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BARTLETT TEXAS FRIDAY MARCH 26 1937.
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CCC Anniversary Celebration Planne
Bell Go .WJ.U. Mission
Study Institute To Be
Held In Temple Apr.1-2
MRS. B. L. LOCKETT TO BE
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
A mission study institute for
the W. M. XJ. of Bell County Bap-
tist Association will be held in
h First. Bantist Church ot
Temple Thursday and Friday
April 1-2 it was announced
Thursday.
Mrs. B. L. Lockett missionary
to Africa will be the principal
speaker. Moving .pictures of the
work in the foreign fields will be
shown Thursday night by Mrs.
Lockett.
Others on the program are
Mrs. R. 'L. Brown Mrs. E. F.
Lyons Mrs. J. -B. Leavell Miss
Laura McKenzie Mrs. .J. M.
Lunsford Mrs. -.Roy Langston
and Mrs. W. R. Underwoodi
Mrs. Wiley McGinnis
Honored At Party
Monday Afternoon
Fifty friends and! relatives
called at the home of Mrs. Wiley
McGinnis Monday afternoon
when open' house -was held by her
daughters and daughters-in-law.
The occasion was her 77th birth-"daynriivers'ary-.
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White Iris and potted plants
were used for the reception
rooms; Guests Were received by
Mrs. Troy Tipton of Temple Mrs.
D. McCray of Jarrell Mrs. J. J.
Shaw Mrs. E. Hair and Mrs.
Wade McGinnis. Mrs. G. N.
Breeding had! charge of the guest
book. Rev. C. H. Sisserson led iri
prayer. ;
" Mrs. "McGinnis was born in
Alabama and came to Texas with
the early settlers of this section
in 1884.
Services it St. John's
Lutheran Announced
German Good Friday morning
-services with. Holy Communion
will be held at St. John's Luther-
an Church beginning at 10:00
o'clock one half hour earlier
than the usual. Sunday morning
services -Rev. Theo Straig an-
nounced.' i
Easter Sunday services with
Holy Communion' will be held at
10;30 a. m The Sunday School
Will meet at 9:00 and the rest
of the children's offerings for
the New" Guinep Boat are to be
brought.
"Easter Sunday afternoon at
3:00 o'clock a short Easter pro-
ramwill be given by the Sun-
aaySohaol after which .an East-
er Egg Hunt will be held on the
church grounds.
On Tuesday March 30 all men
of the congregation are asjced to
help ro-gravel the church
grounds beginning in the morn-
ing. Those who have trucks are
asked to irive the church the use
of them for$$ day.R&YtalBlEJ
stated.
Th confirmation of rthe Jun
ior Class has now been et for
-Sprtday April 18 unless some
more Saturdays of instruction
ar rained out.
Nineteen additional books
were recently donated j to the
Sunday School Division of St.
John's Lutheran Library now
mating a tytal of 157 books in
tW library. Every member of
th$ church is welcome to read
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Federated Missionary
Society To Meet Mon.
At Baptist Church
The Federated Missionary So-
ciety will meet Monday after-
noon' at 3' o'clock at the First
Baptist Churcb it was announced
Thursday.
Mrs. B. Y. Daniel will speak
on "The Larger Stewardship."
Numbers on the program are a
violin solo by Roseann Woods
and a solo by Mrs. R. E. Huds-
peth. Three Bartlett School
Trustees To Be Elected
' Saturday April 3
TWO ALDERMEN TO BE
' ELECTED APRIL 6
Local politics took a lively
turn this week with iseveral an
nouncements for school trustees-
and with 'the announcement of
two aldermen' for re-election to
the city council.
Three school trustees are to
be elected on Saturday April 3.
Terms of Dr. W. J. Harlan pres-
ident Fred "Blair secretary and.
Walter Fox of the present board
expire. T-h&.three.-jnembers will.
stand for re-election f oifaSIbther
three year term it was "an-
nounced. B'. Y. Daniel and Mrs.
E. E. Lindeman' have also an-
nounced as candidates for school
trustees.
On Tuesday April 6 two
members of the city council will
be elected1. Candidates for re-
election are George Hempel and
J.'S.KuIer. -
BURKE HORTON MAKES
HONOR ROLL AT
. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Dean' J. Anderson -Fitzgerald
of the School of Business Ad-
ministration at the University
of Texas has announced that
Burke Horton ranked 'tenth on
the honor roll among the 446
juniors and seniors in the school
for the first semester. Burke is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Horton.
Fifty Years of Achievements of Bartlett Community .
To Be Recorded In Anniversary Edition of Tribune
1937 marks the fiftieth year
of service' to the people of Bart-
lett and this section of central
Texas by the Bartlett Tribune.
Much haa happened in the 'last
half century. Bartlett has grown
from a prairie hamlet to one of
the most properous communities
in Texas. Today it is recognized
as one of the outstanding small
towns of Texas. It is the home
of the finest people under the
sun and the center of commercial
and social life that is without
'eerin the Southwest. The town
and community round about has
contributed to the material pro
gress of our great state and is
one of the important factors in
the series of events that has
brought about the vast develop-
ment ' of agriculture in Texas
during the past fifty years.
' It is fitting and proper that a
record of our aohiovemertts-idur-IhjT
thlev-en'tTul' half centvjry
should be preserved not onjy for
our present entertainment; and
enliuhtment but recorded in
Mrhit for posterity. To this nd
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LAmaiyersary Edition which
(Mdwror to chronicle a eo-
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS In the years 1933 and 1934 the City of
Bartlett Texas was" enabled to own its own electric light and
power system by the assistance financially and otherwise of
R. B. George of Dallas Texas the R. B. George Investment
Company the Inland Engineering Company and Wm. G. Mor-
rison engineer in that said parties furnished the money ma-
chinery and material and did the work necessary to construct
for us an excellent plant to be paid for outi of the revenues to
be earned by the operation of the plant without the expendi-
ture of any money whatever collected as taxes from our citi-
zenship; and
WHEREAS The City Council .all public officials of the
City of Bartlett andv ninety per centum "of the population of
this City feel very grateful towards the above namefl persons
and organizations and in particular to.R. B. George and Wm.
' G. Morrisonjnow .- v - '
THEREFORE ' ; "''.
Be It Resolved By The City Council rOf The City Of
Bartlett:
.That on behalf of the City Council the Officials of said
City and ninety "per centum of the population of the said City
We extend to the above named persons and organizations and
especially to R. B. George and Wm. G. Morrison our sincere
thanks and appreciation for their assistance in this building
project and assure them that we feel very grateful to them
not only the material assistance but for the uniform courtesy
and cooperation which they have manifested in this matter;
and
That we especially extend our thanks to R. B. George
and the R. B. George Investment Company for the kindness
and consideration shown by them in the refunding of the out-
standing bonds at a lower rate of interest and that at a time
when they did not have to permit it;
That a certified copy of this resolution be furnished to
said R. B. George and another to Wm. G. Morrison with our
compliments. . . .
I Gus T. Leatherman City Secretary of .the City of Bart-
lett. doiiereby certify that the above and foregoine is an exact '
copy.of "resolution parsed by
"'r. "RVivHofF liv"n jinniiiirinii'o'itlite'
- ..nv j .. Miiuiuw4uuo ruic .at ivo xcguiai' meeting ilciu UII
March 22nd 1937 ' V. .
GUS T. LEATHERMAN City Secretary.
MR. AND MRS. G. ORMAND
ENTERTAIN WITH OYSTER
SUPPER WED. EVENING
Mr. and Mrs: G. Ormand en-
tertained with an oyster supper
at the City Cafe Wednesday ev-
ening. Following the supper "42"
was enjoyed! at the Ormand
home.
High scores went to Mrs. Wal-
ter Via and Mr. Ormand.
The guest list included Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Via Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Seale Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Seale Mr. and Mrs E.' P.
Jones Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C.
Thompson Mr. and Mrs.- Grover
Adams and Mr and Mrs. John-
mye Overby of Taylor.
prehensive review of every im-'
nortant event that has taken
place in our community since its
founding up to the present time.
This is no small undertaking
and the publisher asks the co-
operation of every person inter-
ested in the history and pro-
gress of this section that we may
present a Fiftieth Anniyersary
Edition worthy of the sterling
old community it represents.
Every person gifted with ability
to write anything of interest
about this section is asked to
prepare a contribution for thie
issue and those who do hot feel
equal to writing articles but who
have information of interestare
requested to call' at the Tfrjbune
office and tell their story" and
it will be written by a member
of the sfaff. Ransack pigeon
holes scrap books' arid other
places where old documents may
be jstored and bring out all items
that may be of general interest
in an edition: of this Kind. There-
jVil) be persqnjd sketchy of the
fuuu ujiu iruiucu wuo imve wu
f ributed to our growth and deve
lopment. Pictures of old land
mauks and. new.. In -fact even?'
Ibiog mnri&m With'the RhryWiriUl be justly prcud
the City Council of the' City ofw
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MISSIONARY CIRCLE
HAS "42" PARTY THURS
Approximately fifty attended
the benefit "42" party given by
members of Circle 1 of the Meth-
odist Missionary Society Thurs-
day night at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. W. J. Harlan. Spring flow-
ers wore used in decorating. Re-
freshments were served at the
conclusion of the games.
FRED WHITE GOES TO
LAKE CHARLES LA.
Fred White who has been
playing with the Rookie team
in Alexandria La. has been
transferred to Lake Charles La.
of Bartlett that is interesting
will be included in this edition.
We want this Fiftieth Anni-
versary edition to be a record
that every citizen in this com"
mun.ity will be proiid to own and
keep as a permanent record of
the community which we all love.
It will carry a review of every
business organization serving
this section toSay our public of-
ficials and their records' our
schools and churches In fact ev-
erything that has contributed hi
any manner to make our city the
great littlevplaco we call Howe.'
The Tribune ha engaged the
services. of JVIr. W. M. Taylor
a capable" .' and conscientious
writer wno has written a great
deal of history .about s.ome of
the older communities pf Texas.
Mr. Taylor' will assist' ouv -regular
staff in compiling the edi-
rtloti and will go about the town
and country gathering and writ-
ifg historical data and judging
by . his performance in other
communities we can look for-
ward to the forthcoming Fiftieth
AmHivei-wfy number' of he Trif
IJtH.ejks m Htlon of whieh w
d April
obbitt Chairman
Commission To Make
Sam Stone Club
Formed At Georgetown
Georgetown March 23 One
hundred and fifty Georgetown
citizens gathered in the district
Court Room in Georgetown on
Monday night and organized a
"Stone for Congress Club" draffc-
ing resolutions expressing' their
sentiment and endorsing Coun-
ty Judge Sam V. Stone's candi-
dacy for the office of congress-
man from the 10th congression-
al district to succeed the late
James P. Buchanan.
Hon W. H. Nunn prominent
Georgetown lawyer was named
as chairman of the meeting and
opened the interesting-discussion
that followed by saying that
Judge Stone was an' excellent
man for the place; and that his
experience made him so. He
urged those citizens present to
do their best to see that Judge
Stone was elected to the office.
JDistrict Attorney
Former District Attorney D.
B. Wood was next to speak and
added that the honesty desire
for public service and his abil-
ity to serve imade Judge Stone
one of the best candidates in the
'field if0r:'the place. ?.' " . ""'
' Other addresses-were made by
City Manager R. E. Ward form-
er flotorial representative Luke
Mankin M. B. Colbert of Gran-
ger!. F; Smith of Georgetown
and' district attorney W. K. Mc-
Clain all of whom heartily en-
dorsed Judge Stone for the posi-
tion. Near the close of the meeting
Judge Stone who had been' jn
Taylor and. the northern portion
of Travis County during the day
was called on to address -the
meeting briefly. He expressed
his appreciation tor tne action
taken there and said that if
elected he would fulfill the trust
placed in him to the best of his'
ability.
T. E. L. CLASS MEETS
THURS. AFTERNOON WITH
MRS. TALMAGE GRIGSBY
The T. E. L. .Sunday School
class met last Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Talmage Grigs-
by and Mrs. Tom Lrvin as hos-
tess at the Grigsby home. Mrs.
Carl McGlothlin brought the de-
votional. Refreshments were served and
as Mrs. Grigsby was aslo cele-
brating her birthday anniver-
sary a birthday cake was served.
Guests for the afternoon: were
Mrs. E . T. Jones Mrs. Ed
Adams Mrs. Jeff Irvin.'arid Mrs.
Truett Robbins of Taylor.
ATTEND TENTH DISTRICT I the Community Gas Company
CONVENTION AT LULING inspected the equipment. The
i check-up was ordered following
Among those who attended the explosion .which killed 455 at
the 10th District Convention of the New London Consolidated
the American Legion held in School last week.
Luling Sunday were: Mr. and Mr. Hohle's statement follows:
Mrs. Alfred7 Waok'er MH nd""! have examined tho heating
Mrs. Fred Tegge Mr. and Mrs. system of the school buildings
Clyde Richards Mrs. Sam King of Bartlett and as far as I can
Mrs. Joe Reese and Martin Pas- determine the -system is perfect-
tuaek. Florence was selected iis ly safe1." ' ; . '
the convention city for the early
fall meeting it was .announced
NEW ARRIVALS.
Mr and Mrs. D D. McMillan
announce the arrival of Sarah
Ann 844 Houpd girl on March
SB 1937. .
Mr. and Mr h. MaeUer
ftnnttunco the 'arriVa! of a 9W
pound1 son. L fe)f4ViiWjttn
nwrrair wwarfd
tg 'cjofk.
Of Texas Highway
Address Here April 3
'FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF
C.C.C. TO BE CELEBRATED
WITH 3 DAY PROGRAM
Plans are being completed for
the celebration of the fourth an-
niversary of the CCC with a.
three day program beginning
Saturday April 3 and .extend-
ing through the following Mon-
day. The celebration is being
sponsored by the Bartlett Cham-
ber of Commerce and officials of
the local CCC Camp.
High points on the program
as tentatively planned includes
an address on Saturday April 3
at 1:46 by R. L. Bobbitt Chair-
man' of the State Highway Com-
mission ; a parade and concert at
11 o'clock Saturday morning by
the Pirate Swing Band of South-
western University at George-
town. The farmers and landowners
in the area served by the Bart-
lett C.CC. Camp are being in-
vited to atend the celebration
and to make the trips inspecting
the soil conservation work pro-
jects in this community.
The tentative program for the
celebration follows : ' -
Thursday -night April 1 CCC
dance music furnished by Louis
Welk Orchestra. . 5
' Friday April 2 CCC Edition'
of The-BaPtlettrTribune.!
. Saturday April 3
CCC Camp Exhibit open 10:00
a. m.
11 :00 parade through business
district of town by Pirate Swing
Band of Southwestern Univer-
sity and concert at CCC Camp.
12:00 basket dinner cm. CCC
grounds.
1 :45 p. m. address by Hon R.
L. Bobbitt chairman' of " State
Highway Commission.
2:45 p. m. inspection of Soil
Conservation projects.
4:00 p. m. encert by Pirate
s ' d '
Jnnrljiv 2 P "M
I Open House at CCC Camp.
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Tiav3 Poat No 76 American
Legion.
Monday April 4
Inspection' trips by business
.men and farmers of community.
6:30 p. mrschool banquet.
Bartlett School
Heating System
Declared Safe
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Investigators Tuesday found
that heating facilities in- the
Bartlett school Bystem were
"safe and adequate."
The announcement wae made
by Superintendent A. L. Bontley
after Edwin Hohle employe of
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NOTICE FARMERS
Be sure and bring your Wi?
Sheets on' your farm if you b
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& M. Steglich Chaifmaji; .
Mr (mi Mrs. W: L IStoJses
Sfcrilrna Ware trueats of Mr. and
Mr. JbgeneGibb in laiRHa
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Fox, W. W. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 27, Ed. 1, Friday, March 26, 1937, newspaper, March 26, 1937; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76465/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 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.