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The Kerens Tribune
VOLUME LXVI
KERENS, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1959
NUMBER 46
AS WE WERE
SAYING . . .
By The Editor
That old saying about being
as busy as a cranberry merchant
really came to life this week. In;
the midst of a bunch of yowls
from the cranberry producers,
we get a hint of a feud in the
president’s cabinet. The secretary
of Health, Education and Wel-
fare was gently criticized by the
Secretary of agriculture, who
said in no uncertain words that
he was going to eat cranberries
for Thanksgiving, no matter
what the secretary of HEW said.
Personally, we can’t find much
to get excited about. So what if
something used to poison weeds
in the cranberry bogs would
cause cancer in mice. So will
the tar in cigarettes, and you
don’t find anybody much excited
about this.
We suspect that back of all
the furor lies some dirty poli-
tics. Somebody is trying to
grind an axe and if you want
some cranberries on your dress-
ing, you may have to buy it
boot-leg.
★ ★ ★
This week we received two
pictures and a biographical sketch
Of Lyndon Johnson, which we
presume was the same as an-
nouncing for presidency. If he
doesn’t change a little paragraph
he might have trouble getting
Texas to vote for him. He says,
“I am a free man, an American,
a United States Senator, and a
Democrat—in that order”. Now,
how about Texas, suh?
It seems a shame to us that
Mr. Johnson deems it necessary
to toss his Stetson with such a
flourish into the ring. In our
memory of the past few presi-
dential elections, the men who
did the most campaigning were
left holding the bag when the
votes were counted. Take for in-
stance Mr. Wilkie, Mr. Dewey,
Mr. Landon, and Mr. Kefauver,
who didn’t even make it thru
the nominations.
It seems to us that the man
who holds back, hangs his head
shyly and says he doesn’t be-
lieve he wants the job, is the
one to be elected. For this rea-
son, we pick Mr. Symington of
Missouri to head up the Demo-
cratic ticket. And while we are
predicting, we will say he will
defeat Richard Nixon,, who will
be the Republican nominee.
We are saving Mr. Johnson’s
two pictures and the day he is
nominated we will run both of
them.
^ 4r
We see where Oregon’s Sena-
tor, Wayne Morse has said the
flag should be flown at half mast
during the next 80 days. He
said the steel workers had lost
their freedom by being “forced”
back to work by the Taft-Hartley
law. We can’t see how Mr.
Morse figures the workers were
Dr. Terry Sanders
To Head Kiwanis
Club For Next Year
Officers for 1960 were elected
at the regular Kiwanis luncheon
Wednesday. Heading the slate
for next year is Dr. Terry San-
ders, president. Doug Howell and
John Glass were re-elected vice
president and secretary, respec-
tively. Directors for next year
will be Arlon Simmons, Tom B.
Washburn, Stanton Ragsdale,
Wayne Kittley, A. L. Bain, Dr.
G. H. Sanders and Dwain Bru-
ner.
Mr. T. B. Mattingly, vocation-
al agriculture teacher at Kerens
High School, was the principal
speaker at the luncheon. He gave
a very informative talk on pas-
tures and weed control.
Next week the Kiwanis Club
will have Rep. Olin Teague as
main, speaker. Mr. Teague will
speak on his legislative duties.
Local Football Team Breaks
Even For 1959 Grid Season
Mrs. J. R. McQuary
Is Hostes Tuesday
To T.E.L. Class
The T.E.L. Sunday School
Class of the First Baptist Church
met Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 10
in the home of Mrs. J. R. Mc-
Quary. Mrs. Eugene Ross, the1
president, was in, charge and the
meeting opened with singing the
song, “What a Friend we Have
in Jesus.” Mrs. W. W. Hemphill
led the opening prayer. Mrs.
Forn,ia Scarbrough led the devo-
tional quoting the first Psalm.
Mr.s Hemphill read a peper by
Dr. Dooley, a medical missionary,
who is doing wonderful work in
foreign fields. A treasurer’s re-
port showed a balance of $10.99
in the treasury. The Christmas
program to be held in the home
of Mr.s Hemphill at the Decem-
ber meeting was discussed. The
business meeting was closed with
prayer by Mrs. Ross who also
led the social hour. She passed
out papers with the word
“Thanksgiving”. Mrs. J. C. Spur-
ger made the high score of 16
words.
Refreshments of chocolate and
strawberry ice cream and angel
food cake was served by the
hostess to six members and one
guest, Mrs Forn.ia Scarbrough. 1
The Kerens Bobcats closed out
their 1959 season last Friday
with an even .500. In, district
play they sported a won-lost rec-
ord of 5-1, which is good for sec-
ond place in 16-A. Forney will
end their season tonight and are
expected to be champs.
Saturday Rites For
Parrish Infant
Mark Parrish, three-months-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Parrish, died last Thursday af-
ternoon in the Texas Children’s
Hospital in Houston.
Funeral services were held
from the First Baptist Church
here Saturday at 3 p.m. with
burial in the Kerens Cemetery.
The rites were conducted by
Bro. Bill Foster, pastor.
Surviving are the parents, two
brothers, Walter Randall and
Richard Lee Parrish, and a sis-
ter, Marthella Parrish, all of
Kerens.
Inmon Funeral Home directed.
Visiting in the home of Mrs.
Leona Anderson and Logan Mc-
Cluney Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene McCluney, their
daughter and husband, Gary dhe Far East and duty with the
Lomon, and baby of Fort Worth. U. S. Seventh Fleet.
Bobbv Dobbs Takes
Part Jn Pacific Fleet
Exercise Recently
PACTFTC FLEET (FHTNC) —
Bobby G. Dobbs, boatswain’s
mate second class, USN, son of
Mrs. Pearl Dobbs of Kerens, and
husband of the former Miss
Nelda J. Davis of Kerens, serv-
ing aboard the heavy cruiser
USS Rochester, took part in a
large fleet training exercise off
the coast of Southern Califor-
nia Nov. 2-6, involving units of
the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
The exercise, under the direc-
tion of the Commander of the
First Fleet, pitted the “Blue“
attack carrier striking forces
against opposing “Orange” de-
fensive forces. The Blue forces
launched carrier aircraft attacks
and simulated guided missile at-
tacks on a large land mass. The
Orange defenders attempted to
stop them with Navy carrier
and land-based aircraft and sur-
face craft.
Submarines practiced attacks
on the groups during the early
•phases of the exercise.
Operations of this type are
designed to prepare units of the
First Fleet for deployment to
Kerens got off to a bad start
this year dropping games to the
Corsicana “B”, Blooming Grove,
Dawson and Carlisle before ever
breaking into the win column.
Next season the Bobcats will
play one less district game and
one more non-district game. For-
ney will go into another district,
Canton will start playing AA
teams and Wills Point will be
new on the Bobcat schedule.
In last Friday’s season closer,
Kerens wrapped it up with a
21-6 score over Brownsboro.
Late in the first period, the
Bears recovered a fumble on
their own 7-yard line. They
Snarched. down-field in short gains
until their quarterback Hard-
wick sneaked over his right
guard for six points. The con-
version was no good.
Immediately on the kick-off,
which Andrews returned to his
own 42-yard line, the Bobcats!
marched down to the 9-yard line
where Jimmy Reed galloped
around his left end for a TD.
Rayburn Griffin kicked the ex-
tra point and the sleeve was 7-6
at half-time.
Tp the second tmlf Ptv'W','sboro
receive dthe kick Ob’ and started
another march Jownfield. They
v-ent from their ^Uv-md line to
the Bobcat 2*1 mhe"e thev bog-
ged' down. A ftc" Kec'e^s took
over Bobby Henderson broke
loose and ran 80 yards for a
TD. The conversion was blocked.
On the fourth nlav in the 4th
ouarter E. L. Andrews recovered
a fumble in the end zone. Grif-
fin ran it over for 2 points and
the final score was 21-6.
Legion Post Observes
Veterans Day With
Wednesday Breakfast
In observance of Veterans Day
Wednesday, the Kerens American
Legion Post sponsored a break-
fast, served by Presbyterian la-
idies in the Presbyterian Church
Banquet Room.
Approximately 60 members of
the local post, the Auxiliary and
guests attended. Joe Matthews,
National Executive Committee-
man for the American Legion
of Fort Worth, was the principal
speaker.
Mildred First On Schedule
As Bobcats Start Basketball
After about a week’s respite,
sports at Kerens High School
will take a new slant next week.
Basketball season will get under-
way Nov. 17 when the locals
journey to Mildred. District 16A
gets started December 11 when
Brownsboro invades Bobcat Gym.
favor of accepting the old con-
tract.
tober to May ain’t been brung
any more forced to go back to up right. I been figgering fer a
work than they were to strike. ■ long time that all this virus stuff
If they really felt so strongly j we’ve been having the last few
about working for a company year is on account of folks not
like U.S. Steel, why don’t they j wearing their long handles in the
just Quit and go back to the j winter time. There ain’t nothing
farm. We 11 bet that if a secret (that can beat ’em fer keeping
ballot was taken, 80 per cent of , th cold out and the heat in, dur-
the steel workers would be m mg a roug’h winter
Of course, they had to go and’
change the pattern a little bit.
Instead of making ’em with the
flap seat and famous trap door,
they’re making ’em now in two
pieces. I reckon the two-piece
kind is better’n none.
When I was a boy nobody but
city slickers went without his
long underwear in winter. A fel-
ler that didn’t wear long under-
wear was a suspicious character
in the community. We wouldn’t
trust him as fur as a doodlebug
could bore a hole in a bras£
door knob.
I see where one outfit, the R.
Y. Cooper Manufacturing con-
cern, says they’ll sell 750,000
dozen suits of long underwear
fihis year. I reckon things is a
Uncle Sipe from Shad Hollow
little better’n I was figgering.
If we can git this country back
into long underwear, we’ll be
gitting it back to basic thinking
and sound performance. Of
course, I know that most of the
‘present generation don’t know
what long handles or long johns
is anymore. Things has moved
along so fast that even a heap
tof country folks don’t wear ’em
In fact, things has
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
November has the honor of
being the only month in the
year with a “Week” that makes
sense. Back in 1955 they started
observing National Long Under-
wear Week around the middle
of November.
It was about time!
A kid that ain’t wore his long
handles or long johns from Oc-
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis
Baxter of Robstown are the par-
ents of a baby son bom Thurs-
day. Nov. 5, at 7:15 a.m. Wel-
coming the young man, into the
family are brothers Billie and
Danny and paternal grand-
mother Mrs. Tom Layfield.
Diane Ullman is staying with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Paschal during this school
term.
no more,
moved along even out in the
country to the point where the
farmer’s daughter now tells the
jokes to the traveling salesman.
Our preacher took his text
Sunday from old Ben Franklin.
Some of the folks didn’t like him
not taking it from the Bible, but
anyhow he took it from Ben:
“Spend half your time looking
after your own business’, and
the other half letting other peo-
ple’s business alone.” He wasn’t
aiming at me. The only business
I look after is mine and a few
of my close neighbors. But there
was a heap of folks there Sun-
day that needed that sermon
mighty bad.
He also talked a spell about
people being humble. He said the
‘'meek inherited the earth just
like the Bible says. I got to be-
lieve my preacher, Mister Edi-
tor, but in 1959 it looks like
ever time the meek inherits!
somepun, the unmeek takes a
mortgage on it.
Yours truly,
Uncle Sipe
Dorcas Class Meets
In J. N, Stovall Home
The Dorcas Class of the First
Baptist Church met Tuesday af-
ternoon in the home of Mrs. J.
N. Stovall for their regular class
meeting. The meeting was open-
ed with prayer by Mrs. J. H.
Sheppard. After the reading of
minutes and report of treasurer,
the class discussed giving a box
of groceries to some shut-in for
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. J. H. Sheppard brought
the devotional using Psalms 95:
1-3 as the scripture reading. The
meeting was dismissed with pray-
er by Mrs. Clide Lancaster.
The hostess served date loaf
cake topped with whipped cream,
salted pecans and spiced tea, to
the eight members and one as-
sociate member Mrs. V. D. Bru-
ner.
(Editor’s Note: Last week we
sent out reminders to sub-
scribers whose Tribune ex-
pired in November. In the
note we said readers were
welcome to turn in their re-
newal to any of our corres-
pondents except Uncle Sipe,
we don’t trust him.)
The Kerens Tribune
Kerens, Texas
Dear Editor:
Enclosed find renewal in, ad-
vance ($2.00) for The Tribune.
Why not trust Uncle Sipe? He
has not broken the record for
side-stepping yet. i
Thanks for the reminder. I’ll
bet Uncle Sipe won’t have trou-
ble with Khrushchev as long as
the American farmer will send
their gift (CROP) over to for-
eign lands to process with cheap
labor and sell back to the Amer-
ican peope in competition, to US
production.
Thanks again,
E. M. Glass
Giles Route, Hedley, Tex.
Mrs. Roy T. Campbell of
Houston and Mrs. Earnest West
of Canton were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Tom Stockton.
Mrs. Campbell plans to spend
this week-end with Mrs. Stock-
ton, who is a life-long friend. 1
Mrs. Sue Ray and Jan spent
Wednesday with Mrs. Marie
Haynie.
Mr. and Mrs. Red Rutherford
Mrs. Nellie Thorn,sherry and Lee
Roy Thornsberry went to the
funeral of their uncle Mr. Ben
Thornsberry in Tennessee. They
left Sunday and returned Wed-
nesday.
Mrs. Maudie Haynie, Mrs.
Fannie Bolen visited Mrs. Dose
Ray who is still in Memorial
hospital.
Harlen McQuary and Joey Ray
Layfield ate dinner with Billie
Jean Hollingsworth Thursday.
Mrs. Fannie Bolen visited Mrs.
Ora Rea Friday evening.
Mrs. E. A. White is able to be
back at the store.
Bro. and Mrs. Marvin James,
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Burnett ate
dinner with Mrs Lillie Dixon and
Dianne Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Kenner
an,d children Candy and Chris
visited Mr. and Mrs. Gene Was-
son Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Emerson
visited Katherine and Fitz Ken-
ner over the week-end.
Chris Kenner spent the after-
noon with Mrs. L. T. Harris and
Ninie Harris Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Billie Jean, Hollingsworth,
and Glen Earl, Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Layfield visited Mr. and Mrs.
Harlen McQuary and Mr. and
Mrs. Joey Ray Layfield and kids
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Alsup
and Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Feas-
ton, Mrs. S. E. Hillhouse, Mrs.
D. T. Ray and Mrs. Denson at
Memorial Hospital Sunday. Then
thev visited Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
McQuary and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Johnston. Also visiting in the
Johnston home were Mr. and
Mrs. Jodie Ward and Bro. and
Mrs. Woodrow Ivy.
Mr. Ebb Wright of Athens was
a Powell visitor Monday.
The Fellowship Class of the
Dowell Baptist Church met for
'their regular monthly meeting at
th home of Delma and Bobbie
Ware. Marie Haynie, president,
called the meeting to order and'
vave out the year books. Bro.
Darrell Evenson bought devotion-
al on the class verse II Peter
3:18. After the business meet-
ing was adjourned the group en-
ioved games and refreshments.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Bonner, Rev. and
Mrs. Darrell Evenson, Mrs. Don
Hollingsworth, Mrs. Marie Hay-
nie, Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Kenner
and Mr. and Mrs. Delma Ware.
Miss Lillian McKinn.ev visited
Mrs. Lula McKinney Monday.
Mr. Bud Jones is in, Providence
Hospital in Waco.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Hollings-
worth of Corsicana visited the
Doodle Layfields and Billie Jean
and Glen Earl Hollingsworth
Tuesday night.
Farmers Receiving
1959 Census Blanks
Questionnaires for the 1959
Census of Agriculture are now
in the mail and will be in, the
hands of local farmers within a
few days, it was announced this
week by Field Director James W.
Stroud of the Census Bureau’s
regional office at Dallas.
, The farm census questionnaires
are being mailed from Chicago,
Illinois with the distribution
timed so that the report forms
Will reach farmers about a week
ahead of the date when census
takers will begin the field can-
vass. The advance mailing is for
the purpose of giving farm op-
erators time to consult their rec-
ords before filling in the ans-
wers required by the question-
naires and getting them ready
for the census takers to pick up.
This procedure is designed to
insure greater accuracy of re-
porting and to save time both
for the farmer and the census
taker when the latter calls at
the farm.
The 1959 Census of Agricul-
ture is designed to provide in-
formation on the number and
size, of farms, acreage and har-
vest of crops, livestock produc-
tion and inventories, selected
farm facilities and equipment,
selected farm expenditures, farm
values, and mortgage debt. On
the average, each farmer is ask-
ed about 100 questions, many of
which can be answered by sim-
ply checking “yes” or “no”.
Rural Shade
News
By Inez Howell
Three tournaments are on tap
for the local cagers to warm up
for district play. The locals will
journey to Mildred Nov. 23-24;
to Navarro Junior College, Nov.
30-Dec. 5, and to Dawson Dec.
7-12.
The Girls game will start at
7:00 p.m. followed by the “A”
team boys at about 8:00 p.m.
In district games the “B” team
boys will play at 6:00 p.m.
District games will be played
on a home and home basis, with
Kerens meeting the other six
teams twice each for a total of
12 games. The season ends on
February 12.
KERENS HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
1959-1960
Nov. 17—Mildred ................There
Nov. 20—Mildred ..................Here
Nov. 23-24—Mildred Tournament
Nov. 30-Dec. 5—NJC Tournament
Dec. 7-12—Dawson Tournament
Dec. 11—Brownsboro* ..........Here
Dec. 15—Rains* ..................Emory
Jan. 5—Canton* ....................Here
Jan. 8—Malakoff* ................There
Jan. 12—Bye
Jan. 15—Forney* ..... Here
Jan. 19—Edgewood* ............There
Jan. 22—Brownsboro* ........There
Jan. 26—Rains* ......................Here
Jan. 29—Canton* ................There'
Feb. 2—Malakoff* ................Her^
Feb. 5—Bye
Feb. 9—Forney* ............. Ther^
Feb. 12—Edgewood* ........(....Here
*Denotes District Games. I
PERSONALS
Hugh Barlow attended the
Registered Bull Sale in Cleburne
Tuesday.
P-TA To Hold
Tueday Meeting
The Kerens P-TA Executive
Council will meet next Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. All
executives are asked to be on
time.
The regular Parent-Teacher
Association will convene at 3:30
p.m. All parents and teachers
are urged to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Phillips vis-
ited the John Phillips Friday
and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Griffin
and family of Ferris visited the
Roy Howells Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mahoney
attended the funeral of her un-
cle in Corsicana last Monday.
Mrs. Edna Smith and Robert
were dinner guests Monday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Morris. In the afternoon they
visited Mr.s Ludie Combs.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Gillette
and Kenneth Mahoney were Fri-
day night supper guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Mahoney.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Joy Min-
atra of Dallas spent Friday
night and Saturday with her par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. Herman How-
ell.
Liddie Jane Allred visited Es-
ker Howell Monday evening.
Mrs. Eva Bruner visited Nellie
Phillips Sunday evening.
Pearl Mahoney visited Inez
Howell last Tuesday evening.
Old Jack Frost really made
his appearance Saturday morn-
ing and Sunday morning looked
like a big snow. A beautiful
sight. Old man winter seems to
be coming in early this fall.
Mmes. Esker Howell, Belle
Howell, Inez Howell, Edna Smith,
Robert Carter and Pearl Ma-
honey visited Lelia Morris last
Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Howell
and son William went to Dallas!
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry - Lee Howell. They
had supper with Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Price, sister of Inez. The
Price’s returned home with the
Howells and spent Sunday night
They went to Palestine Monday
morning.
The new highways are very
nice, but we decided we hardly
know where we are when we
Mrs. Jack Anderson, Mrs. Don-
ald Wayne Brown and daughter,
Debbie spent Tuesday in Nacog-
doches visiting the Donald Bar-
netts. Blake Barnett, who spent
last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Vester Barnett and Mrs. and
Mrs. Jack Anderson, returned
home.
Mrs. Wylie Fletcher, who has
been undergoing treatment at
the M. D. Anderson Hospital in
Houston, returned home Wednes-
day.
start riding around in Big D,
One minute on the highway, next
minute you are going around!
the loop, next you are looking
down from overpasses, and dou-
ble-decked roads, then back down,
to earth, and after all this you
haven’t gone anywhere anyway.
The highways nowadays are just
like jig saw puzzles. Just fit th©
pieces and keep driving and you
wil get somewhere.
The Albritton Ranch has a new
hand. Buddy Carter is living'
where the Kilpatric’s recently
lived.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mahoney
and Inez Howell were in Cor-
sicana Friday. Clyde and Ken-
neth went to Alto to work on
a truck. Pearl and Inez visited
Helen and Vernon, Gillette.
Lelia Morris visited Inez How-
ell last Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Robert Hale and son
Robbie were visitors in the Roy
Howell home Sunday evening.
Happy
Birthday
Mrs. L. M. Bennett..........Nov. 13
Mrs. Van Speed ........ Nov. 13
B. P. Berry........................Nov. 13
Robert Tyus ........ „...Nov. 14
L. M. Bennett....................Nov. 15
G. G. Earl..........................Nov. 151
John Hillhouse ..................Nov. 15'
Cecile Ann Redford........Nov. 16
Jerry Turner ....................Nov. 16
Kenneth Mark Drain........Nov. 16
Velma Pohl ....... ,..Nov. 17’
Mrs. Grover Crawford....Nov, 17
Pete Massey ......................Nov. 18
Mrs. Willard Parker........Nov. 19
Wilson Howell ..................Nov. 19
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