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Santa Anna News
“He Profits Most Who Serves Best”
VOLUME LXVII
Thoughts
OF A COUNTRY EDITOR
BY JOHN C. GREGG
Important Band
Practice
Friday Night
All members of the Santa An-
na Mountaineer Band are re-
quested to assemble at the high
school gym Friday evening at
8:00 p. m. for a very important
band practice session. Each
member is requested to be sure
and bring their instruments. The
meeting will be open to the pub-
lic and if you are interested in
hearing the band practice, you
are invited to attend.
Ten members of the band have
not been measured for their
new band uniforms and they are
urgently requested to be present.
Money has been raised to take
care of the new band uniforms
and it is urgent that the order
be placed as soon as possible.
Forty members have already
been measured and their orders
are ready. If the band is to get
the summer price on uniforms
and get them here by the time
school starts this fall, the order
must be completed by the end of
this week.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
The Republican Party Is this
week holding their National Con-
vention in the City of Chicago.
Most likely by the time this
newspaper is printed, they will
have nominated their presiden-
tial and vice presidential can-
didates. But before that happens
we might do a little wishful
thinking.
At present it seems Senator
Taft and General Eisenhower
are having quite a battle over
whose delegates will be seated in
the conventlpn from some of
the southern states, including
Texas. Until Monday it seemed
that Taft had an inSide tract —
then Monday, the general scored
a victory over the senator.
Monday night General Doug-
las MacArthur gave the Key-
Note adress to the convention.
It was strickly a Republican ad-
dress and in that sense a good
one. He lambasted the Demo-
cratic party on most all their
weak points and would have led
a person to believe there was
nothing good in the present ad-
ministration. There is some talk
that MacArthur will be a dark
horse candidate for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination.
We certanily hope not.
In our opinion the best oppor-
tunity for the Republicans to win
the presidential election this
year is for them to nominate
General Eisenhower, and give,
him a good running mate. Iff
the convention nominates Sen-
ator Taft, this writer is afraid
the Democrats will nominate
Harry S. Truman as the Demo-
cratic candidate and if they do
Truman will beat Taft and then
we will have four more years of
government corruptness and in
another four years it is possible
for Truman to get a lot more of
his Socialist schemes over, that
is in case we do not have another
World War. If Taft is nominated
and then elected, this writer
would anticipate a carbon copy
of the Hoover administration,
with the copy being a little
blacker if possible.
We belive It might be possible
for General Eisenhower ta be
elected President if he receives
the nomination. But then he is
going to have to refrain from
letting some of the Grand Old
Party big wigs lead him around.
There is still a majority of vot-
ers who well remember the Hoo-
ver administration and they are
going to think long and hard be-
fore they support another Re-
publican.
At present there is a lot of
graft and corruptness In the
Federal Government. Taxes are
awful high and there is good
prospects for them to go higher.
Yet, the majority of the people m tneir districts demand they
have the money, or can get the do “so and so”, they are going to
money, to pay these taxes. There do it for fear of not being elected
during the next election. Most
of the members of the United
States Congress want to do what
the majority of their consti-
tuants want them to do. But
they must be informed as to
what you want them to do. They
cannot read your minds, and un-
less you write them and let them
know your opinions, they have
to do what they think best, which
sometimes may not be right ac-
cording to your way of thinking.
As I stated at the beginning of
this, I wanted to do a little wish-
ful thinking. Some are not exact-
ly going to appreciate what I
have said and others are going
to think well of some of the
things I have said. This is a free
nation, where freedom of the
press, with the right to worship
as you please, was a predominate
factor in the founding of our
great nation. We consider it a
great privilege to be free to ex-
press our opinion as we see fit
This same privilege is granted to
every American and we think
it would be a great boom to our
nation if more people would ex-
press themselves.
the steel Industry, the electric
companies, and others who have
large amounts of money invest-
ed and who make large amounts
of money. We must also have
the small private enterprises,
such as the little truck farmer,
service station operator, small
clothing merchants, etc. If taxes
continue to soar and government
takes over the large enterprises,
it will be impossible for the small
enterprises to operate and pay
the taxes. The large enterprises
Will be under government op-
eration and everybody working
will be on the government pay-
roll. Just where is this leading
us? We believe to a nation of
Socialists and eventually, possi-
bly to Communism. This we do
not want and do not believe the
American people want, but also
believe the American people do
not take time to consider any
of these thoughts. Most of them
are making a fair living at the
present time and are more or
less happy. In army life, it is
considered the average soldier is
not happy unless he is complain-
ing about something. That may
well be applied to the average
citizen. They all complain about
taxes and government corrupt-
ness, but never give much
thought to what they can do
about it. Yet, it is strickly to the
American average citizen to see
that something is done about it.
The average American citizen
can control the- government of
the United States if enough of
them would correspond with
their Senators and Congress-
men. Even though the President
of the United States is not ac-
tually the choice of the majority
of voters some of the time, the
Senators and Congressmen are
elected by a majority vote and
when the majority of the people
in their districts demand
Coleman Rodeo
Will Play Four
Days Next Week
The fifteenth annual Coleman
Rodeo will take place next week,
beginning Wednesday, July 16
and continuing through Satur-
day night. The Coleman Rodeo
Association is composed of 84
Coleman County members and
is a non-profit organization.
A big parade will be held in
downtown Coleman each after-
noon at 5:00 p. m. The Rodeo
will begin at 8:00 p. m. in the
new $60,000 arena south of Cole-
man.
Dedication of the new Cole-
man County Courthouse will be
held at 3:00 p. m. Wednesday,
July 16, with several speakers on
the program. Open house for
the new building will be held
from noon until late in the even-
ing.
Last Chance To
Get Change In
New Directory
The new Santa Anna Tele
phone Co. directory is taking
shape and by the end of this
week will be the last chance to
get a change of listing. Several
have responded to last weeks ad-
vertisement.
The new directory will be
ready for delivery about August
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Vacation Bible School
which was to have been held
this week at the North Side
Baptist Church, has been post-
poned until Monday, July 14tft.
Tom Stewardson
To Judge Dog Show
At Lometa Sat.
Texas> July 9 — Bor-
der Collies, the famous sheep
dogs will be shown on exhibit
and at work at the first annual
V t Lometa on Saturday,
July 12, announces Willard Potts,
general chairman of the event.
Sponsored here, by the local
Ltons Club, the trials will start
at the high school football field
at 8 p. m. Saturday night.
Entries have been received
from 20 towns. The events will
be judged by Tom Stewardson of
Santa Anna.
Border Collies carry the breed-
ing from generations back to
handle sheep, and they are worth
more on the ranch working,
driving, cutting and handling
sheep than several men.
They seem to sense every move
a sheep is about to make, and are
able to handle every situation
on the range and in the trials
with perfect timing.
Legion To Elect
Officers Monday
A business meeting of the
American Legion will be held in
their Home Monday night for
the election of officers for the
coming year. All members of the
organisation are urged to at-
tend .
Clean Up. ..
Avoid Polio
Rites For Joe McCrarj
At Seminole Monday
Funeral---f
Mondly J
services were held
July 7th at the South
Lions Den
A very light attendance was
noted at the weekly meeting of
the Santa Anna Lions Club. One
visitor was present, Dr. Charles
M. Henner, new owner and oper-
ator of the Santa Anna Hospi-
tal. Dr. Henner joined the club. *ic wua uiso a mcmDer oi
Lion M. L. Womack gave the the Seminole Odd Fellows Lodge,
program for the day and his | He went to the South Plains
Sam Maione, officiating, assisted
by Rev. c. L. Carroll of Santa
Anna.
I Mr. McCrary met death in an
accident at an oil well where he
was working at about 8:30 on
Saturday morning, July 5th. He
had been employed by the At-
lantic Petroleum Co. In a respon-
sible position for 7 years.
He was born at Bangs, May 18,
1911.He moved with his parents
to Santa Anna, where he spent
most of his boyhood. The de-
ceased became converted and
joined the Baptist Church In
1926. He was also a member of
Almost every city In the state
of Texas is undergoing a cam-
paign to clean up their towns
in an effort to avoid, or to de-
crease, the dreaded disease _
POLIO. At present there are
more cases in Texas than there
has ever been before and more
cases are being reported every
day.
It has been determined that
flies and other Insects of this
nature are carriers of this di-
sease. It his also been deter-
mined that these Insects can be
controlled. But no one person
can do It. It .takes cooperation
from every individual for the
control of Insects and the clean-
ing up of any town.
Thus far this year we have
been exceedingly fortunate In
that we have not had a case of
polio In our little city. But no one
knows when we might have one.
We have had them In the past
and there Is no reason to doubt
that we will have them In the
future, unless something Is done
Rain Covers
City On
July Fourth
One of these well known
strange happenings of the
weather happened here Friday,
July Fourth. Along about six
o'clock in the afternoon, almost
in inch of rain fell In the city
limits of Santa Anna. Outside
;he radius of about two m|i«.
from town in every direction,
it did not even sprinkle.
The wind blew hard for a-few
minutes and did some damage
here. The big chinaberry tree on
the vacant lot by the side of the
Ben Yarborough home was
blown down and It Is under-
stood that another large tree In
the south part of town was blown
down.
is a great amount of unemploy-
ment at the present time and in
our opinion, Social Security Is
a big cause of this. There Is
employment to be had if a person
really wants to work and work
for a reasonable wage. Most
people seem to remember that
in the Hoover administration,
there was no work to be had at
any wage.
There is a good possibility that
a Republican President (General
Elsenhower) would be good for
the United States. The Demo-
crats have been In control since
1932 and when any one faction
controls a nation for so long,
they get the idea that they are
unbeatable. With the number of
persons on the payroll of our
Federal Government, it might
be Impossible to beat them.
President Truman Is appar-
ently opposed to private enter-
prise and is attempting to force
a lot of Socialistic schemes down
the throats of the American peo-
ple. In order for the United
States to continue and prosper,
we must have large private en-
terprise* such as ■The railroads,
talk was enjoyed very much.
Lion Emzy Brown, program
chairman, appointed Lion Ozro
Eubank to have the program
next week and Lions Dick Bass
and Ford Barnes to have the
program the following week.
No business was brought before
the club, and It adjourned early.
John L. Mankins,
Retired Farmer,
Dies In Ontario
Ontario, June 26, — John L.
Mankins, 78 died, Thursday at
his home, 622 S. Plum Ave., fol-
lowing a long Illness, which took
a critical turn a month ago.
A retired farmer, Mr. Mankins
came to California from Cole-
man, Texas, some seven years
ago. He is survived by his widow,
Edna; six daughters, Mrs. Roland
White, Chandler, Ariz.; Mrs. J.
D. Estes, Mrs. Nelson Carlock,
Mrs. Hozie King, Mrs. James La-
Master and Mrs. Travis DeWees,
all of Ontario; three sons, C. Y.
Mankins, Brownwood, Tex., and
Dee and Earl Mankins, Coleman,
Tex.; a sister, Mrs. Alice Dement,
Comanche, Tex., and 18 grand-
children.
country in 1930 and has lived at
Tahoka, Brownfield and Den-
ver City.
He was married to Miss Elsie
Snelson at Tahoka in January,
1935. They have lived In Seminole
for 6 years.
He is survived by the widow
and one son, Jimmie Joe, aged
14.
Other survivors are his pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam McCrary
of Santa Anna; two brothers,
Luther of Santa Anna and Bill
of Sweetwater; three sisters,
Mrs. Roy West and Mrs. Vernon
Campbell of Santa Anna and
Mrs. E. E. Wood of Sweetwater.
All of these with their families
attended the services.
Others besides those above
mentioned who went to the ser-
vices from Santa Anna were,
Mrs. C. L. Carroll, Mrs. Buster
Woodard and Jim Daniell, also
Mrs. Joe Flores of Bangs.
Henry Goodwin, Jr., and wife
and their little daughter, San-
dra Kay came on the fourth for
a visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Goodwin, Sr. He had
arrived two days previous at his
home in Valley Mills, from 13
months service In Korea and
Funeral services for Mr. Man- j Japan. He Is on a 30 day leave
kins will be conducted Monday, and after 90 days more service
2:30 p. m., at the J. B. Draper|will get his discharge Three
Memorial Chapel, 127 W. C St., nieces of Mr. Goodwin from
with the Rev. Thurman Millhol- j Amarillo also visited in their
Ion of the Pentecostal Church home at the week end.
of God officiating. Interment _
will be in Bellevue Cemetery. j Mr. and Mrs. James Goodwin
Mr. Mankins was a former re-1 returned to their home in Ama-
sldent of the Rockwood commun- j rillo Sunday after a holiday
lty- w««k end visit with his parents,
- ,---| Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodwin
Mr .and Mrs. Marvin Rouse of
McCamey visited on the 4th with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Rouse and Mr. and Mrs W. J
McClure.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stephen-
son and family of Brownwood,
visited relatives In Santa Anna
and vicinity Monday.
Production Credit
Ass’n. To Meet In
Coleman Monday
Texo Ted Gouldy and his Texo
Hired Hands, sponsored by the
Burris Mill and Elevator Co., of
Ft. Worth, will be entertainers
for the Annual Membership
meeting of the Production Credit
Association in Coleman Monday.
The meeting will be held In the
Howell Theatre beginning at
9:30 a. m. The Production Credit
Association has about 800 mem-
bers and covers the five counties
in the Central Texas area.
The string band will also play
for the noon luncheon of the
association to be held In the
Coleman Park. The band Is
composed of Texo Ted and 6
other members.
Election of officers and direc-
tors will be held during this an-
nual meeting. The meeting is
for the entire membership and
Invited guests.
The band is being brought to
Coleman through the coopera-
tion of the county Texo Feed
dealers ,the Theo Griffis Wool
Warehouse and the Griffin Hat-
chery of Santa Anna.
to prevent it. ‘ * . .jl
A recent survey of our town
showed a large number of plaoes
where flies and other Insects can
and do breed. These places must
be gleaned Up before control of
Insects can be accomplished.
This cannot be accomplished
unless you, as the citizen of San-
ta Anna, cooperates.
We could have the mayor de-
clare a certain day for clean-up
and have all the stores in town
close and the owners and em-
ployees go out and help In the
clean-up drive, but little would
be accomplished In this man-
ner. It Is mostly In the residen-
tial parts of town and vacant
lots that need to be cleaned. This
can only be done by the owner or
whoever Is living on the proper-
ty. It is up to you, good citizens
of Santa Anna, whether you have
a clean, polio free town or one
that is likely to be stricken with
the dreaded disease at any time.
Some people seem to think
that because they have no small
children they are not likely to be
stricken with the disease. Just
for your information this week
a man In Dallas, who was 39
years old, died of the disease
and it has been known to strike
people as old as 63. So very few
families In Santa Anna can rest
at ease where polio Is concerned.
After breeding places for In-
sects are cleaned up, other con-
trol measures must be taken.
Covered garbage cans are needed
where every family lives. At
least two cans should be used.
One tor wet garbage and one
for drF garbage, such as tin cans,
bottles, etc. Over 400 of these
cans are needed to be placed In
Santa Anna. Response to last
week’s appeal was very light and
so we are printing the same
Iform again this week and re-
questing all who do not have
covered garbage cans to fill out
the form and sign it, then mall
lor take it to the Community
Chamber of Commerce.
This Is not a profit making
proposition. The cans will be sold
to the ones who wish to purchase
them at the exact cost whole-
sale. Naturally, the more cans
bought, the less they will cost,
so we cannot say just what the
cost will be, but It should be un-
kler $3.00.
Hit is not good business to force
anyone to do what must be done,—
But force could be used if coop-
eration is not better than it has
been thus far. If you will get out
land clean up your premises, you
will be proud of what you have
done. It makes a person proud
of himself to know that his pre-
mises are clean and free from -
breeding places for Insects. If
he does this on hls own accord,
It makes him that much more so.
The survey Just completed
shows where places that need
to be cleaned up are. The survey
Is complete In every detail and
if your property needs to be
cleaned up, that fact Is known
by the Chamber of Commerce
committee and they will be
checking to see what you are do-
ing about It. The details of the
survey are not for public use,
and will never be released to the
public. The survey was made to
find these places that need to be
cleaned, and It Is hoped’ that
owners of vacant lots and other
property that needs to be cleaned
will get busy and do so — now!
( ommunity Chamber of Commerce
Santa Anna, Texas
I (we) will guarantee to purchase ............ covered
garbage cans at the wholesale price.
Signed ....................................
I\ O. Ilox Number
or Street Address.........
......................»■ • • •
Santa Anna, Texas
(Cost to be approximately $3.00 each)
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Gregg, J. J. Santa Anna News (Santa Anna, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1952, newspaper, July 11, 1952; Santa Anna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982163/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.