The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1952 Page: 1 of 10
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VOL. 30 EST. 1021 PRICE 10 CENTS
THE TAFT TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1952
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Country ! Planters Begin to Operate as Formers
a j | Keep Close Eye on Weather; Both
liaSSiaaaS Feed and Cotton Are Being Planted
Things have toon hand to
mouth at the Tribune this week.
Monday naming my "snow
jiird linotype operator didn t
show up tor work so in the
switch of men to get the lino-
type running we ended up with
out a printer. And just in ease
you think it hasn’t t>-cn cozy
you shotild see
big news pres
Th,- planter moved back on that if they don’t get their seed*
the .scene in Taft v.rmity the in the ground this week o^X
past faw days as farmers began early part of next week that
planting, rain or no rain. there won't be , ,
The majority of the planting; left m the ground
that seemt to have been done good stand and if ttfev
the first par of the week has to wait several week^fii »
been grain, however, cotton plant- ’ rain ,t will throw their crons
........... . «• ««’ running too with quite later than most want P
tkpv feeding tf> a hit being planted in the Odem-' __________
X Sodville area and a sprinkling' ---
g pew member ha been added ’vpr the entire area.
Most farmer.- agree that there
to our farm!
by name
named Dun.:
Chester T- IT
yippilW hit- I:
been th;» ut» i
it! the par,
the idea .
in the gara
mo awake
Contend th
-A puppy. Dumbo
all ■.f oio dogs are
- the young Man-
ru : ha i •silly been
he.oi fi at night. 1 ve
enimr put bun out
gt‘ but the kids veto
id tell me to sleep
e if tiie puppv k<'ep:i
And beside-: they
it the puppy aoesri t
;e«tms to be plenty moisture in
the ground to get rotten and
feed up ii iw and of course they
• '< keeping thru eyes on the
(Skies hoping for several inches
| of rain to keep the young plants
| going.
So IT
Coastal !®nd Water
Association Meets
In Taft Tuesday
Beets Shipped
From Toft Wed.
Brooks Beard shipped three
j carloads of beets from Taft yes
[ terday morning.
:S
These are the
first vegetables to be shipped
from Taft in two years He
plans to ship rarrots next week.
City Bond Passes Easfly 145 fa 35;
Plans Being Fomwiate* te Start1
Or* Engineering end Tex
;
m
w
tin
rly planters feel
bother then
From all over
clipping.; ■! picture
Eisenhower tally an*
Several pi11.i r • of
fork Rally U ru Nn
Family Niqhf
Show Planned
By Cage imp!,
The Cage Implement Company
Si. Louis papers havt reached
our desk sh* wing th<- “Taft for
Eisenhower” sign in th*- fore-
ground. Funny '.rung about thes
will -;••.!!-or a Family Party werc welcomed to Taft by City
at the Taft High School'Audit*)- c ommissiomer Hal Sanders. R.
, riuin n Thursday night. March ®ea*’fc supervisor of the Taft
|6 The program will begin at. water system, opened the meet-
John Voughal, an engineer
rom ,hc‘ Chicago Pump Com-
pany. spoke to a meeting of the
A’oa-:tal Ikmd Water and Sewer
Association when if held its re-
,r m-ntmy mt eting in Taft
Is** Tuesday night.
i^i, , I *£££? * <"» »
t*»m towns all over this areal________________________________________
gathered at Johnson’s cafe and; || g DOYIS Si”
designs As
j Church Pastor
The $200,000 city bond issuer built,
carried last Saturday by over a The city council bm
four-to one majority—154 to 35. ( pte[»# toward hiring an
The light vote did not s«•’■prise • tax expert to make a
most of the old-timer* in Taft as 1 check of all city p;
municipal elections are very poor I set their value# new:
vote drawers unless the issue is I present day values, 'Shis
extremely hot. What little op- j be necessary before aciy
position met the bond issue
seemed to stem from the fact
that there was not a definite
committment as to the sum of
money to be spent on each of
the several projects.
A meeting of the city water
board is being arranged for the
the University of Texas at mid-; “ latter part of this wek or the
term. She majored in cosiologv ' V , ... 1 ■ ■ 1 ‘ j first part of next week at which
and history, and was a member exh,bitIon m an lntra sguad | time in all probability an engi-
of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority! 8*™ e‘ ... . _ , ... . neer will be retained to begin
and Ashbel Literary Society. She j ?r g. *'a ’*! ® 1 s i the preliminary 'steps toward
.
fatra-Squad Sum
To Top Oil
Spring Football
Coach Woodroe
wilt
mt
Miss Cathleen Sparks received
, vww.-u niMuuc Petty
| conduct the ‘‘commencement’’
exercises
| ing this
spring train-
next Thursday
a Bachelor of Arts degree Ifom ! ll\,1 p8, V nU
tlie Univer.n-i/ ,.i T,., „* i n,8h‘* February 28. at 7:30 p. m.
could be sold ns the
valuation of the city will
•support th* present bulges
Mh TJwmujTtan? and:*»*■«"!» tot 4 jRw flgW FfiffilfsSS
ms#***
• - the smile that Coach Petty .—
is any indication of what kind
of team that Taft will have then
the fans can look forward to an-
other good year at “Hound Sta-
dium.
Tfhirty-five boys have been
working out regularly with
signs—II i.'i-.ci Easlerwood, Taft - 1 !i p- m and the public is invited ing, ! ’"'**'***w"* * **'"*w" others still due to report, which
rejgresen i.;r’.v- at t.i.e Ei unhowei . -'<ttend. Other Taft guests included ' R F Davis Sr minister ot'lA^t" rUt ® rocM er oarouri
raliv never *-t w,- to on*. .1 i Th-program will include Jean- Wm 4llcr G i 'the' ChuS of ChriS fb? «he •40 ^ by *,he t,me ,he sea*
r Jam*. - hat and viiinist: Cd kSPSK IP^t TU,, h« r^gnedey^^ill lose five
By th*- -i-i 5.1 h ,t* ; .‘. i.a! h«> ,!•> ' 1-> le, i.uigu al master of ----------------------- |his position here. He and Mrs. j wtennen off of last '-ear's eo
ar. interest: mi ,* ty to tell about“i'* ; Nino Sorrenti* ac- , Wn»wn!Wd pavis and R. E., Jr. will leave | district chamoionsWo tVnrn" but
- u, ; ‘..diam-s! Hal Plummer, the hu- ,7®"KP5TS i Mo^ay for Eastland where he “5Tetu m?r r lXrmen
t!m” ! t HT and ‘2 S145TJS2fDAY :T a«lptela fe Pnut0:r- Wi^! Coach Petty has strength in all
ii- •>. vintroliquwt and come- AT TAFT HIGH (the Church of Christ. He 1
(dian Thete will alio be two
Mme fa lift
Daring rmf Wmk
New residents
Taft
the r-il if he ever < ate
on hi; w : k . t the sair.
we catch up with our,.
this!
week include John A. Brown, ^ I
A. Bradoek, Jack Montgomery,1
H. W. Young and Jack Case.
Mr. Brown has moved into the
house on Tutt Avenue formerly
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Wilson. The Wilsons are now liv-
ing in one of the new houses
recently built by 1, JS, DeVilbiis
S®..
Miss Betty Jo Mills gr«:
from the University of T«gai
mid-term with a degrvw of bmm-
lor of fine arts. She has Mssejst-
*'•1 a position as teacher f.c%
in ine
m
Irwin Agrees To
Pcs ye Street
Between Schools
_ ..... I come and bring the family.
C*.>mn«5si'.'iner R.<uhf Irwin met I js frtH.
with th- Taft School hoard last!
Friday in an ttempt to help J -----------------
fhi'in tneit j - iblern of w h:. t . ?****•#* * * * i? k*
to do with th- street between; **’ . ' fiAVfc
the present campu: ami the new SCOUTING MANUAL
school building. It lias been' PUBLISHED SOON
suggested that this street be i
lle i departments to fall back on.
hri!-,™Z” i;i£p^
,F t rim Inteniationnl Harvester to start at Taft High School j local church there have been 2fl j Rndst Harold Coats, Royce Me-
\hw'ewf ‘n. this area. It te MomUy Very little will additions to the church, they DomM m Maldonado, Robert mt> of ih„ new rhld
&Js-i^isrsisr* **» ^
^ *• *«“• W- ,* S.«„. Johnnyi
on the highway east cf Taft 'r ‘
end Mrs. Broddock mov- ** « member of Oer»^.
sitStt
He is a Reynolds) employee. M ,* S
Jack Montgomery baa bought wMm
and
It. following he hopes to have the build a new church,
.team it shape to begin some Mrs. Davis, both of whom »r*' GiUetand Henry Messer
practice games. musicians, have trained a group! n^h Hi’ h ' *
--------------------------- i of young folks in singing md Qu^ds ^ Beauchamp,
35 ATTEND CANCER i Ruda,fo Garcia, Jimmy Bnrgan-
MEETING FRIDAY iSfSL thr0ue°ut i Marvin Harrelka, and Bobby
! ___ ____ i Joe Pressley.
There was an attendance of i «„««««« nAnqif »x;n j Center: Rudy Medina, Bill
.33 at the Cancer Society meet-' uBULiURl•TUR1 LAiill Greenwood and Doug Murray.
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curbed and paved from curb! R- M. Nutt was honored this -13 at the Cancer Society meet-. nnA»rt*Ai»
to curb. Com Ir win told •••-h.joi i week when, the national head- *iere Friday in the educa-(.LIONS CLUBS SPONSOR
officials that he tor-d ready' to j quarters of Boy Scouts wrote to tioftii! building of the Methodist' PHREE-ACT PLAY
5ixjir. »• «* -
ters. I of scouting that Mr. Nutt has
This falls in line with his! compiled out of his wide ex-
falls in
committment to the city to re ■ Penene<- 1,1 boy scout work,
surface Victoria Street,' provid- j About a year ago Mr. Nutt
mg the city installs the needed j compiled a manuel dealing with
curbs and gutters on both sides. I different scout ceremonies. This
! work was merneographed and
the registration.
In addition to
Linn, field representative of the
and that of Portland will Jointly
Miss Gertrude ' *P°™>r « ttoee-act comedy, Cra-
zy Daze, at the Gregory-Pert-
Quarterbacks: Bud Compton,
Joe Mauch, Kenneth Brittian and
Buster Becker.
Half Backs: Baygon Hamilton,,
Ronnie Owens, Young Sam Jen-
kins, Adolfo Galindo, Allen Mut-
chler, Larry Gabert, Roy Domiu
moved here from Sir,ton
Mr and Mrs. H. W. Young
and daughter are living in the
Arden Mires house on Second
Street. He is employed by Cen-
tral Power and Light Company
as a service man .
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Case moved
here from Corpus Christ! end
have Rev. G. B. Strkkler’s apart
merit. He fa linotype operator
at The Tribune.
Morel 3 f»
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Funeral Services Held
Texas Division of the American' j£nd..Ifj,lh gjug, Edward Gonzales and Jim j For McCreary Infant
Cancer Society, Dr. Harold Grif-1 With’er’
HAROLD MASSEY
TO ACCOMPANY
SCOUTS TO CANADA
a tar
bound by the Taft American Le- J arrangements for Dr. Grif- ^ Crippled Childrens Hospital U8® ®rayt*>*
| gion and is currently being loan- j!in t0 *Peak [at Kerrville. Members of the1 TZ 7
led out to scouters ali over this) “ *— ;cast will be local people. j« Ff A HOyi Attend
I area. Recently the work found J. W. Albln Attends ! In connexion with ' the same j San Antonio Exposition
Har„M v u , , its way into national headquatc:s jHoucton Meeting 'program there will be crowned( Sixteen members
Haroid h Massey, local scout and they thought the material JMelting ‘
commissioner.
1 a king and queen of Mothergoose ; Chapter of
of the Taft
Future Farmers of
jyiiiii , , w ai' three j original enough to put into book! J, W Albin left Tuesday morn-. Land. This will be for pre- j America attended the Livestock
ran* to “ tu, acvtT ing for Houston to attend theIM* —1 ----1
nui» r * «P’?.rt ‘ }>toU*8 *roin th* Mr. Nutt fa applying this week j annual meeting of the Federal
wZk V- .on to tw?‘ tor a copyright on the work in j Land Bank. He te president of
’* ,rip mt,) Canada preparation to turning it over to jSinton National farm Loan As-
ano activities committee,
sociatum. He fa to return Thurs-
day night
school children and they may ■ Exposlfttm in San Antonio Sat-
be registered with Mrs. C. A, unlay. They were accompanied
Broughton. j by their practice teacher, Mr.
There will be a parade in Ore- (Shaffer, Mr. Milne of Canada
gory, Portland and surrounding and Mika Ford, who drove the
towns: this Saturday afternoon, bus.
.■ --^ssssm
Texas Education Week,
» through March % wflt bw sb*!|Lt
served in the Taft sebodte. Opfttj Sfi
houae, storting at J.-St w®
held Monday night, Mareh
A band concert will be the JSmk» inf1
tore of Friday night, Mardfe ,. it'sSS
and C»ge Implement will 'aas**- mMMt
a family night progrem Th.wn-
day night. Programs aw bote
planned tor Tuesday and Wwf- fwls
neoday nights, and will Le «*»• U&g'j
nounced next week. Sw--il
All churches will observe .tfet-
aattoa Week on Sunday, M«r*?& 'W0M
1, an effort will be made to gt-ir - MSI*
every wdtool child, reganSMu
age, to attend seme Cbttnrte <w- ; $fgf§B
' vice during the day. •• ‘:
nounced thfa week. ’ Sloans Attend
The tnp will be from June 25 j Nephew’s Funeral
to July The boys will ‘jump j
off from Charles L Sommers Mr *nd Mrs- J- ®* sloan a!,d
wi'(Jerness Canoe Bare near Ely \ Wa!!-V' •** >n 01n«f today to
Minn., m Superior National For-jattt>a<* th« *uneral service* for
«t. They will go term Wp : her nephew. Jerry Harrod, who
by chart* red bus I was drowned on December 8.
Thirty boys, in addition to the 1 J'“rr-V a!oni? wlth f“ur friends,
leaders, will make the trip iwere tf*Whg on Lake Texonna
Twenty -seven boy have already Swhen their bMt capsized. Four
made reservations for the trio 1°* the iive drowned and
So« must be Exolorers 15 years 1 Jwry’* ^ was >ust recovered
old or over, inP good phvlutai ‘»te week
condition and have a satifactory
tockground in camping
C. C, Carroll Is
Four boy* hum Taft have
tded reservations: Karl Mount,
&S *S-*SuSb,SS «| Elected President
'I ‘3_ j Ot Mid-way Co-op
i. barrow speaks
Portiand Fire Alarm
lr.
TO Rnclish CLASS ' A stockholders' annual meet*
*’• L. Barrow »poke to the »«S of th* Mjdway Gia and
Sate.-* Senior English\^aZ2K£ZZ^L?t
morning. ‘Getting
i review m u«s yctu a uua»
given In the election of three
directors, Fay Crite*, B. S. Ivey
and C C. Carroll whose teuiis
expired, were re-elected,
in or near A board re-orgaalzatioo meet-J
n« number.*; ing was held Thursday afternoon.}
ill ,,ut ;hc C C. Cairo.!! was elected pre-|
i iiv Dt-part- sidcrit: Max Floerke, or,, vice
•’ president; Fay Critcs, secretary-
: treasun-F,
’ plans fi>r mming season
l were* isk?!>cU3&*MN$> Both
! the Co-op will be in Up-lap con-
| ditiofi, wilh
| machinery' for nawUto* polled a»
| well a* picked cottoto
rt land
Funeral services were tenta-
tively set for today at Bastrop
[ for Uw infant son of Mr. and
i Mrs. Jack McCreary Young
William Henry McCreary was
bom on February 10 in an Auu-j .*■. *.* c**u***** ,** v/aaiaxxMrss
ranging the program. GtfiMf. %$$$>
McCle&ry lived i members ere S. L Woodaom imr- }«
,/« A, C. Tutt. 4-M0
AcMeveuwart tent and 't Q kted- -
results wUl be wvel'dpi &
parents visiting Green, Amtmir-i.
1 School
ruary 19.
Mr. .and Mrs,
in Taft until two day# before
their toby was born.,
®«* Supper To Be Held
At Sdsool Felt,, 2f
The Sophomore Class of Taft (SCOUT LEAJDWS
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■ wm
^iweuSd to* b® *,V*a tm ^lOtetrict Cub Per to to to.iMMiUM
I There w*H to a dance in the™’ ^
cafeteria after the box supper, -/**»«*” ''** T ■■ tcmtwt
‘ venta at 9:30 A. U. with a JMM
i to pi*» the &nmml
CW» Sc«ls Give
Rotary Program Taesdby
pi
Pas
Bill Schmidt, local Cub Scout
J committeeman, was in charge of
| the program for the meeting of
j the Rotary Club Tuesday, and
{discussed Cubbing in Te.it, gtv-
Jmg an outline of the duties' af
sponsors. One Cub from each
of the four dons of Fack 43
attended. They were Gales* £m-
mewss, AJ Tasch, Bill Schmidt,
Jr. and Eddie Wallace.
hnSgten
•Si
CLOTHING DRIVE
RESET FOR MONDAY
men;
671
3»6
DAYS
Jfofo* Fwd Store
■* B* Evenule
NIGHTS
Beauty Shop «g|
Jbeatre m
' w iFire MondudjlSl
has torn
ruary 25
through downtown tngteeide. Wi0
mommy will be taken up m W0-
going through a game am Vimtim
the Adventure fml SsHb tsa*'
will receive a “silver mBm?? mf
participating ia each af
eeente. naan toy!: w^,
spread Mr sack bavAss*
ground with #h*r feleud?
oafonte
Afteraoaai ekralg will
“Cub rtre ■ n-ftf-i tms
58 yard dash, 100 yatdi ahni-'x - 8 *.,*4i
toy, high jump, toned
tosetoB Bmir, # teggefl a#f *f£-m *1
fare ni mud the teig-u-nwr. *
pennon t wiB to anted ttet
tse tugntet tosal
•$ill trmci md field avseidni
ing will he a fljjt
Attgndfog frot* Tsfi
it Mayo, sis. Writ l&Mt
DIRECT BUSINESS OF CO-OP—Otrecto.rs of the Midway Gin and Grain Storage Co-
rrattve Thursday elect" 1 officers to head the busintaa for Iht- coming year. Sbown
The drive to secure clothing
for underprivileged cMldnai
wltich was scheduled by the
Kiwanfc Club for Xmt Monday
jsot test Monday, Feb-; Mocre, Mg* r.
There will be twoi meeaer K A- Wa^ipt %
trucks to pick up tide article# 1R. Decberd. Mrs. W. A
anti »h« boy neoute wi>! help tnfSIfo. *1. 'efaiStene, JdS#
the drive. lltirt-'s' WM-.
——-——— ------ iBsgte- Olisst is§m f H
»?ovr7»e/t%o"n«ht} are: W. S. AUert, matoger; C. C, CaawlL pyrafalwt;' F*y Cntcs,,
McttforthinMiinr; and M«s Flaerke, Jr, vice mwkknt 8 k Ivey, Crite* and C*r-
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