Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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ISA STROP (TEXAS) ADVER1ISER. MARCH/*!, 1957
10 Cents I'er Copy
NTMHER 4
Baseball Teams Open Training Camps Here
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.."Foi Alder
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« lie i lis ted to
\p:'«"d telllt (one
th< recent resig
h Ratten* burg.
utued to -tutly
1 fully before going
arid if you are in
. exact pn«c~-lure,
ii) to explain fui
, 1 all us or come
1 -11 urged to vote
it your right. it
If you fail to
hi ion in the c>t>
.d \ard!y expect
1 j<ir\son a* t« how
nient 1- operating'
it (riisade
il n<lcr\\a\
lav. \[>ril I
■f ■ 1 an- 1*r Cru «t|.
X up rapidly, accord
I.soyd Ketha lor Mi
I ■ tlli'ld" will 1*
1' ! 11)rough April 7
t lot t ' r i'nii'1
for p<K-.al gift- The
h-si*!' ranva* will W-
b- h«-e! divided
and chairmen for
1 have tied Appointed
M I! F M y v r « .
Mr- A \ Sander*;
I M. Hotter 1 Wn:
IV Mr .> I.. Brar.
V Mr S I>
VI, Mr- Ge e
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!• ffman; Cedar Cteek.
Alrxandi r.
(i I Real 1 ■ in cha : g.
(* ' < ■ f ■ • iin nil of the
• r 1. a> I -,mii w.thm
Mr O I Hay
' chargi of solicitMt
all coloted home, in
.-r-" Mr • K etna
r « >t only mine the
'■'led for cancer con-
■ ill leave in every
lii rop educational
' • at ll : • I Yupie Will
'o have an annual
ruination.
lW now that wi could
a! I ho e wh «|e
'■r hit, we an saving
'-■vl \annual health
' for all adult* would
w* would hvi man)
liven."
ss'n To Hold
Meeting
March 28
l''1 ' "I1 ' olint y I'liber
}' °l<l in annual meet
■'he directorV room al
National Hank here on
tight, March 'JX at
link
Services Held Fur
Zeno Hemphill
Death claimed another of lias
tiop ( ountyV poineer ( it /in-
wl '■! Zeno Hemphill, h; , i n .-.|
• way ii \u-tm or Friday nijr<it,
Mar« h I ■' at : til o'clock, fol-
lowing a short ilinei-s
1 uneia: • rvne wevv conduc
teti at iht Marr- l-'uneral Hom
in Smithville on Sunday after
noon, Marc! 17 at 2:im> o'cltxk
w 11 f tio If. v V\ ay land W otxi
pa.tlor of tin li.tal A ein-
of l,nd Church officiating.
Hartal wa it tie Hiffh tjrove
' '< metei y.
fall bearer* were Charli -
K-.ai .1: . Holhi e Hi iiij>r.i!'. Fi t
t • Hi (uphill, Hslhe \'oj(ft, i lar
"■III . I ar It anil < Q Scot t.
Survivor include one daujjh
tt-r, Mr« Li Hie Fvans of Ha*
i .p t v. on - \ i i Hemp: I
of H< ) 14.■ k and Troy Hemphill
■ f Au-tin, two «i>ter . Mr
'•er i Rutharford aiul Nfr l,o ,
He ft,i i-oth of Smithville, fi\t
/randchildren, two great jftand
' Idren and numerous other re-
a' .•> i - and fiicnd*
Mr 11 emphill wa born on
.In tar\ 'J.,, at Red Rock
of J" t pi }■; Hemp1 ii;
and Ann Honkin.- Hemphill (in
lii-.e i. ier JO, 1 «'.U ia wa- uni
'• 1 it; loarriat'e With Maifrie l.-u
< ott at (n Hi" occupation -ah
farm.nif, li«'. nitr lived near the
' «•!■*' ('''■► ('on-murr.ty du: ir: r
opt ' hi lifetimt He wa a
men.!.. •; t « Naiareiie Church
Mr Htmphill lived i; Ha
trop th< pa -1 three years mo\
It i, Austiti only a few week
prior to his death. (Juilt activ-
and alert for hi« maiJy
Mr. H< rnphlll enjti> «i VlMtinjf
,p aid down Mam Stint. It
v .t *'■••< ay« a pleasure to talk
t 'in nod listen to his many
ittere-'ing taie. of by none day-
Hi w a gentle and V .d. ai d a
! i % o t i- d chi tian, attendllik'
church "ftvice* regularly up un
tii tht time of his death
Dr. Hardt In Race
For City Alderman
T! i Advertiser i* a ithorined
thi w ci k to carry th> name of
I ii M Hardt , w rite in
candidate f.<i city alderman, nub-
i. • to tii- t it j i ii<< i ton on Tile*
.lay, April 2. to fill '•> vacancy
left by tin recent resignation
of M K Italiensburt'
I n Hardt name wa ubmit
ted by friend* who uiged him
to accept th• Candida- v and who
an cat: pa i.'tui'g in • behalf
I mmediati pa • 1 pi < >b t of
t hi I hambi r of < >n oie t re, I)'
Hanlt ha - Ix eii a. t •• civic
affan* in Hantrop for e vera I
yai, and if he i elisted to
t ■ . of fu-. , t ■ w ■ i'ii t very
effort to I'll >' (h* t. I II to the
tn st of hit abilits.
Marcus To
At Lost
Garden Club
' ' -I farm of \u
Flaw e i .llidgi and
I '"•*ei 11, tructor. will
I" Hki r al t hi covered
' ' n of (hi In' fine
' '' on Wedm day,
I" o'clock, at th<
R \ Tulli
i will talk on flower
dui iiik I he mori
and will help mem
individual armnire
l,,r lunch.
are to bring their
■'".lamer nml fioi's
K'< they wish to at
1 afternoon ses- ion
promises to he a
' 'nig aiul instructive
are also nkr«! to
" lid 111s11 foi iuncli
lopeka Hawks And Antarillo Gold
Sox Baek In Slate Park For
Spring Training
Major J \ \sh. tfiinlon Mien, distribution Miperinlt'ident for the Cit> of Kastrop, and
( it-iI lrf njr inspe<i the baseball diamond in the (>. H \\ol( fark, prcparalor> to turning it
o\er In llo I op. ka Hawks and \niarillo t.old miv lor the second seiwin of sprinn training in
Hast rop I lie field is in top condition. read> for the workouts ami for the series of games
tor which il ill be u-i-d o er the nevi few weeks.
Background Of
Hand Director Is
(lolorful One
Wit' an interesting Sack-
giound of musical education, co
lort i xperiet.ee and travel, John
IJor- a hi,id tin dl'ectorfhip
ef the fastrop la ar Hand. Ha
I trop High School, in September
of ., t year, and in the few shor?
months he ha.1- tx-en here, has
developed one of the outstand
mg high schiail band.- iti central
Texa*
Horn or. Ma; 1">. f.'.'lJ. in fe
■ o . Texas, he becan his mu-i
' en care.-r by playing tin drums
when he wa three years old He
n;o\ci w th hi fannlv to M. r
kel, a small town outside of Ahi
line, and when he waa in the
third grade, he began playing
in the minor band. He later
: moved into Ah em- and attend-
ed junior high ami hi^h school
there, playing on the drum in
the Fagle Hand his fir-t year,
: changing t-> the flute hi- junior
and senior years for the concert
band. He wit- also one of the
photogiaphers foi the school pa
per, tailed the "Hattery". and
took part in the -enior class
play
A a student at Hardin Sim
mots I mversitv he played in
the world - famous t'owhov Hand,
which claim to be the most
widely traveled band in the
world. During the four years
he wa a member, the band play
ed in Hollywood, Chicago. N> w
N . it, and W a bin:ton. and tout
JOHN HORN
eil Fui ope for three weeks. This
wa.~ in addition to their regular
tour- and special performances
each yiar througnout the south-
wi •' He wa. marimba soloist
with t'. Cowtxiy Hand, which
in- omplishment made hun eligi-
ble for the Furopean tour, when
thi> visit, ! Munich, VVei.tbaden
and ferlin, (iermany; Bordeaux
aid Nice, France; la-ghorn, Ita
ly; Oxford and Hunstanton, F.ng
laiwl, and Reykjavic, Iceland,
with side trips to fizza and
Koine, Italy, and faris. France.
Immediately f (lowing the Fu
ropean tour, the Cowboy Hand
went to Washington for the In-
auguration of fresident F.isen
how er.
(iraduating in with a Hn-
chelor of Mu.-ic degree in Music
hdiication. he wa.- awarded the
(Continued on back page)
Historical Society
To Sponsor Bake
Sale Saturday
Members of the Hastrop His-
torical Society will sponsor a
oak- .sale on Saturday, March
30 in Mrs. Powell C. Maynard's
building on Main Street, adjoin !
ing the post office.
The ladies will have on sale
a wide variety of cookies, cakes,
candies and other good things
to .-at, all prepared to take
home. They will greatly appre-
ciate your patronage.
Mrs. Young Is
Write-in Candidate
For Alderman
Friends of Mrs. Joe K. Young i
are submitting her name to the I
voters in Hastrop as a write-in 1
candidate to fill the unexpired
term of city alderman, left by
the resignation of M. F. Rabens
burg, subject to the city elec- !
tion to be held on Tuesday. |
April '2.
Mrs. Young states that she i
is not soliciting this office, but ;
that she will accept it if her j
friends see fit to elect her. She
was petitioned by a group of
citizens to enter the campaign, |
and her chief interest, if elected,
will be the adjusting of the ;
present city tatfes on a just and
fair basis. Her friends also feel
that she will fulfill her duties
in a legal manner, serving en
t rely the interests of the town
and its citizens.
Tin Topeka Hawk and the
Amarillo Cold Sox began mov-
ing into their spring training
camp- in the Hastrop State I'ark
on Friday of last week, accord
ing to (i. M. Marbury, park
manager. This i.s their second
sea 'in in Ha .-trop, and the teams
an- quartered again this year in
the group area camp in the Park,
taking their meals in the State
fark Refectory.
The O. H. VVolk fark, adjoin-
ii ir the American Legion renter.
i< the site of work-outs and
g a m e s , City-maintained, the
ground is in excellent condition,
ready for the weeks of hard
usage.
Most of the Amarillo players,
snow el in by the unexpected and
unseasonable blizzard over the
weekend, are coming in this
week.
Art Kowalski, general mana
ger of the Topeka Hawks, farm
club of the Milwaukee Hraves,
and manager-player Roy Smith,
likely first string catcher for
the Hawks, with other pitchers
and catchers are in camp here.
With them is Stu Dunbar, sports
editor of the Topeka State Jour-
nal and columnist for the Tope-
ka Capital, who will remain for
the training period.
Buck Fawcett, president of the
Amarillo Gold Sox, independent
club, has returned to Amarillo,
i>ut Fddie Kockman, manager-
third baseman with the Gold Sox
since 194fi, is with him. Hockman
has played with the Yankees,
Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and
spent five years in the Pacific
Coast league. Roy McNally,
Gold Sox business manager, anil
Dick Krariz, baseball writer, of
Amarillo, will be in this week.
Listed on the roster of the
Hawks are the following:
Manager-catcher Roy (Red)
Smith, managed last six years
in Evangeline League, probably
first string catcher for Topeka.
OF—Rufus Johnson, Corpus
Christi and Boise last year.
OF—Otto Vaughn, ex K. C.
Monarchs, back from military
service, rookie.
C— Ronald Lacey, Corpus
Christi last year.
f—Jim Stuart. Southern Asso-
ciation, Evangeline League last
year.
f Dick Green, started Ama-
rillo last year, out of baseball
most of year.
f Gene Dcrwinski. 12-11, Ha
ton Rouge last year.
f Wendell Doss, 12 a, Evans
ville last year.
f—Tom Allen, rookie finish-
ed with Topeka last year.
P .1 int Davis, rookie out of
Denver U.
f Joe Haberl, 12-13, Baton
OUR BAND
Ity Norma Jean W itmel*
H. iiig in a big i -chool band
ha- been a wonderful experience
for me during my school year
It wa an extra curt en in act
i v ity that is beneficial to the
ntmleiit in ma n \ win It pro-
motes a love of musu . il helps
a student learn to with
others for the good of hi school
and town, and, if '
IS really talented. H ":l> *'v,'n
Il .ill to n musical caret i
Main I' don't n ..Ir/fhow
important being in Hi. ban.l is
t„ som. children. • pcially to
Iho-e Who aren't able to partlCl
pate in port "f co"l«e there S
a lot of hard work included in
being a band member marching
night after night to put on a
good football show; nightly
practice for programs, concerts,
and cm ti-ts; individual practice
at home; and even cleaning up
the band ball ever so often
Sometime all the hard practice
is ill-coin aging and evet yone
struts griping, but when the
band, after weeks and weeks
of iiinrchitii' wins a fn t division
in marchini' contest and re
eei ye the congratulation* of
the entire town, it all .eem:-
worthwhile and no one i or.rets
the night'' he missed the In- t
movie play it.g that week for
band practice.
I think that every Indent who
has the slightest musical inch
nation should be in his high
school or junior high school
band 11 is a wonderful expel
ieiice that one will never for
get and may even tell his grand
children about annul the time
you were completely lost in Saa
Antonio and almost minted the
concert, or on Hand Day, when
the capitol looked very far a
way and you ju t knew you'd
faint before marching all t hi
way down Congress Avenue.
Yes, an organization such as
■ the band, and e p.vially the Has
trop Heat Hand, is a wonderful
organi/.ation foi the town and
! school. The members will al
| ways reiiieinhct the gav time.
i hey had in their high school
, band
Ml MltKRS OF THK
II \S I KOf HEAR H V N I >
The members of the Hastrop
Hear Hand, according to -odious,
are as follows
('ORN I 1'S Turner \\ i igiit.
band president, fat Hoffman,
Jackie Claiborne, Gon/.alo Hai
riente.-, In-slie Ham-, Kelly
I aake, Hryan Whitten, Johnny
Mi fhaul
t'l.ARlNETS. Norma Jeat
We -el Hillie Jo Moneure. .Ill'
Mien, Lily Merino, Minerva Del
gado, Mary Ann So/a, l.ucye
(iro.io, Carolyn ljiyton, H.vi
, lent lownsend, Myrlene Town
-end. Jo Vim (iriesenbeck, Diane
Moelile. Dehby Oldfield. Vnt !•
kew , M at .1 uare/,; \ It . Clan
net. Hetty Meyer. Has* Clarinet,
Shari Rhamy
FLl'TES: Marilee Spooner,
Sandra Wright, Hob Long, Glo
flu til lines.
SAXOf HONI-'S Vlto Sax,
John fowell \ ■!, \tin Loveless;
1'i'tioi Sax, Stella Murgan; Bari-
tone Sax, Elsie fowell.
FRFNi'll IH'RN Linda Erie
da.
\1 l'() HORNS Jimmy Mon
eni e. lay Striecler
|.\RITONF> Ralph Wright,
roinniy Claiborne.
I'ROiMlt'ONI Wayne Smith,
Cat' Ralu'iisbur. Hobby Jenkin
(ion. Terry, Robott Bryan, Kay
Long.
HASSES faddy Watt , Hob
to, Woehl.
Rouge last year.
flayers with the Amarillo Gold
Sox (winner all-year race in
l'.toti, losing play-off to Lincoln
Chiefs) already in camp here are
as follows:
1 H—Jodie Heeler manager 0-
klahoma City end of 195fi.
2H -Frank Murray, hit ..'107
1 Gold Sox.
SS -Ray Webster, 11)56 with
Salem Northwest League.
•'iB—Manager Bock man.
OF Jim Jennings, rookie.
OF Jim Douglas, rookie, out-
standing -i rvice player Furopean
Theatre F.if>5.
f Ken Yoke, lefty, 1956 Gold
Sox.
P—Bill Walsh, Salem 1956.
f Frne.st Dominehelli, Visa-
lia, 19)6.
C Clayton Dalrymple, rookie.
Pitchers Hugh Blanton and
Gale fringle, and out field Len
Attyd were still snow-bound in
Amarillo the first of this week.
(iAMES SCIIEIH LED
FOR SEASON
Games scheduled so far (in-
complete) for the season are as
follows;
AFR1L 4:
Topeka Hawks vs. Austin Sena-
tors, 1 p. m., O. H. Wolf Park,
Bastrop.
Amarillo Gold Sox vs. Tulsa at
Austin.
APRIL 5:
Topeka Hawks vs. Austin Sena-
tors, Austin
Amarillo Gold Sox vs. Tulsa,
Bastroo.
AfRIL 10:
Topeka Hawks vs. Albuquerque
at Seguin.
AfRIL 12:
Topeka Hawk- vs. Albuquerque
at Lockhart.
AfRIL 16:
Albuquerque vs. Topeka Hawks
at Seguin.
AfRIL 18:
Topeka Hawks vs. University of
Texas at Austin.
District Scout
Meeting Held
Thursday Night
The Lost fines District Scout
Committee meeting and Round-
table was held here at the
American I-egion Center on
Thursday night of last week.
Similar meetings are held each
month in the various towns in
the scouting district.
Mrs. Anthony Wagner of Aus-
tin conducted the Cub section,
and Norton Curry, district ser-
vice executive, Sgt. Earl Star-
kio, explorer training, and Dr.
J W. Thomas, district chairman,
conducted thte Scouting and Ex-
ploring groups.
Leaders of the three phases
of scouting attending from El-
tin. McDade. Smithville, Gid-
diiig-. Rockne and Bastrop are
as follows: Mrs. Will C. Dick-
son. Mrs. Vclma Hart/.ell, Mrs.
Ned rails Jr., Mr, and Mrs.
Raymond Werchan, Mr. and
Mrs. D. W Bohls, Mrs. T. A.
'/■' gub. Fred W Britt, Vernon
I Bart sell, Doyle K. Tuck, Dr.
R. W. Loveless, Ira II. Frieda,
C A. Itong, 11. N Bell, Bob
Loveless, Jim III v Henncsey, Hen
ry Bell 111. Biliy Don Rice. Boh
by Hennesey, Oscar Dube Jr.,
Evcretto S. Saundt i , Walter
Dube, Roy (I Vic . \ L. Dube,
Boone Jackson and Otto I hick.
When all sections had com-
pleted their program-, and ex
changed idea on handicraft for
| Cubs, Scout craft and other ma
tenals, the meetini: wi,, ad*
1 jotirend. Refreshments of coffee
and cookies, furnished by 11. N.
Bell and Henry Bell 111, were
i served to the group
The Fetiruarj Roundtable was
! held iti Elgin. The next month
i ly meeting i* -cheduled for the
thinl Thut day m \pril to be
, held in Smithville
All adult leader-", committee-
meo and le ale in Explorer
Costs are i vite.l to attend. An
announcement of i full training
course for loader wa made,
I'he date «u < for Sunday,
March .1 to I 'nil! at the Me
Dade School froa J until X p.
m.
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