The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1955 Page: 1 of 10
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AND EEE COUNTY BEWs
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Service Held Today
For 3 Crash Victims
neers 75 years of age
will be Honor Guests.
MANOR STUDENT ELECTED
HISTORIAN SWT SOCIETY
JAMES CARTWRIGHT
IN NEW LOCATION
Season Here
Friday, May 27
The Elgin Athletics
jective will be to restore in 1957
the 62% of the 10% reserve used
for upward trend in 1955.
The Legislative and Policy Com
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Life-Long Elgin
Resident, Passes On
Last rites were held Monday,
will open .Seaside
Ninth Swedish
Barbecue-Reunion
Set For June 22
The ninth Midsummer Festival
and barbecue of the Swedish As-
sociation of Elgin and vicinity has
been set for Wednesday night,
June 22 in Elgin Memorial Park.
A good program is being plan-
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meeting of this committee in Tern
pile on Monday, May 23.
The delegtion to the nation’s
capitol would meet with the De-
partment of Agriculture, the Sen-
ate and House Sulb-committees on
Cotton and with the Senators and
Representatives from Texas. The
objective of the delegation will be
to restore to the old cottonbelt of
'Texas in 1956 the 82% of the
Biolblby Joe Creppon and wife Shirley Nan who were victims of
car crash Wednesday together with Creppon’s father, Lincoln Crep.
pon, near Solms, Texas.
CIRCULATING IN BASTROP, TRAVIS, WILLIAMSON AND LEE COUNTIES
THE ELGIN COURIER
former residents
MISS MARY ANN DUNBAR,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Dunbar, has been selected
by the Elgin C of C to represent
Elgin in the Bathing Beauty Re-
vue to be held at the Bastrop State
4 Park Swimming Pool on Saturday,
May 28, at 4:00 p. m. as part of
the Eighth Annual Homecoming
1 id Rodeo being staged by Bas-
trop.
ISan Marcos, May 26 — Jean
(Stafford of Manor has been elect-
ed historian of the Allie Evans
Literary Society for next fall at
•Southwest Texas State College.
Jean, a sophomore at SWTC,
was recently elected by the mem-
bers of this women’s social organ-
ization as an officer for next
year.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
MraR. E. Stafford of Manor.
Manor announce the arrival of a
baby boy, born Monday, May 16.
The grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Prinz and Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Gamble, Manor.
Bastrop will be the scene of wwill pass in review at 4:00 p. m.,
much festivity this week-end as Friday.
the citizens go all out for their Rodeo performances each night
big annual Homecoming and Ro- at the American Legion Rodeo
deo which opens Friday, May 27 Arena at 8:00 o’clock. Dances
and continues througth Sunday, each night, under the stars, on the
the 29th. All
Band will furnish music to lend
a lively atmosphere and a splendid
(barbecue supper will be served.
People of Swedish descent, their
wives, husbands, and families are
eligible to attend. It is a great
icelebration and Swedes from far
and near converge on Elgin for
the occasion.
Tickets are now on sale. W. L.
Gustafson is ticket chmn. and you
best hurry and get yours. June 20
is the deadline to get your name
in the “(barbecue pit” and time
does slip by these days.
As plans progress, more infor-
mation will be released through
the Courier.
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ned. All pioneer Swedish
Bapt. Vacation Bible
School June 6-11
The Baptist Vacation Bible
School will open Monday, June 6
land continue through June 11. AU
children of all faiths are invited
to attend. Registration will be
(Saturday afternoon, June 4, at
the church.
Mrs. Wayne Davenport will
serve as principal of the school
and superintendents of the various
departments include:
Nursery Dept.—Mrs. Wayland
Foehner
(Beginners—Mrs. Harry Krenek
Primary—Miss Velma Leseman
Junior—Mrs. J. L. Hollaway
Intermediate—Mrs. K. H. Thor-
mmahlen
The Rev. J. L. Hollaway will
be in charge of Junior and Inter-
mediate boys’ handwork.
Others assisting will be: Miss
Sydna Davis, pianist; Mrs. Faye
Mecey, song leader; Mrs. Walter
gin; a daughter, Mrs. Hugh E.
Williams, Wharton; two sons, Ru-J 10% reserve which went for up-
fus, Jr., Galena Park and Harold
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NORRIS McCARTHER MAKES
7-DAY. TRIP TO THAILAND
Norris McCarther, stewardsman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norris
McCarther of 614 W. Brenham
St.,-Elgin, Texas, aboard the USS
Porterfield, recently completed a
seven-day visit to the Thailand
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as they were returning from E
Paso where Mr. Lincoln Creppon
and Shirley Nan had picked up
Bobby Joe at Fort Bliss, who had
received his discharge from ser-
vice Tuesday after completing a
tour of duty in Alaska. They were
killed instantly, according to re-
ports. Accompanying them were
Marion W. Newman of Austin,
who wias transferred from a New
State Health Dept.
Urges CleanUp Here
Department Bureau of Sanitary
Department Bureau ol Sanitary
Engineering was visiting in our
city Wednesday and urging all of
us on in the clean-up that has been
planned and is going on now.
This week was designated as
clean-up week and it is hoped that
by the time you read this paper
today (Thursday) that all of us
will have had the trash and gar-
bage picked up.
The city will handle all of the
public places like cutting those
weeds and grass and the spraying
that will be done in the near fu-
ture and also take steps to drain
ditches and other places that breed
those awful mosquitoes that there
is so many of right now.
It will take the cooperation of
everyone of us to take care that
there are no pools of water or
other places that mosquitoes breed
^SIXTY-FIFTH YEAR
EIGHTH ANNUAL HOMECOMING,
•RODEO IN BASTROP MAY 27-29
The office of James Cartwright,
Real Estate and Insurance, has
moved from Smith Studio on
Main Street to 109 East 1st.,
where he will be glad to see hi*
many patrons and friends. His
phone number now is 526.
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Observations
Mrs. Edwin Bronaugh
That Memorial Day established
in 1869 was intended to, honor
those soldiers who died in the
Civil War, but today the public
looks to it as both a tribute to the
heroes of other wars and today’s
soldier as well. Let us pause next
Monday for a time to remember
them.
The Yamboree planning commit
tee will meet Monday night, May
30 at the R. N. Jensen home at
8:00 o’clock.
The Elgin Truck Growers As-
sociation will hold a meeting at
the Bill Welch Feed Store Tues-
day night at 7130. 'This is an im-
portant meeting and all members
are ask to be present.
A meeting of the Citizens Ad-
visory Committee will be held
Tuesday evening at the Elemen-
tary School at 8:00 p. m.
Today our heartfelt thoughts
and prayers go out for the mem-
bers of the Creppon and Olson
families. We pray that God will
comfort you.
mittee feels that by using this
method it will increase the acre-
age in the Old Cottonbelt area
from 10% to 20% yearly. Fig-
ures released at the meeting by J.
V. Stiles, committee chairman
from Taylor, show that if 10% re-
serve had not been used in 1954-
55 the acreage in the OCBA area
would have been 15% to 35%
higher.
The Committee went on rec-
ord as approving the percentage
of acreage that Texas is getting
under the national allotment pro-
gram, but voiced disapproval with
the distribution within the state.
The action of the Legislative and
Policy Committee must have the
(approval of the Board of Directors
of the OOBA. This meeting is
scheduled for Temple on June 1.
Approval is expected. ,
NAVY RECRUITER HERE
FRIDAYS TO INTERVIEW
0 YOUTH OF AREA
R. C. Thomas, Chief Enginmian,
Navy recruiter from Taylor was
in Elgin Friday and stated he is
0 here each Friday from 8:00 to
111:00 a. m. and will (be glad to
give any information desired to
young men who may be interested
_ in entering the U. S. Navy, and
“ would especially like to contact
members of the ElHi senior class
as the Navy offers 54 different
trade schools for young men
g qualifying for service.
terrace of the American Legion
Center.
Saturday morning at 8:00 a
Fishing Tournament for young-
sters 4 to 14 will be held at the
lake in the Bastrop State Park,
lasting until 11:3'0. Prizes will
Ibe awarded. Each entrant must
be accompanied by a responsible
adult and must register before
8:00 a. m. to be eligible.
Saturday, 11:00 a. m., Bastrop
Ex-Students Ass’n. meets in the
Bastrop High auditorium. A sec-
ond meeting at 5 p. m., when a
barbecue supper will be served.
Bathing Beauty Revue Satur-
day 4:00 p. m. at the Bastrop
State Park swimming pool. Out-
of-town beauties will take part —
all parading to music by Bastrop
High School Band. Following the
Revue Miss Linda Moncure, Bas-
trop’s bathing beauty and Miss
Gore, Homecoming and Rodeo
Queen, will be official hostesses
at a tea given by the Bastrop C.
of C. honoring the visiting beau-
ties.
A popular attraction of the
Homecomming each year is the
Fishermen’s Outboard Motor Boat
Race from Montopolis Bridge in
Austin down the Colorado River
(55 miles to Bastrop, finishing at
the boat docks. The race starts,
in Austin, at 12 o’clock noon
Sunday. There will be three di-
visions in the race. Entry blanks
may be obtained from Billy
Voigt, Bastrop.
All these special features in ad-
dition to the rodeo performance
each night; old and new friends to
meet and visit with will make the
week-end one continuous round of
pleasure for all attending.
A motorcade of Bastrop busi-
uessnien, in western regalia, ad-
vertising the Homecoming, made
trips Monday and Tuesday to 20
Central Texas towns, distributing
circulars and . featuring western
music at each stop. They arrived
in Elgin at 6 p m Tues. for a 20-
minute visit and were greeted on
Main Street by a large group of
local citizens.
The Bastrop Advertiser printed
a 24-page Homecoming Edition on
May 19, which is ineed a credit to
Ed and Amy Standifer, publisher
and editor, respectively.
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A pall of sorrow Was cast over
Elgin and vicinity early Wednes-
day morning when news of the
tragic deaths of Bobby Joe Crep-
pon, his young wife, .Shirley Nan,
and Bobiby Joe’s father, Lincoln
Creppon, was received. They
were killed in a headon crash of
cars on Highway 81 near the little
town of Solmms, in Comal County,
4 miles south of New Braunfels
D. Sanders, Houston; four grand-
children, Gwen Ellen and Kerry
Sanders, Galena Park; Mary Lou-
ise Williams, Georgetown and
Richard Hugh Williams, Wharton.
Also a sister, Mrs. Bertie Sanders
Dietz, Greenville, and a brother,
Leland Sanders, Houston.
O. G. Burnett
Former Elgin Citizen
Dies In Corpus Christi
Owen Granville Burnett, 76, re-
tired contractor and 32-year resi-
dent of Corpus Christi, died at
6:30 p. m. May 13 at his home in
that city. He had been ill several
months.
(Burnett was born in Elgin, Bas-
trop County, in 1878 and moved to
Corpus Christi in 19213. He was a
building contractor until his re-
tirement in 1947.
He was a member of IO O F
Lodge No. 9'6 and of the Furman
Avenue Church of Christ.
Funeral services were held
from the Clifford Jackson Chapel
in Corpus Christi. (Burial was in
Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Rodeen, El-
gin Rev. and Mrs. Carl A. A. Lar-
son, Lund; and Rev. and Mrs.
Fred Hedberg, New Sweden,
were .guests at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Leslie A. F. Carlson,
San Antonio, Monday for an in-
formal gathering and dinner.
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and retired businessman were
held at-10:00 o’clock Friday, May
20, 1955 from the Chapel of
Miller Mortuary with the Rev.
George B. McCrary, pastor of El-
gin Methodist Church officiating,
assisted by the Rev. J. L. Holla-
way, pastor of First Baptist
Church. Music was presented by
the Methodist choir with three fa-
vorite hymns sung, “In the Gar-
den,” “Rock of Ages,” and “The
Old Rugged Cross”, Burial was
in Elgin Cemetery. Pall bearers
were Wayland Ridings, Theodore
Scott, Ray Pfeiffer, Bert Lanfear,
Emmett J. Carter and Leo Foeh-
ner.
The son of James T. and Mary
Elizabeth Lawhon Sanders, W. R.
Sanders was born in Elgin Dec.
31, 1874 and spent his entire life
of more than 80 years in this com
munity. He married Naney Ella
King of Elgin on July 17, 1901
land in July 1951 celebrated their
Golden Wedding anniversary. Mr.
Sanders was an affable, kindly
gentleman, one who went out of
his way to do a favor for a friend.
He lived according to the Golden
Rule and won many steadfast
friends who respected and ad-
mired him for his many fine qual-
ities; He was in business here
some 55 years and was ably as-
sisted by ‘Mrs. Sanders, whose
friendly smile and gracious man-
ner won them many customers.
Since their retirement she has at-
tended, him constantly giving him
every care of loving heart and
willing hands, during the years of
in failing health.
Mr. Sanders passed away at .the
family residence on East Bren-
ham Street Wednesday, May 18,
11955. Two children preceded him
in death, an infant, and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dorothy Sanders Rod-
gers who died August 5, 1941 in
Houston, Texas.
(Survivors are his wife, of El-
and that attracts flies. And
bove all we want to prevent
outbreak of polio.
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Church Softball
League Formed;
Weekly Games Set
'Organization has been com-
pleted for the formation of a
church softball league and effec-
tive May 23 regular games will
be played each Monday and Sat-
urday nights. There will be no
admission charge and cold drinks
will be sold by the Elgin Little
League Association. The organi-
zation will be known as The Elgin
Church Sofitibraill League and will
be made up of the following
churches: First Baptist, First
Methodist, First Presbyterian,
Central Christian, and St. Peter’s
Evangelical Lutheran, all of Elgin,
and the New Sweden Lutheran
Church. The League will be gov-
erned by a Rules and Planning
'Committee made up of one repre-
sentative from each of the six
teams. Eligibility requirements
for players are that each player
be over twenty years of age and
be a member of the church for
which he plays. Any deviation
from this rule will require full ap-
proval of all six of the members of
the Rules and Planning Committee
This organization was fostered
for the purpose of recreation and
Christian fellowship between the
members of the various churches
of our community. '
Everyone is invited to come out
and see the games.
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NATIONAL BANK TO BE
CLOSED MAY 30 AND JUNE 3
The Elgin National Bank will be
closed all day Monday, May 30, in
observance of Memorial Day, and
again on Friday, June 3, in ob-
servance of the birthday of Jeff-
erson Davis.
Send Delegation
To Washington
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The Legislative and Policy Com
mittee of the Old Cottonbelt As-
sociation of Texas has voted to
send a delegation to Washington
in an attempt to return cotton
acres to the old cottonbelt of Tex-
as. This action took place at a
ELGIN, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, (MAY 26, 1955
Okla., who was traveling south,
returning to his station at Ran-
dolph AFB from Tinker AFB. Pa-
trolmen said he apparently dozed
or fell asleep at the wheel. He
died three hours after the crash of
a crushed leg and severe internal
injuries.
Funeral services, Elgin’s first
triple service, will be held for the
three members of the Creppon
family today, Thursday, at 4:30
p. m. from Central Christian
IChurch, of which they are mem-
bers. The Rev. Byron Welch will
officiate. Burials will be in the
Elgin Cemetery. Pallbearers £or
the family will be Louis Hashem,
Bufford Owen, Wilder Martin,
John Henry Snowden, C. H. Mar-
burger, Vernon Harrison, Jackie
Wilson, Farrell Meyer, Gordon
Martin, Allen Scott, Fred Crep-
pon, Jr., J, B. Davis, James Mc-
Gee, Curtis Dean Wilson, Lowell
Berggren, Leighton Lundgren,
Bill Condron and Harry Burke.
Mr. Lincoln Creppon is surviv-
ed by his -wife, a daughter, Betty
Jean; two sons, Ronnie and Doug-
las, all of Elgin; two brothers,
Fred Creppon, Jr., Elgin and
(Clayborn Creppon of Pennsyl-
vania.
Mrs. Bobby Joe Creppon, the
former Shirley Nan Olson, is sur-
vived by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Helmer Olson, Elgin and
two sisters, Mrs. Howard Lund-
gren, San Francisco, Calif., who
with her husband, Pfc. Lundgren,
will arrive today by plane; and
Jo Carol Olson, Elgin.
Lincoln Creppon, an employee
of Biastrop County, had lived in
Elgin most of his life. Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby Joe Creppon were
reared here and both are gradu-
ates of Elgin High School. They
were married Oct. 21, 1953 while
he was home on furlough from
Alaska. During his absence she
had made her home with her par-
ents here and commuted to Aus-
tin daily where she was employed
with the Capital Abstract and Ti-
tle Company.
'Services for the other victims
are being arranged in their sev-
eral home towns, according to
latest reports.
Braunfels hospital to Brooks
General in San Antonio at noon
Wednesday but succumbed to his
severe head injuries three hours
later; Pfc. Johnnie Driessner of
Giddings, Cpl. Max R. Beltran, of
Round Rock, all 22 years of age,
and also discharged Tuesday, who
suffered head injuries. Beltram
succumbed a few' minutes follow-
ing the accident. Driessner died at
noon.
Riding alone in the other car
involved was AlC Edward L.
Harper, 22, of Oklahoma City,
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Little League Season
Opened With Home
Game Last Tuesday
The Little League season open-
ed here last Tuesday night with
the two Elgin teams, Gruetzner
Chevrolet Co. and the Kiwanis
IClub, playing with the former
winning with the close score of
10-9.
On Thursday night the Kiwanis
won from the Smithville Blues by
a big score, at Smithville. The
Gruetzner-Bastrop Blues game
was called off on account of wet
grounds.
Tuesday night, this week, the
Kiwanis were hosts to the Smith-
ville Reds at the local park and
were defeated by the visitors 9-2.
Gruetzners went to Bastrop to
play the Bastrop Blues and took
the game 21-5.
Tonight, Thursday, Gruetzners
play the Smithville Reds in Elgin
and the Kiwanis team journeys to
Bastrop to take on the Bastrop
Blues.
The schedule for the remainder
of the season has been announced
and all players and parents please
save this schedule for future ref-
erence.
All games start at 7:30 and the
first team.- listed is home team.
These teams are composed of
Bastrop County youth 10, 11 and
12 years of age and heretofore
have provided some excellent en-
tertainment for the sports fans of
the three cities sponsoring teams,
Smithville, Bastrop and Elgin.
Help fill those bleachers at the
•games, show the youngsters you
nave their interest at heart and
they will give you something to
talk about!
Otto Haverland is manager of
the Elgin Gruetzners and C. A.
Edling is handling the Elgin Ki-
wan is team.
Little League Schedule
May 31—Bas. Reds, El. Kiwan-
is; Smv. Reds, Bas. Blues; El.
Gruetzner’s, Smv. Blues.
June 2—(El. Gruetzner’s,' El.
Kiwanis; (Smv. Blues, Smv. Reds;
Bas. Reds, Bas. Blues.
June 7—El. Kiwanis, Smv.
Blues; Bas. Blues, El. Gruetzner’s;
•Smv. Reds, Bas. Reds.
June 9—(Smv. Reds, El. Kiwanis
El. Gruetzner’s, Bas. Reds; Bias.
Blues, Smv. Blues.
June 14—El. Kiwanis, Bas.
Blues; Smv. Reds, El. Gruetzner’s;
Bas. Reds, Smv. Blues.
June 16—El. Kiwanis, Bas.
Reds; Bas. Blues, Smv. Reds;
Smv. Blues, El. Gruetzner’s.
June 21—El. Kiwanis, El.
Gruetzner’s; Smv. Reds, Smv.
Blues; Bas. Blues, Bas. Reds.
June 23—ISmiv. Blues, El. Ki-
wanis; El. Gruetzner’s Bas. Blues;
Bas. Reds, Smv. Reds.
Off Week
July 5—El. Kiwanis, Smv.
Reds; Bas. Reds, El. Gruetzner’s;
Smv. Blues, Bias. Blues.
July 7—'Bas. Blues, EL Kiwan-
is; EL Gruetzner’s, Smv. Reds;
iSmv. Blues, Bas. Reds.
July 12—Bas. Reds, El. Kiwan-
is; Smv. Reds, Bas. Blues; El.
Gruetzner’s, Smv. Blues.
Play off games start.
Games of July 12th count as for
team standing; winning manager
picks his own all stars, at least 1
boy must be picked from each
team; 1 game play off in case of a
tie including games of July 12th.
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Poppy Day In Elgin
a May 28th
Everyone in Elgin will be given
an opportunity to wear a memor-
ial poppy in honor of the war dead
on Poppy Day, Saturday, May 28,
under plans for observance of the
day which were completed at a
meeting of Elgin Unit, 295 of the
American Legion Auxiliary at
their regular monthly meeting
last week.
The observance will be directed
by Mrs. Ralph Lundgren, the Aux-
G iliary’s Poppy Chairman. Other
members of the Auxiliary have
volunteered their services to bring
poppies to everyone on Poppy Day
v- The business districts of the
city will have various teams of
workers, who will distribute pop-
pies on the streets throughout the
day. All will be unpaid volun-
0 teers, and the entire amount of
contributions given for the pop-
pies will go t support American
Legion and Auxiliary welfare
work for disabled veterans and
C needy children of veterans. Work-
ers will receive their assignments
and supplies at the regular head-
quarters— the Upchurch Drug
e Store.
Poppies for the day have been
ordered from a veterans’ hospital
where" tlle} are made by disabled
war veterans. They are crepe
d paper replicas of the wild poppies
which bloomed "between the cross
es, row on row” in the war cem-
eteries in France and Belgium,
and which have become the mem-
b orial flower of the English-speak-
ing world. Making the poppies
provides employment for thous-
ands of veterans unable to do oth-
6, er work.
May 23, at 3:30 p. m. for Mrs.
Lewis Fisher, nee Mary Iva
Meek, who died in the local hos-
pital Sunday, May zz, at 11:00
a. m. (Services were conducted by
the Rev. George B. McCrary from
First Methodist Church and the
choir sang two hymns, “In the
Garden” and “When They Ring
the Golden Bells”. Burial was
in the Elgin Cemetery. Pallbear-
ers were Clarence Leseman,
Fritz Hanke, Tom Lancaster, Har-
vey Upchurch, • Albert Voelker
and Bert Lanfear.
The daughter of John W. and
Lucinda Jane Newton Meek, both
native Texans, Mary Iva was born
at the Meeks homestead near El-
gin on August 5, 1882, and spent
her entire life in and near Elgin.
May 16, 1905 she was married to
Lewis S. Fisher, scion of another
prominent pioneer Elgin family.
They made their home near Elgin,
(ContinaA en Podo 0)
bearers were W. S. Harris, Ever-
ett Lankford, Dave Coover, Har-
ry Grabowske, Louis Ritchie, Earl
Eggleston and A. R. McGregor.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. A. A. Justice, Corpus Chris-
ti; four sons, W. C., Charles and
C. R. Burnett, all of Corpus
Christi, and P. H. of Baton Rouge,
La., and a brother, Sam A. Bur-
nett of Austin.
Mr. Burnett spent many years
in Elgin and has a host of friends
here who will regret to learn of
his demise.
their current season Friday night,
at 8:09 o’clock, at Elgin Athletic
Field, playing the Bergstrom Field
Jets. The Jets will have colored
players on their team.
The Jets have previously taken
the Athletics 7-2 and a good game
is anticipated.
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iMr. and Mrs. Jim Mogonye vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. John Michalek,
of Taylor, last Wednesday. On
Sunday Mrs. Mogonye visited with
her sister, Mrs. John Maruska, in
Granger.
and the general public have an in-
vitation to attend.
A colorful parade with beauti-
ful floats, a Rodeo Queen, Miss
0 Kay Gore, bands, lovely represen-
tatives of nearby cities; outstand-
ing dignitaries, rodeo riders, etc.,
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PTA Holds Final
Meeting Of Year
Thursday, May 19, the final
PTA meeting of the current school
year was held at the Elgin High
(School with Mrs. Paul Abel pre-
siding.
Mrs. Ernestine Meadows played
several piano numibers and Miss
Jane Nichols graciously contribu-
ted two lovely selections.
The Rev. J. L. Hollaway install-
ed new officers for next year,
who were:
Mrs. Paul Abel, pres; Mrs. Al-
bert Ford, vice pres.; Mrs. Vallon
L. Voight, 1st vice pres. (Mem-
bership) ; Mrs. W. H. ■ Rivers, III,
2nd vice pres. (Program Chmn);
Mrs. Otto Haverland, 3rd vice
pres. (Finance Chmn); Mrs. Jes-
se C. Miller, Cor. secy.; Mrs. Jack
Webb, sec’y.; Mrs. Meyer Simon,
treas.; Mrs. Kittie C. Henderson,
•historian; Camilla Davenport,
parliamentarian; Mrs. Ralph Lar-
son, reporter.
In the PTA you, as an individ-
ual, count and are counted upon.
You are invited to become a
member, and to participate in the
programs, when school reopens
this fall.
During an informal social peri-
od the first grade mothers served
refreshments of punch and cake
from a table laid with lace and
centered with an arrangement of
pink carnations and Bells of Ire-
land interspersed with candelabra
holding lighted tapers.
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ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL
Carlson, secretary; Mrs. T.
Wafson, refreshments.
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Merchant Dies At
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