Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1951 Page: 4 of 8
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TIMP8QN WEEKLY TIMES—Timpson, Texas. Fcbrnsry 1C. 1»51 >
EAST TEXAS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
By J. F. Rosborough, Horticultural Marketing Specialist
Here is the latest informs- should be hoed to remove win-
tion from commercial tomato ter weeds. Apply 8-8-8 ferti-
producing regions of the Rio lizer at the rate of three
Grande Valley and Yoakum, pounds per 100 feet of row
Both areas suffered severe space, or 500 pounds per acre
damage, and tomato crops during the next two weeks,
from both areas will be late. Following the fertilizer ap-
coining into competition with plication, the plants should be
early tomatoes moving to mar- mulched with pine straw or
ket from East Texas. hay so that the berries will
In both the Rio Grande Val- have a cushion. If berries are
ley and Yoakum areas, wide- allowed to grow on the soil,
spread replanting will be nec- the quality will be lowered and
essary. Some reports indicate the chances for losing many
that where tomatoes have berries due to decay will be
been destroyed, the growers increased,
may come hack with a cotton » * »
crop. j Watermelon growers are
• • • : urged to secure certified wa-
Right now it looks like East termelon seed that are guar-
Texas counties will have an in- anteed as to varietal purity
crease of several thousand and freedom from certain dis-
acres in c ommercial blackber- eases, such as anthracnose and
ries. Here is a caution to those mildew.
making p antings—check care-j From the common run of
Yuliy your source of plants in seed, you may get melons with
-order to avoid getting plants white heart, and you have
that are diseased. mixed varieties in the field.
There is a virus disease of Certified seed will cost slightly
some blackberry plants that more per pound, hut they are
causes the plants to be sterile, the cheapest seed you can buy
thereby reducing berry pro- in the long run for good pro-
duction and creating a hazard duetion.
for the remainder of the plant-' The snpply of certified seed
ings. is somewhat limited. Better
* • • 1 buy early.
Now for a word about j -
strawberries. Commercial orj WEAVER
home garden strawberries: Weaver, Feb. 12.—Mr. and
itniiitiiuiiiitiiiiiiiiiHiiMiisiiiiiiiusiiiiiii ^' ' Horace Magness, Mrs.
IHimillHimrmiinmiSffllllllMmKtlUl Dallas Burgay spent last week
in Clute visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Bass and
Robert Joe Scott visited in the
Leroy Scott home Sunday.
Mrs. Tracy Hayes spent
Tuesday night of last week
with her father, A. M. Wind-
ham, in the Larrie Windham
home.
Mary Lois Milford : spent
Saturday night with Alice Joy
Crump. <
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Thornton
of Houston and Mr. and Mrs.
A. Thornton of Blair;, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sunmie
Milford last week-end.
-Mrs. Barney Solomon and
Larry visited her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Joe Courtney, and Jim
Stilley Monday. Mrs. Court-
ney and Mr. Stilley are on the
sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mr. and
Mrs. Pate, Mr. and Mrs. Dar-
nell were visitors in church
Sunday.
Bennie Mack Scott of our
community participated in the
calf scramble at the Houston
Fat Stock Show the first week-
end in February, and was
lucky enough to catch his
calf. He also had the evening
meal at the Shamrock Hotel.
Mr. Cecil Wharton accompa-
nied him to Houston. Bennie
Mack reports a swell time.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Brown
and Bro. Alvin Pate had din-
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Web-
ster Harris, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Tinkle
visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Magness, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lovis Harris
and son of Woodville visited
his mother, Mrs. John Harris,
Thursday of last week.
| Wedding Shower In Honor
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Tinkle
On the night of Feb. 10, the
Q home of Mr. and Mrs. Austin
record of this! Humphries was the gala event
of a wedding shower, honor-
FOX
THEATRE
PHONE 280
Friday - Saturday
FEB 16 - 17
Saturday Prev.-Sunday
FEB. 18-18
Monday-Tneaday
FEB. 19-20
MM!
starring Scott BRADY
John RUSSELL
Dorothy HART
Peggy DOW
with Bruce BENNETT
•
Wednesday—'Thnraday
FEB. 21 - 22
Notice
Regular meeting of the Am-
erican Legion will be held
Tuesday night, Feb. 20, 7:15
p. m. All members are re-
quested to be present
Singing at Mt. Olive
Sunday, February 18
There will be singing at Mt
Olive church Sunday, Febru-
ary 18th, it has been announc-
ed by Furman Hayes of Center
and John Beasley of this com-
munity. The program is sched-
uled to begin at 2 o’clock and
a record attendance is expect-
ed. Mr. Olive is located 7 miles
south of Timpson on the Timp-
! son-Stockman fann-to-market
highway.
• Make a
somewhere. You may want to
refer to it next February, or
way on down a good many
years from now. On February
2nd, 1951, the temperature
reached 4 degrees below zero
in Timpson, according to offi-
cial reading of the thermome-
ter at the Gulf Pipe Line Sta-
tion, near Timpson.-You might
even want to refer to it this
coming July or August.
• Just happened to be look-
ing over some old (files of the
Times and we noticed where
Shelby county produced 21,-
666 bales of cotton in 1929,
and in 1930 went beyond that
record with a production of
23,661 bales. A 20,000 bale
crop in Shelby this year would
bring producers somewhere in
the neighborhood of a half
million dollars.
• And, we quote: “He who
waits long enough for some-
thing to turn up may find it’s
only his toes.”
• The Timpson canning
plant will again be in the mar-
ket for unlimited quantities of
ripe tomatoes and peas this
year, it is stated by H. C.
Meador, local manager. Mr.
Meador further stated that
heretofore the purple hnil va-
riety of peas, which had no
market, could be used along
with the cream and black-eye
variety. There is a shortage
of canned peas and tomatoes
—and producers will find a
good market at the Timpson
plant this coming season.
• W. H. Frazier, who oper-
ated the Gnlf Service Station
in this city for a number of
years, has purchased the Hum-
ble Service Station at .Garri-
son, and announces that
will be assisted in the opera-
tion of the station by his son^.
• We hope to attend the
Chamber of Commerce ban-
quet next Monday night, and
having purchased tickets, and
a good program awaiting,
we see no particular reason in
not being there. Robin Hoop-
er, who has served the organi-
zation efficiently for the past
two years as president, will
have his final say and turn the
job over to his successor, Ray-
mond Rose.
ing Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Tinkle, recent bride and
groom.
Over one hundred guests
registered; Miss Emma Lee
Milford being in charge of the
book.
The night being nice and
balmy the children gathered
on the lawn for many delight-
ful games; the climax came
upon the masquerading of the
uninvited guest. The children,
screamed with delight and an-
xiety, some declaring they had
seen Santa Claus, others were
sure it was the old “Booger
Man himself.
After everyone enjoyed
looking at the beautiful gifts
on display, and refreshments
were served, the young bride
and groom found themselves
in the midst of an old-time
serenade.
Mr. and Mrs, R. V. Essery
came in for this experience,
too, as they had managed to
escape being serenaded up un-
til this time. Mask for the
serenade was furnished by
Alonzo Humphries, with his
electric guitar; Gayiou Court-
ney, Edd Wayne Essery and
Claire Beth Bush sang several
songs for the occasion; the
most impressive being Wed
ding Bells.
Out-of-town guests for this
occasion were: Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Bush and son of Lufkin;
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hendrick
and Mrs. Jack Milford. Nacog-
doches; Mrs. Mildred Sledge,
Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Red
Ritter, Kilgore; Hesdames
Kate and Mozelle Dennard
and daughter, Shirley Nell,
Carthage; Mr. and Mrs. Travis
Risinger, parents of the bride,
Gary; Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Courtney and daughter, diene,
Marshall; Vehlene Courtney,
Marshall; Misses Bobbie Jean
Long, Annie Ruth Snelson,
Nelda Ruth McLeroy and
James Johnson, Gary.
The guests reported an en-
joyable evening with the wish
that “Old Dan Cupid” with his
many wiles get busy and af-
ford us many more delightful
events like unto this one.
Reporter.
good president—he’s good at
anything he undertakes to do.
This particular job will be new
to Mr. Rose, but he’ll prove
equal to the task. He, too, is
progressive and will give his
best to the growth and devel-
opment of this city and its fine
communities.
• “Nothing was ever achiev-
ed without enthusiasm.”—Em
erson.
• Our good friend, John Ben
Shepherd, Texas Secretary of
State, will be the principal
speaker Feb. 16 at the annual
"Education for Citizenship”
program at S. F. A. College in
Nacogdoches. He will deliver
his address during the morn-
ing hour. More than 1000
seniors from East Texas high
schools in East Texas will be
present for the program.
____, Seniors of Garrison
Robin made-a 'School to Present Play
• He’s Seen It: “Hmm.” said
the tourist, “we might have
some rain, looks like.”
“Could be,” drawled the
old-timer. “1 shore hope so.
Not for myself, but for the
kids here. I’ve seen it rain.”—
Wheeling.
FLU AT ORANGE
BAD EPIDEMIC
Orange, Tex., Feb. 13.—Dr.
H. H. Key, the city-county
health officer, reported today
that the worst flu epidemic
since the deadly 1917 epidemic
is raging in Orange.
All doctors are working
around the clock,” he said.
Friday, February 23
Seniors of Garrist High
School will present their an-
nual class play, “Me id My
Shadow,” a mystery cointdy,
Friday night, Februaij 23rd,
beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
Four of the young students
-—A. Langston Kerr, Roland
Bates, Bobby Honea and
James Hoy Lunsford, were in
Timpson Wednesday, in be-
half of the coming presenta-
tion. which is expected to be
seen and enjoyed by a record
crowd.
IT PAYS
To have your car undercoated.
Drop by today aad let ua ex-
plain to you why it should be
done.. The cost is nothing to
compere with what it can save
you. EAK3N MOTOR CO.
All Scouters are invited to
attend Shelby District’s Scout
Leaders Roundtable, at 7 p. m.
Friday, February 16, 1951, at
the high school in Center, Tex-
as. This meeting will provide
all unit leaders, assistants, and
committeemen with a lot of
good ideas to use in improving
their unit's program. Fun and
fellowship will also be part of
the program.
.The worst cotton seedling
killers are angular leaf spot
and soreshin. Chemical treat-
ment of the planting seed will
help control both diseases and
will also improve the stand.
Actor Makes Career As “Red” General
Character actor Robert Barrat (right) is pursuing the un-
usual career of portraying General Douglas MacArthur in
the movies. He currently is featured as the high ranking
officer in “American Guerilla in the Philippines,” starring
Tyrone Power and Michelina Prelie. Coming to the Joy.
Character actor Robert Bar- to the Archipelago
rat is making a career of being the successful campaign
the screen double for famed against the Japanese.
General of the Armies Dong- = The actor has been seen as
las MacArthur. (the General in various other
Barrat recently journeyed films, including "They Were
to Manila to portray MacAr- Expendable.”
thur in a sequence in the i “American Guerrilla in the
Twentieth Century-Fox Tech- Philippines,” starring Tyrone
nicolor adventure, “American Power and Mkheline Prelle
Guerrilla in the Philipines,” coming soon at the Joy Thea-
depicting the American return tre.
The land is our capital; itsl Healthy stands of timber
products are our dividends, j are the best protection against
Don’t burn the interest.
forest insects and diseases.
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Celebrating Our
20th
Anniversary
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WE HAVE JUST REACHED OUR 20th
MILESTONE OF BUSINESS
ACHIEVEMENTS
Now that we have reached our 20th Birthday
and are starting on another year, we look back
with pride over the twenty years that we have
been in Rusk County, and.are made to fed
that our faith in this area has been more than
justified. It has been wonderful to have been
associated with the good people of Rusk
County in the development of our natural re-
sources, and if we have contributed to the
growth and prosperity of our community we
are indeed happy.
As we enter the 21st Year, we are looking for-
ward to even greater developments, and it is
our purpose to keep abreast of the times and
to widen our scope of usefulness in bringing
to our county greater prosperity. We hope to
merit the friendships we have-made over the
years and are looking forward to many more
years of living and working for our mutual
benefit. We ask that you join with us in cele-
brating our 20th Anniversary and help us to
make it a Happy Occasion. * ,
Beacon
Oil and Refining
Company
“A Rusk County Home Institution”
HENDERSON, TEXAS
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1951, newspaper, February 16, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth814938/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.