Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 1951 Page: 1 of 10
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final Taylor, an
mitcinftdiii? musician and con-
Hiirtor in hi own right, and we
a><■ *ur«> tH«> profiif of Bastrop
vitll apprvciat# hi* int**r«*?st
The Editor,
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Thic is the first t.mc I have
pier written * letter to a news-
paper, but if the to should be
available "space ir. your next -uc.
I would likr to pay tribute to a
fine Ba-tirop organization
I-ast evening I wa* fortunate
sn heitkg able to attend the fir^t
Spring Concert of 'he Bastrop
High Schooi Hand To ay the
le**t I An an-nreii nt the phenom-
inal progress Mr V"irt r William--
ha* made with thi* group, in its
first year
During the pa t 15 year it ha-
h«-en my unfortunate experience
to attend many "Fir>t" concert
by school and community bands
In the c of the latter, many of
the musician were <>( profes-ional
calibre and their performance wa
naturally expected t<• be above nt
amateur standard Thr inclusion
of amateur* anions' the rank of
th<- professional*, in mo t riiM'.,
lowered the Uandard of then per-
formance considerably The School
Hand concert" have, in many in-
stances, been actually painful to
listen t• Bastrop is not a large
community, and I mu-t admit I
attefided la*t riiirht. expecting to
hear the uMia! error-, including
bad notation and anticipated at-
tacks. | can honest!> ay I have
never heard a hand concert I en
,ioye(| more. The enjoyment of
any musical program is alway -
based on the unexpected and 1
certainly must say that the whole
concert was full of things that
experience hail taught mo not t--
expect. Mr Williams -howed ex-
cefrtionally fine judgment in hi«
choice of number-, and ha- train-
ed the hand to almost profe sional
peak. Attacks were firm and con-
fident tone were sure and clean
in almost every instance I find
the latter unusual especially in
the Clarinet section Shading was
exceptionally good considering'
that a large percentage of the
band is made up of students from
the fifth, sixth, and seventh
grades, who as a rule are not apt
to follow tin directions given by
th<> Conductor. The Brass section
handled themselves admirably, and
deserve plenty of praise for a
job well done, especially in the
throe overtures. The entire Reed
aect ion, in which I include the
Wood Winds, showed the result
of many hard hours of practice.
Although greatly out numbering
other sections, at no time did they
try to "run away" with the show.
The Tonal Balnnce throughout the
entire performance was again ex
ceptional the type that one would
expect to hear from a group of
many years experience. Unfortun-
ately, the percussion section of
many Ivinds and orchestras is
considered to be of little import-
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May 8, lli.'il
Dear Editor,
The parents of Ba.strop should
give Mr. and Mi-. Lock wood of
the Towei Theatre a vote of
thanks fo|- their feeling of respons-
ibility for the children who at-
tend their shows. This feeling of
responsibility goes beyond their
acquiring the best in whole.-ome,
clean pictures foi the boy- and
girls of «ur towi it i- also for
their physical -nfety. Mr. Lock-
wood put a candy stand in the
foyer of the theater because of
his fear that one of our children
would be run over while dashing
back and f rth across the high-
way to buy a caidy bar. Before
the stand was put in, he had even
e sen lied little ones back an I
forth acros- the busy street.
I'n Saturday- the average at-
tendance of children i from three
to four hundred and a great many
of thc-i children are under five
years of age B th Mr. and Mi .
I^ockwuod have been most con-
cerned ai out what might happen
to our sons and daughters in
case of fue, (which can happen
anywhere i So, tin past Satur-
day, with the help -f the Fire
Department, they held a fire drill.
Three hundred and fifty children
were evacuate,! from the building
in an orderly fashion in four
minutes' And th< v plan t<> con-
tinue tin • diil : until it heroines
second nature for the children to
file out quiet!} and quickly.
We «h< uid n t take th; con-
cern for the safety of our child-
ren for granted. Not on.v to shov
our appreciation for .akinir thi-
caie of .ur children, but al-o to
see the he-t in movie , we - ho uid
Trade at Home at the Tower
when we want t > enjoy a how.
Sincerely,
JEW T MY FRS
Much fw. rable comment on
th. concert pr« -ented In the Ha
trop High School Band on Fnda>
night has come to >us ear-, and
We personally feel that amazing
progress ha- been made by the
BASIKOI
' ADV! K riSKK \1.\V
NINETY-NINTH YFAU (ESTABLISHED
BASTROP COUNTY
TO HAVE MEMBER
ON LCRA BOARD
Repn entative Charlie Wood;
and Senatoi Carlo- A -hley have
pa -ed a bill in their respective
House- increasing the LCRA
Board membership -o that Ma trop
County may have a director on
the Board. At present the LCRA
district is composed of ten coun-
tie- with only nine directors.
Under thi- hill Bastrop County
will have a director on the Board
for the first time in twelve years.
The bill wa -igned by the Govern-
or on May 1st. The appointment
of the Bastrop County director
will be made by Governor Shivers.
STATE OFFICER TO
INSTALL LOCAL
P-TA OFFICERS
Mr.-. \\ T. Dec herd of Austin,
a State officer of the Parent*
Tea< ne Association, will be in-
stallation officer at the regular
meet inn of the i'-TA on Wednes-
day, May lt>, at o:.'Hl o'clock, when
tlu m-comiiV officers will be
in talliMl.
Special music under the dir-
ection of Victor William.-, band
Of
The 40 member A Capello (. hoir of Southwest
under the direction of Ira Kenay Howler will present
Church on Sunday afternoon. May I 1, at 5 o'clock. Lnder the
I lannonv Club and the First M *"!iodist Churrh Choir in observance
I exas State ! eachers College,
a program at the First Methodist
auspices of the Bastrop
in observance of National Music
NUMBKK I I
TEACHERS NAMED
FOR 1951-52 TERM
Teachers for the 1951-52 term
of school were named at a recent
meeting of the Hoard of Trustees,
for the Bastrop Public White
School. All pre-ent teacher were
re-elected.
Teachers, subject to assignment
by I'. J. Dodson, superintend' " •,
at the beginning of the sci il
term, are Mrs. Wilma Arbue ,e,
Mrs. Mary Belle (jure, Mr.-. Mar-
guerite Haynie, Miss Julia Mo -
cure. Mrs. Mabel I^eSueur, Mrs.
Lucile Perkins, Mrs. Mary Beulah
! Perkins, Mr.-. Otha Rathman. Mrs.
Stella Corbell, Mrs. Ida Lou I<ong,
i Mrs. Gorinne Powell, Mrs. Bernice
! Jenkins, Walter Gore, C. D. Camp-
bell. Milton Perkins, Mrs. Clara
I Perkins, Mrs. Alma Jones, Mrs.
j Mary Colvin, T. G. Roekett, Mrs.
Rose .Veal, Mrs. Esther Wright,
Mrs. Rohrrta Terry. Jatne- R.
i Chapman and Victor Williams.
I The Board of Trustees are Dr.
C. G. Goddard, president; J. V.
Ash, Jr., secretary; A. A. Sanders,
Vernon Schaefer, J. P. Sharp, C.
h. Wilkin- and A. J. Woehl, Sr.
Week, there will be no admission charge. I he public is cordially invited to hear them.
Mr
rtor will b«
Decherd
Kate Jenkins -
New officers
Mr
Vie
Mr
pi*
ft E.
William
i, co-vice
Smith, -e
Jack
i dent ;
er retary,
treasurer;
porter
triven.
is the former Mis-
f Bastrop.
to be installed are
Myers, pre ident;
and Mr- W. E
pre - ider.t *: Mi-.
, -eeond vice president,
Clailwrne, thirxl vtce-
Mrs. M B. Perkins,
Mi B. Maynat 1.
Mr- Cecil Long, re-
a few of the
a good choir
Rena.. Bowles,
Capella Choir
-tale Tt-ath-
METHODIST
HONOR ROLL
The honor r<*il of the Meti,odi-t
t'hurch School for the month of
April is as follows:
Nursery Class:
R.ith Ann Harvey-
Sandra Farris
Sue (Vampbell
Jan Hoffman
K indergarten:
Terry Sander-
Donnie Long
Linda Sue Claiborne
Bobby Peebles
I- reddie Wright
Linda Farris
(,ary Morton
Primary Department:
Torn Campbell
Regina Colvin
Bryan W bitten
Gene Peebles
Jeanette Hoffman
Ray Long
Gloria Perkin-
Ann loveless
Joann Griesenbeck
Junior Department:
Fllenora Dolgener
Jimmy Walker
Jerry Long
Boh Loveless
Bill Colvin
Intermediates:
Carolyn Kriedel
Bet t \ Meyer
Marilee Spooner
Mar\ Clay LeSueur
Seniors:
Fred Hoffman
Travis Worley
Linda Moncure
Margaret Pfeiffer
Emily Colvin
La Verne Martin
Young Peoples Class;
Mvra Beth Griffin
Billy Griffin
Winston Miller
John Sharp
Bobby Standifer
Barbara Wilson
Carl Spooner
4-H GIRLS TO HAVE
POT PLANT SALE
Miss Billie Frank Laake, chair-
man of the Girls' 4-H Council
of Bastrop County, announces
that the 4 II club girls will have
a pot plant sale at the Prokop
building in Bastrop on Saturday,
May 12, beginning at 9:30.
Since the girls are studying
landscaping as one of the main
demonstrations for this year, this
is one of their projects. The
plants may be small, but all are
well rooted in pots of good rich
soil.
The money made from the sale
of pot plants will be used to pay
expenses of county 4-H club camp
to l e held in Bastrop August D>,
17 and IHth.
BASTROP BOY TO
SING WITH SWTSTC
A CAPELLA CHOIR
SAN MARCOS, May 7.— Mu.-ic-
lan.-hip, appearance, poise, health
ami scholarship.
Those are only
requirements for
member, .-ays Ira
director of the A
at Southwest Texa.<
ers College.
Director of the A Capella Choir
at the C liege in San Marcos for
the iast three years. Bowles has
>niit a i hoir w hi^h has rated ap-
plause from many audiences and
drawn commendation from ,-uch
well-known musicians as the late
Max Reiter, former conductor of
the San Antonio Symphony Or-
chestra.
Now on a tour of central Texas,
the Choir will present a concert
in Bastrop on Sunday, May l.'t at
p. m., at the Methodist Church.
Bastrop member of the choir is
Frank Smith.
Repertoire of the Choir is
itarietl, running from "Frankie
and Johnnie" to folk ballads, and
from "St. Louis Blues" to Bee-
thoven, Bach and Brahms, and
other standard a capella number.-.
The concert will include Amcricai
folk songs, contemporary populai
music, Negri spirituals, and
sacred music.
That the choir is popular i-
shown by the fact that more than
twice a- many students audition
each year than can be accepted
"We encourage creative sintr-
ing by our students." Bowles .-ays
"Members of a choir are like
members of n symphony orches-
tra."
Choir director, Ira Renav
Bowles, a graduate of Westminis-
ter College, Princeton, New Jer-
sey, joined the faculty at South-
west Texas State Teachers Col
lege in 1!>47. Along with the mu.-u
the choir has received attention
for the democratic way in which
it is operated, in that the mem-
ber- impose their own self disci
pline, which practically prohibit
any absenteeism from the five
hours of minimum practice re
quired weekly.
Members fine themselves five
cents a minute for being late to
rehearsal or concert. They will
ingly divide chores, such as car
ing for robes, and the like.
The director of the College
choir recommends active physical
exercises for healthy voices. He
has members do pushups and
other calisthenics. Some of the1
males condition with cross-country,
running
MRS. SANDERS
TAKES PART ON
AUSTIN PROGRAM
Mrs. Bryan Sanders, Mrs. A N
Fdwards and Miss Stella Spooner
were in Austin Sunday afternoon
to attend the meeting of the
Wesleyan M-rvice Guild of Austin
District at the Ward Memorial
Methodist ( hurch.
Mrs. A. J. House of Yoakum,
district secretary had charge of
the program. Mrs. H. C. Pletr. of
San Antonio, Southwest Texas
Conference secretary was guest
speakvr. Mrs. Sanders gave a
rending, "The Voice of Buddish "
MAJCR W. H. MCCLliRG TO SPEAK AT
D«>
Ba
noil
irtorian for this years
a-- will be Doiis Goert/.
average of 'jT.bii, and
Lbner will be ,-aiutatonan
average of 97.t>l, P. J.
-upei intendent of the
Pubhe Schools, has an-
T ■ Senior Cia.-s of l'.i'ni-.M.
wi consist.- of forty-three
sttide! • - i- the largest class ever
to graduated from the Bastrop
Sche !.
! ii-# a.aureate -ervice.- will be
h> a on Sunday night, May 27. at
i .rht o'clock in the High School
Vuditorium, with Rev. C.aude A.
Faust <ieliverinif the sermon.
^lajor William H. McClurg "f
Berg.-tiosn Ail Force Base will
give ti > commencement address
on Monday night. May 2.S, at
tight o'clock in the auditorium.
Members of the Senior Class
are as follows:
Doris Goertz, Edward Ebner,
Lorene Lee, Mary Ann Goertz,
Tommy Chalmers, Billye Perry,
Jean Ix*ath, Judy McLeod, Eva
Joyce Hendrix, l<eora Callahan,
Frances Benniuht, James Goertt,
l^eona Callahan, Charles Davis,
Mildred Buckner, Jonelle Taylor,
Julia Williams, Joann Goertz, Fred
Fiebrich, Jr., Amita Hoffman,
Betty l u Scott, Bonnie English,
Harold Voigt, Larry Turner, Frank
\llen Reid, Angelina Merino,
<'urtis <"shorn, Ruth Wuneburger,
• ilenn Jones, Claraiiel Neuensch-
wander, Joe Lee Rathman. Peter
Martinez, Virginia Wilhelm, Wayne
Hemphill, B. J. Wolf. Robert
1 Iraham, Muriel Hemphill, J C.
West, (lenient Hartsch. Valon
Meuth, G. P. Alexander, Walter
Litton and Darrell Burke.
CHORAL CLUB
WORKS TOWARD
FIRST CONCERT
The Bastrop Choral Club, under
the direction of C. Reginal Taylor,
will ap(M>ar in concert at the
Bastrop High School Auditorium
on Tuesday evening, June 5, at
•< o'clock.
Organized in February, the
group has worked ban! toward
this first concert, and their pro-
gram promises to be a really good
one. In addition to the choral
program, there will be vocal num-
bers by Mrs. ('. Reginal Taylor,
and organ numbers by Mr. Taylor.
The J. R. Reed Music Company
will supply a Hammond Organ
for the occasion.
Members of the Choral Club
include the following:
Mrs. Frank W Denison, Mrs
L. J. Langley, Mrs. Cecil Long,
Mrs. R, F Myers. Mrs. Jack Neal,
Mrs. F. F Pearcy, Mrs. Addie
Mae Powell, Mrs. M F. Rabens
hurg, Mrs. (!. R Richmond, Mrs.
D. Rodgers, Mrs Alma Schaefer,
Mrs. Dale Turner, Mrs. C. E.
Wilkins. Mrs. R. J. Griesenbeck,
and Misses Arlyne t.inenberger.
Fay Chalmers, \nita Hoffman,
Kay Marie Homer, Caroline Jack-
son, and Billie Frank Laake
NOTICE
The members oi St Margaret's
Guild will take orders for cakes
Call Mrs Burns Schaefer, J18-J
BASTROP OES TO
ELECT OFFICERS
MONDAY NIGHT
Die ha-trop Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star, will hold a
-tated meeting and election of of-
ficer- Monday evening, May )4,
at 7 ;.':!0 p. m.
Ail members are urged to
attend.
TO SPONSOR
BAKE SALE
Ti;e PentacosLal WMS will -pon-
so,- a Bake Sale on Saturday,
at the Continental Bus
May 12,
Station.
They will
for Mother'.-
selection of
They
come in
have cakes and pies
Day, as well as a
handmade items,
cordially invite you to
and see what they have.
ROCKNE P-TA TO
HAVE ANNUAL
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Annual May Fete spon-
sored by the Rockne Parent-
Teacher Association for the bene-
i fit of the school will be held rex-
j Sunday, May 18th, in Sacred
Heart Parish, at Rockne.
Supper will be served from 5:3u
j to 7 p. m., and the program of
the crowning of the Queen and
entertainment by the schioi
children begins at 8 p. m. Suppei
tickets are 7o cents for adults and
2"> cents for children under 12
j years.
Admission to the program is
4o cents for adults and 0 cent.-,
for children under 12 years. As
j last year, those purchasing supper
I tickets will be admitted to the
I program free.
Supper will consist of platei
of dressed chicken, potato salad,
peas or green beans, pickles, cak<_.
coffee or iced tea.
Everyone is cordially invited t>
attend.
ARTISTS TO APPEAR
PACK MEET TO
BE HELD TONIGHT
All four of the local cub scout
troops will gather for a Pack
Meet tonight, Thursday, at 7:30
o'clock at the high school cafe-
teria.
HERE FRIDAY
ROCKNE HD
CLUB MEETS
The Rockne Home Demonstra-
tion Club met at the school cafo-
te-ia on Tuesday, April 24th.
After a short business meeting,
two Rockne 4-H club girls, Anita
Goertz and Norma Jean Goertz,
gave a demonstration on a "Baked
Alaska," a very delicious dessert,
which was prepared in just four-
teen minutes. These girls used
(this demonstration as their entry
| in a dairy foods contest held in
i Halletsviile on Saturday, April 28.
j The ladies of the parish brought
I their pressure cooker gauges, nnd
j Miss Lena Sturges tested Hum
■ in preparation for canning.
Refreshments of "Baked Alas-
ka." cake and punch were served
to the following: Mrs. Philip
Wilhelm. Mrs. l/ouis Bartsch, Mrs.
Fred Fiebrich. Mrs. A. C. Groh-
man. Mrs. Adolph Hoffman, Mrs.
Herman Goertz, Mrs. Joe B.
Goertz. Mrs. Pius Goertz, Mrs
Matthew Bartsch, Mrs. Henry
Lehman, Mrs. Joe Probst, Miss
Lena Sturges, Miss Norma Jean
Goertz and Miss Anita Goertz.
The Bastrop Ladies Reading
Circle will present Phyllis Cassel-
man Young, cellist, and David
Ferguson, pianist, two of the most
talented young musicians at the
College of Fine Arts, University
of Texas, in a program at the
Bastrop High School Auditorium
; on Friday afternoon, May 11, at
3 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
The program will include ''So-
nata in D major, by Telemann;
"Sucke im Volkston" by Schu-
mann; "Thirty Variations" for
piano, by Beethoven; "Elegie" by
Fame; "Piece en Forme de Haba-
nera' by Ravel and "Walzer-
Suite" by Popper.
Rev. Little To
Conduct Mission
At Calvary Church
Mission Services will be held
at Calvary Episcopal Church be-
ginning on Monday, May 14, and
lasting through Friday, May IS.
with the Rev. Haskin V. Littl-' of
Lampasas in charge.
Mission Service and Sermon will
be held each night at 8 o'clock.
Holy Communion will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday at 7:30 a. m. and 10
a. m.
MAY FLOWERS TO BE THEME OF LOST
PINES GARDEN CLUB FLOWER SHOW
Plans are being completed for
the fourth annual Flower Show,
"May Flowers", of the Lost Pines
Garden Club, to l>e held on Tues-
day of next week. May 15, in the
courthouse annex, according to
Mrs. R. M Wiley, general chair-
man.
"May Flowers" will be st"*'ed
around a hugh May Pole in the
center of the building.
Everyone is urged to have an
exhibit, whether it be a single
flower or a table arrangement.
The doors will be opened for ex-
hibitors from 8 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.,
and to the public from 3 p. m. to
p. m.
The Bastrop High School band,
under the direction of Victor M
Williams, will be an added at-
traction to the flower show, with
special vocal and piano numbers,
from 7:30 p. m. to 8:30 p. m.
There will be a children's div-
ision, so arranged that any child
may have an exhibit of some kind
A correction has been made to
Section IV to include No. 8, A
wishing well with a plant or
flower.
In Section III Class 33 in the
Novelty Class, a correction has
been made to include No. 8, An
arrangement in gla-s. In class 25
through 28, the table must be
furnished by the exhibitor.
For further rules, see the
schedule published in the April
20 issue of the Advertiser,
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