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HEART OF THE
PINEYWOODS
VOLUME 72
LIVINGSTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1954
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NUMBER 46
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6-Year-Old Girl Dies Of Polio;
Four Cases Reported In County
Chamber of Commerce News -
By W. A. McCARTNEY. Manager
y0m- chamber of -Commerce, names and addresses of your
would certainly like to get crt- children. relatives, and former
dit for the nice rain we had over | neighbors who have moved away
the weekend. The • weatherman i from Polk County. We want to
reports that seven metres felt invite everyone to come back
here in Livingston. | for our first annual Homecoming.
We have been bumping out | have not been very success-
heads against a brick wall in ; in obtaining the addresses
trving to get some of the llous- I of former students of our public
ton mortgage bankers H> furnish-, schools and would be grateful
money for FHA improvement | for arty assistance. Please call
homes in Polk County. So far. we| 515. j>r write the Polk County
halve contacted thirty without ~
Little Leaguers, Teen-Agers Move
Into Last Month of Scheduled Games
The Little League and Teen-, wins, 1 loss; Oilers. Bruce Wal-
ding. 7 wins, 5 losses; Buffs. Per
ry Pace 5 wins. 7 losses; Cats,
Gene Bodie, 3 wins, 6 losses.
Boys having a batting average
of .400 or more are, for the Gi-
ants, Kenneth Munson, .482;
Thomas McDonald, .444; Jim.
Peters, .440; and Tom Smith,
.400. ; j------
Phillies, Carl Davis, .518; Gary
Taylor, .545.
White Sox, George Shepherd,
.523; Larry Carroll, 1.000. (It
should be noted that Larry has
played in only one game).
Yankees, Warren Allen, .400.
Teen-Age sluggers with a bat-
ting average of .400 or more:
Buff players Delvis Battise, .520;
Perry Pace, .406; and J. E. Pate,
.485.
Cats, James Flanagan, .542.
, Oilers, Bruce Walding, .428.
Sports, Jerry Hennington, .733;
Dick Butler, .513.
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Heavy Rains Ease
Shortage of Water
The six and a half inches of
rain that fell here last week
have for the present ended the
water shortage in Livingston,
but the city is still requesting
residents to conserve water.
City Managers W. C. deCordova
said the rains washed out the
two temporary dams the city
had built on Choate Creek, and
that they are being replaced as
clubs are made up of boys from ££B“j;.Sr.p0“n^ “ back Up
Age League ball clubs are mov-
ing into the final weeks of play
this month with the White Sox
leading the Little League and
the Sports leading the Teen-Age
League, according to a compila-
tion of game records.
First games this month will be
played tonight (Thursday) at
Flowers Park in Livingston at 7
p. m. when the Buffs meet the
Sports, and the Cats tangle with
the Oilers. All these teams make
up .the Teen-Age league.
Friday night, August 6, the
Little League Phillies will play
the Yankees, and in the second
game the Giants will meet the
White Sox.
Teen-Age League games are
played on Mondays and Thurs-
days, while Little League games
are played on Tuesdays and Fri-
days. All games start at 7 p. m.
and are played at Flowers Park
near the High School.
Records on games played in
the Little League are complete
through July 23, and they
show the White Sox lead-
ing the leagu^ with 10 wins
and 2 losses, followed by the
Giants with 8 wins, 2 losses;
Phillies, 4 wins, 8 losses; Yank-
ees, 2 wins, 10 losses.
Game records through July 26
show that Teen-Age League
leaders are the Sports with 9
wins and 4 losses. The Oilers
have,.7 wins against 6 losses;
Cats, 5 wins, 8 losses; Buffs, 5
wins, 8 losses.
Teen-Age League clubs con-
sist of boys from 13 to 15 years
of age, while the Little League
any results. However, our picture
may change with the President’s
signing the new housing bill.
We don’t want to push you,
but we certainly would appre-
ciate your furnishing us the
Forty-Four Called
For Jury Service
9 to 12 years of age.
About 150 boys, some of whom
may well be diamond stars of
tomorrow, make up the teams.
Leading pitchers for the Little
League teams are,_..as.....follows:
White Sox, Jimmy Glover, 6
wins,, 3 losses; Giants, Tom
Smith and Gerald Black, each
with 3 wins and 2 losses; Phil-
lies, Allyn Gilbert, 2 wins, no
losses, and John Parrish, 1 win
and 5 losses; Yankees Charles
Ellis. 2 wins, 4 losses.
Teen-Age leading pitchers are.
for the Sports. Gary Walker. 5
He said Tuesday that on<? dam
had already been replaced, and
that the second would prbbab-
ly be replaced by Thursday.
All-Stars To Play
Saturday, August 7
The Teen-Age and Little
League All-Star baseball teams
are each scheduled to play in
Livingston Saturday night, Au-
gust 7, at Flowers Park.
One game will be the match
between the Little League All-
Stars and the Indian team from
the reservation.
The Little League All-Stars
have played two games, both
with Woodville. and lost them
both, one by a score of 12 to 10,
and the other by a score of 13
to 11. ______
The other game Saturday night
will be that of the Teen-Age All-
Stars versus the Corrigan team.
The Teen-Age All-Stars have
played four games, winning
three of them. They beat Cam-
den 6-3 In two games, downed
Shepherd once by 18-4, and
bowed to Madisonville 6-0.
Members of the Teen-Age All--
Stars are Perry Pace, pitcher;
Jimmie Davis, Delvis Battise, and
J. E. Pate, outfielders; Bruce
Walding, pitcher; Robert Battise,
second base or catcher; Truman
Burchfield, Billie Manry and
Bobby Hughes, third base; James
Flanagan, catcher; Gene Bodie,
pitcher; Herman Battise, short-
stop; Curtis Platt, Lenard Tomp-
kins, outfielders; Jerry Hervning-
ton. pitcher or shortstop; Dick
Butler, first base; Bennie Marsh,
outfield; Nelson Hon, second or
catcher; and Rayford Young,
third base.
Managers are A. L. Young and
Kenneth Batson.
Little League All-Star mem-
bers are Kennetfi Munson and
Norman Acuff, catchers; Tom
Smith, first base; Bobby Harri-
son, John Parflshiand Conner
Lee Johns, second base; George
Shepherd, shortstop; Jim Peters,
and Gary Taylor, third base;
Jimmy Glover and Gerald Black,
Political Calendar
The Enterprise ^authorized to
announce the following candi-
dates, subject to action of the
Democratic second primary to be
held August 28,1954;
County Judge
W. S. Brame
Clayton Malone
County Commissioner, Precinct 1
Obem Crawford i
Bethel Hendrix (re-election)r
Ellis, Johnny Norwood, Horace
Moore,| Jr., and Carl Davis, out-
fiekWs.
Ross Hightower.
An all-time high in the num
her of gallons of water used by pUcheWTl)^
Livingston was < set during the 1
month of July.
Records show that 15,655.019
gallons of water were used in
July.
Previous high was the 13 mil-
lion used in July of 1953.
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Resident’s Father
Dies In Portland
H, W. Ager. 61, father of Mrs.
Joe Pedigo of Livingston, died
Thursday, July 29, in Portland,
Oregon
Mrs. Pedigo attended the ser-
vices, which were held Satur-
day, July 31, in oPrtland.
Ager had been in the public
school system for 3 years.
Survivors include his wife, ai)d
four other children: H. W., Jr..
Arber, Rae, and Uffleman.
it could be that we are like the
timber companies planting seed-
lings — we may reap the bene-
fits in five or ten years.
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County Hospitals
Cost Half-Million
Chamber of Commerce, P.
Box 455, Livingston, Texas.
Courting factories is a delicate
and complicated task. They are
secretive about their intentions;
and we don't find handy lists
of those looking for new homes.
We are inviting from the state of
Connecticut five box factories,
four gasket factories, one lad-
der factory, and four toy fact-
ories. It is sometimes very dis-
couraging because,'from all the
letters we wrote to textile manu-
Forty-four men have been facturers in Rhode Island, we re-
summoned for the third jury j ceived ony one answer. However,
week of the District Judge W. B.
Browder's Ninth District Court,
District Clerk A. L Reaves has
reported.
Thirteen felony cases are on
the docket, Reaves said.
The men,.who arc to report
to Hie District Court room at 1U
a. m. Monday, August 9. are:
James Ea.i Phillips. M. B.
Wheeler, Tony Peebles. Ray
Stone, E. B. Phillips Robert S.
Wright, A. C. Stillwell. C. B.
Thomas, Ed Peebles. Allen Pee-
bles, Grady Stephens. John Shir-
ley, S. R Nowlin. R L. Sllcox.
James Puckett, C. D. Taylor, R. C.
Thomas. Barney Wiggins. Ray-
mond Payne. Vink Lafferty, Joe
S. Nettles, Joe Lynn Towns and
J. H. Walters, all of Livingston.
R. L. Rothe. C. B. Bullock, Jr.,
E. R Richards, O. C. Nowlin, and
W. D. Saxon, all of Corrigan; W.
G. Rasberry and Harry Safford,
both of Carmona.
Bums Trammell, Jim Freeman,
Shine Partlsh. H. J. Reynolds, and
J. H. Phillips, all of Leggett; W.
A. Nerren and R. T. Pate, Jr., both
of Camden.
Eunice Alexander, Herman L.
Byrd and James Stuckey, all of
New Willard; G. M. Park of
Moscow; Willie Tullis of Ace;
J. B. Wiley of Segno and T. L.
Stokes of Goodrich.
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Town's 'Evaluation'
Is Now Being Made
Members of Livingston’s Lion
and Rotary Clubs awe being
“quizzed’’ by the Chamber of
Commerce on what they think of
their town.
Questionnaires prepared by the
Town Journal magazine of Wash-
ington, D. C., have been secured
by the Chamber manager. W. A.
McCartney, for distribution to
members of both clubs.
Forty questions dealing with
various aspects of the community
appear on the questionnaire. All
are to be answered with ’’yes’’ or
“no.”
McCartney said it would be
interesting to discover how the
members of Livingston’s two
civic clubs evaluate their town.
Those answering the question-
naires need not sign their name
anywhere on the form. This!
way they can really ‘‘let their
hair down” arid tell what they
think without any possible em-
barrassment. ,
The Lions have already an-
swered the questions, McCartney
said. A complete report on the
Four cases of dread polio in thing is under cqntrol and there
Polk County In the last two is no epiPmic."
weeks, one of ^hem causing the Dr. r bney estimated that 1,-
death of a 6-year-old girl, touch- 500 eh Iren were given shots of
ed off a near panic And a rush the ninma globulin since the
of hundreds of parents to get fir*- ;)0]io case was reported.
gamma globulin shots for their
children.
Peggy Jane White, daughter
of Mi. and Mrs. Carney White of
Livingston, died ‘at the Hedge
croft Clinic in Houston at 9 a. m
Sunday, August 1. from wha
doctors diagnosed as polio.
Three other cases, all chi’’
ren except Tor one 38-year-0 J
man, have been diagnosed as
polio in Houston since then >ut
no further deaths have bee . re-
ported.
Dr. J. T. Dabney, Jr., county
health officer, said We '.nesday
that there was no need ’ >r any-
one to worry about a polio epi-
demic. „
”We haven’t hail a case of
polio, in over a week now, ...
said, "and there is no reason for
parents to get panicky. Every-
ASC Committeemen
Nominations Made
The Community Ejection Board
consisting of three farmers from
each community in Polk County
mot August 3rd and 4th for the
purpose of nominating farmers to
serve as community committee-
‘ men ami alternates lor.1955,.The
nominees for the various com
mittees are listed below.
(This is the second in a eerie* in addition to these farmers
« 0,1 **** CouatV who are nominated by the Com-
1 munlty Election Board there will
Hospitals.)
The Polk County hospitals,
finished in 1951, were built at
a cost of almost $500,000.
The money came from a $250,-
000 bond isaue voted by the
county, and an amount almost
equal that which was put up
by the Federal government.
County Auditor E. L. Hinson
says the county has paid off
$61,000 of the-bonds, leaving
$189,000 still outstanding.
The Livingston hospital con-
sists of 28 beds, and the Corrigan
hospital has 14 beds.
The Livingston hospital pro-
vides employment for 24 reg-
ular employees. Hinson said the
payroll for these 24 employees
for last tnonth (July 1 amounted
to $3,616.13.
Fourteen persons, are employed
by the Corrigan hospital and
the payroll there for the month
of July was $2,005.02.
This is a total of $5,671.12. Hin-
son said the payroll for each
hospital runs about the same
each month. This makes the
annual payroll amount to about
$68,000.
Other operating expenses for
both hospitals total around $60,-
316.85 per year, making a total
annual operating cost of about
$128,316 85.
Under the arrangement where-
by the Federal government par-
ticipated in the financing of the
hospitals, the hospitals are re-
stricted in the amount of profit
they make.
This Is controlled by the fact
that the hospital Is required to
lower Its, room rent charges If
a profit over a certaih amount
4s made. n
On the other hand, If hospital
goes deeply into' the red it is
allowed to adjust Its room rent
(Continued on Pago 4)
results 6f the survey will be
Managers are Lvnn C’oker and made when ail the question-
Revival To Begin
At Lower Kickapoo
Church August 8
A reviyal will begin August
8 and last through August 15
at the Lower KickapOo Mission-
ary Baptist Church.
The Rev. W. D. Harrell will
do the preaching and Bror John-
son. pastor pf the Onalaska
Baptist Church, will direct the
singing.
Services will begin fcach Even-
ing at.7:30 p, m.
naires are in.
According to those who com-
piled the questions, a “yes'’
answer to 3D or more of the
questions means that the town
is one pf which its citizens can
well be proud.
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Scripture Selection
Scripture selections for the
month of August were made by
Dr. Vester Wolber, pastor of the
Central Baptist Church, Living-
ston.
"Submit yourselves therefore
to God. Resist the devil,, and he
will flee from you.” James 4:7.
Three Enlistments
- Three Polk County men en-
listed in the army during the
month of July, SFC John E. Al-
len, Lufkin recruiter, announced
this cyjeek.
The three, now in training
at Ft. Bliss, Texas, are Claude
G. Hughes, Jr., James C. Tullos,
and Charles G. Rodgers, all of
Corrigan.
also be Included in the alate of
nominees any name or names
of farmers submitted to the
Board by petit Ions signed by ten
or more eligible voters in.the
community. All petitions must
be received by the Chairman of
the Community Election Board
by Wednesday. August 11, 1951,
to be included In the slate of
nominees. The Chairman of (he
Community Election Boards are:
Community A—O. C. Nowlin,
Corrigan, Texas.
Community B—C. E. Scamons.
Moscow, Texas
Community C—Fred Stephen-
son. Leggett, Texas.
Community D—George Smith,
Onalaska, Texas.
Community E—J. B Cook, Liv-
ingston. Texas,
Community F—Charles Moore,
Livingston, Texas.
Community G—Aaron Young,
Livingston, Texas.
The nominees for the various
communities are:
Community A — Grady Crece-
Hus, Cleve Dickson. A. O. Lllley,
Fred B. Manry, Ellis Murphy, Ju-
lius Reinhardt Harry Safford,
Elmer Seamons, J. G. Vanek, H.
A. Willson.
Community B—S. M. Adams,
W. H. Clark. H. B. Dudley, G. T.
Frolick, Joe Harris, H. P. Mat-
lock, G. C. McClain, Bob Mor-
rell, W. O. Parrish, W, F. Smith.
Community C—Harley Clamon,
King Clamon. W. E. Holder, Lee
Hon, C. T. Jones, Jr„ C. T. Mat-
thews Orville Parrish, Walter
(Continuad on Pag# 4)
That was about two weeks ago.
h of the shots were given in
I. ngston. Many Thousands of
rh lars worth of gamma glob-
i: i in shots were given.
No charge was made for (he
medicine itself. It was paid for
by the March of Dimes funds
of tire National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
Some shots were given in Cor-
rigan ib those who had had di-
ject contact with the one case
reported from there.
Every doctor’s office in Li-
vingston and the hospital itself
was jammed by parents anxious
to get for their children the pro-
tection provided by gamma glob-
he | ulin.
The shots are not a vaccine
and are not protection against
taking polio, but do serve to
limit the crippling effect of the
disease in its victims.
The shots provide protection
for about five weeks.
George Webster, chairman of
the county chapter of the Nation-
al Foundation for Infantile Pa-
ralysis, said the Foundation rec-
ommended the following stand-
ard precautions to protect a*
gainst polio:
Keep €hlldr*c~*wy~fg-.;a- new
groups; war hands carefully
before > ltd after using
toilet; v. for headache, fe-
ver, tore throat, upset stomach,
tore muscles, extreme tiredness
or nervousness, trouble in brea-
thing or swallowing; avoid get-
ting over-tired; don’t get chilled;
don’t have mouth or throat oper-
ations when polio la In the vici-
nity.
Funeral services for Peggy
Jane White were held from th*
chapel of the Pace Funeral Home
at 3 p. m. with the Rev. R. C.
Vance, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, officiating, assisted
by the Rev. J. I. Heddlns.
Interment was In the Peebles.
Cemetery.
Peggy was born on September
18, 1947, and would have enter-
ed school this fall. She was
faithful In her attendance at the
Sunday School and preaching
services of the East Tempe Bap-
tist Church.
In addition to her parents, sh«
is survived by* a brother, Ray;
her paternal grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Griffin of Houston;
and friends.
and a host of other relatives
Pallbearers were Charlie Ger-
lach, Wa'ndo Taylor, B. F. Steph-
ens, and Udell Davis.
Arrangements were under the
direction of the Pace Funeral
Home.
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TEMPERATURES
A. AV. Orr, weatherman, re-
ports the precipitation for July
30, 31 and August 1 as 6.52 inch-
es and the temperatures for the
week of July 27 to August 2 as
follows:
Date:
July 27
July 28
July 29
July 30
July 31
August
August 2
Highest Lowest
....... ........105 77
........ 102
73
........... 94
71
82
70
85
7D
1 _
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70
2 .
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Unity Brotherhood
To Meet August 9
At Central Baptist
The Unity Assoelational Bro-
therhood, comprising all chur-
ches In Angelina and Polk Coum
ty, will meet with Jho Central
Baptist Churchy Monday Aug.
9, at 7 p. m.
A chicken dinner with all
trimmings vVill he served on the
back lawn of the church prompt-
ly at 7.
Mr. A. C. Wimpee. associate
secretary of the Brotherhood of
Texas, Dallas, will be the guest
speaker for the evening. During
W,orld War II. Mr. Wimpee en-
Jertained as a magician fori
the troops overseas. During the
social hour, he will entertain
the men with a few erf his
"slight of hand" tricks."
Immediately following the de-
licious feed, the men will move
into the air-conditioned audi-
71 tofium for the message Mr. Wim-
pee has to bring.
Men are expected to come In
great numbers from all chur-
ches in this association.
Southern Pacific
Cuts 2 Day Trains
Livingston was left without
daytime passenger train service
this week when the Southern
Pacific Railroad discontinued
trains number 25 and 26 which
have run between Houston and
Shreveport through Livingston.
Train 26 made its last run
Tuesday, August 3, and train 25
made its last run the following
day. Night trains will not be
changed. " , •
The railroad said the revenue
was not sufficient to justify the
continuance of the two trains.
Postmaster Clyde Pearson said
he had been notified that a
schedule for. truck service, with
roughly the same time schedule
as the trains, had been proposed..
to carry the mail formerly han-
dled ,by the trains, and Was
ready to be put into effect im-
mediately. C
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Peebles Cemetery
Association To Meet
Members of the Peebles Cftne-
tery Association (near Israel)
will meet Saturday, Atig. 14.
Everyone is invited to attend
and bring and enjoy a basket
lunch.
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