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THE ALTO HERALD
'J
ibitshed 1896
A!to, Texas, Thursday, August 7, ! 958
Number 9
..-El
:
Looking
Around
had Football Coach, Buck
kli, is spending this week in
attending coaching school,
L, neans that some new plays t
Igtmw up on the football field
the comity season. Inci-
ta'liy, the Jackets have a good
C this year. The Season foot-
tickets are now available.
L, v.d seats season tickets may
obtained by calling 161-W any
between 800 ajn. and noon
hday through Friday of each
tp,,nhng to our Wells reporter,
dt a hot day in Wells Sunday.
^<!iiercury rose to a sizzling
i 1M,degrees at 2:30 p. m. Rainfall
^ .15 of an inch. The low
! temperature was 76 and the
was about five miles per
thermometer has jumped
K^IDO several times this month.
fg])o remarked that it was hot as
We wonder how he knew,
j ht- been there, or is he just
: it here on earth.
*
)rnicrs and motorists are
[led by the Texas Farm and
Ich Safety Council to be extra
Hut as they travel the high-
,nd byways during the
!ig months. The Council points
that this is the season when
farm machinery must move
highways and they urge
crs to take no machinery onto
„sy road unless it is properly
ed or lighted for night travel,
brists are warned to be on the
for slow moving farm ma-
!s. Records show that colli-
between farm tractors and
hiubiies very often result in
for the tractor driver.
*
B. & P. W. Club members
been made happy the past
by more of the people of
i city and surrounding com-
ct:M donating funds toward
Erecting of more street
[cers. Keep them coming in
[ we will soon have all the
i streets marked, and you may
fure the club really appre-
your help.
*
pf Rusk Hons Club will pre-
thcir tenth R.C.A. Approved
jto August 7, 8, 9 at 8:00 p.m.
!e Rodeo Arena. Rusk Lion
officers say they and the
"f Rusk are making added
M this year to make this the
Kt a decade of fine rodeos,
by Estos, who produced the
[ x Rusk Rodeos will also
this year's show. Main
"ill be barcbaak bronc
^ '(Idle bronc riding, calf
" bulldogging and bull
' !'be Club officers said the
^ nal welcome is out to ail
} !' xins to visit Rusk and at-
one of the section's finest
Native Ga!, Now
Miss Texas
Miss Texas was crowned in
Amarillo Saturday evening and,
naturalty, she's from Cherokee
County. Her mother. Mrs. Irma
Hendricks, taught in the Alto
Elementary School several years
ago.
Mary Nell Hendricks, thg 22-
year-oid school teacher who won
the title, graduated from Lon Mor-
ris College in 1953 and called
Forest, down in the southern part
of the county her home.
Faculty members at Lon Mor-
ris who had her as a student are
quite proud of her achievements.
In the 1953 yearbook the follow-
ing information is beside her pic-
ture: Mary Neil Hendricks, For-
est, Texas. "A girl with great
ambitions, high ideals, and an un-
Ft/AfFRAL R/TES HELD
TUESDAY FOR
E. C. not/sro/v
Funeral services for Edward
C. Houston, 76. of 711 East Earle,
Tyler, were held Tuesday at 3:00
P. m. in the First Methodist
Church here with burial in the
Oid Palestine Cemetery. Mr.
Houston died Monday in Tyler.
He formerly resided in Aito be-
fore moving to Tyler several
years ago.
Officiating ministers wer^ the
Rev. Mouzon Fietcher, pastor of
St. Paul Methodist Church, Tyler,
and the Rev. Leo Hopkins.
Survivors include his widow,
A^rs. Bertha Houston. Tyler;
three sons, Foy Houston, Bastrop,
La., Newton Houston of Houston,
and R. R. Houston, Fort Worth;
four daughters. Mrs. Gten Dom-
iny, Aito. Mrs. Owen Brooks, Hot
Springs, Ark., Mrs. Pauline Smith,
Fort Worth, and Mrs. J. C. Irwin,
Tyler; two brothers, Mallie Hous-
ton, Alto, and Bolin Houston,
Madison viile; 10 grandchildren
and ""e great-grandchild.
CENTRAL H/GH
coMMt/Af/TY
MEFT/NG
There will be a meeting of the
Centt-al High Community Center
at Central High School Building
on August 11, 8:00 p. m.
The program will be presented
by Mr. James Crammer, the
subject to be "Our Educational
System."
Everyone in the Community is
urged to attend.
conquerable spirit."
Miss Texas is now a teacher at
Arlington. She will represent Tex-
as in the Miss American pageant
Sept. 1-6 in Atlantic City, New
Jersey.
LMC Dean Henry Robtnson re-
called that Miss Hendricks gradu-
ated from high school at tha age
of 15 and entered Lon Morris,
graduating at the age of 17. He
said she had her Bachelor of Arts
Degree before she was 18.
The 5 foot 6 inch beauty was a
member of LMC's Masque and
Wig organization. Reiigious Coun-
cil, Morris Maids, A Cappella
Choir, McManis Trio, Pi Delta Phi
Reporter, and M. S. M.
Moliy Pearson, whose parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Pearson, are
both instructors at LMC, and who
is hersetf a student there now, re-
members Mary Neil and also re-
caiis the last time she saw her.
It was in 1956 when Molly was
returning on a train from Chica-
go, and Mary Nell, who had just
returned from a trip to Europe,
was on the same train. She says
they had an enjoyable visit,
taiking over "old times."
When Mary Nell, w h ^ s e
measurements by the way are
35-23-36, goes to the Miss Amer-
ica contest in September, she'll
have at least one college full
of friends who are hoping she'll
capture more honors for her-
self and their alma mater.
GLOR/A ANN H/LL
SYLVIA HA THORN
W/N HONORS
Miss Gloria Ann Hill won a blue
ribbon in District Dress Revue
held in Nacogdoches July 29th.
She competed with 12 other girls
from other communities in District
9.
She was chosen as one of the
top three in the Senior Division.
Gloria Hiil will represent Chero-
kee County in the State Dress
Revue October 4th, which will be
held in Daiias at the State Fair.
Miss Syivia Ann Hnthorn rep-
resented Cherokee County in Dis-
trict Dress Revue. She won a blue
ribbon in the Junior Division.
There were ]2 others participating
in the Junior Division.
M. L. Briggs and mother, Mrs.
Witma Briggs, of Port Arthur,
spent the past week-end here
visiting with the latter's mother,
Mrs. A. D. Acrey. Mrs. Briggs re-
mained for a weeks' visit.
can go just as far as you
1/T'd you will not find the
"y better than the peo-
'bis community.
^s!eyan Service
To Have
bic Supper Aug. 13
[ loyan Service Guild
!)ive their annual picnic
Wednesday night. August
P. m., at the Lions Club-
y ''tubers are urged to come
a picnic iunch and a
FREE FOOD
*'! ' rokce County Office of
' Department of Public
' "i!l issue USDA Corn-
Wednesday, Aug. 13.
' " 'iay. Aug 14 on the East .
' 'he Courthouse Square j
f'i r,..
to
Mrs. TMi Smith, k
)f" ''ator of the program.
' < modities will be issued j
with the !ast namefl
with A through K on
X and those starting
through Z on Thursday,
tding issuing cards, are
p !.
,n
*o be sure and bring
n this date. Those re-
mmodities are asked to
' 'itainers for this food.
ATP Pretty Sharon Rushing. 19-year-old daugh-
OUEEN CANDIDATE—HL.Y . ^ ]ovely young
n^rMrs. bounty Farm Bureau
htdie- contending ^ selected <yi September 13 and wtll
Queen. The Q'""'" The thirteen district queens will
^mpete^in )dist<MCtgComi^^ ^ Q^en" at Corpus Christi
in November.
L. A PARrLOW
D/ED EARLY
THURSDAY
Lucius I. Partlow, 70, passed
away early Thursday morning of
last week in the Newbum Hos-
pital at Jacksonville, after a brief
illness.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 p. m. Friday in the First
Baptist Church, the Rev. J. M.
Thomas, pastor, officiating. He
was assisted by the Rev. Walter
Klingle, pastor of the First
Methodist Church. Interment was
in the Meador Cemetery, near
Jacksonville, with arrangements
in charge of O. T. Allen & Son
Funeral Home of this city.
Mr. Partlow was a native of
Cherokee County, having been
born at Jacksonville Dec. 27, 1887
and moved to Alto In 1923, where
he resided until his death. He was
a carpenter by trade, and was well
known throughout the Alto area.
He had been a member of the First
Baptist Church for many years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Carrig Partlow, Alto; one son,
William Partlow, Alto; three
daughters, Mrs. A, C. Jenkins,
Jacksonville, Mrs. Q. T. Gibson,
Longview, Mrs. Glenn Good-
win, Jr., Bryan; two sisters, Mrs.
R. T. Hallmark. Killeen, Mrs.
Ada Haws, Teague; and nine
grandchildren.
One son preceded him in death
nine years ago.
REV/VAL TO RE
HELD AT OLD
PALEST/NE CHURCH
Old Palestine Baptist Church
members and friends will be priv-
ileged to hear Rev. Jas. Garrett,
Evangelist from the Sunset Ave.
Baptist Church, Jacksonville,
during their one week revival
slated to start Sunday evening
August 17. Rev B. B. Fields, Cen-
tral Baptist Church, Jacksonville
will be the song leader for the
week.
There will be services twice
daily Monday through Friday.
Morning services will be held at
6:45 a.m. The evening services will
be held at 8:00 p.m.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the revival for both
morning and evening.
W. S. C S HAVE F/NAL
LESSOR ON MARCH OF
M/SS/ONS FOR
Monday morning at 9:00 o'clock
the Woman's Society of Christian
Service had their final lesson on
March of Missions for 1957-58 in
the Little Chapel.
The program was ably presented
by Mrs. Jack Nicar and daughter,
Charlotte. They gave the lesson
as a dialogue between an Aunt,
who had been a deaconess for 31
years, and her high school niece.
Charlotte wanted to know why
nil the difference in dress and
hair style now as compared to
then. Her auntie had to go into
detail telling her what a tremen-
dous influence environment has
on people. The deaconess had
spent her life telling people God
is Beauty as well as Love. Her
first and foremost purpose always
was to help people find God and
grow in their conception of, and
relationship to Him. The purpose
of life is to give, rather than re-
ceive, to serve rather than to be
served. The brotherhood of man
cannot be thought of as including
persons of only one color or creed.
We are not citizens of just one
city or state but citizens of the
world.
When the deaconess finished
telling what a full and rewarding
life she had spent, the niece said
she wanted to be a deaconess too.
Mrs. S. P. Fox closed the session
with appropriate comments,
scripture and prayer.
rHAAfKS TO VOTERS
OF CHEROKEE
cot/NTY
I appreciate sincerely being
nominated by you to the office of
County Treasurer.
I want to take this means of
thanking each and everyone for
this expression of confidence and
1 am grateful to have the privi-
lege to continue my service as
your County Treasurer.
Miss Bernice Williams.
Loca! Deiegates Eiected
For State Convention
An uninstructed delegation to
the Democratic state convention
in San Antonio Sept. 9 was elect-
ed in a mild Democratic county
convention at the courthouse in
Rusk Saturday afternoon.
The delegation was bound by
the customary unit rule, other-
wise no resolutions were adopt-
ed. A resolution proposed from
the floor urging support of Gov.
Price Daniel and his program
was tabled.
Delegates elected to the state
convention were:
Mr. and Mrs. (in all cases)
Leo W. Tosh, Lewis Banks,
James Turney, Paul Cox, L. G.
Teutsch, Thomas Wallace, Har-
old Miller, Dan Bus, E. C. May,
S. S. A. MAM
ro RE /N cot/NTY
rW/CE WEEKLY
A representative of the Tyler
Social Security Administration
office visits Cherokee County
twice weekly. On Thursdays from
10 a.m. to noon, R. Bruce Harper,
Field Representative, is in the
basement of the post office in
Jacksonville.
Harper visits Rusk on Fridays
and is in the County Court Room
from 10 a.m. to noon to assist any-
one with a problem concerning
social security.
Each Thursday morning from
8:55 to 9:00, Harper can be heard
over Radio Station KEBE in
Jacksonville. At that time each
week he discusses some phase of
the social security program.
s
TEXAS STAND/NG
/AT TREE FARMS
/S CHALLENGED
Diboll — It's a good year for
the Tree Farm program in Texas.
In the last 12 months certified
Tree Farms have increased 13 per
cent to 1,064 and acreage has
climbed 6 per cent to 3,656,359.
A total of 122 Tree Farms and
nearly 224.000 acres added in a
year — Texas Tree Farm Chair-
man Kenneth Nelson should be
happy.
But he isn't!
That gain is citing timberland
owners whose properties meet the
high standards of the industry-
operated American Tree Farm
System is good, but the Lone Star
State's second place standing in
number of Tree Farms is being
challenged by Alabama.
"The figures look fine at first
glance," commented Nelson, whose
committee has the task of ap-
proving Texas Tree Farms, "but
as a matter of simple truth we
aren't even holding our own."
Aiabama, which trailed Texas
by as many as 170 Tree Farms
this year, now is behind by only
31 and is gaining rapidly. Spurred
by a Tree Farm race with three
neighboring states — Mississippi,
Florida and Georgia — Alabama's
committee certified 138 units in
June to strengthen her third-place
ranking and put the heat on Texas.
"We certainly hope to stay
ahead of Alabama and have high
hopes of catching Mississippi in
the near future," Nelson said,
adding that he thinks the award-
ing of a plaque for the first time
this year by the Texas Forestry
Assn. to the most active Tree
Farm inspector will help to stim-
ulate the program.
He said a meeting of the Tree
Farm Committee was set for late
July "to help our standing before
Alabama catches up."
//V APPREC/AT/ON
I want to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation to Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Poore, James
Simmons and Arthur Kirk for
coming to my aid so promptiy
Sunday evening when the electric
wire shorted out in my yard.
Ophelia Harrison
HELLO NEIGHBOR
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Martin
are the proud parents of a little
son, born July 29 in the Nan
Travis Hospital at Jacksonville.
The happy grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McLain of
this city.
J. S. Lewis, C. S. Ousley, B. H.
Broilee, J. H. Peacock.
Also. Mrs. Helen Stewart, Mr.
and Mrs. (in all cases) Dave
Cole, Terry Perkins, W. E. Stone,
Sr., C. C. Gaston, A. L. Looney.
Also, Bobby Butler, Mrs. Don
Allcorn, R. G. Sweeney, W. C.
Wisener.
Also, Mr. and Mrs. (in all
cases) Theodore Welch, Elton
Grisham, Vester Douglas, J. A.
Eidson, T. W. Butler, Adon Dun-
can, Claude Chisum, Charles L.
Kerr.
Mrs. Nora Christopher, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Thompson, J. W.
Chandler, Clavis Tipton, H. H.
Riehey, Marion Ross, W. W.
Glass?,' Claude Burke, Blake
Garmon, Kenneth Dixon, Buster
Rogers, C. C. Bearden, W. H.
Harrison and C. G. Mattair.
County Chairman A. N. Bar-
ber opened the convention with
a prayer.
Emerson Stone's nominations
of Louis Banks for temporary
chairman and Harold Miller for
temporary secretary were ac-
cepted without opposition.
On a point of order raised by
Summers Norman, a roll call of
precincts present was taken. All
precincts in the county were
found represented with the ex-
ception of four. These were Pet.
13, Forest, Pet. 24, Henry's
Chapel, Pet. 35, Reese, and Pet.
26, Pleasant Hill. Together, they
had a delegate strength of 12
votes.
Convention committees named
were:
Credentials: C C. Skillern, chair-
man; Clyde Weaver, Kenneth
Dixon, H. H. Richey, James Tur-
ney, C. C. Gaston, and John
Lewis.
Delegates: W. E. Stone, chair-
man, Clovis Tipton, Hollie Der-
rett, Thomas Wallace and Adon
Duncan.
Order of Business: Mrs. Dora
Grisham, chairman; Mrs. Don
Allcorn, Mrs. Lewis Banks, Mrs.
Ann Kerr, Mrs. Hood Jones, Mrs.
R. L. Jones, and Mrs. Helen
Stewart.
Resolutions: Dan Bus, chair-
man; Norton Walley, Dave Cole,
R. W. Summers, Terry Perkins,
Lamont Teutsch, and C. C.
Bearden.
Reports of all committees were
accepted.
MRS. FEATAfER W/LL
ATTE/VD SHERWOOD
SEM/AfAR /JV CH7CAGO
Mrs. Annie E. Fenner of this
city, affiliated teacher of Sher-
wood Music School, Chicago, 111.,
will leave Sunday, Aug. 10, to at-
tend the 28th Seminar of the
school. The seminar is devoted to
meeting the needs of the music
teacher for a "refresher" period
in which to prepare for the sea-
son to come.
There wiil be 12 piano master
classcs conducted by Leo Podot-
sky, Leon Rosenbloom and Her-
bert Rennison. Six sessions will
bring the new solo and ensemble
teaching repertoire. Four open
forums conducted under the
chairmanship of Minnie B. Shan-
non, President of the Seminar
Club, for the exchange of ideas
on meeting every day teaching
problems. Seventeen Theory
classes based on the teaching of
theory, harmony and history of
music. Seven recitals by Artist
Teachers and performers. Eleven
luncheons at Toomey's, the
luncheon of the Chicago Music
Festival at the Conrad Hilton
Hotel, and the attendance of the
Chicagoland Music Festival in
the Soldier Field will include
the regular activity of the teach-
ers attending the Seminar.
Mrs. Fenner will return Aug.
24 to rrange schedule for the
winter season.
Card Of Thanks
I want to thank those who
sent cards, letters and flowers
and visited me while I was in the
hospital and Guy's Nursing
Home. There's nothing like
knowing you have So many
friends.
Mrs. Jake Wood.
FARM AGEAfT
TAKES Dt/T/ES
//V CHEROKEE
Steve Lilly assumed the duties
of Cherokee County Farm Agent
last week, succeeding C. M.
Heald, who retired Thursday
after completing 33 years as a
county agent, 22 of them in
Cherokee County.
Lilly is a Nacogdoches native,
graduate of Texas A. & M. col-
lege. an air force veteran, and
comes to this county from Rusk
County, where he was assistant
county farm agent two years.
Previously, Lilly was agent in
rural development for Shelby
and San Augustine Counties two
years.
Lilly has degrees from Stephen
F. Austin State College and Texas
graduate work in Cornell Uni-
versity and Colorado State Uni-
versity.
WOMAAf ARRESTED
FOR PASS/JVG RAD
CHECKS /TV V'V/LLE
Sheriff Alien Dotson said Satur-
day morning that Mrs. G. C. Hen-
son, who was arrested Thursday
in the Jacksonville J. C. Penney
store while trying to pass a worth-
less check, had been taken to
Henderson to clear up a few hot
checks she had allegedly passed
there.
Earlier Thursday she gave a
$25 check to Haws Shoes for $14.30
in merchandise and $10.70 in cash.
The clerk became suspicious and
contacted the First National Bank,
on which the check was drawn,
and learned the woman had no
account there. Other stores were
immediately notified to watch for
her.
When she presented a $25 check
at Penney's the police were called
and Chief Sam Bollinger and
Patrolman Raymond Harper ar-
rested her. She nude a statement
to them that the checks were no
good. She was transferred to the
county jail in Rusk Friday.
Sheriff Dotson said she is mak-
ing restitution to Haws Shoes for
the check.The 42-year-old woman
gave several abases, including
Mildred Lois Henson, Mrs. Jerry
Stevens, Louise Henson, and Mrs.
George Henson.
She said her last employment
was as a fry cook and waitress in
Clovis, New Mexico, and gave her
husband's name and address in
Dallas.
NEXT CLASS SET
AT VOCAT/OAfAL
Aft/RS/JVG SCHOOL
The NaA Travis Vocational
Nursing School will be starting
their seventh class of Vocational
Nurse students in October of this
year. Pre-entrance intelligence
tests will be administered on Sep-
tember 2, 3, and 4.
There has been a change in the
school policies by the Advisory
Board of the school and the Hospi-
tal Board. A copy of the new po-
licy and rules together with an
application blank for admittance
into the school can be obtained
f!<om the Nan Travis Memorial
Hospital Nursing Office, or at the
classroom from the instructor,
Mrs. Margaret Concilio, R. N.
All applications must be in by
September 1 in order to be able
to qualify for this falls class. Ap-
plications received after that data
will be placed on file for the class
of 1959. A large number of ap-
plications have already been re-
ceived, however, class enrollment
for this year will be based on the
qualifications of the applicant to-
gether with the results from tha
pre-entrance test.
Mrs. M. H. Hopson and sons,
Mike and Jimmy, of Carthage, are
visiting here this week with Mr.
and Mrs. Poore while Mr. Hopson
is in Houston attending the Texas
school of hard Knocks—the annual
Texas High School Coaches As-
sociation football and basketball
Clinic.
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