The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1948 Page: 3 of 6
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THE BOGATA NEWS,
Wants Law Passed Immediately to
Keep Tractors from Running at Night
gonna get their beddin or their
discin or their plantin or their
plowin done early enough, and
as a result keep their tractors
goin way into the night.
It ain’t no local situation as I
read in four different papers the
same situation prevails in other
parts of the state, with farmers
gettin afraid there ain’t gonna be
enough time to get all their farm-
in done, whereas there is just as
much time as there ever was and
I learned long ago time was made
______ . . _
Athletic Contests
And Band Clinic
At Mt. Pleasant
HAGANSPORT
RECEIVES FATAL
LICENSE DEADLINE
ONE WEEK OFF
INJURY AT GIN
We had another big rain Mon-
day, accompanied by wind and Frank Carter, 66, injured whijg
some small hail. No damage done j a* w°rk at the gin at Blossom
that has been reported. died Thursday at the Sanitarium
Mr and Mrs. Miller Nichols of of Pans
Dallas, spent the week end here , pump handle flew out of con-
with relatives. Mr. Nichols l°J an<* s*ruc*{ h’m a blow in the
Owners of cars and trucks who
have not yet bought license
plates for 1948 are urged to do so
at once by tax collectors. April
1 is the deadline. New plates
must be on cars not later than
Editor’s note: Achin Al-
corn, philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm on Sul-
phur, isn't going to get any-
where with his proposal this
week, but we’re letting him
express himself in the inter-
est of freedom of the press.
Dear editar: I don’t like to
repeat myself in your paper, but
I’m gonna keep hammerin away
at one thing until I get some act-
ion on it.
About this time every year
my energetic neighbors out here
on Sulphur get afraid they ain’t
Second annual Mt Pleasant re-
lays and band clinic opens at Mt.
Pleasant March 26. Over a doz-
en North East Texas schools have
accepted an invitation to parti-
cipate in either the relay events
or the band clinic. Most of these
schools will take part in jboth
activities. Several hundred^ fans
are expected W) attend from the
various participating communi-
ties.
The Mt. Pleasant High School
Key Club, sponsor of this annual
affair, has announced that out-
standing trophies and medals will
be awarded to the winners in
both athletic events and the band
clinic. The days activities will
open with a giant parade through
the down town section at 11 a. m.
Athletic events begin at 2 p. m.
at the high school track with the
final events scheduled for 7:30
p. m. Schools already indicated
that they will participate include
Talco, Clarksville, Naples, Gil-
mer, Daingerfield, Atlanta, New
Boston, Union Grove, Pittsburg,
Mt. Vernon, Sulphur Springs,
Winnsboro, Gladewater, Mar-
shall and Commerce.
nice crowd was out Saturday
night and reported he made an
interesting talk.
Several ladies met at the ceme-
tery last Wednesday and did
quite a bit of work. Seemed no
one knew of the working and
only a few were there. We hope
to have better luck next time.
We are trying to raise enough
money to hire some badly need-
ed work done that we women
folk can’t do.
C. W Crowston took his dau-
ghter, Birdie Nell, back to Paris
last Tuesday. Her eye is not get-
REASON FOR JOBS
Jobs do not exist by right or
principle, but only as effective
personalities create them.—Henry
C. Link.
to enjoy as it comes, not to fret
over and sweat and worry about,
and you ain’t gonna catch me
workin at night to produce what
ma^ wind up as a crop failure
If I’m gonna work for
Saleslady: “Isn’t it a sweet
doll? You can lay it down and
it closes its eyes and goes to sleep
just like a real baby.”
Mother: “Hmm, I can see you
don’t know about real babies.”
anyway,
nothin, I’ll do it in the day time.
I tell you, it ain’t no easy prob-
lem to get around when your
farm may be a little behind, may-
be no more’n it’s been for the last
15 years, and you tell your wife
you just ain’t got time to do
everything and she wakes you up
in the middle of the night wham-
ming you with her elbow and
pointin out them tractor lights
slashin the sky and says “See
that? If you was out there work-
in you wouldn’t bp so'far behind
and maybe we could'have a new
washin machine.”
As I say, there ain’t no satis-
factory answer to such
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W C. Cleven
ger, at New Hagansport.
Now is your chance to enroll in
one of the largest Vocational
Schools of Woodworking, in the
State. You actuariy make Fur-
niture for your own use while
learning a trade. Full subsist-
ance allowance with increases
effective April 1st.
This school is a $100,000 plant.
New building, housing some of
the finest heavy equipment
available. We have been filled
for months but now have ap-
proval for 2 additional classes.
(Afternoon and for White Students only.)
Texas Industrial Institute
2301 North Main St. PARIS, TEXAS
no YOU KNOW? That
BOGATA LUMBER CO.
Will accept orders by Phone, Collect, wi
extra charges for delivery. Also free estimates.
PIPE—Galv. and Black
WINDOW UNITS
DOORS
INSULATING BOARD
PLATE GLASS
BRICK SIDING
ELECTRIC BROODERS
“IDEAL” BUILT-INS
MASONITE BOARD
ting any better.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Crowston
moved into their new house last
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs.
and baby am
Bounds
Maudie
Crowston spent Wednesday in
the Luther Cannon home.
Louie Craft moved his family
into the Morris Ottinger house
over the week end.
Misses Pearlene Joyce and Sar-
ah Alice Burks came down from
Dallas Friday night and return-
ed Sunday afternoon.
Children who visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Burks over the week end
210 LB. THICK BUTT
SHINGLES
167 LB. HEXAGON |
SHINGLES
HOG WIRE
ROLL ROOFING
HOUSE PAINT
STEEL CABINETS
BUILDERS H’RDWARE
a ques-
tion, which is the reason I am re-
sumin my campaign to get a law
passed stoppin the nuisance. It
ought to be against the law to
drive a tractor at night. I will
appreciate you gettin hold of our
representative and senator and
gettin them to draw up a bill
along this line right now.
What my neighbor does ain’t
none of my business as long as
his activities don’t affect me, but
them tractor lights disruptin the
darkness at night and sweepin
the earth ever time he swings
around at the turnrow is a con-
stant source of unpleasantness
WHATS THE USE
A very little boy came home de-
jected from his first day at
school.
“Ain’t goin’ tomorrow,” he
said.
“Why not, dear?” asked his mo-
ther.
“Well, I can’t read ’n’ I can’t
write ’n’ they won’t let me talk—
so what’s the use?’*
were
Sarah Alice Burks of Dallas, Mr.
and Mrs. Buddy Burks of Talco,
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Miller and
children of Glade Springs, and
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Crowston and
children.
Earl Burks and Otto Sims went
hunting and fishing on White
Oak Friday night. Both families
had plenty of fish.
Mrs. Alvie Davis and children
spent Tuesday afternoon with R.
D. Crowston.
Leon Miller and Miss Sarah
Alice Burks spent Saturday af-
ternoon with their brother and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Miller,
at Glade Springs.
The boys and girls basketball
teams played New Hope again
Friday night. They both won
this time.
Mrs. Melvin Stewart of Dallas,
spent the week end with her par-
DRY LUMBER
2-4 fo 2-12 Dimension
G PINE FLOORING
SHIPLAP
SO LONESOME
Hopeful Suitor: “I’d cortie over
tonight if I thought you really
wanted me.”
The Girl: “Oh, I do want you
to come. I’ve been so lonesome
since my little puppy died.”
KILN DRIED LUMBER
1-4 to 1-12 FINISH
Many Other Items for Your
Buildiny & Repair Needs
Phone 148 BOGATA
up with me on this.
Yours faithfully, A. A.
Hot Check Wave
In Lamar County
TIME FOR FORD CARE!
Save 4 Big Ways
UNDER the
HOOD with
on This Spring Service
County Attorney Royce Whit-
ten has warned businessmen that
a hot check wave seems to be
t sweeping Lamar county.
At least ten ca«e of forgery,
passing forged instruments, for-
gery by alteration and obtaining
things of value with worthless
checks have been filed within a
week.
Whitten said he had several
additional complaints from local
merchants and ekpects to file
other cases soon .
Get Winter out of your Car’s System and get the
job done by men who know your Ford best. Back
“home” at your Ford Dealer’s you save time, money
and trouble with our: . . .
BEN SMITH
MOTOR CO.
THE CALL OF
THE OPEN ROAD
It won’t be long now till you
will be hearing that call. Of
course you’ll want your car to
give you maximum perform-j,
ance while you are away,
so bring it in now and let our
crew of experienced mechan-
ics get right to work on it and
you can “heed that call” . . .
and never look back.
Phone 139 for an estimate.
1. Ford Trained Mechanics
2. Genuine Ford Parts
3. Factory Approved Methods
4. Special Ford Equipment
SPRING SERVICE INCLUDES
• Check Distributor
• Clean and Adjust Spark Plugs
• Adjust Carburetor
• Drain and Flush Radiator
• Change to Spring Lubrication
Gale Burnham
Lands Second
Big Fish
Gale Burnham 'of Talco, who
landed a 48-pound buffalo on a
15-pound test line two weeks
ago, took an eight-pound bass at
Humble lake last Saturday. He
was using a Buck Bomber—the
same bait he used to land the
buffalo.
Remember the name
Ben Smith Motor Co.
oiverton
The Best Service By Far
For The Post War Car—
It’s true that the plain unadul
terated truth can be mighty un
palatable.
222 Clorktvill*
BEN SMITH
MOTOR CO.
Studebaher
Shoe* for Boyt and Girlt
CARS TRUCKS
227 Clarksville
Away from Electric Lines!
Phone 139
One-Strap
All Over White
Toe-Ont Sandal
PARIS
Kite flying is great fun but danger lurks when kites
are flown near electric lines. Many a child has lost
his life using wire for a kite string or climbing a
pole to get a tangled kite. Play safe by following
these rules:
Two-Strap Sandal
• Red Leather
• Green Leather
We will Remove
Your Dead and
Crippled Livestock
FREf
call telephone No.
313 collect
1. Use only dry, cotton string to fly your
t kite.
2. Do not use meted or wire on kites.
3. Do not climb a pole to get a tangled
kite.
4. Fly your kite only In open fields erway
from power lines or busy highways.
If your kite becomes entangled in electric wires
don’t risk injury by trying to get it down yourself.
Call our office and we’ll send a man to remove it
for you safely.
Here** your boot buy
in children’s quality shoes
Mothers, For the best schooltime, playtime or dressup
shoes, at economic*! prices, bring your youngsters in for
Robin Hoods. We have comDletc *irr« in mam.
Mt. Pleasant
RenderingWorks
P. O. Box 152
MT. PLEASANT, 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/m1/3/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.