The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1956 Page: 3 of 10
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BARSOLA
Mrs. Carl Chandler
Lnd Mrs. Willis Patton and
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<Kg'e Goff, Willie Ray
OoffandMr. andMrs. c. Goffof
the o. D. Goff fam-
Linda, and son, Bitty, "y Sunday and Monday evenings
visited Mr. and Mr; !
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Mrs. W. p. Young
,,ff and Mrs. W. O. Patton '
e week-end.
W. F. Oliver visited Mr
^ Frank Day of Primrose
We
rtre sorry to reoort that Mr
^csday to Sunday. Ike Mi,-tin „ „n the sick list b,,t RRAJTrc FT^FF
M.iinc and Maxine Latham how he wit] ..... FA/A
HIE ALTO HERAM), ALTO, TEXAS, DECEMBER 20, 1956
business visitors in Nacogdoches
one day tast week.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Adams were
business visitors in Rusk one day
iastweek.
Mesdames c. E. Ramey, Henry
Whitehead, R. E. Haney, Luke
Partish, Owens and Mom Young,
attended the Santa Claus Parade
in Aito Friday afternoon.
soon be up and about
Parkcrburg. W. Va. — When
Ivcon Whitehead ^ Piedmont Airlines
plane fai!ed as it was taxing to a
were guests of
and
j: s. visited the Albert La-
[amily the past week-end.
[andMrs. J. H.Tobias and
}To))ias visitetl Mr. and Mrs.
kllen of Lt'fkin. Sunday.
and Mrs. C. J. Arnold and
hi, visited Mr. and Mrs.
}Wiiiiams of Rateliff, Mon- home. Messrs. Prater and Adams P3s:wnKers aboard the plane suf-
jbnd a hunting good time '"juries. The nose of
lt)m- Goff of Lufkin. visited < nn't -nv if th<.y ^ ^ 'he piane was jammed back a few
agatn
Mr. and Mrs.
ofHrandrrairip
the former's parents Mr and "^port terminal
'Mr Henry Whitehead. Sunday. the plane plowed
M.w'in Pra'er of Ri!. y spent ^ ^ence into the building.
the week-end in the Mirk/
Adams
The co-pitot and four of the 24
O D. Goff and 'nek.
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hji'i MM.
[ Sunday.
L Claude Petty, Mrs
[and Robert Barron
[visitors, Saturday.
)na Shoemaker visited
over the week-end.
^cer Latham was in Sioeum
ay night playing ball.
Shoemaker was a Lufkin
Sunday afternoon.
: and Mrs. Eugene Vann
Rughter, Jennie, of Lufkin,
,feet.
^ Ramey and. Careful drivers never know
Irb^ Mom Young and Jerry Corbin at- Iwhen they save their
were tended the Alt. Zion Church
]Christmas program. Surely
in one enjoyed it, and
quite a crowd there.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Adams went
to Forest Sunday to see the tat-
ter's aunt. Mrs. Tcnnie James.
who is on the sick list. We hope
she wil] soon be we!!.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ramey were
own lives.
A simple, low-cost plan for
^very-i keeping dairy production records
hcte was ^ developed by the USDA
. . . the Weigh-a-Day-a-Month
Plan . . and Extension Dairy
Husbandman R. E. Burleson says
at) Texas county agents are ready
to assist dairymen in putting it
into operation. See your local
county agent for the details.
ONLY HALF RATMNS
By Maud McCurdy We!ch
SmMthins
CHE WAS walking slowly down
the colorful business street, a
woman of indeterminate age, neat-
ly dressed, with sad, hungry eyes.
Now she was stopping at a win-
dow where there was a tempting
display of lingerie and it seemed
as if the bleak look in her eyes
momentarily changed to bright
ness and interest. But after a mo-
ment, she went on waiking slow-
ly down the gay street, a little
more tiredly, it seemed.
Next there was a pastry shop.
She stopped here too. casting a
look of longing at the rows of
eclairs and cinnamon buns, at
the great length of nut-brown
rolls cunningly displayed in a
shiny new tin.
Her tongue came out and
touched her lips, but she lingered
here for only a moment, went on.
After a few moments she unex-
pectedly turned, came back and
stood in front of the window again.
It was as if she were saying.
"Oh. well, no harm to look."
As she stood here, the hungry
light in her eyes deepened. She
looked at the price of the eclairs
with eyes that were suddenly ra-
pacious. Only Hve cents. Five
cents each. So cheap, and yet so
dear ... so very dear.
Once she figured the thin slab
of her purse as to count mentally
the small store of pennies it
might, or might not contain. Then
with an air of sudden resolution,
she walked firmly on.
On down the gay street she
went, this time holding her head
straight ahead, not even turning
her eyes once to the shop win-
dows of which there were so
many. It was as if she had taken
a vow to herself. "I won't look . . .
there are so many pastry shops
Then I shan't realize how hungry
I am."
For the length of nearly two
blocks she kept her resolution
not to stop and gaze in the shops.
But the one at the far end of the
corner at last proved her undoing.
Another pastry shop it was with
its rows of eclairs and buns and
rich cakes with a great luscious
pie in the center richly spread
with brown cocoanut shreds. More
tempting far, she knew, than the
others she had passed with her
head heid so resolutely high.
She made a faint effort to pass
on this time. But her feet lagged
against her will. She moistened
her lips avidiy as if in anticipation.
Then it seemed as if her knees be-
gan to weaken beneath her. All
imagination of course. But she
couldn't go on this time.
She stood there gazing to her
heart's content. Theru was a small
splintered crack in the heavy
plate glass of the window. Per-
haps she was thinking as she
looked at the crack how very
easy it would be to give it a tiny
push, and make it crumble. Quite
simple then to thrust her hand
inside the break and secure at
least two of those delectable
eclairs, then whisk away before
anyone had time to notice.
She straightened up. Such a
thought was sheer idiocy. Was she
taking leave of her senses? But
the idea must have been fascinat-
ing for she stood there a long time
with * sort of avid smile on her
face . . . perhaps she was think-
ing how deliciously the rich brown
crust of the eclairs would crunch
beneath the savage attack of her
strong teeth.
And now it had happened. Her
rebellious inwards was waking
up and beginning to clamor loud-
ly for food. It was as if someone
were fiercely and fantastically
beating a drum beneath the walls
of her lower torso.
She felt herself growing weaker,
emptier, every minute. Once
again her knees were threaten-
ing to buckle under her.
Suddenly she Hung her head
high and marched with firm, de-
termined steps into the shop mur-
muring to herself in a voice of
thick disgust. "What's the use? I
never could stay on a diet, any-
way."
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A record of placing every
graduate of its school in employ-
ment has be<en made by the Nac-
ogdoches Business College since
its foundiing in 1944.
The school was founded by G.
P. Scoggins, president of the
Pineywood Business College of
Lufikin, and I. A. Coston, who
served as superintendent of the
Lufkin High School for 27 years.
Mr. Scoggins has been connected
with business colleges for the
past fifteen years. Located on the
second floor of the Woodman of
the World Building, over Gilbert's
Furniture and Appliance Store
on East Main in Nacogdoches,
the college is managed by Travis
N. Price.
Mr. Price is also head of the
school placement bureau and
registration of students. He is a
graduate of Stephen F. Austin
State Coilege in Nacogdoches, and
has a master's degree in school
supervision. He has been man-
ager of the business college since
1948.
At the present time thene are
approximately 100 students en-
rolled in the business college
from out of town. Cities repre-
sented are Houston, Center, Mt.
Enterprise, Newton, Beckville,
Rusk, Timpson, Pineland, San
Augustine, Mt. Pleasant, Hemp-
hiil, Lufktin, Aito, Marshall,
Cleveland, Palestine, Carthage,
Gary, and Henderson.
In Nacogdoches County there
arc representatives from Appleby,
Etoile, Central Heights, Cushing,
Garrison. Douglass, Alazan, Mel-
rose, and Pleasant Hill.
Since 1948 the school enrol-
ment has grown 200 per cent and
runs two classes, night and day.
Day classes are Monday through
Friday, and night classes are
Monday, Wednesday, and Thurs-
day nights. The same curricuTums
are taught in each school. Three
classes of typewriting are taught
on all days and six classes are
taught on the days the night
classes convene, three in each
schoo!. Six classes of shorthand
are also presented. Shorthand is
the most popular class for wo-
men, and accounting and book-
kc*?p'r? are the most popular for
men, Mr. Price said. A great num-
ber of tin graduates take civil
service tests in connection with
state employment. Many of the
graduates are placed as far away
as Dallas, Houston, Orange, Beau-
mont, Galveston, and the Gulf
Coast cities.
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Individual courses on non-
diploma basis are offered for
those who want to enhance their
qualifications. They may take one
or more courses and arc not re-
quired to take all curricula re-
quired for a diploma.
"We have people taking sub-
jects to help expeJite the clerical
work they do in employment,"
explained Mr. Price. The shortest
course is the stenographic course,
seven months, and the longest is
the Commercial General Busi-
ness, which is three years.
Most every type of business
machine, both electric and hand-
operated found in the business
world today, is used in this mod-
em business college. Electric
typewriting is taught in the col-
lege for those anticipating the
use of this machine.
The coMiege itself is modern, too.
Air-condiMoning was installed in
the spring of 1949, and the build-
ing was remodeled at the same
time. There are seven classrooms,
fiscal office, mimeographing room,
a lobby, women's lounge, and
men's lounge.
Mr. Price says that out of 1000
seniors graduating this year in
this locality, two or three hun-
dred of them will attend busi-
ness colleges. Even at that, job
demands have far exceeded grad-
uates. "Our major responsibility
is helping the employer find the
person most suitable for the type
of work he has in mind," says
Mr. Price.
Faculty of the Nacogdoches
Business College is as follows:
Mrs. Katherine Pierce, head of
the shorthand and literary de-
partment; Miss Mary Lee King,
head of the typewriting depart-
ment; Mr. Marion Holt, Lawyer,
head of traffic management de-
partment and associate instructor
of commercial Taw and econo-
mics; Mr. Harold Doster, head of
accounting department, associate
instructor of commercial math
and off)' ^ machines; Hoyt Al-
ford, head cf !ax accounting and
introductory lookke-spinp; Nora
Ann Hudgins, serves ar sec-
tary to th? school and to Mr.
Price; also sreves in rr"';ti-a"m !
of students and in kaeping per- j
manent files on each trainee; i
Travis N. Price, manager cf the t
school, and instructs offici train- .
ing, secretariat practice, econo-
mics, advanced typewriting, bus-
iness spelling and vocabulary
building and serves as registrar
and business manager.
one is invited to attend. Men
bring a man's gift, women a wo-
man's gift, children, a child's gift.
Names wiil be drawn after the
crowd arrives, and there will be
presents for each person.
PRIMROSE
Mrs. G. M Harry
Mr. and Mrs. PauT Moake, Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Moake, Mr. and
Mrs. Arlie B. Moake of Houston,
visited relatives here over the
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Jackson
and children of Rusk, visited Mr.
and Mrs. John M. Reece, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Biil Hunter and
Tittie daughter. Nancy, spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Framk James. Mr. and Mrs. Hun-
ter returned home Sunday. Nancy
remaining for a weeks' visit with
her grandparents.
Mrs. Frank James and Mrs.
G. M. Harry were shopping in
Lufkin Thursday. They were ac-
companied by Mrs. Howard
Brewer o<f Alto.
Mr. and Mrs. Floy Creel went
shopping in Lufkin last Saturday.
Mrs. Haney's mother, Mrs.
Mullens of Cushing, has come to
spend an indefinite period of time
with Mr. and Mrs. Haney. j petty officers in any rating, under
Mr. and Mrs Alton Hicks visited igg and with at least three years
in Tyler last Wednesday. active service.
There will be a Christmas tree I
and program at the Missionary [ The millenmium will approach
MORE NAVY MEN
TO COLLEGE
The Navy is going to double
the number of petty officers it
will send to college next year
under the Navy Eniisted Advance
School Program.
The Navy also announced here,
that it will make more
money available for its tuition aid
program. Under it, the Navy pays
up to 75 per cent of tuition costs
for personnel taking off-duty ed-
ucational courses.
This year the Navy sent 50
petty officers in 17 ratings to
Purdue University. It now plans
to select 100 top-notch petty of-
ficers for a two-year college
training next fail. The program
now has been opened to all male
Baptist Church Thursday night, when principles outweigh profits
beginning at 7:00 o'clock. Every-^ and politics.
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Remember your departed ones with real
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