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^LTO HERALD
A!to, T exas, Thursday, August ) 3, ) 959
Number ! 0
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At <)'<))(!
NEWS FROM THE (APiTAL
t rom W. W. Glass
j ) The Legislature finally complet- ! biennium,
= ed the work assigned to it by the
or a total for operating
I - [expenditures of $5,144,000 during
'kit ) Quarterback Club Governor in the [turd Called Ses- the biennium. which is $150,000
first meeting of the sine die. [more than was provided in the
,n Tuesday night at *0 More the end of the 30 [appropriations bill
days alloted the session. biennium.
In the closing days we passed a
big tax bill containing 429 type-
written pages on legal-size paper
This measure estimated to
A!! Alto High School
Band Members Called
To Meet Thursday
Mr. Hunter Cunningham Band {
Director of the Alto High School,!
Schoo! Budget Hearing
Stated For August Twenty
. their
9-60 s<
City H i twenty-one
E35 p! :<!< nt Weldon Hen-
i„ eharge of the meet-
!g( etnl projects were
! Ha A r )Mif!littCC WQS Op*
a Camera to n,m ^86.'100,000
MP ' rhtrtnfy
^ foot! gatne. The Presl-
abo m<P"inted a Member-
,C0B1I fee to sell mcmbcr-
and !' "'beetle tickets. The
^ ba . cue will be held at
tPurer. 1 <k'' Thur.^lay
has called the first meeting of
for the last i the Band for Thursday night,
Besides, the Hospital wiU re-
ceive in addition to the foregoing
amounts $459,000 during the next
tn new revenues
during the coming biennium, I
discussed in my letter of last
week.
Afterwards we passed the
General Appropriations Bill, con-
s,u<; 3M pages, providing for
t "7 Resent at the!"" expenditures of $241:1.000.000
, * James Simmons. ' "<e next bi,
in fitiel;. Walter Smith,
"*C'""unier. Robert Mc-
La I, nee Smith, Hall Mc-
H Mnlone Knox. Fioyd andthed,ff<cult<eswehadra.s<ng
R, , )!tooks. Geo. T. Wil- a<M)t""!"' reve.tues, I am fairly
Smith. .7. R. Mcr- appropria-
p,ekev Allen. George Pertaining to Cherokee
^ ,)i,n Hurt, Billie Cates d"'ect!y.
\loore. William Burt! State Hospital
j;,„")-cv. and Frank Ed State Hospital will
The club will meet ; t"r its appropriation $2,-
K-.lav night at the City : Per year dunng the next
raise biennium for capital outlanys, a-
mong these capital outlays being
$250,000 alloted for the construc-
tion of a female ward.
Then in further addition, as a
general rider in the appropria-
tions bill, ail of the employees in
the lower incomc brackets wilt j
receive $15.00 per month in extra
The Alto Independent School announced the election of teach-
} District Board of Trustees witt ers for the coming year as fol-
August )3, at 7:00 o'clock. The at the High School Building lows:
meeting will be held in the school j Thursday night. August 20. 7:30 j George T.Williams,High School
auditorium. j o'clock to consider the budget for ] Principal.
Ihis will be an organizational the 1959-60 school year, according! Mrs. Loriane Hull, Commercial,
meeting. Those interested in , to an announcement by the Board ; Miss Josie Watters, English.
Band are urgently invited to at- j of Trustees. i Mrs. Anola Martin, English
tend.
!
gsr !:' is a
female who's
gshi <m't be able to squeeze
tir. ' very small parking
ptimist is a male who
Htn . "n't try.
*
er <n farm management
sports should be for fun
:;ition and not for adding
iti tics to the nation's ac-
!toH More than 1,100 rural
nnium. S" I [ pay. or $180.00 per year. And thisi
would ),k<. to d.scuss this bill in ,.xtra $15.00 per month for these ^
this lettet. ! employees will not come out of
In vtew of the bitter tax fights t)^ $5,^4,000 appropriated for the
general operations of the hospital.
Longevity (Lost
This pay raise of $15.00 per
month is a compromise on the
longevity feature which I spon-
sored in the Appropriations Com-
mittee, a feature adopted by the
Appropriations Committee four
times, and accepted each time by
the House. But the Senate never
did adopt this feature.
Naturally I am somewhat dis-
appointed in the failure to secure
longevity pay for the state em-
ployees. Nevertheless, in view of
the bitter tax struggles, we are
perhaps lucky to do as well as we
did for the Rusk State Hospital.
! Likewise, the other state cm-1
] ployees will receive these raises of !
$15.00 per month. However, the]
pay for some of the employees in
the Highway Department is not
spelled out and earmarked de-
finitely. since many of them work
on an hourly basis, and the Legis-
lature could not prescribe flat
raises in their cases. But the High-
way Department has the money
with which to grant similar raises.
WELLS SCHOOL
BOARD APPROVES
CALENDAR
The Wells Public School Calen-
dar for the school year 1959-60
.it u 3 : is the last day to was approved at a meeting of the
rt fund of the federal tax i School Hoard. Wednesday night,
Id !"in July 1 1958 to Augusta. School will begin Mon-
]9.j9 on gasoline used for day, August 31 1959, and the
)rk reminds Tom E. Prat- school will close May 19. I960.
Registration will be Friday, Au-
gust 28. at 8:30.
Teachers are scheduled for a
four days workshop, beginning
Monday, August 24. The calendar
approved by the Board set up the
following holiday periods for the
drown each year and the* school term: Thanksgiving, No-
upward. Ed Cooper, ex- vember 26 and 27; Christmas from ig^ ^ have requested this De
' "" .-..-A -laioarv 4- payment to give such raises.
Old Age Assistance
Appropriations for old age as-
sistance and other welfare grants
amount to $45,200,000 per year
during the biennium. This does
not constitute a raise; and, of
Alto And Troup
Slated To Capture
District Crowns
Coaches at the state coaching
meeting held in Fort Worth last t
week picked the Alto Yellow
Jackets to win the 19-A district
championship and the Troup ]
Tigers to take the 17-A cham-
pionship.
White Deer and White Oak
have been nominated as the lead-
ing teams of the Class A division
of Texas schoolboy football in the
coming season.
White Deer, defending cham-
pion, was picked by coaches in-
terviewed at the Texas Coaching
School.
White Oak always powerful)
The board would like to have
all interested parties meet with
them to hear the reading of the
and Remedial Reading.
Terry T. Moore, Science and
Coach.
budget and to advise with them j Don Nation, Social Studies and
on its adoption. j Coach.
Superintendent Lawrence Smith} Raymond Fletcher, Chemistry
I and Basketball Coach.
Vocational
Carl Dickey
Buys Kennedy
Cleaners
Carl Dickey announced
week that he has bought
Kennedy Cleaners from Mr.
Mrs. Tom Kennedy of this
and denied the championship last you at any time.
year because of an ineligible [
player, was rated as strong as Agriculture Teachers
The probable district cham- Attendmg A^eetmg
pions were selected as follows: In Fort Worth
I, Stinnett; 2, White Deer; 3,
T. E. Cummings
Agriculture.
Mrs. Jo Frances Weimar, Vo-
cational Homemaking.
Hunter Cunningham, Band,
Public Schooi Music.
Mrs. Helen Treadwell, Coun-
selor.
The name of the Health and
Mr. Dickey has operated the physical Education for girls in-
business for the past several. gtructor is being withheld from
I years under a lease, but bought! until the place is accepted
the firm out. effective the first of ' by the applicant.
I August. j James M. Grammer,Elementary
He announces that he will give j principal
cleaning service and, Mrs. Johnnie Mae Hargrove.
Miss Ruthie May Williams Mrs.
this
the
and
city.
first class cleaning service
will appreciate a chance to serve!
Thelma Shattuck, Miss Edith
Hendrick, Mrs. Alene Moore,
Mrs. Brice Jeter, Mrs. Jean
! Pcarman, Mrs. Helen Quarles.
wildlife specialist, urges December 18, 1959 to January 4,
rsnn who participates in I960; Easter, Friday, April 16.
orts to learn and observe! other action of the Board in-
-f water safety. It could! eluded adoption of AMENDMENT
ir life. j to Texas Public School Official
# i Budget for the Fiscal Year 1958-
kto Theatre and the Alto} 59. The Items amended were
extends an invitation to Transportation and Capital Out- _
! Mr, \ J Ramey to be' lay. The Board also set Monday been placed above $47,000,000 be-
!f this week-end to see night, August 17, as the date for cause of the ceiling in the Con-
course the amount could not have
ng of "Shaggy Dog."
t the hearing on the 1959-1960 Of
ficial Budget.
Alton Singletary and Mrs. installation of glass backboards
. Kw.eHe have returned j in the gymnasium was authorized'
after a three weeks' visit Installation of tile on the floor of
insyivania with Mrs. Wal- j the hall in the junior high school
was postponed until additional
bids could be received for the job.
The following is a listing of
Wells faculty for the coming
school year: Winnie K. Wisener.
Superintendent; R A Wallace,
High School Principal and Eng-
^ III and children and Mr.
rs Fred Track, and in 111-
fith Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
!' and Mrs. Cora Atkens.
LO NEIGHBOR
stitution.
Still the House voted the full
$47,000,000. Again, though, this
amount was out back by the
Senate.
If the Governor calls a special
session this fall for teachers pay
raises, we expect him to ask for
the full $47,000,000 permitted in
the Constitution for old age as-
sistance and other welfare grants.
Moreover, if he calls such a ses-
sion, we expect him to ask for
money to provide for medical as-
sistance to the aged to meet the
constitutional provision adopted
by the people last fall.
The Governor did not ask for
such money during these special
Farwell; 4. Ralls; 5, Plains; 6,
Coahoma; 7, Fabens; 8 Ozona; 9,
Burnet; 10, Merkel; 11, Crowell;
12, Keller; 13, Honey Grove; 14,
Liberty-Eylau] 13, White Oak;
16, Forney; 17 Troup; 18, Garri-
son; 19. Alto; 20, Mart; 21, Waco-
Midway; 22, Thorndale; 23, War-
ren; 24, Waller; 25, Fort Bend;
26 Ganado; 27, Boerne; 28, Po-
teet; 29, George West; 30, Woods-
boro; 31, Bishop; 32, Rio Hondo.
Local Boy Enlists
In U. S. Navy
The U. S. Navy Recruiting Sta-
tion in Palestine, Texas, an-
nounced today that James Harold
Adams the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Adams of Route 1, Alto,
Texas, enlisted in the U. S. Navy
on the 5th of August, 1959. James
is at present undergoing his re-
cruit training at the U. S. Naval
Training Station, San Diego,
California. Upon completion of
Austin, Texas, August 8. — De-
claring the importance of agri-
culture and agricultural occupa-
tions, Governor Price Daniel re-
cently designated the week of
August 9-15 as "Vocational Agri-
culture Teachers' Week." During
that week the Vocational Agri-
culture Teachers of Texas will
meet in Fort Worth for their an-
nual state conference.
In issuing the official memo-
randum Governor Daniel empha-
sized the increasing importance of
training in agriculture and took
note of the Important function of
the vocational agriculture teachers
of Texas in agricultural education.
During the week the states'
nearly one-thousand vocational
agriculture teachers teacher
Colored Personnel:
Wilburn C. Carr, High School
Principal; Maxine Taylor, Ever-
etta Waddleton, iMae B. Martin,
Valentine Waddleton, Beulah Ri-
ley, Harry Johnson.
Joe B. Hudson, Elementary
Principal; Ocie Sanders, Lola B.
Carr, Era Moreland, Marvelle
Whitaker, Lena Smith Anna B.
Dansby.
B&PW Club
I trainers, members of the state
staff and friends will review ac-
complishments, study new tech-
niques and ideas in both technical
agriculture and teaching methods,
and hear from leaders in
,,, . , fields of agriculture farm organi-
trammg James will return home) ^ Question.
for a short peWod of leave before j ^ ^ ^ week
being asstgned to one of tha
lish; Myrtle Alexander Science;
Estella Griffith, Mathematics and
Business; Erna E. Alexander,
Vocational Agriculture; Bonnte N.
Warner Homemaking; Terry N.
Johnson. Elementary Principal .....
.„.ri Hand; Hilly Thomas, Health {sessions, for he knew that the
! n d Physical Education for the} problems of ra.s.ng revenues for
\ aides' Ola B. the purpose of balancing the
and Mrs. Bob Hardy an- upper e ^ ^nda budget and caring for the in-
the tnrth of thetr son, Goodtnan ^ creased costs of the State were
<t Newburn Hospital Aug. s. Bynum, stxtti K'''"'
{hing nine pounds and thir- j Bailey, fifth grade, ^ yr '
Kmccs. He has been named fourth grade: Jennte Spin s.
^tt, rson Hardy. Jr. ' grade; Audra L Chnstopher. sec-
proud grandparents are ond grade; and pa
first grade. studies and} The Legislature passed again
^"at present because of, during this Third Called Session
oach ts of Jerry ] a measure pertaining to the eiec-
the recent ..^ptcd a tions of the Upper Neches Water
Whitaker. w ho - j Authority. The Senate had failed
'"A!!"and 'nen-bers are called! to get a record -te m the Second
to meet August 17 at 6:30 p. m.,
in the band room.
The Wells Colored Ktemen ary
school faculty conststs of: Otiv
Navy's many trade schools or a
unit of the U. S. Fleet.
Mrs. R.- H. Hardy of
id Mr. and Mrs. Ervin
Alto.
' - ' ' Mrs. Leahmon Hassell
Hulah community, an-
arrival of a daughter
S'' 'ay, August 2 at Rusk
P'"- Hospital, weighing
nds and two ounces. She
named Anita Ruth.
already great; and he felt that the
request for such appropriations
would make the tax problems too
complicated.
Upper Neches Elections
Six Hurt In July
On County Roads
Six persons were injured in four
highway traffic accidents in
Cherokee County during July, ac-
cording to the report of Sgt. J. A.
McVean of the Palestine sub-sta-
tion of the Texas Highway Pa-
trol, and $11,265 worth of prop-
erty damage was involved in 12
highway traffic accidents.
scnoot . M-.rv
" 'ternal grandparents p^dley. J'-, PrmcpaL - - .
Bradley, and Jessie B. *la^' ^
fourth teacher for th.s school
„ot yet been employed.
Public Hearing
On Schoo! Budget
Set August 20
.eh,*.'"..."' "'t
' < Mrs. B Morgan of
'ttd the paternal grand-
Mr and Mrs. J. M.
' f Husk.
Utith has two sisters,
A n and Weida Jane.
Called Session on a similar bill;
so the measure could not go into
effect until 90 days after the end
of the session, and the Authority
woutd have had trouble in meeting
the requirements of the election
before the deadline set in the bill
for November 1. Therefore, the
Authority will have plenty of lee-
way between now and December
1. the date set in the last bill. Since
the measure received this time a
record vote in both Houses, it can
go into effect as soon as it is signed
by the Governor.
The Fist Fights
The three fist fights or near
Mrs. H. C. Brady of,
F announce the birth of
1' twn August 10. weigh- j
^ pounds and fifteen / extend" to the
t.K.'"* -
' * "" "" ' of the session were, in my opinion,
due to the nervous tension built
up here, the tension which I dis-
cussed in last week's letter. One
of these fights involved by desk-
mate, Jerry Sadler.
Little League
To Play Gallatin
Friday Night
The local Little League base-
ball team will play Gallatin here
Friday night at the local baseball
diamond.
Game time has been get for
7:30 p. m.
The Little Leaguers won Tues-
day night's game, four to five.
Thank You
My family join me in saying a
very big "Thank You." for the
many nice things that you did
for me while I was a patient in
the hospital and since I am re-
cuperating at my home. We
deeply papreciate every flower,
card, food and other courtesies.
Truly, we shall not soon forget
such deeds of kindness.
Mrs. Arthur Brooks.
will be directed by George Hurt,
Director of Agricultural Education
for Texas Education Agency and
members of his staff. During
evenings and one-half day ses-
sion. the Vocational Agriculture
Teachers Association of Texas will
review the years' work of the As-
sociation, elect new officers and
install new members of its thirty
man Board of Directors.
Present Association officers in-
clude H. G. Barber, Floydada,
President; James Wester of
Palmer, Vice-President and Wil-
bert Melschen of Raymondville,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Earl Cummings local Agri-
culture teacher, is attending this
meeting.
The Alto B&PW Club met
In the home of Mrs. Elizabeth
Wallace for their reguiar month-
ly meeting, with Mrs. Wallace
and Mrs. Mamie Lee Carter,
hostesses.
A very interesAng meeting
was held, with the President pre-
senting the plans for the new
year's work, and naming the
Committee Chairmen for the
year.
Mrs. Carter presented a Past
President's pin from the club to
the retiring President. Mrs. Coy
the j May Allen.
We were happy to welcome a
[ new member to the club, Mrs.
Jessie Glenn.
After the club benediction a
social hour was enjoyed with the
hostesses serving a delicious
salad plate, iced tea cake and ice
cream.
The next meeting, which will be
held on September 14, will begin
our program with Mrs. Allen dis-
cussing Finance Co-ordination.
This meeting will be held in the
Southwestern Electric Com-
munity Room with Mrs. Gladys
Lawson and Mrs. Lillie Mae
Treadwell, hostesses.
1959-1.960
School Calendar
Faculty Meeting: August 26-27.
Registration:
Freshmen—August 17.
Sophomores—August 18.
Juniors—August 19.
Seniors—August 20.
Elementary School —August 28.
First Day Of School: August 31.
Thanksgiving Holidays: Nov.
26-27.
Christmas Holidays: December
21 to January 4.
End of First Semester: Jan-
uary 15.
First Day of Second Semester:
January 18.
Professional Holiday: Mar. 11.
Easter Holidays: April 15
through April 18.
End of Second Semester: May
22.
Elementary Graduation: May
20.
High School Baccalaureate and
Commencement: May 22.
Award Day: May 23.
Local Woman s
Mother's Rites
Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Rogers, 74. mother of Mrs.
Jim Wilson, were held Tuesday
afternoon, August 11, at 2 o'clock
in the Hoya Hill Baptist Church,
with the Rev. J. W. Hollis,Baptist
minister officiating. Interment
followed in Sunset Memorial
Park.
Mrs. Rogers died Monday morn-
ing, Aug. 10, at 3:10 o'clock in City
Memorial Hospital of Nacogdoches.
Born in Nacogdoches County
February 20, 1885, she was the
daughter of Rom Wisener and
Isabel Christian Wisener, both
native Texans. She was married
in 1900 to S. P. Rogers, who pre-
ceded her in death. She had spent
most of her life in Nacogdoches,
and was a member of the Hoya
Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. Dewey Fore of Nacogdoches
and Mrs. Jim Wilson of Alto; four
sons, Rom Rogers and Gordon
Rogers, both of Nacogdoches, Sam
Rogers of Palestine and Leo Rog-
ers of Wichita Falls; one sister,
Mrs. Georgia Furra of Nacogdo-
ches; one brother, Robert Wisener
of Nacogdoches; 12 grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
'ternal grandparents p"t')ie )„.)<) in the
" "<i Mrs. Doyle Parish of -eh«.<i p. <n
' mrs. uoyte rartso <"t nt.rarv
'Ireat-grnndparents are MM*' ^ )!).'<&.
Mrs. J. B. French and !
Mrs. Jeff Parish, and
''-grandmother is Mrs.
**""ch. all of this city.
si( )t "'ttward
\))(t ![)de)'en<te"t ""
pistriet.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Murphey of
j Nacogdoches, were out of town
). guests at the Wesleyan Service
Guild Covered Dish Supper,
which was held at the Lions'
Clubhouse Tuesday evening. The
Hon. Murphey was guest speaker
for the occasion.
Library News
A series of interesting nnu edu
cational hooks for children and
young people has recently been
placed in the Stella Hill Cit;'
Library. The hooks were pur-
chased with a portion of the do-
nations received by the library
during National Library Week.
The books, which arc a part
of the Childhood of Famous A-
mericans Series, were written;
by various authors and published
by Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.
Each volume contains the true
life story of some interesting and
famous person. Attractive full
page illustrations make the sto-
ries more enjoyable.
The young patrons of the
library are happy that this set'
of hooks has been made available
for them through the generosity
of the public.
Other children a*id y e u n g
people are urged to visit thq
library to see these books which
are both informative and enter-
taining for people in their age
group.
Revival In Progress
At Assembly Of
God Church
A series of revival services is
now in progress at the Alto As-
sembly of God Church. Services
each evening, beginning at 7:43.
ILadies Meeting each morning
at 9:0() o'clock.
Doris Wolf and Dorothy
ymitli are speakers for the meet-
ing. Special mustc at each ser-
vice.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
F. H. Wolf, Pastor.
Funeral Rites Held
Wednesday For
Mrs. Pearl Pegues
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl
Pegues, 71, were held Wednesday,
August 12 at 2 30 p. m. in Old
Palestine Baptist Church with
the Rev. J. H. Schwitter. officiat-
ing, assisted by Fred Wortham.
Interment was in Old Palestine
Cemetery, with arrangements in
charge of Stribling-Smith Fu-
neral Home of this city.
Mrs. Pegues was born August
11, 1888 and had lived most of
her life in the Central High com-
munity. She died on her birthday,
August 11, at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Essie Tannery.
Survivors are her daughter,
Mrs. Tannery Alto; and one son,
John Pegues of Shreveport, La.
Football Boys To Meet
Thursday, August 13
All Alto boys who plan to par-
ticipate in football are called to a
meeting Thursday evening at 6:00
o'clock in the High School Gym.
Coach Terry T. Moore.
Words of Appreciation
To the many friends who re
membered me with flowers,
cards food and visits during my
recent stay in the hospital, I am
sincerely grateful to you.
May God bless each of you is
my prayer.
Doug Minton.
School Bus For Sale
Sealed bids will be received by
William M. Bailey, President,
Wells Independent School Board,
Wells, Texas at the Chevrolet
Station, Wells, Texas, any time
between this and September 3,
1959, on one 1952 Ford, 48 pas-
senger school bus with Tesco
body now owned by the Wells In-
dependent School District being
offered for sale. This equipment
may be seen in the Bailey Chev-
rolet used car lot, Wells Texas-
Bid proposals may be secured by
contacting Winnie K. Wisener,
Superintendent. Wells Independent
Schools, Welts, Texas. The Wells
School Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. ll-c.
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