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By George C. Fall
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TODAY, at exactly «lavan
*^Bpck. everyone should pause
Mm daily activities to pay how
age to thoae who gave their Uvea
in two great war , that the real
of hh might live to enjoy the
privilege* of peace and demo-
cracy. That i* our firat impulse
on Armistice Day. It in quite
proper to bow our head* in nor-
, row for the Ion* of thoae valiant
men who made the supreme sac-
'taNl rtflees during two world wara.
We remember Chateau Thierry
and the Marne, a* we recall
(•'adalcanal. Ansio and Nor.
mandy. We *igh and recall that
victory wa* achieved in both
ars and ««till there I* no true
victor) of peace. Thu« it is that
no memorial to the*e «alia.nl
men ran ever express the honor
that is due them, unten it i
a* living memorial expressed in
term* of achieving the princi-
ple* for which ihev gave their
liveK. So. when we pauae on thi*
day to try to do them honor bv
parade* that pa*s in the mo-
ment and speeches t ha' vaninh
from memory on their winged
word*, let un re olve anew to op-
poae intolerance and demagogo-
•ry with every one of the cher.
isfced democratic instrument* at
oar command.
RKMK.MBK.lt, that, here in
"aldwell there will he hh all-day
telebration at th ' Fair (.round*
iponsored t y the American legion
Mid the V. K W which include*
l iny type* <vf entertainment. Al-
io, on Sunday. (November 13,) the
i iAi-annua convention of the
Tenth Di*trctt of the American
«gton w ill be held at the «ante
iiac¿.
•
DICK IK BOB Haddo* of Nava-
ota and well-known here, who
j>ent four year* playing football,
laAetltall and baseball with the
vavasou Rattler* i* continuing
n* great feat* en the gridiron a*
freshman at Rice Institute The
ibillty which ha* marked hi* ef.
ort* a* a fre*hm*n at Rica ahould
iand him fh good stead whan the
ime comes for him to apply for a
lot on the Varsity next year He
I *8e two touchdown* la*t week
gain*t the McNaese Junior t'ol-
ge «leven ami booted two point*
fter touchdown Against the
Vxaa Shorthorn* he wa* the best
¡round gainer for the Owlet*.
' A University I'ig «hot gave
tie fftik at Haddox and uaid that
•> was much too little and would
r t give him a scholarship He
timed to Rue and the <>wi* wens
lad to get him
•
fll K HORNETS are neaping
the end of their football trail
for the good rs«on of 1919. To-
night at the local field ihev will
pU> thr IU-11 v 11 lo Itrnhma in
next lo the ls«t content of the
year < «Idwi-ll, (il««ink a Ihev
i did I* l urcli a * I lint l.iildinK-,
should have little trouble in
disposing of (he Bell«ille entry
hut Caldwell ha* been unpredict
isble thi w*«m, e%pecially niñee
Ihe t rockelt Ifnmr NeVl weeli
thev pin* Sava ola here to clone
^ oiy the season and thai content
should l e evenl matched. Ihe
game tonight i m heduled to
Marl at 7 tu
•
NlittpAPKHS have been full
f new* recently about the engag '-
,ejit of 71-yesrold Vic President
* liten Bark lev to .it 17 year old
idow and what J C Buthvvell,
Ublishei of the ALAMO
RIGHTS NEWS. Sim Antonio,
is to any about it in interesting
lading. Mere 1* what Kothwcll
lid lit his column "The Wasp
eat":
®he ftaldureU items
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Caldwell ead Barlee
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AND THE BUKLB80N COUNTY LBDGBft
VOLUME LXIII-—No. 15
CALDWELL, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1949 8ubacriptioa price: $2.00 a yt. la Suriana Co.—$2.50 oet ef Ce.
Date Set For Annual C.C. Membership Renewal
People Retain County Unit
Above in shown
the new Lutheran
parsonage which
w*n completed
last week and
de caled Sunda).
Pictured at left
i>> Rev. I. J. II a a k
was pa.ntor
of First Lutheran
Church in Temple
before coming lo
Caldwell a year
• go an pastor of
the < aldwell •
Oeanville parish.
Dedicatory Service Is Held Sunday
For New Lutheran Parsonage
On The Air
Stores Are Closed
For Armistice Day
Store* In Caldwell will be
dosed all day today in recogni.
tion of Armistice Day. Post Of-
fices in the county will be
cloaed, alao.
Hornets Play
Brahmas Here
7:
Locals Flash Next To
Contest of Season Against
llellville Club
Caldwell High School meet*
the Rellville High Brahma* at
Hornet Field tonight at 7:30 to
bring the closing stage of their
1919 football season one game
nearer. Caldwell' record for the
*ea*on is more impresitive tha.n
that of Bellville and, due to that
fact, the locals are favored to
win the game.
Everything points to a good
football battle and backer* of
the Hornet* are urged to comc
out lo the field tonight and lend
them Support.
Clyde Foote
Passes Away
At Somerville
Retired Chief Accountant
Civic Leader and Mayor
Of Town Was 72 at Death
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7
Ev
Ever since the commencement
leaker told m • along with
•me other-- that I might some
ly be president of the United
lates, I hnVe heard that the uiaj
! posts in our national govern
•'lit are man-killing jobs.
Presidents and vice presidents
# idfabinet membei • and senator-,
(• are told, always work them-
ilve* to death ill behalf of the
Ihlic good
I believed it
I believed it, that in, until I
•ead In the paper thai the vice
president of the I tilled St ales,
# .t/he age of 71, I* going lo mnr
•y a good-looking widow, age .17.
I never held public office, ma.i *
' ininnr. The weight of the affairs
nation, stat \ connty or precinct
t* tii'v^i rested on my shouldei
Itav'jJjver hn>l to decide w belli' I
• nation should g" lo war or
inch road in whirh pari of the
'clnct <hoii|d be repaired I have
® vef been called upon to east lli>
fte for or against prohibition, old
|e assistance, di -armament or
(Continued on tail page)
Dr. Nolan H. Harmon of New
York City, book editor of the
Fir*t Methodist Church a,nd
editor of RELIGION IN LIFE,
will «peak over the ! H *tation
network on the Methodist Hour
Sundsv morning. November 13.
lie mil be heard at 7:30 over
station KPRt' or WFAA.
Legion And VFW
Celebrate Today
The American Legion and VFW
organiza! wilt* of ' aldwell are
jointly spoii->..ring an all day cele-
bration at the I-ait <.round"* in
which barbecue dinner* will be
served and games and vnriou- kinds
of entertainment will be enjoyed
Hie fn.li. w ill nlart at 10 o'clock
this morning with a turkey xhoot
and other events will follow suit.
The lltdii" auxiliaries "f both
ol K.ihl/lltions will Operate a jo>nt
ron -ion throughout the da> f«* * -
tilling cakes. 111 ■ i, allil cotlee aid
Hlidwiclie'i It" III' nflenit'dll they
, i| l'.pmi -ni a "• ike \\ alk 'n
'In I.egiOll Hall,
The .Jack Ream dance in the
evening at the Memorial Home
will be the final event.
A group of about three hundred
people attended the dedication of
the newly constructed parsonage
at Kli.'iibeth Lutheian church it'
Wen' t aldwell la.*t Sunday.
X lief tledicat'O y :-el'\ i e \va>
• ■•'.'iuctUKi on the fi out tu i a. .- «Í
ne new home by the pastor of the
■ nil, Rev. I. .1 II.nig ..t I :|0
in I be i .g¡ eu'atioi then a
" nib* ■! in the < ¡i i di for tiu
i lung vv oi ship i \ ice. Th> pa
at > >ei l|l"li t>'|n, foi tbo occ;i-
* a " I In \N orkit'g 1 iuurh."
\' hi • am iioitl a barbeen"
un,i ei .v.,- . i ved on th • ■ i' i
law ii The warm, ¡ii-hmv weathi i
i ni., f,.i the ■ .ti11i>>i atfaii,
,'tiled much t<> tin enjoyment
: i ;■ ■ n.11> coTivei Mitn.i , and lent an
••• 'it r. i I ni 111 o -. • in attendance
lo remain foi the "open house"
held at the pai>oiiagi at 'J:;>0 in
(lie nl'tcinoiin.
The new house foi the paster
which was completed last week,
was erected where the old parson,
age. removed from the lot several
months ago, stood. It is of modern
type, frame structure and com-
prises five rooms, kitchen, bath,
utility space and garage
Mrs. (¿roce Better
After Major Operation
Mrs. Scth (¡roce. Sr.. was re-
turned home today from St. Fran-
ces Hospital at Hronhani, where
sl.e had been foi t ll< ■ last two
week- \buut ten days ugo Mrs.
i ¡roce underwent a niaji i opeia-
t ion. Relatives stated that Mrs.
i,tore underwent a major opera,
tion. I!' 'alive stated that Mis.
tii'ie i- convalescing splendidly.
J. W. "Jack" Porter
Moved To Hospital
,1 \\ ".lack" Porter was rushed
to t iinei II.. piial VX oilnc".
day. ao ordiug to infiirmatioii furti-
islied the NFWS otTite Mr. Porter
■vii' 'iitTering hemorrhages and
was administered aeveral blood
tratiafusions Further information
was not available at press time.
System
Voting In All
Sections Is
Fairly Light
Heavy Poll In Caldwell
OftaetM Somerville Vote
Against Present Plan
Voters in Burleson County
turned out feebly in Tuesday elec-
tion but managed to retain the
Unit System or County Optional
Road Law by a safe majority of
about one and a half to one. The
total vote in the county was 634
for retaining the unit .system and
439 for abolishing it.
Most of the vote against re-
taining the Optional County Road
Law came from the Somerville
area where a petition had previ-
ously l een circulated and 250
names were secured in order to
bring the issue to a vote.
Following is a list of the voting
boxes and how they voted:
For Against
Caldwell, No. 1 248 31
Caldwell. No. 2 78 37
Somerville 30 168
Lyons _ 37 37
Deanville 30 27
New Tabor 22 16
Clay 3 32
Tunis 34 ÍM
Snook 78 1
Rlack Jack 14 1
Cook's Point 35 11
Porter's Chapel „ 7 19
Chriesman 18 28
Hix 35 2
Total 669 441
Commander
F. W. Mieling, Tenth Diatrict
Commander of the American
Legion, will be in Caldwell Sun-
day for the semi-annuaj conven-
tion. Col. Mieiiitg's home and
headquarters are at Brenham.
Soaierville's mayor, Clyde Foote,
died at Santa Fe hospital Novem-
ber 2 and was buried at Somer-
ville Friday, November 4. He was
72 years of age. He was born in
Iowa but came to Texas as a young
man, and had lived at Somerville
since 1909. where he served a.s
chief accountant for the creo noting
plant.
Mi Foote retired at age of "0
arid was immediately asked to run
' "i mayor; Iv w a lected and i*
\ pill t In- yeai In wit.- re-elected
ovei .strong oppoMti." Muring Ins
long resilience here •• had served
in many . • ■mnr ¡tut s r ti-re.sts; f"i
many ye.il> lie w a president f
11 .ftiniii d on lit ■ page)
S. S. Wood, Formerly
Of This County, Dies
At Houston Hospital
S S. Wood of ."iii ; pca.-e Street,
lit var. passed away November 1,
in a Houston Hospital after an
illness of five weeks,
Ml Wood wa- bolt near Cald-
well Mecembei 'Jf>, |sss, the son ol
the late Mr. and Mi- M. \V. Wood,
pioneer settlers of Burleson Co.
He was a member of the Caldwell
Haptist Church for twenty-five
years. In 1'. .'{« he and Ins family
moved to Bryan where he has
since engaged in farming and also
in the merchantile business.
Funeral services were held at
the Phillips-Ltlckey Funeral Chapel
at 2 o'clock Wednesday. November
2 with Rev. A S Broaddus of-
ficiating. Interment was in the
Bryan cemetery following the set.
vice, with f M Small, I' II. Small,
ulivet P. Storm, K. W Stanford,
W T McDonald and Harry Sam
uel< sewing as pall bearers.
Flower beiirer.s ware Mí danlos
Hubert Scott. Cha McCartney,
I.1 In (¡roce, ,Iodic Pollock, Reid
Pliilp, !•' H Smul'. I K Deutsch,
II D Coleman uitil Mis- (¡oldie
Storm.
Survivors include hi- wife, Mrs.
Pearl Wood, one on. S S, Wood,
II., of Bryan, and a daughter,
Nlis. Deaue T. dine, f Houston,
one grandson. Connally Van Wood;
five brothers' .littler Fern M.
Wood of I le-villi', I a , c R. Wood
of Malla- II D Wood of killeen,
W P Wood of Ketiov i, Pa., and
II C Wood of Bivat , two sinters,
Mrs Mary O'llara of New Or-
leans. La, and Mrs A. ('. Dunn
of Marlin.
Captain
Eight of Ten
Amendments Are
Beaten at Polk
Burleson County Goes
Along: With State Voter
In All Proposals But One
Kight. proposals to amend the
State Constitution «were defeated
in tin Tuesday elections, while ten
were voted in according to the final
tabulations of the Texas Flection
Bureau. Tin two amendments
pas-eii were proposal No. 7 for
District Court Proceedings and
pro;• ... No, v f ■ Riira' Fire !>.--
tints Burleson County votéis went
a lot l.!" with the state in all propo.
sals e\i ept one. Burleson voter-
voted FOR amendment 7 and
igait • a I Ihe others.
Here is how Burleson County
went -ii each amendment:
No. I County Civil Service
For .'¡Si! Against á7:l
No. J la-gií'ative Sessions and
Pay For 2012 Against 767
No a Hospital Districts
For 175 Against l!'0
No. t Poll Tax Repeal
For t'J-l Against 5!)0
No. 5 City-County Health Units
For 1152 Against
No. i> County Pensions
For '¿(5;? Against t>9H
No. 7 District Court Proceedings
For 4XS Against 471
No. X Rural Fire Districts
For ia.r> Against 544
No. 1> Non-Jury Lunacy Trials
For 421 Against 6B4
No. 10 Women Jurors
For W!l Against iliil!
- (I
Cub Scout Pack
To Be Organized
Jack Linn, District Scout Fxecu-
tive, will meet prospective Cub
Scouts a! the First Methodist
Church here Sunday night aft r
the evening -civic ', for the pur-
pose of organizing a pack, accord-
ing to Rev. Fl/.a Love, pastor and
District Scout chairman. Kev Love
stated that boys between the ages
of eight aixl eleven arc eligible
fot membership in the Cub Scouis
oi gain/..it ion and invites all
youngsters, interested in scouting,
ami their parents, to be in attend-
ance Sunday night. The church
services will begin at 7, and at
7:45 Mr. Linn will apoak.
Captain A. Schafli, Thrid Di-
vision Commander of the
American Legion, will be on the
progra.m of the Semi-annual
Convention of the Tenth Dis-
trict A. L. which will be held at
the Memorial Home Sunday.
Senator Harris
Delivers Main
Speech at Meet
Former Baylor l'niversit>
Foot ball (¿real Leads
American Legion Program
CAI.MWKl.L. Nov. 11 Statt>
Se at' i I red "Red" Harris . f
Malla> wiil be the principal speak-
er at the annual fall meeting of
the 10th District of the American
Legion to be held here Sunday,
November 1.1, F. W. Mieling, Bren-
ham, District Commander, has an.
notinccd.
Senator Harris will make the
memorial address at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning at a joint meeting
of the Legion and Auxiliary, Com-
(Cor .ucd on last, page)
Early Breakfast
On November 21
To Start Drive
George Fall Named
Chairman of Committee
To Enlarge Personnel
November 21 haa been named
an the day for the gigantic nem-
berahip drive that will be staged
by the Caldwell Chajnber of
Commerce. The committee, which
haa been named THE HUST-
LRUS' CLUB with George Fall
as chairman, will atart the one-
day drive with a rouaing kick-
off breakfaat. The HUSTLERS'
CLUB will be compoaed of biurf-
neaa men who are vitajly inter-
ested in the progreaa and wel-
fare of Burleaon County and be-
lieve that through the coordin-
ated efforta of the citiiena in
the Chamber of Commerce, the
greatest good can be accom-
plished for the greateat number
of people.
In the opirtion of most people the
organization has done an excep.
tional amount of good in the com.
munity, but it needs additional
support, as il has extended its
activities in many directions during
the past year, and this calls for
additional operating expense.
It has been pointed out that any
man who earns his living in the
community should he interested
enough in its development to join
the other progressive citiaena who
make up the Chamber of Com-
merce. The Chamber of Commerce
certainly should have proved to
Caldwell and Burleson County that
no community is going to progress
without a well organised, active
organ Izatioti of this type. The town
and organization points with pride
to one of its major accomplish-
ments during the past year — the
Nagel Coat Hanger Company, the
first manufacturing plant to come
to Caldwell in many, many years.
Chairman Fall stated: "This is
one drive that I am glad the Pres-
ident of the Chamber of Commerce
called on me. If there ever was an
organization that deserves the sup-
port of the entire county, it is the
Chamber of Commerce. I am glad
to serve as chairman of the menu
bership drive."
Paul Bolton, Austin
Newsman, Is Elected
To Education Board
Sugene Clyde Weafer, Caldwell's
candidate for the State Board of
Kd ication from the Tenth District,
swept Hurlcson County in Tucs.
day's elections with a total county
vote of 550. Pan' Bolton, Austin
newspaperman and radio comment-
ator was second with Ji>H, while the
negro candidate, P. W. Womack,
polled 11 votes.
However, Weafer's big vote in
Burleson County did not .ce him
through the district race as Bolton
wa the big winner with a total
ol s'„:11; votes. Weafer was second
with 15 47, and Womack trailed
with HI2
Mr*. Kdwurd Khlert Jr. of Vic-
toria returned home Sunday after
spending a week here with her
mother, Mrs. Laura Clanton, at
Hix.
Beaumont Oilman,
Formerly Of This
City, Passes Away
BFAC MONT. Nov. 3- (Spl.) —
John Mason Philp, for half a cen-
tury an oil operator and a former
councilman, died at his home here
Tuesday after a lengthy illness.
He was well known in the oil
fields as a member of the firm of
Philp Brothers, who operated the
Spindletop Field for IS years. He
had served on the City Council
for six years.
Funeral services were held for
Mr. Philp Wednesday evening at
ti o'clock at the Carroll W..ilace
Funeral Home and tlu body was
sent overland to Chriesman Thurs-
day for burial.
Survivors are lo* wife and one
daughter. Miss Iheopal Philp of
Beaumont; three brothers. Lynn, of
Shreveport, La., Will and Pierce
Philp of Beaumont: two sisters,
Mrs. lila Gordon, Beaumont, and
Mrs. Lottie Hughes, Shreveport,
La.
(Mr. Philp formerly resided in
Caldwell. Relatives from Houston,
Caldwell. Bryan and Gonzales at.
tended the funeral at Chriesman
at - p. m. Thursday.)
Voters Warned To
Pay Their Poll Tax
County Tax Assessor and Col-
lector Ft I ward A, Vainer issued n
warning to the people of Burleson
County this week that those wh<>
fail to pay their poll taxes this
year, and the deadline is January
;U. IURO, will not, b ' allowed to
vote next year. Those who paid
their taxes early and failed to
pay a poll tax, awaiting the out-
come of the election this week to
see whether or not an amendment
to the constitution eliminating th
necessity of paying a poll tax wa
voted, must return to the tax of-
fice and pay the poll bofor * Janu-
ary 31, if they expect to vote n<' t
year, V'arner said.
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