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THE ALTO HERALD
WEiMAR A SON, EDtTORS AND PUBLiSHERS
SUBSCR)PT)ON PR)CE, $2.00 PER YEAR )N CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.SO PER YEAR OUTSIDE OF COUNTY
ESTABLISHED 1896
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO. TEXAS, MARCH 27. t952.
NO. 4).
pnt AroMnd
( Troubles—We never talk about out
U wn unless they effect somebody etsc
--nd in this case they do effcct our
tbscribers. Ever since we have been
t the newspaper business, we have
urchased a ready-print service that
trried a page of comics, a Sunday
chool lesson, serial story, columns
. Walter Winchell, Drew Pearson
. / id other features. After next week
/,is will be discontinued, not because
' J is our choice, but because the firm
^e have been buying these features
om will discontinue the service,
uring the past two years, they have
ised the price of these features five
and state that it was either
ise the price of the newspapers
;ain or quit, so they quit. In the
eeks to come the Herald manage-
ent will make efforts to get other
atures for the Herald. They may
. slow coming but we hope eventuai-
to get them. Now comes another
idache: The postal department has
sing ar ised the postage rate on second
tss matter, which means another
- i per cent increase on our weekty
^ ailing privileges of the Herald. As
e radio commentator says. "It's the
g],. pis of our times," so we "grin and
ar it." Nope, we are not raising
* price of- subacfl^ion—yet. We
y pe we won't ever have to.
*
The storm Saturday morning
ought the newspaper boys in
jves. Tom Pite and Shep Scoggin
re here from Jacksonville; Henry
ien from Tyler; Kenneth Irish from
fkin and Bob Hays from Dailas.
ey were ail after pictures and in-
^mation about the "Mow." They
it as the Sunday papers demon-
'ated.
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in the r
leturm:
he w.<
who
cd time
ies.
T)3rt \s a news representative of station
"FA, we called that station early
turday morning to report the
at Alto and a sweet young lady
k the call. When we informed her
t we had had a bad storm at Alto
immediately asked us where
o "Was." Lady, w* are piumb
iamed of ^ou. Where is Alto, why
;its right square in the middle of
best part of East Texas, and East
xas is square in the middie of the
;t state in the union. Alto is the
HL ^ter point between Lufkin, Jack-
tviiie, Nacogdoches and Crockett
! the halfway point between Daiias
3 Houston; halfway between Waco
d Shreveport; has the Neches river
^tjren miles on the west and the
C' gelina seven miles on the east,
ly sister, we are right square dab
the middle of heaven, and you
n't know where Alto is. Get yout
ography, honey, and get up on yout
[ucation, you have missed the most
portant part of the knowtedge that
ould have been given you when
ju were in the third grade. We have
)e prettiest gals this side of the
[ississippi river. Our ribbon cane
(rup has made Aito famous even to
e South Sea islands. The succulent
of our tomatoes has made the
adway chorus girls turn pate with
vy. Our peaches has the taste and
llor of the skin you love to touch,
id the taste of our biscuits is even
yond the description of Lin Biggter.
e have cut and shipped enough
mber to build another entire worid.
id that is taking in some territory,
'here is Aito, why bless your heart,
)u can't turn your head in any
I )w irection that you won't see some-
f gas turr' ting that came from Aito, Texas. If
j ou don't believe us, ask Fred]
iorence who started in Atto on a
ime and went up and took over
%ht <i t 'atlas. Come to Alto, Sister, and yout
!. belts ducation will be compieted.
as a ^ '
iift cui <
STORM PLAYED
HAVOC !N AND
NEAR ALTO
A twisting and bouncing tornado,
bringing a wind of 65 mites an hour
velocity, hit the Aito section Saturday
morning about one o'clock and ieft
destruction in its wake that has been
estimated between $35,000 and $50,000
in property damage.
It seems hard to beiieve, but no
one was kiiied or injured during the
thirty-minute biow that roared in
from the northwest and went out the
southeast ieaving buitdings ripped
open, roofs blown off and trees by the
hundreds uprooted and btown down.
The first estimate Saturday morn-
ing was that 25 houses and barns had
been hit over a ten miie iong and
four miie wide strip, but further in-
vestigation has reveated that more
than doubie that number were dam-
aged and at ieast one-third of them
are a totai loss.
The most serious damage inciudea
the Forest Grogan home immediateiy
south of town on Highway 69, the
home of Edward Bynum immediateiy
across the road from the Grogan
residence, the Primrose Baptist
Church and the Meivin Wiiiiams
home.
On the west side of town the F. M.
Inge homeplace, three miies out on
Highway 21, was aiso severeiy dam-
aged, the roof being tifted on the east
side of the house and window lights
blown out.
The boat houses at Duren Lake, 4
miies west of Aito, were ieveied ana
the J. C. Hiil cabin was knocked
from its foundation. Trees by the
dozen were biown down ait over the
iake and aiong the right-of-way on
Highway 2i.
There is no way to estimate the
number of barns that were unroofed
and many compieteiy des royed but
there must have been at ieast one
hundred.
On another page of the Herald this
week will be seen pictures of the
destruction that was reveated Satur-
day morning after day tight.
HOW EOW CAM
A PERSON GET
Mr. and Mrs. Meivin Wi'.ii&ms had
their home wrecked by the storm iast
Saturday. They had not been living
in the home for some time but thetr
furniture was in the home.
Since the storm, somebody has been
going to the wrecked hou!e and
stealing furniture and other items
from the residence.
PLANS PERFECTED
FOR RED CROSS
DR!VE
Plans were taid here Thursday
night of iast week for Aito td join
the rest of Cherokee County in the
Red Cross Drive which is now
underway and wiil ciose April 10th.
Mrs. M. J. Hogan has been darned
as tocat chairman of the organisation
here and Mrs. Ciyde Poore as Secre-
tary-Treasurer.
W. F. (Bitt) Dickson, who Upre-
sents forty counties in this area, at-
tended the meeting and ouMined
pians for the drive, and gave the
local group some information on
what was being done in other Coun-
ties.
The Cherokee County quota has
been set at $8,000.00 and Jacksonville
has taken up $4,000.00 of this amount
and Rusk has agreed to assume a
$2,000.00 quota and Atto, Forest and
Wetts has been set at $1,500.00.
Red Cross funds wiil be handled
in a different manner than formerly,
according to Mr. Dickson, and ait
funds collected here wiii be divided
on a 60-40 basis and the iocai fdnds
wili be kept in Alto and used instead
of being sent to the county chapter
as has been done in the past.
The Atto organization will be
known as a Home Service Unit and
ait Red Cress matters wiil be held
locatty.
Mrs. Hogan has atready started to
perfect an organization for south
Cherokee County and citizens and
civic groups wiii be ask to aid in the
drive to raise the south Cherokee
quota.
PAPER BK 7HE 70/V
MADLY DAMAGED
BYSTORM
The reforestation program in Texa:.
received a serious setback earty Sat-
urday morning, when a severe wind-
storm swept the freshty ptanted seed-
beds at the Indian Mound Nursery
near Aito, destroying two-thirds oi
the seed that had been sown. The
overhead sprinkier system and nur-
sery buitdings were atso damaged.
Don Young, head. Management De-
partment, Texas Forest Service, in-
[ spected the 73-acre Cherokee County
nursery fottowing the storm. Young
I said, "There is a minimum of $5,000
damage, but no amount of money wiit
reptace other tosses. For exampie,
most of the avaiiabie seed from cer-
tain selected sources was lost, includ-
ing some seed sown for individuat
companies. A doiiar vaiue cannot b^
piaced on these losses. Fortunately,
most of the seedbeds can be resown
immediateiy, using seed cottected in
Texas and held in cotd storage iockers
for use in future years."
The high winds were accompanieo
by heavy rains. The burtap and pint
straw mulch used to cover the seed
beds were blown off exposing the
unprotected seed, whici was biown
and washed away. The iong strips of
burlap caught on tin; overhead
sprinkler system, tearing down the
pipes and twisting them into odd de-
signs. Part uf the roof to the packing
shed was Liown off. Other nursery
buitdings sustained minor damage.
Considerabie timber in the storm's
path was uprooted in Houston and
Cherokee counties.
"This storm wiii seriousiy hamper
the production of shortteaf and lob-
ioiiy pine seediings in i952," Young
reported. "We had anticipated a
record production of 20 mitiion
seediings at the Indian Mound
Nursery this year. Any reduction in
the seedling production this year
wiii be especialiy criticai, since iast
year's production was seven miltion
seedtings betow expectations. We
were unabie to fiit many orders for
tree seediings iast winter."
OED 77MER
REMEMBERS f/RSf
DRt/G SEORE
The foiiowing ietter was received
Monday from E. H. Bet), who tives a!
Dcnison, Texas.
Editor Heraid:
Was shocked to learn of the terribie
storm which struck your section
Saturday.
Have always had a warm spot in
my heart for your town and com-
munity as it was there in i857 that
my father, the iate Dr. C. M. Beit,
opened the first drug store there and
did a generai practice of medicine
over a wide area for severai years,
to the Neches on the west, Rusk on the
north and across the Angetina as far
as Homer.
Hoping that you att may putt out of
this disaster soon and in best shape
possible, I am most respectfutty,
E. H. Bett.
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Pictured here is Sam Earie unloading two and a hatf tons of
newsprint that wiit be used to print the Aito Heratd during the next
few months. Mr. Earie went to Houston to get the shipment. Coiored
boys in the picture are L. B. Biackshire on the truck and Johnnie
Shotwetl on the ground. Strangely enough, this paper came from
Canada, notwithstanding the fact that we are thirty miies from a
paper miti )at Lufkin) that makes the same kind of paper, but it
is not avaitabte to smait printing offices.
C0NV!CTSR0B
RUSK STORE
TUESDAYNKHT
Two state convicts who escaped
from the Seagoviiie Federai Prison,
robbed the Western Auto Store at
Rusk Tuesday night, but were onty
interested in getting firearms as
they stopped oniy tong enough to get
a shot gun and one or more pistois.
They were spotted in Lufkin earty
Wednesday morning and Sheriff Jonet
gave chase and forced them to
wreck their car near Lufkin, which
they abandoned and cscaped.
Lufkin officers betieve they stole
another car and made their get-away,
however, Lufkin is being combed
for the pair and ait car theft reports
are being checked ctosety.
an ELECTMN
SETFOR
NEXT TUESDAY
Voters in the city of Aito and the
school district wiil have the oppor-
tunity to use their poll tax during
the next three weeks in three dif-
ferent elections.
Next Tuesday city voters wiil go
to the poiis and vote for three aider-
men and have six candidates to
choose from.
The terms of Arthur Brooks, Ciyde
Poore and Meivin Jeter expire and
they are standing for re-election.
Three other candidates who have
fiied for the piaces are Frank Ed
Weimar, Buet Rogers and J. R.
Looney.
Any qualified voter can vote in
the city election.
On Aprii 5, the schooi trustee elec-
tion wiil be held and this wiii be
wide open to a fieid of six candidates,
as O. T. Alien and Otlie Campbell
are retiring from the board. Six
new names wiil be on the schooi
batiot and they include J. B. Arnold,
Ciyde Weaver, Jake Hamiiton, A. L.
Bearden, W. H. (Hoyt) Lyons and H.
M. Treadwell.
Any qualified voter can atso vote
in this election.
On April 9, the property tax pay-
ing voters will be catted upon to vote
on a $i 65,000.00 oond issue for a new
schooi building.
All three of these elections are
creating quite a bit of interest and
wiii more than likely bring out a
good vote.
REV/VAE AE BARSOEA
Beginning Sunday morning, March
30, a ten day revival wilt be held at
the Barsola Church. The pastor. Bob
Batson of Jacksonviite, witi bring the
morning and evening messages Sun-
day. Eider Mitton Wright of Jackson-
viite will do the preaching all the
week. We extend a cordial welcome
to everyone, everywhere.
Mrs. Nettie Bruton, Mrs. Maisie
Knox of Ponca City, Okia., and
Mrs. Bertie Rawtison of Cushing,
visited their aunt, Mrs. W. M.
Thomas, Sunday night.
ALTO'S PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
NOUCE
Will the possessor of the Methodist
n t !ir< intermediate Department basket
{t ie. oiease return it to Hamiiton Jewelry
Store.
Mrs. Jake Hamiiton.
O
rof<on
CARD Of THANKS
I want to say "thank you" to ali
he good people who have been so
thoughtful since I have been th. For
the many nice gifts of food, cards,
money, linens and your visits, I am
deeply grateful.
May God's richest biessings be
yours.
C. L. Page.
der
Mesdames H. M. Treadwetl, Hoscoe
Etter and Carl Yoweii were visitors
<in Dallas Wednesday of iast
ALTO
PUBLIC SCHOOL
SOME HOME
AND SCHOOL
C0MPAR!S0NS
In making up your mind to vote-
on the schooi bond issue on April 9,
give the following thoughts some
consideration:
You are just as proud of your
chiidren as you can be which is-
perfectly natural.
When they become of school age,
you make every preparation to start
them to schooi. Your ambition for
them is running very high, and at
the same time, you realize that it is
going to be a long puli to get them
through school. Eleven years to be
exact, so you pian to that end.
First they must be properiy clothed
both for their comfort and to iook as
good as the other chiidren. You are
proud that first day they go to
school.
Now as a good citizen, you want
the best teachers obtainable to teach
your chiidren. You want them special-
ists in their particular grades, and
you appreciate the fact that these
teachers have spent several years and
hundreds of dollars in order to pre-
pare themselves to teach your chil-
dren.
Next you want your children to go
to a good school where you know they
wiit be comfortabte and in pleasant
surroundings so their mind can be
susceptibie to the things they must
iearn.
You want wett lighted school
rooms, comfortable seats, the very
best of sanitary conveniences antf
any other thing that wiii advance
your child's education.
As a good American citizen, yoM
have a perfect right to expect these
things, but we must remember, in
order to accompiish them we must
work together if you want your chil-
dren to have the same or better con-
veniences than they have at home,
and that cails for some sacrifice on
our part.
We can get the teachers, but we
must furnish the place for them to
teach your children. Just how fast
your chiidren advance in their grades
is a matter that is strictly up to you
and the teachers in the school. We
may have the very best of teachers,
but if they are not properiy equipped
they are badly handicapped from the
very beginning of your child's educa.
tion.
As we look into these matters and
your child's education, can we honest-
iy say that we have done the best for
our chiidren and our neighbors
chiidren in the way of furnishings
them a piace to attend schooi in Atto?
Docs the schoot buitding and equip-
ment we furnish the teachers seem
adequate for the things we expect
from them? Are the seats our chil-
dren are forced to use as good as the
chairs we furnish them at home? In
each room in the Aito schooi there is
one ionety tight that drops down from
the ceiiing. That tight is to take care
of from 20 to 35 children in each
toom. Are our homes illuminated that
way? Is that the best we give them
at home?
As for the buitding itscif: Are the
rooms and hails in your home dark
and gloomy and badly in need of
paint? Do they have large cracks
running from the ceiling to the floor?
Arc the floors rough and uneven from
tong years of use? Let's remember,
wc arc taiking about the ptace where
your chiidren spend most of the day-
light hburs of their iife.
And finatiy, was your home buitt
back in the earty twenties and if
so, is it a safe piace for your chiidren
to be in? Wc might ask that same
question about the Aito schooi build-
ing. With large cracks in the wails of
several of the rooms is it a safe
piaeo for your chiidren to be,
especiaily when a storm comes up?
It isn't the amount of tax pay that
counts in these instances, but your
chiidren's education.
Let's give these things some serious
consideration before wc decide that
the schooi buiiding is good enough
as it is and vote against the coming
bond issue.
WVATT C. MfOmCH
Above is a drawing of the new proposed Alto schoot building that wi't be constructed ho c if the bond issue is voted by the property tax
payers at att election to be heid on April 9 Much ol the oid buiiding wilt be used, but witl be renovated and brought up to date. The ovat
roof section of the buitding on the extreme right wiit be a new gymnasium that wiit be a new addition to the building. A complete new
added to those atready in the buitding. and when the job is completed get the benefit of as much dayiight as possible. More rooms wiil be
lighting system wiit be instaited, the tatest type windows put in to the whoie plant wiil took tike a new structure.
WOODMEN EODGE
W/EE HOED
REGt/EAR MEE77/VGS
LaSatte Camp No. 4f3. W. O. W. at
' Atto. has been revived and witt meet
I the first and third Monday nights.
! Place wit! be announced tater.
! AH Woodmen and visiting Sov-
ereigns are invited to these meetings.
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