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4 DESPITE Um fad that ikm
1 1 ia great wímím nl llwt the
world In en Ik* w|t ef aaeth-
•r gully *ir md (kit Mr *n
b«)ti in in wi«, having ImI
•vtr #0,000 casualties since the
thing start Ml la Korea, thm
la a greet M ta -ka thaahfal
|l far aal we aiaat nal everleoh
efferlag aar thanks aaá oar
reatlaaed prayers far paan aa
I tela Thankagiving week and.
In CaMwall wa ara recognising
Thursday, November 2* aa aar
TkaakagWiag Day. «van though
the natianal holiday waa cala*
kratad yesterday.
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NEXT THUR8DAY tha Tasas
Aggies have their last opportuni-
ty to salvage something from a
dismal football aeaaon. Tha Cadota
«rare picked by muny acriben all
over the nation to win the South-
k western Conference gonfalon with
^ their strong senior aggregation,
but as history reveals the Ags
have not won u conference game.
They lost three and tied two. A
general weakening in the final
quarter due to lack of reserves
ha- allowed the Aggies opponents
to catch up with'them and either
tie or beat them. They «till havo
0 a fine football team and they may
have enough ability and fight left
® to ri«e up ami beat Texas come
next Thursday. At any rate, it
should be anothi i ureal game.
IN A IiE*'H,NT i«auo of the
NEWS an article hended "Stale
,^1'eal", which 1 included in thi
o lumn, written by Staff Sgt. A.
I... McNair of the t'. S. Murine
Corps. tated that the sergeant
it. a brother in-law of Joe W.
Sefcik. of Caldwell, Route 3. That
0v as an error. Sgt. McNair is a
■n in law o( Mr. Sefcik's.
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CONGRESSMAN llomer
Thornberry «as in Caldwell
Tuesday morninx and part of
the afternoon, lie was * euest
speaker at the Caldwell Rotar)
<íub and brought an interesting
a mexxnxr to thai chic organ!/*-
, tion. The Congressman stated
0 that the Congress was doing all
in it power to avert war and
to Insure peace but al the same
time, they were fortifying the
country agaiaat any danger that
may lie in the road ahead,
should our foe across the pond
continue to beat his war gums.
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• HACK IN 1944 Eddie Ricken-
hacker pointed out fifteen qualifi-
cation* which he thought should
br possessed by n man to be
elected to the Prcaldency of the
Cnited Stales. I'll let you decide
:how. long it- been since you thi'ik
.vc have had that kind of a man
in office. If there should be a
man in this great nation of ours
who can mensure up to this, he
should be found. We need a man
like that:
1. A man who ha* convictions
with courage and character to put
0 hem into action.
2. A man who will not cater to
I or coddle minorities or pressure
groups
:t. A man who will think in
tcrmii of the welfare of the great
American majority.
4 A man who will recommend
ending our labor law to pro-
net the American laboring men
Mid women from racketeers and
false leadership ( This haw
been partially accomplished by en
a<tment >•< the Taft-Hartley law.*
5. A man who will respect
(Continued on page 5)
'People Háve
' Become Wary
k About Voting
* Recent Defeat of Five
Proponed Amendment
Prove It.
Caldwell Sfcuia
AND ra MPBUBOM COUNTY LBDOBB
VOLUME LXIV—No. ••
CALDWELL, TEXAS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1951
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Santa Claus Parade In Caldwell December
Grand Jury Returns Eight Indictments
Seven Felonies
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Handed Down In
November Term
Resolution AIno Presented
For Two Highway Patrol-
men For County
'i ae Burleson County Grand
Jury for the November term of
Court, recessed on Wednesday,
November 14, 1951, after return-
ing into District Court seven (7)
felony indictments and one (1)
misdemeanor complaint. T li c
(¡mini Jury found four (4) bills
afc'Mnst Haul Hobbs, forger. In-
dictments were also returned a-
gainst llushey Lee Manuel for
burglary of Kate Waters place,
Kinmitt demons Alias Clement
Johnson foi burglary of a private
residence at night time, W. P..
Stubhs for forgery, and Curlev
c i ta for contributing to the delin-
<iuency • >f a minor, a misdemeanor.
The Grand Jury also presented
a resolution requesting that Col-
on '! Homer Gurrison station two
(2) highway patrolmen in Burlc-
m«ii County, Texas, for the pro.
taction of property and lives In
our county and on our public high-
AUSTIN— The defest of four
of the five propoaed constitutional
gpmendments November 18 proved
«furt the people of Texaa have be
ccffio exceedingly wary and even
alarmed over increased govern-
ment coats, which always mean
increased taxes, since all of the
submitted amendments had for
their main objective more money,
f' rejecting the amendment that
J* u!d have qualified thousands of
aliens to receive old age penaions
the voters showed not only their
respect for citizenship hut helped
out the old folks, who would have
hud to take reduced monthly
check* under the terms of the
nmem'ment. Also, the results at
polls proved that people have
.^iwakened to the dangers of Social-
ise and want * Hepped. Here is
County Given
Additional Aid
In Road Work
Approximately $75.000
State Aid On Farm-To-
Market Roads Approved
Farm to-market road money
granted to Burleson County this
year for topping county roads is
expected to come close to $76,000
and work is expected to start in
the very near futur. Following is
a description of the two sections
of county roads, which will be
taken over for completion and
maintenance by the State:
In Burleson County a Farm To-
Market Road from end of F. M.
Ill at Deanville southeast to end
of F. M. 976, a distance of ap-
proximately 6.0 miles, is hereby
i.'esignated subject to the availa-
bility of funds in the Farm-to Mm
ket Road Fund of the State High-
way Department as established by
Senate Hill 2*7, Acts HMO, .r>l
Legislature and appropriated by
House Hill 426, Acts 11 61, Blind
Legislature, for theimprovement of
l'ai in to-Market Roads by the
Texas Highway Department <ini
ing the bienninm fn in September
!i .r> 1 to August .'II, 11153, and
■ • iibject to the further condition
that Burleson County «ill furn -h
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Funeral Service Held
At Somervijle For
Mrs. Mary Albright
Funeral sendees for Mm. Mary
Maglen Albright, were held from
Woods Funeral Home in Somer-
ville, Wednesday, November 14 at
.1 p. m. with Rev. A. S. Rroaddus
officiating. Mrs. Albright passed
away Monday, November 12 at
8:46 st her home near Somerville,
having been in declining health
for thi psat two yeara.
Bom nenr Somerville March 7,
1910, Mrs. Albright had lived her
entire life in Rurleaon County and
wna forty-one years and seven
months of age at the time of her
death. She was a member of thu
Lone Oak Baptist church, having
Joined at the age of fourteen yeara.
She was a devout Christian and
by her bright and cheerful dis-
position had endeared herself to
all who rnme in contact with her.
On December 14, 10.10 she was
married to Oscar Albright and
two children, Msry Lucille and
Janice Aleane, were born to this
union,
Survivors include her husband:
Oscar Albright; her daughters:
Mary Lucille and Janice Aleane;
(Ccatfmcd ea page •)
Christmas Comes
But Once A Year
Christmas lights which have
been used to polish op the old
town for Christmas time again
will sppesr on the courthouae
thia Yuletide season. Chamber
of Commerce officials stated
that, in cooperation with the
City of Caldwel, they will apon-
sor the lighting. Work on
stringing the lights is expected
to be started within the next
fe days.
It will take several days to
get the job completed and then
the lights will be turned on
every night. Past experience
has proved that this lends con
siderable cheer to the down
town area through New Year
Day.
In the arrangement betweei
the City Council and the Cald-
well Chamber of Commerce the
Chamber furnishes all mater-
ials for decorating purposes and
city employees install the de-
corations. Klectric current is
furnished free by the city as
a public service donation.
Downtown stores already
hnvc started their annual
Christmas decorations and ex
tensive plan* are underway t<
encourage home decorations
again this year.
Three Prizes Offered
Home Folk On Their
Decorated Homes
The Home decorations contest
which is sponsored each year by
the Caldwell Chamber of Com-
merce is open to any residentein
ihe city, it was announced today
by Douglass McHinry, Chambei
Manager. In fact, everyone in
Caldwell is encouraged to make
plans to enter the contest.
There will be three cash pri7.es
aw-aided $10, $5 and $'J.50, first,
second ami third, for the best
decorated homes. A trio of judges
v. ill be appointed to name the
t hre winning homes. The decora-
tions will he judged on originality,
lighting effect, arrangement and
color.
There have been a number of
well decorated homes in Caldwell
in recent yea - and all this goes
toward adding materially to the
! oliday spirit.
The ' mm ttee from the cham-
ber si.ggc.st* that colored lights
bi used and that bright and vivid
colors will add to the effect when
flood lights are employed.
Many Attend
Presbyterians
100th Service
l)r. T. (tordon Watts
Delivers Sermon In
Absence of Rev. I)eutsch
LocalCofCTo Start
Drive For Members
Week Of Dec. 10th
Time for the aanusl membership drive by the Caldwell Cham*
ber of Commerce is now close at hand. Board members of the
civic organisation announced thia week that the five day period
from Monday, December, 10 through December 15 haa been set
aside for the big push.
A committee composed of H. H
' Hub" Womble, chairman; D. L.
Alford, Jr. and Robert Siptak was
appointed by President George
Fall to handle th<- annual fund
raising campaign.
It is planned to open the drive
with an early morning breakfast
on the second Monday in Decem-
ber, Womble stated. Invitations
will be sent to members of the
Chamber who are expeted to at-
• eiul the breakfast and to take
part in the membership drive.
For the thrid successive year
troal in the drive for members has
been placed at $6,004), Chairman
Wombie pointed out that to con-
tinue doing the kind of job the
Chamber of Commerce is now
rendering to the city and County,
at least that much money will be
necessary to carry on. "Really, we
need a much larger budget, but it
is nlm>>st impossible to increase
the budget at this time," Womble
said.
Third Annual
Art-Antique
Exhibit Good
Colorful And Interesting
Exhibits On Display
By l^ocal Women.
The Third Annual Educational
Art and Anttype Exhibit of the
Caldwell Woman's Club in obser-
vance of American Art Week was
held in the Cltih building on
Thursday, November IB and was
open to the public from 2:30 to
9:00 p. m.
American Art Week is spon-
s< red annually by the American
Artists Professional League and
the General Federation of Womans
Clubs.
Mrs. J. H. Siptak, who was gen-
era' chairman, and her planning
committee deserve much credit for
the colorful and interesting exhi-
bit. If one could judge from the
many favorable comments, the
show was a huge success.
No one exhibit could be named
as outstanding. Sharing equal
honors were the following exni-
liits: "Christmas Decorating Ideas"
with Mrs. Hubert Burns as chair
•mu. in which many beautiful
table and mantel arrangements
were shown. Materials varied from
gaily colored glass balls, cotton
and tin foil to wild grasses, leaves
and beans which were dipped in
;.luminum paint or colored. Mrs.
A V. Lofton was chairman of the
"Seasonal and All Occasion" table
i.i rangemcnt and corsage making
1 iiusual arrangements were made
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Gustav Homeyer, 85,
Retired Farmer
Passes Away
Gustave Homeyer, 85, retirid
farmer passed away at eleven
o'clock Saturday evening, Novem-
ber 17, at the home of his son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Homeyer. after an extended
illness.
Mr. Homeyer was born October
fc, 1886, in Washington County
near Brenham. His early years
were spent with his parents, Mr
and Mrs. William Homeyer on
the farm. He was baptised in in
fancy and received his early edu
cütion and Christian training in
his home community and was con
firmed in the Zion Lutherai
church at Zionsville March 21
1880, and united with the Luth-
eran Church.
In 1885 he was married to Miss
Sophia Schmedthorst at Zionsville.
For a time the couple made their
home in that community and in
1888 they came to Burleson Coun-
ty where after a few years they
(Continued on last page)
A large number of visitors and
a swelled congregation were in
attendance last Sunday morning
st special services held by the
First Presbyterian Church in cele-
bration of their tOOth anniversary
In the absence of Rev. Ernest
Deutsch, who became ill enroute
to Caldwell to conduct the services,
the Rev. T. God ron Watts, pastor,
delivered the centenninl sermon.
The church was beautifully de-
corated with cut flowers. Relatives
of the charter members sent
f'nral rememhernn,. s. Ocre were
lovely baskets of flowers, gifts of
Mr. and Mrs. Hairic P. Woodson,
Mr. and Mrs. M. (5. Perkins, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Tom Yeager, Miss Alma
Sehweda. The First Baptist Church
and Mr. nnd Mrs. Halcut Alford,
added their sweetness to the oc-
casion.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holubec
presented the church with a beau
tiful guest book.
Tin invocation was given by
Dr. Watts and D. L. Alford, Jr.
rend s brief history of the church
and mentioned the Rev. Erneat
Special Service Set
For Thanksgiving
Special Thanksgiving Service
which is presented each year by
the First Methodist and First
Baptist Churches, will be present-
ed Wednesday evening at 7
o'clock, November 28. This year
the services will be held at First
Baptist Church and the sermon
will be conducted by Rev. Phil
Trammel!.
Rusty Williams
Is Wounded In
Korean Conflict
Local Youngster Resting
After Shrapnel Hits In
Leg And Arm.
Mrs. Chester Williams received
a telegram from the War Depl
at Washington last week that her
-ton, Harold (Rusty) Williams was
wounded in action in Korea on
November 4.
Members of the tamily have re-
ceived letters from Rusty saying
that he was wounded in the right
leg and in the left arm with
shrapnel over other parts of his
body. He said he was wounded
while taking Hill 94 and that he
is now in u hospital in Japan and
is doing nicely.
Harlod left Caldwell April R
and wns transferred to Hawaii in
May and later to the fighting
front in Korea.
It's Time For
Santa Letters
As yet ao letters have been
received by the NEWS office
from youngsters writing to
Santa Claus and expressing
their desires for remembrances
on this coming Christmaa, but
it won't be long, now. The
Santa Claus letter department
at the NEWS is looking for-
ward to getting it's annubl
workout from the youth of
Burleson County and the in-
coming mail during the next
three weeks should take care of
this little item.
Annually children throughout
Burleson County write hun-
dreds of letters to Santa Claus
through the columns of this
newspaper. It has been an an-
nual custom down through the
years.
Letters should be addressed
to Santa Claus, Caldwell News,
Caldwell, Texas.
Deadline on all Santa letters
is 5 o'clock Monday afternoon,
December 17. All letters will
be published in the annual
Christmas Greetings edition of
the NEWS, which will be pub-
lished on December 21.
Don't forget!
Mrs. Fojtik
Passes Away
Monday Night
Burleson County Resident
In Bad Health For
Si* eral Years
Mrs. Anton Fojtik, 61 passed
away Monday night, November 12
about 10:20, after a weeks illness
in Bryan Hospital. She had been
in declining health for several
years and prior to her last illness
had consulted with specialists in
Temple, Houston, and Brenham.
Mrs. Fojtik was born February
27, 1890 in Moravia, Czechoslova-
kia. She came to Texas with her
parents, Frank and Rosalie Laei
na, at the age of one year and the
family made their home in the
Birch community. At the age of
twenty-one she was married to
Anton Fojtik, on January 18, 1911
and to this union eight children
were born. The couple resided on
•be farm in the Fivnstat communi-
ty ui.til Saturday, November
vhen tiiey moved to their new
nine on Hanks Street in West
Caldwell. On Monday evening a-
bout S:;t0. Mrs. Fojtik became
seriously ill and was rushed to
the Bryan Hospital where it w:.s
determined that she was suffer-
ing with pneumonia. She gradual
ly grew worse until death occurred
a week later on Monday evening.
Surviving are her husband: An
ton Fojtik: three sons: Lee, Cle
ment and Anton, Jr., all of Hous
ton; five daughters: Mrs. Adolph
(Cor.: iued on last page)
Annual Turkey
Scramble Held
On Same Day
2000 Packagea of Caaijr,
Bushels of Apples To Bo
Given To Kiddies.
The Board of Directora of the
Caldwell Chamber of Commerce
met in the chamber office Is
called session Wednesday maim-
ing aad set the date and tiSM
for the annual Santa Clasa
parade and kiddie party. It waa
unanimously agreed to atage the
parade this year at 2:M la the
afternoon on Wednesday, Dee*
ember 5. An even larger crowd
is expected this year than laat,'
when approximately 5.000 Bur-
leson County mothers, fathers
and children poured into down-
town Caldwell to witneas the
appearance of Old Saint Nteh.
On the occasion of Santa's ar-
rival in Caldwell on the above
dates, 2000 or more sacks of candy
and many bushels of apples will
be distributed to the youngstera
it tending from all parts of the
•<;unty.
The Caldwell High School band
will meet Santa on arrival at the
Santa Fe depot and will lead the
parade down Buck Street to the
court house. At that point the
goodies will be distributed by mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce.
President George Fall of the
Chamber announced the following
committee to be in charge of the
parade: Frank Batista, chairman}
Robert Siptak, Frank Zubik, D. P.
McHenry and George Fall.
Climaxing the annual parade
will be the big turkey and gaines
scramble from atop the courthouae.
Five turkeys nnd six gunieas will
be released from Ihe top of tha
building. Cash prizes will be at-
tached to the legs of the guineaa.
The committee pointed out that
should the weuther be too rainy
and bad for holding the parade
on the scheduled date of December
5, it will be postponed one day
and held Thursday, December 6.
Bryan Air Force Base Air Police To
Assist Caldwell Police Force
Bryan Air Force Base, Nov, 21,
Law enforcement officers in Cald-
well will get an assist form Air
Police of Bryan Air Force Base,
Police Chief Jim Broaddus of
Caldwell announced. The Air
Poller, according to Chief Broad-
dus, will have jurisdiction over
military personnel only.
"It is Air Force policy," base
spokesmen said, "to give full as-
sistance and cooperation to local
law enforcement officials. In some
citiea Air Policemen ride with local
peace officers ia the city patrol
The two-man Ai.- Police patrol
will operate from Chief Broad-
dus' office and will check estab-
lishment.- in the area once nightly
on week nights nnd from 6:00 p.
m. on Saturdays urtil 1:30 a. m.
Sundays. In addition, on Sundays,
holidays and paydays the patrol
will make their routine checks
from rt:00 p. m. until 1:00 the
following morning.
In case of need, the Air Police
may be contacted at Chief Beeod-
OatfwcU 1M.
Coastal Development
Causes Shortage In
Clerical Office Help
The immense industrial, chemi-
■ al, and oil developments in the
coastal areas of Texas has pro-
duced is critical shortage in office
personnel. The Blinn College
Placement Service, Brenham, Tex-
as, has many requests for clerks,
typists, stenographers, bookkeep-
ers, bank tellers, and others We
are unable to fill these positions
If you are looking for a position,
you are invited to register with
the Blinn Placement Service. This
service is free.
Blinn College is a public set-
vice institution. One of these ser-
vices is to cooperate with lubor
nnd industry in helping the two
get together. Industry is in a
great need of office personnel
If you are interested in a position,
you are urged to contact the place
ment service. Your aervices are
needed during this tlSM ef enter-
«assy.
Santa Fe Train
With St. Nick
To Appear Here
Rubber Tired Train
Stims Interest In Many
Texas Cities.
At 2 o'clock Saturday after-
noon, December I. the Santa Fe
Railway's special Santa Claaa
train wiM arrive in Caldwell via
Santa Fe railroad and will be
i'nloaded and moved into dowa-
town Caldwell for the enjoy-
ment of the children and grown-
folk alike, according to aa-
nouncement made today by
Douglass McHenry, Manager of
Ihe « aid ell Chamber of Com-
merce.
Arrangement for the appearance
f tne "train" in Caldwell waa
made by the Board of Directora
in a special meeting Wednesday.
The tiain consists of three coacluia
and engine and it is expected that
Santa Claus himself also will
make an appearance with the
train and crew.
The "train" is a specially de-
corated, rubber-tired attraction,
which is causing a big stir in thia
section of the south and is being
scheduled to appenr in many
cities in Texas. December 1 waa
the only available date the Santa
Fe officials held open for a Cald-
well appearance.
Kiddies and their parents from
all parts of the county and ad-
joining counties are extended
special invitations to he here on
Saturday, December 1 to witneaa
the unusual "train parade". This
appearance in no way confítete
with the annual Santa Parade
which is scheduled for this city
on Wednesday, December 6.
Make High Record
SAN MARCOS- Robby Scbosta
and Minn Connor, Caldwell, are
among the upper ten per cent of
the senior class at Southwest
Texas State Teachers College,
were recently elected to
Chi.
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Fall, George C. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1951, newspaper, November 23, 1951; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175987/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.