The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1947 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XXXVI
BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1947
NUMBER 13
rs. Guy Smelser
Dies Saturday at
Temple Hospital
Mrs. Guy Smelser, 45, co-own-
er with her husband, of the Bo-
gata Telephone Co., died Satur-
day at 1:30 a. m. at Scott and
White Hospital in Temple. She
had undergone an operation there
In November and returned Jan.
6 for further treatment.
Mrs. Smelser was born at Mar-
^aall Springs, near Mt. Pleasant,
2, 1901 and was married to
Smelser Nov. 11, 1917. They
operated a telephone exchange in
Talco twelve years and spent two
years in Tyrone, Ok. They had
made their home in Bogata for
the past fourteen years.
She leaves her husband, her fa-
ther, Sam Harper of Talco; two
brothers, two sisters, Gilbert Har-
per, Hughie Harper, Mrs. George
Barnard and Mrs. Jim Davis, all
of Talco.
Funeral services were held at
Bogata Church of Christ Sunday,
Gray Carter of Talco, officiating.
Burial was in the Bogata Ceme-
tery.
Active pallbearers were ’' k
Mitchell, William Rozell, Virgil
Wood, M. V. Humphrey Sr., Mack
Glover, Geoffrey Bartlett, Guf-
fery Gieger and Jack Thomas of
Mt. Pleasant.
ILCO PEOPLE ATTEND
InERAL OF MRS. SMELSER
Attending the funeral services
for Mrs. Cattie Harper Smelser
in Bogata Sunday besides Gray
Carter who conducted the ser-
vices, were Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Gieger, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Kel-
ley, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jobes,
Mrs. Felix Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Bonham, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Cato, Mr. and Mrs. Wilton
Kelley, Nolan Neugent, Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Stephenson, Mmes.
Myron Gage, Dick Rodgers, Ed
Nugent, Sue Thomas, Onis Welch,
J. T. Goodroe, W. M. Jordan,
Harold Trimble, M. E. Jones,
^.s. Roberts and D. O. Dunagan,
VjH and Mrs. V. P. Gibson, R. F.
'Parker, L. L. Reed, Milton Pear-
son, Bobby Roberts, Billy Jean
and Lon Jones, Leon Jones, Miss
Marie Reed and Miss Marion
Mrs. Wiley Hudson McGill and Satterwhite Are Arrested
Dies Thursday at and Stolen Loot is Recovered
Bogata Home
Mrs. Wiley Hudson, 77, died at
Monday night of this
Wayne McGill, formerly of De- | Robbery of the Burden store
port, and Billy Odell Satterwhite occurred several weeks ago. Sec-
of Bogata, both recently of Port ond robbery of the Deport school
8:15 p. m. Thursday at the home “nd °f the Army’ were and the Holloway residence oc-
of her son, Lenox Hudson in Bo-j ,,, , , , ,
.. , . Ion Wednesday and charges
gata, after an illness due to a l , - , * ..
i “--- When arrested one was armed
with the Holloway revolver and
new shells had replaced the old
I ones. The shot gun and rifle
are were also loaded. | Lamar and
in a Paris hotel room curred on
of week.
burglary preferred against them
in connection with the robbery
, of the Deport school, W. F. BuF
after an illness due to a
ailment. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. R. S. Smith,
Presbyterian minister, on Friday , , , .. 0 .. i
... . T tj j i Jen store and the Sam Holloway , ones,
at the home of Lenox Hudson, I .. 1
,.L ,_____, , . „___. „ . ’ residence in Deport. They
now in the Lamar county jail. j Choctaw county sheriffs depart
, With their capture was recov-1 ments, Paris city police and an
j!! .. « nKan • man ! ere<I a Philco radio record player FBI agent co-operated in the ar-
and a time stop watch belonging rests.
with burial in Bogata Cemetery.
Lucy Rebecca Humphreys, sec-
da Humphreys, was born in Bo-
gata July 12, 1869 when Bogata
was known as Maple Springs. She
was married to Wiley Harris
Hudson Feb. 15, 1893. He died
Dec. 31, 1927. To this union sev-
en children were born: Betty and
Wiley Jr. died ,in infancy; Mary
and Howard died at early matur-
ity.
Surviving are three sons, Len-
ox, Sidney and Henry Hudson of
Bogata, five grandchildren, Da-
vid Lee, Sidney Ward, William
Howell and Gayle Hudson, all of
Bogata, and Wiley Joe Hudson,
Dallas; one great-grandchild,
Joanna Hudson of Dallas, two sis-
ters, Mrs. D. L. Sorrels and Mrs.
Dan McCain, one niece, Mrs. Gor-
don Allen, one grand-niece, Bet-
ty Allen, all of Bogata.
Pallbearers were G. W. Bartlett,
H. H. Wilkinson, Alvin Wood,
William Rozell, Marcus Gibson
and Milburn Hinson.
to the school; location of several In addition to the loot mention-
hundred dollars worth of mer-1 ed above, there were other ar-
chandise taken from the Burden | tides from other residences,
store and sold to a Paris second- j Numerous “jimmy” tools and
hand clothing store.
Clarksville Hanks
Elect Officers
Stockholders of the First Na-
tional Bank in Clarksville named
H. I. Jones president, succeeding
the late C. D. Lennox. Mr. Jones
had served as vice president sev-
eral years. Other officers elect-
ed were A. B. Lennox, vice presi-
dent; John A. Bagby, assistant
cashier. Directors: H. I. Jones,
C. D. Lennox Jr.,' A. B. Lennox,
Enos Elder, J. A. Cockrell and
John A. Bagby.
Red River National officers and
directors named were C. E. Wil-
liams, president; A. D. Simpson,
vice president and cashier; B. B.
Black, vice president; C. C. Can-
terbury, assistant cashier; Gordon
screw drivers, an electric drill
From the Holloway home, rob- I and other articles were among
bed on Monday night was recov- I the stuff recovered by officers.
ered a gold cigarette case, three
pieces of jewelry, five boxes of
.30 calibre rifle shells, one .38
Colts revolver, a Remington au-
tomatic shot gun, a .30 calibre
automatic rifle, four boxes of
shot gun shells, three razors, a
pair of binoculars, two felt hats,
two pairs of shoes, five suits of
clothes, an extra pair of trousers,
seven white shirts and door keys
to the Ifolloway home. Some
other articles are still missing.
Charges are also expected to
be preferred in Choctaw County,
Ok., in connection with robberies
When Holloway faced the pris-
oners they were wearing two
suits, two shirts and one a pair
of shoes belonging to him.
Local officers received tips
from Port Arthur officers in con-
nection with the <Ase. An auto-
mobile is said to bf missing.
School houses af Deport, Bo-
gata and Mt. Vernon have been
robbed recently and the people
are highly incensed and indig-
nant over the wave of robberies
that have been committed.
A vigilance patrol as a means
of putting down robbery and
Aikin Named to 14
Senate Committees
Senator A. M. Aikin of Paris,
has received more committee ap-
pointments than any other mem-
ber of the new Texas Senate. He
will serve either as an officer or
member of 14 committees.
In the new appointments Sena-
tor Aikin was named chairman of
the Senate Control committee,
vice-chairman of the Finance
committee, and vice-chairman of
the Banking committee, all con-
sidered powerful and important
Senate groups.
He was named a member of the
following committees: State Af-
fairs, Governor’s Nominations,
Civil Jurisprudence, Constitu-
tional Amendments, Education,
Highways and Motor Traffic, La-
bor, 'Rules, Penitentiaries, Aero-
nautics, and Employment.
Truck Sideswipes
Five Cars in Deport
at Hugo, and McGill and Satter- ; theft was proposed and will pro-
white were taken there on Thurs- bably be formed by Deport citi-
day.
Bids On Highway
Construction Work Is New Titus
Open Jan. 23-24
A. H. Karcher
The State Highway Department
will open bids Jan. 23 and 24 on
Texas highway construction pro-
jects estimated to cost $8,500,000,
the largest letting in dollar value
since the war.
County Agent
A. H. Karcher Jr. has resigned
as assistant county agent in La-
mar county to take a position as
county agent in Titus county. He
replaces Jas. W. McCowan, who
has served as county agent in
Construction listed bids include | Titus county for the past eight
Wooley, assistant cashier; Kelsey
Trimble and Rev. and Mrs. Mor- Dick, assistant cashier. Directors:
gan.
New Year Presents
A Visible Sunrise
Something new was given this
section Monday by the new year.
C. E, Williams, A. D. Simpson,
Gordon Wooley, Jay Silberberg,
C. C. Canterbury and B. B. Black.
CORRECTION
In this issue of The News is a
corrected condensed statement of
the First National Bank in Bo-
the following, by counties:
Jan. 23:
Lamar—U. S. Highway 82; 12.5
miles, flexible base and asphalt
surfacing.
Franklin, Hunt, Delta and Red
River—U. S. Highway 67 and
State Highways 24 and 37; 2.07
miles, cut-back asphaltic concrete
pavement.
Hopkins—U. S. Highway 67 and
State Highway 154; 14.08 miles,
hot mix asphaltic concrete pave-
ment.
Five automobiles parked along-
side the street in front of the
school buildings in Deport were
sideswiped last Thursday night
by a large produce truck operat-
ing out of Greenville. Constable
Pick Anderson called the high-
way patrol and the driver was ap-
prehended near Paris. He was
fined for not possessing a driver’s
license, according to Constable
Anderson.
Final Date to Pay
Poll Tax Jan. 31
Final date for paying poll taxes
will be Jan. 31, and every per-
son who is subject to payment
should pay, regardless of the suf-
frage consideration. One dollar
of the tax money goes to the
state common school fund and fif-
ty cents to the general fund.
Twenty-five cents taxes care of
the collection expenses.
Big Ranch On
Sulphur River
Sold to Firm
Sale of a 12,557-acre ranch,
along Sulphur river to Leonard
Brothers Company of Fort Worth,
by the Federal Government, has
been confirmed. The price was
$134,000.
The tract, formerly known as
the Alford Ranch, owned by Jess
Alford of Paris and John Alford
of Henderson, lies partly in La-
mar county, the rest being in
Hopkins, Delta and Franklin
counties.
Between 400 and 500 acres of
the land lie in Lamar county, be-
tween Cunningham and the river.
A number of years ago the
tract, then heavily bonded for le-
vee improvement, was bought
from St. Louis bondholders by
the Alfords, and later sold by
them to Naud Burnett of Green-
ville. Some time before the at-
tack on Pearl Harbor, Burnett
sold the land to the federal gov-
ernment for the FSA resettle-
ment program. Outbreak of war
changed the agency’s plans, and
the project was not carried thru,
though others were set up at Mar-
shall and Wichita Falls.
’Teen Agers Face
Check Charges ’
Sheriff Bob England is hold*
ing three boys and a girl in con-
nection with forging and passing
several checks at Paris.
The girl and two of the boys
3re juveniles, he said, while the
other boy is only 18 years old. All
are from Paris except one boy
who resides in Deport.
Youngest of the group is the
14-year-old girl. Deputies said
that when they questioned her
about the alleged crimes, she re-
plied—“I won’t talk until I see
my lawyer.”
One of the juvenile boys is
presently on parole as a delin-
quent child. He was recently de-
clared delinquent by the Lamar
County Juvenile Court after he
was arrested in connection with
a wave of local burglaries several
weeks ago.
The sheriff’s department has
seven checks, totaling $69.50, al-
leged to have been forged and
passed by various members of the
group. An investigation is being
continued and additional checks
are expected to be uncovered.
Statements admitting various
forgeries had been obtained from
the boys, a deputy disclosed.
The land is said to be among i]VD
the richest in the state, though
extensive levee repairs, in addi-
tion to those made during Mr.
Burnett’s ownership, are needed
to protect the soil.
Pleasant Negro
Gets Life Sentence
Charlie (Buster) Stern, negro
Right-of-way j farm worker, received a sentence
for a farm-to-market road from'of 99 years in the penitentiary in
Minter in Lamar county, across1 District Court at Mt. Pleasant
Sulphur river to Sulphur Bluff | Monday.
in Hopkins county was obtained
and such a road would be of great
value in opening up this area.
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A bright sun rose in a clear | gata. Our apologies to bank of-
sky, after 19 days of cloud-hidden ficials for the error in the state-
sunrises. 1 ment last week.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE
First National Hank in Bogata
BOGATA, TEXAS
At Close of Business December 31, 1946
ASSETS
Loans and Discounts $ 76,846.31
Banking House .......•______________________________ 2,500.00
Furniture and Fixtures________________ 1.00
Other Real Estate ......................... 1.00
Other Assets ............. 3,498.41
Cash & Exchange ................. 455,989.13
U. S. Bonds ................................. 171,550.00
Other Bonds __________ 27,459.73
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank________ 1,800.00
TOTAL_____________________________$739^645^58
Pure!-st
PLENAMINS
years, and who has accepted sim-
ilar employment in Van Zandt
county.
Karcher, an ex-GI and a gradu-
ate of Texas A & M. College,
took over his duties Monday in
Titus county. His main job in
Lamar county was working with
the boys’ 4-H clubs.
Monroe May, Lamar County
Agent, said that Mr. Karcher did
an excellent job in Lamar county
and that he was sure the people
of Titus county will learn to ap-
preciate the fine work that Mr.
Karcher is bound to do, for he j proper
rendered a real service in Lamar | tion in
county.
In addition to working with
4-H boys, Mr. Karcher did an ex-
cellent job in working with the
dairy program in Lamar county
and this experience should prove
of much value to him in working
with the big dairy program now-
in Titus county.
In leaving. Mr. Karcher want-
ed the people of Lamar county to
know that he appreciated the op-
portunity to wor with them and
stated that he ! >ped to always
do the kind of iob that would
warrant the many friendships he
he had made while working in
Lamar county.
Right-of-way for
Farm-to-Market
Road Is Signed
Several property owners signed
right-of-way dedications Satur-
day afternoon at a meeting in the
Minter school house for a discus-
sion of proposed work on Farm-
to-Market Highway 196 from Pat-
tonville to Cunningham.
The conference was called for
the purpose of placing before
property owners along the road
the importance of obtaining the
right-of-way by dcdica-
order to facilitate future
action concerning the road.
This was the second such con-
ference to be held in Lamar coun-
ty in the past two weeks. Pro-
perty owners along a section of
Farm-to-Mnrket Highway 79 at-
tended a meeting in ti c county
court house last Saturday after-
noon a week ago.
Commissioner Sid J. Parks,
Precinct 1. was among approxi-
mately 150 persons present at the
Minter conference.
Ho (fat a Army I)og
Receives Discharge
Stern was charged with crim-
inal assault on Mrs. Tom Elliott,
the attack allegedly taking place
at her home in the east side of
the city last Fall. Shortly after
his arrest, when there was some
indication that mob violence
might result. Stern was taken to
an undisclosed jail for safekeep—
Ted, donated for Army service
by George ((Tootsie) Hobbs, has ,‘nS-
received an honorable discharge J -
at Ft. Royal. Va.. after serving! SHOWER HONORING
two years with the 48th Infan-!MRS. LEONARD DAVIS
try Scout Dog Pit. He was train- j --
ed foi jungle scouting and gradu- i a shower was given in the
ated at Camp Shelby, Miss., w-ith I home of Mrs. Aimer Norwood of
the highest rating in a unit of j Cftnningham, Saturday, honoring
80 dogs. Ted will not return to | Mrs Leonard Davis, the former
Bogata to make his home, al- > Miss Ruby Helen Rhodes,
though he expects to visit his for- | Miss Ethyleene Moore register—
mer owner soon. He will make ecj guests in the bride’s book, a
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his home with his trainer in ser- j glft 0f Mrs. Fred Cox. Mrs. Lloyd
vice, Dick Fink of Glasford, 111. Smith and Mrs. Mack DeWitt
were out of town guests. Mrs.
Colleen Eudy has been ill with John Davis and Mrs. Aimer Nor-
a throat infection.
I wood served the refreshments.
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YOUR FURNITURE AND
HARDWARE NEEDS
OIL RANGES—Four and five
burner with built-in
882.50 up to $49.50
BREAKFAST ROOM SUITES—Five-piece in Natural
Oak. Chrome and Porcelain . $49.50 to $79.50
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock____________________
Surplus_____________________________T________
Reserve for Losses________________
Undivided Profits______________
Other Liabilities__________
Deposits_______________________________
TOTAL.
$ 50,000.00
15.000. 00
10.000. 00
. 7,620.09
263.67
_ 656,761.82
$739,645.58
First National Bank
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IN BOGATA, TEXAS
The MULTIPLE
Vitamin Capsule
Hut Llvtr Concentrate
and Iron
BOX OF 73
$2.50
Growth of Working
Force is Forecast
BUCKMAN
DRUG STORE
AUBREY BUCKMAN
A working force of 62,000.000
by 1950 is predicted by the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics.
This would be a 13 per cent
gain from the 55.000,090 of 1940.
but 4.000,000 below the wartime
peak.
Some 8,000,000 housewives, stu-
dents, retired workers and others
not normally employed took war
jobs. The bureau said most of
them will leave the work force
eventually, so that by 1950 pro-
bably 1,000,000 will remain em-
ployed.
CAMP MAXEY SURPLUS
MATERIAL GOES ON SALE
vr.
Camp Maxey’s surplus mater-
ial, estimated at $750,000, went on
sale Tuesday and Wednesday,
items on display going to the
bidders.
ROBERT LEWIS OBSERVES
TENTH BIRTHDAY
Mrs. LeRoy Lewis entertained
Friday with a party, honoring her
son. Robert, on his 10th birthday,
who was presented with a collect-
ion of nice and useful gifts.
After numerous games were
played and several contests held,
the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Bill
Clark, served a beautiful birth-
day cake, hot chocolate and cook-
ies to 25 guests.
VETERANS' TIME LIMITED
FOR RENEWING INSURANCE
World War II veterans who
wish to renew their National Ser-
vice Life Insurance have until
Feb. 1 to do so without taking a
physical examination, according r
to Dr. J. R Brittain, Post Com-
mander of the Warren Teague
Deport. After Feb. 1, physical
examinations will be necessary
before policies can be renewed.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dan DeBerry of
Idabel, Ok., apent Friday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Ona Hudson.
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MATTRESSES—Morning Glory Inner-Spring and Box
Sprutg to match. Also Inner Spring Mattresses for
Baby Beds.
LIVING ROOM SUITES in all colors—Velour and Tap-
estry. from $79.50 to $189.50
BED ROOM SUITES-
or light finish
-Nice, big round mirrors—dark
$119.50 up
STUDIO COUCHES—Both Velours and Tapestry—all
spring filled with built-in Bed Compartment—
$69.50 to $97.50
Full and Complete Stock of HARDWARE, PLOW
POINTS, BEDDER POINTS. If you need a special size
point, contact us and we will order it fr you.
RADIOS—We have a large stock of popular brand
RADIOS—Philco, Emerson, Bendix and General Elec-
tric. We have sold out of all cheap, war-time con-
structed Radios and feature nothing but Standard
Brand, Dependably built Radios.
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