The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1964 Page: 1 of 7
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STONEWALL YARBOROUGH*
Sc
ee Buzz Saw
PHONE CH 6-3979
VOLUME I, NUMBER 40
KOUNTZE, HARDIN COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1964
BIG THICKET MUSEUM PLANS
See
Page 6
Buzz Sow
If John Kennedy had been from
Texas and knew Senator Ralph
Yarborough as Texans know him,
I am sure he would have included
him in his list of statesmen whose
public activities show that he had
an unusual amount of courage.
Can you remember the cam-
paign of 1952? Do you remember
the straggley crew that gathered
to hear Ralph Yarborough in Sils-
bee'and Kountze in that cam-
paign? He was going all over
Texas warning the people of the
perfidity of Allan Shivers who was
still posing as a Democrat. He
stood there in the sun before the
Hardin Drug Store and talked sense
with the people. He warned us
that Allan Shivers was leading
the Democratic Party of Texas
down the primrose path to repub -
licanism. Many were fooled...
but not the people of this county.
In that election 12 years ago,
Judge Yar bo rough beat Allan
Shivers in Ha •din County 3 to 1.
This was a pretty good feat when
you remember he was running a
neighbor-from Jefferson County
to the South or Tyler County to
the North-depending on which
Texas home Allan was claiming
at that time.
Do you remember the election
of 1954-particularly the run-off
election between Shivers and
Yarborough that year? In the first
primary Shivers raised the racial
issue for the first time in Texas .
He worked Yarborough over but
was still able to win without a a
run-off. In that run-off, Shivers
pulled out the stops. That was
the campaign of the "Big Lie" -
the campaign of the Port Arthur
Story. You remember, don't you?
Yarborough's supporters were
communists or communists dupes.
The Reds would take over if
Ralph Yarborough was elected .
Well, the people of Texas were
not as mature as the people of
Hardin County. Although Yar-
borough carried Hardin County
overwhelmingly, he lost the race
by a small margin.
Do you remember the campaign
of 1956? This time we had another
neighbor - Price Daniel from Liberty
County-yet, Hardin County stood
by the leader of Texas Democrats.
During all these Eisenhower
years, Ralph Yarborough was the
only Texas politician who stood
up for the Party of Jefferson, Jack-
son, Roosevelt and Truman. There
were other lukewarm Democrats,
but none like Yarboro ugh who
stood against the erosion of the so-
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VILLAGE CREEK
PHILOSOPHER
18111
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Pictured above are the members of the newly organized Big Thicket Historical Society.
Standing; Rep. Emmett Lack, Rev. Leon Unger, Mrs. Laurel Mitchell, Mrs. W. E. Coon,
Mrs. D. V. Oliver, Mrs. W. E. Jordan, D. V. Oliver, W. E. Coon, Harold Filligim. Seat-
ed • Lance Rosier, Mrs. Peggy Foster, and Ca'rl Sory. (PINE NEEDLE STAFF PHOTO)
RENNIE HOME
COMING QUEEN
Sims was an outstanding sight
Kiddie Kat K i nd e r ga r d e n
with Mrs. 'Mary Willis and stu-
dents were* 1 next.
Others were the FHA float
listing the qualifications neces-
sary for success in life; cheer-
leaders on Wallace Amason
car were Dana Hillyer, Dymp-
thea Flowers, Barbara Herring-
ton, Nancy Williford, Faylene
Phillips and the cute little girl
riding with the cheerleaders
was Burlena Phillips,.
The Pep Squad was riding on
carsdrivenby Roy Langston and
Winston Richardson was driving
the Western Auto Entry on which
some of the members of the Pep
Squad were riding on. The FFA
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Editor's note; The Village
Creek Philosopher on his Fire
Ant Farm on Village Creek dis-
cusses without settling die Viet
Nam problem this week.
Dear editar:
I guess you've noticed that
Viet Nam has crowded out die
farm problem as an issue in the
Presidential race and I think I
know the reason why.
Nobody knows the answer to
either problem but Viet Nam is
alotfurdier away and if nobody
has die answer to a bunch of
problems, the one furtherest
away is the one to pick.
Speaking of die farm problem,
I read the other day that a pol-
itical speaker campaigning for
one of the main candidates said
his man didn't have the answer
to the farm problem but if elect-
ed he would appoint a commit-
tee of leading farmers to sit down
and figure out a workable pro-
gram.
I don't believe the candidate
knew this man was going to say
that.
In the first place, if any farmers
leading ones or not, knew what
kind of program would work
they'd have suggested it long
ago. The last thing a farmer
would want to do is offer a sol-
ution to the farm problem him-
self. It's one thing to wake up
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The 1964Kountze Homecom-
ing parade was lead by L. C.
Kirk and Jerry Read who carried
the state and American flag.
Also leading the parade was
Pennie Christian
the fire truck.
Kountze Band led by Barbara
Blessing, Drum Major, and
twirlers, Margaret James, Lin-
da Traugott, Jennifer Selman.,
Gayle Moore, and Mahala
THE NEEDLE
EDITOR____________JAMES C. JENNINGS
PICTURE EDITOR________THOMAS BEAN
Published every Thursday at Kountze, Hardin County,
Texas, by The Pine Needle Publishing Company
P. O. BOX 127
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Jennings, James C. The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1964, newspaper, October 8, 1964; Kountze, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662753/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar University.