The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1946 Page: 1 of 6
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COMPLETE NE^S AND ADVERTISING COVERAGE OF THE GREAT TALCO OIL FIELD
)LUME XI
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TALCO, TITUS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1946
fi|With the Men
in Uniform
Capt Earl Belcher, stationed at
ip Kilmer, N. J., spent this
ek with his son and father.
—
t Cpi. (Vernon Martin and Pvt.
|R. T. Puller Jr. of Camp Polk, La.,
nt the week end with their
spective families.
fayne Warren, son of Mr. and
Ray Warren, arrived Mott-
le discharged from Army ser-
He spent his overseas time
the India-Burma area.
Mr. and Mrs. George Massad
[arrived Monday from New York,
[where they landed from the Eu-
ropean Theatre of Operations. Af-
[ter a few hours they left to visit
[relatives in Tyler.
Humble Officials
Visited Talco to
Inspect Field
On Friday tenrHumble’^ficials
from Houston and elairen from
Tyler spent theVtfciemiere. The
morning was spent in the recre-
ation hall with discussions on vari-
ous topics of interest to the Hum-
ble Company and employees.
Supt. G. N. Anderson and As-
sistant, Mr. Furse, Engineer Stark
and Assistant J. W. Smith and
Farm Boss B. L. Jones spoke to
the assembly from the Talco
force. Lunch was served in the
hall and the afternoon was spent
in the field.
JUSTICE LOSES $100
CASH DEPOSIT
Forrest Melvin Hall Jr. has
|been released from naval service
[after more than two years. For
[the past three months he has been
la patient in Naval hospital, con-
Ivalescing from surgical treatment.
Taylor Temples, son of Mr. and
[Mrs. Gladys Temples, has been re-
Isased from Army duty after two
[rears service here and overseas,
le is visiting relatives here this
rweek. ft,
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\APLE SPRINGS
In a recent case in Justice of
the Peace D. K. King’s court at
Detroit, a defendant posted a $100
bill as bond. Justice King car-
ried the bill to his home, placed
it in an envelope, in a drawer
under lock and key. Monday
when he went to get it—no en-
velope nor bill. Just what hap-
pened is not certain, but it is sup-
posed to have fallen out in taking
out some other things and to have
been burned as trash. — Detroit
News-Herald.
WILDCAT IS STAKED
NORTHWEST OF PARIS
By SARA B. GRAF
Charlene Vaught of Wichita
[Falls, is^fciting her parents, Mr.
land Mrs. wl, M. Vaught.
Mr. aqd Mrs. R. F. Matthews
and family are visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Caddie Tem-
haies.
Mr. and Mrs. Hulan Westerman
l and children made a business trip
[to Mt. Pleasant Saturday.
Mr. an*. Mfs. Nay Blackburn
land children are visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fowler.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Fry and
|Children are visiting her parents,
(and Mrs. Raymond Phillips,
r. and Mrs. W. D. Nelson and
uldren visited relatives in
’ookville Sunday.
Buck Clark of California, is vis-
fiting relatives in this community.
C. S. Greer returned to his
tome Saturday.
A new $125,000 rotary rig will
be used on a wildcat staked five
miles northwest of Paris by Fred
Jones Oil Co.. Oklahoma City.
Site for the No. 1 J. C. Gambill,
Wright survey falls on the edge
of the Balcones fault zone which
j partially encircles the county on
the east. The well is on a block of
Publisher Asks for
Prompt Reports of
News Items
This newspaper is always glad
to print all the news it can get
of a timely nature, but we can’t
use it after it is a week old, and
we can’t put into type all the
news that is turned in only one
day before it is printed.
In order to insure publication,
all reporters for churches, schools
and clubs should send in their re-
ports immediately after any event
transpires, and others having
items for publication should re-
port them immediately after they
happen. We will thank you for
your co-operation and guarantee
publication of news turned in
early.
Payments Made on
Water and Sewer
Indebtedness
J. W. Edwards advises The
Times that since April 11, 1945,
the City of Talco has paid out
$9,682.50 interest On Talco’s bond-
ed water works and sewer bonds
coupons. f
While on the subject Jfne Times
might add that/peop^ of Talco
would be interistey in seeing
published a fuiJmfi complete
statement of the financial condi-
tion of the City or Talco, as re-
quired by law.
Information we have is that the
water and sewer system bonded
indebtedness is being retired as
it falls due, while the city hall
and street paving bonds are de-
linquent.
5,000 acres, 643 of which are own-
ed by the City of Paris.
G. C. Collum accompanied the
|grade teachers to Austin last week
[and had the band instruments re-
paired. He returned Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Suel and
children of Borger, are visiting
his mother, Mrs. George Webb and
Mr. Webb and Mrs. SUel s daugh-
ter, Mrs. D. E. Soape and family.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stevens and
children, Robert and Barncll,
have returned from a two weeks’
vacation. They visited friends
and relatives in Homer, Monroe,
Delhi and Jonesboro, La.
Mary Ann Hargrove, Martha
Sue Edwards and Janet Evans
were guests of Jo Ann Moore Sat-
urday, her eleventh birthday, on
an all day picnic and swimming
party at Daingerfield. Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Moore and Mrs. B F.
Edwards accompanied them.
GOOD FRIENDS TODAY-
BETTER FRIENDS TOMORROW!
Service is simple and direct, for it is on a
personal basis. Those who already bank
here know we have a sincere and lasting
interest in their success. Friendliness and
ready co-operation are fundamental in our
policies, for it is our desire to have good
friends of today become better friends of
tomorrow.
Ready To Serve You With
Every Legitimate Banking Need
Talco State Bank
Kind-Hearted Tabby
Takes Squirrel and
Coon Into Family
The squabbling United Nations
Council might take a lesson in
peaceful negotiations from a mo-
ther cat belonging to yqting John-
ny Lee Dawson who /makes his
home with his aunt, JWiss Bertha
Thomas in the Hoov/rtown com-
munity. J
This mot lief, cat ie getting along
nicely with ab oddly mixed fam-
ily. In addi^q/f to her own
children—two playful kittens —
she has adopted a baby squirrel
and a baby coon, and is bringing
them all up in the best tabby tra-
dition.
Kittens, squirrel and coon get
their nourishment from the same
source and they do so without un-
duly ruffling the fur or disturb-
ing the motor that operates the
pu rr.
COY COKER ANNOUNCES
FOR SHERIFF TITUS CO.
Coy Coker was in Talco last
Thursday from Mt. Pleasant and
authorized The Times to an-
nounce his candidacy for sheriff
of Titus county.
Mr. Coker served as city mar-
shal of Mt. Pleasant in an efficient
manner for five and a half years
until he resigned to volunteer for
army service,/and w*r£ assigned
to military police, vmere he serv-
ed for 30 morviiitf'
Mr. Coker assures the public
that if he is elected to the office
of sheriff that he will perform
his duties to the very best of his
ability and he will appreciate your
vote and influence in behalf of
his candidacy in the coming Dem-
ocratic primary.
(Political Adv.)
Farmers Launch
Attack Against
Weeds and Grass
Farmers in this area are put-
ting the finishing touches on
long-delayed planting and at the
same time they are launching an
all-out offensive against weeds
and grass.
Practically all the cotton that
will be planted this year is now
in the ground, and some June
corn is being planted. There pro-
bably will be an above nt^mal
acreage planted to maize and he-
gari this year. /
Tractors on many -•farms are
running day and night, and some
farmers are reported to have1 kept
them running Sunday.
Most Irish potato patches have
been dug or plowed, with a fair
yield reported. Early gardens,
which have already produced a
crop, are being replanted.
Scattered showers Sunday and
Monday halted work in some com-
munities but only for a short time.
JOHNTOWN BOY WEDS
NEW JERSEY GIRL
Ted Baxter and Miss Mai^y J.
Tafaro were married Junw 2 at
Montclair, N. J. Wie bridcyis the
daughter of Mr. ind Mt&. Vito
Tafaro of Montclair and the
groom is the son oflMr./and Mrs.
W. R. Baxter of Johmown, whom
they are visiting for The present.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter will make
their home in Mt. Pleasant,
where he is employed.
FORMER BOGATA BOY
WEDS CHILDRESS GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Shoffner of
Childress, announce the marriage
of their son, Travis E Shoffner,
to Miss Ava Dean Love, in the
home of Rev. Roy all at Kirkland,
who officiated.
Attending the couple were Miss
Betty Royall, ErnestJLuve, Mrs.
Minnie Faulknbr. Preston E.
Shoffner and Mrs./ Wanola Wy-
mack. I !
The bride U the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd B. Love of
Childress, while the groom for-
merly lived at Bogata. They plan
to make their home in California.
McELROYS ENTERTAIN
|TALCO TEACHERS
The grade school teachers who
attended a teachers conference in
Austin last week reported the
highlight of the trip was the en-
tertainment afforded them by Mr.
and Mrs. Billy McElroy who live
in Austin. Mr. and Mrs. McElroy
met the ladies and bus driver. Mr.
Watts at their hotel after their
school work was over and took
them to Lake Austin, crossed the
lake in a cabin cruiser about 12
miles and served their supper pic-
nic style. After they returned
they took them on a sight-seeing
tour of the city.
Negro Youth Killed
Near Deport Friday
F. M. Hall and son, Junior, went CANDIDATES REMINDED
to Kennett, Mo., Thursday to ! JUNE 15 IS DEADLINE
bring Mrs. Hall, Lou Ann and | Prospective candidates for coun-
Gent home after their visit with ty offices are reminded that June
Mrs. Hall’s mother, Mrs. Mary
Turner. They returned Friday
night.
15 is the deadline for making ap-
plications for places on the ticket
in the July primary.
SUNDAY, JUNE 16th
Remember him with a Gift from—
H0PW00D & JONES
DltlTG STORE
85,000 BOND POSTED
ON EMBEZZLEMENT
TEXARKANA. — Raymond S.
Morgan, 35. former secretary-
treasurer of the Red River Pro-
duction Credit Association, was
freed on $5,000 bond Friday after
pleading not guilty in federal dis-
trict court to five indictments
charging embezzlement from the
association. Trial has been set
for November.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Doherty Wednesday were
Mrs. Doherty’s niece. Mrs. Bert
Bigger, her husband and daugh-
ter, Linda Lee and her father-in-
law of Corpus Christi.
J. M. Giles, 13-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. (Efe) Giles, |
negroes, of Deport, was killed
about 7:30 Friday morning on the
Hugh Evans farm northeast of
Deport when iy was thrown from
a harnessed nyble and hK foot be-
came entangled injr'trace chain.
He was draggedabout 1 Vi miles
before the mule stopped, but it is
thought he was killed shortly af-
ter he was thrown.
Funeral services were held at
the Mt. Zion Baptist Church by
the pastor, the Rev. J. H. Hearn,
and interment was in the Deport
negro cemetery.
Survivors include his parents
and a brother, Jack.
Carl Finer Boyd
Dies on Tuesday at
Bogata Home
Carl Piner Boyd. 90, one of Bo-
gota's oldest citizeps, passed away
at his home in South Bogata on
Tuesday night at 11 o’clock after
being in ill health for several
weeks.
j “Uncle Piner” as he was affect-
' ionately called, was born in Tenn-
| essee on July 7. 1855. He with
l his wife, came to Bogata in 1889
and have reside here since. His
wife preceded him in death in
1936. lie was a retired farmer,
and had been interested in the
civil affairs of the town for a
number of years. He served as
| trustee of the school for several
i years and at the time of his death
; was an elder of the Presbyterian
! church. He and his wife reared
I three of his nephews, two of
whom survive: they are Gibson
F. Sims, Bogata. and Robert Lee
Sims of Roscoe, and one neice,
Mrs. George Hillyer of Houston.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed Wednesday afternoon, at the
Presbyterian church by the Rev.
Joe N. Everheart of Clarksville,
assisted by the Rev. R. E. Porter.
Active pallbearers were H. H.
Wilkinson. John Coats, G. W.
Bartlett, Boss Suggs, Jimmie Un-
derwood and L. L. Jones. Honor-
ary pallbearers were Floyd Bell,
Pete Johnson, D. M. Puckett, Fred
Prichard, Ben Ray, Mel Dozier,
Drew Allen and Denton Wilson.
Mr and Mrs. Glen Couch and
son of Oklahoma City, spent the
week with Mrs. Couch’s brother,
Reagan Pyle and family. Bobby
Pyle accompanied them home for
an extended visit.
Stockmen Offs
Nylons (or Best
Stock Show N
Directors of the annual
town stock show, held alt
ly at Deport and Bogata, are
quest of a name for the event
are offering a pair of
stockings for the most app
title submitted or sent in
the next week.
Need for a suitable name for
stock show was discussed F
night at a meeting of stoc]i
the Storey & Sof grogefy in
port.
Names are to T5e submitted
sent to the Storey & Son gr
in Deport or to Virgle Wood
Bogata.
The show will be held this y
in Deport. Lee Lawler was
ed president and Pete Storey
retary at the meeting Fr
night. A saddle club was also
ganized and it will have the
name as that selected for
I stock show.
| _. ' J
Talco-Sulphur Bluff
Road Starts Soon
Construction h scheduled to !
gin soon on A\ farip-to-mar
highway l'rq/n Taltxi to Sulph"
Bluff. The,'project has been hel
up for sometime because of lacL
of right-of-way. Immediate con-
struction will begin when
right-of-way has been cleared.
The now road, which general!
will follow the lines of the ol
one. is to be a first clals, surfac-
ed. all-weather highway.
Misses Christine Pruitt and
June Sullivan, students in a Dal-
las business school, spent the
week end with their respective
families, Rev. and Mrs. J. B
Pruitt and Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Sullivan.
REFLECTIONS
A backwoods mountaineer o
day found a mirror which a tour,
ist had lost. “Well, if it ain’t
old dad,” he said as he looked in
the mirror. “I never knew h
hud his pitcher took.” He too"
the mirror borne and put it in t
1 attic, but his actions did not es
i cape his suspicious wife. Tha
night while he slept she slipp
up to the attic and found the mir
ror.
"Mm-m,” she said, looking in'
it, “So that’s the old hag he’s
chasin’!”
Little Miss Shirley Blackburn
of Mt. Pleasant, returned horn*
Saturday after a week with the
Everett Blackburn family. Bobby
Blackburn returned with her for1
a week.
TALCO, TEXAS
Officers:
FELIX JONES,
President
A. A. SMI aH, V.-Pres
DICK RODGERS,
Cashier
sta
iu &
Directors:
MRS. MADGE BROWN
MRS. FELIX JONES
R. F. LINDSAY
A. A. SMITH
FELIX JONES
.
Gifts for—
FATHER’S DAY
Many items in our stock that will make suitable gifts for Dad
on his day, June 16—
Ties Dominoes and
Handkerchiefs Checkers
Socks Pocket Knives
Smoker Sets Zippo Lighters
Shaving Sets Ash Tray Sets
Billfolds Pipes
Father’s Day Cards
Other Items for the
Whole Family
COKER VARIETY STORE
MR. AND MRS. FRED S. COKER
MARTIN
THEATRE
Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Showing
SUNDAY &
MONDAY
‘Ziegfeld Follies’
In Technicolor
with
FRED ASTAIRE
FANNY BRICE
LUCILLE BALL
JUDY GARLAND
LUCILLE BREMER
KATHERINE GRAYSON
LENA HORNE
VICTOR MOORE
WILLIAM POWELL
GENE KELLY
RED SKELTON
JAMES MILTON
ESTHER WILLAMS
Summer Time is
Play Time
New nifty play
clothes—
SLACKS
SHORTS
PLAY SUITS
BATHING
SUITS
New arrivals in
DRESSES
HATS, BAGS
BLOUSES
and SKIRTS
Shop our Costume Jewel-
ry for that extra touch.
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