The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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AND THB BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
VOLUME LXIV No. 6
CALDWELL* TEXAS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1950
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OLD McDONALD can go back]
to hiH farm. Uiggcst surprise
since the Hill Billy Bund l.endor,
W I«ce O'Danlel «wept into ths
Ifovprnor' office on the ftrains of
"that good old mountain music,''
came last Saturday when young,
ml hended Johnny C. Whit® of
Wichita Full defeated the veteran
McDonald of over 20 yearn politi-'
c«) standing, by a majority of
11,00(1 votes- Good for Johnny.
UiAIN I WANT to call your
attention to the Masonic Ceme-
lery and the cond.lion that it n ¡
new in thru the hard work and
(.(operation of the newly organ-
i/cd Cemetery Association. I
hhal' not name aver ail the mem-
ber* again, but let it b^ said thai
all oí them are pitching in «ci-
ting a real job done. It 1 really
a revelation to drive through
the burial ground now and then
—bring up in )« ur ow n imagina-
tion bow it lucked a few months
ago (which won't be baid to do.)
and >ou can readily *ee what
kind of progress ha* been made.
Letters were sent to I0H lot own-
ers appealing for monev to clean
l heir Iota and put the ground* in
III*! ciaa* comilitón, a burial
place all of ua could be proud of
rather than be ashamed of. Aboul
half of the lot owner* answered
the letter* and *cnt in contrlbu-
tio'ts. Kven though a second let-
ter ha* gone out with the appeal.
«till half ha*r not responded. It :
everyone who own a lot oat !
I here would donate from II tu j
J2!> or more for the upkeep of
.ti* lot annually, then we could
resll* hare a cemetery here to
l>< proud of. The money already
teceived ha* been used to clean
up the ground* and aboal 1750
worth of gravel has been used
and *pread. and >ou will be glad
tj know that about one-third of
• he road* in the cemetery ha*«
been graveled. The Cemetery
Vksociation ne«d* aboal I1ÍII4
more to buy gravel wHh which
to surface more roadway. If yen
are a lot owner and have not al
-eody made a contribution, don t
you think it la your duty to come
forward and do something about
the plate In which your loved
one* are buried* Send a doflhr
or fifty dollar*, or ant amount
to J. W (¿ray, Murray Hroaddus,
J M. Hare, Drury Burn*. HaroM
M )te)owsky, or any other men
ber* of the committee. They
•v 111 *ee | hat your money is well
*i>enl. I'.ven If you are not a lot
owner al Maaonic < emetery, don't
yon have enough pride for your
city to see that the cemetery i
well kepi snd lhal the roads arc j vl"
graveled so that you and every
body else won't get stuck when
one of >nur friend* or relative*
i* buried there? A truck load
ot gravel, delivery, spread and
Ir.clrd will ro t Sf>. They need
nt lrs«i I'.O more load*. Come
scum*. with a flvrr for Ihi* good
tmi e. my friend*
Subscription price: $2.00 a yr. in Burleson Co.—12.50 out of On.
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Lewis Willard Is New Burleson County Sheriff
Iiocal Men Are Missing: In Korea
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SfíT. A. D. SMITH
Kerosene Can Explodes In Hands Of
Rosie Victorik And She Is Fatally
Burned Friday At Farm Home
KeroneM Soaked Clothing Of 27 Year Old Hiavaty
Community Woman Makes Her Human Torch.
Passes Away
CPL. LEE ROY MARBK
Womble Hurt
In Scrub Game
Monday Night
Spark I'luk Of Hornet At
tack Injure Both Anklet*
Or Play Open Season Fri.
Hornet football stm k took a
dive Monday night when Billy
W-.mble, 1M p.. und scat quarter
hick nnd p«rk plug of the Sting-
r*' attack, sprained both ankle*
at one tune in s freak in;ury when
b* attempted to overtake a Frank-
lin hall hawk In a practice session
al the local f «-M The Franklin
high school back intercepted a
' «Idwell pas* and struck out '<r
th< goal line, ninety yard* aw¡«*
W ombie ten or fifteen yard* buck
< Í the runner, took out after hint
and was gaining gradually nnd
finally, as he overtook hi* ad
vet Mil y, the back nid"-stepped end
WoinUe, m an attempt to c it
back, turned both ankles as he
sprawled headlong to the turf
Report* ri« that Billy's ankle*
i.re impmvtm rapidly and that he
will l>e ha«k i the line up within
a few week* I' is riot likely that
ht will see any vice in the open-
ing rente of tl season, which
lw /r;.Mii*l Rosebud's R1 •< k
Panthers in R<>*«:)<ud next Friday
j i njnt. Septembei ■>
i 'Ihe Hornets open then it home
¡ m*i on here on Friday night, Kepi
'< nUt IS, when they meet th
' ii irron Toemen.
| (' >e« h James Griffin h:i* not yet
cleaned his p 1 •' e slatting line
j up for public t "i.
Harrie Woodson
Is Named Member
Of "Minute Men''
W«thin th" nation and amo,.¿
lumber interests throughout the
country an organization known as
Minute Men" ha* been set up, :t
w(is revealed today by Harrie P.
Wood on. president of the Woo1-
mi) Lumber Company, who was
selected as one of 100 minute men
in Texas. Mr. Woodson stated thr t
'.he purposes of the newly organ-
ised group are to give the puKic
facts about the materials and sup-
ply situation and to build up s< n
timent against unwise and untime-
ly restriction* on civilian building
At various times during the
year news article* containing im
pirtant facts aliout the lumber
business and its relation to the
general public wil' be published
i i the NEWS.
Another Lad
From County
Now Missing
( pi. Lee Roy Marek Has
Hern Missing In Korea
Since July 27. Wire States
Another Burleson County youth
ha* Iteen added to the "Missing in
Action" list in the Korean TheaC i
oí war thi* week He m Cp|, I, •(
Roj Marek, Caldwell, Route 2. s-n
of Mr- Trio y Skrahanok and «t r
of Jot I Sl.rabanek A te'
r ii t" hi* mother from Mai r
'■ • i .ii F.d'v.tnd F Whiteseli an id,
\ our '>"ii ha* been missine in at -
•ion in Korea since July 27. I'pon
■ teipt ',f further information in
(Continued on paire 5)
Mf{ CORTF' í NKIMS was
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last w «i k mrtd an honorary mem
iifr o) the t .i Id we 11 Rotat > CI.ill
by the Hoard of Director* M
N.'ltn* will no loner pay due* or
• iiything coiiii wlo<l with the *up
l«>rt of the ilub other than hi*
jí luncheon charge each week Mt |i
^ Nelms was certainly dest-rving < f| Pierce
honor. He is a charter ment turkV
Ramsey Will Be "(ext
Lieutenant Governor
VI hid
be.
hen Ramsey of San Augustine
von the Denioci'itic nomination
r l.ieuienant liovernor over
Rr<Mik* of Pallas in Iti^t
i tin "ft pi ¡mat It w-.t?
of the Caldwell Club and i* thej¡,
only charter member left in th<
gn.ligation The Caldwell Rotary
Club was organised in 1935 and at
oik Mnie the membership dwindled
Í a paltry 5, and special permn-
■t"ii hnd to be obtained to carrv
m on until the personnel of the club
0 had been rebuilt Mr Nelm* wb-
* or" of these five men. He t re
V W seiiled the I.adies of Ihe Meth>di-I
Church will? a check for $10 in re
fc/nitlon and appreciation of their
spi vires and he presented the club
«villi a check for $25 for the f<-r-
cign nlations educational fund
VOCNfiRR SET ENJOY
DANCE AT I.RfilON IIA I.I.
^ The ex girl scoul* entertained
Willi a dance at Ihe American
I.e.'ion Hall on Saturday night,
Atwtist loth , al which linn- they
j ho'H.fcd the Caldwell High School
fo (ball team.
A large number of youngsliri
Kill he red at the home and da >cl"r
'«■gun al H o'clock and ill 11 o'clock
refreshments were nerved. Conch
.Til Mrs .lame* liriffin ami Mi
• nil Mr* Clint l.ewia ntleiided and
nsHisletl Ihe grout) with tervinn.
Ncrnrding In a la*l minnle re
port funeral services for Mr and
lie,ill bieaki.iit ..'feat f>r
Ifrooks. F r the od time in
Ins political career he was the
liv.tling contender for this office
in the first primary and was de-
feated in the run off. It was hln
fi'th unsuccessful attempt to win
ii state office
As the next Lieutenant Gover-
nor. Ramsey becomes the preiiid-
ing officer of the stale Senate,
and i* in line to be acting gover-
nor in the absence of the chief
xccutive. As a former member
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.ifVvn. Willie J Kovar will he held
Friday, September 1 ut the Sun
^Antonio Prairie Cemetery at 10
m.
oí the House and as n forno r
- .ite Senator he i* experienceti in
tne int ricacies of Legislativo pro
redure. He also served as So ere
til;, of Stale under Governors
Je¡ ler and Shivers.
Hariing an upset in the final
tabulation of election returns it
appears that John While of Wichi-
ta Pallas has dofeated the Vet-
eran J. E. McDonald, in the most
di soly contested race of the run-
off. White is only 26 years old,
hut has an amasing record as ait
educator in the field of Mgricul
lure. For four years he headed a
staff of 48 teachers at Midwestern
University, supervising the cn
pendilure of a million dollars or
more a year. McDonald retires af
ler having held the office of Agri
c.ilture Commissioner for 20 years,
•luring which he was frequently
under fire for giving his suppo.t
to Republican candidates for fed-
(continued on tast page)
Rosie Matilda Victorick of the
New Tabor community died in u
liryan Hospital la it Friday night
about 9:30 after she had been fa-
tally burned in th<- farm home ut'
her parents earlier in the afternoon
of the aume day. Misa \ ictoriuk was
getting ready to light the fire in
a wood stove to prepare supper fur
iht family. She pouieti Uerosene on
the fire from a gallon can and the
can exploded in her hands, suakinjr
net clothing whnh immediately
ignited. Her clothe wi-p? burned off
her o* she struggled in a feeble at-
tempt to put out the biasing cloth.
She had evidentaly become a hu-
man torch, member of her fam'ly
•*aul. She suffered third degree
but lib about the head . face, arm.-
Icgs and body. Her fathei, Joe Vic
li-rick and his daughters dis-
covered Rosie writhing in pain
on the back porch a- they came
in from the field a little after five
o'clock. They rushed her to Cald-
well where she wss administered
;• i ypodermic drug to relieve t'u-
m vcre pain and was taken to a
liryan hospiial, where she passed
away a few hours l"ter.
One sister stated that Rosie hail
i.tn careless with the use of kero-
•ne in building the kitchen firv
nnd had been warned about it sc.-
• rul times. She was 27 years of
;>ge at the time of her passing. Hi r
mother, who wa* bed-ridden wit-
nessed the tragedy but was unabl •
to assist her daughter.
She was born in the New Tabor
community July 27, li*22 and when
*ne was four years old she mo veil
v ith her parents to the Hlavutv
School community where she h i*
sincc lived. She attended Hiavaty
school up to the 9th grade, ard
i fter her mother became bedridden
eight years ago, Roaie remained
with her constantly, nursing and
tenderly caring fur her during
these past years. She will be great
ly missed by her mother and other
ii lutives and friends. Miss Vic
toiick was baptised in the CMR
church at New labor.
Survivor- in ude her parenU,
Mr. and Mi Joe Victorick, two
Irothei-.; S'. \ e ind Joe, both if
Caldwell, thn isters: Mary, Wil
lie ; lid Albina, all of whom ne
(Continued on page four)
Former Burleson
Man Shoots Wife
And Then Himself
A verdict of murder and suicid •
>a* returned al Temple, Texni
late Tuesday h th" deaths by gtin-
ih l of Mr ami Mrs. Willie Joe
Kovar, I0O.Í West Downs, about
■ MO I* M Justice of the Peace
I!. W. VV.'i- r. ; ducted the inqui"<l
nnd found that Mr. Kovar. 50, a
former city employee, shot his wife
I vice with a !'J gauge shot gun,
then turned the gtin on himself.
Neighbors called Temple police
after Mrs. Kovar was shot, but
the speeding patrol cars could not
roach the scene in time to prevent
the second death.
The shot* were fired in the yard
m front of tin Kovar home. A
neighbor, Mr*. II R. Ellison, bet
daughter Frances, and a number
of small child .en were in the yard
nevl doot when the t-hols we -e
fired. I A James K. Evotts and
Police Chi-'f Mackey McDoni.h'
conducted Ihe investlgalion.
Roth Mi rnd Mrs. KovaV huv«
relatives in Burleson County and
iir foi mer residents of the county.
They have resided in Temple for
"veral year*
Baby Son Is Born To
Dr. And Mrs. Siptak
br. and Mrs. J. E. Siptak are
the parents of a baby son born
.Saturday afternoon, August 2<"ih
at St. Joseph's Hospita in Bryan.
The Siptaks haw three other chil
aren a daughter, Carolyn and two
uis, John Edwurd and James
1'ranklin. Mrs. Siptak and th?
young man returned to their ho,n
here Thursday afternoon and were
doing nicely.
Mrs. Maggie McCowen
George Johnston
Is Much Improved
(.eorge M. Johnston, City Secre-
tary. who underwent an operation
for appendicitis at Scott and White
Hospital, Temple, was much im-
proved Thursday and well on his
way to recovery. He is expected co
return home within a week.
Mrs. McCowen
Passes After
Brief Illness
Half Inch Of Rain
Falls Here Tuesday
The rain gauge at Mrs. R. F.
Pat ncik's residence showed .56 of an
i:,ch rainfall for Tuesday, which
was the first break in a drought
•vhich has lasted approximately 11lie late Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hig-
two months. I (Continued on laat page)
Funeral Service Is Held
From Harvey • Schiller
Funeral Home Saturday
Mrs. Maggie H. McCowen,
passed away at her home Thurs
da/ morning, August 24, after a
brief illness, although she had bocn
in declining health for a number
■ •I years. She had lived a rich,
ful" life, having passed her 82nd
birthday.
M"ggie Higgason was born May
Ii;, 1868 in Caldwell, daughter of
Cloak Of Mystery Surrounds
Alleged Bludgeoning Of Man
In "Screwy" Affair Saturday
Conflicting Statements Of Parties Concerned Make
Case Look Funny. Ranger Withholds Information
Until Investigation Is Complete
A rloak of mystery shrouded the
aihged blackjack bludgeoning of
O K. Wolverton. a Chriesmun
inrint r. who was found uncoil
f-cioiis Ivinir <>n a side o' the road , . . . , ,
near intersection of highways i I horning. I got tired and stretched
. ml : i hv Constables Lewis 1
that he said, "I was trying to
catch a ride to my home near
Ctitiesinan sometime between mid
right and ? o'clock Saturday
W lard and Skelley Strong in t:ie
:.• 1 y hours of last Saturday morn-
ing Sheriff elect Willard ,>tat il
tnai he and Strong found the man
¡y. g on tin roadve«y ami carried
him to a local phyMcinr. vvi > 'i
roi ied that the man may he s ri-
;slv iniurwl and th; t he should
'ac carneil to a sauiln.iuin.
¿ ii
it en the side of th.1 highway
near a road sign. Next thing i
I-new two men and a woman had
picked me up. I don't remember
. 'ing the people. I was kind of
l.azy and just woke up.
"One of the group slugged me
>■, ith a blackjack I don't know
\.,iich one. Then I woke up heiv
in the hospital, but don't tvmemb. i
ambulance was .ailed and WoImi- how ' g°' here
stated that he was
Inn was taken to a liryan hospital,
vvh Me he received treatment. !!■ .■«
I pital attendents stated that W ■ -
eerton was suffering from a con-
cussion and that his condition
,'uiis However, reports front tin
hospital as late as Thursday stal-
ed that Wolverton was "doing Wolverton changed his state
vi larkaby well". j im.nt ;ts to what party or partiei
llaily newspaper reporters, in| hit him on the head but Galli-
inti rviewing Wolverton, reported (Continued on page 5)
Wolverton
i ot robbed.
Sheriff C'.eve Hates turned the
investigation of the affair over
1 o Texas Ranger Fred C. OI non,
\ lei sent Ranger T, R. Gallimore
I re to investigate. It is believed
Says He Was "Conked" On The Head
O. K Wolverton of near Chrienman is shown here in Hrvnn
Hospiial, where he was taken esrlv lasl Ss,iurdn> morning nft «i
he hnd been pirked up on Ihe hi«httii> near Ihe intersection of
highwN) . 21 and .1W b> Const nhlc and Sheriff-elect IiouIn !,. Willard.
Willard staled I hut he cnri-« <l Ihe inlnred man lo n locsl phynicinn
who called an smhiilance nnd look him In Hrvnn, where il was dis-
closed lhal he «offered a severe henil injury. Wolverton wns iiuoled
flrsl as snying he ws.m henlcn over Ihe heiid wlih n hlaekjnck by
three unknown persons, lie Inter made n slslemenl In I'eaas Knnger
T. (•allimore, which il Is believed llisl he hns implicaled one or
Iwo persons, whose names Gallimore refused to reveal al this time.
Hospital allenda.nl staled Thursday lhal Wolverton waa doing re-
markably wall at this lime. — Photo Courtesy ot Bryan Nawa.
Breaks Arm In Four Plaees
With his arm broken in four places, young Jarry Dayton of
ilryan is still able to amlle. He had caught his arm ia a waahing
machine when attempting to la>e out a sheai before tbo gadget
had slopped turning.
Whaley Wins
Over Grace For
Commissioner -
A. T. "Aire" Haddox Wins
Over Brymer To Become
Constable By Big Majority
Lewis L. Willaxd emerged victor
over <J. C. "Cleve" Bates, the in-
cumbent, in the Burleson County
Sheriff's race here laat Saturday,
winning by the comfortable margin
of 040 votes. Again tho people of
the county voiced their approval
for an entirejy new Bet-up in the
law enforcement department of the
county, adding the sheriff's Job
to their scalp. In the Primary in
Juiy they had voted in a new
county attorney and, chiefly thru
theii efforts, a new district at-
torney. Willard will take office
January 1. He received 2060 votes
while Bates polled 1400.
The total vote of 3480 in Bur'.o-
on County was another record or
near-record for voting in a run-
off election. The interest, due
chiefly to the sheriff's race, waa
high and voting lacked only about
tiOO of equaling the <«<cc in July's
Primary election, when slightly
over 4000 trekked to the polla
throughout this county.
Kay R. Whaley, County Com •
missloner in Precinct 1, held bis
position by defeating John
Croce in the run-off by a margin
of 247. Whaley received 802 while
Croce polled 556.
A. T. "Aire" Haddox, who took
the office of Constable in Burle-
son County 37 years ago for his
first elective term as a peace of-
ficer. swept into office again by
a majority of better than 2 to 1, do
feating Billie J. Brymer 97- to
:J8*.
L. H. Handy was elected publi:
weigher and Tobe Lewis defeated
KVr.neth Scott for Constable in
Precinct 4 by 13 votes in a close
race. W. T. Stokes eked out "Hio-
tnas E. Strong by nine votes for
Constable in Precinct 3. C. W. Ger-
l.iixl was elected Committeeman in
Precinct 2.
o
Local School
Faculty Gains <
One Instructor
Six New Faces To Be Seen
As Faculty Meeting Opens
Monday. School Starts 5th.
i'lx new teachers who have been
"•nHoyed by the Caldwell School
Hoard will take up their dutien
rext Monday afternoon at 2
a'clock at which time the initial
faculty meeting of the 1950-&1
session will be conducted, it was
announced today by J. Malvin
Hari, superintendent of schools.
The total number of teachers in
the white schools for this year
is thirty one. This is a gain of
>ne teacher over that of a year
¡"ío due to the addition of an ex-
tra homemaking teacher, Hare
said.
School doors will open to slu-
dents on the following day, Tuea*
nay. when enrollment begins. AH
children, including those entering
school for the first time, aro due
to be at the school building at
nine o'clock Tuesday morning, it
wis pointed out.
All children entering school for
the first time must have certifí-
cales showing they have been vac
ci.iated for smallpox and innncu
lated for diphtheria.
The new teachers are Cecil
Rrown of Fairfield, Texas who will
teach commercial subjects: Joe
* 'a ••Iter of Crockett, who has been
assigned social sciences in seventh
a:d eighth grades; Boyd Hunt,
Rand Director; Mrs Boyd Hunt,
second grade (the Hunts are fron
Coulwaite); Miss Virginia Surlier
San Antonio, teacher of home
m iking and Mrs Hetty Duval),
I'aytown, first giade
Other teachers have been given
. ,-t.1 Aliments as follows
Mrs. .leffa McCnrty, 1st grade,
Mrs. Beverly Tr- uhanlt, 1st grade,
Mis Ciaudim Jenkins, 2nd '{rude,
Mrs Lucille Do well, ,'lrd grade,
Mrs. ICIual >th Jancik, trd grada,
Mrs. Maybell Nowak, 4th grids,
Mrs. Corinne Griffin, 4th fraá>.
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