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BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY,
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1951
NUMBER 21
_HNS SCHOLARSHIP IN
STATEWIDE COHON CONTEST
Nikon, 18, son of Mr. and;
» D. Nixon, Deport R2, is
the seven 4-H cotton pro-
in the state to be awarded
an Anderson - Clayton cotton
scholarship for 1980. Gary will
receive a $900 scholarship, pro-
vided he studies agriculture when .
he enrolls in college.
The scholarship 4-H Cotton Im-
provement program is sponsored
by the Extension Department of
A. & M. College.
In 1950 Gary planted 5 acres,
rented from a neighbor. He used
400 pounds 5-10-5 fertilizer, ap-
plied at planting time and used
D. P. L. cotton seed—which had
been culled and treated; seed
were planted on April 28. He
ined on June 6-12 and in July I
with amonia ni-1
Dressed four times in
it with Tox 20 Sulphur 40— I
DDT.
From the five acres he gather-1
ed 1592 pounds of lint cotton or;
. average of 818.4 lbs. per acre. The I
f county average last year was %
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ty Agent Tom Prater, who gave
this newspaper the above inform-
ation over the telephone on Tues-
day night.
Nixon won the right to com-
in the . state-wide contest
it was announced last De-
jr that he had won first
in Area 4, comprising thirty
Texas counties.
Gary has an outstanding schol-
Deport Hi in
and student activities.
__land upon which he grew tne
cotton belongs to Fred Shuman.
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WiU Plant More
Tomato Acreage
In This Area
Ninety men from Cuthand,
Pine Branch, Glendale, Harts
Bluff, Rosalie, Fulbright, Hales-
boro and Bogata attended the
regular meeting of the Commun-
ity Chamber of Commerce held
at the Bogata high school Wed-
nesday night.
Tomatoes was the generally
discussed topic with Jimmie Ros-
borough, Extension Horticultur-
ist and Marketing Specialist of
Austin, being the principal
speaker. He brougiit out the bef-
ter methods of preparing beds,
and planting the seed, growing
the plants, picking and market-
ing the green wraps.
Approximately 350 additional
acres were listed at this meeting.
This is estimated to be half the
amount already set for this area.
A meeting will be held Mon-
day night at the school building,
beginning at 7:30 and every one
wishing to become a member of
this Community Chamber of
Commerce is urged to attend as
the planned program of the work
committee will be discussed. This
I group met last Monday night
with Paul Hill as chairman of the
Work committee and James Cas-
tleman chairman of the board of
directors, in charge of the
meeting.
Buy Automatic
Sodding Machine
Red River County Soil Conser-
ation District, with Luther Rozell,
chairman, and Boss Suggs, secre-
tary, has purchased a new auto-
matic bermuda grass sodding ma-
chine, which was delivered
March 6. The district now has
two of the automatic bermuda
grass sodding machines which it
rents to district cooperators for
sodding pastures or outlet water-
ways for terraces. Cooperators
pay the district $1.00 per acre for
use of the machine.
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Cattle Markets
Stockmen in convention at
Dallas were advised by their at-
torney that the government plan-
ned to roll back prices of good
on J cattle as much as 20 per cent.
“That’s $8.25 per 100 pounds on
top cattle,” he added.
Tomato Growers
Skeptical As to
Loss by Freeze
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Small Pumper in
AddielQU Section
_ Interest in oil play in this area
Home and School Club js pjckjng up with the report of
a regular^meeting at the • small pumper on the C. R. Ward
eafeteria lluiraday, March ^farrh in the Adctielou community,
with 37 members present. The
grade had charge of the
Neil Rozell acted as
of ceremonies for a pro-
gram entitled, “Music of Our
Own Country,” which consisted
of songs and special numbers giv-
en by the class.
Mrs. W. C. Barnard gave an
article, “Don’t Quit School in
Denver,” taken from Parents
Magazine. Mrs. Jack Rhoads pre-
sided over the meeting in the ab-
sence of the. president, - Mrs. Paul
Wilson. She also led the group
in repeating the Lord’s prayer.
Mrs. John Lee Bell’s room won
attendance award.
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Sheriff Earl Elliott said charges
of transporting untaxed liquor
would be filed against three Ok-
lahoma men. The whisky—1,224
with an estimated value
confiscated at
Tmiisiana line,
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sul on Thursday
valued at $12,-
two were arrested.
northwest Red River County.
Other activity in the county in-
cludes the Bui bee Lumber Co.’s
reported small pumper in the
Bagwell area.
The formation from which this
oil is coming is the same which
first yielded petroleum several
years ago in wells north of
Clarksville.
Named Co-Captains
PJC Football
End Johnny Crouch from Ver-
non and Guard Kenneth Wilson
from Winnsboro have been elect-
ed co captains of the 1951 Paris
Junior College football team.
Both will be sophomores next fall
and were regulars on last year’s
team that tied for second place
in Big Six Junior College Con-
ference.
Body of Drowned
Child Found
The body of Vernon Leon Ru-
barts Jr., 4, was found late
Thursday in Red river on the Ok-
lahoma side. The boy was one
of four children of Mrs. V. L. Ru-
barts, Paris, who drowned Christ-
mas Day. Two others are still
missing, the first being found
directly after the accident.
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BE READY FOR SPRING
TOOLS—HOES, RAKES, SHOVELS
GRASS FORKS
CHICKEN, RABBIT
IZER DISTRIBUTORS
CHICKEN FEEDERS AND FOUNTAINS
KEEN KUTTER, BLUE GRASS AND ECLIPSE
LAWN MOWERS j
FISHING TACKLE—Minaow Seine* from 1$ to 3$ ft.,
jpaae Poles, all siaaa Hooks and Staging. Artificial lures
X-Ray Survey at
Bogata April 4
Organization for the mass x-ray
survey to be conducted in Red
River County March 21 through
April 4 has been completed with
the naming of committee chair-
men for Bogata and Avery.
To conduct the survey in Bo-
gata on April 4, Chairman W. C.
Kelly has named Newt Bryson
to head the location, equipment,
and loading committee; Mrs. W.
C. Barnard, the clerical, hostess
and telephone committee; the
Rev. W. D. Thompson, block com-
mittee; and T. L. Bryson, publi-
city.
The free x-ray unit, which has
as its purpose the early diagnosis
of tuberculosis, will be in the
Lennox Mercantile building on
Main street in Bogata from 9 a.
m. to 5:30 p. m. on Wednesday,
April 4.
Cattle Thiel Takes
Two Young Cows
Two good young cows belong-
ing to C. E. Davidson of Deport,
were stolen last week from the
Davidson pasture, known as the
Dr. Grant pasture at McCrury.
The animals, two and a half years
old, motley faced red and weigh-
ed about 700 pounds each, were
unbranded. They were reported
taken sometime between Wed-
nesday and Friday.
The lock on the pasture gate
was picked and the thieves drove
into the pasture, put the animals
in the corral and loaded them
through the shoot.
Mr. Davidson has about forty
head of cattle in the pasture.
Tomato growers in the Bogata
area have not learned the extent
of damage done to plants this
week by the freeze. A small per
He said the OPS price ceiling ! cen* of growers had already plac-
schedules call for prices set at ed plants in cold frames and
these figures: $34,25 per 100 these suffered the greatest loss,
pounds for prime cattle against As beds are built over some kind
current price of $52.50; $33.40 for of heating system and are cover-
choice cattle, $30.15 for good td, very few plants are expected
grade cattle and “between 27c to be lost in these.
Growers saved lots of Cold
Mrs. H. E. Sherrer
Buried Saturday
and 28c for commercial grades.’
Ray Brown designs
At Mt. Pleasant
GIRLS ORGANIZE
SOFTBALL TEAM
A softball team has been or-
ganized among high school and
grammar school girls with the
following coming out for practice
Saturday afternoon: Glenda
Whitten, Pansy Mayes, Gayle
Hudson, Patty Hobbs, Patricia
King, Bobby Lou Adams, Monty
Jo Connelly, Charlotte Barnwell,
Pat Barnwell.
Mrs. Ennis Stogner will be the
sponsor of the girls and several
games with other schools are be-
ing planned.
Bogata Winnings
Jr. Stock Show
Bobby Damron, Bogata, 715
pounds at 42 cents per pound,
bought by Dr. Pepper Bottling
Co., Paris.
Wallace Jeffery, Bogata, 595
pounds at 42 cents per pound,
bought by Nort Gibson, Bogata.
Harold Stillwell, Bogata, 590
pounds at 40 cents per pound,
bought by Paris Automatic Gas
Co.
MEMORIALS
OF CHARACTER
• Original
Designs
• Faultless
Materials
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• Superior
Craftsmanship
• Ethical Prices
YOU SEE THE MONUMENTS
BOUGHT FROM ME — NOT
JUST A CATALOGUE.
Ray D. Brown, superintendent
of Mt. Pleasant schools, has an-
nounced his resignation, effective
July 1, to accept a position as
superintendent of the Greenville
schools. He had recently been
re-elected to a new three-year
contract.
Brown took over the local
schools on July 1, 1947, coming
to Mt. Pleasant from Levelland.
Prior to that time he served as
superintendent at Hico from 1937
to 1940, and at Josephine from
1934 to 1937.
Winter Pays Area
Another Visit
Mrs. H. E. Sherrer, 66, of G*n-
rett’s Bluff, died unexpected^
Thursday evening of last week.
Recovering from an operation
about 10 days earlier at a Parte
hospital, she had been taken to
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Leo Burton at Paris late Thurs-
day afternoon. Death was at-
tributed to a heart attack.
The funeral, Saturday after-
noon at 3:30 o’clock was held at
Garrett’s Bluff Baptist Church.
Rev. J. L. Wideman and Dr. H.
Glenn Smith, Baptist ministers,
officiated.
Mrs. Sherrer
luts of
[frame plants by keeping fires, I
•lalterns, light bulbs, or any kind i
of heat among them day and night ^ rs‘ Sherrer was formerly
I through the cold spell. j Ml-ss Martha Jane Steel, daughter
| Several large scale plant grow- j ^1e ^ W and Betty Bar-
[ ers report lhat.it will be several I *???- Steel. She was born Jan. 7,
I days before they can tell how
With spring, March 21, only a , , ,, ,
few days away, a late winter cold ! Plan,s * have to be re-
wave sent the mercury downward . Pluccd in cold f™s jmd just
to 27 degrees Monday morning! a"y m
and to a low of 26 Tuesday morn- ~
ing. Scattered flurries of snow
accompanied the cold wind Mon-
day.
Farmers fear further damage
to fruit, much of which is in full
bloom, at this time. It is hoped
the strong wind which prevent-
ed frost from forming, will cause
the damage to be light, however
it will be a week or more before
full extent of the injury will be
known. Young gardens suffered
little and with a few days of
warm weather and sunshine will
be growing nicely.
J. D. Johnson To
Conduct Sale
J. D. Johnson will conduct a
jewelry sale at the Haynes Gro-
cery on Friday and Saturday,
March 23 and 24, according to
j an ad appearing in this issue of
The News. Mr. Johnson operat-
[ ed a jewelry and watch repair
i shop at this location for some
I time and invites all his old cus-
tomers and new ones to visit
j him during this sale.
the beds. They say there will be
1385. Besides her husband, she
leaves these daughters: Mrs. Bur-
ton of Paris, Mrs. T. E. Palmer of
Ft. Worth and Mrs. A. P. Dick-
man of McKinney; two grandchil-
no shortage of plants for those I dfen’ these sisters and bro-
who have not made arrangement »ljel s- ^rs- George Terry, Milton,
•or them.
More than 700 acres to be plant-
ed intomatoes have been listed
for Bogata to prospective buyers
and many who are having one
acre or just a patch will swell
the acreage to the largest ever
planted around Bogata.
Tomatoes are a fast money
crop and come 111 the time when
cotton and com farmers can use
the cash the most. Farmers are
putting forth renewd interest this
year as the prospect of a good
price will be paid.
Growers are hoping for warm
weather to finish cold framing
their plants in preparation for
the open fields.
Mrs. Everett King, Merkel; C. G.
Steel, Blossom; Vernon Steel,
Clardon, Iowa, and Mark Steel,
Cula Vista, Calif.
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Board Election
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Graveside Rites for
Bell Infant
Voters in the Bogata Ind
ent School District will sell
school board members
election to be held the
urday in April, which is j
The terms fo W. C. Kef „.___
retary of the board and Alt ol
T. T. Kinsey, expire. Others on
the board are Archie Fortner,
Boss Suggs, president; William
Rozell, James Castleman and
Pete Johnson.
The election will be held in the
First National Bank building.
Polls will be open from 8 a. m.
to 7 p. m.
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REGULAR MEETING
I GIRL SCOUTS GET
i FIRST AID LESSON
Sunrise Service
Easter Morning
An Easter sunrise service will
be held at Paris again this year.
The service is sponsored jointly
by the Paris Kiwanis Club and
Paris Ministerial Alliance. The
Rev. James S. Riley, pastor of
First Baptist Qiurch, will preach
at Noyes Stadium* ■ Paris Junior
College football field ’where an
Easter scene background will be
erected. The Paris High School
chorus will furnish the music.
The intermediate Girl Scout
troop met Monday with the lead-
ers, Mrs. Johnnie Gill and Mrs.
J. Lee Smith, at the home of Mrs.
Gill. During the business session
plans were made for a garden
project and plans were made to
attend the Girl Scout style show
in Paris Saturday.
Mrs. Newt Bryson gave a dem-
onstration in First, Aid, how to
make bandages and how to use
them. Refreshments were served
by Edith Kidd and the meeting
adjourned with the singing of
Taps.
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Above is a copy of the New Certificate of Mem-
bership just received by the First National Bank of
Bogata, from the
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Washington, D. C.
Which announces the recent increase in Insur-
ance Coverage up to $10,000. The First National Bank
of Bogata, has been a member of the FDIC since that
organization was established by law.
This insurance does not cost depositors of this
bank a single penny, and this announcement iff made
for their information.
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First Natianal Bank
A son was born March 8 a< the
Grant Hospital in Deport to Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Bell of Ro-
salie, but lived only a short time.
He was named Gaylon Neal. _
Graveside services, conducted by | ^ Book C]jb met Tuesday
Warder K. Novak, Church of evenjng at the home of Mrs. W.
Christ minister of Clarksville, c Barnard Mrs W D Thomp-
were held Friday at Bogata ceme- son reviewed the book, “TTio
tery. The mother is the formerj DaugMer of Jairus,” by Paul Fox.
A short business meeting wax
Miss Reba Alsobrook, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Alsobrook
of Rugby.
MARCH 31ST LAST DAY FOR
COTTON INSURANCE
March 31 is the last day in
which cotton insurance may be
purchased from the government.
A good many premiums were col-
lected by growers in this area
last year, due to insect infesta-
tion. The cost is pretty high, but
it is like any other kind of insur-
ance—it pays off if you have a
loss.
held and Mrs. Paul Williams’ re-
signation was accepted with re-
grets. The next meeting will be
March 27 at 7:30 at the home of
Mrs. R. H. Grayson with Mr*.
A. P Fitzgerald as hostess.
A lovely refreshment plate wax-
served to the following: Mine*.
A. P. Fitzgerald, R. F. Hale, L.
L. Hanson, T. T. Kinsey, S. T.
Smith, Ennis Stogner, W. D.-
Thompson, Bess Pope, Jimmie
Lou Smith, W. C. Barnard and
two visitors, Mrs. John Lfce and
Mrs. W S. Cody.
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ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN
MUST BE
ENUMERATED
BEFORE APRIL 1st
All children who will be six years old on or
before Sept. 1, 1951 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 Bogata See Supt F. L. Branson
or any of the Teachers in Grammar
or High School
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The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1951, newspaper, March 16, 1951; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth912560/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.