The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1947 Page: 1 of 10
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SIXTY-EJGIITH YEAR
ATLANTA, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947
NUMBER THIRTY-TWC
"Spike
jy Dean Elkins Begins
Fourth Year
—by M. N. HL
. . . While gasping for breath
setting under an althea bush with
big fat bumblebees buzzing over
my head, making it impossible for
me to look up, I'm trying to ignore
the statement and fact "Ginger"
made when she refused to help
run a rabbit. She said these are
sultry dog days and only mad
dogs (referring to me) and Eng-
lishmen get out in the noon day
sun—Rabbit or no Rabbit.
* • * •
Ph-e-e-e-e when is it going to
rain? With all the old songs mak-
ing their come back, it is a won-
der why "It ain't Gonna Rain No
More" hasn't starte&around. How
ever, "Smoke, Smoke,T-Smoke" ap-
parently is more appropriate these
long, hot, dry days.
And, by the way, this Smoke
Tent Revival Closes In Blaze Of Glory Sunday
Cass County Wins
4 Star Award for 46
A survey by the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce of the Tax
Structure and financial opera-
tions of Cass County for the year
1946, as recently released awards
Cass County the Chamber's high-
est award four stars. The com-
ment on the award by the Cham
ber is as follows:
Cass County's sound financial
condition and excellent business
BARNUM WAS
right-
SAYS THE MAGAZINE . , , ,
SALESMAN . And he should w T whereby we may
know. No one type of house-to- hav? a of worship. There is
Methodist Church
Announcements Of Atlanta's
Leading- Citizens
„ . ) Sunday night brought to a close
services Held for One the big city-wide revival which
had been in progress for the two
past weeks under the large tent,
conducted by Evangelist G. P. Co-
mer, of Dallas, Texas, and spon-
nnuw. uhc ijiic ui , .. , , - Services were held on Tuesday j sored by the Baptist, Methodist,
house salesman or solicitor is as 'I0 '' er ,a^ spend your Sun- j afternoon July 29th at the First Nazarene, Assembly of God, and
numerous or causes so many mis- f,ys , ln worship and in loy- j Baptist Church for Boyd Johnson, Presbyterian Churches of Atlanta,
understandings and disappointed ? ^ ° your church. Your pastor j one of Atlanta s leading citizens - ■
customers as the everpresent itine ls. anxl°us to sfe° y°u V<™r(and outstanding business men.
rant salesman of magaziines. | Places at each of the worship ser- An automobile accident proved
Generally this is how they work 'tL Sundav School need, ™„r ^1 Mr Johnson, when a tire away as Flora, Illinois, and Thay-
conuiuon anu excellent uusinesB "lpifier" or "sunervisor" o-et* s>unaay bcnool needs your blew out on his car, overturning it er, Mo., where Evangelist Comer
management in 1946 won for it our t . o' «.,ri "nd~ Presence> too. Let every Methodist He was born and reared in Atlan-had conducted recent revival cam-
highest award of four stars fori, n('TWorp .i,,,.' ,, town Sunday be at his or her ta, the son of the late Mr. and paigns and other towns and com-
— P1 y°unf> people, Deioie auiruiiK c|ass ,n the ehnrt-h school. T,pf-. us Mr-c Car^r T Tr.V.nor.n 1I„ r;n;aVi«^" „„„„ ah
Great crowds were in attend-
ance from the opening service
with people coming from as far
the second year in succession,
One of the most attractive fea-
tures of its financial structure is
that it has no net debt. Final
maturities on some of the bonds
and warrants yet unpaid are still
This Sunday, Reverend Dean El-! several years hence, but credits
song truly can be "a' reminder of k'ns will begin his fourth year as have been built up that already
how much the fire alarm is blow- pastor of the First Baptist church exceed the total amount of the
ing these days in our town. With Great crowds are expected at all debt outstanding and since the
every alarm destroying property °f the services to express their State will pay about 61 per cent
or ruining some plant life, do be appreciation for his fine work dur- of the total debt, the credits are s(.hoo1?" while the next one might
careful for your own safety as 'ng the past three years, and toj substantially greater than the tej| y0U> am trying to earn
well as your neighbors. j assure him of their prayers and. County's share of the debt. I enough money to provide an op-
* * * * (cooperation as he begins his 4th As a result of the favorable cratjon for my brother who was
Newcomers getting acquainted year as the leader of the church, j debt postition, no tax levy for W0UT1ded on Guam" Of course, I
in Atlanta are Lieut, and Mrs. P Special services are being plan- debt service was necessary in 1946 there are numerous variations but T T.
H. Hebert and their 4 1-2 year old ned for this Sunday. Teachers and $22,000 in Road and Bridge time a), ar(J baged on a sympathy ap_ J. J). Flanagan
rmf rnvHip npvt town on thpir ? ln .e church school. Let us Mrs. Cary J. Johnson. He finished' munities near Atlanta,
"route" thev 'ire nut throuirh a m *n .® Sunday. We can Atlanta High School and attended. These meetings attracted the lar
' fv,pV -ira ;,,=*■ wVint- oas y rea,'h this goal i£ Y0U will, Centenary College, Shreveport, La gest crowds in many years declar-
Ju^t be there. j where lie was a football star. | ed the local pastors and many of
I he sanctuary of the church has He has been agent for Magnolia the older citizens, and religion was
just been re-finished, and it looks Petroleum Co., for the past fif- discussed mort on the streets and
very clean and pretty. Come and teen years. Prior to that time he business places than in any revi-
1 u was associated with his brother val in recent yep.rs. /he last week
in the hardware business. At the of the meeting, the business pla-
time of his death he also owned res closed for an hour each morn-
and operated a cattle farm south ing for the services and the
of Atlanta. : crowds ran around the four hun-
~ oyd is survived by his wife, dred mark and in the evening
"school." They are told just what
to say and how to say it. You
may be sure they know all the
answers. Their biggest sales ap-
peal is a play on the sympathy
of the prospect. This one tells you
"1 am working iry way through
college," the next one asks "Won't
you help me go through nursing
enjoy a new and clean church.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship 10:55.
M. Y. F. 7:15 p.m.
Evening worship 8:00.
Choir rehearsal every Wedncs-
8:00.
day evening at 7. Mid-week ser-1 Irene, and the following sisters hours the large tent was filled to
vice every Wednesday evening at and brothers, Mrs. S. A. L. Mor- capacity with the crowd being es-
J. Roy GiWfcs, Tastor. j gan, New York City; Mrs. Alvin timated over 1500 on the second
Walker, Jefferson; Liston Johnson Sunday night.
of Vivian; Mrs. Hal Allen, Hous- 'The results of the services were
ton; Mrs. W. J. Green, San An-j outstanding with a hundred and
gelo; Mrs. George Brewer, Texar-j fifty conversions and reclamations
son Tommy of Panama City, Fla. officers are working for 401 in SS, warrants issued during the year , go the houKevvife feelg sorry |porfl TrvU'lnr IW,lPr
We're told "Tex?' nickname of Mr At the morning service, the pastor are to be retired from a share of , • q., dpnosif! „ llavlul L/CdlC1
Hebert, a retired army officer, and will preach on "See that you fall the operating levy for Road and . I™ saLman lives town I u r ^ ~ FlanaSa". owner of kana; Mrs. Fletcher Morgan, Cor-(many pledging to tithe, 179 indi-
Marie actually moved to Atlanta not out by the way." The 40 mem- Bridge purposes. I Then suppose the Szine 7a"i' he , Flanagan Tractor co.jpus Christi; Mrs.Bee Kennickof,v,dualS pledging to have family
stfictly because they liked the bers who joined the church during After declining successively for t ' " fVp _ wpII von know the ca ea er for Ford tractora- has: Los Angeles, Calif.; Cary John- altars, and 73 joining the various
town. They are at home for the the city-wide tent revival will be'the past three years, assessed val ™ ,IAaa hp0„!just retu™ed from Dallas where son, Natchitoches, La., and a num churches, with 5,340 chapters be-
• • —j—- —I—"— -i!—j i— 1- ^- answer, xveteniiy uouiaer nas oeen,^ a(_tended the one day sales con- ' ber of neices and nephews. I'""' fmm RiKio onH a™
present in Oliver apartment in the introduced in this service. On San rations climed by nearly half a swam ed ^ magazine solicitors | ff?r(f"®n^VorH TrLto? Hpllp3^0^
Howe addition. day night, the sermon will be "The million dollars over those of 1945 ri= ,-r, _ e of Ford tractor dealers of
ling read from the Bible, and over
Howe addition.
Invitations announcing the wed
day night, the sermon will be "The million dollars over mose oi hp pis in snmp
harvest is past, the summer is end,Tax collections, too, were pretty cases even showi a discharge _ Dallas> at which the new
ed, and we are not saved " At the good, but at 91 per cent the cur- but stm ugi the same old storieg
f 1 nan r\ f tha ovnninrr enrnnna r h ova rnnf nnlln/tfiAn urnn niill a
ding day of Miss Shirley Ann Ray close of the evening service, there (rent collection record was still _need of medical attention or de-
to Noah Carter Jr., have been re- will be a beautiful and impressive
ceived. They will exchange their baptismal service. An overflow
"I Do's" August 23rd. Noah is at- crowd is expected to attend this
tending NTSTC and will continue service
his studies.
During Brother Elkins' pastor-
about 2 per cent of the East Texas
I
sire to go to school. Remember
Ford
tractor was introduced.
"The new Ford tractor features
an improved hydraulic system per-
mitting operation of tractor and
less! T . Goyernement has j impiernent an a singie unjt with
seen to it that no Veteran needs aut0matic hydraulic control of the
epuipment, Mr. Flanagan said.
Other major improvements include
average.
Total net expenses were
than i945 expenses by $2,300; t7 peddle" magazines "in" order"to
, - . . . - J leK,s ha" thn° bu^et anticipated by t an education or medical at.
ate, the church has grown and about $30,000. The greatest sav- {cn^jon
News from Hollywood, Calif.: prospered in every way. The mem lings came about in debt retirement £)on't let your heart say "Yes"
Guests at a lavish party hosted bership has grown from 764 to. Operating fund expenditures were w, mmmon spnsp snvs "No"
by the National Fraternal Order 1045. The SS enrollment has in-'in fact about 7 per cent higher
of the Deaf at Earl Carroll's beau creased from 418 to 539 with an than those of 1945. The biggest
tiful theatre restaurant in Holly- increase in average attendance increase can be attributed to the
wood recently included Mr. and from 230 to 306. The, offerings Road and Bridge Fund, which
Mrs. H. Moulder of Atlanta. They have increased from an all-time spent more for equipment and
had been attending the order's na- high of $10,800.00 to more than materials than in the previous ,j .,nri rauiaior Kn
ports all worthwhile activities and;c]eani of radiator
...L ni. u,. . U ^ ii,i 1 1 h/\ Urt *1A t A_ I
If you really want to subscribe
to a magazine, place your subscrip ■
an automotive type steering gear,
a fourth forward speed to give
a wider range of working speeds,
a new drawbar height control
mechanism, combination running
a
He was a member of the First 200 pledging to attend their mid-
Methodist Church, member of num week prayer services.
ber of skeet and hunting clubs &
the Country Club; also Kappa Al-
pha Fraternity.
The services were conducted by
No person could have listened to
the earnest, searching messages of
Rev. Come • and doubted that he
had been truly called of God to do
the Reverend Roy Gibbs, pastor of a great service in the salvation of
the First Methodist Church, assist men. The local pastors spoke in
ed by the Reverend Dean Elkins, glowing terms of his work in At-
pastor of the First Baptist Church, lanta in the closing services and
of Atlanta, the Reverend Ben many pressed forward in the clos-
Stripling, pastor of the First Bap- ing service to shake his hand anc
tist church of Glade water, Texas., tell him what he had meant tc
Interment Pine Crest cemetery. I them in the two weeks of services,
i Active pallbearers included Joel Evangelist Comer pulls no pun-
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tion with someone you know or a boards and step-plates, a seat j Murdock, N. J. Stacy, H. V. Cav- ches in his messages and is orn
local magazine dealer. He pays]t}lat can be tilted backj and a|ei% j w Beaver> Ernest Hill, Geo "f the most fearless preachers o*
taxes in this community and sup- hinged radiator grille for easy Grogan Jr., Charles White, John righteousness that has been in At-
tional convention in Los Angeles, j $25,000.00. Special mission offer-.yean
core.
! Cochran, R. V. Hill, Bruce Gunter lanta in many years.
before you invest."
ings have increased from $2700 to, Budget control worked very well
No advertising works miracles, over $7500 for the past year. And General, Jury, and Officers' Sal-
even that published in the Citizens among other worthwhile accom- ary funds stayed very close to
Journal, but it is a paying invest- plishments is the fact that the orignal estimates, with only the
mcnt. j church has voted to employ a full- Officers' Salary Fund of the three
* * * * time educational director as soon overspending its allowance. Sav- „ -
A vacationist recently returning as one can be found, and have vot- ings achieved in the Permanent fm OillCStein 1^01
from a seashore resort tells this ed also to erect a complete new Improvement
one: "Do you serve crabs here?" building to cost $100,000.00. 'more than
asked a customer of a waitress at This pastor is one of the busiest diture of $6,500.00 in the Road
the restaurant. "Sit down, we're pastors in Texas. Not only has he and Bridge Fund.
not particular," was the reply. j worked faithfully on his home with comfortable cash balances
* * * * J field to make the work go forward in all its funds and with no net
Did you know that $65 to $75 but he has also preached in 15 debt, Cass County is prepared to
what is more, he will be here to-j whi,e' major improvements have! Honorary pallbearers: Members He opens another big county-
morrow if you want him. I been made in the tractor itself, of Wesley Brotherhood Class, 1st wide meeting Sunday night in Lin-
Watch for the next ad in ser'es,farm implements now in use with Methodist Church; Personnel of den, Texas, and next Tuesday nit<
and in the meantime Investigate F()rd tractors will operate with White & Walker Lumber Co., Biv- has been designated as Atlanti
tl'U III tut; i I'llllriiina M J V* --- v.
nt and sinking funds (JoUntV Unit Svstem
£,>■ «' Kelly. Manager OtC
the new model 8N Ford tractor, ins; Personnel Magnolia Petrole- night with many planning to at
Mr. Flanagan pointed out. . um Co., Dallas District; Person- tend the service.
Merritt D. Hill, Dearborn, Mich* nel Grogan Manufacturing Co, of -
general sales manager, Dearborn Bivins; Frank Gunter, John Mear, Automatic Washa-
Motors Corporation, the national Leakey, Texas; Howard Carney,
marketing organization for Ford Franklin Allday, Beck Morgan of
In response to your recent fiuery tractor told the dealers that pro- Texarkana; Earl Ricks, Hot Spgs,
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to what I think of the so-called
authorized
duction of the new tractor was Ark.; Howard Fuqua, Texarkana;
County Unit System, uumuracu, goi„K forward at the Highland Bryant
and enacted at the recent session, Park lant of the Ford Motor Groves
_ 1" 1L . ' I' T nfltin 1 n 4-i i wa iinHni* thn * i
Williams, Marshall; Geo.
Tyler and Henry R.
teria Now Open
The Automatic Washateria, ad
joining Atlanta Hardware, is no\|
>pen for the public. Hours 6:30 a
Lm, you ™ urn, Lo out ne nas aiso preacnea in it> debt, Cass County is prepared to f ;he Texas Lerislature under the 'arK planl ™ "ne 1 oru . lu°T Q 1,, , " ' m. to 6:00 p.m. Why not do you
thousand dollars is spent per year revivals m other places with more furnish its citizens essential ser- „f the Optional County ?A01"pany and tha^ approximately King, Tyler; R. S. Allday Shreve- Dq whatever yo,
in Atlanta for dairy products? han 500 additions and conversions vices at reasonable costs to the RoTd LaW of I947 S is to ad- 5,0'000 u'ut? would be marketed port; Bill Hughes, W S. Clem- th h the wrin
Patronize home dairies and keep ,n these meetings. He is also fill- tax navers. Continued conscien- .R:°adllLaWT f "ti' - r" JwJ L the latter part of 1947. cnts, Buck Spruce, J. M Court-,
your milk money at home.
The other day a citizen
tax payers. Continued conscien- . .. . T h faVorable to
, !nS °ther places of responsibility tious service on the part of the ad ... gvstern for several years and
I in the district and state work. At ministration and cooperation be- b„J.p oneniv exnressed mv views
At" h« '« ' tweea ta.p.y.rs and" Canty of- JTLToIT ^Sant, l',™
lanta asked us why didn t we print }<,non Association, a Trustee of the ficials can maintain the excellent Tu- J- I •I e n
a.u. xui — , ™ Po .! f ~ D ii«ais can mainiain me excellent th distrlct of 9 counties.
Baptist College, chair- financial pc-!i!— — - -
Program Committee in joys today.
in the paper the things we know East Texas Baptist College, chair- financiai position the County en-
and see as we see it. Now, there s man of the Program Committee in tnHnv
statement. We are going to the Association, Clerk of District
turn it around and ask: Do y6u
prefer lead poisoning or prefer
just being a peaceable citizen?
1 Convention, Trustee of Daing- /-1 t -TAiii-nooi.
erfield Baptist Encampment, Sec-,**" l^e 1 OUrnCd.ll
retary of the District Executive To Be Speaker
Board, Chairman of Cass County
Drys, Promoter for the Baptist
Standard and member of the State
Executive Board.
'This preacher has faith in God,
Durilaps Buy Store
On July 30, The Dunlap Co.,
purchased Lichtenstein's Dept.
Store at Victoria, Texas.
Tree Tips From
Cass County Agent
Here's a' tip or two from O. B.
Magrill, County Agricultural A-
gent that may come in handy if
you're struggling with young
fruit trees.
The season when these trees
get in their most vigorous
president of the company which """is' our Texas Highway'ifowth will/T ** °ver,' and y°U ' Jrocerv
bears his name and a widly known Commission, with the actual work have a *ood chance to lose some tjon & Grocery,
lay evangelist, will be the princi- 0£ maintaining and constructing
pal speaker for the evening pro- county roads together with equip-
To me, it is a real business-like
way of conducting the affairs of a
county and would operate on a
small scale more or less the way
the Texas Highway Department
operates. The county court would
R. G. LeTourneau of Longview, ^ -n rea]jty a policy making
-.j t-,' t XT- u„i„ ' ger, all vou do is place clothes ii:
nev, Ed Mears, Dr. Joe Nichols, * ' • ,J .
Royce Wood, ,aundl-y the easy way? Thirty-fiv.
Orlando Hawkins,
Cuero, Texas; Dr. E. W. Grum-
bles, Emmett Carlisle Jr., Kauf-
man, Texas; Ed Bluestein, Bob
Porter, S. F. Stuckey, R. P. Dunk-,
minutes time is required to finis*
your complete laundry. No stand
ing over hot tubs of water, n
like: go shopping, return home o
wait in air conditioned comfor
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.tore i, ot tha oldest tSZ uS in JmLSTb.'SSS. fa™A; te'T.en ISl
i„ Soath Texaa, having .peraW M« Ch„«h in a Pet.fr T^.- JBS* On" '
mately 80 "ear.. It ia a modern 3 | eongritula'te'toth''eharch andjB^'tSaod!' Tltla ,„Sr™„"bef i"t'h"0 5 H™e'ot"oateT l"o"nga'." ii' tSi
James Brooks, Personnel of the
following dealers: Bruce Gunter
Service Station; McLeod Service
C. Lynch Service Sta-
good chance to lose some tion & Urocery, L. W. Endsley
trees if you don't give them extra Service Station, Bloomburg;
lin, O. J. Stephens & Son, Cotter , . .
Eller, Linden; Bill Cochran, Dr. and ,n 35 minutes y°ur clothes ap
ready for the line.
Rotary Clnb Meets
In its last meeting, all member
° y of the Atlanta Rotary Club enjoy,
_ .. . _ _e ed a very interesting talk and di
Gage Service Station & Grocery, cugsion Qn Rota Waylon N,
®eaver Service Station & Grocery, S(m> program chairman for th
can do to hold tree losses | Queen City; James Cash Service c[ut,
1 Station & Grocery, Cass County
care.
Here arc a few of the things
you
down: water them every seven to elation a umery, The board of directors met Mo
ten days during late_ summer, j Canning Co., Tom Chwi ee . . , day August 4th in tK I
story department store doing a
very large volume, handlink na-
tionally advertised brands of mer-
chandise with a clientele through
the hundred miles surrounding.
Consideration was in excess of
$250,000. Retha R Martin, manag
ing partner of the Dunlap Co.,
says this makes them 27 stores
in 4 states.
past three years and wish for both
even greater blessings in the year j 'ofM Sciions 1 A- Harper, Chicago; B. Henderson = ^ fl8 folJows:
No Forum Meeting
tion. the voters may decide on this !Sler u* !°w '
Mr. LeTourneau will speak on i8SUe | branches on the south and south-
the subject "Christian Steward- My on)y concern at this time if west sidos of the trees. Might also LOlC lVieeting IZtn
- — " I maiviaimKAM i'.\,« t vrtrtfl /Inn'f
1. Promote a city plan and zoi'£]
ing for Atlanta.
2. Promote a better understanc
... ship" at 7:30 p. m„ following a a largc „Umber of counties vote remember that young trees don't, At,„nt„ rofr win hoid its in of Basic Al"erican principle I
There will be no meeting of the, special musical program to bo in thi, ByBtem is the critical short ['t<e hot soil and ground cover A CofC w hold^its ^ their advantages over the VJ |
AUunta Woman s Forum in Aug- arran}fed by Dr. Morris Ford, pas- age 0f qualified engineers. The ^ps keep them healthy. \ou can ^ c/clock in the Direc- rious Isnls common throughoi
^^ XA^eiln?L^U b,6 °" i tor of the First Baptist church in Texas Highway Department hasP^ trimmings or straw night. . 7.80 o«:lock m the 1) rec ^ ]
Sept 4th.
take notice.
All members please
Golf Tourney
A golf tournament will be held ~~ "
at the Indian Hills Country Clubi Parker S Bakery
Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. |
All members of the club are urg-i Debie Parker is now operating
ed to be on hand at 1 p.m. and en- the bakery on Williams street for
Longview.
been hantficTp^ed during^ past f "r °r ^ inches deep around tors Roomj)^ the ^amber'^of.fice
„ 0 r__. . tf . . . • m„dp to have 1 3> increase membership to 30.
The evening meeting will close few years due to its limited num- j the body of the trees and under n® 0 •' « Greenville! 4- Selection of Atlanta's citiac
a day-long outing at the District ber 0f engineers, and I feel the the limbs . . . holds that water in • • • - V of the n J who has rendered the most vail
One camp grounds on the Lone counties will encounter a real prob(the ground and keeps the soil; ^ nr,.vnlont ronrerninir the able service to the community di
ter the tourney. Prizes will be giv-
en the winners in four divisions—
A, B, C, and D. They will play in
pairs. If you are interested in
playing contact Charles White,
Garth English or Andy Anderson.
merly operated by Jackson. He
specializes in cakes, cookies, pies
and special orders for birthdays.
If you have a sweet tooth, drop
by Parker's bakery.
Nazarene Church
Announcements
There is no way of knowing the
good that was done in the city-
wide revival and think we will see
some of it in our churches Sun-
day morning in Sunday School.
Come, bring all you can.
Your friend, Bro Ferguson.
S. S. Attendance 3rd
First Baptist Church 343
Church of the Nazarene 203
of this city. The camp grounds work.
mors so prevalent concerning the
i _
jyjc_ to that citizen of a loving cup'it
Star Steel plant's lake just south iem in securing engineers for the cooler. j "'"y5bflitv"of "Atlanta'^obtaining a inK the year and the presentatijc
On your older, bearing trees, i 01A£ia™
iterings will help fill out the PaPer
te ripening fruit varieties and ^urre
The grounds Augus't 23rd. | stimulate new growth. An by the
a beautiful 38-acre tract Ed Bluestein, District Engineer I way, a little warning here: normal Credit* Bureau and Collection Ser- line methods by which
are located one mile north of the i pian to vote for the Optional! waterings will help fill out the ^rev "is' betnc'0 incited'down to retained for the year.
plant itself on the Daingerfield- County Road Law in Cass County ,ate ripening fruit varieties and ' WOi'km£rs advantages This Thursday at the reguh
T.nnirvipw Viio-hwav. The grounds A no-net: 23rd stimulate new growth. An by the ' . _ .. ', ._ . ' niep.tinir Ben Hudsneth will on
Longview highway,
are on
on the shoreline, and
adequate
ly, late season applications of fert
ilizer may stimulate new and tend
picnic facilities are available for NEW RAILROAD m uuuiuuu urere ^ „llc
those persons who wish to bring The Paris and Mt. Pleasant er twig growth, and that growth usua] outstan'dinfr business to be
fVioi*. families n.nd have Dicmc T?nilrnnrl h s ntniln ftnnlirat.inn t.a has a good CnanCC OI being dam- __J M
of a Retail Merchants Assn., meeting Ben Hudspeth will ou!
a ne^l
Vlce> , school building for the Atlanta
In addition, there will be the trict may be financed.
picnic Raiiroad has made application to "as a good chance of Demg dam- conductcd 8UCj, ^ committee re- Cuts FinCOr Off
the Interstate Commerce Com- aRed during the winter months by I „
—i— —j.— a. 1.—j. inw tpmnpratiirp. |P > • | Ernest Childs lost his first ftll
er on right hand and cut the thij
First Methodist Church 180 | brotherhood quartets from the Dis Switch Vo connect wTth the Lone Notice to Public i Ajl°nS V ,UI) 1UC'ClM and fourth fingers badly when
First Presbyterian Church -83|trict Qne area, which will precede star Steel Company's railroad at - - - - -• *■' - — - —x P«t them in a circle saw at
their families and have
lunches. ,
A full program has been ar- mission in Washington to construct '°w temperature
ranged, including a contest among a ij„e from Mt. Pleasant to Veal's
One
ci i . , - — r—- - — v/iik of our water wells is cut The Atlanta Lions Club met at p„ . u
IlsemS of Cod 23 ^ ° bnrb?cue' that ?0,nt' The aPPlication cx' off for repairs. Please do not use the Hotel Atlanta, Wednesday Mondav afternJon He
Mr-T pod Pontprnatni ISA 1 trlj 1S. e*Pecte^ to bt; reprc- ported to 1)0 granted soon and con NVater for any purpose other than noon. After attending to business ■ June lumber nnH
sentcd and Jill association ^officers struetion commenced as ^soon as absolutely necessary until furth- the club adjourned to the Hanner i-,;,ld the s-iw to pull the 1mm
er notice. Do not water lawns or Funeral Service Chapel where a through and hit the saw
Courtland Church
The camp meeting begins Aug.
are expected to be present. | materials are available. The pro-
At 6:30 p. m. a barbecue will posed line has already been sur-
, _ . . ...« be served, sponsored by the Dis- veyed. This will extend the P. and
Camp Meeting l/ates ! 1<<th so there will be preaching at trict One Association. Tickets will m. P. approximately 20 miles; it
The Camp meeting on Mount of Courtland Methodist church Sun- be $1 per plate. Each church is ja now 52 miles in length from
Blessings begins August 14th and day August 10th at 11 a.m. B. F requested to write to Judge C. E. I'aris to Mt. Pleasant.
will continue through Sunday Aug Griffin, pastor, will be looking McGaw at Longview for as many
ust 24th. Make your plans now i for you. | as it will require. j Subscribe for the Citizens JourmJ
gardens. To do so will impair the moving picture was presented by]
whole city water supply. Please the T&P railroad. It showed the
city
cooperate.
supply,
Abe Mays, Mayor
Stamp Pads and ink at the
Citizens Journal office.
me l <v.i railroad. 11 snowed trie * l\yf i*
danger of railroad crossings and oCOUl lVieetmjEf
how many lives were needlessly! The Atlanta Boy Scouts
killed Stop, Look and Listen be- meet at the Methodist church
fore crossing a railroad—you may | Msrday evening at 7:45. All
save your life as well as others. I Scouts are urged to be pt
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Harrell, D. P. The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1947, newspaper, August 7, 1947; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth347993/m1/1/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.