The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1975 Page: 1 of 4
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Mrs. Roy Miller
Route 1
Wortham, TX 76693
SERVING WORTHAM
And Its Tri-County
Trade Area
The Wortham Journal “
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WORTHAM. TEXAS
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1975
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FACTS & FICTION
The Wortham Schools will be
closed for the Thanksgiving
holidays November 27 and 28.
School will resume at the regular
time on Monday morning, Dec. 1.
Blinn Instructors
File Court Suit
AUSTIN (AP) - Six former
instructors at Blinn Junior Col-
lege have filed a federal court
suit seeking reinstatement at
the Brenham school.
The suit filed by Larry Watts,
a Houston lawyer, alleges con-
tracts for the group were not
renewed after the 1974-1975
school year. The suit says the
constitutional rights of the in-
structors were violated in that
they were given no reasons for
the action by the school and
that they were denied a re-
quested hearing.
In addition to seeking prelim-
inary and permanent in-
junctions ordering reinstate-
ment, each plaintiff seeks $35,-
000 in compensatory damages,
$65,000 in punitive damages,
back salary, attorney costs,
and court costs.
Several hunters from Wortham
have been out deer hunting,
since the season opened last
Saturday. Most report getting
their deer.
Mrs. Raymond Rice was the
winner of the deer rifle in the
Mexia Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment raffle.
Mildred was declared the
winner in their 6-6 game last
Friday with Scurry-Rosser. They
will play Big Sandy this Friday
for bi-district championship. We
wish the Mildred team luck in
their efforts.
The Journal will be published
next Wednesday due to
Thanksgiving holiday. The
Journal office will need your
copy by Monday noon.
Happy birthday to Jimmy
Roberts on November 21; Dee
Mason on November 22; Pamela
Beaver, Stanley Richardson and
Kathleen Davis on November 24;
Gloria Rojas on November 25;
Beckie Wilson on November 26
and Ralph Calame on November
27.
Regular School
Board Meeting
Held Monday
The regular monthly meeting
of the Wortham School Board
was held last Monday night with
President Alton Frost calling the
meeting to order.
Mr. and Mrs Chuck
Alexander, co-owners of Two
Cards, Incorporated, met with
the Board asking for an ad-
justment on the value of the Tow
Cart plant because of over-
valued, wornout and obsolete
quipment. Based on the figures
presented, the value was
decreased from the assessed
value of $200,000 to $90,000.
Mmes. Butler, Fisher, Sims,
Moody, Black, Wren and Supt.
Poe were appointed to serve on
the textbook selection com-
mittee. Monthly bills were ap-
proved for payment.
The audit report of Frye,
Gregory and Linnsteader were
reviewed and approved. The
report shows an August 31, 1975
cash balance of $78,153. The total
value of the school assets is
$756,176. Bonded indebtedness of
the district is $163,012.
Other Board members present
were Dr. Buchmeyer, Dan
Moore, James Black, Rudy
Miller, and Jon R. Jones.
Bus Transportation To
Aid Persons Over 55
By Stan Inderman
Confederate Marker
Dedicated At
Cotton Gin Cemetery
A Confederate Marker was
dedicated in memory of Thomas
Jefferson Batchelor on Sunday,
Nov. 16, at 2:30 pjn. at the Cotton
Gin Cemetery. The officers of
Lydia McLane Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
conducted the dedication service.
Thomas Jefferson Batchelor
was born Oct. 14, 1845 in Eutaw
Co., Alabama. He was a member
of Company E, 62nd Alabama
Infantry under Captain J.L.
Walthall with Brigadier General
Thomas as Commanding Officer.
The Regiment was captured at
Blakely, Ala. April 9,1865. After
the regiment was captured the
company was received at Ship
Island, Miss. April 15,-1865 then
transferred to Vicksburg May 1,
1865. He was exchanged at Camp
Townsend May 6, 1865 after
having served for two years in
the Confederate forces.
At the end of the war Mr.
Batchelor came to Texas. He
was 28 years old when he arrived
and settled at Horn Hill. He lived
ip this community until he moved
to Kirvin where he died Sept. 3,
1933. He was a devout Baptist
and an exemplary citizen all of
his life. Among his descendants
there are two daughters still
living, Mrs. Mary Smiley and
Mrs. Reuben Huckaby.
Descendants of Mr. Batchelor
attending the service were Mrs.
J.R. Sessions, Kirvin and Miss
Mary Ann Batchelor of
Morganfield, Kentucky gran-
daughters; Joe Tom Tims of
Mexia, a grandson; great grand-
children Mrs. Hulen E. Kirgan of
Mexia, Mrs. J.A. Eubank of
Dalla^, J.R. Sessions, Jr. Kirvin,
Kenneth B. Sessions Waco; great
great-grandchildren Jimmy
Kirgan of Teague, Hammond,
James Carter, and Ken Sessions
Kirvin; great great great
grandchildren Jim and Kim
Kirgan of Teague.
Among those present were Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Gauntt of Hubbard.
Mrs. Gauntt is Chairman of
District 7 of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy of
which Lydia McLane Chapter is a
member.
Miss Robin Lokey played taps
to concliide the ceremony.
Senate Says Okay
to Jack Eckerd
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Senate today approved Presi-
dent Ford’s nomination of Flor-
ida drug store millionaire Jack
Eckerd to head the General
Services Administration, the
government's housekeeping
agency.
Eckerd, whose nomination
was approved by voice vote
without debate, succeeds Ar-
thur Sampson, who resigned
from the $42,000-a-year post on
Oct. 16.
The founder of a sprawling
drug store chain in the South-
east, Eckerd, 62, has been ac-
tive in Florida Republican poli-
tics. He ran unsuccessfully for
the Senate in 1974 and in 1970
sought the Florida gubernato-
rial nomination.
Eckerd, at his confirmation
hearings, described himself as
“a tight-fisted, hard-nosed con-
servative," who said he would
run the GSA as he would a
large business.
Persons over 55 in Free-
stone County can receive the
services of a new mode of
transportation. And. these
services apply to all medicaid
card holders. This new
method of transportation is
one of the Over 55 Clubs
busses.
These two buses provide
transportation for citizens in
Freestone County that have
no other means of transpor-
tation.They may be used to
carry persons to the Over 55
centers that are located
throghout the county or they
may be used by these
persons to run personal
errands. However Medicaid
card holders may only be
taken to health offices.
Interstate Highway 45 is
the boundary line for the
busses. The Fairfield bus
covers all Freestone County
east of this highway and the
Teague bus covers all of
Freestone County west of it.
The Over 55 centers have
nutrition programs, social
activities, information and
referral services and health
services for its members.
And the meals that are
served once a week may be
bought for 75c.
These meals are bought
and paid for on a local baAis.**
There is no government
funding of the meals. How-
ever, the busses are under
through the Heart of Texas
Council of Governments
through its Area Aging Pro-
gram.
This program was
instrumental in the acquis-
ition of the two busses, also.
There are Over 55 centers
in Teague. Fairfield. Butler.
Furney Richardson, and
other communities in the
county as well as the possi-
bility of one being establish-
ed in Wortham in the near
future.
But. one thing makes
these centers go; and that is
volunteers. Volunteer work-
ers help with the cleaning,
meals preparation, and gen-
eral care of the centers.
Also, the bus drivers. Ella
Lee. driver of the Fairfield
bus and Travis Lively driver
of the Teague bus. play an
important part in the contin-
uation of this program.
They log plenty of miles
each week helping the el-
derly persons that are lack-
ing method of transporta-
tion. Not only do they take
the person to the place he or
she needs to go. but they
wait for them and return
them home again.
Bus transportation may be
obtained by calling one of the
following numbers: In
Teague, 817/739-3541 and in
Fairfield 214/389-3513.
The Teague center is open
daily Monday through Fri-
day; Fairfield's is open
Monday morning and all day
Thursday of each week;
Butler's is open Wednesday
afternoon; and Furney
Richardson's is open Tues-
day afternoon.
Although each center has
its own special activities, a
persons can generally find a
game of dominoes . cards
some type of art or craft, or
just a friendly person to talk
to at these centers.
Livestock Producers Urged
To Attend Livestock Clinic
Judge Quits Because
He Thinks He’s Not
Justifying His Salary
By DENNIS MONTGOMERY
Associated Press Writer
BENTON, 111. (AP) - A 71-
year-old Southern Illinois judge
says he can’t honestly say he's
putting in a full day’s work for
a full day’s pay and he says he
just doesn't feel right accepting
his $42,500-a-year salary.
So he's quitting.
"That’s exactly right,” Cir-
cuit Court Judge William Eo-
valdi said Monday. "There just
wasn't enough work to keep me
working full time. And anybody
who knows me knows I’m not
happy unless I’m working full
time. There is nothing else to
do ’’
Eovaldi said he began think-
ing about his resignation in Au-
gust when his 14 fellow judges
in the 12-county 2nd Judicial
Circuit decided to appoint three
associate judges to handle mi-
nor cases.
"We don’t need this many
judges,” he said. “I tried to tell
them that. I’d say 15 would be
enough We don't need any
more than 15 if the schedules
are properly handled.
"I got to the place after the
appointment of the other judges
where I wasn't running a full
business. I got enough of that.
“I was just raised to work for
a living ever since I was 12
years old. I just think if a fel-
low is working for the public he
ought to render fulltime service
for his pay.
"I’d be in court almost every
day. But that doesn’t mean I’d
be busy every day. I’d handle
two or three little matters and
then I’d just wait around for
something to do.
“I usually put in my six
hours a day and I'd be avail-
able if they needed me.”
Eovaldi was seated on the
bench in 1954 as a city judge
Fourteen years later he won
election to the circuit court and
passed a retention ballot test in
1970. Until this year he said he
found enough to do.
Although his term doesn’t ex-
pire until December 1976, he’s
stepping down Dec. 31 to facil-
itate selection of a candidate by
the time the ballot is drawn in
May.
Labor Man
Blames High
Interest Rates
for Bad Debts
AUSTIN (AP) - Texas AFL-
CIO President Harry Hubbard
said today that high interest
rates on consumer loans are re-
sponsible for the increased
number of bad debts in the
state.
“It is obvious that many high
risk loans are being made un-
der our present rate structure—
too many, we would say," Hub-
bard told the Senate Economic
Development Committee in rec-
ommending legislation to lower
the ceiling on consumer loan in-
terest rates.
“If interest rates were re-
duced, lending organizations
would be forced to decrease
their risk and many people who
can ill afford to borrow money
would be stopped from doing
so.
"Those borrowers who are
good risks no longer would be
forced to pay high interest
rates to support the bad loans
made to deadbeats by high-risk
loan companies," he said.
Attend
Church
Sunday
Lievestock producers in
Freestone and surrounding
counties should mark their
calendars and plan to attend the
Livestock Clinic Monday,
December 1 at the Buffalo
auction bam, urges J.H. Prit-
chard, County Extension Agent.
The meeting sponsored by Area 5
of the Build East Texas
organization, is scheduled from
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
BET Area 5 consists of
Madison, Leon and Freestone
Counties. Jimmy Fite, Madison
County dairyman, serves as
chairman of the multi-county
group. Fite will give the welcome
at the meeting.
Dr. Ernest Davis, livestock
marketing specialist with the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, will attempt to look into
the future and give his view of the
beef cattle outlook. Many
producers are trying to decide
whether to keep calves or sell
them now. Markets have been
fairly unpredictable for the past
several months and the winter
forage situation has further
complicated the situation.
Wortham Lions Club
To Meet Tuesday
The Wortham Lions Club will
meet at Keathleys Diner Nov. 25,
Tuesday at 7 p.m. A film of Pure
Air Combat by the 8th Army Air
Force during W.W.II will be
shown This is not a Hollywood
version film, it's all true. See it
as it happened.
The Wortham Jaycees at-* in-
vited guests
Covered Dish Supper
To Be Held Saturday
There will be a covered dish
Thanksgiving supper at the First
United Methodist Church at 6
p m Saturday November 22 All
families of the church are invited
and a short program will follow
the meal
Drive
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ELLA LEE (left) and Travis Lively (right) are bus drivers for Freestone County Senior
Services. These busses carry persons over 55 to the Over 55 Centers in Freestone County
and also help these persons with their personal errands. They also serve medicaid card
holders. The busses will take medicaid card holders to health offices. See story above.
(NEWSFOTO)
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Wortham High School football team and their coaches
have played an outstanding season this year in all their games and
showing the spirit of good sportsmanship and young manhood.
WHEREAS, the entire student body has backed The Bulldogs in afT
Their eTforts.
WHEREAS, the Superintendent , Mr. Wayne Poe and ifie faculty of
Wortham High School have shown tine leadership and encouraged the
studeifts tn their efforts.
THEREFORE, 1, Harold E. Walter, Mayor o1 Wortham, Texas do issue
this proclamation in honor of them and encourage the citizens ot Wortham
to show their appreciation for the fine acts and attitudes of these
citizens.
Harold E. Walker, Mayor
About your
Social Security
Harry Ellis, Buffalo auction
barn owner, will use live calves
in discussing market grades.
Many producers are unaware of
the grading system and why their
calves fail to bring as high a price
as others. This discussion should
be very helpful to both new and
experienced cattlemen.
"Herd Bull SelecUon" is the
topic for Dr. Randall Grooms,
Many people are saying that now
is an excellent time to select new
herd bulls. The traits needed in
bulls to improve production from
individual cow herds will be
examined.
"Winter Feeding”, a topic
receiving much discussion this
year, will be discussed by Dr.
Dennis Herd, Extension livestock
specialist. In many areas, hay
quality is low and hay may be fed
for a longer period of time than
normal. Some producers began
feeding hay in October because of
dry weather and lack of growing
forage.
The clinic is free and all in-
terested persons are invited to
attend, Pritchard said.
Earnings from holiday jobs can
affect the monthly payments of
students, housewives, and other
people getting social security
benefits, according to Richard
Etter, social security
representative in Corsicana.
The amount people earn from
holiday jobs will cause a
reduction in their social security
checks if their total earnings for
1975 are over $2,520
“For every $2 you earn over
$2,520, $1 in social security
benefits is withheld," Etter said.
"But no matter how much you
earn for the year, you can get
your full social security payment
for any month in which you
neither earn over $210 nor do
substantial work in your own
business.”
People planning to take holdiay
jobs should notify social security
as soon as possible if they know
their earnings for this year will
go over $2,520, according to
Etter.
“Refunding overpayments to
social security could cause
hardship,” he said
People can get information
about earnings and social
security benefits by calling or
writing any social security-office.
The Corsicana social security
office is at 415 N 12th St. The
phone number is 874-8206. Out of
town residents and those living in
Freestone County may call
station lo station collect
Special Program
For Thanksgiving Set
A special Thanksgiving
program will be present ed at the
PT A meeting to be held
Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7 p m at the
school auditorium The kin-
dergarten, first and second
grades with their teachers, Miss
Paula Height, Mrs. Ann Butler
and Mrs. Barbara Fisher will
present the entertainment.
United Fund
Exceeds Goal
For 1975
Thanks to over 45 volunteer
workers, the dedication of our
campaign co-chairman Mrs
Charles Calame and Wayne Poe,
and the hundreds of contributors
who opened their heart and
pocket book, we have exceeded
our goal of $2000 00. raising to
date $2,237.55
We are confident, with your
help, our United Fund
organization will continue to help
many worthwhile causes and
give aid to our local citizens who
have misfortune in their lives
Because you care, you have
shared THE UNITED WAY.
The following United Fund
officers wish to express their
sincere thanks to the Wortham
Journal for publicity, and to each
of you who have helped in our
campaign for this year:
Mrs Harry P Bounds, President
Randy Goolsby, Vice President
Mrs. W O Richardson, Secretary
Mrs N D Buchmeyer,
Treasurer
September Sales
Announced For
U.S. Savings Bonds
In releasing Treasury figures.
County Bond Chairman Ciydell
McSpadden. announced today
that sales of Series E and H
United States Savings Bonds in
Freestone County during Sep-
tember totaled $11,780 Sales for
the nine-month period were
$148,413 for 111) percent of the
yearly sales goal of $135,000
Sales in Texas during the
month amounted to $19,479,856 -
while the year-to-date sales
totaled $181,535,171 with 77
percent of the $234.3 million sales
goal achieved
Verse A Day
There are friends who pre-
tend to be friends, but there is
a friend who sticks closer than
a brother. — Proverbs 18:24.
"Lead the life that will
make you kindly and friendly
to everyone about you. and
you will be surprised what a
happy life you will live " —
Charles M Schwab, American
industrialist
Texan Designs
1975 Christmas
Seals
The 1975 Christmas Seals are
unique in that they're out of the
minds of children. Tim Cole, 10,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cole of
Austin, was the designer of the
original painting from which the
art for the 1975 Texas Seal was
chosen. A facsimile of Tim’s
drawing is on permanent display
at Winn Elementary School
where he is a fifth grade student.
For the first time in almost 70
years of the Christmas Seal
tradition, the seal designs are the
creative work of youngsters. A
different child's concept of
Christmas for each of the fifty-
four states and territories. The
Lung Association took this ap-
proach to further emphasis that
lung diseases are the health
emphasis of young and old alike.
Their message adds up to. . .
“Use more Christmas Seals this
year to fight lung disease, for it
truly is a matter of life and
breath.” _
New Eyes
For Needy
Helps Poor People
New Eyes for the Needy, a non-
profit, n o n - s e c t a r i a n
organization, started more than
40 years ago is still helping many
thousands of poor people around
the globe
The organization is almost
totally dependent upon discarded
eyeglasses, broken jewelry and
metal scrap. Volunteers, test
and sort the glasses, with
distribution following to medical
missions throughout the world.
The metal scrap is melted down
and the money from the
reclamation is used to establish
funds at 85 hospitals in 32 states.
If you would like to help, please
send your old glasses, discarded
jewelry and old silverware or
donations to New Eyes for the
Needy, Inc., Short Hills, New
Jersey, 07078.
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