Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1965 Page: 1 of 16
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lUILO WITH
SOUTHERN
YELLOW PINE
POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
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10c Pit Single Copy
Livingilon, Uni 77351, Tliundiy, October 21, |f&j
ComtiM Will Have Opportunity
To Sign Up For Medicare Saturday
ARA6RAPHS
Many residents of Polk Coun-
ty will have an opportunity to
sign up for social security
health Insurance - Medicare - at
a special meeting Saturday,
October 30, in Livingstone
The meeting is let for 1:00
p.m. at the City Auditoriumtnd
.1—---------PCH5C Members
Are Attending
State Meeting
Nothing encourages us more
here at the Enterprise office
than receiving new and renewal
subscriptions. We not only need
the money, but are glad to see
folks keeping their subscription
current.
Postal regulations set a limit
on the time we can carry an un-
paid subscriber. That’s why we
send notices and try every way
to get folks to renew before we
take them off the list. Don’t let
us remove your name. If you
get a notice and can’t come
in for awhile, drop us a card,
call us or in some way let us
know you wish to renew.
If you are among the few Polk
County families not getting the
Enterprise each week, all it
takes to get it mailed to your
home is a phone call. Order
now and pay later.
With Christmas coming on,
you might remember some
friend or relative with a sub-
t* intended ti> help register
people over 65 who are not re-
ceiving social security, rail:
road retirement, or old • age
assistance pay ments, People on
the rolls for any of these pay -
ments will be registered under
other arrangements.
jytomn'g.jwLsH.v - ■ . He- liilTtiinXZij >iiS9isfr •
Security Field Representative,
stressed that the meeting on
Saturday, October 30, is not
open to the general public but
is intended only for people over
65 who are not receiving one of
the Government benefits men-
tioned.
7 Fair To Good Toraoot
LJ la Amondnoit Election
ToaaM will to to poll,
nest Tuesday, November 2, to
decide the Issues on IS amend-
menu to the Stall Constitution
» and a tolr to good turnout is
Below U a brief i
each of the 10
compiled by the Teans I
trial Conte rear* tor toe I
metion of voters.
Five members of the Polk
County Historical Survey Com-
mittee are attending the Annual
Workshop in Odessa from
Thursday until Sunday of this
week.
Thqse attending are: Gordie
G. Nettles, Historical Marking
Chairman; R. E. Buckles, Mus-
eum Chairman; Mrs. R. E.
Buckles, 1st vice - chairman;
Mrs. Gordie G. Nettles, Man
Power Chairman; and the Rev.
Oscar F. Landry, formerly
Museum Chairman, now a mem-
ber of the Historical Marking
Committee, who will be the of-
ficial spokesman for the County
Chairman.
The members will be honored
at several special dinners and
breakfasts because of their ach-
Many Murphy
Exhibits To
Be Displayed
A special case wjjl be emp-
tied until the Polk County Mus-
eum is able to purchase a cus-
tom - built one to house the
exhibits given to the Museum
by the late Gertrude Blodgett
Murphy and her family........—... been made to Livingston area
Some of the exquisite articles children, youth and adults by
Sol# - ■
1
Thirty-two Chinr*r farmers, who ri-ked their li\r» to wap*
the mainland of China, eat I heir first mral sinee finding refuge
in llong hong Hong Kong Churrh World Service under tha
Reverend Elbert Gale-. Director, arrange* to give them and
thousands 'of other* all the help that the rhurrhe* ran give.
Each year. ( HOP, the Christian Rural Overseas Program, sup-
pile* many ton* of food, e*peei»ll> corn oil and syrup, powdered
milk and wheal through Church World Service to hungry
people in Hong-hong. ^
Local Youngsters To Trick Or
Treat For CROP Friday Night
atom.
One local political obeerver
stated that voters usually don’t
get too interested when local is-
sues are not involved, but ne-
vertheless the Issues In the
election next Tuesday are
Important.
Of course, everyone la urged
to do their duty and vote their
convictiont at the poll* next
Tuesday. Amendments numbers
4 and 8 have generated the moat
interest locally.Number4gives
the Governor and other State
Executive officers a four - year
term of. office. Number eight
seta up a retirement system for
judges.
tor the cot-
legs building program; adding
schools and changing toe for-
mula for allocation of finds. You
will vote tor ot against: *toe
amendment to article VII of
the Constitution of the Slate of
Texas by amending Section 17
thereof, providiigt a method of
payment for the acquiring, con-
structing and equipping build-
ings and other permanent Im-
provements at certain state in-
stitutions of higher learning.”
Amendment No. 2 — More
bonds for Veterans' Land
Fund — increasing the inter-
est rate — extending too life
of the program. You will vote
tor or against: *the amend-
tonins wh^senred'fn ui^Vrnv
March 21, 1955; i
An appeal to help make Hal-
loween helpful instead of harm-
ful as it ia in some places has
inena or relative with a sub- ---7 r„ r 1
scription to The Enterprise.v kvementa °n the Polk County
It will be a gift from you every ^jjry
cussion on Museums.
Tracy Dove Is
Injured In
Fall From Car
Tracy Layne Dove, 7 1/2 -
month - old daughter of Mr.
*nd Mrs. BUI Dove of the En-
terprise staff suffered a severe
cut on her forehead last Thurs-
day when she toll from the fam-
ily car which was stopped in
the drive way at the Dove re-
sidence. The baby struck her
heed* on a piece of molding
on the car aa she toppled out.
According to the attending
Physician, the blow cut through
the skin and x - rays showed
there was no apparent damage
to the skuU. Several stitches
were required. Baby Dove waa
hospitalized for three nights
and then released.
Sands Motel
Here Has
New Owners
The Livingston Sands Motel
has been sold to Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Newsome ofHouston.The
21 - unit motel was constructed
in Livingston more than a year
ago by the Taylor family.
The new owners come to Liv-
ingston from Houston and for-
merly lived at Trinity where
they operated a Motel for four
years.
The Newsomes have two
daughters, Nancy 8, and Patsy
Both are enrolled in Liv-
ingston schools.
The Newsomes attend the Me-
thodist Church.
week for a whole year if you
10a. We wflflet the gifted per-
son know who sent It.
Call us and ask about these
gift subscriptions.
And speaking of subscrip-
tions, our good friend Hamil-
ton Monroe is our subacription
agent. You can pay your sub-
scription to him and he will
earn a Commission. Also, you
may subscribe to the Enter-
prise through any of our cor-
respondent*. They, too, earn a
commission on new and renewal
subscriptions.
Be amart and renew for two
years at the low rate of 15.00
If you live to the County. For
one year it la 23.00, so you
save a buck on the two - year
deal. Don’t delay, do It today.
• • e
Change* in our State Con-
stitution is something which
should deeply concern all think-
ing Texans. The election next
Tuesday, November 2, ia for
this purpose. To decide wheth-
er or not the people of Texas
want to make some changes in
the Constitution. It la a ser-
ious thing and every voter
should give serious thought to
the issues and then vote the
way you toel about It.
I personally intend to vote
FOR all the amendments except
the last one which would give
State Representatives a four -
year term of office. I think
the Governor and other elect-
ed officials in the executive of-
fices need a four - year term
because they have to make a
state - wide race. Representa-
tives have only their district to
worry with and can easily stand
the race every two years.
Of course, whatl fob* doesn’t
really matter too much as this
is only one opinion from one
individual.
The important thing is that
we vote. Printed elsewhere on
this page is a brief nmdown on
all 10 of the amendments. You
will have an opportunity to read
the propositions on the ballot
before you make your decision.
But the important thing is that
each voter make the effort to
give the issues some thought
and then go to the polls and
vote the way you feel about it.
That’s the American way.
* • •
According to a late report
we received Wednesday, a com-
mittee from the Chamber of
Commerce has journeyed to
Austin where they secured ap-
plication forms for State aid on
an Airport for Polk County.
According to the report we
received, the committee plans
to meet with the Livingston
City Council this morning to
discuss the matter further. We
hope this meeting proves fruit-
ful and our county can join other
i securing an adequate
' 1 travel.
that Mrs. Murphy brought back
from New York State, shortly
before her last illness had ne-
ver been placed in the Museum
because she hoped to get fur-
ther history to them. A more
detailed write - up of the col-
lection, including articles al-
ready on exhibit, given by her,
will appear soon.
There is a collection of pa-
pers of the late Judge Edward
T. Murphy, in whose name she
set ig) the Memorial Trust Fimd
from which a $100,000 bequest
toward a Library - Museum
building came, that have been
offered for the Archives. The
Judge's white china shaving
mug, monogrammed ingold leaf
and a historic gavel have been
given. The identification tag on
the gavel read*: 'Presented to
J udge E. T. Murphy At the time
he was elected DistrictJudgeof
Special 9th District, by the Shop
Class of the Alabama - Cou-
shatta Indices,
This gavel was made from a
piece of the Old Council Tree
on the Alabama -Couahatta Re-
servation. Tradition has it that
this was the tree that General
Sam Houston held counsel with
the Indians and gave them the
original tract of land*.
Mrs. Raymond Jones, 1965
Chairman of the "Trick or Treat
for CROP” program. ‘CROP”
is the interdenominational
Christian Rural Overseas Pro-
gram* ^ Yv
•When boys and girls collect
coins to help buy food and milk
for needy children instead Of
collecting candy for them-
selves, they are transforming
Halloween into something use-
ful and worthwhile,” Mrs.Jones
said,
Boys and girls from 4th grade
ig> will be going from door to
door this Friday night chauf-
fered by Senior High youth and
parents from several partici-
pating churches. Adults who
give in response to the youngs-
ters’ call will be helping them
to use Halloween constructively
plus contributing directly to the
relief of hungry and sometime*
actually starving children in
many underdeveloped coun-
tries. , 4
Ar\y boy or girl, youth or
parent who will take part in
this worthwhile project is asked
to meet at the First Methodist
Fellowship Hall promptly at
5:30 p.m. Friday to receive ma-
terials and assignment of
streets for the door to door
campaign.
They will leave the Fellow-
ship Hall at 6:00 and return
not later than 7:00 to coimt
their collection, receive re-
freshments and enjey brief
planned recreation. Those who
need to leave may do so aa
soon as they have turned in
their collection, Mrs. Jones
emphasized.
Mrs. Jones has pointed out
that each "Trick of Treat for
CROP” collector will have on an
official identifying badge and
warn donors not to give money
to anyone without this official
badge.
She also emphasized that this
ia an inter - church program
and not a government program
of aiqr sort, and that finds are
channeled directly to the
world’* needy through mis-
sionary channels of most of the
major churches in this country.
Youlh Corps Program Is Approved
For Thirty A C Indian Students
RE
TEMPERATURES
I Dili*
Christ in you. the hope of
glory.—(Col. 1:27)
Jesus gave us a gift - the
knowledge of the Christ within
us. If we just have a word
knowledge of this power with-
in, we are not full appreciative
of it nor are using it fully.
Jesus' gift was given freely to
all. As we accept it, appreciate
it, use'it, we find that where
we were weak we are now
strong, where we once doubted
we now have faith.
Tcmpprnhwvjt and rainfall for
the perkd (Mol*,- 71 through
27 a* reconIt*I h> Hamid llaicy,
local weather observer arc as
follow*.
Rending* aiv for 24 hour period
ending at 8 a. m. cn the date
show n.
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21 ..............
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23 •••••••#♦••••#
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24 ..............
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70
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27 saeeeaeonoooee
75
38
Texas Forestry
Association To
Convene Friday
‘"A* Texas Forestry Asso-
ciation will hold .|a ann-ml
meeting Friday, October 20,
at the Community Inn in Wood-
vllle. Registration will begin
at 9.00 sun. and the meeting
will convene at LIS pun. The
banquet is scheduled for 8:45
pan. The public Is Invited to
both afternoon and evening ses-
sions.
Program speaker* are Dr.
Charles Jarvis, San Marcos;
Dr. A. D. Folweiler, College
Station; Dr. Robert 1. Gara,
Sour Lake and Nacogdoches;
Herbert S. Sternltzke, New Or-
leans, La., and Miss Coleene
McCollum, West Point, Miss.
J. S. Daniel of Lufkin is
chairman of the committee
planning the program for this
51st Annual meeting of the As-
sociation.
Baptist Church
Services To Be
The Alabama - Coushatto In-
dian Reservation was informed
fay Senator Ralph Yarborough
and Congressman John Dowdy
that the Office of Economic Op-
portunity has approved Neigh-
borhood Youth Carp Program
for 30 Indian high school stu-
dents between the agaa of 16
and 21 year*. These students
will work 10 hours per week af-
ter school and on Saturday to
gain wholesome work exper-
iences and earn enough money
to buy clothing, school sipplies
and necessities that will
Taxes Going Up
In Many States*
Thirty-two of the 47 states
with legislative seeeiene dur-
ing 1966 adopted new taxes
or increased enisling taxes
These ectiona. according to
the Tax Foundation, are esti-
mated to add $1.8 billion a
year to atate tax revenues, a
8.4 percent increase over 1964
Twenty atatea, however,
either voted down or did not
act on still other tax propos-
als to expand revenues by an
additional |1.7 billion per
year. Aa of mid-September,
proposals for increases of $13
billion annually were still
pending, but at least $1.1 bil-
lion of the total appeared to
have very little chance of ap-
proval in 1965.
encourage the youth to stay In
school.
Federal contribution to the
program will be $14,350. The
program will operate through
this school year.
Work projects the students
will undertake are Forest Stand
improvement, Underbrush
clearing of Road Right • of -
ways, Clearing and Devei.ping
Improved Pastures, Building
and Grounds Renovations and
Beautification, Clerical Work
in Administration Office, Ma-
nagement of Indian Villas Lib-
rary and other projects benefi-
cial to the Indian Rstarvation.
In addition to die 10 Noun
per week work, students will
receive counseling and guidance
In vocational training, job op-
portunities, local
AaelewMa---■*-
uvuniiav wvf a and
’ 14* 1940, and
rh fields to be
rwlth In-
structions and requirements
that may be provided by law.”
Amendment No. 1 — Provid-
ing that Aa Legislature shall
enact appropriate legislation to
enable the .Stale of Texas to
continue cooperating with the
Federal Government in provid-
ing assistance to and/or medi-
cal care on behalf of certain
aged, needy and handicapped
perrons; expanding age cate-
gories of those eligible for blind
assistance and of needy child-
ren; and extending eligibility of
the program tor the aged to
citizens of the United States and
nan - citizens who have resided
In the UnitodStates for 25 years.
Amends Section 51-a and Sub-
sections 51a - 1 and Sia - 2
of Article HI, and incorporates
them Into one Section Aa, Ar-
ticle 10.
a menu mm i no. i «■» r tun
year terms for the Governor and
other abate executives. You will
vote (or or agalMt: "the ( (in-
stitutional Amendments provid-
ing a four • year term of of-
fice tor the Governor, Lleato
nont Governor, Attorney Gen-
eral, Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts, Treasurer, Commis-
sioner of the General Land Of-
fice, Secretory of State, and any
statutory state officer who la
iMCTva uy utt fifcimiir cm
Tome at large, unless a term
of office ia otherwise specifi-
cally provided to Ms ( onati-
*lt to Mt
borhood Youth C
of gw finest
routh ( orpsw
Vttprogyfatf
to e»* ooragv
will boons
to finish high school and will
ho an oxcoUant opportunity to
receive guidance to aefocting an
occtpetioa,” a spokesman at
gw reservation stated.
"The Tribal Council com-
mends the Governors Economic
Opportunity Office and all gw
departments of gw Federal Of-
fice of Economic Opportunity
for gw expedient processing of
the Indian Reservation applica-
tion," ttw spokesman said.
Handled By Youth Montgomery Co.
Stretch Of 59
counties in securli
fy*»Kar ffilfr trs
y (Jgfc! What k ind of witches -
s".* » jn
THE LIVINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL BAND elected thetr Band Beau and Sweetheart
«**t week end presented them to the public et the Rusk football game lafjl Friday
night. Band Sweetheart is Miss Jo Halen Purvis a Senior four-year band student.
She has alto been a member of the FHA 3 years, Spanish Club 2 yeari end a par-
ticipant in the annual Band Show for 3 yeart. Band Beau it Ronney Turner a Senior
three-yeer band ttudenf. he we* alto vice • president of hi* Freshman Clatt,
Freshman and Sophomore Clatt Handsome, a Science Club member 3 year*, a
Spanish Club membar 3 years, and a mam bar of the Stage Band 2 years. The two
were nominatea by the band end voted on by secret ballot. Pictured ete Band
Beau Ronney Turner, Drum Major Sue McClain who presented him, Bend Sweetheart.
Jo Holen Purvis, and Band President Joe
Dabnoy III who presented Her. ——Staff Photo
The Flrat Baptist Church of
Livingston will observe youth
day Simday, October 31. The
youth of the church will teach
classes and dll all offices in the
church during theS unday morn-
ing and Sunday evening ser-
vice*.
The children and young peo-
ple will present a special pro-
gram Simday evening at 7:00,
entitled ”The Space God”! The
youth choir, Jinior choir, and
the sunbeam choir will present
the music. Five topics will be
given by the Senior Hi Depart-
ment.
A visiting youth preacher will
preach at the morning worship
service. — C. L. Hall, Pastor.
Big Sandy PTA
Carnival Set
For October 29
The BigSandy PTA Halloween
Carnival will be Friday,
October 2^ at 5:30 p.m. There
will be food and fun for every-
one.
A program, which will Include
ttie coronation of the 1965 Hal-
loween Queen, will be conduct-
ed in the high school auditorium
at 8 pjn.
Man Killed
When Struck
By Car On 59
An 83 - year - old Negro
man, J tin my McGowen, was kil-
led Monday night when he was
struck by I car in the north-
bound lane of Highway 59. The
accident occurred at 6:35 pjn.
6.8 miles south of Livingston
where US 59 and Farm Road
1988 Intersect.
Is Discussed
YOU!
V-DAY IS TUESDAY!
...VOTE!
, • ■ *. '
in a recent meeting of the
Board of Directors foe Polk
County Chamber of Commerce,
the need for completion of foe
construction on Highway 59
through Montgomery County
was discussed.
Letters have gone out from
foe Chamber to foe Chambers
of all commtmitiea on HI
59 from Nacogdoches to!
ble, since this Highway it of
vital concern to all these towns.
They were asked to appoint
representatives to join with re-
presentatives from Polk County
to go to Austin and talk with
members of the State Highway
Department about the comple-
tion of this Highway.
Interest in this proposal has
bean axpressed by Nacog-
doches, Cleveland, and Lufkin.
Burch Fined
For Traffic
Violation
Floyd Allison Burch 6f Liv-
ingston plead guilty to a charge
1 of driving on foe wrong aide
of foe road and was fined 8100
plus costs in a county court
case here last week.
In last week’s Enterprise
Burch’s charge was listed as
Driving While Intoxicated, but
foe charge was changed to driv-
ing on the wrong side of foe
road.
ton by bus earlier and was
walking to his home East of
Goodrich when the accident oc-
curred. He was pronowiced dead
at the scene by Livingston Jus-
tice of the Peace, W. B. Bloom-
field.
Jink Cooper of Livingston and
Jasper was listed as foe driv-
er of foe car which struck
McGowen. According to inves-
tigating Highway Patrolman,
Jesae Neuman, McGowen was
hurled shout 60 feet when
struck. Neuman said Cooper
stated the victim ran Into foe
road and he (Cooper) tried to
miss him but could not. No
charges were filed in connection
with foe accident.
The auto - pedestrian mis-
hap brings Polk County's 1965
traffic Ml to four deaths.
4 Lane Section
Of US Highway
59 Is Now Open
IK Highway 59 from the Tri-
nity River to foe Shepherd un-
deroaas is now open to 4-lane
traffic according to Frank Gal-
ls way, Resident Engineer with
the Texas High way Department.
Callaway urged motorists to
observe foe warning signs and
drive with care on foe new road.
The opening of this section at
a 4-lane thorough - tore pro-
vides for 4 - time traffic cm
59 from Livingston to just North
of Cleveland.
of foe Constitution
misimm im nbUn
to foe Teacher Retirement Fund
and the Teacher Retirement
System of Texas, revising pro-
visions for investment of
moneys and other assets of foe
Fund, and changing other exist-
ing provisions and making other
new provisions with reaped to
foe administration of the Teach-
er Retirement System.”
Amendment No. 6 — Author-
izing $85,000,000 in bonds to
establish s student loan fond.
You will vote for or against:
"the Constitutional Amendment
authorising foh legislature to
provide for kmns to ttudente
et institutions of higher educa-
tion to be known as the Texas
Opportunity Plan.”
Amendment No. 7 — Exemp-
ting from. Ad Valorem tax foe
property of charitable trusts
giving free hospital and medi-
cal service*. You will vote for
or against: "foe amendment
exempting the property of cer-
tain charitable organisations
from local ad valorem taxes
provided any such organization
meets certain conditions, and
expends at least One and One-
half Million Dollars C$1,500,-
000.00) annually for free hos-
pital and medical care for the
indigent within foe SteteofTas*
aa.”
Amendment No. 8—Removal
and Retirement of Judges. You
will vote for or against: "the
Constitutional amendment pro-
viding for foe automatic retire-
ment of District and Appellate
Judges for old age, creating
foe State Judicial Qualifications
Commission, defining its (Unc-
tions; and empowering the Sig>-
reme Court ipon recommen-
dation of said Commission,
to remove District and Appel-
late Judges for misconduct and
to retire such judge* in case*
of disability.”
Amendment No. 9—Allowing
Legislature to fix salaries of
Lieutenant Governor and Speak -
er; increasing par diem paid
Legiririors. You will vote for or
against: "foe f‘onttltotinfy>>
Amendment allowing an annual
salary in an amount to be fixed
Ip the Legislature for the Lieu-
tenant Governor and for the
Speaker of foe House of
presents tives and allowing a
per diem tor Members of fie
Legislature not to exceed Twen-
ty Dollars per day for foe 140
daye of ouch Regular Session
and 30 days for each Special
Session.”
Amendment No. 10 — in-
creasing Terms ofstate I
sente tives to four years. Y
will vote for or against: -(
Constitutional \r
Provide for a four
of office for state
tatives.”
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Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1965, newspaper, October 28, 1965; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781623/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.