The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1952 Page: 1 of 12
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,yE! SAH&SON, EDITORS AND PUBLISHE
L[;i.]r-)[EL) 1896
THE ALTO HERALD
RS
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PEP YEAR OUTSIDE OP COUNTY
TitK ALTO HERALD. ALTO. TEXAS. JULY 17.
!t)52
NO. 3
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uu!d
^ ip!e.
Around
e out of this corner
Cut Tinney. writing
\ A'l'raveterisfiitiiig
i .Hoss ing words of wit:
Broken Bow, Okia.
it inber back wticn you
. .ttave a string bar d to
n the Southwest whctt.
and there arc few
want t*) change it) tht )i
i :he greatest poiiticai
..it''- oratory was invent -
it has retraced oratory.
< ; tenor on your sid<
dm-n't crack, your pd*l!
, nnt'an be cracked or ,j
:.md you stitt get votes
ivcto think deeptyi)
imcrsiitgs that way.
, fetter who ought to be
TO OPEN MERiNS
: NEXT MOMAY
:: to be etected dog-catch-
; ,< the cutest bass-fiddic,
r ] ever sa^, sol reckon I'!'
fMhim."
* t * *
: good friend Buckshot
ri;;;: ; fur Congress while
I'riff of Wharton County i
[cowboy band instead
\ in to attract a crowd.
',-;m:"Mytenorishand-
t iappcat to the tadic.:. i
onger is rugged er.ougti
' < the tnen. One of my
, nil ttose to appeal to the]
- other uses a diaper a-:
'defto appeal to Me;
BOX FACTORY ST!U
WAJTiM ON RFC
TO APPROVE 9EAL
A!to AM Set For 8ig
Po!itica! Ra!!y Tonight
. MiSStONARY BAPTtSTS
< 9,1-year-old piano
'ft the older fotk^
'.till girt accordionist t(
u.gmen. lhaveaguy
< ) to play the bass
s'.S'
tre -'till waiting on theRe-
':"<t'it*<: 1'ai.nce Corporation,"
''' .'.pit ofj. L. McCtain. man-
' 'he Western Woods Pro-
'ac' t'"., interest in this city.
^ir.M.Ciain stated that it:s com-! t° "p
p .'". <<rjadytogoto war!: on
re'.ir.pr^theoldbax factory in
' ti'.itaiiinga'ditiatud ma-
ai!' r '.itwottid be rejded tc
.'P'.-tne'hep'.ant.
. 'em Woods Products Co..
i 'he box factory about
nit".- aei and '.he legal docu-
a!e' ' of the - de has been sent to
W:shin7,t:nfor approvat by
Houston branch of the RFC.
A3 - ,n as the government ok's
the l^i . work witt start itnmediate-
iy. iceordingtoMr. McCtain.
Taefamitiar whistle that was
hea"' in*any years at the otd box
lactory witt not be heard any more.
as the new owners have already
ptanned to operate the plant elec-
triedty. and large motors witl be a
part of the new equipment that wiil
be added to the piant when the
new owners take over.
!Mr MeCiain stated further that
the operation of the box factory
witt in no wise effect the pallet
makim that the company has
Everything is ad set for the big
poiitieatrattytobeiieldatthefoot-
batt stadium tonight (Thursday).
Atargetruckistobeptacedinthe
center of the t'ietd lacing the nand
stand. Chairs wili be ptaced ad
around the truck for the candidates
ik.
The toud speaking sy tem of Jake
Johnson witt be u.'d for the occa-
sion and musical numbers witt be in-
terspersed with the oratory of those
who are runnir.g for office.
Ttie Wesleyan Service Guitd. who
is sponsoring the affair, will have
both hot and cotd drinks and sand-
wicher. hot dogs, barbecued goat,
home made cakes and other good
; things to eat all during the evening.
The tentative program as outiined
is as fotiows:
6:30 Downtown Activities.
7:00 Supper at Football Stadium.
7:30 Welcome Address—Mayor
Chester Gipson. <
Heart Campaign — Dr. Roscoe
Etter. ,
Introduction of Candidates.
Believe it o<r not. there is no cost to
the public, everything is free but
what you eat and drink. There is no
admission at the gate and every can-
didate has an invitation to speak his
piece, but under no circumstances
OR. ETTER W.U.
MAO HEART f'J^O
8R!VE!!-! T^iS L1EA
LET TC
TEAR DOWN GLO
JA)E B0)E0!MG
Dr. i
..s Ait
Joutity
scoe Ett ,'t' i:
Chairman
Htart A;
J'ydePoore isV,ee-e.'...i.
n'emoers of the Tiiur.-d.
CiubwithMrs. J. C. H;'
Idcnt, wilt furnish e; 'u
Commissioners Court authorized speciat eve ts. p.ssibte
the issuance of time warrants and ; pubticity, etc.
awarded contract for demolishing Science brings i.ew !'. pe for
the otd county jait building Mon-ihearts. Today's research .sproduc-
day in anticipation of letting the ing new drugs, new diagnostic meth-
. sclccted
-herokee
Mrs.
an and
Study
.sPresi-
for
oeeches,
been '"'y candidate be atlowed to take
operating here for the past year <M
more.
SjienJ $7J46
in This
mtng Monday nigiit, Jtd;. 'Jt
' <ncha)k his head likt through Satuj' ':ty night. Juiy 2H
i attract the pool hat)! there witt be an otd fashient <
make the church fotks Mis^c.n.try open air reviva.
I ])ass the ptate before
i'king."
.s boy tsand to front for
on the vaca:it tot, just across from
ttie Post Office in Aito.
The revival witt be cor tucte ! by
''-crop of candidates in Rev. R. E Hodge.-. State M..- ;on-
: <n'thavcto do much ary Evango.ist. t! \. A. 1. O.ien
A tn'it ta)k tttat promise! i'a " ol (.atta'.in tinnoh
pi 'sperity, good roads, a tndt!u\ O. i'. ^Lado . p:, 'm
everybody, and strict Wetts. and<<thcr' :mr:n's in ,in
government, seems to 'unouudin'conimunitio.-.
Rev. Rolg.rstias conducted sev-
ralsucccssfuisuch open airre-
ivatsttn' -unimei. OnetnDeKaib
"rxas. one in Hughes Spring. Texas
md.just concluded a xrcat meeting
t Husk with Hro. Oden assisting.
Att of these meeting; resude t in the
.a.vationof.-ti andma.yrettodi-
cations.
The time Itasconi'tiia'A'r.eiit'ii
"]iustRrpntnrPci::t':Oodi'..'-t!ie
m.iwer for att our probtems if we
.vitlontylooktollini
The ])ubdc is inv ted to come and
h:ing votit' frien.'s.
Hcv. H. E. Hodgers. Carthage
Rev. A. K. Oden. (Ldtatin
Rev. O. 1' Meadow.
up more than five minutes.
There is just one request that is
made of the public: Keep your cat
off the footbatt fietd. There is ample
room in the stands for people to be
seated, ard room for ten or fifteen
cars on both sides of the stadium.
Atso car; can park atong the ttigh-
way anti see and hear just as good a.-
:f they were inside, s) there ism
..asan to put carson t!sc fietd. Evcrs
c..^^:.!efforti.i being made to keep hntc;
and ruts out of the footba'tfiett.
jtat o. a<.:4b.aj.. , , , , , .
land this is the reason the pubticn
!a^ked to observe these rules.
:,;i. rtstiied with County ^
c:..-kn.'r... M;tiert.". 'Jtit'.'. T*uesJp^^^/)
day.
E. L. Lewis tirted the lowest ex-
pense account of any o! the county's
.44 candidates. S7.03, and J. G.
(Jake) Johiison. catididate tor
representative, listed
xpensetiitat. $402.35.
Tiiree other candidates, two un-
tate
highes !
Mo OH
No Gas
Cry Ho!e
construction contract for a $t23.00C
courthouse agricutturai annex on
Juiy 24.
Contract for wrecking the old
jaii building was awarded to C. R
Heidetbery of Jacksonville o; a
iow bid of $1,375. Work is to i.egin
immediately.
No time warrants witt be issued
until after construction contrac. for
the new building has been let.
however.
"We have just passed the or-
dinance authorizing saie of the
warrants so that we will be able to
get underway once the contract has
been let," Judge J. W. Summers' munity. Keep our doctors and you
explained. j informed of the latest advances in
The county advertised for bids ^e heart field. Sixty per cent of the
on the structure on July 1, and ex- funds raised wid remain in the
pects to consider bids on Juty 24. at finance County Heart Prw-
which time letting of the contractt^'*"^
probably will be announced.
ids, new weapons to iio,pf:;!)t heart
diseases. America's leadit: : auseot
disabitity and deatii. Etic;uraging
rows is coming from atl fronts of the
important advances being made
against heart disease. Naturally,
'uadsareneeded to carry out the
aims and program of the Cherokee
County Heart Association which is
Education—Research and Commun-
ity Service.
Friday, Juty 1A has been set aside
for Atto to contribute funds for this
cause. Your gift means support for
research — community heart pro-
grams that bring tlie benefits of new
knowledge to you in your own com-
!n other action Monday, commis-
sioner re-appointed Dr. T. H. Cobble
of Rurk as county heatth ofticer,
and made a routine aitocation of
funds, in the amour., of m.fiOO,
from the generat fund to the of-j
t'icers' saiary fur.d.
rvrfr/c/PAZ.
QUJ7S P057
t ; I
Contributions to the Heart
t Fmid arc deductible for income tax
purposes.
GErr/f\C
Another good try tttat turned out
tt)n< candidates are prom-
prices for corn and
' !' fur hominy, highet
'on and cheaper prices
- 'ods, higher prices for
!owcr prices for steaks.
"I'ftition got a littte
"t;[ friend Carl Al!)ert.
'hree-term congressman
tio'na, so this year he
'promise to ctiangethe
! tKnox, Ky . ifhegot
!tc))mmisedtofirethc
' L and hire nothing but
tte atso made a promise
' ' <ombinationsofthe
f ' ' !)cpartmcnt vautts sc
wilt have to learn 'em
'"<ei.n.
E"' of it is, a politician
'' i tiand is spared the
of answering catchy
a voter stands up and
d <w are you goin' to lower
' give everybody a pen-
' ' 'sthesignal for his band
^ ut with theiy loudest <)f.
^ of Turkey in the Straw."
jj shouts "How can you
licpj ^''ces and lower steak
lirrX . . * band bears down
i, * ' ' ' on that famous otd
h' ' Among the Yearlings."
Lr the day is past when
^"Congress on a shoe
^ w takes a guitar string.
opposed fot the offices thc\
tisted campaign expenses
than S400. Paut B. Cox.
of more
candidate
the Whiteman Wildcat No. 1
welt that
miles
Texas
rep-
fol
[The [.;
t Church at Old Pales-
[' ^ Sin a meeting there next
'dit. And simultaneously
"y Baptjgts wilt begin a
Aito
t'ostoffice. And simulta-
on the lot acrosf
^ . .
hurt-})
' the. ',
f*
-
rck -
r^tton
<in, the First Baptist
^tto witl open a Vacation
At! of the events
^""day, Juty 21. With att
tings %omg on at the
are wondering how
' are going to be at two
' same time. The troub-
'iave!
' * * #
was nominated by the
Now we can all go
favorite programs on the
week every station in
was tuned in to the con-
at Chicago. However
REVEAL AT BAPTiST
HERE STARTS
TH R!) OF A08UST
The Revival at
First Baptist
Church begins Aug
3. The Rev R Q
Harvey, State
Evangelist.w hose
home is in Waco
,,ii ?T"Taching. Bro. Harvey
hs i fnrmer pastor, having servect as
!d.o in his present ^ork an
feet att who attend these services
^Ht receive a bttssin :
ptan.^ to attcni.
was dritled eight
furcoutityiittorney- gave tiis
penses as $42i).30. Judge J. W.; ()ri])ed to a depth of
Summer , eanditiate for re-election {0.000 feet, and at no time was
founts judge, tisted $42H.2.i:an[i ^p,.g mi ^t lowing, according to
1. H. (Britt) Taylor.
.isted34!t.3iJ.
Other caitdidates for state
resentative, listed expenses as
tows:
H.E. (Emerson) Mot;f(:it.$3t)0..}0:
W. W. Giass, S300.t)3; and J. Perrin
.Vittis, 3)86.58.
Other fitings were as foltows:
E. B. Musick, Jr., $340; A. Pete
3aitey, $t20; John R. Martin, $86:
John T. Watson, $277.50; W. R. Jor-
lan. $t27.50; Lewis J. Lane. $134.50;
N. B. Hall. $206.16; Sam Brown,
S83; G. M. Btack, $313.50; Jin)
White. $72; J. S. Simpson, $132.t9:
joy Dickson. $22.50; Gordon Craig,
E99 t3; A. F. Johnson. $16.52; G.
P. Burroughs, $142.15; Forest Gro-
gan, $70.50; Autma Burton. $89; R.
W. Anderson, $52.78; Mack AHen,
$50; Frank Brunt, $355; A. C. fen-
kins. $315.83; William F. Parrott.
$341.48; J. T. McEtroy, $18.03; Atex
Btack. $369.50; S. P. Fox, $r29.81;
and J. D. DuBose, $107.50.
fn many cases, candidates listed
the filing fee paid to the county
Democratic executive committee a:
their only expenses.
an oil
sheriff ] the drilting crew for the
Company, who made the test.
Severat pockets of gas were hit.
but none of these were of such im-
portance that it might be ctassed as
a gas wett.
The drilling crew are busy this
week cementing the wet) and when
this is compieted the derrick and
machinery witt be dismantled.
VACA770JV B/BZ.E
SCHOOL SrARfS
MO^VD/tr. JUAr 2V
Make your
Juy27—
""""'",'t' ""!,^mc"samc tine of
andidat '
Men
same ptacc.
i,-" p,,<v. Crooks,
''r,
wit) t)e nam ' ^ ^ ;
been
,,„ovcr, oncman . .
named t. run ,
ro My CNEROXfE
CO^/Vry FR/E/VOS
This is to advise that Tuesday,
' iutv 22, witl terminate my tease on
the' Houston Cafe, atid the business
! witt revert back to Mr. R. B. Hous-
ton
A ) tut 30 per cent of the cotton
. r.4 - .his area have already
t.ii:..'d in their g:uup applications
i etassin ' and marketing news
quotations.
Tins is an increase over a year
ago. rep irt. Mr. Sat a W. Martin, in
charge of Production and Market-
. Production's Dattas Cotton Classing
Office. U. S. Department of Agri-
culture.
i Deadtine for making applications
for these marketing jervices is Au-
igust 1. 1952. They shculd be mafted
[to i)04 South Eivav Street, Dallas
1, Texas.
Farmers who organize into im-
It is Vacation Bible School time at
the First Baptist Church in Alto, be-
ginning Monday, July 21 at 8:00 a
m. The school will continue through
July 25. There will be classes for allj Members of the school board
groups from 3 to 17 years, and all of i said Tuesday that no replacement
i'toydWatiace, ur., oitetimeioot-
bait coach and Principal of the Alto
pubtic schools, but who has beer
teaching in West Texas for the past
few years, resigned his position
with the Alpine Central School to
accept thncupcrintendencyof the
Richtand Springs school.
Regarding change in tocation the
Et Paso Times says:
William F. Wallace, principal of
Alpine Central School this past
year, submitted his resignation to
Alpine school officials late last
werk, officials said Tyesday
provement groups, ptant some of
their acreage to ar. adapted variety,
file an appticaticn and meet other
requiremetits are eligible to take
part. Both services are provided
without cost under the Smith-
Doxey Act.
Last year. 31.423 farmers of this
area organized into 336 groups to
receive these services.
21.
m.
be
the young people of the town and
surrounding communities are invited
to attend.
Remember the date, July
Hours from 8:00 until 11:00 a.
daily through July 25. We will
expecting you.
Departmental Superintendents:
Principal—J. B. Oustey.
General Secretary—Mrs. James
Steed.
Pianist—Miss Mamie Latham.
Nursery—Mrs. Herman Smith.
Beginner—Mrs. Herland Johnson.
Primary—Mrs. Joe Fred Cosper.
Junior—Mrs. J. B. Ousley.
GOOD RA/Af
FELA //V SOUFH
THFROKFF
for Wailace had yet been named.
Wallace wa3 elected superin-
tendent of the Richland Spripgs
RJFFS HEAD
FOB MRS. FMMA
CO/VJVFR St/TVDAK
Funerat servtces were held Sun-
day for Mrs. Emma D. Conner, 69, at
the Wallace Funerat Home in Rusk
at2:30p.m. Interment was made
at Grand Saline.
Mrs. Conner died at Helena, Ark.,
Friday while visiting her daughter
there.
Mrs. Conner resided at Alto for
several years and friends here will
regret to hear of her passing.
Surviving Mrs. Conner are her
mother, Mrs. T. J. Marsden of Rusk;
two daughters, Mrs. Clovis Moffitt of
schoot system recently. The system}Log Angeles. Cal., and Mrs. Douglas
operates a modern school plant with ! gcott of Helena, Ark.; a son, T. R.
a total enrollment of about 500
Richtand Springs is about 115 miles
southwest of San Angelo.
In submitting his resignation
Wallace said he had been offered a
salary of $2,000 a year more than
he had been receiving here.
Watlace had been high school
principal in Marathon, superinten-
dent of Sierra Blancaschoots ard a
member of the Atpine admintstra-
Conner of Alto; two sisters. Mrs.
Belle Bradshaw of Datlas and Mrs.
Jewel Francis of Rusk, and two
grandchildren.
More Bids
Cherokee County
;'ow soaking ruin
received a good,
yesterday, and
[ wish t<t express my sincere ap-
nrrc'ationtothc pubtic gencralty
nice patronage that has i has cooted the atmosphere and re-
ded me since! took the
and from the" " .^wiHhMr
'"""tng that -a , be
tit tin-
is one
America.""
ate never
tackinH
)cen*iccorcieomc
afc over one year ago
)t has been a privilege to
you. and we have done our
best to give you good tood and ser-
vice at the iowest possibte prices.
We witt always remember antl
have
: TVt
very
be short lived, as the^'ke the *
Jtertaiuntent Mort^of^ ^
cherish the good friends we
it costs us I made during the past year.
Mrs. Robbie Moore.
'ioved the intense h?at that has
iccn prcvatrnt for the past thirty
ays.
The rain came t o tate to do corn
much good, but witt help materially
on the cotton crop that is well on
its way to maturity. White mort of
The Alto Independent School Dis-
trict school board is finding it dif-
ficult to get bids to do the job on the
tive staff. Mrs. Waitace was on the ,]gw school building project that was
Atpine Centennial School facuity. j launched here several months ago.
School officials praised Waitace'; i m^s have atready been asked for
work and noted a significant gain twice, but nothing satisfactory has
in arithmetical studies, which he given by any contractor, and
taught atong with his other duties, b^s are again being advertised for.
The timit set for the contractors to
get bids in is August 15.
There have been very few bids of-
fered on the project, and it is diffl-
icutt to get sufficient bids from re-
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cassady and
daughter, Ann, of Henderson; Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Lyon and daughter,
Sharon, of Houston, spent the
week-end here with Mrs. Jack
Lvon. Misses Rebecca Cassady and liabte contractors to do the job.
Mnrrha Lyon, who spent tast week The bonds voted by the tax pay-
thc watermeton crop has atready here with their grandmother, re- ers of the district have atready been
matured, it witl atso be a great hetp turned home with their parents on sold and the money is deposited here
to the late crop of melons. ) Sunday afternoon. in the Continental State Bank.
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