The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1951 Page: 6 of 12
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AUGUST
THURSDAY
JOURNAL,
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■ESTABLISHED IN 1879
Winners in the 1951 Watermelon Festival Contests
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(Left to right) Miss Suzanne Hanner, "Miss Atlanta of 1951"; Miss Ann Salmon, Sulphur Springs, co-
winner of the talent contest; Miss Mary Nell Boon, Linden; Miss Sally Kennedy, Texas FFA Sweet-
heart of 1951; Miss Biddy, Cook, District 2-X Lion's Queen. (Photo by Ted Dougan)
N. A. King Sr., of Texarkana, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Beebe, Mem- JIr- and Mrs- John Guidry and
visited relatives and friends here, phjg> Tenn., were week end guests
and attended the festival. Gf Mr. and Mrs. George Cobb and
I Mrs. J. M. Baucum. Mrs. Beebe
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hammock, j rerRa;„ed over for longer visit.
Sr., and Miss Reba Jewel Kirk-
land of Texas City spent the week
end in Ed Hammock home.
Miss Nova Baker of Bethany,
Okla., visited in the Wiley Daniel
home during the week end.
Mrs. Donald Doud visited with
friends in Shreveport over the
week end.
E. C. Hill was Thursday busi-
ness visitor in Dallas.
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son Rodney of Leesville, La., were
week end guests in the M. J. Lind-
sey home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Daniel and
daughter Joann of Fort Worth
spent the week end with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Daniel.
Mrs. Lavelle Castle, librarian at
A&M College, is visiting her bro-
ther, Mr. and Mrs. James Coney
and family.
and Mrs. M. P. Tomberlain
children of Naples were Sun-
isitors in the James Coney
Telephone Company
Improves Service
"The telephone company has
spent $165,000 to improve and ex-
pand telephone service in Atlanta
since-the beginning of 1946,"
manager R. 0. Bartlett of South-
western Bell said today.
"This money went to buy cable,
wire, telephone poles, telephone
instruments themselves, and all
the other things needed to make
more and better service here," he
added. "Since the end of World
War II, we have been adding
telephones at a rate many times
faster than before Pearl Harbor."
There are 1250 telephones here
now as compared with 630 in ser-
vice in January 1946.
While this tremendous growth
has meant much to the progress
and prosperity of Atlanta, it has
brought a serious problem to the
Telephone Company In recent
years the Telephone Company, like
all other businesses, has been, and
is now confronted with the prob-
lem of rising costs for everything
required to furnish telephone ser-
vice. Immense quantifies of new
telephone plant have had to be
built at high levels of post war
costs, and expenses have increas-
ed much faster than revenues.
These factors have forced earn-
ings down at a time when most
businesses are enjoying good earn-
ings.
As a result, during the year
ending December 31, 1950, the ex-
pense of operating the Atlanta
local telephone system including
taxes were $3,053 more than the
amount received from the users
of the service.
"Faced with a loss on its opera-
tions here and the need to keep
pace with the growing service re-
quirements of Atlanta, the only
answer is the asking of a reason-
able increase in local telephone
rates," he said.
The present rates for telephone
service were made effective Feb-
ruary 6, 1949, but have proven
inadequate to provide a return on
the amount of money invested in
the telephone plant used in fur-
nishing local telephone service.
"This money came from thou-
sands of men and women through-
out the country who have invested
their savings in the telephone
business. They expect the manage-
ment of the business to invest
their money where it will earn a
fair return," Mr. Bartlett con-
cluded.
TO HIRE TWO MECHANICS
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Contact Ilau Bellinger at
BLAKEY-NFISON MOTOR CO.
James Coney and children
J I are leaving this week for a visit
in Amarillo and Sweetwater with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson and
son Jimmy of Hope Ark., were
Sunday afternoon guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Wagner.
Mrs. J. D. Wagner and daugh-
ter Helen of Wynnewood, Okla.,
are visiting their son and brother
Bill Wagner this week.
Calvin Karr, Sonny White of
Hugo, Okla., were festival visitors
in the Leon Blakey home.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Latham and!
children of Odessa are visiting in |
Waylon Nelson and C. A. Long!
homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Bogie Price an-
nounce the birth of a son Thurs-
day, August 2nd named I. B. Price
III, weight 7 lbs 10 ozs.
Mrs. Earl Nelson and daughter
Jerry of Hugo, Okla., were week-
end guests in the Waylon Nelson
home.
Miss Esther McClung and Mrs
Mary Lou Matlock, teachers in
Austin schools were week end
guests in Joe B. McClung home.
Miss Esther will remain with her
parents for the summer and Mrs
Matlock went to her home in Mar-
shall.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Kelley of
Bryan attended the festival and
visited in the Tommy Lavin home.
Mr. and Mrs Hunter McWilliams
and daughter Kathy Ruth, Shreve
port, were week end guests here
of his parents.
FIRE FLASHES
With the approach of grass fire
season, it is well to remember to
never burn papers and magazines,
or any kind of trash unless you
can stay outside and watch until
it has burned itself out. Keep the
garden hose handy just in case it
does catch out. Don't let a lot of
rubbish accumulate before burn-
ing it. Never burn rubbish near
buildings or dry vegetation. If
you live up to these simple rules
of fire safety, your city will be a
much safer place in which to live.
We are looking forward to the
completion of our new Ford fire
truck. It will carry 500 gallons
of water and will be equipped with
the latest type high pressure fog
pump for fighting all types fires.
When this piece of apparatus is
completed, the City of Atlanta
will be one of the best equipped
small city Fire Departments in
the State.
Come down and join the fastest
growing civic organization in
your city. Become a member of
the Atlanta Volunteer Fire De-
partment and benefit from the
Retirement System for Firemen.
At the same time, you will be]
performing a great service for
your city.
Fire is man's servant if under
control. Out of control it is his
worst enemy.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sasser and
Mrs. J. W. Bradberry and son, of
Wink, Texas visited a few days
this past week with Mr. Sasser s
sister, Mrs. A. L. Swift, and his
niece, Mrs. James Tucker, in Dal-
las.
APPROPRIATIONS
Now that the Defense Produc-
tion legislation has been passed,
the greatest task remaining for
Congress during the present ses-
sion is the passage of appropria-
tion bills to provide money for
the functioning of the various
Government departments.
The House has passed all of the
regular appropriation bills except
the biggest one of all—the appro-
priation for the Department of
Defense. Another large appropria-
tion yet to be considered by the
House is the one for foreign aid.
A request for $8 and one-half bil-
lion has been made for this item,
but the final figure may be less.
The Senate has passed six of
the nine regular appropriation
bills, but none of these has been
enacted into law as yet. As a re-
sult, the Government has been
operating on funds authorized by
temporary Congressional resolu-
tions ever since the last fiscal (
year ended on June 30.
The Senate .'has added the Fer-
guson rider to all of the appro-
priation bills it has passed, with
the exception of the District of
Columbia appropriation. This pro-
posal would reduce the appropria-
tions to 10 per cent below the
figures proposed in the President's
budget.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Arnold and
children of Gatesville attended the
festival here last week.
Mrs. J. H. Fouche is spending
a two week's vacation in Hobbs,
N. M., in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip Fouche. They will al-
so vacation a few days in Ruidoso.
She will be back in her office on
August 1G.
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Fresh Dressed
FRYERS, lb 63c
Fresh Dressed
HENS, lb 45c
You'll he delighted at the just-picked freshness of our
produce—and just wait 'til you taste the delicious dif-
ference it makes in salads and cooked dishes! That's
because we comb the market for the finest produce,
bring it in dewy-fresh each morning, then price it low
for quick sales. Folks all tell us that you can actually
taste the farm-fresh flavor of our produce. Why mot
try it for yourself?
REAL VALUES
Fancy Baby
No. 7 Roast, lb 65c
Decker's 'J ">
Pure Lard 75c
RODKEY'S BEST FLOUR
50 lb print sack ..$3.79 •
25 lb apron sack $1.95
\ 10 lb sack for $1.00 Red m alaga or Thompson
i Super Strength Quart 75c jj Seedless Grapes, 11) 15c
, Kill-Ko Spray, pint 39c oowder or
j Any Color Purple Hull Peas, lb ....10c
| Dyanshine, bottle 21c ] Fancy
Hadacol, §1.25 size 85c |^v,i Potatoes, 10 II) bag 49c
70 ; Alcorub, pint
25c
Fresh Ground Reef, lb 59c 'J-'V"11 Vacuum Tin
Coffee, 1 lb o.sc
Baby Beef
Short Ribs, lb 45c
BEEFJIRIOIN STEAK.
89c
303 Can
Trellis English Peas ... 15c
Argo Flat Can
jj Sliced Pineapple
5 Campbell's
Tomato Juice
Del Monte
Orange Juice
503
15c
Can
10c
46-oz. can
29c
Green Head Cabbage lb 5c
New Sweet Potatoes lb 12c
Col. Kentucky Beans lb 20c
Fresh Okra, lb 25c
Original I'ecos Valley
Cantaloupes, lb 10c
Rutabaga Turnips lb 8c
Baby Beef
Loin Steak, lb
Champ Dog Food, can 10c \
— BAKERY DEPT.
VISIT OUR 10c to 12c
— COUNTER —
Apple Sauce, can 10c
Hurff can
Vegetable Soup 10c
Blue Plate f,-oz. bottle
Hot Sauce 10c
' Grennon 10-oz. cake
Like Grandma Made lb (;0|d Cake 25c
Pure Pork Sausage 39c d Grennan 8_oz cake
Pork Chops, lb 59c j Angel Cake 39c
;; Ideal 6 large rolls
Baby Beef Cinnamon Rolls 20c'I Lihhy's Cm,
Rump Roast, lb 75c jj Grennan 9-oz. roll ; Tomato Sauce 10c
Fresh Calf Liver, lb 65c /j - **5c jj Sardines, can 10c
7 Wolf's Sunbeam 11-oz. cake"
Fresh Pig Liver, lb 39c jj Pound Cake 30c j "™te8s Can
Decker's Tall Korn jj Wortham's Loafij Sausage 10c
Sliced Bacon, lb 45c jj Rye Bread 21c Jj Fish Flakes, 6 1-2 oz 10c
Wortham's Loaf
Swift's Oxford Wortham s Loal Mavfield Com No 1 r n 10<
Slab Bacon, lb 39c ! Salt Rising Bread 21c'"';', " , cn 10c
_ _ Il Green Beans, No. 1 can 10c
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Harrell, D. P. The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1951, newspaper, August 9, 1951; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth335917/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.