The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1958 Page: 1 of 8
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Missing Man Found After Intensiv
C. B. Camp
Monitoring
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MAIN
STREET
Naples can make an honest
man out of its editor if it
wants to. Otherwise, he'll have
, to plead guilty to telling an
outright falsehood.
It happened at. the chamber
of commerce banquet Monday
night.
The editor's good friend,
Jimmy Bass of Mt. Vernon,
eased up to him and whisper-
"* ed a question, "Did you ex-
pect this kind of turnout to-
night?"
"Sure we did," he was
told. "We always get good
support for everything."
So Jimmy went back home
that night, not knowing any
better. You see, he lives west
of the school and did not go
through Naples.
Now, Naples can make its
editor honest or leave him be.
It can start right now to do-
ing something worthwhile and
at won't cost a fortune to do it.
As soon as it gets its Christ-
mas tree down, Naples can
dress up its Main Street by re-
placing all of our sagging
awnings.
And, as the medicine men
used to say, it can be done
at an amazingly low cost.
A new awning can be put
on a business building for
about $150. Maybe even a lit-
tle less if everyone does it at
the same time so they can be
tied together in one nice look-
ing unit.
A Title 1 loan can be ar-
ranged for those who want it
and the payments would be
only $14.03 per month. Maybe
less. That's for one year.
Those who want three years
to pay can do it. at $5.11 each
month.
That's probably less than
the average woman will pay
for cosmetics to keep herself
looking nice — less than the
average man will spend for
cigarettes — about what he
spends for his morning cups
coffee.
** Isn't a dream for the
but a good, practical
project that can be dons.
Even Daingerfield did the
same thing in one block. It
looks good.
Maybe the landlord won't
foot the bill because his rent
is too low. Okay. Most any
renter in town would be glad
to share the cost by a slight
increase in rent. Or maybe he
would pay the whole bill in
order to have his store and the
whole town look better.
Naples supports its worth-
while projects. That's what
we told the man from Mt.
Vernon.
He doesn't know any bet-
ter because he didn't come
through town.
This is a bargain project
that needs to be done.
We should get on with it as
soon as we get the Christmas
tree down.
C. B. Camp, 76-year-old Na-
ples man, was found late
Wednesday afternoon, ending
an intense search that had
been going on for two days.
He was found by Preston
McDaniel of Naples on the Mc-
Daniel place about t,wo and
a half miles northwest of Na-
ples.
Camp was conscious when
he was found and was taken
to the David Granberry Me-
morial Hospital here for ob-
servation and treatment.
His condition was consider-
ed serious after almost two
days of exposure.
The
Camp was found about 300
yards from McDaniel's home
and was lying helpless near
the edge of a pond. A dog was
standing guard over him.
McDaniel came to Naples
and reported t,o Orval Miller,
who was in charge of the
search, that he had found a
man.
Ironically, organized search
parties had checked within
about 200 yards of where he
was found earlier in the day
and would have covered the
area again Thursday if he had
not been found.
Camp had been missing
since 3 a.m. Tuesday when
he got out of bed. dressed
and told his wife he was goinj
to check on some livestock.
Mr. and Mrs. Camp do no
own any livestock and sh<
tried to persuade her hus
band not to leave.
Mrs. Camp called her son a
Daingerfield as soon as Cam|
left and the son came her
immediately to look for hi
father.
When he was unable to fini
him by about 7 a.m., the fam
ily asked for help from th
Naples fire department.
The fire department, unde
the direction of Chief Orva
Miller, searched throughou
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72 Years Old - and New Every Week
VOLUME 72
NAPLES, TEXAS THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1958
NUMBER 25
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Inside, Outside Work Planned
Bank to Remodel Building
FRED DALBY AND JUDGE TAYLOR WITH SEEDLINGS
Landowners Get Seedlings
The landowners of, Morris
county will plant 22a,jUJ pine
trees this season.
The tree planting program
got underway this season with
the arrival of a truck load of
seedlings last week.
Transportation of the seed-
lings from the nursery to
Daingerfield, was provided to
the district through the cour-
tesy of County Judge Joe P.
Taylor Jr. and the commis-
sioners court of Morris coun-
ty-
Forest products ranked fifth
Local Man Is
Officer in Water
Works Group
Ike Carruth of Omaha was
elected president and Wilburn
Dodson of Naples vice presi-
dent, of the Northeast Texas
Water Works Association at
a meeting last Thursday night
at Mt. Pleasant.
Other officers are Mr. Shof-
ner of Texarkana, secretary
and treasurer, Bill Weems of
Texarkana, program director,
and Mr. Buck, also of Texar-
kana, assistant program direc-
tor.
The meeting was held at the
Hillbilly Cafe in Mt. Pleasant,.
An official of the state
health department from Tyler
was the guest speaker.
The next meeting will be at
New Boston the second Thurs-
day night in February.
HAWKINS ANNOUNCES
FOR COMMISSIONER
Howard Hawkins of Naples
announced this week that he
would be a candidate for the
office of commissioner for
precincts 4 and 6 in Morris
county.
He said he would make his
complete announcement next
week.
in agricultural income in Mor-
ris county in the last survey.
With continued tree plant-
ing and proper management,
timber can play a more im-
portant role in the future
economy of the Northeast
Texas area, according to offi-
cials of the Sulphur-Cypress
Soil Conservation District,.
The paper industry is look-
ing to the south to furnish
more of the pulpwood for the
future. Several new mills have
been erected during the past
five years. As timber supplies
become adequate, this area
can attract more wood using
industries, officials said.
Landowners in Morris coun-
ty who will plant trees this
season are Robert E. Camp-
bell, Mrs. Hugh Hampton, Dr.
James S. Leeves and Ben Bon-
ner of Naples; Mrs. Vinitia C.
Irvin, James L. Newsom, Dr.
J. Y. Bradfield, Dr. James T.
Downs, Winfred J. Spears,
Leo Connor, T. C. Connor,
Mrs. Ella Irvin and Mrs. Dew-
ey Denson, all of Daingerfield.
BAND BOOSTERS WILL
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
The Band Boosters Club
will meet at 7 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 20, at the Pewitt band
hall.
The Morris County National
Bank will be completely re-
modeled and modernized this
year.
Shareholders of the bank,
at the annual meeting Tues-
day, approved the plan. An
architect will be engaged to
plan the work in the near fu-
ture and work will be started
as soon as possible.
W. G. Granberry, president,
said the officials hoped the
job would be completed by
the bank's laih anniversary
on Aug. 15.
The outside of the present
Brahmas Win
Two Conference
Games Last Week
Pewitt won two conference
basketball games during the
last week and will try for two
more during the next week.
They won over Bogata, 63
to 36, last Friday night, and
added a 46 to 38 win over
Hughes Springs there Tues-
day night.
The Brahmas go to Linden
Friday night and then play
Liberty here Tuesday night,.
Pewitt surged ahead of the
Mustangs in the third quarter
after a nip and tuck first
half that saw the lead change
six times. The Brahmas were
ahead, 23 to 21, at the half.
Earnest Smith led the Brah-
mas with 13 points and Jimmy
Brown was second with 12.
Austin Doolittle with 20
points and Smith with 12 were
high for the Brahmas against
Bogata.
The Pewitt B team won its
game with Bogata, 53 to 32,
and over Hughes Springs, 41
to 36.
Johnny Doolittle was high
point man in both games. He
scored 21 points against Bo-
gata and 15 against Hughes
Springs. Buddy Rogers was
second high in each game
with nine against Bogata and
13 against, Hughes Springs.
building will be completely
remodeled and modernized
and the interior will be re-
decorated.
In ot,her business at the
meeting Tuesday, the share-
holders re-elected all of its
present members to the board
of directors and re-elected all
of the officers.
Members of the board of di-
rectors are Chester E. Coker,
Leon Coker, W. G. Granberry,
M. B. Hampton, Paul H. Pew-
itt and E. W. Rountree
The officers are W. G. Gran-
berry, president; Paul H. Pew-
itt and Leon Coker. vice presi-
dents: E. W. Rountree, cash-
ier: and Mrs. Margaret Jolly
and Mrs. Rita Watson, assist-
ant cashiers.
Whatnik
This tower sprung up sudden-
ly on Naples' highest hill near
the old school house last, week
and no one knew exactly what
it was nor why it was there.
The tower was put up by the
I. S. Coast and Geodetic sur-
vey for shooting elevations in
this area, it will be there for
only a few weeks.
Unity Necessary for Progress, Speaker Says
Community — without the
word, unity — leaves nothing.
Take the "'u" and the "i"
from unity and there is noth-
ing left.
That, was the message Mon-
day night from Leon Huff,
general manager of the Long-
view chamber of commerce,
who was the principal speaker
at the annual banquet of the
Naples chamber Monday night.
Huff took the place of Carl
Estes after Estes developed a
case of flu that prevented him
from coming here as guest
speaker.
Huff, one of tht most prom-
inent industrialists of East
Texas, urged communities to
unite for action and criticized
those who wait for others to
do the job of civic improve-
ment.
He placed people in three
classes in their participation
in civic work: those who
do things, those who watch
things being done, and those
who have no idea why any-
thing is being done.
He said it is necessary for
all of t.he people to join in the
job of community better _jnt
if anything is to be accom-
plished.
Huff spoke to a full house
of approximately 200 persons.
His talk followed the din-
ner, the introduction of the 52
out-of-town guests who ac-
cepted invitations, and a half
hour or more of foolishness
presented by Mrs. Raymond
Stephens of Greenville.
Mrs. Stephens, a paid enter-
tainer, burst into the meeting
following the dinner and en-
E. W. ROUNTREE, W. C. SULLIVAN AND HERMAN WALTERS
Farmers Sign for Soil Bank
Farmers in Cass and Morris
counties had signed soil bank
agreements by noon Wednes-
day that would bring t.hem
over $200,000 for their parti-
cipation.
Monday was the first day
on which the agreements
could be signed and the sign-
up period will last through
March 7.
ASC officials in both coun-
ties estimated that 60 per
cent, of the total cotton allot-
ment for the year would be
placed in the soil bank.
A total of 450 agreements
had been signed in Cass coun-
ty and 105 in Morris county
by noon Wednesday.
The agreements in Cass
county covered about 4,000
acres and farmers will re-
ceive about $170,000 for their
participation.
In Morris county, the agree-
ments signed so far include
about 940 acres and the farm-
ers will get about $36,035.
Since there are almost two
months yet in the sign-up
period, other land will be
put into the soil bank.
The agreements in Cass
county by noon Wednesday
already covered more than a
third of the county's allot-
ment of 11,000 acres.
A total of 77 persons show-
ed up at the Morris county
ASC office Monday to sign up.
tertained by ribbing many of
the local business people.
Her appearance was ar-
ranged as a surprise by R. J.
Welch, chairman of the din-
ner committee
Joe P. Taylor Jr.. Morris
county judge, was master of
ceremonies.
E. W. Rountree was install-
ed as president, W. C. Sulli-
van as vice president,, and
Herman Walters as secretary
and treasurer.
Gifts of appreciation were
presented to S. T. Smith, out-
going president, and Lenoy
Slider, outgoing secretary and
treasurer.
It was the largest crowd
ever to attend a chamber din-
ner here and the group in-
cluded many outstanding East
Texans.
Among them were Jim
Smith administrator for local
4134, United Steelworkers of
America, from Ore City; Don-
ald Harkrider, Abe Bowers,
R. J. Dean, L. T. Camp. Mr
and Mrs. Hal Kennedy, Mr.
and Mrs. B. H. Webb, and Mr
and Mrs Charles Eyeington,
all of Daingerfield; Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Lindsey, L. E. Gilli-
land, James A. Carter, Jim
RODNEY F. McLEAN
CANDIDATE FOR JP
Rodney F. McLean announc-
ed this week that he would be
a candidate for the office of
Justice of the Peace of Pre-
cinct 4, Morris county.
A. A. Hodges, the present
office-holder, already has an-
nounced as a candidate for re-
election.
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Austin and Haskell Jones, all
of Texarkana; Kenneth Tuck,
Jasper Allbright, Foster Forte
and Leon Huff, Longview;
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Bass of
Mt. Vernon: Mr. and Mrs
Raymond Stephens of Green-
ville; W. N. Furey, Winston
Ward and Dan Manfull of Mt.
Pleasant; James R. Moore. Ike
Carruth, Robin Giles, Mountie
Kidwell, A. L. Boozer. H H.
Boozer. J. T. Cherry, and Mr.
and Mrs. Randy G. .Moore, all
of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Ot-
tice Betts of Marietta; Randy
Wortham. Bill Feazell, J. E.
Laney and M. S. Huls, all of
New Boston; Ed Dale and
George Frost of Bryans Mill;
Joe Lovelace, Burr Cameron,
Ray Cochran and C. B. Coch-
ran of Linden, Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Coffman of DeKalb; and
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Youngs
and Abe Mays Jr. of Atlanta.
Booster Club To
Meet Thursday
The Brahma Boosters Club
will meet Thursday night for
a discussion of new basket-
ball rules and other items of
interest to local fans.
The meeting will be held at
7 p.m. in the high school cafe-
torium.
LOCAL PASTOR TO
SPEAK AT PTA MEETING
The Rev. Frank M. Richard-
son will be the guest speaker
at the Pewitt PTA meeting
Tuesday. Jan. 21, at 3 p.m.
The fifth and sixth grades
will present t,he program.
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