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Bartlett Texas Thursday October 17 1963
No. 50
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Mrs. R B. Latham Jr.
Assumes Duties
Of Commissioner
Mrs. R. B. Latham Jr. of
Sparks was appointed to the
-Bell County Commissioner's
Court by County Judge Ray-
mond Thornton at a special
meeting of the court on Thurs-
day. Mrs. Latham succeeds her
husband as commissioner of
precinct two and will assume
her duties on the court on Mon-
day. Mr. Latham died October
1st.
Mrs. Joe Aycock the first
woman commissioner appoint-
ed to the Bell County Court
was appointed in August after
her husband resigned due to ill
health. She will serve precinct
.3.
Seven applications for the
precinct 2 post were made
either in person or by friends
on behalf of candidates. Most
of the applicants specified
their applications were to be
considered only if Mrs. Latham
-were not appointed or did not
wish to serve "ffifrs. Latham
said she would accept the ap-
pointment although she did
not seek the position.
Neither Mrs. Latham nor any
of the. candidates appeared be-
fore the Court Thursday morn-
lntr. Candidates were Joseph
Koonsen John Senterfitt Ar-i
ii 1. Tnsilr "HnTllAIH. I
Prank Wood V. C. Marshall
anu j.ui uupcin"".
Mrs. Latham's term will ex-
pire January 1st 1964 when
the office will be filled by an
elected commissioner. Appoint-
ments such as Mrs. Lathams
and Mrs. Aycock's are made
-until the next general election.
Since there is no general el-
ection this year the appoint-
ments will carry through 1964.
A special election will be held
Nov. 9th to vote on four con-
stitutional amendments but
this is not the constitutional
general election and will not
affect appointments.
0. B. Sdiwertners
Are Honored On
25th Anniversary
A surprise forty-two party
-was given at the Schwertner
Hall for Mr. and Mrs. 0. B.
Schwertner on their" 25th anniv-
ersary Saturday evening.
Registering the guests were
Lisa Schwertner and Judy Sch-
wertner. Center of attraction was a
tiered anniversary cake topped
with bells and a silver "25
There-were 125 guests present.
Hostesses were Mesdames
Sibyl Hicks Stanley Schwert-
ner Emil Schwertner Jack Dur-
ant William Whitlow Charles
Rafay and Susan House.
Luncheon Club Gets
Report On Lights
A report on Little League
lights was made when the Lun
cheon Club mtJFrTidjiyok a
local cafe.
A committee will look fur-
ther into the situation. There
are some lights on the baseball
field now. They need to be im-
proved and it is possible that
the lights might be improved
enough for a pony league or
high school and semi-pro base-
ball. Members discussed storing a
Christmas chimney. The Boy
Scout financial drive was an-
nounced. NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Zbranek
are parents of a son born last
Thursday in a Taylor hospital.
He weighed 9 pounds 3 ounces
Woman Accidently
Shot In Arm Here
Claudia Lee Walker1 20 year
old local Negro was treated for
a gun-shot wound in her arm
Thursday night in a Temple
hospital.
The shooting listed as ac-
cidental occurred on a street
on the line.
A local Negro Ernest John-
son was charged with the
shooting. According to Chief of
Police Bill Brisbin he was giv-
en 45 days in jail and a fine.
Brisbin said that Johnson
playfully pointed the gun at
the woman who was sitting in
a car. As she raised her hand
the .32 calibre pistol discharg-
ed striknig her in the finger
and arm.
Clothing Store
Has Opening Here
A successful opening or
Moore's was held in Bartlett
RnfnvHAv. The clothing store
for boys and girls is being op -
erated by Mrs. Clyde Moore vated assault against a local
At the drawing Saturday af-j white woman Lois Guthrie.
ternoon Mrs. A. W. Richey
won first prize and Charles
Douglas won second. Prizesj. .- C
were $10 in merchandise i and WeSleVan beiVlCe
err I .VioTirHQP flfirv Cald-1 J
well drew the winning mes.
f P1ir Pncc Jpy
Competition To
Be Held Saturday
Saturday the annual Punt
Pass and Kick Contest will be
held at 2 p. m. on the high school
baseball field. Bartlett Holland
and Granger area boys from
eight through 11 can pit their
football skills against boys
throughout the country.
Those who have not register
ed may do so at Crittenden
Motor Company before Satur-
day. Prizes will be warm-up jack-
ets football helmets and auto-
graphed footballs.
Scores throughout the state
will be compared and area win-
ners and their parents will re-
ceive all-expense paid trips to a
National Football League game
in their area. National winners
will also be determined.
Baker Circle Meets
At Goodnight Home
The Leone Baker Circle of the
First Methodist Church WSCS
met Monday night at the home
of Mrs. Wayne Goodnight with
Mrs. C. R. Lindsay as co-hostess.
Mrs. Reno Saage was director
of the nrocrram. "You Are
Christ-Sent." Two hymns were
sung and scripture was read by
Mrs. Marcus Lmdemann. Oth-
ers on the program were Mrs
Leroy Schwertner and Mrs.
Homer Pumphrey. The group
participated in a question-an
swer session
Hirnln xhnlnmnn Mrs Jnhnnift
Goode presided during the bus -
iness meeting. The circle's cur-
rent project of selling Christmas
cards was discussed and a
spiritual program emphasizing
the week of prayer and seu-de
I njaj wa8 announced for Oct. 28th
at 2:30 p m. at the church
Visits to the sick and shut-in
reported were 12.
During the social hour re-
freshments were served to Mrs.
R. A. Sladovnik.Mrs. Leroy Sch-
wertner Mrs. Reno Saage Mrs
t. .. nr..f iLa t !w
mann Mrs. Tommy Krueger
Mrs. W. R. Holt Mrs. Charles
Hightower Mrs. Johnnie Goode
and the hostesses.
Bell Williamson
Tax Assessors
To Be Here Monday
Monday the Williamson
County and Bell County tax
assessors-collectors will be at
the First National Bank build-
ing in Bartlett.
Local citizens will be able to
pay their taxes and also their
poll tax Monday.
Two Bartlett Men
Are Charged With
Aggravated Assault
Two Bartlett Negroes B. C.
McQueen and Reese Davis
were picked up Friday night
and charged with aggravated
assault. Chief of Police Bill
Brisbin made the arrests. The
men are in the Williamson
County jail in Georgetown.
Brisbin said that the two
men are charged with aggra
: Qu MeetS ModaV
Mrs. Leslie Douglas and Mrs.
Elmer Saage were co-hostesses
to the Wesleyan Service Guild
Monday evening when it met in
the Douglas home.
Mrs. Fred Tegge was leader
for the program en "Our Heri
tage." She gave the scripture
nnrl offered prayer. Mrs. Wm.
Whitlow gave the Apostle's
Creed. Mrs. Ray Watson gave
"Marks of a Methodist." Mrs.
T. A. Crittenden spoke on the
lives of John and Charles Wes
ley. Mrs. Robert Ford presented
"I Was at Aldersgate" and Mrs.
Charlie Oldham gave the closing
prayer.
Mrs. Crittenden presided at
the business meeting. The group
voted to send $5 to the Epworth
Village in Nebraska.
Those present were Mesdam-
es Homer Roberts Charlie Old-
ham C. E. Limmer E. E. Cryer
Robert Ford Fred Tegge Wm.
Whitlow Mary Friedrich Ray
Watson Clarence Marchak Cur-
tis Saage Cleo Gelner T. A.
Crittenden Misses lA'lma Mc-
Glothlin Eileen Sides and Es-
ther Saage and the hostesses
Mrs. Elmer Saage and Mrs. Les-
lie Douglas.
Thrall Defeats
Bartlett Bullpups
Thrall defeated the Bartlett
Bullpups 12-8 in a game played
in Thrall Tuesday night.
Thrall scored with a minute
and a half left in the first per-
iod. The extra point was no
good.
Bartlett then racked up its
touchdown on a 45 yard reverse
by Allen Mertz. Steve Clearman
' taojifid QlUfhe extra Points with
a keeper to make the score 8-6.
inu hum xjgera came uacic
with a 30 yard pass play for a
score and the extra point was
no good.
Bartlett threatened again
when Glen Janke intercepted a
pass and returned it to the
Thrall 15 but halftime caught
the Pups.
Defensive and offensive stand-
outs were Bobby Dusek Bill
Moore Chris Clearman Allen
Mertz Dennis Henry Don
Grigsby and Glen Janke. Milton
Rister Daryl Steglich Mark
Bracher Mike Williams John
Thomas James Ruemke all play-
ed good ball according to Coach
James Crews.
Boy Scout Fund
Drive Begins Here
$227 Is Collected
After only three davs the Bov
Scout financial drive has reach-
eu $zz in uartiett according to
drive chairman Dr. George
Fowler.
Even with a good start this
is. a long way from last year's
figure of $520 which is the
quota for 1963.
Many of the workers have not
turned in their cards and dona-
tions and Fowler urged the
workers to make their contacts
soon. A report of the financial
drive will be carried in next
week's issue of The Tribune.
Gilbert Kasparek
Former Resident
Is Biiried Monday
Gilbert G. KasDarek. fiS.
for-
mer Bartlett resident died last
Thursday while enroute to Atis -
mi J.J.UM1 Ilia IlUIim III own UiegO
Calif. He was the brother of
He and his wife were to spend
kuu nccfto vciuuuuii wiui rel-
atives in the Central Texas area
and had stopped at Lordsburg
N. M.f when he was suddenly
stricken with a heart attack and
died within a few hours.
He had formerly been a book-
keeper with" fhe Gersbach-Wack-er
Co. here in Bartlett and lat-
er had the Ford dealerships in
San Marcos and Mesquite. He
has lived in San Diego for the
past 18 years.
Services were held at the
Greenwood Mortuary in San
Diego Monday at 1 p. m.
He is survived by his wife
Dena and five brothers S. L.
Kasparek W. E. Kasparek. F.
A. Kasparek and J. D. Kasparek
all of Austin and Otto Kaspar-
ek of San Antonio and three
sisters Mrs. Jack Zschiesche of
Bartlett. Mrs. Aubrey L. White
of Austin and Mrs. J. T. Bright
or iNew israuniels.
County Farm Bureau
To Have Barbecue
Williamson County Farm Bu-
reau will end its year with a
barbecue for members and
their families at the SPJST
Hall in Taylor October 24.
Tickets for the barbecue may
be obtained for 50c per plate.
W. A. Meissner has tickets in
the Bartlett area. Tickets may
be secured at the Farm Bureau
Office in Taylor frpm 8:30 a.
m. through 5:00 p. m.
The barbecue will be held in
connection with the annual
meeting. The meal will be
served from 6 to 7:80 p. m.
The meeting will open at 7:80.
The meeting is open to anyone
and will include the three stu-
dents who represeited Wil-
liamson County at the Students
Seminar in Huntsville in July.
The young people the Glen Ko-
kel of Walburg Howard Paske
of Jarrell and. Miss Grace.
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The County Farm
Bureau -
wm aiso oe voting on
vnar.li!
tions submitted from the
v'
lous communities.
Door prizes will be drawn
throughout the meeting.
NESW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. James R.
Haney of Mart announce the
arrival of a daughter Debra
Lynn on Oct. 8 in a Waco hos-
pital. She weighed 7 pounds
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Anne MarnnW "nf T.nnnrWtor for the church nursery.
Mrs. W. R. Foster of Salado r class will sponsor a Home-
and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Haney oominir Dance following the Sa-
of McGregor Great grand- lado football game
father is J. H. (Bud) Haney I Students and adults are in-
of Bartlett Ivited.
Farm Bureau Here
Elects Officers
Officers were elected when
the Bartlett Farm Bureau met
Tuesdiy at the Schvertner Hall.
Officers are Henry V. Marck
president; Gus Persky vice
president; Alvin A. Marek secretary-treasurer;
Victor V. Mar-
ek delegate to state convention ;
Ernest Wuthrich alternate del-
egate; W. A. Meissner mem-
bership chairman; Ernest Wu-
thrich policy development
chairman.
A program committee was ap-
pointed by the president which
consists of Mesdames Ernest
Wuthrich Howard Sartor W.
A. Meissner Floyd Messer and
Henry Marek.
A barbecue chicken was serv-
ed with trimmings furnished by
the ladies. It was .announced
that the annual Williamson
County Farm Bureau barbecue
supper and meeting will be held
Qci;. 24 at the SPJST Hall in
Taylor. Tickets are 50 cents per
plate.
The next meeting will be in
januarv
j Chamber Dif CCtOrS
Discuss Dam Site
Chamber of Commerce di-
rectors held a lengthy discus-
sion on the recreational facil-
ities proposed for a site on In
dian Creek; when tTiey met'
Tuesday.
A study has shown that
an adequate supply of water
could he held in the lake. Run-
off to the lake would cover a
22 square mile area.
Adrian Moore SCS represen-
tative said that the structure
would cost over $177000. Cost
to the city for the structure
would be an estimated $17084.
The dam would be 40 feet high
and 331000 cubic feet of earth
would be moved.
To turn this flood prevention
dam into a recreational lake
the City or sponsoring agency
would have to share one-half
of the cost of land and recrea-
tional features. Around lOOO
acres of land would have to be
purchased.
Around 16 landowners would
i be involved in the land along
Indian Creek northeast of
town. It has been estimated
that the total cost of the oper
ation to the City or sponsoring
agency would be between
$100000 and $125000.
County roads were discussed
and the directors will ask coun-
tv engineer David Bell and the
new county commissioner Mrs.
R. B. Latham to the next meet-
ing. 'Kid Party' Held
By Golden Circle
A kid party was held by
members of the Baptist Golden
Circle Class Monday evening
at the home of Mrs. W. K
Bunker.
Members came dressed as
children and each broucht a
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Mrs. Ralph
Jackson gave the
Children's games
CleVOtlOlial.
.i were directed by Mrs. Billy Til -
ler.
Attending wem
Mesdaraas
Pnlnh Jack fecil Overby.
Marvin Griff 'n. James Crews
Vranc' Shuiiptt. Billy Tiller
V. C Marshall and the hostess
Mrs. Bunker.
SENIORS TO SPONSOR
HOMECOMING DANCE
TV Barttt High School sen-
Bartlett Bulldogs
Travel To Troy
To Take On Trojans
uartiett uulldogs travel to
Troy Friday to take on the
tough Trojans.
All of the District 23B teams
battle each other this week
and four of the six had an
open date and a rest last week.
There won't be any rest this
week. Troy is rated the top
tuam in tne district and is un-
deteated. havinn- flailed fivo
straight opponents. Bartlett is
rated third.
Coach Dick Rodenbeck has a
young but experienced foot
ball team. Five of the juniors
also lettered as freshmen. Of
the 11 returning lettermen six
were starters.
Two all-district performers
return. They are Tommy South-
erland a junior and senior
tackle Cruz Perez. Perez has
lettered every year and has
made all district all three
years.
Qther probable starters in-
clude quarterback Gary Haw-
kins senior; freshman half-
back. Larry Southerland ;
Frank Mosley senior half-
back : and Tommy Southerland
at full.
On the line will be sopho-
more David Lancaster at left
end ; junior Jimmy Whyburn at
left tackle; junior Richard
Hester at left guard senior
Larry Meacham at center; jun-
ior Lawrence Graves at right
guard; Perez at right-tackle;
and junior Jimmy Ellisat right
end. -
John Lancaster is a quarter-
back candidate and Hawkins
can also play at half. Showing-
well also are freshmen Garl
Ellison Jackie Walker and
180 pound Ronny Hawkins.
Last year Troy finished the
season with five wins a loss
andf our ties:' The Trojans run
from the split T.
Troy has smashed Riesel
Robinson Academy Thorndale
and Bruceville-Edcjy this year.
Laymen's Sunday
To Be Observed
Sunday is Lavmen's Sunday
in The American Lutheran
Church. It js the day when the
laymen of fhe church conduct
or participate in the regular
worship service.
Laymen in thousands of Pro-
testant churches throughout the
United States and Canada and
servicemen in chapels around
the world assist in planning and
preparing for this service.
Hans Kalscheuer Trinity Lu-
theran Church Clifton will be
the lay speaker at St. John Lu-
theran Church Sunday. Mem-
bers of the local Brotherhood
will also participate in the wor-
ship service.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Emma Holmes
" Funeral services f6r " "Mrs.
Emma Jean Holmes 52 of
Bartlett were held Thursday
! afternoon at Mount Ario Bap
itist Church. The Rev. E. L.
Williams of Temple officiated.
Mrs. Holmes is survived by
a daughter. Mrs. Ruby Jean
Holiday of Temple; two sisters
My? Savannah Davis of Bart
lett and Mrs. Victoria Curry of
Waco; two brothers Albeit
Gray of Bartlett and Emzy
Gray of Austin ; and one grand-
daughter. Burial was in the Bartlett
Qqrnetery. Graveside services
were conducted by the Rose of
Sharon Chapter 288 O.E.S.
Pallbearers were nephews.
Goodnight Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements
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Ford, Robert C., Jr. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 50, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 17, 1963, newspaper, October 17, 1963; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82017/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 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.