The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1952 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME 5%
NUMBER 45
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GRIMES
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By Navasota Demos
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tion taken by him at . the Dem-.
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J. H. McDonald was named’
John Dowdy
Jim Norton
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Gardner Plugged
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1 handles the suck-
Wm. Gardner, 2,638 feet north of
thony Salvaggio.
-* . t o n . brought in
hkodis/,g
' Final rites will be held Thurs.
1.
Mrs. Ayres, a
Locker Plant To Be
tion- for the Grimes Prairie stu-
price of , $100.00 per ton. Seed
nie
as the first
was not ginned. The latter was
to-market road. Approximately
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Mrs. A. Pasler, and Mrs. Minnie Paul’s Episcopal Church with
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Funeral Services
Held Tuesday For
Nelleen C. Martin
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1,724 ■
7 28!)
• Hyman (Bud) 'Hart of Houston
was a visitor in Navasota Wed-
nesday. Mr. Hart was born at
Navasota in 1882, but went to
Houston with his parents a few
years after he was born.
taken each morning at
preceding 24 rours.
WEATHER
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with the other new officers will
be installed- Friday night, Au-
gust. 8. '
Delegates to the Department
Shivers Given
Vote Of Confidence
Appeals:
Kenneth K Woodley. 1091
Jsse. Owens; 223
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to Navasota. These students are
nbw being brougit into Nava-
Wednesday
Thursday
Miday
Saturday
endaz
Tuesday
Saturday. ' .
' The group endorsed a vote of
confidence and .congratulations
to Gov. Allan Shivers for the ac-
For Governor:
! 'Allan Shivers, 1129.:
Ralph W. Yarbrough, 348
Mrs.. Allene M. Traylor, 24
MAIL RATES: (year)
$2.50 in county and
Immediate Vicinity
$3.00 Outside County
Worked for H. H.
Moore for the last
NAVASOTA, GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS, THUASDAY. JULY 3L 1932 •
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company gave a premium which
made no charge of $50, which
Harry Moore at once donated to
the Brazos Valley Shrine Club
aa he did last year.
The 1950 bale was brought in
on July 27 and the 1951 bale on
July 17, both earlier than the one
this week. /
The second bale, produced by
H. H. Moore & Son, reached the
W. S. Moore gin here at 11 a.m.
and that afternoon was deliver-
Monday morning.
This is the. new.
bale of Brazos County cotton and
sold to Fletcher Yarbrough and
nied
s
bottom on proper:
ty formerly own-
ed by the Hen-
drix estate. .
, 96.3
96.0
95.9
96.0
9610
94.0
the R^v. A. H. Beardsley; ■ priest
in charge, officiating. Interment
new classrooms.
The other route was for the
Negro students in the area of
the Brazos bottom near the
Terrell farm on the new farm-
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BIBLE VERSE
He that oppresseth the poor to
increase his riches, and he that
Phil Hamburger, 184
Edwin O.Nimitz, 16
Herb Perry. Jr.. 18 \
Roy Selman,. 63 . ,
John Log Smith, 87
For Attorney General of Texas:
, John Ben Sheppetd, 1210
, Curt' Strles, 134
For Place # I, Supreme Court:
Spurgeon Bell, 817 ,
-Frank P Culver, 160
Glenn R. Lewis, 96
A. R. Stout, 187
For Place #2, Supreme Court:
Graham B. Smedley, 966
m
September 5 was the date set
for the official dedication of the
new nuditorium by the school
enni
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Final Rites Will
Be Today For
Rev. John L. Fuqua
C. J. AKIN BUYS
GROVER MITCHELL’S
GROCERY STOCK
in Navasota. The buyers 1 were Fletcher Yarbrough & Co. at 45 cents
per pound- McDonald paid a premium of $25.00 to H H. Moore
8: Son. . 2a,
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;. This is the firs! week of school
"p 2 ■ 13 12 1 t ■ ■ ?"- ■ " > 1,
Congressional Tabulation
Bascom Giles, -1164
Cuy Patterson, 256
Congress
cepted by-the board on the ba-
sis that the Klein School district
pay the $53,96 per student trans-
ferred’, the amount provided in
the Navasota district from local
taxes pei student.
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2 New Bus Routes
Approved For
Navasota Schools
Two new bus routes have been
approved by the Texas Educa-
tion Agency for the Navasota
Public School district.
A route to provide transporta-
school. ./ 1
- A motion, was madeand sec;
onded by the board that the old
buildings and grounds at Stone-
ham be/transferred to the newly
creted Stoneville: Community
Center in. accordance with the
agreement to rake community
centers outof the old school fa-
jciities. ' . . .
A . request from the Klein
school district relative to the
transfer of Negro high school
sturehtsto Navasota was ac-
direction of Scott Funeral Home.
Survivors . are her husband,.
Jas. F. Martin; four aunts, Mrs.
Melba Barnes of Houston, Mrs.
Ward Templeman and Mrs. Wil-
lie Farquhar of Navasota and
(Continued on Back Page)
COURTNEY PEOPLE
EXPRESS THANKS c
| FOR highway repairs
A communication received this
week indicates that the people of
L Courtney are very proud of farm-
| to-market road #2 leading into
I Courtney from highway 6, which
F has Just received new topping.
, This topping .was extended to
the railroad station rather than
being stopped at Crowder’s
store. The people of this com-
munity are also happy to know
that Courtney now has three dis-
patches of first class mail daily,
. outgoing and incoming.
* Polaroid one-inuue photd by Examinr Stat
JiM McDONALD is pictured with the first bale of 1952 cotton sold
sota, was the daughter of the
late C. C. Camp. She and Mr.
Martin were married in 1923 and
spent 25 years in Tampico and
Mexico City. They returned to
Navasota in 1947 to make their
home.
Mrs. Martin was very active in
civic affairs, was chairman of
the Grimes County American
Red Cross chapter and had re- 1
ceived several commendations 1
for her work. She recently re-
signed due to ill health.
Funeral services were held j
at«10 a.m. Tuesday at the St. J
E
iB.. •
. . E0"r C- \
Schlortt and family and then
left for the valley to visit Mrs.
Wolters’ relatives.
• I. R. Hardy, who became ill
last Saturday, is reported to be
resting well at his home, 615
Holland street.
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908
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Two .resolutions were adopted
at the precinct 3 Democratic gon-
d.N.T+:X 1.7A8 ET23 Nh . ,lva
gro, on the same night.
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• Mrs. Bessie Thomas .Will' re.-a
706 229
per pound tqF|etcpeT.Yarbrough
& Co. Thewarehuse paid a $25
premium to -Mr. Moore, who in
turn gave it to.- the Navasota
E,F.A. chapter, . : ■:
Both bales were ginned free
of charge by W. S. Moore & Son.
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Scouters Round-Up
To Be Held Friday
Night At Bedias
-All Boy—Seoul leaders- of
Grimes County were this week
urged to attend the Liberty
Town Hall Round-Up to be held
at Hooper Park in Bedias Friday
night, August 1, at 7:30 o’clock.
This pot luck supper meeting
was announced by J. C. Swan-
son, district chairman.
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on hand to take orders for lock-
ers. He also added that he will
bring- the plant into Navasota-----
provided he can sign up 75 one
year paid in advance customers. :
Otherwise the plant will be car
rled to some other town.
The yearly rental feet are h
$19.00 for the upper lockers and.
$21.00 for the lower lockers,
each of which have an area of
5-cubic feet
Madison (c)
Montgomery (c)
Nacogdoches th)
Polk (p)
Walker (c)
Cherokee (c)
Houston ,
Grimes (c)
San Jacinto
Trinity (c) .
Totals .
' ’250 -
267'
71.2.
T2.0
70.9
T2.0
n.i
T2.6
72.9
Mrs. Nelleen C. Martin, wife of
Jas. F. Martin, prominent citi-
zen of Navasota, died at 11:35
a.m. Sunday in a hospital at
Temple, Texas.
Mrs. Martin, native of Nava.
uAqecz
s—g ocratie National convention and
Fpx Judge, Court of Criminal endorsed the “national conven-
tion nominee and. voted to place
his name on the Texas ballot.
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.834 98.
594 106 .
■377 187"
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chairman of the group and Jde
Fultz was named secretary.
Delegates were elected to the
county Democratic convention
meeting at the courthouse in
Anderson at 2:30 p.m. Saturday,
At the county, convention dele-
gates and alternates to the State
. convention to be held in Ama-
rillo on September 9 will be
.elected and resolutions adopted.
Delegates elected to attend the
. county Democratic convention.
_ । meeting were Mrs. Jim Mabry,
Mrsi Stratton Baker, Henry C.
Company for 45 cents per pound - ------- .
through the BLD agency: . produced from Roger’s Seed __________ _____ —ge____________
f The compress and warehouse Company’s Texacala 54-55 seed. 50 to 60 Negro students will be
Navasota Examiner
. And Grimes County Review
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Members of J. Willie .Leigh
American Legion Post #152 will
meet Friday night at 7:30 for the
ptrposeof electing a comman-
der for the ensuing year. John
Mathis, who Was elected com-
mandef two weeks ago, has re-
signed to accept a position as ■ »» - ■ to"
manager of the Polk County Gnnlf nil e NA •
Chamber of Commerce. UUII VII J 11U. L
.? For Railroad Commissioner: -
Oln i.Culberson, 948
Jo0 Laird 456
Fpr. Congressman-atLarge:
'Martin pies. 988
Ch a lies M. Dickson. 44
" The H. Schumacher Oil Works, dents and the Courtney students
bought the seed at a premium — . ..
nw, . . the discovery well in the Retreat
tyre, Arthur Warnasch and. An: field. was plugged Tuesday aft-
lernoon as a dry hole at approxi-
mately 11,500 feet. The No. 1
। Gardner continues to produce
I approximately 90 barrels per
twenty-four hours
$320,000 Allotted
To Widen Highway
blinds in the auditorium and the ■
new wing of the elementary
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’ - Vil lie WIL
LAMS, who has board in session Wednesday aft-
In Demo Run Off August 23
in the Democratic primary run:
/iff electioh’en -August 23-the ■
ballot MMl .he thended by the 'i:-.
inamesrof John Dwds. and-Jim-
Meyer, H. J. and J.A. Schlortt.
Mrs. Meyer accompanied them
to Smithville to visit with J. W. was in Oakland Cemetery under
bsomy
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Wadaxueaonemackisazenn, theBryan compress
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• 41 6624
2301256
1,062.-113
1767 ' 150
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Polio Case Reported
Navasota's second;-case of po:
I liomyelitis was reported Mohday,
I Jerrl, Lumpkin, two year old J. Pauley arddack,Spriggs,Ne.
son of' Mr and Mrs. Jarnos C. -i-bt
! Lumpkin, was rushed to the
Jeffersom avis Hospital ci. gt.-. . 2
Houston early Monday suffering -turn home Sunday, after having.;
with polio. He is 4 he secondcase spent a month at Veron with .
in Navasota.this year. ' ] MT. and Mrs. Collins. f
Little Jerrel is in -Jeff Davis ' • Mrs: HalB. Stoneham, Sr. has -
receiving .treatments for polio returned; home after Kivli^g vis-?
and the report Tuesday was that, ited gfriends. and. relatives in
he is greatly irnprdved. Houston., ’ ■ ■
-3— —-lu-sl-i—L01 ■■,.» . ,,.4^4. ■ "
.1 11916 and had ben a resident nf
•Navasota for-thirty six years at .
the time of het death. She was i with the first bale .of cotton
. t a member ef the Presbyterian Monday at 10 a.m. .Itwas the
Church. Sh and Mr Ayres were new, improved DP&L, ‘known as
7', marrid December:27, 1909andFox, cotton, from, the.- nearby Bra-
lived at Lufkin prior to moving [zos river bottom on the old Hen-
to Navasota. , ... • dhix place - The bale, from 1425
-1 Surviving are her nusband E| pounds of seed cotton, weighed
P. Ayres : of Navasota; one Lin ati 510 pounds and was grad-
L daughter Mrs. May Pearson pf ed strict meddling 1 and 3-32
. 170
263 455 47 , -637 0. ' -W
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13.989 . 9,719 3.055,10,622; . 1,203 110,381,
Here is an unofficial tabulation made by th Examiner-Review, cvestr
on the way the.district voted in the congressional race, Only House by, a
ton and San Jacinto counties are incomplete hnd in those the res -
maining uncounted votes represent only a. handful-not etough
lo'change the results. rotu
.T . . '■ ecAen"
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ed to the Jim. MeDonaldware Emehtowne:tshovshalinel
I house where it sold at 45 cents—---
. , . ' • ■ • , . • • ‛g ‛ ' .2, —.z , ' ■ 8 ’
; I 1 -.i 1 • ■ -- "" rolarotd otpemmutedoto byEsamingrtart
H. H. Moore & Son
t"/0.2 ; 7 : *500 ' •,1 . . ■ .■ . ’ "
, Fox Lieutenant Governor:
■ ’Ben- Ramsey 1324 •;
Frank,Morales, 89 ‘
For U. S. Senator:
cEPricebaniel,,
Lindley Beckworth, 19/
K' # E.W; Napier, 30 . .. w. „ sx- — - — a -
For Commissioner of Agriculture: vention held at the City Hall-
John C. White, 731 Cnt -- "
Billy $. Beard, 570
Walter McKay,, 84 ' •
fcr Land Com mi si sone r:
- ... ... .0., - ----- - — from both bales weighed 1640 sota due to the completion of the
Beaumont; one sister, MrStAMrinchstape. It was. delivered to-lbs. 2 4 . "
" Mm"" """...“ Tom • Moore, another. well
known Brazos bottom tarmer,al-
so picked a-bale Monday, but it
benefited by this additional
route.
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FIREMEN NEED
OLD BROOMS TO
FIGHT GRASS FIRES
Don’t throw away your old
brooms.
This was a statement made
this week by Tim Burns, fire
truck driver. He added that
those persons who have old
brooms to throw away please
bring them by the fire station.
The new eommander, along
•srhg2"
gn".)
and will give sufficient time to
s,.. . ci ,complete all items now lacking
fitteenyeprhfurbe final acceptance of the
■ ■ auditor mm. <)■ Dan. Carter, sir
, ;0 J perip^ndent. said. will be O.J. Lot hart. Tom MeIn-
exstorete M Turner & Pierce Hardware
Bale of 1952 cat- cmpany was awarded a bid for
- the installation of the, Venetian
.nsN
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8-28. :
Anderson (c) 2,596 895 381 . . 829 . - 289 .1,266
Henderson (C) 3,973 N 545 104 567 361 2974
277 525 ..407. -383 46 ’ .163
941 1,458 669:- .1,640 ,,j31
1,596 ' 490 1307- 2,811. .t 78.3.2
539 799 .2233% 1088
391 2,041 .1397
-5 11,230
knownas Fox
cotton: It was ■
produced by. H. H.
Moore & Soh in
the BrazosA liver
"mr.Fiouanwuscpomnazrunus Navasota’s Second
moving to Navasota in 1941. He
was pastor of the Harmony Bap-
tist Church for several years and
spoke at numerous churches on
different occasions.
Services will be held from the
chapel of . the Lindley-Robertson
Funeral Home with the Rev. E.
H. Crouch, pastor of the Baptist
Mission, officiating assisted by
4", 4 ME
pronm,
. ■ d M 0dt.. * -, M: • In V
As Dry Hole
of. Texas American Legion con .Guir ou . Corporation’s No. 2
vention in Dallas August 8-10
Eobert Bruce Keenan, 287
For Associate Justice, Court of
Civil Appeals:
Geo,W. Graves, 1011
N.Edgar.C. Soule; 222.
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New Auditorium
Dedication Set
For September 5
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On Display Here
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E. E. McDougald of lola will
have a 131-unit cold storage,
portable locker plant on display
in front of The Security State
Bank here Friday and Saturday 1 .
of this week. Mr. McDougald .. .
said Wednesday that he will be
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p.
the Rev. Howard Shumate of
Fort Worth. Burial will be in
the Erwin cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
John L. Fuqua; one daughter,
Miss Mabel Fuqua of Navasota;
five sons, H. B., J. D., J. P„ C. L.
and B. F. Fuqua, all of "Nava-
sota; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie
Perry and Mrs. William Hughes
of Erwin; three brothers, Ephrem
Fuqua of Erwin, Hewett Fuqua
of Pearsal and Henry Fuqua of
Navasota, along with 10 grand-
children and 11 great-grandchil-
dren.
Pallbearers are Oscar Moody,
Emmette Moody, Alex Moody,
George Binford, Fred Perry and
Dan Daniels.
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• Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gibson left
Tuesday by plane for a two
weeks stay in New York.
• Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wolters
and children of Nokamis, Illi-
nois visited with their cousins,
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, ' s
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Baker, Joe Fultz, J. H. MeDon-
aid, J. C. Swanson, Clyde Lee
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Legionnaires To
Elect Commander
Friday Night
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Supreme Court Races
Negro Arrested
Here Charged
. " Wh Auto Theft
and surface market ininnsetigrWth (lie. : .g ; ■ '' W.c
tanks are being set up for the grocery storegse h 7 : . : ' .Freeman, Sanuda, "19"Necro,t2
No. 1 E. R Sanders, which is lo ■ . . om——, . ' Fwas rturned toscemrocouowe,.-.
covpdyvwempnsouth orine
—-- o--- jularstoreufterafosrspekss.spoAimatel 330* -cig, li2
rnas xves Win W iH-m anugg. • Mrs.E. T. Lott has returned ; cattioi. She $ponr the ast Lwo. Marshak P01M: Boonogndshast,.
day at 5 p.m. for the Rev. John j to her duties at Patout’s after al wecks-with relatives In • Hons: becn ehargrd,hnre . wihautoan
L. Fuqua, 93. who died at the three weeks vacationl . ton.mooml-"mrtheftrmc tu.
homein Navasota at 5:50 pm. 1 2---------. - ' 7 ■ ; ' . c anaca W ho; has ’ fust . com- : ,
. 4pleted a, jermsin the, Lourisisina ; 2 15
estate pepittitlaryfgr auuto-thettes
inLouisian awosearsraga, ws ’ "
'dfiving a 1949 which: orf- ...
iters allegelhetdek. '
appreximnately three weeks, ago . Bei
anadahas afso beencharged. . ; W
in county cour: with auto theft 2.
Which occurred hl'fe two years 7 7j
ago when he is reported to: have ’
taken the cars belonging t0 A. . 2
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*c.t ■■: 0 *gys23da
; -122,0
• ' . • 4 4.74
•• .53 .
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’ ' 233
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A
J ■ How Grimes County voted in
"e® the Democratic primary Satur-
J day. .
Aa
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skaume
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. olarold dne -mirute' photo hy Examiner Statt
HH Moore, Centex, is .pictured with the first bale as it was be-
ing weighed at the w. s. Moorelgin Monday morning. Qn the left
iS Steve Costello and on the right is Frank Marshall; ginem-
ployees.i.o, ni c
I - Work is expected to begin,
f within the next year on widen - E.
ing ad resurfacing highway 6. w /
1 i - fromNavasota i" the Walter VI
nh -coutshne, 10.6 miles ' Aa
I The job, a pirt of he 30- A A
miles of widening to be done 0m ng A
■ highway G. is estimurd to.cof1 I A
l $320,000. H82
L . < ■ The rannouncemeht w7iS mhode ; 1AE
I lastweek that Ilie 'State 11 igh i 2
I , way Commission had authotizod . 599
■' $920,000 fofworkon highway 6 W
' -from the oclere Station- eity. W
.1zzits sputh to inWaller Coun-
- ■iW’An estimaatea $600.000
■ ,Wi be-usedt.wider and,rer. .
- surface the. 201 miles rom ol
[ leg- Station to Navasota, ,
is-The.wrz is i>drt of a -state
tn Wide program'' to cost $9,636,000. }*. 7
I......... at is. urgehtly needd,thscomz.
mission said, o more udeguake
iy hnd safely serve.)>ie large
I .‘volume of iraffic.. how usings
, j)ws0. primary::
Mathis Elected
! To Manage Polk
| County C of C
L .. John- Mathis,; owner .and • man-.
-agerof the Corner grocery, ohe.
.... of the founders of the Navasota
.1 Industrial Foundation and avet-
I ' reran-of World War II, last iFrir 1
F . day Jaftermqonacceptd a POS1- 1
. tlon asmanager. of, the Polk -
, County •Chamber of Commerce .
■ with headquarters at Livingston ' .
| . Mathis submitted His' resigna,
I .7 tion as-post icommner of,:
American’Leghonpost 12 a
' ' a meeting. Of that organizitiot . •
Friday night He, was elcted t9 Fa E 4-
. ‘ this, office two weeks ugoand; i 212
3 would have cheen official tw in - ; - .-. EhaS
r M stallod Friday ‘night,. August 8ne. r;
ngaHelisdiathat he.had .been.
deeply, honored by . the, tegiom
I mnaires and that he felt that the.
2 American- Legion members .cold
I t A do a gre at de al’ for NaVasotai
| ■..' He also -added- t hat he felt, that
- ■NayasotaheMed to hayesomea
"hthing done for it. 0 , '
h , "Recentiy"he said, "I. md" s.-
L . ' imyself available for thesposi: .-1 •
ttonot manager of theNavasoaln! .
pqpimes county Chambene °o ' i
jobndrwouicnotnwesu -
m fuje appii-. but I did mekemy ' :
F -".( Cost iurd on- Batk. Pa te * '
. Final Rites for
Mrs. Mayme Ayres, H
67Held Monday
■ Frerat services for Mis: Miy ■ 2
. meE.Ayres,GTwpte helaMong 03
■. day at 4 pm fomathechpeliol
the- Lineley-kekerison Funeral M
blddhewith ithe’.Rev. ’ Fdwn
h WEo; .pisrorof: iheFist-■
’ presbyteyian: fhuch offieiafmg:
Ei. Ihtermevt was n Oaklanid Sew
j - r etery.. Paltbearers wke; t p
: • Brown of Lake Charles, La . J P ;
L-i Yales and ■Albert-..Farqnhaj- of
• Houstn, John J; Aytes of Nava: -
■. sot a; apt. R - Pl$i m ms ns of Fort !
■> Knox, Kentucky and, John. R
1 Pearson- of Beaumont.
• , • Mrs 7 Avres died at .the Brazos
Valley Sanitarium Sunday nat
13; 36 a.m. . " "
Nori-cafelidalesfr ite .office n-a
of. congrossman from the, ey,
enth congressional distnkt . • a
Grimes Enuniians wili go n, • 1
the potts o Agust 23 b. vote . g2o1
oh ta races hi the primary -run- ? ’ ’ I
9{t cHaces onthe.ballotwit be 7 ■ 1
1 tort < >f place #1 supreme court t ]
a andrerkresertatiye in eongress
■ Seventh comtrsalonak (ist fief, of \ .
Texas Carliltes in ‘the. sd,. ■ /
Tpremescoirt rerear Spurgein,
Bell of Harris Cpfinty. and Frank - 1
P -Culver of TartanCounty. The 1
congressional - race r will. bo de- ■ 9
cidd between John Dowdy.'.of ]
' Henderson, Counts and 3im Nor. s.c ’I
ton of Nasogdoches Chunty. i "e
/n the congressional nace Joe _ .1
Griggs carried in Grimep County - 3
by a vote of:594. Jn thtis race 2 N .-7 -
.fhetewere 1422 votes cast for the ; ,
six opponents, ■ ; , •
■ Grimes ■ County joined ■ with -
theirestof Texas in returning.. .
" ’ r Allan Shivers toloffice <-•’
. . land islide' majority Satur- ' 222
day. Figures tahulared from th . 1 7 -
{20 Voting hoxes in Grimes coun-? ? A
• ty showed .that Shivers-earried ! 7 7 .
18 of the202) ote af-at.m
■'1129 to ' his leading opiponent’s. . 7
348.";■••••. • '■ . ■ ';. •
Price-Danjel. ,-\rid; Martin Dies; '
•carried the county with a large. 7 ;
mahirity- W^e. ■ ‘Daniel palled ' • '
21250. 197' for ; Lindley 2,
Beckworth and,30/fE.WNac 1
pien ' in the cogressmnaf- 71
_ large utacezthe. votes, were cat-, 2 1.
789. i terpd ■ widely ahong the seven ' '
1 315 jcontestants: with. Pfes. polling 988 h-/- ’.-|
. 2'9 | of the 1 400votes.casf imafispar-,
. "5 raceIn • ahassoclatedi
W271 press release Tuesday it sated ::
; 31798 th at Jhn ‛ Leb Smiih.- Dies’ top. ,
6501 primar" opponent ' com hill'd a.
■ 145. "spi endid 1 Vietory" a o' D ich. a id,
42 said he would not eentest, the ?
primay' resuits even if, Rips
failed; to 'get a .rquird: ma--.
jority .. ' )al,
Votngwa considerably light-.
... er’ this' 'year : than dit was -four :
7 years Ago; In, the 1948 Demo.
, ratie primary .el evfj 6h;. 1988 per
' sons went to the, polissand icast-
t heir vote for thejr favoritecan: i. :
didates The approximal, intala
Get First ’52 Bale
„„„ ......... .native of Nash- i4 .r1a . j’'’
oville, Tennessee, moved here, in . Fpr the third. Cohsecutive year,-
i i - a resident 2 H i 1' Moore & Son came through
in a Justness deal closed this .. .
week. C/ J. Aki if purchased, the. this year, was 1474 which was s
grocery; stock of Crover ■ Mitehei 1; 514 ' votesshy - ofthe, total. ;
whio is located, inthe’spacelfor-. " '• m ... 0. 27
merly oecupicd by. Die L.G M'
Wood grocery. Mra. Akitr 1 wi 11 J
move his .stork’ (>fy merchanrdise -
lo Mithell’s locafion’ ‘over the
weekend' aodwillbe ready for 1",
business ‘Monday morning, “
wi H cent ih to operate his men t
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Whitten, Bob. The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1952, newspaper, July 31, 1952; Navasota, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1445780/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Navasota Public Library.