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THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
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AND NEWS
Vol. 53
BARTLETT TEXAS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16 1940
No. 22
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6. of 6. Directors
Toxoid First
Meeting Tuesday
" Directors of the Chamber of
. Commerce ""will assemble for
their first meeting of the new
.year next Tuesday night with
the new president j. a. x owitz-
SyA presiding. The regular
Felruarv meeting of the organi-
u nation will be held on Tuesday
February 27.
i The new directors aie Gy
sYou!ng M. B. Stokes G. E.
Lamb. Hugo Lindeman A. Gers-
H -v bach.- Ji P. Lawrence Walter
Steriich. E. M. Steglich and
'Frank Fischer. G. Cv Cormany
Is vice-president of the organi
zation R. E. Hudspeth secre
tary and E. E. Lindemann trea
Surer.
- Included in the business of
the. next regular meeting will be
the election of officers and .di-
rectors of the Fair association.
ItAYMOND SAAGE
aJfcETS) PROMOTION
Knight Home Is
Destroyed By Fire
Fire completely destroyed the
eight-room home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Knight early .Friday
morning. The home was fully
ablaze when the alarm was turn-
ed in a few minutes before mid-
night of Thursday. Cause of
the fire has not been determin-
ed. The home was built by Joe
Knight and occupied by him
for several years. It was later
purchased by Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Knight and has been their home
for many years.
The side of the E. C. Brune
home and the back of the I;. 0.
Looney garage was scorched by
the 'fire. Sparks and shingles
carried bv the strong north
wind started several other' fires
but little damage was done.
Mr. and Mrs. Knight were
visiting in San Antonio at the
time of the fire.
Another Majorette Contest Under Way Here;
Winner To Lead Bartlett High School Band
AMERICAN LEGION ELECTS
DELEGATES TO DISTRICT
CONVENTION AT AUSTIN
MRS. WALTON HOSTESS
TO TUESDAY CLUB
AT THEATRE PARTY
U . Raymond Saage who has
'- been commercial representative
1 " :d:or the Western Division of the
' ; . Houston Lighting and Power
Co. has been promoted to in-
' v dustrial representative for the
f" company 'but will continue to
H vJwork. for the division office in
vvIlpsenburg.
".. Ha 'Mr. Saage was sent to Ros-
;4enb'erg by the Light Company
almost two years ago and asiae
t;om? making a good employee
tfliis company has worked
le ..bTsstinte'rests of the
Pjunity
le is a son 01 ivir. ana mrs.
Adplph Saage.
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nTBIRTHDAY DINNER
f SUNDAY HONORS
l CLARENCE PRUETT
"Mrs. W. W. Walton acted as
hostess to members of the
Tuesday Bridge Club Monday
when they motored to. Autih to
see "Gone With The Wind."
After the show theguests were
taken to dinner.
Those who enjoyed the cour-
tesv were: Mrs. H. 0. Linde
mann. Mrs. J. A. Wacker Mrs.
G. C. Cormany Mrs. Frank
Moore Mrs. 0. L. Lange. Mrs.
Kirk Knight Mrs. Hugh Kin-
nev. Mrs. J. P. Lawrence Mrs.
C. Richards Mrs. R. E. Hudspeth-
Mrs. Alfred Wacker Miss
Beatrice Keopke Mrs. F. N
Pierce of Taylor and Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Walton.
Delegates and alternates to
the 10th District Convention of
the American Legion and Aux-
iliary which will be held in Aus-
tin Sunday Feb. 25 were elect-
ed by Louis B. Wells Post at its
regular meeting Tuesday night.
Delegates elected are Alfred
Wacker G. C. Kuler and Martin
Pastusek. Alternates are John
P. Skinner George Frank and
L. M. Bartlett.
The Auxiliary meeting the
same night elected as delegates
Mrs. George Frank and Mrs. J.
E. Reese. Alternates are Mrs.
E. J. Janosky and Mrs. Hugh
Kinney.
After the business sessions
the ladies of the Auxiliary en-
tertained with a Valentine
.party serving hot chocolate and
coffee. The occasion was enjoy
ed by all. About . forty
present..
Curtis Young returned Mon-
day to A. and M. .College after
visiting his parents Mr. - and
Mrs. Cy Young.
Bartlett is to have another
Majorette Contest. Elsie Crab-
tree will not be allowed to enter
this time however because the
contest is to select a majorette
for the new Bartlett High School
Band. The fact is three will be
selected from among seven high
school girls.
Candidates for the honor are
Mary Lee Gillespie senior; Dor-
is Nell Roberts and Rutli Nell
King juniors; Marjorie Lynn
Frank and Mary Louise Carper
sophomores and Artie Lee Rob-
bins -freshmen.
Votes for the candidates are
ten for a penny and there are
several voting places in town
At each place there are seven
jars'-with the name of one of the
candidates on each jar. Stuffing
of the ballot boxes is perfectly
legal. You can vote as many
times as you wish. The contest
closes Friday and a baton will
be presented the candidate re-
were ceiving the greatest number of
votes at the band program Fri-
day night.
Tickets being sold for the
band program can also be counted-
as votes for the majorettes.
All proceeds go into the band
fund.
Son Born To Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Braun Sunday
Passes Away Monday
were con-
0. II. Cross Begins
Campaign For Seat
As Congressman
Robert Allan Braun infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Braun
passed away Monday night af-
ter a very short- stay upon this
earth. He was born Sunday
mornihg about 11:00 o'clock
Funeral services
ducted
church
2:30 With Rev. Gus W. Sairer liniltlfinmRnl-! Iirva nn i visit ATnn.
officiating. The little body was j day
laid to rest in the Lutheran1 After commenting on the
cemetery.
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O. H. Cross who indicated at
the first of the year that he.
would be a candidate for.Conr
eressman -from the Eleventh
at St. John's Lutheran I Texas District which includes
1 uesday afternoon ati Bell county made his formal an-
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Bartlett Gets Second
Snow This Season
fact that 1940 will be a presi- -M
dential year Cross said : "When .
congress meets in January r
1941 a number of vital ques-
tions of great conceren to the .
country will come before that ?
I'body and unquestionably im- . '
j portant changes in the present ;
I farm legislation and old-age se
curity will be made. Having
very iixea views on these sub
Band Boosters
Busy Session Thurs.
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to
-'.? llr. and Mrs. J. C. Pruett hon
"ored their son. Clarence with a
turkey dinner on his birthday
.'-.1 'Sundav with the following
tjffguests present: His granft
'& parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pru-
'Vett; 'Bartlett; Mrs. Mary. Lam-
Jbert Friendship; Mr. and Mrs.
" jjFloyd Wilson and Miss Janie
1 ' Mr.tand Mrs. nuian 'Jf arcerson
fall of Waco; Mrs. Ed Elliott and
- VlElma and Miss Etoil of Gran-
. ' ger : Mrs. Joe Canady little Joe"
Elliott ' Mrs. W. A. Lewis of
J'AiistiW; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Oli
ver R. B. and Dorothy Nell of
.SAlthea.
Business Census Is
Taken Here I his Week
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METHODIST SOCIETIES
OKKMEET MONDAY .
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CjQircle No. 1 of the Methodist
.WUMs S. will meet Monday ai-
3F&us .? :L"c...iiu".. r ZZ.Z.Z;
fihrock as leader for the mis-
ioharyv program.
A11 members are urged to at-
t'ehed this meeting.
""fiirdel No. 2 will meet Mon
day afternoon in the home of
TSlrs. JR. JJ-1 ord witn Mrs. ram
' Griffith as leader for the pro
gram
Band To Make First
Appearance Friday
Appearance of the Bartlett
.Hich School. Band is promised
at the program planned by the
Band Booster Club for- tonight
(Friday) at the high school au-
ditorium. Tickets for the enter-
tainment went op sale Tuesday
and are reported as selling fast.
This is the first public appear-
ance of the baiid and has been
looked forward to since practice
began. A concert is not. prom-
ised at this early date but at
least a few numbers will be
nlayed.
Announcement of the winners
of the majorette contest and
their presentation "will be a fea
ture of the program. Other en
tertainment has also been arranged.'
Mr. and Mrs. Brown 'King of
Houston visited Mrs. G. C. King
Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Montgomery is vis-
itincr in the home of Mrs. A. E.
I Hunter in Belton this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Mai-lin "Roberts
of Austin visited in the S. L
Roberts home Sunday.
TEXAS MADE PAPER TO BE USED IN
PRINTING NEXT ISSUE OF TRIBUNE
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Thn npv. irbiip. of The Tribune use naner in the sheet form.
wsn h m-intfid on imner. known1 This first edition which will
. . . .i. v .j.'i. 'be something for souvenir col
m tne pnnxmg muuswry a . . - h. in ths
pewspript bade in Texas from nature of a Parade of Progress
East Texas pine trees. The Tri- edition giving special attention
'bune will be one of the first to local merchants and civic and
-weekly papers in Texas yes one social organizations. One hun-
6i the first in the world to be dred extra copies of this edition
printed on pine wood paper. .will be mailed to non-subscrib-CChe
Tribune's paper comes er3 in this trade area and this
out of the first carload of sheet fact along with the introduction
lAwa shinned from the mill. A of the Texas made paper is ex-
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w copies of The Dallas jsews pected to ennance tne vaiue oi
Ft.- worth Star Telegram aavertisjng in wis eauion.
the' Lufkin Daily News all The paper now used by The
fMnW iao- fnll' tibw hava rrrihimo. thouorh naurchased
an printed qn the nevf Texas from a Texas wholesaler was
per. xseariy gu. wswy pwpra maou in umumum
The resignation of Mrs.
Shelton Jr. who is- moving
Dallas as president of the Band
Booster Club was accepted
Thursday night and a nominat
ing committee was appointed to
present the name of a new pres-
ident at the next meeting. Mrs.
R. E. Hudspeth vice-president
presided at the February meet-
ing and Mrs. John Lawrence
and Mrs. Walter Steglich were
appointed as the nominating
committee.
One hundred and fifty mem-
bers were reported by. Mrs. G
C. Cormany for the membership
drive. John Lawrence is cnair-
mari of the committee.
The majorette contest under
way this week was planned at
the meeting and Mrs. J. A.
Wacker and Mrs. G. C: Cormany
were appointed to direct it. The
band program to be held Friday
was planned and placed under
the supervision of the ways and
means committee.
The group decided to purchase
a baton to present to the win
ner of the maiorette contest the
nrfisentatibn to be. made Fri
day.
Cy Young's Garage
Adds Nev Equipment
Cy Young's Garage announces
the installation of a Static and
Dynamic wheel balancer this
week and the placing of an or-
der for other new equipment
which will add to the efficiency
of this shop.
A demonstration of the new
wheel balancer will be held on
Tuesday of next week with a
factory man in charge. The pub-
lic is invited to attend and see
how a wheel balancer operates
and to learn why it is an im-.
portant addition to the services
offered car owners.
A car wheel that is off bal
ance only a few ounces will be
off several pounds when travel
ing at a high rate of speed ex-
plains Mr.. Young in an adver-
tisement in this issue of The
Tribune.
D. B. Porter Jr. of Belton
was-at work in. Bartlett - this
week taking the business census
which is the first step in the
gigantic task of taking the
United States census each de-
cade. He reported receiving ex
cellent cooperation from the
business men here.
From Bartlett Mr. Porter
goes to Temple to join John M'.
Hale where they will work to-
gether in completing the busi-
ness census in Bell County. The
census is now about 90 com-
plete' in District No. 11 says
District Supervisor Carlton
Smith of Waco. The work began
early in January.
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When it snows in Bartlett it's j
news; but when it s.nows twice-
in one season surely that is an1 iecfR. T hnw AnterminpA tn mnW
event to be recorded for future the race."
generations pt youngsters to Interestcd in Soil Conservation "
ponder over. It happened last c declaring that for
!St?fliSSSp?wwS years h had been interested in
awoke to find a mantle Of white a conservation said:- r urg.
C07lTVyf SSSw w0 .v ' ed the enactment of laws pro- a
All kinds of weather was ex- hibiti th j ti f J t
penenced during the night. A cotton t in succession
cold norther was blowing at bed j k adyatlng such legisla-
time; ram which later changed tiJ -n 1926 t a. .fe
to sleet fell during the night ...nB n '- tVl r
and the . snow was falling fast violently' opposed to it goi-nff
at SUnriSe. fWnnlimif Tovqd n-nA enma -F
the othpr states on a speaking-
tour at that time on the sub-1
ject."
Major portion of Cross' life
has been spent in McLfinnan
county. 'He came to Waco many
Vfiars htrn from Mp.G-vpimK ...
holiday- in-the- snow which- where;'Tie' heiahis1 f frsfr 'pubfi?fSrW
granted Friday afternoon office 'that of;city attorney.. m. f
served one term in the Jegisla-
- - i ture Pat M. Neff now president
b. anB iu jr. mcukuls ot aylor umversit7. bemgthe
' otner re
Unlike the first snow of the
season Friday's was a wet
snow. It melted quickly and
did not stick to clothes and
shoes. It made very poor snow
balls.
School children enjoyed the
half
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PECAN H. D. CLUB
TO MEET THURSDAY
AT BARABAS HOME
The Pecan Home Demonstra
tion Club will hold its regular
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Joe Barabas Jr. on Thursday
Feb. 22. All members and visi-
tors are urged to be present.
Traveling Job; Family
To Leave Bartlett
Vogue To Celebrate
18th. Anniversary
on February 28
Miss Bobbie Whitlow of Cole-
man visited in the home of her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Lon Whit-
low Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schafer
and Lucille and Mrs. Kaiser
were .visitors of Mr and Mrs
Julius Gersbach Sunday.
Mrs. Estelle Cole is making
preparations for her 18th anni-
versary celebration which is
February 28th. She is receiving
merchandise daily and is able to
offer wide selefction in exclusive
styles in hats spring coats
dresses suits lingerie bags and
gloves for women who want the
best in apparel.
In 1922 she opened The
Vogue which has grown
through the years from a mil-
lmery shop to a modern salon
where the well dressed women
can find the veritable backbone
Df her whole wardrobe.
Mrs. Cole began her career in
1912 as head of the millinery de-
partment of the Gersbach-
Wacker Company where she
stayed for two years. In 1916
she bought the stock of the
store and continued to operate
the department under he'r own
ownership until 191.
The Vocrue. which was com
Clough Shelton Jr. left-Sunday
for St. Louis to visit the
offices of Ri'cestix Dry Goods
Co. with whom he has accept-
ed a traveling Job. Mr. and Mrs.
C. Shelton Sr. have assumed
management of the Shelton
Variety Store and will continue
to operate it on the same high
standard to which Bartlett has
become accustomed.
Mr. Shelton will travel in
Texas and expects to make Dal
las his headquarters. Mrs.
Shelton and Clough III expect
to be here until about March 1.
The Sheltons came to Bart
lett in NGvember 1936. The
store celebrated its third anni
versary on November 28 of last
year.
Mr. Shelton was an active
member of the Chamber of Com-
merce; he was president of the
Business Men's Luncheon Club
and treasurer of the Board of
Stewards of the Methodist
church. Mrs. Shelton was pres
ident of the Bartlett Band Boos
er Club. They have been active
representative at -the
l time. ' "
I Cross' next fling at politics
j was when he become a candidate-
i for county attorney to which of
fice he was elected and which
he filled for two terriis. His
first assistant was Neff j -who
succeeded him as county attor-.
hey.
Aftter retiring as county at-
torney Cro.ss passed up politics-
for many years until 1928
when he announced for congress.
In that year Tom Connally. then
representative from the 'Eleven-
th district became a candidate
for United States senator de-
feating Earl B. Mayfield in the
run-off primary and Cross was
chosen aS his successor "in the.
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house. For eight years fpmr
terms Cross represented the
Eleventh district in congress-
He never has been defeated foe
office.
Helped Secure Vets' .Unit'
It was asserted by Cross hx
his formal announcement that
he secured while in congress
the United States veterans hos-
pital for the Eleventh District '
now located at Waco. He also
procured he said new post of
fices for Waco. Gatesville" andrr
'Mart in addition to a number!
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in all civic and social activities : oi v camps ior wb gmveum
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Citizens Report Lion On Donohue
Although No One Has Seen Him
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pletely remodeled!
ago is today ope
attraqtip places
carwei.
years
most
iess in
iWhile hunters have been un-
able to locate the animal the be-
lief persists that there is a Mex-
ican lion on Donahue Creek
somewhere between here and
Davilla His long piercing
scream has been heard along the
creek by several residents of
that section. Residents along
Indian creek also believe ho trav-
els up that creek from Donahue
to the Wiedersnahn place.
Tracks thought to be those
of a Mexican lion were seen on
the Ed Bartz farm and Mr.
Bartz missed a young pig the
same night. - A turkey was st-
ep on the Bennje Janke farm on
the same night that a scream
believed to be that of a Mexi-
can lion was heard in that sec-
tion. Reports came from Davilh
that the Mexican lion was seen
'there but the persdn seeing
him las not been located. Ke-
ports are also prevalent that
there has been evidence of such
a creature near the Wiederspahii
farm and near the Hans WoJ4
form.
Garrett Muehlhause report1
hunting the lion but without
finding any trace of him or bm
hiding place. v
Mexican lions frguo4'!prt
of- Texas but liaveever been
comnfon ih this section.
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Ford, Robert C. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, February 16, 1940, newspaper, February 16, 1940; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76615/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 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.