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VOLUME 66
Timpson Weekly Times
i6 . TIMP'ON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, I960
NO.»
'BEK HUM SPEAKS
AT MILCH OF
COMMERCE BANKET
HOB SHIVERS I
SIGNS fflfi TAX BELLS
The Timpson Parent-Teacher Association, under the
leadership of its very capable president, Mrs. Arthur
Horton, has done many outstanding things, this school
year. One of the very worthy projects was the purchase
of a new Audiometer for the sehool health program. The
health program is under the direction of Mrs. 3. B.
Adams, school nurse, who is doing outstanding work for
the students of Timpson schools. Shown above are: Mrs.
Arthur Horton, (standing), president of the P.-T. A.;
Mrs. J. B. Adams, (operating the Audiometer), school
nurse. School children present for the hearing aid test
are: Eugene Ceal, Louise Hudson, Alta Fay Ramsey and
Jerry Cosort.
REA OFFICIALS
STUDYING NEW
TELEPHONE LAW
IMMTS PUNTS KMC
PUT tN COLD FRAMES
’ Washington, Feb. 28.—Of- Sales and production of
ficials of the Deep East Texas ycung plants indicate above
Rural Electric cooperative are th« average interest in this
here studying the best meth-' year>* cr0P', G™™n
- . - . report floe demand and that
ods to follow to gsve cast Tex- pUnts afe , heilthy
as farmers the benefits of the condition due t0 favorable
new rural telephone law, D. growing weather.
mana^id &.?***
Mr. Beasley, W. B. Warner, ■ instances, if weather
of Milam and T. A. Hargis of}conditiona are favorable, there
Nacogdoches, director of the *** i*. p!*ntings in a few
co-operative and former vice-
president, conferred with' Rep.
J. M. Combs of Beaumont,
and with George Haggard,
deputy administrator of REA.
Mr. Beasley said their talks
were "purely exploratory."
"We don’t know yet if we will j
fie'd*. during the latter pau of
March, we are informed.
“we will call for bids soon,”
said Beasley.
“We already have the mon-
ey in the bank,” he said.
go into the telephone business! cJ>'0P€rati'e
but we want to find out what ™embcrs ,acin* a w,tk east
will be the methods to use exas area'
rtould we decide to form, |CaMata _w
telephon eeo^opera ,ve ’ \ the Date
He said they also brought;
the final plans of a new $40,-! A Canasta Party is to be
000 headquarters building the]given at the American Legion
electric co-operative expects to j Cottage at an early date,
build in San Augustine. If the! Watch this paper for further
plans are approved here, then announcement and date.
CAR TUNES
By Shelby Voter Co.
■ IrbalMMMib
“You could get the battery
SHELBY MOTOR COMPANY.”
charged quick at
"The Home of Friendly Service"
Shelby Motor Company
Phone 212 Timpson
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Nearly two hundred local
citizens and friends from a
1,
Two tax bills, passed <by the
Texas Legislature, were sign-
ed at Austin Tuesday by Gov-
ernor Allan Shivers, and they
became effective Wednesday.
, ,. Signing of the tax measures
number of surrounding towns “ .r. . „ . . ■
,, . . , , ? , means that each pack of cig-
attended the annual banquet arets ^ h aaeh bott,e of
of the Timpson Chamber of wUak „ beel, „ach radio or
Commerce which was held at nw automobijfc each barre,
the school cafeteria in this f , . ... .
». . a. c* i j • of oil produced will bear an
city last Saturday night. , ... ‘
J.W.Krlstensen was master;’ ^ which
of ceremonies, durtog which the eatrB , include
he presented the large number,^ w natara,
of visitors, the guests having
gas production, sulphur, car-
bon black.
Shivers signed the omnibus
tax bill, then the cigaret tax
measure.
The governor said he would
sign the $20,612,128 appro-
priation bill for operation of
hospitals and special schools
“in a few days.”
. . .. These new taxes will put
A resume at the Past ajj egtinjated miliion ^uan
in two fnnds for state hospi-
tals and special schools in the
next 18 months—6 million in a
building fund, 21 million in an
operations and maintenance
fund.
The 10 per cent increase in
. . . , ... the omnibus tax bill—the one
A b0U"tifu!.*_nd/P?e.t,Z:”K that catches all the items ex-
cept cigarets—is supposed to
last only 18 months. The 1-
....... „ cent-per-pack cigaret tax re-
Wright, instructor. Young msins ^ effeet Mven and oae_
previously registered at the
desk of the secretary, Mrs. S.
Winfrey.
The address of welcome was
extended by Robin Hooper,
president of the Chamber of
Commerce. Mr. Hooper took
occasion to express apprecia-
tion to everyone cooperating
to make the banquet a suc-
cess.
year’s achievements showed
that the local organization had
accomplished a great deal in
community and town building,
and sponsoring of several proj-
ects—tomato festival, dairy
show, Santa Claus parade, and
Christmas street decorations.
1 and a
dinner was served by the
Home Economics department
of the. school, Mrs. J. W.
20th Annual Father and jjjgjj QNjflflj BUM!
Son Banquet Given By '
Timpson Chapter FFA Jjj PR£S£Jff 00N0EIT
ladies assisting in the evening’s
courtesies were: Barbara Ann
Young, Esther Marie Darnell,
Edna Darnell, Martha Peters,
Ada Mac Crawford, Linda
Sue Wallace, Charlesene Hud
son, Gloria Bowlin, Leola Ross,
Shirley ' Johnson, Sadie Rae
Shepherd, Eloise Hairgrove. j
Immediately following the
half years to assure a long-
range hospital building pro-
gram.
Enactment of the tax legis-
lation and an appropriation
bill directing how the revenue
shall be spent for operation of
hospitals the next fiscal year
was the prime purpose for
*r0_UP°f ^h*^!convehnede ^ '****"*
students, under direction of
Jimmie 'Hudgins, band instruc-
tor, presented a pleasing pro-
gram of music and song. They
were: David Billingsley, pian-1
ist; Miss June Henry,
and a quartet composed of named today as interim presi-
Calvin Hancock, Tommie Col- dent pr0 tem ot Senate,
lins, James Lowel Bogue and p]acing him next in line of suc-
SENATOR WARDLOW LANE
GIVEN HONOR
. | Austin, March X.—Senator
soloist. \yard|ow Lane of Center was
cession to the governor of Tex-
Laurie Murphy. I
Ben Wooten, president aa
the First National Bank of j Lane, a veteran of two terms
Dallas, speaker of the evening in the apper chamber, will be
was Introduced by H. «L. Rog- Peking Ws third elective term
ers, executive vice-president this summer,
of The Cotton Belt State Bank Senate members, meeting in
of Timpson. Mr. Rogers took1 cauclIj, named Lane in an
occasion to point out the fact e3riv morning meeting prior to
that Mr. Wooten is a former j convening at 11:20.
Lane will succeed Sen.
Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo,
president pro tem during the
special session. He will serve
during the legislative interim
as acting lieutenant governor,
as well as president pro tem.
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Farmers Night
At Legion Meeting
Tuesday, March 7
The regular meeting of the
Timpson post of the American - __r
Legion will be held Tuesday. tuELl
u.-ai. n Vv..:lA rtiucrnwK
March 7, at memorial build-
ing, starting at 7 o’clock p. m.
The meeting has been, desig-
nated as farmers night, and a
special invitation is extended
to farmers and their wives. J.
C. Wharton, teacher of voca-
tional agriculture in Timpson
High School, will make a talk
in regard to pastures and pas-
ture improvement, which will
be of particular interest to
those interested in the cattle
and other livestock industry.
A moving picture will be
shown following Mr. Whar-
ton’s talk. The Legionnaires
will conclude their evening’s
meeting with a short business
session, it is announced by
Post Commander Pat Castle.
Mr. Castle urges a good at-
tendance of members and
guests.
Forrest King, well known
local citizen, authorizes the
Times to place his name before
the voters as a candidate for
Alderman of the City of Thnp-
son, subject to action of the
voters in the election to be
held April 4th.
Mr. King states that he will
appreciate your support and
vote, and if elected will en-
deavor to make an efficient
official in helping to conduct
city affairs.
The twentieth annual father
and son banquet was given by
the Timpson Chapter Future
Farmers of America at the
school cafeteria building in
Timpson Thursday evening,
February 28, with a splendid
attendance of F.F.A. members,
Future Farmerettes and a
number of invited guests. Fol-
lowing the opening ceremony
by officers of the chapter, the
invocation was given by Cal-
vin Hancock.
Alvin Hancock gave the ad-
dress of welcome. This was
followed by voeal solo, “Hail
the FFA’’ by Aiysia Mae Pled-
ger, with piano accompani-
ment by Maebelle Hughes.
Trumpet solo was played by
Bruce Hughes, with Miss Mae-
belle Hughes accompanying at
the piano.
The principal address was
given by James Horten of
Timpson, who is attending
Sam Houston State Teachers
College, Huntsville. Mr. Hor-
ton told of the purposes of the
organization, explaining the
work of the F.F.A. There is at
this time a membership of ap-
proximately 200,000, in the
United States, it was stated.
Farming is highly important,
and in order to prove capable
we must cooperate and have
good leadership and under-
standing of the farming indus-
try ‘1 cough training. Mr.
Horton said. The speaker was
introduced by Gordon Oliver,
president of the Timpson
chapter. Gordon also presid-
ed as master of ceremonies.
An excellent meal preceded
the program, with the follow-
ing menu: Chilled tomato
juice, chicken fried steak,
green beans, French fried po-
tatoes. pineapple and cheese
salad, hot rolls, ice cream,
cookies, coffee, tea. Those su-
pervising preparation includ-
ed, Mrs. J. W. Wright, direc-
tor of Home making Depart-
ment of Timpson High School,
and Mrs. W. D. Whiteside and
Mrs. A. M. Darnell. Those
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The Timpson High School
band, under direction of Jim-
mie Hudgins, will present a
concert at the high school au-
ditorium Friday evening,
March 10th, beginning at t
o’clock.
The program will consist of
varied numbers, including se-
lections to be played in the
coming Interscholaatk play-
ing contest of East Texas
bands.
An admission charge of 16c
and 25c will be made.
The concert proceeds the
banquet to be given the fallow-
ing night by the Band Moth-
er's Club.
Capt. W. A.
Family Leave for Austria
Capt. and Mrs. W. A. Bus-
sey and daughter. Catherine,
will sail from New Yolk
March 7th for Austria, where
Capt. Bussey has been as-
signed to service with Ameri-
can Occupation forces. They
spent last week visiting Capt
Bussey's parents, Mr. and Mis.
F. R Bussey of this city, earn-
ing here from Camp Hood
where they have been station-
ed for sometime. From Timp-
son they went to New York
for a visit with Dr. and Mre.
Frank Bussey before taking
passage to Austria.
Sam Crump For
School Trustee • v:
The Times is authorized to
announce Sam Crump as a
candidate for trustee of the
Timpson -Independent School
District, subject to action of
the voters in the election to he
held April 1.
Mr. Cramp solicits your vote
and careful consideration aa to
his qualifications, and if elect-
ed promises to work for the
best interest of the school at
all times.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1950, newspaper, March 3, 1950; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth814804/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.