Originally published in the February 4, 2015 edition of the Cherokeean
Frank L Weimar, whose column LITTLE ADO ABOUT SOMETHING was the subject of my last article, died at his home on November 8, 1957. The newspaper came out on Thursday, and Mr Weimar conveniently died on a Friday morning, so that the next week’s issue appeared right on time with the only change being that the Masthead now read Mrs F L Weimar and Son instead of F L Weimar and Son.
The son, Frank Ed Weimar called his column LOOKING AROUND and he continued to follow his father’s example, with news and comment and local anecdotes.
He faithfully reported stories about the Alto Schools especially the fund-raisers.
Members of the Senior Class are selling tickets on the doll on display in the Southwestern Electric window. If you have not been given the opportunity to purchase a ticket, Class president Marshall Ray Bynum says you will be contacted shortly.
Frank Ed often mentioned the businesses in town:
The Wallace Furniture factory is in full swing. They have a contract with the Continental Products of Houston to make bed frames, guest beds and other items. ……….Charlie Frank Wallace, president of the company, says great plans are in the making to enlarge the building and add new equipment as needed.
(Some of us remember the Wallace building later as the skating rink.)
Work was started this week on the remodeling of Boyd’s Pharmacy building. The work is being done by Harmon West, General Contractor of this city. When it is completed the building will be one of the most modern drug store buildings in this section of Texas.
(The Boyd’s Pharmacy building is now the Stella Hill Memorial Library.)
But then, as now what people enjoyed most were the funny tales on their neighbors and friends.
The only accident reported over the week-end was on Saturday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Clyde Poore, when Mrs Poore tried to move a tree from the front to the back yard with her Buick. The tree is in the same place, the Buick has a bent fender, the grandsons, Mike and Jimmy Hopson had a thrill and Clyde is still looking at TV.
Just as Chris does today, Frank Ed had his scapegoats. Ralph Rozelle was one of his favorite targets. Others were Lewis Thomas and James Simmons
If we had a doghouse, we would have to put Ralph Rozelle in it this week for taking Bill Neal Shattuck out fourteen miles from town and running out of gas. Bill Neal said the Gulf business was good but he didn’t know it was so good a man didn’t have time to put gas in his car.
Rozelle Brothers #1, west of town has been blue-jayed as Tom Kennedy and Willie Holcomb always say. If you don’t know what this means, just ask the Rozelle brothers, they can give you a quick answer. All we know is that Ralph has pulled off his shoes and started back to filling cars and smoking PA, which means that the oil well turned out to be just another hole in the ground.
The fish tale of the week without a doubt goes to Lewis Thomas. This veteran fisherman caught 7 fish in seventeen minutes by the watch according to Joe Murphy keeper at Duren Lake, who timed the event of the day. Lewis caught fish so fast that another long-time fisherman could not bear to see him having such good luck and loaded his fishing gear in his car, only to find upon arriving that he had closed the car door on his fishing rod, breaking the end off. Better luck next Fourth, Simmons.