The Saint Jo Tribune (Saint Jo, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1963 Page: 1 of 10
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The
aint Jo Tribune
Serving Wide Area of Montague and Cooke Counties In Northwest Texas
VOLUME 65
SAINT JO, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1963
Established In 1898
NUMBER 13
Editor's Notes
by Vernetta Powell
Happy George Washington's
birthday! Wouldn't dear ole
George make several turns in his
grave if he knew just how most
of the United States celebrates
the day of his birth.
There was a time when Feb-
ruary 22 was a day of patriotic
reminence honoring the "Father
of Our Country." with parades,
speeches, ceremonials and th2
waving of Old Glory.
But today, in our modem,
commercial philosophy of events,
Washington's birthday is noted
for the big sales at stores
throughout the nation where
items are marked down to rc-
diculous prices (some would
have even seemed low in
George's day).
In Washington, D.C., many
stores have merchandise such
as typewriters for sale at 99c,
socks for lc and scads of similar
listings. These sales require a
whole extra team of policemen
and peace officers to keep a
minimum amount of order in the
mad, frantic rush of customers
hurrying to get first pick at the
bargains.
Americans have for some
time, maintained a name as
bargain hunters and many per-
sons will buy things at a big
sale that are of no use what-
soever to them, just because
they are cheap. They figure as
long as they are saving money,
it doesn't matter what it's good
for or what it costs.
Still if President Washington
could peep in at some of our
elementary school classes, his
heart would mellow at the
sight of these young boys and
girls making posters, booklets,
and reports about the great
leader and fine president who
was the first in a long succession
of capable men who have added
to our prosperity, safeguarded
our peace and protected our
democracy.
So in the final analysis, perhaps
we're not doing so bad. As long
as we're teaching our young
people, who will be our future
leaders, the real meaning of
patriotism, love of country and
freedom by which we live and
instill in them the desire to
protect these freedoms, then
I'm sure that Mr. Washington
lived not in vain.
* • * •
A couple of our former citi-
zens were honored in the Sun-
day issue of the Wichita Falls
Times, with their recipes appar-
ing in the special Cookbook
edition.
Mrs. Carl Latham, now of
Amarillo but formerly of Saint
Jo and the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Meador, received hon-
orable mention for three of her
prized recipes: Avacado Doodles,
Apricot Parfait and Apricot-
Cheese Pastry Hearts
Mrs. T. M. Myracle, also a
former resident who now resides
in Electra, was in the honorable
mention column for her Peach
Surprise Ice.
If you missed these scrump-
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Six County Communities Donate
$2,915.73 to March of Dimes Drive
MONTAGUE, Texas (Spl)—Six
Montague County communities
contributed a total of $2,915. 73
to the 1963 March of Dimes
campaign for the National
Foundation, it was announced
this week by Mrs. David Minor
of Montague, county board and
drive chairman.
This amount is more than the
county has raised for the past
Services Held in
Bellevue for Miss
Bessie Mae Smith
Miss Bessie Mae Smith, 72, a
resident of Bellevue for over 70
years, died Friday morning in
a Bowie Hospital.
Services were held at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday from Bellevue First
Methodist Church with burial in
the Bellevue Cemetery.
Miss Smith was born in Vashti,
Texas, March 5, 1891. She was
preceeded in death by a brother
and sister.
She was active in the First
Methodist Church and the Ceme-
tery Association.
Survivors include six sisters,
Mrs. Perry L. Brawning and
Mrs. Robert Kelly, both of
Wichita Falls, Mrs. J. C. Straws
of Electra, Mrs. Lawrence Neck-
alls of Henrietta, Mrs. Joe L.
Mikeworth of Bellveue, and Mrs.
Louis T. Holland of Montague;
one brother, Homer Smith of
Wood River, Illinois.
Pallbearers were all nephews
and included Smitty L. Brawn-
ing, David H. Mikeworth, Neal
Mikeworth, Wade B. Smith,
Joseph Strawn and Johnny N.
Smith.
Saint Jo residents who at-
tended funeral rites were Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Holland, Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Holland, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Ware and Mrs. Mable
Ware. Accompanying the group
were Mrs. Rowland Williams of
Denton and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Holland of Sherman.
BOB EMBRY ENROLLS AT
OKLAHOMA STATE TECH
OKMULGEE, Okla.—Robert
(Bob) Embry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Embry, Saint Jo, Tex.,
has enrolled at Oklahoma State
Tech, Okmulgee, Okla., for the
spring term.
The school is devoted exclus-
ively to technical training, is
operated as a branch of Okla-
homa State University. It has
trained approximately 18,000 per-
sons since it opened in 1946.
REPRESENTATIVE OF SOCIAL
SECURITY TO BE IN SAINT JO
A representative of the Social
Security Administration will be
in Saint Jo at the City Hall on
Wednesday, February 27 from
1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m
You are invited to meet with
the representative to file your
claim or to obtain information
or assistance concerning Social
Security.
two Foundation drives, and sev-
eral communities have still not
reported their contributions,
Mrs. Minor said. She expressed
thanks to the drive chairmen
and all workers who helped to
make this campaign so success-
ful.
Reporting communities, their
drive chairmen, and their total
contributions are: Nocona, Mrs.
J. J. Hoehn and Mrs. Tom Davis,
$1,242.42; Bowie, Foy Cantrell,
$938.87; Saint Jo, Mrs. Johnny
Moulder, president of Twentieth
Century Club which sponsors
the drive, $418.90; Montague,
Mrs. Carolyn Pults, $144.04;
Ringgold, Mrs. Wilba Montgom-
ery, $98.14; and Sunset, Bill Mc-
Connell, $73.35. Miss Ermytrude
McNatt of Bowie is county cam-
paign chairman.
Rites Held at
Iowa Park for
Former Teacher
Mrs. Floyd Zion, former resi-
dent of Saint Jo and teacher
in the local school system, pass-
ed away Tuesday, February 19
in a Wichita Falls Hospital af-
ter an illness of several months.
She was 50 years old.
Mrs. Zion and her husband
taught school here for several
years prior to their move to
Iowa Park in 1957, where they
have been teaching since that,
time.
Mrs. Zion was born June 12,
1912 in Bokchito, Okla., the
former Miss Mary Elizabeth
Lewis. She graduated from
Celera, Okla. High School in
1929, after which she attended
Southeastern State College at
Durant where she received her
B.S. degree. She did post grad-
uate work at the University of
Colorado in Boulder, Peabody
College in Nashville, Tenn., and
Oklahoma State University at
Stillwater. She received her
Master's degree from Midwest-
ern University. She was a fifth
grade teacher in the Ethyl Kid-
well School in Iowa Park at the
time of her death.
She and Floyd Zion were
married December 19, 1943 in
Durant. He is a social science
teacher in Iowa Park High
School.
Mrs. Zion was a member of
the First Presbyterian Church
in Iowa Park and also church
choir director and a member of
the church building and educa-
tion committee. She belonged
to numerous other clubs and
organizations.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Iowa
Park First Presbyterian Church
with Rev. Harold Dykstra, pas-
tor, officiating. Burial was in
Durant, Okla., under the direc-
tion of Tanner Funeral Home
of Iowa Park.
Survivors include her hus-
band; one sister, Mrs. Scott
Conway of Dallas; two brothers,
E. Wilson Lewis of El Paso, and
Albert C. Lewis of Falls Church,
Va.
Hit and Run Auto
Damages Cars of
Local Residents
A driver in a light colored
automobile is the object of a
search by Cooke County author-
ities for damages incurred to
a new car belonging to Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Bull of Dallas as
they were enroute to visit his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Bull and her brother, Eber N.
Dunbar and Mrs. Dunbar here
last weekend.
The accident occurred just
outside Muenster on Highway 82
Sunday morning during a heavy
morning fog, causing consider-
able damage to the Bull's car
which they had purchased only
two days before.
No one was injured and no
identification was made of the
auto that hit them.
That same morning, local citi-
zen Neely Bingham who works
for Corley Tank Trucks, was a
victim of a similar accident. His
1961 Chevrolet was struck on the
outskirts of Saint Jo on Highway
82 by another automobile which
he described as resembling that
one involved in Bull accident.
Bingham was unable to dis-
tinguish the license number of
the other vehicle in the dense
fog and as yet has no more in-
formation concerning the car or
its driver.
The fender of Bingham's car
was damaged, but no one was
injured in his car.
Kite Flying Can
Be Dangerous
Life in the twentieth century
can sure get complicated, as
anyone living nowadays knows.
Take kite-flying, for instance.
Time was when a young kite-
flyer did not have much to
worry about except trees, wind
and the proper amount of tail
for ballast.
In this modern era, however,
this traditional sport is threat-
ened by many hazards such as
electric power lines, television
antennas and busy highways;
and many youngsters do not
realize the dangers in this in-
nocent pastime if safety rules
are not observed. This reminder
comes from Otto Holland, local
manager for Community Public
Service Company, in an appeal
for caution directed to children
and parents alike.
"The most important rule,"
Mr. Holland declared, "is to
never fly kites where there is
a possibility of their getting
tangled in electric power lines."
Other "Doh'ts" include: don't
use metallic cord or wire for
kite string, don't use metal in
frame of kite, don't pull on the
string or climb a power pole
to loosen a kite snagged in elec-
Mc wires, and dont fly a kite
over television antennas.
To help impress children that
safety is all-important in kite-
flying. Community Public Ser-
vice has provided safety rule
posters for school bulletin
boards.
HOME OWNERS
CLINIC TO BE
HELD MARCH 6
W. S. ALLEN
The Home Owners Clinic is
being held especially for the
person who is planning to build
or remodel in the future. There
are many problems that develop
after it is too late and the home
is built or remodeling gone too
far to correct. For these reasons
the Housing Subcommittee of
the County Program Building
Committee is sponsoring this
program on March 6.
Montague County is fortunate
in securing the assistance of
W. S. Allen, Agricultural Engin-
eer, Texas Extension Service,
College Stateion, who will be
in charge of this meeting. Local
people will assist on the pro-
gram.
Among subjects to be discussed
are "Selecting the Right Build-
ing Site," "What the Home
Owner Should Know About
Legal Matters," "How May I
Finance a New Home or Re-
modeling," and "Building Ma-
terials and Costs." Everyone who
plans to do any building or re-
modeling should attend this
meeting. Mr. Allen was in our
county for a meeting several
years ago and was extremely
well received by all who heard
him.
William S. Allen, a native of
Tennessee, received his Bache-
lor's Degree in Agricultural
Engineering from the University
of Tennessee and worked in that
state until he entered the armed
forces in 1943. He entered World
War II as a private and reached
the rank of captain by the time
he was discharged in 1946. He
is author of several publications
including "Frame House Con-
struction Details for Texas" and
"Plan the Homestead." Many
blue prints are designed in his
office for farm and ranch fam-
ilies of Texas. He is a member
of the American Society of Ag-
ricultural Engineers, the Re-
serve Officers* Association, the
Infantry Association, and the
Texas Agricultural Workers As-
sociation.
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