Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1967 Page: 1 of 8
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established june 10, 1*7 volume 79
EMORY TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 11. 1987
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COTTON ALLOTMENT TRANSFER
VOTE TO BE HELD THIS MONTH
PTA SPEAKER
P/’-S
SCHOOL BOARD SELIMS BONDS
IN SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
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finding* at
T1 a 2.150 feet
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^r“iwrs will
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C \>n on farmere in Rains Coun
ly will vote the middel of May
:<, decide whether they want to
tn able to sell or lea>» their cot-
n allotments outside the coun*
;>. Claude Vainon. Chairman, Ag-
ncultrual Stabilization and Con-
Nervation County Committee, has
announced, i tie referendum on
ihe question will lx- conducted
luring the period May la
through May 19 Ballots may be
returned by mail oi delivered by
hand to the ASCS County office
during that time.
The only question to be de-
. wtrd by flu balloting is whether
upland cotton allotment* may be
transferred during the next two
years to farms which aie owned
oi controlled by someone else
and located in other counties.
Such transfers may be made by
hale or by lease. In no case may
trmsfers be made outside the
State An affirmative vote by at
least two-thirds of the county's
cotton farmers whff vote will per-
mit such transfers during the
next two years, 1968 and 1969
Two similar referendum* were
conducted in 1965 and 196b
throughout the Cotton Belt, and
growers in 412 i*ountiea have a)
ready approved the allotment
transfers The vote this May will
be held only in counties where
TAWAR0N1 GETS
FIRST VICTIM
THIS SEASON
WEST TAWAKON1 Lake
Tawakom claimed its first
iniWIkfciK victim of the year Sat-
urday when a 25-year-old C-and
Prairie man lost his life while
•ttempting to calm a boy who
had fallen Into the lake from a
tented barge
Robert Daniels of 608 N. E
28th St. in Grand Prarie Jumped
into the water after 10-year-old
Butchy” Zoch panicked after
falling into the lake
The boy’s mother. Mrs Helen
Zoch, said that aftei Daniels hit
the water "he got a real fright-
ened look on hii face."
Daniels managed to get the
hoy to relax, and his mother
threw a line to him and towed
him in. She threw a life Jacket
to Daniels but the man was un
bhie to reach It The boy was
wearing a life jacket at the time
of the accident.
Daniels. Mrs. Zoch. Butchy and
his sisters. Judy and Theresa.
1 ad set out from Gunter's boat
tentals at West Tawakoni about
Gam Saturday
C. W Swearingen of the Sa-
bine River Authority said the
drowning occurred at about 3
P m and that search operations
under his supervision got under
way by 3 30 p m.
After seeing Daniels sink into
the water. Mrs Zoch who hud
r.cver operated a boat before,
piloted the barge back to Gun-
ter'a to report the drowning
Search foi Daniels’ body was
under way again early Tuesday
morning without i exult*.
such transfers have not preci-
ously been approved.
The Chairman points out that
voting by mail is easy and con-
venient. and the vote therefore
should be large and full repre-
sentative of the wishes of cotton
farmers in the county
Copies of the l>aliot will be
sent to all cotton producei* of
record in the county, together
with information describing the
progiain's purpose and opera-
tion. Any cotton producer who
has a question alwut the referen-
dum or about who L eligible to
vote is urged to get in touch with
the ASCS county office
G. E Hoffpauir
LITTLE LEAGUE
ORG ANIZED HERE
FOR SUMMER
The Boaid of Trustees opened
sealed bids lor the sale of $4U0 -
01)0 worth of scSiooi bonds on May
2. 19i)7 Four corporations (com-
bined into two bias* were rep-
Tesented The lowest bid and the
sale »)f the tionds was to Rowles
Winston of Houston and the Co
lumbia Securities Corporation of
San Antonio
The average interest rate of
the bonds was 4 69 percent. How-
ever. during the retirement of
these bonds, there wilt be 8 years
when the* district will pay in in-
terest rate of 41-2 i**reem
Respectfully submitted by:
Rains ISD School
Board Members
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4IMLV -III UK
Rains Little League it getting
underway The League is Better
organized and better supported
than it has been in time past,
ft has been reported
Rains will have six teams Two
girls and four boys. Senior girls
age 13 to 17 is coached by Mrs
Wayne McCauley; Junior girls
age 10 to 12, coached by Mrs
Billie Jean Swindell. Supt Gly
non Williamson and Dale Aber-
crombie are coaches for the
Sophomores. Jack Harvey and
Kenneth Allen coach for the
fieshman team and Weldon
Chrtstain and Herb Brewer are
coaching the second freshman
teams
During tbe business meeting
Supt. Glynon Williamson was
elected piesident, Co. Agent Herb
Brewer, vice president, Mrs. June
Harvey, acting seertary »nd
treasurer. ASC Manager Gene
Hoffpauir .s official umpire
—Reported
Mi and Mrs. Oscar Ely spent,
the weekend in Omaha visiting
her sister. Mrs Gladys McLen-
guest
High
John Shuler will be the
speaker at the Emory
School PTA meeting, May 11th,
at 3 p m.. It has been announced
Mr Shuler, son of a Methodist
minister, spent his youth in Cen-
tral Texas He attended SMV
and Perkins School of Theology
He became an ordained Meth-
N
as Chaplain In the Air Force in
RAINS RIDING
CLUB NEWS
The Rains Riding Club will hold
a "Play Day," Saturday night.
May 13. at 7:30 p m. The follow-
inr events will be run barrels,
pole bending, flag race, key hole
There will be six ribbons given
in each event
There will be "Cutting" each
Tuesday night of each week be
gnning at 7:30 p.m.
There will also be "Roping"
Friday night at 7:30 p ity .
Everyone is invited to attend
Reporter, Ann Alexander
World War II He spent a year
on the islands of Iwo Jims and
Okinawa
He is an active member of the
North Texas Annual Conference
of the Methodist Church with
special assignments to Goodwill
Industries, where he serves as
Chaplain and Assistant Executive
Director.
JOHN LAYMAN
IS UNIMPROVED
John Layman Is reported to
be unimproved In a Ty ler hos-
pital by members of his family,
wiio have been at his bedside
since last week
Mr Layman was fount! bad
lly injured at his b“tn" last week
with deep gashes in his head and
unconscious
It was reported an investiga-
tion is being made to determine
if he had met with foul play or
just what happened to him to
result in such serious injuries
His son. S'Sgt Clyde Layman,
who was in Turkey, came home
His daughter!. Mrs Wilma Ral-
ton of San Jose. Calif. and Mrs
Ivte Mae PhiUlps of Selma. Calif.
are also here
604 TEXANS DIE
IN VIETNAM WAR
AUSTIN The Texas Adjutant
General’s Department reported
Friday that at leaat t»i Texans
have died in Vietnam, an increase
of four deaths since the last re-
port a week ago
Ihe department said 500 Tex
ons died in action. Deaths from
non-combat causes such as illness
and accidents total lOi
Figures are hased on depart
ment of defense casualty reports
A casualty is listed from Texas
if his next of kin has a Texas
address
DAN BUCKER FIRM
GETS LOW BID ON
FARM ROAD 2946
A contract for 3.888 miles on
F M Road 29k> in Rains County
lias been awarded to a Cleburne
firm, it was announced in Aus-
tin this weak by the State High-
way Commission.
Dan Bucker. Inc submitted the
low bid of *108.871 IH on the
project.
Base and surfacing work ia ex-
pected to take 80 working day s
according to L. D Cabaniss. Dls
tnct Highway Engineer at Pans
B D Chism. Resident Engi-
neer at Emory, will be in active
charge of the project while It is
under construction
(1‘ Blue ribbon winners
Tommy Fcnter and Rusty
Armstrong explain that often
there Is little visual differ-
ence in hay. but a vast dif
fere nee in its quality
t2> Laaa Humphrey and Lana
Mosley point out that alco-
hol is a good disinfectant, but
when taken orally It can
rause death. They reecived a
red ribbon
SCOUTING INTEREST
HELPS BOY SAVE
LIFE GRANDFATHER
By Mlkl Blt'HHOZ
H. WOK1H STAR II I.lil.UAM
Stuart Millet, 10, a seventh
gtadei at (Juxley Junior High
School in Arlington, always want-
ed tu be a boy scout But be-
cause of family moves, he was
never able to join
Stu. however, bought the Scent
handbook, and lead i’ « rational-
ly especially about snakebite
treatment
This extracurricular reading
probably saved hu> giandfathers
life Saturday when the 73-Jtear
old man was bitten by a copper-
head snake on his farm 51-2
miles southeast of Weatherford.
Ralph Loyd of 1315 N River-
aide Drive, whose doctor told him
he might be able to go home
Monday talked about his experi-
ence and hit grandson’s quick
thinking in his St Joseph s Hos-
pital room Sunday
"We were picking sti awbrrrtes
at the farm about 50 yards from
the house when I dragged back
a bush with my hand." Loyd
said
A 30-inch copperhead hiding
under the bush, struck. IMtlng
Loyd an his left wrist.
Loyd said he yelled to 8t\»-
aon of Mi and Mrs S E Miller
ut JAug Liven wood in Arlington.
Then he threw a brick at the
snake
Stu. about eight feet sway,
vailed back. '‘Let’s go! You don’t
have time now to kill that
snake "
The strilght-A student puked
through a Junk pile to find a
piece of string and tied It around
Loyd's wrist, just above the two
punctures
"I got his knife out of bis
pocket and cut "X" marks over
both wounds, Stu said "Thun
t ran to the gate while Pop go*
Into the car.
Loyd, who said Stu kept tell-
ing him not to panr. sucked blood
and venom from his wrist as he
drove to the Weatherford hoepi
tal.
Loyd aald Stu offered to drive,
but admitted undei his grand
father* questioning that he had
never driven befoie.
Loyd said Weatherford doctors
gave him pemcilin and tetnnus
shots to ease the swelling then
transferred him to Fort Worth.
' Loyd said Stu had been to the
farm"with him once belore since
Easter
"I'm sure glad I was oat there
Satuivla). Stu said
Stu Miller Is the grandson of
Mrs Bill Cline
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1967, newspaper, May 11, 1967; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth835042/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.