The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1956 Page: 1 of 6
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SIXTY-THIRD YEAR
KERENS, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS, AUGUST 24, 1956
NUMBER U
As We Were
Saying*..
By The Editor
Spirits were much higher ini
Kerens this week as a result of
the rain Sunday night. Monday
was definitely a very “pleasur-
able” day, the first in several
months we can remember of not
"having the fan on. And with the
drop in temperature there wasi
quite a rise in water pressure.
They can; write all the songs they
want to about gloomy days and
bow wonderful it is to walk ini
the sun, but we’ll take a good
muddy, cloudy, damp, rainy day
(any time over the hot sunshine.
We took quite a, ribbing last
week from the Society Editor
who claims we were trying to
whitewash the water situa-
tion, the bit about the water
tasting all right. To tell the
truth, we hadn’t noticed
much difference in the water
until everybody got to com-
plaining. We drink, on an av-
erage, a gallon and a half of
the stuff every hot day we
* put in down at the Tribune,
and guess because it was cold
and we were thirsty, we iust
didn’t have time to savor
each droplet with a geutle
gargle ... we just drink it.
It was wet and cold and
would run down-hill, so we
1 jnst got by fine.
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Well, as was predicted, Adlai
got in on the first ballot last)
Week and things went along
pretty smoothly, considering ev-
erything. Even the Civil Rights
plank, which was presumably un-
acceptable to both the north and
south, didn’t raise too much stir.
We are predicting right now that
Adlai hasn’t a chance in No-
vember and it looks like an-
jother four years of Republicans,
(and maybe this time we’ll, even
have a Republican Congress. That
seems to be what the GOP plans!
to push hardest. They aren’t wor-
ried about Ike, they just want
a Republican law making body.
KERENS RECEIVES
INCH OF RAIN IN
SHOWER SUNDAY
Welcome rain fell in Kerens
last Sunday evening, beginning
'about 7:30 and continuing fox’1
several hours. The total precipa-
tion varied from place to place,
but most local rain gauges regis-
tered about one inch.
The rain was general to the
south of Kerens and to the east,
but noi'th and west only traces
were reported. Besides the good,
that the moisture itself will do to
pastures in the areas where it
fell, the immediate benefit was
the breaking of the heat wave
'which has been hitting I'D de-
grees and above for several
weeks.
Though at least an inch fell
on the watershed of the City
Lake, no run-off was reported,
the parched earth soaking it up.
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Social Security Office
To Open Late
The field representative of thei
Waco Social Security Office will
arrive late for his scheduled ap-
pointments in Corsicana. This is1
due to training sessions which
(are being held each morning
from 8:00 to 9:00 in the Waco
(office.
A1 Bracket, district manager,
announced tlxis week that thesei
temporary measures are being
taken to enable the staff to give
better service to the public by
familiarizing themselves with re-
cent changes in the law. Doors
to the Waco Office will he closed
to the public until 9:00 a.m.
Monday through Friday.
YOUNG NOBLE GRAND
SETS RECORD MARKS
The following item was printed
in the August Odd Fellow News:
Ottis Ray Spurlock, at 20 years
of age one of the youngest noblel
grands ever to serve a Texa^j
Subordinate Lodge, has set up
record marks for Kerens Lodge
No. 122 during the first trem of
1956.
Brother Spurlock, who relun-
quished his post last month, wasi
initiated into the Order by Ker-<
,ens Lodge in 1954 at the age of
18.
During his term, Kerens Lodge
initiated five new members and
rad another applicant ready. He
helped increase attendance at
lodge meetings to more than
double.
J. T. GLASS SPEAKS TO
LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB
J. T. Glass gave an interesting
•talk to the Kiwanis Club Wed-
nesday on the honey bee.
Mr. Glass discussed some of
‘the points in bee care and their
value to the farmer. Along with
Shis talk he presented several
(items of equipment and a part
of a bee hive.
Seventeen members were pres-
ent at the regular Wednesday
(luncheon, which meets at the
Baptist Church Annex.
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BRAND NEW are the settling basins for the City of Kerens
water supply These new basins afford continuous settling of
watqr before it is pumped through filters to town. Elmer Phil-
lips, who is in charge of the water supply is barely visible
behind the basins,
Tickets Being Given By
Merchants For Drawings
All local merchants this week
were to begin giving ticket chan-
ces for the Appreciation Program
which will begin next Saturday,
September 1, • with the giving
First Anderson Bale
Is Ginned Thursday
The first bale of cotton raised
in Anderson County to be ginned
in Kerens was brought in last
Thursday evening by V. L.Bryant,
a colored farmer farming the
place of Mary Cook Mezill at
Tennessee Colony. This bale was
ginned at the Farmers Ginning
Company.
Bryant stated he picked over
about three acres to get 1860
pounds of seed cotton which gin-
ned out a 524-pound bale of lint
cotton. This was the last cash
bonus prize terminating the pro-
gram of the Argiculture Com-
mittee of the Kerens Chamber of
Commerce to give $50.00 cash bo-
nus prize each for the first hale
from Navarro County, the first
bale from Henderson County and
the first bale from Anderson
county to be ginned in Kerens.
These prizes were made upf
by the business concerns in Ker-
ens to encourage farmers to
bring their cotton to Kerens for
ginning and for market.
VISITING PARENTS
Chief Warrant Officer and Mrs.
Victor Crowley and children,
Wanda, Jenell, and Mickey will
arrive September 1st from Eng-
land where Victor has been sta-
tioned. Mr. Clem Crowley of
Pecos, Chief Warrant Officer Pet
Crowley of Alabama, and Mrs.
Shannon Phillips and son, Gayle
of New Mexico, are either visit-
ing at present or planning visits
with their parents during the
coming weeks.
Miss Barbara Eaton of Dallas'
spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Mabel Eaton.
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We are sorry, but we didn’t
fhave room last week for our
contest. Two weeks ago the col-
umn really pulled a stumper. No-
body seemed to know the mys-
tery, Mrs. Gaylen Pownell, who
went to school here for several
years when Helen Jo Nelson, was
the girl. Mrs. Jimmy Sherrill
came into Kerens from Overton*
last Saturday afternoon to visit
friends and immediately called up
to tell us who the pretty young
lady was. Mr. Nelson was a jewel-
er here for several years at
Walker’s Drug Store.
We were pleased that Mrs.
Sherrill bothered to call and a
subscription will go to Overton
beginning with this issue of the
Tribune. The rules and regula-
tions still stand. Call this of-
fice after nine o’clock on Sat-
urday morning. The first to guessi
the mystery will be given a six-
month’s subscription to The Trib-
une.
Time For Planting Winter
Cover Crops Approaching
away of 25 silver dollars. The
program will end Christmas Evei
with the grand prize, a 1957 Chev-
rolet four-door sedan being given
to the lucky ticket holder.
According to Mr. A1 Kindel, lo-
Chamber of Commerce manager,
ev^erv local merchant in Kerens'
is participating in , this large
program. Tickets are to be given
for every dollar purchase or paid
on account, between now and
Christmas Eve. There will be
only one ticket drawn each Sat-
urday for the $25, and if the
winner is not present, the ticketl
goes back in the barrel, for a
chance at later drawings and thei
grand prize Christmas Eve. If no'
one is winner of the $25, thisi
amount will carry forward and
$50 will be given away the next
Saturday, and so on, each Sat-
urday adding $25, until some one
wins.
The first drawing, next Satur-
day, September 1, will be on Main!
Street at 4:00 p.m.
REY. MAGGART HOWELL
TO RECEIVE DEGREE
Rev. Maggart B. Howell, form-'
er Kerens and Navarro County
Methodist pastor, Waxahachie
District superintendent, will be
(honored with the degree of Doc-
tor of Divinity at the Texas Wes-
leyan College commencement, to-
day (Friday) in Fort Worth. Hei
will deliver the commencement
jaddress. There will be 101 j^rad-
luates.
Rev. Howell is a graduate of
Trinity University and Perkins
School of Theology, Southern
Methodist University. He served
(as pastor of the First Methodist
churches at Waco and Temple be-
fore going to Waxahacbie as dis-
trict superintendent, and was pas-
(tor of Central Methodist church,
in Corsicana and at Blooming
Grove.
Schools To Open September 3
For 1956-57; Teachers Named
Kerens schools will officially
get underway Monday, September
3, but activities will begin next
week for some. High School stu-
dents are to register next Wed-
nesday and Thursday, August 29
q,nd 30 and the first general fac-
ulty meeting has been called for
August 31.
It was announced that the busi
Tribune Featuring
Annual Back-To-
School Messages
This week the Tribune is get-
ting out its annual Back-to-School
edition. Many merchants who deal
with students are offering spec-
ial prices and inducements for
school supplies and clothes for
school wear.
^Parents are urged to shop in,
Kerens where a complete selec-
tion of everything from a ball-
point pen to a complete college!
wardrobe is to be found and at
prices competitive with larger
towns.
With the return of school days
:and many of the younger set
making the trek to school on
foot, all motorists are urged to
be especially careful 4? their
driving habits.
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A. G. GODIEY
New School Superintendent
New Bridge Being
Built Over Trinity
A contract for the construction
:of bridges and approaches on
Farm to Market Road 1129 and
FM 85 in Navarro and Hender-
son Counties was awarded in
Austin this last week, A. C. Gen-
try, District Highway Engineer at
Tyler has announced.
The firm of W. Paul Carlisle,
Dallas, Texas, submitted the low
bid of $501,504.73 on the project
which runs from the end of FM
Road 1129 near Chatfield, NE
to FM Road 85, and from soutl\
of Kaufman County line, a dis-
tance of 2.8 miles. It is located
north of Chatfield and crosses the
Trinity River near the gravel
pits.
Resident Engineer D. W. Hogan
of Athens will be in charge of
the project for the Highway De-
partment, and it is estimated that
the work will take 300 days to
complete.
The last few days of cool
weather may have reminded a lot
of farmers in the Kerens area
'that Fall weather and time for!
planting winter cover crops isi
almost here.
Cattle have been carried thru
the winter months almost en-
tirely on Vetch and small grains.
This combination has saved far-
mers many a good hay hill over
the past several years. A good
winter cover crop this year could
he more valuable to some live-
stock farmers than ever before.
Plenty of local grown Vetch
Seed are available. The retail
price is expected to be around
18 cents per pound. At present
the County A.C.P. Program is set
'up to pay 9 cents per pound on
vetch or one-half the eost. Thei
A.C.P. will also assist in paying
for phosphate fertilizer. If Na-
varro County is set up as a,
Drouth Disaster Area, the assis-
tance offered by the A.C.P. may
be changed.
If we have a wet fall, there
is almost certain to be a big
demand for Yetch seed and for
equipment to plant it with. Graz-
ing may be short this winter, and
you can’t beat Yetch and small
grains for good grazing either in
quantity or quality. At the pres-
ent time, Vetch and small grain
planted with A.C.P. assistance can
be grazed but cannot be cut for1
hay or harvested. Whether you;
use the A.C.P. assistance or not,
a good cover crop this winter
should save you some money.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
The following is the report of
cotton ginnings in Kerens up to)
7:00 a.m. Thursday:
Co-Op Gin, No. 1.......................646
Co-Op Gin, No. 2................. 267
Farmers’ Ginning Co...............200
Total ............................1,113
HORACE CHERRYS TO
NOTE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
The Tribune this week re-
ceived a note from the Horace
Cherrys of Dallas, inviting all
their friends to help them cele-
brate their Golden Wedding An-
niversary August 26.
The open house will he held
from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St.
John’s Methodist Youth Center.
Mr. Cherry requested that the
Tribune give his thanks and ap-
preciation for the cards and let-i-
ters sent him during his con-
finement with a heart attack. The
Cherrys live at 6101 Victor Street,
in Dallas.
Light Balloting Is
Expected Saturday
There will be a very short
ballot in the run-off election to
be held Saturday. On the ballot
for this precinct will be Daniel
and Yarborough for governor and
Will Wilson and Tom Moore, Jr.,
'running for attorney general.
Ben Ramsey is running unoppos-
ed for lieutenant governor after
A. M. Aiken withdrew following
the first primary.
There are no races in this pre-
cinct. The election will be held
in Kerens at the Fire Station and
at the Community Centers in Ba-
zette and Rural Shade.
John Beck is the Kerens elec-
tion judge. The polls will open
at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
MARY MARTHA CIRCLE
MEETS WITH MRS. WALKER
The Mary Martha Circle of the
Presbyterian Church met Monday
•afternoon, August 20, in the home
of Mrs. R. P. Walker with eight1
members present. Mrs. Lena!
Speed opened the meeting with
prayr. Miss Mary Frances Weedenl
was the leader.
Two study lessons were com-
bined from their study book,
“Christian Living Family Style.”
'The first lesson “Room to Grow
In” and “It’s a W'oman’s Woi’ld,
Or Is It?” The leaders comments
were interesting and helpful and
enjoyed by all. The hostess served
irefreshments of sandwiches, cook-
ies and punch. She was assisted,
by her niece Judy Anderson.
schedule will be the same this
year as last for both the Powell
students and the Kerens students.
The buses will have the same
routes as last year. They will
run the first time Monday, which
will be a short day, the return]
trip being about noon.
According to the present shed-
ule the Lunch Room will open
September 4 and the same prices
as in the past will prevail.
Superintendent for the first
year at Kerens will be A. G.
Godley, Jr., formerly head of the
Powell schools.
Mr. Godley announced the fol-
lowing faculty for High School
for the 1956-57 term:
Wade Johnston, Principal and
Science; Mrs. John Corley, whose
address is Athens will teach
Homemaking. Mrs. Clifton Cur-
ington, English; Jerry Fugler,
Band; Billy McGary, of Mildred,
Commercial; T. B. Mattingly, Vo-
cational Agriculture; W. T. Phil-
lips, Coach, Social Science; Mrs.
Wade J. Price, Mathematics, and
Eloise Johnston, English.
C. E. Bridge is Grade School
Principal and Social Science
teacher. Others in the faculty of
the Grade School are: Mrs. Clista
Gyer, Science; Mrs. J. T. Hardin,
English; Miss Beulah Kent, Fifth
Grade; Mrs. Bill Perdue, Fifth
Grade; W. A. Rounsavall, Trini-
dad, Mathematics, and Mrs. K. R,
Shelton, Fourth Grade.
The Primary School is headed
by Miss Ethel Inmon. who will
also teach Second and Third
Grades. Mrs. Carrie McKinney is
to teach Second Grade; Mrs. J, A.
Paschal, Third Grade and Mrs,
D. C. Rea, First Grade.
Mrs. J. T. Glass is Librarian.
The Kerens Schools will oper-
ate six buses and has one un-
der contract this year. Drivers
for the buses are Roy Scarbrough,
Rufus Ross, Eimest. Paul and
Noah Simmons of Kerens and
Willie Ross and Murray Alsup of
Powell. Guy Lancaster has hiS
own bus and operates under con-
tract.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mahoney
of Kerens and Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Minatra of Corsicana spent
Sunday in Fort Worth.
TNMON ACCEPTS DELIVERY
OF NEW FUNERAL CAR
The Inmon Funeral Home has
accepted delivery of a new Su-
perior Pontiac combination am-
bulance and funeral car, painted
n two tone gray with harmoniz-
ing interior in the latest fabrics.
This car is air-conditioned in
both front and rear compartments
and fully equipped.
Mr. Frank Washburn and Mr.
Ira Ney Frost of Dallas spent
the week-end in Beaumont with
Ira’s father, Mr. Lee Frost.
Miss' Fanny Kirk of Corsicana!
visited friends and relatives in1
Kerens this last week while on
vacation.
Friday Is Last Day For
Kerens Tribune Special Offer
Over 25 people have taken ad-
vantage of the Tribune’s special;
offer to subscribe for one yean
for $1, wi'th more coming in up
to press time. The Tribune is!
very happy at this wonderful re-
sponse, and hopes that these new!
readers will become steady sub-
scribers.
In the past six months The
Tribune has increased its press!
run over 35 per cent, with hardly1
a week passing -without several
new readers being added to the
mailing list. The goal of The
Tribune is to have every family!
in the territory on the mailing
list, and _ with the response in,
the past six months' as an indi-
cator. it is felt that the goal,
isn’t f&r off.
Readers have noticed that in-
addition to more news in each
issue, more and more issues arel
coming out, in six and eight page
editions. In fact, ten of the last)
25 Tribunes have been more than
four pages, two of them eighth
pagers. Of course this means
more work on the part of the
'staff, namely the editor and so-
ciety editor-advertising manager,
but we are happy to be of serv-
ice to the community in bringing!
a larger and newsier paper.
Today, Friday, is the day of
the special offer to new subscrib-
ers in Navarro County, and this
offer will not be repeated, so, if
you want to take advantage of
it, hurry down to the Tribune
office at once! Five o’clock isi
the deadline.
1). 0. ADAMS FAMILY HAS ^
REUNION IN CORSICANA
The family the the late D. 0..
Adams enjoyed a reunion Sunday,
August 19 at the Cotton Mill
Park in Corsicana. It was the
first time together in about ten
years.
Those attending from out-of-
town were: Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd,
Wilson and family, Athens; Mr.
and Mrs. Elmo Adams and daugh-
ter, Arlington; Mrs. Lilly Adams,
San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. S. J.
Ross and boys, Mr. and Mrs.
Shannon Trent and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Alton Hambrick and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sut-
ter and family of Dallas;
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Pollock
(and daughters of Dexter, N.M.;
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wilson and
family; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Con-
nor and daughter and Brenda
Farmer, all of Levelland; Nathan
B. Nickerson, Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. John Simmons and Jane of
Roswell, N.M.; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
M. Simmons, Irving; Mr. and Mrs,
Clem DuBose and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Collins and
daughters of Corsicana. Attending
from Kerens were Mr. and Mrs.
H. L Ivey and Laverne.
All those attending reported an
enjoyable time.
BOBCAT SCHEDULES NOW
AVAILABLE AT BRUNER’S
This year, as in years past,
Bruner Chevrolet has on hand a
'large supply of Bobcat stickers
for car windows, with the 1956
ischedule of games on the reverse
side.
These sitckers are free for the
•asking and Bobcat boosters are
urged to drop by and get one.
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Kittley, Wayne W. The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1956, newspaper, August 24, 1956; Kerens, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810321/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Kerens Public Library.