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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1964
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THE PINE NEEDLE
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THE PINE NEEDLE
Published by The Pine Needle Publishing Company each Thursday at
Kountze, Hardin County, Texas
CH 6-3979 E Browr. at E. Allums Ave. p. O. Box 791
EDITOR ------------------------JAMES E. WEJLCH
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Old Goats
Beat Kids
The "Old Black Goats",
sparked by Quarterback Jerry
Hennington, bested the "White
Kids" by a score of 18-6 in the
Annual Sawdust Bowl, reeled
off here December 27 in Lion
Stadium.
Hennington, who handled
the ball like a magician, was
the star of the game, running
40 yards for one touchdown and
passing for the other two touch-
downs. On the receiving end of
the touchdown passes were Ted-
dy Tate, and Paul Proctor. Billy
B r a c k i n who also did an out-
standing job played the entire
game.
It was a well played game
from start to finish. It was played
clean with good hard tackling.
The Sawdust Bowl is an an-
nual affair, sponsored by the K
Club with proceeds going into
the scholarship fund. A scholar-
ship is given each year to an
outstanding boy or girl in ath-
letics.
Players on the Black Goats
team were Eddie Gene Hall,
Teddy Tate, Jerry Hennington,
Glenn Gilmore, Billy Brackin,
G us Daniels, Tommy Carrier,
George Myers, Danny Dixon,
Travis Davis, Jimtfty C owar t,
{Calvin Norton, Jim Jennings,
! and Paul Procter.
I Playing on the White Kids
| team was Larry McDonald,
: James Bowman, Marvin Garcia,
Jimmy Whittle, Jimmy Anders,
Jackie Willingham^ Danny Jen-
nings, Frank Mabry, James
Overstreet, Lester Williams,
Chester Williams, Gerald; An-
ders, Clyde Ov^treetf Jiffhny
Cowart, Leon Sims, Mickey Wi-
mer, Calvin Wimer, William
William Moody, and Dale Wil-
CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Odako Camp Fire Girls
enjoyed a Christmas party in the
Activities building at the First
Baptist Church on December 16
at 7:30 p. m.
A Christmas tree was gay with
___decorations in one corner, a
' "MerryChristmas" greeting was
strung across the opposite wall,
and the refreshment table wore
a colorful holiday cloth and was
A festive with appropriate decor-
ations. ..
The girls enjoyed games, re-
freshments and exchanging gifts.
Mrs. Martha Laird and Mrs.
Ruth Davis were guests at the
party. Afterwards the girls visit-
ed Mrs. Frances Rhodes and Mrs.
Nora Crosby, both shut-ins and
^-s^^sang a number of carols and
( songs for them. Both ladies en-
joyed the songs very much. The
h girls enjoyed it i m m e n s e 1 y,
They carried gifts like the ones
prepared for their mothers, to
the ladies.
Girls attending were Gwen
Wimer, Wilma Laird, Debbie
Boudreaux, Joyce Smith, Cheryl
Bedn, Delia Davis, Reba Ander-
son and Glenda Rhodes, Carolyn
Boudreaux and Tim Anderson
were also guests at the party.
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BAPTIST
CHURCH NEWS
The Nelson Circle of the Wo-
men’s Missionary Union of the
First Baptist Church met Tues-
day, January 7 in the Activities
Building at 3:30 p. m. with
Mrs. David Sharp, chairman,
presiding. Mrs. Sharp read a
card of thanks from Rev. and
Mrs. George Madison, mission-
aries to Detroit, Michigan. A
short business session was held.
Mrs. Cecil Overstreet presented
a chapter from the mission study
book, "Madelbaum Gate” as
seen by an American. Mrs. W.
T, Bean directed the Bible les-
son discussion. Others attending
were Mrs. Mary Horn, Mrs. W.
H. Dunlap, Mrs. Arthur Holt
and Mrs. Gladys Jenkins.
The Bowlin Circle met on the
same date at 7:30 p. m. in the
home of Mrs. Leveta Easley.
Mrs. Dave Rountree brought the
devotional from Matthew 3:16.
Prayer was offered for mission-
aries with birthdays at this
time. Mrs. Fannie Jenkins pre-
sented the Bible Lesson and di-
rected the discussion. Others
attending were Mrs. Rose Gel-
dard, Mrs. Glover Palmer, Mrs.
Katie Stephenson and Mrs. Babe
Davison.
The Mae Chai Circle met in
the home of Mrs. Preston Car-
michael at 7 p. m. on the
same date with Mrs. F. P. Haw-
thorn in charge. Mrs. Virgil
Langston opened the m e e t i n g
with prayer. Mrs. Hawthorn
gave the "Call to Prayer" from
the Royal Service. Mrs. Mau-
dine Burrows directed the Bible
1 e s s o n on Baptism with mem -
bers participating in reading the
scriptures and the discussion.
Mrs. Carmichaelg^ve the clos-
ing prayer. Refreshments of
chips, dips, cokes, coffee and
milk were served to Mrs. Nora
Williams, Mrs. W ilma Work,
Mrs. Florence Hargraves,' presi-
dent of the W. M. U., who was
guest and those mentioned prev-
iously.
The First Baptist Church has
inagurated a new Spiritual Fit-
ness Hour for the entire mem
bership of the church. All events,
organizations and meetings have
been rescheduled to provide
greater convenience for the fam-
ily units, increased fellowship,
added opportunities for spiritual
education and growth and more
time at home together for the
families without neglecting their
church program.
Amajorityofweekly acti-
vities (from Sunday to Sunday)
will be held on Wednesday night
according to the new plan. From
6:30 until 7:15 p. m. on Wed-
nesday nights, Teachers and
Officers will meet, the junior
and primary choirs will have
their practice session. From 7:15
until 8 p. m. the Sunbeams,
Girl's Auxiliary, Royal Ambass-
Soil I
Conservation!
News
TEMPLE, TEXAS. State Con-
servationist H. N. Smith of the
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
has ordered a checkup on the
readiness of SCS’ 1100 trained
radiological monitors to move
into action on emergency no-
tice.
The Soil Conservation Service
has the major responsibility
among Federal agencies for pro-
viding radiological monitoring
service within counties. The
agency has 7,462 trained moni-
tors at 3,135 stations in the
country. Additional training of
the 1100 monitors in T e x a s is
scheduled this winter.
The State Conservationist said
new procedures are in the mak-
ing with the Atomic Energy
Commission whereby SCS mon-
itoring capabilities will be im-
mediately available in the event
of the accidental discharge of a
nuclear device. In such an emer-
gency the SCS will be alerted
promptly to potential contami-
nation of agricultural areas.
The recent accidental explo-
sion near San Antonio at the
Atomic Energy Commission in-
stallation, although no conta-
mination was involved, indi-
cates the kind of emergency
that may require the services of
monitoring crews on an instant's
notice, Smith pointed out. It
is conceivable, he pointed out,
that quick assessm ent of the
damage and delineation of areas
involved in agriculture may be
of tremendous importance.
Arrangements are being made
with Offices of Civil Defense- to
check calibration of monitoring
instruments, Smith said. Each
SCS monitoring station has the
needed equipment for checking
[
for possible contamination. The
Office of Civil Defense has been
installing the equipment neces-
sary for instrument calibration.
New procedures are now be-
ing put into effect to speed up
the assessment of damage from
fallout in any given area, Smith
said. Action to reduce the haz-
ard where it occurs, or to eli-
minate it, is also getting a re-
view.
"We believe that our capa-
bility for moving into action
immediately in the case of an
emergency is generally good,"
said Smith. "Where there may
be a tendency to slip into an
attitude of complacency, we are
setting out to correct that. We
have the necessary equipment
and our people are trained to use
it competently. We expect to
be ready for whatever action the
occasion demands."
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This Week's
Court Docket
Paul C. Halleck, et ux vs.
Norris Lumber Co., et al, jury,
L eland Sonier vs, Liberty
Mutual Insurance Co., jury.
John L. Barton vs. Midwest-
ern Insurance Co., jury.
L. R. Martin vs. Spindletop
Eng. & Const. Corp.; plea of
privilege, jury.
Donald L. Nugent, et ux vs.
V. E. Stiles, et ux, jury.
Kirby James, et al vs. Cecil
W. George; plea of privilege,
jury.
C. B. Franks vs. John Blair,
d/b/a Kountze Insurance Ag-
ency, jury.
A. H. Lewis, et al vs. Mary
Mock Chambless, et vir, jury.
Heirs’ of G. W. Hooks and
Margaret I. Hooks vs. J. J.
Paul, Trustee.
Ralph McMillan vs. Oil Re-
serves, Inc., et al, jury.
Anderson B o h le r, et al vs.
Woody Spurlock, jury.
Willie Brooks vs. C. E.
Mock, Jr., et al, jury.
Britton -Cravens Insurance
Agency vs. T. J. May.
Britton-Cravens Lumber Co.
of Silsbee vs. T. J. May.
Thomas James Burnett, et al
vs. Don Edward Peco, et al,
jury.
Ida Mae Duplochen, et al
vs. M. E. Oden, et al, plea
of privilege, jury.
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the Women's Missionary Union
will meet. (This plan is option-
al for the circles.) The regular
prayer service will be held from
8 to 8:30 p. m. Adult choir re-
hearsal will begin at 8:30 p. m.
This plan has been executed
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we are to accept the view
If
that there was no conspiracy and that
this was the work of a crazed* insane
man. I lean to the view that the
purpose was to kill Governor Connally
and not John Kennedy. I believe that
as good a case can be made that
Oswald killed Kennedy accidentally in
an attempt to kill the Governor of
Texas. I am sure that there was not
a sufficient motive for the ordinary
killer, but remember we are talking
about * a twisted mind with schizoid
tendencies.
We know that Oswald had a motive
to dislike Governor Connally. Oswald
had been discharged from the Marines
with an honorable discharge. He then
went to Russia. Remember that both
he and Governor Connally, who was
Secretary of the Navy, were from Fort
Worth, Texas. The Ft. Worth papers
Everybody has just about had his j
say concerning the murder of Presi-
dent Kennedy in Dallas on November
22, 1963 - another day that will live
in infamy. I want to have my say
since I think that the powers that be
in this country are doing a great
disservice to the country and the
memory of a great man by playing
politics with the investigation of
his death.
Apparently the theory of con-
spiracy does not suit the needs of*
our leadership so this likely theory
was discounted during the very first
hours of the investigation. Radio
Free Europe had assured the Soviet
Union and Cuba that there was no
claim of conspiracy long before there
was proof of the lack of a conspira-
cy. We are asked to believe that a
young, mixed-up kid with no real
motive went to all the trouble to
kill John Kennedy there in Dallas.
We are told that Dallas is not to
blame even though the policital cli-
mate that fatal day in Dallas could
have easily caused an unbalanced per-
son to believe that the good of the
World, our Country and our State
would be bettered with John Kennedy
dead.
I say that Lee Oswald had no mo-
tive to kill the President. No one
has come forward who has said he
spoke anything but good of John
Kennedy. In fact, his friends say
that he thought Kennedy was the best
politician on the American scene. If
Oswald killed Kennedy, and I must ad-
mit that there is some doubt in my
mind that he did, his motive is not
clear - that is, unless he was a paid
assassin who purposely established a
past to point the finger of suspicion
away from his fellow conspirators.
Now, if Lee Oswald was paid, the door
is wide open. His fellow conspira-
tors could have been Kennedy haters
(and there were quite a few before
Dallas) or they could have been per-
sons who expected to profit by seeing
Lyndon Johnson in the White House.
(There seems to be quite a few now,
after Dallas.)
his de-
Later,
were full of the stories of
cision to live in Russia.
Oswald's discharge was changed from
honorable to without honor. A per-
fectly sane man would have resented
this since his discharge was changed-
not for what he did in the service-
but what he did after he got out.
Oswald wrote to Conally, who
was then no longer head of the Navy
and the Marines, and asked for him to
help get the discharge matter cor-
rected so he could return to the
United States. Connally told him to
write to Washington.
•Later, when Oswald was on his
way to Mexico (Sept. 25, 1963) he
went to Connally*s office in Austin,
Texas and tried to get help on the
discharge. He was sent to the Selec-
tive Service Office in Austin, and
they sent him to the Slective Service
office in Ft. Worth. Oswald felt, I'm
sure, he was getting the run around -
which he was. Considering his mental
back ground, it is easy to see that
Oswald began to blame Connally for
all his misfortunes. It was hard to
get and hold a job and, I'm sure, he
blamed it on his discharge and the
man who he felt was responsible and
who refused to help him.
He bought a rifle long before
President Kennedy's trip was an-
nounced and he got a job in the book
store before he knew where the route
of Kennedy's trip was to be. Of
course, if he was carrying a grudge
for Connally, he knew that sooner or
later he would get his chance in
Dallas where the primary source of
Connally*s political strength lies.
Now, since the facts of the au-
topsy have been revealed, it is clear
that this was not the work of the ex-
pert marksman we first thought.
President Kennedy was killed, we now
know, by a circumstance that now
seems to indicate that it was just
his time to go. Now we know that,
under the circumstances, that all the
passengers in that fatal car were in
about the same danger.
It is ironic that Governor
Connally, who was the only person who
had any tip-off as to the type of
person Oswald was, is now the person
who will benefit from this act the
most. Connally was in grave politi-
cal peril in Texas; his friend Lyndon
Johnson was about to be booted off
the Democratic Ticket in 1964. Now,
however, he is a hero and will likely
go over Texas showing his wounds in
order to gain the votes of Texans. If
he wants to, I am sure he can go to
Washington and become the Assistant-
President of the United States. That
was his purpose in running for Gover-
- to preserve LBJ's Texas base
1968.
Connally made the arrangements
for the Kennedy trip for his own po-
litical advantage. And now he is
reaping them.
Houston Thompson
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