Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1960 Page: 4 of 8
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BASTROP (TKXAS) ADVFKTISFK, DKCKMBKK 1.
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Nov. 27, 19fiO
IHsar .canta,
I am a boy seven years old.
And I go t<> school every day.
1 was on the Honor Roll la.-t
year for perfect attendance. This
is my third letter to you. Giv-
ing thank to ik>d for being
here to write you another letter,
so many little girls and boys
are not. I been good I think.
1 want a bicycle for Chri.-tma-
lf I cen get it If not just some
other toys will do. Hope you
will visit all the boys and girls
with your tired raindeer. Bless
you .^anta.
Thanks,
Wiley Jene McDonald
Dear Santa,
I am a boy eight years old and
I have been wishing for a bike.
I have not been a good boy, but
] am going to try real hard
from now until Christmas and
please bring the poor boys and
girls some toys too.
Gary Gutierrez
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Deai Santa Claus.
I wish it would snow so 1
could make a snow man on
Christmas morning.
Anything you bring me is fine.
My sister Aiya and I like books,
toys and clothes.
Merry Christmas Santa.
Love,
Richard D. Myers
Dear Santa C'.aus,
1 have been a good girl. Please
bring me some toys. 1 will take
good (are of them and share
I with friend.-. I would like to
have a walking doll, house, um-
brella. sewing machine, Betty
Crocker cooking set and a Doc-
tor set, also a suitcase.
Thank you,
Ijove,
Jill Turner, age 4.
' 1. Football Suit
' 1. Electric football set.
Thank you,
Robbv Turner
Mi. and Mrs. F. F Pearcy,
Mr Adie Mae Powell, Mrs.
Alma Schaefer. Mi>- .loanti Sch
aefi i -f San Antonio and Mrs.
v'harlene Hawkins and children,
I'at and Rick, of Austin, spent
tiie Thanksgiving holiday- in
Monterrey and Saltillo, Mexico.
Guest> of Rev. and Mr-. Ro-
bert J. Klliott for Thanksgiving
holidays were her parents, Mr.
ami Mis. Hugh Smith of Ken-
nedy and her brother and Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Smith and
their two children of Wilmer,
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Kugene Whit-
worth of Austin were Sunday
night supper guests of his bro-
ther, Karl Whit worth and Mrs.
Whitworth.
Mr. and Mrs. Kleber Trigg,
Jr. had as their Thanksgiving
weekend houseguests. her parents
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Boy lea
and her sister, Mis.- Agnes Boy-
les, of Houston. Thanksgiving
afternoon they attended the Tex-
as Texas A and M football game
in Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Odom and
son, D. P. Jr. of Houston were
weekend guests of her mother,
Mrs. F. H. Birmingham, her
aunt, Mrs. Robert Trigg and Mr.
and Mrs. Bower Crider.
Dandv Lines
Methodists Open
Golden Age Home
At Lockhart
Local Methodists will be at
tending the formal opening of
the Golden Age Home at Ix>ck-
hart, Texas, Sunday afternoon,
December 4th. The project is
owned by the Methodist Church-
es of the Austin District. Bas-
trop County i* represented on
the Board of Directors of the
Home by Wesley N. Niebuhr of
Klgin and the Reverend Walter
J. Cartwright of Bastrop.
Th< formal services will begin
at .1:00 p.m. with Bishop Paul
V. Galloway presiding. Through-
out the afternoon there will be
open house for visitor; to tour
the newly completed structure.
There will be guides showing
visitor ever the building under
the direction of Lee L. Pfeffer-
korn, recently named Superinten
dent of the h -me.
The building was erected at
a cost of $610,145.11, not in-
cluding the twenty acres of land
on which it is located which
was a gift from the citizen- of
Lockhart. The location i.- at the
l/ockhart city limits on the Lock
hart-Luling highway at the point
where the Ha trop (No. 20) in-
tersects this road.
Applicant - for residence in the
Golden \ge Home must be
years of _i or older and must
meet leasonable requiienients of
physical and mental health. Me-
thodist membership is not re-
quired, however the applicant
must show promise of being able
to li\<- successfully with other
people, and must have a record
of Christian living and service
Annua! operation cost of the
home will be approximately $133-
220, including payment on in-
debtedness. The present structure
will house 80 persons, both sin-
gle individual.- and couples who
wish to mak- their home here
during their retirement years.
According to Mr. Cartwright,
with the <•« n us showing a grow
mg proportion of older adults
in our population, such homes
are becoming increasingly a ne-
cessity.
GARDKN ( LI B TO HAVE
X M AS PROGRAM, DEC. 7
The Lost Pines Garden Club
will meet in the home of Mrs.
Walter J. Cartwright on Wed
nesday, December 7 at 3 p.m.
Other hostesses will be Mrs. Tom
Griffin, Mrs. R, P. Perkii. , Mrs.
P. Maynard and Mr-. Ix>e
Alexander.
Mis. Ted Ferris of Austin
will give the Christmas pro
gram on Show and Tell. Each
member is requested to bring
a Chri.-tma' anangement.
JI'NIOH CLASS EXPRESSES
APPRECIATION
The Junior Class expresses
their thankB to the many citi-
zens who suppoited their Thanks-
giving .urkey sale. Mr. Koy
Kragh was the happy winner.
Datus E. Myers
Dies November 16
In California
Datus E. Myers, a well known
painter, etcher and water colo-
rist of distinction was born in
the state of Oregon on Septem-
ber 29. 1879.
He studied at the Chicago
Art Institute and had paintings
in many galleries in the United
States.
Mr. Myers, a frequent visitor
to Bastrop, made his home in
Santa Fe, New Mexico from
1920 until 1953 when he moved
to Dun-rnuir. California, where
h> died on November 1(5, I960,
Burial was in Jefferson, Oregon,
the family home.
Surviving Mr. Myer are his
son. Col. R. F. Myer of Bas-
' trop, and a daughter, Mrs. Eve
Jarisan of Santa Fe, New Mexico
and five grandchildren.
Biographical notes on Mr. My
ers were taken from the "Rep-
re. entativ< Art and Artists of j
New Mexico."
Looking real dandy lying on
the grass, Vicki Hellyer plays the
old kid's game of blowing the
seeds off a dandelion. You can't
beat her meth'xl of gardening
New Musical
"Jewel"
Old Trigg Home
Recently Restored
Mrs. F. H. Birmingham ha
returned to Bastrop after an ab-
sence of 25 years spent in w<-t
Texas and Houston, and com-
pletely restored her old home
at the corner of Pecan and Ce
dar Streets.
The beautiful old house with
its five fireplaces is more than
300 year- old. It. wa- the fir-t
house built in that section of
town, however, it was not all
built in the beginning, according
to Mrs. Bower Crider, great
| granddaughter of the original
owner, Robert Hubbard.
Mrs. Birmingham i- the third
generation to own the home.
Owners before she and her late
husband, were her parents, the
late K M. Trigs, Sr.
Gurwitzes Have
Thanksgiving Guests
Dr. ami Mrs. Neil Gurwitz
v\er« host Wednesday night for
a family dinner honoring their
daughter, Anita Terry, on her
-econd birthday.
Gue-ts were Anita' grandfa
thei, Sam Gurwitz and Mi.-.
Gurwitz of Sat Antonio, and
he, uncle arid aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Krc.*> and Sandy
of Dallas
For dinner on Thanksgiving
Day they were joined by Mi.
and Mrs. Arthur Gurwitz of San
Antonio. In the afternoon the
group attended the Texa Texa
A arid M game in Austin to
see one of their favorite rein
lives, Bobby Gurwitz. play on
the Texas team.
The first mistress of the White
House was Mrs. John Adams.
The mansion was uncompleted
when the couple moved in and
Abigail Adarns was unimpressed
with her new home, where she
had to hang out the family wash
in the Fart Room
Lowest priced electric chord
organ ever produced in America
is thi Magnus "Jewel" which
produce • music, rich and
melion with both melody and
chord M idi by the Magnu.; Or-
gan corporation of Living ton,
S J . it ' I" ' g offered for under
fifty dollar It may be played in
just AO econd '. by anyone with
no pr> ,i, , n.ii? leal knowledge
'"in'' '-a "play by number"
or ran. Light in weight, it may be
tuci.' ii in i'-r >our arm and taken
to parti, uf dunces.
Give It The Brush
Wo OlL[> NT. W vopk CITY'S
huge STATUE Of ppomeTH(tJS
with ?H CARAT GOLD, AMI-
3ms use pan OtTAiL brush.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 1960, newspaper, December 1, 1960; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237820/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.