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THE ALTO HERALD
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k WEIMAR & SON. EDtTORS AND PUBLISHERS
^gLlSHED 1896
[o')f"g D!STR!CT 19-A
Around ^ 3.WAY HE
\ lads.' asked us the — .
FOR FIRST PLACE
,;j tn find out, neither the[
,, promoted the deal! E.ght District 19-A football squads
.ff.cijh-havo been able,district conference Fri-
:ort)te revenue bear-^ „
uay night With Elkhart, Groveton
A bond representative ;
-t, ...w^ .v„- Grapeland conung out With the
^cck wtth the pro- i^g end of the score
the bonds if the city [ ^Ito, Woodviiie and Lovelady
dropped their first games and the
SUBSCRIPTION PRtCE. $2.00 PER YEAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY ;
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS. SEPTEMBER 25, 1932
YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY.
if the city
the water and sewer
that of the gas. This, Husk Eagles and Madisonville lnus-
''V ' ^ tangs t.ed their contest up
A ts refused. Then the -
sea-
The
in a tie.
... , Elkhart Elks run wild over
:,,a,ic the proposition the helpless Lovelady Lions to gain
aid buy the gas bonds if their first district win of the
,„ar s.x per cent .n-]^ ^ lovelady Friday night.
' ' " , ° ^ scored at wiH in every quar-
.n by the city dads. And ^ .f ^e game.
status up to today. Just The Grapetand Sandies capitoiized
on a Woodviiie fumbte on the 35-
[yard stripe and pushed over for the
only score of the game.
The Groveton Indians took the
warehouse bu.ldmgs ^ ^ito
. tde of the Cotton Belt ^
, in the busmessd.s-,^^. ^ ^ ^
liitg to Waiter Dover, g,,,^ Groveton Friday night. The
) u.kimgs was erected
Frank Agnew, another ,
' yard ime on a 35-yard pass ptay
j oniy to have the piay eatied back
] ten the next move wilt
,.t . anybody's guess.
*
r,:!!ks has purchased and
Cherokee Riders At
Nacogdoches Fair
October 1 And 2
The Cherokee Riders will be an
extra at.raraon a: the Nacog inches
Ct'anty Fair this year. An hour long
prt'gram wit] b. given on Wednes-
day and Thursday nights at the
Fair Grounds.
Besides their square dance on
horse back routine there wiH be
specialty acts, boot races and a
eiown act by a well known Rusk
business man. ELven year oid Ann
McKellar. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John McKeiiar of Rusk. wiH per-
form with her trained horse, Prin-
cess.
The Cherokee Riders rode in the
Forest Festival Parade in Lufkin
Monday afternoon and Miss Mc-
Keiiar won third ptace in one of the
ev.nts.
PMA MAKING
FARM CONTACTS
iN CHEROKEE
Le!don Dover Gets
Farm Management
Dip!oma Of Purina
Leidon Dover of Jack
HO. 13.
TO POST NEW
CHUNG PR!CES
nvdle
company.
was awarded a dipioma for tin
successful completion of a tramtnn
On Sept. 18th PMA community program of scientific farm manage
committeemen began making "farm went, feeding and sanitation pra -
comtmtteemen began making "farm-^tices, at a graduation cerenatny huiti
)y-farm" contacts in connection this week at the Hilton Hotel
tend to cooperate in the 1953 Ag- Ft. Worth.
ricultural Conservation Program. [ Presentation of the diploma wa: fice f
According to J. M. Vining, Chair-by Bob Bridg.s and Bob mutt.ty prtetng
man of the Cherok.e County PMA 1^"^' sales managers for Purina'^ Tontiin()[ s
committee, every farmer in the! Texas Division, who
Cherokee County grocers on Sep-
mn displayit^ post.rs li
in in^ })rice on
!mni ,r food itcn
! tict Stabibzititm cotn-
proKr.nn, Frank C.
<PPr-
be-
sting ceil-
ximatcly 400
"rt of an Of-
Daltas
,:c and Mr. Dover, who
< „ his first job of work.jo -,n ^ff-side penalty,
a spell back and few
r now remember Frank
kit his residence still
m Alto being immediately
! 'he Alto Hotel.
*
!!y speaking, one of our [
! i who is always careful
i if you know how he is go-
) ]i: diets that the Steven-
: o ver race in Texas is
be a very "tight" affair,
a] '. ays do for the sake of
..an:, we disagreed with
<ur opinion that Texas
mam in the Democratic
spite of the fact that
mol children stand to lose
f dollars because the gov-
: itas taken over the Texas
but the main reason is
pic are afraid of another
depression if the Repub-
.c the reins again.
*
from all over Texas, and
Alto, will be happy to
t Edwin Boyd, who has
he Veteran's Hospital at
has been transferred to
f an's Hospital at Marlin,
Tais will give home folks a
aportunity to pay him a
I friends who wish to
should do so at the new
<il us that half of the
a was in Groveton last
ht for the football game,
the home team lose, but
iampen their spirits any.
tnfius opinion of all who
the contest stated that
Yellow Jackets is a real
and Coach Ted Moore is
aatuln'.ed upon heading
; up of determined young-
V' ' we arc on football, le.
'h.- footnate: Trinity, who
face later in the season,
ne team they did last
* n letter men are back
am. Did you ever hear
* ' i'igs on. They beat the
!f a! Crockett, a AA district
t Friday night.
The Herald is indebted
Wiity Black for a half dozen
y Kctffet pears. They are the
we have seen in Alto this
and the Herald editor is on-
^ pear pie," because of the
Kh'.:ui;u's of Mrs. Black.
^shmans Go To
iy, L
outstana
' re will regret to hear
t Mrs W. L. Marshman
Many, La., in about
"nan has been operating
^!"und Nursery here
"rection of the Texas
^a.e for the past seven
made an outstanding
'' state institution. He
'ate a private nursery
' had been named to
Marshman up to the
paper went to press.
,
Plimpton, who has been
Past year and a half,
. here with his brother,
H Hampton. He re-
. discharge at Camp Hood
i The Rusk Eagles and Madison-
)viile Mustangs battled to a 6-6 tie
j at Rusk for their first conference
j game. The Mustangs scored in the
} third period on a 22-yard run. The
j Eagles scored late in the fourth
period on a six yard plunge.
The Trinity Tigers, playing the
only non-conference contest in 19-
A, scored once in the first period
and twice in the fourth to give
them a 19 to 13 victory over the
District 18-AA Crockett Bulldogs
The game was played at Trinity.
Coach Ted Moore and the Yellow
Jackets will be on the road again
this week, as they travel to Love-
lady for their second conference
game of the season. Tiie Rusk
Eagles will be at home again this
week playing host to the Groveton
Indians.
The Elkhart Elks will visit
Woodviiie, while the Trinity Tigers
'ravel to Madisonville. The Grape-
land Sandies will be playing the
only non-conference game of the
week, meeting the Crockett Bull-
jogs in that city.
From where we sit the Jackets
should get their first district win
down at Lovelady by three or four
touchdowns. The Rusk Eagles with-
aut further injuries, should ride
)vcr the Groveton Indians with
ease. Trinity and Madisonville will
be the battle of the week. This
*!ame could be a big factor in de-
ciding the District championship.
With a little luck and a few good
breaks, the Mustangs will come out
vith one touchdown.
Elkhart Elks should ease by the
Woodviiie Wolves at Woodviiie by
ine touchdown. However, this game
could easily be called a toss-up.
The Grapeland Sandies. playing
the only game of the week out of
the district play at Crockett against
an 18-AA club will have to play
iir tight ball, but our guess is that
the Sandies will come through with
a'win over their old time rivals, the
Crockett Bulldogs.
District 19-A Calendar:
Results last week:
Alto 0, Groveton 7.
Rusk 6, Madisonville 6.
Grapeland 6, Woodviiie 0.
Lovelady 0, Elkhart 34.
Trinity 19, Crockett 13.*
* Non-conference game.
District Standings
W L T Pt
LIGHT VOTE
POLLED HERE FOR
CONGRESSMAN
John Dowdy was selected by
voters Tuseday to fill the unexpired
term of Tom Pickett for Congress-
man from the 7th district.
Very little interest was shown in
the election and only 83 votes were
polled in both Alto boxes. The
south box reported 43 votes and the
north box 40.
Dawdy received 70 of the votes
and the balance were divided be-
tween Jim Norton and Jack Wise-
ner, neither of whom were an
active candidate for the place.
*' ' a,ai f.nand
every farmer in the! '"*"s LHVtston, who pointed ou' rus-jurant branch dt
county is to have an opportunity to Dover is now a graduate feed- has announced.
put the conservation program to -"S advisor and for his outstanding' Community pricing will apph to
work on his farm in doing what work during the course was pre- all grocery s'.nres in Louisiana
sented wtth a class ring by the. Arkansas and Oklahoma. In Texas'
Ralston Purina company. it will be limited at first to a 72-
Dovor began this specialized county area in the northern half of
training program about fourteen the State, and Bexar, Harris and
months ago, during which time ht Galveston Counties in south Texas.
OPS has stated that the posted
Elkhart
Groveton —
Grapeland --
Rusk
Madisonville
OP
I..O-.0-40...0
I..0..0..7...0
I.-0.-0-.6--.0
0..0—1..6..-6
0.-0-.1..6..-6
Woodviiie 0-.1.-0-.0—6
Alto 0..I..0-.0...7
Lovelady 0--I--0-.0-.40
Trinity 0-.0.-0--0—0
W denotes won, L lost, T tie. Pt.,
points and OP opponents points.
Games This Week
Alto At Lov lady.
Groveton at Rusk
Elkhart at Woodviiie.
Trinity at Madisonville.
'Grapeland at Crockett.
"Denotes Non-conference games.
SQUARE DANCE AND
JAMBOREE TON!GHT
Square dance lovers arc advised
that an old fashioned square danc^
will be held at the V. F. W. Hall
tonight. Starting time is 7:30 p. m.
W!LL!E HQLCOMB
TO BE HOST
TO CATTLEMEN
Willie Holcomb, Purina Agent for
this territory, will entertain the
cattle men of this section Tuesday
night of next week at his store in
Alto.
The primary topic of the meetine
is to discuss the feeding of cattle
in this seetioti in the most economi-
cal manner.
A representative of the Purina
Mills out of Jacksonville, will be
present and dwell on the different
phases of cattle feeding to get the
best results.
A film will also be shown which
carries the title of "Profitable Beef
Production."
This meeting will be both in-
teresting and educational to cattle
owners, all of whom have a cordial
invitation to come.
needs to be done to check erosion
and deterioration and make the
farm more productive.
The county has been divided
into 11 agricultural communities
and in tach of these communities
the elected PMA committeemen
are visiting each farm. Each com-
mit'.eemen has been assigned a
certain number of farms to visit in
his community, averaging about
150 farms for each committeeman.
The chairman explains that co-
operation in the program is strict-
ly voluntary and no farmer re-
ceives assistance without requesting
it. To qualify for assistance, prac-
tices must be on the approved list
for the county and when carried
out must meet the specifications
established for the practice. The
whole purpose is to protect and
build up the land in farms so that
the needs of the future may be
met.
The chairman expects that all
farms in the county will have been
visited by November 30. 1952.
The conservation practices for
Cherokee County in 1953 are: ter-
racing, subsoiling, farm ponds, fer-
tilizers, limestone, winter legumes,
rye, pasture grass seeds, planting
forest trees, and timber stand im-
provement.
JACK FOUNTAIN
WOUNDEDJN KOREA
Jack Fountain, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bluitt Fountain, and grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Mallie Houston, was
wounded in action in Korea on
September 7. He is now in a hos-
pital in Japan, and it is expected he
will be sent home some time the
tatter part of October.
Fire Truck Contributions
Homer McClain
$10.00
- 10.00
Arthur Ramev --
3.00
Homer Reed - -
Sidney Reed
5.00
Bascom Holcomb
2.00
Cody Maynard
2.00
MASON CLAN HONOR MOTHER
attended classroom sessions and
made several field trips with the
instructors where practical demon-
strations were made utilizing the
latest methods in feeding livestock
and poultry. In addition. Dover was
required to complete field work of
his own between meetings.—Jack-
sonville Progress.
ALTO FAME
SPREADS AS
CHICKEN CENTER
Raising the highest quality chick-
ens at the lowest cost of any point
in the United States, is the report
being brought to Holcomb Grain &
Produce through the Purina Mills
at St. Louis, according to Wiilie
Holcomb, local dealer.
This report has gone out over the
United States, and next week a
group of bankers and chicken
raisers are expected here from
Alabama to see how this was ac-
complished.
C. O. Stephens of the Public Rela-
tions Department of Purina Mills of
St. Louis, Mo., will accompany the
group here and they will visit the
Tommie Hugghins farm and ob-
serve the methods used by Mr.
Hugghins. Moving pictures of the
Hugghins farm will be taken by J
D. Bowie, also of St. Louis, and the
pictures will be televised out over
the country from time to time, tell-
ing the methods he has used in pro-
ducing his broilers.
PINK BOLLWORM
PUTS QUARANTINE
ON COUNTY COTTON
A pink bollworm quarantine has
been clamped on Houston, Ander-
son and Madison Counties.
A state inspector found pink
bollworms at the Hoch Bros. Gin
here last week. The bollworms
were also noted at gins in Crockett
and Palestine. However, officials
notice of the quarantine had not
been received up to Tuesday.
Shipment of cotton seed in and
out of the quarantined counties
will be prohibited except in sealed
trucks or cars. Special equipment
for treating seed will have to be
installed at gins before next year's
ginning season begins. Otherwise
the quarantine will have little ef-
fect.
Under quarantine, cotton must
be ginned in the county in which
it is grown or at a gin in another
county under quarantine.—Grape-
land Messenger.
SERVICES AT
SHILOH SUNDAY
prices will give grocery shoppers
an opportunity to see at a glance
the ceiling prices on many of the
foods they buy. For the grocer, they
will relieve him of the job of figur-
ing his own price ceilings.
Community pricing is so named,
Tomlinson cxpiained, because under
it price ceilings are worked out for
local communities, or wholesale-
grocer :radc areas by OPS, on the
basts of local wholesale costs. A
"community" under this system
consists of the geographical area
in which wholesalers are able to
deliver to retailers without adding
treigh: costs.
MRS. !RENE Oi)UM
NAMED HD AGENT
FOR THIS COUNTY
Rusk, Sept. 24 —Mrs. Irene Odom
has been named Cherokee County
home demonstration agent, replac-
ing Mrs. Edna We^d, it was an-
nounced by Judge J. W. Summers
Monday.
Mrs. Odom was named by the
Texas A. & M. College extension
service and approved by commis-
sioners court last w^ck.
Mrs. Weed, agent here for two
years, resigned as of Sept. 15 to
become agent in Coleman County.
PLANS MADE
TO FENCE OFF
FOOTBALL FIELD
Next Sunday, September 28, t
[ preaching day for the Shiioh Meth-
odist Church. Afternoon preaching
services w,il be held at 3 00 p. m
-Everyone is urged to attend. See
[sa.u in Church Sunday.
Dan Hynum. Pa tor.
The Alto Quarterback Club is
planning to fill a long felt need at
the Aito football field. A wire fence
is to be plac.d on both side of the
field to keep people out of the
playing zones while the games are
in progress.
J. A. Smith, Production Superin-
tendent of the Western Wood Pro-
ducts Co., has made the club a
present of 80 hardwood posts to
erect the fence, and R. B. Houston
states that he has found where he
can get sufficient wire to build the
fence at the low cost of $19.00.
T. E. Cummings, agricultural
teacher of the Alto High School,
has come forward with the offer to
take his F. F. A. boys and build
the Lnce when the material is
placed on the ground.
This all summed up means that
the fence can be completed at the
low cost of only $19 00 for approxi-
mately 660 feet.
HELLO NEIGHBOR
am,
the
Pictured above arc four genet ations of the Mason famiiy. pioma t
re idents of south Cherokee County. Reading from let: '' '
they arc: Mrs. Nannie Mason, widow of the late M v J
Mrs. A P. Williams, Mrs. Tom Allen, and Mary Lee Allen
The Mason generation met at Alto last Sunday to eci '""-f
81st. birthday of Mrs. Mason and all of her children win' ,
except one son, R. v. J. E. Mas< n. Other who were " , ,
occasion included. Mr and Mrs. T. D. Mason, "''"f-t"''' ^
Mrs. D. A. Aiford. San Au
and Mrs. A.
Mr. and
Bcn-
Hous-
ton and Mr."and M^Y'v^ Allen A'to.
Mary L-c Allen of the fourth generation <s the "„„d a
and Mrs. Tom Allen and was great grand-
graduate of the Alto High School. She is the oldest t,rea^
child of Mrs. Nannie Mason.
Mrs. C. A. Bennett. Talco; Mr. and ....
gustinc; Mr. and Mrs. John Mclntyrc, Kossc; an i is"
P. Williams, Alto. Grandchildren and fiends present w-i
Mrs. C. A. Bennett. Jr.. and sen. Houston; Mr. and ^ ' , ,,
nctt. Overton: Mr.and Mrs. Mc'yin A r , Alto.
U. S. Naval Hospital. Ports-
mouth. Va. Sept. I2.-A baby boy
weighing seven pounds, three and
nnc-half ounces was born hi.re Au-
gust 29 to Mis. Jean Spears, wife
of Samuel H. Spears .ships set vice-
man third ela s. USN. Spears, who
is stationed at Receiving Station,
[.in.isev and son, Doyl-iNorfolk, is the son of Mrs. W.
.Monday for Marlin A, Sp ars of Alto. Texas. Mrs.
went to consul! spears is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. t L. Perry of Oceana. Va.
The baby, named Michact Alfred
is the third child for the Spears,
who are re iding at 1117 Washing-
ton St., Portsmouth.
H. A.
Lindsey.
where the former
a specialist. At th-
press no information as to his con-
di:ion was available.
old
time of going to
five year
Mrs. Marshall
off of the Methodist
Wayne Hampton
son of Rev. and
Hampton, fell
parsonage roof Tuesday cvcn.ng
,,!,out 7 o'clock. The fall knocked
the breath out of him and caused a
slight concussion of the skull, bu
his injuries were not considered
serious. )
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dean of Bay-
town, announce the arrival of a 7
pound, 7'4 ounce baby son on Sept.
21. who has been named Billie, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dean of this
city are the proud paternal grand-
parents. ^
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