Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1959 Page: 1 of 14
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ELGIn COuRIER
AND FOUR COUNTY
NEWS
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ELGIN, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, OCTOBER 1, 1959
VOLUME 69, NUMBER 29
100 A COPY
C of C Gets Brochure
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amount of land may finally be secured.
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Carter, O. L. Almquist, Arthur
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the Mental Hygiene Society of ’ them includes John W. Barton,
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page, on an in-between band of
Congratulations
12th Grade mothers.
Branton Funeral Today
Letter
W. E. (Will) Branton, brother
Church. The Elgin Ministerial to power machinery. Leaving of Messrs. C. R. (Nick) and
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even dimmed.
three weeks would have reached
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Texas and well versed on her
subject- which is one of major
importance to every citizen and
one about which, as a general
To Judge C. W. Webb, who
celebrated his 82nd birthday
Utley, chairman; V. H. Barina,
Smithville, vice chairman; Alex
P. Fuchs, Paige, member; W.T.
Higgins, Bastrop, first alter-
parade and community festival.
More about this later as plans
begin to materialize. Elgin has
had very colorful and enjoyable
affairs of this nature in past
years under other sponsorship
- Oct. 4-10 "‘Letter
Writing Week"’; Renew
Old Friendships By
Co. ASC Convention
Elects Committee
Mrs. Leslie Bradshaw, Miss
Carolyn Bradshaw and Darrell
Domke of Austin and the Rev.
and Mrs. W. D. Reaves were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
Will Condron..
Citizens Welfare Organization
Rev. R. A. Westbrook, President
Otis Owens, Secretary
The program subject will be
“Education- Whose Responsi-
bility?” with Mrs. S. R. Payne,
and Mrs. Charles Fromme as
leaders.
citizens will observe the feast
of Rosh Hashanah or the Jewish
New Year with friends and re-
latives in Austin or elsewhere,
as is their usual custom. This
observance begins Friday, Oct.
fine record of growth last year.
The introduction of the new
There will be plenty enter-
tainment for sports fans here
tonight. Starting at 6:30 p.m.
- the Elgin Junior High team
will play Giddings Junior High.
This game will be followed by
a game between the Elgin and
Giddings B teams.
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games prior to the game be-
tween th El Hi Wildcats and
the Caldwell Hornets which will
take place at 8:00 p.m.
Admission to the Jr Hi and
B games will be: Adults, 50
cents; High School students,
25 cents; Junior High and Ele-
mentary Students 10 cents.
Ed Branton of Elgin, passed on
at his home in Thrall Tuesday
morning, September 29, at 10:30
o’clock following an illness of
several months. Funeral ser-
The site was chosen in view of the following advantages:
Tonight, Thursday, Oct. 1, at
7:30 p.m. the second regular
meeting of Elgin PTA will meet
at Elgin High School Auditorium
and all parents and others in-
terested in our local schools
are invited. Bring the small
children with you, they will
be properly cared for and en-
tertained with interesting films
during the PTA meeting and
will have a good time.
Association is sponsoring the newspapering, he devoted his
fellowship and the young people time to law and is the senior
and Youth sponsors of the Bap- member of the law firm Webb
tist Church will be the hosts, and Webb Attys, other mem-
Negro Citizens Endorse School Site
Two hundred and fifty-eight citizens of the Negro community
endorse the site along South Avenue F that is being acquired
by the school board for the new Washington School. Several
colored families are selling their homes to make the site
available. A resolution of endorsement was circulated by
the Citizens Welfare Organization.
refreshments will be served. Emma S. Webb and their son, vices will be held from Condra
Jackson S. Webb. He is dean Funeral Home in Taylor today,
of the Bastrop County Bar and Thursday, October 1, at 2:30
Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner of
Austin will be guest speaker
and has chosen a topic pertain-
ing to Mental Health. Mrs.
Gardner is past secretary of
Cullough who has been secre-
tary of this civic organization
ties and advantages to in- more than five years, who with
dustries in the east and points T P & L’s John Smith of the
thioughout the nation. The red Taylor office spent much time
and white cover, .printed in and interest in seeing that the
black, has Welcome to Elgin, Elgin brochure was something
Texas at the top and “The to be proud of. Have you seen
Growing, Progressive, Friendly it- if not, ask about it at the
City” at the bottom of the front C of C office.
his 90th birthday. He made his
home three miles north of
Thrall some 50 years where he
engaged in farming. He had re-
tired, however, and his home
had been in the town of Thrall
the past eight years. He was
well known, highly respected
and revered in that area and in
and around Elgin.
Surviving him are his wife of
Thrall; three brothers, C. R.
and Ed Branton, Elgin and J.
B. of Austin; two sisters, Mrs.
Lula Snowden, Austin and Mrs.
Dora Scott, San Marcos.
The County ASC Convention
was held in Bastrop Friday,
September 25th, at 2:00 p.m.,
with all six delegates, Cecil
Fisher, Alton Patschke, Lloyd
Burns, Anton Goertz, J. J.
Voss and W. T. Higgins, pre-
sent.
The committee elected by
The 22nd annual Letter Writing
Week will be celebrated in El-
gin, Texas during the week of
October 4 to 10, it was an-
nounced by Postmaster E. N.
Sowell.
“I am sure we are all aware
that a personal letter is, next
to an actual visit, the most
intimate and economical means
each of us has to communi-
cate with our fellow human
beings. Accordingly, I urge
everyone to ‘write today to
those away’.”
To be Observed
This Week-end
This week-end our Jewish
Go out early and enjoy these' A program is being planned and bers being his wife, Mrs.
Friday all the young people Monday. He is a former owner
are invited to enjoy a time of and publisher of the Elgin
fellowship at the First Baptist Courier, back in the days prior
is to be renovated and kept in service for the grammer grades.
3. All city utilities are already available.
4. The site is in close proximity to both the north and
south side Negro communities.
5. Ninety five percent of the land in question lies idle;
and constitutes a real menace to the health of the community,
because of the weed, pest and rodent infestation. A school
plant will not only eliminate this condition, but will enhance
the value of the surrounding properties.
an Elgin citizen loved by both p.m. with burial in the Taylor
old and young. Mr. Webb has City Cemetery.
made an imprint on the city Mr. Branton, son of the late
and the hearts of its people Charles and Mary Branton, was
which can never be erased or * born October 22, 1869 and in
258 Say ‘Yes’ to Avenue
F. New School Location
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rule, we know far too little.' nate; Cecil W. Fisher, Elgin,
Contributing a lighter vein to second alternate,- who, with the
the program will be Miss community committeemen as-
Alice Davis, an El Hi Junior, sume .their office today, Octo-
who will give a humor ber 1, and will serve for one
selection. year.
Hostesses will be the 11th and
perous city and trade area is Exploring program for high
bordered with views of three school age boys has intensi-
modern biick plants, large fied the need*for strengthen-
grain storage and processing ing the efforts for this group.
plant, residential views, main Enrolled in 128 Cub Scout 2 at 8:00 p.m. and continues
street, and fields of millet, packs are 3, 418 Cub Scouts, until sunset Sunday, Oct. 4 with
and we feel the C of C And Rand E 8in Yams’ known by name eight, nine and ten years of services at Congregation
mdWes win o an 3 ar and near, cotton, maize, age who enjoy a home cen- Agudas Achim in Austin.
Booste in theirmake thezbest beautiful cattle and sheep tered program. The New Year service is the
betterintheir presentation, on the range. Any further in- There are 197 Boy Scout beginning of a period of 10
announce the new ehappy to formation may be had about troops with 3,608 Boy Scouts, days of penitence with which
reddyntor dttstrinGtlonbrnahuras Elain.by X" Elgin ceven years or age and oldel the new year 1s ushered
edrpemourtppeachdersonde- headda by Albert Mihutencah, ouhoSor soansmanamacnavtzes
Sdttanhe -P -Wasinstru prominent and prosperous local and personal growth. prayer and charity. Unlike ur
attractive brochures which will cusincgsmnoranTMe (Ithelnew EXdloring dro- New Year observance of fun
introduce, our cityspossibli- tary oF this civic or—n grame ora Xe inaoharinah XhX toX
least fourteen years old are votional services and to the re-
716 Explorers in 64 Explorer newal of faith and friendships,
units. It is followed by Yom Kippur
An increase of 15 per cent (Day of Atonement) a week later,
in Scout enrollment is ex- These holidays mean the clo-
pected during the coming year, sing of their place of business
Mr. Dooley said. regardless of the day of the
week or the season (rush or
- slack) as they devote them-
1. The site is adequate in size because an unlimited
2. The site is only two blocks from the present Washington
School. This is of great importance since the present school
Two hundred fifty eight negro
citizens of Elgin have voiced
their approval of the proposed
South Avenue F location for the
much needed colored school.
Action on calling another bond
election could be taken when the
school board meets Monday
night, at the office of the Tax
collector, at 7:30 P.M., although
the final decision to call for
another vote may be postponed
until later to allow board of-
ficials to thoroughly investi-
gate all possibilities.
Board President Dr. Roy H.
Morris told the Courier yes-
terday that there was a pos-
sibility that the board may call
for a referendum election in
order to ascertain the wishes
of the tax payers as to a suit-
able location.
“Most people think that a
school plant may be put on just
any site without location be-
coming an important factor in
the financial outcome of the
project,” said Dr. Morris.
“This couldn’t be further from
the truth. Basic property costs,
existance of utilities,expansion
possibilities, and accessability
must all be considered before
making a final choice.”
“We intend to make a thor-
ough study of all locations and
present our finding to the tax-
payers, through the newspaper,
in order that everyone will be
as well informed as possible
when the election comes again,”
Dr. Morris said.
selves exclusively to their
religious obligation.
Campaign to
Open Oct. 20
Plans for the finance cam-
paign of the Capitol Area
Council, Boy Scouts of Ame-
rica have been announced by
A. P. Dooley of Austin, Texas;
President of the Council. He
stated that the funds obtained
-will make possible the contin-
uation of Scout activities and ex-
Guy Carter, O. L. Almquist, Arthur, Schroeder, Ralph Thomp- pansion of the Scouting pro-
son, V. Harrison-back row, E. O. (Sammy) Lundgren, W. T. grams to even more boys.
McCullough, Albert Mikulencak, Joe Simon, front row. " Roy H. Morris, M.D. and
Not shown, Bob Bredlow, Courier Cameraman. Lawson Rivers, of Elgin have
, , accepted the cochairmanship of
The regular monthly dinner white is the map of Texas out- the local finance drive. Rivers
meeting of the directors of the lined in black, with Elgin’s is owner of Lawson Rivers
Elgin Chamber of Commerce location, a star, designated by Cotton and Dr. Morris is the
was held Thursday night at the a large red arrow on which is local physician
home of Mrs. A. G. Smith with “An Ideal Location.” The scout finance campaign
Albert Mikulencak, president, Opended flat, the next page will open October 20 with a
presiding. car r ies a 2 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch breakfast meeting to be held
Present were Mayor Guy T. birdseye view of Elgin across at Elgin High School it has
, _ the top and 2x4 inch views been announced by Guy T. Car-
Schroeder, Ralph Thompson, of the beautiful golf course and ter arrangemens cL~r
Vernon Harrison, E. O. Lund- the new elementary school, with Working with Dr. Morris and
- Elgin s location and proximity Rivers in directing the coun-
Bredlow, W. T McCullough, to Houston, Dallas, San An- cil's campaign will be Guy
Cof secretary, and Albert tonio. Ft. Worth, Austin etc. Carter, Arrangements; Vallon
Mikulencak, president. and listing facilities such as Voight, Gift Campaign Chmn.;
Also three guests, Mesdames transportation, water, power, a. W. Bell, Major, in charge
Roy Morris, Sid Davis and W.R. labor supply, religious, edu- of Captains;’ W. H. Rivers III, ROSh Hashanah
Fitzpatrick, members of the cational and recreational and Auditor; and Bob Bredlow,
Band Booster Club who were the friendly attitude of the citi- Publicity.
official representatives of that zens to new comers and new According to Mr. Dooley the
organization to help plan a Fall industries. A double page Capitol Area Council had a
Festival for Novermber 11th, spread' with some quick facts
All Veterans Day, which will be about the progressive, pros-
centered around a band concert,
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Jr. High and B Teams After Game Meeting
To Play Tonight, 6:30
Following the football game
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Finch, Lena. Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1959, newspaper, October 1, 1959; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1562416/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Elgin Public Library.