The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1951 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME 57
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300 Persons
Voters Here To Decide
Attend Third
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Foske{t;Elain Mitchell and Car-
the organization, presided. •'
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Pirates of Waco who also boast
new Hall-
an outstanding seasoh
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Ginger Prince, tiny
“The Prince of Peace”
record,
Robert -
athletic
Kay Dean Will Reign
As Melon Bowl Queen
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Slate Budget
Hearing Nov. 26
Wednesday
Thursday
Priday.
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
at the piano by Miss Mary Mar-
garet McDonald.
Edwin Horlcck entertained the
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A GROUP OF farmers at the Farm Day take a look at the post
hole digger ii operation.
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drive beginning before the other
ends.
MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
KIWANIS LADIES
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> -K Brazos Bridge in
neer of Austin. He reported a P24., E-4LAge
high percentage of raw sewer vlTV dIEICTS
, age being dumped into the heur.
by crock due to the fact that-.
, the plant is too smalr to accom
moctate the population of' Nava-
| ties which will be held at 7:30
p.m. on Saturday, November 17,
! it was announced at an elemen-
RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS FROM County Judge S. A. Jones is Mrs. George Franks who re-
cently won a refrigerator in a contest conducted by Gimon’s. Mayor Ralph Barry, left is looking
on .as she xeceives her congratulations. —Photo by Weston Emley
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shot and killed instantly Tues-
day at 400 p.m. by Deputy Sher-
iff .Hollis Sillivan of Washing- .
Ion County.
Henry was killed hear tlie new
Brazos river bridge; which will
span the. river near Navasota, as
he attempted to escape the of-
ticers following him
arm trickling filter, which will
' treat the sewage at the rate of
2,000,000 gallons per acre per
day; a new sludge drying bed
designed for 3,200 people pro
vided the existing bed can be
economically utilized; new
screen and grit chamber; that
Is Found Sunday
By Rev. Cummings Negro Killed Near
The proposed $341,641.14 budg-
et is one of. the. largest in his-
tons due to the recent purchase
that the Gulf States Company
had examined the light poles at
the football stadium and it was
their opinion that they were
safe at the present time.
It was reported that insurance
E. L. Granau says that it is
■ well worth a Sunday afternoon
drive to see the beautiful fall
colors in the wooded area be-
tween Kosse and Bremond.
Organizations here in search
of worthy projects might well
think in terms of a new piano
for the August, Horst Country
Club. A good tuning job would
i • be fine, except that some seem
L to think that it is beyond repair.
K J. F. Griffis, brother of Mrs. R.
A..Pateut, Jwho is- a.visitor
; here this week, reports that the
M--television reception that he wit-
Mued at Paris. France was bet-
ter than any seen to date in this
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mark cinecolor film coming here
for a special engagement start-
ing Tuesday and Wednesday,
Nov. 21-22, at Miller’s and the
Harlem Theatres, has an instinc-
tive sense of timing.
in the armed serf ires.
" Whitten
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WEATHER
Reading taken eacn morning st
• a.m. tor preceding 34 hours.
A. W. Greenwood
Stolen Airplane
his country in her • Navy for
three years and more in World
War II.
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committee of the Navasota and
Grimes County Chamber of Com-
merce, co-sponsors of the bowl
classic. Other features of the
half-time program will include
the presentation of the queen
nominees, Misses Carolyn Bar-
rett, Mary Stewart Thomas, and
Margaret Hardy; a performance
by the Fang Band, the presen-
tation of visiting dignitaries and
the presentation of L. P. Dyer,
president of the Navasota and
Grimes County Chamber of
Commerce.
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MAL RATES: (year)
52 50 in county and
Immediate Vicinity
$3.00 Outside County
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fine
MR
sion has announced a public
budget hearing to be held Mon-,
Miss Kay Dean, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Dean. will
reign as Queen of the first an-
nual Watermelon Bowl activi-
um, Michael Hardy, Ivon Lee,
Bobby Brewton, John B. Foers
ter Jack Dyer. R. A. Patout, III
Eddie Dyer, Eddie Martin, Fred'
Lohmeyer and Johnny Mac
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I posal plant was taken on the "
, recommendations of Julian
i ' Montgomery, consulting engi ----
emmeere
' Bag to the interesting visitor who
has just returned from a 2%/2
| year stay in Europe and to now
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Scoutmaster- Bill Woodhurn
presented star awards to Fred
Lohmeyer and to John Bolton;
units repre
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. Oil and gas lease holders here
I this week took on new hope as
1 , 5%" casing was delivered to the
L * site of the No 1 Willie Gardner,
I near Retreat, in the J Darwin
> survey. This Gulf Oil wildcat
t : bottoms below 10,000 feet. Mean-
1 while the Penrod Drilling Com
| pany has just about complet-
ed their 10.500 ft. contract on
the No. 1 Robert Davis in the
Wm. Burney survey, 1% miles
I southeast of the No. 1 Herbert
Youens.
will almost overlap with one
> Test plots of pasture land were
turned into fertile farm iand on
the Bo Dyer farm three miles
south of Bedias last Thursday
before the watchful eyes of hum.
dreds of spectators.
The event was-the third an.
nual Farm Day which had as
■its theme soil conservation and
eral years in the Allen store be- by.
fore leaving to fight his coun-1 E. O. Perry. Jr., president of
Voting was done at the city
hall in, the office of the Cham-
ber of Commerce. J. Walter
Smith was chairman of the
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A parade is scheduled for 3:00
p.m. The parade will enter
Washington at Railroad and
will disband at the elementary
school on Brosig avenue.
Johnny Webb reported' that alt
pf his men are in top shape and
said that this would be one of
the outstanding ball game* in
the state this year.
A beautiful gold trophy will
be presented to the winning
team immediately following the
game by the bowl queen. The
La Vega Pirates will be guests
of the Fangs at a dinner follow-
ing the game, Robertson said.
Admission is 25c for studentse
50c for adults.
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Swanson Named
To Head Grimes
Scout Work
miles north of Navasota was
Evangeline Keith, 15, a stu-
dent at Reagan. She was re-
leased from the hospital with
a broken collar bone and other
injuries.
The two girls were riding
north toward Bryan when the
driver of the 1950 Mercury ap-
parently lost control. Reports
are that the car swerved off the
side of the pavement and in an
attempt to pull it back on the
road it overturned and contin-
"Prince of Peace"
To Be Shown At
Miller's Theatre
Tuesday: morning. ton.
Also injured in the • auto They were taken to the hospi-
smash up on highway 6 nine tal by the Scott Funeral Home
Ohe Nauasota #xaminer
And County Review
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NAVASOTA. GRIMES couNTL. TEXAS. THURSDAY, MOV. 15. 19514 - NUMBERS
| A one day USO drive will be
I e onduetod here next Monday
under the direction of A. W.
l- Greenwood; Sir imes County
I chairman The driv • n the coun-
ty as.u whole will end Frt-
I elay, Nov 30 and the goalwill
may desire. Andallrecommen-
dations made Will ' receive the
consideration of the City Com-
mission.
Hollywood Director Bill Beau- I
dine discovered that" when he
paced the little girl through her
exacting role in the film.
Even her birthday—June 8,
1943—was well timed. Shirley
Temple has graduated to in-
genue roles. Margaret O’Brien is
a ’teen ager. Pert Jane Withers
—who hails from Ginger’s home
town of Atlanta, Ga , is grown
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Merit Badge awards were pre:
• sented by R. W. Dean to Arthur
Lawrence Steele, Charles Ketch-
. • x r •IFVM Ik in- uir CIlidiECM HAIUAW"
8 101 against; 4 for. graph are Luke Lucas. Jr., sixth
Amendment to the constitu. grade student, and Diane .Craw:
tion for increase of veterans land ford, first /grade student, who are
program for the purchase of reading the following poem:,
lands in Texas, 77 against 68 "There is so very much to
toe: learn, when one is only ten.
To Increase state spending on about the way the plants turn,
public welfare showed a vote of of trees, and mines and men! I
.111 against and 39 for. like to know what makes me
Itv grow, what makes the sun to
shine, altho I sometimes worry
tary school pep rally today. She
was elected by the entire stu-
dent body of the elementary
school.
Kay will be crowned by Miss
Eula Clare Moore, junior queen
of the 1951 watermelon Festi-
val. This ceremony will take
place during the half-time pe-
riod of the ball game between
the undefeated Navasota Ele-
mentary Fangs and the La Vega
on
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I gard to establishing either
. community chest or a 1 .______________. .....
fund drive. In the meantime, en he is to have their bunu e......—..........- -----— -■
> we will have a USO drive be- checked and see if the school the Anderson area of
ahkmning next Monday with can recover from the bond com ' ficer", without port folio.
, AGPhy. many more lined up for pany. , J. T. Allen got out the first
in several instances they. A report was made stating ' cards asking members to assem-
ble for a meeting that resulted ___ ______________—_______
in the organization of the Me- olyn Ruth Barrett, accompanied
Cluskey Post No. 640. He served
group with several piano selec-
Wilbur McCluskey worked sev- 1 tions reminiscent of days gone
it is reported' that he was rid-;
ing in a 1950 Ford Convertible
which he had stolen from the
Cody Motor Company of Hous-
ton.' lie stopped the car when
he saw that he could not cross
the bridge, jumped out and
started running-acress the field
The shot fired by Deputy Silli-
van hit him in the back of his
•country. It doesn't go over as
.well with the European as it
idoes with the American, accord-
Highlighting the Kiwanis "La- pma ■ ■ ■ .gm • „ ■
dies Night” program at the Au- L g po LI m e ge .mc (mgupE
gust Horst Country' Club Monday E. “) | | | %) U 3 •®N I .*EE ■.
J. H. Allen is almost a charter night was a musical: program at- , ' -
, Miss Elizabeth Cauthen, 15: . ued. to roll until stopped by a
year-old . Reagan High School bobbed wire fence.
12-inch sewer creek crossing ad-
jacent to the plant site be sup-
ported to eliminate the sag that
" now exists; and revise the pros . . - . . . Lun..
ent Imhoff tank to proved treat of the city water systemy which Flord
• ment for 50,000 gallons per day has created a muich larger over Grimes County
al) opefation, "t.sented were pack. troop and ex
A complete copy, of he pie .plorer post 118 of Richards,pack
posed budget appears "eisewhere: 3653 of Navasota, pack 382 of Be-
in this issue ef the Examiner. ,dias vack 465 of. Iola... troop ,353
——-—O———- . • of Shiro, troop 356 froop and ex-
plorer post -361 .o f Navhsot.
Lroop abd explorerpost ef :' "
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soil rebuilding. Tests and ac
eepled practices on conservingi
and rebuilding the soil were .
demonstrated,
Co chairmen of the Agricul. .
lure Committee of the Chamber ।
of Commerce, Joe Haynie of |
Richards and J. H. McDonald of
Navasota termed the third an-
nual farm day a success.
Men who had years before e
walked mile after mile follow- I
ing a teamvof mules to produce E
commodities for the American II
people watched the work of the ■
Father & Son
Team Elected
ing/to:E. O. Ferry. Jr- president Dales.fc receiviug bics. for . _ Im
oftheorgunization -the purchase Cl, auditorium f A HeRr Pect
Of the 250 reply -postcords seats and stage; equipment IV IICUU 1
mailed to local business mer, w < 1 e .set .for Nov omner 26 mid 27 . . NIC, PROGRAM
191 outstanding. Those ; at -the regular meeting of the Anderson, Nov ,15 (spl I- J.-II ■ m-mam
among this number are urged to Navasota School Board of Trus- Alen and son, J. T have been
return the cerd as soon as pos- tees at the superintendent’s of- installed as commander am. ad
Bible or call E. O. Perry, Jr- at/fice Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. jutant, respectively, of McCI us-
127 or Bob Whitten at 84. This G. Dan Carter reported that ' key Post No 640 Andetson
poll is being conducted in an efi Barron and Britton had done
fort to determine the will of the nothing relative to repairing the member of J. Willie Leigh Post, - ranged by Kiwanian George
business and professional men rcof -of the -elementary school Navasota. He was commander Franks
and women of Navasota in re- building. He was instructed by of that post when the American Soloists were Miss Mi nt a Rhea
a the board to contact them once, Legion building was bought. Be Perry and Miss Jane Pender, ac,
united more and if no action was' tak- fere the McCluskey Post was or- cornpanied at the piano by Miss
-— . ..... . . .. --‘t bond ganized, Mr. Allen often sei ved Jane Barry. '
"ni "" " " . Loyd OWens presented his
elementary school sextette com
posed cf- Nancy1 Buchanan, Beth
Cotharn, Claire. McGee, Janie
pinned on the cpveled badge
and. m turn, received the Ira-
Members of the . four camparrjae Hore
i Fire Girls units turned in. 8206.00 VUll
u"i ~ "Z By Small Margin ..........................
Arnold Weghorst wont to work . Only one proposed amendment ' He hnd iust , been released
selling the poppies at.8:00 am .to the state constituzion was up from the Federal pemKntimy in
- and by 10100 a.m: had sold 1000 proved rursdas by the 151 v.a Colorado whrre he hdserveda .
poppies .turning in, $13100. Mm ers f N ayasota who went m thel term fordute thefi Ienlsohis
Sh X P "P on" poso "e" "■ eh 10 wmion "" Ife
chacutwItH A plate lull of the barbcue dinsex were L. P. mThesh ppnnttnd Thoprocat.evpnamemmw '---o----
Pyetprendentof (he Chamber of Commerce, Jee Haynie and J.are made by veterans at the Lidm teUniverlil of Texas CehAm'e Hpye
' H. McDonald, co:chcirmen of the Agriculture Committee, veterans hospntels in securities othe than certain •IEVV13 Enf•
new and improved farm ma-
chinery.
. There were 20 test plots made
] on the 11 acres of pasture land
I near the road. Each seed was
’ planted in five test plots with
I the following fertilizers being
I used: 5-10-5. 20’ phosphate,
7. 0-14-7, anhydrous ammonia and
no fettilizer on the fifth plot.
The land was disced, fertilized
ambulance. - ,
Stirviving Miss Cauthen are
her parents; four sisters, Mar-
tha Jane. Helen Jean, Frances
Mae and Joyce Louise; four
brothers, Richard, Leslie, Pat
and Tommy. The body was tak-
en to the George H. Lewis Fu-
neral Home at Houston and fu-
neral arrangements were pend
ing at press time.
USO DRIVE HERE
SO, I wish I still were nine.”
BIBLE VERSE
Hast thou faith? Have it to
thyself before God. Happy is he
that condemneth not himself in
that thing which he alloweth.
(Rom. 14: 22.)
day. Noy-,26, a7pm in the- and Jimmy Hodge; and Owen lJoke’Livcly on the extreme right
office of ( it Managel M. B Smith awarded second class ■ . ' , . 7 .
Thomas badges to Thomas Moore, Roddy
At this , hearing each citizen Sacreben, Latham Boone III and ,
will have the right to recom- Deanie McKay. ■. •
mend any alterations that he - '
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An improved city sewerage
disposal planit will hang in-then
balnhe as tersuo tothe polls
here Friday, Nov .,30 te vote Ior .
or against the iesunoe e ct M i
enue bonds inttm anounl of
$90,000. The eleetioi date Wes
set by the ct commission i 7
session Tuc-duy nighk ! '
' The proposed issue will,ma
ture serially vitrin 30 . years .
bearing an interest rate not to (
' exceed 1 per cent per annum: ’ '
dPurpose of the issue is to im
VEve, enlarge and extend the
Ety’s existing sanitary sewer
.system. .
The election will be held at
the city hall with J. Walter
Smith as presiding judge His
assistants will be Mrs. J- R.
Randolph. Mrs. Kate Brown and
Mrs. G. D Hoke.
Action on the sewerage dis-! j
nIMELY
1 ones
E200 /be a $1020104 quoia.
gal <■ lentative pints for the drive
W(1 We e made at an informal meet-
l ing Wedneslay mernine at the
2 ’S Colonil Cif Those ui attend-
10c
1
Attempt To Escape
Jim Isaiah, Henry, Negro, was
. J. C. Swanson was elected dis-
। triet chairman. Boy Scouts of
I "a America following a court of.
' honor at I he Country Club here
Tuesday night. Elected to serve
" 'with Swanson .were Joe Haynie
fof Richards, vice chaiman; and
J. A. Outlaw, commissioner.
More than two hundred Scouts
and parents were on hand for
11 the covered dish supper and for-
h ma) program with Mr. Outlaw
2hh presiding as the outgoing dis-
Hl trict chairman.
In Highlight of the meeting was
the presentation of Eagle awards
to Ivon Lee and to Johnny Mac
Floyd by Jim Johnson, field ex-
ecutive. Honored along with the
boys were their: mothers who
His recommendations include ..... 4a.jt.wBVM
anew Imhoff tank designed for The Navasota Citv Commis. Foerstes
300,000 gallons per day with a ■ -
Sludge, caphcitv for 4.300; new
filter bed designed, for 232,000
gallons per day . with revolving
.and then planted with seed . Bi t an. Nov . ... v.. ...
which was furnished by the ■ Charles Cummings, assistant,
Ruhmann Grain Company of pastor of the First Methodist
Waco through the local dealer. Church, whose Sessna 120 plane
H, R. Wood.' ' was flown from Timbeilake ait - f
, ■ Seed planted on the four plots port Safurday by an .unknown
M. B. Thomas presented first HENRY WALTERS AND Joe Sanders want in on the party too were singletary peas., hubam sky joy rider, found the machine
claSs awards to Bobby Brewton as they wait for a dishout of the barbecue. Waiting his turn to Clover, harry vetch and crimson Sunday at Coulter Field.
' " " ' ........’ -..... . clover. The plane was damaged to
, I The seed bed preparation, fer-some extent. Rev. Cummings
. tilizing and seeding are designed ; said. Wing struts and under'
to supply, organic matter and • carriage suffered most and in-
initrogen to the soil. All these’dications were that a ground
test plots were made near, the landing was made,.
highway and persons wishing to However the plane still wIll
(Continued to Back Page) take the air and with repairs
. ---e- will be agaimserviceable,
to 1500 POPPIES SOLD — --O———
h NLSATRE GIRLS One Amendment
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The 1te
Kiwanis '
"for”' an ■ ■ 1
try's battles.
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.s bonds carried with a vote 73AL.L., AE.109
gm, A • | ,gea ■ I 1 o1 and ainst. UDS65VeN068
Car Accident Fatal Education Week
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against- 45 for - . week in observance of National
, . ... Education Week Air apprepr-
To authorize the Legislature ate poster, prepared by Euline
. to provide for a maximum tax of Shaw,ison display in the Wm.
{-- . r ' e- -- • , , 50e, ofi each $100 valuatlon of ALart Nijtor show window
sophomore, and daughter of Mi1.. State Highway Patrolman 0, rural fire prevention Slown in t, enlarged ohoto-
and Mrs. R. M. Cauthen of 2302 L. Luther or Bryan investigated districts. — -- 3-e- Shown in the enlarged photo
South MacGregor ■ Drive, Hous- । and sad that the car, which was . . 1
ton, died- at, 6:15 p.m. Wednes: demolished, reportedly belong f
day at the Brazos Valley Sank'ed to an aunt of one of the girls
tai turn as the result of injuries and he added that both girls
received in an accident early were living with aunts in Hous-
hmk Bob Whitten
Kt Chair men tor i he following
HP nimed eommunit ies will be an-
E 1 nounced next week: Planters-
■ ville. $35Co, Itelrds $75.00;
E Shiro, $7500; (ourtney. $5.00;
■ Keith, $3: 00; Stoncham, $35 00;
U Bedias, $100 00: Singteton. $35:00:
Hi P i e d m o n 1. $35,00; Anderson,
$150.00: lola. S100.00; White
Hall, Rosns Praiie, Cross and
, Erwin,
Ai the present time. Grimes
countx has a total of 231 men
aN
iin
Dates Set To
i Receive Bids For
; / : Auditorium Seats
"against.’ liceord
ada .
g 2 ! amnco were ( fyde Prestwood, Ow-.
.M- en Smith, J N outtaw. Malcolm
MhaFMh... Kobei (son W. E. biiion and
workers and helping him were
Mrs. Dewey Hoke,- Mrs, J. T. Gib-
son and Mrs. J.. R Randolph.
• Mr. and Mrs. W S. Moore
spent the week end in Wichita
Falls.
companies have a group policy
for insuring children while- on
buses against injury for a cost
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Whitten, Bob. The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1951, newspaper, November 15, 1951; Navasota, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1445743/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Navasota Public Library.