The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1954 Page: 3 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 23 x 17 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
News From McDade And Vicinity
,9
oE3
8
§3:
$33233
$3:33
1
geqemeg
88
Mrs.
!
for
85
833388
83323
8383338
SHRUBS
1
4
1
Pyracanths
Nandinas
Loquates
Arizona Cyprus
Magnolia Trees
Photenias
Gardenias
Wax Leaf
Locals
TOPVALUES
Specials For Friday & Saturday
Deputy Grand Matron Mrs. De- baby, of McKinney; Mr. and Mrs.
Ioris Sebesta of Somerville.
Herman Turner, of Mt. Pleasant;
15c
.. 2 for 25c
19c
hevrolet for 54!
2 for 25c
Locals
Tall Milk
2 for 25c
(Limit 4 Cans)
1
1“4
13c
%
J
2
BABO
2 for 25c
DOG FOOD
2 for 23c
Waldorf Tissue
2 for 15c
5c
19c
35c
(
5 tbs. SUGAR
JELLO
47 c
3 for 25c
(
MEATS
a
Ig\
CHUCK STEAK .....
... 39c ■
56c
DRY SALT JOWLS
29c
GRUETZNER CHEVROLET CO
Phone 90
200 N. Main
/
k
Count on Chevrolet to bring you the newest features first. Once again
Chevrolet is first in its field with these four great advances for '541
run
he
87c
23c
Crustene Shortening, 3 lbs.
I Snow Cap Pure Lard, 1b. ...
We have a nice Line of Shrubs ready for you.
Here are some of the varieties on hand.
KEM DOG FOOD .... 3 for 25c
Prince 90% Meat
Tomato Puree_______
Hunt’s 14 oz. Catsup
Pioneer Corn Meal, 5 lbs.
Texas Best Flour,___________
46 oz. Del Monte
ORANGE JUICE
These other famous Chevrolet
“Firsts” in the low-price field
offer you more than ever today!
HORTON W. NAIRN
School Tax Assessor and Collector
Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Brown had
0 LOIN STEAK ......
| BULK WEINERS
Good, Green
CABBAGE, 1b........
Mesh Bag Russet
POTATOES, 10 lbs.
0
Del Monte
Flat Crushed Pineapple
Rev. and Mrs. George McCrary
Mesdames Wm. Conway and Ro-
bert Kiecke and Miss Nell Owens
attended a banquet at First Meth-
odist Church in Austin Friday and
were also present at a Workers’
Conference.
Flat Oil
SARDINES ......
303 Trellis
PEAS ......
• Golden Brand
OLEO ...........
12 oz.
PEAR JUICE
12 oz.
Brer Rabbit SYRUP
6 for 25c
________ 17c
' N“um-ime—
catch up on my book work.
15—Papers to serve here, and
in Elgin.
16—'Pretty smooth sailing to-
day.
17—Well, just rocking along in
. .
Please pay your School Taxes now.
A LOT OF NICE GIFT GOODS
FOR SPRING
■ : '
.............. 39c
25 lbs. $1.89
Mikulencak's Variety Stores
ELGIN, TEXAS
NEW
POWER BRAKES
You simply swing your foot from
accelerator to brake pedal for a,
smooth, amazingly easy stop. Op-
tional at extra cost on all models
equipped with Powerglide auto-
matic transmission.
59c ■
37c Longhorn CHEESE
"HARD-TOP" coupe
• i al “ I ... most beautiful one today
1
NEW AUTOMATIC
SEAT CONTROL
You just touch a button to move
the front seat up and forward or
down and back! Optional at extra
cost on Bel Air and “Two-Ten”
models in combination with Auto-
matic Window Controls.
I f
his lights out trying to out
me, but he couldn’t do it, so
slept in jail.
hate to do and that is to carry a
(pleen-age boy to Gatesville, but I
ggs a98
I
MARCH OF DIMES MONTH in Texas, January 2-31, has been declared by Governor Allan Shivers, above
left. As Governor Shivers signs the proclamation, he is watched by Ruth Ann Bryant, 3206 Cherrywood
Dallas, a three and one-half year old polio victim, and General Robert J. Smith of Dallas, State Chairman
of the 1954 March of Dimes Campaign and President of Pioneer Air Lines. The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, through the March of Dimes Campaign, is seeking to raise an average of 50 cents for
every person in Texas. Part of the 1954 plans are to conduct vaccine field tests in the State.
• e
p
9/
O
IB
■
pyneT UNITIZED KNEE-ACTION
■ i M3 | ... only one today
OUr great NEW Firsis"
EReT POWER STEERING*
a 811VI ... lower priced today
-- e
.......................—
gpeT OVERHEAD VALVE ENGINE
■ IIIVI ... finest ones today
k 8
“066660O005°°°°°58222
I
59 3
e
FiHST IN OVER-ALL ECONOMY
■ I Hw I ... lowest priced line today!
Nelson’s Foods
A. V. GREEN, Mgr.
88826232882333888
8*33386:332228888
888 2 8
8 «
gs8g
888 93,389
(
88
197
2 K, A
8538833233 8g
58888:35388 * i / 8g
98C and up
and did a job that I had warned
the parties that I was going to do
but they seemed to say I wasn’t
dgoing to do it. I believe in giv-
ing anybody a chance but I don’t
believe in being run over.
8—(Here is something I really
it to break loose.
18—-Well, I had it last night.
A Mexican boy raised a racket so
I was called. I talked to the boy.
He was one of these smart ones,
so I told him to go home, and to
come to my office in the morning.
He didn’t do it. He left in his car
trying to fly so I chased him over
town seventy miles an hour with
El OCT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION*
■ I M I ... most advanced one today
~u1
e
A
NEW HIGH-
COMPRESSION POWER
Two more powerful high-compres-
sion engines in Chevrolet for ’54!
Both of these great valve-in-head
engines deliver finer, smoother,
more quiet performance with im-
portant gas savings!
9 oz. French
... 2 for 21c MUSTARD .
H changed my mind. He said, here
R he is, keep him in jail till I tell . . _
" Qou to turn him out or pay the the old rocking chair waiting for
Mrs. E. N. 'Sowell and Mrs.
John L. Dannelley visited with the
Bastrop Chapter OEIS on the oc-
casion of the official visit of the
X .8
as
■ 3
urday night with Mr. and
Tom Freeman and family.
We may be a shade late
888888888822: •
goto
No. 3013 Campbell’s
6) Whole Green Beans
No. 1 Can
2 for 25c TOMATOES
Guests Saturday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Turner were
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Turner of
Georgetown . and little grandson,
Rickey Lindell of Dallas. During
the morning the gentlemen drove
down to 'Smithville to attend the
regular quarterly meeting of M.-
W. E. Lodge for Katy mainten-
ance of way employees of which
W. H. Turner is secretary.
A NEW AUTOMATIC
"f WINDOW CONTROLS
Touch another button to adjust
front windows to suit your liking!
Optional at extra cost on Bel Air
and “Two-Ten” models in combi-
nation with Automatic Seat Control.
* Optional at extra cost.
Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Wood re-
turned from Temple Wednesday.
Dr. Wood is reported as doing
very well.
I F '
8 oz. Del Monte
34c PEACHES ________
as visitors during the
gool°S4Vs,
s
19—'Everything pretty quiet.
20—'Everything still quiet,
Holiday Activities At
Johnson Nursing Home
Among the oldsters residing at
Johnson’s Nursing Home who
went away on holiday visits with
relatives were:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Nelson
Wuo were guests of her sister,
Ruth Anderson and 'brother, in
Elgin, which they look forward to
each Christmas.
Miss Ruth Willard was in Gid-
dings with homefolk.
Jonas Kiphen visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Prinz; Tom Weisner was
wua his son.
Mrs. Anna Usselton went over
to Austin the day after Christmas
to visit her son, C. T. Usselton.
W. E. Caldwell was the guest
of his daughter, Mrs. Agnes Mill-
er in Austin.
After celebrating and greeting
relatives and friends all are back
at Johnson’s again and every-
thing is on schedule once more.
-----------o-----------
Mrs. J. N. Whitten is improv-
ing rapidly after a several day’s
stay in the hospital last week.
Among those visiting her have
been her two daughters, , Mrs.
Alma Wilson of Austin, and Mrs.
Morris Flaningan of Brownwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Enstler and
son of Lawton, Okla.; Mr. Frank
.... ----- Brown of Giddings; Mrs. Martha
holidays Brown and son, of Waco.
6
8 s eg
SHSI .
r
L •n'
h mmum=-
88888889883888
4' !
i i A
KI
, 888888888088% "3
E3
88
88883332333338888333333333
8888623333222333888888:22333333333
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Farmer, of
School taxes for the year 1953 must be paid on or
before January 31, 1954. Penalty and interest
will be charged after that date.
THE ELGIN COURIER
Thursday, January 14, 1954 3
• ! ■ ■■
8813288888888888888888883884232333333333333233333333333333333333333333333533888888888888
88 % / 3: 3 ‘ 3333388388888388888888888888888
!»J . nq
f
s H l ggsggs ggags a
8800085088888888,%888329333858588 8
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Gruetzner,
iSr. spent some of the Christmas
holidays with their daughter,
Anna Marie and her husband,
Willard Teinert, in Belton. Jaimes
Gruetzner and his fiancee, Mild-
red Bethke, home for the holidays
from St. Louis, Mo. were also
there and present from Elgin
were Ilir. and Mrs. Bobby Gruetz-
ner and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Gruetzner and children and
Mr.' and Mrs. August Gruetzner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Turner spent
the New Year’s week-end in
Georgetown in the W. H. Turner
home and on Friday Mr. Turner
was the dinner guest in the Sam
Crippin home in Bartlett. They
returned home on Saturday.
A3
7
63 920288888 gg
on. We then locked up four on
,, the two cases. You never saw
the like of oil, beer, tobacco,
light bulbs, razor blades, gas
pump, I can’t name all of the
stuff that was recovered.
O 3—A trip to Canton, Texas to
get one of the burglars. A call
down to a beer joint. Got one for
disturbing peace and being drunk.
a 4—Everything mighty smooth
“today.
'5—'Another trip over to the
By Mrs. Sam Dungan
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Snider, of
Vancouver, Washington, and Mr.
and Mrs. Kermit Perry of Prov-
incetown, Mass., who have been
here for the past month with Mr.
and Mrs. A. Y. Field and Mrs. J.
V. Dunbar and other relatives
left Monday for their respective
homes.
Mrs. Robt. McKinney and chil-
dren of Kansas City, Mo. visited
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Parker and
family for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. A. DeGlandon
spent Sunday in Austin with Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Gross.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Owen of
Bastrop visited in McDade Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Freeman and
children of Rockdale, spent Sat-
I,
holiday news but we failed to get
it in sooner. Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Stagner had all of their children
and grandchildren with them
Christmas. Mrs. Stagner has
been on the sick list, otherwise
she would have reported this
sooner, I know. Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs. T. 6. Stagner
and daugers, of Austin; Mr.
and Mrs. Hollis Stagner, of Mc-
Dade; Mr. and Mrs. Kentric Stag-
ner and children, of Butler; and
Mrs. Owen Hudler, of Elgin.
'Mr. and Mrs. Erhardt Goerlitz
and Janice and Alice Kay of Mc-
Dade, and Mr. and Mrs. Carrol
Pialn of Austin visited Mr. and
Mrs. Robt. Brown Saturday even-
ing.
Fed Stewart was a business
visitor in Austin Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Creel, Mr.
and Mrs. Jessie Mills and Walter
were called to the bedside of their
father, Josh Browning who be-
came ill Monday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Vick Brown, in Aus-
tin.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harris had
as visitors Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
IC. L. Baker and Mrs. Mattie Gee,
all of Brenham; Mrs. Emily Chris-
tian, of Houston; and Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Dodgins and sons, of
Austin.
M. J. Adkins received the news
that his younger brother, Bill
Adkins, was seriously injured in
a car accident but was doing nica-
ly.
Walter Scott of Ft. Hood visit-
ed in McDade Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Hillman
and son visited Mrs. S. T. Hill-
man and Mrs. Stell Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Watterson
of Elgin visited Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Hoskins and Ruth Saturday
night.
Sie Skadden, of Arkansas is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wil-
son and other relatives for sev-
eral days.
Visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Stagner Sunday were:
IMr. and Mrs. Leroy Turner and
money he owes. He was behind
wiin his feed bill, so I will try to
keep up with mine.
11—(Well, the first thing is the
highway man with a DWI. If you
are going to drive a car be sure
you have drivers’ license because
it is a pretty stiff fine if you get
caught. And here is another one
with no drivers license and he is
fined.
12—Here's another DWI. Paid
a fine. A call on another burglary
case. The man was caught.
13—Here comes the deputy
from Elgin with a man who cut
a fence and threatened to kill his
buddy.
14 — Everything was pretty
quiet today, so I have tried to
i can’t help it. Just another one of
those things I have to do.
9—(Another one got drunk and
I1 started out to put out all the
Wights, but was stopped down the
road a little ways, another fine
| paid.
10—Well, here is something
L x<or all you men to take notice to.
A " The court gave a woman a divorce
P and ruled that the man pay her
R thirty dollars a month for support
■ I presume that is for her a little
N gomething to eat, but any way I
/ "was figuring on stopping feeding
I my bunch but Judge Williams
state hospital. A trip over to El-
gin to serve some papers.
i e 6—A call down to a cafe. A lit-
B tie fuss. Didn’t amount to noth-
K ing.
7—‘The, deputy from Elgin
" ...came over with a boy to lay his
i OOfine out in jail. It’s just eat and
I sleep fines, not much to eat but
| lots of sleep. Also the deputy
from Smithville came over and
[ gthe deputy here in Bastrop came
, “down. We got together and went
AAI-, TO SCHOOL
I ‛ M LI TAX PAYERS
! No. 2 Texsun
2 for 25c | ORANGE JUICE .... 2 for 29c
Sour and Dill
8 oz. PICKLES .................. 15c
112 oz. Kimball (In M.ug)
22c PEANUT BUTTER .......... 35c
Kimball, Pineapple
49c PRESERVES, 20 oz.
wonder what next.
■21—iCitations to serve in Smith-
ville, and Elgin.
22—I try to catch up on my
book work.
23—'The city police from Smith
ville brought one up to visit me
a while.
24—Christmas Eve. I wonder
what kind of shape I’ll be in by
midnight? I know how lots of
them will be. Went to Smith-
ville, got one for the City.
■25—IThere was no trouble to
amount to any thing Christians
Eve, and I hope it won’t be today.
26—A call here in town to stop
a fuss. Here comes the highway
men with two boys, one eighteen
years old and the other one nine-
teen years old. They bought two
quarts whiskey and they were
really drunk.
27—Sunday, and it is pretty
quiet.
28—I went to Georgetown, and
to Belton, got one for burglary,
and another suspect.
219—A call around to a cafe.
What you guess. A man bought a
hamburger and didn’t have but a
dime in his pocket. He had spent
it all for wine.
30—A trip over to Elgin, wilh
some papers. Then here comes the
deputy from Elgin with one to
lay a fine out for fighting.
'31—Starts off pretty smooth to
day but all of a sudden the tide
turned. A trip out to String
Prairie. One was locked up we
had been looking for a long time.
Then a call out to a beer joint.
One fellow caught the bartender’s
back turned and borrowed his
money out of his cash register.
---------o---------
I
I ♦ News From The
I Sheriff’s Office
“ By I. R. HOSKINS
As we start off with the last
month of the year of 19'53, I wish
I each and every one of you a hap-
I o py, healthy, bright New Year.
Dec. 1—Tuesday. We start off
with one in jail and everything
seems to be pretty smooth so far.
I a, 2—‘Well, it looks like things
h "-"have changed. A trip to the state
hospital. I got back home, two
burglar cases were being worked
--T
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View five places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Bronaugh, Edwin. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1954, newspaper, January 14, 1954; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1554986/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.