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The Alto
F. L. WEIMAR. EDITOR AND OWNER
VOLUME XXX
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, OCTOBER 9, 1930.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 THE YEA*.
No. 24.
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Tornado Hits
JAIL BREAK HALTED
BY FALL FROM ROPE
Near Crockett
Crockett, Oct. 6.—At least
a dozen farm houses were de-
stroyed and 23 or more persons
injured, a number of them
seriously, when a tornado
struck a farm section about one
mile from Crockett Monday
afternoon.
Most of the injured persons
were brought to hospitals here
and all doctors and nurses not
caring for those brought in
went to the scene of the tor-
nado. Hundreds of automo-
biles from Crockett carried
practically the entire citizen-
ship of Crockett to aid in res-
cue work.
The storm struck about 3 p.
m. Monday near Highway 19.
It sweplj a swath several hun-
dred yards wide and at least
six miles long. The farm hous-
es in the path of the twister
were literally blown away.
The Missouri Pacific section
house near Latexo was reduced
to kindling wood. Mrs. Bob
Westbrook, wife of the section
foreman, and several children
were blown 300 feet. They
were all seriously injured and
were brought here.
Will Norris, farmer, was be-
lieved fatally iniured. His
home was destroyed.
Chester Spence, also a farm-
er, his wife and several chil-
dren, were badly hurt.
Walter Patton, his mother,
wife and seven children were
all iniured when their home
was destroyed.
Mrs. Charles Simms and
three children were injured,
one child, a girl, having her
neck broken.
Several others, more or less
seriously injured, were in the
hospital here, or being cared
for in private homes, but in
the confusion it was impossible
to obtain names.
Roads were blocked by fall-
en trees and from the heavy
rain that had been falling here
for more than 48 hours, mak-
ing it impossible to follow the
path of the storm into the tim-
ber lands. It was thought like-
ly that other homes in the in-
terior had been damaged or
destroyed.
Crockett was without lights
from the time when the storm
hit until nearly 7 p. m., due to
a break in the power line.
A jail delivery ended Satur-
| day night at Nacogdoches,
! when the second prisoner to
slide down a blanket rope fell
115 feet and broke his leg. Lu-
ther Parrish escaped and W. J.
Nutt, the next man to try th(
rope, fell. The noise awaken-
ed Sheriff Turner, who block-
ed the exit for the other in-
mates who had sawed through
the wall on the upper floor.
Since the break occurred,
Judge Bates has ordered thfe
sheriff of Nacogdoches county
to carry his prisoners to Lufkin
and place them in jail at that
city, declaring that the Nacog-
doches county jail was inade-
quate, and that in "the future
all criminals will be kept
somewhere else beside Nacog-
doches until the jail in that
county is made safe to hold
them.
Childhood and Youth Hegari Proving
Week to be Observed! Valuable Crop
SCHOOL HOLDS FIRE
PREVENTION PROGRAM
e e e k s n o r—Kerosene,
e m a t s c h—Matches.
i g o I a n e s—Gasoline.
Merrl-j Fire Prevention correlated
with Arithmetic.
Simple problems like the fol-
First Grade—Mrs.
wether and Miss Harry.
We have correlated the sub-1
The establishment of fellow- Many farmers of Cherokee ject of "Fire Prevention" with lowing one were learned.
ship, mutual understanding County have made plenty of our daily work in the following In 1924 there were 329
and sympathetic helpful- feed for next year by planting manner : people burned to death in Tex-
1 ness between the home and the Hegari. This crop is being har-I English—As most all of our as. What was the average per
Sunday school is the purpose of vested in two ways; some arejEnglish work is oral we told month?
[Childhood and Youth week. cutting the stalk with the heads! stories about fire. All the chil-l Fire prevention correlated
It is time when parents, teach- on it and others are heading dren took part in the general with English.
ers and pupils can be brought the grain separate from the discussion of fire. We talkedj Fire Prevention Do's as:
into realization of a mutual stalks. Most of the crop was! about the good and the bad ef-1 1. Do put the matches into
task, namely—the realization planted late following toma- fects of fire. We made a story a metal box.
of abundant life day by day. toes and the recent rains will; about the sad things that fire 2. Do label the gasoline can.
The week is observed in the mature it. Many farmers have causes. j The children filled the fol-
interest of boys and girls,_but estimated that from one to two j _ Art—We made two Fire, lowing blahks:
not necessarily by them. Can- acres will keep a mule, and ai" j Prevention posters which con-l a.
I not parents and young people agree that Hegari can be made i sisted of free-hand cutting, and j in a-
have special meetings togeth- with half the labor required! mounting of objects. Our work| b. Gasoline should be kept In
Matches should
-box.
be kept
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR
THE ALTO CIRCUIT
Friday night, Oct. 10th, a
box supper at Shiloh, with the
Felders Orchestra to furnish
plenty of music. A special in-
vitation extended to all.
Saturday night, Oct. 11th, at
the tomato shed at Cold Springs
a ice cream supper. Your pres-
ence and patronage is desired.
Mt. Zion Sunday Oct. 12th,
at 7:15 p. m. Rev. C. W. Lokey
will begin a "Leaders Training
Course." It will be worth your
time to attend this school. We
invite you to come.
Friday night. Oct. 17th, the
Felders comedians and orches-
tra will give a play at Redlawn
Church. Beginning at 8:00 p.
m. Come, lots of fun. Admis-
sion 15 and 25<j.
The proceeds of the box
supper, ice cream supper and
play will go for the church fi-
nances.
I am beginning next Sunday,
my last preaching round, for
the Conference year. I am
hoping to have large congrega-
tions to preach to this time.
We are behind with our col-
lections, so let every one do
their best, that we may come
out with a full report.
Remember this: "A winner
never quits, a quitter never
wins." Which are you?
C. G. Condrey, P. C.
er and thereby increase their for corn.
fellowship? Ask the pastor to Mr, J. H. Langston near Mix-
preach a sermon on "The 0n harvested 2880 pounds of
Abundant Life." Self examina-, heads per acre from an acrcs
tion by parents individually or and a half. He estimated that
in groups, and by teachers he got more feed from his Heg-
, likewise. One night a week— ari than he would from ten
'Saturday, preferably, could be acres of corn. Mr. M. L. Cum-
observed as "family night" so | minps near Rusk harvested 800
that the unity of fellowship { bundles (9343 pounds) from I guish fire from ones clothing,
may be emphasized. Fellow-|two acres about the middle of; Music—We learned two fire
ship occasions for young peo- July, and will harvest another j prevention songs. We carried
pie and their parents—a father j crop from the stubble if the j 0l't our regular fire drills,
and son banquet, or mother! weather permits. His crop was j Number Work—We counted
and daughter banquet This| planted on April 16. Mr. Ter-|the things we needed to make
last-best suggestion—"Definite; rell Fisher harvested 22311 our posters. We compared our
j in art is showing improvement.! the-
' The little fingers and little
minds are coordinating more
and more each day.
Reading—We read the story
that we made in English about
Fire. The children read simple
rules from the blackboard
teaching them how to extin-
Fire Prevention correlated
with drawing by making Post-
ers.
Fire Prevention correlated
with health. In teaching health
emphasis was stressed that an
accumulation of trash might
cause disease and fire.
Fifth Grade—Mrs. Dorsey.
In the fifth grade Fire Pre-
vention and Safety First was
correlated with all the subjects.
In Geogarphy the students
were assigned short themes on
Causes of Forest Fires and
plans for improving the oppor-j pounds of heads per acre from I posters as to height of objects, Ways to Prevent Forest Fires.
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tunities of childhood and
youth." Adults of the church
should decide upon certain
goals, taking "forward steps"
immediately to attain those
goals. Do we need better
equipment for the work of the
Sunday School? Are we satis-
fied with the amount of train-
about three and a half acres, j thereby becoming familiar with In Arithmetic problems were
and estimated that he would the terms tall, taller, tallest. given dealing with large num-
havemade a third more had he! , Science—We studied about bers relating to fire losses,
had a proper stand. j fire towers and constructed | In Spelling and Reading
If others who have Hegari ?ne °n the sand table. We, words were given that causes
want to measure the yield a learned that much of the,fire as bonfire, trash, etc.
good way to do it is to measure worlds beauty and happiness] In Language little booklets
.... la nroaarvc.fi hy Saving Our
Bau-
Jewel Sartain and Charles
Wood were Jacksonville visit-
ors Tuesday.
BUY ALTO
BREAD
off ind weisrh the yield from a
nunber of 21-foot row spaces.
ing our teachers have? If not,! Avtrage these and multiply
are we ready to stand back of thj, by ten which will give the
them in becoming better teach- yi#,j from a row an acre long.
ers for our children. Is there the width of the rows 4. ,
the necessary amount of co-f ,6ii can figure the number of tion w. niuslc in'fe.rmn *¥
operation between parents and iws in an acre wide. Multiply i flowing songs: Fire Drfti
teachers to make the churcn the number of rows by the!^on£; ,, a"d , Com®.
school a success? i,h«ih ner row and von have the Sparks. We have a fire drill
is preserved
forests.
I Second Grade—Miss
man and Miss Todd.
In our opening exercises we
have correlated fire preven-
made using clippings
newspapers telling of
ield per row and you
Requirements for obser-|vield per acre.
vance of Childhood and Youth j W. L. Knapp, County
Week, beginning October 12 j Agent, Cherokee County.
thru the 19th, are: Visiting by|
the teachers in the homes ofLiw „n n<:TFR
the pupils; a parents meeting NEW tyi FR
sometime during the week;1 « STOLEN IN lYLLK
and the taking of a forward
step. These are simple, yet
how necessary, and will notjA'fto were victims
FISH!
FRESH AND EXTRA GOOD
Oysters
NICE, EXTRA SELECT
COOKED ANY WAY TO SUIT YOUR TASTE
45c PER DOZEN
Mrs. A. E. Boyd, Proprietor.
PHONE 68 ALTO, TEXAS
at least twice a month; each
child knows just what to do
when the fire signal is given.
We have learned the openings
to our room and what to do
should ones clothing catch fire.
We have learned how to safely
j get out of a burning building
r and Mrs Carl Yowell of, when the rooms are filled with
of an auto- ; smoke
our people who read and know jmfebile thief in Tyler Monday, We have studied some of the
about this movement, give af lernoon. They drove to Tyler j different ways in which we
nday morning to do some I may help prevent fires, and
pping and left the car park- the danger in being careless
in front of the Mecca Cafe | wlth matches, rubbish, and
ile they went to lunch, and C™P *,res", , . ,
en they came out of thel. In order to bring more clear-
e the car had disappeared. { to.thf Tds °f thef ch'ldren
Officers were at once no- the destructiveness of fire we
jiilied and all nearby towns; have made fire prevention
vire advised of the theft and i Patera. Each child has de-
' :fven the engine and state II- that he wants to be a
ense number but up to this: "little fire chief" and help pre-
their earnest support and pray- M
ers that it may be the .most!-
successful week of its kind in [c
the history of our church? n
J. D. Sartain Filling Station
GOOD GULF GAS AND NO-NOX MOTOR FUEL
AJJAX GOLD BOND TIRES
Courtesy Card Customers have a cordial invitation to
Buy their Gas and Oil here.
QUICK AND COURTEOUS SERVICE
Day Phone 259 Night Phone 260
rrn
15
25
j vent fires.
40
50
lis HP11..idXLT, Cs? a:;
' It was a late model Ford | "en.{, the cam« of
j Sport Roadster, and had just|b prevented-and ttie clan-
been purchased four days be-1 J®®Lf ffres '
'fore it was stolen. Mr. andi® mi:.j
j Mrs. Yowell had purchased
«] the car and planned a trip
60
Watt Lamps
15G
back to Virginia to spend some
time with Mr. Yowell's mother
and other relatives in that
state.
Officers in Tyler stated to
Mr .and Mk-s. Yowell that seven
cars had been stolen in thai:
city in the past week.
FIVE YARDS GINGHAM
TAKEN
EACH
i Guaranteed Quality
Saturday was a week ago
some one in Alto got five yards
i of ginghams by mistake. A
•. party who came to Alto with
,|me lu>ught some ginghams and
;i thought he put it in my car, but
• evidently put it in another car
. by mistake. If you found five
? yards of ginghams in your cai
• and you did not know who it
j belonged to, would appreciate
5 it if you would communicate
I with me.
i N. L. Dominy.
I Fox & Allen j
PHONE 182
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MINTERS
Third Grade—Mrs. Bolton.
Fire Prevention correlated
with Geography.
I he safety and the danger of
/ires and lights.
Safe and dangerous building
materials.
The danger of forest fires
and the means of preventing
them.
Fourth Grade—Mrs. Ken-
nedy.
Fire prevention correlated
with subjects in the fourth
grade. This correlation added
were
from
fires in different sections of
our country.
In Art fire prevention Post-
ers were made.
Sixth Grad'e—Miss Martin.
The sixth grade is correlat-
ing fire prevention with a num-
ber of their subjects. In speil-
ing they are learning how to
spell the following words: de-
fective, celluloid, gasoline,
kerosene, spontaneous, ex-
tinguish, engine, wiring, gar-
bage, rubbish, combustion,
electrical, container, trash,
fuses, hazard and chimneys.
Simple problems in arith-
metic are used to an advan-
tage: Texas fire loss for 1924
was $20,000,000. How many
$2,000 dwellings could be built
with that amount of money?
In English slogans were pre-
pared such as: "Don't smoke
yourself out of a job," "An
Ounce of prevention is worth a
ton of ashes," "Neglected wires
cause many fires," "Watch
where the sparks park."
Attractive posters are being
made in Art.
Fire Prevention as taught in
the High School.
A statement follows of the
work assigned to the English
classes II and IV in compliance
with the required regulations
regarding the teaching of fire
prevention.
These students were assign-
ed the problem of writing a
formal theme, a poem, a child's
story, a fable, an allegory, or
make a poster or cartoon based
upon an idea in a subject chos-
en from a list posted. They
were to incorporate the idea in
a subject chosen. The list of
subjects was obtained from the
bulletin furnished by the State
Fire Commission.
The students in English II
have been assigned formal
interest to the subjects and • themes of at least one hundred
made a more lasting impres-1 and fifty words each on sub-
sion upon the children
Fire prevention correlated
with Geography.
In,studying heat and light,
we emphasized the following:
(a) The safety and the dan-
ger of wood fires.
(b) The safety and the dan-j
ger of oil lamps and electricity
jects selected from the follow-
ing fire prevention list:
1. Modern Fire Protection.
2. Modern Fire Hazards.
3. Safe Installation of Gas.
4. Safe Installation of Elec-
tric Wiring.
5. Safe Flues and Chimneys.
6. Advantages of a Fire Re-
in studying the forest fires, i sistinpr Roof
the means of preventing them.] 7. Why
Correlated with Spelling/ Rods?
These are a few of the newj 8. Fire Resisting
words learned: fuse, defective,i Material.
Use Lightening!
Building
hazard, trash, chimneys,! The students in English III
matches, gasoline, etc. j have been assigned oral talks
Then words were learned in on the prevention of fire.
the Jumbled Game as: !
h r a t s—Trash. An ad in the Herald is worth
z a d h a r—Hazard. two on the fence.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930, newspaper, October 9, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214567/m1/1/: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.