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course, any tax
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Hts S t home management
bhop^kUKUst 23-27, for Ex-
ion ho) e economists. Speak-
wiill! iudo educators, soci-
d Extension subject
ters])ia!istsfromanum-
M'jH s. Approximately 45
t.m e demonstration
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BjH <y Extension home
specialists. Mrs.
prt is general chair-
ticty of tomato de
pduce during the hot
jths is doing well at
diseases Experiment
tim. The new variety,
was developed by
Harrison, plant pa-
}Hie Yoakum Station.
garden type tomato
} fruit from late spring
fost.
Area Examination Set How The Hunter
In Masonic Ritual Rn r.
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Ritual
At Jacksonville
An examination for proficiency
in Masonic rituai has been set for
Monday, September Cth. at 8:00
a m. in JaeksonviHe Lodge 108. The
examination will be conducted by
J. Guy Smith, Regional Command-
er of the Texas Department of
Public Safety, Dallas, and a mem-
ber of the Texas Masonic Grand
Lodge Committee on Work.
Masons in this area who qualify
in the examination wiii be granted
certificates of proficiency in the
Masonic ritual at the Annual Com-
munication of the Masonic Grand
Lodge of Texas to be held in Waco
December 1st.
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marks the opening
hing dove season in
tone, which covers
^fifths of the state,
ell. wildlife coordi-
? Texas Parks and
artment, saidpros-
ftV'nabieforsubstan-
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^gomc bird in Texas.
<orts indicate a
hatch in most
^h t food and water
ave been adequate,
tfew scattered areas.
!ng mourning dove
nt at noon Septcm-
bf reinforced within
by two distinctive
will bethetradi-
winged dove shoot
'de Valley counties.
! ^-5 and September
pther will be an ex-
ason on teal ducks,
i-12. Special permits.
Med by deadline, are
the teal hunt, for
iisafourper-dayand
ssession limit after
[Moiled hunters that
lg will be permitted
sunset, that the
^tions involving plug-
three shots and
prevail, and that the
;Et ison will not open
September 25.
life coordinator said
to hunt usually is
P<"' and that grain
seed areas and the
fatefavored shooting
Pvised hunters to ob-
[ owners permission
shooting on high-
er" cars.
,timitisi2adayor
ysion. after the first
white-winged dove
12 mourning doves
^tewing, with double
sion after the first
P°ve must retain one
fred wing until fi-
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County Wildlife
Association To Stock
Wild Turkeys
The Cherokee Wiidlifc Associa-
tion met August 16, 7:30p.m., in
the City Hail at Welts. About forty
members were present at this
meeting. Representatives of the
Parks & Wildlife Association met
with the group to work out the
finai details in stocking 40-50
thousand acres in the East Texas
area with wild turkeys.
The meeting was caiied to order
bytheprcsident, Jack Stone. Mr.
Stone introduced Messrs. Charts
Barr, Ray Ogiesbee, Coy McAn-
nally and Emit Smith.
Mr. Smith, who is the state
biologist from New Braunsfeis,
was the main speaker at the meet-
ing.
Eastern type or Fiorida turkeys
will bo used to stock the East
Texas area. This type of turkey
was stocked in Jasper. Hardin and
Tyler Counties in 1961 and the
operation has proven very success-
ful Mr. Smith stated that in the
past 11 years the Parks & Wildlife
Department had placed 12,000
turkeys and 16.000 white tail deer
areas where there had been
very little game, if any. and that
Me operation had been very
successful.
According to Mr. Smith the
eastern type turkeys tend to live
principaily in a close range. They
like a damp area, like a river
bottom, and like to feed on craw-
fish and other marshland life.
Men who will be working with
the land owners are Cecii Good-
man, F. T. Sessions, Jack Stone,
Lewis Thomas. Dr. J. C. Hiil and
John B. Slover.
Respects Private Land
Wdl Determine Future
Dove season opens in the
North Zone in Texas on Septem-
ber 1, and many hunters will be
going afieid for the first time.
The respect they have for the
landowner and his property will
determine much of the future
of hunting in the State.
Obtaining permission before
entering private lands is first
and foremost on a long list of
musts" for tyro and exper-
ienced hunters. Trespass iaws
in Texas are clearly defined,
and must be respected at all
times. Open gates should be left
open, and closed gates should be
securely closed. Also on the list
is the fence and its condition.
Fence repair takes up much
time on a farm or ranch, and
they should not be damaged at
anytime. The farmer has in'
stalled gates to boused, and
crawling through a fence will
many times rip wire loose and
weaken post settings.
A man-to-man talk with a
rancher will often assure the
hunter of entrance on the land,
and wiii assure him that the
hunter is responsible and care
fu!. Shotguns used wisely pose
little danger to buildings, equip-
ment or livestock, and your as-
surance of proper respect for
private property will make you a
welcome guest rather than an
unwanted bother.
Our farmers and ranchers
raise our game in Texas, and
they know hunting is necessary
to maintain a balance of wildlife
under our modern management
practices, but they want the
surplus harvested in a wise and
careful manner. Help him, ashe
helps you.
Teachers To Be
Honored By O. E. S.
Alto Chapter No. 496, O.E.S.,
will honor three of their mem-
bers with an informal get-
together Friday evening, be-
ginning at 7:00 o'clock at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeter I.
Dean. Members to be honored
are Mesdames Helen Quarles,
Anola Martin, and Brice Jeter.
AH three were teachers in the
Alto Independent School System
until their retirement time at
the end of the 1964-65 school
year.
Mrs. Minnie Gibbins
Died Saturday;
Interment Sunday
Mrs. Minnie Gibbins, 80, life-
time Cherokee County resident,
died Saturday morning at her
home here after an extended
illness.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the O. T. Allen and Son Funeral
Home with the Rev. C. H. Ha-
ley, officiating. Interment fol-
lowed in the Old Palestine
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Harold Par-
ker, Jimmy Wolfe, Arlen Burk-
halter, Paul demons, D. W.
Carnline, and Denvel Harrison.
Survivors include three sons,
J. T. and Edgar Gibbins, Alto,
and Carl Gibbins, Mauriceville;
two daughters, Mrs. May Par-
ker and Mrs. Myrtle Goodman,
Alto; 16 grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
1965 ASC
COMMITTEE
ELECTIONS
Approaching Marriage Announced
and Mr. Dudley Qulncy Haralson
and approaching marriage. The
W M Perkins of Bossier City,
of Alto. The prospective
of Mrs
Miss Virginia Beth Byntim
announce their engagemutt
bride-elect is the daughter of ^ _
La., and Mr. Charles I.'h" EtUott of Hurst and Mr. E.
bridegroom is the son of M^. ^ ^ event of Decern-
Miss Bynum
is " graduate 'j graduated from
IcdArlingtonStateCouegr
High School, Haltom
he graduated from
shereceivedherB.S.
City, and attendeu pails, where
Midwestern University. . „,itie teaching in Hurst Junior
Degree in Education. of Birdvillc High School
High School. M'' gton state College, where he will re-
and is now attending A
ceivehisB. A. Degree in January.
Slates of nominees for member-
ship on ASC community commit-
tees have now been established at
the ASCS county office. The pres-
ent ASC Committee is making a
special effort to encourage the
greatest possible participation of
eligible voters in the election. Any
local resident who is eligible to
take part in an ASCS farm pro-
gram may vote and hold office as
committeeman regardless of
race, color, creed, or national
origin.
We want the best men available
to serve on our ASC committees,"
Chairman W. T. Rogers declared,
"because the committee system is
the backbone of farm programs—
those dealing with conservation of
soil and water, as well as the price
support activities for various
commodities. In later years, the
farmer-elected committee system
—unique in the history of agri-
culture—has been studied inten-
sively by a committee of farm and
public administration experts
cspeciaily appointed by the Secre-
tary of Agriculture for that pur-
pose. The system not only has been
retained, but has been greatly
strengthened."
Here in Cherokee County, Mr.
Rogers points out, 1500 farmers
(50 percent of the total) took part
last year in one or more programs
administered by the ASC Commit-
tee. Funds disbursed under the
Committee's supervision last year
amounted to $540,000.00. Last year
also, 18,000 acres of farmland were
improved under the Agricultural
Conservation Program costsharing
arrangement. This cost $312,000.00,
with about half coming from the
! participating farmer, the balance
[from ACP.
} "So you can see that ASC com-
! mitteemen in Cherokee County are
in effect board members of a big
business," the Chairman continued.
"This points up the urgency in
getting out the greatest possible
cross-section of farmers in com-
munity elections."
A "farmer eligible to vote in
committee eiections," according to
the Chairman, is generally a
farmer who is eligible to take part
in one or more of the national farm
programs which the ASC commit-
tee helps to administer. A person
eligible to hold office as a com-
'i I mitteeman is a local resident who
is eligible to vote in the election
and who meets other qualifications.
Further information on these and
other qualifications may be ob-
tained from the ASCS county office.
In general, these rule out employ-
ees of the Department of Agri-
culture, holders of elective office,
land persons who have been dis-
honorably discharged from a mil-
itary service or removed from of-
fice for cause.
The election of ASCS Community
[Committees through out Cherokee
[county will be held by mail. The
ballots will be mailed from the
local ASCS Office on or about
August 27, 1965. The ballots must
jibe voted and mailed back to the
ASCS Office by September 8, 1965.
The ballots will be tabulated
September 13, 1965 in the Cherokee
County ASCS Office and this meet-
ing will be open to the public.
Each community election will
choose three community commit-
teemen and two alternates. The
chairman, vice chairman, and
third regular member of the elect-
ed ASC community committee will
also serve as delegates—and the
alternate committeemen will serve
as alternate delegates—to the
county convention to be held soon
there after. The ASC county com-
mittee will be chosen at the con-
vention which will be held Septem-
ber 22, 1965.
35 Persons Predicted
To Die In 3-Day
Holiday Traffic
Austin. —"Violations of the
Texas traffic law wiii be appar-
ent in nine out of every 10 acci-
dents which claim a human life
over the Labor Day Week-end,"
said Col. Homer Garrison in a
statement concerning the up-
coming holiday.
Col. Garrison, director of the
Texas Department of Public
Safety, said that DPS statistic-
ians estimate that 35 persons
will die in traffic during the
three day holiday.
"To combat carelessness and
attempt to hold down these
needless deaths," Garrison said,
"the DPS will conduct the reg-
ular special emphasis program,
'Operation Motorcide.' From
12:01 a. m. September 4 through
11:59 p. m. September 6, the De-
partment will use every means
at its disposal to reduce traffic
accidents."
As a part of "Operation Motor-
cide," a tabulation of fatal acci-
dents will be released from DPS
headquarters in Austin three
times daily to focus attention on
the dangers of holiday travei.
Garrison also noted that an ad-
ditional 150 men from other
DPS uniformed services wiii be
on duty to supplement the ac-
tivities of the Highway Patrol.
Garrison pointed out that al-
most all the accidents during
the 1964 Labor Day Week-end,
which killed 39 persons and in-
jured hundreds more, had vio-
lations of the law as contribut-
ing factors.
"The most common viola-
tion," he reported, "was the
failure to yield right of way,
followed closely by violations
where the driver exceeded a
safe speed for existing weather
orroadconditions."
County Residents
Affected By Social
Security Law Changes
News From Your
County Agent
By Johnnie A. McKay
The Mixon County Improvement
Organization met last Friday night
for their regular monthly meeting.
The main discussion for the
evening concerned problems re-
lating to community improvement
work and how some of these
problems might be approached.
The group planned an ice cream
supper and entertainment event
for Saturday night, August 28 at
7:30 at the school building. Every
one is invited to attend and bring
their appetite.
Frank Ross, president of the
organization, reported that he
thinks the water project is pro-
gressing normally with an ade-
quate number of applications
being completed.
******
Hay producers, don't forget to
bring your hay to my office for
the hay show on or before Septem-
ber 3, so we will have ample time
to get a protein analysis made.
The show will be Saturday, Sep-
tember 11 at the auction barn in
Jacksonville. One protein analysis
per person will be paid for by the
Soil Conservation District. Owners
names will not be placed on the
hay at exhibit time. Instead
numbers will be used to keep up
with entries.
We hope that as many of you
as possible will bring hay in this
week to facilitate sampling and
protein analysis.
Now is a good time to start
taking soil samples prior to seeding
winter pastures and fertilizing
established stands of clovers.
Collecting representative sam-
ples, providing a complete history
of past practices and indicating
yield goals for crops to be fertilized
are essential for obtaining reliable
soil test information.
Soil sample containers and in-
formation sheets are available
from our office. Instructions for
sampling arc on the back of the
information sheet.
NOTICE
The Stella Hill Library willbe
open from three to five every
Tuesday afternoon, and from
nine to eleven each Saturday
morning, beginning Tuesday.
September 7.
Card Of Thanks
Thanks to everyone who sent
me cards, flowers, and gifts,
and other expressions of kind-
ness while I was in the hos-
pital, also your visits were ap-
preciated.
Brenda Kay Lindsey. 13p
Most Cherokee County resi-
dents will be affected in some
way by one or more of the
changes made in the social se-
curity law by Congress this year,
Loye M. Copeland, social se-
curity district manager in Tyler,
announced this week.
The one change that will af
feet all who now get monthly
retirement, survivor, or dis-
ability payments is the 7 per
cent increase in the benefit
rate.
Monthly payments which pre-
viously ranged from $40 to $127
a month, will now be $44 to
$135.90 each month. The in-
crease will be effective with
January 1965. Inlate September
beneficiaries will get an extra
check for the difference between
the old and new rates for Jan-
uary through August, Copeland
added.
Another important change will
affect nearly everybody 65 or
over. A new program of health
insurance for the aged was es-
tablished. There are two parts
to this program—one a basic
plan of hospital insurance and
the second a supplemental med-
ical plan covering physicians'
and surgeons' fees as well as
other costs.
As a result of the amend-
ments—
—Widows may receive reduced
monthly payments as early as
age 60 if they choose, rather
than waiting until they are 62
foranunreducedbenefit.
—Benefits to children can
continue after age 18 until they
reach 22 if they are attending
school full time.
—A retired worker's monthly
benefit will be automatically re-
figured to take account of addi-
tional earnings which may in-
crease his payment.
—Certain persons 72 or over
may be able to qualify for
monthly payments even though
they did not have enough work
credit to get benefits before the
change in the law.
Low income farmers can
now report a greater amount of
gross income from farming un-
der the optional provision.
Copeland urged anyone having
aquestionaboutthe changes in
the Social Security Act to
write, phone, or visit the Tyler
social security office, located
105 West Front Street or see a
representative of the Tyler of-
fice who visits most large
towns regularly. Your post-
master has his schedule.
A New Tile Brick
Library Building
Fey Alto
The Thursday Study Club and
interested people, businesses
and organizations in Alto, have
undertaken the project of build-
ing a new library building to
house the Stella Hill Library
on the same site as the present
building on Quincy Street.
The first $100.00 has been do-
nated by friendsin, around, and
out of Alto to purchase the tile
brick from Dwight Lyons of
Haydite Tile, who will donate
the balance of the tile brick
needed to build the structure.
We need your help in donations
of materials, labor, and money.
Please come forward and be a
participant in this new project of
constructing the Stella Hill Li-
brary Building to help Alto's
young and old enjoy the benefits
derived from a library.
We want Alto to continue to
GROW.
You may contact any member
of the Thursday Study Club, the
Librarian, Alto Herald, City
Council, VFW, Boyd's Phar-
macy, International Harvester
or Southwestern Electric Serv-
ice Co., to contribute in this
worthwhile project of construct-
ing a new building for the Stella
Hill Library of Alto.
Texas Infant
Deaths Average
560 A Month
College Station —Many people
believe that infant deaths are a
thing of the past in Texas. This
is not so, according to records
of the State Department of
Health. In fact, they are rising
in a number of areas of the
state.
In a typical month last year,
over 560 infant deaths were re-
ported in Texas.
While infant mortality rates
declined in the nation asawhole
between 1950-1960, they rose in
seven of 10 of the nation's larg-
est cities. Two of these major
cities are in Texas. Rates also
have risen recently in other
Texas cities.
There are many causes for
the rise in infant deaths, says
Patsy Reynolds, Texas A&M
University Extension specialist
in family life education. "These
causes MM down to a major
factor which is lack of good
prenatal care for the expectant
mother."
This is especially true for the
very young mother or the mother
in moderate - to - low - income
levels.
"Wo must teach all mothers
—and especially the teenage
girl—how necessary this care is
to the health and even the very
life of their babies." says Miss
Reynolds. We can't afford this
loss of valuable human life, she
emphasized.
Card Of Thanks
To all our friends who have
shown such deep interest and
concern during the illness and
death of our mother and grand-
mother, please accept our sin-
cere thanks.
The Family Of
Mrs. Minnie Gibbins. 13c
News From
State Capital
By Vern Sanford
Austin. — As absentee voting
gets under way for the Septem-
ber 7 election on the proposed
constitutional amendment to in-
crease size of the Texas Senate
from 31 to 39 members, battle
lines are drawn.
State AFL-CIO is leading the
opposition. It charges that the
proposal isa'piginapoke"
offering no guides as to where
the new districts will go.
"Committee for Fair Repre-
sentation," made up primarily
of trade and industrial associa-
tion representatives, contends
that Texans would get "proper
representation without jeopar-
dizing the interests of sparsely-
settled areas" by adding eight
new members to the Senate.
Lobby groups acknowledge
they favor the plan because in-
creased membership would cut
down a senator's work load
somewhat and make it easier to
communicate with him.
The enlargement amendment,
which triggered one of the 59th
Legislature's most bruising bat-
tles, was intended to take some
of the sting out of legislative re-
districting by making it possible
for most incumbent senators to
keep their jobs.
Big city forces are divided,
while most rural interests tend
to favor a 39-member Senate.
Whether either campaign af-
fects the expected light voter
turnout remains to be seen.
Most predictions are that the
amendment will fail.
SCREWWORM BATTLE IN-
TENSIFIED — Federal-state air
invasion against the screwworm
fly was stepped up during July
with the release of 632,000,000
sterile screwworm flics over
Texas. New Mexico, Arizona,
California and 12 Mexican states.
Dr. S. B. Walker, Director of
the Texas Animal Health Com-
mission, and Dr. John Wilbur,
Veterinarian for the Animal
Health Division of U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, report that
115,800,000 sterile flies were re-
leased over Texas where 63 con-
firmed cases of screwworm were
reported. Special "hot spotting"
was directed in Texas and north-
ern Mexico river beds.
Largest number of confirmed
cases in Texas—25—was in Za-
vala County. New Mexico con-
firmed 29 cases; Arizona, 94;
California, three; and Mexico,
800, where 438,600,000 sterile
flies were released.
LABOR DAY TRAFFIC TOLL
PREDICTED — Department of
Public Safety estimates 35 will
die in traffic accidents in Texas
during the three -day Labor
Day holiday.
Violations of Texas traffic
laws will be apparent in nine
out of 10 of these accidents, says
Col. Homer Garrison Jr., DPS
director.
As part of stepped-up efforts
to curb the toll, DPS will add
150 men from other uniformed
services to supplant its regular
Highway Patrol force.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Holcomb
were in Augusta Monday morn-
ing visiting Mr. and Mrs. Early
Holcomb.
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