The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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AND THE BURLE80N COUNTY LEDGER
VOLUME LV—NUMBER 23
CALDWELL, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940
PRICE $1.50 A YEAR—5 CENTS A COP*
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Spring is the season for poetry—
that's why we're publishirtR this in
the fall:
I do love he;
But he you nee
love for she
And ahe ain't me,
And that's why ho
And me ain't we.
The New York girl, spending her
vacation in the West, was complin-
ing to the rancher about the savage
way the hull regarded her.
/ Well," said the rancher, "it must
on account of that red dress you
are wearing."
"Dear me," -aid the girl. "Of
course I know it's awfully out of
fashion, but I ha<l no idea a coun-
try bull would notice it."
A customer sat down at a table
in smart restaurant and tied a nap-
kf?i around his neck. The manager
called a vaiter and instructed him,
"Try to make him under: land, as
tactfully as possible, that that's
not do.ie."
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thi custom. . "Pardon
Shave or hair cut, sir"'
About Town: John Gerdes. of
Deanville. sadly watching his fine
barn filled with feed go up in
smoke Wesdnesday, September 11.
Me estimates his loss at about
12,000. . . . County Superintendent
J. M. Hare, calling a meeting of all
rural school teachers for Saturday
ftiorning at 9 o'clock in the district
courtroom, at which time supplies
for the new year will be issued and
plans for the interscholastic league
and county fair will be discussed. . .
?jhn Gregg. losing hi« home in the
«cos bottom Saturday night by
e fire route. . . . Stale Represent-
ative Henry G. Lehman of (biddings,
calling on old friends and making
new ones here Tuesday morning. . .
Miss Vlanta Pinter, leaving for
Texas City, where sne will teach. . .
Paul Haines, grandson of Mrs. A.
F. Grabow, a senior at A. and M.,
I>eing selected as lieutenant colonel,
j^«"'ond in command of the entire
corps of cadets. He also holds of-
fice in a number of important Ag-
gie organization*. . . Paul Hogusch.
game warden for this district, who
made the race for sheriff in Wash-
ington county, telling his friends
here how it feels to lose a political
race by 46 votes when more than
F,000 were cast. . . . M rs. J. L.
Ifcwk of Bryan and Eric W. Moebre
of Brenham. being re-elected as
members of the State Democratic
Committee from the 14th senatorial
district -which includes Burleson
county at the State Democratic
convention in Mineral Wells last
week. . . . Dink Vance, who is sell-
ing space for eat and drink conces-
sions at the county fair, still has a
few left that he would like to dis-
of within the next few days. . .
Ditto for Frits Jannett, who is sell-
ing commercial exhibit space. . . .
George Fall, the assistant football
coach at C.H.S., worked as a sports
writer on a Waco newspaper for
several years. . . . T. M. Massey,
enjoying a surprise birthday party
bat refusing to tell his age. Mias
Margaret Schweda, who has been
seriously ill in a Bryan hospital,
hick home and recovering rapidly.
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Many Rural
Schools Have
Been Opened
All To Begin Classwork
By The First Week In
October; Teachers Are
Announced
Seventeen of the 36 white rural
school4 of Burleson county have
open d and all will be in session by
the first week in October, County
Superintendent J. Malvin Hare has
announced.
Schools that have opened are San
Antonio, Second Creek, Deanville,
Birch, High Prairie, Chriesman,
Mix. Cook's Point, Providence, Hap-
py H II, Fren-tat, Birdsong, Hogg,
Hovadik, Goodson and Gregg.
County schools and teachers who
■ tc m charge are
Midway: Miss Maylwlle Dalchau,
Miss Virginia Boyd.
Porter's Chapel: Miss Velma
Ragsdale, Miss Velma Bolil.
Sand Hill: Miss Helen Price, Miss
Helen Key.
Sunnyside: Mrs. Emily Spacek.
San Antonio: Mrs. Vlasta Vei*s,
Miss Milady Knesek.
Second Creek: Miss Hazel Hub-
bard, Mi s Ma: y Norcross.
Deanville: E. Dee Kristoff, Miss
Milady Kocurek, Mrs. Lela Mae
Krenek, Miss Helen Lacina.
Birch: Mrs. Tennie Stokes, Miss
Ruby Lee Dworsky.
High Prairie: Steve Shiller.
Big Creek: Mis,- Magdalene Mur-
ray.
Prairiedale: Fred Urhanovsky,
Mrs. Clara Davis.
Chriesman: W. L. Woods, Mrs.
Mable Jackson, Miss Gladys Berndt,
Miss Anna Speckman, Mrs. Fritz
Boedeker.
Hix: Eugene Terry, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Jancik.
New Tabor: Frank Maresh, Miss
(Turn to No. 4, column 5, last page)
Two Are Injured
When Cars Crash
On Highway No. 21
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mikes-
kn Hurt In Tuesday
Afternoon Collision
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mikeska of
the Providence community were in-
jured about 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon when their Model T
Ford was struck by a lat.- model
Chevrolet driven by J. H. Clay,
Negro, of Brenham.
The collision occurred at the in-
tersection of Highway 36 and the
Tunis road in .southeast Caldwell.
According to witnesses of the
Occident, Mr. and Mrs. Mikeska ap-
proached the highway on their way
to Caldwell, stopped their machine
before it reached the pavement,
then drove onto the highway into
the path of the car driven by the
Negro. The Negro put on his brakes
and attempted to turn out of the
way of the Mikeska car, but his
machine struck the front of the
Model T, knocking both front
wheels from underneath the ma-
chine and practically demolishing
it. Mr. and Mrs. Mikeska were
thrown out of their car onto the
ground. Mr. Mikeska was cut on
the face and back of the head and
bruised. His wife was bruised and
suffered from shock. After receiv-
ing medical treatment here, they
were taken to their homes in a
Phillips-Luckey ambulance.
Geraldine Drgac Is
Named 'Miss Caldwell'
In Pageant Friday
Thirteen-Year-Old Negro Boy
Killed In Truck-Wagon Crash
Hornets Open
With Rockdale
Friday Night
Rivals Clash Here At
ICight o'clock; Visitors
Have Edge In Experience
Of Players
The 1010 football season t'o.
Caldwell will be ushered in Friday
night at 8 o'clock at Hornet Field
Miss Geraldine Drgac, above, was
elected as 'Miss Caldwell" by out-
of-town judges in the personality
pageant sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary at the high school
auditorium Friday evening, and will
enter the state pageant at Corpus
( hiisti in December to compete for
he title of "Miss T xas." Second
place was awarded to Miss Adine
Womble and third to Mis; Earlene
Rankin.
In the local talent contest Jim-
rnie Marks, French horn player,
was awarded first place and will
also enter the state contest.
Little Ray Ann Broaddus, daugh-
ter of Mr. anil Mrs. Murray Broad-
dus, and Billy Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Smith, were
named "Little Mr. and Miss Cald-
well" and were given prizes.
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Conscription
In a Nutshell
Sixteen and one-half million men,
21 to 36 years old, inclusive, must
register on October 16.
Seventy-five thousand are ex-
pected to be mustered into service
in November for a year's training.
A tota! of 400,000 conscripts are
due to be in training early in Janu-
ary. 1941; others later. The hill
places a 900,000 limit on the num-
ber of conscripts in the army at
iny i>ne time.
Exemptions and deferments to be
granted to men with dependents,
ministers, theologi- H students men
in essential occupations, certain
Government officers, aliens, the
hysically unfit and conscientious
objectors. The latter are liable for
noncombatant training.
Draftees to receive $21 a month
for the first four months and $30
subsequently, with opportunity for
raises.
Industries balking at filling Gov-
ernment orders can be taken over
on rental basis.
District 31 - A Games Friday
Caldwell and Rockdale at Cald-
well; Bellville and Hempstead at
Hempstead; Brenham and Xavasota
at Brenham; Elgin and Round
Rock at Elgin; La Grange and
Yoakum at Yoakum.
Congratulations To
The News congratulates Mr. and
Mrs.:
—Frank Vavra on the birth of a
son, Saturday, September 14.
—John Kacer on the birth of a son,
Sunday, September 15.
—Clyde Dark on the birth of a
son, Monday, September 16.
—-Chas. Sebesta on the birth of a
son, Monday, September 16.
—Emanuel Prazak on the birth of
a daughter, Wednesday, September
18.
when the Rockdale Tigers and Cald-
well Hornets clash. It is the open-
(Turn to No. 1, column 3, last page)
District School
Heads Will Meet
At A. & M. Today
Tolbert Patterson, Deputy State
Superintendent, has announced that
a mciting of all county superin-
tendents and classified and affiliat-
ed school superintendents of Dis-
trict 20 will be held at A. and M.
College, Thursday afternoon and
evening, September 19.
Supervisory District 20 is com-
posed of the following counties:
Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon,
Madison, Milam, Robertson, Walk-
er, and Washington. There are
forty-three affiliated .school repre-
sented in these nine counties.
The afternoon session will open
at 3:00 p.m. in the Lecture Room of
the Agricultural Engineering build-
ing and will !>e devoted to a dis-
cussion of problems relative to ap-
plication for Equalization Aid for
the current school term.
The evening session will feature
a dinner at 7:00 p.m. The program
following will include discussions
of the Twelve Grade System and
The Evaluative Criteria for Sec-
ondary Schools. A number of out-
standing Texas school executives
have been invited to take part in
the discussions.
Caldwell Boy Scouts And 2,300
Others Whoop It Up At Rockdale
Twenty-five Caldwell Boy Scouts
in charge of Scoutmaster Dink
Vance enjoyed an outing Saturday
at Rockdale as guests of H. H. Cof-
field, independent oil operator, who
entertained Boy Scouts from all
Central Texan in honor of the
birthday of his son, Scout Charles
Henry (Petie) Coffield.
Total of 2,350 Boy Scouts and
scout executives registered for the
huge event which set a precedent
for Texas.
(Coffield put on the biggest per-
formance of its kind in southwest-
ern history—a rip-roaring rodeo
and tons of barbecue-to keep the
ncouts with a full stomach and
wide-open eyes.
Movie cameras were on hand to
make pictures for the newsrecls.
Radio stations WFAA and WBAP
broadcast the highlights. The Sons
of the American I region drum and
bugle corps from Dallas, the fifty-
piece band of the Texas Wesleyan
'College of Fort Worth and the La
Grange Boy Scout hand provided
the music.
The party began in the afternoon
with games and contests participat-
ed in by the boys. Then the rodeo
was staged under the direction of
Mayor Reese Lockott of Brenham,
with performers from Madison
Square Garden taking part. In the
evening a campfire program in the
Boy Scout manner was run off with
limmie Jofferies of Radio Station
WF^A in Dallas as master of cere-
monies.
Seven hundred cases of bottled
carbonated beverages, 3,000 gallons
of ice cream and 3,000 pounds of
barbecue were served.
1941 Chevrolet
Here Saturday
New Model To Have
Many Improvements
J. R. Harvey of Harvey A Son,
local Chevrolet dealership, stated in
an interview today that his dealer-
ship will display the new 1941
Chevrolet to the people of Burleson
county Saturday.
According to Mr. Harvey, the new
model will represent one of the
most improved yearly models of
fered by Chevrolet for the past sev-
eral years. The 1941 car will be
larger, roomier and will contain a
marked increase in performance
qualities. Mr. Harvey stated that in
his opinion the 1941 model would
offer a great deal more buyer ap-
peal than its 1940 model predeces-
sor which has been selected by
automobile buyers as America's
Number One car for the price out
of the past 10 years and by one of
the widest margins in the history of
Chevrolet Motor Division. This
story is unique in that it currently
includes every state and the Dis-
trict of Columbia in the United
States.
Madisonville Man Hits
Mule-Drawn Vehicle When
Blinded by Lights Of
Approaching Car
A 13-year-old Negr i youth was
killed and two other Negroes were
injured in a collision between a
truck and a wagon Saturday even-
ing about 8 o'clock on Highway 21,
near the Davidson creek bridge in
the east city limits of Caldwell.
R. Q. Porter was killed instantly
and Hazel Lockhart and T. Garner
ufferid cuts and bruises. Two
i her Negroes, Zeddie Lockhart
and Warren Lockhart, were not in-
jured. The five Negroes were occu-
pants of the wagon and were on
their way to their homes in the
Teale Prairis community.
The crash occurred when the
truck, driven by Joe Royle of
Madisonville, ran into the rear end
of the wagon. Royle said he was
blinded by the lights of an ap-
proaching car and did not see the
wagon in time to avoid the crash.
Officers who investigated said the
accident was unavoidable.
The wagon, which had no light
on it, and the truck were going east.
The wagon was knocked off the
highway and down a 19-foot em-
bankment. All the Negroes except
Porter were thrown clear of the
pavement. Porter was knocked onto
the highway and the truck passed
over his body and head. The two
mules, drawing the wagon, were
crippkd and the truck was dam-
aged to the extent of about $50.
A similar accident occurred about
15 minutes later on the same high-
way when a car driven by Ed Va-
I nta of Caldwell struck a wagon
about two miles east of Caldwell.
Valenta, it was said, was blinded
by the lights of a car coming to-
ward him and did not see the wa-
gon which was occupied by five
Negroes, who were on their way to
their homes in the Brazos bottom.
The wagon was completely demol-
ished, but no major injuries were
nflicted.
It
eroine
Miss Leonora Lindslcy of New
York, shown on her return to Goth-
am, after having been an ambu-
lance driver in France. She dis-
tinguished herself in the great re-
treat of Dunkerque when she car-
ried many wounded and refugees to
safety.
Fire Destroys Truck
Load of Cotton From
J. Earl Porter Farm
Only 2,742 Bales
Of Cotton Ginned
Prior to Sept. 1
This Figure Compares
With 11.5% for the Same
Period Last Year
A report issued today by John-
nie R. Lyon, special agent for the
Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, shows that 2,742
bales of cotton were ginned in Bur-
leson county from the 1940 crop
prior to September 1, as compared
with 11,590 bales for the same
period last year.
County Agent Perkins has estim-
ated that this year's cotton crop
will be about two-thirds that raised
in Burleson county last year. The
yield last season was 22,536 bales.
Brazos-Colorado
Waterworks Ass'n.
Formed Last Week
An association of Water Works
engineers and operators of the
towns of Bellville, Somerville, Cald-
well, Bryan, Giddings, Hempstead,
La Grange, Navasota, Fayetteville,
Sealy, Brenham and Cameron was
organized in Brenhum last week.
The name of the organisation
will be "Brazos-Colorado Water
Works Association," and will hold
their meetings the second Wednes-
day of every month and the first
two meetings will he held at the
(Turn to No. 3, column 4, last page)
Chaddock To Present
Rodeo Here Sunday
Gene Chaddock of Rockdale has
announced that he will present a
rodeo at Fair Park here Sunday,
beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Chaddock said all the popular
rodeo events will be included on the
program, and that he had recently
secured a new group of calves for
the calf roping contests.
Fourteen bales of cotton from
the Earl Porter plantation in the
Brazos bottom were destroyed by
fire Wednesday afternoon of last
week.
Mr. Porter had sent the cotton to
Bryan by truck and while the Ne-
gro at the wheel was driving on the
Jones Bridge road where prepara-
tions are being made for the con-
struction of the new highway, and
weeds were being burned, a spark
was picked up.
The Negro tooled the truck to-
ward Bryan at a fair rate of speed,
fanning the spark into a flame, and
he had a real fire behind and right
on him when he discovered that
the temperature had risen sudden-
ly and materially.
The cotton was dumped from the
truck in time to save the vehicle
from damage, and a bulldozer
brought into play for the purpose
of burying the staple, which other-
wise might have burned for a week.
On whose shoulders liability for
the loss lies has not been deter-
mined.
Radio Station To
Salute Caldwell
Program To Be Broadcast
By K T S A Tuesday
Caldwell will be the "Town of
the Day" next Tuesday, September
24, when radio station KTSA, San
Antonio, will broadcast a salute to
Caldwell on the Home Town Edit-
or program heard each week day
at 0:45 a.m., according to an-
nouncement this week.
An interesting story and descrip-
tion of Caldwell and its inhabitants,
as prepared from material supplied
by the Caldwell and Burleson Coun-
ty Junior Chamber of Commerce,
will be broadcast. The program will
he one of a scries of similar pro-
grams.
Plans For Fair
Take Shape In
Meeting Friday
Directors and Committee
Chairmen for 1940 Exhibi-
tion Are Named And
Start Work
Directors and committee chair-
men of the 1940 Burleson County
Fair held an enthusiastic meeting
at the courthouse Friday night,
when plans were discussed for the
event.
Caldwell business men have un-
derwiitten this year's fair in the
amount of $600, and the county has
agreed to pay any indebtedness
over this amount. The fair will be
"put on" by the Caldwell and Bur-
leson County Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Directors and committee chair-
men who have been appointed and
are now working diligently to make
the 1940 Burleson county fair a
spectacular event are—
Directors: L. O. Komegay, W.
H. Giesenschlag, M. G. Perkins, W.
W. Mcliroy and G. A. Smith.
Committee chairman: Babe Dow-
ell, carnival; John Mrnustik,
grounds; Marvin Porter and Gar-
wood Gerdes, rodeo; D. L. Alford
Jr. and A. W Adams, parade;
Fritz Jannett, commercial exhibits;
Frank Maresh, educational exhibits;
C. E. Cade Jr., amusement; J. M.
Hare, schools; Miss Isabelle Foulds,
ladies' departments; Dink Vance,
concessions; C. E. Cromartie, light-
ing; John Toupal, gates; Clint
Lewis Jr., police; Raymond Novo-
sad, agricultural exhibits; Jack
Clark, livestock exhibits; Julius
Houston, decorations, and Leroy
Struwe, poultry exhibits. Joe Sip-
tak was named secretary-treausrer
Members of the above committees
will be selected by the chairman
from the rolls of the junior cham-
ber of commerce.
As has previously been an-
nounced, the fair dates are October
16, 17, 18 and 19.
Volunteers Wanted As Company E
Prepares For Mobilization Call
Snook Good Roads
Boosters Stage
Barbecue Tuesday
Completion of Highway No.
239 Is Urged at Enethusi-
astic Meeting
The Snook Good Roads Associa-
tion staged a barbecue Tuesday
afternoon at Jmes Bridge in cele-
bration of the start of work on the
highway leading from College Sta-
tion to the Brazos river, which will
be continued through Snook to in-
tersect Highway 36 near Lyons.
About 250 people, representing
Caldwell, Bryan, College Station,
Brenham, Giddings, Somerville,
Lyons and Snook attended. The
barbecue was an invitation affair.
Julius Sebesta was in charge of
the speakers' program following the
barbecue. Speakers from practical-
ly every town represented urged
the completion of this highway,
pointed out the value of the road,
and pledged to do everything pos-
sible in order to have it completed
within the near future.
The Snook Good Roads Associa-
tion is composed of about 150
members. J. T. Reis is president
and Frank Orsak is secretary.
The College Station-Snook-Lyons
highway has been designated as
Highway No. 230, and the dirt and
drainage work from College Sta-
tion to the Brazos river has start-
ed. The right-of-way from the river
to Lyons has been secured.
In preparation for mobilization
expected in the near future, Com-
pany E, 143rd Infantry, Texas Na-
tional Guard has started recruiting
volunteers for service, Captain M.
F. Broaddus announced today. Com-
pany E will recruit up to its pres-
ent strength of 83 men, replacing
those who are being discharged and
who are resigning (those members
who are attending school).
Captain Broaddus said that in ad-
dition to accepting volunteers for
active duty he has been authorized
to accept recruits on the inactive
list, who will be inducted into serv-
ice when the Company is raised to
war strength—114 men. Those re-
cruited on the inactive list will not
draw pay or otherwise participate
in national guard duty until mobil-
ization day, when the guard goes
into federal service.
About 40 recruits are wanted to
fill all vacancies and fill the quota
of inactive guardsmen.
"It is an excellent opportunity
to go with this home unit for young
men who most certainly will be
drafted later," Captain Broaddus
said. He pointed out that after the
guard is mobilized and enters fed-
eral service, volunteers cannot then
be accepted. Young men taken into
training under the draft law would
have little choice about what outfit
they were placed in, Captain Broad-
dus said. They might be sent to
some out-of-state regiment, or they
might he sent into the regular
army.
Captain Broaddus and Lieuten
ants John R. Lehde and Theo An-
drews will go to Waco Friday morn-
ing, where they will meet with
Major General Burkhead and other
officers of the 36th Division and go
over plans for mobilisation.
Nine Volunteer
Firemen Complete
First Aid Course
Nine members of the Caldwell
volunteer fire department recently
completed the Red Cross First Aid
Course. The course required 20
hours of claaswork. Arlen Evans of
the State Highway Department was
the instructor. The course of study
covered the subject as presented in
the American Red Cross First Aid
Textbook.
Those who completed the work
will be issued Red Cross First Aid
certificates, G. A. Smith, chairman
of the Burleson County Red Cross
Chapter, said. They are Monme
Berndt, Babe Dowell, Franklin Dr-
f c, John Gaida. Stanley Prazak,
rank Spruill, John Toupal, Dink
Vance. John Zalohny and Walter
Clyde Jones. Jones is the only one
who completed the course who in
not a member of the fire
ment.
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