Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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trance and
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Lous condition, with no
-or further treatment.
[|(js contribute! by sym
•^fhbors", Mrs. Moore
t to Gaston in an ef
L0lp him. She expresses
£p gratitude, as well as
ft* and Mrs. Crowell,
, kindnt's- extended to
(! re-organization of the
[jfciuu in Bastrop has
about the need once
t meeting place. Dur
pi^-t several years, the
under the leadership of
fcther Anderson, have ac-
a piano, pieces of
ti books and other e-
t. but they have no place
,_js them. They would ap-
plac^K, [j|e offer of a conven-
tion to -I'rve a.- a meet-
!, and perhaps as a sub-
.| nge, -!!«<•«• the Scouts
[itllectcd a in >■ library. In
but any of the vacant
or. Main Street were
for their use, it would,
i, be with the under
that in the event that
could be rented, the
would move immediately.
I Mary Jane Davis has ac-
the leadership of the
filr- Lincoln Karris, Mrs.
[fcumier and Mrs. Jack
will assist her.
kes Held For
i Tompkins
iigleton
services were held
|t*' Epi-r..|ial Church in
Monday afternoon for
|P«ri Tompkins, former
J of Hast? op. Mrs. Tomp
la-'ed away there early
p, following a lengthy ill
was in Palacios.
K< -urvived by one (laugh
If? Grover Mounger, and
of Corpus Christi.
;! i. I.i ■ Tompkins, pre
|r'' ' ill ath several years
Nary Jo Roberts and
|e> D. Shirley of Hastrop
■*r Ghkdyt M. iedith of
^ • attended the funeral.
Tompkins wa.- at one
I- - ■'-•••r ,if the Hastrop
I ®i tory, and she
p Totnpkin.- also operat-'
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One Hundred und Fourth Year
Seven Bastrop
Scouts Receive
Eagle Awards
Austin, Oct. 8—Seven Hastrop
Hoy Scouts, the largest group
Hastrop County has ever had,
were among those receiving co-
veted Eagle Awards Saturday
evening during the half time
ceremonies of the University of
Texas-West Virginia football
game in Memorial Stadium.
Alpha Phi Omega, University
of Texas scouting service frater-
nity, escorted the Scouts and
their mothers onto the field, and
the I.onghorn Hand played.
Kach Scout was awarded a cer
tificate and pinned a miniature
eagle on his mother. The stu-
dent fla>h card section formed
a giant fleur delis, the univer-
sal Scout symbol.
Bastrop Scouts honored in
eluded:
Hilly Don Rice, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. N. Rice; Hobby and
Jimmy Hennesey, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Hennesey; Rich
aid J. K< sselus, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Kesselus; Jerry K.
Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Long; Hob Loveless, son of
Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Loveless;
Jay Striegler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. V. K. Striegler.
HASTROI' (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, (JCTOHER 11, 1950
10 Cents Per Copy
NUMBER 33
Merchants
Offer Bargains
And (lash
; WM. C. DICKSON
Oon Mother
J ' 'he Cub Scouts met
C. Dickson at
r1' °n Monday afternoon
f t 1:0() o'clock.
|tJw came drsised in ufii
^ delivered "Scout O-
10 i'usinpRs men in town.
0Crams" were invi-
. Eariy Bird Break
r *ick-off for the fund
jfJ; mpniKn for the scout
p":"n for 1956-11)57.
attending were Clark
'•i\id Perkins, Fred
1 Dickson, Donnie
™mie Ireland, Gary I
('n"y Kesselus and
"Oddanl.
( k w'ilh transportation
• u>S ('own town were
k,v,i Kps8o1u8- Ocn chief.
dropped in for a
I h I)(,n father, W. E.
II.""' 1mbs concerning
w ,Cn lr'l> that is being
J°r near future.
r*< meetinK win 1)0 hc)t|
ay' October lfi, at 4:00
With the approaching of the
fall and winter seasons, Hastrop
merchant i are offering a special
invitation to people in this trade
area to come to Hastrop, and to
u ke advantage of the Bargains
they are offering you in this
week's issue of the Advertiser.
Check their ads in fhis paper,
and -hop and save in Bastrop
Saturday.
When you make a purchase,
ask for your Trade Day tickets,
so that you may have a part
in the cash awards that are
made in Hastrop every Trade
Day. If you do not want the
tickets yourself, give them to
someone who does want them.
Mrs. Dollie Dietz
Is Buried Here
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Dollie Ora Dietz. 57, in
Houston on September 17, with
the Rev. W. R. lloch officiating.
Hurial was here in Fairview
Cemetery.
Mrs. Diet/. pa.--ed away on
September 1 I following an ill
ness of several months.
Survivors include her husband,
Henno L. Dietz, Houston; one
daughter, Mrs. George Muse,
Kingston, Penn.; one son, Gordon
W. Dietz, Houston; two sisters,
Mrs. Martha Wolf, Hastrop, and
Mrs, Wilma Holder, Cedar Creek;
Creek; three brothers, Ilarlyn
and Earl Wright, Hastrop;
Charlie Wright of Victoria and
a host of other relatives and
friends.
Horn on November 1H98,
Mrs. Dietz was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright. On
February 215. she was uni-
ted in marriage to H. nno L.
Dietz. She was a member of the
Methodist Church and a devoted
wife and mother.
Out of town relatives attend
in*; the funeral were Oscar L.
Dietz and son, Charles, Green-
ville; Charlie Wright, Victoria;
George Muse, Kingston. Penn.;
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Murchi-
son of Kmgsville.
7
Bateman Baptist
Church
C. H. PAXTON, Minister
Sunday:
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a. m.
Training Union, 7:H0 p. m.
Evening Worship, H:.10 p. m.
WMU, second Thursday each
month at 2 p. m.
Wednesday:
Prayer Meeting and Bibl«
Study, 7:30 p. m.
Bears To Host
Buffaloes Here
Friday Night
I he Hastrop Bears had an
open date last Friday night but
will be back on the field this
I' riday night when they play
hosts to the Giddings Buffaloes
on Erhard Field at 8 p. m.
The Bears Conference games
will start on October 10, when
they will journey to Thorndale.
Time for conference games will
be 7:.'(0 p. m.
Public Invited
To Celebrate
\ FW Anniversary
A barbecue supper and special
program at the VFW Center
near R'oekne on Sunday evening,
October 14, will mark the tenth
anniversary of the Bastrop Post,
No. 2r>27, Veterans of Foreign
Wa rs.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the celebration. Tick-
ets for the supper, which will
be served from 5 to 8 p. m..
Sunday night will be $1.00 for
adults and T>0 cents for children.
The program, which will be
free, begins at 8 o'clock, and will
feature calf roping, cutting
horse contests, girls' barrel races,
and drills by the Travis Coun-
ty Sheriff's Posse, and the Lost
Pines Sheriff's Posse of Bas-
trop County.
Prizes totaling 170 silver dol-
lars will be given away during
the evening. The first prize
will be 100 silver dollars, the
second prize will be 50 silver
dollars and 20 silver dollars will
go to the third place winner.
The cutting horse contest, ap-
proved by the South Texas
Cutting Horse Association, open
class, will have $25.00 added
money with an entry fee of
$10.00 and a cattle and judge
charge of $5.00. Senior novice
class will have $12.50 added
money with an entry fee of
$5.00 and a cattle and judge fee
of $3.50. Junior novice class
will have the same money and
fees.
In the two novice classes there
must be at least four horses in
a class event to get added mon-
ey if there are not enough en-
tiles in a class event, the added
money for that, class will be'
split between the other two
classes, or if there are not e
nough horses in both novice
class events, the added money
for both will be added to the
open class.
Entries for the event close and
horses must be on the grounds
by tl p. m., October 14.
Baptist Cherub
And Carol Choirs
Meet Every Monday
Every Monday afternoon at
2:30, the Cherub Choir of the
First Baptist Church meets for
praetii <\ The. choir is composed
of boys and girls in the first
and second grades.
The Carol Choir also meets
every Monday afternoon at 3:30.
This choir i- composed of boys
and girls, ages 1) - 12 or begin-
ning in the third grade.
These choirs are under the
direction of Mrs. O. W. Sumer-
lin. All boy« and girls of the
above named grades and ages
are invited to attend and to par-
ticipate if a choir for them is
not otherwise available.
Daughter Born To
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G.
Moore, Ir.
Mr. and Mrs. Mm. G. Moore Jr.
are the parents of a baby girl,
Elizabeth Terry Moore, born
Saturday, September 2i , at St.
David's Hospital in Austin.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Rosanky, Bastrop, and
Dr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Moore, Sr.
of San Francisco, California.
Mrs. Moore will be remem-
bered as the former Miss Evolm
Rosanky of Bastrop.
Estell Hoffman And Carl Bailey
Are Gold Star 4-Hers For County
CARL BAILEY
Carl Bailey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Hailey of Bastrop,
has been selected as Gold Star
1 H Club boy for 1056 in Has-
trop County. The Gold Star is
the highest award a 1 H Club
member can receive on a coun-
ty basis, and a member is eli
gible to receive this award only
one time, Joel Reese, county
agent, said in making the an-
nouncement.
Carl was selected as Gold Star
Roy when the 4-H records were
judged this year. In making the
selection, such things as pro-
jects, demonstrations, leader-
ship. personal development, and
participation in county wide
events were considered.
Carl is 17 years old and has
been in the 4 H Club 7 years. His
projects a.e demonstrations in
eluding poultry two years, swine
four years, Farm and Home
Safety six years, and Farm and
Home Electricity one year. He
has taken part and helped plan
the program for county Citizen-
ship Day in Bastrop the past
four years and was elected to
attend the district Citizenship
Day program in Austin one
year. He has also helped in the
planning of events for National
4-H Week, Achievement Days,
and other county wide activities.
Carl has served as president,
secretary, and council delegate
from his local club. He will re-
ceive the Gold Star award at
the County Achievement Pro-
gram to be held in November.
Hospital News
DISMISSED:
Mrs. Minnie Jensen, Elgin
Mrs. Albert Rhodes
Mrs. Pauline Dolgener
Carl Cederholm
Mrs. Tucker and baby
Mrs. Kyser, Elgin
Ed Wolf
Mrs. Dorothy Barton
Mrs. Grawtt, Smithville
PATIENTS:
Mrs. Jones Hanna
Mrs. J. G. Lewis
Miss Lucy Hancock
Charley Barton
Mrs. Sena Lobb
Mrs. Pruitt Cox and baby,
Smithville
Mrs. Floyd Cury and baby,
Smithville
Mrs. J. A. Townsend, Smithville
Bcnnie Cottle, Elgin
Mrs. Faye Taylor, McDade
Allie Lee Gormas
Goertzes Announce
Arrival Of Baby
Girl In Austin
Mr. anil Mrs. William Goertz
of 200 N el ray Blvd., Austin, an
nounce the arrival of a baby
girl at St. David's Hospital in
Austin at 10:56 o'clock Thurs-
day morning, September 27.
The little miss weighed 7
pounds, 15 % ounces, and has
been named Susan Marie.
She is welcomed by her sis-
ter, Debra Ann, her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pius
Goertz, and Mr>. Hilda Friske,
all of Rockne, and her great
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Probst.
Mrs. Goertz will be remem-
bered as the former Miss Erlene
Friske.
ESTELL HOFFMAN
Estell Hoffman of the Rockne
4-H Club was chosen by a coun-
ty committee of home demon-
stration women as the 1956 Gold
Star Girl of Bastrop County.
The Gold Star award is the
highest county honor and award
provided by Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, and is be-
stowed each year upon one girl
and one boy who have done out-
standing work in the county.
The following is Estell's own
story of her 4-H Club work:
"I am 16 years old and have
been a member of the Rockne
4-H Club for 7 years. My work
has been very educational and
interesting.
"During my 7 years of 4-H
work, I have completed demon-
strations in gardening, food
preparation, food preservation,
home improvement, poultry and
clothing, and, this is my second
year of working with electricity
in the and on the farm.
"I chose clothing and elect-
ricity as my principal demon-
strations this year. I entered a
dress in the County Dress Revue
and won first place on it. 1 had
the privilege of taking it to
San Antonio for district judging,
and I received a red ribbon on
it there. Last year in my elect
ricity demonstration I won fourth
place. This year I decide*! to en-
ter it again and I won second
place.
"For four years I entered ex-
hibits at the County Youth Fair.
I have won 25 blue ribbons, 33
red ribbons and 15 white rib-
bons.
"During the last few years I
have been very fortunate, being
chosen to represent Bastrop
County at different camps and
tours. I was selected to repre-
sent Bastrop County on Citizen-
ship Dav in Austin, 4-H Round-
Up at College Station, and the
Texas Electric Camp at Trinidad.
At College Station and Trini-
dad 1 received training in rec-
reation. I have brought this
back to the county since I have
been recreation leader for our
county and local club for three
years.
"I have also been working to
improve better leadership dur-
ing my years in 4-H work. I
have helped other girls in our
club fill out their records, and
by doing this I have learned im-
portant points on leadership.
"1 have learned many things
in 4-H work, and I con never
be thankful enough for it. I
must give all the credit to the
best organization 'The 4-H
Club'."
The County Home Demon-
stration Council sends the Gold
Star Girl and Boy to the State
4-H Round-Up each year at
A&M College.
Estell is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Adolph Hoffman of
Red Rock.
Paige P-TA Elects
New Officers
The following officers were
elected at a meeting of the Pa
rent Teachers Association of the
Paige schools:
II e r b e r t Fuchs, president;
Melvin C. Smith, vice president;
Mrs. E. G. Pauls, secretary;
Mrs. Arthur Tomanetz, treas-
urer.
Former County HD
Agent Dies In
Oklahoma
Miss Marie Neff, former Bas-
trop County home demonstration
agent, died at 8:30 Tuesday
night in a Pryor, Oklahoma,
hospital, where she had been a
patient for the past three
months, a part of a lengthy ill-
ness.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at Pryor, Oklahoma.
Her sister, Miss Alice Neff,
is a resident of Golden Age Hall
in Bastrop.
Tax Payers To
Meet In Rally
Monday Night
The Bastrop County Tax-pay-
ers Association wiii have a rally
! monday night, October 15, at
7:.'S0 p. m. at the American le-
gion Hall in Bastrop, according
to J. W. Read.
"We now have our charter
from the State of Texas and are
officially authorized to work in
the interest of all tax-payers of
the county," Mr. Read said.
"We need every tax-payer in
the county as a member for then
we can better serve all the peo-
ple to their best interest.
"Preparations have been made
to carry this issue *«o a complete
victory. Come and hear what
has been done and whal plan-
ned to be done. And voice /ou"
opinions.
"There may be some citizens
who are not familiar with the
issue. If you are one of these,
or tf you do not have all the
facts, we suggest that you at-
tend this meeting and learn what
is going on. Ladies, too!
"Be on hand at 7:30 p. m.,
October 15, American Legion
Hall, in Hastrop."
Local Students At
SWTSTC Now Doing
Practice Teaching
SAN MARCOS
Mr. George Miller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. O. Miller, and Mr.
Floyd Kelley, son of Mrs. Grace
Kelley are among the 99 South-
west Texas students now prac-
tice teaching.
"Practice or student teaching,"
as the program is called, bears
the same relation to the profes-
sion of teaching as the labora-
tory does to sc -'nee. It is the
workshop where, under the
watchful eye of hand picked in-
structors, future teachers actual-
ly teach students of the various
cooperating schools.
Mr. Miller, a senior chemistry
major, is teaching ir. that field
in the San Marcos Senior High
School.
Mr. Kelley, a senior math
major, is doing his teaching at
the San Marcos Junior High
School.
Youth Invited To
Baptist Church
Friday Night
All youth, ages 13 and up, at-
tending the football game in
Bastrop this Friday evening are
invited to come to the First
Baptist Church immediately fol
lowing the game for a period of
fun, food, and fellowship.
Two films will be shown. One
film, "Caged Fury", shows jun-
gle life in all its terror, an.' the
techniques used in capturing the
wild animals. The other, the
feature film of 30 minutes, is
entitled "Two Sons". It is a
modern day application of an
old, old story youth will appre-
ciate.
Hosts for the occasion are the
members and workers of the In-
termediate and Young People's
Department of the Sunday
School. Mrs. John Morgan is
the superintendent of the Inter-
mediate Department and Mr. and
Mrs. Koy Kragh of the Young
People's Department.
Young people are invited,
through an ail in this issue of
the Advertiser, to "bring your
date and appetite"!
Democrats In
Bastrop County
Organize
Volunteer workers for the
Democratic Party in Bastrop
County met at the court house
in Bastrop last week to organ-
ize campaign committees in sup-
port of the Democratic ticket,
headed by Adlai Stevenson and
Estes Kefauver.
After Mrs. Powell C. Maynard,
state Democratic committee-wo-
man for district 14, explained
the purpose of the meeting,
County Judge Tom Griffin was
elected chairman of the cam-
paign in Bastrop County.
Alex Waugh was made chair-
man and Mrs. W. E. Maynard
co-chairman of the committee in
Bastrop.
Vallon Voight and Jack Webb
were named to lead the campaign
in Elgin, and Randolph Bunto
was designated to organize the
Smithville committee.
Mrs. C. W. Eskew was nam-
ed finance chairman of the coun-
ty, and Mrs. C. A. Long, head
of the speakers' committee.
Mrs. Maynard reported that
the date of the tour of the Dem-
ocratic Victory Van throughout
the county would be announced
later.
Certificate Of
Achievement Given
S^t. Turner
.\;.i<stor Sergeant Pershing J.
Personnel Management
O'r-eo Texas Military District,
received a certificate of achieve-
ment from Major General Lewis
S. Griffing, Chief, TMD, at
ceremonies held at the Artillery
and Guided Missile Center at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, recently.
Sgt. Turner, former post ser-
geant major at the Center, re-
ceived the certificate for con-
tributing to the successful ac-
complishment of the Army Ad-
jutant General's mission there
during 1954-56.
Sgt. Turner is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bonnie Turner of Red
Rock, and attended the Red
Rock schools.
His wife is the former Ruby
Thiel, of Taylor, and they have
one child, a daughter, Patricia
Ann.
Little Choir Of
Methodist Church
Resumes Practice
The Little Choir of the First
Methodist Church met with their
director, Mrs. A. N. Edwards, at
the church on Monday of this
week for their first regular
choir practice of the year.
Members of the choir a r e
Donna A 1 e x a n <1 e r , Carolyn
Christie, Mary Lynn Claiborne,
Sandra Farris, Ruth Ann Four-
nier, . Lynne Loveless, Martha
Roberts, Sharon Schuelke, Har-
riet Wieting, Bryan Ferguson,
Danny Hardt, Raymond Odiorne,
Mike Wilkin, Cliff Wilkins and
Jim Trigg.
X
DISTRICT 26-A
ROUND-UP
Scores from games played on
October 5 are as follows:
Hastrop i open)
Granger (open)
Rogers 12; Holland 6
Thrall 48; Moody 12
Franklin 7; Thorndale 6
Games to be played on Friday
night Octobei 12 are as follows:
Giddings at Bastrop
Granger at Elgin
Rogers (open)
Bartlett at Thrall
Lcander at Thorndale
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