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Vol. No. 48, No. 3
Edna, Jackson County, Texas, Thursday, December 24, 1953
24 Pages - 5 Cents
Our Town
OPTIMISM reigns supreme in
the minds of the child, especial
ly at this season of the year.
For example, read these two let-
ters to Santa, mailed to The Her-
ald this week:
DEAR SANTA: Please bring
me a bulldozer, a gun, a car
and a tool set and lots of nuts
and candy and apples for I have
been a very good boy.
JWW.
DEAR SANTA: I have been
a very good boy. Would you
please bring me a ditchdigger
a gun, a car and lots of candy,
apples and nuts. Your little boy
TMW.
Every little boy and girl is a
good little boy and girl at Christ-
mas Time. And who's to say
Santa won’t visit them all.
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WE HERE on The Herald also
want something for Christmas.
We want Santa to bring our ad-
vertisers and our readers the
best of everything. They are our
best friends.
We especially are hopeful
Santa will visit our employees
from A. J. Sowders and Harde-
man Staples down to Johnny
Hall, our circulation "manager.”
And we ask the best for our
rural correspondents, Mrs. Al-
fred Glaser, Mrs. Robert Hack
barth, Mrs. C. A. McFeron, Mrs.
C. L. Phillips, Mrs. Florence
i Pearce, Fred Goppert and Mrs.
iDella Pape. And of course we
tgan’t overlook Supt. B. F. Har-
bour" of Ganado and Principal
James Clark of Industrial for
the news they send In regularly.
And James Simons and Tex
White for their sports news. All
are helping to make The Her-
ald better and better.
Elliott to Head Jackson CofC;
Program of Work Is Announced
r. . Edna Banker
Edna to C-/ose ToRepiaoe
A CHRISTMAS STORY, enjoyed by every
child, especially at this time of the year, is
being read by Patricia Herin, 7, to her little sis-
ter, Barbara, 5, at the J. T. llcrin home at 806
South Wells St. Hundreds of Edna and Jack-
CLEANING OFF our scratch
pad: George Schattel, who suf-
fered a heart attack while at-
tending the big Madison Square
Garden rodeo, back at home and
shaking hands with friends . . .
Marvin Kennedy, who has been
overseas in the Navy for the past
three years, home on holiday-
leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert B. Kennedy . . . And
Jimmy Hessong among several
others home from the service for
the holidays. He’s in the Ma
rines at Cherry Point, S. C. . . .
W. W. Simons bursting in to re-
new his subscription after a long
haul from Wasco, Calif. He'll
visit kinsmen for a spell . . .
Norton and Howard Wells among
the many marveling at the huge
flights of geese over Edna late
Edna Favors
Compromise
The proposed compromise on j
an increase in pay for school j
teachers has been approved by
the Edna Independent School
District.
Supt. Oscar Bounds has indi-
cated this is possibly the only
way for the teachers to obtain a
pay increase. And a raise is
necesary if the local schools are
to obtain and keep good teachers,
he said.
Bounds also said he did not
believe the plan will hurt dras-
tically in the next few years.
Monday afternoon . . . Hugh Oft-1 And, if it does, he said, many
ley knocking out a sketch of the other school districts will be in
proposed new clubhouse for the j the same fix and likely will need
proposed new golf course. The j assistance from the legislature.
drawing will appear in The Her-
ald perhaps next week.
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS to the
following: Dec. 26 Mi** Florrya
A study by a special commit-
tee representing the administra-
tion, the faculty and the trus-
tees resulted in the decision to
Crawford, Mrs. W. B. Fitch, A. ! favor the compromise. Dr. J. W.
L. Fletcher Jr.. Marilyn Wilson;! Edgar of Austin, state commis-
Dec. 29, N. J. Marthiljohni; Dec. ( sioner of education, requested
30, Woodrow Williams, Kathryn the Edna and all other school
Marie Lidiak; Mrs. Dick Nagel, j districts to make a study of the
Pete Layden; Dec. 31, George T.; proposed compromise.
Buhler, Martha Carole Sembera,! On the Edna committee were
Mrs. J. M. Gillespie; Jan. 1, Mrs. i Bounds; Trustee W. If. Hamblen;
R. J. Kluge, Mrs. Jackie Sauer, J. B. Williams, principal of Aus-
☆
MAYOR ISSUES
MESSAGE ON
CHRISTMAS
In connection with wishing
all a “Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year,” I take the
liberty and pleasure of issu-
ing the following message and
proclamation:
■ Christmas has become the
most universally celebrated
festival of the year. For at
least a generation, paganizers
have been making Christmas a
shameful event.
Now it looks as if public
sentiment has begun to back
lash, Americans have had
about all the hectic and
CHIlIST-less holiday and hi-
larity they can endure. The
time has come for desperate
efforts to retain the Christian
content of CHRISTMAS.
The central fact of CHRIST-
MAS is GOD, not man; Wor-
ship, not parties; Giving, not
receiving; New Power, not al-
cholie exhaustion
Let us of Edna and through-
out .Jackson County put
CHRIST back in CHRISTMAS.
HARRY MAUR1TZ (Mayor).
Many Points
To Outline
For ’54 Work
Jackson County Chamber Pro-
gram of Work for 1954 adopted
by the board of directors as
recommended by the Program
Committee will demand the talent
and interest of every citizen. A1
len L. Burditt said today the 20
odd committees that will carry
out the work will call upon every
one in the county for their sup
port.
The following was approved:
Agriculture—Work for an in-
creased unit production, study
and work in the interest, of new
cash farm crops, to hold an an-
nual Dairy Day as in the past,
to support the Premium and hon-
or the grower of the first bale
of cotton, to sponsor a King Cot-
ton Day' with County Retailers,
to seek a general Farmers Mar-
I ket for every item farm produc-
ed, to work with the other Com-
mittees in a Fair Exhibit, to pro-
mote a poultry program on a
County wide basis, to work to-
ward the improvement of the.
Cattle program, to hold conscr
vation meetings, demonstrations
and have trips of educational
value, to support any new de-
velopments that arc in the inter-
est of the agriculture program.
Civic Affairs—To study the
possibility of a swi timing pool
for YecreattoH, to work 1>» the in
terest of city planning for every
Community, to sponsor health
(See MANY POINTS, last page
this section)
Rice Farmers in
El Campo Section
Favor Controls
Rice farmers of the El Cainpo
area in a general meeting in El
The formation of the district | Campo with Congressman Clark
On Saturday Roy Selby
son County children will be reading similar
stories today as the Christmas season ap-
proaches its climax with the arrival of Santa
Claus. (PHOTO BY NELSON.)
Water Vote
Is January 5
An election of officers in the
Jackson County Fresh Water
Supply District No. 1 (Vander-
bilt) has been set for Tuesday,
Jan. 5.
Candidates on the ballot for
supervisors include Jack Schaef-
er, Melvin Huseman, Edmund
Skloss, Harry Redeker and II.
.1 Schmidt.
The lone candidate for tax as
sessor and collector is D. W.
Phillips.
With only a few exceptions, Ed-
na’s business houses will remain
closed Saturday to permit out
ployers and employees a long
Christmas weekend. Notable ex
eeptlons are the drug stores and
a handful of other businesses.
The same "long weekend” is
also being taken at several other
towns, including San Marcos and
Robstown.
Several merchants will eJosc
their doors at 6 o’clock or earlier
Christmas Eve. !
Among the merchants who witz, Vaiser Motor Co., City I
have indicated they will close all j Chevrolet Co , Houston Natural 0|’
day Saturday are the following:: Gas Co , It It Department Store, ,‘IVI
Kennedy Barbershop, DfiNeefeI Bargain Center, Texas Trading!
Co., Goppert Furniture Co.
Sprung's Minlmax
was made necessary when the
Missouri-Pacific Lines decided
to halt operation of its huge
water tower at Vanderbilt be
cause of the almost exclusive use
of diesel engines. The railroad
had permitted in past years resi
W. Thompson went on record as
favoring acreage allotments on
the 1954 crop.
The farmers also asked that
future allotments he on a produc-
tion basis and indicated they
favored a study of the two-price
dents and business houses of the j system for price support,
small oil town to connect onto! The three questions were aired
lines from the tower. j at some length by something
A better water supply system i like too rice and cotton farmers
now is essential not only for the j and cattlemen. Earlier an in-
use of business houses and resi ! formal meeting of rice farmers
Welding Shop, Tom It. Bell, Ham
bleu, & McNeil
Culberson and Woodall, Fal
loure’s. Factory Outlet, Ma resit
Jewelery, Goodman Home and
Auto, Good’s Barbershop, A. F
Mulholland, J. II. Fenner, Girndt
Cleaners, Mrs. Frank Winters,
Zlotnik’s, Sarah Hessong.
The Jackson County State
Bank, First National Bank, The
Hitching Post, 11. Bozeman Bar-
bershop, Lack’s Assoc. Store
Melton Oldsmobiles, O. 11. Fen-
ner, Robison Appliance Co., The
Herald, City of Edna, Ferguson
5 and 10c Store,
It. A Drake, the City Grill, Va-
riety and Gift Shop, Floyd Schle-
witz, C. M. Dugger, Tatum Jewel-
ers, Central Power and Light Co,,
Arnold Hardware, Humphreys
Walker Imp Co , Mrs J. B Kil
lough, McDowell Studio,
Little Dress Shop, Woodring
Meyer Lbr. Co., Slavik’s, Biggly
Wiggly, Gayle Food Store, House-
hold Furniture Co., Kozelsky, Els
★
MOD FUND
KICKOFF
JANUARY 2
The March of Dimes fund
campaign for Jackson County
will be kicked off Saturday,
Jan 2, at 7 p m. with a bas-
ketball game between Edna
and Industrial on the local
floor, Claudius Branch, county
chairman, as announced.
Another popular annual
event of the campaign, the oys-
ter supper at Maurhro Camp,
has been set for Monday, Jan.
II, Bill Smith, chairman, has
stated.
Mrs. Minnie Lee Yendrey, Lou
Ann Liadiak.
ARCHIE WHITE and Phil
Thomasson, who attend the Uni-
versity of Houston, heading the
large delegation of Edna and
Jackson County college stu-
dents back home for the long I
holidays. The students will be j
here until early in January.
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
to each of you . . . CUES EVANS !
tin elementary school; Mrs. John j
Stovall, homemaking instructor
and Business Manager L L,
Zimmerman.
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Selby Is Elected
Chairman of Board
Of Development
Atlas Cleaners
Installs Modern
Plant Equipment
dents but for fire protection.
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Defendant Wins
In Will Case Here
The Jackson County Board of
Development met Tuesday after-
noon to organize and set up their; lawsuit contesting
The plaintiffs, Claude and Bill
Carmichael and Mrs. Rosa B
Singleton, all of Washington, D
C., have not indicated whether —
or not they will appeal the ver : they said, because
diet against them in last week's , afoot in ( alifornia and Mississip
was held and a committee was I
instructed to send telegrams to
Secretary of Agriculture Ben-
son and Romeo Short, chairman i
of the National Rice Advisory!
Committee, urging acreage con-
trols next year They asked
that acreage be limited to 1993
acreage.
The rice farmers are worried
plans are j
Edna Youth Win*
Second in Course
As a reward for finishing sec-
ond high in his class in the auto
mechanics course of the 1st Ar-
mored Division Non Commission-
ed Officers Academy, Pfc. Rich-
ard O. Stark, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alvo Stark, Box 28, Edna, re-
ceived a cash award from Col.
Francis N. Miller, commanding
officer of the 505th Signal Group
at Fort Hood.
Pvt. Stark is assigned to the
837th Signal Company, a unit
of the 505th Group, where he is
active as a mechanic. He is a
graduate of Edna High School
with the class of 1950 Prior to
entering the service in Novem
Hamblen & McNeil
To Move Office
The law firm of Hamblen &
McNeil will occupy new offices
at 206 Ed Linn after January 1.
The new location was formerly
the business address of The Ed
na Herald.
The late W. F. Felts complet-
ed this building in 1932 for II.
K. Staples, owner and publisher
of The Herald for many years
Mr. Felts was the grandfather
of W, T. McNeil
The building has been com-
pletely remodeled and moderniz
<•(1 and will be air-conditioned, j *><-'*'' IM2, he was employed at
It is conveniently located within j the C ity Chevrolet Co. in hdna.
a half block of the courthouse. ——• o----—
The remodeling of this business! Lincoln Ellsworth was the first
location marks another step in I man to fly across the Antarctic
the steady progress of the city, I continent.
Oil News
will of 1 Pi to shift cotton acreage to rice I
operational plans for 1954. J John Carmichael, a retired j with an anticipated increase in i
Hoy Selby, Ganado banker and negro teacher of Edna who died flee production of more than five
past president of the chamber of at the age of 93 early this year, million pockets A pocket is thei
Commerce, was elected chairman District Judge Frank W. Mar- equivalent of 109 pounds of rice
of the board. R. A. Drake and I tin of Goliad ruled in favor of the 1 Thompson told the group he!
Arvlc Elliott, Edna merchant and j defendant, the aged teacher’s would explore the possibilities of.
banker, were elected as co-secre- second wife, Mrs. Josephine Car- rice allotments but added that he
Th emiinment is : tar‘os tf) tlle board. Other mem , michael of nearby Inez, after dis did not think the present law on
me equipment ,)crs present of the five-man missing the jury. All of the .’‘bled Henson to proclaim them ,
Atlas Cleaners of Edna have
I purchased the services of Cecil
! Elrod, engineer, to install new
j dry cleaning equipment at its
I plant here,
the very latest and now the on
The 17,000-acre Fenner Ranch]";; ^‘‘^stemized I ^oa5^wdr.e E. Campbell, Van- ] plaintiffs are Carmichael’s child A majority of the farmers, pres
in the northern portion of Jack- and rearrangcd compietoly with j dcrb,»* ;cho"> a"d °u ,man- and ren. on Z al nen n tm- fub .c
~—*- •- —*“— **- «—*1 finichlno Carroll Traylor, LaWard rancher, j The case was on appeal from ; non that allotments in tne lutute .
] The board was appointed for a j the county court. The children he made on a per unit of produc i
two-year term by the Oommis ! attempted to upset the will on Uon basis rather than on an |
, sioners Court last month and its j the ground their father was sub acreage basis. Reasoning behind j
Giffotd Hodges, manager ,of function will he to lend assist ie/.f. : ■ n/!iie i-’-ihienee and this included inaccuracies in;
son County is getting its first
oil test. It's the second of a
series of nine tests to be put
down by Magnolia in that part
of the county. The first was on
an adjoining ranch.
The Fenner property, owned
by O. B. and Ivan Fenner of Ed
na and their sister, Mrs. John
Stormont of Victoria, has been
leased repeatedly in the past
but this is the first test, it was
reported. A well is as close as
80c feet on -he east.
water
the installation unit
and modernization of
flow.
_ . j sionerg lour lasr monin ana its i the ground
function Will be to lend assist-! jectod to undue influence and ibis
the plant, Says the new system j ance tQ the Jackson County lack d .In mental capacity to, measuring acreage
is ^modern as any in^ the state j chamber of Commerce in promot understand tin consequences of
ing the progress and develop-j his action at the time,
ment of the county. ! Although tin exact value of
Die Court approv.-d a budge* I tire estate ’■'•as not given, it eon-
of $11,000 on December 14 for the- slsts ’ a hone, rent property
Boa * d >e elonme * .7 lie ,va ! ,n<; ;,00 rres - the . w-st
and it will increase the quality
of work for the customer iihd
also speed op-the service
Atlas also has installed con
ductiziter control in the - "y
,eleaning process using r-mt ”
886, known to the industry as
the finest cleaning ch- ge
cleaner
differences in
well
acre yield.
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Terry J. Peter*
Has Mystery Place
1 be slush pit l as been dug and garments six time
7 I, a-; ! a. bee: put down to the : fpts Sa*™enis ™e
r . : than ordinary methods.
Fencer test and drilling equip ; ,„v,„ ho„
ment wjPI be moved in as soon !
as possible,
In the meantime, a fourth ex j
cellent gas well has reportedly
been brought in on the L. R !
Hollingsworth Ranch near Mo j
rales also in the northern part! Albert 1, king of * e Belgians,
of the county. It was also said j was killed in !93t v *’ r>un-
to have been a dual completion, - tain lim! f
Elrod, who has insta ed simi-
lar plants in the larger c';is.
the state, aid such , an insta a-
tion should be appreciated by
all the citizens of *he ou’t;
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,OLDEN WEDDING ann rsary of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Chap-
a r ’ ackso’ -ui.iy as .-lebraied Sunday afternoon at( a
-Coptic in *bcir loir Many ends and datives called.
1'HOT' BY NT.i.SON
wick Plumbing Co, Service Shoe!,, Jacks°n County Chamber of
Shop, Courtesy Cleaners, Mod I Commerce board of directors in
ern Appliance and Butane Co.,! tbeir regular monthly meeting
Jackson Countv Motor Co., The; Monday night elected Arvle El-
Wells Co ; liott as president of the cham*
Edna Lumber Co.. Fit/. Sport ier for 1954. Elliott is an Edna
ing Goods, Westhoff Merc. Co '-anker and former president of
City Meat Market ind Grocery, tha V et«ria organization.
A A. Egg Groom v. Simons in I *'arl ,'lels- Oanado, was e ect-
sura nee Co ed 1st vice president and Jack
Jackson County Electric Co Schaefer of Vanderbilt 2nd vice-
Op , Woods Food Market, Guar-i President. The secretary-treas-
anty Abstract Co. Inc.. Vogel's 11 »‘d nampd was Charles Noble,
Dry Goods Store, Harry Arono , "'l'* conJ‘,s fr°m the membership
_ ••■4. ,M other business, the board
the new by-laws that
been compiled by a com-
mittee of It A. Drake, Arnold
Koop and E. S. Yoas. They will
i he presented to the membership
! for adoption at the annual meet-
| ing. In the meantime chartering
| will get under way. The directors
j set March 11 for the annual ban-
quet and membership meeting,
land authorized the new president
to appoint a committee to work
with the office staff in making
arrangements.
Allen L. Burdlltt, chairman of
the Program of Work Commit-
tee, presented the suggested out-
line of projects for 1954 work.
The manager, Allen Finneil, gave
an explanation to each project
and the board formally adopted
them. They will be formally pre-
sented to the citizenry the first
week In January. Comment was
made on the issue of ffte new
chamber organ "Jackson County
In Action" which went out to cit-
izens over the county the past
week. It was authorized to issue
again the bulletin on a county-
wide basis.
The manager gave a general
report on activities of the cham-
ber during the past month and
reported that the chamber was
continuing to be called upon
more and more each day by the
citizenry and prospective new-
comers and investors. Reports
showed work with the agriculture
committee in compiling data and
correspondence regarding the
county cotton situation arid the
prospective planting of sesame as
a new farm crop. Reports show
ed that Ganado was ahead in the
county In building and that Van-
derbilt was to have a new negro
church in the near future.
Reports of the membership
drive for 1,000 members were
made showing one-tenth already
secured. The second week in
January workers will call upon
individuals personally to secure
their memberships.
It was stated that the mini-
mum dues of $6 was low enough
j that everyone interested in Jack-
I son County could have a part in
.(See EDNA HANKER last page
I this section)
Golden Wedding of
E. T. Chapmans fs
Celebrated Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Chapman
j were honored on their 50 wed-
| ding anniversary by their child-
| ren Sunday afternoon with a
[ small reception in their home.
A few friends and relatives call*
i ed and were served cake, coffee,
I punch and cookies.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman were
1 irtfn-ried in Kaufman December
120, 1903. She was formerly Mary
Mays of Soagoville, Dallas Coun-
ty, and be was from Ballard
j County, Kentucky. They mov*
led to Jackson County in Decem-
ber, 1908, and settled in the Red
Bluff community. Mr. Chapman
engaged in farming until recent-
ly 1
Of the seven childrei born to
| this couple, the remaining six
are: A. T, Chapman and V. A.
-Chapman of San Antonio; Mrs.
! Minton Williams, Corpus Christi;
Mrs. W. E. Dickinson, Houston;
Mrs. L. ’ F. Urig, Midland; Mrs.
1 Bniil Simpkins, Corpus Christi.
They also have seven grand-
children an * foi great grand-
■ hildren
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