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Thursday, November 22, 1956
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By THE OFFICE BOY
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California Trip
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We stopped off at LaFayette,
La., last week and left you in
tiiat French Village all week. So,
this morning we will journey
on down to Rayne with an al
titude of just 35 ft. Here the su
gar cane country ends and the
rice belt begins. The town is
important in rice industry, with
four mills m the vicinity. It is
also the center of the Louisiana
FROG industry, and a large plant
ships edible frogs to the market,
others to aquariums. Between
Rayne and Vinton, 82 miles west. '
our train now passes a continu
ous succession of rice fields, a. d
are they beautiful! Seven miles
west is Crowley the seat of*
Acadia Parish, and nicknamed 1
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A TRIBUTE TO
THANKSGIVING DAY
As was done by the Pilgrims many years ago, we give thanks
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for the many harvests with which God has made our lives so
abundant. It is fine and fitting that a plump, roasted tur
key . , . symbol of Thanksgiving Day . . . should grace our
table for all to enjoy. Yet it is fitting, too, that we should
pause in our bountiful feosting and really give Spiritual
thanks to Him who has made all these things possible. Let
us be reverent ... as well as just humanly hungry . . . this
Thanksgiving. Let's look beyond that table loaded with
food . . . and remember our blessings in all humility’
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the ‘Rice City", after its prin"--
pal industry. There are thirteen
■mills in this city. Each fall the
- National Rice Festival is held
here, and the town is cro’ ded
■ with visitors. Now we are near
ing the old village of Mormen
, tau with altitude of only 16
feet. It is quaint, ancient grave
yard on the main street . . .
I stands on the east band of the
Mermentau River, which empties
, into Lake Arthur,. 15 miles to the
South. Local tradition recalls
; the vessels of the pirate Lafitte
; ascending the Mermentau River
i to sell stolen slaves. Five miles
west is Jennings seat of Jeffer
son Davis Parish, and local head
quarters for rice and other ag
ricultural products. Welsh, the
next town we pass is in the rice
belt. In the distance we see der
ricks of the Welsh oil field. Just
beyond the city our railroad
crosses the east branch of Bayou
Lacassine. lowa the next town
is in the rice area and we see
• from our window that the Shell
■ Petroleum Company has a field
' office here. Built around an oval
: lake two miles wide and three
' miles long is the beautiful p,
j of Lake Charles, where my room
mate and I have spent so many
J happy days. It is noted for its
important petroleum and chemi
'cal industries, nationally known,
also widely known as a beauti- j
tful resort town. Oil was import- j
i ant factor in its development. I
j Has a deep-water port connect I
‘ with the Gulf of Mexico. As We I
pass the West of ths city, the i
railroad spans the Calcasieu
. River, once a resort of smugglers
when the region to the Sabine
River was neutral land between
| Mexico and the U.S. We pass
Sulphur another industral city
I and then Vinton an oil
From the train window Derricks
|of the Vinton Oil Field are visi
ble. Nine miles farther west we
cross the Sabine River, which
forms two-thirds of the boundary
between La. and Toxas. Now our
Sunset Limited enters our largest
state in the JJnion, Texas, with
an area of 267,339 square miles.
It is called the “Lone Star State”
and the state flower is the Blu-
Bonnet. Our friends send us
blue-bonnet seed every year but
they just will not grow in the
piedmont section of Georgia for
I us. Texas as you know’ has flown
I the flags of France. Spain and
Mexico, as well as it's own Lone
Star Banner as the Texas Re
public. After nine years as a
। separate Commonwealth, Texas
decided to join the Union in 1845.
I Ah! we are entering the first
Texas town of Orange with al
titude of only 10 feet. It is a
shipping and industrial center, lo
cated on deep water port, con
nected with Gulf of Mexico by
Sabine-Neches waterway. Large
Nylon salt plant, steel fabricat
ing, Creosoting, paper bags rice
milling, canning, box and crate
manufacturing, Oil refinery and
iron foundry. Large concentration
of U.S. “Mothball fleet” here.
Adjacent are bayous and cypress
swamps, once the haunt of the
1 pirate Jean Lafitte. Now our next
town is Beaumont, and our train
crosses the Neches River. Beau
mont became famous January
10. 1901 when fabulous Spindle
, top, the first large oil field in
Texas was discovered. Beaumont
is an inland seaport linked by
a deep water ship channel to the
; Gulf of Mexico. Outstanding oil
refining center, chemicals, syn
thetic rubber, shipbuilding, rice
milling, woodworking, iron and
' steel products, and home of the
Lamar State College c Tech
; nology. It is also the junction
( joint for Southern Pacific Lines
<; to Port Arthur. Nacogochees.
f -1E COVINGTON NEWS
Brownie Troop 12
Met Legion Hall
On Monday, our troop met at
' Ihe Legion Hall. After check
ing dues and attendance in our
patrols, we had our flag cere
mony and business session. Sue
Meadows, troop vice-president,
presided.
Our program for the afternoon
was about Thanksgiving. First
{each Brownie gave a part about
I Thanksgiving which she had se
. lected and learned. Next, we had
‘ a contest to see how many small
er words we could make our of
the word Thanksgiving. Lou Ann
Tuck was the winner and Marilyn
Lord was runner-up.
We missed Susan Cooper and I
her mother, Mrs. Stone Cooper, I
who is one of our leaders. Susan I
had her tonsils removed. We are ;
so glad she is getting along
nicely.
Jacksonville and Dallas. We pass
Liberty, fifty-two miles west of
Beaumont. It was founded in 18-
1.31. It has taken on new growth
I with Sulphur production nearby,
[tool plants, veneer mill, canne-!
rieS, and packing plants. Serves j
Oil. rice. Cattle and lumber area.
We see the town of Dayton
climbing in altitude to 85 ft.
where derricks of oil fields are
visible to the north and then
we reach the largest city in the
South. Houston with altitude of
47 feet. We could talk about
Houston all day. It has population
of over one million and is Texas’
leading manufacturing, rail and
shipping center. Besides its many
industries it is a cultural center
. . . the home of Rice Institute,
the University of Houston, a
5i.000.000.000 Medical Center.
. Twenty-two miles south stands
j the 507 ft. San Jacinto monu
ment marking the battleground
where Texas won independence
in 1836 under General Sam
Houston, for whom the city was
named. If you . were watching
your T.V. this week you saw’ the
story of Sam Houston in Tenn
essee, and his treak to Texas
. and a beautiful picture of this
I monument.
Now we come to the town of
Sugarland where the first cane
; sugar factory was built west of
the Mississippi River. It has a
। capacity of- 1.500.000 pounds a
! day . . Know it’s a ‘sweet” town
but we cannot tarry here . . We
pass Richmond one of the oldest
towns in Texas noted for old
plantation style homes depicting
the beauty of the old South. Then
Rosenberg Eagle Lake which is
rice-milling center. Water pump
ed from Colorado river to irrigate
rice fields. Alleyton climbs to
189 ft. sea level is a quaint vil
lage surrounded by cotton fields
and grazing land. Three miles
further we cross the Colorado
River of Texas. Nearby, at Bea
son's Ford the Texans under
General Houston camped prior to
their victory at SanJacknto. The
first court session in the Republic
of Texas was held under an oak
tree at Columbus thru which
we are now passing. The Colo
rado River of Texas curves about
the city in a horseshoe bend and
flows under our train just east
of town. We pass several small
towns . . Weimar, Schulenburg,
Flatonia. Waelder and Hardwood
and then Luling with altitude of
550 ft. In the early days a wild
frontier town and cattle center.
At edge of town you see Luling
Foundation Farm, an endowed
enterprise for the improvement
of agricultural products and live
stock.
Situated beside the Guadalupe
River, Seguin with alt. of 550
ft. is the seat of Gaudalupe
County, and lies about one mile
from the R. R. Station. Founded
while Texas was a Republic, the
town 'was named for two Spanish
settlers who lived in the vicini
ty during the Texas revolution.
One Don Erasme Seguin, who
helped create the Constitution
of Texas, and the other was Juan
Seguin, who commander a body
'of Mexicans who fought in the
battle of San Jacinto.
Known as the West Point of
i the Air the town of Randolph
Field is one of the largest mili
tary air fields in the world. Fif
teen miles west of Randolph
Field is the beautiful city of San
Antonio, where at the Gunter
Hotel I held my last National
Convention of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy as it's
President-General". I cannot be
gin to toll you of this beautiful
city . . . Walker Combs is at
Fort Sam Houston there . . .
They gave us a beautiful Con
vention .. . and many beautiful
gifts to me as their President-
General, including a prized pos
session. A great artist there
painted for me and presented
me with an oil painting of the Al
' imo. It's picturesque ruins of
several old missions (where they
had a beautiful alfresco banquet
with some five hundred present
when I was there) and well . .
.this is enough for this week . .
just brouse around San Antonio
until next week . . when we
will travel on to Los Angles
j where we had anotiier U.D.C.
I National Convention , . . and
Colton Growers ?
Vote December
11th On Quotas
The referendum on upland cot
ton marketing quotas, to be held
throughout co 11 o n-producting
areas on December 11, will be
the eleventh vote of its kind A.
E. Hays, Chairman of the Newton
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee,
said today.
The first vote on cotton mar
keting quotas was held in March
1938, and the last previous cot
ton referendum was in Decem
ber 1955. In the last vote. 93 per
cent of the farmers voting ex
pressed approval of using the
quotas for the 1956 cotton crop.
At least two-thirds of the farm
ers voting must favor quotas be
fore they may continue in effect.
Under legislative provisions,
the Secretary of Agriculture must
proclaim a national marketing
quota and a national acreage al
lotment for upland cotton when
ever he finds that the total sup
ply exceeds the normal supply.
At the time the Secretary is
sued the proclamation for the
1957 crop, the total supply of
upland cotton for the 1956-57
marketing year was estimated at
27.5 million running bales, which
included an August 1, 1956 carry
over of 14.1 million bales, 1956
production of 13.4 million bales
(the August Crop Report) and
estimated imports of 50,000 bales.
The “normal supply” figure of
17.7 million bales included esti
mated domestic consumption of
9.1 million bales and export of
4.5 million bales, plus a 30-per
cent “carryover” reserve of 4.1
million bales. Thus the prospec
tive total supply for 1956-57 at.
the time the quota was proclaim
ed exceeded the normal supply
by about 9.8 million bales.
Marketing quotas o perate
through acreage allotments. A
grower who exceeds the cotton
acreage allotment for his farm.
I under a cotton marketing quota
i program, will be subject to a
I marketing quota penalty of 50
I percent of parity on the farm's
excess production. Growers who
do not exceed their cotton allot
ments may market free of penal
ties all the 1957 cotton produc
tion from their farms.
New Wheat Is
Demonstrated
To Ga. Farms
Farmers in 14 Georgia coun
ties are growing Bledsoe wheat
to sec if the new variety does
as well on their farms as it has
at College of Agriculture Experi
ment Station.
Working with their county
agents, the farmers will plant
an acre of Bl^soe along side
such established varieties as
Chancellor or Coker's for com
parison purposes.
J. R. "Johnson, Extension Ser
vice agronomist at the Universi
| ty of Georgia, named the follow
; ing counties and Extension agents
; cooperating in setting up the
demonstrations:
Jackson, S. L. Welborn; Butts,
B. B. Campbell; Newton. W. H.
McKinney; Meriwether, R. C.
I Buchanan; Polk. .1. P. Stowe;
Heard, George S. Summers;
Hart, W. V. Chafin; Jefferson, J.
■E. Eubank. Jr^ Madison. Virgil
H. Welborn; Washington, S. G.
Mercer; Bibb, D. F. Bruce; Hous
ton. G. L. Allmond. Jr.; Peach, R
P. Swan; Berrien, D. D. Vickery,
and Laurens, H. F. Shurllng.
Johnson said Bledsoe wl;eat
was bred by Dr. U. R. Gore at
the Georgia Experiment Station.
Experiment. It has out-yielded
| all other wheats at this station,
I as well as the Coastal Plain Ex
periment Station at Tifton and
the College Experiment Station
' at Athens.
The new variety, recommended
. south of Georgia's mountains
j region, has shown more resist
ance to leaf rust and powdery
I mildew than all other wheats.
Johnson said any farmer wish
, ing to observe Bledsoe under
actual farm conditions should
| contact the local county agent
lin one of the demonstration
( counties.
"Yours Truly” really enjoyed
this one for we were not, for the
first time in two years, presid
ing over the Convention as Pres
ident - General . , so Until Next
week . . just linger in San An
tonio . . where *Mrs. Walker
Combs is now visiting her son.
Walker, and his wife.
Three out of four miles of
heavy-duty highway a" petro
leum asphalt, as are virtually
, 100 per cent of the light-duty
, paved roads.
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