The Smithville Times Transcript and Enterprise (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1963 Page: 2 of 8
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The Smithville Times
20 years A«o
PRESS
issocttTtii
newspaper
home of the
Lutherans Hava
Aim
Lutheran Church
this book
Billie Davis was appointed
reporter for the rest of thia
«* arr lluokm« <rf apmteag a pur
teie of uur eavtags each rear tn
•ur Unvote until Easily they will
have l*vo spent . . “
Thia plan cuvsos from a msecons
the Poet Office
March 3 1R7U
in Advance
has lieen
placet of
will be
Easter,
held in
next to
of Taylor
week in the
with her
Opportunity is hard to recognize because it usually goes around
wearing work clothes
of the 377. for you num
It comes as no surprise, then, that the Religion in American Life
program urges us to make a habit of regular worship at a church or
synagogue- a suggestion that offers an opportunity for each of us to
build a really firm foundation for our lives
Mari„v.
but with no real
care of as they come along, then the
It is true there are empty business buildings on Main Street This
is partly because the owners have not kept them in a state of repair
Leaky roofs and rotting floors do not induce progressive merchants
Yet the owners for most part will not sell
man wanting to stay in Smithville has been
building, in many instances away from Main
The aggressive business
forced to build his own
Street
Both also express themselves
feelingly appreciative of the favor
ot getting the home paper, a gratis
contribution from Father Kieffer
The other day a news article told of a historic house in Massachu
setts firing moved to a new location 'Ihe relocation went as scheduled
but in the process, the house dissolved Its foundation had been re
moved and. without it the old building collapsed
Religion lays a foundation upon which meaning
life It lifts a person out of himself and into a new
ALWAYS
GROWIBG
County Committee
Works On Hans
plant
community what
help of all other
New BUT Hod
Pastor's Son
ToProadi Here
of Smithville
moving away.
Extravagance in the ad
has been hinted There-
This sort of thing happens not only to buildings, but also to the
people around us Their foundations become weakened and the mean
ing that was once attached to life is eroded away
Born to Mr and Mrs E J Vasek
on Sunday. April 11th a fine baby
boy weighing 8 ■’ pounds The
baby has been named Ernest Jo
seph Mother and son are doing
nicely Congratulations’
sister. Miss Lu-
seated at the
Beginning the Sunday after Eas
ter. April 21st. services at Grace
Lutheran Church will be .is fol
lows Sunday School at 8:00 A. M
and regular divine services at 8:00
Mr and Mrs Emil L Adamcis
have announced the engagement
and approaching marriage of their
daughter. Lucille to Lieut Floyd
R Hyson of Smithville who is now
stationed at an Army Air Force
Navigation School in San Marcos
The wedding will take place Sun
day April 25th at the
bride
Mrs Tom beavers
spent the first of the
city when she visited
husband Mr Tom beavers who is
employed by the Ben Sira Com-
pany, contractors, who are build
ing the short cut from Alum Creek
to the Colorado River Bridge in
our city and also graveling High
way No 95 out of the city toward
Flatonia
Announces
Early Services
The Light Board held its regular
meeting Monday night After rou-
tine business, the matter of a new
secretary came up for discussion
Mrs R B Alexander was elected
secretary in place of Mrs Corinne
Parker who resigned
The plant has made a net profit
of *1 Ot),000.00 in round numbers
since the city is operating it Twen
ty iwo g1000 00 bonds have been
paid off. $48,000.00 is invested in
interest bearing securities, and a
balance of 030.000 00 on hand
One of the fundamental problems people face today is a lack of
direction, an emptiness that leaves them hanging on the ropes
people are like onions made up of layer upon layer
center •
Mak* VACEK'S your headquar-
ters for all your drug and sundry
needs If Vacek’s do not have what
you want they will try to pot H
for you.
your "rent” for the spare you occupy
You are leaders in our churches,
service clubs You are the ones
thing about the conditions in oui
Two Services
During Holy Week
can be built into
relationship with
God and with his fellow men at the same time that it gives inner rein
forcemcnts for facing the demands of life
se wonderful institutions are
filling a long;, felt need here
doctors listened to the
needed sei \ ice
the others, yet they would not
believe her.
So it has been through the ca»
tunes The miracle of the raeur
roction is not an easy thing fat
Smithville citizens should be very proud
ber within your ranks the business men who have grown and expanded,
who are providing us w-ith modern up-to-date stores You are paying
in service to the community
our PTA s. our veterans'-groups, our
we are going to call on to do some-
community
BCDC is working toward a
of action for thr
of the county by
Visit our schools, attend a school board meeting See for yourself
the conditions that need improving—the conditions thit. if not cor
rected, will bring us warning from the State Education Agency and
possible loss of accreditation Yes that threat is still hanging over us )
Thia is the "kiss of betrayal of
all w ho would . call thMMeivoa
Christiana but who resist the re
these things City schools hospitals, churches, manufactur-
business and professional people all tie togethei to make
it is No one part can operate effectively without
factors and individual citizens
Grace lAitheran Church will ceie
brate Holy Week with two services
at 7:30 P M Maundy Thursday and
7:30 P M Good Friday Bott of
these services will also includi the
celebration of Holy Commtrmon
The Lenten Theme will be carried
out "Were You There’” Thursday.
"When He Instituted the Holy Sup
per’” Good Friday. "When They
I .aid Him in the Grave’"
The Easter Sunday morning ser
vice will be at 10 00 A M The
theme being "W'ere You There
When He Arose From the Grave’”
The Choir will sing: “The Strife
Is O’er, The Hattie Done” The
Sunday School Children will have
a short Easter service at 8 00 A. M
and an Easter Egg Hunt on Satur
day at 2:30 P. M AU are cordially
invited.
If the little things are taken
big things will automatically tall into place
it a point to visit at least one of our manufacturing plants Tell the
owner you are glad that he chose Smithville, show an interest in what
he is doing, lend him a little more1 support—he can certainly use it
(How many of you ever withered to visit Harns Electrical Manufactur
ing Company while the plant was still in town?) Next time you are in
the place of business of one of our more progressive merchants, note
what he has done recently to improve his business—how he has ex
panded — new equipment that has been added
A pretty dismal picture of the future
painted—empty business buildings, families
business closing or on the bnnk of doing so
ministration and maintenance of our schools
fore, we say thanks for the 377 who do not believe we are on the brink
of a "bottomless financial pit "
Published Every Thursday in Smithville. Texas, by
THE SMITHVILLE PUBLISHING CO.
207 East Third Street, Phone ADams 7 2481
C K MICK. Publisher and Owner
entered as second-class matter January 1, 1884, at
Southville, Texas, under the Act of Congress, of
Subscription Rate $3.00 Per Year
Out of Bastrop County $3 50
.. 10c Per Copy
indeed fortunate to have 377 people like you—
growth and prosperity can be ours—it WILL Im1 :iurs With your con
tinued interest, help and cooperation, we cannot fail
Well, we had the scrimmage'
(football) game Thursday evening, i
and believe me the seniors were I
full of pep The final score was ■
28-0 The future football team is I
going to be right good (providing
Uncle Sam does not get the pick
of the team). As to the stars for
next year, there's really no telling
because they were all hustling and
doing their best However, we can
hint to you that Fred Hunte and
his Ju Jit.su are going to be hard to
beat
you
We have been slowed but
It seems that our board members have not yet come up
plan that will meet with the approval of the
them our
There is still time to get your
Easter greeting cards at VACEK'S
PHARMACY. Also Vacek's still
have a few boxes of delicious fresh
Pangburn's chocolates in special
Easter box and wrapper In fact,
Vacek's have Easter gifts for every
one.
CM<s. and cao> rauMKvs caa pretty
woU be pinned down for say sec
Ussi ef tee rnupiry by getting
books from tee pubtec Bterary and
by wntmg tee aoetteo s Chamber
You did not deserve to lose It is people like you. with vision and
foresight hope, faith and courage, who are the heart and soul of our
community Fortunately you arc not quitters—in fact most of
realize that we can not afford to give up
not stopped
with exactly the "right
majority of the voters, but they will if we continue to give
support and confidence
( ouncil meeting: let our city leaders know you are
they arc doing
Taken from the files of the
Smithville Times dated April 22.
1943
Altar Society
Bake Sale
The annual Bake Sale sponsor
eri by the lodies Altar Society of
St Paul s Catholic Church
held the Saturday before
April 13 The sale will be
the old clinic building
Vacek s Pharmacy and will begin
at 8 00 AM On sale will be
Easter eggs, home baked koiaches
eakea. pie*, strudel, cookies, etc
11-St
Winner of Plaque for Outstanding
Community Service in 1948, 1951, 1955, 1959
Winner of Plaque for Outstanding Industrial Promotion, 1980
I Misses Agnes Homuth and Shir
I ley Wesson honored Miss Marion
Moore, bride elect of Sergeant
I Donald Dunlap with a miscellan-1
| eous shower Thursday evening.
April the 15th at the home of Miss
Homuth The table was laid with j
r madeira cloth, centered with
! bridal wreath, pink roses and lark
I spur Misses Maurine Williamson.
| .Noralea Bingham and Mary Lou
| Foster served at the punch bowl
i The bride elect 's
This editorial is intended strictly for the 377 progressive persons Moore was
who voted for the school bond issue Saturday You are to be com- bride's book where the guests reg
mended for your faith in the future of our community, for your confi istered
donee in the board members of the Smithville Independent School
District, for your desire to provide our children with a modern, upto
date, adequate school plant
Very recently letters were re-
ceived at the respective homes of
Mr and Mrs Steve Quitta and Mr
and Mrs Edward Vyvjala from
their sons. Private Fred William
Ouitta and Private Henno Vyvjala.
both stationed at ( amp Claiborne
As a result of information from
their homes they enjoyed the great
happiness of a visit face to face
After receiving the identifying de
tails of each other s enrolment,
they found that they were located
at the extreme opjiosite boundary
of the camp, five miles apart Both
speak of this surprise meeting as
a delicious treat beyond the power
of mere words to convey adequate
but we cannot make them agree
Although some try to show that all
religions really teach the same
basic ideas they are never cow
vincing
live in a world in which we
lo make a definite decision
our faith The basic derision
centers around Jesus Chnst Either
Christ IS your Savior and laird or
He la not There la no middle
ground
Yet. many people today seek to
be meet friendly with Chnst and
with the Christian faith, but know
little more about Him and His
claims than they know of Mohan
med or Buddha Many people insist
they arr "Christians". and resent
any inference to the contrary, but.
tn fact, they reject Chnst as both
their Savior and their Lord And
men HU was elected te the office
of General Chairman for the B of
RT in which throe men ran for
the office, without a lunoff He
ran for the same office four years
ago and was defeated by one vote
in a runon ne too* oiixe n
General Chairman Febroary 12.
Visit our hospitals not as a patient but as an interested person in
what these wonderful institutions an doing for our community, how
they are filling a lonpjelt need here, what valuable assets they are
(Had our doctors listened to the "crepe hangers' we would still be
without this much
Wouldn't you like to have a
picture record of Easter this yeer?
I Mom and sis and the kids all
decked out in Easter finery; the
children hunting Easter eggs; the
gorgeous wild flowers— any of
these would make wonderful and
lasting remembrances. Get your
I film, earners, and other supplies
at VACEK'S PHARMACY, end af-
ter the holiday bring the exposed
We suggcst||tiat you make film to Vacek's for processing.
the forgiveMM He offers Thia te
the kin of those who would them-
selves Christians but in fact reject
Christ as their Savior from eta and
the Izord at their lives
regard with wonder
For Uns maa. and others think
»«r along tee same Itees H sbouM
t» pointed out that the piaa this
r>an has will very probably lead
him down the read te IraateatMO
and oteiivwe Beiauae—
"Judas, betrayrst thou the fcm
of Man with a ktea’” Luke 22 48
Religions do conflict in our
world We try In prnct’ce tolerance
A book is to be
findings of the ’ they reject or ignore His church
I In the Garden of Gethsesnane we
see a clash between religious H'rh
religious officials sought to take
< host captive and to ueetrov Him
for religious reasons Chnst wil-
lingly accepted their imprisonment
and eventual death ao that mm
might again be able to have a sure (
faith
Judas stands
friend and disciple of Jesus and
a conspirator with the officials
seeking religion with Christ Here
is the ultimate in pbeay "toler-
ance" He offers Christ the kies of
The Bastrop County Develop
ment Committee met in Bastrop
April 3 The resignation of Mr
Mick and Mrs Middleton was ap
proved
Mrs
acting
year
The
five year plan
improvement
helping the county help itself Ev
ary organization may be asked to
bcip set the goals
compiled of the
committee
The editors of
elected They are Mr John Middle
ton. chairman Mrs Vernon Bartsch
and Mr Bilile Davis
The Soil Conservation and Ex
tension Service advisors will work
with thia program from start to
finish
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