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TALCO, TITUS COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940
Who’s Who in
Titus Voters
Final Choice
Titus county voters went to the
polls Saturday for the final show-
down of strength and below is what
happened to candidates, according
to unofficial returns of district,
county and precinct offices.
Lattimore led the ticket for Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court. His
vote was 2425 as compared with that
of Alexander’s 1858.
A difference of only 37 votes was
shown in the choice for Railroad
Commissioner, with Brooks receiv-
ing 2363 and Culberson 2326.
P. D. Thornton Jr. enjoyed a long
lead in the race for district repre-
sentative. His vote was 2916 as
compared to Lunsford’s 1842.
Ed Dickson ended his race for
county judge 702 votes ahead of
Jack Cross. He received 2746 votes
and Cross 2044.
In the race for sheriff, Earl Al-
bright was chosen. His vote was
2502 to the 2295 received by Aub-
rey Redfearn.
Brooks led Smith in the^race for
constable, Precinct 1. His vote was
1368. Smith received 993.
Miller and Capehart ran a close
race for justice of the peace, Pre-
cinct 5. Miller received 165 to
Capehart’s 118.
Rountree won. the job of public
weigher, Precincts 2-8. His vote
was 344. Reed received 231.
Milstead was elected for justice
of peace, Precincts 2-8. He receiv-
ed 309 votes to Spruill’s 258.
The job of commissioner for Pre-
cincts 2-6-8 went to White, whose
vote was 405 as compared to Bor-
den’s 389.
Ed Nugent was winner in the race
for commissioner, Precinct 3. His
vote was 561 compared to Morris
Blalock’s 410.
J. W. Edwards, present incum-
bent, was elected justice of peace,
Precinct 3. His vote was 419 as
compared to the 289 for Roy Fry.
John Garner Buys
More Ranch Land
SAN ANTONIO.—News has been
received here of the purchase by
Vice-President John N. Garner,
Uvalde, of a 9,600-acre ranch which,
about fifteen miles west of Dilley,
is situated in parts of Frio, Dimmit
and Zavala counties.
The property, virtually unimprov-
ed, was acquired from the Beakley
estate for a reported consideration
of $70,000. It had been used for
grazing by S. M. Elder of Eagle
Pass. The deal is understood to
have increased Mr. Garner’s South-
west Texas ranch-land holdings to
more than 45,000 acres.
Co. Superintendent
Discusses Maple Spgs.
Talco Consolidation
LAMAR FAIR
OPENS MONDAY
AT PARIS
Lamar District Fair and Rodeo
opens in Paris next Monday even-
ing. Thursday, Sept. 5, has been
designated as “Kid’s Day,” in which
they will be admitted in the carni-
val grounds free, and all rides will
be only 5c each.
First performance of the North
Star Rodeo and Round Up will be
held on Friday evening, Sept. 6.
Others will occur on Saturday and
Sunday. A caravan of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce is expected
to visit this city on Tuesday to help
advertise* the event.
Thornton Wins Dist.
Representative Race
In the race for Representative,
35th district, P. D. Thornton, Jr
crossed the winning tape 1337 votes
ahead of G. C. Lunsford. Thornton’s
total vote was 4046 and Lunsford’s
was 2709.
The vote was:
Titus County
Thornton ............................... 2916
Lunsford ..... 1842
Morris County
Thornton ................... 1130
Lunsford ........ 867
Ed Dickson Thanks
Titus Co. Voters
I am deeply grateful for the gen-
erous support in the primary elect-
ion of August 24th which gave me
the nomination of County Judge.
In this connection, my father,
Green B. Dickson, wishes to thank
his many friends tot their express-
ion of confidence, love and esteem.
Sincerely, ED DICKSON,—
Nominee tor Co. Judge, Titus Co.
DOVE SEASON OPEN SOME
COUNTIES ON MONDAY
Dove hunting season will be from
Sept. 1 to Oct. 31 in the counties of
Hopkins, Delta, Franklin and other
Northwest Texas Texas counties. In
oi the state the aaa-
from S*pt. II to Nov. 11
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Last week The Times printed a
prepared statement by Sup’t B. E.
Dunagan of the Talco school con-
cerning consolidation with Maple
Springs. The article below by
County Sup’t Joe B. White is fur-
nished The Times with a request to
publish:
Several of my friends have hand-
ed me copies of last week’s Talco
Times. On the front page of this
paper I noticed an article headed
as follows: “WHITE OPPOSES
CONSOLIDATION OF TALCO-
MAPLE SPRINGS.”
From the statements that follow-
ed I presume the writer of this ar-
ticle did not know all the facts in
this case. To correct any wrong im
pressions that may have been left
in the minds of the people of Talco,
I am relating these facts as they
happened in two board meetings
pertaining to a proposed annexa-
tion of Maple Springs school dis-
trict to Talco school district.
At a county board meeting on
Monday, the 12th day of August,
two petitions were presented to the
County Board for its consideration,
one signed by the trustees of Ma-
ple Springs school and the other
by the Talco School Board request-
ing that Maple Springs school be
annexed to Talco. The County
Board was made to believe, as I was,
that one of these petitions repre-
sented the wishes of the Maple
Springs community.
This was-the first I knew of these
petitions and the first chance I had
to know of what was happening.
No case of this kind had ever come
before the county board of this
county. Neither the County Super-
intendent or the County Board had
had an occasion to look up and make
a study of this law. And since the
trustees of Maple Springs school
had so often expressed their deter-
mined opposition to any form of
consolidation, I failed to under
stand why they now would come
before the county board with such
strong stand in favor of annexation
without first having discussed it
with the County Superintendent.
Consequently, I asked the County
Board to defer action on this ques-
tion until we could secure further
information. This they did and set
the date of meeting for Friday, Aug-
ust 16.
At the request of the president
of the County Board, I contacted a
few of the people of Maple Springs
School District and discussed this
question with them. I heard noth-
ing more regarding this until Fri-
day when about 75 people from Ma-
ple Springs appeared before -the
County Board and presented two
petitions, one for annexation and
the other opposing it. The one op-
posing annexation contained 109
signatures, and the one favoring it
contained 2 signatures. We were
told that every family in the dis-
trict had been visited and were re-
quested to sign one or the other of
these petitions without any pressure
being placed on anyone. None of
these people said they knew that
this question of annexation was
coming before the County Board,
and so far as I could find out none
of the people of Maple Springs
School District knew anything about
this project except the trustees.
Needless to say the County Board
refused to give further consilient-
ions to these two petitions. The peo-
ple of Maple Springs and not the
County Superintendent decided
Ms question.
If any statement I have made is
incorrect, I hope that somebody will
call my attention .to it and I assure
you that I will catfuct ft. J
i. white,
Three Rigs
Running in
Talco Field
Talco field is completing the week
with three rigs in operation.
Humble Oil and Refining Co. set
surface pipe Wednesday on the Daw.-
son No. 12, having Completed a pro-
ducer on the J. C. Young Heira
No. 3. These operations are on the
west side of the field.
In the same area, Texas Co., with
McCutchings Drilling Co. doing the
drilling, rigged up on the Barker
tract. The company has two more
permits to drill on that tract. The
Texas Company has made some of
the best wells in the field on this
tract and is located farther north
than any operator in the field.
On the east side, Lucey Petroleum
Co. was drilling at 3530 feet Thurs-
day morning on the Williams No. 19.
They have another permit to drill
on that tract.
Herd Improvement
Association Formed
in Titus County
A Dairy Herd Improvement As-
sociation was organized for Titus
county at a special meeting Friday,
Iccording to an announcement by
County Agent James McCown.
The association, Mr. McCown said,
consists of a number of farmers and
several other persons, who are vit-
ally interested in dairying condi-
tions. Its purposes will be to ad-
vance the latest information on
milk production and the bettering
of the dairy herds through scien-
tific methods of feeding, and the
weeding out of poor producers from
the herds.
During Friday’s meeting officers
and directors of the new body were
named to serve throughout the com
ing months. They are as follows:
John Hall, president; J. M. Wat-
kins, Bogata. vice president; Ray-
mond Brown, secretary, and W. L.
Copeland and W. N. Glover, direct-
ors. ^
Cuthand Asks
Better Road
to Talco
J. L. CATO IS HONORED
WITH BIRTHDAY PARTY
Honoring her brother, J. L. Cato,
on his birthday, Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Gieger entertained the following
guests at dinner Tuesday night: Mr
and Mrs. J. L. Cato and daughters,
Misses Margueritte and Christelle,
Miss Annie Sue Cato, Mr. and Mrs.
L. L. Gieger and son, Loren Glen
of Mt. Pleasant, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Matberly of Winfield.
Citizens from Cuthand, northeast
of Talco, met with the Talco Cham-
ber of Commerce Monday night and
discussed the possibility of improv-
ing the road north from Meadows
Curve through Sulphur river bot-
toms in order that Cuthand people
would have an outlet to Talco.
Committee from Cuthand inform-
ed the Talco business men in the
meeting that a WPA project had
been granted from Meadows Curve
to Sulphur river and all that was
needed was to secure the county’s
road machinery for grading work
and the project would get underway.
Cuthand citizens also wanted
Talco to aid in securing oil for top-
ping the road from Sulphur river
through to their community.
If this road can be completed,
citizens say they will make Talco
their trading headquarters.
Talco Boy Scouts
on Encampment
at Camp Clark
Talco Boy Scouts, under the
leadership of Vincent Leewright,
left Tuesday afternoon for Camp
Clark, near Paris, for a four-day
camping trip.
The Scouts will make a trip to
Beavers Bend near Broken Bow,
Okla., on one of the days while on
their trip. Scouts from Talco at-
tending are Oscar and Jack Medlin,
W. C. Blackwell, Jerry and John
Paul Jones, Leon Lindsey, John E.
and Clyde Lee Hohn, Jewel Smith,
Billie Dunagan and Richard West.
They will return to their homes on
Saturday.
Scouts from this district enjoyed
a water festival Monday at Dain-
gerfleld State Park.
The following business men and
citizens contributed to help buy
supplies for the Scouts: R. R. Kel-
ley, Bond’s Grocery, Jones Grocery,
B. & E. Grocery, Massad’s Store,
Jones Dry Goods, H. E. Worsham,
Steve’s Food Store, Westbrook’s
Grocery, Saratoga Cafe, Dick Rod-
gers, J. E. Croley, Sikes Cleaners,
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co., E. L.
Bliss, Elmer Cato, Ernest Brown
and A. F. Hudson.
Senate Passes ,
Conscription Bill
Wednesday night the Senate pass-
ed the Burke-Wadsworth conscrip-
tion bill, drafting men from 21 thru,
30 years of age for one year’s mili-
tary training. The vote was 58 to
31, and came after more than two
weeks of debate upon the subject.
The measure now goes to the low-
er house, where it is proposed to re-
strict debate on it to two hours.
Bogata Test
Sets Surface
Pipe Thurs.
Spudding and setting surface
pipe on the J. F. Morrissey No. 1
A. F. Tyer deep wildcat test east
of Bogata was scheduled for Thurs-
| day after some delay caused by »
! slight hitch in final arrangements
! for drilling water. Reports were
| that this difficulty had been over-
^ come.
I The test on a 9,000 acre block and
I headed for a test of the Trinity and
j other sands to a depth of 5,000 or
production has received wide pub-
j licity and is attracting considerable
| attention. Only a few miles from
j Paluxy production at Talco, the well
will be closely watched by oil men.
Location was made after thorough
j geology made in recent months and
i earlier surveys. There have been
: shallow tests in the area but no log
of deep drilling is available. Major
companies hold acreage north and
I south of the block.
Talco Schools
Will Open on
September 9
Both Talco white and colored
schools will open at 9 a. m. Septem-
ber 9, according to Sup’t B. E. Dun-
agan Pupils shoAd either brine
their lunch or e#ne prepared to
purchase it from the school cafe-
teria. Pupils will not be dismissed
before 2:30 p. m. Buses will run
along the usual routes, arriving at
the building a few minutes before
9 a. m.
Children are reminded to bring
lunch or lunch money. Heretofoiy
children have been sent home at
noon on the first day for their noon
meal.
The public is cordially invited tp
attend a short program in the audi-
torium beginning at 9 a. m.
There will be one new teacher in
high school and six new teachers
in grade school. There is yet one
place to be filled in the grade school
and a complete list of the teachers
and their assignments will appear
in this newspaper soon.
Every teacher in the system, ex-
cept one, will have a degree, and
that teacher has completed enough
work to get hers. Among the teach-
ers mentioned, three have Master
degrees.
The entire faculty will be pres-
ent at a teachers’ meeting at 2 p. m.
Saturday, September 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Boss Garien and
son, Billy Joe, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Phillips and their mother, Mrs. Con
nie Phillips, allrof Lubbock, have
returned home after visiting in the
homes of Oscar Goodloe, Mrs. John
Cooper, Mrs. A. O. Brown and Mrs.
Lollie Welch. Mrs. Phillips is theii
only aunt.
Heavy Rain Falls
Here on Tuesday
A very heavy rain accompanied
by some wind and a very small
amount of hail visited this area on
Tuesday afternoon causing the tem-
perature to drop from 91 to 66 de-
grees.
Some farmers were of the opin-
ion that it would help the growth
of some of the young cotton bolls,
and speed the opening of mature
bolls. In Paris there was consider-
able damage from very hign wind.
Former Cookville
Man is Killed
Funeral service was held Tues-
day afternoon at the Concord
church, Morris county, for George
Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess
G. Brown of Cookville, who was
killed in an automobile accident
Sunday morning near Salem, 111.,
where he was working in the oil
fields. He had, for the past three
years, held a responsible position
with the Halliburton Cementing
Company at Duncan, Okla. Sur-
vivors, besides his parents, include
his widow, the former Miss Mil-
dred Rogers of Mt. Pleasant, and a
son.
Tax Collections Good
Talco School District
According to C. E. Walker, tax-
assessor for Talco Independent
School District, $20,000.00 has been
collected thus far during the month
of August. Collections are expect-
ed to reach the $50,000.00 mark by
the last day of this month.
Tax payers of Talco Independ-
ent School District are given the
privilege of paying taxes 99c on the
dollar during the month of August.
Unoffical Returns for District and County Offices
For Chief Justice of Supreme Court:
Alexander..........................
Lattimore ...,...................................
For Railroad Commissioner:
Culberson ...................................
Brooks ............................. ...........
For Representative:
Lunsford
Thornton
For County Judge:
Cross...................
Dickson
For Sheriff:
Redfearn .........................
Albright.._____________________
For Canstable, Precinct I:
Smith
Brooks.—................. —
For Justice of Peace, Precinct 5:
CaMhoari..,.......................—
Muter........ -
Far Public Weigher, Precincts 2-8:
gill .........................
Rountroe__________________________—
tat Justice ef Peace. Precincts 2-8:
r, Precincts 2-6-8:
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Thirteen Auto Deaths
in Nearby Counties
There were six deaths from auto-
mobile accidents in Titus county
during the first half of the year, ac-
cording to a report from the State
Highway Department. Four in La-
mar, three in Red River and none
in Franklin county.
Total deaths in Texas for just six
months totaled 766 this year, com-
paied to 699 in 1939.
John Northam left Wednesday
morning for El Paso to visit in the
home of his daughter and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Caund, and make
acquaintance of his grandson bom
recently. He will also visit his son,
J. D„ who resides in El Paso. Mrs.
Northam, who has been with their
daughter for the past three weeks,
will return home with Mr. Northam.
In Talco Three and
Four Years Ago
From the Back Files of
The Talco Times
Week of August 27, 1937
McKenzey Construction Co. of
San Antonio, had been awarded con-
tract to pave twenty block of Talco
streets with contract.
Constable Loyd Graff and Deputy
John Bayne had arrested two men
and two women for hotel theft. Job-
bery was in the Derring hotel in
West Talco.
In closing the summer term of
court the Titus county grand jury
had recommended to the Commis-
sioners Court to lay plans for the
construction of a new court house-
for Titus county.
Sun Oil Co had completed the
No. 1 Bert Davis, in Sulphur Bluff,
bringing the total up to 59 oilers
in that field.
Announcement had been made
that the American Liberty Pipeline
Co. was going to construct anothe"
pipeline from the Sulphur Bluff
field to Weaver, where a loading
rack was erected.
Week of August 28, 1936
Ground had been broken for a
theatre building on Broad street.
Leon-Williams Inc., were the own-
ers.
Contract had been let by Bill
Cross, publisher of The Mt. Pleas-
ant Times and Times Review in Mt.
Pleasant, for the construction of a
new, modern brick building to hous ?
his printing plant.
A 20-acre lease on the Jim Mom i
tract, located west of the towqtitj
had been sold by the Atlantic Oil
Co. to Hollingsworth Oil Co. for
$50,000.
The No. 2 Worsham located in the
Sulphur Bluff field in Franklin
county, was flearing at the rate of
1,000 barrels per day
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