The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1949 Page: 1 of 4
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Wortham lourttal
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VOLUME 51
WORTHAM, FREESTONE COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1949.
NUMBER 10
Joan Willard
Entertain* YWA
At Her Home
Joan Willard entertained
tight YWA girls at her home
Tuesday afternoon at .six p.
m. The meeting was called
to order by the president,
Betsy Strange. In the absence
Strikes, Fights, Hard
Knocks and War All
Around the World
Hawaii, the land of sugar
cane and pineapples, of the
moonlit beaches and hula
dancers, is having a tough
time this year. Since May 1
ol the secretary, Joan read i practically all shipping has
the minutes and called the
roll. Mrs. Wade Odom then
gave a talk on Bible study.
Afterwards Joan served the
group hot dogs, ice cream,
cookies, and iced tea.
C. R. Chausses Are
Honored With Picnic
Here Recently
A picnic supper, honoring
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Chaussc
and daughter, Linda, of Lub-
bock. was held at tre Calame
tank Tuesday night. Those
present were Rebecca Thorn-
' on. Jerry Lewis, Travis
Wayne Thornton. Mrs. Min-
nie McLeod, Mrs. Adell Cha-
ussc. Mr. and Mrs. R D Wil-
lard. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Keel
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle K.
Keeling and son Glenn, Mr.
T A. Keeling, Mr. and Mrs
H. (’. Willard, Fete Willard.
Patsy Bounds, Angelyn Was-
son. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cal-
ame, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Calame and Dwayne, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Watson and
sens Freddie and Charles.
Harry Calame and Mrs. Kim >
Watson and daughters. Phil-
lis Ann and Sharon.
They had fried chicken and
all the accessories.
been at a stand still, because
of a strike of 2,000 steve-
dores. Raw sugar is jamming
all storage warehouses. Pine-
apple season is still a month
away, bht unlees tinplate is
Veterans Lining Up
Fast For Loans
Under Land Bill
Veterans of World War II
who plan to buy farms under
the financing plan recently
authorized by the Texas Leg-
islature are lining up fast to
get their applications before
the Veterans Land Board.
It appears that there won’*
near enough money to go
around. The total amount a
vailable to start the program
rolling will be $25 million.
51st Legislature Closes Up
Doors On Longest Session
rtv>t».y, uui uuiew u opiate is - ; ” ", y .....
shipped in soon there will be1' :1!Ce each loan *« limited to
no cans in which to preserve [a maximum of .$7,500 (less a
Swine Demonstration
To Be Held On The
Jim Foreman Farm
A swine demonstration will
he given on the Jim Foreman
tium, one and a half miles
west of the Jack Kchol store
in Woodland community, o:i
Friday. July 8th. according
to J. W. Booker, Negro coun-
ty agricultural agent.
The demonstration star s
at 11a. m. and the public is
invited, he says.
Main feature <>f the dem-
onstration will be to show
progress which has been
made with swine on the farm
from 1915 to the presenC
Several representatives of
Texas A&M college will be
present.
Jim Foreman, a former
Wortham man and still a fre-
quent visitor here, won sev-
eral ribbons and the reservo
champion banner with some
of his hogs at the State Fair
last year.
this gear’s crop.
Veterans Insurance
The Veterans Administra-
tion plans to begin making
(refunds next January of ex-
cess premiums paid by GIs
for their National Service
Life Insurance. The average
veteran will receive a refund
of $175. One member of the
Congress accused the VA of
playing politics by delaying
'.he; start of the refund pro-
gram until next year. He said
it would influence 1950 Con-
gressional elections and in-
troduced a resolution in Con-
gress calling for the repay-
ment plan on October 15. VA
officials have explained th<-
sir wness of getting the insur-
ance fund straightened out
to the lack of sufficient per-
sonnel.
Navy Made Happy
Secretary of Defense John-
son made the "big navy" ad-
vocates feel a little less Lit -
lei last week. There had
been much consternation
when he ordered work lo
{stop on a new aircraft car
iier after he took office.
1 Now Johnson has approved
1 the rebuilding of two present
i carriers at a cost of $80 mil-
I Don making them callable of
launching planes which can
cany atom bombs. The Sec
rotary says the expenditure
will still be considerably less
haiv would have been spent
in building the new carrier.
War in China
Nationalist forces in China
warned the Communists and
foreign powers that they do
not propose to stand idly by
and let the big port of Shang-
hai be left intact to accom-
modate trade for the benefit
of the Communist invaders.
Twice last week bombers at-
tacked the waterfront, set-
ting fire to a large oil corn-
down payment of 5 per cent)
there will be enough money
available to make loans to
Two Men Buy
Antique Auto,
1906 Maxwell
Garlantt—Two local men
who are attracting much at •
tention have unearthed a n
antique which they believe
may be the only one of its
hind in existence. They re-
cently discovered an old 1906
something like 4,000 vets, i Maxwell automobile stored
Texas has about 800,000 eli-
gible veterans, hut there are
not many, who want to buy
a farm. Assuming that only
one-fourth of the eligible vet-
erans would he interested in
acquiring a farm, that means
there are 200,000 potentially
eligible borrowers. But the
total amount available for
loans will only take care of
1.000 of these, or about two
per cent.
Since the machinery was
set up for receiving loan ap-
plications they have been
ci niing in at the rate of 200
a day.
in a shed in a neighboring
county. They bought it and
have completely overhauled
it. Now it is operating as well
as it did 4:5 years ago.
Areas Reporting Not
Enough Precautions
In Use of 2-4D
Reports continue to corni-
n' from different sections of
the state that show proper
precautions are not being fol-
lowed in the use of 2-41).
Orchards have been defol-
iated, tomato and other truck
| crops have been and are be-
;,ing hurt, and cotton is being
i damaged in almost every sec-
Ition of the- state says M. K.
Thornton, extension agrieul-
T! rm-i- r , Itural chemist of Texas A&M.
The I5\W and W MS of the | The users of 2-4D must re-
hirst Baptist ( hurch had a I n "mher. he adds, it will not
•joint meeting Tuesday nigh|()iliy kju the Weeds that are
1 ' tn<■ home of Mrs. M. M. l objectionable hut
Oswalt. I damage desirable
Mrs. Irene Livingston ga
BWC and WMS
Hold Meeting
Tuesday, July 5th
!be devotional and Mrs. Flo-
la Applewhite had charge of
the program. They had their
regular monthly mission pro-
gram. Mrs. Lerov Garrett,
Mrs. Hubert VVa-sson. Mrs.
Madeline Ward. Mrs. Let-
Williams, and Mrs. Oswalt
were all on the program. Af-
tcr the program they were
shown a film on China. The
hostess then served refresh-
ments to the fifteen present.
|the farm and
may also
plants on
around the
Man Mystified As
Car Disappears After
Magic Show
, Palestine — C. Z. Watson
was mystified when he at-
tended the tent show of a
magician here last week. Af-
ter the show he was mystifi-
ed again,—his car had disap-
peared from where he had
parked it.
Mrs. George Red of Level-
land is visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. M. Thornton.
Mrs.Roland Chausse and
daughter of Lubbock is visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs. M. Thorn-
ton, Mrs. Charlie Chausse
and Mr. Nelson Calame.
pany warehouse and damag- control, and more recently
ing a British freighter which secretary to Senator W. Lee
had entered the estuary. Sev-
eral sailors were killed and
it was necessary to beach the
boat to prevent its sinking.
Britain gave a sharp warn-
ing to the Nationalist govern-
ment, but shipping lines were
taking no chances. Sailings
of vessels scheduled for the
Port of Shanghai from sev-
eral Pacific ports were delay
ed or canceled.
Names Make News
Harry Knox, one-time Ad-
jutant General of Texas, lat-
ei a member of the hoard of
O’Daniel, is now holding a
job as night attendant in a
Washington D. C. filling sta-
tion. . . . Governor Fuller
Warren of Florida surprised
his friends and constituents
by announcing his approach-
ing marriage to Miss Barba-
ra Manning,—of California.
Before leaving for his honey
moon, Governor Warren had
'to pawn his swanky automo-
bile for $3,000. He said he
was unable to draw his sal-
ary of $1,000 a month due to
the treasury being short of
funds.
July 4th Activities Draw
Large Crowds At Mexia
home.
Here are some precautions
that should be followed by
evqry user of 2-4D, as work
ed out by a committee of
Texas A& M College research
and extension workers for
your protection. They say
don't use 2-41) dusts under
any conditions. They drift
easily and far. Kster forms
ot 2-11) are not recommend-
ed because they give off a
fume readily. Small liquid
spray particles may drift in
air currents and delayed
drift effects may occur fol-
lowing changes in direction
of the wind. For ground
sprayers, use nozzles produc-
ing coaree spray particles
and use presures below 40
pounds per square inch. Do
not apply 2-41) with ground
squipment in wind velocity
J Moss and Other
Water Growth Said
; To Be Controlable
Moss and other underwat-
< r growth can be controlled
1 and killed by using sodium
ersenite says, R. E. Callender
( xtension specialist in wild-
life management, Texas A.
& M. College.
Members of the Sommer-
feld Lake Club asked county
agent J. W. Stufflebeme, Jr.
Washington county, to help
them clean up their lake. The
moss and weed growth was
r ' thick in the lake that fish-
ing and boating was next to
impossible and heavy appli-
cations of fertilizer had no
t ffect on the water vegeta-
tion. Callender says the lake
was carefully measured and
they figured it contained at
close to 400,000 cubic feet
of water. Ten gallons of so-
dium arsenite was mixed in
the same amount of water
and the entire surface of the
lake was sprayed. Complete
coverage is very -important,
he adds.
The moss and above water ,
growths were killed within
2 1 hours and four days later
the moss began to change co-
lor and started floating to
(he surface. By the end of a
v. cek, says Callender, open
patches of water began to
appear and fishing was re-
sumed. At the end of a two
v ccl:.;, the surface was still
covered with dead moss and
most of the underwater grow
th seemed to be dead. Latest
ri ports indicate that 1 more
application of the spray may
be necessary to get complete
c ontrol of the vegetation.
Callender concludes with
ibis warning, measure the
lake or pond very carefully
and figure its contents be-
fore using sodium arsenite.
Too heavy an application can
prove fatal to the fish.
A&M Specialist
Says Don’t Feed Your
Non-Laying Hens
It is a direct loss to the
poultry producer to feed non
layers during the summer
months, says W. J. Moore,
associate extension poultry
husbandman of Texas A&M
College, and it’s also one of
the reasons poultry produc-
ers are not doing a better job
of maintaining high egg pro-
duction during the summer
months.
He advises poultrymen to
sell the non-producers just
as soon as they are noticed.
Chances are they’ll not come
back into production until in
late fall or early winter, and
during this time, feeding is
a dead loss.
Hens that show a shrunken
dried-up comb, yellow beak,
new feathers, yellow shanks
and yellow vents should he
culled and sold. Hens that
lack vigor and spend thei-
time loafing should also b'>
removed from the flock. A
good producer- has to eat
good feed and drink lots of
clean cool water and they
can’t do this unless they rus-
tle. Of course, the poultry-
man must do his part by
supplying this feed and wa-
ter, adds Moore.
The poultry producer who
does a good job of culling
continuously will be well
paid, and at the same time
he’l be following one of the
important practices of effi-
cient poultry farm manag'-
ment, concludes. Moore.
Legislature Balks
On Two Measures
As Time Runs Out
Movie House Flies
In Film For Its
Movie Patrons
Palacios—When the films
failed to arrive on time for
greater than 5 miles per hour 1J''1*-'!10 s^ln" here le»t
when susceptible crops —!wepk- thc manager took
Woman Was Short
One Baby For
Short Cup of Coffee
Bryan—A woman travel-
ing in a bus with her baby
got off at Hearne for a few
minutes rest stop, leaving her
15-month-old infant asleep in
the bus. She loitered to long
over her cup of coffee, and
the bus pulled out leaving
her behind. The frantic mo-
ther called ahead to ask
that, local police meet the
bus and care for her baby un-
til she could get here. Police
foyind the child still asleep
when the bus pulled in here,
The 51st Session of the
Texas Legislature closed at
! 1 :09 p. m. Wednesday, end-
ing the longest, spendingest
term in the state’s history.
In its waning minutes, the
: Legislature balked on two
i major measures.
| Time for official adjjourn-
ment of the Senate ran out
as Senator Hill Hudson of
Pecos successfully filibuster-
; ed against a proposal to lift
(he $35,000,000 ceiling on
old age pensions.
Simultaneously, the House
rejected a last minute Senate
i proposal for an $18,000,000
J state building program.
Technically, the House was
still in session, but at 1:09 p.
m., House Speaker Durwood
Manford announced that any
member who wanted to could
I "go home.”
As 150 Representatives^
and 31 Senators locked the
j lids on their desks, the stage
| was already being set for the
Legislature’s return some six
months hence.
The money barrel was dry.
To leave with the state’s
budgt temporarily balanced,
the Legislature had accepted
a $17,000,000 appropriation
veto by Gov. Beauford Jes-
ter.
Behind them Legislators
; left a record of $312,668,207
spent or earmarked for spend
ing in the next two years.
To taxpayers, this meant
•that the cost of government
,in Texas had climbed $93,-
I 668,207 since the 50th Leg*
' Mature adjourned in 1947.
The Gilmer-Aikin program
was approved at an estimat-
ed cost of $113,000,000.
Prison reform was given
the Legislative high sign to
the tun of $4,700,000.
A deficiency in rural aid
equalization accounted for
some $9,000,000.
In addition, the Legislature
wrote in the statutes, Texas'*
first anti-lynch law.
John T. Smith and Mr. &
Mrs. W. K. James and sons
of Dallas spent the week end
within a half mile downwind ,stePs.to koeP from disappoint and five hours later the dis- with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Oli-
PATSY BOUNDS
WINS 1ST PLACE
IN CONTEST
Mexia'a huge Independence
Day celebration brought t o
many memories of the old
“reunion days’’ at the park
west of Mexia.
Bombs, stars, whirlers and
expensive fireworks displays
lighted the skies for miles
ground. The re-enactment of
the flig raising on Mount
SurSbachl in the battle for
Iwo Jims was presented in
an interesting manner by the
national guard.
Hits Patsy Bounds, Wor-
tham won first place in the
! bathing beauty contest over
'21 other beauties. The bath-
ing beauties performed for
i an estimated 1000 spectators
[Monday afternoon. Second <0-55 A M
I place honors went to Mary ‘ P • ’ j >
Ann Butler and third place1
to Ruth Hartnett, both of,
Mexia. The three winners
were presented with large
loving cups with the respec-
tive places won inscribed on
them. All other girls were
•warded corsages. Jo Nell
Bounds was another entree
from Wortham. All the girls
were guests Of the chamber
of commerce at the fire work
display Monday night.
:.....v
SERMONS ANNOUNCED
Hear these sermons Sunday
At The
METHODIST CHURCH
"God Is Your
Friend.
8:00 P. M.—“What Is, and
Why Religion?”
Everyon Is Cordially Invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben By-
ers and sons R. E. and John
had a picnic at Springfield
Sunday.
Mrs. Felix Boney’s sister
and family of Stillwater, Ok-
lahoma visited her over the
week end.
or eighth mile upwind.
No 2-4D, says the com-j
mittee, should he released I
from an ariplane at altitudes 1
higher than 10 feet above the j
ground when wind velocities 1
are greater than 5 miles per
hour and susceptible crops
are within one mile down-)
wind or one fourth mile up-
wind from the application
area. In winds of 6 to 10 mile
per hour velocity, it should
not be released if susceptible
crops are within 2 miles to
downwind or one eighth mile
upwind.
In communities having in-
termixed small fields of sus-
ceptible and nonsusceptlble
crops, it is difficult to meet
the above conditions and in
such areas airplanes should
probably not be used for ap-
plying 2-4D.
Thornton advises using a
separate equipment for 2-4D.
It is practically impossible,
he says, to clean 2-4D from
a sprayer that may be used
for applying fungicides or in-
secticides. Don’t store 2-4D
in a building where seeds,
fertilizer, fungicides or ini
secticides are stored or han-
dled because of the danger
of contamination.
Employ only qualified air-
plane operators who have
properly functioning equip-
ment and who will apply the
spray only when the condi-
tions set forth above can be
.
ing his patrons. He called the j tracted mother arrived. She V(,r.
Dallas hooking office, and commended the officers for
they arranged to dispatch a'the excellent service they
duplicate set of films by air- had rendered as emergency
plane. The show must go on ! 1 baby sitters.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Col-
lier of Paris, Texas spent the
fourth with Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Collier.
Fort Parker State Park
Jammed Over Holidays
Wortham Local News Complains Because
Jail Sentence Is Not
ong Enough
Edinburg. —
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Poin-
dexter were in Dallas Wed.
Mrs. Billy Butler and chil-
dren spent the week end in
Graham visiting her sister.
George Lucas Jr. of Waco
and Miss Doris Lucas of Cor-
sicana visited their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Lucas!
over the week end.
Mrs. Joe Stooksberry and
A Mexican
alien was tried on a minor
misdemeanor charge here in
Justice court last week, and
was given a minimum fine of
Over 5,500 Crowd
Fort Parker Over
Fourth Holidays
Fort Parker State park was
visited by over 5,500 people
during the 4th of July week
end, Murphy Walton, park
manager, says.
*' *»« «•*.. whc„ i,
explained to him by an inter-
preter, he protested vocifer
an(* Nftncy | ously. He was not objecting
and Mrs. J. S. Newell spent
the week end visiting in Hou-
ston. Mrs. Stooksberry’s mo-
ther, Mrs. Jenny Pyburn re-
turned home with them for a
visit.
met, he says.
Among the most suscepti-
ble plants are: cotton, toma-
Jtoes, okra; vine crops such
as cucumbers, sweet potatoes
legumes such as blackeyed
peas, peanuts, snapbeans;
fruit trees, grapes, pecan
trees and many ornamentals.
to being adjudged guilty, hut
was protesting because h e
received such a light sent-
ence. Since he had no money
he had to serve his time in
jail, and he was disappointed
when he found he would get
only a few days of free board
and room from the county.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wals-
ton have been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Adams, in Palestine the past
week.
There were 931 swimmers
on Sunday and Monday alone
Walton reported.
Walton says that there were
many small picnics and sev-
eral family picnics held St
the park over the 4th.
The largest gathering was
the 300 employees and their
families of the Mexia Texittn at
Mills at their annual barb**
cue.
All boats at the lake wen
in constant use, Walton anys.
Several small strings of 1
fish were caught and
Robinson of Mexia, repo,
catching of a 20-pound:
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