The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1969 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME 88
SIX PAGES TODAY
THE FALCON'S CLAW
(Fannindel School News)
STUDENT’S PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Karen Crews - My family and I are leaving
on the morning of the 20th to go to Modes-
to, California.
Patricia Wood - I am going to spend my hol-
idays with friends and family.
Johnny Shaw - Either catch up or get'
farther behind.
Peggy Nichols - I plan to stay at home and
have Christmas dinner with my family.
Vicki Fields - I am going to visit rela-
tives in Dallas and stay at home the rest
of the time.
Mary Fouse - I plan to spend some time with
relatives in Dallas.
Carol Cantrell - I am going to attend my
brother’s wedding in Corpus Christi and
then come home for the remainder of the
holidays.
Bridget Gentry - I am going to enjoy my
holidays at my home in Ladonia.
Debbie Verner - I am going to my sister’s
wedding.
Tommy Wishard - I am going to get out of
school for two whole weeks and that’s e-
nough. I expect to spend most of my time
at home with my family.
David Harland - I am going to stay home
with my family and have a good time and
enjoy Christmas.
M.H.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What did C.R. say to T.W. that offend-
ed her?
V.F. why is your mind suddenly on the
Air Force?
J.S. did you have your 12 guage load-
ed Sunday night?
T.W. what are you giving B.C. for
Christmas?
R.M. who is spying on you?
D.V. "who" is Santa Clause bringing you
for Christmas?
7.
C.W. were you upset Friday?
B.R.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Do you think Everyone should help poverty-
stricken people at Christmas? Why or why
not?
Anonymous — Let them help themselves as
much as they can and then you can help them.
Rachel Mabry - I think everyone should do
their best to help people that aren’t able
to help themselves, but I don’t see any
7 reason why we should help those that are
able, but just won’t.
Bridget Gentry - I think that sometimes
people that are helped are not the families
that need it the most.
Carol Cantrell - I think that it is better
to give than to receive and everyone should
help the needy and the people that are less
fortunate than them.
Peggy N. - Yes, because except for luck
you could be in their place.
John Shaw - Although it is hard to dis-
tribute gifts to the families which need
them most, I believe needy families should
be given a fair Christmas, too. R.M.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
Can you imagine taking a test without
cheatnotes?
Can you imagine David S. sober on the week-
ends?
Can you imagine R.B. not liking J.T.?
Can you imagine English without Mrs. Hemb-
ree?
Can you imagine Linda P. as a Honey Grove
Warrior?
Can you imagine Peggy S. 5’11" with a big
husky voice?
Can you imagine Ed P. in a mini-skirt?
Can you imagine Mr. Parish taking Craig
Martins1 place as quarterback for the
Dallas Cowboys?
(See FALCON’S CLAW, page 2)
* The Oldest Newspaper In Fannin County *
Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas, 75449, Friday, December 19, 1969
Cotton Transfers
Deadline Near
Applications for transfer of
cotton allotments for the 1970
crop must be filed no later than
December 31, 1969, according
to Arthur Woodson, Chairman
of the Fannin County Agricult-
ural Stabilization and Conser-
vation (ASC) Committee.
He reported that farm allot-
ment and projected yield no-
tices have been mailed to farm
operators so they are now able
to make production plans for
next year.
In Fannin County, growers
-voting in a special referendum
last May failed to approve
transfer of cotton acreage al-
lotments, by sale or lease, lout
of the county. So transfer of
allotments locally may be made
from one farm to another only
within the county. Cotton al-
lotments may not be transfer-
red across State lines.
Transfers of allotments' be-
tween farms within the county
and from a farm owned to an-
other or operated by the same
individual are not subject to re-
ferendum approval. However,
much allotment transfers must
be filed with the ASCS county
office before the December 31
deadline.
The December 31 deadline
therefore applies to all trans-
fers of 1970 cotton allotments
for Fannin County farms —
whether by sale, lease, or by
the owner.
Christmas,
New Years
Papers Early
The Christmas issue of
this newspaper will be print-
ed and put in the mails,
Tuesday, December 23. In
addition to usual features,
it will contain Christmas
features and greetings from
area business establishments
and individuals.
This means that ALL
news copy and advertising
MUST BE IN THE OFFICE
by noon, Monday, December
22. All news items occuring
the preceding week, should
be turned in as they happen
and not later than Friday
or Saturday. The office and
plant will be closed for
Christmas, Dec. 24, 25, 26,
and 27.
The same schedule will
hold true for the New Year’s
paper, Friday, January 1,
1970.
Seal Campaign
Reaches 60%
Of Goals
The Dallas Aiea, Tuberculosis
Association’s Chistmas Seal
Old Santa To
Visit Here
Santa Claus is coming to
Ladonia for a pre - Christmas
visit Saturday, Dec. 20th. He
will make the City Hall Re-
creation Room his headquarters
while in town and will be hand-
ing out candy and talking to
boys and girls from 10 a.m. to
12 noon and from 2:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m.
On behalf of Santa, the La-
donia Chamber of Commerce
invites youngsters of all ages
to come by and visit Santa.
Rites Held Here
Friday For
Mrs. Mattie Steger
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mattie Steger, 72 were held at
11 a.m. Friday in the Presby-
terian Church with the pastor,
the Rev. Arthur Osborne con-
ducting. Burial was made in
the Presbyterian Cemetery un-
der the direction of Delta Fun-
eral Home.
Kennedy Name
To District
Masonic Post
C. A. Kennedy of Savoy has
been named District Deputy
Grand Master of Masonic Dis-
trict 3, which includes 10 Mas-
onic Lodges in this area. He has
been very active in Masonic
organizations.
The appointment was an-
nounced in Waco by the newly-
elected Grand Master of Ma-
sons in Texas, Hal Burnett of
Alpine, as the 134th Communi-
cation of the Grand Lodge of
Texas was concluded in Waco
, December 4.
District Deputy Grand Mast-
ers are appointed for each of
the 134 Masonic Districts of
Texas. They are the personal
representatives of the Grand
Master, head of the state’s larg-
est fraternal organization with
some 240,000 members and 965
Lodges in Texas.
campaign reached 60 per cent
of its $200,000.00 goal last
week. "
Campaign. Chairman Mickey
Mantle announced: that contri-
butions to the 169 campaign
have reached $141,,486.09 from
the residents of the 10 counties
served by DATA. These figures
show an increase of $5,687.86
lover last years figures.
Contribution figures by coun-
ties are: Dallas, $100,837.50;
Collin, $2,347.18; Denton, $3,-
195.75; Ellis, $2,498.75; Fannin,
$1,295.62; Grayson, $4,097.15;
Hunt, $2,178.50; Kaufman, $1,-
Pallbearers were: C. M.
Owens, Mike Owens, Robert
Moore, Grady Duncan, Ross
Raney and J. Lee Richardson.
She was born July 15, 1897
the daughter of the late Nancy
Wilson and Jeff D. Crawson.
She was a member of the
Presbyterian Church, and was
married to Virgil G. Steger. He
passed away in 1945.
Survivors include two sisters
Mrs. Roy Porter of Ladonia
and Mrs. B. M. Williams
Paris.
of
638.94;
Rockwall,
campaign
Navarro,
$601.75
$1,553.00;
and
contributions
pre-
of
$455.75 and miscellaneous gifts
of $786.20.
Over 450,000 Christmas Seal
appeal letters were sent out
this year, asking for support of
the TB associations programs
of chest X-ray with its mobile
unit. TB skin testing in the
schools and health education
programs. DATA provided dir-
ect services to 281,917 people
last year.
Want Ads get results!
A GOOD BANK IS A REAL HELP
TO ANY MAN OR WOMAN
You can do without an automobile or a
television set. But such modern con-
veniences will make life more worth
living. Ths is true of a bank, too.
You can get along without a bank. But
you can get long better with it!
FARMERS and MERCHANTS
STATE BANK
Ladonia, Texas
MEMBER F.D.I.C.
IE W
Ag Secretary
Rejects NET
RC&D Plan
Funding for the North East
Texas RC&D application failed
to receive recommendation of
the Secretary of Agriculture
for this fiscal year, Congress-
man Ray Roberts advised
Johnny Avery a member of, the
board of directors of the pro-
ject.
Congressman Roberts advised
Avery that the Agriculture
Secretary was restricted to
twelve such projects nationwide
and approved applications on
the order of submission, with no
state receiving more than one
such recommendation. Central
Texas had submitted a prior
application and theirs was ap-
proved, Roberts said.
He advised Avery that he
and Congressman Patman
would continue to work to this
matter and said, “it looks like
we have a better than even
chance for funding in the 1971
fiscal year.”
NUMBER 28
Critical Areas
(Prepared by the Soil
Conservation Service, USDA.)
There are many areas of old
cropland fields and overgrazed
pastures in this area that are
actively eroded and almost cov-
ered with gullies. Not only are
these areas out of production,
they are sore sites to the eye.
To establish these areas to
a planned vegetation, shaping
is necessary so farm equipment
can be used in cultural opera-
tions such as seedbed prepara-
tion, seeding, sodding, mow-
ing and spraying. There must
be a stable outlet or stopping
place for the shaping. This may
be accomplished with a natural
outlet where the gulies grade
out on a flat area or by a
mechanical outlet such as a
drop inlet, erosion control darn
or a diversion terrace.
The cost of shaping varies
with the depth of gully and
size of the area to be smooth-
ed. Usually, the shaping cost
runs from $75.00 to $100.00 per
acre for heavy shaping to as
low as $20.00 per acre for light
shaping. Cost of establishing
vegetation ranges from $20.00
to $35.00 per acre depending on
methods used and amount of
fertilizer applied. A cost of
$100.00 per acre amortized over
a period of 20 years at 6 per
cent interest makes yearly cost
of $8.72 per acre. Increased
benefits from grazing, plus
beautification and increased
capital investment makes this
small annual cost seem nominal.
Establishing a cover on these
areas will be affected by the
intensity of grazing. Limited
grazing of a grass vegetation
during the establishment stage
is often beneficial in controlling
competitive weeds and shrubs.
Overgrazing will seriously hind-
er establishment. Careful man-
agement of grass is a must af-
ter establishment.
Your local Soil Conservation
Service technician can help you
plan the needed treatment of
these critical areas. For cost-
share assistance contact your
local ASC Office.
Reduce Your
Taxes With
Good Records
(Prepared by the Internal
Revenuel Service)
DALLAS — Good records
can save tax dollars at income
tax filing time for Northern
Texas taxpayers.
Ellis Campbell, Jr., District
Director of Internal Revenue in
Northern Texas, said good re-
cords help you get all the
deductions and credits you are
entitled to.
A good system for keeping
records is to label envelopes or
folders according to the types
of income and deductions you
have, Mr. Campbell said. Bills
and receipts should be put in
the appropriate folder as they
are paid.
Taxpayers who itemize their
deductions on Form 1040 must
have available cancelled checks,
receipts, statements, and other
data to support the claimed
deductions.
Mr. Campbell said that, in
addition to saving tax dollars,
good record-keeping makes
preparation of the tax return
a much easier task.
Christmas Cash
Drawings Begin
The first of three special
Christmas drawings will be
held Thursday afternoon, Dec-
ember 18. $5, $10 and $15, will
be given away on each of the
drawing days with drawing
time set for 4 p.m. each of the
three days. Other days on
which $30.00 in cash in the
three denominations are to be
given are Monday, December
22 and Wednesday, December
24.
Shoppers may register daily
in each of the participating
business establishments, while
merchants’ families and em-
ployees will be permitted to
register in other business esta-
blishments, but not their own.
Winners, who must be present
to win, will be limited to win-
ning only once on three draw-
ing days.
Neighborhood Lighting
Saturday evening, December
20, is the night set for all
homes in the community to be-
gin burning Christmas lights
nightly during the Christmas
season.
The house lighting contest,
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce, pits neighborhoods
against one another, each com-
peting for recognition as the
best lighted section of Ladonia.
The town has been divided
into eighili neighborhoods for
the lighting program: 1, East
Main Street; 2, Paris-Cole-Tay-
lor Streets; 3. Jackson-Redner-
McFarland - Stone Streets; 4.
Church - Park Streets; 5. Bon-
ham Street; 6. West Main
Street; 7. Cobb Addition; 8.
Mill-Richards-Nail-Hwy. 34.
According to home lighting
co-chairmen, Mr.and Mrs. Billy
Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Owens, the Chamber has asked
all residents to show their
Christmas spirit by burning at
least one colored light visible
from the street during the
Christmas season.
Want Ads get results!
S-Sgt. Doyle Geers
Awarded Medal
WICHITA, Kan.
Staff
Sergeant Doyle W.Geers, son
of Mrs. J. M. Yoakum, Honey
Grove, has been decorated with
the U. S. Air Force Commenda-
tion Medal for meritorious ser-
vice in Vietnam.
Sergeant Geers, a vehicle
maintenance technician, was
cited for his outstanding pro-
fessional skill and initiative in
the performance of his duties
while assigned to Bien Hoa Air
Base, Vietnam.
The sergeant was presented
the medal during ceremonies at
McConnell AFB, Kan., where
he is now serving with the 23rd
Transportation Squadron, a
unit of the Tactical Air Com-
mand which provides combat
units for air support of U.S.
ground forces.
He is a 1949 graduate of
Former Resident
Walter Smith Dies
Friends here have learned of
the death of a former resident,
Walter Smith, 79, of Oklahoma,
City, Okla. Mr. Smith died at
5:00 a.m., Sunday, December
14, 1969. He had been rushed
to the Veterans' Hospital in
Oklahoma City the previous
Friday for treatment and sur-
gery.
A veteran of World War I,
Smith was a member of the
famed 90th Division during that
conflict and was captured and
held a prisoner of war by the
German Army.
PFC Robert Wood
Is Assigned To
Vietnam Post
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM —
Army Private First Class
Robert W. Wood, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Semion J. Wood, IT1
South Depot St., Ladonia, was
assigned November 17 to the
101st Airborne Division (Air-
mobile) in Vietnam, as a milit-
ary policeman.
Blossom High School. Sergeant
Geers and his wife, the form-
er Doris A. Kyser, have four
children, Kathlene, 14, Dwayne,
13, Patricia, 8, and Justin, 7.
As Is Our Usual Custom
We Will Close At Noon
Christmas Eve, December 24th
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Morrow, Joe T. The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1969, newspaper, December 19, 1969; Ladonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1650462/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .