The Saint Jo Tribune (Saint Jo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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The
aint Jo Tribune
Serving Wide Area of Montague and Cooke Counties In Northwest Texas
Established In 1898
VOLUME 65
SAINT JO, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1963
NUMBER 23
Editor's Notes
by Vernetta Powell
As most of you know by now,
The Saint Jo Telephone Co., has
distributed their new telephone
directory which was effective
May 1 to all their subscribeers.
The new directory has over 600
telephone listings including num-
bers of residents in Bulcher,
Capps Corner and other rural
communities along with the
immediate Saint Jo area.
The hew book has several
yellow pages filled with listings
and advertising of local busi-
nesses together with several
from surrounding towns of No-
cona, Muenster, Gainesville, and
Bowie.
The directory also has two
pages of area code numbers to
enable persons placing long dis-
tance calls to receive faster ser-
vice.
Hi Nunneley, owner of the
Saint Jo Company, gave me an
interesting clipping about the
Dallas phone directories, which
were just delivered also. It seems
that their books are somewhat
larger than those required for
Saint Jo.
They had their new 1963 direc-
tories printed in Houston. It is
the largest directory in North
Texas and has more than 312,000
listings, compared with 288,900
in 1962 on its 958 pages.
So you can see why it took 40
large trailer trucks to ship the
books to Dallas from Houston
and 625 people nine days to
deliver them throughout the
city.
Granted, Dallas has more peo-
ple, more phone numbers and a
bigger phone directory — but
Saint Jo has telephone service to
compare with any city of any
size. I doubt that any other small
town has had dial service, not
only to town citizens but to
rural surrounding communities,
as long as Saint Jo has. We have
been set up for direct dialing
for about two years.
So, personally, I am proud
of our town and the phone
company, which has taken us
another step closer to progress
and is providing us with a
modem, fast and efficient meth-
od of communication to the
world about us.
* * * 0
We feel a word ot apprecia-
tion is in order (although a little
bit late) to Mmes C. C. Redman,
II D Field, Jr., W. E. Scott, Neil
Purtell, R. W. Donnell, and all
other ladies who worked in the
recent Cancer Fund Drive here.
These ladies devoted much of
their time and energy in seeing
that the drive was a success. A
total of $354.09 was raised in
Saint Jo, which we think is a
comendable amount for our little
city. We also know they would
like to thank all the people here
who were kind and cooperative
during their door-to-door cam-
paign.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Sanders
of Thackerville and Mr. and Mrs.
T. D. Atha of Nocona visited Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Bailey here
Monday evening.
Brooks Smith
Assumes County
Agent Duties
BROOKS SMITH
Brooks Smith has assumed his
duties as County Agent here this
week, it was announced jointly
by Judge Dow Howard, the
County Commissioners Court,
and Ted Martin, District Agent
of Denton.
Smith, formerly Assistant
County Agent of Cooke County,
replaces Wylie Roberts, who has
moved to Kaufman County. The
transfer, effective Wednesday,
was announced earlier this year.
Smith and his family moved to
Montague this week to make
their home. His family includes
his wife, Carolyn, and their two
sons, Mark, 3, and Russell, 6 mo.
A native of Richland Springs
in San Saba County, Smith is
a 1960 graduate of Texas Tech-
nological College, where he ma-
jored in animal husbandry. He
served as Assistant Agent in
Gainesville for the past 2Vz yrs.
Most of his work in Cooke
County was with 4-H Club and
youth projects, although he as-
sisted with the agricultural pro-
gram.
Roberts moved to Kaufman to
take up his duties Wednesday.
Mrs. Roberts and their daugh-
ters, Suzanne and Sherilyn, will
live in Montague until school is
out in May, whe'n they will join
Roberts in Kaufman.
Police Report
For Saint Jo
A police report for the month
of April shows 11 cases filed in
city court, all traffic violations.
Fines collected by the City of
Saint Jo on these violations
amounted to $133.00.
Four cases were filed in Justice
of the Peace Court, all were
charged with drunkenness. Fines
collected by the City on the
cases amounted to $59.50.
The City receives an arrest
fee on the all County cases and
for the month of April, this
amounted to $18.60.
OFFICERS ELECTED AT LOCAL
COMMERCE AND CIVIC CLUB
Officers for the coming year
were elected when the local
Commerce and Civic Club held
their weekly meeting at noon,
Wednesday.
O. K. Willaims was named
President, George (Pete) Pedigo,
Jr., Vice-President, and Chell
Jackson, Secretary-Treasurer.
Speaker for the day was
local physician, Dr. Neil Pur-
tell. His address discussed the
past, present and future of Saint
TRADE IN WHEAT
RISES SHARPLY
World trade in wheat has risen
sharply—almost doubled during
the past decade, said County
Agent Wylie Roberts in present-
ing more facts on the present
wheat situation. Total exports of
wheat throughout the world av-
eraged 948 million bushels an-
nually for the crop years 1950-
51 and 1954-55, and rose to a
record 1.7 billion bushels in
1961-62, Roberts said.
Several factors were cited by
the agent as influencing this in-
crease in world exports. Con-
sumer demand has increased,
stimulated in part by economic
development and aid programs
in the less developed countries
and adverse weather in 1961 re-
duced production in Western
Europe, Asia and North Africa.
Too, the increased feeling of
wheat to livestock, particularly
in Western Europe and Japan,
added to the world trade in
wheat, he said.
Carryover supplies in the
world have also , been large
more than 2 billion bushels with
about 80 percent of this total in
Canada and the United States.
On the question of the U.S.
share of the world market, the
Agent explained that during the
past 10 years the American share
of total world exports rose from
25 percent in 1953-54 to a peak
of 43 percent in 1960-61. It de-
clined slightly last year to 42
percent, Roberts said.
Our principal dollar markets
are the industrially advanced
countries, such as Western Eur-
ope and Japan, the Agent said.
We have helped underdeveloped
friendly nations by furnishing
wheat in exchange for local
currencies and through long-
time credit, he added. Sales for
dollars reached 32 percent of
total wheat exports during the
period from 1957-58 to 1961-62.
They were highest in 1960-61
when they rose to 209 million
bushels or 36 percent of the total
U.S. wheat exports.
As for future world needs for
wheat, Roberts said world con-
sumption is expected to Increase
at an average rate of 150-200
million bushels but that an in-
creased world output averaging
about 2 percent per year would
adequately take care of the ex-
pected demand. A large part of
the increased demand is expected
to take place in the major wheat
importing countries, the Agent
cor. eluded.
Jo, and mentioned ways to keep
trade at home, especially in re-
gard to medical and hospital
costs.
Two new members were wel-
comed into the club, Tommy
Collier and Dr. W. J. Walker.
P-TO Meeting to
Be Held May 6
The last meeting of the Saint
Jo Parent-Teacher Organization
will be held Monday night, May
6, at 7:30 in the High School
Auditorium.
During the business session of
this meeting, a summary of the
year's work of the P-TO will be
given, as each officer gives his
annual report.
Installation of the new officers
for the year 1963-1964 will be
held with Mrs. Johnny Moulder,
presiding. Officers to be installed
are Mrs. C. C. Ware, president;
Mrs. Clark Lyons, 1st vice-presi-
dent (program chairman); Mrs.
E. L. Powell, 2nd vice-president
(finance chairman); Mrs. Jerry
Nunneley, 3rd vice-president
(child welfare chairman); Mrs.
Chell Jackson, 4th vice-president
(membership chairman); Mrs.
Billy Joe Carter, 5th vice-presi-
dent (social chairman); Mrs. Ira
Reed, recording secretary; Mrs.
Herschall Shuttlesworth, trea-
surer; Mrs. Gene Parker, re-
porter and corresponding sece-
tary; Mrs. Clyde Yetter, parlia-
mentarian.
Entertainment for the evening
will be presented by the Inter-
mediate Band, representing the
fifth and sixth grades, under the
direction of Richard Stapp.
ROY BRAWNER COMPETES
IN SMALL ARMS MATCHES
U.S. FORCES, GERMANY
(AHTNC)— Army PFC. Roy C.
Brawner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett T. Brawner, Route 1,
Bonita, Texas, is one of more
than 800 marksmen who com-
peted in the U.S. Army, Europe,
(USAREUR) small arms champ-
ionship matches held recently in
Grafenwohr, Germany.
Top shooters will represent
USAREUR in the all-Army
matches to be held at Fort Ben-
ning, Ga., in June, and winners
there will travel to Camp Perry,
Ohio in August for the National
Rifle Association matches.
The 24 year old soldier, a rifle-
man in the Advanced Markman-
ship Unit of the 6th Infantry's
2d Battle Group in Germany,
entered the Army in October,
1961 and completed basic com-
bat training at Fort Carson,
Colo.
He attended Nocona High
School.
CITY MARSHALL CHARGES
OKLAHOMAN WITH D.W.I.
Frank J. Maharrey, age 32, of
Lawton, Okla., was arrested in
Saint Jo Wednesday by City
Marshall, Nolan Spivey, and
lodged in Montague County Jail.
He was charged with D.W.I.
He was driving a 1952 Chev-
rolet.
Governor Sets
May 12-18 As
Nurse Week
Miss R e n 11 d a Hilkemeyer,
TGNA President, is pictured
here with Governor John Con-
nally as he is signing the
proclamation declaring May 12-
18 Texas Nurse Week.
The text of the proclamation,
which was signed by Governor
John Connally designating May
12-18 Texas Nurse Week, reads
as follows:
"All Texans recognize the
dedicated contributions made to
the health and welfare of our
citizens by the nurses of Texas.
In cooperation with the Texas
Graduate Nurses' Association, the
radio, press, and television media
of our State will honor the
thousands of professional nurses
Ihroughout Texas, May 12-18.
"This week special recognition
is lomg paid the nurses of our
State. We acknowledge the con-
stant efforts of these guardians
of our sick to perfect their skills
in patient care to increase their
knowledge in nursing techniques,
and to do all in their power to
contribute to good health.
"Therefore, I, as Governor of
Texas, do hereby designate the
period of May 12-18, 1963 as
TEXAS NURSE WEEK
in Texas, and commend to the
attention of our citizens the out-
standing contribution of Texas'
Women in White."
(Signed) John Connally,
Governor of Texas
FORESTBURG F.F.A. MEMBER
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SCORER
IN STATE LAND JUDGING
Carvin Mosely, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Doe Mosely and member of
the Forestburg FFA Land Judg-
ing team, was high individual
scorer among 184 contestants in
the State Land Judging Contest
at Stephe'nville April 26. He re-
ceived an inscribed silver belt
buckle for his score of 200 out
of a possible 240. Even with this
outstanding score the total team
made up of Keith Brewer, Dal-
ton White and Johnny Muller,
could only tie for 21st.
Top ten teams and their scores
were: 1st, Carlisle-541; 2nd, Fred-
ericksburg-531; 3a*d tie, Whites-
boro, Hutto & Lueders-523; 6th,
Littlefteld-515; 7th, Glen Rose-
500; 8th, Brenham-498; 9th tie,
Midland & Roscoe-493. Forest-
burg scored 462.
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