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SON. ED'TORS AND PUBLISHERS
THE ALTO HERALD
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PER YEAR OUTSIDE OF COUNTY
toeing
Around
"'!K HEKALD. ALTO, TEXAS. JULY 3.
i952
NO. 3.
cut
week the electric
,fffora fewmin-
,nie back on again,
^ , , ]ti)hone operator and
.s!tat the time was as we
ciock. Jokingiy we
w A ere going to'move
cJum-.'. There isn't any use
he said, "they are
service too
up Main:
Ahowat ;,k
iJuly'toniort c,
leiosefort)iei<\
Cafes an i im;
serve Sunday h-t-.
thebujine hou
brief vacatioti
imtiit.'
'Hth
'ayres
will
! ob-
therestof
' akethe
FOR TOHAWA
NEXT SUNDAY
ALTO SOX
FACTORY TO
OPEN SOON
/VEW WfAAS FASFOR
This brings the
there is no such
, otintry any more.
. telephone service
refrigerators and aii
n„,],: ! invcniences are in
t almost everybody
Keen the morning
p.:.; .reprinted
to'c)."!<the night
k)i(,;i„n: sai'dsof farm homes
davtmh: every morning just
,/ar, for the city dwetters.
));,sa-comeaiongwayin
COFFEE SHOP
A!RC0NMT!0NEt)
THtS WEEK
Alto Boy Scout Troop No. 105
with Scoutmaster. Frank Ed Wei-
mar, and Ft. B.Homton. Scout Ex-
ecutive, will leave Sunday for
Camp Tonkawa, in
The deai wiii be eiosed the latter
part of this week between the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
and the Western Woods Products
, . , Nacogdoches I wherein the latter will purchase
County for a week's outing. Lit rights and titie to the land,
""t. mntieti of the troop machinery and other
to take the week vaca
pnit'-^
here.
it 1'^
before, ^
! v.'
The Hi-Way Cof:;eSha;<iti Alto
is now thoroughly .m co!i i;:ionc<)
Thtsimprowmetith, been an-
Mr
Oouglass who op-
erate the cafe.
The Coffee Shop ni - a trade
froinawitleaiet ,nl ,, list its
customers frontal);'.:-^ of Texas
d^'\a!o))]nent. The man who,^^j adjacent -'a'
.'.hat we term the rural ^ ,,pirates <,;t , .ti.'.-four
is just as weil informed on ^^sis. ami t.t- .r.<ve:ntg p'tbite
events as the man who ),e[.orrte acquainted with this
the oty. and with modern pij,. to ..top a' the Coffee
Nation and good roads, he is ^ Alto" they travel
mt as close to main street 3s Texa;
jlow who lives in town. There Their many customers, not only
ichtinug any more in this section, from distant
)m'.he country. _ points wilt appreciate this newest
# ^ ' improvement that has been added
17 Ait) be "politics day '^^_,;;ij[f.3ragcni:ntaft!i:soopu!ar
theplansof the ladies of' ^fe.
sleyan Service Guild of the [ —
Me'.holi.t Church continue
)lans fur that day. The affair
hiulcd to start about seven
I a! the Alto Football stadium
h! ..iottl 19:00 or 10:30
[tht.- ii;i!. dance wilicom-
[hcaLtivi'icsattheVFWhall
ti!). At! political candi-
Killhettn'itcdtomakeafive
ita!k <!nl Jake Johnson and
}tlr will be there to
music for the occasion. Be-
thcr tilings on the program.
lies will serve hot dogs, sand-
. cahc<. pies, and hot and
tir.k. Ir. other words, it's an
^sh::.tl jiolitical raliy like
Hcti ' - have a long time ago
)!a; ! is expected for
EAST TEXAS
TOMATO DEAL
NEARSEND
Hon.
They wiHbeat the Camp al!
< xt week, and Friday night will
p wi'nts night, when the mothers
in ! dads can visit the eamp, have
upptt with the boys and see what
they have been doing during their
weeks' stay.
This is an annual affair, and the
ooy.^wtif) have made the trip before
are lookitig forward with anticipa-
tion for a week of rea) enjoyment
and those who are making the trip
for the first time are eagerly wait—
inn to get to the place they have
heard so much about from their
scout companions.
Troop [03 wili meet at 12.30 p
m. Sunday at the Alto Heraid of-
where trucka and cars will be
available to take them to camp.
The foilowing boys have aiready
made the necessary arrangements
to, go:
Johnnie Steed. Charles Lewis
Thomas. Billy Jack Benge. Ford
Johnson. Dwight Lyons, Biitie Lee
3lack, Larry Holcomb, Bruce Cum-
by, Claude Earl McGaughey, Jerry
Moore. Billy Fred Hopson, Van
! Arnoid. Wallace Gayle, C W. Col-
lins, Joe Allen Brooks, Jimmy Hous-
} ton and Ke:i;.eth Cayie.
J. F Rosborouah
A number of tomato {lacking
ishedsinEast Texas closed iast
week. The remainder wtli operate
a few days to take care of the to-
matoes which are *til) in produc-
tion. Northeast Texas counties have
been shipping tomatoes tor ap-
i proximately a wecl;. <nd i.appcat^
^ that another week <
iments may "and up
iwitibethe tightest
MM'.
*
atii Brickbats.
'..<in both, but we
F plea, arc the former
't the latter. Here's
mtihr 1 frorA our good
^ ' ie Boone of Rusk
about the history
'!.:y than any other
Glancing Around'
' ^ !!' Id of June i!) is a
! Aot th the reading
avice. Especially
' oj)^iating a news-
i been a reai joy to
your keynote of
^1: K litor, don't seil
i illars, that would
the service the
ictKi^red the good
37 years. Try for
^ th Alto grow from
' (who knows) a
This
light ship-
the deal. This
and shortest
tomato deal on record for that sec-
usuaily begins June ta
'and continues until the middle of
Juiy. ,
Although tite crop this year has
light, the returns to grower.
h^nfrom S2"f to $).))()" Per
poun i. a pickup
would easily
$150 II,ere has
equipment of the Bagley Box Com-
pany on West Main Street in Alto.
The Western Woods Products, has
been in Atto for some time manu-
facturing wooden pallets for the
government, and the business has
been under the management of Mr.
J. L. MeCiain.
Mr. MeCiain advised a Herald
reporter Monday that extensive
repairs would be made on the pres-
ent property and such addition.,
wouid be made as was necessary.
AH machinery in the present plant
wili be retained and overhauled
and other machinery added that
was needed.
The purchasing firm expects to
manufacture ammunition boxes for
the government as their first pro-
ject, and Mr. MeCiain stated that
they already had a contract to make
a sufficient number of boxes for at
least a year's run. Plans are to run
the mili the year round and as neat
as can be estimated at this time the
firm wiil employ about fifty men.
ELKHART GROUP
SEEKING CL!N!C
!NF0RMAT!0N
Under the sponsorship of the Elk-
I hart Lions Ciub, a group of citizens
} from Eikhart met with the Alto
Lions Club at the reguiar luncheon
hour Tuesday. The visit was for the
! purpose of getting such information
as was available about the Alto
Medicai Ciinic.
The Lions club of that city is
sponsoring the movement to get a
clinic built in Elkhart, and they had
heard about the splendid job that
had been done to get the Alto clinic,
and they were anxious to get ail the
The Rev. G. Runge Nease is the [data possible in order that they
new pastor of the Wells Methodist [might follow as near as possible,
Church for the coming year. He} the plans that were used here.
comes from the Wesley Church in In the group visiting here included
North Houston. Rev. E. J. Davis, i M. V. Studervitie, President of the
Sr., who had been at Wells for the' Elkhart Lions Ciub, Joe McDowell,
past two years was transferred to Benton Knot, Odell Bennett and
one of the
Houston.
suburban churches in Jesse Gentry
you
[Ther,
been
have
acre. At 12c pe!
load of tomator-
bring from SI2o to
„mp!ai.it'.<i'onM shippers
the <tuaiityofto*
except the size
c;t on record
due largely to- a June
season in which no rai" occurred
throughout East Texas.
looking back over thecal. "'
Stokcsdalc varied
been no c
or receivers on
matoes this season
has been the stna
This was
SCHOOL BUS MEN
COMMENDED FOR
SAFETY RECORD
Forty-r.ino Cherokee County
school bus driver: traveiled 5f)(i.H00
miles to a commendation for out-
standing safety record from the
Texas Safety Association during]
1931.
A special award will also be given
to Cecil Fiatiklin. driver of a negro]
rhoo) bus at New Summerfield for
having driven the greatest number
of miles without a "chargeable" ac-
ciilent. His record was 570 miles
without mishap.
The Texas Safety Association
ii'.ikcsaimual awards for outstand-
ing safety records estabiished by
men who drive school buses, and
that Cherokee drivers had "not one
serious accident reported during the
past year."
FUND GROWS
OLD PALESTtNE
CHURCH REPA RS
Contributions continue to come in
to help defray the expense of re-
pairing Old Palestine Church and
add another room to the present
building.
!f you haven't yet made your con-
tribution it stiii is yvanted and can
be used to a great advantage. Make
your check payable to Old Palestine
church buiiding fund and maii it to
Mrs. Vioia Scales, Route 1, Alto,
Texas, or leave it at the Continentai
State Bank or Alto Herald office.
The foliowing persons have made
a contribution since the report was
made to the Herald iast week:
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cosper $25.00
SERV!CEMENCAN
VOTEWtTHOUTA
POLLTAXRECEtPT
Any member of the reserve on
extended active duty, selective ser-
vice draftee or member of the Na-
tionai Guard, on duty with Federal
forces, and members of the Mari-
time is quaiified to vote without a
poll tax receipt or exemption certi- )
ficate, if he was at least 21 years
oid on the day of the eiection, a'
citizen of the United States, hasj
resided in Texas at least one year
next preceding the election and for
six months within the county in!
which he offers to vote.
AH the serviceman needs to do
is apply to the county clerk for an
absentee ballot, which he can do at
any time.
For the second primary election
of August 23 and the general elec-
tion of November 4, the service-
man must likewise get an absentee
ballot within 20 days preceding the
election.
CEMEffRy WORK/JVG
Ar Mr. z/ojv
7t/z.rs
A cemetery working will be held
at Mt. Zion cemetery on Tuesday,
July 8, and friends and relatives
who have loved ones buried there
are urged to come and help clean
up the cemetery.
The work wili begin early in the
morning and it is hoped to have a
sufficient number of workers to
complete the job by noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Williams
Kermit Sutton
Whit Lanier
Tom Mercer
Miss Jessie Boone
iO.OO
5.00
3.00
5.0C
1.00
and
were
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lyon
daughter, Sharon, of Houston,
brief visitors here Saturday with the
former's mother, Mrs. Jack Lyon.
In
find
that the
paid the iargest returns to K!o\^is_
l-his variety set a heavy crop
d quick*
'!nnn
I ,
t)f t:]
ipt'ju'.,
*
aited we enjoyed price
he fight for the as high
a)ati(jn for presi-
' "ited States, but
' ed down to a
<1
))ower, and Me
]
1
"h!ht.
'4
Public
jn,.
pie are being dis-
' r. it has become
pectaelc, it is a
' it now looks as
at of the United
'ted by a few
ns. and actions
*'e precinct and
will come to
articie in Me
Tuesday, rcpre-
! 'tenia) Revenue
' several Hous-
' $60,000.00 that
by the name of
""ling that he
ax, it was every
ting toDupree,
""iess. The In-
' pattment had a
this under the
passed by Con-
chy the Presi-
States. Itstrip-
- H rights to pro-
accounts against
' ^ ts. Just as long
Mrly tomatoes which movet
lyat prices of around lac pu
pound. The Hutgers varic'y ''J''
duced the ''""''"I''* ''""'''I,;"
thetota'yie'.'^'s^'H""
because of its 'at<."<CM
!tisi.iteresti«Kt"""t'''"T
is the major variety 'row" i"^<
solatcthatitcanno' ^
as an early green-wrap
the East Tex"--"'C"-
forntawas
considered
tomato for
POPLf/«4ir/0/V GAZA'S
py 37/ PERSONS
FOR CHEROKEE
Cherokee County tained in Ov-
ulation by 31-
first six nmnth^
birth and death
Count.v Clerk
!().
1776 - JULY 4 - 1952
..Tt-tt'S CONSTITUTION CAN END )N OESPOTtSM.
0%HE^F0RMS WAVE DONE BEFORE )T. ONLY
THE PEOPLE SHALL BECOME SO COR-
RUPTED AS TO NEED DESPOTIC GOVERNMENT.
SriMG INCAPABLE OF ANY OTHER."
BEING INCAh'ABL.^ FRANKHN.
A we celebrate the one hundred seventy-sixth anniversary of
thr American Declaration of Independence we are facmg a crisis m
ou Nation's iife. The year 1!)32 may well be remembered by future
h i.alans as the turning point in the history of this country.
]! t7(iveaisisa very short period of time compared to
!.).nio!othcinationsandoldcrciviiizatinns.
TL"'onth both "f our niajor'ioi.t.ca' parties
116 CARS TOMS
LOADED !N ALTO
UP TO DATE
In spite of the short crop of toma-
toes this year, it looks as if raii ship-
ments wiil be about the same as 1951.
Up to iast night !16 cars had been
ioaded here, and one shed is still
open.
Shipments last year totaled 119
cars with almost twice the acreage
over 1951.
RITES HELD HERE
SUNDAY FOR
ACED ALTO MAN
Funeral services were held here
Sunday afternoon for Isaac N. Lusk,
90, weil known Alto citizen who
died at Houston Thursday night.
Mr. Isaac was visiting retatives in
that city.
Services were conducted at the
Mt. Zion Methodist Church with
the Rev. MarshaH Hampton, pastor
of the Alto Methodist Church of-
ficiating. Interment was in the Mt.
Zion cemetery under the direction
of O. T. Alien & Son Funeral Home
of this city.
Survivors inciude five sons, J. N.
Lusk, J. A. Lusk, Marvin Lusk and
Henry Lusk, ail of Alto, and Frank
Lusk of Houston; one daughter,
Mrs. May Rowland of Houston.
Mr. Lusk had iived most of his
life time in Alto and was a prom-
inent farmer untii he retired sev-
erai years ago.
After
the lite
wiil hoid their
t in Chicago to nominate their candidates for
Mrt.<i'dcnt'(!ravc responsibilities rest with the leaders who will be
dio.m by both parties. '
''.'''ivcnunei mav"bc decided by events in Chicago.
J" ' nf the ticndsin'governmcnt have gone too far to be cor-
I'l"..,.,-! regardless of which man may be eiected as Presi-
'„',.,..i;„„„ief!icicnt. wasteful and powerfui bureaucracy
""^^^^tob*^r^yPM^^^to control or direct
7. F./ttAE/V
RACK AF
DRUG SFORF
Whether or not we shali check some of the
government or drift further into a dictator
This is to advise my old friends
in south Cherokee County that I
have returned to Alto and again
associated with the Allen Drug
Store as Pharmacist.
We wiii appreciate a vir.it from
you at any time and wiil aiways be
glad to see you and take care of
your drug store needs.
J. F. Alien.
FH/RD-CAASS
MA/F CHARGES
LYCREASED
Washington. July i.—Users of
the bulk third-class mailing priv-
ilege got a.$30,000,000 a year hike
in their postal charges Tuesday.
The iong-standinR minimum
charge of one cent per piece went
up to one and a half cents per piece
—another of the staggered postage
increases authorized by congress
last year to heip wipe out the re-
curring postal deficit.
County
persons
of l!)a-. accordm-
lecords f'tc't
Harold I'tllei
law and decency have gone so
en house clear
the United States to regain Ms
far
to
with
through June- tl^
irds show 4!'lt but''.
ad. andonlylHi
cnt only :
iod. however,
from
-' wd'/not'b^ p'^i!'le*tJ'!'<ave any sudden house cieaning. It
1m'-
Ict'ths.
five-
since
iccord ing
do
tenth
The tec,'
ing the pern
The figures repia
months pc
monthly rep'
agencies over the
^omc in unti' about t"<'
each month.
Birth records on !:a-
28f) white children
ing the first five mon'l
as WC continue ^
t"' tw Ihe puMic can ex-
wehavenow,
pect that kind of treatment.
may tunc
L
^ regain its former
' (iod fearing nati'.n. Crooks in high places set an
! f our voutii that causes lawlessness and a cynical at-
, n',,,<t,„mv TI: moral tone of America is set at an
.Yp, "parity ^etigion ..nd mortality are indispensable
"i r"' , ... the dcci-eon of the Supreme Court which slapped
". ' < the arrogant littie man in the White House to
:I,C due process of law as provided in the
E. C. WILLIAMS
FUNERAL RITES
HELD FRIDAY
COJVAfER REt/Af/OAf
FO RE HEED AF
AOVES FOOKCH/F
The annuai Conner reunion wil!
be heid at Loves Lookout, Sunday,
July 6. AI1 the Conners or any one
who cares to attend are invited.
Bring your iunch.
L. A. (Judge) Conner.
sciZC ))iivate
t' .nsti'.ution. Now it become.
known the dictorial bureaucrats had
ide to seize the
tidelands without an act of Con-
show thatj
born (it"'*
s of the)
tiietr pia".^ ^ y airaid to go through with the plan.
"" their actions by saying (and maybe believing)
All dictate- . iu- 'y interests of the country." In the
titattiicyaic at , ,,netnand^.^ewhatir^^fwU^
„SA we don ' ss. and disregard of ti.e tiuties of
Hid "''' ,^„)oss ,'four freedom more surety than
eiti/ens)np
,,ny outside foe. ,.r rt)i of juiy ceiebration than picnics and
There is ^ii,, loves his country jhouid ask himseif
Kvery A'W-.u m^,^ ^ America?"
CA^VD/DAFE
FOR CO/VGRESS
SPEAKS FODAy
E. G. Wiitiams, a resident of the) Jim Norton, candidate for Con-
Barsola community for the past 45 j gresr, is scheduled to speak in Alto
years, died at a sanitarium in Jack- ! this ;ftternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
after
brief
sonviiie Thursday
iiincss.
Funeral services were heid at the
Barsola church Friday afternoon at
Other speaking engagements for
the day includes Eikhart, Loveiady,
Crockett and Groveton.
3 p. m., with the Rev. Taylor of HEL.L.O NEIGHBOR
partic
pr
ayerfully. "What am
—Hubert M. Harrison.
Marshail, officiating. Interment was
in the Arnoid Cemetery, near
Forest, directed by the R. R. Strib-
iing Funeral Home.
Deceased is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. MineohiShattuck,
Orange, Calif., and Mrs. Catherene
Singietary, Santa Barbara, Calif.:
one son, Emory WiHiams, Ratciiff,
Texas. Several grandchlidren aiso
survive.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tidweil are
happy over the arrivai of a baby
boy born Sunday morning at the
Nan Travis Hospitai at Jackson-
viiie. He has been named Chas.
David, and came into this world
weighing seven pounds and thirteen
ounces.
Mrs. Tidweii is the daughter of
Mr. and Mr3. Morris Felder of this
city.
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