The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR
LEONARD, FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS
NUMBER 10
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bills
and
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Athletic Club
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Funeral Services
Mr.
the
last
observed
i dinner
. Host-
>, Mrs.
rs. Kim
?r, Mrs.Local Cleaners
Closes Doors
school
morn-
d’
of
•r the past
years are as follows:The Trenton school was broken
into for the fifth time in as many
weeks Tuesday night. Soft drink
and candy machines were dam-
aged but nothing was taken.
nounced in the near future,
committee composed of J.
Toney, Ray Murphy and Larry
Clotfelter was appointed to be
responsible for securing speakers.
President Davis named Camell
Griffitt and Grady Latimer as a
committee on foods to plan the
menu and make necessary ar-
rangements for the meal. Dr.
Davis and Tom Pierson were
named as an entertainment com-
mittee and will be responsible
for securing an able master of
ceremonies and providing suit-
able entertainment.
A financial report was pre-
sented by the Manager and it was
pointed out that all dues are now
payable and statements will be
mailed this week.
Tom Pierson led a discussicp
on the progress of the Youtl
Recreation Center and reported i
need for more recreation for thi
members. The feasability of hir
ing an efficient person to run the
center and provide proper en-
tertainment was discussed.
Mr. Spies and others led a dis-
cussion urging support of the
Leonard Theater. The very im-
portant place held in our city
and community by the theatre
was brought out and all members
were, especially urged to sup-
port it
Paul Martin of Sherman
organized a band in the Leon-
ard Schools. Eighteen members
reported for the first practice
session Monday afternoon in the
school auditorium.
Mr. Martin, who directs bands
in the Whitewright, Trenton and
Celeste schools, stated he expects
the enrollment to be as high as
twenty-five within two weeks.
Lessons will be held each
Monday afternoon at the school.
At mid-morning last Saturday
fire destroyed the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Oran Davis
Leonard.
The fire, believed
started in the flue, was
ed seconds before the roof was
about to cave in. The house and
contents were a total loss.
The Leonard Fire Department,
called tt^^scene, prevJBMi
program
interesting talk
‘Quotes.”
Burglars took $17.25 in
and silver from a desk drawer in
the office of Manning Equip-
ment Company at Leonard over
the week end.
The loot consisted of one $10
bill, seven silver dollars and a
25-cent piece.
Burglars attempted to open
the safe at Manning’s Thursday
night, Jan. 5, but were unable to
do so. They knocked the knob
off the safe.
Entrance was made both times
through a rear window.
Funeral services for Milton N.
Heard, father of John M. Heard
of Leonard, will be held at the
Baptist Church in Naples at 2:30
p. m. Friday, January 13.
Mr. Heard, 76,died unexpectedly
Wednesday. A day earlier he had
presided as board chairman at a
meeting of directors of the Naples
National Bank, of which he was
one of the organizers. He had
operated a general store at Naples
for 53 years, and had retired two
years ago. He was also a ranch-
man, and was a life member of
the Naples Baptist Church.
The Rev. Morris Hill, pastor,
will be assisted by a former pastor
the Rev. Claude Martin of Linden
and the Rev. Richard Irvin of
Washington, D. C., in conducting
funeral services.
Burial will be at Daingerfield.
Besides his son here, he is sur-
vived by his wife; two daughters:
Mrs. Chester Coke of Naples and
Mrs. Justin Kimball of Bradford,
Pa.;four brothers: George Heard
of Omaha and Tom Heard, C. E.
Heard and Austin Heard, all of
Naples; seven grandchildren
three great-grandchildren.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1956
Rev. Phil Spencer
Sunday Speaker
Rev. George Walker, pastor
he Presbyterian Church at La-
donia, announced Rev. Phil
Spencer of Austin College will
speak Sunday evenings, January
15 and 22 at the Presbyterian
Church in Leonard.
The public is invited to these
ces.
The Board of Directors of the
Leonard Chamber of Commerce
met Thursday, January 5, at the
school cafeteria. President Davis
presented the results of the re-
cent director’s election and the
ballots were made available for
inspection. The newly elected
directors were Frank Crawford,
Homer Evans, Camell Griffitt, C.
K. McClendon and J. D. Toney.
The election of new officers for
the Chamber of Commerce was
presented by Dr. Davis who
quoted from the Constitution and
By-Laws regarding their elec-
tion. It was pointed out that
only members of the Board of Di-
rectors were eligible to vote or to
hold office as president, vice-
president or treasurer. On the
first ballot, Ray Murphy, Camell
Griffitt and Tom Pierson were
nominated for president. Ray
Murphy received a majority of
votes but declined the position.
Tom Pierson and Camell Griffitt
were then elected president and
vice president respectively by ac-
clamation. Grady Latimer was
unanimously elected as treasurer.
The new slate of officers will be
installed at the annual Chamber
of Commeerce banquet,
of Commerce banquet.
should be completed for the ban-
quet and the time and place an-
Burglars Visit
Leonard Again
Over Week End
Burglars hit the Leonard ;
again Sunday night. Entrance
was gained through a window in
the agriculture room.
Supt. McClendon’s office was
entered but nothing was missing.
An adding machine had been
moved from a table and was on
the floor near the office door.
The soft drink and candy ma-
chines had been checked before
the break in by Mr. McClendon,
who left them unlocked after re-
moving the money.
Mrs. I. H. Duke and Mrs.
Craigo of Celeste were Leonard
visitors Monday.
Conservation strategy for 1956,
speedup of upstream flood pre-
vention work, and water legisla-
tion for Texas will be the big
topics of discussion when farm-
ers and ranchers from all over
the state meet, in Lubbock Jan-,
uary 18, 19 and 20 for the 15th
annual convention of the Associ-
ation of Texas Soil Conservation
District Supervisors.
Dr. C. H. Wadleigh, chief of
USDA’s Soil and Water Conser-
vation Research Branch, the main
speaker, is expected to discuss
research for better control of
wind erosion and better use of.,
water in crop production.
L. L. Males, Cheyenne, Okla.-,.,
will tell about the first completed
upstream flood prevention pro-
ject in the United States—+he
system of small dams and land
treatment measures on ^Sand-
stone Creek Watershed in west-
ern Oklahoma.
Billed as a “working conven-
tion”, there will be plenty of time
for committee work and floor
discussion of the many soil and!
water problems facing Texans..Drouth Damage
To Fannin County
The Juniors of Leonard
served breakfast to twenty mem-
bers of the Athletic Club at a
regular meeting in the
cafetorium last
, ing.
Jack Barbee,
man, made an
about different
Dr. Van Schoick spoke briefly
and W. C. Griffitt discussed the
ball game to be played January
26 between the Vagabond Kings
and Fannin County and Leonard
All-Stars.
Joe Richards and A. L. Brown
are team captains for ticket sales
for the game.
When the club meets again
January 21, Guy Christian will
have charge of the program.
an
has long
ScoutingPaul Martin
Organizes Band
the calendar year 1
the calendar year 19Ij>4 by $350.62,
or over 3 per cent.
Gross receipts
fifteenThree Businesses
Go Up In Smoke
At Campbell Wed
miles
has no water
A dry November and an even
drier December proved doubly
costly to Fannin County farm-
ers and livestock men.
The lack of rain and severe
cold weather of late November
and early December prevented
the growth of small grains plant-
ed as winter pastures and stock-
men have had
their cattle to
weight.
At this time
were grazing on wheat, rye and
oat pastures that were knee high.
This year, the cattle have not
been turned in on fields where
the grain is about an inch high.
Some farmers report fields of
grain killed by the cold and dry
weather, while a few have hope
of their grain-coming out if mois-
ture comes in time.
Rainfall for the year is near
normal, but the greatest portion
of the rain came during
spring and early summer
Funeral services were held
Wilson’s Funeral Home Tuesday
afternoon for the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Kidwell, who
was stillborn Monday at M & S
Hospital in Bonham.
Rev. Jimmie Heflin was the
officiating minister and burial
was made in Leonard Cemetery
under direction of Wilson’s,
Survivors besides the parents
are one sister, Ann Kidwell, arid
the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Kidwell and Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. McBroom.
Mr. and Mrs. Gill Sudderth
and Mrs. George Hardman visit-
ed Mrs. Sudderth’s brother, C. H.
Stuteville, and Mrs. Stuteville at
Van Alstyne, Mnoday.
Stuteville suffered a stroke
day before Thanksgiving
year.
Exports of agricultural com-
modities from the United States
during the July-November 1955
period are estimated at $1,300,-
000,000, a gain of 4 percent over
the same period for 1954.
According to the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, farm ex-
ports in November are estimated
at about $275,000,000, or 11 per-
cent greater. than the monthly
average in the first quarter of
the current fiscal year but 18
percent less than for November
og 1954. The chief differences
between November 1955 and the
corresponding month a year
earlier were the declines in ex-
ports of cotton and vegetable oils
and oilseed while increases were
made by grains and feeds. Ex-
ports of livestock products, to-
bacco and fruits and vegetables
did not change significantly.
Cotton exports, although aid-
ed by sales for foreign countries,
still were less than half as great
in the 1955 July-November per-
iod as in the corresponding
months of 1954. There was a
slight increase in wheat and
flour exports, and feed grain
shipments abroad continued to
advance.
Sales to Japan for that coun-
try’s currency stimulated rice ex-
ports in the July-November per-
iod. Soybean exports were much
higher than a year earlier, and
favorable prices encouraged lard
shipments abroad.
For the first time in the history
of the 20-year-old REA program,
the average cost of power to
residential consumers, including
farm and non-farm, dropped un-
der three cents per kilowatt-
hour. In a year-end summary of
the REA, a U. S. Department of
Agriculture report shows that;
the sale of electric energy went
up 16 percent and the cost to
consumers dropped 5 percent
during 1955.
The REA-financed systems sold
an estimated 19 billion kilowatt-
hours of electricity. Their gen-
eration of power was up 21 per-
cent and purchases of wholesale
power were up 13 percent. •
At the year’s end there were
1,926 borrowers with systems in
operation. They were serving
4,244,000 rural consumers.
Ancher Nelsen, REA adminis-
trator, said the borrowers, large-
ly farmer-owned electric coop-
eratives, were never in better
financial condition. In 1955 rev-
enues from operations amounted
to $453 million, an 11 percent in-
crease Over 1954. Net margins
from operations amounted to
$61.8 million, a 41 percent in-
crease. Too, Nelsen reported a
drop of 25 percent in the number
of borrowers whose current op-
erations might be considered
financially unsatisfactory, from
194 in June 1954 to 143 in June
1955.
In 1955 the systems paid $111.2
million in principal and interest
on their 2 percent loans and con-
tinued their excellent repayment
record. In 1955 the borrowers
also increased their advance re-
payment of borrowed money by
$13.2 million. Payments on
principal ahead of schedule now
amount to $91.8 million. Loans
over the life of the program now
total $3.1 billion. Of this amount
$2.6 billion has been advanced
to the borrowers.Firemen from Greenville, Cctn-
merce, Cooper and Sulphur
Springs battled a two-hour blaze
which destroyed three business
buildings and damaged a fourth
at Campbell Wednesday.
The fire destroyed the J.
Craig Drug Store, the R.
Bridges Grocery and the T. Em-
monds Grocery. The Roberts
Grocery was damaged.
Firemen from the four
were aided by a
from Cumby.
Campbell, which
east of Greenville,
worksFire Destroyed
Oran Davis HomeFarm Exports
Up Four Percent
J.M. Heard’s Father
Died At Naples
NETSEO Trails
Annual Meeting
Adult Scouters representing
every community in North East
Texias and South East Oklahoma
will gather for the Annual Coun-
cil Meeting in Paris, January
17ith. The Council will hold its
Annual Business Meeting at 4:30
P. M. in the Paris Junior College
Auditorium at which time re-
ports for 1955 will be submitted
by Operating Committee Chair-
man, plans for 1956 will be dis-
cussed, and Council Officers for
1956 will be elected. The Busi-
ness Meeting will be • presided
over by Louis B. Williams. Paris,
Council President.
The Annual Council Dinner
Meeting will be held starting at
7:00 p. m. at the Boys Club Gym-
nasium in Paris. The sr
the evening will be Dr.
B. White, President
William
of Baylor
University. Dr. White is an out-
standing figure in religious and
Mother’s March of
Dimes Mon. Night
The Mother’s March of Dimes
will start at seven o’clock Mon-
day night, January 16. Anyone
interested in helping with the
March are asked to call Mrs. R.
D. Van Schoick or Mrs. L.
LaRoe.
The ladies will meet at
home of Mrs. Van Schoick
6:30 p. m. Monday.
Residents are asked to leave
porch lights burning and some-
one will call at each house be-
tween seven and eight o’clock.
This march is for. a very
worthy cause and each one is
asked to give generously. The
money you give might help a
child walk. And money is need-
ed badly to combat polio.
1955 ushered in the Salk vac-
cine . . . too late for many thous-
ands and even more who may be
stricken before the vaccine can
be widely used. 68,000 patients
still need March of Dimes’ assist-
ance. Money is needed for re-
search and improvement of vac-
cines and surgical technique,
training of polio scientists and
teams of experts that will keep
iron lung patients from becom-
ing the forgotten people of to-
morrow. NO, polio is not licked.
gi L. Golden
W^^eipts at the
B^ffice reached an
BB^n during the calen-
year of 1955. Receipts for
155 exceeded
F. H. Griffith of Trenton an-
nounces he has closed Griffith
Cleaners and Man Shop in Leon-
ard. He has owned the business
/since April, 1955, and due to
other interests which require
most of his time he decided to
discontinue operation of the lo-
cal business.
j He expressed his appreciation
(to the customers who had patron-
ized him in the past.
Tom Pierson Elected President
Of Leonard Chamber of Commerce
Scouters Meeting
Friday Night
On the evening of Friday, Jan-
uary 13, at 7:00 p. m. in the Gem
Cafe in Bonham there will be a
meeting of Scouters and those
interested in Scouting and
development of character
boys.
The main purpose of the meet-
ing is to reorganize the Bois
Arc District which consists
Fannin County, and to bring in
many new men as possible
help out in some capacity in the
Scouting movement. The meet-
ing will be presided over by Dr.
Ted Biggers and a good film on
Scouting will be shown. It will
be a dinner meeting.
The Scout program, consisting
of Cubbing, Boy Scouts and Ex-
ploring, is eligible to boys from
eight to seventeen years of age.
Only about one out of six boys
in this age group is being reached
by the Scout program now, and
it is the aim to double this num-
ber in 1956. To do this more
adult leaders are needed. An ef-
fective Scout program always be-
gins with interested adults. A
man responsible for law enforce-
ment recently said that Scouts
are never involved in juvenile
cases. If this is true, then it
might be well to spend some ef-
fort extending Scouting to more
boys. Take time to attend this
meeting. All Scouters are urged
to attend and bring another man
along.Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tucker
id Mrs. Fred Tucker visited
Stives in Gainesville^BndawMrs. J. T. Wharton
Observed Birthda
Happy Birthday Tc
Carn ell Griffitt
Mrs. Rob. T. F Day
Mrs. Ray Manning >■
Joe Thomas Ga olden
Mrs. Mary Caskey
M. J.
Mrs. DonREA Borrowers
Use More Electricity
With Price Down
educational fields
standing Scouter. He
been interested in the
Program.
Council President, Louis B.
Williams, will be Master of Cere-
monies for the meetii
will include the installation of
the Council officers, presentation
of the Silver Beaver Awards,
Scouting ceremonies and singing,
and the speaker, Dr. White.
Tickets are available I through
tiie Ticket Sales Chairjnan in
most communities. Ticket Sales
Chairmen in Leonard isi Connie
Hollis. AH Scouters should con-
tact him at once and secure
tickets.
1 $ 6,627.10
2 7,308.09
8,737.81
1 10,355.52
J 10,534.52
8,437.52
8,590.44
8,676.03
. _.l 9,089.49
8,547.07
__ 8,749.76
10,027.86
4— 10,820.91
4— 10,533.36
10,883.98
Postmaster Golden expressed
his appreciation for the consid-
eration given the Postal employ-
ees during the Christmas rush by
the patrons of the office. He
states that mail was kept Worked
out and did not accumulate in the
local office as it is reported to
have done in some offices^ Mr.
Golden was high in praise of the
local newspaper for aiding in the
mail early campaign, which was
the prime factor in the local of-
fice being able to keep 1
ment of mails current.
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The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1956, newspaper, January 13, 1956; Leonard, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1207326/m1/1/?q=a+message+about+food+from+the+president: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Leonard Public Library.