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VOLUME 38
BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1950
NUMBER 42
Bogata Will Stagi
First Big Rodeo
it 17-18-19
Bogota will atage its first big
*odeo on Thursday, Friday and
; Saturday of next week, Aug. 17-
18-18. at 8:10 o’clock each even-
It will be opened with a
parade on Thursday after-
, • uuuu at 8:80 o’clock, Aug. 17, so
■hine your boots, clean your sad-
die leather and get ready to take
part in Bogota's first annual ro-
deo.,-
Bogata area has .spent several
thousand dollars to provide a
place to properly hold a rodeo
and stock show by the purchase
of eight acres of land in the
South part of town; construction
T of bleachers to seat those in at-
tendance and the building of I
fences, five saddling chutes and
large arena for the shows.
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Fourteen large electric lamps
of 1500 watt capacity will pro-
vide light for these night events,
and arrangements have been
made for the sprinkling of the
arena to keep down the dust.
Ramsey's Ranch at DeKalb
will furnish the stock for this ro-
deo, according to Paul Hill, who
la president of the organization,
Mid there are plenty of tough
animals in the outfit. There will
be bronc riding, bareback riding,
calf roping, bull dogging and
buH riding, along with
of prizes to cause the cow-
to do their best.
If you like thrills and spills
and to see men in action with
plenty of intestinal fortitude,
don't miss any of these three big
performances. There will be
new Mock and a different pro-
gram dvery night.
There is a lot of work connect-
ed with staging an event of this
kind, and many Bogata folk and
others in the surrounding area
IbnN been putting in most of
this week to get the
Rrouhds fn tip-top
for the first rodeo to be
held there Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Aug. 17-18-19 at 8:30
o'clock. And don’t forget to be
on hand for the parade on Thurs-
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
IAUTY SHOP IN
| NEW LOCATION
Mrs. Irene Garrett has moved
bar beauty shop from the Smelser
building west of the Telephone
Co. to her old location on main
street. Irene’s Beauty Shop was
located at this place a number of
years ago. The inside of the build-
ing has been redecorated and
modernized. Irene is using space
. in this issue of The News to in-
vite her old customers and new
ones to visit her in her new lo-
cation.
Complete Bridge
Over Sulphur on
Highway 271
Construction of a concrete and
steel bridge over Sulphur river
on Highway 271, between Talco
and Bogata was completed this
week, and the State Highway De-
partment crews are putting the
finishing touches on approaches
to the bridge this week end.
It is a fine, substantial struc-
ture, with rounded piers to pre-
vent driftwood lodging against
them, and is slightly longer and
a great deal wider than the old
wooden bridge built twenty years
ago when Highway 271 didn’t
have one-fourth of the traffic
count that travels it today, and
truck load limits were 7,000
pounds, compared with seven
times that amount now.
Construction was started on
the new bridge last fall and traf-
fic routed over State 37 and FM
71 via Hagansport, which more
than doubled the distance be-
tween Bogata and Talco, which
is 8t4 miles, compared to the 21-
mile detour.
A faulty piece of bridge steel
which was rejected by the High-
way Department, held up con-
struction of the bridge for some
time. Light traffic has been per-
mitted to cross the new bridge
for a week. It will probably be
opened to all traffic before an-
other edition of this newspaper
is printed.
Cotton Estimate
Is Third Lower
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—The
Agriculture Department Tuesday
forecast this year’s cotton crop
at 10,308,000 bales of 500 pounds
gross weight.
This first estimate of the year
compares with last year’s crop of
16.128.000 bales and with a ten-
year (1939-48) average of 11,-
599.000 bales.
The indicated sharp drop in
production reflects opertaion of
a government crop control pro-
gram designed to prevent the ac-
cumulation of excessive supplies.
The cotton acreage in cultiva-
tion July 1 was about 31 per cent
smaller than a year earlier.
This year’s crop will be sup-
plemented by a carry-over of
about 7,000,000 bales from pre-
vious crops.
Forecast, of this year’s cotton
crop in Texas was 3,000,000 bales.
Crop condition on Aug. 1 in Tex-
as was reported as 76 per cent
of normal and an estimated yield
of 205 pounds per acre.
Weather Pleases
Cotton Fanners
PARTY ON MONDAY
HONORS BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Charlie Couch entertained
Monday afternoon at her home
with a. party honoring the birth-
day of her granddaughter, Mar-
garet Ann, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Wilkinson.
A number of outdoor games
were enjoyed before refreshments
were served with the beautifully
decorated birthday cak to fifty
invited guests. The honoree re-
ceived a number of lovely gifts.
BIBLE SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE GOOD
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Sunday visitors in the home of
Mr. anu Mrs. R. L. Hardin were,
Mr. 400. Mis. Leonard Hardin of
Kilgore, Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Parker of Dallas, Mrs. H. S. Cold-
iron and daughter, Nancy Ann of
Pheonix, Ariz, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Couch and children of Bo-
gata. gTj
Vacation Bible school began
Monday at the Free Hope Baptist
church, (colored).
Mrs. O. J. Cooper is instructor
and leader, assisted by Mrs. R. J.
Hanson, Mrs. Ernest King, Mrs.
W. S. Cody, Pat Hanson and Mrs.
Odell Cothern.
The school will continue
through Friday with a closing
exercise. There is an enrollment
of fifty-four.
SPECIAL MEETING SET
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
Craddock-St allins
Vows Exchanged
At a double ring ceremony July
16, in the First Christian Church
at Marysville, Calif., Betty Ruth
Craddock and Robert Lyn Stal-
lins were united in marriage with
Rev. Eugene Sabin, pastor reading
the vows.
Given in marriage by her fa-
ther, Jack Craddock, the bride
wore an off the shoulder street
length white dress with white ac-
cessories. Her flowers were red
rosebuds.
Mrs. Ed Daleuski of Marysville,
was matron of honor, wearing
a gray street-length dress with
yellow rose buds. Raymond Stal-
lins, twin brother of the groom,
was best man.
A wedding breakfast followed
immediately after the rites at the
home of the brides parents with
members of the family and im-
mediate friends attending.
Following a honeymoon in the
Forest of Arden the couple will
be at home in Yuba City.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Craddock of
Marysville, formerly of Bogata,
and is a niece of Mrs. Ross Mc-
Clure'. The groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. -B. Stallins of
Cutler, 111, and is employed by
Marysville Tractor and Equip-
ment Co.
A special meeting will be held
Friday night at the school build-
ing for the purpose of making
final plans for the parade which
will take place next Thursday
afternoon before the rodeo that
night.
The meeting will begin at 8:30
p.m. and every merchant, busi-
nessman, farmer and stockman,
who is interested is urged to at-
tend this meeting.
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Bogata Activities
10 Years Ago
Week of August 9, 1940
J. I. McWilliams, ginner and
farmer of the Detroit communi-
ty, had died at a Paris hospital.
Work on the new $8,500 city
hall at Mt. Vernon had begun.
E. B. Gibson was displaying a
large apple that had grown in
his orchard at Rosalie. It weigh-
ed 1 lb. and measured 12 inches
around.
Bond had been set at $4,000 in
district court at Clarksville for
Obie Tutt, charged with murder
of Will Talley on June 8.
Twin sons had been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Womack of
Johntown, and lived only a short
time and were buried at Naples.
A'family reunion had been held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.
A. York at Johntown.
Mrs. S. V. Cogbill of Hales-
boro, was having a cedar'chest
made from a large cedar tree
wh*ich stood in the yard at her
old home, the Patton place.
Bobby Grayson had left for
Norfolk, Va., to resume his duties
in the Navy.
Miss Dude Ray was a surgical
patient at a Paris hospital.
Miss Dorothy Branson had re-
turned home after a two months’
vacation spent with relatives at
Dubuque, Iowa.
An open boll of cotton had
been reported by Richard Slaton,
who farmed near Rugby.
Red River County voters had
missioner end W. J. Corbell con-
stable.
Marriages: Miss Gertrude
Cooper and Mouzon Cline of Mc-
Crary; John Dick Bruton and
Miss Wanda Massey, both of
Godley.
Mrs. J. A. Evans, 72, former
Rosalie resident, had died at De-
troit
Subscription rate U $1 JO a year in Red River and
Counties. Sent elsewhere the price is $2.00 a year.
Guests Sunday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Roberts were
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Quick and
Mr, and Mrs. Loyd Brown and
Jnldren of Paris and Mr. and
Mrs. John Mabane and Mrs. Lis-
aie Brown of ML Vernon.
Fair, hot, dry and sunshiney
weather is just what the farmers
are needing and that is what we
have been having the past week.
The mercury soared upward to
the 99 mark on Wednesday for
the highest reading of the year.
With several mOfe days of hot
sunshine, insects .will begin to
disappear from 1 elds and late
cotton will put < [i more forms
and increase the prospects of a
better crop.
Three weeks oi rain during
the planting seaao i caused many
farmers to have two different
ages of cotton. El ly planted and
poisoned cotton ii reported to be
better than late \ antings. Many
farmers are still 1 sing poison in
the fight against t e insects.
Abandon Oil Test
South of Bogata
A test for oil bRng drilled by
L. W. Dennis on 7the Howison
tract,a mile south of Bogata, was
abandoned as dryjlast Saturday
at 4,965 feet. Thdge were slight
shows of both oil ad gas at vari-
ous depths, it was Reported.
A block of mor$ than 5,000
acres had been as#mbled by in-
terested landholders and leases
turned to Dennis for the test
about a year ago. The test was
spudded at that time and was
drilled during the past few weeks.
It is, so far as is known, the deep-
est try for oil ev£ to be made
in Red River Couflty.
Another test wES made about
25 years ago a few miles south-
east of the Howiswi tract, but
was drilled to only about 2,000
feet. W. K. Bundy-also made a
test near Halesboro in 1928. Re-
ports have it that gas flows from
that well by heads.
Plan 2 Wildcats
In Morris County
Andrew V. Erwin & Vernon
Whiteley Drilling Company plans
to see what the Paluxy holds
over in Morris County, not too
far from the east extension of the
Talco field on the Pewitt ranch,
by drilling two wildcats. Within
a few days they intend to start
on No. 1, G. W. Apperson estate,
467 out of the northeast corner
of a 67-acre tract in the J. R.
Slaughter survey, a half mile
north of Omaha. The wildcat
Will seek production to 6,000 or
200 into the Paluxy. It is on a
farmout from the Texas Com-
pany. Supporting are Cities Ser-
vice, Texaco, Gulf Oil Corpora
Few Cattle Losses
Due to Anthrax
Anthrax situation is still not
too good in northern Titus,
Franklin and Hopkins Counties.
There has been considerable loss
of cattle, some of them in spite
of vaccinations. Authorities say
vaccination should be done in the
spring. With periodical out-
breaks of the disease, it might be
well to vaccinate yearly.
Cattle auctions in Wood and
Hopkiqs Counties have been sus-
pended temporarily following an
outbreak of anthrax in Hopkins
County.
It is reported that nine cows
have died in Hopkins County.
Sales barns in Sulphur Springs.
tion, Sun Oil Company and Delta ( Mt. Pleasant, Paris and Winns
Gulf. Five thousand acres form j boro have voluntarily closed and
the block. Oklahoma has established a quar-
Operators will wait for out antine against cattle from this
come on this one before starting I area, due to anthrax.
their other test on a Continental | -*-
farmout. Approximately 6,000
acres are in this block lying
around the J. D. Nelson, W. Ma-
thews, B. Edmonson and W. O.
Mathews surveys. Present plan
is to go back into the old Ray
Holbert et al. No. 1 Fleming,
1,600 from the south and 1,300
from the west lines of the J. D.
Nelson survey. It was drilled to
4,375 and abandoned in the
Woodbine a year ago. Location
is two and one half miles north
of Cason.
R. G. Mayes Home
Destroyed by Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. R.
G. Mayes of Bogata, along with
all the contents were destroyed
by fire between 12 and 1 o’clock
p. m. Saturday. The place was
known as the old King home and
was located on what was known
as Main street when Bogata was
called Maple Springs.
Mrs. Mayes, who was ill, and
son, Kenneth, were the only ones
at home at the time of the fire.
It is thought to have started from
an oil stove in the kitchen. The
flames had gained such headway
when the fire truck arrived there
was little could be done but keep
the fire from spreading to adjoin-
ing homes. Mrs. Mayes received
severe burns on her hand and
arms, trying to extinguish the
fire. x
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CLASS HAS PARTY
Paul Pewitt Stakes
Another Loeation
Mrs. W. J. Corbell entertained
her Sunday School class with a
swimming party at Paris Friday
evening. Mr. and Mrs. Travis
Hale also accompanied the party.
Attending Were: Mrs. Corbell and
daughter, Peggy, Gayle Hudson,
Patty Sue Hobbs, Peggy Wood,
Geneva Terry, Billy Mac Wil-
liams, David Lee Hudson, Bubs
Swaim, Joe Bob Fortner, Virgil
Hudson, Jimmy Williams, Dur-
wood Wims, John Douglas
Vaughan, Melvin Vaughan, Jerry
Whitten and Rex Allums.
Paul Pewitt of Dongview, has
staked his No. 1-B fee in the
Pewitt Ranch field. Location is
1,550 feet from the north and 330
feet from, the west lines of a 131-
acre tract in Titus County school
land survey.
Cpl. Lester Brady, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Brady, who has
been stationed at Ft. Bragg, N. C.
called his parents, Thursday and
informed them he was leaving
for an undisclosed port of em-
barkation. His wife ad two child-
ren will return to Bogata to make
their home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cody have
as their guests this week her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. West
and daughter, LaVerne of Hous-
ton. Her brother, J. W. West and
wife and daughter, Ruth of Pecan
Gap visited his parents in the
Cody home Mnday.
Honor Roll of
News Subscribers
The Bogata News takes this
means of thanking subscribers
listed below for their subscrip-
tions. If you have renewed or
subscribed and your name is not
on this list, kindly write the pub-
lisher a card. Letters and orders
seme times go astray in the
mails.
J. O. Fletcher
Boss Suggs
Mrs. Earl Humphries
Glenda Whitten
Kathryn Anderson
Mel Dozier
Mrs. H. D. Roach •
Steve Gray
Fred Prichard
Capt. Jas. A. Prichard
Mrs. H. G. McDonald
Red River Arsenal
Will Train Troops
The big Red River Arsenal near
Texarkana has received orders to
reactivate its ordnance training
center. ,
The area will be ready to re-
ceive troops the latter part of
August. Several hundred trainees
are expected.
The ordnance training center is
located on the sprawling reserva-
tion between Texarkana and New
Boston. It was first activated in
December, 1942, and trained
thousands of troops during World
War II. It completed its mission
in the fall of 1945.
Two Completions
Pewitt Ranch Area
Spacing Rules
For Pewitt Ranch
The Railroad Commission has
announced adoption of field rules
Two recent completions are
listed for the Pewitt Ranch Pa-
luxy pool, east *>f Talco. An ex-
cellent pumper was. Coats &
Moore No. 3-B Pewitt, Banks sur-
vey, which rated 424 barrels daily
for well spacing in the Pewitt \ from 4.490-502 feet.
Mrs. Margaret Kidd left Thurs-
day for a visit in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Hershel Pow-
ers and family at Port Arthur.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kelley and
She accompanied S. P. Cogbill
and son of Beaumont, who have
been visiting relatives at Deport.
Ranch field. Spacing 660 feet be'
tween wells and 330 feet between
wells and property lines.
Visiting Fred Prichard^ Sunday
were the following: Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Webb, and E. O. Thomp-
son of Deport, Dr. and Mrs. F.
Fagan Thompson and two child-
ren of Cullman, Ala., Mrs. Becky
Williams and Miss Mafy Jane
Griffin of Paris.
Stephens, Phillips & Moran No.
8-B Pewitt. Banks survey, flow-
ed eighty four barrels in twelve
hours through tubing from sec-
tion at 4,498-596 feet.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watkins
and Mrs. F. M. Watkins spent the
week end with relatives at Ft.
Worth and Dallas. Miss Dorothy
Watkins of Dallas, who has spent
the past two weeks with her
grandmother, returned to her
home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Spears
and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Spears
of Shallowater have returned
home after visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Mitchell, Dixon Hale and
Mrs. Annie Mitchell and Mrs. Ve-
I da Montogomery and James.
Mrs. Johnnie Blankenship and
daughter, Jean left Sunday for
Sacramento, Calif., where they
will visit their son and brother,
Merkel Dean Blankenship and
wife. They will also visit rela-
tives at Lubbock as they return.
peace of mind
Whenever you have to go away-even
for juat a little while-you appreciate the
value of your telephone to the one you leave
behind. You know it’s there to bring her
peace <4 mind, protection in emergency and
help when ahe need* it. And no matter where
you go, you know it stand* ready 24 hour* a
day to carry your voice to her and her* to you.
Few thing* art so valuable and coat *o little
aa your telephone.
The wIm of the tvlopkono W» fun lho tmlU yen auk
Somriimrt ike cell* yea receive are even more imper-
ImI. You'd mitt • lot if tko toUpkoot umtn I there.
few things give, you so much
for so lift/e..»
Bogata Telephone Co.
GUY AND MARTHA SMELSER
BOGATA RODEO
AUGUST 17-18-19
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Straight Van Load of Bed Room Suites direct from
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Norge Washer—Full 18 gal. size Set of Big Double
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for only .....................................................$119.95
Maytag Washers ................
Big 8 ft. Norge Refrigerators
6-ft. Norge Refrigerators ______
Oil Ranges_______________________
Rockers_____________________________
• x 12 Felt Base Rugs_______
Studio Couches, all colors—all prices.
Folks, come in and visit our Big Furniture Department
and SAVE up to Vi on your next purchase. Remem-
ber, we will trade for anything of value and sell an
Easy Terms.
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