The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 81
CANTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1964
NUMBER 14
Business Men Hear
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Methodists Plan
Stewardship Study
At Old Bethel
G. D. Stringer, T. R.
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By JACK CAMPBELL
Baptists To Hold
General Board of Lay Activities
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Barney Hudson
officiating.
MR. AND MRS. W. F. BROWN
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Mr. & Mrs. W. F. Brown To Celebrate
50th Wedding Anniveersary Sunday
Tyler Tennis
Ass’n. To Present
Exhibition Match
Band Members
To Appear
In Concerts
Stanford,
Keahey,
anton Membership Drive
For REC Club Nears Mark
Band Boosters
To Meet Tuesday
The regular monthly meeting
of the Canton Band Booster Club
will be held in the school band
the beginner and junior develop-
ment tennis programs in Tyler.
expected to canvass the business
district sometime next wek . . .
Chandler of Dallas,
six grandchildren.
hall Tuesday evening, April 7,
at 7:30 o’clock’
to
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on April 25, “The ’
Tithe.”
The Tyler District
District cooperating
Visits in Dallas
Mrs. K. C. Gullett spent last
week in Dallas.
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VETERANS, AUXILIARY
TO MEET SATURDAY
Veterans of World War II and
the Ladies Auxiliary will meet in
the District courtroom Saturday
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Beer Short Course
To Be Held In Tyler
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p. m. in the Ben Wheeler Bap-
list church with Rev. Olen Can-
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made up of the following busi-
nessmen: Todd Berry, Foy Riley,
Curtis Hilliard, Jack Campbell,
Glenn Scott, Angus Travis, B. C.
Schaefer, Russell Eubank, Tom-
according to Joe Hackney, proxy
of the new organization . . .
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Larry Reese, gon of Mr. and
Mrs. George Reese, has been in-
vited to join Phi Theta Kappa,
national honor fraternity . . .
members represent the upper 10
per cent of their class . . . Larry
is enrolled at Tyler Junior Col-
lege.
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Decision to
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Assembly near Palestine this
weekend, April 3, 4,5. Dr. D. L.
Dykes, pastor of the First Meth-
odist Church in Shreveport, La.,
will be the featurel speaker and,
will preach Friday evening and
at 11:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sat,
urday. Lay leader of the local
church is Lester Slaton.
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Canton is 75 per cent com-
plete in its drive for membership
of the proposed Van Zandt
County Recreational Association
it was announced Wednesday by
the membership committee.
The committee is composed of
B. C. Schaefer, Tommy Robin-
son, Jimmy Boroughs, Dr. John
Turner and Jack Campbell. A
An area beef cattle short
course will be held for livestock-
men in Van Zandt and five other
counties April 6-9, at the Cotton
Belt auditorium in Tyler, Todd
W. Berry, county agricultural
agent, announced this week. The
meetings will begin each night
at 7:30 o’clock.
There is no charge for those
attending.
Subjects to be included in the
four night short course include
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Duke, L W. Walters, Casey El-
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Howell, Herman Heard, Jim C.
January, Helen Cox, B. M. Clark,
Miss Alma Flippo and Herman
Gullett.
Calif.; a sister, Mrs. George Phil-
lips of Canton; seven grandchil-
dren and eight great-grandchil-
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Last Rites Read
/ For Carl Cantrell
Funeral services for Carl Jun-
Interment was in the Edom
cemetery under the direction of
Eubank Funeral Home.
Mr. Cantrell died in Artesia
Friday.
Survivors include his mother,
Mrs. Mary Vandever; two broth-
ers, N. R. Cantrell of Tyler and
Darrell Cantrell; and three sis-
ters, Mrs. May Bradley, Mrs.
Margarite Flowers and Mrs. Bet,
ty Layman of Artesia.
Pallbearers were Johnny Can-
trell, Perkins Smith, Hubert
Owens, Herbert Owens, Royal
Cantrell and Roland Cantrell.
Tyler.
The couple’s three children will
be hosts at the open house. They
are Oran F. Brown of Canton,
Lt. Col. John H. Brown, Chap-
lain, Fort Hood, and Mrs. Patsy
is a Filet
with the
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talk of businessmen around
quare . ... Tha-dixectors.ara
schools in football district 15AA,
will present a free concert at
Van high school on Saturday
night beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
Stiff tryouts for places in
these two bands were conducted,
and the quality of performance
is almost guaranteed to be top
rate.
Those from Canton in both
bands are Billy Ballard, Dennis
Cox, Kay Etheridge, Michele Ma-
haffey, Georgia Reese, Carl Phil-
lips and Roxie Williams. The
two for whom there was no open-
ing in the Select Band, but who
will appear in the District Band,
are Judy Mahaffey and Cherry
Teel.
Spring Concert
To Be April 10
The 50 member Canton Eagle
Band under the baton of E. N.
Holloway, director, will present
its annual spring concert Friday,
April 10, in the school gym.
Time for the performance to
begin has been set at 7:30 p. m.,
and a full one hour and 15 min-
utes of music for your enjoy-
ment has been planned.
Tickets will go on sale Mon-
day, with proceeds going for
band activities the remainder of
the year as well as helping to-
ward final payment on uni-
forms.
Eagle band members will ap-
pear in concerts presented by
two honor bands this week. The
Select Band, at Henderson Coun-
ty Juninr College in Athens,
will present a concert Friday
night in the college gym begin-
ning at 8 p. m. This band is com-
posed of 100 members from 11
Ml-any- Ham Zasult —county, -Now-pelived
Slaughter, Dr.
Bill Bass, T. D.
4-H Clubs Plan
Eliminations
For April 4
Van Zandt County 4-H Clubs
will hold their county elimina-
tions Saturday, April 4, at 9 a.
m. in the fellowship hall of the
First Methodist Church in Can-
ton.
This contest will include all
contests except the judging con-
tests and favorite food show en-
tries. The county favorite food
show will be held Saturday, April
11, in the assembly room of the
courthouse.
The first place winners in the
junior and senior division will
compete against 4-H’ers from 18
other North East Texas counties
at the District 4-H Eliminations
Contest in Tyler April 25. First
anti second place winners at Ty-
ler will compete at the State
4-H Round-Up at A&M Univer-
sity, June 2, 3, and 4.
These contests are a real ex-
perience for these young men
and women. The 4-H’ers attend-
ing the contest in Tyler will have
an opportunity to go through the
New Planetarium in Tyler.
You are invited to attend the
county elimination Saturday at
the fellowship hall. Support 4-H ;
members, They will be leaders
tomorrow.
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HUBBAKD INITIATED
INTO ALPHA CHI
Paul H. Hubbard of Wills
Point has been initiated into Al-
pha Chi, national honor society
at North Texas State Univer-
sity.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Hub-
bard of Wills Point, he is a jun-
ior government major at NTSU
and is a member of the Chan-
cery Club, government and pre-
law organization.
Hubbard is a 1961 graduate
of Wills Point high school.
Ah wrerana amt their wives
and widows of veterans are in-
vited to attend,
canvass of the business district of
Canton is nearing completion
and individuals will then be con-
tacted.
The association is composed
of county-wide organizations
seeking to build complete rec-
reational facilities on a site lo-
cated on Interstate 20, two miles
north of Canton, lying between
Highway 19 and the Edgewood
road.
Included in the facilities are a
community house, tennis courts,
croquet and badminton layouts,
swimming pool, and an 18 hole
golf course.
Memberships in the new rural
recreational association sell for
$100 initial costs and $7.50 plus
tax per month. Money is avail-
able through Farmers Home Ad-
ministration for the loan.
Two more weeks are left in
the drive by the committee
which has set 100 as a goal in the
Canton area. The membership
Homecoming will be at Old
Bethel Sunday, April 5.
The program will begin with
a song service at 10 o’clock. Ro-
land Chamblee and E. J. Risner
will give the welcome. Group
will asseemble for Sunday
school count. Rev. Luther Smith
bring the devotional.
At 11 o’clock Rev. Cozell Cor-
ley will bring the message.
Lunch will be served at the
church at 12 o’clock.
At 1:30 there will be a song
service; at 1:45 Rev. Joe Eaton
will give the church history. At
2 p. m. visitors will be recog-
nized.
There will be talks by visitors,
and quartet and class singing
will finish the afternoon.
Everyone is invited to attend.
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lie Moore
Daughters
For Mrs. Rhodes
Last Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada
Blanch Rhodes, 86, of Van, were
held Monday at 1:30 p. m. in the
Hilliard Funeral Home Chapel
in Van. Cecil Allen officiated at
the services.
Interment was in the Provi-
dence cemetery.
Mrs. Rhodes died Sunday in a
Van rest home following a long
illness.
A native of Van Zandt county,
she had lived in the Van area for
the past 50 years. She was the
widow of the late Dr. E. T.
Rhodes who practiced medicine
in Smith and Van Zandt coun-
ties during the early 1900’s.
Survivors include one son, H.
W. Rhodes of Texarkana; two
daughters, Mrs. Hattie Carter
and Mrs. Pauline Adams of Van;
one brother, Charlie Presley of
Van; six grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
The Tyler Tennis Association
has announced an exhibition
match between Chuck McKinley
and Ham Richardson. Mr. Mc-
Kinley is the 1963 Wimbleton
champion, the Davis Cup cham-
pion, the 1964 National Indoor
champion and number one rank-
ed tennis player in the United
States. Mr. Richardson is a for-
mer Davis Cup player and is cur-
rently the number four ranked
player in the country. He is a
Rhodes Scholar and has been
described as the best "weekend”
player in the United States.
'Phis exciting exhibition match
will be held Friday, April 3 at
7:30 p. m. in the new Tyler Jun-
ior College gymnasium. Follow-
ing the singles exhibition, a
double match will be played
pairing two of Tyler’s tennis
stars. Bill Lust and Todd Phil-
lips, with Mr. McKinley and Mr.
Richardson.
All tennis fans and players are
invited to attend this match;
high school and college tennis
teams should be particularly in-
terested.
Tickets are on sale and will be
mailed upon request to those who
wish them in advance. All checks
and money orders should be
made payable to the Tyler Ten-
nis Asociation, 2010 Rosewood
This is an important meeting
of the club since the election of
officers for the coming year is
among other items on the agen-
da, and all who are interested in
the school band program are
urged to attend. Many other
items are slated for discussion,
and are almost as important as
the election.
Friends anti relatives
Myers, Rufus Edwards and Joe Last Rit H d
Chamber Speaker
A mass meeting of Canton busi-
Revival At Little
Hope Church
Revival services will begin at
Little Hope Baptist Church on
Monday, April 5, and continue
through Sunday, April 12.
Rev. Harold Threatt, pastor of
Oakland Baptist Church, will be
the evangelist, with Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Sneed, directing the
music.
Services will begin at 7:30 p.
m. each night.
Everyone has a special invita-
tion to attend these revival serv-
ices and enjoy old-time gospel
preaching and singing, says the
nastor. Rev. Louie Barron.
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We couldn’t help but recall
that . . , (’anton merchants have
been complaining about how bad
their Easter business was this
year . . . We are not surprised
since not one single advertise-
ment appeared in last week’s
Herald telling the trade territory
what Canton stores had to offer
. . We still have that business,
man (and citizen) who thinks it
is better if it comes from out of
town ... He is still gullible of
that smooth salesman . . , with
an inferior manufactured prod-
uct . , . We wonder W jus what
our neighboring towns and cities
We have made some real
“fine” typographical errors in
the Herald through the years,
but last week’s paper carried
one of the best ... As everyone
knows the Baptists were con-
ducting a revival last week with
Rev. Steve Ditmore, pastor of the
Van Baptist Church, conducting
the services . . . Included in our
last week’s write-up of the news-
worthy event appeared the fol-
lowing quotation . . . "Larry'
Stanley is conducting the sining
for all the services.” . . . We
heard about the error early in
our jaunts around the Canton
square, but the best was a letter
received from Bud Warren, a
former Cantonite . . . His letter
reads . . . "O come now! When
I was a kid in Canton, there was
sin but no conductor. Has the
old hometown really changed
that much?" . . . Bud is now em-
ployed with the K & M Supply
Co. at 208 Brazos Street in Aus-
tin .. .
he began teaching in 1907 at (I en house Sunday afternoon
Pruitt. He is a dencon of thefrom 2:30 to 5 o’clock,
my Robinson, President Joe
Hackney, vice president Dean
Brown, and secretary-treasurer,
Emmett Steed.
Circle Tyler. , Tickets will also be
wl begin lit sold atgthesdoore (I i r
» Proceods,trom , the exhibitipn
match will be used to further
The First Methodist Church of
Canton will cooperate with other
churches in the Tyler district in
a program of Stewardship Em-
phasis during the month of
April. The program will consist
of two phases, as a reading and
area towns and is the “cream of .
the crop” of the bands in those Hlomecomino Set
towns. ~
The District 15AA Band, com-
posed of band members from
* * *
Those wishing to be a charter
member of the Van Zandt County
Recreational Association should
contact one of the membership
committee immediately . . . mem-
berships are now $100 but will
be $250 once the initial member-
ship has been completed.
* * *
Everything looks good toward
a big membership in the (’anton
Chamber 0 Commerce according
drive has to be completed before
the loan money is made available
by the FHA and an engineering
firm cai be hired to do the pre-
liminary work.
In Wills Point, Blant Castle-
berry and Johnnie Malouf are in
charge of securing members. Wy-
lie Garland heads the Grand Sa-
line drive. Andy Schrenkel is
conducting the Van effort, and
Bill Pickens, L. L. Howell, and
Henry Humphrey are conducting
the Edgewood drive.
All persons interested in join-
ing the association are urged to
get in touch with any of the com-
mittee.
Several persons have told the
committee that they are going to
join the association but are not
on the paid list below compiled
by the recruiting committee.
Canton’s paid list is as follows:
San Hilliard, Curtis Hilliard,
Mrs. Sam Beard, Sherman Phil-
lips, Loyd A. Taylor, A. L. Jen-
nings, B. C. Schaefer, Dean
Brown, Tommy Robinson, Dr.
John S. Turner, Jack Campbell,
Russell Eubank, B. E. Chaney,
Larry Davis, Jimmy Buroughs,
Terrell Ogletree, Billy Jim Cur-
ry, James H. Guess, A. L. Scott,
Jr., Jimmy Miller, L. F. Sanders,
Ray Cooper, Jr., Marcus Burrage,
Robert Bartlett, Cecil Carder.
Clayton Bolt, Jimmy Mat-
thews. Glenn Scott, Clyde Elliott,
Jr., Mark Culwell, Angus Travis,
G. H. Hilliard, Jr., Emmett
Steed, Harold Turner, R. J. Car-
away, D. E. Dawson, H. D. Nor-
man, Joe Hackney, W. Ernest
West, Carl Skidmore, Charles
Skidmore, Arnett Robinson.
Mrs. L. F. Merchant, C. L.
"Herd Health,” Pastures Im-
provement and Management.”
"Performance Testing and Need-
ed Records,” and "Marketing and
Selecting for High Fertility.”
There will be technical sub-
ject matter speakers each night.
A panel discussion will also be
held each night. The panel will
be made up of the technical
speakers and livestockmen from
Van Zandt and other counties.
Van Zandt livestockmen to ap-
pear on the panel are Leonard
Burns of Myrtle Springs, to be
on the panel Monday night, April
6, to discuss "Herd Health.” A.
P. Fowler of Van, will appear on
panel Tuesday night, April 7, to
dicsuss "Pastures;” Russell How-
ell of Van will appear on panel
Wednesday night. April 8, to
discuss "Performance Testing;”
and Harley Shaw of Canton will
be on the panel Thursday night,
April 9, to discuss "Marketing."
Speakers for the short course
are "Herd Health," Dr. C. M
Patterson, extension veterinarian
and Harry German, Texas Prod-
ucts, Co., Nacogdoches; "Pas-
tures,” Al Novasod, extension
pasture specialist; "Performance
Testing and Records,” L. A. Mad-
dox and James Mallet, extension
specialists; "Marketing and Se-
lecting for High Fertility," Ed
Uvacek and Euel Thompson, ex-
tension specialists.
Everyone interested is invited
to attend, says Mr. Berry.
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Old Bethel Garden Club will
sell sandwiches, coffee, pie and
cake First Monday in front of
Eubank Bros. . . . Proceeds to go
toward building fund for club.
* * *
Henry Milford, retired butcher
for Lloyd Shinn’s Super Save in
Canton, tells the tall one . . .
During the war he was employed
in the Orange shipyards at the
time a person was drowned in the
bay ... He says (and we quote),
"that they drug the channel for
several weeks before the body
was recovered . . . The rescue
workers were warned not to
touch the body because it was
poisonous, so . . . The dead man’s
body was hung from the docks
by a rope and there it remained
for two days . . .” We didn’t be-
lieve it but Milford swore it to
be so . . .
nessmen heard J. W. Coffin of
the Palestine Chamber of Com-
merce explain "What Can Be
Expected From A Chamber of
Commerce In A Town” in the
county courtroom Monday night
Mr. Coffin appeared on the
program along with President
Joe Hackney who explained that
the directors have set up offices
and are going to secure the serv-
ices of a girl to do the bookkeep-
ing and to remain in the office
during the day.
The organization of a Canton
Chamber of Commerce was dis-
cussed by the group and the
President said that the directors
will make a canvass of the town
for membership in the near fu-
ture.
Dues have been set by the di-
rectors at $12 per year for in-
dividuals and from $3 up for bus-
iness firms.
A directors meeting will be
held once a month to carry on
the business of the chamber of
commerce. The directorship is
in the current Emphasis upon---
Stewardship.”
The semi-annual Laymen’s Re- P.-T. A To Have
treat will be held at Lakeview nave
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Little Hope Baptist church and
a member of the Sons of the
American Revolution.
Mrs. Brown is president of the
Elherta Home Demonstration
Club, and a member of the Mol-
Ben Wheeler
Woman Killed
In Truck Crash
A 55-year old Ben Wheeler
woman, Mrs. Helen Elizabeth
Derrick was killed instantly in a
two-truck accident 16 miles east
of Canton on State Highway 64
Saturday morning.
According to investigating of-
ficers D. G. Williams and George
Reese, her foot apparently
slipped from the brake of her
truck and hit the gas pedal. She
w’ent in front of a GMC truck
driven by Ralph S. Nelson of
Tyler. Nelson was uninjured.
The wreck occurred at the in-
tersection of an oil road and
Highway 64.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p. m. Sunday at the Flat-
wood Assembly of God Church,
located between Ben Wheeler
and Edom on old Highway 64,
with Rev. J. G. Bell officiating.
Interment was in Haven of
Memories Memorial Park in
Canton under the direction of
Eubank Funeral Home.
Mrs. Derrick was a native of
Ben Wheeler and a member of
the Flat wood Assembly of God
Church.
Survivors include her husband,
Floyd F. Derrick; two daughters,
Mrs. Audrey Shippey of Houston
and Mrs. Gustine Hilburn of
Marshall; three brothers, Albert
James of Pasadena, Roland
James of Tyler and Horace
James of Bay town; four sisters,
Mrs. Beatrice Music of Ben
Wheeler, Mrs. LaVere ‘lodges of
Murchison, Mrs. Faye Lambdin
of Ben Wheeler and Mrs. Vivian
Stanger of Ben Wheeler.
Pallbearers were Johnny Huff,
Billy Huff, C. W. Rector, Julius
[preaching approach will be initi-
ated during the month long con-
cern of Stewardship Education.
The parish of First Methodist
Church has been divided into 14
zones for a reading program in
which every family will have an
opportunity to read and study
basic stewardship materials.
Every family will keep the read-
ing packet for three days and
then pass it on to the next fam-
ily in their zone.
The pastor will present four
stewardship sermons at the
morning services on the follow-
ing themes: April 5, "The Bible
Speaks on Tithing;” April 12.
"The Stewardship of Life;” April
19, "The Values of Tithing;” and
D. Oldfield of Tismo Beach,
Funeral services for Mrs. Earl
Priest, 72, were held at 2:30 p.
m. Sunday at the Hilliard Fu-
neral Chapel with Clyde C.
Sloane officiating.
Interment was in Wesley
Chapel cemetery.
Mrs. Priest, a life-long resi-
dent of Van Zandt county, died
Saturday morning in a Dallas
hospital after a long illness.
She was a member of the Teel
Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband,
of Canton; three sons, Grady,
Dewey and Russell Priest of Can-
ton; a daughter, Mrs. Birdie
Walker of Dallas; two brothers,
D. O. Oldfield of Canton and C.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F, Brown will
be honored at an open house
from 2:30 to 5 p. m. Sunday,
April 5, at their home five and
one-half miles east of Canton on
Highway 64. The Browns will
celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary on April 19.
The couple was married at the
home of the bride near Grand
Saline where she moved with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Henry Burges, in 1892 from
Smith county.
e MTBrown 80, is one (<>f the
Aldest living schdol tenchers in
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Dad’s Night
The Canton P.-T. A. will have
a Dad’s Night program Thurs-
day, April 2, at 7:30 p. m. in the
band hall. The first grade will
be in charge of entertainment.
Guest speaker's will be Lewis
Adams, representative of the
Economy Book Co. He will pre-
sent "The Beginning Reading
program" using the first grade
pupils of Canton school to dem-
onstrate.
Refreshments will be served at
the close of the meeting.
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