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The Smithville Times
TRANSCRIPT ANO ENTERPRISE
Th* Tim*! Absorbed Th* Tr*n»cript Auguit, 1894
Th* Tim*« Established 1894 — Th* Entarpria* Established 1905
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1964
THE SMITHVILLE TIMES. SMITHVILLE, TEXAS
PRICE 10c PER COPV
Ch«kChats La Grange Lions
Rites Held For
C-C Directors Discuss
Visit Local Club
Lake At Buescher Park
By Dian* Bunt*
was ,
Sin it h
Woman Enters
failin?
State Race
pneu
Former Resident
W pek
Briggs. head
death in
Barbara Richards
Ku
Tickets On Sale
only speaks well
Mrs Carrie Carter
Tom worked for the IGN in sev
held
Roper
Rev
Home.
MKT
were
Hon
1911
the MK4T in
Receives Letter
New Arrivals
t ,rl K
Mrs Tom Parsons,
the
of
Davis of
invited to listen
every
pleated
the
Countv Officials
Attend Ccitferettc
half
best regard
Jones.
Life
and
LARRY DEAN NICKELSON
Death Message
by her
‘ draft n
ALAN
DALE MILLER
NOTICE
Mins M*ry Ann Ryia
on
KINDERGARTEN V'StTS TIMES OPP ICE—We den t know who en-
tant dean'* office. To merit listing
Cathe-
niAntli*
nispvvxnw.
visiting Wednesday morning. The yovncotora aval the machinery.
What do they call It when
vrlle. "Grandma
then we took their picture The children .meklnt the via't were
Alpha Chi. national honor aociety
time?
Vlaouri: and Pari Kerr, Manager
MAX JUSTIN HANNUSCN
and
and
She
A M in the Old Clinic building
AM sorts of baked goodies and
th’s
and
at
in
< razy
of Dr
College
< ounty
f -r
en
held at
Wednes
Law School and is pre
take her state bar ex
the lake in
to make it
will lx>
Auditor
feature
Barefoot'
1 urn
thank
He
slty of Texas; W L. Veale. Man
seer of Pampa. Teana. RM A: Cart
and
for
that
Ger-
and
Mr.
Fort
needs at the State Capitol
Carter seek* your help and
vote.
Mrs
Kate
to claim the money and the Jack
pot will be 87500 next weak.
Winner of the five silver dol-
Jr He
grand-
Victor
Marvin
junior
Barbara's
I UH'"
taken
Hyw
World
< harles
Wo
the
and
it was re-
the dol’ar day
away $3,525:00
your letter
Smithville
write and
for their other
In order to
7 u()
Mr
All American Lefien Member*
for 1984— Please make your re-
nervations promptly, by Sunday
at least. for the American legion
Steak Dinner honoring all 1884
jYievnue! 1, to nera ■i inr i itifu
Hotel Thursday night, February
plus Ray
Barbara
I’arsons
■.indents
Around
ini’ leases, etc
Then too. he
’ rede, Frank J
Hofmann J W
guiding the destiny of our
At the meeting in January of
the Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce, Mr Buddy
Hoskins of Bastrop, who is with
discussion on
building a ce-
river bank near
felt that this
boat en-
the F rst
in Fort
and
h in i
1 he.,
be '
Easter Eqg '
And Bake Sale
The ladies of St. Paul’s
Editor in the
and asked me to
VOLUME 72 NUMBER «
to the landown
by sale of hunt
Mr. Louqhridqe
To Celebrate
were
bv Gauze
W”rth and
w ith
<41 Railroad conductor. He
!> born Mandi 82, 1884 in Stan
d KentuekyT^son of Benjamin
anklin Havdertkand Olivia Grace
Incarnate Word College news
service released today that Miss
Mary Ann Ryxa, junior nursing
major at the college in San An-
tonio, has made the honor rolls
for the* •first semester The art
roll High School. Corpus
and Raymond Rapp. ‘
your country. said
You have a choice
des ted ca l Mr
Dear (larenee
'Hia Preside
troland Albright of Bastrop,
•Id Pars'ey of Austin, and
•tnbling
Broughton. Tommy
■ car
•resident
store
A num
this
who
President, who presided
longtime resident of E'gin.
Carrie Carter, has announc
for the State
legislature. District No 46.
i Mrs Carter, widow of the late
Ned Carter, will be in a three way
race for the legislative post con
testing the incumbent Homer
Koliba of Columbus and political
hopeful Charlie Jungmichel of
La Grange The 45th district in
eludes Bastrop, Fayette and Col
orado Counties
Mrs Carter and her husband,
Ned. owned and managed the firm
of W II Carter and Sons, a mer
canticle and ready to wear
in Elgin for many years
I ber of years ago they sold
establishment to Joe Simon,
is nqw occupying the same
■on Main Street
The candidate has a king
impressive record of personal
professional accomplishments
attended the University fo Texas
and holds- a first grade teach’ng
certificate Mrs Carter has been
attending
paring to
amination
In her
Mr and Mrs Billy Nickelson of
Houston proudly announce the ar-
rival of their fourth little boy,
Larry' Dean, who was born on
January 16, 1964. at Bayshore
Hospital in Pasadena. He weigh-
ed 9 pounds, 11 ounces, and was
21 '-t inches long at birth.
He is being welcomed by his big
I brothers. Billy. Edward and
aid, and grandparents, Mr
Mrs Baldwin Steinbach and
i and Mr s Henry Newlin of
The baby’s mother is the
Taylor
tween dangerous freedom or se-
cured slavery Which will it be?"
Complain all you want, he said,
’ but don't sell America short "
Ills fourth and last rule was
keep your faith in God. He told of
a man who accidentally dropped
a keepsake watch from a tall
building He scooped up the
pieces, took them to a jeweler,
and said. ’TH pay anything to
get it back together again ” The
repairman said he would try. but
the next day Mid. “I can't do you
any good You will have to take
the watch hack to its maker"
"When this world seems to b»
'going to pieces, when things seem
beyond repair, the only help that
never fails is 'send it hack to its
Maker'."A.
In I-arry's sophomore year, he
vas once more President of his
lass and again participated in
football, basketball,’track, tennis,
md golf He expanded his activi
ties by playing baseball and join
ng the Spanish Club.
This year. Larry's junior year,
he is Vice President of the Stu
dent Council. He reta’ns his mem-
bership in Beta and Spanish Clubs
and he has aggin played footbaall,
basketball, and is now in track
lilll'h
E R
■•nd Tommy Bullock
Smithville Lions Club members i among wildlife, an 1 particularly
had company Tuesday when they Hhe depredations of the screw
were visited by the members of
the M Grange ( lub.
•La
over" the meeting heie. including
their
The Club also provided the pro
cram in the person of Garner,,
fuller
Mr Fuller spoke on wild life
in Texas how the weather help
men
American
is a member of the World War I
Barracks Auxiliary This is just'
a partial list of her manv mom
borships and accomplishments
■ The candidate has been awarded
1 by the Southwest Methodist WSCS
i and holds an honorary life mem i
hership in the Methodist Woman's'
) Society.
Mrs Carter's experience with
'he legis'ature has been gained '
• work done in helping to1
draft and amend b’lls, as well as
sneaking before the House and.
Senate concerning legislation.
In seeking the legislative post
Rosanky Church
On KVLG Radio
■ Rev Bob Wilson, pastor of
Rosanky Baptist Church, invites WALTER LOUIS PSENCIK, JR.
site everyone to tune in on KVLG ra '
j lio. La Grange. (
dial >-Sunday mornings at 9 30 at
which time the Rosanky church '
will present a thirty minute pro j
gram of
music and
minutes
You are
Sunday morning
Worth
i former Ullie Mae Steinbach. -
received a letter from the
House, Washington. D ('.
shows that the Smithville
is being real by President
-on The letter, which wa>
ten by Cliff Carter, reads as fol
thy causes
ed in the following posts-
man
1936 s,
Cross
Mrs n I Thomas and Torntnie
Kathryn were oiled to Giddings!
v'unday on account of the death of
Mrs Bobbie Jean Cas?. sister in
law of Mrs Thomas Mrs Case i
who was only 29 years old died
Saturday morning in Lex'ngton
Her home was at Ros<mbcrc On
rid iy th” day before her death
<he and her husband observed
the’r s'xth wedding anniversary
iMher survivors inc’u le a four-
war old dsurhtrr and her mother
•nd a s‘ster.
Funeral wrvlees wer« held
'«-uun« | •• funeral Home
Giddings Monday
icn.i. E
\'lan cik.
his class in his freshman
I that year he participated in
| ball, basketball, track, golf,
. tennis He was also chosen
: membership in the Beta < lub
ear
extensive career as a
worker for many wor
i. Mrs Carter has scrv
chair
of Red Cross during the
Gray Lady American Red
member of the State Crun
churches and Church
( harder member of
Legion Auxiliary.
regular worship, with
a sermon of about 15
and voted on
General Membership
to be
Little Max Justin Hannuscfc has
arrived in Houston to gladden the.
home and hearts of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Hannuaeh.
He was bom February 8, 19E<,
advert1* | many dropouts from Texas
imnmvement in the
of the stu State's agricultural programs: and
was
to the Smithville Hospital
■ he d ed in his sleep about
\ M Monday, February 17
Hayden, known affection
by his friends as "the Mayor
Station. Feb 17 iSpli
,udges anil commtss on •
115 Texas count < s are
an I patricipat ng m th<-
ixth annual County Judges' and
t rnnmi’-si'ner< Conference being
held on the Texas AAM campus,
fcbiusry 16 18
Attend ng from Bsstrop County,
ire Judge Henry Sebesti and
• <‘r nniiss oner Howard S Burns.
As m past years th” program
was developed ground problems'
of <urr>-nt concern to the coun
ty officials The primary purpose
of the conference is to give the
nartictpints a better understand
ing of the many problems which
county officials must handle in
discharging their resoons bdities <(
The thrre-dsv conference is
sponsored bv the County Jnde'es'!
and Commtss'oners' As*oclat'on
of Texas and the Texts Agricu!
tural Fxt*n»*cn Service
Walter Louis
the arrival
born February 3
"146 after 39 years of service
He was a n’cmbof of the Brother
F'remen. and of
Church
ball season. th>- t
for class B ball
This record not
for the < oa< h>'s
high school hut
teas hers as wel
achieve the above mentioned pM'
Dons of trust, each boy
successfully complete
rd, college Not only A he a coat h
but a school teacher as we'l He
is helping to guide the drst n-es
of our youth whojn turn will be
nat ion
In
SUS she participated in
•.ports,
ml joined the Library ( lub and j
rHA.
The next year Barbara again
was a member of the Fl IA and
the band She a so joined the Fu j
ture Teachers ( lub and played I
basketball, volleyball, and base-
ball Barbara was the sophomore'
forms of wildlife He t dks-d of the
importance of .providing pasture,
food an I cover for these <1 the
< onom i benef t
For Chesser Show
Tickets arc now on sale for the
Clyde < hesser ahow whuh will
in Smithvdie on Friday,
an t which is. being spon
the J.Kjdwuee Commit
tSirnel' Crawf’rd
Cl fton <’ Carter
\svst.mt tn the President
mm 3 00 to ’
f Mr. Lough-1
and invite his [
friends to attend. (604 Hud
Street )
That w as .the topic
t lay lor when hr ad
the Knife and Fork Club
in Austin Monday evening and
never has it been our privilc
hear a mote entertaining
with so much aense to it
His first rule for staying
lAcrofilm Service 4 Seles Co
P.O. Box 0066, •
Dallas, Texas
On Colleqe
Honor Roll
A
Mrs
ed as a candidate
Grange members "took
Hayden, Sr, 79,
for nearly 57
had been in
an attack of
hospitalized h'in for
la week in August he still came to
.town regularly this home was.in |
the Alum Creek community'.
h - fl lends hid chatte l with
I the end of
afternoon he
that evening
lor the Jamboree
senior year Barbara
participated in basket
and vollev ball When the
Squad was organ zed this
she was chosen to be its
the State Parks Board, met with
the Directors to discuss what wjia
needed to be done to
Buescher State Park,
hold water, according to ■ report
from Tom P Haley, C-C Preai-
; dent. Mr Hoskins told the group
jdhat Engineers had made a core
i drill and found a gravel bed in
; the center of the lake under the
dam channel, which caused the
seepage of water, and stated that
it could be fixed with the coopera-
tion of everyone
At a meeting on Wednesday
, evening, February 12. it was re-
ported maintenance crews with
heavy machinery were out there
working on the lake.
Also in the February meeting
of the C-C direc-tors,
ported that to date
program has given
in script
It was discussed
I to resume
Meetings to be held quarterly.
Further information will be sent
out later
Also there was
the possibility of
nient ramp on the
the bridge It is
would attract weekend
thusiasts to stop in Smithville.
H T. Flachme er. S T Pen’ck.
’•i E 1 Fitzpatrick. < harhe Jung
nu< hri~H F Smith M D . Mdton
Von Minden Alfred W Gau. Don
A d’l ims < h irbc Giesber. Frank
,iesber S mnv Stol^ BiImT H
'avis Erwin W Jar,.s-n. Leo II
getting along with others He sed
that the institution of marriage
was one of the best examples of
compromise he knew Even rou
pies who are incompatible can
get along." he said, if h'e has in
come and she is 'pattable'."
Third keep confidence in vnur
Dr
Last Pines
Radio Club
On February 17. HMM. the Ixist
Pines Radio Club met at the home
of Mr and Mm J W Thomaa.
After discussion of old and new
bus’noM, the meeting was ad-
journed. and a film on Frequency
Modulation was presented
Tfiexnext meeting will be
Monday. March 18. 1964
Richards and ),arry
have been chosen by the
of SHS as the Best All
Boy and Giri Barbara,
of Mr and Mrs Gilbert
■•ntertaintnent
Circle March 6 on v<mr cairn
lar and get your tmkets
this eveni’ut of outstanding
•erUinment
new train ’ health work
Mrs Ingram' c>rrie Carter has worked hard
and with d'ligence in behalf of
♦he Democratic Party. She has ex-
perience and tminin? "in poltt’cal
and social problems that oualifi*.
her to be the representative of
vnur
Mm
your
Mr. and Mrs.
and Mr and Mrs
great grandparents Mr.
w th
and want
ed you to know that he“is most
'rateful for the heloing hind you
From White Reuse
( laience N ( ockrell recently
White
which
Times
John
Mr. and Mrs Joe Miller of Rock-
dale are the happy parents of a
little boy born on Lincoln’s birth-
day. February 12. 1964. at 12 20
A M at Richards Hospital in
Rockdale The little fellow weigh-
’d 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and has
been, named ,Alan Dale.
Mighty proud of his new little
brother is Gary Miller, age 8H.
'.randparents are Mr and Mrs.
Ernest Tanecka and Mrs. P. R.
Miller. The baby's mother will be
remembered as the former Jo Ann
Tanecka.
'»■ given
March 6
sored I y
tee Mis
of the ticket sales, and the Jewel
teotaurant is he idquarters, with
'ickets also on sale a number of
•th«-r places abput town The ad
vance sale price of tickets js $1 00
5' for students
the mght of
be 25c higher in
for adults and
Prices at the door
1 he
ach instance I If any' additional
information ii
tuvmr at AD
The big show, which
held at th* HU'h School
um at 6.00 P M will
KTIk TV star Ulyde “
'hesscr in person with h's Ranch’
Hands Western Bund
th his father brother and f've (
ters in 1897 ih;s mother d'ed
1896, and settled on a farm
T. C. Hayden, Si
i The entire commtftsiqy
shocked to learn of the death of
Thomas
ville rei
Although he
health-sinec
city, and several
nephews.
e f rst Bint'st
He is survived
Vivian Hayden;
,C Havden
freshman year «t idau„h„Ti
the gJH* j lene, six i
in the Tiger Band. ' ters. Mrs
ton
in 1907 tn join his >
>hn ♦' Hayden, who
■neer for the
in 1918 )
Thomas c Haydon was marred
Vivian Grantham in Hot
rings. Arkansas, on May 18.
worm. F ullcr quoted figures
.is to how many millions of dul '
lars farmers and ranchers have
'ost Io th’s pest He explain'd
bow the eradication of the screw
worm is being controlled if not
nt rely done away with, by the
ntroduetion of treated" or in
fertile Hies in the sriuthwest.
In dosing Mr Fuller told of
'he importance of every fanner
i rancher kcep ng cl< se d eck,
ind upon discovering screw worms
in his animals secure a specimen
ind send to the research <
for iuentification
Visiting members from
Grange include 1 F B
•sjdent John
W M-neis.
F, B Meyer.
75 th Birthday
Mrs F P Loughridgc
daughter, Mrs Ixirraine Williams!
will hold an open house on Sun
day. February 23.' from
5:C0 P. M in honor cl ...
ridge's birthday,
men
gins
sane
He
said thst fortunately American*,
were for the most part gifted with
a sense of humor, even if it were
to laugh at someone rise's nusfor
tune such as s'ipping oh a ban
ana peel or to chuckle over a per
wn v stammer i He told of a
young soldier in the thick of bit
tic who vuddcnly laughed uproar
ously And to think hr told his
startled comrades I used to tw
afraid of going to the dentist "
The person who can keep h's
sense of humor even amidst trag'c
happenings doesn't have to worry
about the' world going to pieces'
around hiRi
Dr Taylor * second rule is to
]< arn the art of t-oinprotnis
RMA Manager
Attends Institute
| Dies In Ft. Worth
i Word was received Wednesday I
by relatives of the sudden passing j
l of Mrs Ella Lusk (nee Ella Me
jCaskill). in a Fort Worth hospital
Mrs Lusk, seemingly was not cri
t'callv ill but comnl'r^at'ons de
veloped which brought
I a few •'hours
! She vas a member of
; Presbyterian Church
Worth and very act've in its work
. Surviving relatives are two
I daughters. Mrs Arthur Gross of
Syracuse. New Vork. and Mrs
Forrest Grant of Fort Worth, and
i one grandson Also two s;sters.
Mrs Ethel Richardson of El Paso
I and Mis M J Tillman of
neces
with ba.ketlull volleyball,
ball, an I hind This year st
I Du< he
For I:
>n. Thomas |
i Jr of Killeen: one (
Mrs Nan Hooe of Abi
grandchildren: four sis-
May Miller of Galves
Elizabeth Kruecer and
Grobe, both of San An
tonio and Mrs Ollie
Danville Kentucky
Funeral services were
Marrs Memorial Chapel
day morning at 10 00 o'clock with
Rev R Don Hendircks. pastor of
the Smithv'Dc Baptist .Church of
fir'at'nc Interment was in Oak
Hill Cemetery
Serving as pallbearers were
Gscar Anderson Charlie S'moson.
annual Easter Rake Sale, Satur-_____ ___________________
day. March 28th. starting at 9 M Dr W T. TMtrer -of the Vntwr-
Friday at 2 00 P M
Ware Mortuary of, Fort
Marrs Funeral
Br'<— 1'racock officiating.
Serving as pallbearers
Ronald Renick. lyXlie Gilbert,
Tommy Jones. Clyde Vanston,
Frank Lmi'’hrid«e Ch’rles Simp-
son, and Charles Taylor
(1570 on your' Mr , an<1 Mrs
.. am Pscncik announce
a little son.
Weishuhn Hospital
The little man weighed
pounds and 11 ounces, and has
been named Walter Lou’s,
is being welcomed by his
parents,
I'sencik
Kasper;
arid Mrs. John Kasper and Mrs.
A. E Lidiak of Smithville, and
Mrs. Sam Cammarat of Port Ar-
thur.
Mrs. Psencik is the former Miss
'uanita Kasper of Smithville
the aged: increased erltmrt’onal
the refresher 1 opportunities for all children re
Ingram, "there • rsrdless of raee. color, or r*‘i-
are classes in subjects such as! gion: a training prorram for the
personnel management.
ing. public speaking and book Schools:
keeping Since most
dents are in a position to go home moro monev needed for preventive
and start us^ng their
ing immediately." Mrs Ingram'
added, "the annual course can be
of immense benefit"
A feiture of this year’s insti
lute was the open forum on cur
rent business problems During
•hese discussions, managers from
Texas and *i*ht surnunding states
•xchaneed ideas for inrnroving
credit bureau service in their
home communities. • •
Among the instructors at the
Southwest Management Tnst'tute
were Gordon L L^wis. Manager
of Cotmox Christi RMA: Gene
Davis of Wrmingh»m. Alabama:
Our attention has been called to
the fact that there are seven
young coaches who graduated
from Smithville High School in
about a three year span, and who
arc all making a success of their
chosen profession They are Jack
Churchill, who is coaching at A4.M
Consolidated, an AA school; Ed
ward (Buddy! Kellar. Seguin High
School, a AAA school, Jerry
Fleming. Elv'n High School. AA,
Charlev Williams, formerly at
Howard Payne College. Brown
wood now with Carroll High
School, Corpus < hristi George.
Helnicamn. coach at Class A A \
Mrs Dorothy Ingram, manager
1 the Retail Merchants Associa
tion of Smithville, has just return
' ed from the Southwest Manage
I ment Institute held February 9 14
at the University of Texas in Aus
I (in Sponsored jointly by the Uni
versify, the Associated Credit
Bureaus of Texas, and the Asso
ciated Credit Bureaus of America,
the institute is held annually to
give credit bumrtr and collection ! — -------- — --------,-----
service managers further profes ' the candidate is basing her cam-'
siorial training Over 100 mana j paign on what she bel’eve* she
gers, assistant managers and su can.do to help the people of the'
pervisors registered for the week J 48th District and Texas She fa-1
long institute held at the DriskilLf vors increased financial aid for
Hotel in Austin
"In addition to
course." said Mrs
Dollar Dav Results
The name of Sewllla McDuffie
Route t, ’Box 118. West Po'nt
Texas, was drawn for dollar day
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