The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, January 21, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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7B3iiRliaitfntliXAijt Friday January 21 1939
School Election Called
To Repeat Action Of u'
Aug. 14. Tax Election
(School District voters are being
asked togb. to tpo polls again oil
Saturday Jatf. 29 to do over
What they 4i& oil August 14 last
year-isof the fax Tate of the
-WttriCt and approve assumption
xty-the. indebtedness. There1 is no
ctf&rigo in the proposal voted by
&. (twenty to ones majority at that
i dime bub to sntls'fy a legal tech-
nicality it tnuSt.be done again.
Date-of tjio election was set at
a special meeting of the' school
tpard. on Tuesday afternoon ifol'
lowing advico of the Attorney
General
The election must bo held over
because action of tho county
board .of Williamson County on
the -petition of residents of the
Schwer'trier district adjoining
Bartlett 'requesting that their
'sectrori of some GOO acres be
made" a part of the Bartlett dist-
ncr Came after tho tax rate elec
Broker Of Local
Ladiee Dies At Temple
John W.-Hoiran. 07. brolhei?
.Bartletlt. Independent School J & fltera Mrs. Tat
mage Grigsby. and Mrs. Robert
Aven of Bartlett died m a
Houston hospital Fridayat 9:g0
a m. following a hrief illness
He Was. a former resident of
Temple and had been engaged in
the real estate and automobile
business. He had resided in
Houston for the flhst 23 years.
Miv Hpgan was a member of
tho Baptist Church and -was an
Active member in the' Knights of
Pythian lodge Ho was married
to MisV FanhiC Mae Smcdley
April .8 1906
Survivors include his wife two
daughters Mrs; E. C. Jancik and
Mrs. R W. Hicks; 'two grand-
children . Charloiie Jancik and
Bobby ' Hicks ; f i ve ' half-sisters
Mrs. Sam D Ward Mrs Talmacjgo
Gricsbv and Mrs. Robert Avert
'of Battlctt Mrs. Mattie Bridges
of Dallas and ' Mrs". ' Amanda
Wooley of Holland;' two half-
Polib Contribution To (Funeral Services
"-iiSBMHHMMaMMMi
Get Free Entertainment i
At Alamo Theatre .
An.aA ka noiinri onii noKnwi. ibrothers Tom Hogan bf Holland
ing .ttftho ruling of the Attorney M Jihi Hogan 6f Troy. One son
r.T i i.u.. jf.i u-i. l v. Robert Hocran. and' a half-broth-
urenmiu vnev uiu nui iinvu mo A n r W. m.- .ri
'.notico.of election re-' a! nogan.preceaeu xuv.
iwgim in ueam. .'
t&a kys'.
quired by law.
..-i L i j if runuiiu sMi
.lTX 7 S? Sunday at 2 p. m. atEads funeral
tho election date for Aug. 14 the . n &nH. . wU . nL
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"petition to the county group from
the Sqhw.ertner district had al-
ready been Presented to ' the
county Jjoard- for action and it
was anticipaiea xnai cne ucuuni
Y(?tir contribution to the local
polio drive will hring you an hour
and 45 minutes of free entertain--ment
if you make It on Tuesday
Jan 25 at the Alamo Theatre.
There will be no other admission
to tho show on this date-olth'er
for the. afternoon matinee or tho
night showing. '
Tho theatre this year as part
of the local polio drive will show
a good picture ajid ft cartoon
and instead of making adtnission
charge -will place a donation box
Held Saturday
For A. B. Conner
Funeral services were held for
A B. Cbnher in the First Meth-
odist Church Saturday at 2.:30
p. m. with the pastor Rev. S. A.
Bitlter officiating assisted by
Rev. R. H. Brown of H.eiden-
heimor Burial was in the Bai't-
lott cemetery.
Death came to Mr Cornier on
Death Claims
Linwood Harding
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Linwood (Lin) Bascom Hard.
in 49 nephew of Mrs. Fred Blair
(Bond Issue Passes
V or Purchasing 95
Ijtight-of-Way
A
Voters of Bell County Precinct-
&J.&XVS
after a short tatiaiik illnpR 0I n? ow.vuu.uu oona issue to
Mr"'ftiul MB Rndf TTnlviin ffhrffhwav 95 ln pftiurdfty-'s okc-
from the local high school ihfm?88ft rtL?5 & -Wl.Ho
wn.borh in Gr'amrdr intfi0.?" $??&. HojUd
..- " jivi AJiuiB niver junage iorunjrrc-f
'...... i '. ' . '".ibUildinir Of the'hlirhwnv.
1899
. I building of ihe highway.
TtVirlnv fnllrtwinir n lincrofltur-ill-'
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nnuo in n ' 'nmn n hminll-n I uiiuiui aut vjuca WL'IB Illilll i mLi i -. . i. .. - . . '-
Mr Conner wsbSrn
ansasfNoY. 12 1875. He farmed ' ;Chapel with Dr Loujs HJj1.0 t g BLd box
around Bartlett for manv years.' Goodrich qfficia tin IhtormentX tfnf Vi & iSXa
at each door. Everything that After moving to town he was-wa?.nnae in tno Jwission Burial against. In the Bartlett box the
yuua uuo muao i;u.va win yo iu uiujiiuyuu vy u iiuruwuru iuro m- - ... ' vote 1U4 tor and IB nnint
the polio fund the theatre pay-' 1903 he'niarricd Miss Frances E.' -Survivors ire: his widow;! The Texas Hurhwav dot
ing tho cost of the turn and the Mayo who died' a few years i ""-" "';u?"lu!;'' i"""' iU1-mi ment has allotted mortem fm tlio
operating cost ad their contribu-llater. In 1913 -he was married to!-n & Hardin of S3 Brus St'SmplS Tof this S ?hx HfiK
required amount that has to be ; came a member .of tho Christian
put into the-jars but It is stressr Church early in life. He was also
ed that the need of the polio a member of the Masonic lodge
campaign this year is dollars in- being a.past master df the loca
stead of diriles because of the- lodge.
great number of cases of the Surviving are two daughters
disease that occurred in tho past Mrs. Ray Norrisof Eastland and
year. jMr3. Wiliam E Hethcpte of Tem-
.Tho matinee-begins ats2:00-in'ple two-step-sorts -Estel Robert-
the afternoon and the night
show begins at 7.:00 o'clock.
Another drive for funds will
son of Lubbock and Willie Rob
ertson of Bartlett oile step-
daughter Mrs. W. F. McFarland
l xiiukiiui unvc J.ut J.UHU3 iviujuuuKiiiur iuia. vr. . luuriiriiiiiu
be made in the business section! of Llttlefield; two brothers and
tended the -f urieral were; Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Pillard Mr. and
Mrs. Talmadge Grigsby -Mrs.
Robert Aven Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
McCarver Mr. and Mrs' Paul
Jesse. Mrs. Alice JonCs. and Mrs.
Jewel Wdckstrom.
i would be taken In tho next fow
kys so the election date was set
iat enough in advance to allow
loii this action arid a full ten
6ys nfterward -County Sup
John O'. RoKersf cut his ow:
uvsiwra: in order to get
b$ck tq' Georgetown and get tho
board tofeetheft -only to. find
when he.ot'back'a majority of
the bord members were ilso on
vacation ahda'iuoim could nbt
be gotten .togetWV.rnmediateiy.
"When they dad mee.t and approve
'"the pjetition-ledd than ten days
remained before the election.
Since ihe election haialready
been called and since residents
in the area petitioning to be
made a-'par.t of the Bartlett dist
rict-had thd-Bame opportunity to
know of' tho election that other
residents had and. since they
knew when the petition was
signed- what tho rate requested
tno eection was to oe ana
fe agreeable to it tho board
busrht that only a technical
lot was involved and allowed
. . .- -' . -
im' .suction to be held as sched-
niliwl TVieJ.A'Hnfnov fJnprn1 Tifiw.
vver. kaa ruled that the nolnt: is
ikdre'than technical and can bo
' .florrecied oply by noldihg an-
'herWction. '
Bpropo3l 'In tjiis election
' as i wtfe pnvAugus.t 14 i's. to set
itoe tax rata air S1.25" on the One
hu'ijdriiadlla'ir evaluiqh. ulri
siato' a county rendltiohs; as
the - evaluation . base and to
spread- the Indebtedness' of the
diktrici oVer the entire hew area.
0-that it can bVpdifl out of tho I
taxes collected' over the entire
41trjct;.
Th' election makea .absolutely
i no change in "the tax set up from
the wtfy in which it has been op-
erating since consolidation but
4 Abe election is necessary to sat-
isfy all .legrt requirements and
it is very Important to. the con-
intdHtlon of the school system
that the election carry:
The election Will Uq held at. tho.
Kvy mil m. Joaniow. viuaiuicu-
tfistos 01 voters is tne same as in
alPWectiOnB . involving taxes
Onli qualified voters who are;
ADaseri or yno navo renoerea
pdpe?ty of any kind' personal
M wl estate for taxation 'arc
irtJjle toTote The are inciud-
1 all f the Bartlett district
it ia now enlarged. .
imfiw" iiT'iinm-ri"'
I' Geoa K'. Hemmjl of Dallas
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van a .Sunday t visitor k or' ius
PWIWHHM Willi Mil fc
Wb. ikl Mnf. W'lWvssrwsM
m lemvue j.;uewy.
George Brown pasjtor of Memor-
ial Baptist Church in Temple
offiCiatinC. Burial was in North
iBelfon cemetery.
Those from Bartlett who at-
Open House Jo
Mark Golden Wedding
Anniversary For Brauns
Mr. andMrs. A. Cf A. Braun
will observe -their Golden Wed-
ding Anniversary Sunday Jan.
23- with an open house at their
home.
Their relatives and friends aro
Invited to-call between tho hours
of 2:00 and G:00 p. m. InVita-
tipris will only be extended
through the riewspaper.
It is requested that-no gifts
be brought. " '
of town and there may be one in
the residential section and in
the school. The local quota i's
$500.00.
L. E. Moore is local chairman
of the polio drive in Bartlett.
Supt. D. A. Swope and Mrs. C. E.
Lanjb are county directors and
will participate in the local drive.
Others will also be called upon to
assist before the campaign is-Jnch Of Rain Of '
one sister of Arkansas and one
brother of Anton Texas and
eight grandchildren;
Pallbearers wero Alvi'n Cow-
art Georgo Mastrovicli Herbert
Keller Doyle McGldbhlini Will
Cox E. B. Ware J. A. Powitzky
and Arthur Goodnight of Tern-
pier. . .
g!VS& &5 wS ffi
Franklin Jones of Houston:" " ."! T. 3
three brothers l M. Hardin of T Z " ? .S.
A buquerquo N. M: R. R. Hardinfihe 'Att"W&TZ
oftitZ- LUtle.Rker
SLf r attended .the bridge to Tein e completdU
jol jrw-.ii iiu. wiuk ii um Plunger
; " tq . Bartlett the" year bef ore. Pill-
- . irig of the present gap wjlUcom-
t plete the highway from Taylor
' ' to Templo and make connection
. with highways south and north'
Tom those- points.
completed.
New Loan Approved
For Bartlett Electric
Co-op Extension
Saturday Night Is
Boost To Morale-
Farmers and buisness men
who were beginning to compare
1949 .with 1917 and 1925 and
fearfully anticipating drought
Tho prospect of -approxinately SZ SS5' ZZ " S
oa(v Ui :i:a . . conditions-were elated over the
w. .! wro nHVnnr.nH rain of Saturday night.
vn.v.viv fvi.in. .v- .-..--. m.
advanced
greatly-with approval of a now1
REA loan of $162000.00 to tho
'Bartlett Electric .Cooperative
inc. ot liartiott w. it. janKo
president pfthe board of direct
ors announced. Saturday xne
new loan will be used for bring-
ing central strttion power to tho
above families and. for system
improvements.-
' Mrs. Rnf f Irviri returned Mon-
day from a visit ih Austin with
Mr. and Mrs! Bob' Miles.
Death jClairris
Tom Webster
Former Resident
. TTlltlnr.!)! anntririna fn
Webster 78 a former Bartlett'; Muih creclt for hanging the.
resident were held in' Irvimr. i83UL" a 7.B 3 ?SLe a00"!"-
Texas Thursday Jan. 6 in the'xee 0I " .aji.d . ttoitaml dfa-
JHcthodist church of that city. "fi. ! -v w 7 "8
Mr. Webster had been in ill jj J?" PJect oveu a Jong period
health for. snmn ;tim. huf AtA of time. They. are Gehe Mevvhin-
suddenlv of' n .hnnrf nffn.i- rff ?? Jasper Stafford John C.
his homo there On Jan. 5.
Kuhlmamv E." M. Steglich
rain didii'it measure a
whole' lot just over an inch out
it fell slowly during the night
and none of it was lost. Much
more rain will be needed but the
deadline; for its anoearance was
extended by that which fell Saw
uruuy ingiu.
The freezing weather with its
mist that froze as it fell tho
. 'laL AmKkL miB it f I ... fllfliV
m nnn '1 .iILt ... -. SIS'.- ' lllttl. 1)1111 Ul kill. tYUUIV. ) U13U
wl rcociv Metric Mrvico S&SlZ.
(Continued on Back Page) trol campaigno
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Wo w.r u ? .ai'k ?' Arnold Gersbach. and J.. E
1871 and came to Texas when a100"Jhey-h?vueh?L sis
miiiii. to tt ;.no w.n-ij 4.'ance of others notably theBart-
Rosia Hair' daughter of the late&" Chamber of Commerce the
Editor and Mrs. M. D. Hair of "V" wu" .husuh AasoHwn .
thi.icity. Three sons were born and theTaylor Chamber of Com-
td this union and ono preceded. "P . - f .
him in death ' ' t It is not known just how soon
' This couple made their horteffi ?he 1'
in Bartlett for some .time and mcl?TndATff ..ffir7
SS? rl S Tw8Haif that tne atate hiehW depart- '
S-iTfn il T?IOn.l ment Plana t0 bein Hb W8r1c of
marlf tfch Llf & fLt buildin aa n a9 all necessary
Some time arrangements are completed.
Survivors are his widow.nd; Milton S. Fuqiia Now
t.wo sons of Irving; two sisters c. .." j i n .1 ..
Mrs. W. B. Laughlin of Baytowh. stationed In Bartlett 1
ajui. Mrs. Tr w Bynum of Hous-: As 1 elephone Man
ion ana oneurotner 4jii veo-
ster of Cleburne.
the
Chevrolet's 'Balanced Design Adds Beauty and Comfort
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Interment -was nlado in
Irvjng cemetery.
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Mikulencak Installs
New Heating System
at the
. The appointment of .Milton S.
Fuqua as full-time combination-
man for the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company here at
Bartlett ' Avas announced this
week by G. L. Carson local tele-
phone manager.
jir. iaqua irmeny a -.test-
Customers
Mikulcncak's variety
Slfwf riorwTn.-?wS teliance and' Pair of the lines
even flow of hfiat throughout the . nninnionf. . nA tA .n.?
.siiupiiitf ui- win Hkmnn nt T.nr-rlo in hUn
y stores m : J. . .J' --
Barflettihd Elgin wilt notice the " "TiZ&JXJZ
""r 4".S"f2"r".i:" and equipment and the install
VJ t ZrZTXtrZoil on of ItelepMrtes He is ay-nnmSS-
S'i ijS 'th two year's "service in.
w SS'hJi JK ffiffl th.e.army ard has been. with iha
the Janitrol system; in his stores comi)anO since 194G
fert?rXhSeSf Trnfposffis necessary
the cold and take advantage of . povfiff.i.onrT10. .it xii
Mikulcncak's. large vairety- of JS?..?61 V
merchandise at new .low prices. '(JK
it you are looKing xor some- jennow ijas oieiepnones wito.
go to Mikulencak's first more than auuot these onnectea
one
where they all like to shop'"' is since- the war ertd'ec. Back fa
the advise pf Mr Mikulencak '1942 there "were but 202 tele-'
.h-. ... . ." . -'phones hero -less' tliin "half the
C. Of C. Meeting . . i present number.
Is Postponed
Pfogtewivo streamlining of Uip 1949 Chevrolet ! in liner" Notable in tho roomier lower car is a balance
' scmphalrln tills view .ol the Stylelino Dc Luxe four- In design that adds greater comfort and driving easo
door sedan against new MarUn 302 passenger air-las. well as smart appearance.
New Chevrolet To Be
Shown By Bartlett
Motor Co Saturday
A product of three years
development work ahd. more
thnn aomllUoh. miles of eriirineer.
..?- . ... iv.. .7 ..(.. 1 ence.
wider and more distinctive than
any 'previous series. Not only
does the design introduce supeiv
ior beauty to the lowest-nrjced
rQnkq but; numerous body and
chassis ImproTements promise
to' add the'OheVrolot'srrpputatiph
TPr comioi'csaxety ana (jonyuni-
Ing rbs'erch th'6 $Md Chovroleti
goes 'on'isplay st.-tQ Bartlett
Motp'r -COf 'hcre:.S&turIeiy '.
Tne latest wokl hs bSeri;
.T'wn.fenrip of. para. .tVir Flflfit
HnS'lind StyllliM; are fnclided
tylth' De Luxe tratmiwi. an
Acomptetelyrejityl!. It J1oSv opyon.in most ody type. Pe
Luxe cars lay increased emph
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noinrinor.hnH-nv .Vinn tin ' Onvuntt "
'""r 'w' wv kf.v... V.N.I vi..uu;n
uixo cat's my incroaseaempn-fit of ha-polio drive on he
asis on the styltng of fabrics 50 3d a ni ght Tho decisi'on vi
triman.d appointments The line- d t th . ld5rectors'. mqPtt
un shows:
Fleetliner-twb'and four-door
sedans. This design is diVing-
ufshed bv the extension of the
roof yne in an unbroken sVveop
to the rear. JCnowri to the trade
as -a- ''fast. bck" the1 fyvfri
achieved :grea populayty onithi
i948 tio-aoor Aeroelari
this week.
was
meeting
Buy your Suhday needs nttho
American. Legion Auxiliary food
sale Saturday at tjlie Ellis. Ware
hniUdiiig . ' ' 1- q
aaF T Mann Jeft 'Wednesday for
lT11 fn MAt.fsr1".rt Via Western
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.Stylelinrr-tw. Aiwi tour-tiooKrmp spring mrchftndis shQW
(Cohtlnuwi oti pge 3) ijrig. .' .'..
' '. . ISnirf. 'Wi) nvn hntinv frl vrflrnTru
T!i! Japrv meeting of the kiv Fuqua to. the telephone fara-
Ghnmber ofyralnerco schedu 1-jji in Bftrtlett and Av0 eei anx9
ed for next Tuesday Ms- b.eenthRt .th &mi. telppholiei po3i.
postponed until Tuesday Feb. 1 tibn will help all of our -customers
on account of the free picture rt.. mfw ntH hoffor A.
&filrtaLhrto
1IWAVI ' . ;
Square Dance Planned
At "SchwerlnervEor
March Of Dime .
Thef 6 wilr be an old fashioned
sotfilre dance for 'the benefit -ot
ihe aiarch. of Dlthe's ca'mpailgn '
at th Schwertfle? Club Hout
on. ida'y night" Jan. ' '8jf 'AM
proceeds q h tlw Murch' of
Dimes funds" aiBed ' by (the
; Schwertner . community f
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