The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 30, 1964 Page: 4 of 6
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A SUMMARY OF LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS
Twenty-Forty Years Age
FROM THE FILES OF THE CLARKSVILLE TIMES
FARM
NEWS
Twenty Years Ago
A Hopeless
Situation
Americana In the main will go
along 100 parcant with the posi-
tion of the Government as en-
unciated last Week regarding the
Viet Nam situation. Wa art In-
volved In a conflict which com-
mon sense should have dictated
that It was no business of ours
In the first place. A weakness
for such entaglements has
figured prominently In United
States policies during most of
the last SO yaars. It’s time to
begin unloading rather than add-
ing to foralgn commitments, m
Viet Nam an Intolerable situa-
tion has developed. If tt Is not a
lost cause, then appearances
are Indeed deceptive.
Last week the State Depart-
ment took cognizance of the
fact Inquiries were “growing
out of allegation? critical of our
ambassador In Saigon as well
as the U. S. Government.
Public reaction to the series
of humiliating setbacks, which,
under the lrcumstances we are
powerless to halt, Is not an un-
likely fa tor In bringing about
the statement from a U. S.
spokesman that “a duly consti-
tuted government exerclelng full
power on the basis of national
unity and without Improper In-
terference from any group Is
the essential condition for the
successful prosecution of the
effort to defeat the Viet Cong
and la the basis for U. S. Sup-
port for that affbrt.
That position should be sup-
ported with firmness. A stable
government In Viet Nam Is hope-
less, which means that the con-
ditions laid down for our con-
tinued assistance will not be
met. This may be the getting-
out opportunity, and It Is our
deliberate conclusion that we
should do just that, or face the
alternative of another experi-
ence as bloody andtndlrlslveas
the Korean episode.
ble assets of a category not
listed In financial balance
sheets, but Indeed stupendous.
Nearly one-half million babies
were born In Texas In the last
two years, according to vital
statistics records. This adds up
to about 685 new arrivals every
day. The excess of births over
deaths In the last two years has
Increased the State’s population
by some 320,000. That, together
with the Influx of new comers
now making their homes In
Texas, has swelled the popula-
tion to nearly 10.5 million.
So things are going well for
most of the nation and Texas In
particular, a fact for which we
should be extremely grateful as
another year ts about to begin.
Cotton Acreage
Below Allotment
Although per acre yields were
down somewhat from 1963, Red
River County’s 1964 cotton pro-
duction of slightly less than
5,000 bales was obviously har-
vested from an acreage well
below what could have been
planted under the allotment pro-
gram. The 1964 cotton allotment
was 23,835 acres. To this was
added the allocation from the
state reserve for Inequities and
hardships, amounting to 2,841
seres. It would have been pos-
sible therefore for Red River
County farmers to plant more
than 26,000 acres to cotton. That
they fell short of this total
by several thousand acres Is
quite evident. The acreage his-
tory makes provision fora 1965
county allotment, which, if fully
employed and yields of half a
bale to the acre could be achi-
eved, production would rise
above 10,000 bales again. Cotton
can still be a huge factor In the
economic life of Red River Cou-
nty without diminishing the
scope and Importance of the
livestock Industry.
The weather played a big role
In kaeplng Red River County
people at home during the
Christmas holidays, which were
the quietest in several years.
Not only did the mud, rain and
fog restrain and depress, but
the war news nullified most of
the joy that might have been
occasioned by the Yule season.
Offles of Texas Power A
Light Company were moved
from the southeast corner of the
Public Square to the newly com -
pleted storage locker plant buil-
ding opposite the city hall. This
new structure belongs to Texas
Public utilities, an affiliate of
TPAL, In which refrigeration
equipment will be Installed for
operation of the locker plant.
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Tlsdalfe at Little Chicago
was destroyed by fire. Cause of
the fire was not definitely known
but It was believed that a wood-
burning stove may have started
the blaze. The building along
with most of the furnishings
burned.
Miss Edith Quick, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Quick,
was married to Eugene Daniels,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
Daniels, at the Methodist par-
sonage. The couple will live on
Route 6, near Clarksville.
Leroy Smith, 16-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith
of Detroit was accidentally shot
and killed by a schoolmate,
Sonny Meeks, 14, on Christmas
Day. As the two boys were
hunting near Detroit with .22
rifles. Both were students In
Detroit S< hools.
The Red River County Sele-
ctive Service Lo al Board re-
Two sons of Mrs. Lorn a Boo-
ker of Clarksville, John O.
Booker, CM 2c, and Joseph A.
Booker, GM 3c, recently met In
Hawaii. Joseph, with two years
of service In the Southwest
Pacific to his credit, Is on ac-
tive duty aboard a naval craft.
Pvt. William M. McDonough,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mc-
Donough of Clarksville, was
seriously wounded Inaction Dec
6, according to a message from
the War Department. Private
mcDonough was with Patton’s
Third Army "In Germany. He
was sent to England In June,
1944, and transferred to France
after the Invasion.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nichols
were called to Tennessee to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Nic-
hols’ father, who died In his
sleep.
F. A. Antone and son, Hay-
wood, of Clarksville and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Lee of El Paso
spent Christmas with F. A.
Antone Jr., who Is In a Naval
hospital In El Paso. Mrs. Lee
Is the former Mary Katherine
Antone.
Forty Years Aro
With the temperature around
19 degrees above zero, Clarks-
ville people experienced one of
the coldest Yule seasons In
many years. The community
Christmas tree on the Public
Square attracted a much small-
er crowd than anticipated be-
cause of the weather. Many of
the gifts purchased for distri-
bution were left at the tree.
Mias Bessie Latimer of Clar-
ksville and Jimmy Gordon of
By Bob Moody
County Agent
A new method for selecting
breeding animals, which emp-
hasizes what livestock profes-
sors call “functional sfflcl-
tacy,” la getting a lot of at-
tention from Texas cattlemen
In It, the fertility potential of
cattle la judged by visual ap-
praisal of their physical chara-
( terlatl' s. It la best used as a
supplement to performance re-
cords.
The method was developed by
Dr. J. C. Bonsma, Internation-
ally known animal scientist and
head ot the Department of Ani-
mal Science at the University of
Pretoria, South Africa. Bonsma
now serving as a visiting pro-
fessor at Texas A AM University
was brought to Texas by a grant
from the Wortham Foundation of
Houston.
Improving Texas calf crop
perc entage Is Bonsma s pri-
mary goal. His solution ts the
selection of breeding animals
with no structural abnormali-
ties and showing no symptoms
of endoc rlnal Imbalance. Signs
of endoc rlnal Imbalance show up
In an animal’s appearance.
“Any experienced cattleman
can tell at a glance the differ-
ence between a steer and a
bull,” Bonsma pblnts out. “But
he seldom recognizes grada-
tions In differences which are
of great Importance in assess-
ing the masculinity of the male.
A similar situation exists In
appraising the relative femini-
nity of the female.”
For instance, Bonsma says
tha subfertlle famale frequently
has coarse hair growth upon the
head and neck and Is coarse in
bone structure. The fertile fe-
male, In turn, Is generally re-
fined In hair growth and bone
development, showing over-all
femininity.
Besides hair growth and bone
development, Bonsma’a visual
appraisal method considers
such body characteristics as fat
deposition and distribution and
muscle development. He has
measured more than 22,000
cows and corralated external
maasurements with each ani-
mal’s fertility rating.
Most objective and controlled
studies on type, Bonsma main-
tains, have failed to show any
correlation with productive or
reproductive capacity. Con-
tinual observation and evalua-
tion of breeding animals and
their offspring In their natural
environment contribute greatly
to rapid Improvement by selec-
tion.
“Students showing aptitude
for the general sterotyped judg-
ing readily learn this new tech-
nique and have used it with suc-
cess tn the field,” Bonsma
asserts.
Through his work at Texas
AAM and through speaking en-
gagements over the state, AAM
officials and those of the Wort-
ham Foundation hope Texas cat-
tlemen will profit from
Bonsma i year-long stay.
minority of their occupational
classification, aven In thosa
like the professional and man-
agerial group* where the pro-
portion of paternal “inherltan-
ca V la comparatlvaly high. Any
notion, therefore, that the oc-
cupational structure In this
country Is becoming more rigid
and Increasingly determined by
paternal background finds little
confirmation In the evidence.
The Census Bureau report Is
the first In which It has pre-
sented statistics on lifetime
occupational mobility. Itlsbas-
•d on a research project sup-
ported by a grant from tha
National Science Foundation to
the University of Chicago. Pro-
fessors Pete M. Blau of that
University and Otis Dudley Dun-
can of the University of Michi-
gan are the Investigators. The
Census Bureau collected the
data tn connection with the Mar -
ch 1962 Cur rent Population Sur-
vey. The present Information Ls
preliminary and covers only the
broad occupational classifica-
tions. More details will be pre-
sented when the full results are
published some months from
now.
Farm Background Widespread
One of the great social as
well as economic developments
of the past generation has been
the magnitude of the migration
out of agriculture In response
to changing farm technology and
manpower needs combined with
the growth of employment op-
portunities In the nonfarm
world. Its site Is Indicated by
the fact that over 10 million
adult males, or more than one
out of every four men 25 to 64
years old In the working popu-
lation, has a paternal backgr-
ound In farming. No other oc-
cupational origin In the tabula-
tions comes even close.
While practically seven out
of every eight- of the farmers
and farm managers are carry-
ing on a paternal birthright,
they number fewer than 13/4
million, or only a sixth of the
adult males In the work force
who came out of a farm family.
The other • 1/2 million with
an agricultural origin are found
In all occupations. For example
the Census Bureau tabulation
lists ovar a half million of them
In the professional classifica-
tion, or a ninth of all men In
this occupational group. More
than a million have become ma-
nagers or proprietors, close to
a fifth of the male “Hal tn this
classification. Even larger
numbers and proportions are
found tn the blue collar occupa-
tions of craftsmen and factory
operatives.
After 20 years ot mar
riage. a Bodmersham, Eng-
land, retired soldier left his
wife and four children and
moved into a cave Me has
rigged his cave with wall to
wan carpeting, pictures of
hia family, a table and a bed
Corsicana were married tn
ported the Induction of 58 men corelcana. Mrs. Gordon la the
Assets Not in
Balance Sheets
Once a year at least most
people are tn the habit of taking
Inventory. For many the opera-
tion ls both methodical and
comprehensive. Individuals as
well as firms have found that
keeping accurate records can
save money when settling ac-
counts with Uncle Sam and the
State. The same recorded In-
formation which may prevent an
argument with the Government
over taxes also ls helpful tn
compiling one’s Inventory. Mil-
lions of Americans are already
or will soon be, engaged In the
task of ascertaining how they
stand financially. Theresultaln
a vast number of cases will
reveal net assets greater than
ever before.
Yexana of course are sharing
in the economl well-being of
the country. Thetr material
gains, great as they are, have
been augmented by other tangl-
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Into the Armed Services.
C. E. Gooding son of Mrs.
Lee Taylor of Clarksville, h?s
been promoted from jijbr’Yo
lieutenant colonel. He ls serv-
ing with American forces In the
European Theatre. Another son,
Lt. Robert Gooding, spent Chri-
stmas with his mother.
Cpl. James E. FQrdofClark-
svtlle was recently awarded the
Bronze Star for gallantry tn
action on the Western Front.
He ls the son of Mrs. Minnie
Chapman. Hts unit ls part of the
Second Infantry Division In the
Siegfried Line.
S.Sgt. George Stafford, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Stafford,
has been awarded the Air Me-
dal. Aerial gunner on a B-24
Liberator, Sergeant Stafford
has -chalked up his 17th mle-
slon.
First Lt. Richard L.-Nowell,
Route 1, Annona, has flown 50
missions with the 15th AAF In
Italy. As a navigator Lieuten-
ant Nowell participated In at-
tacks over a wide area of Cen-
tral Europe.
Cpl. Gordon W. Speegle, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Speeg-
le, Route 3, Clarksville, who
was wounded In Italy October
14, has arrived In New York
en route to a hospital In Calif-
ornia, his parents habe been
advised.
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Mor-
gan Latimer of Clarksville.
Cotton receipts at the two
storage warehouses In Clarks-
ville this season were reported
at 21,044 bales.
C, Andrews, who lives alone
In the old Dickson home place
on South Locust street, was
struck with an Iron coupling
pin from a wagon and painfully
Injured as he entered the house
on hla return from the Sunday
night church service. His as-
sailant left without being recog-
nized.
The Post Office Department
ruled that the offering of prizes
by newspapers and other publi-
cations for solutions of cross-
word puzzles In the order such
solutions are received violates
the postal laws. The practice,
the order stated, prohibits suet
publication from being circulat-
ed tn the malls.
One of Every Four Men in ILS.
Follow Parental Career Model
0NIY I OWL KEY
Will OPEN III
THEIR LUCK RAN OUT
Tyler - - Game Warden Ron
Jackson found duck hunting a
Uttle above average when he
approached two hunters near
McKinney. Jackson found tlx
pair possessed 37 wild ducks,
far over the legal bag limit.
Futhermore, the birds were
killed before legal shooting
hours.
In keeping with the old adage,
“Like father, like son,'’ about
one adult ma\e- In every four
In the present generation of
American workers ls following
In hts father's occupational
footsteps.
This ls an overall figure de-
rived by the U. S Bureau of the
Census from a special study of
the current occupation and pat-
ernal background of the 40 mil-
lion men 25 to 64 years old In
the working population. The
proportion varies widely by age
as well as occupational group,
and tt reflects the fact that
many Influences and circum-
stances beyond the family ori-
gin determine a person s choice
of a lifetime career, whether or
not H turns out to be the same
as the father's.
Ratios Differ By Groups
The figures show that the In-
heritance" factor ls very much
stronger than average In the
case of occupations which out-
rank others in earning power,
prospects and status. This If
particularly true of the classi-
fication of professional, techni-
cal and hindered workera. Here
about two out of every five of
the men whose father s careera
were In this field are engaged
In the same occupational group,
and the proportion Is nearly
half for the age group between
25 to 34.
Similarly, a comparatively
high proportion, about one in
three, ts found tn the classifica-
tion of non-farm managers, of-
ficials and proprietors. Byaga,
higher proportions of those with
this paternal background art
found In the older rather than
younger groups.
On the other hand, the chan-
ces of a man following the same
occupation as hla father are
very low In the clerical group,
only about one In ten, and are
well under average tn other cla-
ssifications such as sales and
service workera, laborers and
farmers, m these cases, as the
tabulations Indicate, the majo-
rity have moved Into other fields
In line with one of our oldest
and most fundamental traditions
that origin la no barrier to
achievement.
Prevalence of Opportunity
Thus what stands out in the
findings U the great degree of
occupational mobility and op-
portunity that continues to pre-
vail! In our society. For eicept
tn the special case of agricul-
ture, the fact la that sons who
model their career on their fa-
ther’* *Mlt make uo only a
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Pinson, Joe. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 30, 1964, newspaper, December 30, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth921587/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.