Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1958 Page: 1 of 10
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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
HEART OF THE
PINEYWOODS
VOLUME 76
LIVINGSTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1958
KUMBER 24
(The editor was forced to re-
linquish this space at the last
minute due to tho large num-
ber of candiates announcing
their political aspirations. We
will be back once more next
r week.)'
Goodrich School /i
To Observe Public
School Week
W> H. Miller, superintendent of
the Goodrich. Independent School
District, nas announced that the
Goodrich Schools will observe
Public School Week, March ,8-9.
Tiie--schedule of events are as |
follows:* FFA Fhther- and 'Son
Banquet, March 6, 7:00 p.m. Fri-.
day at 12:30 p.rrt. a one' act play,
followed by an informative dis-
-.cussion led by Luther Moore. The
subject will be “'The Grass Roots
Study as proposed by the Hale-
'. Aiken Committee.”
After the program there will be
open lipuse to the public with dis-
plays of students’ work and re-
, freshments served.
Friday, March 7, 7:30 p.m., the
Junior-Senior Banquet, sponsored
by the First Baptist Church, will
be held.
Miller invites the public to visit I
the schools during the public
school week or at any time that it
is convenient to do so. >
Dr. J. T. Dabney, Jr.
Announces For
City Council
Dr. J. T. Dabney, Jr., announc-
ed today that he would be a can-
«. didate for the Livingston City
Council at the coming City elec-
tion. 1'V|
Dr. Dabney is 34 years of age,
is married and has two children,
is a veteran of Air Force duty as
a medical officer, and has been a
resident of Livingston for ap-
proximately 20 years. Dr. Dabney
is an active member of- the Meth-
i j. odist Church and is also the Cou.v
:'Xy Health. Officer..
He-is a graduate of Sam Hous-'|
ton State Teacher's College and
the Tul^ne University School of
Medicine.
Dr. and Mrs. Dabney have al-
ways been interested in Civic uf-
fairs, and particularly municipal
government.
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PROCLAIMS FFA WEEK — Mayor Ernest Cochran Is shown above giving his proclamation of
March 1-8 as Future Farmers of America Week in Livingston in observance of the National Future
Farmers of America week all over America during this week to Jim Peters, president of the lofcal
organization. (Stories concerning the work and plans of the local chapter may be found on Page
4A of this newspaper.)_; life' - v /_—Pineywoods Photo
Formica Corporatioo^lobking Over'
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Houston Area For Possible Site
Junior Play Set
For Tonight At
School Auditorium
Tlie Juniors of Livingston- High
School will present their play,
‘‘Was It Murder?” tonight at the
school auditorium at ft o’clock.
The cast for the play includes
Jay Hollenburger as Barton Her-
bert; Mary Domjny as Wilma Her-
bert; Cannon Pritchard, Gordon
Herbert; Lynda Sue Marsh, Alma
Herbert; Linda McSpadden, Mari-
etta Dooley; Mary Grace Schrade,
Jocelyn Newcombe; Eddie Martin,
Alton Conroy; Nanette AtkinsSh,
Rita Martin; Charles Ray King,
KeiOn Shannon; Wanda Rogers,
MrsAttmie Fischar; Gamer Brock,
Slugger Mack; and Karan Pee
bles, Tess.
Reserved.seats for the perform-
ance will be 60 cents; Adults, 50
cents and students, 30 cents.
The Formica Corporation of
Cincinnati, Ohio,, a subsidy of
American Cynamid Company, is
"looking over” the Houston area
as the possible site for a flake
board plant, according to a tele
phone interview by the Houston
Banquet Date
Set As March 6
The Goodrifh FFA Chapter will
have their annual .Father-Son FFA
Banquet at 7:00 p.m. Thursday
night, March 6, in the Homemak-
ing department. ■
Special recognition will be giv-
en to those FFA members who
have made outstanding achieve
ments during the past year. Spe-
cial awards will be presented to
adults "who have rendered out-
standing assistance to the FFA
Chapter.
Chronicle with an officer of the
company.
E. G. Williams', vicepresident
of Formica, said his company is
looking to the Southwest for a
plant , site and Southeast Texas is
being eyed.
Lions Club Will Not
Meet Wednesday
The Livingston Lions Club will
pot hold their regular meeting
tiext Wednesday,- March 5, at Bu-
ford’s Cafe. Instead, the Club will
meet jointly with the Rotary Club
on Thursday, March 6, at’ 12:00
noon.
The two groups will lunch In
the high school cafeteria and then
make a tour of the Livingston
schools in observance of Public
Schools week.
Busses will pick up members
of both clubs at Buford’s Cafe and
then go to the high school.
Westinghouse '58 Appliances
Revival Begins At T0 Be Shown By Jackson's
First Baptist
Church March 2
A revival meeting will begin at
the First Baptist Church in Liv-
ingston Sunday. Rev,, C. R. Mea-
dows of Jacksonville will be the
evangelist for the meeting.
Rev. Meadows is not a stranger
to most of the Livingston folks.
He has helped in revivals before
at the First Baptist Church.
Service will be at 10:00 a.m.
each mornfhg and at 7:30 ,p.m.
each evening during the follow-
ing week.
The public is invited .and urged
to attend the meeting.- -Prayer
groups will meet- each evening at
7:00 p.m.—Dr. R. C. Vance, pastor.
Chester Dean -
Seeks Election
To School Board
Chester Dean will be a candi-
date for trustee of Livingston In-
dependent School District in April
15 election.
Your vote and support will be
greatly appreciated.
Chester Dean
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Jackson’s Farm & Electric Sup-
ply this week announced their big
showing of Westinghouse 1958 ap-
pliances which will begin March
3 and continue through March 8.
This year the showing will be
staged at Jackson’s rather than at
the Sam Houston Electric Coop-
erative as has been the case in
recent years.
Featured in this year’s show
will be Westinghouse’s new Elec-
tronic Oven which cooks with
high frequency radio energy, or
microwaves, which travel .with the
speed of light.
This microwave energy produc-
es heat in the food-. . , not in the
range itself, not in the utensils.
The most attractive feature of the
oven is that 'it cooks food fast
without the heat which is neces-
sary with the conventional type
ranges. The housewife, therefore,
can enjoy fast cooking in a cool
atmosphere.
On hand to demonstrate this
new innovation in cooking will
be1 Mrs. Rita Holdridge, home eco-
nomist of Houston who has to her
credit many successful programs,
the most recent being a series of
cooking schools at the Music Hall
in Houston which,attracted an au-
dience of several thousand’ inter-
ested homemakers. She also did a
series of weekly cooking schools
on KTRK-TY. Reviews of her ao
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tivities have been written 'up in
several national magazines includ-
ing McCall’s.
Fashions and Foods are only
two of Rita Holdridge's many in-
terests. For several years she has
written a column entitled “Home
Economy” which was a weekly
feature in 32 Texas newspapers.
Also on display will be West-
inghouse’s 1958 line of appliances
which will capture the eyes and
hearts of Livingston homemakers.
New modern designs to ease the
homemaker’s load^have been in-
corporated into the already es,
tablished features of Westinghouse
appliances and Jackson’s urges ev-
eryone to come in and give them
the' “eye” test during this show-
ing.
Another feature of the show
which will be of interest to every-
one is the big, new Westinghouse
Electric, Range which will be given
absolutely free to some lucky vis-
itor to the store during the show.
Nothing to buy, just register. The
range will be awarded some lucky
person on the afternoon of Sat-
urday, March 8, at 2 p.m. You do
not have to be present at the time
of the drawing to , receive the
range should your name be chos-
en. However, special mystery priz-
es will be given all who attend
the awarding on Saturday. All
adults are eligible to register.
According to the news release
in the Chronicle, the company’s
forestert Eugene Perkins, has vis-
ited this area to study the avail-
ability of wood in the Liberty^
Polk and Tylei counties area and
has given it his approval. Wil-
liams also plans to visit the area
for a personal inspection within
60 days.
The company will produce flake
board in the mill which is at the
present time being considered for
this area. It is used as a'n under-,
layment for laminated plastic and
takes the place of plywood, Wil-
liams told the Chronicle.
The company is nearing the
completion pf a flake board plant
in Farmville, N. C., at this time,
the cost of the plant being estimat-
ed at $6,500,000. This plant .will
produce 40,000,000 square feet of
three-qquarter inch flake board
and will employ 100 persons. .
The board is made from wood
flakes mixed with resin and press-
ed into board form.
Formica has also taken an op-
tion on a site in Modesto, Califor-
nia, for the construction of a lam-
inated plastics,'plant. ' •
J. N. (Buck) Owen
Announces For
Public Schools Week To Be
Observed WithSpecial Programs
The Livingston* Public Schools
have lined up u very entertaining,
informative and interesting pro-
gram for Public- Schools Week,
March 3-7, and invite all parents,
and friends to be present for ev-
ery activity possible. ,
The activity program begins
Monday, March 3, when Elemen
tary School No. 1 will -conduct
demonstration classes between 7
and 8 p.m. Special emphasis will
bo placed on the -reading program
in grades 1 to. 3.
Elementary School No. 2
conduct demonstration Glasses be-
tween 7 and 8 p.m. Tuesday -sr.vb
special emphasis on the use of ._s-
ual aids in grades 4 to 6.
1 On Wednesday, March 5. tie1
Future Teachers of America C..:
■ the Lr-T-m-Tt S5sh School will
i- e : -srJE.r the auditorium
--t Li; j.Jtl Fit3«*lag the play
E’-et. try the e£sb members, the
■ a eC.Junspr High
ir_»i Suture High School
w3 - gave a 3p-minute
Workers At
Fair Grounds
February 13
Ray Evans, Wilson McDonald,
Addison Hester, and Perry Loftin.
February 20
Jim Peters,' Hugh Black, Ray-
mond Black, Audry Smith, Jimmy
Stringer, Edward Lock, Jimmy
Stephens, John Cassitv, Bill Cus-
sity, Tony Jernigan, Mike Gott,
Jack Kowis and Chester Dean.
Work nights for the project of
making improvements to the fair
grounds and building the new
grandstands for the rodeo arena
will be Tuesday and Thursday at
7 o’clock. Everyone whq is pos-
sibly able to do so is urged to be
present on one of these nights to
insure the completion of the work
in time for the Trinjty-Neches
FFA Livestock Show this spring.
Kenneth Kennedy
Announces For
County Clerk
I wish to take this opportunity
to announce to the people of Polk
County, my candidacy for the of-
fice of County Clerk subject to
the July Primary Election,
I was born and raised in Polk
County. I am married to the form-
er Mary Ethel Handley of Hor;
tense and have two fine sons, Ken-
neth, age 15 ond Bill, age 11. I
maintain my home in Livingston
and am a member of the Central
%ptist Church. |
Upon my graduation from Liv-
ingston High School, I attended
A&M* College. Prior to my mili-
tary service during World War II
I served as your County Surveyor
for a number of years. After my
return from the service I accepted
a position in the Land and Tim-
ber Department of Edens-Birch
Lumber Company of Corrigan in
1946 and served in this position
until I went jnto my present busi-
ness as a public land surveyor.
If elected your County Clerk it
will be my sincere desire to serve
the people impartially and to per-
form the duties %nd responsibili-
ties, of this office to the best of
my ability. ■*
Signed:
Sincerely yours,
Kenneth W. Kennedy
School Board
J. N. (Buck) Owen announces,
that he will seek re-election to the
School Board of The Livingston
Independent School District, in the
forthcoming election Jo be held
on April 5, at the1 Livingston City
Hall.
For the past 1V2 years I have
served on the School Board, hav-
ing beeri*appointed by the board
following the resignation of N. S.
Sqquires. At the present time 1 am
serving as se'eretary to the board.
I have been a, resident of Liv-
ingston for the past 22 years dur-
ing which time I have been active
in many civic activities and have
always considered it an honor to
be a bid to serve.
Your vote and patronage in this
election will be greatly appreciat-
ed.
J. N. (Buck) Owen
Rev. H. H. Hunter
New Pastor Of
Presbyterians
Ryv-. H. H. Hunter, new pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Livingston, came here from
Winnsboro where he pastored the
First Presbyterian Church for' the
past four years. Prior to that he
served for three years as super-
’intehdent of the Presbyterian
Children’s home ixn-Dmiton nnif
was pastor for six years at Over-
ton.
— He is a native ot Madisonvflle.
Ry., where he attended the Ken-
tucky State Seminary of Cumber-
land University administeggd.-by.
the late F. A. Grundy.
Bro. Hunter has also served
pastorate in, Kentucky, Illinois,
and Arkansas' prior to coming to
Texas'. f
In his 34 years of preaching he
has done an extensive amount of
evangelistic and camp work.
Bro. ahd Mrs. Hunter, wlib re-
side in the Presbyterian Manse,
have five Children, all are away
from home.
J. H. McKee Will
Not Seek County
Clerk Re-election
To the people of Polk; County
and my -friends everywhere:
This is to announce that I will
not be a candidate to succeed
myself as County Clerk of Polk
County.
This decision has not been an
easy one to make, but, due to my
ejeclining health, I deem it proper
and right that I should cease' my
public activities until such time
that I may be able to render an
honest days work.
Probably the most of you know
that I have had the privilege of
serving you as County Clerk for
the past twenty years. Due to
this lengthy tenure and association
with you good ,people this position
has truly become a big part of
my life.
Perhaps not all of you know that
the County Clerk’s office is what
you might call the clearing housd
and the1 main foundation of all the
County affairs. There are more
than fifty different records to be
kept—each of which has been set
out and designated by the sta-
tutes. It might be interesting for
you to know that during these
twenty years we have added sev-
eral new records,- reworked sev-
eral oht ones and instituted sev-
eral ways and means of keeping
these records.
One'vof these I would like to
mentioirys the microfilm machine
which is a 100 per cent accurate
methodr of recording instruments.
' I can truthfully say that dur-
ing these 20 years I have had the
interest of each of you at heart
and have faithfully served you to
the very best of my ability. It
has truly been a privilege and
honor and I shqll always treasure
it as one of the most memorable
experiences of my life and the
only reason I can find in my mind
lor voluntarily giving up this po-
sition is the condition of my health
only.
I am very, very, grateful to all
the people for the confidence they
have bestowed upon me. I wish to
thank the Commissioner’s Court,
which is tho governing body, for
their assistance and cooperatibn
and especially do 1 wish to thank
the County Judge who has been
a great help to me in administer-
ing the affairs of the office.
Last,"but*not'Idast,1"! am de^p-
ly indebted to my assistants in
office who have faithfully served
and borne a great portion of the
burdens encompassed within the
scope of the duties of this office.
Again, thank you and may the
Lord bless you.
Very sincerely,
- J. H.' (Hollis) McKee
Singing Sunday
At Soda Baptist
The Polk County Junior (Singing
Convention will be held Sunday,
March 2, at. the. Soda vBaptist
Church. I
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend and join in an afternoon of
good singing.
Colmesneil, Apple
Springs Meet Here
For Bi-District
Although basketball season is
over as far as the local teams
are' concerned, it comes once
again to Livingston when the Col-
mesneil and Apple Springs girls’
teams meet hdre Tuesday night.
The girls' teams won their re-
spective districts and will meet
to determine the winner of the bi-
distrjet championship.
Game time is 7:30 p.m. and ad-
mission will be 25 cents for stu-
dents and 50 cents for adults.
A. R. Regans' Father
Succumbs Thursday
In Texarkana, Ark.
A. R. (Ray) Kegans’ father, J.
M. Kegans, passed away sudden-
ly, victim of a stroke, which he
rtever regained consciousness after
being stricken Wednesday morn-
ing, February 12, at 2 o’clock. He
died Thursday, February 13, at
8:25 pstn, in Texarkana. Ark.
Services for Mr. Kegans were
held Saturday afternoon, Febru-
ary 15, at 2 o’clock from the Blos-
som Hill Methodist Church near
Henderson, with the Rev. Leo
Glascoe and the Rev, D, S. Neal
officiating. Interment was in’ the
Strong cemetery near Henderson.
Mr. Kegans' had been making
his home here in Livingston with
Mr. and Mi's. Ray Kegans! but
was visiting his brother in Texar-
kana, Ark., when he passed away,
at the age of 79 years.
Survivors include three sons, A.
R. Kegans of Livingston; Otho
Kegans of Plainvfew and Leo Ke-
gans bf.Mina, Nevada; one daugh1
ter,.Mrs. Thelma Tippins of Plain:
view; one brother, John Kegans
of Texarkana,- Ark.
Pallbearers were his friends of
that community.
Among those frpmT!Tawingston
attending the funeral bf Mr. Ke-
gans were Dr. R. C. Valice, N.
K. Dillon, Vernon Dillon j James
Atchley, Mr. and Mrs. Mart Bell,
Mrs. Earl Bright and Mrs.-Leroy
Holloway.
Cub Scouts Hold
Annual Blue And
Gold Banquet
Eugene Hanson
Guest Speaker
At Plot Meeting
irt_- v2es include a
.' • n rtf the Livingston
jest La-jcs chibs at the
~_h wtj-:rA 12:05 p.m.
j ~sjjzr .f-ti.jowasg the lunch-.,,
j -f tee Zastv and Senior High
ISdantS. ctttSuhre by students to
laifeie eiataws as session.
The Livingston Cub Swiy.1 A-J. ci i-L i lag week has been
Pack 14, celebrated the 4»h u- f — at-: by aatiU administrators
niversary of the Boy Scoots cl, ssaaasa i» Sjltk ihe public
America Thursday, February, 25 j is tfce schools of
with their annual Blue, and - X—SCidcg- za effort to get
banquet. * v |«a a..n we amuc. a good job the
An impressive flag ewemory teachers ‘Ediiicis are doing
conducted by Den 4 operjed the 12 cfeSdren a proper
meeting and after the m\oeali-x: et'jrr.
.by Rev. Wade Hopkin. | -1----
A delicious fried chicken dinner
was enjoyed by approximately 12.5
persons.
Cubmaster Woody Amrx? pnessi
ed and highlighted the barajsies.
with clever and interesting re-
marks throughout:-
A “Singsong” led bf Mrs
Charles Franklin, accompanied by]
Mrs. J. T. Dabney, was5 thonrst-f- | _ la; -rizsnar Riot Club met
ly enjoyed by the cubs, their par F* ,«3*Msaic Hsii of the First
ents and guests. iMenpjefesC Ciumrn - .February 17 at
The theme for the entire- Bor t • ^ ° ".aer program
Scout program for the c-urrer.t ~J*fb .tg. w.^s Fkrgmia Shanahan,
year is! “Safety First in .195* Sfrmam . ef ■ C^rnntgaty, Service
Each .of the five dens-in Pack 14 * Corastiss** as tsm-gz of the meet-
presented a clever skit of -various ‘
phases of this theme. \ Mr Eugene Hinson of Living-
Each den had. made a center- ft&i arse S>£5. Ms —Jx. of the U. S.
piece fOr each table'and mLy. Force ia*?t interesting
dual place cards carrying bet tfegTfa-k oc Org Peflr, ,ar. also .the dub
idea of .their own skit. • ' • tsiyyped » f.rnf shown do civil do
Mr. Jim Pratt of Woodvde. ■
District Executive of the Trinity-; ‘-Jazje£ 3>r± C3nse entertained
Neches Council of the Bey Senses *-wf-ir a pwro SSacadB which was
of America, made a fgey interest- i en>:-y«d iy iZ t-reser.t.
ing talk to the grouA cencereim? \ ta&is ww beoanifully deo
the place each Cub Scdut and s-_-. Valen-
Scout has in the tfurrent campaign j of ree and white,
for Safety in America.
Cubmaster Woody Amos- pre-
sented the many ani . varscuf, . .
awards earned by the«(iubs drur-p** ,3*"=*e=®erj-
ing 1957 and thus far in i » afee cistrict con*
The banquet was closed by ail, nr Apes, are Jett, Close,
pfese'nt'joining'with the’Cub* n Brrstoe 51 Wmmr and Mary E5ran-
repeating the Cub Scout Benedsc : ^ *»■*■ are Joy
tion. Moil Jx-.es. .S_2r Smita and Gla-
dys Stewart..
Tbe nett —will be a busi-
ness resz lIL-ti; 3. *t 7:00 p rn.
m SL .firsc X-msnaJ Bank Build-
~-Z With C.i.fyi S-aewart, chaio
—jkzi ci PJlj: Committee;
.n cmkrse at tae prtc^-m.
sne Clydene But-
r were wfiesraea to the ’Pilot
Roland Jones, Jr.
Candidate For
City Council
Roland ■ Jones, Jr., Livingston 51
business man, toda'y. stated tio: • _ _
he would be a candidate for tk* PjX fNAfllftll T||
City Council at the City eiecti,; * »*» ■ w _
fo be held in April.
Mr. Jones has for the past sev-
eral year?, Owned and opera tad a
cafe known as Roland's, and A j Mayer Emsst Cochran has stab
well acquainted with all of lira led that w rJ mk reflection to
citizens of Living?to^. |tfie effin of Mayor <Ot the Qty of
He is a member of the Presfcy- Li-.ienjst.jcL. ”' «•
,Chur0ch' ?su a. .vetfan, 5<i Ochw w a native of the
Wor d War 2, aad has hved in Ltr-I^ — Ml ,» itroduction to
mgston all of his 37 yeans. «' ilw v«ere It way his ad-
an'd Mrs. Jones are-the parents -fct fte- cstr pur.
hree chtldreq>«itd are active par ^ rmf irnl and in.
ticlpants in all phases of of curb
E. L Cochran For
Office Of Mayor
and School activities.
Band Boosters ^
Meet March 4
The Band 'Boosters will meet da '
Tuesday night, March 4, at 7 o'- {
clock at the Band Hall..
• . prop ana
sg.tter la* of the.city
streets. The 'cry a new sew* |
erasSe.....feceuai - jpfaag.......and waters -
:.-«ar_-g namnz; Mayor Coch-
ran's term as Miysr. '
He- has .be arene ia all civic
| a flairs acc a jsaoer at commuai*
j :y [unji m *
Pate Receives Fain Award
At Annual BasketbaJI Banquet
The annual Basketball Banc->.t the. cecter opKtaic fer the Lions
honoring the boys’ and girls' teams tot Shy past m-usacs* He had
of Livingston High Schcol a*af|* distmet sa=ae average of 17.6
their dates was held in the hi|h. potti.
school cafeteria- Monday right- •
TEMPERATURES
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Tamper at-are* .acJl. raaniall for
i'Hawfy IS
Highlight of the banquet as aMkiJ
al' was the presentation. of the5,
Frank Fain' Awarid to the mast; *
outstanding member of the Lir- ..
ingstoh High School boys' tga-m:
The recipient of the award « IS u^gh
sen each year by a panel of mem ^ « re?«»d by A. W.
appointed by Fain and unknown j. are
to either team members or fans., ^ -
who attend each game and voce *"
on which player they feel Idid more
to help the team in that particular | |t
game. At the end of the season tfce
votes are tabulated from - each j- ' «
game and the player with the * ^
highest' number of votes is pre-
sented the award. " ' Ftbcuary ^
L This year’s recipient of the
award was J E. Pater, co-captafe
and center of .the. Lions who end-
ed the season .with a 27-8 record
ahd second place in the district afc»>ve
Pate is a senior and started ,at rod lass
t.
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