Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1958 Page: 2 of 6
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Scottish historian Dr. Annie Dun-
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to live with England and it has—
there’s no reason why the rest of
Soil Conservation
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lowing larger size ocean vessels to .
.oad in ports in the middle West.
Economics Needed
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the people own the corporations.
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Fluctuations of supply are quickly
reflected _ to the consumer, who,
through her demand, dictates the
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community. This field has re-
seeded itself for eight years. A
first, year planting of. crimson
clover was taken on the W. C.
Proctor farm south of Hickory
Hill in the Titus County zone of
the district.
Winter cover crops on culti-
vated land was covered on the
Joe Justiss farm west of Dainger-
field.
These, and other photographs
taken throughout the district will
be used to show the benefits de-
rived from conservation farming.
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stopped him. .
ignore them, and go ahead with
my ideals set on high standards
of conduct. The honor of being
your County Judge merits the
bet a man who aspires to it
can give.
My motto is "One for all, and
all for a better County Judge.”
I hope to see each person in the
County before July 26th, but if
for any reason I do not see you,
ask about me any time and of
any person. I am known by many
people- and none can speak any-
thing bad about me.
Your vote and influence will
be appreciated very much.
Sincerely
Clyde T. Holcomb
Candidate for County Judge of
and for Titus County.
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engine best known for economy. All offer
load features like a graintight tailgate and
steel skid strips in the hardwood floor.
Your Chevrolet dealer has 'em the year's
finest lineup, including America's lowest
priced popular pickup.
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Inteviocking Diamond kings
Farragh's Jewelry
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POST OrFICE
CONVENIENT CREDIT
Chevy's high-capacity pickup line, in-
eluding the.new Fleetside, hot a quick
answer to anybody's overhead problem.
You can tell the new Fleetside is wider-
a full 6 feet wide-deeper too; built to
save you trips,with its-extra-big capacity.
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Mrs. W. S. Richardson
out of the country without let-
ting him telephone his wife or
his lawyers.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT PICTURE — This map, based on government job data for March,
shows the percentage of jobless workers, state- by-state. This data comes from the Labor De-
partment’s employment security bureau, based o n what has happened to workers covered for un-
employment insurance and. doesn't cover farm, domestic and self-employed workers exempt from
unemployment insurance coverage. Three out of five of the nation's 5,200,000 workers made idle
by the recession arg located in the eight shaded states. (AP Wirephoto Map)
Cancer accounts for one In ev-
ery six deaths from all causes in
the United States. Every two min-
utes someone dies of this disease.
Earlier detection and treatment
by physicians could result In a
much higher cure rate, according
to the American Cancer Society.
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See your local authorized Chevrolet dealer
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Mt, Pheasant, Texas
Judge Atwell Orders
Dallas Intergration
DALLAS UR—The Dallas News
said today it had elarned U. S
Dist. Judge William Atwell has
ordered Dallas public schools inte
grated.- "
But he did not set a deadline
this time, the News said.
Last September Atwell ruled
classes must be integrated by mid
term, but the U S. appeals court
in New Orleans overturned that
ruling Dec. 27.
Atwell's new order calls for inte-
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To The Voters of Titus County
Texas:‘
I take this means of announc-
ing as candidate for the office
of County Judge, subject to the
Democratic Frimaries.
I have lived in Titus County
since October first 1923, coming
here from Abilene, Texas. I was
ieared-on- -a -favm-in-Oklahoma,
one of five children of a farmer.
In asking you the voters of
Titus County to elect me as your
County Judge. 1 know I am
qualified to fill the office with
justice and honor to all- 1 promise
to faithfully perform the duties
of the office, and to obey the
rules, as the law directs in all
things pertaining to the office
of County Judge of Titus Coun-
ty. I will not show special favors
to any individual or group or
permit any group or individual
to influence me in any way in
performing my .duties as your
county judge. «
There are two other men in
the contest. One of them I know
very well, the other I do not
know. I have not anything against
either of them, nor will I enter
into any name calling or take
part in any degrading campaign
whatever, and if any such things
are advised by others, I will
SAN ANTONIO UR—Two chil-
dren brought to the burn center
at Brooke Army Medical Center
here have died. ' ,
Leslie Dean, 5, of Fort Walton
Beach, Fla., died Sunday. He was
flown ~i Brooke after being
burned in a gasoline fire March
29 Ten GIs in a group receiving
specialized medical training be-
cause their faiths forbid carry-
ing arms, volunteered skin grafts.
The child received extensive
grafts, but had been burned over
54 per cent of his body.
Sylvia Silva, 9, of Glen Cove,
N Y, was flown to Brooke March
8, after being burned over 41 per
cent of her body in a gas fire.
She died yesterday.
ample, is owned by 12.600 stock-
holders. No single person owns as
much as 2 percent of the stock and
no known group controls. The lit-
tie people—school teachers and
employees—own and control $150,-
000,000 of business. The day of
the large, cruel small-family con-
trolled company is no more.
The thinking of the church peo-
ple has changed even more. Then.
Dished.
Yes, times have changed even
since I was there for my 1%-year
stay in 1913 1914. Then, none of
the girls could date except seniors,
and then only on Saturday night
and Sunday for church, and that,
after the Christmas holidays.
Now, these street things openly
entertain their handsome young
boy friends right out in the open
and pay not the slightest attention
to even old board members, much
less teachers and parents.
Yu, I am on the board still and
I approve 100 per cent. It is so
much better than when we sneak-
ed around behind the old buildings
or in the dark to do the same
things. My wife even helped pay
for the new building, and I'm
proud of it.
That’s the way I see it.
Silins scattered all over East, West
and Southwest Texas.
With such a background of edu-
catian, 'inlettered by the influence
of politics sometimes prevalent in
our plate schools, there is Uttle
, wonder that Texas, under its six
flags, produced such great states-
men as James Stephen Hogg, and
such great preachers as George
W Truett
Since the founding of our first
schools, great changes have taken
place. Political and religious think-
ing have changed as we have made
progress in many fields of endeav-
or. ________
Then, it was responsibility of
the statesmen to protect the pub-
lic from the powerful and consci-
l fly from Georgetown to Dallas
after spending a day with the
board of trustees of Southwestern
University, a grand old school
which traces Its history to pre-
Civil War days. Rutersville Uni-
versity. In Fayette County, was
chartered by the Republic of Tex-
as back in 1840. It was later suc-
ceeded by Chap pel Hill College,
which, in turn, was taken over by
what is now Southwestern in 1873.
There are other outstanding de-
This column is being written as | ed by one small group Today, it
is composed of more than 500 cor-
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DENVER (—An American Cat-
tlemen’s Assn, official said yester-
day “a course in basic economics
should go along with every cook-
book."
The organization’s executive
secretary, Radford Hall, said cat-
tiemen. struggling out of five years
of drought and’ depressed prices,
have been- surprised at the home-
maker’s lack of knowledge of food
price factors. _____J_____
"Beef is as seasonal as cucum-
bers—you don't make it in a ma-
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Best seller on the list of U.S.
Government publications is called
"Infant Care." And “Prenatal
Cars" is a runner-up.
room for
testant schools, our brothers of the sparking, game room with domin-
( atholic faith had schools and ms-
neminat ional schools which follow .________ ____________ _ _ ,
< lose on the heels of Southwestern chaperones were the eternal men-
with respect to age Baylr was' see of every young lover. C=rd
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Mrs. Jess Cox attended a
family reunion in Megia.
Mr. and Mrs. ‘Gene Cox and
daughter of Daingerfield visited
his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E
Cox during the weekend.
Mrs. Sidney Frugia is a medi-
cal patient in a Dallas hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Jones visit-
ed their son and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Lon Jones, in Abilene over
l he weekend.
Mrs. Christ McNiel is a medi-
cal patient in a Fort'Worth hos-
pital.
Talco Band attended a concert
contest in Commerce April 17.
Lydia Johnson and Linda Nugent
received second ratings in stu-
dent conducting.
WSCShad their monthly social-
at me Methodist Church April
17 W. Petit was program
chairman with Mrs. R. E. Cain
as hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown and
family visited their daughter
Martha Nell, in Dallas Sunday.
Martha Nell is a student nurse at
Methodist hospital.
Debbie Jones of Abilene is
visiting her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Walker and Mr.
and Mrs. Felix Jones.
Mrs. P. McCullar and Evelyn
have moved' back to Talco. They
have been living in Wink-
Becky Foster. who is practice
teaching in Sulphur Springs, was
home for the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fos-
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Jones, Bruce
and Phil of Canadian visited his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Felix Jones
over the weekend.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Polk and
Mrs. W. S. Richardson were in
Mount Vernon Saturday to attend
a church meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hamilton
were visitors in Sherman April
17.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Fuller
and children of Graham visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Fuller.’
Alice Otnger, 1957-58 presi-
dent and Barbara Greyson 1958-
59 president elect attended the
state FHA meeting in San An-
tonio. Their sponsor, Mrs. Edna
watsell, accompanied them.
T-Sgt. M A. Ritter, Marine
Corps Recruiter for the Area an-
nounced today that the United
States Marine Corps has once
again put into operation it's 120-
Day Delay program,
Thisv program is designed for
high school seniors and recent
graduates and allows the in-
dividual . to enlist now, but de-
lays his reporting to active duty
for a period of up to and in-
cluding 120 days.
Sergeant Ritter elated that this
program allows interested per-
sons to settle perscnal affairs
prior to reporting, as well as as-
suring the individaul that a spot
will be reserved on the date
desired to start his. active duty.
Under present quota limita-
tions, vacancies are being filled
rapidly and all persons, male or
female, that - are interested i
becoming members of the Ma-
' rine Corps are urged to contact
the Marine Recruiter in the
Mount Pleasant Court House on
Wednesday of each week, during
. of 9 a m to 12 noon,
or by contaoting the Marie Corps
Recruiting Station, in the Fed-
eral Building. 140 Grand Ave.,
Paris, or by calling SUnset 5-1427
Moore farm north of Omaha.
Tree plantings were photo-
graphed on the George W. Frank-
land and T. W. Connor, Sr.,
farms. On the Frankland farm
trees were photographed that
were planted December 13, 1954.
These trees are now 10 feet high.
Connor's trees are one year old
past and were planted in an old
field.
Crimson clover was photo-
graphed on the L. T. Camp, Jr.,
porations, all owned by 600.000
stockholders. Love Star, for ex-
high-fi and general
Talco Boy Elected
President of M.Y.F.
Bobby Jack Brown, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Brown of Talco
has been elected president of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship of
, the Sulphur Springs District. -
He was chosen at a banquet
of the Methodist Youth Fellow-
ship at the Clarksville elemen-
tary school Monday night. Other
officers elected were James
Michie of Avery, vice-president;
Paula Minter of Picton, secre-
tary, and Judy Penny of Clarks-
ville, treasurer. More than two
hundred young people and spon-
sors were present at the meeting.
Those who attended from Talco
were Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Polk,
Mrs. R E. Cain, Mrs. W, S.
Richardson, Mrs. Floyd Hamil-
ton, Marjorie Richardson, Janie
Hamilton, Jerry Ann Rothwell,
Judy Cain, Mary Jo Flanagan,
Bobby Adams and Wayne Black-
burn. ,
Short Mr Styles
To Match Short
Skirts Say British
LONDON uR — Miladys hair
styles this year will match her
skirts—both are getting shorter
and shorter, British hairdressers
were told today.
Harold W. Semmens, head or
the old London organization
known as the Guild of Hair-
dressers, Wigmakers and Per-
fumers, told the annual meeting.
"And now that the fashion de-
signers have agreed to raise the
hemline, hair styles will become
very much shorter this year—
even a return to the shingle worn
with a variety of fringes is fore-
seen.”
young people observed National
Youth Day’ Sunday with a pro-
oes. cards, and other games fur-
VS Deported Red
Escorted by butch
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (
—William Heikki la, deported
from the United States as a for-
mer Communist, left by plane
today for Copenhagen. He was
escorted by Dutch military polce.
The 56 - year - old Finnish-born
draftsman arrived yesterday by
Canadian airliner from Vancou-
ver, B. C. where U. S. immigra-
tion agents took him Friday after
spiriting him out of San Fran-
cisco.
Heikkila’s wife said in San
Francisco that he had only 30
cents in his pocket and no pass-
port when arrested Friday as he
left for work. But police at
Schipol Airport said he had mon-
ey and a valid Finnish passport
when he arrived, and he spent
the night in an Amsterdam hotel.
The onetime Communist had
Avhwa '• a „wea
of mltiflora rose on the R E. tarm in
120-Day Delay
Program Resumed
By Marine Corps
PERCENTAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
The regional photographer
from the Fort Worth office was
in the District this week taking
pictures of conservation prac-
tices being applied and already
on the Pewitt Ranch. This was
a large scale planting and the
ground was too wet to use trac-
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eration “with all deliberate
speed."
Lawyer W. J. Durham, who rep
resents 17 Negro students seeking
integration here .said he believed
the Dallas School Board would
"show good faith by starting eocne
type of integration policy next
fall"
The Dallas Independent School
District was ordered to pay court
costs in the case.
The hoard has said Dallas
schools will not be integrated until
litigation on state laws about de-
segregation la wool rod. M s fa-
trict integrates without getting
voter approval, It loses state aid.
No move has been made to call
an integration election here.
______ -_______________ ____ with two sheriffs deputies Man-
chine.” Hall said. "The law of sup-. day night.
ply and demand works rapidly and Police said Charles fired the
effectively in the beef industry, shots that killed Deputy Robert
playing with gambling cards was
a sin even if you only played for
fun. You could play Flinch. Auth-
ors or even "500." but you dared
not play these games with hearts,
diamonds, spades or clubs.
The Virginia Reel and other
loose contact dan . ing was some-
times permitted in the parlor, but
if you get your arm around the
girl, it had to be in the dark or be-
hind the barn.
Now. even on our church school
campuses student union buildings
are all the go. At Southwestern
today. I saw a beautiful building
devoted almost exclusively to the
put suit of wholesome boy-and-girl
fun and amusement. * There was
a beautiful dance floor with-a big
fireplace and plenty of love seats
and a banquet hall. There was a
four lane bowling alley, a hi-fi
Vnknown to Driver;
Hitchhiker Rides
NEVADA, Mo. (P—-Three-year-
old Stephen Ray Rider took a ride
in the outside of his grandfather’s
pickup truck, but didn't get very
excited about his experience.
But glandlather did, however.
" "I jusabout died when I found
out about it," said C. P. Rider,
whp lives four miles north of
Nevada on U. S. 71.
Rider drove with a load of grain
to Nevada, unaware that the boy
had crawted on th?- right fender
and was hanging onto the door
handle.
■ Motorists at the edge of town
sew the boy, followed Rider and
established about the same time,
and like Southwestern, boasts a
charter from the Republic of Tex-
as Texas Christian University
traces its lineage back to 1879. and
St Mary's Academy came into ex-
istence a year later. Trinity Uni-
versity 1 1869) is another oldster,
and there are a number of others
that began compiling splendid rec-
ords before the turn of the cen-
tury,
it is interesting to contemplate
on Southwestern and some of the
other older schools— Bay lor, Trin-
ity. TCU—because they are de-
nominational institutions that owe
their origin to the fine Christian
pioneers of protestant churches,
who believed then, as now, that the
serenity of any people required the
education of a large segment qf
our population in non-tax-support-
ed schools, Evan poor to the pro-
gram entitled “Let the Youth
Know America."
Rosalie Thompson, Coleen Dix-
on. Marie Mueller, and Rufene
Ceok attended the Eastern Star
friendship night program in
Avery. Mrs. Thompson was on
the program.
Johnny Hood, Jerry Clemmons,
John Paul Parrish and Cecil Lynn
Loftin will attend the state
track meet in Austin.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. F
Cook and family Sunday were
his mother, Mrs. E E Cock, Mrs
Creacie Wagner. Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Kluge and Mrs. Bob Harris
all of Gladewater.
Mrs. Lola Taylor. Thelma Ros-
sen. Mary Ethel Matlock. Marie
Mueller, Coleen Dixon and
Rosalie Thompson attended an
Eastern Star meeting at Hughe*
Springs April 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beasley
visited their parents Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. Brewer and Mr. and
Mrs. J. Beasley in McNiel, Ark.
over the weekend.
Attending the funeral of R S.
Welborn in Gladewater Sunday
were: Mr iM Mrs. W. C. Turner,
Mr and Mrs. Cecil Griggs. Rev.
and Mrs C M. Fields, Mrs Peggy
Hargrove. Mrs. D L Smelly, Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Taylor. Mr. and
Mrs. R J. Rosson, Mr. and Mrs.
R. T Fuller, Mrs J. O. Blakely
’and Mr. and Mrs. L. LeMay.
super stendent of the ranch.
Pic ires were taken of an old
planti g of Coastal bermda
grass,sod seeding. and a.hedge
L. Schultz, 37. Deputy Edward
Gene Johnson, also wounded,
was reported improving today
after surgery.
Charles was shot by Schultz as
he fell wounded
An autopsy disclosed that the
father and Tommy died of .22-
caliber bullet wounds. The depu-
ties' guns were .38 caliber.
Sheriff’s Lt. Clarence A. Double
said: "It locks like.Seyfert killed
the boy, then turned the gun on
himself.”
The gunfire broke but when
deputies stopped a ramshackle
bus driven by Seyfert. A relative
of Mrs Seyfert had relayed to
officers her warning that Seyfert
was "all mixed up."
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DANA POINT, Calif. UR—Four
teen-year-old Charles Allyn Sey-
fert died last night in a hospital
i the fourth victim of a gunfight
in which . his father, younger
brother and a deputy sheriff
were killed.
Charles was wounded when he
joined his brother Tommy, 10,
and his father Charles Seyfert,
39, of Tucson, Ariz., in the battle
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