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VOLUME 71
THURSDAY, MAR. 11, 1957
UMBER 11
Betty Butler
Crowned L-H King, Queen
Mrs. H. T. Calloway Homecoming Set
Rites Held At
Burglary Charges Canton Baseball Team Is Holding Daily
ter of practice they are not ex-
BILL MANN
Highways 243 and 47,
Baske
hes of boys and
trict 14-A along with Browns- ed to the boys all district first
Gilmer. 4-H Club
were prince and prin-
ly Glen Foster is coach of the guard, and Harmel Whitaker, for-
A
boy
DR. D. L. DYKES, JR.
Ben Wheel
team.
was and Floyd
Linda Etheridge and Murry Jan-
19 against Grand Saline
The
Team, Boys—John Gil-
Commerce.
April 18, Canton at Edgewood neth Carter,
Harmel Whitaker. forward, Can-
Bruce Box, forward. Edge-
ton
May 10, Edgewood at Canton., wood.
field of evangelism. He has trav-
assistant county agricul-
son
b
Houston.
the Methodist church in Canton
ments.
ed with Fred Waring, the great-
today; the Bob Hope show; and
member of the Church of Christ.;
Observance Of 4-H Week
a.
of
electricity through 4-H and his
called the meeting to order.
a
it last Wednesday night.
home
returning
chairman, P. B. McLain, secre-
Gus
SGT. HAROLD G, SKINNER
accident-free
by Mildred Manley and Paulette
A few safety posters were dis-
played and
The boys and girls cleaned the
cal Safety." David Cartright.
Club
won
wish to thank
J
u
Yam Growers Appear Before
State Legislature Committee
Adonis Pettus
Dies Saturday
in Royse City
with) such outstanding ministers as
Bishop Arthur J Moore, Bishop
Mildred Manley, president, said
"we hope we have helped our
parents and friends to become
Paul Martin, Bishop Marvin Frank-
Un, Bishop Costen J Harrell. Dr.
profit of $85 on his pigs last
year because he picked tomatoes
and dug potatoes to feed his pigs.
4-H flags and American flags and
4-H posters, and brought 28 pies
Allen Ray Dawson told who
the members wer that attended
last year and five from the Daw-
son club attended, David Cart-
named to the 1956-57 fall semes-
ter honor roll, according to Dean
his records so the district judges
could know what he did. He also
told about what he learned about
were in
at Van
April 26, Canton at Kerens.
May 3, Brownsboro at Canton
awards last year were asked to
tell about it and the trip they
won.
one hundred
since 1948
is having hogs and cows on his
meat animal project this year
The queen, Neil Welch, and the
A group of Van Zandt county
sweet potato growers appeared lie-
fore the agriculture committee of
the Legislature Wednesday, March
13, in support of the proposed
amendment to the sweet potato
singing
singer.
Senior Class
To Present Play
The Canton high school senior
night, March 8, at 8 o’clock.
The program was presented in
Singer."
He was youth director of the
Elma McCord, Mrs. L. L. Row-
land and Mrs. Earl Shaw.
for auction for raising money to
help elect Nell Welch queen.
Martins Mill Daw-
and Elberta
senior play Friday night. March
22. beginning at 7 p. m in the
high school gymnasium.
The title of the play is “Rest
Assured"
tion is extended to all to attend
this regular singing.
invited Tuesday night. Bring
covered dish.
schedule is as follows:
April 5, Kerens at Canton.
April 12, Brownsboro, there.
Mr Mann has
and radio work,
guest appearances
Saturday, March 15 and 16.
Members of the House of Dele-
gates from the Van Zandt County
Unit are Wendell Oliver and Bill
N Allen of Canton. Wallace R
Broyles of Edgewood, and R. M.
Hooks of Wills Point.
An administrators luncheon will
be held Saturday at noon at the
Carlton Hotel AU school admin-
in rifle range in stat represen-
tation.
Dewayne Casey told about his
trip to Paris in district and A&M
as a team with David Cartright
istrators from District 8 will at-
tend
Second
McQuien,
second
mention
ley Bass, a unit of Destroyer Di-
vision 52
Filed in Priest
Burglary Feb. 28
Charges of burglary have been
Roy Williams
14-A lows:
First
Candidates from the other 4-H
Clubs in the county composed the
court and were Mary Stone and
George Hanna of Edom, Martha
Miss Carolyn Marvin was pian-
ist for the program.
The benediction was given by
where he teaches a law course
each night for Henderson County
Final Rites Held
For Carla Moffiet
Funeral services for Carla Jan
ter Henning, German exchange stu-
dent now at Athens high school
for a year. Mr. Henning spoke
to the students and compared the
German school system with the
American school system.
Rouge. La., for three years and
in 1942, Mr. Mann entered the now holds this same position at
| i mony in the case at its next meet-
l ing.
Van Zandt County Sheriff J.
; W Burnett and Deputy Sheriff
I i Howard B. Heard went to Van
[ ! Horn last Thursday to pick up
inspection law which was intro- ■ ■ • py ■
duced in this session of the Leg- nion I henrp
islature by Rep. Bill Hollowell of --VI •IIVFel
Mrs Hazel Oree Calloway, 40,
passed away Saturday, March 9.
at John Sealy Hospital in Gal-
veston. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p. m.
ball team has been holding work- n/i i pe
outs each afternoon in prepara- Wh tkpr nimpr
tion for their first conference VY unul l VhIvl
P
759
statements admitting the crime
I to County Attorney Joe Tunnell.
to.
tution of the 4-H organization and | in the State Round-Up. which is usually in July,
introduced the officers for the Mildred Manley was another -- - -
benefit of those in the audience member that made the district
men to join this group and go
to the rally.
He attended Southern Methodist ing in more than
"16
F
The topic for the evening was;
"What is 4-H?"
The president read the consti-
class will present their annual
all of you who
Survivors include her parents:'
two brothers, Jerry Don Mof-
Women In Service
San Diego Calif- Scheduled to
return to San Diego on March 10
was Eddy J McKibben boilerman
pal speaker. Rev. Dykes received eled all over the country since
his B A degree from Centenary devoting his entire time to evan-
done concert
and has made
with the St.
tary, and Abel Price and
Crow, members.
P9 Fs)
r , ।
Church, Baton
for the rally at 6:30 p. m. A cor-
dial invitation is extended to all
mng the game 7-3 Winning pitch- 1 team all-district
I MS; Loren Parsons and baby ers were Jerry Nix and Dan was named to
I of kahoma City, Okla., and Seale. The next non-conference Making honora
i J. W. Shivers of Hobart, Okla.,1 game will be played here March Alta Thompson
spent the week-end with Mrs.
Wiley Heard.
the 1955 essay contest on why
he wanted a pig He made a
Fields was
about 9:45 p.
. the Aboott and Costello show
During the war he sold two mil-
lion dollars worth of war bonds
T. H. Lide of Route 3, Canton,
a director of the Kaufman Coun-
ty Rural Electric Administration,
attended the 15th annual meeting
of the National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association held at
troduced. They are Louie Knowles,
chairman, and George Hullum,
assistant.
College, Shreveport, La., in 1938. gelistic singing. He has led sing-
--
{a
Church in
many, where he is assigned to
the 10th Infantry Division. Sgt.
Skinner, son of Mrs. Mattie Skin-
ner of Grand Saline. is a tank
j commander in Company C of the
I division’s 62nd Tank Battalion.
He entered the Army in March.
1955, and arrived overseas the
- - - । demonstrations; also his trips to
the form of a 4-H meeting and Paris to the district and to A&M
the president, Mildred Manley,
W. E. West of Canton appeared i
before the committee with the
group of farmers from this area.
Girl Scouts To
Hold Family Night
Program March 20
The Girl Scouts held their reg-
ular meeting in the study hall.
President Martha Heard pre-
sided.
The group made plans for a
cook-out Saturday morning in the
Howard Heard woods and set the
date for the family night party
as Tuesday, March 20 at 6:30 p.
m. in the Baptist church base-
the First Marine Division
The Dawson 4-Star Club, in
observance of National 4-H Week,
presented a program at the Wat-
kins Community Center Friday
Honorable Mention — Travis
‘Foster, Canton. Mike Hackney, ture agent, and Jane Conlan, as-
Canton; Dick Goines, Kerens sistant Home Demonstration
James Hooks. Edgewood; Bill agent, crowned, the, king and
Carter Franklin, Kerens . M em °n 7 -uD •5 1
First Team (Girls)—Allen, for- mno"
as "Americas Greatest Gospel
The complete teams are as fol- uary
...................
boys: “Highway at the program. _ . .....
Rabert Manley was asked to - -
tell about where he got his pig j building, decorated the stage with
and the profit. He told that he
was one of the boys selected in
complete district
our thanks for the splendid coop-
eration we have received from
you in publishing the many ac-
mer, guard, Canton, Benny Mc-
Quien, guard. Brownsboro; Ken-
to Rev Johnny Hudson, pastor. A «• I Dr AAA 1
Promises of several good quar- NdTiond KCA MECT
tets and some good singers have A A,
been received. A cordial invita- A Chicaqo |||
***
The trouble is that most
of us know hundreds of ways
to spend money and only one
way to make it.
***
Marine Staff Sgt. Ira O. Tit-
tle. native of Wills Point and
Marine Corps recruiter for the
Van Zandt county area, has been
awarded the Top Recruiter’s Cup
for February, in the Dallas area.
Tittle enlisted in the Marine
Moore.
One of the finest honors that
can come to any gospel singer
has been accorded Mr Mann. In
a nationwide poll of gospel sing-
ers and religious workers, Bill has
been selected four consecutive
years, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955.
fiet and Larry James Moffiet;
three sisters. Helen Sue Moffiet,
Karan Gale Moffiet and Carol
Ann Moffiet of Route 1. Browns-
boro; and her grandparents, J.
B Moffiet and Mrs. Katie Day.
David Cartright and Mildred
Survivors include his wife; three
sons, L L Pettus of Terrell, Bry-!
ant Pettus of Royse City and
Harry Pettus of Dallas; two
daughters, Mrs. J. R. Cotton of
Myrtle Springs and Mrs. L P.
Shepard of Canton; a sister, 17
Sgt. Harold G. Skinner, 21.
whose wife, Elwanda Jane, lives
in Arlington, recently received a
safety award for 18 months of
12 new' baseball uniforms for the on
and forty revivals
The king, queen and court
were entertained by 4-H mem-
Those visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ogletree
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Car-
son Ogletree and Annette of Dal-'
las. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Skin-'
ner, Leslie and Leta Gay of
Greenville, and Rev and Mrs. J.
A. Hudson.
ent law exempts farmers from
complying with the act, as a mat- at Union Chapel Methodist church
ter of practice they are not ex- near Van with the Rev. Jim An-
The president told the audi-
ence that David Cartright was
ON TEXAS U HONOR ROLL
Two Van Zandt county stu-
dents were among the 552 stu-
dents at the University of Texas
i College of Engineering that were
Grand Saline.
The amendment would make
the inspection optional rather
than compulsory. While the pres-
School To Close
Friday For TSTA
Meeting in Tyler
Supt Bill N. Allen announced
this week that the Canton school
will be closed Friday in order
for the faculty members to at-
tend the Texas State Teachers
Association District 8 meeting to
be held in Tyler. Friday and
begin at 1.30 o’clock. Several
good singers are expected, ac-
cording to the announcement made
i Star boy. He said he felt that with his profit last year and his
I the main reason was preparing sow has eleven little pigs so he
King Roy
Dallas purchased the Western
Auto Associate Store from Dorel
Reid. The sale became effective
March 11.
Mr Reid had operated the
store for the past 15 months.
Mr Duke plans to re-open the
store as soon as possible.
Suzanne Shinn, Canton Junior 4-H
placed two players Club prince and princess of
Eagle team. • | ward
The school recently purchased The Eagle1
University in 1938-39 and re-
ceived his Bachelor of Divinity
, degree from Emory University in
I Atlanta, Ga., in 1942. In 1952 he
received his Doctor of Divinity
------— the best for the years to come.
Junior College, when his car over- It was signed J. H. Huff, chair-
turned three miles north Oman; w. M. Riddlesporger, vice
Athens and rolled to a stop
against a large tree in his moth-
er-in-law's front yard. Fields
following November. He was
(graduated from Grand Saline
high school in 1954.
Gold Star boy of the county and _ __ .
winner of the electrical award, Because he made a profit he more interested in 4-H We also
also ciash award. learned an award on meat animal.
[ | The grand jury will hear testi-
honorable mention
Travis Foster and
Sgt hirst Class Henry
Dr, Dykes was selected as
Shreveport's young man of the
year in 1948 by the Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce of Shreveport,
while he was associate pastor of
the First Methodist church there.
Bill Mann will present a special
program in song before Dr.
Corps in 1950 and served with the following boys:
*" * — • • jj, Safety," Alvin Temple; "Electri-
third class USN, son of Mrs.
Floy E McKibben of Canton,
aboard the destroyer USS Erink-
He was born in Giles County,
Tenn., and moved to Texas in
1890.
Gresham and Allen Sides of Mar-
tins Mill and Linda Parker and
Wallace Fisher of Grand Saline.
Sherri Jeane and Vicki Lyn
Risinger served as crown bearers.
David Tunnell and David Adams
assisted the queen and princesses
up the stairs, one standing on
each side of the stairs.
Kay Barrier, Canton Senior
4-H Club announced the pro-
gram. The invocation was given
by Judge G D Staton. Elizabeth
Ann Newton led the audience in
tivities of the district in your
। paper.
We join together in hoping you
ment.
They also worked on their
badges.
All parents of the Scouts are
members that
I king. George Hullum, were in-
troduced by Ida Mae Wells.
I Joe Temple told what the club
did to elect our queen last year
and that the money raised each
, year goes into the County 4-H
funds to help finance the county
4-H encampment at Trinidad,
David told why he was Gold Robert has purchased a heifer
ward, Malakoff; Farmer, for-
ward, Malakoff, Taylor, forward.
Edgewood; Ayers, M., guard, b‘ ns rom
sisted by Rev. Joe Bennett. In- earlier in th, k
terment was in Union Chapel , " ,
cemetery under the direction of A cordial invitation is extend-
Eubank Funeral Home of Canton.ed to all interested to attend the
Mrs Calloway was Dorn Au-1 omecoming
baked a pie or bought a pie and
David Hullum for selling the
pies."
.center, Malakoff,
Jeannie Rosemond
Fisher of Corinth,
derson of Tyler officiating, as-
boro. Kerens, and Edgewood. Bil- team The are John
the Coliseum in Chicago, Ill.,
March 4 through 7.
degree from Centenary College, i Charles Allen, and Dr Allen The Division departed from San
driving in Ger-
Workouts, Next Game March 19
The Canton High School base- 1----------------------
Women Observed
Day Of Prayer
Canton women of all faiths
observed the World Day of
Prayer held Friday in the sane-
tuary of the Presbyterian church.
The Woman s Society of Chris-
tian Service of the Methodist
church and the Presbyterian
team. The uniforms are grey, list. They are
loway, Tommie Lee Calloway, and school trustees. The election will
Jimmie Kay Calloway of Tyler be held in the assembly room of ne,, l -ImAp
Moffiet, 7-month-old daughter of her parents Mr and Mra O. C the courthouse. VISTTICT Laymen
AA t n u ij
held Saturday afternoon at 2 G Tunnell,of Muleshoe Leroy are James p MeeT n0 0 Se He0
o'clock at the Cavalry Baptist Tunnell of Tyler, Calvin Tunnell n.... 5 “ "-"15 IV “5 "
church of Brownsboro with the of Van and O. C. Tunnell, Jr. of
Louis Philharmonic Orchestra In
gospei snger wno News Of Our Men,
helped him decide to enter the
Queen Billie Butler V will reign
over Van Zandt county 4-H Clubs
in 1957 They were crowned at
the fifth annual 4-H King and
Queen Coronation in the Van
high school auditorium Saturday
night, March 9 King Roy and
Queen Billie are members of the
Fruitvale 4-H Club Their par-
ents are Mr and Mrs. Roy Wil-
liams and Mr. and Mrs. Leb But-
ler of Fruitvale.
Lynn Mullins and Kay Barrier
served as master and mistress of
ceremonies Lynn presented the
king, queen, princes and prin-
cesses and court Jimmy Strick-
land and Jame Vick of Elberta
Community 4-H dub were prince
and Princess of Head, Steve
Finch and Linda Peden of Van
At Wallace Mar. 31
The annual homecoming and
memorial singing will be held;
March 31 at the Wallace church.
Homecoming will be in the;
morning and preaching services
will be at 11 o’clock.
Lunch will be served at
noon and the singing will
Benny McGee, guard Malakoff
Jerry Tidmore, forward, Browns-
boro; Roland Lane. forward,
; Brownsboro; Merlon Carter, cen-
ter, Brownsboro.
Women's organization sponsored
the meeting.
Mrs. B C Schaefer led the
singing and Janet Shaw played
the piano Leaders on the pro-
gram were Mrs. Joe Hackney,
Miss Ethel Lively. Mrs. Regi-
nald Brock, Mrs. Irby Mills, Mrs.
, Royce Keahey, Mrs. John Tur-
ner. Mrs. Frank Haddix. Mrs.
empt because they are unable
to sell their potatoes with an in-
spection because the buyer usu-
ally insists upon the farmer hav-
ing the potatoes inspected before
he buys them.
The Van Zandt County Farm
Bureau is supporting the amend-
Tommy Calloway on October 12, i , . J —
Attorneys Clyde Elliott, Jr. and 1935. F petion Ca+ FAr
Pallbearers were Tommy Barr,-i--IIi •sl ' VI
Bob Jeter, J. K. Phillips. Eddie C-Ip-. A„w2 L
Hitt. Bob Rusk and Robert Ga JdIUUdy Apnil 0
briel , ..... 1 The Canton school trustee elec.
Survivors include her husband . u „ , . . „
of Tyler, four daughters, Betty tion will be held Saturday. Apnl
Lou Calloway, Jerrie Wanda Cal- ’■ for the purpose of electing two
Team (boys) — Royce
guard, Brownsboro;
ams V and
Dykes speaks. Mr. Mann, a tenor
Attending with Mr. Lide were j soloist, is a leader of gospel
_ Directors Wade Howell of Wills singing. He has been singing pro-
Funeral services for Adonis Pet- Point, Bert Tankersley of Terrell, fessionally since he was 12 years First Methodist
C. tus, 88, a longtime resident of Ray Patton of Crandall and Man- of age. 1 ”
Guinsburg of Dallas, local Army Royse City who died in a Ter-ager Pratt Spence of Kaufman. ______________________ ... ___________ ____
Recruiter, spoke Tuesday morning rell hospital Saturday, were held The highlight of the program armed forces and for four years, ’ the First Methodist
at an assembly at the local high j at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, was a speech by Senate Majority: under direct orders from the
school Sgt. Guinsburg explained March 11, at a Royce City Fu- Leader Lyndon B Johnson of War Deapartment, he entertained
to the senior students the Reserve neral Home. O. O. Newton, min- Texas. Also speaking on the pro- troops in all branches of the serv-
Act of 1955 and the latest amend- ister of the Church of Christ, of- gram was Senator Paul Douglas ice. During this period he work-
___; ficiated. Interment was in the of Illinois.
Also on the program was Wal- Royse City cemetery. Mr. Lide returned to his home est choral worker in our country
Mr. Pettus was a retired farm- Saturday,
er and blacksmith. He was a ---------I
Korea, participating in heavy en-
gagements at Bunker Hill and
Battle of the Hook.
***
Congratulations to Mrs. Fannie
Lou Corbitt of Greenville, former-
ly of Canton, on being one of
seven workers in the Temco
Workers contest in the City of
Greenville. Her prize was $35.
Mrs. Corbitt is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Haze Etheridge of
Dallas
***
Congratulations to the County
4-H Boys and Girls. The 4-H’ers
raised $433 in the recent queen
contest. Money raised will be
used for the 4-H summer camp
program.
"America." James Ri-
trimmed in green. Mike Hackney.
The Eagles played Mineola Mary Ayers was the only Can-
Tuesday afternoon there, win- ton girl named to the girl's first
forward. Edgewood: Ayers. I.. Rev T T Newton pastor of the
Ima Jo Ayers Butler and Jerry Moosberg of
***
This is the final test of a
gentleman: His respect for
those who can be of no pos-
sible service to him.
***
Boone Fields, Athens attorney,
made a noisy entrance when he
dropped in on his mother-in-law
in Athens for an unexpected vis-
Canton. Dillard, guard. Malakoff;
McEnturff, guard, Edgewood.
Second Team (girls)—Epper-
son, forward, Brownsboro; Thorn,
Neches Soil Conservation District
Board, No. 422, wish to extend
was uninjured but his 1956 Chev-
rolet was a total loss.
* * *
A suburban newspaper re-
ceived a telephone call from
a subscriber reporting the
death of her husband. For
purposes of the obituary, the
woman bent the poor report-
er’s ear on her husbands
many charities, his long dedi-
cated service to the commun-
ity, his love and devotion to
family, his allegiance to the
church, etc.
As the exhausted report-
er handed the notice in, the
editor asked, "What Funeral
Home?"
“I don’t know," answered
the reporter. “He probably
went direct."
***
The Herald received the fol-
lowing from the Trinity-Neches
Soil Conservation:
“To the Editor and Staff of the
(Canton Herald. We the under-
signed members of the Trinity-
Anyone wishing to have their Mrch 71 n ver
name on the official ballot must /
present a petition with the sec-! A district Laymen s rally will
retary of the school board at the be 1x61(1 Thursday evening, March
office of the school superintend- 21, at 7:30 o clock at Marvin
ent not later than 5p.m. March Methodist Church in Tyler, ac- __________________ ..
25. cording to Rev. Reginald C 1946 he met Homer Rodeheaver,
A petition has already beenBrock, local Methodist pastor the noted
j presented to the secretary, nam- Rev. D. L. Dykes, Jr., of Pleas-
Ing Joe Clair and James Beggs ant Hill, La ■ will be the princi-
The regular fourth Saturday for the positions.
night singing will be held Sat-___
urday night, March 23, at the — ■■ ■ • • *
Walnut Springs Bible Baptist T H 1 IHA Arranre
church at 7:30 p. m., according' • -luv MIIvlIUj
grandchildren, 23 great-grand-
children, four great-great-grand-
children; seven step-daughters
and two step-sons.
cess of Heart, Travis Deen and
filed against two Van Zandt game to be played April 12 at A_ Ta All
Named To All
Boys out for the team include N • i • • t
Billy Bledsoe, Dan Seale, Fred D)ictrict ppm
| Charged are John Robert Stan- Rassmussen Benny Westmere- V-lnvl IvUIII
I i f’ Jr., 19, of Canton arid land, Joe Groves. Gary Carter,
I l William R Seale, 22, of Wilis Robert Pitts, Don Phillips, Don- girls District 18-A teams met in
I I Point Both youths have signed Nix, and Gary Hunter
aid Barner, James Sides, Jerry district basketball teams
Canton will participate in Dis- Two Canton players were nam-
W. R. Woolrich.
Named were Howard Don
Phillips of Ben Wheeler, Ampha
Cum aude honors and Harold
Dean Foreman, cum laude honors.
right, Dewayne Casey, Mildred
Manley, Allen Ray Dawson and
Annette Hullum. He said he liked
the camp, the crafts classes were
interesting, the food was good
and hoped all of the members
could attend this year
Due to some misunderstanding
the musicians that were invited
for entertainment did not come.
Some ofthe club members gave
a few numbers that were intro-
duced by Nell Welch: "Singing
the Blues" and “Young Love,"
gust 19, 1916, at Van. She was
a member of the Crossroad Meth- CeLAAI True* A
odist Church. She married Hugh •LIIVOI TusICC
Rev. Jimmy Forrest officiating.
Burial was in the Edom ceme-
tery under the direction of Eu- D,I_.
bank Funeral Home of Canton. Kcquldr inoino
Carla Jan was born July 18,: 7 - *
1956 She passed away Thursday, Ka PAr KaPnrNau
March 7, at the John Sealy Hos- •EI I UI JuiUI UUJ
At Walnut Springs
Canton Senior, Lynda
who were not familiar with the and won a trip to the Round-Up
club members and the duties as at A&M College on leadership,
follows: Dewayne Casey, vice She also won an award on lead-
president; Nell Welch, secretary; ership. She expressed her pride
j Tom Welch, reporter; Alvin Tern- in the club that so many mem-
ple, Joe Temple and Robert Man- bers have tried, sent in their rec-
ley, membership committee (they ords and won awards.
have encouraged eight members Neil Welch gave a talk on
to join since the beginning of the the demonstrations in which she
club year in October); Ida Mae had taken part with Mildred
Wells, song leader; Allen Ray Manley in dairy foods and safe-
Dawson, recreation leader; Saun- ty that the two girls presented on
dra Lide, Peggy and Jackie KLTV last October.
Knowles, Diane and Annette Hui- j Emma Wells also entered the
lum, refreshment committee, dairy foods contest last year and
The safety committee was in- Emma Wells, Robert Manley.
m. from Canton
h the two youths. They
! custody of the sheriff
I Horn.
0*. *, . forward. Canton; Chaney, guard, First Baptist church at Canton.
Tort Rjch.'.rdsom Alaska--Army Edgewood; Brannan, guard. Mal- The king, queen, princes and
v, „uboye, son 01 akoff; Daniels, guard. Edgewood, princesses were elected by the
-, j 5. H Boyes, R, Honorable Mention—guards— number of votes received at one
2rGrand Saline, recently partici, McLain, Malakoff. Gideon, cent per vote.
pated in Exercise Hard Times N _ 1 o F,. . . one ,
with the 2nd Infantry Division at Brownshoro Bain, Car- Approximately 225 people at-
Fort Richadson ter, Malakoff; Connor, Browns- tended this event, which climaxed
-. 1 _______ , . , boro; Turlington, Malakoff; Van Zandt county's observance of
A group of local men will leave.he.SixI Yexercise design Wyatt, Brownsboro; Saxon. National 4-H Club Week.
; to test the combat efficiency of _ J ,
the division under arctic condi- Brownsboro.
tions, was the largest ever held Forwards Burnett, Kerensi
I at the Alaskan fort Cortes, Malakoff; Tidmore,
Boyles, a truck driver in Cbm- Brownsboro; Thompson, Canton;
pany M of the division's 23rd Parker, Edgewood. Saxon,
_ _ w mg « Regiment, entered the Army in rownsboro
E"h M91 | A.A I B ■ ■ • ■ January, 1956 and completed
D a W S O n C l u b N a r K S N a t I O n a I T .D. Duke Buys
tended Grand Saline high school. Iky - ___ A
Western Auto
Store March 11
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Duke
Diego last Sept. 12 for Far East-
ern waters. Stops enroute were
made at Pearl Harbor, Kwaja-
lein, and Brisbane, Australia.
Ports visited included Yoko-
suka and Sasebo, Japan, Buckner
Bay, Okinawa; Hong Kong; and
Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1957, newspaper, March 14, 1957; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585971/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.