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The Kerens Tribune
VOLUME LXVI
KERENS, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 1959
NUMBER 45
AS WE WERE
SAYING . . .
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As you will note, we are run-
ning the pictures of the Junior
tBobkittens this week. Since we
have neglected these boys over
the past season, we want to take
this opportunity to say we are
sorry The Tribune hasn’t fol-
lowed their campaign as closely
as it has the big team. We are
indeed proud of their accomplish-
ments and look forward to see-
ing them in Bobcat uniforms.
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Note to parents of boys pic-
tured: We have had several re-
quests for copies of the pictures.
If we order prints from the
Polaroid people, copies are 2
for 25c and 5x7 enlargements
are 75c each. If you want some
copies or enlargements, drop by
The Tribune office before next
Wednesday and we’ll be glad to
take your order.
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Seems the Quiz Show scandals
and Charles Van Doren are sub-
jects of humorous editorials
from most all publications. Some
feel relieved that they have been
exposed. Now, they claim, all us
common folks will breathe eas-
ier knowing that these so-called
smart boys weren’t so smart af-
ter all, but had to get their
answers from the back of the
book.
An,d pore old Charlie Van
Doren, first he gets fired from
his Columbia University job and
then NBC kicks him out. He may
have to go to work for a living.
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The more we watch the big
one-eyed monster, the more we
seriously think about the family
written up in the Sunday sup-
plement last week. Seems they
jjust shut it off and that was
that and they say they got along
just fine.
Now that quiz shows are ka-
put, and comedians are a thing
Of the past, about the only kind
Of show you can see is the wes-
tern and the detective.
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We are still ducking high heels
from last week’s discourse, so
we will have to wait a few weeks
for further discussion of wom-
en’s fashions.
CARNIVAL IS FINANCIAL
SUCCESS FOR LOCAL P-TA
Approximately $650 was raised
at the P-TA sponsored Halloween
Carnival held last Thursday night
in the school gymnasium.
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Navarro County
Women To Organize
Hospital Auxiliary
A second organizational meet-
ing of Navarro County women
interested in forming a Hospital
Auxiliary for the Memeorial
Hospital will be held Thursday
Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Civic Room of the First Na-
‘tioanl Bank in oCrsicana.
The first meeting was held on
Oct. 29 and three women from
Kerens, Mmes. Howard Coates,
Van Speed and W. S. Price, at-
tended.
Anyone wishing to find out
more about this new voluntary
service organization to the coun-
ty hospital, is requested to see
one of the above named women
or attend the Thursday meeting.
Happy
Birthday
Douglas Trent .....................Nov. 6
Aubrey Lee Saunders ........Nov. 7
Gregory Allen ........ Nov. 7
Joyce Lockhart ..................Nov. 7
Dr. G. H. Sanders................Nov. 8
Jean Anderson ............,........Nov. 8
Joan Anderson ............ Nov. 8
Garland Chapman ..............Nov. 8
'Sallie Dobbs ................,v Nov. 9
Jackie Lancaster ..............Nov. 10
Ted Mayo ................ Nov. 11
Brenda West ......................Nov. 11
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MISS SUSAN IVEY
Queen of the Grade School
Kerens Band Makes
Trip To North Texas
The Kerens High School Band
Was a guest at the Homecoming
'festivities at North Texas State
College last Saturday. They
were in the parade which was
marched over a route of about
a mile and was covered by ra-
dio and television. There was
over 130 units of bands and
floats in the hour-long parade.
At the pre-game activities,
tthe Kerens band led as all the
bands marched in review. At the
'halftime all the bands were put
on the field and after the North
Texas band made some forma-
tions, the other 1900 musicians
joined in to play two marches
and ended the half-time show
with singing of Home on the
Range by the massed band and
'the audience.
The majorettes outlined the
entire field on both sides, how-
ever the drum majors had to
remain with the bands to move
them to their places.
Those from Kerens making the
trip with the band were: Mrs.
C. Vernon. Mrs. Florence Bates
and Mr. Charles Harrison. Bus
drivers were Roy Scarbrough
and Willie Ross.
san Ivey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Ivey and repre-
sentative of Mrs. Carrie McKin-
ney’s second grade, was the win-
ner of this event.
She was escorted by Leslie
Cockrell, The second grade con-
tributed $112.10 to win the
greatest number of votes. In
second place, Mrs. Roland Shel-
ton’s fourth grade donated
$86.11 toward votes. Sherry May,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
May, represented this grade, es-
corted by Wyn Kittley. Third
place went to Miss Ruth Riddles-
^erger’s second grade, which
cm+ntmted $'75.10. Brenda West,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
West, was the Princess, escort-
ed by Dan Berry.
Other princesses and escorts
were: first grade, Candis Ken-
•"w. escorted hv Billy Lynn,
Hobbs; third grade, Krystal
Mayo, escorted by Kent Sanders;
fifth grade, Sandra Layfield, es-
corted by O’Neil Ivev: sixth
g-i-ade, Linda Glasgow, escorted
1”- Charles Baxter; seventh
erade. Brenda Wallace, escorted
by Larry McNeeley and eighth
grade, Carol Goines, escorted by
Larry Glasgow. Crownbearer was
Jimmie Abbie.
Prizes were given for the out-
standing Halloween costumes.
Becky Mayo as a Spanish dan-
cer, Becky Westbrook as a gay
’90’s lady, Connie May as a hap-
py clown and Mary Diane Dixon
as a witch received these honors.
Colorful balloons lent an air
of gaiety to the scene. Booths
lined both sides of the gym. The
Comet ride and House of Hor-
rors, along with the gypsy for-
tune teller, were the most pop-
ular booths, closely followed in
popularity by the games of
chance and the hay ride.
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DISTRICT CHAMPIONS—The Bobkittens ended an undefeated
sear on T 'esday with a 34-20 win over Forney. Front row, left
to right, Jackie Thomas, Jim Bennett, Wayne McCluney,
Johnny Mattingly, Butch McMillan; Back row. Larry Glasgow,
Larry McNeeley, Don Lancaster, Don Sullivan, Larry Fletcher,
Dale Armstrong, Roy Colvin and Lynn Williams.
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AS BOBCATS TANGLE
WITH BROWNSBORO
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FUTURE BOBCATS—Prospects look good for future Bobcat
teams with boys like those above. Front row, left to right,
Donald Jock, James Earley, Danny Combs, Billy Tram-el, Sonny
Goines; Back row, Tommy Worley, Jerry Jones, Walter Par-
rish, Billy Joe Coates and Gary Howell.
VISIT FORMER STUDENT
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee Col-
lins spent last Sunday visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Foreman
in Hubbard. Mr. Foreman was a
R.O.T.C. student under Mr. Col-
lins at Opelika, Alabama five
years ago. At present he is the
Music Director of the First Bap-
tist Church of Hubbard and is
attending Southwestern Baptist
Seminary in Fort Worth.
Uncle Sipe from Shad Hollow
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
The ladies at our church held,
their annual social Friday night
and my old lady reports it was
a humdinger. I pity the pore,
souls that wasn’t able to attend.
A bunch of wimmen at a church
social can tarnish a absentee’s
reputation faster’n a hungry hog
can. eat a ear of corn.
They’ve been holding these
socials onct a year since way
back in 1940. Of course the wim-
toen out here ain’t what they
were in 1940. Some of ’em are
two or three years older. But
them added years has made ’em!
touch better talkers, according
to the rumors I git, an,d at these
socials they hardly stop to git a
breath of fresh air—one of the
few things most of ’em ain’t
agin. They can’t he telling the
truth more’n half the time be-
cause as much as they talk there
just ain’t that much truth.
My old lady said they voted
unanimous to write to the Fed-
eral Communications Commission
and demanded a special television
channel fer housewives on, Sat-
urday afternoon. They claim!
right now, fer instant, that they
can't get nothing but football. It
seems to me this is a mighty
bad attitude fer church wimmen
to take, being agin such charac-
ter-building enterprises.
My old lady went to the af-
fair wearing a hat, so I reckon
all of ’em did likewise. It must
have been a sight in this world.
The one my old lady had on
'when she left—welb just between
’me and you, Mister Editor, I’ve
saw better looking lids on. a
pressure cooker.
I see by the papers where a
delegation of Indians is pester-
ing Ike again to take that scalp-
ing picture off the walls in Con-
gress. If I was Ike I’d solve the
problem by having the picture
touched up so’s the Indian would
look like a feller from the Rev-
enue Department and the vic-
tim like a taxpayer. This would
toake it so popular they’d have
to move it over to the National
Museum of Art.
The papers was quoting Con-
gressman Celler of New York as
saying the other day that “if
our government is to remain'
solvent, it must raise taxes, spend
less, or do both.” The thing that
puzzles me about this quotation
is how a feller that knows that
much about arithmetic ever got
elected to Congress. If we can,
elect a few- more in 1960 that
seems to know how to add and
subtract, it might go down in
our history as the year Con-
gress discovered the barrel had
a bottom to it.
Another interesting item from
Washington this week was the
one about a group of guvern-
toent clerks starting a social or-
ganization and calling it the
“Coffee and Cofusion Club.”
They might run out of coffee
onct in a while, but they’ll al-
ways have enough confusion to
operate 100 per cent.
Yours truly,
Uncle Sipe
Ginning Total
4,003 Bales
Cotton ginning totals for Ker-
ens this year will run about the
same at last year. Up to Wed-
nesday morning a total of 4,003
bales had been ginned at the
three gins here, and according
to informed sources 300 to 400
more bales remained in the field.
Total ginnings for last year
was 4,256, so the total this year
toight surpass it by a few bales.
Rains and damp weather had
hampered gathering of the re-
maining cotton this past week.
However, after the front moved
through Kerens Tuesday night,
clear weather was expected to
see the finish of the cotton in
the next few weeks.
Lydia Class Meets
Im> McCown Home
Mrs. Elise McDowell was host-
ess to the members of the Lydia
‘■tonday School class of the First
Baptist Church at the home of
Mrs. F. E. McCown Tuesday ev-
ening, Nov. 3.
The class president, Mrs. R.
J. Huggins called the meeting to
order. The opening prayer was
led by Mrs. A. L. Bain.
The secretary read the min-
utes from a previous meeting.
The class discussed Thanksgiv-
ing baskets for the shut-ins.
Mrs. Bill Foster brought an
insiring devotional on their
foreign missions in Germany, us-
ing John 4 as her background
scritpure. Mrs. Lucille Rawlings
led the closing prayer.
Refreshments of punch and
cookie sandwiches were served
to 10 members and five visitors.
RUTH CIRCLE MEETS
IN BILL BERRY HOME
Mrs. Bill Berry and Mrs.
Bobby Kent acted as co-hostes-
ses for members of the Ruth
Circle Tuesday night in the
home of the former.
A study on Parables and Mir-
acles was continued by Mrs.
Dwain Crawford and Mrs. Josh
Duncan, after which a, refresh-
ment plate was served the xnemr
bers and one guest, Mrs. Boyce'
Ross of Corsicana.
Health Department
Awards Certificate
To Weldon Kerley
State health authorities have
awarded Weldon Kerley of Ker-
ens a Grade C certificate of
competency in recognition of his
skill and knowledge of sewerage
'plant operation.
The certificate was awarded
under Texas’ general sanitation
law that municipal sewerage
plants be under the supervision,
of an operator who has proved
his knowledge of the job and its
public health implications in a
written examination, and has been
certified by the Texas State De-
partment of Health.
An 8-year employee of the
local sewerage plant, Kerley’s
newly won certificate will be
valid for three years. After
'meeting certain requirements in
experience and training he will
be eligible to try for higher
certification.
Grade C certification requires
a minimum of one year of ex-
perience in sewerage plant op-
eration, plus 40 “credits” earn-
ed by attendance at anualn dis-
trict and state water works short
schools sponsored by the Texas
State Department of Health, the
engineering extension service of
Texas A&M College, and the
Texas Water and Sewage Works
Association.
Ama Carpenter Is
New City Secretary
Mr. Ama Carpenter assumed
the duties of Kerens City Sec-
retary on November 1st. He is
assisted by Mrs. Luther Mar-
shall who has been working in
the City Office for the past few
weeks.
Mr. Carpenter owned and op-
erated a cleaning estaglishment
here for many years. For the
past 17. years he was employed
by the Bethlehem Steel Corp-
(oration in Corsicana. When the
Bethlehem Company went out of
business he continued his work
with Continental Emsco. until he
accepted the Secretary’s position
with the City of Kerens.
Duties of the City Secretary
are to collect taxes and water
land sewer bills, to oversee the
work of all city employees and
to keep the books of the city.
The Kerens Bobcats eeked by
the Edgewood Bulldogs last Fri-
day night to make it number 4
in the win column. They have
lost five. The defensive battle
lasted until the last part of the
third quarter when the Bobcats
Girl Cagers Break
Even With Mildred
The Kerens High Basketball
Girls won one and lost one to
ithe Mildred High Girls Monday
night. The “B” team won the
first game 24 to 14. Scoring for
the “B” team were Bonnie Mas-
sey with 17 points and Judy
Burnett with seven.
A close game existed between
the two “A” teams as the score
was never more than four points
difference and chang’ed hands
many times. However, tha Mild-
red girls came through on top
with a 34-32 victory. High scor-
ers for Kerens were Sandy
Wolfenberger with 11, Carol
Rhodes with 10 and Wanda Paul
with 9. High scorer for Mildred
was Marselene Nutt with 9.
The next game for the Kerens
girls will be November 17 when
they journey to Mildred to re-
turn the game.
Presbyterian Women
Hold Thanksgiving
Praise Service
The Presbyterian Missionary
Association met Tuesday after-
noon at 3:30 o’clock for their
annual Thanksgiving Praise
Service in the lovely home of
Mrs. H. C. Barlow and Miss
Ethel Ramsey with Mrs. Robert
Saunders and Mrs. John D.
Weedin sharing hostess duties.
Mrs. Chas. Reese conducted
a short business session. Mrs.
Harwell Norris showed slides of
the Grenado Indian Mission iri
Arizona, also pictures taken in
Brazil showing some of the
Work being done in these fields.
An offering was taken, for these
Particular areas.
Mrs. Clyde Beck, leader, preJ
sented a splendid lesson on “My
Heart I Offer to Thee” - The'
Purpose - “To Praise the Lord
and to say Thanks for His Won-
derful Goodenss to us.” Several
ladies assisted Mrs. Beck with
the program.
After the benediction the host-
esses served coffee and cake
squares to the 15 members.
Bazette Cemetery
Group To Meet
The Bazette Cemetery Asso-
ciation will have their annual
meeting Saturday, November 14
in the basement of the First
Methodist Church of Kerens.
According to Tad Tarkington,
secretary of the organization,
“reports of all committees will be
made at the meeting and the
association will hire a caretaker
for another year. The meeting
has been called for 2:00 p.m.
President of the association is
Joe E. Wilson and J. T. Glass is
vice president.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Garrett
of Fort Worth are the proud
parents of a baby daughter born
Monday about 10 a.m. in the
St. Joseph’s Hospital at Fort
Worth. This little girl weighed
6 pounds and 8 ounces and the:
name of Tona Lynn has been
selected. The maternal gradpar-
ients are Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Burns of Fort Worth and the
'paternal grandparents are Mr,
and Mrs. Stoner Baker of Ker-
ens. Tona Lynn also has a
great grandfather, Mr. G. D.
Webster.
had the Bulldogs backed up al-
most to the goal line. In an, ef-
fort to get out, the Edgewood
quarterback threw a pass that
was intercepted by Marion Pad-
gett. He scampered 15 yards to-
the goal line and the TD. Ray-
burn Griffin kicked the extra
point.
This concluded the scoring in
the game, though both teams
threatened several times.
The Bobcats played a good
brand of hard football, and the
blocking of the players showed
real spirit.
Tonight the 1959 Bobcats take
to the field for the last time.
Kickoff time is 7:30 p.m. and
they take on the Brownsboro
Bears.
Tickets are on, sale downtown
until'-3:30 p.m. at 75c for adults
and 30 cents for children. At
the gate tonight prices will be
$1 and 50 cents.
Public Invited To
TP&L Open House
At Lake Creek Plant
An open house for the public
wil be held Friday and Saturday
at Texas Power & Light Com-
pany’s new Lake Creek No. 2
steam electric generating unit
18 miles southeast of Waco.
Hundreds of persons from the
Central Texas area are expected
to visit the large 160,000 kilo-
watt unit which was recently
completed and put in service.
The new unit is located ad-
jacent to the TP&L Lake Creek
No. 1 unit, 65,000 kilowatts in
size, that was placed in service
in 1953. The two units make
Lake Creek the largest on the
TP&L system.
Lake Greek is located near
Riesel, off Highway 6, the high-
way between Waco and Marlin.
( Tours for the public will be
conducted from 9 a.m. until 6
p.m. Friday and Saturday TP&L
“guides will show how the elec*-
tricity that serves home, farm,
business and industry is pro*
duced.
The new unit assures Central
Texas an adequate supply of
electricity for anticipated future
growth. The unit is another in
a growing list of plants to be
constructed by TP&L over its
52 county service area. Other
major TP&L generating stations
are Trinidad, near Kerens; Stry-
ker Creek, near Nacogdoches;
Rivercrest near Paris and Collin
near McKinney.
Visitors will gaze at towering
boilers that contain raging steam
sohot it could set wood aflame
in an instant and melt most
metals.
The boiler is 143 feet high
and weighs eight million pounds.
The giant turbine is a marvel of
precision and balance made with
the exactness of a fine watch.
Students from the 8th through
the 12th grades in many Cen-
tral Texas schools are expected
to attend the open house Satur-
day. These students will be giv-
en an opportunity to enter an
essay contest entitled, “My Im-
pressions at Lake Creek.”
Three top prizes will he given
for the best essays by students
in the 8th and 9th grades and
'thre duplicate prizes will be
given for the best essays by
students in the 10th through the
12th grades. The prizes for win-
ners in each group will be a
$100, a $50 and a $25 Series
E Savings B'ond. Fifteen Scripto
pen and pencil sets will be given
the runners up in each group.
Each visitor at the open house
Will receive an attractive book-
let describing the station and
its function. All visitors will
also be eligible for door prizes
which include an electric range,
an electric clothes dryer and six
electric post lanterns. The draw-
ing for prizes will be held Sat-
urday following the open house.
There will also be refreshments
and special exhibits. 1
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Kittley, Wayne W. The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1959, newspaper, November 6, 1959; Kerens, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810301/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Kerens Public Library.