The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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Band director resigns; hired by Daingerfield
A game of musical chairs
this week has left Pewitt
school temporarily without a
band director.
White Oak's band director
resigned last week and that
Class A school hired the mu-
sic director at Daingerfield.
The Daingerfield school
board Tuesday night hired Bill
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Goodson and that left Pewitt
school with no one holding
the baton.
A canvass of the Pewitt
board Monday, however, indi-
cated a majority of the trus-
Monitoring
MAIN
STREET
Somebody started the tale a
long time ago that it doesn't
rain often enough because a
congregation doesn't pay the
preacher well enough.
Maybe it was a preacher
that started the story.
But paying the preacher
hasn't got a thing in the world
to do with it raining. Anybody
knows that.
The problem is not near
that simple nor that easy cur-
ed. It's this technological age
and the bad habits we've de-
veloped with it.
Old-timers used to like to
recall the World War II years
and the heavy rains then.
It was all of those rifles be-
ing fired and the artillery
shells going off. They disturb-
ed the elements and caused it
to rain almost every day, folks
said.
This hot, dry summer also
is man-made. Or, if you want
to be real accurate about it,
it is a result of man's negli-
gence.
Technology figured into it
only to the extent that the
air conditioner and the tele-
vision set were contributing
factors.
A few years ago. the older
natives liked to git and spin
yarns about the extreme cold
and the extreme hot. They
were referring to the 1800's.
Now you hardly ever hear
anyone refer to how hot ancl
dry it was before 1950. The
yarns now are about 1954 and
1956.
If you'll think back, tele-
vision and air conditioning
were getting pretty common
then and the weather has been
going from bad to worse ever
since.
The weather is as much con-
trolled by nature as a flower
bed. Neglect either one of
them and they go to pot and
Johnson grass.
Before air conditioning and
television, most every family
retired in the cool of the eve-
ning to the rocking chair or
the porch swing and sat and
reflected on the fate of the
world.
Contemplating outside like
that, a man could keep his
eye on the elements and know
first hand when it thundered
or when there was a ring
around the moon, or whether
or not the big dipper was in
a position to hold water.
Those signs were depend-
able. They had to be.
A man who could look at
the haze in the northwest at
sunset and correctly forecast
a heavy rain for the next
morning could put off his
getting up time and loll around
*W?eci unt" *'ve> content 'n
t£«|knowledge that it would
tjir^o wet to plow.
His children now sit inside
cool homes and listen to some-
thing they call a staff meter-
ologist talk knowingly about
frontal systems, occlusions,
high and low pressure sys-
tems, and barometric pres-
sures.
They never get right down
to the nub of the thing and
say it's going to rain like the
dickens, or it's going to be an-
other scorcher.
Staff meterologists have al-
ready proved they can't be
trusted to forecast rain when
it's needed.
Every man ought to go look
at the clouds in the west for
himself every evening at sun-
down and do his own forecast-
ing. '
It's his duty.
tees would agree to release
Goodsop from his contract
here even at this late date in
order that he could accept the
higher paying Daingerfield
position.
Goodson submitted his res-
ignation Wednesday to H. R.
Hamilton, Pewitt superinten-
dent.
He served for four years as
Pewitt music director, twice
as long as any other person
who has held the job.
Naples water shortage eased
BILL GOODSON
A new 40,000 gallon storage
tank has been built in South
Heights and city officials ex-
I pect it to relieve the city's
I water shortage for the year.
The new tank, being built
next to an old one by Nation-
al Tank Company of Long-
view, will go into operation
Friday or Saturday of this
week.
W. L. Dodson, water super-
intendent, said the tank had
to be cleaned and disinfected
before water from it could be
turned into the mains.
The new tank will bring to
296,000 gallons the total stor-
age for Naples.
The water department has
recorded about 600,000 gallons
a month increase in use this
year over the same period last
year.
The Community Inn, a new
service station, another auto-
matic laundry, the Redbud Re-
treat, medical and dental clin-
ics, two new low rent housing
projects and 20 new residences
have caused a big increase in
the demand for water.
Dodson said the city wells
are holding up very well and
the available storage tanks
are filling at night. However,
during the day, the demand
drains the storage tanks.
The new tanks, he said, will
use the wells to their maxi-
mum and should provide wa-
ter enough for all users.
The Naples MONITOR
MERRIT NICEWANDER
Midshipman
on training cruise mmm
in Mediterranean
VOLUME 79
79 years oid . . and new every week
NAPLES, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUG. 13, 1964
NUMBER 4
Midshipman First Class Mer-
rit H. Nicewander, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan A. Nicewander
of route 3, Naples, is aboard
the nuclear powered guided
missile cruiser USS Long
Beach for a midshipman train-
ing cruise in the Mediterran-
ean with the Sixth Fleet.
He is receiving practical
training in seamanship, gun-
nery, navigation and ship-
board routine in preparing
for duties as a naval officer.
Long Beach is a part of the
world's first nuclear powered
task force which includes the
nuclear powered aL car-
rier USS Enterprise and nu-
clear powered guided missile
destroyer USS Bainbridge.
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Last caii for
reserve seats
Pewitt Brahma football
fans who had reserve
seats last year must claim
them by Saturday of this
week if they want them.
If they don't, the seats
will be sold to someone
else starting Monday.
The stadium will have
more reserve and general
admission seats this sea-
son than last.
The tickets are on sale
at the office of the high
school principal, A. T.
Brian.
Lone Star, union reach agreement
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Brahmas begin
work Monday
The first sign of fall arrives
here next week.
The Pewitt Brahma football
herd takes to the field Mon-
day to make a long hot sum-
mer even worse with twice a
day workouts.
Coaches Fielding Huddle-
ston and Howard Carver will
start the boys at 7:30 a.m.
Monday and then be back on
the field at 6:30 for an eve-
ning session.
That schedule, except on
Wednesday when the second
workout will begin at 4 p.m,
will be continued until the
first day of school Aug. 31.
Huddleston said he expects
a squad of about 40 to report
next week. If it does, that will
be one of the largest groups
of candidates the school has
ever had.
However, the team lost only
three boys by graduation from
the 31 who were out last year.
With a couple of other losses
for other reasons, about 26
experienced hands are expect-
ed.
The Brahmas, with three
seniors on the squad, won 11
games, tied one and lost one
last year.
That record carried the
team to the State Class AA
ASCS community
committeemen
are nominated
Nineteen persons have been
nominated to serve as ASCS
community committeemen.
They are H. H. Boozer,
Frank I. Cline, Joe Fulcher,
A. L. Gray, W. C. Sullivan and
Fred Vissering Jr. for Com-
munity A, Alvie Houston, H.
B. Knight, Lloyd Justiss, J. H.
Minor, J. B. Old and J. C.
Traylor for Community B, and
G. E. Cason Harold T. Con-
nor, J. G. Dalby, Maxwell P.
Floyd, Adron Justiss, James
H. Littlefield and Frank S.
Odell for Community C.
Ballots will be mailed to
farmers on Aug. 27 and they
must be returned to the Mor-
ris county ASCS office at
Daingerfield by Sept. 8.
quarter-finals.
The team is top-ranked in
District 13AA this year and
one forecaster, Texas Football
magazine, ranked the Brah-
mas second in the state this
year behind Winters in the
Class AA field.
The Brahmas will have
three weeks to get in shape
for the opening game against
Linden-Kildare, ranked tops
in District 14AA by Texas
Football.
The game on the Brahma
field is expected to draw the
largest crowd ever to sit in
Pewitt stadium.
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Lone Star Steel and United Steelworkers offi-
cials are shown above as they signed an agree-
ment late Tuesday afternoon. Seated are How-
ard Jensen, left, vice president, general coun-
sel and secretary for Lone Star Steel, and Ed-
die Ball, district representative for the union.
On the back row from the left are R. C. Mac-
Donald, vice president, operations, and D. H.
Abernathy, industrial relations director, Lone
Star Steel; and Loren Brantley, steelworkers'
district representative, and M. L. Anglin. pres-
ident of Local 4134.
Area tax assessors hold workshop here
Tax assessors from an area
extending from Lufkin to Tex-
arkana held a workshop ses-
sion at the Naples Communi-
ty Inn Tuesday
They were members of the
East Texas Chapter of the
Texas Association of Assess-
ing Officers.
Included were tax assessors
of cities, school districts, and
county and state taxing units.
Twenty-five attended the ses-
sions and were served lunch
between morning and after-
noon discussions.
The workshop was a discus-
sion of finding and evaluating
personal property and was
presented bv the Tyler tax of-
fice officials.
Omaha Mayor A. L. Boozer,
Mrs. Ike Carruth of Omaha.
H. R. Hamilton. Naples Mayor
Rex Allen, Mrs. Charles Wom-
ack. Pewitt school tax as-
sessor and collector, and Wal-
ter Gates, delinquent tax at-
torney for Pewitt school and
the City of Naples, attended
the meeting.
CAR IN WHICH HAMMONDS WAS KILLED
Omaha man killed in wreck early Saturday
William Coy Hammonds, 22
year old Omaha man, was kill-
ed early Saturday morning in
a car wreck near Omaha.
A companion in the car,
James Perry Peace, 22, also of
Omaha, was hurt but was in a
satisfactory condition at St.
Michael's Hospital in Texar-
kana.
The car in which the two
were riding struck a concrete
bridge on Highway 259 about
five miles north of Omaha.
Hammonds was pronounced
dead on arrival at the David
Granberry Memorial Hospital
here.
Highway Patrolman Peyton
Evans said the two men were
driving home from Oklahoma
when their car struck the
bridge abutment about 2 a.m.
Both were brought to the
Naples hospital and Peace was
given emergency treatment
and then transferred to Tex*
arkana.
Evans was assisted in his
investigation by Morris county
Deputy Sheriff Dick Lawings.
Funeral services for Ham-
monds were held at 3 p.m.
Sunday at the Omaha Bap-
tist Church with the Rev. Clif-
ford Longino officiating.
Burial was in the Omaha
Cemetery.
He is survived by his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Coy Ham-
monds of Omaha: five sisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Stacks of
Garland, Paula Kay Ham-
monds, Carolyn Hammonds
and Jo Lynn Hammonds, all
of Omaha; his grandmothers,
Mrs. Mary Charlton and Mrs.
Myrtle Hammonds, both of
Omaha; and a number of
aunts and uncles.
Labor peace apparently has
been ensured for the next 13
months at the Lone Star Steel
plant in Morris county.
Union and company offi-
cials reached an agreement
Tuesday on a package of
fringe benefits asked a few
weeks earlier by Local 4134 of
the LTnited Steelworkers of
America.
The coi tract, as amended
by the agreement this week,
wili continue in effect until
Sept. 7, 1965.
Both sides were pleased
with the negotiated settle-
ment.
Union President M. L. An-
glin expressed satisfaction on
behalf of the local union offi-
cers and negotiating commit-
tee, and said he hoped that
the future relations of the
company and union will con-
tinue on the same basis.
The agreement re-affirms
the contract expiration date
and consists of improvements
of the pension plan, insurance
plan, supplemental unemploy-
ment benefit plan, and an in-
crease in regular vacations.
Specifically, the new agree-
ment provides:
Vacations: Bargaining unit
employees who have between
10 and 15 years of service
will receive an additional half
week's paid vacation. Employ-
ees whose service is over 25
years will receive an addition-
al half week's pay. Effective
date is Aug. 1. 1964.
Insurance: Basic life pack-
age raised from $6,000 to $6,«
500. Weekly sickness and ac-
cident benefits raised from
846.50 to $53.50. Maximum
days in hospital raised from
120 to 365. Effective date is
Sept. 1. 1964.
Pension plan: New program
permits certain employees to
retire at an earlier age in case
of shut downs or physical dis-
ability. Effective immediately.
SUB: One cent per hour
added to the company's con-
tingency contribution. Effec-
tive Sept. 1. 1964.
The contract was signed by
Ed Ball and Loren Brantley,
district representatives, M. L.
Anglin. president, and mem-
bers of the negotiating team
for the union, and Howard
Jensen, vice president, gener-
al counsel and secretary, and
Dave Abernathy, industrial re-
lations director, for the com-
pany.
"For every men who
live* to be 85, there are
seven women — but by
then if« too late."
Car struck bridge abutment
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