Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1957 Page: 1 of 12
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ELGIN COURIER
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all embers dead.
-and a life may be saved.
Audrey leaves Mark on Coast
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$10. 00 award which has been ion tank, which would not only 953
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year were also brought in by a
McDade man, Richard Neidig,
Harry Nesslbeck Brings
in First Sweet Potatoes
extended
education
and Four County News
ELGIN, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, July 18, 1957
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proposed program is the con-
struction of a 500, 000 gallon
oyer head water storage tank
and a main of sufficient size
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Ie should the driver figure in made to the Leonard Voelker I V3
an accident. farm west of Elgin at 4:00 o'- W
These days of hurry and bustle clock, where his pickup was ,
we ride with death at all times heavily damaged by fire of "A
to supply that tank.
, Interest in this project has
ing to City Water Superintend-
ant Otto Francke, a 400, 000
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• You did leave it
there for sure, but
you also left the
keys in the ignit-
ion for a mischie v- \
ous boy, or a thief
for that matter,
to step in and dri-
d ve off. Five cars ----
have been taken
from their
of Chicago, Illinois, and a
► number of sisters.
contacted by the Courier, that y4Ni
if such a .project were under- ge9k
taken, the city should give "2 F/v.4
serious consideration to the • —A a
construction of a 500, 000 gal- - ~A3
C. of C. Merchants Committee
Starts Ball Rolling on Project
At a special called meeting weekly luncheon meeting, the
last Friday morning, the Mer- Kiwanis Club voted unanimous -
chants Committee of the Elgin ly to support the program
Chamber of Commerce voted undertaken by the Merchant’s
unanimously to back a program Committee.
to obtain a modern and effic- Vernon Smith, chairman of
ient water system for the City the Merchant's Committee, an-
More salt is present in the At- Austin; 5 daughters, Mesdames
lantic than in the Pacific Ocean. Leon Lind and Eli Aronson, El-
a VOLUME 67—NUMBER 18
- Civic Groups Seeking Water Improvements
| from George C. Hawley, Chief
Engineer, of the Texas Board
, : of Insurance Commissioners, on
i June 20th. This letter cited
, the fact that the city should
paid for years by Mr. Slaughter, bring us up to present day re-
of Slaughters who with Ralph quirements but would leave
Jensen have endeavored through considerable room for the ex-
it to encourage the production pension of a growing city.
of more and better potatoes in At this early date, only esti-
the Elgin area, and succeeded mates of costs could be obtain-
to the extent that they are ed, as a project of this nature
called for by name-"Elgin would take considerable engi-
Yams"-by housewives. neering and planning. Accord-
and came in 6 days earlier-
July 11. He received the
of Elgin. Included in their nounced that an
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Tobe Fitzpatrick, Vernon
Smith, Bill Story, and Bob
Bredlow.
and those of us who have al- unknown origin, which also 8
ways trusted the other fellow burned a grass spot.
$ to respect that which belongs People, both in and out of a
to others and leave it be will town are urged by Fire Chief s
profit two ways by not leaving Tommie McCullough to exert. . I
an open invitation to those who every possible precaution to
a disregard those rules "fora keep down grass fires. Despite .
lark. " Remove your car keys the heavy rains the grass is
and if you have packages or drying underneath and if ignit-
The first bushel of sweet pot-
atoes for the 1957 season was
brought to the Elgin Chamber
of Commerce Wednesday, July
17, and was presented the ann-
( ■ AUSTIN, July — Hurricane ual award of $10.00 by the
■ Mnthor nf Nrg H Audrey left her mark on the Tex- Elgin Chamber of Commerce.
—v-- Ul nil B• II, as coast, but without too much They were graded No. 1.
€ IT -ANA- n*c damage to fishing resources, Mr. Nesslbeck lives four
I U« DI UUIUW •ICS according to the Executive Sec- miles north east of McDade
: ,, TT ,, n , retary of the Texas Game and and has 12 acres of these Puer-
' .Mr-andMrs Harold H. Bed- Fish Commission, to Ricos, which were planted
i • t’r . eE gin ourier, wee "For a while it looked like na- the first of May and right now
notified Monday night, July me had done a wonderful job his yield looks good.
i thege- hustnnoe, ° of opening some of our passes, ” The first bushel of yams last
J the death of Mrs Bredlow s he said, "However, these pas- _________________________
M a. mother, Mrs. Daisy Forbes, of .L, L r-n , -.vj
L •Algonac, Michigan, which XvdMb6enremiie cWi thesand gov F Lncn -c# Ri+oe in AllCtin. gallon tank would cost $73,00
P, occured at 9:00 o'clock that Theydid permit the flow of wa- eV E. -onnson, -asl -eS in AUSLun; 0 and a 500, 000 gallon tank
1 evening in a Detroit hospital, the baysandthiswasbenericia.. Burial Here Friday Morning wouldscost tte5’e°w0i2''Ialled’
k where she had been a patient "-.21 7 ® In addition, the new 12 mam,
‘ since Saturday. She had suf- Howard Lee, Director of the which would be from 10,000
fered a heart atu ck last May Maine-aboratory at Rockport: The Rev. Ernest Johnson, who........ to 12,000 feet long, would
from which she had rallied eportegthat-edar Bayou North had been a patient in St. Dav- cost approximately $5. 65 per
Mr. and Mrs. Bredlow left by Pass,.Packer.Pass_and Corpus id's Hospital in Austin the past foot, in place, or from $56, 500
a car early Tuesday for Detroit, Christi Pass were temporarily three weeks, suffering from a . . to $67,800. Further, valves
planning to arrive Wednesday Phm, g, heart condition, passed on ■ dna and connections into the exist-
night. Funeral plans were being RolloverPasswas not affected. Wednesday afteroon, July 17. A
held up, pending their arrival8 The bndge remained mraci, but at 1:30. )
a Mrs. Forbes, a native of there was a washout of the road Funeral services will be held : J
Algonac, Michigan, was born atoneendofthe ridge. s atFirst Evangelical Free Church, 6
1 April 17, 1890. Her late 45 ‘ 5Paed 17thand Colorado Street, Aus- «
husband preceded her in death Wardens 111 the coastal are a re- tin, at 10:00 o’clock Friday
. in January, 1952. Mrs. Forbes ported some fish wre trapped morning, July 19, with the
Fwas a member of the Order of aftertheyhadtbeen washed into Rev. Bertil Thorne of George-
the Eastern Sur. the marshes by the high winds, town officiating. Interment i
Last October Mrs. Forbes and he pumber was small, however, will be in the Elgin Cemetery. I
‘ sister, Mrs. Jessie Maltby, of Fishing was badly hit along the The body will lay in sute at I
" Algonac visited in the Harold coast last week, wt± many boats Cook Funeral Home, Austin
i H. and Robert L. Bredlow horn- staying insi et e ar or. T e until an hour prior to the service. I
es in Austin and Elgin and met Huf Waters remained choppy The Rev, Mr. Johnson was _______________ ______
quite a number of friends of 1 15 ’ ; conditions looked formerly pastor of the Kimbro • Me additional $6.00 per year. He
’ tboth families, who will regret muctl more favorable in the bay and Type Evangelical Free gin; Quinton Christianson, Mar- hastened to remind the audien-
to learn of Mrs. Forbes'demise. ’ -hestasbenanampe Churches here and was widely vin Sundbeck and Winfield ce that this is only an estimate
Survivors other than Mrs. slun ° I ait, although known in this area. Since his Sundbeck, Austin; 2 sons. Mil- since overall cost of the pro-
Bredlow are another daughter, mP re Io" attaining size retirement he has made his ton, of Austin and the Rev. ject is not certain at this time.
QMrs. k. B. McFadden, of De- A"I s imp or bait will home in Austin the past several Bryan Johnson of North Platte, Lowering insurance rates would
i troit, Michigan; two sons, John r 0 85 ’ years. Nebr.; 12 grandchildren and be realized as soon as next
D. and Robert E. Forbes, both ---------------—------—— Surviving are his wife of 1 great-grandchild; also 1 March, if construction is com-
sister, Mrs. John ’ Knutson, pleted by that time, he added.
Denver, Colo. Just before adjournment of their
THAT’S SORGHUM ALMUM,
new in Bastrop county, but not
a bit bashful. This Argentine
grass was planted on the farm
of J. F. Lane, approximately
5 miles north east of Elgin on
Lexington Road. After a doub-
le discing the seed was planted
(less than a pound to the acre)
and 10-20-0 fertilizer was
added. Planted the latter part
of April, this picture was taken
over a week ago. Purpose?
To provide cover for this soil
bank land. It sure did! ! !
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program would be carried out
,by his committee to bring the
facts of the project before the
public. Those present at the
Friday meeting included Don
? replace our present 50,000
| gallon tank "which is now 74%
a deficient." They further re-
commended the installation of
an additional water main"...
due to the fact that the water
supply is some distance from
the city and a break in the
■ single supply main would cut
off the supply which could be
I disastrous in the event of a
■ serious fire such as you recent-
I ly experienced.
It is the considered judgement
| of most persons in and out of
I city government that were
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• Five Cars Stolen in Elgin Over
Past Weekend - All Recovered
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personal effects in the car, se- ed sets off a chain reaction
d cure the doors. Then if it is which may do much damage
driven off, the person at the before detected on top. If you
wheel will have a serious char- burn trash or grass STAY WITH
ge to answer when apprehended IT until it is all burned and
Fire Department . _u
Answers Three "9
Distress Calls \ |
Sunday afternoon around 2:30
the Volunteer Fireman made a n"mn
run to the Paul Farris Service “0
Station on South Main and ex- 1
parking places recently but tinguished a grass fire at the " ’ . "r Wk
e luckily all were recovered rear of the station. “2
unharmed, one out of gas. It Monday night the department —m - • ’ • --
would appear one or more responded to a call from the
youngsters had taken them for Oscar Samuelson place in the
' 4 a "joyride"but this is certainly Type Community, to a grass
a most unconventional method fire at 9:30 p. m.
and could lead to serious troub- Tuesday afternoon a run wa.
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been rising since publication, Mize, Harold Dildy, Joseph
I in the Courier, of a letter O’Connor, Bob McClendon,
and connections into the exist-
ing water system would run
approximately $8, 000. 00.
—w Taking the high figure in each
I -o a case, the estimated cost could
1 7 be around $160, 800. 00.
' M - •' Cost of the project to the
" individual citizen is of course
_ a great consideration in such
an undertaking. Mayor Guy
h Carter told the Elgin Kiwanis,
S0 Club, Tuesday, that he esti-
h. mated the cost to a home own-
ShAEh er now paying $35. per
‘99 Shh • year in city taxes would be an
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Bredlow, Robert L. & Finch, Lena. Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1957, newspaper, July 18, 1957; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1562303/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Elgin Public Library.