RESEARCHED AND TRANSCRIBED
by : Tina Easley
SMOKE HIS OWN
PARAGOULD , ARK . - JOE WALTERS , A 79 YEAR -OLD RETIRED RAILROADER , HAS BEEN GROWING AND CURING HIS OWN BURLEY TOBACCO FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS . HIS LITTLE TOBACCO PATCH WAS SO PRODUCTIVE IN 1951 THAT A YEAR LATER HE WAS STILL SMOKING HIS OWN TOBACCO.
DECEMBER 26 , 1952