The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 45, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 11, 1969 Page: 1 of 8

The Bartlett Tribune
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AND NEWS
.VOLUME 82
BARTLETT TEXAS Thursday September 11 1969
NO. 45
D. A. Swope Jr.
Named President's
Scholar At A&M
Dillard A. Swope Jr.
Bartlett has been named
President's Scholar at Texas A
&M University.
The Bartlett High School sen-
ior ia one of 20 outstanding
Texas students selected by A
&M for the distinction. The hon-
or includes a ?1000 a year
scholarship for four or five
years study at Texas A&M.
Swope whose family resides
at 441 East Clark was among
more than 600 nominees for 20
President's Scholar awards
i He was nominated by Bart-
lett High principal James D.
Crews and interviewed during
the President's Scholar Candi-
dates Congress at A&M in Aug-
ust. President Earl Rudder noted
the program is designed to re-
cognize outstanding students
during their senior year and re-
tain the state's most promising
students in Texas for their ad-
vanced education.
Selection by the A&M Facul-
ty Scholarships Committee is
"based on scholastic achievement;
and leadership capabilities the
latter revealed through school
church and community activ-
ities. "Besides being top scholars
these young men are developing
into well-rounded men through
leadership-strengthening extra-
curricular activities" explained
Robert M. Logan A&M student
aid director who conducts tho
program.
To be eligible for nomination
students at tho end of their
junior year also must rank in
the upper five per cent of their
class and have a composite pre-
liminary Scholastic Aptitude
Test score of at least 1350.
First in his Bartlett High
class with a 96.44 average Dill-
ard also takes the lead in other
school activities. He is presi-
dent of the second year of the
National Honor Society class
rnnorfnr in 1flR7 and its nresl-
dent twice editor of the annual
and member of the paper staff.
He has played football bas
ketball and baseball three years
each and captained the basket-
"ball team last season. Swope
participated last summer in
Lone Star Boys' State.
He plans to study science and
physical education at college.
The interviewing A&M offic
ial rated Swope tops in person
ality attitude adjustability ap -
pearance and ability
to con-
verse.
Graveside Services
Conducted Here For
Naaman Hair Sr.
Graveside services for Emory
Naaman Hair Sr. 67 of'Texas
City former resident of Bartlett
"were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday
in the Bartlett Cemetery with
Rev. Larry Sullivan officiating.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed at 6 p.m. Thursday at the
Emken-Linton Funeral Chapel in
Texas City.
Mr. Hair passed away Wed-
nesday Sept. 3rd in John Scaly
Hospital in Galveston after an
illness of several months.
He is the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. G. D. Hair of Bartlett.
He was married to Annie Mae
Robinson on Dec. 23 1921 who
preceded him in death May 16
1946. He had made his home in
Texas City for the past 18 years.
Survivors include one son Na-
aman Hair Jr. of Texas City;
two granddaughters Cynthia and
Cathy Hair both of Texas City ;
two sisters Mrs. Reed Turner
of Bryan and Mrs. Joe Bessent
of Freeport; and a brother Ai-
mer Hair of Dallas.
Wednesday Club To
Meet September 17
Woman's Wednesday Club
will begin a new club year when
0f.they meet at the Stagecoach
ft Country Club Wednesday Sept.
i an at a:au p.m. Hostesses win
be Mrs. James Bailey Mrs. Carl
Richards and Mrs. E. B. Ware.
Mrs. J. T. Boutwell President
of Capitol District will be the
guest speaker for the afternoon.
All members are urged to at-
tend. Garden Club Holds
First Meet Of
New Club Year
MemberB of the Cornelia Wil-
son Garden Club held their first
meeting for the new year Mon-
day afternoon at 2 p.m. at the
American Legion Hall. Host-
esses were Mrs. Buford Stev-
onson Mrs. Pat Williams and
Mrs. Oscar Lange.
Mrs. George Mastrovich pres-
ident called the meeting to or-
der welcomed the old and new
members and introduced the
guest. Mrs. Roosevelt Dentler
and Mrs. Ernest Oche of Tay-
lor. Mrs. Clyde Goodnight of-
fered prayer.
Mrs. Dentler spoke to the
members on the care of raising
day lilies. She also invited the
members to tour Taylor when
the day lilies are in bloom with
tho day and time to be an-
nounced at a later date.
Door prizes consisting of five
beautiful day lily plants were
presented to Mrs. Alvin Marek
Mrs. Floyd Messer Mrs. James
Wheeler Mrs. Pat Williams and
Mrs. George Mastrovich.
The serving table was cover-
ed with an olive green cloth
centered with a fall arrange-
ment. Refreshments were served to
15 members Mesdames Ernie
Fischer Clyde Goodnight C. F.
Hill Leroy Janke Lawrence
Karl George Mastrovich Alvin
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lesser Johnnie Rafay Jr. D
F. Sherwood Edmund Spiegel-
hauer Jr. Pat Williams James
Wheeler Buford Stevenson and
the two guests Mrs. Dentler
and Mrs. Oche.
METHODIST-LUTHERAN
Y2FS ENJ0Y OING
M.Y.F. young people of the
First United Methodist Church
joined the Luther Leaguers of
the st- Jhn Lutheran Church
for an evening of fun and foil
owship Monday evening in
trip to Temple.
The young peonle alone with'
their pastors and sponsor's en-
invori mmoo nt m:i? i
joyed games of miniature golf
fnllnwiri hv n n!n n 5n
mV nntnra nnH annnana on.
in
Temple.
Approximately 30 attended.
CONFIRMATION CLASS
ELECTS OFFICERS
Confirmation Class of St.
John's Lutheran Church met
Saturday with Pastor Thronson
and elected officers for the
year.
Officers elected were Judy
Pausewang president; Jay Don
Gommert secretary; and Lynn
Friedrich reporter.
The group decided on a trip
to Temple to play miniature
golf.
Members of the confirmation
''lass are: Peggy Pacha Lynn
Roy Friedrich Doyle Zigalo
Judy Pausewang Jay Don Gom-
mert Leonard and Mike Wend-
ler. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wolf and
sons of McGregor visited here
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Krumpack. Other visi-
tors in the Krumpack home last
week were Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Motlock and son of Austin.
Marker Dedication
At Old Sypert
School Sunday
The Schools Marker Commit-
tee of the Bell County Histor-
ical Survey Committee is in
charge of the unveiling of a
marker at the old Sypert School
northeast of Holland at 2:30
p.m. Sunday. Co. Supt. Connally
Neal chairman of the Schools
Marker Committee is in charge
of program arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. George Frank
are co-sponsors of tho Sypert
School marker. School Markers
designate the sites of now de-
funct rural schools throughout
Bell County. The specially de-
signed markers are sponsored
by the Bell County Historical
Survey Committee.
Sypert School also known as
"Shake-Rag" was organized in
1898 on land given by J. M.
and Jennie Sypert. Forty-one
residents of the area attended a
meeting of the Bell County com
missioners court to petition the
court for the formation of the
school district in November
1898. The first trustees were
T. B. Harris A. J. Parker and
E. J. Simpson. Deed for the
school land was dated May 13
1899. The Sypert school was
consolidated with Holland Inde-
pendent School District in 1948.
All former students friends
and patrons of the school are
urged to attend this program
.which will be held under the
oak trees.
Cub Scouts To
Meet Friday
A pack meeting and organ-
izational meeting for all Cub
Scouts and their parents will
be held Friday night at 7:30
p. m. at the Methodist Church.
All boys age 8 or soon to be
8 are eligible to join and are
asked to be present for this or-
ganizational meeting.
Better Farming Methods Mean $23 More
Per Acre To Two Bell County Farmers
For using better methods j keep fertility in the soil at a
two Bell County farmers gross- high level" explained the Direc-
ed $23 an acre more on their
grain sorghum this year.
Frank Bedrich of Little
Flock and Edmund Barabas of
Bartlett produced some 1200
pounds of milo more per acre
with the Renner Farming Sys-
tem than with an unfertilized
check system in 1969.
13uuricn pruuucea a yiem vi
Bedrich produced a yield of
v'Bl Pounas oi grain per acre
'' Puna OI grmn pr ac
under the Renner system and
Krn .-j : .i i.i
I 0nly 1'560 P0Unda " the Ch?C.k
system in the fifth year of his
Renner Farming System dem-
onstration east of Temple on
Highway 53.
Barabas harvested 2565
pounds of grain as compared
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mJw JSif v& nJPlant residues e returned to
Highest milo yield among th t t t f . h f
Renner demonstrations in Cen-'aoI1 glirf al with other
tral Texas was 3578 pounds at ige met od th t m
theRoySchroederfarmatTay-1 WHl fllo niinnor m '
lor Williamson County.
Results of the two locally-
sponsored six year demonstra-
tions were announced this week
Jy Dr. C.L.-Lundell Director of
the Foundation which sunervis-
the Foundation which supervis
es tho two local operators
We find encouraging evi-
dence in such erratic years as
'69 that tho use of a combina-
tion of land treatments more
often than not makes a profit
for the farmer rather than a
loss during a bad year" said
Dr. Eundell reporting yields
for the Bell County projects.
"Also with a long-range sys -
torn in operation a man is able
to ride out a rough season and
Services Conducted
Here Tuesday For
Mrs. Ida Steglich
Mrs. Ida Steglich 85 of Rt.
1 Bartlett died at 11:40 p.m.
Sunday night at her homo after
a long illness.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the
St. John Lutheran Church with
tho Rev. Robert Thronson of-
ficiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Steglich was born Sept.
14 1883 in Austin County. She
was married to Richard E. Steg-
lich Dec. 22 1903. He preceded
her in death on May 22 1963.
She has lived in the Bartlett
area since her marriage. She
was a member of St. John Lu-
theran Church.
A daughter Mrs. Herbert
Lange and a son Edgar O.
Steglich also preceded her in
death.
Surviving are two sons Bern-
hard Steglich and Victor Steg.
Mich both of Bartlett; two sis-
ters Mrs. Emma Spinn of Cor
pus Christi and Mrs. Dora Jes-
chke of Academy; a brother
Fred Steinhauser of Wilson; 13
grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren;
and two great-greatgrandchildren.
Pallbearers were Clarence
Lange Floyd Lange Herbert
Grimm Les Parker Jerry At-
kins and Lorraine Kauitzsch.
12 Students Enroll
At Kindergarten
Twelve students are enrolled
at Mrs. Louise Oldham's Kin-
dergarten which began last
Thursday morning.
Kindergarten students enroll-
ed are Laura Karl Darla Joy
Friedrich Shelley Marshall
Rob Spiegelhauer Bobby Hay-
es William Whitlow Jimmy
Senior Jon Marc Goodnight
Kevin Hill Dennis Hill James
Murray and Kenneth Woolley.
.tor.
The Bedrich and Barabas de-
monstrations are designed to
show Bell County farmers the
economic gains to be made by
putting the Renner system of
land management into full-
scale operation a method
that enables a farmer to lite-
rally make his land improve
with use.
The projects are being under-
written through 1970 by a
group of Bell County firms and
individuals.
Bedrich and Barabas are fol-
lowing a grain sorghum grain
sorghum and cotton sequence
of rotation folowing the Renner
system of two fibrous-rooted
- r - . tn-foj nrnn
mnn Ml. onah . ' na .
basis for soil improvement and
to
protect
the soil from ero-
prjn'ciple of nll cnsh crop3 for
i j ? . . !.
atrtn " Hm T tiMrlnll 4-w rpii-
n
I mnu improvement is a unique
principle in Texas agriculture
one developed nt Renner.
The 15-acre Bedrich crop of
NK-222A hybrid milo was seed
ed at five and three-fourths
'pounds per acre on March 14
and treated with an herbicide
for weed control at $2.50 an
acre. Fertilizer at the rate of
86-59-0 an acre was applied in
February
(continued on pace 4)
School Enrollment
lists 488 Students
School began Thursday morn-
ing Sept. 4th in the Bartlett
Public Schools. Enrollment this
year on the first day of school
was 479 and has now reached a
total of 488 students.
This enrollment includes 144
students in the Elementary
School (grades 1 through 3) ;
127 students in the Intermed-
iate School (grades 4-6) ; 101
students in the seventh and
eighth grades; and 116 in the
High School grades 9-12.
Last year's enrollment on the
first day of school was 493
which gives Bartlett a few stu-
dents less this year.
Mis.-Toll Lively
Local Resident
Passes Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Toll
Livelv. 78. of Bartlett. were
held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at
the Goodnight Funeral Home
with the Rnv. A. L. CrnnV of
Taylor officiating. Burial was in
tne DaviUa Cemetery.
Mrs. Lively died at 7:40 p.m.
Thursday in a Taylor hospital
after a long illness.
She was born Sept. 1 1891
in Caldwell. She lived in DaviUa
before she moved to Bartlett in
1943.
Surviving are three sons Lee
Lively of Pflugerville Charlie
Livelv of Dickinson and Clar
ence Lively of Texas City; three
daughters Mrs. Kuth Dodd of
Dallas Mrs. Estelle Wilson and
Miss Florence Lively both of
Bartlett; nine grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were her grand-
sons. Crawford Daniel Sr.
Dies In Granger;
Services Monday
Crawford Jackson Daniel Sr.
of Granger died at his home in
Granger Sunday morning.
Funeral services were conduc-
ted at 3 p. m. Monday in the
First United Methodist Church
of Granger with the Rev. Larry
Sullivan and the Rev. Tom Pen-
nington officiating. Burial was
in the Granger City Cemetery.
Mr. Daniel was born Feb. 10
1900 in Bartlett and had lived
all of his life in the Granger
area.
He was a retired farmer and
rancher and more recently was
a printer employed at The
Bartlett Tribune for 12 years.
He was a member of
the
as a steward in the church had
served on the school board and
was a member of the Woodmen
of The World and the Granger
Lions Club.
On Mav 24. 1924 he was mar-
mu nrsc unuea metnodisf """' """ " u"u
Church of Grander had served erad Flowers halfback 120
ried to Miss Lefa Ball who sur-. Daniel' White fullback 160 lbs.
vives. Also surviving are a dau-1 a freshman ; Fernando Cortez
ghter Mrs. J. F. Saunders of!rnd' 130 lba" a freshman; Cody
Houston; a son Dr. Crawford McBav' end 128 lbs- frcah-
J. Daniel of Taylor; two broth-1 "Bn V . U)1ns' end- 15
ers Bryan Daniel and ClayIbs:' i1 J"0; Daniel Volney
Daniel both of Levelland nndic"li- 13G 'bS' n junior; Kenneth
five grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jennings
Troxell Percy Tidwell Billy
i ...
J3ob tfrookshire Laddie Maresh
Frank Cervenka August Labaj.
Honorary pallbearers were Wil-
lie Davidson Herbert Sides J
J. Jonson and Jeff Tidwell.
YOUNG HOMEMAKERS
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
Bartlett Chapter of Young
Homemakers will hold their
first meeting of tho new year
Monday night at 8:00 p. m. at
tne nigh school.
TVioro will Iia n onffna nnrl nll
members are urged to attend
ana oring a guest.
'Dogs Round Rock
'B' Team Play Here
Saturday Nite 8:00
With a squad of 24 led by
co-captains D. A. Swope Jr.
and Sam Davis the Bartlett
Bulldogs will kick off the 1969
football season here in Bartlett
Saturday night at 8:00 p. m.
playing host to the Round Rock
Dragon 'B' team.
After winning seven games
in each of the last two seasons
the Bulldogs are picked in the
bottom half of the district thia
year. Inexperience only two
letterman seniors and lack of
weight will be the main prob-
lems the Bulldogs will have to
overcome this year.
The probable offensive and
defensive starting lineups
for Saturday night's season
opener should read something;
like this:
OFFENSE
Quarterback D. A. Swope
Jr. 139 lbs. a senior; fullback
Sam Davis 150 lbs. a senior;
halfback Donald Ruemke 147
lbs. a junior; halfback Wayne
Powell 155 lbs. a sophomore;
end Willie Collins 150 lbs. a
junior; end Daniel Volney 136
lbs. a junior; tackle Kenneth
Stauffer 200 lbs. a junior;
tackle Jim Hightower 140 lbs.
a sophomore; guard Bruce
Swope 153 lbs. a junior; guard
Franklin Fischer 150 lbs. a
junior; center Tommy Street
135 lbs. a senior.
DEFENSE
Defensive-wise the Bulldogs
will have Fischer and Joey
Freeman at the ends; Stauffer
and Street at the tackles ; Bruce
Swope at middle guard; Collins
and Davis at the outside line-
backers; Ruemke at the middle
linebacker spot; D. A. Swope
Jr. and Gerald Flowers at the
halfback slots; and Wayne Po-
well at safety.
At press time Wednesday
there was no information avail-
able on the Dragons 'B' team.
Average weight for the Bull-
dog starting backfield is 147
pounds and the line averages
out at 152 pounds.
Coach James Weeks said
there are nine returning letter-
men and five returning starters
from last years' squad.
Broken down by classes there-
are 3 seniors 8 juniors 9 soph-
omores and four freshmen on
the team this year.
Following is a complete roster
ot tne 1969 Bulldog team:
D. A. Swope Jr. quarter-
back 139 lbs. a senior; Paul
Rutherford quarterback 140
lbs. a junior; Donald Ruemke
naitDack 147 lbs. a junior:
'b3.-' a sophomore ; Buzz Hill
"back 115 lbs. a sophomore;
I Wayne Powell halfback 155 lbs.
a sophomore; Joey Freeman
1 145 lb3" a sophomore ; Sam Da-
Y.ls ?"? 150 lbs. a senior:
btauffer tackles 200 lbs. a
J7l .V dim igntower tackle
an 111a n onthntA..A . 01
.140 lbs. a sophomore; Steve
I'auikner tackle 142 lbs. a
sophomore ; Bruce Swope guard
100 ius. a junior; Franklin Fis-
cher guard 150 lbs. a iunior;
Randy Lawton guard 115 lbs.
a freshman;. Franklin Beyer
guard 125 lbs. a sophomore;
Richard Clearman center 130
lbs. a sophomore; Douglas Mc-
Kay center 140 lbs. a junior;
Tommy Street center 135 lbs.
a senior; Butch Moore half-
back 125 lbs. a sophomore;
uoacnes lor the Bulldoca
this year are James Weeks and
uentry u. roweii.