-
trol at the county level has
greatly speeded up the cleanup,
July 20th Final Dale
For Signing Acreage
Reserve Agreement
By NORMAN H. LAMBERT
FREESTONE COUNTY ASC
Cotton and peanut producers
arc reminded that any acreage
that they intend to put inlo the
Acreage Reserve part of the Soil
Bank must sign an agreement
with the county committee not
later than July 20, 1956. Up un-
til July 6, 1956 only 18 fanners
had signed agreements under the
Acreage Reserve.
Farmers are reminded that
there are several provisions in
the regulations for 1956 that will
peimit farmers to put back part
or all of ’heir 1956 peanut ar cot-
ton allotment into the Acreage
Reserve.
Full information pertaimng to
the Acreage Re erve part of the
Soil Bank program can be ob-
ta' >d at vour County Agent’s
off ’ or ASC office.
Th" U S. Department of Ag-
rieul'ure nnnounoed June 19 that
Commody Credit Corporation
loans on 1955 crop upland cot-
ton which had maturity date of
Julv 31, 1956, will he carried in
a past-due s’atus through Dee-
ember 31, 1956. This will give
producers an additional five
m"nths in which to red "m 'heir
loan r- tt"n The avetage loan
rate was 31 70 'cnK per pound,
basis m ddling 7 3 in-h for up-
land cotton.
Navarro-Hill
Soil Conservation
Notes
EARL RUDDER
Rudder says. Rudder has o’ "
restored order and efficiency ir
the Land Office. This office han-
dles about $84,000,000 of the pub-
lic's money each year—mostly
funds which support 1'exas
public free schools, and the Un
’versify of Texas. The money is
derived principally from lease
of public lands to oil and gas
companies. Rudder increased the
price which these companies
must pay for such leases, thus
helping the school funds The
permanent free school fund now
totals about $350,000,000, of
which about $48,000,000 or 15
per cent of the total—has been
collected since Rudder took of-
fice. Similarly, the University
fund has increased under Rud-
der’s administration to over
$256,000,000 Just recently, over'
$16,000,000 was added to this
fund in one lease sale alone.
Rudder was born at Eden, in
West Texas. He attended John
Tarleton and Texas A. & M. He
is 46 years old, married and the
father of five children.
Floyd Calame has 20 acres of
Chinese red and Brabham cow-
peas up to a good stand and do-
ing good. They were planted in
early June on oat stubb.e at a
cost Jof about $1.50 per acre. Cal-
ame is going to combine them
for seed, if a good crop is set,
otherwise they will be grazed
and turned under for soil build-
ing.
Calame has a 14 acre block of
cotton that has had two years of
vetch treatment. He hai vested
700 pounds of vetch seed per
acre on it in 1954 which brought
12'/2 cents. "Vetch has really
loosened up the soil and made
it mellow." stated Calame.
Manv co-operators throughout
the area have mowed them pas-
tures to control weeds. This is
an important piia.se of pasture
improvement woi k that is often
neglected. Weeds rob the soil of
plant nutrients and moisture that
are needed by pasture grasses.
Mesquite brush is a major
problem in many pastures. Dave
Bounds of Tehuacana realized
that he had to do something
about his. He has applied 2-4-5 T
on 600 acres of scattering mes-
quite brush, lacking 200 acres of
covering it all. He is onthusias'ic
with the apparent control he is
getting with it. Application is
made bv a hand sprayer.
Both Bounds and Calame are
co-operators in the Navarro-Hill
Soil Conservation District. The
Soil Conservation Service tech-
nicians of the Wortham Work
Ur.it are assisting these men in
their planning and application
work of using each acre of land
within its capabilities and the
'r'.atment of each aero of land
in .lero'danee with its needs for
nnketinn and improvement.
Wortham Soldier Gets
Safe Driver Award
Specialist Second Class Mc-
Kinley Griffin, snn of Mrs Ethel
Griffin, Wortham, was sected as
the Safe Driver for the 1st Guid-
ed Missile Brigade during the
month of June.
Entering the Army in Novem-
ber 1951, Sp-2 Griffin served
with the Army overseas before
coming to Fort Bliss.
Sp-2 Griffin attended Wortham
High School prior to entering the
Army He is now living in El
Paso with his wife, Mrs. Bernice
V Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. H C. Boyd sp^nt
last week end visiting her par-
ents, Rev. and Mrs R. W
Bounds, and other relatives :i
Comanche, Okla. Mm . Boyd’s
niece. Miss Jean Bounds, re-
turned to Wortham with them
for a visit.
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