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Bartlett Electric Co-op.
Annual Meeting Tuesday
Bartlett Electric Cooperative
Inc. will hold its annual mem-
bership meeting at the high
school football field here Tues-
day evening.
Registration of members will
begin at 6:30 p. m. and the
business session will start at
8:00 p. m.
Rev. Homer Pumphrey pas-
tor of the First Methodist
Church will give the invocation ;
and the welcome address will be
brought by 0. B. (Sonny)
Schwertner a director of the
Bartlett Chamber of Commerce
and a member of the coopera-
tive. Speaker for the evening will
be Henry Howell news director
of Radio Station WOAI San
Antonio. Many are familiar with
Howell's weather news reports
and forecasts over WOAI.
Nominees for directors to be
elected at this meeting are: Joe
Zajicek Rogers; Tom Douglas
and Albert Steglich Holland;
J. A. (Doc) Powitzky Bartlett;
Graham Looney Buckholts; R.
M. Shavers Thorndale; Boyd
Stephens Rockdale ; E. D. Clem-
ent Granger; and Carl Oehler
Killeen. Additional nominations
for directors may be made at
the meeting.
Drawings for prizes for
members and cash prizes for
children of members will be
held.
The public address system
will be furnished courtesy of
the Gulf Oil Corporation.
Arthur Guenzel is local distrib-
utor. The Explorer Scouts of Bart-
lett will be in charge of the con-
cession stand and they will have
cold drinks candy fritos ci-
gars cigarettes etc.
Members are ured to come
and "bring family and friends.
The public is cordially in-
vited. Services Held For
Mrs. Alice Caskey
In Davilla Monday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Alice Caskey were held at the
Baptist Church in Davilla Mon-
day at 3 o'clock with Rev. L.
G. Ramey of Georgetown and
Hev. Willie Dodd officiating.
Mrs. Caskey was born Octo-
"ber 26 1875 near Little River
and spent her lifetime in and
around this community. She
was married to W. C. Caskey
Sr. in 1891 and ten children
were born to this union. Mr.
Caskey died in 1919 and three
children preceded her in death.
She had made her home with
a daughter and son-in-law Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Wright of Kil-
gore for several years.
Survivors are seven children
I Ernest Caskey of Davilla W.
! K. Caskey of Hot Springs Ark.
W. C. Caskey of Ed Couch
George Caskey of Weslaco Mrs.
Leon Wright of Kilgore Mrs.
Marvin Garrett of Ed Couch
and Mrs. Ellen Mae Lundberry
of Lubbock ; three step children
1 Mrs. Etoile Harris Moore and
Cecil Harris of Davilla and
Mrs. Ida Harris Lyons of Edin-
; burg; one sister Mrs. Lucy Mae
Matthews of San Antonio; ten
grandchidlren and twenty great
grandchildren.
Interment was in the Davilla
cemetery with Ernest Hodge
Ray Garrett R. E. Bunker W.
R. Hines L. C. Burke and M.
J. Walker as pallbearers.
Gayle Stone of St. Paul Minn.
who has been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. $T. Q Pack is visiting in
Fort Wortlf'this week.
Johnny Schwertner
Escapes Injury
Johnny Schwertner son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Schwert-
ner escaped serious injury last
Thursday afternoon in an acci-
dent which could have been
tragic.
As Johnny jumped from the
back of a pick-up driven by his
father he was almost impaled
by the neck by a string of
barbed wire on top of the fence.
He was bleeding but not ser
iously hurt when rushed
doctor.
to a
Datha Pack 11
Gayle Stone 17
Injured In Wreck
Datha Pack 11 of Bartlett
and Gayle Stone 17 of St. Paul
Minn. were injured last Thurs-
day evening shortly after 10 p.
m. when the car which Stone
was driving missed a curve near
the Harold Clarke home west of
town.
Pack was unconscious and
Stone was pinned in the car
and they were not discovered
until 10:55 when Charles Rafay
heard Stone honking the horn
to attract attention.
They were taken to a Taylor
hospital by a Goodnight ambu-
lance where Stone was treated
and released. It was feared that
Pack had suffered a skull frac-
ture but his father M. O. Pack
said this week that he only re-
ceived a severe laceration. Stone
received cuts' -in the mouth and
lps and some teeth were brok-
en off. Stone is the grandson of
Mr. Pack.
The 1953 Buick sedan owned
by Stone was a total wreck.
Stabeno Family
Holds Reunion
Descendants of the late L. W.
and Sarah Stabeno held their
annual family reunion Sunday
at the SPJST Hall in Taylor.
Families from Waco Corpus
Christi Victoria Slaton
quette Austin Elgin and Bart-
lett attended.
Watershed Election Notice Gives Important Data
Appearing on page 7 of this
issue of The Tribune is Notice
of Election of the Donahoe
Creek Watershed Authority
which sets July 30 as the date
for a bond and tax election in
the District.
Although lengthy and couch-
ed in legal terms it should be
read carefully as it explains
the reasons for the election au-
thorizes bonds sets a tax rate
and establishes the time and
place of the election.
More complete information
can be obtained at the District
mass meeting Friday night at
Bartlett High School. Also any-
thing that is not understood
will be explained at that time.
Briefly and from a layman's
standpoint the election notice
says these things:
"In the first part is the intro-
duction addressing the notice to
the qualified voters of the Don
ahoe Creek Watershed Author-
ity and notifying them that
there will be an election on
July 80th.
"Next in order is the reso
lution which flUCtoS Jlui author-
ity under -tfhioH thr Jistriot
Road Signs Cotton
Watershed Voted
On By Cof C Tuesday
Members voted on road signs
cotton and the watershed when
the Bartlett Chamber of Com-
merce met Tuesday evening.
The old Jarrell road will be
used as a test to discover wheth-
er or not farmers want signs
which designate their farms
from a master sign placed at
cut off roads.
Adrian Moore chairman of
the farm committee stated
that everone who had been con-
tacted was anxious to have the
signs.
The Chamber of Commerce
voted to cancel its sponsorship
of premiums for the first bale
of cotton each year. The Cham-
ber did however vote to donate
S10 to the person who brought
in the first bale of cotton.
Fred Blair discussed the Don-
ahoe Creek Watershed Auth-
ority and the orginazation voted
to sponsor the authority and
support it with advertising
telephone calls and post cards
to publicize Friday's meeting
and the election of July 30.
Moisture Content
Preventing Maize
Move In Bartlett
Area rains have halted a
trickling of early maize to mar-
ket here. Both Woody Zachry
and Hill Grain Co. have report-
ed a smattering of maize.
E. D. Taylor of the Val Verde
community brought the first
load to Bartlett on the 9th. It
was received at Hill Grain Com-
pany. It weighed 11000 pounds
and the moisture was 154 per
cent.
Some sample loads had come
to the grainers earlier but the
moisture content was 19 and
20 per cent.
The initial load sold for $1.60
which is five cents above the
market price
Some of the maize in the
fields now is ready for market
as soon as it is dry enough to
get into the fields to harvest.
Rain and moisture content are
the holdup.
Billy Cameron at Hill Grain
Ban-'Company said that most of the
maize is still 10 days to two
weeks away from maturity.
was created and is operating in
calling this election; it men-
tions a plan of improvement
and estimates that the cost will
Lbe not over $75000.00
After
resolu
some explanation the
tion goes into the election order.
"The election is ordered for
July 30 and two propositions
are presented to the voters and
these are the propositions on
which the voters will actually
vote for or against in the elec-
tion. They will appear in brief
on the ballot but refer to the
propositions in full as they ap-
pear in the election order.
Proposition No. 1
"This proposition asks voters
to decide whether or not the
board of directors shall be au-
thorized to levy assess and col-
lect a tax of not more than ten
cents on the $100.00 valuation
of taxable property for the pur-
pose of maintaining the struc-
tures channeling or other
works of improvement in the
district. This -is the same ten
cent tax that is now being col-
lected The election reaffirms
the tax find is not p. new tax.
Proposition No. 2
EUSus :H
REV. J. D. O'DONNELL
Rev. J. D. O'DonneU
New Minister At
St. John Lutheran
Rev. J. D. O'DonneU of Pasa-
dena will be installed Sunday
night as the new minister at St.
John Lutheran Church. He suc
ceeds Rev. Walter C. Probst
.who is now in Yorktown.
Rev. O'Donnell a native of
Holyoke and 'Lowell Massach
usetts attended Boston Univer-
sity and Columbia University
and received the BA degree
from Capital University Colum-
bus Ohio with a social science
major and minors in speech and
accounting. He completed three
years of theological studies at
the Lutheran Theological Sem-
inary Columbus Ohio in 1955.
He served five years in the
enlisted ranks of the Navy in
visual communications during
WW II. Four of the five years
were spent at sea in the North
(Continued on page 2)
Dr. Shearin Speaks
To Brotherhood
Dr. George L. Shearin of Dal-
1 las director of the division of
' stewardship of the Baptist Gen-
;eral (Jonlerence ot Texas was
i - .
the speaker at the First Baptist
Church in Salado Tuesday night.
The program was on the stew-
ardship of men.
Attending from Bartlett were
A. E. Limmer Euell Crisp Mar-
vin Griffin Don Shannon C.
W. Dillard Harrison Douglas
Charles Douglas Rev. Bob
Green and H. A. Daugherty.
"This proposition asks voters!
to decide if the board of direct-
ors may be authorized to issue
bonds of not more than $75000
to be paid off during a period of
not more than 40 years and to
bear interest at not in excess of
6 per cent and to levy and col-
lect a tax sufficient to pay off
the bonds and interest. (Direct-
ors explain that bonds will be
issued only as the money is
needed and that they anticipate
a much lower interest rate. For
these reasons they can not de-
termine the exact amount of
the tax necessary Their best
estimates are that the amount
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which the funds will be used.
Principal of these are the acqui-
sition of land easenfents rights
-of-way properties or equip-
ment which may be needed
when the dams are built.
"Next is prescribed the form
of the ballot for the election
and its exact wording is given.
Toivrti'ox h given for mark-
ing the ballot.
''The palling- pjjic for the
Mass Meeting Called To
Explain Watershed Plan
Loud Talk Brings
Fines Saturday
Three Latin-American men
were fined after an altercation
near the Blue Bonnet Cafe
around 7 p. m. Saturday.
The trio was ejected from
the cafe after an argument and
loud talk which continued out-
side. They were fined for dis-
turbing the peace.
Methodists Will
Begin Summer
Revival Sunday
A summer revival will begin
at the First Methodist Church
here Sunday evening and con-
tinue for a week. Evangelist
will be Loran Helm of Parker
Indiana.
Rev. Homer Pumphrey pas-
tor of the church stated that
weather permitting all services
would be held outside and would
begin at 7:30 p. m. Final ser-
vice will be Sunday July 31.
Mrs. Helm will accompany
her husband here and will act
as soloist during the revival.
Citv Officials To
Ride In Taylor
Rodeo Parade
Bartlett city officials will
ride in the Taylor Rodeo Parade
at 4 p. m. (August 18. The group
voted to accept the invitation
of the Taylor Chamber of Com-
merce when the city council met
here Monday evening.
In other business the group
approved the 1960 assessment
role for taxes and also receiv-
ed a delinquent tax roll which
was prepared fdr 1959-1960.
NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs.'Melvin Carpen-
ter of Austin announce the
arrival of a daughter born at
11:34 a. m. Tuesday. She weigh-
ed 6 pounds 15 ounces. Grand-
parents are Mrs. Felix Heel of
Bartlett and Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Carpenter of Granger.
election is set as the Little
River-San Gabriel Soil Conser-
vation District Building in Bart-
lett and election officials are
designated. W. F. Blair Water-
shed president explains that
only one voting place was des-
ignated because legal advice was
to the effect that setting up
several voting places could re-
seult in legal technicalities that
might invalidate the bonds.
"It is stated that absentee
votes shall also be cast at the
Little River-San Gabriel Soil
Consei'vation District Building
in Bartlett.
"The next three paragraphs
contain instructions to election
l-" J
officials and legal
require-
of the
ts for publication
election order and conduct of
the election.
"Qualifications for voters are
set up in the wprding 'all per-
sons who are resident qualified
taxpaying voters who own tax-
able property in said District
and who have duly rendered the
same for taxation shall be en-
titled to vote at said election.'
"Balance of the order is the
usupI closing and official sign-
ing of the order."
Friday a Donahoe Creek
Watershed meeting will be held
in the high school auditorium at
8 p. m. for the purpose of edu-
cating voters on issues involv-
ed in the July 30th election.
Fred Blair president of the?
watershed authority stated
this week 'We hope to have a;
good attendance Friday." "State
soil conservation men will be
here and a crowd will help show
interest" he added.
Meetings were held in Davil-
la last week and Schwertner
Monday and Blair stated that
they were well attended and in-
terest was indicated.
The Bartlett Chamber af
Commerce endorsed the pro-
gram at its meeting Tuesday-
night and urged voters to at-
tend the meeting Friday night
and to vote for both proposi-
tions on the ballot in the Juljr
30 election.
Full information will be giv-
en at the meeting on the pro-
gram of the Watershed Author
iar what is proposed in the ajp-
proaching election and the ben-
efits to be derived from the pro-
gram. ' Directors feel that the public;
generally does not fully undei?-
stand the program and that
if they do understand they iwitt.
likely approve the plan.
Trustees Approve
Washington Gym
For $17230.90
In a called meeting of the lo-
cal school board Friday the trua-
tees approved a contract for
the building of a gymnasium
with two dressing rooms stage
book room and storage room at
Booker T. Washington. The
low bid of $17230.90 was suh-
mitted by Mutual Lumber Com-
pany. The other bidder Bartlett
Lumber Company submitted a
bid of $17250 Supt. D. A..
Swope stated this week.
He also stated that Albert GL
Koontz had been hired as
science teacher at Washington
to replace Allen W. Brown.
Swope stated that the money
would be appropriated from lo-
cal fund's and that no bond is-
sue would be called and there
would be no raise in school
taxes to pay for the building-
Zachrj Elevator
Is Installing
Corn Plant Here
Zachry Elevator is putting in.
an ear corn plant here Alvinr
Friedrich manager fmnouncedr
this week. The building just
south of Zachi'y has been pur-
chased from Ed Naiver and ait
addition 40 by 40 is being made
to it.
Zachry will buy and store
grain there and will also put
in a mixer later Friedrich said-
He expects the building to be
completed in 30 days and will
be ready when the corn gets;
ready to move.
Lynn Murdock Phil Lindsay
James Lampley Chris Clears
man Scott Holt Donnie Scfiv
wertner Johnny Schwertner
Steven Clearman and Ren Slad-
ovnik are at Sons of Hermann1
Camp at Comfort this week.
They were accompanied thera
Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Lampley of Killeen Mrs. D. T.
Rovd Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Schwertner and Dr. and Mrs.
Ralph Clearman and Donna.
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Ford, Nora Mae. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 37, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 21, 1960, newspaper, July 21, 1960; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth77344/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 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.