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The Saint Jo Tribune
Serving Wide Area of Cooke and Montague Counties In Northwest Texas
Established In 1898
VOLUME«
Saint Jo, Montague County, Texas, Friday, April 1, I960
NUMBER 18
Tom Creighton Speaker at
Optimist Club Wednesday
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Tom Creighton, County Attorney
oi Palo Pinto County and member
of the law firm of Creighton &
Creighton in Mineral Wells, was
guest speaker at the Optimist Club
Wednesday.
Ho served in the U. S. Navy
during World War II. then entered
the~Uuiversity of Texas School of
Law. After graduating in 1950 he
returned to Mineral Wells to
practice law.
He brought a very informative
talk on the problems of juvenile
delinquency in our society. He said
that 45% of the 11,000 prisoners in
the combined Texas Penal Institu-
tions today are under 25 years of
age and that over 50r£ of all felony-
offenses committed in the U. S. last
year were committed by boys 17
years of age or younger. He said.
"Boys are the material that men
are made of, and man without
purpose is like a ship without a
sail. The boys and men above
mentioned somewhere along the
way of life have failed to acquire
a purpose in life . . . and their
lives are upon the hands of the
parent . . . for all agree juvenile
delinquency is but the reflection of
parental delinquency . . .
"The responsibility for instilling
purpose in our youth lies primarily
not with the school teacher, not
with the church, certainly not with
the policeman, and not with this
organization, not with society, but
with the PARENT."
Among other fine organizations
in which Creighton has been active,
is the Boy Scouts of America. In
1952 and again in 1954 he was se-
lected as one of the outstanding
young men of Mineral Wells. His
wife was also guest of the club.
They are parents of three boys,
and members of the First Baptist
Church of Mineral Wells. Creighton
is presently a candidate for the of-
fice ot State Senator of the 22nd
district.
Forty-six members and guests
were present for Wednesday's meet-
ing. Bob Embry, who won first
place in the Saint Jo Optimist
Boys Oratorical Contest, was guest
of the club. Other guests were:
guest of W. E. Nunneley was Mr.
Brooks, Grandview, with Texas
Middleton Telephon Co.; Prentice
Harris, Saint Jo; Henry Johnson,
County Superintendent of Schools;
Mr. Morgan of Montague; and from
Forestburg. Miss Johanna Hanni-
gan, English teacher; Mrs. T. M.
White. Mrs. John M. Dunn, Mrs.
Homer Shears, timekeeper and
judges in the Oratorical Contest;
Gary Porterfield. George Barnett,
Glenn Romine, Tom Smith, and
Dale Schults, students who partici-
pated in the contest; also, Kay
Johnson, Judy Johnson, Jo Ann
Greenwood, and Sharon Eldridge,
all of Forestburg.
F.H.A. Members
Attend Area Meet
The local Future Homemakers
of America Chapter was well rep-
presented at the Area Meeting in
Denton on Saturday. March 26th.
Linda Durham was appointed to
register for the local group.
Miss Lillie Mae Stark. Jaeksboro,
Area V president, presided over the
meeting and led in the opening
and closing ceremonies.
Representatives from Texas i
Women's University and North
Texas State College gave greetings i
to the group, and Sue Travis from
Perrin gave the response. Margaret
King. State FHA president. Denton, I
conferred honorary memberships !
to the following: Mrs. Nell Orverty,!
homemaking teacher, Grapevine; j
Mr. Strickland. superintendent i
schools, Denton; Mary Evans, teach- !
er trainer. North Texas State
College; and Sandra Goeuring. past
Avea V president from Henrietta;
and Mrs. Billie Crawford, home-
making teacher. Jaeksboro.
Miss Stark, the main speaker of
the day gave the Presidents
Message which was very inspira-
tional.
The entertainment was presided
over by Janice Weatherly, Area I
Vice President from Carrollton. I
Humorous skits were presented by i
Carollton. Irving. Grapevine Senior,
and Fra Chapters. A report of the
National FHA meeting was given
by the Sanger and Henrietta Chap-
ters. The installation of new officers
was under the supervision of the |
Jaeksboro Chapter.
There were 3ome 2.352 future
homemakers attending the meeting. I
127 sponsors, about 200 parents, and j
6 few superintendents and princi- ;
pals. Members of the local chapter
attending were:
Linda Flusche, Randy Reed, Judy
Seibold, Cathy Boone, freshmen;
Linda Durham. Carolyn Weed. Judy
Thweatt, Sandy Yoder, sophomores;
Jo Ella Prather. Linda Henderson,
Obie Lee Graham, Gayle Embry,
Betty Jo Hutson, Connie Carver,
Trudy Bowman, Maxine Ice, Marion
Woods juniors; Betty Busby, Jane
Norman, Liz Preston, seniors.
Adults attending from Saint Jo
were Mmes. Dan Boone, Ira Carver,
Mack Thweatt, Lorea Reed, Gid
Prather, Breen Gaston, and Mrs.
Billy Phillips, sponsor
Band Members
Win Awards In
Dallas Contest
Members of the Saint Jo Band
manv awards in a Band Con-
in Dallas, Friday. March 25.
In the solo division entering
from Saint Jo were John Huchtons
nd Karen Martin, eighth grade,
o«d Jo Ella Prather, a junior. The
*«rls won first place. Results are
• A vet in for John Huchtons.
(For Details, See School News)
Services Held For
Jcsmes M. Layton
Tuesday, March 29
Services were held Tuesday.
March 29 in the Chapel of Scott
Bros. Funeral Home for James M.
Layton, who passed away in a
Wichita Falls hospital March 28th
the age of 77.
Mr. Layton has made his home
in the Saint Jo community for
many years.
Mr. Layton is preceded in death
by his parents and brothers and
sisters. Survivors are one niece,
Mrs. Ruby Maxwell, and 2 nephews,
Sterling and Henry Cole of the
Saint Jo Community, as well as
other nieces and nephews.
Officiating for services were Bro.
Winstead Cooper and Bro. Elmer
F. Little, Jr.
Interment was in the Montague
Cemetery.
Bearers were A. S. Thompson,
V. Gaston, Lee Husband. Neil
Thompson. John Morgan, Clarence
Dunn and Buster Jackson.
Services Held In Arkansas
For Former Saint Jo Resident
Funeral services for E. A. (Evan)
Morgan were held March 19 in
Mountain Top, Arkansas. He passed
away March 18.
Morgan was born March 3, 1874,
and when he was a boy, came to
the Saint Jo community with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Morgan.
They lived on the Fields Ranch,
then moved to the Bulcher com-
munity. They moved out on a
farm near Saint Jo in 1898 and the
younger children came to school
here. The family moved to Arkan-
sas in 1925. Morgan came back a
few years lated and lived alone
on the farm, then returned to
Arkansas to live with his brother,
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Morgan.
MARINE LANCE CPL. JIM 1VINS
LANDS ON FORMOSA COAST
FORMOSA (FHTNCT) — Marine
Lance Cpl. Jim L. Ivins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ivins of Route
1, Saint Jo, Texas, took part in a
huge amphibious landing exercise,
March 22, on Formosa's southern
coast with units of the Okinawa-
based Third Marine Division.
The exercise, termed "Operation
Blue Star", called for the Third
Marine Division to assemble in the
area on March 20 along with units
of the Hawaii-based First Marine
Brigade and U. S. - Republic China
navy, marine and air force
elements.
Purpose of the operation, which
comprised over 18.000 Marines and
70 Navy ships, was to promote
closing working relations between
U. S. and Republic of China forces
in practicing the conventional and
vertical assault type amphibious
landings.
Ivins was a 1958 graduate of
Saint Jo High School.
Training Session
For Census Takers
Friday, April 1st is the day!
All over the nation this week,
people have been trained to be
census enumerators. The details
they must master are many. Besides
that, they are being coached in
the most courteous and persuasive
ways of obtaining the needed in-
formation. Their questions are not
their personal ones, as you will
readily see, because they will
read them to you from the forms.
They are sworn to secrecy before
they begin. Anyway, who would
want to even try to remember any-
thing you told them when they
have to ask a thousand people the
same question?
The training sessions, conducted
by the crew leaders, were held on
March 28, 29, 30, and 31. Each
census taker received a total of
approximately sixteen hours of
instruction. Emphasis was placed on
the importance of a systematic,
thorough canvass of every dwelling
unit during the sensus to insure a
complete count. Class room train-
ing covered proper manner of
asking questions, use of the Census
questionnaire, Census definitions,
and map reading.
Map reading is an important
census-taking technique since, with-
out maps-, defining the limits of
each district to which a census
taker is assigned, the job would be
a welter of confusion. About
250,000 maps have been prepared
for the 1960 Census.. This provides
an individual map for each of the
250,000 districts into which the
country has been divided for the
census. Every census taker will be
furnished with a map of his dist-
rict. As they make their rounds,
census takers will be required to
canvass every street and road and
visit every housing within the
boundaries of their assignments
shown on these maps.
It is hoped all the citizens will
be cooperative with these employ-
ees of Uncle Sam when they knock
at your doors. This is the only way
to make this very necessary under-
i taking a success.
In our own county of Montague.
I this week an enumerator training
school is being taught by the Mon-
tague County crew leader. M -s.
Gussie D. Carlton of Saint Jo.
The enumerators for the county
are Mrs. Jo Thompson, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Boone, Mrs. Doris Jones, and
Mrs. Sandra Ice of Saint Jo; Mrs.
Shirley Henley of Caps Corner;
Mrs. Lola Thrasher and Mrs. Mari-
anne Bonds of Nocona; Mrs. Vashti
Cook, Mrs. Velma Freeman and
Mrs. Catherine Willis of Forestburg;
Mrs. Ruth Shipley and Mrs. Viloa
Bigbie of Spanish Fort;
Mrs. Lois Stayton and Benny G.
Motley of Sunset; Mrs. Jane Walker,
Mrs. Marguerette Crockett, and
Mrs. Ruby Baccus of Bowie; Mrs.
Wilda Adams of Saint Jo is Field
Reviewer and assistant to Mrs.
Carlton.
The enumerator for the corporate
city limits of Saint Jo is Mrs. Jo
Thompson. Mrs. Elizabeth Boone
will enumerate the rural areas
surrounding Saint Jo.
Services Held Here Tuesday for
Local Citizen, John Raymond
Southern Baptist
Sunday School
Convention Held
FORT WORTH (Spl.)—The pas-
tor of the nation's largest Southern
Baptist church decried the rising
curve of criminal statistics and
urged more than 10,000 Baptists
here to accept the vast responsi-
bility of fighting an all-out war
against juvenile delinquency Tues-
day.
Dr. W. A. Criswell, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Dallas,
keynoted the first nationwide Sun-
day School Convention, stating
that "more than 800,000 boys and
girls entered into career of crime,
murder, burglary, larceny, and sex
offenses last year."
"The city streets offer no diplo-
mas, they confer no degrees," he
said, "but they educate with terr-
ible precision."
Dr. Criswell warned Southern
Baptists from virtually every state
in the nation not to address their
teaching ministry to the masses
but to one person at a time.
Earlier during the opening ses-
sion Tuesday. Dr. James L. Sullivan,
executive secretary-treasurer of the
Baptist Sunday School Board in
Nashville, Tenn., called the con-
vention "one of Southern Baptist's
most significant meetings."
Special sectional and age group
meetings designed to help Sunday
School workers and pastors to im-
prove their programs are held each
day in four Fort Worth churches
and Southwestern Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary here.
The convention concluded Thurs-
day night with a youth emphasis
general session at Will Rogers
Memorial Colosseum.
Norris Onstead, Pastor of the
First Baptist Church, and Mrs.
Onstead attended the convention
from Saint Jo.
JOHN RAYMOND
John Raymond, long time resi-
dent of Saint Jo, passed away in a
Bowie Hospital the morning of
March 27, 1960.
Mr. Raymond was born August
15, 1884 at Dye Mound and was
the son of Berrett and Margaret
Raymond. He was married to Miss
Mable Parr March 12, 1912 at Dye
Mound.
Mr. Raymond has been a farmer-
stockman of Montague County all
his life with farming interest in
West Texas. His greatest interest,
however, was that of the church,
being a pastor of many churches
in Texas and Southern Oklahoma
for the past 42 or more year.
When moving to Saint Jo from
Dye Mound he moved his member-
ship to the Saint Jo Church of
Christ.
Funeral services were held in
the Church of Christ, Saint Jo at
2:00 p.m., March 29th. Bro. Henry
Chisom and Bro. Winstead Cooper
officiated.
Survivors include his wife; one
daughter, Mrs. Pearl Ebenesberger
of Dallas, Texas; one son, Roscoe
Raymond of Tulia, Texas; one son,
Johnny Raymond preceded his
father in death; 6 grandchildren;
and one sister, Mrs. Haggie Butler
of Tulia, Texas.
Interment was held in the
Mountain Park Cemetery.
Bearers were Jack Raymond,
B. Raymond Evans, Jack Alvis
Raymond. Loyd Butler, Bob Ray-
mond, A. B. Raymond, and L. D.
Butler.
FORMER HARDY
RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Bertha Mae Haris. 65, of
Ralls died at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday,
March 23, in a Lubbock hospital
following a long illness.
Mrs. Harris was born May 2, 1895
and was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Donnell. She was mar-
ried to Josh Harris in June of 1912.
They made their home in the
Hardy community before moving
to West Texas.
Mrs. Harris was a member of
the Methodist Church at Ralls,
Texas.
Funeral services were held March
24th in the First Methodist Church
at Ralls. The Rev. Walter White,
pastor, officiated and was assisted
by the Rev. W. A. Appling and the
Rev. William R. Tanner, both
pastors of churches in Lubbock.
Interment was in the Ralls
Cemetery under the direction of
Carter Funeral Home.
Survivors include: three daugh-
ters. Mrs. J. D. Randolph and Mrs.
Kenneth Harrington, both of Lub-
bock, and Mrs. Bob Johnson of
Hermleigh; three sons, Ernest
Harris of Ralls, Howard Harris of
Cone, and Thomas Harris of Lub-
bock; two brothers, Mravin Donnell
of Ralls and Raymond Donnell of
Fletcher, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs.
Charlie Boyd of Lubbock and Mrs.
Horace Embry of Saint Jo; 12
grandchildren and one great grand-
child.
VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
HELD HERE LAST WEEK
Forty-six volleyball teams in-
cluding fifteen men and women's
teams from Saint Jo and surround-
ing community were entered in
the Volleyball Tournament here
last week. The tournament was
sponsored by the High School
Athletic Department.
The Allen and Miller women
and men's teams from Bowie took
first placcs. In second place was
Hodge House men's team from
Nocona, and F & M Bank women's
team also from Nocona.
The First Baptist men and wo-
men's teams from Saint Jo won
first place in consolation.
This week a tournament is being
held in Muenster sponsored by the
Sacred Heart Alumni, and is
scheduled to end Saturday.
Under 5 - Over 15
Lack Polio Shots
The under five and over 15 age
groups are polio vaccination "soft
spots" in Texas.
A recent State Health Department
check of polio immunization levels
in several typical Texas commun-
ities show school age children are
well protected but that vaccinations
are lagging among youngsters under
five and persons over 15.
"Immunizations must continue
without letup if the disease is ever
to be really conquered," State
Health Commissioner J. E. Peavy
says.
"The record shows that persons
who have not taken the series of
three protective shots are 90 per-
cent more vulnerable to paralytic
polio than their neighbors who
have completed the series."
Dr. Peavy's note of caution comes
just in advance of the Texas polio
season. According to the pattern
of past years, the season is due to
get underway about the middle of
April.
Medical authorities agree that
the most beneficial time to begin
the shots is in advance of the an-
nual rise in polio case rates.
Persons who have not yet begun
the shots should star itmmediatcly,
the health commissioner empha-
sized. Persons now due for the
third shot should take it without
fail.
A booster shot a year or so after
the third shot has been recommend-
ed by leading specialists. It should
be administered at the discretion
of the family's physician.
"Community campaigns should be
aimed at known 'soft spots'—the
age groups under five and over
15," Dr. Peavy stresses.
Statistics are available to show
that almost twice as many cases
of polio occurred in the United
States during 1959 as during 1958.
Health and medical officials have
made it clear that the increase did
not indicate a failure of the vaccine,
but rather indicated a failure on
the part of people to get their shots.
Of the 526 cases diagnosed in
Texas last year, nine out of 10 had
not had the basic three shots rec-
ommended for maximum protect-
ion. More than half of last year's
victims were under five. Three-
fourth of them had not had a
single dose of vaccine.
"The higher the level of polio
protection through vaccination in
a given community, the better
chance that community has of es-
caping a polio outbraek," Dr.
Peavy asserts.
(A weekly feature of the Health
Education Division, Texas State
Department of Health.)
Christian Church
Institute To Meet
Churchmen from eighteen Christ-
ian Churches, including the First
Christian Church of Bowie, the
Central Christian Church of Nocona
and the First Christian Church of
Ringgold, all in Montague County,
will meet in Mineral Wells on
April 3rd for a Total Church Life
Institute. The institute is benig
sponsored by the Christian Church-
es of District 18 which includes an
area reaching from Palo Pinto to
Gainesville; and Stephenville to
Denton and Jaeksboro. Time of the
institute will be from 2:45 to 3:00
p.m.
The assembly will hear an ad-
dress on the theme, "The Ultimate
Mission of the Church." Following
this will be two symposiums on
"Christian Faith" and "Christian
Witness." The evening session will
include two hour workshops on all
phases of Christian education as
well as evangelism, world outreach,
setwardshnip, membership develop-
ment, worship, social action and
public relations.
Principal speaker for the Insti-
tute will be Dr. Tilford Swearingen,
the new Executive Director for the
Texas Board of Christian Churches.
Dr. Swearingen is the former presi-
dent of William Woods College in
Missouri. At one time, Swearingen
was associated with the United
Christian Missionary Society in
Indianapolis, headquarters for the
Christian Churches.
The institute is an annual pro-
gram of the district to provide
leadership training in every area
of churchmanship. The theme for
the current year is "Trainig for
Discipleship."
The host church will provide
nursery care for small children and
will serve a snack supper for 50c
per person.
Leaders include: Rev. Ken Ken-
non of Fort Worth, Rev. John
Enoch of Weatherford, Rev. Byron
Rose of Jaeksboro, Mrs. Jack
Frances, Mrs. Carl Kessler and Rev.
Tommie Bouchard of Mineral Wells,
Renne Allred, Jr., and Wallace H.
Mills of Bowie.
MIKE WEBSTER.
SOPHOMORE
ENGLISH MAJOR
Michael Gordon Webster, Saint
Jo, a sophomore English major at
North Texas State College, Denton,
has found college life very much
to his liking. Webster, known as
"Mike" to his friends around the
campus, likes the life so well that
he plans to spend the rest of his
life in the atmosphere of learning.
Webster doesn't plan to be a
life time student; his ambition is
to teach English. He has had an
interest in English and literature
since early childhood, and that
interest combined with his liking
for college life naturally led him
toward teaching as a career.
The sophomore English mapor is
taking two courses in his chosen
field at the present, English 232
and 455. English 232 is a continua-
tion of literature, beginning with
the Romantic period and going up
to the Contemporary period. The
455 course is a study of the English
poet, John Milton.
When asked which English course
he has enjoyed the most, Webster
answered, "Being a sophomore, I
haven't taken very many courses
yet. But so far, I like the Milton
course the best because of his
form or structral composition, and
because of the profound observa-
tions embodied in his works. I
think Milton is one of the greatest
poets ever to write in the English
language."
Instead of taking the regular
freshman English 132. Webster
took a 132 creative writing course
designed for those students that
show an aptitude for creative
writing. The course can be taken by
invitation from Dr. James Brown,
sponsor of the student literary
magazine, the Avesta. The invita-
tions are based on interest and
ability. Each student must submit
an example of his or her creative
ability in writing.
The young admiror of Milton has
posted a good record as a student
at North Texas. He pulled a 3.0
grade point average for his first
semester in college, and has a 2.8
overall average. The grade-point
system is based on grades that
students make. The 3.0 average was
a perfect score, or straignt "A"s,
and the 2.8 overall is mostly "A"s
with a smattering of "B"s.
Webster recently sent off an ap-
lication for Rice, where he plans
to take his degree in English.
The Saint Jo sophomore helps to
supplement the loans from the
National Defense Student Loan
program for his schooling by tak-
ing summer jobs. Last summer he
v.'orked as a salesman for the
Southwestern Bible company. He
worked in the North Carolina -
Virginia area where he had some
interesting experiences.
Webster related the story of his
first day in Birginia without very
much nostalgia: It was the first day
in a new territory, and therefore a
little strange to him. Being deter-
mined to overcome the apprehen-
sion that usually fills a salesman in
virgin territory, Webster confi-
dently picked a house and decided
he was going to make a sale. As
he entered the yard a dog ran out
wagging his tail. Since he was
friendly, Webster reached down
and petted him. Taking this as a
good omen, the salesman turned
and knocked on the door. The dog
immediately growled, almost as if
the knocking has been a pre-
arranged signal, and ran up behind
the hapless salesman and bit him
on the leg.
(Continued on Back Page)
ANNUAL REPORT
ON SOIL BANK
Buel E. Wright, County Office
Manager of Montague County ASC
makes the following annual report
on the Conseration Reserve (Soil
Bank) Program. Montgue County
has a total of 121 farms covered by
a Conservation Reserve Contract.
Thirty eight of these farms were
approved in 1957, 10 were approved
in 1958, 39 were approved in 1959,
and 34 were approved in 1960.
The 121 farms covered by a CR
contract have a total crop land of
6877.0 acres. Three of these farms
are under a three-year contract,
85 are under a five-year contract,
and 33 are under a ten-year con-
tract. Twenty-five of these farms;
have a wheat allotment of 238.6
acres, 29 have a cotton allotment of
333.9 acres, 11 have a peanut allot-
ment of 124.2 acres. The total
acreage of allotment crops (wheat,
cotton and peanuts) on these 65
farms is 696.7 acres. Allotments
established on farms covered by a
Conservation Reserve Contract will
be preserved for the duration of
the contract.
The law does not provide for
pasture or range land to be included
in the Soil Bank Program.
"There is a tide in the affairs of
men which, taken at the flood, leadf;
on to fortune... " —Julius Caesar
Acts IV, Sc. Ill
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