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THE ALTO HERALD
! \ Leader in south Cherokee County since [896.
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War On Flies
Texa^, April 23.—Early
- the best time for a com-!
to start a fly control pro-!
,t'.:<red Dr. George W. Cox.)
with Officer. That is before
population has a chance to
tjj iy.lt is estimated that one
Ifff'.ics. under favorable con-
could have countless an-
ce tors before winter.
Every time ynu kit! a fty early in
the season. ,,nd destroy breeding
places, you stop whole colonies of
flies before they can start. The most
effective way of pt\ venting swarms
of flies is to de-troy or make in-
accessible to flies the organic ma-
terial which attract flies by their
odors, and which are essential to
them as food and breeding places.
Individual householders shoiuld
make it their responsibility to ciean
up their own back yards. Garbage
ca.isshou:dhavea tight fitting iid
and they should be teak-proof, in-
adequate facilities for storage of
garbag and refuse usually result
in widespread fly breeding. Un-
covered or partially covered garb-
age containers produce odors that
attract a large number of flies. Good
window screens wilt do a lot to
keep fli s out of buildings, thereby
protecting food from contamination
by flyborne disease organisms.
There is no substitute for good
sanitation in fly control. Every spot
in town must be cleaned of garbage
and trash, If a few dirty places are
left, swarms of flLs will breed. A
neglected stabie on the edge o!
town will furnish a plague of flic
for the entire neighborhood. Afte
garbage and tra-h have be n re
moved, insecticides wili help to re-
duce the fly population in loea!
spots. It is a temporary protection
however, and should be regarde
onlyasasupplemntal or emer-
gency means of control. Insecticide
spraying will be effective only if
sanitary conditions are maintained
throughout the summer.
Now that the threat to free enter-
prise from big government has been
remov.d. It will be endangered by
monopolies and trusts.
JUST EXACTLY
What The Doctor Ordered
We carry a complete line of Drugs, Sundries, Ampules, Chemicals,
Patent Medicines, Pharmaceuticals and a complete line of sick room
supplies.
I ^ ou are invited to visit our store and inspect our prescription de-
partment which you will find under the strict supervision of Chester
A. Gipson.
"Where Service And Courtesy Awaits You"
BOYD'S PHARMACY
) PHONE 261 ALTO, TEXAS
WORKERS MUST
SECURE SOC!AL
SECURITY CARD
Students planning to work ttiis
) summer in commerce or industry,
i or as regular domestic employees,
will need social security cards,
Glenn T. Dunn, manag r of the
Tyler social security office, said
today. He urges them to apply now
at the nearest social security office
if they tio not have a social se-
curity card or need to replace a lost
card. Th.re is no charge for a card
and no minimum age requirement.
Application blanks are available at
any post office, employment office,
or social security office, Dunn said.
He pointed out that it takts
several days to get a security
card, so he advised them not to wait
until an employer tells them that
they can't go to work untii they
have a card—"Apply for a caid
now," Dunn said.
Any young person who has work-
ei in employment covered by so-
cial security long enough to have
jeen paid wages of $50 or more in
ix different calendar quarters is
insured under social security at
east until he is 24'2 years old. If
ne dies ieaving no wife, a lump-
sum amount is payable to whom-
ev^r pays his burial expenses. If
he leaves a widow, the lump-sum
goes to her. If he leaves a widow
and one child—monthly benefits
may be payable to both of these
survivors until the child is age 18.
"Th se are some of the reasons
which emphasize the importance of
! getting and using your social se-
curity card. Use it! Don't lose it."
Dunn said in conclusion.
New Way To
Get Students
Jacksonville, Fta.—Twenty-eight
traffic law violators, fined $50 each—
were offered the alternative of at-
tending the Police Department's
traffic safety school for an hour and
a half each of three nights. The
, school promptly got 28 new students.
Mother Of Nine, 32
Miami, Fla.—Although Mrs. Cal-
. vin Lee Peters is only 32, she is the
, mother of nine children, four of
whom came in s.ts of twins only
I ten months apart. Twins run in her
family and she is a twin herself.
rHE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, APRIL 23, 195?.
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That roiticking emcee of Mutuat's "Queen For A Day" program Jack
Baiiey—gaiiantty kisses the hand of "Mist America" (Neva Jane Lang,
tey) in welcoming the beauteous damsct to his Hotiywood court. Miss
Langtey appeared as a guest on the poputar program, which is aired
coast-to-coast on weekdays.
MEWS FROM AUST!N
W. W. GLASS
The House of Representatives ad-
journed from Wednesday to Thurs-
day last week by a close vote of 70
to 68, for the first time in more
than two weeks. In other words, we
had gone from March to the middle
of April without adjourning. A
large group in the House had been
forcing us to recess from day to
day and time to time.
Those working for recess motions
instead of adjournment were trying
to avoid a showdown on teacher
legislation. They were trying to
avoid new legislative days and
routine motion periods in order to
keep the teacher salary bilis from
oeing taken up.
Finally those sponsoring the
teacher salary bills were able to
adjourn by the elos^ vote of 70 to
68, but in the routine motion
period following on the next day
failed to get two-thirds vot^ re-
quired to suspend the rules and get
the teacher salary bills sent to a
more favorable committee. The
motion to suspend the rules re-
ceived 85 votes, but there were 59
against it. Of course, this was less
than two^thirds needed.
The House finally adopted last
we k by 101 votes a Senate Joint
Resolution, S. J. R. 4, submitting a
constitutional amendment that will
give our county officials four-year
terms. The Senate had already
adopted this resolution; so the peo-
ple will be given the right to vote
on four-year terms in the general
election in November of 1954.
I voted against submitting this
constitutional amendment for four-
year terms. I know that campaigns
are expensive, and the two-year
terms make the offices less attrac-
tive to good men and women. How-
ever, four-year terms remove the
offices too far from the p;ople. The
people could not get rid of a bad
officer in less than four years under
this constitutional amendment, if
they found him not following the
wili of the people. I am afraid that
we will get the offices too far from
the people. The offices are created,
or should be, for the welfare of the
people, not the officers.
Both houses of the Legislature
adopted last week the Conference
Committee report on the G.neral
Appropriation Bill. H. B. 111. We
had some bitter fighting on the
measure, and I have discussed this
bill rather fully in a previous letter.
We wert. unable to get the increase
for our hospitai employees that we
asked for. However, each employee
in the hospital will get a raise of
$15.00 per month, or $180.00 per
year.
We were also whipped down in
iour efforts to secure more food and
clothing and better medical treat-
ment for our hospital patients. This
sold-thc-line policy of those against
increased expenditures on the part
of the State has been hard to crack.
Of course, our employees of the
Highway Department and other
Stats departments are supposed to
receive increases under this same
appropriation bill. Space will not
permit me to discuss the whole
measure here, for the bill contains
more than 300 type-written pages.
As I have told you before, those
in the hold-the-line group of the
Legislature have been worried
chiefly about keeping down raises
for our hospital and other State em-
ployees, keeping down teacher-
salary raises, and in keeping down
old-age assistance.
CLERKS 66jyEARS
Mt. Carmel, III—Quitting school
when he was 16. Charles Seitz took
a job as a clerk in his father's de-
partment store. Although the store
changed hands three times, Seitz
stayed on as clerk. Today, at 82. he
) winds up his 66th year at the same
i old counter.
!n Alto Wednesdays 1:00 to 5 p. m.
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F. L. Weimar & Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1953, newspaper, April 23, 1953; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215284/m1/3/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.