The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 29, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Oldest Business Institution in Cass County—Established 1876
VOLUME 64
LINDEN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940
NUMBER 9
Marshall WPA
Activities Report.
Marshall Texas, Feb.—Street , _
and improvements were stressed by mus1C meets held .throughout Cass
East Texas sponsors of W A A pro-
jects during the final six months of
1939, according to a report issued
today by A. W. Elrod, district di-
rector.
Accounting for almost half the
total expenitures made on WPA
projects in this section during the
six months period ending December
1939, the road and street program;
including much work on farm-,to-
market traffic routes, involved an
outlay of $1,819,566, Elrod stated.
Jobs for women wage-earners,
employed to produce garments and
other household articles for distri-
bution to needy families in this sec
tion thjs next largest item on the
•list of WPA activities with total
•expenditures of $517,879. Of this
total, more than $440,000 went di-
rectly to the women workers in the
form of security wage checks.
Erection and improvement of
public buildings, including schools,
community ccnters and public
strcutures of various kinds have
been completed tlirough expendi-
tures of $510,390.
Into the extension of water facil-
ties, construction of sewage disposal
plants and improvements of other
County-Wide Music
Meet Very Successful
The culmination of a series of
LINDEN WOMAN WINS CAR
County the past three weeks was
held Friday afternoon at the gym-
nasium at Kildare. At least one
thousand patrons and students were
present. The corps of teachers at
Kildare had arrangements complet-
ed whereby the gymnasium was
very comfortable.
A loud speaker was installed for
the occasion, First place winners in
the nine district sing-songs com-
peted for honors. They were as
follows: Four or less teacher schools
Primary Division: Bear Creek,
Alamance, Almira, Dalton, Violet
Hill, Cross Roads, Courtland and
Antioch.
Five or more teacher schools:
Primary Division: Douglassville,
Cass-Springs, Atlanta, Hugtics
Springs, Linden, Avinger,. Kildare.,
Four or less teacher schools:
Intermediate High School Division
O'Farrell, Courtland, Alamame,
Bear Creek, Bryans Mill, Pruitt
Lake, Cross Roads, Laney.
Five or more teacher Schools:
Intermediate High School Division
Huffines, Douglassville, Marietfa
Hughes Springs, QueeuCity, Avin-
ger. Atlanta.
Four or less teacher' schools:
J
Entertainment Feature: Midway, j derson gave the wolcom
Courtland, 'on behalf of Linden ami
Sardis, and j territory and congrutul
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Five or more tecc'ier
Entertainment Feature:
Linden, Avinger,
public utilities there has gonej1;1
$132 291 I ^ew Colony> Almira,
Next largest item on the WPA Oak Grove, Violet Hill
report is $164,513, the cost of oper- Dalton.
ating community sanitation, mala-
ria control and other vital health
improvement programs in the 24 j Springs, I
counties comprising the Marshall C f*Spring8, Marietta, Douglass-
WPA d strict.
Grouped under the general head-
ing of professional and service pro-
jects, which accounted for expendi-
tures $104,288, are such works'as
the survey of native mineral re-
sources, study of underground wa
Mrs. C. F Miller receives aBuick
Saturday afternoon, in front of C.
I. Vick Food Store, the program
consisted of Music furnished by
the Atlanta band, Mr. S. L. Hen-
■ address
its trade
itcd Mrs.
Notes From School Lasater Woman
Supervisor Passed Away
Miller on beiiu so hi
schools;! Ivory Saap contest,
Hughes1 she received a Buiek S,
.-key in the
iu which
1000 gallons
ville, Kildare.
The decisions for County honors
are as follows: Four or less
teachers: Primory, First Place,
Cross Roads: 2nd Place, Bear
Creek; 3rd Antioch.
Intermidiate High
Schi
First
and 50 dollars ( f
ter supplies and other geological j Place: 1st Cross Road, 2nd Bryans
surveys, all supervised bv authori-j Mill, 3rd Alamance.
tativestate agencies; preparation! Entertainment Feature: 1st Sar-
and serving of hot school lunches i dis, 2nd Cass-Spring?, 3id Marietta
to undernourished«hildren; render- j Intermediate High Siihool Divi-
ing of library assistance to existing! sion: 1st Place Atlanta. 2nd Queen
libraries and establishment of new | City. 3rd Hughes Springs.
library units; extension of assist-; Entertainment 1'nature: 1st.,
anceinto the homes of the under- j Place Kildare, 2nd Douglassville
privilcdged by housekeeping aides:: 3rd Linden.
renovation, indexing, and repair of! Vari colored vases were present-
school, city, county and otic pub-j ed to all first place winners,
lie records. I Mr.Boon and Mrs. Pierce deeply
Other outstanding activities list- j appreciate the interest shown and
Atlanta, j of Texieo ga-;
accessaries.
Mr. J. A. Walk the Proctor and
Gamble representative gave Mrs.
Miller the Keys to the car, Mrs.
Miller in turn thanked the Buick
and Texieo people, then Mr. Brab-
ham, for tin" aecessiories, she was
presented with a book of tickets
from the Te.xie.i Gas C >. for 1000
gallons of gas.
Mr. Walk thanked the Davis
Drug Co. for furnishing the loud
speaker, and W. 1). Berry the sec-
retary of the Chamber of Com-
merce and l no <'ass County Sun
for their co-opor.il ion in helping to
put this over in h i'itl way.
There were something like 1.500
people in town to witness this pro-
gram.
Teachers are inquiring as to wh< n
the testing program for the county
will begin. It is planned to wait
until March 11, to start the pro-
gram. Non-standarized schools
will be given first. A schedule of
the program will appear in a later
issue of the paper.
Teachers, who have developed
Texas State
Teachers Association
The annual meeting of District
8 of the Texas State Teachers Aa-
sociaion will be held at Hender-
son Texas, March 8 and 9. This
district extends from Bowie and
Red River Counties on the north
to Angelina County on the south
and includes 26 East Texas coun-
ties.
The first general meeting will be
held Friday, March 8, in the city
auditorium. Music for the evening
will be furnished by the East Tex-
as State Teachers College Choir,
which is direeted by Mr. Roy John-
son. Doctor Will Durapt, a well
known philosopher and writer of
Columbia University, will deliver
the main address,
Saturcray morning more than
wenty sectional meeting will be
n the senior high school building
and one of the near by churches.
Intereeting and helpful programs
for the various sectional meeting
have been prepared by the Chair-
men of the various divisions.
Saturday afternoon the second
general meeting will be held in the
high school auditorium. Doctor
George W. Frazior, President of
t he Coloradv State College of Edu-
cation, Gueeley, Colorado, and Mr
B. B. Cobb, Secretary cf the Texas
State Teachers Association, will
peak. A business meeting will be
Miss Amelia Bennett of Lasater,
sister of the late A. B. Bennett,
passed awy at the home of her | held at the ciose of the second ft'n-
brothe'r Charlie in Lasater. on C1'al program.
February 25than 8 p. m. and was i The officers of the association
laid to rest in the Pyland cemetery j
Monday afternoon, with Rev. Carl
Chambers officiating.
She was survived by two broth-
I ine orncers o:
are:
J. H. Hodges,
School, President ^
Mrs. Bertha Allen, County Supt
Supt. of Tyler
the Hobby uoit and have displays er, Emmersonand Charlie Bennett of Gregg County, Vice President.
are urged to take pictures of their J of Lasrter, and 27 nopfiews
collections and send them to the neices; the following nephews
supervisor's office. Due to t he bail | ve{j as pallbearers: Charley, < ie
weather and illness it was impossi-j Art aad Ear, Bennett of Li a
ble for the Supervisor to take thej Horaee Bennett' of Jefferson,
pictures. A close view with an I Ted Bennctt of u,ater.
average sized camera will prove'
successful u.id make a good picture.
Teachers who have turned in one
writing specimens for the students
are asked to turn in the-second
specimens by March 15. The com
mitlee will then pass on the pro-
gress of students and will issue cer-
tificates to those whose who
decided improvement.
and
ser-
,1'of.
Ion.
and
Mrs. Eloise Watson, Flementary
'riticipal, Ary, Texas, Sercetary
11. L. Speight,Principal of Long-
view High School, Longview.
surer,
T rea-
P. T. A. Spsgfiatti
Supper a Success
The Chicken Spaghetti ^
(sponsored by the Linden P.
at the Home Economic. C
: last, Thursday evening was
show j t.hj. most enjoyable and mi
! . e:.-to-getlu r affairs of th -
upper
r. A.
ire.
Students working on reading cer-1
Mrs. 13. F. Whit worth,
jf the local P. T. A. in a
it
one oi
• -si'vil
. a soil,
.■sident
talk
and the wide participation in all i
events. Only nine of t he 5t5 schools !
in the county failed to take advati-!
tnge and participate in the music !
ed by Elrod follow:
Building of parks, athletic fields,
grandstands and other recreational
facilities, $19,639.
Drainage work, dams and other
conservation protects, $109,187.
Conducting of adult education
classes, ranging from literacy train-
ing to early college work andnur-,
sery schools for 2. 3 and 4-year-old j [jflOGII Hf£D OCilOO!
F.F.A. Chapter
Holds Regular Meeting
Rotary Club for the generous sup-
port which the club members gave.
The guests registered as they ar- j
tificates will be expected to hand in, , , . ,. ,
. .. , ... . expressed her appreciation to th
all reports by t April 1. It will be
, necessary to have all reports in by
this time in order that certificates
can be made and issued before the J rived and were immediately invit- i Ginnis and Miss Jordan
close of school terms. ed into the dining room where the | State Superintendent. Mr
program. Four of these were one
teacher schools.
Popular Past-time Club
Teachers are urged to teach th
children, $67,765.
Directing of municipal recrea-
tional activities by trained super-
visors, $66,633.
Distribution of surplus commod-
ity food items and products of WPA
sewing rooms to destitute families
in this area, $31,655.
Summing up his statement, Elrod
reported that there has been ex-
pended a total of $3,683,992 on
the varied program of public im-
provements and services rendered
by WPA in the Marshall territory
from July 1, 1939, through Decem-
ber. Of this total, $871,948 has
been supplied by cities, counties
and independent school districts,
acting as sponsors of the various
projects.
Counties in the Marshall district
and covered by Elrod's report are:
Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass,
Cherokee, Frarnklin, Gregg. Harri-
son, Jasper, Marion, Morris, Nac-
ogdoches, Newton, Panola, Red
River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augus-
tine, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Tyler,
Upshur and Wood.
What was formally the "Hobby
Club" has been reorganized into
the "Popular Pastime Club" due
to lack of time. Their purpose is to
promote short games and become
skilled in the art of playing.
The first club tournment was
held on Thursfiay. Three groups
of,four each were playing at the
same time. The winners were Miss
Joyce Sheffield Ben L. Ellington,
and Billy Roy Skelton. The winner
of this group will play any
contestant of Linden High School
provided they can sufficient proof
that they have defeated fairly four
other contestants.
Watch this newspaper for furth-
er news about furture Toumments
weich your school may enter.
Mrs. Galon Hobbs, of Hope, Ark.
was a visitor to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Blackwell from Fri-
The Linden chapter F. F. A. held
its regular meeting Thursday, Feb-
ruary, 15th with president Doris county theme song found on page
Ferrcll presiding. Regular opening 95 of the Cass County Year Book
and closing ceremony was used. to all seventh grade students. This
Committee reports were read song will be sung as a chorus at the
and approved before considering County Wide 7th. Grade Gradua-
new business. Plans for the annual tion to be held on May 18.
Father-Son banquet were discuss-j * —
ed and it was finally decided to Teachers Visiting Day
hold the banquet as is customary, j The teachers of Ca88 County
After the brief business session the; bave takeD advantage of the visit
president introduced our special ing day whereby they can vj8jt
visitor, state 1'. 1". A. President 0ther schools in and out of the
Haskell Lindly of Mt. Vernon. The oounty
chapter membeis listened with Many new ideas and suggestion
much interest to a brief discussion proVQ bcncfic-iai to thc visiting
OoEiglassyllle Sing-Song
One of the ten sing-songs which
are held in Cass County during
j February was held at Douglassville
I School on Tuesday February 13,
| when Douglassville was host to the
j following schools: Midway, Red
! Hill, Antioch, O'Farrell and Union
i Chapel.
| Oilier visitors who attended were
I the teachers of the Bivins School.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blanicenship,
Mr. West brook, Mr. Garrett, Miss
Grogan, Mrs. Murphy, Miss Mc-
)eputy
S. B.
erve
a ile-
of state F. F.
by Lindley.
A. activites given
teachers.
The visiting days has been ob-
served for the past two years and
has been highly lauded by thc
teachers.
Some groups accompanied the
and wrecked Mr. Hill's car badly,
a,, j u uui j u Mr. Hill had head, arm broken
SSSttX Kate 'ed
on a visit with her grandparents, &t the Hospital at Atlanta. The
returned home with her. others only had slight injuries.
CAR ACCIDENT
W. E. Hill and son Bennett, Ber-
trance Carroll, Jim Wickes, Mr.
Blair and Miss Morene Ard, was in Deputy State Superintendent, Mr.
a car wreck Sunday afternoon Culpepper, on his official visits to
about 1:30 as they were coming schools asking for standardization
into Texarkana a car driven by a while others chose to visit their own
woman came out of a side street, departments in a number of schools.
A new plan was used this year and
has proven quite successful.
Cecil Crow was a guest of Mr.
and Mrs Hamill Cole last week.
home economics class
lightt'ul dinner.
After dinner Supt. C. E. Farmer |
who acted as host escorted the I
guests over the building. Mr. !
Farmer stated that he would hear- i School served
Culpepper, County Superintendent
D. II. Boon and Mrs. Pierce Coun-
ty School Supervisor.
The
faculty of
the
tily approve and endorse the Home
Economic Cottage for use as com-
munity social center for Linden
youth provided the Linden parents
were interested enough to plan and
supervise the social affairs for the
youngsters.
Mrs. BurrS. Cammeron gave a
splendid talk on Founders Day.
Mrs. Whit worth had arranged
excellent musical program includ-
ing several vocal trios by M. L.
Yandel, J. L. Ford and Elmer John-
son, with Mrs. Yandel at the piano.
Also there were some group songs.
A list of the former presidents of
the organization was given in order
of their terms as follows: Mrs.
Wesley Morse, Mrs. O. R. Tavlor,
Mrs. S. E. Ellington, Mrs. T. D.
Ford, Mrs. C. E. Farmer, Mrs. E.
E. Wommack, Mrs. Morris Farrow.
Marshall (Skect) Morse and
Miss Billie Lee Moss, of Sherman,
we're week end guest in the Wess
Morse home.
Douglassville
visitors coffee,
salad
i ■ Mrs. Wesley Morse and daught-
er Miss Kathryn, are in Houston
this week visiting her daughter
Mrs. W. A. Mattison and family.
hot chocolate, sandwiches,
and fruit at. the noon hour.
Mrs. H. W. McCall was director
of the sing-song and had a well
planned program.
Leaders for the singing were
Blewett Cotton of Douglassville,
Miss Susye Robertson of Union
Chapel and Mrs. Jack Hill of
Antioch.
Winners in the contest singing in
four or less teacher schools were:
Primary Division-Antioch; Inter-
mediate High O'Farrell Entertain-
ing feature-Midway.
Douglassville will represent the
five or more teacher schools of this
district at the County sing-song.
CENSUS SUPPLIES
HERE
The supplies for taking the cen-
sus have arrived at County Super-
intendent Boon's office and may be
obtained at any time, however, on
scholastics are to be enumerated
until after March 1.
The census report must be com-
pleted and returned to County
Superindents office by April 1.
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 29, 1940, newspaper, February 29, 1940; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth340970/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.