The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ALTO HERALD
ihed i 896
Aito, I exas, Thursday, June ! t, ) 959
Number !
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' Roy Brooks left
_-gay^"i' Fort Worth, where he
[attend)' the 83t'd Annual Con-.
ntiono!'!" State Firemen and
, ^ ,al'sA sociatiot], which
in that city through
Mr a:'< ^Its. Silas Jones of
gten tr inity were presented
. ( jliprtzeforbring-
^theii' ' lug of pink tomatoes
oM y ar. 'l'he award was
[Hp t))er<'gulartneeting
^jo! ' '"b l'uesday at noon.
n hant. business man
"tn w !io did not join the
Tt Day Program still
tliportunitv to do so un-
til.!!) After that date
h] be restrictions. Ifin-
le.ntact any member or
diiison. Chairman.
E)axT!. .^uree
3w Pastoi
:OOp]
ins 4-H clubs now
ne of their own. His
4-H Center located
f.mnecticut Avenue,
DC. The National
lation has itshead-
)i the Center which wiM
opettedonJunelB.
O
moisture for cotton
has muitiplied the
tt grass problem. Fred
je u. :on cotton special-
tttat cotton producers
d took at practices
[ta ut the costly hand
[bi He suggests rotary
raloiiing of grass and
\ <ung cotton and spot
L.cat county agents
/.information on these
I "f Cecil (Boss) Fielding
ry t ) hear of his death on
June 2, in Houston. Fu-
Viccs were held Thursday
htk at 1:30 p.m. in a
^Funeral Home. He is the
h ' f " Dad Hale,' 'as his
er was known here.
the Alto Theatre is
he George W. Williams
be their guests to see
^ Of Sinbad" which
wittg ut the local
week-end.
V
recent Annual Texas
I iitte'.ing held at Ratcliff
ItH n;tld Parsons, Man-
thur Temple Research
P <ted in a letter of
by Dr. Folweiler,
]"f T^xas Forest Service,
C . rientious and out-
rk in tree improve-
'teh. Noteworthy also
^ itstrated ability to
Keneral problems as
'the field of forest
etm nt. Each year two
ectedfor this award.
O
F- r i .ehes Chapter of
F' ' ' of the American
'' urging all citizens
r Flag, during the
'-14. especially Flag
-httie ]4. Members
A)t« arc .Mrs.
Cart Yowell and
F.'win.
! announced this
"ea! Library willi
"ine until twelve on
Saturday of each
June 16.
Itev. Sam Duree, Pastor of the
First Methodist Church, who is
moving here this week. He will
fill the pulpit for the first time
next Sunday. Rev. Walter Klin-
gle,[)astor here for the past two
years, has moved to Houston,
where he will pastor the Ludtke
Memorial Citurch in that city.
Prizes Offered In
Chi!d Photograph
Contest
The time is almost here for the
opening of this newspapers' Big
Child Photograph Contest, and
we're urging all of our readers
to have their children ready for
the big day.
Winston B. Lucas of Irving,
Texas, will be in Alto on Satur-
day, June 13. from 9:30 a. m. un-
til 4 p. m. at the Alto Herald of-
fice for the purpose of taking pic-
tures in this vicinity.
In addition to having their
pictures printed in this news-
paper the children will be com-
peting for $18.20 in prizes, which
arc being offered for the three
best photographs made during
the day.
The photographs will be made
absolutely free of charge and
there is no charge for their pub-
lication hi The Alto Herald.
Proofs will be shown and from
these you may select the picture
of your child which you would
like to appear in thts newspaper.
If you wish extra photographs,
they may be purchased, but no
purchase is necessary in order to
have your child's picture printed
in this newspaper, or in order to
compete for the prizes. It is en-
tirely up to you, whether you buy ^
pictures or not.
There is no age iimit on the
contest, and every child's photo-
graph in this section is wanted so
that they may all appear in The
Alto Herald. However, it is nec-
essary that all pictures must be
of uniform size, so they must be
made by Winston B.Lucas on
Saturday Junel3. 9:30 a. tn. to
4:00 p. "i.
Don't wait until little Mary
gets married or baby brother is
elected to some political office to
sec their pictures in the paper-
make plans now to have these
photographs made on Saturday,
June 13. Tell your friends and
neighbors—the more, the merrier. ^
HELLO NEiGHBOR
d Of Than!:
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TE1
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" ank publicly all
so kind and
"*h< recent loss of
every act of
''<'d us for the
"id words of com-
^ ' and Family.
Kaked Cakes
- N«. Ma, o E s
Saturday Cake
'tlikptohave
"deakewtth-
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^ Clvdp Poore
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!')fcakoyfui
be baked for!
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't'Wified.
Sgt and Mrs. Milter D. Lusk
announce the arrival of a h't e
June 2. wetghmg ^
pounds and seven
young man was born m Mainz.
Germany.
The proud
Mr. and Mrs. 11. B. Lusk of tty
city, and Mr. and Mrs. U. V.
Helm of Rusk.
Mr. and MrJ.lL N- ^
announce the birth of a < ' _
born June 7, a*
morial Hospital, "e.ghtng J ^
pounds and ten ounces
been named Hubert Nelson. Jr.
Sam Duree was given the ap-
pointment for the First Metho-
dist Church at Alto at the Texas
Methodist Conference held last
week in Houston.
Rev. Duree, 28 years of age,
wife's name is Beverly.
They have three children, Nona,
8, Sammy, 6, and Timmy, 3.
He has been pastor of Memorial
Church in Beaumont for the past
two years. Prior to this he was
Assitciate Pastor of the Sunset
Methodist Church in Pasadena.
He received his Bachelor of Sci-
ence at Sam Houston State Teach-
ers Coltege and attended Perkins
School i,f Theology at SMU in
Dallas.
Rev. Duree stated on the phone
Monday afternoon "that he and
his family are looking forward to
being in Alto and we know that
we shall love the people and the
work.''
The Palestine district shows the
following appointments:
Stanley Carter. Superintendent;
Kmmett Dubberly. Superinten-
dent; Alto: Sam Duree, Alto Cir-
cuit: Fred Worthen; Antioch Cir-
cuit: John Derr; Athens: J. A.
Chapman, Athens Circuit: S. C.
frvin; Buffalo: James Bauman;
County Circuit: V. A. Cox; Dew
Circuit: Lawrence Falk; Elkhart:
Lawrence Upton; Eustace: Mou-
zon Lee; Fairfield: Leon Peacock;
Frankston: Odis Cleaver; Grape-
land. H. A. Springfield, Grape-
land Circuit: William Walker;
Jacksonville: First, Carlos Davis,
St. John's, Douglas Meyer; Jewett
Circuit: William Helpenstell; La
Rue Circuit: Billy Roy Browning;
Malakoff: W. Bert Condrey;
'Montalba Circuit: Billy Lynn
Giles; Neches: Jimmie Smith;
New Summerfield: R. P. Sanford;
Oakwood: Faulk Landrum; Pal-
estine: First, W. R. Swain, Grace,
Ellis McGaughey; Palestine Cir-
cuit: Norman Johnson; Providence
Circuit: Orville Parker; Rusk:
E. J. Birkelbach, Rusk Circuit,
Nolen Holcomb; Teague: Jewel
McClure; Trinidad: Ellwood
Brown; Wells: Billy Thomas.
Executive Secretary Board of
Education. W. Rubal Moore;
Adult Director, Board of Educa-
tion Richard Murray; Youth Di-
rector. Board of Education. Ger-
ald Atmar; President, Lon Morris
College, Cecil Peeples; Instructor,
Lon Morris College, Virgil Mat-
thews; Executive Secretary,
Town and Country Commission.
J. Alton Jones; Superintendent,
Lakcviow Methodist Assembly, G.
Ray Loden; Asst. Supt., Lakeview
Methodist Assembly, Gordon
Alexander; Chaplain, U. S. Air
Forcc. Kenneth Summy; YMCA
Director, Dallaw; James Hotch-
kiss; Emergency Relief, Robert
Stcpp; Student Perkins School of
Theology, Ronald Thompson.
Mrs. Maynard's Rites
Hetd Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. G. H.
Maynard. 88, who died Thursday
nt her home here, were held at
3:00 P. m. Saturday in the Old
Palestine Baptist Church, with
the Rev. Walter Klingle, officiat-
ing assisted by the Rev. Bill
Morgan. Burial followed in the
Old Palestine Cemetery.
She was a member of the
Mount Zion Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daugh-
ter. Mrs. Corinc Ramey, Alto:
f,,ur sons. Ivion and Cody May-
nard. Alto Aubrey iMaynard,
n„bstown. and Grady Maynard.
Conroe; twelve grandchildren,
twenty-three great-grandchildren
and five great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Grandchildren served as pall-
bearers.
Stribling-Smith Funeral Home
l.ad charge of funeral arrange
ments.
NEW COACH
SELECTED FOR
ALTO SCHOOL
Terry Ted Moore junior high
coach for the Alto High School
for the past five years was se-
lected as head coach of athletics
for the local school Tuesday night
at the regular School Board meet-
ing.
He has been most successful in
coaching Junior High football
teams the past several years hav-
ing won a high percentage of the
games.
Terry Ted was born and reared
in this city, graduated from the
Alto High School in 1950. He
played quarterback during his
high school years, playing under
the coaching of his father, the
late Ted Moore. He received his
B. S. degree from Stephen F.
Austin at Nacogdoches in 1954,
where he also lettered in football.
He began teaching in the Alto
High School in the fall of 1954.
He was married to Miss Floyce
Lee Lindsey July 24, 1954 and
they have two children. Both
Terry and Floyce take an active
part in the church program of the
First Baptist Church.
Plans are now underway to
hire an assistant coach, which
wiM be announced at a later date
by the local school board.
Fiddlers' Festival
To Be Held In
Crockett Friday
Crockett.—"It's 9 a. m.; second
Friday in June; time to begin the
23rd World's Championship Fid-
dlers' Festival in the Davy Crock-
ett Memorial Park in Crockett."
Once more Master of Ceremo-
nies Roy Garner will chant that
opening greeting which will start
the all-day event here June 12.
Garner will introduce Mayor
Jack G. Beasley, Jr., who will of-
ficially welcome fiddlers and
guests to Crockett.
During the morning Garner
will be assisted by Bob Mattox
with MC duties and introduce
visitors to fiddlln' by the Wynne
Western String Band and Gospel
Quartet of the Wynne State
Farm, Walker County.
Hank and Juanita Huggins and
their Lufkin KTRE Jamboree
Band wiU also join the morning
opening show. Hank will MC the
fiddlin' contests which will begin
at 1 p. m. according to Jaycee
President Robert IL. King, Jr.
The Crockett Jaycees are annual
sponsors of the all-day show.
During the afternoon, three di-
visions of fiddler contests for
cash will be held. These include
75 and over age group; 50 to 75
years of age; and under 50 years
of age fiddlers. The winners in
these three divisions will com-
pete for the title of World's
Champion Fiddler $50 00 in cash,
a Stradivarius violin and a 24
inch gold trophy.
A total of $500.00 in cash will
be awarded during the day.
Fiddle Bands will also compete
after the fiddlers' divisions. Top
prize for bands is $40.00.
A dance in the Exhibit Build-
ing. starting at 9 p. m.. will con-
clude the program. The Jambo-
ree Band will be featured along
with a surprise recording enter-
tainer. the name of whom Jaycee
sponsors are withholding until
the night of June 12th.
Mrs. Robert Richardson and
,„n. Jimmy, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Wallace were in Timpson Sunday,
attending the Macklcroy home-
coming which was held in the
Timpson City park.
Mi!k Prices Rise
Only 20 Per Cent
!n Past 10 Years
Can you think of any food that
has gone up so little as milk since
the war?
Average price for a quart of
milk is only about 20 per cent
higher now than 10 years ago.
says the Agricultural Marketing
Service.
However, the milk you're buy-
ing now is better than the milk
you bought before the war. it's
cleaner safer to use, consistently
tastes good and keeps longer.
Better breeding and manage-
ment of dairy herds has enabled
dairymen to keep the costs of
milk fairly stable, says the Texas
Extension Service dairy husband-
men.
Tomato Deal Open, 3
Cars first Three Days
FIRST LOAD—Joe Lee Pyle right, of the Cold Springs community,
is shown here with the first load of tomatoes to come to Alto this
year. He had twenty-five bushels and sold them to the H. A. Lind-
sey shed for five cents per pound. Also pictured is Hall Womack,
tomato buyer for the Whitcman shed.
FIRST DAY—A long trail of tomato trucks wait to be unloaded on
the first day of the local tomato season Tuesday afternoon of this
week. Both Whiteman and Lindsey sheds opened Tuesday and paid
five cents per pound.
Herbert B. Hagood
Died Monday
Funeral services for Herbert B.
Hagood. 65, who died suddenly at
his home in West Alto Monday
afternoon, were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 p. m. in the Alto
Missionary Baptist Church with
theRev. A. E.Oden, pastor, of-
ficiating. Interment followed in
the Alto City Cemetery.
Mr. Hagood was bom in La
Marque County, coming to Alto
some twenty-five years ago and
resided in the Alto area where he
was engaged in farming up until
ill health prevented. He was a
member of the Alto Missionary
! Baptist Church.
Mr. Hagood had been in failing i
I health for several years, but his
unexpected death was a shock to
, his family and many friends.
Survivors include: his wife Mrs.
t Louisa Hagood; one daughter,
Edna Bell of Dallas; one sister.
Mattie Carter, Topeka, Kansas;
; one brother Bcnnet Hagood, Rox-
' ton; two grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
O. T. Allen and Son Funeral
i Home was in charge of arrange-
i ments.
Mrs. Ed Christian of San An-
tonio, is here for a visit in the
home of her mother Mrs. J. R.
Luker.
Open installation of officers for Alto Chapter No. 496, Order of
the Eastern Star was held Thursday evening of last week at 8:00
o'clock in the Masonic Temple.
Officers for the new year who were installed, and the installing
officers who presided at the ceremony are pictured above. They are
front row seated, left to right: Mayola Jeter, Worthy Matron; Arlie
R. Bice, Worthy Patron; Coy Maye Allen, Associate Maton; Carl A.
Kenesson, Associate Patron. Second row, standing left to right:
Mamie Lee Carter Secretary; Viva Scott, Treasurer; Sallie Ken-
esson, Conductress; Henry Etta Bice, Associate Conductress; Mattie
Davis, Installing Marshal; Sallie Rogers, Installing Chaplain; Brice
Jeter Installing Organist; Edna Merriwether, Secretary pro-tern;
Margaret N. Ross, Instailing Officer; and third row. standing, in
the same order: Myrtie Bynum, Chaplain; Zola Mae Engledow,
Marshal; Annie E. Fenner, Organist; Viola Scales, Ada; Evileen
Keels, Ruth; Gladys McClendon Esther; Jewell Daniels, Martha;
Gladys Lawson. Electa; Nellie Ramey, Warder; and Elizabeth
Wallace, Sentinel.
A musical program immediately followed the ceremony.
The Alto Chapter is observing its 50th Anniversary year and in
noting the observance, the Worthy Matron chose for her colors,
gold and white. Officers were gowned in white formals with gold
corsages, and accessories were gold and white.
Running about ten days later
than previous years, the Alto
tomato season opened Monday
with extremely light receipts.
There were not any cars complete-
ly loaded out Monday but three
ears were loaded Tuesday and
billed out Wednesday morning.
Monday the market opened at
5c, which was also reported to be
the opening price at other ship-
ping points. The price stayed
about the same Tuesday and
Wednesday.
As the Herald goes to press this
week there had not been any
sheds opened in Rusk or Jackson-
ville. Bob Tankersley, buying for
the Mercedes Produce Company,
may open a shed in Jacksonville
the latter part of the week ac-
cording to information received
here Tuesday afternoon.
H. A. Lindsey and Gus White-
man reported that the quality is
very good and this will help ma-
terially in bringing the price up.
The price range of about 5c for
the first three days was excepted
to be up in the next few days or
early next week.
The green wrap deal in the
northern part of the Rio Grande
Valley is practically over but
shipments from Cameron County
in the south end are continuing.
Canning plants in the Rio Grande
Valley are in full swing with can-
ning tomatoes selling at a good
price.
COURTHOUSE
ROUND-UP
Filings have been light on both
the county and the district civil
dockets. On the county docket
were the cases styled:
John Petri Welding and Machine
Shop vs. Charlie (C. D.) Ashby
in action for debt.
Gordon & Piatt, Inc. vs. Her-
bert Osborne, Jr.; d-b-a Osborne
Plumbing in action for debt.
First State Bank of Rusk, vs.
Buster Caveness, et ux forclo-
sure chattel mortgage.
Two cases were filed on the dis-
trict civil docket:
John T. McDougal vs. Mrs.
Gladys Young Lindsey, et vir, can-
cellation of abstract.
Josephine Lane vs. Albert Lane
action for divorce.
From the County Criminal
Docket came four new cases with
two of the four having been tried
in the court of County Judge J. W*
Chandler.
William Gilbert Cortinis, charg-
ed with driving while license sus-
pended, and Kermit Sutton,
charged with aggravated assault,
have not come to trial.
John Allen Duffie charged with
driving while license suspended,
waived trial by jury.pleaded guil-
ty as charged and paid a fine of
$50.
Jerald Wellborn Browning,
charged with DWI, waived trial
by jury,pleaded guilty as charged,
and was assessed a fine of $100.00
costs and 3 days in jaii.
The County Clerk's office is
keeping its record of issuing an
average of one marriage license
per day for the month of June.
Licenses have been issued to:
Martin Vonseal Cameron and
Olivia Ann Gaskin.
Milton Leon Purtle and Marce-
iinaPrieto.
Earl LeVell Grimes and Elida
Cuerrero.
Board Forwards
Four For Service
Cherokee County's Selective
Service Board No. 19 Monday
forwarded Gilbert Dean Ezell,
Hirmatt Patrick Peoples, and Tho-
mas Leland Jones to the Dallas
Induction Station for induction
into the armed forces.
In addition Tommy Lee Cheat-
ham was forwarded for Local
Board No. 38 at Ennis.
Mrs. Curtis Holze and daugh-
ter, Cindy of Waco, are spending
this week here with their parents
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Erwin.
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Mrs. Frank L. Weimar and Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 11, 1959, newspaper, June 11, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215576/m1/1/?q=%22Mrs.+Frank+L.+Weimar+and+Son%22: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.