The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1966 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ALTO HERALD
Alto, Texas, Thursday, November 3, ) 966
Number 23
ans Vote On Sixteen
endments Tnesday
exans will vote on
amendments to the
on on November 8.
6st has been attracted
ents:
would double the
Development Fund
,000 to $400,000,000
its uses to include
[on, treatment and
facilities.
Phrould repeal the poll
nullified by federal
) and substitute an-
Mregistration.
tdments would:
e elected judges of
Of Criminal Appeals
Ro five (No. 9).
it agricultural lands
easfrom full-value
1).
le that taxes or bonds
ool district will not
d by changes in
(No. 10).
e limitations on
ed service personnel
alidated by federal
14).
islator's term begin-
ning day of regular
tessions (No. 16).
e Arlington State Col-
e permanent univer-
t<. 3).
Legislature to pass
mplish the following:
airport authorities
ierms of conservation
ctorsuptosixyears
He a statewide retire-
tm for employees of
subdivisions (No. 5).
^d,t benefit payments to
law officers, prison
firemen killed on
))-
[voting restrictions for
(N^8)^° ^ccntly moved market.
^ Provide for dissolving hos-
pital districts (No. 12).
# Permit major counties to
consolidate some governmental
functions and make contract with
each other for services (No. 13).
# Authorize acceptance of pri-
vate or federal funds for aid to
physically and mentally handi-
capped (No. 15).
INDUSTRIAL $$$ — Texas is
one of four states still without
some type of statewide industrial
financing.
Texas Industrial Commission is
pushing hard for the Legislature
to submit a Constitutional amend-
ment to allow municipalities to
issue revenue bonds to build fa-
cilities and lure industry. Bonds
would be retired largely by rent
from the industry.
Commission decided to recom-
mend the program largely be-
Larry Findley Wins
First Prize !n
Football Contest
Larry Findley picked the most
winning teams in last weeks'
football contest and will receive
four dollars. John McClendon was
second and will be awarded two
dollars, and Audie Rogers won
the third prize of one dollar.
If you would like to get in on
the fun just clip the contcst
form each week from the Alto
Herald, fill it out, and leave it
at the Herald office before 2:00
p. m. each Friday. You may be
one of the winners. It's all free
and' the winners will be an-
nounced the following week in
the Herald.
cause of the current tight money
HIGHWAY RECORDS SET —
October contract lettings set two
highway department records.
Bids totaling some $50,000,000
was the largest in the depart-
ment's history. And the $12,000,-
000 Dallas Interstate Highway 635
project was the largest single
project, moneywise, let by the de-
partment.
Junior Jackets Play
Madisonville Juniors
Here Thursday Night
The Junior Alto Yellow Jack-
ets will meet Madisonville Ju-
nior Mustangs here Thursday
night at Alto Student Field for
the district championship of
District 21-A in the Junior divi-
sion. The Alto team won the
eastern zone of the district and
the Madisonville eleven won the
west zone.
Teams in the east zone are
Alto, Westwood, Grapeland and
Elkhart and teams in the west
zone are Corrigan,Groveton,
Trinity, Diboll and Madisonville.
The local eleven is coached by
Terry Ted Moore.
Game time will be 7:30 p. m.
WELLS 4-H CLUB
TheWells4-HClubmet Monday,
October 24, in Wells. The meeting
was called to order at 6:30 by the
Vice President Debbie Glover. Judy
Hicks, Secretary-Treasurer, called
the roll and read the minutes of
the last meeting. There were eleven
members present and five adult
leaders. The adult leaders were
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hicks, Mrs.
Hathorne, Mrs. Glover and Mr.
E. E. Alexander.
Approaching Wedding Announced
Largest Sugarberry
Tree !n State
Found !n Alto
College Station. — Champion
Big Tree hunters had a busy
time in Texas this summer.
Their record - breaking number
of discoveries included nine Na-
tional Champions and six State
Champion Big Trees, according
to John A. Haislet, of the Texas
Forest Service of College Sta-
tion. Among the National Cham-
pions is a Sugarberry Tree in
Alto, located in front of the Tom
Hester home. The champion
measures 133 Inches In circum-
ference, 68 feet high and the
crown is 82 feet in diameter.
Other National Champions are:
Post Oak, located five miles
northwest of Madisonville, Mad-
ison County, on the Cannon Es-
tate. The tree measures 173 in-
ches in circumference, 105 feet
high and its crown diameter is
50 feet.
A Texas Ash and Escarpment
Black Cherry are located' north
of Vanderpoolin Bandera Coun-
ty. The trees are about 1-4 mile
apart. Statistics of the ash: cir-
cumference, 51 inches; height,
32 feet; and crown 33 feet. Mea-
surements of the cherry are: cir-
cumference, 62 inches; height,
38 feet; and crown, 43 feet.
Two other new species added
this summer are Catclaw Acacia
and Texas Ebony. The acacia
is located on the Mirasol Ranch,
11 miles Southwest of Uvalde.
Its statistics: circumference, 58
inches; height, 38 feet; and
crown, 34 feet. The ebony was
found on the Santa Ana Refuge,
in Hidalgo County near the Rio
(trance. The trees' statistics:
circumference, 130 3-4 inches;
height, 40 feet; crown, 40 feet.
Latest additions to Texas' hon-
or roll of Champions lists a total
of 63 species. The newest State
Champions are:
A pecan located 20 miles north
of Barksdale, in Edwards Coun-
ty: circumference, 217 inches;
height, 108 feet; and crown. 120
feet.
A Loblolly Pine, on W. T.
Carter and Brother Lumber
Co. lands, southeast of Camden,
Polk County: circumference, 125
inches; height, 132 feet; and
crown, 40 feet.
A Shumard Oak and a Box-
elder were found east of Cor-
sicana, near Indian Creek. The
oak: circumference, 139 inches;
height, 126 feet; and crown, 71
feet. The boxelder: circum-
ference, 87 inches; height, 59
feet; and crown, 34 feet.
An American Elm and a Red
Mulberry were found in Mc-
Gregor, McLennan County. The
elm is at 1022 W. 7th Street: cir-
cumference, 144 inches; height,
51 feet; and crown, 95 feet. The
mulberry is four blocks west of
State Highway 317: circumfer-
ence, 25% inches; height, 41
feet; and crown, 65 feet.
A Northern Catalpa, located
eight miles northeast of Quit-
man, Wood County: circum-
ference, 213 inches; height, 61
feet; and crown, 63 feet.
A White Ash was found on the
Yellow Pine Ranger District of
the Sabine National Forest in Sa-
bine County: circumference, 100
inches; height. 115 feet; and
crown, 50 feet.
A Chinaberry tree was found
growing in the shade of the State
Champion Baldcypress on the
Big Tree Ranch at Con Can, in
Uvalde County: circumference,
72 inches; height, 56 feet; and
crown, 43 feet.
This latest addition to the
growing list of champion trees
gives Texas 27 National Cham-
pions and places the state third
nationally, trailing only Michigan
and California.
Objective of the State Cham-
pion Big Tree program are to
locate outstanding examples of
native Texas trees and obtain
cooperation of the tree owners
to preserve ana' protect the
champion speciments for study
and enjoyment of future genera-
tions. The program is also
designed to stimulate a greater
appreciation and interest in in-
dividual trees and stimulate a-
wareness of trees as a natural
resource of Texas.
Nomination forms and rules
for identifying and measuring
trees for the program can be
obtained from the Director, Tex-
as Forest Service, College
Station.
ALTO HOME-COMING QUEEN
Miss Debra Copeland was crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime Friday night at the Alto-Diboll
football game by Mrs. Doris Hanvy, last years' reigning Queen. Debra is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Copeland, Jr., and is a Junior at Alto High School. She is pictured above with her Es-
cort, Roy Perkins.
Deer Hunt May
Be Hard This Year
There are deer aplenty in Texas,
upwards of 2% miliion, and there
will probably be something like
200,000 bagged by hunters during
the coming season but it
won't be all roses.
In fact, deer may be a little
harder to find this year than last,
and even the experienced hunter
may have to worka little harder.
From the mighty Hill Country
of Texas comes a Texas Parks &
Wildlife biologist's report that deer
will be better, will be fatter and
have larger antlers. Favorable
habitat conditions, food and
weather, have treated the white-
tail kindly.
The only fly in the ointment
frdm the hunter's is the tre-
mendous amount of vegetation
still on bushes and shrubs. Deer,
although there, will be pretty hard
to spot in some areas, and the
hunter's skill will be challenged.
We can lay odds on several
things such as death, taxes, and
winter. When winter comes the
biologists hope the bulging deer
herds will be thinned with hunter-
harvest to allow food resources
to supply some hungry animals.
Too many deer eat too much food,
and there's a possibility of short
supply unless surplus deer are
removed with the gun.
Fall is a little late this year,
leaves are turning, but the chilling,
killing cold of frost has escaped
us thus far. And too, chilly weather
seems to stimulate both deer and
hunter, and hanging a nice buck
is always better in snappy weath-
er than on a shirt-sleeve day.
Prediction: Top hunting in the
top state. Take the family}
WITH THE BOYS
IN SERVICE
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shinty marriage of her daughter,
the engagement and appro"ehtng ^ing will take place
Card Of Thanks
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for their kind words
of sympathy and all other acts of
consideration shown us during the
passing of our loved one.
The Family of
D. C. Barron. 33-p.
Soil Conservation
Group Plans Elaborate
Cooperative Program
Eiaborate plans Me in the
making for the Cherokee County
Soil and Water Conservation
District.
District Supervisors, in a
planning session Wednesday
night at the Firemen's Inn, Rusk,
called in other agricultural agen-
cies in a cooperative effort at
planning, and got enthusiastic
support.
The big project of the coming
year will be the 52 county regional
awards banquet in May, with
Editor Walter Humphrey of Fort
Worth Press presenting awards.
This year the event was at Mar-
shall, where Jacksonville's invita-
tion was accepted.
A committee was named to
begin plans for the event.
But the agriculture people also
voted to continue to sponsor the
annual county awards banquet,
with an added feature, perhaps in
April. The added feature will be
recognition of the best wildlife
habitat improvement in coopera-
tion with the 700-member Chero-
kee County Wildlife Association,
represented by President Jack
Stone, and Jack Teasedale, resi-
dent game warden for the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department.
Allen Goforth, president of the
Soil board, presided at the dinner
meeting, where barbecue and the
trimmings were served to about
25 in attendance.
The Woodland Clinic ior FFA
Continued On Back Page)
Pfe. Dean W. Crosby is par-
ticipating in the^ USASATC&S
"Honor Guard" at Ft. Devers,
Mass. This organization is com-
prised of young men training in
preparation for Officer Candi-
date School.
Dean is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Crosby, Rt. 1, Alto.
Delta Kappa Gamma
Chapter Meeting Held
In Jacksonville
The Beta Alpha Chapter of
Delta Kappa Gamma held its
regular meeting in the Com-
munity Room of Jacksonville
Building and Loan on Saturday
morning. October 29.
Preceding the business meet-
ing a very impressive initiation
was held. New members from
Jacksonville who were initiated
were: Miss Bettie Sue Richards
and Mrs. Mary Agnes Lane.
Both teach in East Side Elemen-
tary School.
The group, led by Marguerite
Champion, accompanied by Jes-
sie Lee Coats, sang Delta Kappa
Gamma songs.
A business session was held
by Eloise Willingham, presi-
dent of the chapter.
Minutes of the first meeting
were read by Fern Haws.
Madie Harlan asked that the
chapter acccpt her resignation.
Motion was made and seconded
that we accept her resignation.
Ava Roberson asked for a
transfer from Beta Alpha Chap-
ter to the chapter where she is
teaching.
Beta Alpha members arc to
contribute Christmas gifts for
patients in Rusk State Hospital.
Each person buy what she wants
to. Label gift as for man or
woman. Get your gift to your
courtesy chairman by Dec. 1st.
A recommendation was made
that our chapter sponsor the
nomination of Lavonne Davis
for our new State President.
Beta Alpha members from
West Side School were hostesses
In-Service Education
Conference For Area
Homemaking Teachers
t
Teachers of vocational home-
making in Cherokee County
Schools will be in Nacogdoches
Friday evening and Saturday to
participate in the Area IX In-
Service Education Conference.
Miss Clatie C. Hurt, Consultant
for the Homemaking Education
Division of the State Depart-
ment of Education, will be in
charge of the conference. Regis-
tration will begin at 6 p. m., on
Friday at the Student Center,
Stephen F. Austin State College,
Nacogdoches.
Theme for the meeting will be
"Evaluating the Vocational
Homemaking Program." Dr.
Johnnie Christian of Dallas, Re-
gional Home Economics Repre-
sentative, Division of Vocational
and Technical Education, United
States Office of Education, will
be guest speaker for the two-
day conference. She will be as-
sisted by Mrs. Hortense Dixon.
The first general session will
begin with a dinner meeting to
beheld in the Student Center
Ballroom. After dinner speaker
wlllbeDr. Christian. The sec-
ond session on Saturday will be
concluded with a luncheon and
business meeting for members
of the American Home Econo-
mics and Texas Home Economics
Association members.
Teachers representing Chero-
kee County Schools will be Mrs.
George Cravy and Mrs. Fred
Heath, Jacksonville High School;
Mrs. Mary Freeman, Fred
Douglass High School, Jackson-
ville; Mrs. Gladys Dotson and
Mrs. Mary Ruth Grimes, Rusk
High School; Mrs. Bessie Burn,
George Bradford School, Rusk;
Mrs. Joyce Kolb, Maydelle High
School; Miss Bonnie Warner,
Wells School; Mrs. Ellis, New
Summerfield; and Mrs. Jo Fran-
ces Weimar, Alto Junior Senior
High School, who will assist
with registration for the con-
ference.
Wesleyan Service
Guild Meets Tuesday
The Wesleyan Service Guild
will meet in regular session
Tuesday, November 8 at 7:30 p.
m„ in the Fellowship Hall of A.
Frank Smith Methodist Church.
Miss Ruthie May Williams
will have charge of the program
and hostesses will be Mrs. Luther
Allen, Mrs. Fisher Harrison,
Mrs. Edith Rose and Mrs. Oliver
Griffith.
Members are urged to be pres-
ent for this meeting.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
The Band Mothers have Linen
1967 Calenders for sale, $1.00
and served delicious mincemeat t each. They will make wonder-
tarts, chicken puffs, nuts and
coffee to twenty-six members.
Posted Notice
The Foreman tract of land in
the Cold Springs Community is
posted according to law against
hunting and trespassing. Viola-
tors will be prosecuted.
J. C. Dover.
Larry Dover. 25-p
ful Christmas gifts. Call Mrs.
Paul Martin or Mrs. J. C. Cope-
land, Jr.
Posted Notice
Alt of the property of the S. W.
Henderson estate and the R. F.
Henderson farm are posted ac-
cording to law against all tres-
passing and hunting.
R. F. Henderson. 25-p
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