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The Canton Herald
CANTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961
VOLUME 78
NUMBER 10
Van Zandt County 4-H‘rs are throughout the United States.
The local 4-H Club members
quarter million boys and girls in
and
Last Rites Held
383 3 3
of 4-H in achhievement, leader-
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Frank Richardson, pastor of Van
Farmers in Van Zandt county I
Interment was in the Oakland
Canton Elementary School Given Award
award
for
outstanding
Q. C. Dietering will serve
as
I
Band Booster Club
Elects New Officers
State and to hu-
outstanding
things in Mr. Scott’s memory ot
announce-
is
tall
chool
date right now so it won’t slip
Outgoing trustee Arnett Rob-
His parents are both graduates ।
j inson
of Canton high school and na-
election, and Turner announced
fives of Van Zandt. They have j
Tadora, Johnny Ray and
Phalba community; Priest Store.
Those on the All-District team
having a valve . .
j Age i s Office, Canton.
o’clock.
Open House To Be
At Schools Tonight
ASC Asks County Farmers Interested
in feed Grain Production To Call Office
Race For City Council Develops As
Deadline For Filing Passes; 3 File
Mickey White Named To All-District
Basketball Team; Larry Davis, 2nd Team
attorney.
Holdover aidermen are B. R.
baptist Association
io Hold Conference
At Ben Wheeler
1 cemetery under the direction of
Hilliard Funeral Home.
through-
Puerto
the board ,and there has never
been a successful write-in in the
Mrs. Tunnell was born in Van
Zandt county Aug. 23, 1880. She
spent her entire lite in this coun-
ty. She was a member of Van
Miss Barbara Akers and James
Risinger, county assistant H. D.
Mass was held Tuesday. March
7, at St. John’s Church in Wind-
1 jects, but including
tures done in Mexico.
day Magazine, a supplement of
The Dallas Times Herald.
ices to the
manity. ■
FJNERAL SERVICES
LD FOR MRS. ELKO
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Singing School Set
J Church Of Christ
A singing school is slated for
the Canton Church of Christ be-
ginning March 13 and continuing
pro-
can
and pictures
accomplish-
tribute to the
out the 50 states
Rico.
Main purposes
spend the week-end.
Other visitors in the Fincher
home wen* Mr and Mrs. Marvin
West and children, Mark, Wade
VISITS IN BEAUMONT
Mrs. Raymond Fincher visited
last week with her daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ta-
dora of Beaumont. Mr. and Mrs.
Van Zandt County
Bar Association
Names Elliott Judge
Buck Wynne, president of the
County Bar Association, called a
Those on the second team are
Larry Davis, Canton; Jackie Al-
phin. Grand Saline; David Tun-
nell, Van; Carroll Collier, Kauf-
man; and Jimmy Ingram, Ter-
rell.
President has many outstanding the Herald Wednesday morning,
attainments in his life, but the
Berry Says Look
Ahead For Fertilizer
Needs On Farms
It’s good business to antici-
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Canton expected to be back on the bench 1
lived in the near future. I Methodist Church.
County 4-H Clubs Celebrate
National ”4 ■ H Club Week”
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agent and agricultural agent,
will join more than two and a say they will share with other
nnarter millinn hnye and girle in Alumni.” These 21,000,000 men
A race for aiderman of the
Trades Day that they used to City of Canton developed over
have there, and when Van Zandt the week-end when incumbents
desk in the near future . .
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in local communities
A
Student card and complimented
on his outstanding work as a 1 ment
By following a regular
paints and communes with na-
ture in a small cabin she built
in the woods nine miles north of
Athens
six feet
Miss Elle ige, 48
The Van Zandt County Bap-
White of Canton He gathered in Van, 73 points, 77 rebounds.
For Mrs. Tunnell
Sunday At Van
Mrs. Pearl Skinner Tunnell, 80.
of Van died Saturday at 4:45 a.
m. in a Tyler hospital after a
short illness.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Sunday at the Van Meth-
odist Church with Rev. Harold
Spann of Grand Saline and Rev.
have a
Monday,
Baptist
patrons is virtually
, to bring to the county ASC of-
fice their records of the acreage
of cropland used for field corn,
I gram sorghums, oats, barley and
at 10 a. m with scripture and
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Canton was the first Monday
Public Schools Week will be
celebrated at the Canton Schools
with open house tonight, 6:30 to
8:30 o'clock, according to Norris
Birdwell, superintendent.
The entire school system is do-
ber, Pa., for Mrs. Nellie Krol
ton colored plumber . . . The
time will be 3 o’clock in the aft- your mind Wednesday, March 15.
schools during their open house.
“A welcome will await you,”
stated Mr. Birdwell.
Byron Duane Barber, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Barber of
Dallas and grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis Barber of Martins
Mill, has been designated a Dis-
tinguished Student at A&M Col-
lege where he is a senior.
He was given a Distinguished
Ann returned home with her to dra community; McAbet s Store.
rural, urban and suburban areas an i women throughout the coun-
I lived in Dallas since 1910. Byron
graduated from Adamson high । incumbent member of the board,
school in 1957.
who may be interested in a pos-
sible feeti grain production ad-
justment program m 1961 are
urged to call at the county Agri-
cultural Stabilization and Con-
servation office, according to G.
former 4-H’ers
and attainments
the high ideals
will be eligible to participate.
However, Mr. Lambdin points out
that a prognun can be quickly
put into operation if the neces-
sary farm acreage information is
on file at the county office. He
asks farmer’s cooperation in pro-
viding information that will be
needed before a program can be
put in effect.
Interested farmers are asked
other crops for the two crop
years 1959 and 1960. The report
should be on the basis of acre-
age planted and the use made of
the crop produced. Accurate in-
formation must be obtained im-
mediately for possible establish-
ment of farm feed grain base
acreages.
Since Van Zandt is classed as
a minor feed grain producing
area, only interested farmers are
being asked to make reports. In
counties classed as major feed
grain producing areas, acreage
reports are being obtained for all
.aims.
John Deere Day
To Be In Wills Point
If you live on a farm and have
a calendar handy, circle this
Association will
C. Lambdin, chairman of the ASC
county committee. The request is
made to farmers at this time
ments and pay
Ihousands of
whose success
now exemplify
ship and good citizenship.
The six club members, while
in the Nation’s Capital, expect
to review the report with Pres-
ident Kennedy at the White
House. They also plan to visit
other agricultural officials and
various senators and members
of Congress on Capitol Hill.
Along with the present and
former 4-H‘ers, honors will go
to the 302,440 unpaid volun-
teer leaders who guide 4-H work
Mrs. Floyd Stout reports that j Taylor, music and voice teacher
she discovered a very unusual of Dallas directing.
chicken recently while dressing । The school will lie conducted
a group of fowl . . . She found । Monday through Friday nights
one with two hearts, both hearts of each week beginning at 7:30
the highest number of rebounds
during the season, 120,
I arry Davis of Canton was
of 4-H Club
Further information concern-
ing the uniforms may be secured
from Mrs. Howard Heard, Nor-
ris Birdwell or E N. Holloway.
because farm feed grain and oth-
er crop acreage information will
be needed for any feed grain
program that may be author-
ized for the coming crop season.
Farmers who supply feeti grain
and other acreage figures at this
time will not be obligated to par-
j ticipate in a feed grain program
I if one becomes available, but
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for his post, Dr. Hilliard is an
Mickey White, stellar per-
former for the Canton Eagles,
was named to District 15AA All-
District basketball team by the
coaches last week in a meeting.
White, second highest scorer
in the district with 186 points, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
"Deere Day in Wills Point
starts at 1 p. m. sharp and will
be held at their building on East
Highway 80. Come as a guest of
Mayfield Tractor Co.
erating at his home . . . accord- were created and tested by John
ing to the regular courthouse j m
8 s Deere engineers to give you
group ... he is greatly missed. 5 5 -
around the square, greater earning power.
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Clyde Elliott, Jr. was appoint-
ed county judge by the County
Bar Association Monday ... He
relieves C. L. Stanford, who has
by JACK CAMPBEL
We received a nice letter from
Mrs. Elsie Gafford, secretary to
the president of Bankers Serv-
ice Life Insurance Co. of Okla-
homa, Mr. Joe C. Scott, a former
resident of Van Zandt county
. . . Thinking that the letter
would be of interest ... we are
passing it on to our readers . . .
“I thought you might be in-
terested in the enclosed article
oygrwy
cs
of their election since
Survivors include her husband,
J. M. Tunnell of Van; two daugh-
ters, Mrs Elizabeth Marett of
Grand Saline and Mrs Lula Mae
Doggett of Houston; one stepson,
Holland B. Tunnell of Tyer; four
brothers, Fred Collins, Jerry
Collins, Dale Collins and Thel-
mon Collins; one sister Miss
Cleo Collins; two grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Area Lady Is One
f Many Talents
Dallas—Very likely, you nev-
er knew anybody like Zillah El-
ledge.
She's the Henderson county
lady who lives alone three miies
from everywhere. She reads,
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Three Negroes
injured In Mishap
On Highway 64
Three Negroes were injured
when a 1960 model automobile
overturned on Highhway 64 1%
miles east of Canton last Thurs-
day afternoon.
The car was driven by Arthur
K. Lawrence, who turned the
car over for no apparent reason,
according to investigating au-
thorities.
Occupants of the car were
Doris Calloway and Awadhesd
Chaudhary of Tyler.
The three injured were taken
to a Tyler hospital for treatment
by Hilliard & Sons ambulance.
There was no other vehicle in-
volved in the accident. The car
involved was a total wreck.
space in your paper we here in urday. April 1.
his office and his many friends Mayor Sam Hilliard filed for
in Oklahoma would appreciate the mayorship and Clyde Elliott,
the article appearing in your Jr. filed for re-election as city
fine paper, and from what 11
hear of his relatives in Van
Zandt county they, too, would
appreciate knowing about him.
Mr. Scott is one of the most out-
standing business and profession-
al men in Oklahoma."
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That “Eagle Shooting" color-
ed Negro preacher, Rev. Davis
of Tyler, will be at the New
Hope Negro Church Sunday aft-
ernoon to “Show his Bird," ac-
cording to Buck Shannon, Can-
student and athlete. He has i there are only two vacancies on
suL, t a, ayal 1 played baseball on the college |
J , , i team for the past two years
in >" mat on and led the southwest confer-
11 <o e lence in home runs both seasons elections.
There will also be a free
movie at 7:30 at the Majectic
Theatre in Wills Point, accord-
ing to Gene Mayfield, owner.
moderator with a theme of “Our
intellectual Responsibilities to
God." The program is as follows:
Song service led by Bill James
Wire community; Peace Calla- honored by the coaches hy mak-
han, Jockson community: Coun- ing their second mythical team
can be seen on the crop itself,
according to Todd W. Berry , ag-
ricultural agent. Waiting for a
deficiency to develop is a poor
practice, for by then crop losses
already have taken place.
In present-day farming, the
real problem is to know how
well a particular fertilizer is
meeting the needs of a crop.
Berry pointed out that once a
farmer has embarked on a fer-
tilizer program, its value in
community south of
about 1900 where they
service to the handicapped has
been won bj the students in the
Canton Elemen ary School as
the result of a used clothing
drive held re ently.
The drive, held to benefit the
handicapped men and women
employed at Goodwill Industries,
.resulted in the collection of
1167 bags of discarded clothing,
a Goodwill spokesman announc-
ed.
Materials collected by the stu-
dents will be reconditioned by
the workers in the Goodwill
plant .then sold in the agency’s
Elko, 69.
Survivors are six daughters
and four sons, including Mrs.
George Reese of Canton.
Mrs. Reese was called to the
bedside of her mother Feb. 24.
For Outstanding Service To Handicapped
An award for outstanding non-profit stores to provide
| history of the Canton
Lexa ' munity; Wilburn's Store. Tun-
one that is most outstanding AN HANAR HAI i
was his election and induction •W ,
into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Billy J. Campbell of Canton
This is the greatest honor that was among students at the
can come to an Oklahoman and University of Texas School of
is conferred upon a very few and ; Architecture who made the fall
very select number of persons honor. rolL
each year on Oklahoma State- He is the son of A. C Campbell
hood Day’, Nov. 16. This honor
is awarded for outstanding serv-
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Week this year are to provide
an opportunity to acquaint more
young people with opportunities
through joining or forming 4-H
Clubs, to assist new members in
starting projects in farming,
homemaking, community serv-
ice and other activities; to in-
form the public about 4-H aims
and methods and to pay tribute
to outstanding "graduates" of
the program.
ing everything possible to make
the visitors of the school feel
welcome. Refreshments will be
served all visitors at the school
cafeteria during open house, Mr.
Birdwell told the press Wednes-
day.
All the classrooms will be
open for inspection by visitors
and sample work of each class
will be on display. Parents may
inspect the progress of their
children from a first-hand view.
Celebration of Public Schools
Week got underway Sunday aft-
ernoon in Canton with a concert
by the Canton High School band
at the gymnasium.
Supt. Birdwell asked the Her-
ald to extend a cordial invita-
tion to the people of Canton and
surrounding areas to visit the
F«:. d
declined to run lor re-
wages for the more than 400
handicapped people employed
there.
Goodwill’s sales annually pro-
vide more than a half million
ollars in wages for handicapperl
men and women from this and
other areas in Texas, many of
whom would otherwise be de-
Hilliard And Turner
File For Trustees
Dr. George H. Hilliard and
Harold Turner were the only
two applicants for a place on
the Canton School Board as the
deadline passed last Wednesday,
March 1, according to Mrs. B.
A. Mitchell, secretary.
The filing of these two school
with their three children for Canton Attorney Elliott re-
several years. Mr. Scott has places C. L. Stanford, who has
many relatives in Van Zandt served as county judge the past
county. He has many, many two weeks.
cousins living around Canton. The County Bar Association is
the Weldons, the Pauls and the expected to pass the judgeship
Pitmans are all related to him.. to various county lawyers in or-
I have heard Mr Scott say that der not to work any hardship on
his first school teacher was any indivudual lawyer. The as-
Mrs. Creedie Brooks, wife of Mr. , sociation has the right by law
A. J. Brooks, who as I under- to appoint a temporary judge
stand it was a county official during court when the regular
and died in Canton. judge is temporarily absent from
“You will notice that our the bench, C. L. Stanford told
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Mahaffey, Travis Coleman and
Jiggs Reynolds.
workers conference 1
March 13, at the First
Church in Ben Wheeler.
observing National 4-H Club
Week March 4-11.
marize in stories
outstanding 4-H
through March 24 with John
try have participated in the
past 50 years since the move-
ment started and are now bene-
fitting from the training and ex-
perience they received as 4-H
members.
The assistant home demonstra-
tion agent and the assistant
agricultural agent revealed that
the following events celebrating
National 4-H Club Week have
been planned: 4-H window ex-
hibits in towns over the county;
King and Queen Coronation on
March 11.
Nationally, 4-H Club Week
will be highlighted in Washing-
ton, D. C. when six members chos-
en as delegates will present the
annual 4-H Club "Report to the
Nation.” The report will sum-
New officers to serve the Can-
tor Band Booster Club for the
year were elected at the regu-
lai meeting of the club last Mon-
day night. Mrs. Howard Heard
was re-elected president and Al-
bert Sneed vice president.
Others named to office were
Mrs. Billy Boynton, secretary;
Mrs. .E H. Cherry, treasurer;
end E. N. Holloway, reporter.
Members of the nominating com-
mittee wee Mrs. Lloyd Groves,
Mrs. Norris Birdwell and Mrs.
Albert Sneed.
A report of the committee for
new uniforms was given. Total
cost of new uniforms was re-
ported to lx* approximately
34,500 with the Craddock Uni-
form Co. supplying the best
, , prayer. Texas Baptist Institu-
pa t the fertilizer needs of your tions of Higher Learning will be
crops bfore deficiency symptoms the theme of the guest speaker
at 10:15 o'clock.
A film of "Treasures in Heav-
en” will be shown the group at
10:45. At 11:15 a congregational
hymn, reports and announce-
ments will be on the agenda.
The message will be brought
by Dick Moody at 11:25 along
with special music for the occa-
sion.
At noon lunch will be served
and a board meeting will be
conducted.
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over-all situation for the club.
Included to the price were 60 gram
new uniforms for the band mem- avoid loss in yield and iow prof-
Her life, her thoughts, all of, uniforms for the six twirlersits resulting from hiid en hun-
. . . L . uuonm. I U iHere । of your crops. Soll testing
her activities are the subject of and one drum major of the band. , is the modern way to determine
a picture story recently in Sun- The club voted to purchase fertilizer and lime needs.
the uniforms subject.to certain ! Soil test don’t suggests
conditionsand upon the securing the county agent. Anc , he adds,
of a $3,500 loan, with which to assistance ae InfoMmlation
take advantage of a cash ms-
and wighs 250 pounds. If count ollered the club. The uni- aoi m o ce
anything, her stature has com- form fund set up hy the club and 1s a iso avllabie at
.. — . , , plemented her artistic talents, school now has approximately ton stations liste. below. This |
ernoon . . . Shannon says that. That’s the day Mayfield Trac- throughout north and 81,000 as a balance with more is the las. week that soil samples
Rev. Davis is not going to tor Co. in Wills Point invites nown throughou tn fund-ra isi ng projects scheduled, w II b c ( samples tak-
preach,, "Just Show the Eagle, you to attend «peere in east Texas, she has had several rhe club wants to have as much en alte. ar h 10 should be
* * * , „ c , ' ., painting exhxibits in Dallas, Ste- as possible on hand when the uni- sent 00 go esting Labora-
Justice of the Peace H. C. Wills Point See for yourself phen F. Austin College at Nac-forms are ordered so that less Lry at AEM College
Thompson was brought home the new tractors every farmer ogdoches, and at Robertson's will have to be borrowed. Deen Implement Co, May-
from the hospital and is recup- is talking about. Learn how they j Art Gallery in Tyler. Actual orering of the uni- field Tractor Co. V» ills' Point;
Her works cover between 200 j forms will take place before Jess Martin Board-ElWood com-
and 300 paintings, dealing largely school is out in May with a de- munity: E gew od pee & Seed,
with north and east Texas sub- livery date specified for August pgow. c n payo,, store
many pic- 1. so that the band will have the Frutva Stephens Feed Store,
new uniforms for the first game Chamber ol Commerce office.
onSept 9 Grand Saline; Carpenter Store, .
Silver Lake community; Burgess
Store, Jones community; Ellison
Implement Co., Van; Hopson
Stole, Edom; L. C Moore Store,
Ben Wheeler.
F. G. Gurley Store, Moore
community; G. O. Ballard Sta- j
tion. Myrtle Springs; Garrison
Store, Martins .Mill; Walter
Ward’s Store, Ch na Grove com-
about a person who was born in
Van Zandt county. Our president, glazn aczuna, pao.. J. ,
Mr. Joe C. Scott, was born in meeting Monday of the group.for Methodist Church, officiating.
Van Zandt county, near Wills the purpose of appointing Clyde y ■ - • - - ••
Point. His father, Mr. Eli H. ; Elliott, Jr county judge in the
Scott, and mother, Mrs. Anna absence of County Judge G. D.
Morris Scott, moved from the Sta ton.
Ellis Chapel community near Judge Staton is recuperating
Wills Point to the Mount Pisgah at his home in Canton and is
are as follows:
Ronnie Johnson, Grand Sa-
line, 136 points, 38 rebounds;
Charles Cox, Kaufman, 154
points, 61 rebounds; Royce Coop-
er, Terrell. 209 points, no re-
port; Benny Phillips, Van. 209
points, 10 rebounds, Mickey
White, Canton, 186 points, 120
rebounds; and Bob Sanders,
meeting the needs of the crop__—__
from year to year can be esti- m D L I
mated by soil tests. Soil testing yron barDer IS
you what you want to know | UAnAp C,.m
about your soil before the trou- 1101101 •I UUcII
ble appears and lief ore it’s too
late to correct it.
county threatened to secede from B. M. Clark, Harvey Fincher
the State because when the ; J. W. Barron, Sr. filed with Mrs.
State went dry Van Zandt coun- Emmett Steed, city secretary.
ty went dry even though they Two places on the current
voted for liquor. j council will be decided by city
“If at some time you find voters at the ballot box on Sat-
been serving in that capacity
during the illness of County
Judge G. D. Staton . . . Various
county lawyers are passing
around the duties in order that
the burden will not lx» too great
on any one ... so the wheels
can keep turning while the coun-
ty judge is recuperating . . .
Mrs. G. D. Staton told us
Wednesday morning that Judge
Staton is gaining strength by
the day and will be back at his
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