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THE B ARTLETT TRIBUNE
AND NEWS
VOL. 46
BARTLETT TEXAS FRIDAY AUGUST 18 1933.
NO. 51.
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Woman's Wednesday
Club Announces Its
i Handicraft Exhibit
EXHIBIT .SCHEDULED FOR
OCTOBER TO FOSTER
LOCAL INTEREST IN
HANDICRAFT WORKS
The Woman's Wednesday
Club in accordance with plans
gotten underway last spring has
announced this week definite
plans for a handicraft exhibiL
to be held in Bartlett in October.
Exhibit of rugs spreads paint-
ings "black and white sketches
and other handicraft projects by
local talent will be shown the
club announces with prizes and
awards for excellence.
Through its chairman for the
exhibit Mrs. B. Y. Daniel the
club states that "it is the desire
of the club to promote and en-
courage community interest and
pride in handicraft. Work will
be accepted for exhibit and a-
wards from citizens of Bartlett
and community. It is the wish
of the Woman's Wednesday Club
that all interested in any form of
handicraft will plan to place
jiKeir individual exhibits in this
Show. There is an unusual a-
lount of talent in our communi-
ty and"we1hbpe to work up an
exhibit which will be a credit to
it. Helpful suggestions to the
i ciud memoers.ana to tnose wnom
you Jmow might be' interested
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Thieves Steal The
Wheels Off Car Here
late Tuesday Night
FT. WORTH VISITORS HERE
LOSE THREE WHEELS
AND SPARE TIRE FROM
CAR
Thieves made off with three
wheels and a spare tire from a
model A Ford sedan belonging
to Bob Dorsey Tuesday night.
The car was parked in the gar-
age at Mrs. Adolph Heinsohn's"
home when .the theft occurred.
Mrs. Dorsey of Fort Worth is
here visiting Mrs. Heinsohn and
had left the car in the garage
with the doors closed bub not
locked.
The theft took place sometime
after 10 :30 at night but exactly
when is not known. The bark-
ing of dogs was heard during
the night but no importance
was attached at the time.
. It was City Marshal Laugh-
lin's supposition after investiga-
tion that the theft was com-
mitted by transient cotton pick-
ers. Three carloads had stop-
ped supposedly with car trouble
near the garage during the day
and it was assumed that they
were getting the lay of the land
at the time. No definite clues
have yet been discovered.
NO CHURCH SERVICES
WILL BE HELD SUNDAY
AT METHODIST CHURCH
There will be no preaching
services at the Methodist church
next Sunday as the pastor Rev.
James M. Bond will be in Fort
Worth at that time.
Sunday School will begin at
the usual hour 9 :45 a.m. Young
( People and Intermediates will
meet at 7:15 p.m.
PICTURES
A traveling photographer pro-
ducing "minute pictures" was
on the streets here last Satur-
day. He could take a picture and
have it developed m a minute s
time. On his 'higher class work
it took three minutes.
He stated that his name was
Loyd Edwards "from Indiana"
and that in small towns he some
times made as much as fifty
dollars in a day but not recently.
Bartlett Band Gives
Concert At Rosebud
Last Monday Night
The Bartlett Municipal Band
presented a" concert in Rosebud
last Monday evening before a
large crowd.
Rosebud is planning on organ-
izing a band and desired to hear
the Bartlett band under the di-
rection of Leon Scarcella in a
demonstration concert.
Included on the Rosebud pro-
gram (were marches overtures
and the latest popular numbers
with a featured solo by Mr.
Scarcella.
During the intermission Char-
les Reese made a speech in which
he outlined the history of the
Bartlett band.
Members of the band reported
an enjoyable trip and expressed
appreciation for the reception
given them in Rosebud.
Ninety-Eight Pupils
Fronf Nearby Schools
Transfer To Bartlett
SLIGHT INCREASE OVER
LAST YEAR SHOWN BY
FIGURES FROM
SCHOOL BOARD
Ninety-eight pupils have
transferred from neighboring
school districts to the Bartlett
schools for the 1933-34 school
year according to an announce-
ment Wednesday by Fred Blair
secretary of the board of trus-
tees. This is a gain of 6 over
last year.
The school districts and the
number of pupils transferred
from each were: Jacksonville
27; Densonville 6; Schwertner
24; Alligator 13; German-English
5; Kelso 7; Pecan 10;
Science Hill 4 ; Althea 1 ; Hack-
berry 1.
The public schools here will
open Monday September 11.
Plans have already been gotten
under way for a successful
school next year..
Mrs. T. S. Parker Buys
Interest In Austin
Hotel; Leaves Friday
Mrs. T. S. Parker recently
purchased an interest in the Ala-
mo hotel of Austin and was ex-
pected to leave Friday for Aus-
tin where she will be associated
with J. H. Seekamp in the man-
agement of this hotel.
The hotel which contains 85
rooms is located on 6th street
and Rio Grande and has been
lately remodeled.
Mrs. Parker who has in ad-
dition to the hotel here and the
newly acquired one in Austin a
hotel also in Lampasas has lived
in Bartlett for 20 years. For
five years she managed a gro-
cery store here after which she
purchased the hotel here and in-
creased its size from eight rooms
to twenty-five.
Mrs. Parker stated Wednesday
afternoon that she expected to
be back in Bartlett at frequent
intervals and would continue to
supervise the hotel here which
Mrs. T. E. Fowler will have in
charge.
Arnold Gersbach Jr. return-
ed Wednesday from a business
trip to Dallas.
HOW MANY RADIOS ARE THERE IN BARTLETT?
From the electric survey
which the City Council had made
last week it was learned that
there was a total of 192 radios in
Bartlett. This doesn't include
radios in automobiles. These are
enough radios if they were lo-
cated at strategic points and
turned on full blast to keep ev-
erybody's neighbor awake.
I It has been discovered that al
ALAMO TEAM IN THE LEAD FOR THE
SECOND HALF OF SOFTBALL LEAGUE
The Alamo team managed by
A. C. More continues to lead in
tne second naif season of the
softball league this team having
won each of the three game3
played. The Hill Billies and
Texas Tailors each have a per-
centage standing of .500.
Games played since last Wed-
nesday and theN scores follow:
Thurs. Aug. 10 Texas Tailors
3 Alamo 21.
Fri. Aug. 11 Condra-Blair 6
Hill Billies 9.
Mon. Aug. 14 Texas Tailors 11
Condra-Blair 3.
Tues. Aug. 15 Alamo 11 Con-
Prohibition Speech To
Be Made Here
Saturday
A prohibition speech will be
made on the main street of Bart-
lett Saturday August 19th 5
p.m. according to information
received from J. V. Morris
chairman of the Prohibition or-
ganization in Bartlett. Dean
Townsend of Baylor College Bel-
ton has been invited to speak on
this occasion.
On Thursday evening at 8:15
p.m. Dr. C. R. Shairo pastor of
the First Baptist church of Tem-
ple will speak in the interest of
prohibition at the band stand on
the Woman's Wednesday Club
grounds.
Mrs. Earl Skinner
Hostess To C. S. S.
Club Last Friday
Mrs. Earl Skinner was host-
ess to members of the C. S. S.
Bridge Club at her home last
Friday afternoon.
Petunias were used to decor-
ate the reception rooms where
three tables were arranged for
bridge. After four games were
played Mrs. S. W. McGinnis held
high score.
Covers with a pink and green
color scheme were laid for the
following guests : Mesdames
A. C. Moore R. W. Miller R. B.
Strickland R. S. Sutton Kelley
Lawrence O. L. Lange Kirk
Knight Harold Clark; S. W. Mc-
Ginnis W. W. Fox E. C. Brune
Jr. and Miss Ruth Cowart.
$20000000 BOND ISSUE DISCUSSED AT
BAND CONCERT HERE THURSDAY NIGHT
"One million three hundred
thousand Texahs are destitute
today" declared Senator Roy
Sanderford of Belton in his ad-
dress at the Woman's Wednes-
day Club grounds Thursday ev-
ening while speaking in favor of
the proposed amendment giving
the legislature power to issue
bonds up to twenty million dolc
lars for the relief of Texans.
Mayor R. W. Miller in intro-
ducing Senator Sanderford pic-
tured the seriousness of the un-
employment situation in Texas
and urged the people of Bartlett
to consider the merits of the
proposed bond issue amendment.
Senator Sanderford traced
briefly the economic history of
the United States from the close
of the World War to the present
and attributed the depression to
the selfishness of big business.
"As a member of the Senate
I was unwillling to submit the
s-
most any night in the summer
time while walking along Clark
street a person can hear the en-
tirety of a radio program and
not miss a single note or an an-
nouncement by simply picking
up consecutive parts of the pro-
gram as he passes the houses.
This is particularly true be-
tween 10 find 10:15 o'clock when
Amos 'n' Andy are brushing
their teeth or whatever itja they
dra Blair 9.
Wed. Aug. 10 Texas Tailors
11 Hill Billies 9.
Percentage standing of the
teams follows:
Standing to Aug. 17 1933.
P W L Pet.
Hill Billies 12 9 3 .750
Texas Tailors ....12 8 4 . .666
Alamo 11 7 4 .630
Condra & Blair ..11 2 9 .182
Standing: Second Half.
P W L Pet.
Alamo 3 3 0 .1000
Hill Billies 4 2 2 .500
Texas Tailors 4 2 2 .500
Condra & Blair ....4 1 3 .250
T. E. L. Class of Baptist
Church Has Monthly
Meeting
The T. E. L. Class of the Bap-
tist church met Wednesday af-
ternoon August 9 at the home
of Mrs. John Blair with Mrs.
J. V. Morris as joint hostess.
Mrs. Lewis presided ovnr thf
business session. Mrs. Frank
Joiner read the devotional and
Mrs. T. J. Irvin offered prayer.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read by Mrs. George Hem-
pel and approved. Reports from
officers were taken.
Plans were made for the fall
charity work and dates set to
sew for Buckners Orphan Home.
After the business session.
Mrs. Chas. Robbins directed sev
eral games.
The hostesses served cookies
and cream to eighteen members
and two visitors. A pleasant
afternoon was reported.
The class urges every member
to be present next Sunday.
BRYANT MESSER JR.
TO PREACH AT CHURCH
OF CHRIST NEXT SUN.
Bryant Nesser Jr. will preach
at the Church of Christ here
next Sunday morning August
20 at the eleven o'clock service.
Sunday night regular prayer
meeting services will be con-
ducted. All members are being
urged to be present at these
meetings with a cordial invita-
tion to visitors.
Last Sunday morning Foy
Wilks of Granger conducted the
services here.
amendment until the interests of
the people had been safeguard-
ed" Senator Sanderford declar-
ed prefatory to an explanation
of the amendment. "The a-
mendment merely gives the leg-
islature the power to issue bonds
up to 20 .million dollars to relieve
the destitute" he stated "but
it does not mean that .this a-
mount will necessarily be spent."
"This is not in reality a bond
issue for the legislature has spe-
cifically provided that no levy
shall be made against rda? es-
tate in order to repay this money
but the money will be secured
from some form of indirect tax-
ation" the Senator declared in
urging support of the amend-
ment. In conclusion Senator Sander-
ford pictured the distress and
suffering that would come to
thousands in this state should
the ' amendment fail to go
through.
do over the radi6.
This blessing (some say
curse) is brought about by the
fact that there is a radio in
nearly every home along the
street and by the additional fact
that they apparently are tuned
in to the same program lots of
the time. One can actually hear
a complete program and keep
walking provided he hurry past
vacant lota and empty houses.
Fire Occurs Early
Sunday Morning At
E. W. Curling Home
A fire caused by a broken gas
connection occured in the E. W.
Curling home about 8 o'clock last
Sunday morning.
The gas tube leading to the
pilot flame on the kitchen range
became disconnected and when
the cook struck a match the es-
caping gas was ignited causing
a stream of fire about four feet
long to play against the wall.
Having no wrench to turn off
the gas Mr. Curling threw wa-
ter against the wall to prevent
its catching fire and called
neighbors for help. B. F. Coons
came over but neither did he
have a wrench of the right sort.
Other neighbors turned in the
fire alarm and the fire depart-
ment arrived and managed to
-turn the gas off. The damage
was estimated at about $60.
585 Bales Of Cotton
Ginned Here As Early
Season Gets Underway
FLEAS EEGINNING TO DAM-
AGE CROP HERE AND
OVER THE STATE
GENERALLY
A total of 585 bales of cotton
had been ginned in Bartlett this
season according to a tabulation
made among the gins Thursday
morning.
This is considerably more cot-
ton than had been ginned at a
corresponding date last year.
The cotton is beginning to
move rapidly with some gins re-
porting as ntany as fifty bales a
day. So far most of the cotton
has come from the territory east
of town. West of town espec-
ially toward Schwertner. thn t-
ton is not opening so rapidly.
Reports state that fleas are
becrinnincr their ravatres on th?
crop around Bartlett particular
ly east ot town. Keports from
over the state indicate that pests
have been busy generally in the
last few weeks and it was esti-
mated that the next government
report would place the total crop
as considerably lower than the
recent report.
Hayride and Theatre
Party Given Saturday
Miss Robbie Locke Bryant and
Andy Knight entertained a num-
ber of friends last Saturday
night with a hayride and picnic
followed by a theatre party at
Temple.
The picnic lunch was spread
at Little River after which the
group motored to Temple for a
midnight show. Mrs. H. D. Bry-
ant and Mrs. Gus T. Leatherman
served as chaperons.
Guests were: Marjory Miller
Daisy Gene Bryant Agnes Weid-
erspahn Sue Murphy Pinky
Weiderspahn Lemma Dell Mur-
phy Louise Archer of Belton
Will Evelyn Matthews of Ennis
Mildred Craft Doris Rogers of
Granger Sara Lou Griffith of
Granger ; Ruth Leatherman
Teddy Ryan Robt. Braner Wil-
son Carman and Johnnye Cole-
man all of Temple ; Floyd Pierce
Jimmy Power Fred Braun Ed-
win Braun Logan Ware Arthur
Silverman Roscoe Wiederspahn.
Billy McCarty and Garland Or-
mand. The survey also revealed that
there are 179 electric fans in
town. It was estimated that if
all these fans were turned on at
the same time enough wind
would be generated to equal two-
hour speeches by J. V. Morris
R. W. Miller A. L. Bentley Sam
Hill W. E. Cox Ed Lindemann
and Joe Reese and Judge Lim-
mer put together.
Survey Of Electric
Power Used Here Is
Made By City Council
80 OF HOUSES NOW USING
ELECTRIC SERVICE. MAX-
IMUM LOAD USED BY
TOWN CALCULATED
As authorized by the City
Council in its investigation of
the feasibility of installing a
Bartlett-owned power and light
plant Milton Lehmberg the past
week made a survey of the town
to determine the maximum load
m kilowatt hours a plant here
would have to maintain.
In the approximately 500
houses business and residential
m the town it was found that
80 per cent are now using elec-
tric service. Of the remaining
20 per cent 5 per cent are wired
while 15 per cent have never
been equipped for electric serv-
ice. A check was made in each
house for the average load in
kilowatt hours used. The sur-
vey .included the size of th"e
house (number of rooms) num-
ber of drops and a list of all e-
lectrical appliances such as ra-
dios fans vacuum cleaners mo.
tors heaters stoves and so forth.
A check was also made on the
average minimum load used in
each house. Gins and all other
industrial plants were included
m the survey.
The figures which have not
yet been released to the public
were turned over to the City
Council Tuesday afternoon. This
data has been sent to the Inland
Engineering Co. of Dallas for
an estimate on the size of power
plant Bartlett would require.
Two Attempts Made To
Break Into Office Of
T.P.&.I.; Both Fail
PROWLERS ATTEMPT EN-
TRANCE MONDAY NIGHT
AND AGAIN WEDNES-
DAY NIGHT
Two attempts were made this
week by unknown parties to
break into the Texas Power &
Light office here. Neither at-
tempt was successful.
Monday night entrance to the
office was attempted by the
back door and though the door
was opened nothing apparently
was taken.
Wednesday night entrance
was attempted through the side
door. The screen door was priz-
ed open and the screen wire cut
and evidences of a crow bar hav-
ing been used on the wooden
door were plainly visible. The
door has two locks and one of
these had been prized off but
the other held. The prowlers
apparently had been frightened
away. No clues have been dis-
covered. Mrs. W. j.. Montgomery
Honored On Birthday
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian Church met at the
home of Mrs. W. J. Montgomery
last Tuesday afternoon in cele-
bration of Mrs. Montgomery's
84th birthday.
A large birthday calte wjth
one candle was presented to
Mrs. Montgomery. Mrs. E. E.
Lawhon Mrs. Frances Partlow
and Mrs. E. T. Jones served
punch to the eighteen guests
present.
Rev. Raymond Partlow pastor
of the Grace Presbyterian
church of Sherman and son of
Mrs. Frances Partlow gave the
devotional based on the 13th
chapter of 1st Corinthians. A
chain prayer was begun by Mrs.
Albert Clark and concluded by
Mrs. E. T Jones.
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Fox, W. W. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, August 18, 1933, newspaper, August 18, 1933; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76293/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.