The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965 Page: 1 of 4
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SERVING WORTHAM
And Its Tri-County
Trade Area
SUnrtham Jmtntai
VOLUME 67.
WORTHAM. TEXAS. 76693. THURSDAY. AUGUST 26. 1965
NUMBER 19.
yyORTHAM HAD ANOTHER
good rain Sunday night. We
have received no official report
of the amount.
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JESSE MILLER WAS burning
his trash last Wednesday
and was kicked by a horse on
both legs and Is having to stay
off them for awhile.
He apparently frightened the
horse when he rattled the cans,
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^R. AND MRS. William F.
Eckhardt have received an
interesting letter from their
nephew, T P, Bounds, whose
company, Brown and Root, has
•lent him to Bombay, India, for
a three month period, He wrote
if the crowded conditions and
the vast amount of rainfall. "It
rains every day and sometimes
ill day
The past t w a weeks it has
ra.ncd 27 inches
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JT'S BACK TO ichool again for
all school-age children as
•school bells will ring Monday,
Augu.-t 30. at 8 30 am. It Ls
also .school again for five adults
Mary Williams, Fiona Teer,
Armor Richardson. Luc.lie Eddy,
and Mi .Jo -e M.lle: . w ho have
t " < n :i • ■ to -akc ! j-week-
cou.se m Additional Training at
the Mexia State School,
Cla>ses w, 11 be held twice a
week from 0 00 until 11 p m.
School will close Dec 3 with
graduation exercises, and certi-
ficates awarded t h a t night.
There will be two classes of 15
n each, lias.'
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ARTHUR ELLIOT WRITES
that he enjoys the home
paper very much We are very
glad he does.
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(REMODELING WILL BEGIN
shortlv on t h e post office,
During this time tine post office
will be moved into another
building
We -A.it have more information
to pax.- on to you very soon.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO MR.
and Mr Fen ley Magness
whose little daughter. Lesa, was
named Little Miss in the Lime-
stone County Farm Bureau Con-
test in Mexia She .s tFit* grand-
daughter of Mr and Mr-- Doyle
Magness
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gVERYONE IS VERY happy
Mrs, Dorothy Burleson is
coming to Wortham to teach mu-
sic Mrs. W D Moody recom-
mends her highly and that is
good enough for most people.
Mrs, Burleson is a teacher in
Corsicana also and we appreciate
her time and effort in coming
this distance so our children may
continue their lessons,
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(JAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Melba
Dobbins on August 27; J. B.
Parker, Scott Keeling, Sammie Jo
Bounds, Hope Lane and T. G,
Keeling on Aug 28; Mrs. J. J
Fields on Aug. 29; Bub Ridge and
Mr.s. Maud Riley on Aug. 30;
Glenn Keeling, Ethel Pruitt and
Jo Edd Bounds, on Sept. 1; and
Claskill Moody and Noma Gib-
bons on Sept. 2.
BATTLE LINES DRAWN FOR AMENDMENT
ELECTION TO INCREASE SENATE TO 39
By VERN SANFORD
Texai Press Association
AUSTIN.—As absentee voting
gets under way for the Septem-
ber 7 election on the proposed
constitutional amendment to in-
crease size of the Texas Senate
from 31 to 39 members, battle
lines are drown.
State AFL-CIO is leading the
opposition. It charges that the
proposal is a "pig in a poke” of-
fering no guide-s as to where the
new districts will go.
“Committee for Fair Represen-
tation," made up primarily of
trade and industrial association
representatives, contends that
Texans would get “proper rep-
resentation without jeopardizing
the interests of sparsely-settled
areas” by adding eight new mem-
bers to the Senate.
Lobby groups acknowledge
they favor the plan because in-
creased membership would cut
down a senator’s work load some-
what and make it easier to com-
municate with him.
The enlargement amendment,
which triggered one of the 59th
Legislature’s most bruising bat-
tles, was intended to take some
of the sting out of legislative re-
districting by making it possible
for most Incumbent senators to
keep their jobs.
Big city forces are divided,
while most rural interests tend
to favor a 39-member Senate.
Whether either campaign af-
fects the expected light voter
turnout remains to be seen. Most
predictions are that the amend-
ment will fail
REX ALLEN — The popular
singing cowboy known to mil-
lions through his records,
mories. TV and personal ap-
pearances. will fly to Waco
*»arly in October for five big
performances at the Heart O’
Texas Fair and Rodeo. Dates
are Oct. 5-9. Dozens of new
features are on the entertain-
ment agenda at the fall Fair.
Oil Allowable Held
At August Level
AUSTIN. (TT'.A)—Texas Rail-
road Commission set September
oil allowable at 28 per cent of
potential, same as the previuos
month.
Allowable amounts to more
than 2,800,000 barrels a day, 41,-
000 less than for August. The
Commission emphasized this
level would prepare industry for
demands of peak winter months.
On September 1, the Commis-
sion will set up District 8-A,
composed of 21 West Texas
counties. They are Bailey, Lamb,
Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cottle,
Cochran, Hockley. Lubbock,
Crosby, Dickens, King, Yoakum,
Terry, Lynn, Garza, Kent, Gaines,
Dawson, Borden and Scurry.
The commissioners say the new
district will promote efficiency in
administering oil and gas con-
servation laws.
U. S. GRANT FOR HEALTH
RESOURCES RESEARCH
AUSTIN. (TPA)—Texas Hospi-
tal Association has received a
U S. grant to conduct research
on planning of community health
resources for disasters.
Merry Jahn Chandler
To Gel BS Degree
In Nursing at TCU
FORT WORTH.—Merry Jahn
Chandler of Route 1, Box 43,
Wortham, expects to complete
degree requirements and be
awarded a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Nursing at summer
commencement exercises at Tex-
as Christian University on Fri-
day, August 27.
Dr, Carey Croneis, chancellor
of William Marsh Rice Univer-
sity, will deliver the evening's
address in Daniel-Meyer Coli-
seum. To be awarded an hon-
orary LL. D. degree, he will be
cited by TCU for “his inspira-
tional leadership in U. S. higher
education,” his contribution to
civic welfare and his “meaning-
ful and continuing devotion to
the advancement of mankind's
betterment and understanding."
Honorary Doctor of Divinity
degrees will be conferred on Dr.
N. Quentin Grey of Fort Worth’s
First Christian Church and Dr.
William T. Gibble of University
Christian Church in Austin in
consideration of their leadership
in religious and civic affairs and
their dedication to the church.
More than 300 bachelor, mas-
ter and doctoral degrees will be
conferred by Chancellor James
M. Moudy to bring the total of
earned degrees in 1965 to over
1,000 for the first time in one
calendar year in the University’s
92-vpar hi.st.nrv.
Executive Director
Answers Questions
About LHA Program
"What will low-rent housing
cost m local taxes'1'' is one of
the questions answered hern bv
Christine LeFevre, Executive
Director. Housing Authority of
the City of Wortham
"The low-rent housing oo.* in
local taxes .- nil," according to
the LHA official. She continued,
"No tax levy Is required; no
increase in taxes necessary.
The federal government, through
loans or guarantees of loans,
makes possible the financing of
housing, and makes an annual
contribution to enable rents to
be set within reach of low-in-
come families"
In answer to critics who say:
"Low-rent housing is free,” Mrs.
LeFevre replies that tenants
must pay their rents, just as Mr.
Average Local Citizen,
"Many col I e e t i o n agencies
would envy the record set by the
Wortham Housing Authority,"
Mrs, LeFevre said. From July
1. 1964 to June 30. 1965. rent
collection losses amounted to
only $8.00, out of total charges of
$7,788.35." Charges for water
and' sewer are included in. the
rent.
She continued, "Other proof
of business management is the
Authority's firm practice of in-
vesting excess funds in Wortham
banks and approved government
securities."
"In 1964-65," she said, “the
Wortham H o u sing Authority
earned $636 43 from such invest-
ments,"
“Most interesting,” Mrs. Le-
Fevre concluded, “not one cent
of Wortham's tax money has ever
been expended on the Wortham
Housing Authority, nor will it
be with the 20 additional units
for the elderly which opened for
occupancy on August 17, 1965."
The Housing Authority met
for their annual meeting Mon-
dya, August 23, and Harry
Bounds was elected chairman
and Gussie Weaver vice-chair-
man.
Jill Hauk Gathers Twirling Honors
JILL HAUK, 7, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hauk of
New Braunfels, had a busy
week end August 6-7, winning
10 medals and three trophies
for baton twirling at two con-
tests in the area.
Jill won a first place trophy
in beginner’s solo (ages 10 and
under) at the Aqua Festival
twirling contest at Austin and
another first for two-baton
(ages 10 and under); a third
place medal for dance twirl
solo (ages 9 and under); a third
place medal for Miss Aqua
Festival (7 and under) and a
fourth place medal for Flag
(ages 12 and under)
In the divisional Contes’, -he
Won 'hree second place medals
and two first place medals.
At the Heart o’ the Hills
twirling contest at Hunt, she
won a first place trophy in
intermediate solo (ages 8 and
under) and a second place
medal in two baton handling
(ages 11 and under).
In the divisional contest,
she won a first place medal,
Jill is the granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Orval Butler of
Wortham and Mrs. Joe Hauk
of Cameron.
In July, Jill r (tended the
T.L.C. twirling and drum ma-
joring school in Segum and
won first place in age group
9 years and u n d e r for solo
twirl This is the second year
in a row she has won first in
her age division
SCHOOL BELLS TO RING MONDAY
Wortham High School, elemon
tary school and F. W. Wheele:
School will begin regular classes
Monday, August 30, at 8:30 a.rn,
Elementary school faculty is
composed of Mrs. Acker Haskins,
first; Mrs, E, G. Reynolds, second;
Mrs. J. E. Sims, third; Mrs Cas
kill Moody, fourth; Mrs. J. P,
Black, fifth; Mrs. Glenn Wren,
sixth; Mrs, Joe Stooksberry.
seventh, and Principal Joe S’ooks-
berry, eighth
High School: Supt. Eldon Edge,
Richard Fiero, principal, coach;
GU nr, Wren, freshman homeroom
and Agriculture; Mrs. E, M.
Jones, sophomore homeroom;
Mrs Homer Jolly, junior home-
room and homemaking; Mrs, Mil-
dred Watts, senior homeroom and
English, and Mrs. J. P. Black,
who divides time between the
elementary school and high
school, one half ciay each.
At F. W. Wheeler the elemen-
tary teachers are Alma Burleson,
Lillie Harper, Willie Love and"
Mrs, Guy. High school teachers
are Freddie Gardner, Lorenzo
Miks, Irene Slaughter and H P.
Foster, principal.
Mr.s. Quay Miller and Mrs.
Marion Malhis'on are te lunch-
mom ladies for the Wortham
school Bus drivers for- all schools
are Marion Mathison, Raymond
Rice and L. A. Davis.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOREBODES PERIL
ON TEXAS HIGHWAYS; CAUTION URGED
in traffic during the three day
holiday.
‘To combat carelessness and
attempt to hold down these need-
less deaths," Garrison said, “the
DPS will conduct the regular
j special emphasis program, ‘Op-
eration Motorcide.’ From 12 D1
! a.m, September 4 through 11:59
I p.m, September 6. the Depart-
■ nt will use every means at it*
Dollar-A-Month
Club Formed For
Filth Sunday Night Union Service at Baptist Mexia Slate School
Church To Be Observed as Memorial Service
The fifth Sunday night union , Officers of the Cemetery As-
set-vice on August 29 at the Bap- 1 sociation include John Peter
list Church, 7:30 p.m., will be j Stubbs, president; Lewis Irwin,
observed as a Memorial Service.1 vice-president: Mrs. Harry P.
It has been said, "Progress and ! Bounds, secretary; Mrs, W. D,
change are necessary but any 1 Moody, as-istar.t secretary, and
people who forget their dead and i Will Mathison, treasurer.
what they stood for are on their |__
way to oblivion,"
This service is to honor your
loved ones and friends who are , ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS
buried in the Wortham Come- AUSTIN. (TPA) — Governor
tery. Plan to come and invite Connally has announced the ap-
your neighbors, j point meet of James B. Swann of
The Rev. T. I. Sandlin, pastor I Houston to head the new Texas
of the Presbyterian Church, will11ndustrial Commission office of
bring the message. The host i export expansion,
pastor, Rev. Bill Roe, will be in j Rep. Will Smith of Beaumont
charge of the music and Rev. is interim chairman of a commit-
W T. Reynolds, Methodist pas- tee to plan office construetion for
tor, will assist with the service. House members.
AUSTIN. — "Violations of the
Texas traffic law will be appar-
ent in nine out of every 10 acci-
dents which claim a human life
over the Labor Day weekend,”
said Col. Homer Garrison today
in a statement concerning the
upcoming holiday.
Col, Garrison, director of the
Texas Department of Public
Safety, said that DPS statisticians
estimate tha 35 persons will die j dLpo,ul” ;o' reduce traffic aeci-
_I d • ■ n t
A- a part of “Operation Mo-
'ureide,” a tabulation of fatal
incidents will be released from
DPS headquarters in Austin
three times daily to focus atten-
’ion on 'lie dangers of holiday
travel. Garrison also noted that
an additional 150 men from other
I DPS uniformed services will be
Mrs. Ralph Burroughs or Mrs.'Pn ,dut^ .supplement ^the ac-
Joe Wilson, coordinator and as-
sistant coordinator of volunteer
services for the Mexia State
School, are looking for members
to the newly formed Ddllar-A-
Month Club,
Individuals* by joining this
club can "adopt” a child at the
tivities of the Highway Patrol.
Garrison pointed out that al-
most all the accidents during the
1964 Labor Day weekend, which
killed 39 persons and injured,
hundreds more, had violations of
the law as contributing factors.
“The most common violation,’’
State School. The $12 per year j he r,-Portl’d' “wa-s !he failure to
or $100 per month will be given • ''e11 d tight of way, followed
to the child for spending mon- ('1Ol0>>' bv violations where the
Py driver exceeded a sate speed for
exi ting weather or road condi-
tion.-:."
Other common violations con-
Screwworm Bailie
Is Intensified With
Sterile Fly Drops
AUSTIN. (TPA)—Federal-state
| air invasion against the screw-
worm fly was stepped up dur-
ing July with the release of 632,-
000,000 sterile screwworm flies
over Texas, New Mexico, Ari-
zona, California and 12 Mexican
states.
Dr. S. B Walker, Director of
the Texas Animal Health Com-
mission, and Dr, John Wilbur,
Veterinarian for the Animal
Health Commission, and Dr.
John Wilbur, Veterinarian for
the Animal Health Division of
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
report that 115,800,000 sterile
flies were released over Texas
where 63 confirmed eases of
screwworm were reported. Spe-
cial "hot spotting" was directed
in Texas and northern Mexico
river beds.
Largest number of confirmed
cases in Texas—25—was in Za-
vala County. New Mexico con-
firmed 29 cases; Arizona, 94,
California, three; and Mexico,
800, where 4.38,600,000 sterile flies
were released.
Lesa Magness Chosen Little Miss’ Queen
g*rr‘,‘r, " ’"T
DEBBIE COLEMAN
Runnerup, Little Miss
LESA DOYLEHE MADNESS
Little Miss for 1966
Little Lesa Magness. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fenley Mag-
ness of Tehuacana, was chosen "Little Miss” in the Limestone
County Farm*Bureau Queen Contest held at the National Guard
Armory in Mexia Saturday night, August 21. Little Debbie
Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Coleman of Groesbeck,
was selected runnerup. In the senior event. Miss Karen Ken-
nedy. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Douglas of Groesbeck,
was crowned Farm Bureau Queen. Lesa is the granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Magness of Wortham.
Though many of the 2700 chil-
dren at the Mexia State School
receive adequate money from
Home, there are many who do
not, The money contributed by
the volunteer organization for
these children, will he used bv
the children as .spending money
for soft drinks and other small
things that will bring joy to
them.
It is reported that during July
104 regular volunteers gave 913
hours of service, and 147 occas-
ional volunteers gave 1181 hours
of service. Thirteen organiza-
tions assisted with services and
tnbuting to accidents were:
. , . exceeding posted Speed
limit .
. . . f lid:re to -‘op or turn in
t .me.
. . . driving while intoxicated;
. . . among on the wrong aide
of tim road.
"Labor Day, 1965, can tell a
different story from last year,"
Garrison said, "But we must.
do nations"and there were'7q p“ar“ j h;'VPl :he h"lp °|, ev?ry
^es :n onsiTvin^ tarffic laws and in
et . , , *.-,,0^ • . I driving sanrly to avoid thus tra-
Gifts included $21,3.50 in trust 1 ,r|c | , ■ >
and $3,399.11 in benefits in ad-1" _
dition to $963 in clothing. $157.77 Severn, other state agencies
in food and $8 in prizes. an‘ PuM,c ^,V1CC organizations
... ......... . will participate in efforts to cut
Major gifts in July included down on death and 1I1Jury durin,
the holiday period. Among these
a truckload of watermelons,
truckload of scrap plyboard and
styrofoam, and numerous plants.
Notes From Your
COUNTY AGENT
By J. H. PRITCHARD
SOIL TESTS
August and September are
good months to collect and have will conduct a publm information
tests made of -------
fall crops. A
are the Texas Highway Depart-
ment, the Texas Safety Associa-
tion and the Texas Motor Trans-
portation Association, and the
Texas Junior Chambers of Com-
merce.
The Highway Department will
carry on a continuing informa-
tion and education program
Stressing the freedom of mobility
enjoyed by drivers of today and
in.st.rueting motorists in freeway
driving,
The Texas Safety A socia'ion
ml te-t is
samples for
program stressing the need far
good courtesy and caution TSA V:
• u;,.u . '..........
source of information on which |(.„t W K iBilii Leonard of
to start planning a crop prociuc- | Onlla.-s will coordinate the effot's
tion program, and important to of 0V(., 12,000 members and the
farmer who plan to apply ferti- j ,jumnr Chamber of Commerce
lizoi ptioi to or when fall crops | over th<* state in operating “ro.st
aie planted. | stops" for fatigued drivers to
Collecting a representative j whom free coffee will lie served,
sample, providing a complete And the Texas Council of
history of past practices and in-I Safety Supervisors and the Tex-
dieating yield goals for crops to as Motor Transportation Asso-
be planted next, are essential re-[nation will sponsor an expanded
quirements for obtaining reliable | "Holiday Hoad Patrol" to assist
soil testing information. | stranded motorists over the
For small grains, it is espec- state. This “road patrol is
inlly important to indicate on the manned by the safety directors,
information sheet whether or not
the crop will be grazed, harve t
ed for grain, or a eombinnton
of both.
The instructions for sampling
should be studied and followed
as closely as possible. Since both
the farmer and the Soil Testing
Laboratory are interested in
prompt service, early sampling
will he a step in this direction,
Fifty-eight farmers and ranch-
ers in the county have had soil
tests made this year. Informa-
tion sheets and mailing cartons
are available at the agent's of-
fice.
safety supervisors and safety
engineers of the trucking indus-
try to comprise the membership
of the council The purpose of
the “patrol" is to help relieve
highway patrolmen for enforce-
ment work by aiding^ motorists
in distress.
DALLAS MAN TAKES PRi
JOB WITH TEACHERS ASIN.
AUSTIN. (TPA) — Lloydr R.
Bell, Dallas junior higfc-'school
principal, will become assistant
director of Division of Public Re-
lations for Texas State Teachers
Association on September 1.
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Farquhar, Dolores. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965, newspaper, August 26, 1965; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060827/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.