The Teague Chronicle (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1953 Page: 1 of 8
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_____ Dedicated to the Service of the People and Jhe Progress of Teague and Texas
THOUfi^J FOR THE WEEK
And He saith unto them,. ®be
not afraid: ye seek Jesus at
Nazareth, which was crucified.
He nr rtseifT HFTs not here '6e-~
hold the place wherp they laid
Him—Mark 16-6.
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TEAGUE. FREESTONE COUNTT, TEXAS, THURSDAY. APRIL 2, 1953
VOL. 49. NO.
litor Says
By John Richardson
L»ntlv visited
some local
l With J E- Wells our ag-
LrP instructor
at Teague
[ school. First
plaoe we
M was Mr. I.
L. Capers,
pniovs the reputation of
bone county’s
No. 1 all
Li tanner..........
- the
vetch and rye In the
iO some acres of it! It
fine to see his cattle
las show animals when
are in pretty bad shape.
I cattle were feeding In
and rye nearly three feet
ers also has a four-acre
crimson clover which is
mighty good. It was not
ready to start blooming
year the plot was real-
eautified when In full
hit trees, plums, peaches
apples were doing excellent,
the exception of the ap-
that had not bloomed
he trees were loaded with
| Mr. Capers said that much
fruit would have to be
off as some was twins
dplets. This makes for in-
fruit and when plucked
nough the tree can keep
of the desirable fruits
is certainly going to be a
it" crop from all appear-
Ye that have faith to look with fearless <
Beyond the tragedy of a world at strife,
And know that out of death and night shall rise
The dawn of ampler life:
Rejoice, whatever anguish rend the heart,
That God has given you the priceless dower
To live in these great times and have your part
In freedom’s crowning hour,
That ye may tell your sons who see the light
High in the heavens—their heritage to take—
“I saw the powers of darkness take their flight;
I saw the morning break.”
eyes
Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection, and the life: he
that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live:
And. whosoever liveth and be-
lieveth in me shall never die.
Believeth thou this?
—John 11:25-26
Geraline Walker
Elected FHA
StaCe Officer
visited a pasture ro
fertilized and seeded by
Smith. He is Just across
oad from Mr. CapeTs and
1180 acres that is thriving
fully with vetch and rye.
(?o tc three years this pas-
will be one of the best in
[tone county, with proper
ling.
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flie Capers, brother of I.
|as a fine field of vetch
ats. The lush growth was
lense one had difficulty
png through it.
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Alderman brothers at
Itgin was the next stop
browisng through their
al store there which has
(thing from horse collar to
foods, J. E. and I visited
M tracts or land planted
Itch and rye and being
by Alderman cattle. The
vere colored a deep green
vetch and rye and dotted
I the red of fat Hereford
[together it was a very en-
(e trip. But evidence of
pasturing was evident all
and though clovers and
| grasses should be growing
most anywhere: we saw
j past ures that were very
pd the cattle were poor,
of the farms were well
but occasionally you
[ see evidence of fltad ero-
top soil being wash-
pay that never can be re
ve something Is going to
°ving on the repairing of
ay 84 now. The Teague
er of Commerce has
action and: is getting co
on from Fairfield and
who are also very much
lted in the traffic on this
[am link between the east
?est through central Tex-
F* that the city water de-
is pumping water
om the new lake into the
k® Was by Sunday and a
stream of water is
steadily Into the lower
om the pumps. , *
Interest to many was the
M the pumping entailed '
fieu.lties In operation of
| Pumps and lines.
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^NDIDATE for Congress
Western state was never
at telling the voters
pey should send' him to
ftgton. “i am a practical
he said boastifully at
ting, “i Can plow, reap,
vs, shoe a horse; in
should like you to tell
thing about a fam*
I1 eanont do.”
the impressive silence,
from the back of the
"Can you lay
City, School Board
Races Run Quiet
H. C. Goolsby and B. L. Seely ^
are unopposed this year in their
race for school trustee. A huge
vote is not expected but a good
vote of confidence should be
given these men who are giv-
ing of their time to the public’s
interest. *
Traynham Moore candidate
for County Trustee at Large has
an opponetn, Guy Coleman of
Streetman. This is the only race
where a vote in Teague will
dec.de for a candidate.
City Election
In the city races, Tuesday
will be ballot day. Running for
re-election are Earl Long and
J. S. Baggett.
J. S. Baggett has an opponent
Joe i-o_e...an for this place on
the council. Earl Long is un-
opposed.
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Miss Sadie Jo Black
Appointed Chairman
Of Teacher’s Ass’n.
At a recent meeting of the
Texas State Teachers Associa-
tion of District Ten, which was
held in Austin, It was an-
nounced at the Classroom Teach-
ers Association luncheon that
Miss Sadie Jo Black had been
appointed to serve as chair-
man cf that group for District
Ten, 1953-’54. ? \
This appointment made from
the state office.
Miss Sadie Jo Black was also
elected as vice-chairman of the
Homemaking Teachers of the
CAP Squadron Is
Authorized To Wear
Uinforms on Duty
Teague’s Civil Air Patrol
squadron is now authorized to
wear the uniform while partici-
pating in CAP functions and
training operations.
Word has been received from
CAP Wing-Headquarters stating
that a command set radio unit
and several "walkie-talkie”
units will be made available to
Teague in the near future'.
Capt. James Gazzaway, com-
manding officer of the Teague
squadron, said Tuesday that
■.uitable housing will soon be
made available at the airport
for a CAP headquarters build,
ing.
BIR
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Tresh oi
Houston are the happy parents
of a little daughter, torn Tues-
day, March 24th. The baby has
been given the name of Susan
Thatcher. She weighed six
pounds and twelve ounces. Mrs
TVoRh will be remembered p"
the former Miss Margaret Ben-
dy, of this city.
'O'
Mr. and Mrs. R. M: Jordan
md girls, Donna and Sherry, of
Port Neches, spent last week in
the home of their pparents, Mr.
District and elected secretary of | and Mrs. Dan Holladay.
District HI, Area VIII, Homemak
lng Teachers.
Geraline Walker, an outstand-
ing member pf the Teague Chap-
ter, Future Hotpemakers of
America, was elected as the
State Officer to represent Area
VIII at a dinner meeting of the
nominating committee in Waco,
Friday evening.
Three other State candidates’
qualifications representing other
districts of Area VIU were also
reviewed. The candidates from
the other districts were: Betty
McAdams, of Ennis, District I;
Marian Gaddis, of College Sta-
tion, District IV; Tommie Ruth
Pierce, of Midway, District III.
Geraline was the candidate
from District II, Area VIII, is
composed of 86 schools in Cen-
tral Texas.
Geraline has been a member
of the Teague Chapter for
three years, and has held an of-
fice in the organization each
year. She has represented the
chapter at local, district, area,
and state meetings. -She re-
ceived a superior rating on her
State Degree when it was re-
viewed at LaVega, March 14.
This is one of the highest
honors any Future' Homemaker
can receive. '
The State Nominating com-
mittee will place the state of-
ficers according to their quali-
fication, and they will be in-
stalled at the State meeting in
San Antonio, May 2.
Geraline is not only an out.
standing Future Homemaker,
but is also outstanding in other
school and community activi-
ties. She is a Junior in high
school and is the daughter of
Mr. and. Mrs. Freeman Walker,
of Donie.
Highway 84 Meeting
Scheduled Thursday
L. Notley Honored
By Friends With
Dinner Party
Mr. Llewellyn Notley, su-
perintendent of the Teague
schools since 1920, was honored
at a banquet by the Teague
faculty and former teachers al
the Sallie Mopnger - school cafe-
teria last Friday evening. For.
mer students, teachers and
board members participated in
a program recognizing the ac-
complishments of the long time
school leader of this communi-
ty-
R. M. Senter, Jr. of the class
of 1924 and formerly a member
cf the board of trustees, was
master of ceremonies. After a
few introductory remarks he
presented H. W. Hawker, former
president of the Teague school
board, who spoke on “Mr. Not-
ley as a Financier.” He told
how Mr. Notley ahd steered the
school system through several
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Col Joseph Praun-
Rotary Speaker
For April, 7th
Lt. Col. Joseph F. Braun,
group commander of the 15th
Group CAP, will be the speak-
er-aT the fh-st Rotary meeting
in April.
Col. ^rerun has worked dili-
gently in helping form the
Teague squadron Civil Air Pa-
trol and will tell local busi-
ness men the advantages of
having a local CAP unit in
Teague.
Revival to Begin
April 12th At First
Methodist Church
Rev. Marvin S. Vance, pastor
of First Methodist church In
Austin, will do the preaching
for a revival at First Methodist
church in Teague, which will
begin April 12th at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Vance Is one of the
ablest speakers in Methodism,
and will bring great mesasges
to his hearers.
There will be tvo services
each day, beginning with the
evening service on Sunday, and
closing with the evening ser-
vice on Friday. The public is
invited to hear him.
Subscribe To The Chronicle
Don’t follow Fire Trucks!
First Methodists Pledge $8,000
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BUTT. L. NOTLEY
financial crises In such a way
that the school had never de-
faulted on payment of bonds
when due, nor were the teach-
ers ever forced to discount their
vouchers even during the depths
of the depression years. He re
viewed the struggle through
which the district had recently
gone in building two elementa-
ry school buildings with insuf-
ficient funds. He gave the su-
perintendent the lion’s share of
the credit in getting the Job
clone at a saving of some $90,-
000 to the district.
County Attorney Elmer Me-
Vey of the class of 1930, was
then introduced and spoke on
“Mr. Notley as a Scholar." He
See NOTLEY Page *5
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First Methodists
Pledge $8,000 At
Kick-Off Dinner
First Methodists of Teague
started their finance part of
their “Farrow Plan” at a Kick-
off Dinner Monday night, and
pledged over $8000 of an $18,-
000 goal set for the church.
Johnny Stover was master of
ceremonies and. led the group
singing. Miss Sylvia Faubion
sang several numbers accom-
panied by Mrs. Ottis Cain.
W. R. Boyd Jr. was introduced
by Mr. Stover, and made a fine
talk on “What the Farrow
Plan Means.” Stover then in-
troduced Rev. Loyd Williams,
paster of the church, who intro-
duced Roy L. Farrow the prin^,
cipal speaker of the evening.
Mr. Farrow told how the
Farrc-v Plan worked—what it
could mean to a church in
spiritual revival.
“There are two glaring weak-
nesses in the Methodist church,”
he said. “One is, that we don’t
keep up with our members or
offer enough personal contacts
to really keep the new members
interested In. the church. The
other is that we won’t support
our church. We’ll pay to Join
a luncheon club and pay our
dues regularly but we don’t pay
regularly to the church.
Bro. Farrow stated that these
twg faults could be corrected
easily by the church by knowing
who Is absent and calling on
him perosnally — Invite him
back. And you can get a new
member to tithe if you ask him
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Club To Be Formed
To Help Beautify
Curb to Sidewalk
A new club is being organiz-
ed In Tpague now to help beau-
tify the city. The club, to be
open to men only, will be con-
cerned with keeping the proper-
ty between the curb and side-
walk area in good condition.
It has long been a problem
to get this part of the yards to
do Justice to the rest of the
jards so a “green thumb” or-
ganization for men only is be-
ing planned to take care ot
just this area. Teague Rotary
club is sponsoring the move.
Rules are being set up and. to
belong will cost each member
one dollar. Each member must
put a marker on his property
with the number assigned him
by the club on the marker. A
five dollar prize will be given
tor the neatest marker.
Name for Chib
A suitable name for the club
is needed and a Ten dollar
prize will be given to the per-
son sending in the best name
for this type club. The decision
of judges will be final. Anyone
is eligible to send names—as
many as they wish. This con-
test will close on April 14th.
The “club” will go ahead in'
its operation without a name
until such is added and. pros-
pective members may join by
contacting Clydell McSpadden,
Dr. Jack Cbx or Bill Withrow
and getting an assigned num-
ber by paying the one dollar
fee.
Members will be Judged by
three judges who will give
points on mowing, cleanliness,
general appearance and im-
provements.
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Junior Department of
First Baptist Enjoys
Easter Egg Hunt
The Junior Department of the
First Baptist church met at the
church at 3:45 p.m. Sunday af-
ternoon and went to the park,
where the clhldren had an en-
joyable time Eatser egg hunt
ing.
After the hunt a picnic
spread was served to 26 children
including eight teachers and
Superintendent Mrs. Jimmy Al-
derman.
Good Showers Fall
In Teague Monday
Approximately three-tenths of
an Inch of rain fell in Teague
Monday. The showers helped
gardeners and farmers who had
seed planted. They are assured
of a good crop stand.
The showers also helped out
pastures where lush growth
was beginning to need some top
moltsure.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nolen
and children of Kingsville, will
visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Proffit, during Easter.
Division leaders, team cap-
tains and workers were handed
pledge cards and soon a total
pledge by the members was to-
taled for over $8,000 at the
"Kick-off Dinner.”
Still many people are to be
contacted for pledges. The
church Mels that so far the
Farrow PIm has been a wonder-
ful successyor the First Metho-
of Teague.
Fairfield And
Mexia Enter
84 Discussion
A Joint meeting of chamber
of commmerce officials and In-
terested people from Teague^
Fairfield and Mexia will meet
today in the Teague city hall
at 3:00 p.m.
Bill Boyd, Jr., chairman of
Teague’s highway 84 committee
is in charge of the organized
effort to make 84 a safer and
better highway on which ti»
tiavel.-
Tcag.ue, Fairfield and Mexia.
all served by this main line ar-
tery East and West, depend
quite a lot on this highway and
reports of tourists being routed
away from 84“ have caused
alarm. The highway is getting
to the point, fast, where even
local traffic finds the road haz-
zardoua.
This concerted movement con-
cerns the widening, leveling
and topping of 84 from the Trin-
ity river on the east to Mexia.
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Joe Curry Held
In Killing Of
Kermit Free Saturday
Joe Curry, of Teague, has
been charged with murder with
malice In Freestone county in
the slaying of Kermit Free, also
of Teague, Saturday afternoon.
Curry, who Is between 40 and
50 years of age, was charged in
Justice of the Peace R. H. Brad-
ley’s court and then lodged in
the county Jail. Judge Bradley
set bond at $4000 Tuesday —f^
morning after-Curry waived an.
examining trial. 4
The shooting occurred about'
12:30 p.m. near the Pybura
community about four miles
southeast of Teague, reportedly
following an argument over a
trailer.
Free was shot once In thcr
center of his forehead with a
.38 calibre pistol. He was taken
to the Teague hospital where
he died about two hours later.
County Attorney Elmer Me-
Vey, of Fairfield, says Curry
surrendered to City Marsha!"
Raymond Davis, of Teague, whe-
in turn handed him over to
County Sheriff Henry Brown.
T-Sgt. Roy Kelly Jr.
Killed in Plane Crash;
Buried in Fairfield
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Maoa&an
attended the funeral of a nep-
hew of both Mr. and Mrs. Mai-
ahan, Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Kelly,
Jr., whose funeral was held, in
Fairfield Tuesday at 10 a.nr.
A military funeral servica !
was held at the First Baptist
church.
Sgt. Kelly was serving In tha
Air Corps and was killed in an
airplane crash Wednesday af-
ternoon, March 25th, near Balti-
more, Maryland.
Two other men, killed' In tha
crash, were his close friends,
both lieutenant colonels.
Sgt. Kelly was reared in Fair-
field and was 34 years old.
Those who survive him are hi*
wife, Jean, and his parents, Mr.
and Mra Roy A. Kelly, Sr., of
Fairfield, and many relatives
and friends.
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Rotary Club Sees
“Lion Hunt” Film
in
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Rotarians enjoyed a State
Game commission film at
Tuesday’s luncheon, presented
by Brent Bergstrom, Freestone
county game warden.
The film concerned the frant>-
ing down and killing of tmnun-
tain lions that prey on liveatpdt
and wild game In the southern,
counties of Texas.
Elmo Deffenbaugh was In
charge of the program.
Visitors were: Judge RoD W1F-
liford of Fairfield; Jack Schuft
of Mexia; Marshall Themeau.
California; and Brent pl~
of Fairfield.
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Richardson, John. The Teague Chronicle (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1953, newspaper, April 2, 1953; Teague, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1140950/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.