Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1946 Page: 4 of 8
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CELEBRATES
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every- able-bodied boy or man
that could carry a gun was
placed in the Home Guard un-
der Captain Eubanks of Nacog-
doches to guard the Sabine
River. Mr. Whitton was a
member of this guard and serv-
ed until the end of the -war.
The close of the war brought
to him the hardest period of his
life. Slaves were freed, prop-
erty was destroyed, people had
to live by their wits, money
would hot purchase the neces-
sities of life as they were not
here to purchase. "People had
to make their own shoes,
homes were broken, a crime
wave set in upon the country
that was broken, bankrupt and
humiliated. It seemed to hid
that there was nothing to live
for as there was no future in
sight.
In 1869 Mr. Whitton receiv-
ed an appointment from Gov-
ernor Davia to be county sur-
veyor of San. Augustiife. At
that time he did not consider
himself qualified and returned
the appointment. However,
he studied hard for a year and
practiced surveying in his fa-
ther’s old field. In 1870 he ac-
cepted the appointment and
began surveying land. This
country was a wilderness in
those days. There were dense
cane brakes, wildcats, varmits
of every kind, buffalo knals,
ticks and snakes everywhere.
He had to wear heavy clothing,
high boots, chaps, two pistols
and carry a thirty-pound com-
pass both in summer and in
winter. A law was passed re-
quiring all land certificates to
be located, surveyed and;- re-
turned to the General Land
Office by January 1, 1875. This
meant hardships for surveyors.
He said that many times be
had rim lines in sleet* - snow
and ice with timber falling ail
around him. At- night he
wrote his field notes by camp
fire. His surveying party liv-
ed mostly on game as they
had banters and cooks with
them.
While surveying in Nacog-
doches county in 1883, a flood
came and the surveying crew
had to abandon the camp.
With the pack mules they went
to the farm of William H. Yar-
brough where ' he met Mary
Elizabeth, the beautiful young
daughter. On September 30,
1884 they were married.
Eleven children were born to
them. Mrs. Whitton was kill-
ed in an accident in 1914. Ed-
ward O. and German passed
away during the past five
years.
After holding the county
surveyor’s office of San Augus-
tine for thirty-two years he
moved to Timpson in 1903. He
continued his surveying land
and estimating timber in sev-
eral counties until he waa nine-
two years old. During the past
eight years he has devoted
most of his time to gardening
t and to his orehard. He enjoys
talking with frienda about the
early days in East Texas. He
often tells about being in Cen-
ter when the first trees were
felled to build the court house,
the political battles of Texas,
of early settlers, fueds, trans-
portation with ox teams, his ex-
perience as a merchant in
Timpson, the East Texas Fair,
old-time camp meetings, and
the inventions since 1846.
These events related by Hr.
Whitton unfold the history of
-100 years as he lived them.
With hair still tinged with j
red and twinkling blue eyes, he
replies when reminded of his
advanced age, "The Lord has
fcesr. r'-
am grateful, 1 am ready to go
when he calls but there seems
to be no rush.”
I Written by his daughter,
Hazel Whitton)
Announcement of Marriage
Mis* Veriine Sherrod
to Tho*. G- Tooley
The following item is repro-
duced from a recent issue of a
Port Arthur newspaper:
“Verline Sherrod, daughter
of G. W. Sherrod of Timpson,
Tex., will become the bride of
Thomas G. Tooley, ton of Mr.
and Mrs. William R. Tooley of
1549 12th street, at a ceretnony
to be held at the St. Mary’s
rectory on Thursday. The rites
will be read by the Rev. Ber-
nard Rowen.
"Mias Sherrod’s only attend-
ant will be her sister, Joy Ann
Sherrod.
“William.fl- Tooley, Jr., the
bridegroom’^, brother, will
serve as best man.
“After a short wedding trip,
Mr. Tooley and his bride will
make their home here. The
prospective bride, a graduate
of Timpson High school, has
been employed by the South-
western Bell Telephone com-
pany l^ere for the past 18
months. '
“Mr. Tooley received his
education from St. Mary’s
school and served two and one-
half years in the Army Medical
Corps.
“An open house shower is
being given for the future bride
today at the Tooley home by
Mrs. C. F. Brown and Joy Ann
Sherrod. Friends of the cou-
ple and their families are in-
vited. Mrs. H. Mellema, Mrs-
Genevieve Alleman, Joyce
Hebert and Dorothy DeGrasse
will assist in receiving and
entertaining the guests."
Bowlin Reunion
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The annual Bovet|n^reti>iiCTa
will be held at' the bfgfWay
park west of Tenaha on Sun-
day, June 16. Not only rela-
tives are invited, but all who
want to come and spend the
day. *’ !»-
Among the out-of-town
friends and relatives attend-
ing the funeral of Duhon
Humphries Tuesday, May 28,
were: Mr. and Mrs. Cas Eakin
and daughter. Miss Margrette,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Humphries,
Mr. and Mis. O’Neil Humph-
ries, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Hemsberger of Beaumont;
Theo McGee, Austin; Mrs. L.
L. Moody. Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Lambert, Green-
ville. Mississippi; Mr. and Mrs.
M. E. Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Cur-
tis Shepherd and Vanderpate
Humphries. Kilgore; Rev. and
Mrs. Jack Harrison and moth-
er, Mrs. Fox, of Mt. Pleasant;
Rev. G. D. .Walters, Hender-
son; Rev. R. E. Rodgers, Min-
den; Rev. Joe Smith, Mis. E. J.
McLeroy and sons, Jack and
Tom, and daughter, Miss Edith,
Mrs. Lucky Pleasant and Mrs.
Brad Collier, all of Center;
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Eakin, Luf-
kin; Lovis -Eakin, Carthage;
Miss Beryl Rider, Buna.
Most Worshipful Grand
Master Pat M. Neff Will
Visit Masonic Lodges
On Friday, Jbne 7th, Hon.
Pat M. Neff, Most Worshipful
Grand Master of the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge of
Texas. A.r.&A.M., will make
an official visit with the lodges
of the 20th Masonic district.
The meeting will be held at
the high school building in Nac-
ogdoches. Refreshments will
be served beginning at 6:30 p.
m., and the lodge opened at 8
p. ns.
Nothing is being spared to
make this an enjoyable and
profitable meeting. All Mas-
jter Masons are cordially invit-
ed to be present on this occa-
. sion.
& G. Whitaker, W. M.
Milam Lodge No. 2.
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Ensign Thomas E. Taylor, Jr.
Returns from Cruise to
South American and England
Ensign Thomas E. tTed)
Taylor, Jr., has arrived for a
visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Taylor. Mr. Taylor has
just completed a four months'
cruise to points in South Amer-
ica and England. His vacation
at home includes a trip to Cane
River this week; others in
party are; Ed Taylor, Billy
Taylor, Charles Taylor and
Rev. M. R. Turner.
U. S. Nelson Undergoes
Operation on Right Eye
U. S. Nelson has returned
from Dallas, where he under-
went an operation on his right
eye. The operation was per-
formed in a Dallas-hospital on
May 16, and Mr. Nelson re-
mained in the hospital about
two weeks. Mr. Nelson’s many
friends are glad to know that
he is doing nicely. He return-
ed to Dallas Thursday for a
check.
PRODUCER PLANS
ALL TEXAS MOVIE
Hollywood, May 24.—Movie
producer Andrew Stone, said
yesterday he will make $4,-
000,000 technicolor movie,
“Texas the Great,” based on
the history, adventure and ro-
mance of Texas.”
Stone said his research ex-
perts had been studying Texas
for two years and would pre-
pare for a year more before
filming begins.
“No state in the union de-
serves a great picture more
than Texas, and no state can
contribute more stirring mate-
rial,” Stone said.
He said the whole picture
.would be filmed in Texas,
•wit£ an; -al^exay vcast ami
FUNERAL RITES OF
DUHON HUMPHRIES
On the 28th day of May. at
3 o’clock, a large crowd; of sor-
rowing friends and relatives
gathered at the Corinth church
to pay their tribute of love and
respect to their loved one,
Duhon. Services were con-
ducted by Rev. Curtis Peace,
Rev. W. A. Dollahite and Rev.
D. J. Collins of Timpson and
Rev. G. D. Walters of ‘Hender-
son. Funeral arrangements
were ill charge of the Taylor
Estate Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers were: Edd
Beasley, Oran Milford, Lenard
Milford, M. C. Courtney, Lem
Hudson, Melvin Wedgeworth.
The beautiful floral offering
was a token of love of a host
of friends.
Duhon united with the Bap-
tist church early in life and
his sweet Christian character
won for him a host of lovely
friends. To know him wag to
love him. He graduated from
Timpson Hfgh School at the
age of 16, enlisted in the Mer-
chant Marines at the ageof 17,
and was still in the service and
was on h short furlough home.
He saw service in fourteen dif-
ferent countries and only made
three trips home in his three
years of service. Most of his
time was spent overseas.
The passing of this fine
young man has brought deep
sorrow to all who knew him.
Surviving are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Humph-
ries; two brothers, Alonza and
Larry Paul; one sister, Mary
Sue Humphries.
LOST — Small zipper purse,
checked in color* at white,
black and red. Contained
small amount of money and
driver's license. Please return
(especially the dijwrb li-
cense) to Mrs. J.
Timpson. " o’
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Card of Thanks
We wish to express our deep-
est and sincerest thanks and
appreciation to a host of
friends for their untiring serv-
ices, their numerous kind deeds
and smypathizing words, dur-
ing the illness and death of
oar dear loved one, Duhon.
Smypathizing and understand-
ing friends like you have made
the way easier and inclined us
to carry on. May God bless
and keep each of you is our
earnest prayer.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Humphries and family.
Rat Attacks Woman
But Firemen Help
The Gloucester. Leg Stool,
with which tired business men
relax with their feet up at a
driver!* li- j comfortable angle, was the re-
B. Hammer, s^lt .of a^hobh)’ ofa , retired
business man
Houston, Tex.—Mrs. Vonita
Smith 31-year-old housewife,
was .cooking supper last Fri-
day night when a rat, *big as a
cat,” ran into the kitchen. She
swung with a broom, missed
and the rat attacked.
Jumping on her arm it sunk
its teeth in and held on. She
dropped, the broom and tussled
the rat loose.
Down on the fioor, the rat
squared off for another round.
Deciding she was outclass-
ed, Mrs. Smith fled—right
down to the fire station for first
aid. Later she took anti-h*t>ies
shots..
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1946, newspaper, June 7, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth813799/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.