The Bogata Tribune (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1959 Page: 1 of 4
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THE BOGATA TRIBUNE
'4 LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR LOCAL PEOPLE'
VOLUME TWO
BOGATA, BED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS,
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1959 PRICE: 5 CENTS A COPY NUMBER l(j
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Building Work
Nears Finish
Construction in Bogata is occupy the building in the next
booming this week. Work on tew days.
the new Northeast Texas Tele W T Horton has removed the
phone Company general office elderly structure just west of
building is virtually complete, the bank building and is erect
and the company will take pos ir.g two smaller units for a
session of the building very tales office and repair shop for
soon. tiis used car business.
Felix Ward is almost through All of this new construction
with his new cafe and drive in will probably be completed in
service building and will open the month of September, and
for business in the near fu are concrete tno pun intended)
ture. signs of the growth of Bogata
Joe Choate is completing ss well as excellect invitations
work on his new wash, grease tc outsiders to come to Bogata
end storage building adjacent --the growing community in
to his Skelly station, and will this area!
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GARDEN CLUB MEET?
The Bogata Garden Club
held its first meeting of the
new year Wednesday with Mrs
Gus Swaim at her home on
Clarksville street.
The meeting opened with the
song “Sunshine and Rain”, fol
lowed by collect, led by Mrs
Gordon DeBerry. Minuf s of the
last meeting were read and 13
members answered roll call.
Mrs Britt Lassiter presided
over the business meeting, and
plans for the year were dis
cussed.
Mrs Gordon Allen read a
prayer on “Making A Flower
Garden”.
Frosted cokes. cookies and
mints were served by the hos
tess. Next meeting of the club
will be September 16, with Mrs
Les Holder.
IN KOREA
I CORPS, KOREA (AHTNC)
Army PFC Dallie L Davis, son
of Mr andv^Mrs Lynn Kerley,
Route 1, Bogata, recently ar
rived in Korea and is now a
member of the 766th Artllery.
Davis, a switchboard operator
iti the artillery's Battery C, en
tered the Army in . October of
1958 and received basic training
at Fort Carson, Colorado.
The 18 year old soldier attend
ed Bogata High School.
Last Rites For
Fletcher McRae
Fletcher M McRae, 52 year
old Bogata resident, who suffer
ed a heart attack late Sunday
night, died early Monday morn
ing in a nearby hospital.
Burial services were held at
the Church of Christ Tuesday
at 2 pm.
Mr McRae was employed in
Paris as an air , conditioning
equipment installer at the
time of his death.
Born at Nathan, Arkansas
August 23, 1907, the son of
Margaret (Hale) and Willie Me
Rae, he married Lois Barnes of
Eogata at Mt Pleasant in
1946.
Survivors, other than his
wife, include one son and a
daughter by a former marriage,
Betty and Terry, of Nathan,
Arkansas; two sisters, Mrs C
A Wilson of Okay, Arkansas
and Mrs Ben Bowers of Nash
ville, Arkansas.
CARD OF THANKS
My sincere thanks and appre
ciation for your thoughtfulness,
the beautiful flowers, the food
and every kind deed shown me
during my time of sorrow. God
bless each of you.
Lois McRae
WEATHER
Courtesy KCAR 1350 on yom
radio dia» — Clarksville
AUGUST, 1957
High 98 on the 27th
Low 58 on the 7th
Total Rainfall for month 2.30
Greatest during month was
1.06 inches on the 12th.
AUGUST 1958
High 100 on 12th and 13th
Low 59 on 24th and 25th
Total Rainfall for Month 5.22
Greatest single day 2.30 on 22.
AUGUST 1959
High 99 on the 30th
Low 62 on the 9th
Total Rainfall 2.25 inches
Greatest single day .83 on 30th
Yearly Total to August 31 for
1957 49.42; 1958 39.26; and for
1959 24.92 inches.
of bolls per acre,
pounds of bolls
4-H CLUB NEWS AND
County Agettt's Notes
By Paul D. Herschler
Weather permitting, many give 1,837 lbs.
cotton producers will be ready Usually 1800
to put cotton harvesting in full per acre will turn out about a
swing within the next week or bale of cotton. This may seem
two. Estimating the yield is al a little complicated the way I
ways one of the “guessing have it written here, however
games” most of us participate it works rather accurately,
in. To take a little of the guess While talking with Fred Hfm
work out of the game, many sler earlier this week he told
producers have a formula they me he would advise anyone
follow in estimating the yield, with grain sorghum to check
Fred Hausler said he counts the heads of the sorghum for
off ten strips in the row and wet worms and corn ear worms,
counts the number of bolls of He found both in his sorghum,
cotton within these 10 strips The recommendation for the
After doing this several places control of these insects is toxa
over the field he averages the phene or endrin dust or spray,
count. If he averages 325 bolls These insects usually attack
per row stepped^ off, he feels sorghum heads while the grain
he has about a bale per acre, is in the milk stage.
He knows that all cotton bolls The various committees of
do not weigh the same, etc.; the Livestock Show have set up
however, this does give him a their premium lists and awards
good conservative estimate. programs. If you have lovestock
A similar method would be you wish to exhibit, be sure to
to step off seven steps, count contact the proper committee,
the bolls, multiply this by 10 If you do not know who to con
Trontt In Hospitol
H E Troutt was admitted to
a Paris hospital Sunday eve
'•ng following a heart attack
suffered at his home here. Mr
Troutt had only recently return
ed home from Red River Co.
hospital. His condition is report
ed satisfactory.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
A message was received by
Mrs Amy Craddock that her
brother in law, Mr
well of Ft Worth,
gone major surgery
pital there and was
Gene Po
had under
in a hos
improving.
Sunday visitors of Mr and
Mrs Herbtrt Lowry were
Mr and Mrs Jack Brown and
children, Bobby, Mary and Ed
die, and Miss Judy Young, all
of Talco.
Tom Underwood Retires;
New Shop To Open
Tom Underwood is retiring
this week after 30 years of
beauty shop operating exper
ience. She opened the first
beauty shop in Bogata; and
this week sold her shop to Mrs
Nell Dickerson.
Mrs Dickerson plans to move
the shop to her home on West
3rd street, add some new equip
ment, and open Nell’s Beauty
Snop about September 15.
WHD CLUB MEETS
Mrs Austin Eudy of Patton
ville met with members of the
Bogata WHD club at the com
munity house August 27 and
demonstrated basket weaving,
picture painting on glass and
the making of plastic flowers.
Eighteen local members were
present. Cake was served dur
ing fhe social hour.
BAPTIST LADIES MEET
Thirteen members of the
WMS met Monday afternoon
at the Baptist educational build-
ing for the monthly social. Mrs
l'icnt McCrury led the opening
prayer and Mrs Stanley Nelson
gave the devotional from Ro
mans with a theme entitled
“Why?”. Mrs Willie Gray and
Mrs Jess Cothran directed the
games. During the social hour
Mrs Russ Ward served ice
cream and cake to the group.
Next week the WMS will
have a prayer program Monday
and Friday afternoons at the
educational building.
Bulldogs Meet
Cooper Friday
The Bogata Bulldogs got
down to work in earnest this
week in preparation for the
season opener at Cooper tomor
row night. Saturday afternoon
the team traveled to Clarks
ville to scrimmage against the
Clarksville boys, and according
to observers they turned in a
credible preformance against
the neighboring warriors.
Clarksville returned the favor
Wednesday, and the Bulldogs
gained some home ground ex
perience to sharpen them for
the coming season.
Friday night the team goes
to Cooper for the first game
under the guidance of Warren
McFall. This Cooper team is
rated one ol the strongest
elevens in the area, and the
Bogata boys will have a tough
row to • hoe in overcoming
them.
Gin Report
Gaiden Club
Members of the Garden Club
met for a pre season Friday eve
ning at the home of Mrs Britt
Lassiter. The new year books
were distributed and punch
and cake were served by Mrs
Lassiter to Mrs R B Hale, Mrs
I' B Lawrence, Mrs Stella
Davidson, Mrs Gus Swaim, Mrs
Marvin Lowry, Mrs Gordon
DeBerry and Mrs Les Holder.
Sixty six bales of cotton have
been processed by Bogata Gin
up to Thursday morning, ac
cording to Paul Hill, manager.
Last year’s total of 1,400
bales will compare with only
about 1,000 expected this year,
Mr Hill estimates. Rain will
lower the grade of the cotton
produced, hut may not affect
the total production if sunshine
comes back for the next few
weeks.
Mrs. Chilbers
Passes Away
Funeral servicse were held
at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon
for Mrs Margaret Elizabeth
Childers, 94 year old lifelong
resident of Bogata. Services
were conducted at the Bogata
Baptist Church by the pastor,
Rev Stan Nelson.
Mrs Childers was born De
cember 16, 1865, the daughter
of Robert and Jane Wood. She
married James H Childers at
Bogata in 1882.
Survivors include: six sons,
Dick, of Lorenzo; Bob, Buck,
John and Jim of Bogata; and
Barney of Milwaukee; 6 grand
children; 6 great grandchildren;
two brothers, W A Woods, of
Perrin, Texas and Dr D R
Woods of Lubbock; two sis
ters, Mrs Mary Bridges of Bag
well and Mrs Nora Allums, of
Bogata; tw'o half sisters, Mrs
Rosie Trotter, Denton and Mrs
Viola White of Odessa.
Pallbearers were grandsons,
Mervin, Clifford and Don Cnild
trs, Wilburn James, Harley
Bridges and George Allums.
Burial was in Bogata ceme
tery under direction of Bogata
Funeral Home.
Labor Day
Labor Day observance Monday
will be limited in Bogata. Only
the First National Bank and
the U S Post office are to be
closed for the day, with business
as usual for most everyone else
in town.
8th Grade News
The eighth grade is divided
into two sections this year, but
we are doing departmental work
with Mr Hale, Mrs Pirtle, and
Mrs Hale teaching us. Wc had
a class meeting Wednesday and
elected class officers.
Officers are: Patsy Clark,
President; Gerry Screws, Vice
President; Anette Williams and
Bill Bryson, Treasurers; Donnie
Wright, Secretary and Bobbie
* I Sue Parker and Sandra Ward
Mr and Mrs Charles Kirsdh) Reporters,
nek, of Chester Heights, Penn.,
returned home Monday after a
BIRTHS
weeks visit with her aunt and
uncle, Mr and Mrs Herbert
Lowry of Rosalie.
Mr and Mrs F M O’Brien of
, Atlanta visited Mrs Amy Crad
and count the -number of rows tact, Harold Summers of Clarks'dock Wednesday enroute to
visit their daughter, Mrs Rex
in 70 yards across the field, ville or my office will have
This gives you the number of that information for you.
bolls per acre. Multiply this The Women’s division, under
number by the number of bolls the chairmanship of Mrs R T
per pound (weigh the number Thompson, will have their show
of bolls to make a pound), dl at the fair grounds this year,
vide this into the estimated Mrs Thompson and her commit
number of bolls per acre and tee are very anxious that every
you have the weight of bolls one who wants to exhibit in
per acre which can easily be this division have fheir entries
converted to pounds of lint per at the fairgrounds on Wednes
acre- day as they expect a great
For example: 210 bolls count amount of entries in this de
ed In seven steps. 210 bolls partment. Any woman or girl
times 10 (to give you one acre who desires to enter some ar
long row) equals 2100. 2100 tlcle which she has made or
times 70 (seventy 36 inch rows some product which she has
equal number of rows to equal preserved or canned, is urged
one acre if rows were 70 yards to enter the woman’s division!
long) will give you 147,000 You do NOT have to be a
We also elected Cheerleaders
for the Bogata Puppies. From
the eighth grade Patsy Clark
and Anette Williams; from the
seventh Elise Walker and Carol
Whitten, and from the sixth
Linda Screws and Kay Allums.
A baby girl was born to Mr
and Mrs Richard Paul Denni
son of Lafette, La., at 12:30 a
m Tuesday. The baby, weighing
8 pounds and 9 ounces, was
named Paula Lanette. Grand
parents are Mr and Mrs Paul
Dennison and Mr and Mrs J L
King of Odessa. Great grand
father is W B Speir and Great
grandmother is Mrs W W King,
both of Bogata. The mother, a
neice of Mrs Myrtle Speir, will
be remembered as the former
1 enna June King of Bogata.
Mr and Mrs Fred Lowery of
Houston announce the arrival
of a 7 pound daughter, born
August 28. Grandparents are
Mr and Mrs T W Lowery and
Mr and Mrs James Grayson of
Houston; greatgrandparents are
Mrs Amy Craddock of Bogata
and Mr Hobart Grayson of
Houston.
School Count
Incomplete
Enrollment tabulation at the
Bogata schools are incomplete
at presstime today, but accord
ing to Supt. I” L Branson there
will be about the same total
as last year when figures are
completed.
There were 387 enrolees in
the grade and high schools last,
year at this time.
Quarterback Club
Meets Tonight
The Bogata Quarterback
Club will meet tonight at the
R and R Cafe for the first* pre
game meeting of the season.
All members are urged to at
tend this meet, and anyone who
has not joined the club this sea
sen is urged to come ori out
and get in on the fun. Member
ship dues are only 51.00 for
the entire season.
Mr and Mrs J W Lowry ami
Janie spent Sunday in the Doak
A isobrook home at Boxelder.
FAMILY DINNER
A family dinner was enjoyed
at the home of Mr and Mrs
Bill Wilkinson Friday honoring
Mrs Patsy Lipscomb and daugh
ters, Linda, Patty and Judy of
Beaumont, and T C Lassiter of
Ft Worth. Those present were
Mr and Mrs L C McDonald. Mrs
Iva Hooker, Britt Lassiter, Miss
Mary Lassiter, Mrs L G Farris
and boys of Gilmer and the
honorees.
Craddock and family in Dallas.
Mrs O L Franklin of Fort
Worth nd Mrs Angeline Ham
mer and son Herbie, of Need
les, California, were guests last
week of their aunts, Mrs Will
Thompson and Mrs Aut Cox.
Major and Mrs Charles Whist
ler and family of A and M
College are visiting Mrs Whist
ler’s parents, Mr and Mrs Wal
ter King.
Miss Linda Sue Alston of
Boxelder is visiting her great
aunt, Mr and Mrs Paul Hill for
a few days. Miss Alston will
enroll in Paris Junior College
County Fair Set Sept. 24-25-26
Plans are being completed Exposition, a professional car program, and a horse show is
for the three day run of the nival will be held in comjunc being planned for Saturday.
Red River Fair and Livestock tion with the event, with a Premiums and prizes in ex
Exposition at the Legion Park large number of elaborate rides cess of $2,500, one of the larg
In Clarksville September 25, 25 and concessons. The carnival est award lists of any Fair in
and 26, with most of the activi will open earlier in the week, North Texas, will be paid to
ties to be housed in the new probably Tuesday night, with winners in he 4H and FFA Fat
9,000 square foot Coliseum, the Fair to begin on Thursday. Calves Division, Breeding Beef
Now under construction, the More than 30 conmmercial, Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Sheep,
multi purpose building is ex educational, and agricultural ex Swine, Poultry, and in the var
pected to be finished within a hibits, all free, have been sche ious sections of the Women’s
week. Virtually all of the live duled In addition to a complete Division.
stock will be In the structure, division of clothing and food Ground admission and park
along with, a number of com displays. Entertainment on two gre free The event j8 behw
mercial and educational exhlb nights Is to be provided by ' n . ‘ _
its. band concerts by the Bogata sponsored by the Red River
For the first time in the four and Clarksvlle High School county Agricultural Improve
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Reavis, Jim. The Bogata Tribune (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1959, newspaper, September 3, 1959; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902315/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.