The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1984 Page: 6 of 8
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{ PAGBlIXr—THE ALTO HBRAU) OF ALTO, TEXAS—TOUMDAYtJUNBXUM
James Reunion Held
Sunday, May 27, was the
twelveth reunion of the
family of John R. James.
Thirty-eight family mem-
bers and friends gathered
at the country home of
Joan and Ginny Landrum
; for this year’s meeting.
Johnny James presided
as master of ceremonies
for the occasion and Terry
Moore opened with a
prayer. After the picnic
lunch furnished by all,
Johnny James gave a short
devotional and Terri Lynn
Daniel sang a song. Mrs.
Ruby Clevenger was the
oldest descendant present
and little Miss Kerri Un-
banek, the youngest. Joan
Landrum gave a report of
memorials given the past
year by E.B. Lindsey, A.O.
McQueen, Frank James
and Warford James. The
group decided to have next
year’s meeting at Cold
Springs campground and
rJohnny James will be in
charge of the reunion and
the finances
Those attending from
out-of-town were: Ms.
Alto Judge
Attends
Seminar
Mary V. Williams,
Municipal Judge of Alto,
Texas attended the Ninth
Annual Seminar and
Workshop of the Texas
Municipal Courts
Association June 6-9 at the
Criminal Justice Center in
Huntsville.
Topics covered were
Legal Authority and
Jurisdiction of Municipal
Courts, Financial Ad-
ministration and
Management, Court Costs
in Municipal Courts,
Judicial Conduct,
Magistrate Duties under
the Mental Health Code,
Pretrial Procedures, Trial
Procedures, Trial Demon-
stration, Search Warrants,
Administrative Hearings
and Safety Responsibility,
Recent Attorney General
Decisions and Opinions,
Constitutional Law, Con-
tempt, evidence,
Magistrate Duties and
Functions, Federal Court
Relationship to Municipal
Court, and Recent
Legislation Affecting
Municipal Courts. The
workshop fulfilled either 12
or 24 hours of training as
required by state law for
the continuing education of
Municipal Court Judges.
FranETa Hurifir, Mrs.
Thalma Jamas, Mrs.
Peggy Gilbert and Hariay,
Lufkin; Mr. and Mrs. BID
James, Jerry James and
guest, Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Unbanek, Andy and Kerri,
Mrs. Ines Wedhom, Texas
City; Mr. and Mrs. J.L.
Pyle, Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. Hollie Andreas, Liber*
ty; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ham, Montalba; Mrs. Oma
Herrington, Palestine;
J.D. James, Johnny James
and John, Longview.
Those attending from
Alto were: Mr. and Mrs.
George James, Mr. and
Mrs. Terry Moore, Mrs.
Pauline Pyle, Will James,
Ms. Joan Landrum and
Ginny, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Lindsey, Mr. and Mrs. R.E.
Clevenger, Mrs. Callie
Jones and Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Daniel.
DISCOVERY SCHOOL of First Baptist Church recently heM their graduation
ceremony. Children pictured above are, back row from left to right,
Erik Hall, Heath Low, Brad Barrow, Lisa Hicks, Shannon Hicks, Jennifer Clifton
and Jason Hooper. Front row from left are Justin Lindsey. Samantha Kesinger,
Heather Barron, Derek Carraway, Steven Kayla, Daniel White and Andy Clark.
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Lines From Linwood
A covered dish supper
was enjoyed by members of
the Willing Workers Sunday
School class of Old
Palestine Baptist Church,
Tuesday night. The meeting
was called to order by the
class president, Mrs. Turtle
Jowell. After a short
business session, Mrs. Ruth
Nelson gave the devotional
on Potiphar’s wife and
Rahab from the book, “All
of the Women of the Bible”
by Edith Dean.
The meeting adjourned
with a prayer by Mrs. Ruby
Pearl Marshall.
The relatives who visited
Miss Lois Goff Sunday
were: her nieces and
nephews, Mrs. Ruby Boyd,
Mr. and Mrs. Oran Max
Neely of Conroe, Mrs. June
Baumgarten and daughter
Melanie of Houston, and
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Neely of
California. Earlier in the
day these people had at-
tended the Neely reunion
which was held at the
Spanish Mission near
Weches.
The relatives who were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Crosby Saturday were:
Mrs. Bonnie Mae Davis,
Mrs. Virginia Davis and
Mrs. Joy Boyd all of
Houston. One purpose of
their coming was to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Bessie
Dover.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Crosby
are happy to have visiting
with them their gran-
dchildren, Donny, Sheri,
and Steven Crosby of
Sargent.
Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Cumming’s company for
the weekend were: their
daughter Mrs. Jeannean
Harris of Houston and
another daughter, Mrs.
C.J. Havard, her husband,
and their daughters Stacia
and Dean of Zavalla.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Goodman, six of their eight
children, their gran-
dchildren, and some of Mr.
and Mrs. Goodman’s
brothers and sisters met
Sunday at the Old Road
Side Park south of Rusk for
a reunion. Many of their
friends and other relatives
joined them for the boun-
tiful feast and the good
fellowship.
Mrs. Doyle Brumley and
Mrs. Bruce Hollis were in
Lufkin, Nacogdoches,
Rusk, and Jacksonville
Saturday on business for
Old Palestine Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Charles R. Murphy,
Mrs. J.C. Boyd, Mrs. Ruth
Nelson, Mrs. Evelyn
Rogers and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Rose were in Rusk
Monday night attending the
Cherokee County Heritage
Association.
Miss Glenda Adams of
Nacogdoches was the guest
Thursday of her parents
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Adams.
Miss Christy Corley of
Rusk is spending several
Lines From The Library
By Virginia Singletary
December 5, 1889:
Cherokee County Court
House has been finished
and all the new furniture
Everyqne is proud of it.
September 24, 1891: One
day last week, in a race for
a premium, three
daughters of H.M.
McAnally picked 975 poun-
ds of cotton, resting one
and a half hours in the
middle of the day, stopping
at sunset. Mattie picked
345, Mary 322, Katie 308
March 26, 1892: Alto
Texas - March 22d. Our city
was visited by a most
disasterous conflagration
last night. Out of 28
buildings that was standing
in the business part yester-
day, only 6 are standing
this morning.
May 13, 1893: Cyclone
struck Alto May 7th, 1893.
Business section damaged
25%.
September 21, 1900:
ALTO TO THE FRONT.
.....One of the enterprising
merchants of Cherokee
County who realizes the
encouragement of high
prices for cotton, and
determined to lead the
procession is T.J. Aheam,
who has just received the
largest single consignment
of furniture ever sent to
this county.....
These are excerpts from
a fascinating new book in
the genealogical section of
the library “The Saga Of
Cherokee,” which is a
collection of items ap-
pearing in the Jacksonville
newspaper from 1889-1908.
Besides the many mentions
of Alto and Alto people,
there are accounts of mur-
ders, reunions, business
growth and personal items
from all over the county
and sometimes beyond.
This book is not to be
checked out, but we invite
you to enjoy it in the library
and copy items of interest.
This book, “The Saga of
Cherokee,” was placed in
the Library by Ogreta Hut-
tash in memory of Francis
W. Cates.
Another book of local in-
terest that we are glad to
have in our collection is
“Central High: The Story,”
a history of the Central
High School and the three
community schools which
consolidated to form it - Mt.
Zion, Nip *N Tuck, and
Sand Flat. This book was
donated by the author,
Johnnie Frances Pegues.
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days with her grand
mother, Mrs. Doris Corley,
and her father Marshall R.
Corley and family.
Mrs. F.H. Engledow
spent a few days last week
in Waco visiting her
mother, Mrs. Bon Ash and
her sons Jerry and Bill
Engledow and their
families.
Mrs. Grant Powell of
Mesquite spent Thursday
night and Friday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Garnet Powell.
Mrs. Ruth Maddux's
guest during the weekend
was her son Bill Maddux of
Dallas
Mrs. Pearlie Choate's
guests for the weekend
were: her daughter, Mrs.
Joe Dove and her grand
daughter Asa, from Bridge
City.
It is with much reluctan-
ce that we report the
passing away of Mrs. Lola
Corley Pegues. Even
though she had lived in a
nursing home for a number
of years, we still thought of
her as being our neighbor.
by
Clara B. Yeates
We will miss her cheerful
smile and her bit of humor.
Our sympathy goes out to
her brothers Carl and Laz
and to the other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pace of
Houston were visitors Sun-
day in the home of Mrs
Pace’s sister, Mrs Bruce
Hollis and family.
Mrs. Clara B. Yeates and
Miss Lois Goff were in
Rusk Thursday visiting
Mrs. Cora McCuistion at
the Rusk Nursing Home
Mrs. McCuistion had just
returned after spending a
few days in the Rusk
Memorial Hospital.
Mrs Ada Vinson’s guests
Sunday were her grandson
James Allen Jeter, his
wife, Mrs. Jeter, and her
two great grandsons Shane
and Destry of Tyler.
The relatives who visited
Mrs. Opal Christopher
during the weekend were:
her aunt Mrs. Cherry
Parker of Rockdale, Mrs.
Bethel Manley, an aunt
from Wells, and a cousin,
Mrs. Dorothy Carr, also of
Wells.
SOME OF THE CHILDREN who attended Discovery School at First Baptist Chnr-
ch will be going on to kindergarten in the fall. In the back row from left Velinda
Walton. Camille Gilbert, Kelly Pearman, Jodi Jones, Jessica Dowling, Maggie
May and Jeffery Duplichain. Front row from left are Clutch Schneider, Jason
White, Jacob West, Alan Clark, Josh Lindsey and John Leo McClendon.
Discovery School Graduates
Give Program For Parents
The Discovery School of
First Baptist Church held
its end of the year program
on May 22 at 7 p.m. in the
Fellowship Hall of the
church.
The class led in the
pledge to the flag and the
prayer was given by Jason
White. The children sang
several songs including,
“God Is So Good,” "Body
Parts,” “Five Little
Ducks,” “Itsy, Bitsy
Spider,” and the circle
song and color song
Certificates were presen-
ted to the four year olds:
Alan Clark, Jessica
Dowling, Jeffrey
Duplichain, Camille
Gilbert, Jodi Jones, Josh
Lindsey, Maggie May,
Kelly Pearman, Clutch
Schneider, John Leo Mc-
Clendon, Velinda Walton,
Jacob West and Jason
White.
The three year olds also
received certificates and
they included: Brad
Barrow, Heather Barron,
Derek Carraway, Andy
Clark, Jennifer Clifton,
Lisa Hicks, Erik Hall,
Shannon Hicks, Jason
Hooper, Steven Kayla,
Samantha Kesinger, Heath
Low, Justin Lindsey and
Daniel White.
The director of
Discovery School is
Mavonne Kendrick, who
also teaches. The other
teachers are Genie Clark,
Karen White and Betty
Duplichain.
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