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VOLUME LXII — No. 28
CALDWELL. TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 194
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nCaivert To Fill
Unexpired Term
State ComptroNer
\ppointment Ih Made
For Important Position
, Hy (iovernor Jester
W'STIN (Spl.) Hubert
i v. rt, recently appointed
u
s.
( y
(,.v.rn< r Beauford II. Juster to
f | out the unexpired term of the
at. George H. Sheppard as State
< nipt roller. lia just about the
ni"-t important job in Texas' state
k vcrmneiit.
Vh Slate Comptroller, it ih
Calvert'* duly to aupervlMe the
collection of several hundred
millón dollarN per year in taxes.
s He acta aa the aUte'a bookkeep-
er. and writes setersl million
«tale check* every year in pay-
ing the debtN of the state which
amount to over four hundred
million dollarN a year.
Calvert known lun job having
bwn in the Comptroller's office for
<■ ghteen yrara as financial statin-
tii lan from 1H40 to 11Í44 and chief
rs-rk until his elevation to hi*
^('•"«•nt position.
, -M liovernoi Jester paid tribute to
*Mth George H Sheppard and Cal
vert when hi- issued the following
statement «ben h«- announced th«<
appointment.
"I feel I can pay no higher tri-
bute to the late beloved Geo rg. II
Sheppani than to name \ his
.. lessor his long time friend,
trusted assistant and highly capa-
ble chief clerk, Hob i'alvert.
The office of 'omptroller is one
of the most important in our State
If ivi rnment. Here we must havr a
man of absolute integrity who will
e'duct this office as a business
office, whirh It it. rather than a
political office, which it is no!
Ther*' are many fine men in this
State who could meet tbi* exacting
ttamlard, but Mr Calvert bring*
*e added and valuable asset of
experience in conducting the af-
fairs of the Comptroller's Office as
the righthand man of the lamented
and respected public servant, Mr.
Sheppani.
"I know that in selecting Boh
Calvert 1 am acting aa Mr Shep-
pard would have me act and in the
i^nner that ia best for the office
and for the peopia of Texas. Mr.
' alvert's own distinguished record
>f faithful public service bears out
this judgment "
Robert S. Calvert was born in
McLennan County April 27. IMld
He waa educated in the public
"•hools of Brown wood and Howard
I'ayne College
♦From Mill until I'.MM), he lived
it Sweetwater where he was em
f!ved by a railroad, a utility ar> I
the First National Hank
III World War I, < ih«-it cr.id
France and Gcrtnnny with tb
I'hoto-Reconnaissance Air Service
When George 11 Sheppard wa
«(pointed State ('omptroller in
• to, h«' brought < aUerl t.. Am-
with him to serve a. financial
itistfcian iri that office
I he new Comptroller is active
•n i hurch, fraternal and civic af
' rt lieing rhaimian of the
Hoard of Deacons of the Central
' I i ivtian < 'hurch of Aust in. a
Mptynlier of the Masonic Lodge,
^■"Ujsh Hite, Shrine; American
'•*'tf;on and I,ions Club.
S.W.T.S.T.C. Takes
Step To Improve
Education In Texas
Subscription price: 92.00 ijr.li Burleson Co.—$2.50 out of Gfc
IS APPOINTED
i
SAN MARCOS. Feb. 10 In
reused financial support for state
Sieges is one of six major re
unmondntions supported by the
liege Classroom Teachers Asso-
Htion, a branch of which was or-
fanited at Southwest Texas State
sellers College here this week.
"ffie#rs of the STSTC chapter
as follows:
I>r. James Taylor, president; Mr.
talph Houston, vice-president;
Eileen O'Meara. secretary
i'«surer; T. H. Buie, Legislative
^nimittee; and Pr A VV. Mus-
'ave Hesenrch Committee.
I he underlying aim of tin- Col
I'i'e Classroom Teachers Associn-
on, itecording to the report of the
"cy committee made m Sail An
"iio recently, is to develop for
' '«as an educational system of the
1 ■' class.
Hi '-iiuse Texas Public schools ili
lly re fleet the ipiality of teach
prepared by the state teachei
'lieges, the committee has rec
nmended that more financial sup
"t he directed to the college to
unit them to attract instruí'
"inl staffs capable of training
hlic school teachers of the high-
i" rank.
ROBERT S. CALVERT
Income Tax Man
To Be Here 2 Days
In Near Future
Income tax returns for the ca
eriuar year. I'.MH, must l>e filed not
iater than March lí>, 1911 , with the
Collector of Internal Revenue for
the district in which taxpayers 11\•
01 have principal pla.'es of busi-
ness.
A deputy collector of Internal
Revenue will be at the court
houae in ( aid ell Monday. Feb-
ruary 2*. and Turada). March 1,
to give any advice or assist-
anee needed. No charge will be
made for this service, it was
pointed out.
Any person whose total income
in 1SM8 was WOO.00 or more must
file a return.
Navy Representative
To Seek Recruits
Here February 17
A Navy Representative will be
in Caldwell on the 17th day of
February for the purpose of ac-
cepting applications from young
men between the ages of 17 and 31
for *nli .tmcnt in the Navy. The
Recruiter can be contacted at the
Post Office.
The C. S. Navy ha- in effect at
the present time a program where-
by a man of eighteen years of age
ran enlist in the L'. S. Navy for
one year This one year enlistment
«ill ful fill their active duty obli-
gations under the draft act of
1IMH, it was pointed out.
Mrs. C. T. Cole
To Speak Tuesday
At Rotary Meeting
National Director or Child
Service Will Also Meet
Local Welfare Committee
Mrs. Charles Tidd Cole of New
Vork City, National Director of
' hild Service, will lie guest speak-
er at the noon luncheon of the
Caldwell Rotary Club next Tues-
day, Mrs. Xenia Windell, county
committee chairman of the Save
The Children Federation, stated.
Mrs. William II. Pouch, Past
director for the lira/os Delta
\reu, has attended conferences
on a National scale directed by
Mrs. Cole and she pointed out
that Mrs. Cole's listeners will
have something really worth-
while in store.
Mrs. William H. PoPuch, Past
President of tie National I A. R.
has this to say of the noted speak-
er: "Mrs. Cole is one of the most
inspiring speakers I have heard.
Her detailed knowledge of condi-
tions of children with human in-
terest stories secured at first hand
make her speeches come alive for
all who listen. She is a practical
and heart appealing speaker."
Other officers of the Save The
Children Federation committee are
Mrs Henry G. Womble, secretary
Mrs. J. F. Kidd, Mrs. Simmons.
Mrs E. E Darby, Mrs. S. <i. Rags-
dal •, Mrs. Joe Siplak, Mrs. Har-
old Matejowsky and R. R, Novo,
sad, treasurer. They will meet in
the welfare office at 11 o'clock
prior to the Rotary luncheon Tues-
day.
ARLENE FRANCIS, Qnii Mist rea
of the pepular Radio Show, "What'
My Name."
Social Security Head Reveals Items
Of Benefits Families Should Know
WHICH WILL vol PLANT?
Caldwell FFA Chapter
Conduct Experiment
On Five - Acre Plot
The i aldwcll Future Far met
Chaptei of i aldwull high school
has been conducting an experiment
on a fivt acre plot close to town
so as to determine whether Austri-
an Winter Peas or Dixie Wonder
Peas make the best cover and
green manure crop, Lee Parmley,
teachei of the chapter, stated this
week "This experiment or demon-
stration has been dumaged by the
freeze and snow we had lust week,
though, just as everything else has
except the soil," the instructor said.
"Another thing the boys are try-
ing is to see how the crops will
react to different treatment," he
cunt inued.
The five-acre plot was plant-
ed by terraces and in this order;
\ustrian Winter Peas wilh no
treatment, \uslrlan Winter Peas
with phosphate, Austrian Win-
tei Peas inoculated, Austrian
Winter Peas with phosphate and
Inoculated, Dixie Wonder Pean
with phosphate nnd inoculated,
ami the last terrace was planted
with Melilotos Indica (Clover)
with phosphate and inoculated.
The Dixie Wonders were doing
the best until the fiee/.e hit, it
was believed by the group. Per
hap- the freeze has entirely ruined
the experiment, Parmley said, hut
with a little encouragement maybe
the boy «ill run the experiment,
again and possibly help someone
in finding out which really is the
best crop for the farmers around
Caldwell and the best treatment
for it.
If > oil are a worker who is
building social insurance protec-
tion on the Job, you should make
it your business to tell your
famil) about jour social securi-
ty. said James B. Marlcy, man
ager of the \ustin Social Se-
curity Office. . . . Tell them that
if you die. they may be eligible
for monthly old-age and surviv-
ors insurance benefits.
Tell them that the law makes
special provision for widows with
children in their care. Show your
family where you keep your social
security rani.
Tell them in case of your death
to take it to the nearest Social
Security Office. There they will get
all the help they need to file a
claim for benefits free of charge.
Tell them to contact the offiiv
promptly. Monthly benefits are re-
troaetiw for only three months
and they may lose some of their
payments by delay.
If Ihey don't know where the
Social Security Office is, the
Post Master will tell them.
"Make sure you get what you
pay for," were the words used by
Marlcy to describe what happens
when a worker fails to show his
social security card to each new
employ el-.
Harry L. White
Dies In Michigan
Word was received here last week
of the sudden death of Harry L.
White, which occurred at bis home
at L'112 South Washington Avenue,
Royal Oak, Michigan, on .lanuary
211.
Mr White was a registered a>
chitect, a ineinhe* of the American
Institute of Architects and the
Michigan Society of Architects. In
Continued on page eight)
Banks Closed
Here February 12
The Caldwell National Bank
und 'he First State Bank In
Caldwell will remain closed Sat-
urday, February 12, in obser-
vance of the birthday of Ahru-
ham Lincoln, officials of the
institution** advised this news-
paper today.
o
Pillow Appointed
To Help Veterans
In Re-employment
Local Man To Serve
As Committeeman Cndcr
Selective Service Act
Secretary of Labor Maurice J
Tobin today announced the ap-
pointment of James R. Pillow of
Caldwell as a volunteer Veterana'
Reemployment Rights Committee-
man with the Bureau of Veterans'
Reemployment Rights under the
Selective Service Act of 1 t*4S.
Mr. Pillow has served as a vol-
unteer Committeeman under the
Selective Training and Service Act
of HMO in this area for the past
one and one-half years. Mr. Pil
low's duties as a volunteer Com-
mitteeman will be to assist the
returning veterans in securing a
proper reinstatement to their pre-
service positions, upon request to
advise employers of tbeir respon-
sibilities under the law, and to
advise employer, labor, veteran, or
other interested groups of the em-
ployments previsions of the Selec-
tive Service Act of 1948.
Mr. Pillow will continue to serve
veterans of World War II who are
seeking reemployment rights un-
der the Act of 1940. Commenting
on this appointment Secretary To-
bin pnid high tribute to the thou-
sands oí volunteer committeemen
throughout the country who have
been of inestimable assistance ti
returning servicemen in securing
their proper restoration to their
former positions. -
"WHAT'S MY NAME"?
Lone Star Gas Co.
To Sponsor New
Radio Quiz Show
Lone Star Gas Company, in co-
operation with other Serve! Gas
Refrigerator distributors and deal-
ers throughout the country, is spon-
soring a new Saturday morning
radio quiz show "What's My
Name ?"
"What's My Name?" will he
heard over stations WFAA, Dallas,
WBAP, Ft. Worth, and WACO,
Waco, and other ARC stations ev-
ery Saturday morning at 10:.'W
o'clock.
Arlcne Francis, stave and
screen star, series as "quiz-
mistress" of the show, liach
Saturday she will make long-
distance telephone calls to per-
sons participating in the qui?-
If persons called are able to
identify a "Mystery Voice," they
will receive a jackpot of awards.
The first award in the jackpot
will be a large deluxe Servel (¡as
Refrigerator, it was announced.
The jackpot will be increased from
week to week with the addition of
such awards as a Certified Per-
formance automatic gas range, a
year's supply of Birds-Eye Frosted
Foods and a Servel Hall-Type tías
Water Heater.
In addition to the telephone jack-
pot quiz, Miss Francis will call on
members of the studio audience t >
identify n number of celebrities
from a series of clues. Cash will
be awarded for correct answers.
Local listeners may qualify for
participation in the telephone jack
pot by securing free entry blank
from the Lone Star Cas Company
Caldwell Girl
Honor Graduate
At T. S. C. W.
l'KNTON, Feb. li' Miss Hetty
Searmardo, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe C. Searmardo. was grad-
uated with honors from Texas
State College for Women Sunday
February tl.
Miss Searmardo and four other
honor students from the winter
graduating class of -"'1| were given
special recognition l>> President I .
II. Hubbard nt coinmcu-ement ev
orrises.
She received degrees i,f bachelor
of science anil bachelor of arts in
business education.
F.F.A. Members
Win Calves
At Stock Show
Daniel Duttek, J. I). Suehs
And Franklin Yajdak Are
Awarded Prizes in Houston
Three members of the Caldwell
F. F. A. Chapter won calves at
the Houston Fat Stock show this
year, it was announced.
Daniel Dusek was awarded a
beef calf in the scramble Friday
night and J. I). Suehs won one
Saturday morning. Franklin Vaj-
dak was victor in the milking
race Monday night and received
a Guernsey heifer.
In euch of these contests theio
are twenty boys and ten calves. In
the beef calf scramble the calves
are pluced at one end of the arena
and the competing boys at the oth-
er end. At the signal to go they
run down to the calves and try to
catch and halter the calves. After
putting the halter on the calves
they are required to lead them back
across the finish line before being
declared a winner. This event
usually turns out to be quite a
wrestling match between a deter-
mined bunch of boys and a thor-
oughly scared bunch of calves.
Daniel and J. D. each caught a
calf at the first grab and Daniel
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Local Talent
Will Entertain
McCloskey Men
Woman's Club Sponsors
Staffing of Performance
In Temple Sunday
The Caldwell Wonman's Club
will sponsor nine acts of entertain-
ment which will be carried to the
men of McCloskey Hospital iu
Temple Sunday afternoon at 2:30,
it wns announced today by Mrs.
J. H. Siptak, president of the
club.
Mrs. J. M. Hare, chairman of
the committee on arrangements,
stated that the acts were picked
from the recent Stunt and Talent
performance with several numbers
from the children of members ot
the Woman's Club.
This program is given in keeping
with the work of the club. It was
announced that refreshments r.lso
were being taken to the hospitrl
foi the men.
ORDAINED
JULIUS C. HOUSTON
Julius C. Houston
Ordained Baptist
Minister of Gospel
Service Is Conducted
In Caldwell Church
Wednesday Night
In a service held at the First
3aptist Church Wednesday even-
ing at 7 o'clock, Ju'ius C. Houston,
(ion of Mrs. Kate Houston of this
city was ordained a minister of
the Gospel upon recommendation
of the church council and the
church.
The council is composed of Rev.
C. M. White, chairman; Rev. M. A.
Gary and Rev. A. S. Bronddus and
the following deacons; M. F.
Broaddlus, secretary, C. A. Bain,
G. C. Bates, D. W. Burns, Hubert
Burns, G. E. Douglass, H. H. Mat*
jow sky and J. 0. SIohii.
The ordination sermon was de-
livered by Rev. C. M. White. His
Message was "Our Responsibility".
Rev. M. A. Gary gave the charge
tr the church and their obligation
to the new minister. Rev. A. S.
Bronddus in turn gave the charge
to the newly ordained pastor.
A beautiful Bible upon which
his name was engraved, was pre-
sented to Rev. Houston hy C. A.
Rain, Chairman of the Board of
Deacons.
At the close of the service Rov.
White presented Rev. Houston with
a Certificate of Ordination on
which appeared the signatures of
the council members.
Rev. Houston serves ih.' churches
at Mix, (Macedonia) Hogg and
Dime Box.
Exact List of War Casualties Needed
To Complete Data For Monument
STKADY CUSTOMER
100-Year Rental
Payment Received
On 2-Acre Plot
AUSTIN', Feb. 10 Land Com-
missioner Hascont (liles has found
a "steady customer" for a small
tract of school land in Pecos
County.
The Commissioner has re-
ceived payment from an oil
company covering rental on the
tract for the next one hundred
years, making the present leane
effective until the year 20-19.
The tract, less than two acres in
size, is one of the smallest in the
School Land Hoard's records. How-
ever, it has paid off in man-sized
hunks $20,000.00 to the Per-
manent School Fund in cash
bonuses and $217,.'1118.00 in royal-
ties.
The 100-year rental payment is
without precedent, Giles stated.
However, added the Commission-
er, the lease may he forfeited un-
less production is maintained and
unless all regulations of the School
Land Hoard are conformed with.
Army Reserve
Officers Meet
Thursday Night
Army reserve officers belonging
to the iT'.'th Composite Group met
Thursday, February 10, 1 7:'10 p.
m., on the second floor of the P,
M V Building, College Station,
according to <'ap(ain Albert W.
Sto.kell. Instructoi.
The Ungineer Construction
Training Hattalion met separately
at the same hour in Room 11,
Civil F.ngineei ing Building, Stock-
ell said.
Will the name of your loved
one, who died while in the serv-
ice of either World War I or II,
he inscribed on the V. F. W.
monument which is to be erect-
ed on the courthouse lawn in the
near future? This is a question
which should he raised and free-
ly discussed in every home in
Burleson County, according to
Joe Fedora. V. F. W. Command-
er. since there were many
casualties.
A partial list was published re-
cently and a revised list now in
the hands of the committee was
published in the January 28 issue
of the NEWS. This committee is
urgently requesting that everyone
check this list and forward any
corrections or additions to John
Toupal, county clerk, at the court-
house in Caldwell.
No further data can be accept-
ed to be included on the mem-
orial after Monday, February
28, Fedora said.
A picture of the memorial will
appear in next week's issue of the
NEWS.
Kiel's Berkshire
Takes First Place
At Exposition
Caldwell F. F. A. Member's
Champion Barrow Brings
Forty Cents A Pound
Gilbert Kiel, local FFA member,
won first place in the Houston Fat
Stock Show and Livestock Exposi-
tion with his Berkshire barrows,
Lee Parmley, instructor of voca-
tional agriculture at Caldwell high
school, announced today.
Gilbert's entries at the Expo-
sition came through as follows:
Champion Berkshire barrow,
sixth place Berkshire barrow,
and the Champion pen of three
Berkshire barrows, Parmley aaid.
These barrows were farrowed
July 22, 1948, by a gilt that Gil-
bert bought from A&M College.
At slightly over six months of age
these barrows weighed 232, 244,
and 256 pounds each. At the auc-
tion sale last Friday morning, Kei!
received 40 cents a pound for the
champion barrow and 30 cents a
pound for the other two porkers.
His premium winnings amounted
to thirty-six dollars.
Along with Gilbe«*t were three
other Caldwell FFA members with
livestock in the show. Daniel Du-
sek and J. D. Suehs entered a
Hereford steer each, and Charles
Davis and J. D. Suehs entered dairy
heifers won in the milking race a*,
the show last year.
Mrs. Stella Scott
Passes Away In
San Antonio
Funeral Services Held In
Caldwell and Interment
At Masonic Cemetery
Mrs. Stella Norville Scott, 46,
passed away in a San Antonio
hospital Thursday night, February
3, following an extended illness.
She was born in the Second
Creek community January 18,
1903, and was reared in that com-
munity. She was married to Char-
lie Scott on March 21, 1921. There
were bom to this union one son,
Dan Scott, of the Merchant Ma-
rines, and two daughters, Mrs.
Howard Powell and Shirley Ann
Scott, both of Corpus Christi.
Surviving are her husband of
Corpus Christi nnd the three chil-
dren; her father and st<jp-mother,
Mrs. nnd Mrs. L-'.n Norville, Cald-
well; three brothers, Wallace of
Houston, Drew of the U. S. Army
in Germany, and Cecil of the U. S.
Army in California, and one sister,
Mrs. Ruth Newton of Houston.
Funeral services were held at
Harvey-Schiller Funeral Home Sat-
urday morning at 10:30 with Rev.
A. S. Broaddus officiating. Inter-
ment was in the Masonic cemetery.
Pall bearers were Rush and Kay
Whaley, Frank Overby, Monroe
Berndt, Joe Harper a id Charles
Maddux. Flower bearers were Mm.
Charles Maddox, Hazel and Jane
Mcintosh and Alice Marie Machat.
Mrs. Byrum, 81, Dies
Wednesday, Feb. 2
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura
Ann Pate Byrum, 81, who died
Wednesday, February Ü, at 8 a.
nt., at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Annie Waters, in Elgin, were
held at the Pleasant Retreat
Clnireh in-it Lexington Thursday
afternoon it ' o'clock. Rev. M. A.
Gary of Somerville conducted the
service and interment was in the
church cemetery. Phillips-I.uckey
were in charge of arrangements.
Sin was born April P. , I8«8, in
Alabama and five year later came
to Texas. She joined thu Baptist
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N.H.A.-N.F.A. Show
To Be Held Feb. 25-26
The Negro Sixth Annual New
Farmers of America and Home-
makers of America Pig, Poultry
and Homemaking Area Show will
convene in Caldwell at the Burle-
son County Fair Grounds February
25 and 26.
The show will feature swine
and poultry grown by N. F. A.
Chapters throughout Area Ul.
A special feature of the skew
will be those hogs given to the
boys by Sears, Roebuck and
Company.
There will be some fine educa-
tional, Kitchen, bedroom and food
exhibits put on by the N. H. A.
chapters of Area III, Gus Jones,
supervisor, stated.
The purpose of the show is to
stimulate an interest in the N. H
A. and N. F. A. members in be-
coming better homemakcrs and
farmers.
This show is sponsored by tlv
New Homemakcrs and New Farm
era of America of the State De
partnient Vocational Homemakin.
Education, State Department 'f
Agricultural Education, with the
following as host schools: Freeman
high school, Old Bethlehem, Smitli
Graded, Henley Hill. The public .i
invited to attend.
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