The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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NAPLES, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOV 21, 1957
NUMBER 17
Leads fln improvements
County 1st In Farm Contest
Morris county won first
place in the 1956-57 Grassland
Farming Contest sponsored by
the National Plant Food in-
stitute, County Agent R. J.
Dean was notified last week
end.
The award is made each year
to the county which does the
best job of pasture improve-
\ment.
The second place winner in
the contest was Nacogdoches
county and the third place win-
ner was Frio county.
Morris county farmers will
receive a plaque at a luncheon
meeting either Dec. 12 or Dec.
19 at Daingerfield.
The luncheon will be spon-
sored by the Kiwanis Club of
Daingerfield and several lead-
ing farmers and ranchers in
the county will be invited.
One of the farmers or ranch-
ers will be chosen to receive the
award on behalf of the others
in the county.
Dean was notified that the
county had placed first in a
letter from Russell Coleman,
executive vice president of the
sponsoring company.
The county won on the bas-
is of its plantings of oats,
vetch, crimson clover, Dallis
and Bermuda grasses, lespe-
deza, and its clearing of land
and brush and weed control.
Brochures showing the work
done in the county were sub-
mitted to the judges by Dean.
Dean said many farmers in
the county had done pasture
improving and listed several
whose work was responsible
for the first place award.
Among them are R. P. Low-
ery, Homer Cole and W. C.
Sullivan of Naples, H. H.
Boozer, Adron Justiss and the
Randy Moore and Paul Pewitt
farms at Omaha; Curtis Con-
nor, L. T. Camp, William A.
Connor and Morris Unsell of
Daingerfield; and Carl Cole
and Key Ryan of Cason.
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Bandmaster Billy Noble and Drum Major Glenda England
with plaques won last year. The band will get a trophy
this year if it repeats its triple victory of last year.
Brahma Band
Wins Top Rating
The Pewitt Brahma Band won a first division rating in the
marching contest at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday night — the second
time in two years the band has won the highest possible rating
for its marching.
Monitor Staff Photo
Safe Driver
Ray Beggs, driver for Welch Butane, completed four years
of driving without an accident and was awarded a safe-
driving pin by an insurance company. Lenoy Slider, left,
local insurance agent, makes the presentation.
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MAIN
STREET
Bouquets —
County Agent R. J. Dean,
the man he succeeded, Her-
man Walters, and the farmers
and ranchers in Morris county
have reason to be proud of
their accomplishments in the
pasture improvement contest.
Their first place award is
evidence enough of their pro-
gressiveness in an economy
that has shifted from row
crop farming to livestock.
Our congratulations to all
of those who had a part in
winning the award.
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Better Hurry —
The post office department
this week released its usual
collection of publicity releases
asking that patrons do their
Christmas mailing early.
We like a whole lot better
the yarns handed us by Bill
Henderson and Bill Kennedy
in the Postal Service News,
little old lady wJ*o had
" no attention to the warn-
Letters Awarded
To 18 Pewitt
Football Players
Eighteen members of the
Brahma football team, the
manager and four cheerlead-
ers were voted letters this
week by the Pewitt award
council.
The council, composed of
the superintendent, principal,
coaches and student repre-
sentatives met Tuesday to de-
cide who would receive the
letters.
Those approved for foot-
ball letters were Billy Joe
Smith, Earnest Smith, Louis
Boozer, Ray Johnson, Ray
Richey, Donald Deaton, Jackie
Skelton, Wayne Henderson,
Buddy Boozer, Jimmy Brown,
Austin Doolittle, Buddy Rog-
ers, William Robinson, J. Roy
Traylor, Billy Gene McCoy,
Mike Dale, Virgil Wilson and
Mike Roberts.
Maurice Hill received a let-
ter as football manager.
Cheerleaders voted letters
were Barbara Ellis, Nancy
Shults, Sharon Rogers and
Nancy Hawkins.
John Scegraves,
Former Resident
Of Naples, Dies
John Scegraves, a former
resident of Naples, died Fri-
day, Nov. 15, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Kin-
ney at Sulphur Springs. He
was 89 years old.
Mr. Scegraves was born in
Alabama and moved to Texas
when he was a young man. He
lived at Naples until a few
years ago.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at Sulphur Springs
and burial was at the Omaha
cemetery.
He is survived by one son,
Harold Scegraves of Shreve-
port; three daughters, Mrs.
Kinney of Sulphur Springs,
Mrs. Ennis Roach of Houston,
and Mrs. Agnes Roth of Okla-
homa City; and several grand-
children, nieces and nephews.
Naples people who went to
Sulphur Springs to attend the
funeral service were Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. McDaniel, Mrs.
Myrtice Porter, E. A. Strick-
land and Paul Patterson.
WEEK END RAIN RAISES
TOTAL FOR YEAR TO 63.61
Another 1.15 inches of rain
fell in the Naples area during
the last week, bringing the
total for the year to 63.61.
The official gauge showed
1.15 inches fell during the 24-
hour period ending Monday
morning. ,
Normal for the area is 41.87
inches per year.
^0 wrap securely handed
«/tkage to the clerk and
_ J him: "You can shake it
this way (up and down) but
NOT this way (sideways)."
And then there was the boy
who wrote to Santa Claus.
"I am eight years old. I
have been a bad boy. I have
pulled the cat's tail. If you
send me presents I promise
not to pull the cat's tail again
— until the day after Christ-
mas."
Bill Watson, the postmaster
here, doesn't care when you
pull the cat's tail but he does
hope you'll mail early.
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Thanksgiving —
The Monitor will be printed
and mailed one day early
next week so members of the
staff can observe the Thanks-
giving holiday.
Community reporters and
all others with news are re-
quested to submit it as early
as possible so that it may be
included in the paper. Tues-
day afternoon will be too late.
County Collects $151810
In Taxes During October
A total of $151,810.74 in taxes was collected during the
month of October by Morris county, according to Jerry L.
Chambliss, tax assessor-collector.
The month was the first in
463 Poll Taxes
Paid In October
Only 462 Morris countians
had paid poll taxes by the
end of Octobcr — the first
month in which they might
be paid.
The county normally has
more than 3,000 qualified
voters in years when state
officials are elected.
Voters have until Jan. 31
to qualify for next year's
elections by paying their
poll taxes.
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which this year's taxes were
payable. Taxpayers have until
Jan. 31 to pay their bills with-
out penalty.
The largest share of the col-
lections in October were for
county taxes. It amounted to
$106,630.77.
State taxes paid in October
totalled $44,261.20, common
school taxes $895.22, and de-
linquent road taxes $23.55.
Taxpayers who pay during
October get a three per cent
discount, those who pay in
November get a two per cent
discount, and those paying in
December a one per cent dis-
count.
Basketball
Season Opens
Friday Night
Like the new model cars,
the Brahma basketball team
which makes its debut Friday
night will have a longer, low-
er appearance.
The tallest man on the
starting team this year will be
Wayne Henderson, who is an
even six feet tall.
Last year, the team had two
boys w no towered six feet
and five inches.
The shorter team will make
it necessary for it to adopt a
different style play. It will
depend on longer shots with
every man on the squad do-
ing some shooting.
The team will play its first
game against Maud on the
home court Friday night. The
"B" game will start at 7 p.m.
and the "A" game about 8
p.m.
Maud does not have a foot-
ball team and has already
played several games.
The Brahmas' starting line-
up hasn't been decided yet.
Coach Wayne Huckabee said
lie had about eight boys that
might get the nod when the
game starts.
The squad has four letter-
men back. They are Jimmy
Brown, Earnest Smith, Jackie
Skelton and Austin Doolittle.
Other squad members re-
turning are Sonny McNatt,
Mike Dale, Mike Roberts, Bil-
ly Joe Smith, Ray Johnson
and John Kay.
About 20 boys came out for
the team this year.
The Brahmas' next game
will be against Daingerfield
here Dec. 3.
Naples House
Damaged by Fire
Fire did heavy damage last
Saturday morning to a house
in Naples owned by Wilson
Carpenter and occupied by
Birdie Mae Wilkerson and her
children.
The fire started about 8
a.m. Saturday either from a
kerosene stove or a kerosene
lamp. The contents were a
total loss and the inside of
the house was heavily damag-
ed;
There was no insurance on
the furnishings- but the house
was partly covered.
The Naples fire department
put out the blaze.
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During the recent uproar
over flying eggs, etc. in west
Texas, Ft. Worth police re-
ceived a call.
"There's a big fireball over
Ft. Worth to the east," the
caller said. The policeman
had visions of another flying
saucer.
The caller woke him up. "I
believe it's the sun," he said.
The band won a first divi-
sion rating in all three con-
tests last year. It was the first
time it had ever been rated
first division in any contest.
Bandmaster Billy Noble said
49 students marched in the
band at the Regional contest.
Pewitt. was the only Class
A band to win a first division
rating and only six bands in
all divisions placed that high.
Other Class A bands and
their ratings were James Bow-
ie, third division, Talco, third
division, and Quitman, fourth
division. Two other entries.
Honey Grove and Cooper, did
not show up for the contest.
The next contest for the
band will be in April when
it will enter concert and sight
reading events.
The bands entered in the
inarching contest are first in-
spected by the judges and
then each performs on the
field for six minutes, execut-
ing all the required move-
ments and a special drill of
their own.
Stores to Close
Here Thursday
Naples business houses
will be closed next Thurs-
day, Nov. 28, i ^servance
of Thanksgiving.
The post office will fol-
low its Sunday schedule
and there will be no rural
delivery. The Morris Coun-
ty National Bank also will
be closed.
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Marvin Phillips, wearing cap, Lone Star as-
sistant welder, explains a cutting tool to vis-
iting German Industrialists. With him are
L. G. Draper. Lone Star vice president, re-
search and operations; Adolph Klein, Dr. Kurk
Grueber; and Helmut Borger.
German Industrialists Tour Steel Plant
Lone Star Steel Company
drew high praise from a top
German industrialist follow-
ing a tour of the plant last
week.
Adolph Klein, manager of
Mannessmann Tube Works of
Dusseldorf, Germany, describ-
Franklin Sells
Service Station
B. C. Franklin has sold his
Texaco Service Station here
to Leslie Vaughn.
The transaction was com-
pleted this week and Vaughn
has assumed operation of the
business.
Franklin will retire from
active business because of
poor health.
ed Lone Star's facilities and
the oil field tubular goods
they produce as "equal or
superior to any anywhere in
the world."
Klein, one of several offi-
cials of the German company
visiting the plant, explained
that he had been in the steel
business for 30 years.
The tour centered around
Lone Star's new stretch re-
ducing mill, which was de-
signed and built by the Ger-
man firm and is being install-
ed at the present time. A test
run of a portion of the com-
plex stretch mill was a high-
light of the tour.
Lone Star's new stretch re-
ducing mill, first of its kind
in North America, will make
consistently scarce oilfield
tubing from casing through a
stretch-reduction process.
Built and tested in Germa-
ny, the massive machinery
was dismantled and shipped
to Lone Star, where it is be-
ing re-assembled. Construc-
tion has been in progress on
the new mill since early sum-
mer.
PASTOR LEADS STUDY
AT WMU MEETING
The Rev. Morris Hill gave
the lesson on "Soul Winning
for Christ" at the WMU meet-
ing Monday at the Baptist
church.
Eleven members were pres-
ent for the meeting. The
meeting opened with a song
and Mrs. Myrtice Porter led
the opening prayer.
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Strickland, Mrs. E. A. The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1957, newspaper, November 21, 1957; Naples, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth336028/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.