The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1955 Page: 1 of 8
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LAST WEEK a pair of pretty
slick hombres were working in
Caldwell. With them, some re-
ported. was a woman, too. They
were going around town, inter-
viewing a few here and there,
and claiming they could cure ail-
ments through prayer. Old Rhe't
(Henrietta Washington?) was. a
victims of their charms. Somehow
the facts are hard to assemble,
these men found out that Rhett
had some money, and that sh •
also had severe headaches, so
they called <>n Rhett and led her
to belu-vt that they could cure
her headache-. f, .r a monetary
consideration, of course. Rhett,
according t" information I re-
ceived, had about sixty dollar*
hidden in the house. All she had
They persuaded her to show them
the money and they pray«-d over
the money and they prayed over
her and they wrapped the money
ir. an old rag and had Rhett plan
it under her bed. They *-arm*d
h>! not to touch the money
until the next morning, when her
headache W"U¡d Ik* gon« forever
The) left the house and th> next
mori ,njr, Rhett opened the rag to
take i look at her money but
th< moíi. y was gone a- I sh.
still had her headache, only it
seemed to r>e a iitl« worse Later
in the w.ek two men and ■ woman
trod t . c ! vin. i Sam R;«tr-daie
tha* they couM cure hi* rht-uma-
t: <ir. and w r. < the me: *ere prav
• it o>r h¡m enthusiast!' Uy. th.-
v ma; attempted to remove his
via 'Sam got v i .<• and < hft'ed
then, ff Other report# of Mini-
!«• •. ident: ar ■ mug n an i
thi- < warning to <m« and a t
be or. th«- lookout for shen.>nig:-r.s
S ', • • " WlL.ttd 'S>~< T he \ hav
th- culprits
the
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Tt I- -DAV W \S the first day
A'titt > : s *t.,- allowed to have
visitors «inn C wa« ¥tnck n
•Aitr a I a •' «tt.tr* January •>
After i- g in • ed for aim st
four week* \ t«n has lost 25
pound# He will !«* ail wed to
take «her* r, ¡<* f r the next f -«t
days but must spend most f
the time ir tx<d for two more
weeks Alton had a h|. d clot and
part of hi* h> rt *n damaged.
Doctor* State, however, that if
everything goes ail right he «rill
be able to attend to his law
praetic* iater and if he take* it
easy can live a long time. Sev-
eral couples of us. frienda of the
Yorka. visited him Tueaday night.
Our viatt seeme«i to pep him up
considerably ami I am sure that
he would like to see others of his
Caldwell and Burleson County
fner>ds, when they have a chance
t<< drive down to visit him
•
EX' KRPTS FROM the pe f
W ham Feather, editor and phil-
r pher etcetera
St ries ihout the Klondike g -id
• t emphasize the terrible dif
' jities of th«' rugged trad and
relatively small rewards
gamed by the average goldseekrr
A reas« n for the mass movement
is suggested by Richard O'Connor
in h¡« recent book High Jinks on
the Klondike (Bohhs-Merrill).
He thinks that many of the
go;.Seekers wvfe just anxious
tfi-t avt «y fr m unhappy Homes.
Reports from the military t•-! 1 • f
inm\'. r i ases The happiest ser-
ví, eme- are likely to l e those
wh- find th.' atmosphere more
congenial than the family life
of which they have unpleasant
memories Sometimes even the
food s an improvement
One Sunday 1 <* as looking 'it
a ,-o.umn in a Sunday newspaper
and noted that a young couple
from Mt. Pleasant. Michigan, had
attended a morning telvisi..n
show of Garry Moore's and had
been singled out for introduction.
He asked the wife if she were
rich She said no, hut they man-
aged to get along Her husband
was an electrical appliance sales-
man Let's make them rich, said
Moore If each of us senda them
a nickel, we'll make them rich.
What happened, according to
what I read, was that nickels
poured in so fast that the couple
was «mothered with 100,000
piece* of mail and $10,000.
The thing seemed so prepos-
terous that 1 couldn't believe it,
so í sent the couple a nickel by
registered mail and asked them
to tell me precisely what hap-
pened, promising that I would
send •« for an anawer.
I was way behind events be-
cause what I had doubted was
soon confirmed by Time and Ufe
and newspapers, with pictures. It
is true, but still incredible to me.
that 188,000 persons can be
persuaded to find a nickel, an
envelope, address it, find a stamp,
and mail it in a week or two.
On the receipt of the following
latter from Margaret M. Delbel,
I mailed 98 in cash. Thla is har
(continuad an tart pace)
8M ©alittueU £fetus
AND THE BUR)£S0N COUNTY LEDGER - - ESTABLISHED 1 7
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VOLUME LXVII — No. 2tf
CALDWELL. TEXAS. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1955 Bvbaeriptiuo price: I2.UU • yr. in Biirlinn Co.—$2.50 out of la
Commissioners Cut Salaries Of Officials
March Of Dimes Drive Gathers Momentum
$22
13
55
17
21
17
2s
1
111
46
12
50
157:!
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Several Big
Projects Set
To Aid Fund
Response lo app -als for polio
fund- in the current Varcl t
Dimes drive in Burieson Cou-.ty
became more pronoun- • 1 this
week as campaign t hairman I . >
Faulds reported $673.0* has beei
turned in to date.
Here is the breakdown of col-
lection :
Sn< >k School
Cook* Pour S« h->o
Caldwell School
Ileanville School
< hi ••-II..in S. ' ■ o.
< ard-
Coin Collector
\ and I < aft-
Total
Chairman Fan Id* pointed
that > -vera: projects are in the
making f futuri d. t.-« ar : th..'
th< drive will continue until every
•oe ha- .'..id a- opp.-rtut.-ty '
participate < >r Saturday J. K
I osier's Service Station on high
way- 21 will give one cent or;
every gallon of gasoline sold th.r
day t the March of Dime- The
same day the V i'afe. V & J
Cafe and l'laia J¡ afe will contri
bute all proceeds from coffee
sales to the campaign.
Monday night at 7 30 the Cald-
well Hornet Basketball team,
l.-ading the f is t net 21 A A ra. .■
will meet the strong Somerville
Yeguas at Hornet gym in an at-
tractive court battle. All money-
Will go to the March of Dimes
drive
Boy Scout Troop 2!W, under
direction of Joseph Spittler, will
conduct the annual Mothers'
March on Polio Thursday night.
February 10. The Mother will
drive cars and the scouts will
make a door to door appeal for
aid. Everyne i* urged to have his
porch light on and to be watch-
ing for theae youngsters next
Thursday night, between the
hours of 7 arid 8 o'clock.
Lions Entertain
Wives Monday Nite
At Legion Home
Members of ( aldwell I.ions
Huh entertained their wives Mon-
day night with a delicious supper
at the Legion Hall. The meeting
was opened with ;> prayei after
v huh the meal whi«-h consisted f
.«teak, potatoes, carrots, ahhnge
salad, tea and cake w«* served.
Entertainment for the evening
was furnished by "Katie's Khou-
rus" who rendered several beauti-
ful numbers including. "Marching
Along Together", "Romona", and
"This Die House" Mis-i Ina *'r ve
Watson sang. "Master Sandman"
and "I'm in the Middle <>f a Rid-
dle"
Wilson "Bubba" Deutsch was
presented with a past president's
pin by I.ion President. Leon
Pargac
The meeting closed with the
entire gnup standing and repeat-
ing the Pledge to the Flag
David And Daniel
Sebesta Get Awards
David and Daniel .Sebesta. sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Sebesta
of Caldwell, have been awarded
$25 scholarships by the Alpha
Chi Chapter at Southwest Texas
State Teachers College for this
semester.
David and Daniel are both
junior social science majors. They
have been chosen Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universi-
ties, members of the Alpha Chi.
national honorary society, and
Kappa Delta Pi, honor society for
education majors.
The San Antonio Alumnus
Chapter of Alpha Chi presented
Daniel's scholarship, and David's
was awarded by the local chapter
of Alpha Chi.
You can't push yourself for-
ward by patting yourself on the
back.
DAIRY LEADER—David Cnult
of Manor, Texas, is the 1966
president of the American
Dairy Association of Texas,
Inc. The association represents
more than 18,000 dairy farmers
of the second largest agricul-
tural industry in the state, and
ia supported by many related
farm groups as a nonpartisan
organisation.
Husband Of Former
Caldwell Woman Dies
After Heart Attack
James C George. 4y years old,
if 1016 S. Woodland, Indepen
dence. Mo. died while driving hi>
car. It was believed that he suf-
fered a heat attack. A witness
Max Kneller, 29. of 2900 North
12th st Kansas City, Kansas told
police (ie« rge's car w.ts moving
slowly and the driver appeared to
be «lumped over the steering
; wheel.
The ear veered across a traf-
fic lane and struck a tel phone
pole in front of Paul's Auto Parts
Store where Kneller is employed.
Indification was made by police
from a drivers license found in
George's pocket
Funeral services were held at
1:30 p. m Saturday. January 15
at Shiel Chapel in Independence.
Mo.
Survivors are his wife. Mrs.
Millie George, a son, James T .
eight years old. and a laughter,
Mary Janell age six all of inde-
pendence. Mrs George is the
daughter >f Mr and Mr- Frank
Bednar Sr. of Caldwell
County Judge Hurts
I>eff While Roping
County Judge Clint Lewis was
i*! Ix-d Wednesday suffering from
an injured leg sustained while
roping a calf on his farm. Lewis'
l«g was caught in the rope ¡md
a severe twist resulted It was
the Judge's lame left leg. which
was badly broken in an automo-
bile accident in the thirties, from
which he has never fully re
covered.
School Sponsors
Ready For Meeting
Cooks Point School Sponsors
will hold their regular monthly
meeting Thursday. February 10
at 7:30 p. m. in the schoolhouee.
Guest speaker for the evening
will be Mr. O. L. Luther of Bry-
nn Parents and teachers are
urged to attend this informative
meeting.
———
Caldwell Jr. High
Beats Hearne, 24-21
The Junior Hornets with Don-
nie Homeyer sinking ft points
and Lee Alford collecting 6
downed the Hearne Júniora Mon-
day night 24 to 21.
Caldwell was lending 12 to 8
at half time. leading scorer for
Hearne was Wilkeraon with i>
points.
In the A. A M. Consolidated
Junior High Tournament starting
Friday Caldwell will play the
strong Madisonville Junior High
Team at 2:30 p. m.
It's important to know where
we stand, but more important to
know where we're going.
Two Ex-Convicts
Are Charged With
Check Forgery Here
Two ex-convict.-, wh- have beer,
on a check forgii ir spree of late,
were apprehended I>y officers last
week. Jack Lewis and Cicero
Jones, both Negro. .. fell into
the hands of ' law Cicero
Jones was arretted in Bryan,
charged with foigery and iau-r
released on bond lack Lewis is
in the Milam 1 ¡n'v Jail at
Cameron, charged with forgery.
He also forged tin h.iiiie of Kr
v\ in A st in of Bryar t" a check in
the amount of vl-.">n in this
county. He buugiit i Sin ha? at
Manuel's, when he cashed the
«•heck and madi off with the re-
maining $38.60. i icet Jones is
i .-ported to haw received a por-
•i« of the morn which the Ne-
groes proceeded t ■ ,pend.
t .Man——
Harlem Globe
Trotters Will
Play At A. & M.
I mpressario Ah. Saperstcin of
th- renowned H a em Globetrot-
ters Basketball T- am. w ho come
to White Coliseum at Texas A.
& M. College at ■> on p m., Feb-
ruary 16 is a perfectionist wh
insists that every player on his
■«quad, each team signed for the
traveling troupe and the added
attraction acts al! be of the finest
That's why the great table ten-
nis duo of Rkhard Bergmann and
Dick Miles, one of the between-
the-halvea attractions, is a part
of the unit. TTwy're the best in
the business, mth for playing
ability and comady.
Bergmann has been the world's
men's singles champion 4 times
! --- 1937, '39. '4H and '60 He is
also six times British Open
champion. Although the Rungitr-
imn, Victor Barna. won the world's
singles title five times, it is gen
erally felt that Bergmann'* world
championship record is unparal-
leled, for Kama's heyday, from
192'J to 19,15, was prior to the
development >f modern table
tennis with its "big game" or
"tennis on tab e" style.
1'ick Mile- i- without itu.-smiii,
the greatest ¡- iver Ami-ri a ha-
produceil. He has an unmatched
record of havir g won eight 1' S.
singles championships. UM;> thru
1949. 19fil, "• and '54 Although
he has ni-vi r taptured the world's
-ingles titli . for which he ha<
tried four 11in s. he i- rate«|
among the 'op five in the world
and is feared !>y every player m
the game.
Snook Splits
With Buckholts
The Snook hisketltall bovs won
from Buckholts last Tuesday-
night by a score :>f 67 to 31.
Harry Kovar \* is high point for
the night with .'8.
The Snook g rls lost 3 *' to 39.
Johnny Ondrasek was high scorer
with IX.
Somerville Wins
Over Snook
The Somerville boys and girls
won two important basketball
games before a capacity crowd ,n
Snook, Friday night. The boys won
by a score of 5* to 51. thus put-
ting the two teams in a tie for
district honors Joe Rogers was
high scorer for Somerville with
24, while Leroy Jakuhik had 19
for the losers
In the girls game, Somerville
won by a score of 40 to 30. there-
fore remaining unbeating in Dis-
trict play
l— T ~TI
PAMELA KIRT7 ILL
WITH TONSILITIS
Pamela Kirti. young daughter
of Mrs. Stella Kirt*. has been ill
for the past several days with a
severe case of tonailitis. She is
feeling much better now accord-
ing to relatives and will return
to school Boon.
Billy Gray Is
Named Assistant
Att'y General
I. W (Billy* Gray, formerly
< County Attorney of Burleson
County. Texas, ¡eft for Austin on
February 1st where he has ac-
cepted n position as an Assistant
.At-' rney General of the State of
Texas. Mr Gtav will servt as an
assistant t<- John Ben Shepperd,
presi nt. Attorney General. The
Attorney General's office is one
of 'he nation'* largest law firms
ai.il represent* the ."-'late and ih>
people of th<* State in almost all
types of cas,-.- throughout Texas.
Mr. Gray -erved Burleson Coun-
ty splendidly as county attorney
for two term> H«- is a member
of the Deutsch Houston Post
American Legion, pa>t secretary
and treasurer of the Burleson
County Fair- Association. Secre-
tary of the Caldwell Rotary Club.
Member of the Burleson County
Ha/ Association and a faithful
worker in First Bhptist Church
and member of numerous other
organizations. His absence ir
Caldwell will be felt keenly, and
his many friends wish him well
in his new work at Austin.
Two From Caldwell
Attend CC Workshop
Chaml>er of Commerce Mana-
ger. Mrs. Annie Lee Turner, re-
ported this week that 364 cham-
ber of commerce workers from
| approximately fifty Central Tex-
as Counties were in attendance
at the Leadership Workshop
which was held by the United
Stat s Chamber ofe Commerc
Southweat Division. Mayor Jud-
ión C. Womble accompanied Mrs
Turner to the meeting, which was
hel«l from 9 a. m. until 4:30 p. in.
I January 31. Both Mayor Womble
; and Mrs Turner stated that the
; meeting was most instructive
I and that the large attendance was
indicative of the growing popu
larity of such a workshop.
Four More Games
Left For Hornets
Caldwell's baskete> rs meet
Bellville at Bel !v,lie omorr-iw
night anil n«-xt w-ek on February
11 Navasota v -it- Caldwell and
th> final game of the season will
be played here against Srhulen
burg on February 15.
While Caldwell was still lead
ing at this writing they had f >u¡
more games to pay and Colum-
bus was breathing down then
throats in the final stretch
Caldwell Younjr
Farmers To Meet
A meeting of Ca dwell Young
Farmers will be held Tuesday
Feb. 8, 7:30 p. m in the Ameri-
can Legion Hall. Topic of discus
sion for the evening wiü he "Ap-
plication of Commercial Fer'i
iers". Mr Bill Deaton, Mathieson
Chemical Co. representative >f
Bryan will be the principa1 speak
er. A movie on the subject wi'l
l e shown, also.
The meeting is open to anyone
interested in the use of com me r
cial fertilizers
Reported by Daniel Stefka.
Religious Emphasis
Week At San Marcos
San Marcos. Feb. 4 — Final
arrangements for Religious Em-
phasis Week at Southwest Texas
State Teachers College are be-
ing made b^ the various commit-
tees who hnve been placed in
charge of the program for the
week.
R. E. Week, sponsored nnnuallv
hv the Stu.lent Religious Associn-
ti<m. will be observed Feb 6-10
this year. "Is God on our Cam-
pus?" has been chosen as the
central theme. The various as-
semblies, seminara, class and dor-
mitory discussion groups are de-
signed to carry out hia theme.
Caldwell Clings
To Conference Lead
After Splitting Two
Caldwell won one contest an I
lost one since publication of last
week's NEWS and the Hornets
remain on top with sever, games
won and one iost. They were de
feated nt Hornet gymnasium last
Friday night 47 to 44 by the very
stubborn Columbus five. King of
i tin visiting team was high, man
'with 15. Thomas 1'rbnnovsky was
; high sci-rer for Caldwell with 12
points.
In the B contest Caldwell won
42 to 21 with Franklin Sebesta
scoring 13 points for honors.
Tuesday night of this week
! Caldwell met the Brenham Cu¡«-
for the second time this year and
again defeated them 54 to 47, The
Cubs had improved considerably-
over their form in early season
play Tommy Spinn of Brenhan
was high with 20 while Durwood
Heldman led for Caldwell with
15.
Coach WiNon Deutsch's B five
downed Brer-.ham 37 to 20 to
capture the first contest of the
evening. Weld 'n Ginzel led with
10.
— —. •
Heart Attack
Claims Life Of
Edward Brymer
Edward Franklin Brvmer.
former newspaperman who was
associated with the Circulation
Dept. of the Houston Chronicle
for over 25 years, died in Kings
j Daughters' Hospital, Temple,
January 30 following a heart at-
tack. Son of the late Jeff and
Molly Brymer, he was born May
9, 1884 in Chriesman, Texas. On
April 27, 1910, he was married
to Miss Mary Ethel Smith and to
this union one daughter was
born. Mr Brymer was converted
early in life ami was a member
of First Baptist Church.
Funeral services were h-M
from Phillips I.uckey Funeral
Chapel January 31 at 2 p. m.
Rev. C. M White officiated In-
terment was in Chriesman Ceme-
tery.
Surviving are hi- wife. Mr-
Mary Brymer, or- daughter. Mrs
Ralph Mullins of Houston, *w.
grandsons. .Joe and Pat Mullins
of Houston, four sisters, Mrs
Oscar Nichols of Chriesmm. vrs
Nada He«s of Caldwell, Mr- I
Tabor of Chriesman, and Mrs
Nina Bradberry "f Bakers\i!le
California. Two sisters. Mrs. Ho-
mer Yarner and Nettie Brymer
preceded their brother in death
The f.«|| Wing nephews of the
deceased served as pallbearers
Edward Yarner, J. D Nichols.
(¡eorgt Mabry, Charles Mabry
Jess Mabrv. Ben Hess, and Huler
Tabor.
Fred Ellis Improved
After Fall From Steps
District Clerk Fred Ellis is
resting well at his home and ex-
pects to be able to retUEft to h>-
offices duties early next week.
Mr Ellis slippeil and fell on th"
courthouse steps last Wednesday
and sprained his knee, which has
kept him confined to his bed
most of the time niñee.
Sing-Song Scheduled
At Harmony Church
Sunday afternoon, February fi
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
monthly sing-song will be held
at Harmony Baptist Church. It
was announced this week by Rev.
A. S. Rroaddus Everyone is in-
vited to attend the sing-song,
which has been an outstanding
feature of the Harmony Church
program for the past year.
.Some people don't pay as they
go — because they plan to go.
It is easier to form • good
character than reform • bad one.
He who is prepudieed ia usually
down on something he's not up on
County Judge
Sees No Reason
For The Action
A majority group in the Burle-
son County Commissioners Court
slashed salaries of several county
officials, raised some and left
others as they were in very active
sessions late last week. County
Judge Clint Lewis stated that he
was at a loss as to why some
salaries tvere cut by the commis-
sioners since the budget which
was approved by the court last
September included salaries as
they then stood.
"County officials ran for their
tfices expecting to be paid the
salaries as they stood," the Judge
said. "The people know what our
salaries were and elected us to
b. paid those amounts. They
don't want us to work for noth-
ing," he said.
Judge Lewis then stated that
most of the salaries came out of
fees paid into the general fund
and that the general fund is in
better shape now than it was last
year. "Last year the General
Fund was in the red $613.15 at
the close of December 11*58 while
the deficit now is only $24.32,"
he said. The general fund als >
will be aid«'d this year because
eight cents more will be poured
into the fund from the realloca-
tion of taxes voted by the citizens
asr year. The Jury Fund also
wiil be aided with two cents of
this tax money.
The first bolt which came from
the court action was fired on
January 25 at the regular session.
A motion was made by Commis-
sioner Lewis Blazek to put all
county officials on a salary basis
instead of the fee basis. Jimmie
Schoppe seconded the motion and
Commissioners Schoppe, Blazek
and Kornegay voted aye, whil«i
Commissioner Collie Cerdes and
Judge Lewis voted no.
Then Schoppe made a motion
to cut all county officials salaries
ten percent, seconded by Blazek
and the vote went the same way,
3 to 2.
The next day the court session
was continued and something
must have happened between
meetings because Commissioner
Schoppe made a motion to recon-
sider and rescind the order of the
previous day where officials were
placed on a salary basis and mo-
tion was made by Schoppe and
seconded by Commissioner Kor-
negav to put the officials ba^k
on the fee system. All commis
sioners and Judge Lewis voted
aye to these proposals.
Then Commissioner Schopp,-
proposed that all county officia's
salaries remain the same but re-
duced the maximum to $4050. per
year. This reduced the county
judge, the tax assessor collector
and the county clerk from $4500
to $4050 hut raised the sheriff's
office from $3750 to $4050 Th«'
commissioners cut their own sal-
aries from $2250 to $2025 and
increased their travel from $150
to $300. On these motions the
vote went 3 to 2 with Lewis and
Gerdes voting no and Schoppe.
Blazek and Kornegay voting aye.
Other salaries remained the
same.
Judge Lewis reiterated that he
could see no reason for the com
missioners action in first placing
the county on a salary basis.
"You can quote me as being
strongly against the salary basis.
It would ruin the county," the
Judge said. "Counties surround-
ing us, including Colorado, Austin
and Washington, raised the sal-
aries of their officials, instead of
cutting them," he stated. "I can
see no reason why our caüaries
should be cut at this time."
Thirty Five Attend
General CC Meeting
Thirty five members of the
Caldwell Chamber of Commerce
attended an enthusiastic general
meeting of the organisation at
American Legion Rome last Fri-
day night. Coffee and doughnuts
were served to the group.
Speaker for the occasion was
L. S. Paine, research economist
at A. é M. College. Mr. Paine
■poke on the industrial
ment in Caldwell mi
County.
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