The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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On th« steps of ths Woodvlllfc home Is the AUsn Skivers fsatih, loft
to right, front row, Allan Jr, *; the GvV«»r; Srion SseGoo, it and
Marlalice Sue, 7, and back row, John Shari, 14, and Mrs. Skivers.
AUGUST ISM
Tho high school building has
not boon condomnad. Several
cracks have appowrl la tho
south wall of tho 1 .h school
building but two registered
architoets and engineers who
SERVING WORTHAM
And Its Tri-County
Trade Area
®Ij£ Hnrtbam ^Journal
School to Begin
September 1st
In Our
Town...
By MILDRED SIMMONS
WE HAD A SHOWERI Sunday
afternoon the Lord answered our
prayers and we had approxim-
ately an inch of rain. The ground
was still wet on Tuesday and the
shrubs and grass certainly perk-
ed up as did we.
GUESS WE NEEDED tha rein
to cool off some of our politi-
cians. There have been some
hot discussions and they will
probably continue through elec-
tion day this Saturday. There
be some of us who will get
our tees stepped on, but let’s
hope that there will be no hard
feelings when this week is over.
NEXT WEEK OUR school will
begin! We have heard some very
unhappy remarks from some of
the children this week—but most
of them are overjoyed. Wednes-
day, September 1—that’s the big
day.
WORTHAM WILL bo repre-
sented at the Freestone County
Fair this year by Diane Sims,
and our Governor will lead the
parade. Hope that a lot of people
will be on hand in Fairfield this
morning when the parade be-
gins at 10:30 a.m. to lend them
our moral support. Stay for lunch
and listen to Gov. Shivers, who
will speak immediately after the
parade. AND don’t fail to be at
the rodeo arena Thursday night
when the Freestone County Fair
Queen will be chosen.
DON'T FORGET to attend the
annual homecoming at Currie this
week end! Take a picnic lunch.
There will be gossip of days gone
by and probably mere of future
times because of the recent in-
creased oil activity in that area.
There are more shallow wells
being drilled. Tuesday afternoon
the C. L. Keeling Production Co.
brought in their first well at 729
feet on ;he C. S. Garrett tract—
with a claim that there would
have another producer by the
time this newspaper reaches you.
That’s good news!
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!
Fire Department
To Hare Schooling
In Fire Fighting
Beginning Thursday night, Au-
gust 26, and each Thursday night
at 7:30 p.rn., an instructor trom
A. & M. College will meet with
the Wortham Voluntary Fire De-
partment to give instructions in
fire fighting and help us in any
other way he can. These instruc-
tion* will continue once a week
for five weeks.
A’l numbers of the Wortnam
Voluntary Fire Dept, are urgent-
ly requested to attend all these
meetings, if they possibly can.
, Extra Teacher
Is Added to Grade
School Faculty
Students in the Wortham In-
dependent School District will
begin the 1954-55 school year on
Wednesday, September 1. The
buses will make their regular
rounds and lunch will be served
in the school cafeteria. Accord-
ing to Superintendent Clayton
Oakes an enrollment of about 255
students is expected. An as-
sembly will be held at 8:30 a.m.
on September 1 in the high
school auditorium.
A program of improvement and
reconditioning that has been un-
der way during the summer
months will provide the students
with a brighter and more pleas-
ant atmosphere for their school
activities. Among the improve-
ments are a new roof for the
gymnasium, fresh painted wood-
work in the grade school, re-
plastering and painting of the
walls in the grade school, level-
ing of the sidewalks on the school
campus and other minor repairs.
In a move to improve the in-
structional program of the grade
school Supt. Oakes has announced
that the Wortham School Board
has enlarged the grade school
faculty with the addition of Mrs
T. I. Sandlin a* the fifth grade
homeroom teacher.
In the grade school tlib faculty
assignments are as follows: Mrs.
H. L. Robertson, first grade; Mrs.
Richard Hill, second grade; Mrs.
J. E. Sims, third grade; Mrs O.
D. Williams, fourth grade; Mrs.
T. I. Sandlin, fifth grade; Mrs.
J. B. Stook*berry, English in the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades:
R. Q. Sims, arithmetic in the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades,
and Mack W. Mullins, grade
school principal and history and
geography in the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades.
In the high school the faculty
assignments are as follows: Clay-
ton Oakes, superintendent; Mrs.
F, M Jones, high school prin-
cipal and commercial subjects;
Joe B. Stoksberrv, football coach
and history; G. D. Wren, voca-
tional agriculture; Mrs. George
Stubbs, English and librarian;
Mrs. Homer Jolly, homemaking.
Mrs. Billy Applewh’te is secre-
tary to the superintendent.
Red Cross Home
Nursing Closs
Completes Course
Mrs. W. A. Collier completed
instructing a class in Red Cross
Home Nursing Tuesday of this
week.
Five principles of nursing were
taught which included: first,
safety to the patient, the home
nurse and the home. Second, ef-
fectiveness of treatment and oth-
er care. Third, comfort of pa-
tient and others. Fourth, econ-
omy of time, effort and material.
Fifth, appearance — orderly and
attractive. From these five prin-
ciples thirty-two skills were
taught in home nursing.
There were twelve hours of
lessons on the home care of the
sick taught and two hours, the
last lesson, were devoted to civil
defense, teaching what to do in
an all-out emergency.
Mrs. Lora Grimm
Buried in Wortham
Funeral services were held
Monday, August 23, for Mrs.
Lora Griinm who died in Glen-
rose August 22. Mrs. Grimm had
been in very poor health for a
number of years. She was born
March 16, laltf. in Mississippi and
had lived for more than 25 years
in Freestone County previous to
moving to Glenrose.
Services were contacted by
Rev. Frank Turner, Jr., and Rev.
T. I. Sandlin in the Burleson
Funeral Chapel at 4:00 p.m. In-
terment was in the Wortham
Cemetery.
She is survived by two sisters:
Mrs. L. D. Brown of Streetman
and Mrs. Lucy Reed of Los An-
geles, and one brother, Add Wil-
liamson, of Los Angeles, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were W. F. Gar-
rett, George Lucas, Cecil Willard,
Frank Simmons, Dewey Willard
and Quay Miller.
Expected to Report
For Workouts
Aproximately 25 boys were ex-
pected to report this week for
the beginning of football work-
outs. The workouts will begin a{
4:00 p.m. each day until Septem-
ber 1.
Coach Joe Stooksberry has
eight lettermen returning from
last season and three reserve let-
termen-. The returning lettermen
are Dwain Calame, Pat Henry,
Jon Robert Jones, Lenard Hosea,
Bobby Wilson, Leroy Sikes, Mack
Butler and Fenley Magness. Re-
serve lettermen are Dwaiji Math-
ison, D. W. Lynch and Gaylcn
Michael.
Other boys exoected to report
are Gene Allen, Reuben Fletes,
Venoy Michael, Benny Murray,
Truman A.llen, Larry Gene Jones,
Eugene Stubb*, Charles Fletes,
Ted Lucas, Billy Don Bilton,
Ronnie Bennett, Billy Dan Driv-
er, Jimmy Fletes, Lanier Foster,
Tommy Sandlin, Bill LeFevre
and Harry Williams.
examined the building this
summer have declared it to be
sale. Work will ha started this
week to make repairs that will
insure the safety of the build-
in®.
Clayton Oakes,
Superintendent.
Morley W. Smith
Critically Injured;
Struck by Car
Marley W. Smith of Corsicana,
formerly o' Wortham, was criti-
cally injured Saturday, August
21, when he was struck by a car
on Cedar Springs at Grove,
knocked through the air and into
the windshield of an oncoming
auto. He was rushed to Parkland
Hospital where he is still in a
critical condition, having been
unconscious since the accident
occurred.
Accident Investigator Jim V.
Phillips gave this picture of the
tragedy:
Smith’s young son, Don, need-
ed a motor scooter to get to and
from Little League baseball
games in Corsicana. The boy and
his dad, accompanied by Jack
Everhart and his son, also of
Corsicana, went to Dallas to look
for a motor scooter and were in-
specting one which was for sale.
Smith decided to take a trial
ride and puttered east on Grove.
As he crossed Cedar Springs, a
southbound sedan collided with
the scooter, hurling Smith into
the air and then collided with a
northbound car. He was thrown
into the windshield of a second
car.
Smith is reported to have some
broken ribs, causing some lung
damage but the full extent of his
injuries cannot be determined, as
he is still unconscious.
Mrs. Jess Pell and Mrs. Wren
Walston visited Mr. Edgar Smith
and Mrs. John Miller in Scott
and White Hospital in Temple
Sunday.
Mrs. LeFevre Attends
Housing Conference
Mrs. Christine LeFevre, ex-
ecutive director of the Housing
Authority of Wortham, attended
a special two-day conference
sponsored by the Public Housing
Administration in Ft. Worth Au-
gust 23 and 24.
Mrs. LeFevre joined with
Housing Authority officials from
other sections of Texas to dis-
cuss new accounting methods
and problems in connection with
low-rent housing management
procedures.
The meetings were held in the
Federal Center Building, 300 W.
Vickery Blvd., in Ft. Worth. Rep-
resenting the Public Housing Ad-
ministration were Arthur A. Kra-
mer, Accounting Advisor, and G.
W. Seale, Field Accountant.
Mr. LeFevre accompanied her
to Ft. Worth.
David and Anita Broyles of
Kansas City are spending this
week with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs W. A. Posey. -
Wortham PTA Staff
Maps Activities In
Executive Session
Wortham P.-T. A. officers and
committee chairmen met in ex-
ecutive session Tuesday, August
17, 9:00 a.m., at the high school
to conduct business pertaining
to the opening dates of the P TA
year. Mrs George Lucas, pres-
ident, presided and opened the
meeting with prayer.
Plans were made for an open
house in honor of the teachers to
be held September 23, at 7:30
p.m.
Literature was distributed to
all chairmen and it was decided
an assembly program for students
would be sponsored by the P-TA
on the third Wednesday of each
month.
It was recommended as the
first projects of the year that the
P-TA purchase a duplicator for
the elementary school and a ta-
blecloth for use in the homemak-
ing department.
A card of sympapthy to the
Calame family and a book to be
placed in the library in memory
of Clifford Calame was approved.
The meeting adjourned and the
president called a special meeting
for the purpose of approving the
plans of the body. Mrs. Morris
LeFevre, the finance chairman,
moved that the purchase of these
two items would be the first
projects for the P-TA’s fund-rais-
ing activities and that the pur-
chase of same bo authorized at
present time and not wait until
the first regular meeting. Motion
carried.
The committee appointed to
select the duplicator included M.
W. Mullins, Mrs. E. M. Jones and
Mrs. Morris LeFevre.
Committee to purchase cloth,
Mmes. H. P. Bounds, T B. Poin-
dexter, Jr., and Mrs M P. Jones.
The following were in attend-
ance: Mmes. George Lucas. T. B.
Poindexter, Jr., Ralph Butler.
Morris LeFevre, Bob Ston®. H. P.
Bounds, Ernest Jones. Herbert
Strunk, M. P. Jones, Gaskill
Moody, Tom Joe Bates, C. B. Pat-
terson, E. A. Strunk. George
Sims, and Messrs. M. W. Mullins,
and Clayton Oakes.
— —ustrial Possibilities
The Shivers Family at Home
Mrs Tom Joe Bate* and daugh-
ter, Gayla, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Moore attended the Batson
family reunion a*. Normangee
Lake Sunday a week ago.
Represents Lions
In Fairfield Parade
Miss Diane Sims will represent
the Lions Club of Wortham in
the parade which opens the Free-
stone County Fair in Fairfield
today. Gov. Allan Shivers will
lead the parade and officially
open the fair at 10:30.
Miss Sims will also compete for
Queen of the Fair at the program
to he presented at the rodeo
arena '"'tonight Tne queen will
be judged and crowned, and
members of the Early Birds will
be presented in a program.
A thrill packed rodeo is schcd
uled for Friday and Saturday
nights at 8:00 o’clock.
Many features are planned for
the fair and free entertainment
will be presented at the pavilion
every day.
The livestock show, judging
and sale, handwork agriculture
and commercial exhibits will be
among the many attractions at
the Freestone County Fair.
Mr. J. S. Summers returned to
Henderson with hir daughter,
Mrs. Major Palmer for a brief
visit this week.
For 1954-1955
Gets Approval
EDITORIAL FROM WACO NEWS-TRIBUNE
(Sunday. August 22)
(Editor's Note: Due to the fact that the
owners of the Waco News-Tribune, also own
the Austin newspaper and the Port Arthur
newspaper, and due to the fact that these
newspapers supported Adlai Stevenson 'in
1952, The Journal feels that the editorial be-
low is of especial significance. The secord of
the Marsh-Fentress newspapers as long cham-
pions of organized labor is also very well
known, and is no less true today.)
It Is the Yardstick That Counts
The important yardstick to use in measuring
a public servant is, “How well has he done his
duty?"
Texans preparing to vote next Saturday in
the run-off primary can use this yardstick with
decisive result in the governor’s race. It is the
only reliable guide to their choice.
Allan Shivers, asaing re-election as governor,
presents a record of performance that compares
favorably with the positive accomplishments of
the greatest chief executive in Texas’ past.
It is essential to remember that our State
Constitution severely limits the governor’s pow-
ers. History lists more than one ineffectual gov-
ernor who hid behind this fact, served his time
with no positive achievement and passed into
oblivion blaming the Legislature and the people
for lack of progress during his tenure.
Allan Shivers, working within the same legal
limits, has exerted a rare combination of leader-
ship and co operation with the result that Texans
have today a much finer state in which to live.
The governor has not created these improvements
single-handed, of course. He has helped others to
create them in response to the will of the people.
This is the highest test of a chief executive in the
public service.
To review the record briefly, under Gov.
Shivers’ leadership, the State of Texas has im-
proved vastly it* system of education, has started
the long process of building an adequate hospital
system, has advanced the cause of soil and water
conservation, has wrought a spectacular reform
of state prisons, has expanded its highway and
farm road network, and has increased state rev-
enues by taxing those best able to pay.
Two other achievements add to the luster of
the Allan Shivers record.
One is his undeniably vitai role in securing
for Texas a clear title to the submerged oil lands
within her historic boundaries along the Gulf
Coast. Money already is coming in from this re-
source for the benefit of the state school system
and ultimately the harvest promises to be fabul-
ous.
The other notable deed was the decisive ac-
tion taken by Allan Shivers to stop in its tracks
an attempted strike blitz in the city of Port Ar-
thur by labor leaders from outside the state. By
the quick use of available powers, the governor
routed the originators of this strong-nrm effort
and gave the citizens of Port Arthur a chance to
ultimately dissolve the bitter dregs left behind.
Allan Shivers has brought many fine men and
women Into public life as servants of the people.
He has awakened an unprecedented awareness of
civic duty by assigning tasks to patriotic Texans.
Yes, Allan Shivers measures up fully on the
important yardstick, "How well has he done his
duty?" IIo is entitled to a clnar-cut vote of ap-
proval from the people of Texas Saturday, a vote
that will keep him in office for another term of
unexcelled service to the state
Wortham’s school board offi
cially approved the 1954-55 school
budget Monday night following a
public hearing on the $145,336.65
budget.
A breakdown of the fund allo-
cation shows an estimated ex-
penditure of $145,336.65 in the
following categories: administra-
tion, including all clerical and
operational expenses of adminis-
tration, $11,178; Instruction —
white, $49,959; instruction — col-
ored, $35,229 transportation, $14,-
500; operation .of school plant,
$5,400; maintenance of plant, $4,-
963.05; fixed charges, $2,450; cap-
ital outlay, $4,400; debt service,
$11,257.60; lunchroom, $6,000.
Sources of income are listed
as follows: Federal funds—lunch-
room, $1,150; student payment
for lunches, $4,000; state funds
(per capita, salary and operation
and transportation) $101,374.50;
county available $15,686; local
funds—taxes and others, $28,249;
other revenue funds, $300; rev-
enue for debt service, $5,400;
balance from 1953-54, $4,706.29.
Record Yield in Corn
Crop Reported From
Freestone County
TEAGUE. — Lawrence Carter,
negro farmer on the T. B Took®
farm southwest of Teague, has a
record yield of corn this year
His corn has measured out 93.98
bushel* per acre on a measured
yield test by K. K. Daingerfield.
negro county agent, and W. C.
Davis, state leader of extension
work for negroes at Prairie View.
The Teague farmer was last
year’s corn yield winner in the
Chamber of Commerce’s contest
negro division. His corn last year
yielded 78 bushels per acre.
This year’s yield has been en-
tered in the state contest.
The prize com was planted on
March 10 and harvested August
17 of this year, from a- 32 acre
field planted in 40 inch rows.
It was not irrigated.
Committee To Be
Appointed to Study
Possibilities Further
Genuine enthusiasm wax dis-
played at the Lions Club in Wor-
tham Tuesday night when mem-
bers of the Southwestern Electric
Service community research staff
came to discuss industrial possi-
bilities for communities like Wor-
tham.
Lion President Victor Cooper
presided at the meeting in the
banquet room of Brooks Cafe,
with sum® 50 members and guests
present. Several of the guests
were women of Wortham who
are also extremely interested in
seeing Wortham grow industrial-
ly.
Jack Hawkins, publisher of the
Wortham and G roes beck papers,
presented the program, introduc-
ing John Shvwmake, executive
vice-president of the Southwest-
ern Company, who in turn pre-
sented Gene LeNeveu and Chas.
Goforth, who are in charge of
community and industrial re-
search for the Southwestern Elec-
tric Service, with headquarters in
the Mercantile Bank Building,
Dallas.
Mr. Shewmake explained that
small towns and cities in an area
extended from Marlin eastward
to Jacksonville. His company is
interested in ‘ndustrial and agri-
cultural development because—
“what’s good for the people of
this section is good for our com-
pany."
Messrs. LeNeveu and Goforth
took turns in explaining some of
the things a community needs to
do to attract industry, stressing
co-opcration of all the citizen-
ship, availability of labor supply,
availability of floor space, water
and natural resources.
"It is not easy—but it can be
done and has been done," de-
clared Goforth.
LeNeveu presented brochures,
fact and Information sheets, and
other materials that will be used
by the Wortham Industrial Com-
mittee which will be appointed
to make a future study of indus-
trial possibilities for Wortham.
It was pointed out that several
large buildings in Wortham would
possibly be available to some
manufacturer whe might be tired
of overcrowded conditions in the
city.
In closing the meeting, Lion
President Cooper thanked the
visitors on behalf of Wortham.
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Committee would be appointed
immediately to take advantage
of this program.
The Southwestern officials
pledged full co-operation in help-
ing locate the type of industry
for which Wortham expresses a
desire,
Mr Hawkins praised South-
western for its part in recently
locating a shirt manufacturing
plant in Groesoeck.
Currie Homecoming
Slated for Sunday
Everyone is invited and all
exes are urged to attend the Cur-
rie Homecoming Sunday, Allgust
29, beginning at 11:00 am. Bring
a ha.-ket lunch
Mrs. Nelson Lindtey of Waco
visited Mrs A. H. Bounds Satur-
I m • • aft •» J O ■ . a. J — - -
Jr. R. A. Boseboll
Teom Defeats
Richland, 4-0
Behind the one-hit, shutout
pitching of Willie Dean McNea!.
the Wortham Junior R. A. base
ball team defeated Richland 4 0
in Richland last Friday night.
Strong-arm McNeal struck out
16 batters in the seven inning
game, batted three-for-three, and
scored three runs to lead th»
Wortham youngsters to victors
Maurice Burleson, shortstop for
Wortham, contributed three hi**
in four trips to the plate
Deop Sea Fishermen
Return to Wortham
Hub Burleson and Tots Keel-
ing recently returned from a
deep sea fishing trip. They were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
Crisman, Waynelle and Brenda,
of Houston, at Diamond Isle on
the Gulf Coast near Empire, La
They also visited in the home of
Mr and Mrs. Alvin Norman o'
New Orleans, La. They reporte I
a 175 catch, but the big one al-
i ways gets away.
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Simmons, Mildred. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954, newspaper, August 26, 1954; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1111313/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.