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THE ALTO HERALD
Aito, f exas, 1 huisday, December 2 !, ] 96 ]
Number 29
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Thtsage-oid greeting retains
u-ttthful zest and continues
express the best wishes of
ricttd^, it ciosciy approaches
e (ie^ire of most human beings
enjoy a "good time" and to
:! the glow of spiritual con-
.tedmss The Herald makes no
sp i i^y fur using the ancient
pi'.rase in extending holiday
to its subscribers, ad-
vertiser.-. workers and friends
-attdits enemies, if any. It
a!- gues. with hearty sincerity
the men and women, boys
i giris. of Cherokee County
eisewhere. If you are
;i!liY. as we wish you to be,
; v. if! enjoy the holiday sea-
(!) as friends and iovedj
s surprise you with the evi-
p of their affection and'
as you experience the pur-
; content of a welt-satisfied
r-n.an. If you arc HAPI'Y,
sr hope yon wii])je,y< u\vi[]
the Cni-tiuas spirit
v." . < f yourself anu'yonr .- ui)-
tn o.Iters, not onb tn toe
) days o)J 1961 but in tlioycar;
i" ahead of you. To ite bottt
!RY and HAPPY in this
d of ours, one must enjoy ;
rateriat and experience the
tuai. One must be weil in
. satisfied in mind and a-
in spirit. The way is clear:
pt with getsuine gratitude.}
with moderation and give
generosity. Never forget
<1) "It is more blessed to
than to receive" and that (2)
asmuchas ye have done it^
one of the least of these
bretheren, ye have done it
! ur.to me." So now you under-
why the Herald staff says
ou, simply and sincerely:
Merry Christmas."
Former Aito Jackets Had
Good Season At Kilgore
Hn
Actc
Hmt'a
"laa
unto
my
Bi)!y Burt
stand
WITH THE BOYS
IN SERVICE
J W. Meador Died
Sunday Afternoon
In Carthage
It was with deep regret that
Aito folks received the news that
Mr. J. W. Meador had passed
a^ay in the Carthage Memoriai
Hospital Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Meador were
residents of Aito untii the dosing
' ! Payne Lumber Co., where Mr.
Meador was empioyed, severat
years ago. He retired at that
tcne and the family moved to
Carthage where a daughter, Mrs.
Lavid Clabaugh, lives.
Mr. Meador had not been se-
riously ill, atthough he had been
'! faiiing nealth for some time,
and had just returned from
ii tuston where he had been for a
I tysical check-up. On Wednes-
day evening of last week he
suffered a stroke which proved
fatal.
The Meadors have many friends
i < re who remember Mr. Meador
as a man of high ideais, quiet
and unassuming as he went
about his daily duties, and are
' eeply sorry at his going.
Funeral services under Me
direction of the Hawthorn Fu-
r.eral Home, were held in Me
Funeral Chapel Monday afternoon
four o'clock with burial in the
atthage City Cemetery.
Mrs. Tom Banks attended the
rviecs from Alto and Mr. and
Hank Huffman from Rusk.
8th Infantry Division. Ger-
many (AHTNC) — Army Pvt.
Don K. Crosby, 20. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elbert Crosby, Route
1. Alto. Texas, recently partici-
porting units in Exercise Main
Barge, a V Corps Restraining
} exercise in central Germany.
The exercise, which involved
some 28.000 troops, was designed
to develop small unit leadership
! and test combat readiness.
Crosby, a rifleman in Com-
! panv D of the division's 16th In-
fantry in Baumholder. arrived
! overseas on this tour of duty last
ARTICLE TELLS OF
GOING, GONE
TEXAS WILDLIFE
Austin Vanished ami' vanish-
ing wi d ife c. Texas is described
it< art a d stories in an 8-page
section of the December issue of
pated with other members of the ^ TEXAS GAME AND FISH mag-
8tJi Infantry Division and sttp-iazin'.
According to T. D. Carroll, co-
ordinator of information and
education for the Game anu' Fish
Commission, the article covers the
wild bison, grey wolf, blacltfnoted
ferret, the grizzly hoar a id the
Merriam elk, as vanished ircm
Texas.
, Among the vanishing are Me
bighorn sheep, the kit fox, Mo
t nivet- otter, black bear and prairie
[ Kilgore.—Alto's Billy Burt, a
freshman at Kilgore College,
turned in one of the finest first-
year performances by a Ranger
in many seasons this year.
Among his accomplishments
were his selection to the fourth-
team JC Grid-Wire All America
team and his first-team berth on
the all-Texas Eastern Conference
team.
Burt roamed for 775 yards and
a 3.4 average for the season and
led the Rangers in scoring with
12 touchdowns for 72 points. It
might be noted that his 72 points
was 17 more than the entire
Ranger squad scored the pre-
vious season.
The addition of three Alto
exes to the Ranger lineup cer-
tainly was one of the big boosts
to Kilgore athletic fortunes. Burt
made the biggest noise, of course,
with his brilliant running, but
just as important in the scheme
of things was the KM field
leadership offered by quarter-
back Dickey McGaughey.
These two drew many of the
headlines during the year. Tackle
Steve McCarty didn't catch the
fans' eye much with his interior
j line play, but Coaches Carl Ellis
and Darrel Shaver are sure that
he was one of the fine first-year
linemen who will develop into
standouts next year.
One of Burt's accomplishments
during the year was his astound-
ing 214 yards rushing against
Henderson County in the fourth
game of the season. He also had
a 130-yard night against Texar-
kana in the seventh game of the
yaar.
Among McGaughey's finer of-
fensive nights were the games
with Texarkana and Tyler. He
passed for 134 yaj-ds against Tex-
arkana and 113 against Tyler.
For the year he connected on 47
of 103 passes for 565 yards and
one touchdown. He had only six
passes intercepted. Kilgore as a
team picked off 22 enemy aerials.
The 1962 football season can't
come too quickly for Kilgore
fans who are eager to see the
Rangers in action again—paced
by those demons from Alto.
J"*y- t <
He attended Alto High School
and is a 1960 graduate of Nacog-
dog. These animals, in their day,
were al! plentiful in Texas, bu'.
with the
doches Business College. Before} are being pushed out
entering the Army he was em- j increasing human population and
nloyed by Copeland Motor Co
destruction of native habitat.
HELLO NEIGHBOR
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Haney an-
nounce the arrival of a baby girt,
born December 14 in Rusk Me-
morial hospital.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Buck Haney of the Central
High community.
To Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
DRAFT CALLS
440 TEXAS MEN
N JANUARY
Austin.—The state draft quo-
ta for January calls for 440 men,
121 less than for December.
Colonel Morris S. Schwartz,
state Selective director, has
announced.
Cherokee County wiii send
three (3) for induction into the
Army and will send 20 for
Armed Force Physical Exam-
ination on January 4, 1962.
The December call, previously
announced, was 561, compared
to November. October and Sep-
tember quotas of 923, 911 and
1,112, respectively.
Colonel Schwartz also an-
nounced that approximately
4,000 men would be given pre-
induction examinations in Jan-
uary, compared to 6,155 in De-
cember.
Local board quotas for induc-
tion and pre-induction exami-
nation in January have already
been mailed by state Selective
Service headquarters.
The January quota will be
filled with men who are at
least 22 years old on January
1, with the exception of volun-
teers, or those whom the law
terms delinquent, who may be
younger.
Monthly draft calls in Texas
this year ranged from 292 down
to zero prior to August. Month-
ly examination quotas prior to
August ranged from none to
2,256.
AH-Distnct Phyets
Announced In 20-A
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Congress $t5.00
State Senator $45 01
State Representative $45.00
District Offices $45.00
County Offices ----- $40.00
County Commissioner .-- $25.00
Precinct Judge .-$1500
This newspaper is authorized
to announce the foUowing as can-
didates for the office, indicated,
subject to the action of the Dem-
ocratic Primary eiection:
for County Treasurer:
EDNA BOBBITT BINGHAM
Emphasize Safety
During Holiday
Season
Don't let a needless fire or ac-
cident spoil your Christmas hol-
idays. Fire and accident hazards
are multiplied at this season,
points out the Texas Farm and
Ranch Safety Council, and unless
more attention is given to safety,
the results could mean a dis-
aster.
Of major concern, says the
Council, shouid be the Christmas
tree. Danger from this source
can be lessened by the selection
of a freshly cut tree and by
proper handling, they say. The
tree can be kept fresh by cutting
the butt diagonally and placing
it in water or wet sand and by
seeing that moisture is supplied
as needed.
The placement of the tree is
also important. It should be
placed so as not to block an exit,
and well away from the fire-
place, stove, radiator, powerful
electric lights or other sources of
heat.
The Council recommends that
only Underwriters Laboratories
approved lights be used on the
tree. Lights which have been
used before should be cheeked
for frayed wires or damaged
sockets. Electrical circuits should
not be overloaded with addition-
al lights, toys or appliances.
Only nonflammable decora-
tions should be used on the tree
and tree lights should be turned
off when no one is at home or
when the family retires. As soon
as the needles begin to fall, the
tree should be discarded.
Fire safety should not be con-
fined to the tree alone. Discard-
ed wrappings and containers
should be put in the trash can as
soon as possible. Smokers should
be extra careful where they lay
their cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
Make sure that Santa finds
something besides a chimney
when he visits your home. Ob-
servance of basic rules of home
safety can keep the Christmas
Season a happy one, concludes
the Council.
Conference champion Groveton, <
who advanced to the state
semifinals, headed the All-Dis-
trict 20-A football team by land-
ing seven positions on the 24-
jplayer honor squad.
Groveton'n Billy Bob Padgett
and John Reynolds were picked on
both the a'ifensive and defensive
teams. Others catching double
duty were Robert King of Cor-
rigan, Charles Davis and Ray
Todd of Aito, William Emmons of
Grapeiand. and John Pouland of
Diboli.
The offensive team number one
included: Center. Robert King,
Corrigan; Guards, Charles Davis,
Alto, and Biily Bob Padgct, Grove-
ton; Tackles. Floyo' Blair, Grove-
ton, and William Emmons, Grapc-
land; Ends, Fred Williams, Grape-
land, and Ray Todd, Alto; Quar-
terback, John Reynolds, Groveton;
Halfbacks, Charles Friti'ay, Grove-
ton, and John Estes, Elkhart;
Fullback, John Pouland, Dibolt.
Offensive team number two in-
cluded'; Center, John Paul Stovall,
Diboil; Guards, Jesse Gibson,
Trinity, and Tom Hamby, Elkhart;
Tackles, David Mac Jeffus,
Trinity, James Simpis, Diboil, and
Jerry Daniels, Grapeiand; End's,
Billy Bowman, Diboil, and Jimmy
Parker, Elkhart; Quarterback,
Robert Yurk, Elkhart; Halfbacks,
Lowell Yates, Grapeiand, and Mike
Trevathan, Alto; Fullback, Roy
Kennedy, Trinity, and Arthur
Eaves, Groveton.
Those on defense team number
one included: Robert King, Cor-
rigan; Harvey Williams, Grove-
ton: Billy Padgett, Groveton;
Charles Davis, Alto; John Pou-
land, Diboil; Tom Hamby, Elk-
hart; Ray Todd, Aito; David Mac
Jeffus, Trinity; William Emmons,,
Grapeiand; Lowell Yates, Grape-
land; Mike Trevathan. Aito; John.
Reynolds, Groveton, and Roy Ken-
nedy. Trinity.
Defense team number two in-
culded: M'iton Bell, Corrigan;
Jimmy Parker, Elkhart; Joe Paul
Stovall, Diboil; Clyde Weaver,
Alto; David Woods Groveton;
Fred Wdliams, Grapeiand;
Thomas Dunnaway, Trinity; Bob-
by Blair, Groveton; Max Cot-ley.
Alto; Donald Brown, Grapeiand;
Ray Johnson, Alto, and Ronnie
Stevans, Groveton.
Those receiving honorable men-
tion were Wayne Halsell, Diboil;
Luther Cockrell, Corrigan; Jim
Richards, Grapeiand; Johnnie T.
Smith, Trinity; Raymond Reed',
Alto; Sam Watson, Corrigan;
Sammy Price, Trinity: Jark Free-
man, Groveton; Joe Derrett, Alto;
Paul Murphy, Diboil; Mike Gen-
try. Grapeiand, and Billy Bradley,
Alto.
INCOME TAX
FILING TIME
AT HAND
College Station — The year of
1961 will soon be history. For
many people, the end of December
means the conclusion of another
tax year and' that tax obligations
must soon be met, points out C. H.
Bates, extension farm manage-
ment specialist.
Before tackling the tax report-
ing job, Bates suggests that
farmers and ranchmen get a
copy oi,' the Internal Revenue
Service's 1962 edition of the
Farmer's Tax Guide. It is availa-
ble without cost from the offices
of local county agents or those of
the Internal Revenue Service. The
guide is written in easy-to-read
style and includes examples of'
problems worked out on the ap-
plicable tax forms, Bates says.
As for the dates. January 15 is
the deadline for farmers
and ranchmen who want extra
time for filing their final re-port
to file their 1961 tax estimate. If
the estimate is filed, Bates ex-
plains, the final date for filing
of the 1040 form is extended' to
April 13. If no estimate is filed,
February 15 then becomes the
deadline for making the final tax
report. These deadlines, pointa
out the specialist, apply to tax-
payers who derived two-thirds
or more o<f their 1961 gross income
from farming or ranching.
Form 943 is used for reporting
farm wages. The farmer-employ-
er must show the wages paid and
give the account number of indi-
vidual workers. The withheld tax
plus an equal amount from the
employer along with the reporting
form must be filed on or before
January 31 or a month after the
close of the year. Because every
phase of the farm and ranch
business can be affected by taxes,
Bates emphasLzes the need for a
study of the Tax Guide.
NOTICE
For the information of the
public, we will have our Christ-
mas Dinner on Sunday, Decem-
ber 24. Our cafe will be closed
all day Christmas Day.
Townley Cafe
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Townley.
THANKS
J. R. Merriwether, Charles
Lester Page. Floyd Rogers, Don-
nie Wood and Billie Brooks, to
you and to the Rural Fire De-
partment we are so deeply grate-
ful for your prompt and faithful
service rendered to us when a
car in the shop caught fire and
burned up, catching the building
and one of four other cars that
were in the building on fire.
Everything we had would have
been destroyed had it not been
for your promptness in answer-
ing our call for help, and your
efforts to save it. We do thank
you from the bottom of our
hearts. May the Lord bounti-
fully bless you and your loved
ones ail through life is our
prayer.
E.M., Olivia and Robt. J. Kolb.
Mr.
Are there those who
make, and keep, some
Year's resolutions?
will
New
Mrs. L. F. Hopper, 24. 1911 in Mlneola. Texas.
Mr. Hopper, a section fore-
man. worked for the Cotton
Belt Railroad for 37 years. He
retired in 1&57.
Mr. and Mrs. Hopper had five
and
residents of Wells for 27 years,
will celebrate their 50th Wed-
ding Anniversary with Open
House at their home December
24, from 2 till 5 P- m.
They were married
December'children, four of whom are
living. They are Albert Hopper
of Boling, Mrs. R. E. Whiteside,
Austin, Merkel Hopper and Mrs.
F. F. Sessions, both of Weils.
The Hoppers have seven grand-
children.
SPECIAL NOTICE
The Alto Herald will publish
the annual Christmas paper
next week. Deadline for news
and ads must be in the Alto
Herald office by Friday noon
December 22. The paper will be
in the post office Monday,
December 29.
SANTA MAKES ANNUAL V)S)T—Santa Claus made his an-
nual visit to Boyd's Pharmacy Saturday. Santa makes this trip
every year about this time to bring the kids candy and to find out
what they want for Christmas. Shown in the picture is Santa talk-
ing to one of the children, and Billy Carroll, of KTLU Radio Station,
Rusk.
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