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THE PALMER RUSTLER
ONK DOLLAR PER ANNUM
PALMER, ELU8COUNTY, IfXAl THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1854
VOL. XXIX. NO. 49
Field Work of
USDA Studied
In Ellis County
A team of Department of Agri-
culture officials is in Ellis County
to make a review of the admini-
stration of all the departments
field activities to determine the
quality of service being offered by
the agricultural agencies.
(Members of the teams who will
be in Ellis County for two or three
days are Edward J. Overby, di-
rector of cotton division: T. S.
Gold, assistant to the undersecre-
tary of agriculture: and Joe Mc-
Williams of the crop insurance
division. Also here was Glen Sitz,
office of the budget finance, to
check the operations of the offices.
All are from Washington.
Mr. Overby, who conferred with
James Rand at the Agriculture
Stabilization and Conservation of-
fice disclosed that Ellis County is
the first one surveyed of the four
Texas Counties chosen for the pro-
ject. As a result all members of the
team are in this county; after the
survey is completed, there will be
one man sent into each county. El-
lis and Hale Counties were chosen
due to cotton production while Tom
Green County was selected for
range conditions and Matagorda
was picked due to the rice Plop.
Texas is one of the nine states
being surveyed under the ’•house-
cleaning’’ operation.
During the visit the officials will
talk to field employees of the
various agencies, farmers, agricul-
tural and commercial interests.
The administrative review will
cover items such as the nature and
scope of operations, volume of
activity, the promptness and ade-
quancy with which requests for
services are being met and similar
factors affecting the effectiveness
and efficiency of USDA field ser-
vices.
Guests in the, home of Mrs. Ruby
Hamilton Sunday afternoon were—
Mrs. Ruth Martin and Patsy ol
Ennis; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Patterson,
Wllmer; Mrs. Emma Witt, of Dal-
lies. Mrs. Witt remained over for a
week visit.
Miss Eula Stinson spent the week
end in Grand Prairie.
Mr. and Mrs. Elster Cox and son,
Jimmie of Dallas visited their par-
ents, Mr, and Mrs. J. B. Farrar and
Mr. and Mrs. George Cox,
_
URGE VOTE—Farm family near Quincy, 111., listens to
loudspeaker from plane of “Flying Farmers" organiza-
tion as it flies over wide farm land area urging voters
to register and vote in upcoming elections. Flying Farm-
ers’ Western Wing spent full day Tuesday in their cam-
paign to get out the vote. (NEA Telephoto)
Mrs. Pierre Marc Proctor, Back
From England, Speaker at PHS
School Assembly was especially
honored to have a former student
as guest speaker, on Wednesday,
September 29. at 10:30 a.m.
Mrs. Pierre Marc Proctor, Nee
Martha Ann Ritchie, recently re-
turned from a three years stay in
England where she was employed
with the American Embassy, poli-
tical division of the Far East Com-
mand. Mrs. Proctor is the daughter
of Jack Ritchie of Palmer anc;^-
tended Palmer High School for a
time while living in Palmer. She
spoke to the assembly about the
travels and work done while m
England. Mrs. Proctor was recently
married while in England and her
husband accompanied her to the
States where they will make their
home.
Boys and Girls in the High School
were delighted to have Mrs. Proc-
toi as guest for the assemble and
enjoyed thoroughly her talk of
life in England and especially of
the work done there.
Mrs. Proctor was introduced to
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the assembly by Mrs. Jack Ritchie
and Mrs. Myrtle Ritchie, Miivtha
Ann’s grandmother,, was a guest
with us to hear her grand daughter.
We at the school were happy to
have all the folk and welcome
interested persons to our future
programs.
Mrs. Bays’ Last
Rites Conducted
Funeral services were held at 3
p.m. Sunday at the First Christian
Church for Mrs. Eula Stacks Bays
of Las Vegas Nev. The Rev. H. M.
Redford assisted by the Rev. Ted
MeElroy officiating. Burial was in
Palmer cemetery. Mrs. Bays died
in the Las Vegns Memorial Hosp-
ital of injuries received in an auto-
mobile accident late Thursday af-
ternoon Sept. 39th. She was born
and reared in Palmer. The daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Stacks and attended the Palmer
Public Schools and Ward Belmont
College In Nashville Tenn. She
was a member of the Christian
Church. She had lived in Las Vegas
for the past 12 years. Included
among her survivors are her hus-
band, N. M. Bays; three brothers,
E J Starks, Dallas: R. C. Stacks,
Harrisburg. Pa., C. J. Stacks, Pal-
mer; sister, Mrs. Urbin McKeever,
Ferris and several nieces and no.p-
hews.
Pallbearers were Jesse Jones,
Claude Griffith, U. L. Ford, Claude
Satterwhlte, Loubert Moyers, Bon-
ner Rice, Tom Weatherford and
Forrester I la ncock.
Mr. and Mrs. George Knowles of
Houston spent the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Anthony, Sunday evening. Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony and Janice and Mr.
and Mrs. Knowles were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Anthony
in Daiias.
TIIF l)4V IS FIVE
6 P.M. TIIE TIME
WRITE DOWN OCT. 29—
Encephalitis
Starting Ag*t
Facts Sought
Austin, October 5—The epedeinlc
of encephalitis whlcth struck some
400 pereons in the Rio Grande Val-
ley during August and September
has been declared at an end, but
exhaustive studies by state and
federal laboratory experts still have
failed to show the specific agent
which caused it.
"We are still conducting teste
here at the U. S. Public Health
Service Laboratory in Montgomery,
Alabama." State Health Officer
Henry A. Holle said.
"But the possibility persists that
bills is something new or at least
highly unusual."
Dr. J. V. Irons, director of the
State Health Department’s labor-
atory activities, said the epedemic
"may have been due to an sntirely
new type of virus or to a known
virus appearing In epedemic form
for the first time in this country.”
The Epedemic began in August in
Hidalgo County, Two deaths were
definitely attributable to the dis-
ease, and three others “probably”
were.
When it first took shape, county,
state and federal public health
officials took immediate steus tc
curb It. Insect control experts re-
duced mosquito populations to prac
tically zero.
But investigators were confronted
with many confusing factors. For
example:
Most known types of prlmany
encephalitis arc transmitted by
mosquitoes. But Hidalgo County’s
mosquito populations were below
normal due to intensive spraying
operations after heavy rains last
April.
The reservoir of the three most
common types of encephalitis In
the United States is in wild birds,
and the hosts of these same types
arc man and horses. Thus, If a
mosquito feeds on an infected wild
bird, and later on a horse or human,
tilic infection is passed on.
But Valley veterinarians say they
haven’t seen any horse Involvement
which ordinarily would be concur-
rent with the human epedemic.
The distinction between non-par-
alytic polio and mild encephalitis
is a difficult one to make, which
adds to the uncertainty.
Dr. Irons said laboratory at-
tempts to identify the causative a-
gent would be continued indefin-
itely.
P-TA Meet Plan
Is Announced
"What Parents and Community
Want for Children" is the P-TA
theme.
Mrs. Hughey Barron and Miss
Katherine Schwartz are joint speak-
ers on the Contribution of the Home
and the School in order to form a
perfect union for the community at
the P-TA meeting October 12 at 3
p.m.
Mrs. Pete McDonald will be the
leader.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown and
children, Carolyn and. Olynn and
Miss Molllc Bean all of Waxahachie,
Mrs. Jack Vines, Mrs. Troy Nor-
wood and daughters, Mnrylyn and
Linda Kay all of Dallas visited Mr.
and Mis. Glover Ranton Sunday.
Mrs. Ranton underwent surgery at
the Medical Arts Hospital in Dallas
two weeks ago. She caine home
Thursday and is doing nicely.
SIGN PACT—British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, second from left, shakes hands
with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, second from right, after nine West-
ern Foreign Ministers signed pact calling for an end of German occupation and a re-
arming of that nation as a sovereign state aligned with the West. Left to right: Lester
Pearson, Canada; Eden; J. W. Beyen, the Netherlands; Adenauer, and G. Martino,
Italy. (NEA Telephoto)
Reds Boasting
They’ll Snare
Quemoy Soon
Singapore, China, Oct. 2 (UP)
Communist loudspeakers on the
Chinese mainland have opened a
propaganda barrage to accompany
an artillery barrage against Na-
tionalist-held Quemoy Island. The
Reds have told the Nationalist del-
fenders of Quemoy that the island
will be in Communist hands before
October 15. Artillery fire from both
sides has increased tod*y... after
a 2-day lull.
The United States 3rd Infantry
Division paraded for the last time
in Korea today to complete four
years of duty In the war-torn
country. About 4,000 of the 5,000
troops that took part in the farewell
review will be reassigned to other
units in Korea.
Church Members
Entertained
As a September get-together, the
members of the Christian Church in
Palmer were entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Bard
well on 8ept. 24, 1954. It was a pic-
nic consisting of sandwiches and
salads among other foods, and top-
ping it off with home-made Ice
cream.
Approximately 00 persons attend-
ed the picnic, including several
guests. Among these were Mr. and
Mrs. Tuffy Winford, Mr. and Mrs.
Markham and their three children,
Mrs. Harris from Fort Worth, Sid
Evans, Glenna and Tina Forehand.
Mr and Mrs. Vest, Jimmy and Jer-
ry Wester, and Don (guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Hughey.)
An informal sing-song in the cool
open-air composed the major part
of the evening, with the outstand-
ing men’s voices blending in on the
pep songs as well as the spirituals.
A closing friendship circle finaled
the picnic get-together, with sing-
ing and prayer.
CHURCH NOTES
ALBERT L. BLEVINS
Pastor
BOBBY JOE ADAMS
Sunday School Superintendent
Sunday School—10:00 am.
Preaching service each Sunday-
11:00 a. m. and-8 p. m.
Young People meeting—8:30 p.m.
Mid-week service Wednesday—
I teachers meet 7:00 to 7:30 pjn.
I Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Ladies prayer meeting each Fri-
day afternoon at 2:30.
You are cordially invited to wor-
ship with us. A stranger only once.
| vice.
"I was glad when they said unto
me, let us go Into the house of
the Lord.” Psalms 122:1.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Ted MeElroy, Pastor
ROY HUGHEY, Supt.
9:45 a.m.—Bible School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship.
6:00 p.m.—Chi Rho Youth Fel-
lowship.
7:00 pm.—Evening Worship.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Wayne Sullivan, Minister
11:00 a.m. Morning Warship.
10 am. Bible School
8 p. m.. Evening Worship.
Everyone is invited to attend
these aervteee.
Assembly of God Choreh of Palmer
W. I. Lombard. Pastor
0:45 A. M. — Sunday School.
11:00 A. M. — Morning Worship.
7:45 P. M. — Evangelistic Service
7:46 P. M. Wed. — Prayer Meet-
ing.
7 .45 p. M m — Fellowship Ser-
AS8EMBLY OF GOD
SIDNEY C. LANDERS, Pastor
Sunday!
0:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship.
7:30 p.m.—Evening Service.
Thursday:
7:30 p.m.—Mid-week Services.
FIRST METHODIST
The Church ,vlth a welcome
Jackson L. Crow
James Wester, supt. of Sunday
School
Sunday:
10:00 am.—Sutiday School.
Preaching services each Sunday.
11:00 a m —Morning Worship.
8:00 p.m.—Evening Worship.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Palmer, Texas
Billy J. Dickerson. Paster
Garland Cleveland, Sunday School
Supt.
SUNDAY:
10:00 am—Sunday School,
11:00 am—Worship Service.
8:30 p.m.—Training Service.
7:30 p.m.—Worship Service.
MONDAY:
3:00 pm.-WMA,
WEDNESDAY:
7:30 p.m—Prgyer Sendee,
YOU AES WELCOMS
This Scientist
Has Figured Out
Flying Saucers
Boston, Oct. 5 (UPi.—A Harvard
scientist says those so-called fiying
saucers are not from outer space.
Suva Onnulf1 Menzey—
"There Is nothing in, the evidence,
to Justify the view that we are suf-
fering from a visitation of flying
saucer*, from outer si>ace." Some of
Menzels explanations for the sight-
ings are ice crystals, mirages, au-
rora borealis, fire ball or meteors,
reflections from spider webs or bird
feathers, and even owls or bats
covered with glowing fungus.
Mr. and Mrs Doyle Anthony and
Janice and their guests, Mr. and
Mrs. George Knowles attended the
football game of Arlington and
Paris Junior Colleges at Arlington,
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs Carl Cox of McKin-
ney visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C C. Blocker and Mr. and Mrs.
George Cox, Sunday.
Mrs. Dick Wynne and Mrs. Jimmie
Alrierdice of Waxahachie were
guests of Mr and Mrs. Fred Wadley
in Arlington, Friday.
Edwin Farrar spent the week end
with his sisters, Mrs. Ralph Evans
and Mr. Evan's in Corsicana.
Mrs. Yancy Barron and Mrs.
Houston McClain left Tuesday for
their ranch near Rock Springs
where they will spend several days.
Mrs. Garland Harvard underwent
major surgery Tuesday morning at
the Waxahachie Hospital.
Mrs. Maggie Abney of Waco and
Henry Mercer of Bllverton. both are
here to be with their brother. Wil-
liam Mercer, who Is still In the En-
ds Hospital. Mr. Mercer it reported
to be in poor condition.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis to
Select Beauties for Footprints
Palmer Footprints staff has an-
nounced that something new has
been added to the 1955 edition of
Footprints, high school annual of
Palmer High School. This edition
will have a personalities section
quite different from the sections
Joint Youth
Meet Is Held
The Joint youth meeting of the
various churches met again for their
second meeting a week ago last
Sunday, on Sept, 26, at the host
church, First Christian Church.
The program opened with infor-
mal singing, after Which a business
meeting was conducted by John
Schwartz, chairman of the commit-
tee, which was appointed to work
out. details of the organization Of
ficers were elected by the group to
serve for a period of six months’
time. They are as follows: President.
John Schwartz; vice president, Ed
win Farrar; secretary-treasurer,
Marva Sue Bardweli; reporter, Sue
Hughey; song leader, Darrel Bates;
assistant songleader, Grady Billups,
nnd co-pianists, Mrs. Dickerson and
Mrs. MeElroy. It was also decided
that the youth would rotate their
meetings between the three church-
es, nnd that each youth group
would have charge of one phase of
the program each time, the pro-
gram including singing and recrea-
tion. refreshments, and closing de-
votional in that order.
Refreshments were served, after
which a closing Friendship Circle
was formed in the sanctuary.
The third meeting of the youth
will be held this Sunduy night, Oct.
10, at the Methodist Church.
Anyone who Is interested and be-
tween the ages of 13 and 24 is most
cordially invited to attend the meet-
ings. The youth organization Is open
to all who would like to be a part
of it.
Odds Growing Better
You’ll Die of Heart
Disease, Association Says
New York, Oct. 5 (UP*.—The
American Heart Association says
the odds are getting better that
you'll die of heart disease.
Science, is making great headway
against more and more non-heart
diseases, such as smallpox. There-
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living to the ages at which heart di-
seases take their greatest toll. The
AAA says diseases of the heart and
blood vessels were to blame for a
little more than 52 per cent of the
deaths In all age groups In the
United States last year.
Miss Lois Usscry of Dallas was a
guest of Mrs. Annye Martin, Thurs-
day and Friday.
Mrs. O. C. Cleveland attended the
Ellls-Hill WMA meeting at the First
Baptist Church In Ferris, Tuesday.
Mrs. O. O. Wadley spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. PI K. Mc-
Whorter and Mi. McWhorter in
Waxahachie, .
Mrs. Roy J. Watson spent several
days last week with her children,
Mr and Mrs. Charles Lowry In Mt.
Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs Carl Grimes and
Calvin Turner of Baytown were
recent visitors in the homes of Mrs
Leila Grimes and Mrs. Myrtle Fore-
hand.
Mr. and Mr*. Karl Rogers of Dal-
las were guests of her mother. Mrs.
John Schwartz and sister, Miss
Kathrinc Schwartz.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Cleveland and
Olynn Cleveland spent the week
end with Mr and Mrs. Ben Lee In
Oklahoma City.
Mr. and Mrs Russell Livingston
and children. DavU and Debie
spent the, week end with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Miles in
Waco.
which have appeared in the past.
We are happy to announce that
Comedians Dean Marlin and Jerry
Lewis, stars of stage, screen and
television, will select tne beauties
for this section of the yearbook.
Each class will elect one girl and
one boy and each club or organiza-
tion will be allowed to select one
student to run for this favorite sec-
tion. Photographs will be submitted,
at students expense, to the annual
staff. Photographs will be mailed to
Messrs. Martin and Lewis In Holly-
wood and they will pick a boy and
n girl winner In the high school as
the prettiest girl and the most
handsome tx>y. These will tie the
only favorites seleced for this sec-
tion. Future Farmer sweetheart,
football sweetheart, and beauties are
the only photographs which will ap-
pear in the personalities section of
the yearbook Class favorites will be
cut out this year and fewer favor-
ites with more stress on the honor
will be emphasized this und future
years.
Editor Evelyn Armstrong recolved
confirmation this week from the
Hollywood stars, Martin and Lewis,
that they would be happy to judge
our favorites und "feci it will be a
pretty tough job since all Texas girls
are pretty."
Look for salespersons offering you
a copy of the new edition of Foot-
prints very soon as only those copies
sold in advance will be ordered as
usual. Make arrangements to have
a copy for your child. Theme for the
new book will be decided this week.
Ike Calls Meet
Of Big Wheels
Of GOP Friday
Denver, Oct. 5 (UP).—President
Elsenhower has called a meeting
of Republican congressional lead-
ers in Denver today. He will confer
with them on |x>lltical strategy and
the International situation, The
meeting will be held shortly before
Mr. Elsenhower and Vice President
Nixon make a national TV pep talk
to OOP precinct workers,
Mrs Craig Gamble of Ferris visit-
ed her mother, Mrs. John Schwartz,
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Forehund of
Galveston announce the arrival of
Ken and Sharon's little brother,
Oct. 3, in a Galveston hospital. He
weighed 6 pounds and 10 ounce*.
His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs,
O. K Moreland of Ennis and Mrs.
Myrtle Forehand.
Storm Dumps
Big Rain on
Brownsville
Brownsville. Tex., Oct. 4 (UP).—•
A tropical storm dumped more
than six inches of rain on Browns-
ville, leaving water up to six feet
dty.p In n resident*! area of city.
The deepest water wa* In Weet
Brownsville, where police and Na-
tional Guardsmen have started
evacuating residents of flooded
homes. Rescue, workers used booty
to get through the streets, which
had been transformed Into canals
m less than five hours.
There was no unmediate estimate
of how many persons had to leave
their homes, but a veteran Browns-
ville newsman says "at least 20 or
30 blocks” are flooded.
Bill Watts of The Brownsville
Herald reported—"the bulk of our
rain fell in two and a half hours, A
faster clip than during the June
1950, flood here."
He said besides West Brownsville,
the midtown area also “got the
worst of It." Watts said damage way
in-fivy to stores along Elizabeth
Street in downtown Brownsville.
"Nearly all roads out of Browne*
ville are, either Impassable or nearly
so," Watts added.
Up to 9:30 a.m. the Brownsville
Weather Bureau had recorded 894
Inches of rain.
The ‘‘eye’’ of the storm ap-
parently passed right over Browns-
ville, for other rainfall in Texas la
much lighter today.
Corpus Christ! got Just over a
quarter-inch, Victoria not quite a
quarter-inch. Houston and Beau-
mont report .05 Inch of moisture^
Galveston .03 and Palacios .03.
Rainfall thi# morning has been
confined to the Coastal area, but
increased shower activity is pre-
dicted through the day in (South
Central Texas.
The Weather Bureau says there
also should be, some showers in
North Central and West Texas by
late tonight and tomorrow.
A cool front Is moving toward
Texas from the North. It Isn’t due
Into the state immediately.
But the combination of cooler ai?
some present moisture aloft In Wewt
Texas and New Mexico and the
Gulf moisture should produce same
West, Texas showers.
Overnight temperatures in Texas
ranged from the low minimum 59
degree at Marfa the high minimum
7 7at Corpus Christl.
WSCS Meeting
Is Conducted
:<T!
The Women’s Society of Chris-
tian Service met Monday afternoon,
Oct, 4th, In the home of Mrs. John-
ny Allen.
Mrs. O. R Sealy was leader of
the program, followed by a brief
business session.
After being served n delicious re-
freshment plate by the hostess, tha
society adjourned to meet In tha
home of Mrs. L. F. Barnhardt, Oct,
18.
Mrs. Leon Kiusala of Oroesbeck
was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Grove*
Ranton, Friday.
Sam Geer of Dallas visited Mrs.
Dice Adams and other relatlcea,
Sunday.
Twin. Dujrir; Aiitiiuiiy'n father, ”, *.
Lowry of Ferris, is critically 111 In
the Medical Arts Hospital In Dal-
las. Mrs. Anthony Is at his bedside.
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