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the Bogata News
VOLUME XXXVI
BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY, TfeXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1947
lolm L. Williams
Buried Tuesday
Cunningham
Last rites for John L. Williams
New Officers Will
Be In Charge At
Lions Meeting
The Bogata Lions met at the
Community House at 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday evening of last week,
___________ with Lion Luther Bryson pre-
were held Tuesday at Belmont j siding in the absence of Lion
Baptist Church in Paris, the pas- ' Castleman. Twenty-two mem-
tor, the Rev. L. E. Dicken, offi- f,ers were present and one vis-
ciating. Burial was at Cunning- *^or* Janies Underwood,
ham. Named as pallbearers were Howard Edd Bryson was elect
C. M. Griffin, Hicks Smith, Amis
Gist, Lloyd Womack, Henry
Hicks and S. J. Newsom.
Mr. Williams had been in ill
Ijtea:- 1 at home where he died
Tuesday morning.
11 I 'aUi>nvilie March
^loi
ed Scoutmaster to replace Rev.
R. S. Smith, who has moved
away. They voted to purchase
wiring for the grounds and to
furnish transportation for the
Scouts to Lake Texoma and to
pay the Scouts for cleaning the
0, son of Joe and Sidney community center grounds. A
lorence Maxfield Williams, he discussion was held on beautify-
formerly lived in Norman, Ok., inB the grounds and a commit-
where he was employed as a me- jtee was appointed to find out the
chanic. He had been in 'failing , cost of such a project,
health about a year. j New officers will be installed
Besides his wife, the former' and take charge at the next
Miss Nora Lee Campbell, and his i meeting to be held July 8. Lions
parents, survivors are three chil- | are urged to be present for all
dren, Miss Mary Elizabeth Wil- j meetings.
liams, Miami, Fla.; Betty Joyce i ----
Williams and Rebecca Williams,
Paris, and these brothers and sis-
ters: Oscar Williams, Mrs. A. C.
Odom and Mrs. A. L. Blanton,
Beaumont; J. B. Williams, Cun-
ningham; S. E. Williams, Dallas;
Mrs. Lowell Farmer, Antlers,
Ok., and Mrs. A. K. France, Saw-
yer, Ok.
NUMBER 35
Marie Ratiliff Weds
H. C. Crawford
Miss Marie Ratiliff, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ratiliff of
^Bogata, was married to H. C.
^^kawford, formerly of Minne-
apolis, Minn., on June 25 at 7 p.
m. in the' “Little Church of The
West” in Las Vegas, Nev., where
the bride has been employed for
the ppst year.
After serving seven years with
the regular army, the groom was
retired as first lieutenant from
the 102nd Airborne Division,
serving in Italy.
After a honeymoon in Las Ve-
gas, Nev., and Texas, they will
return to Fontana, Calif., to
make their home, where Mr.
Crawford is employed.
Government Cost
Climbs About
35 Per Cent
Round-the-World
Plane Flight Ends
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Jound-the-world Pan-Ameri-
Constellation America, car-
ding a group of editors and pub-
lishers, one of whom was Maur-
ice T. Moore, a former Deport
man, completed its globe-circl-
ing flight at 4:05 p. m. Monday
at LaGuardia Field, New York.
The plane left New York at
1:17 p. m. June 17, inaugurating
commercial round-the-wocld pas-
senger air service.
The Constellation flew by
Gander, Newfoundland; Shan-
non, Eire; London, Istanbul,
Dharan in Saudi Arabia; Kara-
chi, Calcutta, Bangkok, Manila,
Shanghai, Tokyo, Guam, Wake,
Honolulu, San Francisco ancj
Chicago.
Cost of State Government in
Texas has increased about 35 per
cent, according to the Comptrol-
ler Geo. H. Sheppard. The re-
cently adjourned legislature ap-
propriated more money than any
other.
The state government spent
$296,660,153 during the year end-
ed Aug. 31, 1946. And the cost
will run about $100,000,000 a year
higher next year.
The $221,893,671 from general
revenue is a two-year figure. The
Legislature’s largest tap from it
was $50,107,713 for per capita
school aid. The money \^as di
verted into the available school
fund. The runner-up expendi-
ture was $45,623,918 to support
public colleges. Rural school aid
will take thirty-six million dol-
lars.
Other sizable allocations in-
clude eleemosynary institutions,
$28,823,052, and state depart-
ments, $26,110,000.
Pigs Are Awarded
To 4-H Club Boys
County Agent O. D. Taylor an-
nounces that registered 4-H club
pigs have been awarded to sev-
eral Red River county youths,
based on papers submitted on
“Hog, Hen and Cow Plan of the
Farm,” and facilities each boy
possesses for taking care of swine
in accordance with approved me-
thods of the Extension Service,
through which the distribution
of pigs was made.
Each of the following club
boys received a pig:
Wallace Jeffery and Bobby
Damron, Bogata.
Charles Van Deavpr, Fulbright.
Alvin Baird Jr., Boxelder.
Ralph Kelsoe and Bobby Pir-
key, Avery.
Raymond Gouldsberry and El-
daroy Burks, Detroit.
One of the pigs awarded was
a boar, which was placed with
Bobby Damron.
James M. Clark
Buried Tuesday
Friday, July 4th
National Holiday
Friday is July 4th and a na-
tional holiday. Batiks and post-
offices will be closed and rural
carriers will not ritake their us-
ual rounds. Most places of busi-
ness will also observe the day
with the exception .of cafes, drug
stores and filling stations, and
some of these will.
Land Owners Are
Recognized (or
Soil Practices
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Bush
Held Monday
Funeral services*"' were held
Monday afternoon at the First
Baptist Church in Bogata for
Mrs. Nancy B. Bush, who died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Roy Roberts, in Paris Sunday.
The body was carried Tuesday
morning to Searcy, Ark., for bur-
ial. Services were conducted by
the Rev. C. H. HooVer. Mrs. Bush
had been in failing health for
some time, but died of a sudden
attack.
She was born in Mississippi on
Oct. 16, 1871 and is survived by
these children: Tpmmie Bush,
Mrs. Elwin Rakes and Mrs. Thad
Hulsey of Dallas, Mrs. R. M.
Damron of San Angelo, Mrs. W.
W. Summerall of Laurel, Miss..
That Little Thing Ed Bell Buried
Called Love Monday at Deport
Funeral service was held Tues-
day afternoon at 3:30 at the Bo-
gata Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. C. H. Hoover, for
James M. Clark, 57 year old
World War I veteran, who died : Mrs. Roy Roberts of Paris, Mrs.
Monday morning at 10 o’clock j E. J. Goins of Lo's Angeles, Cal.,
at his home in South Bogata. | Mrs. Edgar Stewart of Bogata,
Burial was in Bogata cemetery. {Clarence Bush of Imlay City,
Mr. Clark was a farmer and 1 Mich., Mrs. Marvin Pearson of
had ben a resident of Bogata all i Bigelow, Ark., Lavelle Bush of
hip life. He had been in failing Port Huron, Mich., Mrs. Jack
heLlth for some time. Survivors
include his wife and two bro-
thers, all of Bogata.
Cooperators of the Red River
County S\jl Conservation Dis-
trict who have completed and
are maintaining a soil conserva-
tion program on their farms have
received certificates of award,
presented through the “Save the
Soil and Save Texas” a state-
wide award program, sponsored
by the Fort Worth Press.
The 44 cooperators of the Red
River County Soil Conservation
District receiving this award, ac-
] cording to Robert J. Gwin, work
unit conservationist, have com-
pleted and are properly main-
taining the soil conservation pro-
gram on their farms which the
Soil Conservation Service assist-
ed them in planning and carry-
ing to completion.
This certificate of award states
that “The landowner has shown
his interest in the welfare of his
country and his concern with the
active participation in the great
future of the land through his
cooperative movement of soil
conservation, in Texas. By com-
pleting a soil conservation pro-
gram on his own land and be-
cause he still is maintaining the'
practices represented in .ha. pro-
gram, he has earned the esteem
of his neighbors and the honor
of his state and his nation. In
recognition of his achievement
and his signal contribution to his
own times as well as to poster-
ity, this testimonial of honor is
presented.”
Fulbright Wins
From Paris Cubs
ONLY 1.75 INCHES RAIN
FELL HERE DURING JUNE
Rainfall report for the month
of June showed 1.75 inches dur-
ing thd 30-day period, and 19.71
aes for the entire year to date,
(is compares with 2:50 inches
tune last year, and the year’s
rainfall to that date 35.15 inches.
In June, 1945, records show 7.68
inches, with 34.60 inches for the
year to that date.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY
PARTY FOR VISITORS
A surprise birthday party was
given for William Donald Gad-
dis of Edinburg on Friday night
by Helen Harber and Cathy
Watts, sponsored by Mrs. Don
Gaddis and Mrs. Lester Steph-
enson. Those present were Hel-
en Harber, William Gaddis, Ca-
thy Watts, Charles Stephenson,
Bucky Harber, Shirley Ann
Watts, Harold Dean Bogie, Sil-
via Harber, Betty and Billy Bell,
Martha Lee Watts, Edrew Watts,
Vleta Gaddis, Epsie Gaddis,
Joyce Watts and Robbie Jean
Cooper. Games were played and
cakes, cookies, spiced sandwich-
es, potato chips and punch were
served by Mrs. R. C. Harber,
Mrs. Don Gaddis and Mrs. Les-
ter Stephenson at the home of
Mrs. R. C. Harber. All had a
good time.
The Fulbright All-Stars edged
past the Paris Cubs 8-6 in an
interesting baseball tilt at Ful-
bright Sunday afternoon.
James Hill went the way on
the mound for the Cubs, giving
up ten hits in the seven inning
affair. Hill struck out two Ful-
bright batsmen and gave up five
free passes.
The Fulbright club worked be-
hind the six-hit pitching of J.
Lee to chalk up their win. Lee
gave up only six hits and allow-
ed six Cubs to cross the plate.
Three Cubs drew free passes off
Lee and three went out via the
strike-out method.
Lee stole the show with three
hits for four trips to help win
his own ball game. Legate and
Miller each connected for two
safe blqws for the Fulbright club
Joel Gunn Dead
At Austin Home
Former Gov. Coke Stevenson
has informed close friends that
he will run for United States
Senator next year unless there
is a radical change in the poli-
tical picture.
Stevenson and his political as-
sociates feel confident that the
former governor can defeat Sen.
W. Lee O’Daniel whose term ex-
pires next year. Because there
could be some change in the out-
look, there will be no formal an-
nouncement until January or
later.
Gov. Beauford Jester is figur-
ing over the coming senate race.
He has Senate ambitions. There |
Joel Gunn, 70, died Saturday was talk shortly after his victory j
at his home in Austin of cancer I last summer in the governor’s
of the stomach. He had been.ill ! race of Jester running for sen- j
for some time. Surviving are ate in 1948. There is talk (at!
his wife and six children. Frank I the present time) that Steven-
Lowe of Culver City. Calif., and | These awards are being nre-
Latrelie Bush of Shreveport, La.: I sented to t :e following District
two sisters, Mrs. Oscar Dowell of concer ning landowners: J. Ij
San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Jim \ Alexander. O. F, Arnwifong. W.
Crow of Clarksville; and two ' M. Atkinson, R, M. B.ulev. H. F.
brothers, W. M. Davis of Bogata j Bummer. H. I . CHwshir. W T
and I. II. Davis of Laurel, Miss. I Crittenden, Horace Cruce. W. R
Pallbearers were Edgar Jr. Garland. Mrs. V. Gas<;nv:n\ 1
El-! B. Giles. Mac'- G’------r. <; v.
Gt il'lin. Mrs. Anna t; i , 11 i -. R D.
Guest. Roy G>'ilov' IV I). Har-
vey. Ben F. .lack. • Fled .1. Mi-
son. Ed .loner, F •(>• • .Innes. Sii . •
Jone.>. C. D. Lf.rr \ ... n. Vi i
Lowrv, Dr. C. M rC in M. C. Me
ton, Clyde Mitci. 1 . T. Peek,
Robert Pierce. C. M, Raulston.
Robert Rice, Walter Rite, Robert
Smith, L. R. S'nrev, Frank *
Stringer, A. F. Swint, A. A. j
Thomas, Thomas Van Denver, j
Ben Warren, Paul B. Warren, |
Luther White. Chester O. White-I
man, L. L. Williams, and E. T. |
Witmer.
were
Stewart, Salathial Stewart,
win Rakes, T. G. Hulsey, Wiley
Mathena and Edgar Stewart.
Stevenson Plans
Race for Senate
Thgre is a fine human interest
story this newspaper would like
to have, but since its editor
doesn’t speak Italian, he can’t
interview a little 19-year-old
Italian girl who left her native
land and kindred to come to
strange America for the purpose
of marrying the man she loved.
We make reference to Linda
LaSala of Foggie, Italy, who last
Thursday wed Lloyd Troutt of
Bogata.
Able to speak only a few words
of English Lloyd had taught her
while with the Army in Italy,
she was unable to learn what
her detention at Ellis Island Was
all about. She also had rough
passage coming over, as dark
spots on her legs indicated many
falls on the deck of the rolling
ship.
After several telegrams to of-
ficials from the Troutts, she was
soon on her way to Texas. The
nervous strain had been great
for the girl, and when she met
Lloyd’s mother at the Troutt
home in Bogata, she burst into
an hysterical sob as she buried
her face on the motherly shoul-
der.
To leave her native Italy, her
parents and kindred and travel
a strange land
whose language she did not un-
derstand and whose people did
not understand her, had produc-
ed a highly nervous condition.
“We use signs and gestures
and she is rapidly picking up
the meaning of many English
words,” H. E. Troutt, father of
Lloyd, told this editor, “and she
is getting along splendidly now,”
he added.
Hitchhikers Face
Fines Up to $200
Hitchhikers, will face a new
difficulty in Texas after Sept. 5.
A two-line subsection of the
A. E. (Ed) Bell, 66, field man
for Liebtry National Bank since
March 15, 1925, and former con-
stalble of the Deport precinct,
died at his home in Paris Satur-
day, after being in ill health the
past five years.
Funeral Monday was conduct-
ed by Cornelius Abbott, Lamar
Avenue Church of Christ minis-
ter, with interment in Highland
Cemetery at Deport.
Survivors are Mrs. Bell, the
former Miss. Carlos B. Humph-
rey; one son, William Bell, and
these sisters and brothers: Mrs.
Louis Strotus, Houston; Mrs. Cal-
vin Rodgers and Mrs. Trace
Monk, Memphis; Mrs. Charles
Merritt, El Paso; Mrs. Given Mid-
dleton, Corpus Christi; Porter
Bell, Pattonville, and Ragan Bell
and Coy Bell, Santa Anna, Calif!
Mr. Bell was born at Biards-
town, April 11, 1880, son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bell. He
mo'">d to Paris in 1912, and had
liveu there ever since.
Pallbearers were Tom Roach,
Jack Thompson, Arthur Ro-
hatsch, Clyde Humphrey, Dave
Chambers and J. A. Rose. The
service was conducted by Cor-
nelius Abbott, Lamar Avenue
Church of Christ minister, and
Robert G. Cook, also a Church
of Chi^st minister. -■
MRS. BELL ENTERTAINS
BIBLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Mrs. Floyd Bell entertained
with a party for her Bible School
students (Juniors) at her home
Wednesday afternoon. Games
were played and refreshments of
candy bars and cold drinks were
served to Ann Jones, Patricia
King, Ima Jean Butts, Sonja Bell,
Shirley June Damron, Nelva
Jane Bell, Virginia Donaldson,
Dixie Seaman, Rex Allums, Jer-
ry Whitten, Buddy Damron, Bob-
by Thornton, Durwood Wims,
Virgil Hudson, Sammie Holder
new tiaffic code, which goes into | ancj Bobby Hearn of Holdenville,
effect on that date, prohibits any , okla
person standing in a roadway for '
tlie purpose of soliciting a ride
from the driver of any vehicle.
Violation of the provision can
result in a fine of from $1 to $200.
The law is a safety measure,
George Clahke, managing direc-
tor of the Texas Safety Associa-
tion, said Monday. A large num-
ber of hitchhikers are killed each
T, 0 .. „ _ . ! year, he pointed out, when they,
e “ ol onservation Service ( or drivers 0f cars ancj trucks, are
blinded by lights.
Bus line representatives did a
swell job in getting the bill thru
the legislature.
GIRL SCOUTS MAKE
DIAGRAMS OF STARS
has assisted some 515 landown-
ers, comprising around 100.0001
acres, in working out complete I
coordination soil conservation
programs on their farms. It is |
the goal of the Soil Conservation]
Service that at least another 50 J
farms be added to the list of!
completions by the end of the j
year in the Red River County
Soil Conservation District.
The Girl Scouts, sponsored by
Mrs. Newt Bryson, went “star
gazing” lyionday night. They
went out to the big tree on the
The Bogata Girl Scouts met at
the Community House Tuesday.
Seven members and the leaders,
Mrs. Newt Bryson and Mrs. Paul
Griffin, were present. After sev-
eral games and songs, the girls
made diagrams of the different
summer constellations. The group
went star gazing Monday night
and made the diagrams from
their observations.
Miss Peggy Lee Carlock left
Sunday for Sherman, where she
is enrolled as a student nurse at
the Wilson N. Jones Memorial
YOUTH CARAVAN COMING
TO METHODIST CHURCH
I Boss Suggs farm and studied the Hospital in a letter to her mo-
I stare- Pr*s?,nt ™ereA J“ne ther. Mrs. Sam T Jones, she said
kenship, Patty Wood. Ann Grif-1 thflt ,t was a very nice place and
that she liked it except that she
was homesick.
I fin, Faye Grayson, Betty Allen, |
| Billy Ann Cody pnd Ann Jones, j
POSTAL RATES RETAINED
BY CONGRESS
We’ll probably not see any
more 2-cent letter postage soon,
if ever. Congress has passed and
the president has approved a bill
retaining present postal rates.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Vaughan
and children, Mrs. Vannie Sea-
marl and daughter. Dixie Van of
Bogata, Floyd Chesshire and
family and Miss Jodie Craddock
spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Jeffus at Texarkana and
enjoyed a visit with Bill Jeffus,
here on leave from Naval ser-
vices in Europe and Dean Jeffus
of San Antonio, both sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Jeffus,
A daughter, named Fiances
Ann, was born June 25 at the
Grant Hospital in Deport to Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Clevenger of Ha-
gansport.
Gunn of Biafdstown, is a bro-
ther and Mrs. J. D. Norwood of
Paris, his sister. Mrs. A. W.
Simmons and Mrs. W. M. Lari-
more of Deport are his double
cousins.
He was a former resident of
Deport, moving to Austin to edu-
cate his children 25 years ago.
son and Jester will make a deal:
That it will be one or the other
next summer for Senate.
of the Red
FARM CASH INCOME
UP 13 PER CENT
WE SERVE
First National Bank
ailiife-iMjftii
IN BOGATA, TEXAS
In terms of Texas farmers’ in-
come, 1947 is fulfilling its pros-
perity promises. Farm cash in-
come totaled $370,895,000 in the
first five months of 1947 to stand
13 per cent above the total for
the same period in 1946, re-ports
from the University of Texas Bu-
reau of Business Research reveal.
Temperature Hits
Above 100 Degrees
Hot weather has been a sub-
ject for discussion this week, es-
pecially Tuesday when the mer-
cury climbed above 100 just be-
fore a shower at Deport and
Johntown and only a sprinkle at
Bogata and Talco.
But the rain cooled the atmos-
phere and permitted comfortable
sleep Tuesday night.
Crops are looking well and are
clean. Hay harvest is underway
and fruits and vegetables are be-
ing canned.
I The \out:i Caravan is coming | Mrs. Harley Allbritton and!
, to Boeata Saturday alternoon i'or daughter. Vcnnie Beth of Okla-1 Northwest District
a week, \uung people, ages 12 j horna City, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer : Rivef County Singing Conven-
to 24 are cligiole to attend and ; Churchman and two sons, Edwin ti°n 'vlU ho!d lts 'jualder,ly
the communities near by of any | Glynn and Elmer Wayne of, ing Sunday in the high school
denomination or no denomina- Sherman, spent the week with 'gymnasium at Detroit, Kurus v-a-
ti°n a>e invited. The sessions Mr. and Mrs. Ross McClure and hill, the president, announces.
50% DISCOUNT
See Our Counter of Items with
Discount 35 per cent to 50 per cent
Including—Face Powder, Face Cream, Talc,
Dusting Powder, Medicines, Toys, Stationery,
Hair Tonic, Gifts, Fly Spray and others.
25c Vito Deoderant_______2 for 26c
Plus Tax
$1.00 Hand Lotion
50c
will be from 9 a. m. until noon
and 8 p. m. each day from July
5 through July 11.
There will be five members of
the caravan. Miss Etheleen Wil-1
liams of Bonham, will be the J
counselor. The others are Miss
Eula Lee Johnson of Cape Gir-
adeau, Mo.. Miss Jacqueline Mc-
Kenzie of Bogalusa, La., Miss
Pauline Phelps of Abingdon, Va.
and Mrs. Sam Banks of Lake-
land, Fla. All these are college
students and are giving their
time. Miss Williams is the only
paid worker and She is coming
at a sacrifice.
The pastor will preach at 11
a. m. Sunday. The caravan will
be introduced and have charge
of the evening service.
Church School at 9:45 a. m. for
everyone. Come, please.
R E. PORTER, Pastor.
John Churchman at Paris.
The public is invited.
It’s Smart to Be Thrifty
SHOP WITH US FOR YOUR
BUCKMAN DRUG STORE
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AUBREY BUCKMAN
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licensed PILOT AT
SEVENTEEN YEARS
GROCERY and
MARKET NEEDS
FRESH FRUITS and
VEGETABLES
WE NOW HAVE THE FAMOUS
Miss Marie Dodd of Nashville,
Tenn., niece of Mr. and Mrs.
John Roddy of Deport, has re-
ceived her license as an airplane
pilot. She is only 17 years old
and visited in Deport last sum-
mer. Her first passenger after
receiving her license was her
grandfather, C. B. Dodd Sr., who
is 80 years old.
A clear conscience is one your
closest friends can see through.
HINES BABY FOODS
for your youngsters.
CREAM—6 flavors to
Carry home a Carton of ICS
choose from.-
SKIDMORE & TOPPING
Groceries—Feeds—Market
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