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The Kerens Tribune
VOLUME LXVI
KERENS, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 1959
NUMBER 47
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AS WE WERE J
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SAYING . . ,
By The Editor
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And they keep on investigat-
ing up in Washington. Here
they just about finish up the
TV quiz business, and now they
are after Dick Clark and a hunch
of other disk jockeys. Not be-
ing the suspicious type, we will
'wager 8 to 3 that things are
real fishy in the record busi-
ness. I
From the type of songs that
have been making the hit par-
ade this past couple of years,
somebody must really be getting-
paid off. They couldn’t honestly,
really and truly, pick these
hideous sounding songs. Some-
body just had to pay.
And lo, the poor little teen-
ager. If Dick Clark plays it and
says it’s “great” they hop down
to the record shop and buy a
copy. 1
It doesn't matter whether they
like the sound or not — if some
disk jockey recommended it and
said it was bound to be a hit,
why man, like crazy, buy that
jazz.
★ ★ ★
The more we think about the
cranberry business, the more we
Wonder just how crazy this old
icountry is getting. The report on
the tainted cranberries says that
if you ate 1500 pounds of cran-
berries a day all your life, you
•might get a cancer of the thy-
roid. At least mice fed a diet
of poison of comparable size all
their lives, developed an inhibi-
tion of the thyroid gland. In
some rats, the effort of the
thyroid gland to compensate for
this blocking action over a pe-
riod of a lifetime, led to the
development of thyroid tumors,
some of which were judged to
be malignant.
And now on the basis of this,
the armed forces are not going
to have cranberries this Thanks-
giving.
We are going to eat cranber-
ries this Thanksgiving if some-
one will cook them for us. And
after smoking cigarettes for 20
ears, we aren’t going to worry
uch about cranberries.
MR. AND MRS. JOHNNIE MILLS
*£•
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Mills
Observe Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Mills
were honored by their family
Sunday afternoon with open
house. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Frank,
Gary and Pam of Dallas; Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Mills, Jackson-
ville, Florida; and Mr. and Mrs.
LeRoy Mills and Joe Lee of
Sugarland acted as hosts and
hostesses for the event, which
marked the Mills’ 50th wedding
anniversary.
Next Issue Of Tribune
To Be Out Early
The next issue of The Tribune
will be put in the mails before
Wednesday morning, Nov. 25th,
so it can be delivered locally be-
fore Thanksgiving. This will also
give the staff an extra day to
get ready for the turkey.
All contributors are asked to
have their copy in by Tuesday
noon at the latest for next
week’s paper. The Tribune office
will be closed from Thursday un-
til Monday, as has been our cus-
tom for the past years.
Mr. and Mrs. John Seale and
David visited relatives in Olney
last week.
Happy
Birthday
Willie Lee Collins ________
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20
Beulah Crawford ........
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20
Mrs. B. B. Bennett....
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21
Mrs. Clyde Mahoney....
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22
'Queen,a Allen ................
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22
Jere Speed ....................
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22
Dorethe Massey _______......
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22
H. H. Trent.....................
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Brenda Andrews ............
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23
Bobby Lee Green..........
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23
Mrs. Robt. Franklin......
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Mickey Simmons ..........
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Horace Newsom .............
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25
Nina Norris ....................
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Lynn Allen Warren ....
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Juanita Tarkington ......
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Mrs. W. B. Hilliard ....
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Roy Miller .......................
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CONG. OLIN E. TEAGUE
* * *
OLIN TEAGUE IS
SPEAKER AT
KIWANIS LUNCH
Congressman Olin E. Teague
was the speaker at the Wednes-
day Kiwanis luncheon. Mr.
Teague, who has served this dis-
trict for 13 years, told of some
of the legislative problems en-
countered this past year.
He said that by far the most
controversial issue this year was
the labor legislation. He said his
mail reflected the people of this
district wanted something done
to “get rid of Hoffa.” He said
the labor legislation was much
'more complicated than this one
issue.
Congressman Teague told of
some of his work on the Vet-
erans Affairs committee and of
some of the legislation that af-
fects veterans. He said one bill
before congress would give ev-
ery man, who ever wore a uni-
form, a pension of $100 a
month after he was 65. Mr.
Teague said he opposed this.
At present his committee is
studying compensations and dis-
abilities among veterans. He said
that at present a soldier who
lost a leg in a car wreck in the
United States is entitled to as
much compensation as a man
who lost a leg under enemy fire.
He said his committee is going
to study these cases and make
recommendations for legislation.
Mr. Teague had to leave di-
rectly after the lunch in order to
catch a plane to Washignton, and
from there he is to go to Flor-
ida to observe the firing of an-
other missile within the next few
day. Mr. Teague is on the com-
mittee on space. He said it was
a known fact that the Russians
were ahead of us in the size of
space engines. He said that we
would probably have a man in
space within the next two years.
He had a model of a three-stage
rocket that he explained to the
group.
Miss Murlene Sessions regis-
tered 200 guests during the af-
ternoon Others in the house
party were Mmes. Earnest Gray,
E. H. Gray, Joe Sheppard, Ran-
dal Bates, Roy Scarbrough, Whit
Scarbrough, Charlie Blissett, Lon
Holt, Baron Cole of Dallas, O.
B. Gill of Dallas and W. L.
Bain, Jr.
Mrs. Kyle Hogan of Dallas and
Mrs. Wayne Mills presided at the
silver coffee service, with Mrs.
Roy Scarbrough and Mrs. Whit
Scarbrough assisting with the
serving. Coffee, salted nuts and
cake squares were served from
a beautifully appointed table cov-
ered in imported embroidered lin-
en, centered with an arrangement
of golden mums and marigolds in
front of a circle on which was
inscribed “50th Wedding Anni-
versary” in the traditional gold
lettering. Gold tapers set off the
handsome centerpiece. The buffet
was highlighted by an arrange-
ment of fruit spilling from an
opulent horn of plenty with the
golden theme carried out in a
leaf arrangement surrounding
the colorful fruit. Fall foliage
complimented other parts of the
home.
The couple’s children presented
them lovely golden plaques for
their home and, in addition, they
gifted their mother with a dia-
mond-studded wrist watch, and
their father received a solid gold
tie clasp as personal and indi-
vidual gifts Close friends of the
Mills expressed their affection
for the couole with a variety of
useful and beautiful presents.
Out-of-town guests were: Mrs.
William Holt, George M. Stand-
ley, Mrs. Claud Callahan, Mrs.
Clyde Johnson, all of New Lon-
don: Mr. and Mrs. Waymon
Griffin of Overton; Mrs. Joe Al-
len Ward of Midkiff; Mrs. Mor-
gan Lowe, Mrs. H. H. Hanks and
Mrs. Fred Ellett of Powell; Mr.
and Mrs, John Spencer, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen .Tones, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Norris, Mr. and Mrs. H.
T. Jackson and Mr. Alva Taylor
all of Corsicana; Mrs. Charley
Hickerson of Palestine: Mr. and
Mrs. Lake Barber, Mr. and Mrs.
Kvle Hogan and Mr. and Mrs.
O. B. Gill, all of Dallas; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Arnett of Waco; Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Billiogslev of
Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Lio-
nel Duncan and Donna of Cay-
uga: Mrs. Lois Marwit, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Mills, Mrs. M. R.
Ballenger and Mrs. Pauline Gib-
son of Henderson: and Mr. and
Mr*. Sam. Billingslev of Fort
Worth.
SIXTH GRADE
ENTERTAINS AT
P-TA MEETING
A group of sixth grade stu-
dents entertained approximately
50 members of the P-TA organ-
ization Tuesday afternoon with
folklore songs and patriotic poe-
try. Some of those participating
in the program were Mike Han-
cock, Cathy Colvin, Harry Pease,
Karen Sanders, Christine Up-
church, Linda Glasgow, Becky
Westbrook, Barbara Ferguson,
Linda Albritton, Jeanette Mi-
chael, Darlene Jock, Buster At-
keisson, Delores Scott, Caroline
Padgitt.
Mrs. Jack Anderson introduced
the panel for the afternoon, Mrs.
Chas. Reese, representing paren-
tal views and Mrs. D. C. Rea,
representing teacher viewpoints,
I Mrs. Reese and Mrs. Rea from
both parent and teacher stand-
point gave one of the most
thought-provoking discussions to
be presented the P-TA in some
time. Mrs. Reese emphasized the
proper attitudes as parents and
the building and developing of
attitudes in the home, noting 30
to 40 out of each 100 beginning
school will not reach maximum
usefulness in life due to failure
of adults to instill right think-
ing in children.
Speaking for teachers, Mrs.
Rea began her discussion, by
pointing out specific goals, how
they might be obtained and
stressing the fact that humanity’s
goals are forever changing, so
that attainment remains con-
stantly in the future.
Mrs. Rea said that parents
expectations are for teachers to
form their children into the best
citizens possible, and that in, like
fanner teachers expect parents
to send them children with emo-
tional stability, which comes from
home environment. Good quali-
ties that the school expects from
a child’s environment, according
to Mrs. Rea are, ability to share,
to get along with others, to be
well-manered and last, but pos-
sibly one of the most important
expectations of teachers toward
parents, a child who has been
Itaught to respect adult authority.
Curriculum was conceded to
be one of the thorniest problems
facing educators and parents
alike by both Mrs. Reese and
jMrs. Rea.
Mrs. Reese, speaking for par-
ents, commended the principal of
RobkiHens Honored
W5tk Chili Supper
The parents of the members of
the Kerens Bobkitten Football
team honored these Junior foot-
ball champions of the district
with a Chili Supper last Friday
evening at the school cafeteria.
The Bobkittens ended up their
season by defeating the Forney
Junior Team for the district, af-
ter beating everv other team on
their schedule. The boys were all
recognized for their fine sports-
manship and play this past sea-
son.
Neal McCord is coach of the
Bobkittens. 1
CAKE SALE
The Senior Class of Kerens
High School is announcing a
cake sale to be held next Wed-
nesday afternoon at '4 o’clock at
Bain’s Hardware.
This is an excellent oportun-
ity for folks to buy cakes for
Thanksgiving. Proceeds will go
towards the Senior Trip.
Uncle Sipe from Shad Hollow
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
We had a pritty good session
at the country store Saturday
night. All the fellers was in fine
fettle and we covered the world
situation in full. As soon as
them Russians set up housekeep-
ing on the moon, we aim to in-
clude it in our discussions.
We talked about all our neigh-
bors that wasn’t present, includ-
ing their wives, and give a, word
or two to such subjects as hor-
ses, Formosa, fat wimmen and
free-loading Congressmen. One
old timer even tried to explain
the difference between the coun-
try always being at the “cross-
roads” in his youth and at the
“brink of disaster” in his old
age. It sounded about the same
to me, but on account of my
respect fer his age I didn’t say
nothing. He was pritty old, Mis-
ter Editor, said he could remem-
ber when you could buy a wa-
gon load of stove wood instead
of a truck load of blocks and
slabs. Personally, I can’t recol-
lect that fur back.
Ed Doolittle got the session
going good by claiming Josh
Clodfelter’s horse has got more
sense than Josh. Ed says the
horse will take a few steps, stop,
then go again. Josh thinks the
horse is gitting lame, but Ed
says the horse is a little deaf
and plum lazy. He’s so dadburned
scared Josh will say whoa and
he won’ hear it, he stops ever
onct in a while to listen. Josh
wasn’t there to defend hisself.
A NEW HAT was presented Hugh Barlow by employees and
directors at a dinner Friday night. At left is Bob Chrisman, who
will keep the Kerens PCA office .open in the aternoons. At
right is Marvin Henderson, president of the Corsicana Pro-
duction Credit Association. —Staff Photo
¥ ¥ ^ 9 ¥
Hugh Barlow Is Honored By
PCA Banquet On Retirement
Hugh C. Barlow, “Mr. Produc- in Corsicana. Approximately 40
tion Credit” of this area, was friends were on hand to honor
the recipient of a quilt-lined red Mr. Barlow for his 25 years ser-
rocking chair last Friday, when vice with the Corsicana Pro due-
friends and co-workers gave him tion Credit association,
a testimonial dinner in the Cac- The affectionable “rock” o4-
tus Room of the Navarro Hotel the Corsicana Production Credit
Association, who was present
when the organization was form-
ed in 1933, retired Oct. 31, com-
pleting 25 years service. Since
then he has been devoting most
of his time to his farming inter-
ests near here.
In the numerous testimonies,
Mr Barlow, was described as a
man who has “been an inspira-
tion” ... “a hard worker” . . .
“a man who has done more for
Production Credit than any other
person.”
Among the gifts presented
were the rocking chair and a
battered briefcase which Mr.
Barlow used when, as it was re-
called, ‘he conducted his busi-
ness on the streets,” and which
he continued to use as the Pro-
duction Credit graduated to more
Up-to-date business conducting
practices.
Other gifts included a $100
appreciation check from the as-
sociation, a gold watch with the
inscription, “Hugh C. Barlow, 25
years Service, Corsicana Produc-
tion Credit Association,” a Step-
son hat from the employees ant!
directors of the association.
Marvin Henderson, president
of CPCA, conducted the pro-
gram, and presented the check,
Victor Terry, Hillsboro, field
manager and former director,
presented the rocking chair; N.
L. Everett, Palmer, vice presi-
dent, presented the watch.
Ellis Lanier, assistant secre-
tary, Federal Intermediate Credit
Bank, Houston, made a brief
talk and presented the briefcase.
Bob Chrisman, Kerens, assist-
ant manager and Mr. Barlow’s
renlacement in Kerens, presented
the hat, commenting that it
would be hard for him to fill
Mr. Barlow’s shoes.
Lin Warthan, manager, read
testimonial correspondence from
various perosns unable to at-
tend and read a resolution pas-
sed by the board of directors at
the Oct. 23 meeting, praising
Mr. Barlow for his loyal and
faithful service.
Mr. Barlow, in response to the
many tributes, said, “I am deep-
ly grateful for these kind ex-
pressions of your appreciation.”
Mrs. Barlow sat at his side dur-
ing the ceremonies, obvioulsy
enjoying it.
Mr. Barlow tested the red
rocking chair, and posed for his
picture in the new hat.
the high school for the pre-reg-
istration flapping newly insti-
gated here.
A brief business meeting was
held and the Executive Council
recommended that a major por-
tion of the money made on. the
Halloween Carnival be given to
the Elementary School for bet-
terment of their library, with a
smaller portion going to contin-
ued upkeep of the Primary Li-
brary and a sum be given the
school for the purchase of a
band uniform. The recommen-
dation was unanimously approv-
ed both in council and in regu-
lar meeting. A balance of $657
was reported in the P-TA fund.
Mrs. Lewis Bennett’s sixth
grade won the room count with
12 present.
Naturally.
Zeke Grubb said when he wants
to git his mind off’n his troubles
he goes over to visit his neigh-
bor. Zeke says his neighbor’s
wife has got a long, lank, loose-
jawed voice that travels faster
than sound. He allows as how
he can set fer a hour and listen
to her and never know a thing
she’s saying. That, claims Zeke,
is what he calls perfect relax-
ation.
And one feller was telling
about a painting he saw in a
old Life magazine while he was
setting in a barber shop the
other day. The thing was called
“Farm View”, and he said the
best he could make it out, the
nictore had three hog ears, the
back of a Chic Sale, two front
porches and a tree in it, all
tossed together. He allowed as
bow he had a Rhode Island roos-
ter that could scratch a better
farm picture in the dirt. Natur-
ally, we got some ignorant fel-
lers like him that comes to our
sessions, fellers that don’t keep
up with the “modernistic” trend
in art.
But this will give you a idea,
Mister Editor, of the things we
put on the barrel head at our
meetings. Congress puts these
things on what they call the
“agenda” and we put ’em on
the barrel head. Outside of that,
there ain’t much difference be-
tween us and Congress in ses-
sion.
Yours truly,
Uncle Sipe
NIMRODS TAKE
AFTER DEER AS
SEASON OPENS
Deer hunting season is in full
swing this week with .three large
parties hunting in the Llano-
Marble Falls area and parties of
two and three taking advantage
of deer lases in Freestone coun-
ty for a day’s sport.
V. D. Bruner, W. G. Johnson,
Rufus Pevehouse, Paul West, Dr.
H. W. Hoffer, Don Morton, T.
L. Whorton, Bill Kemp, W S.
Price, Bruce Smith, Milton John-
ston, Jere Daniel, Jere Daniel,
Jr. of Corpus, R. E. Logan of
Houston; M. J. Crawford, Tom
Paschal and Pate Thompson com-
prised the largest party.
The majority of these men
have been taking advantage of
this opportunity to hunt deer and
enjoy an outing together for
many years. This is true of the
three large hunting parties. In
the above party the vital busi-
ness of feeding the group is us-
ually taken over by Milton John-
ston. By Monday visitors to this
group reported 11 deer killed.
Willie, Jack and Tillman Reed,
Lester Shelton, Dick Blissett,
Calvin Ellisor, Leo Palmer and
Lee Holsey of Corsicana and
Tom Glanton are another party.
Tom takes on the cooking
problems with these men. A re-
port was received Monday that
these hunters had gotten seven
deer.
W. L. Bain, Jr., Icky Craw-
ford, Josh Duncan, Kenneth Ses-
sions, Doc Fields, E. K. Howell,
Burt Inmon, and Joe Wilson took
the famous “Stick” along to help
them out. This party had ac-
counted for 11 deer on Tuesday.
Freestone County hunters in-
cluded Nello Thompson and his
brother-in-law of Corsicana, Ted
Stovall, Joe Dan Kilcrease and
several others.
Dr. G. H. Sanders, E .H. Gray,
Earl Seale and Sidney Westbrook
visited the big party in the Llano
Marble Falls area on Sunday and
Monday.
Monday Rites For
Mr. A. G. Godley, Sr*
Last rites were held Monday
for Mr. A. G. Godley, Sr. age
71, who passed away Saturday
night at the Memorial Hospital
in Palestine after a lengthly ill-
ness.
Funeral services were held
from the Judson Baptist church
at Cayuga at 2:00 p.m. Monday
with interment in the Judson
cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, A. G.
Godley, Jr. of Kerens and Benard
Godley of Commerce; seven
daughters, Mrs. Charles C. Pet-
titte of Houston, Mrs. Anna Lee
Morrow of Palestine, Mrs. Ben
P. Parker of Center, Mrs. O. E.
Fermenter of Fort Worth, Mrs.
M. O. Lilly of Tyler, Mrs. Oleta
Brumbly of Louisiana and Miss
INannette Godley of Palestine.
COMPLETES COLLEGE
Miss Lanelle Noble, who has
just completed study on her BBA
degree at East Texas State Col-
lege at Commerce, returned
home with her mother, Mrs. Ray
Noble and aunt, Mrs. Chester
Goodwin, last Friday. Lanelle,
who will receive her diploma at
Commencement Exercises in Jan-
uary, is completing her work
with practice teaching at Athens
High School. She is commuting
from here.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Howell
annouce the arrival of a baby
daughter born Saturday after-
noon,, Nov. 14 at 5:30 o’clock at
the Memorial Hospital in Corsi-
cana. The new arrival weighed
eight pounds and eight ounces
and the name of Rachael Annett
has been chosen. The maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Keel and there is also a
great grandmother, Mrs. xxxxxx
Keel. The paternal grandparents
are E. K. Howell of Kerens and
Mrs. Ruby Howell of Dallas.
Born to Dr. and Mrs. Terry
Sanders, a son, Wednesday at
2 p.m. in Memorial Hospital in
Corsicana. The young man
weighed 7 pounds and 3 ounces
and a name had not been chosen
Wednesday evening. Dr. G. H.
Sanders is paternal grandfather
and Mrs. D. Ford Butler of Dal-
las is maternal grandmother.
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