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THE ALTO HERALD
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Alto, Texas. Thursday, January 7, ) 965
Number 32
ohing
AroMnd
!W<. .
irmatt Chevrolet Co., has
"Happy Anniversary" spec-
throughout! the dealership
hink you'll tike. It's their
of expressing sincere thanks
the folks for the way you've
/ad them and their quality
over the past 32 years.
< have been wonderful
i. Years in which you've
d litem to grow into one of
finest Chevrolet sales and
ce centers you'il find any-
e. H you'll let them, they
d to hee^ right on growing
improving their facilities,
want fo give you the best
can be had. If it weren't for
you good people, their 15th
day wouln't be possible. So
Kvn and get re-acquainted,
u haven't met them yet, don't
f off any longer. And while
e there, don't forget to ask
t those "Happy Annlver-
' specials.
*
e new Form 1040 for 1964
mailed out about January 1.
new form has been com-
ly revised Page ] of the 1040
t about the same although
; are ttevera! changes, but
2 has one column for the
zed pdtductions, and on the
9ide of the page is a column
listing the income. Internal
nue hppes to cut down on
number of pages most tax-
rs will have to file. Our good
advice is to read those in-
:tlons just like your dollars
nded on it-.they do.
*
Federal income tax return
: be filed by every citizen or
tent .of the United States, in-
ing minor children, who had
s income of $600 or more in
, Baa BMend, Administrative
,^he Tyler office of
mat %Mwnue Service, re-
ded today. A calendar year
rnyer, who is 65 or over, is
required to file unless his
te in 1964 was at least
Ben Friend said.
Mo. 5107 which fur-
Mi)} more detailed information
this subject is available upon
mint from the Internal Rev-
e Service.
t8 Ca.es Filed
Criminal
aurt in '64
t total of 248 cases were filed)
Cherokee County Criminal
nut at Rusk during 1964. com-
re! to 203 Hied the year before.
M the 1964 total, 155 cases were
ed, 31 iwero dismissed, and HI
sea are <811 pending.
.eading all other charges was
tvlng <a motor veMcle wMle
oxlcated, with 82 such cases
ad for 1#64
Mext in number weire cases of
gravatto^ aasautt, desertion, and
eft, w(th 28 each.
Seventeen cases of driving.
iHe Hcanse is suspended were,
ard, with 16 tried for possession
Uquor for She purpose of sale.
Judge J. W Chandler presides
er the Chttokee Criminal Court
Card Of Thanks
Thanks to my many friends in
lto for your kind deeds and
iOugHtMnc during my stay
i the hospital and since I've
home
bless each of you in
ay.
Ha Brown. 32p.
f Appreciation
ly acknowledge our
appreciation for the
ieeds that the many
a* daddy have done,
ers, cards and food
n, denoting the es-
he was held by his
We would also
the doctors and
k Memorial Hospt-
loyalty in nursing
ring to his every
teed. All of this is gratefully
tppraciated.
The A. Ivie Family. 32-c
Charles Blrdsong of Longvlew.
t)M<HBjjtonday here with his
r.othar, Mrs E. D Bullock and
sthOf relatives.
'65 Farm Outlook
Remains Generally
Unchanged
The overall agricultural out.
look for 196o takes on a com-
plexion pointing to an increase
in demand as well as an increase
tn supply of farm products. Farm
prices and incomes, however, are
expected to remain relativeiy
stable.
Markets for farm products on
the home front! will continue to
expand due to economic growth,
rising consumer incomes and
population growth, reports John
McHaney, Extension economist,
Texas A&M University.
Looking to the foreign market,
agricultural exports in fiscal
1964-65 are anticipated to con-
tinue aS a high level, though
somewhat below the record-
setting total of $6.1 billion last
year. This total was 20 per cent
above the previous two years.
Producers of agricultural com-
modities, however, will still be
confronted with large supplies of
farm and ranch products, says
the economist. Both livestock and
crop production are expected to
increase slightly, while carryover
s ock remain large, particularly
fur grains and cotton.
With the large supply of farm
products, little hope prevails for
an increase in average prices re-
ceived by farmers. While little
change is foreseen in livestock
product prices, crop prices will
probably be slightly lower in 1965.
Duck Hunters Report
Good Area Shooting
Tyler.—East Texas duck hunt-
ers who were expecting the worst
have been pleasantly surprised
at the number of migrant water-
fowl through this half of the
state. Palestine Lake, Lake Ta-
wakoni and the sprawling Dam
B Reservoir have produced some
fine walerfowl shooting.
Farm pond shooting is reported
as fair, but impoundments such
as Caddo. Lake O' Pines, Lake
Texarkana and Texoma Lake
have accounted for a lion's share
of divers and dabblers. Rivers
ard sloughs have produced many
gadwalls and mallards and a
good population of the colorful
wood duck.
Came wardens of the Parks &
Wildlife Department have noted
an average number of violations
among hunters, butt believe that
the majority of hunters have
picked up copies of the migratory
bird laws to guide them during
the hunts.
Said one hunter, peering
through the willows of a floating]
blind, "it's the best duck shoot
ing we've had in five years."
VFW NEWS
POST 8908
The dance was a success, several
old-timers remarked that it was
the best ever. If you were not
there you missed an evening of
fun.
Come to the meetings on Thurs-
day nights and to the work
nights on Tuesday, for we need
to get everything in order so
we all will be proud of our
Post Home.
There wiil be BINGO at the
Post Saturday night, January 9.
Come and bring a friend.
Thursday, January 13, we will
have a stag feed. Bar-B-Q There
will be plenty of food and a good
time for all. Bring your dues if
you haven't done so already.
If you have a hospital bed or
wheel chair and are not using
them, please bring them in, as
we need both now. Thanks.
C. L. Butterfield, Com.
WITH THE BOYS
IN SERVICE
Milton, Fla. (FHTNC)—Avia-
tion Structural Mechanic Third
Class Lee W. Copeland, USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Copeland
Jr. of Route 1, Alto Texas, was
recently promoted to his present
rank while serving with Training
Squadron Three based at the
Whiting Field Naval Auxiliary
Air Station, Milton, Fla.
His promotion was based on
time in service and rank, Military
appearance, and his passing a
Navy-wide promotion examina-
tion.
The squadron trains future
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard aviators.
Fourth Squirrel Hunt
Scheduled For Devil's
Pocket Wildlife Area
Tyler — The fourth of five
public squirrel huntu will be con-
ducted by Parks & Wildlife De-
partment personnel January 8,
9 and 10 on the Devil's Pocket
Wildlife Area.
Open to the public, five hun-
dred hunters per day, a total of
1RM, will be accomodated on a
first come, first served basis.
Project Leader Charles Boyd, in
charge of the hunt, recommends
that hunters bring along their
squirrel dogs for best results.
Boyd states that if wind and
weather are favorable tthere
should be a good kill during the
hunt. Squirrels seem to be plenti-
ful and in good condition.
East Texas Singing
Convention Meets At
T t Grove Sunday
Sunday, January 10, at 2 p.m..
many singers are expected to
meet at the Walnut Grove Meth-
odist Church, located five miles
east of Bullard on the Troup high-
way. We are expecting several
well-known quartets, special
singing groups, and some of the
outstanding soloists from different
sections of East Texas will appear
on the program.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Miss Mary Fry, Chairman.
The Bare Fact Is,
The Bear Is Real
Tyler.—When a hunter brings
in deer, pronghorn or squirrel
during season, the feat rarely
rates honorable mention in to-
day's fast-paced newspaper. But
with a 300 pound black bear it's
a different story, and three East
Texas hunters have won the
brass ring with their trophy.
Charlie Harbor. his son, Joe, of
Lufkin, along with Henry Law-
rence of Dtboll were deer hunt-
ing in Angelina County on Christ-
mas Eve, and doubted their eyes
for a moment. There had been
hears and rumors of beats in East
Texas for several weeks, and the
rumors came to life as the big
bruin went paddle-footling across
the road in front of them.
Joe promptly clobbered the
critter with one shot from a .30
caliber rifle, and the elder Har-
ber administered the coup-de-
grace with a similar weapon. The
animal measured 6 feet 8 inches
from the hind paw to the part
that Roes first into the beehive.
District Chief Jack Weaver of
the Parks & Wildiife Department
agreed that this might be the
same animal recently reported
seen near Henderson in Rusk
County, but that since bear sea-
son was open in Angeli'3 County
at the time, the trophy is legal.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to 'hank each and
everyone for the flowers, food
and love offering we received
during my illness, also for the
visits and prayhrs. A special
thanks to the nurses at Rusl:
Memorial hospital and Dr. Gab-
bert. May God's richest bless-
ings be with all of you. It's so
nice to have such friends in
time of need.
Lorena and Paul Fults. 32p
News From Your
County Agent
Johnnie A. McKay
Agriculture is a big business in
Cherokee County to the tune of
about $7.5 million according to
the last available information.
Because it is big business those
involved directly in it and those
in closely related enterprises have
been busy during 1964 trying to
improve methods and become
more efficient in the over all
operations.
Early in January some of the
leadership of the county recog-
nized the need for a broadiy re-
presentative group of people to
get together and make studies of
the various areas of interest in
Cherokee County, identify prob-
lems and set up machinery for
solving these problems. Organiza-
tion of the Cherokee County Pro-
gram Building Committee was
completed early in 1964 with 28
people representing all areas of
interest in the county included as
members. Ten study groups were
then appointed and a rather de-
tailed study was made of Chero-
kee resources. The committee then
studied reports of the study
groups, identified problems, set
goals, and appointed sub-com-
mittees to go to work on certain
problems the committe felt should
receive priority. These sub-com-
mittees on Public Affairs, Youth
Development, Community De-
velopment, Historical Develop-
ment, Family Living and the
Livestockmen's Association co-
operating on livestock and forage
problems have already made some
progress in working on the prob-
lems identified.
County extension agents worked
ciosely with leaders in setting up
the committee and in compiling
the Cherokee County written pro-
gram, a 100 page booklet encom-
passing the county situation,
identified problems, long term
objectives, immediate goals and
plans for working on problems.
About 260 leaders in the county
received copies of this county
program after completion in July.
Since about one third of the
farm income in the county comes
from beef cattle, the livestockmen
uf th? county feit an organization
was needed to improve and pro-
mote the beef industry. On Janu-
ary 30, 1964 about 100 producers
and the county extension agent
met and organized the Cherokee
County Livestockmen's Associa-
tion. The association meets the
fourth Tuesday of each month
and has an educational program
and discusses problems and ac-
tivities. Twenty-one men from all
parts of the county make up the
board of directors for the associa-
tion.
Following a study of the county
situation and identification of
problems by the County Program
Building Committee the Live-
stockmen's Association voted to
work on all problems relating to
beef and forage production. Some
of the most pressing problems
were related to hay and pasture
production. Only about 60 thou-
sand acres of pasture in Chero-
kee County is improved - out of
a potential of about 250 thousand
acres.
Twelve members of the associa-
tton agreed to carry out hay and
pasture fertilization demonstra-
tions. Due to drouth only 8 dem-
onstrators carried demonstra-
tions' to completion. County ex-
tension agents assisted demon-
strators in planning demonstra-
tions, keeping adequate records
and compiling summaries at the
end of the year. About 200 copies
of this 40 page summary were
mailed to association members,
dairymen, and other interested
persons.
In June the association con-
ducted a tour of three of these
demonstrations.
To help improve pasture and
meadow production through
better fertility programs, the as-
sociation sponsored a soil fertility
shortcourae in October. About 70
producers attended this course
taught by specialists from Texas
A&M University and Commercial
Company personnel secured
through the local county agent.
The Cherokee County Soil
Conservation District in coopera-
tion with the County Extension
Funeral Services
Held Monday For
Alonzo !vie
Funeral services for Alonzo
Ivie, 79, were held Monday after-
noon at two o'clock in the First
Baptist Church with the Rev. C.
H. Haley, officiating. Interment
followed in the City Cemetery.
Mr. Ivie died suddenly Satur-
day evening in the Rusk Memo
rial Hosptial.
He was born October 29, 1885
at Kennard in Houston County,
the son ef H. A. and Mary Jane
Ivie, pioneer settlers of this sec.
tion of East Texas. He was mar-
ried to Miss Mineola Womack on
June 25, 1905. Mrs. Ivie preceded
him in death seven years ago.
In 1912 they moved from Hatcliff
tn Forest, where Mr. Ivie worked
for the Chronister Lumber Com.
pany until 1915. In this latter
year he opened a barber shop in
Forest and followed this occupa-
tion for two years when the
General Merchandise opportunity
opened up to him and he opened
a large store of this kind in For-
est, maintaining his barber shop
in the rear of the store. He lived
in Forest for seven years, selling
the business there and moving to
Alto, where he bought the Jesse
Taylor Barber Shop and con-
tinued operating this business
until the time of his death.
Survivors are: three sons.
Clyde Ivie, Alto, Jaek Ivie, League
City, and Jim Ivie, Houston;
eight! daughters, Mrs. Wanda
Sue Bynum, Alto, Mrs. Bettie Jo
Northcutt, Houston, Mrs. Ruth
Hazel Maddttx, Mrs. Kathleen
Holleman and Mrs. Floy Ruby,
Lufkin, Mrs. Juanita Rieks, Del
Rio, Mrs. Opal Newton, Liberty,
and Mrs. Ina Busselle, Warren;
two brothers, Wm. Ivie, Nacog-
doches, and Coleman Ivie, Forest;
two sisters, Mrs. Lilly Hattaway,
Wascom, and Mrs. Lula Baker,
Frrest; 24 grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren.
O. T. Allen and Son Funeral
Hume was in charge of funeral
arrangements.
Office sponsored the third annual
Cherokee County Hay Show in
September at the livestock auc-
tion barn in Jacksonville. About
2it' people viewed the 25 bales of
protein tested hay on exhibit.
Three rural community im-
provement organizations. Central
High, Reklaw, and Ponta, are
entered in the state wide rural
community improvement contest
sponsored by the privately owned
electric utility companies of
Texas in cooperation with Texas
A&M Unversity Extension Serv-
ice. Judging will be in April of
1965.
Five rural community groups
are working on community water
systems. County extension agents
have done educational work
with some of these prior to initia-
tion of application of loans.
The county agent has worked
throughout the year with these
and many other organizations
and agencies as well as inuivi-
duals. During the year the agent
made over 400 farm visits, re-
ceived over 1100 office calls, re-
ceived or made over 1400 tele-
phone calls, made over 100 ra-
dio programs, prepared over 80
news articles and attended 87
educational meetings with over
1800 in attendance.
Drouth conditions made 1964 a
difficult year for farming and
ranching but/ much was done to
help improve agriculture tn
general by the various activities
completed during the year.
Alto Post Office
Shows Gross Postal
Receipt Increase
The Alto Post Office hewed
gross postal receipts in the sunt
of $8,261 86 for the calendar year
1964, compared with the sum of
$7,466.44 for the same period of
1963.
We, your postal employees ap-
preciate your cooperation and
will always endeavor to give
prompt, courteous and efficient
service.
Dudley Lawson, Postmaster.
Fire Can Produce
Posted Signs
Tyler.—The practice of smok-
ing bees from a woodlot tree,
and smoking such animals a:;
opossum, raccoon and squirrel
from hollow trees can produce
much more than honey and meat
say game wardens of the Parks
& Wildlife Department. It often
offers burned-out timber lands,
destruction of wildlife habitat
and produce posted signs on fen-
ces by irate landowners.
During this time of year whett
vegetation is winter-dry and
many leaves are on the ground,
the forest fire is looking for a
place to happen. Fire-gutted
forest and fence row is a poor
place to shelter small game from
winter weather, and a poor food
supply and protective cover is
left for deer.
It is well to remember that th-'
animals deprived of a home often
die rather than move to new
range, and they might, be the
very animals you will want in
your game bag next year.
January Makes The
Shotgun Popular
Tyler.—The last day of De-
cember slams the door in the face
of another successful year of
deer and turkey hunting in
Texas, but game wardens re-
mind hunters that racking the
rifle merely means reaching for
the shotgun.
Many counties continue to en-
joy good hunting for squirrel,
javelina and quaii, as well as a
few more days to hunt ducks
and geese. January 3 closes duck
and coot, season but geese may be
taken until January 13. Quail
and squirrel hunters in some
counties may enjoy part or all of
January Rabbit hunting is open
all year.
Hunters who stick with con-
ventional game species often
overlook shotgun fun on many
species of predators, and here is
where the wingshooter begins to
realize the popularity of the
crow.
The Parks & Wildlife Depart-
ment says the best crow shoot-
ing is a result of locating the
roost then constructing a nearby
shooting blind. The use of decoys
and manual or electronic calls
will lure the tricky targets into
range.
The devoted crow hunter,
like the serious fisherman, soon
learns that hunting the black
bandits is an art, offering un.
limited combinations of shots. In
fact, they say, crow hunting has
everything but a bag limit.
Wesleyan Service
Gui!d Meets Tuesday
The Wesleyan Service Guild
will meet Tuesday, January 12,
7:30 p. m„ in the Fellowship Hall
of A. Frank Smith Methodist
Church.
Members are urged to be
present, and visitors are invited.
NOTICE
I will do sewing, alteration
and mending. Dial 8-4336. Mrs.
G. W. Pyle, 608 San Antonio
Street, Alto, Texas.
FREE PUPPtES
Part Border Collie. Make lov-
able pets. Devoted watch dogs.
Guards for elderly persons and
little children. George G. Hoi
comb. 208 Mill St., across from
school buitdlng. Dial 8-4326. 32p
Former Alto
Woman Expires
In Fort Worth
Mrs. Bessie Townsend, former
Alto resident;, died in Fort Worth
Thursday of last week after a
long illness.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed Saturday with the Rev. Allan
Hollie of Rusk, officiating. Inter-
ment was In Cedar Hill Cemetery
at Rusk.
Mrs.Townsend is survived by
two sons, Hobson Townsend and
George S. Townsend, Jr. of For'.
Worth; two daughters, Mrs. An-
nola Clark, Fort Worth and Mrs.
'Daisy Graham, Decatai, Mich.
The Family Lawyer
CH)LD AT STAKE
In a hospital room, a child lies
seriously ill. Doctors agree on the
medical treatment that the child
should have. But the child's par-
ents, prompted by sincere reli-
gious convictions, wiil not allow
it.
May a court) step in? Does
society have the power to order
medical treatment for a child in
defiance of his own parents?
Clearly, momentous issues, both
moral and legal, are involved. A
state has both the right and the
duty to protect a child in danger.
Yet parents, by and large, are en.
titled to raise their children as
they see fit. And, in most cases of
this kind, they buttress their
position by pointing to the con-
stitutional guarantee of freedom
of religion.
Case by ease, in the law's cau-
tious fashion, basic doctrines have
been worked out) to resolve the
dilemma. Broadly speaking, a
court may indeed step in and
order medical treatment—but it
may do so only in extreme cir-
cumstances. Before taking that
sttep, the court will weigh these
key questions:
How serious is the child's ill-
ness?
How risky is the medical treat-
ment that is contemplated?
What are the chances that the
treatment will succeed?
In one case, doctors urged sur-
gery to correct a bone disease
likely to cause permanent de-
formity in the victim. Still, the
chiid's life was in no danger. And
the operation, although a com-
mon one, did involve an appreci-
able risk. Refusing to authorize
surgery, the court said:
'We have not yet adopted as a
public policy the Spartan rule that
children belong, not to their par-
ents, but to the state."
In another case, however, a
court did authorize removal of a
child's eye, because the operation
had a good chance of success—and
because the alternative was al-
most certain death. And in a third
case a blood transfusion, needed
by a badly burned child, was
given by court order. To the par-
ents' insistence on religious free-
dom, the court replied:
"The parents in this case have
a perfect right to worship as they
please and believe what they
please. They enjoy complete free-
dom of religion. But this right of
theirs ends where somebody else's
right begins. Their child is a
human being in his own right,
with a soul and body of his own
He has rights of his own."
A pubtie service feature of the
American Bar Association and the
State Bar of Texas. Written by
Wiil Benard.
Night Hunters Still
Paying High Fines
Tyler — Although hunters are
aware of conservation laws, many
game wardens in East Texas are
finding that the two leading
causes for filing court cases in-
clude hunting without a license
and hunting deer at night.
Night hunting and hunting with
a headlight has always plagued
Parks & Wildlife Department
wardens, and this year is no ex-
ception. Fines usually run high in
such cases, but violators continue
to hope they won't get. caught in
the act of stealing game. As a
result they continue to end up in
front of a judge.
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