Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1957 Page: 2 of 10
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THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, LIVINGSTON, TEXAS
THUS BOAT, AUGUST t». 1*57
Pioneer East
Texan Succumbs
At 81 In Lufkin
Eli Wiener, pioneer East Texas
lumberman and industrialist for
more than half a century, died
this morning in a Dallas hospital.
Mr. Wiener was eighty-cne
years of age and had been in ill
health for several weeks prior to
his death.
Tha funeral has been announced
for ten-thirty Thursday morning
(August 22) at the Temple Emanu-
E1 chapel in Dallas.
Mr. Wiener moved to East Tex-
as in 1£90 and helped to found
the Angelina County Lumber Co-
Angelina and Neches River Rail-
road Co . and the Lufkin Foundry
and Machii|e Co.
He had,been active in the man-
agement of these firms since their
founding.;
At the time of his death Mr
Wiener was serving as chairman
of the board of directors of the
Angelina County Lumbar Co., and
the Angelina and Neches River
Railroad Co,, and was an advisor
to other East Texas enterprises.
In addition to being a partner
in the founding of the Lufkin
Foundry and Machine Co., Mt.
I Wiener was the firm's first secre-
tary *nd records of early stock-
holder arid directors meetings are
in his hand writing.
He resigned from the board of
directors of the-Lufkin Foundry
and Machine Co. only last Febru-
ary after sening on the compa-
ny's governing board for fihy-
five years. He was succeeded to
the board by his son, Samson
Wiener.,
Several years ago Mr. Wiener
was asked the secret of the suc-
cess. enjoyed by the industries of
which he was associated. He said:
“It took hard work, knowledge,
the ability- to keep customers, and
integrity—both personal and busi-
ness integrity.”
and colorful career.
He is survived by four children.
Samson Wiener, Mrs. Herbert
Kahn, Mrs. Max M. Sandfield,
all of Dallas, and Mrs. Allen H.
Berkman of Pittsburgh, Pa., end
by thirteen grandchildren.
Your
Congressman
Sags
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r
Send M
Anywhe
Lou can mail cheeks safely. Only
the payees named can cash them.
WE Will WELCOME YOUR ACCOUNT
Fouf or five weeks ago I felt
that Congress would adjourn on
or about this date, but now ad-
journment date is uncertain.
At the moment, two matters
are holding Congress, and the
country would be better off it
neither were enacted.
One of them is the foreign aid
appropriation. The House version
appropriated nearly $2 billion less
_ ™ / . , Lthan originally requested in the
These were the principals which present's budget. The Senate
guided Mr. Wiener during his long committee is now considering the
bill, and a strong effort is being
made there to add nearly $900
million to the House bill. I Hope
the Senate defeats that attempt,
but as you know, the Senators
are notoriously more generous
with the taxpayers’ money than
is the House.
The ojher matter holding Con-
gress is the so-called civil rights
hWl.;JL that proposal+is^en|icted
aiuT enforced. It might well mean
the end of state governments and
individual freedom in America.
The left-wing of each of our po-
litical parties is insisting that
our conceptions of constitutional
law, trial by jury, and the other
freedoms guaranteed in the Bill
of Rights are old-fashioned. The
left-wing Democrats and left-wing
Republicans have joined with the
Supreme Court Justices of the
same description in a coalition
and conspiracy to bring the states,
as well as all citizens, under the
absolute control of an all-power-
ful federal autocracy.
Do not be misled by the claim
that the bill guarantees right of
trial by jury. There is a so-called
jury trial amendment on the bill,
blit the amendment is just a con-
glomeration of words. It, is being
used as a smoke screen, and ^ves
only a psuedo protection. Any
competent attorney, merely read-
ing the amendment, would dis-
cover it to be of no value in pre-
serving the jury trial.
As 1 nave written before, this
bill would abrogate sacred rights
guaranteed by the Constitution to
everyone: the right to own, man-
age and enjoy property; the right
of trial: by jury; the right tq be
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presumed Innocent until proven
guilty; the rights guaranteed to
the States and ttt the people by
the Ninth and Tenth Amendments
to the United States Constitution.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Moses, of
Jacksonville, were visitors in the
office this morning.
Your Congressman,
JOHN DOWDY
Business And Industrial Review
CITY FOLKS WARNED
• AGAINST BATS
CHICAGO — City folks visiting
the country better watch out for
bats. The Journal of the Ameri-
can Medical Association points
out that bats carry rabies. And
other sources say that it is a mys-
tery to scientists how the Ameri-
can bats ever got rabies. Seems
they've had contact with foreign
bats who have transmitted it here.
J. C. Alexander,
M. D.
Office Over
LIVINGSTON DRUG
Residence It Miles
West of Livingston
On Highway 190
OFFICE PHONE Ml
Martins & McCoys
Adams A John
MAW. IT SURE 15 A PNE FEEUN'TA
KNOW VCR IN50NEP WITH _
MARTIN
Insurance Agency
WASHINGTON
NEWSLETTER...
Lyndon B.
Dear Friend:
In the cloning days of the ses-
sion, one important fact is being
overlooked. It is that Congress
has succeded in the economy
drive — succeeded to the tune of
at least $8,500,000,000.
The President opened the year
by presenting Congress with the
largest peacetime budget in his-
tory — $71,800,000,000. The coun-
try was staggered, lyes turner)
toward Congress to see what
would happen.
Fart of the budget couldn't
be touched. It consisted of good
faith obligations of the United
States — interest on the public
debt; veterans pensions; fixed
charges. But the rest was exam-
ined carefully and thoroughly.
NoW, with all but three of ihe
appropriation bills acted upon, it
U apparent that the savings will
amount to at least $5,500,000,000—
9 per cent of the total outside of
the fixed charges.
The story can be told quickly
and easily by a table; \
APPROPRIATION BILL
Treasury-Post Office
Interior
General Government
Independent Offices
Labor . HEW
Commerce
State, Justice, Judiciary
Agriculture
PRESIDENT'S
REQUEST
$3,965,000,000
515.189.000
20,000,000
5.923.000. 000
2.981.000. 000
£71,513,000
665.649.000
3.965.000. 000
CONGRESSIONAL
SAVINGS
$ 80,364.000
59,000.000
4,911,000
550.287.000
110.744.000
273.722.000
102.758.000
298.902.000
Defense
36.128,000,000
2,368,000,000
Supplemental
1,973,767,000
252,255,880
Mutual Security
4,400,000,000
1,875,240,000* .
TOTAL
$61,408,118,000
$5,972,183,880
•House figure
ABOVE IS PICTURED the water well drilling rig af Emanuel
Miller of Miller's Welding Works of Livingston on location re-
cently. This well was a 3-inch well and waa drilled on tee Hill
Morrison Farm southwest of Livingston. —Plneywoods Photo
This is only a partial list But it
represents the larger bills and
the savings are substantial. Fur-
thermore, they represent savings
without a reduction of needed ser-
vices. For example, even while re-
ducing the figures for the Labor-
HEW bill, Congress increased the
funds for research into killing
and crippling diseases.
At the time this is written, we
are still considering the appro-
priation for mutual security. The
President originally asked for $4,-
400,000,000. The people protested
and President Eisenhower agreed
to withdraw $500,000,000 of the re-
quest. Congress doubled the sav-
ings and the authorization figure
now stands at about $3,386,000,000.
Further saving is in order and wilj
be made. T
The House has voted a Mutual
Security appropriation of $2,524,-
700,000. That is $1,875,240,000 be-
low the original budget request.
The Senate must still consider the
appropriation, but it is clear that
tlie final result will be at least
$5,500,000,000 in savings and prob-
ably much more. ,,........—....
E. Miller Is Leading
Water Well Driller
Opc of the leading water well
contractors in this, area is Miller’s
Welding Works. This company has
water well drilling rigs and all
equipment necessary to the drill-
ing and pumping of wells. They
are also agents for Fairbanks-
Morse pumps which they service
as well as sell. This firm can do
a turn key job on any water well
that is, they drill the well and
install the pump and all the owner
has to do is turn on the switch.
Mr.-Miller employs expert work-
men to assist him in his drilling
operations find they Can drill- A
well in record time. In addition
to drilling new wells, this firm
also deepens old wells and cleans
them out.
Water is the life blood of farm-
ing operations and without it farm-
ers would be hopelessly handi-
capped. When the rainfall is in-
sufficient, then wells must be
drilled and irrigation pumps set
in. Only in this way can normal
farm operations be carried on.
The work of this firm fulfills a
real need for the people living in
rural districts and they are to be
credited with an important part in
the development of this area.
In addition to drilling wells, this
firm also does all types of weld-
ing work and has portable rigs
that can be taken to any job. Ex-
pert welders are employed who
know how to do a-ftrst class- fob
on any type of equipment or with
any type of metal.
E. Miller Is well known in the
East Texas area having lived in
this section all his life and hav-
ing been actively engaged in busi-
ness for several years. He has
drilled hundreds of wells in this
vicinity and his work is always
satisfactory.
THIS TRIP^IS[HEALLY^MECESSARY
...and impc
You turn a knob on your gas ratige... and
gas L there. But on many nights, in a hundred
fields or more, meter and well attendants
open valves oil lonely “Christmas trees to put
‘"-s more gas in the pipe lines that move it to
homes and industries served by United Gas.
Day and night, in good weather and bad,
skilled dispatchers, compressor station
engineers and meter and well attendants
stand watch over the flow of gas through
United’s vast pipe line system... to keep ahead
of the gas requirements erf the Gulf South.
UNITIP 0At COtFOIATIOM" • «#IT|D Oil MM UNI COMPANY • UNION MODUCIMO COMPANY
News from the
County Home Demonstration Agent
Mrs. Herman Knouse, Jr.
Last week the agent and three small limbs. Just recently I heard
Polk County Club Women spent
three days at the Texas Power
and Light Company camp on the
shores of Lake Trinidad.
The cabins are rather rustic, but
the food was grand. We enjoyed
learning two new crafts.
The women from Montgomery
County taught us to make some
attractive hot dish mats. These
are made from cotton rug yarn on
a small frame.
Sometime in early November I
am planning a crafts workshop.
All the women in the county are
urged to attend whether you are
a Home Demonstration Club Mem-
ber or not. IX you are interested
in learning Copper tooling, reed
basket making, or another craft
let me know and we will try to
arrange a workshop for this craft.
1 have noticed that the juniper
bushes in my yard are loosing
two ladies discussing some shrubs
which were dying. These shrubs
appeared to have little cotton balls
on them. In trying to discover
what was causing the trouble with
these shrubs I found a list at five
enemies to shrubs and hedges pre-
pared by Sadie Hatfield, Extension
Homestead Improvement Special-
ist. Maybe this list will help you.
WHITE PEACH SCALE, some-
times known a& West Indian
peach scale, 'may cause twigs,
limbs, or entire plants to die.
Scales are usually less than 1/10
inch In diameter and lie flat
against the bark. They may be
mistaken for natural roughness of
bark. Where infestation is heavy,
pure white clusters of male scales
can byyjgegr fifcng the stems. At a
distance they look like bits of
cotton lint.
SPIDER MITES make leaves
pale and dry. Heavy infestations
IN LIVINGSTON
By Roland Jonca
aw»•
HE ‘tfkNKS UE'RE GOING t>
• Roland's
BAR B Q
CHARCOAL BROILED .STEAKS
and BURGERS
Highway 99 North
Phone 178 Livingston
Jackson's
Farm 8 Electric
Supply
• Purina Feeds
• Fertilisers
• Feed Grinding
• We* tin* house
Appliances
• Necchi Sewing
rUONKM
LIVINGSTON
kill plants. Almost invisible, these
tiny insects usually work under-
neath leaves. They are apt ‘to in-
crease during dry weather.
THE WHITE FLY draws sap
from the plant and stimulates
the formation of blade maid on
leaves. This weakens plants so
they may die, especially during
unfavorable weather.
MEALYBUGS also kill by sap-
ping plants. They gather under
bark and in rough places on
trunk and limbs. Where infesta-
tion is heavy, clusters of bugs may
be found up and down the stems.
The above pests may be con-
trolled with four percent mala-
thion, used as a spray. Apply
every 10 days to two weeks.
THE LILAC BORER girdles
stems or enters branches causing
leaves to wilt and die. Look for
signs of boring dust or scars on
stems, or split stems and examine
for boring caterpillar or hollow
stems caudtdby them. Cut and
burn all infected limbs. Most DDT
plant sprays will kill the young
caterpillars if contacted before
they enter the limb.
Examine shrubs in hedges from
time to time to prevent damage
from insert enemies.
If you are having trouble with
ants in. your yard or inside your
home, try using dieldrin. Inside
the home apply dieldrin mixed
with water around drain boards,
window sills, door thresholds, and
pantry? shelves. A small brush
works well for applying the liq-
uid. Be careful that you do not
use it where food will come in
contact with it. (Dieldrin also
helps control cockroaches.)
Outside the home use a spray
of 2 percent dieldrin around the
foundation of your home. Treat
all nests found in the yard.
You may buy it at your11 feed
store or wherever insecticides are
solid, , .
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Chicken Salad is a favorite of
rnaby. The bfelfc f 'have ever eaten
was prepared by fyrs. W. L. Craw-
ford. Mary is my “ready refer-
ence”. If I am in doubt about
how to prepare anything I just
call her.
Here is her recipe for Chicken
Salad.
Boil one hen, cool, slip the meat
from the bone and chop in siftalt
pieces.
Add: 1 6 or 8 oz jar oX stuffed
olives, sliced
6 hard cooked eggs, chopped
2 cups of celery, chopped fine
Mayonnaise to moisten well.
Serve mounds of salad in a let-
tuce cup or use for filling in a
popover. It also makes delicious
sandwiches.
BEER STUDIED FOR _.....
HEART PATIENTS
NEW YORK — Beer, once a
fond dream to many sufferers of
congestive heart failure, may M(-,
actually be of therapeutic v*lrfc,'
A recent article in the ntetieM*
journal Diuretic Review cites pub-
lished studies by physicians in
several European countries. They
found that beer’s diuretic proper-,
ties helped relieve liquid conges-
tion and added a negllble amount
of salt to the recommended salt-
free diet.
During the 14 years proceeding
World War I more than 11 million
immigrants were admitted to the
u. s. %, ■ f* r!
Motor
Machine Shop
• Crankshaft Grinding
• Cylinder Head
Surface Griadlna
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FOR BEAUTIFUL J*
, FLOWERS AND
IJ
J FAST SERVICE 1 i ’
£J;
J CALL 310 * v £|
• Blocks Rebored
83'
400*08! *
‘■mm
• Precision Ante
Machine Work
The Flower Gardejg
/ XU Gamer St I?
197 E. Cslhowi Ph. 976
/ Livingston 2
L|VINGSTON
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Payne's Welding $ Blacksmith Works
All Types Welding and Blacksmith Werk
PORTABLE WELDING EQUIPMENT
PAST. E*ppiur SERVICE |,
Hwy. 99, North — EL I
Miller's Welding Worts
WATER WELL DRILLING AND SERVICE
Fairbanks-Morse Pumps
Sales and Service
119 E. Abby SL—Phone 596
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Kirgan, Joe Lee, Jr. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1957, newspaper, August 29, 1957; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761858/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.