Lipscomb Lime Light and the Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1936 Page: 4 of 4
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LIPSCOMB LIME LIGHT AND FOLLETT TIMES, POLL1TT, TEXAS
Thursday December 24th, 1936
Eighth District
P.T. A. News
By Betty Pearson Hodges
Publicity Chairman
P. T. A. organizations all over
the district have occupied them-
selves with Christmas plains and
programs and have been active in
organizing radio listener's group
Booker's membership increased
from 94 to 110 last month. Vega's
first night meeting December 8
held at the school had a splendid
attendance.
Mrs. R. S. Mauney of Bprger
addressed the Weatherly Associa-
tion there on "Honesty the Best
Policy." She advocated a definite
allowance for the child, which
would include a definite small
amount to spend as he see fit. She
suggested moral lessons be brou-
ght closer to the child by using
personal contact as a means of
illustration. First graders of West
Ward School are being served
milk each morning at school, ex-
pense being taken care of by
parents and West Ward P. T. A
Listener's groups were also or-
ganized .
The Huntoon executive council
entertained the Ochiltree County
Council and held a stocking soc-
ial in December. The Christmas
Tree and program which Hun
toon sponsors annually will bs
held during Christmas week. The
men will have complete charge of
the January program. They also
plan to help entertain the District
P. T. A. conference which meets
in Perryton during April.
Hart's P.. T. A. and the Miss-
ionary ladies of that community
jointly sponsored the Oal Farley
program presented there recent-
ly; Memphis held a Christmas
program, December, 17 with carols
by the Junior High Pupils and a
Christmas story told by Mrs
John Lolland. Three listeners
groups were formed at Pantex P.
T. A. meetings. Stinnett held a
42 and bridge party with 40 per
sons in attendance, and raised $10
for their funds.
The Soncy association of Am-
rillo is the newest in the district,
with Mrs. H. D Hare as presid-
ent. The district welcomes the
new members.
Mrs. R. J. McReynolds, first
vice-president of the "district,, of
Dumas, visited Stratford, Daihart
and Sunray P. T. A.'s recently
As school of instruction will soon
be held in Stratford, and inter-
est in P. T. A. work is growing
in Daihart.
Mrs.. R. A. Render of Panhan
die, second vice-president of the
district, visited Claude, Goodnight
and Washburn during the past
peek."* A County Council for
Wheeler County will be organized
early in January.
Mrs. D. L. C. Klnard, of Me-
mphis, fifth vice-president will
have a joint meeting of Childress,
Donley, Collingsworth, and Hall
Counties in Memphis early In the
month of February.
Registrations of
'New Automobiles
Justin, Texas, Dec. 22—Regis
tratlons of new automobiles In
fifteen representative counties
4wing; November totaled, 6,2
cBffa, 52.3 per cent over October
aqd 11.1 per cent over November,
1 flips, the University of Texas Bur-
eau of Business Research has re-
ported. Aggregate registrations
during the eleven months of this
cars, ttgtituft M>
630 cars during the correspond^
period jStafrtew, an Increase of
14*7 per cent.
In comparison with the preced-
month, sales In the two lower
brackets made the sharpest
but in comparison with
the yea* to date,
sales gains
in the
Honored
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BROWNWOOD, Texas, Nov. 21.1
-Howard Payne College at its j
annual home-coming program
Thanksgiving Day will dedicate a
monument to the memory of the
Rev. Noah T. Byars, Texas pat-
riot and pioneer Baptist preach-
er, in whose blacksmith shop at
Washington-on-tJhe-Brazos the
Texas Declaration of Independ*
ence was signed March 2, 1836.
The home-coming program will
begin Tuesday. Speakers will in-
clude Senator Tom Connally; R.
C. Campbell of Dallas, secretary
of the Baptist General Conven-
tion of Texas; Dr. Karl H.
Moore, pastor of First Baptist
Church, Brownwood; the Rev. J.
M. Dawson, pastor of First Bap-
tist Church, Waco, and the Rev.
Ben M. David, pastor of Field
street Baptist Church, Cleburne.
Dr. Moore and Mr. Dawson are
present pastors of two of the
largest churches which Byars
helped organize.
The monument, which will be
situated on the campus near the
college administration building,
will be Llano blue grantle, fif-
teen and one-half feet high. It
will be unveiled Thursday at 11:30
a. m. Hundreds of Texas Bap-
tists, Including many officials of
the church, are expected to at-
tend. The series of home-coming
programs will constitute the out-
standing Baptist Centennial ev-
ent of 1936 in Central West Tex-
as.
Born in South Carolina.
"Among the pioneers of Central
West Texas, the Rev. Noah T.
Byars is doubtless the most, fam-
ous," Dr. Thomas H. Taylor, pre-
sident of Howard Payne, said.
"His life was intimately connect-
ed with the founding of religion,
education and civil government
in Texas.
"Byars was born in Spartan-
burg, S. C„ May 17, 1808. He
moved to Georgia in 1830, left
that State in 1833 and settled in
Texas as Washington-on-the-
Brazos, where he opened a black-
smith shop. When the convention
of delegates met in Washin-
gton in March, 1836, Byars' shop
was the only building in the town
large enough to accommodate the
meeting and the declaration of
independence was signed in that
building. Byars was armorer for
Sam Houston's army during the
War with Mexico and later served
as sergeant at arms in the Tex-
as Senate.
"He helped organize the first
Baptist Church in Tex&s at
Washington in 1838 and was lic-
ensed to preach 'that same year
after moving from Washington to
Bastrop. He was ordained to
preach Oct. 16, 1841. President
Mirabeau B. Lamar, his Cabinet
and other distinguished citizens
of Texas were present ait the or-
dination ceremonies.
Burled at Brownwood
"When the Baptist General
Convention of Texas was or-
ganized in 1848 Byars was elected
its first missionary. He had a
prominent part In organizing six
Baptist associations and more
than sixty churches, Including
First Baptist Church in Waco In
1851 and First Baptist Church in
Brownwood in 1876. He was a
member of the Texas Baptist Ed-
ucation Society that organized
Baylor University and Mary Har
din-Baylor College and is listed
by many authorities as a mem
ber of the first board of trustees.
Goieonda College at Palo Pinto
and later , Byars Institute near
Houston were other fruits of his
labors. The Pecan Valley Baptist
Association, funded under Byars'
leadership, was instrumental m
the creation of Howard Payne
College in 1889. He also organized
churches in many counties thro-
ughout this section.
"The pioneer preacher first
came to this section as a mission-
ary in the early "70s. He lived m
Brownwood continuously after
1888 until his death on July 17,
1888. His grave Is In
Cemetery here."
A number of members of
Byars family will
H •
Wednesday night banquet. Am-
ong those, who will be here are
Mrs. Baylor Byars of Weather-
ford, a daughter-in-law of the
pioneer preacher, and several of
his grand-children, Arthur By-
ars of Lockney, Mrs. Pheba Mc-
Kinney of Weatherford, Noah
Byars of Eastland, Mrs. Flora
Mae Mitchell of Pampa, Mrs. R.
M. Williams of Graham and Mrs.
M. E. Dllday of Amarillo.—The
Dallas Morning News,
Editor's Note—Noah T. Byars^
the Plonee/ Preacher, is the
grand-father of Mr. Earl Byars
of Follett.
Of Interest ~
Continued from Front Page
stand. The results of variety tests
and crop breeding have proven
the adaptability of Tepary beans
as a hay producing substitute
crop for alfalfa. New and impro-
ved varieties of other crops bred
at the station include several of
the grain sorghums and spring
barley.
The investigation of soil mana-
gement problems, although yield-
ing information slower than most
experiments, has already been
useful in determing safe methods
of utilization of barnyard manure,
and the proper place of deep till-
age methods under Panhandle
soil and climatic conditions. The
injurious effects of wind on
plants have been scientifically es-
tablished .to be independent of
their effects on moisture utiliza-
tion, thus emphasizing the need
for windbreak protection particul-
arly to vegetable and small fruit
crops. The relative productive
value of different :types of crops
and pastures, and the possibilities
of utilization of various border
land crops and foreign introdu-
ctions,, have been investigated.
Hundreds of samples of wheat,
feeds, soil and water have beep
analyzed in the station laboratory
in order to provide information
of direct benefit to patrons of the
.institution and at the same time
(to obtain information of general
value.
A serious effort has been put
forth by the station staff to con-
centrate upon the most Important
standing problems as well as to
respond to emergency conditions
which may have developed from
time to time. Since the station in
the past has received practically
no assistance from" the Federal
Government and the funds from
the State, of Oklahoma have been
inadequate to cope with the full
range of " problems confronting
the agricultural development "Of
the Panhandle, It has been neces-
sary to confine the work of the
Panhandle Agricultural Expesi-
ment Station to only the more
pressing questions.
Perhaps the opportunity of
most far reaching Importance
open to the station Is the solution
of the problems of soil consprva
tion. According to a report re-
cently made by Harley A. Daniel
and Wright H. Langham, 15% of
the total nitrogen and* 18% of
the oragnlc matter of'the soils In
the southern high plains have
been either blown away or deple-
ted by cultivation. The soil drifts
on eroded land contain at the
present time 24.5% less organic
matter, 28.0% less total nitro-
gen, 29.3% more sand and 37.8%
less silt and clay than the adja-
cent virgin surface soil. During
the present drought the soli in
many places has been blown out
to the plow depth several times
and some of the shallow soil to
caliche. Soils in general up to
this time retain a relatively high
state of fertility and there Is pos-
sibly time left for the discovery
and putting into practloe me-
asures for conservation which will
prevent the depletion of soil to
an unprofitable condition. Since
the fertility of the soil rapidly de-
crease with depth,, the impor-
tance of saving the natural soil
resources is fully recognized and a
streneous effort is being made to
maintain and increase the in-
vestigation along this line. En-
couraging progress has been made
and it is hoped that this work
may be completed soon enough
that the Panhandle may be
spared the impovishing experi-
ence of being forced to attempt
what is sometimes an impossible
achievement, the rebuilding of a
depleted soil under semi-aMd
conditions. This can only be
made possible by the discovery
and putting into effect of effec-
tive conservation measures whiie
a full measure of the original soil
fertility remains.
Ivanhoe
Slapout And Thereabouts
December 21st.
It was reported that Skeeter
and Ted Thompson, were, working
on cars and left Skeeter's car over
at J. H. Jett's till they could pull
it home. When they went after
it, they found out it was not
out of gas! The boys had every
thing figured out and all they
needed was the switch key. Had
to make a trip back after
it.
Miss Margerlte Henricks who is
attending college at Alva, Okla.,
is home for two weeks.
Alec Meyer and Pete Nosier
were in to see the show
"Ramona" Wednesday night.
Mrs. J. H. Jett and boys ac-
companied Mr. and Mrs. Carma-
chiael to Laverne, Okla., to see
Santa Claus.
A 21/2 hour play, "The Adven-
tures "of Grandpa" was given at
Windsor Friday. 48th. A large
crowd turned out and the "antics
of Grandpa" was thoroughly en-
Joyed .
Additional Evidence
A recent period, in the words
of the Annalist, "brought addit-
ional evidence of further Im-
provement In Industries that have
already experienced much recov-
ery and indications of £t revival
in industries that have been lag-
ging. It seems to be a sellers'
market all along the line as final-
ly refected in a sharp rise in the
weekly wholesale price index."
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Skaggs, Ethel J. Lipscomb Lime Light and the Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1936, newspaper, December 24, 1936; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth389553/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.