The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 17, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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The Wood County Record
Twenty-Five Years of Service in Wood, Smith and Van Zandt Counties
rH YEAR — NUMBER FORTY-TWO
MINEOLA, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JAM ARY 17, 1956
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
iggest Farm Meeting in Area's
Hfstory Slated Here on Friday
Mothers
Will March
HereTonight
Mineola mothers will march
tonight, Monday, on local homes
soliciting funds for the March
of Dimes Campaign.
All sections of Mineola have
been divided under supervision
of area chairmen. The mothers
will begin their march at 7 p.m.
Residents are asked to turn
their porch lights on. and one
of the mothers will call between
7 and 8 p.m. to gather their
donations.
Those who are missed should
call Mrs. Bill Watson, general
chairman, and !she will arrange
for someone to call for their
donation.
pr
^DIDN'T USE TO BE THIS WAY — Modern soldiers appar-
find army chow good to the last droplet and succul-
enough to lick the platter clean at Fitzsimons Army
Hospital in Denver, Colo. Actually, it's their job. Eldon
Miller, left of Albany, Ore., and Kenneth Goertzen, Hamp-
ton, Neb., want to gel all the nutritive value possible from
measured portions of a hot meat. The "hot" in this case
£ers to foods treated with atomic radiation as a preserva-
measure. Army researchers want to determine if food
values are affected by the treatment.
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Lions Hear Mills
On Fire Dangers
“Fires don’t happen — they’re
caused,’’ Fire Chief Paul Mills
told members of the Lions Club
at their noon meeting last
Thursday. “Most fires are trace-
able to two causes: carelessness
and ignorance,” he added.
Mills demonstrated his state-
ment, y^t’erything will burn,
'£2lg you,” by showing the
iv& tendancies of such
conanon articles as flour and
starch, and even showed that
steel shavings are combustible.
“Visualize a street reaching
from Texarkana to El Paso, with
edjtei building afire and with
s^^Bme burning to death in a
bunning in every block and you
m will understand what fire losses
in the United States each year
mean,” he said.
Mills added that 11.000 per-
sons burn to death in America
each year.
Touching on electric wiring
as a fire hazard. Mills declared
that often the wiring is not at
fault, but the occupant of the
property who disregards such
warning as blown fuses or who
inserts a penny behind a burn-
ed-out fuse to make it function.
“If larger fuses than 30 amp
are required to prevent them
burning out, you need more
wiring,” he added.
Dr. J. Warren McCorkle, who
had charge of the program, in-
troduced the speaker. Dr. Mc-
Corkle also distributed 20 minia-
ture plastic crutches to each
member of the club for sale in
the March of Dimes. He said
that the number represented
only about one-sixth of the
total the club is expected to
dispose of. and announced that
booths will be set up at Broad
and Johnson streets and club
members will man them in the
campaign against polio.
Perry Bros. Names
New Local Manager
K. W. Bull of Taft. Texas, re-
placed Jack Black in a shift of
Perry Bros, variety store man-
agers Friday. Black was trans-
ferred to Jefferson. Texas.
Mrs. Bull and two children
are visiting relatives at Bogota,
Texas, and later will occupy
quarters at 306 N. Line street,
formerly occupied by the Blacks.
Bull, a native of Abilene, has
been a member of the Perry
organization two years. He had
been manager of the store at
Taft less than a year.
Black had been manager of
the Mineola store since last
February,
Parents Reminded
Of Third Polio Shot
Although last year’s school
age polio shots given bv the
National Foundation of Infan-
tile Paralysis was delayed a
month, children should take
their third shot as scheduled,
not later than March 1. County
Health Officer Dr. Wm. T. Black
has advised.
The second shot last Spring
was delayed due to an investi-
gation of manufacturers of the
vaccine, but it is essential for
success of the vaccination pro-
gram that the third shot be
given.
The National Foundation i*
not providing any more free
shots. Dr. Black advised. Par-
ents are urged by Dr. Black to
call their doctor for the third
shot, which must be paid for
by the individual.
Most doctors have purchased
a liberal supply of the vaccine
which is being sold at reason-
able rates, he advised. Since the
vaccine is dated and will not be
eiven when its date expires,
nor will exchanges be made by
the manufacturers, local citi-
zens are urged to secure their
third shots promptly in order
that doctors and druggists
might not lose their investment.
“Should people delay and
local doctors and druggists loose
their present stock, they nat-
urally would feel leary in order-
ing new stock.” Dr. Black warn-
ed.
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Landers Test Starts,
Alba Work Continues
Equipment for a 5.700 foot
Woodbine oil test east of Silver
Lake spudded in over the week-
end after setting up about half
a mile south of Highway 80 on
the M. H. Landers tract.
See OIL page 8
Murray Coxto Broadcast
At Noon Free Barbecue
Mineola area farmers are expected to swarm into town
next Friday for the biggest farm meeting ever held in this
area of East Texas, featuring outstanding authorities in vari-
I ous fielcrs of agriculture an.
I ranching with a free barbecu ;
luncheon at noon.
An all day meeting will b‘i
| held in the Mineola Junio
: High School auditorium featur-
ing talks on local auricultura
commodities. That afternoon a'
2:45 p.m. Nate Learner of J
Learner and Son of Chicago
j will discuss with local growers
his plans to set up a carlot
cantaloupe market here next
summer.
j Learner has stated that he is
interested in buying, grading
and packing cantaloupes in
carlot shipments provided as-
^ surunces ol .it least 500 acics
of cantaloupes can be given.
One of the features of the
day’s meeting will be a broad-
cast at noon by Murry Cox. to
VIRGIL BERNARD — In the be made from the shed of the
watermelon shipping and local Farmers Market where the
marketing business for 20 free barbecue will be held.
years, he will dfecuss "Wa- To be elisible t0 attend the
I-, . , ,, free barbecue. farmers and
ermelon Research and Mar- ranchers and theh. wives mus,
keting this Friday after- attend the morning session of
noon at the big area farm- the meeting to obtain tickets.
ers meeting to be held in Those who will speak during
the Mineola Junior High the morninS meeting following
School auditorium. ^ 9 am' ^ration are as
follows:
r\ l
Ted Gouldy. livestock report-
er for the Fort Worth Livestock
Exchange, on “Beef Cattle or.
the Market.”
Cliff Bates, farm manage-
Information on fires in the ment specialist of Texas A&M
county outside city limits is College, on “The Agriculture
now being assembled by the Outlook."
County Commissioner's Court in Allen C. Gunter of the Her-
an effort to reach a decision on rules Powder Co., on “Insectici-
whether county aid should be ctes for Plant Disease Control.”
extended city fire departments. Bryan Blalock, public rela-
B. A. Holbrook, Mineola area tions director of the Borden Co ,
County Commissioner, said that sPeaKing on Dairying .
the County Court expects to Speaking in the afternoon
reach a decision on the county wiU be:
fire question soon. | See FARM MEETING page 4
Chest X-Ray Unit
Due Here Tuesday
County Studying Aid
For Fire Departments
The annual free chest X-Ray
program started in Wood Coun- t
ty in Hawkins last Friday and
Saturday and will resume to-
morrow. Tuesday, in Mineola at
Peacock's Sales-Service.
A goal of at least 7,000 X-
Rays has been set for the coun- (
ty by the sponsoring organiza- ,
tions, the Wood County Health
Unit and the County Tubercu-
losis Association.
Mobile X-Ray equipment is
being furnished by the State
Department of Health which is
i capable of taking 1500 X-Rays i
a day. Approximately one min-
ute is required per X-Ray.
Those taking advantage of the
free service need only remove
their coat.
Last year Mineola led all
other towns in the county in
the number of people having
their chests X-Rayed. Last
year’s total was over 1600 and
at least 2.000 are expected this
year.
Persons must be at least 15
years of age to be accepted for
the X-Rays. In addition to
See X-RAYS page 4
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Harle, S. Neil. The Wood County Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 17, 1956, newspaper, January 17, 1956; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1140259/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.