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10MLL OF THE PiNE
.E NURSERY
^g;r,!AR & SON. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
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i Hf ALTO HERALD
GARDEN SPOT OF
EAST TEXAS
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $2.00 PER YEAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY. $2.50 PER YEAR OUTSIDE COUNTY.
^ ago a group of
: nf Jacksonville got
i , u s the fading to-
tlte time the mcet-
„ progress there were
:i operation in Jaek-
n Rusk and three
\ ,,f them were op-
, part time basis be-
mri ige of tomatoes,
tmtrtinthemiddte
n.: eason.
the meeting was to
gcouldnntbedone
k!\. we are of the
''.hey were wasting
i t re is nothing they
: now. There arc en-
factors involved.
dt.it in Cherokee
dipping twenty-
< when the den! was
, : from shipping pink
<;[)g into the green
-quired a longtime
:-:atodcal in East
']<<re;. the foundation
te in the crop.
)jitti< 1H30, Jackson-
. iiout six hundred
i'^s every season;
n"ve around 350 and
In those years it
;i dollar deal, and
from $30 to $800
Jacksonville operated
"n:y heds; Alto had ten
,m i Husk running five
STORES TO
CLOSE FOR
4TH0FJULY
Tin:
ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, JUNE 30, 1955
NO. 3.
*^r* ' - Y—r—"
''S '' in he isccrtainetl,!
ctica!!ya!i More.-, wi" t,eCo^,,
"c-'-lT'.n.ia, "if "'.service!
of t)ic fourth of July
!'«st off,e,. and bank patrons
should keep in mmd that tl-ei
.Continental State Bank and A!!o!
ipostuifiw^tiidDsc Saturday at!
i'won and wilt nut reopen a'^.n'
until tuesday morn ff
need stamps or money
tircyshouidbrpurcttai-d
Saturday morning. Hank
you
orders
before
tratts-l
LOCAL SCOUTS
PLAN TR!P TO
TOHAWA
B!g Recreation
Program Friday
!so be followed
, actions should
along tiiese '!int-s.
Dry goofi-, irardwarcand va-
! stores will all dose for the
''ay Monday. Drug stores .viltob-
[serve Sunday hours. About the!
,only business that will bo active
ail day wdl l)c filling stations.'
jOne cafe bus stated that they witt!
cto.-c all day.
Garages and appiianco stores
i also plan to ciose for the day.
TOMATO PRICE GOOD—Tomato prices ranged around 6'^ and 7c
n ,a\ and the vo'lumc was oxceptionaltv larce for this
exceptionally large for this time of the
and
going
Lindsey
continuing to ship the green wrap, but Joe
. , ^om the green wrap deal and is now ship-
pm^ tiie tomatoes unwrapped in boxes.
fruit, while good, was small, most 7-7 ai
. ' 1'us picture reveals trucks loaded with tomatoes goi)
' 'e l.auman. Lmdscy and Alvaraz packing sheds'. The Lindst
'"<! I.auman shetls are continuing to shin the cteen w,,t r.
Alvarez changcd over
prosperous years it did
)[ !t the expense that it
!' ntl the grower then
[a. ideal more money
this crop on a 3c price than
no.v on a tOc level.
! nfri expense in the pink
negligible. The farmer
tew;), bought his crates
crate factory, took them
[ ;md packed his own toma-
four basket crates. He
'hem to the sheds and
inspected and loaded
! cars There were no Song
. n.t '.crs that required a
: m,,re graders; the 50 to
: ;<ershc{i were not re-
ar.d he did not have
'"matoes thrown back
' -ikisfrom eight to
^ "tnd to place a lug
in a freight car. Give
lea pound for the
'''t youhavealug of
' tost $4.00 before it
ach toward the mar-
'.!m;c years, the price
tn tomatoes for
F'"-'' <s increased, which
p ' tieen absorbed by
'^r- When the cost start-
'''r<l trend, growers
J raising tomatoes.)
r' ' v lume was large
gown's many, the gradual
' not noticeable until
years ago. Now it is
' a :nt where it can be,
end is in sight.
' - "''ng the growers more
' ' plants, fertilizer
f .matter expenses and
* a point where he'
t". fit in the deal at
exposes were in-
here the expenses of
'h of course was;
tomatoes grown ]
A heavier freight
' it; grower also has
nother factor that
pr^ifit down.
eveled off to where
' ''y few experienced j
in Cherokee!
' heads have;
toward cattle,}
' ' tis. They don't
"ymore. Manyj
rs have gone to
'riat centers and
' wages and make
"itii than they!
' r raising toma-;
"the past and
" tomato deal rise
Peak and then i
ALTO WOMAN '
D!E0 SUDDENLY
HEART ATTACK
Mtv Kate MeLendon, wife of!
the tate H. H. McLcndon, and
mother of Mrs. W. N. Shattuck of
this city, died in an ambulance
Tuesday morning en route from
Timpson to Center.
She had suffered a heart attack
at the home of Mrs. Oilie Hairston
and Miss Monar McLendon in
Timpson and was being rushed to
I the hospitat at Center.
Mrs. McLendon. accompanicd
by Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Shattuck
of Atto and Mrs. Dessie Shattuck
of Liberty, went to Shetby County
Sunday to attend the McLendon
family reunion at the tittle com-
munity of Clayton. Mr. and Mrs.
Shattuck and Mrs. !)cssie Shat-
tuck returned Sunday evening,
but Mrs. McLendon was to remain
over for a weeks' house party.
The remains were brought to
Alto Tuesday afternoon and
frmeral scrvitvs held Wednesday
aftcrttoon at 3:30 o'clock at thei
Alto Methodist Church, with the]
pastor, the Hev. Hen F. Roper, of-
ficiating, tnterment was
famity burial lot in the Alto City
Cemetery, with arrangements di-
rected by the Strihling-Smith
Funeral Home.
Surviving retatives include one
son, Ctyde McLcndon of Tyter;
four daughters, Mrs. Thclma
Shattuck. Alto, Mrs. Katherine
Teer. and Mrs. Carrie Jo Jasper.
Daltas, and Mrs. Mildred Chllders.
Lufkin.
The reat enemy of society is the
person who intentionalty seeks to
mislead those who arc searchinR
TEN CARS MELONS SHIPPED—Tuesday afternoon found these
pick-up trucks waiting their turn to be untoaded at the H. A.
Lindsey shed. The first melons moved out of here last week-end,
!Tinging a cent and a half a pound. Tuesday afternoon the price
dropped to one ccnt. Watermetons are pouring into the large cities
from several southern states and a higher price is not tooked for
until shipments slow down. The Alto melon crop is targe and the
quality now is reported very good.
HSH1NG LiCENSE
RULES
CLAR!F!ED
Last week the Herald printed a
dispatch sent out by the game and
fish Commission from Austin.
In the fourth paragraph of the
article it stated:
"The principal point apparently
involves use of artificial baits,
in the {that is so far as the resident
conccrned. because the state law
requires persons using artificial
bait to have a REGULAR STATE
fishing license. Persons NOT
using artificial bait may fish in
their own home counties without
a license under the general state
law."
The word "NOT" was left out
of the article. Inasmuch as it
changed the sense of the article
entirely, we are reproducing the
paragraph above, which is correct.
If you want to selt, buy. trade
or rent, use a Heratd want ad.
WILSON RES!GNS
AS CHEROKEE
DEPUTYSHER!FF
Atbert Witson, deputy sheriff
under Sheriff Allen Dotson, has
resigned as deputy sheriff of
Cherokee County, effective July 1.
Mr. Wilson has accepted a posi-
tion as Field Representative for
the Lone Star Feed & Fertilizer
Co., and will make his headquar-
ters in the local store here.
Sheriff Dotson stated that Mr.
Wilson had made a splendid of-
ficer and accepted his resignation
with deep regret.
Boy Scout Troop No. 105, witl
hotd an important meeting next
Tuesday night at the scout shack.
Plans for the trip to Camp Tonka-
wa witl be outlined.
Boys 11, 12 and 13 years of age]
arc eligible to make the trip.
Those planning to make the trip
should attend this meeting Tues- !
day night, and if unable to do so,} Cherokeean, by a
should advise Scoutmaster Frank ! ""°^ many years, the oldest
Ed Weimar or James Crammer if "°wspaper in Cherokee County
they plan to make the trip. !"'" olebrate ^ 108th birthday
Local scouters wilt spend
RUSK PAPER
TO OBSERVE
BIRTHDAY
rA-rcHERS—Pictured here is a 470 pound
Imd one inch 'ong that was
1 tw - miles south of the brtdge on
ah„ut two m n,hind the.r
his dad, Lloyd
"a:o
we woutd say
' in Cherokee
' and unless
, ' .rrtculous nature
, n ten years from
' crops of Cherokee
. ^cthing for the
'"'k about that "used
CHAMPION "GAT*°", ...
alligator that .b
caught in : .-t of last week.
"hh^!vttt.ng*f!om''i'.'ft to right arc Lajry around
Da'^^nd F'oyd Waltace and ^ey ba.ted
K'J,rK Kw'K'i, Wednesday
the hook attached to taunt and ^ ^e-
Strg'es^^^
about 30 pounds, ^ad tw
according to Mr.
WELLS WOMAN
MED EARLY
WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Tassie Ellerbee, 56, wife of
the late Ernest Ellerbee of Wells,
died earty Wednesday morning in
a Jacksonvitle hospital after a
tong iltness.
Funeral services wilt be held
this afternoon at 3.00 o'clock at
the Welts Baptist Church, with the
Rev. O. P Meadows, pastor, offi-
ciating. Interment will be in the
Mt. Hope Cemetery at Wells with
the Stribting-Smith Funeral Home
in charge.
Deceased is survived by three
brothers, Joe, Henry, and Ben
Bailey, all of Welts; two sisters,
Mrs. Anna Cochran, Welts, and
Mrs. Daisy Williams, Channel-
view.
Mrs. Ellerbee was a native of
South Cherokee County, and had
lived her entire lifetime in and
near Wells.
SHIPMENTS TO DATE
Up until Wednesday noon 86
cars of tomatoes and ten cars of
watermelons had been shipped
out of Alto.
Tomato shipments are likely to
be tight the rest of the season. If
the price of watermetons hold up,
shipments are expected to be
heavy.
Mrs. Jutia Rozette spent the
past week-end in Palestine with
her niece, Mrs. Douglass Moore.
a
week at Camp Tonkawa, begin-
ning Sunday afternoon, Juty 10
and return home the following
Saturday.
GROWERSMAY
GO BACK TO
P!NKDEAL
J. F. Rosborough
The current East Texas tomato
crop witl be one of the smallest
on record. The deal has slowed to
a small movement of 10-15 cars
per day with grower prices rang-
ing from 4-6c per pound. (Pinks
are bringing 8c per pound.) There
is some speculation as to whether
or not the late set of tomatoes
wilt develop into sizes large
enough for greenwrap shipment
or pink shipment. In most years
the "top crop" goes to the cannery.
Canners at Jacksonville report
that they witl pay $20 per ton.
The majority of growers in
East Texas have not made any
money this season. From the
standpoint of production, the
movement of tomatoes from East
Texas this year was just a few
cars more than 1953 which was
one of the shortest crops and
highest price years on record.
The average price for the current
short tomato crop appears ex-
tremely low. It all goes to prove
that in some seasons prices should
be higher—but they don't. When
we examine the 1955 tomato deal
rather carefully, here are some of
the factors in which East Texas
growers and shippers should be
interested:
1. The Rio Grande Vatley is
timing plantings to extend their
tomato deal into mid-June or
later. This season the Valley
shipped more cars in June than
East Texas.
2. Most of the East Texas toma-
to crop is shipped in lug boxes by
rail. Our competitors in Georgia
and South Carolina ship in 40x60
pound wire boxes or bulk boxes
in trucks. Georgia and South
Carolina thus get their tomatoes
into centra! markets for l%-2c
per pound less than East Texas
tomatoes. This difference in hand-
ling costs is passed on to the
grower in higher prices.
3. Will East Texas go for the
pink deal? A number of East
Texas shipping points plan to
ship pink tomatoes next year.
Last week a pink tomato grower
told me that up to that time he
had sold $824 worth of tomatoes
from slightly over an acre. Grow-
ers need an alternate to turn to
when green wrap tomatoes sell
for less than cost of production.
4. A battle between green wrap
repackcrs and direct sates of pink
tomatoes to chain stores is almost
certain to develop in Florida and
other states next year. The pat-
tern could be fairly well estab-
lished by the time the tomato deal
opens in East Texas in June.
5. In 1956 tomato growers
should remember the poor yields
which were produced by the Rut-
gers variety. The Stokes Cross
No. 5. Homestead and Kokomo
varieties gave good yields and
had much less cracking than
Rutgers. The Kokomo variety was
especially smooth. It has shown up
exceptionally wetl as a variety
for the pink deal.
witl celebrate its
next Saturday.
Befitting the occasion, the
young owners, Emmett and Marie
Whitehead, are preparing to cele-
brate the day with an open house
next Saturday, July 2nd.
In order to show their ap-
preciation for the nice business
that has been accorded them
since they have been in Rusk,
they will present several gifts to
some of the guests on the occasion.
Free gifts will be given all
children who visit the Cherokeean
office during the day and eight
valuable gifts will be given to
guests who prove to be lucky.
Gifts will include an Admiral
television set; one piece of
Samsonite tuggage; one set of Fire-
stone tires and five baskets of
groceries.
It will be welt worth Chero-
kee County citizen's time to pay a
visit to the Cherokeean office
during the day of July 2 and see
the printing plant of those two
hardworking and hustling young-
sters.
Emmett and Marie Whitehead
have completely renovated the
plant, and only recently installed
a Miehie newspaper press, which
has proven to be a valuable ad-
dition to the plant.
During the few years they have
had charge of the newspaper,
much new equipment has been
added and their newspaper of to-
day is far ahead of the one issued
prior to their coming to Rusk, and
is now ctassed as one of the best
weekly newspapers in Texas.
The Herald publishers and all
the force extends heartiest con-
gratulations to the owners of
Cherokee County's county seat
newspaper and hope that they
will continue to enjoy a prosper-
ous business and have many
more birthdays.
POSTMASTER
MED AT
DOUGLASS
If men are to escape from the
consequences of their own child-
ish ctcvemess, they witl have to
team ... to think not of separate
groups of men, but of Man.—Bcrt-
rand Russell.
J. C. Neat, postmaster at Doug-
lass, died suddenly Monday night
while sitting in the family car at
his home. Death came about 10:30
o'clock.
He had mowed his lawn late
Monday evening after coming
home from the post office and
complained of feeling ill. His
wife became alarmed and had
started to take him to the doctor
and he died in the car.
He was 64 years old at the time
of his death. Born at Nacogdoches
on May 5, 1891, he had tived his
entire lifetime in Nacogdoches-
County. He was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at the Doug-
lass Methodist Church with Revs.
Bilty Thomas and Jack Anthony,
officiating. Interment was in the
Douglass cemetery.
COUNTY NAMES
SCHOOL BOARD
FOR DOUGLASS
A board ot trustees to serve
the Douglass independent district
during the 1955-56 school year
has been appointed by the Nacog-
doches County school board.
The county board met in special
called session to appoint the
trustees for the newly created in-
dependent district at Douglass. A
vote in the Douglass district re-
cent) y changed it from a common
to an independent district.
The new board to serve during
the coming year will include L. E.
Friday night, Juty 1 at the
Atto Student Footbait Field, there
will be a gata night of free fun
and entertainment, sponsored by
the Quarterback Club and the
Lions Club, in cooperation with
the P. T. A., the Ladies Auxiliary,
the V. F. W., and the Home Dem-
onstration Ctub.
All proceeds, including .those
from the concession stand, auc-
tioneering, special donations, do-
nations at the gate, and any others
will be used only for the summer
recreation program j including the
lighting of the baseltatl field.
Everybody witl be working coop-
eratively to help set up the recre-
ation program.
Come earty and eat supper with
the ladies at the concession stand.
Supper wilt be ready by 6 o'clock.
As you enter the gate, Henry
Payne and his helpers, will take
any donation which you would
like to give. Keep the ticket giv-
en you at the gate for the prizes
to be given after the softball
game.
Beginning at 7:00 p. m., good
music will add to your fun and
entertainment. Tommy Hugghins
witt auction off novelty articles
and good home-made cakes fur-
nished by the Home Demonstra-
tion Club.
At 8:00 p. m. Coach Johnny
McClendon's bi-district champs
wit! play the V. F. W. boys in
what promises to be a red hot
game of softball. You can't afford
to miss this.
During this time such notables
as Metvin Sessions, Blanton
Brunt, Robert McClure, Durward
Rogers, Bob Stribling, Warren
Whitoman, Frank Ed Weimar,
George Wiliiams, Clyde Poore, J.
C. Copetand, and George Dowling
will deliver to you in the stands
at! the hot dogs and cold drinks
that you can eat.
Mrs. Richard Johnson and Mrs.
Verna Lee Alten and their help-
ers wilt operate the concession
stand. Mrs. H. D. Rogers will
have charge of the novelty articles
and cakes.
After the ball game three spec-
ial gate prizes, donated by Lyons
Butane Gas Co., Thomas Hard-
ware. and Boyd's Pharmacy, will
be given to the persons holding the
lucky tickets given at the gate.
For a special prize contact Jim
Bitl Boyd.
The V. F. W. team that will,
face the Bi-district champions
will be composed of the following
orofessional softball players who
have made their notch in sports
in the past:
Sam Baugh, Jim Bill Boyd,
Dickie Allen, Sonny Pearman,
Doug Bradford, Wittard Lawson,
Bernie M. Fults, Edward Bynum,
Tom Logan, Terry Moore, Jackie
Jeter, Tracie D. Pearman, Bill
Neal Shattuck, and Jim Thorn.
The Bi-distrtict champions
under the management of that
famous coach Johnny McClendon
will have the following players
in the field for that night:
Bilty Lee Btack, Billy F. Hop-
son, Geratd Choate, Bobby Boyd,
Raford Rice, George Covington,
Paul Fults, Doug Maddux, Jerry
Gilcrease, Kenny Williams, and!
Raymond Wallace.
Remember there will be no
gate fee, come and give just
whatever you wish. All monies
go to get a recreation center and
lighted basebatt field, so come
and have a good time and help
in this undertaking that will
benefit the entire community.
Rector, Horace Spradtey, W. D.
Smith, A. R. Mobley, Homer Col-
lier, Willie Yates, and Curtis
Sparks.
Ctyde Arnold,' county school
superintendent, explained that atl
members of the Douglass board
would be up for re-election in
1956 in a regular vote in the dis-
trict.
We can't always control what
happens to us. But we can control
what we think about what hap-
pens . . . And what we are think-
ing is our "life" at any particular
moment.—Norman G. Shtdle.
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