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BARTLETT TES FRIDAY; NOVEMBER; 4 1938
No. 7
Bartlett Legion To
Bb Host To Next
10th Dist. Convention
Bartlett was selected as the
next convention City of the
Tenth. District of the American
Legion at the convention held
Sunday in Taylor. The next
meeting: date will toe sometime
in April 1039. Louis. B. fell's
Post IBS. will b.eyhqsftto spmfe 300
delegates fr-om. Legion Hosts' and
their' Auxiliaries at that time
Americanism as' one of the
mtqor activities of the Ameri-
can Lecio'n of Texas for the
nomine year wag stressed by
speakers at the meeting Sunday
marew jjiiwuuu wuu uivi-
i commander San Antonio
Hardy Hollers post comman-
LTravis Post 76 Austin Dotn
tfed Americanism whicn
its objective the making
ter citizens of Americans
teaching of the Ameri-
ts of living.
PMcClain of Austin was
district adjutant for the
son.
fcBowman of Austin was
fee of the Legion section
leeting and Mrs. M. Jti.
of Branham presided
Auxiliary session.
tlett Legion and Auxiliary
ers appearing on th pro-
kWeie martin jraauuaeK
m-d Mrs. Alfred Wacker
the response to the
i ss of welcome for the Auxi-
Mrs. Hugh F. Kinney
on the. resolutions comi;
'r . : -
ending from Bartlett were i
Pastusek Willie .Lange
ireicr. Paul Jesse G. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe (Reese
Mrs. Alfred Wacker
Mrs. Ed. Janosek and
is. Jtiugn. mnney..
illowe'en Pranks
irried TqoJanBy
rtleft Youths
sNo one objects to a little
fun or to a god practical
fe at Hallowe'en but the ..de
struction of private 'property is
onniJiAr- rintntfir". eomnlained
local citizens'; ip. Mayor .'Miller
ruesoTay imiornmg.
iina Cliy Ollieima luiuc tu mc
same conclusion as they sur
veyed broken sidewalks and
ossings which will nave to De
ireU WitU WIC IttAVi. w
y- . -
y officials wno tn-aTe
t to be lenient with Hal-
en m-anksters warn that
natetr has gone far enough
it must not continue
icr year.
3truction of property is an
which is pumshap e ny
'and steps are being con-
which may Jana ooys m
text Hallowe'en. If citiZT
Ivhose property wa damag-
es year decide to file a com-
ft it may yet land someone
1 it was stated ruesqay.
Principal Ob eczema made
i year are iv u i giyuf i"5
threw rO0K8 at a paricea
nd at houses Who broke
I and rockers oiflayn furni-
ture the roofs from small
Ings and cracked sidewalks
crossings at street inter
ns.. All 'of thjese things
nat money to repair and
and such actions show a
portmanhip on the part
leone.
to hire a guard to take
I' mij nltir.i. IlPYt WftllttWe'-
wjHl) nf citizen. "It will
kich cheaper than repairing
larnagt that i. done each
BERT MITCHELL
DIES IN ALTAIR
Funeral services were held
in Golumbus Texas Tuesday
afternoon lor Bert Mitchell who
died in Altair Monday after a
brief illness.
Mr. Mitchell was a brother-in-law
of John Blair and he has
a number of acquaintances heyej.
He is survived by his Wife 'and
several brothers and sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wacker. and
John Blair attended. the; funeral
Tuesday.
J. E. MONf GbMEkV TAKES
15 PRIZES AT VHARTOtf
POULTRY SHOV"
J. E. Montgomery returned
last week from the Wharton
Poultry Show with a list of 15
prizes won by his Rhpde Island
Red chicken's. Mr. Montgomery
has been raising' chickens for 25
years and lias ' tspecialized in
Rhode Islahd Reds for a number
of years.
Mr. Montgomery has beenJ
president vice-president and
secretary-treasurer of the Texas
Branch of the National. .Rhode
IslandRed.Chrtyandlis aTchai
ter. .member of Texa Standard
Breeders Club. He has exhibited
in from) four to six fairs each
year. . . .... .
Bulldogs To Play; ?
Rogers Here to-Day3
The Bulldogs still smarting
over their loss at Elgin Friday
night are .growling for revenge.
The boys .engage the Rogers
Team tod.3y. a-fl & hard rough
inji jo.ugh game of football is
expected!
A large crowd is expected to
VETERANS MAKING POPPIES AT LEGION HOSPITAL
Poppies to t be sold by the
American Legion Auxiliary here
.Saturday in their annual Mem
orial Poppy Sale were made by
those and jpther veterans "at Le-
gion Hospital.
Each individual who buvs
poppy Saturday will have helped
the veteran who made the poppy
as Well helping the welfare work
oi The American .Legion and its
Auxiliary organizations.
First Natisnal Bank
To Comply With
Wage-Hour law
Under the new Wage. -Hour
LaW which prescribesa 44 hour
week maximum fpr workers
the Fipst National Bank has'fix'-
ed.its business hours as. 9:dt) A.
M. to. '3:00 P.'M daily. "Whil
the provisions in reference to
banks is not entirely cieart we
are compelled tq fix our hours
to comply witfrthelXaw in order
to be safe" .ates D. C. Baileyj
president of the bank.
The new .prpvisiori is already in
effect. While' these hours do
hot differ from those already
established by the bank they
have on many occasions re-
mained open longer in xirder to
Wtter serve bank patrons.
"Having yodr interest at
the team does.
ii ... j uu
learlv all xm n tm ri-memuer j
ni the pranks they have
M durincr their boyhood days
are willing to bear the brunt
uw clean jokes now nut
iib object to the criminal
.' ;. -1 :f their property.
turnout aa the citizens lpf Bart-:
lett want revenge as mucn as heart w hope this change will
not inconvenience you and that
y.bu can arrange yoiir-bahking
business acc'oVdingly'! states of-
ficers of ttubankj'
itero&ants Ts Cltfse;
Arinislice Day
Bartlett merchants will . be
closed all day Friday .Noyf miner.
jx in ouservaiiue oi Aiiiiiatiuc
Day. Those signing a agreer
nient circulated Tuesday were:
Chamber of . Commerce
Blair-Stokes ' Co.1
The Gersbach-Wacker Co.
The Vogue
Dorothy's Beauty Shop
Alamo Shoe Shop
. Kuler's Barber Shop
Bartlett Hardware Co.
De Luxe Cleaners .'
Young's Garage
. Mrs. 011le .Isaac. . t .
Marf ran's 'Depaf tni'ehtStore
O. K. Tailor Shop
- Limme 'Barberk Shbpf -.
SheftoriV Variety Store
. Family Store ' .-.
The Baiilett-Tribune
iHamb.urgerIiing ..
'WrtCrTeineW'-' " "
Wm. Cameron & Go;' Inc;
i' City Hall
' Gus T. Leatherman Ins. Co. -
! Loves Barber Shop? r
1 Braun'a Red & White "
H.Heide
A. H. Daudg
George Hempel- - '
McCarver Beauty Shop
Bridges Market
PelB Grocery
E W Curling
F. N. Pierce
Miller Motor Co
C. W. Dillard
Naivar Bros.
Lawrence Bros.
Bartlett Motor Co.
Stanton Allen
The Smart Shop
Mutual Lumber Co.
Central Texas Life Ins. Society
Dr. 0 J. Koepke
Mack Davis
A. F. Cznrow&z
Western Union (Sun. Ham?)
School Ogiirsf
Hallowe'en Wiili
Carnival Monday
Crowds of fun seekers filled
the High Schpa.1; Gymnasium
Monday night for the annual
school Hallowe'en cai'nival. Many
hundreds kept the workers at
concession booths busy and
other hundreds milled in and
gut the building and back and
fo'urth along the carnival imidv
way.
From. the confetti seen in
peoples hair on their clothes and
covering the floor the co'nfetti
booth must have done a big busi-
ness. The fis;h pond and the
"Kuntry. Store" held tfie in-
terest of the crowd- on the west
side of the building.
The food booth. 'the guessing
contest and f the bingo game
wore' popular center atrcjiqns
and ..tne.JlVtsnte:' Qailo'" wheel on
the east completed the concessr
ion booths.' . . ' ' '
Outstanding among the enter-
tainment features was thp'old
time square dance performed by
high school students and ; later
participated in 'by- ihepiihljfc. '
be an onnuaL. school AJeatjrre
ojjiientiey
states SupC
88!
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POOR MAYOR
O-T
If you're stuck np with a
gun blame the wiayor.
If the street cars do not
run blame the mayor.
If your sewer is not laid
If your taxe. are not paid
If the trees give off no
shade blame the mayor.
If the water main runs
dry don't give forth a
cry Step right up and
black the eye
Of the mayor.
n
Gersbach-Wacker Co:?
Offers $200 Cash In
Dist. Sale Contest
While the" Gersbach-Wacker
Company ihas held' an. .annual
Thanksgiving Sale each fall' for
thejsfc. seyeral years the Meiv
chandising Fair and District
Contest Sale -vhjcfi starts th4
mqrningjvill b.eiie.pf.the' big-
gest ever attempted A Gers-
hachr president .of the company
stated. 'Thursday. "' '
Four-page circulars telling of
the money-saving prices which
will preyail during . this .sale
were mailed out earlier in the
week to many thousands of
homes in Bell Milam and Wil
liamsort cpuntjes. :
A letter enclosed with. .each
envelope addressed .to. 'the ''Boss
of the 'Family' explained a plan
whereby $200:00 will be given
away on November 26 and. Ijow
some church club or similar
organization will receive a tvo
per cent contmis-sion on; cash
sales during the contest. Their
rejjrulai' ihalf page ad in this
issue of The Tribune explains
some of the features of the con-
test. . ' .v
..The sale is star&rwjde explains
ThiGer8bacih-Wa4f& CJqmwIx
ttibse items being restricted
which area Restricted;;. by the
miahufact'urier. Special" sakg
tag? wee(placed-;on all articles
in the-'store this week. '
"You have our assurance that
Vje are going .to have outstand-
ing values such as Have not been
given in Bartlett in .recent
years" concluded. Mr.. Gersbach.
Williamson Gihhings
Total 59824 Bales
2l
Williamson County ginnings
totate94 bales o'n pqtober
18 this year. In the report of
E. Q Dahlberg special agent for
this county this jLs copiparpd
with 72988 on the same date
last year.
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COMPL
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IMENTED ON
NINH BIRTHDAY
'Mrs. Lynn Bartlett honored
her daughter Ilyn with a party
n her ninth birthday Mpnday.
PI X4IC JLJ.UA4UVVC Kit UWVI1 t M-
ned out in the dining room
where refreshments were served
to: Doris Gommert Rauline De-
Lancy Jpyce . Jackson Lanelle
Lindeman Edith Makry Lois
Faye and Dorothy Gene Vernon
Madeilyn Zschiescho Peggy
Joyce Dalton Dolores Overby
Elizabeth Bailey and Barbara
Ann Bartlett.
DEATH GLAIM&
J. F. CATE TUES.
Word Was received here Tuesi-
day of the" death of J. F; Cate
who died in Corpus Christi Tues
day m'ormng.' Mr.- Cate was
formerly a resident df Bartlett
and operated a tailor shop here.
Mr.' Cate 'was born October 10
1883: He is survived by his
wife and several' other relatives.
The funeral services were iheld
Wednesday in Itaska.
Mrs Louis fyleissner
Elected President Of.
Pecan- Cliilif
Mrs. Louis Meissuer was elect-
ed president of ihe Pecan Home
Demonstration Club at .their
regular meetine Friday. October
28 at il)8 horneof Mrs. Adojph
oieijcn. yyner oiiipers eieciea
werpi vicem-esident Idrs. Beri-
nie Muehlhauge; secretaiV-tre-
asurer. Mite.'. Walter Gomert;
Repbrter Mrs. Adblph Steglich;
Council representative Mrs.
Walter Steglich. and Council al-
ternate Mrg Elum. Meissper.
"Helpful Hints in Planning a
Menn" was given by Mvs. Lo.n'is
Meissnernnd'aft;er the progrom
a kitchen ower was biven Miss
Anne Zschiesche..
A refreshment plate was ser-
ved those present. . . .
Legion Auxiliary
To Meet Tuesday.
The' Annierican" 'Le'tririri Auxil
iary will meet Tuesday night
Nov. 8 at the city" hall Jn regular
meeting .
BULLDOGS "LOSE TO ELGIN
The'. Barte'tt' ' Bulldogs had
their' secopdIos's of the season
whep. the 'Elgin Wildcats hose'd
them put in ;a nikhl; game at
Elgin .Friday" night' .Toy a score
The. Bulldoga' scored first in
the first quarter. yfhen Hensley
went arcunp. end ;or the tally
Brice converted the extra point.
In the second "quarter Bern
hardt Srojth of Elgin smashed
the Bulldog line for the first
Wildcat sqore.i Clup converted
the extra point. (
In. the -..third quarter a pass
from Vernon Smith to Bern-
hardt Smith the" touchdown
twins of the Wildcats was com
pleted fpr the second Wildcat
touchdown; Clup again con
verted the extra points
In the last quarter the Bull
dogs came back strong with a
scoring pa& iroin oiuugukui ty
Seale. Hen'sley converted the
extra pcinti
'In the same quarter Vernon
Smith of Elgin again took the
ball en a' line sma.sh which end-
ed over ihe Bulldog's goal. stripe
forth'e third Wildcat touchdown.
The extra point was misled;
-The Bulldogs ..fought hard in
tiielast Mmtes; oOlay. W
other score.
The breaks were all against
the boys at Elgin' Friday but
their nlay was up to standard.
Given an even break the Bulldogs
might have sqored.. fg.ain. but
fiady Luck was' turned4he other
way.
Mr. Albin Baenzingr of Se-
guin Texas visited his sister
Mrs. Theo. Keller last week.
Mrs. Lynn BartJett and Mise
Aii Mke Bbjn Fere Temp Tuesday.
Visitors weonegaay axtemoon.
TRIBUNE TO BE
PRINTED ON W8D-
NESDAY NEXT WEEK
Publication day of The
Tribune will be Wednesday
next week. The day is being
changed because there will
be no rurul delivery on Fri-
day. which is Armistice Day.
Advertiser. and those with
news for this issue fire ask-
A i-n nvonnrh fViuir rwnv nir
Funeral Services
To Be Today For
Mrs Wiley. McGinnis
. Funeral services will bn hnld
Friday afternoon (today) at
p. m; at the First Metbddiafe
Church for Mrs. Wiley McGinnis
day night. Rev. C. P. Jonea
pastor of the church will offi-
ciate and interment will be in
the Bartlett Cemetery.
She was bom in Cherokee
Alabama March 22 1860 -arid
spent her early life in that stat'e.
On Dec 18 1882 Miss Mary
Hannah Roberts was united in
marriageHo Wiley McGinnis. M
1884 she and her husband came
to Texas and .lived in Oenaville
oji year before moving' fco n frmt
west of Bartlett later moving to
town.
Mrs. McGinnis was a memher
of the Methodist Church and
had been -since a young girl. She
was preceded in death by her
husband In June 1935 and by; 'a
daughter Mrs. Finney Gor'dpril: '
She is survived by five daugh-
ters Mrs. Trpy Tipton of Tem-
ple Mrs. J. J. Shaw Mrs. Emsie
Hair and Mrs. G. N. Breeding! of
Bartlett and Sirs. D. C. McRea
of Jarrell and two. sons. Wades
McGinhb and Scott McGinnis. '?
Taylor; 13 grandchildren and 3
great grandchildren ; two sisters .
Mrs. A. S. Clark of Bartlett and
Mrs. G. S Hampton of Slaton;
and three brothers Lee Roberta
of Marlin and Jimi and Sam Ro-
berts -cf San Antonio.
Pall "bearers will be Lon.WJiiti"
low ' Ed Lawrence Ed Catingv
Luther . Robinson Lewis Whit-
field; J. M.'Hplden G. D. Hair
and Karl Wiederspahn ' :.
Honorary pallb'eai'ei's are
frienqs qf the family..
ell) ved 'President'
Of Mv H.-Baylor-
. Beltoni October 31 Dr. John.
Qruinptch ' Hardy 74-year5iId
president-erneritus of Mary
Hardin-Baylor College" who for
more than half a century was
engaged in education -Work in;
the Southwest; died Sunday
morning at.S.:40.'C''ciock at the
college. . He .had been president
of the college for 25 years-before
his resignation April 1937-
. Dr Haydy had been in failing-
health for the past year al-
though he hd continued to be;
active in college 'affairs. going to-
his 'office'.. daily and serving- as
director of" the Placement .Bur
reau. During the past sIummerr
however he had been under a
physician' cave and took sever-
al trips for' his' health. He had
been confined to the hospital
since early 'ih' September.
Dr. Hardy is survived by -his
wjdow and four children: Mrs.
D R.' Anderson of "Macon 'Gal;
Mrs. Katherine H. Bell of Hdii
ton; J. C. Hardy Jr. of Olneyi
HI.; and Robert M. Hardy of
Dallas and grandson Freddie'
Bell of Pecos.
Funeral services for Dr. Horc
dy.'AvereLcon'dncted at. 2 p'clbcfc
Monday afternoon in Alma Re
eves chapel at the college. Dr.
Hardy's body lay in state in the;
chapel from 10 a. m. until 2 p. m;
Services were in charge of
the Rev A. C. Miller pastor of
the First Baptist Church Austin
and a member cf the Board of
Trustcec; and Dr. George W.
Truett pre ident of the Baptist
World Alliance Dr. G rdon G.
Singleton who sueci-i.d .1 Dr.
Hardy as preslduit .i" M.rv Ilar-din-Baylor
in 1937 M-i(!t.1.
Mr. and Mr;s. H. W. Aimstron
and Mr.' ajid Mrs. Harold Clark
were Tejnpte visiters Monday
evening.
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Ford, Robert C. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 7, Ed. 1, Friday, November 4, 1938, newspaper, November 4, 1938; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76550/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.