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The Oldest Business Institution in Red River County
ESTABLISHED JANUARY 18, 1873
CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964
TEN PAGES
VOLUME 92, NO. 13
More Than $1,300,000 Paid By SS
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Yearly to Red River Co. Clients
Scout Exposition to Be Staged
April 18 at Countv Fairgrounds
GROUND BREAKING.FOR THE HOSPITAL ADDITION was
Friday morning at 10:30. Shown from left, Drawln Floyd,
Aubrey Ford, J N. Lee, Hugh Moore, County Commls-
stoners; P, H. Pannell, S. W Lollar, of Lollar * Lolla*
Construction Contractor*; County Judge Gavin Watson, Jr.,
Dr. Ed Brooks', President of the County Medical Society,
Hospital Board members Paul Marable,,Alex Simpson, and
William Gist; Administrator C. A. Tedder and iin. Ed
Jones and Mrs. B. B. Black of the Hospital Auxiliary. On
behalf of the board Marable said “the starting of this pro-
ject Is one of the most satisfying moments. It marked the
culmination of long months of untiring effort on the pert of
the Hospital Board members and the County Com-
missioners.’ (Dehoney Studio Photo)
Hearing Set on
Street Program
An ordinance concerning the
•tree* paving program was read
and passed at the regular meet-
ing of the City Council Monday
evening. Assessments against
property owners were set at
$3 00 per toot on streets 25
feet wide and $3.75 per foot on
street* 31 feet wfde.CredU will
P-TA Roundup
Sot Anri! 22
Wednesday, April 22, at 2:30
p m wiu be roundup time for all
pre - school children of the
Clarksville Independent Dls
llrct This annual event, spon-
sored by the Parent Teacher
Association, will be hfld at the
Clarksville Elementary School.
All children whose sixth
birthday or cures on or before
September 1, 1M4, will be wel-
comed along with their parents.
Mothers are especially urged
to be present.
Children will have their pic-
ture taken In a group at the
main entrance to the building,
then tour the campus and visit
the rooms where their studies
begin next September. While
these activities are under way
tor the children their parents
will be guests at a panel dis-
cussion in the school cafetertn,
where they will be advised re-
garding first-year school ex-
periences and what parents may
or may not do to assure that
their.children derive the maxi-
mum benefit from the school
program.
Refreshments will be served
as a oorluding feature at the
roundup occasion.
Mrs. Lodoiska
Durrum Dead
Mrs- Lodoiska Latimer Dur-
rum. grand daughtar of CoL
Char las DaMorse, founder and
publisher of the Clarksville
Standard, third newspaper to
be established In Texas, died
April lt.at 7:4$ p.m. In Wooten
Nursing Noma of Clarksville.
Dealt followed a long Illness.
Last rites ware conducted H
S p.m., Wednesday in Jbllejr*
Funeral Home Chapel by the
Rev. Raymond Judd Jr., pastor
at First Presbyterian Church,
interment was at Falrvlew ea-
rn star y. Pallbearers ware Tom
C. McGuire, Jamas Latimer,
Fred Johnson, Russell Johnson,
Byron Black and Roy Garland.
Mrs. Durrum was a native of
Clarksville. Her parents ware
i R and Isabella Latimer.
She married Dr J. C. Dur-
rum, a Clarksville physician,
In New Orleans. After his death
she returned to New Or lesns and
resumed her work as s nurse,
remaining there until her re-
‘YfhrpjjfRp.
be given property owners who
now have acceptable curb and
gutter.
A hearing for property
' owners protesting the sssess-
raents wx* set for 10 a:m.,
Friday, May'l. ,
‘ The street program include*
54,500 linear feet of pavement
<?P approximately 1$4 city
block* with the Federal Govern-
ment sharing the cost with pro-
perty owners.
The assessments may be paid
In rash or in 34 monthly pay- St
ments with 8% Interest per
annum charged.
One new Clly Conor liman, J ;
Clyde Bean, from Ward 2 was
seated
Mayor Maurtre Wooley and
Aldermen James Latimer, GUI!
Smothermon and Bonnie Beasley
were re-elected.
All appointive positions were
filled by re-nominalIon. They
are T. G. Miller, treasurer!
Mrs. Ruth Owen, clerk and tax
assessor-collector; M A. Law
son, attorney and
man, marshal. Kel
re-appointed Mayor
Appointed to
•qutlizatton board were pet
Nunnelly, Bruce Bland and Bill
Taylor, the council set a meet-
ing date of Tuesday, May ltth
for this group'.
City Manager, Jim Bailey,
reported a new overflow sewer
on Davis Street between South
Walnut and Locust. Ht also said
the recent clean-up drive shut
one of the most succeasful he
had seen.
George Brackett, who Uvea
an North Columbia appaared
before the group to request re-
moval of his water meter, now
located In hts backyard'to an-
other location, at city axpanaa.
No action was taken as the city
does not lay pipe on private
property.
Other business Included ap-
proval of purchase of summer
uniforms for city policemen
. FAVORITE FOODS SHOW WINNERS-‘-Toppicture, Dianne
Zehetner; bottom, Martha Covington. (DshoneyStudio photo)
Favorite Foods Show Saturday at
Fairgrounds Drew 18 Contestants
Eighteen girls partlr lpated
tn ‘he Favorite Foods Show Sat
irday, April 11, wt the Fair
grounds, states .Shirley Willi-
amson, county home demon-
stration agent There were two
gir l* tn the senior division and
sixteen girls Iri the Junior
Division. ' ~
Winning first plsce In the
Senior Division was Dtsnne Ze-
hetner, a memtwr of the county-
wide 4 - H Club and second place
winner was Nelta Phifer.
Winning first place in the
Junior Division was Martha Co-
vington, a 4-H'er from the Mid-
way Club. Second place also
went to a Midway 4-H er,
Bonnie LeFevers.
Mrs. Joyce Covington and
Laura Stevens, adult leaders
from the Midway Club; Mrs.
John Brantley, Mary LlnnUllls,
and Mrs. Pat Beadle, Clarks-
ville adult leaders; and Mra.
Willie Pace, Alkln Grove adult
leader; received praises from
the judges , for having
4-H*era well prepared for
show.
Judges for the event were
Marc he lie Haynes, home eco-
nomist for Southwestsrn Elec-
ts * trie, Marshall, and Mrs. Billy
Sam Allen, home economist tea-
program, which cher at Dimple.
June 1 to August ' The girls who participated
Book Week at
Local Library
Each week sees growth In the
Red RIVer County Public Lib-
rary, which Is rapidly expand-
ing Its book circulation for the
use of several hundred patrons,
This National Booh Week the
library Is encouraging visitors
to corns to the library and see
the public facility, which la
available free of charge of the
residents of Red River County.
The Library is preparing for
an enlarged summer reading
program, and It has Joined the
Texas Reading Club, which la
sponsored by the Texas Stats
red on the appearance of their
exhibit, their personal appear-
ance, the appearance of their
.favorite food, the nutritional
value of the food, and how It
ftts Into the dally menu.
□tonne and Nelta will re-
present the county In the Senior
Division at the District Contest
April 2$, and art eligible to
participate tn the State Contest
which will bp held at CoUafp
Station la Juno. Martha and
Bonnie will also represent the
County at the District Coolest,
tut there la no Junior Divi-
sion st the State level.
Shirley reports that this la
one of the largest Favorite
Foods Shows ever, held In Red
River County.
F-M Road Bid
z Date April 28
“Scouts In Action’ ’ la the
theme for the 1964 Red River
County Scout Exposition to be
bold at the Fairgrounds In
Clarksville Saturday, April 18.
Spectators -may come any-
time from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m , as
there will be a continuous ope-
ration of the scouting demons-
Observe April
As Teaching
Career Month
April is Teaching Career
Month 'throughout the United
States -In the cities, the towns,
the villages, and the rural a -
rtas, R. L. Fambro, school
superintendent, announced
today .....
Local group will jotn with the*’
National Education Association,
which established Teaching
Career Month In 1958, to focus
' public attention on the need for
getting and keeping the best
possible Instructors In elemen-
tary and secondary schools and
colleges. Senior members of
the Clarksville Future Teach-
ers will be student teaching In
fee elementary and junior high
schools oa Tuesday, April 21,.
Local seniors who will parti-
cipate are Eddie Atkins, Susan
Brown, Janet Burgess, Gary
Foster, Sandra Gfddens, Jan
Olst, Judy Grant, Gary Gray,
Barbara Hack, Patsy Hammer,
"Ron Ham man, Mike Herrington,
Mite Hulen, Teresa Lawson,
Ronnie Ixrwe, Philip Shelton,
Kenneth VanclU, Paula Sauls,
Dick McCarver, Tommy Welch,
Don Westbrook, and Jim Smith.
The theme this year Is “The
Teacher Molds the Future —
as educator of our children
from kindergarten upwards, as
a builder of free and democra-
tic cttlxens, as an advisor who
may guide a student toward a
worthwhile career, and as a
friend who may help a worried
student solve a knotty personal
problem, or persuade a student
not to become a dropout.
The men and women teachers
In the teaching profession, In-
cluding those In colleges, make
up a working forqe of more
than two million. They form the
largest professional group In
the UnitedStates, outnumber the
Federal Post Office Depart-
ment about four to one, and Just
about match the number of civi-
lian employees tn the Federal
Government.
Taking note of the national
picture, Fambro, said that here
lit Clarkavllie, more than 40
teachers and school adminis-
trators are at work educating
the community’s children.
trations during that period of
time.
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and
Explorers from over the county
will show various scouting
skills from their booths or
assigned areas. Troop 131 of
Annona plans to have an exhibi-
tion of archery. Camping will be
the theme of Troop 130 of Avery.
Also from Avery will be Cub
Scout Dens who will put on
demonstrations of “milkcarton
craft” and “safety In the
home.’ ’
Troop 30 of ClkrksvlUe will
show how to build and use pack
frames. Cub Pack 35 members
of Detroit have chosen
.“sounds ’ as the subject for
thetr tnteresttngdemonstratlon.
Some of the other Scout
groups will show off the follow-
ing subjects: model airplanes
and cars, pipe cleaner craft,
plastic bottles-^craft gifts, home
made games, den crafty, bird
houses and bird feeders.
These are some of the high-
lights of the colorful show which
each year attracts large
crowds. There will be cold
drinks and hamburgers avail-
able for families who would like
jto come and eat while they look.
The Exposition Is one of eight
area shows being held In the
NeTseO Trails Council. The
purpose Is to give new Ideas
for units, to provide units and
opportunity to make money for
their local purposes, and to give,
the general public and parents
an opportunity to see many of
the phases of the scouting pro-
gram at one time.
Bob Moody, Red River County
Agricultural agent, is general
chairman for the event, and
says booths will be upend ready
for decoration any time Friday
or Saturday, April 17-18.
Sales Official
Of TP&L Dead
Benton Stricklin, district
sales supervisor for Texas
Power A Light Company, alto
lived In Paris, died In St. Jos-
eph's Hospital April 8, follow-
ing a brief Illness. He was well
known In Red River County for
his work with the Community
Improvement Program here.
Burial was at Me ado wt> rook
Gardens. He was born on July
1, 1903. He had resided In Parts
20 years. He was active In the
Lamar Avenue Church of
Christ, Evening Lions Club and
Chamber of Commerce.
He leaves, besides Mrs-Strl-
< kiln, the former Miss Hazel
Rogers, whom he married In
1940, a brother, Alien Stricklin,
and a sister, Miss Violet Strick-
lin, both of Cleburne.
About one out of every seven
residents of Red River County
Is now receiving a monthly
social security check according
figures released by Vernon
w. Daniel, social security dis-
trict manager, Paris, Texas.
Daniel’s report listed the
number of Red River County
beneficiaries as 2,265 at the
end of 1963, an Increase of 122
over thecorrespondlngflgureat
the beginning of 1963. The dol-
lar benefit amounts total more
than $1,300,000 yearly.
Retired workers are the lar-
gest single group of social secu-
rity beneficiaries In the county.
There are 1,156 In this group
and their old - age insurance
benefits total $66,408 monthly.
The following table shows the
number and amount of the other
monthly benefits paid In Red
River County, as of December
31, 1963.
Retired workers, 1,156; total
monthly payments, $66,408.
_Wives or husbands, 470; $13,-
Widows or widowers, 185;
$9,786;
Mothers and children, 270;
$10,495;
Disabled workers and de-
pendents, 175; $9,158;
Parents, 9; $503.
In releasing the figures, Dan-
iel pointed out that the social
security benefits are Important
to the community as well as to
the people who receive them.
- “It Is a fact,' he said, “that
almost every dollar of social
security benefits coming Into
the County Is spent each month
In local. businesses for food,
clothing, shelter, and other es-
sentials. In this way, the bene-
fits have a stabilizing effect on
the local economy.
Daniel forecast that the num-
ber of social security benefici-
aries will continue to Increase
In the future, but at a touch
slower rate than In the past
10 years. He said that, nation-
ally, the social security benefit
rolls Increased from about 5
million people In 1954 to more
than 19 million at the end of
1963. This rapid growth In the
beneficiary population resulted
from major amendments to the
soclsl Security Act from 1950
through 1981, He cited several
amendments which extended so-
cial security coverage to self-
employed business and profes-
sional men,farmer* and agri-
cultural workers, and other
groups. As-a-cesult, several
million people whose work was
brought under social security
are now receiving benefits. Ot-
hers qualified through amend-
ments which reduced the amount
of work needed to get benefits.
One change--lowerlngtheageet
which older people can get bene-
fits from 65 to62--accountsfor
1.8 million out of the 19 mil-
lion people now entitled to bene-
fits. The amendments also In-
troduced a.new protection under
social security - - disability,
benefits --and l.S million dis-
abled workers and their depen-
dents how receive benefits
under the disability provisions
of the law.
Members CHS
Latin Cub at
State Meeting
Ten L^lln students froito
Clarksville High School attend-
ed the Texas'Junior Classical
League convention at Highlander
High School In San Antonio April
3 and 4.
Friday night they were guests
at a dance and mixer, sponsor-
ed by thf host school. The con-
vention began at 8:30 Saturday
morning with \ general assent -
bly In the auditorium of thn
Highlands School, with the pre-
sident, of the Texas Junior'
Classical League, Johnny
Walker;*presiding. He Introduc-
ed the speaker, Lt. Gov. Pres-
ton Smith, who gave a very
Inspiring address on the impor-
tance of the study ot Latin. After
the assembly program, the stu-
dents participated In various
workshops, committee meet-
ings and contests.
The following students re-’"
presented Clarksville High
School: Latin grammar, Judy
Berryman and Tee la Bowers;
English derivations, Jane lie
Petty and Sheryle Mitchell; or-
atory, Kelly Guest; Instrumen-
tal music, Nancy Irby; costume,
Pamela Brown; club program
workshop, Jlmmye Lou Wright
and Charlotte McCoy; visiting
delegate, Gene Humphrey.
At the second general as-
sembly Saturday afternoon,
officers were elected and
awards were presented. Y%e
outstanding student from each
Latin Club was recognised and
presented a certificate of award.
The Clarksville student to re-
ceive this honor was Kelley
Guest, president of the local
Latin Club. The award la based
on scholastic rating and leader-
ship In club activities.
The students were accomp-
anied by their sponsor, Mrs.
Kathleen Hetrick, and R. C. “
Fambro, superintendent at
schools. They stopped in Austin
to visit the capltol and the cam-
pus of Texas University. In San
Antonio they visited the Alamo,
Brackenridge Park and other
points of interest.
Too Many Late
News Reports
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Illicit Whiskey
Plant Exhibited
A complete whiskey -making
plant, the -type of fee titty occ-
asionally seized by offlcera
from moonshiners In Red River
County, was exhibited on the
court house lawn several days
last week. Sheriff Slip) Hulen,
members of his staff and Liquor
Control Board officers had con-
fiscated two illicit stllijLln re-
cent days. Parts of these plants
were used In setting up the
exhibit.
Hundreds of people were at-
tracted to this unusual display.
Each Item of equipment was
labeled and from the reading of
Give a man credit for any-
thing and It's said he'll buy
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ports of local news Items but
too much material Is being re-
ceived on Tuesday. Anything
happening prior to Saturday
should be reported before noon
Monday. This deadline Is not
being followed by some whose
reports are received as late as
noon Tuesday. Such material
may be left out In the future
since the processing of lata
news leaves little or no time
for other material possessing
less news value. Your coopera-
tion Is requested and will be
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4llQyLcWUdrsn of Bad l&Jhe Foods Show are Cathy
junty to Join WiltilO-,000 RllclUe, Belinda Brantly, Susan
Urnment .several
Mrs. Gordon Sto>
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Stovall, Denton, be announced toward the end of
and Miss Isabelle Latimer, Cla- ^school.,
rkaviUe; niecei, Mrs. T C." A cordial welcome la always
McGuire of Dallas and Mra. out to visitors tn the local
’*• A. Shields of Denton; s library. Mra. E. K. Mellon
nafemw, E. L. Stovall, Houston, serves as volunteer librarian.
Library. The
lasts from
31, will
River County to
young people across Taaas tn a Bills, Elaine Gibson, Johnnie
vacation raadlng program. All .Allay, La la Hausler, Betty Hau-
who read 12 boohs during the sler, Martha Covington, Bonnie
summer will receive.! hand- LeFevers. Peggy Long, Leiaa
some certificate from that Xus- Johnson, Dorothy Adams, Nancy
tin library. Further details will Haley, Kathy Hooper, JMff
Hausler, Jonalyn Martin, Nelta
Phifer, and Dianna Zehetoer.
Ih the Favorite Foods Show
there are four divisions: meat,
bread, milk, and vegetables and
fruits. Each contestant was Jud-
Teaaa Highway Department on
April 2$, for the construction
on a new section of F. M. High*
way No. 114 In Red River and
Bowie counties. The project
will extend from English, In Red
River County, east through Hen-
rietta and Pine Springs to F. M.
Highway No. 1326 In Bowie
'County, 1.7 miles weft of
Springhlll. Construction on this
project will consist of base and
stir faring. The work U a part of
the State FaVm- to-Market Pro
gram and when completed will
connect the Farm - to - Market
Highway,* y st am In the towcoun-
ttea and will also provide ready
Access to U. S. Highway 259 and
southern highway routes In both
Oklahoma and Arkansas.
these labels one could obtain a
rough Idea of the process In-
volved tn convertls* raw mash
lato the stuff which moonshiners
sell to thirsty patrons at fancy
prices, but well below the figure
charged for legitimate whiskey,
since no tax Is Involved.
Some time after Saturday
evening, the coiled pipe, called
the worm, and other parts of the
still were stolen. The thief took
the aiost expensive Item requir-
ed f« the operation of a moon-'
shine pUnt.
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—ANOTHER BIO WHISKEY PLANT DESTROYED- - Pictured above la part of fee second
tog moonshine plant to be destroyed la leas than one week by the Sheriff’s Department of
Rad River County in cooperation with Texas Liquor Control Board officers. This »»y»n
still was located about throe sad one-half, miles southeast of Pine Branch store. It was a
27-barrel rig with four complete cookers. One man was arrested and .three gallons of
whtonny enlnsd. On the way out officers encountered two more men In whose possession
were alx gallong of boose. In County Court the man arrested at the still was fined $800 and
costs and the two arrested later were fined $200 each and coats. (Dehooey £tudlo Photo)
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