Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1957 Page: 1 of 8
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AT LONG LAST.
THE LADIES!
The ladies a re especially in
vtted to a fish fry at the VFW
Hall near Rockne Friday night,
July Jti, at H o'clock, according
to Bower Crider, post comman-
der
The fini fry.- arc ordinarily
stag affair-, but r, riday night
will be family night". Mi Cti-
dei -aid. and everyone i-. <-,> r
dially urged to attend
BASTBOP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, JULY 25, 1957
Baby Found Dead
In Highway Ditch
10 Cents Per Copy
UNMBEK 21
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Receive Aid
State
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(*ri r. • : the corn
mer-ta'! «• d<ra(lf((l
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twwte .'nail monthly
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Football Greats
To Perform In
Oiarilv Game
Some "f the great- t foot-.all
• 'at < ever to play in the South
We-t Coriferer e an til" .«•«• !
in action again un \ i"i-t 24.
when the Creel) Bay Packer-
awl the Chicago Cardinal <quare
•iff ::• a! «**?-;f i •• ;. • • .t
football game in Austir
The tilt will fx> under th«-
lights in Memorial Stadium. Tlie
two National Football League
team* are being brought to Cen-
tral T> *a by 'h«- kiwam«t Char-
itie Foundation, . rooperat ve,
' on profit orgaiu/at i r con;pri -
ed <if the three K warn* Club-
of Ai, tin. and the l.-mversity >f
Te\a. K* Student- \ • iatior.
froced* from the game will go
toward financing the charity
w >t . of the Kswar i • Clu;i
Ticket' fur 'he • arity game
are priced a' $'< " 0 including tax
Check* or money onder* should
be made payable to either trie
K* St tide r ' ^ A-<<>'.ation or K
wann ('hailtie- Fountiatton, and
nm i'i| to Bo* so!.'!, I''livernity
Station, Austin \dd .'.r> cen'
per order for handling and msi
in* h«n ordering by mad
I he death of Bradley Wayne
I jtyton, 1 !* month obi son of Mr.
and Mi Bry.son Layton of the
Alum Creek Community, occur
red 1 uesday afternoon, when he
fell into a ditch on un abandon
od highway in front of the Lay-
ton home.
A "oon a- the child wan misa-
"d, a • inch \u tarted, but he
wa dead wneti the body was
located fifteen <ii twenty min-
ute lut> It had drifted in-
to a culvert, and Stanley, an
olde: brother, crawled into the
culvert and removed the child.
I jneia. -.ei-sice- were held
edne.-«da> afternoon at 4 o'-
. lock in Man Memorial Cha-
pel in Smithville, with burial in
Alum Cieei Cemetery
Sur\: vur- otY.er than the pa
eit- include a -.ister, Joann,
arwl .i brother, Stanley; grand-
puii f.t . Tom La., on of Ba.itrop
.u d Mi and Mr Logan Saw-
yer of Smithville, and a num
b'-i of uncle and aunts
Notice Oi
Appointment
Not. ■ I-. < rel>> • 'i ' at on
July !. 1957, letter testament
ar\ oi th. eitate of Bruno \ h'.lj;
ner Sr , .|e..- ed, w.o.- i> ;ed b>
the County Court of Ba-'rup
County. Tena-. in it. Cau*e No
i,hi, to It' i> n \ KS/t er Jr , w hone
place <f r. -aierice and post of
f ve addre.-i i- Ba-trop. Te* «
All per*or having claim- a
gain-! tate will plei e
pre.cr l the aire w.thht the
time prescribed bj law
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I ndepetnlen* Kuecutor,
f*h< entate if Bruno V
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urogram to
Observe Feast Of
St. Mary Magdalene
The f.
M ,i Maii"lii
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and have rio Vl
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upport them. ''"r
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ment and wiped
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Muy M«ed«b" •
Hie«o-d Virgin
the
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of
Hockne (lliureh
lakes Donations
For Missions
By Mr . \rthur ( <>er!f
A collection of articles such
a- bandaiM't. liner.-, medicines,
m iiuiou- arti. >•*, ai l caah do-
natini i being held at Sacred
Heart Chun1, Rockne, for the
Mission -
Man'- w;i| i represented by
a traight line running from
birth to death, in an unbroken
u> rent through the fle*h and
the world Cod will ia repres-
ented by a perpendicular line,
falling from heaven like a bolt
of thunder The two wilU meet
to form the figure of a cross
thereby. It cuts "• !% etaaps
him rompela him, and urge-
him to unite bis sacrifice with
Hi will for the aivation of the
w or Id.
There are many soui* to (>e
gamed for Christ in the Mi--
ion field A *ou! is like .i seed;
it is not enough to g.vv it just
a -tart it inu t be sustained.
The Ka t suffi-r from hunger
f >ody. tie West, hunger of
ou. Tl' Ka t needs the bread
• ' par.tary, the We-t the Brea>l
Life People ire kept normal
a-her. under necessity Super
abundani ■ create discontent and
menta 1: ' urbiiri. e Mariv people
vv o loijoy an e\rra snack in the
at'. • (Kin do not think, or know
ii • the fart that two thirds
>f i j>eop!c in the world go
•o ...i hungry every night
< i often the individual will
N i••" the ecular organisations
t ■•- ay "Give", but each trust
i missionary work ir Christ's
way, that i- by -nonfiling or
irrendering onie if his capita!
or denying himself -onie indul
gen.'e for the >nkc of the leper .,
or for a mis lonarv schoo in
Afiica \citially in doing so,
i;e ii . y be dotiv • >r" good
for one e;f, than for the poor
ii; Africa or \.«ia By a. rifice
oi ;- drawn closer to t ■ mJ,
cl i • r than those who do not
know Him. If one merely 'gijres"
it means a "lo - to one, but
when one '•sacrifices" >f is a
'Vain" for hv doing i Charity
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l"vat;tj!i i.
o.. (.e
Physician Cot
Iti"
page n f
if ,m . Cob.s "urn, ti- world t
Ii. .. e -' mil!' ithea'ei. was com-
pleted ir. V l> •<" Built by
the Fmperot litua, it wn in
nug . afini s th a blo-iil luith
of mntcht - between gladiator*
ud wild bea • Until recently
Romans u -d the Colo ount a<
a marble .piarry as the Na-
tional (ieograpt'ic Magazine
tdc
gift
fit
lime to a beggar, and
Lp of the hand
kvord ' affection The
,,i oi fit mo. planted
.in'- own heart, uid i
rid a promt e that later
an plant it ,• the heart
Rains Stall Transportation
iwmQ
"i iubi.fi Ii ^^ loaded outbound bus, stranded at a
ftanrja hv t? Highland Park, oalta for a tow truck as the
l «ui! *V' r*'n. 2.25 inchea, caused damage running
^ boat. * w*t*r four feat deep In aome places Police in
••id ^ raaeua*. tarrying panic stricken
* T' '
Out land said l ike up your
,ii. and follow nt . le did
not ay ''Make voui Cross '' t>ur
.•I'..... are not tailor ma«le (Jod,
m ||i Providence, p ivided them
f„i u Our Lord dtd not make
[In ow Cio> . Pilate', soldiers
provided Hint with it. Kveryone
m th- world would prefer to
make hi- ro-s rather than to
have it made for hint So we
are hidden to "lake it up We
heai nothing of laying it down.
Our trouble, and our lives live
and die together, but never with-
out jo\, for i • the Lord has as
lined U -. the cros i is the pledge
of our -aivation.
The attitude of God toward
each one is created by one's at-
titude toward Hun The man
who ha sacrificed himself for
others will find that Col is
enmpa -sionate with htm
Called Away By
Death Of Brother
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lock were
called to Ingram early Wednes-
day by the unexpected death of
Mr. Lock's brother, Levi Lock,
who died there Tuesday night.
Mr Lock, fil years of age,
spent last year in hi- brother's
home here.
Funeral services were pending
Wednesday morning
Gamble Lodge
Installs Officers
Officer.- of Gamble Lodge 244,
A. F. & A.M., were installed at
( re. ent meeting with Past Mas-
ter Lloyd Hood, In-tailing Of-
ficer, and Junior Pa.-t Ma.-ter
Norman Crawford, Installing
Mai shall as follow-
Lincoln Farris, Worshipful
Master; 0. IV. Wilson, Senior
Warden: George Norris, Junior
Warden; N It. Simpson, treas-
urer; George Hipp, secretary;
Rev. A F. Grimes, chaplain; B.
B. May, Senior Deacon; T. K.
Odiorne, Junior Deacon; Frank
I! Green, Senior Steward; Steve
McFaull, Junior Steward; Sam
Jones, Tiler.
In In-half of the Lodge, Lloyd
Hood presented a Pit Master'.-
lapel button to Norman Craw-
ford, retiring Worshipful Mas
' ter.
Named On Honor
Roll At U of T
Thoma * Bay Key, son of Mrs.
Maude Key of Bastrop, is in-
cluded on the scholastic honor
roll of the University of Texas
College of Business Administra-
tion for the ,-pring semester, ac-
cording to Dean William R.
Spriegel.
Mr. Key i* a Bastrop High
School giaduate Hi- wife is the
former Mias Joyce Templeton,
also of Bastrop.
4-H'ers Attend
Citizenship Day
B> Carolyn Rachui, Reporter
Four 4-II boys and girls,
Thoma Hoffman anil Norman
Meuti of Rockne, Abigail Hat
field of Bastrop and Caroiyn
Rachui of Paige. represented
Bastrop at the District Citizen-
ship Day held in Austin on
July IT.
The first thing on the program
aftei we reached \ustin was a
tour of the capitol. Then we
went to Barton Springs for a
wim, and a barbecue lunch
which was served at l2:'IO to
approximately 120 4-Hers. The
ur.ch was courtesy of Randy's
Circle it Barbecue, and George
Riggins, of Sear-, Roebuck &•
Co.
Will \\ i', on. attorney general
of Texas, gave a talk on citi
sens hi p.
\t 2 o'clock we left to make
i t on i of the l.ower Colorado
River Authority building and
the Tom Miller Dam and power
plant. The tour was over around
Kv-eryene enjoyed and lear.ied
a great di ai from this exper-
ience Mis.- Faye Davis and
Joel It. Roc e accompanied the
group from Ba-'rop C-ounty.
Leadership Lab
Plans Discussed
At 4-H Council
Joel R Ree e, Bastrop County
a tent, dis. i - sod the District
Leadership I ib with members
of the Bn-trop Counts I II Coun-
cil at a recent meeting held
r tne \in.-1ii an I egion Center.
Records, which are din on July
II, were i! -o di -.•ussed.
Reports were given as follows;
Joe Dell On- oi the recent trip
to Houston, F,-tI'll Hoffman on
"Roundup." and Joe Dell on the
TV program given by the boys
and girls from Ba trop County.
Carl Bailey, . o chairman, pre
iihil ovi'i the meeting
Announce Arrival
Of Baby Girl
Mr and Mrs. ltoy B Town
send of Thorndale are announc
mg the arrival of a baby girl,
horn in Taylor on July 17. She
weighed seven pounds and five
ounces, and has been named
Connie Lynn.
Mrs. Town.sond will be re-
membered as the former Miss
Kthel Mae Dyer, and Connie
Lynn is the granddaughter of
Mrs. Kthel Suns, and great
granddaughter of V. C. Davis,
| both of Bastrop
Second Price Son
Dies In Bomber
Plane Crash
J. F. Price of Bastrop lost his
second son in the United States
Air Force when Major William
Alec Price was killed Wednes-
day night, July 17, about 9:30
o'clock. The B' 47 Stratojet
which he was commanding crash-
ed at Dyoss Air Force Base near
Abilene, costing the lives of his
three crew members as well as
his own.
Witnesses said the jet bomber
wa.- about 200 feet in the air
after taking off when it sud
denly seemed to hang in the air
momentarily, then nosed down |
and crashed into Little Elm
Creek, just off the runway.
Military funeral services were
held from the Brewer Funeral
Home in Dallas Saturday after-
noon at 4 o'clock, with the Rev.
Tom Weaver, pastor of White-
rock Methodist Church, and a
chaplain from Carswell Air
Force Base in Fort Worth offi
ciating. Burial wa- in Crown
Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.
Pall bearers were officers from
Carswell and Dye-- Air Force
Bases.
Survivors include his wife and
one son, Ronald; his father. J.
F Price of Bastrop, and two
brothers, John Price of Dallas
and Joe Price of Cleburne.
Major Price was born in Bas-
trop on March 11. L*17, -on of
Sally Gray and J. F. Price. He
was married to Miss Lois Gant
of Richardson, in 1941 He was
a member of the Methodist
Church and of Gamble Lodge
in Bastrop.
A graduate of Bastrop High
School, Major Price was a junior
in the University of Texas at
the outbreak of World War II,
and he enlisted in January. 1942,
in the Air Force. He flew with
the B 17 bomber crews out of
England over Germany during
the war, making an enviable war
record. Remaining in the ser-
vice after the war, he flew B-29
bombers until the B-47 Strato-
jet was released for service.
Going into training at March
Air Force Base in Riverside,
California, he was one of the
crew who made the first record
non-stop flight to Tokyo about
two years ago. Following that
flight, he was one of the officers
who had an outstanding part in
the planning and administration
of Dyess Air Force Base, which
was established at that time.
His brother, Lt. James Gray
Price, lost his life while flying
B 24 mission- over Yugoslavia
on April 17, 1944. After the war,
his body was returned to Arling
ton National Cemetery in Wash-
ington.
Miss Mattie Claiborne and
Jack Claiborne attended the set-
vices for Major Price in Dallas
Saturday.
Clearing Begun
On Highway 71
Right Of Way
Sub-contract for clearing the
right of way of underbrush and
trees for the re-routing of high
way 71 through Bastrop, and
the approaches to the new four-
lane bridge, has been let to
Montgomery and Boothe, con
tractors.
Work on the clearing started
this week.
Construction on the bridge it-
self is scheduled to begin Aug-
ust 1.
Mrs. Hull Heads
Bastrop County
HD Council
Mrs. L. R. Hull, chairman;
Mrs. Claude Watterson, vice
chairman; Mrs. Lee Alexander,
secretary; Mrs. Audrey Barring-
ton, treasurer; Mrs. L. J. Lin-
enberger, parliamentarian; Mrs.
Arthur Goertz, reporter, were e-
lected to serve as officers for
the Bastrop County Home De-
monstration Council during 1958.
In the recent national survey,
Bastrop County rated 97 percent,
which was the highest rating in
the district.
An interesting parliamentary
discussion was led by Mrs.
Ktta Ringgold 011 "Doing Things
the Right Way".
Reports from the presidents
of Friendship, Cedar Creek and
McDade clubs were given. The
council voted to sponsor a truck
in the McDade, Elgin and Bas-
trop homecomings.
The meeting was held in the
Chamber of Commerce building
in Bastrop with three clubs re-
presented.
Holy Communion
At Calvary Church
On July 2l>
A service of Hflfty Communion
will be held at Calvary Episco-
pal Church on St. James, July
25 at 7 a. m.
Only special weekday services
are included on the summer sche-
dule.
Homecoming
Parade To Be
Televised
Bastrop's Tenth Annual Home-
coming and Rodeo will open on
Thursday afternoon, August 1,
at 4 o'clock with a colorful pa-
rade. featuring the Ben Hur
Shrine Motor Patrol and Band
of Austin, beautiful floats, ro-
deo riders with Miss Betty
Meyer, rodeo queen, and duches-
I ses from Bastrop, Taylor, La-
1 Grange, Giddings, Luling, Elgin,
| Smithville and McDade.
Plans have been made for tha
parade to be photographed by
Station KTBC-TV of Austin and
to be televised the following
day, according to N. R. (Sully)
Simpson, parade chairman, and
entries will be welcome from
other towns in the area. How-
ever, Mr. Simpson would like
to be notified of entries by July
27, so the parade can be planned
in detail to avoid last minute
confusion.
Three rodeo shows, beginning
at 8 p. m. each night, will b^
given on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights, under the di-
rection of Lloyd Woodley of
Lampasas. The rodeo will b>i
an open show, in which anyone
may enter any of the contests.
Silver western belt buckles will
be awarded winners of each con-
test, with cash and other spe-
cial prizes offered.
Highlighting the Saturday
night performance will be the
awarding, tabsolutely free, of
a pony and cart, complete with
harness, to a lucky winner.
Each rodeo performance will
be followed by a dance on the
Starlight Terrace at the Ameri-
can Legion Center.
CORRECTION
In the list of pall bearers at
the fui .!ial of Mrs. Peter Bart-
sell Sr.. the name Dennis Goertz
appeared. The name should have
been Dennis Bartsch.
The Rockne correspondent re-
grets very having made the er-
ror. and the Advertiser is glad
to make the correction.
No Tax Deductions???
Hospital News
DISMISSED:
Mrs. .lames Hemphill
Mrs. Lola Pa. heco and baby boy-
Mrs Louis Vogel
Mr- Leah Sanders
Edward Ray Lee
Kim Johnston. West Put:'
Dale Roiigei
William Heiucn
Mrs. Pete Bartsch J'
H. J Fohn
Mis. F'lget"- Simpson, Stiutliva .•
PATIENTS.
Mrs F M \llen, Smithville
Mi - J B Gunn. Sat Vntonn
Mrs. W .1 Mijev
Minnie Hornby
Mrs. Roberta Terry
Mi < Fal Pcikins
Finest \di ms
Murray Peterson
Moores Return To
California To
Make Their Home
Mr. and Mrs. William G
Moore and children, Billy and
Betsy, of A tan tin, have moved
back to Holh'wood, California, ,
where Mr. Moore, TV photo
grnpher, is uVler contract for
a film for Crl-dry Enterprises
lie will also mintage the Garden
of Allah Hotel o i Sunset Boule-
vard, 111 Hollywood
The Moores are living in the
Garden of Allah. • are de
lighted to be back " California,
even though tl ' regretted j
leaving friends ami relatives in j
Texas. Mrs. Moore is the former
Mis.s Fvohn Rosanky, daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Walter Rosan
ky, of Bastrop.
A rueful "stepfather" of eight orphan children cannot get an in-
come tax deduction for any of them. Paul Surrat, 32, tells a .a 1
story of the financial strain of being a nice fellow. His wife, thga,
23, is "mother" to her 7 younger sisters and brother. Ail of tr •
youngsters live with tho Surrats. The income tax people have ' •-
nied him a tax 'break" on the grounds he is not the childr -n 1
major support since they get $1500 a month in social security sir-
vivor3 benefits and state aid to dependent children.
i Ih*\ Ye Still Friends!
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< 1 Wj, 'jfyi
Hobbies are cn ouia_eu At Cook County Scliooi of Nuising in
Chicago's great Medicer ' cnler c
Keeping fit it* ctsenlial fcr doctors «nd intra"** Vrchery. .swim-
ming, Tennis, Badminton mid Volley Ball «•« a ' a eait of tha
physical education curriculum. , , , .
Fencing and other <"''.i x cirrlcolar - ports come un << : the neail-
ing of Hubbies This •.nir.- > is a champion fencer, nd together wltf*
the doctor, who is a'se in expt rt, t.tve* instruction in tins manly art.
While pursuing basic cournes, tiio student in Nur*mg is at tna
same time girning health, friends and fun.
Siholai hips me tivm'.n e st CoAk County c!">ol of Nursin8_ fror
further informatior write tlie Director of the school at IJ < West
Polk Stieet, Chicago 11- I!'.
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