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A The Canton herald
6
VOLUME 73
.THRSDAY, FEB. 10, 1955.
NUMBER 6
ts for the March
Zandt
in
a total of $5,294.15
Lester Slaton Takes Over For First
Of Honor To Be
Serving his first term as coun-
1
• v
served as chairman of the Red
for five
Slaton and the late Dollie Sia-
N
where
Edgewood
high school football
field
now i
er him. He was a teacher in the
of the First
LESTER SLATON
James Hodge, manager of the
1876-78
D
mie Knox, John Fincher, Tommy
L. L. Castleberry, 1913-
anton will meet Edge-
first round
3
to 33-7
Parent-Teachers
Association will hold its Found-
t
EH
the
-
17
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★
First Methodist Church in Can- .
Mr. Futur
nty
i
JACK DAVIS
Rev. L L Dickerson Mrs. Youngblood
He is chairman of the county 4-H Sub-District meeting to be held
Youth Fellowship will be host for
meeting.
ments
School To Erect
Li
XTH;
The local church is inviting all
the circuit churches in the area to
Miss Burris speak
Burnett plan to attend the state
an-
Church in the sub-district in-
three ,
of Reuben and Dovie
of Route 2. Canton; two broth-
*
Missionary Church
Ben
half
brothers.
and four
of
tors with Fast Hitch Implements
(Continued On Page 5)
Annual March Of Dimes
Drive Nets $1,088 In Canton
Final Rites Held
For R. H. Hendley
Farm Meeting Set For
February 23 At Canton
Coleman Bros.
To Hold Open
House February 14
Garland
“Pasture
Mrs. Hester lost control of the
1950 model car and turned over.
Soils." Farmers will be able to
get a much clearer picture about
how much fertilizer to add to
their crops and pastures as well
as the kind of fertilizers to use.
here Monday night February 14.
at 7:30 p m The local Methodist
held
8, for
T J Foster, 1879-84.
Thompson 18851'2:
All parents of Scouts and others
interested in scouting are invited
to attend this Court of Honor.
The Scouts meet each Thurs-
day night at the Legion Hut. All
boys in Canton between the ages
of 11 and 13 are invited to join
in Edgewood in 1911, and deliver-
ed more than 4,000 babies during
his practice. He studied in Bell-
vue Hospital in New York. Bay-
winner of the bi-district will go week of a Methodist Leadership ■
to the regional meet with four Training School to be held at the I
All unauthorized persons tres-
passing on the post property will
be prosecuted to the fullest ex-
tent of the law, according to Mr.
Robinson.
Among commissioned vessels in
the U. S. Navy. destroyer-type
ships out number all others. That
includes the whole list—warships,
amphibious vessels, mine warfare,
patrol and auxiliary vessels.
E
E.
convention of Future Teachers of
America in Denton-
state in weed, brush and timber
control
M. K. (Duke) Thornton, chem-
ist for the agricultural extension
service and head of the soil test-
ing laboratory at A&M College,
ing with the present 6c support
price rate.
“You are aware from previous
correspondence that our cotton al-
lotment has been drastically re-
duced. We have been informed by
the USDA that we are not likely
second and fourth Thursday of
the mnoth at 2 o’clock.
Sunday school and church and
BTS were well attended Sunday.
After a baptismal service for
the Starr and Highland churches
Sunday afternoon, a singing was
The women were carried to a Ty-
ler hospital.
The wrecked vehicle was taken
to Canton.
years. At the end of that time the
seats will become school proper-
ty. If two people wish to go to-
gether on a box they can split
the cost of the box seats between
them. The fans will be charged
for only the actual cost of erect-
ing the seat. It is believed that
the cost will be near $20
Baptist Church, being a member
of that church since 1888.
He was a member of the Ma-
at Emory. C
wood in the
iiie they
Iftime
meeting in Canton Feb. 23 in the Van Zandt County Farm Bureau
daughter
Gray.
She was
Unofficial re
of Dimes Dri
county show ।
parents
or.
W
L. 1
tend the
’ conies
Mr. and Mrs. Devon Baugh were
baptized by the Rev. T. E Tid- cordial invitation to visit his of- ‘
one time. h , i . sion work in Rhodesia
He began his medical practice
Eagle Field
Coach C. E. Rheinlander
will
at a'
meeting with Davis were Melissa SMU.
Ross, Shirley Ballard. Mary Corry.
of the
e start-
pastor, Rev. C. H Pritchett, and Gerry Campbell of Canton.
Mp ond Touen Donch ere Mr. Slaton extends to all a
• +1 5
1
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/
Dr. Brandon donated an organ
to the First Baptist Church of
Edgewood and donated land
building and Hendley of Chicago, DL, Ed. Coleman Brothers will hold
• --------... I Alton and Delano Hendley all open house all day Monday, Feb
serving with the U. S. Armed 14 at their showroom here, ac-
Forces' cording to Gaston Coleman.
Undergoes Operation
Mrs. Billy Deen underwent a
major operation at Nan Travis
hospital at Jacksonville Tuesday
morning. She is reported improv-
ing.
will hold four people and chairs i Byron Hendley of Tyler.
er's Day program Thursday aft-
ernoon, Feb. 17, at 2:30 o clock
in the school cafeteria, according
Martha Corry. Sylvia Burnett, us crcun unuru U1 uxaxea w
Naomi Langley. All of the mem- send their MYF groups to hear
bers except Pat Teet and Sylvia! Miss Burris speak
__
j years in Africa as a missionary,
j She is completing her Bachelor of
shown Rev. and Mrs. Fitts are
farmers in this area would have in front of the regular grand
another cash crop which might stands and will afford fans a good ers, Douglas
relieve our financial distress. j view of all games. Those inter- fans Hendley of the I S Army,
“The farmers in this area have ested in the box seats will pay;
fina
of tt
KNOW YOUR COUNTY OFFICIALS
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grown castor beans the past three the total cost
years and have become acquaint- painting the seats and they will
ed with the crop. It is adapted have priority over them for three
to the soil and climate in this
"Chemicals in Farming,"
be the subject discussed
pound. The farmers in this coun- n e A .
ty cannot produce this crop and KAV \pAc At
maintain a decent standard of liv-—VA *bM--
attending East Texas Baptist Col- ton. He attended school at Sex- .
lege at Marshall and will return' ton and completed his high school .
to their native land to do mis- training at Van, graduating in
sionary w'ork. 11939. At the present time he is -
men’s Bible class
The workers meeting of the
Missionary Baptist church will be
chairman for the farmers meet-
ing on Feb. 23 and everyone in-
terested is invited to attend the
meeting.
the present
Workers Meetings
To Be At Oak Grove
XT/ Local P.-T.A. To
15, ? Meet February 17
cotton acreage allotments, as he
has at the seven farmers’ meet-
ings which were completed on
nounced Wednesday that plans
are underway to erect 16 box
seats at Eagle Field. The seats
Dr. B. B. Brandon
Of Edgewood Dies
Sunday Morning
Dr. Ben B. Brandon, 77, former I
mayor of Edgewood, died Sun-
day morning at his home in
Edgewood.
county and the years they serv-
ed are as follows:
A. Fitzgerald, 1848-49; Allen
Club.
Also participating in the Court
of Honor will be the local Cub
Scouts Pack No. 378. James Beggs
is Cubmaster and Rev. Richard
Hill, according to Geo Tawater,
assistant scoutmaster of Troop
378. John Winkler is scoutmas-
ter of the troop. Aproximately 16
youths are active in the local
troop.
Scouts who will receive second
class awards will be Devon Car-
ter, David Cartright, Robert Tay-
sonic Lodge and secretary of the
Van Zandt county association at
the time of his death and has
I to Mrs. George Hilliard.' presi-
dent.
Mrs. F. V. Bryant will be the
principal speaker for the Found-
er’s Day program. Rev. Robert
B. Lowe, pastor of the Canton
Methodist Church, will bring the
devotional.
Children of the fifth and sixth
grades will present a program.
All parents are invited to at-
tend the P.-T. A. meetings.
The Starr and Highland Bap- local Lions Gub.
tist Churches held a joint Bap- He is the father of two girls,
tismal serv ice at the Oak Grove Judy Ella, 10, and Lindal, age 7
Missionary Baptist Church of | Both girls are attending the lo-
Canton Sunday afternoon at 3 cal school.
eration. • ♦ 4
“We urge you to do everything
you can to get the price support
on castor beans set at 9c per
the school
married to B. E
tiams competing for regional
honors.
members Deputy clerks in the county
clerk’s office are Hubert Peden: 1909-12
Science Degree in Theology at
to Ezra T. Benson, secretary of Christian Education for the Mar-
agriculture. in the interest of a in Methodist Church of Tyler will
price support on castor beans. teach the adult course The youth
Copies of the letter were sent, teacher has not been selected
to Congressman Brady Gentry, Certificates of acceptable wor
Senator Lyndon Johnson. Senator will be given to those who com-
Price Daniel and Jack Lynn of, plete the course of study and
the American Farm Bureau Fed- fulfill the attendan require-
1
1903-04; C. A.
J. T Beard
Prices of farm land in Texas
fell two per cent in the four
months ending November 1. 195-4.
This word comes from the USDA.
sisters, Mrs. Gladys Wages of;
Canton. Mrs. Lucille Patrick of'
Dallas, and Mrs. Arvalene Tull j
The Canton
Turner, John
servea as secretary since it was
organized.
Survivors include his wife, a
daughter, Miss Melba Sherwood
of Denton; a sister. Miss Pearl
Brandon of Edgewood; and a
sister-in-law. Mrs. Lillie Riddle
of Edgewood.
will discuss “Fertilizers
Lime For Van Zandt i
their Wolf Award. They are
Travis Deen, Tommy Reid, Sam-
Council
Attending the District
Youngblood at Grand Saline on
December 22, 1901. Most of her
life was spent at Edom. She had
been a member of the Baptist
Church since early childhood.
Survivors are her husband and
eight children, Mrs. Lester and
Mps. Guy Horton of Wills Point,
Mrs. Dorothy Smith of Beaumont,
Austin G. Youngblood of Jackson-
ville. Milton E. Youngblood of
Grand Saline. Joel B. Youngblood
of Port Neches, Cecil C. Young-
blood of Tulsa, Okla., Thomas W.
Youngblood of Gillette, Wyo.
Other survivors are twelve
grandchildren and seven broth-
ers, Oscar, Ruby and Jim Gray of
Brownsboro. Carroll. Charlie, Hor-
ace and Ferman Gray of Edom.
Miss Burris has served three
16; W L. Steed 1917-22. H. J.
Craft. 1923-24 E. L. Mann. 1925-
28 C. A Groves 1929-32 Carlye
' elude Edgewood, Grand Saline,
Van Wills Point, Edom and Can-
ton.
Methodist Church
One of the largest crowds in
many months were in town Mon-
day for the monthly trades day.
***
The Corinth 4-H Club has elect-
ed its representatives for the
county King and Queen contest
to be held March 11 at Van.
They are Miss Betty Davis and
David Thompson.
ASC office, will also
o'clock when three
were baptized.
________________ । Five great new Farmall trac- held at the Oak Grove church on
Housewarmnig Given Etheridges tors with Fast Hitch Implements March 4 The WMA meets each
Mr and Mrs. Norman Bate- will be on display
Hendley and La-
AEfe=
id B9 i; S Ft
m2“Aa-H-a
Those interested in the box
seats can find the date when the
seats will go on sale in next
week's Canton Herald. They will
be sold on a first come, first
served basis.
Larry Cox was baptized into I of Edgewood. Joan Pittmon of the
the Starr Baptist church by his Watkins community, and Mrs.
Highland Baptist fice when in Canton.
County clerks of Van Zandt
enjoyed.
Two new members were re-
ceived in the Oak Grove church
Sunday. Everyone has a cordial
invitation to attend.
son, 1953-54; A G Parker. 1955-
1861 Robert Doyle 1862-65 W.
area as entomologist
counties in this area.
A. IL Walker and
Hoffman will discuss
Mayfield, 1905-08;
Weed Control with Chemicals."
There has been a lot of interest
in pasture weed control with
chemicals instead of mowing.
the District VIII Future
coumn the Boy Scouts. The troop is be-
ing sponsored by the local Lions
in the been a member of the state 4-H
Three women were injured Sat-
urday evening at 4:50 o'clock
when the car in which they were
riding overturned about one mile
east of Canton at the intersection
of Highways 246 and 64.
Highway Patrolman George
Reese of Canton, investigated the
accident.
Injured were Mrs. Peggy Ve-
nezia, 23. Mrs. Shirley Pike Da-
vidson, 19, and Mrs. Eleanor Fox
Hester, 24, driver, all of Tyler.
The accident occurred when:
Cool Spring cemetery under the
I direction of Eubank Funeral
Home of Canton.
Mr Hendley died February 4
in Houston. He was born No-
Dies February 6
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon, February 8, at
the Edom Methodist Church for
Mrs. B. E. Youngblood, who died
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. L Lester in Wills Point
on February 6 at 12:15 p. m.
Mrs. Youngblood’s death fol-
lowed a long illness.
Rev. Brock and Rev. Jimmy
Allen conducted the last rites and
interment was in the Edom cem-
etery under the direction of Eu-
bank & Co. Funeral Home of
Wills Point.
Pallbearers were Lester Mur-
phrey, Horace Cauthen, Toxie
Saylors, Jordan Morris, Arthur
Beam, and Walter Morris.
Mrs. Youngblood was born Oc-
tober 24, 1883, at Edom. the
District Cage
Tournament Is
Set For Emory
The District 15A basketball
tournament will get underway on
Thursday night, Feb. 10, at the
Emory high school gymnasium
officiating. Burial was
discuss Avery is assistant Cubmaster.
Nine Cub Scouts will receive
were Jeff Teet, Jess Groom, J.
A Brown, Archie Martin, P. L
Black, P. B. Ware, Forrest Bailey,
Gaston Stephenson, Ernest Shinn,
Raymond Jones, Aude McWil
liams, Grady McFarland. John
Windle, Charles Curtis, Odie
Chitty, J. C. Rogers, and Ralph
Liston.
Both Walker and Hoffman have. -
done considerable work over the lor, and Sonny Mahaffey.
| night are planned for 7:30 r
. o'clock. Gasses will be held un- i
' til 9:15 p. m.. it was announced.
Rev. Charles Schneider, pastor 1
j of the Edgewood Church will be L
dean of the school. Rev. Robert
; Lowe will be host pastor.
iff to a
ter and
ads 20-
Canton A
hile Cart-
s with 19
Willodean Burris
To Speak Before
County MYF Group
Miss Willodeen Burris, a stu-
dent at Perkins School of Theol-
ogy at Southern Methodist Uni-
versity in Dallas. will be guest
speaker for the Charles Wesley
lor in Dallas and interned in a
New Orleans, La., hospital.
Rev. Edward Lee Dickerson at
10:30 o’clock at the Old Bethel
Church with the Rev. Adeth Pul-
ley of Trinidad officiating. Burial
was in Old Bethel cemetery un-
der the direction of Eubank Fu-
neral Home.
Rev. Dickerson died Sunday at
6 p. m. at his home in Athens.
He was a resident of Van Zandt
county until he moved to Athens
four months ago.
He was married to Miss Myr-
tle Busby December 20, 1917. He
was a veteran of World War I.
Pallbearers were Doc Pool,
Junior Wilson, Maston Hames,
Cletus Wilson, Tommy Womble,
and Billy Whitehead.
Survivors include his wife;
three daughters, Mrs. Nora Nor-
rell of Mabank, Mrs. Naomi
Beard of Moak. Utah, and Mrs.
Winona Richardson of Farming-
ton, N. Mex.; two sons, Nolen
Dickerson, Rt. 5, Athens, and
Vestal Dickerson of Athens; two
sisters, Mrs. Olivia Williams of
Topeka, Kansas, and Mrs. Della
Wilson of Route 2, Eustace. and
13 grandchildren.
J. P DuBose.
Davis. 1899-1902
if America
ict vin :
cing contest
Eber 1867; John P. Carter, 1868
F. M Hobbs, 1969-73; M. M.
Stover. 1874-75, W A. Williams
High 1895-96
1897-98. H. P.
R M. Samford,
to receive an increase in our ,
acreage. It is our belief that by will be provided for each football
settling the support price on cas- game by the Canton school.
Eagles Drop Twin
Cage Contests To
Edgewood Quintet
Th" Canton Eagles closed out
the 1954-55 scheduled basketball
play last Friday night with the
Edgewood Bulldogs. The games
were played on the Edgewood
court. The Bulldogs defeated the
Canton A and B squads with only
the Canton girls emerging with
a victory The girls won a close
contest in an overtime period.
This week the local eagers will
meet in the district tournament
went to the
from Panola
Buried At Old
Bethel Tuesday
Funeral Services were
Tuesday morning, Feb.
well of the
Church.
j 44: G. A Wages, 1945-46 Billy
Deen, 1947-54
9
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A sign hanging at the en-
trance to a farm near Hast-
ings, Nebraska, reads: “We
shoot every third salesman.
The second just left."
WWW
Jack Davis of the Little Hope
Moore community placed second
Funeral services were held at | D.I, Taru EJAI-
2 o'clock Monday in the Edgewood nc V. | Only IITI S
Baptist Church with Rev. Newt e _ -
Brawner of Henderson and Rev .Knaake Ta R-mle4
Charles Schneider, Jr. of Edge- •PeuN> V UOpibl - A
Xin thf oak Hu. Bysinass Women Term As County Clerk Of Van Zandt
■ met ry in Edgew..... -m-**VVII
Dr. Brandon, who had lived in Rev. Tony Fitts, a native ofty clerk of Van Zandt county is ”
Edgewood since early chi ldhood, [ Southern Rhodesia, was the main Lester Slaton.
served as mayor of the city for speaker for the quarterly meet-' Mr. and Mrs Slaton and fam-
J years. He was a member of ing of the Associated Federation ily have moved to Canton from
, a . board of Edgewood of Baptist Business Women’s cir- Edom and are making their home
-ndependent School District, andcles held at the First Baptist at 507 Elm Street
j , ,, Church in Van Monday night Mr. Slaton was born and rear-
ross ap er in Edgewood at A film showing pictures of mis-ed in the Sexton Chapel commun-
— -..........—s.a was alsoity north of Edom son of A. L "
area. They already possess the
necessary equipment and labor to
produce this crop.
"It is our opinion that the cas-
tor oil industry in this country
may be monopolized by two com-
panies and that the beans will
be bought at the support price.
We understand that there is an
actual need for castor beans in
this country and a higher support
price could be set without caus-
ing an additional loss to the
OCC.”
tournament with the game
Monday night in Canton. 4 Hue NA, “
T. L. Roberts of the Turner Thompson,,-ohn . •_
community will serve as program Winkler, Dennis Tidwe , - am,
Shaw, and Jimmy Beggs.
In order to receive their Cub A NAg ■ • •
Awprdsentas"sawarantis 3 women Injured
In Auto Accident
can be made to a Cub unless bis
attend .be Court ol Hon- Satruday Evening
vember 22. 1913
Pallbearers were Hayden B.
Wilburn, Grady Wilburn, Eugene
Hendrix, Theo Lumpkin. Her-
bert Simmons, and Red Hunter.
Survivors include his father.
Funeral services for Robert j Council and president of the El-1 in the First
Noel Hendley, 41. were held : berta 4-H Club in the Little Hope-'
c , , ,11 Moore community. He won the
Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock atstate Santa Fe Award in 1953,
the Cool Spring Baptist Church I and the county and district speech the
with Rev A D. Blue of Canton I contest the same year. He has
Admission to the Emory dis-ton February 2> to March 1.
trict tournament will be 50c for ‘ Sunday afternoon services will
adults and 25 cents for students, be held at 2:30 o’clock The ses-
1 sions for Monday and Tuesday
Thursday night, Feb. 10, there
will be a Boy' Scout Court of
Honor at 7 p. m. at the local
American Legion Hut on Red
S T Bums 1866-67; George F
s took an
? Bulldogs
ess in the
scored 7
Edgewood
xt ended it
urth quar-
cored 12
period to
* * *
SiSgt. Glynn Hendry, army re-
cruiting sergeant from Tyler,
will be at the draft board each
Thursday from 9 o’clock until
12 noon to talk to any boy in-
terested in joining the U. S.
Army.
According to Sgt. Hendry a
boy may pick any branch of
service in the army and he will
be assigned to that particular
[branch.
All boys now enlisting in the
army will be flown to Fort Ord.
Calif., by commercial airlines to
take their eight weeks basic
training in sunny California.
* * *
Johnny Winkler, owner of
Winkler’s Department Store, re-
turnd this week from a business
trip to St. Louis, Missouri.
★ * *
Mrs Billy Pitt Nixon has re-
signed her position as clerk with
Canton Motors to attend East
Texas State Teachers College at
Commerce. Mrs. Nixon will com-
Teachers speaking contest held at
Van last Saturday. Jack won
the title of Mr. Future Teacher
of Van Zandt county earlier. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Davis.
One hundred fifteen new mem-
bers were signed up in the 1955
membership drive of the Van
Zandt county Farm Bureau held
throughout the county Feb. 1.
according to Liston M. Barber,
chairman of the membership com-
mittee of the bureau.
Renewal memberships taken
were 122, bringing the total num-
ber to 237 for the drive.
With the expected renewal of
some 115 or more members
whose memberships were not
ready for renewal on drive day,
the total memtiership of the Van
Zandt County Farm Bureau will
be approximately 350.
The team of P. B. Ware and
Willard Sides signed up more
members than any other team.
They signed up 43 farm families
in the Little Hope-Moore com-
munity. The team of J. A. Brown
and K. N. Paschall was second
with 31 and a team of ladies,
Mrs. T. D. Roberts and Mrs. J. G
Rogers was third with 29 mem-
bers
There will be a celebration
banquet for the drive workers in
the near future, according to Mr.
Barber.
Serving on the membership
committee with Mr. Barber
tor beans at 9c per pound the The box seats will be erected
Blair, 1850-52; J. R C. Hender-
collected. This figure is incom-
plete.
Canton has collected approxi-
mately $1 ,088.05, according to
figures released by the local
bank J. W Terry and Tom Mil-
ford are local chairmen for the
I Canton Drive.
Incomplete reports from Van
Zandt county show the following
totals for the various towns and
communities in the county:
Little Hope-Moore $152.50;
Canton, $1,088.05; Edom, $134.42.
Ben Wheeler, $163: Van $851.28.
Edgewood $586.64; Wills Point,
$1 462 70; Martins Mill, $85, and
Grand Saline $770.56. .]
Totals for Van and Edgewood
are complete. Joe Tunnell serv-
ed as county chairman for the
drive. Last year $4,500 was col-
lected for the National Founda-
i tion for Infantile Paralysis
No reports have been received
from the Redland and Prairie
i Creek colored schools.
Mae Wallace, 1933-36 J H. Stag-
ner, 1937-1940 Leon Cox, 1941-
and livestock. Other subjects
will be weed and brush control
with chemicals and fertilizers and ,
C. F. Gamer, extension onto- Held Tonight
mologist from A&M College, will
discuss "Insecticides for Control
on Vegetable's, Livestock and
Small Grain and Legumes." Mr.
Garner formerly worked in this
Richardson, 1893-94 R
Signs Up 237 Members During Drive
ing will begin at 10 a. m. and--
continue until 3p.m. Subjects n° e . A .
to be discussed will include in- KOV jf OUT .Oir
secticides for vegetables, legumes, | • WMI Will I
with the Lindale Eagles meeting । _ __
the Emory Wildcats Ln the first! B I• gR 4
round. Canton will tangle with' EmeEA I IC P^j3#OC “AAmsee
Edgewood at 7:30 and Quitman •9 Cl “ ■> EC V 14 ■ ■O’teWW WW WIlW
will meet Hawkins at 8:40 p. m.__ __
Friday night the w inner of the B WE A A
Quitman-Hawkins game will8g G 5 Q "sAd G0g2*426
meet the winner of the Lindale- III I I A •9F“ W “» I ■ “ “es •3 W
Emory game at 7 p. m. and,___■ -------
Brownsboro will meet the winner'
of the Canton-Edgewood game at I AA.weL:m C.LAAI
8 30 o’clock Friday night LCadership 3C1001
The winners of Friday night's _ _ __ g".,
games will meet at 8 o’clock Sat- Ta Dp Hplr At
urday evening for the tourna-j IV • 11VIII MI
j ment championship. A A IL I•1AL L
The w inner of District 15A will Methodist Church
। meet the winner of District IbA _
in bi-district Feb. 21 and 22. The! Announcement was made this ■
Jim Robinson, commander of
the local American Legion Post,
announced this week that some-
one has stolen five 1903 Spring-
field rifles belonging to the local
Post in the past month. In all, 10
vifles are missing from the post. _—
These rifles are government MM E I G?
Farm Bureau 3eekS support
funerals. Anyone possessing one __
of these rifles is urged to return g G A A ■ A"a ■ ED
post.... euestona 9 Cents Un Castor beans
T. L. Roberts, president of the Teachers of children's work
Van Zandt County Farm Bureau, j will be Mrs. Keith Keithlow of
has written the following letter | Tyler. Bruce Krause, director of
ing at 7:20 p. m.
The Edgewood Bees
easy 39-19 opener. The
held the Eagles scorele
Miss Fannie Beard, association- attending Henderson County Jun-
al chairman of the BWC, was in ior College where he is majoring
charge of the program which in- in business administration .
eluded a devotional by Miss Mary .He married Miss Lottie Fay .
Coleman of the Wills Point circle, "est.o, Ben Wheeler on March
and special music by the Van 3 1943, at Colfax, and is a
eb.0I- gya iU, A. i church ' member of the Methodist Church
stands. The field was named aft- lat Mom
Mrs. Lois McLaurin, Mrs. Loyce pr,r , -
I »» F i »» 1: > Prior to his campaigning for
Wilson, Misses Carlye Mae Wal-|ui „ 1 cee e
Ii N. c. . « his first public office, Mr. Sla-
I p C , . Sta or and Maggie ton operated a service station and
S represented the Canton garage at Edom for 71 years.
Ci Other churches represent- He made his first campaign in
ed were Grand Saline, Pruitt, 1 as A a t 4 ‛ 1 ,
___ a 9 . 1954 defeating his opponent Kei-
Van, and Ben Wheeler. . „ Us Paschall. Billy Deen outgo-
f oiling the program the Van ing county clerk did not seek re-
™ Th pie a nd coffee and election. He has held the position
asocial hour in fel- continuously since 1947
oWshiphall Slaton is a member of the Can-
JOINT BAPTISMALSERVICES tonsAmerican.Legien Post,.Ma-
M P I n IN CANTON cgn,, sonic Lodge No. 1051 AF & AM at
HELD IN CANTON SUNDAY Brownsboro, and member of the
man honored Mr. and Mrs. Hor- Mr. Coleman invites the general
ace Etheridge with a housewarm- public to come and see the new
ing Saturday night. Feb. 5. line of farm tractors.
Refreshments of punch and i ----------------
cake were served. j The armament of the first U.
They received many nice gifts ■ S. Navy destroyers included three
Fifty-two were present. ' rapid fire, breech loading rifles
---------------- and two or three Gatling guns.
There are more Navy personnel ---------------
serving in destroyer-type vessels Ether is produced by distilla-
than in any other category. tion of alcohol with sulphuric acid.
be held at Denton Feb. 18 and 19.
The Canton FTA chapter was
: formed in 1950 Sponsors are Mrs.
2 George T. Kennedy and Mrs.
Lois McLaurin. Eight members
compose the Canton group which
___ is sponsored by the County Delta
I Kappa Gamma. Jack joined the
। FT A group in 1952 as a freshman
I at Canton high.
Young Davis is active in 4-H
! Club work in Van Zandt county.
as Mr. Future Teachei
ndt county at a Will
eting on January 11.
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