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AND THE BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
VOLUME LXIV—No. 38
CALDWELL, TEXAS, FRIDAY. APRIL 20, 1951
Subscription price: 92.00 a yr. in
IN TODAY'S mail I haw an-
other card from "Kobert." Thi*
lime the card :* post marked
San Angelo, Texas. For aeveral
years now I have been receiving
carda from my Rood friend
"Robert" from varioua sections
of Ihe Cnited SlaleN and for the
life of me I do not know who
"Kobert" i could be. No , Itobert,
il )ou happen to take this paper
and read my column, you pul
your full nnnit- on the next card
you «end thin «ay, ho I'tl know
«ho you art*. Kobert hasn't failed
to «end uh a Christina* card for
the paat four or five years and
I really would like to know who
he in.
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JUDGE CI.IN 1 Lewis auks mo
t<i enll attention to everyone in t!ic
county wh<> h:is had dogs vaccinut-
«>«1 that thi'ir <i«>k can be turned
loose anil not be subjected to ar
r< st if they wear dog Inga, proving
tbi't they have been vaccinated.
Many people were of the opinion
tnnt their dogs would have to bo
penned or tied even if they had
been vaccinated. However, thut is
in error. Just In- sure that the
dog tags are fastened securely on
your animal*.
•
HUBERT "Bub" Wnmble. pant
president of the Caldwell RoWiry
Club, Frank Batista, newly elected
president, Colbert Drgac, new * c
retary-treasurer, and your* truly
(body guard of the above-named
trio) were in Corsicana last Sun-
day and Monday ««.ending the
annual District 1H7 convention.
There were 2K0 Rotaría I m from the
district who attended. Eli Reuben
f the Hallettsvill Club, an • n-
thusiustie anil hard working Ro-
tarían waii unanimoualy elected
Distrirt Governor to replace Jack
Dillard. of the Waco Club. Sunday
afternoon, prior to arriving in
Corticana Bub and I played a round
of golf at Ridgewood Country Club
in Waco and on Monday afternoon,
when wc had completed our part of
the Rotary attendance, we played
tho Corticana Country Club course,
a beautiful layout, surrounded by
•and trapa, every surface Inch of
which I am now entirely familiar.
W. E. "Dink" Dinktae, Bub Wom-
ble, Mayor Judaon Womble and
your modest correspondent loft our
fair city again yaeterday and at
tended the Bart Vtftoe Chamber
of Commerce benqnK, where wa
were privileged to hear Jeff Wl!-
liama, that grand and glorioua hu-
morist whom we heard speak here
two years ago at our CC banquet.
Jeff's talk was completely chang-d
but still just as funny and Just as
good. Perhaps we shall have him
back with us someday within the
nwir futv.v. D. L. Alford, Jr.,
ETTC dir«otor from this section,
Mrs. D. I.. Alford, Jr., and Mra.
Alford also attended the meet-
ing.
•
RUMORS HAD H aproad
about, after it was learned that
< oarh James Griffin waaM aat
be a candidate far re-eleetion to
bia position as athletic director,
that the CaMwell School Board
had cut Griffin's salary and that
was the raaaen he resigned at
the end of hla preoent contract.
Nothing could he farther from
the truth. Coach Griffin, accord-
ing to Information furalahed this
column by arheel authorities, re-
ceived a aalary raise every year
be has been coaching at Cald-
well and during the paat year
received about 1900 over and
above Ihe regular Gilmer-Aiken
salary schedule, for his services
a coach It believed by the
board, a« far n« I can find out.
that the school system can not
afford to pay more money for
a coach than they nre now pay-
ing and naturally Mr. Griffin
wants more money for his ser\•
ices If he can net It Coach Grif-
fin has bren n Rood coach and
has made many friends in Cald-
well. | can appreciate his view-
point in wanting to get a better
Job and I also can appreciate
the fact that the school system
is paying their top price for a
coach right now. Some folks say
that Coach Griffin will be con-
nected with the Con roe school'!
as head football roach next sea-
son Thai may be correct. Topsy
Wilkerson, superintendent of Ihe
Bryan Schools until two years
ago when he accepted the same
post at Conroe, where the salary
was far in exeess of what he was
making at Bryan, has repeatedly
told me that he would like to
have (J riff in as his coach. We
talked about it before Topsy
left Bryan and it would not sur-
prise me to see Griffin in Con-
• oc next season. I also have it
I rom "reliable grapevine" that
Buddy Cross, former Caldwell!
hi«h achool football star, erad'
(Continuad on paga 6)
Is Speaker
REV. W. R. MILLER
Baptists Get
Set For Start
Revival Meet
Service** Twice Daily Will
Last From April 22
Through April 29
The annual revival at First Rap-
'ist Church will start with the
morning worship service Sunday
and will continue twice daily
throughout the following week and
will be concluded with an evening
service Sunday night, April 29.
Visiting pastor who will deliver
sermona throughout the week is
Rev. W. R. Miller, pastor of First
Raptist Church ir N.ivasota.
Singing will be led by Ben Low
ry, senior student at Baylor Uni-
vt rsity, who has had much experi-
ence in conducting revivals and in
church music. «
Morning and evening services
will start promptly at the sched-
uled hours: morning 9:30 and ev-
ento# 7:30.
Rev C. M. White, pastor of the
Caldwell First Baptist Church,
stated that everything is in readi-
near (or one of the beat —sting"
in recent year and extended in-
vitations to everyone to be in at-
tendance for all the services.
Anton Wotipka Hurt
In Freak Accident
Anton Wotipka is confined in
St. Edward's Hospital, Cameron,
where he is suffering from a frac-
tured pelvis, a result of a freak
accident on his farm last Friday
morning. Mrs. J J. Schweda,
daughter of Mr. Wotipka's, stated
that her father likely will be hos-
pitalised for seven or eight weeks.
While he was harnessing a pair
of mules last Friday, in prepara-
tion for farm work in the field,
the mules became frightened and
bo'ted. Mr. Wotipka's leg became
entangled with a piece of rope at-
tached to the harness and the vic-
tim was thrown and dragged sotne
d'stancc before the animals could
be stopped. Mr. Wotipka resides
on his farm about 5 miles from
Caldwell at San Antonio Prairie.
Woman's Club
Series of Talks
Now Completed
Various Phases of The
Home und Home Life Are
Studied During Year
"Today's Homes Build Tomor-
row's World" is the theme of tine
coursi of study which the Woman's
C lub has been pursuing during the
lPfiO-51 club year and the last and
most outstanding program of the
serias was given when members
and their gutst- met at the club-
house April 12 at 2 o'clock.
\ariou-- phases of the home and
home life have been studied during
tl i year including such topics as
"Tn< Physical Aspects of th"
Home"; "The United Family in
tie- Hon ";" "Home a Democratic
1'nit for World Peace;" Chai m
School for Homes;" and "Tho
Home- A Nation's Bulwark."
This concluding program, tho
theme of which was "Progress of
Texas Homes in the Last Fifty
Y-ars," was also given in observ-
ance of "Texas Day."
Mrs. Hubert Bums, leader for
th.> day, assisted by Mesdumes
Clyde Cal I ¡son and A. V. Loft in
splendidly presented a symposium
and a skit showing the changes
mude in the structure, furnishings
and management of Texas Homes.
A kitchen of fifty years ago wi s
s< t up in one part of the club
house and a modern kitchen, with
all present day conveniences was
concealed in another part of the
house. As the skit progressed, a
comparison of the two kitchens
was revealed. The subject was
thoroughly discussed and enjoyed
very much by all present.
A brief business session -vas held
preceding the program und these
items dispensed with: Miss Helen
Harris was elected a delegate to
represent the club at the National
Convention of Federation of Wo-
men's Clubs which will convene on
May 14-18 at Houston; the club
will sponsor a luncheon for the
County Child Welfare Federation
Board mambers on April 27; the
club is considering the soliciting
of subscriptions to Hollands Magn-
sine; the lust meeting of the club
foi this season is to be hold on
May 10 with a cover d dish lunch
eon at the club building. At this
meeting annual report will be giv
en and the installation of new of-
ficers will be held.
After the adjournment of the
(continued on last page)
Brenham Chamber
Changes Its Moniker
The name of the Brenham Cham-
ber of Commerce has been of-
fi< ally changed to the Washington
County Chamber of Commerec
The change was voted upon by a
membership meeting held March
21. It is believed that the chango
will help to expand Chamber
activities and that nlarge number
of rural memberships may b.
obtained.
No Holiday
Questions in regard to
whether or not Saturday,
April 21, San Jacinto Day,
will be a holiday have been
pouring into the NEWS of-
fice this week. This announce-
ment will advise that there
will be no holiday on this oc-
cation this year and all
Caldwell busin esses will be
open to the public.
Sixth Annual Clinic
For Crippled Children
Scheduled for May 7
Announcement was made this
week by County Judge Clint Lewis
that the sixth annual Crippled
Children's Clinic will be held in the
basement of tl|e A. & M. Hospital
Mondo", May 1
The Cripplad Children's Clinic,
during the past five years since
it has been in operation, has done
splendid work in the eleven-county
area. County Judges throughout
the state have cooperated in a fine
way to aid in the program, ac-
cording to Dan Russell, chairman
of the committee.
A corps of outstanding special
ists will be op hand to examine the
children and everyone who has a
crippled child in his family is
ur<red to bring that child to the
A A M. Hoepital on the above
uute. Also, it was pointed out that
if the children were unable to pay
for their treatment it will be
furnished free of charge.
C.H.S. Students Go To
Interscholastic Meet
The following Caldwell High
School students took part in tho
District Interscholastic Meet at El-
gin, Saturday, April 14. Esther
Marie Pape and Marjorie Sue Fau-
blon were typing representatives.
Lee jjvelyn Boedeker and Betty
Ann Polansky were shorthand rep-
resentatives. Alternate in typing
was Mary Lou Polansky and the
alternate in shorthand was Mattie
Kornegay.
As a team, the typing group
placed third, and the shorthand
team placed fourth. Lee Evelyn
Boedeker, individually placed 4th
in shorthand and will represent
Caldwell nt the regional meet at
San Marcos Saturday, April 21.
l*rice Regulation
Meeting* To Be Held
Beginning Wednesday, April 18
ana every other Wedneaday there-
after a Clinic on Price Regulations
will be held in the Directors Room
of the Bryan Chambar at Com-
merce from eight-thirty in the
morning until five in the after-
noon. Two experts in their parti-
cular fields will conduct the clinics,
and will alao be aMe to answei
general questions concerning other
Regulations.
The Cliak in Bryan will serva
Bratos, Robertson, Grimes, Madi
son, Burleson aad Washington
Counties. You are invited to at
tend any or sll of these meet
ings.
The Chamber of Commerce has
received a .-.mall supply of CPR
14, 16, and 16 concerning whole
sale and retail Trocers; also CPR
13 which covera sales of certain
petroleum products.
The supply of OPS Public Form
No. 3 which must be filled by
those merchants covered by CPR
No. 7 is exausted and a new supply
is expected within the next few
days.
Miss Buffington Gets
$25 Scholarship Award
SAN MARCOS Relta Mae Ruf
fington, Chriesman. was awarded
a $2f> scholarship by the Southwest
Texas State Teachers College Wo-
men's Faculty Club.
Presentation of the award was
made at a Club tea given at the
home of Mrs. Spurgcon Smith on
April 11.
Each year scholarships are giv
•n outstanding junior or senior
women students for use in ad
.meed study Miss BiitTington is
a senior at SWTSTC, the dnughti r
of Mr and Mis. I.. R. Rutringt"ii.
Mrs. Kay Whaley. Miss Mattie
Kornegay and Tommy Nnvosnd
visited in Houston Sunday. Tommy
also visited in Huntsvillc Monday
and Tuesday.
Chicken Thief Gets
Booth In County Jail
Willie Burleson, a forty-year-old
Negro from Hearne, was lodged
in county jail last week by Sheriff
I.'wis Willard and his deputies and
four charges of felony were filed
against, him Through diligent ef-
fort on the part of the sheriff's
department it was learned that
stolen chickens from the Cook's
Pi int community had been sold in
Cameron. A description of the
Negro was obtained and the thi f
attested on April 12 in a beer tav-
ern in Bryan.
Attends College
NACOGDOCHES, Apr 20
(KpD Armetta Willard. a stu
•lent from Caldwell is enrolled for
the spring term at Stephen P.
Aiiitin State College, Registrar
S W McKewen has announced.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Casper and
daughter, Hienda, Albert Gasp< r,
Mrs. Mnry Whited and daughter-,
Johnnie and Odell. visited in Dallas
Friday with Mr. and Mrs. E- U
Gasper.
Young People
Look Forward
To Long Life
Health Safeguards Offered
Now Assure Better Chance
Of Adulthood
Young people getting married
in 1951 have much brighter pro*-
poets of living healthier, longer
lives together than their grand-
parents had, Stute Health Officer
George W. Cox has optimistically
disclosed.
He also said that many health
safeguards offered to young peo-
ple today "assures a better chance
of rnising their children to healthy
adulthood unmarked by disease."
"Constant supervision by heulth
officials keep food, milk, and wnt-
er supplies pure and wholesome, '
the health officer asserted, "and
communicable disease are controll-
ed better today than ever before
through the efforts of an intelli
gent citizenry, the medical pro
fession, and public health work-
ers."
Children born into today's world
;>re protected by immunization
that were unheard of two genera-
tions ago, and the common sense
measures that parents take to
protect their own health also pro
tect their children, the doctor in
dicated.
A complete physical examina-
tion, including a blood test, be-
fore marriage is "part and parcel
of better family living," in the
mind of Dr. Cox.
"Blood tests are sensible pre-
cautions against the possible
spread of syphilis. More and more
people are displaying their nat-
ural intelligence by taking blood
tests."
Also part of planned living, he
believes, is for every expectant
mother to have her blood tested
as required by law. This could en-
tirely eliminate congenital syphil-
is, because the diagnosis would
bo made early.
"Competent care is all that ia
necessary to prevent the birth of
■ mMütr ahB4
is found to be infected, and treat-
ment is started at once, it is very
likely the child will never be
touched by the disease," the health
official advised.
Thirteen Inducted
By Local Draft Board
The following registrants of
Texas Ijocsl Board No. 85 were
inducted into the Army at Houston
on April 13:
David N. Mitchell, Lexington,
Eldridge Shivers, Caldwell; Roheit
Simpson, fiiddings; Roland Rich-
ards, Smithville; Willie S. Samp
son, Bastrop; Roy J. Rowland,
Caldwell; Delbert G. Schiinank,
Paige: Wilfred M. Goertz, Rosan-
ky: Bennie .1 Pivonka, Caldwell;
Joe Kiibicek, Smithville.
Irby ,1. Delvige of Lexingt"i ,
Bedford F. Wood of Somerville.
and Leroy D Pooh I of Deanvill.
were transferred to this board for
induction and were inducted inio
the Army at Houston, April I't
-o
* Tiickcn Supper At
Legion Home April 26
The American Legion and the
Auxiliary are sponsoring u "Chick-
en supper" to l>e held ut th"
Legion Home on the evening of
April 'Jit, which is Thursday of
next week, according to announce-
ment made in the News today by
Post Commander J. C. Houston
The ladies will begin serving a'
? o'clock and extend an Invitation
ti everyone to comeout and eat
supper with them. The proceeds
of the supper wi^go towards re-
tiring the debt oil the building,
the commander stnted.
Sloan Is Re-Elected
School Board Prexy
J. O. "Bud" Sloan was re-electin
piesident of the Caldwell School
Board of trustees at the regular
meeting held last Friday night
Mrs. H. D. Reeves was re-elected
secretary, and A. C. Pape was
elected vice president, a place
made vacant by J. H. Siptak, who
was not a candidate for re-election
at the recent school election. Ex-
pressions of praise were given
Mr. Siptak for his fine work while
on the board.
The Statue of Liberty was pre
sen ted to the American people by
the French government on the
hundredth anniversary of Ameri-
can independence.
Mrs. On a Flanagan, Mr. and
Mts. N. W. Davis nnfl children.
Norma Lea and Ruck, and litt'c
Miss Bet tve MeBride of Houston
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. John Lewis and Mr. and Mrs.
Thao Novoaad.
The Chinese language and its
dialects are used by nearly 500
million people. The English Ian
gunge by a little more than 270
million.
First To Siffn
Makes It Hum!
MAR'l IN DIES
Five Lutherans
Attend Brotherhood
Meeting at Prairiehil
Members of the Lutheran Church
und their friends in this section of
the state were in attendance Tues-
day night at the regular quarterly
meeting of the Brenham Area of
the Lutheran Brotherhoods held at
the Prairie Hill church when Cae-
sar "Dutch" Hohn of College Sta
tion was principal speaker Five
from Caldwell. Otto Heldman, R.
C. Homeyer, Jake Brinkman, A. C
•" 4 Ed Pape, t.ttended the pro-
gram, and Mrs. Homeyer an I Mrs.
Fritz Heldman visited with rt'a
lives in that community during tho
evening.
The .;ueting wju among the
largest ever to be held in the area.
There wcie 282 present Wttn 171
members tud 11 vhitors. IVe larg
est meeting ever held by the
P * ->t ho flood of the Brenha'R Area
was when :U2 uUorded.
Fellowship und refresnme'its
were enjoyed at the Educnti .i.il
buHding aftar the program and
business session.
Miss Boedeker Is
Chosen For Pageant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Boedeker of Caldwell, will repre-
sent Caldwell at the 17th Annual
Cotton Pageant and Style Show
which will be held at College Sta-
tion, Texas, May 4, 1951. The
Annual Pageant and Style Show
is sponsored each year by the
Student Chapter of the American
Society of Agronomy of the A
M. College of Texas.
Miss Boadeker will be sponsored
by the Caldwell Chamber of Com-
merce and her escort for the af
fair will be Jack Clair Simpson
son of Mr. and Mra. Juck Simpson
Simpson is a Freshman atuden
at A. & M. and is majoring in
Business Accounting.
School Trustees Are
Elected Over County
County School trustees who were
elected in u recent election through
out the county are as follows:
William Bell, Buffalo; Frank W.
Kristoff, San Antonio; Joe Mynar,
rod Joe Karasek, Second Creek;
F. B. Sebesta, Deanville; Rudy
Strck, New Tabor; Mrs. Ed Drgnc,
Cook's Point; W. H. Peters, Provi
dence: W. E. Garner, Friendship
Rudolph Junek and Fred Schoene-
i'ian, Snook; and W. C., Tabor and
Herman Boedeker. Chriesman
Martin Dies
Will Tell All
AtC-C
Ex-Congresaman
About un-American
Activities In Govi
Wui
Ray Black, Jr., of lluntsville,
who attended the National Boy
Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge,
Pa. last summer was the first
to s¡xn for this year's trip to
\ustria. Sixteen places have
been allotted to scouts in the
Sam Houston Area Council to
attend this world jamboree hut
the reservations are being filled
rapidly.
Revival At Black Jack
To Begin May 3rd
There will he a revival meeting
neld at the Black Jack Raptist
Church begining Thursday even
ing. May ilrd and running four
rights through May fith. Rev.
Charles Lee Williamson, the pas-
tor will do the preaching. An in-
vitation is extended to everyone
ti attend these services.
Martin Dies, ex-
from Lufkin, Texaa, who
nation-wide publicity with Ma
as chairman of the Un-
Activities Committee from lfl
1946, is cxpected to rock
•100 native Burleson
l.erc- May 7, when he deliver!
main address at the
'hamber of Commerce
v hich will be held on the
it Caldwell high achool. Aa
buck as 1038 Martin Dies waa
folding unbelievable talea
communism in the midst of
national government, hat Ml
forts were shrugged off by
i..«-nt Franklin Rooaevelt and
**rs high in government cirel*
hat time Martin Dies will
v<>u his story on Tuesday
May 7, and he doea not hold
ui.y of the details.
Dies was born in Oelorade
Texas, on November I, 1M1.
lived for a while in Greenville
attended the public achoola
and also Wesley College. He
graduated from Beaumont
school and went to the TJn
of Texas. He received hia
degree from Hickman
Washington, Ü ., and Ma
at the National University
Washington, D. C.
The following letter from
Dies gives more
tag his background:
"I began the practice of law
Marshall, Texas, in 1MQ,
moved to Orange in 19tt, jo
the law firm headed by my
who was a member of
for ten yeara from the l
trict In 1930,1 became a i
f< r Congress and took $Kf seal
1031 where I served
until January 1, 1948. ta 11 !
introduced a resolution te
special committee to
aad exseea. wafAmaria
and propaganda In the
States. When the reaolutton
Congress, I waa appointed
man of the committee and
in this capacity until I retired I
Congress on January 1, 1941.
committee made many
with rsepect to Commenists In
government and labor uniona
in control of some fire hondead <
ganisations ia the nation. Wa
ommended that the Commuidata
the Federal payroll be
and that unions expel
from positions of
recommended that
aliens be exdaded and
and that Communist
be required to register the
and addresses of their
In 1938 and 19&9, we waroad
nation that Russia would
a world menace if we did not;
a policy to prevent it. Unfortuu
ately, the government ignored
findings and recommendationa
til quite recently.
"In the past 24 months, 95 |
of our findings have beet
firmed by the official aeta of
government and by the action
the unions in expelling Communist
from their ranks, and by the dis
closures in the Copian, Hias
other trials.
"Upon my return from Congress
I moved to Lufkin, Texaa, an4
joined the law firm of Collina, Di> (
Garrison A Renfrow." ^
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Douglass
of Orange and Mr. and Mrs. H.
Law of Houston are spending a
week nt the lake as guests of K..
and Mrs. Guy Douglass.
Mrs. F. J. Marek, daughter, Bar-
bara Ann, and little son, John Wi'.-
linm, of Edna visited with rela-
tive* here and also in Bryan re-
cently.
Johnnie Dowkle and Delbert Nn-
vosnd, students at S.H.S.T.C.,
lli.ntsville, spent the week-end with
Delbert's parents, Mr and Mrs.
Theo. Novosad.
A ship sails northwest in going
from the Pacific to the Atlantic
through the Panama Canal.
Fire Department
The regular meeting , of
Caldwell Fire Department
held lust Tuesday night wtim M Jj
Rerndt, Billy Broaddus, linnet
Ciark, Jimmy BroadduSi
Foster, Colbert Drgac, Leon Par
guc, and E. B. Hunnath in
arce.
A few minutes after the dril
had started an alarm was tu
in and a fire truck immediat
dispatched to the scene of the fir
A truck parked on the highway if
front of SkTabanek and Vav*
Gulf Station, was on fire, but tl
firemen put it out and no seriou
damage resulted.
Two State Fire Insurance
spec tors here this week check
the fire fighting facilities and
ported that the fire trucks
the state qualifications in a.i
tuul pumping test and abto
the trucks an i t.he wuter
wi re in go «i shape.
Mr. and Mrs. Mltford
daughters, Lou Ann and
visited with relatives in Waaa <
the week-end.
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