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THE ALTO HERALD
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L. WEtMAR & SON. EDtTORS AND PUBLISHERS
fABLISHED 1896
SUBSCRIPTION !'R)CE. $2.00 PER YEAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PER YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY.
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS. MARCH !, 1950
NO. 38
Gtancing
Around
^ young
By Frank
lady came to
the
—fratd office this week seeking
' ' owledge concerning an apart-
'.'nt in Alto. "They are drilling
oil well near here and my
sband works on the rig." We
ted her just where this well
ts to be drilled. "I don't know,"
e said and grinned. That is just
s out as close as we ever get to
Mtting information when a well
- being drilled around Alto.
j Ed May comes out with this
<il: Seems like he got the
mach ache a few days ago and
lied for the family doctor, who
swered very promptiy. 1 low-
er, he did not give Ed a pros-
tption, but advised him to cat
up until he got his doctor biil
id. We asked Ed what he done
out it. "I paid the doctor, but
still insisted that I eat the
up, in other words I lost out on
, th ends of the deal."
po" of ttM ^
h City Gub.paul Martin started to a fire
yovr bvdy*wn near the Lindsey store one
y last week and met State
tghway Patrolman Guthrie. He
id the state law where the fire
s and Guthrie immediately
rned around and went to the
e, which turned out to be a
ass patch. On the way back to
wn the Patrolman had stopped
motorist for speeding. Paul
Mit by and saw what was hap-
ning. Now he claims Guthrie
ves him a commission on the
eed tiaket. Says Paul: "If he
Former Alto Man Killed
At Livingston Tuesday
a sis of
he Otyn-.;
ot be
and p
all.
tdn't went to that iire he would
tve missed giving that ticket,
asmuch as I told him about the
'*e, I think he should give me a
mmission." It could be that he
ill give him a commission (in
verse), if he ever catches him
ceding on the highway.
O
A bill is now before Congress
-itiawing all kinds of advertising
aloohoiic beverages. It doesn't
%My prohibit advertising in news-
*tpers and magazines, but pamph-
'^Jts and other matter pertaining
the manufacture and saie of
luor cannot go through the
^jj^ails. The way the biH is written
umpletely blacks out any printed
tatter concerning liquor. To the
iwspapers this does not mean
-ry much, but the big magazines
'id commercial printing houses
.ill be up in arms against the bill,
o doubt when this biii comes up
Ar debate and passage. Washing-
tn will be crowded with lobby-
from the big magazines and
ttilleries, fighting shouider to
toulder to either stali its passage
see that It is killed altogether,
mator Price Daniels is a mem-
:r of the Senate, who wi!i hear
iese bills and House Rcpressnta-
[ves Walter Rogers of Pampa and
^^at^t^n Dies, C^)ngressman-at-
'.arge from Texas, are committee-
len from the House, who witi
ive them consideration.
get mod" #
j to dris * Ex-members of the Texas Uni-
omibir4 ersity from Cherokee County,
/ill gather at Rusk tomorrow,
[AL TYu night) for their tradi-
^yiinp, yional gathering. Tt^e iiour has
uiit to r.^en set at 7:00 p. tin. at the Rusk
^]y_tot.3otel. Meetings of ex-members
erntion hroughout the state, wilt be going
)n simultaneously in other parts
)f the state. A dinner and pro-
gram is being arranged for the
jeeasion. )
Bitiie Ray Goodman, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Goodman of
Chireno, was kitted almost in-
stantly Tuesday morning about
10:30 o'clock. The Goodman's were
former residents of Atto.
Young Goodman was cutting
iogs near Livingston when the ac-
cident occurred. A fatting tree hit
another tree causing it to bounce
toward Goodman. A branch of the
fatting tree hit Goodman in the
back before he could get safel^
out of the way.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at
Old Patestine Baptist Church
with the Rev. W. L. Jones, Assem-
bty of God minister of Quitman,
officiating. Interment followed in
Old Patestine Cemetery, directed
by O. T. Allen & Son.
Besides his parents, he is sur-
vived by four sisters. Mrs. Mag-
gie Lee Reynolds and Mrs. J. W.
Adams of Atto. Ada Lee and Ruth
Ann Goodman of Chireno; four
brothers, Hubert. Jack, Jerry and
Ray Atton Goodman of Chireno:
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
James H. Harrison of Atto; his
great-grandmother, Mrs. Maggie
Goodman of Alto.
X-RAYUN!T
TO BE HERE
NEXT TUESDAY
Sponsored by the Alto Parent-
Teacher Association, Thursday
Study Club, and the Atto Lions
Club, the Cherokee County Tu-
bercuiar Unit will be in Aito next
Tuesday, located at the City Hati,
for the purpose of taking chest
X-rays. The unit witt be under
the supervision of Dr. R. E. Ross-
man, tocat physician.
The unit witt be here in the
afternoon from 1:00 to 5:30
o'ctock.
Men, women, and chitdrcn 15
year;, or old.-r. are urged to take
advanh"-'o of this opportunity to
get a chest X-ray, which is free
of chargo. att expenses being
borne by th? state and national
governments.
To those who cannot ma<'.:c it
o t Tuesday afternoon, the unit
wit) be here again Wednesday
morning, March 7, from 8:30 to
1:00 p m.., which is the last time
it wit! appear in Alto for this year.
SPR!NG MEET!NG
!N DOCHES
PATRONS
iNWTEDTO
AWERTiSED BY
lew Wage Law
Now In Effect
Shelby L. Surratt
Austin, Texas.—Officers and
members of posts of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and its Ladies
Auxiliary units in thirteen coun-
ties surrounding wilt convene in
Nacogdoches on Saturday and
Sunday, March 3 and 4 for their
annua! spring meeting.
Lea Fulmer Memorial Post No.
J893 and its Ladies Auxiliary
Unit witt be hosts to the gather-
ing. With registration to begin at
2 p. m. on Saturday afternoon the
hosts will offer a buffet supper
tt five p. m. and a dance at 8 p.
m. m their recently remodeled
home. Sunday wiil give oppor-
tunity for schools of instruction
at 10 o'ctock, church services at
11 and a luncheon at the new
^'redonia Hotel at noon.
judge uan.es Morris of Lufkin
witt be the principal speaker at
.he luncheon and at that time
other distinguished guests wili be
introduced.
A featured speaker at the
afternoon business session wiil be
Si.., .y L. Surratt of Houston,
Ch.et of Staff of the Department
if Te.:as, Veterans of Foreign
A ars.
George 11. Head, Commander
of the district and Mrs. Marzee
Roberts, President of the Ladies
Auxni'.ry Units in ttie same area
.ave assurances of an excettent
,ttjntian..c and an entertaining
id p.oductive program.
the
^.^Mus:c CLUB
MEETS HERE
NEXT SUNDAY
M
The Mozart Music Ciub witi
meet Sunday afternoon, March
,4th at 2:00 p. m. in the Fennor
studio. Hans for recitats are to
be made at this time and ati com-
mittee chairmen must be present.
AH students of Mrs. M. M.
Fenner art invited to attend this
meeting.
It's Pubiie Schoots Week —
March 5-8, in the Atto Schools.
Each patron is extended a most
cordiat invitation to visit the
schools during the Monday—
Thursday intervat, and more es-
peciaily, to visit your child's room
and observe the day-by-day type
of teaching offered to your child.
Visitation hours witi be from
10:00-11:00 each morning and
1:40-2:40 each afternoon.
As you enter the front door, a
committee of students wiil greet
you, register you. and then, should
you desire, conduct you to any
classroom. Enter the classroom
and observe the teaching situa-
tion. The teacher wilt not take
time out to show you around the
room, but you are welcome to ob-
serve display of pupils' work.
Each parent may register one
time for each chitd in school until
Thursday at 11:00 a. m. Friends
or relatives of pupils may vote
one time for one pupil or class.
Awards of $25 and $10, furnished
by Terrell Lodge No. 83. will be
given to first and second place
room-winners, determined on the
percentage basis.
Found in a down-town display
window—you will have to look
for the exhibit—is a stack of books
representing ali the books which
your chitd will study during his
school life. You'll probably be
surprised at the size of the stack.
Other exhibits are to be found
down-town.
At 2:40 p. m., Thursday after-
noon, the final scene of Public
Schools Week will be witnessed in
the high school auditorium as
parents and pupils gather for a
short program and presentation
of awards by the representatives
f)f the Masonic Lodge.
Members of the recently or-
ganized Elementary School Stu-
dent Council and the High School
Council and ferrett Lodge repre-
sentative will be platform guests.
The first part of the program
witi be presentation of members j
of the student councils by Presi- I
dent Bonnie Wilson and a sing- i
song of old songs. Following this
Atto is one of a number of East
Texas cities and towns included
in the area covered by a United
Gas industriat devetopment ad-
vertisement appearing in the
February 27 issue of Time Maga-
zine, it was learned here today.
The full-page, two-color ad is
illustrated with a road map of
this area and invites new and ex-
panding industries to investigate
the advantages of tocating in this
territory.
The United Gas advertisement
is one of a scries designed to at-
tract industry to the flourishing
"Gulf South," the area served by
United Gas in East Texas, South
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, the
Alabama Gulf Coast and North-
west Fiorida. Each ad in the 1956
series wili pertain to a different
section of the Gulf South, it was
reported.
In addition to Time Magazine,
^the same ad is scheduled to ap-
pear in the March 5 issue of
United States News & World
Report, the March 17 issue of
Business Week and the February
28 issue of Wati Street Journal.
The United Gas advertising
program, inaugurated in Juiy,
1939, is now in its 17th consecu-
tive year and is said to be one
of the longest sustained industrial
development programs ever re-
corded. Over 200 advertisements
have appeared in national maga-
zines in the series.
CITY-SCHOOL
ELECTIONS
NEXT MONTH
Four city councilmen and three
school trustees are to be elected
here in April.
The city election wiil be held
on Tuesday, April 3. and the
schooi trustee election on Satur-
day, April 7.
The councilmcn elected are to
filt the expired terms of Buetl
Rogers, Allison King. Jim Bauman
and Grady Singletary.
Rogers, King and Bauman have
filed for re-election. Atso filed
arc James Blanton, Paut Martin
and Clyde Poorc.
Deadline for filing for the office
of city councilman is March 3rd.
In the school election that
comes up on April 7, three trus-
Masonic Lodge members who ate , ^ ^ elected to fill the ex-
Beginning today, March 1, the
minimum wage iaw passed by
Cungrc s goes into cfiect through-
out the country.
1 h-' -J-ccnt increase is expected
to tmati wage hikes averaging 13
cents an hour for 2 1 million un-
skilled and semi-skitted workers
in interstate commerce, haif of
them in the southern states,
i'wgnty-.wo miliion other work-
ers, aiso covered by the Fair La-
bor Standards Act, already earn a
doitar an hour or more.
The enforcement probtem is up
to wage-hour Administrator Ne-
wetl Brown. The Labor Depart-
ment alieady has added 325 men
to his field investigating staff of
475 and is setting up 27 new per-
manent field offices for a total of
U8.
The expansion is to insure that
there is no willful evasion of the
new minimum. The main job will
be to "educate" employers and
employes alike on how it affects
COURTHOUSE
ROUNDUP
platform guests
nized.
Finally, room winners
will be recog-
pired terms of Richard Johnson.
! Jim Bauman and Harmon West,
witi be j Herald went to press
presented awards by Mr. Jim Har- j w^nps^av at noon, there had
grove, Worshipful Master of ler-j^p^ names fited for schooi
roil Lodge. j trustee.
Would you like to re-live some j
of those "good old schooi days"}CHH_,D SERIOUSLY
of ten, twenty or thirty years ago? gyR^ED WHEN
Then, begin now to plan your}
visit in the Altd* Pubiie Schools
I
LAMP EXPLODED
One of the great rights of the
P*op^ in this country is their
right to dtngrcc with the ma-
)<**ity, and not suffer as a result.
A REALLY WORTHWHILE IMPROVEMENT was made iast week
in the ag<icuHm;.i building on the school grounds. A concrete
floor was laid in the large building. Up to this time the "ag" boys
were doing their inside work on a dirt floor, which was very in-
convenient at times. In the top picture above Harmon West can be
seen as he waits for a load of concrete to come out of the mixer.
Bottom picture shows C. D. (Dud) Schochter as he smooths over
a section of the floor.
next week Your l'ubtic Sehoois , colored, (j-ycar-old
Weoi.. Visit from l"-"0t"H-""jsonofMr. and Mrs. Geo. Robert
! Lewis, and grandson of Matt and
Ada Hackney, received first de-
gree burns late Sunday afternoon
when a lamp exptoded at the
iamily home in north Alto.
The lad's mother had told him
to light the lamp and when he
touched the match to the wick,
the lamp exploded and scattered
burning oil in his face and down
the front of his clothing. His
mother, who attempted to ex-
tinguish the flames, was also
burned.
He was brought to the Alto
Medical Clinic to Dr. R. E. Ross-
man, who gave first aid and then
carried to the hospital at Rusk.
Monday afternoon he was re-
moved to the John Seaiy Hospital
at Galveston and a cail made
back' to Alto for volunteers to
give blood to save his life. Rela-
tives reported that physicians at
John Sealy Hospital stated that he
stood a good chance for recovery
but would have to stay in the
hospital for at least three months.
Gordon Campbell of Palestine,
visited with Clyde Poore a few
hours Sunday afternoon.
each morntng or from 1:40 to 2:40
each afternoon. And remember
that you must register only dur-
ing these visitation hours.
ALTOYOUNG
PEOPLE)N
TALENTMNW
A variety of talent wtll enter-
tain rnd compete for awards in
the ta.ent show to be presented at
the Rusk High School auditorium,
Friday, March 2. at 7:30 p. m.,
under the sponsorship of the
Business and Professional Wo-
men's Club of Rusk.
Among the entries will be a
Quartette from Alto composed of
Johnny Steed. Billy Lee Black,
James R. Gilcrease and Harold
Clifton; a sextette of young ladies
including Jean Ann Payne. Mary
Louise Carpenter. Lynell Parrish,
Sue Tuilis. Edna Ruth Morgan
and Bonnie Wilson; and Jimmy
Brunt, who will present several
numbers on the piano.
Cases Filed !n District Court
Ruth McDaniel vs. H. G. Mc-
Daniel, action for divorce.
Joe Ella Leaks vs. Will Leaks,
action for divorce.
Cornelius Lee vs. Eva Mae
action for divorce.
Ima Tenison vs. Boyd Tenison,
Waiter Lee, action for divorce.
Jim Washburn et ux Onie
Washburn vs. Stetla Jones Earl,
action for trespass to try titie.
Judgments Entered in
District Court
The States Seed Co. vs. Pryor
Black, plaintiff recovered judg-
ment in the amount of $109.18 by
default.
Patricia Smyrl Cotton vs. Joe
Glenn Cotton, plaintiff was grant-
ed divorce from defendant and
maiden name restored to Patricia
Smy-.'l.
Novio Lee Christopher vs. Wil-
lie A. Christonher, divorce grant-
ed to plaintiff.
H. J. Scherieh Company vs. K.
E. Maness. judgment for plaintiff
in the sum of $889.52.
Lavonne Rice vs. Harold Rice,
divorce and care and custody of
one minor child granted to plain-
tiff.
Marriage Licenses
George Elbert Thirkill and
Mary Lou Taylor.
Sam Ballard Forgey and Mrs.
Madgey Nadine Ross.
James Alvis Benge and Mrs.
Juanita Kline.
Eugene Hogg and Ruby Lee
Dcckord.
James Walter Sartin and
Berniece Frances Hayes.
Rufus Ray Jones and Miss Rose
Mary Richardson.
Billie Joe Stallings and Miss
Margie Lee Ormc.
Charlie Aubrev Works and
Miss Ethel Roberta Gentry.
Henry T. Sessions and Annie
Marine Henry.
Wiltie Morris Broadway and
Miss Marva Beth Cole.
Isaac Gordon Sharp and Miss
Sweet Hooper.
County Crlmtnat Cases
State of Texas vs. C. M. Craw-
ford. charged with unlawfully
carrying a pistol, fined $100.00
and costs.
State of Texas vs. teller Kob-
erson. charged with selling liquor
in a dry area, fined $100.00 and
costs.
State of Texas vs. Russell Wig-
gins and Gordon Pike, charged
with theft nf over $5.00 and under
$50 00. fined $1CO.OO and cost of
court.
State r' T**-xis vs. Carl Moore,
charged with driving while li-
cense -suspended and fined $25.00
and cost.
them. This program is now undei-
way. It includes TV and radio
announcements for use of local
stations.
Lust year Brown's office inves-
tigated 39,330 payroiis. Violations
were found in i 9,305 of them.
Guilty employers had to pay $12,-
151,077 in baok wages to 128,754
workers.
Since the greatest impact of the
increase will hit the South, en-
forcement staff expansion will be
proportionately greater there,
Brown said. The Labor Depart-
ment estimates that about one
out of every four factory workers
in the South earns iess than $1 an
hour. In the Northeast the ratio is
one out of 12'/a, in the Midwest
one out! of 25, and in the far West
one out of 55%.
Southern sawmiiiing, in which
80 per cent of the workers earn
less than $1, will feel the increase
most. But the impact generally
wiii vary from industry to in-
dustry and from region to region.
Other manufacturers affected
include textiles, work clothing,
men's and boy's shirts, confec-
tions, padding and upholstery
titling, jute goods, leather, pro-
cessed waste, cigar making, wood-
en household furniture, and struc-
tural clay products.
In the case of salaried workers,
Brown will regard them as paid
in accordance with the law if they
receive $40 for a 40-hour week,
or if they get $177.33 a month for
four weeks or not more than 40
hours.
The 24 million workers covered
by the minimum wage, 40-hour
week and overtime provisions of
the Labor Standards Act now re-
ceive $82 biilion a year. The raise
is expected to increase this by
$560 million a year, or about 0.7
per cent.
The effects, immediate and
long-range, are subject to debate.
Congress haiied the new mini-
mum as a "necessary corrective"
in American iiving standards.
President Eisenhower wanted the
minimum heid to 90 cents an hour
and suggested it embrace more
workers.
I E TO
FEATURE
STOCKSHOW
It's Fat Stock Show season in
Texas and that's what will be
featured next week on The
Humble Company's TV program,
Texas in Review. The program
wiil include a roundup of three
major Fat Stock Shows in the
state—Fort Worth, San Antonio
Houston. Included will be rodeo
shots as well as the judging of
livestock.
Texas in Review can be seen
Sunday. March 4, on KPRC-TV,
Houston, 10 p. m. and KTRE-TV,
Lufkin, 10 p. m.;
On Tuesday, March 6, Texas in
Review can be seen on KTBC—
TV, Austin, 7:00 p. m. and KLTV,
Tyter, 7:30 p. m.
CHANGE )N BUS SCHEDULE
The Southwestern Greyhound
south bound bus. scheduled to
leave Alto at 8:41 p. m.. has been
changed to 8:02 p. m., effective
March 1.
FORMER ALTO
RESNENT
BURMRE
Funeral services for Leland
Drennan were held Wednesday
afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at Old
Palestine Church. Interment fol-
^owtl in f*^d Til^s'tip Cemetery.
Funerai arrangements were in
charge of the O v Allen & Son
Funeral Home of Alto.
Mr. Drennan died Monday night
in Fort Worth of a heart attack.
Deceased was a former resident
of Alto, having lived for several
years in the Cold Springs com-
munity.
Mr. Eisenhower, it seems,
answered a billion dollar ques-
tion when he said yea. ^
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