The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 12, 1961 Page: 1 of 21
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EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR - NUMBER NINETEEN
MINEOLA, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1961
Austin
T&P Asks Passenger Train Discontinuance
House Hearing Set
ICC Asked to Hold
Date Nears for Melon Festival
For Next Monday
As Final Plans Announced
Four Local
Smackover
Fhs
3.
Boys Join
Air F orce
coastal bermuda. Above is H. M. Adams,
EXCELLENT HAY YIELDS - Literally making
farm
in 25 acres of coastal bermuda from which
2,650 bales of hay were cut.
Bumper Hay Crop Being Cut;
Many Get 100 Bales Per Acre
By J. H. CHEEK
Texas
Students attending are:
Morris
around. West, Judy Hart, Trish Reed,
Emory being about $25 an acre.1 and Patsy Reep.
Melon Crop Short,
But Price Is Good
From TV Program
director.
will
serve
as
ice, 10 cases of chocolate cream
good wishes during my appear-
Bristow, teen agers and adults.
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much
Most buying in the Mineola
a 14-karat gold sewing kit.
eludes election of officers
and
department
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PayFound
By Humble
are
sun
: Sue
Patsy
trucks
other
coastal
and
hay
these
Farmers
‘making
shines’
few
and
since
East
Ranchers
minute recess with free cokes
served, Bristow said.
duced substantially. But, while
the melon crop will be short,
price is good—up to two* cents
a pound.
Local agricultural leaders say
that if the present price holds,
the grower may come out better
than in past years when yield
under the direction of the J. H.
English Funeral Home.
Mr. Evans was born at Alba
with the heavy rains there will
be many large melons.
The sweet potato crop con-
tinues to look good with the
rain not thought to have ma-
terially hurt the crop.
Vocational agriculture teacher
tired farmer.
Funeral services were held at
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ance on the television program.
Say When,’ televised in New
York.”
Then she added, “for a 10-
day ‘economy vacation.’ it cer-
tainly turned out to be a three-
week ‘dream come true’.”
Bob Hayes Joins
Fla. Hospital Staff
Bob Hayes, chief psychologist
at the Rusk State Hospital, has
resigned that position effective
July 24 to accept a similar po-
sition in Florida.
Hayes will be a psychologist
at the Northeast Florida State
Hospital at McClenny, about 30
See HAYES, Page 4
Molly Lists Winnings
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area farmers and ranchers with yields run-
ning well above average, up to and over
100 bales per acre for both common and
manager for T.-W. .Benham, standing I of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. MeFerren,
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Don't Miss The Fun July 211
will be a gigantic fireworks dis-
play by Tom Little.
Other activities for festival
day include a tea for the queen
and court during the after-
noon at the Country Club. Fol-
Plan Now to Bo in Mineola
to supply the demand of stock-
men in this area.
Most landowners with mead-
ows get two cuttings a year.
The second one is usually the
best quality and the biggest
yield. This is due to a purer
stand of grass and to heavy
top-dressing with nitrogen fer-
tilizer after the first cutting.
Plenty hay in the barn is
good insurance against a hard
winter.
has become available
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the J. H. English Funeral Home will serve as di___I-.
Chapel, Wednesday, July 12 at morning there will be
a re-
Mt. Sylvan Rites
For J. T. Black
. . John Thad Black, 81, died at
area is teing done by phone, his home near Mt. Sylvan,
en w en the deal has been Texas, July 9 where he had
made, trucks are sent directly lived 61
to the fields where they are
was higher but price
lower.
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January 23. 1904 and died in' and Johnnie Wilcox, primary;
Curtis Evans Dies
In Quitman July 10
Funeral services for Curtis
Leon Evans, life-long resident
of Wood County, were held in
In voting on the proposed
pies, children’s musical instru- district, only residents of the
Hearing in Mineola
The Texas and Pacific Railway Co. posted notices this
week of a proposal to consolidate passenger trains 21 and
22 with trains 1 and 2, with the proposed consolidation to
become effective August 6.
The consolidation would be effective between Fort
ice reports seeing very
June deluge of rain.
Heavy rain has hurt the crop,
particularly the oldest plant-
ings whose yield will be re-
well to
Lester Cole says
looks the best in a
Among the 27 items Mrs
ance. This, of course, is an er-
roneous statement.
“In view of the above, we
would appreciate it a great
deal if you will file a protest
with the Interstate Commerce
Commission in opposition to the
discontinuance of thees impor-
- tant trains.
“Businessmen, city councils.
Business to be conducted in-
Some 20 tons of melons will be
cut up and served under the
supervision of Tom Castloo with
the Northeast Texas Ice Co.
providing the ice and the T&P
Railroad furnishing the cars
for icing the melons.
As in past years, the Highway
Patrol will assist in stopping
traffic on Highway 80 and
members of the Lions Club will
act as greeters and direct traf-
fic to the eating site.
The evening’s entertainment
at the football stadium will
start at 7:30 p.m. and will in-
clude music by the Dixieland
Band, singing by the Civic
Chorus, and introduction of
field corn
Twirlers Attending
Camp in Commerce
Eight high school students
from Mineola are attending
the annual Twirling Camp at
East Texas State College, July
10-14.
There will be three one-week
sessions of the camps, accord-
ing to Dr. Ray Luke, camp di-
rector.
flatware service for 12, a week's 1 present,
vacation for two at a leading —
Chaney, Sandy Turk,
Hooks, Diane Dillard,
1,y
black silk satin theater en- It was luck, pure and simple,
semble, two cartorts of Fizzies, | that kept me winning,” Mrs
an eight-ounce bottle of per- Bartholomew declares, adding
fume, a Simca sedan, a five- See MOLLY, Page 4
Mowers, rakes, and balers
are humming in every meadow
leaving a trail of neatly bundled
grass that will be picked up,
stored and fed to the livestock
this winter.
Yields are above the average
this year, especially where good
management has been prac-
ticed. Most coastal and some
common bermuda fields are
cutting 100 or more bales per
acre.
T. W. Benham got 2650 bales
from about 25 acres of coastal
the first cutting off his farm
one mile east of Mineola. One
hundred fifty pounds of 10-20-
coastal hay from 17 acres the
piece sterling silver tea serv-
. g dark as it first seemed last
Chambers of Commerce, and i week following the unusual
other interested parties along;
The watermelon market pic-| In quality this year’s melon
ture for growers may not be as crop is described as good, and
For the 1961 Watermelon Festival
one mile south of Mineola.
John Simonek, his farm man-
ager, said "we applied 200
pounds of 10-20-10 per acre
in the fall to the crimson clover
overseeded in this meadow—
the clover is responsible for the
big yield.”
The Soil Conservation Serv-
in charge of the depart-
first cutting. He used 300
pounds of 10-20-10 per acre.
His coastal was overseeded with
crimson clover also.
Otho McKaig cut 10C' bales
of common bermuda hay per
acre from 22 acres on his farm
H. M. Adams, farm manager
for Benham, said “if you want
to make good hay and lots of
it just seed crimson clover in
your bermuda.”
Doyle Riddle, a farmer near
Hainesville, made 1721 bales of
10 fertilizer per acre was ap-
plied in the fall to reseeding
crimson clover overseeded in
the coastal.
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Shop in Mineola.
He had been a member of
the Enon Baptist Church in
Alba all his life.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Maggie E. Evans; one son,
John B. Evans of Mesa, Ariz.;
one daughter, Mrs. Rosalie
Newton of Gainesville, Texas;
his mother, Mrs. Sara English
of Alba; a sister, Mrs. Johnnie
Foster of Dallas and 5 grand-
children.
Pallbearers were his nephews.
A note from Mrs. Gene (Molly
ments will be Louise and Shir- Jones) Bartholomew of Dallas
, _ thanks The Monitor “and all
lev Duncan, nursery for two • ,
and three-year-oids: Sue Me-of the wonderful Mineola peo-
corkie, Linnie Mallory and ! Ple who called and telegraphed
Kathleen Godwin, beginners.
Four popular Mineola youths
are in training with the Air
Force at Lackland Air Force
Base at San Antonio, after en-
listing together under the
“buddy plan.”
They are Dale Lindsey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Lindsey,
John “Skippy” MeFerren. son
the free watermelon servings, hay "while-the sun shines" ase Mineola
while the
days.
extended from the
Emory, with prices
County is Precinct Three. A
portion of western Upshur
County is also included in the
district.
number of Quitman on July 10 after a Gwen
short illness. For a number of, Caffey,
years he operated the Evans F- •
2 p.m.
Officiating at the rites were
Rev. Leeland Vermillion of
Hainesville and Rev. Jim Craw-
ford of Tyler. Burial was in
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
lowing Friday night’s enter-
tainment program, an invita-
tional dance will be held at the
Country Club honoring the
Watermelon Festival queen,
princesses and duchesses.
carrying alfalfa
‘imported’ hay
loaded. A trucking market,
however, is operating as usual
in Golden.
Bartholomew won was another hotel in Atlantic City, an even-
vacation, a week for two in, ing gown, a player piano. a
Atlantic City, five-piece living room suite, a ...
A complete list of her win-1 nine-foot boat with electric American Legion will be this
nings, listed in order she won motor, two watches, a gold, i Thursday night, July 13, it
them, is: . ruby and sapphire brooch and 1 has been announce dby J. L.
Anderson, post commander.
and Mrs. H. R. Blake, Route 2.
and Ronald W. Wood, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wood.
The first three named en-
listed on July 5 at Tyler, ac-
cording to Sgt. Bob J. McBride.
Air Force recruiting officer for
this area, who prepared their
enlistment papers. Wood also
enlisted at Tyler on July 10.
All went to Shreveport, La.,
where they boarded a plane
for San Antonio. The buddy
plan means that the quartet
will remain together through
their five to seven weeks of
basic training.
During training, they are
classed as basic airmen, and
on completion of training at
Lackland, they will be pro-
moted to airmen third class,
which means they will be en-
titled to wear a stripe on their
sleeves.
Each has chosen a different
branch of air service, one each
going into mechanics, electron-
ics, administration and general
fields.
With the exception cl Blake,
they were members of the
1961 graduating class of Min-
eola High School. MeFerren
and Lindsey were starting
members of the Yellow Jackets
football team during their high
school careers.
the queen, her court, and duch-
esses representing surrounding
East Texas towns. There also
will be a watermelon eating
contest for youngsters.
Climax to the entertainment
obtained special permission
from Speaker James Turman
for introduction of his bill on
a local and uncontested basis.
Gov. Daniel’s special session
call also was broadened to al-
low water conservation.
Rep. Hinson announced that
a public hearing by a House
committee on the measure,
HB 17, has been set for Monday
afternoon, July 17. but if the
House is tied up in debate, it
could be delayed until Monday
night.
“I fully expect to pass this
bill out of committee that night
and out of the House next
week. Then it will be up to the
Senate,” said Hinson.
State Senator Galloway Cal-
houn, Jr., of Tyler, has con-
ferred with leaders of the water
district movement in Big Sandy
and Hawkins, and said he saw
no opposition so far in the
Senate.
After the Legislature creates
the water district, residents of
the district must approve by
majority vote any bond issue
called to raise funds to build
water reservoir projects. A plan
has been proposed to build a
13-square mile lake on Sandy
Creek, at a cost of between $3
and $4 million.
D. B. Clonts of Hawkins, who
is chairman of the movement
to create the water district,
said that this past week be-
tween 300 and 500 telegrams
from throughout Wood and Up-
shur Counties have been sent
to Gov. Daniel. Rep. Hinson,
and Sen. Calhoun requesting
that the Legislature act this
session on enabling legislation
necessary before the public can
vote on the proposed water
district.
The proposed water district
■ if approved by voters would
then elect officers who would
appoint an equalization board,
1 and set up tax values necessary
to carry out the lake con-
’ struction program.
1 The Lake on Big Sandy would
be 18 miles long with the dam
located in Upshur County and
the lake extended northwest
past Pine Mills. Approximately
80 per cent of the lake would
be in Wood County.
The only area to be included
in the water district in Wood
Bristow and Lavern
juniors; and Benny
Bible School Set
By Church of Christ
Vacation Bible School at the
Mineola Church of Christ will
start this coming Monday of
July 17 and continue through
the week until July 21.
Classes will be held from 9
to 11 a.m. with departments
for beginners through high
school. Minister Benny Bristow
A highly significant oil dis-
covery, which virtually assures
construction of a sulphur ex-
traction plant in this area, is
now being completed by Hum-
ble Oil Co. in eastern Rains
County just across the Wood
County line.
Humble apparently is testing
the best Smackover well yet
drilled in this area. It is the
No. 1 Louise Beall, C. C. Shep-
herd Survey, located on a 54-
acre tract. The well is in a 653-
acre unit.
Location is approximately
four miles southwest of the
West Yantis Field which now
has three Smackover comple-
tions with Pam American drill-
ing away on the fourth well.
Two dry holes have been drilled
in this field, one between the
Humble discovery, which means
the Rains County find will be
classified as a new field.
Local oil observes say that
this new production plus the
Yantis field should assure the
construction of a sulphur ex-
traction plant in the area. The
sulphur gas is poisonous and
highly corrosive and can not
be piped for distances much
more than five miles.
Humble has released no fig-
ures on its testing. However,
it is known that the Smack-
over came in some 150 feet
high to the West Yantis field
discovery.
Royalty under the Humble
well has sold for $1250 an
acre. Leasing is reported to have
LEGION TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
A bill to create a 248-square-mile water conservation
district in Wood and Upshur Counties was introduced by
Rep. George Hinson in the Texas House of Representatives
Tuesday.
With a special session called for tax issues, Rep. Hinson
East Texas’ Watermelon Fes-
tival Day is just a week away!
Next Friday, July 21, Mineola
will be host to the nation, and
many foreign countries as well,
as free watermelon is served to
passing traffic on Highway 80.
This yer there will be no
festival parade, but a gala pro-
gram of free entertainment
has been arranged for that
night at the Yellow Jacket
football stadium.
Out-of-town tourists will be
served free ice cold watermelon
at the farm market shed from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Local resi-
dents will be served from 1 to
3 p.m.
Twin queens Loyce and Joyce
Browning and the Mineola
princesses will serve as hos-
tesses and register guests at
A six-piece bedroom suite, a
this line will be encouraged to
file a letter of protest with
the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission. requesting that a
hearing be held in Mineola,
Texas.
In a statement to The
Monitor, Chesser added that he
is hopeful that as many busi-
nessmen as possible will write
letters of protest, which he
said should be addressed to Mr.
Harold D. McCoy, secretary of
the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission, Washington, D.C.
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GYM REFINISHING
The gymnasium floor of the
McFarland gym will be refin-
ished this summer. The work
was approved this past week
by the Mineola school board.
F Worth and Marshall. The no-
tice states that persons desiring
E to Object to the proposed con-
' solidation should notify the
E6a Interstate Commerce Commis-
; 5 6ion in Washington at least
2 | 15 days before the effective
. date of the proposed discon-
e gtjnuance.
b; jstrong opposition to the pro-
Ekijpoed consolidation is expected
Lg * be filed with the ICC from
Efeveral East Texas towns. Over
d a month ago the Mineola City
Council adopted a resolution
opposing the consolidation on
£ the grounds that it would not
t be in the best interest of the
; city or its citizens.
i Al Chesser, state representa-
* i tive of the Brotherhood of
Ej Railroad Trainmen in Austin,
yeged The Monitor Wednes-
ychat he had written Harry
2 national legislative repre-
EeSSative of the B of RT re-
Mguesting that a protest be filed
#5with the ICC in opposition to
the discontinuance of trains
21 and 22. Other operating rail-
road Brotherhoods are also ex-
pected to file protests with
the ICC.
Chesser requested that the
Pn ICC hold the hearing in Min-
» keola. In his letter, he said:
LFThis consolidation which, of
r course, is an actual discontinu-
| ance of Trains 21 and 22, will
it materially impair passenger
It train service between Fort
Worth and Marshall, Texas.
The consist of Trains 21 and
22 and Trains 1 and 2 are such
t that it would in no way be
feasible to consolidate the op-
t eration of this service. This is
only another step in the direc-
tion of discontinuances of all
passenger train service on the
TP between these two cities.
“It is our understanding that
the officials of this carrier
| when contacting businessmen,
city councils. Chambers of
J " Commerce, etc., requesting that
they pass a resolution to ap-
prove this discontinuance ad-
vised that Trains 21 and 22
were not losing money but that
this carrier would realize a
savings by their discontinu-
ments, six-piece luggage set. ■ district would be eligible to
color television and stero set. ‘ vote.
buffet and hutch. an electric j At the public hearing by the
eye camera kit. four big salami 1 House Committee in Austin
sausages, a cushion glider, an Monday, numerous supporters
electric washing machine, a of the proposed district from
. 10-foot dinghy with 5.5 h.p Hawkins. Big Sandy and
• motor. four eases of Swiss j throughout Wood and Upshur
cheese, a spinet piano, sterling I Counties are expected to be
delegates to the
convention.
the Mt Sylvan Methodist
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years and that unusually good
hay and pasture crops are be-
ing reported.
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Harle, S. Neil. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 12, 1961, newspaper, July 12, 1961; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1493132/m1/1/?q=%221961-07%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.