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g a feslnr pUytd today
fFff4aH In Temok.
wrry llcxton wo on the.
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aad alumni the Wildcat only
f i v scattered hits. Franklin
MArfllvcc and Wilson Elliott
rmt4rtHl taknU for Temple to
pltsth a otH'.hlt pame.
'T?rt Howell got the hit an
infield single. In the first Inn
Inir Off Martlnec and Rartlctt
&m doae to scoring In tho
Jnnlnff. Larry Howell got a
walk Karl Howell got the ain-
gie and a wild pitch moved the
runners down but a strikeout
and nn infield out ended the
threat and saved tho game for
the Wildcats.
Bill Bryant paced the Tem-j
rM h 9M.ttart)c hioc which is open to nil
m iMA fHw. Jmrt tUt-jrwinU of the community.
m 4n t V1WU wn"Tifci tiMtructlon sen'icc is of-
tMli IJI.tUIII UIVU MIC XUIII-I VUU wi jji.avw uwiui.-.
pie hitters with triple and asin-.mnnn. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Holt
glo. followed by Ducky Stevens (and Mrs. C R. Lindsay attend-!
with a double and single. It ed a "Round-table on All Phases '
was jn the sixth inning that! of Scqwting" in Taylor last
Reed was safe on a single nnd Thursday evening. They nn-j
mo'd to third on Bryant's sin- nounced that a cook-out fort
glo and then was safe at homo scout workers will be hold in thei
on a steal. I Taylor park on April 19 '
REVIVAL PREACHER
AND SINGER
UB. MACJGAHT HOWELL
FOIST NOHLBS
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alfcrtt nleht for the First Aid
t'amfr to in taitKht in Bnrtlett
bqr riw!Ucd Hod Cross in-
rltmiw The mcctintr will Imj-
tta t ? 30 at tho city hull. At
tU nUnsr the meeting nights
(or future chm will be set.
! cMtrno requires 19 hours
for racnplction and is usually
tght in (wo hour sessions.
ffWt V IIIUIIIVII tJttl KM M1IU
lfitl by the Hed Cross and is a
recommended part of the civil
Wnn program.
KM Coffee Willlnmson Coun-
ty Red Crons First Aid chair-
an. will be here for the meet
ing tonight.
Bottom Of Sea
Subject Of Cub
Scout Meeting
Cub Scout Pack 174 met
Slonday evening for Ita regular
meeting with Cub Master Les-
ter Horstmann In charge.
Bottom of the Sea" the
theme for tho month of March
was the topic of the day. A skit
on fish wns presented by Billy
Don Young Scott Holt Stan-
ley Steger. Mike Galbreath
Lawrence Petty. Phil Lindsay
and James Lamplev. C R. Lind-
say gave "Fish Fact" and a
film on "Cubs In A Den" was
mown to the group.
Den 2 won the 'honor flag
for the second consecutive
month for the largest percent-
age of members and parents
for the meeting.
Tho meeting closed with the
forming of tho living circle.
Cub Master Lester Horst
Rev. M. Howell
Evangelist For
Methodist Revival
Rev. Maggart Howe'il pastor
of the First Methodist Church
of Temple will be in Bartlett
Sunday evening and will preach
each evening during the next
week for the Easter i-evival
services of the Bartlett Metho-
dist Church. Rev. Fred Bonk-
Jey local pastor will begin the
revival services with the Sun-
day morning service.
Foust Nobles also of the
Temple church will direct the
singing for the revival services
each evening. Mr. Nobles has
appeared at the annual stag
party here with a quartet from
Temple and has entertained at
the annual Lions Club Ladies
Night. He is active with the
choir of the Temple Methodist
Church and does revival sing-
ing. Rev. Howell was pastor of
the First Methodist Church in
Waco for seven years before
going to Temple and has served
for a number of years as a min-
ister in the Central Texas Con-
ference of the Methodist
Church.
Evening services of the re-
vival will be held at 7:30 p. m.
each evening including Satur-
lay. Closing service of the week-
long Easter revival will be next
aunday evening April 8. Both
preacher and singer will be in
Bartlett each evening at 6:30
for the evening meal with fam-
ilies of the church.
Work preparatory to the re-
vival has been under way this
week by members of the Com
mission on Membership and
Evangelism of the church. On
Good Friday the church will
participate in the year-long
vigil of the Methodist Church
and the church sanctuary will
be open all day tor prayer
visitors.
Cen-Tex Inn
Changes Owners
Cen-Tex Inn changed hands
this week and opened Tuesday
under the management of the
new owners Joe Vasek and son
who came to Bartlett from Hol-
land. Mr. and Mrs. John Fronek
the former owners will engage
in farming.
The Vaseks are moving from
a farm northwest of Holland
which has been their home for
the past ten years. They will
live at the Cen-Tex Inn which
has living quarters in connec-
tion with the building.
Jodie Vasek the son is a
graduate of Holland High
School and has just completed
three years military service. He
was active in football basket-
ball in high school and is ac-
auainted with many Bartlett
High athletes whom he played
against in school contests.
Bill Sanders Buvs
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Decker's Garage
Announcement has been made
of a change in ownership of
Decker's Garage with Bill San-
ders who comes to Bartlett
from Academy as the new
owner.
Rfr. Sanders was employed
with Mld-Tex Equipment Co. of
Temple before coming to Bart
lett. His specialty is truck
mechanics.
Cecil Decker who started the
garage plans to begin employ
ment in Taylor soon. He is con-
t'nulntr with radio and televi-
sion repair work at his home.
Mr nnd Mrs James Broqk
and son of Alburmierque N
M were week-end visitors oil
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brock and
other relatives and friends. '
"Out Of Space"
Theme Of Junior-
Senior Banquet
"Out of Space" was the themq
of the Junior-Senior banquet
staged at the American Legion
Home last Tuesday evening
March 27. Spot-lights on the
space-ship flying saucer and
the clouds about the mantle
added to the chosen theme.
Colored balloons and hanging
moss interspersed with twink-
ling stars formed the skies ov-
erhead. The banquet tables
placed to form a star were cov-
erd with white cloths and cen-
tered with angel hair sprinkled
with stars.
Place cards were red pocket
ships holding the menu and
program. Garland Townsend
was master of ceremonies; E.
C. Mazoch Jr. gave the invo-j
caton; Nancy Stockton spoke
the words of welcome; Billy
Voigt gave the response; Roy
Janke Doyle Lindemann David
Wolf and Melvin Steger sang a
quartet. E. A. Cottrell of Round
Rock was the guest speaker.
The program closed with the
group singing the school song.
The menu included: moon
monster barbecue chicken;
flying saucers English peas ;
venus vegetation potato salad;
comets and comets' tails pick-
les and olives; Pluto's biscuits
hot rolls; martian mush
chocolate pie; spaceade ice
tea.
C. C. Holds March
Meeting Tuesday
Financial condition of the
Bartlett Chamber of Commerce
was reported good at the March
meeting Tuesday night with the
secretary's report showing
$1085 in the bank m the general
fund and $186.68 in the dairy
circle fund
A report on the organization's
barbecue last week also showed
that it paid its own way. Re-'
ceipts were $81.60 and expendi-
cue the first staged by the or-
ganization for its members and
their families was attended by
75 persons including three vis-
itors from Georgetown and the
county commissioners serving
Bartlett.
It was announced that some
of the equipment has been se-
cured for lighting the baseball
field for Little League play.
The lights will be placed on the
high school field so that junior
baseball and softball can be
played under the lights. The
present Little League field is
too small for anything except
Little LeacUG nlav.
Ford Mann reported that fa- gravesme services at tne noi-
vorable replies had been receiv-.land cemetery. Pallbearers were
ed from organizations contact-' Tommy Hawkins of Houston
ed concerning the reestablish-1 Doyle Gray of Holland Herbert
ment of a fair for Bartlett and I Hill of Temple Jack Stein of
that a meeting would be called
soon by the planning board and
representatives of the various
organizations of the community j
to make final recommendations
on the subject.
It was reported that N. A. '
Mason who had been recom-j
mended by the local Chamber
for a position on the board ofi
the East Texas -Chamber of
Commerce had been appointed '
to the resolutions commitee
Gene SchunekAt
Electronics School
r-.no r. -hunek son of Mr.
nnd MVs. Jack Schunek left
his week for San Francisco
Calif. to attend a naval elec-
tronics school.
no reentlv completed his
training in San Diego Calif
where ho made n high m-ada in
rifle shooting and G. C. T tests
Mayor And Three Aldermen To Be
Chosen In Citv Election Tuesday
Red Cross Fund
Drive Lagging
James Bailey chairman of
the local Red Cross Fund Drive
stated Wednesday afternoon
that approximately $300.00 had
been turned into his office. Goal
in the drive is $750.00 the sanle
as last year and in order to
reach this goal the drive has
been extended for another week.
The community has been di-
vided into sections and teams
of individuals were assigned to
the various sections. All of
these teams have not reported
to the chairman and if you
have been missed by these
teams you may mail your con
tribution to the chairman.
Baptist Revival
To Close Sundav
Easter Sunday will mark the
close of a week of special evan-
gelistic services at the First
Baptist Church which got under
way with the morning service
last Sunday.
iRev. Charles A. Tope pastor
tor of the Central Baptist
Church of Crockett is doing the
preaching for the services and
Wayne Thompson music direc-
tor of the local church is in
charge of the revival music.
! J. E. Gray Dies
At Temple Home
Funeral services for J. E.
Orav brother of the late Mrs.
Lula Hill were held at the He-
wett Funeral Home in Temple
I Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
with Rev. George Brown of that
city officiating.
Mr. Gray died unexpectedly
at his home in Temple Sunday
at iv.av p. m
He was born Jan. 12 1889 at
Holland and had made his home
in Bell County all of his life.
He was married to Mrs. Ola
Melear in January 1948.
Mr. Gray was a veteran of
World Ware I was a member
of the Thomas Post of the
American Legion in Rogers and
of Masonic Lodge No. 602
Rogers.
Survivors are his widow; a
step-daughter. Mrs. Floyd Bond
of Arlington Va.; and the fol-
lowing nephews and niece of
Bartlett: Glen Gray C. F. Hill
Jack Hill and Roy Hill and Mrs.
Cleo Patton.
Masons were in charge of
Houston Glen Gray and Carrol
Hill of Bartlett nephews of the
deceased.
Ho Bo Club Marks
- - . --y. .
tfSt DirthdaV
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Frances Ann Bailey assisted
by her mother Mrs. James
Bailey and Mrs. Marguerite Kur
ler sponsor entertained the Hq
Bo Club last Saturday afternoon
when trie organization celebrat
ed its first birthday anniver-l
sary.
Games were played on thei
'awn.
Refreshments were served to
Tanelda Ballew Ann Woody-
Janie Tatum Linda Parker
Amy Ketyer Phyllis Richey
Janet Messer Krin Dawson
Mary Alice Zrubek Mary Hay-
den Cox Peggy Lange Fraiv
ces Ann Bailey Mrs. Margue
rite Kuler Mrs James Bailey
and one visitor Mrs Cy Young
Bartlett voters will choose a
mayor city secretary and three
aldermen next Tuesday in the
first contested election for a
number of years. The city hall
will be the polling plnce.
Seeking the office of mayor
are Cy Young and Otto Whit-
tington. Both announced early
and their names appear on the
ballot in the order in which they
announced. Present mayor Les-
lie Moore is not a candidate for
re-election to any office.
In the alderman's race there
are six candidates for the three
placs to be filled. They are in
the order in which they an-
nounced: D. D. (Bill) Bartlett
William R. (Bill) Schleede
Raymond Wentrcek Kenneth
R. Schropshire Eldor Linde-
mann and Reuben Janke.
Aldermen whose terms expire
tbjg year are Cy Young W. F.
F Bjair and D. T. Boyd. Young
is seeking the office of mayor
and Blairand Boyd decided not
to seek re-election. Remaining
members of the council are
James Bailey and Ford T. Mann.
They were elected in 1955 and
serve until April 1957.
Miss Cora Beckman is unop-
posed for re-election as city-
secretary.
City Comptroller chief of po
lice and city attorney are not
elected but are appointed by
the council.
Presiding j'udge xor the elec-
tion will be L. W. Robinson.
Mrs. Frances Lindemann is
j'udge and J. S. Kuler and Mrs.
Marie Pochman are clerks.
City election laws do nbt pro-
vide for a run-off election so
in the case of the aldermen the
three receiving the largest num-
ber of votes will be declared
elected even though this may
not be a maj"ority of the votes
cast the Tribune is informed.
Bartlett Defeats
Florence 8 To 7
In Non-District
'Bartlett Bulldogs taok a close
one 8-7 from the Florence Buf-
faloes in a non-district baseball
tilt at Florence Tuesday after-
noon. It was a close game all
the way with Bartlett holding-
a slight lead after the first inn-
ing and putting down a Florence
rally in the seventh inning to
hold on to victory.
Florence scored first in the
initial inning on a double by M.
Stark and a single by Wiseman
but the lead was short lived.
Bartlett came back to score two
runs in the second inning. Floyd
Lange was safe on an error and
Billy House tripled to score
him. House then crossed the
plate on a double by Carl Hunt.
Bartlett added runs in the
third and fourth and Florence
got one in the bottom of the
fourth. The Bulldogs added two
more in the fifth on a walk to
Larry Hodon a triple by Lange
and a fielders choice.
Florence added two runs in
the sixth while Bartlett scored
once in the sixth and seventh.
The bottom of the seventh saw
the Buffaloes come alive and
drive across three runs. Stark
singled to open the inning and
then stole sepond. Wiseman sin-
gled him home and then stole
second and moved to third on an
outfield fly. Maines walked and
both runners scored on two
Bartlett errors.
Garland Townsend went the
route on the mound and Carl
Hunt was behind tho plate for
Bartlett. Fielder pitched all the
way for Florence with Stark
behind the plate
Mr and Mrs. Will Lawrence
and Mrs. Marguerite Kuler were
-visitors in Cameron Sunday.
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Ford, Robert C. & Ford, Nora Mae. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, March 30, 1956, newspaper, March 30, 1956; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81936/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 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.