The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1957 Page: 1 of 4
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Kerens Tribune
SIXTY-FOLRTH YEAR
KERENS, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 12, 1957
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By The Editor
We* are prettying up the front
page this week with a picture of
the trustees of the local school.
We are sure that Kerens is very
proud to have such an outstand-
ing group of men on the board.
The vote these men received last
Saturday was a vote of com-
mendation on. the fine work they
Jiave been doing. We know they
are doing everything in their
power to give Kerens the best
schools possible.
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From what we hear the cot-
ton farmers are getting all
their equipment in order to start
planting. A few places are dry
enough to plant this week, and.
jf the sun continues to shine,
the big operation will begin.
However, some of the real flat
land still has water standing in
the middles. We wonder if thei
soil bank will allow a farmer to
sell catfish off a cotton patch.
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A former editor of The Trib-
une, Mr. James Taylor, has been
sending out a bit of literature
to us, among other editors in
the state on the proposed truck
weight limit, bill. We haven’t
studied the law much, but would,
he in favor of raising the limit
to the sky—if—‘■they would then
(make it mandatory to put the
big trucks on flat-cars to ship
them. Piggy-back, as they call it,
we are in favor of.* We don’t
know much about how much the
larger loads would harm the
highways, but the fact that the
big things are blocking the
roads no one can doubt.
As a case in point, we were
returning from Dallas a Sunday
night a couple of weeks ago in
the rain. We had been following
one of the monsters for about
three miles when we came to a,
hill we knew had that extra lane
for trucks to move over to. We
were feeling jubilant, knowing
for sure we could finally pass,
when to our consternation, the
truck we were trying to pass
was overtaking another giant of
the same size. Instead of pulling
over behind, to give about 20
passenger cars right-of-way, he
passes himself, on the hill. There
we were behind two trucks going
five miles per hour up a hill
and gnashing our teeth. Maybe
when they get the four-lane fin-
ished all the way from Dallas to.
Houston, things might be better.
But until then, we think the
trucks are big enough.
Two Repeat On
‘Citizens of Week’
A senior and junior were cho-
sen as citizens of the week of
Kerens High School this week.
Wanza Henderson and Carter
Franklin were chosen for their
friendliness, school spirit, lead-
ership, manners, scholarship and,
courtesy.
Wanza is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Henderson of
Kerens. She has been elected
for Citizen of the Week for her
second time. She has been in the
band and F.H.A. for three years.
Wanza is a very reliable and
likeable person.
Carter is the son of Mr. J. T.
Franklin of Corsicana. He is an
all-around sportsman in Kerens;
High. He was a star football
player on the baseball team, bas-
ketball team and is running
track for the Bobcats. Carter1
was elected for his friendliness
and school spirit.
We are proud of these two
high school students.
Cancer Society Starts
Drive for Funds Here
Kerens kicked off on its annual
Cancer Drive this week with the
mailing of over a thousand let-
ters and folders. Also included
iwas a reply envelope to return
contributions.
Mr. John Arnett, Kerens Area
Chairman, said that he was opti-
mistic about the local campaign
and hoped the fund drive would
go over the top before the end
of April.
April has been proclaimed
Cancer Control Month by an Act
of Congress and Governor Price
Daniel has also declared April
as Cancer Control Month.
Contributions may be made by
the return envelope, to Mr. .Ar-
nett or at the office of the
Kerens Chamber of Commerce.
The quota for Navarro County
has been set at $4,000.
Kiwanis Club Hears
Cancer Society Men
Twenty-two members of the
Kerens Kiwanis Club were pres-
ent Wednesday noon to hear
from officials of the Cancer
Society of Navarro County. Mr.
NEW SCHOOL OFFICIALS—Shown above are members of
the Kerens School District Board of Trustees. Left to right,
they are: A. G. Godley, Superintendent, W. L. Bain, Jr., Bert
Inmon, M. J. Crav^ford, L. K. Howell, J. R. Bush and T. L.
Whorton. Not shown is Hom'er Bobbitt who was ill Monday
when the picture was taken. —Tx-ibune Photo
Large Turnout Votes In
School T rustee Eleetion
A large turn-out voted in the
Kerens School District Election
held last Saturday. A total of
210 votes were counted. Lead-
John Arnett, local chairman of ing the count was Bert Inmon
with 206. Other totals were W.
Mrs, Donald Barnett
Honoree at Shower
Mrs. Donald Barnett, the for-
!mer Pat Anderson, a recent
bride, was honoree at a personal
shower given by Linda Cherry,
Delia Ann McCord, Sandra In-
mon and Nancy Batton Friday
evening, March 29th at the Ben1
R. Cherry home.
Seasonal spring flowers in ef-
fective arrangements placed at
vantage pointSindecorated the liv-
ing room.
The dining table was"' laid with
!a hunter green linen lace edged
of Mr. Clin Statham of Powell, I cloth and had as a floral cen~
was honoree at a personal show- j terpiece red gladiola and antner-
given in the home of Miss jiums in a crystal bowL Guests
the county organization intro-
duced Rev. Fred Wolf, Rector of
the Corsicana Episcopal Church,
and Educational Director of the
American. Cancer Society for
'Navarro County, who showed a
color movie about cancer. After
the film, Mr. Ed Rittersbacher,
Corsicana postmaster and Pres-
ident of the Navarro Cancer So-
ciety made a short address.
The Kerens Kiwanis Club
meets each Wednesday at noon
in the building east of Scott’s
cafe.
Shower Honors
Miss Linda Cherry
Miss Linda Cherry, bride-elect
L. Bain, Jr., 204; J. R. Bush,
203; T. L. Whorton, 202; M. J.
Crawfond, 201; E. K. Howell,
200; Homer Bobbitt, 200; Stoner
Baker, 26, and write-ins for Till-
man Reed, 3.
The first meeting of the new
board was held Monday night at
the high school, when the new
trustees were sworn in. All were
present except Homer Bobbitt,
who is ill with mumps.
In the organization of the
hoard for the following year.
Tennyson Whorton was named
president, M. J. Crawford, vice
president, E. K. Howell, secre-
Miss Helen Poe Is
Speaker Thursday To
Joint Cub Meeting
Miss Helen Poe of Dallas was
presented as guest speaker in
Kerens last Thursday afternoon;
by the Garden Club, as it en-
tertained members of the Music!
and Literary Clubs at the First
Baptist Church in. their annual
open house program.
Opening remarks and welcome
were by Mrs. Vernon Bruner,
club president, who presented
Mrs. T. L. Whorton of the pro-
gram committee who introduced
Miss Poe.
The noted world traveler, lec-
turer and book reviewer held
the undivided attention of a
large and appreciative audience
as she gave her humorous, and
timely account of her trip around
the world titled “All Americans
Are Rich.”
A tea followed at the lovely
home of the H. C. Barlows, with
Mmes. H. M. Hall, Robert Camp-
bell, Lacy Garrett. J. C. Beck
and C. M. Chapman assisting
Mrs. Barlow as co-hostesses.
With traditional “Garden Club
enthusiasm and know-how” a per-
fect setting had been, arranged
wih appropriate groupings of
Snring flowers in just the. right
places, culminating in the dining
room where the tea table was
most unique with its “Easter
hat” the floral offering. Con-
structed by Mrs. Hall from
scraps from her daughter’s wed-
ding dress, the large brim was
covered with palest pink satin
underneath its imported lace and
the pink plume (circa 1.920’s)
Kerens Post Office May
Curtail Delivery Service
According to a bulletin receiv-
ed by the local Post Office, a
clamp-down of Federal funds
ry, acting postmaster, the direc-
tive says that this office shall be
jfiosed all day Saturdays with no
will curtail operations here be- delivery of rural or city mail.
ginning this Saturday, unless the
Congress comes through with
about $30 million more.
According to Billy Prince Ber-
Sandra Inmon,
April 8.
Monday night,
The mirror over the dining
table held an arrow-pierced heart
in pink inscribed with the names
of the bride-elect and the bride-
groom-to-be an,d their wedding
date. Centering the dining table
was a lovely arrangement of
pink gladioli, which carried out
a chosen color scheme of pink
and green.
Misses Sandra Inmon and Jo-
Ann Statham served the green
punch and pink and white mon-
ogrammed cake squares to the
16 guests and mothers of the
(engaged couple.
served themselves from silver
trays of fritos, cheese dip, cook-
jies. Bottle drinks were served.
The honoree received many
lovely and beautiful gifts.
Guests were Frances Sullivan,
| Shirley Burnett, Lameta Good-
win, Joyce Ann Bain, Cariene
Westbrook, Peggy Anderson, Lin-
da Smotherman, Mrs. Jack An-
derson, Mrs. Vester Barnett, the
hostesses and Mrs. Cherry.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jennings
visited their children Mr. and
Mrs. Don Foster and Mr. and
Mrs. Keith Jennings in Dallas
Sunday. They were in. the traf-
fic jam at the tornado scene.
urer.
tary and Wr. L. Bain, Jr., treas- was offset by a cockade of dainty
blossoms in harmonizing shades.
The table’s underskirt was pale
The following committee ap- .green covered with pipk net, and
pointments were made: Bus Com- jpink fruit cocktail punch, small
mittee. Howell. Crawford, Bob-j round green and white cream
bitt and Inmon. Building - Com- | cheese sandwiches rine olives
mittee, Crawford. B^in and In- ! and clear ros^-eolo^ed coconut
mon. Athletic Committee, How- | balls added to the color harmony
Elementary Track
Team To Compete
In Ennis Relays
Coach Tommy Phillips an-
nounced this week that 10 mem-
bers of the Kerens Junior High
track team will journey to En-
nis to compete in the Annual
lEinnis Kiwanis Bluebonnet Re-
lays, a junior track an,d field
meet, to he held at Lion Stadium,
April IS.
schools all
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Texas
ell, Bain and Bush.
Committee. Bobbitt,
Insurance
Bain. 7n-
of the chosen theme.
Mrs. R. P. Walker, Mrs. R. R.
mon and Bush. Purchasing Com- Lowe and Mrs. William Dalton
mittee, Bain. Crawford and j of Dallas, poured punch and
Bush. Check Signing Committee, served.
Whorton, Howell,
and. Crawford.
Present at the
Inmon, Bain
meeting was
Out-of-town guests enjoying
the program and tea included
Mmes. H. B. Bomar, Lila Was-
Thinly-clads from
over North Central
expected for the third meet
which is the opening event of a
festival marking the opening of
the Ennis Bluebonnet Trails.
First events will get underway
at 2 p.m. Finals will be un-
reeled at 7 p.m., the coach
stated.
Awards will be given for first
second, third and fourth place in
each event; for the high point
man: and a trophy for the win-
ning and for the runner-up team.
The age limit for participants
is 16 years and they cannot be
in higher than the ninth grade
in school.
Making the trip from Kerens
will be Bobby Wilkins, Jimmy
Reed, Clifford Bichell, Marlin
Earley, Clayton Holiman, Ray-
burn Griffin, Melvin Colvin, Bob-
by Henderson, Jerry Chandler
and Ronnie Byrd.
Special delivery letters will con-
tinue to be delivered.
Commencing Monday, April 15,
the windows in the local Post
Office would be open from 8:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., shaving off
30 minutes of the usual time*
And on Monday, April 29, an
embargo would be placed on
third class mail, with no mail
.with the address “Boxholder” ac-
cepted. On this same date no
more Money Orders would be is-
sued.
Mr. Berry states that this or-
der is tentative and if Congress
and the Postmaster General
reach an agreement by Friday,
other things might be worked
out. In case no agreement is
reached, Mr. Berry stated that
Saturday mail would be handled
just as Sunday’s, with the daily
papers that go to people who
live on routes or have city de-
livery, being placed on the tab-
les in the lobby of the Post Of-
fice. This will be done unless
the Post Office is notified by the
patron that he doesn’t want hiS
paper put on the table.
Due to the fact that the col-
lection boxes in town would only
he worked once on Saturday, Mr.
Berry suggests that if faster de-
livery of letters is desired, ill
would be wise to drop the let-
ters in the .slot in the Post Qf-
fice.
Tillman Reed who expressed his ded| dcdm Stockton and Finis
gratitude to the board members ! n°mi^ of Corsicana and Mrs.
for making his 4-year tenure |Frank Van 0rden of Trinidad.
Of office so pleasant. He stated J .
that he had enjoyed working MARTHA CLASS MEETS
with the board and offered his
cooperation on anything the
board undertook.
Wheat Proving Good
Cover and Cash Crop
CELEBRATES 90th BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Mary E. Gibson of the
Long, Prairie Community cele-
brated her 90th birthday last
Friday, April 5 at the home of
bar son at 1502 Carson in Dal-
las.
By L. M. BENNETT
Soil Conservation Service
Some farmers in the Kerens
Work Unit territory have been
doing fairly good in using wheat
as a good winter cover crop)
and as a cash crop.
W. S. Price usually plants
3-4 bu. of good seed per acre
about two inches deep in late
November. In the spring he top-
dresses with about 50 pounds of
nitrogen per acre. Price figures
that the total cost of producing
‘wheat per acre is about $14.00.
Over the last five years he has
an average production of 26 bu.
per acre. Wheat has been selling
(for about $2 per bushel which
will show an average net incomei
of about $40 per acre.
The Kent Brothers plant ear-
lier than Price because they
count on grazing the wheat
enough to pay all the expenses
(except combining. Over the last
four years they have averaged
20 bu. per acre. This will figure a
net return of about $35 per
acre. Last year in Browns Val-
ley the Kent Bros, made 24 bu.
(per acre; L. C. Graves made 29
bu. per acre and B. G. Gorman
D. L. Orr Completes
Course In Korea
WITH MRS. BREEDING
The . Martha Sunday School
Class of the First Baptist church
met in their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. J. L. Breeding
with Mrs. W. A. Duncan as co-
hostess. The members sang the
Close To Thee” at the
BUILDERS CLASS HOLDS
WEDNESDAY MEETING
The Builders Sunday School
Class met in regular monthly
meeting Wednesday afternoon,
April 10 in. the home of Mrs.
John Kyser with Mrs. G. M.
Chapman as co-hostess. The
meeting was opened with prayer
by Mrs. Kyser. Mrs. Wasson was
leader and her jubject was “Je-
sus and the Ones He Loved.”
A tasty refreshment plate was
served at the close of the meet-
ing.
Sgt. Dwight L Orr, whose
•wife, Betty, lives in Kerens, re- jhymn
cently completed the 24th In- j opening of the meeting. Mrs. T.
fantry Division’s radiological B. Mattingly led in prayer and
made 26 bu. per acre.
Price says the new strains of
wheat, as the Quanah he plants,
are resistant ito smuts and rust
and are better suited to this
country than some of the older
varieties, rice plants 3-4 bu. per
(acre and says that a half stand
is enough because the wheat
plants tiller freely.
Wheat will serve as a good
(winter cover crop for it provides!
(its best cover during the rainy
(months of April and May. It
produces lots of residue which is
good for conditioning the soil. It
also grows during the wet
(months and is not hurt by dry
weather as often as corn,. Be-
cause of insects, the wheat is
difficult to keep on the farm,
but most farmers don’t store any
grain on the farm now.
A farmer can plant 15 acres
’of wheat for each contract he
has with the ASC. This can be
done without any allotment. If
you are interested in another
crop that will fit into a good
rotation system and make you
a cash* return, talk to some of
the wheat growers near you.
monitoring course in Korea.
Assigned to Battery A of the
division’s 13 th Field Artillery
Battalion. Sergeant Orr v/as last
stationed at Fort Chaffee, Ark.
the minutes of the previous meet-
ing were read.
A social hour followed when
a number of games Avere en-
joyed by the members. The host-
Tbe sergeant, son of Mr. and esses served refreshments at the
Mrs. Dwight L. M. Orr, of Ker- | close of the meeting to 12 mem-
ens, attended Navarro Junior ^ers present and one guest,
College in Corsicana. ! Lynda Mattingly.
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LOYALTY CLASS MEETS
AT BILLY SHELTON HOME
The Loyalty Class of the First
Baptist Church met Tuesday
night in the home of Mrs Billy
Shelton. The meeting opened
with prayer by Mrs. Joe E. Wil-
son.
The devotional was taken from
the 6th chapter of Matthew. Dur-
ing the business session the min-
utes were read and treasurer’s
report given. The class voted to
give an offering to the Annie
Armstrong Mission.
A Bible Quiz was conducted
by Mrs. Earnest Honea. Refresh-
ments of sandwiches, potato
chips, cookies and • cokes were
served to 11 members present.
Seniors Entertained
Bv Raotist W.M.U.
With Banquet
The W.M.U. of the First Bap-
tist Church entertained the Ker-
ens High School Seniors with a
banquet at the School Cafeteria
Tuesday night. Guests present
included the High School faculty,
Mr. Bob Ford, Chairman of the
Board of Deacons, Mr. Traster
Griffin, head of the Training
Union and Mrs. Griffin. Mr. W,
L. Bain acted as toastmaster.
After the invocation by Supt.
A. G. Godley, a welcoming ad-
dress was given the Seniors by
Miss Annie Jones, President of
the W.M.U. and. a response AvaS
given for the Seniors by Carter
Franklin. Bro. Frank Gillham
then introdxiced the speaker for
the eA'ening, Mr. Bill Denton,
Educational Director of the Me-
morial Baptist Church in Grape-
vine. After an inspirational and
humorous address by Mr. Den-
ton, the program was closed with
prayer by Mr. Boh Ford.
The Easter motif was carried
out in table decorations and
programs. At the main table a
beribboned Easter bonnet held
an arrangement of Spring flow-
ers. Place cards representing
Easter bunnies and programs of
Milady’s hat and the traditional
topper added to the Easter ef-
fect.
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FIRST IN A SERIES OF FUTURE CITIZENS—Top row, left
to right, James, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard of
Bardwell; Kay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bain, Jr.;
Bobby, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McNeeley. Bottom row,
Marsha, daughter of the Howards of Bardwell, Sherri, year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barnes, and Benidte Jack,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Howell.
DORCAS CLASS HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING
The Dorcas Class of the First
Baptist Church met Tuesday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Lee Couch.
Mrs. Bruce Albritton was co-
hostess. In the absence of the
president, Mrs. J. H. Sheppard,
the vice president, Mrs. Joe
Crawford presided.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Mrs. Couch. The de-
votional was given by Mrs. W.
L. Bain, Sr. Minutes were read
and approved and treasurer’s re-
port was given. Mrs. A. L. Bain
closed the meeting with a
prayer.
A social hour and refresh-
ments were enjoyed by seven
members.
METHODIST, PRESBYTERIAN
YOUTH SPONSOR SERVICE
The Youth organizations of the
Methodist and Presbyterians are
to sponsor the annual Sunrise
Easter Service this year. The
group meets annually on a hill
in John Beck’s pasture for ob-
servance of Easter. Coffee will
he served to all who attend.
RUTH CIRCLE HEARS TALK
ON MARY MAGDALENE
The Ruth Circle of the First
Methodist Church met Tuesday
night in the home of Mrs. E. K.
Howell for, their regular monthly
meeting. Mary Rea, leader for
the eAming, spoke on Mary Mag-
dalene, in one of a series of
lessons on women of the Bible.
Ten members present were
served coffee and tuna flash sand-
wiches at the refreshment pe-
riod.
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