The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1964 Page: 4 of 10
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Horse Sale
TUESDAY, JUNE 30
NOCONA SALE BARN
Sale starts at 8 p.m.
Buyers from wide area expected
Anyone can offer horses for sale
JACK CRENSHAW II
Operator and Auctioneer
HURRY!
RED TAG
SALE!
Ends Saturday, June 27
THE NOCONA NEWS, NOCONA, TEXAS, JUNE 25, 1944
Historical Markers In County
Accepted By Stale Committee
of
chairman
County Baptist GA
Meeting At Bonita
In Fruit Meet
before late
J. E
formerly route
established
and a half
Montague.
July 1 pro-
Montague
the court
Montague;
the public
the Span-
late
No-
this
the
the
five
on
her
and
Jon
with the feed for
should be used
to manufacturer’s
should not be fed
dairy animals.
illustrate.
main lunch was served
noon with refreshments
during the morning and
dis-1
and
sta- I
will be grouped and guided by
Extension agents on tour of
the orchards. Several experts
will speak on particular aspects
of orchard care.
consolidation
rural route
rural routes.
1964.
it necessary
yard — will be in-
the practical sub-
discussed at Mon-
as the chemical
peaches, the con-
75
ac-
di-
to
Saint Jo;
Red River Station,
a roadside park one
of Nocona and the
On
70 G.A.
the county
MISS JACKSONVILLE—Carlo Kay Hodges serves
as Miss Jacksonville after being crowned by the
Mayor of that city recently. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hodges of Jacksonville and the
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hodges and
Mr. and Mrs. James Daugherty of Nocona. Carla
was one of 35 contestants from three to six years
of age, sponsored by Jacksonville organizations,
who entered the "little miss" beauty contest.
County Agent Brooks Smith
contends that local growers
could gain valuable information
by attending the July 1 field
day at the Fruit Investigations
Laboratory near Montague.
No.
hold
officers
memorial services Tues-
June 30 at 8 p.m. at the
and unknown
Nocona Masonic Lodge
753 A.F. and A M. will
public installation of <
and memorial services
day.
Lodge Hall.
Billv Joe Hancock will suc-
ceed J. E. Shelton as woship
ful master.
Other officers to be installed
are Otis Howard, senior war
den: Glen Walker. junior
warden; Dan Butler, treasurer;
L. N. Lanford. secretary; Ern-
est Thomas, senior deacon:
Onis Davis, junior deacon; Cliff
Albin, senior steward; Johnny
Morton, junior steward: Aub-
rey Adams, chaplain, and
Shelton, tiler.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lemon’s
°uests during the weekend was
their daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Howard and
daughters of Pottsboro, and
Walter Shelton of Bowie. Their
guests Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Box of Commerce
and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hillard
and granddaughter of Nocona.
Mrs. C. O. Mills spent last
week in Electra with her son,
Cecil Mills and family. While
j there she attended a tea show
I er in honor of her granddaugh-
! ter, Cecelia, who will be mar
ried July 18.
concrete and
Montague
Schools,
be listed
and state
the Offi
Historical
the back. |
some time i
along the j
migrate to j
be back and cut holes in
'■•ide.
"These holes appear in
'■‘"'tember or October and
ember. If the grubs are con-
‘rolled now. they never will
•'meh the animal’s back.”
The aeent listed the foliow-
ig insecticides as being ef-
fective:
—Co-Ral, which can be used
as a spray or as a pour-on.
—Rulene, that can be used
as a 0.5 percent spray.
—Ronnel. which is used for
cattle on feed. This chemical
is mixed
days. It
cording
rections,
lactating
The county agent says that
additional information concern-
ing the restrictions, strengths
of these insecticides is avail
able in his office—ask for a '
copy of “Texas Guide for Con-
trolling External Parasites of
Livestock and Poultry.”
Mrs. Blanch Johnson visited
daughter and family, Mr.
Mrs. Bill Brown and son
in Midland. She also visit-
her grandson in Lubbock
when he and his wife graduat-
ed from Texas Tech. They arc
Mr and Mrs. Lynn Brown.
Jeff and Scott Fitts of San
tourist agencies, travel stops,
restaurants, etc.
Markers included in this
listing will lie all state mark-
ers including those erected
during the 1936 centennial
period, tourist markers, histor
ical building medallions, Con
federate memorial information
markers, and those markers
erected by private individuals
or historical groups which
have met the criteria for this
listing.
Callie Grubs
Conirol Urged
Grubs that are eating holes
in the hides of cattle certainly
don't make money for the pro-
ducer. says Brooks Smith, ag-
ricultural agent in Montague
County.
The agent explains that June
is a good month to control cat-
tle grubs, that best results are ,
assured if the control meas- ;
•ires are applied
iuly.
Says the agent:
are under the skin
->mv. and are making their way |
from the lower portion of the ;
animal’s body to
These grubs spend
n the throat area,
'ullet. before they
county
r the Texas
Survey Com
non state his-
Friday. June 19, some
girls from most of
Baptist churches
met in the Bonita Community
Center.
The meeting was under the
supervision of Mrs. R. E. Faulk-
ner. associational leader, of
Bowie. Mrs. George Curlee.
W.M.U. associational president,
also of Bowie, was present.
Highlighting the program
were five girls from
churches who gave talks
the Five Star ideals.
Different girls -gave a
play of books, emblems
posters, according to their
tion, on the forward steps to !
Queen in service, Queen re-
gent, and Queen with scepter.
Mrs. Roland, retired mis-
sionary who had worked with ,
Indians in Arizona, discussed
her work there and showed
interesting trinkets and cloth-
ng to
The
t 12
erved
fternoon sessions.
Recreation included singing
skits, and handcraft.
The markers for
County, located on
house square in
Saint Jo, located on
square at
ish Fort,
located in
mile east
Rural School Markers, located
throughout the county have
been accepted by
State Historical
mittee as official
torical markers.
Glen Wilson,
the Montague County Historical
Survey Committee, made the
announcement today.
The large, marble Montague
County marker with bronze
plaque commemorates all pion-
eer families killed or captured
by Indians by listing their
names. It is dedicated to those
people known
who gave their lives.
The Saint Jo marker, made
of grey granite, lists historical
camp sites and dates. The two
historical markers for Spanish
Fort and Red River Station
were erected in 1958 by
Nocona Historical Committee.
The Spanish Fort marker
marks it as an important trad-
ing post between French and
Indians. The Red River Station
is marked as a frontier post
for state militia. It was the
most northwestern outpost of
the Confederacy. The Rural
Schools markers are plaques
embedded in
commemorate the
County, Texas Rural
The markers will
with all state erected
approved markers in
cial Directory of
Markers to be published this
year under the direction of
the Texas State Historical Sur-
vey Committee. This will be
the first publication of
type made available to
traveling public through
Rural Routes
Chantie Told
The Post Office Department
has ordered the
of the Ringgold
with the Nocona
effective June 20,
“This has made
to change our rural route num-
bers and the territory to be
served by our three rural car-
increases our total
travel by ap-
miles.” accord-
Grigsby, post-
Said he: “Because fruit pro-
duction is an economic factor
in Montague County, many of
our growers— including those
who have only a tree or two
j in the back
, terested in
rT u E lects to be
of the cattle , (afiue> such
I thinning of
<roi of insects, the pruning of
grapes.”
Sponsored by the Montague
’. County Farm Bureau and the
. I Fruit Land. U.S.A. Association
the, the field day plans are com-
I plete, and Supt. U. A. Ran
dolph expects to host more
than 250 guests.
The laboratory, a unit of the
College of Agriculture at Tex-
as A&M University, has had a
field day nearly every year
since 1942. It was
in 1938 about two
miles southwest of
Chairman of the
gram, which begins at 8 a.m.
and ends at 11:50 a m., is Ted
Martin of Denton, district ag-
ent of Extension District 4.
Official greeter will be Brooks
Smith. Montague County agri-
cultural agent. As guests ar-
rive at the laboratory, they
Growers Urged
To Participate
Nocona Masons
To Install
New Officers
riers and
miles of daily
proximatelv 60
ing to Willard
master.
S. C. Smith.
3 carrier is now carrier for rur
al route 1 and he will also
serve the Ringgold route.
Roy Gilbreth. formerly route
1 carrier is now carrier f«-
run! route 3. All of the terri-
tory formerly served by the
Nocona office lies north of
FM Hi-Way 1956 (Hoosier High-
wav) and east of FM Hi-Way
103 Spanish Fort Road) that
was rural route 1 is now be-
come rural route 3.
Rural route 2 remains t h e
same with S. W. Driver serv-
ing the route except that his
route is extended to serve a
loon in the Farmers Creek
School area to serve those pat-
rons who were formerly served
by rural route 1.
Angelo spent last week with
their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs Roy C. Fitts, during the
weekend their parents. Mr and
Mrs Joe Fitts of San Angelo
and their sons accompanied
them home.
Miss Cathy Widlake has re-
turned from a vacation trip
to the World’s Fair in New
York City. She also visited Ni-
agara Falls. Chicago and other
places of interest.
FREE TIRE
To Be Given Away Last Day of Sale
POSEY BROWN’S
WESTERN AUTO
309 Clay Nocona
Four Allend
Electric Camp
Four Montague County 4-H
Club members and Brooks
Smith, County Agent, will at-
tend the annual 4-H Electric
Leadership Camp sponsored by
Texas Power & Light Company
at Lake Trinidad near Athens
the last week in June.
Texas Power & Light Com-
pany each year is host to youth
representatives and their coun-
ty extension agents from 26
of the 52 counties in the Com-
pany's service area. Those to
attend are: Billie Doris Foster
of Forestburg. Revea Giaketti
of Bowie, Calvin Durham of
Caps Corner, Jerry Admire of
Nocona, and Smith of Mon-
tague.
The facilities for and expens-
es of this camp are furnished
through the courtesy of Texas
Power & Light Company and
include a 700-acre lake, modern
cabins, a dining hall and all-
weather game and assembly
building, and super i ed rec
reation areas.
Spanish Fori
News
By Mrs. Herman Bigbie
Mrs. Edyth Hobson of Guy-
mon and Mrs. Ernest Bonds of
Lawton, Okla, spent the week-
end with Mrs. John Shipley.
Weekend visitors of Mr. and
Mrs;. James York were Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Patton, Hous
ton: Mr. and Mrs. Claxton
and family, Nocona: Mrs. B. E.
Claxton, Irving; Mr. and Mrs.
Lonnie Skinner and family of
Lexington, Okla.: and the H. F.
Sanford children of Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Edd Fos
ter and family visited several
days last week with Mr. and ‘
| Mrs. A. J. Tipton.
Those who attended the wed-'
, ding of Jerry Goolsby to Nan-
night were Mrs. Junior Mit-
chell and Sam, Tim Howard,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bigbie,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill McChesney,
and Frank McChesney.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Tettle-
ton and Alvin attended funer
al services in Borger Monday :
for LeRoy Cook, a former res-|
ident of this area.
Mike Tipton from Arizona |
is visiting this summer with ■
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I
i A. J Tipton.
j Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Goolsby during the week
were Mrs. Mary Block and
family from Savoy, Sunday af-
I ternoon visitors were Mrs.
; Aletha Fay Roberts and fami-
i ly and Vollie Barbee, Nocona.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Patton
from Houston have purchased
the Bob Gage home. They plan
to move here after they retire.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Nichol-
son attended funeral services
for Mrs. Nicholson’s sister, Mrs
Palm in Iowa Park, Monday.
Weekend and Sunday visi-
! tors of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Johnson were Mr. and Mrs.
-lames Ziener and daughters,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dick John
son and family, Trey Stomps
III all from Fort Worth and
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reedy of
I Gainesville.
Kin Of Local
Residents Dies
In New Mexico
Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Gilbert
left last Saturday for Farm
ington. N. M.. to be with her
son and family after receiving
word that his wife had died
earlier that day.
Mrs. Perdue, who was in
her early 30’s, died Saturday
afternoon while skiing in a
nearby lake. A memorial ser-
vice was held in Farmington
at 10 am. Monday. Funeral
services were held at Hobbs,
at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Her husband. Bill, survives
and two children, a son. 13,
and a daughter, age 7.
Full details of Mrs. Perdue’s
death were not known at
1 press time.
Annual Cemetery
Group Picnic Held
The Long Branch Cemetery
Association met for its annu-
al picnic supper at City Park
Thursday. June 18 at 7:30 p.m
A business meeting was held
and further improvements of
the cemetery were discussed.
A donation of approximately
S140 was received. Those do-
nating were Mrs. Mack Porter,
the W. E. Vowel 1 family, Jim
Capps. Walter Vanzandt, Bax-
ter Gibson. W. A. Sewell, Mrs.
Frank Griffith. Lee Ashcraft.
Houston Cox, B. G. Gibson,
Mrs Ollie Long. Mrs. W. C.
Howard, Mrs. Lula Humphrey,
Mrs. W. M. Gibson, Mrs. Mar-
vin Parr, Mrs. Rillie Long, Lee
Capps, Claude Wallace, L. W.
Sewell, Mrs. Russell Sewell.
Spanish Fori
Masons Slate
Installation
A public Installation for of-
ficers of Spanish Fort Masonic
Lodge will be held June 26 at
8:00 p.m. at the Spanish Fort
Lodge Hall.
New officers to be installed
are Coy C. Simpson. Worship-
ful Master. S. M. Tompkins,
senior warden. Herman Bigbie,
junior warden. W. G. (Bill)
Moore, secretary. Carrol Me-
Clennen. treasurer, Jim Cain,
senior deacon. Roy Cole, jun-
ior deacon. Homer Hoffman,
tiler, Floyd Bagley, senior stew-
ard. Phil Howard, junior stew-
ard, and B. F. Nicholson as
chaplain.
Simpson succeeds Homer Hoff-
man as worshipful master.
Miss Rice Named
On Dean’s List
Miss Phyllis Jan Rice has
been named to the dean’s list
at Texas Christian University
in Fort Worth for the spring
semester.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Rice, Nocona.
Miss Rice is a junior student
in summer school at T.C.U.
M-Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Hra-
bovsky and daughters Kathy
and Suzanne, recently from the
Phillippine Islands wehere Sgt.
Hrabovsky was stationed for
two years, have been visiting
her mother, Mrs. Frances Flynt
and left Tuesday for Amarillo
where they are stationed at the
Air Force Base.
Communiiy
Calendar
Thursday, June 25
O.E.S. Initian, Nocona Mason-
ic Hall.
Friday, June 26
Start of Jaycee-sponsored jun-
ior tennis tournament at North
Ward School and City Park.
Installation of officers of
Spanish Fort Masonic Lodge,
8 p.m. at Lodge Hall.
Saturday, June 27
Regional 3-B junior golf tour-
nament sponsored by Junior
Chamber of Commerce, 8 a.m.,
at Nocona Golf Club.
Last day of junior tennis
tournament.
Hootenany at high school
football stadium, sponsored by
band parents, 7:45 p.m.
Sunday, June 28
Third annual Cottonwood re-
union and basket lunch at
noon at City park.
Monday, June 29
Regular meeting of Jaycees,
8 p.m.. F&M Community Room
Tuesday, June 30
Regular meeting of Rotary
Club, noon, Rotary hall.
Wednesday, July 1
Regular meeting of Lions.
■ Club, noon, Rotary Hall.
Sammy Prather
Wins Trip To
Galveston
Sammy Prather, 13 year old
; son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
1 Prather, returned home Thurs-
day from a trip to Galveston
which he won from the Fort
Worth Star Telegram for sell-
ing the most new supscriptions
in this area.
Sammy, along with some 30
other boys from Texas and
New Mexico, left Tuesday by
bus for the Palveston trip.
While thert they attended a
National Leaghe baseball game
in Houston between the Hous-
ton Colts and Saint Louis Car-
dinals.
They also went deep sea fish-
ing and visited other points:
of interest in that area.
This is the second trip Sam-
my has won since he started
selling for the Telegram.
Mrs. George McElroy’s guests-
last week were Mrs. H. T. Cole
of Medicine Mound, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Terry of Loving-
ton, New Mexico and Mrs. Ida'
Haralson of Dallas. These peo-
ple also visited Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Haralson and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Etter.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foster
have had as their guests their
daughter Deprece (Mrs. How-
ard Ramey) and their grand-
children, Martha and Joe of
Lafayett, La. The Ramey’s old-
er son Mike is a student at
LSU, Baton Rouge. Mr. Ramey
is employed with Well Service.
Miss Patsy Widlake accomp-
anied Mrs. Ramey and children
to her home Thursday and will
visit in Lafayett for a while.
Terry Mills of Electra is
spending the week with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
O. Mills.
Too late to classify
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Powell, Vernetta. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1964, newspaper, June 25, 1964; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1208680/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.