The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1978 Page: 2 of 8
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In the interest of a child,
court entered order trans-
ferring case to 321st judi-
cial district court of Smith
Co.. Texas; Jerry Peacock
Shinalt. et al vs W J Da-
cus. et al. case settled and
dismissed with prejudice to
refiling. in the interest of
children, temporary res-
training order granted,
hearing set for Oct. 2,1978,
Carolyn Blackburn vs
Charles Wayne Blackburn,
show cause hearing set for
Oct 30. 1978 Pearl E
discharged
Phillip Maness, Rust
W. D Anderson, Ba;
Dudley Womack, Ma
Kane McCarty, Rus
Mrs Lottie Nettles,
Mrs Ann Patrick Gi
Rusk
Mrs. Margaret Harg
Alto
Mrs. Faye Wysick, Ri
Mrs. Leomia Drewry. 1
John Rich. Rusk
Mrs. Joann Russell, R
John Norton, Rusk
Mrs Ruby Williams r
Baby Boy, Alto
David Todd. Alto
Bobby Lankford. Rusk
Mrs. Josei Mitel
and Baby Girl, Sacu)
Will Vann, Wells
Marion Phillips, Alto
Mrs Silverean Matthe
Alto
Mrs Wilma Boyd and Bi
Girl. Jacksonville
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In observance
Constitution Week,
Library is curre
displaying books
papers which are rele
to the United Sts
Constitution and
historical significar
This week was brougt
our attention by Mrs L
Mann as a representi
These Family Household Census
Sheets are a great addition to the
researcher. You need to order your
supply today! They are printed on
white 70 offset paper and the price
is 70 sheets for $5.00 postage paid
Mrs. Jeff Wade, Jr., Route 1, Box
66, Bragg City, Missouri 63827.
Mrs Wade has been doing re-
search for years and is a very
careful researcher You may be
familiar with two of her books (at
least). She wrote The Box Book
With Mcelroy and Floyd which
>1 of great
An election for a District
Supervisor for zone 5 of the
Cherokee County Soil and
Water Conservation Dis-
trict will be held Thursday,
September 28 The election
will be at 3:30 at the Ag
Building of the Wells High
School according to Cecil
Goodman, incumbent
director
Zone 5 of the Cherokee
County Soil and Water Con-
servation District emcom-
passes all that area of the
During the week of Septem-
ber 18, 1978 through Sep-
ten.ber 22, 1978 District
Judge J W Summers
heard the following cases:
TEXAS PRESS
AS 8 OCI ATI ON
Carolyn Ericson
1614 Redbud Street
Nacogdoches. Texas 75961
Listed in Carroll’s Texas Baptist
is the contents of a letter from
William Buford DeWeese, son of a
Baptist Evangelist who came to
Texas from Kentucky in 1822. He
wrote back to a friend in Kentucky
lementing the absence of “Divine
worship and the discretion of the
Lord’s Day” by stock driving and
breaking of mustangs He stated he
had not heard any preachine since
attenz4«”' -
who had recorded several Country
and Western records. They were in
Tennessee awhile and in Missis-
sippi and around Houston. He
would be 43 years old, brown hair,
would like to hear from him very
badly.
Contact Mrs W.G. Mangham,
Rt. 4, Box 768, Lufkin, Texas 75901;
Phone 713-875-3211.
If you are doing genealogical
research, you will be happy to
learn about the Family Household
Census sheets which ^have been
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Cadet Mark B Mitchell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J
Marcus of Dallas, was
recently promoted here to
the rank of cadet
Lieutenant colonel,
commander, Went-
worth Military Academy
Corps of Cadets for the
school year 1978-79.
according to Col. J. M.
Sellers Jr . Wentworth
Superintendent
Cadet Lt Col Mitchell
will command
approximately 300
Wentworth cadets
Mitchell is enrolled at
WMA for the fall term as a
junior college sophomore
Mark is the grandson of
Mrs R R. Johnson of Alto
serve a term of five years
They serve an important
function in promoting Soil
and Water Conservation in
the county which is impor-
tant to both the producer
and consumer Members of
the current board are
Grady C. Singletary Chair-
man. Roland Adams. Jim
Tarrant, B.R Darby Jr.,
and Cecil Goodman
If you’re eligible to vote,
the board encourages you
to turn out Thursday and
help elect the person you
want to help run this
important organization.
Things are "looking up"
for the Cherokee County
Hay Show since the rains
We now have ten bales and
the promise of a lot more
during the next couple of
weeks Entrees are being
accepted at the County Ex-
tension Office in the Court-
house Annex in Rusk
through October 15.
Due to the extreme
drouth in the county the
regular show date was
postponed. Since hay is
coming in real good, the
A Leader in South Cherokee County Since 1896
Entered a. second cl... matter at the EnXbeT”
Published weekly on Thursday by E.H. Whlteh
P.O. Box 637. Alto, Texas ’^^Advance
Subscription rates payable in Advance.
66 per year
ADMITTED
Mrs. Frankie Moline Wal-
lace, Rusk
Mrs Lillian Griffin, Rusk
Mrs. Ruby Williams, Alto
Mrs Ida Dickson. Cushing
Mrs. Leomia Drewry. Rusk
Albert Nolley, Rusk |
Mrs. Joaie Mitchell, S*
Mrs. Hazel Bobbitt, A
Oscar Phillips. Alto
Mrs. Silverean Matti
Alto
Woodrow Wesson, Jac)
ville
David Todd, Alto
Fred Cosper, Rusk
C. H McGaughey, Altc
John Quinn, Alto
John Wise, Wells
Ernest Partin. Rusk
Mrs Wilma Boyd, Jf
sonville
Mrs. Viola Hendrv
Rusk
John Burran, Grapela
Mrs. Sandra Har
Clarksville
Mrs. Ann Fitzgerald, I
Mrs Ava Smith, Alto
Floyd Holst. Rusk
Mike Griffin, I
Mike Griffin, Rusk
Jessie Fannin.Groveto
j. H. Delaney, Alto
Mrs. Pauline McElfr
Jacksonville
Mrs. Antonia Botello, J«
sonville
Malcolm Dowdell, Rus
Martin Thomas, Rusk
Leon Lambeth, Rusk
Mrs Barbara McD
Rusk
Mrs. Carolyn Love. J
sonville
Farming
with
Johnnie McKay
Johnny McMichael, proba- ____________
tion revocation, hearing set Mrs Lillian Griffin, Ru
for Oct 30, 1978. Mrs Sandra Harper i
Baby Giri, Clarksville
----------------Charles McGaughey. A
Malcolm Dowdell, RusJ
Woodrow Wesson, Jack
ville
Ernest Partin. Rbsk
Mrs Ida Dickson, Cus
Ernest Bobbitt. Grap
John Wise, Wells
Mrs Reba Arnwine.
Davis vs. Mildred Miller I
Glazek. et al, report of
commissioners set for
hearing Oct. 5, 1978; Cen-
tral Freight Lines. Inc vs
David Crawford, set for
pre-trial February 1, 1979;
Jury Trial February 6.
1979
Exparte: Harvie Lester
Walker, hearing on appli-
cation for occupational
license set for October 2,
1978
Also, Jesse C. Sessions
vs City of Jacksonville,
Texas, set for pre-trial
February 1,1979; jury trial
February 6, 1979
Helen Phillips vs Corry
Ray Phillips, court entered
order modifying prior con-
versatorship order; Associ-
ates Financial services
Company, Inc vs. Bura J
and Norma Nell Barker,
set for trial Oct 16. 1978;
Sally Sue Metcalf vs. Larry
Benjamin Metcalf, set for
hearing under uniform
reciprocal child support
act on Oct 3, 1978; Daree
Jane Higginbotham vs.
George David Higginbo-
tham. hearing on motion to
modify in suit affecting
parent-child relationship
set for Oct 3. 1978. The
State of Texas and Chero-
kee County vs Helen M
Lofton, case dismissed
upon motion of plaintiff
without prejudice to rights
of impleaded taxing unit to
further prosecute this
In the matter of the
marriage of Brenda Joyce
Merritt and Charles
Edward Merritt, court en-
tered temporary orders,
Hazel Jean Dew and
Robert Arthur Dew,
divorce granted; Marsha
Snyder Boatright and Don
Boatright. Divorce grant-
ed . Patsy Ruth Pierce and
Billy Eugene Pierce, tem-
porary restraining order
granted, hearing set for
October 2, 1978. Arvil T
Johnson and Virgie Mae
Johnson, case dismissed
upon motion of petitioner
new date will probably be
set within a few days.
Clover planting time is
almost here and Dr. Ken
Smith, our Area Extension
Agronomist answers a few
important questions that
are pertinent to the suk>
Of course, inoculation of
clovers is a must, and Ken
says that a couple of com-
mercial stickers are avail-
able to stick the inoculant
to the seed. If you can’t find
one of these, he suggests a
cup of sugar dissolved in a
pint of water as a good
homemade sticker As to
,---- fertilizer, Dr. Smith says
county south of Highway 'looking up” that the absence of a soil
”T. „ „igMe .o vole in lor Ite ■ C=, jt*
within the District. Chero- Pr0^enext ‘le of additional nitrogen will be
yTu mus^also bi 21 years week\ J^Count^E?- "^co^le oHhingU’d like
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ity'pro^y llws of", through October 15* ^es'SaJe <rfthe’Tolltfti!
wives of landowners are Due to ^e helps the stand Then if you
.iso enlilled lo vole and dr«Jh »£ count, J , *
hold office J ^nce hav is spring, arrange for some
Soild and Water Conser- postponed^ Since.hay is spr g on
vation District Directors coming in real good, the nees iv
District Court News
action, The State of Texas
and Cherokee County vs.
Donald Ray Esco, et al.
case dismissed upon
motion of plaintiff without
prejudice to rights of»
impleaded taxing unit to
further prosecute this
action
Criminal Docket
For Personal Interview Contact
Laldon L. Dover
Box 87 Rusk, Texas 75785
Phone 483-2700
Farm Bureau Seeks Outstanding
Person To Sell And Service
Established Accounts. Our First
Year Agent Earn *14,000 Plus-
During 2 Year Training Program.
“The Value of the Soul”
The human soul is far too valuable to be
considered in terms of material things Jesus asked.
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own sour or what shall a
man give in exchange for his soul’’’ (Matt. 16:26).
All the world, with it’s power, prestige, and wealth,
is not equal in value to one soul Since we measure
nearly everything in terms of its material value, the
standard in measuring the soul’s value has not
always been appreciated, especially by worldly
minded people The soul’s worth can be seen, if seen
at all. in its Maker, in its beginning, in what it is, in
the price paid for its salvation, in the preaching of
the gospel, and in its eternal destiny. Thus,
regardless of the cost in terms of our own sacrifice
or service, the soul is worth saving The majority of
people say. as did the rich man. "Soul, thou hast
much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease,
eat, drink, be merry” 'Luke 12:19) The person,
who recognizes the value of his soul, lays up
•' treasure in heaven
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The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1978, newspaper, September 28, 1978; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1269028/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.