The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1949 Page: 1 of 12
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VOLL'MKXLVIX
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THE ^t-TO HERALD. ALTO. TEXAS. NOVEMBER 24. 1949.
(j!andng
Around
The First and The Last
NO. 25. i
!t n't b.< any trouble to be
t : tncd this afternoon, the Alto
<1: ht meet the Rusk has-beens in !
t][ tncounter here this after-
! 2:30 at Student Fie!d, and
s - rr.'W the grizzlies can get a
thank the Lord.
* * * *
vou didn't know it. a man
) < name of Alben W. Harkicy.
the Veep. got marrit-d to a,
n;imed Hadley. It has been fully I
\ ined on the front pagt< o' every
' r in Texas, and the radio sta-
! have been blaring it for two
We know they are married ,
what the bride wore, now \<e
' probably be toid what they have
mry morning for breakfast.
Today is Thanksgiving, and the;
i cs wiil ciose, big dinners sill b: {
^ order of the day. people will sit
t k and enjoy themselvm as is the !
' ^ torn every last Thursdav in No-
vember. We are not an ungrate u!
I ' <p!e. but we have been of a free
ind so long we take the world for
t'.mted and give little thought to the
cause of this freedom of life and
where it began. It doesn't hurt to
remember that God has bten ex-
] tremcly good to us, and it was
through His divine power that all of
the good things of life come our way,
and when the bad ones are en-
countered, He is there to help us
over the rough spots. We can't hide
from the fact that It Is His ever
tpresMice that keeps us going from
jciay to day, and the instrumentalities
pi' life that are so necessary, cannot
^e furnished through no othtr
Source but Him. We must have air,
tight, water, land, trees and thous-
ands of other things that can only
ptne through Him, and can b: ob-
tained from no other source. We
}r<vc th;rc things every day, and
n shouM bo thankful, but thert' is
^iuch more to be gained than all
llrsc thing:; and that is some.hing
t that only He can give us. and
!h;it is an oternal existance. Today,
tnd every day we should be grat:-
!ul to Ilim for the things that we
tre enjoying and the things that ar;-
t to come. As the families gather
pr this day. a fitting tribute through
I r;tycr, should bj offered up to
[Him, who gave us His son, in order
rt' it < e might have everlasting life.
[Truly He has proved to bj a loving
* < * <
ilii Cotton Eelt Jitney, made its
[ [' through Alto last Saturday.
about 150 people were at the
i' ! ! to give it a farewell. Mayor
] ' r Gipson made- a rather
"'hing" speech to the crowd, and
' ' toud speaker provided, played
)' ' mournful tunes. Sume o.
) i it sent shed a tear for the
tk motor car that had been
[ ^ up and down this hi;,h litn-
i - ' isood many years. Quitt' a few
^ 1 timers were there to stj the last
I ome of whom stated that they
j ' the first passenger train
j' tl into Alto and they were there
i o sec the last one go out. Tht< train
! ^*"[)ped here for ten minutes,
j the courttey of the train
h ' ' white the Alto group told
j mc crew goodbye. With the
! ' 'f this train, soma of the
witl probably retire. H. S.
! engineer on this train,
< ohtest engineer in the Cot-
j service, and W. R. Com-
r the second oldest con-
! man R. G. Parker has
Above picture was ta^en at the Cotton B <t Depot Saturday afternoon when the lpst passeng:' train
Itft Alto. Second from left shows, Newt Ev^< ett and next to him is Allen Garner, standing in th.'
background is Tuck Matthews. These thre.-men saw the first passeng rr train that came to Alto
more than 60 years ago. Conductor W. R. Commander and Brakeman R. G. Parser stand next to
th ' three Alto men. Donald Acrey can be seen on the extrern . right standing on the ground.
'The Last Highball'
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ears of service with the
Ht-lt, and J. M. Burdett had
^ road 39 years. There
) ' 'yitsg tht< fact, that while
'ode it" we will all miss
' "toot" of the jitney that
!
twice a day that it was
(AH!) op THANKS
thank tha Alto Fire
!^!h) ^*ends and
1 '
..
ho came to our rescue
home caught fire last
Quick response saved our
^hieh
we are vtry grate-
Mr. ,
="'d Mrs. W. D. Speartt.
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R. C. rr.:';er, Brnkenun of the Cotton Belt "Jitney," gives the last "Highball" as th i final
passenger train pulled out of Alto Saturday after noon. W. R. Commander, Conductor, stands looking
at a wreath, placet on the bi-c!: of the train by Fisher Hsrrison just before it pulled out.
A!! Set Fcr
Footbat!
Game
All arrangements have been made
for the Thanksgiving football game
here today between the Ex-Alto
Yellow Jackets and the Ex-Rusk
Eagles. Thm game will be played at
Student Field. Game time is set at
2:30 p. m.
Footbal' fans who enjoy football
should see this contmt, as these boys
art the pick of the past football
teams in both the Alto and Rusk
schools, and a well balance contest
is expected.
It is not just a football game to
raise money, but is played for the
pure enjoyment the boys get out of
it, and th.i football rivalry between
the two towns has always been
keen, and the game hero today will
be no exception.
Last year Atto eked out a win by
just one point, and fans who see the
{lame today can expect a close con-
tt-st, and which ever team wins, witl
get the victory after a hard battte
and ctose score.
Following is the probable line-
up at the start of the game:
Ex-Alto Yellow Jackets
Ptayer Position
Ed Bynum L. E.
Ralph Rozelle L. T.
D. Spruit! L. G.
Bo Rix C.
F. Spruitt R. G.
Don Burt R. T.
Ed. Stanley R. E.
H. Maddin Q. B.
Van Campbett -R. H.
Warren Whiteman L. H.
BiH Williams F. B.
Reserves
Earle, V. Burt. J. Boyd. Wright.
Jeter, Huggins, Pearman, Knight,
R. E. Boyd, J. Rix, Moore.
Ex-Rusk Eagles
Player Position
Charles Long *. L. E.
James Bo-vden L. T.
I. H. Burke L. G.
John Butler C.
June Cleveland R. G.
Big Foot Watlace R. T.
Dick Bobbitt ,. R. E.
Bobby Hollonquist B.
Paut Copetand B.
Oscar Lindstrom B.
Bobby Farrow * - B.
Reserves
J. Farrow, Vermillion, Noltey. Bow-
man, Bagtey, Dickey, K. Wallace,
Lucas. Pool, Norman, M. Bobbitt, B.
Bobbitt, Thompson.
We!!s !VSan
Gets R%ai8
Contract
Contract to handte the star route
mai! service between Lufkin and
Jacksonvitle has been awarded to
Mr. Lonnie Flowers of Welts, and
he assumes his duties Sunday, ac-
cording to Elee Potchernick, dis-
rict superintendent of Raitway Mail
Jervice of San Antonio.
Bids for performing this service
were called for several weeks ago
when It was announced that Cotton
Belt passenger trains 401 and 402
would be discontinued.
The new set-up gives Alto four
mail deliveries a day, two from
the north and two from the south.
Northbound mail comes in at 5:05
a. m. and 3:00 p. m. Southbound
arrives at 9:90 a. m. and 5:25 p.m.
Sunday only two mails will arrive,
northbound at 5:05 a. m. and south-
bound at 9:50 a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mtudor spent
Sunday with their daughter. Mrs.
David Clabaugh and family in Car-
thage. Little Miss Dianne Clabaugh
accompanied them home for a weeks'
visit.
Water Shed
Meeting To Be
At Nacogdoches
A meeting has been called at
Nacogdoches for Wednesday, Nov-
ember 30, at 7:30 p. m., for the pur-
pose of organizing the Upper Ncehes
and Angelina River Watershed As-
sociation. according to advices re-
ceived from Representative Jack
Wisrner, who is in Austin.
This matter was discussed at a
Lions Club meeting here several
weeks ago, and Nacogdoches was de-
rided as the meeting placa next on
the program.
A large representative group is
expected at the meeting from An-
derson, Cherokee md Nacogdoches
Counties.
Pickett To Speak
At Crange Ha!!
Congressman Tom Pickftt will
speak at Grange Hall School Friday
[night, November 25th. The hour has
j been set at 7:30 p. m. The public is
t cordially invited.
Pa!mer Rites
He!d Fraday
Afternoon
Alto citizens paused for one hour
I last Friday afternoon to pay their
tast respects to E. P. Palmer, citizen
and former Mayor of Alto. Mr.
Palmer died at the Medical Arts
I hospital in Dallas Thursday morn-
I ;:i about six o'clock.
] AH business houses clossd as the
I antral was held at the Methodist
j Church at 3 o'clock, the Rev. B. R.
i heltcn. pastor, performing tht fu-
! r .-ra' rite;-, assisted by the Rev. L. A.
j . htgptn. Baptist minister. Inter-
ment A as in tht.< City Cemetery, di-
rected by R. R. Stribling Funeral
Hom<j or Alto. **
, a!lbearers were: Fisher Harrison,
Bil! Neal h'hattuck, Gus Whiteman,
LJ .Vat-tin. Leland Rozelle, Alto;
Holt Davis. Na-ogdoches: Riley
^aness, I - * J Tosh, Rusk. Honorary
palibearers: Gun Rounsaville. Frank
V<c;mar. Melvin Sessions, Blanton
; Brunt. A. II. Jeter, Clydt- Poore,
j Ht yt Lyons, Moore Decker. Jim Er-
wm. Earle Cummings, Grady Single-
tary, George Williams, Chtgter Gip-
son, Arch Hcicomb, John William
R.chardso". J C. Hill, A. Ivie. Robt.
McClure, Carl Yowell. H. M. Tread-
well. J. D. Berryman. Fred Bauman,
Jtwell Pearman. Russel Smith. Jim
iiargrove, Tracie Pearman. Alto*
Jas. J. Perils, Eldridge Gregg. Dr!
. H. Cobble. Johnny Williams,
Frank Brunt, Rusk.
Mr. Palmer had been at Hot
Springs. Arkansas, for the past six
weeks, where he went to recuperate
and was stricken Tuesday of last
^eek with a stroke of paralysis
that paralysed his entire body. He
was rushed to^ the hospital at Dallas,
tiut was beyond human aid and
passed away Thursday morning
the hospital.
Edwin Pinkney Palmer v.-as 64
. cars of age. being born in the old
Palm < - home placc here in 18S5. He
was one of f iu; children of Mr. and
Mra. Pinkney Hake Palmer, pioneer
scttlets of this st*ction who came to
Alto when less than a dozen families
resided in the city.
He received his common school
education in a little one-room
school building that used to sit
wher<' the Alto City Cemetery is now
located, and when a young man
joined h s father in the raising of
cattle, horses and farming, and
followed these vocations throughout
out his life time.
Eeint; of a nature to see things in
a progressive light he . as always
interested in promoting the interest
o- hi;; town and county, and became
Mayor of his home town in 1924
and was honored with this position
until 1929, when he ran and was
elected as Cherokee's representative
in the lower house of the legisla-
ture. After holding this office for
AO years, he came home and
friends insisted that he again take
up the reins of this city and he was
again elected Mayor of Alto and
served in this capacity until 1939,
when he retired to enter into
private business.
He is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Lelia Douglass, Miss Edwina
Palmer, Alto, Mrs. Sam S*helby,
Washington, D. C.; one son, Parrish
Palmer, Nacogdoches; onf sister, Mrs.
Lizzie Arrant, Henderson; one
brother, Willie Palmer, San Antonio.
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FORMER STUDENT OF
SFA ATTAINS HONOR
Frank McCIain, former student
at Stenhen F. Austin State college,
has been selected as a member of
the Texas Delta Chapter of Tan
Beta Pi at Texas A. & M. college
where he Is a senior.
The chapter is a national schol-
astic honor society for engineers and
was founded in 1885.
McCIain attended Stephen F.
Austin during his freshman year. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
McCIain of Alto, he is married to
the former Miss Ruby Childers of
Nacogdoches.
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F. L. Weimar & Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1949, newspaper, November 24, 1949; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215162/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.