The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1952 Page: 1 of 10
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THE ALI O
p L WEIMAR & SON. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2 00 PER YEAR IN C
HEHOKEE COUNT
^TAHLISHED 1896
P!(!HCtng
AroMnd
ti don't hear the shrill btast
i m engine on the Cotton
; iiiiuud between no'.v and
t. you will not hear it any
,r(. <i'ding '.o the higher ups
rate th railroad. That is
te set for the complete
"\er from steani engines to
' it iset-eteetrics that ate
"peration over most of the
Uett tracks att over the
i ne Cotton Belt now tias
the new type et.otrie loco-j
"Economies," says '.he srit e
ts t)ie cause for the change; ^
CHEROKEE STiLL
DEMOCRATIC BY
OFFICIAL VOTE
THE ALTO HERALD. .\LTO, TEX.AS. NOVEMBER t3. tJ.)J
' ' "'1 YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY.
SH!VERS DECLARES
NOVEMBER 27 AS
THANKSGIVING
Atisin. j
[Shivers has
! . i.n a of No
t'naiiksg.v.t.t.
13.—Gov. Ai!an
catted for the o'oser-
-7 as Texas' official
Day.
CROCKETT
HUNTER FATALLY
WOUNDED
PLAYING ON
ONE OF UNCLE
M'S TEAMS
NO.
SA".
18 ASSOCiATION
m-
the di set
til freight service
:ns the eimvatent of hautmgj
a one tniie on a spoonfut of [
ui a ton of freight 500 mites on j
m of oit. Ttie steam engine!
e.te is the onty one that is on
.eay out. Most att kinds of
' ' ion and manufacturing
have turned to gasotine and
trieity for power. The earty
ling steam whistte cattmg men
.cork. and the wetcome btast at
i tng time has gone tike many
',cr things that time and new in-
:'t 'tis has ptaced on the shetf of
*
!l .estry District No. 2, of which
t kee County is a part, had
fi.es iii 1951, and burned over
i acres. So far in 1952, there
i' bun 130 fires and 6,587 acres
< been burn.d over. Hunters
tug fires and going off and
i g them burning, cardessty
n tighted cigarettes and
, n burning arc the three main
j . of these fires, according to
Austin, Forester, who spoke to
Lions Ctub members at their
liar Tuesday iun; '.icon. "Untit
three menaces can be etimi-
.1, we s'.itt stand to lose thous-
:; of dollars in good timber," re-
ted Mr. Austin.
*
3'iie old post office fixtures that
being torn out of the Atto Post
tee this week, have been in use
' for about thirty years. Prior
hat time thty were in use a
t.'.sville. A government official
was here to install new fix-
i, states they were in use there
about 100 years, so in getting
fixtures Atto is also losing a
ot of antiques. May they rest
ace wherever they go.
White the United State
etuding Texas, went over nit , t.ie
I Republican cotumn. Cheroke.
I County managed to remain Dem-
! ''i i'.ic by a narrow margin of 47
j votes, according to the officiat
I count made by the Commissioners
ourt Monday of this week.
Cheroke County gave the Demo-
party's presidential candidate
majority of 47 votes in tast week's
general eiec'.ion, County Cterk Har-
otd Mitter revealed Tuesday fol-
lowing an officiat count by the
county commissioners court, meet- ;
ing in Rusk.
The officiat count was:
Stevenson 3872
Eisenhower 3825
ft took the final count to deter-
mine the vote on eonstitutionai
amendments, and final official vote
of the state may be necessary to
determine if the medical education
am ndment wis favored. Cherokee
County's official vote was:
Workmen's Compensation amend- ]
ment: for 2.275. against l.(!90.
Medicat Education: for 1,644,!
against 2,263.
John Ben Shepperd, candidate
for attorney generai, received 882
ilepubtican votes, 6,884 Democratic
votes. His was tne highest Repub-
lican vote for state office. Highest
D mocratic vote was for John
White, agriculture commissioner,
who was not listed on the Republi-
can ticket. He received 6,955 votes,
; : Deniocra'.'c.
Officials drew the conclusion
til re was no materia! shifting to
the Republican party, merely a
noputar choice of Eisenhower for
The presidency.
!n the county races, unopposed
Democratic nomine.s received from
0,995 to 7,008 votes.
<v-*rnor i
In a proclamation, the
-aid: Crockett. Nov. It)—John Turner
"/he Amei. m pr p!e in th:s ' *9- porter Spring-, dn'i here Satur-
y ar of 1952 nave abundant reason night of a butt.t wound re-
. * give thanks tn the bte-sings that cetved .eiiite hunting in the Trinity
Divine Providence has b-stowed H^'cr bottoms Friday.
'"H this favored land. H'^ companion, Jack Cutp 23.
"Thanksgiving is one of the most said a tw.g caught the trigger of
levered of our national and state Culps rifte and caused it to dis-
holidays, and its obs.rvance is tra-'C^''^o accidentally.
ti.tiun among our people.
"Therefore, f. as governor of
Texas, do hereby proclaim Thurs-
day, Nov. 27, 1952 as Thanksgivingj
Day in Texas, and calt upon all our
peop'e to join in giving thanks to
God for the many blessings that we
njo^."
PROMINENT ALTO
MAN MEETS
TRACK DEATH
CORN CLUB
NETS NICE SUM
AT LINWOOD
Jack Rusk
Bruce Hottis ..
T.<mmic Fitts ..
MAD!SONVILLE
MUSTANGS HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT
The Alto High School Y How
Jackets and the Madi onvitlc Mus-
tangs witt bring the 1952 football
season to a close here Friday night
when they meet for the final game
of the season.
Like att other teams in District
19-A. the Ma ams have been
Joe Goldsberry, wett knc.vn cit-
izen of A'to, was insanity killed
Saturday morning about 10:30 at
his home, a ha'.f mite we ' cf Atto
on Hignway 21, by the blast of a
-ing.e barrel shot gun. The entire
I toad of the gun entered his chest
and death was instantaneous.
Air. Gotdsberry, just a few mtn- Garnet Corley
utes before his death, told his wife^Con^-ay Rice
[that he was going out to shoot aicijuj,; R^.g
rabbit and walked out in the yard, joj,net PoAC.
It is believed that Mr. Goldsberry j w.lliam Bolton
had sat down on a bench in the
yard and rested the stock of the I
gun on the ground and when he I
' start.d to get up. putted the gun to- j
ward him to brace himsetf and thei
gun went off. Powder burns on his!
teft hand indicated that he had his I
hand near the end of the barrei
'when the gun was discharg.d.
Funeral services were he!d Sun-
day afternoon at 2:30, in the Firs. Ph:i
Methodist Church under the au-
Itices of Terrell Lodge No. 83, '
F. & A. M., of which he was a val-
ued member. Rite- were conducted
by the Rev. Marshall Hampton,
pastor, assisted by th.' Rev. J. B.
Last Spring a group of
of the Linwood community organ-
ized what they were pleased to
catl the Linwood Corn Club.
Each member agreed to plant one
acre of corn and give the proceeds
to the Old Pai.s.ine Baptist Church
after expenses were taken out.
How welt they succeeded in the
proj ct can be seen by the list of
names below and the amount of
money they turned over to th
budding committee
Monk Jeter
SEAL SALE
Your Gsr<;
rosity
carry
' TB
y ar.
it we
t.t old
Ycur Faith
A.-, rt
Pictured above is Dopatd Burt,
a former Atto High School Yeltow
farmers Jacket, who is now ptaying with
the 37th Engineers Headquarters
team in Germany. Tne above pic-
ture was tak n on the football field
in Germany where he is stationed.
Young Burt ptayed his last
season on the Alto Jacket -quad in
1950.
cer'.att-.i
due.n^
and
1.
is
re-
nt! d
press,
FIVE HURT
".i:i^'^,!lN WRECK ON
HIGHWAY 69
26.60
29.53 i
34.42
22.50 '
35.00 !
30.00 *
25.00
25.00
PLANS LAID
FOR SANTA
CLAUS PARADE
Five men were hospitalized
yesterday morning about 6:30
octock when a 1952 Ford pickup,
convoying another of the same
make and mode!, ran into a 1950
Ford on highway 69 in fron: of the
Luther Bice store, four mites north
of Alto.
Driving the Ford onvoy was D
E. Arnold, who w_as carrying the
two new pick-ups to a Ford Attcr.-t
cy in DaHas. He wa- d.itt i )<. '.he
impact of the two cars going to-
ge.t. i' but other wise unhurt.
ate no.', being formutated Hrivint; th 19.10 Ford was Bi't '
for the Stinta Ciaus parade to be^D,_.^ timbc. buyer for the Rube
Thursday, D c. )l.'t
"'is etfor
)' - -"3 diet.; r.ds by
Jfferitig, inerea-ing health
pioiongmg life itsetf.
Your Money
i*vas used to—
Spread information about TB
ho control through
radio, fiims and talks.
2. Direct special heatth projects
among racial groups where the dis-
ease is most prevalent.
3. Help find new cases and cure
known ones by providing x-rays
'or thos unabte to pay. and by
sponsoring .he mass x-ray survey.
4 Counset the sick and their
: mime- aoout their problems and
' solving the difficul-
ies pres nted.
3. hepot" the rehabilitation needs
*t iio-e' cared ef TB to the proper
igenctes.
Ysur Support
—!9-12 Campaign is needed
more tit: eve before. The number
of oett. in hospitals have
been r ubted and shoutd be
doubte i a;it:i. 'ii.e light is not
over—remember that every If
mimi cs some ptt on dies of TB.
SO
— '. h.r. your Chris inns seals or
Bonds C'me in the mail think
ibout . < s facts ind do not forget.
Your Duty
—to see h.it every American
has a fair chance!
he'd here on
at 6:00 p. m.
At a me ting of the business mm
held at the City Hail last Thursday
night, the foltowing commit.ei
S<"*<.ons mitt at W Ms. tnd his )- ts- .
}]i you like chili and hot tamales,
^i can get your fitl at a Chili
<;icr to be givui in the basement
he Methodist Church next Moti-
night. The affair is being!
I by the Woman's Socio y of
ian Service, and you can eat , , , .
heap Potting m a strong hi i for the dis-
trict championship, but have not
[been able :o rvorcomo other;
inded that ' ^ tMms in the district. They
have a good ball club and will give
'he Jackets a hard game here Fri-
day night.
Game time is 7:30. and inasmuch
as this is the last game of the sea-
son a good crowd is expectcd.
Oustev, pastor of the First !lnp::st\ycre appointed to handto the aft. ii:
Church. Interment was in tne fam-' Parade — Ea.t Cummings, Roy
itvburiat ground in Oak Grove; Brook. Sam Etude, Watt^r Smith.
fitl for four bits. That's ch
tg in this day and time.
*
!I 'ttiall fans arc rem
^ itist football game of the season
be staged at the Alto football
i tomorrow night when the
w Jackits tie into the Mad-
)t iite Mustang
Cemetery at Nacogdocties with the
Stribling Funeral Home of this c ty
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Goldsberry retired from the
furniture business in Nacogdochcs
about nine years ago and moved to
Alto and had resided here since
that time. Had he lived until to-
F. E. Weimar, Jake Hamitton
J. D. Boone.
Ftoat — Mrs. Brum Brunt
Mrs. Henry Payne.
Refreshment—Ban ! Mothers.
Purchasing—C. A. Gipson, J. F.
Cosper and Jake Hamilton.
Band—John Br 'thcrs and C. A.
rctr crs were Sam Traitor of Atto.
B. D. Luce and Realty Bennett of
Wells, the tatter betng a co!"i'eit
man.
None of the men in the )95'0 Foi .
ere seriousty injured, but weir
[bruised up considerably. Traitoi
mil) received head injuries and Benn.t'
suffered a wrcnchcd back.
3*^ [{ n, stribiing and O. T. Alien &
ambutances carried .he in-
NEW HX'HiRES
INSTALLED IN
POST OFFICE
! Son
morrow (Friday) he would have GjpcQr)
) ''ionat press reports came out
- itiv ttiat United States Senator
m Johnson would likely be
n to lead the Democrats in the
S. Senate when Congress con-
. Senator Johnson has stated
he did not know wheth r he
t accept the responsibility or
He stated further that Demo-
Senators would have to sub-
o to some of the measures ad- '
d by Prcsident-elcct Eisen-
'r. as he believed in these
himself. Strange how an
'tiche eiec'.ion can make a man
n!y change his mind.
DISTRICT 19-A CALENDAR
Results Last Week:
Atto 7, Trinity 0
Woodviilc 40. Lovetady 7.
Gtoveton 7. Grapeland 7.
Elkhart 13. Madisonvitle 0.
Games This Week
MadisonviHe at Atto.
Rusk at Trinity.
Grapetand at Lovelady.
Etkhart at Groveton.
*Woodvitte at Jasper.
*D. notes non-conference
District Standings
game.
PPROACH!NG
CARRIAGE SET
OR NOV. 16
' tind Mrs. T. B. Zurborg of
' ^ hburn St., Houston, are an-
ng the marriage of their
Katherine Darhne, to'
* ul Ball, son of Mr. and i
D'li Bat! of Alto.
couple will be married on
'"*r 16 at the home of the
Parents.
W
L
T
Pt. Op.
Groveton ..
5
t
t
142
38
Grapetand -
4
2
1
82
33
Rusk
4
?
1
145
69
Alto
4
3
0
60
29
Etkhart
4
3
0
94
39
MadisonviHe
3
3
1
104
87
Woodvitle --
4
4
0
07
98
Trinity
3
5
0
74
79
Lovetady --
0
7
0
to
346
MEXICAN SUPPER
to the Methodist
!"nday night. November
' ''ctock, get all the chili and
you can eat for 50 cents,
'"d by the Woman's Society
tian Service.
"u have two real friends, you
Preaching At
Lynches Chapel Sunday
Next Sunday. November 16. is
the preaching day for the Lynches
Chapel Methodist Church. Church
school begins at lOtOO and morning
worship at 11:00 a. m. Evening sor-
Clmrch! vices wit) begin at 6:45 p
17 [Everyone is urged to attend,
you in Church Sunday.
Dan Rynum. Pastor.
reached the age of eighty years.
He was an active member of the
First Methodist Church and Down-
town Bible Ctass and rarely ever
missed a service from either one.
He was also happy and active in
social affairs of the city, and his
untimely d ath caused much sor-
row in this immediate section
where he had become well known
and loved as a citizen.
Besides his wife. Mrs. Lurline
Goldsberry, he is survived by three
brothers. Frank Goldsberry. Nacog-
doches, Jake G 'tdsberry, Wooden,
and Roy Goldsberry, Houston; two
sisters. Mrs. Sam Thomas. San Au-
gustine, and Mrs. Arthur Witson,
Chireno.
Out-of-town relatives and friends
Op. Pet. here for the funeral included: Mr.
786 and Mrs. Ftetchcr Witson. Mr. and
643 Mrs. C. E. Hammer, Longview; Mrs.
643 Bettic Evans, Ralph Evans, and
572 Oma Dultin. Lancville; Mr. and
572 Mrs. Glenn Spencer and sons, Dal-
500 !as: Mr. and Mrs. Allen Foster,
501' Houston: Mrs. Johnnie Stovall and
375 Mrs. A. Britton. Pittshurg: T. J.
000 Fugter, Port Arthur; Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. Hopson and sons. Carthage:
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wilson.
Chireno; Char'.ie B. Wntkins. Mi.
and Mrs. John Merriwether. Mr.
and Mrs. Gale Lec, Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H
Merriwether. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmic
Witliams. Nacogdoches; Mis. Ed
Wa'.kins, Douglass: Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Hodges. Jacksonville: Mrs.
Vernie Minter. Mr. and Mrs. A!oc
Black, Rusk.
Atl business men, church, school,
and civic organizations are request-
ed to have a float in the parade to
represent their particutar enter-
prises.
Several school bands from sur-
rounding towns have been invited
to participate in the parade.
CHEROKEE GROUP
NAME DELEGATES
TO CONVENTION
lured to the Rusk Memoriat Hos-
NO TICKETS ARE
BEING G!VEN ON
NEW AUTO LAW
Homer Garrison said recent!
Texas Highway Patrol is eontmu
. ing to warn violators of the aut
! inspection law but stiit has issu i
Mio tickets.
That approach witt be tised for
at teast a while longer, said the
j diree'or of the Department of Pub-
tic Safety. He notid that the warn-
ing system has been used
m.
Sec
' 'ing above average
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dean went to
Houston Tuesday, where the latter
went for a check-up by her phy-
sician. ^
——- t number of new automobite
J. E. Lott of New Summerfietd. such as th drivers' ticense !.m. jpnstoffice
and R. H. Chosnut and W. B. A few peop'e mas have con-
Northcutt of Jacksonvitle repre-jfu-ed the new la s wt'li the o " '
sented Cherokee County at thefer-tivc nntonnb:!c 1.'".
in Garrison said. Under the old !.m.
[ears did not have to be inspected
Tommv Hugghilis. of Atto. state hut drivers ciiid he given ticke.-.
District 9. at-, for -uch defect^as
Xt A -.k tin.s'i f'\tures an i 300
on.oblation lock boxes were in-
died in the At o pie. office this
week by L. E. Siv it and C. F.
alumni ..itii the postufficj depart-
iein in W tshineton. D. C.
The new .niprt'vemen s gives the
ocai 'otiiee a very neat appear-
ance. Th-. ftxtur.h are of the very
ta'c.-t '.c .n'l and type, and gives the
losta! cinptoy es conveniences hat
vii! speed the assorting of mails
ind serving the public most faster
and more efficient.
Postmaster Jim Thorn has re-
t]ues:ed the Herald to state that ho
,s very appreciative to the public
<n thetr pi ience and forbearance
iuring the past few days while the
dd fixtures were being torn out
md the new ones instalted. It has
nade dispensing the mail some-
vhat difficutt. but th. public has
iecn very nice during the time and
iave assisted in every way to make
the work lighter on the postal em-
ployees.
Air Thorn state I further '.hat the
I change over to the new boxes
'woutd be mad starting today, and
those who have mait boxes in :he
office can g t their new boxes and
1combinations if 'hey wilt catl at the
Texas Farm Bureau convention
San Antonio Nov. 10-12.
Jack Richardson, who is attend-
ing Tyler Commercial College in
Tyler, spent the week-end " hh
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jewet
Richardson.
representative fot
tended the convention also, and
went down severat days before thc
convention to hetp other ' ate di-
rectors with arrangements for the
conclave which brought togfher
delegates from all over thu state.
The Chei'okte delegation suppo'
etl proposed legislation f *' i
nure seeds act. it was announced.
Members of the Farm Hureao a a
r.eent meeting agreed that " '
seeds taw is meded to protect ia -
mers from "P'an.ng expe
eibbat'e seed and getting a ft"" r
^rden. An amendment tn thepnr.
resolution a-king foi ! '
being studt.d.
W.'ien sue
certification atso is
Mitter Sparkman left Sunday for
Marlin. wh.re he entered the Vet
erans Hospital for physical ^
jnation.
fautty brakes. )
h
Cotonet Garrison said. tickets
u-u.dtv arc given but they have
no'hiug to do with whether the car
has in inspection sticker.
"ff a patrotman tries to stop
som one and the guy can't stop,
f.ir ins:ance. beenu-e his brakes
^,,,'t uo,k. " Cotonet Garrison said,
-in. gets a ticket under the old
I,m'—no mitter whether he has a
sticker or not."
Cotonet Garrison added
there has been no change
enforcement po]icy o? the
and the tnspectton law hasn t af-
fcctod it.
Increasingly
un-
in-
LAST RITES
HELP FOR
ELIJAH JENKINS
that
in the
otd law
The world is an
tough p'acc for the gracious
suspecting and openty friendty
Funeral services for Etijah Jen-
kins. HI. we; hctd a: Lone Dove
ecmcici.s Thursday of tast week
with Hddic Johnston, minister of
the Jacksonville Church of Christ,
.fficiating. The Cherokee County
,ia ^' ti.d it his home on Route 2,
Rusk. Wednesday.
Survivors inctude two brothers,
W. H. Jenkins of Rusk and A J.
lenkins of Jarksonvitle; and a sis-
ter. Mtss tannic Jenkins o( Rusk.
Friends of Mrs. W. E. Baker wil!
be pteased to know !hnt she is re-
cuperating satisfactorily frhm an
operation performed Saturday at
the Nan Travis Hospital in Jack-
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