The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1947 Page: 1 of 10
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the result of having come in con- ffi
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• ,J. Cross Baker1 • of Houston
spent Monday here with his broth-/
er, M. C. Baker and family. Mr.
Baker left for California to take a
position there.
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Field Meet Near Iola May 14
NINETY VISIT --—— —— -
Buddy Poppies
To Go On Sale
Here Saturday
Buddy Popples will bloom on coat
lapels throughout Grimes county
Saturday as members of V.F.W.
Post 4006 launch their 26th annual
sale for the benefit of disabled
American. War veterans and their
dependents. .-.. -. /j.- •
Boy Scouts .and Campfire Girls
will....be ©n the streets ear-
ly, Saturday morning to offer
the flowers for sale,, according to'
R.D.- Ezznll, chairman of the
V. F, W. Buddy Poppy Commit fee.
Each “saleseman" will carry cre-
dentials or identification—and no
one not authorized by the local
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Veterans of Grimes county, enrolled in the county Vocational School of Agriculture,
jliscu^sed common problems' as they held an all day field meet Wednesday, May 14, at
the Melvin Nevill ranch, 3 miles north of Iola. Upper left, tap row left to right, are A-
P. Wickey, chairman of the county school hoard; W. T. Wilcox, county school superin-
Bouldtri of, Brenham, Sr. vk*-
conim.an'lg1'; Robf• t Lylecs of Con-
roe, Jr. - vice-commander; Nat Da-
Vis Jr., ofHuntsville. ’ quartermas-
ter; W, E. Barron of Navasota,,
judge adVi-cate: Bev J Bva’ty
Smith of Ni|Vaipta, ..chaplain:: T -.
C Seiman^of Navasota, adjutant.
Dr. G C liarrltjf of NavasAta.
surgeon: Mol-gan HUrla.n of Hearne,
trustee; J v > AV Scarborough of
Huntsville, trustee; John C. Win-
free of HenipsteaJ, trustee;.- and.
JWlJlard Morris of Huntsville, his:;
torianJ
Terrell Wins
Trip To AICHE
Meet In St. Louis
Billy Joe Terrell.' senior Clremr-
eai Enkineerihg student ut '-A&M
and son of Mr. itnJ./Mrs J;? I\
•Terrell, of Navasota^ was-one of
two students whose, yolutipnl to a ■
design probh rn. s p o n s o r e d ir>
the American Institute of Che-
mical Engineering, was judged the
•best from, a field of M) entries at
A&M.
Each year the student chapter
Of the AMjefifean Institute of Che-
mical Engineers sends' to all col-
leges a contest problem. Twenty-
four days is the time allowed for
the students to solve the i>roblein.
The tw.o best solutions are entered
in a national contest,- the winners .
of whi<h will h<‘ announced in
J tine. *
As an added award. A AM offer-.
e<l their two student winners a (rip
to St Louis to .attend the Arnerl-
Institute .of Chemical Engl- -
meeting May 11 through H 1
one hundred dollars. Charles
Randall Thomas, of Altus, Okla-
homa was the other winner.
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tor tha direction of John P.
Umro. tM iuwu filch
H bantd hit an all tkne ijigh
•et tha standard for future
ar hands when ?, it
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Moore Brothers
First To Buy
Cotton Picker
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An object of curiosity to all who
. happened to . see it during the past
few days has been the new Inter1-
Uatlonal Harvester COtton Picker
R. Turner Co., which looks
flke a croup between a combine and
ith American ant oatef.
itined to Revolutionist the cot-
industry, this new machine,
r proven in tMfil cart do the
of forty men, is the property
eos bottom
■ 14, on the Melvin Nevill Ranch, 3
miles north of Iola.
Demonstrations conducted during
the morning Included vaccinating
calves for blackleg, dehorning
.range cattle’, and marking and
branding calves to be turned ory
the range for breeder stock. .
Men from every town and ham-
let of Grimes county renewed old
acquaintances during the noon
barbecue.
Schools represented were those
of Iplaf Bedias, and Navasota mak-
ing a total of ninety trainees and.
twenty-five visitors..
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Warning Issued
As Mad Dogs
GoOnSpree
MAYOR REMINDS I
OWNERS OF | fl
CITY ORDINANCE
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.. All dog owners were this week ■
warned by th® eity fathers to oom J
• iJy with the city ordnance pussed ■
September 16, 1946 or fare the al-. J
ternatlve of paying a 1100 fine aiid *
huvitjg the!i dog shot bn Sight,, as I
the • result of two matt dogs haviug ■
. ’ been killed during the lost sewn .
duys J
Qn<: mud dog, which is known to " ■
have bitten 15 or. 20 .dogs in the ■
Felder Addition .TUeSday after- ■
noon, . Muy 13, wUS killed by City ; I
Marshall -Doily Boone Thursday fl
moaning, May 15‘. The other one fl
was killed Sunday. •
The head pf the first one Was
sent tp the Pasjeur ~ institute ■' at
Austin, where it. was i'
diagnosed as mad.’/
, Addition are ’ now undergoing tb°
series of fourteen rabies shuts as
tact with, possible infectious dOgS.
‘ City Marshall Boone has re-
quested that anyone seeing a sus-
picious dog report It to him at once
■ and has w’arned that all stray
dogs without tags looking suspici-
ous will be killed.
' City Ordinance
Mayor George W. eoriard Tues-
day reminded dog owners that the
city ordnance subjects dog owners,
who fail to - have their dogs tagged
and vaccinated, to a fine not to
exceed $100
Since this ordnance
being on September 16, 1946 260
dogs have been caught and. 100
killed at the city pound. Despite
- this fact, there are * many dOgS
roaming the struts which have not
been so. treated. , •
“Dous which' came in contact
with one of the mad dogs or ex-
posed in anyway, should be kept
.lock d up for at least . 20 .days,”
City Manager Jack Doriot said
Tm*3d.iy. ■ "If the owner so de^
si.esl city employees will kill in.-
tectv4 dogs'.'”-..
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Gold Star Mothers
. To Be Honorees
Sunday Morning
Tlte ' Re/. .1 I sea t v ‘ Rinlt h,' pa: .
tor-.of. .tlve. Fjrnr... IJ rrbvb-ri.in
<'lint<.h,. <s»‘t k( t.riidcd' a --pv ’ ..,
i'ial In'vita.ti/Ui .4o;1ik oi|a*rs -’.if Ihtf Ul. r|,,
Ab i er ha 11 1 >< (du.. j ij e y.e . o' . i - (
XVulk’s' Foreign \\ ars and t h''‘h f.iinHij -f tr, 1 ’*
. - •abtrn.d 5 I’r.v 1 ..Day- hTiyirr
’at *he Vi esby teruit); _< ‘t1 vu:i h {
' .investigati.J’n r’ity • day inofnfn'g,; Moy.' 25. tit '1(L;S5;
A M r Bhtith. -’wVeteran' of U>th’
■tyorld Wars aiki :< hapl.ain uf V. F,
W.. Post 4(att; wpx tliisWeAk eioct-
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•ed rbaplain ofi. .Ustrbt . I? of . the
Veterans of r'.">oigh Wars. He' is;’
past depart«ru nt-< t hapiatn.’ nf the
American J."jtJon',of okltihom.a. . •>
■•Did Th; y I>io in Vaii),": Wilt be
the subject of Air Smith's sermon
' . . Honored Guest
'’Among the qut-bf--town.' guests'
who will be present for the serVhb
wiil-be DeWitt C. Fair, Jr of Dai
las. World War II buddy of Mr
Smith, w-ho received the l>istiii<
guished . Set-vici? Cross . for extra
ordinary heroism ‘Avtioh against j
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MELVIN NEVILL
RANCH NEAR IOLA ;
Approximately ninety.World War
II veterans enrolled in the Grimes
County School of Vocational Agri-
culture discussed problems with
their teachers, county officers, and
farmer friends during an- all day
Uftvlo Hrht, i’ete
N*«ey Ryder./
Oboes: left to right, Judith
Lee Deneeaa, Jap?«« Ratcliff, Jones, Wajjmt Crawford,-J min D#e
Tvoane Mayfield, Dora Jean Dua-
can. Nita Miner, Dolltnne Boone.
Marie Love, Amy Pnrteil, Prtmon
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tendent; Mr. Trammell, farmer; Al Mayfield, county service officer; Wade Miller, Be-
dias farmer; Charley Smith, Singleton farmer; Roy L. Robinson, manager of the Nava-
sota Co.Op; and E. L. Meyers, Arrow Feed Company representative. Upper right’ are
the 90 veterans who are now attending classes regularly. Lower right, John Paul Keel-
an vaccinated a calf for blackleg with J. C. Moody, Rayburn Harrington and Daryl
came into Fuqua and Melvin Nevill doing the holding. Lower left, Harold Trant of Keith treats
another calf as members of the class look on.
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Veterans Stage Agriculture
field meet held Wednesday, May
At Special Program
Sponsored by the ladjes of
V. F. W. Auxiliary 4006, a special
twilight service - honoring - Gold
Star Mothers of Grimes county
will be held at the First Bap<fst
Church Friday evening, May 30,
.. at 7:30. •
• Speaker for-Hie occasion will be
the Rev. J. Beaty Smith, pastor
of . the Flrut Presbyterian Church
and district V. F. W. chaplain.
The Rev. W. R: Miller will give
the invocation.’ 13
Frank Purvis will present a read-
ing entitled "In Flanders Field”
followed by a quintat singing ‘‘My
Buddy.” The latter quintet will
bo composed of the following nani-
« eU Boy Scouts: Homer Stewart,
Connie WLnborn, Herbert Schulze,
Allan Ezzoii nijd Jnck Haney ac-
companied ait the piano by Mrs.-
Ruth Riesto.
•Fean Karonka will be presented
in a vocal solo singing “Roses 'Of
Picardy.” The benediction will l>e
pronounced by the Rev. C. Frank
York, pastor of the First Metho-
dist Church.
ring -Marek. Darrell Mitchell, Bob-
iHe Dean MiGga, Lerbj Bert Shaw,.
Silas H smith,* Jr„ Knox Wil-
liatns, BaMmfa Goode Barry- Mrtry
Jo Batts. Marguerite (''jesielski, - '
' Mahdie Ruth Viesiel.ski, • Da Nbla
Crundwell, Frances /Ruth ; Gurryr
Dora Jean Dunpan. Tina Lpuise
Gregory. -Mabel • Haferkamp, -Joyce
Alyce Hainipons, Jo Ann Itatchet.t,
Mary Imhi lkiv«t!>n, Jo Lynn.Ingle:
hart, Bobbye Jones; Stella Mae
Kcisler, YVohrio. Mayfield? JCra Lj-
Neile Mitchell.- Joyce Ann .Ma<>r«',
Liuille Melntash. Reuinia Se< h< is f
NUMBER 26
IHeckmann To Deliver
Baccalaureate Sermon
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IBurglar Enters
i Two Stores, Takes Service Set For
$87 At Wolk’s
• -Jhiring u hettvy rain last. Friday
night at some UnkqoWn time after
midnight, >" burglar ehn reil Vou-
ard Hardware on'Washington A ve,
; nur and --aftei linking n fek' * fruiis.
''pipceeded via fhe roof to______'
Ury goOds store, - there. >8,7 was re-
. ported missing Saturday nmi ning :
- r— mitJtltW' Jilt* iiivenuKiiiion 1 ny •
Marshall Dolly; Boone .discovered-
thaj the -'/man had evid, ptally
climbed to the roof by Way of a
pipe at- the t'ear' of Die liulldihg.'
After removing J w.o'bars from a-
second story window, he entered
t-he. Leonard Hardware store’ where
he .removed an undetermined nuin-
her of pocket books, pocket knives,
screw drivers, hack saw blades,
glass, cutter and sk-veral feet Pf
rope, which he later used, to let
himself down into AVolk’s store
through a -roof ventllatoj.
No arrests had i>een made at the
time ef publication. ' '
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Summer Band
To Be Conducted
June 15-August 15
For'the first time in' the history
of Navasolta a summer baud-open
to all students from, .the 4th
throUgh the ’4.1th- grado? will, be
conducted by .John P. Cerminaro
. frqm June /|5 through August 15
Courses to b? ofiergd tncludy*
band and ensemble, harmony . and
.theory,/ student conducting, twerl-
ing and dance bond Work.
A feb of >5 avlll be cliargeed for
the course. Rehearsal^ will be
held once a week; f •
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Swimming Pool
To Open June 2
Under the managemenit of 1’aui
Pearsori, . principal of the Navaso-
ta High School, the. city swimming
poll will open for summer business
Monday, June 2.
Prices of,, admission will be th*?
siamb.'ae they were last year; name-
ly, 10c for children under . 12, 20c
■for »high school students, and 30c
for adults. < : .
Directors of the N&vasota Ki-
wanib Club Thursday morning vot-
ed to sponsor a swimming instruc-
tor who will conduct classes dur-
ing the morning hours. - '
Rattler Band Hits All Time High
A group discuseion on ‘‘Feed-
inti of Livestock** was conducted
by E. L. Meyers of the. Arrpw
Feed Company? Mr.’ Meyers, for-
mer Texas A&M professori stress;
ed the use of permanent pastures
and th® growing and storing of
more silage and hay to be used in
dairying and livestock farming
Mr. Meyers was • introduced by.
Roy L. Robinson, manager of the
Navasota Producers Coo;>eratlve.
Highlights of the afternoon ses-
sion included horse riding, calf
^roping-and ,wild cow milking-
Melvin NeviH, owqer and mana-
ger of the ranch, Is a veteran-
trainee enrolled in the Iola school
of Vocational Agriculture'.
These veteran trainees are part
of the men who left Gi-lmes- coun-
ty during World War II and helped
keep the ."Isms” of the old world
from invading American shores.
Katheryn Dyer, Jack Haney, Bar- Nfebola. Alan Mm*, Jean Mae-
bara Ann McDonald, Pat Crad4ook, eay and George W. Haney.
,BMM: left to right, Grsgg
JamM. Victor Hemann and
Charles Ti Potts.
, PeroMMo*: left to right Maris
John P. Csrminaro. |
----1 Stonsham, Bobby' Lyna
gags, Don Barrett and NoU W«w-
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> French hords: It
Lynn Inglehart, t
Virginia Kercher, 'joyes A*n
and Frances Ann MayfUld
- Baritone*: left to right Herbert Clairs Lynn Dtaki
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FOR NHS LAWN
TUESDAY NIGHT
I'birt; pUb N m ; H ,: ,,
'•cuiofs u til lir .it'. t /• IIcV; j-prirl'A. -
Hvi krrmmf. puyi-A- . f -tbi- X’avuso- . '
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|.' ’’tur iAml-.-. 1 iMu riii.-n'.'-. n' . umir
>Jm. < -‘/’‘.ut?/.' e y;-t>':<-. ,-i.riwlA V night,, y
. v -ni - ■ St. tVa?
... ‘'An-riit, i-rijim ’ ' "
,’rih !•■(’. J<-’ w 111.414- /(IlmVeil
n',; rl.tva u-JHi,; tuui !«»( ijij- U-rWi’e.'*
, __ ■ gtr-coi.' •■;uj',eri1iip'Tident
I. puhji'r, -si bonis, e.f . W'v-jnes-?'
k day ■ ... . ' ’ . ' " f
j • Jl1| ei'V Jl’fif.-' JAI r ' I -I c -krrtap’s .s'vr- .* >
irion. will ’bi- .«• i-wii'Mtn i.f^selecced ,•
triilsir. The-,I'reriide and '' ppoceli-
sinn-nl wjli . be pipy.U- by .Mrs/ -ify^ '.': /
man,J'fim. ■ .... .... •/
l ontmem t-tm-m-
Thf front lawn of the .NuVasMu . '
High S<-hopI will tujVtlie ’scene of
th? tiiHiuld < i>mh>e;n<'<-ment
else Tuestiaj night, May 1
.Pam- .
• Clank bf ’4”
Navasota High Helibol-gratiuntimi
of th«- cliiiis <>f 1947 are as follows.-
Carl A, Beene, Alex Coleman
Binford. Gurdon Lee Burke, John
Chenault Jack Jo<- Estes. ' Charles **
Ib-ed Greenw(>i><|, George Wyatt;.
he enemy June 1‘K, 1944 in Franco < c’*!’’ *'er'
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Veterans Re-Elect
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Julian Dickenson
Dist 17 Comdr.
Vatertms of Foreign. \Vars -of
District 17 re-ej< vted Julian pick-.;
cnson of N-av,asola ' V.ommander
( during their annual spring- cotlven--
■ . ,,U I.jiiuon, nsniiiiu .-cciit-is-
t.on held;last - Saturday . Sulli-'
day at Brenham. snri. i’aulinc ;Ttian. .’w.arida Ruth
Serving with Commander DieK-; -Wehmeyer? ' /.
„enson timing the . .-..me y-.-ar will - Ki,,hth lirade Gradl,ll(ion
,be the foH.aving pffh-.-rs R . T. ,,T-y V)a<” <?.,.ld<-n ' IJUlc- *’ Vxill be
IVxiikiirt t\f . Ilrnpn bn in’ '• SJr VlCMJ- ’ ’ “* <
the theme ...of the eighth.; grade . * :,X.
urn <1 wit ion exercises, whijh -will- he
held Friday ‘ ht/tTnipg.' May --23. at ' '
Cant at. 'th-- Elementary School'
Audiloriuni-. Speikers--will f.e Rob-■ .
bye De.iin. N'.i.ta . Milier;. , L>o)len»‘
Iloonc.'.and N./ely. Ke.vse'r- ' . ' ,
| Father-Daughter
Bluebird Banquet
To Be Held Tonight
' It will be Fathers night tonight
when the Bluebird organization of
ths Camp Fire Girls hold their
first Father-paugbter Banquet at
tbs Presbyterian Church qt T pm.
Entertalnmsxrt will be prevldbd
by the girls. The Bluebirds will
sing their song and tell their fath-
ers their Bluebird wMh. X Irglata. t
Arhus will giwe A tribute t»
srs and the Camp Fix* Girls- MW
tall abdut their wark-\ ,
Tbs Querdieas * win serve the
dinger-.^ --'j »--v -■
• United States Probation Offi-
cer H. *. Barry of Hosston, ter-
m«rly .. K.rwMa. rWUd with
hl, l.mll, h«r« KM
Lehde, Wlltte Beaks, Theresa J,
Keelan, Nettie Fays Gayle, Betty
Jean"Webb end ■ Margaret Breland,,-
Kb Aite Clarinet; „Grace Qreea-
nseen—it Jane Ella Brooks. -»»
Baxopheaes; left to right, BShby
Quins and Maney Stacey.'
Cornets sad trumpets:
Scott, Mary Lob Houston.
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Whitten, Bob. The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1947, newspaper, May 22, 1947; Navasota, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1327807/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Navasota Public Library.