The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1946 Page: 1 of 6
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Volume XV.
"An Independent, Outspoken, Country Weekly”
Corrigan, (Polk County,) Texas, Thursday, August 22, 1946
Number 29
LIVINGSTON MEN DIE
IN PLANE CRASH
MONDAY MORNING
SATURDAY IS ANOTHER
ELECTION DAY
\V. li. (Hill) Cayton and his
nephew, Ralph Sidney Cayton,
were killed Monday morning
near Leggett when the small
plane they were riding crash-
ed.
They were aiding in the
search for un elderly man who
had been lost since the morn-
Next Saturday, August 24th i
Texas voters will be called on
to select nominees for the fol-
lowing jobs:
Governor: either Heauford |
Jester of Navarro county or I
Homer P. Rainey of Travis
county.
Lieutenant Governor: Allan I
Shivers of Jefferson county or
ing before and it is believed Boyce House of Tarrant coun-
they were flying too low andjty.
ian into an ‘air pocket’ which Commissioner of Agrieul-
caused the accident. Mr. Cay- ture: J. L. McDonanld the
ton was killed instantly and
the younger man died a few
minutes later.
B. !<’. Matthews, who was HI!
years old, left the home of his
son, Paul, Sunday to search
for a horse. Sunday afternoon
search was started. Monday
Mr. Cayton took his plane to
aid in the search. Mr. Mat-
thews was found a short dis-
tance from the plane and was
carried to the hospital in a
critical condition, lie was re-
ported improving Wednesday
morning.
present commissioner whose
home is Ellis county, or R. E.
I McDonald of Travis county.
Judge of Court of Criminal
Appeals: Tom L. Beauchamp
of Smith county or Jesse
Owens of Wilbarger county.
And in Polk county we have
Watson Walker and L. D.
Kimball in the race for sheriff.
Three Commissioners races
are between Hollis llinson and
V. M. Bull in Precinct one: 0.
L. (Dudley) Veal and Ellis
Murphy in Precinct three and
11. K. Adams and Hiram A.
Double funeral service for Willson in Precinct four.
For Justice of the Peace
the
and
the plane victims was held at
Livingston yesterday morning.
Mr. Cayton, 39. was married
and had two young children,
lie was a lictutsed pilot and
had just recently had his
plane overhauled. He was in
the automobile business and
took an active part in civic,
and fraternal life of his city,
lie was past master, past sec-
retary and certificate Master
Mason.
Young Cayton was 19 years
eld and the son of Louis fay-
ton. His mother, the former
Miss Valda Benefield, was
raised at Moscow and is
granddaughter of Mr.
Mrs. Lawson Weems.
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PIONEER CORRIGAN
WOMAN DIED LAST
TUESDAY NIGHT
Mrs. Sarah S. Woodard, who
died in Bryan last Tuesday
night will be buried at Union
Springs Cemetery this after-
noon following service at the
Methodist Church at three
o’clock. The Order of Eastern
.Star will have charge of the
service at the grave. Rev. Le-
roy Pattillo and Rev. E. L. In-
gram will conduct the service
at the church.
Mrs. Woodard jvas born
February 1, 1864 near Ander-
son in Grimes county and was
married to Mr. Cicero Wood-
ard on March 3, 1884. They
moved to Corrigan in
Mr. Woodard died in
She has been in ill
about two years.
Survivors include
daughters, Mrs. W. II.
son of Bryan, Mrs. Kate Allen
of Anderson, Mrs. Myrtle
Biyden of Pecos and Mrs. J.
M. Claunch of Dnllns; three
sons, Rev. Edward Woodard
of Corrigan, Coll Woodard of
Houston and Mason Woodard
ot Alvin ; and two sisters, Mrs.
It. D. Pyle of Ennis and Mrs.
W. R. Crenshaw of Bryan.
Mrs. Woodard was a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church and
the Order of Eastern Star.
PEACE ON EARTH ... As Old Glory was lowered In the gathering dusk of V-J Day, 1915, a marine kneels
In silent prayer beside the grave of a comrade in the cemetery on Okinawa. Peace came for him after the
war as it came for many on the battlefields. Insert shows Air Vice Marshall Isett, New Zealand, as he
signs the surrender aboard the ESS Missouri in Tokyo bay, while General MacArthur looks on. One year
later, on August 14, all the world will honor those who willingly gave their fives that their's might live in
peace. While V-J Day marked the end of the war, hundreds of thousands of veterans are still on active duty,
finishing their job to see that war never lifts its head in the world. The nation honors all who contributed to
auccess of the war against Japan, many who formerly fought against Germany,
1917
1941.
health
four
Job n-
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ilavv
ins and daughter, Helen Pa-
•icia, of Houston have return-
[1 home after a weeks visit
itb their parents, Mr. and
Irs. W. B. Hawkins of Luf-
in and Mr. and Mrs. Matt
iendrick of Corrigan.
of the Peace in
this, Precinct 6: M. T. Hick-
man Jr. and J. M. Ilavard.
In Justice Precinct No. 7:
Sam Barrington and W. E
Williams.
The Press will not endeavor
to advise anyone how to vote.
All we would like to urge is
that you be sure to vote.
LARGE GATHERING
ATTEND HOMECOMING
AT DAMASCUS SUNDAY
The annual homecoming at
Damascus Cemetery brought
fiiemls and acquaintances of
yesteryear together Sunday at
'old Damascus church and
I cemetery. Some who attended
had not been back in forty
years.
The business meeting of the
Cemetery Association was held
at two o’clock and the present
officers were re-elected for a
two year term.
The famous Stamps Quartet
was on hand mid many singers
and quartets from neighboring
communities took part in the
services.
Officers of the Association
asked the Press to express
their appreciation to nil who
assisted in making tne day a
success. They especially appre-
ciated the efforts so many put
forth to advertise the concert
that was held at the school
auditorium Saturday night.
This concert, which was the
means of making expenses for
the quartet to come to the
Homecoming, attracted on ov-
erflow crowd estimated at be-
tween five and six hundred.
The Damascus ’cemetery is
one of the oldest in East Tex
as and the association con-
tracts the working of the plot
each year. The homecoming
each year is looked forward to
by many people from far and
near.
Meeting Postponed
The revival meeting which
usually follows the homecom-
ing was postponed until Sep-
tember on account of the ill-
ness of Rev. E. Woodards
mother.
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“The resuscitated OPA is a
monument to the bipartisan
reluctance of Washington of-
fice-holders to face realities.
— M. S. Rukeyser, economist.
MR. LYNN ATMER WAS
BURIED IN GROVETON
LAST WEDNESDAY
His many friends hi Corri-
gan were shocked when news
reached here Monday after-
noon of last week that Mr.
Lynn Atmer of Groveton bad
died that evening in San An-
tonio.
Mr. Atmer had been in ill
1 ealth for some time and was
in the Alamo City under the
care of a specialist.
Funeral service was con-
ducted at the First Baptist
Church in Groveton Wednes-
day afternoon. Pallbearers
were J. J. Collins or Lufkin,
Byron MeKnight and Gordon
Roily of Corrigan, L. W. Burr,
Clayborn Dickey, Roy How-
md, W. A. Mangum and II. C.
Knickerbocker of Groveton.
Mr. Atmer retired several
years ago from the presidency
of the First National Bank in
Groveton on account of ill
health. He also held interest in
banks at Corrigan and Trini
ty.
lie is survived tiv his wife,
the former Miss Mable Morris,
daughter of Mrs. W. II. t aton
of Corrigan, a son, Morris At-
mer, two brothers. \\ irt At
mer of Houston and Dr. R. L.
Atmer of San Antonio; three
sisters, Mrs. Will Best of
Houston, Mrs. Will Brooks of
Onalaska and Mrs. Stuart El-
lis of Duncan, Okla.
Mr. Atmer had many friends
throughout the timber belt oi
East Texas who will mourn
his passing.
O
Keep Buying Bonds
keep on keepin’ ’em!
There are about 10 million
nople over 65 in the U. S. In
MX) there were only half as
any: in 1980 there should be
j million.
Health authorities of a typi-
cal American city have estab-
lished that handwashed dishes
contain 23 72 times more living
bacteria than dishes cleansed
in an electric dishwasher.
fcURE-FIRE WAY TO RAISE
CHURCH FUNDS RELATED
(By Jack Rutledge)
A sure-fire way to raise
money at a church benefit was
explained to Mrs. Andrew Rose
of Texarkana by her maid. .
“All you has to do is get a
big room put a partition down
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middle just high enough N'eches Softball league
you can see over it, and have
two entrances. One entrance is
labeled ‘Heaven’ and the’other
‘Hell.’” The maid said.
“You charge a dime at eaeli
mi trance. Of course, everyone
wants to go to heaven so they
pays their dime. When they
git inside ‘heaven’ they find a
big empty room with nothing
to do. Naturally they looks
over the partition into ‘hell’
and they sees a big table load-
ed with good things to eat. a
music machine, tables ready
for dice shooting and card
playing.
The maid said everyone wil-
lingly shells out an extra 25
<ents to get out of “heaven”
and another 10 cents to get in-
to “hell.”
As proof, the maid said
firmly “you should have seen
our treasury report.”
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“A program clearly defined
and fair to both labor and
management will set the
wheels of progress going at a
tremendous rate.”—Pres. B. J.
Fairless, U. S. Steel.
CHESTER LIKELY TO
WIN LEAGUE BATTLE
IN GAME TONIGHT
IF—Chester defeats Wood-
ville tonight at Woodville, or
if ’Camden defeats, Corrigan
tonight at Camden, Chester
will be the champs so far as
the north half of the Trinity
is con-
Por the first time in history
an airminded person anywhere
in the IJ. S, can buy his own
airplane, new or used, sea or
and amphibian, on the installment
plan.
CARMONA MILL AND
PLANER BURN DOWN
Corrigan Truck Broke Down
Fire Destroyed the Sawmill and Planer at Carmona yester-
day afternoon and threatened the sheds and yard.
A call came to Corrigan for help but the fire truck here was
broke down. Fred Anderson was out of the city and the call
went to J. W. Largent Jr. Mr. Largent contacted Aubry Knox
and Mayor Reily but the truck was in the garage with bearing
burned out.
The Press learned from an employee of the Saner-Ragley
Lumber Company that they had failed to get help from the
depaitments at either Groveton^ Trinity or Livingston but a
truck from Lufkin was on the way to Carmona at 4:30 p.m
Groveton’s truck was broke down—Trinity and Livingston
reported that their equipment was not allowed to leave the
city limits of their towns.
We were unable to reach an o/ficial of the lumber company
for an estimate of the loss.
(If a good fire whistle would help, Corrigan might be able
to assist. As this is written the city is trying- out the new fire
sirene atop the sub-courthouse.)
AQUAPLANE STAR SPILLS . . . Fred Krrwln rares tor a fall In
trial run during preparation for the National Aquaplane races to be
held off the California coast along Hcrmosa and Manhattan beaches
the middle of August. Aquaplane races were largely discontinued dur-
ing the war. Many returned servicemen acquired the art in Pacific
waters and promise to give strong competition In the sport. It has
been estimated that several thousand will compete in aquaplane races
In various parts of llie^Unitcd States during 1946.
cerned. Should Woodville be
ti e victors over Chester and
Corrigan should defeat Cam-
den, then, Chester and Corri-
gan would be tied for high
honors. The winner in the
north division will meet the
Cleveland boys for the play-
off hext week.
The playoff will be two out
of three games and first game
will be played on the field
where the team wins the toss-
up. The next game will be
played at the other town and
if a third game is necessary, it
will be played at Livingston.
Chester has the inside track,
of course, and is expected to
come out with flying colors to
night but in case the above
if might come to pass, then a
playoff would be necessary be-
tween Corrigan and Chester to
decide who would go against
the South half winners.
Chester has a well balanced
team and they deserve lots of
credit for the fine showing
they have made. Of course,
anything can happen in a ball
game.
Chester defeated Moscow
The game between Chester
and Moscow was enjoyed last
Monday night even tho Cites
ter defeated the Moscow boys
by a rather wide margin. It
was a good game from start to
finish and there was no squab-
bling by either team. One of
the Chester boys knocked the,
hardest line drive over center
field that the writer has ever
seen but unfortunately for
him) it struck a fence post and
bounced back. The centerfield-
er relayed it to second and a
perfect home run was cut off
at the home base.
Corrigan defeats Indians
The boys from Indian Vil-
lage came here Monday night
to again lose to Corrigan. The
score was 14 to 8 and we are
told that the Indians’ inability
to hit when hits would count
runs was their downfall. I wo
different innings they went
out with the bases loaded.
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Experimenters have found
that some varieties of hybrid
corn produce as much ns 35
per cent more corn oil—an es-
sential ingredient used in
shortening, soap, paint and
printing ink.
PROTECTION OF
STORED GRAIN
Because o f unfavorable
weather conditions which pre-
vailed throughout the grow-
ing season Polk County’s pro-
duction of corn and grain
crops will be extremely low.
In view of this condition to-
gether with a rather serious
national feed shortage it is to
every farmers interest to pro-
tect and save every grain of
feed he produces according to
R. E. Nolan, County Agricul-
tural Agent.
Where the rainfall is abun-
dant and the climate warm
like it is in this section, the
storage of grain is extremely
hazardous, as Insects breed
with little interruption the
year around. Corn loses 5c a
bushel each month it is in stor-
age and most farmers will
agree that this Is a conserva-
tive estimate. A large percent
of the field damage done by
the weevils can be traced to
poor storage conditions where
tlie insects are allowed to pro-
pagate throughout the year.
Some of the common insects
of stored grains are:
1. Rice or black weevil, the
most destructive, flying from
the infested corn cribs to corn
fields.
2. Aagoumois gram moth,
second in importance, with
damage restricted generally to
the surface of grain after be-
ing shelled or threshed.
3. Cardelle beetles and
4. Indian meal both breeds
in ear corn and feeds of all
kinds.
Fortunately all stored grain
insects can be controlled satis-
factorily, effectively and very
cheaply if the proper material
is used correctly. Treatment
with lime, sulphur or salt has
been found ineffective and
more or less u:;“less methods.
Paradichlorobenzene ami na-
phalene taint the meat if grain
is fed to livestock. Before stor
ing this years corn or other
grain the bins should be clean
and the floors and sidewalls
made airtight. Feed or fumi-
gate grain on hand from pre-
vious season before harvest.
One of the best known fumi
gating materials, which has
been developed rather recently
is a mixture of three (31
parts Ethylene dichloride and
one (1) part carbon tetroch-
loride. This mixture is non-
inflammable; safe on germin-
ation regardless of dosage, ex-
posure or moisture content of
grain and need not taint, the
meat of livestock that eat the
grain. Six gallons of this mix-
ture will treat 1,000 bushels of
grain, or fumigation of sacked
FARM SECURITY
OFFICE MOVES
The Farm Security Admin-
istration office has been mov-
ed from the sub courthouse in
Corrigan to the third floor oi
the county courthouse in Liv-
ingston. A full time office will
be maintained in Livingston
and administrative personnel
will be in the office all day
each Friday. George S. Dean,
former supervisor for Polk
and Tyler counties has been
transferred to Trinity county
and he was replaced by -I.
Woodrow Willett.
PINE^GROVE
(By Mrs. J. W. McAnulty)
Mrs. WiN Lewis has return-
ed home after a vacation at
Freeport with her son. Charlie
Fay and Minnie Pearl Lewis
came home with her for a
visit.
Sirs. B. A. Hickman and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howard
were visitors in Livingston
last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Dossey
oi Tulsa, Okla., who have been
visiting relatives here, have
returned home. '
Misses Grade and Emma
Nowlin are visiting relatives
in Seminole, Okla.. this week.
5Ir. and Mrs. C. E. Smith
and children of Spurger visit
id Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brough
Sunday.
Allen Pattillo of Bedumont
visited friends here Sunday.
Dan McAnulty is visiting
his brother at Camp Ruby this
week.
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“It just wasn’t bringing me
any happiness!”—C. A. Locke,
Pittsburgh lawyer, after do-
nating his savings of $300,000
to charity.
seed under tarpaulin use four-
teen pounds to 1,000 cubic
feet. Normally 1,000 bushels
of grain can be treated with
this fumigating material for
about $4.00. Best time to fumi-
gate is when temperature is 65
to 75 degrees. The material is
sprinkled on top of tlie grain
ami the gas being heavier than
air penetrates downward
through the grain.
In case your seed or insecti-
cide dealer or druggist hasn’t
a supply of this fumigating
material in stock ask him to
order it for you.
It must be remembered that
fumigation does not make the
grain immune from uttack by
insects later coming from out-
side sources hence careful
watch must be kept,and treat-
ment again applied as found
necessary.
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