Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1964 Page: 1 of 10
ten pages : ill. ; page 25 x 18 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
BUILD WITH
SOUTHERN
YELLOW PINE
POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
i . _ 8 . ♦ ■- v i ' *. ■ *
• ■ •’ ' r . • . ■ ■ . . f •
— Published Weekly Since 1882 in Polk County, Texas — Pine Capital of Texas,
Volume 83
10c Per Single Copy
Livingston, Texas, Thursday, September 10, 1964
10 Pages Today
Number I
ARAGRAPHS
.
By BILL DOyiB
.■ —. ■■ ■; —
Laid month, the wtfo. ami I
hail- theplra*ore cl Mug gw>t*
o( the BimmUIIh of the Hunt*-
villt- Jlitn at a iwctlng of the*
Gulf ('<*!(< C liapter of Sigma
Drill Chi. National ProfcvUonal
Journaltotlc Society.
BBtf iypl Mw Ingres
of Rimtiivtllc and John Barron
of Bryan and attorney Harry
M. Roberta. Jr., of Dallaa com
powtl a pawl. The panel mom
h*-r* gavb a nxiat Intending
program tin rv|xirftng trial new*.
Judge Roger* stated that pre
trial new* cm erage actually
bring* two principal* of the con
*Httttlon of the* Cnttcd State*
into conflict. The guarantee* of
a free prea* and *pe**ch ami
the guarantee <(f a > Ulr trial
meet brad on- be *ald^ '
Judge Rfiger* siiggisstisl that
newamrn gi\i factual coverage
to the an** and clrmmatan
re* leading up to the atrront and
' then keep reporting on a genrr :
al plane. Judge Barron pointed
oat that 1# day * More the trial
Is a critical time ISr reporting,
“Keep the st.aies general just
before the trial and then ent j
hw.se once we’ve got i^Jcry
4- ".
SWEETHEART!* AT WORK — Uvlngrion lion* flub Sweetheart* Jan Jones. Judy Windham and Dh kl Lou Afoton were caught by the
camera In front of the White Kitchen Cafe aa they were putting up pmten advertising the Di-monstratlon meeting of the Dale Car-
iij^ie (burs, which Is bring held thi* evening at 7:17 (.'j*. In the Oty Auditorium. The local Lions Club is sponsoring the euwrae in
Ijiringstnn and everyone Is Invited to come to the first meeting t(might. Ttyrt* l» no obligation aitd you will yea Mm, an amaisfog
(l( innnst>utli.n of ntemofy, a demonatratton of how the eonrsr Is conducted amf how It will benefit you, he treated to refreshment*
jdus ^ i:jcry adult altcmttng this peeling will receive a (ompHmcMary copy ft one id Dale Carnegie’* best sellers. Both men and
Wjuinn are invited TtoWrtUfl#* dub will nwdve a trtrilhMW for <?*** person enrolling in the course according to lion* Club
prerident Retort Willi*. | ■ ■ ■■■'>;*“ ■ ' ■ -*t»H Photo JjJ
22 Indictments
Returned By
July Gjand jury
A Polk County Grand Jury for
the July term empaneled by Ninth
Dirt rid Judge Ernest Ccker i^e-
fijmed^a total of 22 irididhrenfs
last w?<ek according to Criminal
District Attorney 'Rote Hightosv-f
er.
Indictments or ^rue bills are:
| 1. E. W. Dennis,,'$lir counts
of breaking and entering.
2. Charles Allen Neagle, four
‘ count* of breaking and entering.
* 3. Alma Lee "Bigham. two counts
of assault to murder. 1
1' Bobby Kimes, one count of
assault to murder.
■ a: Gerald Wayne' Mttrphey,
-■four mints of burglary and one
count of theft, -
6. Bobby Ray Coile, one count
| 4 burglary. |
7. Juanita Smith, one count of
burglary.
8. Joe L. Smith, one count of
receiving and concealing stolen
property.
9. Billy Dee Higgenbotham, j
two counts of burglary. ( I
- d
HD Authorized
To Erect Hobby
Historical Marker
GROUNDBREAKING TODAY
«*9S>
According to tp^y Hayes, lev
Juries ^(ghave. V
to ncw,pa,*-r* and rihee | ^ had ,ulV,!mion *
IS ■ T* *** ■
HSiTlSte (jkjvernorl
TTfo* B-jwrd of Directors and Officer* of the Fir*! Slate Bank,
along with rcprcocnUttve* from the City and County. Invite* the
poblk to the groundbreaking ceremony for the ronatruction id the
new banking honsr. The memorable event will take place cm tin*
property which h bounded by Jackson Avenue, East Folk and
East Calhoun Street* la dowwtowa livtagaton al 4:M o'cbick In the
afternoon September Itth, IML
Aa it newspaper editor, thi*
writer fed* that there |* wane
time* a mtminderstaiidlng a-
moug the editor* and render*
of the Enterprise when we re
port new* of arreat* and the
resulting chain of event* which
lend to the point when It la de-
termined that the raar la go
lag to trial.
When a peraon I* "Wed cm” or
someone *tgw* an oflietel com
plaint against that person for
aa alleged crime, H Is ant oldy
news but the general public Is
entitled to know what crime
ban been committed and who.
If anyone, has been accused of
the crime. And. aa pointed ant
by one of the pnneMst* we men
tinned above, the newspaper
should be free to print the tee.
tual circumstances of the ar
We hare tried to foflnw tht*
aet of rules In onr reporting
of these type nm.
Sometimes, we find, thnt per*
nnnn who have been arrested
and nr cosed at a crime take
It aa personal ednm when
nesra of such rsreafs, t nr lading
names and nlaraa ur nabtftsh.
■■mss■* ** wins pnw ’wrrm^ m* * |mwlHWX
ed In the newspaper. The news*
^mjxer h^ka onlyr one m^reervi.
That la reporting the newn an
Mwarnte and an faetaal aa It
eaa. To take any other eanr»«
would bn dtsaatrona.
,s • s
Newn comes to as thnt Bay
aR^Rgjt. ^IPaae^it^^c nn dnty tadlli
die U. 8. Marines to the Far
East, haa been promoted to
Corporal. We rmd porttono «f
a letter Bay wrote bams to kte
parents anil from what we rend,
we knew that Bay to a true
Marine and ee^ peend to be
a part of the Carp. And he defy
Deceased Yets
Sorvivars Are
Due Benefits
Widows and children of deceased
Wm P HoM>y on the site ckftattd
by Mrs: W S. Rowe *of Moscow.
2w East of his actual bi'rthphRW.
Hayes also has erected the Offi-
! rial Texas Centennial Marker at! veterans of Wbrtd War II and the
Swartouf telling of the founding | Kor*w Conflk1 «*» not
j 4 Swart out. prior to Tfxns state- yet applied tor VA pension bene*
hoed The Historical Marker on ■to contact their
| Highway 59 North, which was veterans officer and
moved some months ago. has had ja c!sim ^ Ah honefit
the approach -i'V.ivd, and! The-law provides for pension
Harrell And
NeHpartRank
Third And Sixth
Three* persens plead guilty to
giffir' few violations in Justice The roaring Livingston Lions
ar.d’Criiniy court this week. Cleo soundly trounced Anahuac last
Butler and Clyde Butler, both of Friday night on their opponents
Livingston entered guilty pleas home field in the 1964-65 gridiron
4w.Jtwtim ^\iha, Banna JL. .W. .| *w.wu. ■ ppuyy fy fly 21-A
SfeBon^fexl’s court apd were’fined
125 00 plus J20.(Xl court costs on
guidepost* will be erected soon
A group of Survey Committee
rnemherv and interested citizens
appeared before the County Court
hurt Friday to ask inclusion to the
1966 budget for the County, which
is a statewide procedure. They,
were favorably received and have
reagonable assurance of support
by our Polk County Court.
There has been resfimwe to the
oews releases last week on the
inadequacy of the (tmtributlons
A citizens of Polk County to the
Texna Historical Foundation in
1964 Some have been so (generous
that the Committee is waiting to
serept them, hoping that it will
be a more widespread effort.
Visitors at the Museum from
out-of-eounty last week were aev
eral who came to this county be-
cause they were seeking the Muse-
um mentioned by the Eaat Texas
C. of C. to its official publication
The Museum In only one small
part of what the Historical Com-
mittee has done.
The marking of Civil War Vet-
erans’ graves, the accumulating
of Archives for Polk County, and
to go on file in the State Archives
Bldg , Austin, the promotion of
the Civil War Centennial Essay
and Poster Contests, which pro-
duced two State winners, the ma-
terial being collected for an ac-
curate and comprehensive history
of the county, the re election of
two Centennial markers, the Of-
ficial Historical Medallions and
plates for worthy structural to the
County, the statewide publicity
that the work haa brought to the
area, the movies sfeyi^lgi^gt
the children in Polk County’s
Heritage . . - all
benefit* to the dependents of tie-1 high scores.
Paul Harrell ahd James New-
port representing the Livingston
FFA Chapter in the Annual Texas
Forestry Association, Youth For
file I eslry Short course on August 17-21
at Camp Niwana, ranked thin1
and sixth in the top twenty-one
teased veterans of World War
H and the Korean Conflict if the
dependents meet certain income
Hmftatfcm with regard to income
and the size of their estate. The
veteran's death did not haw to’
result from his active military
■service.
According to Charles L Morris,
Paul, ranking third high indi
vidual, received a woodsman*
double bit axe and James rank-
ing sixth received a campers axe
as a prize.
The camp was conducted by
John Halslett of the Texas Forest
Service, and the different Forestry
Three Plead
Guilty To
Game Violations
PONY TO BE GIVEN AWAY - Some lucky person will be sward-
ed the Shetland pony petered above this Saturday, September
II, at the J. B. White Store in Uvtiigston. Gerald Wood, man-
ager, *aid that a drawing will be held to determine the winner
and urged everyone to come by the store and register before
drawing time Saturday. Then* Is no obligation, all you have to do
I* register at the store. The camera caught the three youngsters
above, as they admired the pony which to ou display in front of
1 ra
the store.
rf .
W rtiiip. - .
-Staff Photo
10. i George Milton Hudspeth,
;^tutp counts of burglary.
The July grand jury is still
empaneled. iv.i ‘
First Meeting Of Pilot Safe • Teen
Drivers Club To Be Held Saturday
Lions Trounce
Anahuac In
Season Opener
team. The final scoreboard read
Lions. 35, Anahuac a
Mark Moseley galloped over
for the first touchdown la the
first quarter ^jjf the non-District
game. Another first - quarter
(alley was made by Johnny Holle-
man. Moseley converted . after
Holleman's TD for one point.
to
In the. third quarter, Jimmy
Owens ran over the mhgic stripe
Subjects were taught by Forest-
executive director of the Texas er-s ^ lndustry and the Tcxas
%o counts of game law viofati m
’■Aoth Xvere fined a total of $90.00
each after being charged with
hunting deer out of season
and hunting without a valid hunt-
ing, license.
Ijjrry Munscn plead guilty be-
fore County Judge E. C. Matthews
to charges of hunting wild deer
without a valid hunting lir'orLSC : for (he ^ t(MK-hdown. An extra
and killing a wild deer in eloped ^ ^ {rom to Hall
season. Judge Matthews fined
Munson $100.00 plus $29 (X) costs
on the first count and $200 00
plus $29.00 costs on the second.
State Game Warden Way*
Chappell and Precinct 1 Constable
R B. Lollar were the arresting
officers. Chappell signed the com-
plaints against the trio.
ATTENTION: All Teenage Driv-
ers, The first meeting of the Pilot
Safe-Teen Drivers Club will be
held this Saturday night, Sept-
ember 12th, at the City Auditori-
um in Livingston at 7.30 p. m.
Members are reminded to bring
their Driver's Contract signed by
both member and parents. Those
boys apd girls expecting to ap-
ply for a drivers license within
the next few months are Invited
to come as Honorary Members or
Miss Judy Pedigo
To Lead Lion
failed.
In the fourth quarter Jesse
Neuman chalked up a touchdown
as, did James Smith. Kyle Tomp-
kins picked up two more points
in a conversion run on Smith’s
touchdown.
The Lions will play Woodville
I at Woodville this Friday.
Veteran* Affair-? Commission,
there are a large number of
widows and children eligible for
this benefit who are unaware
of their entitlement, because for
some years these persons were
not entitled to assistance from
the Veterans Administration. He
said that there are many widows
and children who could benefit
from this law by making applica-
tion to the Veterans Administra-
tion. >
Morris pointed out that the
children of deceased World War
I! and Korean veterans are eli-
gible to receive pension, even
though their nwther may have
remarried since the death of her
veteran husband, and even though Temperatures and rainfall for
the children may have been adopt- the period September 3 through
and U. S, Forest Service. The
camp was attended by sixty FFA
and 4-H boys from the East Tex-
as Courtles In addition to their
instructions in Forestry, etc., boy*
were served excellent meals and
had time for recreation In soft-
ball and swimming.
The Livingston FFA boys were
sponsored by the Rotary and Pilot
Club. The Chapter owes a debt
of gratitude to these fine organi-
zations for their support of Fu-
ture Farmers.
TEMPERATURES
ed by the mother’s new husband
These children are eligible to
receive pension while they are
unmarried and under the age of
eighteen years. They may contin-
ue to receive pension until age
twenty - one, if they remain un-
married gpd are attending an ap-
proved school, and may receive
pension indefinitely if they be-
came physically or mentally in-
capable of self support before
tfctar eighteenth birthday. jf
NOTtClf
; The Polk County ASC Courtly
has set the date of
September 9 as recorded by Har-
old Haley, local weather observer,
are as follow*.
Readings are for 24-hour period
ending at 8 a. m. on date shown,
September — Hi Lo Kn.
3 ................. 97 TO
4 ............. 97 1 67
5 .................. 97 67
S eaeeaaeaeeeeeeae 95 (S l.(
Marching Band
Leading th^ colorful Livingston
Lien High School Marching Band
for the new' ..(school year is Miss
Judy Pedigo, spopular high school
senior, as drum -major Members
of the twirling line are Misses
Terris Jemigan, Carolyn McClain,
Sue McClain. Patricia Nixon,
Elizabeth Cox, and head twirler,
Miss Effte Ftteh.
Don Cox to the student director
of the band. Other officers are
Joe Dabney, president; Dicki Al-
ston, vice preside tit; Effte Fitch,
secretary treasurer; Don Cox,;
business manager; Bonnie Wig-
gins, librarian; and Martha Mc-
Kee, reporter.
Band director, Joe Farmer, is
rapidly grooming the band into
a spirited marching aggregation
as their initial performance of the
year last Friday , at Anahuac in-
dicated.
Thg band is supported by the
Livingston Band Boosters Club,
which is now actively engaged in
soliciting support of tfle entire
community in helping promote the
band which will proudly proclaim
the prowess of the Livingston
Lions throughout East Texas dur-
ing the football season.
Woman Injured
When Struck
By Automobile
Mnt A H Hdti-lr nf I Jvii
guests.
Members and Honorary Mem-
bers are also invited to bring
their elites to- the Safe-Teen Club
meetings. Dates need not be eli-
gible for membership in order
to attend.
Items of business for this meet-
ing will include election of offi-
cers for the club; suggestions
for types of programs for the
year; and the election of one of
the following Pilots .to serve as
Safe-Teen Sponsor; Mrs. Billye
McDonald, Mrs. Marianna Wise,
Mrs. Gladys Stewart, and Mrs.
MlHl* ' 'n| | < :
Beginning ire September,” the
Pilots will again present an award
, *o“> hoy and girl ‘ Safe-Teen
Driver of the Month” consisting
of a certificate and a check in the
amount of $5.00. In order to be
eligible for this award, members
must have turned in their Driv-
er’s Contract, attend meetings of
the Safe-Teen Club on a regular
basis, and must have dub decal
displayed in the lower, right hand
side of their car’s rear window.
Mrs. Millie Jones, Pilot Safety
Chairman, will be in charge of the
Safe-Teen Drivers Club meeting
until a president is elected, at
which time the meeting will be
turned over to the dub members.
All eligible teenagers are cordial-
ly invited to attend the meeting.
Evening Wonhip
Hour At First
Methodist Is 7:00
Evening worship at First Meth-
odist Church, Liyingston, will
change to 7:00 p. to- and a new
Sunday afternoon youth feature
will be added to the church’s reg-
ular program this Sunday, ac-
cording to Rev. Gus Btdwning,
pastor.
The 7:00 o'clock worship hour
will normally prevail throughout
the school months, the
said. During September, a series
of “Sermons from the Psalm*”
will be presented.
The new youth feature be
an informal recreation
each Sunday afternoon. The
church’s Fellowship Hall will open
Bitty Arnff receive* 1K4 H<
ship—BWy A raff of Goodrich <
prwrident uf the Borne Demonstration Council. Mr*. Bask
retags Wednesday afternoon In LMngatan at the County
Derooortratinn Connell meeting. The twhotenUp la set
raelryear by the Connell to bn awarded to a boy or girl, or both,
who are active to 4-H work and an
to—-
M W* (-),
V' -i. 4jtx
|
i :?m
\m at »:» a. m. to the County
JfiS Office in Uvtogfton, Texas.
The convention Is open to the
l me *•« i iuo Reran yrara. ssuoarve*
ra. 4 H (tab (fold Star Boy . Reprraent
SSCd-KfSt
iKltsfcS
5t
T- ■
’W f
m
Mm. A. D. Howie of Livingston
was admitted to Polk County
Hospital in Livingston Saturday
afternoon after being struck by
a our as she attempted to crons
the street at the intersection of
Washington Avenue and Church
street during a driving rain.
jpfBto-driver of tht car was listed '
.****•»■«
■ •y.om
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Dove, Billy C. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1964, newspaper, September 10, 1964; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781740/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.