The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1955 Page: 1 of 4
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WORTHAM. FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 4. 1955
In Our
Town...
Br MILDRED SIMMONS
HAVE HAD tom* low
hovering over OUR TOWN
week, but at press time no
has fallen. We have smelled
several times but the odor
we smell almost every morn-
now hasn’t been the rweet
ell of rain—rather the odor of
poison has filled the air.
don’t object to that however,
|t will improve our crops a-
nd here. ,
tO MORE WEEKS of this
(lid, hot weather and we will
[invaded by cotton pickers IN
TOWN. The prediction is
the gins will be running full
^t by that time, and let’s hope
this year’s crop will keep
ginning until Christmas.
WAS SOME excite-
out on the Ridge Monday
krnoon late when the well be
| drilled by C. L. Keeling and
ciates of Overton blew gas
[all over the countryside from
pth of 540 feet. The indica-
[s are good and plans to drill
in that area are underway
(OTHER NEW HOME was
ted IN OUR TOWN this
|k That of the Clyde Boyd's
door to Mr and Mrs J A.
Son The Larson’s are spend
I the summer months in Des
ties, la., and will be pleas-
surprised when they re-
to find new neighbors in
home. The Boyd’s neighbor
the other side, Mrs Helen
pe, from whom they pur-
the lot, is seriously ill in
^rsicana hospital.
IE YOU FOLKS ashamed of
birthdays’ Only three to
ratulate this week—Mrs. A
jnds, July 31; Mrs. Era
ker, Aug. 4, and Ted Lucas,
| will celebrate Aug. 15
^R JUNIOR baseball team if
|inly putting OUR TOWN on
nap and we are proud of
The game between Rich-
land Wortham Monday eve-
filled OUR TOWN with
etors — and automobiles
and and Wortham boys will
next Wednesday for Am
aboard a bus and will re
[Sunday. It will be a long
fip, but a wonderful exper
] for them and an opportu
they might not have had
at the support of Mack
Its and his faithful helpers
NUMBER IX
Wortham and
Junior Teams
To Amarillo Tournament
Juniors Down State Home Last Thursday To Reach Play-off
Richland
Win Trip
The Wortham Junior baseball
team won a thrill-packed play-
off game from the Corsicana
State Home by a close 4-3 score
in a game played at Blooming
Grove last Thursday night. The
victory advanced the Wortham
nine into the finals of the Corsi-
cana Junior League play-offs
and cinched a trip to the area
play-off in Amarillo on Aug. 11,
12 and 13 for the Wortham and
Richland teams, regardless of
which team wins the league
play-off this week
Wortham and Richland, win-
ners over State Home and Roane
in the first-round play-offs, will
meet on Monday and Tuesday ot
this week to determine the cham-
pion of the league. If a third
game is necessary it will be
played on a neutral site. A tro-
phy will be awarded to the first
place ‘team with individual a-
wards going to the members of
the champion and runner-up
teams
A thrilling seventh inning rally
produced the win for Wortham
in the third and deciding contest
in the series with State Home
State Hume had taken a 3-1 lead
in the fourth inning and held
the local nine scoreless from the
second through the sixth inning
In the top of the seventh first
baseman Jimmy Oakes, leading
off for Wortham, struck out but
got on base as the catcher drop-
ped the ball and threw, wildly to
first. Oakes advanced to second
on a passed ball and then scored
as little Rov Gene McNeel got
the first solid hit of the night
for Wortham. This made the
score 3-2 and McNeel advanced
to third as Gene Mackey struck
out and Bill LeFevre grounded
out. The next batter, Willie Mc-
Neel, hit a hot grounder to the
third baseman who failed to get
McNeel on the throw to first
and Roy McNeel scored from
third to make the score 13-3.
With Billy Dan Driver at the
plate, Willie McNeel sto|e sec-
ond and third and then getting
a big jump on the pitcher [scamp
lyed home with the winnujig run
Driver struck out for th|e final
out.
In the last of the seventh in-
ning a near-scoring threat was
nipped by the local nine as Jim-
my Oakes took -a throw from
Willie Mt-Neel to retire the sec-
ond hitter and then threw to Roy
McNeel for the tag oij Dennis,
the burlv State Home pitcher,
State Draft Call Set
For 536 Men During
Month of September
kL YOUR FRIENDS about
LADES DAY beginning IN
>WN this Saturday after
[Be on hand at 4 00 p.m
first big drawing'
LEASED OLD
CHECKS TO
IN SEPT. 6TH
f.—Old people in Tex-
Ived a sigh of relief as
General John Ben
ruled that they will
eiving increased old age
ce benefits in September,
bill passed by hte legisla-
Dvided for the additional
lion dollars in assistance
in September. But be-
he bill was passed by
ate, it ran into a consti-
snag providing that such
anot go into effect until
after the session ends,
vould be September 6,
|elay in the effective date
question as to whether
litional funds could be
irailable before October 1.
erd ruled that the in-
allocations for Septem-
ild be made Sept. 6. This
payment of the increase
month.
Dpinton was requested by
$e Department of Public
Mullins' Father
in Winnsboro
Mullins was called to
Dro Monday afternoon
[ the death of his grand-
Mrs. Amanda Ross, who
her. home there. Mrs.
h£8 been critically."**!
[past three months.
services were held at
Tuesday at the Har-
hesr Winnsboro,
at in the Harmony
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AUSTIN—A state draft call
for 536 men for September has
been announced by Brig. Gen.
Paul L. Wakefield. State Selec-
tive Service director.
The quota, the state’s share of
a national call for 10,000 men, is
1 -1 - less than the August quota.
The July call is identical with
the August quota. Calls have
■•anged between 500 and 550 a
month during most of 1955.
Local board quotas for the
September induction into the
Army will be mailed from State
Selective Service headquarters
durng the first week in August.
There will be no physical-
mental examinations of men for
military service through the draft
boards in September, except in
isolated cases, General Wakefield
said
With the exception of volun-
‘eers and possible delinquents,
the August induction call will be
filled only with men who on
Sept. 1 are 21 years of age or
older, General Wakefield said.
He raid such direction of in-
duction of older age groups was
under authority of the national
director of Selective Service and
such instructions were received
with the state call.
The Wortham Junior baseball
team defeated Richland Mon-
day night by a 2 0 score. Wil-
lie McNeel was the winning
pitcher with a one-hit shut-out
gem* of 13 strikeouts. Frankie
Rouse was the losing pitcher
with eight strikeouts. Billy Dan
Driver was the leading batter
with two hits, one of which
droye in the two runs. Frankie
Rous* got the only hit for Rich-
land.
Notes From Your
COUNTY AGENT
Contract for Farm
To Market Roads Let
In Freestone County
A contract for the construc-
tion of grading, structures, base
and surfacing on Farm to Mar-
ket Roads 833 and 1915 in Free-
stone County was awarded in
Austin this week, J. E. Blair,
District ’Highway Engineer at
Bryan, has announced. The firm
of Southwestern Contracting Co.,
Dallas, submitted the low bid of
$66,645.02 on the project which
runs from U. S. 75 east two miles
to Steward’s Mill and from Free-
stone east one mile to Luna.
Resident Engineer J D. Cower
of Buffalo will be in charge of
the project for the Highway De-
partment, and it is estimated that
the work will take 120 days to
complete.
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GLEN WREN ATTENDING
MEETING IN DALLAS
The annual state vocational
agriculture teachers conference
is to be held at the Baker Hotel
in Dallas, Aug. 1-5. Glen Wren,
local vocational ag teacher, is
attending.
By J. H. PRITCHARD
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4-H CLUB BOYS
ATTEND CAMP
On Monday of this week sev-
eral 4-H Club boys, along with
the county agent, went to Trini-
dad to attend the District 9 4-H
Club boys camp. Those attend-
ing from Freestone County were
Dale Lancaster, Dew; Sidney
Ivy, Fairfield; Glenn Harris,
Streetman; Donnie West, Cotton
Gin; Bill Johnson, Teague, and
Irvin Willard, Turlington. They
returned Wednesday.
Hrg Numbers and Price
Prospects (Short Run)
According to economists and
farm management specialists, the
hog outlook for the next few
months shapes up about like
this: Spring pig crop in Texas—
about a 22 per cent increase. U.
S.—about nine per cent increase.
These figures are over last year
and are about three per cent
more than the 10-vear average.
Prices paid for hogs are about
$6.00 under a year ago. Pros-
pects are that prices will work
a little lower when the Spring
pig crop begins to move to mar-
ket. There is little chance for the
market to hold during the Fall
and Winter months. Number of
sows to farrow this Fall are the
largest since 1943. These large
numbers point to more trouble
for the hog producer. There are
a few things that hog producers
may do to meet this situation.
These are:
1. Full feed hogs to be mar-
keted as soon as possible.
2. Marked hogs as soon as they
top market weights of 130-200
pounds.
3. Consider possibilities of sell-
ing some feeder pigs if demand
and price are favorable.
4. Avoid marketing unfinished
hogs where discounts are heavy.
5. If grain purchases are anti-
cipated, buy adequate amounts
at harvest time.
6. Sell off old sows and replace
with good gilts.
7. Improve quality of breeding
herd
Beef Cattle Short Court*
At Texas A. 8c M. College
who had walked. With two men
retired, McNeel walked two bat-
ters before striking out Perry for
the third out and the victory.
The win over State Home gave
the Wortham team a record of
14 wins and three losses.
On the day following the final
game with State Home a drive
was launched to buy uniforms
for the Wortham Junior team
and to help finance their trip to
Amarillo. Thirteen uniforms were
ordered from the W A Holt Co.
in Waco and they will be de-
livered in time for the trip to
Amarillo.
The Wortham team will prob-
ably leave here Aug, 10 for the
.three-day tournament in Amar-
illo. The area wmch will,take
part in the games at the West
Texas city is made up of teams
from Texas, Oklahoma and Lou-
isiana.
Members of the Wortham Jun-
ior baseball team are Bill Le-
Fevre, catcher: Willie Dean Mc-
Neel, pitcher; Jimmv Oakes, first
base; Maurice Burleson, second
base; Roy Gene McNeel, third
base; Billv Dan Driver, short-
stop; Dwight Cherry, pitcher-
left field; Billv Don Bilton. pitch-
er-outfielder; Gene Mackev, right
field; John Marion Black, out-
fielder; Dean Eekhardt, outfield-
re; Billv Walkre, outfielder, and
Benny Hall, infield and outfield.
The managers of the team are
Mack W Mullins, Robert Price,
Paul Burleson and Esau Wil-
liams.
Library Asks Return
Of All Books Issued
During Vacation
The school library, which has
been open during the vacation
days, will close Wednesday, Aug.
10, and anyone having books out
are requested to turn them in by
that time.
Mrs. Gaskill Moody has super-
vised the library during the sum-
mer months, and has been as-
si-ted by Patsy Pruitt and Eu
genia Murphy. This has been a
real service to boys and girls
who wanted to read during the
summer months, and it was
through Mrs. Moody's efforts
that books of the grammar school
were also made available.
Books for Library
Given in Memory Of
Late A. L. DeBord
Funds have been donated for
the purchase of memorial books
dedicated to the memory of the
late A. L DeBord of Halletts-
ville, father of Mrs. Victor Coop-
er. The books are being given by
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones and
Miss Emilie Anne Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bounds, and Mr. and
Mrs. George D. Stubbs.
A very beautiful book which
arrived in the library this week
is Kahlil Gibran's “The Prophet,"
given to the school by Miss Etta
Drumwright of Teague in mem-
ory of Miss Grace Hackney. This
book is one of the beloved clas-
sics of all time. It expresses a
deep and wonderful philosophy,
simple enough for a school child
Freestone County
Colton Crop Reported
Best in Several Years
By GLEN WREN
Quite a number of fields of cot-
ton have been checked this past
week and barring insects, it
seems at the present time that
one of the best cotton crops in
several years is in the making.
A rainfall that is above average
for our area has given the cotton
a good rank stalk. Most of the
fields observed are putting on
good. In fact, on some stalks as
many as 80 to 100 squares and
bolls were counted. Weather con-
ditions and insects will deter-
mine how much will stay on the
stalk and mature.
One of the insects doing con-
siderable damage has been the
boll weevil. In making infesta-
tion counts in fields, ranges from
15 to 65 per cent have been
found This means that out of 100
squares picked at random that
15 to 65 were punctured by the
adult weevil. The weevil punc-
tures the square for on^ of two
reasons. Either for feeding pur-
poses or for egg laying. A punc-
ture made by a weevil in feed-
ing remains open, but an egg
puncture is sealed with a wart-
like plug. The egg hatches in
about three days into a small
white grub or larvae This is a
second stage of the weevil that
is doing damage, for the grub
consumes the inside of the bolls
or squares which drop off and
the grub becomes grown in sev-
en to 12 days. From the grub it
passes into the pupa stage, or
resting stage. It remains a pupa
three to five days and emerges
from the pupa into an adult
weevil ready to start laying eggs
again. The whole cvcle takes an
average of about 21 days. This
is the reason for the alarming
numbers. A control program us-
ing the recommended poisons
should be started when the weev-
il punctures reaches 25 to 35 per
rent. At least two poisonings are
necessary because the grubs in-
side the squares and bolls can-
not be reached The adult weevil
is the stage that is killed by poi-
soning.
A second pest that has been
discovered in the cotton fields
is the boll worm. The boll worms
have just made their appearance
in cotton. This worm is the same
the corn-ear worm and pre-
fers corn to cotton. However, aft-
er the corn becomes hard they
"take to" cotton. That is .the rea-
son for their appearance in cot-
ton nqw, so a check should be
made at least everv three days
for a build-up of boll worms and
a poi*oning control program
started when they start. The boll
worms are capable of fast repro-
duction also and a largo amount
of damage can be done to the
bolls in a short period of time.
Check often for “build-ups” and
start, poisoning when the worms
are small and before they enter
the bolls. The young boll worm
usually feeds three to five days
before entering inside the boll
Some of the fields checked this
past week include Hubert Strunk,
Billy Butler, Buck Murphy, Fred
Eddy, Ralph Bntler and. Roy But-
Wortham Business
Firms Announce
Trades Day Event
Health Officer Says
Second Inoculation
Completed in Texas
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AUSTIN.—Dr. Henry A. Hoi
Commissioner of Health stat
that the second inoculation t of
first and second grade pupils
against polio has been completed
in most areas of Texas. Approx-
imately 70 per cent of those re-
ceiving the first shots were on
hand for the second group
It is hoped that vaccine will
be available soon for use by
private physicians to immunize
those not eligible under the Na-
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis program; also that
some arrangements can be made
to secure vaccine for the medi-
cally indigfent of the state. Under
the Foundation program, use of
vaccine has been limited mostly
to children in the first and sec-
ond grades.
Dr J E. Peavy, Chief of the
Division of Communicable Dis-
eases, says that polio occurs both
sporadically and in epidemics at
irregular intervals, with the high-
est incidenc ein Texas during
the latter part of July hnd the
month of August.
During the past five years 37 4
per cent of the reported cases of
polio in Texas occurred in the
age group under five years; 26
per cent in the group five to nine
years; 12 6 per cent in the group
10 to 14. and 23.8 per cent of the
cases reported were 15 years of
age or older, During epidemics
paralytic cases rarely exceed one
per thousand of population. The
most deaths from polio are in
the 20-29 year group.
Polio can be recognized by
your physician by clinical mani-
festations assisted by examin-
ation of the spinal fluid.
'One Touch ol Venus'
Opened Monday At
State Fair Musicals
Thirty-Two Business
Houses Participate
In Weekly Event
Thirty-two business firms of
Wortham are sponsoring another
Trades Day event beginning this
week. There will be a drawing
each Saturday at 4:00 p.m. be-
ginning this Saturday, Aug. 6,
and merchandise certificates will
be awarded to the winners. You
must be present to win.
Tho e sponsoring the event
and giving Trades Day tickets
with purenases include: Howard
Grocery & Market, Bounds Hdw.
Co., Seely Drug Co., Luck Va-
riety Store, Mills Shoe Shop,-
Longbotham Hdw. Co., RDW
Grocery and Mkt., White Front
Barber Shop, Burleson Furniture
Company, Simmons, Brooks Grill,
Bates Motor Co., Craigs Cafe,
Service Tailors, Keeling Grocery
and Mkt, Steelman Grocery,
Moore Variety Store, K. Wolens
Dept. Store, Mathison Ice Co.,
Cashion Garage, Johnson’s Gulf
Station, Calame Lumber Co.,
Calame Feed Store, Michael’s
Sinclair Station, Michael’s Cof-
fee Shop, Wilson's Magnolia Sta-
tion, Lane’s Service Sta., Bounds
Service Sta., Munroe Drug Co.,
and contributors include Burle-
son Funeral Home, E, A. Strange
Loans and tfnsurance, and the
First National Bank.
This Trades Day has been
started again in the interest of
the citizens of Wortham, Street-
man, Kirvin, Richland, and all
of the surrounding rural commu-
nities. 'I he purpose of the event
is to give the people who traijle
in Wortham more for their mon-
ey and equal opportunity to re-
ceive additional merchandise at
the drawings each week.
Visit the ’above mentioned
firms and ask for Trades Day
tickets.
ler.
Billy Willard Gets
Coaching Contract At
Borger High School
Billy Willard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. Willard of Wortham,
has been signed to a two-year
contract at $6,500 yearly as head
coach at Borger High School.
------------- -...... Willard has served the past three
to understand and deep enough seasons as assistant coach at Port
for a learned man to accept.
There will be a beef cattle
short course at A. & M. College
on Aug. 16-18. Anyone who de-
sires may attend. There will be
a fee of $5 00 per person. Hous-
ing facilities are available at the
Student Memorial Center and
I local hotels and courts. .’
Wortham Masons
Install Officers
At the July stated meeting of
Longbotham Lodge No. 428, A.
F. & AM., the following offi-
cers were installed for the en-
suing masonic year: Foy Elliott,
W M.; Uel L. Davis, Jr., S. W,;
J. D. Blankenship, J. W.; J. T.
Drumwright* treasurer; Logan W
Crews, secretary; W F. Foster,
S. D.; Charles H. Bounds, J. Dr;
M. W. Gorman, S. S.; J. C. Gools-
by, J. S.; L. M. Irvin, tiler.
Mrs. Roger Craig took her
grandson, Tommy Craig, to his
home in Shreveport after he
spent a month with her. She vis-
ited in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Craig for a week and then
brought Clalrk Craig back to
Wortham for a visit.
Arthur.
A 1948 Rice graduate, Willard
served as freshman backfield
coach at his alma mater that
same year.
Minnie Smith Enrolls
At Stephen F. Austin
NACOGDOCHES. — Minnie
Smith from Wortham has en-
rolled for the second term at
Stephen F. Austin State College
in Nacogdoches, according to the
Office of College Information.
A total of 1164 students have
enrolled which represents a 20 5
per cent increase over the 966
who registered for the second
summer session in 1954. Regis-
tration for the fall term will be-
gin on Sept. 13.
“One Touch of Venus” star-
ring Janet Blair and romantic
Russell Nype opened last Mon-
day night at the State Fair Mu-
s.cals in Dallas. This musical
fantasy marks the fifth produc-
tion of the current 1955 Musi-
cals’ season.
Miss Blair vocally and visual-
ly filled the role of Venus, and
Mr. Nype scored again as a Mu-
sicals favorite in his role of the
romantic barber, Rodney Hatch.
■ The story concefW a statue <?f
Venus imported' fo~New York by
an art connoisseur because it re-
minds his of a girl he once loved.
Quite by accident, a barber
breaks the spell that binds the
goddess in marble. When she
falls in love with him, compli-
cations arise with his “not so
goddess-like fiancee," Before sqr-
enit.v can be restored, comedy,
suspense, and even suspected
murder enter the plot.
The musical score by Kurt
Weill reveals such hit tunes as
“Sneak Ixiw," "Westwind," and
“That’s Him,” and manv others
“One Touch of Venus” will he
plaving at the State Fair Audi-
torium from Aug. 1-14.
Applications Being
Received by State
Health Department ^
AUSTIN.—Applications are be-
ing received by the Merit Sys-
tme Council for the Texas State
Department of Health for com-
petitive examinations to be given
on Sept. 10 in as many centers
throughout the state as the num-
ber of candidates may justify.
Special recruitment is being
made for these classifications
which require or prefer a col-
lege degree: veterinarian, senior
health information specialist, ac-
countant, statistician, junior san-
itarian, junior engineer, and as-
sistant bacteriologist.
This testing program also will
include graduate nurses in‘er-
ested in careers in public health
and stenographers and secre’ar-
ies.
Closing date for receipt of ap-
plications is Aug. 27, 1955,
Application forms and ir f >r-
mation are available on request
from the Merit System Council,
814 Littlefield Building, Aus'in.
tyr. and Mrs. Buck Fort of
Wichita Falls visited his family
here over the week end.
Fofher of Mrs. Cooper
Dies in Hallettsville
Mrs. Victor Cooper’s father,
Mr DeBord, died at his home
near Hallettsville Saturday. Fu
neral services were held Sunday
at 2:00 p.m. at the Buekington
Funeral Home in Yoakum.
Rev. Obie Barton To
Preach at Cade Chapel
Rev. Obie F. Barton of Min-
eral Wells will preach eaoh night
at the Cade Chapel beginning
Aug. 8 through 12, at-9.‘00 o’-
deck. Everybody invited.
Currie Baptist Church
Announces Revival
The Missionary Baptist Church
of Currie will have a revival be-
ginning next Sunday, Aug. 7, ac-
cording ( to an announcement
made by Rev. Bob Evans, pastor.
Rev. T. E. Oden, pastor of the
Cold Corner Baptist Church, will
be the evangelisj and serv'ces
will be held both morning and
evening. The morning servit^
will begin promptly at 10:30 and
the evening service at 7:30. Serv-
ices will continue throughout the
week.
Everyone is invited to come
out and hear the good old fash-
ioned gospel.
Jerry L. Dobbins and his mo-
ther, Mrs. M ,L. Dobbins, and
sister, Marthelia, all of Win ers,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Howirdl
Teer and Melba over the week]
end. ’**
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