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Bogata News
VOLUME 38
BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1950
NUMBER 38
1 James L Brewer
Funeral Rites
sld Tuesday
James Louis Brewer, 76, died
at his home in South Bogata Sun-
day night at 12:30 p. m., follow-
ing a three weeks’ illness.
Mr. Brewer was born March 9,
187* at Harrison, Ga. He came
to Texas in 1926 and had operat-
ed a blacksmith shop in Bogata
many years. Survivors include
li£ his wife, whom he married in
• August, 1916, and these children:
Mrs. Audrey Tadlock of Texark-
ana, H. L. Brewer of . Nocona,
Mrs. Myrtle Truman of Dallas,
Mrs. Ruth Hinson of Winnsboro
and F. L. Brewer of Big Spring,
and the following by a former
'f marriage: Mrs. Pearl Johnson of
Hamlin, R. E. Brewer of Amarillo,
Mrs. Bertha Hiener and Miss Al-
to Brewer of Cullman, Ala., and
eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at Bogata Funeral Home by Rev.
Wesley D. Thompson, pastor of
the Methodist Church and burial
was in Bogata Cemetery.
Pallbearers named were G. W.
Bartlett, Paul Williams, Marvin
Lowry, Ben Ray, Charles Truman
of Dallas and Charles Tadlock of
Texarkana.
Twenty-two Cars Cattle and Hog
Tomatoes Shipped Prices Higher
From Bogata
I
$4
I....
Army and Navy
Enlistments Up
l President Thuman again has
I authorized use of draft calls to
fill the armed services quotas,
| but if other areas over the na-
tion are reporting skyrocketing
* enlistment figures as this area is,
' there will be no need for a call.
m-, _ Paris Army recruiting office
* reported 27 enlistments started in
the past two weeks since the
| i start of the Korean war. For the
two weeks before that time, the
office processed only six appli-
cations for enlistment.
The Navy recruiting office en-
listed seven men, in addition to
| two who re-enlisted in the past
two weeks. Only three had en-
| listed in the Navy in the three
month period before the North
Korean invasion.
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Rain Beneficial to
Crops in This Area
A slow, easy, soaking rain be-
gan falling in this section early
Monday morning and continued
until noon.
Farmers welcomed the rain and
plants took on new life. It was
vary beneficial to pastures, gar-
dens, truck crops, feed and late
ootton. An increased insect po-
pulation is expected. But most
fanners have been poisoning cot-
ton for several weeks in the fight
against the pests.
Crops are looking good and a
good yield is in prospect, even if
the cotton control program has
greatly reduced the acreage in
this area.
Rain the first of the week and
another Wednesday afternoon
have kept tomato pickers out of
the fields this week. No toma-
toes have been shipped and no
marktt was quoted.
A total of 22 cars have been
shipped for the season, which is
16 less than last year. But grow-
ers have been paid from 5c to a
high of 16 cents this year with an
average price of 12 cents. Last
year’s high was 6c with most of
the crop selling for as low as 3
cents.
There are quite a lot of green
tomatoes in the fields yet and the
Janick Packing Co. is remaining
until these are harvested. Many
field ripened tomatoes have been
sold by growers to merchants
and individuals for canning pur-
poses.
Cash Awards Go
To Lamar Farmers
Winners in the second and final
year of the Lamar County soil
improvement contest received
$975 in cash awards Saturday.
Presentations were made at the
Lamar District Fairgrounds.
First-to-fourth - place winners
in the contest this year and the
amount of the awards are:
Less Webb of the Byrdtown
community, $500; James Thomp-
son of Paris, $250; Merrill J.
Stewart of Garretts Bluff, $150;
J. L. (Bill) Wideman of Sumner,
$75.
Webb was first-place winner in
the contest last year and won
$200. Other winners last year
were Stewart, Thompson and J.
R. Young. Honorable mention
this year went to Orum Dickson,
H. C. Humphries, Raymond Jud-
gens and H. E. Lowe.
R. V. Patterson
For Re-Election
Texas Draft Quota
Is Set at 1,005
AUSTIN. — A draft quota of
1,005 men to be furnished not
later than Sept. 30 has been as-
signed to Texas.
Announcement of the quota
came Tuesday from Brig. Gen.
Paul L. Wakefield, state director
of selective service. It will be
several days before the quota can
be apportioned among local draft
boards.
This apportionment will be
made on the basis of available
1A registrants.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Craven Wednesday were her sis-
s. Ernest Craven and her
Mrs. Bill Taylor and
Danny and Jan and
rl Little and son. Burl,
Jr, and Miss Lois Craven of Abi-
lene.
Before asking the voters of Pre-
cinct No. 1 to give consideration
to my candidacy for Commission-
er I want to express to them thru
this medium my sincere thanks
for the many courtesies shown
me and the cooperation given in
the work which has been under-,
taken for the public good. My
record as your commissioner, is
open for your closest inspection
if you so desire. In asking you to
return me to this office I point
to the accomplishments in our
precinct and call your attention
to the fact that we have some
important work ahead which I
sincerely hope you will allow me
to finish. I solicit and will be
grateful for your support.
Having had so much road work
to do, I have been unable to see
as many of the voters as I would
like. I will see as many of you
as possible before election day.
In the event I do not have the
pleasure of meeting you and per-
sonally soliciting your support,
will you kindly take this state-
ment and give me a consideration.
R. V. PATTERSON.
(Pol. Adv.)
SHORT RATIONS IN POOR
HOUSE BRINGS ARREST
Mobile, Ala.—The folks at the
county poor house have been
complaining of short rations and
city detectives found out why.
Detective Capt. Talley Rollings
reported last .week a city fire-
man has been caught hauling
away the groceries of the poor
for his own use.
By TED GOULDY
Fort Worth. — Livestock trade
opened on a brisk keynote this
week and for the first time it was
obvious that the trade was tak-
ing the “war news” seriously and
was trying to plan operations ac-
cordingly.
Over the week end, there was
enough long-distance telephon-
ing between the livestock areas
and the markets to almost heat
the wires.
The general feeling seems to
be that the Korean crisis is going
to be with us awhile and whether
it means full scale war or not, the
demand for meat, leather and by-
products is going to be large.
Stocker cattle and calves at
Ft. Worth were strong to $1 per
hundred higher than last week’s
close. Some of the plain to just
fairly good grades of cattle and
calves sold at levels $2 to $3
above prices of a couple of weeks
ago. Fat stock was edging high-
er and boning types of animals,
the canners, cutters, and sausage
bulls were extremely active, fully
$1 to $2.50 above values at the
low point two weeks ago.
A report from the American
Meat Institute over the week end
pointed out that meat canning at
the present time is up one-third.
This means either canned meat
products are increasing in popu-
larity by leaps and bounds, or it
means such products look like a
good property in case of war.
Probably the true picture lies
somewhere between these two.
Supplementally fed steers such
as those from Mere Waggoner,
Wichita Falls, at $20 weighing, 1,-
315 pounds and a string of 1,360
pound $28.50 steers from Luther
Wright, Wichita Falls; and some
1,330 pound steers from McLung
Land & Cattle Co., Johnson Coun-
ty, at $28, and some 1,087 pound
steers from G. C. Robinson,
Meridian, at $26, represent new
high prices for this time of year
at Fort Worth.
Hogs are up again at the open-
ing this week. Prices 50 to 75
cents higher at Fort Worth, Kan-
sas City 50 cents to $1 up, Chi-
cago 25 to 50 cents higher. Top
at Fort Worth is the highest since
December, 1948, and the trade
still would not be surprised if in
the near future, hogs top at $25.
August is usually the high month.
Celebrate 25th
Wed. Anniversary
A newspaper clipping comes to
Bogata friends of the Rev. and
Mrs. R. E. Porter, formerly of
Bogata, telling of the gala event
of the celebration of the twenty-
fifth wedding anniversary of
their son, the Rev. and Mrs. Ray-
burn Porter, at the Wichita Falls
Methodist Church.
The wedding ceremony was re-1
enacted with many of the original
members of the wedding party |
taking part. Rev. Porter per-
formed the rites for the ceremony |
and his son, Cecil Porter, of
Shreveport, La., again served as
best man. Mrs. Porter and her
sister, Miss Fannie White, were
among the party.
On Sunday morning the Porter
family attended dedication of
North Texas Methodist Camp at
Lake Bridgeport, where the j
Green Cathedral was presented |
in memory of the late Rev. Hugh
S. Porter, son of Rev. Porter, who
was a pioneer church camp lead-
er for twenty years.
Bogata Legion Plans
Square Dances
• Bogata’s American Legion Post
is planning a series of square
dances to raise funds to be used
towards paying their portion on
a building to be erected at the
stock show grounds.
The first one will be held on
Thursday evening, July *3, begin-
ning at 8:30 o’clock at the school
gym. Admission $1.00 per cou-
ple. Taylor Brothers band from
Paris will play.
ROSALIE GROUP
ENJOYS OUTING
Members of the Baptist Sun-
day school enjoyed an outing at
the Gambell Wild Life farm near
I Paris Sunday. Those going were
1 Mr. and Mrs. Horace Benham and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Jen-
kins and son, Floyd Elison and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ander-
son and children, Jo Ann and
Billy Mac Shoffner, Jimmy and
Johnnie Ragsdill, Mrs. Owening
and children, Mrs. Lovella Cqr-
rell, and Grover Kieth and son.
Consolidation of
Schools Caused
By New Laws
AUSTIN.—Consolidation of L-
920 school districts the first year
Texas’ new education laws were
in effect has resulted in larger
school units and a better school
program, J. K. Edgar, state com-
missioner of education declares.
Consolidations have made pos-
sible better building equipment
and facilities, teachers giving in-
struction in fewer subjects and a
vastly broadened program of vo-
cational agriculture, trades and
industries, and home economic
instruction which means better
schools for Texas children, Ed-
gar pointed out.
The total number of school dis-
tricts dropped from 4,412 in 1948-
49 to 2,492 operating districts
during the last school year. A
total of 1,300 of these consolida-
tions were mandatory under new
school laws.
“Six hundred and twenty school
districts, however, voluntarily
merged with other districts,” Ed-
gar said.
In addition, the total number
of county unit systems (one
school system for an entire coun-
ty) doubled, making the total
twenty-four.
Edgar also predicted that con-
solidations for the 1950-51 school
year would total an additional
400, bringing the total number in
the state down to approximately
2,000.
Most of the smaller schools in
the state could not afford ade-
quate library and laboratory fa-
cilities, or equipment and teach-
ers for vocational agriculture,
trades and industries, and home
economic courses, Edgar pointed
out.
“While there has been com-
mendable increases in library,
visual aid and laboratory facili-
ties, there has been a tremendous
expansion in the vocational de-
partments,’' Dr. Edgar said.
Nyle Shuman, 63,
Former Deport
Resident, Dead
Nyle Shuman, 63, a patient at
the U. S. Public Health Service
Hospital, Ft. Worth, since April
12 died there Sunday night,
May 21.
Shuman, a former resident of
Deport, served intermittently in
the Army from 1912 to 1930. He
was disabled while in service.
He is survived by a brother,
A. P. Shuman of Ardmore, Okla.
Burial was at Ardmore, beside
his wife. Mr. Shuman is also sur-
vived by a half brother, Billie
Cofield of Clarksville, and a cou-
sin, Mrs. Walter Wilson of De-
port.
ANNOUNCE BUDGET
OF PARIS SCHOOLS
Bob Pratt Passes
In 95th Year
Good Progress on
Howison Oil Test
Good progress has been made
in drilling the oil test by L. W
Dennis on the Howison block, a
mile south of Bogata, since the
wheels started turning Wednes-
j day of last week.
At 2,400 feet on Monday a core
was taken but no information has
] been given out concerning it.
I Drilling was underway on Tues-
I day evening when a reporter vi-
sited t^e well and the bit was
| grinding away at about 2,500 feet,
j There was a large stack of drill
I on the rack and another load was
cnroute to the well.
Living Costs
Again Increase
Cost of living has gone up. Meat
and bread prices were raised in
retail stores.
Cotton soared $15 a bale. Cot-
ton cloth prices moved upward.
Cocoa, coffee, sugar, hides and tin
continued upward.
The Korean war got much of
the blame. But other factors en-
tered in.
A short crop in cotton spurred
a $10-a-bale advance on futures,
the daily limit permitted on the
New York Cotton Exchange, and
sent the price for a bale in the
actual cash market up $15 to $190
or 38c a pound, highest since May,
1948.
High consumer incomes and big
appetites for meat got the credit
for sending meat prices higher at
retail. At the same time, pork
chops on the hoof hit new highs
for two years on some livestock
markets. Cattle went to the high-
est price level in a year.
Increased meat prices went up
lc to 4c a pound.
Hog prices went to a top of
$25.50 a hundred pounds. At Chi-
cago the top hog price of $24.50
was the highest since Nov. 5, 1948.
Pork was up 4c to 6c a pound.
Paris Independent School Dis-
trict has set up a 1950-51 budget
of $449,472, according to Super-
intendent Thomas Justiss. Of that
figure, an estimated $207,087.19
will come from state aid under
the Gilmer-Aikin Foundation.
Remainder will be $204,380 in
direct state aid, figured per cap-
ita, and $87,652.81 from local
taxes.
LAMAR SINGERS TO
MEET AT RENO
Yvonne Minchew of Dallas,
spent last week with her grand-
mother, Mrs. Cora Gill, and other
relatives and friends.
Lamar County Singing Con-
vention will meet at Reno on Sat-
urday night and Sunday, July
15-16, according to Sam Monk,
vice-president.
A picnic lunch will be held
Sunday at noon and everyone is
urged to bring well-filled bas-
kets.
Wilma Jean Ackers of Snyder,
is visiting her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank James.
(From The Talco Times)
Bob Pratt of Commerce, pass-
ed away at his home Thursday of
last week. Mr. Pratt, who was
95 years old at the time of his
death, was the uncle of Mrs. B.
L. Gieger, Messrs. Van Pratt and
J. L. Cato and had numerous
other relatives here.
Eleven Locations
Reported Pewitt
Ranch Area
With eleven locations reported,
all in the Pewitt Ranch Paluxy
area of Talco oil field, there is
more production activity now
than at any time since a wild
drilling campaign was underway
in 1936-37.
Most of the drilling will fall
between Pewitt Ranch and the
recent west extension. Coats 8c
Moore No. 1-A Chamness, Allen
Samuel survey. These operators
already are drilling No. 2-A
Chamness, 672 feet northwest of
No. 1-A.
Locations scheduled for the
Samuels survey are:
Humble Oil No. 1 Lizzie Scott,
SWC of 172.50-acre tract. 662 feet
southwest of No. 1-A Chamness.
Coats & Moore No. 1 Lizzie
Scott, NEC of 171.3-acre tract.
Stephens, Phillips 8c Moran
Nos. 3 and 4 T. J. Davis, 297.5-
acre tract.
Locations in the H. P. Banks
survey are:
Stephens, Phillips & Moran
Nos. 3-B, 7-B and 9-B Pewitt.
Locations for the W A. Dundas
survey are:
Coats & Moore No. 1-E Pewitt,
NEC of 100-acre tract.
Coats, Moore 8c Jackson Nos.
1-C, 2-C and 1-D Pewitt.
HERRINGS HOLD
REUNION SUNDAY
The following enjoyed a fam-
ily reunion and picnic at Humble
Lake Sunday: Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Herring and daughters,
Nancy and Rosemary of Franklin,
La.; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Herring
and children of Clarksville, Mr.
and Mrs. Forest Webster and
Bobbie Clouse of McCrury, Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Herring and chil-
dren, Mrs. B. E. Herring and Mrs.
Cale McCrury. All of Mrs. B. E.
Herring’s children were present
for the occasion except Mrs. Lee
Wodle of Dallas.
Jeffery Displays
Grown Cotton Boll
OFFICERS SETTLE ROW
WITH GINS
LT. COL. FRANK BALL
TO GO TO GUAM
Lt. Col. Frank E. Ball, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ball of Min-
ter, who saw combat service with
the 2nd Indianhead Division and
won several combat service med-
als in World War II, but for the
past three years has been station-
ed with the 43rd Division as com-
mander of East Texas units of
National Guard with headquar-
ters at Palestine, has been order-
ed to Guam as composite com-
mander. He will leave the lat-
ter part of September. His wife,
the former Georgia Helen Whit-
ney and children, Ann and Frank
Jr., will live in San Antonio un-
til they are allowed to join him
on Guam.
Willie Jeffery, who farms the
Lewis Jeffus place near Milton,
was in Deport Tuesday display- |
ing a grown speckled cotton boll.'!
He reports several more bolls on
the 50 acres of cotton which was
planted the latter part of April.
BOGATANS ENLIST IN
AIR CORPS
Four Bogata boys left for Dal-
las Monday where they took
physical examinations after en-
listment in the US Army Air
Corps. They were Jerry Devlin,
son of Charlie Devlin, Frank
Stubblefield, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Stubblefield, Tommy Kidd,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kidd of
Rosalie and Gebrge Hobbs, son
of Mrs. Paul Williams.
Two Mineola peace officers
settled their difficulties with
guns Wednesday. Constable Will
Whittle was killed. Acting Police
Chief Wesley Taylor was wound-
ed.
Police Chief C. M. Barnett,
who had turned his office over to
Taylor in order to seek election
as sheriff, said the two officers
had argued over a minor traffic
case.
MT. PLEASANT WOMAN
BITEN BY SNAKE
Mrs. Marc O. May of Mt.
Pleasant, was treated for poison-
ing after having been bitten by
a copperhead snake. Mrs. May
was bitten as she stepped from a
car near the Matt Ward Fruit
Farm, between Pittsburg and
Gilmer.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Peyton en-
tertained with a fish fry in the
back yard at their home Tuesday
evening, having the following
guests: Rev. and Mrs. Wesley D.
Thompson and son, Janies, Mrs.
Bess Pope and Miss Tom Under-
wood.
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SHOPPING TIPS AT TURNER’S
TOWELS in nice colors and sizes—
25c, 59c, 79c and $1.00
PRINTS ............................................... 39c and 49c yd.
WASH DRESSES ...........................-.......- $1-98 and $2-98
Children’s COTTON PANTIES ................................ 25c
Men’s DRESS SHIRTS ...............— - $1 98
NYLON HOSE, 51 Gauge ..............__---------$1 00 pr.
AWNING MATERIALS .................................... 59c yd.
Men’s 11-Oz. JEANS —---------------------------$2.95
OVERALLS, Blue and Striped —..........—--$2.79
DRESS SOX _____________35c WORK SOX----------- 25c
HANDKERCHIEFS ___________________________10c, 15c and 25c
SPORT SHIRTS _____________-—_____________$179 and $1.98
Look for Our BLANKET SALE next week- Begin-
ning Thursday, July 20.
TURNER’S
DRY GOODS
BOGATA
INVITATION
TO THE
BOGATA HDWE.& FURN.C0.
The next time you get married or need a new
Bed Room Suite, or a New Living Room Suite, or a
New Falcon Chrome Dinette Suite, or a hundred and
ane other items that go to make your farm or home
more livable. You will find Special Pieces and at
Special Prices to fit every occasion.
This week—Good Used Electric Refrigerators—
two of them. One at $25 00 and one at $50.00. Both in
good condition.
One Good Used Washer at $49 50—good as new.
One Good te-ton Ford Pickup Truck—a good buy for
anyone who needs it, only $295.00.
All Steel Lawn Chairs $3.95 ea.
9x12 Felt Base Rugs, only $4.95.
These and many other Bargains await your visit
to the
Bogata Hardw. & Finn. Co.
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