The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1961 Page: 3 of 4
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★ KIRVIN SQUIBS
Bt r. l. ryburn
The Teague bargain days went
over in a big way last week end.
A number of new customers were
drawn to Teague on those days to
buy their supplies.
The success of this enterprise
was brought about largely by the
big 18 page edition of the Teague
Chronicle and the thousands of
the big 4 page circulars printed
and sent out by the Chronicle to
all nearby towns and communi-
ties.
Few people realize the tremen-
dous amount of extra work this
put on the editor and the crew
that does the work and puts to-
gether your paper each week.
Few people seem to under-
stand the gTeat) importance of
their hometown newspaper. Its
value could not be measured in
dollars and cents. You could not
buy the service you receive each
week from your hometown news-
paper even if you spent several
hundred dollars per week to ob-
tain such a service and yet there
are some families in every town
and surrounding communities
who will not pay only a few
dollars for their hometown news-
paper that would give them this
service for a whole year. All it
costs you is the small subscrip-
tion price of the paper.
This is the fall season. Why
don’t you hustle down and sub-
scribe for your hometown paper.
I will guarantee that it will be
the biggest bargain that you will
receive during the year. The
price of advertising is based on
the number of readers that the
paper has and the size of your
hometown newspaper depends on
the number of advertisers it has.
There is no one who runs a
business of any kind that could
not afford ot advertise in his
hometown newspaper. The extra
business you would get each
week would amount to far more
than the few dollars you would
spend each week for advertis-
ing. By doing this your home-
town paper would double in size.
Think what an impression this
would make on other towns and
communities where your home-
town paper is read.
It does pay to keep your busi-
ness before the eyes of the buy-
ing public. No matter how long
you may have been in business,
people are attracted to the stores
that advertise for their busi-
ness. These bargain days each
month. Everyone has brought new
customers and they will conitnue
to bring them.
To attract new customers you
must reach out into other com-
munities and this can only be
done by your local newspapers.
The people of Kirvin were
deeply grienved Monday when
word was received here that Bil-
lie Ray Nettles had been fatally
injured at Yorktown on a con-
struction job. He was 30 years
of age. He was the son of rs.
John Nettles oif Fairfield and the
grandson of Mrs B. I. Smith of
Kirvin. Billie Ray leaves a wife
and a son, John Paul, aged 6 years.
Funeral services were held at
Yorktown last Wednesday, Oct.
5 at 3:30 p.m. He was a fine out-
standing young man who will be
greatly missed. The Smith and
Nettles families are pioneer fam-
ilies in the Kirvin community.
He had many friends and rela-
tives in and around Kirvin who
are deeply grieved. We ex-
tend our sincere sympathy to his
mother, his wife, and his grand-
mother, and alrl the other mem-
bers of the families.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. (Sonny) Ses-
sions have just completed their
new home on the Session Ranch
a few miles out of Kirvin and
moved in last week We are all
happy to know that these fine
young people have built a home
and that they will make this
their permanent home.
We would like to see more of
our younger people build homes
and move into our community.
With the know-how of our young-
er people they could make a good
living here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams Sr.
are building an additional room
to their home.
Mrs. H. L. Milligan has had
her home newly painted and Mrs.
B. I. Smith has had her home
worked over and painted. This
adds a lot of beauty to our street
and the town.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Richard-
son have bought them a new Fal-
con Ford. It is very beautiful.
The very low chicken prices
have hurt Kirvin badly. Our peo-
ple have got probably one hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars
invested in houses and equip-
ment and the prices are so low
that they cannot operate.
Mr. and Mrs. Hulen Bosley of
Arlington visited Mr. and Mrs.
A If Bosley over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Williams
and boys of Dallas spent the
week end with the Joe Hogan
family. They have recently mov-
ed to Dallas from Mexia.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith of
Dew visited in Kirvin last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lane and
children of Teague visited in
Kirvin over the weekend.
Miss Linda Hogan spent the day
Sunday with friends at Dew.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Welch of
Fairfield visited Mrs. B. I. Smith
last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Robinson
and baby of Fort Worth spent
last Friday night with Mrs. H. L.
Milligan.
Misses Linda and Sue Hogan
visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith
in Dew last week end.
Mrs. Miller Milligan spent last
week end with her mother in
Corsicana.
Mrs. Ruby Calame of Wortham
visited her mother, Mrs. D. F.
Allen last Sunday.
Pvt. Bill Whaley of Fort Hood
visited in Kirvin last Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Welden Withers
of Tom Ball visited Mrs. D. F.
Allen last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. White
and Neal of Fort Worth visited
Mr. and Mrs. Fred White over
last week end.
Mrs. B. I. Smith visited in
Fairfield last week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Knowles
and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Coleman
of Streetman visited in Kirvin
last Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Keys and
Prof. Joe Tom Tims of Mexia vis-
ited in Kirvin last Tuesday eve-
ning.
Mr. Jake Stubbs, Mr. Wilbur
Keys and Prof. Joe Tom Tims of
Mexia and Mr. O. B. Knowles and
Mr. W. B. Coleman of Streetman
attended the stated meeting of
Cotton Gin Lodge No. 154 at Kir-
vin last Tuesday night.
L. C. Coleman returned home
last Tuesday after a week’s visit
in Dallas.
Prof. Marvin C. Renfro, teach-
er at Freemont, spent last week
end at his home in Kirvin.
Wayne Blount of Fairfield was
in Kirvin last Wednesday.
Mrs. Roy Whatley of Fairfield
and Mrs. Batch Nettle of Kirvin
made a business trip to Waco
last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carter and
children, Ann, and Jack, Jr„ of
Dallas, visited Mrs. Carter’s pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams,
last week end.
Bro. Scott Stoker and R. L.
Ryburn visited in Streetman last
Thursday afternoon.
Johnny C. Adams. Jr., visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Adams in Kirvin last week.
J. C. Adams was in Teague on
business last Monday.
We are all proud of the one
inch rain that we received the
first of last week but the norther
that came with it went right
through our summer clothes.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Manahan
of Fairfield visited in the Ryburn
home last Wednesday evening.
Miss Linda Hogan is visiting in
South Bend, Ind., this week.
Mrs. J. B. Tims of Kirvin and
Mrs. J. W. Day of Abilene, visited
some old friends in Groesbeck
Thursday.
Mr. Jack Hughes and boys of
Pasadena are visiting in Kirvin
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Smiley of
Mexia spent Tuesday with Mrs.
J. B. Tims.
Mrs. J. B. Tims had business
in Teague Thursday.
BUY AND BANK AT HOME . . .
ITS GOOD BUSINESS!
The money you spend at home can make the differ-
ence between prosperity and recession. If you spend it
elsewhere it's gone for good. But money you spend here,
stays here, and that is what pays taxes, supports our
churches, provides jobs that hold our young people.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
WORTHAM
1961 WORTHAM BULLDOG
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
We
They
Sept. 1 Lott (Here)
6
26
Sept. 8 Buffolo (There)
0
34
Sept. 15 Mildred (Here)
25
0
Sept. 22 Riesel (Here)
14
20
Sept. 29 Centervilie (There)
14
26
Oct. 7 Calvert (Sat.) (There)
6
6
Oct. 13 Grandview (Here)
Oct. 20 * Bynum (There)
Oct. 27 *Whitney * (Here)
Nov. 10 * Dawson (There)
•Denotes District Games
♦Homecoming
LETS BACK OUR TEAM!
E. A. STRANGE
Complete Loon and Inturonc# Service
(For Over U Years)
Bears Meet Porkers
At Baylor Stadium
Saturday Night
WACO.—Two sophomores may
me in the starting line-up, es-
pecially if the Bears receive,
when Coach John Bridgers’ Bay-
lor Bears open their 1961 South-
west Conference schedule here
Saturday night against the red
hot Razorbacks from the Uni-
versity of Arkansas. Barring
bad weather at game time, the
game is expected to draw be-
tween 25,000 and 30,000 for the
8 p.m. kickoff in 50,000-seat
Baylor Stadium.
The Bruins may go with Soph-
omore James Ingram of Odessa
at left end and Sophomore John-
ny Jessup of Dallas at right
tackle in the starting line-up on
offense, Coach Bridgers indicat-
ed. Both impressed with their
hustle in the narrow 16-13 vic-
tory over Pittsburgh. Such a
move would reduce the Bear
starting line average from 213
down to 209. If the Bears kick
off, Junior Herbert Harlan of
Dallas and Senior Pete Nicklas
of Whittier, Cal., will be at the
end and tackle slots, respective-
ly.
The Saturday night game here
will match two teams much
alike. Both Arkansas and Bay-
lor boast well above average
backfield speed, and both have
above average passers and re-
ceivers. Each appears to have a
dangerous offense, but neither
feels certain about its defensive
depth. The game could easily
develop into a wild scoring af-
fair with the victory going pos-
sibly to the team that gets the
jump. Arkansas is 2-1 for hte
season, Baylor 2-0, with Arkan-
sas 1-0 in conference play after
its 28-3 win over TCU last week
end. The Bears were idle last
week.
Social Security Gives
Notice of Visit
Dan Dudley, Field Representa-
tive of the local Social Security
for farmers is the same as so-
cial security for other working
people and their families. Social
security insurance old age bene-
fits are intended to replace part
of the income lost because of
lower earnings or loss of earn-
ings due to retirement.
A representative of the Weco
office will be in Mexia at New
City Hall between the hours of
10:00 n.m. and 12:00 noon on
every Wednesday to assist per-
sons in matters pertaining to
their social security.
Sing a Song of Fire Prevention Week
Stev* Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, popular husband-wife song
team, make a tuneful contribution to National Fire Preven-
tion Wert (October 8-14) as they are about to sine the official
"Junior Fire Marshal Song" for two youthful Las Vegas, Nev.,
fans. The yoimesters, Lanny Irwin, 10. and hi* sister, Jody, «,
are among 4.000,000 boy* and girls who will make home Are
inspections this tnonth to qualify as Junior Fire M«r«hwiw in
the Hartford
are currently
Freeport Family, Former Worthamites,
Inspire Neighbors with 'Carla* Recovery
By POLLY O'CONNELL
IN BRAZOSPORT TIMES
The speed with which a Free-
port family restored their hurri-
cane-devasted home is a morale
builder to their neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Tyner of
1007 West 12th had their wrecked
home back in living condition
three weeks after they left the
area ahead of the storm. A neigh-
bor rcportc*d that it was amazing
to others in the area that so much
could be accomplished in that
length of time.
Leaving on Sept 9 for Hous-
ton to wait out the storm and still
be near the home where they
lived the past four years, the Ty-
ners returned the next week
view Carla’s havoc.
They made their way by boat
to find their roof about gone and
13 inches of water and mud which
had ruined about half of their
furniture and many other posses-
sions including an almost-nc-w-
carpet.
‘‘The bedroom walls were al-
most black with mildew,” Mrs.
Tyner said. "The refrigerator was
ruined so we had to buy anoth-
er.”
The home’s rehabilitation was
mn:niy carried out by Mrs. Tyner
and her father who came down
from Streetman to assist. Ken-
neth Tyner’s seven-year-old son,
came home with them, while
Keith, four, remained with his
grandmother, Mrs. Noble Tyner
in Wortham.
“Keith was worried about all
of hi* toys which were no longer
cny good, but ho soon snapped
<-ut of it and wanted the new
house to be red when we did the
rebuilding. I did put red curtains
in his room,’’ his mother said.
Tyner, an employee of the Dow
Chen.ical Co. Blycol Lab, was
mainly occupied with his job as
the rehabilitation project got
underway. Mrs. Tyner's father
put on a new roof and she work-
ed until midnight night after
night, painting and repairing the
nterior.
When the roof job was finished,
Mrs Tyner’s father joined in on
‘he painting until all was fresh
and clean “The day we really
thought we had gotten lots ac-
complished was on Saturday,
Sep’. 30, three weeks after we
left” Mrs. Tyner said.
Another boon to the Tyners
was the gift of a Lake Jackson
woman whom Mrs Tyner en-
countered in a Clute furniture
store. The woman learned of the
♦oy loss of Kenne’h and Kieth
and gave each of them a box of
playthings her children had out-
grown
•'Tie storm has drawn people
closer together,” Mrs. Tyner com-
mented. "Neighbors who did not
visit each other much are find-
ing they need to help each other
out new. The C H. Kellys help-
ed us and we will start helping
them with their new house as
soon as possible”
She added that neighbors had
been coming by to see what the
Tyners had accomplished in
bringing their home back to nor-
mal "It set med to thrill them to
see so much done. "But I don't
want to see ary more paint for
awhile.” she concluded.
With abcut half of their neigh-
bors living in other locations at
present because of humcane-
wriyked homes, the Tyner home
with its clean, neat appearance
is a boost to others who face the
same task.
THE WORTHAM JOURNAL, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1881—flp
Southwest Meeting
Slated by Baptists
In Dallas, Oct. 16-20
DALLAS (Spl.)—A southwest-
wide Baptist meeting slated for
Oct. 16-20, termed by Baptist
leaders as one of the largest con-
ventions of its kind m the de-
nomination’s history, is expected
to attract Baptists from through-
out six States—Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mex-
ico and Colorado.
The four-day Southwest Train-
ing Union Enlargement Clinic
and Leadership Workshop will
be designed to help local church
workers improve their Sunday
evening programs, said Edward
E. Laux, secretary of the Texas
Baptist Training Union depart-
ment.
Laux called the meeting "a
once-in-a-lifethne” occasion and
said that more than 25 executives
from the Southern Baptist Con-
vention’s Sunday School Board
in Nashville, Tenn., will direct
conferences in the meeting.
Evening ssesions will be de-
voted to graded workshops in
four Dallas churches for pastors,
educational directors, Training
Union officers and worker* vriflk
all age groups.
Baptists attending the tonwa-
lion will meet for morning gen-
eral sessions at Gaston As
Baptist Church to hear
addresses by Dr. James L. Si*F-
livan, of Nashville, Tenn., exaem-
tive secretary of the Southern
Baptist Sunday School Board;
Dr. C. E Airtrey, director of the
Southern Baptist division af
evangelism in Dallas; and Dc.
Phillip B. Harris, secretary of
the Southern Baptist Training
Union Department in Nashville.
The meeting is sponsored
jointly by the Training Union
department of the Baptist Gen-
eral Convention of Texas; the
Southern Baptist Sunday Schoaft
Board; and the Dallas Baptist
Association.
WALKER FUNERAL HOME
Cosh Buriol — Hospitalization
Polio — Cancer — Life Insurance
WE ACCEPT ANY BURIAL POLICY AT FACE VALUE
Wortham, Texos Phone RO 5-3941
Mrs. Ethel Keeling has return-
ed home from a visit with Mr.
and Mr*. O. W. Crisman in Dal-
iM.
Speciols for Fri. & Sot., Oct. 13th-14th
DEL MONTE
CREAM STYLE CORN
2 for 35c
2 bottles 35c
SNIDER'S CATSUP
FROZEN
ORANGE JUICE 1 Ige. or 2 small 39c
FROZEN STRAWBERRIES
CARTON TOMATOES
PAPER NAPKINS
DEL MONTE
PEACHES - 303 Con
BEST MAID PICKLES
FOLGER'S COFFEE
MAXWELL HOUSE
INSTANT COFFEE
DEL MONTE
ENGLISH PEAS
TALL KORN BACON
DECKER'S HAM - V2 or Whole
SEVEN STEAK............
CHUCK ROAST............
HEART O' TEXAS FRYERS
2 for 39c
Box 15c
2 for 25c
2 for 45c
32 oz. Jor 27c
Lb. 75c
6 oz. Jar 85c
2 Cans
Lb.
Lb.
Lb.
Lb.
Lb.
ZEE TISSUE 4 Roll Pkg.
43c
59c
65c
50c
50c
33c
38c
HOWARD'S GROCERY & MARKET
Mkmm RO 5-3291 W« Deliver
WORTHAM, TEXAS
Charter No. $686 Reserve District No. II
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF WORTHAM. IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON SEPTEMBER 27, I96L
Published in response to call made by Comptroller of the
Currency, under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items in
process of collection...................................................$ 273,WM*
United States Government obligations, direct and guar-
anteed ............................................................................... 224,dZSJBm
Obligations of States and political subdivisions.................. 68,250.00'
Corporate stocks (including $3,000 00 stock of Federal
Reserve bank) ..................................................... 8,000100
Loans and discounts (including $2,198.94 overdrafts) 624,413JB
Bank premises owned $2,300, furniture and fixtures $1.00 2,30100
Real estate owned other than bank premises...................... 1J0
Other assets ............ 77B.2S
TOTAL ASSETS tl.197.9V.IB
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals partnerships, and cor-
porations
Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations .........................................................
Deposits of United States Government (including postal
savings) ............................................................
Deposits of States and political subdivisions.......................
TOTAL DEPOSITS $981,963.01
I a) Total demand deposits $880,882.60
(b) Total time and savings deposits $101,080.41
$ 817.9349F
53,580.41
9.359-50
101,08AM.
TOTAL LIABILITIES
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital Stock:
(a) Common <ftork, total par $60,000.00
Surplus ...........................................................................
Undivided profits........................................ .......
Reserves (and retirement account for preferred stock)
$ 981.963dM
$ 60.000.9*
40,000-99
70,00419
45,000.09
6 215.09410
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $1.197.087Jl
MEMORANDA
Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities and for
other purposes ............................................. $ 145,000.90
32. (a) Loans as. shown above are after deduction of
reserves of ..............................................
33. (a) Loans to farmers directly guaranteed and re-
deemable on demand by the Commodity
Credit Corporation and.certificates of interest
representing ownership thereof
23,709 99
7,443 24
TOTAL AMOUNT OF LOANS. CERTIFICATES
OF INTEREST AND OBLIGATIONS OR
OF INTEREST AND OBLIGATIONS, OR
PORTIONS THEREOF (listed above), which
are fully backed or insured by agencies of the
United States Government (other than "Unit-
ed States Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed") .................................
7,443.29-
I, T. B. Poindexter, Jr., Cashier, of the above-named bank do
hereby declare that this report of condition is true and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
T. B. POINDEXTER, JR
We, the undersigned directors attest the correctness of this report
of condition and declare that it has been examined by us and ^Ur
the best of our knowledge and belief is true and correct.
M. C. STRANGE
C. K. BOUNDS
E A. STRANGE
Directors.
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Hawkins, Jack R. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1961, newspaper, October 12, 1961; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1111985/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.