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THE ALTO HERALD. .ALTO, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1954.
THE ALTO HERALD
A Leader in South Cherckcc County Sincc 1896.
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Entered as second rtass matter in 18!)ti at the post office in Alto,
Cherokee County, Texas, under the act ot Congres- of ^lareh 3, !887.
Publistied every Titursday at Alto, Texas.
Frank L. Weimar and Son, Editors and Ov. ners.
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reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may appear in
the columns of the Herald will be gladly corrected upon its being
brought to the attention of the Publishers.
Obituaries, Cards of Thanks and a!l like matter that is not news will
be charged for at two cents a word in advance.
Advertisement rates furnished on request.
CURING THE COMMON COLD
Syracuse University researchers recently announced they had
found aspirin compounds to be as effective as penicillin in combatting
the common cold. The researchers, after two years of study, said
penicillin treatments were "no better than an aspirin compound."
Researchers at Syracuse used some 3.000 students in their tests,
and about one-third of them were treated with penicillin for colds,
respiratory ailments and sore throats. Others were given other
treatments, and results were closely observed.
Final results, according to the report, showed that penicillin cured
students no more rapidiy than did those receiving aspirin, although
it was admitted penicillin showed high effectiveness against certain
other diseases. It was definitely determined, however, that penicillin
will "not harm" the cold virus.
It was also found that it would not cure sore throat, or non-specific
upper respiratory infections. Thus, those who are visiting their
doctor each time they encounter a cold, and perhaps paying a nice
iee for a shot of penicillin, would do weil to substitute an aspirin
compound, which they can take with a glass of water, at much less
inconvenience and expense.
GOOD NEWS FOR COFFEE DRINKERS
Coffee drinkers, who have seen prices moving upward steadily for
some months now. are in for some good news. The New York Coffee
and Sugar Exchange has experienced a heavy decline in coffee prices
for some days now. and on a recent day the price of coffee dropped
five and a half cents.
The price of green coffee dropped eight cents on one day in late
August, and such reductions in stock market prices are sure to be re-
flected in retail prices in the future. Meanwhile, coffee-trading on the
Exchange in New York came to a standstill in late August.
No one is exactly sure of the reason for the drop in coffee prices,
although not to be discounted is the fact that the higher-and higher
coffee prices have begun to increase the consumption of other bev-
erages fn the country, notably tea. As the price of coffee rose re-
cently to well over the dollar-per-pound mark, consumption of tea
showed an increase, and the consumption of coffee showed a corres-
pondng decrease.
Now that coffee prices are declining, consumption may again rise,
although some permanent damage to the coffee market may have
been done in the recent price spiral. One of the main results of the
lowering coffee prices should be to keep the price of a cup of coffee
in most restaurants at fUrrent levels, and in some cases, to drop them
back to a nickel.
THE HAY-FEVER OUTLOOK
The experts tell us that those among us who are bothered by hay-
fever have a poor future ahead in the coming weeks. Dr. Leslie N.
Gay, of the Johns-Hopkin.< Allergy C);yic, says that the pollen count
in September is very heavy.
Moreover, Gay says the hay-fever season is late this year and that
those who think they )mve escaped may be in for plenty of sneezes
later on. Gay says the pollen count from one of the worst offenders
—ragweed—has been very scanty bccause of the drought.
The doctor says there arc tree pollens, grass pollens and ragweed
policns, ail of which cause hay-fever sufferers much trouble. The
ragweed pollen gets more publicity, as it is a fall pollen, but Gay says
the tree pollens and grass pollens also cause considerable trouble to
hay-fever sufferers in the spring and summer.
If you are a fait hay-fever sufferer. Gay suggests you get ready
for a heaithy crop of sneezes and some bleary eyes in the near future.
SCHOOL DAYS^SCHOOL PROBLEMS
An article in a recent issue of the Saturday Evening Post, outlining
some of the problems which face school superintendents, points out,
to the surprise of those who have given the subject ]tt!e thoiught. the
unlimited number of probiems which today face school superinten-
dents. The job of school superintendents is not one in which school
administrators get rich, and the problems encountered sometimes
drive superintendents out of the profession altopether.
Everyone knows that superintendent? fave various demands from
various groups, but few people consider how frequent and diverse
these demands can sometimes be.
Everyone wants a sensible and practical athletic program in the
community schools, although intramural sports are often not stressed
enough, and insufficient effort is made to get all students to partici-
pate, and the under-sized, are the very ones who ncad the athletic
program, not those who are already proficent in some sport.
In recent years sports events in the schools have grown to a major
business scale and even in the iower elementary schools, competition
is so keen for honors that junior is often forced to over-extend him-
self to try to win a content for his Alma Mater. A group studying this
children were often caused to exert themselves "beyond the point
of healthful fatigue" in an effort to win some relatively unimportant
situation in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades recently found that
contest.
It takes a brave school administrator to buck such a program,
which is almost always a popuiar one.
The administrator is also beset by the necessity of setting an ex-
ample in his community, by his task of representing the school board's
views to the teachers, and the opposite-interest responsibility of pre-
senting the teachers' viewpoint to the board. Al) in all, then, the
school superintendent is faced with a job which few of us fully ap-
preciates.
Not the least among the other worries are his efforts to gain suf-
ficient funds to carry on a modern school program, his task of pleas-
ting those who want more emphasis on the three R's and—on the other
hand—those who want more emphasis on modern educational
theories, and his delicate task of appointing teachers without offend-
ing politicians, powerful community leader; and others.
These things are probiems every cittxen should think about when
he feels inclined to criticize the school system or give the superin-
tendent a piece of his mind. It might be well to remember that the
superintendent has enough difficulties of hi. own, without any un-
necessary contributions.
LET'S KEEP CHEROKEE COUNTY CLEAN
VOTE
DOUG SCOTT
Native Texan FOR SHERIFF
(Political Ad paid for by Alto friends of Doug Scott)
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that various matters not mentioned
above be provided for in the con-
tract. All too often people try to
squeeze a saies contract to fit the
type of printed form on hand,
omitting or leaving to easiiy mis-
construed or forgotten oral agree-
ment rr.;"iy vital provisions. Do
not Mi the "pitfall of the
printed form." Joo many unfor-
tunate entanglements have bt'cn
announced by clients to law.se'^
with the words, "I have just sign-
ed a receipt for a house on Blank
Wit! you take over now
-ec that everything is O. K '"'
A free pamphlet containing use-
fui information on legai probiems
involved in buying a home has
been prepared by Texas lawyers.
To obtain a copy, print your name
and address on a postcard and mail
to State Bar of Texas. Colorado at
Fifteenth. Austin 1. Texas.
SOCML SECUR/rY
s -n-.c 8.500.(100 beneficiaries au-
ton-.;tcia!ly wiil get increases in
their September checks as a re-
sult of President Eisenhower's
signing the bill to expand the pro-
gram. according to the Social Se-
curity Administration. Each re-
tired worker covered by the pro-
gram wiii get a boost of at least
$5 a month. September checks
will be delivered about October 4.
Who can tell us what the fall
equinox is and when it occurs
this month?
O/V/OJV AM4/Z.ARAE
FOR FARMERS
Colicge Station. Texas, Sept.
23 Ecltpse, a new. attractive
white onion with mild ftavor, cx-
ccHent yietd and high resistance
to pink root, bolting and spiit-
tmg. i.: available for farmer
pointing this fall.
Ec)ipso was developed by the
Tvxas Agricuitura] Experiment
Station and the U. S. Department
of Agriculture from a cross made
in 1H4C of the old standard va-
rieties Crystal Wax and Excel.
Although not bred for pink-root
resistance, Eeiipse proved to be
highly rtsistant to the disease and
produced excellent yield- in 1953-
34 on soiis heavily infested with
the pink-root fungus.
Eclipse matur<
same time as L 3t;
earlier, and about .,
days later .thnn I, i .
rieties commonly
Texas onion he!;. ; „
be obtained if the
method is used, ^ [
be increased so, -
difficulty.
In 3-year te , t
i!6 fifty-pound !,.
No. 1 onions tha:
had about half a
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good town is by -
a good citizen.
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hi Alto Wednesdays 1:00 to 5 p. m.
DR.A.NASHHOGUE
OPTOMETRIST
CARE OF VISION
Rear of Hamilton's Jewelry Store
PHONE 185 ALTO, TEXJ
IT'S THE LAW
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HASTiLY StGNEO HOME
PURCHASE CONTRACT
MAY CAUSE TROUBLE
The signing of a contract of sale
is an extremely important step in
the purchase of a home. Once buy-
er and seller have signed, they are
bound by the provisions of the con-
tract. Their respective iegal rights
in the transaction are thereby set
and determined. If the contract is
poorly and haphazardly drawn, a
harvest of regret may be reaped at
a later date.
Saies contracts are often called
by other names, such as earnest
money contracts, binders, receipts,
etc. All of them are for the same
purpose and almost without ex-
ception involve the deposit of
money by the buyer. Some require
the seller to put up a good faith
deposit. The fact that such de-
posited sums are usually to be
forfeited in event the depositor la-
ter faiis to go through with his
specified contractual obligations
lends additional weight to the of-
ten stated admonition that no con-
tract should be signed without
complete understanding as to its
terma.
But many home purchasers (and
sellers) rush to sign a hastily pre-
pared contract with very little
knowledge of its contents. The
pressure of time, the informality
of the occasion, the casual ap-
pearance of the contract, and per-
haps the fact that a partially
printed form is used may contri-
bute in causing the true impor-
tance of the ac to be overlooked.
At any rate, many are lulled into
a lapse of good business judgment.
Every significant detail of the
bargain should be crystallized in
unmistakable terms in the con-
tract of sale. Land and fixtures
being sold should be clearly des-
cribed. A complete description of
the property by lot and block, or
by metes and bounds, is a must,
the street number being inad-
Meets second Monday
night in each month.
Special meetings each
Tuesday night for
work in the first three degrees.
All members should attend. Visit-
ing brothers invited.
T. E. CUMMINGS. Sec'y.
PHONE
OXYGEN
EQUtPPED
AMBULANCt
SERVtCE
t4 Hour Servtct
SIR1BHNG-SMHH
FUNERAL HOME
ALTO, TEXAS
equate by itself.
Articles and fixtures included
in the sale but not always sold
with houses generalty should be
specifically listed. Included in this
category are such items as Vene-
tian blinds, removable floor,
coverings, draperies, air condition-
ing units and others. In purchas-
ing property under construction,
compiete plans and specifications
form an essential part of the
agreement.
The price to be paid must, of
course, be specified, along with
method and terms of payment. If
a certain sized loan is a prerequi-
site to the buyer's ability to com-
plete the purchase, this fact should
be noted. Sad indeed is the pros-
pective purchaser who loses his
earnest money when a contem-
plated loan transaction falls
through, his contract requiring
payment of the entire considera-
tion in cash.
The sales contract should also
state the quality of the title to be
conveyed to the buyer and the type
of title evidence to be furnished.
The buyer's individual circum-
stances and desires may require
SEE US FOR
A-1USEDCARS AND PICK UPS
GET MORE FOR YOUR OLD CAR HERE!
Come in soon and see us. If we don't have the car or truck to fit
your needs, we can have it for you in a few days.
Check Our Low Down Payments And Easy Monthly Term!]
SEEUSBEFORE YOU TRADE!
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BATTERIES AND FIRESTONE TIRES
We Give S & H Green Stamps And Cash Savings Stamps
MCKEY TEXACO SERVtCE STATMM
Complete Line Of Ford Parts
You')! *tay proud
of Chevro!et't iotting good took*
You won't tuyt another low-priced
car with the look of quality you see
in Chevrolet. And if you likb Chev-
rolet's looks now, you'll like its looks
always.
You'!! en{oy exctusive feature*
I for finer motoring
Body by Fisher—the highest-com-
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priced car—the biggest brakes, the
only full-length box-girder frame
(and M0M*s a yrca; ft'me ?o ^ oMc.')
and the only Unitized Knee-Action
rtde m the low-price field. They're
all yours in Chevrolet!
You save when you buy
and when you trade
Even so Chevrolet is priced below
all other hnes of cars. And at trade-
m ttme you'll be ahead again from
Chevrolet s traditionally higher re-
sale value.
You'!! get a tpetia) Heat right now
R-ght now, we're in a position to
9<ve you the deal of the year on a
new Chevrolet. Come in and let us
show you how much you'll gain by
buying now!
Now't the time to buy!
Get our big deat! Ew}oy a new . * *
YEAR AFTER YEAR, MORE
PEOPLE BUY CHEVROLETS
THAN ANY OTHER CAR!
Pearman Chevro!et Company
Phone zs* A!to, Texas
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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/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.