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EB E‘m•E& CuJR’N RE*rs
10
CENTS
NO. 37
Bi-District Game
Frost,
Carol
Burke,
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Band To Attend
Lockhart Meet
Lions Tame
Wildcats In
Bastrop County
Fair Date Set
Elgin Youth
Park, Inc. Formed
Elginites Donate Two
Deer Hides For TB
one of the two areas offered
first and theater tickets.
Mystery Farm
Identification
Not Verified *
Pvt. Isaac W. Robinson, Jr., the
son of Rev. and Mrs. I. W. Robin-
son, Sr. (col) has completed his
and
take
day
two
her
and
the
The purpose of the park is
furnish a baseball diamond
basic training at Fort Bliss
has been selected to attend
Radar Operator’s School.
To Go To Finals
The Pflugerville Panthers
to
for
and night and Tommie, her son,
Elgin C. of C. secretary visits her
daily.
to attend and help promote
terest.
city Director for the school’s ath-
letic teams.
games ever played—
Franklin also.
And we are proud
@ove this coming week-end
the regional title.
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El-Hi Band Concert
Slated For Dec. 8
888
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' SIXTY-THIRD YEAR
brother, IR. IH. iStewart, Elgin and
a sister, Myrtle Huffman, of Cali-
fornia.
those who have not had their
hides inspected to do so now.
Nichols pointed out that
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CIRCULATING IN BASTROP, TRAVIS, WILLIAMSON AND LEE COUNTIES
THE ELGIN COURIER
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Eddie Brandt underwent a nose
operation last Wednesday at Se-
Wn Hospital, came home Friday
and resumed his duties as princi-
pal of Elgin High School Monday.
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[Trade Area Floods
From Heavy Rains;
One Inch Here
p,
Football Banquet To
Honor Dist. Champs
The annual football banquet
will be held Tuesday evening, Dec.
15 at 7:30 in the Elgin High
mother also got her buck
to report
The Courier Mystery Farm pic-
ture published last week was iden-
tified by three persons, one from
the rural area and two from
town, but the owner has not come
in and the identification can not
be verified as yet.
This week proves that all have
a chance for the three persons
identifying the picture have nam-
ea three different homes.
8332338
Fort Bliss and has been assigned
to duty with the Public Informa-
tion Office of the AAA-RTC.
Pvt. Conway is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William F. Conway, East
Second St., Elgin.
A 1948 graduate of Elgin High.
School, Pvt. Conway was a 1953
graduate, of East Texas State Col-
lege, Commerce, with a bachelor
of arts in journalism degree.
Prior to attending East Texas,
Pvt. Conway attended Southwest
Texas State, San Marcos. While
attending the San Marcos school,
Pvt. Conway was editor of The
College Star, campus newspaper,
inspector, who is in charge of ve-
hicle inspections in this county.
He said with winter holiday
travel only a weather change
away, it would be wise for all
vanced to the Region 3 six- man
football finals Saturday night for
tne second straight season in a
game played vs. Center Point at
Round Rock, winning on penetra-
tions, 5—3, following a 20-20 tie.
This is the second time these
two teams have played for bi-dis-
Fict honors. In 19512 they met in
Kerrville where Pflugerville won
52 - 22. Robert A. Hendrickson
was the coach this year of the vic-
egrious Panthers.
Center Point won 7 and lost 1
this year while the Pflugerville
Panthers won 9 and lost none.
The Panthers play Copperas
Mrs. S. Q. Lee reports that two
deer hides have been donated for
use in occupational therapy in
the Texas TB hospitals. Donors
were E. R. Lind and Bill William-
son.
W. F. Condron, local agent for
Central Freight Lines was auth-
orized Monday to transport the
hides free of charge to Austin
where they will be made ready to
help some TB patient.
As many as 1000 hides can be
used in this cause and other local
hunters who may wish to lend a
helping hand may ship their deer
hides COLLECT to Austin Taxi-
dermist Studio, Austin, and mark
them plainly "For TB Patients.”
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Mrs Sadie McCullough
Undergoes Surgery
Mrs. Sadie McCullough entered
John’s Clinic in Taylor last Mon-
day and on Friday morning under-
went major surgery. Latest re
ports are that she is improving
rapidly and entertains hopes of
returning home at the’week-end.
Mrs. McCullough’s children
have been attending her bedside.
Mrs. Herbert Willson of Beau-
mont was here from Thursday un-
til Sunday to be with her and Mrs.
Elgin Youth Park, Inc. was
formed at a meeting held at the
Elgin Volunteer Fire Department
Monday night, with officers be-
ing elected.
The association is being incor-
porated under the name “Elgin
Youth Park, Inc.” and the name
of the park will be chosen when
all equipment is installed.
Chester Swenson, Victoria
Mrs. Chas. E. Davis, Elgin
time about attending her,
Mto n
Pvt. I. W. Robinson, Jr
Attends Radar School
Funeral service was held
Mobile on Friday.
Mrs. Buck is survived by
daughters and two sons;
Teen-Age Hunters
Teaching Oldsters
Another youngster, Jimmie
Fisher, 13, has come to the fore-
front as a hunted this season. Mr.
and Mrs. James Fisher and sons,
L. C. and Jimmie and J. P. Schroe-
der spent Saturday on their deer
lease near Fredericksburg and
Jimmie brought home a nice 4-
point buck.
Jim is also credited with two
gobblers so far this season. Last
year he got a 6-pointer. His
Genelie Anderson, Jo Carol Ol-
son.
Duet, Class II: Shirley Dunbar,
Lynda Henry.
Duet, Class II: Jo Carol Olson,
Janice Burke.
Solo Twirling, Class I: Betty
Carol Johnson, Dorothy Jean Jar-
mon, Patricia Condron, Delores
Frost, Mary Ann Dunbar, Glen
Morrison.
Class 11: Jan Fleming, Shirley
Dunbar, Cynthia Frederick.
The El-Hi Band Sweetheart for
1954 is Mary Ann Dunbar, who
was recently elected at a meeting
o. the organization.
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bar, Patricia Condron.
■Duet, Class 1: Delores
Dorothy Jean Jarmon.
Duet, Class I: Betty
Johnson, Jan Fleming.
Trio, class II: Janice
The Annual Bastrop County
Fair will be held on Thursday
and Friday, March 5 and 6, 1954
at the fair grounds in Bastrop,
according to plans made at a
meeting of the Fair Committee,
held on Thursday afternoon of
last week in the director’s room
of the First National Bank.
i Dr. W. H. Cardwell of Elgin
was elected president of the Fair
Committee to serve for the ensu-
ing year, and Kleber Trigg, Jr., of
Bastrop, was named vice presi-
dent. Mrs. M. W. Kelley of Alum
Creek was elected secretary -
treasurer.
C. W. Eskew and Cecil Long,
both of Bastrop were appointed
co-chairmen of the finance com-
mittee, with the following mem-
bers: Bill Welch of Elgin, Mrs.
Philip Wilhelm of Red Rock,
Ralph Jensen of Elgin, Bill Grae-
ter of Paige and Kleber Trigg of
Bastrop.
The advertising committee will
be headed by County Agent Joel
Ray Reese, with representatives
from the three newspapers in the
county as members.
Attending the meeting were Dr.
Cardwell and Bill Welch of El-
gin; Clarence Karcher and Mrs.
Nelle Rae McLellan of Smithville;
J. R. Reese, Miss Marie A. Neff,
C. W. Eskew, Cecil Long, Kleber
Trigg, Jr., Ellis M. Christie, Miss
Bennie Smith, Earl C. Erhard and
Mrs. R. E. Standifer of Bastrop;
Mrs. Phillip Wilhelm of Red Rock,
Mrs. M. W. Kelley of Alum Creek,
and Billy Davis of Rosanky.
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The third quarter started with
Elgin kicking to the Franklin 10,
ehhe ball being returned to the 30.
With .ground plays mingled with
tnree passes the Lions went over
for their second touchdown. On
the following kickoff Elgin re-
burned the ball for their only
counter.
From this point on it was a bat-
tle all the way with neither team
able to score with the Wildcats
going to the air frequently.
Statistics gave Franklin the big
edge with 13 first downs to El-
gin’s 6. Franklin made 7 out of
4 passes for 137 yards, while
llgin made 10 out of 19 for only
57 yards. Each team intercepted
one pass.
On the ground it was 160 net
«ards to 49 in favor of the Lions.
This win gave Franklin the
honor of playing Luling for the
quarter-finals this Friday night.
The largest crowd of the sea-
Gon attended the game with all
seats filled and a few standing.
PLAYS LAST GAME
FOR EL-HI
• Twelve boys played their final
game for El-Hi with this game
ending the playoffs for Elgin’s
all-victorious District 22A cham-
gions. They are:
Ronny Arbuckle, J. P. Schroe-
der, Jimmy Williams, L. C. Fish-
er, Kenneth Stone, Lynn Ray
Gustafson, Harlan Scott, Hilding
#leidig, David Gold, James Smith,
Rodney Marburger, and Bobby
Caffey.
Nothing but praise has been
heard for Coaches K. . H. Thor-
“hahlen and James Lyda ,and the
entire Elgin High School football
squads for the brand of ball they
have presented to the public dur-
igg this season.
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throughout the state, according to
40th Infantry Division in Korea, (word today from Earl W. Nichols,
While in Japan, Eisenbeck stay-
School gymnasium. Tickets will
be $1.25 and the deadline for
" . They will a e
available at the office of Horton
Nairn, Upchurch Drug Store and
Welch Feed Store.
For the first time in the history
of Elgin the banquet will be hon-
oring a district championship
team. All sports fans and friends
of the team members will want to
be there to pay tribute to these
Wildcats, their coach and assistant
coach.
that returns from the Boy Scout
finance drive have nearly reach-
ed last year’s mark, with some re-
turn due in. When all reports
are in Elgin will be over the top
somewhat above last year. Inci-
dentally Bastrop County and the
three-county district have already
went above last year’s record.
(We received a copy of the new
1954-55 edition of the Texas Al-
manac, just recently off the press
and published by the Dallas Morn-
ing News. Next week we will try
to tell our readers some of the
values of this great book—-a book
very valuable to one onlylafew
years ago a newcomer to Texas.
The Texas legislature turned
the American Optometric Assoc-
iation down last summer on their
proposed advertising control bill.
Now the Optometry Board has
ruled against advertising, making
it an organization ruling—but not
a state law.
This follows somewhat the Am-
erican Medical Association who
ELGIN, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953
Pvt. Robinson was the valedic-
torian of his class at Washington
School here in 1951, and had
completed two years of college
work at Huston - Tilliston College
before volunteering for the Army
June 19, 1953.
He will be happy to hear from
his friends at this address:
Pvt. Isaac W. Robinson, Jr. RA
18436075, Btry. A 5th Tng. Bn.,
Specialist, AAA RTC, 4052 ASU
Class 95, Fort Bliss, Texas/
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METCALFE RETURNS TO
SHIP AT SAN DIEGO
Taylor W. Metcalfe, RD3, left
Monday to return to San Diego,
to board his ship, the USS Estes.
He was accompanied to Austin by
his parents, Mr. and Mrh. J. F.
Metcalfe, and boarded a train
there at 6:00 p. m. He was join-
eu by Homer DeGlandon, who is
serving aboard the same ship.
Metcalfe has spent the past month
at home with his parents in Elgin.
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Ray Arbuckle, Jr. Wayne Dav-
enport and Heine Neidig spent
Sunday at Llano scouting the deer
situation and have a several days
hunt planned this week-end.
ed at one of the country’s best
resort hotels and enjoyed many
luxuries unobtainable in Korea.
A member of the 140th Anti-
Aircraft Battalion’s Battery A.
Private First Class Eisenbeck en-
tered the Army last November
and arrived overseas in May.
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Mrs. Mary S. Buck
Dies in Mobile, Ala.
Mrs Mary Stewart Buck, widow
of the late W. J. Buck, former
Elgin druggist, died Thanksgiving
morning in Mobile, Ala. where the
family had resided for many
years. Mrs. Buck succumbed to a
heart attack, the second, after
rallying from a first one. Word
of her passing was received here
Thursday evening by her brother,
R. H. Stewart.
. ... We hope by next week we can
and also served as Sports Publi- [contact the owner and issue the
prize to one of these folks who
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Car Inspection
Progressing Well
Car inspections are progressing
well in Bastrop county and
put the ball on Elgin’s 3 from
vhere Bailey went over for the
first touchdown. The extra point , .
was good. The half endobo. sales is Dec..13.
~ etrerlohla Q T T h A
Observations
By EDWIN BRONAUGH
Coaches Thormahlen and Lyda,
we are proud of your Elgin foot-
ball teams and the records they
made this past season. They play-
ed clean football at all times, and
in losing in the bi-district game
we noted one of the cleanest
very essentials of winter driving
—proper brakes, lights, horn and
windshield wiper operation— are
tne backbone of the new motor
vehicle inspection program. We
can, therefore, do our winter
driving safely and with fewer op-
erational worries, as well as avoid
the last minute spring inspection
rush, if we have our vehicles in-
spected between now and Christ-
mas, he continued.
Records of the cars inspected
so far show 58 per cent need some
adjustment or repairs; 7 per cent
alone needed brake adjustments
while 34 per cent needed head-
light corrections. 1
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Open House To Mark
Golden Wedding Date
Open house honoring Mr. and
Mrs. John Werchan will be given
by the couple’s three children on
Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Parish
House of St. John Evangelical
Church at Richland in observance
of their golden wedding anniver-
sary.
The hours between 2 and 5 p.m.
have been chosen for friends and
relatives to call.
With the exception of a few
years when they lived in William-
son County they have resided at
their present home near Manor
all their married life.
The three children are Mrs.
Rose Wuthrich, from Taylor, Mrs.
Olivia Anderson, from Manor and
Mr. Anton Werchan, from Aus-
tin. They also have five grand-
children.
rest and recuperation leave in
Japan from his duties with the
Conway Completes
Basic Training
FORT BLISS, TEXAS — Pvt.
William Patrick Conway, Elgin,
recently completed his basic train-
ing in the Antiaircraft Artillery
Replacement Training Center at
the young ball players of Elgin
and vicinity. It will be the home
of Little League and Pony
League clubs.
The lighting equipment and
grandstands and other park
equipment has been contracted
for. It is now located at Beyers-
ville. Enough money has been
raised to assure the committee
success and soon a location will be
definitely decided on and then
volunteer help will be asked to
help bring the new equipment
here for installation.
This park will be the proper
size for the young baseball play-
ers and will reduce the operation
cost with less area to light. Also
it will leave the Athletic diamond
open for the A’s to play when
they have the opportunity to
match good games.
Officers elected at Monday
night’s meeting were:
Dr. R. H. Morris, president;
Luther Lundgren, 1st vice presi-
dent; Kentric Stagner, 2nd vice
president; J. S. Chappell, 3rd
vice president; Dwight Morrison,
secretary, and Meyer Simon,
treasurer.
The Board of Directors elected
were: Louis Hashem, chairman;
Ned Fails, Jr., Rufus Daughtry,
Harry Krenek, Lawrence Olson,
and Guy Wood. More directors
will be elected later.
Another meeting will soon be
announced, and all interested in
the youth of Elgin and those
youth baseball teams, are urged
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Park Board Studies
Park Plans Blueprint
The Elgin Memorial Park
Board meeting Monday night in a
delayed regular meeting studied
the blueprints of the development
plans of Memorial Park. These
plans were drawn up a few years
ago at a cost of $1,500, and the
board is trying to make all devel-
opment of the park in accordance
with these plans.
Chairman Richard Green is
working on the organizing of the
general chairman of planning
committee for the 1954 Yam-
boree. The proceeds again go to
the park and Green feels the
Park Board should help get inter-
ested men on this important com-
mittee.
for a number of years. Yet the
AMA have published a magazine
and selling advertising in it.
Only recently they decided against
liquor and tobacco advertising.
Professional men are human,
and surely they owe the public a
service of knowing what phases
Ox their profession they are equip-
ped to handle—and quote prices
if they so desire.
If all business in America
would follow the non-advertising
lead you would soon find our be-
loved nation as dead as some of
the old countries.
The Christmas season is upon
us and we note that many citizens
have put up Christmas decora-
tions and lights. It does add to
the spirit of the season—and soon
we will see some beautiful decor-
ations here in Elgin.
Milton Dusek’s Elgin High
School Band will journey to
Lockhart Dec. 5 to be one of 28
high school bands participating
in the marching and twirling con-
tests for the northeast half of Re-
gion 4 of the University Inter-
scholastic League. Lockhart ex-
pects to host some 1500 bands-
men.
Solo and Ensemble Twirling
will begin in three sections at
9:00 a. m. and continue until 6
p. m. Each band will be inspect-
ed and will be put on a 6-minute
band show. Band marching will
begin at 2:00 p. m., continuing
until the massed band concert at
6:30.
Entering Ensemble Twirling
will be Sextet, Class I, composed
of Betty Carol Johnson, Delores
Frost, Dorothy Jarmon, Patricia
Condron, Jan Fleming, Mary Ann
Dunbar.
Duet, Class 1: Mary Ann Dun-
AT FT. BLISS — Pvt. .Robert
Roy Neidig, son of Mr. and Mrs
Robert Neidig, Route 3, Elgin,
reported for service October
26, 1953 and is taking his basic
training at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Neidig graduated from Elgin
High (School in 1951 following
which he was employed with
Consolidated in Ft. Worth for
a while and the six months just
prior to entering service he
farmed with his father near El-
gin. Friends wishing to write
him may address mail: Pvt. Ro-
bert Roy Neidig, US54133974,
Btry B - 10TNG Bn. (Basic)
AAA RTC, (Fort Bliss, Texas.
The Elgin High School Band,
directed by Milton Dusek, will
play a concert Tuesday night,
Dec. 8, at 7:30 o’clock in the
high School auditorium. The con-
cert is sponsored by the Band
Booster Club, and the public is
invited.
The following numbers will be
presented:
Little Champ—Mesang; Mexi-
can Overture—‘Isaac; Living Pic-
tures— Dalbey; Desert Song,
Romberg; Vocal Solo, by Bill
Condron; Winter Wonderland—
Smith - Bernard; Three Gates of
Gold— Frangkiser; Galop Go —
Jewell.
Intermission -
Headliner March—'Cummings;
Golden Glow— Johnson; Christ-
mas Festival—De Lomater; Piano
Solo by Gayle 'Swenson; You -
You - You—Olias; Affair of the
Day March (Twirling Routine)-
Hall; Silent Night ('Singing by
Band)— Gruber; Liberty Bell
March—Sousa.
After the program refresh-
ments will be served.
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The Franklin Lions, playing a
beautiful game, tamed the El-Hi
Wildcats in the District 21A - 22A
ibi-district game Friday evening,
14 to 7. The Cats seemed ner-
vous and off their stride all dur-
dng the game with fumbles mar-
ring their offense.
With some beautiful blocking
and heavy running, fleetfooted
Jimmy Williams ran a kickoff
Wack from his own 25 yard line
for Elgin’s only touchdown. This
immediately followed Franklin’s
second touchdown in the third
period. Neidig kicked the extra
Spoint. . ' I igl1
Melvin Bailey did a magnifi-
cent job of ball lugging for the
g visiting eleven and picked up bet-
""er than 100 yards on 23 times
carrying the ball. He went across
for both the Lions’ touchdowns.
Both teams played clean foot-
ball with the Lions having the
> 4dge in all phases of the game.
The Cats took the opening kick-
off on their own 25 and returned
it to the 45 and from there work-
sd it over to the Franklin 39 for
their only first down of the first
half. Fisher carried it the last
15 yards. On the next play the
Cats fumbled and Franklin took
ver. It was hard-fought from
there with the Cats holding in the
clutches. The quarter ended with
the Lions on Elgin’s 7-yard line.
Beginning the second quarter
the Cats held on their own 4-ya:d
line ,and took the ball to the 48.
Franklin took over there and af-
ter being held kicked to the Cats’
18. On the first play Elgin
"fumbled and Franklin recovered
and after a penalty took the Lions
back to their own 35, a pass play
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Elgin received one and two
tenths inches of rain Tuesday
night with light winds but at New
Sweden, Coupland, Manor, Coon
Neck Community, north and west
of Elgin the rainfall was from
four to six inches according .to
reports.
For the first time since the
completion of highway 290, the
former “chronic flood spot” at
Cottonwood Creek bridge was in-
undated and traffic halted, mar-
ooning among others a group of
Elgin men, attending a church
meeting at New Sweden, until
3:00 a. m. The Taylor Highway
was blocked Wednesday morning
by high water and southwest of
Elgin Wilbarger Creek went on
an old-time rampage reaching an
estimated depth of 8 feet above
the bridge on the new Farm To
Market Road, and was one-half
mile wide at that point until after
noon when the waters began to
subside. This is the highest Wil-
barger has flooded since 1913.
Wednesday afternoon water was
still bubbling out from under the
topping and a stretch of the road
will no doubt have to be rebuilt.
Farmers in the creek bottom
area there lost their feed crops of
hegari, etc., the fields being
washed clean.
The rainfall seems to have been
general in Central Texas with
much thunder and lightning ac-
companiment. Austin reported
2.74 inches, Taylor 6, and George-
town had more than an inch,
Bastrop .50 of an inch.
Near Seguin a tornado struck
Tuesday night, about 7:05 o’clock,
as nearly 3 inches of rain fell.
Thirteen persons were reported
injured and a number of houses
demolished with others damaged.
A chicken farmer lost 9 out-build-
ings and 300 chickens and his
feed house.
Wednesday morning a tornado
struck in the Tanglewood vicinity
southeast of Rockdale. Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Frost and Mrs. Birgie
Albritton, elderly people, were
hospitalized at Rockdale after be-
ing injured in the Tanglewood
twister. The Community Hail,
the Baptist and Christian churches
and 5 homes were reported de-
molished.
Other tornadoes struck in Cen-
tral and East Texas Wednesday
near Washington-on-the Brazos,
where the 4-room house of a Ne-
gro family was lifted up, then
dashed to the ground and a 65-
year old woman and infant grand-
son were killed an 5, other per-
sons in the house injured. Hearne,
Lufkin, Huntsville, Waller, Lane
City near Wharton each felt the
effects of tornadoes. Buildings
were smashed but no personal in-
juries or loss of life reported?
A flash flood at Taylor took the
life of a 60-year-old man, Mar-
cello Navarro, in a deep ditch in
the city, when a 6-inch cloudburst
fell. A Thrall High School stu-
dent had to abandon his car on
Highway 112 south of Taylor be-
cause of rising waters, climbed 3
tree to safety and was marooned
there until after dawn Wednes-
day. He was hospitalized in Tay-
lor, suffering from exposure.
Heavy wind gusts up to 50
miles per hour accompanied the
cool front which moved into Aus-
tin about 11:20 last night. Two
planes at Bergstrom Air Force
Base were wrecked by the winds.
Today is a typical fall day with
sunshine and mild temperature
expected to reach 74 but colder
weather is forecast for Friday.
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‘Wimpy’ Williamson,
12, Bags 8-Pointer
Wimpy Williamson, 12-year-oid
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill William-
son, probably is Elgin’s youngest
hunter to bring back his buck,
vvmpy and his dad spent 'Satur-
day and (Sunday hunting near
Mason and altho it was the
youngster’s first experience he
bagged a nice 8-pointer as calm
as a veteran.
The deer hide was donated for
use in occupational therapy in
Texas TB hospitals and sent to
Austin for tanning.
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SCOUTS HELP IN
DISASTER SALVAGE
Marshall Monroe, Boy Scou
Executive, who was at Giddings,
reported Wednesday evening that
ne was with the Scouts who went ,
out to Tanglewood and helped sal-
vage things at the Baptist church
which was demolished by a tor-
nado. He said that is one of the
things the scouting program does
when the occasion arises.
Vets Service Officer
To Annual Meeting
J. Lloyd Hood, veterans county
service officer, will not be in El-
gin on Tuesday, Dec. 8, as he will
be attending the annual meeting
of the Veterans County Service
Officers Association of Texas.
The meetings are to be held at
the Baker Hotel in Dallas, start-
ing Monday, Dec. 7.
A three day school of instruc-
tion will be conducted jointly by
the American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans, and the Veterans’
Affairs Commission of Texas.
Hood’s office in the Bastrop
courthouse will also be closed for
the meeting .
named the farm. Only one can
be correct, so someone else may
have a chance to rank first from
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Enjoys Visit
in Japan
WITH THE 40TH INFANTRY
LuV. IN KOREA — Army PFC
noward L. Eisenbeck, 23, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Eisenbeck,
Elgin, recently spent a seven-day
C of C To Hold
Election Tonight
The Elgin Chamber of Com-
merce will hold their annual elec-
tion of officers at their regular
monthly meeting tonight (Thurs-
day). The meeting will be held in
the American Legion Hall be-
ginning at 7:30 o’clock.
The nominating committee have
picked men for vacant offices to
be presented to the membership,
niong with these men will be
nominations from the floor for
any or all offices by members
present.
Offices to be filled are Presi-
dent, one director to fill an unex-
pired term for one year, and nine
directors for the regular two-year
term.
President Cardwell stated he
hopes for a large turn-out of
members that they may elect the
men of their choice for all offices.
At this meeting also will be
discussed the on-coming Christmas
sing-song and Christmas party.
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Bronaugh, Edwin. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1953, newspaper, December 3, 1953; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1554980/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.