The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1959 Page: 3 of 4
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KIRVIN SQUIBS
lyLL RYBURN
We continue to have a rain i just about anything you need at
every week and Kirvin’s weed I these stores. They are not only
patches continue to grow. About
the only direction we can see is
straight up, but we should all
look up more often anyway, and
while we are looking up thank
the Lord for his many blessings.
Bro. T. J. Seamans came to
town last Thursday with his shirt
wet with sweat. It is awful when
our preachers start to work. He
may make the rest of us look bad,
but he is a great preacher even
if he does get out and work. The
Seamans are proving to be a
great blessing to our little town
and its people. Mrs. Seamans is
a registered nurse and she is fill-
ing a great need at the Fairfield
hospital. Bro. Seamans is pastor
of the Kirvin Baptist church and
everyone in bur town and sur-
rounding community should try
and go hear him every Sunday.
Every Christian should work to
raise our Spiritual standard. Let’s
have real Christian fellowship.
I guess the most prized posses-
sion that Kirvin has left is its
two churches. Both the Baptist
and Methodist church have served
our people well. Of course they
are smaller in membership than
they once were—just as the town
is smaller than it once was—but
the fewer we have in numbers
the closer we need to cooperate
and work together.
Whether you attend either of
these churches or not, you would
not want to live here if we didn’t
have them. They need your co-
operation and you need the Spir-
itual uplift that they have to offer
you.
Kirvin has produced a many
outstanding people, and we still
have a number left. We should
be grateful for our two fine stores
owned and operated by Mr. and
Mrs. G. F. Bertrand and Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. Wynne. You can buy
good neighbors, they are good
friends. Why not tell them you
appreciate them and the service
they are rendering our commun-
ity. What would we do without
them?
We are furnishing Fairfield a
registered nurse in Mrs. T. J.
Seamans, but if I were called on
to pick the one person in Kirvin
who has rendered the greatest
service to the people of Freestone
county I think I would have to
pick Mrs. Oliver Carter. She has
been one of Freestone county’s
outstanding teachers for a num-
ber of years A number of children
in the communities that I work
in are and have been her pupils,
and I have never heard a com-
plaint. They are always asking
about her.
A good Christian scnool teacher
holds the most responsible posi-
tion in our county and I hope our
lawmakers may find some way of
paying them a reasonable salary.
Mr. Carter also has done a great
deal for our town and community.
He has lived in Kirvin all of his
life and is a friend to all of our
people. Wherever there is a real
need he is always there to lend
a helping hand. Maybe only a
few people may know it, but his
part is always there. Mrs. Carter
is now a Valued teacher in the
Teague High School. Both of my
grandchildren at Teague have had
her for a teacher.
I am in a revival meeting at
Post Oak this week. Of course
when you read this it will have
been last week. It was a joy to
spend another week with this fine
little church and community.
They are few in number, but
surely there are none greater.
We are grateful for the many
Pleasant Grove people who at-
tended this meeting. This is my
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SAFETY
COSTS SO LITTLE!
A box in our voult that is adequate for
the average family costs only $2.00 a
year. Get one.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
WORTHAM. TEXAS
home church and we do appre-
ciate their cooperation and pray-
ers. We were also happy to
have a number of visitors from
Fairfield and Dew. It was cer-
tainly good to have Mr. and Mrs.
Lonnie Lambert and children
with us. They are friends of
long standing. They are vaca-
tioning, and how good to come
back to the old home to spend it.
I have had very little time to
put this together this time or pick
up local news. We are always
grateful for any local news you
hand in. We would like to give
the happenings of the town and
community.
J. S. Carter came home last
Tuesday after a visit to Freder-
icksburg and other . southwest
Texas cities. He says the country
is very beautiful and thaft crops
are fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Richards
and Carter, Jr., Mrs. Sheffield
and Mrs. Wynne enjoyed a picnic
and very pleasant outing at
Springfield last Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wyatt of
Burleson visited in Kirvin and
Fairfield last Tuesday.
R. L. Rybum visited in Teague
last Tuesday.
The many friends of George
Barnhill will be glad to learn
that he is improving and is at
home again. He would be glad
to have his friends visit him.
William Goolsby, Wesley Teer
and Mr. Lee of Fairfield visited
in Kirvin last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams Sr.
visited in Wortham, Teague, and
Fairfield last week.
Recent visitors in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams, Sr.
were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams'
brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
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Cigarette Case . . $3.95
Eye Glass Case . . $2.95
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O Does a raccoon always wash his food before
eating It?
A.—If he is near water, the raccoon dips food,
holding it in his front paws and sloshing it
around in the water, before eating it. Pre-
sumably he is trying to wash the sand and
grit from the fish, crawdads and frogs that
he usually eats.
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B. R. Adams; his sister, Mrs. C. G.
Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Car-
ter and children, Ann and Jack;
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Dillon and
daughter, Dianne, and Mrs. John-
nie Adams, Jr., all of Dallas; Mr.
and Mrs. M R. Scarbrough and
children, Cheryl and Johnny, of
Old Ocean; also Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Whiteside of Wortham, and Rev.
FqecLBinkley, Methodist pastor ot
Wortham and Kirvin. He preach-
ed at Kirvin his first time on
July 5th. His wife came with
him.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Adams vis-
ited in Mexia, Teague and Fair-
field last Thursday and they vis-
ited in Dallas last Friday.
Dickey and Mike Delscy of
Dellas visited Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Adams last week.
Johnny Adams, Jr., visited in
Dallas last week end.
B. I. Smith has the cleanest gar-
den in town. I tried to keep
pace with him but the weather
got too,hot, my meetings started,
and my old disease of laziness set
in, so I gave up.
Mrs. Oliver Carter and Mrs.
Freeman visited in Ft. Worth last
Thursday.
Jimmy and Cheryl Carter re
turned home last week after an
extended visit with relatives in
West Texas.
Mrs. C. E. Goolsby returned
home last week after a week’s
visit in the Bruce Bumgardner
home in Ft. Worth.
Inasmuch as Kirvin is in the
Wortham School District, The
Wortham Journal is Kirvin’s most
important newspaper.'' It carries
all of the Wortham school ac-
tivities and you can’t get this in'
any other paper. It also carries
the Kirvin new* each week. We
would appreciate your local news
items. The Journal is interested
in Kirvin and • its people. We
feel that it. should, gpme to every
Kirvin home. Local bnd church
news is always welcome. I will
be glad to send in your subscrip-
tion at any time.
Judge Moss of Wortham was in
Kirvin last Thursday.
Jim Brown of Pleasant Grove
visited in Kirvin last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. York and
Miss Ann visited in Kirvin last
Sunday afternoon. They also at-
tended the 50th wedding anniver-
sary of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Baker
at Burleson.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rice
and Miss Peggy of Wortham at
tended the golden wedding anni
versary at Burleson last Sunday.
Tim Brown and R. L. Ryburn
visited in Wortham last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Cannon and
H. J. Jr„ and Elder and Mrs.
R. L. Ryburn visited in the Homer
Cherry home last Sunday.
A. L. Harris and B. I. Smith
visited in Fairfield last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Younger Summers
of Mexia visited Mr. and Mrs.
B. I. Smith last Thursday.
Edward Milligan of Houston
visited his mother, Mrs. H. L.
Milligan, several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Edwards of
Oklahoma visited Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Carter and Mrs. C. E.
Goolsby and other relatives and
friends last week.
Judge J. T. Hughes, Alf Boseley
and Jesse Await attended differ-
ent sales over the country last
week. They know cattle and they
are always ready to buy, sell or
trade.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baker
Wichita Falls visited Mr. and Mrs.
S. Baker last week end.
In regard to our Post Oak re-
vival we would like to thank Mrs.
Ben Phillips who had charge of
our choir and Mrs. Everett Har-
rison, our pianist. They were al-
ways at thair place on time. I
and the church wish to thank
some of our very good friends at
Taague for their very liberal gifts.
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NEW YORKr-At a recent meeting held here to warn the
public about.UM potential dangers from mis-use o( disposable
ultra-thin plastic bags, the baby's crib was pointed to as the
greatest source of deaths resulting from suffocation by plastic
bags.
Dr. James It. Goddard, left,
head of the Accident Preven-
tion Bureau, VA-. Department
of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare, said Ida department's
findings Showed the mis-use of
the ultra-t
iltra-thln disposable plas-
tics as make-etdft coverings In
cribs, play pans, etc., was the
principal causa of suffocation
attributed to plastics.
Dr. Goddard sold that when
an infant lias on Us stomach,
as prescribed by pediatricians,
Its face may come In contact
with the non-porous material as
a result of moving around In
the crib.
He reported that each year
approximately 15,000 children,
under the ago of 15, die as a
result of accidents. The princi-
pal causae of accidental deaths
were listed as automobiles, fires
and drown Inga In older groups,
firearms were also included.
William T. Cruse, right, ex-
ecutive vice president of the
Society of the nasties Indus-
try, told the meeting his as-
sociation has embarked on a
nation-wide program to educate
every mother,/Jather, bayi and
girl on the ptouar use, and' not
the mis-use, of the ultra-thin
plastic material.
Ha reported that one of the
first steps tho society took was
to voluntarily petal and distrib-
ute millions of lsaflets and
counter cards to dry cleaning
establish meats, public health
officers, doctors and other
groups as a warning to parents
of the potential danger of the
mis-use of this ultra-thin
material.
Mrs. RUa Hunt, a mother of
four small children, demon-
strated the proper uses of plas-
tic bags and showed ways many
families were mis-using the
ultra-thin film.
Mra Hunt pointed out that
heavier plastic bags, such as
those used for fruits and vege-
tables, have many additional
safe uses around the home. For
instance, she told the audience,
the bags can be used for stor-
ing leftovers in the refrigera-
tor, or putting foodstuffs as
sharp cheeses, onions, etc., in a
refrigerator without having the
odor penetrate other foods, or
for such other uses as carrying
wet garments or diapers.
Mra Hunt demonstrated the
safety points recommended by
experts in health, safety, medi-
cal and other fields which are
cooperating with the society in
Its campaign. These points are:
• Never use the disposable
ultra-thin plastic bag as a cov-
ering in cribs, play pens, on
furniture, or leave the bags
where thra pan come into con-
tact with the face of an infant
or small child.
• Immediately hang garments
protected by such bags in a
closet.
• Once the bags have served
their intended purpose, immed-
iately dispose of them by shred-
ding and/or knotting and place
them in a covered receptacle
safe from children.
About Your
HEALTH
LTSCiSS.yuro.
“School days, school days. Good
ol* golden rule days!"
Here they come again, and if
you're a wise parent you’ll get
ready ahead of time.
There Is lots to do—buy clothes,
fit shoes—and if your child is en-
tering the first grade, chances arc
you need a birth certificate copy
School districts in Taxas require
that entering students foe fix
yefers old before WaRHnitiiryl.
Otherwise they must Wait Uhtil
the following year.
The beet means of proving your
child’s age and birth date is to
have a certified copy of his birth
certificate.
In many areas of Texas, copies
are available from local registrars
of vital statistica in health de-
partments or county court houses.
You may also obtain a birth
certificate copy from the Division
of Vital Statistics ot the Texas
State Department of Health in
Austin.
To do so, you must send one
dollar requesting a copy. Be sure
to include the child’s name, date
and place of birth and the parent’s
name.
It is important that patents take
They have lived in Taague for
many yean but they never forget
the old home church and the
people of the community.
Mrs. Aude Respnesa and Mrs.
G. F. Bertrand visited In Mexia
Tuesday.
Mike Respneas is spending the
week in Conroe and Austin.
Mrs. G. F. Bertrand and Sonny
and Mrs. W. R. Marberry visited
in Teague Friday.
Joe Moore of Dallas and Dan
Moore of Wortham weft Kirvin
visitors Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Spurgeon
and Ted are spending a week
visiting in East Texas.
Gerald Coleman of Dallas spent
the week end with M" '—“ **—
Luther Marberry and
Mr. and Mrs. L.
Mexia visited Mr. and
Tims Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Toby Griasard of
Houston spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Piffiin and
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Todd and
Cathy.
Randall Pullin has lotumed
home after a two weeks visit in
Houston with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Tima and
Bettianne of Houston spant Fri-
day with his parents, Mr. aod Mn.
J. B. Tims.
Earnest Pinkard was a Fairfield
visitor last Friday.
care of this chore as early as
possible.
During August and September
the Division of Vital Statistics is
swamped with literally thousands
of requests each week for birth
certificate copies.
If you want to be sure your
child has his birth certificate
when school starts, request it now.
Rough estimates place the num-
ber ef upcoming first graders at
about 250,000. That makes for
a lot of birth certificate topies.
In addition to birth certificates,
it would be wise to check with
your school district regarding any
vaccinations that may be required.’
It would be a good idea—if you
have not already done so—to get
your child started on his series of
three Salk polio shots before
school starts.
Also, a fourth shot or "booster”
is generally recommended for
added protection a minimum of
one year after the initial series.
Another smart idea that will
pay off is adjusting your child’s
schedule to approximate that of
school time, including bedtime,
meals and especially waking
time.
Fort Porker Report
THE WORTHAM JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY II. 19l»-Fage 3
News From Your
Negro County Agent
The Fort had 831 visitors this
week; 189 cars. 29 of them from
out of state. Troop 97 of Dallas
brought 12 and Troop 134, Dallas,
24; First Methodist of Kennedale,
27.
Our farthest visitor was from
Monterrey, Mexico, and also vis-
itors from Louisiana, Kansas,
New York, Iowa, Ohio, California,
Oklahoma, Michigan, Arkansas,
Arizona, Maryland, Washington,
New Mexico, Wisconsin, Tennes-
see, and Indiana.
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Owens
and Mickey of McGregor visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brooks and
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Owens over
the week end.
Mr. and Mn. Jed Carter of
Kaufinan visited the R Q. Seely*
Monday.
By V. O. BURTON
4-H’en Attend State Camp
Ralph Dial of Fairfield and
Sedric Malone of Butlei attended
State 4-H Camp at Huntsville,
along with the agent and 300
other agents and 4-H bays andf
girls July 6-9 inclusive. These
boys were selected to attend camp'
on the basis of their achievements
and contributions to 4-H club
work.
Ralph enrolled ' and received
training in Junior Leadership;
whch included the qualities of rf
good leader, - leadership: needed* in
a 4-H club and the resportxibiKtffe*)f{
of a 4-H leader. Ralph is ^
swine and poultry demonstrator
of his community. Sedrk receiv-
ed training in a course entitled,
“4-H Club Work and You,” which'
included the importance of 4-H
club work, responsibilities, .dem-
onstrations, 4-H records and paae-;
tically everything included in a
well rounded 4-H program. Both
boys participated in several cere-
monies and demonstrations while
at camp. The entire group wit-
nessed a wonderful message and
address by W. Van Jobnapfc.dnd
Mrs. C. B. Coss, rtFiHbF^Tthe
Prairie .View faculty.
Fof recreation, the group enjoy-
d swimming, a western jambo-
•***, dress revue and dancing.
These boys will appear before(
:r clubs at the next meeting;
I give a discussion on the ac-;
r ties conducted during the
'bi-yp tenure.
The Republican Presidental
candidate in 1936 was:
Thomas Dewey
Alf Landon
Wendell Wilkie
The airline distance between
New York City and Los An-
geles is:
3,176 miles
1.989 miles
2,451 miles
QUIZ ANSWER: Landon, 2,451.
Farm Records Are Important
Ji The man in agriculture today
6 faced with more and bigger
problems than ever before. De-
cisions must be made and made
right if you are to stay in bus-
iness long.
"Sure,” you say, “I know that
better than anyone, but just what
.< do I use for a basis for these de-
cisions?” Go to your record
books. There you can find con-
crete evidence on which to base
your decisions. Almost any prob-
lem that arises can be either sup-
ported or contradicted and thus
solved by your records. Records
‘heed not be elaborate or com-
plicated. A plain single entry
system usually does the best job
and is also easier to keep.
U you have no record system or
are not satisfied with the one you
have, stop by my office any time.
1 will be glad to help you set up
one that suits your needs.
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