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This is the lovelv kitchen of the homcniaking department, j This attractive classroom in the Shop Building is used by
Pictured arc the built-in ovens and surface units, one electric the Vocational Agriculture students. The storage space, maga-
and one gas, as well as the conventional stoves. There arc cook- line rack and book shelves keep reference material readily avail-
ing units and storage space ample for six family groups. There | able. The furniture as well as the interior finishing was colit-
is space for a laundry equipment, and a big walk-in pantry. I plclcd this summer. The walls arc paneled and attractively
Home making classes can now be .slice lively taught. I stained.
This is tlie shop building room with the tools and heavy | Last year two rooms were used for homemaking classes in
work benches where the boys work on their projects. This build- j West High School. A living room, such as this one, was just a
ing wts finished this summer by Joe llorsak, instructor at West 1 dream. The room needs flowers planted In the corner flower
High School of Shop. Woodwork and Mechanical Drawing; Mr. j box, and the drapes have been ordered It w!H am he complete;
O. L. Nrdbalck, Vocational Agriculture Instructor, and Mr. J j as will the sewing room, and the bedroom-sitting room that is
W. King, Principal of West Elementary School.
1
i also a part ol the Homemahing department new classroom
space.
Wmm.
VOLUME 60, NUMBER 19
WEST, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1956
$3 00 PER YEAR—10c Per COPf
of Cattle Ticks and Politics
By DORIS HENDERSON
This item I found in Bonnet
Cerf’s “Try and Stop Me’’ col-
umn
The owner—not to mention
editor and typesetter — of a
small Georgia weekly wais a
fearless and dedicated journal
ist — when sober, that is. There
came the day, after his fiftieth
np'il celebration, when the task
of "Jetting out a new issue seem-
imply too formidable. For-
y tely, the type from the pre
^ .s week's issue was still
standing.
Subscribers were astonished
to receive the next day the
same paper they had received
seven days earlier — with one
exception. Across page one was
the banner headline: “Reprint-
ed bv popular request.
» •
X, needless to say, think that
editor was a fearless and dedi-
cated journalist, and besides
that, I think it was a good idea.
I, unfortunately, am not quite
that fearless. Almost tho, for
what I am going to do this
week is pick out bits of infor-
mation from a previous issue of
The West Times.
Not last week’s paper, but
from one printed on July 17,
1906. This paper was given to
me last week by Mrs. R. A. Da
vidson — and I am truly grate-
ful. It is the oldest West paper
I have, and it is in excellent
condition.
Tliis paper is a souvenir issue,
dedicated to the Confederate
Veterans, the occasion being the
third annual encampment of
the McLennan County Veterans,
and it was being held in West.
The front page dedication read,
“Our doors stand open to those
grand soldiers who donned the
gray and went to battle in de-
fense of their country. May it
be many years before you an-
swer the summons to cross over
to the other side.”
Just fifty years ago, “Not only
do these grand old heroes cling
to one another with a tender-
ness of children and with a love
as sincere as that of a woman,
but their ancestry delight to
lend every effort to make these
associations more beautiful, fre-
quent and enduring. It is prop-
er that these battle-scarred vet-
erans should get together and
discuss their experiences of a
thousand battlefields.”
What a wonderful way to
learn history, at a meeting
called together under the shade
of a great elm tree; but then
it wasn’t history, was it? Fifty
years later that paper is not
only a bit of the hsitory of the
civil war, but the history of
West, too.
Then, West was THE QUEEN
CITY OF CENTRAL TEXAS. It
had, so the paper says, a pop-
ulation of 3500. I think it also
had a very good chamber of
commerce, altho that isn’t men-
tioned. The cotton oil mill was
here, and we had a "cotton fac-
tory, employing 175 operatives,
a monthly payroll of $3,000.”
Which means the average sal-
ary was about $25.
It could be that West did have
3,500 people, for “Did You
Know? That the Independent
Telephone Company offers you
better and quicked service for
less money than any other com-
That our local system has more
than four hundred local tele-
phones. Rates, Business, per
year, $24.00; Residence, per year
$18.00.”
We had a dry goods store, in
the north end of town, Schiller
and Skrabanek, that said, in
rhyme: “We have . . .
Clothing for the masses,
Glasses for the blind;
Shoes for all kinds of people
Gloves that are lined.
Curtains for the windows,
Shoe strings and laces
Rugs, pillow tops and cords
To brighten up dark places.
Hats for the head
And socks for the feet,
Woolen goods for dresses
Ribbons for old maids.
Hats for mien folks,
Skirts for the ladies
Hose for children
Cloaks for the babies.
Straps and strings
Buckles and belts
The finest of silks
And the coarsest of jeans.
Sewing machines, chamois
Skins, corset and bustle.
The people coming trading
And how we do hustle.”
J. E. Damm Hurt
In Grader-Truck
Collision
J. E. Ramin, 64, of Elm Mott,
formerly of West, remains in se-
rious condition at Providence
Hospital with injuries received
in a county road grader and
trailer truck collision Wednesday
at 7 a. m. on Highway 81 north
of Waco.
Hospital official said Damm
lias a broken back, broken left
collar bone, and several broken
ribs.
Investigantin officers said
Damm was driver of the McLen-
nan County road grader. Driver
of the truck was Roy Spencer
Pulcella of Austin.
Officers said the ta^rdem-trai-
ler ice cream truck crashed in-
to the rear of the grader.
They said both vehicles skidd-
ed about 165 feet on the pavem-
ent and finally came to a stop
off the highway. The grader was
overturned. The truck remained
in upright position besides the
grader.
Deputy Sherif Buddy Kuyken-
dall, coming from his home in
West, was the first peace officer
to arrive. He cut Damm’s diese!
Eleven of the most progres-1 oil drenched shirt off and helped
sive and up-to-date business him get into an ambulance,
firms in West had arranged to' Damm, who has worked on
give away scholarships, to be county road crew since 1949,
used in ’06-'07 in the schools of planned to retire in another year.
West. One scholarship was aw-
arded in each school district
within 15 miles of West, includ
ing Snake Creek, Oak Valley,
Fairview No. 2, Closner, Massey,
Denton, Woodland, Willow and
He had been the only operator
of the 16-ton grader.
One wheel of the four-wheel
motor grader broke off as the
motor grader left the pavement,
toppled over into the shallow
Alligator; 37 places were includ- ditch, according to Kuykendall,
ed in the list, but Hassie Mar- He said the truck finally stopped
tin and Branan Alexander were jn the borrow ditch just beyond’
leading the votes in West. j the road grader.
Pat M. Neff was soliciting Investigating highway patrol-
support in his race for County man R. E. McNeil said cause of
Attorney, but his opponent saw the accident has not been deter-
fit to put in print that Neff mined. He said, “About all we
was “void of legal ability, a can say now is that it was a rear
chiminal and a coward, a com-
promiser with crime and a fal-
sifier of facts.”
But his friends said, “Under
end collision, that the truck hit
the motor grader from the rear”.
An investiganiton is still in prog-
ress, McNeil said.
| him the speaker’s chair will not He said there were skid marks
be the bench of the harsh mag - j measuring about 50 feet, but he
istrate, but rather the wool sack could not say which vehicle
of the chancellor. Pure as a made the marks,
woman in thought and act, a j None of the load of the Oak
Farms truck was spilled out onto
the highway.
The company hurried portable
ice-making machinery to the
scene to prevent milk and ice
cream from spoiling.
Shorts
public man without guilt, a cit-
izen without blemish.”
“The city, being in the finest
section of the Lone Star State,
is necessarily surrounded by a
thrifty and wealthy lot of far-
mers and stockraisers. Within a
radius of ten square miles 25
or more whose wealth ranges
from $50,000 to $100,000 can be
counted. Whose farms are be-
decked with beautiful homes
and their broad and fertile
acres tilled with the latest mod-
ern machinery. Not only is West
surrounded by these wealthy,
progressive and enterprising j ls the female side^
people, but in the town are res-
idents whose wealth exceed the
$100,000 limit, and the richest
man in the county resides here.”
I don’t know who the richest
man in the county "was that
lived in West, but the prosper-
ous farmers listed were Col. S.
E. McClellan, Bryan O’Connell.
George Kramer and August
Groppe. ,
West was considered a young
giant in the point of commerce.
"Her people are happy and pros-
perous and contentment reigns.
Miss Matula Wins Beauty
Contest;“Miss Cleburne, 1957”
Miss, Adelc Matula was named, piped in green and decorated
“Miss Cleburne of 1956” at the j with rhinestonse. With ; it she
Cleburne Central Texas
I. Q. is the abbreviation for
Intelligence Quotient.
♦ •
Huey Long was assassinated
in September of 1935.
• •
The distaff side of a family
A rabbit should not be lifted
by the ears.
• ;
A tennis court should be laid
out with service ends north and
south.
and Rodeo Saturday night. She
won the title and a hundred
silver dollars, and will automat-
ically be entered in the Miss
Lake Whitney Contest in 1957.
Miss Jo Dodson, Miss Texas
of 19E8, and Mr. Jack Proctor
acted as Miss Matula’s host and
hostess while she was In Cle-
burne.
Dressed in western attire,
Miss Matula rode in the lead-off
float, a ship, in the parade on
Wednesday afternoon. Thurs-
day the 16 contestants had din-
ner at Smiley Burnette's and
met the judges. Following the
dinner the contestants donned
their western outfits, and were
I escorted by the judges to the
rodeo grounds.
Friday the contestants mod-
eled in evening gowns, and the
final night, Saturday, they wore
bathing suits. Following the
judging Saturday night Miss
Matula was presented with a
dozen red roses, and was driv-
en around the rodeo arena in
a Corvette.
Miss Matula’s hand made wes-
tern outfit of white serge is
Fair | wears a white ten-gallon hat
prny? We have connections with
(Uf the leading points in Texas, and associate with live, progres-
sive, enterprisng people, turn
toward Wfcst and her fertile and
productive lands.”
That was fifty years ago, and
undoubtedly it was one of the
years it rained in West. Today,
as fifty years ago, everyone liv-
ing in West is live, but those
Should you desire to live among! fertile and productive lands —
sorry, this year it didn’t rain!
with green ribbon, and white I
and green hand-sewed Indian
moccasins.
Second place winner of the
contest was Miss Barbara Love
of Cleburne, and third place I
winner was Lulane Beaver of I
Cleburne.
Miss Matula stated that high-
lighting the event was meeting I
Tex Ritter, cowboy £tar of the
rodeo, and the two very funny j
clowns,_ Ike and Cecil.
Happy and smiling. Miss Ma- j
tula admitted she was “beat.” j
Attending school, and making-
daily trips from West to Cle- j
burne was quite a task for the i
lovely blonde high school sen- j
ior. She was escorted on the j
daily trips by her parents, Mr. j
and Mrs. Henry Matula, and
Mir. Ted Uptmore.
However, this did not in any
way mar her happy anticipa- j
tion of entering the "Miss Heart I
O’ Texas" contest in Waco on I
October 1, 2, 3. Miss Matula |
was sponsored in Cleburne by
the West Longhorn Club, and
they will also sponsor her at
the Heart O’ Texas Fair.
West Drive-In
Under New
Management
Mr. C. W. Hannes and Mr. C.
A. Gallia have taken over the
management of West Drive In
Theater again. The theater has
been leased since the first of
the year, but the lease has ex-
pired and the theater owners
have taken over the manage-
ment of the Drive In again.
Look for their advertisement
elsewhere in this paper.
West High Open
House To Be Held
September 18
The P-TA is sponsoring an
open house of the new High
School wing and the new Shop
and Agriculture Building to be
held Tuesday, September 18, at
8 p.m. The affair will be opened
with a brief meeting to be held
in the gym. Refreshments will
be served in the high school
cafeteria to all visitors.
The Student Council members
and the high school faculty will
conduct visitors through the
new wing, and the new shop
building. The old part of the
building will be open for in-
spection also.
These additions were made
possible by the $110,000 approv-
ed by the voters in the election
held in November 1955. At West
High School the improvements
include a new building for shop
and agriculture classes. A com-
plete new Homemaking and
Science department, a vault and
textbook room, and indoor rest
rooms.
Improvements which have
been made at Dunbar include
complete and modern cafeteria,
one extra classroom has been
made available, the science lab
has been improved, new furni-
ture has been purchased for the
library, additional campus side-
walks have been built, and typ-
ing has been added to the cur-
riculum.
The West School Board is
proud of the support which the
people of our district have giv-
en the school and which has
made possible these improve-
ments. They hope not only the
parents, but all patrons and
taxpayers will be able to attend
the open house and see the fa-
cilities made available to our
children.
WEST IIRE DEPT.
RECEIVES CHECK
Constable Bob Steinocher sent
the West Fire Department a
check for $10 for extinguishing
the fire in the alley behind his
home last Saturday. Bob said
he certainly appreciated the
prompt work, of the fire depart-
ment and that of all his neigh-
bors in getting the blaze put out
without major damage being
done
Penelope Parish
To Hold Bazaar
Sunday, Gel 7
The Church of Nativity of
Penelope will hold its annual
homecoming bazaar on Sunday,
October 7.
The annual affair, which has
proven so successful, will be
held at the KJT Hall near Pe-
nelope. Entertainment has been
planned for the young and old,
and there will be a wide variety
of delicious food.
The parish officials have ex-
tended a cordial invitation to
the public to attend their an-
nual bazaar, and they assure
one and all they will have a
very good time.
The insanity ratio among Af-
ricans is 20 times better than
in the U. S.
Trojans Invade Pirates
Den Tonight at Rosebud
The West Trojans invade
Rosebud tonight to do battle
with the Rosebud Panthers. It
is a non-district ban game and
it starts at 8: CO p.m.
Rosebud is paced by a slick
quarterback and a hard charg-
ing fullback. Bobby Allen, a so-
F. F. Wedeking
Last Rites Held
Fritz Frank Wedeking 87. died
at 2 p.m. Friday following a
short illness.
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. Monday at Connally
Chapel, Rev. William Wuerz of-
ficiating, burial in McGregor!
Cemetery.
Mr. Wedeking was bom in)
Germany and came to Texas !
when he was 14 years old. He'
settled in McLennan County
near McGregor. He lived the1
past 40 years in the Ross com-
munity near Gholson. He was a
retired farmer.
Survivors include four sons,
W. F. Wedeking of Waco, Fritz
W. Wedeking of Rt. 5, Waco,
Charlie Wedeking of Dallas,
Henry Wedeking of Houston;
phomore, is reputed to be one
of the top backs in Central Tex-
as this year. He is hacked up
by Ji r. Sweinger, the workhor..e
of the Panther backfield.
The Trojans will depend upon
Coffee for most of their offense.
He will get ample help from
Matus and Slay, the bull rush-
ing fullback.
Here is the West starting line-
up:
Left end—82—T. Webb, Sr.,
170.
Right end, 80—C. Webb, Jr.,
165.
Left Tackle—70, Glen Light-
foot Jr, 235.
Right tackle, 40—Jimmy Ko-
lacek, Soph., 185.
Left Guard, 44—Johnny Ku-
bala, Sr., 185.
Right Guard, 60 —. Jimmy
Kruse, Sr., 170.
Center—Daniel Jansky, Sr.,
170.
Quarterback, 21—Cecil Coffee,
Sr., 190.
Left Halfback, 20—A. P. Ma-
tus, Sr., 170.
Right Halfback, 22—Danny
Goates, Sr., 165.
Fullback, 24—Johnny Slay,
Jr., 175.
MEXICANS FINED FOR
CREATING DISTURBANCE
five daughters, Mrs. Matilda j Mexican workers from the Rio
Bi'inkmar.n of Waco, Mrs. E. A. j Grande Valley were picked up
Pfeffer of Rt. 5, Waco, Mrs. An [ Sunday night at one of the ne-
nie Hessel of Mart. Mrs. Marie j gro taverns by Bob Steinocher.
ij i,- -« * ”•••' "’’ Steinocher reports they
C'hupik of Aquilla. Mrs. Ellen
Knlar of Bosqueville; a brother,
W. F. Wedeking of Stamford; a
sister, Mrs. Christin Menze of
Germany; and 35 grandchildren.
were
threatening to “shoot up the
place.” They were jailed and
later paid a fine in Justice of
the Peace Coleman’s court.
Philosopher Worried Over
Plight of Lawns in Drouth Areas
(Editor’s note: The Philoso-
pher is hunting for something
to worry about, his letter this
week reveals.)
* *
Dear editar: •
I was out here on my farm
the other cloudless afternoon
looking at the sky and wonder-
ing when it was gonna rain,
although understand I wasn’t
worrying about it, there are two
things I never worry about be-
cause I figure they’re out of my
hands, one is the weather and
the other is how people are go-
ing to vote in November, at any
rate, while I was watching the
•sky I stumbled over a newspa-
per, or rather I didn’t stumble
on it, I wasn’t moving, a puff
of wind wrapped it around my
legs while I was standing still,
and I pulled it off and sat down
under a tree and the first thing
I noticed was a news article on
the plight of city people in the
big drouth areas of this coun-
try. According to it, lawns and
shrubs and flowers are dying in
some cities for lack of water,
and people are seeing a life-
time of painstaking effort lost
in one dry spell.
I know this is a tragic thing,
but my advice to city people is
they'll just have to tighten their
belts .store their lawnmowers,
turn on their television, and
tough this sting out. The loss
of a carefully tended lawn is a
seriou blow, but as a man who
h;s seen a fine crop disappear
the same way. I’d say it won’t
be fatal.
However, I have long recog-
nized that some city people
spend more per square yard on
their lawn than some farmers
spend per square acre on their
farm, and the lawn investment
in America must run into the
hundreds of millions of dollars.
Therefore, I am surprised that
neither of the two parties has
comp out with a platform plank
covering this. It seems to me
what city people need is a Soil
Bank plan for lawns and shrubs.
We don’t want to discourage
them. The more land there is
in lawns, the less there is in
farm production, and the more
city people work in their yards,
the more they eat away at the
farm surplus. You take a few
million lawns out of commission
and the food surplus will pile
up worse than ever. A city lawn
is one of the best friends a far-
mer has, and if Sec. Benson
would bring his mind to bear
on this angle, I believe he’d
come up with a plan for a Lawn
Support Program, Will you
please call it to his attention?
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
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