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. . . Meddlin' in other folks
business—is what I call it. When I
returned with the bone I got at
Johnny McWilliams' store, Ginger
asked me where I got it. Of course
it wasn't any of her business, she
reminded me of some people we
know who might profit well if they
would stick to their own guns —
Guess any one can be a meddler—
as the story is told A revival
meeting was in progress, the color- ^ ,
ed parson began to preach. He said Opened Monday
the penalty of sin am death and all i
you brethren that shoots dice am! District Court of Ci>ss
goin' to II—, except ye
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SEVENTIETH YEAR
ATLANTA, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 1949
Boy Scouts Thank
Atlanta Citizens
Dr. Mack Stokes
[n Methodist Revival
The Boy Scouts of Troop 41, in
Atlanta, want to thank the citizens
of Atlanta for their splendid co-
county
repent, 'convened on the 14th day of Febru-
Amen, sed one good'sister. All you ary for an eight weeks term, with
poker players am headed for H— the Honorable E. Htfrold Beck, pre operation last Friday, 11th, while
Amen says the good old sister, siding judge. The following attor- the boys were running the city.
And all you udder men that's been neys were present: Forest Whit- j The boys collected a total of
sinnin' eisewhere am going to H— worth, Houston; Maxwell Welch, $137.57 in fines, the greater per
Amen, again came from the good New Boston; Robert Vance, Texar cent of which came from traffic
old sister. Then the parson fired kana; Judge Boyt Stevens, Daing- violations. I know that it will help
loose on the women for gissipping erfield; George Prendergast, Mar- remind us all of the violations we
playing cards. Amen, the old sister shall; J R Cornelius, Jefferson; commit every day and it taught
shouted again. Then the parson Tom N. Cope, Hugh Carney and the boys a lot about it, too. Be-
came down on snuff dippin.' The Tom Mays, of Atlanta. 'sides helping us, I think it will
pood old sister punched the gal Burr Cameron, Joe Lovelace, Vin make the boys more conscious of
sitting next to her and said, See cent Ferrell, Wesson Bartlett, Rob- their errors.
now he's done quit preaching and ert F Salmon, S I Cornett and H i We want to especially thank the
gone to meddlin.' D Nelson, of Linden. [Mayor, Abe Mays, for his untiring
• * * * • | The weeks of February m 28th, efforts for the day. He spent the
Here in Atlanta I haven't heard March 21st and 28th, were set for entire day with the boys, helping
of anv one having seen a Robin, Civil jury weeks. and advising them when I am sure
W eviHentlv snrinir must be on! Ihe week of March 7th was set he was needed in his business. Men
the way The folks, if not buying as Criminal Week for Misdemean- like him the boys will always re-
trarden Veed are trazintr in the gar- or cases- member and admire.
den seed department and if anyone ™e.wfek. of March "th was set Any time there is anything the
asks us, that's a very sure sign. as Criminal week for felony cases Boy Scouts can do, any thing to
9 m „ , m j The grand jury will be impanel- help Mayor Mays, they will be
_ . ah j. „v„ ed on Wednesday, February 23. more than glad to help.
For most of the Atlantans who | Qran(j jurors summoned for Wed I
didn't venture out to hear the KW nes(,ay March 23; Earnest Hall( I p Driver*
KH radio broadcast Tuesday^eve- j M Hcrvcy| M M Watson, Hughes I I'^OgdnS UriVCrS
Mr. and Mrs. Public
Cass County—
Lions Club Meets
The Atlanta Lions Club met
,. .. , T Wednesday noon with a good at-
At tho end of the month of Jan!tendance 'Sam Sweigher> KShreve.
was the guest speaker. He
Talent Show Winners
To Appear on KCMC
The three winners on the Talent
v f. , r A * . IT u A o. . — — 6— *«—.• to be put on at the Atlanta
National Guard of the United Stat, d eve to Ulink'and un(Jer High School auditorium February
es had gone over the top On that gtand wh ' u th ht In thege 17, by the Senior Girl Scouts, will
date, with a strength of 321,000 ti with e'ver * looki appear on KCMC, Sunday, Feb. 20
men it was larger than at any Austijj an(J Washi/ton for he7 from 4 to 4:30 p.m., through the
time in its history. It has been Jt woul(J ^ a wige « k .-f we courtesy of Mr. Frank Myers, man
constantly growing since it was fiU and think wfa the ager of the station. These boys and
reorganized after the war and in (.ome8 from and see .f our countrJ'girls will also be in line for the
spite of insufficient armory fac- wouldn>t ^ in b(iUer ^ -d ' three cash prizes of $10.00, $7.50
ilities and some of the worst j
weather some sections of the coun
... 1 shape if every .
one would work for what they a,nd *5'00 &lven bV the Girl Scout
ning at the Atlanta school, it turn- gprjn>fs_
_ J _ . .i. ll* — «« • '• It ,, /1 4 1 > r\% r U rt #1 111/1 ff ■
W O Belts, Marietta.
ed out they wished they had, judg-
ing from the "Chit-Chat" there
were approximately about 1-3 of
the radios that brought the broad-
cast in. But those who did hear it
said it was uptown stuff.
* * m *
Tonight is the bip night for the
Girl Scout Talent Show. From all
the interest being shown over the ynden
show, this is truly one you won't J ^ j,"
Edmond Aycock, Avinger.
Leo McCoy, Naples.
Drew Simmons, Bloomburg.
Shep Clements, Queen City.
Mack Stewart, Bivins.
Don Bates, Franklin Allday,
T Allen, Atlanta.
B B Latham, Alonzo Morris,
Are Honored
Twelve men who are associated
| with the Grogan Manufacturing
i Company of Bivins, have been hon
|ored as safe drivers in a nation-
iwide contest sponsored by em-
It is indeed a rare privilege for
any church to be able to present
to a community such a scholar,
writer, and minister as Dr Mack
Stokes. The First Methodist church
will have this fine man in a series
of services March 13-20. Dr Stokes
was born in the home of a Metho-
dist missionary in Korea, and
spent his early boyhood there. Af-
ter graduating from Seoul Foreign
High School, Seoul, Korea, in 1928
, tii i , n Ann want. Look how much progress rooP
try have ever had, almost 10,000, E land and Kugsia hav0i ^ad
men Joined during January alone.^ „dol „ Qur I
Men are joining at a time when t wafi ma(Je \ har(J w<jrk Credit ASSOCldtlOIlS
the country needs them more than, a„d overcoming difficulties. Let's Pay Off Last Dollar
ever before in peacetime. j turn amjnd Jd 8Upport ourgelves ■ *
However, as this colum has stat-; an(i demand that the government1 Mr E1Iis Lanier, secretary - trea
ed before, the Atlanta unit, or Cass operate as efficiently and economi purer °f the Texarkana Production
County unit we like to call it now, cally ag we operate our own busi- Credit Association, states that six
has been "over the top" for weeks ness.
and probably will be for quite a I
while. Morris Bennet joined this tti ri x
week when another man was trans' INeWS rrOm l^Olinty
additional production credit associa
tions in Texas have returned their
last dollar of government capital
to the United States Treasury, ac-
cording to the annual report of the
Production Credit Corporation of
Within the past two weeks, pub- Houston, which report has just
P. Lee,
ferred to another company. Now he UeDreSeiltative
can put his war time training toj *■
work again for Uncle Sam as a!
Guardsman. ' licity and some criticism has been been released by Virgil
It might be a note of interest to given to the delay of the House in President.
veterans that those war time ser- getting down to business The fact This makes a total of 15 associa
vice income ax exemptions expired of the matter is, however, only the tions in Texas that are now corn-
December 31. Servicemen now have i customary amount of time required pletely owned by farmers and
their tax problems like everybody to organize was taken. It is a ranchers, nine of them having re-
r _ __ else. According to Army Times tremendous job for a newly elected turned all of their Government
he came to United States for high- \ the government will collect ten mil Speaker to organize the 150 mem- capital at the end of 1947. The
,er education. He received his AB lion dollars in taxes each month .bers of the House into numerous, remaining 21 associations in Texas
U ployers Mutual Liability Insurance (degree from Asbury College, Wil- i from the pockets of servicemen, all important, committees. now have a total of only $105,000
ICompany of Wausau, Wisconsin, jmore, Kentucky, in 1932. He grad-j from Recruits to Generals. Guards ' This is the first time since the in Government capital and each of
0f These men, each of whom received |uated with honors, getting his BD j men need not be concerned, though defeat of Robt. S.Calvert by Coke them has definite plans to retire
an award for one continuous year |from Duke University Divinity' since the average man is not in Stevenson that the contest for tbe balance by the end of 1949, at
Sexton, II P McCoy, Doug-
lassville.
want to miss. Predictions are the
Atlanta high school auditorium
will need rubber walls to take care __ „ , p>;
of the audience which is expected IV1 fS. liCiirClOll 1J1CS
of operation without a chargeable ISchool in 1935, and continued toj a high enough bracket to his pay speaker had not been decided
jaccident are: Joe Arrington, Charl |gtudy there and in Harvard Univer j affected. fore the Legislature convened.
When the race is
l>e-
which time all 30 associations in
jes Shew, F E White, O C McCain sity and at Boston University. His i
Horace Paul, Roy Humphrey, T J jPh.D. degree in Philosophy was j TNIofif'0 to WtO!*-
I Johnson, Jack Lee, Thomas Grimes j conferred on him in 1940 by Boston j
to jam the place at 7:30 p.m. Don't j Mrs. Velvie Bearden, age 59, jj y Cochran, Sr., George Grogan, | University.
miss this show—or you'll l>e sorry died Friday, February 11th, at her J;• d Wesley Lilley. i Since that time he has served as i
• • • 'home at Bloomburg. She is surviv-1 These drivers join the ranks of pastor of the Stewart Avenue!
Look! Who's ahead? The Sun- ed by four daughters: Mrs. J O many throughout the nation who |Methodist church in Atlanta, Ga., j
shine Sunday School Class can Culpepper, Bloomburg; Mrs. Jim have been recognized by the in- and jvas taught philosophy and re-!
take a bow from the Friendship Gilleslie, Mrs. Bessie Seybert, Tex-jsurance company for their skill jijgjon at Illinois Wesleyan Univer-j
Class, having had 51 members arkana; Mrs. Elmer Little, San An [ami caution behind the wheel. Isjty and in Emory University. At
present Sunday. The Friendship gelo; two brothers, A. A., Looney Awards are made annually for flaw Ipeesent he is Professor of Chris-
class falling behind them with 34 McWilliams; 4 sisters, Mrs. Emma j less /driving performance.
present. "Personally, we'd like to Anthony, Mrs. Carrlie Skaggs.^Mrs , |Theology, Emory University.
the state will be completely mem-
| When the race is not decided '>er>^ n, . .
, , . , .. , During the past five years,
net ore hanu it means the Speaker •, , , , , ,, , „
'capital stock held bv the Govern-
!can make no commitments, must , • ,,
ment in the associations in Texas
. . ,, ,, c, , , those desiring seed can obtain them
tian Doctrine at Candler school ol , ,, , , . ,,
' 1 'is they ast, at the CofC
Because of background, training
and spirituality, he is outstanding
as a speaker and as a minister. We
hope that the town will welcome
>r. Stokes and hear him in the
see Ihe Friendship class win the Minnie Hanson and Mrs. Incy Rich | Mo«fiii«r
attendance contest." ards; 12 grand children. j I^edUtrS iTlcCllIl^
j Services were held Sunday at 3 ! A Loaders meeting and Covered
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs p.m., at the Bloomburg Baptist j Dish Supper was held at the Cen-
,1 W Cranberry on their Golden Church with Rev. Jesse Davis of- ; tral Christian Church at 6:30 'lues
Wedding Anniversary February 9 ficiating. Burial was in the Salem ! day night, t eb. 15th, for the Coun
..... cemetery under the direction of the j ' il members and leaders of the
Hero's one to tell Easter! Jack Hanner Funeral Service. < lexarkana area of Girl Scouts.
Miller, owner of the Atlanta Hat- I Mrs. D D McGaha opened the
I business meeting and presented C/UVeFS JtvODDCd Ol
| Miss Ola Beckett as community; efrnn An Valontiiio
he found one egg pipped and with 1949 Dod^C CarS advisor; - •. OUU.UU V aleilt 11 t
- -- • executivf
the certification tag ;nvited to dinner with the Speaker han $13,300,000 in their own lend-
ows: Purity 99%; and ^Trs. Stanford. On that occa- rig institutions.
,j,. ,.,,u new ••• u,w ' " pcr cfnt ,in" sion Mr. Manford told us that in During the year 194?
services March 13-20 at the Metho- j 5,^' an. ^er„.cen^ germination cases of men having equal abilities ITexas associations loam
dist Church. i Pr|ce is .,2.3o per pound. the man who had supported him, J?)20.000.000, and during
I "^'r' ' arrish is a watermelon wou]d have the first choice of com J'ears of operation havi
year 1948 the 36
loaned about
the 15
e loaned
chorv, said Friday morning while V;/,1. Viow« Now
taking off a hatching of chickens IC.Wh i. >V
advisor; Miss Virginia Griffin as
director and Miss Caro-
buyer that h:is bee| in the business nntlees. On the following Tuesday, about S?7S.".000.000. Loans outstand
| over >0 years and his firm is wide- February 1st, his statement was ing at the end of last year were
In $37,631,202.
During the past year the Coas-
ly known as one of the biggest or- verified by his appointments.
! ganizations in the watermelon buy his remarks preceeding the an-
developed chickens were hatched, has returned from Dallas
They both lived 3 days. The white he attended a dealer preview
14th ing field. He expressed a desire noUncement the Speaker gave ere- tal Bend, Uvalde, Wichita Falls,
a little help from him, two fully c. I. Viek, owner Vick Motor Co. j cxecuuve director ana ivuss i_aro- Monday night, February .
whereilyn Matthews as area field director j the Caver Tractor & Implement i , ^ year to start buying melons dit to his staff for their tireless and Winter Garden Production Cre-
of i Miss Ola Beckett was the spea. Company safe was robbed of $500 j jn Atlanta but felt that there was efforts in accomplishing the "great dit Associations moved into newly
rock egg was from the Jonica the completely new - styled Dodge j ker for the evening. She ga\e a| jn cash. Entrance to the building' insufficient
_ „ , ... Q acreage to justify his am0Unt of work, and vowed if he constructed home offices. Several
Farms, owned by Dr. Joe Nichols, cars, the first models of which will, tentative structure for area setup; was gajne(] by breaking through a| Presence- "e is J10^ maintaining were to have it to do over, he other associations already have
be publicly displayed in his dealer j Jn Jh's setup, six communities^ are j rear window and the safe was | e CofC here in wouldn't do it. Moaning he would their own buildings.
Evelyn Oppenheimer, of Dallas, «;hip on Friday, February 25. Mr. I to be banded together to make 0pened with a acetylene torch. The j hopes that the acreage will bo jjQj. run ^or His Proce-
was presented to Atlanta, Friday Vick was accompanied by Dick Ro- scouting cooperative, first in vis- saf0 Was rolled from#the front 0f-! increasef* *n ^'11S ara an extent dure in making selections was the
. — - . t ..... ... 1 nn....n/l 4-1irn l> {*/-« ... ... ... I llnnAOnnoir A'.n •> <lr,m !l>n 1M <- V.1-4- . ..
area are. Tex-
New
fic to back sho[) and broken into.
John Caver stated that he had 110
insurance on the loss. None of the
other contents of the safe were
taken.
Atlanta Womans
dub Entertained
afternoon by Bernjce Hughes, in gers. Mr. Vick said that although j ion; second, the ability to work for
one of her most outstanding re- detailed information of the appear- j cooperation.
views: "Dinner at Antonios." We atlce and many engineering and The towns ir
would say an unselfish and nice mechanical improvements introduc \ arkana, Atlanta, Ashdown,
thing to do. ed in the new Dodge could not bo j Boston, Magnolia and Waldo.
***** revealed prior to the public show- The following attended the meet
Mrs. L T Pilant said there is jng, there are certain general facts inK from Atlanta: Mrs. E W Grum
some advantages in having two concerning the comfort - engineer- j hies, Mrs. Joe M Graham, Mrs. L
children with birthdays so close to- jng story behind the new Dodge L Dalrymple, Mrs. I.dward Ostrin
gether. It gets the birthday enter- stvling that can be disclosed at ^D's O L Stroud, Mrs. Verde liich-
taining done in a hurry. Cecelia (ms time. ey, Mrs. Roy Davis.
was entertained with a party Sat- "The primary considerations that j —
urday on her 10th birthday, and influenced the design of the new Qo Dean's Ivist
Chi'-k was entertained Sunday Dodge were Army statistics which I
with a party on his 7th birthday. showed that the G. I.'s of World j Four Cass County student s
* * * * War II were taller, bigger, and Kast Texas State College have During tho business session an-
Mike and La Voye Adams have more active than their predecessors! been named to the Dean's list for nual reports were heard and the
at las
necessary for a competitive market game as the others preceeding him,
. _ hut few if any have ever publicly
Kiirlit of Way for admitted their motives as honestly
Hiihwav Obtained ( f ,,
important and
he right-of-way for the
trite highway to be designated as prosentatives from rural acreas
lighway 155, beginning at Avinger Mr- Manford is from Smiley, Gon- permit
nd continuing approximately 14 zales County, which is also a rural
|miles to join the Linden - Atlanta section. He is known to understand
Marion-Cass Soil
Conservation News
Bradford has a good cover
Mrs Tilford Huc-hos wis hostess J n ftanacocK
Airs. IK 1a nugnefi was m . ess [n , v mi] oasf of Lin. Kural problems and be in sympathy s ■, , Water C(
to Atlanta Woman's Club, follow- * , .. . , , . . .. u:„ ana water w
i ing a review of Frances Parking-
iton Keyes'
at tonios."
J W
of small grain on his dam. Hardly
, ... , any erosion has taken place. Mr.
new key positions were assigned to Re- ,jradf„rd ,,|ans to establish ber.
muda as soon as the season will
He is in the Springdale
Group.
H K Handcock of the Marietta
Conservation group
ut twenty acres of Austrian
book, "Dinner at An-
den, has been completed with the with those areas. We in our corner has abo
exception of a short distance, ac- of the State can, therefc
re
feel
your subscription is dead. [challenge to Dodge engineers was j ren, Box 5, Atlanta; Emestelle
***** to design a car with more interior' Berry, daughter of Mrs G E Tray-
It's the new look for the First space and still reduce exterior lor, Hughes Springs; and Era Lou
Methodist Church. The old shrub- 0f handling in traffic, parkins,' Welsh, daughter of Mrs A L Glass
bery is all being pulled down. We dimensions to eliminate difficulties Hughes Springs.
Critic-Parliamentarian, Mrs Hen
y A. King.
Reporter, Mrs. Howard Carney
Federation Counselor, Mrs. L. L
[Dalrymple.
Mrs. L. T
noticed Rev. Roy Gibbs out super- To learn how Dodge succeeded! To be eligible for the Dean's j Historian-Librarian,
vising a ground levelling in the jn meeting this challenge and at List, students must have a semest- Anderson Jr.
back of the church. All new shrubs the same time produced a car with er grade average of better than a Mrs. Jimmie Aldridge was elect
will be planted as soon as possible an entirely new and distinctive "B". d to membership in the club.
• * " " " Istyling, Mr. Viek cordially invites During the social hour, dainty
We see August Brabham out so everybody to his gala open house Pnfe Promoted jconfections were served from a
early selling ads for programs on (,n February 25. ,, , „ ^ 0 j |Hunt Table done with Valentine
annual Lions Club minstre schedul-
ed this year for March 10-11. Can't Orkfot.v Clnh Mows
think of anyone that could do a beti1*"01"1^ V,U * iUWS
ler ioh hnvinrr snccessfullv han- Last week Roy I'j Price con
ter job, having successfully han-
dled it last year.
Workers' Conferenee
Queen City, 18th
conduct-
ed an excellent Community Ser-
vice program. His speaker was of
ficer Frank Jackson of the High-
way Patrol. Mr. Jackson told the
club members how they could as-
sist in making the work of the
Highway Patrol more effective.
of City schools,
Gets Promoted
Corporal Edwin O Sanders, son noS0^avK jn moline and velvet. Mrs
of Mr and Mrs E O Sanders, Rt. T R whit Sa„ Carn Mrs. Joe
No. 3, Atlanta, was recently P™-lNjcho)S) Mrs_ noyd Johnson and
Mrs. W H Arnold assisted in the
courtesies.
S. S. Attendance
Church . 300
The topic for discussion at the
Enon Baptist Workers Conference |Superintendent
at Queen City, Feb. IS, will be: Ben H Hudspeth is bringing to the I
New Workers. The following sub- club today debating teams from | -"JAf ]i A nniVPl'SJirV
topics will he discussed: the Atlnnta High school. Their ' 1
Praying for Workers, Rev. BiHy {subject will be Resolved that the
Eads; Discovering and Enlisting Severance Tax on Natural llesoure
Them, Rev E L Potter; Teaching Jes in Texas should be increased:
and Training Them, Dr. W M Eth- (The debaters will be Miss Biddy
ridge; Guiding and Inspiring Them Cook, Mjss Joan Talley, Mr. Star-
Rev. Trby Bates. jkey Dnvls and Mr Jack Talley.
Sermon, Rev Jesse Davis. |
A A Burkhalter will have charge LAWS CHAPEL SINGING
of (he singing. The meeting will
begin prompty at 10 a.m. After
Next Sunday afternoon is the
regular singing date at Laws Cha-
luneli, executive boards of the assojpel church. Everybody has a spec
elation and the WMU will havejial invitation to attend. Singing
separate meetings. I will start at 2:00 o'clock.
moted to the grade of sergeant in
the United States Air Force. Sgt.
Sanders is presently assigned to
the 2500th Air Force Reserve Train
ing Center, Barksdale Field, T,a.,
as an assistant to the Air Inspec-
tor. He was graduated from At- Baptist
lanta High school with the class of Methodist Church 305
1040. | Assembly of God ..'10
Presbyterian Ch... 40
Queen City Meth. 72 —..
Queen Citv Bap. 10S R!
.73..
40..
240
.50..
Winte r peas that will give protec-
cording to County Attorney, Joe W \ore securely that our problems tjon against erosion during the
Lovelace, superintendent of right-given all due consideration. 8easonai rains that we usually get
of-way. ^ ^ 1 Still no actually controversial j j a Dodson of Smyrna has some
( onstruction is to begin about bills have reached the House floor Austrian Winter peas that are look
look
green
Little Son Dies
Mr. and Mrs. W ,T (Bilyl Wat- Iaws f^ape! M. 03
ers will celebrate their 50th wed- christian Church ..40
ding anniversary Sunday February ^azarene Church 21«
20th at their home in the Piney west Side Baptist 48
Grove community. They invite]
their friends to call by to see them
City is
His
out.
schedule for the various com- Also, those farmers who are to
mittees. Nearly all meetings are to plant Sericea should have their
Johnny Ray Milligan, 3 year old lie at night, some once and some ground broken and leveled so that
son of Mr. and Mrs. J W Milligan, twice a week. The reason for the the spring rains will settle it for
died Friday, February 11th at his night meeting is apparently to seeding by the last half of March
home at Bivins. He is survived by avoid conflict with the day time Many are going to use 40 to 50
nis parents and 4 sisters and four schedule of the session. j pounds of seed per acre.
brothers. | Last Tuesday night (Feb. 8th), Mansel Kelly staked off two ter
Services were held Sunday at 3 the Senate held its first public race channel outlets for construc-
p.m., at the Courtland Baptist hearing of the Educational Com- tion and finished surveying ter-
Church with Rev. Stovall officiat- mittee, in order to aire views of race systems on three of his fields
ing. Burial was in the Courtland the Gilmer-Aikins Committee pro- at Bryan's Mill.
cemetery under direction of Han- posals. The bills embodying these; C. B. McDonald of Linden has
ner Funeral Service. proposals thus far are: [18 acres of Winter peas and has
I Senate Bill 115 Providing for the seeded 34 acres to White Dutch
GIRL SCOUT MEETING election of a Board of Education and Hop Clover.
.. A meeting will ho called Tues- end the Appointment of a Superin I J A Howell of Springdale group
day night at 7:30 in grade school tendent. Imade a complete, coordinated Soil
auditorium for all Girl Scout and Senate Rill 116 Providing a min and Water Conservation Plan on
Brownie leaders. . ..Troop Mothers, imum foundation school program his farm, Wednesday. Mr. Howell
Town Committees and all persons for a full 0 months of the school divided his pasture into two parts
interested in our Scouting program year for each child. p0 that rotation grazing can be
IMease come and meet Miss Vir- Senate Bill 117 Providing for the done. This will permit rest periods
ginia Griffin, our new executive di transfer of certain school funds to for his crass. About twenty acres
rector and Miss Carolyn Joe Mat- t'10 Foundation school fund. of class 1, 0 acres class 2," and 4
thews, our new field director | This hearing consisted of many acres of class 3 land as mapped by
________ tweakers pro and con, and lasted the Soil Scientist was set aside as
DKN TWO j until almost one o'clock Wednos- cropland Mr Howell will not have
Of the Cub Scouts held its regu- day morning. Most objection was to terrace his class 1 land, but
lar meeting Tuesday afternoon, raised on S. B. 115 concerning the spoke of the importance of using
The meeting opened with all the appointment of the State Commis plenty of winter legumes.
Cuba repeating the Cub Promise, sioner of Education. Other criticism The dnm of Estelle Savage seems
BANKS CLOSE TUESDAY 22nd Denner Stuart called the roll and was directed towards the proposed to be holding very well. The two
The banks in Atlanta will be collected dues. 'Ihe den mothers economic index (S. B. 110), intend outlets system makes it quite safe,
closed Tuesday, February 22, Geo then checked lift achievements of ed to set the tax rate. In the end Pat C Lee, F 0 Lee J A Howell,
.353...
.147
41
40
.125
.03
Thursday evening at 7:0fl o'clock.
All members are invited to attend.
Atlanta National Banb
First National Bank
several times. The meeting ad-
journed with the Cub Sign. I Subscribe for the Citi
it
I
NUMBER SEVEN
melon Growers ,„„ko all lntervillwa d „ke „
A few pounds of good watermel- request after the session gets un- t(| S105,000. Mr. Lee's report in-
on seeds are still available from erwaj. dicates that this remarkable pro-
the Jaroy Company, of Ade, Ga., In order to cope with this handi- gress has bertn made possible
J J I arish, woner. Over 00 pounds i ap, Speaker Manford and his stalf through the p ^rchase of stock by
of these seed have tieen placed in found it to be an all day and late Texas farmers' and ranchers, al-
tliis area for this year's crop and into the night job. most 33,000 of them having invest
On the Sunday preceding the ed over .$8,300,000 which together
as long as they last, at the (JoTL committee announcements, I was with surplus reserves of over $5,-
off'ce. . | honored, along with two other new 000,000 gives the farmers and
Ihe seed v.ere grown in O.tla- jv elected Representatives, to be ranchers of Texas a stake of more
homa and ' ' -
reads as folic
Weed content 2'", ; 5 per cent in-
Sonnre Dance
Members of the Square Dance j Washington's birthday. Please ar- Ihe Cubs. Plans were then made the Committee gave the bills a Jewel Savage and J W Bradford
Club will have a square dance at range your banking business ac- for the stunt at the next pack meet favorable report, recomending pas- has asked for terrace lines thif
the Indian Hills Country Club this cordingly. Ing. The Cubs practiced their stunt sage, with only one dissenting vote. week.
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Harrell, D. P. The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1949, newspaper, February 17, 1949; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth348123/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.