The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1959 Page: 1 of 4
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BY THE STAFF
JOHNNY MeOILL'S MANY
friends in Wortham will be
pleased to know that be is now
a member of the U. S. Armed
Forces. Johnny signed up on July
8th for a four-hitch in Uncle
Sam’s Navy and is receiving his
boot training in San Diego, Calif.
Johnny’s address is Company
223/41, U.S.N.T.C.. San Diego,
Calif.
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QNE OF OUJI NEW subscribers
is Arthur R. Dunn of Lub-
bock. Now Mr. Dunn will have
his own Journal to read and won’t
have to wait on the Charley Dar-
woods to get through with their
copy.
*
QR. AND MRS. J. H. Keller.
daughter, Susan, and Mrs.
E. A. Strange left last Saturday
for a vacation trip to Colorado.
Their first stop was to be at Colo-
rado Springs and later they will
be in Denver where Dr. Keller
will attend a five-day medical
refresher course.
*
J( R. QUINBY WRITES from
Corona Del Mar, Calif., to
tell us that he has been a sub-
scriber to The Journal since its
first issue. According to Mr.
Quiriby the marriage vows in
Texas have changed since his
marriage in 1396. He relates that
the new marriage vows in Texas
conclude with the statement, "Do
you promise to love, honor, and
talk about Texas?”
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j^R. AND MRS. Bailey Bounds
and Bill Bounds plan to drive
to Junction Sunday where Bill
will enroll in the A&M Adjunct
at Junction for six weeks of
schooling. Leota’s Beauty Shop
will be dosed on Monday while
they are away.
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£VERY DOO HAS his day de-
partment: At least two dogs
are getting a vacation this sum-
mer from the bus? routine of
everyday life in Worthant Tuffy,
the Joe Stobksberirys’ cocker
spaniel, and Schatsie, the Morris
LeFevres’ dachshund, are both
out of town on short trips. Tuffy
is on a camping trip at Lake Whit-
ney with the Stooksberry family
and Schatsie and Johnny LeFevre
are spending a few days at the
J. C. LeFevres.
★
1"HREE MEMBERS OF the Wor-
tham Pony League baseball
team were interviewed on radio
station KBUS in Mexia Tuesday.
Appearing on the "Roaming with
Rip” program were Pete Williams,
team manager, Larry Williams,
and Bobby Cherry. The interview
was conducted by Rip McKenzie.
★
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MENT: One Wortham house-
hold had an unusual situation oc-
cur during the dinner hour for
its pets recently. According to a
reliable witness, a cat, a dog, and
a terrapin were all eating out of
the same bowl at the J ,B. Rob-
ertson home not too long ago. •>
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Dabney Pitches
Little League To
Win Over Teague
9
A brilliant, three-hit, pitching
performance by Eddie Dabney
combined with the sharp fielding
and timely hitting of his mates
gave the Wortham Little League
team a 6-0 victory over the
Teague Little League in Teague
Monday night.
Dabney struck out 12 batters,
hit two and walked two in the
snappily played contest. His
left-handed slants were especial-
ly effective in the tight spots
and he aided his own cause with
three singles in four at bats.
Shortstop Jack Williams smash-
ed a mighty triple over the cen
terfielder’s head in the fifth in
nings for the game’s longest blow.
First baseman James Richardson
cracked out a double in the fourth
inning. Other leading hitters for
the Wortham club were Jerry
Mathison who hit three singles
in four times at bat, Edward
Ridge, who collected two singles
in three at bats and Leland Tack-
itt who had a perfect night at
the plate with three safe blows
out of three turns at the plate.
Last Thursday night the Wor-
tham Little Leaguers dropped an
8-4 decision to the Groesbeck
team. Future games for the Wor-
tham team find them playing the
league-leading Mexia No. 1 team
in Wortham, Thursday, July 16.
Monday, July 20, the local nine
travels to Coolidge for a game and
on Thursday, July 23, they are
to play Mexia No. 2 in Mexia.
The Wortham Pony League
dropped games to Teague, 20-2,
last Friday night in Teague and
17-3 to Mexia in Wortham Tues-
day night. The Pony League con-
cludes its schedule Friday night,
July 17, on the home field with
a game against the league-leading
Groesbeck nine.
Inning-by-inning scores of the
latest games: \
Little League 1 2 2 4 1 6— r h
Wbrtham ........0 0 0 2 4 0— 6 15
Teague ............0 0,0 0 0 O— 0 3
Post 1—gue 12 # 4— t h
Mexia .....................1 0 2 2—17 10
Wortham ................3 0 0 0— 3 3
** created in The Journal office tervirig.Jts fiftieth year|of service play in toe air conditioned Gas
by the interesting collection of
old pictures brought in by John
Munroe. Included in the group
of photos are some shots of Wot-
tham in the early 1900’t and many
of the prominent personalities of
those days are pictures.
★
JHE WORTHAM SCHOOL Dis-
trict has buses and their
passengers do travel. During the
past year the six bus routes of
the district logged 61,000 miles
in transporting school children.
Put it all together in one trip
and it would be two and one-half
times around the world.
★
UAFPY BIRTHDAY TO Donald
H. Murphy on July 17; Matt
Driver, Mrs. Mary Norton, and
Tim Chamberlain on July 10;
Mrs. Sylvia Earl, Mrs. M. L. Bol-
ger, A. B. Ryno, Marguerite
Bounds and Ernest Siegismund
on July 20; Mildred Simmohs,
Mrs. R. D. Raines and Clyde
Bounds on July 21; Grace Mae
McReynolds, Mrs. M. C. Strange,
and Leta Jo Jarrell on July 22;
Carol Ann Davis and Henry
White on July 23.
SHILOH TO HAVE
THIRD SUNDAY SINOINO
There will be third Sunday
singing at Shiloh, next Sunday
afternoon boginning St 2:90.
Bvefjwne is Invited.
Richland Saaman
Returns from Cruise
NORFOLK, Vil— James E.
Richardson, seaman, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Richardson of
Richland, returned to Norfolk,
Virginia, on July 1 aboard the at-
tack aircraft carrier USS. Inde-
pendence after eight weeks of
training in the Caribbean Sea.
The Independence, newest of
of this country’s attack carriers,
returned from her maiden voyage
just in time to take part in the
Fourth of July activities at the
Norfolk base.
Limestone County
Calf Among Twenty
Flown to Korea
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A Limestone county celt left
Were Monday morning fee
Seoul. Korea. Twenty calves,
including one Angus heifer
from the Rufus Peeples ranch
at Tehuaeana. have bean donat-
ed to an orphanage in Seoul.
The calves will bo unloaded
at Seoul to become the nucleus
of a beef and dairy eattle pro-
gXUA to htlp fht ftfphlOOjtv
Peoples and his sister, Mrs.
W. P. Whaley of Dallas, denot-
ed the Angus heifer.
Mrs. R. J. Ellington's
Funeral Rites Held
In Mexia Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. R. J.
Ellington, 92, of 603 East Milam,
Mexia, were held Monday at 11
a.m. in Corley’s Chapel in Mexia.
The Rev. Gordon Bays, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, and Rev.
John C. Donovan, Vicar of Christ
Episcopal Church, conducted the
.jurial was in the Mexia City
Cemetery.
Mrs. Ellington, eldest member
of the First Baptist Church, died
Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in her home.
She had been bedridden since
1942 when she broke her hip in a
fall.
A native of Cannon, Miss., she
had resided at her Milam street
residence in Mexia for 80 years.
She was past worthy matron of
the Eastern Star and was a mem
her of the Woman’s Benefit Asso-
ciation and the Friday Club of
Mexia.
Mrs. Ellington’s husband pre-
ceded her in death in 1929.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Raleigh DeLong and Mist
Dasa Ellington, both of Mexia,
and Mrs. O. B. Wilson, Port Wal
ton Beach, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. R. S.
Dean, McAllen; two grandsons.
Robert E. DeLong, San Antonio,
and Raleigh DeLong, Jr., Pasa-
dena; four great-grandchildren,
and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were nephews and
grandsons.
Local 111Chapter
Groujr Mends Stale
ConMlm to Austin
A del
resenting
Farmer
week,
Slat
’ three boys rep-
Ifortham Future
Is in Austin this
attending the
invention of the
Miss Cajole Cowgill has re-
turned to her home in Houston
after a three weeks visit with
Susan LeFevre.
PTA President
Announces Colled
Meeting for Saturday
Mrs. C. J Modisette, president
of the Wortham PTA, announced
plans for a called meeting of the
local PTA unit Saturday morning,
July 18, at 10 o’clock in the high
school library. Mrs. Modisette
stated that several urgent mat-
ters should be brought before the
members and urged that every-
one try to attend.
Mrs. F. P. Simmons was in Dal-
las this week to be with her fath-
er, R. D. Raines, who is seriously
ill.
Lone Star Gas Company To Have 50th
Anniversary Display at the Dallas Fair
LonV " Star fc/os Company, ob-
this year, will commemorate Its
anniversary during the 1959 State
Fair of Texas with an outstand-
ing display at the Gas Building.
The educational exhibit will illus-
trate exploration, production, pro-
cessing and transmission of nat-
ural gas. >
The company has collected
unique samples of drilling rigs,
field production equipment and
accurate models of geological for-
mations. In addition, photo-
murals of actual equipment in-
stallations on Lone Star’s vast
pipeline system will illustrate the
story of modem gas service from
wellhead to burner tip.
The newest ideas in modem
kitchen design also will be on dis-
Buildlng. There will be two com-
pletely equipped all-gas model
automatic gas appliances, includ-
ing ranges, clothes dryers, water
heaters, heating equipment and
air conditioning will be included.
The landscaped patio in the out-
side center of the building will be
highlighted with a romantic pano-
rama of gas lights.
Lone Star will have an unusual
two-level display of Gold Star
built-in and free-standing gas
ranges in a central booth in the
Women’s Building at the fair. The
newest deluxe gas ranges will be
arranged side by side for com-
parison.
Texas FFA*
The ghOHpr'dtom Wortham will
be accompanied by Glen Wren,
local vocation^ agriculture teach-
er and FFApijftvisor. Others in
the party a»-Jimmy Lane, Phil-
ip DeSilva, and Billy Walker.
Some SOMNAther Future Farm-
ers are axpetted at the conven-
tion which to to be held in the
new airoototetioned Municipal
Auditoriuaa Jit Austin.
In adUHtiod to business sessions,
the young COhvenUonera will be
taken on a tour of Austin, swim
in the famous Barton Springs
pool, attend a *Vun Night” featur-
ing top FFA talent and profes-
sional acta, attend the huge Lone
Star Farmer Banquet and grant
honors, scholarships and awards
to deserving Future Farmers and
adults.
Local arrangements in the con-
vention city are being made by
15 committees, headed by Gen-
eral Chairman Lewis Bracy.
Bracy estimates that more than
150 citizens have served in pre-
convention activities.
On the local scene the Wortham
FFA chapter! through its Pig
Committee, has awarded a circle
gilt to Randy Butler. The gilt, a
Duroc-Jersey, was awarded to
Butler by the committee which is
composed of Roy Patterson, Roy
McNeel, Bryan McGill, Jimmy
Lane, Jimmy Williams, and Glen-
dale Pace.
PLANS FOR FREESTONE COUNTY FAIR,
AUGUST 27,28,29, RAPIDLY TAKMGSHAPE
Presbyterian Church
Services To Be
At 9 A. M. Sunday
The Rev. James F. Hardie Jr.
pastor the Fhtterson Memorial
Presbyterian Church in Eureka,
wilt bring the morning message
for the netrtJato Arodaars ml the
Presbyterian TftufllLil t;00 am.
The Rev. Hbwdfc Norris of
Kerens Will be on his vacation
at thiaJMtoe and will return as
regular supply pastor on Aug. 2.
Sunday school will be held at
10 am
Plans are progressing rapidly
for the presentation of the Free-
stone County Fair, August 27-28-
29, according to Suel Hill of Fair-
field, member of the County Fair
Committee. Committee meetings
are being held regularly in pre-
paration for what is hoped will
be a record Freestone County
Fair.
At a meeting Tuesday night the
rodeo committee agreed on the
following events for the rodeo,
August 28-29: bronc riding, calf
roping, bull dogging, bull riding,
and ribbon roping for Freestone
county boys only. The stock will
be furnished by Roland Reid of
Ft. Worth.
Anticipated as one of the out-
standing events of the three-day
affair will be the quarter horse
show, sponsored by the American
Jqint Community Memorial Organization
Announces Schedule for Working Cq moteriet
The Joint Communities Mem-,
orlal' Organisation has Worked
fervently to outline a schedule
for working of cemeteries in the
communities of Rocky Branch,
Lebanon, Kirvin (Session), and
Webb Branch. Some equipment
has been purchased to work the
cemeteries more effectively.
The following schedule of work-
ing at the cemeteries has been
made:
July 27 and 28—Session Ceme-
tery
July 29 and 30—WeM> Branch
Timet ary
July 31 and August 3—Rocky
Branch Cemetery ’ ‘
A considerable amount qf work
has been done at Rocky Branch
Cemetery. Everyone is asked to
come and work to clean cemeter-
ies on dates scheduled. Bring
lunch, a hoe or rake, or any other
tool that you think can be used.
All tlye work that we can do in
the cemeteries is necessary.
H. P. Foater, President,
Austin H. Baty, Vice-Pres.,
M. L. Brooks, Chairman,
Board of Directors,
Mrs. Liasie P. Brown, Sec.
C. J. Modhftte Given
25-Year Service
Award by Gulf
C J. Modisette, local Gulf Oil
Co. employee, wta awarded his
15-year service award last week.
Mr. Modisette w4s presented a
beautiful gold pen with precious
stones symbolizing the 25 years of
service.
Modisette first launched his
career with Gulf at the Lufkin
station and worked there until
his transfer to Wortham in 1952.
Two Liquor Raids
Net Several Gallons
Of 'White Lightning'
An agent of the Liquor Control
Board and members of the Lime-
stone County Sheriff Depart-
ment made two raids over the
week end and seised several gal-
lons of “moonahinV*.
The men raided a Negro in
Groesbeck Saturday afternoon
and a Doyle Negro on Sunday,
seizing several gallons of illegal
booze in each raid.
Both Negro men were arrested
and charged with peasession of
un taxed liquor.
Notes From Your
COUNTY AGENT
By J. H. PRITCHARD
PRIZE WINNING RXOS
Four Freestone county 4H
boys have won prise money in
the heavy litter contest with
Sears pigs in the five-county
area. They were Leslie Tate of
Fairfield, 2nd, $9SO; Don Wil-
lard, Turlington, 4th, $7.00; Jack
ie French, Teague, 6t6h, $5.00;
Norman Moore, Ward Prairie,
10th, $5.00.
These club boys and many
others in the county are doing a
good job with their 4H club dem-
onstations. Let’s encourage them
to do even better.
BRUCELLOSIS MURING
The county agent and several
others attended a feting in
Huntsville Monday on the new
Brucellosis or Banjo iltoiasf con-
trol law and program.
Visual Vocation
Vesper Services
Being Planned
A week of Visual Vacation Ves-
per services is being planned at
the Presbyterian Church begin-
ning Monday, August 3, and con-
cluding Friday, August 7, from
7:30 to 9:00 each evening.
Friends of the xovm are cor-
rially invited to attend and par-
ents are urged to come and bring
their children.
A series of films on the Life of
Christ will be shown. The sched-
ule includes a period of music,
scripture readings and two or
three films, each lasting 15 min-
utes. A fellowship break with
cold drinks will be followed by
discussion groups for aty ages be-
ginning with beginners through
adults.
Through the films on the life
and teachings of Christ it is the
desire of the planning committee
that all who see them will have
their belief in Christ strengthen-
ed.
The visual education program
is replacing the annual morning
Vacation Bible School tor the year
at the Presbyterian church and
arrangements are in charge of the
Christian Education Committee
composed by Mmes. Harry P.
Bounds, D. R. Wimberly and T. B.
Poindexter, Jr.
Next week a listing of the
films and the discussion leaders
will be announced.
OLD TIMERS TO HAVE
GET-TOGETHER AT NEW HOPE
There will be a reunion of old
times, and friends and relatives
of those buried in the New Hope
Cemetery, on July 19th.
Quarter Horse Association, on
Friday afternoon, August 26. The
champion mare and champion
stallion of last year’s show were
later named 1958 national cham
pions. George Tyler of Gaines-
ville will be the judge for this
event.
Steel work has been completed
for the new bleachers on the
north side of the rodeo arena and
construation of the new arena
fence and bucking chutes is un-
derway.
Homemaking and community
exhibits will be located in the
Boy Scout cahin on the fair
grounds. Commercial and voca-
tional agriculture evhibits will be
in the east building.
A big parade will open the
three-day event on August 27.
The program committee is plan-
ning three full days of entertain-
ment.
As might be expected, consid-
erable interest will be generated
by the queen contest and the
queen of the 1959 Fair and Rodeo
will be selected and crowned at
the rodeo arena on the opening
night, August 27. Mrs. C. E.
Childs, Jr. and Mrs. F. Morris
Sneed of Fairfield and Mrs. Frank
Carroll of Teague are in charge
of the contest.
A feature attraction of the coro-
nation will be the presentation of
the “Freestone County Tom
Thumb Parade” which will be
composed of youngsters from the
three-year-old to school-age level.
Mrs. J. H. Keller, Jr., and Mrs.
O. B. Utley, Jr., are in charge of
arrangements for this event which
is expected to draw county-wide
interest.
Candidates for Queen of the
Fair and Rodeo will be judged
on poise, personality and talent
during this year’s contest, stated
Mrs. Childs recently. Each can-
didate must be between the ages
of 16 and 20; and must be spon-
sored by a civic organization or
club.
Candidates do not have to have
a special or well-trained talent to
compete in the contest. She may
sing, give a reading, or perform
an act or stunt of entertainment.
Contestants, clubs, or other spon-
soring organizstions may contact
Mrs. Childs in Fairfield of Mrs.
Carroll in Teague for further in-
formation. The deadline for filing
names of candidates will be Aug-
ust 15. Out-of-county judges will
select the queen.
Clubs and organizations from
all over the county are urged to
select their candidates at the ear-
liest possible date and give their
names to Mrs. Childs or Mrs. Car-
roll.
‘In Evening milk Maurice Chevalier’ in Dallas
M. C. Landrum
Dies in Fairfield
Friday, July 3
M. C. Landrum, 73, died at the
hospital in Fairfield Friday night.
July 3, following an extended ill-
ness. Private rites were held to
Austin Sunday afternoon wills
Dr. Charles Sumner of the Epis-
copal Church officiating. Inter-
ment followed in the Auatto
Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Landrum was bom to
Granger June 0, 1806, the son at
the late Horace Wesley Landniav
Methodist minister. His mother.
Mrs. H. L. Edens of Bertram, waa
the former Sarah Jane Carolina
Tegge Landrum.
For a number of yean he waa
employed with the Internal Re-
venue Service and was in charge
of the Houston office of the IRS
for 13 yean before retiring to
1952.
He married Mrs. Emily Hasten,
in 1956 and they moved to Kir-
vin where he was mayor at the
time of his death. He was aim
an honorary Rotarian and a mem-
ber of the Methodist Church.
Survivon include his wife of
Kirvin; his mother of Bertram;
one daughter, Mrs. B. N. Holman
of Austin; one brother, Dr. Lw
Edens of Austin, and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Calves Dominate
Groesbeck Sate;
1,281 Head Sold
Quantity of calves dominated
last Thursday's Groesbeck Gem-
mission Company sale when ljtt
eattle and calves want up for sale.
The market was a little strong
er on moat classes at cattle. Them
were many cows and calvaa, toll
they sold to a pretty good Jlomnhd
and were bringing from $10M8
to $236.00 a pair. .Canner sad wri-
te mAOMto*eSSfeiSto £
with a tow outstanding eewo-ng-
to $20. Onaload of light, jmmg
cows avenged about $187JMk .
Fat oalvee were briaattg $20 to
$29.50 wfth 0 tow outotandbg
above $30. Cheaper calves worn
bringing $2A to $27A0. Little euB
yearlings brought $17 to $20.
A few good stocker calves
brought up to $37, but the major-
ity were not on the good side and
brought from $30 to $33. Some of
the heavier stocker calves brought
from $28 to $30. Stocker heitor
calves were from $1.00 to $2A0
cheaper than the steer calves:
Bulls were bringing from $20 to
$22.75.
A good many new outside buy- «.
ers attended besides regular buy-
ers. It appears that the stocker
outlook will to good as long a*
the weather will permit it.
In si tor* treat for ♦hmttenssrt t»f
Musicals present the worlfiswun
July to through Aug. 2 at the Musis
French entertainer will fly to Dallas $i
his ealsbratad one-man skew in which
wade famous la hi* earn laimltabk atj
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ftftfswfcsrss'
all in Dallas. The renowned
iirect from Paris toq»meant
» wUI sing the seugs ho has
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Sub-District Youth
Revival To Be Held
In Groesbeck Soon
A sub-district Youth Revival
will be held at the Groesbeck
Methodist church beginning Mon-
day evening, July 27, and going
through Friday, July 31. Young
people of all ages, including the
college group, will participate and
are urged to do so. Church—
taking an active part in the re-
vival will be Groesbeck, Mexia,
Wortham, Thornton, Ben Hur, Big
Hill, and Tehuaeana.
Services will be held each eve-
ning at 7:30 o’clock. On Monday
evening, Rev. Don Post will be
the speaker; Tuesday evening;
Gerald Spaulding of Mexia; Wed-
nesday evening, Rev. Cecil Ellis;
Thursday evening. Rev. Calvin
Dickinson, and Friday evening;
Rev. Leon Sims.
An old time plain gospel revival
with worship and fellowship for
all will feature the series of meet-
ings.
E. A. Strunck Injured
In Hoy Bolor Accidont
Mondoy Afternoon
E. A. Strunck receivew painful
injuries to two fingers of his left
hand Monday afternoon while
working with a hay baler on the
Herbert Strunk farm east at
Wortham.
Mr. Strunck was carried to
Mexia where his injuries were
treated by Dr. C. C. Edgar. Eta
suffered the Ion of one jotoft
from each at the injured flngeta.
Joe Ty Meador .of Odessa is
visiting the Tom Meadors in Wor-
tham and also visiting retotlv— to
Richland.
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