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KERENS, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY 4, 1957
NUMBER %
Were
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|few Xear has sbart-
jjouid be makimg a
_is. But wp are
'tough Jiving up to
Jones we made 10 years ago.
sss we will just have to re-
vive not to resolve until our
fid resolutions are kept.
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At last the courthouse has a
lew county judge. And for the
Itfirst time in over 12 years he
lisn’t from Blooming Grove. We
Itwould like to state at this time
Ithat we have never said that
[the fact that a man was from
[the West Side had any basis for
I qualifications. We are sure that
Jail the present office holders
[are fine men of unquestionable
[ reputations. But the people of
tthis~atsea want some upstanding
frn'en from the East- Side to rep-
resent them.
:at Cagers To
i 4957 Season
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The /Kerens Bobcat Basketball
team / will play their first home
ganye here next Tuesday, January
8 /it 7:00 p.m. when they meet
thie Brownsboro cagers. Both the
jloys and girls teams will com-
'pete in the first home showing.
The first game of the season
will be played Friday, Jan. 4th
when the boy? and girls teams
will invade Malakoff. Both these
games^ are scheduled district
competition. 1
The Bobcats have been in-
vited t\ the Navarro Junior Col-
lege gym for a tournament be-
ginning next Monday night, Jan,
7th. The girls play the Dawson
(girls at 5:15 p.m. and *at 6:30
the boys take on the Blooming
Grove team. This tournament will
have a consolation bracket and
will continue the whole week.
Tommy Phillips is coach for
both the boys and girls teams
and from all reports they are
in fine shape for the season
ahead.
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Man* of the local merchants
-/have been all wrapped up in in-
ventory this past week. Every
year this task faces us, and on
top of all that, the Federal s
(want a few reports in—F.I.C.A.,
Withholding and (Quarterly and
'Yearly and all such reports and
(.estimates. It's getting so you
Jneed to be a graduate account-
. ant to stay in business and keep
the internal revenue boys happy.
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We hope all the young girls
in the area will be listening to
Ed Sullivan’s program this Sun-
day. The boy wonder Elvis will
be making his farewell appeai'-
,ance. For his three stints, of not
ovanfc ten minutes each, the boy
fwith the quiwers has been paid
$50,000. His press agents say he
will gross over a million for
the year. This is the height of
something. When a 21-year-old
no-talent long-haired nut can
become such an idol to the
American teeP-ager, something
tnust be wrong with our sense
of values. Or maybe we just,
don’t appreciate his type.
Parkers Winners Of
Lighting Contest
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Parker
were the winners of the Home
Lighting Contest sponsored by
the local Garden Club. The con-
test was open to every home in
Kerens, with no registration be-
ing required.
The Parker's home was beauti-
fully lighted with vari-colored.
lights lining the eaves and fram-
ing the doors and windows. Sec-
ond prize went to Mr. and Mrs.
Oral Warren, with a display of
Santa and the reindeer. Third
(prize went to Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Anderson who had their front
porch decorated with a picture
of Santa framed in greenery and
colored lights outlining the porch.
These prizes were $10 for first
prize, $5 for second and $2.50
for third.
The Garden Club had several
homes in Kerens on the honor-
able mention list. They were:
Mrs. Lon Holt, Mr. and Mrs.
August Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Jere
Daniel, Earl McClung and Mrs.
Grpver Crawford.
Judges for this annual event
were from out-of-town.
G. W. Crawford
^signed New Duty
w i
It. Commander Grover W.
vford, SC, USN, son of Mrs.
[ver Crawford of Kerens, re-
jtly relieved of duty as ad-
pistrative services officer at
Jayonne Naval Supply Depot
the holiday season with
Jmother.
te and his family are headed
Monterey, Calif., where Lt.
imander Crawford will take
mst-graduate course in Navy
iply. He is a 1947 graduate
of the Supply Corps School as
Well as a graduate of Texas'
A & M and Kerens High School.
Stationed at the Bayonne De-
pot for over three years, Lt.
Commander Crawford, who will
be promoted to full commander
in the very..... near future, was
feted at a party bv civilian em-
ployees just before he left.
Rear Admiral F. L. Hetter, SC,
USN, commanding officer, pre-
sented him with a plaoue bear-
ing the signatures of friends he
made while at the Depot which
juts out from the shore of Bay-
>nne, N. J., into the New York
jay.
Married to the former Margie
Crews of Oxford, N. C., the
prawfords have three daughters,
rbnelle, 7; Becky, 6; and Dar-
rne, 3 1-2'.
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Mrs, Dwain Bruner
BRUNER, CAROLYN WYATT
EXCHANGE WEDDING VOWS
Miss Carolyn Wyatt and Ver-
nort Dwain Bruner were united
in marriage Thursday, Decem-
ber 27th, at the Central Baptist
Church in Marshall.
The bride is the daughter of
Dr. and IVtrs. C. A. Wyatt of
Marshall. Mr. Bruner’s parents
are Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Bruner
of Kerens.
Dr. Vester E. Wolber officiated
at the double ring ceremony.
Wedding music was presented by
v.
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JANDER SELLS STOCK
)F DRY GOODS STORE
In a deal consumated Dec. 28,
(,eon Stander of Slander’s Dry
I Goods sold the entire inventory
land fixtures to the Newton Wall
Company of Shawnee, Oklahoma.
I^e company finished moving out
the goods the early part of
week.
Granny Quinn
Mrs, Bud Quinn
Wins Chevrolet
Mrs. Bud Quinn, known to her
friends as Granny Quinn, age
(84, was the winner of the new
Chevrolet given away Christmas
eve by the Kerens Chamber of
Commerce.
Mrs. Qninn came forward on
the first ticket drawn. There
were about 350,000 ticket stubs
in the tumbler at the time of the
drawing and Mrs. Quinn’s ticket
icame from J. B. Reese Lumber
Co.
The large crowd present was
iequal to the one for the drawing
of the car a year ago and the
merchants of Kerens wish to ex-
press their appreciation for the
business afforded them by their
Customers during the Christmas
shopping period.
The out-of-town officials who
(assisted with the drawing were
Judge James Swell and Sheriff
Rufus Pevehouse, both of Cor-
sicana.
SCS Urges Proper
Use of Waterways
By L. *M. BENNETT
Soil Conse»vation Service
The aim of qll good Soil Con-
servation districts is the use of
each of land within its capabil-
ities and the treatment of each
acre in accordance with its need
for protection and improvement.
The proper use of waterways is
for pasture land or meadow land.
The treatment needed for the
protection and improvement of
Waterways is to establish them
to a good cover of grass and to
maintain a good cover of grass
on them. If you need terraces
or if you have gullies forming in
your fields, you need a grass
Waterway.
The local Soil Conservation
Service office is ready to locate,
design and stake off waterways.
The local personnel will also as-
sist farmers in locating common
or coastal bermuda grass sprigs,
or adaptable grass seed. They
will also give technical assistance
in establishing grasses by sodding
or seeding.
The County A. C. P. office is
ready to give some financial as-
sistance to any farmer wanting
to establish a grass waterway.
The A.C.P. will pay as much as
$12.00 per acre for seeding K.
R. Bluest.em on a waterway.
They will also pay up to $12.00:
per acre for sodding Bermuda
grass on waterways. If your land
needs fertilizers, they will also
assist in paying for up to 300
pounds of fertilizer per acre.
Now is the time to get your
(waterway marked out and to
make your seed-bed preparation.
Contact' your local Soil Conser-
vation Service office for techni-
cal assistance and your County
A. C. P. office for financial as-
(sistanee.
Don Rives, soloist, and Mrs. Jim-
my Collins, organist.
The bride wore a white wed-
ding gown mf imported Chan-
tilly lace with long tight fitting
sleeves and portrait neckline em-
bellished with irridescent se-
quins. The fitted bodice came
to a deep point in front over a
bouffant skirt with a graceful
sweep train. Her veil of French
illusion fell from a crown of
pearls. She carried a bouquet of
white camellias showering rib-
bon love knots. ,
The bride was attended by her
sister, Mrs. L. C. Sibley of Mar-
shall and. Mrs. Dale Himmel-
reich of Bryan. They wore ballet
length gowns of apricot silk taf-
Ifeta. Matching lace formed the
“scooped -neckline and a panel in
back reaching to the hemline.
The princess lines extended into
a very full skirt. They wore
“matching silk taffeta head ban-
deau. Their bouquets were of
tinted camellias with green ma-
line and ribbon.
Robert Bruner of Kerens at-
tended his brother as best man.
Milton Jones of Jefferson was
groomsman and Thomas Terry of
Fort Worth was usher.
Immediately following the cer-
emony a reception was held ini
the church parlor.
Mrs. Bruner is a graduate of
Texas State College for Women,
Denton. She was a Redbud Prin-
cess, a member of the College
Government Association and the
Chapparral Club. She was also
a member of Who’s Who in
American Colleges and Universi-*
ties. s
Mr. Bruner received his de-
gree in Business Administration,
(cum laude) from Baylor Uni-
versity, Waco, where he was a
member of Kappa Kappa Psi and
Alpha Chi. He served as an of-
ifcer in the U. S. Navy for three
years.
After a wedding trip to Nas-
sau, the newlyweds will he at
home in Kerens.
Services Held For
Currie Hall Smith
Currie Hall Smith, 46, life-long
resident of Kerens, died in Me-
morial Hospital last Friday as ai
result of injuries suffered De-
cember 21 in an automobile ac-
cident three miles south of Cen-
terville, Leon County. He was
taken to a Huntsville hospital
(and later transferred to Memor-
ial hospital.
Smith had been employed at,
the Texas-Miller Products Co.
plant in Corsicana for the past
two years.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday at~ 2:30 p.m. from the
First Baptist Church in Kerens.
Burial was in the Kerens cem-
etery.
The rites were conducted by
Rev. Frank Gillham, pastor of
the church and Rev. D. R. Mc-
Cauley, pastor of the First Meth-
odist. Church.
Surviving are his wife and a
(daughter, Nelma Ruth Smith,
both of Kerens; four brothers,
John Smith, Kerens; Cecil and
Buck Smith, both of Dallas, and
Frank Smith, Houston; two sis-
ters, Mrs. G. R. Powell, Dallas,
jand Mrs. Paschal Bobbitt, Guiop
Ark., and other relatives.
Pallbearers were Grover Rawl-
ings, Lewis Collins, Vernon Paul,
Jim Green, Edward Walker and
ijftnmie Hawkins.
Inmon Funeral Home directed.
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TO MEET JANUARY 8TH
Those interested in the historic
past of Navarro County are cor-
dially invited to attend the next
“meeting of the Navarro County
Historical Society to be held at
the REA auditorium on West
7fch Ave. in Corsicana at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, January 8th.
Kiwanis Ouh Has
Meeting of Year
The Kerens Kiwanis Club
started' off the new year with
17 members present at their reg-
ular Wednesday luncheon. New1
president W. L. Bain, Jr. presided
and the program was a talk on
the current March of Dimes
campaign by Mrs. E. W. Willis,
Navarro County Field Represen-
tative.
Visitors present included Miss.
Carlene Westbrook, who played
the piano in the absence of Dr.
G. H. Sanders and R. P. Walk-
er, local March of Dimes chair-
man.
By Commissioners Courl
Corporation Court Judge Ken-
neth (Buck)- Douglas was ap-
pointed Navarro county judge
Tuesday, succeeding James C,
Sewell, the new district judge.
Judge Douglas* a native of
Corsicana and reared in the Cry-
ier Creek community, was selec-
ted from among seven applicants
for the county judgeship. He an-
Nine Injured In
Roane Accident
Nine persons \yere injured in
a two-car collision on Farm Road
636 north of Roane about 9 a.m.
Tuesday, the highway patrol re-
ported.
All were taken to Memorial
hospital and the Shell clinic in
private cars.
Patrolman Chester Reeves list-
ed the injured as follows:
Ethel Green, 53, route 2, Ker-
ens; Cathy Alma Jones, 4, Dal-
las; Dorothy 'Nell Jones, 24, Dal-
las; Bonnie Mae Green, 14, route
2, Kerens;. Elton Jones, 24, Dal-
las; Robert A., Green, 53, route
2, Kerens; Flo Nell Murphy, 38,
Dallas ( and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Crowley, Dallas.
Reeves said the most seriously
injured were Cathy .Alma Jones,
who was thrown into the wind-
shield, and Bonnie Mae Green,,
both of whom were admitted to
Memorial hospital. The other vic-
tims reportedly received medical
treatment and first aid.
The two cars were driven by
Robert A. Green and Clinton
Crowley, Reeves said, and they
collided almost head-on 2.4 miles
north of Roane. The Crowley car
overturned.
Eight persons were in Green’s
car, Reeves said, including two
little boys who escaped injury.
Miss Betty Shelton, who at-
tends Baylor, spent the holidays
'with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roland Shelton.
Mrs. Charles Eric Jones
Jamth Van Orden
Weds C. E. Jones
In Saturday Rites
Miss Janith Van Orden of
Trinidad became the bride of
Charles Eric Jones of Jackson-
ville Saturday evening. Decem-
ber 22. at 7 o’clock in a cere-
mony performed in the First
Methodist Church of Trinidad!
The Rev. -E. J. Davis, pastor of
the church, officiated at the
double ring ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van Orden,
Jr. of Trinidad and is a senior
student at John Sealy Hospital,
Galveston. The groom is the son
•of Dr. and Mrs. T. P. Jones of
Jacksonville.
Large urns of white gladioli
and mums formed an arch at
the altar, and candelabras hold-
ing cathedral tapers were on>
either side of a background ar-
rangement of greenery.
Miss Gene Bradshaw played
traditional wedding music and
accompanied Miss Delia Ann Mc-
Cord of Kerens who sang, “Be-
cause” and “The Lord’s Prayer.”
Given in marriage by her fath-
er, the bride wore a ballerina-
length gown of Chantilly lace
and tulle over taffeta with a
scooped neckline outlined in se-
quins centered with seed pearls.
She wore elbow length matching
lace mitts- and white satin slip-
pers.
Her short veil of illusion, was
caught to a seeded and dew drop
pearl encrusted Juliet cap and
she carried a white orchid show-
ered with carnations, lilies-of-the
valley and satin ribbons.
The matron of honor, Mrs.
Charles Bishop of Galveston,
wore a forest gre^n taffeta gown
With matching bandeau and shoes
(and carried a bouquet of pink
carnations.
Kenneth Jones of Jacksonville
served as his brother’s best man,
and the ushers were Frank Van
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Rev. Bill Perdue
To New London
Rev. Bill Perdue assumed his
duties as pastor of the London
Baptist Church of New London
last Sunday. The pastor and his
family moved to New .London
from Roane Thursday.
The minister had been pastor
Of the Roane Baptist church for
the past 3M> years and also
taught and coached part of that
time at the Kerens High school.
He was pastor of the Mildred
Baptist church four years prior
to going to Roane.
A successor has not been
named at the Roane Church, hut
a pulpit committee has been elec-
ted by the congregation.
Mrs. Perdue, who was employ-
ed as a teacher at the local
school, aUo resigned.
nounced that he would qualify
for the post Wednesday by tak-
ing his oath and submitting his
bond.
The commissioners went inte
session at 9 a.m. and quickly
approved the bonds of serverai
office-holders, who also took
oaths of office. The new com-
missioner’s Court is composed of
Sammie Saunders, Frost; Lester
Walker, Kerens; Jack Megarity,
Corsicana, all incumbents; and,
John Mahoney of Pursley, who
succeet. „d Charles Copeland.
When the new court was or-
ganized and qualified, Judge
Sewell tendered his resignation ‘
/and commended the commission-
ers for the many accomplish-
ments in the last few years.
Judge Sewell cited completion
of Memorial Hospital ,farm-to-
market roads, right-of-way pur-
chases for the new “expressway”
and the county’s “cash basis” op-
eration.
Urging the court to continue
its progressive work, Judge Sew-
ell reminded the commissioners
they were spending the people’s
(money, and it should be spent
“wisely.
Commissioner Megarity was
elected chairman to preside over
the court after the county judge
resigned. He announced that a
new county judge must be ap-
pointed, and applications of the
following were listed: William J.
McKie, Robert Gladney, Kenneth
Douglas, John Chirafis, all Cor-
sicana attorneys; W. B. Chaun-
cey, Dawson attorney;. Garland
(Anderson of Winkler and E. S.
Allen of Richland.
When Megarity called for nom-
inations, Commissioner Mahoney
submitted Chauncey’s name. Me-
garity then nominated Judge
Douglas.
Commissioners Megarity, Walk-
er and Saunders voted for Judge
Douglas, and Mahoney then with-
drew Chauncey’s nomination to
make the selection unanimous.
The court then’D’
Judge Sewell’s successor is a
graduate of Navarro Junior CoL
lege and Baylor University. He
“was admitted to the bar in 1951.
(Judge Douglas is a former presi-
dent of the Young Demoratic
Clup of Navarro county and for-
merly a memper of the state Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Young
Democratic Clubs of Texas. He
graduated from Barry High.
School and attended grammar
school at Powell.
He is a veteran of World War
IT and was appointed city judge
in March, 1954.
NAMED CLASS FAVORITE
One of the highlights- of the
1956-57 year at Navarro Junior
College wajS the announcement
of the Clasl Favorites at the an-
nual Christmas formal dance
sponsored by the “El Navarro”
staff.
Martha Nell Ward, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Ward^Route
One, Kerens, was among the four
students that were elected Soph-
omoi Campus Favorites. The
other students are Manning Da-
vis and. Dorthy Holley of Cor-
sicana and Euin, Frank of Hills-
boro. The election was made by
popular vote.
Martha Nell is a 1955 grad-
uate of Kerens High School and
is a former member of the Ker-
enettes.
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Wilson
of Fort Worth proudly announce
the arrival of a baby daughter.
Kristie Ann was born December
16 at St. Joseph’s hospital. Mrs.
Wilson is the former Robbie
Tyus. The maternal grandparents
:are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tyus of
Kerens and Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Wilson of Itasca. Little Kristie’s
six-year-old sister, LaVunn, con-
sidered this a perfect Christmas
'gift.
Former Resident Dies
At Tyler January 1
A. J. Couch, 79, of Tyler,
A former resident of Kerens,
(passed away in Tyler, Jan. 1,
at 1:10 a.m. Funeral service? .
“were held at .Burkes Tippet Fu-
neral home in Tyler Wednesday
morning, following by interment
in Kerens Cemetery. Graveside
rites were in charge of Masons,
He is survived by his wife of
Tyler, three daughters and three
“sons, as follows: Mrs. Fred
“Schultz, of Sommervllle; Mrs, A.
A. Beasley, Tyler; Miss Lois
Couch of Mt. Pleasant; Earl
(Couch. Fort Worth; A. J. Couch,
Jr., Dallas; and Basil Couch of
Mineola. He is also survived by
six grandchildren, one great-
granddaughter, two brothers and
four sisters.
WATCH PARTY
The Young People of the
Church of Christ and a number
of visitors enjoyed a watch
party ^at the home of Bro. and
Mrs. Ned Cox Monday night. The
young' group spent the evening
playing games, popping corn and
enjoying soft drinks until the
qiidnight hour. At the stroke of
midnight, the young folks en-
joyed a period of noise making,
heralding the New Year in,
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