Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1965 Page: 1 of 14
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BUILD WITH
SOUTHERN
YELLOW PINE
POLK COUNTY E
Volume 183
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Pilots Bring Nome Three Awards
From Galveston District Meet
ten proud and happy Living-
ston Pilots returned homeSun-
day from the recent Internat-
ional District 8 Convention in
Galieston, the recipient? of
three out-standing awards. For
the 3rd consecutive year Pilot
Clubs of Livingston, Tyler, and
Victoria took the honors in the
coveted CL LB ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD which is presented for
accomplishments in community
service and club goals for the
preceding year. Victoria re-
ceived the first place award for
the 3rd straight year. Living-
ston had received the red ribbon
for the past two years with Ty-
ler taking third place honors.
However, this year Tyler re-
Girl Scout
Council Begins
Fund Drive
* Livingston neighborhood of
the East Texas GirlScout Coun-
cil will start a drive this week
for funds for the year .Since the
ceived 2nd and Livinston was
awarded 3rd. District 8 now has
a total of 39 clubs, with the re-
cent organization of Diboll and
Cuero.
The Livingston groif) also
brought back the first place AT-
TENDANCE CUP which they
won last year and Lied with
Orange for 2nd place in the LIFE
AND HEALTH AWARD, which is
given for conservation of life
and health of an individual,
group, community, and nation.
This is the second year the local
club has received the red ribbon
for this particular awaird.
Mrs. Frank Helton,president
of the Pilot Club of Livingston,
expressed her thanks to the ci-
tizens of Polk -County who
enabled the Pilots to receive
these honors by supporting both
their service and fund raising
projects.
Mrs. Paulene Barbay of Luf-
kin was elected second lieuten-
ant governor of District 8, Pilot
International, at the Galveston
Convention. The convention next
year will be in Houston at the
Rice Hotel, May 15-16-17.
for funds for the year.Nince the * • p * ■■
United Fund drive was dropped I rial. Allllf V |AY
last year the Girl Scout neigh- 111 VWMm J 1 v* -
Hunters To Hold
Hunt May First
last year the Girl Scout neigh-
borhood will have the drive for
their support of the council
budget. Mrs. J. A. Lumpkin is
finance chairman for the neigh-
borhood and will call on the
business people of Livingston.
Girl Scout leaders and mothers
will hold a neighborhood drive
inif&near future,
grata's. Lumpkin appeals to the
.people for support for this
worthy organization. If you are
not contacted personally and
wish to give a donation, call
Mrs. Lumpkin at 7-4580 or
Mrs. -Hulda Pate at 7-8375
and your donation will be
picked up.
TEMPERATURES
*>
Trmpcraturc.s and rainfall for
the period April 22 though 28
as recorded by Harold Haley,
Iccal weather observer are as
fellows.
Readings are for 24 hour per-
iod ending at 8 a. m. on the date
rhown.
April HI LO. RN
22 .......v......... 82 49
,23 ................. 87 50
24 ................. 86 58 .
25 ................. 85 60
26 ................. 88 61 .05
27 ................. 80 56 .04
28 ................. 70 44 Tr
The Tri-County Fox and Wolf
Hunters Association will hofd a
barbecue and fox hunt onSatur-
day, May 1, between Dacus and
Richards on F. M. I486.
Barbecue and all the trimmings
will be served at 6:30 p.m.
The ladies in the association
will furnish the cakes and pies.
After supper the fox hounds will
be turned loose for a chase.
A, large crowd Is expected.
This is an occasion which is
..enjoyed by young children and
teen agers as well as by adults.
Anyone who is interested and
enjoys the sport of fox hunting
is Invited. ----*——-—
For information regarding
membership contact Mr. R. L.
Cummings, President, by call-
ing PL 6-8893, Conroe,
Homocoming At
Bluff Crofk
There will be a homecoming
at the Bluff Creek cemetery on
Sunday, May 2. The cemetery
is located 9 miles East of Liv-
ingston, turn left at the Soda
Baptist church.
A basket lunch will be served
at noon. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Published Wutfcly Sine# 1882 in Poll County, Texas — Pint Capital of Taxas
10c Nr Single Copy Livingston; Toms Thuridoy, April 29, 1965
Estimated 75 |
Local Veterans
To Get Insurance
Some 75 ex-servicemen liv-
ing In Polk County have become
the object of a search that la
being conducted "by the Veterans
Administration. 1 ‘
They are ther veterans of
Uw>rld War II and the Korean
Conflict who have service-con-
nected disabilities that have
been adjudged too slight to merit
monthly compensation pay-
Be cause they are net on the
books to receive such payments
the VA has not maintained con-
tact with them and, as a result,
doesn’t have their current ad-
dresses.
However, it wants to reach
them now because they stand to
benefit from legislation, re-
cently passed by Congress, that
will make them eligible for low-
cost life insurance, beginning
May 1st.
National Service Life Insur-
ance policies, in amounts'up to
$10,000, are to be made avail-
able to them.
The 75 ex-Gl’s in Polk County
with these low rated disabilities
comprise approximately 1 out of
11 of the 846 veterans of the two
wars living the local area.
Throughout the country, there
are more than 1,500,000 veter-
ans, similarly classified, who
will benefit under the new legis-
lation. The job is to find them,
says the VA. It is enlisting the
aid of service organizations and
others in the search.
As to the cost of this insur-
ance, it depends on the age of the
applicant and on the type of po-
licy he selects. He has achoice
.of four types.
If he is 30 years old, for ex-
ample, the monthly premiums
per $1,000 worth of coverage
are 69 cents for Modified Life,
95 cents for Ordinary Life, *
$1.45 for 20-Payment Life and
$2.99 for 20-Year Endowment.
If he is 45 years of age, he
will be charged $1.32 for Modi-
fied Life, $1.89 for Ordinaiy
Life, $2.44 for20-PaymeniLife
and $3.36 for 20-Year EntWfc-
rtient.
The rates, are typical tor
those who meet the VA’s “good
health” standards. They will be
somewhat higher for others.
For Polk County veterans who
are under age 50, no medical
examination will be required
unless their health is such that
they would not be able to obtain
life insurance on the open mar-
ket.
The offer will be open for one
year, beginning May 1st.
14 Pagai Today
NET WORTH
FAMILIES I
DRIVER INJUt.ED — Bennie Celestine, If. of Route 3 Livingston, we* seriously injur-
ed when this If59 sedan wrecked Sunday afternoon on Highway IfO just East of
tho Indian raservation. Investigating Highway Patrolman Jesse Neuman stated Cel-
estine apparently lost control of tho vohide at ha roundad a curvo in tho highway.
Neuman astimatad tha spaad of tha car at 80 milat par hour. Tho driver was takan
to tho Polk County Hospital in Livingston. Colastina facts charges of Driving While
intoxicated and Driving at Excassive Spaad. No ono alto was injurad in tho one-car
accident. —Staff Photo
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Murder And Suicide Is Verdict In
Deaths Of Two County Men
How
tha average Po* family?
Taking into acc
savings,
household
■nee, pension reserves, equity
in Its hone and ail pther build-
in**, "hat are iu total asaesu?
Most people have only the
vaguest idea of their ni worth.
They know In a general way that
they are better-off, or less so,
than they were some years gt,
but they have never put it Into
dollars «d cento, «?•*-«—--
c"«orrrfttodancetn t«»i
ion is provided In studies made
by the Federal Reserve Board,
by the National Bureau of Eco-
nomic Research and others.
Farm Short
Course Slated
Here May 3 ■ A
. A farm management short
course tor adult farmers and
their wives will be bald May
3-6 infer the sponsorship of the
Livingston High School Voca-
tional Agriculture Department,
according to Mr. 0. T. Dinkins,
Siperintendent and Mr. Roy A.
Young, teacher of vocational
agriculture.
Carl G. Anderson, Jr* farm
management specialist with the
They have i
££K
low Income
alayyjtfaneajymjj
or thowe in the $20,000
• year cltM.
Applying
stick to Pol
9MOO.
The figure# apply to mythical
‘ average” families. For fami-
lies hi specific income grape
the Federal Raaerve Board
gives the following amounts;
Income of $5,000 to $7,500, net
worth of $15,112; $7,$00 tollQ,
000 income, net worth $31,243;
$10,00 to $15,000, $30,3*9.
Included ia the marhef value
of all housing, electrical «ppU-
jewelry and dotting as wqtt as
interests,
Installment debt, medical bills
and all other ohUgatton*.
For die population of Poll
County as a whois, total net
worth comet to
$31,080,000.
The average wealth of fam-
ilies rises wiUi age, it la pointed
Final Session
Of Driving
Lectures Friday
“One of the most necessary
luxuries of our present day
world - the family automobile-
Is rapidly turning into a monster
which threatens our very exlst-
ance, if the grim toll of mass
murder and motor cide con-
tinues at the current ever-
rising rate," Mrs. Frank Hel-
ton, Pilot Club president stated
in announcing that the 4th and
final session of a series of lec-
tures on safe-driving will be
Murder and suicide is the of-
ficial verdict rendered byJuat-
ice of the Peace ,W. B. Bloom-
field of Livingston in connection
with a Sunday night shooting in
Polk County which left two men
dead.
The shooting occurred about
10 pjn. at the home of Oscar
Lee McAllsJter, one of the vic-
tims. The other man killed
was Joe LeBlanc, a Livingston
automobile mechanic. Both men
were long-time residents of
Polk County.
McAlister, 41, was an oil field
worker and lived about 5 miles
fro n Livtugzto on a dirt road
just off Highway 146.
According to an investigation
held Monday by Polk County
Criminal District Attorney
Ross Hightower, LeBlanc, Mc-
Alister’s wife, Dorothy, and
his daughter, Sandra Lee and
McAlister were all at the Mc-
Alister home Sunday night prior
to the shooting. Both men had
been chatting and seemed to
hold no hard feelings toward
each other just prior to the
shooting.
Mrs. McAlister told Highto-
wer that the two men went out
into the yard and she heard
shooting a short time later.She
said she saw her husband ap-
proaching the house with a gun.
Mrs. McAlister said her hus-
band threatened her and the
daughter, and she grappled with
him over the gin, cutting her
hand.
The daughter left the house
and went to Livingston where
she told officers her father had
killed Joe LeBlanc and she
feared he might kill her mother,
Mrs. McAlister.
Officers went to the scene and
found LeBlanc and McAlister
lying in the yard about five feet
apart. Both were pronounced
dead at the scene fay Justice
Bloomfield. LeBlanc had been
shot in the left arm and shoulder
tod McAlister was shot at very
dose range by a 12 gauge pump
shotgtoi. The same gun which
had killed LeBlanc.
Funeral services were held
for Oscar Lee’McAlister, age41,
from the Chapel of the Pace
’ ,tk ral Home on } Tuesday,
April 27, 1965, at 4 pjn. with
the Rev. Robert Walters offici-
ating. Interment followed in the
Peebles Cemetery.
Oscar Lee was bom InLces-
ville, La., living there three
years. He moved to Polk County
and Livingston in 1926 and has
spent most of 'his life in and
around the Schwab City and
Segno communities. Oscar Lee
Funeral services were held
for Joe Lee LeBlanc, age 35,
from the Chapel of the Pace
Funeral Home on Tuesday,
April 27, 1965, at 2 pun. with
the Rev. N. K. Dillon officia-
te, assisted fay the Rev. C. L.
Hall. Interment followed in the
Restland Memorial Cemetery.
Joe was bom the son of H. F.
and Mary Dodson LeBlanc. A
native of Texas, he was bor In
Kirbyville where hs spent his
childhood and attended the local
public schools of that com-
munity. Joe lived in Leggett,
Texas for approximately 3
years and has made Livingstor
his home since 1939. Joe was
engaged in mechanic work most
of his life. Joe was a member
of the First Baptist church.
Survivors: Wife, Dorothy
LeBlanc of Livingston; 2 sons,
Danny Wilson of Kilgore and
David LeBlanc of Houston; 1
step-son, Burl Bunting of Liv-
ingston; 1 daughter, Deneaae
LeBlanc of Houston;! itep-dau-
Vocatfonal Agrlculutre Division Young people start opt St
of the Texas Education Agency to" aelertee and accumulate
and the Department of Agri-
more debts tha
establish their own households.
After that formative period It
build!* qp, reaching ■ peak
between 55 and §4.
Jack Corzine
To Speak Here
• o j£'..
Jack Corzine, senior student
at the Austin Presbyterian The-
ologies] Seminary, will be guest
pastor a Ike Livingston Pres-
byterian Church onSirtday, Kq
T.
Mr. Coniine, a 25-year Navy
was engaged in oil field work.
He was a member of the Baptist ghter, Donna Btmting-oLUying-
church. ston; I brother, Charles
Survivors: Wife, Dorothy Fae LeBlanc of Livingston; 2
McAlister of Livingston; mo-
ther, Mrs. Lois Capps of Liv-
ingston; Idaughter.MissSandrs
Lee McAlister of Livingston and
a host of other relatives and
friends.
Pallbearers: John Shirley,
Oliver Simpson, Grady McCag-
hran, Perry Loftin and Thomas
Coliinsr----—-——————
Arrangements were under the
direction of the Pace Funeral
Home.
sisters, Mrs. Francis Purvis
of Livingston and Mrs. Helen
Henderson of Lake Jackson and
a host of other relatives and
friends.
Pallbearers “ were Marvin
Allen, J. C. Lowe, Jack Loper,
James Duff, C. V. Thomas, Ver-
non Nettles, George Hale and
Edmond Carter.
Arrangements were infer the
direction of the Pace Funeral
Home.
cultural Economics at Texas
AIM University will do the
Instructing in the course. He
is headquartered at Texas AIM
University.
Mr. Anderson holds two
college degrees in Agricultural
Economics, a B£. degree (Tom
Texas A 5 M tod an M3.
Degree from LJS.U. He con-
ducted research In the field of
farm management at US.U. In
addition to collage work and re-
search work in farm manage-
ment, Mr. Anderson has had
several years of on-the-farm
experience.
The short count at Living-
ston is scheduled to begin May
3 at 7:30 pun. in the vocational
agriculture building. Other of am degree from Austin
meetings in the series of lour College in Sherman to 1159. He
will be held May 4, 5, 6. Dur-
ing the dates tha short course
is in progress, MRS. Anderson
is in progress, Mr. Anderson
will be available to assist
farmers with individual pro-
blems ' and to provide on-
the-fsrm Instruction, according
to Roy Young.
Farmers interested In at-
tending the short course should
write or call Roy Young or
J. £. Seamans, teachers of
J. E. Seamans, teachers of
vocational agriculture. An en-
rollment fee of $2 will be
charged; no fee will be charged
for wives accompanying their
husbands. Farm Management
Short Courae Certificates will
gtcal Seminary tor two years.
Mr. Corzine Is married and
has two children, and Is s mem-
ber of the First Presbyterian
Church of Liberty, Texas.
Mount Rose
Homecoming
The Homecoming of the Mount
Rose Association will be held at
Mouit moss Church on Sunday,
May 2, according to Mrs. Otto
Martin, secretary.
be presented to each fanner
and/or wills who attends all the. * noon •YOiyogn to lnvtted
training sessions. 10 attend>
81 OIL PAINTINGS EXHIBITED BY
LIVINGSTON ART LEAGUE MEMBERS
held Friday night, April 30,
beginning at 7:00 pjn. at the
REA Building.
BUS DAMAGED — Vandal# war# blamed for damagts to this Livingston Indepen.
deni School District bus which police say will axcaad $1,000. Sometime Saturday
night windows Jn the bus were broken, the instrument panel was smashed end the
two front tires were cut. Accordinq to Livingston police chief C. W. Jackson, it
appeared someone had taken a hammer to the windshield of the but. Two other
buses also had broken windows. The near'y now bus pictured above was tho most
heavily damaged. All of the buses were in their usual parking plaices behind tha
school. Chief Jackson is investigating. _ Staff Photo
The Livingston Art Lemtue
held its first annual art exhibit,
April 23, 24, and 25, in the
Livingston City Auditorium.
Twenty-eight members en-
tered a total of 81 oil paintings
for judging in eight different
catagories. The following win-
ners were chosen.
Independent original oils: Ex-
ecuted entirely alone with no
help or criticism from a
teacher, 1st place, Tall Pride,
Mrs. N. A. Atchley, 2nd place,
Iris, Mrs. Ben Ogletree, 3rd
place, Pink Magnolia, Mrs.
7James Parker, 1st honorable
mention, Daises, Mr. V\. S.
Brame, 2nd honorable mention,
Hunting Scene, Mrs. Nell
Franklin.
Student original oils: Original
work executed under a teacher,
1st place, East Texas Pines,
Mrs. Vesta Spell, 2nd place,
A Beginning, Mrs. Bea Dabney,
3rd place, High Tides, Mrs.
Sudje Clendennen, 1st honorable
mention, Vegetables, Mr. W.S,
"Brame,,2nd lionorable mention,
Vfloto In Vase, Mrs. Rutha Cox,
3rd honorable mention, Twin
Falls, R. W. Clendennen.
- -Teacher original oils: 1st
place, East Texas Pines, Mrs.
Dovie Hughes, 2nd place, Don't
Fence Me In, Mrs. Dovie
Hughes, 3rd place, Coconuts and
Apples, Mrs. Viola Hughes, 1st
honorable mention, Vpple and
Persimmons, Mrs. Viola
Hughes, 2nd honorable mention,
Bananas and Pears, Mrs. Viola
Hughes'.
Demonstrations and copies:
A, Classroom woripon zinnias:
1st place, zinnia, Mrs. Ben
Ogletree, 2nd place, Yellow
Palette, Mrs. ;|. T. Dabney,
3rd place. Daises lldn’t Tell,
Mrs. Mablc Allen, 1st honorable
' mention, Zinnia, Mrs. Vera
Knox, 2nd honorable mention,
Zinnia, Mrs. Emaunel Miller,
.3rd honorable mention, Zinnia,
Mrs. Irene Byrd.
B. Independent copies: 1st place,
Rooster, Mrs. Edith parkman,
2nd place, Grapes, Mrs. Ben
Ogletree, 3rd place, Fruit, Mr.
W. S. Brame, 1st honorable
mention, Copy, Mrs.N. A. Atch-
ley, 2nd honorable mention,
Roses, Mrs. lHlma Alston.
Miscellaneous: 1st place,
Oops, Mrs. Neal Choate, 2nd
place, Clown, Mrs. Vera Knox,
3rd place, Pink Baby, Mrs .Neal
Choate.
Junior Division: 1st place,
Lake, Tommy Malone, 2nd
place, Picking Daises, Mary
Alice Pate, 3rd place, Still
Life, Tommy Malone, 1st honor-
#abel mention, SpringSplendors,
Mary'Alice Pate.
......Portrait: * 3rd place, M)
Granddaughter, Mrs. James
PftjrKui’'# .t—C|L- *
Tall Pride, an independent
original oil done by Mrs. N. A.
Atchley was selected Best In
Show.
This newly organized grmg>
of men and women who so en-
joy painting can be justifiably
proud of a show well done.
The highly qualified judges,
Mrs. .VUry Miller and Mrs.
Margaret Francho of Houston
were out-spoken in theirpraise
of the over all show and of the
enthusiasm of the entire group.
Over 200 visitors registered
during the show from all over
Polk county and from Hunts-
ville, Houston, Palestine,
Kouncze, Falfurrias, Texas
City, WoudviUe, Sugarland, Van
Vntoniq, Baytown and Dallas.
Ben Royden and Janice Ogletree are proud to announce to all their Polk County
friends that they have finally broken tha "Oglatraa Boy Jinx”. This uniout little Oole-
♦ree "Miss" is the first air! in the family in two generations. She arrived Friday mor-
ning, April 24, at 7:00 after a speedy middle-of-the-night trip by her parents to' St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Houston. The baby it named Londa Lynn and weighed 5 lb.
12 oz. (Not ,12 lb. 5 oi. as was reported all over Livingston by one excited grand-
mother}. She has two proud older brothers, two sets of Livingston#.*!* grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Oqletree end Mr and Mrs. Carl Clark, and two liVinn nrrat ora ‘
mothers. Mrs. Lee Grav of Livingston and Mr$, G. R. Ogletree’ of Austin,
whole family unanimously rroorts ffiat they.*rg..tickloaL. IPINK’'.
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Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1965, newspaper, April 29, 1965; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781383/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.