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The Bogata News
The One Newspaper in the World Host Interested In Bogata
FIFTIETH YEAR
BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1960
NUMBER 34
Make Reservation Mrs. Anderson
BUS Exes Supper ;Dies Monday
Before Jane 5
. Tickets must be purchased be-
June 5 for the supper at Bo-
gata school reunion set for Sat-
urday, June 11, warns Mrs. Dude
(Ray) Lassiter, president BHS
Ex-Students Association.
Hie food will be catered at
$1.80 per plate for adults and 75c
for children. Mrs. Alvin Wood. ‘
Bogata, is in charge of reserva-
tions. The meal will be served
at Bogata school lunchroom at
6:30 p. m., followed by a busi-
ness meeting, old-fashioned pro-
gram and a dance.
Mrs. J. L Bagley
Buried Monday.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. L.
Bagley, Paris, who died Satur-
day at 4:15 p. m in the Paris san-
itarium, were held Monday at
4:30 p. m. in the Lamar Avenue
Church of Christ Elmer L'Roy.
minister of the church where she
was a member, officiated Inter-
ment war made in Turner Ceme-
tery near Fulbright.
Mrs. Bagley. wife of the late
J. L.(Lawrence) Bagley, who died ‘
in 1039 was born Feb 26. 1691,'
in Fulbright. Her parents were
the late Mr and Mrs J. E. Gul-
Uon.
She is survived by one daugh-
ter. Miss Irene Bagley of Dallas:
three brother*. Jim Gullion of
Clarksville. Ed Gullion of Wayne
Ok . and Roy Gullion of Dallas;
three sisters. Mrs L L. Bolton
of Clarksville. Mrs Rtsie Ches-
ahir of Bogata. and Mrs Clarence
Gresham of Corpus Chrtsti_
“Old Glory” Was
World Traveler
*n»e original “Old Glory" was a
world traveler, a refugee from
the Confederacy, and a aouVenir
of the Smithsonian Institution.
A young sea captain named
William Dr Her introduced the
nickname in 1531. when he was
given command of the brig “Chat -
lea Doggett " A group of citizen*
of Salem, Mass, presented him
with a U. S. flag and he hailed
it as “Old Glory."
Driver traveled twice around
the world with the flag, accord-
ing to World Rook Encyclopedia
When he retired tn 1537. he
took the flag with him to Nash-
ville. TVnn.. where the name
“Old Glory" spread.
During the Civil War the flag
was sewed inside a bed quilt to
hide it from Confederate troop*
Mrs. Albert Anderson, a resi-
dent of Bogata for 12 years, died
of a heart attack in Clarksville
hospital Monday. She had been
ill twelve days.
Effie Lera (Oglesby) Ander
son was the daughter of T. H.
and Corrie (Recce) Oglesby, and
was born at Milton Sept. 11 1905.
A member of the Methodist
Church, she married Albert An-
derson in Hugo, Ok., on March
23, 1929. He survives, with their
son. Hoy. Other survivors are
her mother, Mrs. Corrie Oglesby
of Par's, and two sisters, Mrs. W.
L. Holbert of Maude. Ok., Mrs.
L. E. Foster of Paris.
Funeral rites were held at
10:30 a m Wednesday at Bogata
Baptist Church with Bro. J. B.
Watson of Clarksville, in charge.
Burial was made in Bogata
Cemeterv by ogta Funeral Home.
Cemetery by Bogata Funeral
Home.
Bearers were Elmer Hutson, j
Leonard Kisner J. C. Topping, •
Sam Barnard. Oscar Legate, j
Juarez Jordan, William Rozell, J. I
N. Lee. I
Bogata Hi Exes
Reunion b Set
For June 11
Bogata Home Coming will be
held Saturday, June 11. It will
begin with a meal at 8:30 p. m. at! struck this area Tuesday after-
Storm Damages
Property-Crops
Here Tuesday
A thunder cloud, accompanied
by strong wind and some hail
‘Stars and Stripes’
Adopted in 1777
TTie "Stars arnd Stripes" wai
adopted as the national flag of
the U. S on June 14. 1777. by a
the Bogata High School lunch
room. In order to increase the
attendance and make it possible
for those out of town and those
working to attend the meal, it
was voted to cater the food at
$1.50 per plate for adults and 75c
(or children. To do this reserva-
tions for the number of plates
must be made by June 5.
Mrs. Alvin Wood, Bogata, Tex-
as. is in charge of reservations
and money is to be sent to her
Tickets will be awaiting for you
to claim on your arrival at the
school, according to Dude (Ray)
Lassiter, president BHS Ex-Stu-
derts Association.
J. W. Merritt Dies
After Illness
Joseph William Merritt. 82. re-
tired farmer of Pattonville, died
at home Sunday night after ill-
ness. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p. m.
at PattnnviHe Methodist Church
was conducted by Rev. Crowley
noon about 2:30. Considerable
damage from the wind and hail
was at Pattonville. Milton, Min-
ter and Halesboro communities.
A double garage at the home
of Russell Cheatham, south of
Deport, was blown down, dam-
aging the Cheathams’ car and
pickup. Cheatham, reported in
the garage to get out of the
storm, escaped injury.
Hail in the Halesboro vicinity
was heavy and young crops and
gardens were severely damaged.
Hail was reported still on the
I ground, where it had drifted, ear-
jlv Wednesday morning. Hail
(also fell near Pattonville dam-
aging crops, gardens and pro-
perty.
Deport received .75 of an inch
of rain Tuesday and 1.06 inches
last Wednesday night. This
brought the total precipitation to
5.12 inches for May, according tn
A. C. Nixon, in charge of the
government official rain gauge.
A thunderstorm at mid-after-
Contracts Let For
Road Construction
A contract for 3.0 miles of con-
struction on F. M. Road 196 in
Lamar and Red River Counties
has been awarded to a Cleburne
firm, it was announced in Aus-
tin this week by the State High-
way Commission.
John F. Buckner and Sons sub-
mitted the low bid of $363,196 on
the project. Construction of
grading structures, base and sur-
facing from Cunningham east to
Highway 37 is expected to take
160 working days, according to
L. B. CaLaniss. District Highway
Engineer at Paris. B. P. Burtner.
Resident Engineer at Clarksville
will be in active charge of the
project while it is under con
struction.
A contract for 3.2 miles of con-
struction on U. S. 82 and 271 in
Lamar County has been awarded
to a Dallas firm, the State High-
way Commission announced.
Austin Road Company submit-
ted the low bid of $406,725 on
the project. Construction of
grading, extend structures, con-
crete pavement, widening as-
phalt concrete pavement and
flexible base shoulders with two-
course surface treatment from
west city limits of Paris to
RETURN OF TEXAS TIDELANDS
BENEFIT SCHOOLS, TAXPAYERS
Seek Extradition
On Arson Charge
Titus County Sheriff Alvis
Redfearn is seeking extradition
lor Frank Wagley, 24, of Natch1-
toches. La., on a charge of arson.
Wagley has been indicted on
an arson charge as an accomplice
in the deaths of Buford Dean
Graf and Tomboy Franks *nieir
lives were lost in a fire on Jan.
12 in the Maple Springs commun-
ity. Wagley suffered burns ovei
60 per cent of his body and was
taken to a Shreveport hospital.
Sheriff Redfearn visited Wag-
ley in the hospital and Wagley
gave him an oral statement but
later refused to sign the docu-
ment.
Extradition will be sought from
Governor Daniel.
Washington. — Texas has MU
its long, bitterly contested fight
with the Federal Government 9a
maintain its boundary at 1M
miles into the Gulf of Mexico.
The United States Supremo
Court Tuesday, in a 6-to-l dodo-
ion, upheld the Texas claim that
when it entered the Union Ho
maritime boundary was at thioo
leagues “for domestic purpose*,*
School children and taxpayers
of Texas will be the big winners
under Tuesday’s decision on tht
state's tidelands.
Mrs. Blissard Is
H Buried Cuthand
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson, who
directed the successful defense of
the state’s claim to a three-league
(10.5 mile) offshore boundary,
predicted “untold billions of dol-
lars’’ would be realized from ell
and gas to be produced from the
area.
The money will go to the Per-
manent School Fund, whose in-
come is shared by all pubHo
schools of Texas according 90
population. Oil and gas incaoao
to the state so far totals about
$30,000,000.
resolution of the Second Contin- children by a previous marriage
t-.tal Congress llenrv G. Merritt. Harvey Mcr-
But whv red. white and blue? *** “n<* Mrs Alice Evans of Pat-
Woild Book Encyclopedia says1 tonville. and Thurman E Merritt
the Founding Fathers may have Dalla*. four step-children.
dom influenced by the flag of . Mrs. Willie Allgood, Mrs Calh-
,noon Tuesday brought wind, rain 128g; from 30th street in Paris to
and hail to the McCrury and, Loop 288; from Clement Road toj
RriHecs of Pan* i»v Rev ,Glendale communities southwest,Lojjp 286 and from 24th street' Mrs. Virginia Blissard of Rt. 1,
Bridgi^of Pans, fisted by Rev. of ^ „ At Glendale hail was to ft mU„ eut u expecled to.Bogata. died in Galveston Friday
reported in drifts after the storm, |3<) working days, accord-jat noon. Funeral services Sun-
It was accompanied by a fierce j„K to l D. Cabaniss, District dav at 2 p. m. M Cuthand Meth-
wind. McCrury residents re- Highway Engineer at Paris. Rich-'odist Church were conducted by
ported shrubs damaged, limbs ar(j u^b. Resident Engineer at Troy Eudy and Millard Lcmonds
L. C. Pollard of Blossom. Inter-
ment was in Highland Cemetery
at Deport
Surviving arc hi* wife, four
torn from trees, with a number
of large tree, blown down. Ap-
proximately 3's inches of rain-
fall was reported as falling in a
short time and hail covered the
yround The wind also partly
Paris will be in active charge of Burial was
the project while it is under con- Cemetery,
struction. I
made in Cuthand
the British Best India Compeny. i«nne Gordon Tommie Claxtor unroefed several building* in the
a group of merchants organized H S Clrxton all of Dallas community. Bogata received
for exploration and trade “ntrir aisters. Mrs George Tow. .»n|y 2 of an
flag bore seven red and six w hite Mrs Mollir Carter of Pattonville, *no wind.
|a brothe r, Vol Merritt of Dallas, j
and a number of grandchildren I
inch of rain, will*
stripes.
Ir. 1762 the- U
S Department of
State explained the colors this
wav red stands for hardiness
and great-grandchildren
Deceased, son of Harvey
and courage, white Is a symbol of MaHaley Merritt, was horn Fab
purity and Innocence, and blue • in Alabama. He was mar-
ls the color of vigilance, perse- ,ned io Mr* Maggie (Allgood)
verance and justice
According to legend, however.
A thundmtom late Wednesday
afternoon brought an additional
{.! of an inch of rain to Bogata
•^ Rivercrest reported 29 of an inch jgondav according to a meu*c»
• Mrs. Blissard was born in Red
'River County on September 4.
11903. and had lived all of her life
|in Red River C>unly. Her hus-
band. Frank Blissard of Bogata.
jsurvivaa along with one son.
iJohn Frank cf Bagata. and one
'daughter, Mrs. Iiaree Scroggins
Travis W. Purgei son. about 63. 0f Dallas, five grandchildren and
of Hawthorne. Nev, former De- Qnc niece.
port resident, passed away there __’__
T. W. Furgersoc
Dies in Nevada
for the past week
George Washington gave us a
more dramatic eaptanation when
he reportedly said:
We take the stars and blue un-
ion from Heaven, the red from
our mother country, separating it
by white stripes, thus showing we
have separated from her. and lh-
whit* stripes shall go down to
posterity representing liberty.
Doctors Will Attend
Forum in Paris
..ned to Mrs. —..
I Claxton on Dec 28. 1916
Pallbearer* were Barney Scott.
Ear! MrHam, Calvin Carpenter.)
Fred Skidmore. Barney Wilson ‘
and Elmer Sparks.
Honor Roil of
Newt Subscribers
I to his si«ter, Mrs. Eb Weaks of I
J Deport. Funeral service and in-1
i ferment were set for Saturday at I
| Hawthorne,
OIL NEWS
Paris Surgeon
Found Dead
Dr Midcolm L. Johnson, 46.
Paris xurgeon. was found dead in
hoi at home, where he had re-
turned Sunday from a Pans hos
pitrl.
Jus'icc of the Pesce Houston
Whitney conducted an inquest in-
OkVhnma^ ha°vc ’ WMtgatlon. but bad "ot compl. t-
'rtaW^rnvcwtilpiton i!Tt*h7K ?
S Kl S oveUNf heart disease speajc in
the state Capitol ^ hi- th,- Rd River Valiev I P°rn •’* B'ossom, October 31,
In 1922, “Old Glory retired to • ____' jimi, Malcolm Johnson was a son i
the Smithsonian Institution
Washington. D. C.
CADFT GRANDSON BOGATA
COUPLE PROMOTED
Cadet Eddie J. Waggoner,
grandson of Mr. and Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Ellis of Bogata, has
been notified that he will be
companv commander of the Mili-
tary Band at Bryan Adams High
School of Dallas. He will he
promoted to the rank of Captain
Cadet Wagoner has served two
years in Military Band and three
years of band in Junior High
schools. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Wagoner of Dallas.
ir Heart Association I'#'.* „
1 •, I«>f Mrs F. u. Johnson, now of
The three are Dr. Denton A.JPaii* and the late Mr. Johnson.;
Cooley, associate professor of *ur-1survivors including two children,'
gory. Baylor School of Medicine; Malcolm l.cddoll Johnson Jr ,
ri- Houston W. Seldin, professor hnd lv >a John>on. both of Mid-
------- —....... land; a slst,.r Mrs. B. O Smith.',
of internal medicine, Southwest
Mil Medical School, and Dr. Mar-
vin D Siperstein. associate pro-
fessor of internal medicine also
of Southwestern Medical School.
The Lamar County Heart Asso-
ciation will lie the host group.
President of the Red River Val-
ley Heart Association is Dr. Don-
ald H Brandt, Denison. Both
•nrrning and afternoon sessions
are planned, with a noon lunch-
eon at the Holiday Inn.
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FRIDAY-SATURDAY SPECIALS
Fresh Cucumbers, lb.....................r .. 9c
Fresh Purple Hull Crowder
Peas, 2 lbs............................ 25c
Potatoes, 10 lbs.......................... .... 39c
Tissue, Northern...................................7c
Tide, Giant............... 69c
Tea, Griffins, 1-2 lb............... .. .........69c
Inst. Coffee, M. C., 6 oz...................69c
Kraft Grape Drink, 46 oz............... 19c
G. W. Bartlett
■OOATA
Houston, and a broth'-r, A. Sid- :
nev J >hnson of Paris.
The Bogata Newt takes
meant of thanking subscribers
listed below for their subscrip-
tions
A B Rubs
C A Anderson
Mr* F M Wilkin*
Jim Kinsey
Mack Glover
Mr W S Thompson
Luther Childers
Dr Rey Gravson
llohart Grayson
R W Scott
Mrs. Fdie Stognrr
Mrs. John Lee Bell
Sid Hamilton
R G. Mayes
Dr. G. T. Funchcss
F W Thompson
II. L Che*shir
Mr* Mav Bell
Culkn Benson
Ira Dozirr
M C Ellis
Lillian Stephenson
C. W Bartlett
Johnny Temping
' fonwr^MUh^ WtwMndfe *" iro J ^ W^M ^C&taN*
**"• »hr~ daughters, a aon. several »rve^ miles estt of tTi!^ Tl'blm
rraiukhildrem two sisters Mrs r*l, per dav on pump from Wood-
Weak* and Mrs R B Fisher of bine at 3.441-71 feet Moore and
I ong Beach. Calif. and a brother. Coat* No 6 Bankhead Porter sur-
'Will Furgerson of TVxarkana.
I Ark.
Light Balloting
Expected Jane 4
Since the ticket lists only tee
offices and no Red River County
name appears, it is not expected
that interest in the election June
4 will compare with that shown
on May 7.
The ballot for the run-off pri-
mary in Red River County is the
smallest on record.
R*-d River County voter* cant
4,472 ballots in the May 7 pri-
mary This figure was arrived
at by using the vote of the can-
didate* leading in each precinct.
* Candidates for sheriff received
more votes than any other com-
peting for an office on a county-
wide basis In all but eight pre-
cincts the total vote for sheriff
was equal to or exceeded the to-
tal for any other office.
Porterfield Receives
Engineering Degree
A Ison Porterfield, a 1953 grad-
Born near Fulbright. he was
the «on of W T and Margaret abandonment two miles south.
Ann (Davis) Furgi non. snd rear- west of Detroit Is R. V. Parker
c.1 at Deport He was a Mason 'No. I M H. Womack. MEPAP
The Furgerson* moved to Nevada I survey It apparently tested
yey 110 barrels per day on pump|Uate of Bogata High School, zv-
from ”B“ sand at 3.562-600 feet 'celved his Master* Degree kt
In Red River County—Wildcat civil engineering in graduation
cxercismi at A&M College an
Mav 28
ubout 40 vears ago.
ROSALIE DVRS STARTS
MONDAY. JUNE 6
Rosalie Community Vacation
Bible School starts Monday, Jun?
6 at B n. m. All children arc in-
vited to enroll the first dav.
Competent teachers from both
churches have made careful pre-
parations and plans for provid-
ing instructive and pleasanl
Masonic Officers
j Elected May 26
Following of'';ccrs were elected
at a stated meeting of Rosalie
Lodge No. 527 of Bogata Thurs-
day nght:
Bill Bain. Worshipful Master:
Eunice Byrd, Senior Warden;
Sob** Mankins. Junior Warden:
W. S. Cody, secretary: W. C.
hours together. See that your j Gravson. Tiler: Frank Tycr,
child has the benefit of this re- chaplain, and P. J Turner, treas-
ligious instruction. 'uror.
REMEMBER DAD WITH A
GIFT from TURNER’S June 19th
MEN’S WORK SHOES ..........
MEN’S AND BOYS’ HATS ......
LEE AND LEVI’S JEANS ......
OVERALLS, All Sixes .............
WORK SHIRTS____________________
MEN'S VESTS AND SHORTS
$5.98 to $15.93
75c to $10.00
....... $3.85 pr.
................. $2.98
. $1.49 to $4.95
—.........;..... 50c each
S St H GREEN STAMPS WITH EACH PURCHASE
TURNER’S
DRY GOODS
Readers Letters
! A copy of The Bogata News
lias just come to my attention. I
(thought you might be interested
Jin knowing that in 1890, my fa-
jher. T. S. Flinches*, was editor
of The Rognta Reformer there.
Wt ran the paper in one room of
a residence across the rtreet from
Horner’s General S)ore. and as
I rem"m)>cr had about 150 sub-
scribe".*.,
My father was a school teacher
and taught school ct Bogata sev-
eral terms. I don’t suppose many
people there will remember as
it has been 70 years. Laura Ste-
phenson will remember. I re-
member when she and Ike mar-
ried. I remember her mother
and her brothers. Bud and Will.
We lived neighbor to Bob Fores-
ter, and all the nice things The
Bogata News said about him
were not enough. I remember
a lot of things that happened
there, and would like to hear
from anyone who cares to write.
I enclose a check for a subscrip-
tion to The News.
Respectfully,
G. T. Funchcss
Box 191, Jacksboro, Texas
Mrs. Joe Vance Rites
Held at Albuquerque
Funeral service for Mrs. Joe
Vance, the former Edna Earl
Guest of Fulbright, was Thursday
at Albuquerque, N. M., and inter:
ment followed there. Dr. Wm.
D. Wyatt officiated.
Mrs. Vance, daughter of Lem
A. Guest and the late Beatrice
(Smith) Guest, died in Albu-
querque May 23. Surviving be-
sides her father are her husband,
four children, two brother* and a
sister.
the Psluxy in going to 1.937 feet
Tnx-Lir field: R E. Moore and
W M Coat* No II Bankhead. W.
R. Porter survey, seven miles
east of Talco, abandoned at 3,-
040 feet
Son of Mr and Mrs. Otis Por-
terfield of Bogata. Alton is mar-
ried to the former Mis* Martha
Wd'on of Pattonville. ITiey and
th« ,r small son. Phillip, moved
In-1 week from Bryan to Paris,
w h- re he w ill be employed by the
State Highway Department
Cemetery working at Hagans,
port is June 4th. Bring tools to
work with and a sack lunch.
Home-coming will be Sunday,
(June 12. Everyone is Invited to
come and bring a basket lunch.
Most
Important
Peofilo
ON EARTH I
Our customers! And for thorn, woH
spare no effort to give tha best service
that hard work and human inganuity can
davisa.
If you haven’t triad tour bank, stop In.
Youl like the way wa do business.
First National Bank
W. D. HARVEY, Pres
WILLIAM ROZELL,
Active Vice-Proa.
GEO. P. GROUT. V.-P.
LENOX HUDSON.
r.u.u.
ANN BARNARD,
Aas*t Cash.
MRS. W. A JONES.
Asst Cashier
W. D. HARVEY
WM. ROOLL
GEO. P. GROUT
LENOX nUDROK
BYRON BLACK
SAM BARNARD
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