The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1955 Page: 2 of 10
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were Temple visitors Saturday,
guests of Mrs. Clarence Millner,
who shows improvement.
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were: Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Dungan,
Geo. Dungan of McDade, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Dungan and three
(Mrs. Claud Hooker and children,,
and Mrs. Jane Dow, of Cisco, Rev
and Mrs. J. F. Karling, Mr. and
Mrs. Dee Wayne Kinchloe and
children and Mrs. Charlie Neal.
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of-town guests were Rev. and Mrs
E. H. Wierth of Lockhart, Rev.
Eldwin Schaeffer, of Austin, and
Mrs. E. G. Kloppe and Mary, of
Niederwald.
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Our pastor and wife, Rev. and
Mrs. Albert Peltrich, of Ben Ar-
The watermelon ciop is doing : son Dungan and two daughters o
line and the melons won’t be as 1
date as we all thought they would
be due to the freeze. So we can
still have a big Watermelon Festi-
val this year, if something doesn’t
happen.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Hogan and
son of Austin visited Mrs. Hattie
Copeland recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Travis McPhaul
and family of Houston spent the
week-end in the Gaston MicPhaul
home.
Surprise Barbecue
A sunprise barbecue dinner was
given in honor of Mrs. Bill Gross-
man iSunday at the A. Y. Field
farm known as “The Dunbar
place”. Those who attended the
barbecue, and enjoyed the day
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(By MRS. GUS HEINE)
Ascension Day Program
Observed
The Women’s Guild observed
“Prayer for Missions Day” Thurs-
day evening in the church. Mrs.
Clarence Melber, chairman of the
Missionary department, was in
charge of the services. The theme
for this Ascension Day program
was “Rejoice on the Salvation of
God”, it was prepared by Mrs.
Harry Baumer of West Bend,
Wis. which was used in all Evan-
gelical and Reformed churches.
The Rev. E. Wierth, supply pastor,
delivered the sermon.
Chicken Supper Held
In Vorwerk Home
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Vorwerk
were hosts for a chicken supper
(By LYDIA ETZEL)
Birthday Party Honors
Mrs. Rieger
'Saturday afternoon Mrs. Max
Morosko entertained with a party
ait her home honoring her neigh-
bor, Mrs. Emma Rieger, on her
169th birthday anniversary, the
panty being a complete surprise to
Mrs. Rieger. Also named honor
guests were Mrs. Annie Goetz and
Mrs. Hy Woelkner, of Kenedy,
who are visiting friends and rela-
tives here.
During the afternoon Mrs. Mo-
rosko served refreshments to the
following guests: Mesdames Em-
ma Rieger, Annie Goetz, Hy
Woelkner, Paul Walther, Jake
Wernli, F. Eiben, Carl Seggern,
Poldie Oehrlein, G. Hardi, A. A.
Morosko, and Sam Ging.
Mrs. Etzel Club Hostess
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Gus
Etzel entertained the Sewing Club
members and a few friends at her
home. The hostess was assisted
in serving refreshments to her
guests, who included the follow-
ing: Mesdames O. H. Spiegelhauer,
John Bruns, F. A. Becker, D. Hav-
erland, Gus Kneip, 0. F. Ging, M.
G. Etzel, A. M. Pfluger, Emil Pol-
zin, Max Pfluger, Hy Korb, and
the following out of town guests,
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Mohr of
Beasley, Mrs. Fred Hall of Bru-
ni, and Mrs. Otto Werchan of
Austin, also Miss Lydia Etzel and
Dianne and Gary Etzel.
7th and 8th Grade Pupil*
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rather than have it go to the State
by default, so to speak. Yet, sur-
prisingly, estates worth many
thousands of dollars do escheat to
the various states from time to
time.
Now, before you shrug the mat-
ter off with the idea that these
statutory provisions could not
possibly apply to you, better
think a minute. Suppose you and
your spouse have no heirs besides
each other and your children.
Many people do fall into this
category. ,
In event of a catastrophe re-
sulting in death for you and your
entire immediate family, no legal
heirs would remain. Therefore
if you had no will, your property
would go to the State. In pre-
paring a will, it is possible to pro-
vide for such an eventuality.
In this hypothetical case, you
would probably want to designate
some friend as executor, to take
care of all necessary arrange-
ments and thes distribute the es-
tate according to your wishes.
On the other hand, if you have
plenty of possible heirs, a will
could be used to designate which
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freshments of chicken sandwiches,
fruit salad, cake, ice cream and
punch. Those helping Shirlene
celebrate her birthday were:
Yvonne Lundgren, Joyce Elaine
Magnuson, June Kay Olson, Bar-
bara Magnuson, Jo Nell Sapping-
ton, Almarie Magnuson, Gloria
Jean and Nelda Swenson, Patricia
and Howard Johnson, Harold
Sundibeck, Gary Johnson, Mr. and
Mrs. Eldon Sundbeck, Mr. and
Mrs. ’Lambert Johnson and Mr.
and Mrs. George Johnson.
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Mrs. A. A. Morosko and Mrs.
IC. W. Pfluger were Thorndale
visitors Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Windmeyer
land two daughters and Mrs. B. E.
Pfluger of Austin were guests in
the Bill Schwenke home Sunday.
Mrs. John Barker in company
with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Rholack
and children of Austin, Mrs. Juan-
ita Bartholomew and little daugh-
ter of West Allis, Wisconsin went
■to Edinburg last Monday where
they were overnight guests of Mrs
John Barker, Jr., and parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. Williams. While there
they made the acquaintance of
Lynda Larraine Barker, infant
daughter of Mrs. Barker, Jr.
Mrs. Glen Ragland and two little
daughters of Austin, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Crawford and little son
of Bastrop, Billie Crawford of
■New Braunfels, and Gertrude
Crawford of Austin.
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Shirlene Johnson Celebrates
Tenth Birthday
IMrs. George Johnson entertain-
ed with a party Saturday after-
noon honoring her daughter,
Shirlene, on her tenth birthday.
The guests gathered in the liv-
ing room to play games which
were led by Mrs. Eldon Sundbeck.
After much fun and laughter,
Shirlene opened her gifts and
passed them around for all to see.
She was very happy to find so
many lovely gifts and thanked
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(By MRS. CARL L. JOHNSON)
IMr. and Mrs. Claud Hooker and
sons and Mrs. Jane Dow of Cisco
spent the week-end with Rev. and
Mrs. J. F. Karling.
Those who enjoyed dinner Tues
day with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rolf
after attending the funeral of Mrs
Oscar Larson were Mr. and Mrs.
Lenard Browman, Mrs. Lunden of
Austin, and Mrs. Carl L. Johnson.
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Gari
L. Johnson this week were, Wed-
nesday nighit: Mr. .and Mrs. Floyd
Swanberg and Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Leseman and children, and
Thursday night: Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Rolf, and Sunday for dinner: Mr
and Mrs. Floyd Swanberg and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Ellison.
IMr. and Mrs. M. Hall and
daughter, Mrs. Walfreld Morell,
and Mr. and Mrs. M. Dusek and
I children enjoyed dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Burke and
Charles.
IMr. and Mrs. Elof Siwanberg’s
guests Monday night were, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Swanberg and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Swanbeng and Valerie.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gustaf-
son entertained with a delicious
dinner Sunday. Their guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Dave Gustaf-
son and family of Elgin.
IMr. and Mrs. Gene Swanberg
entertained his uncle, aunts and
cousins and parents and brother
and their families with a delici-
ous afternoon lunch Sunday.
Sunday morning at Service, Mr.
and Mrs. M. Hall had their little
daughter baptized. She was niamed
Mauri Kay.
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STATE MAY WIN ESTATE
IN ABSENCE OF WILL
Made your will? If not, the
State of Texas may wind up as
owner of your estate upon your
death. Under our statutes, the
estates of persons having no
heirs who die intestate revert, or
“escheat”, to the State.
Such provisions have been car-
ried over from the English com-
mon law. There, under such cir-
cumstbances, the estate escheated
to the British crown. The theory
of the process is that the sover-
eign (or State), having been the
original owner of all lands before
they were parcelled out to individ-
uals, is entitled to a return of
such lands when the possibilities
of legal inheritance have been ex-
ihausted.
This idea has been expanded to
include personal property as well
as real estate. It also applies in
the case of a person absent for a
term of seven years and not
known to exist who leaves no
heirs and no will.
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person who does not have some
individual or charity that he
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division of the estate. And even
if you wish your property to be
distributed entirely in accordance
with our staltutes of descent and
distribution as explained in pre-
vious columns, a will can perform
useful functions. Among other
uses, a will could provide for an
orderly and economical partition
of your property, preventing any
waste of the assets by heirs impa-
tient for a settlement.
What happens to property which
escheats to the State? Following
certain required legal formalities
anid court proceedings, all es-
cheated lands are set apart to the
Permanent Free School Fund of
the State, and may be leased and
sold by the Land Commissioner
under certain regulations. Escheat
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grades visited Longhorn Caverns
and Buchanan Dam Saturday. The
group made the trip in one of the
school buses. At noon a picnic
lunch was spread and enjoyed,
Making the trip were the follow-
ing: Virginia Dagerath, Barbara
Pfluger, Kay Kreidel, Patsy Roh-
lack, Jeanette Guentzel, Charlene
Campbell, Eugene Bittner, Butch
and Wayne Ging, Maxie Morosko,
Emzy Barker III, Milton Goetz,
C. F. Clark, Kermit Kreidel, Mrs.
H. J. Dagerath and Mrs. Emay
Barker.
Mrs. Emma Rieger visited in
Giddings Sunday and Monday.
Freddie and Sandra Morosko,
Becky and Susan Pfluger spent
the week-end in Austin with their
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D.
L. Dikeman.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Marburger
visited in Freeport Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Marburger Jr.
and Pam.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wittliff and Mr
and Mrs. Theo Wittliff and Teddy
attended the Wasek-Lange wed-
ding in Yoakum Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Ging and
Giwen, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Spiegel-
hauer, and Mr. and Mrs. O. P.
Spiegelhauer attended the Spie-
gelhauer reunion held in New
Braunfels Sunday.
(Mr. and Mrs. L. W. 'Smith of
Houston spent several days here
the past week guests of relatives.
Mrs. Fred Hall has returned to
her home in Bruni following a vis-
it with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Kneip.
IMr. and Mrs. M. G. Etzel, Di-
anne and Gary visited in Austin
and Buda, Sunday.
Jan Renee, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Ging, was
baptized Sunday morning in St.
Peter’s E & R Church, with the
IRev. Jewel Johnson officiating.
(Sponsors were Mrs. Charles Mohr
and Alfred Wernli. Following
services Mr. and Mrs. Ging were
hosts for a christening dinner at
their home.
Bible School to Begin May 30
The Annual Daily Vacation Bi-
ble School sponsored by the Sun-
day School of St. Peter’s E & R
Church is slated to begin Monday
morning, May 30, at 8:30 o’clock,
and will continue for two weeks.
Children are invited to attend.
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and daughter of Giddings. g
Mrs. H. B. Poenitz and Mrs.
Hattie Copeland spent the week- l
end in Flat, Texas, recently. 1
Emil Wuensche who is attend- l
ing school at C. C. Lutheran Co I
lege in Austin spent Saturday |
with his uncle and family, Mr. ]
and Mrs. Harry Wuensche and I
sons. , e I
Mrs. Homer Hudler and Mary I
Lou spent Saturday with Mr. and I
Mrs. Silas McCandless and fami- 3
ly in Lockhart. 4
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Taylor ob I
Austin greeted friends and rela- I
tives here Thursday night. I
IMrs. Ione Dungan and son, Dan I
nie, of Waskom are here for A I
visit with Mrs. J. W. Dungan an i
sons and other relatives. I
IMr. and Mrs. James Behrend j
and family visited in the home of g
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Saegert, »• I
Paige, also spending the day were 4
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Saegert I
and Pfc. and Mrs. Wilfred E. I
Saegert of Lawton, Okla. !
Mrs. H. L. Vincent .from Georgi |
town spent Sunday in the home of 1
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Scott. |
Car I* (Gol<ien Wedding Gift
M. B. Scott and son Mickey of, I
Ft. Worth and Delbert Clause, I
brother-in-law, surprised Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Scott by driving in
from Ft. Worth Saturday after-
noon with a car. It was presents
ed to Mr. arid Mrs. Scott as a gift
on their Fiftieth Wedding Anni-
versary by Mr. and Mrs. M. B.
Scot and family, Mr. and Mrs.
James Nuehal and Mr. and Mrs® j
K. L. Carter and family.
Pfc. and Mrs. Wilfred E. Sae- j
gert of Lawton, Okla., spent Wed- 1
nesday evening in the home of Mr i
land Mrs. James Behrend and
family. They are enroute to New ;
York where they will board a ship ,
for Germany. He will be sta-
tioned there for 3 years. G
M. L. Bridges Weds
Miss Rita Williamson I
Rita Williamson of Temple be- I
came the bride of M. L. Bridges
of McDade Wednesday evening al
7:15 p. m. in the First Baptist j
Church in McDade. The ceremony i
was periformed by Rev. T. R.
Glathright. The bride is the daug l
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Parker. She
is from Temple. The groom, who |
has lived in and around- McDade 1
for several years, served over- 1
seas in Germany for ever twa j
years and has just received a dis- I
charge. The couple left for Dal- j
'las -where they will make their 1
home. (M. L. is employed in Dal- j
las. After the ceremony, a buffed I
supper was served at the home of j
the groom’s brother, Mr. and Mrs. I
IS. E. Bridges and daughters.
Those who attended the recepg i
tion supper were, Mr. and Mrs. I
IMartin Wolf, S., Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Eschberger and two chil- i
dren, Sam and Rebecca, .Dan Wolf, j
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Martin Wol l
Jr. and sons, Steve and Marshall I
and the hostess Mr. and Mrs. S. I
E. Bridges and daughters, Maud- I
ett and Patty. I
For her wedding the bride chos®
a rose colored dress with match- i
ing accessories. (
Mrs. Bill McPhaul of Austin is I
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edison Mil- i
ton. "
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Greenhaw
and baby were in Bastrop Monday •
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Alford |
spent a few days in Austin witl '
Mr. and Mrs. James Jones ana j
son. Q
Mrs. W. A. Smith spent a week 2
recently in Houston visiting rela- j
tives. • j
IMrs. Callie Hall visited for a j
few days with Mrs. J. V. Dunbar a
and Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Field.
McDade 8th Grade Graduation g |
And School Picnic I
The school closing picnic will
be held Tuesday, May 31st at 7 1
p. m. at the McDade School. Ev- j
eryone bring a picnic lunch and I
be there. The drinks will be j
furnished by the PTA. (
After the picnic our principal, J
Mr. Fred Britt, who has the 8th 1
pupils, will have the 8 th grad§ i
graduation exercises at 8:30 p. m. i
that evening. Bro. 0. W. Sum- j
merlin of Bastrop will give the A
address. Wallace Wilson, presi l
dent of the school board, will pre j
sent the diplomas. Edwin Wuen- I
sche, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry |
Wuensche is valedictorian of the I
class, and Charles Ray Boswelb I
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gay Boswell I
is salutatorian.
Other members of the class are;
John Alcocer, Oscar Dube, Victor
Dube, Evelyn Farris, Jessie Fa# j
ris, Mary Joe McPhaul, Royce $
Mundine and Wanda Fulbright. j.
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