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Vol. 50 — No. 20
Edna, Jackson County, Texas, Thursday, March 15, 1956
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CLEANING OFF our scratch
pad: Max Templin making reg-
ular trips to John Scaly Hos-
pital at Galveston to be with his
father, Max Sr.( a resident of
Engle, who recently had both
legs amputated above the knee.
. Supt C. D. Holmes and two
Industrial students, Gay land
Steubing and Betty Cornelius
shown discussing school affairs in
a photo in the latest issue of the
Texalcoa Hound-Up, periodical
for Alcoa. . . . Refugio losing
Football Coach Paul Gips to El
Campo, and all of Refugio • in
mourning, with Publisher Car-
tel Snooks getting out his big j
gest type fa chronicle the event.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to: March
15. Bernard Kuretsch; Marck 17, j
Mattie Young; March IB, Pa-
tricia Sembera, A. N. Pliva; Mrs.
Ray Burns, Jesse Fay Cherry, j
Henry Streetman; March 19,Thos.
W. Hobson, Mrs. O. H. Staples, :
Lester Bryan Coalson; March 20, i
Joseph (Tex) White, Travis Mas-
chock, Stanley Spencer; March
21, Tony Staples, Mrs, John Kra-
mer; March 22, E. T. Rose, Judy
Coalson, Mrs Elton Ling; March
22, Mrs. Hugh Ottley, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Traylor Jolly, Mrs. R.
W. Wells, L. B. Willis.
EDDIE FELLER not worrying
too badly over the fact an oil
well within 750 feet of his Fort
Alto property will hurt fishing
this summer . . Commissioners’
Court sending a letter of praise
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NEW S. G. SAMPLE BUILDING, to be leased to Zlotnik’s De-
partment Store, is soon to Tie constructed in downtown Edna at
the corner of Main and Monofee Streets. Edna Lumber Co., was
low bidder on the approximately $40,000 pne-story brick and stone
structure. Hugh Ottley of Edna was the architect. The build-
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ing, with 5,400 square foot of floor space, will face 50 foot on
Main and extend back 108 foot on„Meiiefee, It will have two en-
trances, ample plate glass show windows, easy on the ey- light
ing system and climate controlled air-conditioning and heating.
The building-is expected to be ready early in the fall
Teachers Voted Pay
Increase Next Year
The Edna School Board, in a state salary schedule plus i month; full-time Austin School
two recent sessions, voted- *• $200. ■ Custodian, $7.50 per month; all
fia^SCtledU,le mcreaSf for,thel Cafeteria employees reporting | other lull-time Custodians, $7
1956-57 school year, and re-elect- at 10 o’clock will receive a $2.50 I per month, and half-time Custo-
ed 54 faculty members for the pay increase on the two week dians, $4 per month. ladvantag, of every opportunity
E na school system check. Those reporting ol 8: Secretarial salary increases1 Rev Richard Ryan of Kerrvdie
The professional salary sched- o’clock will receive a $6 in-1 will be
ule, which includes teachers, crease on the two weeks check
will continue to i * $30 r.bove the j ThJ food hauler will receive
state schedule. However, at the ! $io monthly increase.
salary
Secretary to
j tendent, $15
a | tary to Business
| per month.
Commissioners'' Court at its
regular meeting this week voted
j to submit to the Post Office
. Dept , tls deed on a small piece
: of county property for consid-
eration for a possible site for a
| new Edna post office. -r ‘ .
A committee <>f the Edna
i Planning Board consisting of.
| Charles Noble and Charlie Sla- !
| vik appeared before the court |
j to request the right to purchase j
i a 50x150 foot piece of the prop
j erty where the Stale Highway
Dept , maintenance . department j
: is now located and which will
| soon be moved to a new loca- j
i tion The site is on North Wells
i Street;
the county deed states * the :
property must he used by the j
! people ot the county. There ,
1 was a feeling among eoinmis
sinners ttint many persons of the
county use the post office, hut
they wanted to submit the deed
to the Post Office 1 (opart m lit to
see if Ihe land was acceptable
before setting a price on it.
A delegation of four Vandoi
'See Photo on Page 8 . bill residents appeared to te-
VANDEHBH.T - Urging hisquest hard sui facing of several
former parishioners to take of the newly shelled streets in
Vanderbilt to cut down on the
Officers Seek Clues To
$750 Grocery Burglary
Deed for Proposed Post Office $ *s^°*en
Site for Edna to Be Submitted to 0. S. ”ear 7^.
Same Weekend
fi.lje trrirk for (hr Vanderbilt
aiiisl Lolita areas' The court
promised such a truck. satisfJe
tory for rural work would he
priced
as soon as possible
An eiiipiieering fi-e lull from local grocery store last week<
1 ockvvood & Andrews of If oil
i See HI P 11 on page 8)
New Church at
Vanderbilt
Dedicated
Pre-School Clinic
For “Shots” Is Set
per month.'.secre-1 service dedication of the new j s'upt Hohnes'of" huhisIiTnl March 21, April 18
mss Manager, $101 Community Presbyterian .Church I „ , Seh.nidt and Mel * P °
Superin-; delivered the sermon
the
dust Tobi Rankin was spokes-
man and others appearing were
who
ville
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transferring
(See TEACHERS on page 8)
completion of each year oi a | All full-time bus drivers w-ill \ At the first and regular board
“ additional payment receive $6 monthly increase, meeting, trustees voted a time
for his fine work to State High-10f $,140 wyi be paid’ In °,U?el ' Half-time driver’s increase will deadline of 10:30 p in. for then
for his fine work to State ign | wordSi a person who completes j be $3. per month. The bus tore
way patrolmen M. | his contract will actually receive man-driver salary will be in-
creased $10 per month and fore
man assistant-driver salary will
be increased $8 per month.
Custodian salary increase will
be as follows: Head Custodian,
$8 per month; full-time High
< Tmio w ill In
house March
Armstrong, Kresta
To Seek Re-Election
To Industrial Board
VANDERBILT — Z. P. Arm- -
strong, gas pipe line official,
and A. J. Kresta, . stockman-
farmer, have indicated they will
seek re-election at the trustee j
election to be held Saturday,
April 7, in the Industrial Con-
W. T. McNeil Heads
County Cancer Drive
W. T. McNeil has been named
chairman for the American Can
cer Society drive in Jackson
County this year. The an-
nouncement Was made this week
by County Chairman W, A. Las-
sen.
The first educational meeting
on the cancer program will be
held Thursday, March 22, in the
district courtroom. The public
is Invited to attend.
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BROTHER BURIED. j dent; Aaron Kolle, secretary;
C. S. McMillion of Marlin. Sam Grimes, A J. Kresta, E. II
brother of Mrs. Sam Westmgre- Duenow and Z. P Armstrong,
land of Edna, was buried in the j Duenow, Lolita rancher and
Carolina Cemetery Sunday: A
well known author, he is sur-
vived by his wife, a son, two
grandchildren and • tour sisters
and a brother.
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SAFETY INSPECTION TIME
Texas Department of Public j
Safety officials remind the pub-j
lie that April 15 is the deadline ,
for having the 1956 safety in-;
spection stickers displayed on j
vehicles. Those who wait until !
the last week may have to wait {
in line.
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School Custodian, $7.50 per
Rowell Seeks
Constable Job
Schools, II. J
vin Huseman
Commissioner Delbert Calla
way of that precinct promised !|UMS1' M-uch 21, ami April
to look into the advisability of ."Bj*,1..!?'3®. ?
the matter
Schmidt and Huseman re
niained to renew, a request, for .a
open
Sprung’s Minimax
Adds S&H Stamps
Mack Rowell, a Jackson Conn
ty resident since 1910, and a
j resident of the Vanderbilt pre
cinct for 25 years, has author!/
The S&H green stamp plan; ed The Herald to announce hr
has been added by Sprung’s ! candidacy for the office of.'Con-
solidated School-District. Dead- Minimax, Max Sprung, operator, stable of Precinct 4. the Vai
line for announcing is March 23. *ias announced. Starting this, derbilt area
Other members of the present ,SPru,lgstlwm giv,c(1 0,u; A stock,nan-farmer for many
I board are J. A. Leissner, presi-! ^‘V ‘ sUun‘J wlUl ovory 10 ccnt ycars'uMr' {owl('11 1,1 «>»,
| dent; J. H. Atkinson, vice-presi-1 puichasf’ , fat^ has> »,so bc“en Ul(‘
' ' In introducing the plan, tract ing business. He is well
Sprung’s this weekend also is I acquainted with most of the
offering a number of fine prizes j residents ,o£ the area and prom
and they invite you to register, j ises he will he available to all
The prizes will be given away at hours if ejected to the position,
sportsman, a former president of g p m Saturday and you need ! “I want everyone to know I
the board, was appointed some- ;not be present to win, simply reg- will pledge myself to look out
time ago to replace J. K Martin, ter before that hour. | after the best interests of the
who has been transferred to The prizes are a 400-day glass : residents of the precinct to the
Corpus Christ! and Armstrong dome clock valued at $49.50, an best of my ability "I take tin
has replaced J. H. McLaughlin j electric train valued at $39.50 : means of soliciting ' your vote,
on the board. The latter is ill j and a Sunbeam electric fry pan and support for the election
in Dallas. valued at $19.50. .July 28,” Mr. Rowell said
here Sunday. The sermon top
ic was “Redeeming the Time"
Rev Ryan was the church’s
last full-time pastor, moving to
Kt m ill,- a couple of years ago
The handsome new edifice, of
Lolita brick, was filled to over
flowing by ihe crowd Most of
them returned for the eomnie
• inoration .service at ;!:30 o clock
and then enjoyed the
house hospitality at 4:30.
liev John Toppins of the A1 !
I e n Memorial Presbyterian I
Church of Edna, presided at the!
services. ',
Rev, Waiter Gum of San An
tonio delivered the sermon for ' yv,of • precinct
Hie altei noon seivice. At that j wish to anuounee tHnCT**vTfT1
time Edgar Moss and E H. -Mur- p(. , candidate for Constable of
phy, numbers oi the church, vreemet 3 I ban been a real-
gave the history of the young ,j,,n) of ,hr (.,Hllltv for yi.
church and the story of the new ,ln(1 (l t,4M.n a f;ilsmcc
building, respectively. coming here.
Stan Smathers, a theological , al)l married and have
,Shimif/'Lewis Watson and fel-
ow officers t.odav were still
I the matter taken up searching for helpful leads in
living the $750 burglary of a
id.
Watson said U was the biggest
burglary here that present offic-
ers can remember.
I he sheriff said the burglar
or burglars, gained entrance to
the Sprung's Minima* Store, 209
E Main, by prizing open the
rear door, probably with a pi neb-
bar Approximately $750 in
cash was taken from three cash
registers and money drawers. A
safe was not bothered 1
Max Sprung, operator of the
store, discovered the burglary
When he came to work Monday
morning. He said the cash had
been left for change in handling
regular Monday morning bual-
ness
The sheriff said no good leads
have turned up, but his men are
working on it. He added that
some. $20 or more in cash was
left m the sarin: registers and
drawers; and said he doubted if
a “professional" would have left
any.
Watson also said a 1949 Ford
was stolen from the Naiaer
Motor Company lot, about two
blocks from the grocery, the
same week end Officers b«-
Ednn s pre .school Round Up Ueve there may be some eon-
3 SEEK CITY
COUNCIL POSTS
AT GANADO
GANAIK) Three persons
have aunmiiu ed for the two
positions open on the city
1 on,ic.i.l at Gonad,i replacing
Do S -1( Mortlaad and Victor
•lendry who will not seek re
election
they aie Joe ltd,.,, R. A.
A uung and .1,, s K a par.
Mayor D B Brown has of
fen-d for Cc election
1 hi1 city election is sel for
Tuesday, April 3
1,
held at the court nection between the two etises
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Muzik Enters
Constable Race
Burditt Named
President of
Edna Jaycees
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student at Austin, who has been
doing some preaching here, sang
at both services, and Rev. Wil
ham Bonis, also an infrequent
supply, played the violin
Rev. John Newton of Victoria
dedicated the furnishings and
presented the prayer of dedtea.
turn at the afternoon service
K E. Volktner was the pianist at
Urns service.
Rev. W. G'. Crowfoot
children, a son U
t lire1
and a daughti r prior to adm
9 who are attending school lien
and a baby hoy one year old
J feel that 1 am qualified ,fm
the Job, having had three yeat .
of experienei in the Army. I
was with the military police and
we worked "closely with tin City
Police of Denve, , Colo , where I
was stationed' until sent over-
seas for combat-'duty.
If elected'. J will devote ,.|! my
Mrs Kloyd Seluewil/. I1 IA
Chairman, released the follow
mg information on the progiam,
‘ and reminds pfirf-iits, "If yojjr
child is sick, do not bring Imm
l pun admission to sthool a
hi i th ( ertilu afe and a r> < , ,rd
"f shots are leqtilred.
A small pox vaccination will
he required of all children en-
tering the Edna Public Schools.
It e. rceomtnended, hut not ia-
qlured that the vaccination be
repeated every five years.
Diphtheria immunization will ' Chamber of Ceirnm
he required of aJl children on- coeds Ralph Majl
(lei ten years of age entering
the Edna Public Schools .(ef-
fective September I 9 5 0.) If
diphtheria :■< i ies has been
J
om is ai ei'|>lable
Mrs Seliiewilz explains: The
Diphtheria series consusts of two
injections 'shuts) • one mouth
Alien N Burditt., sports store
operator, this week w, dyeted
president *7ff fhe Edna Junior
it He suc-
ury in the
off ire
Other officers and directors
named to take office April 1,
were 1. A l arks Jr, first vice-
president, David Neligman, sec-
ond vice-president; Val Arnold,
secretary treasurer; and (). B.
Kenner Jr, state director.
Othei directors are Bill Card-
apart Diphtlnu ias Whooping well, Bill Arnold, Alfred Ram-
SNYDERTO SPEAK
of the
' stein J exatj, l.’t esbytery gave j|tnl. lo doing mv duty and si ...
Urn greetings at the morning jflf{ you t,, the best of-rny abili
Music for tins program ty
I sincerely solicit your vote.
CYRIL A Ml /.IK
Proclamatioi
CC Banquet Tuesday
As mayor of the city of Edna,
1 call to the attention of our citi-
zens the importance of the Red
Cross campaign now under way
in our city, county, state and
nation.
The entire month of March is
Red Cress month, but our vol-
unteer workers here are attempt-
ing to raise their goal tins week,
March 12 to IB, proclaimed Red
Cross Week in our county.
We. all know the Red Cross is
famous for aiding thosb in need,
as they in .turn need our contri-
butions to continue their hu-
mane work. Last year was the ,
■ largest disaster year" in the j
organization s history, and thc> j
spent ail such funds and must ,
rebuild them in time tor any
future disaster projects.
So_ I. appeal- tii our residents,
to join the many others who will
support m a gener’ous way this Wednesday f >r the amiual Jack
worthwhile campaign son County Chambei of Com-
HARKY MAL1UTZ meiee bai qu.e,t Man1 : • < li
Mayor "t Ldna - J will feature1 Reginald Vt Sny-
j Sei'vici
. wa ■ played by Pianist Mrs Ret*-
] da Lee Anderson.
Koops to Note
Golden Wedding
At Open House
Cough ami Tetanus series, if ,e
cured at the doctor’s office, con
sista ol three inject ions, one
each moiith for throi monltis
If your child has not had Hie
required shots and you do not
plan to sec yi nr private doctor
for the above requirements, 1h-
• ure to take advantage oi Ihe
above schedule, inet* this is the
Oily pi I ■ ■ e hoi d el mie - the tl .‘.'I!:'
ehairnian reinmds.
- sey and Mayheny.
At pn.'scnt the Edna Jaycees
are working mi four projects:
Little League baseball, a boat
show for Memorial Day. Easter
Egg Hunt, and the Teenage
Roadeo contest
Membership is open in the lo-
cal organization, winch now has
smhe twenty five,, active mem-
bers. The group meets on sec-
ond and fourth Mcmriavs
Mr. and Mrs. Frank John Koop
will celebrate their Golden Wed
der, well-known Houston Insur- boro, Kentucky; Topeka, Kan
ance executive, as guest speak sas; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Wat-
er. erloo, Iowa; and Fort Worth,
I The affair will get underway Abilene, San Antonio, Corpus
at 7:30 that evening in the Sam Christ!, Houston and other cities
Houston School Cafeteria, and lie is director of Houston ding Anniversary at an open
the seating capacity is limited to South End Rotary Club, in'eftv ’house from 3 to 5 o’clock Sun-
240, states Allen L Burditt, gen- her of Board of First Methodist day, March 18, at the family
j eral chairman of the banquet Church in Houston; member of • home in the Koop Settlement
{committee. The re main ing the Chamber oi Commerce and The open house will he given
j tickets can bq purchased at any Sales Managers Clubs of Ilous- in their honor by their six daugh-
; banlj in the county, from the ton,. and several Insui'a'nt <■ eft-,{ter? and three sons. 'Their child';
Chamber office, or . chamber ganizations. re'n are Mrs f'Wl Hoffman of-
board members 'ihe banquet prognVm also will Npetlviib . Mrs. M^F-Simons .Jr.,
Arvle Elliott, retiring pivsi- include short talks bjt Elliott Mrs James M. Denard, Mi s Roe !
! dent of the chamber, is in and C. S Simons, the iweoimng Littietield Mrs Marvin Wicde,
charge of the banquet program I president; and the introduction M rs. Ted L T urner, Franeia •
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REGINALD SNYDER
Tickets
variable
and stipes that Mr Snyder i-
Viee PH'- idem m at Do * etor ot
Agencies for Old National In
surance Company with i ome.'.ot•
fiees ill Houston, and ha- nad
18 years experience ir. selhn;:
and managing insurance aetivi
ties.
Snyder has gained wide recog-
nit ion as a sjHakcr, having ap-
peared before lari1 cp <• audi
end s ill St. In, Vh
dianapolis, Indiana Sp
Illinois and Miu11 i >w •
of guests by Chester Evan
Special music will be turni-Tie
by Jess (j’arquliar Ji - Dr on
W Nail, pa-tor off E ■ (la . ■ i
Methodist Church, will give If.
invocation, and the b' 'ne-Lctid
will be offered by Rev vV N
lllanlgen.ship. jia.st’oi of Ho I
na Baptist Temple
T he < 'h-amber ft.im .mi
uultee in cliargc -it lie no i
arrangements Includes B u i.t
as chan mao and \ i-1.- l : I .
Sec BANQUET on pagt 8
Koop, John Koop ami
Koop, all of Edna.
Harold
Mi
Koi (is at c ihi- gi .'uidp u
A 31 gi andeliidi cn ami at
ve ti ive gregt/ giandcliild
ling to Texas 47 yoais ago,
id Mi Koop settled in the
Settl inent, named for his
, De idl’Koop. ' »l the
unity s pioneer founders.:
1 in v Still reside and si I
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Evans, Chester. The Edna Herald (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1956, newspaper, March 15, 1956; Edna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth763615/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jackson County Memorial Library.