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^EiMAR * S°"' EDtTORS AND PUBL)
USttED 1896
THE ALTO HERALD
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SUBSCRtPTtON PRiCE, $2.00 PER YEAR <N CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PER YEAR OUTS)DE COUNTY.
a rif! in behalf of the citi-
L \!t <. the Heratd wishes to
taccrc appreciation to the
ha;<.rs of this area who made
[tome Coming an out-
.-.mccss. Good publicity
tt/ at for the promotion of
Ljt t. and the Jacksonvitte
. i'r^rc.ss, the Tyler Morn
i^rapt'. Dattas News and
[)[) chronicie contributed
t,„ the success of Atto's first
n ag event. The Progress
feature writer to come to
everat weeks ago and he did
„did job of tatting Pictures
Tittng up the Home Coming,
'cvit of the same newspaper
crc Friday to "cover" the
[cotning white it was under
rucTyter Morning Tete-
h . becn "plugging" the af-
b; the past three weeks, and
) ,rt. State Editor for that
h.per. together with Whit
were itere Friday to cover
tc'iviticsand take pictures.
[i\es, East Texas Editor of
Morning News, atso
,i nice story, and Morris
tif the Houston Chronicie,
mce story in Thursday's
i . :iimutttse Home Coniing.
p.. r.y did much to make
tiays Home Coming an
success and is ap-
^ . very much by everyone
!BC!HZEN
REOLAWN
)ci! Cornel ious Leonard, 80.
' home of his daughter,
fv Towntey, in the Rod-
[enmmunity Saturday morn-
born brief itlness.
Lrat services were hetdin
first Baptist Church at Atto
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
tti t Rev. Oran Hitt, pastor of
Katcm Baptist Church, of-
assisted by Rev. J. B.
t.astor of the First Baptist
of Atto. Interment was in
{I n cemetery, south of
with the O. T. Atten &
Hfum'iat (tirectors in charge of
P- rants.
ivors include one son,
Leonard of Lufkin; two
H'.H . Mrs. LoviceMitterof
and Mr.-. Vera Towntey of
t2 grandchitdren and 10
p-rar.dchitdren.
Leonard was a native of
^ p[)i and moved to Texas
He settted near Douglass
!i !900 was united in mar-
t to Miss Dora Atlen Legg.
[ had six chitdren. He and
tifc raised their family in the
] caimenity of Eden, five
nth of Dougtass. After the
' ' iiis wife in 1938 he moved
" i had tivad here until
ith.
COWART LOSES
HRST ROUND
!N METER CASE
Rusk's city judge. J. I'errin
Wittis, said that a parking meter
vtotation case fought ,n municipal
court by W. E. Cowart was being
appeated to county court.
A six-man jury found Cowart
guitty as charged in a three-hour
triat and Judge W:itis fined the
defendant $51.75, inctuding a St
tine and costs.
Cowart. a taw student, defended
himsetf in his fight against Rusk's
parking meters, recently instatted.
He presented petitions bearing
"about 300 names" and calted in
!4 witnesses, inctuding every
member of the Rusk city council.
Wittis said Cowart didn't cat]
any of the councitmen to the
stand.
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS. SEPTEMBER 30, 1954.
NO. 16
The judge said the defendant
was "trying the parking meters"
instead of ttie city ordinance
under which he was charged.
Willis sai:) names on the petition
inctuded a tot of peopte opposed
to Rusk parkins; meters." including
many who tived outside the city
timits.
Aito's First Home Coming
Outstanding Success
Mng Convention
!Meet At Old
destine Church
"'tokee County Singing
met at Oakwood on
"ht and Sunday with
'.tendance.
!ouartettes participated
''-ention. They inctuded
''-on Quartette, Longview:
^ ^ < c'tctte; Witl's Quartette.
^ Adam's Quartette,
tthea Quartette, Craft;
s Sisters, Butah; Gospel
' Palestine; J- W.
of Dallas.
t' Xt meeting will be the
Saturday night and Sun-
day, at Old Palestine
Tth.
} Card Of Thanks
'' to thank the members
' ^ of 1944 for their love
'-' tfutnessin placing a
f wreath on the grave of
one, Harvey Treadwell.
F^'tbtesseachofyouand
j/ with good health
and Mrs. Harvey
Treadwell, Sr.
Mrs. Harvey Treadwell, Jr.
Shcrri Treadwell
Part 69 To
Be iMocatcd
South o/
The State Higiiway Depart-
ment has given its approvat to
have a portion of Highway H9re-
located from Mt. Setman in
Cherokee County to the city
timits of Tyler.
District Engineer A. C. Gentry
stated that the district office had
recommended that the present
Highway 69 be compteteiy aban-
doned from Tyter to a point be-
tween Mt. Setman and Buttard
and that an entirety now road be
constructed between the two
points. Estimated cost is $985,000
Completion of the new project
witt shorten the distance between
Ty'icr and Jacksonvitte by a mite
and a hatf.
SCHOOLS ASKED
70 ESSAYS
ON P7JVE H?EES
"Operation Pine Tree," a Cher-
okee County organization is spon-
soring an essay writing contest
in the white and colored schools
of Cherokee County and wtH offer
cash pri.es for the best essays on
"Why Plant Pine Trees in
55 "
Att students of the schoots are
eligible to enter the contest, and
five of the best wilt he se ectc <
Not over 500 words witt be ai-
towed in each essay.
Essavs will be judged
curacv of information,
and originality, and fatness
Atl es-ays witt be turned ov^r to
DWtrict*2 of the Texas Fotrs ry
Service who witt setect 40 of the
Thf^'essays (20 from white
and M from cotored)
.n the Research and Mti
on ac-
sincerity
mittedtoth. fTt'\as Forest
ation Department of Texas
and the Texas
Service
Association.
First prizes
for white and
second $<*00:
$3.00. and fifth $-
At) awards witt
school in whtch
winners are tocatcd
Foiestry
wi)l be $t0.00 each
colored schoots;
third $4.00; fourth
.00.
Remade at the
the respective
MED MONDAY
A. G. Oliphant. 6t. died at his
home in Patestine Monda^
Funerat services
hetd
tuneta' " 9Qiat2p. m.'
Wednesday. - ^ ^ Funeral
HELLO NEIGHBOR
^ Mrs Raymond Huttash
announce the
of Kcv.t. untuck). ,7
arrivatofason ^
Mrs. Huttash w.M b. rem
Miss Ogrcta WHson.
Mrs
here as
ft was simpty great! Wonderful!
Amazing! Beautiful!
Those ware just a few of the
expressions made on Atto's first
annuat homecoming hetd last
week-end.
The number of people who
came, the distance they travelled
and the hundreds of joyful re
unions of gray headed men and
women wasasight to behold.
It woutd be a very difficult
matter to pick out any part of the
three day program and call it
outstanding. It was at! very nice
and to those who are responsible
for ptanning the events, goes a
word of gratitude that is richly
deserved.
In spite of the fact that the Alto
Yeltow Jackets lost a football
game to Rusk, did not dampen
their spirits in the teast. Being otd
timers, they were futty aware of
the fact that Rusk was a much
larger town, had a larger schoot,
therefore had the advantage of
having more and bigger boys to
compote with the lightweight
Yetlow Jackets. Even the Rusk
citizens who came down to the bait
game, caught the homecoming
spirit and joined the homecomers
in giving generous applause to
both winners and losers.
At the end of the first half of
the footbatt game, former Sheriff
Frank Brunt, was presented with
a check for $1,018.25, the fund
that had been contributed by
citizens of the county in appre-
ciation for his 13% years of faith-
ful service to the people of this
county.
It was realty a happy occasion.
Newspaper men from Tyler and
Jacksonvitte and correspondents
from the Beaumont Enterprise and
other newspapers covered the Fri-
day night event and some of them
stated they had covered lots of ball
games, but never before had they
seen such goodwill and happier
group of people.
State Highway Patrolmen, and
county law enforcement officers
were on the job in targe numbers,
but outside of traffic directing,
they had little to do. One State
Highway patrol officer stated it
was about the best behaved crowd
he had ever seen anywhere.
Twenty-five hundred peopte
were here Friday night. Saturday
brought at least a thousand more
and it was the big day of the
homecoming.
Early Saturday morning they
began to congregate on main
street and all restraint was
dropped. Men and women who had
been chitdren here, who had went
to schoot in Alto in bygone years,
grabbed each other and hugged
and kissed on main street and
quite a few grey heads coutd be
seen wiping their eyes. Tears of
happiness because they were home.
Men and women who had spent the
happiest days of their lives in
Atto as boys and girls, were back
in their childhood again. Some of
those on main street Saturday
morning had not seen each other
in 45 years.
No entertainment was ptanncct
for Saturday morning. It was not
needed. Meeting, greeting and
toving, was in order and m the
, of seeing each other after
Shortly after six o'clock Satur-
day found most of the crowd at
the Alto football field, ready to
enjoy the mammoth barbecue that
had been prepared. Pacing main,
street atl day had made them
hungry, and the barbecue chefs
dished out 1,875 plates of barbe
cue and 89 cases of Coca-Cola
and Dr. Pepper.
During the barbecue and for
two hours afterward, the visitors
enjoyed music from the Stephen
F. Austin Band and the Lone Star
String Band irom Rusk, and the
Ilarmonettes.
Ctosing events of the day were
prizes given. One going to Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Bedford and chitdren of
Fort Worth, for having the largest
family present. Prize for the per-
son coming the longest distance
was won by Mrs. Lucille Watters
Greene of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The queen contest, sponsored by
various civic and religious organi-
zations, was won by Mrs. Hattie
Tut] is, representing the Wesley an
Scrvice Guild, who had spent prac-
ticatty atl of her lifetime in Alto.
This event brought the days
activities to a ctose at the athletic
fietd and the crowd wended their
way back to the main part of town
where they enjoyed a street dance
untit 11:00 p. m.
Sunday morning brought the
home coming to a close with ca-
pacity congregations filling all
churches and enjoying a lunch
afterwards.
NEW MSTRtCT
JUOEE SWORN )N
AT LUFKtN
LEFT ALTO )N 1922—Here for the Home Coming were Mr. and Mrs.
Jasper AKen of Lufkin. Mr. Atten worked for Whiteman-Decker
Lumber Co., here prior to 1922 when he moved to Lufkin. They are
the parents of Mrs. Chas. Christian of this city.
i
joy
iapse of many years was better
than any entertainment that coutd
have been provided.
The real thritl came to many at
the school building Saturday
During those two hours men
^ ...... n." <°
Atto after an absence from
to 46 years.
Practicatty every
and
schoot in
one
graduating
,..,.„s from 1MB to 1952 was rep-
ented during that two hours^
h.nnv teunions. Classes of
lit together to tal'k over
the happiness
during their
Atto. Many for-
recount
was
them to
they had enjoyed
«-hool years in A
if tv of those present
Overcome any regrets of the day.
James H. Moore was swom in
Monday as judge of a new special
district court serving Angelina,
Nacogdoches and Cherokee Coun-
ties.
The ceremony was held at 3:30
p. m. in the Angelina County dis-
trict courtroom with District Judge
H. T. Brown of Rusk presiding.
Judge Moore was appointed this
weak by Gov. Ailan Shivers to be
judge of the new court created by
the last session of the legislature.
Judge Moore and Judge Brown
will serve the district, which has
one of the busiest dockets in the
state.
The new district judge is a na-
tive of Lufkin and attended Lufkin
public schoots. He attended the
University of Texas and received
his law degree there.
After four years of Navy ser-
vice, Judge Moore returned to Luf-
kin and was eiected county attor-
ney, serving three terms before
being elected district attorney in
1952. He was re-elected district
attorney in the July primary, hav-
ing no opposition.
Judge Moore is currently serv-
ing as president of the Angelina
County Bar Association. He has
atso been vice president of the
organization.
Judge Moore will maintain an
office in the Angelina County
courthouse and he wit! continue to
live in Lufkin with his wife and
two children.
HERE FOR HOME COM]NG—Caught by the camera man is Frank
Brunt and his mother, Mrs. Hat Brunt, teft, and his wife, right, as
they wa'tked up and down matin street meeting otd friends. Mr. Brunt
is now a special officer for the Humble Oil & Refining Co. He was
sheriff of Cherokee County for 13% years before going to Houston.
HOME TOWN BOY MAKES GOOD—Mr. ana Mrs. Howard Lee
Watker were here from KKgore to enjoy the fellowship of friends at
the Home Coming. Mr. Watker is director of the Kitgore High
Schoot band. He directed the Lufkin band for many years before
going to Kitgore.
District Clerk
Resigns Post
Effective Oct. 15
A. C. Jenkins, district clerk,
Cherckoe County, has announced
that he is resigning as District
Cterk of Cherokee County, effec-
tive October 15.
His resignation has already been
placed in the hands of District
Judge H T. Brown.
Judge Brown has announced no
successor to Jenkins, but it will
likety be Bill Parrot of Reklaw,
who was nominated at the last
July primary.
Then there are those who say
the fairer sex isn't much at
figures—but didn't visit the
beaches this summer.
BUOD(E9—After many years, Bill Decker, left, of Houston, and
Whit Lanier, right, of Tyler, met on the street here during the Home
Coming. Both of them were raised in Alto and spent their child-
hood together here. Lanier is country circulation manager for the
Tyler Morning Telegraph and Decket is connected with a pipe line
company in Houston.
P. T. A. W!LL MEET
THURSDAY NtGHT
The Atto Parent-Teacher As-
sociation wili meet Thursday
night, October 7, at 7:30 p. m. in
the school auditorium.
The program theme for the year
is "We The Peopte."
During the last meeting a num-
ber of subjects were discussed in
an effort to carry out their theme.
The program for the evening
witt be a panel discussion, led by
Richard Johnson, assisted by Mrs.
Lois Walter and Mrs. Brum Brunt.
They will discuss "Problems of
Interest to Parents and Teachers."
Publicity Chairman.
The Alto Herald welcomes let-
ters from readers, but keep them
as brief as possible.
AROUND THE
COURTHOUSE
County Judge J. W. Summers
said the Commissioners' Court has
begun procuring right-of-way for
extension of Farm Road 343 east
of Atoy to limk at the Angelina
River with a paved road to Litbert
in Nacogdoches County.
Ptans by the State Highway
Department include three-quar-
ters of a mile of payment to the
river in Cherokee County, and
repairs to the bridge now span-
ning the river at that point.
A jury commission to draw
grand and petit jurors for the
January term of district court in
Cherokee County has been selected
to meet at 8:30 a. m. on October
1 at Rusk. Included are Lewis
Banks of Rusk, Robert MoClure
of Alto; C. D. Shoemaker of Jack-
sonville; A. M. Jordan of Reklaw,
and L. L. Simpson of Wells.
Civil cases fited in district court
within the past week include the
following: Kathryn Maude Prince
vs. Preston O Prince, divorce;
Ruth Eason Wiggins vs. William
Arthur Wiggins, divorce; A. S.
McGee vs. T. & N. O. Railroad
Company, damages; state vs. H.
A. Lindsey et al, delinquent taxes;
Witliam O. Knous vs. Junetta
Jones Knous, divorce; Etta Irene
Cook vs. Shelby H. Cook, divorce.
Divorces were granted in the
foltowing cases: Ctyde Henry
Sherman vs. Jewell Elizabeth
Sherman; C. C. Spencer vs. Jessie
Mae Spencer; Guy Dean Tutlis vs.
Marva Netl Tullis; Sol Marshall
vs. Ernestine Marshail. .
Divorce action was dropped in
the suit of Jewell L.. Dickson vs.
W. L. Dickson.
In judgments, a temporary re-
straining order was granted in the
case of First National Bank,
Jacksonvilte, vs. R. J. Dashiell et
al. Hearing on a temporary in-
junction is set for 9 a. m., Sept. 30.
In the case of W. H. Brown dlbla
Brown Manufacturing Company
vs. J. B. Harris d^la Builders
Lumber & Supply Company,
plaintiff recovered $840 as dam-
ages; in Leona Hamitton et al vs.
Republic Exploration Company,
case was settled; in case of Betty
Jo Cunningham Stewart vs. W. L.
Cunningham, defendant was found
in contempt of court on a child
support altegation; in Mrs. Parrilee
Chandler et al vs. Mrs. Eula
Chandter et al, case settled and
dismissed; in Oretha Washington
and George Washington vs. Inez
Owens, George Washington and
wife, Hattie, were made parties
to the plaintiffs' cause; in J. S.
Lewis vs. Frank A. Young and
wife, Neil A. Young, case settted
and dismissed; in a detinquent
tax case styled The State vs. H. A.
Lindsey et al, state and county re-
covered $281.61 plus costs; Dennis
L. Cartton vs. American General
Life Insurance Company, case
settled, ptaintiff to recover $5,-
750; in H. R. Collier vs. V. J.
Parker et at, case dismissed.
Cross action filed by Jim and
Onie Washburn in the injunction
case initiated against them by W.
H. Bryan; stalled a mot'.on by
Bryant's attc-neys to have the ease
dismissed. Hearing was schcdut?d
Friday on a temporary injunction
request after a restraining order
had been issued by the district
court. An hour before the hear-
ing hour, counsel for the Wash-
burns fited the cross action. At
the hearing, Bryant's attorneys
asked for the injunction case to
be dismissed.
Bryant had alleged in his or-
iginal apptication that the Wash-
burns prevented him from re-
moving oil wctl equipment from
the Washburn lease in the West
Jacksonville Woodbine fietd.
The case appears now to be
headed for a jury.
In county civil court, Philip
Pavtetich has fited action against
D. M. Elliott et at on a debt; Witlie
Holcomb has filed debt action
against J. W. Harvey.
Marriage licenses were issued to
the foltowing: Layron Payne and
Ruth Smith, Denver Ray Dean and
Viola Goad, Marshatl Ear! Mc-
Queen and Coy Mae Cliburn,
Steve Whitaker and Oliie Waggo-
ner, Freddie Lamoyne Sims and
Helen Onetta Clapps.
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F. L. Weimar & Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 30, 1954, newspaper, September 30, 1954; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215359/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.