Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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HA STROP .TEXAS) ADVERTISER, JANUARY 19, 1956
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NUMBER 47
•ehing Marines Arrive Sunday,
itributions Total $100.48
itorist.- passing through
rop Sunday contributed gen-
tly to the March of Dimes,
.iarine March here totaling
The Marines arrived
jat 2 o'clock Sunday after-
and a road block was set
the traffic light on Main
to accept donations.
>onn the courtesies extended
larines while here were
furnished by the Pioneer
the Snak-Shak Cafe, th"
[r~ Cafe, and lodging pro
by th< Bastrop Hotel, and
tying of wearing apparel
[by the Snow White Laun
fhe Marines were escorted
the liver bridge Monday
iin: at it o'clock enroute to
[trom Air Force Base, and
Austin the end of their
where they were received
Lvernoi Allan Shivers.
iet collections here Satur-
taled approximately $53.00,
in r to County Judge Tom
i, Tignal Jones, Henry
[C. W Kskew and Jerry
Jta in charge of solicita
Mrs. Helen Douglas,
(nakin^r teacher, and Home-
students reported ap-
Jiately $50.00 taken in from
^le of peanuts. The ovcr-
lai receipts to date are
Held
irsday For
\ Higgins Sr.
im Thomas Higgins Si'.,
J'onuent Bastrop County
and rancher, pass e d
(it F. A. Orgain Memorial
at 5:50 '-''"lock Wednes
January 11, following a
lllnesr.
fees were held at the
Funeral Home in Smith
It 2:30 o'clock Thursday,
y 12, with the Rev. R.
Cop< land, rector of Cal |
Episcopal Church, and the
frcd 5'. Bishop, pastor of ;
1st Methodist Church, both •
ptrop, officiating. Burial
tre in Fairview Cemetery,
bearere were H. C. Wil-
J. Shimek, G. A. Hanna,
Bartsch, Andy Wilhclm,
illen Machen. Honorary
larers named were J. S.
J. E. Price and Tignal
ivors include one son, and
idson, W. T. Higgins, Jr.,
ommy Higgins, Bastrop;
stors, Mrs. K. M. Trigg
'k. Paul I). Page, Bastrop;
pther, W. S. Higgins, Vic-
fle was preceded in death
wife, Mrs. Fannie Black
. several years ago.
Higgins was born on
|2, 1879, the son of W. T.
and Mellie D. Higgins.
he was married to Miss
Black. Horn and reared
trop County, Mr. Higgins
successful farmer and
f, having lived in the
(•reek Community until
(years, when he was for
retire due to ill health.
ftK his more active years
outstanding for civic
the Alum Creek Com
and served as trustee
school board there for
pears.
ives attending the ser-
fronn out of town were
Mrs. W. S. Higgins Sr.,
: Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
•'r., Houston; and Mrs.
[Black, Corpus Christi.
rrite Series Of
spaper Sermons
Rev. James L. Castleber
tor of the United Pente
('hurch located on the
highway just outside the
r"'ts, is beginning a se-
[ newspaper sermons which
published nt intervals in
8vertiser.
("'•rdially invites the pub
| r,,ad his column entitled
to the ScriptureB".
listed as $221.08.
It was docided at a meeting
of the Lions CI ib on Tuesday
of this week, that this organi-
zation would sponsor the road
block on the highway at the
traffic light on Saturday after-
noon from 1 o'clock on for the
purpose of collecting money for
the drive.
ATTENTION
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Grif-
fith have announced that
all coffee sale* at the Snak
Shak Cafe on Friday of this
week from 9 a. m. to 10
p. m. will go to the March
of Dimes.
Ask your friends to join
you at the Snak Shak for
coffee.
City And School
Tax Deadline Is
January 31st
J. S. Milton, city tax assessor
collector, urges that local prop-
erty owners pay their city and
school taxes as early as possible
before the deadline, which is
January 31.
Payment has been slow, Mr.
Milton stated, and he feared a
last minute rush that would
swamp his office as well as in-
convenience the people trying to
get their taxes paid.
Penalty and interest on taxes
due will be charged beginning
February 1, Mr. Milton said.
Jones Brothers
Break Jail Here
Monday Nigh!
The two Jones brothers, Earl
and Edward, ajjes 19 and 22, of
Elgin, were still at large and
believed to be in the vicinity of
Menard, Texas, according to lat-
est reports received here Wed-
nesday morning.
The desperadoes crashed out
of the county jail here early
Monday night, where they had
been placed on charges of arm-
ed robbery and auto theft. They
were captured by Kockdale po-
lice last week after evading
Austin lawmen following the
hold up of an Elgin Service Sta-
tion.
The pair made their escape
through a skylight in the run-
round of the jail where prison-
ers are allowed to exercise. They
had not been placed in their cells
Monday night after their evening
meal. They fled from here in
a 1954 Chevrolet automobile sto-
len from Tommy's Used Car
I t, which was later found a
bandoned about 200 yards east
of the intersection of the Lock-
hart and Bastrop highways. In
Austin the men are believed to
have burglarized the Lamar
Sporting Goods Store, and to
have held up the Goodnight
Service Station at 4712 South
Congress. The sporting goods
store was burglarized at 1:20
a. m. Tuesday, and two men
were seen leaving the front door
of the store, loaded with guns
and ammunition. Twenty min
utes later, Goodnight Station
attendant L. J. I loo pes was ap-
proached by two men answering
the same description, ordered
to fill up the pas tank and open
the cash register. Hoopes, an
elderly man, refused to open
the cash register, even though
one of the men held a long
barreled pistol on him.
The armed man attempted to
open the cash register himself,
but the two fled when Hoopes
made an effort to stop him.
Believed to be well armed with
four rifles and pistols and a sup-
ply of ammunition taken from
the sporting goods store, the
brothers are termed as extreme-
ly dangerous.
Central Texns officers set up
road blocks Tuesday on every
highway, beat the brush along
the Colorado River between here
and Austin and covered the area
by air in their search for the
pair.
!Stag Chicken Fry
At V.F.W. Jan. 31
Polio Benefit
The VFW Post 2527 at Rock-
! no are sponsoring a stag chick-
| en fry, with proceeds to go to
; the March of Dimes, on Tuesday
night, January 31, at 8 o'clock.
Contact any VFW member for
your ticket. $1.50 purchase price,
which entitles you to all you
can eat.
You are urged to attend this
; affair, which is strictly a polio
j benefit.
A. A. Sanders In
Race For County
Commissioner
A. A. (Sugar) Sanders is an-
nouncing this week as candidate
for the office of county com-
missioner, precinct 1, subject to
action of the democratic primary
election.
Mr. Sanders, prominent young
Bastrop businessman, states em-
phatically that he is not making
the race against anyone; he is
.-imply a candidate for a job.
In asking the voters to elect
him, he made the following
| statement:
"I am not obligated to any
individual or group, and I will
do my utmost to serve nil the
people in the precinct as fairly
and intelligently as I possibly
can. I have no grudge against
anyone. I am running because
I need the job and I believe I
am qualified to do a good job.
"I assure you that if I am
elected, 1 will handle the coun
; ty's affairs on a business basis,
and in as economical and prac-
tical a way as I sec fit.
"I will personally see that
all of the roads in this precinct
are kept in first class condition,
and I will work hard towaids
farm to-market roads in this
precinct. I am familiar with
the policies of the State High-
way Department, and can assure
you I will have full cooperation
from the engineers and other
employees of the Department."
Mr. Sanders was born and
reared in this precinct, where he
was a successful filling station
operator for 10 years. He spent
four years in service during
World War II, and is a charter
member and past post comman
der of the James II. Perkins
Post No. 533, American Legion.
He has been a member for the
past five years of the Selective
Service Board N'o. 85, compris-
ing Bastrop, Lee and Burleson
Counties; a member of the Bas-
trop Board of Education for the
past six years, and an active
member of the Bastrop Chamber
of Commerce.
He will greatly appreciate
your vote and influence in his
behalf in the July election.
Sanders Cafe
Opens Private
Dining Room
Sanders Cafe opened their
newly decorated private dining
room at noon on Tuesday with
the luncheon meeting of the
Bastrop Lions Club.
Completed for the purpose of
handling private narties and
luncheons, the dining room may
be entirely closed off from the
rest of the cafe. The walls are
papered in a colorful design,
with attractive, heavy draperies
in a blending shade of green.
Fifty guests can be com-
fortably seated in the room, and
special menus will be planned
and served if patrons desire.
Cub Scouts To Meet
Tuesday, Jan. 24
Cub Scouts of Pack 187 will
meet with their parents for a
regular monthly meeting on the
fourth Tuesday, January 24, at
the Agriculture building nt the
school.
E. M. Christie, cubmaster, will
be in charge. Cubs are asked to
bring exhibits, collections or
scrapbooks to display 011 their
den's table. Please come prompt-
ly at 7 o'clock.
Dr.T.R.TimmTo
Speak At C Of C
Banquet Feb 8
Dr. T. R. (Ty) Timm, head
of the department of agriculture
economics of Texas A&M Col
lege, Bryan, will be guest
speaker at the annual Chamber
of Commerce banquet, according
to Cecil Long, retiring chamber
president.
The banquet is scheduled for
Wednesday evening, February 8,
in the dining room of the group
| camp area in the Bastrop State
Park.
II. N. Bell, Chamber of Com-
merce manager, stated that fur
'ther plans for the program are
in the making and will be an-
nounced at a later date.
Winners Named
For Monthly
Trade Day
Ellis M. Christie was present-
ed with the regular monthly
trade day jackpot award of
$25.00 Saturday afternoon on
Main Street.
Other awards were made as
follows: Lula Moore, $25.00;
Hope Soza, $15.00 and Tommie
Claiborne, $10.00.
Each of the winners made a
contribution to the March of
Dimes drive that was in full
swing on the street at the time.
The next regular trade day
will be held on Saturday, Feb-
ruary 11, with a total of $75.00
in cash awards to be presented
free. Ask your local merchant
for trade day tickets, so that
you may participate in the gifts
available.
Bastrop County One Of Emergency
Drought Areas Eligible For Feed
under the drought emergency
Bastrop County is one of the
central Texas counties designr
Paige Business Firms Give 100
Percent During Xmas Seal Drive
Melvin Smith, Supt. of the
Paige Elementary Schools, chair
man of the Xmas Seal Drive,
and a board member of the TB
! Association, reports that Paige
business firms were 100 percent
j cooperative during the recent
1 drive.
The Paige business section
I consists of 10 business firms
and each purchased a $5.00
' bond, which is outstanding and
; complimentary to a town of
i that size.
The following is a list of con
tributions received at Paige,
which totaled in all $100.00:
Kuhns Grocery, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Kuhn; Mr. and Mrs. H.
Lehman; Mr. atu; Mrs. Law-
rence Wichman; Mrs. Mary Bar-
ton; Mr. and Mrs. B'ennie Kd
wards; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vo
gel; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mar-
burger; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.
Kmac; Lawrence Fuchs; Mr. and
Mrs. Bruno Herms.
Herbert Fuchs and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Marburger, Mr.
and Mrs. Kd Pauls, Melvin C.
Smith, Mrs. Dorothy Rohdy, Mr.
and Mrs. Terrell Hillman; Paige
Independent School, president
Arthur Tomantz, vice-president,
Arthur Marburger, secretary,
MELVIN SMITH
Alex Fuchs, treasurer, Vernon
McPhaul, other members, Al-
fred Knukel, I>awrence Wichman
and Wilfred Rachui; Paige P-TA,
president, Melvin C. Smith, vice-
president, the Rev. H. C. New-
man, secretary, Mrs. Arthur
Marburger, treasurer, Mrs. El
fay Wichman; St. Johns Luth-
eran Women's Society, president,
Mrs. Amanda Matizza, secretary,
Mrs. Ed Pauls, treasurer, Mrs.
Elise Marburger.
Bateman Church
Presents Series
Of Programs
Mr. Terry of the Terry Farm
Supply, Lockhai t, will be guest
l speaker at the Bateman Bap
■ tist Church near Red Rock, 011
January 24, according to the
Rev. C. H. Paxton, pastor.
Mr. Terry will show a film on
"Broiler Chickens" as the first
in a series of programs the
I church plans to present as a
part of their "Community De
velopment Through Education"
] project.
Each month they will have a
speaker someone who is an
authority on some farming,
ranching or similar subject, the
Rev. Mr. Paxton said.
The public is cordially invited
to nttend any or all of these
programs.
Zeno Hemphill To
Be Honored On
89th Birthday
Zeno Hemphill, a resident of
Golden Age Hall, will be hon-
ored on his 89th birthday, on
Wednesday, January 25, with an
open house at Golden Age Hall
No. 1, from 3 o'clock on.
Friends and reliatives are cor-
dially invited to attend.
(Please note, the open house
will be held on Wednesday, Jan-
uary 25, instead of Thursday,
January 2ti, as was previously
announced.)
Fishermen along the coast of
Brazil go to sea on j eeled-log
rafts called jangadas, says the
National Geographic Society.
Centerboard, sail and steering
oar complete the craft's primi-
tive design.
Dentist To Open
Office Here
Dr. Mitchell B. Funderburk,
graduate of the University of
Texas School of Dentistry in
June, 1955, will arrive in Bas
trop early next week to open
an office here, according to
Cecil Long, president of the
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Funderburk has been prac-
ticing since last August in a
dental clinic in Canton, Texas,
and comes to Bastrop well rec-
ommended both as a civic-
minded citizen and as a dentist.
Born in Canton on August 4,
1928, he graduated from the
Canton High School in 1945, fol-
lowing which he spent four years
in the United States Navy. He
attended North Texas State Col-
lege in Denton, and the Univer-
sity of Texas.
His wife is the former Miss
Dolores Ann bowler of Grand
Saline, and their daughters, Ann
Marisa and Alisa Maureen, are
four and two years old. His
i family will join him here as
soon as he is located.
Dr. Funderburk plans to be
ready for practice in the build-
ing formerly occupied by Dr.
A. C. Smith, on or about Feb
ruary 1. His office will be fur-
nished with all new and modern
equipment.
Play Bingo At
The Legion Center
Saturday Nights
Bingo will be played at the
American Leg'«,n Center every
Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock
beginning this Saturday.
Jackpot prizes will be awarded,
and members of the American
Legion Auxiliary will serve
coffee and cake.
Meet your friends at the Le-
gion Center and play bingo!
1721 Poll Taxes
Sold Through Sat.,
January 14
The number of poll taxes paid
through Saturday, January 14,
1956, total 1721, according to
Clyde Reynolds, tax assessor-
collector of Bastrop County.
Total number of poll taxes
paid in 1954 were listed as 3049,
and in 1953 thore were 3023
paid.
Services Held
Sunday For Otto
Paul Amthor
Funeral services were held at
3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Jan-
uary 15, at the Hasler Funeral
Home for Otto Paul Amthor,
84, who passed away suddenly
Saturday morning from the ef-
fects of a heart attack. The Rev.
Fred P. Bishop, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, offici-
ated, with Gamble Lodge in
charge of graveside services.
Burial was in Fairview Ceme-
tery.
Pall bearers were Ernest
Pearcy, Wallace Hefner, Henry
Bell, J. T. Hasler, Fred G. Hay-
nie, M. A. Prokop, C. W. Es-
kew and Jas. P. Wood.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters, Miss Nell Amthor, Bastrop,
and Mrs. Fran*. . Hughes, Beau-
mont; three sisters, Mrs. Mat-
tie Burger, Denton; Mrs. Mary
Reding, Houston; Mrs. Bertha
Preibisch, Scaly: two brothers,
Richard Amthor, McGregor and
Emil Amthor, Scaly.
Mr. Amthor was born at Sealy
on June 2, 1871, the son of Aug-
ust and Elizabeth Amthor. He
was a member of Gamble Lodge
and had received his fifty year
Masonic pin.
Rains Come At
Last To Bastrop
County
Last week when Lee Alexan-
der of Cedar Creek commented
that a good rain would fall on
his place within ten days, he
was asked upon what he based
his prediction. "Well", he re-
plied, "I have noticed that in
the last few years that it al-
ways came a rain just when I
had to have it, and it is that
way now". Tuesday afternoon
and Tuesday night Lee's pre-
diction came true to the tune of
.8 inches of rain. Lee stated
that even this amount would
help the farmers and ranchers
a lot.
Howard Burns of Smithville
reports about 2 inches fell at j
his place and, that it will be j
a lifesaver to his winter crops.
Last Grey Hill of Smithville was j
trying to beg, borrow, or buy j
a sprinkler system to apply j
"just one inch" to his suffering j
alfalfa. Wednesday morning his j
alfalfa had received the one inch
with good measure.
Snooky Otto's young son ex
citedly reported to his mother
early Wednesday morning that
the water was "up to my knees".
Mrs. Otto said that a more con-
servative estimate would be a
bout 1.5 inches. The Ottos live
in Rosanky.
Antone Goertz of Red Rock,
examined his rain guage and
could not believe his eyes when
i it showed 2 inches, lie remarked
"I just know that can not be
right because the guage was
full of spiderwebs and dust".
However, his neighbors report
from 1.5 to 2 inches in that
community.
A report form M. A. Prokop
of Utley shows .9 inch fell there.
Bert Lanfear of Elgin calls in
that they received 1.5 inches
on his farm.
ted to receive federal assistance
feed program, according to in-
formation received Monday from
Congressman Homer Thornberry
in Austin. Mr. Thornberry stated
that eligible farmers and ran-
chers in the county may draw
a sixty-day supply of feed.
Applications may be filed at
local ASC offices the latter
part of this week, Kleber Trigg
Jr., county office manager, said,
and purchase orders for feed
will be issued to farmers there.
As was the case during the 1954
program, the Farmers Home Ad-
ministration committee will be
the official approving group for
each application.
According to Mr. Trigg, under
this program eligible grains are
shelled corn, oats, barley and
grain sorghums, if 1.00 discount
per hundred weight will be given
for the purchase of these
straight grains. Mixed feeds are
classified as (a) not less than
75 per cent grain, 75 per cent
discount; (b) not less than 60
per cent grain, 60 per cent dis-
count. These include range cubes.
Whole ear corn, or ground ear
coin can be classified as mixed
feed (a) and purchased at 75
per cent discount. Sheep, goats
and cattle are eligible for this
feed so long as they comprise
part of the producers breeding
herd.
All dealers who take part in
this program, Mr. Trigg pointed
out, must have a vendor's agree-
ment with the county ASC office,
if they are to receive dealer's
certificates from that county.
Lions Club Goes
Back To Noon •
Meetings
Forty members and guests
gathered at Sanders Cafe Tues-
day noon, January 17, for the
first scheduled noon meeting of
the Bastrop Lions Club. The
club has been meeting in the
evening for a number of years.
Lion Lincoln Farris, local
chairman of the March of Dimes
Drive, stated that the quota for
Bastrop is $2,500.00. The Lions
Club was asked t<v sponsor the
road block on the highway at
the traffic light, on Suturday
afternoon from one o'clock on
for the purpose of collecting
money for the drive.
Lion Carl Cederholm of the
Cederholm Manufacturing Com-
pany, who recently moved his
plant from Massachusetts to
Bastrop, displayed for the club
the first measuring wheel manu-
factured in Texas. Lion Ceder-
holm is manufacturing and ship-
ping these wheels all over the
nation.
Lion President Jack Griesen-
beck presided over the meeting.
The next regular meeting of
the club will bo held on Tues-
day noon, February 7, at San-
ders Cafe.
Places In Nat'l.
Gas Refrigerator
Contest
The Southwest Texas distribu-
tion division of United Gas, of
which Bastrop is a part, won
second place in a national gas
refrigerator sales contest spon-
sored by Servel, Inc., and the
American Gas Association.
The nationwide contest was
conducted among gas utilities
which were grouped into divi-
sions according to the number
of customers, J. M. Bryan, the
firm's local representative in
Bastrop, explained.
The Southwest Texas division's
second place award was for gas
utility divisions having not more
than 50,000 residential meters.
The prize, consisting of a
check and a plaque, was pre-
sented in New Braunfels to R.
A. Metzke, division manager,
and H. F. Blum, division sales
manager. The presentation was
made by George Andrews, Ser-
vel district manager.
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