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Published Weekly Since 1882 in Polk County, Texas — Pin# Capital of Texas
The post-season bowl games
are history for another year,
most of us came out unscathed"
from the long holiday season,
and now we can settle down to
what wf all look forward to
as a happy and prosperous new
y ear.
If not prosperous .in . any
other way, the new year is at
least starting off with an over-
abundance of rain and dreary
weather, with the sun hardly
showing through on any of the
first fix days of 1960.
And speaking of the rainfall
thus fir this year, you will no-
tice on this page a rainfall
chart for the past 9 years
which Tlas been. prepared by
and released through the cour-
tesy of A. W. Orr, our local
weather observer.
Orr stated, in giving,us this
chart, that he had had many
requests in recent weeks for
such a chart so that local citi-
zens might get a picture of the
rai nfal I for the past nine years.
The reason for this is due to
the mentioning of the past nine-
year average in some^of the
weekly reports Orr supplies the
Polk County Enterprise with,
and the readers are interested
in making their own compari-
son.
The dreary weather we have
been experiencing, this year
has certainly opened the door
to colds and 'flu in this area
with almost everyone you talk
to having had one or both, or
at least soiqe member of their
family coming down with an at-
tack.
And, then, there are the virus
diseases, which are too /numer-
ous to mention here, which
have been taking their toll of
work days.
When the viruses began to
appear on the medical scene,
each was named, but appar-
ently, the medical world has
given up trying to name them
and just giving all the common
name of "virus”.
The virus bug came home
to my family this week, as
both Bette and myself were
down with it Tuesday, and, al-
though I had apparently gotten
to my case in time, Bette was
hardest hit and still fedling
way below par Wednesday.
I’ll say one thing for the
"bug”, it takes all the starch"-
out of you, and lifting a hand
to do anything is like lifting a
sick of feed. Talk about blue
Monday, Wednesday was the
blue day around the Kirgan
household.
Fortunately, and I‘knock on
wood, the children have missed
it and hope they, and every-
one else who has yet to en-
counter it, just don’t.
Mrs. P. R. Stripling, better
known to her friends as Tom-’
mie of Tommie’s Feminine*Ap-
parel in Livingston, tells us
she is pfenning another style
review and night of.entertain-
ment to be held early in March.
Those of you who attended
the review last year will well
remember the beautiful styles
of women’s apparel shown as
well as the unusual and de-
lightful entertainment.
Tommie says the location-has
yet to be chosen, but announc-
es #i*t Mrs. Edd Peebles will
again be in charge of the en-
tertainment-and a bigger, bet-
ter, and completely different
show from anything ever pre"
sented in Livingston will be
in store for those attending.
The date of the shew is set
for March 17 and, according
to Tommie, has been set early
due to the Aprn date of
Easter this year.
Trailers Must
Have Certificates
Of Title For Plates
W. L. Carlton, Cotinty Tax As-
sessor-Collector, soys that certi-
ficates of title are “old hat” to
owners of motor vehicles and
house trailers.
Now trailers over 4000 pounds
most be titled too, to conform to a
new law. *'
Serial numbers and ownership
proof may cause delay, so Carlton
urges that trailer owners apply
now to avoid last minute disap-
pointment at re-registration time
in February and March. The rush
of those months is a poor time to
fat new things^bne.
VOLUME78
10c Per Single Copy
Lion's Club~ Sets Date
For Annual Game Supper
January 7, I960
Nine Year Rainfall Chart
8 Page* Today
Number it
Dr. J. T. Dabney, Jr., president
of the Livingston Lions Club, an-
nounced at the club's first meeting
of 1960, held Wednesday, January
6, that the annual WUd game sup-
per will be held Friday night, Jan-
uary 29.
The Lions Wild Game Supper
was held for the first time last
year and everything from venison
to armadillo Was served and was
♦
Ray Cubsfead
Announces For
Polk Sheriff
* ’•«
1 take this means to announce
my candidacy for the office of
Sheriff of Polk County. —-*•
I have made Polk County my
home for the past twenty-one years.
During this period of time I have
been employed in oil field work,
owned and operated a feed store
and filling station in Goodrich,
Texas, for four years, was your
deputy sheriff for two years, and
constable of Precinct One for one
year. -
I feel that my experience as an
oil field worker, businessman and
law enforcement officer will en-
able me to serve you as your
County Sheriff with understand-
ing, fairness and honesty.
I am married and have three
children, and will have to continue
'working to care for my family
needs, however, I am going to do
hiy best to see each of you before
the Democratic Primary of May 7.
I sincerely solicit yohr support
and vote.
~ Ray Cubstead
greatly enjoyed by the public.
Price of tickets land the menu
will be published at a later date.
Dr. Dabney also made an appeal
for any kind of wild game “We
are especially short on dove and
can use any kind bf wild game that
anyone would care to donate to
the club’ for this benefit supper,”
Dabney stated.
Anyone having a surplus of deer,
duck, dove, quail, woodcock, geese,
squirrel, rabbit, possum, coon or
armadillo or any other kind of
edible wild game, please call Dr.
Dabney or any Lion.
MO.
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Chairman Announces Plans
For 1960 MOD Campaigii
J. C. Hooks Enters
Commissioner
Prect. 1 Race -
To The Citizens of Commissioner
Precinct No. 1 of Polk County,
Texas: «
I am taking this opportunity to
announce to you my candidacy for
the position of Commissioner of
Precinct No. 1 of our county.
I appreciate the privilege that
you gave me of serving you as
State Representative and feel that
I have benefited greatly from the
experience. I believe that my ex-
perience as represntative and con-
tacts that I made as such will be-
of great value and assistance tq
me in Serving you more efficiently-
as your Commissioner. During my
campaign I Intend to contact each
of you and discuss with you the
needs of your community with re-
lation to the Commissioner's du-
ties, and discuss with you my e\-
periejjpes and qualifications that
make me know that I can serve
yflu-efficiently as Commissioner.
I am entering this race as a
Democrat and I earnestly solicit
your support and vote at the Dem-
ocratic primaries, May T, 1960 and
June 4, I960.-
Sincerely yours,
, * J. £. Hooka
Funeral Services
For Richard Edden
Walters January 4
Funeral services for Richard Ed-
den Walters were held Monday af-
ternoon. January 4, at 2 o’clock,
from the chapel of the Pace Fun-
eral Home, Livingston. Rev. Eska
Dillon officiated, assisted .by Bro.
Robert Waltere, Bro.' Willard
Needham and Bro. M. E. Precise.
Interment followed In Forest Hill
cemetery.
Walters was born June 20, 1882,
in Tyler County and died Saturday,
January 2, 1960, at the family resi-
dence in Livingston at the age of
77 years.
He was born the son of the late
Robert and Carolina Toler Wal-
ters. He spent his early childhood
In Tyler County, later moving with
his parents to Polk County in
1886. Walters received hta educa-
tion in the local public schools of
the Menard Chapel community and
had resided in Livingston for the
past 50 years.
During most of his adult life he
was actively engaged ifi farming
and oil field work in this area.
He Was married to Mias Maude
Murphy on May 7, 1908, at Menard
Chapel. To this union was born 9
children, 8 Survive.
Walters \yas a member , of the
Emanuel Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs,
Maude Watters, Livingston; six
daughters, Mrs. Grace JHnak- and
Mrs. Lunell Stephens of Living-
ston, Mrs.. Jennie Munson. Act,
Mrs. OUie Lawrence of Baytown,
Mrs. Eloise Zimmerman of Bay-
town; two sons, Lewis Walters, Liv-
ingston and Elbert Walters, Hous-
ton; two sisters, Mrs. Mandy Ker-
vln, Livingston, and Mrs. Mary Pea^
vey, Ace; three brother?, Henry
and Harry Walters of Ace and
Watson Waiters, Cleveland; 27
grandchildren, 15 great-grandchil-
dren and a host of other relatives
and friends.
Pallbearers were Roy Munson,
Roger, Peyton, and Larry Walters,
Billy Stanley, Joe Tullos, Walter
Allen and George Gurley.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Pace Funeral Home
of. LivingstoiT?
The recordings at this station are made at 8:00 a.m. every day and
represent the results of the preceedlng 24 hours. During 1929 the
highest temperature recorded was 97 degrees, on two .days In June and
two days in August. A temperature of 95 degrees or above was record-
ed on two days in June, three days in July and six days In August. The
lowest temperature in the year was recorded on January 22, 16 degrees.
A temperature of freezing, 32 degrees or below, was recorded In Janu-
ary for 13 days; February, 5 days; November, 5 days; December 3 dayi,
or a total of 26 days. The sky was clear at 8:00 a.m. on 58 days during
the year.
We‘ have prepared this information as a public service and hope you
will cut it out and paste on a cardboard and preserve It for future ref-
erence.
Plana for an intensified, county-
wide New March of Dimes were
announcedftoday by Lester Meek,
Chairman of the Polk County Chap-
Dwayne Overstreet
Is Candidate For
Representative -
Services Held For
Mrs. R. P. Foreman
In Livingston
Funeral service*- W11-.
liam Pinckney Rogers r u.eman
were held Tuesday, December 29,
1958, at 2:00 p.m., from the Cen-
tral Baptist Church with the Rev.
James Garrett, pastor, officiating.
Interment followed In the Forest
Hill* cemetery.
Mrs. Foreman a lifelong resi-
dent of Livingston, Polk County,
died Sunday, December 27, 1959, in
the Polk County hospital, at the
age of 98 years. She was the wl(p
of the late R. P. Foreman, a form-
er sheriff of Polk County, and also
a sister of Mrs. Allie Meece who
passed away in Houston Sunday,
December 27. at the age of M years.
11 months and 18 days. They were
the daughters of a mail who served
as sheriff of Polk County for sev-
eral years. ’ * .7
Mrs. Foreman was a firm believ-
er In college with an ambition and
desire that her children have the
best of education.
Five of the ten children survive,
three of whom are attorneys. They
are Percy and Keith Foreman of
Houston and Zemmie who is an at-
torney in Llvlngstoh where for ma-
ny years was county attorney;
other survivors include two daugh-
ters, Mrs. P. R. Rowe of Houston,
and Mrs. A. A. Ward of Santa An-
na, California; one brother, John
Rogers of New Willard, a host of
other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers were Ross Smith,
Wilson Collins, Harry Collins, M.
L. Walker, Carl Clark and Ben-
nie Giover.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Pace Funeral Home
of Livingston. ^
Frank Denius Is
Outstanding Man
Austin's
Of 1959
Carter Watts
Announces Fix
Commissioner-*
To The Citizens Of Prct. 8:
I tske this means to announce
my candidacy for re-election for
commissioner of Precinct 3. It has
been my privilege to serve the
citizens of Precinct 3 for the past
seven years as your, commissioner.
I have handled all matters that
have come to my attention to the
best of my ability and In a fair and
Impartial manner, keeping in mind
the best Interest of the people of
Precinct 1
Aa most of you know, Polk Coun-
ty ha* not had the financial re-
sources some^f our neighboring
counties have, and our hdministra-
tiou and allocation of funds for
Precinct work has been curtailed
However, with the - help of the
other commissioners, I have been
able te obtain a fair allocation for
Precinct 3 of the funds on hand.
The commissioners were very gen-
erous In helping me obtain the
permanent improvement and pav-
ing of the road to Union Springs
Church and I am hoping that this
program can be continued in the
future until all of the county roads
are improved. -
It has never been my nature to
knowingly deprive any person in
my precinct of anything that I
could lawfully /md conscientiously
give him. In all matters, T have
tried to keep in mind the best In-
terests of Precinct 3 as a whole,
and if re-elected to this position,
I can assure you that I will contin-
ue to strive to represent all of
Precinct 3 to the very best of my
ability, with the resources avail-
able.
If there U any matter which any
citizen in Precinct 3 would like to
discuss, 1 would consider it s
privilege to have you come and
talk with me. I want to do the
beat, Job I can for you.
Sincerely your*,
Garter Watte '
r
pwss
ERROR LAST WEEk — In an-
nouncing the selection of* Miss
Joyce Beaty to receive the 1959
Good Citizenship Award, the an-
nouncement should have read as
follows: Joyce Beaty. 17, Living-
ston High School Senior, het
been selected to receive the 1955
Good Citizenship Award present-
ed by Mary Martin Elmore Scott
Chepter of the Daughter* of the
American Revolution, of Hunts-
ville. Miss Beaty, daughter of
Mr. end Mrs. Roy Boaty, was
chosen by her classmates and the
faculty.
Frank Denius, _a 34-year-old at-
torney and much decorated veteran
of World War II’; European fight-
ing, was named Austin's outstand-
ing young man of 1958 Friday
night.
The choice was announced at the
Junior Chamber of Commerce’s an-
nual Distinguished Service award
banquet in the Stephen F. Auftin
Hotel.
. Five judges early in the week
picked busy-as-a-bee Denius from
an imposing array of*nominees and
then kept their selection secret un-
til banquet time.'
Denius. a University of Texas
Law. School graduate following'
schooling at The Citadel In South
Carolina, may have had trouble
finding time to attend the banquet.
His days — and probably consid-
erable nights — include such ac-
tivities as:
. Partnership In the prominent
Austin lew firm of Looney. Clark.
Mathews, Thomas & Harris, direc-
tor of the Southern Union Gas
Company, director of the Aztec Oil
Si Gas Company, director of the
Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation, me gi-
ber of the executive counciloFthe
UT Ex-Students’ Association . . .
Member of the Legislature's Con-
stitutional Revision Committee,
program chairman for the Travis
County Bar Association, director
of the West Austin Optimists Club,
secretary of the. Headliners Club,
and chairman Of the board of dea-
eons of the Westminster Presby-
terian Church.
Denius' past includes chairman-*
ship of the special schools division
,,
of the United Fund drive, past
president of the Longhorn Club,
past president of the UT Ex-Stu-
dents Association of Austin,-and
past president o^ the Young Men's
Business League.-
The award winner’s past also in-
cludes what must have seemed a .
lifetime underfire In Europe from
D-Day until Nazi Germany's col-
lapse.
. Aa a forward artillery observer
with the 30th Infantry Division. De-
nius earned the Silver Star with
two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Euro-
pean Theater Ribbon with five
Battle Stars and the Purple Heart.
His unit could have staked a squat-
ter's claim on the front-lines. Out
of 320 days on the scene, it was in
combat 305. ■ ;
Jaycees also picked their “Boss
of the Year” during the banquet-?
in this case, for the first time, two
bosses.
Honored for their support of
Jaycee activities were Vemo C.
Bioroquist arid Hailey Clark, Sr„
owners of Btomquist-Clark men’s
clothing store. A member of the
club’s board of directors, Stanley
Wallace, is an employe of the firm.
Judges «nudting the outstanding
young man choice included George
Christian. Governor Price Daniel's
administrative assistant; the Rev.
Lawrence Bash, University Chris-
tian Church pastor; Dr. L. D. Has-
kew, University of Texas vice pres-
ident; W. 8. Drake, Jr., former,
mayor; and Charles N. Avery, Jr.,
Austin School Board president.
Denius is the son of Dr. S. 7.
Denius of Livingston.
♦
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Livingston Pilot
Club Meeting Held
Monday, January 4
The regular business meeting-of
the Livingston Pilot Club was held
on Monday evening, January 4. in
the reception rooms of the First
National Bank of Livingston, with
Mrs. Millie Jones, president, pre-
siding. i
Proposed amendments to the lo-
cal standing rules were discussed,
ss was the Pilot participation in
the current Pblio Foundation
Drive, which, aa In the past, will
consist of the Mothers' March' of
Dimes, together with any other as-
sistance whieh the Club may,be
able to render.
The January Dinner Meeting is
the annual initiation of new mem-
ber* into the Club, and wfil he
held on January 18 In the Fellow-
ship Hall of First Methodist
Church.
. NOTICEI
The number* next to your name
on top' of the paper signifies the
expiration date of your subscrip-
tion. - „
If the numbers next to your name
read 1-60 four subscription ex-
pire* this month.
Notices will be mailed out at
the time your subscription expires;
however, a check of the numbers
by your name will keep you post-
ed as to your expiration date.
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Dwayna Overstreet
The time has come when we of
the Democratic Party, must again
choose among several candidates,
who will represent us In the var-
ious offices of our government for
the coming yean. In this paper I,
Dwayne V. Overstreet, present my
qualifications as a candidate for
the Legislature from District 19,
composed of Polk, Hardin and San
Jacinto Counties.
My immediate family consists of
my wife, the former Shirley Schull,
of Loeb, Texas, and our three sons,
James age 7, Byron age 5 and
Royce age IS months, nay father
Vinson Overstreet and my mother,
Opal Hendrix Overstreet.
My wife and I are active mem-
bers of the Baptist Church al-
though we attend a small Metho-
dist Church near our home much
of the time.
I have spent the greater part of
my life preparing myself for a po-
sition of service in our govern-
ment. Presently I am lq the active
practice of law in Kountze, Texas,
where I have been so engaged for
the past two years. My educational
background, after having complet-
ed high school at Honey Island.
Texas, consists of a Bachelor of
Business Administration Degree
from Stephen F. Austin State Col-
lege at Nacogdoches, a Law De-
gree from South Texas College of
Law in Houston, and a license to
practice law. In all I have had
about seven years of college train-
ing and special study in the fields
of business administration, econo-
mics and law. During the period
of Urge I spent In college. I was
also engaged in earning a liveli-
hood for myself and my family. }
spent one year in bank trust work
in Houston, and three years in the
teaching profession as a class-room
teacher, and have held various
other Jobs which enabled me to
work and go to school at the same
time.
Before the Civil War, my fore-
fathers settled In the edge of Polk
County, close to what is now known
as Big Sandy. Since that time,
their descendants, of which I am
one, h*ve resided chiefly irt either
Polk or’Hardin County. As you can
see, the area comprised In this
representative district .Is not only,
my • hotne, but is the same soil
which my forefathers helped to
settle. The people and the land
itself are near and dear to me In
that it Is my home and the people
living within this area are my
people, and It would give me great
pleasure to represent, hi our state
government, the people of this
District. You can be sure that you
would have the type of representa-
tion in your state government, by
electing me your state representa-
tive, as you would have If you
were present and helping pass the
law* yourself. The people and their
needs as a whole will be my pri-
mary consideration, and “Honesty
in Government” is my motto.
It is estimated that there are over
fifty thousand people living in
Polk, Hardin and San Jacinto Coun-
ties. Therefore, it will be impossi-
ble for me to contact each of you
personally; however, I will see as
man/ of you as time will permit.
It is my earnest request that you
investigate me as I know you do
ail candidates before you east your
vote — and, If I fneet with your
approval, I carnenly .solicit your
vote and support m tibia very-im-
portant election.
Dwayne V, Overstreet
ter of The National Foundation.
The traditional educational and
fundraising'campaign is scheduled
for Jan. 2-3L
Labeling the Polk County Chap-
ter “one of the most dependent
have-nots of The National Founda-
tion’s 3100 Chapters,” Meek said
that since 1938 the March of Dimes
has raised in excess of 47,lg£.86 In
Polk County all of which has been
spent for medical care and rehabi-
litation of county polio patients.
“ To supplement this,” he said,
“we have had to call on The Na-
tional Foundation for an additional
31,600.00 through the years In order
j .that Polk County polio patients
would not be deprived of necessary
aid. This year we again ttjfcre-Bad
to apply for advances to meet our
deficits.” v
Such advances, Meek said, come
| from funds forwarded to/The Na-
tional Foundation by the more sol-
vent of the organization’s 3100
Chapters. These funds, he said, are
used not only for assistance to
chapters but qjsp to finance The
National Foundation’s extensive re-
search and professional education
programs.
Explaining that assistance from
the solven chapter* to the? “have-
Allen Peebles
Is Chairman For
Polk US Bonds Sale
Alleri Peebles, president of the
First National Bank, has been nam
ed U. S. Savings Bonds Chairman
for Polk County by Nathan Adams,
chairman of the Texas Savings
Bonds Committee. I
Peebles will dlrett all phases of
promotion, and the Ule of Savings
Bonds In Polk County. He becomes
a member df the statewide volun-
teer organization whose efforts are
contributed to public service.
“Today, mid aa far Into the future
as we can look, we are facing
times as critical as any we have
known in the last quarter of a
century,” Peebles said Ir. accepting
this appointment. “That is why It
is more essential than ever before
that every one of us must do what
wc can to keep ourselves strong
and also our community, our state
and our nation. Fortunately, there
is a way that makes it possible for
every- one of us to participate in
achieving this strength by purchas-
ing Savings Bonds. U, S. Savings
Bonds are a safe, sure investment
because the interest and principal
are fully guaranteed by the United
States Government,” the new chair-
man said.
"Peebles has an outstanding rec-
ord as a banker and civic worker,
and I know our program will bene-
fit greatly from his leadership end
direction," State Chairman Adams
said.
not” was a time-honored practic#
of The National Foundation, Meek
said, “the Polk County Chapfktf
feels, however, that it is time wf
became more than Just a drain
| the generosity of March of
Dimes contributors in other coun-
ties and states. We-are particularly
anxious to play an active roll kt
The National Foundation’s expand-
ed program, and to do this • suc-
cessful March of Dimes ia Polk
County is mandatory.”
In addition to its traditional as-
sault oh polio Meek said, The Na-
tional Foundation has broadened
Its research scope to include twB ,.v
other crlpplers, birth defects and
arthritis. Each, he said, ia a major
unmet health problem with signifi-
cant birth defects afflicting on* at
every 16 infants born each year
while arthritis and rheumatism af-
fects more than 11 million Ameri-
cans, both adults and children.
"Applying the scientific know-
how it gained in-the research that
led to the Salk vaccine," Meek
said, “The National Foundation
hopes eventually to find cause,
cure or preventive fol* these crip*
piers. -
“Additionally," he said, "the Pblfc -
County Chapter wants to be able to
.expand its polio patient aid pro-
gram to include children under If
suffering from rheumatoid arthri-
tis and certain birth defects of the
skull and spine."
Meek emphasized, however, that
the proposed expansion must await
available March of Dimes fund*,
“for this another reasons I’ve men-
tioned,” he said “the Polk County
Chapter is determined that the
1980 New March of Dime* shall
be the most successful In history-"
Calling for volunteer* to staff
the Mothers’ March and other acti-
classic example
together voluntarily
they know mast be done. And we
have a Job to be done in Polk
County, not only fpr the current
victims of these crlpplers, but for
their future victims. To sum it up,
we need hands and legs to help
those who have the use of neither.*
Farm-To-Market
Road Proposed,
Leggett West
The Texas Highway Department,
acting under the direction of The
Texas Highway Commission here-
by advises that the Texas Highway
JJepartment is planning the con-
struction of a Farm-to-Market
Highway which will begin at U. S.
Highway 59 in Leggett, Polk Coun-
ty, and extend West a distance of
approximately 4.0 miles toward the
Bold Springs community.
Any person or parties desiring
a public hearing to discuss the eco-
nomic effect of the construction of
said proposed Farm-to-Market
Highway may request a public
hearing in writing. Such requests
for Public Hearing to be made
within ten days of the date ‘of this
publication and should be address-
ed to Frank D. Gellaway, Sr., Res-
ident Engineer, Texas.Hlghway De-
partment. Livingston, Texas.
TEMPERATURES
Temperatures and rainfall for the
week of December 29 through Jan-
uary 4 as reported by A. W. Orr,
local weather, observer, are as fol-
lows: ^ - ' ■ k
Date High Low Rain
December 29 ........ 62 36
December 30 ........59 55
December 31 ........ 57. 36
January 1 47 40 1.08
January 2 .......... 53 44 .08
January 3 .......... 56 32
January 4 .......... 42 32
I
a
Forest Service
To Perform
Prescribed Bum
Prescribed burning of forest land
on the Indian Reservation will t*
made within the next few week*
A. E. Green, District Forester,
Texas Forest Service, Wopdvti!*,
reported today. The fire will bi
confined to an area of about 100
acres.
The purpose of the bur
for controlling small young
sirable hardwoods on pine
Burning of the .undesirable
woods is being done to kill
while the trees ape below
Inches in diameter so that
will continue to grow on soil
adapted to pine. If hardwoods
permitted to grow, they will pre-
vent pine seedlings from establish-
ing themselves. Small pine cannot
grow In the shade of hardwoods.
Undesirable hardwood also com-
pete with pine tor food and
from the soil. Fire that 1
enough to kill larger
those over four inches In
may also be Injurious to
No definite date has
to burn on the reservation,
be fired only when the
mtdUy and moisture in the
Just right to burn with very
damage to pine, Green stated.
Safeguards have been taken to
prevent the escape of fire
the area planned for
breaks have been plowed
and through the area ‘
ing barriers such as
streams are lad
Personnel and
on hand to help with the
and to prevent It from
wild.
The burning will be a*
possible Green stated.
EPISCOPAL CHU*
CONFIRMATION i
Adult Instruction* <
held
p.m. at St J
an"
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Kirgan, Joe Lee, Jr. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1960, newspaper, January 7, 1960; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth763327/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.