Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1958 Page: 1 of 12
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ELGIN, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, JUNE 19, 1958
VOLUME 68 - NUMBER 14
Washes, Sands, and Sorts eggs in four grades.
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LITTLE LEAGUERS BATTLES
FEATURE SEVERAL TIES
SEE YOUR FARM
FROM THE AIR
JUNE 26
SWEDISH MIDSUMMER CELEBRATION
TO BE HELD JUNE 25 AT PARK
LOCAL BOYS HONORED AT THE
LONE STAR STATE IN AUSTIN
The last trip of the school
year made by J. Z. Hattox and
his VAl boys was to the new
egg grading station operated by
D. B. Welch at his Feed Store,
114 E. 1st, this city.
A new egg law became effec-
tive a short time ago and this
visit by the students was to
acquaint them with the law and
the grading system They saw
the machine perform the duties
of washing, sanding, and sorting
eggs in four grades or sizes as
they passed through it. At one
2 heaping cups of vision
3 full measures of faith
Put these ingredients through
a sifter of understanding.
In your School, Place:
3 cups practical knowledge
2 parts ambition
1 full measure of self-reliance
Mix in 2 parts wisdom
Stir constantly until ingred-
ients blend.
Results - Happier Living for
you and Yours.
Elgin School Building.
This year friends of other
nationalities are welcome to at-
tend and are urged to get tickets
early before they are all gone
for this is an event looked for-
ward to with keen anticipation
by all Scandinavians in this area
and they will all be there.
It is interesting to note there
have been 22 youngsters born
since the reunion last sum mer
which is 4 more than the 18
adult members who answered
their final summons.
The program committee is
composed of Richard Green,
Chmn; Mrs. Louis Lundgren
and Mr. E. O. Lundgren, Sr.
Jerry Stach is Chmn of the
Food Committee and that means
the guests will enjoy a delicious
feast.
The list of committees will
appear next week. In the mean-
time all of them are working
to make this 12th celebration
the best yet.
GALA OPENING PARTY MARKS
OPENING OF NEW YOUTH CENTER
VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE STUDENTS
VISIT NEW EGG GRADING STATION
LOCAL STUDENTS ENROLLED AT
SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE COLLEGE
If you are interested in hav-
ing a good town or community
you might like to try the follow-
ing recipe:
In Your Home, Mix
2 parts love
1 part confidence
1 part courage
1 part security
add a dash of humor, flavor
with joy, season with considera-
tion, respect and pride.
In Your Church, Place:
1 large square of sincerity
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above nine counties. Gasoline
for the planes that will parti-
cipate will be provided by Gulf
Oil Corporation without cost to
the plane owners.
Participants will be required
to sign a flight waiver before
beginning flights. Minor boys or
girls must be accompanied by
at least one parent and must
have a waiver signed by both
parents in order to fly.
Austin farm machinery deal-
ers will exhibit their farm
equipment at the airport for the
benefit of those attending the
airlift.
Coffee, cold drinks and sand-
wiches will be available during
the day at the grounds._________
The Midsummer Celebration
of The Swedish Association of
Elgin and Vicinity will be held
on Wednesday evening , June
25. at Elgin Memorial Park
The American Legion Band
will play a concert , under the
baton of Milton Dusek, from
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The Rev. E. P. Rodeen will
give the invocation and supper
will be served at 7:00.
The program starts at 8:00
p.m. with Richard Green as
toastmaster, and will include a
song by Mrs. Arthur Lax; Rec-
ognition of New Comers, Mrs.
Joseph Burke; Selections by
Men’s Chorus, arranged by Lee
Roy Abrahamson and B. H,
Bengtson. In Memoriamwill be
given by Ralph Thompson; 12th
Anniversary Give-A-Way will
be conducted byMesdames Carl
Swenson, Martin Swenson and
Martin Anderson.
In the event of rain the cele-
bration will be moved to the
The Little Leaguers continue
to battle it to a tie once or
twice a week and are really
playing ball. Are you among the
Cheering Squad to urge them on?
If not, go out Monday night and
see what you have been missing.,
Thursday, June 12 the Bankers
beat the Anderson Fords 5-4.
The Bankers had 4 hits and 1
error; the Fords had 4 hits and
3 errors.
In the second game the young-
sters tied it up at 8-8. The
Kiwanians got 6 hits and 10
errors while the Chevrolets had
7 hits and 3 errors.
Monday night, June 16th the
Kiwanians and Bankers tied 8-8.
The former got 6 hits and 5
errors; the latter had only 1 hit
and 2 errors. Seven Bankers
were walked and 4 were hit by
the pitcher.
The Fords and Chevrolets
played the second game with the
Fords going on a rampage with
17 runs, 6 hits and 2 errors
while the Chevrolets chalked 5
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tic manner, making campaign
speeches, electing officers,
conducting official duties of
State, county and city to famil-
iarize themselves with their
luties as citizens of the future.
Speakers heard by the mem-
bers included such proninent
leaders as Dean H. Y. McCo-
wan, dean of special services at
U of T, Bill Allcorn, state
land commissioner, Judge
Frank P. Culver, Jr., associate
Justice, Texas Supreme Court
and Secretary of State Zoilie
Steakley, among others.
The state organization elected
their governor Tuesday night
who was Wendell Reid Curry of
Donna. . He was sworn in by
Chief Justice J. E. Hickman of
the Texas Supreme Court in
special ceremonies.
The political parties were the
Longhorns and the Pioneers.
The governor was elected on the
Pioneer ticket. Lieut. Governor
Bruce Stratton of Beaumont ran
on the Longhorn ticket.
Friday the officials took over
the actual government, in the
Capitol to run Texas affairs for
the day, which was a most
thrilling experience.
made to any point within the’ too much of the spray mist or
the dust. If insecticide is spilled
The opening night of the Elgin
Youth Center was enjoyed by
65 to 70 boys and girls. If you
were not one of these why not
contact one of the membership
committeman and get your ap-
plication in now.
The group has been averaging
about 30 each night since
opening night.
We want to especially thank
Mrs. Jerry Stach for the dona-
tion of the punch and the girls
who made the cookies which
were served on opening night
and all others who helped in
any way by donations or labor.
The Youth Center is still in
need of card tables and any
other furniture that you may
have to donate to the center.
This warm weather is very
noticeable in our building and
so we would appreciate any fns
that you may have to donate.
Prior to the opening of the
Center a group of boys and girls
worked several days preparing
for the off ical opening Thursday
at 6:30 p.m.
Three ping pong tables, shuffle
board, bowling alleys, card
Farmers, ranchers and land-
owners of nine Central Texas
Counties will have an opportun-
ity to observe improved farm
management, soil conservation
practices and to see their own
farms and ranches from the air
on Thursday, June 26.
On that date, the Soil and Crop
Committee of the Austin Cham-
ber of Commerce will hold their
annual Capital Area Agriculture
Airlift.
Farmers, ranchers and land-
owners of Travis, Burnet,
Blanco, Llano, Williamson,
Lee, Bastrop, Caldwell and
Hays Counties are invited to
Austin to participate in the air-
lift.
There will be no cost to the
individual farmer, rancher or
landowner. The Austin Chamber
of Commerce in cooperation
with Browning Aerial Service,
Ragsdale Flying Service, Texas
Aeronautics Commission, Tra-
vis County Agent, Soil Conser-
vation Service and the Gulf Oil,
Corporation are sponsoring this
annual airlift as a service to
further promote modernagri-
cultural practices. As far as
possible, each farmer, rancher
and landowner will have an op-
portunity to see his own farms
and ranches from the air.
Private plane owners of the
Austin Area will fly and furnish
their own planes for this event.
Flights will begin at 10 a.m.,
and continue until 3:30 p.m.,
with a break for lunch from 12
noon to 1 p.m. Flights will be
on the skin, wash it off prompt-
ly. Change your clothes if you
spill insecticide on them. Keep
children and pets off sprayed
surfaces that have not dried.
When you have finished ap-
plying an insecticide, empty
unused material into the orig-
inal container, clean the
sprayer or duster, and wash all
exposed surfaces of the body
with soap and, water.___________
Any farmer, rancher or land-
owner wishing to participate in
the flights need only to be at
the Browning Aerial Service,
Municipal Airport, at Austin
on June 26 and be a guest of
the sponsors._________________
runs, 5 hits and 5 errors-they
also gave up 11 walks to Ford.
These teams have played
eleven games and the present
standings are as follows:
Chevrolets have won 3, lost 5,
and tied 3, giving them 4 1/2
won and 6 1/2 lost.
Bankers have won 4, lost 3,
tied 4. Their standing is 6 won,
5 lost.
Kiwanis have won 4, lost 3,
and tied 4, giving them 6 won,
5 lost
Fords have won 4, lost 4,
tied 3. Their standing is 5 1/2
won, 5 1/2 lost.
The manager of the leading
team on July 4th will be the
manager of the All Star Team
from Elgin. This is an incen-
tive for the players on each
team to put forth their very
best efforts.
Harry Krenek has served very
satisfactorily as umpire, his
decisions being fair and impar-
tial, with games moving
smoothly.
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end of the machine a light de-
tects eggs which are not
strictly fresh, and they are
removed. This was a very inter-
esting as well as educational
experience.
Students making the trip were,
left to right: Jerry Head, Ray-
mond Scott, Arthur Schroeder,
Jr., Kenneth Wuensche, Sam
Dungan, Ronald Huggins, Kelly
Kastner, Ernest Smith, and
Benton Guentzel. Standing at
rear: Norton Paris, Floyd
Johnson and Joe Scott.
FEED PROSPECTS
MUCH BRIGHTER
AFTER RAIN
Taylor, Austin, Round Rock
and other places received ex-
cessive rainfall this week in
some communities reaching 5-6
and 7 inches spilling creeks
over banks and putting rivers
on Spring-like rises. Elgin,
however, was out of the heavy
rain area, receiving only 1.43,
With traces since the week-
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Farmers are of the opinion
that the rain we did get will
benefit the grain crops which
were badly in need of moisture,
the cotton was not suffering
yet. The corn yield is expected
to produce 35-40 bushels per
acre now.
Melons and cantaloupes are
late here-possibly be mid-July
before they are ready for
market and since the rain was
spotted some growers were
helped more than others. Flet-
cher Ramirez had a small load
of nice melons in town today
which were grown in Bastrop
County between Bastrop and
Smithville.
As to the immediate area one
farmer remarked that although
not so heavy it was a two mil-
lion dollar rain for Elgin.______
- WARNING -
Most insecticides are pois-
onous to people and to animals.
Keep insecticides where chil-
dren and pets cannot reach
them. When applying them, do
not contaminate food dishes or
kitchen utensils. Do not store
them with food. Do not breathe
AND FOUR COUNTY NEWS
tables, a nickelodeaon, coke
machine, and ice cream
machine have been installed in
the center.
Paul Abel, president of the
Elgin. Youth Center, has
announced that a formal opening
will be held at a later date.
On the opening night of the
Elgin Youth Center, there were
many teen-agers present
Everyone seemed to have a very
enjoyable time. The chaperons
for the evening were Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Abel.
Next week a roster will be
placed in the Courier announ-
cing the chaperons for the
remainder of June.
The Youth Center was not
open June 15th due to the fact
that it was Fathers’ Day, but
it will be open 2:30 to 6:30
p.m. every Sunday hereafter.
The Center will be closed on
Wednesday nights. On Monday,
Tuesday, and Thursday the
hours are from 6:30 to 10:30,
and on Friday and Saturday they
are from 6:30 until 11:30.
The Youth executive board
will have a meeting every week.
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and Hilding Neidig, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Neidig.
The first summer term will
run through July 12, with the
second term scheduled for July
15 through August 22.
According to Dr. Joe H.
Wilson, registrar, there are
1584 students enrolled for sum-
mer school at STSC, which
exceeds last summer’s enroll-
ment by 59.
Seven Elgin students have en-
rolled for summer school at
Southwest Texas State College.
They are Mrs. Jennie Johnson,
daughter of Mrs. R. A. Dannel-
ley; John Bynum, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. B. Carter,
Ray Bynum; Billy Bob Carter,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L.B.Carter,
Patricia Voight, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. V. L. Voight.
Also, Taylor Metcalfe, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Metcalfe;
Harry Lynn Krenek and Clay-
ton Daughtry who attended
Lone Star State in Austin last
week, sponsored by Henry A.
Lundgren Post 295 American
Legion and Elgin Kiwanis Club
respectively, were members of
a soft ball team there and
Krenek made the all-state team.
Daughtry was a member of the
runner-up team to the state
champion.
Krenek was also on the Boys’
State football team, and was
elected county commissioner in
the election of officers.
Daughtry was elected state
representative.
Krenek is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Krenek and Daugh-
try’s parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Beaufort Daughtry. They are
both members of the El Hi
Wildcats football team.
Some 400 Texas high schools
were represented by the 538
representatives who registered
in the week-end of June 7 for
Boys State which opened on
Sunday, June 8 on the campus
oi the University of Texas.
The students formed their my-
thical state, and engaged in
party politics in a very realis-
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Bredlow, Robert L. & Finch, Lena. Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1958, newspaper, June 19, 1958; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1562350/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.