The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1947 Page: 1 of 4
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TO* WORTHAM JOURNAL
Velum* 48
WORTHAM, FREESTONE COUNAY, TEXAS, FRIDAY APRIL 26, 1947
Number 61
Good Will . . . . .
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PLEASANTLY TREATED
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where to go
The First National Bank •
WORTHAM, TEXAS
MOTHERS DAY
There Will Be a Shprtage of Flowers.
Orders will be filled in order received. Place your order now for
Pot Plants, Corsages, Cut Flowrs
BOB POINDEXTER, Flowers
Phone 183— WORTHAM, TEXAS
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Outstanding Choir
Will Give Concert at
Tehuacana April 25
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The forty-voice Southwestern Uni'
versity A’Capella Choir which is
scheduled for a concert appearance
at Westminster College at Tehuaca-
na, in the college auditorium at 8
o’clock Friday evening, April 26,
promises to bring to the community
one of the outstanding-choral organi-
zations in this section.
Those who have hear4 this group
state that the director, John D. Rich-
ards, has done an exceptional piece
of work in organizing this mixed
group with a balance of tone quality
that.does full justice to many of the
artistic production of the choir.
The well balanced repertoire of the
A’Capella Choir presents a full even-
ing of entertainment designed to ful-
ly satisfy demands of the most crit-
ical of the most causal follower of
musical trends.
Announcing this feature, which
comes to Westminster College as onf
of the series of liceum numbers sup-
plied by the Southwestern University,
W. D. Blunk, Dean of Westminster,
stated that in addition to the evening
concert which will be available to the
general public, the choir will also of-
fer an assembly program in the col-
lege auditorium at 10 a. m. for the
student body, and will also sing at the
Mexia High School at 11:30 a. m.
Y. W. A. Meeting
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Sixteen girls were present at our
meeting Tuesday night in the home
of Joan Willard. AU of our regular
members were present and six new
members were put on roll.
After a very stiring devotional by
Mrs. W. W. Odom, whom our Y.W.A.
is named for, we had our monthly
business meeting. Reports from the
committees were made and they show
that our Y.W.A. is improving each
week.
Since there are five Tuesdays In
April we have planned a social for
the fifth Tuesday and have invited
Mexia Y.W.A. to attend. The meet-
fing is to be in the basement of the
Baptist Church Tuesday night April
29 at 7:30.
Plans to send a gift package to
Romania were made. Food and
clothing are being sent and the box
is being packed at the Baptist Church.
If anyone Would like to contribute
clothes or food, leave the contribu-
tion at the Baptist parsonage.
Four of our Y.W.A, members, Euna
Fays Price, Dorothy Lou Moore, Ed-
wina Brummett and Joan Willard are
making plans to attend the Y.W.A.
encampment at Ridgecrest, North
Carolina, in June. A bus is being
chartered from Dallas and the trip
will not only be educational in the
sense of travel but in spiritual guid-
ance, too. —Reporter
Mrs. IVf&ry Bounds
Died in Wortham
>
Wednesday April 16
Mrs. Mary Lindley Bounds was
born September 14, 185^, in Free-
stone County near Point Enterprise,
Texas. Mrs. Bounds passed away af-
ter a few weeks illness in the home
of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Peurifoy, in Wortham,
Wednesday April 16, 1947,
Mrs. Bounds was converted in ear-
ly childhood, uniting with the Baptist
Church. After her marriage she
placed her church letter in the Meth-
odist Church where she served as a
consistent Christian for many years.
Mrs. Bounds was united in mar-
riage to S. T. Bounds on March 5,
1874, and #o this union were born
seven children, three of whom have
preceded her in death. An infant son,
J. T. Bounds and Leaford Bounds.
Her husband also preceded her in
death, having passed away nineteen
years ago. ,
Mrs. Bounds is survived by four
children, Elmore and Roy Bounds,
Mrs. Will Finch and Mrs. E.--A. Peuri-
foy, all of Wortham. S&e is also sur-
vived by nine gradchildren and ten
great grandchildren, and a host of
-friends who mourn her going.
Wo feel that no greater tribute
could be paid a Saint of God who is
now living in her heavenly home than
to simply say she lived to serve God
and her fellowman.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist Church Friday afternoon,
with Rev. W. S. Fisher, Rev. L. W.
Shivers and Rev. L. O. Hollaway of-
ficiating. Interment was in the
Wortham cemetery.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our thanks to
our many friends and neighbors who
assisted during the illness and going
away of our mother. Every deed of
kindness and the beautiful floral of-
fering-was deeply appreciated. May
our Heavenly Father richly reward
you is our earnest prayer.
Children of Mrs. S. T. Bounds.
FIRST MARRIAGE CEREMONY
BY JUDGE WILL MATHISON
James E. Forman and Miss Myrtle
Florence Johnson, \>oth of Mexia, call-
ed at the office of the local Justice" of
the Peace, Monday April 21, at noon.
The object of their call was to get
married. The Judge granted their
request and in the presence of a num-
ber of friends accompanying them on
their mission, bl^y wye soon pro-
nounce man and wife. This being the
Judge’s first marriage ceremony it is
very remarkable ^hat no one fainted.
The newly married were soon on their
way home.—Reporter.
Harvey O. Eady Died
Thursday April 17,
KIRVEN NEWS
Mrs. G B. Jones spent the week in
Teague.
G. F. Barnhill spent a few days last
week in Bremond.
Mrs. U. P. Pullin and Burl Pullin
were visiting in Jacksonville Satur-
day.
Miss Myra Johnston of Corsicana
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. N. D.
Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stewart of
Dallas visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A."
Walthall Sunday.
Mrs. B. C. Rogers and Mrs. Weldon
Morgan were shopping in Corsicana
Tuesday of last week.
Sgt. and Mrs. James Cleere of Fort
Worth visited Mr. and Mrs. B. J.
Cleere last week-end.
-Mr. and Mrs. Leighton Smith of
Fort Worth spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. B. I. Smith.
Mrs. Gordon Grixzard and boys of
Streetman spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Freeman and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Pullin of Hous-
ton are visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. U. P. Pullin in the Isreal com-
munity.
! Mr. and Mrs. Bill T6cr and children
of Houston and Mrs. Pete Williams of
Wortham spent Sunday with their
mother,, Mrs. Lera Bone. ‘'
Harvey O. Eady passed away at
his home one mile south of Wortham,
Thursday April 17, 1947, at 1:30 p.m.
at the age of 50 years, 5 months and
8 days. He was born November 9,
1896, and grew to manhood near
Groesbeck, and had resided near
Wortham the past several years! He
joined the Methodist Church at the
age of 15 and had been a member
since that time.
Mr. Eady served in World War I,
joining the army June 21, 1917, and
spent eleven months overseas and
was honorably discharged on June
21, 1919.
Mr. Eady was united in marriage
to Miss Helen Lewis Sept. 24, 1921.
To this union were bom five children,
one girl and four boys. Two of these
children preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife; three
sons, Chubby Eady, Billy Eady and
Gayland Eady; two grandchildrn:
one brother, Leonard Eady of Por-
tales; New Mexico; five sister, Mrs.
Denver Cox, Mrs. Mertie Bailey, Mrs.
Blanche Wakefield and Mrs. O. D.
Vickers, all of Portales, New Mexico,
and Mrs. Grace-Xewis of Wortham.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist Church in Wortham Sat-
urday afternoon at 1:30, with Rev.
J. L. Langston and Rev. W S. Fisher
officiating. Interment was in the
Thelma cemetery.
Wortham School News
Closing Dates Of
School Announced
Supt. J. Mil Auld has announced
the following important schedule:
May Cth.—Advance Final Examin-
ations.
May 10th.—Junior-Senior Banquet.
May 12th.—F. F. A. barbecue.
May 16th.—“Romance in a Board-
ing House.” (Senior Play.)
May 21 and 22.—Regular final ex-
aminations.
May 25th. — Baccalaureate (At
Presbyterian Church.)
May 26th.—Grammar School Grad-
uation.
May 27th.—High School Com-
mencement.
May 30th. Negro. School Qpm-
mencement.
Baseball Hare Friday
- The A. & M. Consolidated High
School baseball team will be the op-
ponents of the local Bulldogs in Wor-
tham Friday afternoon in a game
which starts at 3 o’clock. The vis-
itors are leading the league at the
present time. Coach Stooksberry is
working the Bulldogs overtime in pre-
paring for this important encounter.
All fans are urged to attend. No
admission charge should encourage
a large turnout.
Soil Conservation
Groups Busy Improving
Farm and Pasture Land
Washington Letter
What Congress is Doing
Card of Thanks
We take this opportunity to ex-
press our appreciation to people of
Wortham and this community for the
many kind deeds done for'Nis and the
expressions of sympathy extended us
during the illnes and the passing away
of our loved one.
— Mrs.. H. O. Eady and Family.
Washington Letter
N. W. Adams recently sold the
Wortham Picture Show to Mr. and
Mrs. Truitt Fulcher who have moved
to Wortham from Houston where Mr.
Fulcher held the position as Phycical
Director at the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Ful-
cher says he will endeavor to bring
good movies here to be shown to the
people of Wortham and the surround-
ing communities. The Fulchers have
one son, 7, who is now a student in
the Wortham public schools. Mr.
Adams has returned to his former
home at Woodstock itv East Texas.
Mr. and Mni. R. W. Williford and
Nancy of Fairfield visitod in Worth-
am Saturday night
By OLIN E. TEAGUE
Congressman 6th District
(Editor’s Note:—Mrs. Olin Teague,
Freddie, to all her friends, was
thrilled so much by the Cherry
Blossom Festival in Washington,
that she consented to write the first
part of this newsletter. She gives
and excellent picture of‘this great-
est spring 'event in the nation's
capital.)
Beneath a bright, warm sun which
shone over the almost fully blossomed
.cherry trees, nearly 450,000 people
mthe two-days period passed through
the Tidal Basin area here to view the
Capital’s greatest Cherry Blossom
Festival, April 12-13, the first held
since 1942. The attendance was the
largest in the history of the ordinari-
ly big event.
Nancy Anderson, 17, pretty bru-
nette daughter of Secretary of Agri-
culture and Mrs. Clinton Anderson,
was crowned queen of the festival by
Attorney General Tom Clark of Tex-
as. This was the beginning of a most
interesting program which included
native songs and dances by repre-
sentatives of 24 United Na ions. One
of the most heavily a-pauded was a
series of native dance, jy six Filipino
boys and eleven girls.
Other nations represented in the
pageantry were Argentina, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia,
Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, » France,
Great Britain, Hati, India, Iran, Lux-
embourg, The Netherlands, New Zea-
land, Norway, Poland, Romania, Rns-
sia, Siam, Sweeden, and, of course,
the United States.
Russia was represented by tha
Soyiet National Athem, played by the
U. S. Army Band. Great Britain was
represented by bagpipe music; China
by seven children singing a Chinese
song, and several Near East countries,
including Iran and Siam by native
dances and music. A series of Swed-
ish folk dances was given by a Swed-
ish dance group.
The program also included Ameri-
can folk dances, songs by the Colum-
bia Light Opera Company and a peace
tableau by five Washington girls . . .
The timing of the Festival was per-
fect ; the sun brought the cherry trees,
located across the Tidal Basin from
the Festival arena and in the Jeffer-
son Memorial vicinity, into peak
beauty.
Shortly before the arrival of the
queen, 14 planes flew over the crowd
in a noisy salute. One of the planes
dropped roses, jonquils and gardenias
over the Tidal Basin, and petals from
some of the flowers fell into the
crowd.
Altogether, it was a lovely festival,
and the cherry blossoms are well
worth traveling miles to see.
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Congress was grieved and shocked
by the terrible tragedy that has struck
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Verner Gatlin, member of the Felz
Conservation Group, has seeded four
acres of weeping lovegrass in rows.
The lovegrass was seeded for grazing
but will be Combined for seed if «
good crop is promised. The seed was
furnished by the Soil Conservation
District.
Roy Miller, member of the Bethel
.Conservation Group, and B. E Boands
member of Wortham Conservation
Group, have both overseeded Johnson
grass’meadows to Biennial white blos-
som sweet clover which should yield
a good quality of hay.
J. C. LeFcvre, member of the Cur-
rie Conservation Group, is planning
to construct terraces on one field of
his hone place. The lines have been
run by S. C. S. technicians. The fills
are being made prior to terrace con-
struction. J
W. D. Moody, member of the Cal-
ame Conservation Group, seeded 3ix
acres of Bermuda grass on his farm
one mile west of Wortham last week.
The land was disked twice and har-
rowed and alloweg to Arm. The seed
were sown broadcast at the rate'of
2 1-2 to 3 pounds per acre and then
rolled This six acres was seeded as
a part of a pasture development pro-
gram and also will be used as a ter-
race outlet area.
Many-other district cooperators are
getting land prepared and ready for
seeding of Bermuda grass both in
rows and broadcast.
Workers Group Met in Teague
A meeting of t]ie Freestone County
Agricultural Workers Group was held
at the High School in Teague last
Thursday, night at 7:30. J. B. Wells,
veterans instructor at Teague, had
charge of the program. He conduct-
ed a general discussion on coopera-
tion and coordination of the various
agricultural agencies at field level and
they may be of more and better ser-
vice to Freestone County people.
Those attending the meeting were,
William L. M. Hunter, J. M. Terrill,
Aubrey W. Dalrymple, C. V. Hanning,
Roy Webb, Jack Cely, Mr. Dickie and
Warren Church, all of Fairfield; G. C.
Williams, Victor Cooper, L. W. Crews,
E. M. Helton, W. T. Pickett, L. J.
Courtney and C. M. Porter, all of
Wortham; and J. E. Wells, Ruel Wil-
son of Teague; and J. F. Hassel of
Donie.
Prominent Fairfield
Man Died Suddenly
Central Presbyterian
Church Service
br. Matthew Arnold, pastor of tho
Presbyterian Church in Corsicana,
will preach at Presbyterian Church
in Wortham Sunday night fct 7=30.
Everybody is invited and membors
urged to attend.
Fairfield, Texas, April 21__Joe T.
Green, a very prominent Fair-
field resident, died suddenly of a
heart attack at 6 o’clock p. m. Thurs-
day April 17 at the Red A White store,
here while buying groceries.
Mr. Green was well known in this
section, having operated the Cook
Hotel and Cook Cafe in Fairfield for
many years before retiring about
two years ago.
Funeral services were held in Fair-
field Friday at 4 o’clock p. m. at the
First Presbyterian Church with the
pastor, Rev. C. B. Yeargan, Jr., of-
ficiating, with Masonic services fol-
lowing.
Surviving relatives are his wife, *
the former Miss Georgia Cook; one
son Marion L. Green and two grand-
children of Harlingen, and two
brothers of California.
Wortham People See
Ball Game in Corsicana
The Corsicana Daily Sun says: The
Navarro Junior College Bulldogs dis-
played a couple of tough and rugged
lines and several versatile backs Fri-
day night at G^-ity Field, State Home,
when the .Scarlets defeated the Whites
18-0, before a good crowd of enfahus-
iasts^from all sections of the country.
The game, ^owever, was closer than
the score indicated ... the Whites did
not turn in a first down until the
fourth quarter, when Pete Willard, a
product of the Wortham High Bull-
dogs, unreeled several sensational
jaunts that threatened . .. then again
Willard featured the -fourth period
with several jaunts and all fhe first
downs by the Whites. He snapped a
pass for a long first down aad caused
the winners considerable trouble by
his jaunts off tackle.
People of Wortham attending the
game were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wil-
lard, Miss Billie Jean Price, Mis*
Marian Boyd, Miss Patsy Nsll Tyner,
Roy Cockerel, Donald Calame, Tom
Joe Bates, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cottier
and Wendell Collier.
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Satterwhite, Ed. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1947, newspaper, April 25, 1947; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112031/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.