The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXXIII
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1941
Many Cattle
Vaccinated for
Septicemia
Several cases of hemorrhagic sep-
ticemia (bloody diarrhea) are re-
ported among cattle in the Lone
Oak and Independence communi-
ties in Lamar county and stockmen
in those localities are vaccinating
cattle to stop the spread of the dis-
ease.
Tom Bennett of the Lone Oak
community vaccinated three head
of cattle Saturday and 18 head on
Thursday. He reports that a cow
belonging to Mutt Harvey died re-
cently of the disease and that two
calves belonging to Ed -Young also
were lost.
Hemorrhagic septicemia is one of
three forms of the disease and is
highly contagious among cattle.
Preliminary symptoms include a
running at the nose and formation
of a lump near the brisket. Unless
checked, the disease is usually fatal
in about five days.
An epidemic of the disease was
reported some time ago in the Bo-
gata and Fulbright areas.
JOE W. POLLARD,
PROMINENT LAMAR
COUNTY MAN, DIES
Joe W. Pollard, 67, well-known
Lamar county landowner and vet-
eran Democratic party leader, died
June 6 in a Paris hospital, where
he had been ill for some time fol-
lowing a major operation. He had
resided in Paris 31 years and burial
was in the Evergreen cemetery at
that place following funeral ser-
vices conducted by Dr. C. D. Mont-
gomery, pastor of the First Meth-
odist Church.
Surviving are his wife and three
daughters, Mrs. R. L. Jones and Mrs.
Kennard Thomas of Anderson and
Mrs. Leland Hamman of Paris; a
sister, Mrs. H. L. Bell, and one ne-
phew, Austin Hefflefinger, all of
Paris, besides,two grandchildren.
Deceased was born Nov. 4, 1873
in Lamar county and resided in the
Minter community, where he served
as constable of Precinct 7, prior to
moving to Paris after his election
as county tax assessor. A delegate
to numerous state Democratic con-
ventions and most of the national
ones far the past 20 years, and pres-
ident elector three times, he was
an active cooperator in government
agricultural programs and had been
chairman of the Lamar County Soil
Conservation Board and a member
of the Lamar County Hospital
Board.
Lamar Sends 22 Men
to Army this Week
Lamar county is sending 22 Se-
lective Service registrants this
week to the induction center at Dal-
las and a year of military training.
Boards No. 1 and 2 each sent three
negroes Wednesday. Board No. 1
will send nine whites and Board No.
2 will send seven whites on Friday.
Included in the Friday list for
Board No. 2 are Jack Hood and
Lloyd Prentice Hayes of Deport.
Board No. 1 list contains the name
of James Morris Ford of Paris. He
formerly lived at Bogata.
Questionnaires have been mailed
to all of Lamar county’s 6,239 regis
trants.
Continuation
of Recreation
Unit Discussed
Aged Biardstown
Lady Dies Sunday
Mrs. Jodie McCauley Harris, 78,
died Sunday at her home at Biards-
town. Funeral services, conducted
by the Rev. Travis White, were held
Monday at the Shady Grove Meth-
odist Church and interment was in
the nearby cemetery. Pallbearers
were Aaron Parker, Frank Malone,
Clarence Holmes, Curtis Malone,
Robert McKinney, Earnest Randle,
Floyd Rogers and Earl Nelson.
Of her 11 children, these survive:
Mrs. Tom Stone, Mrs. Ed Cheat-
ham, Mrs. Dee Ward. Crawford,
Elijah, Elbert and Albert Harris,
all living in Biardstown and Clar-
dy communities, and Mrs. Floyce
Teague of Talco. There are 20
gfandchildren, 20 great-grandchild-
ren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral Held for
Mrs. Ella Blackman
Funeral services under the dir-
ection of James E. Laird, pastor of
Talco Church of Christ, were held
Sunday, morning at" 10 at Rosalie,
for Mf». Ella Mae Blackman, 31,
who died Saturday morning at her
home in Talco, after a lengthy ill-
ness. -'T'"
Deceased was bom at Blossom on
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Miss Rebecca King, county pro-
ject supervisor of WPA recreation
in Lamar county, met Wednesday
with a representative group of De-
port business men to discuss con-
tinuation of the recreation unit in
Deport. Miss King pointed out that
facilities here were inadequate to
carry on a recreation program that
would be of community service
value and that the recreation pro-
ject would not continue to operate
units that were not rendering a
community-wide service.
A committee was appointed to
survey recreational facilities and
possibilities in Deport, including
consideration of a lighted play-
ground, construction of volleyball,
croquet, softball and tennis courts.
Members of the committee are:
Jim Griffin, chairman; Dick Bur-
den and John Thompson.
Purpose of the recreation project
is to provide supervised leisure
time for all ages of community
groups.
The Deport playground will re-
main closed until facilities and con-
ditions meri’ the expenditure of sal-
ary for playground directors, ac-
cording to Miss King.
Directors of the . Deport play-
ground for the past two years, who
have been employed by WPA re-
creation are Miss Johnny Rebecca
Jones and Worth Hood.
DEPORT MASONS
ELECT OFFICERS
SATURDAY NIGHT
The following officers were elect-
ed Saturday night in regular meet-
ing of the Deport Masonic Lodge:
Fred Swint, Worshipful Master; P.
B. Bailey, Senior Warn. ; Edgar
Bryson, Junior Warden; Karl V.
Kimball, treasurer; A. L. Stalls,
secretary; I. M. Daniels, tiler.
W. B. Fuller was appointed Sen-
ior Deacon; Willard Books, Junior
Deacon; Hugh Griffin, Senior Ste-
ward; F. E. McGahan, Junior Ste-
ward.
Mr. Swint succeeds W. B. Fuller
as Worshipful Master; P. B. Bailey
succeeds Mr. Swint as Senior War-
den; Edgar Bryson succeeds Grady
Greenlee as Junior Warden. Karl
V. Kimball, A. L. Stalls and I. M.
Daniels were re-elected. In ap-
pointive positions, W. B. Fuller suc-
ceeds Bob Read; Willard Books suc-
ceeds P. B. Bailey, Hugh Griffin
was a hold-over and F. E. McGahan
succeeds Claud Barham.
Officers will be installed Satur-
day night, July 5.
A. L. Stalls was elected secretary
for the 27th time and I. M. Daniels
begins his 41st year as tiler.
Castor Beils
to Be Grown
Lamar Farms
First national defense order for
Lamar county farmers came last
week in a request for 180 acres of
castor beans to be plai -d immedi-
ately.
The order came through the De-
partment of Agriculture, acting at
the request of the Office of Product-
ion Management. Lamar is one of
eleven blackland counties in Texas
selected for the project which is
sponsored by the federal govern-
ment in growing 1,500 acres of the
beans to provide a large supply of
seed for 1942 planting to furnish
castor oil, greatly needed for avia-
tion purposes.
It is estimated that from 500 to
900 pounds an acre can be expected
and the government will guarantee
3V4 cents per pound to producers of
seed grown this1 season.
The beans are furnished free.
The grower must have an AAA con-
tract. The beans will be threshed
and sacked without cost to the
grower. There must be no other
castor beans on the farm. This is
to keep the seed pure. Up to five
acres, or five per cent of the crop
land may be planted by those who
comply with the plan.
Canning Room Needs
More Vegetables
If you have more turnip greens,
tomatoes, green beans, or any other
vegetable than you can use, the
Deport High School canning pro-
ject will be glad to get them and
will, when notified, send for them.
The vegetables will be canned for
use in the hot lunch project. Those
having vegetables to spare may con-
tact Sup’t L. T. Johnston, or some-
one at the cooking room and a truck
will be sent out to pick them up.
The canning project is scheduled
to get underway Tuesday of next
week and the request for excess
vegetables is made because the can-
ning project garden is late and will
not produce sufficient vegetables
for school needs.
Heavy Rains
Flood Streams
Damage Crops
Heavy rains fell over this area
during the week end, damaging
farm crops in some communities
and delaying needed farm work.
A big rain Monday night put
creeks well up in their banks, and
a greater rain fell Tuesday about
noon, overflowing nearly all streams
and sweeping over terraces on up-
land and doing heavy damage to
bottom crops.
Mustang creek in Deport broke
over into the streets on both ends
of town, but did not get into build-
ings.
Crop conditions in this area are
far below normal, with poor pros-
pects of an average corn production
in most communities. Cotton, how-
ever, is beginning to grow and there
is plenty of time for a good crop to
be made.
Figures show that 3.59 inches of
rain fell Friday night, Monday night
and Tuesday. Of this amount 1.14
inches fell Friday night and 2.45
inches Monday night and Tuesday.
Lieut. Veteto Ties
for the Highest
Grades in Flying
DEPORT MAN GETS BOBCAT
FOR PET AND CAGES HIM
Many local people are making
their first acquaintance with a lynx,
better known as bobcat, which was
captured in the Oklahoma moun-
tains and sent to Stanley Bell as a
pet. Though as yet only a kitten
the animal is considerably larger
than common domestic cats and is
being kept in A cage at the Bell cafe.
BLOSSOM MAN GRADUATES
FROM WEST POINT
Earl K. Buchanan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Buchanan of Blossom,
graduated June 11 from the U. S.
Military Academy, West Point, N.
Y. He will arrive home June 16
for a furlough and will report for
active duty August 1.
LIEUT. WELDON E. VETETO
Tying for highest grade in flying
among his class of Flying Cadet
graduates, Lieut. Weldon E. Veteto
of Deport, has been assigned to
Mitchell Field, Long Island, N. Y„
and will report for duty on June
22. His duties there will include
coast patrol. Mitchell is a tactical
field only and all plane guns are
loaded. It is a distinction to be sent
there from Flying Cadet training.
Veteto’s grade tied with that of a
student from Denver, Colo.
Lieut. Veteto is a recent gradu-
ate from the Advanced Flying Ca-
det training school at Brooks Field
and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Veteto of Deport. It is understood
that before entering flying cadet
training he had never ridden in a
plane.
Aged Rugby Man
Succumbs Sunday
Lucius Randle, 90, died Sunday
afternoon at the home of his son,
C. R. Randle at Rugby following a
long illness. His body was carried
to Arkadelphia, Ark., Monday and
funeral and interment was at tha£
place Monday afternoon.
Deceased had made his home with
his son at Rugby for the past sev-
eral years, coming to this section
from Arkansas. Survivors include
several children, including C. R. of
Rugby and J. J. Randle of Gurdon,
Ark.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Randle and
W. D. Bailey attended the funeral.
NewVoc. Ag.
Teacher for
Deport High
Deport school board has elected
A. C. Spencer as vocational agri-
culture teacher in the Deport High
School to succeed R. J. Bolton.
Mr. Spencer holds a B. S. degree
from Sam Houston Teachers Col-
lege at Huntsville and has complet-
ed one-half necessary work for his
M. A. degree at Texas A. & M. Col-
lege with Smith-Hughes qualifica-
tions. His home is nine miles south
of Denton.
For the past three years Mr.
Spencer has been teaching voca-
tional agriculture in the Grand Sa-
line High School and has made an
enviable record in his work there.
In 1940, his team was first in the
State egg marketing contest and in
1941 won District and Area in the
poultry judging contest. In the
area leader contest, one of his boys
won second place in public speak-
ing.
Lamar Bond
Issue Carries
i .'
by Small Vote
By a narrow margin of 4 1-3 votafc: Ui
Lamar county’s $200,000 road bond%if
issue carried by the necessary two-
thirds majority in Saturday’s elect-
ion, according to results disclooed
Tuesday morning by county com-
missi oners in a meeting to canvaaa
returns.
Of the total vote of 2,221 ballote
marked, 1,485 were for the bond i»-
sue and 736 were against it.
Below is the county-wide vote 09
shown by individual voting boxes:
For Against
VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL TO CLOSE
FRIDAY NIGHT
THE EXTRA HELPER HE NEEDS
TURNER ROSS FOWLER IS
ON TRIAL AT SHERMAN
Trial of Turner Ross Fowler,
charged in the murder Sept. 10,
1940, of George Robertson, Lamar
county deputy sheriff, is underway
at Sherman. Acker, his compan-
ion. jwas tried March 15 and given
99 years in the state penitentiary.
BAND CONCERT TO BE
FRIDAY EVENING IN Dl
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NATI ONAL
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The annual union Vacation Bible
School being held at the Deport
Baptist Church will close Friday
night at 8 o’clock, with a program
to be given by all departments. The
school has been very successful,
with an enrollment of 60 and an
average attendance of 50. The co-
operation has been satisfactory and
the teachers and others who have
volunteered their time and talents
to the interest of Deport’s young
people have rendered a worthy ser-
vice.
There are four departments in
the school: Beginners, under the
supervision of Mrs. Carter McKemy,
assisted by Miss Dorothy Read; pri-
mary, Mrs. Jim Westbrook, assisted
by Misses Billie Steve Nobles and
Ruth Carlton Kimball; intermedi-
ates, Mrs. Lloyd Hayes, assisted by
Mrs. Russell Lawler, who is also
assistant superintendent; juniors,
the Rev. Meredith Wyatt, assisted
by Misses Evelyn Stalls, Thelma
Ladd and Mattie Ellen Dickson;
Mrs. Rebecca Jones and Worth Hood
were in charge of the handicraft
and recreation. The Rev. Archie
N. Boyd acted as general assistant.
Those who have contributed to the
success of the Bible school in a
special way are Mmes. L. L. Morris,
Bob Read. Meredith Wyatt, A. N.
Boyd, J. H. Moore and Miss Edith
Fuller. The music department was
directed by Mrs. Rebecca Jones and
assisted by Miss Martha Jo Kelsey.
The staff of the school wishes to
take this means of thanking all of
those who have been interested in
the school and have supported its
activities. The public is invited to
attend the closing services Friday
night and inspect the various pro-
jects of the different departments.
Paris Ward 1.
.......27
87
Paris Ward 2.....
........ 17
28
Paris Ward 3..
......47
7
Paris Ward 4...
53
98
GloBe ...........
........ 9
8
Cunningham .. .
......... 62
7
Norvill ..........
.... 7
4
S. Blossom .........
.......... 51
38
Faught .................
..... ... 10
8
Springhill ...........
.......... 11
•
Faulkner ............
..... 12
8
Tinnin . ..............
............ 7
8
Arthur City ......
........ 13
11
Powderly .........
......... 53
1»
Chicota .............
......... 41
21
Garrett’s Bluff
8
20
Emberson ..........
.......... 12
12
Direct ........ ......
........ 27
8
Mayes Prairie ...
........... 10
8
Cothran .....
_________ 12
6
Maxey .......
... 25
13
Sumner
......... 19
13
Mound Prairie
............. 0
1
Forest Hill .
8
3
Petty ....
__________22
16
High .... .....
......... 19
1
Brookston
________ 14
13
Ambia
3
0
Union
34
0
Milford
__________ 24
0
Roxton
........ 1171
17
Howland ______
.......... 10
6
Broadway .....
. . 17
S
Glory
________ 11
27
Biardstown ....
_________ 27
7
Rockford .... ....
......... 18
1
Minter _______________
26
7
Clardy
24
10
Milton
33
1
Deport .....
72
40
Pattonville . ...
70
9
Caviness
________ 14
4
Post Oak .....
16
4
N. Blossom
86
9
Box 45 .
13
13
Box 46
11
11
Box 47 ........
23
13
Box 48
42
29
Taylortown .....
11
3
Box 50 P.
37
44
Box 51 P.....
33
38
Box 52 P. ......
22
21
Box 53 P. ________
43
31
Atlas .....
............ 6
5
Total
1485
736
J
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N
1
2
The above is compared to the vote
of 1,973 cast in the first bond elect-
ion held April 5, when the proposal
was defeated by a narrow margin.
The vote then was 1,219 for and 754
against.
Talco Man is
Seriously Injured
in Auto Accident
Bill Passed to End,\
Pension Reductions
This newspaper received the fol-
lowing telegram Wednesday from
Choice Moore, flotorial representa-
tive from this district at Austin:
“Bill passed this morning which
would end reduction in old age as-
sistance checks. According to the
impromptu dinner recentl;
Rotary CluVof that city ii
statement made by the Department I once of his 80th 1
ilof Public Welfare. aupptoa
Elmer Cato, former chief of police
of Talco, now a deputy sheriff of
Titus county, was critically injured
Sunday morning about 10:30 o’clock
three miles east of Paris when his
car plunged into a deep ditch.
According to information receiv-
ed here, the car, a Dodge coupe ^nr
which he was riding alone, left tl|e
highway due to a tie rod on the
steering sector coming loose.
Passing motorists carried Mr.
Cato back to Talco, where Dr. A. v
A. Smith advised that he be car- :,(
rjed to a Paris hospital.
A check on his injuries showed
internal chest injuries, a fraitlirl|jd;'!
knee and ribs and numerous bruli
es. Reports of his condition
Tuesday morning were that he ;
not improved.
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FORMER DEPORT RES
HONORED ON MTH
H. A. Nobles, pioneer
business man, was honored '
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1941, newspaper, June 12, 1941; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902044/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.