The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1954 Page: 3 of 10
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i M4PPY C4JRISTMAS
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to AIL Givl JhiAndA,
As another Christmas comes around we feel
that we have an unpaid obligation, an obliga-
tion of gratitude. Friends of this institution have
made possible a certain amount of progress
and prosperity for our organization. These
friendships have been an enjoyable experi-
ence, one in which we believe wn have the con-
fidence and esteem of the people whom we
strive to serve. And now, all we ask is the priv-
ilege of a continuance of these fine relation-
ships to enable us to look forward with genuine
enthusiasm to the future.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dr. Leon Hoffman
OPTOMETRIST
Specializing in Examination of the Eyes
Office At
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U. S. Cham. Com.
Predicts Busmess
Gain for 1955
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TEXAS OPTICAL CO.
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THE BEST TEACHER '
A Kentucky resident we’ve
heard about was recently feted
for having reached his 100th
birthday. One friend approached
him and said, “Uncle Alvin, how
does it happen that you’re so
wise?”
“Because I’ve got good judg-
ment,” the old fellow replied.
“Good judgment comes from ex-
perience, and experience— well,
that comes from poor judgment.”
VALUABLE EDUCATION
Friend: “Has your son’s edu-
cation proved of any real value?”
Father: “Yes, indeed. It has
his mother
'bragging about him.”
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR!
“If you feed rat poison to hens
and it doesn’t kill them,” said the
woman to her county agent, “will
their eggs be poisonous to hu-
mans?”
“That’s a good question,” the
agent- opined. “Frankly, I don’t
know—but what makes you ask?”
“Well, its’ this way—my neigh-
bor’s hens keep getting into my
garden, so I fed them rat poison.
It didn’t kill therh, and I’m wor-
ried whether the eggs would be
poisonous, because"! buy my eggs
from this same neighbor.”
A little bit of scandal whisper-
ed into a microphone may be entirely cured
heard around the world.
Washington.—The nation’s pro-
duction next year should run 2
to 5 per cent ahead of 1954 but
nevertheless joblessness may in-
crease, the United States Cham-
br of Commerce forecast.
If the gain is 5 per cent, total,
output of gdods and services will
break the all-time record of 365
billion dollars spent in 1953. If
2 per cent, it will fall a little
short of the peak.
The Chambers’ judgment was
based on a conference of heads of
13 of its affiliated industry asso-
ciations, plus an appraisal by the
Chamber’s chief economist, Dr.
Emerson P. Schmidt.
But Dr. Schmidt told reporters
the production gains in prospect
would be insufficient to prevent
some increase in unemployment
next year due to population gains
and rising output per worker.
That aspect of the coming year,
he said, presents “a challenge to
all of us"—industry and labor as
■ well, as government—to “pursue
policies which will stimulate the
investment of venture capital.
On May 24, 1830, the first train
drawn by a steam engine rolled
down 12 miles of track on the
B. & O.
SPIRIT OF GIVING
At a West Texas colleges last Christmas, a young pro-
fessor who had given unstintly of his time to hit? students
found, to the surprise of many of his more experienced fellow
teachers, that his students were highly appreciative of his
attitude toward them. For like the magi on the first Christ-
mas, they brought gifts to help them express their innermost
feelings. • * •
There were fine gifts—pigskin gloves, gold cuff links, a
silver belt buckle—expensive presents that delighted the
recipient and made him smile broadly. Yet the fine g its
were not what he spoke about in the days that followed.
The gift that apparently meant most to him was one pre-
sented by a lame boy who remained until the other students
had left the classroom It was only a sheet of paper in a blank
envelope, not decorated by even x>ne Christmas seal.
On that sheet of paper the fame boy had written a mes-
sage lamenting his financial stress which' had made it impos-
sible for him to join his classmates in the shower of gifts. So.
instead, he offered a poem of tribute to the teacher.
The poem had little literary worth. Its meter limped; its
rhyme was strained. But its spirit never lagged. What it
lacked in ribbons of rhetoric was not missed because of the
sparkle of its satiny sincerity. The boy, in his material pov-
erty, had found spiritual opulence.
In his gift of the poem, which was a part of himself, he
gave in the true spirit of Christmas. The professor will have
the poem long after the gloves are worn out. one of the cuff,
links is lost, and the silver buckle is tarnished. It's net the
gift, but the spirit of the giving.—Ex.
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Moves to Bonham
Ranch Property
In Red River,
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rancn property in tnree tracts, io
R. B. Stovall of Dallas, is report-
ed, the land being in Lamar and
Red River counties.
C. G. Moore, Paris paint con-
tractor, says he received $64,000
for 1,080 acres of land, with its
equipment and cattle, between
Woodland and Manchester in
northwestern Red River County.
He says the new owner is using
buttdozers to clear pasture areas,
preparatory to a general develop-
ment program there.
M. D. Misso, Paris building
contractor, is selling 705 acres on
the Golf Club road, northeast of
Paris, to the Stovall interests,
while three Dallas owners are re-
ported to be transferring 1,150
acres in Pinhook community to
the same concern.
The Stovall Company of Dallas
is a large contracting business for
earth-moving, road construction
and similar work.
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LITTLE GIRL’S FUTURE
While the mother smiled
knowingly, the visitor asked the
little girl:
“And what, my dear, do you
think you will do when you get
as big as your mother?”
Said the little girl: “Diet.”
The estimated $6.9 billion to be
paid in fiscal 1955 for Federal
debt interest exceeds, $2Vz billion
all 1955 Federal spending for vet-
erans; by $4M> billion the estimat-
ed net spending for agriculture;
and is greater than all next year
fiscal year spending estimates for
international affairs, transporta-
tion and communications, wel-
fare, natural resources, labor,
education and research, and fin-
ance, commerce, and industry,
combined!
NOTE: It figures out $43.12
for every man woman and child
in the U. S. For a family of four
it means an annual expenditure
of $172.49.
Martha Washington, wife of
President George Washington
was previously married to Dani-
el Parke Curtis.
“Another reason why there’s
always room at the top is that
a lot of people who get up there
go to sleep and fall off!”
ise re-
cooked
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kitchen
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vusbahd
Sale of nearly 3,000 acres
ranch property in three tracts, to
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PERFECT SQUELCH
“Good afternoon, Mr. Barry-
more,” said a notorious snob to 1 announced by her mother. Mrs.
the late" famous actor, John Bar- , Virgil L. Wood, at -
rymore. “You ‘are positively the ’
only person I’ve met tj^day worth
stopping to speak to.”
“Really,” said Barrymore.
“Then you’re much more fortun-
ate than I am.”
I Tribute to Those
Who Made This
Newspaper
Well, folks, here is the Christ-
mas edition of this newspaper
again on the eve of the Lord’s
natal day. Most people have been
very co-operative in buying en-
ough advertising to justify a
larger newspaper, and we hope
you like it.
Advertisers have made it pos-
sible. They are saying Merry
Christmas and expressing thanks
and good wishes to the many
readers of this newspaper.
But some of the credit also goes
to our faithful employees and re-
porters. They came thru in grand
. fashion.
I Our printers have been on the
job early and late and have done ;
a Herculean task the past six I
days. We all join in saying—
Merry Christmas,
Everybody!
Emersons Entertain
Deer Hunting Pals
Mr. and Mrs. Dood Emerson of
Sulphur Springs, entertained on
Saturday evening with a barbe-
cued venison dinner, honoring
members of his deer hunting par-
ty and their wives and other
friends.
It was a most delicious meal,
following which, motion pictures
in color of the recent trip, the
party made to Utah were shown.
Emerson is a good photographer
with a motion picture camera, as
well as an able deer hunter.
It was a most enjoyable affair
with good food, fellowship and
good pictures. The editor and
Mrs. Holl<T$ay were invited
guests.
"Look what Santa brought
<ne for Christmaa. Daddy!”
Dr. Jack A. King and family
have moved from Deport to Bon-
ham, where he will be connected
with a Veterans Hospital in that
city and will practice medicine
and surgery.
Dr. King came to Deport, fol-
lowing the death of Dr. Stephen
H. Grant, and up until a few
months ago, operated the Grant
Hospital and practiced medicine
and surgery.
Operation of the hospital was
not a financial success and Dr.
King made the change to Bon-
ham. Deport people regret los-
ing the King family.
Deport Chamber of Commerce
officials are now seeking a doc-
tor to reopen the hospital and
practice medicine and surgery at
I Deport.
Wood-Spencer Rites
Are Set for Feb. 12
Engagement of Miss Mary Pat-
ricia Wood of Clarksville, for-
merly of Bogata, to George Gor-
don Spencer of Fort Worth was
t a “brunch'
party, Sunday at her home.
The wedding will take place
Feb. 12 in McKenzie Memorial
Church in Clarksville.
Sixteen guests attended the an-
nouncement party at the Wood
home, where holiday red and
geld were used in decorating. The
table centerpiece was a
Christmas tree, trimmed
wedding rings and bells. ,
Miss Wood, daughter of Mrs.
Wood and the late yirgil L.
Wood, is a senior at North Texas
State College, Denton, where she
is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha
sorority and the Green Jackets.
Mr. Spencer, son of Mrs. J. E.
Spencer and the late Mr. Spen-
cer of Clarksville, is a graduate
of Texas Technological College,
where he was a member of the
Centaur social club and Delta
Sigma Pi, business fraternity.
Madame Tussaud’s in London
contains wax effigies of most |
world peronalities. I
THE BOGATA NEWS, BOGATA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1254
First National Bank
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OFFICERS
DIRECTORS
ROBERT McWHIRTER, Pres. & Trust Officer
PAUL ALBRIGHT, Vice President
JOE THURMON, Vice President
GUY C. GRIGSBY, V. P. & Asst. Trust Officer
J. W. SMITH, JR., Vice President & Cashier
J. D. HOWELL, Assistant Trust Officer
RALPH SCUDDER, Assistant Cashier
SAM F. McCLURE. Assistant Cashier
I. D. BLACKBURN, Assistant Cashier
COL. J. M. CAVINESS
C. R. McCLURE
LUTHER HOWERTON
JOHN D. MURCHISON
ROBERT McWHIRTER,
BEDFORD B. HARLAN
J. A. McGILL
J. GLENN TURNER
MAURY ROBINSON
MORGAN JOHNSON
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The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1954, newspaper, December 24, 1954; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1293552/m1/3/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.