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THE ALT') HERALD
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SubscripHon Price $2.00 per year in Cherokee County. $2.50 per yea.r outside of County
I'MK XLVHI
ThE AL'rO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, JUNE 17, 1948.
NO. 2
}!t<ncing
AroMnJ
Ither McCuiiough, who left Alto
in some two weeks ago hob
on a cane, came home a few
am< minus the stick, and is now
where on the river fishing.
:< feiiow wants to fish bad
kh. hc'ii do most anything to get
s. H. G. Sweeney drops us a
to teti us how they appreciated
,eip of tire Aito Heraid in their
s to get a new church building
t. Xion. "The publicity done the
pays the good iady. We are
Don't know of anything better
ow couid do than heip buiid a
;h, do you?
* * * *
loyt Lyons is aiready beginning to
about how he is going to take
of his butane customers next
"Lots of them have aiready put
Eiarger_„ taak#,'^ says . Hoyt, "but
are so many that haven't, and
n't see any better prospects for
(his winter,than we had iast year,
[ boy was it a nightmare."
* * * *
bb&dy can compiain of tomatoes
t < Rusk. Jacksonville and other
rns this year on account of higher
Gus Whiteman, Bob Tankers-
tend Hiiary Lindsey have stayed
!up with the market all this sea-
end as a result a long tine of
ks and wagons have been lined
headed for their sheds, which
b that Aito farmers will be loyal
lei: town if given haif a chance.
COMMENDATION
CITED LOCAL
V.F.W, POST
re-
The foiiowing ietter has been re- „
o cefved from tire Quartermaster Depot.
u. S. Army. Fort W,irth ... .. t '"^"'"ers
Cherokee Countians
Came Home From War
29 Years Ago June 14
29 years
.L — * i'"CM<tjers of
Fort Worth, Texas bvthp! t.= ^
. y chine Gun Battalion
Army
iocal post of VFW and is setf explan-
atory:
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Ft. Worth Quartermaster Depot
Fort Worth. Texas
Commander VFW POST 8908
Alto, Texas
Dear Sirs:
Recentiy one of our comrade
arms returned home, it was
was 29 years ago today that
of Company C. 133rd Ma-
came marching
home to Tyier from overseas service
in France, according to Charles Kil-
patrick, writing Sunday in the
Courier-Times Teiegraph.
FOUR INJURED
(N AUTO MISHAP
NEAR DOUGLASS
Four persons were injured, none
seriously, when the car in which
they were driving over-turned near
Douglass, 12 miles east of Alto on
highway 21, Sunday night about 9:00
o'ciock.
Spurgeon Waldrup, 18, of Ponta,
TOMATO DEAL
SLOWED UP
BY DROUTH
FORMER ALTO
RESIDENT DIED AT
HUNTSVILLE
The extreme dry weather has cut A. E. (Arch) Parker, age 56, a
the quantity and quality of the local former resident of Aito, died Thurs-
tomato crop, and uniess a good rain day morning at Huntsville, after an
is forthcoming in the next two or itlness of only a few days. Death was
Of the 220 men listed on the roster, j was driver of the car. Other pas-
many were Cherokee Countians, and sengers were Miss Fieta Sheffield, 17,
scores stili live in this area of 'ci Rusk; Merie Mayes, 17, of Rusk;
] East Texas. When the company came! and Emogene Miller, 17, of Spring-
'"* I home, all Tyier turned out at the sta- { hii), La.
happy occasion as when 1 returned ! f ^iass. the rear
The sad occasion to which 1 refer was' ['T n" "T" "V
when one of our honored dJa^ pJt '
First Cass Frank P. Crosby U s ^ ^
Armv r t ^ was the only untt to leave there dur-
A.my. was returned to this country, ^g World War I. having departed in
ti tanc' T"', ,^^^^^)August. .917. and returned on June
assistance rendered by your splendid
before it stopped.
organization, both prior to and dur
ing the last rites, the grief and sad-
ness would have been aimost unbear-
able to the bereaved family and
friends.
! know this to be true, because the
military escort, Technical Sergeant
Miles L. Monroe, Ordnance, U. S.
Army, was so impressed by your fine
work that he reported it to me upon
his return. You have provided a
memorial far better than one of mar-
ble or bronze—a memory of our com-
rade laid in the finai resting place
with honors befitting a fallen hero; a
memory which will be indelibly
written in the minds of those who
paid their iast respects.
i feel that 1 must write this letter
In the group were William A. Mc-
Donald. Thomas B. Peyton, Lewis M.
Fulton, Claude L. Chambers and Roy
Spivy of .Jacksonville; Dewey Acker,
Linton !B. Acker and Omo C. Odom of
Dialville; Oscar D. Warren, Emmett
Warren and Alphonsa S. Wiggins of
Craft; John E. Singletary of Alto;
Virgil A. Stephenson of Mt. Selman;
and Lee I. Meador and Jesse F. Ben-
nett of Maydeile.—Jacksonville Pro-
gress.
LIONS TO
STAGE DOUBLE
INSTALLATION
A double installation
of thanks, for even though the De- j ^'Mt he held at Duren Lake on Thurs-
. partment of the Army has dedicated: day night, June 24, when incoming
Bsung on the Alto drag—Ferd itself to return our honored dead as' officers of the Alto and Rusk Lions
ycti, who is in Beaumont this quickiy and efficiency as is humanly .Ciuhs wiil be installed for the new
t compiting the minutes of the ' possible, our work would be of little ^ year.
Li conference of the Methodist: vaiue. no matter how welt done, if it The affair will be for all Lions and
!ch hetd in Houston a few weeks'were not for the aid you and other, their wives^ and a cover charge of
He hopes to be back in time to' patriotic organizations throughout $'-25 wiil be made for all who attend
Mi next Sunday. {the land are rendering in the last which includes a barbeque supper.
, , , „ } and most important phase of the Re- j Seven past district governors from
tr the past three weeks a copy of turn Program. I various parts of East Texas wiil be
}At o Heraid has been placed in! Please accept my deepest apprecia- )iete to participate in the ceremonies
y rurai box on all three routes , tion for aii you have done, and if this and a iatge deiegation of Lions from
^t' These arc sampie copies,'office can ever be of assistance, do other nearby towns have been invited
severai times
Waidrup said.
Stribling Funeral Home ambulance
took the four to a JacksonviHe hos-
pital, where they were examined for
shock and other possible Injuries.
Misses Milter and Mayes were dis-
charged Monday evening, having suf-
fered minor cuts and bruises. Waid-
rup was still in the hospital Tuesday,
being examined for possible skull
fracture ^nd Miss Sheffield was being
kept under observation for shock.
The four were taking Miss Shef-
fied to Nacogdoches, where she at-
tends school, when the accident oc-
curred.
WESLEYAN SERVMTE GU!LD
ENTERTAINS DISTRICT SEC Y.
AND W. S. C. S MEMBERS
three days, the middie of next week
wiil see the end of the deai. This is
the consensus of opinion of some buy-
ers and farmers.
Prices this week have ranged be-
tween four and five cents, however,
yesterday morning the price went a
[ittie over a nickel, five and a half
cents being paid for some of the
fruit.
Up to iast night 58 cars had been
loaded at this point, and from obser-
vation now it looks like between 75
and 100 cars will be the crop.
ALTO GETTING
BREAK IN
TOMATO DEAL
For the first time in several years,
both the town of Aito and the Alto
farmers are getting a break in the
tomato deai, and they are expressing
their appreciation in many ways.
Aito tomatoes are being sold on the
Alto market almost altogether, and it
is benefitting local iabor at the sheds
and the farmers are being saved the
long trek to Rusk and Jacksonville
to dispose of their crop.
So far this year very few Alto to-
matoes have been sold out of town,
and a large number of trucks that
attributed to heart trouble.
The remains were brought to Alto
Thursday afternoon where the body
laid in state at the Stribiing Funeral
Home untii 7:30 o'clock when it was
carried to Grapeland, birth place of
Mr. Parker.
Funeral services were held in that
city Friday afternoon, with interment
in the Parker cemetery near Grape-
land, directed by R. R. Stribling of
this city.
Besides his wife, Mr. Parker is sur-
vived by one son. Buck Parker of
Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Pat
McCarty and Mrs. Carlton Brumley
of Huntsville.
Mr. Parker lived in Alto for sev-
eral years, being agent for the Raw-
J6igh remedies, and later operated a
milk route out of Alto and also was
agent for the Tyler Morning Tele-
graph.
Rev. Luther F. Tannery died at
Lubbock Tuesday night of last week
after a long illness. Funeral services
- ... L i . — — — were held at Lubbock Thursday and
rge mg summer ea empota ^ jargg number of trucks that interment was in a Lubbock cem-
tfty guests gathered at ordinarily went through here from etery.
^ ^ , Angelina. Houston and Nacogdoches! Rev. Tannery came to Texas with
^ ^ s crry^ on t e Counties have stopped in Alto and! his parents from South Carolina at.
acog oc es tg way Tuesday even- tomatoes on the local mar-i the age of four years. He was mar-
TANNERY RITES
HELD AT LUBBOCK
LAST THURSDAY
ing for an hour of entertainment.;
The
an invitation to those who not hesitate to cali upon us
t not subscribers of the Alto I
hid fu join our family of readers.'
[ paper situation has eased up
and we can take on a few
and would like to have them,
a few new names has already
(added on our list in the past
weeks. If yours has not been
Sincerely yours.
B'. P. Butler
Coionel, QMC
Commanding.
to attend.
ALTOMATO
CANNING PLANT
there we would appreciate you TO OPEN JUNE 24
fg 'n with us.
* * The Altomato Canning Plant will
!is hot June sunshine is curling open on June 24, according to word
?and blistering the tomatoes. It's received from Ted Graves at Jack-
et too iate for that famous "mil-! gonviile.
^dollar rain" we have heard so^ Farmers are urged to take their
jNo. 2 tomatoes and the green culls
* * * * 'and lay them in the shade and have
PR's getting an oil play again and ^n, red ripe by the time the can-
nery opens.
the plant has been considerably
: enlarged over last year, according to
of untoid miilions are already
i through the minds of those who
it" get rich quick. Land from
^av
2! north to Rediawn and^^^^ ^ farmers wiil be able to
M'Hhway 69 west to Shiloh is this season because
"K 'cased up at from $10 to $20 ^ position to can faster.
OLD PALESTINE CHURCH
to be
e will
s Day pro-
urged to be
Reporter.
Whitt Wants
Telephone Service
At Douglass
Lack of telephone service in the
Douglass community, 15 miles west
of Nacogdoches, was lamented today
by W. W. Rousseau, progressive
Douglass merchant.
Mr. Rousseau said he and other
community leaders had been trying
for several months to try to get some
assurance of telephone service in
Douglass, but admitted that results
thus far have been disappointing.
"It seems iike a shame for a com-
munity to be so isolated in this mod-
ern age." Mr. Rousseau said.
ket because the price has been the
occasion was the annual party} g^me here as it was in the two com-
given by the Wesleyan Guild. First p^ing points.
Methodist Church, for its members, credit should be given where due.
their husbands and escorts. This time , ^d it is to Gus Whiteman, Bob
members of the Woman's Society of I ^ankersley. Hilary Lndsey and Ed
Christian Set vice and their famiiies Calioway who can be credited with
holding the tomatoes here by paying
the same prices as was being paid in
were invited guests, as was the Dis
trict Secretary, Hazel Holley, of
Palestine.
Methodist folk feel it is quite an
honor to have for the first time in
the history of the iocal church, a pas-
tor returned for the fifth year in
succession, and Rev. Ferd Dawson
was given a most gracious weicome.
During*the years study, work in the
rural churches has been stressed, and
it was with this theme in mind that
the program was planned. Mrs. Helen
Quarles, Guild President, was in
Rusk and Jacksonville.
At one time Aito was one of the
leading tomato markets of East
Texas, and with the buying spirit
that has prevailed here this year, the
market can again be established and
brought back to what it was for many
years.
The crop this year has been a hard
iuck proposition from the very start,
and tomato growers have had every
break to go against them, and were
charge of the meeting. Mrs. R. R. [entitled to all that they could get
Stribling gave an interesting review from the crop that has went through
of the book, "Rural Parish" by Anna
Laura Gebhard. A special number,
"The Church In The Wildwood," di-
rected by Mrs. T. R. Crawford, with
Mrs. Hazen Boyd playing the piano
accompaniment, added much to the
evening's enjoyment.
freezes, hail and now drouth..
It would have been a pretty blue
tomato deal this year for Alto had
not this local buying condition pre-
vailed. On account of weather con-
ditions, the crop has been cut far be-
low the estimate when the seed were
The refreshments, a picnic lunch, ] pianted, but getting the market price
old fashioned ar-' here at home, and not having to haul
served from an
P' re if street talking oil barons j
reiied upon. It is also stated j
"r<<; oii company started in to!
'he iand and now there are two! We are always happy to ha^ ou
in the fieid, which caused!attend church sc.t.ces at Oid Pa^,-
to jump from $10 an acre',""*- Baptist Church, bu we extend
proportions. Other rumors '° .nv.tahon
something wiil be done 'p'esent next Sunday , when ce
" "" "ays." Just what that re-^resent a speciai Father- -
""'"is is a guess for anybody, tsram. Ait fathers are
who was teasing iand was P'esent.
*' to have stated that if he
he [and the cotored schoot
he wouid be a millionaire.
' "nty street rumors you
i' ' in mind. The oniy reliable
Sunday night Douglass had an ac- [ ranged table, spread with a snowy
cident, and the lack of a telephone linen cloth, and the drinks, served
aimost meant the difference between ] from a garden wheelbarrow, further
life and death. j carried out the rurai idea. Daisies
Two couples from Rusk were rid- and other seasonabie flowers corn-
Mrs. Deiia Bowen returned home
Wednesday of last week, after at-
tending commencement exercises at
'.'that,.sn, ^ < ^.'Washington University. St. Louis,
hat tan be made is that,^ Ted Bowen. re-
act.vity on land teasing ^ of master of hos-
.00 a"*' ""d ^""" .pitai administration.
CaH to Worship
EACH SUNDAY
„ 10:00 A. M.
A. M.
"=M A. M.
m<', '""am 7:30 P. M.
. 8:00 P. M
, Mil WEDNESDAY
7:30 P.M.
'"' Are ( ordialty tnvlted
<r With
E CHURCH OF CHRIST
r'' t hrist and Christian* meet
irg eastward on Highway 26 Sunday
night when their car hit a soft shout-
der in front of the new Methodist
Church and overturned three times.
One of the young iadies was severety
cut and suffered greatty from the loss
of Hood.
The nearest telephone in working
posed the summery centerpiece.
The evening passed quickty and
guests departed with soaring spirits
that go with partying.
Out of town guests for the occas-
ion inciuded District Secretary Hazel
Holley, Mesdames Tessie Dilis, Abbit
Eirod and Ruth Ritchey of Paiestine;
Mrs. Witma Briggs of Port Arthur;
condition was neariy four mites
away; consequents, it took an Aito] Mrs. Nina Ramsey of Forest; and
ambuiance an hour to come and pick Miss Ruth Ramsey of Fort Worth.
the victims. Just as the Aito am
-I
them away has reiteved the situation
considerably, and farmers are grate-
ful for this break which has been
about the only one they received in
their 1948 tomato deal.
BATHERS tNVrTED
TO NEW SWIMMING
POOL AT ARNOLD S
ried to Miss Martha McClure in June
1885. To this union ten children were
born, seven girls and three boys.
Rev. Tannery was called into the
ministry of the Methodist Church at
Mt. Zion, iittle church three and one-
half miles east of Alto, and served in
the ministry until a few years ago.
Relatives attending the funeral
from this section included a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joe Kennedy of Rusk;
brothers, C. W. Tannery and son,
Clifton, of San Augustine, R. W. and
O. D. Tannery of Alto; and a nephew,
Vyron Tannery, wife and son of Jack-
sonville.
His sisters, Mrs. Hugh Dickey and
Mrs. Ed Vining of Alto, were not abl&
to make the long trip to Lubbock.
APPLICATIONS TAKEN FOR
ENLISTING IN U. S NAVY *
EVERT TUESDAY UND THURSDAY
A representative from the U- S-
Navy Recruiting Service will be at
the Alto postoffice every Tuesday
and Thursday from 12:00 to 2:00 p.
m., for taking applications from men
between the ages of 17 and 31 for
enlistment in the U. S. Navy.
For any information regarding the
U. S. Navy, write U. S. Navy Recruit-
ing Office. Post Office Building,
Tyler, Texas.
J. B*. Arnold, who has a park for
both white and cotored, in connection
with his store on the Crockett high-
way west of town, states that he has
eleaned out. and enlarged the swim-
ming pool that goes through his place,
and peopte who wish to go bathing
there now may do so.
There wiit be no charge attached to
ths invitation, and the public is in-
vited to come out &nd enjoy a swim
in the new poc%.
They caii the newest modes in
ciothes the "New Look."
it doesn't call for a sec-
v, omen's
But to men
ond took.
up , .
buiance drove off. two ambulances Hospital Administration
from Nacogdoches arrived. j Awarded
Names of the accident victims were j^egree Awaraea
not teamed, but Mr. Rousseau cited j ted DOWen
the wreck as an example of needing
"""" S-" -
"Wish something couid be done University who received degrees at]
about it," Mr. Rousseau said
Mrs. Geo. Bryant and daughters,
Joan and Yvonne, returned to their
home in Houston Wednesday, after a
visit of several days with their par-
ents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Dean.
HELLO NEIGHBOR
Mr. and Mrs. Cleon Thomasson of
Sulphur Springs, announce the birth
of a son June 4.
The paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Thomasson of Alto.
June 8.—Among
W.P. Smith, Serviceman for South-
ic Service Co., who
has been in a heavy cast since last
returned from the Nan
the soul of wit and
And he emphasized the fact that he
n-as going to keep trying.—Nacogdo-
ches Sentinet.
Mrs. L. H. Gause, who has been iit
at the home of
If brevity is tne sout ---- — j
sti hsts continue the trend in bathing ^r severai months
su.t!=! there wii' be a tot of taughter ^r daughter. Mrs. Pete Brooks, was
,at the beach this summet.
has been paid and
after.
is being sought
carried to the Newburn Hospital in
JacksonviHe Monday night. Last re-
ports state that she is resting much
better.
commencement exercises Tuesday. ] Juty< was
June 8. at 9:30 a. m. in the Field Travis Hospital at Jacksonvtlie Tues-
House was Ted Bowen. Box 225.! day morning to his home here. The
Atto. who was awarded the degree of [cast has been removed and his ieg is
'
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Borden of San
Antonio, announce the birth of a son
June 10. weighing eight pounds.
Mrs. Borden is the former Miss
Robbie Ray Jones, daughter of Mrs.
Bob Jones of this city.
I'M
master of hospital administration.
steadity improving. Atthough he is
far from being weit, it is expected
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Eason of Hous- I that within the next month he will
ton, spent the week-end with the be able to get about on crutches or
tatter's mother, Mrs. S. L. Ray. Mr., in a wheel chair. Mr. Smtth was in-
Epson returned to Houston Sunday jjured on July 3 last year, when he
afternoon, leaving Mrs. Eason for a fell from a service pole located near
innger vistt. the Hi-way Coffee Shop.
Ask a man when he was born and
he will tell you the year. Ask a
woman and she wiit tell you the day.
As a Texas plainsman, the only
vaiue we can see in mountain-climb-
ing is to get a better view of the
great ptains beiow.
The butcher who dropped 100 feet
the other day, without being injured,
must have dropped pigs feet.
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