The Smithville Times Enterprise and Transcript (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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1 StaIl«ach, j. j.( j.,17
►Over Four Thousand People
Read The Smithville
Times Every Week.
The Smithville Times
The Times Publicity Keeps The
People Informed Through
Constructive Intelligence.
The Times Established 1894. The Enterprise Established 1905
VOL. 55 No. 33.
ENTERPRISE AND TRANSCRIPT
THE SMITHVILLE TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST
The Times Absorbed The Transcript. August 1894.
1946.
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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! Dou you want to be noticed, re-
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Robt. L. Steffens Post No. 180.
World War II Veterans Elected
To Majority Of Positions:
E. M. King, veteran of World
War I and II, succeeded Jim
Canada as Post Commander; V.
F. Taylor elected to Post Adjut-
ant, succeeding Henry Sebesta.
The election held in the Legion
Hall on July 5th, placed into of-
fice M. L. McDowell 1st Vice
Commander, Joe Ebner 2nd Vice
Commander, Louis Hanzelka
Finance Officer, K. W. Howard
Chaplain, Frank W. Churchill
Historian, E. A. Wotipka Ser-
vice Officer, and C. J. Michalik
Sergeant -at-Arms.
Executive Committee:— R.
E. May, Grover S. Shade, Chas.
G. Janak, Jack Hawkins, C. W.
Moore, Harold Ritchie, Morris
Bogart and Jim Canada.
Following a oarbecue these
new officers were installed on
the night of August 1st, 1946,
by D. R. V. A. Shepherd, Vice
Commander 10th District from
Taylor, Texas. A large crowd
witnessed the installation in the
American Legion Hall on that
night. The new Post Command-
er has been busy conducting
practice runs of meetings in
line with the prescribed rituals
of the American Legion. He
promises that at future meet-
ing of the members the meet-
ings will follow the prescribed
methods and procedures which
lend solemnity and dignity to
an American Legion Post.
Delegates to attend the State
Convention in Galveston start-
ing on September 3rd, will be
announced in the Times in the
near future under this column.
The next regular meeting of the
Post, No. 180, which is ordinar-
ily scheduled for the first Thurs
day of each month, will be post-
poned one week, due to the State
Convention being held at that
time.
you will be surprised how quick-
ly you can acquire the allure
and charm you so much admire
in others. On another page of
The Times you will find the ad-
vertisement telling you how to
get this information, Write to-
day and learn this secret.
Victory Cafe Changed
Hands Here Monday
The Times has been informed
that Mr. and Mrs. Charles D.
Lee have purchased the Victory
Cafe from Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
McCombs who have been oper-
ating the same for some years,
and took charge Monday, Aug-
ust 11th. They will continue
to operate the Cafe about the
same as it has been in the past
giving good home cooked meals,
clean and sanitary place, with
reasonable prices,, couretous
and friendly treament to one
and all. We welcome all of his
and our partons and friends to
come and make this their head-
quarters when they want to eat
drink or have a lunch at any
time. A hearty welcome is ex-
tended to everyone.
Mr. Lee has been employed
during the past two years by
the Kerrville Bus Company and
at the same time by the E. Clay
Williams Garage and Bus Com-
pany selling tickets and looking
after the interests of both con-
cerns while on duty here. Mr.
and Mrs Lee have maav^friends
who wish them well in tnei
undertaking.
leir new
First Bale Of Cotton
This Season Ginned
Here Last Week Wed-
nesday, August 7, 1946.
Mr. John T. Burns brought in
the first bale of the 1946 cotton
season in our city, last week,
August 7th, this cotton was
raised on the Yerger Hill estate,
the bale - weighed 554 pounds
of good grade of cotton.
Smithville ginned its first
bale of cotton last week Wed-
nesday, just after we went to
press, so we could not make
mention of it at that time. Mr.
A. G. Buescher gave us the in-
formation this week Wednes-
day, stating that up to this date
they had ginned ten bales. El-
gin ginned their first bale today,
La Grange and Bat .kcmfwyp
Red Rock will gin their first bale
today, Thursday, and so far as
we can learn La Grange and
Bastrop have not ginned any
so far, but no doubt they will
begin coming in all around in
the next few days.
“AGGIELAND ORCHESTRA
TO PLAY AT LA GRANGE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17th.
The famous Aggieland Or-
chestra of College Station has
been engaged by the Fayette
Memeroial Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, for a ‘benefit „„ Wlt x „DV
»a/i\Cm'mxTe )ieH at the FAIR i Christian Church, both morning
PAVILION in La Grange on. an(j evening services on Sun-
m«ht> AuKust ' day, August 18th, 1946. The
*' HI* ... , . I public is cordially invited to at-
_ The dance will be a semi-for- j tend all of the services.
mal affair with gentlemen re- ___
quested to wear coats, and eve-1 Judge Tom L. Beauchamp, of
mng dresses being optional with the Court of Criminal Appeals,
™mia ^ „r „ 1 has a lead of more than 50,000
The V. F. W. Post of La over his next opponent for re-
Grange extends a cordial invi- election. He solicits your sup-
tation to all._ p0rt in the Second Primary 34p.
TEEN AGERS TO
HOLD MEETING
TONIGHT CITY HALL
The Lions Club Advisory Com
mittee met with the Teen Tav-
ern Officers Monday night to
discuss problems that have
arisen since the opening. They
came to several conclusions
which will be discussed at the
regular meeting Thursday night
at 8:00 o’clock. Please tell all
the Teen Agers to attend, as it
is of utmost importance.
One thing they decided was
to write a constitution which
will be voted on Thursday
night. Also discussed at the
meeting was the possibility of
having our own building to
meet in. This also will be dis-
cussed Thursday night.
Mr. Pearce has secured
enough lumber to build another
table tennis, and it will soon be
ready for use if we can get vol-
unteers to help build it.
There will be several other
matters discussed on Thursday
night which are important to
all you Teen Agers, so be sure
to be at the Teen Tavern on
Thursday night at 8 o’clock.
BIG BARBECUE
DINNER
WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS
Sunday, August 25
—AT—
PIN OAK CHURCH
MUSIC AND REFRESHMENTS
Benefit of the Church
EVERY IS CORDIALLY INVITED!
ALLAN SHIVERS IS
THE PEOPLE’S
FAVORITE FOR
LIEUT. GOVERNOR
Henry Ford Called
Upon Young People To
Solve Our Problems
0 ... . . Henry Ford, on the eve of
aSSTth."'vSterf g 8S* Birthday’ “
for the heavy lead they gave iJP™1 tb® young p
him in the July primary to make "jfj}1'°n, to solv® °
him the favorite candidate for Av termed
T 1 Aiitnrmn+ rnmnl* olon wofn. IT/Unu I •
• COURAGEOUS
(Paid Political j
Lieutenant Governor, also warn-
ed the citizens that attempts
will be made by “scheming min-
ority pressure groups” to de-
feat him in the August 24th
runoff.
The Jefferson County legisla-
tor, lawyer and farmer, pointed
the young people vf the
our problems
_______“ONLY TEM-
RARY,”.
: SEETHE CONNIE
VOTE FOR YOUR
PRESENT COMMISSIONER
j. e. McDonald
of Ellis County
COMMISSIONER OF
AGRICULTURE
The Proven Friend ot
Texas Agriculture
1 I? 18 wur,l’y of
Your Support
• CONSISTENT
• CONSTRUCTIVE
hearing about unsettled condi-
tions in the world today. In my
liftime I’ve witnessed similar
ations many times as they
owed military and economic
rfare.
Rev. H. Martin To Preach At
First Christian Church Next
Sunday, August 18th.
Rev. Howard Martin of San
Antonio will preach at the First
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ELIZABETH WINDSOR,
P. O. Box 2095, Capitol Station, Austin, Texas.
Mailed to you in an unidentifiable envelope.
suppo?r^hi2hthLOVerecdvIdllin [' Actually, each of those peri-
his present home county and in was only temporary and
the county where he was rear- frjW11 eac^ ^ them We *ea.rn,e<^
ed to manhood. Shivers, a a httle more intel-
World War II combat war vet-ll18*n^- a little more able to com
eran (the only veteran in this bat recurrence.
We ve never succeeded in pre-
venting these cycles because we
have never searched out and rid
oujselves of the real reasons for
tHwfa. Those reasons ane greed,
selfishness and natrow think-
ing; simple to state, so hard to
remove.
I am convinced that after five
years of war and its subsequent
problems, this nation is ready,
willing and able to prepare itself
for an unprecedented future of
peace and prosperity.
As always, I look to the young
people of this country for the
real solution of our problems.
May I suggest they devote them
selves to clear the long range
thinking and planning, to selec-
tion of proper and sincere lead-
ership and, above all. to hard
work.
With these as the goal, I’m
sure this Nation and the world
again will be on the right track.
ADAMS DRESSES AT
CHANCELLOR’S ON
DISPLAY TO-DAY!
CHANCELLOR’S is the ex-
clusive dealer in Smithville for
three new lines of ready-towear
for ladies and junior misses.
Each line is outstanding in its
field, and is widely advertised in
the nation”s leading magazines.
For several months, Peerless
Casual dresses have pleased
those who have been purchasing ____
them at Chancellor’s. . • MILLER COMPANY, ' Elgin;
•tture* arrive dr* Ktn Wffit- *ndThe SMITHVILLE FUKNI-
ALLAN SHIVERS
race), polled approximately 75
per cent of the votes in Jeffer-
son County, his present home,
and was a 25 to 1 favorite over
his runoff opponent in Tyler
County, where he spent his
youth. Senator Shivers led his
runoff opponent by approxima-
tely 100,000 votes in Texas.
“I*am deeply grateful for the
confidence the people of Texas
have shown in me and the pro-
gressive program for Texas
which I advocate,” Shivers said
“I shall strive even harder to
work for the welfare of Texas.”
“Because I represent the mas-
ses of the people, there will be
those in the runoff campaign
who will conspire to defeat me,”
Shivers predicted. “I will not
be swayed by these radical,
minority groups — the C. I. O.
noisemakers in particular. My
opponent is welcome to the sup-
port which they are giving him.
1 will continue to fight for the
right and welfare and progress
of our people who make up the
backbone of Texas.”
V-J DAY HOLIDAY
IN SMITHVILLE
Wednesday of this week, was
V-J Day, and was observed here \
as a holiday in our city, as most
all business houses were closed
all day. The day not being a
legal holiday, the Post Office
was open as usual. In the morn-
a few places were open, but lat-
er practically every place was
closed and people went visiting,
fishing and taking in other
places of interest and enjoy-
ment during the daj\
Mr. and Mrs. John Clark of
Lampasas were visitors in the
Tom Hayden home last Sunday.
more coats and Connie Adams
dresses, both especially designed
for the junior miss. Ken Whit-
mores, with rich Skinner’s rav-
on satin linings and man-tail-
ored features, are tops in smart
nes. The line of Junior dresses
manufactured by Horwitz and
Duberman come under three
trade names:— Judy and Jill,
Connie Adams , and Hi-Dee.
These are the most highly ad-
vertised in the nation. At pre-
sent only the Connie Adams
dresses are in stock, but dres-
ses bearing the other names
are ordered for delivery during
the Fall.
See the Ken Whitmore adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue
of The Times, and inspect the
superior quality of these lines
at Chancellor’s Ready-to-Wear
department.
'/eMySvacKr&tir/M
Million Dollar Feed Mill
With Ten Story Fire
Proof Building At
Fort Worth
This architect’s sketch shows
the new $1,000,000.00 ten-story
fire proof Burrus Feed Mill be-
ing erected at Fort Worth fpr
the manufacture of TEXO
FEEDS. Upon completion of
construction about January 1st,
general offices of the Burrus
Feed Mills will be moved from
Dallas to Fort Worth. Other
Burrus Feed Mills are operated
at McKinney and San Benito,
and a plant and a sales office
will be maintained at Dallas.
TEXO feed dealers in our city
are: —Rinehard Hatchery and
Feed Store and the Smithville
Oil Mill. If you want this feed
call on the above dealers in
Smithville today.
Ministerial Ass’n.,
Met Wednesday
At the August meeting of
the Ministerial Association the
ministers present. Rev. Wesley
O. Butcher, Rev. J. W. Jackson,
Rev. J. Ray McVoy, and Rev. J.
W. Parker, voted unanimously
to ask that the people of Smith-
ville consider Wednesday night
of each week CHURCH NIGHT.
The Ministerial Association re-
spectfully asks that every ef
fort be made to avoid other
public gatherings on Wednes-
day evenings.
Good Eats and Drinks are to
be found at the Pines Cafe.
BASTROP COUNTY
SERVICE RECORD
The campaign to collect the
pictures and service records of
all Bastrop county men and wo-
men, who wore the Uniform in
World War II as well as those
who are still serving entered'
its final week today. Best show-
ing in the county to date has
been in Smithville which has
turned in more pictures than
any other community in the
county. Pictures and records
already in present the picture
Bastrop County’s participation
in the war in every quarter of
the. globe. Every theatre of
war was known to men from
this county. Some local men
served in the exotic lands of
the Near East and in Asia.
Servicemen from this area have
fought in Africa, India, Siam
and the Holy Land as well as in
the Pacific and ETO.
All the decorations that the
Army and Navy bestow except
the Congressional Medal of
Honor are represented in the
local service records Many re-
ceived the Purple Heart for
wounds in action, one officer
holds the Navy Cross and
Army and Marine G. I's the DF
C and Air Medal.
No Red Cross overseas girls
have been received although
there are a number of Army
and Navy nurses and Wacs.
A special appeal was made -
this week for the photos of
those men who sacrificed their
lives in the late war. Church-
es were requested to see that
the Gold Star men on their
Honor Rolls were represented
in this record. County Veter-
ans Organizations were urged
to see for sure that these val-
orus comrades were not left
out.
Prominent Community lead-
ers stressed the fact •that the
time was growing late and that
it was necessary to act without
delay in order to get 100 per
cent representation. Local col-
lection stations are at WHITE
AUTO STORES. Bastrop; J. C.
TURE COMPANY, Smithville,
Texas. DO IT TODAY!
HAVE YOUR CAR WASHED
AND WAXED.
$4.00
George Evans Bobbie Stewart
Phones: 351-J or 5.
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SERVICE
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Two (2) Miles East of Smith-
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Number 71.
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