Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1956 Page: 2 of 8
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BASTROP. (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, FEBRUARY 2, 1!>5f.
rSode/y News
Wesleyan Service
Guild Meets In
Chalmers Home
Mrs. Leroy Chalmers was host
rsa lo the Wo si cyan Service
Guild of the First Methodist
Church at her home on Wednes-
day evening of last week. Serv-
ing as co-hostesses wore Mrs.
Annie Lee Alexander and Mrs.
R. L. Bohannon.
M rs. P. J. Griesenbeck, Spirit-
ual Life Leader, presented a
very interesting program, with
Mrs. Alma Schaefer, Mrs., Wal-
lace Hefner, Mrs. W. R. Gore,
Mrs. A. X. Edwards and Mrs.
Willie Belle Kennedy taking part.
During the social hour refresh-
ments of pecan pie and coffee
were served. Mrs. Jess Walker
presided at the coffee service,
while Mrs. M. A. Carpenter ser-
ved pecan pie.
Those present were Mrs. A. N.
Edwards, Mrs. Ernest Pearcy,
Mrs. M. A. Carpenter, Mrs. Ad-
die Mae Powell, Mrs. R. J.
Griesenbeck, Mrs. Wallace Hef-
ner, Mrs. Willie Belle Kennedy,
Mrs. C. F. Miller, Mrs. H. A.
Murchison, Mrs. Louise Orgain,
Miss Mary Peterson, Mrs. W.
J. Rogers, Mrs. Monroe Sanders,
Mrs. Alma Schaefer, Mrs. G. A.
Schaefer, Miss Stella Spooner,
Mrs. E. H. Smith, Mrs. W. R.
Gore, Mrs. Jess Walker, Mrs.
Ruth Wade and the hostesses.
Smithville Garden
Club Entertained
At Ransome Home
Mrs. W. B. Ransome, Mrs. R.
A. Tullis, Mrs. R. M. Waugh
and Mrs. Gem Simmons were
hostesses to members of the
Smithville Garden Club at the
lovely home of Mrs. W. B. Ran-
some on Tuesday of last week.
Mrs. Delia Marrs, president
of the Smithville club, presided
over the meeting. Program lead
cr, Mrs. Henry Schuyler, who
sang a solo, "Autumn Leaves",
accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. J. K. Young. Assisting
with the program was Mrs. 0-
ren Eskow. who showed a dried
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arrangement of okra pods, mag-
nolia loaves, pine cones, wood
roM's and pecan grape clusters.
She also made two fresh flow-
er arrangements, one of yellow
and bronze mums, and the o-
thor of cockscomb and greenery.
Mrs. W. T. Spratling gave a dis-
cussion on "W hat and How to
Plant in February".
During the social hour, Mrs.
Delia Marrs presided at the cof-
fee service, while Mrs. Henry
Schuyler served cake squares.
Other refreshments consisted of
toasted tld bfts. The lace-cov-
ered refreshment table held
clusters of red nandina berries
with lighted red candles burning
in hurricane lamps. Approxi-
mately forty members and
guests were served.
Mrs. Quinton Allen
Is Hostess To WMU
Meeting
Mrs. Quinton Allen was host-
ess to a meeting of the WMU
of the First Baptist Church at
the church on Tuesday of last
week.
The meeting opened with the
song, "Kingdom Is Coming",
with Mrs. Cathoy Biggs at the
piano. Roll call was answered
with scripture verses.
Mrs.tBob Osborn, teacher, pre-
sented members of the Sunbeam
Band, who sang songs and gave
scripture readings. The devotion-
al, "Read God's Word," was giv-
en by Mrs. C. W. Eskew. The
meeting closed with prayer, led
by Mrs. Vesta Jones.
The hostess served punch and
cookies to the following: Mrs. C.
W. Eskew, Mrs. S. L. Brannon,
Mrs. J. V. Ash Sr.. Mrs. Hart-
ford Jenkins, Mrs. Vesta Jones,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gideon, Mrs. Lou
Miller, Mrs. Thomas Fisher, Mrs.
A. B. Corley, Dallas, Mrs. Cath-
ey Biggs. Mrs. Dave Goddard,
Mrs. Bob Osborn and Mrs. Frank
Brinkman.
ROBERTA PETERS
CESARE VALLETTI
FRANCES YEEND
"Turandot" Will Open SA Opera Festival Feb. 4
SAN ANTONIO will be Barto
The arrival of the 12th Grand
Opera Festival, sponsored by the
San Antonio Symphony, in Feb-
ruary marks the most exciting
pas^apc.
By Bo If Loveless
Secretary, Post 187
On January 2-i, the Explorer
Post held their regular meeting.
The meeting was called to or-
der by the president, and the
pledge of allegiance was said,
followed by roll call.
We discussed the Explorer
ball, and its was reported that
only three Explorers a...] their
dates plan to attend. The court
of honor, in which five boys
are going to receive awards, to
be held on Monday, February
(!, at the high school auditorium,
was also discussed. On Satur-
day, February 11, the Explorer
Post and Troop will enter a float
in the parade in Austin. The
meeting was adjourned by the
president.
Those present were Jimmy
Hennesey, J. J. Hennesey, Billy
Don Rice, W. N. Rice, Henry
Bell III, H. N. Bell, Bobby
Frieda, I. R. Frieda, Jerry Long,
Jack Taylor and Bob Loveless.
and lavish entertainment of the
entire year. As in the past, the
four productions will ho (listing
uished by She artistic guidance
of Musical Director Victor Ales-
sand ro, with internationally
known stars from the world's
opera centers, two choruses, and
the full Symphony Orchestra
participating.
Opening the Festival on Sat-
urday evening, F?b. 4. at Munici-
pal Auditorium will be Puccini's
"Turandot" which has never be-
fore been given in San Antonio
or the entire South. Presented
last summer in Cincinatti and
described there by leading critics
as "having what it takes to be-
come the most popular opera
ever written," the opera "Turan-
dot" will have the largest cast
and chorus ever to appear in
any one opera in San Antonio.
One of the exquisite gowns to
be worn by the star, Frances
Yeend, who will take the part
of the beautiful princess "Turan-
dot", will have a train thirty
feet, long which will require
twelve attendants to help Miss
Yeend manage it on the stage.
Ruggero Schileo, y o u t h f u 1
Italian tenor playing opposite-
Miss Yeend as the Unknown
Prince, is being brought over
from Italy especially for this
part.
The cast of "Turandot" will
include such well known opera
stars as Licia Albanese, whose
beautifully rich soprano voice
has made her a favorite to mil
lions of the nation's TV and
radio audience; Valfrido Fata -
chi, Virginio Assandri, Richard
| Torigi, George Tallone and Ira
Bowles.
Following close on the "Turan-
dot" performance will be the
Sunday matinee of the rollick-
ing opera, "The Barber of Se-
ville," with a cast headed by the
scintillating opera star, "Rober-
ta Peters," as Rosina. H a n d -
some Cesare Valletti will play
Count Almaviva, and the inter-
nationally famous basso fuffo,
Salvatore Baccaloni, acclaimed
by press and public as "the
greatest comic of the century"
Also included in
the cast are baritone Cesare
Bardelli as Figaro and coquet
ti.sh Ruth Thorsen as Bertha.
Other operas s c h o d u 1 o d :
Tosca" Feb. 11 and "Faust,"
Feb. 12. Tickets are now on sale
at the Symphony box office,
Municipal Auditorium, San An-
tonio, Texas.
By Billy Taylor, scribe
Troop 187 held their regular
meeting Monday, January 23,
Forrest Adams, senior patrol
leader, called the meeting to or-
der, followed by the pledge of
allegiance to the flag.
We decided that at 5 o'clock
Friday, January 27, we would
go to Camp Hennesey, where we
are to camp Friday and Satur-
day. We were given the em-
blems of our patrol, which were
eagles and foxes. The meeting
was dismissed with the scout
oath.
Roll call was answered by the
following scouts: Forrest A
dams, Robert Bryan, Tommy
Claiborne, Bobby Hennesey, Ri-
chard Kesselus, Jay Striegler,
Tommy Templeton and Billy
Taylor.
Incomplete vaccination pro-
grams have reportedly resulted
in severe production drops in
some laying flocks in the state.
L-214, "A Suggested Vaccination
Program for Chicks" is avail-
able at your local county agent's
office.
He Skipped Inoculation
. . . so he got a scraggly stand of
weak plants with bare spots wide-
open to erosion. This is an accurate
drawing made from a photograph
of a non-inoculated alfalfa field,
but lack of inoculation can make
the same difference in soybeans,
clover, lespedoza, vetch, peas or
any other legume.
A farmer in Kansas, Warren
Miller, reports,"Before inoculating
we found it difficult to get a good
alfalfa stand. Since inoculating
our alfalfa seed we get a good
stand every time. Inoculation
makes all tne difference between
success and failure."
Legumes arc rich in protein be-
cause the" use a lot of nitrogen. If
inoculated, they can make all or
most of their own nitrogen plant
food out of the air. They use it for
lush growth, big yields, rich pro-
tein content, and often for soil en-
richment to boot. If not inoculated,
they drain nitrogen from the soil
and usually yield poorly. That's
why agricultural authorities agree
it pays big to inoculate — to mix
special nitrogen-fixing bacteria
with your seed.
Most seed hoti. es handle legume
seed inoculants. You can get leaf-
lets on making money with leg-
umes from Nitrn rin, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Wonderland Doors Open For Nixons
Is!* y
The Tower Thc«tr« and the Bastrop
Advertiser will j,rt*ent to you a "Happy
Birthday" l>a to the theatr* food for
any day during the week following
the date of your birthday.
The fre - ticket will be Taitinf for
you at the Advertiaer office—plclz it
up nny day except Saturday.
It I* available, however, only U your
name and birthday arc published, and
it is not interchangeable. In oth-r
words, passes are made out to the
person whose birthday it i . and no
other peraon is privileged to UN it.
FEBRUARY 4:
E. H. Smith
Mrs. Jess Caldwell
FEBRUARY 5:
Carolyn Lay ton
Gary Morton
FEBRUARY fi:
Russell Parker
B. B. May
FEBRUARY 7:
Adolle Powell
Jess Caldwell
FEBRUARY 8:
Mrs. Henry Reid
FEBRUARY 9:
DoFlay Martin
Dick Reedy
,.Pr°P'r'y k"P' r„„d,
thoroughly analy2t.,| '
weaknesses in m "1
which may be coating ml
making the cost-p,ic,
even tighter for the
ranch operator.
DANC
Fair Pavilj,
I-A GRANGE, TRX^
Tuesday, Feb.]
Music Hy
Charlie Ad<
AM) His
WESTERN ALL STAJ
8:00 p. m. — ij
Admission 75c per p*.
Your urocer will help rot|
Your Cold with lemon i
From where I sit... 6r/ Joe M
New Future
For Your Present
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Vice
President of the United States
Richard M. Nixon received a cer-
emonial Yale key to Disneyland
from C. V Wood (right) general
manager of this West Coast won-
der place. The Vice President is
accompanied by Mrs. Nixon and
tlft'ir two daughters, Patricia
and Julie (left to right). The
bearded gentleman with the steely
glint in his eyes is Fess Parker,
"Davy Crockett" to millions of
youngsters, who was the Nixon
family's official guide. Although
this key is an "open sesame for
the Vice President and his fam-
ily to th.' lf>0 acres of this fairy-
land con -to-life, it is Walt Dis-
ney him .elf who has the single
"magic" key that will open all
the lock.; used to secure the many
doors in Disneyland. Each lock is
operated by its own individual
key, but through an ingenious
master key system, devised by
Yale lock engine* rs, a single key
was developed which gives Walt
Disney alone convenient access
through every door.
How many tie* did you get for
Christmas? For once I didn't
come up 'vith nny—could have
used a couple :i>is year, too. In-
stead I Rot thiee wool muffler*.
Never w ear a muffler.
Some people are determined to
do something about the I' .ele s
Gift Problem they're holding a
"White Elephant Party" Satur-
day at the Community Hall.
Handy Peterson'- the ct air-
man. "Bring any present- you'd
rather give than receive." he
says. "Chances are you'll swap
them off for somethin even
worse but it ought to be fun."
From w here I sit, it - sonutj
pretty hard to give a man en
the present he wants,
people so often have taMnj
preferences that differ froij
,,w n — for e\amph\ think i
I lie people \dti klio" ho i
coffee's thr bevenu'e. and I
others (liki nie) who'd d
hii\e .i Kla S of Inti li(inf|
to make your own choice;
greatest "Kilt" of all.
£7
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( <>(, i right, i' ih, Untied Stays Brewers /
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1956, newspaper, February 2, 1956; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237568/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.