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!MAR & SON, EDITORS AND PL'BH.-st]]-
THE ALTO HERALD
nts
XLVIX
Subscription Trice $2.00 Per Year in Cherokee County. $2.50 Per Tear Outside of County.
MltCHlg
AroMnd
u;ts in town Tuesday
hcti peppers en route
. Says he is receiving
t,i$4.00 a bushel. He
at A!to long enough to
"mess of
socm
I SECCRtTY
CHANGi; OF X\MK
June )i!i()t
shoutd not
itave their ttame;
socia' security
D. Freeman, niana:
h.::
f'H'Hctto
't' mnc'i on their
cants, uccotdinKt„H,
... , , otthe
off'ce of the Sociat Security Admit.-
istration. A woman who works under
her married name may
io! her sot ia
!i!K.\[.TO HERALD. ALTO, TEXAL, JUNE 16, 1949.
RL B. SHELTON
TO
ALTO CHURCH
said.
ose credit
b, in Sessions a "mess of!"" nersociai secmity tax if she
Hv.hati makes him eligible allow;; her socia) security account to
^r. at some future date. j remain in her maiden name,
**** ' "The accounting division of the
,fl„,rts are coming fromj-^'iai Security Administration han-
Alvin Shattuck. Bill'die;: about 50 miihon itxiividual wage
^tturk states that he is 'eportr each quartet." Ftt-eman
Krtjinived. We are all hoping! ot the
y cat! come home soon. ^ by mactiines attd the
;.\ito fixture that we miss i won't post wages unless
[i.-r.tatottnd. [ooth tlte name atld a< e<<tintnumt)er
Itepotted by th employer agree .vith
was down from Jack- '^**"rds. Sinci old-age and sur-
vivors insurance benefits are based
on the Government's record of the
and would ""'"r^rs M,.nings under sociatse-
,mto his newly acquired!'"''^- ^ ^'Ke
!pbnt at Husk. He plans to ^ ^ wage, is
ph„t at Alto at a later ^'"^an whether she's
aJunebrtdeornotcanhetpusto
keep her account straight by letting
us know whet! she changes her
! name."
A
c\ L. B. Sheltjn, .\ho has been
'-in^ the Methodist Church at
Troup for
years,
pastor
Genera! C!san-up
Program Should Be
Carried Out Entire Year
NO. 2.
Austin, Texas, June 15.—During
the last several summers, consider-
able enthusiasm was shown by va-
riou loca) organizations such as
Chambers of Commerce, many Civic
Crawford Ftays Weak Market
Mew Tomato 3!ows R)to
Regu!ations Tomato Dea)
Seventy-eight cars of tomatoes had
rolled out of Alto up to last night,
Cotton Belt Agent, J. D.
<ht past three and a half organizations, and others in the ar-
"f t' * ^ appointment as ranging ot a fly eradication program.
of the Alto Methodist Church D.. Geo. W. Cox, State Health Of-
lf<< st'^ ^""<crence held at Jiee.. says that for taking interest in
u on ast ^eek. .thif work, the responsible parties are ^hc years in the development of the;Texas, and had a tendency to
Rev F. D. Dawson, who has been to be commended.
m Alto four and a half vears t
ha- , , Y s,) however, without year-round com-
na; been transfpt-mr) t.. 4t.^ r- i
munity sanitation the ultimate re-
LeRoy Crawford, veteran East Tex-
as and Valley tomato shipper, piedged
a continuing fight by tomato shippers according to
tor repeal of the new shipping regu- ^ Evans.
lations last Tuesday in Jacksonville. ] A weak tomato market has slowed
Citing the progress made through up the deal considerably in East
keep
a nait years,
' sorting, matching, and transferred to the Grove
.r,. ti., . Methodist
'tomato deal through its present status the price between three and four
he said the new regulations issued by,cents.
!S\ate Commissioner of Agriculture! Scattered showers throughout the
Church at Port Arthur, ^ ^ important has not greatly hurt the to- tomato belt has given the buyers the
Rev. Dawson expects to leave for his
aiways been too successful; in some
"T"'"* areas this has given rise to rumor, dustry asa whole
and Rev. Shelton will move to
Eaves
{Monday and stated that he
buy tomatoes in Alto be-
next Monday
that flies are DDT resistant.
stated that
hs'.nhet'c.
it might be a
torm to be used in reporting a
getting all "pepped
the rain is helping corn j
lat« s. we can also keep in j change of name can be obtained from
ttthfie are acres and acresi*ht Social Security Administration.
Tmeh.n- tn this section that!^-* ^-'St ferguson, Tyler. L*])on re-
tlv benefitted by!^''"- ^'"""''eted torm. the social t„ the Rusk Methodist Church
new
ing.
Alto Thursday afternoon
The Alto circuit retains Rev. Ken"
neth Summy tor another year. This
wiil be his second year at Alto, and
he has been doing some outstanding
work on the Alto circuit.
Re\. Walter R.Wittis was returned
to his post as superintendent of the
Paiestine district.
Jacksonvitte gets a new minister amoved, why
Rev. Jack Spariing, who comes to
that city from Huntsviile Rev ^o^ered. I fear the un-
Marvin Vance, former Jacksonville ^"^ Spraying program is similar
pastor was m .ved to Austin several application of perfume or
weeks ago.
Re.. L. W. Nichols
mate farmer and the shipping in-; "jitters" and they are afraid to ship
. jtoo many on an already crowded
Strong opposition has already been market.
"The Texas State Department of !°"""° ^^^^1 Monday only one shed operated in
Health heartiiy endorses a fiy spray- t "°w reguiat.ons, he Pomt-^ltc. and Tuesday found only two in
ed out as he told of a recent hearing j operation.
with the Commissioner of Agriculture!
a fly spray-
in program, provided it includes a
genera' clean-up program carried - ^r.cu.ture, paid here are a fair average
out during the entire year," Dr. Cox ^ ^ ^ ^ 'PPera oug t for what is being paid over the entire
said. "For example, why spray a . ^ district, and according to reports,
garbage heap that not only invites^
but actually breeds flies when it
^ . . , age was held throughout the day. and
stressed, but for the good of the to- & . . n t.
tomatoes were brought here from as
mato farmer." , ... ^ , . ,
tar away as Ltvmgston. The heavtest
Crawford, past president of the San influx outside of this territory came
past dis- from Houston and Trinity Counties.
grading and shipping the fruit. "The paid in Alto Tuesday was the
shippers are not waging this fight highest in this section. A 3.30 aver-
just for their own interests," he
Benito Kiwanis Club and
toilet water to overcome B. O. or the governor of that district, told of Tuesday morning one shed packed
i tted application of powder to cover dirt."j'*^ legendary table of the Love Ap- until 2:00 o'clock and Wednesday
[icitu; ; catty benefitted by
^r? we ate getting almost
S<<mc farmers state there
Imore car
th.in
security officr wit) issue a new
ac-
Other
include:
In a well-planned fly control pro-
< pie, now ktiown as the tomato. He ex- morning two sheds did not get done
until about the same hour.
, ^ . : plained the value of the fruit through-
appointments in this district S'-am. Dr. Cox declared, all places continent and -rt. u - „
I where fiies gather, such as dumps, ' ^avy ram and wtnd Tuesday
- - - ' ttold ot its value in commcice as well about noon caught quite a few farm-
loads of water-!"""^ employee's account num- Athens. M. M. Davis; Athens Cir- r"hbish P'les. garbage piles, decaying
ctti . Ran Bynum:Buf ,to. Sam Jones; vegetation should be cleaned up by
i tnataesif the price
ber will not be changed.
as a food product.
j ers with tomatoes on their trucks and
h : . ti ttne Joe, tells us
hi- < <lumn regularly.
^ i. enri'-MaKctncnt. Now we
b- 'i< - H".v. what a crowd!
n? mittiing's dailies gave
ounrrmeat that President
. [ hntographicpri/.e
for being the
v)t< n it comes to
[nnurt ]"t- the press and
1: tnorning's dailies
MR.-;, ement that the pres-
et.! !.. Lcwisanews-
iHi'ih.e httttter because ha
! n hutdowti in the coat
! v .n ler when we
fi'i t'.i,' asked Ma one time if
!he;trtt)]( "kittle call the
Register For
Canning P!ant
Labor Tuesday
I'tiiart! Circuit. Walter Kiinglc; Dew hauiing away and burying. Proper^
Circuit. Everct' Fray; Elkhart, C.
Frank \ork; Eustace Circuit, Hal
^icCnmt); Fairlieid. G.W. Elmore;
Irankston. E. .I.Davis. Jr.; Grape-Screened. Then, secure
He compared the prices of tomatoes those that got wet were turned down
garbage and rubbish containers with ^ and farmers took them
fly tight covers shouid be demanded!""'* their shipping now has be- back home. In spite of those that
from ali. AH buildings should be! '"Hcs* pro- were refused, four cars were loaded
a sprayer
The Altomato Canning Company
vill start taking ap))lication- for
work at the plant Tuesday morning,
according to Ted Graves, who was in
Mt^yestciday morning.
Atl persons who tlesire to work at
he plant should be there some time
Tuesday miming and rcgister.lt i
important for those who have social
security numbers to bring them,
statedMr. Graves. t)ut workers who
do not have social security cards
can make at) application tor them
at the plant Tuesday morning.
Actual operation of the plant wiil
not start until Wednesday or Thurs-
.day morning, but it is necessiiry that
Ny Thursday night J<**L ^ ^ ,^re and sign up Tues-
up at his tomato I ^ ,,ork
fifty bucks short, ^e plant starts operations.
Ms had brought tomatoes j ^he plant will start buying toma-
4 an i they were weighed.! ^ Monday morning, but these to-
' iti't At'.o)'. aoncs; Grapeland Circuit,
WiHi;:m Finch; Jacksonvitte Circuit,
Ct.ytor Johnson; Jewett Citcuit.
.jt)hn Saundcs; Larue Circuit. J. P.
Kirby; Malakofi. [{. B. Bates; Sum-
merfield. Charles M. Walton Jr.;
;.\ .he'Circt'i',.H.E.l-edbettcr; Oak-
outfit. preferably with one or more
happen inatltinw of
i snd s«nieb')dy always pro-
ait The culls never did
[t'th" ^ ,;,s attd the farmer
< attd for all his to-
:i he didn't mind los-
as the principal
i'- a^ked him to give
^'''tMiiicnotitstra'ght-
a he didn't care
i^rtufit. We even of-
ep the principle,
r < ;t its up on the
h.<- aiteady begun to
' "t three avowed
:mr. The latest
F' ^tate Super-
instruction L. A.
^ bouttced out of that
Cittrn-
by
from
matoes will he carried to
Husk tot
the first two days until the local
plant can be readied f<r actual
operations, according to Mr. Graves.
CORRECTION
in Brookshire Bros, adverti-ement
this week wiil be found Morton's
Salt, 1 pound ten ounce box seventeen
-ents. This should read two boxes in-
tead of one for seventeen cents.
hoses each manned by a skilled
operator to spray the areas
lies and other insects *will light, rt
does little good to spray the center
o< the street, the ball diamond, or the
sidewalks. Spray the surfaces where
wood. Eitor t'.irod; Patestine. First, insects light or breed.
Kermit Hotiin^sworth; Ma'estin.',' A residual sprcy remains active
Ctac - li. E. Moyd; Palestine Circuit, the DDT washes off or is
W. C. Webb. Jr.; Rusk Circuit. J. C. covered with grease, dirt or soot,
[.arris; Siocum Circuit. Jewetl Mc- ^hi:: usually lasts four to six weeks.
Ciure: Springfieid Circuit. Noble At- After that, a second spray is rocom-
k ns; Teaguc, H. V. Watts; Trinidad, mended provided the item of clean-
Jessc Roberson: Wells. H. F. Draper: up is still being carried out.
President Lon Morris College. C. E.
Peeples; Vice-President Lon Morris
Coiiege. F. Ciyde Woodward; Lake-
view Camp Superintendent. A. D.
Lemons; Lakeview Assistant, Sidney
Blackburn; Lakeview Business Man-
age., J. D. Whitley: Sabbatical Leave.
James Carlin; Sabbatical Leave. E. J.
Davis; Student, SMU. C. E. Ditter-
tine; Student. SMU. James Hotchkiss;
Director of Evangelism. Kermit Hot-
lingsworth; Director of Missions.
Sam Jones; Director of Golde.i
Cross. Jack Spirting: Commissioner
o Advocates. L. W. Nichols: Wesiey
ducc industries with many cars sent out Tuesday by the two buyers.
! annually into Canada. Wide distri- I
i bution has thus aitted in producing
where ' ^'°ater health for the nation.
"The greatest difficulty now,"
Crawford said, "is not over produc-
tion, but under-consumption through
lack of adequate distribution."
CHEROKEE PEACH
GROWERS TO OPEN
smPMENTg JULY
Cherokee County
Soil Conservation
District Work
Cuinn Rites
He!d Here
Friday Afternoon
Funeral services were held Friday
stfternoon at the family residence
here for Miss Lena Guinn, who died
Thursday after a prolonged illness.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. L. A. Thigpen. pastor of the
Alto Baptist Church and the Rev. A.
McCuistion of Linwood. Interment
t„ut.dation C. W. Elmore; Director^ in the Alto City Cemetery, dt-
Hadio. H. E. Ftoyd: Secretary of 'ected by O. T. Allen & Son of this
Jesse Tom))son; Student, it).
, ' . Miss Guinn was a native of Cher-
t'-mderhiit A. S. Lra^tota.
P„th t)i'- Methodist Church mem- "kec County, and iived most of her
* ,nd the entire dtixenship 'ifetime in this city. She was prom-
Fetd nently identified with Alto busirsess
'-Aiken bill re-
thc legislature.
'thnouncement
Knight of
' ' Congress from
. " the job now
' ' ui
rut- ]
of Palestine,
nt'ent that Mrs.
(tin- will also
" ! <t Congress ft )m
Tvier
Mrs. M. H. Atkinson -)f
Is visiting relatives and friend*
here this week.
o Alto
Dawson leave
the atloted time
anothet field to
standing work
ministry. Since
regretted to see Re.'.
but he has been here '"terests for several years prtor to
and was moved to her illness. She was an active mem-
Md to continue his out- ber of the Alto Chapter of the
Methodist Eastern Star, serving as secretary of
Aito that organization for many years,
until her illness forced her retire-
of the
Ike Ray of San /tn:onto
first of the week here with
nother, Mrs. S. L. Ray. He returned
home Wednesday.
in the
coming to
more than two hundred members has
moictnan i anorgan iment. Shewasa member
spent the added to baptist Church.
.nstaited. chimes p ^e is survived by one sister.
T'' "mLl.!der'hir 'leadership. He Mrs. Nellie Agnew of tnis city; and
wJb^reatly ntissed in the city ac-! several nephews and nieces.
"fthcl.itjgs as he proved himself an
ell as preach-,
Durwood Manford. Speaker
House of Representatives at Austm outstanding citizen as w ^
members Saturday his zeal and councu
!N APPREC!AT!ON
curbs
half ago.
r"h ^ Christ
r
r^hes
H' 00 a. m.
a. m.
7:00 p. m.
* 30 p m.
^hone 162.
t'fist Salutes
Rom. 16:16
told the House
that Texas facesa$100mtttto" '
;icii unless the legisiature
spending. Two years and
Cokt Stevenson stepped
Governor's office and left
ion on deposit in
u Texas.
true it will mean
11 out-.
$80 mtl-
the general fund
If Man ord's prediction that city
comestrueit L Mrs. Jas. A. Steed spent
legislators will have spen'^ -I- ^ ^ Wichita Falls, where
lion dollars of tax money tn - the " wedding of their
month., a record that never ,as and attended Hie^ ^
'probably never will he c<tu L daug'" ' . was solemnized Sun-,
ainin. Governor Jester says t Williams^w ^
time for some of the legislators to ^ aftetnoo^ ^
spent HfO mil- M;. and
in thirty week-end in
We desire to express our apprecta-
missed. ,,-,'tion and thanks to our many friends
Rev. R H- Shelton who co - . ^ ^ ^ ^ thoughtful during the
th< Alto Churcti. comes ^J ^,h of our beloved wife and mother
recommended both by " ^ and for every word of consolation
Superintendent and ^ . spoken. The floral offering was
and the)'regretted to- beautifuifor \i?hich we are very
grateful.
We wil' always remember your ex-
jr^.ons of sympathy and trust that
) to; wil! have such kind friends
:.;r. misfortune comes your way.
J. M. Findley and Family.
L.L.Simpson of Wells, who is a
member of the Cherokee County
Soi! Conservation Board of Super-
visors, harvested clover seed from
one of his pastures recently. Mr.
Simpson harvested around 500 lty.
of Yellow hop and White Dutch clo-
ver from eight acres. A combine was
used, to harvest the seed. The seed
will be used to seed more pasture
land on the Simpson farm this fall.
Henry Tullis and Ed Martin of the
RedJaWn Conservation gl'oup har-
vested vetch and rye on their farms
last week.
More farmers are getting interest-
ed. in harvesting home grown seed
'o be used for soil building, erosion
ontrol, and pasture improvement.
Vetch. Singletary peas, rye. oats,
.lovers, lespedezas, crotalaria, cow
peas, and many other crops can be
harvested with a combine here.
Kudzu grown from seed looks
good on a number of cooperating
farms.
Rusk State Hospital has completed
pasture mowing. W. E. Hicks of
Wells has mowed part of his pas-
tures.
Henry Wilbourn a member of the
Troup group, reports that his les-
pedeza meadows are almost knee
high. Recent rains have been a big
help to pastures and meadows in
this District. Hay harvest will soon
be in full swing on many Kobe
meadows.
L. C. Arrington, whns<* farm is lo-
cated one mile east of Craft, was
assisted by Soil Conservation Con-
servationists recently in planning a
complete conservation program. Mr.
Arrington is a young farmer and is
concerned with the erosion problem
on his farm.
A new peach shed will be in oper-
ation at Jacksonville for the ensuing
peach season. It will be sponsored
by the Cherokee County Peach Grow-
ers Association, only recently organ-
ized.
The association has purchased a
new modern grading machine to be
installed in the Missouri Pacific shed
formerly occupied by Bob Tankers-
ley. and operated as a tomato shed.
Ed Poland is temporary chairman
of the association. Other temporary
officers are Mrs. Lloyd Hughes, sec-
retary, and Marl Sherman, treasurer.
Ben Hedriek, a member of the asso-
ciation will manage the shed this
year.
The aim of the new association is to
promote the peach industry in Chero-
kee County and to provide a market
for the growers. The association
will be run on a non-profit basi3, and
will be for the benefit of any growers
who will abide by the rules and reg-
ulations of the association.
Strict rules and regulations have
been drawn up by members in order
to insure the shipping of quality
peaches. Under the present set-up,
spraying of the orchards for the con-
trol of the curculio, and brown rot is
advocated.
Ar orchard committee has been ap-
pointed to inspect orchards whose
owners wish to ship with the asso-
ciation and to act as an advisory
board for anyone wishing information
on establishing a new orchard or the
care of an older one.
The general opinion is that the
shed wiil be in full operation the
week of July 11.
Church
Miss Herland Steed, who ^ , Bobby, spent
week in Wichita
with her parents Sunday a
Jnd do some taring He is F.rst Baptist ^
. t. nlsn remem* m:ec norland bteea. ^..innhhv.
correct, but he should also rem
ber he still has a veto power as
chief executive officer of t"
Mesdames Don Murchison. M. W.
Albert Holcomb and son,
Thursday in Tyler,
relatives and friends.
MAD!SONVH,LE MAN
TO OPPOSE
TOM PICKETT
Madisonville, June 11.—Roger
Knight of Madisonville, officially
entered the District Seven congres-
sional race today. He will seek the
place held by Tom Pickett of
Palestine.
Last year. Knight was in the run-
off against Mrs. Neville Colson of
Navasota for the State Senate, but
he withdrew, leaving Mrs. Colson
Carlos Murphy of Austin visited
relatives here Thursday. He return-'
ed to Austin Friday, accompanied by
Mrs. Murphy and son, Mike, who j unopposed (or the position.
had been visiting the past two weeks j Knight commenting on a report
here with their mother and grand- that Mrs. Colson would run for con-
mother, Mrs. Ophelia Harrison and gress said, "She can run if she wants
other relatives. to, it is a free country."
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