The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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FOUR COUMTY
NO. 45
FIFTY-NINTH YEAR
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the C. E. course, he has also fin-
Sewage
and Water Treatment. He has al-
game of the county 3-game con-
test with Smithville at 7:30, here.
he assumed his duties last Wed-
nesday, January 25th.
a
same year, but withdrew to enter
did much to bolster their morale.
is the war. The last eighteen months
Miss Hamilton, their sponsor
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ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL BEGINS
VISUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
WHITTEN-FROMME AGENCY BUY
D ANNELLEY INSURANCE AGENCY
MAIL SERVICE
BY TRUCK IS
CERTIFICATES, AWARDS GIVEN
AT ANNUAL 4-H ACHIEVEMENT
PROGRAM HELD IN BASTROP
Davis, Walter E, Anthony, Willard
Rother, Merle Rother, Burl Rath-
Goertz, reporter, and Joe
Rathman, parliamentarian.
very proud of her girls thus far.
Of the 20 games played they had
lost only 2 up until last night.
SCOUTS TO OBSERVE
40TH ANNIVERSARY
WITH SUPPER TUESDAY
February 6-12 has been
everyone towards achieving
goal.
Even tho Elgin has no
mittee. It will begin at 7:00
clock.
of his service was spent at Lack-
land Field at San Antonio, where
I he was Assignment Officer.
ne; Ernestine Wolf.
Kastner, McDade.
Champion ribbons
Mrs. B. M. Lewis. The choir will
travel to Houston Sunday after-
noon for a concert in the St. Paul
Methodist Church.
A cordial invitation is extend-
ed to the people of our commun-
ity to hear this special service of
sacred music. ____
the Offertory number at the or-
gan. The choir and older high-
school members of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship will be served
AMERICAN LEGION BAND
PRACTICE MON. NIGHT
Members of Henry A. Lundgren
Band will meet Monday night at
Legion Hall for band practice.
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. Engineer with the State Health
Department of Texas, and was as-
Bastrop County 4-H club boys in the swine program to: Irvin Lee
and girls, parents and friends “ ‘ -
met at the courthouse annex Fri-
known companies of sound fin-
ancial background, insuring full
protection. With the additional in-
surance coverage from the Dan-
nelley Agency they will be in pos-
ition to fill every insurance need
in the Elgin area. They invite you
to bring your insurance problems
to them.
The Dannelleys have been in
business since September 1947,
when they purchased the business
of the late W. P. Culp, and later,
following the death of Mr. Joe H.
Ying, bought that well-establish-
ready accepted a position as Ass’t ic
CIRCULATING IN BASTROP, TRAVIS, WILLIAMSON AND LEE COUNTIES
THE ELGIN COURIER
and Lavon
ed insurance business in May, 19-
48. They have had offices more
recently in the former Elgin New
Century Club building, on North
Ave. C. which they own. Mr. and
Mrs. Dannelley were assisted in
the business by Mr. Dannelley’s
brother, W. A. Dannelley. They
plan to maintain a personal office
there and will devote themselves
to real estate and rentals, prin-
cipally.
bers, (2) Modern Sacred Select-
ished a course in Municipal Sani- ions, (3) Spirituals.
Miss Mary Lynn Webb, mem-
ber of the choir and major in mus-
from Bas-
A Pep rally was held for the
This was a marvelous game but . , ,
Smithville won with a 20-19 score, signed to the Houston area, where
The second game of the series
tation, specializing in
at Southwestern, will render
LT. COL ODEN
TO REPORT FOR
DUTY IN TURKEY
achievement program in Bastrop
Friday night the following offic-
ers from Bastrop County 4-H
Girls’ Council:
Chairman, Laverne Goertz;
Vice-chairman, Mary Ann Goertz;
Secretary, Leora Callahan; Treas-
urer, Leona Callahan; Reporter,
Jo Ann Goertz; Recreation leader,
Vondell Probst.
Seventeen 4-H club girls from
clubs over the county were pres-
ent for the meeting.
The 4-H Council will make
plans of 4-H activities for county
1 wide participation.
Introductions of speakers were
made by Leora Callahan and
Stanley Smith.
The meeting opened with the
group repeating the pledge to the
United States flag and the 4-H
pledge, led by Joe Lee Rathman.
Laverne Goertz led the group
in several lively songs.
D. B. McCombs, County Agent,
to train senior officers of each
service in joint operations at the
theater and major task force lev-
els. It was founded in 1946 be-
cause of the need for senior offic-
ers capable of staff, and command
responsibilitiy in any decisive op-
eration of the future involving the
joint effort of two or more of the
Armed Services.
Vice Admiral John L. Hall, Jr.
USN, is Commandant of the Col-
lege and his deputies are Brig.
Gen. Charles Y. Banfill, USAF,
and Brig Gen. Robert O. Shoe,
USA.
Lt. Oden is a son of Mrs. S. B.
Oden, of Elgin.
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El - Hi Heating
System Fails
Last Friday the Elgin Public
Schools were closed a few minutes
earlier than usual. The combina-
tion of rust and more than twenty
years of service caused the steam
boiler in the high school to begin
to leak. Due to the heat in the
fire box the leak could not be re-
paired until Saturday, so school
was dismissed when the tempera-
ture inside approached the cool
outside temperature. The students
seemed to enjoy the misfortune
and gaily trouped out of the build
case at present, there have been
in the past and may be in the fu-
ture. This grim crippler strikes
quickly and with little or no warn-
ing, old and young alike. There-
fore our citizens should realize
the need of being prepared in the
event someone should need help.
It is quite heart-warming also to
know that contributions will be
used to help restore health and use
of limbs to those elsewhere should
we continue fortunate and not
have to take advantage of such
assistance.
Last year’s epidemic virtually
drained the nation of its March
of Dimes epidemic aid resources
and the monies in local chapters
Chester F. Payton
Awarded Degree
At Texas A & M
Chester F. Payton, son of Mrs.
Holland Brown, of Elgin-, was a-
warded his Bachelor of Science
Degree in Civil Engineering at
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas, on Friday, Jan-
uary 20th, 1950. In addition to
Former Owners
Offer To Buy
Swift Land
According to John Sharp, pro-
ject manager of Camp Swift
surplus land disposal office in
Bastrop, former owners of Camp
Swift land have offered to buy
back 3,363 acres, and he is receiv-
ing inquiries from other former
owners who are interested. There
is a time limit so he suggests all
who would like to make an offer
do so as soon as possible.
The eight who nad made offers
to buy, up to the middle of last
week, were: Willie G. Blackwell,
106.75 acres; A. R. and S. E.
Dungan, 700 acres; O. J. Gibson,
1,121 acres; Fritz Kastner, 123.4
acres; G. R. Mobley, 132.5 acres;
George R. Mobley, 226.5 acres;
W. R; Stanley, 846.6 acres and
W. P. Wilson, 106.25 acres.
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New Color Movies
Featured At Manda
Monday, Feb. 6th
Coming to Manda School Feb.
6, 1950 are two new films—one
a musical color cartoon, the other
a beautiful color movie that dram-
a turkey dinner following theser-
Mr. Payton graduated from El- vice, prepared by a committee
....... ' "of ladies from WSCS, directed by
will be played in S’mithville Fri-
day night at 7:30 and the third
in Elgin. The two out of three
winner will go to district.
SOUTHWESTERN U CHOIR TO SING
AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH SUN.
The A’Capella Chair of South---
teams yesterday afternoon yhich the Army Air Corps, where he
:. remained for five years during
Lt. Col. Waller
Assigned To
Korean Post
Lt. Col. Waller and his mother
spent the greater part of the
week with his uncle, Dick Reamer
and family in Elgin. Col. Waller
is being sent the first ©f March as
Financial Advisor to U. S. Mili-
tary group in Korea. He left Sun-
day morning for his home in Los
Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Waller will visit a few
days longer with the Reamers be-
fore leaving for her home in St.
Louis, Mo.
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, j
Coast Guard and Geodetic Sur-
vey, will hold its graduation exer- -
cises January 25.
Secretary of the Navy Francis
P. Matthews will be the graduat-
ion speaker.
Oden will report for duty in
Ankara, Turkey.
The Armed Forces Staff. Col-
lege is operated under the direct- i
ion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff •
aside by Boy Scouts of America
to commemorate the 40th anni-
versary of scouting and Elgin
has designated Tuesday night,
February 7th as the date to cele-
brate the event locally.
Cub Scouts and their parents
will hold a birthday supper in
the El Hi Lunchroom at 7:30
Tuesday night and all cub scouts
and parents are invited and urged
to attend.
At this time a regular meeting
of cub pack will be held. A fine
time is in store for all in attend-
ance.
Bobby Taylor Metcalfe is the
new .apprentice on the Courier
force, taking the place of How-
ard Robinson, Jr., of Taylor, who
had been with us about four
months, but is now getting his
check, and chow, from “Uncle
Sam” as a member of the US Air
Corps. Jr. is stationed at Lack-
land Air Force Base, San Antonio
and likes army life fine. He was
pleasant, friendly and developing
into a valuable man in the back
shop and we miss him but if he
prefers the wide blue yonder to
our paste pot and dead line we
are all for it too and wish him
luck—the very best.
Metcalfe is an affable young
man and has already absorbed
enough ink in his system to render
splendid service and is keenly in-
terested in all phases of his work.
Intelligent, quick but thorough,
he will no doubt develop into i
fine printer ere long. We are all
happy to have him as a member
of our personnel.
The March of Dimes total here
is far short of the goal set and
today the Henry A. Lundgren
Post 295, American Legion, local
sponsor of the drive, issues an ap-
peal for the renewed efforts of
trip between
someone has found any keys,
it would be. appreciated by Mr.
ICE STORM GRIPS
NORTH TEXAS; ELGIN
MISSES BRUNT OF COLD
An ice storm grips north Texas
| today extending from Abilene and
Wichita Falls on the west, east-
ward to Paris and beyond, Tele-
phone circuits numbering around
662 were out in the area and 45
towns were isolated from tele-
atically reveals the wonders of
the State of Wyoming.
These are a part of the Sinclair
Farm Show that once again will
attract a large crowd. This show
will be held at Manda February
6, 1950 at 7:30 p. m.
The Farm Show this year prom-
ises to be even more colorful and
more fun than ever before. After
the movies valuable prizes will a-
gain be presented to the lucky
ticket holders. Other attractions
including refreshments will be on
the program. Local Sinclair A-
gent, Wallace Arbuckle says he
expects a large crowd and adds,
“there will be no charge or sell-
ing of any kind.”
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C. OF C MEETING
FEBRUARY 9
Regular meeting of the Elgin
Chamber of Commerce will be
held next Thursday night, Febru-
ary 9th. Meyer Simon, president,
and R. L. Carter, sec’y., urge all
members and those interested in
the affairs of the town to be pre-
sent.
gin High school in the class of
1941, and entered A. & M. the
On Monday of this week a new
motion picture projector was de-
livered to the High School. This
machine will give students a
chance to learn through the med-
ium of educational movies. A
generous appropriation from the
Elgin PTA made this purchase
possible.
Veterans of World War II will
recall the many training films
they were required to see. The
leaders of the Armed Forces be-
came convinced that this teaching
device was efficient and much
faster than existing methods. Bas-
ed upon this and similar exper-
iences the makers of educational
movies have expanded their pro-
ductions until there are about $5-
000,000 worth of these films
now available for school use.. All
subjects are included and teach-
ers may rely upon these movies to
enrich and supplement their pre-
sent courses of study.
The South School purchased a
similar machine last year and a
cooperative plan has been adopt-;
ed whereby all schools will make
full use of any films received by
either school.
Entertainment type films will
be shown for a few weeks in or-
der to assist in paying for the
new high school projector. The El
-Hi Student Council has voted to
allow all proceeds from vending
machines in the school to be used
for the rental of educational film.
The faculty of El-Hi will now
complete plans for a visual edu-
cation program which will com-
bine appropriate films with each
unit of study. This program will
improve the learning opportunity
for the youth of Elgin.
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INAUGURATED
A mail trucking service, to be
operated daily between Houston
and Granger, handling the mail
formerly carried by the north and
south bound night Katy passeng-
er trains, recently discontinued,
was inaugurated last Tuesday
night and mail was delivered as
usual Wednesday morning, with
only one day’s disrupted service.
Mrs. Phillips and Son
Reach Yokohama
Mrs. J. W. Phillips, the former
Vera Lee Carter, of Elgin, and
young son, Larry, landed in Yoko-
' hama, Japan, January 11th safe-
ly, and in fine spirits, and have
been busy getting settled, in their
new home, for the next 3 years,
witn their husband and father,
Sergeant First Giass Fhillips.
Shortly after they landed Mrs.
Phillips had a very pleasant ex-
perience which proved the saying
presented certificates to Paige
and Bastrop Boys’ Clubs on re-
creation, check to Fred Fiebrich,
treasurer Boys’ 4-H Council for
rural recreation, Merle Rother,
Texas 4-H Electric Contest.
Checks from Sears- Roebuck
Foundation for boys participating
in 43 states were exhausted with I
expenses of patient care. It is a
very expensive disease to fight, ,
both in its acute and convalescent
stages. There is no means of an-
ticipating the needs for 1950 so
we must be prepared for any
eventuality.
Funds must also be allotted for
education of professional person-
nel. There must be respirators and
hot pack machines in great num-
bers and they are expensive —
but worth the money. Not one
emergency request went unfilled
last year. Help to keep that good
record for the sake of the unfor-
tunate victims.
This great cause should be on
the heart of every father and
mother. What greater contribut-
ion can you make than to the pro-
gram to continue fighting this '
Great Crippler of our children?
Donate' liberally and gladly to
any of the following Committee
Chairmen or other worker that
calls on you within the closing
days of the drive:
James A. Gibbins, chmn; Pre-
witt; A. P. Willims, Sr., chmn,
Butler; U. Santos, chmn. Latin -
American people; James Bryant,
chmn. colored people; Joseph O’-
Connor and Weldon Whitten,
Legion Committee; Jack Webb,
chmn., Legion, or drop a donat-
ion into the collection cans which
have been placed in the Elgin
stores.
Contribute to the March of
Dimes and MAKE YOUR DIMES
DOLLARS.
The drive continues through the
first week of February.
western University, Georgetown,
Texas will give a concert of sac-
red music at the 11 o’clock ser-
vice in the Elgin Methodist church
Sunday morning. The University
Choir consists of forty two voices
and is under the direction of Mr.
John D. Richards. The program
will feature three distinctive
types of religious songs: (1) An-
cient and Medieval Church num-
ELGIN GIRLS
WIN AUSTIN,
GRANGER GAMES
Friday afternoon the Girls A
and B Basketball teams journey-
ed over to Austin where they
played the Deaf School. A team
won 23-17 and the B’s 17 - 16.
Tuesday afternoon the two
teams played in Granger where
they were again winners, the A’s
6 - 1, B’s 20 - 4.
Last night they played the first
Scout Pot - Luck
Supper At Basrop
February 9th
On Thursday evening, Febru-
ary 9th, all Bastrop County Boy
Scouts, Cubs, as well as their
parents, are invited to a Pot-Luck
supper to be held in the Bastrop
High School lunchroom. Parents
of Scouts and Cubs are asked to
bring any kind of dish they wish
and all dishes brought then will
be arranged for all to partake of
them.
Following this supper various
awards will be made to scouts and
cubs who have earned them, at a
Court of Honor. There will be
entertainment of various types
too.
All Elgin scouts and cubs and
their parents are urged to go to
Bastrop for this affair, also all
who serve on the Scouting com-
Elgin entered three fighters in
the high school class of the reg-
ional Golden Gloves tournament
in Austin January 24-27, and
wound up with one champion.
He was Don Sanders, 180-
pound heavyweight, who was a-
warded the trophy by default
when no one would fight him.
The other entries made good
showings despite losing.
Deccard Scott, 158, lost on a
three-round technical knockout to
Benny Littlepage, 160, Austin,
but not until he had injured his
hand flooring the Maroon football
player for a nine-count with a
right cross in the second round.
It was one of the best bouts of
the tournament.
Sam Scott, 159%, no relation to
Deccard, lost a decision to J. T.
Tutor, 158, Temple, who went on
to win the high school middle-
weight championship.
Scott was floored for an eight-
count in the first round but came
back and lasted the distance with
the gangling Tutor.
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ELGIN, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1950
day night January 27, for the
annual 4-H Achievement program
A special visitor was Mr. A. H.
Karcher, Assistant State 4-H Club
leader, who talked to the group
on “Adult Leadership.”
The Bastrop County 4-H Plan-
ning committee officers conduct-
ed the meeting. Officers present
were Leora Callahan and Stanley
Smith, Co-chairmen; Laverne
Jones, Austin sewer department,
secretary-treasurer and Lucia
Strong, assistant secretary ,all of
whom were reelected. Retiring
president was G. C. Medders of
Burnet.
This organization is composed
of water and sewer superinten-
dents, city managers, and others
having the betterment of sanitary
conditions and the delivery of
good pure drinking water for the
public as their aim. Mr. Francke
has many years of valuable exper-
ience to his credit and is fully
capable of filling the duties of
his new office with honor to him-
self and his hometown.
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trop County Youth Fair were pre-
sented 4-H club girls, Floramae
Hoffman, Ailene Bailey, Ernest-
ine Wolf and Irene Lehman.
Mrs. J. A. Smith, 4-H Commit-
tee Chairman of the Bastrop
County Home Demonstration
Council presented individual a-
wards and medals to the follow-
ing:
Achievement— Stanley Smith
and Laverne Goertz.
Better Methods Electric—Merle
Rother.
Canning—Laverne Goertz.
Clothing—Dorothy Kastner.
Dairy Foods Demonstration —
Mary Ann Goertz and Jo Ann
Goertz.
Dairy Production, gold —Heine
Neidig.
Dress Revue — Mildred Ann
Goertz, Ailene Bailey, Ruby
Raschke, Doris Ann Herzer and
Jeanie Mullins.
Farm Safety — Isabel Goertz,
Annabel Goertz, Minnie Lehman,
Margie Nell Bartsch, and Verena
Beck.
Field Crops—Reuben Rother.
Food Preparatoi —Leora Cal
lahan.
Frozen Foods— Lorene Probst.
. Garden—Morris Kastner, Rosa
Lee Wolf, Charles Wilhelm, Aar-
on Herzer.
Girls’ Record—Ivy Ann Kast-
ner.
Home Grounds Beautification
—Lorene Lee.
man, Herman Wusterhousen and
checks for Sears-Roebuck Poultry
Program to Lavon Kastner, Tom-
mie Wilhelm and Fred Fiebrich,
Jr.
Miss Lena Sturges, Co. Home-
Demonstration Agent presented
the following special awards: $50.
00 bond on Frozen Foods, Lorene
Probst; certificate for participa-
tion Health Contest, Rockne 4-H
Girls, Mildred Ann Goertz; $12.-
50 for County Girls’ Council for
County participation in recreat-
ion contest, presented to Laverne
Goertz; individual awards of me-
rit and club certificates to Mc-
Dade and Rockne Boys’ and Girls*
4-H Clubs, presented to Isabel
Goertz and Aaron Henzen, Rock-
MAJORS CAFE
Friends or Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
(Ernest) Wilson will be pleased
to learn they are planning to re-
open their former place of bus-
iness, Majors Cafe, after a year
of rest and -relaxation. They will
start remodeling and redecorating
the Main Street building right a-
way, and have it all freshly re-
finished and spic and span
throughout for their occupancy.
Date of the opening will be
announced later through The
Courier. Watch for it.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Sharp, who
have occupied this building the
past year with the Red Arrow
Cafe have moved to the location
recently vacated by Westbrook
Polar Parlor in old State Bank
building, just off Main Street,
west.
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E. B. WILSONS
TO REOPEN
Melody Masters To
Be In Elgin Monday,
Night, February 13
The Melody Masters, who are
heard over Station KTAE, Tay-
lor each day, will be in Elgin for
a two-hour show on Monday night
February 13th at El- Hi auditor-
ium. They are appearing here
under the sponsorship of the Jun-
ior class, and admission will be
25 cents and 50 cents. It is rum-
ored that “The Critter” will be
with the Melody Masters in pre-
senting their show, which you will
surely plan to see.
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CEMETERY ASS’N. TO
MEET WITH MRS. PREWITT
The Elgin Cemetery Associat-
ion will meet the first Monday in
•February, Monday the 6th, at
the home of Mrs. George W. Pre-
witt, at 3:00 p. m.
All members invited and urged
to be present.
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Mesdames T. L. Watson, W. H.
Quinn, Gaston and Mabel Ebarb
were Austin visitors Sunday af-
ternoon.
ing and apparently resigned
themselves to making out as best
they could despite this brief in-
terruption in their academic jour-
ney. This incident may be a warn-
ing of the need of more extensive
repairs in the heating plant.
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BENEFIT CAKE AND
PIE SALE FEB. 11
The Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Ass’n. will hold a cake and pie
sale Saturday, February 11th, in
front of Nelson’s Red & White
Grocery. Everyone interested
bring a cake or pie to sell.
Lydia Majors, S’ec’y-Treas.
phone communications. Many
cities had no power and no water.
And, the weatherman says no re-
lief in sight as 'continued freez-
ing rain is predicted for both east
and west Eexas. Highways are
treacherous.
Elgin has been fortunate dur-
ing the 3-day cold wave—the tem-
perature has been a little above
freezing and a light rain has fall-
en intermitently. Streets are wet,
windshields cloud over making
driving something to give your
entire attention to.
BUT, today is Ground Hog
Day—if he sees his shadow, and
we predict the wily fellow will,
Elgin still will have 6 weeks a-
head for possible rough weather
before Spring breaks through.
FEBRUARY 24
The El Hi and American Le-
gion Bands will present a concert
on February 24th, at the high
school and prizes to be given a-
way are a time-clock radio and
waffle iron. Tickets may be pur-
chased from any band student
for 35 cents each or 3 for $1.00.
The proceeds\will be used for
something the band students are
looking forward to very much and
later, when received, the public
will know.
Come out and enjoy a great
■ concert by these popular bands
February 24th.
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Gordon, district superintendent of
postal transportation, of Houston.
The mail truck leaves Houston
at 7:00 o’clock every evening,
serving all towns along the road
to Granger where it arrives a-
round 2:10 a. m. to make connect-
ion with both north and south
bound trains, picks up the mail
and heads back for Houston. If
these trains (on the San Antonio
side) are late the truck will re-
main in Granger on hold order
until 6:00 a. m. or there about,
before starting back south.
All particulars have not been
worked out as yet but as we un-
derstand it, the truck will take
first class mail, newspapers, air
mail, special delivery, small par-
cels, and perishables.
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N. R. Radtke lost a key ring
with a number of keys recently,
which have not been found. If
that ‘the world is a small place
after all’ when she met a former
Elgin girl, Evelyn Houston, in
the lounge of the Atomic Hotel,
in Yokohama. They had a nice
visit together talking about ‘back
home in the heart of Texas’ and
Miss Houston immediately wrote
to Vera Lee’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Carter, telling them of
their chance meeting and how
she enjoyed seeing someone from
home.
Miss Houston, daughter of the
late Mrs. Emil Rohde has been in
the Orient for some time but ad-
vised the Carters that she has
changed positions recently and
will now work in Yokohama and
that she and the Phillips will be
neighbors.
Mrs. Phillips and Larry left
Elgin December 19th, spent
Christmas in Seattle, Washing-
ton and embarked for Japan on
December 28th.
Home Improvement — Leora
Callahan, Ernestine Wolf, Lucille
Wilhelm, Barbara Jean Goertz,
Leadership — Lorene Probst,
Stanley Smith.
Meat Animal— Joe Lee Rath-
man.
Poultry—Frd Fiebrich, Jr., La-
von Kastner, Tommie Wilhelm.
Soil Conservation — Charles
Kuhn.
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers
—Joe Lee Rathman.
Tractor Maintenance —Robert
Kuhn.
Gold Star Boy—Joe Lee Rath-
man.
> Gold Star Girl—Ivy Ann Kat-
ner.
At a meeting following the
FRANCKE NEW
PRESIDENT OF
WATER ASS’N.
Last February, in a meeting of
the Capitol Area Water and San-
itation Association held in Taylor
Otto Francke, superintendent of
Elgin water and sewer system for
9 years was elected vice president
of the organization. Last Thurs-
day night in a meeting of the as-
sociation held in the Moss Rose
Cafe in Austin he was elected pre-
sident.
Serving with him during the
year as vice president will be
Quinton Allen, manager of utili-
ties at Bastrop; Group leader, L.
G. Glover, general utilities super-
intendent at Georgetown; F. T.
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Whitten - Fromme Agency,
popular insurance business owned
by Weldon Whitten and Charlie
Fromme, which has been operat-
ing here since March, 1949, has
purchased the Dannelley Insur-
ance Agency, taking over this
business yesterday, February 1st.
The enlarged business will be
housed in the former office of
the late Joe H. King, in Elgin Na-
tion Bank building. Mrs. Roy
Johnson is employed as secretary-
bookkeeper.
Mr. Whitten, graduate of El-
Hi was associated with Jack Culp
Ins. Agency for some time prior
to going to Dallas where he spent
almost a year in the Home Office
of one of Texas’ largest insurance
companies and gained much valu-
able experience. Returning to El-
gin he opened his own agency in
July. 1948, which he operated with
great success until March 1949
when he formed a partnership
with Charlie Fromme, also an El-
ginite, who had graduated from
El Hi and attended University of
Texas.
Together they have served their
policy holders and others interest-
ed in insurance in various capa-
cities as local agent for well
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 25— Lt. Col.
Delk M. Oden, USA, of Elgin,
Texas is a member'of the sixth
ix ne aligu. see xx ale graduating class of the Armed
his, or bring them to the Courier Forces Staff College in Norfolk.
The class, composed of 181
--------------------------p student officers of the Army,
THREE ELGIN ENTRANTS IN GOLDEN
GLOVES TOURNAMENT IN AUSTIN
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Scarbrough, Don & Finch, Mrs. John C. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1950, newspaper, February 2, 1950; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1548895/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.