The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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THE ALTO HERALD
F. L. WEIMAR. EDITOR AND OWNER
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR
fOLUME XLI
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO. TEXAS, JANUARY 29, 1942.
NO. 38.
!otton Crop
Now
^ nsurance
Avaitabte
. —
a p. Insurance Will take the guess out
^ r cotton farming this year ,J. E.
' gr ates, Vice^hairman of the Chero-
ee County AAA committee, an-
ounced this week.
1] Federal Crop Insurance Corpora-
\)]M'on has been writing wheat insur-
ance since 1938 but cotton insurance
being offered for the first time
) ^(iis year, the committeeman said,
^^(nder the program either 50 or 73
er cent of the normal yield estab-
shed for a farm may be covered by
rvtre" tsurance.
Mr. Gates stated that if a farmer
)Vers his cotton crop by 75 per cent
tsurance he will be paid for the
mount by which he falls below
h'ibl:
ativei.
tree-fourths of a normal crop. The
prop
liest <
) per cent contract works the same
ay.
When losses are determined by
te FCIC, certificates of indemnity
re issued producers. The certificates
tay be converted into cash equiva-
' mt through FCIC, or turned over to
ommodity Credit Corporation for a
)tton loan on the amount of cotton
^presented.
V!\(,
Premiums for insurance contracts
ny be paid in cash, cotton,' or de-
"(!cted from payments earned under
HX 1^ AAA program. They also may be
— educted from loss payments, if
liencc §y, or cotton loans, if available,
ee ( ^Amounts of premiums will vary by
ssor-( irms, the chairman explained, since
g p!<!! tey are based on actual risks of
f coiit rowSng cotton on individual farms.
ianu^r ?"This simply means high-loss farms
Tue.< -ill have a larger premium than
3w-loss farms," the vice-chairman
lay, <tid.
loon. Ls" .
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TORPEDO VICTIM
BURIED AT OLD
PALESTINE SATURDAY
3l nit
!heet\
^'ernl :
n for
R.
iTVells Girl Killed
tED !n Car Wreck
- Saturday Night
eii LaL,; . s
lencc: Funeral services for two victims of
n automobile crash near the Neches
orgc Elver bridge on highway 94 Saturday
light shortly after midnight were
nrp eld Monday. i
frcy, Howard Leslie, 24, Lufkin barber,
E ]\ ied from a fractured skull at the
p] ounty hospital shortly after he was
aken there. Jane Martin, 15, of
Veils, the second victim, succumbed
rom a fractured skull en route to
he hospital.
Injured were: Delbert Russell,
ibout 16, of Kettys, cuts over the
ight ear, scalp lacerations and
)ruises and cuts about the body.
B-F!;' Eugene Sims of Lufkin, 16, cuts
in fii ,nd bruises.
vhen Russell and Sims were released
y ii' irom the hospital Sunday. Their in-
***'—juries were not serious.
y bfs: Occupants of the second car, Calvin
ttie, . McGilvra cf the Peavy Switch com-
E immunity, driver, Kenneth Earl Wo-
hone ^mack and Bennic Bonner were un-
Jured.
The accident, according to Mc-
Gilvra, occurred when Sims, driver
of the other car, passed him and
cut back into the line of traffic too
quickly in order to avoid hitting an
oncoming auto. Fenders of the two
cars caught, turning Sims' car over
in the ditch.
Funeral Services for Miss Martin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Mar-
i tin of Wells, were held Monday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Mt.
Hope chapel with the Rev. Parnell
officiating. Interment was in Mt.
doc: Hope cemetery. '
i n survived by her parents;
Hamcn Brown
Hamon Brown, son of Mr. W. H.
Brown of Wells, who was killed
Sunday of last week when a torpedo
hit the oil tankar Alian Jackson on
which he was working, was buried at
Old Palestine cemetery Saturday
afternoon, the body arriving here
Friday night from Norfolk, Va.
The funeral service was read by the
Rev. Bowman of Percilla, assisted by
the Rev. L. A. Thigpcn of this city.
Interment was in Old Palestine eem-
ctery under the direction of O. T.
Allen, Funeral Director.
Young Brown was a student in the
Alto and Linwood schools in his
youth, and was wcil known here.
Besides his father, he is survived by
one sister, Mrs. Lometa Burke of
Corrigan and one brother, Roy Brown
of Texas City.
'r
brothers, Milton Jr., A. G., Otis Jr.,
und William Martin, a!) of Weiis;
sisters, Marie, Wilma Gene and
Manette Martin, ali of Wells.—Lufkin
News.
cine*. ^
nd Deeds and Instruments
Filed
o .'-is '
Deed—J. W. R. Webb et ux to O. K.
Turner, Sr. Lot No. 14 in Block No.
Mf""" 3 of Webb Heights in Wells.
Deed—A. H. Cole to E. W. Cole.
115.66 acres of the Wm. C. Moore
. Survey, (Assignee of Thos. Leonard)
rUt; 70.75 acres of the Wm. E. Gnskey
39.64 acres of the Thos.
A&H^ turYcy.
HARVEY MATNEY PROVES
TO BE ONE OUT OF
TEN THOUSAND
Harvey Matney, former Alto boy
and son of the Rev. and Mrs. H. A.
Matney of Oklahoma City. Okla.,
made the amazing score of 100 in a
civil service engineering examination,
the ninth civil service district at St.
Louis reported to his parents at their
home Wednesday of last week.
It is estimated that one person out
of every 10,000 ever makes such a
perfect score on such an examination.
A grade of 70 is required for eligi-
bility.
Harvey Matney is a graduate of
the Alto High School and the Okla-
homa City University. He is serving
with the army engineers office at
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. THEDFORD
AT WELLS TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Arlie
Thedford, 51, who died at Rusk
yesterday morning, will be held at
Wells this afternoon, the services to
be conducted by the Rev. Parnell,
Baptist minister of that city. Inter-
ment will be directed by O. T. Allen
of this city.
Mrs. Thedford is survived by one
brother, Duren Bobbitt; and one
sister, Mrs. Thelma Bailey of Wetls.
Her husband died several years ago.
They formerly resided at Morrill.
NOTICE SCHOOL PATRONS
Saturday is the last day to pay
your schooi and other taxes without
having to pay the usual penalty im-
posed by the law.
It would be a wise choice if you can
pay your taxes before this date, as it
wit) save you the penalty and will
also relieve the school, as we have a
heavy bond indebtedness that ma-
tures immediately after February 1st.,
and must be met, and your assistance
in this instance wi)t be greatly ap-
preciated by the school trustees.
Fisher Harrison,
Secretary Schoo) Board.
Herald Want Ads Pay.
Tentative Ptans
Laid For Defense
Bond Drive
Six members of the Alto Defense
Bond committee met at the Con-
tinental Bank Monday night to lay
tentative plans for getting Alto's
quota of defense bonds purchased in
this section. '
The quota for the Alto territory is
$80,540.00. Rusk has a quota of
$264,660.00, Jacksonville $722,951.00,
and Wells $50,449.00. This gives
Cherokee County a bond quota of
$1,118,600.00.
Summarized in per capita basis,
this is about $26.00 per person in
Cherokee county.
While this is a sizable amount of
money, and the committee realizes
it is going to be a big job to get it to-
gether, full confidence was expressed
that it could be done during the next
eleven months. The quota is for the
year 1942. All bonds purchased since
January 1, is counted in the quota.
Plans are to be offered whereby
salaried people may buy stamps and
later convert them into bonds. Dif-
ferent communities are to be or-
ganized into units in order that no
part of the territory will be missed,
and the colored people are also to be
asked to share their part in the bond
drive.
It is an "all out" drive to get the
quota, and the committee felt sure
that after the plans \vere made and
outlined to the people of this terri-
tory, they would enter into the work
with a determination not to let the
soldier boys down.
Those present at the committee
meeting Monday night included Gus
Rt.unsaville, Chairman; G. S. Hart,
Superintendent of the Alto Public
Schools: Ctyde Poore, Mayor pro tem;
Chas. Decker, Mrs. Jas. A. Shattuck
and F. L. Weimar.
County WPA
Teachers Met
Monday at Rusk
The WPA Teachers of Cherokee
County met at the courthouse in
Rusk January 26, for the purpose of
discussing methods of co-operating
with the United States Defense wotlt.
Mr. L. C. Billingsley, Area Project
Supervisor of Adult Education, pre-
sided, with the following teachers
present: Birdie Jones, Joseph O.
Lake, Elizabeth Jones, Clara Blanton,
Dorothy Anderson, Lillian O. Dyess,
Edna McGilvary, and Luella Miiler.
Negro teachers present: J. L. Ham-
ilton, Willie Devereaux, Minerva
Alexander, Fannie Price, and Lola
Belle Jenkins.
The group voted to extend their
appreciation to Judge Brown and
other county officials for their cour-
tesy in permitting the use of the
Assembly Room in the courthouse, the
co-operation of Edna Mitchell, the
negro Jeans Supervisor of Cherokee
County, who was present and offered
suggestions.
TRANSFER OF PRODUCERS
EQUITY IN 1941 COTTON LOANS
REQUIRES COUNTY WITNESS
Some activity has developed in the
transfer of equities in the 1941 cotton
loans.
Changes in the procedure of the
1941 cotton loans of previous years
require that one of the following per-
sons who have been certified by the
County Committee to witness the
producer's signature and date. It is
also n&essary for the witness to ad-
vise the producer the approximate
value of the cotton being transferred.
For the convenience of producers
and cotton buyers the following per-
sons hqve been approved by the
County Committee at different loca-
tions in the county:
Jacksonville—J. P. Dunnam and
Doris Dunnam.
Rusk—E. B. Musick, Grace Braiy
and Joe W. Wiliiams.
Alto—James A. Shattuck and J. E.
Cates.
Wells—E. B. Bailey and E. L
EHerbee.
Bullard—H. W. Walker.
Wells Theatre
Damaged By
Fire Sunday
A fire in the projection room of the
Wells Theatre Sunday evening caused
a damage estimated between $350
and $500.
One motion picture machine was al-
most totaily destroyed, one reel of
the picture, "Honky Tonk" was
burned and ail the wiring in the
booth was burned sufficient to make
it worthless. The fire is believed to
have been caused when the film
caught fire in the machine that was
destroyed.
No insurance was carried on the
theatre, according to Mr. O. L. Smith,
the owner.
Arrant Case On
Tria! At Rusk
This Week
The case of the State of Texas vs.
Jim Ebb Arrant, is taking the District
Court time this week.
Mr. Arrant is charged with the
killing of Blake Smith at Alto on
June 28th of last year.
The case was called Tuesday morn-
ing by District Judge J. W. Chandler,
and all day Tuesday was consumed in
selecting jurors. Ten were obtained
Tuesday and two yesterday morning,
and the balance of the day was spent
in questioning witnesses.
The case will probably take the
balance of this week, as it is likely
that it wilt require all day Thursday
to use the witnesses that have been
catlcd by both the state and defense.
The case is being prosecuted by
District Attorney E. B. Lewis and
County Attorney J. W. Summers.
Defense council is Emerson Stone and
Summers Norman.
Following are the jurors seiectcd to
try the case:
Harold Miller, Rusk.
Willard Newton, Jacksonville.
Homer Collins, Rusk.
Joe Sales, Rusk.
W. B. Farley, Ponta.
L. C. Watson, Jacksonville.
Sid Danner, Ponta.
R. R. Banks, Rusk.
Howard Mason, Alto.
C. A. Trotter, Rusk.
Cart Derrett, Diaivillo.
Ed Erwin, Dialville.
William Wright
Burned to Death
In Oregon
News was received here late yester-
day afternoon by Mrs. W. H. Rix of
the death of her son, William Wright,
age about 24, at Worden, Oregon.
Best information available at this
time is that he was with a construc-
tion crew, and was fatally burned in
a fire Tuesday and died yesterday
morning.
Arrangements have been made to
have the remains brought back to
Aito.
Funeral arrangements are in charge
of O. T. Allen.
WILL A. WATKINS
DIED AT DOUGLASS
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Will A. Watkins, prominent citizen
of Dougiass, died Monday afternoon
from pneumonia after a ten day ilt-
ness. He was an uncle of Mrs. Lur-
line Moore Simpson of this city.
Mr. Watkins resided in Alto dur-
ing the years of 1902—3, and operated
a grocery store where the R. R.
Stribling store now stands.
SEW- SEW CLUB
The Sew-Sew Club met with Mrs.
Howard Brewer Friday afternoon
with ten members present.
The afternoon was very pleasantly
spent doing different kinds of hand
work, and all enjoyed the beautiful
spring weather.
The hostess served a delicious re-
freshrrfent plate to each one present.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Tom Dean on Friday afternoon.
* ' """
Citizens Discussed Lunch Room
County Btackout
To Be He!d Soon
Between 75 and 100 people (out of a
possible 1100), met at the Alto Bap-
tist Church Tuesday night to formu-
late plans for the Cherokee county
blackout that is to be held in this
county at some near date. The exact
date and hour will be set by the mil-
itary officials, who will inform
County Judge Brown just when army
planes will be available to check the
county blackout.
The meeting last night was to map
out the city and school district in
different zones and appoint blackout
wardens in these zones to see that
the blackout was enforced.
Mayor W. E. Bynum presided over
the meeting, and after outlining the
procedure that is being followed in
other cities, appointed the follewing
citizens as zone chairmen: Joe Cruse-
turner, Gus Rounsaville, S. P. Fox,
Arch Holcomb and Byron Blanton.
This committee is to meet again
tonight at the office of school secre-
tary Fisher Harrison, and city and
school maps will be inspected and
the city and district will be laid out
in zones. Mayor Bynum will then
supplement this committee with
citizens in each of these zones.
May Open
Next Week
TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR
MAURICE A. WALTERS
CANDIDATE FOR RE ELECTION
Carpenters and painters are putting
the finishing touches on the Alto
school lunch room this week. A large
range has already been moved into
the building. Long tables have been
moved into the building, coming
from the abandoned CCC camp at
Ratcliff, and Supt. Hart has made an
appeal to the school patrons for
dishes and cutlery that has brought
gratifying results and a large assort-
ment of this equipment has already
been placed in the building.
The surplus commodity agency has
advised through the Marshall office
that food from the agency will be
available February 1, and Mr. Hart
stated that he has already sent in his
list to Marshall for the lunch room
allotment. Competent culinary artists
are also to be furnished by the gov-
ernment agency, and with the aid of
the Alto Parent-Teacher organization
and Alto Lions Club, everything now
points to the culmination of all the
plans laid several months ago to have
hot lunches for the school children.
While it might seem that it has re-
quired longer time than was neces-
sary, it has been a big job, done by a
faithful few with limited funds, but
now that the job has been about
completed, it finds the Alto school
with one of the best and neatest
lunch rooms in Cherokee county, and
one that its sponsors may well feel
proud of.
Maurice A. Walters
In making this announcement I am
happy to report a substantial in-
crease in the total collection of taxes
in 1941. As a result of new laws
passed, the duties of the tax assessor-
collector's office were increased and
were performed without any ad-
ditional help in the office, or any ad-
ditional expense to the tax payers of
the County.
I take this opportunity of thanking
my many friends, the voters, for your
loyal co-operation and your confi-
dence placed in me; therefore I shall
continue to conduct the affairs of
your office in the same efficient and
economical manner as I have thus
far.
I shall be grateful to you for your
continued loyalty and support.
Maurice A. Walters.
MRS. MOLLIE HENDERSON
DIED SUNDAY: INTERMENT
AT SIIILOH MONDAY
Mrs. Moilie Henderson, 68, wife of
the late J. D. Henderson, died Sunday
afternoon after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at the
Shiloh Church Monday afternoon,
with the Rev. W. A. McKee reading
the funeral service. Interment was in
the Shiloh cemetery, with R. R.
Stribling in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Henderson is survived by two
sons, R. F. and Wilbur Henderson of
Alto; three brothers, Robert and
Sam Wiiliams of Tuscola, and T. W.
Williams of Alto; three sisters, Mrs.
Charlie Garner of Abilene, Mrs. Jack
Jones. Jacksonville, and Mrs. Julia
McKnight of Sacu). Three grandchil-
dren also survive.
February 15
Dead Line To
Get Seedlings
College Station, Texas, January
27.—If you are planning to set out
forest tree seedlings this * winter,
there is still time left to order them,
the A. & M. College Texas Forest
Service advises. But you had better
hurry because the trees are going fast.
Foresters said that orders for
seedlings would be taken up to the
middle of February but warned that
trees should not be planted later
than March 1, unless late frosts pro-
longed the winter season.
An inventory released from the
forest nursery at Alto showed that
slash pine, shortleaf pine, Chinese
elm and red mulberry were still
available and could be ordered.
Arrangements with the AAA
whereby farmers can plant pine and
receive payment at $4.50 an acre, or
hardwoods for $6 an acre, without
making any cash outlay is encourag-
ing more tree planting than ever
before, the Texas Forest Service
said. Officials specially pointed out
that under the new setup no money
was needed to obtain the seedlings.
The provisions in the AAA pro-
gram state that $15 can be earned
pianting trees without affecting other
soil building allotments. However,
additional tree planting can be done
and applied to earn regular soil
building allotments that would or-
dinarily be lost on many farms that
do not earn the total AAA credits
aliotted them.
Farmers who have not taken ad-
vantage of this opportunity to in-
crease AAA allotments are advised to
see their county agent or AAA ad-
ministrator and make arrangements
to order the trees.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer McCtain
were in Houston iast week-end visit-
ing in the home of their son, Will
MeClain.
HELLO NEIGHBOR!
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sam Jones of the
Cold Springs community are the
proud parents of a little daughter,
Glenda Mae, who arrived in their
home January 21st.
Ollie Campbell went to Jackson-
ville yesterday morning to meet
Mrs. A. M. Tanner, who came for a
visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Camp-
bell and other relatives. Mrs. Tanner
resides in Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
which is quite a long trip for one of
her age. She is 81 years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Farmer of
Wells announce the arrival of a little
*v)n to brighten their home. The
youngster has the name of Robert
Wayne. Mrs. Farmer is the former
Miss Lorene Darby, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ciaud Darby of the Cross
Roads community.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1942, newspaper, January 29, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215016/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.