The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1959 Page: 1 of 4
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NUMBER 47
VOLUME LXVI
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AS WE WERE I
SAYING . . .
$ By The Editor
Well, the “Holidays” are here
again, and beginning Thursday,
things will start picking up in
Kerens for another month. We
have laid the law down in our
house ... no talking about
Christmas until Thanksgiving is
over. There will be plenty of
time then.
As is our annual custom, we
close the doors of The Tribune
until Monday and take the kids
out to West Texas and eat tur-
key with their grandmother. We
have found during the past four
years, that this three-day respite
gets us all rested up for the
coming month. We’ll be back
bright and early Monday morn-
ing.
★ it 'k
Now we are about to begin
the year’s most exciting sport,
the race to see whether the num-
ber of shopping days until
Christmas runs out before our
money does.—Changing Times.
★ ★ ★
Every once in a while we get
an urge to really pull a practical
joke. We dreamed up a real lulu
last week. Some night we would
like to sneak up on a car be-
longing to one of our teen-age
Barney Oldfields and change all
the tires on his car to these new
kind Humble has been advertis-
ing not to squeal.
Wouldn’t you like to see our
young hot rodder’s face when he
roars off and the tires fail to’
squeal? Talk about frustration,
this would be the height of it.
Of course, if the tires really
wouldn’t squeal, he might get
himself killed trying to see what
was wrong.
About Folks
You Know
and Mrs. Oda Neel and
Della Hubbard of Athens
ained Sunday with a birth-
dinner in honor of Billy
Cummings, brother of Mrs. Neel
and Mrs. Hubbard. Present for
the occasion besides the honoree
were A. C. Cummings, also of
Athens, and Miss Amy Deskin of
Kerens.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gould,
daughter Georgiana and Mrs.
George Evans of Athens will
spend Thanksgiving with Mrs.
’John Holland.
Bro. and Mrs. Harwell Norris
and. children are visiting rela-
tives in Houston over the holi-
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weihs and
children of Fort Worth arrived
Monday for a visit with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dare Mabry.
Happy
Birthday
Barbara. Dell Ferguson....Nov, ‘
Glenda Tekell ....................Nov. 5
Don Lancaster ........ Nov. \
Tom B. Washburn............Nov. S
Robt. Wesley Ragland......Nov. !
Mrs. J. L. Baker....1...........Nov. ‘
Mrs. Faye King..................Nov. !
Lydia May Berry..............Nov. !
Eula Gray ......... Nov. !
Milton Johnston................Nov. ‘
Eva Glanton _.....................Nov. :
Homer Rendon ....................Dec.
Tanya Tekell ........ Dec.
Tommy Glen Tramel, Jr. Dec.
Orville Beggs .............. Dec.
Earl McClung ...... Dec.
Chas. Reese ..............'......«....Dec.
Edward McNeese ________... ...Dec.
Kerens Cage Teams
Advance To Finals
In Mildred Tourney
The Kerens High School Boys
and Girls Basketball teams ad-
vanced to the finals of the Mil-
dred tournament Monday night.
They did this by beating the
Richland Girls 27-14 and the
boys advanced over the Richland
lads by a score of 40-37.
The finals got underway Tues-
day night at 8:00 when the Ker-
ens girls met Mildred with the
winner taking home fire place
honors. The boys also will be
playing for first place as they
play the winner of the Mildred-
Malakoff game at 9:15.
Since The Tribune went to
Press Tuesday night, the scores
of these games will be in next
week’s paper.
Basketball next week will find
the Kerens teams in the Navarro
Junior College tournament. The
boys lead off Monday afternoon
at 6:15 as they play Wortham.
Tuesdav night, the girls will play
Frost at 7:30 p.m.
MRS. HAMMETT
HOST TO HD CLUB
An all-day meeting of the Ker-
ens Home Demonstration Club
was held last Friday from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. J. W. Hammett, who pre-
sided. Eight old and one new
member, Mrs. M. F. Fialho, at-
tended. Mrs. Lewis Vernon was
a visitor.
A film entitled “How A Wom-
an Can Serve A Guest Meal with
No Help”, was shown. Officers
for 1960 were elected.
Mrs. Gertrude Dryman, coun-
ty home demonstration agent,
gave a demonstration of “How
To Be A Successful Hostess,”
using three basic rules—attrac-
tiveness, politeness and conven-
ience.
Fall berries, fruit and dried
arrangements were decorations.
The next meeting will be Nov-
ember 26 at 2 p.m. in the home
of Mrs. H. H. Trent with Mrs.
Trent as hostess.
The annual Thanksgiving lun-
cheon was given with husbands
jnvited to share the noon meal
which was prepared by the club
ladies.
Officers for next year are:
Mrs. Ben Slay, president; Mrs.
Rov Miller, vice president; Mrs.
C. W. Pease, secretary; Mrs. H.
H. Trent, treasurer, and Mrs.
Foy Scarbrough, reporter.
Rural Shade
News
By Inez Howell
There were a few in number
in Sunday school. We urge each
and every one to attend school
next Sunday and let’s keep our
church going.
Mrs. Etta Howell was enter-
tained in her home last Wednes-
day with a birthday party. She
received many beautiful gifts.
Each heart was very much touch-
ed when Etta opened her last
package and it contained a very
beautiful coat from her daugh-
ter. The ladies presented Etta
with an extra gift as she has
served as a wonderful Sunday
School teacher for so many years,
a pretty bouquet of artificial
rosebuds of mixed colors. Pie,
cookies, Cheezits, coffee and cold
drinks were served to 12 ladies
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith and
Robert Carter spent Sunday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud-
dy Radney at Crescent Heights.
Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips
left Thursday morning for West
Texas. They will visit their sons
and famiies, William and Way-
'mon and sister the George Phil-
lips in Big Spring, and relatives
in Lamesa.
The Jerry Lee Howells of Dal-
las were week-end visitors in
the Wilson Howell home.
Mr. ancf Mrs. Herman Howell
received word their daughter
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KERENS, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1959
Annual Thanksgiving Service
To Be Held Wednesday P.M.
* Joe E. Wilson was re-elected
As is the annual custom in
Kerens, the City-Wide,. Thanks-
giving service will be held to-
day (Wednesday) at 7:30 p.m.
This year the service will be held
Music Club Has
Wednesday Meeting
Mesdames A. L. Bain- and R.
H. Mays were hostesses to the
Kerens Music Club last Wednes-
day at the Bain home.
Following a. brief business
session, Mrs. J. B. Coates pre-
sented data relative to the hymn
of the month, “We Gather To-
gether.” The club then sang this
Thanksgiving hymn, accompanied
by Mrs. Mays.
Mrs. L. C. Vernon, leader, dis-
cussed the art of enjoying mu-
sic and Mrs. Joe Sheppard talk-
ed on popular music in America.
“Mother Machree” and “Silver
Threads Among the Gold” were
vocal selections by Mrs. Mays.
Piano numbers given by Mrs.
Jack Reed included both semi-
classical and popular tunes.
Each program participant pre-
sented her part in a most ef-
fective and capable manner. Dur-
ing the social hour, a dessert
plate was served to 13 members
and guests: Mesdames J. C. Blair,
J. C. Walker, Wilburn F. Foster,
R. A. Bain, R. E. Ford and L.
Murphrey.
The next meeting will be in
the home of Mrs Joe Sheppard
on Dec. 9th.
at the First Baptist Church with
pastors and singers from the
First Methodist and Presbyterian
churches assisting in the serv-
ices.
Rev. Burt Gillis, minister of
the Methodist church, will bring
the message this year. The title
of his sermon will be “Full Ta-
bls and Empty Souls”.
Rev. Harwell Norris, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, will
lead the invocation, and Rev. Bill
Foster, Baptist pastor, will read
the scripture.
The Children’s Choir will sing
and Mrs. J. L. Whorton will be
at the pipe organ.
Buddy Sessions will direct the
music for the service.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
Fun Lovers Club
Meets Thursday
The Fun Lovers Club of Baz-
ette met last Thursday in the
home of Mrs. S. M. Colvin with
Mrs. Bob Lancaster as co-hostess
for a covered dish luncheon
'meeting. There were 24 ladies
resent who enjoyed the luncheon
and visitation in the afternoon
which also included games and
the like.
The next meeting of B e club
will be Dec. 1.7 in the home of
Mrs. Ellen Marshall at Bazette
for their Chrsitmas meeting and
program.
president of the Bazette Ceme-
tery Association at a meeting of
that group last Saturday. J. T.
Glass was re-named vice presi-
dent and I. C. Tarkington was
re-elected secretary and treas-
urer.
In other business the associa-
tion named a committee to lay
off the new plot in the Prairie
Point Cemetery. Named to this
committee were Paul West, Roy
Sessions, J. T. Glass, Joe Wil-
son, Burt Inmon and I. C. Tark-
ington.
Named to the Contract Com-
mittee were L. M. Seale, G. Kirk,
John Mayo, Robert Pohl and W.
C. Wasson.
The committee hired Bruce
Purifoy as careaker. His salary
will be $87.50 per month or
$1,050 per year.
Mrs. Duncan Leads
WSCS Discussion
The W.S.C.S. of the First
Methodist Church heard an in-
formative discussion led by Mrs.
Josh Duncan, Monday afternoon
on “The Law and Social Order.”
Others assisting • Mrs. Duncan
were Mesdames E. K. Howell,
Kenneth Sessions, R. J. Hender-
son^ Winston Geyer and Milton
Johnston.
Hostesses Mines. Bill Wasso,
Bratton Massey and Dare Ma-
bry served delicious cookies and
hot spiced punch to members.
TAX-MAN SAM
Well, the tax people have a
new income tax form out this
year They call this new form
the 1040-W. It doesn’t replace
the old Form 1040 or the 1040-
A card form. It is a single sheet,
buff colored form printed on
both, sides .The title of the form
tells what it is for—“Optional
Form for Wages and Salary In-
come and Not More than, $200
of Interest and Dividends.” You
can itemize your deductions on
this form as well as the 1040.
You can’t itemize deductions if
you use the 1040-A card. You
can take the standard deduction
on any of the three forms. All
of the forms will be available
at the Post Office and the In-
ternal Revenue Service in Jan-
uary.
Austrian Winter Peas Help
Improve Cotton Yield Here
Cotton following Austrian
Winter Peas on land that was
in Grain Sorghum the year be-
fore, produced over a bale per
iacre. This is the report made by
Barney Kent who operates the
Boyd farm in Elm Flat. Cotton
following cotton on adjoining
land made less han a half bale
per acre.
A picture of this field appear-
ed in The Tribune back in the
late summer. At that time it was
promised that the yields would
be reported later. Mr. Kent
stripped both these fields and
was unable to give exact yields,
but he knows there was a big
difference. Barney also made a
bale per acre on some cotton
fertilized with anhydrous am-
imonia.
Some good wheat yields were
made this year in the Kerens
area. Several farmers made
around 30 bushels per acre. Mil-
ton Johnston made 31 bushels.
Several farm ponds have been
constructed this fall. Willard
Mayo, Valon Lonon, T. B. Mat-
tingly, O. H. Fulfer and Robert
Tramel have completed ponds.
Will Tom Ware is planning to
build two ponds this fall.
The Hunt Bros., who recently
bought the Gibson farm, plan to
water their livestock from wa-
ter troughs with well water.
Many cattlemen believe that
cattle do better on well water
than on pond water.
Kerens Band Wins Honors
At Mexia Marching Contest
The Kerens High School Band
with its 35 members and Drum
Major Patsy Goines, under the
CENSUS TAKERS
BEGIN SURVEY
OF LOCAL FARMS
Census takers for the local
area in the 1959 Census of Ag-
riculture have been appointed
and began an intensive training
course on Nov. 18 in preparation
for the start of the field can-
vass on Nov. 23, it was an-
nounced today by Crew Leader,
Mrs. Bessie Montgomery.
The training session is being
held in the Civic Room of the
First National Bank in Corsicana
and is being conducted by the
crew leader who recently attend-
ed a five-day census training
course.
The traing course covers the
use of the Census questionnaire,
Census definitions, interviewing,
and map reading. Emphasis, will
be placed on the importance of
locating every farm and obtain-
ing complete and accurate infor-
mation. The census takers will
conduct some actual interviews
as part of the training.
Census takers taking the train-
ing include: Mr. Lewis Vernon
and Mrs. Ruth Quinn of Kerens.
Last Rites Held For
Mrs. Edna Penny
Mrs. Edna Penny, 85, life-long
resident of this community, died
at her hpme Sunday night after
an extended illness.
Funeral services were held
from the First Baptist church of
which she was a member, Tues-
day at 2 p.m. with burial in the
Long Prairie cemetery. The rites
were conducted by Bro. Bill Fos-
ter, pastor, and Dan Gibson,
Church of Christ minister.
Surviving are four sons: B. O.
Penny, Houston; E. A. Penny,
Lake Jackson; E. G. Penny, De-
Rider, La.; and Judge Melvin
Penny, Kerens; three daughters,
Mrs. A. B. Kerley, Kerens; Mrs.
J. F. Rowe and Mrs. Ernest Bra-
ley, both of Corsicana; 29 grand-
tchildren, seven great-grandchil-
dren and other relatives.
Grandsons were pallbearers. In-
mon Funeral Home directed.
direction of M F. Fialho, walked
away with top honors at the In-
terscholastic League Band March-
ing Contest at Mexia Saturday.
The local band was awarded
a “One” in marching and a
“Two” in inspection in the reg-
ional band marching contest. The
Kerens band was the only band
out of five in Class A compe-
tition that made ,a “One” in in-
spection.
The Majorettes, who are Pat-
sy Goines, Wanda Huggins, Don-
na Allen, Kay Fields and Rita
Ragland, made a “One” in their
(twirling routine they did as a
group and Wanda Hpggins and
Rita Ragland made “One’s” in
ensemble twirling.
A “Two” was also won by
jMisses Goines, Allen and Fields.
The girls were entered in, Class
I competition, the most difficult
of the two classes.
Accompanying the band to
Mexia were Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Vernon, and Mrs. Florence
Bates.
Band Boosters To Meet
The Kerens Band Boosters ex-
tend a special invitation to each
parent to attend the next meet-
ing to be Monday, Nov. 30 at
7:00 p.m. in the Band Hall.
All attending will enjoy see-
ing the films of the marching
and twirling contest at Mexia.
Band Director Fialho will also
read the judges’ comments on
the band and majorettes.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Powell of
Fort Worth are the proud par-
ents of a baby girl bom Nov.
17 at Osteopathic Hospital in Ft.
Worth. Roxana weighed 6 lbs.,
7 1-2 ozs. She is welcomed by
her brother John. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Walker of Chapman Ranch,
Texas. Paternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Powell of
Corsicana and there are three
great grandparents, Mrs. J. H.
Walker, and Mr. and Mrs. B. P.
Powell of Austin.
Uncle Sipe from Shad Hollow
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
It has got so November and
April is the most important
months in our calendar. In No-
vember we give humble thanks
unto the Almighty fer our many
blessings and in April we pay
the Internal Revenue Depart-
ment fer supervising ’em so
good fer us.
I think it’s mighty proper that
our annual month fer thanks
comes when them Congressmen,
is not in session. I see by the
papers where they averaged
spending $162,000 per minute
during the last session. It’s a
big saving fer the taxpayers
when v?e got them boys at home
fer a spell. I aim to give thanks
throughout the whole month of
November just fer this one
blessing alone.
Speaking of our Congressmen,
they ain’t very smart in setting
the amount fer each item they
spend. Fer instant, they set up
$200,000 fer radio broadcasts on
“health, education and economic
security,” whatever that is. You
never see a smart merchant set-
ting the price of somepun at
even money, like at $2 even or
$5 even. He knocks off a cent
or two and makes it a real bar-
gain at $1.99 or $4.98. Now if
them Congressmen would set up
that broadcasting item at $199,-
998.98 us folks back home would
figger we was gitting that broad-
cast at a bargain.
Well, I see where some Rus-
sian diplomat, after waiting two
month to think it up, claims we
didn’t show Khrushchev the pro-
per hospitality in Washington and
present him with the keys to the
city. It is very plain that them
Russians don’t understand the
situation in Washington. On ac-
count of not having nothing in
Washington locked up, we ain’t
never had no keys to the city.
The five percenters, politicians,
and influence boys just go in
and git what they want. Wash-
ington is run on the self-service
plan and they don’t want noth-
ig locked up. The only thing
they keep locked up is the trav-
eling expenses of them junketing
Senators and Representatives,
but they’re stored in a seci’et
cave over in Virginia.
Of course, Mister Editor, I
think Khrushchev would be a
bad risk fer owning keys, even
to Washington—if they had any.
I wouldn’t trust that feller as
fur as I coud spit into a 50-
mile wind.
I come to town yesterday to
git some 20-pen,ny nails and the
man said they was up a bit over
the last time I bought ’em on
account of steel going up. I git
mighty tired of things going up
that the farmer and rancher
needs and things going down
that he produces. City folks is
always complaining about beef
being high. I hope it gits so high
that if the prodigal son comes
home anytime soon his Ba will
have to run him off and keep
the calf.
Your* truly,
Uncle Sipe
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Kittley, Wayne W. The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1959, newspaper, November 27, 1959; Kerens, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth810390/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Kerens Public Library.