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AND THE BURIfSON COUNTY LEDGER ■ - ESTABLISHED 1 ?
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YOUR EXPIRATION
DATE TO THE N
\VK HAVE invited Joe Austell
Small, editor and puUifher of
thi WESTERN m'ORTSM.VN
and a former fkrifsmaii buy
who has none far m the publi-
cation field, lo *oeak lo (he
Caldwell Itotary Club Tuesday
September 1. Hometown folks
•re looking for aid lo Joe'k
visit, although he hit not yet
answered my letter of invita-
tion. Since he ha« wailed thin
long to anawer it. I believe he
muat be coming. Also on the
aecond Tuesday in September
the Humble Oil und Kefining
Company will preaent their an-
nua.l motion picture of the high-
lighta of the paat football sea-
aon. The show always i* re-
ceived con mucho guato by the
Rotarían .
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IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
Letter frmn R. I>. Mangrum
Manager of the R< < rve Life In
Hunuiee Co. of Bryan, says
"Heur Sir: Please > uncel our !
we placed with you a few ditys
ugo under the Fettu.le Want A I
section. W<- are fully sat infle.1
with the results from the ad run
in your paper. Thank you fur
your cooperation." Thank yoc
brother, for them kind word*.
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ALF DOUGLASS and his fami
Ijr spent last week end in Windsor
Canada. Alf und his wife are at
landing Michigan State College
at .Lansing, Michigan during the
stlllMner months and are not fai
fr*>m Canada. I got a letter from
Alf the other day gtating that he
had enrolled at thv- College and
aaid, "I thank you for your r;
commendation." Douglass and hi
wife formerly taught at Free mint
High School. Alf wa- principal
and hi wife was home making
teacher.
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SCOUTS DON' Moore. D. L. AN
ford 111, and Daryl Love gave an
interesting account of their trip
to Santa Anna, California, wher;
they took part in the National
Boy Scout Jamboree with 2000
other scouts over a two week4
period. Each lad told of a part
of the trip, and they had on di
play many of the trir.kct* for
which they traded with other
scouts with whom ihey had be
come friend* at the Jamboreo.
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VERNON AUTREY, who Htm
in the Harmony ct nimunity, wa*
held up at gunpoint by a Negiu
one day Inst week. The story
goes that Vernon was on his way
to Caldwell and picked up three
Bryan Air Forre Base cadet* in
Bryar, and one Nepro, who were
*tanding along the highway hitch
hiking Th«- cadet* got out of the
car at the base and as Vernon
pulled off toward Caldwell the
Negro poked a «run in his lib* ami
demanded all his m ney. Autrey
according t" local officer*, said
he pitched hi* wal et containing
$13 t«« the Negro i.tid the Negro
fore id him t ■ stop the car at the
Little Rivet Bridge, where he got
out and ran off into the wood*.
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TWO CALDWELL young men
are at home for two weeks prior
to going overseas with new as-
signment . They are Major Joseph
M. Rtfncda and Airman First Class
John Addison. Mail land, formet
Manager of the Caldwell Cham-
ber of Commerce and Veteran of
World War II, has been assigned
to a baae on Okinawa and John
will go to Japan. John has been
stationed at Forbes Air Force
Baae at Topeka, Kansas, and will
be assigned to Yakoto Field near
Tokyo, Japan. Mait also has been
at the same baae.
VOLUME LXV—No. M
CALDWELL, TEXAS, FRIDAY. AUGUST 7, 1953
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Subscription price: $2.00 tyr. Ii
Co.-42.S0 out tf
LEGION AIRES TO ELECT
OFFICERS MONDAY EVENING
The Deu tech-Houston Post No
41! of the American Legión will
hold their monthly meeting Mm
day evening at 8 o'clock at the
Legion Hall, it waa announced to
day by Cleve Batea, poet com-
mander.
Bates stated that the meeting
la an important one eince the
election of new officers will he
held and he urges nil member* to
be present.
The Auxiliary will also hold
their meeting nt the same time
and it is hoped that nil members
will be present.
RKI.ICIOUS FII.M
TO HE SHOWN AT
IIOSKINS CHURCH
TV revival meeting will con-
tinue through Sunday night nt
the lloskins Baptist Church, n"-
rording to Rev, J A. llarvey,
pastor. I argc crowd* have been
attending and enjoying the inspir-
ing messages being brought ench
evening by Rev. Roger*.
Saturday night ha* been de-
signated a* family night and Rev-
erend Rogers will show a film
titled, "The Bible On The Table"
The public is cordially invited.
MEMBERS OF SNOOK soft-
ball tesm who have carried the
Snook banner to the top in
the scheduled being sponsored
this Hiiromer by the Csldwell
Chamber of Commerce. They
have won ten und lost four
K'ime< to piare them two con-
tents in front of the pack. The
stars i .re, reading left to right,
BOTTOM ROW: W ilion Gieaen-
hi'IiUr, 2 It; Juhnni Junek, RF;
I lit.rlie Orsak, I B: fharles Or-
K#k, Jr., SS; Harry Kovar, C.
F: TOP ROW: Edward Ptacek,
I': Alfred Schoen<*mann, 3 B;
Billy Elsik, C: Rock Rockaway,
I B and Coach; llennie HeJI,
R. F.; Gene Elsik. «1 B. and
Leroy Je.kubik, L. F.
Lonnie Hearne
Appointed To
FHA Committee
Is>nnie Hearne, Route 1, Cald-
well, wa* recently appointed to
the Farmer* Horn.- Administra-
tion committee for Burleson coun-
ty, Roy Wright, local FHA Super-
visor unnouncd today. The ap-
pointment was made by L. J
Capplemsn, state director at Da'•
las.
Mr. Hearne is a -'ucceisful live
stock farmer and lw g-time real
dent of the Caldwell community
Hi farming experience fits him
well for hi* new assignment of
aiding fanners in t! is county. Ho;
will serf* three years.
Wright explained that the coun-
ty committee must approve all
applications for Faimer* Horn •
Administration credit before loans
run he made. When a real estate
loan is being considered t" buv,
■ iilarg''. or develop a farm, or to
improve housing and farm build
ings, the committee al*<. deter-
mine* how much th" farm is worth
as security for the loan
Advice of the committeemen is
nought on good farm management
and on the refinancing of Farm
era Home Administration loans
when borrower* ! • i i Id up enough
equity ir. their p opi-rty t" get
credit from local luniks oi itlu-i
lenders. Wright added Fsrmei *
who ran get private ■-<'operativo
credit on reasonable term* and
condition* nr.- not eligible fo.
loans from FHA.
Hearne succeeds lohn R. (¡roce,
whose three-year term espire i
June :<0. Members who continue
to *erve are Charlie Dworsk?,
Route 4, Caldwell, and Frank J.
Sefcik, Route Caldwell
Wright said Mr Charlie Dwor
sky is chairman of the committee
and will serve through next June.
Groce was chairman last year.
Former Citizen
Of This City
Dies In Martin
Martin, July 28— Mra. Entitle
Lehde, 90, died in Martin, Tues-
day morning, July 2ft, at the homo
of her aon, Otto Lehde with whom
she was making her home.
Born in Illinois, she was two
years old when her family settled
in Washington County. She mar-
ried Henry K. tahde and moved
to Burleson County in 1891, and
lived here until 191 it, when she
moved to Martin and lived there
until her death. Her husband
preceded her in death in 1 í 2t ,
and following that time, she made
her home with her son, Otto
Lehde, .111 Benjamin St,
Funeral services were held nt
2 00 p. m. Thursday, nt Friedon*
Lutheran Church, with Rev.
(ieorge Fucbs of Martin, and Rev
Albert Pelrich of Ben Arnold, ,i
nephew of the deceased, officint
ing. Burial was in Friedens Ceme-
tery in RioHcl. Pall hearers were
six of her g andsons, Harvey Le
Duewall, Waller Dietrich, Robert
W. Warren, Harold Wiechering,
Donald I .elide, and Robert Lehde,
Jr.
8he is survived hy 3 sons, Otto,
(Continued on tail paga)
Oren McManus Will
Preach At Liberty
Oren McManus, s< n <>f Mr. and
Mrs. Sum McManus, will be the
speaker at Lib'ity Baptist Church
on Sunday aft moon, August
at 2:30. Rev. Charles M. White,
pastor of the church, ioqueste.1
Mr. McManus to prench the after-
noon service at Liberty l.'hutvh
duiing his abse"c while attenJ-
ing religious service* in North
Carolina. Everyon.* is urged to
attend the service mxt Sunday.
Mrs. Ripple, 82,
Passes Away
Early Saturday
Mr*. Anna Ripple, «2 passed
away Saturday morning nt 6:40
at her home neai Dime Box, a'-
tei becoming ill only a few
minutes before. He: death wa*
atti ibulcd to a heart attack and
although she has h< en in declin-
ing health for several months
her sudden demise came a* a
severe shock to her family and
friends.
She was Iwrn Fel ruary ii, 1871
at Nelsonvilb- and I n t - - ■ moved
to Fayette . lile. A: the age .if
seventeen i. • • *i> to Lee Coun
ty where in lHK'i she was ma rend
t" Anton Orsag two sous, An-
ton and J vi '\ e born. Her hu-
band passed nw. March 7, 18:)i
In 18PS -he via.- i liii'rieii to Hy
nek Ripple uod five children came
to bless tliis home Mrs. Rippi
was of a kind disposition and wa.
always h ippy to he with h i
■ •• ell i> In ! unf
Mervin Cross
Resigns Post
As Head Coach
l<t. John B. Boyd, aon of Mrs.
V. E. Boyd of Caldwell, ia aow
serving an an instructor and
Head of the Department of
Seamanship at the Naval
School, Harbor llefenae, Treaa-
ure Island, California. He waa
assigned to this duty after com-
pleting a four month course of
instruction at the same school.
He attained the standing of
first in his class with nine other
officers.
I.t. Iloyd formerly completed
two years of duty as Otinnery
Officer aboard the Destroyer
1188 Willard Keith DI1-77A.
On July I, t9"i3, he wh.h pro-
moted from Lieutenant junior-
grade to Lieutenant senior-
grade. I.t. Iloyd, his wife l,a-
Nette also of Caldwell, and
their two little daughters Pa-
mela snd Lynda reside at 7IS-A
Avenue, Alameda. California.
Committeemen
To Be Elected
By Farmers
Eligible voters will elect a nutil
ber of Farmer Committeemen dui-
ing the week of August 17 to
August 22, it was announced by
Jack Clark Wednesday.
The committeonnn elected are
to serve from the time they are
"leetod until the next election of
committeemen In 195-1. Each own-
er. operator or tenant on a farm
is eligible to vote. The wife of an
owner operator or tenant is also
eligible to vote.
Ballots will be nulled to all
known eligible voters and must
be marked a£(l returned to the
P. M. A. office Hot later than
Augus* 22. 1983r
Ballots for each community wi!i
be available at the Burleson Coun-
ty P. M. A. office in the Court
house Caldwell, Texas. "If you
wish to vote at the County office
you may do so by casting your
hallot in th. P. M. A. office any-
time from 8 a. m. August 17th
thru August 21st 1953," Clark
said.
' Kach eligible voter shou.d take
a part in this election and show
his choice hy voting for the per
son he wishes to serve him ii
the farm program for the nex
year.
To vote I'1, mail place retu:n
nam ■ 'nd iddress and stamp m
the enve'ope Address the Knvelopi
to: Burleson County P. ,V1. A.
li-x ~'H. !v,vü. T. xoa.
"¡'he name must be on the enve
lope in order that the Chuirinui
and other members of the com-
1 munity committee that count thi
votes can determine if you nr<
an eligible voter," Clark stated.
Final Rites For
!*irs. Skarpa Are
Held On Tuesday
Mrs. Julia Skarpn, 81, died in
a Bryan hospital early Monday
morning at 1:05 o'clock uftei
several months illness due to <i
light stroke. She then suffered a
fatal stroke after entering th •
hospital. With her advanced ag<
she was not able to recover from
the latter and quietly passe*
i way.
Born in Austin County October
5, 1871 she was the daughter of
Frank and Rosalie Sebesta, who
were natives of Csevhosiovakia.
They cante to Texas in 1865 and
a few years later when the Wes-
ley community in Austin County
came into existence, her parents
moved to this now settlement
which was made up of Csech
Protestant families who had come
from Moravia, Ctechoslovakia.
They were charter members of
the first CMP church organized
nt Wesley, her father serving ns
elder for many years. In 188i
when the first church building was
built, her father helped with the
finances and work to build his,
the first Czech Protestant Church
in North America. The church
still stands and has n large ami
active membership.
In this building Julia Sebesta
attended her first achool and in
this building she waa confirmed
Coach Mervin (Bud) Cross
.vho has been at the helm of the
Hornet Coaching staff for the
past two years, handed in his
resignation to Superintendent J
M. Hare Monday morning. M''
Cross stated that he hud been
working with the Aluminum Com-
pany of America at the Rockdale
plant since school closed this year
and that he hud decided to remain
with the company rather than
continue his career as a coach of
athletics nt this time. Cross was
of the opinion that his prospects
for future advancement with the
big company are good and he
decided to cast his lot in that di-
rection.
President John M. Bell of the
Caldwell Board of Education stal-
ed that already a number of ap-
plications for the job have been
received and that the board will
make every effort to employ a
satisfactory successor to C^ach
Cross.
Cross was elected here in April
of 1951 and reported to Caldwell
the following September. Ho
coached football, basketball and
track for two years.
"I would like to express my
thanks and appreciation to mem
bers of the Caldwell School Board
to Superintendent J. M. Hare and
former Coach and present Princi-
pal E. E. (Ox) Darby for their
cooperation with me and their aid
during the seasons I coached here
My relationship with these men
and other members of the faculty
and my home town people were
pleasant and I enjoyed my work
here as coach. I wisn the Hornets
n successful year under their new
coach, whoever he may be."
Mrs Cross, who is employed at
Cade Motor Company, will retain
her position there and the Crosses
will continue to reside at their
home on highway 8fi, south of
Caldwell.
All-Colored Rodeo
Contract Cancelled
By Fair Association
The All-Colored Rodeo which
was advertised for the past two
weeks by Booker and Collins und
which was scheduled for the Bur-
leson County Fair Grounds on
August 8 and 9 will not be pres-
ented there, according to Fair
Association official.!, who stated
Booker and Collins had failed to
meet their contract agreement.
Interest Rises
In Cage System
For Laying Hens
Editor's Note: At the Womble
Feed and Farm Supply one of
these modern "egg factories" is
set up for demonstration to in-
terested farmers. Hubert H.
Womble has a long story to
tell you about how much better
s,nd how much tastier these
eggs are than just "common
old eggs." Friends are invited
to inspect the project and see
how these -hens are fed with
Purina Chows and remain in
cages throughout their lifetime.
Following is a story about the
individual cage system from the
Texas A. A M. College Exten-
sion Service:
College Station— A relatively
new development in the egg pro
duction field, housing the hens in
(Continued cn last pago)
Jackson Duplex
At College Burned
Fire completely destroyed
one-story duplex at 402 Main in
College Station Tuesday morning
July 28. The duplex was owned
hy Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Jackson
and was located just back of their
home. Origin of the blaze was not
determined. Rev. Jackson was re-
cently assigned pastorates of
Cooks Point and Chriesman Metho-
dist Churches here.
Church Is Built In One Day At
Milano, 15 Miles North Of Here
EDITOR'S NOTE: As we
were watching the television
program with Viola and Ray
Harvey Tuesday evening we
suddenly realized that we were
watching them build a 12 room
Church at Milano. Texas, 1*>
miles north of here, in one day.
Working with the crew of 71
contractors a,nd carpenters were
four men from Caldwell. They
were M. (í. Perkins, Johnny
liejl and Ed Hejl. Perk was
confined to his bed for almost
a week afterward with a
sprained back. Here is the story
about the church that was built
in a day:
Workers from neighboring com
munities converged <.n tiny Milam
Saturday to assist nu mbers of th«
First Baptist Church in a "D-I
Day" program of constructing at
educational building in one day
Their labora paid off and Sunday
morning members ot' the congrega
tion wont to Sunday School in a
¡mind new building.
The bustling lit11.- community
began jumping with activity r.
round 5:30 a. m. Saturday; by 5:4.
a. m. hammers were beating out a
rhythm unknown to the area.
More than 80 carpenters, electri
ci ins, plumbers and workers dona
ted their services.
The project went from th<
ground up. The only pre-construcl
ed portion of the building greet
ing the men wns a cold slab oj
cement forming the concrete foun
dation which was poured by volun
teer workers on Wednesday. Ma-
terials were contracted for before
hand and * were neatly stacke I
near the slab.
The coordinated plt.n of opera-
tions, in which each man was as-
signed a task according to what he
could do best, resulted in Lb.'
walls going up at 7:45 a. m. By
11:110 a. m. shingles were busy
on the roof, asbestos siding was
nearly completed on the outside,
electric wires ran and carpenters
were nailing up sheetrnck on in-
terior walls.
While the men worked, the wo-
men of the church prepared food
and kept the coffee pot full. Menls
were served in the Milano High
School Cafeteria and the hulk of
food was of the home .'mined
variety.
The ladies also set up a regis-
tration booth and accepted contri-
butions to the building fund which
(continued on page five)
Business School
Is Now Open To
Korean Veterans
Housing Project
Here Will Soon
Become Reality
The Low Rent Housing, aftc
many deluys will soon bocomo :
reality. The purpose of the pro-
gram is to provide decent, saf
and sanitary dwellings at h
rents, for families of low incom<
und to eliminate unsafe and it:
sanitary housing conditions.
The project is nwcod and open
ted by the Housing Authority «
the City of Caldwell, but is final
ced by the Federal Government.
Based on the survey made <
Non-home owners, the Fort Wor
office allotted 32 units to th
White Project and 8 units to th
Non-White Project. Cost of th
Site for the Non-White land cos
$2.750.00 for 8 units while th
cost of the site for the White sit
cost $2,000.00, for 32 units due t
the complications in the title
and thc> resulting legal costs an
the delays.
Each building contains two unit
or in other words it is a duple.
The Houses will be available aboi:
December 1st., and application
will be received after Sept. 1st
1953. Information and npplicatio
blanks will be available aft
above date at the Project offic
(continued on last pago)
C. M. Mize Is
New Watch Man
At Local Store
Local officials announced thi.
week that Burleson County Voca
tional School's business class i
now open for Korenn Veterans
and these Veterans may now en
ter this class without furthc:
delay. Approximately 200 Texa
counties are now approved to of
fer this training to Korean Vets
and it was felt that Korean Vet
of Burleson County should b«
able to take advantage of their
well-earned rights in their hom
county.
Ki (i 'an Veterans eligible to cn
ter this class include all member
of the armed services who served
for DO days or more at any time
if ter June 27, 1950; Veterans who
ierved after this date are classi
fied as Korean Vets even though
their entire service was in the
United States, and service in
Korea is not necessary.
It was stuted that class hours
will be aranged so that the Vet
erans may continue with full time
employment outside of their
school hours. Korean Veterans
who wish to enroll in this claM
r secure further information hav«
been requested to contact the
School Office in the Court House
or Jimmy Gray at his office.
Mrs. Clint Lewis
Attends Style Show
Mm. Clint Lewis attended a
hair styling show presented by
the Association ot Accredite.l
Beauty Culturists of Unit fi3 on
Monday night in Cameron.
The guest artist for the night
was Mrs. Myra Woods of New
York who represents Eska pro-
ducts. Mrs. Woods demonstrated
the lutest methods of hair styl-
ing and cold waving.
New shop equipment and beau-
ty supplies were shown by the
San Antonio Barber and Beauty
Supply Company.
Mrs. Lewis reported that it win
a very profitable show and highly
praised the Cameron Beauticians
for presenting such a fine show
to their unit.
C. M. Mize, former Freepoi
watch and jewelry repair me
has taken up his residence i
Caldwell with his family at 1(
Mustang. Mr. Mize will be cor
nected with the Corner Drug an
Jewelry Store, whern he has r<
placed Harvey Odom. Mr. Odoi
is working full time at Brya
Air Force Base.
Mr. Mize is married to th
former Miss Louella Sims, aU
of Free port and they have twi
children, a boy, Paul, and
daughter, Carla. Mr, Mize was i
the watch and jewelry repa¡
business at Frceport prior t
coining to Caldwell.
"We are happy for the oppoi
tunity to come to Caldwell," sai
Mr. Mize. "We like what we ha\
seen of Caldwell and we hope i
be happy here in the years t
come."
And, of course, the citizens <
this community extend a cordi-
welcome to the new family an
wish them happiness and succe:
in their new home.
Mrs. Ruth Ford
Has Operation
Mrs. Ruth Ford reported t
Kings Daughters Hospital at Ten
pie Wednesday afternoon, whei
she underwent n major operation
according to reports from rel.
tives here this week. Mrs. For
recently completed work on he
Muster's Degree in Education i
the University of Houston an
then spent several days in Browr
wood prior to entering the Teni
pie hospital for surgery.
A-3-c Joe Addison
Has Leg Operation
Airman 3 OUss Joe Addiaor
son of Mr. and Mm. John Addi
son, underwent an operation o
his leg at the baso hospital i
Lowry Air Force Base, it wa
learned here Thursday. In a tel<
phone conversation with his pai
ents earlier this week, Joe a<
vised them of the pending open
tion. The operation waa not ex
pec ted to be of major proportion
Vic Vet sayj
PLANNING TO SIMT SCH001*
ING UNOIR THE KOREA ft I.
ftlU? BETTER TAKE INOIMM|
MONEY MONO TO Ti 0Í
VOW OVER THI FIRST TWO
MONTHS Of TRAINING
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