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^,MA3 & SON, EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
THE ALTO HERALD
kLlSHKD 1HM
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $2.00 PER YEAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PER YEAR OUTSIDE OP COLMTY
t . '
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Around
\ . Herald launches out
. ,7th year. It first
['l^htofdayin May 1896
T " f«r a news-
L .ri.'iituouslylive. Asfaras
1. ' ncverhadabreath-
Ln .nut missed only the
that the printers
L . ,,k It's a far cry back
[ thts paper first]
. appearance. It's a
.A;., altogether. A few
on main street told
t'-wn here. Hordes,
re the mode of
attda horse and]
... luxurious way tt<
[, .. .iays nobody was inj
. and you s.-ldom heard of a
[. ,. .tt attack. People]
j,.,. ,[ accumulated slow-j
-n-.,. - march through life!
t . .-;t).-y ltfe a little
t today In order that
just how long 50
state that the year
L . outinlife. H. M.
L .r. v. ,!- old. just in the
[c<hfc John Kelly had just
1 ightocasta Dento-
' i O. T. Ailen had
tt, ... Old Sacred Harp
religious gathering
^ set by everybody
politics seriously
< talites were held
;r.,.j:,'.r'ion years and poli-
ter':: -i everything but the
[jj' .ke they do today.
' passed on. Alto got
fr.s mby clothes, and brick
)s;;hea;i!) to appear on main
f... t.4 this period the
[:: trc<-'. lights which realty
t :n the tag town class. Then
[thr..\)iiantandafewmore
{ric- ,n ! 'hen the automobiles,
i T F-: - s ere the popular
j,i; : 'i'..i'.ton because that
[theontykitidof a Mr that
tgttau'nn the streets and
jandtui'.^ate without stick-
it a mudhote. Every fellow who
tr .i;]:-!]) those days was a
; a hatf dozen axles.)
: A.- :hr first thing to break
s ar . a heavy pull to j
< M udhole.
tho.\ tomatoes were
Farmers packed then:
at .tit ;tr basket crates and
] '. tand loaded in
!**' tr.. fust came into
pf' ' '['.itvittcandBuHard
it throughout the
t'.0d.
)-i magetnent of ti'e
' t)n picture in !920
cd the paper from
' - 'urcaseti. We are
' :getthatf)ay. Itwas
' : April. (Saturday)
' ^ ' ' c..i' m ownership of
tt.ade at the Alto
t -.'umay afternoon,
j tltuusatid dollars
" < ;) ' :: payment on the
J : ' at!<i signed a
al thousand dol-
1 ^ ' s morning came
^ ' ic:<!. but during the
frost had settled
t t v< i y tomato plant
'3 'untt. )t made us
[ ' bottom
* Md a tomato
. b..'
WELL KNOWN
LYNCH CHAPEL
C!T!ZEN PASSES
Alto tost one of its finest citizens!
Thursday „,ght„f tast week. ,h, n
W.H Dixon of the Lynches Chapel
community d.ed a sanitarium at
JacksonvtHe He took suddenly ttl
Thursday and .ca^ taken to thei
sanitarium where he exp,red m a
few hours
ALTO HEHAU). ALTO. TEXAS. JUNE )9. t952.
NO. 1.
Dixon was born
t Millican, Texa-
George and Eit^a
John WiHiani
March 6. tMa ;
being the son )f
Dixon
He moved to Cherokee County
and settled near Lynch< - Chape!
in 1902. lit 1906 he was united in
marriage to Betty !tendrick and to
this union etght children were :) ,rr..
five daughters and three sots an.'
ofwhom dted incu^tifcSur-
vivors are iu wite ar.d hve
daughters. Mrs. En/a Brooks
Mrs. Opal Shuptrir, a.d Mr.
Panzy King. Alto: at:;) Mrs. Hugh
Pierce and Mr. RathSiUman,
Rusk: two sotts, John M and Mortis
Dixon of Rusk: four sisters. Mr<.
Frank Barber. Hereford. Texas:
Mrs. Joe Hastitigs. Dimmitt, Texas.
Mrs. Jesse CroA. Tyler, and Mrs.
Henry Fuller. Bryan: t'.co brothers.
Dick Dixon. Amarttto and Claude
Dixon. Catneton. Texas: nine grand-
children also sar^ve.
Early in life ho joined the Old
Camp Ground Baptist Church and
his membership is still in this church
which has been moved to a site
near his honte.
Funera) services were held at
Lynches Chapel Saturday afternoon
at 3:0)) o'clock with the Rev. Walter
R. Clark of Neches performing the
funeral rites, assisted by the Rev.
Gene Tomlin and the Rev. Mr
SchwittersofRusk. interment was
in the Lynches Chapel cemetery
under auspices of Terrell Lodge No.
83, A. F. & A. M. of which he was a
valued member. O. T. Allen & Son
Funeral Directors of Alto directed
the arrangements.
TW)S IS A PART OP
Everybody^ Business
, \\M p'^' .'"'*"S'r''stof;\)'[<)is;ichurt..hofGodthat is known
oes.tne Church " A Baptist congregation worships there,
more than a Baptist church edtfice.
nere has been probably more funerals held in this church build-
m. Lhan t.i any other in East Texas.
,„' -r ".**!' and cool as any building in the summer, and in
n.. t " butane gas to heat it for comfort. The building is kept
i< 1 ' " ! members of the Baptist Church in the Grange
naii community.
Li ,.r t-tj'd bitter days when a funeral is held, anyone who is bury-
^ ^ cemetery nearby, can go in the church and
rl/ ^ ^ ^ soun have the building comfortable. All of this is
SS] '1< -at cost to any otte. Members of the congregation of the Baptist
church there foot t))e bill.
Hut nowcomes the time when repairs have to bemade on the
^.:ur<'h budding and the congregation wants to add another room,
they arc i ,t making a house-to-house campaign for money, and The
lici ai.i doesn't thtnk they should have to.
When a b.idditig tike this is used by everybody, free of any obli-
ga'ton to anyone, then we oelieve that any retpatrs or additions that
tia! t)ui!(iing mtght need should be paid for by the public and they
hould be glafi to do their part as a pub)ic service. This should not
be ione by Alto people, but by everyone, and especially those
w:ai iiav.' iatd i.^ved ones to rest tn Oid Palesttne Cemetery.
Hat: [t'cJs of people i:ave u:ed this church attd cemetery who have
no aUtttaa <n w.th the Baptist church whatever, but the property has
been usci oy them just as freely as the members of the Baptist
Church ot Grange Hal).
Tt.t.;. should be grateful, and appreciation and gratitude can be
expressed by helping this congregation keep the building up and in
readiness for others who will use it in the years to come.
We are calling this to the attention of the public, not as a plea to
help a church, but to reciprocate in a small way to show gratitude to
those who have so kindly kept a place in readiness all these years
that we might use it to pay last respects to those whom we have lost
in death.
A contribution sent to Mrs. Viola Scales. Route <. Atto. Texas, or
left at the Continental State Bank at Alto, will be gratefully received
by these people who are endeavoring to keep the building up that it
n:!ght be used to worship God and be a tender and restful place for
those who will use it to pay that last tribute to a loved one.
sick
of our
CMp that
'slate, and we man-
' P'^'hrough hard times,
crinkles that are
''"us today.
'-paper in Alto
j'ytous. We did
"" make a whole lot of
' ke a living and be
' this world. We
that. We have
two years during
ave made life-'
Wcknow most of
" f'tst nameandj
It has been a.
ace and wo have
"H moved to Alto ^
of offers to sell:
that we could
' aed to another
-c this one. and a'
aldn't buy the
We are too old
'sh money and
to spend }t any-
'aiiversaries. John
Western Auto
is celebrating
'ness in Aito by
'f you need a fan.
see some of the
''in his ad in this
CHiLD MEETS
TRACK DEATH !N
AUTO ACC!0ENT
Funeral servicc- wil) be heir)
this afterttoon for M;irvin Hay Lusk.
two-year-old son of Mr. aitd Mrs
WitlMarvmLuM^. fmmcr]y"fA)to.
but now residents of Clute. Texah.
Services wil) beheld in t):c Meth-
odist Church, conouctcd by the Rev.
Dan Bynum, pastor of tt:c Alto
Methodist Circuit. ass<stcti by the
Rev. Marshall Hamptoti. pastor of
the Atto Methodist Church. Inter-
ment was in the Alto City Ccmeteiy
directed by O. T.A)len& Son. Fu-
neral Directors of this city.
The child was killed in an auto-
mobile accident at Vetasco. but up to
press time no particulars were avai!-
3t)l0'
Marvin Ray was the grandchtld of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Atlen and
Henry Lusk of this city.
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FOR
SUMAfE/? SEMESfFR
Fifteen students from A)to have
enrolled for the summer semeste^
at Stephen F. Austin State CoHege,
at Nacogdoches
Registrar S. W. MKcwcn saai,
they include: Alfred K. Oanhctm
Jr..' Sam J Karl. Ma.g.e Singletary
Gerald P. M;!yn;n !.Tc(!Mo(U'. . "'
Kenneth Feldet Francis W. Ljides
James M. Grammcr. i'hi'a <
Schulet, Sara
B. Cruseturncr. Ma:c .
HarryF.Maddi'i.Em'""
and Jo Francc- R"be; '"
FOR F^F MFFF'OD^r
C/Vt/RC/V
!):45A. M--Chu..-< S^.,.!.
7:t)0P. M - M. Y. r
Study Course. ,„i..<)-io
H00PM. Evening Moi.ship.
,, rnooctock
The studs eoUtsi 'L
^ is he ng pre-
oachS"''d='y' "'''''l. ^ ,t is a
sontedhythcM " ' Evcivone
s,„dyofthcfnmi.''l'f' J
!!\hfother services at
course and ah
the Methodist Ctunrti^
We ouglJ to avoid in ourselves
the faults that we blame in
MSTRiCT SCOUTS i
MEET MONDAY
AT JACKSONVILLE
District leaders of the Tomato j
[(Cherokee County) Boy Scout dis-!
! trict will meet at B p. tn. Monday
m the city audtturium at Jackson-j
ville with John Box. Jr., presiding;
to discuss camp activities for dis-'
j trict troops this summer.
Various committees of the dis-
trict are expected to give reports on
jschedutes for troops planning to at- {
tend Camp Tonkawa. north of
! Nacogdoches, this year.
Troops which have made reser-
vations for the cantptnclude four
from JacksottviHe and one each
'from Maydelte. Rusk and Alto.
Tmops. with scoutmasters listed,
are as follows:
Troop 105. Alto. Frank Ed Wei-
mar: 4Ul.Jackso"vHte,D.K Bak-
'cr: 402. Jacksonville. Dr. R. W. Null.!
Jr.:403, Jacksottvillt?'Harle5Stcph-}
ens: 405. Rusk. Join: Russell: 407.
Jttcksonvitle. Jerry Spettcer; andj
32fi. Maydelle. J. D. Light.
^FRF /VFXF
S^FURDAK
Sponsored by the Cherokee Coun-
ty Tuberculosis Association, the
^ Texas X-ray unit will be in Atto;
next Saturday located at the Alto
City Hall. , , .
Every person, both whtte attd
colored, arc being urged to have an
X-rav made white the unit is here.
There is no cost attached to the
examination.
The unit will also be here Tuesday
of next week.
Amatterofprinc'Plcis often a
cloak to conceal an exhibition of
selfishness.
ALTO SHiPPED
S!X1Y-S!X CARS
TOMATOES
The tomato deai for Cherokee
County has passed the crest and is
on the way out. The hot dry weath-
er has stunted the vines and unless
it rains in the next 24 hours, what
is left of the crop wiil all be 6-7
and smaHer, however, most of the
crop has already been shipped.
The Alto section crop was not
too targe at the beginning, but to-
matoes have been marketed here
from many surrounding counties,
and up to last night 66 cards had
been bilted out over the Cotton
Belt besides the cartoad shipments
that went out in large vans.
Farmers are jubilant over the
good prices as the market has held
at [2c. 13e and )4c throughout the
season, but is expected to drop as the
crop deteriorates from now on.
There has been lots of toads of to-
matoes that brought $200 and $300
each. Some have been higher than
that. On this page is a picture of one
load that brought $425.00 and the
Heratd has been advised that one
other load brought to town was sold
for $508.00.
Tomato men state that unless a
rain comes in the next few days,
shipping witt tikely come to a close
by the middle of next week.
VFFFR/t/VS OF FORE/GAf
W4RS W/FF MFFF
FOMGHF fFHt/RSDAY)
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
8908 will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 7:30 o'clock at the V. F. W. Hall.
All members are urged to be
present and new members are wel-
come to join the organization.
Rip McGauphey.
Commanding Officer.
LOCAL GAS MEN CANDIDATES
ATTEND 5-H ATE ULED EXPENSES
MEET !N DALLAS LAST MONDAY
The amazing story of the phe- Cherokee County candidates filed
nonrenal mcrease m the use of bu- ;hetr expense accounts to date last
un- i Monday. Onty two have recpivcJ
gifts to help defray their campaign
tane and propane gas will be
folded in Dallas in June when bu
tane-propane dealers of five ad-
joining states of the Southwest meet.
Hoyt Lyons and Biil Neal Shattuck,
owners of Lyons Butane Company
in Atto, are attending the gathering
which is the seventh
to statements
Clerk Harotd
expenses, according
filed with County
Mitier in Rusk.
Under a new state law, candidates
are required to fite periodic reports
annual of donations made to their campaign
convention of the Texas Butane; funds, showing the date and amount
Deaters Association. of the gift received and the name of
The butane industry has grown j the donor.
from nothing to one of the big ones Monday was the final fi)ing date
of the nation in the last twenty for the period beginning on May
years." Messrs. Lyons and Shattuck 27. and Sheriff candidate J.B. (Britt)
from year to year are remarkable. Taytor and J. R. Martin, candidate
satd. "The advances in the industry , for commissioner. Precinct 4, were
and hundreds of Tcxans and other the only two to list gifts.
dealers flock to our annual associa-j Each report carries a summary of
tion conventions to inform them- financial aid and expenses through-
selves about the many new things'out the campaign, ptus the summary
in the industry." ] for the period ending. Tayior showed
The local butane-propane dealers a gift of $65 from Mrs. Sam Rix of
Jacksonville prior to May 27, and
Martin listed a gift of $40 from
"Friends and Co-workers."
Taylor showed totai campaign ex-
penses of $2iL30. and incumbent
Sheriff Frank Brunt showed expen-
ofrurat
pointed out that hundreds
families of this area are enjoying
modern city conveniences and com-
forts because of butane and propane
gas. "The industry has done a big
job in modernizing rural living,"
they said. "It's getting pretty hard j ses of $155.00
to travel far in the country without j Martin's expenses
seeing a butane tank, and wherever i $73.50.
were listed as
you see such a tank you know that
the folks living there are enjoying
the same kind of comforts and con-
veniences available to peopte in the
cities."
Other commissioners, none of
whom listed gifts, and their < expen-
sesare as follows:
S. P. Fox, Precinct 2, $20; Mack
Allen. Precinct 4, $46; G. P. Bur-
Butane men have a "trade name' roughs. Precinct 2, $62.50; L. L.
for the big tank trucks that ply be- ; Etheridge, Precinct 3, $87.50; G. M.
tween their storage plants and home: Black. Precinct 1. $17.50; Aulma
storage tanks. They call them "pipe- : Burton, Precinct 4. $22.75; and J. D.
lines on wheels" and that's a pretty . DuBose. Precinct 2, $20.00.
apt description, for the tank is in ; Other filings were as follows:
reality the pipe line that brings j County Treasurer John T. Watson,
modern conveniences to people far ' no gifts. $77.50.
back in the country. ] county Judge J. W. Summers, no
Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck and Mr.! gifts, $88.25.
Lyons left Wednesday for Dallas and ) state Representative: H. E. Mof-
wilt be there until Friday.
TEXAS HIGHWAY
PLANNERS MEET
IN JACKSONVILLE
District 3 of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce highway
conference is scheduled for today
at Jacksonville. Highway leaders
of East Texas witt attend the
meeting which gets underway at
2 p. m. at the Liberty Hotel.
Thomas W. Baker, Nacogdoches
banker and president of ETCC
will head a list of chamber officials
who witl conduct the conference.
Others on the program will be
Hubert M. Harrison, general man-
ager of the regional organization
A. F. Mitchell of Corsicana and
chairman of the ETCC highway
committee. Cart Cooper, tax expert
for the ETCC, Stan Shivety, Charles
M. Fugitt and Wittiam Witson, who
conducted Jacksonvitle's common- SOtF4^?F DA^VCF
ity clinic here last fat!. /4F V F W /VAFF
feit. no gifts, $285.50 spent; W. W.
Glass, no gifts, $259.05 spent; J. G.
(Jake) Johnson, no gifts, $382.35
spent; and J. Perrin Wittis, no gifts,
$151.58 spent.
Constabte: Lewis J. Lane. Precinct
3. no gifts, $62.50; Coy Dickson, Pre-
cinct 4, no gifts, $22.50; Forest Gro-
gan, Precinct 2. no gifts. $10.50; W. R.
Jordan.Precinctl.no gifts, $7.50;
Jim White, Precinct 3, no gifts, $28;
A. Pete Bailey. Precinct 5, no gifts,
nothing spent.
Justice of the Peace: R. W. Ander-
son. Precinct 2, no gifts. $7.50; J. S.
Simpson, Precinct 3, no gifts, nothing
spent; Gordon Craig, Precinct 1, no
gifts, $7.50; E. L. Lewis, Precinct 5,
no gifts. $6; J. T. McEivany, Precinct
5, no gifts, $t 1.
County Clerk: E. B. Musick, Jr.,
no gifts, $304.75.
District Clerk: A. C. Jenkins, no
gifts. $166.75; W. T. (Bill)Parrott,
no gifts. $198.65: N. B. Hall, no gifts,
$51.96.
County Attorney: Paut B. Cox, no
gifts. $89.50.
F. D.Newton, chairman of the
Jacksonvilte CC highway commit-
tee, will present the results of a
survey conducted in cooperation
with County Judge J. W. Summers Saturday night. June 21.
Admission for dancers will
SAFt/RDAyjV/GMF
The local V. F. W. Post will spon-
sor a square dance at their hall next
BIG MONEY
and the Rusk Chamber of Com-
merce. The report wilt become patt
of a state-wide survey of primary,
secondary and i'nrm-to-market road
needs, listed according to the
urgency of the need.
This meeting is one of more
1 than a dozen regional meeting
[being held throughout the state
Gist of all the regional reports wilt
j be compited for presentation to the
Texas Highway commission as tin
{aid to the organization in planning
i'utunc Hate-wide toad [nogtams.
Eleven counties of District 3 witl
]be represented according to Man-
ger J. E. Brown of the chamber of
icommerce. They are Cherokee,
$t.f)0. spectators 50c and
free.
Everyone is invited to come
be
children
We arc a little bit suspicious of
people who have everything ar-
ranged and accomplish their work
on schedule.
WANT SOME
FREE BRICK?
Smith. Hcnitcr.son. Amters'Hi, Rusk.
Houston. Nacogdoches, San Au-
} Justine, Sabine. Shelby and I'anota
jCountics.
Summers A. Norman, president
! of the Jacksonvitle chamber, will
deliver the welcoming address.
in Atto lias brought forth some btg sums o]
Tltirtcencritttonrao .j,,,,^.)lc,^!,,^'$200.')t^a!:''^.^:30^).0^)fnr^;
,„iey to grower i^en quite frequent here during tin
,,g]rtruck<"'^^-"' ^^.,,j,;, portion of the tomato yard takct
..ttntida^-- ttr:ut' .„,i,t,,. ,ii^t,n-<'s;hr)\s^SattiEaitt
monr
sittgl
past ten days.
here
'rcgiouiid.tttc picture sho"sSamEarle
a lew )„,sh,-ts of tomatoes ho brought In from the
and 1"\','," , , ..Lt of Alto. This load was bought by Wcldon
Albert Alien t't . ^ whitemnn shed. They were bought "as
Hcndrick. buyer ^ this 75 bushels was $425.00.
is 'culisanaati.
SPFCF4FJOFFFR
Yes. from now until September 1.;
1952 a new subscriber may obtain an
8 months subscription to the Readers j
Digest for only $1.00.
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service is the representative. For
further information call Mrs. Arch
Holcomb, phone 28. or Mrs. Byron*
Bianton, phone 60.
Fifty thousand brick. "All for
free!"
That's the proposition being
offered by the trustees of the
Alto independent School District.
The new Alto school buiiding
is to have an overhanging roof
and this means that about three
feet of the present brick walls on
) all sides of the building wil!
have to be cut down.
According to Hoyt Lyons,
member of the board, these
brick wil! be given to any person
who wi!l take them off of the
budding.
i If you are p!anning on building
a brick structure, and want these
brick, sec Mr. Lyons. ^
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