The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1933 Page: 1 of 8
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The Wheels of In-
' iuatry Are Turning
Faster
And The Burleaon County Ledger
VOL. 48—No. 37.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted Unreservedly to the Development and Upbuilding of Burleson County.
CALDWELL, BURLESON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1933
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 A YEAR
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COMMISSIONERS
WONT LET CWA
BOARD RESIGN
Turkeys Bring High
Pre-Christmas Price
Í With 1 i v turkeys in demand
throughout the east and the supply
running short, the price this morning
i went to 11 cents with few turkeys in
ight.
MANY PROJECTS
OF C W A UNDER
WAY IN COUNTY
Caldwell Merchants
Have Busy Christmas
Trade This Week
Lack of Co-operation¡ t. b. Parkin ha shipped out 10 Women Given Work
From State Leads To of turk«y* at an average
. • fi i * i lii'tcc to thi- farmer of nine cents,
Action of Mem I KM S ' price thitn a year go and
Judge G. W. Grant and the com-1
mission-r- court VVcdn sday prompt-
ly und emphatically refused to accept;
the resignation of the four members'
of the county CWA board The mem
hem, B. K. To'igue, ( hnirman, W. W. '
Rankin, secreUry. .!•-« Siptak anil;
Henry Spirkm.in. handed j nli <5rant
their re«ignation Tuesday < vening. At
that time Judge t i rant, w ho ha Ink - 1
en an active part in the < WA organ-)
tuition. informed th • members they,
would >i"t b<- permitted to n ign. All j
insisted, however, and the judge pre
sensed the r>"ignation to tin- court
with th; result that the members
vti ordered to "stick" on the jo!
Mrs. Nettie W Wet in . county
numstrator. tieciin <1 to eomm.n! on
the resignation <>f tin hoard, saying
that nh<- wa- too luisy to trie out any
information en the matter.
W. W Hani;: , unitary of 'h>'
county I'-oard. however. Wi-dn
said that all memb; rs had decid
resign becaii- ■ they we.e unable to
obtain co-opn at ion from the state
board. He ii .n.od that there had Icen
price thnn a year go
larger quota of the birds than was
•nt from this section in 1932.
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Christmas Songs
Will Feature Fine
Baptist Program
R«
Opportunity in
Sewing Project
Plenty Merchandise Left For1
Last Minute Shoppers
Says Merchants
Throughout the week Caldwell
atoros have been thronged with shop-
pers from the city and surrounding
country, and merchants are reporting
unusuully good business.
C W A. workers in Burleson county
are soon to have an opportunity, pre-
sented to like workers in other com-
munities, of playing a bit of Santa
Claus to their less fortunate brethren,
for with the quota of 800 employees
nearly exhausted, those who will be ; business.
unable to get such work can only be
used when some worker already em-
ployed decides that he can get along
YV • Ui V I h °" lMS ln0n,,y "nd tl,rns part 0f hiS bUSineS8 thiS ycar 0Ver laSt S°me 0f
•v. Wright jo I reach Ijpon jo[> ovel, t0 Mme otV er applicant fori them are expecting to break all pre-
Interesting ( hristmas part time job. jvious records as hundreds of eager
r'wP'(" j This has been done throughout the I buyers are crowding the places of
Christmas services Sunday at the ' States and in most communi- j business seeking Christmas gifts.
Baptist church will include a splendid
,,l j pro if ram of song.
The cool, crisp weather of the past
few days has given aest to shopping,
and coming right at the Yuletide sea-
son. has aided materially in boosting
Most of the stores are reporting a
onsiderable increase in Christmas
; The program follows:
1. Processionals 2. Doxology; 3.
'Prayer: t. Chorus by primary depart-
Iment; 5. a. "Silent Night", b. "Hark
th
tics there has been a spirit of co-
operation among those needing work1 B>' Saturday night, when merchants
so that all who required this type of will remain open until 10 o'clock, it
job were able to participate to some ls expected that most of the Christ-
extent in the C. W. A. funds. Such mas st0(.)<s w¡|j he depicted. Already,
turning over of their job, for part
time, must however, under orders
:d"yj
I to Christmas
Clay Ijine, Mary Nan
I'orter, Adini Womble, Allen Oliver.
Ralph l.ane. Alvis Autrey, Jennings
Mclean; 7. Scripture reading, Psalm
any mi^undi'-r-.tanding with the coun- II. pastor: 8. horus: "The Christmas
ty administra! >i, «tating that she hail Song." Misses German, Runaway,
great difficulty in obtaining any o>- Andrews, Neal, Coleman, Bally l«ane,
operation end wie doing wonderful H. <>. McLean; 9. Offertory: Cornet
work under unusual handicap* solo, "The Harp of St. Cecilia," Boyce
The present boa id was appointed Oliv: r paino and organ accompani-
only a few we k ago. Th different merit: 10. Anthem: "Glory to God in
Herald Angels Sing." choir and {fQm ^ prwj(lontt bc cnlircly vohln.
ngregation; fi. ( horus: "Merry Ury No prCHpnl workpr wjll 1>c re.
quired to give up Bny part of his
work days unless he desires to do so.
The projects already allotted this
county total a score an and there are
10 which are tentatively approved.
Two of the more recent projects are
board;, have been
past mn ty day
was expected to I
co-operation from
appoint ed in the
and the la t on
i* given the need d
th<- stale nuthori
the Highest," adult choir soloists,
Mesdaioes McLean, Bronddus, Mr.
Julius Houston, quartet, Miss German,
Mrs. I.ane, G. E. Douglass, J. Autrey;
II. Sermon, W. O. Wright; 12. Clos-
ing hymn and benediction.
Miss Maydelle Schiller
Honored At C. I. A.
Miss Maydelle Schiller, talented and
it is said, toys and children stocks are
beginning to run low, though it is ex-
pected that no one will be disappoint-
ed, as Caldwell merchants, expecting
better business than in many years,
prepared for the heavy increase real-
ized during the past week.
Shoppers are warned, however, to
the Women's Sewing gro-¿p. which un-,^ through with their Christmas
der the intensive planning of Mrs. W.
G. Clarke, president of the Woman's
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buying as quickly as possible; not to
¡wait until the last mhiute in order
thnt they will not be disappointed.
is being brought to bear on the mem-
bers to withdraw theii action, especial-
ly since the county court emphatical-
ly declined to i olease them.
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New Chevrolet May
Not Arrive In City
Before January 5
ji i — •—
I There was no indication Wednesday
wnon the new 11KM Chevrolet* will b.'
placed on th< market, according to
.1 Kay Harvey, manager <>f Harvey Maydelle Schiller and Mary Oxford
& Son, Chevrolet dealers | "Pledge ribbons will bo given to the
Mr. Harvey wa till in hope that he n,.w initiates at a mating of the
will be able to display a n w model frnternity in the radio room of the
before Christmas, though he heard Virginia Carroll lodge tonight. The
reports that th company had decid- initiation services and occasions
ed to place ears on hand* of dealers honoring the new members will be
on January nth. given in the near futura, according
Many customers nre waiting for (0 Virginia Lamm, president of the
their new cars for the holidays, Mr. organization
tics to put over th many projects in
the county Mi llankin said W dues
day that virtually ii" co operation had
been obtained and the noard did not
wish to be subjf-ted to embarrass
men tu by the -tat" hoard, hence the
members decided ti> resign.
What will be the next move is dif , .. .
. , . i ,i ,i popular young daughter of Mr. and
,cul« for an) one ,r touch with the }{ y )f ^ ^
hoard activities to forecast. I ressure ^ n|u.n(|tn(r f , A College. Dcnton.
wa recently honored by her college
associates with an invitation to be- j
come a member of the Alphn I<ambda
Delta, honorary society.
Following is an account published
in the Denton paper last week, which
will prove of interest to the many
friends of the well known young lady:
"Two sophomores and one fresh-
man have accepted the invitations to
become members of the Alpha Lambda
Delta, national freshman honorary so-
ciety. They nre Frances Crumley,
Ilnrvey said, and as quickly as he is
able to obtain them he will make sev-
eral deliveries.
•Miss Crumly is a sophomore li-
(Contained on last pago)
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
The happiest season of the year is at hand. Soon
we vill be hearing the joyous bells announcing the arriv-
al of Christmas and celebration of the happy memory
of the babe born in Hethlehem two thousand years ajro.
We should all be happy for Christmas 1933 promises
to be merrier than any we have enjoyed in many years.
Our jrreat country is coining out of the greatest de-
pression of all history; millions of our hungry citizens of
a few months ago are now enjoying employment and
respectability. The nation as a whole is in better spirit
and business in general is much improved.
Right at home we find Caldwell and Burleson county
better off than a year ago. Our farmers have just
harvested a record crop, sold at double the price of a year
ago- our business men are doing a greater volume of
business than in many years; nearly one thousand citi-
zens, long out of work, are now employed and will be much
happier this Christmas than in a long time.
While thinking of the great happiness that must
prevail over the nation because of better economic con-
ditions we cannot but help feeling a deep sense of ap-
preciation ourselves for the splendid support accorded
THE CALDWEEL NEWS and the unselfish co-operation
extended us during the short six months that we have
been at the helm of one of the state's greatest weekly
newspapers.. It is with sincerity that we wish our readers
and our advertisers a genuinely happy and extremely
Merry Christmas, assuring them that at all times we will
devote our energies and our talent, in fact everything
that we may possess, to the development of a better and
greater Caldwell and Burleson county.
THE PUBLISHERS
and Staff
CITY GETS $5000
FROM CWA FUND
ON STREET WORK
Mayor Starts Work At
Once—40 Blocks To
Be Graveled
An appropriation of $5,000 to the
city of Caldwell was made Friday by
the state CWA board for street im-
provement purposes according to an-
nouncement by Mayor C E Cromartie,
who with Alderman M. Smith con-
ferred with state CWA officials at
Austin last week.
lApproximately 40 blocks of city
streets will be graveled, the mayor
stated, and in addition the Tunis road
improvement is also included
The recently approved project will
employ 50 men.
Already a crow of men, under the
supervision of Mr Cromartie has
started on the project More men and
some trucks are expected to be put
on the job within a few days, the
mayor said.
Buck street, one of the roughest in
the city, will be immediately graveled
and plated in excellent condition,
Mayor Cromartie stated. Several
streets in West Caldwell and streets
connecting the city with the state
highways will bc graveled also, under
the plans of the project.
Gravel for the project will be ob-
tained from the farm of Otto Berndt,
Major Cromartie said, und the job
of improving the city streets will be
pushed to a finish as rapidly as possi-
ble .
Mayor Cromartie, with the eo-op-
eration of Mrs. Nettie W. Weems nnd
the city council, succeeded in getting
immediate approval of the project
when he personally appeared before
the state officials, in company with
Alderman Smith, last Friday. By
Monday morning men were already
at work and the city executive is not
letting the opportunity of securing
better streets for Caldwell grow cold.
He expects to complete the job as
Boys and Girls Are
Home From Colleges
From all sections of Texas and the
south college boys and girls by the
scores are pouring into Caldwell this
week to spend the Yuletide with par-
ents and friends.
Practically every college and uni-
versity of importance in Texus is
represented by Caldwell students.
Few communities the size of Cald-
well have as many college students
and the happy young men and young
ladies who will be here for the Christ-
mas vacation will add much to the
merriment of the season.
Catholic Church
Will Celébrate
Midnight Mass
First Services To Be Held
Remodeled Churcn
On Monday
In
SANTA CLAUS HAS
BIG DAY WITH
LOCAL CHILDREN
Arrives On Santa Fe
And Holds Reception
In All The Stores
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Old and New To Be
Favored At Dance
To Be Held Dec. 26
Beran's pavilion announces its first
dance of the Christmas season will be
held on Tuesday night. The Burle-
sonians will furnish the music. Old-
timers will be accorded the privilege
of enjoyinug the early part of the
evening, from 8:30 to 11:00. Modern
dancing will be on the program from
11:00 until 1:00 o'clock, it was stat-
ed.
Because of the Advent season
dancing was tabooed for the past four
weeks, a custom followed in this com-
munity for many years. The resump-
tion of this popular entertainment will
bc hailed with much pleasure by the
hundreds who enjoy dancing and
Beran's is planning on giving them
an unusually enjoyable evening next
Tuesday.
The first Mass at the remodeled St.
Mary's Catholic church will bc cele-
brated at midnight Christmas morn-
ing, according to announcement by
Rev. Father Urbanovsk.v, pastor.
The feature of the Christmas morn-
ing program at the Catholic church
will bc the receiving of holy com-
munion by a large number of t i
members of the congregation.
St. Mary's has undergone extensive
remodeling and redecoration in the
past ninety days, several thousand
dollars being expanded in making the
building larger, to accommodate the
congregation, and in beautifying the
interior. It was scheduled to have been
dedicated on December 17th. but due
to the inability of Bishop Brynes, of
Galveston, to attend, dedication cere-
monies have been postponed until
after the first of the ycar.
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Orphanage Will Be
Benefited By Fine
Sunday Program
Methodists To Raise Annual
Fund For Boys And
(¡iris
At 7:00 o'clock Sunday night at the
Methodist church the Sunday school
will present its annual program in the
interest of the Methodist Orphanage
Home in Waco. Some sixty people
will take part in the program: "We
Go To Bethlehem," a Christmas pro
gram of songs, recitations, ensemble
singing, hand and other numbers, set
to the Christmas theme and lighted
in keeping with the occasion. At tin
close of the program the church's an
nual offering to the Orphanage will
1h? made in free will fashion, and all
, members nnd friends of the church
¡are requested to come to tin; service
¡prepared to make a liberal offering
to this worthy cause.
i It is altogether probable that no
church in Texas the size of the Cald-
well church gives more, either in ag-
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Several thousand people, both
grown-ups and children, greeted Santa
Claus upon his arrival on the Santa
Fe north-bound passenger train,
Thursday evening nnd accompanied
him to the courthouse square where
he viewed the throng assembled to
welcome him into Caldwell.
Ix>ng before the arrival of the train
school children from all sections of
Burleson county assembled at the
Santa Fe passenger depot to await
the arrival of the friend of the little
tots.
Waving his hands at the throng,
Santa Claus was immediately seen by
the eager tots as the train was pulling
into the station. Stepping off the
train he was immediately crowded by
the hundreds of children, anxious to
touch him and to speak to him. Many
of them were wide-eyed with excite-
ment and it was difficult to form a
inc to escort the visitor to a waiting
automobile.
The junior band of the Caldwell,
high school, one of the finest musical
organizations of its kind in this sec-
tion of the state, played several num-
bers while the committee in charge
of arrangements was attempting to
organize the procession for the march
to the courthouse square.
In a new Ford Y-K, loaned the com-
mittee by the Cade Auto Co., Santa
Claus slowly proceeded to the court-
house square. The triji to the square
was exceedingly slow, due to the
thousands of children who had taken
possession of the streets, all anxious
t > get a glimpse of the merry old man.
At the square another mob was as-
sembled for Santa's descent from the
automobile. There was such a jam
of little humanity that it was phy-
sically impossible for him to march
to the courthouse steps to view the
crowd, lie mingled with the tots a
while and then proceeded to the busi-
ness section, where he entered prac-
tically every store for a minute or two,
being followed constantly by the hun-
dreds of children.
Santa finally announced that he
was pre sed for time and that he had
instructed the committee to distribute
the tokens to the children, nssuring
all the children of Burleson county that
Christmas HiH.'i would be the happi-
est in history. He left for other
points.
The committee arranged with the
t .-ichors of rural district schools to
distribute the presents to the county
children and ut B:'!0 o'clock Thurs-
day night personally presented the
town children and those from the coun-
try who had remained for the band
concert with their tokens.
As a whole the affair was one of
the most successful ever undertaken,
many thousands of people from ovary
community in Burleson county, at-
tending.
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Andrepont, L. A. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1933, newspaper, December 21, 1933; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175082/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.