The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1941 Page: 5 of 10
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THE ELGIN COURIER AND FOUR COUNTY FARM NEWS, ELGIN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941
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Summary of Year's Work
Given By Sec. Westbrook
Oscar Swenson as chairman, sponsor-
ed seven monthly trade days, each
grams, having filled out some 200
applications for mattresses, furnish
script that could be used in purchas-
ing merchandise on their trade days
at which time some special entertain-
ment was furnished for amusement
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UPON THE BIRTH OF A NEW
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to grace heavily laden tables,
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STOCK and POULTRY
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Grover C. Westbrook,
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Specialists In
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Yes, they’re twins, and if they changed clothes, it would be hard to
tell which was which. They are 7 years old and the grandchildren of Mr.
and Mrs. L. D. Fowler, of Elgin, and great grandchildren of Mrs. M. E.
Wesson, of Austin, and Mrs. Maggie Fowler, of Eden, Texas. Their par-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Johnson, of 309 East 12th St., Austin.
given to the growers of this section
in helping them in curing their yams.
The Elgin Chamber of Commerce
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Krenek
Elgin, Texas
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At the regular meeting of the
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EDUCATION + CHRISTIANITY
Ag AMERICANISM
suitable location
permanent rodeo
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system installed, sponsored a banquet
for the Elgin High Champion Track
Team, assisted the City in painting
parking lines on the business streets
Your automobile is your
best friend — if you treat
it right it can also be your
worst enemy. Nothing else
will respond more quickly
to attention and proper
care.
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Bring your car to us for
servicing. We will keep it
in the pink of condition,
and you will reap the bene-
fit. Treat your car right,
and keep it your friend.
merchant giving their
The merchants committee,
anything is for the
school board credit for stepping in
as soon- as they were convinced the
people wanted this course taught in
our school. They put on the steam
as they always do when they know
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SOFT GINGERBREAD
Back in the days befo’ de war
baking day was a gala event on
the Southern plantation. Fine
breads and cakes galore were put
into the hot oven, brought forth
Rabb, with an album of newspaper
clippings and events of the Chamber
of Commerce for 1939 neatly
arranged in their order.
At the first meeting of the
Directors for 1940, each of the 17
Directors was named by the president
as the chairman of a committee.
After this the subject of the annual
banquet was discussed and the date
set for March 8th. Committees were
appointed and everyone did their
part as was later shown by the fine
banquet which they put over with
some 240 in attendance.
The Chamber of Commerce spon-
. sored Troop 1 of the boy scouts, the
'correct parking of cars on the
business streets, getting the light
poles removed from the center of
the streets, and a modern lighting
taining to these various programs.
They furnish the farmers with
various seeds bought in large quanti-
ties at cost, having received for them
this year about 18,000 pounds of
furnish all possible information per- from Elgin, all these trains for the
past three years being 9-coach trains
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Government pro-' sponsored by the Chamber of Com-
— I merce. The C. of C. rooms were
used for several weeks by Coach
school and had this class in operation
in a very short time. The Chamber
of Commerce cooperated with the
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WILIQUID. TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS
have been said of his fine leadership.
He not only plans work for his com-
mittees to do for the advancement
of our town and community, but puts
his shoulder to the wheel and says,
“Come on boys, let’s put this over,”
and you might note from the report
of the many things done that the
committees have cooperated.
The Chamber of Commerce has 17
Directors and each of them are made
chairman of some committee, and
we want to mention some who have
been outtanding in their efforts and
have done their jobs well in 1940.
They are as follows:
Jesse C. Miller, Safety.
Oscar Swenson, Merchants.
John A. Freeman, Education.
H. A. Paris, Highway.
H. W. Schiller, Agriculture.
carrying over 400 fans to these
games. The train this year was to
Brenham. The Chamber of Com-
merce cooperated with a representa-
tive of the Austin American States-
man in securing pictures and infor-
mation for publication of our town
and community, there being many
nice pictures published of our school
Dixon of the Elgin High Football
team to hold quarter back meetings
that were attended by many of the
fans. The Elgin Volunteer Fire
Department also used the Chamber
of Commerce room for their regular
weekly meeting during the winter
months.
The Chamber of Commerce spon-
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1940, the following directors were
elected for a term of two years:
Oscar Swenson, A. E. Johnson, W.
E. Gattis, H. A. Paris, E. H.
Danklefs, Lawson Rivers, C. P.
Morrison, H. W. Schiller and Walter
Carlson. President E. N. Sowell
called a special meeting for January (National Cotton Week, May 17th, to
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new officers were elected for a term
of one year: President, R. V. Rabb;
Vice President, J. R. Cook; Treasur-
er, Jesse C. Miller and Grover C.
Westbrook was re-elected Secretary:
Immediately following the election
of these officers the outgoing
president, E. N. iSowell, presented
the newly elected president, R. V.
have given Mr. Earl Strauss per-
mission to conduct an auction sale
of livestock on these grounds, one
each week which will benefit those
who have stock for sale, those who
want to buy and the business men
of Elgin. This committee expects to
have proper sheds and display stalls
in the very near future as a place
for conducting Elgin’s four county
fair on these Rodeo grounds.
At the Directors meeting of April
8th, the Chamber of Commerce
began a drive to have a Vocational
Agricultural Class added at the Elgin
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The Elgin C. of C.
their President, R. V.
deserves all the good
fers licence might be given for the 2-
convenience of our citizens. And to
In conjunction with STUDER
STUDIOS, of San Antonio and Aus-
tin, we are happy to present the
proud parents with a beautiful 9x10
Royal Kashmir Portrait of their new
baby to be made at any Studer
Studio. (Portrait Gift Certificate
Will Be Mailed.)
to those visiting Elgin on these
trade days.
At a meeting on April 27th, the
question of having a nice insignia
adopted for the city of Elgin, which
was completed at the next meeting
they accepted a beautiful and appro-
priate one drawn by a former Elgin
boy, Grady Sowell, of San Antonio,
this insignia has been placed on the
new fire truck recently purchased,
the C. of C. are also cooperating to
help the Volunteer Fire Department
pay for this truck.
The Secretary made a trip to East
Texas points the latter part of May
to learn of the general truck crop
condition in that section that it
might be of help in making plans for
marketing the truck crops of this
community. He also inspected the
dry kiln plants for curing sweet
potatoes in the Pittsburg section
that the plans they use could be
Poultry Improvement.
J. R. Cook, Civic Improvement.
C. P. Morrison, Executive.
Ray Arbuckle and J. F. Metcalfe,
Finance.
A. E. Johnson, Publicity.
We want to mention some mem-
bers who did yoemen service in
working on various committees:
Paul G. Lundgren, Alfred Brown,
Eli Aronson, Sonny Byrd, Willie B.
Foehner, Edgar Ballard, Vernon
Rowland, Heartwin Nelson, R. M.
Kiecke, Elmer Danklefs and J. A.
Marshall.
On January 16, 1941, the C. of C.
were happy to greet a group of
Houston business men who were on
a boosters trip advertising their
annual Rodeo. ’ They were greeted
on their arrival in Elgin by a large
group of the Elgin business men, the
high school band and were served
hot coffee in the office of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The Elgin Chamber of Commerce
has strived to go forward and done
everything possible to help the
citizens of Elgin and community with
their problems and make Elgin a
bigger and better town in which to
live.
encourage more
good of the
Willie Voelker, Livestock
and principle industries and informa-
tion pertaining to our various farm-
ing industries. The Chamber of
Commerce sponsored a banquet for
the football team and members of
the school faculty. A record is kept
of the annual rainfall, having had
42 inches in 1940, this being about
9 inches above normal.
We are now sponsoring, in connec-
tion with the school board, and NYA
training course, which has been,ap-
proved at Washington. The Civic
Improvement Committee, with J. R.
Cook as chairman sponsor the beauti-
ful lighting of all the business sec-
tion of the city for the Christmas
Holidays and distribute to all
children on Christmas Eve, some
1400 packages of fruit, candy and
nuts. The Secretary gets all second
hand toys possible brought in by |
many children at Christmas and
with the aid of two NYA girls work-
ing in the office and lounge room,
repair these toys and distribute at
Christmas time to all boys and girls
throughout the community, whose
parents are unable to buy toys for
them, also much durable clothing is
collected and given to people need-
ing them.
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“THE FAMILY’’ REVIEWED BY
MRS. AMSLER OF BRENHAM
AT W. P. CULP, JR., HOME
The review of “The Family” by
Nina Federova, given by Mrs. Neil
Amsler, of Brenham, at the home of
Mrs. W. P. Culp, Jr., on Friday,
from 3 to 4 o’clock, was one of the
most interesting yet heard in Elgin.
Mrs. Amsler gave a most compre-
hensive and colorful version of the
story which. held the undivided at-
tention. of each of her hearers.
The Library Committee of the
New Century Club sponsored the
review and Mrs. Amsler, prominent
1 club woman and brilliant reviewer
of Brenham, a personal friend of
long standing of Mrs. Wesley R.
Neibuhr, came to Elgin at the in-
vitation of and as a courtesy to Mrs.
Neibuhr, who is a member of the
Library Committee.
The honor guest was presented a
box of Old Lavender toilet water as
a little remembrance, and she in turn
presented the club with a copy of
“The Family.”
The spacious reception suit of the
handsomely appointed Culp home was
effectively decorated for the oc-
casion. In the living room an arrange-
ment of pink roses and fern graced
the mantel and hanging baskets of
the flowers, lent added charm. The
sun parlor was in yellow, with Jon-
quils and narcissus the favored
flower. In the dining room the table
was spread with an exquisite
Normandy lace cloth and centered
with the pink roses and fern in
crystal holder, with crystal birds
poised on large reflector. Tall white
burning tapers in crysatl candelabra
flanked the centerpiece. ’ Crystal
service plates were used. Open face
heart shape pink tinted cream cheese
sandwiches, hi-ho with egg- slice,
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that cars might be properly parked
and cooperated with the fire boys of
the Elgin Volunteer Fire Department
in having all possible fire hazards
removed to assist in keeping for
Elgin the low rate of fire insurance
they have by preventing dreaded
fires. They also distributed on cars
and trucks some 200 expensive car
plates for advertising the agricultur-
al commodities grown in this vicinity.
The Rodeo Committee, composed
of H. A. Paris, Chairman; R. V.
Rabb, J. F. Metcalfe, Paul G. Lund-
gren and J. R. Cook began work the
first part of the year to find a
operated with the city and county in
a financial way to help keep the
Elgin sewing room going, at a time
when many larger places had to close
on account of the Government re-
quirements. The merchants com-
mittee, with Oscar Swenson as chair-
man, sponsored Elgin’s first water-
melon festival here July 17th. This
festival was a huge success in every
respect. The city was gaily decorat-
ed and enjoyed a very large atten-
dance. There was about 500 melons
furnished by the farmers and cut to
serve to all the visitors attending the
Festival. This festival is to be an
annual affair with expectancy of
adding a livestock show to this splen-
did show for this coming March.
And also of importance was the
nice booth placed at the Manor Fair
of September 5th, 6th and 7th with
exhibits of farm products and hand
work of various items. A Donkey
Ball Game sponsored by the Elgin
C. of C. September 20th and 21st
was very successful.
Work on a packing and marketing
shed for Elgin was begun the first of
the year and while not as yet a
reality, we expect the efforts made
to bear fruit.
The Elgin Chamber of Commerce
has a committee working with com-
mittees from Bastrop and Smithville
in an effort to get Highway 95
completed through to the coast.
Several pictures in the (interest
of agriculture was given at different
decided on a five acre track belong-
ing to Mr. Albert Smith, which they
leased and constructed completely
for conducting a Rodeo, consisting
of fences, seats, feeding pen and
" lighting system for night per-
formances, all of which is owned by
the Elgin Chamber of Commerce.
Two performances were given this,
year, one afternoon performance
and one night performance, both of
which were well attended. They
County Judges asking them to in
turn write letters to the Governor,
requesting that a Central Texas man
be appointed on the board of High-
way Commissioners as there has
never been one on this Commission
from this part of the State. And
they are cooperating with the towns
of Bastrop and Smithville to secure
the Government Food Stamp Plan
for this county, the results being
favorable but not yet in operation.
The Chamber of Commerce assist-
ed the Census taker in securing the
names of a number of persons in
some way overlooked to bring the
population above the 2,000 mark for
the first time. The C. of C. co-
Soft Gingerbread
% cup margarine
% cup sugar
2 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
2% cups flour
1 cup molasses
1 teaspoon soda (dissolved in
one cup boiling water)
Cream the cottonseed oil mar-
garine, add the sugar gradually,
creaming until light and fluffy.
Add the well-beaten egg yolks.
Sift the spices and flour together
and add alternately with the mo
lasses and soda water. Fold in the
beaten egg whites. Cook in deep
pan that has been well greased
and bake in moderate oven (350°
F.) until done (about 45 minutes).
Other favorite Southern recipes
are presented in a large, full-color,
100-page free cook book, “100
Southern Recipes.” Send to Na-
tional Cotton Council, Box 18.
Memphis, Tenn.
a meeting place1 for all farm pro-
grams, free notary service for all
Government papers that need
notarizing, receive and fill applica-
tions for NYA projects, furnish
office space for agents of Social
Seurity, FSA, FCA, old age pension,
NYA representatives and the High-
Way Patrol that drivers and chauf-
shelled peanuts for planting, 200
pounds of cantaloupe seed, 200
pounds of watermelon seed, 200
pounds onion seed and 300,000
tomato plants. They assist the
farmers in selling all their products
by conducting buyers throughout the
markets in several states, and keep-
ing a record of what the farmers
have to offer, shipping 14 cars of
watermelons, besides about 60 car-
loads going out by truck, about 60
carloads of cantaloupes, 60 carloads
of sweet potatoes besides tomatoes
and other vegetable . sold in small
quantities. All the above mentioned
products all went out by truck ex-
cept the 14 cars of watermelons
which were, shipped by rail, we use
carload tonage in estimating the
various commodities shipped from
this vicinity.
The Chamber of Commerce is
cooperating in every way with the
Highway Department in securing
right of ways and other services in
building of Highways 20 and 95 and
having secured places for the work-
ers of the contractors to live while
in Elgin by keeping available apart-
ments, vacant houses or rooms listed
on our bulletin board. An adjoining
room to the office of the Chamber
of Commerce was rented in May,
where a ladies lounge room was es-
tablished, giving the visiting ladies
and ladies of Elgin a place where
they could visit, rest, read and pass
much time in a pleasant manner.
They have written letters to 18
[ High School. This fine job was
accomplished after some hard work
being done. The class began with
I the opening of the fall term of
school and now has 62 proud boys
A attending it, who after 4 months of
| • existance have bought and put on
I feed some 27 head of white face
calves, besides having a number of
registered pigs and pure strain
chickens. They were fortunate in
securing the services of Mr. J. A.
Marshall for teacher of this class.
The Elgin Chamber of Commerce
I feels that this achievement alone
.) was worth all the time, effort and
‘ money spent by the C. of C. during
the year 1940. We want to give the
stuffed olives, cinnamon popcorn,
and green tinted punch reflecting
the New Century Club colors, of
pink and green, were served, Mrs. T.
J. Puckett presiding at the punch
bowl and Mesdames H. McLeod, W.
R. Neibuhr, Guy Carter, Lawson
Rivers, and Paul Farris, assisting in
the dining room.
(Some 65 ladies were present for
the review and a neat sum realized,
which will be used for the purchase
of books for the New Century
library.
Guests coming over from Bren-
ham were: Mesdames, Bolling Eld-
ridge, charter member of ghe Fort-
nightly Club; Louis J. Beaumier,
William Suter, W. F. Tottenham, S.
E. Stafford, president of Fortnightly
Club; T. A. Low, Jr., M. B. Holle-
man, and Paul Darr and the guest
reviewer, Mrs. Amsler.
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ANNE LEE CHAPTER MEETS
WITH BOBBIE DEAN DAVIS
The Anne Lee Chapter met with
Bobbie Dean Davis as host the past
week, at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Davis, with a nice
attendance.
Mary Nell Carter, president, pre-
sided and the program was on
“Robert E. Lee.’’
Delicious refreshments of tuna
fish sandwiches, cookies, candy and
hot chocolate were served.
Other than the children present
were Mesdames W. E. Wood, Guy
Carter and Dean Davis.
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DICKERSON—WADE
Miss Margie Ann Wade and Mr.
Leroy Wilburn Dickerson, both of
Austin were married Wednesday
evening at 7:30 o’clock at the office
of Justice of Peace M. A. Burleson,
who officiated.
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It is estimated that more than half
of the NYA youth have never held a
job before being employed with
NYA, Another forty per cent of
those working with NYA had had
only insignificant experience provid-
ed by jobs requiring little or no skill.
Elgin C. of C. Makes Fine Progress
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College of First Rank
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Smith, J. O. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1941, newspaper, February 6, 1941; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1537750/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Elgin Public Library.