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VOLUME 55.
WORTHAM. FREESTONE COUNTY. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JUNE 25. 1953
In Our
Town...
By MILDRED SIMMONS
THERE WAS A "hot timo in
the old town” for Father’s Day
Sunday, but it wasn’t from the
festivities. The mercury climbed
to 105 and poor ole father had to
suffer the heat through the long-
est day of the year. A number of
out-of-town people were here for
the occasion but we believe that
Father’s Day fell short ofc Moth-
er’s Day. Can’t see why fathers
don’t rate as high as mothers
even if I am a mother! Father
at our house is a pretty impor-
tant fellow!
SOME OF THE people of OUR
TOWN are enjoying the cool
breezes of Colorado, although if
it isn't cooler there than it was
when we were there two sum-
mers ago, we feel sorry for them.
The A. R. Tyners left the first of
the week for several weeks up in
the mountains. And James Car
ter Cooper of Streetman is enjoy
ing Colorado while attending the
university this summer. A nice
letter from him say that it is
simply wonderful . . . etc.
A NUMBER OF readers have
been very complimentary about
the Kirvin Squibs which R. L.
Ryburn sends in each week. We
want to express our thanks to
him for sending in the Kirvin
news.
MRS. W. M. CRAIG has failed
to send us the Streetman News
for several weeks and we miss it
You know the correspondents of
a paper such as ours help make
it more interesting and we are
very much interested in receiving
the news from all of our sur-
rounding towns and communities
A SURPRISING NUMBER of
out-of-town readers of The Jour-
nal have asked why Cynthia
doesn't write her column all of
the time. The mam reason is
that we simply can’t think of
anything to write. Now if Cyn-
thia was able to express herself
it would probably be very in-
teresting, for the thoughts in the
mind of a seven - month - old
youngster might prove enlighten-
ing to a lot of us. You know they
must think that the ways of this
world are very strange at times!
DONT FORGET THE Memo-
rial Services and Basket Lunch
at the Wortham Cemetery this
Thursday at 11 a.m. In spite of
the hot weather you will meet a
lot of your friends and have an
opportunity to see how well our
cemetery looks. Wortham is very
proud of the way the grounds the
kept and it is through your gen-
erous support that the Cemetery
Association is able to do such a
good job.
VIOLET HAMMETT. 9295 Me
Commas, Dallas, writes this brief
but appreciated note in sending
in her renewal:
“Dear Mildred, We sure enjoy
the Wortham paper.”
'Bust Foot Forward'
Mokes Big Hit On
State Fsir Musicals
DALLAS. — “Best Foot For-
ward”, current State Fair Musical
in the air-conditioned State Fair
Auditorium, is threatening to set
a new attendance record. Cavort-
ing through the gay college story
are two of Hollywood’s loveliest
‘ stars, Debbie Reynolds and Joan
Bennett. But the two stars of
undisputed reign are surrounded
by a bevy of stars to be.
A young recruit from Broad-
way, Laurel Shelby, is stopping
the show nightly with three of
the show’s hit tunes and Alice
Pearce of motion pictures, Broad-
way and nightclub fame is pro-
viding a hilarious touch with two
of her famous specialty numbers.
“Best Foot Forward” is the
second of the season’s six pro-
ductions and will play nightly,
Mondays through Saturdays and
at Sunday matinees through
TIPS TO KEEP
BURGLARS AWAY
DURING VACATION
AUSTIN.—A warning to take
precautions against a burglary
when you start a vacation trip
was issued today by the Texas
Division of the American Auto-
mobile Association.
According to a statement by J.
Edgar Hoover, a chief of the FBI,
there are 47 burglaries every
hour each day in the United
States. The FBI chief said thieves
are particularly fond of the va-
cation season when they can en-
ter a house undisturbed.
The AAA advises that all
prospective vacationers check
this list to see that they have
done everything possible to dis-
courage prowlers from entering
their homes while they’re away
1. Stop all deliveries of milk
and your daily newspaper by
phone or letter; don’t leave a
tell-tale note to advertise your
departure.
2. Lock windows and doors and
put your valuables in a safe-de-
posit box.
3. Arrange to have the lawn
mowed if you're going to be
away more than a week.
4. Leave the shades up as
though you were at home.
5. Tell your neighbors and the
police you’ll be away; then a
light or any unusual activity
around your house will alert
them.
6. Ask a neighbor to pick up
any advertising pamphlets.
7. Wait until your return be-
fore notifying the society edi-
tor of your trip; burglars love
to be notified in advance.
Remove anything stealable
from the yard; garden tools, bi-
cycles, wagons and toys, and
lawn furniture.
The AAA says if the vacation-
er will heed these suggestions,
the summer vacation trip will be
more enjoyable and free from
worry about a possible window
being left open or a piece of val-
uable jewelry carelessly left on
the dresser.
Jerry Johnson of Teague, Mrs.
Shirley Jean Reddoch, of Mexia,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Johnson
I and daughter, Sarah, and son,
Billy Frank, of Ranger, and Bar-
bara Dee Johnson of Odessa, vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson
Sunday. Qlynn Riley, Jr. return-
ed to Ranger with the Johnsons
for a visit.
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Miss Grace Hackney was
Waxahachie Monday.
LET'S TALK
LIVESTOCK
By TED GOULDY
FORT WORTH —The first mar-
keting day of the summer season
at Fort Worth Monday was a
typical blazing hot one which saw
liberal receipts in the cattle yards
off Texas fields and ranges. The
sheep run was seasonally large,
too.
Trade in the cattle yards was
about on par with last week’s low
close, and prices were at the low-
est ebb on most classes of cattle
and calves in over ten years.
Grainfed steers were lacking, and
creepfed heavy calves and a few
yearlings made up the choice fat
offerings in the cattle division.
Pat and Wren Jackson, Lam-
pasas, had two toppy loads of
cows at $12, that averaged 1,059,
and C. P. Gray & Son, Brady, had
45 cows and heiferettes averaged
at 1,081 lbs. that topped at $13.
Most other butcher cows sold
for $8 to $11, and canners and
cutters drew $5 to $8. Bulls sold
from $7 to $12.50, odds to $13.
Good and choice fat yearlings
and heifers drew $17 to $22, and
common and medium grassers
sold from $8 to $15, with rannihan
kinds in the $5 to $8 field.
Good and choice Stocker steer
calves sold from $12 to $17, and
heifers sold from $14 down.
Stocker steer yearlings drew $10
to $14, a few to $15. Heifer mates
to steer calves and steer yearlings
usually sold around $3 under.
Good and choice fat calves
cleared at $13 to $17, a few to
$18, and some fancy creepfed
yearling weights to $20.50, from
Lloyd Hanshew of Iredell. Com
mon and medium kinds sold for
$8 to $12, and culls drew $5 to $8.
Sheep and lambs were steady,
some fat lambs a little stronger.
Good and choice fat Spring lambs
$17 to $23, and common to med-
ium sorts $10 to $15, with culls
from $5 to $10. Stocker and feed-
er lamba $9 to $14.50.
Fat yearlings $9 to $13, and
culls around $5 to $8. Feeder
yearlings $10 down. Old wethers
$6 to $8. Old ewes $3 to $4.50.
Hogs topped at $25 to $25.50.
Sows drew $18.50 to $22, and
feeder pigs sold at $20 downward.
NUMBER 1
Brown wood Youth
Heads Boys State
RAY DOUGLAS MASTERS
AUSTIN. Ray Douglas Mas-
ters, Brownwood High School
Junior, was elected Governor of
the 13th annual American Legion
Boys State which closed a weeks
annual session here Saturday,
June 13.
Other boys from widely scat-
tered points in Texas were elect-
ed to the various other state of-
fices.
Cotton Classing
Helps Farmers
Gel Better Prices
Farmers get better prices for
their cotton when they know
three things before going to mar-
ket. according to Sam W Martin,
head of the Dallas cotton class-
ing office, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
He named grade, staple length,
and knowledge of local price quo-
tations. Then he explained that
farmers armed with these facts
are in a position to demand fair
value, whereas those who only
know that they’ve got a bale of
cotton to sell are likely to get
paid less.
There’s a simple way for farm
ers to get this information, he
pointed out, and at no cost. They
can sign up with a cotton im-
provement group under the
Smith-Doxey program. To do
this, a farmer must contact his
county agent, nearest cotton class-
ing office or ginner.
After his group is organized,
the elected group leader files one
application with the cotton class-
ing office covering all of its mem-
bers.
"Once this is done,” Mr. Martin
said, "members will get free class-
ing service on all their cotton.
And in addition, they can get
USDA’s price quotations each
week. This service is mailed
free upon request.
And when their cotton is class-
ed by USDA, Mr. Martin stated,
farmers will get back a green
classing card showing grade and
staple length. With this card they
can sell their cotton without
bothering to submit samples to
buyers.
Mr. Martin reminded interest-
ed farmers to sign up before the
August 1st deadline to insure
their place in the 1953 program.
Two Cars And
Motor Scooter Are
Involved in Accident
Frank L. Turner, Jr.
Is New Pastor Of
Methodist Church
Two cars and a motor scooter
were involved in an accident on
Highway 14 near Wolf Creek at
about 11:30 p. m. Sunday night.
The colored driver of one of
the cars pulled out into the path
of another car to avoid hitting the
motor scooter which was driven %
by Herschell Conn of Wortham.
The driver of the car was taken
to a Mexia Hospital by the Bur-
leson ambulance, but he was re-
ported not seriously injured.
Conn was fined on two counts,
one for operating a motor scoot-
er without a license and one for
not having a tail light.
Funeral Riles Held
Af Union High For
John F. Lane
John F. Lane, 88, died at his
home in Wortham early Friday
morning, June 19. He was a na-
tive of Tennessee and had moved
to Wortham from Pursley sever-
al months ago.
Funeral services were held at
the Union High Church Satur-
day at 3 p. m. Burleson Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Surviving are his wife, of Wor-
tham, and son, J. L. Lane, of
Snyder; six daughters, Mrs. El-
zadie Wallace, Eustace, Mrs. Ed-
nana Dunn, Wortham, Mrs. Het-
tie Tanner, Purdon, Mrs. Hauty
Wallace of Dallas, Mrs. Johnny
McLamore, Abilene, and Mrs.
Alma Compton of Barrie; and a
brother, J. J. Lane, of Dawson;
thirty-nine grandchildren and fif-
ty-six great-grandchildren.
Wortham Student
Attend Summer School
At East Texas State
COMMERCE.— Approximately
1300 students have completed en-
rollment for the first term of the
summer session at East Texas
State College.
One student is registered from
Wortham. He is J. Derwin De
Shazo, graduate chemistry stu-
dent.
DeShazo is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. DeShazo and is a
graduate of Elkhart high school.
He was the highest honor grad-
uate of East Texas in 1952.
REV. FRANK L. TURNER, JR.
delivered his first sermon in Wor-
tham Sunday at the First Meth-
odist Church.
Mr and Mrs. Turner and young
son, Ralph James, age 15 months,
moved to Wortham from Lorena
last Thursday.
Mr. Turner received his Bach-
elor’s Degree from McMurray
College in Abilene and studied in
the Perkins School of Theology
at SMU in Dallas. He has been
preaching nine years.
The First Baptist Church and
the Central Presbyterian Church
dismissed their Sunday evening
services and congregations from
both church paid tribute to the
new pastor by attending the eve-
ning service at his church.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
and appreciation to everyone who
was so kind and thoughtful dur-
ing the sickness and death of our
husband, father and grandfather.
Especially do we thank everyone
for the beautiful flowers, and
the food that was sent. We thank
Rev. Roy Davis and Rev. W. T.
Allmon for their wonderful words
of consolation. May God’s rich-
est blessings be with each of you
is our prayer.
Mrs. John F. Lane,
Children and Grand-
children.
Graveside Services
Held in Mexia For
Mrs. Ruth McFarland
Graveside services were held
at 2 p m. Monday at the Mexia
Cemetery for Mrs. Ruth Finch
McFarland, a native of this area.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning in Dallas. She
died Saturday at her residence,
5617 Morningside, in Dallas.
Mrs. McFarland was born in
Tehuacana and reared there and
in Mexia. She lived there until
she married.
She is survived by her hus-
band, R. T. McFarland, and one
sister, Mrs. Fred Flaniken of
Cedar Hill.
Mrs. McFarland was a sister
of Mrs. W. B. Weaver of Wor-
tham.
Bill Fort Home
From Hospital
Bill Fort returned to his home
here last week end after under-
going surgery at the Scottish
Rite Hospital in Dallas.
Following is a little note from
Bill:
Dear Mildred,
I wish to express my appre-
ciation for all the cards and
letters that I received while I
was in the hospital.
Bill Fort.
LIONS ARE UNDER
CONTROL AGAIN
Lions have been running wild
in Wortham all of this week as a
result of an omission in an ar-
ticle in the last issue of The Jour-
al. The article listed the new of-
ficers of the Wortham Lions Club
but made the tragic blunder of
not mentioning the fact that the
Lions also have a Lion Tamer
and a Tail Twister. These respon-
sible jobs are held by Ernie
Boyd and F. P. Simmons, so the
Lions in Wortham may as well
start calming down!
Mrs. JuanUa Burleson and
daughter, Linda, of Ft Worth,
were visiting in Wortham last
Saturday.
Draft Bill Boyd For State Senator
Texas Draft Call
For August Is
For 1,235 Men
AUSTIN.—An August draft
quota of 1,235 men was received
Monday at State Selective Service
headquarters. Brigadier General
Paul L. Wakefield, state draft di-
rector, said Tuesday.
The quota is the Texas share
of a national call for 23,000 men.
The July quota, announced nearly
a month ago, is 1,286. The June
call for Texas, now almost filled,
is 1,749.
General Wakefield said local
board quotas to fill the August
call should be placed in the mail
sometime during the first week
in July, under present plans.
He said it was doubtful if all
local boards would receive quotas
to have men examined in August.
Only 48 out of the state’s 137 local
boards received a call for pre-
induction examinations in July.
“Only those boards needing ex-
amined and acceptable men and
those which have accumulated a
supply of older men in 1-A will
be called upon,” the state direc-
tor said.
Instructions were received from
Selective Service national head-
quarters to fill the August call
with men 20 years old or older,
where possible. Boards are au-
thorized, where necessary, to fill
calls with men under 20.
Currently, despite the fact that
quotas have been reduced, more
men under 20 years of age are
being drafted, General Wakefield
pointed out. In April, 24 men out
of 100 inducted were under 20
years old.
In May, 33 out of every 100
were under 20, and so far during
June, the figure is still the same,
statistics at State Selective Ser-
vice headquarters show.
Wortham Asked To
Have ’Day' At
Heart o' Texas Fair
Wortham has been invited to
have a special day at the Heart
O’ Texas Fair irv Waco, Sept. 28
through Oct. 4. The invitation
from Texas’ newest exposition
was extended by Pat Taggart,
president, and M. D. Corbin, exe-
cutive vice president.
Corbin’s letter stated, "The
Heart O’ Texas Fair is designed
primarily to serve as a showcase
for the agricultural and livestock
industries of this great section
of Texas and to foster these in-
dustries. This is, therefore, your
Fair and it needs the help of your
city and county if it is to suc-
ceed.”
‘The Heart O’ Texas Fair will
be truly, we believe, a major ex-
position. The center will be the
brand-new $1,000,000 McLennan
County Coliseum, second largest
in Texas. The fair will include
beef cattle, dairy cattle, juniar
show, Quarter Horse show, wo-
men’s department, girls’ depart-
ment, Midway and many exhib-
its — agricultural, (commercial,
educational and entertaining—
and a big-time rodeo.”
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Crisman
and daughters of New Orleans
visited Mrs. T. A. Keeling last
Sunday. Waynell end Brenda
Crisman remained for a visit
Mrs. J. W. Henderson and Mrs,
Morris LeFevre were in Dallas
(Note: The article below is
from a recent issue of the Fair-
field Recorder. It is published
here under the sponsorship of
Wortham friends.)
m
Two years ago the Texas legis-
lature shuffled the Senatorial
districts and Freestone county
was placed in the Eleventh Dis-
trict along with Navarro, Ander-
son, Limestone, Falls, Robertson,
Brazos, Washington and Burleson
counties. Next year an election
will be held to elect a State Sen-
ator for the district.
There is talk going around
that a Draft Bill Boyd for State
Senator may develop. If this be-
comes a reality, the heat will be
put on Mr. Boyd to become a
candidate. The Recorder thor-
oughly approves of the idea of
such a movement.
It is most likely that Bill Boyd
does not want to hold any poli-
tical office. That’s the kind of
men we need in public office.
Knowing him as we do, we are
certain he would not relish the
idea of getting into a political
brawl.
What he would say or do if
• strong effort to draft him is
made, we do not know. We do
know him to be patriotic, civic-
minded and capable. We know raising cattle.
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that his long background of ex-
perience and his knowledge of
legislative operations and pro-
cedures would make him an ideal
representaive of our district in
the State Senate. If enough pres-
sure were brought upon him to
run, it is possible he might re-
spond to a real draft effort.
William R. (Bill) Boyd, Jr.,
began his career as a “printer’s
devil” on this newspaper. He
became a lawyer in Fairfield
when he was nineteen years old.
He served two years as Secretary
to Congressman Scott Field, of
Calvert, when he was our Con-
gressman. He practiced law at
Teague and was the first Mayor
of that city.
Mr. Boyd served as National
Campaign Manager of the League
to Enforce Peace, an organization
headed by William Howard Taft
which conducted a national cam
paign in support of President
Woodrow Wilson’s effort to create
a League of Nations to preserve
the peace of the world. For
twenty-nine years he was an of-
ficer of the great American Pet-
roleum Institute, from the presi-
dency of which he voluntarily re-
tired in 1949 to return to his home
in Teague to live. He now spends
most of his time fanning and
During the late World War II,
Bill Boyd served four years in
Washington as chairman of the
Petroleum Industry War Council,
a body appointed by the Petro-
leum Administrator for War to
advise and cooperate with the
government in securing the bad-
ly needed petroleum supplies for
the Armed Forces and the war
requirements. For this service he
was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Merit.
In 1934, St. Bonaventure Col-
lege, at Olean, N. Y., conferred
an Honorary LLD degree upon
him for conspicuous service in
the field of petroleum.
Bill Boyd is a Methodist, a
Mason, an honorary member of
two Rotary clubs and is active in
all local civic affairs, including
the Chamber of Commerce, the
Red Cross and the Boy Scouts.
He is a member of the Texas
State Democratic Executive Com-
mittee. He is chairman of the
board of the Fairfield State Bank
and a member of the oil broker-
age firm of Boyd, Hardey and
Wheelock, which he organized.
Bill Boyd would make a good
Governor. He would make a
good Congressman. He would
make a good United States Sena-
tor. He would make a good
State Senator.
Streetman Student Is
Enjoying Summer
School in Colorado
Room 18, 1150 College Avenue,
Boulder, Colorado, is the summer
address of James Curtis Cooper,
of Streetman, who is attending
summer school at the University
of Colorado.
In sending in his request for
The Journal to follow him to the
above address, James sends the
following information about Col-
orado:
“Well, I am in cool country
now. We have to sleep under
blankets a lot and you can wear
a coat and be comfortable. I don’t
know whether I can stand the
heat again or not.
“The college is beautiful. It is
in the edge of the mountains and
is hidden in high trees and has
an abundance of small streams
and squirrels running about.”
Now, don’t everybody leave for
Colorado at the same time after
reading the above enticing de-
scription!
Fellowship Meeting
To Be Held Saturday
At Point Enterprise
Pt. Enterprise Baptist Church
will have a fellowship meeting at
the new church on Saturday
night, June 27, at 7:30. The meet-
ing is for the purpose of raising
funds for the new church building
and is the 6th in a series of such
socials which have been held for
the express purpose of raising
money.
The people of the church and
others in the community and
county have responded wonder-
fully to these gatherings. Those
who attend will bring or pledge
their offering for the building
fund. Refreshments will be serv-
ed.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Peurifoy of
Bryan and Mrs. Mamie Stroud
of Alt us, Oklahoma, spent the
week end with Mrs. R. G. Puer-
to*.
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Texas Farm Bureau
Suggests Way To
Aid Beef Industry
WACO.— The Texas Farm Bu-
reau Federation asked President
Eisenhower June 18 to “give
more serious consideration” to
five proposals designed to alle-
viate the hardship suffered by
livestock producers in the drouth-
stricken area of the state.
In a telegram to the chief ex-
ecutive, the TFBF board in ses-
sition in Waco requested that im-
mediate emergency measures be
instituted to “relieve this drastic
situation.” The message, signed by
President J. Walter Hammond,
contained the following propos-
als:
1. That the douth-stricken por-
tion of the state be declared a
disaster area.
2. Provide through existing
channels, or otherwise, a system
of credit to enable livestock pro-
ducers to maintain possession of
foundation herds.
3. Provide necessary long-term
credit for essential feed.
4. Make available surplus CCC
feedstuffs at prices as low as
those offered to foreign countries.
5. That the United States De-
partment of Agriculture initiate
beef-purchase and promotion
program that will restore confi-
dence, strengthen the market end
tide the industry over this em-
ergency.
The telegram also urged that
a "thorough investigation be
made of the disparity between
producer and consumer prices”
by Secretary Benson’s Livestock
Advisory Committee which was
to meet June 20 in Chicago.
The directors stated that live-
stock producers and credit agen-
cies in this state “prepare for or-
dinary drouths, but this unpre-
cedented drouth has not only de-
pleted ranges of forage, but has
also depleted the sources of cred-
it ” /
The telegram added that the
situation has become so drastic
that it has caused a near panic
in the movement of livestock to
market.
“We feel that this situation is
temporary, but that if not halt-
ed immediately, will result in
the forced sale of breeding herds
which would eventually be re-
flected in higher prices to the
consumers. In addition, it could
wreck the economy in a vast
livestock-growing area,” the tel-
egram stated.
CARD OF THANKS
I want to express my thanks to
each and every one of you who
have been so thoughtful and kind
to me by sending so many beau-
tiful cards, letters, telegrams,
books, handkerchiefs, and for the
visit you have made and sat be-
side my bed while in the hospi-
tal, gave me kind words of en-
couragement and prayers. All of
these beautiful expressions of
love makes one want to live on
because of you who care.
May God bless you,
Zena Hackney.
Mr. and Mrs.
Elmo
Henry ,
Drumwright and sons of DallM ■
visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Drum-
wright over the week end.
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