Commerce Journal, The (Newspaper) - October 9, 1958, Commerce, Texas Co. I 1 -J 17 J. JIU chairman of the campaign committee for Commerce's first United Fund stopped long enough to pose for a picture with his four 6; the Don and and who is 7. Directing such a household probably lo qualify Mr. for promoting such an undertaking as the for an goal set by the Board oC Fund drive begins Oct 16. fund Oct. 20 Plans Jor Commerce's first t poses of the United Fund drive to raise 000 with Oct. solicitations date are for all it was today by L. chairman of the campaign An advance to begin on Oct. 13, will be directed by A. assisted by Clyde and John drive must be a emphasised Mr. it will set the pattern for alt United Fund Huffines and the P. president of the Board of service club to explain plans and cotton strippers were pressed into service this week area growers sought to harvest their now open One gin said at least eight of its customers were using the Field hands were less plentiful this Wary of tue Latin American ate moving as cotton opened to the Class and continued hold up well despite the long siege of showery Most is bringing between 30 and 35 cents a Seed re- main at The gins reported the following number of bales Fairlie Gin Co. 1908 Petek ond Robinson 1306 Gin 835 Farmers Co-Op 635 The crop is estimated at 60 per cent gathered Com- merce Banker To Speak At Meeting Robert president of the National of will be guest at tJw ular meeting of the local ber of noon Monday Jn the City several tors than the said S. BAer of the Commerce arc urged to Mr. Hardegree will take all of us working gether to put this but there is no reason it cannot be Mrs. L. H. Leberman has been named of the Women's and she will be re- sponsible for their part in Mrs. Leberman stated that the women arc particularly ed in a Fund drive since they are always the first ones contacted when there is a money drive to oe are set up so that every person will have an to In addition to the Advance Gifts there lull be a Business com- a Railroad College Public Schools and school At a meeting of the United Fund board e riday Marvin Kirkman was elected to nil unexpired term Leonard The group informed fir T. for the National thai they did not wish to oe included in the since they conducted their own had been in the A check for has already been sent to Commerce by the Army to be In local relief woik unto after the ative is They will leave one-third oi the money aside tor them lor local W. S. J. 0. Mr. Lilly and Mrs. Hida Grit fitts are the local Salvation Army Season Opens On Taxpayers Commerce taxpayers joined in ing and Open season on property homo officially 1 and will midnight Jan. 31. Worse ell limits are ex- pieled lo be Barrages oi tax notices were laid down last first by Ihe Commerce Independent School almesi at by Hual county ly by ihou from the Cipy of Approximately 2400 n aliens by tha CISC brought in r n 11 Although Jhe first days termed only normal by T. A. and Saturday set an lima high for Commerce urnal Serving The Home of East Texas State College 5 Per Copy VOLUME 69 Member Associated Press OCTOBER 9, 1953 TWELVE PAGES TODAY NUMBER H. C Cheek Is Named High School Principal day well known Northeast Texas was named Tuesday night as cipal ol the high The former Hopkins county schoolman the unanimous choice Of Commerce Independent School board of Mr. Cheek has resigned his position as counselor of Ellis Rubber Burners Cooled Seven arrests Saturday night paved the way for a peaceful bath in The large crowd of football at Memorial stadium provided only one Five were plucked from the one from the Charges were filed against one football fan for But the big haul came downtown traffic where City Sam Matthews and Bob Horton scooped up three reckless Two Spent the in city Another was nabbed lor having no operator's while a fifth person was filed on for Two of the reckless drivers were former Commerce youths who returned here to bum Jack Booth disarmed a erent bolsterer on Hoss street and charged him carrying a dangerous The instrument was a 6-inch Sunday was one of the est on Highway 24 fic moved along the new local vehicles on cool Outline Program Commerce Junior Chamber of Commerce is getting into the swing of its fall and winter gram as plans lor more projects were disclosed Monday Plans are being to welcome East Texas State col- lege to the annual Oct. 25. Bruce and Other club officers are working In cooperation with Everett alumni The annual Christmas which replaced the tional parade last year because of inclement is set Dec. 12, states Bonny Church choirs and the high before Fred school banet are being invited to present a 30-minute carol service the arrival of Santa Eastland has been pointed to head another Yuletide a toy Jaycees ex- to launch the campaign in t Ban Eickham and John strong were named Jaycee to the Civic ning Jerry Miller has been an- Jaycee ol the Month lor A new Edwin manager of Dairy was tiated into the One Norman was county schools Commerce here from to accept the i He will move I his home in hadue as quickly to take over the duties of Marvin Mr. now will become superintendent of the srea schools Nov. 1 when the resignation of Leonard itt Mr. has accepted the post of assistant director of the seas Teacher Retirement and will move to The principal has a long record of service in area school He is an East Texas State college holding the re- in 1929, and the received in 1942. He was superintendent of Yea tis school five and super- intendent at three Be was head of the Sulphur math department and then promoted to principal of the System for a five-year After that he Hopkins ty superintendent for eight He and his wife are members of the Methodist They have three Their est is ed at East Texas State this mester as a Final Budget In other the school board approved a final budget for the coming This figure included from the building fund which was not used last year and was Other changes made from the tentative budget was an Increase of for teaching and for plant The figure for the coming year compares with Jast year's budget of of that figure only was spent because of the ing The year ended a balance of This was brought for- I Members of board also approved reports August the auditor's re- port of school receipts and ex- for the past A. certified public accountant of Greenville made the A detailed report for the past year will appear in next The board considered requests from individuals to buy the ber from the razed band decided to store the material lor future use to repair plant Commerce Lions club all set for the annual Sale on Oct. 14, at it was an- today by C. H. RusselL general A downtown a be parked on the downtown will be held all day Oct 11, with Webb Jones in teams will canvass all churches and business Advance orders for home ery may be made by calling each day before 4 p.m. All articles to be sold in this sale come from the Texas Blind operated the Lighthouse for organization gives eoV ployment 10 bund and crippled persons who manufacture the terns offered for Profits to the local Lions dub will go to the Crippled dren's which they help sponsor at A Com- merce child is sent to this camp with attending Articles fo sold include ironing board pads and door clothespin skirt and lawn rakes in addition to a number of other useful nold This bas been a successful project of Commerce Lions during the past several From Out Of The Sulphur Dozer Crosses SH 11 A huge bulldozer its way into the open fit the Highway 11 crossing on South It its blade in cheerful recognition and sa'id in flawless I Then it crawled across the road snd resumed iU work of clearing a path up the creek for the now a part of the Cooper tion This simple ceremony marked the first public appearance of the dozar and its driver since they entered the lowlands at Bailay near the middle ol They will next be seen at the Harlow then Campbell and finally end up on the lower of the Highway 24 bridge all in all a dis- tance of approximately 15 miles The rowling out a new bed is about a mile and e Half behind the grunting along at the of about 400 led a Con- tractor H. C. Miller would not set a date when it reach the Sulphur Springs ing that too many factors beyond his A bad spell of or a change of for- mations could slow down ress of tlic huge Abo at miles of the channel has been completed to Sulphur river this week was turned into the new channel about s mile below the Cotton Bolt and future flow of the stream will be ly carried by the new At Bailey a temporary bridge has been swung across the There backwater from September rains caused some sloughing and On Middle E. L. len is engaged in and excavating landside ditches along three levee and his crew are also re- pairing corrugated metal covers of pipes that go beneath the big The drains are so rigged as to allow field water to flow mto the but keep the Stream from entering the Two of the levees are on Mid- dle one on South The dumps are being re- paired to take care or flood water until the new channels have scoured sufficiently to ry The rate of ing will depend on rains in the yeari the process is expected to take eral A Email dragline is being used for ditching along the toe of but the larger machine for channeling has not yet been brought on the Virtually no time has been lost on either branch of Sulphur of bad Cars Damaged At Sycamore And Arp Two were heavily in a crash late Monday at the intersection of Sycamore and Aip Three persons were examined at a local hospital but were dis- Drivers of the cars were liam Britton East Texas State college student from in a 1954 Packard and prof. Edward matics instructor at East in a 1954 Riding with Professor Harris weie his wife and three They were treated for shock and Karrh was A charge of reckless driving was filed against the He paid a iine in Corporation I VEU Will Form Friday Circle K collegiate sion of Kiwanis will be organized at a.m. according to Leon T. Any male student is gible for membership in the ice Members are re- quired to maintain scholastic averages necessary for any pus and attend a majority of K is solely a service said Mr. must seek out and develop that will be of greatest Each school its own and clubs indicate their tive by developing projects to take care of these added the industrial education Administrators To Attend Conference Supt. Leonard and Marvin will at- tend the fall conference of Texas school administrators over the The schoolmen will leave for the stale capital Saturday after- noon and lo Commerce Monday M. B. MESSLER Broom Sales Slated Offers Resignation About December 1 East Texas Homecoming Predicted A More than letters are in the mail io East Texas friends and families ex- tending invitations to the 1953 Homecoming is scheduled Oct. 25. The signed by Stuart president of the Student are only one of a gigantic campaign fa create gi eater in the East Texas Theme Selected Over-all theme of the 1958 Homecoming is designed io cor- relate with the renewed interest in It is in the of a X plus Y plus P equals The formula in- clude X equals Y P equals Present and equals corning 1958. For the first the dents under the di- rection of Everett and the tions elected a Coming Home has been In two Coming Home queens have been ET Enrollment Set At 2576 Tall enrollment at East Texas Slate has totaled at 2576, an increase of seven percent over the 1857 according to John Largest percentage increases wera in Jhe sophomore class with 10 andt juniors eight tional quarters for dents hava this sorae upperclass to live off The 2576 total enrollment in- cludes 763 514 492 433 seniors and 375 graduate All classes showed Final enrollment for the 1957 fall semester was pegged at 240S- 150 Women Due Here For Federated Club Meet are Eleanor Norman and Evelyn twins of both former Election Set Nominations for a campus Homecoming Queen he in an election Oct. 20. has been Coach of the Year after correctly the score in last homecoming gridiron Maln festivities of Day celebration will lie parade through Commerce turing area marching bands and floats accenting the Titles of the East Texas Lions Sam Houston State gridiron battle at 2 in Memorial and a Homecoming dance Saturday featuring the college dance The annual Saturday noon held at the Field is open to everyone this year for the first Plates will be and they should be purchased in advance by dents who plan to said Secretary Registration Of Exes of exes will begin nl 8 a.m. in the Music A new constitution and laws are scheduled for Mayo exes have scheduled a meeting which will begin at JIO a.m. A program and luncheon are Other activities planned be ceremonies the presentation of. awards to winning presentation of honorary cadet quet Training School and coffees and exes of organizations and religious ZT have ed a bonfire and pep rally for Friday night preceding A and variety show which had been planned as another Homecoming was cancelled because of tion of new buildings involving the present 150 dub women from Third Texas cf Women's are expected lo attend the fall board meeting today to be held at the Home Economics building on State college according to Mrs. Y. Registration begins at a.m. Mrs. Warren Keys from shall is president of tht district representing 140 clubs a membership of some 5000 The six Federated clubs of Com- merce are hostesses for the con- Mrs. J. L. Huffines first vice president of the dis- is general chairman and Mrs. Carl This is the first meeting uf the board of directors sirce Mrs. election last The theme of the new is Is Spiritual Begins in the American The executive committee will meet at 9 a.m. followed by the call to order of the general board at o'clock in the Presidents of program chairmen and club women from the district will at- of new ideas for presentation to individual clubs the t is the purpose of this one-day Mrs. Keys Commerce Banks To Close Monday Commerce banks will be closed Oct. 13, in observance of Columbus occurring Oct. 12, The Commerce post office will remain as will other Genoese I is credited with ing discovered America in 1492. His curiosity brought him little other than and he died in the shadow of prison walls 14 years Luncheon A luncheon will be served at at the First Christian with members of the Christian Fellowship in Grady Gibson is general Following the luncheon Dr. Wathena head of the See FEDERATED Page 6 Bowman Swears In Fail Grand Jury The District Court faH Grand Jury in session this at Greenville was expected to pass on between 45 and 50 The estimate was nude by District Judge L. L. Bowman who swore in the Bay Davis wis appointed man of the Others are F. Guy Caddo A- P. Homer Jesse Shelby Sinclair Carl Tern Bailey and John Paul all of K City Manager M. B. Messier has submitted his resignation to the City to become effective Dec. it was announced Tuesday evening by Dr. H. Mr. Messier told the that the effective date his was and that he would stay oo a or after that dale if the commission so in the event a replacement was found before Dec. 1 he would time his resignation at their He that he did not expect to seek another city manager's and unless there were ed developments he would be in no hurry to Br. Leberman announced Mr. resignation at an session of the commission following their regular meeting Tuesday evening in the city and at the same time asked bers of the commission for their advice on Ihe procedure of curing a new Mr. Messier his sition in July 5, 1935, K. Steinheimer who resigned to lake the city mana- came to Commerce where dent i In the regular tcT install side parking on Bob tram Lee to Oakland Mayo street Campbell to traffic Oak and with northbound traffic on on v In recommending 'the Mr. Messier that traffic constituted -a fire hazard as well as a and o be donel He Commission -a previous had studied problem the above Jon after ordering Ahe nade the that be a oasis that after the commission review the The commission Cot to contribute to United with Commissioner Taylor The city has been con- tributing to Cross Mr. Taylor he felt the city should give at- least that to the United JWell Pump A bid by the Engine and Pump company to repair the pump the No. 1 well was The bid calls for a com- plete overhaul of the pump sembly at a cost of Mr. Messier that the lation of the the of impairing the and expenses already incurred in pulling the pump to and Mr. Messier was instructed to get bids on an engine overhaul for the police Dr. presided at the meeting of the commission with all members including John Mrs. H. M. Dewey Chapman and Sunday Singing At Shiloh Church The regular second Sunday singing wiU convene at the loh Nazarene church Oct. 12, at 2 Several visiting singers are ex- The public has a cordial tation to registration ana mrs. W. who was in charge of luncheon reservations for the Third District Board meeting and President's parley In Com- merce are shown checking last details of the They represent many Commerce women who have been working behind the scenes to have everything in N
