The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 7, Ed. 1, Friday, December 17, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
AND NEWS
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Volume 68
Death Glaims
Frank Gates
Early Tuesday
CK. F. Cates for 30 years edi-
tor of the Bartlett Tribune and
colorful newspaper man of a
colorful era passed away early
Tuesday at the home of his
daughter Mrs. J. II. Moss in
Llano. He began his newspaper
work on the Austin Statesman
in 1888 iind in 1889 he started
a newspaper in Liberty Hill. The
Hale County Herald at Plain-
view wag started by Mr. Cates
in 1890. From 1891 to 1894 ho
had charge of the Amarillo
Northwest.
Mr. Catea purchased the Bart-
lett Tribune from M. L. Hair
th 'founder in 1901 following
4 years of newspaper" work in
Georgetown and he continued
in business here uhtil 1932.
(During his many years of
newspaper work he was a mem-
ber of the Texas Press Associa-
tion serving as its secretary
and served as president of the
Texas Editorial Association. He
served four years in the House
of Representatives and was
"author of the Publications Act
which made journalistic history
at that time.
After he retired from the
tnfewspaper field he was em
ployed by the State Board of
Control until his retirement
three years ago.
Frank Cates was born in Bur-
net County in 18G9 the son of
a well-known Methodist minis-
ter whose initials were the
uame. In 1891 he was married
to Miss Ida White of Liberty
Hill and they went to their I
new home in the then frontier
village of Plainview Texas. Aft -
er two years there they moved
to Amarillo thence to
ning. They returned to Liberty
Hill in 1894 moved to George-
town in xovo anu to uurueit in wiu coupiu are invuuii iu uuuiui
1901 where Mrs. Cates was asso-' the open house. Invitations will
elated with him in his long ca-jnot be mailed and no further
recr with the Tribune. Mrs. j invitation is necessary.
Gates preceeded him in death.
He is survived by one daugh- pntliovin TWiuc
ter Mrs. J Ray Moss of Llano; IjdlllLlIIlt JJlLWb
a son Herbert Cates of Mineral T o 1 1
Wells; a sister Mrs. Warren LaiTV apiegelliaUei'
Bryson of Liberty Hill; a half-1 J L O
brother. M. L. Cates of George- Wnrl Qmirlnxr
town; two half sisters Mrs. " u OUIlUdy
Vaughan of Georgetown and! MM Catherine Drews daugh-
Mra. Etta Deavours of Galves- ter of Mr nnd Mrs 'c w
ton; three grandchildren and D amj Larry Spi'egelhaueri
six great grandchildren. son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Spie-
-JA? lSK?e S lhauer nxchnnged vows in a
l MtU .lIlGLIimilOb VMlUll.ll Ul. '
Liberty Hill where his father
had served as pastor and burial
was beside his wife in the Lib-
erty Hill cemetery.
Santa To Be
At Cy Young
Motors Saturday
Santa Glaus will be in Bart-
lett for an early visit Saturday
afternoon when he will spend
two hours from 2 until 4 at the
Cy Young Motors. Normally his
first visit to Bartlett each sea
son is at the annual Christmas
party wnicn is siageu uy inn bodice had a pointed waistline
community and will be at the!in fronti and tiny sntIn buttons
high school athletic field onextended down the back of the
Monday afternoon this year. irirnsa Ponria nnri qMvpv hnnris
"'On Saturday Santa will have
Yy ior tne cnuureu uuu iiu
litea them to bring their let-
Y to mm'
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Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Scale an-
nounce the arrival of a daugh-
ter Dinah Lynn on Dec. 13 in a
Taylor hospital. She weighed 8
founds.
Mrs. Edwin Gersch of Dallas
was a visitor here during the
week-end
Mrs. Millie Jackson of El
Paso is hero visiting her moth-
er Mrs. H. H. Stricklin.
Mrs. E. W. Curling
Claimed By Death
Mrs. E. W. Curling 70 died
in a Houston hospital Tuesday
Dec. 14 at 10:16 a. m. after a
six month illness'. She spent six
months in ft hospital in Wash-
ington D. C but was moved to
a Houston Hospital on Nov. 24.
She was Iborn February 5'
1884 in Bowid and made her
home there until she married
Mr. Curling on July 4 1908.
The couple moved to Bartlett in
1913 and were in business here
for more than 80 years.
Mrs. Curling was a graduate
of Baylor University and taught
in the high school in Marlin and
Bowie for several years. She
recently taught in Westhoff but
the past thro years she has
made her home' in Waco with
her daughter and son-in-law
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Weather-
ford. During her many years in
Bartlett she was very active in
the Baptist Church.
Funeral services' were held in
Bowie Thursday morning at 10
o'clock with the pastor of the
Baptist Church officiating.
Survivors are two daughters
Mrs. Clifton Woatherford of
Bartlett and Mrs. J. F. Tyng
of Houston and' five grandchil-
dren. Mr. Curling preceeded her
in death in 1939.
Open House To
Mark Anniversary
Of W. H. Friedrichs
The children of Mr. and Mrs.
W. II. Friedrich are announcing
. the 50th wedding anniversary
tof their parents at the American
Chan-'Legion home Sunday afternoon
January 2 1955. The hours are
( 2 until 5 o'clock. All friends of
I M
semi-rormai ceremony per-
formed Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock in the St. John Luth-
eran Church with Rev. Walter
C. Probst reading the ceremony
before the altar decorated with
large white chrysanthemums in
silver urns and tall white ta-
pers in branched candelabra.
The wedding music was
played by Mrs. Ed Goodnight
who accompanied Mrs Reuben
Janice who sang "Our Wedding
Prayer" 'and "The Lord's Pray-
er". The bride given in marriage
by her father wore a dress of
pearl satin designed with a full
skirt which extended into a
ciapei je train. The fitted
outlined the sweetheart neck-
jjne and the long fitted sleeves
came to a point over the hands.
Her fingertip veil edged in lace
tell from a tiara of pearls and
lace.
Her Ibouquet was of white
carnations with stephanotis
from which fell streamers of
white satin ribbon.
Mrs. Milton Voight sister of
the bridegroom served f.s ma-
tron of honor. She wore n full
length dress of blue not over
afotta. fashioned with a sweet-
'art neckline bouffant skirt;
and puffed sleeves. Her head
dress was of matching net wit
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BARTLETT TEXAS
Annual Football
Banquet To Be
Friday Night
Bartlett High's 1954 Bulldog
football team is being honored
Friday night with the annual
football banquet which is being
held this year at the grammar
school auditorium. Sponsoring
organization is the Blue Belles
pep-squad organization which
supported the team all during
the season.
Tha Bulldogs attend as guests.
Others attending both students
and 'adult supporters of the
team purchase tickets for tho
affair which have been on sale
this week by members of the
pep-squad.
C. R. Lindsay high school
principal is toastmastcr for
this year's banquet and a pro-
gram of films and entertain-
ment is planned.
Football players both squad-
men and lettermen will be rec-
ognized and honored at the
banquet and if lettered jack-
ets arrive in time they will be
presented to lettermen at this
time.
W S C S Has Annual
Christmas Party
At Lamb Home
Circle 1 of the Woman's So-
ciety of Christian Service met
in the home of Mrs. C. E. Lamb
last -Monday afternoon for its
annual Christmas party. Christ
mas scenes were used through-
out the home.
A brocaded ecrue floor length
cloth covered the dining table
and was centered with a small
Christmas tree on a reflector.
Greenery pyracantha berries
and red tapers were us:d on the
buffet.
Mrs. Mart Leatherman was
leader for the program on "The
Prince of Peace" Mrs. L. C.
demons gave the devotional;
Mrs. Gsorge Fowler gave the
Christmas story on "Let's Keep
Christmas". Others on the pro-
gram were Mrs. Jean Jennings
Miss Bessie Skinner and Mrs.
S. L. Roberts. Miss Bessie Skin-
ner president of the organiza-
tion spoke words of welcome to
the visitors.
Mrs. C. E. Bass presided at
the .tea service and Mrs. S. L.
Roberts assisted in the dining
room.
Those present were Mesdames
L. C. demons. George Jackson
W. F. Ford Mart . Leatherman
Bob McGlothlin Mattie Stock-
ton Tom Carr Jean Jennings
J. S. Kuler B. F. Coons C. E.
Bass Clyde Richards C. M.
Gillespie George Helms S. L.
(Roberts George Fowler Joe
Bridges Miss Bessie Skinner
and the hostess Mrs. Lamb.
Dinner Honors
Miss Ruby Bartz
Mr. -and Mrs. Ed Bartz en-
tertained with a turkey dinner
at their home Sunday in honor
of their daughter Miss Ruby
Bartz of Fayetteville Ark.
Others present were Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Lee Lange and
children and Miss Bonnie Ad-
nms of Austin; Logan Bartz and
Milton Stabeno of San Angela;
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Lange and
daughter Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Lange and children Mrs. Wm.
Janke. Jr. and children Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Spinn and sons Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Stabeno Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Volney Jr. Mrs.
Mary Lange Miss Margaret
"ange Bryan Grimmet of Fay-
.toville. Ark. and Mr. and Mrs.
M Bartz and children.
Friday December 17 1951
Christmas Cantata
To Be Presented
Sunday At St. John
Next Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock the combined Young
People's Choir and Men's Choir
of 48 voices of the St. John
Lutheran Church will present
the Christmas Cantata "Tho
Music of Bethlehem" under tho
direction of Mrs. E. R. Good-
night director and organist.
The Young Peoples Choir:
SOPRANOS Mrs. Lcroy Lan-
ge Rosalyn Sturm. Mary Steg-
lich Mrs. C. F. Fischer Lola
Sturm Anna Marie Lange Ruby
Ann Wolf Shelby Biels Marilyn
Zenkner: ALTOS Catherine
Spiegelhouer Joan Spiegelhauer
Dorothy Jean Powitzky Lu-
cille Lindemann. Shirley Ann
Janke Janice Wentrcek La
Wanda Gersbach; TENORS
Leroy Janke Ray Janke. Walter
Probst Jr. Howard Wolf Al-
bert Moeller Franklin Lange
Charles Krause Carl Kramer;
BASS Clarence Fischer Eu-
gene Noack Leroy Moeller El-
don Lange Melvin Stcger Mar-
vin Sturm Bobby Gersbach
Doyle Lindemann Lorain Kauit-
zsch. The Mens Choir: TENORS
Edwin A. Krause E. L. Sturm
Lee Moeller Egon Lindemann
Harvey Kramer Hugo Lange
Hugo Wolf Gilbert Kretzsch-
mar; BASSES Herbert Mayer
Carl Klotz Ernest Wuthrich
Louis Voight Marvin Gebert
Waldemar Steger and Leroy
Lange.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
E. H. Keliehor
Claimed By Death
C. J. Keliehor 88. of Sherman
and a former Bartlett resident
died last Wednesday night in a
Sherman hospital.
He was born in Contra Costa
County Calif. Jan. 28 18G6
and came to Texas with his par-
ents when only six years of age.
He once drove cattle up the
Chisholm Trail.
Mr. Keliehor had large land
holding in this part of the state
and made his home on the
Keliehor ranch south west f
Bartlett for a number of years.
Services were held in the St.
Mary's Catholic Church in Sher
man and burial was in the Cath-
olic Cemetery of that city.
Amigas Class
Christmas Party
Held Monday '
The annual Christmas party
of the Mamie Daniel Amigas
Class was held Monday night
in the Fellowship hall of the
Baptist Church.
Red and silver was predomin-
ant in the decorations in the
room and the refreshment -table.
Large red candles in silver hold-
ers surounded with greenery
were used in each window nnd
the archway to the room was
formed of silver and red novel
rope with "Merry Christmas" in
red. A red cloth covered the din
ing table which was centered
with a minaturo white Christ-
mas tree holding iud birds.
Novel red Santa Claus candles
surrounded by greenery flanked
the central arrangement. Mrs.
W. C. J. Marquart Jr. presided
at the silver service and Mrs.
Fred Blair served the salad.
Mrs. Clarence Rosenbalm Mrs.
Roy Stockton Mi-s. Croth Lew-
is Mrs. Ford T. Mann and Miss
Pearl Joinet assisted in the
serving
Mrs. Alice Jones was leader
for the special Christmas pro-
gram. Mrs. S. T. Byrd gave the
I Continued on Pago 5)
Tribune To Be
Early Next Week
The Christmas issue of the
Tribune will be published a
day early next week in order
that it may he in the hands of
readers a little before the last
minute Christmas rush.
The office will he closed
Friday Saturday nnd Monday
for Christmas and no issue of
the paper is. planned for the
week following Christmas;
however the office will be
open for other business ot
the plant.
Time To Get
Tickets For
Stag Party
Tickets for Bartlett's Annual
Stng Party should be secured
in advance of the party mem-
bers of the executive commit-
tee warn because seating space
is limited and there may be
none available on the day of the
party. When tho present tickets
are gone there will be no more.
Tickets have been on sale
since early in the month and
may be secured from S. T. Byrd
Elton Sartor James Bailey Bill
Schleede George C. Fowler H.
M. Keith Alfred J. Wacker W.
F. Blair Dr. O. J. Koepke R.
C. Ford F. T. Mann G. E.
Kretzschmar and Cy Young.
The party will be held at St.
John Lutheran Church this year
on the night of December 31.
R&v. William Logan pastor of
the University Presbyterian
Church Austin is principal
speaker for the party.
Annual Christmas
Party Held By
Emma Gross Class
Members of the Emma Grosse
Bible Class of the Methodist
Church met at the home of Mrs.
Bob Grigsby for their annual
Christmas party Tuesday after-
noon with Mrs. George Jackson
Mrs. Emma Dameron Mrs. II. S.
Skinner. Mrs. C. A. Modesetfre
and Miss Martha Schrock as as-
sisting hostesses.
A gaily lighted Christmas
tree decorated in silver and red
stood in the corner of the room
and other Christmas scenes
were used throughout the living
room.
Rev. James Ellison opened
the mectinor with nraver. and
Mrs. Bob Grigsby gave the de
votional. Miss Martha bcnrocK
cav a Christmas storv. Two
quilts which the class had
pieced and quilted for the Meth-
odist Orphan Home in Waco
were displayed This is nn an-
nual project of the class.
Refreshments were served
buffet-style to 24 members and
two visitors from the dining
table which was covered with a
white floor length taffeta cloth.
Silver leaves and red berries
were used at intervals on the
skirt of the cloth and a winter
Christmas scene was used to
center the table. White nylon
net formed the mountains and
a mirrow reflector formed the
lake scene which held unique
ice-Christm'as trees and rein-
deer. Four large red candles
gave light to tho rocm.
Santa Claus made an unex-
pected visit and delivered a gift
to each person present.
ANNOUNCING
Mr and Mrs. Max Beevers of
Cheyenne Wyoming announce
the arrival of a 7 pound. 8 ounce
son on Nov. 21 in a Cheyenne
hospital. He has been namst
Cory Max.
rirs. Beevers will be remem
vcr:d here as Glenda Thornton
No. 7
Annual Christmas
Party To Be
Tuesday Afternoon
Bartlett's first afternoon
Christmas party for the children
of the community will be held
next Monday afternoon at the
high school athletic field with
the party planned to get under
way at 2:45 o'clock and Santa.
Claus expected to arrive soon
afterward.
From Santa's pack and from
the Christmas tree will como
gifts of fruit and candy for all
children nresent. and thorn will
be an opportuniy for tho little
cnnuren to talk to Santa and
tell him of the things they want
for Chhristmas. Entertainment
will be furnished by the high
school band prior to Santa's ar-
rival. School will be dismissed in
time for all school students to
attend the party and grammar
school students will be transpor-
ted to the high school by bus.
Sponsoring organizatioins arc
the Bartlett Luncheon Club
Chamber of Commerce Lions
Club American Legion Volun-
teer Firemen and the City
Council.
The party which has always
been planned as a children's af-
fair is an annual event hut in
the past has been held at night.
The afternoon time this year is
an experiment which sponsors
thought children and parents
might Hke.
In the event weather does not
( permit holding the party at the
tuuB aciiL-uuiuu sponsors pian
to hold it on the first suitable
afternoon after Monday and be-
fore Christmas.
Boyd Home Scene
Of T. E. L. Class
Christmas Party
Mrs. D. T. Bovd Mrs. II. D.
Whitfield Mrs. Ila Wesson and
Mrs. Fred Miihlhause were hos-
tess :s to the TEL Class of the
First Baptist Church last Thurs-
day evening at the Boyd home.
Red and white was predomi-
nant throughout the home. Red
rosebuds were used in the living
room and the dining table was
covered with a red cloth over a
white dotted swiss floor length
cloth. White satin ribbons fell
from the red cloth to form
points which were marked with
red ornaments. A dried arrange-
ment of white leaves red
baubes and valley lillies was
used to center tho table and all
annointments were In milk
class. An nntrol Rnnt.ltfrh.torl thr
white miniature Christmas tree
holding small red ornaments
which was used on the buffet.
Mrs. Ed Adams and Mrs. P.
Pittman distributed a gift to
each member from the gaily
lighted Christmas tree.
Mrs. T. L. White gave the
devotional Mrs. R. L. Holt told
the Christmas story Mrs. J. V.
Morris read a poem and Rev.
R. L. Holt closed the program
with prayer. Christmas carols
were played softly during the
entire program.
Visitors present were: Miss
Pearl Joiner Rev. and Mrs. R.
L. Holt. Mrs. G. E. Leatherman
and Miss La Nelle Adams. Mem-
bers present were: Mesdames
Delia Shannon Robert Avon W
T. Grigsby II. C. Berry Tom
Irvin Perry Pittman Tillio Dav-
is Joe Pocha Henry Holstine
Carrie Jones George Hempal
G. W. Pullin Tom Douglas J.
V. Morris. T. L. White J. E.
Dillard Jim Cowart W. L.
Stokes. Sr Ed Adams Frank
Joiner B. W. Grinstead and
die hostesses.
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Ford, Robert C. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 7, Ed. 1, Friday, December 17, 1954, newspaper, December 17, 1954; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth77161/m1/1/?q=Cates: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.