The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, December 5, 1949 Page: 1 of 4
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SERVING IN SMITH, VAN ZANDT AND WOOD COUNTIES
TWENTIETH YEAR — NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN
MINEOLA, TEXAS, DECEMBER 5. 1949
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Presentation of Band Trophies
rThe above photo by Ashbrook was taken at the football stadium following the Christmas
ie last Wednesday. J. Y. Thomas, left h:is just presented trophies to the drum major-
of the three winning bands. Hawkins w on first, Mt. Pleasant second and Van third,
light is John Zachry, Chamber of commerce manager.
'ownsite Test
Ready to Spud in
v Mineola’s new Woodbine oil
test, the A. O. Phillips No. 1
' A. A. King, located just north
of the city limits, was prepar-
i, ing to spud in either late Mon-
day or early Tuesday. Coats
& Hearrell, drillers, moved in
rig: and equipment last week-
end.
T Location is 467. feet out the
ebntheast corner of the 46-
acre tract, S. English Survey,
at the north end of Sycamore
»t. The well will test both
Yc sub-Clarksville and the
f i Ajpe^bine.
' Mills operators de-
wS’
iday night to deepen
ree & Jackson No. 1
f. Reed, wildcat test north-
east of the townsite, which
failed to find shows in going
to around 6,125 feet. Electrical
survey was run Sunday night
and decision was made to
deepen five or six hundred
feet. The well was said to be
running high on area geology
but low in comparison to the
Pine Mills Field production
area.
South of Pine Mills Field
Hloilan dsworth Oil Cobipany is
drilling below surface casing on
tile No. 'l George A. Chene-
werk, William Fisher Survey, in
search of sub-Clarsville pay.
Location is about a mile and
Juiif south of the No. 2 Dur-
of Mineola Humple was
the No. 1 H. Watts,
it sub-Clarsville failure,
MINEQLA-ATLANTA
STATISTICS
First Downs:
MINEOLA _
ATLANTA
Net Yards from Scrimmage:
MINEOLA _______________ 216
ATLANTA_________153
Yards Gained Passing:
MINEOLA _____________ 101
ATLANTA ____________ 79
Passing Records:
•' MINEOLA completed 5 of 16;
two were intercepted.
ATLANTA completed 5 of 16;
none intercepted.
Interceptions:
>LA_________2
lTLANTA______0
and was nearing the Woodbine.
Plans call for testing the Wood-
bine, Paluxy and possibly deep-
er zone.
Still no developments have
been announced for the pro-
posed wildcat test northeast of
Mineola wheie about 2,500
acres have been taken in the
Hamilton, Hart and other sur-
veys by D. L. Irwin.
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City Building
Permits During
November 818,008
Building permits in Mineola
during the month of November
totaled $18,008, according to the
records of City Secretary Lind-
ley York. The November total
pushed the year’s construction
figure up to $146,734.
November peimits included a
new home for Mr. and Mrs. D.
S. Lanford, III, and an addi-
tion to the Hearn Motor Com-
pany. The remainder of the
construction was for small
buildings and repairs.
Tree Seedlings
Short This Year
Don B. Austin, District For-
ester of the Texas Forest Ser-
vice, in a statement today ad-
vised all persons interested in
purchasing tree seedlings, to
do so immediately Austin
pointed out that 13 out of 19
tree species grcwn in the In-
dian Mound Nursery near Alto
had been sold out.
The trees grown in the Texas
Forest Service nursery are for
reforestation and wind break
purposes. These trees cannot
be used or sold for ornamen-
tal plantings. The species re-
maining in stock are slash
pine, bois d’arm, catalpa, Rus-
sian mulberry, and green ash.
Austin explained that bois d’arc
and catalpa produce excellent
fence posts when grown in the
counties of East Texas. The
wood of these species is re-
sistent to decay. Slash pine is
well adapted to planting in
East Texas.
iting Averages:
SOLA___
ATLANTA __
Ball Lost on Fumbles:
MINEOLA _________________
ATLANTA _________
Yards Penalized:
MINEOLA 4 for 30 yds.
ATLANTA 1 for 15 yards.
City Police Have
Busy Week-End
The Mineola Police Depart-
ment had a busier than usual
week-end with local distur-
bances.
Among the arrests; were two
Negro men, one charged with
criminal assault on a colored
woman and another charged
with automobile theft.
J. L. Ballard
Buried Sunday
At Sand Springs
John Lowery Ballard, 91, died
at his home here Friday night.
Funeral services were held Sun-
day afternoon at 2:38 at the
Central Christian Church with
the Rev. H. J. Sheets, pastor,
officiating, assisted by the Rev
R. E. Streetman and the Rev.
N. B. Crawford.
Burial was made in the Sand
Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Ballard was born May 4,
1858, near Lindale in Smith
County, and he lived all of his
life in Smith and Wood Coun-
ties. He retired from farming
a number of years ago and at
the time of his death resided
at 620 West Kilpatrick Street.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Emma Ballard, three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Blanche Dickey of
Mineoia and Mrs. Eula Walker
and Miss Lois Bailard of Wash-
ington, D. C., two sons, Frank
Ballard of Galden and Vernon
Ballard of San Antonio ten
grandchildren and thirteen
great-grandchildren.
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Mineolan Heads
E-Tex Water Group
"Freddie Perdue was elected
president of the East Texas
Water & Sewer Associaton at
a meeting at the Gregg County
Air Port near Longview last
Thursday night.
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MINSTREL SHOW
If you enjoy a good Minstrel
Show you should attend The
Elk’s Minstrel Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, Dec. 6-7th.,
High School Auditorium in Ty-
ler. Adults $1.20, Students 60c,
tax included. Tickets on sale
at The Monitor office.
Cotton Growers
To Vote Dee. IS
On Market Quota
County Production and Mar-
keting Committeemen were be-
ginning this week the task of
preparing for the National cot-
ton marketing quota referen-
dum to be held in every cot-
ton growing community in the
United States on Thursday,
December 15.
A preliminary estimate by the
County PMA office in Quitman
indicates that around 1,400
cotton growers will be eligible
to vote in Wood County.
Mr. Kitchens, county PMA
chairman, says that about ten
voting places will be set up
in the county to make it as
convenient as possible for all
growers to participate.
Meanwhile, work is continu-
ing in the county office on da-
ta gathered from farmers dur-
ing the past several weeks upon
which individual farm acreage
allotments will be based. Mr.
Kitchens is unable to say at
this time when allotment no-
tices will be ready for mailing,
but assures cotton farmers that
they will be advised of their
allotments before the referen-
dum date.
Marketing quotas for the 1950
cotton crop were proclaimed by
Secretary of Agriculture Char-
les F. Brannan on October 13
when it became apparent that
cotton supplies for the current
year would exceed the normal
supply by a wide margin. To
become effective, however
quotas must be approved by at
least two-thirds of the grow-
ers voting in''the coming ref-
erendum.
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Mexia Overwhelms
Grand Saline in
Regional Playoff
A powerful Mexia football
team swept the Grand Saline
Indians out of the Class A
football play-off last Friday
night at Corsicana by a decis-
ive 53 to 6.
The big gun in the Mexia
attack was a sharp-shooting
halfback named Garland Cain,
whose passing wizardry ran the
Indians secondary ragged.
Meanwhile a strong Mexia line
throttled everyone the Indians
had to offer without the ser-
vices of their star back, Wayne
Sullivan, who was out of the
game with an ankle injury.
Minus Sullivan, the Indians
were far from top form, and
when completed passes began
to rain around them the game
became a hopeless affair. Cain
has passed into submission all
the Mexia’s opposition in the
play-off. A week before the
Grand Saline game he beat La-
Vega by completing 22 of 36
passes, mostly to a pair of
glue-fingered junior ends.
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License number 100 is al-
ways reserved for the Presi-
dent’s car.
Many Mineolans See Bowie
Lose to Big Garland Owls
An estimated fifty or more
Mineola football fans went to
Garland Friday night to get
preview of the team the Yel-
low Jackets would have to face
in the state quarter-finals, and
Saturday morning most of them
were not down-hearted about
the prospects.
The Garland Owls have a
hefty line, one that will out-
weigh the Jackets badly at six
of seven positions. Their two
tackles, J. T. Garrison and Carl
Brawley, weigh 210 and 223
pounds and their guards weigh
165 and 185 pounds. Dale Tur-
ner, center, tips the scales at
better than 165 and one end
weighs 175 and the other 145.
Ace of the Owl backfield is
a lad named Pascual Valle,
pronounced “Vah-yay” He is
the fifth of five football play-
ing brothers, one of whom was
an all-state Class AA player.
Valle is the workhorse and the
sparkplug of the Garland at-
tack. He hits the line and runs
off the tackles and around the
ends, weaving, twisting and
churning. He also catches pass-
es, although the Owls don’t
pass as much as do the Yellow
Jackets.
Valle’s jersey is number fif-
ty-six, and when he’s stopped
the Owl running game will at
least be slowed down.
Most Mineolans who saw the
Bowie-Garland game are of the
opinion that the Jackets can
win, “If our boys aYe in good
shape phyically.”
Jackets Defeat Atlanta,
Play in Quarter Finals
A battered and crippled band
of Mineola Yellow Jackets mus-
tered enough power Thursday
night to get past an inspired
Atlanta team, 18-13, to win the
Region Four championship and
advance to the state quarter-
finals in Class A.
Mineola held an 18-6 margin
until late in the game when
Cruse intercepted a pass from
Knox and raced back to the
Jacket 19 before Huffman
caught him from behind. The
Rabbits went on to score, run-
ning the count up to 18-13, and
they were showing new power
when Benny Castloo recovered
a fumble on the Mineola 31
about a minute before time n.n
out.
The Yellow Jackets had the
edge in statistics, making 13
first down to Atlanta’s 11 and
317 net yards rushing and pass-
ing to Atlanta’s 216. Mineola
line play was superior, but the
Rabbits had a constant threat
in Harris Ted, a fleet-footed
back who accounted for most
of the Atlanta yardage. The
Rabbits played a smart, in-
spired game, and limited the
Jacket backs to fewer long
runs than any team they have
faced.'
Mineola’s’ first touchdown
came at the end of a 72-yard
drive that started after Kel-
ley returned a punt 18 yards
to his own 28. The Jackets put
together four first downs in
the drive with Walker going
over the last six yards in two
tries. Kelley’s kick for point
was wide and Mineola led,
6-0.
Atlanta tied it up a few min-
utes later when the Jackets
fumbled on their own 22 yard
line. Teel carried four times
and then Simmons went thru
the middle for two and a touch-
down.
The Jackets roared right
back. Bubba Kelley broke off
left tackle and raced 49 yards
to the 8 yard line, but on the
next try Walker fumbled and
Atlanta recovered. After the
Rabbits failed to make a first
down Castloo blocked a punt
and the Jackets recovered on
the six. Kelley went over and
boosted the count up to 12-6.
The Jackets pushed the score
up to, 18-6 in the third quar-
ter following heads-up play by
Billy Brotherton who caught
Kelley’s straight up punt and
returned 27 yards to the At-
lanta 38. A 24-yard pass Knox
to Sinclair accounted for the
touchdown.
Despite the cripples in their
ranks, the Jackets played well
on both offense and defense.
Standouts on defense were
Castloo at left end and Brother-
ton backing up the line. Cast-
loo made repeated tackles on
the Atlanta scatbacks, was alert
on pass defense, covered a fum-
ble and blocked a punt. Broth-
erton’s alert play on Kelley’s
fluke punt paved the way for
the winning touchdown, and
his defensive work all night
was outstanding.
Don Huffman also was among
the outstanding performers,
both on offense and defense.
The Yellow Jacket pass defense,
of which Huffman was a key
part, was air tight, and the
heralded Atlanta oveftiead game
clicked for only five comple-
tions in 16 tries. It was the
best pass defense the Jackets
had shown all season. Atlan-
ta’s five completions were good
for 73 yards.
Breaks of the game were
about even. Atlanta’s two
touchdowns followed a pass in-
terception and a recovered fum-
ble that gave them the ball in
the shadows of the Mineola
goal posts, and one Yellow
Jacket tally followed a blocked
punt while another came on
a pass that was completed af-
ter it slipped through the
hands of two Atlanta players.
On still another accasion, Kel-
ley raced to the one-yard line
only to have the ball carried
back by a backfield in motion
penalty which ended a touch-
down march. Only one penalty
was assessed against Atlanta
and that came in mid-field.
Mineola’s two great touch-
down makers* Bubba Kelley and
Bobby Don Walker, were hob-
bling on injured ankles as the
game ended. Walker already
was nursing a bad ankle and
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History Repeats
Itself on Gridiron
History was repeated
in the Atlanta - Mineola
game at Longview last
week.
In the first game of the
year at Atlanta back in
September a flat zone
pass to Cruse caught the
Jackets napping and Cruse
raced fifty-five yards to
the seven before Donald
Huffman caught him
from behind.
In last week’s game
there was an almost dupli-
cation of the play. Cruse
intercepted a Jacket pass
in the flat zone and raced
55 yards to the Mineola
19 before Huffman caught
him from behind.
Atlanta went on to
score both times, how-
ever.
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knee and was far for top form,
and Kellley was hurt midway
in the last half. George Bow-
doin also was added to the list
of the injured regulars which
stood at an even half dozen
before the game started.
Play by Play
Atlanta received the opening
kick-off and returned 15 yards
to the 42. On the first play
from scrimmage Aaron recov-
ered a fumble on the Rabbit
42. Walker hit the line for
two and Smith added five and
then Knox fumbjed and Clem-
ents recovered on the Rabbit
45. Teel got four on a wide
sweep and then a pass was
completed for 12 and a first
down on the Mineola 39. On
the next play Atlanta fumbled
and Rhodes recovered on the
38.
A pass to Castloo was incom-
plete and Kelley lost eight on
an attempted pass. Kelley
came back at the line for four
and then Walker punted to
Murty on the 15. He returned
to the 20. Teel got six at left
end and Castloo caught Sim-
mons for a yard loss. Teel was
then stopped at the center for
a yard. The Rabbits kicked out
of bounds on the Mineola 35.
Kelley failed to gain and Huff-
1 man got one off tackle. Kel-
ley then added two and Wal-
ker got off a bad punt that
skittered off tie side of his
foot and went out of bounds
on the Atlanta 48.
Simmons got through for six
before Brotherton brought him
down. Teel circled right end
for 9 and a first down. Murty
was stopped for two by Bright,
and Sinclair nipped Teel for ns
gain. Kelley krocked down a
long pass down near the goal
line and Musgiove kicked to
Kelley who returned 18 yards
to the 28.
Walker picked up three,
Huffman four and Kelley eight
for a first down, then the Rab-
bits drew a 15-yard personal
foul penalty moving the ban
down to the 42. Walker carried
for 12 to the 30 and thefr-i£aJ
ley was caught :’or a yard loss
at right end. After Huffman
failed to gain, Knox passed to
Castloo for 13 yards and a first
down to the 18. Kelley climbed
through the line for three and
then failed to gain at right
end. On the next play pass
interference was ruled down on
the six-yard line. In two tries
Walker slammed across for a
touchdown. Kick was wide. 6-0.
Teel took the kick-off and
returned 12 yards before John-
ny Mac Smith and Kenneth
Rhodes dropped Y im on the At-
lanta 44. Brotherton, stopped
Teel at left end a 'ter a six-yard
pick-up. On an attempted
pass, Musgrove .an the ball
to the Mineola 41 for a first
down. Another pass to Teel
was completed for no gain, then
Teel was stopped at left tack-
le by Rhodes alter a three-
yard pick-up. Musgrove passed
to Willis on the Jacket 19, and
the Rabbits had a new lease
on life. Castloo hit Tee! for a
five-yard loss anil a pass to
Willis was knocked down. Teel
was again stopped for no gain
and another pass try was
knocked down by Johnny Mac
Smith, giving the Jackets the
ball on their own !!4.
On the first play from scrim-
mage the Jackets fumbled and
Atlanta recovered on the 22.
On first try the speedy Teel
slipped through for 14 yards
to the eight. Then Teel car-
ried three more times for a
total of six yards, with the
tackles being made by Broth-
erton, Barlow, Bawdoin and
Johnny Mac Smith. On fourth
down try Simmons hit the line
for barely enough yardage to
scatch the goal line. The kick
was wide and the game was
tied, 6-6.
Castloo took the next kick-
off and returned to the 34.
Huffman circled r.ght end on
a pitch-out for nine yards. On
the next play Bibba Kelley
broke over left tackle and raced
49 yards to the eight before he
was downed. Then Walker fum-
See FOOTBALL. Page 3
Mineola and Garland
To Play at Greenville
The Mineola Yellow Jackets
and the Garland Owls will meet
Friday night at 8 o’clock at
Greenville in the state quarter-
finals of the Class A play-off.
Arrangements for the play-
off were made after Friday
nights Garland-Bowie game
which the Owls won, 7-0.
Tickets are expected to be on
sale in Mineola Tuesday morn-
ing. Reserved seats will be $1.50,
general admission $1.00 and
student tickets on pre-game
sale will be 50 cents. No student
tickets will be sold at the gate,
and all gate admissions will
be $1.00 and $1.50.
Mineola officials wanted the
game called at 7:3C, but Gar-
land held out for 8 because
of the number of Garland sup-
porters who are factory work-
ers getting off work at 6 o’clock.
The Greenville H igh School
stadium seats about 8,000 peo-
ple, and a crowd of at least
six thousand is expected to be
on hand. The Crowd at Kilgore
was about 5,000 find nearly
7,000 saw the game at Long-
view.
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