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THE SMITHVILLE TIMES THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1990 SMITHVILLE, TEXAS
Katy Withdrawal
To Be Discussed
Smitliville Plans Fight
Against Katy Shift Plea
By Central Taxes Staff
Austin American
The recurring feud that began
in 1913 between Smithville and
the Katy Railroad will crop up
again July 6 when the railroad
will ask the Texas Railroad Com-
mission at a hearing here to per-
mit the transfer of a part of its
division office staff to Denison.
City officials and civic leaders
are informally marshalling their
forces to protest the move, and
many contend that permission to
transfer an estimated 12 em-
ployees in the division accounting
office would only be a prelude
Rites Held Here For
"Nubbin” Anderson
Funeral services were held here
Tuesday for J. R. “Nubbin” An-
derson. 68, who died Sunday in
the MK&T Railroad Hospital at
Denison after an illness of several
months. The services were held at
3:00 P. M. at Marrs Memorial
Chapel with Rev. J .€. Watkins
officiating. Graveside services at
Oak Hilil Cemetery were conduct-
ed by the Odd Fellow Lodge.
Anderson came here as a young
man and had worked for the Katy
for 40 years as a brakeman before
his retirement in 194& An
member of the First Ba
Church, he was also the oldest
member of the Smithville IOOF
Lodge. He was also a member of
the Smithville Rcbekah Lodge, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire-
men, and the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. J. R. Anderson, Sr., a son,
J. R. Anderso.n Jr., of Valentine;
his mother, Mrs. A. G. Creppon
of Fort Worth; four brothers.
Price Anderson of Monument, N.
M„ Guy Anderson of Waco, Frank
Anderson of St. Louis, Mo., and
August Anderson of Oklahoma;
four sisters .Mrs. Iva Hudson of
Brenham, Mrs. Leona Searcy of
Waco, Mrs. Ethel Trcntham of
Fort Worth, and Mrs. Dot Thred-
kild of Waco; and two grandchild-
ren.
to further cuts in the railway la-
bor force here.
Mayor Grover Shade announced
Wednesday that the Smithville
City Council will meet Monday at
7:30 P. M. at the Smithville City
Hall with members of the execu-
tive committee of the Chamber of
Commerce.
He declined to comment fur-
ther on the meeting except to say
that the group will discuss “the
question of the Katy Railroad’s
request to move a certain percen-
tage of the superintendent’s office
from Smithville to Denison.
Saving Cited
In Austin, a spokeman for the
Texas Railway Commission indi-
cated a hearing has been tenta-
tively set for July 6 at Smithville.
The Katy on May 16 requested
permission to transfer the division
accounting office to Denison,
claiming an annual savings of
015,000 if the consolidation is per-
mitted.
The railroad company's request
for the transfer complies with)
terms of an agreed judgment by
a Travis County District Court in
1914 that ended a suit in which
the State of Texas had obtained
a restraining order banning the
Katy’s merger with eight other
Texas railroads .mostly in North-
east Texas. • ..
The legal tiff was a part of the
active L*nUtru,t *aw en^orcement- and
taptist 3^* &a$ agreed to maintain its
Cotton Group
To Send Delegate
To Washington
At a meeting of the directors of
the Old Cotton Belt Association of
Texas held in Temple on June 1,
the directors approved the recom-
mendations made by the Legisla-
tive and Policy Committee to send
a delegation to Washington. Thu
delegation will go to Washington
about the middle of June to meet
with the Department of Agricul-
ture, Senate and House Sub-Com-
mittee on cotton, and with sena-
tors and representatives from
Texas. The objective of the dele-
gation will be to restore to the
old cottonbelt area of Texas in
1996 the 80% of the 10% reserve
which went for upward trend in
1994. A further objective will be
to restore in 1957 the 60% of the
10% reserve used for upward
trend in 1999.
The directors also heard re-
ports from the various commit-
tees and the Membership Commit-
tee reported that we now have
members in the following thirty-
six counties: , '
Anderson, Austin, Bastrop,
Bexar, Bell, Brazos, Burleson,
Caldwell .Cherokee, Collin, Colo-
rado, Coryell, Dallas, DeWitt, 151-
Ms, Falls, Fayette, Ford Bond,
Guadalupe, Hamilton, v Harris,
Hays, Hill, Houston, Jackson,
Johnson, Kaufman, Lavaca, Lee,
Limestone, McLennan, Milam,
Robertson, Travis, Washington,
Williamson. .
shops, facilities and terminals
"substantially as they were in
1913.” The judgment barred re-
moval of facilities unless approv-
ed by the Railroad Commission.
In 1923, the legal squabble was
renewed when the state charged
the Katy with violating terms of
the judgment and obtained a man-
datory injunction from the Travis
County district court.
This case ran the gamut of the
Texas courts, and the United
States Supreme Court upheld the
Travis County court in a decision
handed down in 1927.
Railroad Town
The issue was renewed again in
1929, but through an agreed
amendment to the court order,
the Katy was permitted to over
haul heavy equipment outside the
Smithville shops.
Long known as a “railroad
town”, Smithville's claim on the
railroad payroll stems from early
gifts of land, both by the city and
individual donors.
Some estimate the railroads
once employed between 300 and
400 persons, hut Diesel locomo-
tives, pulling longer trains, and
otner innovations have cut this
number in half. The railroad de-
clines to say how many are in the
payroll now.
In 1876 Murray Burleson bought
most of the land on which Smith-
Witte stands and gave a depot rite
t * the railroad In 1890, the town
was the terminus of the Taylor,
Bastrop and Houston Railroad.
Attend VFW
District Convention
Three members of the Smith-
ville VFW Auxiliary have been
made district officers in VFW Dis-
trict 9.
Mrs. Leo Flory, who served for
the past three years-as Chaplain
of the local organizatibn was
There will be a joint meeting
of the City Council and the Cham-
ber of Commerce Monday, June 13
to discuss the railroad situation.
The Katy Railroad has filed an
application with the Railroad
Commission asking permission to
move part of their office from
Smithville. The meeting, which is
scheduled for 7:30 P. M. at the
City Hall, is open to the public
and all interested persons are
urged to attend.
There have been several at-
tempts in tne past on the part of
the Katy Railroad to move part
of their facilities from Smithville,
the last time a few years ago re-
sulting in the shops being cut to
a skeleton crew. Each time the
citizens have protested these
moves, and have succeeded so far
in keeping the entire division
point from being moved to some
other location.
A. J. McGowan
Dies In San Antonio
Alexander J. McGowan, Sr., 87,
of 239 Tuxedo Ave., San Antonio,
died Friday at a local hospital.
A retired engineer on the Missou-
ri, Kansas and Texas Railro. he
was a native of Fort Wayne. Ind.,
having been born there Jan. 15,
1868. On September 19, 1894, he
entered Katy service as Wiper, at
Smithville. A few months later;
on his birthday, January 15, 1895,
he was promoted to Fireman, and
two years later, Oct. 2, 1897, to
Engineer. He retired January 23,
1943, after 49 years of service.
He was a member of the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Josephine Louise McGowan, San
Antonio; one daughter, Mrs. Ray-
mond S. Tolson, Brownsville; one
son, Alexander J. McGowan, Jr.,
San Antonio; one sister, Mrs. O. A.
Henderson, Fort Worth; two
brothers, V. S. McGowan of Smith-
ville and E. M. McGowan of Fort
Worth; one grandchild and three
great grandchildren.
Zizik-Kearns Funeral Home was
in charge of the services which
were held in San Antonio.
Mission Scheduled For
Rockne And* String Prairie
The Rev. William F. Blakeslee
of Austin will conduct a Catholic
mission in Sacred Heart Church,
Rockne, the week of June 12 to1
19 and will repeat the mission
services at St. Mary’s Church,
String Prairie, the week of June
19 to 26 according to the Rev.
Calude A. Faust, Pastor at Rockne.
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School Tax Rate
Week-day Masses will be at 6:30
A. M. followed by a short in-
struction. Confessions will be
heard each week-day evening af- i
ter the 8:00 P. M. mission ser-
The public is invited to all the Y0^1 T* Cf Of CJ
services.
By Harold Goerner
A joint meeting of the City
Council and Chamber of Com
merce and other interested parties
will be hold at 7 30 P. M Monday
night in the City Hall. The pur
pose of the meeting is to discuss
the proposal' of the MK&T Rail-
road to move some of their offices
from Smithville to Denison. The
meeting will be open to the public
and all Chamber of Commerce
members are invited to attend
ection Called
DoostersTo
Play Baptists
Members of the Smithville Boos-
ter Club will play the men of the
First Baptist Church in a game
of softball Saturday night, June
11, at 7:30 o'clock at the local
ball field.
Proceeds from the game will be
| used for benefit of the kids of
I Smithville.
Everyone is urged to come out
J and see who are best—the Boos-
ters or the Baptists!
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Rev. William F. Blakeslee
Father Blakeslee, a native Tex-
an, and former pastor of St. Aus-
tin's Church in Austin, is a mem-
ber of the well known society of
American priests popularly called
the Paulist Fathers. The Paulist
Fathers were founded by the Rev.
Isaac Thomas Hecker and four
companions, all converts to the
Catholic Faith. For almost a hun-
dred years the Paulists have been
preaching to non-Catholic and
Catholic audiences throughout the
land. Their chief aim is to make
the Catholic Church better known
and understood.
Services will be conducted
nightly at Rockne (at 7:30 P. M.
on Sunday, June 12, and at 8:00
P. M. throughout the rest of that
week), the mission closing on Sun-
day morning, June 19 at the 7:00
A. M. Mass. At String Prairie the
mission will open on Sunday
night, June 19 at 7:30 P. M. with
services each night during the
week beginning at 8:00 P. M. At
String Prairie the mission will
close on Sunday June 26, at the
7:00 A. M. Mass.
One of the most popular fea-
tures of the Paulist missions is
the "Question Box Period” held in
connection with evening services
each week day, during which
written questions deposited in the
“Question Box” in the church ves-
tibule will be answered. A mis
sion sermon and Benediction com-
plete the evening devotions.
Lions Hear About
Senior Trip
' Members of the Lions Club,
“went on a Senior Trip” Tuesday
as Mary Jo McDowell told of the
recent trip taken by the Smith-
ville Seniors to Colorado and
other points. She gave a most en-
thusiastic report, describing the
trip in detail, and her hearers had
no doubt but what a good time
was had by all, as well as a few
educational experiences. For many
of the seniors this was their first
time to leave the state of Texas,
and the longest trip they have
ever taken^^-
Other guests at the meeting be-
sides Mary Jo were C. A. Nelson
of Austin, former manager of thej
Smithville Chamber of Commerce
and member of the Lions Club;
Mrs. Sallie Mathews, Mrs. Thelma
Hoch, and Mr. Murray Harris.
On Tuesday, June 28, Ladles
night will be observed' by the
Lions Club with a barbecue chick-
en dinner at the Legion Hall.
Recital Tonight
Mrs. H. R. Tidwell and Mr. Ben
Rogers Cockrell are presenting
their pupils in a recital tonight,
Thursday, June 9th, at the First
Methodist Church at 8:00 o’clock.
Those taking part will be the
senior students of Mrs. Tidwell
and Mr. Cockrell.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
RAINFALL
Rainfall so far in June has var-
ied from 2% to 4 inches. Gauges
in Smithville recorded over two
inches Sunday night and one-half
inch Wednesday night.
Albert Schultz
Injured In Accident
Mrs. Emma Schultz received
word from Houston Wednesday,
that her son, Mr. Albert Schultz
of Houston was in a car-truck ac-
cident there Monday. A hospital
there reports Mr. Schultz’s Condi-
tion as serious, and they perform-
ed surgery on him Thursday. Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Cousis, Jr., and
Mrs. John W. Thompson and little
daughter, Sharon Raye of Taylor
were here early Friday morning
to accompany Mrs. Emma Schultz,
Mrs. Earl Donnell and son, Lyn-
don, to Houston to be with Mr.
Schultz and wife, and they also
visited with Mr. and Sirs. Robert
E Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. John
Donnell, and other relatives and
friends. Margaret Ann Schultz,
who was already in Houston, re-
turned to Smithville with them
late Friday night. Little Sharon
Raye stayed here on their return,
for an extended visit with her
grandmother and other relatives.
Board Organizes
The Smithville Methodist Offi-
cial Board met Monday, June 6,
and organized for the New Con-
ference Year with the following
officers re-elected: Chairman, C.
E. Ragsdale; Vice Chairman, Earl
Donnell; Secretary, Dorsey W.
Haynie; Treasurers, Mesdames R.
A. Young and R. B. Alexander.
The budget for the past year
was reported as being met in full.
Along with other business, appro-
val was given to these innovations
in the program of the Church for
the coming months: A prayer al-
tar as a part of the evening wor-
ship; Sunday School at 8:45 A. M.
and morning worship at 10:00 A.
M. during July and August; a
monthly meeting of all Commis-
sions on the fourth Wednesday
of each month. The Choir’s re-
commendation on carpeting the
Sanctuary was also approved.
Large Crowd Hears Katy Book Review
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Ronnie W. Psencik
elected Chaplain of District 6 at
the District Convention held Sun-
day at Schortz, Texas. Miss Hazel
McKinney, Smithville Auxiliary
president, and Mrs. Emil Schultz,
past president, were appointed
District Color Bearers numbers 3
and 4. *
Is New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome J. Psen-
cik of Ardmore, Oklahoma, are
the proud parents of a fine baby
boy born May 19, 1959. ft the
Hardy-Sanltorlum. The little fel-
Other Auxiliary and VFW Post
mem bora who attended the con-
vention were Meedamea Emil
Janssen, E. H. Garrett, Jack
Lqgne, E. C. Finch, Maggie Guy-
ton; Miss Birdie Hewatt, and Mr.
Leo Flory.
low weighed eight pounds, ten
ounces and waa welcomed by hit
four-yoar-old brother, Jerry. The
happy grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. John Joyce of Chicego, m.,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Psencik of
Smithville. •' -
A large crowd was in attend-
ance at the First Christian Church
last Friday night to hear Rev.
Robert Hargis review V. V. Mas-
terson’s book, “The Katy Railroad
and the Last Frontier”, published
by the University of Oklahoma
Press.
The program opened with ♦ a
quartette, “The Railroaders”, Lee
Nel Maresh, Lewis Homuth, R. C.
Parsons, and Bill Nigh. Introduc-
tions were made by Ei M. King,
and after the review, “Cash Fares”
(free will offering) were taken up
in hats by Oscar Anderson, Tom-
my Bullock, Fred Morcc, Shtokey
Davison, Whit C. Turney and
Bob Sawyers.
Assistant Superintendent R. E.
Tolbert 'spoke in place of SupL
F. H. Sc halier, who was out of
town.
Refreshments ’of punch and
cookies were served on the church
lawn by the Christian Women’s
Society, the sponsoring organiza
tion of the book review. Serving
the punch were Mrs. F. H, Schaller
and. Mrs. R. E. Tolbert.
A center of interest during the
evening was the model of the
crack Katy train, “The Texas Spe-
cial" which was shown by cour-
tesy of W ,W. Cantrell and the
cooperation of the M-K-T Railroad,
In keeping with the theme of
the evening, the programs were
printed on Katy diner menu cards,
Katy diner napkins were used and
Blue Bonnet Special diner place
mats were on the refreshment
table. The centerpiece for the
table ,a railroad bridge and rail-
road cars were from the VV. W.
Cantrell collection.
The copy of the book used by
Rev. Hargis was by courtesy of
Mr. Donald V. Fraser, President of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad. .
The first picking of tomatoes
from a variety test plot on Harry
Crockett's farm was made Tues-
day by Joel Reese, County Agent,
and George Williams, Extension
Service Horticulturist. Varieties
in the test plot were Texto 1, for-
merly W-7; Texto 2, formerly
Step 193; and Rutgers. Texto 1
and Texto 2 are relatively new
varieties and Rutgers is the old
standby. In this particular test
and under the weather conditions
we’ve had this year, Texto 1 made
the best showing by far. This var-
iety produced almost three times
as many marketable tomatoes as
Texto 2 and over five times as
much at Rutgers. The quality of
both the Texto I and Texto 2 was
superior to*Rutgers. It looks like
each of these new varieties may
prove to be better than Rutgers
for commercial tomato production
in our area.
Present for this first test pick-
ing were Joel Reese, George Will-
iams, Harry Crockett, Emil Rei-
mers, Clarence Karcher, and your
manager. This test is being con-
ducted by County Agent Reese,
with the cooperation of Harry
Crockett
July 2 Set For Election
Following Petition
At its regular meeting Tuesday
night the trustees of the Smith-
ville School were presented a pe-
tition requesting that an election
■£e called for the purpose of set-
ting a tax rate and approving the
outstanding bonded indebtedness
of the Smithville Independent
School District.
The petition sets forth two pro-
positions as follows:
Rotary Mower
Injures M. H. Harris
M. H. “Boog” Harris received
a painful and serious leg lacera-
tion Monday afternoon as he was
mowing with a rotary mower on
the school grounds. The accident
happened about 3:30 o’clock as
he was cutting tall grass around
the band hall. It was not known
just what struck him but the ob-
ject hit his leg with such force
that it knocked the leg from un-
der him causing him to fall. He
called out and Coach James Lyda
and Walter Hannusch who were
working in the gym, came to the
injured man’s aid and took him to
the hospital.
The cut was on the shin of the
left leg just above the top of the
shoe, and went all the way to the
bone. The flesh was also badly
bruised around the cut. Mr. Har-
ris had on a pair of new overalls
which he had turned up three
folds because of the high grass.
There were three cuts through the
heavy denim.
Mr. Harris was permitted to go
home from the hospital Tuesdqv
but it will be quite some time be-
fore he is up and about again. It
was necessary to place a drainage
tube in the injured leg.
Mrs. J. I. Johnson
Dies Following
Heart Attack
Mrs. J. J. Johnson was stricken
.with a heart attack on Monday,
May 30, and was only able to get
the telephone receiver off the
hook. Neighbors were called in
and found her unconscious and
she passed away in the local hos-
pital on Thursday, June 2, 1955.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday, June 4, from the Marrs
Memorial Chapel with Rev. R. L.
Hargis officiating and music pro-
vided by the Presbyterian Choir.
Interment was . in Oak Hill Ceme-
tery, the pall bearers being
Messrs. A. G. Buescher, D. B.
Mancy, J. j. Stalmach, C. L. How-
ard, C. R. Taylor, and E. M. King.
Annetta Pearl Johnson was
born in Hunnewell, Mo., on May
10, 1872. She waa married to J. J.
Johnosn, who was general agent
for the MK&T here for many
yean. Their only son, Albert,
passed away in 1909 at the age of
16. Mr. Johnson passed away in
1931 and Mrs. Johnson continued
to live here in the . homestead
She was a member of the Presby-
terian Church and the Smithville
Chapter of the O. E S. She had
been active in church and social
affairs until enfeebled by illness.
Her friends loved her for her
sympathetic understanding and
interest in them.
Surviving relatives are three
nieces, Mrs. Golds Howe and
Mrs. Eva C. Huebsch, both of
Hunnewell, Mo., and Mrs. D. A.
Smith of Tuscon Arizona and
three nephews, E. L. Smith of
Dertolt, Mich., Ernest Dunlop of
Hunnewell, Mo., and A. B. Dun-
lop of Moline, 111. Of these Mrs.
Huebsch and E. L. Smith and wife
attended the services. Other out
of town friends attending were
Mr. and Mrs. C. .L. Howard of
Taylor and Mrs. R. B. Merts and
sister, Miss Eva Willich of Taft.
Proposition 1. That the tax rate
for maintenance and retiring a£
bonded indebtedness be act at a
maximum of $1.50.
Proposition 2. That the bonded
indebtedness of the 'school dto-
tricts be assumed by the Smttto-
ville Independent School District.
This election was made necea
sary by the consolidation of tlw
Kovar-Stasny Common School Dis-
trict with the Smithville Independ •
ent School District last September.
A previous consolidation with
Upton-Rosanky also abrogated or
nullified some eighty
dollars in unsold bonds which had
been voted in 1990 by the toS'
payers of the district for the tae»
provement of the plant facilitiaa
of the district.
In response to this petition the
Board of Trustees has called as
election for Saturday, July 2, 1900.
A. G .Buescher has been desig-
nated as election judge.
Homecoming Set
At West Point
West Point’s Annual Homecom-
ing will be next Sunday, June 12,
it has been announced. The gath-
ering will be at Robinson Creek
Park, and will be a basket lunch
affair. Everyone is invited to come
for a day of fellowship and fun
with friends, both old and new.
Mervin K. Baker
Dies Tuesday, May 31
Mervin R. Baker, a retired rail-
road conductor and former real-
dent of Smithville, was foaad
dead at his home in San Antonin
last Thursday about noon, wham
his daughter, after several at-
tempts to reach him by phsme
without success, had the police to
force an entrance into the hones
where he has lived alone since
the death of his wife early last
year. A coroner’s inquest showed
that he died some time Monday
night from a heart attack, probab-
ly caused by acute indigestion, as
a glass containing soda water was
found in (he kitchen.
The body was brought to Smith-
ville where funeral services warn
held at Marrs Memorial Chapa!
Sunday, June 5, with the Bar,
Elvie si. Taylor of San Antonie
officiating. Burial waa in Oak HUl
Cemetery. Serving aa pail beer are
were W. B. Churchill. E. A. Cote-
man, B. W. Foster, C. C. Dechord,
E. H. Garrett, and Wm. Hooe.
Survivors include a aon, Harold
D. Baker of Houston; a daughter,
Mrs. Miko L, Jacobs of San An-
tonio; three grand children; twn
great grandchildren; fiVe nephews
and weven nieces. „
A complete obituary win be
given in a later issue of the Times.
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KATY HISTORY REVIBWRD—Rev. Robert L. Hargis Is pictured
above as he reviewed "The Katy ^Railroad and the Last Frontier"
last Friday bight. The model Katy train, "The Texas Special”, was
shown by eourtesy of W. W, Cantrell and the cooperation of the
HUT Koilroid. to fnd Mott,
Charles Edward Mize
Graduates From Rice
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mize attended
the graduation of their eon,
Charles Edward, from the Rice in-
stitute, June 2 and 3, attending
the Baccalaureate service and the
Commencement exercises. They
also attended s tour of the Library
and » showing of a film “Through
the Sallyport”, depicting campus
life through a full year, aftor
which they were guests of The
Association of Rice Alumni, hon-
oring all candidates for degrees
and their parents with a reception
on the Cohen House lawn, preced-
ing Commencement exercises. At
this reception Mr. and Mrs. Mias
met members of the Faculty and
Administration of Rice Institute
and officers of the Rice Alanmt
\ssnciation.
Other relatives and friends at-
tending Charles Edward’s gradua-
tion exercises were Mr. and Mrs.
\V W Rew, II, and daughters,
Nancy Jane and Judie Anne of
San Antonio,' Mrs. T. E. Watson of
Smithville; also Mr. and Mrs. S.
V. Edmonson and daughter, Sue
Ellen and son, Jimmie, Mr. and
Mrt. J. M. Wolff. Mr. and Mr*. T.
E. Thomas, Mrs. Hattie Cadoll, and
Mr. and Mrs. 1L A. Wallace, aU of
Houston. „ *
Charles Edward will enter John
Hopkins Medical School at Bolt*-
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