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VOLUME XXXVII
BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY. MARCH 26, 1948
NUMBER 21
ill Fight Malaria Lions Hear About
In Red River Co.
With 7.5 DDT
Red River county will fight
mosquitoes with DDT again this
year, and the mixture will be 7V4
per cent DDT instead of 5 as used
last year. Operations will begin
April 1.
Basic fee for spraying a two-
room house is $1; 25c for each ad-
ditional rpom. In case of out
buildings spraying, that the unit
fee be increased to compensate
J^the total work.
^^Pnly one spraying application
pet premise per season will be
attempted. Laboratory and field
tests have now been completed to
a point where it can be stated de-
finitely that one treatment is suf-
ficient.
The program will be completed
by July 1. Red River county has
3,600 rural homes. It will be a
matter of importance to each
householder to be in readiness to
cooperate fully with spraying
crews.
Four spraying units will be in
operation. For each crew the
Proposed Co-Op.
Gin at Bogata
After a chicken supper, Lion
Turner presided and Lion Bryson
was present as secretary. It was
voted to make donation to White
Oak band to play for Lions In-
ternational.
The cotton gin for Bogata was
also discussed and a donation to
forward it by several individuals.
The club is 100 per cent in favor
of the co-op gin.
Twenty Lions were present
with cotton gin committee as vis-
itors, Lee Little, Pete Wilkinson,
Wright Hale and T.. L. Jeffery. A
good musical program was given
by Mrs. Gordon Allen, Betty Al-
len, June Trout, Carolyn Jones
and Evelyn Hoover.
Health Officer
Urges Spring
House Cleaning
Bonds Carry In
School Election
At Fulbright
Voters of Fulbright Independ-
ent School District authorized a
bond issue of $20,000 in an elect-
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News Subscribers
The News takes this means
thanking the people for their l
newals and new subscriptions.
They have been most generous
with their subscription patronage,
and our list now is the largest
within the history of the paper.
hide, spray equipment and neces
sary chemicals, while one laborer
will be provided by the county.
The county also agrees to pay $50
monthly for the operation and
maintenance of the crew and ve-
hicle. Funds for the payment of
the county’s share of the deal
comes out of the fees charged
each householder. These have
been calculated on as reasonable
Jmeis as possible to enable the
j^Hnty to keep ahead on the over-
an program.
Mrs. S. L. Terry is
Dead at Plainview
Last rites for Mrs. S. L. Terry,
73, who died at her home three
miles south of Plainview, were
held Monday at the First Baptist
Church. She had lived in Hale
county since 1925, when she mov-
ed to Plainview from Lamar
county.
Her husband is among surviv-
ors. The couple reared and edu-
cated three orphaned children.
They are Mrs. Blake Folsom and
Blake Roddy, both of Harlingen,
Mrs. Raymond Spencer, Ft.
M^P~th. Other survivors are a
Srater, Mrs. Martin. Housewright,
Ft. Worth; three brothers, J. H.
Marcum, Ladonia; Floyd Marcum,
Valliant, Ok., and Cleave Mar
cum, Milton.
Mrs. R, E. Wardlaw
B G. Smith
J. E. Burleson
H. L. Chesshire
D. C. Denny
Mrs. Gertrude Roberts
Mrs. W. E. Vernor
Virgil Wood
Mrs. Maggie Hamilton
John Coats
Levi Chesshire
Elbert Westbrook
Paul Hill
J. W. Rollins
Mrs. Florence Franklin
Elmer Hutson
Mrs. Rosa Pike
John N. Wilkinson
DENNY OPENS NEW
GARAGE IN BOGATA
health officer „ ......... ...
clean-up week, April 4-11. lhe money will be used to con-
Destruction of mosquito breed- struct a school gym, purchase two
ing places and rat invested areas I new scho°1 busei and general
proper disposal of garbage and j lmProvement of school property,
trash and general cleaning of all I
premises would help keep down ' D 1 D * C1
such summer health hazards as! IVed KlV6F LOlUllV
dysentery, typhoid and poliomye-__ _ _
litis, said Dr. George W. Cox,
state health officer.
“Many dangerous diseases are
filth-borne and the only way to
control them is to eliminate the
Insanitary conditions responsible
for their spread," he said. “A
good old-fashioned spring house
cleaning in every city and com-
munity in Texas would do a
great deal toward furthering
good health in the state.”
Hero Reburied
Easter Revival F. M. Hobbs Dies
Begins Sunday at j Thursday After
Methodist Church Lingering Illness
4-H Clubs Name
Officers for Year
Our revival begins with Easter | F M Hobbs of Halesboro, 72,
morning service. It will be a a retired farmer, died at Grant
joint meeting of the Presbyter- | Hospital Thursday at 5 p. m. He
ians and Methodists. Rev. James had been a patient at the hospital
Smith of Rose Hill, Miss., as' several weeks,
preacher and Rev. Hudson Me-1 The funeral was held at 4
Nair of Clarksville, the song lead- ! o’clock Friday afternoon at De-
er. Everybody invited to attend port Methodist Church, with bur-
these services. I ial in Highland Cemetery
A sunrise Easter service will I Mr. Hobbs was born at Hales-1 gai'a'
be conducted at 6 a. m. Sunday w,™ 10, ]875, son of Geo. | Each
Council members from the boys
4-H clubs in Red River county
met Saturday afternoon In
Clarksville, to elect new officers
for 1948. They are: President,
Bobby Damron, Bogata; vice-
pres., Charles Joe Jones, Anno-
na; sec.-treas., Tommie Allen,
Clarksville; reporter, Marvin
Simmons, Annona; song leader,
Dick Flemings, Annona, and
game leader, Wallace Jeffery, Bo-
at the big tree north of town. If
raining, it will be at the church.
We want 150 at Sunday School
Sunday at 9:45 a. m.
R. E. PORTER, Pastor.
of the eleven boys 4-H
Br other-in-Law
To Mauldins Is
Buried Wednesday
Alford Middleton of Boswell,
Ok., ill for some time, died at
DeQueen, Ark., Tuesday. Funer-
al services were conducted at Bos-
well Wednesday and burial was
made in the Smith Cemetery at
Rosalie. His wife, the former
Miss Lela Mauldin, was a sister
to Lee and Bud Mauldin of Ro-
salie and preceded her husband
in death several months ago.
Mr. Middleton had visited here
a number of times and had a host
of friends to mourn his passing.
First Red River county man to
lose his life in action in World
War II, was reburied last week
at Fairview Cemetery. Hubert
P. Alford, Navy machinist’s mate, wr j mi
died in the Battle of Coral SeaUnderway I UCSdai/
Adg. 31, 1942.
Son of Mrs. Katie Alford of
Clarksville, he was aboard the
USS Calhoun when it was sunk
by the Japanese. He was rescued
but died of his injuries two days
later on a small island in the
the
the
vicinity. He had Served in
Army before enlisting in
Navy.
Dairy Meet at Mt.
Pleasant Friday
Rat Campaign Gets
A campaign sponsored by the
business men of Bogata began in
earnest Tuesday night to exter-
minate the rapidly growing rat
population in Bogata and ap-
proximately 200 were killed the
first night.
Hundred sof dollars worth of
W. and Lovania Hobbs, and lived clubs is represented by three
there all his life except two years delegates on the council which
spent in Paris. | forms an active as well as an
He married Miss Willie Shi! advisory group in promoting boys
Feb. 4, 1903, and she and two of work in the county,
their three sons survive, Homer | Following the election of new
Hobbs, Halesboro and Philip : officers the group discussed their
Hobbs, Amarillo. There are sev-: swine and dairy heifer contests
en grandchildren and one great [ and saw a movie on soil conserv-
grandchild.
MRS. J. S. MARSHALL OF
BLOSSOM IS DEAD
ation. Nine registered pigs will
be awarded to winning club boys
by the Sears, Roebuck Founda-
tion. One registered dairy heifer
will also be awarded by the
Sears, Roebuck Foundation in
connection with the dairy pro-
gram sponsored by the Clarks-
Mrs. Eli Oliver
Buried Friday
Mrs. Eli Oliver, 53, died Thurs-
day at her home at Lookeba, Ok.,
after a lingering illness. Funeral
service was held Friday at the
home and burial was there. Sur-
viving besides her husband are
two sons by a former marriage,
Earl B. Harris of Oklahoma City
and Raymond Harris of Grace-
mount, Ok., her parents, Mr. and
tyrs. George Freitag of Lookeba.
Miss Rhoda Oliver of Deport,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oliver of Leon-
ard, Gene Oliver of Dallas and
Mrg. Dick Whitney of Leonard,
j^ent to Lookeba Thursday and
^Burned home on Sunday.
A. H. Denny has completed a
25x36 modern garage building on
Highway 271 and is now open for
business. Mr. Denny is an ex-
perienced garage man, having
operated one in Bogata several
years before moving to San An-
tonio, where he also operated
one. Several months ago he pur-
chased to M. A. Ferguson place
and with his wife and daughter
moved back to Bogata.
LEAGUE MEMBERS ATTEND
CLARKSVILLE MEET
Thirty-five members of the
Epworth League of the Bogata
Methodist Church attended the
District League meet at Clarks-
ville Thursday night. They re-
ported an interesting program
with Frank Bean of Minter, giv-
ing a report on the Youth Con-
ference at Cleveland, Ohio. The
choral club of Avery League fur-
nished the music.
MEASLES EPIDEMIC
NOW DECLINING
Lamar County Health Unit re-
ports the following new contag-
ious diseases for the week ending
March 20: Chicken pox 4; gon-
oAhea, 8; influenza, 16; measles,
62; mumps, 2; pneumonia, 5; sy-
phillis, 4; and whooping cough, 1.
CANDIES for EASTER
We now have on display, a nice assortment of
Pangburn^ Chocolate in beautiful gift boxes . . make
her happy with a box of fine Candy.
We also have a large stock of Easter Egg Colors
for the Kiddies. Get your colors now and join the fun.
BUCKMAN DRUG STORE
BOGATA, TEXAS
Junior Class To
Present Class Play
Members of the Junior Class,
under the sponsorship of Mrs.
Tucker Quinton, are presenting
“Meet The Folks,” a three-act
comedy play at the high school
gym Friday evening, beginning
at 7:45 p. m.
An admission of 25c and 15c
will be charged to help defray
expenses of the class. Tickets
can be purchased from students
or at the door.
According
Karcher, R._____________ _____,
Specialist from College Station, j several years ago.
will be in Mt. Pleasant to hold
a dairy meeting on Friday at 7:30
p. m. in the Court House. Bur-
leson will have a film on artifi-
cial insemination, which he will
show and discuss. It is hoped that
all dairymen interested in ;in ar-
tificial insemination program for
Mrs. J. S. Marshall, 78, wife of
a Blossom physician, died last
Thursday. Survivors besides Dr., _
Marshall, an Army veteran of I vllle Chamber of Commerce
damage » done by rats each year I World W-ar j now in the veterans -
with each merchant doing what haspital at Waco, include these ! BOOK CLUB, MEMBERS
he can to combat the ever in- children: Mrs. Jack Rux, Dallas; I ATTEND MEET AT PARIS
creasing number until last week J Mrs. J. R. Perot, Lawton Ok ■ I _
Lrr,,rcsov“ M”rshaii *>* *»>. c** ™m.
" “"sh.aiy.Bl“jberS attcnded ,ho Tex„ Frier.
ation of Women’s Clubs meeting
at Paris Wednesday and Thurs-
day: Mrs. Paul Griffin, presid-
ent of the Bogata Book Club;
Mrs. J. \U. Howison as delegate,
Mrs. Paul Dill. Mrs. T. T. Kin-
sey and Mrs. Charlie Pearson.
Mrs Dill also entered a picture in
the art exhibit for the local club.
to rid the town of them. A liquid I and Neal Marshall. Seattle Wash
to County Agent polson ls belnS ust4 similar to
E Burleson Dairy ithat uscd bV government agents®
TEEN TOWN CLUB
SELECTS OFFICERS
Titus County will be present at
this meeting.
An initial checking will be
made to see how many dairy
At a meeting held at the Com-
munity House Saturday officers
were selected for the Teen Town
Club composed of the younger
set in Bogata. Bobby Hinson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Melburn Hinson
of Rosalie, was elected president;
Paul Thornton, son of Mr. and
Pleas Turner and Newt Bryson
attended a charter night meeting
°f,the Lions Club at Blossom on
Thursday night at which Lion
Bob Coffey, District Governor of
District 24 was the principal
speaker.
TOM’S BEAUTY SHOP
INSTALLS IRONER
Miss Tom Underwood has in-
stalled an electric ironer at her
beauty shop in Bogata. Miss Un-
derwood had a demonstration at
her shop Monday afternoon and
explained that the machine will
be operated on a rental basis, as
a help-yourself laundry.
She is using space in this issue
of The News to invite you in for
a trial offer and to acquaint you
with the machine.
cows can be signed up for such a j Mrs. Joe Thornton of Rugby,
program. It will be necessary to | vice-pres.; Carolyn Hale, daugh-
have at least 1200 cows to make
the program successful.
Rain Halts Farm
Work In This Area
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Travis Hals,
sec., and Frank Stubblefield, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stubble-
field, treas.
Sponsors of this club which is
to meet one night each week, are
Travis Hale, chairman; Morris
Trim, Mmes. Paql Griffin, H. D.
Burt, Roger Hanson, Claud Gray-
son and James Castleman.
Farm work in this area was
halted the first of the week by
rain in the amount of three-
quarters of an inch which fell Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Guion of
Sunday and Sunday night. How- Corpus Christi and daughter and
ever, it was beneficial to gardens sign and Mrs. Melvin Bush and
which were planted last week and i daughters of Rhode Island, where
to the plowed land. March rain-1 he is stationed as a flight officer,
fall totals V& inches and the
yearly total is 8.05 inches.
Skies cleared Monday and the
warm, spring sunshine is very
much appreciated. The mercury
has been registering in the 80’s.
visited their sister and brother,
Mrs. T. L. Bryson and family and
Fred Horner and wife Wednes-
day and Thursday. They were
enroute to Rhode Island for a
visit in the Bush home.
Capt. Frank Edward Moore,
who has been in the army in Ger-
many for over a year, has return-
ed to the States and with his wife,
who was a Red Cross worker also
stationed in Germany, will visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank4
Moore in Paris and relatives in
Deport and Bogata before report-
ing to his new station at Albu-
querque, N. M.
WE SERVE
First National Bank
IN BOGATA. TEXAS
VISIT US
For Fresh
Clean
Groceries
Full-o-Pep
Chicken Feeds
other Live Stock
FEEDS
J.E. HAYNES
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BOGATA
ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN
MUST BE
ENUMERATED
BEFORE APRIL 1st
All children who will be six years old on or
before Sept. 1, 1948, and who shall not have
passed their 18th birthday by Sept. 1, must
be enumerated before April 1. All persons
within these ages should be enumerated, whe-
ther married or single.
If you reside outside the Bogata district and
are not enumerated in your district, it will be
impossible for you to transfer to any other
district.
IF YOUR CHILD HAS NOT
BEEN COUNTED, SEE
THE ENUMERATOR IN
YOUR DISTRICT
For Bograta see Supt. F. L. Branson
or Mrs. Claud Grayson
BOGATA SCHOOL BOARD
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Bogata Hdwe.-Furniture Co.
Ladies, we have just received our first Big Shipment
of the Nationally Advertised Kroehler Living Room
Suites, Studio Couch Suites, and Platform Rockers.
If you really want something good in Living Room
Furniture, then you just must see these new patterns.
Also have plenty of other suites and Platform Rockers.
Rockers priced from ____________________________ $29.50 to $59.50
Living Room Suites________________________ $59.50 to $219.00
Plenty of 5-Pc. Breakfast Room Suites and also 8-Pc.
Dining Room Suites. Plenty of Coffee and Cocktail
Tables; also End Tables in Genuine Mahogany.
We have in stock now for your selection one of the
best assortments of Bedroom Suites we have ever had
in both double and twin beds. Our Mattress stock is
complete, from -------------------------$17.50 to $49.50
Including such famous brands as Morning Glory and
Simmons. And plenty of double deck, all steel Springs
to match from ......................._1..................$9.95 to $14.95
Let us install you a 150, 250 or 500 gal. Butane System.
We have the Gas Ranges, Hot Water Heaters and all
the necessary Fittings and you can buy on our Easy
Payment Plan.
FREE! FREE!
We have a very large assortment of 9x12 and other
sizes of Linoleum Felt Base Rugs and they are priced
------------------------------------------------------------------------ $6.95 each
Anyone reading this ad who will tare it out and present
it at this store, it will be good for one dollar on any
Linoleum Rug in the house.
It is now time to start getting ready for the hot wea-
ther with a New Ice Box or Electric Refrigerator. We
have the best, because we have the Norge. If you are
going to need an Ice Box this summer don’t fail to see
us and save some money.
Yes, we have ready for delivery, Washers—Norge,
Maytag and Voss in gas and electric.
Folks, if you are planning on an Oil Cook Stove for
this Spring, see us at once, because you just can’t miss
finding what you want. Our stock is complete from
a 1-burner to a 5-burner table top. And remember,
we trade for your old Furniture and Sell on Easy
Monthly Payments.
Bogata Hdwe.-Furniture Go.
Hardware, Furniture and Implements
H. E. TROUTT & SONS
Phone 143 BOGATA, TEXAS
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The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1948, newspaper, March 26, 1948; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth912389/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.