The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1950 Page: 1 of 6
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OVKR SIXTY YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS SERVICE TO WEST
, r AND COMMUNITY
VOLUME Cl, NO. 14
Sfot t
WATCH THE DATE OH YOUR
PAPER. THE FIGURE FOLLOWING
YOUR NAME INDICATES THE
DATE OF EXPIRATION
WEST, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1950
$8.50 PER YEAII
LET’S TALK IT
OVER
Leonard | XL
Webb
The demand
Is probably at
lor carpenters
an all-time In
West. We thought the building
boom was over, but new homes
abs» still going up all over town.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Plsek and
daughter moved into their new
ranch-style home on North
Mf table Street this week. The
Ernest Blahas have a large, at-
tractive new home nearing com-
pletion. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ber-
ger will be moving Into their
new home soon, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Marek are now oc-
cupying their attractive stone
residence in the extreme north-
west part of West.
The finishing touches arc
being added to a fine brick
home on South Harrison Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sykora are
the proud owners. Reports
herein account for only a small
part of the building underway
or recently completed in West.
Our public schools are a bee-
hive of activity at present, as
final preparations are made for
the opening of the term. Ad-
ditions arc being made to the
Grammar school and Dunbar
school that will provide more
classroom space. All work is be-
ing done locally.
• •
While on the subject of im-
provements, it may be noted
thatt the city is preparing to
hard surface Reagan Street,
better known as the Interurban
Street. Five block south of the
highway spur are ready for
squegee now. Additional paving
is to come later, the street to
eventually be hard surface all
the way to the Tokio crossroad.
• •
The Texas Employment Com-
mission expects plenty of cotton
pickers in this area by the time
the 1950 cotton harvest gets
underway. Cotton picking in
the Rio Grande Valley and
south Texas is nearing com-
pletion and cotton picking
crews are moving north. Farm-
ers needing pickers are asked to
contact the TEC office in Waco.
• •
„If you want to know how hot
and dry it is just ask John
Kubala, City Water Stipt. August
water consumption is the high-
est in the history of West and
il expected to reach seven and
cne-half million gallons for the
miAith. Highest daily pumping
record for the month so far is
311,000 gallons.
• ♦
John has been on the job
from 4 if. m. until 9 p. m., while
his two water pumps have been
operating 24 hours per day.
Disrupted power service or a
pump breakdown could cause a
water shortage in a very few
hours, but John doesn’t want to
discuss such an unpleasant sub-
ject.
♦ ♦
Of course, seven anil one-half
million gallons of water is only
a big drip as compared to con-
sumption In our major cities.
Nevertheless it is interesting to
a layman to witness the opera
. (Continued on page 2)
Trojans Football
Ability Doubtful
West Public School
Football Schedule
The atheletic departments of
the West High School and West
Elementary School released the
following football schedule this
week:
1950 Trojan Schedule
Sept. 8—Cameron, here.
Sept. 14—Waco Kfttens, here.
Sept. 22—Waco Tech, here.
Sept. 29—Mexla, there.
Oct. 6—McGregor, there.
Oct. 13—Open date.
Oct. 19—Gatesvillc, here.
Oct. 27—Mart, there.
Nov. 3—LaVega, here. (Home-
coming game.)
Nov. 10—Itasca, th'ere.
All games will start at 8:00
p. m. with the exception of the
last two. These will get under-
way at 7:30 p. m. Admission
will be 75c and 35c. tax included.
1950 Junior High Schedule
(Incomplete)
Sept. 7—Mart Junior High,
here.
Sept. 21—Gatesville, there.
Sept. 28—Waco North Junior,
there.
Oct. 5—Waco East Junior,
there.
Oct. 12—LaVega, there.
Nov. 2—Waco South Junior,
here.
Nov. 16—Waco West Junior,
here.
All arc night games except
LaVega and the final game.
These two will be played at 4:00
p. m.
-Lf--
Mrs. Marie Sykora
Buried at West
Mrs. Marie Sykora, age 70, of
Route 2, Mt. Calm, passed away
at 12:30 a. m. Sunday.
Funeral services were held at
the Catholic Church in Penelope
at 10 a. m. Monday with Rev.
John Konkiel and Rev. Charles
Smid of Abbott officiating.
Burial was in St. Mary’s Ceme-
tery at West.
ftosary was recited at 8 p. m.
Sunday at the Sykora residence.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Aids Sykora; seven dau-
ghters, Sister Mary Samuella.
Mrs. Lillie Gerik. both of Dallas;
Mrs. Rosie Vanek of Vernon,
Mrs. Albina Vitek of LaGrange,
Mrs. Louise Matus of Waco, Mrs.
Japnle Petter and Mrs. Martha
Gajdica of Mt. Calm; five sons,
Louis of Mt. Calm, Pete and
Henry of West, John and Joe
of Dallas; 31 grandchildren;
three sisters, Mrs. C. Y. Sulak,
Mrs. Joe Kotrla and Sister Mary
Olivia; two brothers, Joe and
Charlie Bezdck.
Pallbearers were Vaclav Bez-
dek, Arnold Kotrla, Joe Sulak,
John Sykora, Joe Urbanovsky
and Raymond Krcnek.
By DONALD ASIILEY
Football practice started at
the local school Tuesday morn-
ing with 25 boys out lor the
Trojan team and 23 reporting
for the Junior High team.
Coach David Moon and his
assistant, Johnnie Zalopek, have
been working the boys hard and
they should be in good shape
when they play their opening
game here September 8th with
Cameron.
Eoys out for the Trojan squad
are: Ends—James Clark, Dick
Busby. Jimmy Tennison, and
Eugene Lednicky; Centers—Elo
Zatopek and “Punk" Smalstrla;
Linemen—Bobby Lednicky, John
Abe Webb, Johnnie Petter, Bob-
by Kostohryz, Vernon Kostoh
ryz, Johnnie Kostecka, Velvert
Pomykal, Donald Hutchinson
and H. S. Witt; Backs—James
Snelson, Carl Coffee, Willis
Selman, Wm Hern, Henry Zap-
alac, Donald Harris, Marvin
Goldsmith, Larry Lednicky and
Wendel Whalen.
Smalstrla and Busby are the
only lettermen back from last
year's team. Coffee, Clark,
Snelson, Selman, Zapalac and
Larry Lednicky were all squad-
men last season and lettered on
the Junior High team year be-
fore last. Snelson did not finish
the season with the team last
season because of an injury.
Petter, Webb. V. Kostohryz,
Kostecka, Tennison, E. Lednicky.
Zatopek, Horn, Harris and!
Whalen lettered on the Junior!
High team last season.
The Trojans should have a
faster backfield this season, sol
if the line comes through, the
boys will give some of their dis-
trict rivals lots of trouble. Sel-1
man, Coffee, Lednicky andl FOUR MORE WEST BOYS
Zapalac have the most exper-1 ARE OFF TO NAVY DUTY
ience in the backfield. James.
Snelscn and Marvin Goldsmith! The Navy gained
are
Producer of West Rodeo
Big West Rodeo is
Due in Few Weeks
Special Meeting
Called for Those
Interested in Fair
The question of whether
cr not West is to have a
Community Fair this Fall
will be decided at a special
meeting Friday night at 8
o’clock at the City Hall.
This announcement was
made Wednesday afternoon
ty Ilenry Heitmiller, chair-
man of the Fair Committee.
All fair committees and all
who arc interested in the
continuation of the West
Fair arc urged to attend
this impertant meeting to-
night.
be
the
RODEO PRODUCER—Bobbie Estes, above, will provide live-
stock for the 4th annual West Rodeo, Sept. 14-15-16. Owner of
the Lone Star Ranch at Baird, Texas, Estes has been in the
rodeo business most all of his life, both as a performer and
producer. He was formerly with the Dublin Rodeo producers,
who furnished stock for the Madison Square Garden show. He basketball coach last
has produced a number of outstanding rodeos .n Oklahoma and ha;j bpf.n empl d to
Texas this season.
Faculty Changes
In Public School
Several new faces will
seen on the faculty list at
West Public Schools this sea-
son. Johnny Zatopek, who
West High School
Schedule Arranged
place J. G. Brown.
J. W. King replaces
Mrs. Greenhill
Dies Sunday of
Heart Attack
Mrs. Edgar Roe Greenhill, 64,
died at 3 p. m. Sunday at her
home here. Death was at-
tributed to a heart attack.
Mrs. Greenhill appeared to be | ^“^Ts'meeting.' Datelor
. .
West’s fourth annual rodeo
will be held on September 14-
15-16. Less than feur weeks
until the big opening night,
which means that all com-
mittees arc now busy com-
pleting final plans for the major
attraction.
A meeting of all committees
and directors was hefd at the
City Hall cn Wednesday night.
Final details pertaining to
redeo publicity, etc., were com-
in good health until a short
while before her death. She at-
tended church services Sunday
morning and was active about
her home until a few minutes
before her death.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 p. m. Tuesday at the
Church of Christ in West. Rev.
Max T. Neal of Waco and Wal-
ter Moore of West officiated,
burial in White Rock Cemeterv.
Pallbearers were Robert Bus-
by, W. J. Ferguson, Dick Busby,
Frank Clampitt, Frank Busby
and John Tennison.
Mrs. Greenhill was born in
Mississippi. She had been a
the booster trip was set
Saturday, September 9th.
Bobbie Estes, big-time rodeo
producer with headquarters at
the Lone Star Ranch, Baird,
Texas, has been employed as
producer for the 1950 rodeo. He
is widely known in the rodeo
business, having spent a life-
time as contestant and producer.
He was formerly connected with
the Dublin Rodeo, supplying
stock for the Madison Square
Garden Rodeo.
The 1950 West Redeo will be
another R. C. A. Approved show
and promises to be the best
ever held locally. Livestock for
Miss
resident of West for the past, the show is reported to be the
20 years and had lived in this roughest and toughest in the
section cf the state since 1900.: business. New and outstanding
She had been a member of thv specialty acts will add to this
West Church of Christ for 20 year's entertainment.
Dixie Lee and Virginia Mae
i Paulina Lovli and Mrs. Sarah
I Jordan
years.
Surviving
are her husband,
four
Gidney as librarian. Mrs. Gidney
| lias been employed as a second
teacher fov the homemaking
department.
Kenneth Aston, band director,
I In accordance with newer j bas resigned to take a band
| and better educational practices, I position with the Albany. Texas
j West High School will have six I schools. He will remain with the
new heur-periods this year instead West school until Sept. 1.
Several applicants for the
„ „ | E. R. Greenhill of West; one
replaces Mrs. Jimmy I B1„y R Greenhlll of Hous-
ovu mm *■“» »•** | . th, k hpn Allen of eight forty - five - minute -
the two fastest backs, both | 1 nminds This ulan elves each band Position have been inter-
ton; seven daughters, Mrs.
Allen Busby of West, Mrs. Lee
Thomas of Houston, Mrs. Cecil
Taylor, Mrs. Emil Kapavik, Mrs.
Billie Jones, all of Waco, Mrs.
Marshall Dilling of Fort Worth,
Mrs. W. C. Girard of Omaha,
will add color to the West Rodeo.
Their specialty acts are new
and different in trick roping
and riding. They combine
beauty, talent, comedy and
showmanship.
Virginia Mac Reger rides her
jumping horse, Flying Chips,
over an automobile. This Is only
Neb.; one brother, Bob Savely i one cf the many attractions to
of Waco; one sister, Mrs. Emma' be seen at the 1950 West Rodeo.
Every 'optometrist must have
an eye for business. _
EVACUATING WOUNDED TO U.S. . . . Lieut. Constance Cowette.
United State* army air force flight nuroe, watches over Private Henry
Duckett a wounded American soldier from the Korean battlefront.
Ho wa* flown to Fairfield, Calif., with eight of his comrades, also
wounded. The big evacuation plane carsylng the wounded men landed
at the Falrfield-Sulaun air force bate at the end of a long flight front
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being 100-yard dash men. Wm.l Ray willis.Henry Cook, Mitch minutes'oY super-' viewed, according to Supt. M. F.
Horn Wendel Whalen and Don-! McCoy and Harry Peters volun- child fiRccn minutes of^supe^ ^ ^ ^ & ^
m™t%IefrrthenboysHouht! S' veteraTand wl^slgned j which should be very ben,flcia..|Pf^^-'- “ »“>•
of a starting berth. to. reeU!ar ._duUeS.’„ *hU* J*' I Following is a complete list]
Junior High at Work
Ooach C. B. Bunnell and his
assistant, Ralph Mercer, had
their Junior High boys digging I TaUey volunteered belw'een ' 0:3o’''"and i
Bcyd of Waco; 11 grandchild-
ren, 7 great-grandchildren.
First Bale is
training in San Diego, Calif.
! ject
net offered are urged to
' if faculty members issued by G 11100(1 (it ROSS
Walter Kubala and Clarence | report to the office either Sat- j Supt’ “schcol Facu|ty j Henry Robinson took the first “‘™a “^to make pTans
i...i,>ti*iiri fnr rp nrrinv Alienist 19 nr Monday. k«i„ icisn nniipn in Pnn nn , iiuiniiy uic uigtu to uiaivc >-IIIOP
The Waxahachie Quadrille
will again be on hand to pre-
sent the old-time square dance
on horseback. This group of en-
tertainers have been favorites
since the first rodeo at West
and the public demands their
return each year.
All rodeo boosters of the corn-
service urday, August 19, or Monday,
in this week. West Junior High | jjjew^ 12;(K) thc mornlng or 1;3o
Kubala was turned down due and 4:00 in the afternoon. It is
to an eye weakness and Talley quite important that these!
failed because of a foot injury.ischedules be changed and check-, Snyder. Mrs. Lynn,
-o- , cd so that no class will be over- i Harr,s Mrs Jlmmy aldney, Mr. i the bale at a premium price of \
plays their first game here
Thursday, Sept. 7. at 8 p. m.j
with the Mart Junior High team.
West boys out for practice are
Billy George Tennison, John
Joe Ruzicka, Emil Plasck, Cal-
vin Popp, Charles McCoy, Mil-
ton Russell, James Harris,
Johnnie Kubala, Charles Odlc,
Wilbert Vrba, Richard Hill.
Bobbie Willis, Dwain Edwards,
Roy Hutyra, Junior Hutyra,
Henry Horn, Kenneth Webb,
Bobbie Mlnix, Gary Harris,
Robert Scaly, Billy Dcttcrman,
(Continued on page 2)
Miss Olga Padral, Principal,
Miss Mary Dvcracek, Miss
Frances McCluskey, Miss Myrtle
Tipton. Mrs. Evelyn Moses, Miss
bale of 1950 cotton to Ross on
The bale Ito Join the caravan
cf West
Saturday,
Tuesday aftepocn - odeo bocsterg on
was ginned at 1Ross Gin Com- A new route for this
pany and weighed 550 pounds. 1
Supt. M. F. Kruse
PAULETTE MOVING j crowded,
5c TO $1.00 STORE j stated.
Leslie Parlett is moving his | The schedule is arranged as
variety store from North Main ( follows:
Street into new quarters this, peri;;d j: English IV, English i Mr. C. B. Bunnell, Principal,
week. The Tobola building, ccn- J UIi English I, Senior Civics, Mrs. Ray Twitty, Mrs. Clayton
ter block, Main Street, is the j Algebra I, Girls’ Basketball, I Edwards, Miss Mary Breeding,
new location. j Typing, General Science, Home-1 Mrs. C. B. Bunnell, Mrs. Anna
i Tipton. Mrs. Evelyn Moses, Miss “““ J".™ £ “ TT ! trip is being worked out by the
I Opal Mosher, Mr. J. L. Horsak, John He 1 and1 Eddie Bdek ig, icUy C08mmlttee.
Miss Mary Snyder, Mrs. Lynn : owneis of thc Ross Gin, bought j ----
arris, Mrs. Jimmy Gidney, Mr. llle bale a premium price \ nFlTERMAN
W. King. Mrs. Sarah Jordan,! 50c per pound and ginned the i EUGENE DEITERMAN
Mr. O. L. Nedbalek, Mr. Johnny cotton free of charge
j Zatopek, Mr. David Moon.
Elementary School Faculty
Parlette’s 5c to $1.00 Store will making II, Agriculture
be closed for a few days until | periods). World History.
I (2
everything is in
new building.
order at the
Stampede Buying Scheme
Fails Aquilla Philosopher
(Editor's note: The Aquilla
Philosopher on his Johnson
grass farm on Aquilla Creek
won't get anywhere with his
plan this week, and we hope he
doesn't.)
Dear editar:
I don’t listen to thc radio very
much as it’s too long between
casts and be-
sides when I'm
lcarnin the.
news I like to *
pick out thc
parts I’m in-
tdrcstcpl i n,
while on the
radio you have
to take it all
in or risk doz- J. A.
Ing off right when something
you want to hear may come on,
it's like bavin to listen lo your
wife, while with a newspaper
you can skip over thc news you
ain't Interested in or dodge thc
editorials on matters you al-
ready got your mind made up
about, but I was Ustonln to the
radio thc other night and heard
a program about more of this
scare buyin.
As I understand it, thc buyers
is not I lie only ones guilty, some
stores is sort of promotln thc
idea too. urgln their customers
to buy tills or that, especially
the things they ain't havln
much success In mevln or tjitngs
they cap get plenty of, (fid I
decided to try it out on one of.
Period II: English IV, English
II, English I, Civics-Occupa-
j tions, Algebra II. Shop I, Girls’
| P. E., Typing, Homemaking I,
Agriculture I, Days’ P. E.
Period III: Plane Geometry.
| English II, Texas History, Civics
j Occupations, Shop II, P. E.
I (Girls'), Typing, Biology, Home-
making I, Homemaklng II,
I Vocational Agriculture II, Beys’
1 P. E.
my neighbors.
I run Into him in his field, perlod ly. EnB„sh m, Amerl.
! can History. World History,
' l'“'i MW'Band, Algebra I, Shop I, Gen-
I casually mentioned that,^, Math shorlhand ’ Boys-
yesterday and we got to talkin
about thc war and shortages
and
I understood there was gonna
be a shortage cf towsacks, look-
ed like towsacks was gonn be
on thc critical list, might be
years before wc had enough to
go around, but it just hap-
pened that I had a whole slack
of cm iu my barn and while I
probably could get twenty-five
cents apiece for cm if I tried,
I’d let him have era for twenty
cents on account cf him bcln
Mae Neumann, Mrs. J. C. Mosley,
Mrs. Ira Claytcn, Mrs. Leona
Aderhcld, Mrs. W. M. Selman, I
Mrs. J. E. Rcth, Mrs. Hugo[
Freund, Miss Josephine Schiller, j
Mr. Ralph Mercer.
Dunbar Faculty
The Dunbar school faculty for
thc coming year consists of thc
following members: M. O. Rob-
inson. Principal. Mrs. M. O.
Robinson, Miss Eddie Lois Tal-
ley, Miss Fannie B. Watson, Mrs.
Odessa Wyatt, Mrs. Ruby John-
son, Mrs. Lula Smith, and O. S.
Williams.
The opening of the Dunbar
scbjcf has been set for Mpnday,
Septnieber 18th.
Friendly Facts
By Roy L. Crawford.
Reviving old acquaint-
ances stimulates our fading
memories.
Appreciation is a flower
whose fragrance increases
with cultivation.
ENLISTS IN ARMY
j Eugene J. Deiterman has cn-
i listed in the U. S. Army accord-
! ing to Staff Sgt. Richard L.
Fowler of the Hillsboro Army
I and Air Force Recruiting Sta-
tion. He enlisted in the grade
! of Recruit for a period of three
years and was transferred to
Fort Ord, California for basic
training and assignment to a
duty station.
He attended West High School
P. E.. General Science.
Period V: English II, English
I, American History, Band, Alge-
bra II, General Math. General
Homemaklng (Boys and Girls),. . , . .
Girls’ 1>. E„ Bookkeeping, ^and(|J® A
Chemistry, Homemaking II.’
Period VI: English III, Eng-
lish I, Civics-Occupations, Alge-
bra I. General Math, Typing,
Hcincmaking I, Homemaking
; ^ “ Y,V, „s,,,i,i! MI. Boys’ Football, Basketball,
my neighbor, provided lie would Bnspl}alj
All thc former two-period lab
not mention it to anybody.
But he apparently hadn’t
been keepin up with the news,
said lie didn’t have no use for
any towsacks and if ho did and
they wasn't available when lie
needed cm he’d do without and
figured he'd keep on livln about
as well. You cculd seo he wasn’t
keepin up with tho news and
was out of touch witli the
times. That’s the trouble with
some people, they don't keep up
with things.
If you know 6t anybody short
on towsacks, let me know. There
ought to be somebody around
here I can unload on. Look what
they’ve been dolu with pillow
slips and sheets.
J. A.
courses now require only one
hour period, cxccjit Vocational
LADDIE (iAJDIC’A IN
U. S. AIR FORCE
Gajdica, 17,
son of Charlie Gajdica of West,
has reported to Lackland AFB,
the "Gateway to the Air Force,”
to begin thc AF basic airmen
indoctrination course.
Lackland, situated near San
Antonio, is the world’s largest
air force base center of Air
Force basic training, for air-
men and women, indoctrination
Grade, B eggs are equal in
food value to eggs of higher
gr^dc. and at this season of the and is the son cf Mr. and Mrs.
year, they arc a few cents less | Frank Deiterman of Route
per dozen than grade A eggs. I West. _
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IF «i
Agriculture 1 which is renuired statlon plior scrvlce rC'
; “ enlistees, and Lome of AF's Of-
by the state to be held for two
hours and which is scheduled at
thc first and second periods.
fleer Candidate School.
His basic training will prepare
him for entrance Into Air Force
technical training and for as-
tn specialized work.
RECEIVES DEGREE
G. V. (Bucki McGee of Waco,I stgnment
formerly of West, received his! Thc course will Include a scien-
BBA Degree at Baylor Untver- j title evaluation of his aptitude
sily Summer commencement and inclination f.r following a
exorcises Thursday evening, particular vocation and career.
Aug. 17. Degrees were Issued to
380 students at the the grad-
uation program.
Most people love to go to the
mivie*. Then there are others
wit go to the movies to love,
Don’t neglect summer orchard
cultivation, because thc trees
need all cf thc moisture and
plant food that is available,
particularly during the late
summer.
KING RETURNS FROM EXILE . . . Kin* Leopold III of !»cl*ium,
who recently returned to his country to re-as*ume hit throne after
spending tlx years in ealle, klaaea hi* daughter, Prtnccas Joaephine-
Chorlotte, just before the monarch left Swilierland. At right to Prin-
cess de Relby, Leopold's commoner wife. There has been much
demonstration In Belgium against Leopold’s return to the throne.
He offered to abdicate if Us opponents would forego civil war. Prott
against him In the form of strikes disrupted the natlon’e econon
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