The Teague Chronicle (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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Dedicated to the Service of the People and the Progress of Teague and Texas
teague, Freestone county, texas, Thursday, august 23. 1953
L. SEWELL.
Sunday night
received by all the
L, in Freestone County,
for; tt seema that It waa
tr spotted
with some areas
L more than others. Ac-
C to reports from rain
in Teague, we had .26
of rainfall. The cool
|ier that followed brings
I a better feeling among all
after one of the hottest
Cars in some time.
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Teague Little League Baseball Players
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(citizens of Teague should
inkful for a good water
By during such dry weather
Jticms. While other cities
vns over Texas have been
; on water, we have had
ntiful supply. Bill Tyus
[Wednesday that "there is
[enough water in the three
for another year’s run
iut it raining. (We don’t
t to think about it not rain-
uor a year, however.)
* *
ague can bpast of being
ented at both the Dentto-
: and Republican National
rentions. Last week in Chi-
W. A. Keils, Jr. repre-
the Democrats in Chica-
khile this week Herman W.
ker is representing the Re-
in San Francisco,
komia. This is something
| very few towns anywhere
Uy the size of Teague,
Isay, I am sure.
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| Freestone County and
this week-end. First, is
tie League Baseball series
i played Friday and Satur-
| nights in the City Park,
i a Baton Rouge, Louisiana
i comes here for the series,
your plans now to see
teams in action. There
■ no charge for admission,
[a free-will offering. Second,
ay is the second Demo
Primary election. Even
there are no local can-
running Saturday, we
Id all take advantage of the
rtunity to vote—there are
in the world who do not
this same opportunity,
forget to go to your vot-
ace Saturday, August 25
|vote.
* * • *
• don’t want to get too op-
tic, but in our opinion, we
I be heeding -to locate hous-
|for, perhaps several dozen
within the next 45
This announcement has
en made as yet, but any-
| having an apartment foi
then will be notified
The Chronicle.
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These ball players will meet the Baton Rouge, Louisiana team at the City Park Friday and Satur-
day nights, August 24 and 25. Time of the gabies will be 7:30 p.m. Pictured left to right, back row
Jim Hendon, Harold Bottoms, Stan Hagadone, Lanny Little, Jimmy Ashley. Center row—Glen In-
derman, Clydell Webb, Rodney Hughes, Richard Collins, Sam Bill Bourniaa, Jdhn Stover. First
row—Mike Seale, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Campbell, Randy Hughesr, Bill Hardy and Randy Best.
Little League Series
Opens Here On Friday
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Registration For
1956-57 School Year
Starts On Thursday
Funeral Services For
Frank L. Green Held
Here Last Friday
Frank L. Green, age 81, „
Teague, died in the City Hospit-
al here Wednesday night,
gust 15, following a long
Au-
ill-
ness.
Funeral services were held
Friday at the Eighth Avenue
Baptist Church with Rev. H. L.
McKissack and Rev. W. M. Bar-
ger officiating. Interment was
in the Driver Cemetery. Ham
Bros. Funeral Home had charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Green was bom in Hous-
ton County, Texas, on May 8,
1875. He had lived in Freestone
County for many years.
Survivors include his wife,
four sons : J. H. Green, Teague;
F. L. Green and H. C. Green,
Antioch, California, and.O. L.
Green, Carlsbad, New Mexico;
seventeen grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by
four sons and one daughter.
Pallbearers were: J. T. Hud-
gins, H. C. Harris, Davis Phil-
lips, J. W. Ivy, E. O. Cosson
and Itay Winfrey.
Second Primary Election
To Be Held Next Saturday
Freestone County voters will
have the opportunity to vote in
the second Democratic Primary
$334 Contributed
To Teague Library
Fund During Week
Pub.iO Hearing Of School
budget Slated Monday Night
Citizens in Teague are re-
minded of the public hearing of
the 1956-57 budget of the
Teague Independent School Dis-
trict, to be held Monday night,
August 27, at 7:30 o’clock, In
the office of Superintendent Leo
Stuver. i
Any and all interested citi-
zens are invited to the hearing,
it was announced.
Mrs. Roy Thompson, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Teague
Library, reported Wednesday
that a total of $334.30 had been
contributed to the Library fund
since the opening < of'the drive
last Wednesday.
"I wish to thank everyone
for their splendid cooperation
in this effort, Mrs. Lea Stuver,
president of the Library Asso-
ciation, said this week.
Mrs. Stuver said the drive is
still in progress, with workers
calling on all citizens in Teague.
Due to lack of space this
week. The Chronicle was un-
able to publish the names of
those making contributions.
However, these names will ap-
pear In next week’s issue.
election Saturday, August 25,
W. A. Keils, Jr., County Demo-
cratic chairman reminded ■ this
week.
The 22 voting boxes in the
county will open at 8 a.m. Sat-
urday and close at 7 p.m.
There are only two state of-
fices to be decided in the sec-
ond primary. They are the gov-
ernor’s position and that of at-
torney general.
_ Ralph Yarborough and Price
Daniel are in the run-off for
governor, while Tom Moore and
Will Wilson are seeking the
post of attorney general.
A total of 70 absentee votes
were cast In the second primary,
according to County Clerk Hen-
ry McCormick. This compares
with 329 absentee votes cast in
the first primary.
Keils said this week that
election returns would again be
received at the First National
Bank in .Teague, and posted on
the bulletin board at the west
side of the bank as they are re
ceived..
Alan Moore
Silver Dollars
arians See, Hear "Super Highways
Your Voice" Program Here Tuesday
story of how telephone
ptors in 71 Texas cities now
[long distance calls, much as
| do local calls, was describ-
io members and guests of
Teague Rotary Club Tues-
[by Glenn E. Scott, of Dal-
demonstrations engineer
Southwestern Bell Teie-
■ Company.
program, entitled “Super
ways For Your Voice,”
I obtained and introduced by
Md Price, manager of the
•bone company here. W. L
“1 was program chairman.
f!n8 a portable dial tele-
system, Ml Scott ex-
and demonstrated how
distance calls go through
the new ‘direct dialing”
itt revealed, by means of
4"*>t rically-operated demon-
Fton panel, how telephone
■tors dial a large percent-
of long distance calls
to their destination In
■i.000 exchanges across
•‘ion.
fter demonstrating how dl-
[dialing operates, Scott
Within the next five years
customers in many Texas cities
will be dialing their own lopg
distance calls to New York, San
Francisco and hundreds of other
places from coast to coast,
Scott said.
Just before the close of his
demonstration talk Scott show-
ed Rotarians how direct long
distance dialing and other new
telephone inventions are being
put to use to improve the “voice
super highways” which bind the
nation's communications sys-
tem together.
Fenton R. Smith, Jr., chair-
man-of a committee to select a
ypung lady from Teague to rep-
resent the Rotary Club at the
Freestone County Fair, an-
nounced that Miss Joyce Story
would rejfresent the local club.
Visitors attending Tuesday’s
meeting were: Rotarians Gene
Womack, Rufus Price, . Vernon
Jones, Hugh Pendleton and Dr.
W. B. Barrow, all of Mexia;
Shelby Scott and Richard Scott,
Waco; O. T. Homer, Teague;
Tom Jones, Dallas, and two Ro-
tarians from Palestine, A. L
Dear and George Burkitt.
A schedule of registration for
the opening of Teague High
School and Sallie Mounger
Elementary School for the 1956-
57 term was announced this
week by Superintendent Leo
Stuver.
Registration schedule is as
follows:
Thursday, August 30, grades
10, 11 and 12 will register at
Teague High School from 9:00
until 11:00 o’clock. School
buses will leave at 11:00 o’clock.
Friday, August 31, grades 7,
8. 9 will register at Teague
High School from 9:00 until
11:00 o’clock. SchooL buses will
leave at 11:00 o’clock.
On Thursday and Friday,
August 30 and 31 all students
entering Sallie Mounger Ele-
mentary School from first
grade through the sixth, In-
clusive, will report at that
school from 9.:00 until 11:00
o’clock both days.
After students have been
registered at both schools,
holiday will be observed Mon-
day, September 3, Labor Day.
All grades will report on
Tuesday morning, September 4,
at 8:30 o’clock for classes
starting the first month’s work
Superintendent Stuver has
al«t announced that the first
general faculty meeting will be
held Wednesday morning,
August 29, at 9:00 o’clock at the
Teague High School Homemak-
ing Cottage.
The Sallie Mounger School
lunchroom will open Tuesday,
September 4.
Miss Little League" Will Be Selected
In Beauty Contest Friday Night At 7:30
Baseball faas in Teague are preparing to entertain fifteen
Little League ball players, their managers and families from
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this week-end, when they come here for
a series of games, starting Friday night.
The team will arrive in Teague at approximately 4 p.m. Fri-
day, and will be met at the city, limits by City Marshal Addison
Blakeley, who will escort them through town and then to the ball
park to meet the local team.
A “Miss Little League" beau-
ty contest will 1m* held at the
County Farmers Are
Eligible For Federal
Drouth Assistance
Mrs. A. Dunn Curry,
Aunt Of Mrs. E. B. Ham
Buried In Wheelock
Funeral services for Mrs
Annette Dunn Curry, 81, were
held In Wheelock, Texas, Tues
day, August 14. Rev. J. L. Wal-
lace of Franklin officiated, as-
sisted by Dr. Henry T. Rankin
of Bryan. -Burial was in the
Wheelock Cemetery.
Mrs. Curry, an aunt of Mrs
E. B. Ham of Teague, was born
in Wheelock and had lived tn
Robinson Cpunty most of her
life.
She was the last survivor of
13 children of the late Mr. and
Mrs. George H. Dunn, pioneer
settlers in Wheelock communi-
ty. She was widow of the late
W. G. Curry.
Mrs. Curry was a member of
the Methodist Church.
Surviving are five daughters
Miss Elizabeth Curry of Whee-
lock; Mrs. R. L. Eaves of
Stephenville; Mrs. S. T. Cum
mings, of Lubbock; Mrs. Tom
Morris of Dallas, and Mrs. E. B.
Kilby of Newport News, Va.;
three sons, T. H. Curry of
Street man; W. G. Curry, Jr., of
Wheelock, and Willard Curry
of Kosse; nine grandchildren
and eleven great-grandchildren.
On Tuesday morning, Aug.
14, Alan Moore received a tele-
phone call from Radio Station
WACO in Waco, notifying him
that he was grand prize win-
ner of 100 silver dollars In the
“Name The Pony” contest being
sponsored by Station WACO for
selecting a name for Steve
Schulte's horse.
Steve Schulte, son of Mr., and
Mrs. Henry C. Schulte, the very
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^ telephone customers was . C. W. Hancock, president of popular yodel ing Texas Rancher
^ at Harlingen, Texas the club,'presided. ' i« statinn wAfYi t
Western Singer three times
dally at 6 p.m., 8:45 p.m. and
11 p.m.
Alan named Steve’s horse,
“Ebony Lady,” and his entry
was selected by Oklahoma
Judges from 26Q0 entries. Alan
appeared on Steve’s program
to receive the prize.
Alan is the ten-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ayers Moore.
He was accompanied to Waco
by his parents, sister, Cathy,
Singing Set Friday
Night At Fairoaks
All singers and lovers of
singing are Invited to a big
singing at the Fairoaks Church
Friday night, August 24, at 8:00
O'clock.
This will be the dosing of the
three-day singing course, con-
ducted by German Murphy of
Wortham.
Freestone County farm-
ers have been officially
declared eligible for feder-
al drouth assistance, ac-
cording to County Farm
Agent, John Pritchard.
Pritchard said that all
applications for drouth aid
must be made through O.
H. Juren, Farmers Home
Administration’s Fairfield
office.
No details have been re-
ceived as to how that as-
sistance will be adminis-
tered. However, Pritchard
expressed the belief that
applications, eligibility and
other points in question
will be handled in the same
manner as In other Texhs
counties, some of which are
already receiving Federal
help in their cattle feeding
operations.
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Oil Interest In
County Revived As
Two Wells Promised
Oil interest in Freestone
County shifted to the south
part of the county, this week,
where the Sun Oil Company
plans to drill what is believed
to be a Travis Peak zone test.
At the same time an an-
nouncement was made that the
C. L Brown estate of Mexia
plans another gas well in the
Freestone area. Location has
not _ been confirmed by the
Mexia office. C. Il Brown es-
tate has one gas well on the
J. K. Rife farm in that area,
completed early last fall, pro-
ducing from the Pettit forma-
tion.
The Sun - Oil Company is
scheduled to drill a 9,000-foot
City Park ball diamond at 7:30
Friday night, prior to the first
ball game, Mrs. Don Allison,
chairman of the committee has
announced.
Mrs. Allison said, that 2*
young ladies, ages nine through
twelve years of.age, have al-
ready entered ‘ the contest. Al-
so from this group will be se-
lected "Miss First Base,” “Miss
Second Base,” and “Miss Third
Base.”
Bruce Hagadone, general
chairman of the planning com-
mittee, has announced that
everything, is ready for the
series. He said that the park
under the direction of several
committee members, is in ex-
cellent condition.
Additional seating has been
arranged to accommodate the
huge crowd that is expected to
be on hand both Friday and
Saturday nights.
Ernie Cadro will serve as
umpire for the series.
Glenn Inderman has been
elected team captain and Sam
Bill Boumlas was elected co-
captain for the local team.
Fenton R. Smith, Jr. will be on
the public address system for
both the beauty revue and dur-
ing all games of the series.
A barbecue is planned for Sat-
urday night, following the
game, entertaining the visiting
team, their families and the lo-
test to be known as the No.
W. H. Fulton, about 12 miles
east of Teague and southeast
of Donle townsite toward the
Leon County line. Location was
posted 330 from the south and
890 from the north lines of a
242.57-acre tract falling in the
Gertrudes Diaz league and the
A. Cannon survey.
The test apparently is a con-
tinuation of the company's ex-
ploration in this general area
which earlier resulted In the
opening of gas-distillate produc-
tion to the south near Jewett in
Leon County.
Reports reaching The Chron-
icle say that the Humble Oil &
Refining Company is doing con-
siderable surface testing East
of Teague, about four miles and
testing within a short distance
of the city limits.
(See LITTLE LEAGUE Page 8)
Reserved Football
Tickets Go On Sale
T. Roy Worthy, Sr.
Dies At Home In Donie
Thursday Afternoon
Thomas Roy Worthy, Sr.,
well known businessman and
rancher of Freestone County,
died at his home in Donie
Thursday afternoon, August 16.
Funeral services were held at.
the Donie Baptist Church,
where he is a member, at 2:00
p.m. Saturday, August 18. Inter-
ment followed in the Union-
Cemetery, with Rev. Fred Dib-
ble officiating.
Mr. Worthy was bom at
Donip August 5, 1896 and had
lived there his entire life where
he operated a lumber yard,
grocery and furniture business.
In addition to his business in-
terests, he was an extensive
land owner in the county, oper-
ating farms and ranches. He
was interested in lumber busi-
ness in Teague and Buffalo.
He was a veteran of World
War I and was a member of the
Masonic Lodge in Jewett.
Survivors include his wife:
Mrs. Roy Worthy. Sr., three
sons, Tom, Jr., Pomona, Califor-
nia; Jerry Worthy, Buffalo, and
Bob Worthy, Big Spring, Texas,
and one sister. Mrs. Allen Mar-
tin, Temple, Texas.
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Station WACO’s featured and aunt, Mrs. Bert Traylor.
BAND PARENTS CALL
MEETING FOR MONDAY
Members of the Band Parents
Association will meet in a call-
ed session at the Band Hall
Monday night, August 27, at 8
o’clock. Mrs. G. C. Culley, pres-
ident has announced.
All band parents are asked
to be present.
Reserved seat tickets for
all home football games are
now on sale at the office of
Principal C. W. Hancock, at
the High School.
The tickets are $1.00 each
and may be purchased for one
or all home garnet, it
stated. _
The Teague Lions will play
their first home game Fri-
day night, September 14, with
the Franklin Lions.
Coaches To Hold Meet
With Football Players
All football players in
Teague High School, who are
in the 10th, 11th and 12th
grades, are asked to meet with
Coach Ed Hepler and Assistant
Coach Jack Meredith at the
August
gymnasium Thursday,
23. at 5:00 p.m.
Fall football practice will
was start here Monday, August 27,
with two practice sessions held
each day until school opens, It
was stafed.
The opening game will be
played at Mart on September 7.
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Sewell, W. L. The Teague Chronicle (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1956, newspaper, August 23, 1956; Teague, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1125236/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.