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ESTABLISHED in 1806
Seagup Cljrmttrlp
Dedicated to the Service of the People and the Progress of Teague and Texas
mprovement Noted
n Farming Program
TEAGUE, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1951
VOL. 45. NO. 24
Builds New Offices
The agricultural situation in
Freestone county is gradually
improving even though the past
ear was one of disappoint -
ient to farmers, County Agent
H. Pritchard said In his an-
ual report.
He explained that cost of pro-
uction at an all-time high
ms
irid Mrs. Cha|
rfielu,
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pounds, amj
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are the pr
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will be cal
Jack R Cox,
? proud parei paid for $800
born Dec.
named >Russ
ighed 7 pour
Edgar Bow«
iristi, 1105 Mi
are the pare
>orn Dec. 6. 7
named Barba
aycees List
Top Projects
f Past Year
Seven of their top projects
|of 1951, sponsored with the co-
iperatiop of other organizations,
businessmen, and the City of
eague, were listed this week in
the annual year-end report of
|the Teague Junior Chamber of
ommeree.
The two most outstanding
fojects was the softball pro-
am and the presentation of
le "Freestone County Free Fair,
te Davidson, president of the
organization, says. ,
The Jayeees constructed* and
worth of fence
and backstop at the softball
field _and added more lights to
playing field.
'he Senior Chamber of Com-
rce put up $500 and the
cees put on the fair under
direction of Dick Boyd,
'airman. Pres. Davidson says
e Jayeees feej as though it
fairs
nch Sf„ of
guest of
Mr. and
the Christr
Howard Daj
cend in Da
ughters,
y Davis.
jerries
Dund
jefruit
lice
>ns
and even though prices of pro-
ducts sold was reasonably good,
the drouth conditions prevented
good crop yields.
Mr. Pritchard said the co-
operation of farmers, ranchers,
civic clubs, and other groups
was splendid but added that
with even more cooperation
and better planning a great
deal of improvement is with-
in teach.
In his report, the county
agent broke down his work days
as follows: days spent in Of-
fice; 88; days in field: 197; days
devoted to 4-H club work: 95;
days devoted to adult work: 190.
Mr. Pritchard reported that he
had 2,220 office calls and 3,950
telephone eallg, wrote 32 news
articles, and distributed 3.250
farm bulletins throughout the
county.
The county agent reports that
he spent the most time during
the year assisting farmers on
the following items: extension
organization and planning, 62
days; county agricultural plan-
ning. 19 days; pastures, 25 days;
Soils, 17 days: beef cattle. 41
days; swine, 27 days; poultry,
12 days; dairy cattle, corn and
legumes, nine days each^ in-
sects, 23 days: vegetables, ‘eight
days; recreation, four days;
fruits and farm management,
six days each* and wildlife, two
days.
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Humble Cbrwv»ny
To Broadcast ’52
Cotton Bowl Came
Humble Oil and Refining Cp.
will climax its season of foot-
ball broadcasts with a play-by-
play account of the New Year’s
Day Cotton Bowl game between
TCU and Kentucky. TCU, win:
ner of the Southwest conference,
will be host to Kentucky, who
makes its first appearance in
the Cotton Bowl for a post-sea-
son game.
Ace announcer Kern Tips will
describe the action of the game
direct from Dallas, and Alec
Chesser will be on hand to
bring to radio listeners the
half-f:me activities and "color"
of the game. The broadcast
will begin at 12:46 p.m. Tues-
day, and the following stations
will carry the<*0umble Com-
pany’s account of the game:
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Bowlen Bond. Teague attorney
1931. plans a formal opening of hie new
practiced law since
office building at 110
North Fourth Avenue Sunday between 3 and 6 p.m. Mr. Bond
once served two terms in the Texas House of Representatives.
He returned to Teague to reopen bis law practice in 1945 after
serving as county attorney.
Bond Plans Formal Opening
Of New Building On Sunday
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Worth.
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Veal
was one of the be
Teague ever had.
Every organization in town
jarticipated to make the fair a
success and the Jayeees - now
lave plans underway to make
fair an annual event and
improve it each year.
The No. 3 project in impor-
tance was the membership
impaign in which 12 new mem-
;rs were added. Another pro-
was the bulletin board set up
the Watson building showing
’s events and pictures of in-
vest to -Teague. Roy Flaharty
aded this project. \
The Jayeees last spring spon
ired a Crusade for Freedom
•ampaign and $45. and several
hundred names were sent in to
the national organization for
le Freedom Scroll.
The Christmas decorations
iroject was financed by the
•nior Chamber of Commerce
md the Jayeees took part by
mfting up the Christmas tree
Main street. The high school
lunior class, under the direction
>f Mildred Diemart and Bill
lancock, had charge of decorat-
ig the light posts.
Th6 last project of the year
as the Santa Claus program,
wn Bournias was chairman,
iround 1200 bags of fruit,
indy, and nuts were distribut-
to the children on Dec. 15.
ill of the merchants and civic
rganizations assisted financial-
in the program.
Pres. Davidson says the main
iterest of the Jayeees is the
»ple- and the city of Teague,
re want Teague to be the best
lace of its size to live, he said, |UI““ -"**• ~'j~L n,jiLnectcd in
s-wr-«« p
nprovement we can go a long
uy toward making Teague
ch a town.
The Jayeees closed their re-
prt by thanking other organi-
tipns, businessmen, and the
or their help during the
I Mr. Davidson said the
also thank the Chronicle
Its interest in all'df the Pro‘
and for the publicity con-
so that other people
become interested as
^ery division.
Ir*
and Mrs. Ed York met Pr.
Mrs. Byron York and fami-
in Houston and went on to
to spenft Christmas
their parents, *Mr. and Mrs.
York.
FOR the week
God in the highest
peace, good will
... _uke 2-14.
■ W ' .
Billie Frank Hedrick
Enters Hereford in*
Houston Stock Show
Billy Frank Hedrick, 4*H
club boy of Teague, has enter-
ed a Hereford steer
fat steer ^Jivision
Houston rat
About
in the boys’
of the 1952
Stock Show,
seven hundred ^ fat
steers are expected to compete
for $6702 in prize money, said
John Kuykendall,
manager. ------- 1.
The Houston Fat
opens January
livestock
Stock Show
30" and runs
through February 10. The boys’
livestock show will be held
January 30 through February 3,
with the breeding cattle mov-
ing in on that date, to remain
until the end of the exposition.
1952 Officers and Committee meji Named
For Freestone County Red Cross Unit
Mrs. J. E. Srvearly and Mrs.
C H. Steen left for Cleburne
Thursday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Snearly s broti^’
Horace Holladay, who die* J**-
26 in the Santa Fe Hospital in
Temple.
Mr/ and M^Tay °f
Tulsa. Oklahoma. Mr. and-Mrs.
W. O. Alford, and Mr and Mrs.
Tpssie B. Uford, of Temple. Mr.
X D. o. Alexander. o(
Bi-Stone, spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. A. J- Alford.
Mr and Mrs. "d O. Avcock
and children. Douglas and Ly-
da Lynn, spent Christinas in
Mart, with relatives. ^
v Mr. and Mrs E. B. St. Hair
left Monday for Dallas to, si _
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Clark. r
Daughter of Teague
Woman Wins Mexia
Decorations Event
Mr. and Mrs, Donald DeZelle,
son-in-law and daughter of
Mrs. Addle! Monroe, of Teague,
syen first -place and a $25
prize in the Tecent Christmas
homes decoration contest in
Mexia.
Numerous Mexia homes were
decorated in the contest spon-
sored by the merchants and the
Chamber of Commerce and di-
rected bf the LaBelle Maison
club.
The DeZelle home at 822 East
Main street was decorajed with
the Nativity scene.
Other winners included Wil-
liam Broadnax, second place,
and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Potts,
third place.
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Waco Family Has
Double Traqedy
During Christmas
WAGON MOUND.. N. M. —
Arrangements are ,being
completed to send the bodies of
two sisters back to Waco for bur-
ial after tragedy struck twice
over the Christmas holidays.
On Saturday the body of Mrs.
Helen Clements, 41-year-old
school and public health nurse,
was found in her home. Officers
said she had apparently shot her-
self with a .32 caliber automatic.
The second tragedy occurred
Christmas eve after Mrs. Clem-
ents’ sister, Mrs. W. T. Walker,
49, came to arrange shipment of
the body to Waco.
Mrs. Walker was killed when
the car in which she was a pas-
senger had a blowout and went
out of control on U. S. 85 four
miles south of Wagon Mound.
The vehicle was driven by
Douglas Lee Dato, 36, also of Wa-
co and Mrs. Walker’s son-in-law.
He is reported in good condition
at a Las Vegas, N. M. hospital but
his wife’s condition is reported as
poor.
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Don’t follow Fire Trucks!
Formal opening of the new
office building of Bowlen Bond
at 110 North Fourth Avenue in
Teague has been set for Sun-
day afternoon from 3 to 6
o'clock.
The new 27>2 by 60 foot build-
ing is constructed of brick and
has eight trooms. The walls are
of insulating plank board and
the floor is of asphalt tile. The
interior doors are the sliding
type.
Mr. Bond has practiced law
since 1931, opening an office in
Teague in July, 1931. He was
elected county attorney of Free-
stone county in 193& moved to
Fairfield, and served two terms.
He also served two terms in
the Texas Legislature — from
January, 1937 to January, 1941.
He returned to serve as county
a,torney from 1941 to 1947, then
moved and established an of-
fice in Teague on July 1, 1945.
and has been In civil practice
here since.
The architect for Mr. Bond’s
new office building was Wil-
iam H. Bond, of Dallas. Walter
Foreman was painting contrac-
tor: James Humphreys was car-
penter foreman; H. D. "Squibb”
Geppert was electrician, and
Fred S. Campbell installed the
plumbing.
Tracy Bulin, of Freestone, did
the concrete work; T. B. Tooke,
of Bay City, installed the heat-
ing and air conditioning units;
the Gafford Furniture comDany
of Mexia laid the floor, the lum
ber was furnished by - the
Teague Lumber company, and
the brick by the Teague Brick
and Tile company. .
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Mr. and Mrs. John Bell, and
daughters. Joan and Elizabeth,
of Coolidge. and Mr. and Mrs.
Sterling Proctor of Waco, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Hawker and Mrs. J. Ross Bell,
Saturday.
Freestone bounty District Clerk
Dies In Wreck On Christinas Day
Pickup Truck-
Smashes Into
Big Transport
Headon Crash
Kills Three
In Limestone
Mr. and Mrs. Wade D, Clark
Jr., of Houston, spent the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Davis and family.
Thre e__Limestone county
youths, including or.e ;rom Mexia,
were killed in the headon crash,of
two viutomt/Biles on Highway 14
oo» mtiPsouth of Groesbeck early
Christmas morning.
Charles Lindy Henry, 24. Mex-
ia, was killed instantly.“Grady W.
Truett, 21. and Joe Raseo, 24, died
shortly after the wreck in a
Groesbeck hospital.
Truett and Rasco were in an
automobile traveling south from
Groesbeck and Henry was going
north. There were no survivors
and no witnesses. Sheriff Bill
Green says the cause of the wreck
has not been determined, but that
the highway was slick. .
Funeral services for Mr. Henry
will be held at the Calvary Ban-
tist church at 2 p.m. Friday with
the Rev. Tom Madden, pastor of
the church, officiating.
Double Funeral
Double funeral rites were h^ld
for the other victims Wednesday
at 3 p. m. at the» Ebenezer
church near Kosse with the Rev.
W. H. Sealy, pastor of the Kosse
Baptist church, officiating. Burial
was in the Ebenezer cemetery
with the Riddle funeral home in
charge.
Born in Personvilie on April 26,
1927, Mr. Henry, a member of the
Calvary Baptist church, was em-
ployed at the A. A- W. Sales com-
pany in Mexia. He served 15
months in the U.- S. Nkvy.
Mr. Henry, who was preceded
in death by his wife in Septem-
ber, 1950, is survived by his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Henry,
Mexia; a son, Michael Lynn Hen-
ry, Mexia, and two brothers,
James Henry, Mexia, and two
brothers. James Henry, Houston,
and Carl Henry, U. S. Navy.
Killed on Birthday
Also surviving is his grand-
mother, Mrs. Zeb Easley, Gra-
vette, Ark., and five sisters, Pat-
sy Nell, Carolyn Joy, and Joanne
Henry, all of Mexia, and Mrs. M.
L. Walker and Mrs. R. D. Turner,
both of Houston.
Mr. Truett, cousin of Jimmie
and Polk Tiuett, of Mexia, is sur-
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Truett. Kosse; two brothers,
Hulon Truett, Waco, and Bayne
Truett, Kosse, a grandfather, B.
R. Truett, Kosse, and grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Parish,
Tlfornton.
Mr. Rasco, who was killed on
his birthday, is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Rasco?
Heame; a sister, Mrs. Alton Parr,
Mount Pleasant, and three bro-
thers, Will Rasco, Kosse; Ray
Rasco, Snyder, and Harold Ras-
co, Heaine7~He had been working
in Snyder and was home on a
Christmas visit. S
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Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Harris
had as their guests for the
holidays, Mrs. A. J.s Tuggle of
"DOC SUSIE" — The only
physician in the small, win-
ter-locked town of Fraser.
Colo., is Dr. Susan Anderson,
above. Now 81, “Doc Susie"
has delivered more than half
of the town's 350 population.
She uses skis, snowshoes.
sleigh, horses and auto to
reach her patients in moun-
tainous areas.
Heame, and son. Gene Tuggle,
SKSN of San Diego, California,
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Jenkins and
soq, Raymond, of Mexia, Mrs.
Jack Brown, of Houston, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Harris and don,
Henry III and Steve, of Long-
view.
Meeting at Teague December
13, the Executive Committee of
the Freestone County Red Cross
Chapter elected the officers and
committeemen to serve for the
calendar year 1952.
Chairman W. R. Boyd, Jr., ex-
pressed the opinion that the
chapter officers should rotate
and that the Chairman each
year should be selected from
the different towns and com-
munitfies of the county where
the people showed the greatest
interest In Red Cross work.
A. E. (Algy) Stroud, of Fair-
field. was elected Chairman
for 1952. M. C. Strange, Worth-
am, was elected vice chairman.
Townsend Clark. Jr., Teague,
was ported corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. C. A. Dunn, Teague,
was elected recording secretary;
Mrs. M. L. Riley, Teague, was
Md
As members of the 1952 exe-
cutive committee, the following
-vere elected: W. R. Boyd, Jr.
Ottis Cain. FJoyd Faubion Fen
ton R. Smith Jr., Ray Fogleman,
Dr. W. P. Harrison, J. O. Banks,
P. T. Weatherholt, Mrs. Maurice
Gage, Mrs. C. A. Dunn, Mrs.
Jas. I. Dunn, Mrs. Earl Long,
Mrs. Bob Ham, Mrs. A. J. Barn-
hill. Mrs. G. D. Boyd Jr., Mrs.
J. D. Davidson, Jr., Mrs. A. D.
Seale, Herbert Neyland, L. R
Boyd, N. W. Bendy. R. W.
Smith. Dr. Jack Cox, John S.
Erwin, Bowlen Bond. Miss Ruth
Lee, Mrs. W. F. Stiles, Mrs. b.
E. York. Mrs. H_ B. Middleton,
i*rank Johnson, W. W. \tfith-
row. Jr„ Nat Davis Riley, Ed V.
Collins, Bob Lynch and E. B.
St. Clair, all of Teague.
C. E. Childs, Frank B. Peyton,
’arker, Tom Bonner,
Hill, Roger Ivy, T. S.
Watson, Mrs. R. W. Williford,
Mrs. H. B. Steward, Mrs. Joe
Lee Kirgan, Mrs. AINne Allen,
Mrs. F. Morris Sneed, Mrs. Jack
Cely, Mrs. Roger B. Steward,
Mrs. C. N. Williford, Mrs. John
L. Bonner, Mrs. Edward Parker,
Edward Mercer, Rankin Gilpin,
Jack Ross, J. E. (Son) Lott,
Clyde R. Glazener, Aubrey
Bass, Elmef McVey, Otis Utley,
L. M. Tice, John Prichard, Ed-
ward Box, W. W. Steward, and
Dr. L. L. Bonner, all of Fair-
field.
Mrs. Van Hook Stubbs,
Wortham, Mrs. Wm. F. Eck-
hardl, Wortham, Mrs. R. W.
Wilson, Wortham, Mrs. J. G.
Longbotham, Wortham, Mrs.
Mack Mullins, Wortham, Mrs.
George Stubbs, Wortham. Mrs.
D. A. Bounds, Wortham,
Wade Odom. Wortham. R. Q.
V
Wortham Planning
Housing Units ior
Low-Income People
Wortham—(Spl.) — Dallas
firm has been awarded the con-
tract for the construction of a
16-unit public housing project
for whites and Negroes in
Wortham.
The Public Housing Authori-
ty of Wortham awarded the con-
tract to the A. L. Kuykendall
Construction company Thursday
on the basis of the firm’s low
bid of $96,000. Sixteen bids were
received.
Mayor Clyde Bounds ^ says
that construction of the Brick
units is expected to get under-
way soon after the first of the
year. The work will take about
six months- Some of the units
will be duplexes.
There will be 10 units for
whites and six for Negroes. The
white dwelling# will be con-
structed in the south part of
town ,on the Will Calame prop-
erty. The Negro houses will be
located near the colored school.
There' will be units for dif
ferent sized families, with the
smallest ones renting for ap-
proximately $25 a month in-
cluding utilities. Furnished in
each unit will be a gas range,
refrigerator, and a hot water
heater.
The Wortham Public Housing
Authority is comprised of the
following members: M. C.
Strange, chairman; Gussie
Weaver, Harry Bounds,' Logan
W. Crews, and Mrs. Walter
Moore.
Mrs. W. M. LeFevre is exe-
cutive director of the board.
Mr. Bounds says Wortham ap-
plied for the project soon after
passage pf_the public housing
law in 1949. The delay was
caused by the fact that larger
towns than Wortham were first
to be approved for the, projects
he said.
FAIRFIELD — (Spi) — Fun-
eral services for Clyde Glazener,
52, district clerk of Freestone
county, were held at 3.p. m. Wed-
nesday at the First Methodist
church in Fairfield.
Mr. Gla^pner died in a Crock-
ett hospital about 9 o’clock Tues-
day morning an hour after suf-
fering fatal injuries when his
pickup truck collided with a
large transport truck. He never
regained consciousness.
The services were conducted
by the Rev. J. H. Malone, pastor
of the church, and the Rev. G. W.
Elmore, of Tyler, who formerly
served as pastor in Fairfield. -Bur-
ial was in the city cemetery with
the Masonic lodge in charge of
graveside rites.
Mr. Glazener, a native of Free-
stone county, was enroute to
Crockett from Grapeland at the
time of the wreck. He was alone
in the pickup, his wife having
already gone to Crockett to visit
relatives.
District clerk of Freestone
county for the past eight years,
Mr. Glazener is survived by his
wife; a son, Billy Theo, of Dal-
las; his mother, Mrs. Ed Glaze-
ner, of Fairfield, and two
grandchildren.
Also surviving are six
brothers, S. M. and W. T. Glaze-
ner, 'both of Dallas; C. L. Glaze-
ner, Vernon; E. F. Glazener,
Tyler; "E. R. Glazener, Monticel-
lo. Ark., and R. F, Glazener.
Beaunu
and two sisters.
Ed Collins Announces
Chairmen For March
Of Dimes Drive
Ed Collins, chairman of the
March of Dimes for Freestone
County, announces the chair-
men ' for the different towns of
the county as follows:
Fairfield, Mrs. Morris Sneed;
Wortham, Mrs. Harry Bounds;
Teague, Mrs. Lee Edwards; Dew,
Carl Jones Freestone, Mrs. Sher-
man Smith; Donie, Miss Maggie
Black.
Mr. Collins also announces
this campaign will run through
the month of January, and the
cooperation of every person is
needed to make it a success.
The proceeds go to fight the
dreaded disease infantile
D. T. Cook, Centerville, and
Mrs. Alien Seale, Teague.
Meanwhile the violent death
toll in Texas over the Christ-
mas hoiidays had climbed *.
121 by Wednesday night with 79
ofi the deaths due tn.^traffic ac-
cidents.
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Funeral Rites Were
Held for M. L. Lindsey
At Chapel Dec. 21
Funeral services were held
for M. L. Lindsey, Dec. 31, in the
Ham Brothers Funeral Chapel
at 2:30 p.m.. with Brother W. M.
Barger officiating.
He died Dec. 20, in the home
of Frank Utsey, at 803 Mulber-
>y-
He was born Oct. 6, 1879, in
Freestone County, and has
sided in the county all
life.
He is survived by one brother.
Arthur Lindsey.
Burial was in Salem Ceme-
tery, with Ham Brothers In
charge of arrangements.
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of nis
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Frank Gonsalves
Home Is Robbed
On Monday Niffht
Between $400 and $500 was
stolen from the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Gonsalves on
North Fourth,’ Avenue in Teagwe*
late Monday night.
Mr. Gonsalves is manager of
the Park’s Drive-In cafe and
the money stolen was the re-
ceipts from the cafe during a
three-dav holiday period.
The robbers entered the home
sometime between 11 p.m. and
1 a.m. j and discovered the
tnoney In a cigar box ifi a
closet other closets and draw-
ers were ransacked.
The robberv is being In
gated by Freestone
Sheriff Homer Robinson.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kerr had
as their guests during
:
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Steffi™"
Mrs. Ella
urday for
the
Anderson left Sat-
Longview to sj
children, Mn. Rmh^rkpatrick,
and Mr. and Mrs. Billie Peyton
Christmas holidays, Mr.
Mrs. Alonzo Thomas,
Ann, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas, Clyde and
and Mrs. Jack Steen.
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