The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1985 Page: 8 of 8
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On Tuesday morning there were
Ufa— and river* in downtown Alto
that were not there on Monday
night The little bridge at the en-
trance to the school was washed out
and the homes around there (and
fltiny places in Alto) had water
■t«nHiwg everywhere. If I had not
been in my Baby Blazer with its fif-
teen inch wheels I problably would
not be writing this now. The road
between my house and the Shiloh
Road had a lake about 50 feet wide
and 18 inches deep. My Mazda
The Alto Country Fair had one
sunahiney day last weekend, on
Sunday, and it’s a miracle that the
rain actually quit for a few hours
that day. My story on the fair is on
page one with pictures scattered in
the paper. Next weeks issue of The
Alto Herald will have more pic-
tures, that of the winner of the Alto
Art League drawing, the showing of
old pictures at the library, and the
Rev. Joe Clouse and his family who
came to the fair last Saturday. He
was the original organizer of our
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One of the loveliest parts of New
Mexico is Glorietta and last week
the Aspen Bible Conference was
held there. Several members of the
Hilltop Baptist Church had the
priviledge of hearing the good
speakers and music led by The
Prime Time Choir from West
University Baptist Church of
Houston. Those folks that went and
enjoyed the conference, and the
beauty of the golden'leaf Aspen
trees in the mountains, included
Pastor Bill Morgan and his wife, Jo,
and Mary McCullough, Hubert and
Virginia Davis, Joe and Ruth Pyle,
Thelma Clinton, Marie Thomas,
Nettie Knight, Doris Pierce and
Pauline Bynum.
Here in Alto, Homer Townly
recently celebrated his 90th birth-
day at the home of his daughter and
son-in-law, Juanita and Jake Ran-
some. Lots of his family members
were there for the occasion, in-
cluding seven grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
Other things coming up in Alto in-
would never have made it through. fair back in,1977. Alvie and Christine Jones, Blackie c|ude a giant ^ rally at the high
We have had so much rain these
last two weeks that even the far-
mers are saying...enough. Now we
need sunshine and some cool.
News From Wells
By DIANA SPEER
Wells Reporter
There are two women in Wells
who are both mothers of
youngsters—one has four and the
other one. Now, these two ladies are
often seen together and quite often
Student Life at AHS
By DANA ZAMBON
Well, the Mean Sting has done it
again, despite a close game against
Trinity last Friday night. Our
record is now 7-0. Now, fans-get all
the noisemakers you can find. When
we play Groveton, it’s gonna be
jam-packed, and the more noise we
can make, the better.
Volleyball-wise, the Ladyjackets
continue to prove tough, as their
record is now 19-2. They are already
We have to give them support as
they begin play-off games.
Congrats to Lanita and all the
other Homecoming nominees and
duchesses. I hope the “NO
PASS/NO PLAY” rule didn’t affect
too many of us. If it did, work extra
hard so you can resume your
regular schedule next six-weeks.
This week, the pep rally will
probably be in the gym, during the
day!! Everybody come and pep up
woric together on school and civic insured the title of District Champs. theboys!
projects. I call them the Barbara’s..........................................................................
Reformation Day Observance Set
Falvey Memorial United The morning worship at ll a.m.
Methodist Church in Wells will be
having a very special day all day
Sunday, Oct. 27. The men will meet
at 7 a.m. for their breakfast
meeting in the fellowship hall.
Larry W. Bailey and William
Morris Bailey will be the cooks and
Roy D. Burroughs will present the
nrooram
-Harris and Morris.
It seems that when I did a story
on Michael Harris’ 4-H activities
last week, I wrote that Michael was
the son of Earl and Barbara Morris.
Now, that’s just not the way it is
(although Alton and Barbara
Morris hold Michael in a great deal
of affection). Michael is the son of
Earl and Barbara Harris.
I hope you will excuse me for get-
ting my Ha’s and Mo’s mixed up!
will be remembering the events of
468 years ago and affirming the
Protestant’s faith.
The hour for the evening worship
is changed from 7 to 6 p.m. due to
the change back to Central Stan-
dard Time. Choir rehearsal and
youth meeting will be at 5 p.m. in-
stead of 6 p.m.
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Pictured above are offices of the Alto High School FHA/HERO Club, Fronting Taylor, vice-president, Shiela
wit* Slt,nner’trea9urer- a,so' Alice Hamilton, parliamentarian/historian, Melody
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Witt, teacher, and Sherry Griffin, secretary.
Thursday Study Club Meets
The Alto Thursday Study Club
met on Thursday, Sept. 26 in the
home of Mrs. W. T. Rogers witn
Mrs. N. A. Ward Jr. as hostess. She
served salmon mousse with gar-
nishes and coffee to the members as
they arrived.
The club president, Mrs. W. W.
Lofland, presided at the meeting.
The minutes of the previous
meeting and the treasurer’s report
were read and approved. Mrs.
Ward, the Sesquicentennial Projec-
ts Chairman, explained about the
heritage quilt and urged par-
ticipation in the project. It was
agreed to support the sesquicenten-
nial booth with homemade items at
the Alto Country Fair. The
dedication of the Shattuck Collec-
tion of Children’s Books was set for
Nov. 3 at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Lofiand presented the
program, ‘‘Sam Houston, After the
BaiLle uf San Jacinto,” from
book “Sam Houston’s Texas” by
Sue Flanagan.
During Houston’s 31 years in
Texas he traveled the area exten-
sively, although known records in-
dicate that he never went west of
San Antonio or south of Refugio. In
the Revolution _,ear he covered
over 1,700 official miles. In 1842 he
boasted of a record-breaking
muleback trip from Austin to
Houston in “two hours less than
four days.” His 1857 political cam-
paign in a buggy took him 1,550
miles in two months. At 11 Texas
sites he lived at least six months,
and at one time he maintained four
residences. The map of Texas is
a composite of his total Texas
itinerary.
Obituaries
JOHNSON S Building Materials
858-4944
1 Mile South, Hwy. 69
Alto, Texas
$500 REWARD
offered for the arrest and grand jury
indictment of person or persons
responsible for killing our heifer calf
on Tuesday, Oct. 15 around 3:30 p.m.
The calf weighed 220 lbs. and was shot with 7'/»
squirrel shot in both shoulders.
Harold Oldham
1409) 947.4124
Wells, Texas 75974
Velma Holcomb
Funeral service for Mrs. Velma
Holcomb of Alto was held Oct. 8,
1985 at 3 p.m. in the O.T. Allen & Son
Funeral Home in Alto, with the
Rev. Mack Endsley officiating.
Burial was in the Alto City
Cemetery.
Mrs. Holcomb died Sunday, Oct 6
at her residence in Alto She was
born Oct. 16, 1904 in the Holcomb
Community near Alto. She was a
lifelong resident of Alto and a
member of A.Frank Smith United
Methodist Church where she was
active in the Jenny Harrison Circle
and the Friendship Class.
Survivors include her son and
daughter-in-law, Ralph and Donna
Holcomb of Houston; three
daughters, Ruth Maupin and Linda
Mann of Alto, and Elizabeth
Williams of Houston; three sisters,
Carmen Black and Ruth Maddux of
Alto, and Annibell Holder of
Freeport; two giandchildren,
Ronald Ross Coleman of Alto, and
Gayle Holcomb of Houston. She had
eight nephews and two nieces.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
Eula Mae Steed
Funeral service for Mrs. Eula
Mae Steed, 79, of Alto, were held on
Tuesday, Oct 8, 1985 at 10:30 a.m.
in the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral
Home with the Rev. Gene Kendrick
officiating. Burial was in Old
Palestine cemetery. Mrs. Steed
died Oct. 5 in a Rusk Nursing Home.
Mrs. Steed was bom Feb. 18,1906
in Alto and was a lifelong resident
of the area. She was a member of
First Baptist Church in Rusk.
Survivors include one daughter,
Dorothy McGuire of Midland; four
sisters, Pearl Bland of Alto, Lela
Lopez of San Antonio, Emma Mc-
Caa of Lufkin and Grace Goff of
AOiiene, five grandchild! m and 11
great-grandchildren. Nephews ser-
ved as pallbearers.
school Friday afternoon before the
BIG game against Groveton that
night. This is one game Alto’s got to
win. We beat them last year, you can
do it again, you guys, good luck! In
a letter to the editor the Alto
Cheerleaders are asking the fans to
bring their spirit scarves to the
game and wave them and shout and
holler their encouragement to the
team.
On Saturday starting around
eleven, Pearman Motors will serve
a free barbeque lunch to folks who
come by to see their new ’86 model
vehicles. Later that day they will
have a drawing tor a rifle and a
VCR. Check out their ad in this
issue of the paper, it tells all about
it.
Sunday evening the A.Frank
Smith UMC choir will present a
concert at 7 p.m., to which the
community is invited. It should be
lovely. They have some very talen-
ted people in their choir and there
will be some solos and duets, etc.
Over at the school there will be
the Parent-Teacher Conference
night, on Monday, and on Tuesday
is the first PTA program, a
Halloween Costume Parade.
So, now if it will just quit raining
for awhile and get cool, there are
lots of fun things to go to in Alto and
we can go without getting dren-
ching wet. I made it through this
whole column without using the
word, neat, or mentioning my
grandbaby-on-the-way, how about
that!
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Alto High School FHA Officers
Mrs. Loretta Crow’s Future Homemakers of America class recently elected new officers. They are pictured
above along with Mrs. Crow, the sponsor. Not in order are: Steven Yates, presidesnt, Doris Covington, vice-
president, Sheila Johnson, secretary. Stephanie Corley, treasurer, Michele McCarty, historian and Tracey
Olsen, parliamentarian. There are 29 members in the FHA this year and their Advisory Council includes: Wm.
Donald James, Butch Walley, Mrs. Willie Barnes, Bill Hudson, Mrs. Macie Tunnell, Earl Hicks and Mrs. Ger-
-photo by betty rardin
trude Black.
AVFD
News
Continued is a list of supporters
for the new fire station.
Lillian Dixon, Mrs. Clayton Dun-
smore, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Reina,
Mrs. Eddie Ross, Gerald Trahan,
Lazy B Ranch, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Dupree, J. W. McGaughey, Delma
Colley, Charles Blakemore, Mr.
and Mrs. Burke Rogers, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Stallings, Mr. and Mrs.
Coy Lindsey, Mr. and Mrs W. M.
Moake, Doris De Spain, Francis
Jeter, Glass Oil Company, Mr and
Mrs. M. L. Wortham, Mrs. Francis
Cates, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Todd,
Mr and Mrs. Jack Christopher,
Patsy Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. Priest
Kemper.
Floyd Rogers, Carol Rogers,
Beverly Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Commander, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Rogers, Mrs. Odelle Holt, Mr. and
Mrs. Barry Lewis, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Smith, Guynell Kennedy, Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs.
B. B. Landrum, Ola R. Clinton,
Nellie Ramey, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Lindsey, Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Wiison,
Mr. and Mrs. Oma Cole, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Lindsey, Mrs. W. A
McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. H. M
McKean, Mr. and Mrs. N. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Gordy Freeman,
Garland Morgan, Linda White, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Shirey, Mr and
Mrs. John McKenzie, Morris
Spears.
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1985, newspaper, October 24, 1985; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846730/m1/8/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.