Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1964 Page: 1 of 10
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Published Wttkly Sine* 1882 In Polk County, Te
Pin* Capital of T,
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10 Pages Today
Number 41
Volume 82
10c For Singlo Copy
Livinqston, Texas, Thursday, June
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Korean
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local Veterans
(tfprilMl to The Enterprise)
rw foc: ..,174 veterans of the Ko-
! roan now living in
I Polk County, approximately four
cut of every ten have received
j educational or vocational traln-
j mg under the Korean GF Bill, it
ippears. (J
Of these more thnn half have
[ ^nne to college The others went
I to schools below collegiate level
I or received on-the-job or on-the-
farm training.
The findings are ba*ed on stil-
us mad" fin a national by.
1 the Veterans Atbiiinist ration and
, by tHe N^Y. State Division of
I Wi.'nu,-^Affairs.
They report that the progHim
/ -is still open and that Korean vrt-
I #rans may still enroll. Eligible
-i-nro aft tha-w- who were in uniform
for it period* of 90 days between
' June 27.- 1960. and January 31,
1955. whether 1 hey were sent over-
seas or not. >.....
The latter date is when the Ko»
rean War.- designated the Korean
ccnflict, officially ended, accord-
ing tp Congressional decree, al-
though the actual shooting was
ever mote than two years before
that time,
The surveys indicate that an
'stimaled 70 Korean Vets in Polk
County have made use of the free
- educational opportunities thus far.
Some 40 of them went to college.
While the other Korean veter-
• I nns in Polk County may still reg-
ister for such training, a limits-
| tlon ha? been placed on the dura-
j | lion of the educational program.
Courses will lie discontinued after
Lj January 31, 1965. according to e
f t decision of -Congress.;
Nationally, the figures show, of
the 5,000,030 living veterans of the
Korean War 2,358,000 haw gone
to school under the GI Bill.
The education and training pro-
v v'kied for them and for the vet-
erans of other wars is termed by
the Veterans Administration “the
greatest mass educational pro-
gram ever undertaken in the
free world.”
ll has helped to raise the schol-
astic level of veterans in the
1 bitted Stltes to letter' than four
years of high school, whereas the
level of non-veteran males is but
two years of high school.
Polk County's veteran popula-
tion, which also includes 242 from
World War l and 672 from World
War If, has received jts propor-
tional share of these benefits.
, By BILL DOVE
This Saturday, .fane 17, two
•eyantte rice lion* will have an
enduing effect on the people of
Polk Comity. Irontcnlly. there
wtl m4 he a Polk Comity real
dent who will he able to vote.
TWs ll became the two aeparate
eteettono arc to be held In Bomton
and In Montgomery County.
IV Burnt on ballot «M decide
the present fate of Lake livtogatun
■litre the Trinity River Authority
NORMAN VINCENT PRAIJE, D. D. (right) Is shown above as he
pr»**ented a Polk County native «>n Carr P. Collins the 1964 Hora-
tio Alger Award in ceremonies id the Waldorf Astoria Hotel In
Nm York on May 14. Carr, Chalrtnan of the Board of Fidelity
Union Life Insurance ('onipany, reertved Ihe award In recognition
of achieved eminence and one whose life inspire* youth to Ihelr
opportunities today through Initiative, Integrity and love of free-
dom. , .
County haa to do with Highway
right-of-way. The Comity plan*
to Inane hand* la order to finance
right of way oa Highway M. Aa
most local people know, a atrip
of Highway 59 runs through a
•retina of Mmrtfnmery County.
If^Montgomcry County approves
Ihe lewd Issue then the County
will have funds with which to
purchase right of way necessary
to make Highway 19 a hair lane
thoroughfare
It to just a rotorWtence that
both electtoua are faBtog aa Ihe
same day hi June
TV torn tone highway will bring
■ouaton closer to llvtngnton It
Carr P. Collins Presented
1964 HoratfoAlger Award
of V A Collins of Livingston, has of the Baptist Foundation of
lieen named one of the ten 1964 Texas, a $50,000.0tj0 im'estment
Hojatlo . Alger Award winners, firm serving Baptist institutions.
The coveted awards are presented1 His father, V. A. Collins was a
annually by the American Schools school teacher in the early days
and Colleges Asoodation to those receiving a small salary although
cutstanding Americans selected he taught in good high schools,
by campvu leaders in more than His two sons, Carr and Hal had
500 colleges and universities access to the public schools and
across the nation. .got good educations
The selection of the recipients Carr grew up in and around
for the Award is made from Folk and Tyler countie*. TV
among those national leaders Collins family first tame to the
whose careers typify the results Big ThiMcrt around 1854. Marty
of individual initiative, hardftoork. descendants of the Collins and
honesty and adherence to tradi- Hc,|>kins families still live in Polk
and neighboring counties. Carr’s
work owl her was a Hopkins from Ala-
tional ideals.
Collins early accepted WM
as a way of life. Following his ^ma. She died when Carr was
mother's death, the founder and ^ -vears
chairman of the board of Fidelity! “Carr were his first pair of
Life Insurance Company worked l<:n« P^-s ,hp ,la-v he got a job
In the fields, as a newsboy, as a 'aching school at Antioch in
school teacher, and ax a new* County, Carr used to love
“butch” on a train Saving his and ^members well the
money, he was able to attend »me his team from Chester came
business college. After graduating. owr ,0 Livingston for a series,
he grounded himself in insurance (>an t remember who won, so
as secretary to the Texas Em- «*n assu,”e ,hm Livingston
ployer’s Insurance Association *wat them, Mr. Collins remem*
and as a partner tn an insurant ^?rs-
management firm. 'n addition to V. A. Collins,
In 1927 he organized the Fidelity Cfrr’* sls,Pr’ 0tt(>
Union Life Insurance, Company.;hLs0 Uws in LivtofiSt0t1’
The firm now has $833,000,000 a** a t j*aa
insurance in force, the largest tori0(1 C . Rlfrh Mil
home office building in the South WIVIM ”H VII I III!
and West, and operates in forty- |k* a*
one states and the District of Col vISCOnTIIIUcS
umbia. A staunch supporter of ,,
education, Mr. Collins has donated Aha U/ahL Cmf f>
to Baylor University more than VIIV TfVlII Jlllll
Z~ j The Edens-Birch sawmill at
Firpmpn C Corrigan has temporarily shut
I II VIIIV11 J down its second work shift ac-
llnitofc n air Lira cording to an announcement by
Piemoersnip; L, B. Zeagler. Vice-President of
V ft,,.. jT * Southwest Forest Industries, in
Dnre Still On
The Livingston Volunteer Fire- shift is to be blamed entirely on
men’s honorary membership drive the unavailability of skilled man-
begins its second week today,:,power He emphasized, however,
The firemen otter honorary mam- that the shutdown la a temporary
bmhlps to those who would like, situation and the mill hope* to
fo contribute to thejr fond.: There a two-shift op»»tfc§^
donations arte used to thit year, -to
CITA WATER SI 8TEW ITtiK lOIH- TV e.mMru<-tl«n ,d thin huge UNI.MM gailen grouixl nbmig* water tank will loeturr l4vtnc»t'«i
mtotooto ..I a mar*- adequate «upply «l water aiul al the win*' lime Improve the t)unlitv <4 water ummI by eouMiroer*. While the
tank to wider e,.»slni<-tt<.n water to l«<tt»is ,tviiti|N'il tUroelt) tain tto- mailt line* fr«>m the (lly's d**-p well*. The gr.Hind storage
tank Mil nut .nl\ give tto- CVv a n»r\i- of water, hut wlU ael aa a witling tank- The tank la ba-ated on tin- Wevi aide of town
near the Cm-hraa addition. Llv twgattai reanlenta can look forward in plenty ol dear water «oun a aiaAeaman lor the city idated.
—Stall Photo
NEWS FROM YOUR COUNTY MUSEUM
Mrs J. M Whitehead, first viee An official delegate of the Pilot
pis sklent e| the Pilot Club pf Lie Club Livingston, the first vlcs-
iligskvi. ha* l*x*n named offleial fn .ddent will accept the Riot
,lelct ite Kf the Hd annual imi Imemational Safety Award Which
v-nttvui ,.t( thu.JMot Club Inter the dub preMdent, Mrs. frank
*ut)«tt»lJune Helttri, was recently advised the
■Jtth. Wp}- jdttb has won The awards will
dft’rf Aiaoim Mart Highlight presented at a special Safety
the r'onvenli/,n wiil lto Pitot Inter Luncheon held for this purpose
wttor.ul Day at the fatottous n Tuesday, June 30th when Mrs.
World's Fair schtshtlrtl for Wed Whitehead, as representative of
newhi.v. July 1st fh» Livingston elub. will be intreto
1 waving Houston Airport by lui-ed to the convention ixxiy.
Delta Ait lines flight No, !R0 al Fnxieriek J. (lasaert. Jr, of
9:1)3 1 m on Sunday. ,J«i*r *Wh. ''to kie, lllineis, assistant secre-
Mrs Whitehead will arrive at Her taiy of the Allstate Insurance
nedy Inu rnattohal Airport in New .'.unpaid** and vice-jwesident ol
Yi.rit City at 1:51 p. m that Allstole Fiamdation. will speak
aflerriim^ On Friday, July. 3rd it the Safety Dtmheon and Mrs.
she will return by Delta flight No. Agree Beaton, director of Wo-
*1. arriving hack to Houston men'* activities for Allstate Foun-
at 4:45 p, m. latkn, will present the annual
At the Ftolk County Museum.
Saturday morninK at 10, the fourth
free film ut the "This la Our
Country" ^nea will beshmvn.
St’hedulwfahtiwing are
NEW YORK — The thundering
majesty of Niagara Falls, Man ton-
ton s sky-high towers, the Hud-
son River, West Point, the Cat-
skills and Adirondacks ". and NEW
JERSEY, The authentic reenact-
ment of New Jersey’s colonial
beginnings ’. This public service
is sponsored by the Archives
Committee of the Polk County/
Historical Survey Committee.
The Historical Marking Com-
mittee, headed by Gordie Nettle*,
is appealing to alt the ritiaens
to lend their support and help
to the program of locating and
getting history of early towns,
settlements, ghost town*, old
structures, nail* and business
rites in the county. The State
la appealing for this information
to go into the State Archive*
in Austin, It la a monumental
teak, and only in the owperalton
VBS Commencement
Held At Goodrich
First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church Va-
cation Bible School closed Friday,
June 19, with Commencement
exercises Friday evening at 7:00
o'clock.
For the two weeks of Bible
School 120 {xipils were registered
with an average attendance of
Those who, have .vn|y tuiiitly
records, family Bibi»>s, fic^|%
asked to copjMhnm fwf thc C ito-
mittee. or let tht' Committw*
have accew to them for. the Ar
chives of tht' local Mumim and
for the State. —
If you visit an old country cetne-
Wry, public or private wtatld you
please offer to copy all inscrip-
tion*, and count the grave* ami
turn them in to the Survey Com-
mittee" Both the Historical Mark-
ing Committee and tht* Archives
Committee, which Ruth IVt'btee
heads, need this information to
the work they are attempting
in collw ting ami marking idat'es
and gram of historical interest.
The State Km asked for informa-
tion on (folk County to he includ-
ed "Tounwn” Imx-hums, aa wall
as Archive#,
Visit yenr Museum on Tuevlays
or Thursdays from 9 until 2 and
you will probably be reminded
of things you have that should
be on display there.
93 rind 54 perfect attendance.
'A good crowd of parents and
friends attended the Commence-
ment exercise* and enjoyed the
program given by the pupils <tf
the different departments. After
ihe program the guests were in-
vited to the fellowship hall to view
the handicraft work of the pupils.
Our hats off to Mrs. David
Ellis, principal of the school and
the entire staff of workers for
their faithful attendance and
leadership.
PROCLAMATION
denattooa aito uaed to maHiimM by Riifrfrt
existing equipment and to puH “Our sa1
chaae badly needed equipment wayahien
which will enable them to do a
TO AIX 1A3LK COUNTY CITIZENS: ^ ;
INASMUCH, as July 4th is Imk pcndence Day, at which time
we will celebrate our nation's 168th Hirthday anniveraary; and
WHF'RKAS, the plan for a nationwide h«U ringing "LET
FREEDOM RING" Is to be h* Id all ever our great nation; and
WHEREAS, the PILOT CLUH (>F LIVINGSTON wUl sponsor
ami (xuxluct "LET FREEDOM RING" In Wk Cotmtv. Texas: and
WHEREAS, the purpose of th;« project is to taro Independence
Day into a stirring national celebration by ringing bells at the
same moment tn all 50 states; fold
WHEREAS, thi* rimultanrmis hell ringing will occur all over
the United States of America with Mix ringing at Independence
Mall. Philadelphia; carillons singing out at tewnhaUa, and church
-kite rifting just aa wu done an Juy 4, lift;- and
WHEREAS, in the ptpling of the bell* across this great land,
wc will have on our national birthday a fitting reminder of the
exalted word* and heroic derision that frnmded America:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, County Judge of Polk County, Texas
do hereby proclaim that July 4th he celebrated locally with all
availalde bell* ringing promptly at 12:00 noun and urge every
cittern te join In this observant* at that time and “LET FREE-
DOM RING!"
PONE this 23rd day of June, A. D , 1964. in the City of Uvtog-
ston. in for County of Polk, to the State of Tern, in the United
States ol America. ' f
- ie r miiKTv nmne
16 hours daily. Right riow rour
better job ol protecting live* and burioess te the best it haa been
property. in five year*. We desperately
Fire Chief Billy Haynes Joins ^ *> he running foil time. Since
with the entire organization to of the year we have been
say thanks to those who have having a shortage of manpower,
contributed thus far, and ■■ would now been Fbach-
urge you to do so 11 you haven't ed wh*n> is idipass-ilile to coo-
The Fire D*pt. has come a
long way since it was organtoed ^***7*’'
to the praaant day. This h4ut?, ™ ,ai H_. ’*'en
evolved mainly because of foe ^ ^ ls ° ,*7
continuing support of ite many I” wo^s ',‘t> i!. ul?ry<
friends. In order to keep pace „ *r. n , ^
with the growth of Livingston * C ^
Two Teachert t
Attend Slate
Society Meeting
Miss Lou tec Seale and Mrs.
L S. Stanford attendrd the state
meeting of foe Delta Kappa Gam-
ma Society in Dallas. June 13,
and 14. Tto meeting was held
U, A.lftlwWn^ 14. v|m|
Wl lll*P AUiMJMIUS *1 'I
Tempera ttnw and rainfoll for
foe period June 18 through 34 as
recorded by Harold Haley, local
weather observer, are aa follows.
Readings are for 34-hour period
ending at 8 a. m. on date shown.
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Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1964, newspaper, June 25, 1964; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781366/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.