The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1949 Page: 1 of 14
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THE ALTO HERALD
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NO. 28.
Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year in Cherokee County. $2.50 Per Tear Outside of County.
VOLUME XLVJX
THE ALTO HERALD. ALTO, TEXAS. DECEMBER 8. 1949.
trancing A!to Stays
Around !n District A
Footba!)
The Christmas spirit has already
:.v.idc<! Aito, crowds are mitting
: r uah the stores examining mer-
chandise and planning out their
;rt'n-nt* and having toys laid back
: r the kids. City dads have turned
<.- Christmas !ights which are strung
str the business part of town.
; i the stores are staying open a
!t Liter in the evenings to give the
' ing ciass of peopie an oppor- i
Superintendent J. D. Boone and
FootbaH Coach Ted Moore went to
Huntsvitle Tuesday to attend a dis-
trict footbaii meeting. Supt. Boone
stated that Aito will continue to piay
Ciass A footbaii and were voted in-
to the new district 18-A aiong with
Huntsviiie. Crockett, Madisonviile,
CHEROKEE GETS
$3,950.00 TO A!D
POLIO CASES
Cherokee County Chapter of the
r ational Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis Tuesday received a check
for $3,950 from national headquar-
NO. 27.
! Grapeland and Livingston. The lat
: nity to shop after supper. In the ter team being the new addition to i for ten patients
ttiii picture. Alto has sufficient [the district. { former years.
Atto Store
Changes
Ownership
R. C. Watson of Dallas, who came
ters of the March of Dimes organ- i Aito several weeks ago to put on
ization to assist in payment of local
polio patients' medical care.
Mrs. C. A. Childs, chapter chair-
man, said that the Cherokee Coun-
ty chapter is providing funds for the
care of six patients this year, and
also is continuing to pay costs of care
stricken during
mess houses of every kind to take
( re of the Christmas buyers wants,
< i they should be given the pre-
: rente before buying elsewhere.
We should all bear in mind that they
id national, state, county, city and
^hool taxes here, and if they were
r.«t here, property in Alto would
iint be worth a thin dime, and for
these reasons, they are deserving of
y< ur patronage where quality and
price are on par with other towns
business concerns.
Just a backward thought. Eight
years ago yesterday, Japan blowed
hell out of Uncle Sam's Navy vessels
in Pearl Harbor, and that one event
t st the lives of more than a million
Americans, and changed the lives of
several million more. For that deed
the fermenters of the act have been
hung as criminals and the Japanese
<^pire is under democratic rule.
That might be something for Russia
[ to think about, and also the Amer-
icans who have communistic lean-
ings.
* * * *
A card comes in from Ed Schuler
from Chicago who says that Chicago
is even windier than Texas. Oh, no!
i)t just can't be. Texas still has the
biggest and best of everything, and
Chicago cannot take our wind reputa-
tion. That would ruin the politicians
at Washington—and Austin.
« * * *
And in a Christmas greeting from
Boyce House, we get this little verse:
If a feller's been a-straddle
Since he was old enough to ride
And has had to sling his saddle
On most any colored hide,
Tho' it's nothin' he takes pride in,
Stiil—most fellers I have knowed,
i: they ever done much ridin'
Has, at different times, got
throwed!
That's kinda cute, don^t you think?
* t * *
Just another reminder that the
Atto Lions Club will play Santa Claus
to the unfortunate. If you know of
persons who deserve help, the
t!ub would appreciate you leaving
their names with Clyde Poore at the
Southwestern Electric Service office,
Sthfio! Superintendent J. D. Boone,
cr the Herald office, and they will
ct ttiven prompt attention. Also, if
you have some good used clothing
that you don't need, or toys that you
'Aon t use, they will be welcomed
'Rd Kiven to those who need them
most.
* * * *
Information came in yesterday
-ca' \]to would continue to stay in
(My A football. Jacksonville has
M ni back to Class A from Class
AA Wouldn't it be a joke if Alto
' ' ir this district and Jacksonville
"r. the district in the oil belt lea-
^ ; nd the two Cherokee County
' would "play it off" and Atto
[ at Jacksonville. If such
"t happen, and it could, they
h ive to bury Ed Kiely and
** W. of (he Progress staff.
Trinity chose to move out of the
district and will go into Class B
.ootball.
Mr. Boone stated that no schedule
had as yet been outlined, but he and
Mr. Moore expected to attend another
district meeting next Tuesday, at
which time a schedule for 1950 would
be worked out. Efforts will be made
to play at least two conference games
here and have three non-conference
contests, which would give the team
five games away and five at home.
Efforts will be made to bring
Livingston here next year. Madison-
viile is already due to play in Alto
next year.
Just what non-conference games
will be played has not as yet been
worked out, but it is probable that
Rusk will be the first opponent, and
this game will be played September
15 instead of September 8, as was
played this past season.
The money was requested from
the emergency epidemic aid fund
because the local chapter, which
retains 50 per cent of March of
Dimes proceeds each year for fi-
nancial assistance to polio patients,
whose families cannot pay full costs
unaided, has run out of funds.
So far this year national head-
ouarters has advanced $9,263,938.74
to chapters as a result of increased
incidence of infantile paralysis plus
a heavy carry-over of cases from
1948, year of highest incidence since
1916, Mrs. Childs said.
The annual March of Dimes
Campaign for Cherokee County and
the nation will begin in January, she
added.
RURAL
POPULATION
DWINDLING
In 1948 a total of 123,000 persons
settled down upon the farms and
ranches in Texas, but while these
folks were adjusting themselves to
"the great open spaces" a total of
134,000 were moving out to the towns
and cities, a decline in rural popula-
tion of '11,000.
According to Wayne C. Rohrer,
assistant professor of Texas A. & M.
department of agriculture, one out
of four people In Texas live on farms
and ranches, as compared to 33 per
cent in 1940 and 49 per cent in 1920.
Why did they leave the farm? Is
a question asked in the joint survey
made by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and the Texas Agri-
culture Experiment Station.
The Answer: Poor roads, low level
of living and lack of conveniences
were the reasons most frequently
given.
Typical of the answers to the
survey inquiries were; from Atascosa
County "People are leaving the farm
because the roads are bad. If we
had good rural roads we would have
more people on the farm." From
Floyd Cohnty comes this answer:
If we don't get more hard surface
roads school children will have to
move to town to attend school."
The Texas Rural Roads Associa-
tion does not wish to assure the at-
titude of criticizing the rural people
for leaving the farms and ranches,
society does not condemn people to
live in rural areas, totally isolated
from the outside world in bad
weather. But society should condemn
we who can do something about this
deplorable condition of our rural
roads, and don't.
The welfare of the rural areas of
this State, is not a rural problem al-
together—it is a state-wide respon-
sibility, if we are to insure future
stabilization of our economy.
Low cost rural roads can be built,
they are in a few areas of this State.
But until we provide a balanced
road system, between our highways
and rural roads, we shail continue
to encourage outsiders to speed
through Texas on our splendtd
Registered Jersey
Purchased For
Alto Farm
Columbus, Ohio. Dec. 4—R. R.
Johnson of Alto, Texas, has pur-
chased one registered Jersey, Obser-
ver Owl Tilly from the herd owned
by Edward Lucas, Jr. of Pierce,
City, Missouri.
Jerseys are registered at the na-
tional office of The American Jersey
Cattle Club in Columbus, Ohht. The
Club has kept complete records on
all registered Jerseys in the United.
States since 1868.
Jerseys are especially noted for
producing milk that averages more
than 5 per cent butterfat. The breed
also calves and begins producing
milk from three to six months sooner'
a sals for the Webb Department
S^orc, became the owner of the Alto
Dry Goods Company here this week,
and has already assumed charge of
the business.
Mt. Watson went to Dallas Mon-
day to purchase more merchandise
for the store, and expects to add ad-
ditional dry goods and shoes after
the first of the year.
Mr. Watson stated that he became
very favorably impressed with Alto
shortly after his arrival here and
decided that he would like to make
Alto his home. The potential trade
territory here convinced him that
Alto needed another dry goods store
and for that reason he closed the
deal with Mr. Webb.
Mr. Watsor stated that he had
many improvement/ planned for
the new business, but they would
have to wait until after the holiday
season to be done, but immediately
after January 1. he hoped to start
these improvements and make the
store one of the best in East Texas
where the local citizenship might
ind what they want and spend
their money here instead of travel-
ing to adjacent towns and cities.
He stated further that he owned
his home in Dallas, but expected to
move to Alto just as soon as he could
close out his affairs in that city.
Suspecttn
WeHs Thett
Being He!d
J. L. Smith, who gives his home
as Zavalla, is being held at Rusk as
a suspect in the robbery case at
Wells which occurred during the
early hours of last Monday morning.
Entrance was made in the T. J.
(Jeff) Burke Grocery and the E. M.
(Melvin) Burroughs Grocery.
Mr. Burroughs stated the thieves'
than other dairy breeds. This mear.s j took about $200.00 in saw mill checks
faster herd building and earlier ^cl $20.00 in money, besides an un-
COTTON
MARKETING QUOTA
REFERENDUM
Around 2000 cotton farmers in
Cherokee County are eligible to vote
in the national marketing quota re-
ferendum Thursday, December 15, J.
E. Cates, chairman of the county
PMA committee has announced.
"Farmers who produced cotton in
1948 are eligible to vote. Every farm-
er who hsd an interest in the 1948
cro;i as owner, tenant or shareerop-
pr: may enst his ballot," Mr. Cates
said. "However, no producer can vote
more than once in the referendum
ever though he has several farms in
cotton production. The Secretary of
Agriculture has declared quotas on
.he 1950 crop. It is up to farmers
themselves to approve or reject
them."
The referendum will be held in
accordance with the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amend-
ed. Marketing quotas cannot remain
in effect, however, unless they are
approved by two-thirds of the farm-
ers voting.
"Every farmer in this
Santa Due
Here Friday
Afternoon
Santa Claus will be in Alto to-
morrow afternoon, and will lead a
parade through the streets of Alto
and visit all the stores in town, ac-
cording to his honor, Mayor Chester
A. Gipson, who has charge of all the
arrangements.
According to Mayor Gipson, Santa
j Claus will come from the north in an
airplane about 2:30 Friday afternoon,
and will lead the parade that is
staged as the principle event of the
day.
The Mayor carries an announce-
ment in the Herald this week and
has had circulars printed stating
that the parade will be led by
Sheriff Frank Brunt, State Highway
patrol officers and County Judge J.
W. Summers, ail of whom will join
him in officially welcoming Santa
Claus to Alto. H
The Mayor states further that the
every producer. Every producer
therefore, should make his decision Watershed Association
by going to the polls and voting
either for or against the quotas. It is
only through wholehearted partici-
pation of cotton growers at the polls
in the referendum we can determine
exactly the way they feel about quo-
tas on the 1950 crop."
Six referenda have been held
since 1938. Around a million grow-
ers averaged voting in each of the
referenda and the average percent
Formed At
Nacogdoches
'Btu
d I.Irs. Hawley Ailen and
. 'It - Homer Pope and chil
Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fort
'ted in the homes of Mr. ^
Marshall Bynum, Mrs. Jno. system of State roads, by-passing t e
id other relatives over opportunities we ofier.
^
Mrs Arthur Ash, who is m Colorado
Springs. Coto., where she went to be
under the care of a specialist, writes
that the days are nice and the nights
cold about 30 to 35 degrees. She
< OF THANKS
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't ett thanks and deepest
we extend our apprecia-
milk checks, and makes Jerseys in-
creasingly popular with dairymen.
SWEET UNM3N SCHOOL
THANKS CHEROKtEE
COUNTY PEOPLE
The Sweet Union Colored School
of which Bill Lattimore is Principal.
thanks the people of Alto, Wells and doors.
Forest for their financial assistance i
in getting a piano for the Sweet
Union School.
determined amount of cigarettes.
Mr. Burke stated that his store
was entered, but he could not miss
anything but two doilars in change
that was in the cash register. His
safe was locked and the robbers
made no attempt to open it.
Entrance to both stores was made
in the rear by prying the locks off
cotton growers approved quotas.
The lowest percentage was cast in
December 1938 when 84.1 per cent
of those voting apyoved quotas.
Polling places for referendum in
this section will be as follows:
Rusk. AAA Office: Wells. Justice
Courthouse; Alto, Halbert's Store,
Lindsey's Store.
New Mexico was the
admitted to the union.
last state
DOWN IN REFUGIO COUNTY
ho consoled us in our'will remain there about five v.eeks.
)and would appreciate her friends
Her address is 108 E.
^yond the distant hills writing to iter.
^ G ' "*e descends—we' Monroe, Colorado Springs. Colo.
Wonderful gift has been
" ' true and loyal friends."
Tht Palmer Family.
The first flag to fly over Texas
was the French flag in 1684.
Pictured above is Paschal Ray. Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. ^P^hal
Rav Sr.. of Victoria, and grandson of Judge and Mrs. B. M. Ray of
Alto Young Rav is exhibiting two deer, one 8-point and one l^-
point bucks that he 'kilted in Refugio County. He got one on Novem-
ber 26 and went back and got the other one two days later.
Social Security
Errors Costly
To Government
Carelessness on the part of employ-
ers and workers of East Texas is
causing the federal government
needless expenditure of time and
money, according to L. R. James,
manager of the Lufkin office of the
Social Security administration. "In-
vestigation of errors on social security
reports filed by employers of the
area consumes part of the time of
three employees of this office," said
James.
During the last three months the
Lufkin office has been called on to
handle more than 1100 cases in which
a worker was reported by name
only, without a social security ac-
count number. "At the present time,"
James continued, "we have in our
files the names of 27 Houston County
workers whom we are trying to
locate in order to obtain correct
sociai security numbers:"
Over and above the time spent in
the local office, each investigation
places an additional burden on the
bookkeeping department of the
Social Security administration and
on the employer involved. However,
the most serious result of a missing
or incorrect number is the possibility
of loss to the worker or his family.
"Federal Social Security pay-
ments," James explained, "can be
made only if the worker has credit
for at least $50 in wages in a speci-
fied number of reporting periods,
.h^refore, the decision to pay or
not to pay social security payments
can—and sometimes does—hinge up-
on whether a worker gets credit for a
relatively small amount of wages
which were incorrectly reported by
his employer. For the same reason
Watershed Association.
Lacy Hunt. Nacogdoches lumber-
man. was elected president. Other
officers are C. R. Heaton, Tyler,
first vice-president; O. T. Allen, Alto,
second vice-president; M. A. Davey,
Palestine, third vice-president, and
James H. Rounsaville, Rusk, secretary
and treasurer.
More than a hundred representa-
tives of eleven East Texas Counties
attended. The new association will
have no legal status. It will seek, as
a private association, to stimulate
interest in the water development
program and help promote legisla-
tion essential to water conservation.
James L. Norton, Jr., State Rep-
resentative from Nacogdoches, told
the group:
"We want to make our rivers
work for us. If we can do this we
won't have to ask industry to come
to East Texas. It will come of its
own accord."
Jack Wisener. State Representa-
tive from Wells, said he was hope-
ful of early legislation creating a
river authority for nine and pos-
sibly eleven counties in the Upper
Neches and Angelina watershed.
James I. Perkins of Rusk, former
Cherokee County Judge, said the
new group will seek to educate the
public to the need of a sound water
conservation program.
The board of directors will com-
prise two representatives from each
county in the watershed area. Mem-
bers chosen at the organization
meeting are:
Jesse Breedlove and Wilson Dan-
iel, Tyler; Rho Cox, Nacogdoches; W.
V. Watts, Cushing; J. I. Perkins,
Rut'k; T. E. Acker, Jacksonville; T.
T. Fitzgerald and Ross Tompkins,
Chandier; Jeff Davis and Melvin
Jones, Crockett; Claude Davis, Apple
Springs; Frank Ed White, Groveton;
Jim Ben Edens, Corrigan; Milton T.
Potts, Livingston and B. T. Town-
send, Zavalla.
W. L. Anderson. E. S. Douglas.
Arthur Brooks, and O. T. Alien were
among those attending from Alto.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Poore and Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Brooks were in
Longview Tuesday night in attend-
ance at the Longview District Meet-
ing of the Boy Scouts of America.
that Cherokee
Mr. Poore stated
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... . - ti t. ,,i County won the sheepskin of ine
benefit checks are smailer when ali i . . . \ <h<*
wages are not posted to the worker's
account."
District this year for having the
best attendance at scout meetings
and the most activities of the various
scout troops. Shelby County had won
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in this county the music for the parade, which will
growing cotton has direct interest in i be made up of floats representing
the cotton marketing quota referen- the surrounding community schools
dum," Mr. Cates said. "It affects and some of the local business firms.
Creation of a state river authority
for the Angelina and Upper Neches
Rivers is the first objective of a
new watershed 'association or-
ganized at Nacogdoches, Friday night.
The long range goat is construc-
tion of a series of dams to provide
age in favor of quotas, based on the] control floods,
six referenda, is around 90 per cent conization is known as
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F. L. Weimar & Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1949, newspaper, December 8, 1949; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215163/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.