East Texas Light and The Timpson Times (Tenaha, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 31, 1969 Page: 1 of 12
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Volume +♦ Prieo 10c
and The Timpson Times
Covering Shelby County Like The Pine Stream Cover The Ground
Tenaha, Confer, Timpson, Joaquin and Shclbyvle (Shoby County, Toms) Wednesday 'December 31. 1969
12 Pge» • I Section
Number 52
Inquiring
Photographer
Center Soles Tax
Is $25,801.25
i For Quarter
"Whai ate your New Yean' Res.
Center's Sties fax far she
i third quarter of 1 Still war tor
lbe amount of $25,80i. 25, ac-
cording to Hamp Tlyilic, City
Secretary.
nut is the hirhest etet rc -
•reived a:id Secretary Blythe
said that he expects the fourth
quarter to be even larger.
“This money will he put to
use ixi cm water, sewer and
(Ire pretention right .way, '
said Wythe. Aik this Urge
amount sales lax reflects £e
growth of our town. W*e arc
now working oo plans for a new
water plant, and our city coao-
ciltncn arc studying on ! m -
prevements and have cam up
with some pretty good idsos."
County Schools
Will Resume
Classes Monday
Schools through-out Shelby
County vtH rake up classes
again on Monday morning,
January ">. 1910.
The students aud teachers
have enjoyed a vacation from
school since rriday, Decem-
ber 19.
■i
weaned-calf stage, the 2. Can E-Tex hcef nraduccrs
** feedlotfuac?
SP-. •■.ifflSBfrJ^f Cooperates in the big dem-
cnmatlon will cairr their ani-
R,;'ls vinter tfifoucb tbe
stacker stage (oil East Texas
-fo.-IK pastures) and next summer
thTough me fccdlot stage ( in
tiic Grady Sheppard lot at Hale
Center near ^Utnviow, cjjc of
the many lots sprawling across
die Texas Panhandle).
Jenkins .’lie’ ctlicr cooperetnrs
in five other counties I x\\ put
inn the demo ntratioa a total
of loO wtanet' calves, averaa-
injg ablaut 425 pounds in weight.
i at ocher twoperaters a t e
Charlie Calloway of Rains
County, Jack Mallucy oi Van
Z.and? County, Burton w ells
suni t>ill Clements cf Greey
County, Cecil Skaags of Cher-
okee Cowry, ClesVi Martin
of Rusk County, am! irnest
Powers of Panola County.
To ory (heir animals
ihionch tnc slooker stage, the
men Tavc established winter
cover crops ffotagcsl costing
r • From 528 10 >‘40 per acre. Ae-
dihoual nitrogen will to .tp-
MRS. SUE BOLES: -Well. I
don't have anything special
rigit now to say abou: my New
Tears Resolutions, but I always
make some, and always break
diem — **
r.'JT . ' .sra/w*. ;•? ; .
Freight Company
To Review Area
Freighl Needs
:-reVr^tmir‘ i ' *'*£!?•<•?■
is front of the buihiii
makes the third lii
week period.
afser the tire had taken its told. This
to he taken l»y fat in Ttn.i’u in a seven
cUlffuTo
NEWTON JOHNSON: "I
WILMER RAT BOWDEN: -Not
too much of anything rit$it now.
with the Ciiruima. ru.ii oo iu
my store, but 1*11 :n^kc some
like I always do--"
n.-in ii; icnah.i, wa* ^urued :o mile north of sown on U.
death in a fire that completely Highway .19, tin. Tenaha and
destroyed las home and garage Carthage highway.
almR4:30 p.nt. Friday, De- The fine oi uiicctermined or-
cenvet 26. igin was fought for three hours
| ay n f' .Tenalta and Center Fire dlrectior
| OcpartUKtic. " .l Home!
• Jt was not known at the time Survive
&c. firenu.it were baaling die Mr. h' ?
blaee thst anyone was inside haj rvo’s
JiL?°h,C' f h • of Cer.tei
(.datives of the dead man Salem >
had failed to locate him by Myers of
MWiry and telephone calls Tom M r
and it was after dark wl»ctt die aha and !
fire bad burned out and was afcy £ nj-
watered down by the firemen,
if I fit Hr VhfUK' KkUu r.hima/1 ---
Highlighting '69 News
| vice “of Texas A&.M trntvcrsi-
ty, on rccciruncudation of a
B.E. 1. Area Committee Task
force.
(B. r. T., die initial letters
| of tac duild East Texas oro-
gran, a 41-county jrea'agrt-
ttilniral develcpmer.r project
set up about seven ysan sgo
by Last lexis leaders and the
Extension Service.)
, Alternate demonstrators (E-
j Tex producers standing by to
insure the success of the dem-
onstration by supplying extra
! calves if necessary) are Otto
Moser cf to vie County and
; chairman of the B.E, T. Area
Committee: James Weather-
ford and Pete Skeen of Cncro-
; kee County; C. G. Scruggs of
Dallas, wao operates a Camp
County farm and edits The
Progressive Faxmer Magazine.
Also, Joe Smith, R. B.
(Buck) Tltomason, Bill Fitz-
gerald sod Doyle McAdams,
who have set up a like dem-
onstration for me same pur-
pose in Walker Couaty, where
they have established‘winter
pas rare? of wheat, oats or rye-
grasses. The men will feed
out their cattle next summer
in the «amc West Texas lot.
Chairman of me Feedlct
Efe mo nitration is Powers.
To evaluate the Stocker stage
of the demonstration, the co-
d:3t Mr. Myersr badly charred
body was found.
A passing motorist first oo-
ticea tr.c fire in d:c bach of the
‘louse arid .'tttnptrd to enter
thtc.igh die fmnt. He was
aVid^d by fLurres and notified
d’.c Tcnaha Tire IXpanment.
r.moral services were Held
Jp.m. amday, TVccmber 28,
in titti OW Home Church with
James Springct, Ciurch of
Christ Minister officiating, as-
sisted by the fcv. "clix ivind-
ham. Cutial was in the OW
Home Cemetery under the
Club rood show was held March
-2; Mr. and Mis. Den Cox ob-
sen ed tnalr ^9fh v.’eddir.g Aa-
aiversar,. 'kiumy ITA Calf
She a' held; Ycutn Uoden ;ield
in April; Mo. Rurii Hl Jso.idied
in A.cll; Cllr top student nant
ed-rusai. v.'etoter and Acr. y
Smallwood; W41I l-rur Store in
Tonaha sold; OIcs c’jpcra2r’<et
bocan Ccnsttucticn of store in
Center; Bobby Wir.ch.un named
"Man of the Year1 by Center
Chamber of Commerce; Tom
Tester sold valuable Toledo
tend land to glam recreation
firm and named it Hide-Away
Harxa.
Also Miss Janls Lacy named
*’M£|| Toledo Bend-; Miss Shir-
ley frooki and Wayne Ilarkness
mrripi? fn Mat/* w.ifHlnv T ,r.>
November Savings
Bond Sales In
County Was $5,311
|gL IX wSa |1 mss. claudia cordray: i
mk MiSgk B resolve ra serve my fcllou man
- . H Ir-o'e and » >ry to Lve by die
Golden Rule.. ,hy doing unto
BOBBY WlVDHAM: 1 want to odrers u I vlsli 10 be done
try so moke mote money then by... -
maybe I can imilc a Utile r
mwmmm
November sales in Shelby
County totaled 3&,.H6 accord-
ing io WTOtaai E. Regers,
Chairman of the Shelby Coun-
ty Savings toads Committee.
Sales for the eleven-nonti:
period were $90,030 and this
4C per cent of the 1969 coal of
: 210,000.
Texas sales durins? November
totaled $12, 962,10B while the
first eleven mor th sales
amounted to 8161,490,6??
which is 90 m cent of the
Jchr. Tyson Joined MMcol-n
Weaver ;u his reality f 11.« .
Larry Alford drowned while on
a duck hunt near the i a o i n e
River; the Governor's Commit-
tee on Higher Education was
proposing the abolishment o f
county school 5upcrimcnccntrs
officers and rural schools with
one central main school in each
county; everyone wns fearing
the Hong-Kong Hu (none waj
reported in Shelby County I n
January).
Also Sammy Dance !leaded
the 1969 March of Dimes; Cen-
ter's okiest living Center High
School Alumni, Mrs. Ida Woods
observed her 91st birthday, Jan-
uary 12 at Holiday lodge; Uilly
Farmer was named Cancer So-
ciety Crusade Chainr.an: Timp-
son was petitioning for a local
option election; tox 7+; was
asking “Where is the old Red-
citt Cemetery?"; R. H. Vine-
yard was guest speaker at the
aistotical society, telling about
his collection of old bottles (he
inspired lots of folks to start
digging for bottles io dumps
ino"crash piles); Vance Pavnc
Shelby Countohi
Is Candidate For
Panola Judge
Political
Calendar
. we. the following have au-
thorized die East Texas Lighl
to announce our candidacy f<
the follov.inc offices in Srel-
by Coun tv.
ODUNTY JUDGE
V.V. Pate
(^e-clec doa)
COWfTT CLERK
A, D. Youngblood
(Re-election)
COUNTY TREASURE
Fred Cavis
(Re-election)
DISTRICT CLERK
tlozzUe. Cannon
: (Re-election)
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
Doyle k'aeoo
Da\-is Bailey, a native oi
Sliclby County, has filed an
announcement of his candidacy
for county jin'gu of Pa rfola
County.
Bailey has lud extensive ex-
perience in the practice o f
law. He has been an active at-
torney for 36 years, 30 vests of
this in Panola County. He serv-
ed as disnict attorney in Car-
thage from 1943 to 1&7 and as
county attorney from 1955 to
1961. lie was also county at-
torney of Shelby County from
"Recently mm intetest rate
cn United ales Savings Bonds
was raiser to 5 per cent when
held to Bi vurity of 5 yeas and
K) mentii {4tfi lot the fint year
end 5.20?i when belli to nan*
try.) rfcerfor.r Sharer >:in be
removed flora sale on Juac 30,
1370, so be sure to put your
note alfoanciir info blRger '
I Howls. Buy There through lire
Payroll Savings flan where you
work or at your bank. * Cl air-
man Rogers said.
break tiic barrier of an all man
board; Ray Jones war sworn in
as Aiocnnan for Center; Roy
Wooiey named president of Car
rer lion's Club; Trasns Price
died In July; Shriu.rs becon a
Hag display campaign for Cen-
ter square; Russell Whiteside
reiiijicd as Center High Sdiool
principal in July; annual CHS
Homecoming committee met
to map plans for Oct. hnire-
ceming; Mrs. Lillian Rogeis
amis'; and iiusband paid visit Io
brother, Gordon Rogers and
family in Center; S. I. Rermcn*
rer was honored at a meeting of
sdiool people in Uallxs; Center
School tax was ltlked foom 2S
to 4-HV. Mrs. Jim Pushing died
at age of 31 in July; She tiff
Maxic Eaves ami ebelby Coun-
MILTOK WILKINSON: To be
more consider ale of others. "
I fRe-eiccaon)
'JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRE. 01
Wesley Bailey
(Re-election)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Steve Burgess
(Re-election)
COMMISSIONER PRE. P2
lack Cannon
(He-etectioti)
COMMISSIONER PRE. in
1. C. Allen
CHOC MULDROW: TT1 tty to
spread a httle more cheer next
fyear and happinesr and I want
to try to get in a little more
fishing.
and ttnsli piles); Vance Payne
refereed a basketball game be-
tween Sic Center Lions and
KLJET Good Guys; Duke Parker
died Teh. 1308; Tom Cox
btmsght in a mysterious worm v ^oi„„;nau>ae« com iccciv-
to County Ageni Joe Andctson ed a raise in salary in August:
** tdennficauou; Tlrr.psonvoc- ;Mrs. Lizrie Carroll Mares died
ec sole Ot liquor down in in August; Harry Burns, Center
March; SiU Redd:tt of Shrove- City Judge obtetved ills 7d*i
pon spoke to ti;c Shelby Conn- birthday. - Con't next week.
«y Historical wjoiet)- in March;
Malcolm Weaver. Jack Mc-
Leroy and Newton Johuson, Sr.,
filed for Center School Titisn i.
Karre the Center Morel contest
w«^announced; 1». ). E. Ganlt ,, ,
Alio Shelby County school &{| ^ 1^
pictures were run for several fj jj /nj BB
rr.ocdu on front pages of JTL: U » v«l Dw
Q>k! and (Iu were raging ■
throughout the county and
schools were closing down i n
diU week that he will announce
his future plans after the Christ-
mas holidays.
Texas State Bank
CaUs Stockholders
Meeting, January 1
The annual Stockholders
Meeting cf ti»e Texas Sate
toak will be held Ttieaday,
Jaouary U, 1970 at 2 p. in.
ADVERTISERS
ALTON HOLT: "I resolve io try
to profit by my experience to
beiter undertund the people
near me and those I serve. "
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Grissom, Loyd C. East Texas Light and The Timpson Times (Tenaha, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 31, 1969, newspaper, December 31, 1969; Tenaha, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth767277/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Panola+County%22: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.