The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 65, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1951 Page: 1 of 8
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ON THE last page of this
ittMU* there it* an advertisement
by MOORE'S Dry Goods Com-
pany. Turn to Iliut page and
look ut I lit* number in the ad.
Then lake Ihe number and paper
down to MOOItE'S More and if
your numbrr corresponds to any*
uiiv of fifteen number on ties
in his nbuw window, you select
a tie FREE OF CHARGE.
That's fair enough, uiii; it?
And if your number doesn't
match one of their number ,
buy a tie anyway. They cost
only two buck*.
•
CALDWELL'S Hornets can turn
si bleak footbal' eason into a
Icwiing success tonight, if thi y
could someway, somehow defeat.
Hrenliiim n Kn iiliiim tonight. That
is u-king almost the im possible
l>u! I«• V. ¡it IV .i- , I..ink .it A. A:
.M ; Look ut S. M. 1
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THERE ARK u few lut , in the
Musxnii Cemetery that need rut
tinjf and cleaning badly. The Cald-
well Cemetery Association aid's
me to kindly remind those of v >u
w ho own lots out there and who
li;tve neglected to keep them n
good condition, hop on thf hall
nnd clean them up Otherwise tin
cemetery continúen to look fine.
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HERE IS how the District foot-
ball team* look:
Season Standing
Team W L T Pet. PU. Op
CalituifU íípuis
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AND THE BURLESON COUNTY LBDGBB
VOLUME LXIV—No. 65
CALDWELL* TEXA8, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1951
Macrlptioa price: $2.00 i jr. in Burleson Co. |U§ Ml
Rrenham
Bellville
<'aldwell
Liil ¿range
.Nttv H.sotu
I
.833 142 51
.714 143 92
417 63 85
.333 54 105
.167 50 15
Diatrict Standing
Team
Bren ham
Rellville
Navasota
LaCrange
Caldwell
W L Pet. Pta. Op
1 0 1.000 27 0
1 0 1.000 30 13
1 0 1.000 7 $
0 1 .000 0 27
0 2 .000 19 46
Results Last Week
Brenhttm 27, LaGrange 0.
Navusota 7, Caldwell 6.
Bellville 40, West Columbia 14.
(«ames Thla Week
Caldwell at Brenham.
Bellvillr at Navasota.
Mallettsville Parochial at La-
tí range.
VINCE KULAK of route 3
bringa ■« a little book about
rot ton, which waa printed In
IMT7. It waa published by Cot*
ton Manual Publishing Company
of Atlanta, Georgia in that year
The interesting item la a table
giving the highest and lowest
prices of cotton for a period of
115 years, from the later part
of the eighteenth century. The
lowest prices per pound of cot-
ton were the nine cents that
cotton brought In 1RM and ISM
and the §44 canta in 1879. The
highest prices named during the
War between the Mtatea. In IMS
cotton sold at 92 centa per
pound. It Jumped to 11.89 in
IM4 and dropped to 91.82 the
following year. By 1884 It waa
back to .19 centa again.
•
OLD GRANDDAD
"Great-grandad, when the land
waa young,
Barred his door with a wagon
tongue,
For the times were rough and the
heathen mocked,
He said hiH prayers with his shot-
gun cocked,
Oh! He was a citizen tough and
grim,
Danger was duck soup to him
Great-Grandson. *c falls asleep,
And fears no harm in the dark
ness deep;
For great granddad, he fought and
won,
And tamed the land for his great-
grandson.
Great granddad was a busy man
He cooked his grub in n frying put'
Picked his teeth with his hunting
knife,
And wore the same suit all his life.
He ate corn pone and bacon fat.
And great grandson would starve
cn that.
Great-grandad was gaunt with
toil,
Grimed and seamed with aun and
aoil,
Great grandson is fat nnd clean,
And rides to work in a limousine.
Twenty-one children enme to blens
Great-granddad's home in the wil-
derness,
Sneer at that statement if you enn
But great grnnddad wns a bur.y
man.
Twenly-one childern and they grew
Stout nnd tall on the baron,too!
They slept on the floor with the
dogs and eats,
And shopped in the woods for their
(Cent .toad on last page)
Housing Project Carries By Count Of 201 -1
Texas Parole System
By Volunteers Works
Well, Says Secretary
AUSTIN Secretary of State
John Hen Shepperd stated in .1
report to H. B. Dowell, Caldwi !1
Chairman if the Burleson County
Voluntary Parole Board that tie
I'extis Voluntary Parole System U
functioning economically and sat-
isfactorily.
Shepperd reported that when lie
-timed the duties of Secretary
• f State iii February 1960 there
nere '¡00 parolees unaccounted for
in To i-. He commended the Tex-
as Voluntary Parole Board for
their cooperation and assistance in
i nabling thf Department to reduce
i lie number of missing parolees to
00.
The Texas Voluntary Parole
System, Shepperd stated, is a pori-
t.ve and constructive program de-
signee' to aid the paroleee in be-
coming worthwhile citizens of the
community. Parolees, he reported,
are released from prison on re-
commendation by the Board of
Pardons to the Governor for the
granting of clemency. After cle-
mency has been granted, a parolee
is under the supervision of Parole
Board members until expiration of
his sentence.
The Parole System, Shepperd re-
ported, has proved to be a sound
program as a method of progres-
sive public protection. The Annual
Report of Texas Board of Pardons
und Paroles shows that in 1919
there were 11. 6 per cent parole
violators. This figure was reduced
to only 3.8 per cent in 1950.
Eighty-Eight
Members Of FFA
Complete Plans
!•>'uca liona I And Social
Activities Wind l p Year's
Outline Of Projects.
Mrs. Doxie Nix Calvin
Of Providence Passes
After Long Illness
Mrs. Doxie Nix Calvin, 69, died
at 8.46 Sunday morning in Lee
Memorial Hospital in Giddings,
after an illness of several years
She was born April 14, 1832,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Nix, in the Providence community
where she spent the greater part
of her life. She was converted at
an early age and joined the
Providence Baptist Church and as
long as her health permitted was
active in the work of the church.
She was married November 17,
1908 to DeWitt Calvin and the
couple established a home in the
Providence community. Two daugh
ters and five sons were born to
this union, one son having passed
away in infancy and another son,
John D. waa killed in action in
the U. S. Army during World War
If.
Surviving are her husband, De-
Witt Calvin; two daughters: Miss
Sallie Calvin, College Station and
Mrs. Lucile Kluge, Giddings; three
sons: Clint of Houston, Ray (Pete)
and Robert of Caldwell; one sis-
ter, Mrs. Seth Groce. Caldwell and
si* grandchildren.
Funeral services were held st
tbe Providence Baptist Church ut
:l:.10 Monday afternoon with Rev
A. S. Broaddus officiating nnd as-
sisted by Rev. Wade, pastor and
Rev. E. E. Cnrrington. Interment
wns in the cemetery near tie
church under the direction of Har-
vey Schiller Funeral Directors.
Pall bearers were Horrace and B.
Groce, Otis and Wallace Nix. Will-
iam Calvin and Steve Nenl. Flow-
er bearers were Mesdnmes Louise
Lyon, Ora Lee Rodger, Zula Ryan,
Lillie Plemper, Venia Ames, Ai-
leen Kluzek. Irene Jannett and
Gtissie Hood.
Eighty < • i ir 111 nii'iniier- of the
( aldwell F. F. A. < haplei are
completing their plans for the
ci wing . ear's work which eonsis". •
ot both educational and social acti-
vities.
By November 1 all boys will
have their projects of livestock or
i rops started. Requirements for
i-ach type project have been set- ip
by the group and each member is
i rvpected to carry-out these re-
quirements if he plans to progress
in Vocational Agriculture.
Purpose of projects are to give
hoys experience in buying, selling,
managing, and caring for livestock
and crops most common in Burle-
son County. Also, the boys have
a chance of making money and re-
investing it in someother type of
production.
Another activity of the Future
Farmer Chapter was tile hotly con-
tested sweetheart election. Candi-
oates were nominated by the boys,
but anyone could vote by droppin
a penny, nickle, or even a ten-dol-
lar bill in the box for his fa\
orite girl. Mary Ann Bravenec'
won the election and will help the
boys carry on their social activi-
ties and also accompany them on
or. trips to major Pat Stock Shows
j>nd Fairs.
Forty nine boys enjoyed a trip
to the State Fair of Texas in Dal-
las two weeks ago. Plans are un-
der way to make another such trip
to the Houston Fat Stock Show
it. February.
Caldwell Chosen As Sariann Rnwprc
Student Observant 7 ". 0Wer$
Center For A. & M. | ¡S MlSS Homet
For This Year
Twenty student y from A and
M. College will spend five day;
i! *lu- Caldwell Vocational Agvi-
cult.uf Department during the fall
m me.-.ter to ob. ervi proccedures
used in the local department.
These students are juniors work-
:i e towards a B. S. Degree in
Agricultural Educa'ion, and are
prospective teacher- of Vocational
A uriculture.
The department is honored in
being selected as a student ob-
seiv.int center. There are only
three i ther school ¡n 't-e state
ho .i v helping the loMcg'1 with
these <ivst semcstei inni r.s in
their 'i-t week of off-the can.pus
vo-k.
So lar eight boys have visited
the ••'ca. school — ! pe;- week —
ant! tne others will lie here c inng
the :<ext three or four weeks.
Senator Moore Is
PTA Chief Speaker
Senator W. T. "Bill" Moore will
be the chief speaker at the
Parent-Teacher Assocint on meet-
ing next Thursday night, Novem-
ber 1. Senator Moore will speak
on "Freedom Through Discipline"
and the program wil get underway
at the usual 7:¡I0 hour.
Program Chairman. Mrs. W, N.
Mann, stated that the sixth grade
pupils at the local school also will
take part in the program.
o
Mrs. Emma L. Telg
Called By Death
Mrs. Emma L. Telg, 64, wife of
Will Telg of Chnesman passed
away Wednesday in St. Francii
Hospital in Brenham.
Last rites were held at 2 p. m
Thursday afternoon at the Harvey-
Schiller Funeral chapel with burial
in the Chriesman ct metery.
A complete obituary will appear
in next week's issue of the News.
Final Rites Held For
William T. Keese,
Retired Lumberman
Three New Members
Join Fire Department
The Caldwel Volunteer Fire De-
partment held it's regulnr meeting
last Tuesday night. Threonew mem
hers have been accepted into the
department. They are Don Ital-
vorson, Boyd Hunt, and Qulncy
Linnsteadter. The department is
in need of more new members and
urges anyone 17 or above to please
join them.
Mrs. F, S. Newcomh returned
home Monday from a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. C H. Blase and Mm.
C. Wilson Newcomh in Dallas and
with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cowan in
Ft. Worth.
Mrs. E. F. Rrymer spent the
week end in Austin where she.
visited in the home of her «later,
Mrs. George Mabry and family
Funeral services for William
Thomas Keese, one of the best
known citizens of Lyons, wns held
from his family home Sunday,
October 21, 1951, with his pnstor,
Rev. Fred Collum of the Metho-
dist church, assisted by Rev. A S.
Broaddus, officiating.
He was born at Lyons, Novem-
ber 18, I87.'l. and lived there all
his life. He had been In the lumber
business for .15 years until
l.i> retirement because of ill health
several years ft go. He was married
to Miss Mary E. Harnett July 25,
190(1 In the Lyons Methodist
church. To this union thero was
born three sons and a daughter,
who, with his wife, survive him.
The children are Alton B. Keese,
Houston; R. Lynn Keese, Ray
City and Garland Keese, Dallas,
and Mrs. J. P. Boyd, of Houston.
He has three grandsons, Paul
Garland Keese, William Thomas
Keese nnd Charles Alton Keese,
lie is survived by three brothers
and four sisters: Alwyn Keese
Sonierville, Walter Keese, Hons
ton, Thad Keese, Beaumont; Mr.v
tí. C. House, Iowa Park; M'-s
Nellie Boyd. Beaumont, Mrs
Ethel Matejowsky, Houston and
Mrs. R. W. Murray, Albuquerque
(Tontinued on pace four)
Big Contests
Aired This Week
By Humble Boys
Baylor-Texas Agrie Gam
At College Station Holds
Weekly Spotlight.
Humble Oil and Refining Co
football broadcasts tomorrow af-
ternoon will include two important
Southwest Conference games nnd
an interesting intersectional tiit.
About 60 radio stations will bring
hese broadcasts to Humble Net-
work listeners in Texas.
Baylor University takes on one
of its toughest opponents for the
1951 Southwest Conference foot-
ball crown when the Bears meet
the Texus Aggies. Rice Institute
visits Austin to tackle the Uni-
versity of .Texas Longhoms, and
T. C. U. invade the far west to
try for the second 1951 Southwest
Conference victory over a Pacific
Const team when they meet the
Lniversity of Southern California
Charlie Jordan and John Fer-
guson will describe the Baylor-
Texas A. & M. contest direct from
Kyle Field in College Station at
1:50 p. m. over stations WACO,
Waco; WTAW, College Station;
KRLD, Dallas, KTRH, Houston;
KWBU, Corpus Christi; WOAl,
San Antonio; KRIO, McAllen; K-
(Continued on laat page)
Eastern Star Ladies
To Hold Bake Sale
A bake sale will be held on
Saturady mroning, October 27 at
9:HO o'clock in the GULF STATES
building and will be sponsored by
the ladies of the local Eastern Star
Chapter.
Home Baked pies, cakes, cook-
ies and candies will be offered for
sale. Members of the finance com-
mittee stated that there would be
dressed chickens, eggs, butter nnd
other home products, for sale als >
The proceeds of the sale will gi
into the treasury of the organiza
tion.
.1 une 11 Brinkmun Selected
As .Mr. Hornet For
1951 Festival.
The annual selection of class
tuvo rites, Air. and Miss Hornet
lor the 1951-52 Hornet annual was
made Thursday, October Isth. The
Hornet for 1951-52 is sponsored
by Mr. Cecil Brown and his jour-
nalism class of the Caldwell school
Those elected were:
Miss Hornet, Sariann Bowers.
Mr, Hornet, Junell Brinkmann.
Most Handsome Bov, Rav Dell
Hill,
Most Beautiful Girl, Beverly Zal
manek.
Senior Class Favorites: Lillie
Valchar, Sebesta Twins, Daniel
Sebesta and David Sebesta.
Junior Class Favorites: Shirley
Schoppe and Mervyn Massey.
Sophomore Favorites: De Lois
Eberhardt and Paul Kovar.
Freshman Favorites: Billy Ba-
ron and Glenda Brinkman.
8th Grade: Ina Fay Watson and
Jimmy Boedeker.
7 A Patsy BilU and Larry
Lytle.
7 B: Mary Frances Montalbano
and Homer Ray Calvin.
6 A: Doris Werney and Tommy
Eubanks.
6 B: Peggy Sue Blazek and Jim-
my Hejl.
5 A: Dorothy Matejowsky and
Lee Alford.
5 B: Julia Ann Eubanks and
Leandro Vasquez.
4 A: Sue McClellan and Ronnie
Novosad.
4 B: Sandra Fitzgerald and
Adolph Hajovsky.
3 A: Judith Ann Perkins and
James Edward Polansky.
3 B: Victory Brinkman and Jim-
mié Pape.
2 A: Diane Suther and Kenneth
Tharp.
2 B: Linda Callison and Jerry
Matula.
2 C: Betty Prochazka and Ju-
ian Cedillo.
1 A: Carol Anne Pape and Wil-
liam (Billy) Hohl.
1 B: Bonnie Sue Jordon and
Neal Ward.
o
Raymond R. Novosad
To Replace Rev White
On Local Draft Board
AI'STIN Rayiin'id R. Novusiel
of ( aldwell was informed today
that he ha> been appointed a nivi l-
ber of local draft board N'o. ■>."!
' Gidd if--, to repri >ent BuHeso't
county.
Novosad was appointed by Presi-
dent Truman after being recoui-
m< nded by Governor Allan Shivers
He was advised of his appointment
by Brigadier General Paul L.
Wakefield, state director of Selec-
tive Service.
"I am sure your membership
on this board will reflect great
credit to yourself and your state
ami nation," General Wakefield
wrote Mr. Novosad.
Local Board No. 85 has juris-
diction over Lee, Bastrop and Bur-
leson counties.
Rev. C. M. White, who has
served on the draft board since
its organization in 1948, has re-
signed his duties, due to illness
of Mrs. White.
Snook FFA Members
Open Scrap Drive
The members of the Snook F
F. A. Chapter are sponsoring a
scrap-iron drive which opened Oct
oher 15, and will end Novemebr '5
The> are working in cooperation
with the "National Scrap-iron
Drive" and all proceeds will tro
t< the chapter fund and will be
used to buy shop equipment and
other needed equipment for the
chapter.
Everyone is urged to give and
give generously. Bring your scrap-
iron to the Snook School or write
a letter to the Snook F. F. A.
Chapter, Snook, Texas and I t
them know if you have ntiv scrap-
iron that you would like to give.
The Chapter will appreciate any
amount given.
Mr. anil Mrs. Duddl) Slu^'cr ' f
I'aytown visited through Wednes-
day here with her mother, Mrs.
Joe Autrey. They stopped over in
Rrenham for a brief visit with
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. H. Ahrens en-
route to their home.
Songs Feature
Methodist Home
Choir Broadcast
Series of Programs To B<
Heard At 8:15 Every
Sunday Morning.
Songs by the Methodist Home
i hoir will he a feature of the
October 28 broadcast "These Are
Your Children" which will be
heard over the Texas Quality Net-
work and other Texas and New
Mexico stations.
Thi;, is oneof a series of weekly
radio programs sponsored by thi1
Methodist Home at Waco, Texas
nnd depicting the life of the more
than 400 children who live at the
home. The programs are heard at
s.15 each Sunday morning.
Hubert Johnson, superintendent
of the home, said that planned re-
el cation an dhcalth building acti-
vities would be the subject of a
skit to be presented by the children
Taking a real life story of an un-
dernourished youngster who has
been rescued from a poverty
stricken home the dialogue will
show how he was developed physi
cully and mentally to take his
rightful place in society.
The Methodist Home will ob-
serve its sixty-first anniversary
in November, Mr. Johnson said.
Stations carrying the radio
htoadcasts are WOAI. San Anton-
io: KPRC, Houston: WFAA, Dal-
las, KBST, Big Spring: KTVC
Austin; KERR, Kermit: KVAL
Brownsville; KFRO, Longview: K-
FDM, Beaumont; KFYO, Lubbock
KGGM, Albuquerque; KROD, El
Paso; KGNC, Amarillo; KRGV
Weslaco; and KRIS, Corpus Chris
ti.
Farmers Start
New Harvest Of
Iron And Steel
Groups Being Organized
To Gather All Iron And
Steel Scrap.
DALLAS— "Farmers, always
on the vital job of producing food
for our fighting men, and civilians,
today began gathering a crop of
tanks, guns and ships as well as
refrigerators and automobiles,
from fields and bams," according
to Ernest L. Tutt, regional direc-
tor, National Production Authori-
ty, U. S. Department of Com-
merce. This new "harvest"—iron
and steel scrap for the country's
steel mills and foundries, will be
continuous process, weather per-
mitting.
At the request of NPA, more
than 3,000 Department of Agricul-
ture state and county mobiliza-
tion committees are organizing
local scrap groups to help move
farm scrap to the mills. Additional
sub-committees are being organi
zed to reach farmers individually
at the township level.
Mr. Tutt emphasized that only
heavy scrap is wanted now, and
that the campaign is not a farm
to-farm drive for tin cans. It is
pointed toward recovering such
heavy items as broken and worn-
>ut machinery, plows, harrows and
old horse-drawn equipment; also
mill and water towers, broken
tools, anvils and sweeps.
"There is no longer a scrap
shortage." Mr. Tutt emphasized.
"The situation has become in
emergency."
"In launching the current pro-
gram. the Agricultural Mobiliza-
tion Committees are performing
i two-fold task," Mr. Tutt said.
'First, they are making certain
that farmers are fully informed.
Second, they are taking steps to
make it ns convenient as possible
for farmers to dispose of the scrap
When scrap moves through the
farmer's gate onto the road to
town, the biggest bottleneck is
«Continued on last page)
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sherfy of
Houston spent the week end here
with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Hynek Marek.
Majority -Of
23 Assures
Consideration
Next Step By Council
To Have Authorities
Make Survey.
Tin hotly contested, highly
t'ovusial Federal Housing
ject, which was placed before
qualified voting populace of
city Tuesday, carried by a
ty of 23 votes. There waa a
able vote cast with a total of
appearing at the polls. Out of
number 201 voted FOR the
i rig project and 178 voted
G.-iINST it.
Members of the Caldwell
Council and Mayor Judson
Womble stated that they would,
ahead immediately with plan*
ward bringing about the
here. "There ia a lot of
work attached to the deal,"
ble said, "and it w'!l take a
of weeks to get all the detail*
making application thrashed
After stiff opposition aroaa
cerning the making of appli
for a Caldwell housing pi
financed federally, the Ol
application which waa to be M
ted for 75 housing units
celled. Now another appli
must be made. Mayor Womble
dicated that they ware not
tain just how many units
would apply for in the
plication.
The first step after making
plication is to appoint
Housing Authority which con
of five members and then the
will execute a cooperation
ment with the Federal Ron
Authority, after which a sui
will be made in Caldwell and
decision made as to how
units should be constructed
to take care of the needs.
Mayor Womble stated that
details and qualifications will
worked out within two weeks
he believes that actual work
the project will start in
ninety days.
In commenting on the out
of the election Tuesday Ma
Womble, speaking for the con
said, "The majority of the eit
qualified voters who saw fit
appear at the polls Tuesday
for federal housing in Ca
As a result of that election
city council will move
as possible to complete all na
aary arrangements to get the
ject underway".
It is bel i ved that, despite
number of units applied for, it
likely that about twenty, and
the outside thirty, units will
granted after a federal survey
been completed.
Freshman In
College Gets
Break In Fall
Is Deferred From Draft
Automatically If Never
Been Called Before
Civil Service Exams
For Army Or Naval
Academies Arranged
Congressman Homer Thornherry
today announced that he had
scheduled a competitive Civil Ser-
vice screening examination for
young men of the 10th District,
who ar interested in receiving
an appointment to either the Uni-
ted States Military Academy at
West Point or the United States
Naval Academy at Annapoli*.
Candidates, to be eligible for
appointment to either academy,
must be between the ages of 17
and 22 and be in excellent physical
condition. Thornherry emphasized
that this examination, to be given
m December 4 in Austin, does
not constitute final appointment.
He urged any young man, who is
interested in participating in the
Civil Service screening examina-
tion, to contact his Washington
office for additional details.
AUSTIN— The freshman
lege student gets a break thia
if he receives an order to
for induction from his draft
says Brig. Gen Pnul L. Waks
state draft director.
"If a man is in his first
of college and hus never b<
been postponed or deferred to
in school," General Wakefield
' lie automatically gets a defa
ment for a full academic year.
"Congress has given the
year man a break," the state
director continued. "He
have to satisfy board niembeie|
meet any test or scholaatie
quirements. He only has to
sut a full-time course of
lion to the satisfaction of
authorities."
General Wakefield advised
freshmen "hud better study
this fall und next winter
spring," as they will likely
to satisfy minimum draft
'andunls for deferment in
second scholastic year.
"One of these standards la
first-year class standing,"
pointed out. "So It would he ft j
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