The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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AND TU BURLESON COUNTY UBDGBK
WATCI TOUI
IXPIRATION DA1
VOLUME LXII — No. SO
A FEW Items of interest from
"CAPS AND LOWER CASE".
Wrhe other day a man asked another
fellow who was one of the beat
informed financiers in the South-
went why it was that stocks with
high earning power were selling
so iow.
"N<> one has nny money to buy
tin** i with", he said. "The Govern-
ment is draining off the money in
taxes".
"Suppose a man earns $100,000
•h year," he continue*!, "he pays
|70,000 or so in taxes and a man
e.iriing at that capacity will upend
$.10,000 a year in living. Now, sup-
|i n>' he earns one million a year.
He pays SHOO,000 in taxes and he
too wil spend, and i entitled to
-petal about $100,000 a year in
living".
"That i* the kind uf money," he
concluded, "that would ordinarily
1). going into factory expansion
and jobs and development. Now
it goes to the government to spend
and the government is NOT A
PROIJL'CER."
There is only one answer to the
problem posed. This country, bar-
ring money for defense, must get
out from under the burden of the
tax take.
A MINEOLA cafe ha* this
«mn prominently displayed
above the door:
,_|k Welcome, podner
P To our I'alace.
Kat your head off;
It's eighty miles to Dallas.
Another hand-lettered smile
I hat goes with the good food
says: "Everything comes to him
who orders hash."
The waiter was asked where
the rest room was and he poin-
ted to a sign above a door. It
• said. "For Tired Folk*".
•
THE PART played by little
things is some times surprising.
All of us overlook the minor points
that could count heavily for or
against us. When the Japs struck,
(«enera! Joe Htilwell was called to
Washington as a China authority.
The top «'Mi tog y board was look-
* tng for someone to head U. S.
force- in Burma ami China unci
Stilw-'ll was under consideration.
Secretary of War Stimson told
General Ge rge Marshall that he
did not t: nk Stilwell would do
"He had Rls head down," the Chelf
«a I," all during the conference;
he lardly looked up
^ Well," .aid Marshall, "If he had
t ' head down it was because he
*a< fixing to butt somebody.
And Vinegar Joe got the job.
A little thing like a lowered head
*lino*t deprived the United States
of tough leadership in Burma.
•
W I'll F IT might not yet lie
official, we are going to lose a
. ¡firtion of .iur ;!.r> per cent good
fire record credit this ye.tr. effectiv
March I Those who should know
nform m• that we shall lose ten
percent of the good fire record
' redit, which will leav.- us with :i
credit of .10 percent. Tins good
fire record credit can fluctuat >
from a credit of percent, which
, tb the maximum credit, to a debit
f 15 percent, which is the maxi-
mum debit. Here is a fluctuation ri
i rates of a total of .10 percent which
i ix based on the amount of fire
J losses covered by insurance a city
i suffer during the year. Next year,
after the Sanitary Farm Danes
J^re and the likely hood of other
*" Wr>s within the next ten months,
| in «11 probability we shall lose
Jail the credit and might have t
| debit. Fire insurance writen in
|' aldwell after March 1 will rout
I you ten percent more this year
J 'han it did Inst. However, the
i basic rate on fire insurance has
I not changed in tan years. A $1000
| fire insurance policy in lB.Mtf would
( ^lj(ive cost you exactly the same as
' J" policy in 1949, provided the fire
i record credit was the same. Look
J fiiese figures over; in 19.19 $1
I would buy a do7.cn eggs (.'<9c), a
§ l>ound of butter (30c), a sack of
J -0 oranges (25c) and a tall can
j of milk (.Otic). Today a dollar
I will buy only a pound of butter
|<75c) and a pound and a half of
{'•ananas (26c).
•
t | I RECEIVED a letter from Jeff
|Williams, Chickasha attorney who
I « ill be the chief speaker at the
1 hambor of Commerce banqu><t
| I'hursday, night May f>. He stated
idefiniteiy that he will he in Cald-
|we!| for the occasion. .(eff Will
i'ams, a man who can wake you
l"l> and challenge you to the very
nth of your soul in a singl"
[ntence and slop in the middle
the sentence to illustrate h <
ftoinf with a story that will put
Ivoti in the aisles, is some shako ,
I' a speaker Jeff Williams n
Itliat kind. He dodges platitudes
land talks realism, but with it
"brings the challenge of hope and
(Continuar] on lact page)
CALDWELL, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1949 Sufaeriptioa pries: «2.00 a jr. la
C*-9LM •* af 0
Children's Pictures Taken Free
And Published In The NEWS
This Newspaper To Feature Series of Photographic
Studies of Local Youngsters
Ministerial Student
HENRY E. BEShDA
Beseda Delivers
Practical Sermon
AUSTIN, Texas (Spl> — Henry
E. Beseda, Jr., son of Rev. and
Mrs. H. E. Beseda of Caldwell,
and a student in the Austin Pres-
byterian Theological Seminary de-
livered his annual Practical Ser-
mon Tuesday morning, Feb. 22, in
the Seminary Chapel.
A member of the Czech-Mora-
vian Brethren Church of Caldwell,
of which his fatheris pastor. Henry
is a middle-classman at Austin
Seminary.
Once each year students are af-
(Continuad on last page)
Tuesday. March 1, is the big duy
fore the picture taking of your
youngsters! The News is having
pictures taken of all children who
are brought by their parents or
other guardian to Neals House be-
tween 10 a.m. and 0 p.m. absolute-
ly free of charge. The Woltz Stu-
dios, of Des Moines, Iowa, nation-
ally known children's photograph-
ers, will be in charge of the photo-
graphy. The News wants a picture
of your child to print in its forth-
coming feature "Citizens of To-
morrow ," a series of photographic
studies of local children. The more
we get the better the feature will
be, so the cooperation of mothers
and fathers is urged.
It often seems to parents that
children are little one minute and
are grown up the next, so fast does
a child's growing stage pass. Here
is a splendid opportunity to catch
a likeness of your child or children
at this present stage for the plea-
sure you will get out of it in fu-
ture years and for the pleasure
you will enjoy in seeing it in print.
You will want to clip it from this,
your home town newspaper, and
preserve it for the youngster whet
he or she grows up.
There is absolutely no charge or
obligation for taking the pictures.
Parents don't even have to be a
subscriber to the News, nor even a
reader. You do not have to pur-
chase pictures either, though you
may obtain a lipited number ol
additional prints by arranging di-
rect with the Studio if you want
them. That is entirely up to you!
There is no age limit.
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Above is akown the type monument that will be erected on the courthouse lawn soon by the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars in memory of the Burleson County men who gave their Uvea for their country
in World Wara I and II. The names appearing on the above sample are fictitious. Following is a Hat of
the Burleson County wsr dead whose names will appear on the monument. If there are other names to
be added they ahould he turned in to Joe Fedora, post commander: WORLD WAR 1—Truman E. Brewer,
Clarence B. Brooks, Howard Boyd, Jim Bird, Henry Cautavespi, Horace C. Dean, John J. Deutsch, Al-
bert Engleman, Fred Fisher, Willie M. Gerland, Nelson Harrington, T. C. Houston, C. W. Hollandaworth,
More Harria, Edgar Jackson, Viv. Jordan, Henry Kotulam, Charles E. Langlats, John M. Lott. Otto I.
Love, Clark I* Maxwell, Marion Maya, ?? Mathis. Ceorge W. McCoy, Gus A. Payonk, Roe Price, Rob-
ert H. Ryan, Dan F. Weyand, William M. Wiebusch, Adolf O. Wltte, Silat S. Wooten. WORLD WAR II—
l-ee Ernest Barton Jr., Otto W. Breitkreutx, Eldie T. Brinkmann, Willis E. Callaway, John D. Calvin,
Stamps Campbell Jr., Sam Campise, Louis J. Charanza, John G. Delamater, Latham B. Dowell, Oliver D.
Engleman, Louis E. Etzel, Clarence C. Fahnert, Ervin E. Garbs, Nolan A. Gieaenachlag, Warren W.
Gainea. Ray Hall, Joe F. Havel, Joe J. Hovadik, Johnnie W. Hruaka, Jonah Hutaon Jr., Joe T. Janac,
Louis Lukaa, Ernest L. Maass, Henry J. Machan, Edward A. Masach, Johnny M. Morton, Clarence H.
McLelland, Thornaa M. Nelson, Henry L. Norcross, Frank Peceña Jr., Alphona A. Pinter, John E. Reevea.
Jose Reyes, Walter Roskey, Byron Schoenberg, Bennie W. Sebesta. Gerard F. Theuber, John T. Varner,
Robert L. West, Oliver I). Williama, George R. Woodburn, Walter D. Zelenka, Ewald G. Zwernemann.
New Rotary Officials Are Chosen
Heading left to right, pictured here are three new officials elected last week to lead the Itotar.v
( tub durinR the next fiscal year, which starts Jul) I. They are II. It. Dowell, president; II. H. Womhle.
ice president, snd Frsnk Itstists, secrelsry-treasurer. „
Plans Complete
For Homemaking
Show by Negroes
Colored Student* Of
Vocational Ag And
Homemaking To Parade
Final plans for the Pig, Poultry
and Homemaking Show for Negro
hoys and girls studying vocational
agriculture and vocational home-
making Friday and Saturday, Feb.
2f> and 1ÍÜ, have been completed.
The N'.F'.A. and N.H.A. parade
will be at 10 a. m. Friday.
The public is invited to come to
the Fair («rounds snd see the ex-
hibits put on display by the young
folk, if the weather permits. There
will be vocational teachers and
students from eighteen counties
here for the show.
There will be quite some com-
petition among the N.F.A. boys
m -<wine as it will be $300 in prize
money for the winning hogs.
One of the Scguin Feed dealers
has promised to give a prize of
$25 each to the boys from Sweet
Home School of Guadalupe County
for each Grand champion or Itc
erve Champion they win at the
show.
Frank Psencik
fs Improving
Word from Mrs. Frank Psencik
at Mct'loskey Hospital in Templo,
bring the good news that her hus-
band has passed a crisis and that
he seems tu I"' on the way to re-
covery, as far as can lie expected.
American Legion
To Hold Important
Meeting Next Monday
There will be an important called
meeting of the members of tin
American Legion lleutscb-llouston
Post Ifil at the court house Mon-
day night, February 2k. The meet-
ing was announced through th •
NEWS by Julius Houston. Adjti
tant.
Houston stated that among the
more important things to discuss
at this meeting will be the rules
and regulations governing the new
American Legion home and ar-
rangejnents will be made to pass
upon the by-laws of the new home.
Houston also stated that new trus-
tees will be elected at that time.
Old Age and Survivors
Insurance Man Here
Residents of Caldwell and vicini-
ty who wish information concern-
ing Federal Old-Age an^ Survivors
Insurance should contact the repre-
sentative of the Austin Social Se-
curity Office who will be at the
Welfare Office in the Burleson
County courthouse on March 3 at
:t o'clock p. m. The service is es-
tablished to give persons of this
area an opportunity to file b«nefi'
claims, obtain new and duplicate
Social Security Cards, and check
their wage records.
Mrs. Monroe llcrndt and her sis-
tcrs, Mrs. Annie Maze Milliard if
Hiyan, and Mrs. Sam Skinner of
Rosebud, accompanied by Mis Ve
ra Warrock of Rosebud left Wed
tiesday afternoon for New Or-
leans, where they will attend the
Mardi Gras in that city. They e\
pect to be gone a week.
H. B. Dowell
Named Head
Rotary Club
Bub Womhle Name Vice
President; Frank Batista
Secretary and Treasurer
Directors were named and of-
ficers elected at the Rotary Club
regular meeting last week. 11. B.
"Hub" Dowell was elected presi-
dent, Hubert H. Wmnble, vice pres-
ident, and Frank Batista, secretary
and treasurer, it was announced bv
Raymond R. Nov.wad, retiring
president of the civic organization.
Dowell and the other officers take
over operation of the club on July
1.
Directors named were Raymond
R. Novosad, Hubert Willis, Bub
Dowell. Tom Yager, Frank Batis-
ta, Allen Oliver and Bub Womhle.
These directors were chosen by the
nominating committee, A. C. Pape,
George Fall and D L. Alford, Jr.
The directors met and selected
their own officers a- is the custom
in Rotary.
I). L. Alford, Jr.,
Attends Meeting
D. L. Alford, Jr., « al insurance
agent, spent Fritlnv and Saturday
of last week in San \ntonio, where
In- attended the annual Sales Con
gress of the Texas V.isociation of
Life I'nderwriters , t the Guntcr
Hotel. Alford stated that the Con
irress was well attended and inter
esting angles of the insurance field
were discussed.
Mrs. Hejl, Of
Volney, Dies
At Family Home
At the Age of Four Years
She Moves to Burleson Co.
Where She Spends Lifetime
Mrs. Rosalie Hejl, 67, died last
Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock at
her family home in the Volney
community, after an extended ill-
ness. Her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Matejka, who
made their home with Mrs. Hejl,
had tenderly cared for her during
her illness and made several trips
to the hospital with her in an ef-
fort to regain their mother's
hcnlt h.
Mrs. Hejl was born August '!
Continued on page eight)
Local Church Lays
Plans For Revival
Here During March
The Week of Dedication, Marth
i.'l to 20, will be observed in the
Methodist Church by conducting a
revival meeting. Rev. E. L. Love
will do the preaching and Mr.
Chuck Moore, Religious Education
Director at First Methodist church
in Bryan, will lead the singing and
work with the children and youth.
There will be evening services be-
ginning at 7:30. The Youth meet-
ings will be at 6:30.
The morning services will b"
broadcast from the First Method-
ist Church, Brenham, over the
Brenham radio station. The time
of this service will be 10:30. The
pastors of the Brenham, Caldwell,
Somerville, Sealy, Bellville, Hemp-
stead and Giddings churches will
each have a worship service over
the radio.
Also, each pastor, with his church
choir, will r've a 15-minute morn-
ing devotional over the Brenham
station at 7:00 during the Week of
Dedication. It is the plan for these
devotional programs to he tran-
scribed.
The other churches will conduct
a visitation evangelism campaig i
in their communities in the even-
ing.
Billy Addison Is
On Way to Recovery
I! I. "Itiilv" Addison, who hfis
been ill for the past ev. ml weel i
with a -Aere eau* of pneumonia,
i* much improved at his home, i:
was learned from relatives earlier
this week. Mr. Addison's man/
friends in Caldwell and throughout
the county w ill be glad to learn ;)f
his improvement.
John Fojt To Show
New Dodge Car
Friday, February 25
John J. Fojt of this city, recent
ly returned from Galveston, where
he attended a dealer preview of the
completely ncw<styled Dodge cars,
the first models of which will be
displayed at the Fojt Dodge dealer-
ship today (Friday) February 25.
Mr. Fojt said that although de-
tailed information of the appear-
ance and many engineering and
mechanical improvements intro-
duced in the new Dodge could not
be revealed prior to the public
showing, there are certain general
facts concerning the comfort-en-
gineering story behind the new
Dodge styling that can be disclosed
at this time.
"The primary considerations that
influenced the design of the new
Dodge were Army statistics which
(Continued on nage five)
Hermann Wolff
Passes After
Long Illness
Comes To United States As
A Lad To Join Father Who
Had Already Settled Here
Following an extended illness,
Hermann Wolff, 88, died Sunday
evening at 8:20, at the home of his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Homcyer, near Caldwell.
He was born August 16, I860, in
Guesen, Germany, and a few weeks
later was baptised in his home
church. As a lad, he came with his
mother, Mrs. John Wolff, to the
United States to join his father.
Mr. Wolff had previously made a
Continued on page eight)
Former Airmen
Urged To Join
National Guard
Only Slight Response To
Recent Invitation To Join
(.roup Is Felt in Burleson
The response to the invitation
to former members of the Air
Force to join the Air National
Guard which was extended through
this newspaper ¿eve ra I weeks ago
has not been at all favorable ac-
cording to information obtained to-
day in an interview with Major
Rufus K. Conoley, the Burleson
County liaison officer for the pro-
posed Bryan Field squadron. Only
two officers and seven men have
expressed an interest in the unit,
which is far short of the goal of
seven officers and fifty men which
was set for Caldwell and Burleson
County. It was pointed out that if
the local men do not act as soon
as possible, most of the choice jobs
in the squadron will be taken up
by Bryan men.
Membership in a unit of the Na-
tional Guard is the only means
whereby local men rfiay qualify for
retirement pay under the Reserve
Retirement Bill passed by Congress
in June, 1948, Conoley said. A
total of sixty credits per year foi
twenty years is required and such
credits may be earned at the rate
of one for each of the forty-eight
training periods per year. In ad-
dition, one point will be awarded
for each day of the fifteen day ac-
tive duty training period each
summer. Additional credits will be
given to men who conduct training
programs and who take correspond-
ence courses.
Qualification for retirement will
not be the only advantage reaped
from membership in the squadron.
(Continued on page five)
Drive for Funds
By Red Cross Is
Scheduled Soon
Record of Organization Is
Outstanding and People Of
County Urged To Give
"Send for the Red Cross" was
the desperate cry of a man calling
for help when there was'more of
Texas City in the air than on the
ground. You readers remember
that, don't you, it was close
onough ?
That same cry rose above the
Florida hurricane winds of last
year, above the roai of the forest
fires that charred dozens of com-
munities in Maine the year before,
above the thunder of raging, swol-
len rivers throughout the country
year after year.
For 67 years the people havo
answered that cry for help through
the Red Cross. The Red Cross has
served as the peoples' representar
tive, translating into action their
desire to help men, women and
children made helpless by disaster.
Through this very organization
last year the poeples' money went
toward relief operations, emergency
care and rehabilitation to over
800,000 people at a total cost of
112,171,022. This included 30S dis-
continued on page five)
Bryan District
Layman's Banquet
To Be Held Here
Billy Tharp Is
On Highway Patrol
According to Colonel Homer Gar-
rison Jr., Director, Department of
Public Safety, the Fourth Recruit
Training School of the Texas High-
way Patrol, as authorized by the
50th Legislature, has been success-
fully completed, and. effective
March I. 101! . seventy-two Recruit
Patrolmen will assume new assign-
ments.
Hillj Tharp, a former Caldwell
ho> whose home is now in Bryan,
vas our nl' tin men who completed
thi' din I and has been assigned to
IliHIStl n.
Mrs. Cora Wilkining and Mr*.
R. H. Tongue of Ft. Worth haw
been visiting in the home of theii
sistor, Mrs. Grover Hoone, and with
their father, Mr. George Hewett
Methodist laymen of the Bryan
District will meet at the Caldwell
Methodist Church Monday
night, February 28, in response to
the "Advance for Christ" program
of the church. The speaker will be
Dee Walker of Texas City. Mr.
Walker is much in demand as a
lay speaker in the church. He is
Lay Leader of the Galveston Dis-
trict. Last year, he gave one month
of his time from his banking, in-
surance and real estate business to
speak in churches over the state
of Colorado.
The Wesloyan Service Guild of
the local church w ill serve the ban
quet. Mr. Walker's subject will ho
"Advance for Christ and the
Church."
Charles Simpson
Enrolls at San Marcos
SAN MARCOS, Feb. 21 chai «h
H. Simpson of Caldwell Is among
the 221 new students enrolled at
Southwest Texas State Teachers
College for the spring 1949 semes
ter.
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