Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1954 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 64
HONEY GROVE, TEI
.Friday, March 26, 1954
NUMBER 10
Tornado
Hits Here
A tornado struck in Honey Grove about 10:30 o’clock
Wednesday night and did a great amount of damage. The
Transcontinental Compress & Warehouse Company was the
greatest loser. About four sections of the warehouse were
completely destroyed. The roof on the Pete Nunnelley fil-
ling station was removed from the building on east Main
street. Numerous business buildings , were damaged and
considerable plate glass windows broken. Television aerials
all over town were damaged. No estimate has been made
as to the amount of damage1 inflicted.___________
FIRE CHIEF URGES PARTICIPATION
.IN SPRING CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
Warriors Train
For Track And
Baseball Season
Cotton I)iscussion
Held ay Meeting
Fridayj Night
The three gins of Honey
Miss Bettie Gilmer
Buried Sunday At
Oakwood Cemetery
Miss Bettie Walcott Gilmer,
With the omission of spring;
football training from the ath- j ,Qrove .were sponsors of a! life-long resident of Honey
letic program for Class. A gchools;1
A. S. Broadfoot
Appointed Judge
Of 79th District
W. Alva Brown
Died Friday At
Boyd, Arkansas
Judge Albert S. Broadfoot,
who spent 25 years in public
the Honey Grove1 Warriors have, special agricultural meeting Giote, passed away at home j has been called from re-
been able to participate in track i at {-foe high school audi- '
and baseball.
Fire Chief' McCleary Eversole today called upon all
residents of Honey Grove to join tills year’s Spring Clean-
Up drive as one of the best ways to lessen the danger of
fire to themselves, their families, and their homes.
“Don’t Give Eire a Place to Start,” is the Spring Clean-
Up slogan. Chief Eversole pointed out that household rub-
bish is the tinder and fuel for far too many home fires.
“Quoting National Fire Protection Association studies,
Chief Eversole said that home fires account for 50 per cent
of all fire deaths. For the most part, he added, children un-
der 15 an persons of 65 or older are the usukl victims of
home fires.
Chief Eversole urged householders to call upon the fire
department at any time to inspect their homes for fire haz-
ards. And for Spring Clean-Up, he suggested the following
check list on fire-safe housekeeping:
1. Do you regularly dispose of trash and rubbish—
old linens, cast-off clothing, mattresses and old furniture,
curtains, draperies, lampshades, magazines, papers?
2. Do you keep the grounds around your house free
of dead grass, weeds, trash and dried brush?
3. Are your dust mops safely cared for and oily rags
kept in safe metal containers?
4. Do you keep your home tools, machinery, motors
and appliances serviced and clean?
5. Do you use 15 ampere fuses . . . and do you
promptly replace worn or damaged cords’
6. Do you keep weatherd surfaces in and out of the
the house painted . . . and do you remove and replace old,
rotting wood and fencing?
7. Do you have plenty of well-designed ash trays al-
ways^ handy for smokers?
gk Is yoyyroof in good repair; is it protected by fire
resistant asphalt shlhgifc'A..rnetal s^a,Ie> tile or asbestos roof-
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9. Do you cooperate with charity- drives for paper
and trash; salvage your cast-off clothing, furniture, etc., or
contribute to rummage sales (don’t forget to tie in
neat bundles) ?
10. Do you have your chimney and heating system
cleaned at least once a year?
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The track team has already j torium Friday Ilight at which
competed in two warm-up meets, meeting around three hund-
one at Bonham and one m Com- , , . .
merce. They will also compete in I red f armers IU\(1 business
the Paul Pewett relays on April
to take over the
3, in the Mt. Pleasant Relays, on
April 16, and in a meet to be
iheld at East Texas State Teach-
ers College later this spring.
The Mt. Pleasant relays has
become an annual affair with a
large number of the East Texas
schools taking part. To climax
the occasion, “Queen of the Re-
lays” is crowned. Each partici-
pating school is asked to select a
candidate to represent them in
the queen contest-and from these
girls the judges will select the
outstanding girl who will reign
as queen during the relay events.
Competing for the honor of rep-
resenting Honey Grove High ]Sch-
ool in the queen race are Patsy
Yarbrough, senior; Shirley Joyce,
junior; Nancy Carlock, sophomore
and Betty Jo Terrell, freshman.
These girls were selected by their
classes and the one receiving the
most votes will represent Honey
Grove at the relays on April 16.
Judging of the queen will be on
general appearenice, beauty, and
poise.
Making up the track team from
Honey Grove are: Ronnie Bowl-
by, Harold Roberts, Jack McCralw1,
Alan Ford, Harold Ford, Clifton
Avery, Terry Eaton, Jack Under-
wood, Douglas Waters and Jerry
Paschal.
The Warriors baseball team
played its first game of the seas-
on on Fiiday, March 12. at Bon-
ham and defeated the Bonham
High School Club 16-7. Jack Un-
derwood and Douglas Waters
were the pitchers for Honey Gro-
ve with Jack Rogers behind the
plate.
Conference baseball play will
begin on April 15 with Honey
Grove playing host to Windom:
Following is the Baseball sched-
ule for the 1954 Conference Seas-
on:
April 15 — Windom at Honey
Grove.
April 23—Honey Grove at Leon-
ard.
April 30 — Trenton at Honey
Grove.
May 7—Honey Grove at Win-
dom.
May 14 — Leonard at Honey
Grove.
May 21—Honey Grove at Tren-
ton.
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Premeasurement of
1954 Cotton Acreage
Now Available
Fannin County cotton gro-
wers can arrange for official
measurement of their 1954
f^arm cotton - acreage allot-
ments prior to planting time,
the County Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation
Committee announced this
week.
To get the premeasurement
service, which is being pro-
vided on a cost basis, a cot-
ton farmer must file written
request with the county ASC
office prior to April 5th, says
Ray R. Grisham, committee
chairman. The rate to be
charged for the service in
Fannin County has been es-
tablished at $5.00 per farm,
plus $2.00 for each plot of
over one, and payment based
on this rate must be made at
the time the request for the
measurement is filed. “ The
premeasurement is purely op-
tional,” says Mr. Grisham,
“and is offered as a service
to growers who prefer to
have an official measuerment
to use as a planting guide.”
The chairman explains that
all cotton acreage in the
county will be measured as
soon as possible after the
cotton “comes up” to deter-
mine compliance with the ac-
reage allotment - marketing
quota program. When com-
pliance is checked, the farm
men were present.
E. A. Barker, superinten-
dent of schools, welcomed the
group and then introduced
Kenneth Shipp, vocational ag
instructor in the local school,
who presented Zeke Green,
county agricultural agent.
Mr. Green, acting as master
of ceremonies, introduced C.
B. Spencer, agricultural di-
rector of the Texas Cotton-
seed Crushers Association,
who is an extensive cotton
farmer in Hill County. Mr.
Spencer, with the aid of
slides, told of the several
steps necessary for the mak-
ing of a successful -cotton
crop, citing things he and
farmers- from the north and
eastern sections of this state
are doing to produce two
bales and better to the acre.
He stated that the five ne-
cessary steps for a good crop
were: fertility of soil; -good
soil management; disease
control; insect control and
sufficient mpisture at the
proper time. He stated that
the cost of hand labor, both
in cultivating and harvest-
ing, were gettir. : ■ more pro-
hibitive all the i Ailf: and that
already it had been shown
that machine work could re-
place hand labor at a definite
saving to the farmer.
He stressed the uses of le-
gume crops also the use of
commercial fertilizers and
barn yard manures in help-
ing to increase the fertility
of the soil and the moisture
holding capacity of the land.
Following Mr. Spencer was
Sam Martin of the Srnith-
Doxey Cotton Classing office
in Dallas, who told of how
grading was done and what
to do in order that better
samples of staple could be
gotten.
Dan Barnard of the County
P.M.A. office told of the cot-
ton allotment- -plan, also re-
questing any one who had
an allotment and would not
be planting it to release same
to the PMA office in order
that it might be transferred
to some one else and the ac-
reage not be lost to the
county.
Harrison Churchill, field
representative of the Smith-
Doxey Cotton Classing De-
partment, was a guest of the
meeting.
Refreshments were served
in the home economic rooms
after the meeting.
on East Mam street at 5 a.m. ..
0 , , ,, . -I tirement
Saturday, after an illness ot . , , . ... T ,.
, ,, judgeship of the 79th Judi-
several months. . ; _. , . , . _ m
, . cial District m South Texas.
She was born in Honey I .. ....
(Judge Broadfoot will replace
Grove, July 2, 1869, being 84
years of age. She was the
daughter of the late James
P. and Cornelia Murrell Gil-
mer. Her father was the
first child born in Honey
Grove.
Miss Bettie became a mem-
ber of the First Baptist Ch-
urch in Honey Grove in early
childhood. During early life
she was an active member
and served as clerk of the
church for more than 25
years and also served as sec-
retary of the Junior depart-
ment in the church school.
Her pastor, Rev. T. J.
Watts paid a beautiful tri-
bute to her life in final rites
at the First Baptist Church
Shnday afternoon. Rev. J. M.
Simpson, pastor of McKenzie
Methodist Church assisted in
the service. West Funeral
Home was in charge of in-
terment at Oakwood ceme-
tery.
Surviving are a foster bro-
ther, Henry Dickson, Honey
Grove, and his son, John W.
Dickson; two grandnicese,
Mrs. Wyatt Bell here and
Mrs. Robert Connoway, Waco
a n d a - gr and ns ph ew, J ame s
Hugh Gilmer, Ozark, Ark.
Bearers of the body to its5
last resting place were C. M.
Campbell, McCleary Eversole,
R. M. McCleary, Staley Seals,
Roy Shelton and B. N. Par-
rish.
Beekeepers To
Hold Meeting*
The North Texas Beekeep-
ers Association meeting will
be held in Cooper on Friday
night, March 2'6 at 7:30. The
program: Making Increases
With Divisions, by Sam Step-
hens of Pecan Gap, and '“My
Experiences With Sulfa, by
Ed Stewart of Trenton and
third, “Methods of Requeen-
ing” by Charles Engle makes
up the educational program.
There will be an election of
officers. Coffee and cookies
will be served. There will be
talent to answer most any
beekeeping problem you may
have. All interested are urg-
ed to attend.
School Trustee
Election April 3
The Honey Grove School Board1,
at its last regular meeting called
a trustee election for the First
Saturday in Anril, 1954, for the
purpose of electing two trustees.
The election will be held at the
City Hall and the polls will be
oirnen from 8:0(!) a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The terms of Lon B. ENans and
G. L. (Pete I Holman expire.
Their names vill be on the ballot
for re-electionjj They are unoppos-
ed since' the Ladline filing date
was set by til I board for Match
23rd.
Methodist Men
Accept Challenge
Martin Ohr, Jr., Mrs. Henry
will be considered to be with- j Dickson, and Mrs. Charlie Me-
in the farm acreage allot-1 ^Snwere selected 10 hold the
ment if the crop is planted -o-
| within the premeasured area.' Signal-Citizen, $1.50 ,»er year.
’ Prior to last Sunday the Mat-
ton’s Class of the McKenzie Me-
thodist Church led the church in
attendance upon the evening wor-
ship service. At the beginning of
the series of group - sponsored
woslhip services the Matron’s class
had 99 present on their night.
The closest to this number were
present under the sponsorship of
the Philathea Glass when 98 were
Counted. Last Sunday evening the
Brotherhood pushed over to top
to register 106 present. On next
Sunday evening The Methodist
Men will be honored in the wor-
ship service. The challenge to
have more than 106 in this wor-
ship service has been accepted by
the Methodist Men. Can they do
it ? What you do about it will
provide the answer. “Give God
A Chance—-Now” to bless you as
you become a blessing to others:.
Notice
! C. Woodrow Laughlin, re-
moved from the bench on
Wednesday -of last week by
the Texas Supreme. Court.
Judge Broadfoot’s appoint-
ment to the South Texas post
was announced last Friday
by Chief Justice John E.
Hickman said that the Court
had cleared the appointment
with 'Judge W. P. Blalock of
Hidalgo county, presiding
judge of the Fifth Adminis-
trative Judicial district.
Justice Hickman said that
Judge Broadfoot accepted the
assignment, the first made
under the 1949 Judicial Re-
tirement Act which makes
retired judges judicial offi-
cers of the state and subject
to assignment by the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court
to active service on the bench
Counties comprising the
79th Judicial District are Jim
Wells, Duvall, Brooks and
Starr counties.
Judge Broadfoot will serve
until Gov. Allan Shivers ap-
points a man to the bench or
until after a regular judge is
named in the general election
in November.
Judgk Bdoadfoot is a na-
tive of Fannin county, hav-
ing been born May 18, 1885
in the Selfs community of
Fannin county.
He attended the schools at
Selfs and received his de-
grees from East Texas Nor-
mal, now East Texas State
Teachers College, at Commer-
ce. He taught school four
years, including two years as
superintendent of the schools
at Leonard.
Judge Broadfoot studied
law at the University of Tex-
as, University of Chicago and
the University of Colorado
and was admitted to the
Texas Bar in 1912 after pas-
sing the State Bar Exami-
nations.
In 1914 he was elected to
the office of county attorney
of Fannin county and while
serving his second term in
1918 resigned and enlisted in
the United States Army ris-
ing to the rank of a first
lieutenant when discharged.
He was not subject to the
draft, being a county official
Following his discharge
from the Army, he entered
the private practice of law in
Dallas. While in Dallas, he
was married to Miss Jessie
Butler of Sulphur Springs
and all of his children were
Death came to William
Alva Brown on Friday, Mar-
ch 19, while visiting his dau-
ghter, Mrs. Gene Moss.
Mr. Brown was born in
Harrisonburg, Ark., April 10,
1889. His wife, formerly Miss
Bettie Mae Bell, whom he
married in 1916, died eleven
years ago. Besides Mrs.
M'oss, children surviving arc
Herbert Malcolm Brown, of
Lubbock; Pvt. Marvin 'L.
Brown, Fort Bliss; Mrs. Roy
Lochridge, Honey Grove;
Mrs Howard Butler, Albuqu-
erque, N. M., and Mrs. Sam
Johnson, Caribu, Maine. He
leaves . also eight grandchild-
ren and a brother, Tom
Brown of Andrews.
Funeral services were held
at the First Christian Church
Sunday at 3 p.m., conducted
by the pastor, the Rev. Sam'
Cooper, and H. C. Win nett,
Church of Christ minister.
Cooper’s Funeral Home made
burial in Oakwood cemetery.
Pall bearers were Sam D.
Weaver, Tom Lochridge,
Theo Avery, Foster Bomar,
Fred Deyhle and Roy Hurd'.
The Honey Grove Garden Club
will meet Thursday, March 25, in
the home of Mrs. J. M. Simpson,
Jr., with Mesdames H. L. Thom/p-
j son, Robt. Byron, G. W. Morgan
and G. K. Fladger, as co-hostesses
Get your poultry wire
Sixth Street Hardware.
born in Dallas.
In 1930, Mr. and Mrs.
Broadfoot and their children
returned to Fannin county
and he was again' elected to
two terms as county attor-
ney. On completion of his
second term, he was elected
to serve out an unexpired
term in the Texas Legisla-
ture and was later elected to
serve two full terms.
After his tenure of office
in the Texas Legislature, he
was elected to three terms as
judge of the Sixth Judicial
District which embraces La-
mar and Fannin counties. He
retired as district judge on
January 1 1953.
Following his retirement,
Judge Broadfoot turned to
the job of looking after his
farm in the Selfs community
and had made several trips
with his wife.
During his 12 „ years as
judge of the Sixth Judicial
District, .Judge Broadfoot had
ten cases—five criminal and
five civil—reversed by the,
higher courts.
He has three daughters.
They are Mrs. Winston Chan-
ce of Bonham, Mrs. Bill Free-
man, Dallas, and Mrs. Earl
Garrett, of Ingram, in Kerr
county.
A son, Lt. A. S. Broadfoot,
Jr., USAF, was killed in the
crash of a bomber in Eng-
land while waiting his return
to the States after complet-
ing his tour of duty.
THANKS, GOOD PEOPLE
Thanks to all ye good ^people of Honey Grove,
To each of you this word sincerely goes,
And to the good people of Windom, Flag Springs, too,
I want to say God bless every one of you. •
I speak with ..pride of you in every home,
Ye are the salt of the earth among the fertile loam.
Your love and loyalty is something sweet,
To live on earth among you is a real treat.
While ill was in a Bayor Hospital bed
You wrote me letters that cheered me as I read.
You are all so wonderful—Jhis I know,
You comfort those on beds of pain and woe.
When I lay my crutches down, ill health will depart,
There lives now and forever your image in my heart.
H. E. Perry.
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Thompson, Harry L. Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1954, newspaper, March 26, 1954; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth648717/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.