The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1927 Page: 7 of 7
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ALTO HERALD, ALT| ) TEXAS, APRIL 7, 1927.
LOCAL AND PER SONAL
MRS. F. L. WEIMAR, REPORTER.
Mr. Charlie Watkins of
Douglass was a business visitor
here Tuesday.
Mr. Fay Woodmansee of
Chicago, is here visiting his son,
Earnest Woodmansee.
Mrs. J. E. Singletary, Holly
Singletary and Mrs. Carl Rod-
| dy of Port Arthur, spent Sun-
day here with relatives.
Blanton Brunt of Bastrop,
La. is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Earnest Brunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Culley of
Crockett spent the week-end
here with the former's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Culley.
New Dress Goods of every
kind for that New Eaater Dress.
W. E. Williams.
E. P. Palmer and R. C. Nel-
son were business visitors in
Frankston Monday.
Bird Seed, 15c a pound.
S. H. Dorsey & Son.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mem-
wether and children were vis-
itors in Belott Sunday.
Mrs. A. P. Williams and
; daughters, Glesnal and Laura,
and Miss Eunice Ray were
visitors in Nacogdoches Friday.
Mrs. Clyde Poore and moth-
er, Mrs. Womack, are in Port
Arthcr this week, being called
there on account of the serious
illness of Mrs. Floyd English,
I sister of Mrs. Poore. She was
operated upon for appendicitis,
and while she is not doing as
well as could be hoped for, it
is believed she is oct of dan-
ger.
HE SERVED HIS TIME
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Herbert Womack of Timp-
son spent last week-end here
with home folks.
Miss Ruth Palmer spent the
week-end in Lufkin with her
mother, Mrs. Fred Graham.
Miss Lillian Hollis who is
attending Stephen F. Austin
College, Nacogdoches, spent,
last week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hollis.
Wallace McKittrick of Gar-
rison spent the week-end here
on business.
Mrs. H. B. Hollis returned
home Saturday from Port Ar-
thur, where she had been visit-
ing the past three weeks with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Madden, STRAWS! STRAWS! We
Mr. Melvin Gibbs and Miss ^ have the most Beautiful line of
Edna Henderson were visitors j straws and Panamas ever car-
in Jacksonville Sunday.
Ladies don't fail to see our
New Easter Dresses, Hats and
Shoes at
W. E. Williams.
ried.
See our windows.
W. E. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Coats
and children, Olga and Percy |
Jr., of Dialville, visited in the;
home of Mrs. N. G. Agnew
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Houston Sunday afternoon.
and children visited relatives in j
Crockett Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Williams
and daughter, Lucile, were vis-
itors in Sacul Sunday.
Boots McKinnon from Liv-
ingston, spent the week-end
here visiting in the B. B. Brit-
tain home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lane of Shreve-
port, Mrs. Sallie Kelley and two
daughters of Douglass, and
Mrs. Annie Guinn of Cushing,
visited relatives and friends
here Saturday
Fourteen years is a long t
to hold one job, and dravi
salary, but that is just What
Mr. Garrett Holcomb has been
doing. He has served as set
trustee for the past four; ;en
years in this district, aiiAjp&st
of that time he was active Pres-
ident of the School Board.
Last Saturday saw him step
out from this unpleasant ami
unprofitable job. Citizens who
have never been a member of
the Board of Trustees do not
realize what a responsibility it
is, and the time it requires.
During these past fourteen
years, Mr. Holcomb has done a
great work for this school dis-
trict. He has seen the number
of pupils grow from a hundred
to over five hundred, and has
been through two or three
building campaigns in school
building. He has helped man-
fully to keep the financial end
of the school in shape where
teachers would not suffer, and
numbers of times has been one
of a few to go to the banks and
make personal notes in order
that the teachers might receive
their salaries.
In stepping out of the job as
president of the board, he
leaves one of the best equipped
schools in East Texas, a faculty
second to none and a building
that towns much larger than
Alto would be proud to have as
their public school building.
It would be no problem to
run the school if men could be
obtained to serve as trustee as
as faithfully as he has, and
while the school patrons will
not say so publicly, we are sure
that they all join this writer in
extending appreciation to him
fcr the work he has done for
both the school and city, and
want him to know that his
faithfulness and fidelity will
always be an incentive for
others who follow to do as
well as he has done.
Big shipment of Spring
Trousers, Shoes, Shirts, Ties
and Underwear just received at
W. E. Williams.
Misses Ruby Bruner and
Ruby Jones of Jacksonville,
were week-end guests in the
home of Mr. and M'rs. T. E.
Birdsong.
Mr. ancj, Mrs. Lester McAn-
nally and Mrs. J. W. McAn- _
nally were visitors in Rusk Sun- f friends,
day.
Miss Virginia Tucker left
Wednesday for her home in
Arlington, after spending sev-
eral days in the home of Mrs.
T. E. Birdsong and other
, | Mi. and Mrs. S. L. Ray and
Mrs. W. H. (Hall and little , nephew, Mr. Elmer Turner,
daughter were here the first of accompanied Mrs. Ray's father,
Mr. J. M. Gay to Jacksonville
Sunday where he took the
this week from Athens.
Misses Mamie Latham and train for Wichita Falls.
Thelma McLendon, spent last j
Week-end in Center with rel-
atives.
Mrs. Clarence Whalen re
turned to her home in Terre
i Haute, Indiana last Sunday,
Miss Mary Frank Edmonds after several months visit with
Will receive this week,two
cars of fertilizer.
S. H. Dorsey & Son.
ATTENTION MR. FARMER
Saturday, April the 9th, B. F.
Avery & Sons, are gjfr'
send a special factory repre-
sentative to Alto, for the pur-
pose of acquainting the farmers
of this vicinity with thy merits
of Avery Tools.
This factory representative
will establish his headquarters
at our store, and we extend a
cordial invitation to every
farmer to visit our store on this
day, April 9th.
Thomas Bros.
SHILOH GRAVE YARD
WORKING
was the guest of Miss Ruby
Ransom in Nacogdoches Satur-
day night and Sunday.
Pure Acala Cotton Seed.
S. H. Dorsey & Son.
Mrs. R. R. Stribling and little
daughter were in Jacksonville
Tuesday.
her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Barnes, and uncle,
Mr. Charles R. Barnes.
Jack Lyon, the Ford expert
part man, is in Jacksonville this
week helping the Ford Station
there, they being over taxed on
account of the oil situation in
Jacksonville.
Mrs. Ben Boon and children.]
Florence and Bill, of Lufkin
visited friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Kelley of Lufkin was
the guest of Mrs. McNeese
Sunday.
Mesdames W. W. Wolf and
Jane Moshure and son, Ben,
and Mr. and Mrs. Martin of
Dallas, spent the week-end
here visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Harry.
When you want the best Silk
Hose made, see us for Gordon, I
Phoenix and Hummingbird, j
all shades, colors and price. I
W.E.Williams. |
Mrs. Lidie Blasingame of
Bettie, Texas, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dean
'and other relatives.
Ralph Bowen came in from
Port Arthur Friday where he
had, been in the sanitarium for
the past two weeks recuperat-
ing from an appendicitis opera-
tion. The old boy looks fair
and with a few home meals,
will soon be table to go back to
the land of mosquitoes.
You are invited to meet us
at Shiloh on Saturday, April
16 for the purpose of cleaning
up the graveyard. Bring your
lunch and tools and come early.
Special price on Hatching
Trays, $3.50. Telephone or
write us for reservations. Also
Special price on Baby Chicks,
this month while they last.
East Texas Hatcheries,
Nacogdoches, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed St,rather
and two children of Hemphill,
visited in the home of Mrs.
Minnie Garner last Saturday
CLEAN UP ALTO
M . and Mrs. Earnest Hal-
bert and Mr. and Mrs. Fisher
Harrison attended the singing
convention at Dialville Sunday.
Mrs. Jack Jones of Jackson-!
ville, spent Saturday here in !
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. j
JE. Williams.
Editor and Mrs. A. H. Luker
of Grapeland, spent a few
hours here Monday enroute to
Lufkin where they went to at-
tend the Woman's Missionary
Conference of the Methodist
church which met at that city
Tuesday.
This is clean-up week all
over Texas. Citizens of -Alto
are requested to get all of their
trash, cans, etc., gathered up
this week and place in front of
the premises where they can be
seen, and the cfty will have
them removed in the next few
days. Do this now, don't wait
and be told to do it by a health
officer.
Jim Nelson, City Marshal.
PARENTS DAY IN SCHOOL1 DISTRICT MEET APRIL 15-16
Wednesday the parents of
the boys and girls of the Alto
school were invited to visit the
school. Of course not all of
them werd there, but a fair
.^presentation of the patrons
of the school made a visit some
time during the day and took
advantage of the opportunity
to see the pupils at work.
At noon lunch was spread
under the trees on the school
yard. As usual a feast was
found in the picnic baskets,
and everyone enjoyed this
phase of the day's pleasures to
the highest extent.
The hours from one until
three were spent in visiting the
various grades and beginning
at three o'clock the following |
program was rendered:
Song—Audience.
Prayer—Leonard Lee Cher-
ry.
Song—Glee Club.
Folk Dance—First Grade.
Reading—Pauline Houston.
Song—Second Grade.
Quartet— Avis Williams,
Juanita Blanton, Audie IIous-
on, Robertha Bolton.
Health Play—Third Grade.
Clown Duet—Fourth Grade.
Song—Glee Club.
Piano Solo—Mrs. Walter
Martin.
Ore h estra—Seventh Grade.
Talk—Dr. Minims, President
of Rusk College.
Song—Glee Club.
After this enjoyable and
worthwhile program the stu-
dents were dismissed and a
business session, of the P. T. A.
was held. A report of the P.
T. A. work of the past two
years was read ; lid will be
published in the Alto Herald
next week. All the old officers
were re-elected:
Mrs. Arthur Boyd,President;
Mrs. Gus Rounsaville, First
Tice .President; Mrs. Jack
Lyon, Second Vice President;
Mrs. Jim Berryman, Third Vice
President; Mrs. C.F. Wellborn,
Secretary; Miss Olivia McGee,
Treasurer; Mrs. Grady Single-
tary, Corresponding Secretary;
Miss Lelia Puyear, Publicity
Chairman; Mr. W. R. Swanzy,
Health Chairman.
Come see what we are doing.
The District Meet for the
Interseholastic League will be
held at Nacogdoches, Texas,
April 15 and 16. All literary
events to begin Friday, April
15, at one o'clock at the Col-
lege Auditorium. All athletic
events including track, field,
and tennis will begin Saturday
morning, April 16th.
E. S. Erwin,
Director General,
Cherokee County.
Jersey City, N. J.—Because
j he prayed before going to
work every morning that his
| wife would be dead when he
returned, Harold Nichols of
this city may really lose his
wife. She has filed suit for
divorce, alleging cruelty on the
basis of the prayers.
Plans are under way in med-
ical colleges for the showing of
colored slow-motion pictures of
surgical operations.
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FRESH MEATS
We can supply you with all
kinds of fresh and packing
house meats. Phone us and
we will deliver. Our meats
are the best and prices the
lowest.
SINGLETARY'S MARKET
Olan Mathews, Manager.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
TODAY'S ,
Ford Car
Before you buy any make of automobile, let
us show you TODAY'S Ford car.
Some of the new features are: Balloon Tires,
Wire Wheels on all closed cars, Pyroxylin finish
—choice of color.
But the big satisfaction to you in TODAY'S
Ford car is the smoothness of the motor, in-
creased gasoline mileage resulting from the new
Vaporizer.
In short, you must drive a new Ford car to
be a fair judge of present-day motor car
values.
We invite your inspection of TODAY'S Ford
car.
ALTO MOTOR COMPANY
PHONE 240- ALTO, TEXAS
AUTHORIZED iFORD DEALER
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PIANOS
New and used Pianos from
$95.00 up. Will consider good
milch cow as part payment.
For terms write or phone,
V. B. Tunstall,
53-c Crockett, Texas.
LONG STAPLE
COTTON SEED
$1.00
Acala Planting Seed,
per Bushel.
A. G. Liles,
tf Route 1, Alto, Texas.
John Ready of Palermo, Me.,
still wields his axe daily at the
age of 108.
Miss Catherine Maher of
New York was awarded $30,-
000 for loss of her beauty,
which must be paid by owners
of a truck that damaged her
face.
Syracuse, N. Y.—With her
husband of 18 in a reformatory,
Madalyn Boyle, 14, says her ro-
mance is over and has declared
she will sue for annulment of
the marriage. She also says
she never wishes to see her
husband again.
See those New Kirsehbaum
Spring Suits, Shirts, Ties and j
New Straw Hats; the real,
Dressy kind.
W. E. Williams.
The Woman's Mission So-
ciety of the Methodist Church,
will hold a Food .Sale on Satur-
day, April 9th in the Arrant
Building, adjoining W. E.
Williams Store.
Reporter.
CAKD OF THANKS
We extend our deepest ap-
preciation to our friends who
so kindly administered to our
dear mother during her illness
and comforted us in her death.
The floral offerings were beau-
tiful, and our gratefulness cafi-
I not be told in words.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wellborn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Swanzy.
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New Spring Goods at W.
Hall'is Cash Store.
H
Brewer & Harry
Quick and Efficient
Drayage
We haul anything at
any time. Two trucks
always at your servic*.
Day Phone 207
Night Phone 245 fk 249
IMBHIIIM
Are You Careless
In Handling
MONEY
Do you have the loose-change habit
that plays havoc with a man's income?
Paying by checks is a more business-
like method. A checking account
with us will provide you with an ac-
curate record of all money received
and paid out.
Think it Over.
Alto State Bank
"Here to Serve You"
II. II. Rcrrymnn, Pres. Emma B. Berryman, Cashier
J. F. Smith and J. C. Erwin, Vice Presidents
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Why Not Trade With
T. E. Birdsong
The Store Of Service And Appreciation.
PHONE 220
WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT IN GRO-
CERIES, AND AT PRICES THAT PLEASE.
OUR DELIVERY IS PROMPT, AND WE WILL
APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS.
CALL AND SEE US ANY TIME
GLAD TO SEE YOU.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1927, newspaper, April 7, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214426/m1/7/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.