Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1964 Page: 1 of 12
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Published Weekly Since 1882 In Folk County, Texas — Pino Capital of Taxaf
12 Pages Today
Number 45
Livingston, Texas, Thursday, July 16, 1964
Volume 82
10c Per Single Copy
Downtown Parade
Scheduled For
Today At 5 P. M.
A downtown parade will be held
in Livingston this afternoon at
5 p m heralding the Polk County
Youth Rodeo which got underway
yesterday afternoon with cutting
horse eliminations More than 250
contestants for the 4-day rodeo
By BOX DOVE
We heard a good story
this week ihout two P*dk Conn
t> sportwramf, Boh Hubert and
Ira l-oftln. Probably these two
have hunted evert sjus-tnum of
game there U In Texas, At pres-
ent they are trapping wulvea.
This la an art In llaeH which
takes nmeh planning and prep
had registered by .5 p. m yester-
day. ;
C. T. Jones, rleneral Chairman
of the Polk County Youth Rodeo
Aksdctaitai stated that there ,ire
plenty of’'Vnnti'stantai.'Shd;- moftT
arc expected'
'Hie rodeo jsu foriiianatc logins
each evening at 8 p, nl^Fantj-i
will be given an added fifed at
7:rfS each evening just prior to the ;
grstpd entry which starts each
perf<fcntfince At 7:45 Wednesday
and Friday nights the Cleveland
Sheriff’s Posse will give a special j
performa’rv On Thursday night j
the Madisimville 4-H Riding Club
will perforin and on Saturday
night the Hunts County Junior !
Sheriff’s Posse will be on hand
Frank Harris ,of the T-Dinrnond I
Ranch,of West fohimbLi will fur- |
nish the stock and Ray Raley j
will announce each of the four"
LitV penned a Uve gnat near
a wolfs lair abd *pr»>»d trap*
around H. This didn’t work be
eaase the goal beeame lotM'snme
•tuck off In the deep forest and
refused to eat.
FIRST REGISTRANTS—Early arrivals of more than 360 rodeo contest* iits began registering at the
Polk County Fairgrounds Wednesday Morning for the Fourth Annual Polk (’mint) Youth Rodeo.
The first |K*rformams‘ of the 4-dav show was held last night an«l the final show will fo* Saturday night
whin awards and trophies will lx- presented. —Staff Photo
IMO SFRIOf sf.V IMt RFJWTwo lAb.gston vr tlbs Fddie Hawltiipi and Gary Gray ws*re seriously
Iniarril last Wednesday when I Ik- brakes foiled on the 1958 Font pictwrd above and the car smashed
Into a tree TV' (crMriit occurred at Ifo* 5 way tnterseetbm south of the high school. (tray,, driver
of the ear, suffered se\ ere eVs*t injuries Hawkins suffered broken faetal bones. Both victims
were transferred to m Hoaston hospital where they are reported improving satisfactorily. A chfld
riding fo r hineb* on Ha* siite\«alk near tfo* tree narrowly escaped injury In the accident.
The goat was removed and
live ehfekens were plaeed In the
pen. Wolves love ehfekens and.
Ihe merry trappers went foam*
from halting the pen with vts-
bms of several trapped, wolves
being around the ehleken pen
when they 1 wf—fi. - "
Several davs later when they
did go hark they found one of
the traps had keen sprung hot
there was nary a wolf In It.
f’pon rinse examination they
found the bead id a ehleken.
It seems one of the hens plaeed
In the pen had rear Ned Its neek
through the wtrr and perked
the trigger on the trap. Hoop—
owe decapitated r hb km.
So you think you have trnu
Hea. Thrur guys ate trapping
their own bolt Kwastng fab
Md Ira hwik. they’d thtuh of
wan*thing elor and gH that
woH yet. Good lock new.
o a: • ■
TEMPERATURES
David Jsqfewii and Lane Byrd income of 1436.40'and hftslgveated
Temperjturcs and ntmfail <4>r.
the- pet loci July 9 through July
15 h< treceded by Harold Haley,
local weather observer, an* as
follows Readings are for 24 hour
perkd ending at 8 a. m cm (kite
shown
4uh Hi U Kn
performance*
Star Farmer Degree members of TiTTKis leadership and Coqperfc-
theHavmgston F.K.A. Chapter to the Activities, David ha* served
seventy two, when they receive as Secretary of the Chapter,
their bone Star Farmer Degree at J Chairman of the Community Sar-
the State Convent Ion tonight. July vice committee and *4 member of
16. the Executive 'Mmmittoe, been a
The Degree’s will Is* presented in i member of Ihe Groonhand Chapter
the Special Awards night pro-! (-onducting team and represented
;ram, held annually at the Texas
Convention of Future Farmers
This year marks the 146th year
that State Conventions have been i
held and one or mare Livingston
Future Farmers have received
.ba ceveted honor in twenty sev-
in erf the conventions.
To receive the Lone Star Farm-
er Degree, David Jackson jias car-
ried out thirteen productive pro-
jects in his three years of Voca-
tional Agriculture. His first year
completed projects in: Head Pro- ;
duct ion 1 hd. Pig Production J
hd„ Pork production 1 hd., One
bArrow for show , that won Grand
Champion honors, and one cow
for milk production From these
projects he earned a labor income
of 5354.23.
His second year in Vocational
.Agriculture, he completed pro*
jects in Milk Production 1 hd.,
Beef Calf for Show 1 hd„ Pork
Production 1 hd.. 11 JaaBd^aam,
and one beef heifer, with a la-
bor income of 5912.47, This year
he has three projects in operation
with two complete,
His pork production project was
a pig for show that won the Grand
Champion honor of the Trinity-
Neches Show anti 25 broilers.
From these two complete projects
he earned a labor income trf 5169
Miss Katherine N, Stryker of
Easton. Pennsylvania just visit-
ed in Polk County for several
days Though 90 years young. Miss
Stryker came to the PJuck ConF
nuinity reunicn.
Pluck was originally founded by
her father. G. II. Stryker, who
died three in 1892. After his death,
Miss Stryker returned to New Jer-
sey. She has been very active in
Historical research and societies
in that 'area, but has kept her
interest in Polk County.
She has given the Museum some
mil! photographs and wood!
scenes ip the early 1890’s,as well,
as aided financially. She brought
: ther gift*; to the Museum ttys
,np- ■ L |
She spent Monday and Tuesday
with different memliers of the
Polk County Historical Survey
Committee,* researching at | the
Livingston's new municipal coll
course slated to open in the next j
couple of weeks will be closed
on Sunday mornings and all -day
Monday of each week The policy
was adopted by tfo* Livingston
(’ity Council at tlieir July meet-;
ing Tuesday night.
The Livingston Ministerial Al-
liance made a icquest fyefore tfo*
council that the course he dosed
SttPday* jAWomimss," "The cfitmcil
voted ifnanhnpusfy to open tire
course at 12:30 p. m. in the after-
noons on Sunday. ,
In order to allow personnel who
Will operate the ixturse to have
a flay off, the course will be clos-
ed ill day Monday.
In other business the council
reviewed the 1964tS Gty budget.
A hearing on the budget will be
held prior to its adoption. The
eoupcil ateo iipprov-..<4 jui ordin-
ance; authorizing the paving of
lb any Avenue South to Nohlitt
Street apd West North Stroet
from Pairview to Oakhurxt.
Vacation Rihle jtehool will be-
gin at tfo* livi»g*ton Church of
Ondat Moraky, Juf>' 30, thru July
74 Classes will begin.at 9 each
^ awiww and JaW thcu H.
68 09 , , ,
A wclcoitH* is cxtcmkxi to all
tk who would like to attend
"Full Speed Ahead with f’hrist
Our Captain ”, will be the theme
of this year’s Vacation Bible
School at tfo* First Assembly of i
God Church, July 20-24. according
to II J. Staines, pastor.
LaVuda Shirley, this year’s l
V B. S. superintendent, extends j
Mrs. Beveriy Sturktun trf i
61971 SaAnvakl Read hi KUkwa
seat as a letter aitkiac abuat |
roptes it Hw t nu rpf is. t ung
back to 1666. Tfo* lint paper
was pahlfobed la Polk County
la 1661 u brat *» we can Had
oat. bat wa have aoar of tbear
nM eopteo oa file. Ok Jk» p
bark la abuat 1616 and aa far
tber. ^
Mr*. Storktua waa eapecteOy
tatereatrd la aa. laddenl con
eeratag a Mr. Maekelroy wbo
waa skot to death by two aakma
keepm who were brntbera. Mr.
w6 auv^ix *a aa* Asia saw* i&wk ■situ I. I
6|S to W ^HaAPoto ^to^^6^6 H6S.66w66?B6A6
Mwkelroy and U> twwyrar <dd
ana'a MMIIWI UgM JiAlt \li %uU‘\
w sv^aaa^a *n a * - a* * w^wso ^
Muckriroy.
Wrha|M name of our readera
caa help, Throe are aH tfo dr-
talla Mra. Htoektoa e<«6d pro-
I nut hurt* Htnild b<*
lnleretded la aay " laforaa||kMI
Films On Florida
Tennessee To Be
a (-radial invitation to all <Md-
ren,' agn 4-12.
The school will begirt, each
morning, at 8:00 and will conclude
at 11:00; we have a staff of cap-
able teachers for every, age”,
said. .Mrs. Shirley.
She further stated "There will
he a time of devotion, craft, recre-
ation and refreshments every
Rev. Kracke To
ServeAsEpiscopal
Boat Club Plans
Cruise This Month
Ihe Livingston Boat Club is
planning a fwat cruise for the
last weekend of July.
Any person inteiested, whether
a member or not, should contact
Jotinny Davis, if they desire to
make the trip.
Pastor Here
The Saint Luke’s Episcopal
church of Livingston wish to an*
ra-unce that Rev. Irvin F. A.
Kracke, of Houston, will liegin his
duties as jiastor of the ehurch,
August 1, 1964.
Rev. Kracke has been a minis-
ter for some 28 years. He is mar-
ried and Has two sons. One is an
engineer at NASA ami the other
is attending Baylor Medical Col-
lege, in Houston.
(EI>I’D(fiS NOTE: Charles tram chairs. 1 hope tonight will
Frankim, Jr., uf Uvingstiai has be better,
been ;wsigmxl by the Trinity-. A steam hose broke alioul eight
Neches CoutK il as correspondent | o’clock and tfo*y rei>aired it at
lor tfo* Enterprise to give regular j Saiiisaw, Oklahoma, .about one
report* on hw trip to the Natlonai o'clock tn the moi mng Tfo: noise
Jamboree. Here is his first re kept us awake almost forty five
port.) minutes. 1 gin four houra of sleep.
We left from the* Missouri- J ami that was more than many
Pacific slat nsi m Beaumont July; pinple,
11 at 12:15 p, at We changed Today, we got to St. Louis and
trains throe times, at Shrove- held church service, after which
pra t, Louisiana, Neratbo, Missouri, we took pictures foi the paper,
and St, Louts, Missouri. We slept I have endowed two pictures of
badly last night because we ‘ the train and me. — Charles
woreiit uasd is sktopingltin the' Franklin, -Jr. ■ j.*
Rcgistratton for the school will
Iwgin Friday, July 17, at 8:00
a, m.
Three Plans Described At One-Day
Civil Defense Conference Here
Mrs. Martin-extended a special
thanks to the County Home Dem-
ortstiivtka; / gent, Mrs. Janie Ken-.
m*r; County Judge E. C. Mat-1
th«*ws‘; Qty Manage. Harvey1
Westorbolm who served ak, master
of ceremonies; Mayor pro-tem
Jerome Thomason: Livingston
Pilots; Mr*. Guy Stewart, Mrs.
Luther Moore, Mrs. Sank* White-
head, Mr*. Howard Jones, Mrs.
John Montalbaivo, Mrs. Bill Dove,
and Mrs. Frank Helton.
Civil Defense plans for Jeffer-
son County, Polk County and Nac-
ogdoches aty-CouBty were des-
cribed at a one-day "Hurricane
Preparedness Ccnfefenee" held
in Livingsiton last Tuestfoy, July
14. More than 100 Civil Defense
officials from 15 ntichboring
counties pariidpiited in the con-
ference.
fn summarizing the inference
Inspector C O Layne at tht Tex-
The Polk County Youth Center
Swimming Pool announces that
the second 6 week of courses wifi
begin Thursday, July 24. The time
for reporting will i«* ,u. »dhiBjK
the status of the individual stu-
dents. Reglnnere 8:60 a.m„ Ad-
vanced Beginners 9:06 a.m,,
Swimmer* 10:00 a.m.
Any adults interested may eonM
in on the above date. If enough
are interested a class will ha est-
ablished. Thank you! -
as Departipent of Ifoblfo Safety
stressed tht importance of haying
responsible' people, on local Civil
Defense stuffs. He praised the
ronlerfence in L^lng.stm saying,
our ideas and Bedame better ac-
rjuainted.'f*.
Local County Defepf* Directs
Mr* Ltura Martin IfopiraUfied
at the excellent cooperation from
all local people in staging the
m|fefence and at the-knowledge
seined by those participating.
*f»» are ideased wdth the coo-
ferer.ee and leaf that much was
learned from |tbe roles the Weath-
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Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1964, newspaper, July 16, 1964; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781637/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.