The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 15, Ed. 1, Friday, February 11, 1955 Page: 1 of 8
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Here Friday
Bartlett Bulldogs and Lassies.
will meet Holland in the Bart-
' lett gymnasium Friday night in
the final game of the district
X" 1asketball schedule. If the Bull
dogs win and if the Rogers
EjagUes win their fjnal gamtf
also there will be another game
I or perhaps a series to determine
the district championship. The
winner will go into regional
I play-
?' At present Bartlett and Bog'
a era bovs' teams are tied -for the
iK 'district championship with one;
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jhalf of the district schedule
Bartlett boys defeated Holland
an a close 51-47 game at Holland
and Bartlett girls won over the
Holland girls 44-41. The teams
met again in the Salado tourna-
ment and the Bulldogs defeated
the Hornets 56-38 in the. tourna
ment final and the Lassies won
their game 51-38.
The Bulldogs have a season
record including tournaments
and. non-district games of 19
games played and 17 won. They
stand eight won and one lost
district competition. The Bull-
dogs are led by senior Charles
Krause 6 ft. 3 in. and junior
David Holt 6 ft 3 inch. Both
boys average about 20 points
per game.
Band Parents plan a. Mexican
dinner just prior to the game
Friday. Meals will be served
from 5:30 to 7:00 o'clock at the
high school building. Tickets
are being sold at 1.00 for
.adults and 50c for children.
Bartlett Cars
Involved In
Taylor Mishap
Three of the four cars
ttnaahed In n freak accident by
runftvray trailer on Taylor's
MIn Street Monday morning
were driven by Bartlett folk.
Ttw four cars were parked on
thft west aide of Main Street
f front of Gearitys and the
ABtfricnn Cafe when a truck
touted with steel pipe failed lo
oiflie a left turn from East
Ftawih Street onto Main Street.
Tfta pin came out of the
trailer hitch. Taylor police re-
Jrtt4 causing tho trailer to
iwiitjf wide and smash into tho
tmr p&rkcd cam. i
The (fret car parked nearest
thtt coreer ft 1953 Ford belongs
U Ernctfi Wuthrfch of Bartlett.
J mm tkraag cd in the rear and
'the front.
Thi next car south was a
3W8 SUidubaker owned by Mrs.
aillsr White of Bartlett. Tho
ar fted the front of her car
wre a&Q damaged.
Ths Ihlrd car was a 1952
Chryitor owned by 3Ira. Harry
Kcwur of Taylor. Her car re-
ctd the heaviest damage. Tho
Stack Hd w&s crushed by tho
iatsatera wheU of the big truck.
Tfe front Ufaa also damaged.
Thfc fourth car ws a 1955
6ftidbaker owned by J. 31.
Vitttr of Granger and driven
liy tt daughter Mrs Charles
K Undiay of Bartlett.
rOirae csra vim hard enough to
Urtve thm up onto the curb.'
'Mliwt their respective park
ing meter which were badly
1nt One wheel of each of tho
three care came to rost on tna
curb.
Tim big truck was driven hy
Edwin Antono Bemmera of
Alice and Is owned by H L
Brownie" Choate of Alice
Five New Members
Join Lions Glub
Five new members were add-
ed to th6 Bartlett Lion's Club
at its regular meeting last
Thursday 'evening; They werd
W. F BJair D. T. Boyd Leslie
E. Moore J. A. . Pechal and
Howard Dillard. Here to con-t
duct the installation ceremony
was Zone Chairman Jack Demn-
sey of TernpTe.
Deputy District Governor
Bowen of Rosebud was principal
speaker at the meeting De-
scribing. Lioni. International as
the greatest service organiza
tion in (the " world'. Mr Bowen
said that there 'are now more
thlam 'a half million Lions in
eleven thousand organizations;
m bl counties ot tne worm.
None are allowed behind' the
Iron Curtain but he believes
it would be .good for world
brotherhood if they were.
Last year Lions participated
in lbljUUO activities raising
millions of dollars jail of which
was spent for 'community ser-
vice and benefit. Lions he said
are helping to build better com-i
mumties ana m aomg so are
helping to build a better world.
V. C. Marshall
Appointed On
State Committee
V. C. Marshall vocational ag
riculture instructor of Bartlett
High School has ' been notified
of his appointment to the State'
Livestock Judging Contests I
Committee. The committee is)0i nriA ovtonaimi nf their con-
made up of six members from
the scnoois over tne state -nis
appointment was announced by
Dr. J. W. Edgar head ot the
Texas Education Agency.
The committee arranges for
the judging contests in the
school systems of the state and
makes plans recommendations
and changes in the program and
rules of the contests. The ap-
pointment is for the 1955-'56
school year.
The fact that Mr. Marshall's
judging teams reached the
state contests uunng wiree ux
ti i i t J.T- -. J?
tne past lour years. prooaDiy
had much to do with his appoint -
ment to the committee.
Brother Of
J. L Rosenbalm
Dies Monday
J. L. Rosenbalm received
'oM Mondav that his brother
S. B. Rosenbalm of Rose Hill
Virginia passed away Monday in
a hospital in Memphis Tenn.
He had made his home in
Virginia for a number of years
and was a veteran of World
War II.
Survivors are one daughter
Judith Ann; three sons Steve
Thomas Vester and David
Rosenbalm; two brothers J. L.
Rosenbalm of Bartlett and J. E.
Rosenbalm of Cleburne ; two sis-
ters. Mrs. Sue Loving of Mary-
land and Mrs. Albert Tyler of
Glen Saint Mary Florida; and
one grandchijd.
NEW ARRIVAL
Two of tho 'happiest folks In
Central Texas this week are Mr.
and Mrs Herbert Pope of Valley
Mills who announce the arrival
at their home on Tuesday of a
son born on February 3.
Mrs I'opo is the former Nello
Cameron daughter of Mi and
Mrs. E. L. Cameron of Bartlett.
Mr Pope is originally from
Granger but tha couple made
heir home in Bartlett for sev-
eral years before moving to
Valley Mills where they now
pu-uiisn tlu Valley Mills Tribune
BARTLETT TEXAS Friday February 11 1955
Heart Attack
Claims Will R.
Decker Tuesday
Death came to William It.
Decker 73' as the result of a
heart attack Tuesday afternoon
at 2:45' while he was fishing in
a small pond near his home
south of Bartlett.
Mr. Decker had been one of
thei successful farmers of the
Bartlett community for 45
years. He had been a member
of the Bartlett Methodist
Church for many years.
He was born November 22
1881 in Fayetteville Arkansas
and moved to Texas with his
family in early childhood.
Survivors include his widow :
one son Cecil of Bartlett; three
granddaughters; and a sister
Miss Augusta Decker of Bart-
lett. He was preceded in death
by one daughter. v '
Funeral services were held at
the Goodnight Funeral Home at
3:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon
with Hev. L. G. Ramey of Gran-
ger officiating. Interment was in
the Bartlett Cemetery.
Pallbearers were C. F. Hill
Eynon Via Hugh Morrison
Fred Blair Cecil Harris and
Billy Cameron.
School Supt. And
Principals Get
New Contracts
The superintendent princi-
lg and gpeciai teachers of the
tj -!. fipVinnls received renew-
racts with the school at the
Fnhrarv meetino- of the school
bonrd Monday night.
The contract of D.. A. Swope
as superintendent was extended
to May 31 1958. Charles R.
Lindsay was re-elected as high
pchool principal for two years
to cover the '55-'56 and '56-'57
terms of school.-Ralph H. Pote6t
was reelected as coach and high
school teacher for two years at
an increase in salary. 'R. T.
Goodnicht was re-elected for
another year as grammar school
illlUlCliCl VCCII
rorinoimlt G j. Bourgeois was
-i.nA uot1j j;ni smS
". . . tfiacher-at
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an increase ih salary
Other business of the board
was action to purchase a. 48
passenger school bus to replace
the 1946 mpdel delivery to be
in time for the next school year.
The board customarily elects
the superintendent and princi-
pals early in the year aid fol-
lowing their recommendation
elects teachers at a later meet
ing.
Mrs. C. E. Lamb
Is Hostess To
Wednesday Club
Mrs. C. E. Lamb was hostess
to the Woman's Wednesday
Club when it met in her home
last Wednesday for its monthly
meeting. Mrs. Mart Leather-
man president presided at the
business meeting and Mrs. W.
L. Patton incoming president
named her program committee.
Those named were Mrs. Mart
Leatherman Mrs. R. L. Holt
Mrs. George Fowler Mrs. C M.
Gillespie and Mrs. C E. Lamb.
Mrs. Robert Holt program
chairman introduced the pro-
gram which was two films on
Liberia showing the customs of
the people thfi resources and
industry of the country.
Mrs. Mart Leatherman assist
ed the hostess in serving a party-
'plate to Mesdames George Fowf-
er. C. M. Gillespie J. S. Kuler
W L. Patton W. L. Stokes
Sr Robert Holt Clyde Rich-
ards iS. L. Roberts emd Miss
Bessie Skinner.
Clinton Barbers
To Be PTA Speaker
For Dad's Night
Tuesday night will be "Dad's
Night" with the Bartlett Parent-Teacher
Association and the
meeting is 'expected to attract a
lot of Dads because the princi
pal speaker will be Clinton Har-
ibers who has made an OUtstand-
'intr rannr1 in anil fnnanrvnInn
practices and has devised some
new farming methods that have
paid off for him.
The meeting is scheduled to
begin at 7:30 o'clock at the;
high school auditorium.
Mr. Harbers' subject will be
soil conservation and general
theme of the riieeting will be
"Promote the General Welfare
through Happy Homesteads."
Observance of founders day is
also planned for the Tuesday
meeting. D. A. Swope is pro
gram director for the meeting
which will be opened with the
devotional by Alfred Wacker
xHsireanmBniB wm oe servea
the hospitality committee
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servation work came to Mr. I
Harbers last year when . he was 'b collected and dispatched on
selected as the outstanding the; ni ht trains .whf& g0 north
Texas farmer of the year. He t 22 m dnd south at 2:42
also gained some nation-wide m mi deposited in the box
recognitionforhiswork.Hehaslafter the tnB run or durin
been the guest of many com- the morning before 12:50 (noon)
mumties over the state in re- wi be dis8patche-d 0n. the aft-
cent months where he has ex- wu a
plained the practices which have
aU a i lu
Attendance at the meeting
here is not limited to P.-T. A
ilT-iL ?B3?S?
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its neighboring communities
who are so vitally interested in
successful farming practices
are invited to attend the meet-.
mg and hear Mr. Harbers speak.
Agriculture classes of Bart-'
lett High School and of Holland '
High School will meet with Mr.
Harbers at the Ed Harbers
farm' here Tuesday afternoon at
1:00 o'clock for a special ses-
sion if the weather permits. '
Thompson-Jennings
Wedding Rites
Read Sunday
Miss Sandra Marie Thompson
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Wiederspahn became the bride
of Elmer Howard Jennings Jr.
son of J. H. Jennings of Ard-
more Pa. and the late Mrs.
Jennings in a ceremony held.
Sunday morning iat 10 o'clock and is bred to the $1500 Iowa
in theSS Cyril and Methodius jpr.fimium sire.
Catholic Church in Granger. I Both Mr. Friedrich and Mr.
The Rev. Arthur Michalka Lange have some fine blooded
performed the nuntial rites be-. animals in their swine herds
fore an altar flanked with palms 'and are continuing to bulid up
and floor baskets of white gla-the blood lines. Both men at-
diola and white chrysanthe- i tended the swine show Saturday
mums complimented with light- -in Fort Worth and participated
ed white tapers. White satin in the meeting and sate of the
bows marked the pews of the Texas Hampshire Swine Breed-
wedding guests. jers Association. Mr. Lange is a
The bride given in marriage director in the association
by here.1 father wore a formal I The Association voted to hold
wedding gown of frost white! a pig sale in Midlothian on May
imported Chantilly lace fash-7.
ioned with a molded bodice of
lace with a scooped neckline . .
concluding in long sleeves that
tapered to petal points oyer -her
hands. Her lace bouffant skirts
worn over hoops and crinolines
had ruffles of pleated tulle on
bands of scalloped lace that ex-
tended to the hemline. Soft
folds of dace swept back to from
a fan-shaped chapel tram
Her headdress of soft tiers '
of French imported silk illusion
fell to her fingertips from a
coronet of irredescent pailletts
and seed pearls. She carried a
white prayer book topped with
a white orchid surrounded by
stephanotis with a cascade of
tulle and satin-accented flower
garlands.
Mrs. Clyde Crawford Jr. of
New Braunfels attended her
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I C. Of C. Meeting
Date Changed
The officers and directors of
the Bartlett Chamber of Com-
merce will meet at the City Hall
on Monday February 14th
7:30 p. m. instead of on the
15th. This change is made in
order to co-operate with tho
P.-T. A. meeting on the night
ofTuesday 15th at which time
Clinton Harbers will be the
principal speaker. All members
of the Chamber of Commerce
are urged to attend the P.-T. A.
meeting.
Letter Collection
Box Installed
At M-K-T Depot
Letter mail prepared too late
for handling at the post office
at night may now be deposited
in a letter collection box which
has been installed at the K-M-T
y;dep0t. The box went into use
for the firgt time on Tuesday
0 thjg week
Mail deposited in the box will
south '
! Mail deposited at the post of-
iil n.nn - a;.
tched from' the but "after
this hour mail at the post office
ig held over until the next day.
The new ice fa designed
primarily to assist those -who
igh tmail lett after 7:00
0cock j the ewening.
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omes 10 Darneii
One of the. finest Hampshire
sows shown at the Southwes-
tern Exposition and Fat Stock
Show in Fort Worth this year
was purchased by Eldon Lange
at the swine show Saturday. Mr
Lange purchased one other sow
and 'Alvin Friedrich purchased
two fine sows which the men
are adding to their herds of
Hampshires here.
The sow purchased by Mr.
Lange is a granddaughter of
the 1950 Missouri champion
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Wedding Date
Set For March 25
Miss Charlotte Ann Henry
and Nixon Overby will be mar-
ried March 25 in the First Bap-
tist Church.
Thebride-to be is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Wil-
liam Henry. She is a graduate
of Bartlett High School and is
attending Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton.
- Her finance is the son of Mr.
and Mrs Cecil Brooks Overby
He also is a graduate of Bart-
lett pigh School and is a senior
at Baylor University.
No. 15
March Of Dimes
Drive Total Is
$677.75 For Bartlett
Funds rnised in tho Bartlett; '
March of Dimes drive reached
$677.75 Wednesday morning E.
C. Brune Jr. drive chairman
announced when he completed
a break-down of donations. A
series of progressive coffees ac-
counted for more than half the
total and local schools and
teachers contributed S178.31.
The complete breakdown is:.
ttootn in town $ 53.38
B. H; S. students 27.98
Elementary students .... 42.47.
White teachers 55.00
Colored students . 21.8G
Colored teachers 31.00
Jars in town 19.99
Coffees 383.75
Individual donations .... 42.32
TOTAL i $677.75
The tabulation includes all
funds turned in to the drive
chairman and is final so far as
he knows. If other funds are
turned in or if additional con
tributions are made they will
be added to the final totals when
the money is turned over to-
county officials.
As -chairman. Mr. Brune ex
presses appreciation for the
splendid cooperation everyone
gave to the drive.
Luncheon Club
Adopts MOD Drive
As Annual Project
The Bartlett Luncheon Club
heard a report from its March
of Dimes chairman- E. C.
Brune Jr. Friday that indicat-
ed a very .successful' drive with
just over $650 raised and upon-
motion of D. A. Swope. adopted
the March of Dimes drive as an
annual project of the club. Mr.
Brune gave a tentative break-
down of receipts which came
from progressive coffees tho
schools a booth in town test
tubes in business houses andj
contributions that were mailed
Or handed to him.
W. F. Blair reminded that the
annual Red Cross Drive will be
staged in March and that he had
accepted local chairmanship of
the drive this year. Mr. Blair
has been serving as local repre
sentative of the. county unit of
the Red Cross.
Members were reminded that
Clinton Harbers "outstanding
Texas farmer will be speaker?
at the Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion meeting on next Tuesday
night.
H. M. Keith stated that tne
Bartlett Electric Cooperative
was making arrangements to
move its power line poles along'
the right of way of the Schwert-
netr to Walburg farm road to
clear the right of way for con-
struction. Deeds are ready for
signing along the road and the
moving back of power poles was
one of the problems facing Com
missioner Frank Martinets.
There are other utility poles
along the route and farm fen-
ces will also have to be moved
back before the building cQn
tract can be let.
J. E. Moore Jr. a former
member of the organization'
and Egon Lindemann were vis-
itors of the club Friday.
Marcus Daugherty
Gets Scholarship
Marcus Daugherty son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Daugherty was
a happy and surprised boy re-
cently when ho was notified
that he had received a $100.00
scholarship ilrom Draughn'a
College In Dallas. He was award-
ed the scholarship for being Ihe;
first to enter thd college out of
his class. He plans to enter col-
lege as soon as he graduates
from high school in May.
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Ford, Robert C. & Ford, Nora Mae. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 15, Ed. 1, Friday, February 11, 1955, newspaper, February 11, 1955; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81877/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 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.