Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1950 Page: 4 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER OCTOBER 26. 1950
GARDEN CLUBS
TO HAVE FALL
MEETING IN AUSTIN
The Central Council of Texas
Garden Clubs, Inc., District V.
which embrace* thirty-one coun-
ties—from Caldwell on the south
to Hamilton on the north, and
from MeCulloch on the west to
Brazos on the east- will hold its
Fall meeting in Austin, Texas, on
October 2t>. 1950, at the Driskill
Hotel. Registration on the .Mez-
zanine will begin at 9:30, with
Mr.-. L. A Pedigo in charge, and
the business meeting will begin
promptly at 10:00 o'clock.
The Violet Crown Garden Club
of Austin, Mrs. T. J. Holbrook,
President, will be the hostess, with
clubs from nearby towns serving
as co-hostes&es, including: Lock-
hart Garden Club, Mrs. W. B.
Swearingen, President; the Luting
Garden Club, Mrs. Gus L. Brown,
Sr., President; Georgetown Garden
Club, Mrs. Felix O'Milburn, Pre-
sident; Lost Pines Garden Club,
Bastrop, Mrs. L. J. Langley, Presi-
dent, together with the officers
of the Fifth District: Mrs. Alden
Davis, Austin. Councilor; Mrs.
Robert Bowen, Coleman, First
Vice-Councilor; Mrs. C. B. Nickels,
Brown ood, Third Vice-Councilor;
Mrs. Ralph Hull, Comanche, Re-
cording Secretary; Mrs. Garland
Barcus, Austin, Corresponding
Secretary; Mrs. Marsh Johnson,
Goldthwaite, Treasurer.
Mrs. Ed Allard, of Lampasas,
Program Chairman, has announced
the following program: Welcome
to guests by the several presidents
of hostess clubs, followed by a
brief business session, after which
Mr. H. D. Carmichael, Texas Re-
presentative to the American Red
Cross, will speak on "Garden Club
Women in Time of Preparedness."
Mrs. Garland Barcus will then
present "Corsages for Milady."
Lunch will be served at 12:15
in the Crystal Ball Room, with
Mrs. J. W. Bradfield giving the
invocation. Mrs. W. C. Windsor,
State President and honor guest,
will talk on coordination of local,
district, and state work within
the framework of Texas Garden
Clubc, Inc.
A style show "Around the Clock
with the Busy Garden Club Mem-
ber, Clothes by Buttrey's" Mrs.
L. M. Waite, Commentator, with
music by Billy Harvey, will follow.
The following Violet Crown Gar-
den Club members will serve as
models: Mrs. Elwood Hall, Mrs.
Dan Colbert, Mrs. L. L. B. Hofer,
Mrs. M. D. Mosteller, Mrs. Tom
Prather, Mrs. Edward Joseph, Mrs.
Marion Gage, Mrs. Clyde Hudasill,
Mrs. Cecil Cabaniss, Mrs. Donald
Hall, Mrs. W. R' Nabours, and i
Mrs. L. J. Rea. j
At the conclusion of the style
show, arrangements furnished by
hostess clubs will be judged and
a blue ribbon awarded by Mrs.
Marion Gage.
Following the luncheon period,
there will be an Iris exchange.
Th clumps should be separated and
labeled according to name, color,
height, etc.
The highlight of the afternoon
program will be an illustrated lec-
ture on Louisiana Iris persented by
M iss Caroline Dorrnan, of Louis-
iana, at the Calcasieu Auditorium,
301 West Second Street. Miss Dor-
man is an outstanding specialist in
her field, and she is being brought
to Austin for the first general
meeting of the Violet Crown Gar-
den Club as its featured speaker.
500 MILLION
COLDS A YEAR
AUSTIN.—Dr. Geo. W. Cox,
State Health Officer, estimates
that there are 500 million colds
a year in the U. S. A. and they
take an economic toll of two mil-
lion dallars. This does not take
into consideration the inconven-
ience suffered, or the fact that
following or during a cold, other
s< rious illness such as pneumonia,
tuberculosis or mastoiditis gain a
foothold. And the common cold
is only one of the many winter
enemies that encounters everyone
from the crib to the coffin; some
of the others are influenza, bron-
chitis, ear infections sinusitis, arid
pneumonia. These are all respira-
tory diseases and they are caused
by many different germs. Some
of these germs are called bac-
teria, and some are called viru.se.-.
Just because you have had a
cold is no reason you won't catch
another. Two out of three people
have three colds a year, and two
out of eight people have four
colds a year Wet feet, drafts,
chilling, exposure to bad weather,
etc., do not cause your cold but
they do weaken the body's resis-
tance to a cold. So we say that
there are favorable conditions for
germs, one is the strength and
number of the germs, and the
other is body resistance which in-
cludes undernourishment, fatigue,
irritation of the nose and throat
by air borne substances, or chill-
ing of the body.
1. Avoid people with colds as
much a* possible.
2. Beware of fatigue, avoid over-
work, get plenty of rest, exercise
moderately out-of-doors.
8. Keep feet warm and dry. i
4. Keep out of drafts.
5. Eat a well balanced diet.
If you have a cold, help your-
self and others by staying home,
eating light foods and calling your
doctor if necessary.
Transportation
Expanded On
School Children
Al'STlV—The number of school
1 children to be transported during
the present school term will show
an increase over last year due to
increased population and better
school attendance, the Texas State
Teachers Association pointed out
jtoday.
Facilities for transportation
were expanded during the last
1 school term to take care of the
320,000 living two or more miles
from the school attended. This
I represented an increase of 25,-12
pupils over the number transport-
ed during the liMS-49 school term.
Although better than $10,000,000
was provided by the state to reim-
] burse the districts for the cost of
{transporting school children, there 1
is every indication that the amount ,
: provided was inadequate in many
school districts. L. P. Sturgeon, :
Associate Commissioner of Educa-
tion, stated that the official re- ;
cords show that only 23 counties j
were reimbursed by the state in
amounts equal to the actual cost j
of operation. This means that the ;
remaining counties received less
money from the state than it cost '
them to operate the buses. The j
financial loss to some counties and
school districts was small while
in others it was heavy.
Such losses had to be made up
by the individual schools from local
funds. In many cases school sys-
tems had to reduce other vital
phases of their program in order
to ppy the cost of transportation.
Sturgeon pointed out that official
reports show that the actual cost
of transportation in Texas exceed-
ed $12,000,000 during the last
school term. This means that the
districts had to supplement funds
provided by the State in the a-
mount of $2,000,000.
Previous surveys show that 22
per cent of the school buses have
been in operation for more than
siix years and should be replaced.
This means an additional burden
to local districts since reimburse-
ment from the state is less than
actual cost of operation.
The Texas Education Aarencv
according to Sturgeon is making
a verv thorough study of repre-
sentative counties throughout th"
state to determine the cost of
operation of Texas' vast school
transportation system. A formula
to determine th" co=ts on n
scientific basis is Vine
in more than 20 Texas counties.
I* is honest that such a formula,
when spoiled to the state as a
whole, will permit each school dis-
trict to be reimbursed for the act-
ual cost of onemt'on of the mnr
than 0.000 school b s = 5i Texas
Such a nlan would have to be
adopted hv the Leei«la* ir > b'fore
It eould be mad • effective.
The provision for a minimum
nronrram of transportation that
will m°et th« 8"tu 1 needs of each
school district is th,. objective "f
the Texac State Teachers AscnH-
ation a"d =t.atp officials studvitijr
the prohlnm for a sohi' m.
HOW MTTCW nn YOU
KNOW ABOUT SS?
How much do you know about
your new social security? Of
course you know that Congress
has extended Federal family in-
surance to approximately ten mil-
lion more people. You know that
the President has signed the
amended act. You realize that it is
now a law. But do you know how
it will affect you? Are you among
the new millions who may have
social security protection beginning
in January?
This is true because for all of
the 9,700,000 for whom social se-
curity is now made possible, cover-
age is not automatic. For some
groups it will b^ compulsory; for
others it will be voluntary. For all
of the new groups there will be
certain exceptions and qualifica-
tions. Each of these groups will
be dealt with separately in articles
to follow in this series. Today,
however, let's consider the new
social security law as an entirety.
In signing the original Social
Security Act on August 14. 1935,
President Roosevelt declared it "a
corr ' tone in a structure which
is i, bt,: * is by no means
comj.'et- -fice of social
legislation is "inished. Con-
struction will !. nt.nued 'hrouirh-
out the decade ahead. However,
the progress rnad« since the "cor-
nerstone" laying fifteen years ago
is impassive.. With the enactment
of the amended law this summer
we can begin to see social security
in perspective. It; site and solidity,
and practicability in d;> ign are
assurance to all. This is an en-
during fortress for protection on
the home-front — a defense a-
gainst the economic enemy, Want,
that so often ambushes the aging
worker arid invades the survivor-'
home.
What does his social security
policy say? Just what ar* his
rights as a policy holder in Feder-
al old-age ar.d survivors insur-
ance?
In articles to follow, the answer
to these and related questions
about your new social security
will be given.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1950, newspaper, October 26, 1950; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237294/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.