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THE ALTO HERALD
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THK ALTO HERALD. ALTO, TEXAS, AUGUST 25,1939.
NO. 16.
ALittteAdo
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confront the country,
treat to be an American.
Hur troubles, but it's great
Bxan.
everywhere in the 0!d
^ki-ess and chaos abound.
vage warfare rages. On
-s of bleak and barren
fnussians battle fiercely in
td warfare with the war-
C Mikado. In the Balkans,
tid their corps and flocks
iliy scan the horizon and
^enemy bombers. Central
a tinder box. Danzigers
Urcets with mouths closed.
Corridor is alive with
layonets, and the aimed
! of Germany and France
Ach other from the doleful
ipf their Siegfried and Mag-
In every British town and
^ the British countryside,
and girls are practicing
fling art of gas drills. The
j gone mad with fright.
; harrowing picture.
fcxan should be proud of
Me, Texas Americans are
Hrtunate.
Hal) the statement made by
Pierce Brooks, during an
!at Belton recently, when He
t art' grateful to Providence
tivilege of living within the
! arms of our great country
!he grace of God we trust
I that our people will never
human guarantees which
hi most precious heritage—
[for all men, young, middle
jaged, the right of peaceful
[protection and the attain
! true happiness."
A-H
heard Of flowers being
Hlt.< postmaster and the em-
Hn- Post Office? This ma)
hrn;;ual procedure, but here's
^unsolicited and unsuspected.
Uto office, under the capable
[unit of J. C. Erwin, is one of
flui'c are in the United States
^in 400.000 postmasters and
hipioyces who handle an as-
volumc of business, which
fiscal year ending June
26,000,000 pieces of mail
He Got Ba(k 15 Cents
Just before the opening of the spe-
cial session of Congress tn November,
t!)37. Vice-President Garner arriving
in St. Louis from San Antonio, en
route to Washington, made a bee-tine
for a barber shop
For 25 minutes, the Vice-President
reiaxed for a shave at the hands of
Dexter Oavis. Union Station barber
who has had Garner in his chair four
of the eight times in recent years he
has stopped in St. Louis.
As he left the barber shop, he
handed the Negro shine boy a quar-
ter.
"Thank you. suh," smiied the boy.
"That's a quarter," reminded Gar-
ner.
"Yes. suh. i know it's a quarter/'
replied the boy.
"Weii. i want some change," Gar-
ner demanded.
He got back ]5 cents.
ALTO SCHOOL WtLL
OPEN TERM SEPTEMBER n
The Alto City Schools will open Grade teacher, suffered a fractured
, for class work Monday, Septembet ankle in an automobile accioent in
jll.
- that
INCREASED ENROLLMENT
INDICATED IN RUSK
SCHOOL COMING TER\t
Final arrangements are being madf
for opening Rusk Public Schools
September 11, said Gerald Chapman,,
high school principal. Pupils are to'
Citizens To Get
Hearing On We!ts
Ratcliff Road
Superintendent Hart stated the spring and spent several weeks jester during the week prior to that,' Hard surfacing of Highway 204
he had not set registration in the hospital, or at home in a
date, probably Thursday and Friday, from its intersection with Highway
dates as yet. but they would be an-'wheel chair. But we are happy to re-! Enrollment in Rusk High School 26. 14 miles north of Nacogdoches,
nounced next week. The dates will port that she has entirety recovered Cherokee
come a few days before opening day j and will be at her desk when school
on September 11, in order that no opens on the 11th. Mr. Hart played
time may be lost from class work j a little too much leap-frog the last
the first week. Ail things point to a j week of school, sprained an ankle,
Nacogdoches
Youth Found Dead
On Highway 21
Nacogdoches officers are investi-
gating the death of Willie Chandier,
20-year-old, Nacogdoches youth,
whose mangled body was found in
a ditch at the side of highway 21,
between Aito and Nacogdochcs early
Sunday morning.
Bruises and other marks on the
body led officers to believe Chand-
ler was struck by a hit-and-run
driver. He had a deep head gash,
broken arms, and numerous bod.^
cuts and bruises.
Friends said Chandler was last
seen about 10:30 p. m. Saturday
about 150 feet from the spot where
his body was found, one mile west
of Nacogdoches, and that he was
apparently killed shortly afterwarct.
The body was not discovered un-
til 6:30 a. m. yesterday.
Chandler is survived by his
mother, Mrs. W. T. Gage, Nacog-
doches; father, Tom Chandler, oi
Rusk, and several brothers and
sisters.
targe attendance for the coming
j school year, and as the board has
^ selected an unusually strong faculty,
l every one looks forward to a most
i successful years work.
Following is the faculty:
High School
G. S. Hart, Superintendent.
R. M. Ash, Principal.
A. E. Danheim, Social Science.
Ted Moore, Coach.
T. E. Cummings, Vocational Agri-
culture.
Ernest Williams, Commercial.
Mrs. Blanton Brunt, English.
Miss Josie Alma Watters, Foreign
Language.
Miss Lula Sue Williams, Home
Economics.
Lynn Hanna, Music, Band.
Elementry
Miss Lessie Carlton, Principal,
Social Studies.
Mrs. Robert McClure, Language.
Art.
Mrs. Pearl Clark. Reading.
Charles Lea Smith, Mathematics.
Mrs. Tom Kennedy, Fourth Grade.
Mrs. Ted Bowen, Third Grade.
Miss AHene Rozelle, Second C. ade.
Miss Montye Birdwell, Second
Grade.
Mrs. Joe Merriwether, First
Grade.
Mrs. A. E. Danheim, Beginners.
Newland Hughes, (to be supplied).
Falling Tree Kiiled
Man Near Wells
Monday Morning
Eimer Lee Hammons, 51, was al-
consequentiy there was no college or
university work for him this sum-
mer, as he too spent a good deal of
time in the hospital, or hobbling
around on crutches. However, Mr.
Hart is now good as new, and ready
j to go when the bell rings on Monday.
R. M. Ash, High School Principal,
bought a farm and went to the
country to rusticate during his va-
cation. He states he feels like JacK
Dempsey, and we mention this in
case any of the high school kids
have planned to start anything.
A. E. Danheim, teacher of history,
spent the summer on his farm near
Alto, and kept their two boys in
tow while Mrs. Danheim
Stephen F. Austin.
Two hundred and six pupils have; county line, and construction of
been transferred from other districts Highway 266, proposed to extend
as compared to 99 last year, Chap ^ through Ratcliff, Forest and Alazan
man revealed. Transfers for the 1939 to Nacogdoches, are highway im-
term include Reklaw, Iron Hill, Atoy provement projects that will be
and Tonta High Schools, who wet. sought by delegation from Nacogdo-
not included for 1938. With the ad- ches and Cherokee counties who
dition of Home Economics IH. the will appear before the state highway
high school now offers 35% affiliated! commission in Austin next Thursday,
credits. Highway leaders from Nacogdo-
Faculty of Rusk schools for 1939-4t.;ches are planning to have at least
two carloads of citizens at the hear-
ing, and will be joined by delega-
tions from Cushing and Cherokee
county.
Plans for a re-survey of Highway
266 and proposals for the first unit
of construction of Highway 204 wilt
be presented at the hearing.
is as follows:
Superintendent, A. S. Moore; high
school: Gerald Chapman, principat,
Bill McCluney, D. D. Hartt, G. H.
Thomas, Joel Ward, Homer Carsey,
Miss Biil March, Miss Robert Leake,
Mrs. John Joplin, Miss Mary Stone,
the Rev. John A. Williams, the Rev.
Craig, and a science teacher, to bt.
selected.
Junior high school and grammar
attended : school—W. A. Miller, principal o<
j Junior High; Mrs. A. S. Moore, Mrs.
The other members of the faculty,, Lois Henry, Sam Cox, principal of
eo far as we have been able to learn, ! Grammar School; Miss Margaret
have spent their vacations taking life i Shaw, Mrs. Faye Erwin, Miss Carrie
easy, reading, resting, entertaining! Jenkins, Miss Tommye Day, Miss
company, and visiting relatives and i Ruth Gibson, Mrs. Lucy Vermillion,
friends in near-by towns and cities. } Mrs. H. O. Lester. Miss Ruth Mose-
All of the teachers are glad the long ; ley, Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith, and
hot summer is about over, and that! Miss Ruth Mary Trice.
they are to begin the fascinating j
work of teaching young . America
how to be good citizens of our great
United States.
RUSK WILL HAVL
10 MEN TO OPEN
FOOTBALL SEASON
What Alto Teachers Have Been
Doing This Summer
Following the schedule of most
up-to-date schools, the Alto teachers
have alternated between courses at
colleges and universities, making mo-
tor tours over the country for ed-
ucational and cultural purposes,
j taking extension work, or just rest-
} ing quietly at home. AH of our
i teachers have degrees, but all of them
: are also working and looking for-
! ward to higher standards of training.
Ernest Wiiliams, commercial teach-
k'ate enterprise followed the! Eimer Lee Hammons, 51. was at-;er, and Charles Lea Smith, instruct-
tiintual, prompt and efficfenLmost instantly killed Monday morn-! or ^ mathematics, have spent the
of the postoffice, some
would be going concerns
ttow are slipping businesses,
airs and headed for the rocks
Prospects for the 1939 footbail
team at Rusk High School are re-
garded by school officials as bettei
are five letter!than they were just before the 1938
Captain; Tro;. [schedule.
from last year's
September 1 for
Coach Ted Moore has been very
busy of late, getting his footbail
boys lined up for the fall work of
the team. There
i men: R. E. Boyd
[ Bennett, Roy Bullock, Charles Mc- I About ten men
Cullough, and J. E. Barnes. First! squad report
year men are: Hunter Smith. Aliison ; opening of fall training, forming the
King, Jackie Jeter, R. D.Carter ! nucleus for a 1939 team.
Willie B. James, Marshall Townley, The schedule follows:
Charles Earle, Jack Bowcn. R. L. ! September 15, Elkhart at Rusk;
Golman, Norwin Capps, Cecil white, September 22, Troup at Rusk;
Foy Buliock, Warren Tayior White- [ September 29, Carlisle at Carlisle;
man, Jim Bill Boyd. {October 6, London at Rusk; October
The following is the schedule up ! 13, Atp at Rusk; October 20, Salem
Duck Season
Wi!) Open On
November 15
MaHy over the country the
[business gives most excellent
and the people usually do
His' in even speak of efficient
They expect promptness,
[ty and courtesy.
locn] postmaster is a partner
KW'itid's largest business, pub-
^i ilc.
the exception of the motot
i used in the service of some
^thp Department does not own
the transportation facilities
depends upon the airlines,
y'";ifis, steamships and other
f service under contract to
urh vehicles for carrying
y wndous loads across the
nd to foreign countries.
' the fiscal year, 1938, the
< Department paid out in
'['Proximately $585,000,000,
P < than $99,000,000 to tht
i'' in excess of $14,000,000
"lines, about $11,000,000 to
V' P lines for ocean mail and
Fii ' ite^y ]jhe same amount
' utes, $15,000,000 for rent
ifice quarters and the heat
R i"!l totaled approximately
pi
"Lige business is maintained
j^'tind financial basis. Post-
Ltneral Jim Farley states
!t" - years, under the present
l" t "dministration, we have
M huiced budget; as a matter
"pius for that part of our
i'it'll we render to the pub-
ture."
ing near Wells, by a falling tree. He
was in the woods with a crew cut-
ting logs, and a tree that had been
cut, lodged in another tree. When th<:
tree was finally dislodged, it fell,
and he was in its path and failed to
get out from under it before it hit
the ground. He lived only a few-
minutes after the accident.
Mr. Hammons was a native of
Kentucky, being born in that state
in October 1888, and had spent many
summer at the Louisiana State Un
iversity, taking advanced work to be
applied on Masters Degrees.
Mrs. A. E. Danheim, who has
charge of the beginners, has put in
the whole summer studying at Step-
hen F. Austin, working on such
courses as will help to make her a
better teacher for the little.folk.
Mrs. Blanton Brunt, teacher ot
to the present:
Open date, September 15.
Grapeland, September 22.
Jacksonville, September 29.
Oakwood, October 6.
Carthage, October 13.
Center, October 20.
Timpson, October 27.
Crockett, November 3.
San Augustine. November 10.
Open date. November 17.
at Rusk; October 27, open; November
4, Teague at Teague; November 11,
Overton at Rusk; November 18, Gas-
ton at Gaston.
Among the large number of boys
and girls going off to schools and
colleges, we are able to obtain a par-
years of his life in this state. yanccd English as a major for hei
He is survived by his \\! e, M^ter of Arts degree; so this vaca-
sons; two brothers, J. E. and ^remained at home,but signed
Hammons of Kennard; two sisters,, ^ g^e correspondence work to
Mrs. Estella Burroughs of Athens an ^ studied while resting in her own
Mrs. Luiu Robinson of Fort Worth. [
Funeral services were held Thurs-
day afternoon at the Morrill cem-
ctery. Rev. A. J. McCuistion, official
Interment was in charge of O.
English, spent last summer at the j tial list of those planning to go and
University of Colorado, studying ad- the school that they expect to
attend: Frances Blanton, State Col-
lege for Women, Denton; Fisher
Blanton, Ben Brittain, Lon Morris,
Highway 7 Deeds
Now !n Hands Of
Loca! Committee
According to an announcement
made public the first of this week by
Secretary of the Interior Harold
Ickes, the duck season will open on
Wednesday, November 15th this year
in Texas. The season will be open
for forty-five days, closing December
29th.
The Federal Government has re-
duced the bag limit on geese from
five to four. The limit was five last
year, but the biological survey made
the recommendation for the reduction
due to the fact that geese did not ap-
pear to be in as satisfactory conditio^
last year as in previous years.
The reguiation on water fowl hunt-
ing place the daily bag limit for
ducks at 10 in the aggregate but the
possession limit remains at 20 in thh'
aggregate. When any daily limit in-
cludes convasback, redhead, buffle-
head, and ruddy ducks, not more than
three of any one or more than three
in the aggregate of these kinds may
be taken and possession of these par-
ticular kinds of ducks is limited to
not more than six of any one kind or
six in the aggregate.
The daily bag limit on geese and
brants of the kinds permitted to b&
killed is four in the aggregate of all
kinds and the possession limit is
eight in the aggregate. Last year, the
limit stood at five and 10, respective
ty. ^
No more than two days' bag limit
County Commissioner Ben Bailey i 'awfully taken and lawfully pos
brought the long sought for deeds [ Seese may be trans-
for right-of-way on highway 7 to ""P one calendar week out
Alto Monday afternoon. Commis- j ^ state in which taken.
"]g
T. Allen
city.
Funeral Director of th),
SHOE UYE)KG SPECL1LMEP
!X HY BUHHK ^AKS
domicile.
Miss Lula Sue Williams, Horn. J. T. Dean,S. T. C„
Jacksonville; Mertice Wallace, Geo.
Robert James,, University of Hous-
ton, Houston; Perlon Roark, Chicago
Radio Schooi; Aaron Cummings, A.
Economics teacher, worked all sum ^ ^ , L. „
.... T-, A.. Denton; Chloe Fioyd, John Tarlton,
mer n Stephen F. Austm, taking ^ '
.... <.f: Stephcnsville; Tom Ed Cosper, Ju-
just the vacation between the close of) . . ^
... . tuor College, Ki gore; Johnnie Roun-
college term and the opening of the * ' = ' ,
* saville, Texas State University; Ed-
Alto scliou s. . , . . j^ard Bynum, Draughns Business
Hanna, Band Instructor,'
^'"^ful singer looks funny
r^' ' funny.
Cherokee Shoe K'.pa"'. Jackson-
ville is featuring back-to-school
dyeing of shoes. New equipment re-
cently added to the already modem
shop allows dyeing shoes any color to
match any ensemble.
W E (Buddie) Fears, proprietor
of the shop, invites the to in-
spect facilities of the establishment.
r Wnnn. terest, si
The friends of Mrs. C. .
ward, now of Wills Point, b
formerly of Alto, are happy to lea n
that she is slowly improving font
attack of typhoid fever. Mi.
Lynn
spent the vacation period in Stephen
Austin, learning more and more
schoolj
College, Dalias; Joy Allen, Mary
Hardin Baylor. Waco; Irving Moses,
Cyril McGilvray, Edna Merle Black,
The daily bag limit on coots re-
mains at 25.
Water fowl and coot may be hunt-
ed only from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m.
The regulations forbid taking water
fowl by means of bait or use of live
duck and goose decoys and continues
the three-shell limit on repeating
shot-guns, either hand-operated or
auto-loading. Hunters may use shot-
guns not larger than No. I gauge or
bow and arrow. The latter we^on,
Secretary Ickes added, was added be-
cause of interest that has developed
Francis Cates, Mary Cates, Iris Cates,
about music, especially high
band music. , Anniedean Bateman, Omar Marsh
Miss Josie Alma Watters, Spanish M)]]gy Q. Dickey, Kathryn Hart.
Carrie Jo McLcndon, Elizabeth Wil-
Woodward is one of thornier pas-
tors of the Alto Methodist Chuic.i,
l°d both Mr. and Mrs. Woodward
tors of the Alto Methodist
have many friends who are always
interested in their welfare.
ever they may be.
teacher, and Miss Allene Rozelle,
Second Grade, were the champion
ravelers of the whole faculty dur-
ing the three months vacation. These
teachers made a tour of the South-
ern States, visiting the principle
places of romantic or historic in-
stopping off in Washington
for a visit to Congress, and other
educational placos of note. From the
capital city they went to New York
City where they spent several days
taking in the World's Fair and other
famous places in the largest city of
the nation.
liams, Teddy Bowen, Stephen F. Aus-
tin, Nacogdoches.
V!CE RA!DS LAND
15 PERSONS !N
THE COUNTY 1A!L
Rusk, Aug. 21.—Deputy Sheriffs
Leon Halbert, Burwell Avara and
Frank Brunt conducted anti-vice
raids over the week-end throughout
the county, and more than fifteen
persons were arrested for violation
Superintendent Hart and Mrs. Ted ! of law and placed in jail. Most of the
Bowen stayed at
broken ankles.
home and nursed persons arrested were charged only
Mrs. Bowen, Third with misdemeanors.
sioner Bailey stated that he would
at once get a committee of citizens
along the route and begin to get the
deeds signed up just as fast as
possible.
In order that the work can be
started as soon as possible, it is
hoped that no one will try and take
advantage of the situation and set
the price so high that condemnation
proceedings will have to be resorted
to by the Commissioners' Court.
This new highway, which will be
121 feet wide, is one of the most im- jin recent years in archery.
portant projects that has ever been j
brought to Cherokee county, and j Miss Willie'Faye Monkress. former
will open up a territory that will j teacher in Alto school, is'visiting Mrs.
to jBob Hudson and friends. Miss Monk-
ress has accepted a position as
teacher in one of the Junior High
Schools of Fort Worth for the coming
year. She will make her home with
her sister, Mrs. E. V. Couch. She
will also attend night school at T.
C. U., doing work toward her M. A.
degree.
make land valuable in
come, and give the people of the
southwestern part of the county
something they have been denies
up to this time, a state highway.
So far, everyone who has land on
the right-of-way have been very
eager to help in securing the nec-
essary route, and if the future cat
be judged by the way it is at present,
the matter of getting the deeds
signed up will be done quickly ih
order that the construction of
the road may ba started as soon as
possible.
Mrs. W. D. Gore of Beaumont is
the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Conner.
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blount, and
R. L. Bagley of San Antonio, were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Usher Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Ralph Foltz and stster, Evelyn
Aldredge of Houston, were guests in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Usher the past week-end.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1939, newspaper, August 25, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214962/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.